innate; it was produced by the operation •
of appropriate means—means, which con
-yinced The London Times and other pa..
*pers—means tvhioN .convinCed. , leading ,
slipping, and manufacturing interests--
means which convinced members of Par-
iiament—here I will stop; thoughl might .
ril
}to still higher up. Here I - sto to tell
you what did thus.powerftilly operated nd ,
so deeply move till the sel fi sh interests of .'
this people. A few days; since, when
conversing with the editor of ---L, a most ,
reliable-man, on the AnteriCan trouble, I
txpres, , ed my amazement that with all the
demonstrations of anti-slavery sentiment
in England, there should be such gyrupa- !
thy , for the South, - and so much •of 'cool- I
mess towards the North, and that there i
should be such confidence in the'success ~
If the South, He fixed his eye on me -
for a moment most searchingly, and then l'
said, " I can 4xplrin it..all. I tell you!!
that the programme of the secession was ;
well knoWn here in England before a sin-. .
Op blow was struck in America. "This
I 'can hardly believe." Believe it or not,
as you please; . but Iknottilt. A Member
tlf Parliament, in this very room where
we are now! sitting, detailed the whole '
plan to me :last winter, and he assured me •
that it is l aS known •to a number of the
Members •of Parliament._He then stated.'
that the army and navy . would , be dis-•
persed—thatthe treasury would - be emp
tied and brought into debt—that the arms
and munition
,would be removed to the
forts of 'the South—that these forts 5v0.31(1.
all be seized by the troops of the Confed
erates—that they would rush upon -Wash
,ington; holding it by military force, and
thus break up the Government and de-
I.stroy the Unidn—that the South were all
.united, and that they' had the entire Dem
ceratic party North as allies, so that there
would be no hope for the North. They
must submit ito the terms. the' Sonth
should dictate," • " I am much obliged to
• Sou for this information, but how on earth •
- "could you get it ?" " The South had
ilkir agents'here, authorized to column.
ricate and to act: These, under pledges
of secrecy, and perhaps with speciql ap.
pliances appealing to self-interest, reveal
ed the plan. When any man enquired of
the embassador.for information, this . ora
cle was , dumb. 'When they applied to
the consul, it was all confirmed. And
when the secession began and progressed,
as the programme stated, with nothing to
impede it a s tong as. Buchanan's term
lasted; and wh en Lincoln was with diffi
culty inaugur ted, and the capital threat
'cued—when Lalttmoreand Virginia play
'Al the•part marked out for them in the
bill of fare, do you wonder that the feel
ing was, that the secession world be a suc
cess ? Do you wonder that editors spoke
as they did in their columns, or that men
of business and manufacturers felt as they
dill, or that Members of Parliamentlwere
forward to, make motions, or that Lord
jolin .Russell made 'haste - to' recognize
them as a ' belligerent power ?'
,-- 1 But the
.programme has not all been carried ou t,:
- and probably will. not . be.. Things 'are
changed, and there will, be a correspond
ing change in public sentiment, but it
will take a little time." These were the
revelations. -I had suspicious that the
active agents, of the Smith had bee n at
,'work ; but thr hey had' . 'ioned,sa many
P.iunta ins a! theii. way. so
near the th
revelations
explain the
pear is the
conversation
. .
from one who Las often been ii this corn
"try,
.and who is intimate in . high 'circles,'
I receiied the fullest confirmation. . He'
assured. me that identically the same . fitets 1
he had from an entirely different source;
--a source that could not possibly leavel
him in any doubt of the fact that the
Nvliule plan' was known here, and the re
stilt waited for. •Hence the confident°
with 'which the papers spoke ; hence the
feelings in. the ;eourniereiel and manufah
t :tying circles.; and hence the urgency of
certain:Members of Parliament to hive
immediate action. - - ..
The promptness with which . loyal
American citizens here have spoken and•
i
written, the determined patriotism which
they hive manifested; .and the fearless
ness with which they bevel defended the.
United states and honored its flag, has
produced a happy effect, .I think. I de
not say that it did- stay the current; it'
va3. a sample of what might be.expected
in quautity, and it had its effect. There
is still much to be done. through the pres7s
and it( public meetings,'. by the pen and
13y the voice. There is now a greaterread
iness to•hearand be convinced. Already
the tide has turned. England. Will cer
tainly - came all right, and• wlra right,
having gone through this fe!mentation,
she will continue right. She is now a
little, moved with the war-spirit toward'
her,.and has chartered the Great Eastern
to-seud over 3,090 troops to Canidial.- The
Tines thinks this a ungracious and un
wise move—partic' lady unwise,: - as full
half of them will de ert and join the army
of the North. Thi Will. be good help.
oven from neutral i ngland; England, I'
say, will come all ri ht.•
GEN. MARION'S - Asr WORDS.—A life
of the above hero, by Maj. S. lorry, elves
• the author's account of the General's last
words, which are very remarkable r
".J.Kmbitious demagogues will rise, and
the people, through ignoranefe and love of
change will fellow thcm. Vast armies
will be formed 'and bloody battles fought.
And after desolating their country with
, horrors of civil war, the guilty stir
vivors will have to bend their knees to the
iron yokes of some stern usurper, and,
beasts of burden, to drag, unpitied, those
*galringioltains which they have riyited
upon themselves forever.'_
THE JOURNA
Tharday, July 18,
Itt. McALARNEY, Eprrbu.
AW'llari is the slave of .P.ublie Opin
.
ion ! Have: it as you will; make what
lewd you like; advocate. reform; preach
doctrine; profess principles; and het,
when Sou come to the mainspring of your
actionskeWhen you study the 'notices that
stimulated the exercise of your"feelings
and passions in any one -partieuli/r direc
tion, whether of Church or State policy,
Sou muse confess that the great Mote
was a desire to cater for the 'manta of i t*
somethlrig, called public opinion, tha i t the
study o'f! it gave you the guidalce 'bY
which you-- - have thuifar pursued your
course ; aye, you have been .the slave of
it. And more, you have sold what lyou
counted the most vital principles of your
nature for its approbation, you have Crept
back in fear with those ideas of Change,
advancement and improvement thatyou
havel cherished these, many years, ever
keeping'this dread monster as guard Ryer
them.
And as with individuals so with; na-,
tipps, whether weak or powerful they all
have the same fear and to a greater or
less extent -exercised by the: Fame deSire.
This is Well evidenced by the course ;the
English nation,has pursued In reference;
to this country. Up to the aSsembling of !
the people in in such vast numbers on
the tented- field---the result of pablie
opinion —they held themselves neutral
to a great extent, and failed in the ex
pression!ot- a desire that all might be, set
tled in favor of the Unien: But !that
was a month or two since; public opinion
had opt expressed itself, all the talk [ had
been by .a few unprincipled politicians, it
now begins to talk, add look at the re=
suit! as Dr.
they
Bays, "the tide is
turning," they now begin to feel that an
Englipman May not be able to see; fur
ther than one who is not. ExpresSions
of regard are beginning to feel thei7ay
out, it is true they are very 'guarded, but
yet they come and they increase in stiength
and volubility as public Opinion claps her
• ; I,
hands, and cries, "Good - !"- Buchanan
failed for a time to act, and when he did
ho fingered his way very feebly. He
thought the opinion of the South Unlithe ]
opinion of One wing of the North ;was for
Dissolution, and ho no doubt 'acted !from
a belief that the balance' of power ofipub
lie Opitiion in the whole . Union was for
Dissolution, and acted aceordingly.;Vhen
Lincele look his seat, public opinion ;drew
close reins upon- him and said in plain,
Saxon words, the course not that he had
best but l 'that he must pursue; aridlit is
.1
this day , drivingin him along tuthe perfect
solutiop of. the question whether we lhave
a governMent. Public opinion is change
able, it is mortal and therefore nOtiin'ifalli
,ble; it, is based upon assumed ptinciples
while principles spring from it ; govern
ments giVe its edicts expression, while• it
is the retult of governmental action at
fleeting the people. ; Different Men in.
their several countries serve as its expo
nent, jtist as Lincoln does of the Nrth
ern States`today, and yet while:they are
in some measure the creators, they dare
not act In opposition when once fairly
aroused. It is either a curse or a bless
ing; en perverted it may do much evil,
when gut cd in the right channel it will
prove a safeguard to our liberties. Every !
man's courselms its effect and his words
are. treasured by it; let men, be Careful of
what their mouths speak at the present
time ) let them give this nighty wave Of
public opinion, that is now reran: over.
the North,all the encourapment: !possi
ble, that our.enenties in foreign lands may
hear it:thunder its Union anthem.; along.
lack shores. ! 11
uspect. These
c in'the dark
that did ap
ipoken of this
neneaus, and
The'House of Represntatives . Saturday
expelledgehn B: Clark, the member from
the Third District of Missouri, by' a vote
d' 94 to 45. 'Clark is in arms against the
Government, and was with Gov' Jackson
in some recent engagements. The vote
in his case is somewhat singular. Only
one Democrat from thetree States went
in favor of expulsion, Delaplaine of
New York. Four of the Kentucky mem
bers, including Mr. Crittenden, 'went the
same way, as also did. Mr. Thoinas Of
Maryland. On the other hand, six Mat.
sachusetts Republicans voted "nay," with
, Holman of Kentucky,, ono - Republican
from- Ohio and one from Pennsylvania.
tf these men can vote- to retain Clark,
there is no reason why Jeff. Davis- and-
Wigfall would not receive the same cour
tesy. . Clark was the leader in the Help
er Beek crusade againit John 'Sherman,
when .the latter was' a.. candidate for
Speaker.
Coudersport. Pa.
iThe traitor Vallandigbam of Ohio was
gutted out of the - Camp of ono of the Ohio
Rogiments that he went to visit.
Titer° has been d resolittion before Con
gross to expel the Southern Senatortt. It
14s disposed d i ll being laid On the table,
IThe loaMbill of 88,000,000 passed with
bat five dissenting' votes. -
}lenry'Alay, one of the newly elected
14.1.0Mbers of Maryland is in Richmond
with Jeff. Davis. 'There has been a mo
tion before the 116 use to inquire into the
ocicasion of his visit there. -
'':'The bill to increase the tnilitary estab
,
'lament of the U.iiitcd States was taken
tipin the Senate, and the question on re- 1
il4chic: the arTy after the insurrection is
quelled, was decided by leaving,' it for
Congress to directi
'Matters are in So lad a condition in
Mobile that a correspondent of the Mo
bile Advertiser proposes that people should
send their silver plate and their jewels,
add even their watches for the relief of
the treasury.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
' Es-Gov. 'Stevens of Washington Terri
. 0
Terri
tory, reached this city this morning. He
climes to offer his services to the Govern- •
meat in -a militaiy capacity; He was
formerly in the United States Army.
Gov. Ellis of NCrth Carolina, who died
recently, seemed-to a person who met him
at Richmond a few weeks ago, sad and de
jetted, asif the' condition of the country
and the prospecs of his own State weighed
upon his mind. ' ' •
; The victory gained by the army of Gen.
McClellan at Rich Mountain has been
actively followed up, and is now crowned
14 what seems to, be the final defeat of
the Rebels in Western. Virginia. On
San Cay, after a hot , and most fatiguing
parsuit of the retreating enemy, Gen.
Morris's column came np with Ihem at
Carrack's Pad, near St. Gorge. There
m fight, short and
i 'sbarp, to k place. The
c t .
Rebels were completely rou et}, and made
to . ly in utter' confusion; 200 of them
have been killed,including their General,
Garnett, who fell while . attempting to
rally his panic-stricken forces; 1,000 pris.
()tiers have'been taken, and , all the bag
gage and camp equipage hate fallen into
our Lands. Upon the side Of the National
treops the loss was 'l3 killed 'aria 40
4oUnded. _The defeated Rebels comprised
the crack regiments. of Easterit Virginia,
aided by Georgians, Tennessecans, and
South Carolinians. • It is believed that
Gen. Hill, whil.holds a position along the
line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
wiil cut off the disordered remnant of the
Rebels, thus closing the• account of Se
cession in that section of Virginia. ' Gen.
Robert Selden Garnett, who was killed,
as above narrated, was a Cadet of 1837 ;
Brevet 2d Lieut. in the 4th Artillery in
1841; assistant instructor in infantry
iactics at the Military Academy,- from
.fuly, 1843, to Oct.,, 1844 ; Aid to Gen.
Wool to Sept , 1845; was distinguished
in the battles of Palo Alto, and Resaca de
la Palma; made Ist - Lieutenant in August,
'46; made Brevet:Captain fort i-d.lk,ut-akd
• Meritorious conduct in scvq,dl i conffiets at
Montery, and subsequently Brevet-Major
far similar goodcbehaviour in the battle
Of Beuna Vista; transferred in 1848 to
the 7th infantry, and made a Captain in
in March, 1851,; some time afterward
made a 3%.lajor,and resigned April 30,1861.
Though we have no positive informa
tion to communicate touching the advance
Of tll4 army upon the way to Richmond,
the movement of troops and all the ma
chinery of war from Washington across
the river goes on with increasing energy,
and the important act cartnot be very
long delayed. ;
From Richmond we learn that Jeff.
Davis tin ordered Col. Bowman and
another - Prisoner into close custody,
threltening to hang them if any of his
p - rates are dealt with as they deserve.
t-. 11. Pinckney, with 100 - men, went on
Sunday from Baltimore to Cambridge,
Md . :, where Gov, Hicks was said to have
been assassinated. The Governor was
found alive and in good health. -The re
peport of his death arose from. a fight
.which took place there the day before, in
which he was rudely handled. At his
request Col. Pinckney occupied the town
'on Sunday night, and on. Monday escort
cd him to Baltimore.
r Gen. Scott apologised' to liis gnestb.at
a dinner party on, 'Monday, for the dessert,
"but, after all,"' he , 'added; "I don't be
lieve it will desappoint you."' After the
!cloth was removed, the butler bnaught - in
l a telegram announping Gen. McClelland's
victory;,
• Capt. Seymcnarls preparing. a- siege
battery, which is to consist of enormous
rifled cannon. This will be in the, col
umn—probably the centre----designedlo
operate upon the fortifications of Manas
sas Junction—if they should- be .field
when it reaches them.
ARMY ITEMS: '
RoevancoTßioN, Va.,4uly 12.—At-
li
tie was fought yesterday afternoon at Rh
Mouutdit. tto milli Gast of`this rplape,
where the enernY, ‘ numbering. about Iwo
thousand; in command of Col. Pegram,
sere strongly
,entrenched. ; :; i
About three' o'clock
. in the mairniig,
Gen. Rosencranz,. with a Portion of the
Eighth; Tenth and. Thirteenth Indiaba,
and Nineteenth Ohio regiments, left this
place, and after a very difficult rristrcli of
seven or'eiglit miles, cutting a road t*O'
the woods, succeeded in surrounding the
enemy, about three o'clock ft' the after-
noon. • , • .
A desperate fig,ht•immediately ensues
lasting about an hour , and , a half, resul
ing in the loss of ,sixty of the:etiemy ki
ed, a large number wounded and take l,
• I
prisoners—some of the lat t et:being officer.
They retreated prceipitately, kavini
behind six cannon, a large number
horses, wagons, camp equipage, &o.
The loss ion our side is eleven hill
and forty wounded; among the latter
Cript. Crismiller of the Tenth ' l ndia
Regiment.
ST. Louis, 11.10., July 12.—A genii,
man from- Hannibal, which ,place be le
last night, says that Col. 'Smith's con
mand at Monroe, re'dsforeed by .r
hundred mountedlmen NM Illinois, ye
terday afternoon attacked and diSpers
the rebels under Gen. Harrii, who w;
forced to abandon his horse and take
the woods
A large' number of the rebels we
captured.
Capt. McAllister, at first reported
killed, was only severely tvotnaed,
will probably recover.
•
The. Hannibal Home Guar,Os arrived
home safely last night. , 1
BALTIMORE ' July 12.—LWe learn by
nassenzers
t who, arrived last evening , in
the .cars, over the Baltimorel and Ohio
Railroad, that Major Gen. Pa4erson. was
•
believed to be moving his fOrces from
Mariiasburg, towards IVincheiler. The
distance, between the two places is about
25 miles, ,
Gen'. JohnAton bad movedi b'th army
from Bunker Bill, and yesterday morning,
he was within three mires of Win hester,
1 j,
..I . '
where he intended to unite'with Gen.
Jackson. The, two, it ,was.; supposed,
would have under their joint; command
about 30,000 troops, including !Ivo squad 4
of artillery; of 600 men eaeh, ihree com
panies mounted riflemen,ald tiirty pieces
of artillery. . .1 •
General 'Patterson had, some four days
ago, about 20;000 men inclUding four
companies nf T.I. S. cavalry and the Phil!
,
adelphia, City i Troop., This Ore°, howl.
ever, is exclusive of Gen. Sanford's com
mand, which , would make tivi, entire
c... 1,
stre gth aboutl3s,ooo'men. ;The, troop
and Gen. Sandford, it wa. , i. reported,
rea hed 'Martinsburg on 'Wednesday eve.
Wing: ,.,
N
1
. ']
, I
portion- of the New Haintshirereg
imept Was fat the Point of RoOs Iyester
day! morning, and two hundred
,Federal
troops at Harper's Ferry. t ! I !
The lst ;Maryland regimentreacheli
Hagerstown, and were to ei),cainp last
night al Sti James College, neafthat town.
The rumor that ex-Gov. Wife bas beep
captured is repeated, but We I find no
such coirohoration as• mould induce :
,Wise will not be mil)! caughC;
he has a pair of Virginia legs - . is !
3.londay, Jul4r. l ls:—A
train arrived at Grafton•at 10V - clock this
,
morning, bringing the body of en-. Gar
nett, late , commander. of the r , l forces
at Laurel Bill. He was killed While at
tempting to rally his retreatin forces at
BarracksfOrd, near St. George.
e t he 4-
I!,
els were completely routed by t 'colu+
of Gen. Atorris. All their cauiriinipage
was captured. Fifty were killed and
many prisoners d were taken. Tt.e loss do
our side four of the 14th' Ott o Re p c4-
ment killed and a few wound O. The
rebels scattered in every clirectieri.
No rebel forces are now witiin Gen.
I MeClellan'S district.!
!!
SHARP Be,
addressed; through: the column,
Tribune; n . letter to 'the Sharp:
in the loyal .States. He proilb:l
ganith
. a i corps of first-rate.
•,
one to be !admitted who cannot b
deuce of , eitraordinary skill inq
the weapdri at; a-distance of 200
upwards: .A one of the itelin.
best shots in the country,: if not I
best', Mr. IBerden takes the : lea.
movement: d
The 21:baves Lave fOund Out
Tyler has :I•mansion in Hatap
some of them propose, out of
the venerable ex-President, tco
stars and stripes over it--a thin ! :
tleinan tipp.ears to have omitted
in thelSenate, -Mfr.. Dixon . of_Connecti '
eut inirOentitt' - a - .9slein nrial2ifoixt:ltbe.
eitiseliS - of the te . ;!- . .tivging.the - adliptic#,
Of 'vl,,Orons, weits'rei'hgainst the r4e141
welder i . -.1 ' stiiiii.i'speeeh infaVoil
t I , '!,. i a a r9eVin , , , 6 , . -1.11
1
Of the west idecid d- an 1 energette tetiotq l
;,John. VI. FetileY,' ` ,leek of . the Iltiit I
. !, i / •- . - , , 1
Iletts.e, waslChnse. ..Clerk of. the Senate,
-1 . I ..- I I '' , I I •
recetting 26 put of 36. votes. . Mr.,Perney
i
is 'capable, energetic and industrious,jand
wakes an efficient Clrk. He will be e
greettimProveWeat an .he late Clerk,A.4.
bury Dickens, who is euperannuatedi !.
: - I t '
, .
. Ben Weed -of(ered in the House 7e.91.,
oluion ta , the'effert thit Congress-sh uld
' I
retl mmeid - to the Governor's of the pev 7.
era States to din:mind their Leaislathres,
for the purpose -Of having delegates eleOteci
~ , . 1
toa!Peace Convention, which should Weet
:.
atl4ouisVille in Sapternber.. The t•esnltt,'
iion was!at •onee ;l• • ' l ' 'ciil the' table.' 1 1
Cod recition of D. r. MeClernand of Ghtoi .
1 .
the '. House.', of • , epresentatives. pledged i
itself to ! VotefOr for;; ny nUmber of tnenjao d,
any imonntiof W ney necessary to reitore
the Federal: autberity.ll The Nays Were.
represented by Dtessrsi Burnett, Griderj.
Norton, Reid, 7ood. ! • . ,
.I'lle passage cil!the bill for the punish
. •• !:.
went oftraitois With : floe and iteprisoni
went, with only Sevehi.dissentient 'voices,
is a fresh prof of the •temperl Of
the House, an the debate on , the
resolution of theHom.Henry May's ease
showed that it is, not !disposed to..shield,
any one ',who baslto .- dci with comproWisc
or, negotiations 'With rebels. Mr. Kel-,
logg's speech sluiws how the popular ;tide
carried away with it all loyal men. 1 . !
- - -
=MI
I
L . ( For the Potter Journal. 1
1 I
;
The Pr, ire.'s of Mind
Man is distin uishdd from the brute,
creation by is wiental capacit i es : kilow
..l
lug far less by. instinct, and being, l tar
mOre helpless diring his infancy, he Very'
soon leaves the instintive ra tics behind, l
an ascends to the higher antrrieher joys;
of intellectual exhstenOe. This is not: thei
result of progreksion in his eature, I bati
the developeinealt of the germ. of his be
ing. ke exists is an intelligent creature,
and whatever poSitiori he may occupy in
the scale of existence, it is the result of
the' developemeet of his inherent facul
ties—in other words, the progress oflthe
mind. ' ' i I
r
Nor is there, ny limit to his progtess.'
Are the brUtes j lis superior ? How Soon
does he triumph crver them by his powers,
of mind He yoltesone class to his cha
riot and, tomp*; their obedience andser
vice, and ebain4 the untamable it.O' his
wheel, subduing at i c eoc their pride and
porer.
Is man beset with Wants and surrmind•
ed with difficulties?! His capacities of
mind have laid:'under tribute earth ,and
seas to maintainliiml He has required„
the winds - to waS freight track'
less
hisover ck.:
i i v
, . ,_ ,
less oceans-, ma F 1,,; the stars the guided
his path, and it n and- firer and water. ,to
hasten the app 'prance of his •dclicaciei
from distant lan s. Vhile he makesi the,
Wings of the lig tning convey his thoullits
to far oft muiti ' des.l In short man by'
his powers of mind Surmounts every dif
ficulty, conquor , every foe, ancrsapPlies
hii wants from, idd,d , n sources. 1
1 i
But man's m ntal c a pacities do not ex;
1
haust theinselles in surmounting diffi
culties and sup7lyin and Mieting phy•si
c'
cal wants. These are but the beginning
of his career. In his upward flight he
makes all creation tributary to his wants,
net, only to his physical but, to his intel
lectual- . being. 'He weighs - the plahets
and counts the - Stared
toay only to give ,
him power for lincro intricate work to,
morrow. ThuiAis he conies in' contact
with each new objectl of .thcught his mind
is expanded arid- trained, and urged on
• 1 I
ward in its prowressive career.
!
T 1 ' ~
When it is : remembered that the mass
of mind with aI df itrr achievements ) *as
once rocked in the, cradle - of infaiicy J and
1
that from - ,degree to another it; r La's
come up to its
tion,,and that
piogress.
Bat great• t
mind, it is not
inl. its early hi:
• I
outward (Arm
vise and to de
who goes wo
thrust by ciret
a mental dwarf
grasps at
t ought, then
that it makes
fir every one
be great or no
dan bins.
: of t: o
cii
ii . I 00t r:
vs tO ilir-
neu no
Da evt
Fuse o
yards or
.niedged
the very
in ;its
at John
7
equally on all,
portunities of'
and-the only
and foolish mai,
ures•*hilo the
on, and
• speocto
oist the
be gen
,uegree .
``present comtnandingyesi
it is still and will ecntiitue
1 1 I
„ 1 1 •
may be the progrs - of
ifortnitous • it is true ithat
Cory l it may depend upon
stances to call into eier- -
vklop its powers. , BUt he
further than' what be iS
resCances remains foi' ever
: It is only as the iritei r '
il- absorbs the ,uerriis of,
matirresand develops t . iettil, 1
tlfi'ogress: Hence it isjeft
to say whether .theyl Will
The sane sun lihines
and the ten , thousand og.
tortrine visit evert inao,
ilTerence betiveen thelwiSe
.
is that one gathers:treai
nther casts them away;
IMM
. .
Tralfor.' • „
• 'Traitor is an ugly! word.. Nye do, not
Wondet that the traitos themselves wince
citien they hear it. means infamy.
Once '.Es upon a Matt the fearful name of
traitor, and it will stick to him like the
shirt Of Nessus, blasting him through'life,
and blackening his memory after death.
Traitors are seldom hung. But they
'are - always punished..
There is something
lalmost mysterious in_ the subtle, but sur e
'working of that popular; instinct which
always scents out a traitor, and, by, con.
'eentrating 'upon hint the' quiet, hatred of
mankind, makes his life wretched; and
his death miierable. Arnold was not
hung. No man laid his hands upon biro,
but be was most.terribly punished. Aaron
Burrad not bury , But from the m
wo=
meat when the name of traitor became
fixed upon him, he became,a monument
of the V eocreance of man and, the juetice
of Gud.
.
So will it be with all traitors. Ene.
mks of mankind, they *ill find, at last, /
that mankind is their everlasting enemy.
One man may forgive another, but man
kind is unrelenting. It never forgives.
There.are traitors now in Connecticut.
as well as in every other Northern State,
They are very few in numbers, but sti i ll
they are numerous enough to attract at. '
tention. They are' "partizan leaders,"
who have long Leen in league with'Davis
and treckenridge, and are still in league
with them. Truthfully executing their
allotted part of the great - scheme o trea
son, they are trying to undermine 016
National Government by tonguel and On
,
and types , and the machinery of partizan
intrigue, so that Jeff. Davis may the mere
easily overthrow it by f'or'ce of arms. In
order re' help Mite it* ea:viar at the'
Soeth, they preach " peaee" and non-re
sistance at the N'orth. ' Not condemning'
the bloody overthrow of, all constitutions
and all governunit, by Davis at the South; •
they cry out, with hypocritioal alarm, that
it is " unconstitUtiond " for the President
cf the United States to trice the nedbiearY
i gteps for defending the National Capital
and maintaining the Jsupremaey of the
National Government. They have the .
impudence even to blame the loyal ditiZene
of Western Virginia for adhering to the
Union, instead of submitting to the des.'
potism of Davis and Leteher. ; According
'to the views of these traitors, their fellow
traitors do nothiug wrong, and the Gov
ernment, in resisting treason, does nothing
;
right. In short, they demand that Davis
and'his bloody Confederates shall be "let
alone," and,lhat this great Nation shalt'
; submit, without a struggle, to be strangled
to death by a gang o(pirates. •
The time for arg ument with i these'men•
;is past. He who \is not yet heartily on'
'the side of the Union and ;of its Govern
ment in this great struggle is p traitor.
Ifle may Succeed, for a littler while; in -
blinding the eyes of the pnblic to the fact
that he is a traitor. He may even gather
around Lituself a'small faction of weak or
'Wicked adherents to help him in his treas.
"enable work. But he and his faction will"
fail and perish. - He will probably escape'
t he gallows, but that .unerring , instincfof
. ,r ,
(which we have spoken, which was i.ven
! by &old to maukind as a safeguard against•
;the enemies of the human race, will scent
out every such man—wilt fix upon him
!the horrible name of traitor, and, will f 01..-
'low him without mercy to his-grave. Let
'us then be of good cheer. - Lettlie traitors'
go on with their intrigues, their secret
;meetings, their - insinuations, their
,aesaelts .
;upon the Government of their country,:
;their " compromise " propositions, their
;‘, peace" parties, their cemplaints about .
" habeas corpus," the "right of petition,"
and the seizure of treasonable telegraphic
despatches, their lawentatiens Over the'
" unconstitutional " notion of the Presi
dent In assembling troops to defend the'
capital, their outcries about the wicked
ness of " coercing" men to obey the laws,-
their thousand direct and indirect inani- .
festions 'of sympathy with Davis and
Breckenridge, and their desperate efforts
to create division's among loyal men ati
the North for the-sake of paralyzing the:
energies of the nation, and compassing ,
its destruction. - Let them go oa with
their tricks, and-"th the rest of their •
accursed work. T y cannot. destroy the . ,
nationality 'of th A.tnerican people: They'
(.. D
will fail—utterl • fail. They will "show
their : colors." That ,is all. Thus will
each 'one of them fix npon himself the'
name, the ignoininy, and the certaiapirt
ishment- of a traitor. .
The town of Booneville, Mo, the scene
'of the' recent* engagement, is named after'
Daniel - 1360ne, its founder, and:is situated
on the south bank of the Missouri river,
about 50 miles, north-west of. Jefferson
City; That section of Missouri contains
the largest slave population to be foUnd
in that State, and had been the great fo
•
cus - of secessionism:
The London correspondentt the New
Ydrk Times writes that he beard a prayer
by the'Rev. M Sputgeon, in his church
in London, in - favor of President Lincoln
and the cause of the North, which be
characterlies es the most beautiful and
poiterfiil prayer ever heard in his life.
QUeen Victoria'S insanity is no Linger
donbrad Dr. Schoelin has been sent for
to London to attend a comminution of :
English, French and. Getman physician!
on the state of her health. The Prince ;
and Princess Royal of Prussia, with the
little Prince William; are going to visit'
London about the ;middle of July, the
object being to . procure - a salctary emo
tion for 'Her Najest4 of England. It is •
said that a P;liamentary explanation on
the state of r Majesty's health may be. ,
expeated. -
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