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CARLISLE; PA.
Friday, Feb 27, 1863.
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UNION LEAGUE
A movement has been started over the
loyal North, having for its object the salva
tion of the Country from the ruin that is now
threatening it by armed rebellion in the Sou t h,
and secret, covert treason in the North.—
The only qualifications of membership re :
quired is simply bufaity to 17a: Cot moment.
The qualifications are not based u pon a n y
social standing or political creed, and the
truly loyal of all classes are ducking into it
wherever the movement has been started.
The time has come fur Union men to draw
close to each other, and assume a more de
termined course. !feet a full and perfect.
organisation, and enter upon the work of
crushing out the arrogant despotism, which
is daily becoming more manifest on the part,
of Northern Traitors. There is nnieh to du
and no time should he lost ill loading the
beginning. ,A meeting v ill be held at the
public house of ,fain Il,s NON, on :'(//1/),1
evening- next, (2sth inst.,) at. 71 hick, for
the purpose of organ p n p u t ar
the Union sentiment of Carlisle. that it may
be made effective against the treasonable
organii.ations which are known to exist in
our midst.
The Root of the Conspiracy
It is well never to lose sight of the real
source of the slaveholders' conspiracy—more
frequently termed the rebellion—for then we
shall always be aware of its terrilde nature
and scope, and shall not be so likely to fail in
its proper treatment. The outbreak was not
an accident, or a sudden freak of pas-ion, but
the development of a fell purpose, of a pre
arranged conspiracy. Its root was the in
creasing conviction that t ; liivery could not
stand a popular government in this age t f the
world. Hence taro e the l lertninali ton the
part of the slavehoblers to break away from
this government establi-heel by our rather.:
and to set up another with—as .I;examler II
Stephens of Georgia ticknowleJgc , l
for its chief corner stone "
Abundant proofs of ibis po;itien ;ie to be
found in the confessions of the liholing mind ,
f the South. Garnett of Virginia says,
in a letter recently captured in South C troll
na, " Democracy, in its original iliilosiiphical
sense, is incompatibleiThvith -lavery and the
whole system of Soulhern . society. - /h. Poie•%
.Rcriew declares that" those pest ih•lit :Led p. r
nicious dogmas --, the greatest good of the
greatest. number'i—l the nni . iluity i.ll 11ti11,..
—are, in their prc,:o.e t 6
frightful source of , li-4 r,h-T- 2 lien,r,:r tai lit:
ed." The Saine writer coneludel tim the
stitution of an lieredit:irs ;lon Ito no I Ex ,
five is the poiniottl forui"he I ,iL
genius and most expres , ive tho Ho,: r!,
South." Col. n Tpx 1 ,1, rh. t r
these doctrines have Shrc!tl tlirntrhnut th
to each an t.xlcnt. titi iu tw,n•v•Lv,
years, that freed , In of ,•;t!;1• Iq
extinguished. :\lr. !... , n4 a rc.:
dent el_ Te_x.as, in 41.- renews- p.ofttlrlet, tirts.3
quotes )ir. Sprult, the note]
secessionist
" lie assumed that there was no man in
the South who deserve 1 the name of states
man who would pretend that se,ses , ion was
caused by any aggression ul the Norl h upon
the rights of the South'—that we , still less
the result of any act of oppression ou the
part of the United States government'—tlnil
• the reason was because of the difference in
the organization of society North and South'
—' it was because, in the non-slave•liAliug
Stales, from Ihe very fact that every m ln was
a freeman, the North was naturally democrat -
ic'—' every man luting a freeman, the result
was that the laboring, class in the Dull Aare
holding States had the power of govcrutn,
and it required but little argument to see,
when that was the case, government, itritea
of being iu the head, was in the heels of Soci
ety.' Mr. Spratt further as•mtue I Hist nu
greater truth was ever ti!lcred thali t Lit, ut
tered by Seweird when he sit I, there
was an irrepressible ermlilet bet weon th t
systems of society
It would he t.t,,eless to mutt :ply the cvi let
CC3 of this fixed convi, tiou tIl
slavehuller:±, that our republi,oun form urg•Jv
ernmeut, our free institutions, were essent.al
ly hostile to their interests, rtn , l inthtt, there
ford, be thrown , off. fool yet th..re are teen
at the North who ill close their eyes to this
great fact—men who aOrct lv Lelleve that
were they and their itulitt•al associates ut.ly
in power, the rebels wool.' leo
and return to the Union. They might, if the
freemen of the North would only consent to
forswear the great rights of free speech, a
free press and the rule of the majority, and
all those other precious inununitiessecured to
them by the Constitution. Otherwise, the
reckless managers of the slaveholders' rebel
lion want nothing more to do with us. And
the only-effect of giving full sway to the Soy
moue-and Vallandighum party would be to
enable their honest followers to discover at
length; what is now plain to the rest of the
loyal country, that the rebel leaders are irre
claimable, and 'the rebellion must be con
quered or it will conquer us—thus merely
protracting the struggle during the time-these
men were gaining the light which, were their
eyes open, is now beading full upon them,
We cannot wait for these slow learners. The
government most act up to its convictions
promptly. Seeing the root of this rebellion,
it must lay the as there boldly and vigorous
ly, and fear not for the consequences. Thou
sands aro - silently coming over every day to a
111131-.poeero•-
els. The surface movements , may be doubtful
and fluctuating, but the undercurrent is all
one way.
_When,_in the history , of our mum
lry, have the people ever tailed to stiluain in
the.end the right measure and the just man ?
Let the government; then, strike home with
all its wisdom atid all its 'vigor, and the coup•
try will surely uphold it.
Star The news from tho army is as dull as
tho weather; and bolh•are uncertain.
DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTIONS.
We publish, to-day, the resolutions adopt
ed by the Democratic County COnvention,
on last Monday, for the purpose of showing
the spirit that animated that gathering; and
as a specimen of misrepresentation and dis
loyalty such as is seldom found north of
llebeldom.
The resolutions entire will be found in
another column. Hero is one, however,
which merits special notice.
"Resoived, That whilst this war was con
ducted by the National Administration upon
the principles of the Crittenden Resolutions
the Democracy were willing to sustain and
accord to ',hem as man' menmen and as much
money as were required to put down the
rebellion. But now that they have diverted
the war from its legitimate purposes and are
conducting, it with the avowed purpose of
negro emancipation, we denounce the whole
scheme as a fraud upon the army and the
people. and as unwariantable and treasona
ble to the Constitution. -
This resolution is a beautiful specimen of
democratic English, truth and loyalty. If it
emanated from any other source than a
Democratic Convention, it would be difficult
to tell, from its bungled sentences, whht the
reiii:y meant. Knowing its ori2in,
however, levi grammar does ma viairdy
conccal the desi.2ns'of its authors.
Ire sow douht with rcgard to the
willin , m.q; of oar I)emocratic friends to
" accord - to the
~ ,, )vernment the men and
money neee,“ary to put down the rehellion.
There are some hall dozen (retrincratri in
the pre:ent Cmi_r;ress who boat truly that
they never voted to stNtain the government,
from the firsi, and they are the men who
are at present the loader; or the Domoem e y,
and have been returned to the next Con-
M \ N 1
gre , :s as Simon Pure Democrats. In this
District a War Democrat was nominated :or
re cicction to Con;Tross last IILII, and two•
thirds of the ,Denfocracy voted directly a
gainst him. Joseph Bailey was opposed.by.
Delmwracy, ostensibly,
because he was voted for by Republicans,
really, because he Tay,, the War policy his
cordial support. This v,ry C was
ruled by the faction which opposed him, and
sent :is a dele l ate to Harrisburg his ablest
and tit st un , crupuloni . opponent. To hear
these fellows talk of supporting the war, is
an I contemptilde hevond endur.
with buiu~ ridiculous.
the Iramel of the resolution attempt to
de,i,1,11 of the Administration
' 0 ,11 ry
die war, and in tlii,
roc 1 ridii.ir, L l,l\-. say tlw Nvar
v,•11.,•,1 frool 118 I, , _!oiniatc ptlrp.ks,‘, and 1;
lot th , : ftv“wpfl Purr ,s 0 of negTo
rhi; , \yll r:2:111, eroKum-
cm~ui~~i~iati .n
a V' Il p wi
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Ind e , [l:l l .:;it th, ,upronidc, "11110
ctuir , cliorts
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IL.•rti is
th • 1,1.-i
MEM
t:
th r, , , , dt I r which the war w.ti uridc.rraL,n
th . ll n )t the pnr
p i ,, vern motif, it i;
to i•efer to th - r , • i - eiViiirV plrt of tho
south, uvrr which it has contr.l, i, ekentpt
fr , on the operati•in of the
emancipation wore the piirpoiii of the Ali
iniiii:Aration, every slave ill Missouri, Ten•
uris New (irlean3; and alt,: portions of
south Caro ilia, ieiirgia. and Virginia held
the Lieu forces would he le tared free
immediately. lint they are not free, and
the reason their in-titers are allowed to re
tain tit .111 ii, that the Government, d es i gns
but the overthrow of tr.‘ason. unil
only oinaneipates. slave.; where it is necc.;
-.an' to do so in order to attain that end.
A!ier i: 1 aiii; rii the iie'leine
(Isar) 1 as a Irani ul, ul tile army
1011 it p 11/it 1 , 1011 101 11 1 1. 1 / 1 07.1.1111C11 , 1 11111
11 1 , 1 11 /.11' , t. , the CWl'llll l lll Itt. 1101 . 0 Is
11 , 111 1.1%1;1. 1 1.r . ..1.11y /1 the hrlghteSt (11)1(111.
l'he 11:C.1111'4 traitor-. iu r_beldom denounce
toe war as now itrantable and uneonsaitn
! .
tell' you the people of the
No; th been 101 /LOA it in a moment of
Thoy say it is carried on fir
the pnrpose of emancipating their slaves,
an I nh,lishiug their pet institution.' New,
iv ,ii is liih resolution cofiied above, but a
condensation of these Southern assertions
rand Southern falsehoods. Ify these very as
sertions the Southern lusters established the
Confederacy and produced the war. This in
them is considered treasonable. The 'same
course pursued br men whi are enjoying
the protection of the federal Clovermnent
is—what? It the war is a (rand upon the
army and the people, then it should not be
carried on a single day. If it is unwarran
table and treasonable, then every division
should be brought home and disbanded
forthwith. This resolution is intended to
convey that impression and produce that
feeling. If it had been written in Richmond
it could not have been better suited to aid
th e treason thatienakes its head quarters
there. 11 it states the truth, every soldierdn
our army is either the dupe of " fraud" or
the willing instrument of an unwarrantable
and treasonable usurpation. In connection
with it, how disgusting the praise which one
of the other r,?solutions heaps on our " gal
lant soldiers 7"
Gentlemen, lenders, of the Democratic
party, what lino of action do you propose ?
IFlCat_ are your - tregign in _tim_prescult-enter
gency, and what is your platform ?„You have
given us a string 'of resolutions denouncing
the Administration; wilfullymisrepresentirie
itsdeSigns ; Itypoeritically . praising our sol
diers; furiously berating 4bolitionists (that
is, every person who didn't previous to re
bellion swear by Jell', Davis ;) but Lot saying
a single word in condemnation of those who sb
treason has killed' our sons and brothers ;
filled our laud with cripples, dissolved our
(;,,vorrimotit 1/..V1`1.
rr ni tho Itrst, tho tiv,tw
w 33 t ) W. , 11,1i;11 troa9,ll
glorious Union, and brought this once happy
country to the very verge of ruin. Couldn't
you have said just one hard word of them ?
Is .your admiration of treason so great and
your love of traitors so strong, that you
could not even mildly entreat them to de
sist and, return to their allegiance? If so,
could 'you not have told us whether you in
tend trying to comp:er them or to submit to
them? Do you hope to obtain votes for your
party by denouncing abolitionists, and then
if you succeed, do you intend giving the
right hand of fellowship to traitors and in
viting them . to rule your party as they did
in days of yore? The people have as much
interest in these questions as they have in
electing you to ollice. If you favor a dis
honorable peace, say so at once; and we will
fight you squarely on that issue. if you do
!not ? we appeal to you to cease your misrep
resentations, and give the Government no
opposition while you proft-ss loyalty. We
will probably have occasion again to glance
at these resolutions.
THE COPPERHEAD CONVENTION. —0 I Mon
day last the Dcmocrltic County Convention
met in Carlisle, for the purpose of electing a
Representative It legate to the State Conven
tion. Early in the morning the f*legttes
and wire puller:4 of the party came pouring
into town, an 1 it was not tong until it hectone
evident that a fl' rce C37l' est wLi going b-t as
to who Rol what faction of the party should
The lion. Sunn•l
get. the 11.ipre-icnt hive
Hepburn and our neighbor of the Voirinterr
were the prominent candidates. Tire Conven
tion :18 , eInWe I at II o'clock, anil after being
regularly orgrnize 1 prole,: le l to ball it fur
Delegate to the State Convention. At the
first fire our neighbor 141 m wound° I,
pierced by thirry- three sharp pointed instru
tnenti. I•; litoes are sotnetirne,t unfortunate
hitt at this Convention onr neighbor seems not
to have understood inituers properly, for if we
are rightly informed, the Del ezates of the West
Ward whom ho a. , ,iistel to elect, voted ag,iinst
hint. di-it to it it, and if he does not. M1T11.7,f5.
to get reinforcements he will be left without
even a coporirs ¢ntrl 111 the c)'lnty, for the
re4till of the (7 - invention shows very cle.trly
tiro the so e D...‘in)eratieparty will not
aeknowlel ; 4e hi n is their lert , ler. The V,T •
resentative was not invtrue , el on Ihe Gubvrn.i.
torial question, but we believe is instructe I
to support the lion. J. 11. Graham for Sn•
promo Judge.
We give bel)w the resilutions pils?el by
thi s neof eopperhe3-1 , , an.' only regret Oro
we have not rim). for complete the
natne4 of rhos men with, without a de•t•tetitink
pIISSU , / t re.,olvey
titre to aqvcrt that their chil , lren's chtlaren
reineu
honor of !heir en:incry drewl rril, whe
Coon 1 on the ile or it M NyorQt enetnie3
""ern scribe of tii, , tory wi l write Litu,‘
who h tle,l their feihiw [netts But to the reu
,I It 10111
we roprolontinz, the I>c
moor ~•y county, !lase tnet here
to lay to app riot n delezate 1.1 the Democratic
I'...nveni mu. It Tl.l rn reaffirm our untying
levotion t,, the 4'e:1.411'11 , 1 , n anti the Uri nn, be
lieving as we do that the Darn. retie party
iy and has been the only party that can
maintain the one s.nd sustain the other.
That ihmte who expres+Jhentitives
rr
ly to mock tit the plain provu•tionm of the
Coni•Litution, and trample under foot national
Itiw-t, are traiturs to their country, ant riehly
le.-erve to he regarded and treated as such
That we aro and ever II tee been
opposed to the doctrines of the Secessionists
or the South, and the Abolitionists of tho
North, who are striving by divers meatus, but
with a common purpose to affect the dissolu
tion of this once peaceful and happy Union,
the last best hopo of man for Constitutional
liberty.
/it:wired, That whilst this war was con
ducted by the National Administration upon
the principles of the Crittenden Resolutions
the Democtacy were willing to sustain, and
accord to them as many men and as much
money as were required to put down the re.
But now that they have diverted the
war from it , t legitimate and constitutional
purposes, an I are conducting it for the trowel
purpose of negro emancipation ; we denounce
the whole scheme.ns a fraud upon the army
and the people and as unwarrantable laid
treasonahle to the l'on:to
Re-v ,, /ce , /, That the Emancipation T'recla.
oration ; the division of a sovereign State
without the consent of its people and Legisla
ture : the appointment of Military Governors
and the attempt, on the part of the Executive
to control the popular branch of Congress by
framiulent military elections of representa
tives : the infringement of freedom of speech
and of the f)ress ; the suspension of the writ
of habeas corpntby the Presilent, in flie loyal
States : the confiscation and seizure of prop
erty without judicial process: tho establish
went of military authority in States where the
operat inns of the civil law is unimpeded: the
arbitrary arrest of citizens without cause
shown— are gross violations of the Constitu
tion which merit and receive the condem
nation of all lovers of constitutional liberty.
Rroolved, That we approve of tho measure
recently introduced into our State Legisla
ture, which has for its object the execution of
the negro race from this State. Such a meas
ure, if heretofore ncitherjust or politic, has
now, by the unconstitutional acts of the Pres
ident and his cabinet, become eminently just
and politic.
Resolved, That the ConstitUtion and Union
of the United States, was made by white men
for the exclusive government of white men
and their posterity, and that we view with
unutterable scorn and contempt, the fanatical
and dishonorable efforts now being made by
the Abolitionists of the country to elevate to
political and social equality, an inferior and
subject race. • -
Resolved, That the soldiers composing our
armies merit the warmest thanks of the na
tion.. Their country called and nobly
they respond. Living, they shall know a
nation's gratitude ; wounded a nation's care ;
dying, they shall live in on" memories, and
monuments shall be„raised to teach posterity
to honor the patriots and heroes who offered
tl eir lives at their country's altar. it
viclown_antLorphßus_sball—he-adoptetl---1)y—tlo
nation, to be watched over, and cared for, as
cyects truly worthy a nation's guardianship.)
Resolved, That J in the language of the
Democracy of Bedford county, we detest and
abhor the idea of servile insurrection, sug
gested in the Emancipation Proclamation of
the President tl the negro slaves of the South,
and that we consider as most reprehensible
the late attempted action of Congress in au
thorizing the arming and equipping of, 150,•
00(1 negrnei as soldiers, believing that this
Government was made for the benefit of
white men and that it can be sustained by
white men, if white men administer its affairs
Resolved, That we are unalterably hostile
to the proposed legislation by Congress for
the purchase of negro slaves in Missouri and
other slave States with a view to the setting
of such slaves at large, and we protest a
gainst the levying of taxes upon the people
of our State, for the payment of such pur
chases, as unauthorized by the Constitution,
and as unwarranted by any moral or politi
cal necessity.
Resolved, That our delegate be, and he is
hereby instructed not to vote /or any man
for Governor, who has not publicly declared
himself, or who will not publicly (lecture him
,s.clf, opposed to the emancipation proclama
ti.on, and to abolition in any and every form,
and who will not avow himself in opposition
to all the unconstitutional acts of the present,
Federal Administration, and who will not
declare himself PUBLICLY ANI) UNRE ERVEDI.T
to be in fits or of innintainini , the State rights
of Pennsylvania, in the same manner, as the
recently elected Governors or New York and
New Jersey have done.
/7tt...0/roti, That \Vm. he, and
he is' hereby appointed Senatorial confolee
to meet the conferees from Perry, efitniata,
and Mifflin counties, at Nt wport, in Perry
county, at s tell time as may be appointed
by said conferees, to appoint a Senatorial
Delegate to represent this Senatorial i)ii
triet in the next, State Convention. to he
at llarrishurg, on the ,17th Juno,
And should the said co nferee rich any cause
be prevented from attending the conterene.t,
he is hereby atitlwriited to appoint anti de
pute another 111 his place.
That it is the sense Con
ventuttl, that (1011. ES 11. UIl 111.% NI IS the
firstchuir: of the Dcinm•ratic l'aitv 111 ('lllll
I),.tland counts, tor ,1tu1.2:0 of the Su
Court
COPPERIIEADISM
From Harper's II c, f . ), , notor:tl pictorial
piper, rchich previowi to this war,' rc!cilcilr l
uninisttkahlc learning tovvah.l t,llr L)einr,cr-ttic
pqrty, but evpr sin. - . 0 the acv bo• Ihu b'tti,,n
%cam tiptuguritt , I, 11 I,corl 1 11101 inch
in,l} ml the splo, of the g , vornmont ari.l
l•f l it m , we ex! ract following gonoolo:4i
ca! dt—wript ism or C vop t I 71 k•, !I 1
iI c nq
p•mi .er L. IL is itis:'ructivo, r L thri rim. to
whet thiFt creature is 1) th in it,
crtirty. , ttl nn i bi1...11.1 form. , —its I. tlr
, = lII^,Lt Its 0[It'r:IliI111 , 111 mill 1,••
p a 9.iod,
)Ir. l'i,Elu:NT \ T.L‘Nirn;irk , r.
Congro4i tr,ni iYai mII
in avow , .1 1 . qfporiiv.i I
l'or! tin 11 , trpr 111 n.• 11 r:,e
tt I m lIT t• t Woo Imp. i 71! - t ;1,1; t,r
ja, t rijirr. nhit jr nn I 11., U c 1.1110 l't!
spio ie.l ton cll., 111
can ;•i•'
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plan : -I! .1 I;i 1)10\1 .i :y
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.111.1 vory alight. h,r.c ..11;?1,•t•-i
—II I.: :i t , • t•Illt• I • tilcatikli? t 114 1 ' tf
3 I ler. "
It rln not he deniel thtt Hr 4
t‘vt.,n !iiv 1 , I "ls , ' 1•1 i WO
,ne I) , )lttici in+ wh , ) yr n \tr
the Not horn mirol wirft one , '
Nirilting Like the colit t ierhe itl,
witty are "von - tin ots" in their rot Ack , t oti the
nation; like, it, their 't heal on , lotittie liv
" thick i" like it, th-ir
stnooth ;" nn I It ter n r t t tr tin
the hotte-tt itlvo:tot; of the ir ap
pr;)tiTh. 'pp 1. c'itr
ter is " ,ttaitte I Ity .1 iris 1 , 1 , 0 , ; 1t0,', - : irk I.
it, the " prrfor tlark plat.o-1" to tho ItzlP
ty I;ke !ht. ,ttiotktn;;;; ropti!o, tiler i , rcy
is ' ;null , foe`tie t•roatitroi:- .tat (heY
venture t,t att;iok a in It Ns l t 4 tt I I
that our title LI t'opp, , rhe t la Itis4; rep.
tile type, areC. , llll-y . in turn
tn , tittus' that tht , N; 10-et vo t o
nnminaaf'•('httnkht .ttt 1 •• 1),•41tt,11,1,,-
au I tell. a very 111 I ut t . " 1 ,1
of them, ‘vo h 11l It rvr m Ide rho .111 mi •
plete. It N credit ihic I.) I
ut"
our fVe , teen fellow cltizen.'that they
ly rea , tze.l the re,.1t11)1L114,0 het weeil t c,,p
-porlien,l 11:. 111 , 1 till' peAce puluicinn , nut
1)11 ,1 i40 I Ih ri) by it, ~.'1.1:1
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Ivlivn 1 - of a:tn. ,, t
ev , ry Nlr . 111! .. re 1 , 1e,i , Hi! bent
mt.! tho w in
orrrimetit, hp :ire toil
ho t rncin-rI lip Ire
prow
thi I,t
-tifft.te- , tion we will \lt•
li.zh.toi. nt 'llly r. , 1! coppPr
=ME
the S•ititli, pre-otteo
express the son' iiiients they
tere 1 to : , ;))))1 irk, New Lit l el-eirhere
-w-it-hott-t 4-he .I>V-444 , 6./1 of the 44,iiii4e_radii.
11111 proroNt•iiiiiiishrill4, they n ) heath
ly ilbos e , they succeed. offer voring their
speech, in tilitltiniz their 1•S:11):! niiro , tl.tlll
Wllllolll. It 00 LI or vit• itnil feitt her;, we shall
agree that I! ipperlie he'lolert-
Led. Our soldiers hre adixiotts to have the
challenge nee ept el.
=1
AN OLD FARMER'S SPEECH
The Natural Eloquence of Patt riot inuu
[ln the Illinois Senate lately the following
speeoh was delivered. There have been more
pretentions and labored efforts dut ing the pro
sent war, but none that hail in them more of
true natural oloquence and ferventiintriotistn:'
We should like to have seen and heard the old
man ; and we republish it that its stirring elo
quence may be read by the traitors who ilk
grace the Legislature of Pennsylvania The
voice of a patriot like that of the Illinois Sen
ator could be raised with similar effect in our
own Legislature. Who has courag,o to gpeak
the truth ?-11arrisbnry Tebvraph.
,THE GREAT SPEECH OP THE SEASON-THE THAI
TORS I„V9IIED AND DEFIIiD THEIR TEErfi
A great sensation was enused by ft Slii 3 OCh
delivered by Mr. Funk, one, of the rieliest
farmers of the State, 'a
man who pays 0.
t - of t 7 holloveTntment - Tho tabby ilea-h.
levy Ivor° crowded with spectators. Mr. Funk
rose to object to trifling resolutions Which
were being introduced by the Democrats-to
kill time, and stave oil a vote upon the appro
priations for the: support of the State Govern
went. Ile said ;
Mr,,Speaker—r can sit in my seat no longer
nhd :see such.. boys' play goirlg on. These Melt
aro' trilling with the hest interests of the coun
try. They should have ears to sit 0 11'
their heads, or they are seeessionists and iPrai
tors at heart' •
gay that thOro aro traitors and secosAion
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ists at heart in this Senate. Their notions
prove it. Their speeches prove it. Their
gibes and laughter and cheers here nightly,
when their speakers get up in this hall and
denounce the war and the Administration,
prove it.
I can sit hero no longer and not. toll these
traitors what I think of thorn. And while so
telling them, I an responsible myself for what
I say. I stand upon my own bottom lam
ready to meet any man on this fluor, in any
manner, from a pin's point to the mouth of a
cannon, upon this charge against these trai
tors. [Tremendous applause from the galle
ries ] iam an old man of sixty live. I came
to Illinois a poor boy. I made a little some
thing fur myself and family . L pay $3,0110
year in taxes. lam willing to pay $6,0011,
aye $l2 WO. [great cheering, the of 1 gentle
man bringing down his fist fipoll his desk with
n blow that would knock down a bullock, anal
causing the inkst Ind to honoce half dozen
inches in the air, ] nye, 1 mu wilting to pay
my whole fortune, and then give nix life to
save my country from these traitors that are
seeking to destroy it. [Tremendous cheering
rand applause, which the Speaker could n rt
subdue.]
,Mr. Spc,ker, you must please excuse tae.
I could not sit longer in my seat, and cal m ly
listen to these trailers My heart, that feels
for my country, would not let me. My heart,
that d r ies (WI for the live of our btave %mint!.
leers in the field, that these traitors at home
are destroying by thousands, would not let
tile Yes tneso vilinins itrirl traitors and se
cessionists ut this Sim Ile. [-eriking• his elen•
erred lists on the desk wnh 3 blow 1)11 , um le
fl i ,ho u s e ring again :Ile killing my neighbors'
boys, now fighting 11l the hell I dare to tell
this to these treitrirs, to their faces, nnl dint
11111 responsible for what I ,:r a y to one and ell
of than Horror , J foe them mime on.
here. I ate ,xty nvc (31 , 1, and I bear
lip toy mind
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1 saw III:Illy all eye ITLQII, arid many a c9iiiiiii
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brave an I My al a I get :meta [
Mr. :. 4 p, ekes, 11, ire ,t,,1 my s.ty. I not no
spathes 'l'm, Is the only speech I have ever
made Aild Ido not know tbat it. deserves L.,
bealle I it speech. 1 could not sit still any
longer and see these, 1.2.0111.11C1S 11111 truituis
out their selfi , ll schemes to destroy the
Union. They have my sentiments. Lea" them
one and all make the most of than. 1 ato reedy
to back up all I say, and I repeat it, Lo meet
these traitors in any 1111111110' they may choose,
front it pin's point to the mouth of a cannon
[Tumultuous applause, during which the old
gentleman sat dawn after lie Mid given the
desk a parting whack, which suunde,l loud
ahtiv , e the din of cheers and clapping of hands.)
never witnessed su much excitement in my
life in. an assembly. Funit spokti with
a force of 1111111'111 0101001100, with a convic
tion and truthfulness, with a fervor and pas
sion that wrought up thu galleries, and even
uminbers on the fluur, to the highest pituit of
excitement. Iris voice was heard in the
stores that surround (ho square, and (In! peo.
ple came flocking in from all quarters. lit
five minutes he had an audience that packed
the ball to its tit ilium: capacity. After he hail
concluded, the liepublican members and spec.
titters rushed up nu,i 100 . 11 him by the hand to
congratulate him. ,The Democrats staid noth
tug, but evidently felt the castig ttion they
receiving most lseenly„as att: , :lit be seen
Li•zt'lLeir blanchLid_che-clis-and- re It-less
toil -
uttenay glances,
WAR NEWS.
There is a perfect dearth of news from
our armies thit.4. week. The unauthorized ru
mors of the capture of Vicksburg, and the
more platihle one of the capture of tke'Queen
the IVe:it, being the only reports that are
breached. The indieatiows, ore, however that
the coming -week will be a prolific with im
portant events.
" The State has a right to the life and ser
vices of every one of its citizens in time of
danger," is a sentiment which every nation
has enforced from the earliest ages. History
is filled with evidences of the universal ap
plication and enforcement of this principle.—
In our own country there has never been any
doubt upon the binding force of this doctrine.
The Constitution of the United States, in
Clause 15 of Section ,8, Artier° 1., gives to
Congress the power "to provide for calling
forth the militia to execute the laws of tho
Union, suppress insurrections and repel in
vasions ;" by Clause A of same Section and
Article, " to provide for organizing, arming
and disciplining the militia, and for govern
such part of them as may be employed in
the service of the United States, reserving to
the States respectively the appointment of the
officers and the authority of training the mili.
tia according to the discipline prescribed by
Congress." This authority has been hitherto
exercised by the passage of laws regulating
the dis ip'ino of the militia, according to the
mrcnoi-natices and the neo.Nsities of the coon
; try when they were enacted. These laws
I have been found to be defective in the present
enn•tg• 31),1 the tit' ent ion of Congress has
- een cal:e.i to the necessi y of perfecting a
better system. The result of the labors of
the Military Committee, of the Senate with
the ttmendments, now appears in the bill
passel by that holy, which awaits the action
the !louse of Represena:ives.
The ttlti militia laws were imperfect in 'env.
jog to the Stmes the settlement of minor de
-1 it •in I practically they have given to the
tl,vornments the option of obeying or
tlteying a eall of t ('resident for troops.
I:tht ° c.ll for three hundred thou.:llnd men
htten l arttnlly executed. In this State a
ts been made, and several regiments
erviee. We do not remember ofhav
im4 heard of the enrollment of any considera
ble Iv drafted militia in other States,
, io d I 'tit whether there are any such regi
ments actually in service except those of
The Stare — of New York hag
111.5, , r re—ponde I, and it may be doubtful
wht ther 111.• pre-eat Governor of that State
Inc ends Ti olio ) , the Acts of Congress and the
lent's lt II it even if he Should do
the S;ate militm laws seem to control his
mo ion ; and the same ditlicalty exists in other
Itote‘i There is tie adequate means of en
f ircinc; the milum, laws again-t those Who re
rose lii duty or deser
after they nre 1111/S
-101,i 11 Wa4 11111 e, 10r Collgre93 to establish
•ome generol re l rulations about the matter,
aml the t•xp,rioNce wlitch We have had upon
the ,It.joct umoy modifications and
are al,olutely IIeCICI-Itry, so as to
law 11 , 1 little of a hurthen
1:11C01' , Irout 111,
Tln• new law, if pl,scd, wilt therefore
t'n• gri-it i prn , ;• einPn t tin_m the conflicting
te,.. - n'tt ion , . hitherto in force.
rho 1.,!I by the Senate declares that
it i , the ii. ht tit' the State to have tha
er every altletl.ho ite.l ma!e citizen be
t 1 . . 0,1) t 11.,..•4 of t wenty ant ferty•five years,
an I ttt" every m tie person of foreign birth who
t- hp: at tent ten to become a citizen
the Vriited States, er has exercised the
r;L;ht I sottrage, which in some States and
rerriterte is at nived to foreigners who have
r na!tiraliz , 24. The old vtilitia law
oxeln i t
. urge number of persons from ser
-1,., iCI . PrI . ,1•10111 nitric United 6tates,
. ) .iic,•l ju lici tl sod executlve of the Goy
, ni (4 . !he t'711:11 ea, members of
au.t Qthe.l,3 C.tagress, Custom
.tti-c .Ilicers uu l 6erks, l'oBtwitsters and
ferrymen, inspectors of
exp ..t plot:. to trines in the sea. service,
weir eN:empei. Tue tmcilber of these in the
Ltit: , • I Mates ittut-t. he very large ; but be
h. I
t ,•xtensive cloys there were added all
rid4lit he ext‘mpted by the LAWS of the
The I itter ivere liberal. In Penn
-v c lot a, tor instance, there were aided to
the exempt list ministers and preachers of
(1 1 , I, profossors of colleges, school di-
EOM
.1 mi .I, ul t let Courts or the Common
11th, persons honorably discharge! from
t:to ormy and navy td the United .States. in
con-e T tence of Utn performance of any mili
tary duty;' commist,ioned officers who had
rtmtioefully %et vett in the militia fiFD years,
illll non officers, musicians and
private -t, Who had served for seven years. It
Millon to all those which might be able
there came in the large class of those
pity t,Rai ly incapable of service who were prop
erly speaking not exempt, but unfit for duty,
The new bill cuts down this army of es
e opts very seriously. The Vice President of
UniteJ States an !Judges of United States
Iteo ls of the Executive llopart vents
of the Government and the Governors of the
toes, aiC till that. are exempted upon so
u wt f 'lolling offim. Members of
MI
•gre , s iire no longer relieved from duty,
ii.,r the dli..ers of 'tigress, nor the vast us
.l!,ly II mse and l'ost. Office
11;-, -1:1,e drivers, ferrymen, pi_
I 't 1,1 11'1 tIC ; uul rss
I U
eon pf Ler them•elves within some mils
er cl ,s; r • wirmii exemp . lull is extended, they
it e•Illed ttpori.
Too S: it o•trinot help its favorites RS for
m( rl v -tint iho vhoq.rratiou of clergymen and.
e•illegmie processors, school direct o r s , an d
cv wilitia officers and privates, is uo longer
aH,lve I
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open personal grounds
t, tin COn who aro physically or men
, dly ui u. ;it'd who would be an Mount-
IQ MCI! I tti.rr t ti ut an advantage to the army-
In
nletermlaio who shall be relieved from
du , y up-11 :nen: oint of their social relations
'IW lel, :111,111ton has been paid to those
hap ',bin Willa a rigid enforcement,
of an to list untnding conscription would oc
ca-unnn It Is dilly 10 the people of the States
ml! wring Inn the. Union to say, that, there is
reo. , :on to stippOie that the feeling in ro-
Istim to the drafting of militia, has been
caused imire by nlomestic considerations crian
liar of set vice or dislike to it. In tho case of
forcible enrollment families would have been
deprived, in many cases, of their protectors;
and those who relied upon them far support
would have been reduced to want and suffer
ing. An attempt has been made to take care
of these interests in the plait of exemption,—
:rims, the only son of a widow, or infirm pa
rent, or parents who depend upon him for
support, is exempted from the militia service.
It there aro two or ire sons - in such a fami
ly,_the riarent or parents may choose which
of them shall he exempted. The only brother
of a child under twelve years old, who has
no father nor mother to support him or her,
is to be exempted; so, (Ilse,. the father of
fatherless children under. twelve years of
age, and depending upon hint for support,
shall 'be relieved front the necessity of service.
Two of it family, which already has two of its
members in the army, shall also be exempted.
These are the whole of the exemptions. There
is, however, a proviso, which is a practical
exemption of thievesaind other felons. It is
provided that any person, convieted of the
ct ime of.felon,v, shall not bopermill ell to servo
this is to - reTursal of thy old hit a that jail
birds were proper to be soldiers, and will put,
an end to the practice of pardoning a convict
out of the penitentiary to send him to the ar
my, and make the army an honorable. ser
vice.
til,ll ' , •
The law provides fur two °lassos of militia
n
and may in effect exempt,„ . the second.:
hieludes el e i l s tt H,
0,11
altogether from service. hefirst. cla ss .
•bodied Inßla ciii2e,is , anti
persons of foreign birth who have declared
their intention to become citizens, who are
between twenty, and thirty•tive years of age.
Tmiheso are added all the old bachelors and
widowers between thirty five and forty-five
THE NEW MILITIA BILL.