VOLUME 2.
Funeral Address Delirere.l by Bish
op Simpson at Springfield.
Fellow-citizeim of Illinois, antl of our
entire Union: Near the capital of this
large and growing Stateof Illinois, in the
midst of this beautiful grove, and at the
open mouth of the vault which has just
received the remains of our fallen Chief
tain, we gather to pay a tribute of respect
and drop the tears of sorrow around the
ashes of the mighty dead. A little more |
than four years ago, from his plain and
.quiet home in yonder city, he started, re
ceiving the parting words of the concourse
of friends who gathered around him, and
in the midst of the dropping of the gen
tle shower he told of the pains of parting
from the place where his children had
been born and his home had been made so
pleasant by early recollections. And as
he left he made an earnest request in the
hearing of some who are present that, as
he was about to enter upon responsibili
ties which lie believed to oe greater than
any which had fallen upon any man since
the days of Washington, the people would
offer up their prayers that God would aid
and sustain him in the work they had gi ~
en him to do. His company left youi
quiet city ; but, as it went, snares were in
waiting for the Chief Magistrate. Scarce
ly did he escape the dangers of the way,
or the hands of the assassin, as he near
od Washington, and I believe he escaped
only through the vigilance of the officers
and prayers of the people; so that the
blow was suspeneod for more than four
years which was at last permitted through
the providence of God to tall. How dif
ferent the occasion which witnessed his
return! Doubtless, you expected to take
liim by the hands, to feel the warm grasp
which you felt in other days, and to see
the tall form walking among you, which
you had delighted to honor in years past.
Rut he was never permitted to return un
til he came with lips mute and silent, his
frame encoffined, and a weeping nation
following as his mourners. Such a scene
as bis return to you was witnessed
among the events of history There
have been great processions of mourncts.
There was one for the patriarch .Jacob,
which cauie up from Egypt, and the Egyp
tians wondered at, the evidences of rev
erence aud filial affection which came
from the hearts of the Israelites. There
was mourning when Moses fell upon the
hights of Pisgah and was hid from hu
man view. There have been mournings
in the kingdoms of the earth when kings
and warriors have fallen ; but never was
there, in the history of man, such mourn
ing as that which has accompanied the
funeral procession and has gathered around
the mortal remains of him who was our
loved one and who now sleeps among us.
If we glance at tne procession which fol
lowed him we see how the nation stood
n"hast. Tears filled the eyes of many
suuburnt faces. Strong men, as they
clasped the hands of their friends were
unable to find vent for their grief in words.
Women and little children caught up the
tidings as they ran through the land, and
were melted into tears. The nation stood
still. Men left their plows in the fields
and asked what the end would be. The
hum of manufactories ceased, and the
sound of the Trammer was not heard.—
Busy merchants closed their doors, and
in the Exchange gold passed uo more
from hand. Three weeks have passed.
The nation has scarcely breathed easily
yet. A mournful silence is abroad upon
tho land. Nor is this mourning confined
to any class or to any district of the coun
try. Men of all political parties and of
all religious creeds seem united in paying
this mournful tribute. The Archbishop
of the Roman Catholic Church in New
York and a Protestant minister walked
side by side in the said procession, and a
Jewish Rabbi performed a par* of the sol
emn service. There are gathered around
his tomb, representatives of the Aruiy
and Navy, Senators, Judges, Go'-ernors,
and officers of all the braucnes of the
Government and members of all the civic
associations, with men and women, from
the humblest as well as the highest occu
Rations. Here and there, too, are tears as
sincere and warm as any that drop which
come from the eyes of those whose kin
dred and whose race have been freed from
their chains by him whom they mourn as
their deliverer Far more have gazed on
the face of the departed than ever looked
upon the face of any other departed man.
More eyes have looked ujion the proces
sion for 1,600 miles, or more by night
and by day, by sunlight, dawn, twilight
and by torchlight, than ever before wutch
ed the progress of a processiou. We ask
why thisjyftpdcrful mouruing; this great
procession. I answer: First, a part of
the interest has arisen# from the times in
which wc live, and in which he had fal
len was a principal actor. It is a princi
ple of our nature that feelings once cx
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eluded from the object by which they are
excited, turn readily to some other object
winch may, for the time being, take pos
session of the mitld. Another princi
ple is that the deepest affections of our
hearts gather around some human form in
which are incarnated the loving thoughts
and ideas of the passing age. If we look
then at the times, we see an age of ex
citement. For four years the popular
heart has been stirred to its utmost depths.
War had come upon us, dividing fami
lies ; separating nearestand dearesl friends
—a war the extent and magnitude of
which no one could estimate—a war in
which the blood of brethren was shed by
a brother's hand. A call for soldiers was
made by this voice, now hushed, and all
over this land, from hill to mountain, from
plain to valley, they sprang up, hundreds
of thousands of bold hearts, ready togo
forth and save our National Union. This
feeling of excitement was transformed
next into a feeling of deep grief because
of the dangers in which onr country was
placed. Many said : Is it possible to
save our nation ? Koine in our country,
and nearly all the leading men in other
countries, declared it to be impossible to
maintain the Union; and many au hon
est heart was deeply pained with appre
hensions of common ruin, and many in
grief and almost in despair anxiously in
quired : What shall the end of these
things be? In addition, the wives had
given their husbands, mothers their sons.
In the pride and joy of their hearts they
saw them put on the uniform, they saw
them tike their martial step, and they
tried to hide their deep feelings I>f sad
ness. Many dear ones slept on the bat
tle field, never, never to return again, and
there was mourning in every mansion and
in every cnbin in our broad land. Then
came a feeling to deepen sadness as the
story came of prisoners tortured to death
or starved through the mandates of those
who arc ealled the representatives of the
chivalry, or who claim toe the honora
ble ones of the earth ; and as we read the
stories of frames attenuated, our grief
turned partly into horror and partly into
a cry for vengeance. m Then the feeling
was changed to one of joy. There came
signs of the end of this Rebellion. We
followed the career of our glorious, gen
erals. We saw our army under the com
mand of the brave officer who is guiding
this procession, climbed up the hights of
Lookout Mountain and drove the ltebcls
from their strongholds. Another b.-ave
General swept through Georgia, South
and North Carolina and drove the com
bined armies of the Rebels before him,
while the honored Lieutenant General
held Lee and his hosts in a death grasp.
Then the tidings came that Richmond
was evacuated and that Lee had surren
dered. The bells rang merily all over
the land. The booming of cannon was
heard. Illuminations and torch-light pro
cessions manifested the general joy, and
families were looking for the speedy re
turn of their loved ones from the field of
battle. Just in the midst of the wildest
joy, in one hour—nay, in one moment—
the tidings rang throughout the land that
Abraham Lincoln, the best of l'resid nts,
had perished by the hands of an assassin.
And then all that feeliifg which had been
gathering for our years in forms of ex
citement, grief, honor and joy, turned in
to one wail of woe—a sadness inexpressi
ble, anguish unutterable. Rut it is not
the time, merely, which caused this mourn
ing ; the mode of his death must be ta
ken into account. Ilad he died on a bed
of illness with kind friends around him ;
had the sweat of death been wiped from
his brow by gentle hands while he was
yet conscious; could ht have had the pow
er to speak words of affection to his strick
en, widow, words of counsel to us like
those which we heard in his pal ting 'or
Washington in his Inaugural which shall
now be immortal; how it would havesuft
ened or assuaged something of the grief!
There might at least have been prepara
tion for the event. But no moment of
warning was given to him or us. lie was
stricken dowi when his hopes for thceud
of the Rebellion were bright and the
prospects of a joyous life were before him.
There was a Cabinet meeting that day,
said to have been the most cheerful aud
happy of any held since the beginning of
the Rebellion. After this me«ting he
talked with his friends, and spoke of the
four years of tempest, of the storm being
over, aud of the four years of pleasure
and joy awaitiug him ; a» the weight of
care and anguish would be taken from his
mind, and he could have happy days with
his family again. In the luulet of these
anticipations, he left his house never to
return alive. The evening was Good
Friday, the saddest day in the wljole cal
eudar for the Christian Church —hence-
forth in this country to be made sadder,
| if possible, by the memory of our nation's
I loss. Aud so filled with grief was every
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our .My as we understand it"--*- LINCOLN
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1865.
Christian's heart that even all the joyous
thought of Easter Sunday failed to re
move the crushing sorrow under which
the truo worshipper bowed in the House
of God. Rut the great cause of this
mourning is to be fouud in the man him
self. Mr. Lincoln was no ordinary man
and I believe the conviction has
growing on the nation's mind, as it cer
tainly has been on my own, especially in
the last years of his administration. Ry
the hand of God, he was especially sin
gled out to guide ourGovermnen in these
troublous times, and it seems to me that
the hand of God may be traced in many
of the events connected with his history.
First, then, 1 recognize this in the phys
ical education which he received, and
which prepared him for enduring hercu
lean labors in the trials of his boyhood
and the labors of his manhood. God was
giving him an iron form. Next to this
was his identification with the heart of
the great people—understanding their
feelings because be was one of them and
connected with them in their movements
and life, liis education was simple; a
few months spent in the school-house gave
him the elements of education. He read
few books, but mastered all he read.—
" Runyan's Progress" aud th) " Life of
Washington" were his favorites. Iu
these we recognize the works which gave
the bias to his character, and which part
ly molded his style. His early life, with
its varied struggles, joined him indissolu
bly to tho weeping masses, and no eleva
tion in society diminished his respect for
the sons of toil. He knew what it was to
fell the tall trees of the forest, and to
stem the current of the hard Mississippi.
His home was in the growing West, the
heart of the Republic, and, invigorated
by the wind which swept over its groves
he learned the lesson of self-reliance
which sustained him in seasons of adver
sity. His genius was soon recognized as
true genius always will be. He was pla
cid in the legislature of a State.
Already acquainted with the principles
of law, he devoted bis thought to mat
ters of public interest, and began to be
looked on as the coming statesman. As
early as 184!) ho presented resolutions in
the Legislature asking for emancipation
in the District of Columbia, although,
with rare exceptions, the whole popular
mind of bis State was opposed to the
measure.
From that hour he was a steady and
uniform friend of humanity, and was pre
paring for the conflict of latter years. If
you ask on what mental characteristic his
greatness rested, I answer on a quick aud
ready perception of facts, and a memory
unusually tenacious and retentive, and on
a logical turn of mind which followed
sterlingly and unwavcrlingly every link in
the chain of thought on any subject which
he was called onto investigate.
I think there have been minds more
decided in their character, more compre
hensive in their scope, but I doubt if
there has been a man which could follow,
step by step, with logical power, the points
which he desired to illustrate, lie gain
ed the power by a close study of geome
try and by a determination to persevere
iu the truth. It is said of him that in
childhood, when he had any difficulty in
listening to a conversation to ascertain
what people meant, if he retired to rest
he could not slee, till he tried to under
stand the precise points intended, and
when understood to convey it in a clear
n ann r to those who had listeued with
him.
Who that has read his message fails to
perceive the directness and the simplicity
of his style, and this very trait which was
scoffed at and derided by his opposers is
now recognized as one of the strong points
of that mighty mind which has so power
fully influenced the destiny of this nation,
and which shall for ages to come influ
ence the destiny of humanity. It is not,
however, chiefly by his mental faculties
that he gained such control over mankind.
His moral power gave him prominence.
The convictions of men that • Abraham
Lincoln was an honest man led them to
yield to his guidance.
As has been said of Cobden, whom he
greatly respected, he made all men feel
and own the scuse of himself, and recog
nise in him individuality, a self-relying
power. They saw in him a man whom
they believed would do that which was
right, regardless of all consequences. It
was this moral feeling which gave him
the greatest hold on the people, aud made
bis utterances almost oracular. When
the nation was angered by the perfidy of
foreigu powers, iu allowing privateers to
be fitted out, he uttered the significant
expression, " One war at a time," and it
stilled the natioual heart. When his own
friends were divided as to what ttcj«
should be takeu as to slavery, that simple
utterance, " 1 will save the Union if I
c#u with Sl»vei<y; but if uot, Slavery
must perish, for the Union must be pre
served," became the rallying word.
Men felt that the struggle was for the
Union, ond all other questions must be
subsidary. But after all the acts of a
man shall his fall be perpetuated ? What
are his acts ? Much praise is due to the
men who aided him. fie called able
counselors around him and brave generals
into the field—men who hjive borue the
sword as bravely as ever any human arm
has boVne it. He had the aid of prayer
ful and thoughtful men everywhere.
But under bis own guiding hands the
movements of our armies lave been con
ducted.
Turn toward thedifferent departments.
We bad au unorganized militia—a mere
skeleton army; yet uuder his care that
army has been enlarged into a force which
for skill, intelligence, efficiency and bra
very, surpasses any which the ,worl has
ever seen. Before its veterans the re
nowned veterans of Napoleon shall pale
[applause], and the mothers and sister on
these hillsides and all over the laud shall
take to their arms again braver men than
ever fought iu European wars.
The reason is obvious : money on a de
sire for fame collected theiV armies, or
they were rallied to sustain favorite theo
ries or dynasties; but the armies he call
ed into being fought for Liberty, for the
Union, and for the right of self-govern
ment; and many of them felt that the
battles they won were for humanity every
where, and for all time,for I believe that
(iod has not suffered this terrible rebel
lion to come upou our land merely for a
chastisement to us or a lesson to our age.
There are moments which involve in
themselves eternities. There are instants
which seem to contain germs which shall
develop and bloom forever. Such amo
ment comes in the tide of time to our
land when a question must be settled.
The powers of affliction, all the earth, the
contest, was for human freedom—not for
the Republic merely, not for the Union
simply, but to decide whether the people,
as a people, in their entire majesty were
destined to be the Government, or whether
they were to be subject to tyrants or au
tocrats, or to class-rule of any kind.
This is the great question for which wc
have been fighting, and its decision is at
hand, and the result of the contest will
affect the ages to come. If successful,
Republics will spread, in spite of monareh
ism, all over this earth. [Exclamations
of" Amen ! " "Thank God !" ] I turn
from tlie Army to the Navy What was
it when the war commenced ? Now we
have our ships of war at home and abroad,
to guard privateers in foreign sympathi
sing ports as well as to take care of every
part of our own coast. They have taken
forts that military men said could not be
taken, and a brave Admiral, tor the first
time in the world's history, lashes himself
to the mast, there to remain as long as he
had a pfrticleof skill or streugth to watch
over his ship while it engaged in the
perilous contest of taking the strong forts
of the enemy
I turn to the Treasury Department.
Where should the money come from ?
Wise men predicted ruin, but our national
credit has been maintained, and our cur
eney is safer to-day than it ever was be
fore. Nor, only is this so, but through
our national bonds, if properly used, we
shall have a permanent basis for our cur
ency, and they are also an investment so
desirable for capitalists of other nations,
that under the laws of trade, I believe,
the center of exchange will be transferred
from England to the United States.
Rut the great act of the mighty chief
tan eti which his fame shall rest long
after his frame shall moulder away, is that
of giving freedom to a race. We have
all been taught to revere the soerrd char
acter of Moses, of his power and tho prom
inence he gave to the moral law, how it
lasts, and how his name towers among the
names in Heaven, and how he delivered
three millions of his kindred out of bond
adge, and yet we may assert that Abra
ham Lincoln, liberated more enslaved
people than ever Moses set free, aud those
not of his kindred or of his race. Such
a power or such an opportunity, God has
seldom given toman.
When other events shall have been
forgotten, when this world shall have be
come a not-work of Republics, when every
throne shall be swept from the face of
the earth, when literature shall enlighten
all uiiuds, when the claims of humanity
shall be recognized everywhere, this act
shall still be conspicuous on the puges of
history; and we are thaukful that God
gave to Abraham Liuoolu the decision,
wisdom aud grace to issue that proclama
tion, which stands high above all other
papers which have beeu penned t y uuin
i spired mcu. [Applause.] Abraham Lin
cold was a good mail. He was known as
1 an honest, temperate, fnrgijring man, a
jus. uii»u, a Lpau of uoble heart iu uvoty.
way : as to his religious experience I
cannot speak definitely, because I wasuot
privilcdgcd to know much of bis private
sentiments.
My acquaintance with him did not give
me the opportunity to hear him speak on
this topic. I know, however, he read
the Bible frequently ; loved it for its
great truths aud for its profound teach
ings ; and he tried to be guided by its
precepts. He believed in Christ, the
Saviour of Sinners, and I think he was
sincerely trying to bring his life into the
principles of pure religiou. Certainly, if
there ever was a man whe illustrated
some of the principles of pure religion,
that man was our departed President.—
Look over all his speeches. Listen jto
his utterances. He never spoke unkitid
' y of any man ; even the Rebels receiv
ed no words of anger from him, and the
last day illustrated, in a remarkable man
ner, his forgiving dispositionn. A dis
patch was leceived that afternoon that
Thompsou and Tucker were trying to
make their escape through Main, and it
was proposed to arrest them. Mr. Lin
coln, however' preferred rather to let them
quietly escape than have the very men
who had been plotting liis destruction
arrested ; and this morning we real the
proclamation offering 520,0U0 for the ar
rest of tfiese men as aiders and abettors
of his assassination. So, that in his ex
piring acts he was saying : "Father, for
give them ; they know not what they do."
As a rule I doubt if any president has
ever shown such trust in God or in pub
lic documents so frequently referred to
Divine aid. Often did ho remark to
friends and to delegations, that his hope
for our success rested in his conviction
that God would bless our efforts because
we were trying to do right. To the ad
dress of a large religions body he replied.
"Thanks be unto God, who, in our na
tional trials, giveth us the churches."—
To a minister who said he hoped the
Lord was on our side, he replied that it
gave him no concern whether the Lord
was on our side or not, for, bo added, "I
know the Lord is always on the side of
the right," and, with deep feeling, added:
"Rut God is my witness that it is my
constant anxiety and prayer that both
myself and this nation should be on the
Lord's side." In his domestic life he
was exceedingly kind and affectionate.—
Me was a devoted husband and father.—
During his Presidential term he lost his
second son, Willie. To an officer of the
army he said, not long since : "Do you
ever find yourself talking with the dead ?"
and added, "Since Willie's death ! catch
myself ever)' day involuntarily talking
with him, as if ho were with me." On
his widow, who is unable to be hero, I
need only invoke the blessing of Almigh
ty God that she may bo comforted and
sustained. For his son, who has witnes
ed the exercises of this hour, all that I
can desire is that the mantle of his fath
er may fall upou him. [Exclamations of
"Amen."]
Let us pause a moment in the lesson of
the hour before we part. This man, tho'
he fell by the hand of an assassin, still
he fell under the permissive hand of God.
He had some wise purpose in allowing
him so to fall. Whatmorecould he have
desired of life for himself? Were not
his honors full ? There was no office to
which he could aspire. The popular
heart clung araund him as around uo oth
er man. The nation* of the world have
learned to honor him. If rumors of a
desired alliance with England bo true,
Napoleon trembled when he had heard of
the fall of Richmond, and asked what na
tion would join him to protect him against
our Government. Besides the goodues#
of such a man, his fame was full, bis
work was done, and he sealed his glory
by becoming the natiou's great martyr
for liberty. He appears to have had a
strange presentiment early iu political
life, that some day he would be President.
You see it, indeed, in 1839. Of the
slave power ho said, "Broken by it ? I
too may be asked Jto Eow to it. I never
will. The probability that wc may fail
in the struggle, ought not to deter us
from the support of a cause which I deem
to be just. It shall not deteijme, if I ev
er feel the soul within me elevate aud
expand to these dimensions, not wholly
uuworthy of its Almighty architect. It
is when 1 contemplate the cause of my
country deserted by all the world beside,
n ud I standing up boldly and alone, and
hurling defiance at her victorious oppres
sars. Here without contemplating con
sequences, before high Ileaveu and the
face of the world, I swear eternal fidelity
to the just cause, as I deem it, of the land
of my life, my liberty, aud my love."
Hut yet, seerct'y, he said to more than
>.ue: "I never shall-live out the four
year.- of my teriu. When the I'ebelliou
is c u bed my work is done ' So a was !
• AJo URYA to MOO THE last buttle fought UNU
to dictate ft dispatch from the homo of
Jefferson Davis—.lived till the power of
the Rebellion was broken, and then, hav
ing done the work for which God had
sent him, angels, I trust, were sent to
shield him from one moment of pain or
suffering, and to bear him from this
world to that high and glorious realm
where the patriot and the good shall live
forever. llis example teaches young
men that every position ef emineuce is
open before the diligent and the worthy,
to the active men of the couutry. His
example urges the country to tni<t in
God and to do right. Standing as we
do to-day by his coffin and his sopulehsr,
let us resolve to carry forward the policy
which so nobly and wholly began. Let
us do right to all meu. Let us vow, in
(he sight of Ileaven, to eradicate every
vestige of human slavery, to givo every
human being his true position before
(Jod and man, to crush every form of ie
bellion, and to stand by the flag which
God has given us. How joyful we ought
to ba that it floated ovor parts of every
state before .Mr. Liucoln's career was en
ded ! How singular is the fact that the
assassin's foot was caught in the folds of
the flag, and that for this we are indebt-.
Ed for bis capturo ! The flag and the
traitor must ever be enemies. The trai
tors will probably suffer by the change of
ruler?, for one of stern mold, who himself
has deeply suffered from the Rebellion,
now yields the award of justice. Our
country, too, is stronger for the trial thro'
which it has passed. A repubtic was de
clared by monarchies too weak to endure
a civil war; yet wo have crushed the
most gigantic rebellion iu history, and
have grown in strength and population
every year of the struggle. Wo have
passed through the ordeal of a popular
election, while swords and bayonets were
in the field, and have come out unchan
ged ; now, iu an hour of excitement, with
a large minority having preferred anoth
er man for President, the bullet of the
assassin has laid our President prostrate ;
has there been a mutiny ? has any rival
proposed his claims ? Out of an army of
nearly a million of men, no officer or sol
diers has uttered ouo word of dissent,and
in an hour or two after Mr. Lincoln's
death, another leader, with constitutional
powers, occupied his chair, and the Gov
ernment moved forward without one sin
gle jar. The world will learn that repub
lics are the strongest governments on earth
And now, my friends, iu the words oftbe
departed, "with malice towards notio,"
free from all feeling of personal v ngeance,
yet believing the sword must not be drawn
in vain, let us go forward in our paimul
duty. Let every man who was a Sena
tor or Representee iu Congress, arid who
aided in beginning this Rebellion, and
thus led to the slaughter of.our sons and
daughters, be brought to speedy and cer
tain punishment. Lot every officer edu
cuted at public expense and who, having
been advanced4o position, has perjured
himself and turned his sword against the
vitals of his country, be doomed to this.
I believe in the will of tho American
people. Men may attempt to compromise
and to restore these traitors and murder
ers to society again, but the American
people will arise in their majesty and
sweep all such compromises and compro
uiisors away, and will declare that there
shall bo no peace to Rebels; but to the
deluded masses we shall extend arms of
forgiveness. We will take them to our
hearts and walk with them side by side
as we go forward to work out a glorious
destiny. The time will couic when, in
the beautiful words of him whose lips arc
now forever closed : "The mystic cords
of memory, which stretch from every
battle-field and frotu every patriot's grave,
shall yield a sweeter music when touched
by the angels of our better nature." To
the ambitious there is a fearful lessen of
the four candidates for Presidential hon
ors cf 1800. Two of them Douglass and
Liucoln, once competitors, but now sleep
ing patriots, rest from their labor*. Roll
perished in poverty and misery as a trait
or might perish. And Breckeuridgo U a
frightened fugitive with the brand of
traitor on his brow. That will be vouch
ed by the angels of our hotter uature. —
[Cries of "good, good."]
Men of wealth and influence in
Richmond raanif'eKt considerable willing,
ness to renew their allugiaucc by taking
the prescribed oath, and it is said there is
much apparcut sincerity in doiDg it.
Among those who have renewed their citi
zenship, are many well known names of
professional and business men. It is
somewhat remarkable that the clergy
tin.re, u» well tin elsewhere, arc among
those most backward in giving \ip the
cause of l'avu, the traitor, thief, and im
•assin.
—Oen Hfierinan's hradrjuai tera arc to
ut Alu?updria, Va'. t
NUMBER 23.
COMMUNICATIONS.
For the American Citiren.
Chatechism on the Demooratio
Party.
BT "W. R.. THOMPSON, JR.
Who rejoices in the death of Abraham
Lincoln 112
Tho Rebels in the South and Demo
crats of the North.
Who oleeted Jeff. D'lvis to tho U. 8.
Senate ?
The Democratic party.
Who took the rebel John C. Rreckiq,
ridge up for Vice President in 1860 ?
The Democratic party.
Vi here are all tho friends of the rebel
lion, the peace men, the copperheads, tho
spies, the conspirators of the rebels to bo
found in the North ?
In the Democratic party,
Mho denounced Andrew G. Curtin as
a drunkard, a liar, a scoundrel and a
thief?
Democratic editors.
ho was the first traitor In our land 112
John C. Calhoun, a loader of the Dem
ocratic party.
\\ ho are all the advocates of a degrad
ing- and ignoble peace at any cost of na
tional honor, and at any sacrifice of our
dear liberties ?
The Democratic party.
Who first, seecMed from the Union itj
the Southern States '!
The Deuiocratis party.
Where is the Northern Ex-President
who signed and approved the Kansas Ne
braska bill ?
IJ the Democrat ic party.
Who would first rejoice in the dowq<
fall of our Government ?
The Democratic party.
Where are all the persons to be found
who, in all party contests, have been ra
ted a? Northern men with Southern prin
ciples?
In the Democratic party.
Who have they kicked out of their
shanties for being loyal men ?
Lien. Grant, Uen- Meade, Joe Hooker
and Andrew Johnson.
Who mourns the death ot little Mao,
Rccause the plattorm broke his back ?
'J he men that gave the Union o'er
The copperheads of sixty-four.
Gladk Mills, April 28,1861.
Legal Intelligence.
A countryman walked into tho of
fice of Lawyer Barnes one day an 4
began his application :
"Barnes I have coti)o to get your
advioa in a case that ia giving mo
some trouble."
"Well, what is the matter ?"
"Suppose now, ' s iid the client,
"that amm had a spring of water
on his land, arid his neighbor living
below should build a dam across the
creek through both the'r farms, anil
it was to back the water up into tha
other man' spring, what ought to bo
done ?"
'/Sue him sir, sue him r>y all means."
He always became excited in propor
tion to tl r aggravations ofhisclients.
"You can recover heavy damages,
sir, and the law will make him pay
well f'ir it, Just give me the case,
and I'll bring the money from him ;
and if he hasn't a great deal of prop
erty, it will break him up, sir."
"Bet stop, Barnes," cried the ter- *
rifled applicant for legal advice, "it's,
neighbor Jones that owns the spring
and he '.hreatens to sue me,"
The keen lawyer hesitated a mo
ment before ho tacked his ship and
kept on.
"Ah ! well, you say that you built
a dam across that creek. What sort
of a datn was that sir ?"
"It was a mill dam."
"A mill datr. for grinding grain,
was it ?"
"Yes, it was just that."
"And it is a good neighborhood
mil', is it ?"
"So it i3 sir, and you may well say
so."
"And all the neighbors bring theip
grain to be ground, do they?"
"Yes sir, all but Jones,"
"Then it js a great public convex
nrnce, is it not."
"T be sure it is. I would not
have built it but fgr that. It is fop
superior to any other mill, sir-"
"4nd now," said tho lawyer, you
tell me that that man Jones is cora
plainingjust because the water from
the darti happens to put back Into
his litt'e spring, and he is threaten
ing to sue you. Well, all I have to
say is to fet him sue, and hd'll rue
the day, as sure as my name is
Barnes."
—The Tennessee Legislature has elect
ed Hon. H. J. Patterson and Hon. S. J.
Fowler, U. S. Senators, tho former fo?
four years am! the latter for six It now
only remains for Tennessee to elect Con
gressmen to eniitle her to fall recognition
as a b'tate in the UnWn.