ffee ffntotrat.
HARVEY BICKLER, Editor.
TUN KHAN NOCK, PA.
\Vednesday, June 17, 1863.
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may improve.
gyThc news from the seat of war is of
the mo6t startling character, and should
command the earnest attention of every one.
Our own State is invaded, and Rebels are
within otir borders. The President has call
ed for one hundred thousand, six Months
Militia, and Gov. Curtin has issued a proc
lamation calling upon all able bodied men,
within the ages of eighteen and 6ixty, to or
ganize at once for the defense of the state.
The State has been divided into two Milita
ry districts, Gen. Couch commanding the
eastern, with his head quarters at Chambers
burg, andjGen Brooks the Western district,
having his head quarters at Pittsburg. Our
own homes and firesides are threatened.—
There is no time for hesitation, and however
much we may deprecate the course of the
administration, we must protect our homes.
We have given thousands upon thousands of
our citizens to crush out this wicked Rebell
ion, and mourning is heard for the slain at
nearly every fireside. Our money, too, has
been given without stint, yet the Rebellion is
not crushed, and we are called upon to de
fend ourselves. The war, instead of being
aggressive on our part, has become defens
ive. Where are the thousands we have sent
to battle ? Where are our armies ? Is
Washington to be guarded that our state
may be desolated ? Truly this is masterly
strategy—we have this consolation at least
remaining. It the government is incapable
of protecting us after having nearly depleted j
the state of its citizens, enough yet remains
to repel and chastize the insolent foe. Eve
ry PeDnsylvaniau will do his duty.
Th old Democratic party is still a power
in the land whose strong arms and enduring
principles are competent to rescne the coun
try, and perpetuate its strong constitutional
government for generations to come. The
Democratic party was founded especially f r
the maintenance ot the Constitution ; aod its
vigorous hands, not yet palsied by age, will
be found equal .o the task assigned it by its
aucient founders. Its mission is now to save
the country and maintain the great principles
of civil and religious liberty which sustained
the men of the Revolution in their heroic
contest with the power of the British crown.
The statesmen of tho Democratic party, amid
the darkness and gloom that now veil our
national prosperity, look hopefully forward to
years of glory and greatness yet to be enjoy
ed by our country beneath the folds of the
•Id tiag of" Stars and Stripes/' now trailing
in the dust, through the treason of the South
and the faithlessness of tho Administration
at Washington.
A Cloud In the East.
A most striking illustration was yesterday
given of the uses of that marvelous instru
ment, the electric telegraph. On Friday
there arrived in the harbor of San Francisco
a vessel from Japan bringing date from that
remote empire down to the middle of May.
The news which this vessel brought was of
the highest importance pointing immediately
to a war between the naval powers of Christ
endom and the Japanese government. On
Saturday the telegraph had delivered this
news in New-York, and yesterday saw the
wires at work flashing the tflioial notifica
tions of the foretgh consuls here to their gov
ernments over the telegraph lines all the way
to Cape Race, where the dispatches would be
put on board Saturday's steamer for Europe ;
and ro in about six weeks time authentic in
telligence of the condition of things in Japan
will reach the foreign offices of Great Brilian
and France.
Whether the governments of these coun
tries will look with pleasure on tho warlike
aspect which matters have for some time been
assuming between the Japanese of high de
gree and the foreign residents may bo doubt
ed, But, be this as it may, it will be neces
sary for France and England to act togeteer
in the premises ; and when we consider the
high temper, the varied reeources and the
mechanical skill of the Jajanese nat.on it is
evident that the cloud gathering over that
couttry is infinitely likely to be followed by
a war much more trying and formidable than
the allied campaign against the "Central
Flmvery Kirgdontn /
WAR NCWS.
Latest by Telegraph.
The Rebels have made another Raid into
our state and yesterday occupied Charabers
burg.
The President has issued a call for one
hundred thousand six months men.
Gov Curtin has issued a Proclamation call
ing for fifty thousand Militia.
It is reported that the Rebels burned
Grecncastle yesterday,
New York is sending troops for the defence
of Pa. to the amount of twenty thousand.
The Phil'a Age states that on the 15th.
inst., Gen Milroy was surrounded at Win
chester by 18,000 Rebels but after a despe
rate fight, cut his way through, and united
with our forces at Harpers Ferry. Our for
ces at Martinsburg have fallen back to Har
pers Ferry.
CHAMBERSBITRG, June 15—8 o'clock P. M.
—Lieutenant Palmer hasjust returned He
had to fight Ins way out two miles this side
of Gteencastle. lie reports (lut the enemy
were advancing iu three columns—one mo*
ing towards \Vaynesb<>ro and Gettysburg
one direct to Chambershurg, and one towaids
Mercersburg and Cove Mountains. It i not
known whether they will proceed in short
columns or concentrate.
A large lire is seen in the direction of
Greencastle.
Lieut. Palmer reports tfce columns at
Greencastle to be about 5,000 strong, princi
pally consisting of cavalry supported by in
fantry and artillery.
IIARBISBURC, June 15.—The rebels entered
Chambcrsburg at 9 o'clock to-night.
Alarm at Ilarrfsburg,
IIABRISBURR, June 15 —Midnight—The
rebels occupied Ilagorstown, Maryland, at
noon to-day, and from there advanced in force
on Chambeiaburg On receipt this evening
of the information that the enemy were p
preaching Chambersburg, the Governor or
dered the bells rung, and the people assein
bled en masse at the Court House to devise
means for the defense of the city. It is evi
dent that something must be dene immediate
ly, or the State Capita! will be invaded.
Govenor Currin and General Couch are
laboring diligently in devising means of de
fence, and organizing the military.
Without casting reflection upon any mili
tary man, it appeared to him this has been a
brainless war. (•' That's so," and laughter )
The means of the country have been was'ed
in isolated places. Contractors have carried
on the war. The blood of our men the groans
of the wounded, the tears of the orphan and
the wails of the widow have been coined in
to money. Men without patriotism n-d wis
dom have urged military plans which have
not accomplished anything. Expeditions
have been got up to wipe the outside of the
platter on the coast, while there are placet
that could be struck, to rapidly terminate the
rebellion.
The above is taken from a long speech
made by General 0. B. WILCOX, on his re
turn from a years imprisonment in North
Carolina. He has since served with distinc
tion in the field, and has lately been appoint,
ed the successor of IIASCALL in the command
or the military district of Indiana and
Michigan. Unless General Wn.cox has very
much changed, his sympathies must be with
the Democratic party, whose opposition to
the Administration is based upon the verv
shortcomings he so clearly points out in the
above. The experience of the past year in
the field must have confirmed his impression
that this is indeed a brainless war."
Summary of Events Put May.
May 1. Occupation of Chancellorville,
Va.
Battle <>f Port Gibson, Miss.
2-3. Battle of Cnance'lorville.
2. Storming of Mary s' llill and capture of
Fredericksburg Heights.
Col. OrtersoD arrived at Baton R m^e.
2- The Rebls retreat from the Nanse
tnond.
Capture of Col. Straight's forces near Rome
Ga.
4. Gen. Sedgwick retreats across the
Rappahannock.
Skirmishing near Chancelh>rvil!e.
Gen. Hooker reorosses the Rappahannock.
C. Battle of Clinton, Miss.
Capture of Alexandria, La.
9-10. Bombardment of Port Hudson.
12. Battle of Raymond, Miss.
14. Battle of Mississippi Springs.
Capture ol Jackson, Miss.
15. Battle of Carrsville. Ya.
Warreuton, Mississippi, destroyed.
16. Battle of Champion Hill, Miss
17. Battle of Black River Bridge, Mi6s.
18. Capture of Ilaine'a Bluff.
20. Batile of Austria, Misß.
24. Batll eof Gun Swamp, N. C.
letter from Hon. Charles It. Buckalew.
The following letter fr.un Hon. 0. R Buck
alew. in answer to an invitation to address
the Democratic meeting on Monday evening
last:
BJ.OOMSBURG, June 1, ISO 3.
//. N. Dittman E-q:
Chairman Dem. City, Executive Cotntu.
Dear Sir: Your letter inviting me to at
tend your meeting of this evening called
with reference to the arrest, mili'ary tiiai
and exile of Yallaridigham, was delayed in
reaching tne. I have only tiino before the
closing of the mad to write a few lines in reply
I approve, mo6t heartily, tle object of
your meeting, and I hope it may be success
ful and exert a wide influence upon public
opimon. Now that public events present to
the people the question of liberty as well as
of Union, there ought to be no doubts and
no hesitation among them as to the course
to pursue. They must uphold liberty and
put down its foes, and that too, without re
gard to the poor pitiful pretexts by which
the latter seek to defend cr excuse their
usurpations.
I sni, respectfully, yours,
V 'BUCK A LEW .
Major General Fremont.
The friends of unconditional abolition, as
we learn frotn the report of the self appointed
New York committee to ascertain the
views of the President on the subject
of a negro army, have seen the Pres
dent, and have received from him the assur
ance that ho is ready to give Gen Fneemont
a Department, if ten thousand blacks cmld
be raised to follow that distinguished leader-
The President stated that " the policy of the
Government, so far as he controlled it, was
fixed." It was that " the Government
should avail itself of any means to obtain the
aid of emancipated slaves in the South
in the present war." This, as we under
stand it, is the means of inducing them to join
die army, must be pressed into the service
and that their military task, il they refuse to
volunteer, must be made compulsory,
The President then exhibed to the com
mittee, a map showing tlie relative extent of
slave population and whites in different re
gions of the South, including that of Vicks
btirg, saying, " My opinion is that the color,
ed population will have to take tiie-e plaees
and will have to hold them." The President
iiirthttr sta'ed that he has explained the
tnaiter to various officers of high rank, but
always found that " on these occasions he had
run afoul of somebody's dignity." " I would
like anybody who can," said Mr Lincoln, •' to
undertake the matter. 1 believe General
Fremont peculiarly adopted to this special
work I would like to have him do it."
There is a great deal mot.- in this declara
tion of the President than at fiirst sight
m.ght strike the reader. In the first place,
the president confesses that he hue talked the
matter over with severel officers ol high rank;
bnt that he always "run afoul of their dignity;
that they thought it incompatible with the
honor of a soldier to do that sort of Work.—
But Mr. Lincoln thinks General Fremont pe
culiarly "adapted to this special wotk, and
lie would like him to do it." And an it is
paificularly the regn n about Vicksburg to
wlucli the President allude-*, we are bound to
inh r. tliat a.- soon as General Grant lies suc
ceeded in reducing that placeit is intended to
embody it in a new Derailment, atiu to give
tile command ol that Department t> Getter
a! Fremont. The > General would, no
doubt, in a short time, Africanize it, and
make the people as happy and prosperous as
he made the adopted citizens of Missouri,
who looked upon him Wallenstein
that was to command thetn with or without
consent of the Emperor, djring the Thirty
years' vrar. With a large proportion of the
adopted citizens on the upper Mississippi de
voted to him, and the negro cohorts on the
lower Mississippi immediately under his con
trol, Gi ntral Fremont will be the next
Presidential Candidate with or without the
consent of the politicians of the Empire State.
General Fremont, tube sure, has not yet
won a battle; but he occupies " positions"
which are invulnerable, and the President
thinks him particularly qualified for the spe
cial work which the " dignity" of other olfi
cers of high rank refuses to undertake. In
the mean time, we are anxious to hear from
General Grant.— The Age.
The kind of Petition* Circulated In the
North a few Years ago.
In 1850, and subsequently, the following
petition was peneially circulated in the
Northern Sta'es:
To the Senate and House of the United
States:
The undersigned, citizens and inhabitants
of , respectfully submit to Congress
that, in the nature of things, antagonistic
institutions can tteTer unite.
That an experience of more than three
score years having demonstrated that -here
can he n > real Union between the North and
the South ; we therefore believe that the
time has come for a new arrangement of ele
ments so hostile, of interests so incongriiou- j
and we earnestly request Congress, at its
present session to take such initiatory m;;as
tires for the sjieedv, peaceful, and equitable
dissolution of the existing Union, as the ex
igencies of the case require, leaving the
South to ilepen d on her <wn resources, and
to take all the responsibility in trie tnaintain
ance of her existing slave system, an l the
to orgau ze an Independent Govern
ment, in accordance with her own ideas of
justice and the rights of man.
Accompanping this document was the fol
lowing :
N. B.—The person to whom this docu
ment i 6 transmitted i 6 earnestly requested to
circulate it for the signiatures of men and
women, and see that it is speedilr sent to
either Senators Wade, Wilson, Ilule, Sew
ard, and Fessenden, or to any other suita
ble Representative in Congress.
Those same Senators who were to take
charge of ihis disunion paper—Wade, Will
son, Hale and FessunJeu—are still member
of the Senate, and now palmed oft as " un
conditional Union," while the fifth of them
Seward—is now the Premier of The present,
administration; and all "loyal" men are
ailed on to render them their undivided
support in the cause of the Union and the
Constitution.— Louisville Demo rat.
The following is nil extract from a speech
made by M. B. L wry, a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate, at a Loyal Legne
meeting in Philadelphia a few evenings since.
This war is for the African and his race.—
The six hundred colored men who have re
cently fallen have elevated the race. For all
I know, the Napoleon of this war may be
done up in a hi ck package. (Laughter) We
have no evidence of his being done up in a
white one as yet. When this war was no
larger than my hand, I said that if any negro
would bring me his disloyal master's head I
would give him one hundred and sixty acers
of his dislotal master,s plantation. (Laugh
ter and applause.) The man who talks of ele
vating the negro would not have to elevate
him much to uiake him equal to himself.
To think that an audience of white men
could cheer and countenance the utterance of
such sentiments ! We commend this extract to
the Deinocrates who were temp'ed to join
thia so-called Loyal Legue. To this cwm
plecticn would they hsve come at last.
Arming the Negroes.
The whole question of the arming, of the
negroes to fight cur battles against the re
bellious Smith demands a searching ventila
tion, which it has never yet received before
the conscience and heart of the people. The
possible influence of this step on social order
on this continent, and upon each of the two
races involv.-d in the issue, has never been
fully looked in the face, nor have we ever
ventured thoroughly to ask ourselves what
effect apon the international aspects of our
position may be rationally expected from
the spectacle which no distant future may
reveal of a vast and internecine war of races
upon southern Soil, a war recalling that hor
ribie conflict, between Carthage and her mer
cenaries, whi h lives in history by the dread
ful name of the *' inexpiable war." It is
6urely inconceivable that the Christian civil
ization of the nineteenth century should re
main permanently indifferent to such a sjiec
tacTe ; and a practical statesmanship would
have insisted that these remoter contingen
cies of so important a step should be lully
arid dispas.-doiiately weighed before the coun
try was so hopelessly committed as to make
"returning tedious as go o'er."
But this has not been done, and all that
we can do is to appeal to the good sense, the
humanity and the honor of the nation against
the fate which our own commanders, under
our own flag, seem hastening to inffict upon
the wretched victims of a policy which they
have had no share in framing. The execru
tiun i'f the world has been feared for us here
tofore by those who saw in the armed negro
the instrument of a barb' rous and extermi
nating vengeance upon men, of our own race,
color and religion. What shall we not look
forward to of loathing and Contempt if we
are to be made to appear in the odious light
of nurliiig the ignorant slaves of the South
upon certain death, simply to spare ourse'ves
the worst risks of battle, and to rid oiir
selV"B of a costly incumbrance ? These men
never asked us to free them ; they never ask
ed us to put them into the field. We went
to their homes, br-ke up the system under
which they were living, and then compelled
them, partly by starvation and partly by
lorcc, to enlist under our flag. And having
so arrayed them, we proceed upon the fit -1
adequate t.cca>ion to deal with them in a
fashion which makes the quaint speech of the
old Cincinnati negro a piece of grim and
bloody prophecy.
The New York Timet publishes an elabo
rate account of the assault made by General
Banks upon Port Hudson, on the 27th of
May, which it is impossible to read without
a shudder of pity and indignation—piiy for
the helpless creatures hurled upon certain
death in that wild onslaught, and indigna
lion against the officers whose ignorance or
whose recklessness brought on this" murder,
grim and great." When the attack was or-
dered, we are told, it was determined that
the black regiments should occupy the fore
front of the battle. They were new troops,
who had never seen a shot fired in anger, bet
the post of honor and of daiigej was riven
them on the righ tof our line. With the
bayonets of thcr white friends behind them,
the batteries of'heir white foes before, they
were to be driven into the settlement of the
important question, " will negroes light ?"
The cynical calmness with which this,reason
for so extraordinary a disposition of our for
ces is given might auiu>e if it did not dis
gust. The consequences of the experiment
we will allow the chronicler of the Times
himself to recite:
Nobly, indeed, have the}' acquitted them
selves, and proudly may every colored man
heieafter hold up hi* head, and point to the
record of those who fell on that bloody oeld.
Gen Dw'ght, at least, must have had the
idea not only that they were men, hut some
thing more than men, from tlie terrific test
to which he put their valor. Before any
impression had been made upon the earth
works of the enemy, and i full faee of bat
teries betchi g forth their 02 pounders, these
devoted denp/c ueie rushed forward to en
counter grape, canistei shell, and musketry,
with no artilleny but two small howitzers
that seeme i mere prp guns to their adcersa
ries—and no teserce whatever.
Their forces e ot the First Louisi
ana Native Guards, (with colored field offi
cers.) under Lieutenant Colonel Bassett, and
the Third Louisiana Native Guards, Colonel
Nelson, (with white field officers,) the whole
under the charge of tlie latter officer.
On going into action they were 1,080
strong, and formed into four lines, L'euteu
anl-Colonel Basset t. First Louisiana, forming
the first line, and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry
Finnigas the second. When ordered to
charge up to the works, they did so with
the skill and nerve of old veterans, (black
people, be it remembered, who bad never
been in action before.) but the fire from the
rebel guns was so terrible upon the unpro
tected masses, that the first few shots mow
ed tliein down like gra-s, and so continued.
Col. Bas-ett being driven back. Col. Fmni
eas took bis place, and his men being siniil
arily cut to pieces, Col. Bie't retnruied and
recommenced ; and thus these brave penp e
went on. f/oin mo ning until I JJ., under
the most hideous c rn ge that men ever had
to-withstand, and that very few white ones
would hare hud nerve enough to encounter,
even ij o dried to. During this time, they
rallied, and were •>rdeied to make sir distinct
charges, losing 37 killed, and had 155 wound
ed snd llGmissi n—the majority, if not all,
of these being, in all probability, now lying
dead on the gorv field, and without the rites
of a sepulcher ; for when, by a. flag ot truce,
our forces in other directions were permitted
to reclaim their dead, the benefit, Inrough
some neglect, icus , ot extended to these bluck
regiments.
It is scarcely possible to comment upon
such a picture as this. Shall we complete it
by the same correspondents assertion that
not an " ambulance nor a stretcher" was pro
vided for the wounded who fell on this fear
ful Aceldama ; that no surgeons wasted their
time on these '• heroic" black " cattle," driv
en dumb and desperate upon their death
with pop guns " for their artillery, and fur
their sole " reserve" black night and the very
weariness of slaughter? What words of
ours, what words of any man could make
more sharp and clear the oruel relief in which
these fatal facta stand out against the pallid
background of fanatical cant and professional
philanthropy 7 Who that has pleaded
against the launching of the untutored negro :
into a career which fpr him must end either
in triumphant barbarism or in sheer exter
mination could have ventured to anticipate
that those who proclaimed themselves his
special friends would thus deal with him ?
It is uot now the policy of negro enlistments
or the immediate issue cf our own race, that
is the immediate issue of this question as it
comes to us from Louisiana. The simplest |
humanity revolts when the lives of hundreds
of unoffending human beings, whatever-be
their color or their station, are thus ruthless
ly sacrificed to vindicate a point of fanatical
policy and fortify a partisan "reason of state."
Letter from the Army.
Co. B. 12 liegt., P. R. V. C.
MR. EDIT#R :
Again the 3rd Btigade
Penna. Res. is on the move j not.seeming to
find the conduct of the New troops satiafac- j
lory at the front, while the old war dogs j
were in the city, wc had to change places
with them.
Gent-rul Ileintzleman h-s entrusted our
Brigade with the important post of defend- j
ing swine of the fortifications of the National ■
Capitol. The fears of a Rebel Cavalry raid, !
and the daring exploits of a handful of Ms
by's guerrillas, have so shaken the nerves of
the Officials in Washington, that Monday, a
week ago, we were hurried over to Uptot's j
Iliil, where we are camped. Tiie 3fth and i
36th, new regiments of Massachusetts tr ops
were sent to Washington to do the gu-rd
and provost duty, while as it always has
been, Pennsylvania's sons are sent to do the '
fighting.
Our catnp is pleasantly situated between'
Upton's and Miner's llills and in close prox
imity to some <>f the forts that censtitue the I
fortifications of the City.
As yet we have not been attacked, and I j
guess we will not be, but the boys would
like no better fun than to have a set too with
the Rebel Cavalry.
Since we hve been here we have been bu
sily engaged irt digging rifle pitsand sfre.=gth- .
ening the defences of the city.
Day before yesterday the magazine at
fort Lyons near Alexandria, blew up with a
tramendous explosion. Ten men were killed i
and fifteen wounded. The explosion was j
caused by a workman while filling shells, he 1
happeniag to ,-trike his foot against the con
ical end of a percussion shell. lhe C"tnp* !
ny guarding the fort, (bedonging to the 3id
Flegt. N. Y. heavy artdlery) was almost an
nihilated, and sttch a scene of death and de-'
struction is seldom witnessed. The fort was
not much injured however and workmen are
now repairing it.
The citizens of Washington seem to be ve
ry much pleased with the Con luct of the
Reserve while the}* were stationed there.—
They are getting up a petition to have us
brought back into the city again. They say
that our Brigade behaved the nest of any
troops that were ever there. As to that, I
do not know ; but I am sure nne ever inade
as much noise when they were leaving.—
Cheers for Hooker, Grant, Burnside, Pleas
onton and McClelian were continually heaiil
along the line and in many cases w ere ech
oed back by citizens from the balconies of
the houses, and sidewalks. As we passed
Willards Hotel a rousing cheer was given for
"Little Mac," and echoed and reechoed by
soldiers and citizens, until \Vahington rarg
with the noise. Said a citizen as we passed,
"you are the first whoever passed through
the City that cheered for McClelian. The
Reserve still thinks McClelian is the man,
and there is not a man in it, but would re
joice to see him in command again. The ab
olitionists of the North headed by the thing
who controls that party, (Horace Greeley)
were all the time howling about him until he
was removed, und even now they are not
s&ti-tied. General Hooker is a good man,
but the army of the Potomac have not the
confidence in him that they have in McClel
ian, as the conduct of the Eleventh Army
Corps at Chancellorville proved.
This section of Virginia is now almost a
desert, no fences and no timber to build any
with ; the total productions are Negroes and
weeds, of which there are plenty. The
weather is very hot, and straw berries, cher
ries peas, beans, ami all kinds of vegetables
are plenty in the market. The Boys are all
well and seem to be enjoying themselves.
M.J.
Stand by the Laws.
We conjure our Democratic friends thro'-
oul the country, by everything which they
hold dear, to submit to. 6tand by and up
hold the laws <f the land. Let us keep
strictly within the limits of the law. If we
do this, the enemies of our li bcrty must al
ways assail us at a disadvantage, and must
play the part of law breakers and wrong-do
ers, Be not the aggressor, but stand on the
defensive and fall back on your rights as a
citizen of the United Stales an 1 of Pennsyl
vania. Of c >urse, we do not mean to ay
that you shall suffer any one groggy to in
sult you or to deprive you of any privilege
which you possess under the Federal and
State Constitution, and the laws made in
conformity thereto. Insist upon all those
privileges ; Nay, fight for them, if it become*
necessary. But be temperate, be cool; add
ing only to moderation and a quiet deport
ment firmness and resolution Be not rash ;
but "be sure you're right, then go ahead.''
Do nolhi.ig until you have given it a second
thought. Act with caution and dehberation,
but act with a wdl that cannot be over,
borne. Democrats, remember the law. It
is the rock upon which we have budded :
Unconstitutional laws must be tested ac
cording to law, and when decided unconsti
tutional by the proper authority, they are
null and void. Let us rttnain behind the
imprvgnablu fortress of the law, and we shall
be able to hold our position.— Bedford G'-
xetli.
The Blood of the Martyr's
the Church '
The outrage committed on tl,o Hon. C! e
ment L. Vallandighatn, so far from aiding t)~
Administration, has not only served to fj'q
the whole nation wtb horror ami dis. u ,t-.
ita lawless acta, but it has alio furn shed
theme to Hie European press, f or depricj*
ing our institutions, oar Government 4,4
our national character.- Our reader* w , -
linda few choice extracts of that sort in our
issue of to-day, which may acrve as lpeci>
mens of tho views which British journalist
take of that flagrant act of Injustice a l( j,
ranny. It is certainly not by such acts D( >
by courting the abolition fanatics ofE„g| and
that the Administration will' recommend it#
cause either to the people or to the gote
ing classes of England, or any other civil
nation in the world. They tarnish our n.
tional fanre, and cause our institutions .,•
laws to be held up in terror em to all natto;,,
aspwing to liberty.
But the arrest, trial by curt martial, c * n .
demnation and banishment of Mr. ValUndig
ham. followed sad preceeded as they yj,
by a series-of oilier unconstitutional lct ,
have at last roused our own people to a
8-nse of the degradation to which they hare
so long patiently submitted, and they h aTt
produced the determination to resent th em
This, of course, will be done by lawful mt -an<
through the bal!.t b'X ; but it will h* ch-n,)
with a will and effectually. As " the great
er pain swallows up the less," so will t!-e
suppression of free speech, of the free pn s .
and of ihe trial by jury, on which three p.j|_
lars rets the w hole edifice of our free ingtj_
• ill ions, throw every other issue into the
back ground, and strengthen the rank* of
the combatants for freedom by every fair a
biding, conservative element tri the country.
The Administration v. If find that '• the
bhod of the martyrs is the seed of tha
chutcl.," and that every act of injustice, UMir
pation and tyranny of which it is guilty, on
ly mere-sea the number of its ( pponents—
Men will not eease to sj-eak and to write
because their speeches and their writing!
d "phase the Administration; but if the Ad
tniriistr- titm undertakes to persecute their
it will assuredly add weigh t and Consequent
to every word they have spoken and to eve-
ry line they have written.
It is the lawless outrage which was com
mitted on free |.eech, in the person of Mr.
Taiiandtghairt, which has caused his nonuna.
lion by acclamation for Governor of o*io._
The people of that State wanted to adminis
ter a rebuke to Mr. Lincoln and his Cabi
net, and they did it ami dot the plaudit* of
count Ira* multitudes, not only in that State,
but in everv other State of the Union. BrU
the rebuke will not stop here ; it will be fir
greater—it will he overwhelming in October
neXt, whan Mr, VaUanligham will be triune
pl antly elected ; on 1 ii will be crushing and
final when, in 1804, the people will almmis
ter the last rebuke to Mr. Lincoln by the
e lie tii oof his I) m< cratic successor. Then
will the Jacobin* who prompted Mr Lin
coln to acts of v'olePce and oppression W
able to realize the amount of their guilt,
and. if they hare any occasion left, exclaim,
•' The goda ar just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to scourge us."
The issue bettveen the Conservative Dem
ocrats atvl the destructive Jacobin's Is made
up. The Administration made it.— Aft. >'
• The Inxile.*' i
This is a new term in American hiitarr.
Heretofore we have boasted ,>f being tbeen
ly Government on earth where oppressedf
all nations could find a welcome, a peaceful
and a happy homo. Every object of a ty
rant's wrath from one end of the glebe t
the other, on reaching this blessed " Land of
Liberty," was then himself a freeman. Our
shores were made welcome to all : and thou
sands and lens of thousands fully enjnvtd
the opportunity thus given, and Quietly nu
happily sat down in peace to enjoy the glori
ous change.
The Irish exiles—the Polish exiles—'.hi
Hungarian exiles, and the exile* from a thn
sand oppiessors, political anil religious, were
objects of our peculiar regard—they feasted
Lasted at public banquets, added spico and
enthusiasm to our aspiring orators, and stnl
more significant an lof a much higher note
in history, these " exiles" had the warmvft
and deepest sympathy of our people, where
their oppressors had their indignant cutsci.
and our country became the asylum ofjthe
oppressed of all the world."
Little did any of us suppose that we should
have lived to see the day when a free-born
American citizen, holding the reins of con
stitutional power, would 6et before our eyr
acts that 60 long stamped the tyrants of Eu
rope with infamy. But the eud is no'J®'*
When free discu*s : on ends, there thinking ,
com mences in its greatest earnestness.—
dai y's Crisit.
YOUNG MF.N or THE TIME-.—The Y NUN £
men cf these times who stand up manfulb
fur the Constitution of our country, W1 " b* rt
much to c ngraulate themselves upon iny f = 1
to come. They have not read their country'
history in vain. They have not been tn ,s
by demagogues and political fanaticism.
have not been seduced by mere feeling
out principle. They will be the men of '
coming time*, while those who have
against and fought against their country r
only accept them upon terms of long*'
clearly manifested repentance. T" ' |Te
the qniet enjoyment of the blessing* * ll |
they contended for will be morethan the*
expegt.
Antiquity of Abolitionism.
The first Abolitionist that "we red
appeared to mother Eve, in the garden,
preached " emancipation," and inculca'd
regard to the Constitution and disob"d<
to the laws. She listened to his ,eaC " nr ' jte
embraced his "higher law" doctrine*""*
the forbidden fruit, and that " first diso
ence brought death into tho world, •
our woe."— DanviiU lutcUigt*** 7 ■