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I got a letter not long ago;
Three close pages the letter
Telling me bow In,a recent fight
A gallant friend of mine! was killed ; •
And it bade me tell the w§man ho loved—
There the'words seemed 4omehow.to blend—
For as I read it my heart Was moved'
With grief for her and ti 4 loss of my friend,
That night was the night of a brilliant ball,
And I knew that I should meet her there :
Oh I how stately and grand she look'ed,
With milk-White pearls in her shining hair
How like a queen she moved{ through the rooms
Mid the hum, and heat, and gaslight's glare,
Where the mingled odors df rich perfumes
• hang heavily tin the indOeut air!
"Ah, where are her tho's ?" I asked of myself,
As past she whirled in the mazy dance,
Her bright eyes sparkling, her cheeks aglow,
And a smile ou her lip as she met my glance.
"Does she ever think of the' battle-plain,
Of the terrible ca.nnoresiiioy-hreath,
Has never a white face, fraught with, pain, ,
Chilled her heart in a vision o death?"
I took her hand for the laSt
.And in the pauses we talked of the past,
Talked of her lover, our old school-days;
Yet ever the bugle's ringing blast
Sounded to me in the cornbt's strain,. [light,
And in place of that scene with its flood of
Wrecks of battle and heaps of slain ,
Loomed like shadows bOore my sight.
The dull dance ended; the'music ceased;
The night waned close on the morning hours,
A languor lurked In the mpmen's eyes;
And u. 6 odor of crushed and withered flowers
Had chased from .the air its rich perfumes,
9s I drewlicrjeweled.arro! through my own;
And led her out of the lighted rooms,
1 , That we might speak together
We stood where the 'pooh looked in
Through the.dira conservAtory's shade—
There I told her the sad, sail news,
Aud-saw the rose on her iyoung cheek fade,
Saw her droop like a blighted flower,
With her White hands elabed on her heav
ing breast:
"0 God!" I said, in thine o'n good hour,
End Ibis strife a's to thee teems bat!"
In a soldier's hospital, nursing the sick,
But a week ago 7 saw hen:last,
Wearing the "sister's"
.plain black garb
(01:ow different she looked in the past!)
Lad theptror lad's followedher with her eyes
lAloving firnongthent from bed to bed—
Asatliough she was a saint from Paradise,
And there shone a halo around her. head.
ADD.IIEpS .
OU THL
'UNION STATEE CEIORAtt:COIII
mitTTELI. •
Ty the People of .Penngyli Jania : i •
FELLOW-CITIZENS :--The result of the
recent election on the aMendment to the
Constitution of the Statti, allowing our
soldiers in the field to vote, is gratifying,
inasmuch as it showthat the great heart
of the Commonwealth •is right in the
fearful and bloody struggle now going on
to preserve the lteptiblic, und that theise
brave men are worthy to help govern the
country fur which they Make so many
sacrifices and suffer so marl)! privations. ,
The friends of the Union have brought
about this result,while the Opposition have,
used their powerful organization'.to .pre
vent it, with the evident object of weak
ening the Union armies byl disfranchising
the soldier, and thereby: strengthening
themselves at the approad'hing Presiden
tial election; and in connection with this
election let us reason together. -
The campaign of 1864; is now fairly
opened. Tho issue upon Whit;ll the cam
paign is to be made is clearly, indicated:
The enemies of the Goiernmerit have
publicly and authoritatively declared their
purpose in the contest. There is no mis-,
, taking either the spirit orithe object of
t our opponents.; it is the same that .im
pelled the chiefs of- armed treason to at
tempt the overthrow of free government
on this coniinent in 1860-61. Neither
tinie;nor reflection, nor the regard for the
1 peace of society . in the loyUl States, nor
Ithe desolations which have !devoured the
prosperity of the South in the grip of war,
have wrought any modifications of their!
t hatred for a Government founded upon
the opinions. of the people -expressed
through the ballot-box.
It is the part of wisdom ito anticipate
evil, and so prepare to destoy it before it
grows too formidable to ovet•throw: The
attitude•of the parties to the Prositiential
contest gives rise to a serions.question—
the most serious of any which can engage
the attention of-the true paeriot and good
citizens. That question is briefly stated:
"Shall we have lasting peace, through a
vigorous prosecution of this war for na
tional life, or interminable war through a
peace based upon disunion ?," "
The issue is sharply"defin'ed. .The ut
terances of the Baltimore: Convention
decisively declare .for peace through ef
fective war ;the utterances off the Chicago
Convention as decisively pronounce for
the alternative presented in!the question
stated. They mean that, or they "are
without meaning. The Opposition to Mr.
Lincoln .ccintemplates disunion as ;a cure
for .the -ills under which • we. lie:. His.
defeat would divide the cntinent into,
factious States: Nor is this mere. asser
tion. The political historyiof the coun
try for the last four years is a mass of
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,overwhelminc , evidence in support of its
entire, its disgraceful truth.
And first, in evidence of its truth, we
have the declaration, informal, but
,not
the less weighty, (becauie reiterated and
unvarying,) of the rebel chiefs, that the
South will not treat for peace save upon
the basis of a recognition-of its indepen
dence. The press of the' South omits no
opportunity to impress Upon tie, and upon
the world, that peace can only come thro'
recognition; Recognition is but another
name for separation. Ala finally, every.
European nation htie come to regard the
result of this war as certain to be one of
two things—either -subjugation or dis
union. It is the clear conviction which
truth brings to every rational, enlightened
mini. It is, therefore, entitled to great
weight, second only to the resultant fact.
It is due to the opponents of Mr. Lin
coin to state teat they pretend to believe
in the probability of peace and union
through some compromise, the terms of
which are not clearly stated. •
It will be easy to show the futility of
such hopes, if it has not already been
done. It will not be a difficult task to
show that such a belief does not take root
in conviction. The. leaders of the oppo
sition are men of grdat ability, and more
than ordinary sagacity. They cannot,
therefore, be ignorant of the facts which
are of public record. Those facts effect
ually preclude the possibility of peace and
Union through any compromise, unless
the terms involve 'recognition, and that
would be disunion.
1 But let us thoroughly consider this
question of peace through compromise.
It is reasonable to suppose that the chiefs
of the rebellion would have accepted
terms in the outset, if at all. It is al
leged by our opponents that Mr. Lincoln
hurried the nation into war, not only
without constitutional warrant, but even
against the wishes of the rebel chiefs
themselves. They reproach the Congress
then in session with having refused to
adopt the .Crittenden compromise meaS•
ure, and thus forced the South into rebel
liou in exercise of the right of self defer:lde
and self preservation. It is unnecessary
to pause to show that all this transpired
while the reins of power were held by
Southern men, most of whom are now in
arms against, the Government. Let that
pass. The question hinges upon the re-
Isponsibility of the -rejection of the Crit
tenden compromise. It was rejected.—
By whom ? Reference to pare 100, part
first, of tae Congressional -Globe of the
second session of the thirty-sixth Congress
will place the responsibility for the rejee
tion of that compromise where it properly
belongs. It will be seen that the enc.
,tenden compromise was defeated by the
substitution (in 'effect) of what is knotvi
as the "Clark amendment." The record
shows that the vote on the motion tp
substitute wasyeas 25, nayes 30. The
vote on the adoption of the c3lark propd
sition, taken directly afterwards, was—L
yeas 55, nays, 23. The presumption
would be, naturally, that if the South had
votes enough to reject the substitute, it,
would also have had enough to reject thb
proposition when offered independently.
There was a falling oil in the negative
vote on the proposition, as compared with
that on the first motion to substitute, of
seven votes. This is accounted for by thC
fact that Senators Benjamin and Slidell',
of Louisiana; Wigfall and Hemphill, of
Texas; Iverson, of. Georgia, and Johnson,
I pf Arkansas—six' Southern Senators—
sat in their seats and refused to vote.
Had these six Southern men voted "no,"
the Clark , proposition would have been
defeated by a - majority-of four votes, and
the Crittenden compromise could have
been taken up and Carried by the same,
majority. It appears of record, then,that
the Crittenden compromise was rejected
because six of the leadin g Senators froth'
the South virtually refused to vote for it:
A motion to reconsider was carried some
months later, and a direct vote upon the
compromise was taken. The proposition
was lost by a single vote. Rut one of the
six Senators referred to voted on that
occasion, nearly all of them having with-i
drawn on the secession of their respective
States; Had they remained' to vote for'
the compromise, it would have been;
adopted.
The chief object in alluding to this'
matter is to show that when, afore thv
overt act of war was committed, the South
had the election„ of compromise or war,
she, through her highest dignitaries,
deliberately, ch,ose war,,
The South would not have compromise
then. Is it reasonable to suppose that it
would - accept such an ..accommodation
now ? Her rulers hayo ; the Southern, i
masses ,by the throat, "and can mould,
them to their imperious will. 'They are.
playing for a. great stake. They could
not withdraw from the contest. now unless'
forced into withdrawal. Pride, love of
power—both inbred and fostered by the
institutions of slavery—would force,them
to elect,. as they dealare - they do elect.
extermination rather than submission and
Union.
Early in the struggle, before,the Gov
ernment had taken the aggressive ' Pres
ident Lincoln offered peace on the most
liberal terms. The terms were, briefly,
the laying down of arms and the aban
donment of their hostile attitude. The
world knows how these terms were met.
It need not be repeated here. The des
olation of Southern fields, and the-vacant
seats in thousands of homes, both North
and South, bear the record. Still later,
amnesty and pardon have been , offered by
the President still the chiefr of the re
bellion abate ; not a tittle of their energy
to maintain themselves in their wrong.
They demand recognition and independ
ence of a Government they hate. Inti
mate knowledge of the directing minds
of the rebellion teaches that they will
never abandon their wicked scheme until
obliged, to do so by the sheer force of such
iron circumstances as control the results
of rear
There is no ground, then, for hope of
peace through compromise; no hope of
permanent peace. There is no such dis
charge in this war. Those who go before
the' country upon such vicious pretexts
arc -'not deceived - themselves; however
much they may deceive the ignorant and'
!unsuspecting. To charge self-deception
upon them in a matter so unmistakably
clear "would be equivalent to charging
them with imbecility.- They do not de
ceive themselves.' This pretext of seek
ing,the defeat of Mr. Lincoln that peace
may return to oar borders, covers a sinis
ter purpose.. If they wish peace they
can have it but in two ways—in a eow-'
ardly abandonment of the struggle, fol
lowed by disunion, or by a more vigorous
(if possible) prosecution of the war.
Thus the true issue upon white the
campaign is to be made, bccomes sharply
defined. None can deprecate the horrors
of war or desire the return of peace more
than do the warm Est supporters of the,
National Union nominees. But they ask
fur and will acquiesce in no peace that is
not founded upon the principles of the
Declaration of Independence. They rec
ognize greater evils than war, such as
this is in which the nation is plunged.—
Divide the nation geographically, and to
what end do we inevitably gravitate?
With the precedent and justice of seces-i
siou established and acknowlodo•ed, who
can presume to say ,that we. shall not re
peat the humiting, history of Mexico
and the South American States ? United,
the common' da i nger was, and would con
tinue to be, our common security. Di
vided, the land would groan with the
wreaking out of individual vengeance.—
Divided, the torch and brand would never
be idle along the line of division, The
country would at last awake to the bitter
knowledge that open, vigorous war, pros:
ecuted with a high purpose, is a thousand
times less to be dreaded than an armed
peace
ds an example, a little more than a
year since, when Lee, with his rebel army,
invaded Pennsylvania, and when the fate
of the Republic was decided by the battle
of-Gettysburg, Low prompt wicked and
designing men were to inaugurate the in
surrection in New York city, trusting in
the hope that the -Government was not
abie to maintain the supremacy of the
Constitution and the laws. It will be
longliefore - the blackness of the crimes
committed by that conspiracy will be
obliterated.
• As another example, take the recent
conspiracy discovered in the Northwest
—the banding together in secret of a large
number of men, the concentration of thir
ty thousand stand of arms and a large
supply of ammunition. The papers of
this conspiracy, which were seized, evi
dence too clearly that their design was,
and is, the overthrow of the Republic,
trusting that division and annrehy would
shield them from harm, but in utter dis
regard of the concomitant wrongs to the
peeple- 7 murder, robbery, arson—in a
word, desolation: for the time.
Now, fellow-citizens, in both these ex-1
amples, the moving spirtts are prominent
mess in the opposition, arid controlled the
nomination and platform of Chicane. •
Can we hesitate—can there be any trust,
or confidence in men placed in nomination
by anch. men ? Men of family, hesiate ;
men of property, hesitate; young men,
who hope to enjoy both these blessings,
hesitate before •you 'cast your votes for
nominees made El such agencies. '
Yet it is to such a peace as this that
our opponents Invite you. They ask
your suffrages for a man who either is
pledged to such a_peace, if elected, or who
is determined-on a war grander in scale
and bloodier in results than the world has
yet witnessed.. There can be but two is.
sues nut of the present difficulty.: The
intelligent freemen of Pennsylvania need
not to •be led like children. They will
not fail to comprehend the nature of these
issues, and to choose between them. In
so .choosing they-thoose for their children
and their children's children. They can
do nothing of a public nature in these
pregnant times that shall riot - cause coin
innn'enerations either to revere or despise
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them. The reelection of Mr. Liqcoln
and the election of Andrew Johnstin as
his associate, will indicate to the chiefs
of the rebellion that the war for LThion
and permanent peace must go on until
these ends shall be attained. It will `also
signify to the nations of Enrope!tbati the
people of the whole United'States will,
soon or late, become a united People,F,and
the Government remain, ns•it has here,
tofere been, a star of hop° to nil thefop
pressed people of the civilized world, ;and
an - everlasting monument to the::wisdom
of the:grand old heroes who achieved it.
If we could basely afford-to abandoß4he
struggle now, the, world, mankMd, could
not afford the sacrifice. If we could af
ford to bear the shame, and wear ithe
shackles of defeat - so craftily invited,' : our
children could not stand erect under the
deathless reproach of our behaviour. J As,
men, as freemen!, as patriots, we have no
choice -but to stand by the GovernMent
as administered. The alternative Pre•
sented by our opponents is disunion and
dishonor, which is national death. If a
man recognizes the existence of the piin
eiple of eternal justice he cannot:clesPair
dile Republic. There may be some in
whom the principle of hope maintains but
a feeble existence, unless stimUlatedi: by
uninterrupted success. Such musty be
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eneenraged and sustained by the example
of the moire hopeful and enduring. They
must be assured of what thci philosophy
of history and of events tisches, Oat
danger lies in turning book, as 'security
lies in pressing forward. The desolations.
and bereavements, and burdens of war
May he, nay, are. terrible, but the tem
pest which ravages forest and field, des
troiing the increase of labor, and human
life, is also terrible. Yet it is benbficent.
With unvarying calm the atinOspliere
would degenerate into putridity' and the
earth would revolve in endless night.: So
war involvos nations in its fearftil , vortex
that social and political renovation may
follow. - As a fire sweeping over the fields
licks up tho chaff and stubble, yet 'affects
not the solid earth, so the fiery trial which
we are called upon to endtire' is 'ccnstim
ing the notorious crimes of society. The
nation 'will issue out of this struggle
stronger and purer than before. 'Wrohg,,
such as confronts us, cannot drive right
into exile. Craft and villainy are not. to
be the subjugators of wisdom and virtue.
And whatever crimes may have been;; or
may yet be, perpetrated in the nanie of
'civilization, it is not now to be proved
either a farce or a failure... But these
calamities are not to come upon the Amer- 1
lean people for the reason that the mass
es are to remain true and stedfast in this
great effort to establish their libe.rtiesupon
a surer foundation than the onomalies up-
on which they have hitherto rested.
The victory is to be won by unrentit
ting labor, and a watchfulness that shall
be proof against the surprises planned 'by
traitors at home or abroad. We are;
look for no fortuitous happenings, no mi
raculous interpositions. The. friends of
the Government, working together, .can
not be overthrown by any combination.
possible among their opponents. !They
may seek to divide and distrait, as they
' have done, and they may partially site
6leed. But not if the people remain' fitni,
calm, and self-contained.• . United, we are
invincible against any force that can be
brought against us. Divided, we should
invite defeat, and attach to ourselves the
name of having rejeeted the counsels 'of
experience and enlightened reason. 100 r
victorious armies are bravely doing:their
duty in the field.
What is required of the loyal men of
Pennsylvania, is a great victory at the
polls in October and November. , It is
not only essential that the Federal Got.-
ernment and the poricy inaugurated to
crush rebellion should be endorsed by the
re-election of Abraham Lincoln . ; but at
the coming contest in October, it is im
portant that in the election of Congress
men and members of Legislature, as many
districts as possible should be carried
the loyal candidates now in and to bo pet
into the field. We want the moral .enet
of overwhelming majorities as well as the.
prestige derived from military power andr t
force. We expect to' close the, war as,
much by the influence of the ballot asithe
bullet. We hope to stop the effusion of
blocid by the unmistakable demonstraiion
at the polls that the war is to •be waged
till the rebellion is ended, and that hos
tilities tvill net cease while theri3 hr au
armed traitor in the field. Such . a ceasa-.
tion of hostilities .cannot be obtained, by
compromise or -negotiation. It must; be
achieved by the stern influence .of force
—by theunmistakable clear, and well
defined proofs of the ability of the
WGov
ernment to cope with and conquer aor
any of its foes.
• are.
now
of Pennsylvania, the issues are
now before you for consideration and - da-,.
cision. You must abide the result: as yog
establish it for good or evil. We ask,You
to support Abraham Lincoln because we
believe his reelection willfully vindicate.;
the authority of the NationalGovernmerti,
and fully establish the fact that the free- I
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men of the loyal' States are able to sus..
tain the existence of the . Union and the
Goverthnent againet the 'hazard of oppo
sition from abroad or at home. We ask
you to,neeist net onlyin4he reelection of
AbrallearLinceln, but in the election of
all loyal candidates for State and Federal
offices, because ; their triumph will:recog
nize .our.nationaliity—a result whMh must
contribute to the maintenance' of Idle na
tional Gkernment. It needs' `{to' argu
ment 'of Otir,own to establish,thii: 'position,
beettuse mit% iiolitical;opponente: now an- - ,
tagonize lisle achieve entirely the oppo-.
site result'.
By order of the Union State contra
Committee.
SIMO:sI CAMERON, Piesi!lent.
A. W. BENEDICT,
S r eprefarics.
WIEN- T-4'on.NEY,
The Judge's'Saw
.
In the:village of W— lived a me'rt who
had once been the judge of the county and
was knonTh all over by the„ name ofjudgo
L—. Ito kept a store and saw mill, and
was always sure to have the best : r of the
'bargain calls side; by which MeSs ho .
gained an atople competence and some +lid
not hesitate to call hina,,,the' i.7the.biggest
rascal in the world." Re ;Its ireryoopeeit
ed withal.and used to delight in bragging
of his business capacity when any due was,
near to listen. Ono rainy day, iiutte a f '
number were seated around the stave in
the store, and he began,as usual,tO tell of
his great bargains, and wound up pith—
" Nobody never cheated me .nor .'they
can't neither." -
"Judge;" said an old man in the.com.
pany, "I have cheated you more thou you .
ever did me .v •
"How it) ? " asked the Judge. i •
you'll prOthiso yiiit won't goto,
about it, nor nothin', I'll tell, or. else I
won't.; you are too much of al,iw charac
ter far me.". . .•
"Let's hear! let's hear cried t half rt
dozen voices. • "We'll bear you en fin it
—go on." • .
"I'll promise," said 'the judee ;i . and
treat in the bargain, if you, have." • , ,
"Well, do you remember that wagon
you robbed me of ?"- •
"I never robbed you of any wagon :"
exclaimed the Judge; "I only got my
own."
"Well, I had made up my mind to have
it back, and—" f •
"But yen never did I" cried the J!udge.
"Yes, I Aid, with intereit, too"
,"How ?" thundered the now enraged
Judge. • -
you see, judge,. I sold yob one
day a very nice pine log, and bargained
1 with you for a lot more. .Well, thiit log
I stole off your pile, .clown by yout mill,
the night before, and . sold it to you. ?That
night Ldrew it back time, and sold it to
you again the nest dap`; and so I keit on
until you bought your own fog from me
twenty-schen times !'
"That's a lie I" tried • the Mad 'Judge,
running to.a hciok; andesamining his log
accounts; "von riever sold'• me . twenty
seven Isg.s •of thetsamn measurement."
"I know it,- said the - Tender of :logs.
"For by drawing it back 'and forth; the
end wore off; and'as itltviare, I kept but
ting the end off, untiliewaa only, Wit feet
long—just fourteen- feet shorter 'Opp it
was when, you first liciught it; and rhea
it got so short, .I drew it home, and Work
ed up into shingles; and then I tonclided
Mad got My. Money hack—and in my
pocket.".
.The exclatintion l of the Judg,e was - - -
drowned - in'the shoats of . tbe`bystan era,
and 'the log drab* loiind the - doer With.
,
out the iroinised .treat. To see.a
,t
man you Leask the trudge if he
was' ever thaved:
A cletyman had two daughters Who
were much too fond of diessi . wliichwas
a great grief to him: - He had..ofteri
proved 606 in vain; and preaching,pno•
Sabbath 'day on the sm of pride, Le took
occasion to notice among other tliinrgq,
pride in dress. After speaking aim° 'On.
siderable time on this subjectite sudiren- -
ly stopped short and said, with' feAlp., ,,
and expression . : "But *say look
at home!' 3ly goodlriends, Ido leolt'at
home till my heart aches"
little girl, after returning Louie (Ana
church, wheie' ilio - saw "a"collbet figeu
up for the .first 'lz.lated • What ' tAnk
place,. and atnon'a
herf:chifdiphinuOceuee, • "Thnt a
uidit passed armilid a plate irith's&ile.
money` on it, but - Vdidn't take
A' down, bebeing bati'tere4' one
day by adtrie Ver . tn''ye
',,ard"to ber loveif, - wha haik the niiFCv tUue
to have.be.t one .1e1;;, she rep rcd tv:tbeni
very
,Inartly—"l'ebh,j'yi,ottld'il'i' *ire a.
two legi;:tb6y're too
"Stockingsca lk* IFit
. hout .sf.; lung as.
I wear .fashionable dresses," said ayiilage•
.I.)3lle.rouw€nwhat.straightened in, ion
coalresogNes,..obut boom, :apd. Lick
gUries I must have'
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