bor buscoiilctM*! :i "f 1
the Union. J) air. •.!•> i'»t •!>'. ■ ll
so, It* hiut lead ihe <-o ; <•< in t'ou.; >'cs;
of the last, ten year-t, bu' c • inlly du
ring the-sessions of I•• V.Mjj and IKOJ
61—debates to which 1 was c-mipeii'od to
listen, and which abounded iu the mo't
malignant; expressions of hatred. scorn,
contempt, aud disloyalty, pla irv loreshad
owing the base reyolu.; n i'y Themes then
fairly entered upon, an I liuriitig defiantly
at No*hc-rn Representatives the vilo and
untenable doetrino of the right of seces
sion. One class of northern members, I
regret to say, encour ged the-e deela'ti
tiotis, sympathized with their uu bars. and.
abetted their designs, believing that they
in them them i erial of suecpssfai po- 1
litieal influence. IJiul'or tins, theie would
have been no scceisi u. An ther t-lasc
boldly denounced the falseho ■!», relented
the lusults, aud hurled b.ii_-k the threats
of secession, dei iritis that u,i lor no cir
cumstances would they c m/eat t> a sepa
ration ol these State" or permit the mere
result of an election to be ma lethe pie
text lor revolution. .Sir. 1 fi'imy believe
that had all then idiom member; joined
in these cleardot iaratinuiof ii lelity to the
Constitution and the Union, aud announ
ced their determination to maintain the ;
existing Government at all hazards, the i
secession movement; would Beyer have
risen to* formidable proportions or given
cause tor serious alarm. JJ at everywhere
over the South secession was proclaimed to ;
be apeacefu' remedy for alhjgcd grievan
ces, and it was publicly ami constantly ;
proclaimed that any attO'#f>t to coerce the
.South, would be followed by a division iu
the North, that Woo 1 would fb-w in north
ern streets and a civil wai anion.' ourselves
would render aeoettion safe, certain, and
t Coinpleie. It. is too true that many norili
ern Hepiesenfative.' in that ci it cat period,
misrepresented their constituencies, fear
fully deceived the rebel k-.-tders, and tliu
covered themselves with a scarcely
less deep und infamous than belongs to ]
Jell. Davis hiw ;elf and liis traitorous cab
inet. While this w.isthep sitiouof fnein
bers on this floor, v. li.tt was the utriiu le
' of Mr. Buchanan and lis Administration 1 ;
lie cowered before the storm. Floyd i
shaved bis confidence until he had trans
ferred a large portionof the ariustosouih- .
ern arsenals, without iu e .ereuce, until ar
rested iu his ta'eaaumibii: itte,uipt to remove
the cannon from Allegheny Arsenal to j
pretended forts in Louisiana, by the de
termined patriotism and courage of my :
constituents at Pittsburgh, and then re- >
signed because Mr. liuchanun rcl'u-ed t •
order Major Andct n back fr in Fort ■
Sumter to MouHrie an 1 thereby maintain j
the promise prcv,in ly t.' i • eii to South 1
Carolina by Floyd, v.lii .*lr. Uuch inau'i
consent, '"that the ' 0u- ot afl'aiis should !
not be disturbs lin iho h ; i>or of hub -
ton." C ibb remained in the cabinet until j
by his financial management tlic credit of
tlioUovemmeiitw . o!.i.,;ih ,tui oieycould
BCarce'y be borrowed at aijy rate even to
pay the necc aryexpen of theGovcrti
ment, aud in that time i peace, tempora
ry loans could noi be made except at tuosl
escorbiant rates of iu ere-t. lhouipsoii, 1
whilst holding a seat in the cabinet, j.'tir
tieyed to North C'a . i,;ia to aid in nwitell* :
ing the old North State out of the Union. ;
aud continued to pus. e-s ban elf of cabi
net secrets to be transmute I south tor the '
benefit of rebels. unt,l his i-eusitivehouor
could not endure ihealludge i Concealment
from him of Air. Huehalian s tardy effort j
to provision Fort Sumter. Aleanv. iule .be t
President, trembling w.th fear an I over
come by the thro m ot re eis. vas dra- !
gooncd first into a modification oi his last
annual message as opemy to abandon 1
the doctrine of coercion, which greatly
corrupted northern opmi n an.l c n:ribu- j
ted vastly to southern acceptance of the
•rebel programme; and the.i lor weeks, as t
if struck Willi, puralysis, when i; was pro
poseil to do anything in « e.tiun of the
rightful and iiiheient p avei .if the tiov
ermuent to pie-erve itself—this weak-audi
timid old man pei'lbrmed a role which has
covered his name with inliiiuy, .unl will
forever load it with the nation's contempt.
Such is ;ny estimate of the reputation ot
James Buchanan, (once 1 regret to saw i
kuown as '• Pennsylvania's favorite son,") j
as finally left for the judgment of posterity.
General Cass, iu his expressions refer
red to before, erred in one point, lie mis- j
calculated the extent-of the evil done by j
Mr. Buchanan and overestimated the iu- ;
lluence of his imbecility and treachery I
upon the loyal masses. Yet at the time, i
so dark and portentous were the clouds, so j
general was public suspicion* so wide
spread and powerful the conspiracy, that ;
it seemed to be hoping against hope
have any cheerful anticipations when look
ing into the dark and gloomy fuiure ;, and
it isnotsurprUmg thit, his patriotic herat
was ovefwhelmed with grief. Un every
hand the enemy was busy, the Govern- j
ment silent and indifferent, bound hand j
and foot by it: Attorney General, who nar- :
rowly paring down the power of the Gov- \
crnuient to protect advised flic Pres
ident: "Thai. the Un • n must utterly per- ;
ish at the moment when Congress shall
arm one part of the people against anoth
er for any purpose beyond that of merely
protecting theGencr.il Government in the
exorcise of its proper constitutional func
tions." Such was the chosen and delib
crate phraseology within which lurked the ;
fallacious and destructive error that our j
fathers had constructed a Government 1
without power topreserve itself or enforce
its laws, to assert iu, unquestioned and iu
herent rights, to suppress insurrection, and
save its ownexitteueelroiii activeand arm
ed treason; and inmyopiuli Mr.Chair
man, to the enunciation of this legal opin
ion, mere than any other cause, are we in
debted for tho open outbreak of war.—•
When, however, the overt act wa3 com-;
mittcd, the lung, impending blow struck,
the dignity of the Government insuked,
its rights invaded, its power defied, and
the stars and stripes fired upon in Charles
ton harbor, the patriotism of the people,
long dormant,and by souiesupposed tube
extinct, was electrified into life with the
power of a giaut, their instincts stripped
off the wretched sophb tries of the ex-At
torney General, the heart of the people
burst into lite, burning" With the sense of
shame, injustice, and w. nig. wh eh timid
and faithless .couu-el* had t<»> long invit
ed, aud the eiy of stem judgment upon
the traitors rang throughout die b u.!.—
'ihe Union ploiiud a., lins.', aud deemed
not worth pre-urvin or not capable of
pr»v<>rva'ion. at "nee ssfprted itj cupreni-!
' ! acy over the national heart, and, safe from
the intrigues of the pliant, and the expe
dients of the co vardly, it became a nation
: al divinity, which from that day to this,
has called forth the willing sacrifices of
every true American heart, and will con
tinue to do so until ita enemies are extir
pated, and its false friends consigned to a
just seuteuco of scorn aud contempt.
The progress of events has been stead
ily onward. The military power pf the
rebels greatly weakened, the territory once
held by them vastly reduced and cut in
| twain by our rescue of the Mississippi riv-
I er from their grasp, gradually they arebe
\ ilig beaten back, thei» supplies being ex
hausted, their available forces constantly
! reducing, and the d satisfied eieuients rap
idly increasing. Upon the ruins of their
structure of government, a merciless mil
; itnry despotism has been erected, which
vigorously strikes down every opposing
right and privilege, which has broken ev
ery contract made with the people, has
practically repudiated the entire currency,
it w conscripted the' entire arms-bearing
population, and their officers shoot down
all who will not willingly obey their sum
mons; broken up courts, and, in a word,
ha 3 erected a military organization the
most concentrated and vigorous the world
S Iris ever seen. _ Such are, as I believe, our
enemies, while our Administration has
been very scrupulous of public and private
rights, and nevt#' has unjustifiably invad
edeither. No man ever exercisedsunima
| ry power more cautiously than Mr. Lin
; coin, lnne more honestly, none ceased it
more gladly than lie will, when the pub
lie interests may'justify. They who de
nounce him as a usurper, know little of
his high conscientiousness, and regard but
little tlwt public interest which +s with
him the pole-star of duty - ; and which now
calls so loudlv for his re election. Mean
while, under "the unparalled financial man
agement of the Secretary of the Trea
i in y, our Government loans are taken with
eag ;riii-sH, the taxes are paid withprompt
ne-s and cheerfulness, the army is being
filled by re-enlistments, the and
heart of the, nation is rallying more close
ly and bravely around the Administration
\ —in uring us against triumphs of our
foes ill the field, or our political foes at
homo. Sir, amongst the people of my dis
trict there are few, very few. whoare not
faithful to the nation in this great crisis of
i ii-need. Tho defection there as elsewhere,
is confined to extreme pro slavery men,
who uphold it not only for its own sake,
j but as a means of achieving partisan'suc
; c-ens, in shameless disregard of their own
solemn duties to the country. Why should
j slavery bo upheld ? It deserves no such
' faie. It has long divided, distracted and
troubled us. It was from the beginning.
I and has gone on ever-increasing to dis
-1 tract and embroil us. It has been, and is,
i tho great bone of contention, over which,
at la -1. wo h iv 4; come to blows. To save
ii. is to perpetuate this discord. To des
troy it is to secure the present, an I make
; peaceful and glorious the fit ue. But it
i cannot be destroyed by proclamations
alone ; the power of law should be !»-
1 ed to in ike the destruction complete in
| character, and noin extent. It must
j bfi written to the Constitution thai shivery
\ shut! no' more <txi"t tn any Anfricnfl Stub'
*1 licit, and only then, may we sing the
| requiem of slavery. Atpre cut i is wound
ed, deeply volulded, by the blows that
were given itby itsownfriends. It bleeds,
but its wounds may be staunched, unless
i by a staggerging blow the jteople utterly
destnw it, by force of public aud nnchaug-
I able law.
'1 he principle of slavery is tlTe inspira
| tiou of the rebellion, and it is yet so held
1 and defended hythe organs of public sen
timent in the rebellious Stitcs. 1 quote
! one declaration : "So far from believing
| that slavery mus die," says the Richmond
! ll7i y, ''WO have long hold the'opinion that
it is-ihe normal and only hnnume relation
which labor can sustain towards capital,
i When tho war is over, we shall urge that
! every Yankee tvho ventures to put foot on
s >ti?iieni soil, be ma le a slave for life and
wear an iron collar as a.badge of inferior
ity to the African Slavery will stab itself
i to death about the time that Yankees learn
I to tell the truth, and no-sooner."
; Sir, there is no safety for liberty on this
continent, or for free labor, without the sap
i pression of the rebellion and the extirpa
! tiou of the pestilent aristocracy of opin-
I ion which sustains it, and the complete
' conformation of our institutions to the
i principles of the Declaration of Independ
j euce. I pity while I despise the man in
the loyal North who sympathizes with this
rebellion, for it is based upon the nartWw
r est und most exclusive ideas; it is aimed
as a blow at the doctrines which underlie
1 our whole system of republican liberty,
| and if successful it is intended to be the
lever by which European systems are to
j be iutroduced and established upon this
j free continent, and by which the whole
current of events, which thus far has tend
ed to the amelioration of human suffering
and the extension of human rights, shall
be reversed und become assimilated to the
monarchical and aristocratic systems of
Europe. 'lhe man who is engaged in this
work is a public enemy; the man who in
this home of liberty aids and abets him,
deserves the execration of mankind,
j But the object of those strugglieg for
; political power, under this view of thecase.
j can never bo accomplished, because the
1 I nion canflot and will not be restored ex
cept through the successful prosecution of
the war.
The rebels remain or pretend to be san
guine of BUecess. They are bold, daring
and impracticable; they propose no terms
of negotiation, 2nd will listen to none ex
cept with tho fundamental condition that
this Government recognize their independ-,
! enee. This done, they will then treat j
concerning the navigation of tho Missis- i
sippi, international trade, the return of
fugitive slaves, and the thousand and one
questions that would arise between riti
zens of the contiguous governments. Who
is prepared for this? None, I trust, al
though the peace policy advocated by gen
tlemen on the other side of the House
leads inevitably to this result, "lie Am
nesty proclamation of the ■ President has
gone forth ; let the power of the army and j
the vigorous prosecution of the war fal
-1 iw, until thej'chelsare subdued and plead
for terms. There is no oth<-r hope for any
one of us. or for any interest, outside of ;
this. I have no especial anxieties about i
reconstruction and the questions which
: will arise nut of it- 112 bolievr the Presi
dent has skillfully escaped the difficulties
surrounding the problem; and 1 believe
that the people of the South, removed
from the pressure of tho military power
of the rebels, and anxioustocseapethety
rannical exactions which have been laid
upon them, will rally around the old flag,
and umser the inspiration of the great les
son that has been taught, will reconstruct
their State governments, resume their rela
tions with the General Government, and
make those relations stable and secure by
abolishing slavery, the cause of the evil.
Already Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri,
and Louisiana are treading in that direc
tion. Alabama also shows signs of wheel
ing into line. The others of our ' erring
sisters," redeemed and disenthralled, will
iu duo order of progression follow, until
finally we have a union of reconstructed
States, without a blemish or deformity,and
every star restored to more than its for
mer brightness and glory.
! What is to prevent this result ? andwhy
should it not be attained speedily ? While
Southern conscription has draggoned into
the army not only the able-bodied men of
proper age, but old men aud boys have not
been spared, and they have thus gone on
' until nearly their entire force is exhaust
ed. we on the other hand have only fairly
commenced, and not more than one-fifth
of our available population have been call
ed to arms. While the Southern finances
I have become exhausted, and the issues of
j their treasury almost as worteless as the
! paper upon which they are printed, our fi
| nancial success has become the wonder of
i the world, and our own loyal citizens have
j freely ajid promptly purchased the Gov
! eminent loang at par, thus furnishing the
j means necessary to prosecute the war,
without borrowing a dollar from foreign
; Powers. Whilst the Southern army and
Southern citizens are famishing for want
of commissary supplies, the granaries of
the North are filled with abundance.—
While commerce, trade, and agriculture,
in the South are almost totally destroyed,
! and by a rigid and vigorous blockade they
{ are cut off from trade with the world, the
| Northern States never were so completely
: prusperous as at this moment. Agrioiil
i ture. commerce, manufactures! and trade,
j of nil kirftls are workiugup to their fullest
j capacity; the people by honest industry
land toil are becoming rapidly enriched;
the ability to pay taxes sufficient to lay a
foundation deep and broad euough to sus
tain the public credit should the public
debt quadruble its present proportions is
ample ; and with a loyalty of heart and
devotion of purpose, they are as willing
as they are able to pour their wealth.into
the public treasury until treason is blotted
from this continent.*
WhV then should any one doubt or fear
the result ? With the rebellion
pressed. all elements of discord removed
by the destruction of slavery, the national
' life regenerated,-we may safely anticipate
j an unbroken and prosperous future for the
j Union. Under t-he influence of its intel
! ligent and educated labor wisely directed,
' ioe unparalleled productions of which
' it is capable, of the wealth it will draw
| from the Old World, which shall be trib
| titary to it, this great country shall become,
and remain, under the smiles and protec
tion of a kind and just Providence, the
! favored spot of all the earth, and theasy
lum of tho down-trodden and oppressed of
! every nation, where honest labor and mer
[it will receive their full reward. THere
| shall be no bound set in the limitless fu
i ture to the grandeur, prosperity, aud pow
er of the. United States of America.
•The fourth volume of Macantay's hbtofy of England,
rh'ir-ter. XIX, contains * very interesting account of the
origin -and prcßre«« of tlio National Debt of England.—
Ile -Mv*: '• Such wxt the origin of that deht. which ha*
| since become thegreatest prodigy that ever perplexed the
I sagacity and confounded tho pride of statesmen and phil
osopher®. At every stage in the growth of that deht.the
nation has ect upthesame cry of anguish and despair.—
At er«>ry «tag»* in the growth of that debt, it has been se
rioaelv ,is«ert» d by nviho men that bankruptcy and ruin
were at hand. Yet still the debt went on growing, and
still banki ugtcv and ruin were aa rem -to as ever." * *
And again he «ay«: "A Jong experience justifies u* In
believing that England may, in the Twentieth Century,
I » better ai l-* t • bear of sixteen hundred million
p >und§ sterling, thftnshe '« at the present time to bear her
p-rsent 1 ad. H-it. be thUtasit may, those who goconfl
j dently pre.lii.ted that she must sink, first under a debt of
1 fifty minion pounds sterling, then under a debt of eighty
millions, then under a debt of one hundred and forty niil
lion-*, then under a debt of two hundred and forty inil
li ns.and lastly under a debt of eight hundred millions,
were beyond all d mbt under a two-fold mistake. They
greatlv overrated tho pressure of the burden : they great
ly underrated the strength by which tho burden woe to be
borne."
Union State Convention.
The loyal men of Pennsylvania, com
prising the National Union party, will meet
in State Convention, in tbe Hall of the
House of Representatives,at Haebisburo,
at noon,
O.v THURSDAY, APRIL2BTII, 18C4.
Each district will be entitled to the same
representation it now has in the State Leg
islature, and the delegates will be chosen
at such times and in such manner as shall
be directed by the respective county com
mittees.
The State Convention is called for the
purpose of placing in nomination an Elec
toral Ticket, selecting delegates at large
lo the National Convention of the Union
Party, tfbe held at Raltimore on the 7th
i of June next, and taking such action a3it
may deem proper in reference to the ap
proaching Presidential canvass.
The selection of the district delegates
from Pennsylvania to the National Con
vention is left, where it properly belongs,
to the people assembled in their county
conventions; butthedifferentcounty com
mittees arc earnestly requested to adopt
such measures as will procure a full at
tendance at their respective conveutions,
and thereby secure, in the choice of dele
gates, a full and fair expression of the will
of the people.
The committee cannot forbear to con
gratulateall loversof liberty and the Union
j upon the recent triumphs of the good cause
in New Hampshire and Connecticut, and
to express the hope, shared by all loyal
men. that they are only tho forerunners of
i. more splendid victories soon to be won in
i the same cause alike by the bullet and the
ballot.
In behalf of the Union State Central
Committee.
WAYNE MeVEAGH, Chairman.
: GEO. W. HAMERSLY, ) a ,
W. W. "ays," [ Secretaries.
B®'* The Government orderprohibiting
the export of coal to Canada applies only
to anthracite—bituminous can be export
jed as before. The reason of the prohibi
tion is. that anthracite coal finds its way
to blockade runners, who value it for its
fmokelew '(iiHlitieo
She JUmicmr (titisen.
THOMAS ROBINSON. 1
CYRUS E. ANDERSON, j Editors.
M.W. SPEAK, Publisher.
BUTLER PA.
WEM KSP.IY APRIL 13,1861.
" Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One
and'nieparable.''—D. Webster.
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1864 : .
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
COUNTY COXVESTIOW
The Republican voters of Butler coun
ty, are requested to meet in their respec
tive districts, at the usual places of hold
ing elections,
On SATURDAY, the 23 d instant,
between 4ho hours of 2 and 0 o'clock, p.
m., for the purpose of choosing one Del
egate to represent said district in a coun
ty Convention, to convene in the Court
House, in Butler, on MONDAY, the 25th
inst., at 1 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose
of choosing delegates to a State Conven
tion, to meet in llarrisburg,on Thursday,
the 28th inst., which Convention hasb?en
. called for the purpose of forming an Elec
torial ticket to be voted for by Union
men at the approaching Presidential
election, as also, for the purpose of
choosing delegates at large to the Nation
al Convention, to convene at Baltimore,
on the 7th of June next; and also, to re
commend a fit person as Delegate to the
National Convention, subject to the ac
tion of conferees to be appointed to settle
on the delegates to represent this Congres
sional District in said National Conven
tion ; as also, to attend to whatever other
business may be brought before said Con
vention.
The timJs in which we live are momen
tous, and while the Military arm of the
Government must be upheld at all haz
ards, the civil department cannot, with'
safety, be neglected. It is to be hoped
therefore, that all will see the importance
of having a full expression of opinion at
this time. Let all move harmoniously,
in the upholding of that party upon which
has' fallen the responsible duty of •restor
ing peace and unity to our much afliefed
country.
By order of the county Committee,
TIIOS. ROBINSON,
Butler. April 8, 1804. Chairman.
B&T In to-days paper will be found a
call for a' county convention, to convene
in this place on the 25th inst., let the
people take such action at once as will
secure a full attcndence. Let our voice
bo emphatic for Old Abe.
Local ItMimly Itill.
We expected toJbe able to have laid be
fore our readers the Local Bounty Bill,
especially for this county, in the present
issue. But not having received a copy
of the same, we take the privilege of pub
lishing the following extract from a let
ter of Representative J. H. Ncgley, da
ted April Bth. " Local Bounty Bill pass
ed through House this morning for But
ler county alone. Per capita tax in, and
not to exceed 825. The per capita tax
principle was what was wanting in the
general bill. We will have it put through
the Senate right away and signed."
The Baltimore Convention.
Some time past(we believe in the month
of February,) the National Republican
Committee, through their chairman, issu
ed a call for our nominating National Con
vention,"to be held in Baltimore, on the
7th of June. In the- midst of a great
military campaign like that in which we
are engaged, the people's attention is nat
urally absorbed in the progress of milita
ry movements. They naturally feel less
interest in politics—many indeed were of
opinion that the time for holding our Na
tional Convention wag fixed too early, and
would, therefore, indue time be re-con
sidered. This belief we have no doubt
hail a tendency ,to prevent any action in
the premises. The time has not been
changed, and it, therefore, becomes the
duty of thoser intending to act with the
Union party, to prepare for action. The
Suite Executive Committee has called a
State Convention, to meet at Harrisburg.
on the 28th inst. The people are some
what surprised with the short notice giv
en for the holding of this Convention.—
We suppose it is to be accounted for, from
the fact already stated, that the impres
sion was, that the National Convention
would be postponed; and finding that this
was not likely to be done, it was doubt
less, thought best to have the united voice
of our Stato announced as early as possible.
This, it seems to us, i$ right. The united
voice of the Keystone State, is now, as it
ever ha 3 been, worthy of great considera- ■
tion. That,J her voice will be a unit in ;
favor of Lincoln, liberty and Union, there
can be uo doubt.
The United States Senate.
When, ten years ago, that great crime |
against liberty and law—the repeal of the !
Missouri Compromise, was first concocted
in the Senate of the United States, there
were but a handful of men who had the
courage to denounce it—so thoroughly j
was that great body under the control of '
the slave power, which had for three or j
four years previous, been fortifying itself l
in all the departments of the i ioveruiuciit.
It is gratifying however to know, that
even in those dark, days, the c were n few
who had not bowed their knees to the
molten image. We have not the record
before us, but we well remember the sol
emn protest entered against this attempted
subversion of the constitutional powers of
the Government—signed by about nine
or ten Senators. The names of Hale,
Sumner, Wilson, Chase and Seward, are
still fresh in onr recollection. Never mm
a greatful people forget tho service those
brave pioneers then performed to tfaoir
country—it was then, that that grout up
postlo of liberty—Howard, stood forth in
his truo character, ax
"A watchman on the lonely tower."
Hut what were these men called upon
to ftifTcr in consequence of their refusal
to betray the people? every thing but
death—they were abused, both in public
and private. They were refused places
on the various committees of tlic Senate,
they were refused even social recognition
by theso slavery propagandists. From
the Senate however, they appealed to the
people, who at once responded to their
call, and thus in a few sho r t months, that
party which had so wautonly betrayed the
people, were beaten every where at the
polls, so far at least as the free states were
concerned. This was highly gratifying
to the friends of freedom—of the consti
tution and of law. *
The lower House of Congress was cho
sen with a direct reference to the policy
to be-pursued towards the territories—es
pecially Kansas, which was by the legis
lation of the former Congress, thrown
open to slavery—but the party of free
dom, although considerably strengthened
in numbers, was still powerless in the Se
nate. And how sad did the people feel
when contemplating the time it would
take, under the restrictions of the consti-*
tution, to change that body. " ]sut be
hold how changed ! The same heavens
are indeed over our heads, 'i he same
ocean rolls beneath our feet. Hut all
else how changed !" We have not time
to follow this subject at length—to notice
the various causes which, uu ler I'rov -
dence, have assisted in bringing but this
wonderful result. Then thee was but
a small minority found bold-enough to
declare a policy of non extension. Hut
a few days ago a vote wis had in that
same body, in which, not winy years
since, Mason, Hammond, Tombs, Slidel.
Hunter, and their associates, dictated the
policy of the extension of human bond
age to the country. In that same body,
we say, a vote was had on two additional
articles which it is proposed to insert in
the Constitution by which Slavery is
forever to be abolished in the United
States, and on-that vote there were onlysix
Senators found conseration enough to vote
in the negative. These amendments, with
the yeas and nays upon them, w.li be fonntl
in our paper to-day. Truly "Humanity
moves onward."
The Ucniocracy.
The Democrats of this State held their
State Convention in Philadelphia, on the
24th ult. We supposed that this con
vention would have announced a set of
pr nciples, foremost among which would
have been, " The Constitution as it is and
Union as it was.""The bringing back of
the revolted States with all th'ir constitu
tional rights unimpaired, &c." But how
have we been disappointed ! Just think
of it; jp. once great party meet in Conven
tion for what? Not to nominate a State
ticket. But to take such action as they
deemed necessary, before the meeting of
their National Convention. Bid not the
people of the State, (including the rank
and file of that party itself,) expect at the
hands of this convention, the announce
ment of those principles which *it deem
ed best calculated to restore peace and the
Union? How disappointed must all feel
in realizing the fact that this body of men
seem to have no principle which they /eel
safein owning. Buton the contrary, they
are willing to suppress the avowal of any
sentiment, except the desire of office.—
Nor are their hopes bright here; on the
.contrary, despondency seems to have ta
ken hold upon them.
Nine mouths ago we had some reason
to fear that this party, by taking advan
tage of the mistakes or errors of the
agents of the government, would be able
to give some trouble in the approach
ing Presidential campaign; but since the
middle of September last, they have beeu
lusing ground with the people—ndeed
we might say from the date of the New
York riot,, in July. Not only is their
cause bad, but they lack leaders. Doug
las is no more. Most of his active friends
have cut loose from that organization which
sle v him. Breckinridge an 1 Davis, the
leaders of the other wing of their party,
are in the Rebel service. And thus the
remnant of that organization is left like a
swarm of bees which has lost its kink—■
not knowing where to light—like a ship
without a rudder, drifting before every
breeze. An organization thus situated,
cannot be expected to survive the great
civil storm through which we are now
passing. But why should we regret their
fate. The cup of their iniquity is doubt
less full, and the vial of God's wrath is
poured out upon thetn—why should we :
wish to reverse the order of Providence. I
•®"" The subscriptions to the ten-forty
loan have iucreased during the post few
days, and now foot up about ten millions
of dollars
TlU' Oraft in Kvntucky.
1 he Washington correspoTident of the
Tribune, thusstates the tacts evidencing
'•a treasonable piirposc conspiring between
Governor liranilette and the Louisville
.Journal factiofllsts
I. The tact that Governor Bramelette
sat upim the platform at Lexington*, and
gave his countenance to the traitorous
speech of Wolford, in which he eulogized
'•the Buekners. Aid Stephenses of Ken
tucky and the south," denounced Presi
dens Lincoln as "a tyrant, and usurper,"
and rrioanpd over "the desolation and mis
ery this war was bringing on the women
mill children of the South."
11. The fact that the I'rovost. Marshal
of Boyle county, while engaged in enroll
ing the negroes in this district, received a
d ispatch by telegraph froniGovernor lirarn
Ictte, nearly, if not literally in these words:
"I have dispatched the President, and
have demanded this business of enrolling
nud drafting of negroes in Kentucky
must bo stopped; and if he don't stop it,
I will."
If. The facts that Governor Bramlette.
aftcraii interview with Shipman, of the
Louisville Journal , wrote a proclamation
to the people of Kentucky, and sent it
for publication to the office of the Com
monwealth newspaper, and that it was there
put up in type, and proofs of it taken—
that that proclamation (I) in its opening
arid throughout was grossly abusive of and
hostile to Mr. Lincoln's Administration.
(2). That it unhesitatingly counseled re
sistance to the enrollment of negroes and
specified how this could be done; stating
first, that the owners of slaves could re
fuse to give in their names, ages,&c.; see
onl,thit if moans were resorted to to com pel
them to furnish the negroes' names, ages,
&c., they could appeal to the court and to
him as Governor. (3. That it pledges
the people of Kentucky that if thry wovltl
take thi* course, he would sustain them in it
with "II the power of tic State. (4) That
it attacked the law of Congress as '-un
questionably unconstitutional," and urged
resistance to the draft on that ground.
IV. The fact that at a meeting of five
gentlemen in Frankfort, at !l o'clock at
night, Governor liramletle read that proc
lamation aloud from a proof freshly brot'
in from the printing office.
V. That the loyal', stout-hearted Dr.
Breckinridge, withstood its publication
and relinked its spirit, telling the (iovern
■or that it Would ' bring on civil w :rin the
State, arid that ho would beheld to a ter
rible responsibility, both personal and of
ficial, if he published it."
V I '1 ha! the G ivernoi-.ci we 1 by Breck
enridgc fidelity an i sternness, and the
milder disapproval of the others, then,
an , there eviscerated the traitorous docu
ii etit, an 1 sent it to be re et for publica
tun. shorn of five-sixths of its length and
jmrged of nearly all its treason,
VI I, That Lieutenant Governor Jacobs
in a conversation with * a few days
before the event just narrated, counseled
open lesistance to the draft. '-How will
yi,u nrike it?" inquired . "We will
overcome Gen. Grant's army." How?"
"We will stop his supplies—they ail go
through Kentucky." "What then; for
Grant will fall back to Kentucky, and
Longstreet will follow him and the State
will he ruined?" '-Well," answered Ja
cobs doggedly, "this thing has got to be
stopped, and we may as well stop it now,
if we perish in the attempt."
We here leave this presentation of the
case against Gov. Bramlette, and the Pro
slavery JTnion traitors of Kentucky; with
the jury of the pnblic.
The Governor's demands up(W Mr. Lin
coln toned down here to a request that
the negroes when drafted should not be
kept iu Kentucky, but should be removed
from the State forthwith. Ex-Senator
Dixon, his comrade, begged that the draft
might de suspended until after the tobac
co crop was made—that is, to let off Ken
tucky from hurting the Rebels for at least
six months.
• It is historic and interesting, aprapos of
all this, to say that, when Gen. Grant was
in Louisville, he said, in reply to a dis
tinguished Union man, who asked him
what he would do if Bramlette & Co..
„tnadc trouble about the enrollment:"
"Do?"—looking at his interrogator a
moment with surprise—"My God ! Sir,
what have I to do with their notions about
slaves ?This is a law of Congress. It shall
be executed, if I have to bring up the en
tire army from Chattanooga. Tell them
so."
CAIRO, April B.—The steamer Contin
ental, from New Orleans on the evening
of the 2d, has arrived, bringing a large
number of Government mules and wagons
from Vicksburg.
Nine hundred contrabands, men, wo
men and children, have arrived from Alex
andria.
The officers of steamers from Red river
report that considerable of a fight took
place on Cane-river, thirty-five miles from
Alexandria, on the 28tb ult., between
General Smith's forces, consistingof 8,000
infantry under General Mower, and Dud
ley's brigade, and Lee's cavalry corps and
ijick Taylor's army, estimated at twelve
thousand string. posted in an advantage
ous position, 'i he fig,ht lasted about three
hours.
Our loss is reported at eighteen killed
and about sixty wounded. '1 hat of the
rebels was much gieater, some placing it
at 200 killed, and wounded. We captur
ed 500 prisoners, and others are still being
brought in.
1 did iey's brigade in the advance greatly
distinguished themselves.
Our troops did not halt on the battle
ground, but pushed on in pursuit of the
retreating eueuiy. Norestwould be given
the rebels.
It w:is Gen. Smith's design to force the
encyiiy to make a stand, and defeat them in
a pitched battle if possible.
A considerable number of deserters have
entered our lines.
The steamer Lacrosse was captured and
burned by guerrillas on the 25th ult., be
low Alexandria The crew were releas
ed on parole, but the officers wero retain
ed.
- The same bandfired intothe MattieSte
phens, on the night of the 30th. Noinjury
is reported.
Large numbers of Mississippi refugees
are gathering within our lines at Fort
Pike and vicinity. Seven hundred in
one lot arc reported to be leaving rcbel
dom.
WASHINGTON, Monday, April 4th.
By direction of the President of the Uni
ted States, the following changes and as -
signments are made iu the army corps
commairds: •
Major-General P. 11. Sheridaft ia as
signed to the commaud of the Cavalry
Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
The Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps
are consolidated, and will bo called the'
First Army Corps Maj. Gen. Joseph'
Hooker is assigned to the command.
Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger is relieved 1
from the command of the Fourth Army
Corps, and Maj. Gen O. O. Howard is
assigned in his stead.
Maj. Gen. Schofield is assigned to the
command of the 23d Army Corps.
Major Gen. Sloeum will reportto Major
Gen. Sherman, commanding the Division
of the Mississippi,and Major Gen. Stone
man wilt report to Major <>en. Schofield
commanding the Department of the Ohio,
for assignment.
Major Genera) Grangcr.will report by
letter to the Adjutant General of the ar
my.
Capt. Horace Porter, of the U. S. Ord
nance Depot, is announced as aid-de-camp
to Lieut. General Grant, with the rank of
lieutenant colonel.
By order of the Secretary of War.
[.Signed] E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. Q.
That portion of this order relating to
the consolidation of the Eleventh and
Twelfth corps, has been amended so as to
denominate this consolidation the Twelth
instead of the First corps.
WASHINGTON. April o.—The following
has been received at the Head Quarters
of Major Gen. Halleck, Chief of Staff:
Little Rook, Ark., April I.—The fol
lowing telegram is just received :
j'inr liluff, Ail.\. March 31 —Major
Greene V. A. G. :of the expedition to .Mt.
Elba .in ing View his just returned.—
Wo destroyed the pontoon bridge at Long
View and binned a train of- 35 wagons
loaded with camp and gurriMin equipage
and anion ton. We also cap'ured 320
prisoners and engaged the enemy iu bat
tle at Mount I Iba yesterday morning.—
Gen. ik. in' divi--.ii n tI. • men from
Mi n: icoiio we routed and pursued him two
mile w'h a loss*. nh - s e"I over 100 '
killed n i wounded. We capture la large
quaii it;,- mall aim- i\v .funds of col
ors .in over •! lr.ir.-c an males. Our
w .1 riot est • e ii; oen n kdled, woun
ded an . I:. ng* i' brought in sever
al Inn ire 1 c fit r and-. '1 he expedition
was a v .inpie'.c success. 'I ho details of
which will bo lii II lied in my official re
ports, which w il W fo warded in a few
days.
(Signed) I 'ovvi i.r, CLAYTON,
Col. Commanding,
ST. LOI IS. April o.—The following are
the particulars of Col. Clayton's recent
raid into Arkansas, received from Little
Rock, dated March 17th :
Col. . layton, with a small force of in
fantry and cavalry and one battery, went
to Mount Elba on Salem river, leaving ar
tillery and infantry there to guard the
bridge and cover Pine Bluff. He pro
ceeded with the cavalry towards Long
View, further down Salem river, and
twenty miles southwest, wjiero the main
body of the rebel army was stationed, for
the purpose of destroying, the pontoon
bridges and army stored at that place.—
Lieut. Greathouse, of the Ist Indiana,
and Lient. Young, of the .sth Kansas cav
alry, were sent, in advance with one hun
dred men. and on arriving at. the bridge
saw a large force of the rebels on the op
posite side preparing to cross.
Our officers hailed the enemy and told
them they belonged to Shelby's command,
(which dresses in federal uniform) that
the Federals were upon them, and begged
them to hurry to their rescue. The reb
els rushed forward, and as fast as they
crossed were captured, their guns thrown
into the river. In this way 260 were cap- •
turcd ; 35 wagons, laden with supplies,
which were destroyed; 300 horses and
umles, and paymaster's safe, containing
860,000 in Confederate money; "after'
which the bridge was burned. Tina,
and the march of eighty miles, was ac
complished in 24 hours. The prisoners
captured during this expedition, number
ing 370, including many officers, reached.
Little Hock on the 2d.
Nothing from Gen. Steele and com
mand.
DENVER CITY, April s.—The munici
pal eliction t<iok pljjce here yesterday.—
The regular Union n mince for Mayor
wis elected o-ver the independet Union,
ticke J heic was no Democratic ticket
in the field.
The nnuing excitement is increasing, and
new discoveries «' gold are reported daily.
New York capitalists aic ar'riving by
every coach, and it is reported there is a
large amount; of new muting machinery
eonrngout from the States.
The New Mexican papers of the 30th.
ult.. contain no news from Arizon a.
Governor Connelly, of New Mexico,,
has issued a proclamation, appointing
April 7th as a thanksgiving day lor the
Indian war.
PuoviDENCt:, 15 1., April 7.—The
State eiection took pjjico to-day. There- 0
turns from nearly all the State indicate
that James G. Smith, the Union Nation
al candidate, is le elected Governor over
George H. Browne, Democrat, and Amos
t'. Barstow. Independent Union. In this
city Smith is in a minority by 100 votes.
There is no election of Assemblymen.—
The Legislature will be strongly Union.
BALTI.MORK April (I.—lt. isccrtain be
yond dispute that the convention is calleif
for by a large majority, and a decided
majority iselected in favor of uncondition
al and immediate emancipation. Mary
land may bo set down as a free State.
LEXINGTON-, Ky., April 7. —Mrs. Lu
cretia Clay, wife of Henry Clay, died last
night at the residence of her son, John
M. Clay, near Lexington, aged 83 yea,rs.
A Washington dispatch to the Now
York Times says the rumors so thickly
Hying about that Gen. Meade is to be re
moved, may as well- be set at rest. It is
now understood as a settled matter that
Gen. Meade will be retained in command
of the Army of the Potomac, more firmly
in position tfcan ever