PUBLISHED EVERY
'SATURDAY MORNING.
AT ONE DOLLAR A-YEAR, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
OR, $1:25 AT Tilt END OF THE TEAR
OFFICE: CRULL'S ROW, Pkowr-ST..
MARIETTA, PA.
A D•CIITIBEXZNTS AT THE USUAL RATER.
A large addition to the Jon PRINTING depart
mrnt of "THE MAIHEEEttas " establish
ment enables us to do everything in the Job
line with neatness and dispatch, and at very
low prices.
MO THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES.
- - - - -
IN the month of December,_lBoB, the under
signed lot the first time offered for sale to
the public Dr. J. Bona Dods Imperial Wine
Bitters, and in this short period they have given
such universal satisfaction to the many thou
sands of persons teho have tried them that it is
now en established article. The amount of
bodily and mental misery arising simply from
neglect'a of small complaints is surprising, and
it is therefore of the utmost importance that a
'strict Intention to the least and most trifling
bodily ailment should be had ; for diseases of
%he body must invariably affect , the mind.
The subscribers now only ask a trial of
Dr. J. lienee Dods' Imverial Wine Bitters!
"Front all lad° have not used them. We chal
lenge the world to produce their equal.
These Bitters for the cure of Weak Stomachs,
Kierierdl Debility, and for Purifying and Em
-rictting the Blood, are absolutely unsurpaised
by any other remedy on earth. To be assured
of this it is only necessary to make the trial.
'The Niiine itself is of a very superior qualify,
lbeincabout one-third stronger the other wines ;
warmisig and invigorating the whole system
from else head to the feet. As these bitters are
tonicond alterative in their -character, so they
trengitien and invigorate the whole.sysfetn
and.gtoe o fine tone °rid, healthy action to all
its paitat by 'equalizing the =circulation ~rea
nd producing a general
warmth. •They'are Cs° excellent for Dinettes
fond 'Weitkrness peculeir e to. Females, where a
ionic hi ;rage iced to strengt hen ond brace the sys
tem. No lody, who is subject to lassitude and
faintness,oliould be Without them, as they are
revivifying in their action.
These 40 - titers will not only cure, but prevent
idisease,iind in this respect are doubly valua
die to thelperscamehatmay use them.
Por anoiPient Consumption.
Weak Lynes, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Diseases
, of As Jimmy. System, Paralysis, Piles,
CEIE4RWIED MBE ,BITTERS
ARE UNSU ht•ASSECD
For Save Threat, 'so common among the
Clergy, they are , truly valuable.
Igor the aged -and infirm, and for persons of
4 weak .constitution-4or Ministers of the Gos-
LaWyers, and all public speakers—for
*look-Keepers, Tailors,Seantaresses,Students,
Artists, and•wil persoa deeding a sedentary
Ilife,ffhey twill prove truly beneficial.
*ltaAleverege, `they Ole' wholesome, inno
raerit,:and (leftmost° thetante.. They produce.
uillthmohilarating effects of •itrandy or Wine,
Vtilithbutlintrixickting ; and area valuable rein
telly formersonaitddicted tcrthe arse ot" exces
sive -Moog ttrink, and .who Amish to retrain
front it. They are pure anffentirely' free train
the poisons contained in the adulterated Wines
and liquors with Which' the country Is flooded.
These Altera not only cure, batprevent Dis
(case, and fhould be used by all who live in a
.country Whele the" water Is tad, or where
Chills and Fevers are pleia/ent. Being en
tirely innocent add harmless, they may be giv
en freely to Children and Infants with trn
s
Physicians, Clergymen, and temperance ad
vocates, as an act of humanity', should assist
in spreading these trOly valuottic Bitters over
the land, and thereby essential's aid in ban
ishing Drunkenness and Disease.
.In all (uric:ions of the Head, Sock Headache, or
Nervous Headache,, Dr. Dods' imperial,. Wine
afters evil! be /Wind to toe most salutary, aryl
defficacious.
EMALES.
The many certi4cates which have been ten
dered us, and the letters which we are daily
eceiving, are conclusive proof that among the
women these Bitters have given a satisfaction
which no others have ever demo before. No
woman in the land should be without them,
. and those who once use them will nut fail to,
keep a "iutiply..
• Dr. I. Bocee Dods' Imperial mine Bitters
Aie
. prepared by an eminent and skillful
.physician who has used them successfully in
his practice for the last twenty-five years. The
proprietori, before purchasing the exclusive
right to manufacture and tell Dr. J. Bovee
bod's CelebratedlitioCrial Wine Bitters, had
them tested by two distinguished niedicat
practitioners. who pronounced them a valuable
I emedy for disease.— •
Although tire medical men of 'the country,
.as it general thing, disapprove of Patent Med
icines, yet we do not belleve4hat a respectable
PhysiChin tati b 1 found in the United states,
.acquainted . witirtheir medicak.properties,'who
will not highly - approve Dr. J. &Wee Dud's
Imperial Wine Bitters.'
In all nowiy settled pieces •where there , is
.always `a large quantity of pieces,
ing timber
from which a puisohous miasma is created,
these bitters should' be wind elec.& morning be.
fore nrealt fast:
BoveeDods' Imperial Wine Bitters
Are composed of rt pure and' unadulterated
%Vice, combined with Barberry, Solomon's
Zeal, Comftey, Wild Cherry Tree Bark, Spike
nard, Chatmorrlite 'Flowers, and G'entian.—
They ate manufactured by Dr. Dods himself,
who is un experienced and successful Physi
cian; and hence should 'not be Jassed among
the quack nostrums which flood the country,
and against which the medical profession ate
so justly prejudiced.
These truly valuable Bitters have been ifo
thorougly tested by al/ classes of the communi
ty for almost every variety of disease_ incident
to the birmstn system, that that they are now
deetned itnlispensable as
2'onte, Medicine' and a Beverage.--Pureness
LUCE BOTTGIC !-1T COST CUT LITTLE •
.Ettrify the Blood I—cite tone to the
Womack I—keitovate the system
and Prolong Life.
TRICE $1 PER BOTTLE; 6 FOR $5
PREPARED AIID SOLD RY
CHARLES WIDDIFIELD 4- CO.,
8O( Piet' RI ETOLLS,
No. William-A., New-York.
113*.Kor wan by'ciruggists an 6 , roceregenet
ally ihronghbut the country." ily.
filliE GLitTZ 'F 4 ERRY, • ~-'
~
F?rniert.y Kegsey's:
' A t he undersigned lniviiig leased the above
matned old establishedferry,andl Hotel, in
Helhini Town:shiP; :Veil 'county, ppposite the
borough of ••leiririetta; where 'he 111 prepared to
entertain che ,peblic at his bar and table with
the Mit the market 'alfOrds: He "would very
respectfully inform be traveling public t r hat
having obtained'
First Class Ferry Boats,.
:and efficient-ferryrneii; and is now fully prepa
red to accommodate persons wishing to cross
the Susquehanna: with .vehicles or otherwise
without delay or detention. JOHN NOEL.
1)A. HENRY LANAIS
irkFFERS his professional. services to the
citizens of Marietta and vicinity
Can he tound at his Drug .Store,' formerly
Dr. Hinkle's, at all times when, not elsewhere
professionally engaged.
To try Fitir.nos: Having been •called to
a position in the U. S. Navy, I hereby resign
my profession to the rare and attention of Dr.
Henry Landis, in whom .1. have every coil
fidenctehaving had ample opportunity of as
certaining his ability to fill my place.
F. HINKLE, D.
TljlHmetreetican Watch es are among the best
pei:s now in use, and for durability
strength and simplicity far surpass any other
watch made in the world.
•
H: L. 4- E. J.A II lif
Corner of North Queen-st.fand Centre Square
Lanasetert ps, t have the ta 10r, sale at the ver
lowest rates-Levery watch accompanied with
the mann fats reriguarranteite ensure its gen
littleness:
Proprietor_
VOL. 8.
IXIR pROPYLAt t iiN t .
VttrOMlAl3S**
During the past year, we have introduced to
the notice of the medical profession of this
country the Pure crystalized Chloride of-Pro
pylamine, as a
REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM;
and having received from many sources, both
from physicians of the . highest standing and
Flattering testiinOnials of tis real value
from patients, the most
in the treatment of this painful and obstinate
disease, we are induced to present it to the
public in 8 form READY FURAXMEDIATE USE,
which we hope will commend itself to those
ct ho are suffering with this afflicting complaint,
and to the mebieal practitioner who may feel .,
disposed to ftest thei powers of this ?valuable,
remedy
ELIXIR PROPYLAMINE, in the form above
spoken of, has recently been extensively ex
perimented with in the '
Pennsylvania. Hospital,
and with marked success (as will appear from
he published accounts in the medical journals.)
It is carefully putAp ready for immedi
ate use, with full directions, and can be ob
,
tained from all the druggists at 75 cents per
bottle, and at wholesale of
BULLOCK & CRENSHAW, -
Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists,
Sul-ly] - Philadelphia
F ill i• fq o C ATLL WASHING MACHINES!
The most simple,durable,convenient and 'eco
nomical article ever invented for the purpose.
Will, do the washing of an onlinary family
beforo before breakfast, not only saving time
but clothes..
By strictly following the
. printed directions,
which are simple and easy, it will wash, at one
time, six shirts, of two dozen small articles,
in about six or seven minutes, or their equiva
lent: By all the ordinary methods of cleaning
tine fabrics, such as laces, &c., the greatest
care is required, while with this machine the
most delicate' articles can be washed without
the possibility of &magi-
These results are produced by the constant
reaction of `the suds while the machine is in
motion.
Families, laundries. hotels, boarding houses.
hospitals,' asylums, ,boarding schools, on Ships
and on steamers, and in the army, who have
machines in use, have sent in their testimoni
als voluntarily, and the eneoniums of the press
are very numerous, some of which I have pub
lished in a neat pamphet form.
All I ask of the public is a careful examina
tion of this machine before purchasing of others.
General Depot, 419 Broadway, corner of
Canal street, New-York.
PRICE ONLY TEN DOLLARS.
N. 13.—A liberal discount to the Trade.
Agents wanted. Send for a Circular.
Address, Box 2893 New-York City. ,
PHILIP FRENCH, PROPRIETOR.
`pee. 21 3m.]
"'DIARIETTRAHRBEI
Monoopfs, lot Abs, ijeao .storpes,
MICHAEL GABLE, Marble Mason,
Opposite the Toun:i Hall Park, t i t
Marietta, Pa.
•
THR. Marble business in all its branch*
will be continued at the old place, near
the Town Hall and opposite Funk's Cross Keys
Tavern, where every description. of marble
work will be kept on hand or made to order at
short notice and at very reasonable prices.
Manettaylune 29,-1861. 49- ly
The Infallible Corn 4. Bunion Cure !
D. S: "DARLING'S ' "'
CORN AND BUNION SALVE'
CURES WITHOUT PAIN OR INJURY. It
• softens the Corn or Bunion and wastes
the excrescence by exhalation, leaving the
flesh and akin soft and natural.
When used according to directions, it never,
fails to cure. Try it! Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Sent- by Mail .ou receipt of the, price, and
six cents in stamps to pay postage.
Price 26 Cents a Box. D. S. DARLING,
102 Nassau Street, New York.
Feb. 2- 3rn Sold by Druggists.
The Piles Cure! 4
IThARLING'S - TUMOUR OINTMENT
Reduces the inflamatiOn and dispel.4koc
truding.Piles by exhalation, so that e parts
may be returned to their p lace, b
aCe, without pain
or injury, in a few days.
It is also a superior remedy for tumours of
any kind wherever it can be applied with the
finger or a camel's - hair brush. Sent by
Mail on receipt of letter enclosing a 25
~Cent
piece, and six cents in stamps. Address, 4
Price 25 Cents a Box. D. S. DARLIG,'
-feb22-31n] 102 Nassau Street, N. Y.
riIiVENTY EMPTY HOGSHEA.DS $
—in good condition—will be sold V
at the low price of $l-each and delivered any
where in or near Marietta free of charge. -Be
ing in want of cellar room, if taken from the
store soon, a trifle less will be taken. Alio, a
lot of excellent •
WHISKY BARRELS
very cheap. - For sale at DIFFENI3ACIPS
j AMPS! LAMPS! SHADES, &C. The
14 undersigned has.received another lot of
M'iind and Coal Oil Lamps, and Lamp Shades
of every variety and price. Call and see thein
at the Drug Store of Dr. Henry Landis.
UIANILLY COUGH SYRUP :—A Cough
_U . Syrup, for children and adults has just
been put up at my store, which should be in
very faintly thilicold weather.- Da. LANDIS
CAM P AGN F. and. other Tuble Wines,
guarrintePd to be pure, and sold us loyeas
can be bought in Vbiladelphia or New-York. *
H. D. Br,:ssa.strx, Picot Building.
I3UG(II r and Sleigh BLANKETS of various
styles and at much lower prices than the
same sold last fall. Spangler ¢ Patterson.
BRANDlES—allbrande--guarrinted to be
genuine. Jienfamin 4. Co.
Art tlrunstthaitia r4ournat for It famik Qr,irtit.
MARIETTA, MARCH 8. 1862.
SPEAK GENTLY.
Speak gently l—it is better far
To rule by love, than fear—
Spe . ak gently—lk tiOthaiah wordS' mar
The good we might do' here!
Speak gently !—Love dcth whisper, low
The vows that true hearts bind;
And friendship's accents Row;
Affectton's voice is kind. .
Speak gently to the little child
Its love be sure to gain t
Teach it in accents soft and mild—
It may pot long remain.
Speak gently to the young, for they
Will have enough to bear—
Pass through this life as best they may,
'Tis full of anxious care !
Speak gently to the aged one,
Grieve not the careworn heart,
The sands of life are nearly run,
Let such in peace depart!
Speak gently,lindly to the poor;
Let no harsh tone be heard ;
They have enough they must endure,
Without an unkind word!
Speak gently to the erring—know
They must have toiled in. vain;
Perchance unkindness made them so;
Oh, win them back again.
Speak gently !-He who : gave lip. life :
To bend man's stubborn will, .
When element's were fierce in strife,
said testhem—"Peace, be still:"
Speak gently !'Tis a little thing
Dropped in the heart's deep well ;
The good, the joy, which it may bring,
Eternity shall•tell. •
SOMtTIIING CHEAP
There's not a cheap' er thrtig of earth,
Nor yet one half so dear;
, Tis worth mote than distinguish'd
Or thousands` gained a Year;
It lends the day anew. delight;
'Tis virtue's firmest shield
Aud adds more beauty to the night
Than all the . stars may,yield.
It maketh poverty content,
To sorrow whispers peace;
It is a gift from Heaven sent
For mortals toincrease.
It meet's yOu' with a smile at morn;
It lulls you to repose ;
A flower, for peer and peasant born,
An everlasting rose.
A charm to banish grief away, -
To snatch the frown from care ;
Turn tears to smiles, make dullaeSs gay,
Spread gladness every where.
And vet 'tis cheap as summer dew,
That.gem the lily's breast ;
.A talisman for lore, as true
As ever man possessed.
As smils the rainbow - through the cloud,
When threatening storm begins,
As music , mid the , tempest loud,
That stilt its sweet way wins ;
As springs an arch across the tide, '
Where waves conflicting' foam,
So comes the seraph to our side;
This angel to ourhome. ,
What may this wondrous spirit be,
With power unheard before, . •
This charm, this bright divinity?
Good Temper—nothing more; ,
Good Temper—qis the choicest gift
That woman homeward brings;
And can the poorest peasant '
To bliss unknown to kings.
YOU CAN'T STOP 'Em.---The Buffalonian
says he would as soon try to go to sea
on a shingle, make a ladder of fogychase
a streak of lightning through a. crab
apple orchard swim the rapids of Niagara
river, raise the dead, stop the tongue of
a woman or set Lake Erie on fire. with
Lucifer matches, as to stop two young
uns from getting married when they take
it into their heads to do so.
THE THIEF FLovn.--All reports unite
in saying that the coward and
/ thief,
Floyd, "stole away," at Fort Donelson,
when our army, beleagure,d it. Stealing
has, so lung, been connected with the
name of Floyd that no ..other word so
well describes his actions. ;
The Confederates made immense prep
arations .to defend Bowling Green ,and
abandoned it, without firing a
They constructed prodigious ,fortifica
tions for. the defence , of„Glarksville and
evacuated it without ,burning a grain, of
powder. They built tremendous works
for the defence of Columbus, and, accord
ing to recent intelligence, heyo, fled
withoht even awaiting the approach of
the Federal troops.
The Confederates beat the , world in
making mighty, fortifications to run away
from. The truth is, they exhaust thair
whole military talent and energy in the
construction and have none left for the
defence.
Mortar fleets we presume are intend
ed. to •'
.chink up" the holes which. our
great guns make in the rebel fortifica
tions.
ant
PRENTICE CUTS FROM THE 'LOUISVILLE JOURNAL.'
It is . now said that Bpcknor at Fort
Donclson; to., be prepared for any turn
of fortune, bad a couple of flags tied to
opposite ends of a long pole,—a coat
stolen from a neighboring farmer for a
black flag„ and a,,shift stolen from his
wife for a White One 'While the Federdls
kept at a distance from the fort, he dis
played the coat end of his flagstaff, bat,
as they aPproached, he—shifted,
A lady of this city, one of the, suffer
ers by ,the evil influences of Buckner up
on the youth of our State, makes a sug
gestion, which, though certainly very
excusable in, her, we are not prepared
to endorse. She proposesthat the arch
traitor be put in a cage like BiLjazet,
and that every woman, who had a son
hired away' by him into the' Balaban
arniy; shoUldhave the r Privilege of nip-'
ping his flesh with' a pair of pincers.
It was stated soon after Bishop Polk
accepted 8. military commission that he
had learned to swear asF profanely as the
wickedest trooper, in his army. Some
think he accepted a military commission
just for the pleasure of swearing. No
doubt he has considered bimselc as hav
ing occasion recently to , exercisebis
new found privilege — and luxury to his
heart's content.
A friend suggests that what has beep
spoken of as the blPck flag at Fort,
Donelson may have been really meant
for a white flag.. He, thinks
_that the,
Confederates used a piece of their per
sonal linen for the purpose, but, that,,
as they , hadn't had wash-day for , some,
three months, the garment, meet to be - '
white, was very naturally miitaken, by
Union eyes at a distance for the flag of
piracy. We confess that it would be a
hard case to hold the poor fellows' to a
bloody .responsibility for their 'dirty
linen.
We presume it is to be understood
hereafter, that, when the Confederates
raise in battle the black flag, skull and
cross-bones, the meaning is that they
expect, after a little while, to ask an
armistice . and thb appointment of Corn
tnissioners to arrange the terms of their
surrender. • :
The question has often been esker"
hoW long the rebellibn can - live afterdts.
terrible disaster at Fort Donelson. A
snake witose.-head Is cut off in the morn=
log moves tail till sunset, and a de
capitated teirripin lives nine days.' It
must be decided by the event whether
the robollionisti snake or a terrapin,
A lady of our city, when she read that
Buckner's• men in Fort Donelson bad
ralied the black flag, quietly remarked :
"I guess, that; if they succeed in finding
among them-selves a pieta of a shirt,
they will be glad to raise a .white flag
to-morrow." •
Buckneris,probably averse to, fighting
battles on the ,Sabbath andltherefore he
capitulate& to: Gen. Grant -uncondition
ally on,Sunday morning without renew
ing the engagement°of the two- previous
Some propose anillumine.tion in honor
of the victory of reit . Donelson. We
doubt whether anything of the kind, is
necessary. All ,Union hearts and eyes
are illuminated, and that is enough.
Now that Floyd 'stole himself away
from Fort Donelson, he will have noth
ing more to steal 'bi3less he undertakes
the desperate "task' Of 'Outwitting he
devil, who has a clalre upon him to be
hereafter settled.
Perhaps it inightnot be inappropriate
to do to Bucknerj what ho did on the
piers of, the Green River hridge. Drill
or find a hole in the lo,wer.part of him,
ram it full .of powder, and blow him
up. , .
Norfolk has 'been celebrated for its
early peas which supplied the Northern
markets. Mattersliow,are changed and
Norfolk'irMild fike early peace from the
Noith. ' '
England and France won't fight the
battles of the Sonthern Confederacy,
and her atternps to-fight thorn herself
are a failure. What's to be done ?
The Confederates will probably.thinli
our army an army olcontiactots, tot it
is constantly contracting the sphere 'Of
their sway and theirolepredations.•
learn,from Washington that
Washington's birth-day was, chosen for
the nomination to the Senate of Gen.
Winfield Scott as Minister Extraordi
nary to Mexico, with as is said, functions
'such as' he* exercised in the padifieation
of 'tbe northeasterth boundary question.
tun+
3Dlla,r a Year
PREPARATORY TO THEREADING OF
Dhepleil AI)OheSDI
Ladies and Gintlenzan'—Fellow Citi
zens-=W a have had, as you alliknow,
very little time to preparG for this cele
bration. The declarations were put up
only to-day, principally throngh the zeal,
industry and taste , of , Mr. 4.1. W. Sulks;
and I have had as little time feria!' Por
tion. But much remark is rtnnecessary
for you all know the circumstances under
which we raeethere;this day.
•The people—no, not the people; for
they have been deceived—the leaders of
the 'Southern , States have long - been
dissatisfied with the principles'and ten
dencies, Of rciur-government—especially
its encouragement of free speech in the
discussion of all, subjects, its universal
suffrage, and the elevation of free labor,'
and the prosperity of all the free States
under these. But intong as these could
control the government and pervert its
influences to their interests, they clung
to it.' 'At last, as they
,saw its powers
and Wats passing from them—that the
free States must, sooner or later, claim,
their fell share ane'rightful influence—
they began preparations to secede from,
if blit overturn it. 'First, some 30 years
ago, they tried nullification, but in vain.
Since then, and after long preparations,
they have Phindered the treasury, stolen
bonds and 'munitions of War; usurped
the State•governments, and finally waged
treascinable war 'against our federal gov-'
ernment. Their aim is perfietnal dis
union, if not the' subjug,atiOn of the'
Nnrth--disunion 'tinder tisoiernment of
different principlesin" `which 'human ,
slavery shall be thedark foundation'; and`
aristocracy 'the edifice ; and from which
the right of suffrage for the laboring'
poor, the non-slaveholding whites, shall
be utterly and forever excluded. ‘' '
We are not left to inference or mere
rumor for this information—their most,
eminent statesmen and most approved
journarS, and their , Vice President e
Stephens, himself, have,publicly announ
ced their princiiiles, and intentions.
In this 'pad and wicked rebellion, and
war against the Union, they have de
scended to the blackest and lowest deeps
of perfidy and dishonnr. They have
renounced and repudiated all oaths of
allegiance antrall abligations of patriot;
ism—they have scoffed at the old nation
ality and unibn—they have' denied, and
ridiculed as falsehood, the principals of
the Declaration of•lndependence smi l er
Constitutioti m they have blotted, from
their calendar the 'national holidays—'
arrl
and, asif,seeking to find a, lower,and a
blacker deep
, of political blasphemy and
secrilege,,they have trampled under foot,
and fired, upon, and trailed disgracefully
in the dust, that, striped and starred
banner, the sytabol of our MotherCoun,
try, consecrated by..the blood of martyr
ed fathers, and the ten thousand mem
ories of victories by land and sea I As
I if theinsanitY of treason penetrated to
every fibre of affection: and of sense, they
have even dracarded our. national songs
and airs; and substituted the foreign
Marsellaise and the whirling waltzes of
the giddy dance
Such is the innate and thorough cor
ruption wrought, by their base ambition
and sordid lust for pelf, and power.—
Such the results of contemning and de
spising the principles of their own and
our Statesmen andAages, Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, Jackson and,count
less others of our .misest, bravest and
It would; this day, be treason in those
seceded States, to advocate the doctrine
and principles of those great men on the
subject of human bofidage, or the rights
of Man, or'the duties of citizens to the
pnite,d States-4o read and urge the
DecierationS of Independende and this'
Fare*ell'Legacy of Washington. And
could the sainted spirits of Washington,
'JefferSon and Madison return from their
abode of bliss, and-be reclothed in flesh ;
and go into - those seceded States and
their, urge the doctrines,. and principles
of. their earthly lives o if not , murderous
ly hung, they would be imprisoned with
Brownlow, or driVeh into exile with
JOhnidit,hta . ynard, Etheridge and others.
And why,
Becitu . sit they always denied the, right
of property in man- 7 because they would
not pervert.the government to extend
and perpetuate slavery—because they
held the Union to he greater than the
States, and derived from "the people
of the United States"—and because they
Mould not consider some 300,000 slave
holders-6 be the superiors and natural
born rulers and masters of 30 millions of
NO. 32.
Remarks
people
To maintain themselves in power and
keep their stolen plunder, these corrupt
and wicked leaders have forced their
States to,secede ; and, in waging their
treasonable rebellion, they have pros
trated trade, paralyzed industry, and
destroyed or retarded the prosperity of
our nation and of a great portion. of
Europe ; bringing ruin and want into
millions of households—they have torn
fathers, brothers, husband anti sons
from our families, wasted millions of
treasure, and destroyed and murdered
thousands of our and their soldiers by
the diseases of.eamps and the slaughter
of battle-fields—and they are thus send.
ing the anguish of mourning . and wo
into millions of lately happy hearts, all
over our land.
Long and painful has been OUT mks
ponee as laborious and costly prepara
tions have been made and gathered to
crush this cruel and causeless 37ebellioa,
and terrible. have been the privations,
toils and sufferings of our soldiers and
sailors as they waited, far the. onset.—
But at, last the gathering volcano has
been fired, and the accumulating ava
lanche piled up, and we feel the earth.
quake throes and hear .'the ; rolling thand
ers as, they , upheave ; and overturn the
astounded guilty foe.. .;There comes
Rouring in upon us, from the South and
the South West,, o f delog9 of
,anxiously
waited-for tidings of,g,eod—ef victory on
victory--until the gloomy wiatry sky of
our discontent is made-a Blorions Sum
mer horizon. True.,we think of; we
fee] for,we deeply and sadly dsplore the
gallant dead, the suffering, wounded and
dying, and the mourner-a:who are bowed
down with unutterable wo,—a bloody and
a fearful price for all our joy --rand we
smile with tears in ear hearts amid oar
rejoicings. ; - • •
But we turn to the authors of all these
evils; and thelleeing cohorts of Seces
sion and Aristocrncy—of Disunion and
Slavery—tell ns„ that soon will • their
deceived and.betrayed people,:find out
the ; base, black lies with tvbieli ;they
were deceiked, , and,be found agairido the
old Union and , under the old fly, "clbth
ed and in right minds." , ..God speed,the
day 1. '` ,•
Such, then, are some of. the. Cheering
circumstances and glowing•hopetv whith,
irradiate t he.horizons that ,encircles this
130th anniversary: of the birth of. him
whom we delight to call the • Father of
his Com.ntry. . ,
And now, before we, read :the great
Legacy left_ our,nation by its.great and
good Father,. let ,us, briefly:review the
perilous times in which, it washequeath
ed ourfa,thersland to .us.
The. Confederation, of .the :thirteen
Coloniesharely, sufficedr heavy-. out
side, pressure, marry. them united
through. Abe - Revolutionary-war. , ' The
States beingisovereige, those,in.the
"so-called Southern Confederacy,") .there
was: no power to "coerce" -them to: sup
ply• their quotas of men to fight, or of
money, to_ pay the debts of the:Union.—
There was, therefore a failure .of.. public
credit, both of the ,Union. eudrof, the
States ; and an inability to execute
stipulations of treaties made with foreign
nations. In a short time, those. nations
made demands ,which our. nation oould
not grant, however just ; and aggressions
we could not resist,,heweNer,,grevious.,
Others refused to make troatiee with us
betaese we had net, the : means nor the
power to okserye 4 por engege,ments.—
Nye were thus fastAriftieg into anarchy,
when the new— ? nr present Constitu
tion and "more 11er : feet Union " were
framed by Wephingtpa, 41.adismn, and
their compatriots. •
But thismew federal Optistitution was
feared by those appl i ed. ,consoli
dated government, and deutited,by those
who dreaded the ; reneyal_of the anarchy
of federated sovereim States—and the
extremes of both parties
..(espeei4lly the
extreme .of the former) were arranged
against it.. . e , .
Fortunately both parties had confi
dence in the ability ancippetriotism .of
Washington, who was, unanimously chos
en the first President under, the new 0011-
Stitt/UO/1 ; and, in four years, afterwards
was unanimously re : elected. , ,
The, soldiers of France, who served
an appreetiship-, te Liberty,,derieg our
Revolutionary year,, retnrned home' to
set, up for themselves. Arid the terrible
revolution among a long eppressed, de
based and ignorant people i being :op
posed by, the monarchies around them,
spread its destruptions of thrones and
alters over Europe,. England and France
on opposite sides, made .mv9ssioi;s on
our com m ergo, our rights,aed, tor . dig ni ty
as a neutral power,..and found ,those
among our citizens.wio apologized for
each; 'rendering it, very difficultiforjhe
administration to maintain the•Dentrali
ty .which was alike..our,-policy .and 'our
duty. The extreme,men of each party
condemned .what each
,sidelleereed par
tiality to : France orito Negi an d,..
A third presidential electiOn was ap
proaching, adding its. excitements to
those . which these foreign and, :domestic
troubles already oecasideed, 4.nd al
though the great Masa - of the people re
tained their ccinfedenee is iNtrishiaiton,
so that be would urideshtedlrliaye:been
re-eleoted arianiinottsly, and yet increas
ing years and the continued desire for
private life, led him to decline the
proffered honor ii'it could be declined
consistently with, ditty to his belayed