rates, beyond the ability of a! I who are not,
' fJorWrnnrTit^i' 3SSS* :
they have undergone domestic ■reavtment
and bitter sorrow in all their hHfes, frotu
losses incurred ih the war they have been
constantly supplied with false itujt'raation
about current events, and have still offered
them promises of speedy and? complete suc
cess quite unwarranted by tIWVVsI acbicVd
xnents of their rulers and which ignore all
the real, indubitable difficulties, original and
created, which attend the struggle. Jiut
one thing they have not beetftofd—Th great
and important fjggt not been dtasejntu It
edf under Government censorship, nor ap
peared anywhere in official documents—to
Wit.: That j&u liuthu -war and the
Bedy reiurn of tficcq Mrj fbeen all this
e^Ani
policy and the Uwapaotty of the AHministra -
tion, These ,have united tha hoiif 1 ;
theoe, have'm; rVcd the suns <ff Southern
•oldiers in the field *ind inspirited them to
ooited, earnest, determined resistance to our
arms; theae, in.the darkest wiMhentn f the
contest, have rendered their suhuiission iin T
possible. '*iey, ana ifie p quilatbns thv
represent, have seen hefore tnetfi (he alter
Bslire-hf complete -independence on the bne
handy as the possible result to be achieved-by
valor, skiff, and endurance, and on Uie other,
85 the result of submission, confiscation,
Emancipation, disgrace, and the iroti rule of
tha conqueror ; and viewing their position
as presetting only a clone kitwceii tl tse
results, they have girded thernselves up to
herculean and desperate efforts and ttill.
stand defiant and unbroken:
it is not for 118 to foretell the future, but
it in possible to conceive ite dangers and to
make reasonable provision again .t them.—
Gyt-taihly, it is possible for the people of the
United Stac%. by selcctiug new rulers, to
jmt their public affairs, including- this btrsi
-1 ess of the war, upon a new footing— to re
move the rjiain obstacle to peace and reuH
idfi, which leas impeded their great efforts
hitherto, and rendered their sufferings and
sacrifice* unavailing for the object for which
they were mottrred This is the great and
necessary work to oe done by them in re
gaining the road of afety, and to Us perfur
mance ther are earnestly i nvited.
7 When the members of ;he piesent Admin
istration are removed from power, and pa
tfiojicjand just men are made to hil tbeir
places, the people of the adhering sections of.
the country will have done their part in re
moving thft cause of war and the obstacles to
peace, and will be represented by men com
latent alike to conduct war and to secure
who will call into existence, fur the
redemption and reuni m of the country, mor
h influences more potent than physreaf force !
tqid who will achieve ttieir mission before
xhaustion and intolerable suffering Lave
been incurrt 1 .
C ibw J •
; t asioxaißECTl o:*.
r. The proportions which should obtain >n 1
thb reconstruct ion of the Union are Hot dili-..
cult of statci inl, and when contrasted with ,
the policy of he Administration will appear
tb'pecufiar advantage. '
cThe first is, that the States shall stand as I
before the w~*, except as to changes watch i
may be agre d upon between or among them. \
The Consti' fieri of the United States Ts the
rwMfof and only bond of union for the states 1
comprising trie Confederacy, and it is to'
stand as it in iU lull iiuegeny, until the 1
parties who are bound by it shali its j
tcVms or ad lto it new proyisious. Any
other doctrine is revofutirmlrr and destruc- :
♦ ve. and 19 be utterly rejected, whether 1
fvended upon Presidential proclamations or i
states enacted by Congress. 'Lhe ipowers t
of the Federal GoverdcjciH in all its blanch (
esAVe Confined within the'provisious of the
4 WistitutKin and canrtot transcend thcrff. *
Tljerefore the Constitution as it<, iticludimr i
its power of i* the leodi j
ir £ dcQtcipe yf the pa:-'v wliich prq T ,
to save tin.- nauon in ' this the day of 1
- '
trine that the President of the United Slate# 1
by proclamtion; or the thereof by,
aiatute, can present -] alter, add '0 or dimiu
i'h the conditions of union hot ween the
States be discarded at once and forever," and '
moat of the difficulties which appear to at-1
tend 4lte (juestipn of recon&iruction will j
wholly disappear. These dopartmeuts of .
the Government are confine I to particular
legislative and executive duties, and cannot'
touch or determine the relations of tin-
States with each other. That fiyld of power j
is sacred to the great organized cyipinymies
bf whom the Union was formed and by '
whom alone it can be subjected to
tipjj or change, We have fought to restore i
the Union, not to change it, much lesjt ty t
subvert its fundamental pmiftiples, jirxl the '
aCcbrnplishtnent of its restoration is the corp 1
p*n#*tion we prtq-ose to ourselves for all the 1
cost andsacrifices of the struggle. v j.
But w|iat is impossible vo the President 1
or to Congress it is competent for |
in their s..vcreign capacity by free,, Mutual !
cdruferit', kt the proper time, to perform:
•The American Stale# a " Vofnpnct!
ofnnion to go through the warof the Itevh- |
lution, and it was made. Subsequently 1
they required an amended .cteatmg,.
a fnorg intimate union, to secure to tti. jn the
fruits of independence. From these del b- k
erfcfio##*on hc lafter occasion tficrc resulted
tHVf ; rriot admirable instrument, the Con-'
stattitlen of the United Starts, under -which '
the Jieppbbc has existed and pros,fered for '
t.lijLn gvqnjy And row, under 1
the experience of rqvqlt arff w,ai a-,d
gorcrhment. we rriay Thhclude thin addlfii n" 1
al*eeurities for liberty and Union should be 1
esUblishe'l in tiie fumiemenial law. But j
securities inust coiwist of luuilatioqs 1
rajaer than of extensions of Federal author !
itf, A and must not invade those" fields of 1
power which were left sacred to SttKe ju-f
riatfiotion ia th origtßal scheme of Union. \
ConatiUition should provide against,;
the uncontrolled dpiuiustion of sectional pa,r— !
ties: South or North, in the Government of
the United Slnlea, as the "nthsf iiftlsjieosable ■
and vit;H regulation possible for". Our safety '
and continued existance as a Republic. Vt'e 1
upon lh:s point to our remarks at the
beginning of the present address as exhibit, .
ing the grounds upon winch this tnSsf im
portaof proposition may ffaud. and as illtis I
tracing it# utibty and necessity bbyimd af j
cayd 01; question. An adequate,- real, Bud j
efficient check in accnjruig a.
bafrttice of power between political interests.]
is tmqoevt ionably the 1 highest and ?m V
powajit paint in constifutimal science ; and '
it inmost <wid 'rliat beca-jsc" o&r ay .stem
tv-'fcctivc in this
we are now inn 'red in war and scourged by '
m'sgoverhmenf '1 its mo-t intuhralle 0!i
ourind Irfwfe** . Thtrrowlfe aH-m.l'v*
provided ia -tuff C-onwitution. n#d whtcfr G
h1iB been so in thoir aelion' and in-
finance upyu rnuht bo sqp
pknicntcd by -iueprqj-r proposition whnh,
•hall more pei Hy perform the office apd
furcttdn for thich ther were designed."— I ''
lor C4#Wrtv prdvedy amid- the-blood'and H
tears of this rvrt 08,0 8 , that U balance in onr t
Wnme 9 t U. fM and 1 checks t ,
hAX'Tf curl insolence
aodgWtof fon, and smite ,-hedience t,:
prlnWpte# of l.tyt.
BUtkliahed kr oar
"tl*? I *. and blood flow
L ajd iVt;.3."U ' yyiteiW f tyl umlieiiiajiuu.
run theUrmstttunon broken, and wi
are bowed down by *>itfer gt\,ef and S"rrod|
in all our homes, because a facti<M
fui Uic -, H-ntu of 1.-e I nit. 1 SMai.-s,
' free fr -m reSirsfint or corb. or limitations of"
its powers*. And tt should be made ifnpoasi
-1 'ole that tbist condition of thing* can again
exist, alter wevhave once extricated ourselves
l:-om the grasp of calamtfy.
There should also be a judicious limitation
upon the distribution of Federal patronage,
t The prodtctious growth-and present extent of
that patronage in official appointments, con-
H ststnte# a fertile source of corruption and
( dangei, tire vvhule mass ui federal
f applTritf&onis are poised every four years
up >n a presidential eiectioq,ißUrnsi!yiiig'and
debasing the struxgle for'pbWcr, 4nd sowing
broßdw>#f<4irimg4i9 l Qt
the land. Purity, justice 111
government becoine aliiicet nruiossible un
der fhis syfetn. arrd ihcir re*miralion ac |
manxlainaiice demand • its amendment. A
| cliange by winch the great body of public
j officers would h v id for fixed teu'uis, and be
I removable only fur l iwfjl cause, would be
i one (if great merit and wisdom, and is among
j tJre most desirable objects to be sought in
j our public policy
sMarsTV.
Alolbcr proposdion pertaining to reeon
struction is, that to individuals there shall
be amnesty except for particular offences.—
All the exees-es of a state of war cannot be
visr'cd Wtrh judicial punishment. Both nee
essitv and policy require that, at the c-m
j elusion oi such a struggle, the mantle of ob
livion shall cover lite past. A nation 4orn
j by civil war dein ids ft-pose at its conclusi -n
that sobiety may be reorganized and the pas
sioiia:id demoralization produce 1 by war
may disappear before the renewed action of
normal forces. Laws of cmlGoatioD ami Irea
s-on nitty ho pulttic and necessary to prevent
insurrection or to check it in the outset, but
they become inapplicable when revolt has
ripened ipto public war. and one entire peo
ple are organized against another. Penal
enactments when directed against a whole
! population, are odious and tiseless, and the>r
; tendency is to prolong and intensify war,
and to einbara.s 01 prevent its just conciua
; ion. Their office is to chastise individual of
fenders within Government jurisdiction, and
' not entire comuipuiiiei contending lor inde
-1 poudcnce or other public object. The laws
:ot war necessarily an 1 properly obtain be
tween the parties to a war pending the c li
test, au-J disphico or super-eJ* those ol ino
nfc'.al enactment. Ai: icsty .therefore,.
i vviti.in the limit of public safety, follows of
course the termination of such a contest as
i thai in which we are Bow engaged.
It may be added that dear justice requires j
i that L nionists who Juye lied from the re- i
! volted country should be restored 'to their
estates, and that tlie particular wrongs in
-1 dieted upon them should as far as posstbh 1
i bo redressed,
A CONTRAST,
j Wo have thus taken notice of several
questions connected with the .subject of lie-;
coh'tr'uctiH.i and ifidicsied our views upon
j them. How much opposed tiio.se views are 1
jt> the policy of the Administration will ap 1
I pear on the uto>t cursory examination.— 1
Tl.e> point to 'lie determination and settle- 1
1 inent of disputes up-.r a just and reasonable 1
i basis, and to the security of the country :
t against the recurrence of war iiefeafter ; —I
I while tfie policy of the Administration points j
• to a sitopie alternative between the aubjuga- :
tii-n and independence of the South. It we
1 succeed the war, we have a conquered 1
Country to b"ld an-', govern as we best may ;
1 and if We fail in the war, a rival and hostile ;
j. Pywer wi.M be established beside u*.
Administration Ifas no lilstfument for na
* tional redemption except phv-dca. force, f
1 (which tt* lias showu tiSo.il in ther Ui inompe- |
j tiuii tu wal-ljj and whgalie.r it .succeed or I
t fan, the fuuire is euc >mpas cdyyith danc-.-rs
, Lcptesenting radical and violent "clcrnents of
poptrtattbn among it", its pany interests re- f
1 quire of it an uiicompromising and hostile)
: attitude not opiy towards the* Confederate
Government but te thy-wjielo Southern |>e-- |
pie. In fa<:, the Pmicent virtually ,an ,
nounccs to tts in his bogus State proclama-
I tmn, that he can trust no men- in the South j
; except ur.der most si ringent oaths ofappi.w-1
I a! of his policy and with 10 tjie direct military i
. influence of the army. I. nder the p res cut (
1 administrati.in, thcrdforo, each party to ihe
war strives fora clean victory or an utter
j defeat. and no agreement between them ex- !
( cept onu oi disunion is proposed or is posgi-t
b'e. We Wbtpit jo our c-uiiitryuivu that \
tiffs statement' of fact' pronoui ces ifie uttey .
' condemnation of the AdminiStl'aifim and es
r iablisjies solidly tire argument for its retuov,
al from power, and thia, tap,, independent of 1
I the oHierconsiaeraMdns which we have pre- '
. sented; Impotent m war, idcapabie of se '
curing a just and speedy peace, eomj-ctent
j only to -.va-te the Ulood as id resources of the V
' people, it stands as 'uby Condemned in itt>|
p-jffcy against Uie ci. y as it docs jn i.ts 1
, nicastix-s Vf inrernal administration. And
| we are jgstifjed in c<>nchi<fmg up >n the whole I
case, that M the Union is-to b_- restored, lib-!
' arty preserved, ap-i prosperity r-etiftwed in 1
t this country, those results must.follow the
, defeat nfid reject ion of the Administration [
hj. 1 the American people,
( lUt- Vkh'EKS OF .Via. I.INCOLN REMOTCS I
THE •ViN.OIfc.TACI.K Tt> KKtMO.V A Nl> RE f
| stork- \ r O.VCF. run jesr RLI.EOF rut Co,\- I
; aTlTtTioK'-OVHR-Th t' A Dtt Ek INo STATES. 1 1
' 1 1 "•'.
I C/DiiCLISIOX*
b M nton *<oid . ■ UdT
t> T here are but two classes of men l in this 1
■ country who may rejoice iu exisiing coo'dt- j
. Hons : First. Those who m rkp luont-y' out,
of the War, and' Sccojhlj those who desire j
'to achieve emaocfpation by it. 'UAs to the'
i former, their thirst for sudden wealth is I
i gratified and it is pot in their nature to re- )
| g,ret deeply those calamities winch fall upon j
j their fellow-countrymen but frotn which
' th-y ar exempied. And as to the radical :
I -Aboliiionihts, his-cup at enjoyment is almost j
i Toll, - Ue believe# that emancipation will I
| take place or the Uuiou rejnaii| bcokqrt for-i
ever. ' HTthtd* reSiitt satisfies h'iiu profoundly
wholly,#tud no possible eent -durirtg his"l -
i existape-j can compete with dlhtr of those, in
[rfljeni and exCeHence.
flrff ba mATfie'ekitntfT be -no Hi rail '
reasonably bear, -lor the gratcfidttbm of thai©' i
two classes and shaii pot tim ATmtn-j
istia'rui v f tlje. G..yern;neut under favor of
w'mcli filey nestle in p aver and gratify their
ni.rV'TyjSrCed and tffoir detestabb?" p't'ssions *"
be ihrowsj out of power, thus relieving the U
counUy Tiwn the right marc of corrupt ioqand
lanatic'jtu wlpch ih picking opt its very gxis
ien'ce '
gighfed and passionate men rusb on 1
to acco:.*mfl £ t'*n bnmchfiHf'c o! jeef? unable' to 1 1
p#rcieve llu- coisequeiieoa wIimJL ff© bcyord <
llie present i.iumeui, ap-1
litre fba' new olxtacles in tlieir patb of paf- ,
anti iff Undated to the cxi'sf-f
intones. Tlmy vainly- think that W- slavery . ,
.he
civil (U'lgHtioi), a J negro equality be estab
-1ih(hl Li tfn st'ead, ti'o sL'bjrci of drffieifffy , no 9 * 1
irkiftibtk,nar ( >eril. lni* stfvb'e (il stumb- 1
king,-' 5 wril remaia in the-patb; (Tourmatronal -o'
?re proved to be UNe by a i|iyysa 0 j
pfc* in bialolj'. sotfrco rT 'ffirig-V
b>.Hia— le>, loose in tbs -htfrd
. rfpMt will i,.it regard civiljpbligations, ami
I eir headlong fiT}' irend under
k Po'irjaLlic law and inl>vMna! right. . \Y*:
r 4J lidt decry theuryaf'but we Mtrrt that
; etateamanship is concerned mainly in the do
tnain'of the practical, and that in the present
i imperfect condition of human rffairs it is
r" obliged to modify gtntral ideas and adapt |o
theTh existing conditions, which are infinite
ly diverse in different countries and at differ
ent tunes. And as all political powers are con
:: ventionat. that fs, established by expiess or
, implied coimenf, the validity uf any politic*!
i act must rest upon thegiound that it is an
i thonged. f-ime distinct authority for it
V, twust be. shown,yr, we must determine against
I I i'a existejiee. .\$M to- the existence of a free
; government, arid to the harmony and pros
i pinjf's oi g eiiumry mwiri'ffTis eaWiSlvSf,"'
! there must bo a p:oft>und and constant re-
I ppect by rulers and by people for all those
! thirtg.Vwhicfi have been agreed upon or in
stituted in atfiirs of government, and there
must be a careful repression of all the de
i ! fitructjvc forces by which the bands ofsocicty
j me loosened and license or abuse introduced
j into public or social action. Of destructive
j forces constituting capitcf cattses of danger,
I corruption nd fanaticism {before mentioned)
j must bo ranked as chief ; and are they pot
I now both in existence, and be
j J'und ant former example in the United
{States? Are they not pfedominadt charac
teristics ol the party which achieved success
in 100, and ban since hel 1 and now holds
| possession of political power 1 And cau
! there be hope of The future so long as these
destructive principles run their course nnre
bilked and uncurbed ? The sound elements
| ofA-ucely must be brought to the surface, the ]
body politic be purged of its unhealthy ele- !
men is, anil th places of public trust, just and j
broad minded, pnre and tolerant men be j
substituted for (acboal and, corruptionists.— !
Tlien will the iaws be kept; theu will free
indivldii.il actiyn be perm ..ed and permieai. j
ble j crime only will be punished and banner I
Iny and peioelhl relations and widely.
diffused prosperity succeed to violence, into!.
j ereoco, waste, bloodshed, and debauchnient
of tiie natioral life !
j PENNSYLVANIA.
,C- H. BTCKAL&W. PHILIP JUIINSON.
' S. J. RANDALL., CIIAS. DENISON.
JOHN D. STILES. WM. II MIDLER?
S. E. ANCOXA, - A- 11. COFFROTII.
MYER STROUSE.
OHIO. *
G. II.PENDLETON. W. A IIUTCIII NR.
' .1. F. MoKiNNEV. WM. E. KINC K.
F L\ L K BLOND. J 01 1N O'X E li. L 4
: C A. WHITE. GEORGE BLfcS.
1 S. S. COX. JAS. R. MORRIS.
WM. JOHNSTON. J. W. WHITE.
WARREN P. NOBLE.
" "IAN A.
T. A HENDRICKS. I J. K. EDGERTON.
John law | J P. MCDowell.
JAS A. CRAVENS.
I I.J. I \i 15.
I w. RICHARDSON. I A. L.KNAPP.
IC M. HARRIS. jJ. C. ROBINSON.
'JOHN R EDEN. IW. R. MORRISON,
i LEWIS W. ROSS, j WM J. ALLEN.
WISCOjSrJL '
CHARLES A EI.ERIDGE.
KKsrrrkv.
; L. W. POWELL. \RRET DAVIS.
i ViKG, .....
JOHN CARLISLE.
DELAWARE.
' w. SADLSBCKV. ] G. READ RIDDLE.
j NEW JERSEY.
A. J. ROGERS.
I ,
NEW HAMPSATRC.
DWfEL MARCV.
i After the pMporctwn of the foregoing At Ires*
at the i ery conclusion of the seeifion of Congre-s. !
two extraordinary iucabimcs relating to subject* !
treated the AJdruea, vers enacted into laws. j
► They w both approved by the i'rewdent, on tho |
4th .lav or' July, and fitly co.nfl ujed the labors of. j
the Congressional majority. Tho # e measures were:' ;
Istc a further supplement toWie conscription law; !
and 2nti, a loinf resolution imposing a special and '
ttcund income.tax tor the year 1863 The former '
Wii3 vutiUci V And act further to regulate and pre- j
i vi lc for the trolling and catling out of the rational i
i fo.-pes, and for other purpxsps." sad aathorize.i tho
he Proideat, at his direction,,tWo call out troop s
tor >r throe yqars ; provided for bounties
of one, two, or three hundred dyllars to each recruit
I the tfme of service, payable in three
k equal instalments; rtn l authorized drafts for unlille d
t- after fifty days from the date of the call : but '
|in one* of anr suoh diaft tv -eyinent of money!
I shoul i bo :kicop; <1 or received Ij the Government
: as commutauon to release any enrolled or draetl
in an ffi.tn persontj obligation to perform military
; servl.-e.
i The thir l sectihn raada a follows :
i I?eC. 3. That it shall be luwfoj for the Execu
i tiva> <>f any of the to send recruiting agent's '
! ' n, ° 11 "J °1 the States declared to be in rebellion, ex- '
I cept the S tale ol Arkansas, Tennessee., and Louisi- j
i ana, to repruU lolunteers and era ny call under tho I
provisions of this act, who; shall be creditod to the j
J state nnd to the resptcth e suTdi\ rsiens thereof,which
tnayprcf/uie fbilt tnHjlmipnt."
I Tne sixth section ptovtdes/ibi.t in drafts one htm- [
i dred per-euUtun of atmcj more than tho quota
-shall be drawn.
The eighth read* as follows:
| That all persons in the nay al ser.vioo of tie U- S.
Vho fiavc enfered sai.t service during the present
rebellion, vho have not been credited to the quota, of
any town, district, ward, or State, by reason of]
choir being in said servioe: tmi not Vnrolle* )ufor' to I
Febarary twenty-fourth, 1864, ihkHbe enrolled rind 1
credited to the qnota of the town, xvitnl:. district, or '
State m which Uicy respectively resjdh. Upon satis- j
f.ctory proof of their residence tnaia to the SocmU- f
fy of War."
S i hi tho law wh: h abdishos commutation anl
provideisa plau by Which cart iitrSt;Ue> mty esc.Vpo !
the pressure of iho draft. to bo author !
ized Utruu<h their agcut-i to ajtain negroes in tho '
•outhqrrr umutry to fid their quotas, ( the h.,un- I
Mos for bei ug paid by tho L'u ted Sfcites) ;
an.l in the cdnynerciaj .St.ites all the sail.,rs and nn
rin.-- Who hare entered the service since the cuf-
Lrealt of the rrbellmn, r— t< ( b e hpurherateed and '
. redrted to the State- of • - :ir resMence, whther I
not, Tht- dates which are most ei't'crprislntr in 1
fh> rase or uegto recruits, and hare mist faairities !
'f. obtaining them, mil reap the main advantnga |
ofthis arrangemeut. Jbut the public Interests will i '
sufi' >: r, s¥id States jeqjoie fima the reebotwd will he :
subj-rtfd to an utdiist, discrimination;
'' be votr i the sensfte Jul* upon nlcqit|ng the i
wiirt of the I*ommftfce of' Conference, which gave i
tliDa.-t bs fktnl form, wras as fblloWs :
' IK AS— Messrs Antlumy, (handler, Chirk, Conk F'
ness, L— Halt Lane of Knn- i
*ip, Morgan, ifofriii, P.Moeroy, Ramsey, ."htm iter, )-
"U wafc—u. I ■
"Wrdsw,TisTr'k 3 WStr*o. TUwr, TSnt
4oUfla*di*, MaP**gvi> r Byemll, lidlln Sanlsbnry, '
Sitrrman, Truinbulljj| and Willev-
It will be observed tbat ooe half the whole sfßr
( oat to vote was Ir.un the States •.-:, f the|l|n.Joß.
But. 't.f oleet tbrispendlture t r Aunties ursder
i the laws, the joint rerolation before mentioned, im
posing a spceisl income tux, was passed- It provides
that, upon the first day of October next, atax of five
' per ttutum tipon incomes of 1863 (in excess of §600)
j shall be assessed and paid. These incomes having
been already subjected to a tax in most eases from
i three to eight per cent. The pr ssure of this meas
ttre upon petwons of fixed inooines is severe, and it
's f - <de tha doctrine that the same article or object
! shall be taxed but once by Government for a given 1
pcrio.t, its form and use remaining utn haogeJ. I
otTthfs ground, 4 a tax upon liquors on fiahd [ which
vt Juau*U**dy bMB toied)w* voted rfown at threlate '
j tcsaion after |/r-olotigcd debate J
IIARVEY SICKLER, Editor.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA
I
Wediic hrtay, Aug, 3d 18 61.
Til* War.
The war nows*of the week may b© briefly
Rumtned up ; Grant met wilh a
most disastrt oa Saturday last, ve
an assault off t.he-enemy's work* at Peters
burg. bosses put dowu roughly at six
thousand men-. Trusting a division of nig
wTio, wheu lbe pinch came, ran Itke.so (
many be lost laege numbers of white
troops, whose were impeded by .
this stampede. Sherman is & a j
" dead lock" at Atlanta. The rebels begin
to assume the aggressive.
In another raid, North, the rebels came info !
this state and laid Chambersburg in ahes
It is said tbat they have recrossed the P..to
niac ; and that "the most vigorous mea-ures
are being taken" by our Chief Magistrate!
" to repel the invaders." He has is-ued a '
proclamation, convening the State Lcgt-la. |
] tore on Ihe 9th in<t. We have no dttubr
| that all the stables not burnt, along our
.birder, will, now that the horses al!
stolen, be securely locked.
Sjdiu ( ritlcism.
The .ogetabie nosed, "unmiual" Editor of
the Republican at ihi* place, charges us with
having pulushed an article "which exhibits a !
cross perversion of facts and a total tell ipse
of principle in referring to some of the inci :
dents connected wilh the draft Ac." Thi< I
lam n, ana charge, is followed by a j tinhk! of i
terms, such as, " distorted," '• bold," false," |
I
" ca.um.neu.s," '• coinrad'Ciory." " absurd ' i
ic. Die voracious (?) Billy contents bun- i
I self with tbe-e vague, general charges,' of I
i falsehood and absurdity ; r .bGin no instance i
I Joes ho state was obsurd. in j
I the ai tide, to which he refers,
j It there was so much of f&Uehooi in our !
I article, it would have been an easy matter |
I fu,r this able champion of truth to have cor- i
. reeled sorae single statement. His veracity, j
j like hrs patriotism, is rather of a " windy," j
i kind, and aeeps its possessor, always out ot j
j dauge-.
j V-Hull make no further leply to these 1
| generalities," than to quote the language of I ,
, Mr. 11. E TtiTanv, a late Editor, and doubt- j
l less a constant reader of that paper. He '
i speaks understanding!} when he says •
"There is too much nhjgcr in the present ad
ministra'ion—roo MANY LIES PUBLISHED IN <
NEWSPAPERS— IF I WANT TO APPROXI
MATE ANY WHERE NEAR THE TRUTH, '
I HAVE TO TAKE IT FROM DEMO
| CRATIO PAPERS" n .
A YOK E for War.
l: IVe have to fight the war tiirougli and somebody
has to do the fighting. (Isn't that profounl— '
'• doon't it "oand Linoolntsh Et>. T);:ti.) If ealDd
ujion hy the Government we expect to respon t and
"to at ouf "hare, and it may be quite ;vi pleasant
! " BS to remain: at our post here and with other woap-
I ons tight the Copperheads at heme} Let all come
| •• up to the work manfully, make ready for the.jac-
I '* flee, prepare for the euiifiiut, and a mark jjpen
, i; him who evades the issue without just exemption
1 •' or dishonorably shirks hts duty to his couutrv."
a " ; " ' * U
Thy ab/.ve cbvice bit ol irony we find in
I tin editorial in the last week's Republican ol
which Billy Rurgess is the ''nomiuai" editor
Ihe writer, andy:eai editor has uuwittinglv,
! doubtlejsfi, played uif a rnamoth " gnak' 4 ou
Billy. He certaiuly must have been a little
£ ro S©y 10 have indited such an article for a
r sneak yhq was drafted— has " tieen called
upon by the goverment"—who did not " re- j
spond"—who did " evade the issue, with.' 1
out just exemption j" and " di>hono-*hly !
shirked his duty to his country." There is ■
not. or at 'eaat ought not to he, a man in the
county who does not know this to be true of '
Billy. He was let eff without even the I '
fatcc of an examination—in violation nfpos- !'
itire law ; and for no other reason thar. that i 1
he induced the authorities ro believe that it j '
would be more profitable and "pleasant to 1 '
reirmin and with other weapons, fight fcop- | 1
perhends at hme. M j'
Porr, sHIY, sltallow brained, white livered ' r
polffboh ! How illly has he justified the ' f
confidence of hia friends ! What a poor re t
quilaf his he made thein for their official j 1
nrfidy.*" H
" b Bflfy Hadn't you better relieve, : I
from duty, that member of your staffed iter! - !
al in ltilj*rs in—in—in—sach " sarkas i
tickle" b hcoinbe ? - - 1
s . • — i
d I
The Autocrat of the White House '
etbaYtdbtivfnt ofslatery" a'cor-*'
.dition precedent to any neginltffidh of firffra 1
of peaee. 1 t
ITT MSMI IE fi
( Kb, l ALI \ i ORY VA.N 1 \ I .ISM.
' *OOOII EL PLUS* WOM A N AND Criiri*
, ARKN INCLLAMBEJRS#FCKG, WITH
OUT FOOD CLOTHING OK
SHELTER.
A ft„'W wrcks ago THE federal troops WERE
in Virginia, and tho fw lowing report is made
' on their IK. half ;
j "At Lexington, after destroying the ruin
tary Institute, Hunter gave Gov. Letcher's
j Wife but five minutes time to get out of her
.f.tbdDJb tilie barely escaped.-wuh her Uuny
i and a small lot of vlothiug before the house
j was in flames."
j Gen. Hunter is said to HA7E destroyed five
minion dollars worth of property. Among
which W"9 an institution of H arrrifig founded
by Thomas Jefferson. A bronze statue of
Washington erected in 17*5 by the s ate of
Virginia was carried „.\*y m a bioheit and
mutilated condifiou..
lhese acts of barbarity and vandalism
were .applauded by the abolition press t hro'-
out the COUNTRY, among the Chum
bersburg R -postilory—wltu-h cube 1 THI; A
M inosvsubstantia! success,"
*' ■' r "" ' -
Recepjly the rebels came ua uW <ro,
when the report says;
" The rebel cavalry burnt the residence of
Governor Bradford this morning. It G onlv
four miles out from thi;> city, on the Charles
STREET road,
A svuad of ten rebels set it on fire. They
came to the residence, ordered OUT the gov
ernor's fuunly, permitting them to take on
ly a few valuables, and then set it on lire.
A gentleman who was present at the
tunc Gov. Bradford's house was burned,
save he wa§ arrested and detained bv the
rebels until after they ha tired the buildidg.
The squad which performed the act had a
| written order in these words : u The house
of-Govertior BradlYrd to be burned in retali
ation of the burning of Governor Lvtchi rhs
house oy the federal troops. By older of
Biatlley T. Sohnson, Commanding."
All tile furniture aud private papers were
burned.
We now have the intelligence that Cham
bursburg has been !<id in adie*. THE f. I
lowing is tfie account as we clip it from the
Monday's papers:
Tilt illll.MM, OF (li.l .Mnr.I.EIICRG.
HAIIKISBCKC, July 31 Gen. McCaualtnd.
it now appears certain, was in com nan lo r •
the rebel troops whan they burned Cliam
bcrsburg. It will be rtnieniheivi ;!n? lh-
Ca us I and fired Gt eer.cast'o when the rebels
made their gront raid a year ago, n nd that he
levied an cxhurbitant tax upon the people of
I lagers town af.w weeks since.
The burning of Chamber-burg is describe d
by fugitives, w! o reached Lirn-burg late on
Saturday night, as having been terrific and
horrible in the txtrome.
After McUausand had laken f rmal pis
session of Die town be made proclamation to
the citizens demanding SIOu.GOO in gold. It
was of * jti. Hi iin possible tocoinplv with surh
a demand, a demand no doubt n * lo Confi
dent of tig failure, and sure of its affording a
pretox, io execute the premeditated plan for
desti oying Chriubu r sburg. The fact that"
the most valuable portion of the merchandise
of the town having been removed, added to '
the rage and disappointment if the rebels'
and when thus inspired, the order Was issued '
to fire the Court House, Town Hsll and 1
Bank building.
A strong breeze prevailing at the time *ooii '
Coinmunica'ed the tlirnes to surrounding '
buildings. Parties of soldiers hav'-g having '
sacked several drug and chemical 'sthrtts, had 1
manufactured turpentine bali*. wlrich they
threw in aUdi jecttons,thus creating as ma '
ny dHl'ereru flames in different localities of 1
the town, which soon united in one ' GENERAL '
terrific and devouring conflagration. The •
sight became hear trending and appallifig |
the crackling find Touring of Hie flames, as, \
they leaped from house to house. The shriek* '
of terrified women, the UF panic stricken I
and surtvrmg children, the pitiful appeals of '
tho old and helpless, as they were heard
above the noise of the conflagration, were
heart-rending. Everywhere families were I
rushing from their fumes to And Safety in'
the desolated fields around CI fh rubers burg j
Women could be seen wildly Reeking f>r 1
'children that were lost, while children were
weeping for parents who con lif not be foilnd. 1
I here is no doubt that the- dest ruction of 1
Cham bersburg is most c >i lete, and that j
two hundred and sixty-dive of its most val
uable and prominent public ah! private '
buildings have been destroyed. It will re- j
quire it least a quarter of a century to n-pair
tha damages which the rebels perpetrated in '
little less than four hours. They fired the j
town as near as can now be ascertained at' !
II o'clock A.M., and remained just long'
enough to see the flame* nnd gei a
proper headway, whn the alarm was given '
that AveriH was approaching the town.
Instantly every freebooter was in hfs sail '
die, and the incendiaries hurriedly took the
St. Thomas ronH.witb Averdl in the pnr.-uif.
No intelligence has reached this city concern 1
ing the direct eff ct of Av,.-rill 's attack. A
train heavily lad.m with commissary stores'
we dispatched from this cry this morning I
ing for the vicinity of Ohainbersborg, in or-*
dfr to relieve the present Wants of the house- I
less women aid children of that town, who i
now erowd the fields and the woods of the '
suburbs. ■< " *1
How much longer will it be Y tinted
*' disloyal t call iiiis " a cruel War ?''
; .*- - • wiA
- ajfMtf tad i ,i fvi taMM
THE R chmond JSeniinel claims that the !
Rebel Government gathered tjjuyty eight,
thousand small arms on the battle gruuud ij :
the Wilderness.
I |
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C3ST This nu.i .;ier of ou. paper, closes the i
thud Voluuio audits ol Serms , (,
the North Rnrirh Dtmecrat.
"TVtaii roxiu,
J A A iß,t lo tbe grave of Charley I^ult,
■J lIK ;VV DURKICR CKNKRAL MO
JI.nCMt ADVO< ATF'S OFFICE,
WAKREKRBCHU, Mo July 18, 18C4
MR AND Mas. LCI.L :
Agreeably T 0 my
promise, having ARDVED in St. Louis on the
; J 1 -'H inst., [ visited the grave of your son,
; Cliarley, lust Wednesday, the 13th. Taking
1 the Market Street car. I PROCEEDED oat of
the City, some two miles before I reached
. tie M'csh-yan Cemetery. The Sexton
. kindly directed nte to Charley'O
which is NO. B in Block 11— the Headboard
. bearing merely the inscription —" C. E. L.
NO B." The Cemetery is A beautiful spot-,
thfckly studded with fine shade tree*, DI,
: rectly across the road from a piece of ground
known as " Camp Jackson —celebrated as
the locality of our firat triumph over the
armed traitors. Wesleyan Cemetery is A
fit and appropriate resting place for the gal
lant and brave soldier—and there are
-ands of little green lifiloeks there — ever
living monoments of tin- noble dead.
I could scarcely realize, as I stood over
the grove of Charley —that he who I bad
| only known in the 1 * lardy and gaity of his
youthful life, was T..ete sleeping his last
sleep, in a stranger's land. Vividly return
eii to NTI" the reinine.stnc.s of my own b"y-
LIOOD. The recollections of those young life
days, w ith which Charley was so intimately
associated , crowded upon nty PIRNI— aur.
cliangir.g the volume of thoughts with kind
andhappv reflections of our childhood — of
tho*e united famdv circles around the hearth
stones' of home — Alas ! they are now brokeff,
dispersed for.ver by separation — by death—
the "broker? links can peve-r bo brought (o.
I gether AGAIN.
? It was an agreeable hour that I spent over
• CATMY'# grave — agieeaßU. from .tha lact
; that I was permitted through the kindness of
I'r ovidenco to pay a last TAD tribute to
his noble nafttre--h,s generous natnro
— that I, a friend of the boy, cocld
weep over that manhood AN early dea<i
— so iiddy fallen. A C a 1 hour too, it was*
I he friend of my youth slept there — early in
years had HE fallen in the great action ol life
— may his memory live as Iresh and green in.
the recollection of his friends as is the
-WARD covers his narrow home. IJ
dewing his grave with a silent, sorrowful aud
mournful tear. I reluctantly bade adieu to tha
grave of Charfey — an alrnire J an 1 highly
esteemed friend —A dutiful and alf.-ctionata
- 'I, a kind and loving and a beloved brother.
Ever *H!l I cherish his memory as an Oasis
I in Life's great, dreary desert.
' ll© sleeps his last lep, -
>H h .- FOUGHT hit last battle.
No Soul>4 shall HWukc hun
To glory again.'*
Enclosed I xend you a little rel que Jwhlch
I 1 gathered from Charley's grave. It isa
poor offering to bring to tlie al:.r of a moth,
ei's sorrow. It is a!! there was. A*<? such I
give it. . B'huiever Igo to the Cij}* I ahal}
visit Lis grave. If Tam there at a favorable
i season f,,r transplanting" ahrubbefy, T
see that some little evergreen shall aay to
| the casual observer as he pvases by. "I yet
•j live in the memory of my friend#.- r Y .
Accept my beat wishea for your long lift,
' continued prosperity and happiness.
A. B. CON KLIN.
j t A r*.
The President a Law Breaker,
J WDILE judicial pr,>cee I ; ngs agunst General
j L)TX tn reference to the World and Journal of "
I y • r- :*•
I T wmtnerce, were pending, the President sent,
to him an order, din;ting him to rests, .O
, execution RT the law by military force.
J WE have had ythei instances of UASTRPATION
I sufficiently dangerous ami alaritthjp,.but in
SEME cases it has been CLPI TFTT D, JHA^Q,! HE
j ex'genc>*F of the Goverupient, the
; Adminiitraiion had a right to .'•tiploy 'extra
j ordinary MEASURES in self-preservation; If
I thev had such right*, of course they would
j standj.l*litie lin t.'TE eyes of the law. In de
ending itself by such a plea the A lminutri- "*
J tion does not place itself above law.
| But in this ca*e Mr. Lincoln throws off the
| cloak OF AXEEMMIR RESPECT fir taw, aud
jly defies it. He <JO N - D ind* his". übord nitc
to resist its exesu'tioh viliiforc* aI l thus
I seeks <;CE*ajoij lor an op n c illision with our
I Slate authorities. It is a long and atarmiog
i stride towards* Mditary Dictatorship.* SHA!
, we give this man another le.ISO for four years
erf the power he so flagrantly abuses ?
IT is greatly to the credit of GJH. I),x that
; he d eclines to use the military p>wer under
his coutrol, in obedience to the President's
1 direction,but like A good cdizeu. submits him-
I self to FHE judical tribunal. HIT this oxhibi
! lion of good sense on hi* ptrt o.ily aervea to
i *v
' bring out in Stronger colors th? exceeding at
! rocity of the course of his superior — Union.
j Mid EX< A
KEU.ET AND THK NIGUCBS II M. WAX
I). Kofioy, an abolition NUMBER of Congress
from Philadelphia, in a recent speech in
Congress, THN-"T<ulogtzed the American Citi
zen 14 AFRICAN DEACANT:
'* Mr. Spea' R , the tuen of this era of
wh un the poet will sing in H1 73 he*t
the men whom the otator will most eulogize
IT' e tn N n in this gram! civil war of whom the
1 historians will write his nrwt glowing pane.
1 gyries, are the negro soldiers of the loyal
! army."'
The white man must stand back hereafter
wlitM the merit of this war is He
; IS a decided failure, if ucgro worshipper Kel.
j hy tells the truth.
BLESSC 1 are the Peace M tkers, for
; they shall be TIED the children of G )d—R
i said the Savior.
|- (FIVE *ne negro freedom before p< V ace FAYS
Ji'ather Imm.