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Tft<> Great New York Meeting.
' * '£* ie great meetiuu held on Saturday
evfwi'ng. in Union Sqiiaic. New York, to
express the nation's gratitude to General
Grant and to the army, and to aid the na
tional cave. w.,* upon a very large scale,
ami it was one of the most enthusiastic
gatherings of the peopte ever held in that
city. There were two stands, bullion the
lower end of the Square, one on the east
side of Broadway, and the other ou the
■ west, near the Washington Monument.
At the stand un the west. Itichard l>. Ltv
throp called the meeting to order at six
O'IC oek, arid nominated James T. Brady
for chairman. At the east stand, Fred
erick A, Conkliuf; called to order, and
nominated ex-Mayor Opdyke to preside.
During the progress of the meeting there
were displays of rockets, and at the close
an exhibition of pyrotechnics specially
adapted U> commemorate the services ol
General G rant. A • lub was present, and.
with a fine band at each of the stands,
varied the exercises with very patriotic
music.
At stand No. 1 a likeness of Lieutenant
General Grunt, painted oil a white ground,
and having a .frame in the form of a shield, I
occupied a place til front of the main
stand. Banners on each side bore the j
motto—
'• Unconditional Surrender."
and the lines:
The raptured h*ij(ht« <>f <'hattan.-»ica proT*
Ili« re»lin«M on rebel work* to muff.
]{ l 4 WPN nnd ilwith equal luntr# idiine,
W hi It- flunking L««* ->n th.» \ ii ilne."
Over the likeness of General Grant
there was a banner with a likeness of Ma- :
jor General Meade and the following in
scriptions, including appropriate lines:
" Gettysburg." Potomac I.inc."
" ltapidan."
On the right was a likeness of General
Hancock and the inscription—
" The Ilapidan to the Chickahominy. ' j
On the left a likeness of Gen. Warren,
with the words :
'• Tlie baUl«-fMd> nf IVnnnvlvaniai\tul Virginia."
At one side of the platform there wasa !
likeness of General Burtiside and the in- ;
scription :
'* Roanoke," " Netrbern," " Knoxville." j
"On ever, field 112. .. Rij.i.lm t» Kichm .nl."
A banner with the likeness of General
Wright, occupied the other side of this
Stan I. It had the words :
*■ Vil lc"uo*.," " Bpoft.vlVftnift, M " Itan i*«r." {
An I these insenpt mi were accompim- 1
ie.l by lines referring to the various but
tles of the Generals au l the armies under
their command.
At stand No. two t lie arrangement was j
similar to that at Stand .No. 1. The posi- j
tion c.irrespoii ling to the one occupied by
General Grant on trie first was given to j
Major General Sherman. It had these j
inscriptions:
" Yicksburg," Kmxville," •' Atlanta," |
with the lines—
Far In t»«<- 8 uith. henrith the mimmcr nkie^,
Thf vict »r slinitu nf SIHTIII iD t ri«c :
Still milling onw.irtl, with the .■tpwil of l»gl«t, j
Tht-y h'lil Atl'inla 112 >r (lie e«>uiuig H|(hl. •
'• Fighting Joe liooker" had the place
of hun.ir above. The inscriptions were :
'■ Williamsburg," Chancellorsville."
" Lookout Mountains "
On the right was a likeness of Gen. Thorn-j
" Mill Spring." '• Murfreesboro,' j
'■ Chattanooga."
To the left was a banner with a likeness |
of Gen. Mel'herson :
'•Chattanooga," •• ltome," '• Iteseca." j
Next was a likeness of Major General But-j
ler, with the following inscription and !
lines:
Baltimore—New Orleans—City Point.
First in the field to aid kiw country'n cause,
Firmly he nlood defender of UM law*;
When t.ei-.»n di uin-les-H throughout the land
His wii<doui frnined the code «»f contraband !
Another banner contains a likeness of
Gen. Dix, and the following :
" If any man attempts to haul down
the American flag, shoot him on th» spot.
JOHN A. Dix."
The A\ ashington Monument wasdrap
ed in mourning, in honor of the late Gen.
Sedgwick and Wadsworth. Upon two
flagstaffs near the monument will be like
nesses of these officers. Under the for
mer representation wcro the words :
Victory crowns tlie living.
Gratitude mourns the dead.
Fame is immortal.
Under the likeness of Wadsworth ;
The patriot who falls in battle for free- I
doiu sheds lustre ou the page of history.
The following loiter was received from
(he President.
AMERICAN CITIZEN;
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let JS, to the end.dare to do our duty as we understand it" liwtetffcit.
EXECUTIVE MAN«I«JLV )
•Wa siipf«ii/nT -I 1 ine B, 18«il )
fti Cnnkhnt/anJ olhrrt :
Gentlemen : Your letter, inviting me to
l»e present at a mttsa meeting of loyal citi
zens to be helJ at New York on the 4th
instant, for the purpose of expressing grat
itude to Lieutenant General Grant for his
signal service", wasj receiveil yesterday.—
It is impossible for me to attend. I ap
prove. nevertheless, whatever may tend
to strengthen and sustain General Grant
and the noble armies now under his di
rection.
My previous high estimate of General
Grant has been maintained and heighten
ed by what has occurred in the remark
able campaign he is now conducting, while
the niagn ttrfe and difficulty of the task
before lrm does not prove less than I ex
pected. He and his brave soldiers are
now in the midst of their great trial, and
I trust that at your meeting you will so
shapo your good words that they may ti|rn
to men and gnus moving Jo his and their
support. Yours truly,
A. LINCOLN.
The following letter was received from
Secretary Chase :
. WASHINGTON, .Tune IStil.
Gentlemen : The loyal citizens of New
York honor themselves by meeting in mass
to express their gratitude to the great sol
dier under whose lead the heroes of the
republic have achieved so much for their
country; to re-affirm their devotion to the
Union, and to pledge tbeirencrgies to the
complete suppression of the rebellion. 1
thank you for the honor of an invitation
to take part iu their patrio ic action,
and regret that the necessity of devoting
my whole time to my official duties will
make it impossible for uie to be personal
ly present. Nothing can be said, howev
er, in the spirit of 3'our letter to which
my whole heart will not respond. I'er
mit me to add that while we rejoice in the
success of our armies, and give thanks to
God for them, we should not forget that
there is one class of defenders of the flag
—one class of men loyal to the Union, to
whom we yet fail to do complete justice.
It will be the marvel of future historians
that statesmen of this day were willing to
risk the success of rebellion rather than
intrust to black loya.Vsts bu lets and bal
lots. Very truly yo\irs,
S. P. CHASE.
To Messrs. Jauies Wadsworth, Frederick
A. Coukliug, &c., Committee, New
York.
The following telegram was received
from Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania.
ll Altßlsiiiiui. June I. 1801.
T<> \utltnnit! •I'lrt ii, Jr., Secretary, if'*' 1 .;
1 have to acknowledge your le ter of the
31st May, which 1 received this morning
on my return from Pittsburgh.
1 am much chagrined that the pressure
of public business here prevents me from
accepting the invitation to be present at
the meeting tomorrow in honor of Gen.
Grant.
It would afford me the highest pleasuic
to participate in the expression of grati
tude which all our jieople feel for bis ser
vices. great and unequalled as they have
beun.
The following resolutions were adopted
by the meeting: .
A''WtW, That the serios of military
successes —the Capture of l'Vtt Donelson,
the tukaig of Yicksburg, the seizure ol
the mountain fugtucsses of Chattanooga,
and finally, the advance" of the Army of
the Potomac against formidable natural
obstacles, a heavy opposing force and a
skillful general, to within sight of the
city of ltichrillond—-are events so import
ant in their bearing upon the successful
issue of the war. us to call tor a pnblicex
pression of the obligations which the
American people are under to Lieutenant
General Grant, and to every officer and
soldier under his command.
/texofreif. That the co-operative efforts
of the Army of the Cumberland, under
Major General Sherman, in its recent pus
sage over the mountains aud descent upon
the plains of northwestern Georgia, call
for au expression of admiratiou for the
stragctic skill and ability displayed by it*
commander, and fur the dauntless cour
age and indomitable perseverance exhib
ited by both officers uud uien.
Rraolvett, That from the commence
ment and throughout the war the Amer
ican navy has maintained its high char
acter. To its co-operation we are indebt
ed for the opening of the Mississippi.—
In its streugth and efficiency we have
found our chief security ugaiust foreign
interference; and the emulative character
of its deeds have been such as to claim.iu
equal proportion. the tribute which is due
U* our soldiers aud to our sailors.
Retolvrd. , That the movemeuts which
arc now taking place in compelling the
enemy to retreat within smaller geograph
ical limits, while our forces have the abil
ity to advance uptn his vulnerable points
from several quarters at the same lime,
show the wisdom of confidiug the sole di
rection aud management of military ope
rations to one general officer. That hav
ing reaped little but disaster from entrust
ing important military commands to civil
ians, who, whatever may be their general
capacity, have not the necessary military
education or experience, wc congratulate
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1804.
tFfri country upon this ... ... T«li
-6y. and upon the fact that so responsible a
trust lias been placed iu the bands ot a
uian who has the universal confidence ol
the nation.
/{•si>/vei/, That no period since the be
gining of hostilities has the prospect been
so favorable as at present of a speedy and
successful termination of the war ; but,to
insure that end, it is necessary that our
army should be efficiently and rapidly re
inforced. th.it every effort should be made
to stimulate enlistments, and that the
young men of the country who have the
requisite vigor and nerve should come
forward and share in the honors which
will follow them through life, ot having
fought in the ranks of that noble army by
whose courage and patriotism the republic
was saved.
Remlvert, That, independent of all dis
tinctions of party, and irrespective of all
political preferences, we declare our unal
terable determination to unite in the pros
ecution of the war with all our Vigor ami
all our might, until those who have raised
their bauds against t he freest and most lib
eral government upon earth, shall lay
dotvn their arms and submit to the consti
tution and the laws.
The following poem wrtssung:
*r.M v, viR« M»jrr cA!»o.
Cbtumhia't Riffit: yielf " plume,
}'mir mu« woM now itulit".
Some r,r.iteful tornU t* Grunt, for whom
The »t'ft to-night;
Our r<)tvint Cniff. V'hn brt'lrtt the storm
And t-rovrM the n'«l wrath,
Suy* •* Thnmohi-nt all the season Ufarm
111 batttr on the potb /"
A Chaplet lot us tvavc.
To grace tlit- Victor* brow ;
Do-.rvlng to receive
llCountry ■ tribute »"tvl
llf 112 .ught on southern Atdd-*,
\\ lien» triumph-* cn.wued his arin»;
Hi- gallant action shltdd*
The nation from war * harms.
(Hall! Columbia'* realm—
\\ here milk ami honey flow,
Delighting heart* of them
\\ ho •iich We*tci»in*irt» know;
And kn 'Wing, warmly love
Thee with their heart ami soul—
Tilting our land above.
All lunds, from pole to pole!)
Let them In fr enr.v ravo
Who w mill thy Peace disturb,
( The Peace thy Sage* gave,
W ho tyrannv could curb)
Their cunitfog'iiktll will fill
To cleave thn In mil in twain ;
Thy might shall much avail—
Thv gl«>ry shall not wdhel
The chariot wheels of Marc.
The Sabbath silence break—
Laml of the Strips* and Slurs,
Thy Life i< held at stake!
pi 'iv<*fjk rdsare drawn 112 »r thee;
fert the blow—
Who . abut Liberty
Shall thy swift vengeance know!
The honorM Flag of old,
Float- o'er the Inutile ground !
Eeach dav bright deeds we told,
V hieh the wide Karth astotmd!
Brave* fighting f»r that Fl tg,
Whfrh leads • ohtmbia's war*,
Defeating be and
Beneath the Flag of Stars!
Tbi Spangled IVninor rai-e,
And let the imnlr Sound ;
The name of Urnnt we'll pral«o
On Freedom's happy.ground!
Laml of unr Washington,
( lloiwting heroes gallant.)
Horice in thv History**spun
The aph-inUd 112 tine of Grout I
Addresses were undo by Senator Pom- j
eroy, Congressman Rollins, Cieneral Woll
bridge, General Meagher, and others.
Speech of Hon. Thomas Williams !
on It c-co ii struct ion.
We have received a copy of the Con -
<)rational GUAtr containing tlic very able
speech of tlie Hon. Thus. Williams, tfe
livcred in the llou.se of Representative-*,
on lie-eonsti uetiou. It has been pro
nouuued one ol the ablest delivered at
ihe present session. We select suine pas- j
sages at random, which indicate the elo- j
queued and ability of the entire speech.
Coming to us at a moment when our col
umns aie occupied with the incidents ul'
a local event of great iuterest, we regret
wo cannot give it entire. — I'itts. turn. *■
Mil. Lincoln's caution. \
Yes. the world does move, ?nd the
Executive along with it. Looking as he
does now from a dittcicntataiiu-poiut from
that occupied by hiin eighteen months
agy. 1 woulil not despair ot In approval
ol a bill to repeal absolutely the uuiortu |
mite. amasculnt.Bg, and, as 1 think, lil- I
advised joint resolution ol ISO-. Willi j
all his habitual caution, yielding slowly to j
his strong convictions of duty anu taking
no step backward, he has maue even grea
ter strides than this. L have continence I
in his judgment, as the nation has in his i
integrity. 1 have sometimes thought thai !
he was a little slow in a cause wlieie j
promt it ude was worth armies, although t
could well appreciate the scn-'e of iespi.ii- '
sibility that must necessarily -weigh u]hiii 1
the uiau who holds atiu.J the most rea|iou- {
siblc and novel that has been cast upon
any man in the world's history. 1 drcaU
nothing but the cxee.-sof that conserva
tive element which is so ill-suited to occa
sions like the present. '1 liese are times
when men cannot afford to doubt, anu
l'car cannot be safely allowed in public
counsels. The aphoiisui of Junius is bu:
the translation of the thought of a greater
than himself:
" Our doubts are traitors.
That make* U» i< *h tbe good wo oft uiight win.
By feai iug to attempt."
THE RIGHTS AND PROPERTY OF THE EN
EMY.
The result of these authorities, then, is
that the present is not a civil war only, but
a real war; that by the law of nature aud
of nations in such cases, the treatment of
the couijiiercd on the particular circum
stances of the case; that everything is
lawful; that everything belonging to the
offending party is conliseatod; that the
practice of nations has authorized the for
feiture even of the real estate of individ
uals; that this was more especially au
thorized in quarrels between republics;
that where the quarrel is not with the sov
ereign, but with the nation, and the in
tention is to subdue fierce and savage
people, the conqueror may lay burden* on
them, not only by way of compensation
but of punishment; fliat if they have
taken up arms ngaiust hi i. • he may de
prive them of their rights, uudowes them
no more than what humanity and equity
require; that he may do himself justice
respecting the object which has given
rise to the war, uud in lcinn fy himself
for the expense and damage he has sus
tained; that he may render them incapa
ble of further mischief, lmlemnitg, tr
>•nriti/ and punishthnit are all. therefore,
means of self-defence which may be legiti
mately used.
WHAT REDRESS WE MfST SEER.
I think I may safely say that human
history presents no parallel to this rebel
lion. Since the revolt of the rebel angels
there has been no example of an insurrec
tion so wanton, so wicked, soutterly cause
less, and 60 indescribably ferocious and
demoniac as the pre-etit. It was not the
case of the oppression of a government
whose weight had borne heavily upon the
people, ll was none of a violation of the
fundamental law. Ihe object was not
redress, like that of our Revolution, but
ilcstruction. It was a rebellion against
the majority rule for the purpose uot ot
retoiiniiig, but of overthrow.ng the gov
ernment, andereetftigupim itsruinsan itii
er of oligarchic cast, whose cornerstone
was property in man. It wis the product
of a system which threw all the lands ol
the South into the ban is of a few men.
It involved UII aci of aggravated treason
against a humane, paternal and unoffend
ing government.. It has been eouducted
with a degree of inhumanity that has no
example except iu barbarian wars. It has
involved to us au enormous expenditure
of money and of blood. Its suppression
has become impossible without removing
the cause of strife, and disabling our ene
my by liberating his slaves, and arming
themagaiuat him. It can not be repaired,
i'hure is possible that would
be commensurate with the injury. Can
youi breathe new life into the bones that
ornament the necks and fingers of south
ern dames, or bleach unburicd, without
even the humble privilege of a grave, on
southern battle-fields? Can you reclothe
them with the connly vesture that has
been given to the vultures of thesouthern
skies ' \\ ho shall restore the shattered
limb; who fill the vacttht chair at the fam
ily fireside; who give back the husband
and the father, or dry theteuisof thewid
ow and the orphan? What triumph, but
that of the dread archangel, who gathers
the tribes of the earth for the lastsolemn
judgment, shall awaken the gallant dead
who sleep in bloody garments in their
beds of glory, from their deep repose?—
Mock not the grief that is unutterable by
the subject of indemnity or reparation.—
"Give uie back my legions!" was the.
passionate exclamation of the lonian Au
gustus, when a swift messenger brought to
him the tidings of thuslaughter of Varus
and his brave companions iu the forests ol
Germany. "Give me back toy children!"
is the walling cry that will burst from the
bosom of the American mother, whowceps
like Rachael for her first-born, by the Wa
ters of the .Meriiuiac and the Oh o—or
mock me not with the idea ol' reparation.
There is tin reparation for it, as there can
be no punishment, except in the divesti
ture of the rights and the seizure of the
estates of the guilty leaders, there is no
security except 111 the distribution of the
latter, ajid me complete exorcism of the
hell-born aiid iLll-descrving spiritthut has
wrought all this world-wide ruin.
M A VE'OUT NEW t SCI.AMI IN THE COU).
Leave out New Ijigliiud in the cold !
We'll, lam 110 Yankee. No drop ol' my
blood hiu ever filtered through that strat
um of humanity. I claim, however to be
ji man. I think I love liberty above all
things. I know that I can respect and
admire courage, and constancy, and high
thought, and heroic achievement, where
ever I may find them. I would uot quar
rel even with an overstung philanthropy.
I can always excuse the ertors that lean
on the side of virtue, and find fanaticism
much more readily iu liiut devil-worship
nf slavery, that would be but even the
I'liion itself, upon its horrid altars, than
in these noble spirits whose sin is 01113
tlieir excessive love for man.l may
speak, therefore, without prejudice.
Leave out New England in the cold!
I doubt whether even this would chill her
brave heart, 01 quiet its tumultous throb
biugs for humanity. Though no ardent
southern suu has quickened her pulses,or
kindled her blood iutolava, no frigid uev
trality has ever frozen Iter into stoue. when
the interests of liberty appealed to her
flir protection. She has been ever faith
ful to the memory of . the great idea which
brought her founder* aoros- the ocean, us
the only colony that landed in this newly
discovered hemisphere ttpon any other er
rand than the search for gold. 1 cannot
forget that it was this prescribed race that
inaugurated the Revolution by forgiugin
their capital the thunderbolts thut smote
the tyranny of England, and dying their
garments with its first blood upon the
commons of Lexington.
Leave out New Kngland in the cold !
You may look unkindly upon her, but you
cannot freeze her into apathy any inure
than you can put out the light of her
eyes, or arrest the missionary thought
which she has launched over a continent.
It was not New Kngland that stood shiv
ering iu cold indifference when the boom
of the first rebel gun in Charleston har
bor thrilled along her rock-bouud coast.
Taking no thought of cost or consequen
ces, she ru>hed down like an avalanche to
avenge the insulted flag of our lathers,
and Massachusetts was glorified by a scc
oud baptism when the Uood of her sous
dyed the paviugsloues of the city of Bal
timore. I would it had been my own
great Stn'e, whose drum-beat was the first
that waked un echo in these halls, which
had won the honorof that sacrifice. But
t it was uot so ordained.
Leave out Massachusetts in the cold !
hat matters it that no tropical sun has
fevered her northern blood into the deliri
um ot' treason ? 1 know no trait of ten
derness more touching and more human
than that with which she received back
to her arms the boilios of her lifeless chil
dren. " Handle ihem tenderly," was the
message of her loyal Governor. Massa-'
chusetts desired to look once more upon
the faces of her martyred sons, " marred
us they were by traitors." She lifted gent
ly the sable ball that covered them. She
gave them stddier's burial and a soldier's
farewell; andthcnlike Davidof old when
he was informed that the child of his af
fections had ceased to live, she rose to
her feet, dashed the tear drop from her
eye, and in twenty days her iron-clad bnt
tulions were crowning the heights, and her
guns frowning destruction over the streets
of the rebel city. Shut out Massachu
setts in the cold ! Yes. You may blot
her out from the map of the continent";
you may bring back the glacial epoch,
when the Artie ice-drift that has deposit
ed so many monuments on her soil swept
over her buried surface —when the polar
bear, perhaps, paced the driving foes.and
the walrus frolicked among the tumbling
icebergs—but yon cannot sink her deep
enough to drown the memory of Lcxiug
ton and Concord, or bury the summit ol
the tall column that lifts its head over the
first of our battle fields. " With her,"in
iho language of her gicat son. "the past
is ut least secure." The muse of history
has flung her story upon the world's can
vass iu tiuts that will not fade and cannot
die.
I'UESERVINU THE UNION.
It is suggested, however, by a gentleman
from New York, 011 the other side of the
House, (Mr. Fernando Wood,) that while
wu ou ibis side are clu lung to be for the
Union, the enunciation of these doctrines
by my able colleague (Mr. Slovens.)
amounts to u declaration that we are nu
longer u Union parly. The meaning ol
this, if it means anything, is, that because
the rebel States are nu!, withoutuny agen
cy of ours, but with a large share of the
responsibility on the heads of those who,
like the gentleman himself, encouraged
the defection by their servility or by the
assurance that they were opposed to coer
cion—as they oppose it now—and taught
them to believe that they would go out
with perfect impunity, undthatNcw Yoik
and Pennsylvania Would go out along with
tlieni—the mere statement of the fact
that they were out in evidence that the
party of the Administration 011 this floor
is not iu favor of the preservation of the
L'uion ! Well, we ate in favor, at all
events, of preserving all that is left of it.
and intend, with the biessings of God,
to win back the residue, and pass it thro'
the fire until it shall cuuie out purged ol
the maliuuuut clement that has unfitted it
tor freedom. But what docs the honor
able gentleman himself, what do those
who vote w.tli hint ieally think on this
subject? does lie, do they believe that
the rebel States arc not out? It he docs
not look upon them as a newatid independ
ent power in the commonwealth of nations
why docs he propose to treat with them,
not with the velolting States singly, but
with "the authorities at Richmond?"
Ilow is it that in bis own resolution he
proposes, hi h/liifirn in'bi *, the "oiler to
Ihe I nion ?" Who are the "authorities
at Richmond ?" Will he inform us wheth
er they arc a people known to our Con
stitution, or how these States artf to return
to the Union if they were uevcrout of it?
Ilis tongue confesses it unwittingly—l
will not say like Balaam's, who blessed
when he attended to curse—but just as
did that of the Lousiuna claimant who,
professing to rest on the same doctrine,
stood before this House unconsciously
testifying in the same way. lie stands,
therefore, self condemned by his own log
ic, as uo Union man.l will allow him.
however, the advantage of the admission
that it is but a slipshod logic that cannot
distinguish between the taw and the Juct.
But that is true of himself and his party
which lie unjustly charges upon my col
league '1 he d i tie re lice Unjust this, that
although the icbels have spurned uuU
spit upon their northern auxiliaries, re
jected all the.r oven uies,and declared that
• Ley will no longer associate with them
upon any terms, and are uot willing that
they should even come " betwixt the wind
atiu their nobility," he wishes to triot for
the privilege of >eriiny them, while we
propose Ui Jij'ht for the purpose of chast
ising them into submission. This may be
the result only of a difference in taste;
but all history attests that 112 here always are,
as there always will be, men who love to
wear the livery of a master, aud are un
Comfortably without it; who regard the
collar as a badge of distinction, aud would,
at all events, rather carry it than quarrel
with it. No wonder, therefore, afc the
opinion so often expressed by men of this
sort in relation to the black man, that he
would neither run away, nor bear arms
against his master or anybody else They
did him injustice iu suppoeingtliat he was
like themselves. Pompev, who was an
im-ij-untary slave, is tending toward the
north star with a musket in his hand, .vhile
his white non-combatant substitute, a vrt
untnry slave, in rushing southward with
the olive branch 111 his hands, into thepa
triarchial arms.
WHAT IS TO BE THE END ?
But wnat is to be the end? Who
doubts it that trust iu Providence ami
knows that God is just ? Iu the darkest
hour of our trial, when the gallant bark
that bears our fortunes bad disappeared
among the mountain billows that threat
en to engulf it, aud the lowering clouds
shromlod in tpmjiorary darkness the glo
rious constellation of our fathers—when
all monarchical Kurope ciapdcd its hands
and sang peans of joy as the gieat Re
public reeled aud .-taggercd under the
iclou blows tnat were so treacherously
aimed at her life by the hands of be{ own
unnatural children—l never doubted or
faltered. I kuew that its timber might
be strained and its prow dip deeply into
trough o* the sea, but I read "ro-urgaui"
on its keel. 1 believe it must rise again
with ti e old Aug—that God-blessed ban
ner of our fathers, type of degenerated
humanity, symbol of hope to the nation—
still flying at its peak, iis only staiu wash
ed out. like the star that guided the magi
over the plaiusof Bethleheui, to light the
oppresssed of the old world to a knowledge
of their rights and capabilities. If it
might be permitted to the great captain
who conquered the liberties of Rome, to
say to the trembling pilot, " whyfearyou?
You carry Ctesar," how much more may
we—with such a freight as no vessel bore
s : nee tho ark of the patriarch rocked upon
the heaving tides of the deluge,or ground
ed upon the lofty summits of Ararat—
say to the trembling cowards who despair
of the Republic, and even yet sit down
and wring their hands like women over
the possibility of saving it. ''o yc of
little faith! Up, if ye are men! A
woild's hopes are staked upon your man
hood !" Yes, there is no throb of this
great heart that does not pulsate through
the nations as they stand at gaze. looking
with suspended breath, upon tho swaying
fortunes of this Titantic struggle. It is
the groat battle of the ages. It is uni
versal humanity in its last death-wrestle
with the powers of despotism. It is a
narrow view of the controversy to suppose
it a question of fioedoru to the negro on
ly. The chain that binds four millions of'
black men and as many white, both North
and 'outh. reaches not only to far distant
Africa, but grasps in its iron links the
men of all climes ami complexions, from
the green island that hangs at tho belt of
Britain, to tho gorges of the snowy Cau
casus—from the ' itidoo, who bathes in
in the Ganges, to the Kalmuck who pas
tures his flocks upon the steppes of Tar
tarv.
Trotf the Waverley Magazine. I
IMPROMPTU.
A rain-dr< j> on my window pane
1* trembling where It fell;
An angel n tear (a ih»d n vain,
Methink* 1 hear it tall.
Oli. Icvely rain-drop, clear and bright,
Like diamonds clustering near,
Unites the Ktiiibenm* in delight
both arch rich r.iinbowft theie.
We lore their misaion. young and old,
And hltftxiiigii round thorn ea^t,
Yet . ere It* hciiutieo d th unfold,
'Tis fled into the past.
80 all the rain-bow* in thin heart
From te:iMr«'pa kindly gl- w;
Vet. ere their pleasure* thev Impart,
Our llvet witji clouds o'eiflow.
KDJ*A SMITH. ,
WIT AND WISDOM.
UK who doth a kindness to a good iiiau.
doth a greater to himself.
HAVE money, and you will find kin
dred enough.
GEN. GHAAT says lie is going to stop
smoking after the war is over.
I r is credible to barn-vard nature that ,
while curses conic h.ome to roost, roosters •
never come home to roost.
JI K.N often attempt, by the light of rca j
son to discover mysteries of eternity.— j
'J hey might as well hold a candle to KCC 1
the sun. .
THESE are out West a couple of sisters,
who have to be told everything together,
they are so much alike that they cannot
be told apart.
DON'T despair girls. Jabez Knapp, ,
aged 03, and Thankful Williams, aged i
JSI, were recently married in Washington j
county, N. Y.
Fit l QUENTERS of concerts, who are in j
the habit of beating time with their feet,
arc reminded that the Stamp Act has been
repealed.
" Is that a lightning bug in the street?
asked a short-sighted old lady.
" No, grand ma," said a pretty little
.\li.-s, "it's a big bug with a cigar."
SOME people aie never contented. Af j
tor having all their limbs broken, their j
heads smashed, and their brains knocked
out, they will actually goto law and try
to get further damages.
A LITTLE boy, disputing with his sis
ter on some subject, I do not now remem
ber what, exclaimed.—
•' It's true, for ma says so; if ma
says so, it is so, if it ain't so
A WESTERN editor was receutly re
quested to fend his paper to a distant pat
ron, provided he would take his pay in
•' traid." At the end of a year he found
i hat his new subscriber was a tofliu ma
ker.
" HAS your son Timothy failed ?" in
quired Gubbcns of Stubbcn?, the other i
day.
" Oh. not at all, he has only assigned
over his property and fallen buck to take j
a better position," was the reply.
" You have not a drop of the great
N'apolean's blood in your veins," said a j
to*ty old Jerome one day in a pet to bis
nephew the Kmperor.
" Well." replied Louis Napoleon, "at
all events I have his whole family on my
shoulders."
TEACHER. —" How many kinds of axes
are there ?"
Boy.—" Broad axe, narrow axe, poet
axe, axe of the legislature, axing price,
and axe of the Apostles."
TEACHER. —'■ Good !go to the head of
I your class."
NUMBER 26
The t'le vela luli'ouvvutioii.
W « have lead the proceedings of the
Cleveland Convention with 'interest, but
without uppreliuiiMon to its results po
litically. It appears to have been what is
popularly known as a "tiizl«." 'lhere was
quite a luspectuble number of people in
attendance, but they represented uo one
but themselves. 1 hey called themselves
'•delegates but they were self Appoin
ted and w.thout constituents. It Would
be perfectly easy to get together thesuuie
number of discontented politicians any
where. at any imaginable question.
Look, for instance, at tho ''delegates"
from Pennsylvania. Who appointed
them ? Whom did they represent beside
themselves? Were they appointed by
the haudl'ul who responded to tho call for
the formation of a Fremont Club, in Wilk
ins' Hall, or did tlicy go simply of their
own motiou, and with tho sitisfied con
sciousness that in representing themselves
they represented enough self importance
fur a laige party? We eau safely say,
from our knowledge of public septiment
here, that.they lcpreseuted no political
organization of the slightest importance
in this county J and tho public will look
in vain for any authority outside of it to
act as delegates. They assumed, wiih
that political modesty for which they aro
notorious, to speak for Pennsylvania; but
neither tho opjiosition to the Copperhead
Democracy in this State nor any portion
of it, has ever made them its mouth-pioce.
'llia old-time "Liberty Party" Nation
al Conventions were much more respecta
ble gatherings, both in numbers and per
sonal. 'lhey were not, it is tiuc,nttcuded
by Parker Pillsbury, Stephen 8. Poster
and Weuoell i hillips, who were too pure,
in tlioso di.ys, to delilo their hands with
politics. they contented themselves,
then,withdenouncing tho Constitution »112»
"a league wi'.h <Jeath and aeovenaut with
hell," and all wlw voted unjler it as al
most certain of eternal damnation. Now
that tinj have got to voting under it they
cannot consort with tho?e who periled
their souls salvation by persisting iu vo
ting when they thought it heterodox, and
advised against it, but aro fain to consort
with men of sueii immaculate purity as
Cen. John Cochrane.
We have read ov«r the platform, and
sec but little in it to condemn. With the
exception of the one term resolution there
is scarcely any part of it that the Balti
more Convention might not reaffirm. In
100 king it over the leader wonders where
the grtevauce of these men is. It is not
one of principle, for every principle iu it,
or whatever'is in it worthy of the name,
will undoubtedly find expression at Balti
more. 'J he grievance is a j>ern>nal one
Kvidently John C. Fremont isdeteiniined
to run for Pi evident, and despairing of a
nomination elsewhere, has this one uianu
lactured to order,sundry discontented mon,
ambitious of notoriety, seek it through
this channel, as seeming to offer the best
opportunity lor that purpose, whiloothers,
dislike Mr. Lincoln, geek this the on
ly way of venting their dislike.
Them iss of those wh<> supported John
C. Fremont for the Presidency in 1800
will unite with us in the express on of
a deep regret that, he should sufler himself to
be placed in this possition. For,some time
past, however, it has been evident that he
was bent one of two things—either
to compel the Administration party to
nominate liiui, or to create a breach in its
ranks to secure, if possible its defeat.
The nomination at. Cleveland is the re
sult of his conviction that he was certain
uot to be nominated at Baltimore ; and
since he is determined to run, we ar»
glad to notice that the sell-created. con
vention which nominated him contained
no one of any note and represented no
element of nny political importance.
The ' delegates" themsdvea appeared
to have been clearly of this uiind, that
the move was an utter failure. The nom
ination of John Cochrane for Vice Presi
dent—a man without a particle ofstrengh
or character, and who lives in the same
city with Fremont—shows that no one,
even of thrm, was williug to be offered up
with him as a fellow sacrifice, not a voice
being raised even for the delegate who per
sisted in running duublc with Dayton for
the same place in I&3G. Ihe >ameanxi
ety was shown to escape from all possible
future responsibility lor the affair in the
appointment of the National Committee.
The ' delegates" from Pennsylvania jjave
the honor of a place on that Committee
to the least distinguished of their num
ber, and the delegates from other States
seem to have acted from a like impulse.
We do not, as we stated at the outset,
feel any apprehension as to the results of
this Convention, politically. The masses
of the friends of the Uuion aud the Gov
ernment will rally around tlie nominees
of the Baltimore Oouveution. satisfied
that its platform will be radical enough,
and that every vote cast in opposition to
its nominees, for a third candidate, will
be. in effect, a vote for the Chicago Cop
perhead nominees.— PliU, Gaz.
" FATUta," said a young lisper ofsonje
four snmtnors, " when wuth the flood
•• Oh. my son." replied the parent, -that
happe a long time ago."
" Wath we all alive then ? persisted
the little inquirer.
"No dear," was the reply. i; the flood
we read of in the Bible happened many
thousand years ago."
" Well, now." rejoined the boy in great
disgust, - that is too bad! I thought Torn
Brown (another youngster of the same
age) wath fibbin. He thaid to me this
morning that he was there then and wa
ited through."
Artiomus Ward says: experience
is an excellent schookuaeter, but charges
, dreadful »agos