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A . DESPOTISM :CONTEMPLATED
To leave out of.view all other signs which
indicate the.intention of the ruling - party, we .
..• • .
may safely conelude. that; ,when the :right of
-free. dilllCll46fo . ll. -aqd- unque s tioning
submission -the.pelicy . and:ticts-of the'admin,
tration rientrandedove are on the •high road to
. .So far hit've.we already: adiranc - ed'
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on thie "road to .ruin;' , • that what'. 'was' once
.•
considered disgraceful ,subserViency men,
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noWmeans loyalty ' to the government,: end
what was .fortnerly loyalty' uovi2 rank
son: 'Never before wee the' meaning of vrords .
,
changed, never Constitution and ideas subvert.
ed irr:so short a time. .But 'discarding the.new•
tangled tests end cencejnions 7 .—the dangerous
heresies of Abolittrinlet, us appreach the faun . -
•tain of'Demecracy and swallow.inspirin,g drafts
from its pure 'and 'sparkling watersr . ...Let
,us
learn, the truth. Mid then be 'faithful to. •duty.,
whatever dernand It may rniike.flprin our -
.moral
or physiCal By the
,rude hand:- of iinp-•
rant pewer'our pleasant places have' been Made.
desolate, and 'if we Submit our 'minds to . the
fetters prepared for them, our ..condiiion will
soon be one of hopeless' vassalage. We must '
offer in fiche constitutions: resistance to the de
.mands, usurpation's, and 'heresies or- the riding
party, or our tretdnm end our country'will alike
perish."' The New York Wodd repudiates the
- test of . Unquestieningsubrnission." It asks: ,
, What is an American's loyalty? . It' is e
passion as tree from' personal 'eater as . his..loVe.
of heaven, and as.puredroin partisan.
.man
.as
the merest. act'of intellect.: No . man cern,'
mends :it; as in trionriechies—no" order, 'as ••
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oligarchies. 11,is due •solely.to that in -..t,vhi,ett
the sovereignty of the nation 'is embodied
the Constitution arid (he laws. Its• sacta*ment .
1. - 4 expressed in the oath of al.egianee• lyrese
which every offterallakes. The existing goy.
- ernmeet is, litte . the eiriien,the servant of thes e
und, both the governors and
. the''•go'v , 4ned,
art ing.ipart , r hese, as the. com mon .'superior,
have the right to rt quire from each'Other
enre to 'what, theSe presCribe. It is .as '.the
the guardians of the Constitution and the laws
that the governeit Rive made .ihr govern.irs
whet they are—aucl for faithlessness •to • that
tu'uurnake them is given ton.
The'People could nit, if 11 ey would, abdicate,
ltri• 'power, and yi-lit the •ge. - verninent 'during
its term iii to idaArhe to do us' it wills with the
sovereignty.. ;
, rit is exactly'againgt this mistaken' transfer.
of loy4lty (torn ,its.elrto the 'government :that
he Constitution has:most : careful y. provided:
Oar legislature is nat;like the British Pa rlia
ment, omnipotent. ',The laws it May enact e'er••-
tninly ;ire our rule of, conduct,. nod must..be
obeyed:brevery 'good citizen, bat . they are lie
ble to the freest 'discussion ..and the. sharpest
criticismu nt hoy have 'under e,one the scruti
ny pf.the.SuPreme pearl, and according to its
decision upon their ronstitutionality. have been.
affirrned'or krinulled. -This arrangement was
expressly designed, by the fairruhrrs of our. na
tionalit)•; as oni , 'of the strongeSt securtt les
againSt legislative tyranny. 'Even atter.such
deeision.nocheck irrinosed, and in a tree coun
try, none tan be imposed, upon their discussion
'with a.view ?Merriment or nrapeal. Sorely
we need hardly 'Teter to the fan - loos , agitatirins
arising out of the' fired
.Sciatt decision. • Hair
were all attempts to check disdussion upon the
"policy of .the e'overnment which gave Intl Th . to
'that judicial determination of law resisted by .
.
file•naseent Rapriblican:.party!.• NOM' if th e
"Constitution ihtends• pUblic discussion .before
the judicial dePartmem•of the governmerrt,.and
final set' lerpe . rit
. by..it of:the 'acts .. pa'ssert.by the'
legislative department, what warraSt' is' there
for asSuirring' trial the mere mandate at the .ex
ecutivedepartment stands above . continent, too
sacred to be spoken of but With. bated
- Eipecially when that mandate. rests upon the .
assertiOn of novel end enrfertainpOwers;.When
it was 't idiculed by. its very nut hor three weeks
before it was launched,. and *h . gn, it is: pag
nant With weal or woe for centuries 'and •gen•
eratirns ter come? • Are. we referred to thewer
power as transc ending, the ,Constituiton and.
sealing thelips of debate upon this - momentous ,
policy 'of the government? But the Constitu
thri was made for war and peace alike; and we
have faith' in its . enduring vitelity,. unless it. is
thus in the house•cif iis•illjuileing friends, .Snd
set aside ter uniluciliflerl'artunqii.estioned des
• Such theories may init.' the Ottoman
but not the A meriean republi c.
'•i k; few illustrations may serve- to 'set thik pre-'
posterous claim, el untliaputability in a - clearer.
VVhryvvould have risked2the.•ineffable
folly of prohibitingidiscussien upon the ; policy
-0( James Buchanan's administration in regard
to shivery, though one House of COngress and
'the Supreme Court'concurred with.the
jive? . Suppose ihe.issue'nl irredeemable core'
rency, resisted by wise filen ut the outset, be
comea--as there is no assurance that it may
riot—an enlarging danger under the policy" of
the government. Who shall command (he si
lence Of wacnines aeitinst it? Would any one
dateto say that the mad scheme fOr territori•
alizingthe:iesurgent States wo u ld 'be tabooed
froci question shriekd the ad ministration adopt
it? ;,Why the very term, p olicy of .•a gove'rn
ment, implierroppositfon and diecussiop, and if
these are denied, then' . •gOvernrnent is'abso—
lute'.
• ‘iThe Constitution, not the govern Merit only,'
- is,on its trial.. There is nn safety for it norfor
the. Cominonweadth but . in the.witlest and' freest
iis:ctissdon 01 .public.ineastireS. We eoleiinly•
appeat to the ivivernmencto . lea've . ...that 'right
untouched. A' low mouths more Will . probably .
detertnine;theditte ofthr Union. 'We - ma . y lie
on the'eve otpeact; by -the subiacation - 'ol the
Aids; orAve rnay•be'at••theouti . st of wars for
natty yea . fs •• In either caso•there "is but 'Ono
hope for' the couiitry,.and that is. to be. fonnd
in thit . Cniistitution which tbe.S * trong hands and
honelid.beitriihf our lathe .8 formed to endure
for ages.' Arricnit it, in 'the prescribed
to suit new exigences—adapt it,' in the spirit ,
that animated its creation, to the coming shocks,
of time—:•titit presartie• its loundations . and its
ctiorantees,. or tbe life of this-nation ends. •We
cart• little to live ifs day is to come toruswhich
shill see the Republic, one and
scattered in warring fragmenis,•ari , l whieti shall
COUNTY
SIV.IETI - JP . OR'I:;.. - .IIIcP,AN COUNTY,. PA': SATURpAY; xAftcll,- . .7, .1.86.3..
otf.. , r, in what remains to us of a country, ..the
shelter Of some laotastic edifice, 'reared- upon
the . rulni of the' Constitution; by philosophy
lonely's° called, having for its•coriier stone ty-.
Lanny 'under the mask of Strength,,a.nd for its
cement fanatieism disgoised.ai philantbropy„"
The . folloWing choice bit of klitleal history
should bo preserved . ... It dates . ..beak', as• will
be seen, t0.1851, - shortly after .the election of.
'Jaines auchanao,and.records• the • proceedlngi
of si public meeting of Massaehasettaitbolition,
ists.for the avowed . 'purposeaf"organizing
party in, the.freeStates, with Anti.slavery for
its basis and a dissolutirin . of the Union for its
object. HoW far the treasonable movement'
,thus inaugurated has been• successful; in
the .aecoinpliehment of its atrocious of jact,
the present condition of our country furnishes
a: melancholy answer: - .• • ' • •
Friends of Freedom ! - Rani next
' Thbrsday !
A DtiIYNION'CONVE?tiTIipIIC
. .
lire..,the andel-sighed, citizens of 'Worceste'r,
behevinithe're.ult of the, recent' PrNeidenrinl
election to ,itivolve . 'more of . p.m—
slavOy gov . eroment; and - a. iapid 'increase in
the hostility between the' twO.'sectiona of the
Union:''
. . .
Believing ihis hostility to the: offspring, 'nnt
party excite.ment, hitt Of a funita,mental.
differencein.educarhin,, habits, and, laws;'
B . elieving.the.tizistlric Uuion to a failuiC
as being' a lioneless atteinpf.to . urtite tinder One ,
gnverninent two antagonistic systems:olsociety .
whieh divcrg - e.more•widely with' 'every year;
And believ.ini It to be the duty. of intelligent
and . concientions men to.meet .these . .facts with•
.wisdom - and firmness;
Respectfully. invite, our 'fC'llow citizens o(
MassachusettS" to meet in Cnnveatinn - at War.
center; on Thurtduy, January 'l5, to, consider
the practicability, probability. snit-expediency
of a separmion between and.. Slave
States, and to take catch othef . ,measuiesiti the
condition .of the, times may:
In januaty,.lBsl, the convention assembled
at Worcester,: tnlnainzurate - Measures for the,
dissolution of the' Union: 'Francis.
was the President of that en'n‘;ention. - In 'the
ctuirse u.s - peech which he made, he said:
..kbey,(th , -Republicansi proclaim us traitors
because we. are lakim2,hattils eprm this Onion .
I.say liberty it 'it may be; liberty.
first and.uninn.ifterwards,.ifii need be. , Lib•
erty in the• Union and tied'•r. the. Constitution
if pm,sible; but liberty'.out of 'the enion' and
orer,the Constitution, if:it Must be.":.
'And again he said::
"I have felt that it is.lirrethot this question
or aboiii Jo u * slinald be met, and 'earne here to
enroil'myself among • those' who believe that
the mi§siori:M.this . fitition is - Freednm, acid who
go tdr the ahotitino ol'tsraverS;.ut the.tpricd-ot
.Mdissolution need be.". •
In annth'er place be said: •-• •
- 1-" There i's no Union-hetw • ee, • n.the North' and,
the South • We have
,nO rights.--=This Union
never : ibd, (Ines nod now, and never can;bg gov
erned. by the.' same influennes. - as vow,: give' M.
nny.isights as membeis of the, : Nio - th•rn pqrlidn'
pf the Union. It • never was,,y&nrth anything
to the:free States, except that,''' entry
niencement of 'the . ' gnyi , rntilm3t4' :my fathers
having just emeraed from the
war;:felt the necessity of Union tu :
the trommon'dvdeltre. In (*bat *agc . .„- . lvb'en' it
lAas sappoQ,i thgt rights could • -be: maintained
only hy , war, Mid :a - ie.:power cif: 06 rrin:zest
was the only-power recognized; they felt-the
- iiem;ss y•or a:Union to protiler the infant Re
19ie. r . orn fOr;::ign n.greasions, That .noiess
sity nolcing?r — rxict§;.and.it seen - is to me ,Ihnt
'no sane anti sensible milli who 10011 q upon' this
mat ter ap.iLt tiom any pulilieat aipirntionS, can
make bik - 9F , 11.11.11i,wy' that thls • Union is of:any
vitae,to"anybody in the Free State 4:" • -
• That •:conve . ntin - o apnointed a State c'orri—
mittee, 'of which Mr. Bird WEIS one, and passed
the followinuiesolocions moue others: ' •
Re , olyeil,.l"hat' this movement does not seek.
merely distintriii;but the more .perfect union of
the tree States by.:the expulsion .of the slave"
States from the confederation ; in' •which they
have ever been an element of disorder, danger
and disgrace.
flesolved? That It •no.t. peobable that the
Ultimate. severance of the' Union will be an act
of deliberation or discussion,—but that a'lona
period of .deliberation and discussion' must
precede itt and this.we meetto begin.
.ftesolved,. Thai henceforWarit,. insteaifo( re.
gardirie, it ail objection to any system of policy;
that it will lead to the separation of the States
We will proclaim that tolbe theliiehest •of all
recomMendations, .and the ireateat ',proof of
statesmanship; and we w II suPpOrt,
or 'otherwise,-'stick Men ,and measures as
•Bilrlesr to tend most to this result. •
Resolved,. That by, the repated confusion.
01'1M:them and Southern statesmen, ‘‘th. ex•
ktenr'e of the Union it the
. chfer guainnty of
sla - very;" and.•that the despots of the whnle
w o od nave everythinc to fear, and the slaves
of the whole world eVer.Vtbing to hope, from
its de.t ruction, and the rise of a free No, them
R;•pnblic. . . • .
Re.solved, That the -sooner the separation
tithes place, the.more peaceful it be; but
that peace or war is a secondary•consideration,
in ViPIV of our pre.ell - perils. Slavery most
be conqiii.red, t.peacably it we can, forcibly. it
tSP M S
.Resolv'ed, That The experi;;nce.of more than
ixty years has .proved.'our. notinPal •goverm
m..nt -to be . a .mere meature and tool of. the
Slave' power, sthseryient. only to the 'purposei
of 4espOtismi for mid obstacle ; to' tb
advancement and prosperitr : both: of rhe, free.
and slev,e Statest a libel - upon our -Democratic
theories of government, a. disgracie to the
rtt•ilizatinn of• the age, end a hitter surge to
the cause of freedom in our own country am ,
I,hroughout the'wOrld . •
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. - .
Resolvcd,-That, in..view of • thia, long and
xpp ri pnce, .we have •no longer any
hope efits reformation; hut are fully convinced
that the best intere.ts of every , sect;on of the
country .requjre its immediate dissolution.
Resolved, That this Convention recommends,
as the first step towards the accomplishment
ni this . ohj , .ct, the organization in each of the
States, of a political party outside of the pre..
sent Constitution and: Union'—a paity whose
candidates -afield, be publicly pledged,. inihe
event of their 'election, to ignore the Federal
Government; tit !Owe arr oath to its 'Constitu.,
(ion, and to moke their reFpPetive States. free'
and independent communities:... *
TIIe :Hon. AmaatiWalker -vas :inviterr:to
attend the convention,. but being unable do
FO, addrtsqd •a latter; dated...North' Briarik,
6a1t1,-Janutiry.'lo,lBs7,froin which the Pollow-.
,ing:;itracts•are'madet
"For . ionless,..larm'aick• of: . ao
attic can't: alniur the. 'Union.' kilo %S.' rimier t
ly Well : thit't it is feigned mill false—,-tha "those
whO indrilge in it-do it because :they think
ilpry. Must, and'lest:they, ghoul.) lie 'themselves
rlahrmed •as,.ilistininnists'--'a name' of teluturch•
they tread, far fniiro
.than:aidy of, truiitira ol
Par re e l;:tliat,•
so long as they ilisist• that lhey. are, favtir
thi,..Union. at all hntards and .every emers!..•
.. • ••
!nay., they are mite;. hence' they are C.Onstatitly
shOuting; ut:tbetiop of their voices,. ,Great
:Diann of the' . • •••
. •
In any humble opinion, it is high . time that
this ' , hypocritical, bluster %Was . , 13Ut
.that can only bir•dMie:, in primary
.as
semblages. of the yeomanry of. the Country,.
like that you: 'propose to • hold: The'' people
of Ignsaachusetts, I. have the hest :reason. to
kuow, nee quite.,ready. to take she ground.
prortiCallY, that .they will 'have liberty...and
,Union, or. 'no-Union .whitte,rer:"! •.: • . • •
...There never was .n . titne. in..the .- hiatory
the'count'ry;tvhen.,the people needed. hold and,
determinedleaders more thaMat:this mitment.•
•Bitt.such leaders the .people must '.themselves'
create by resolving -that such
.inen,-.'and.'sncli•
only, ;shell receive' their •coantenance • amt .
support:
. U.• the people but exhihit the
right . spirit, they 'Will .airon have leader's' 01
tbe...right.,starrim. •• . ' ; •
"No.one thing, as .'it' seems to me; is:•so
threatening to all ott.r great Interests as - the
.blind iricilatorY whiChthe peeve of the country,
Whether literary, political ,or righteous, 'Pays
to !the, U.nion; ) nothia . so calcul rted to en ,
slave the Mtl
pepnle, st ttpfey the.puhlic . conscienCe;
atid . deatroy all true menbood:-....1- have not'
the, east hop . e• for nu—l-init. until 'this, abject,
craven spirit iii-rebakir;tl, end : Men, speck out
as boldly and. freely. on., the subject •of 'the
Union', as they•do •cin other 'rpattar!:" .
•' ,, Now I . think that the more fully and calmly'
,we examine this great
.quest ion, ilia better it
will belor our 'common 'country: ..The. inees• -
'sant -,stream of fulsome adoloat ion of the Union,
whichltlows• from the press or the .North,' de•
grade's and disgraces us in' the, eyes, the
people of the South, and leads (herp
and trample on us. They regatil it, is . well
they may, as •meen•daitardly, and 'mercenary.
'r•Nnw - ,:sir, if the object 'of your - self and. • your
associates in:to awaken the. people to -a free
and, fearless discussion of tl.is great' question,
with a iietermiriitiomo act 'in such' a. manner
as . their, conviction Shall dictate, let that
action be what it, may, then I am with you;. it
not, then '.you can; and doubtless' will, go-•ori
very sotisfactOfrily - without me;
.but at all
'e'vents, I•am.itight.glad that Somebody bus had
the .couraire to. 'rpoe
. in this matter.' The
span ' must ,be broken, eVen 'at. the risk • 'of
broken 'hiiiils;'and the-se who have the' hardi
hood . to . P . ogrige:ln.such Work, ire _the. men
to doit:'.' •• •
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A ,STARLING LXP . OSURE.—For_ months we
have he`..Cd of large seizures or cot ion • in the
Sautb west, and otisehied the arrival of consign' , '
ments.of ibis Valuable staple at various points
•Hivar, 'from Whence 'they
'have been forwarded, froth.,time to time, to the
Eastefn market—the aggregate . - . representing,
no donbt, a value equal 'to millions, of. dollars.
Yet Senator Chandler. of Michigan; yesterday
Made tha stateinentin (oogreis, that the cot•
toecolleeted by thef armY •at the SOutbwest,
waS mostly divided 'liming' . .certain 'officers,
and , the Treasury • bird not received •• a dollar.
.since tht war: commenced,. except . fo . r. some
obtained. at Hilton 1-10aili in South.. Carolina.
This is a scandalous annonnee.ment, 'and:oue;
cerlainly that calls', tor. it.vestigation•• • 'There
has been too Much reason' to .suspect
while ostensibly. fighting * , the; battles •of
. •the
Union. ,officers high. in do rn:Mond .hrive roost:
ituted 'their servlces to ob . p.ctri of sell emoltr
ment..' It may be .that here is the explana
.t inn 'why, our - armfes in the South wes tern
States have' not met With greater: . ' . .srieCeti%i'
Perhaps this
. arcounts !or the lon'g period of
apparent inaction and seeming indb - eretice•ln
•the 'fate of -the nation, while the rebels hay . e.
lisplayed invieusing.activity in (n . (4(111). and
'despoil liirge seCtions • of' rich agricoltriral
Stritei almost withiri.our- military lines. It
will 'be perceived . that 'Mr, Powell's mobil
l'or- an investigation -of the subject was .lost.
So. we go. '
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•. ria.ovari.Tits; GfiNittAt.s:••••-•Senator .
of Oregon,: in spetiking.rec'entdrof the nece.ssity
or.tnore tli;c•ipline, , vigor add acilyity. in • the
army; arid the evil of haying se Many
. 011icer ,
old ditty, said 1 , 11 7 e. see thottiainifs or them ali-L
out the' stre4;ts. her and" in Willard's I-intel
they aredueked up in fetfie'r ddNls. like lieVoei;
with their martial cloaks around them. Some
one told me that he threw 'a-rock at a Rime doe
-at Willaril'itheother night,. and knocked.down
two dtrigadier,Gerieriils:; and it was not a gnciilf
night for Generals either 0' The•saine Seneor
also advocated that members ol'Congress should
not be exempt from, the military;, conscription
low; euggeating that they.might -he useful 'in,
tealingßichmend . orthe.iithern ContCtlerncy;-
if they were left out over night. -• .•
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INTLLIGENC4 from She army.of the Pcitomn .
gives no indication of activity on oorilart. On
the other side:of the river, lin.wever, the'rehel
'..pp-ar to be earnestly at•:•ork ot.tlfeir-breast
!.vorks, .which they ore throwing 'Mon the'riv..
er flats opposite'Falmouth and in front of Fred'
eritlbttm, so nslo resist . the. crOssing..of our
troop:, ihould•soch an aftemp!..b..: 'Made. :The
Gpn: JaCk:on are' to be locatill
south of Proderirizsburg, behirid the
first range,of -• ' • .
• ILLtams.—The 'let.tislature of illin'ois•• has
finally ailjnOnelf. ,The 'Peace Roenlotiopy
'which passed the El mse were' prevented • from
pasiing the Senate by the withdrawal'of enough
Abolition' members to prevent' . a quorum:
Joint resolutions . before' the legislature of
Michigan set forth that the •"interests of the
nation and probable preservation of • the Union
depend upon, and . the sentirnenti of the people.
require, that the next Con,e,ress be .convened at
t he enrrieit possible moment; • •
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Adam Clark's Opinion., of Political
.: The event Methivilho.-Conernentator:and.pree7
cher,' • :A I)A.M-' Cy, AR K hes; le!C . nit record
.his . opinitin hi. pelitiep.l rienchera, wh!ch• - •i!e
.9i9e 1.. — ,•• • ..' •
.o.,lVlr..Clarte to be - assoeintett
t . t time . wit h . t:Wo:enineit't
ifortiinuteiy took 'opposite: sides of; this .grent.
pOlitirni question; one ni.uding for the : ItitVeSt
.repubti . earii4in, whili , the . Other rxhinisteil.hitn
.solf in tnitintuitting . the7diyine : ttight Of "Kings'
trill riqttilOr.'w)i , er . ninetits-.•to . %vhnt.. :
ieeinriliht . in their:DA:lt . eyeb..the. - neciple. nt
1W1..4ie having nothing to (10 With the 'lo ws .
,U it.
to oty;y Ills' soul Was' grieir . ed nt. this
state of
. tbings; but he went :calmly' On: lila
way, pretteiting Chtiit . .eineilits4 . for the
.h.mut ion': rit• n loot . wOrith - 'and
aihilities 'were greatly Inferior . , to 11t0,3e: of his
coligiegation . was_ to
tlo;irS; and his word - more—nbundnntlyusufni.:
Volitieal.prearhets. neither . eopyert. souls nor
bnil,l tip belie es on their moot holy 'faith;., On . e
nu
,y Inclitehirn , elf . On his inrity, he . .other:on
hislibfratify arid pomp/ire:natio/isf go Itre9!l; ,
hut lO•siO,ht of the itrent . llo4 of the (Mutat,'
the .1i 'is gt . ..ol)nrli its bits.v the second.
.
When plad
ehers of flip Gostrel.: . h4chtne
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tty
n00(141011, and pnllticnl disputes':
agitaje even the .1;6111611'
PreachhiS, no mat rer which side they hike, are
no loriger.inesSengers 'of '-glad hut, the :
sr.edirmin 01catilit,inir;and ''unstops
. 01 Oh het.,
itage.o! Christ. Thritrali r.:Clark hull 'fully.
:Made up . his mind nn. the prilitics..ot the day,,
swerved from his whigprinciples;
yet in the pulpit tiler... Was nething.heard Isom'
him hilt Chrlst eruailicd, and the, salvation pro . -
enroll by blond• ” .of ±Yr,..l..Cl arke,.
• jra j)agei 1 66,1 di '. •
• The shove exirscis, though 'written. in the.
'third p..rio,n;.ats from Dr..clarlre'ir own - - pen;
The ; % quotation is. literal, arra. all, as
a reiereriee to the Vook will show. - For our
num expressions- of ilhiapprowiti• • 'politic:al
piear.lring we htive bei"oo called an' infidel. Our
pnlitical.:priest hood
.he gracious enopy.ll . .. to
allow , that we ore, at .least in.goild coinpany..
.We haye no desire to injure. them, brit, would'
earnestli..lahor for their bepelit. lif - ay• they.
forsake the error of their ways, 'so that it may
n0t.14 said of them, in the • I.rnerrage.of Dr,
Clarke, whet!) we'again cp,ote-- ,, thyy neglect
ed their pastoral !tory, so that :the hung rly
sheep •looked - irri and were not fed.'? •
THE ARMY AT PORT ROYAL
We shall
. never have a euccessful' manage—
ment of our military4iffairi it the ni.gito goes:
tins' is made to govern military ',queetiutis.--...
Just at present this is too manifestly illeese
atiind around Port Rhyal. Last week the . Nevi:,
Yoik T.,ibutir published ..a.daable battled editn
rialiwhich . vrould.hlve' disgraced the organ of
the King of Dahomey, if he kept editor. and
a press, rejoicing et.:ee...ingly over the - prospect
of "servi insiirrectionS . " which .General Hun'.
ter promote_ fit . orice ikdendy
districts. of -taotith . Carolini.: .The shriek: of
Southermfemaie distress rang . deliciohely'in the
ears of our heighhora, and all the.radicale in the
collo!: y .wete.exaltant." over the,prospeet that
. sinnet.libig.to their taste. was about be accon..
plishAti in.Deneral. Huniet's department... .Of
course all thts:W.9 but the pureit. nonsense; and'
tittetatecOitieepttp the radic'al.jateiest - fn the
(mist mismanaged depactinear of thelvar:'.... • if•
CSliarlestoMisloTie taken, it is to'be taken.by
• whil e soldier=', shipli of war; and 'chtlami
andshell',, and the n.;groes' In the regiments
of Port oyal.nt".in the State•O(S'eutii Catoltifti
not do' en mucli.tow . trrd the capture'arlant;
'thonsaad white' men wonld,accotniilish..
it seenis to:be. the Specialty of that department
to keep tht; OP 2111 a 111;44; ' S oldi e rs
that Beneral limiter:thinks more ts, negro Sol.
otor thao'o v:hit e one:. ~..INfr'wep. . ipet cor.respop
dents in “tle'ring" writc . cOustatitiyto ratlirnf
popets• that ['wow" regiinCrits r a r p evidently:
supciripr io"ttlate regiments.-General Foot et's
itallailt men whe did.biavelyin:North
CatOltha; where 116 polo al tcouhles ilisturbed•
astonished to thentselves' hntb .
dehly • •Itanctetiial Mtn' o tlepartment where'
there is pmi cooslanCrnot spiltjttereel.ovei ttiO
seo -6, dheir.' fighting, and f'llc-*
cefsttilly fighting commander,: Who did his
snotwotk bonest I y .are .'placed
ander an . cttlici r , '. ; *110 seems to have teit , thoughts
,i . brOtt bl - ettk'O - kto wi:ter.o. he 11115'011e for .- • hie
white p;ol.lliers. Thi, 'they ssy,.and say treely,
whether it is true op' not. The Tribwto Slave
ovsorreet.i'on story \‘', , as. doubt lese an. inventioni
to art onse raiiielif men to stand . by G , nerel
limner. • fiC.the meantime Port' Royiii :affairs
ate not mrpromissiag as'eould'he is fished for by
.4 here is• room•forsiouht•tbat the Charles •
ton cxpfiditioti lisive.rustly.greuter force
if play- 11 tinder General Foster than under Gen
~r at limiter: The
. 1 atter lies scarcely evyr seek
a battle ficltl, has never seen a victory, and has
grown to he too much ol theorist about the
'neero- to oe . st popular or 'surcessful leader id
, white men. is. Unpopular -. with Isis. own
troops,.and stillmore unpopithir with the troops- .
lately transferted : to him Item General Foster.
The AslMinistration -oueht I o accept faets as
ihey• 'find them: •They. may., pystbly lific.den—
•ersii fitinter for tiffs peCulistr itlell9.. But if the
army does not !tre . hiert . ,• fei• ibe same or ' other,
reasons, "pridence::antl• the . public serrice
demand in.a se Of sticitimriortairce;•a'chititte
of commarLts. • General •BuriSisle would
doubtless ce arc'eptablei .les.the atm . y. at Port
Royal; ant they . Would have confidence in his
ability to lead the prOpaSed expeditions ;
.. We beseech the: Adminisrssfion to • let-ihe
'negro' question be argued at home, arid, not
force itinto theAriny - -to . distract and weaken
the.unsidmity of the brave-men Who pampas's
it The 'course' piirsatid.hy. General Hunter,'
and especiallrthe evil effeet;:producr;cl by, radi
eat menrind women' who are camp follovrersat
Port Royal, and who • write.litter's la Northern,
Abolition papers about. matters there, making,
Genertil Hunter'a patron:-saint.,. and apparenily
upsettlnrt his jUdgment with their have'
'rots much . eltect 'in. the army tribe disregai tied;
if- the- new expedition shouldlail,, its' Nilure
would be•ebargeable'on. these
pf' Commere4: . • . • •
CENTS.—The mint it Philadelphia has lawn!
(lariat the hit tne4o $4,800,000 Cents.
Curiotts Relies of
. bid Egypt::
An inteivAting" featute in the',,MOsointr i t-,sst
Elgyptian'A tit 'quit ies (reeently foernied by,,,tltri
Pa‘hs'in 'e'Commorlions : hoose o'verloOkitir tins
Nile) is eiraddition of gold innetrieilis
by accittnt nt ThOfer, ivy Hoe .
Buys,-in a rotti.ji' 1M in a tked . , sny: tomb ;,:,tio
fine mummies . upon. iih,,the were pi tied
rintod, nto: hn ode the Peshrt 'of Xsnel , l4ifirbe.
wesindnCed to deposit' them ihe.. - eirefox's
museutn;'. The.mnmrripe were, neVerefiirreiCniad
more than t wenty-five
- oitneinents found , , upon> them;. of
.P 0 eltlacPs,with figures orjackale fin, pldi ,fIM I
thP golden broPeletsi.enttehed bj.'en,me),cp!lNS'
are tr notdinory works of *art;
. as Welt . Ai ol
great intrinsic yelue; one of thein;ito, se 7
tnarkabli., haring the sacred hawk (or i,te 0 1 4-
ral ornament holding the.emblem'aCeeitrit'llfsi.
its surfaCe is brilliantly colored
atrial?. A hatchet core:old, with hinting seine
embossed on' the
. blade; a mirror, with,
,hrtiOr*
lottis•slinpeA he ndle of•aold; and a-large,yarty
at mim . or .decorot lone . for the: person crowd
inrivtiled case of auti q uith4: • Tiv'ci stisall inn&
mooritl I;oete, 14;1th:the 'rowers ell .formed
of silver, ato ever' MOreprecipplin the eyes., , lif
h e).:gy n t from, t heir extretneito4,...
Tfie room is er - in - Ts iaiely decorated,
Si) orthe tointis at Beni -..Httsen t ll4.
a hole erreocomont honorable 1
. .ohe'viieiak,
nod his ell rerrir. As he is.etill prosecuting new
researches end hiis prohibited Wanton, inisctiler
t o..toonomoot or t li.i.e;xnortation,of
he promises ,e guardianshir in: tutnie
over those interesting rernafins.
The cOntifiittee appointed by the Legie
toldveetittitte.the ottriOr;t.
I thOrr United Stetee Sen'etfi' 404' ,
holding eecritt eet•iiionif. They ineeed
1. Lion that ilte•ntano 01 no. ex:601044
nor the facie testilied by hitt) _be ~divolgeo:7 7
I'htx strietneit§; It to suirli is absolutely
Bury, in order tb*elicit the truth
101 l mid hone s t knyreOgotien,, but: onYlAmlireo
sion. is; the coil) t te.p .hail bet ierhikvele4 their
prqceedingii open to the public.
Y . 010( EI.l3;TfoNS.—The.
for 'oval ollioors iti.the .Saito of Newl'orl4as
far. Its we have geon,..show.sorpritting.. bePno
rra tic gains.' l'he New . l'Ork Hero4l,,..battins
c..tlenlat ion oil the _returns received ,up.lo
Sutorday li,c . thinl;s - the: rotribitted Demo'cretic
mojoritiii. Will tint fall FhOtt of
thoM:ond.. IVe:lolve.gOiried in . .almost every
town nvor'iiiti vote trio' Golt•
otiviiro I rases the einingo has been almost , ttio
tor ,•bolior. • . wegatciiipi
instance, as bore tiro Reptiblir;ane hot! ,i 137, 41,1 7 :
jority have
their tia, ! t.ho:tin average Majority.Or 80 'IO
filiernong co, the I.)eintieratie• majority ia-7001
whit , Govo. Seymoui's - Wgti 42. In..l)oaWare
'ri t el)eMocratq l eleat aright :sittiervittortr: , wkiere
y 'bail • tlire'e loft, year. r.Thesears but
4a told es ol.the.generirl , rein rnl t and,.our
depend' that the' great ' Empire
State je strongly_ and reliably
'Tile Abolition Organs attempt to 'deteivfe their
teadern - by copvintc.'pretendati,l4ekoriel. where:
there wefO no partizan' 'tisanes, !nude, but,
oat' and dare not,..,wilhont . conyletinf
.th'emielves of , fahelibod, .P( 11 4 1611. the
I . 4lk.tz'
.saYs
chaligc; turn bin itrt tenpin:l'.sprink
to the crowing of row acre9 .. lif 'The
evil hit tit *prire, of cotton goods; anr2l'..the . iiitior4
possibility - Ma ripccily deelibe.in , pricf.e t ; : tetio
rfars.if important that we. ; turn par. attertti,o*,
to the gri ! witig, rit this crp:p . ..• piic,ls„,9l
cotton ;roan liOre 11 . 3 , nu
Illiqllll3 . rettalitct 010—
hiut.ei4 stii itdtml yet. even: ' - tha"ivlV . :
Were itrirniidiatcl3i' closed, Wit
time- ore .the Sinith.4lll atriiititpyoeurir
eicip:ot cotton. .firets 'that • shaolit
borne in mina • the. proddeing , erasietit
anti acted it anti before they are,- ovortake*,bY,
. 1 1 1I.TOR lIKAD; Fqb. 19,
.1863
ror same , weeks .tirt;parationa for a foray
upon an extensive scale, intosome'of the mere;
thickly; popthate'd districts of'Oneof the three •
Slates. comprised in . .: -the .:,departrnefit
of the ". Botith,—.• have been in '.4tris,
gress with .the greatest possible seereey:' , . Feiot
persons wit hirt.Our Tines. ere, aware of the OW:Y .
ject,even at this time, . when orders ,to - :begint
the Movement are .
,uhout hegirig,gLeeli, The,
pl an supprise the rebels,. net' 'withAil; .
phantotn,;but the 'renlity'a iiisurreettinie
by the sudden appearance .in arms, in:the'to
loon selected,. of
. a,body hf ,no less•than.s,oQo
Pg roes, Properly ted. bi . whitei and supported..
by regelar tronPs. CommuniCation'hery'bein,
opened . and kept up-fo,some.tinie by irustvtioi=''
thy rent rahands with the
,bendrtert of the'efi'4'
:err field ef operafions . ;. they:: kenw,'When ,
the liberating host and are:
to Tie,. isi thou .ands and' swell, it 'to a iviive '!o
mighty the it will • eveo;!ei) tebellioli'ilitir
slavery mit'uf existence Whereyer"
the %yards or
C him-h will be realizeil 7 .thenuestion'or .fight 7 ./
frig rebels with their slaves :Placed . .beyond . thir'
control of . A lireat volcano
about bursiing, whose:lava will burn ina flow
a de . stroy•despite ttc'onservistiern" and peace
iesotutiens." The exact threaten at
.pedition . the Northern publieiri most; likely to'`'
learn firSt :through' Southern tiiints".2=N;
Y., • tviarcti.;. •
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coiTeponderit of the VVheelinglntelligrMeerp;
dated Ni:inc heste'r, 26th tilt., gives the loiloi ing .m.
'particulars of thedete ilisgraccfnl affair
a portion our troops. and ihe'
2iih.. 'A . .;ebel cavalry acont,•l36 strobg‘
inside our pickltets on thc; . Strasbur,gArdi .bafr 4 ' ,
tura skirmish' with infantry pieketa, in iyhteh
t Vro'..ivere wouuded 'on each side, they. retired" ,
capttrina a ca v lry pi elret of twelve
hundred V.:the lath Pennsylvania -,and New
York : cavalry , senilnimrsuit, recaptnred , ' be—
yond Strastmrg melstorthe:prioners and borer:se,
and' '01 . .40 • took- a number of •prieellers.;eviiee'
certirnanker our.'deinirrhert transcended his
orders' and trUrsueri beyond AVoodstoeli, 41tet
driving iu tle relief pickets, he stoOd• ptq1!7:194 1. ,-
in:the road withUur guarding •rigiqinst.:!tiOttee.:,,
The eneMy returned in force, ch'ali4
threw:them info'conftii,iol l ;:kilielt . . l iiiq'lPP ir ! l tg;
. 2(10 in a, right of 0 , 100?
ittiOugh Outntimheriol: th.h, I.lteipitfl
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