Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1862-12-06

              ' fcvifiit '- - A . 9&- . .." '- if!.? a Ut7,mw -xt iiiw" o;w,;.')-e-i-i-i ,u KDHID BT I. BABrEB. Trh teii6r4ny OmU littl faith f ht ' ;tljioHCnJ reJIglooi prcs of tWcottBtrr mj . in resr4 td -political mattva, bat the IbUow v lax remarks .of tbf HtalurskJMylc 2Xn. r, in rtard 'lo thi rtmoral of Qu, UcC!l-' clan, re jpowtid ai3 troth fall t&at r arc ia- Tki J j f'one oi li'la9tv important ad, t : ! mi hpe for lb eoantrj.i)Ooa .or-U) moat ,taaaiajrrear1ikbltaa occurred aince the fall of Compter. - It k Dot that w think General HeCUf laa-ao Very far 'anperioT to - wry - ether General InXht amy; but became of the tajttatlee tnaatieated,''tb vaeillailon of thePree--..-idffi, fht,ea(5ceaa of solfticai. echemera, :.thf .. toa of confidence la the .GoTernmenU. t " " ' The friend of Qeir. U rCMIan have thta con-aoUtioa, that he aared Wash mfton, saved. BaU timoV4. Qarrisbarf. drove the rebel oat v of liarjlaod, made I hem retreat from North-" eny irinta; and araaeloeely and sncceeefally dririnj tbenv before him when be was sapo : seded; and be now-tartis aef af splendid, well - U-eUnedveil eqvipped spirited and" rictoriooe ray lo-hia saceMior.iielr refleetkHis tnnit -'he eonolatory.'vThe Oeneral'a patriotic heart wt'II ijoTce 1i7thfn.'ind be can well await (he rhcOhlotatasmajt k indebted ta Mr. Pat-- TlaWothai chy,4 W peraisstoa to make - thavibntwias extract froea av letter i written to hiaby ; faTOrttel3!r ia the Army, aador aesewaoftDctaoeralieietoiUB i the - Horthrrn Stales, and epecianr ia- Ohio, has . - eaoaed many a shoot of joy ambnt theDe-mocraeT,-.in the army. W"e regard it aa 'eri oeoee vmt ae people are returning 10 ana ez-ercUinir that jmod sense, which had they done the last Presidential , election, won Id have averted this war with alt its horrid conseqnen : cea; ' We thitK it will have a. towerfal uifia- ence ia brinaj thia war tora saccensfal ter- cams t tor.. . i -. - J " Pamsoa Browhlow, who ia an ACeepUd aja- tbority with the Jlepablicaa party. , in a letter t Tor PrcuindefdAl Loa!seill4 Kj. - T5ijVlCG l:tfc : tteraaew ew hlr ahawsw -.ewiea-af the crpCon ia e veepartroept ; '. of (he Ooveromefil f ' " . "- " -The-ausioaatf awiiupGosi in every depart-aenf of the Oorsmment ia perfectly" astodnd-fnf aiwinrt-the-samatime, dishearteniBf "to a loyal toaa. -Ii I wei 'editine a. public jonr-y al J.woalJ ejepose these frands, this treachery ,'- andaJl ooaaectcd therewith, if it cost e my v , &k fci vwMaMpas"".-r'iv,'.jt.j v . -j;JBa!d the ld hero to sv friend at the Ilermit-ace, si abort Umar Wore hie death;' - , rrhabolitfoo, prtv, ta i DisLotiti organ-.. iaation, ta pretended iova'of freedom means Aothiajdora or.lea.thanivil war and djsso-latiott tf the Union . ilooest men ofAll par ties should anite to expose their intention aad : Wri their prosresa." ' -""-"'-";";-':- Time has proven 4ht the old jreteraa knew "rebeArfjrwh he wa talking ahact..- ,yJJhe-Abolition papers declare,' says the Ohio Gtt4t; tZH t-are some pestilential fel-' CAEia .thealielvea Iemocrata wh are coot?rtK3 reatBre the TJaioa.u. That ia eve irr-rtheribJe act accordiDj to the radicals. vrhos.r in favof Ttrelf ptaiahiBxaJl ithat tJul pixl J so. wifie conspiracy .- ''.-x - fr v AJMoy vae sxuior; oi4 im ; iabaqoarfIwaV IsmA4 . wa eompelled to wear, before the Ooverameat aathoritUe would ... releasa himtfrptaa; prjao. that he ,would,not . eevsvxrnm or cans aay aetioa jot soil, at any - foUri tlmaaaiaat tha.Ooeraof lent Joya ICau orof theTJatted Sutea. for atMtne his rtrrcrt e iinprisonment. : The oath 1 doubtt Ji-f U to that enacted from alt imprUoht .jea k?vaietena.waeA Vfcanorauij discbarseU, fT7bat Is sachanoa as that extorted ander :J twit wx It 1 XZ. pVty9 1 ! or V U-cckJUtleooe; Those enred ; ia thee arbi- t- t"avrrett5jri: WVftiiniu';4m- ;;: el eak'el!.aocl, if he believea-the aWries'thatl- rictr.n c-s! r 'csuoninrjnvJ- J.vWihJiifwtrny 6on-!j tAlilarf tpta It tarry)agtheokn'' :xIIcCi4Jueriaustnrl7sl "v r. . " ' " r-'r-'imat connt - LiLiaon.'A.' baronet If r atulscfcisnzrne drank r;.. . i r ".fni . -J Sii'-ticet. . - r- ' :rn . j - - mt pfthf i 1 L s next lay the-hiri r :'.L;.t.t;e Ciiawtain TOntat,e4nJ r i 4 i.r t i- n 1 -V I fclv-? -0' - -tv,.;---J..VI ICTrt x&I" - F P 7 - Ti' " ' 1'- Iartrct4c3 Ceteb f;ita Hwr X I hare never noticed iaay cotrespondence tn the JJaMr from the 121st fiegiment of Ohio Volunteers. Ae your paper is poblished in a coantyarhicb eontriboted -twa.com panics - to the formation of the regimen t,'I have thought ibat a communication '.eotMn!nrlt,brf .ia.. tory of ita past career, and its present condition audi whereabouts would be of interest to large-portion of your readers. : ; ?The 121t Begiment waa raised under tha" Preaident'a last call for iroope, in the; counties of Knox, DeUware, Marion, Morrow, Union and Ijogao. aad aaeembled at itajrendeavons at Camp Delaware, within ten daye after the an-terprixe of getting it up was commenced; : Thia great celerity waa in n large measure due to the popularity and nntiriBg energy of Colonel Raid, who devoted himself night and day to arousing the patriotism of the people and ob-taiamgracruita. Notwithstauding these counties had already furnished : many - more than their fall quote of volunteers, under the pre vious ealb. they respoaded with an alacrity not ereu surpassed in the earlier days of the war; The regiment had. hardly aseemblsd at its.readeXToas,' when if was hurriedly ordered to repair M Cincinnati, to aid in repelling the threatened rebel tnvasKm -or tnat place, it arrived in -Cincinaati, without uniform, arms. OC equipments. It - waa moetered . ia , there, armed .and1 clothed. . We stayed In Cincinnati a few daya, and were then . marched to ' Port Anderson, three miles back of Covington. We lay at Fort Anderson three days; . when the fears of an invasion of Cincinnati having passed away, and the Cite of Louisville being ibreaianed, en ewaraarported to the latter place, where the regiment was assigned to the 34th Brigade, consisting of the 88th, 50th 121st Ohio, aod 80th Indiana Begiments;'at the time commanded by the late Col. Webster, of the 98th; The Brigade belonged to the 10th Division, commanded by, the Jate Gen. James 8. Jackson, of Kentucky.- The 121et marched from Louisville on the 1st ' tof . October, when the main body of the army commenced ita for ward movement. It will be unnecessary for me to write anew the history f that, march. We were marched through a land nlmoet ut ter! v destitute o f good watsri.the streama dry; springe; and wells exhausted, vad- where a muddy pool jsoiJd bf welcomed jsith eager ness by mea ml most feinting from thirct. ,&o tntenseraa this longing for water that mene imaf"" iUons beheld streama where none exist ed. W it required an actual examination to dispel the illnsion. During" this march' jour meuofihat portion of the army with which we marched, perished .- from exhaustion J The straggling waa immense. -To the 121st this march was excesslveljr trying," for in addi-tiowto their being raw troops they were with out knapsacks, 'and were thus compelled to carry their bundles in a manner much more fatiguing than if they had been fully equipped. The experience of one such a march would be enough to silence all the stay-at-home grumblers who complain 'of. the slowness of army movements.. . ' On the eighth of October about noon, the; regiment arrived within one-quarter of av mil of the battle-flelTof Chaplin inner The fight had aJraady cwmmeooea n tn.artuiery, and bcaatal mnaketry ebota of the skirmishers could be beard. At this point four companies, C, D. E, and Frr were detached to guard and posh' forward am monition trains.' I n about a half-boar wn were moved forward to v field onpitf Kghl of the Mackville road, aomo COQ farda in the rear of the Soasell House," near which Lbomta . Battery wae - stationed and firing on the enemy. In this position we Were almost tn range of the c nemy cannon; ball frotp whichfell between tu and Lobmte Battery, ! Here- w lay for sn hour and hiif Uabyr of the men and some' of the fflcers lay down and slept daring this artillery practice. The march jlrom Msekville to the battle-field, bad been quit fatiguing, and rendered doubly eb; by the total want of water W the road. The thirsi pf tbe .men wa intolerable,;; The men A (water at large prices of those regi ments.which had,been more fortunate than themselves, xldo not believe.72,miciu ' the regiment had water in: their eanteene when seriously flt by the meay.for . the acitemerit 'About fwv eeTocltho'roimk raoaland bt dera'jkh tjfei&jgo nfito.onU iXatrtie ,rUtry; - wt po p Aroclion ol ; CbrUom terdbf'tten, Me- Cooh'a.eus; who waa twice wounded nod was 1 cme4froci'thf leU befbrr onjrJiiie;had-been fUU. fowed,VCoti Uomford, 'jih: hwf: In the hokpiUl was anthusiaatie ia bisrvrahie pf tbe miifiTkn ! hawawnrpriaed to nea -anch :oolaen In w. Voopserfifi! eaTJ tbat iheireon-i mutt umnaelsTajMk ttJxwy-tad lb W lltfetafan-erder CM:'-1 7 rV"t-Ti'trci!rwbtt . -,tr. -.... 5,r:;t1 tJri't.e Vif Cri!!!.... Tl3U Z4i fitter UiUtntr - . ' . posed to a verr hot fire. and irreral men were woandeomen reach woode th air was Uled irlt bulletBs Ivund shot sjnd abelV which buret wi noiseln the treea, tearmgelimhavh mg wHlyfwbunded a 1 nnmbbr 'of iitx Juai.aV W mirchedi into'tha woods." wa eri met by hundreds of men of -kTerreU't Brigade who were retreating in great ooarosion, : Still onward we moved, only seven companies, past thia throng of retreating and demoTalixed ffleor Parson's Battery had aJidjr ...been captured We met Ca pt. Parsons, --who waa weeping ua the loss Of his battery. Our' regiment 'moved past their retreating comrades, wfthonf man fiJtrinfi-i.-:v .ds --sui-v- .WCiiTUii-s When the leftf our regiment had reached the road our guide abandoned us and conrnlt-ed his own safety," by' eneconcia himself be hind a. tree, and ottering some incoherent or- det to Ui rerimeni. At this point, Capi. Yager stepped oaf, and grasped the guide by the coflsr, and "palled him : from' behind the tree, and told him in very txpfttw language that natess be came' from behind that tree double quick, he would ran him through with his sword,, find he. held it ready to put the threat into execution, " The Brigade of rebels bicb had Uken Pareon's-Battery nod routed Terrill Brigade, now bore down upon us. On ly 7 companies. One gu n of Parson Baltery waa turned upon ua, nnd one shot lulled Capt. Oder and one man, and carried away: the arm of another,; Being eipoaed to severe crosa fire, and pressed by an overwhelming - force of the eneyr with no support to .fisaiet!' us .'and a large gap on our right in the line of. Battle, the flight of Terrill Brigade, throUgb wbicti the enemy might pour without 'opposition. flank usVnnd. completely cut us sdflf ' from (he rest of the army, and thus render our capture or lestruetion ' certain, the order was Hvea to retreat, which was conducted In 'as good or der a the nature of the ground, ' and the. fact that s tortMn of one raiment of Terriira Brigade in retreating broke through and run- over oul men, would permit. Stone's" Battery , which was posted upon a hlU. in nr rear .nOw commence firing over our .heads, checked the pursuit of the rebels and eotered our retreat. In the rear bf this Bsttei a portion of the regiment.',.was formed under .the severe fire wtHcb the rebels were pouring npon ns from the woodaT A portion ; of thr regiment was withdrawn from fire, fbrmed. be bind two guns of Harris Battery, which had taken a position in the rear, nd awaited ordera, ijt. remained there to tb close of tha fight; - Some of the men remained in the field and contiaud there until night pat an nt6'1th'5onbjafc: "The three eompaatea, CU D.aad E, be had been left tor guard tha ' tDmuniti6n partiefpeied' in the fight In anoUier jportionr of the' field, and did good execution Companies P. and O. Capts. Stephen andJTager rota Knox Co, be- hftved handsome. Jtportkm of -Company F. took a pcaitionjio n grVeyard,,nd paid thcir compliments lobel'cavalr Corello broaght in . priscaer.,Cspti Yager behaved with nndanated bra? ery w The. Cap-; iala will distinguish himMlin thhi war: He ba'.very element ;, a good Jdjeppt. Beidwa the only field t.Ckr wUh thf .regii meat."' He rode in the thickest of the fight. aad was perfectly self possessed and cool i That night the regiment encamped .within a few rods of the enemy's pickets. At 3 o'clock next morning we 'moved and took po- Biiiwu in urur pi ojw.u, jswaiing an anacs;. which waa axpectedat day4reak. iW; were under arms all that day and the next nights We vrere not attacked; the enemy having fled the night of the battleOn 'the' tnornlnr of Friday tha 10th w jroarched forward with our Brigade and oa the 12th were detached to go to Perry ville to guard the post; and lto re-arm ourselves wid such arms we could gath'er froni Ua battle-field and to repair our own. 4vUl here state that the regiment - wa miserably armed andnr fato-'battlewith? armtaode- iective that one-hst f t hemJ could not be dis- cnargso. jiis auumwg; .staie oi asair was brought to - the notice of both Gen . Jackson and Col; Webster previous - to our-departure from Louisville' and 6n "the "marchT No?. ro- vision, was man jqp tni matter, t tn ract we were led into battle with half the guns worthless, and the other' half of doubtral efficiency aArr few fires: : An Inspection J(e tie showeditlwt' .SJ of finlcto- tees. jl. regimen uat f. uie. courage go into battle under such mrcntn stance deserves the?hizhest tie.f A i W jfcO IveaUemptedgeri.4e battlejthia llready, been dona; by' others, but not el ways' truthfully.1 ? '4 . .a M Lhva. brought jkii brielr hisiorr.ofth regl- meat to it arrival jsiPerjTtWi.3 1 may. writ yon another tetter soon, giving uan aeoouuLof the tment froni the tlu thne bt its arrival frfpPwryTjll t ttf1 fh; preeent ftim;" Uxtij kMins uuru uiun mjr ujjuu wuicu t, , WQUIU like to aay, but this letter i jOtogter, too rengtuy; 7 . --,- w'&i : a prnseuK iu.eregymeni ur.in iiumwa; j.f, iO miles from Lebanon' WVar f ery wUh 2 other regimenu ofth JicMtltstiirjira'p- pliee. wt expect new uppir of. arm The boys received their tents to-ur. And they t bog Jxave, alst rt th y. .pmtixy with all aorUof ar-l fr h ifiais.f bd but2'5 avt?j;"- 9U lh- ;7c i n v.s r -r,-i .rr? ti "'CcVnctJ Ter lerviaotfmaia:i of hitostlf to the7 whole reriment. t'e Is Cuthfal to Ei hlgrnai:-?M rryyni.:.whiW athaf Oafr' kla ahandoDed th-'r f' 3, h w indelltS-gnble in- hia attention to tie sick and wounded men. ' Huciredi c ufifcrtunUe wtfl Temem (fepC Y of Co, Or la at present sicV with lever.: His recovery i looked for in, few day." The Capul Mptntn aaxhin wherev er he goe ticept among hi enemies. :-Lieut. Xfcnney ha just LTliettCotto Is in good health, and llyry- popnlaiuwiih the boy of Co- U. CipCStepbea and LienU Ue- Oaoghey are both well aid at their posts. auv Brnvn vuf uimvcwuco uuiccrs, 2d iieut. Dunbar Mjr1?i.ft one of the famMiogoac in ?h regiment. : He deeerrea and Un doubt receiv XcslCwt) CctiutcljUivai Prw fjpe)eatttMUeMa Hf tjj Poucr Pclk7 cf tit Ccattitii- ttoa Xzisdsed 4v&a JUnted. At!3 Cpcccli of JciConrstccli DeSvtrtd id yracv4l OctoUr 240, 18621 i.W trust not one of our readers will fall to pern th following extracts, from speech delivered at Syracnee, If , Y by - Judge Com- tbck,'one of the ablest Jurist of that Stat. . rCxtrsaU tnHA Jmdf CeatttoelrV SpMeh. &uiuW: crrixxx h the 22d of Septem ber last the intelligence . and patriotism of the country were surprised and startled by a proc lamation of the President of the United State which throws off the . mask of cohserva'tisni under which th policy of this Administration seems to have been in some degree disgdhied, and embodlee ' fa th actual measures of the Government the wildfet dream and hope of fanaticism. In order-that this document may be understood I give its . language so'i far as material to the presebt pnrpoee. Mr; Lincoln as president ofthe United States and Com ntander-ia-cbief of the Army and Nsvy, de clares i v ' ' " That on the first day of January, in the year or our Lord n thousand eicbt bund red ami sixij-nre, mti ; persons neta as eisves within any 8tat or designated part of a Stale, the peoale whereof shall then be' in rebellion against tha United Statesv shall be thenceforward (snd fcrever treL nd the Executive Gov ern men tof the U. Statea. incJudinrth VMhtarr and naval ant hority thereof,-will reoogoix and nrtstnumtne rreedom or sue person, and will do no act to? repress such person or any of them ia any-efforts they may makofor their actual freedom.'-; '-. ,:.: -j -' At the time when this proclamation wa hn sued, th revolted States bad maintained their government for more than Igb teen months inr fcrmies had been driven from their oiL and the rebel were, a they had reason tot be, more confident than vr of aitimaw sueees. It Is reasonable, therefore, tasuxn tht tbs President did not xpect them te iwy !on their arm by th first of January. U It ws as certain a the iutare over, eaa-be thai; they would not. and it ia now certain iOo the first day of January, then this decree goea into ae- tual eBecU l b resident knw it would Ami if we are to believ that h .mean what be b a said, he iatended it should. .Ws .lnay therefore; epeak of th amide emancipation or nearly four muliona or slave as fixed tact. a conclnefon in tn policy or to uovernment. so far A Presidential edict can make it so. .;.It is not only-fixed but . vjermanent, because the proclamation pledges the Govermentto ma in ula u forever with ail tb power oltb army ana navy. ; v-uv'rv--v: r;t. f.-ij : ;inkj 1 now demand of the supporter of thai proo mmatioa tnt iny snail prodoc tbe wsrraat of th Constitution for thi atnnendous:-- sumption of poweri and if they can not, I call npon tbem-te return to tbetr nltegiaaee, t tbe Cbaatitntionat- Governmentof this eouatry and naite- will In- condeainin n et so revolutionary, lto pregnant with mockery.-; and destruction. ' -r .; " -? . -.: -. fAfc There, is nn such .authority. -Thia a I.will first establish bv the author of (he ; proclama- on siiraeiu ' m-nwa jr ojtncoiBaenvereo: hieinaaguval address on 4b 4th of .March. 188 1, eix of th States bad already raeetlor- iinance or seeesaiott and wttbdrawn. from the Union. Thesnwer Sootkc Ctoo&ia, Lauis- wnA," Mbmssi ppw Alabma Geonria and Florid. On that arngiist occasion and inune- d lately alter takinjc a solemn oath to: maintain aad -defend . the Constitution ;t thtt United Stat th President said t . Il-th destroo- tion of th Uatoa. by all or by A part only , ot States-be uwruliy possible, tbe union i less Cioct loan oeiore, me. ionsuunion : navmg t its vital element of popularity. : It follow from the views thai no State, spoo it there motive, can lawfullyTget: out of . the Union, that masse -jand i ordinances to that effect are; equally void, and that actAbf violence ' within any Stat jtgkiiist th authority of the United ; States, are .n'iir9Ctlona;;or.;troloUdnary: according tairenmstance. I therefore, consider, that i ' v ie bf h Constitution a nd Laws, the U n ion is unbroken." The sentiments : met vHthpprovaI, nearly or quite iinanimoa at the' riortb." What ! the doo-triae ther f nundAted 1 It is (bat ordinance of secession nrr oidhat th Union is nneb; ken.' that States do not and can-not rebelJbnf individual wfthin the"State taay b guilfj of tnnrrtiAn:nr rkhfilliofl a.inat tha Inm rif tosnrrection-' or J'reUnioa aint th law pf Ibe-Union.1-"?' ii:.;;z?i. -Eii'- The Union fstherefoTeTmlh iudmcEt of conslltutioaaj law, periect now e it ever was, and "cotarcsed of thirty-fbur-CUite;bc! J in tlieir posiJsn cs'sscibjrthe Coc::t:ca snd with til jhclr :.-,!, a eeiHite'pc::;:cil c-- f.iil;toj to c;r.U-i teifown'-dc.;; j ir.:.l:u-tio3aTid to exct juad caalati.'n t'l r-r ta "cnCIctwIi tLa T&-i 'cTptvii IZ .L. --t.l C everr.: -.tnt:" All Tcist--nee -i A -tr.y cl 1' tyibsU;. cfl!;-UE:3ttitl.5,c.ct cfi :.3 r::.-5 'r :i r .:? i. i i t..: i r?2 i dividual to tha Union i dlsaolved. ejad Lis al- letsne become bla th crLa &ata mi which h la A ciUxe.- To admit that th a cession of a Suu has A aingl apark of constitutions! vitality sad at th muds Urn to deny th right and th duty of the citire to follow bu-atsand to rrr to U all his allegiance U to Utter a eontrAdictioa in the very term of i th prcjvwJtion, ; - W at. therefor,: tht Jt-riane is da to th Union becau ordinance of ecessioo re of no fore and fTct ,Wbater er. and Are to b disregarded. H. every intent and - pnrpos much ; a U . they had Aexer , IThe cotio ei ry of our Government is with iadividnawand ao with the Slates, which re main a before members of the Union. In the language of Mr. Lincoln. M Tb JJnion is ua trtoken" in Any coostUational sense. Although there i a vast insurrection of diaaChotad indi viduaU. Upon thi theory A war to put down the isurrectio ie just, had. ir can not be int- jtified npon'nny other. -'iV -.: r- . ij r J" Let ua now look At the Droclamation of the rPreaideat, which has startled : th, jiation and aroused A fresh inquiry into the power of the Government and the right of States, communities and citizens No one cn fail to see at a glance that it overleap tbe Constltntion and sets up perpetually in' All the tttatee to which it applies the power and authority not' given ta ine generals government. - but sacredly re served to th people in all States. It has nev er been supposed tbt even in tb dreams of tbe wildest entnnsiaat that tbe people of . the several titatea might not at their pleasure abrogate or maintain the institution of .slavery within their respective limits, r The , right of the tate of New York ao- to'sraend her own constitution: And law: a to re-establish l- very now as she ever maintained it, ia uaquee tionable and ttnquestkned; and lb same power of regulation! And control belne .to tb lbirtfourSUtes of thia Union, V, Tb States in which the peopl re engaged - ta.,. insorrec- uon against tbe laws of tbe United SUtes form no exception to thi proposition,- because, as 1 have shown And a Mr. Lincoln has v proved . the Union isnbroket" And . the States, as political aocietiesVremaist with all their right under th Constitution.' : But. the proclama tion declares that after the first day of Janua ry next this right oT selPgovernmsnt rn State shall cease, not merely during the existing war. but forever, and b-pledged th Government of the United States to maintain tb pledge in nil time-to came.-.i-Vv;;:':; . ... . Now to place the subject in a ligbt o clear that no mind can go : astray,:: let a , suppose that on fiwt day of February next, th procla-m at ion beine1 then In full force, our armies in the field, nd ready for" : conquering march through the Southern . States the, rebels . confys repodiatrd ll design whatever and wEere- elude to Uy down their:. arms - and submit to the laws and authority .of the Union. -Let us suppose slso that .they choose Bcprcseat-tive nd Senators to the National Congress at Washington, that the revenue laws are peac-fullv submitted to and the duties collected ia 11 the Southern ports, that lib post-office of tb United istate At re-esUblished; that, all the Judges or federal -Appointment resume seats And dlscbarg function under the Cos- stitutioo nd laws rib union., that poese- iioR h given up to b United Stats of all.the redecaj forta nd. ntsenals: lAt abort, that the whole of thi vajrt insurrectioAvnt; an cod. And not eingle individual can b found in opposition to th laws of the. Union. Th question I hve then to ask 1s,'. ha th; President aafUung mor to do- with - th -rebellion t 'i Answer noAsd I. xersadmykelfthat such is thf mpoas whicA must i snse spontaneously in every mind. Ought, th war to be any further proaecutedi in ' each : A tmem th Tone t-wiD pretend & Ought to b. unless they arebe- rcicui reason, or wa eounioo;oi wrautan n.nily.:pASioi.,ifiW;- iK-'c.ftlWtj- tS. But.', now look, again at ths Presidential edict tanding in" fall force and eSect, the omiaooofirae of January having passed,; By that edict Mr. Lincoln styling himself the Pres ident of the United State and Cotp mender-in ch let of the' Army and Javy,,baa proclaimed perpetually the enuncipation oi All the slaves w 4Jier1tel State. And consequently the abro-gationjtef all Stat Jaw and Constitutions, . by which th institstion of slavery i maintained; and to earty out the proclamation; he pledge the fleets and armies and the Whole Executive power of tb Union; 4 Although th rebellion shall hAv ceased and i tb Consthution nd Uwshil bars resumed their, peaceful , sway, the war, thi terrible snd unnatural war, . will havejust commenced, because t maintain ths principles And pledge of the. tfoelamation, St must then be prosecuted to, overthrow . State sovereignty And. SUie instituiibiis ; in short, to maintain the freedoniof.4.000,000 of blacks against th laws ofth State br which-Ala-very i ordained. Th. armies of th. Ujpioa must therefore fake up their desolating march through States returned to loyalty, for no oth- r .iwrpoe than lo carry forward a crqesd of emancipation. . The invaded people must sgaln rush to ana to defend their insututions. their fireside .nd homes. , The sir ves may possibly rise (so at least tbesanguinary philsnthropisM of the day inform ua) to. meet their deliverers, and history most resume the story of battle and sieges, of fire hod sord efdesolation and rapine and luU Such are the inevitable issues of. this policy. . Such is tbe fearful chasm that yawns beneath our feet, into which the nation must plunge, unless this policy be1 overruled, unless the "people rise ; in . majesty of sober thought, in the might of Christian cmiixatioa, and by their, all potent voice arrest this fearful march of v.enta before if i too Ute. ;" t , ' Aginl t ask the deJenders of the proclama-tioD to show the constitutional warrant for so vst si streach of powr-1 To all such; let tne' ay do you or. dq you. not expect this rebellion to come to an end by snlmission to the . Just uthority of the Constitution. 1 may . assume that you do expect this, for otherwise all your professidn for tb e last : if h teen ' month have been it by pocrUical and ,falsni Your r theory has been-tbnt thejnlitary power of this Gov. ernment cn disperse tbe insurrectionary, for-eesconquer Apear and .bring back the States to cootitutton&i .jrelslions You vnot 'xpect ibid result within the: next ixtydays to elapse prpcatloAiakes e .baiou: ao.expecm st some: tature ptruxj, because i you do not, the war itrelf is th most stuosnd- ous fUlly and crima reeordedin'th .history of i t?'' in eft '. U-? t; I n year tr ir r fit. 3 m cir j, tu w moa la.r ; , l.i t .11 J. m . -1 xm woriJ -4 miet tn fiiyou.tpAt thia- f jr9fL.q;aer jbe. f 1.' cQbe j Prj"f caf fccorae a fxed facirnd conclusioaia rol :fy cf the Go vernmebt, ,rqiaHLw4r ! jpxjon fDr;-Jb rgT-wof;ovrthrcffisj te r-.!t?". r f ; -;t -r- f c -'v.iutioEieUliiso t;Uniooy?r r- troy it, iecaur he pledges th Government fiarever to cor..ct with the uwa o: the tXaxes, , by uhlk th.iUtn.Uoa of slavery b main' tainjsd. Th slave are declared to be forever lrev And thJrederJ Government i to maia- tajn that freedom, m direet and plain opposition to th law and ordinance of the Slates, and to th Constitution of th . United State. which reserves the right to enact such lsws and ordinAnce. Who then will deny that by j has commuted or attempted to commit 'the Government of the Union to a purpose outside or tbe Uonsttutton, ta violation Of it. And that purpose is no less than the sudden enfranchise ment or millions of ignorant and helpless human; beiDzn, And.the absolute overthrow of society in eleven State o ihe U"on; This is ? - A AW - mm) . rvrvtuuon, more uesirnrove, a w saati una if we ranerit to go on. than any In the historr of civillxedman If is revolution, inaururated under the antpice of the Executive Govern ment of the United States, by. a' Chief Msgis-trate clothed with the highest and' most sa- creaoiAii numan trusts, that of : nisiauintng and defending the Constitution and the Union. I desire to leave no . doubt in th mind of aay who hear me that this ' proclamation: ia a moat glaring And fearful Assumption of power. not giva oy.ue vonsufuiion. i anas noising to my own conyiotlon to bite the opinion Of Mr. Seward, now Secretary or Stat; in past years the most influential of. all the anti-sla very agitators o the N'orth. That JisUnguish- 1 gentleman, however, has many friend and admirers, audit may determine .ibeir convic tions of the doty they owe to tbe Constitution and the country, if X plac before them his view so clearly stated, aa to leave no doubt in regaid to them. ,Jn i diplomatic paper ad- unpsBea to our auuisier ju x ranee, aaiea April 22, 1861, speaking of the rebellion, he yr ' ; "The coodiuon. of slavery "4n; these several State will remain just (he aama, whetber 'it succeed or faiL , There is not even a pretext for the complaint that th diaxflected States i to be conquered by thi United State ' if the revolution faiL for th right of the State and th condition of every, hamsu being in them, will remain subject to AXctly the same laws and form of administration whether the revolution shall ueced or whether it shall faiL gin the one case, the States would be federally connected with the new confederacy ; In the other, they would, as how, be members of the United States. But 'their coostitations and laws, customs, habits and institutions, in either case, will remain th same. : It is hardly necessary to add to this incontestable statement the further fact, that the hew President, as well aa the citizens throegh whose suffrages us uma wmv iaui vuw samiuisirauon. nas ai- i ever imputed to mm and tnem, or disturbing the system of slavery a, it existed under the UonsUtuuon and laws. The ease, fcowever. would not be fully presented if I were to omit to say that any. such effort on his part would be unconstitutional, and all hla actions in that direction would be prevented by the judicial authority even though they wer assented to by Congress and tbe people.'' :;;-:..- Here, then, we have the very proposition wnicn uruncoin enunciated in bis maugq-ral, which I have endeavored. tg: clqeldat n the plainest language At rar. command, that the Union la constitutionally unbroken, that on the suppression of the rebellion" and' tb, practical restoration of lb State totheir con- sUiuUonal relations, Stat CbntfitQUon, laws, custom, habit and institutions will remain as before the rebellion ; and we are also told that thi statement of tbe case is not onlv incon testable, but that th President And bia parti san repudiat an design, whauver and wbere- ever imputed to.himr or disturbing th system of Slaverj under the Constltntion and lawa.' Let us her attend for a moment to th fng-restion of Mr. Keward. that the Judieiarv will uterpoa and Arrest tb crisis And it fearful eoesequencee, by pronounoing the edict of the President to be null and void. Let . no man entertain . this delusive hop. " Undoqbte4ty ercry Cosrt in the nation would eo pronounce it. Bat hv pot the Court sniformly dsohv red th suspension of the writ of softer by. the President to b unlawful? Certainly they have ; but their decree have, been of no more account than wast paper. -The great writ of frelom still remaina aospended. And the victim of arbitrary arrest, in whose favor such decision bv been rendered, have been siexed again. In tbe very presence of the Judges, and returned to th Bastile of th Qovsrh menu ' I repeat, let no on cherish tb hop that th Judiciary can s&ve the Constitution and th country. The President, in th vsrv term of hU proclamation, has pledged himself I is unc w to touT'miiuons' oi enrrsncni-ed blacks; against all interference srith bis parjxwe, from whatever quarter T:Th re vol n-tioniats of th Nortb.'who bare; driven him against bis, recorded opinions to make the pledge, ar now it keeper; and they will compel ita literal performance, unless-tbe people satisfy him tht such. is not their purpose, and that, they are detefminedjo stand by tbe Con-stitntion of their thtber. Now I the day aad now'ls the hoar for this manifestation; of pob li opinion: . InT sixty days longer thia fearful edict will cess to be executory as it now is. It will become a fixed and UTevocabI fac snd tbe Constitution , will pas away Is the roar and the whirlwind bfrevolnf ionv ', - f Th" Attempt stf freqnentlvrmade to-justify thW proclamation under what is sometime called A ,war power vested in the President, involve an absurdidyeo easily rdemonstrabls that I im Miontshed to find menV ven;taw yersr who are deceived snd delmlsd by sneh a pretense, A U- thei argument which has.ever been mad in . defense - of thi absurdity, may be found, condensed ur th remark of n. x eeedloglr flippant person,- f I refer to- A former Lieutenant Governor Of this Statw dIiverevi oe a raeenr ooeaston. .- Said per; . t?- n -f T What was to b done ? Was tt A'datr to save UveryAsdruchebxumttncfvr4uld wr sot take Arebei Slaves A treil.aAiA rebel horsel - 7erew bound to protact them agslnet ajslav A insurrection? . tW hose fault wouii U be if there waxan insnrrectionl-i i j i j - 'This ht the argument, Andtte"whfo1e"Afrn- ment,ih'livor of tal elnfccndou and terrible waiweVfnppbed to be larking somewhere fh thtj6riA& utionvwbich irnow f a t tsod to overthrow th Coostitntion, and inr ,rate hf its plxc a great nol'tical And social ivc'a-tion t-e end whereof ho ean canSESv: " - trl lav, ; Xnyni'whoa'Leeri t, sreired -jtnl inefri!?rit2jc;T3 to cjen '-a'- I fn-! .?,wcr Tz -et cf the the' Unit? 1 To Cor -rfe tv sn 'ifri: rrr-L?'tcf n'f'" i t I J L r - T3 r t cf t -:Zc.T;zg . ar H i tj I rt-IJent .- T..scary power . Ws to st? c! : T! iTn- --t i j LjUfi eft .3 t vnked tooverthrQW tbe whole csat?:z:'i,Tii cc!?aV; ad j overthrow th. plllcsi it4; social-system bf. eleren fual :atcr ef .tll -V Union.- Tb lTesiJeut.taUommanc-u . t X cf th Army gad ilavv and.cl it r-:i. whes in tb actual service of the United C There is a a man who.cait sot, and who dor :. not naderstaad this taajrasrv ta th rrtd' of aaUitary aervic, th Prcct is ppreci ted by the Constitution, to be the as pic cCl cer.- It- is simply tbrresuca in liita cf tb highest military raasv Usjuay ta person, tz:.- the command of the amies, ia lh LX cx may remain at Waauiertoiu nee losucrueicnus. and purelr . with the direct s. . m a a v military, operation, in a rendition ct : or domestic warv r- Row, not only the rmils-. . but any miutary officer is command, ci&er ; . an army or Any xtrttQn or detachtsent tX . army, is clothed with tb rwt which bcir-l to oelligerent movements And eperauon,: mayscbte-th puUio. property of lb tntmy-;" within bis lines of ooeration.s.Ilhoarb rrivats. . property is respected cordis to thf 173 f, J war, pervading among eituuru ngtn,-4-' But aay .the flippant And trials; sdverstrt ; v of anrm Dower ssuroed bv th rrssiirz ta . . overturn coostituiiona and laws, 'Caa yon set i take a rebel star a well aa a rebel a torrrr f bis Buod of putting- tb arrmmeut egnriri that th le, or (herightto hi ervic ti ? property, according to tha law oi thf which be ia held. .Let it be rraated that tht i slave, like other property of the rebel, majr fc j seixed within your line nd made abserviec )-in any way to- th oper4ion.s ojF yous army,-Thi right ta eix nd apply ta Military tttj-belongs not more to the. President than to aay : oQcer who at th moment may g rA I the field. If under this power the Presidast could mak a military- brdr overturning eoor stitutionSrlaws nd instHutkma.soeoAldGnf eral Fremont, so Could General Ilunten 4.? so could aa ofSeer who happene to be ia oom mand at th titneahd pacn. - ThnPresidsatb) only th operior in command, , and a ncl .v may revise aid revoke or eonflrmambbrdcr,' aa h may all orders of puriy mUilary charr aeter. But so on eaa b o ignorant a no,, to see that to seix a. horse or a slav for x&ili tary uses, or to prevent th as by th enem is one thine, and to proclaim a Deroetual edict. " of emanci patio of all slaves throughout nholf States or eommunicatton which your. rmi, may not have reached, where the foot of a sue dier may never bat trodden, and to pledge the Government forsverto Taaiutaia that ftaJota, ia Another and totally ierent thtnj. Th on is a exercise of th right of military iv ur, where the property to be seixed i wit&tA your reach. And, consequently, wy fsm th dominion of th owner.n Having obtained poa session or control, you may nas te pro pert yi. for ny purpose bavins immediate ,s4 t military operation. 1 be other is aa sxsrir) of judicial potrerv by onCcticg jwrpetaalir : alt property of a certain description, a! thC3?l not at all within th rang of your armiea, sentence qf thi natqrf uryvef even aft-r .-: entir catus of war is rcaqved c h cbjectj fully attained. : Apply ins it to our own eoodU. tion, even Ar th rebellioA la msbed, an4 eveiy -eitixen in the lend hap retnrce4 plij JUgiancs, th axntene oonilctica of ty right of prcperty Jo -tjar hoalrsi .thyttta ' .2 slave. od the pledge of th Army itaJ tsvy : urenforc the decree, 1 repeat l ta crciij Of power which th Constitution hs i th) most Axjrres terra .denied to th PmidrsV And - Ah ich certainly belong to so miiitsry ofleer whether - subordinat or GctMrxl-ia ebisL 43ut mor glaringly still, it i aa essr .-ci of poUtioai overignityt notonly by ot " turning thexist!ng la w and . consxitctum cf Sutes, bet Also by pseswnting for All tfrat3 cometh enactment of Statvlaw gad soxJ totion which thUtph&i th c m aatoaished .thas.tArr t?:Mili tr ir miaeoneeptio: xtn thi Aubject, Jef t rt Jt for greater clearnrex of argninant ts C!i J - ir month a th period -whew it rthtlxt:: J. ' lay down their artna gndtsropcs s&izzL'' to th uthoiity of th Union nncjfr tij-tStntion. : The way tbsrsupon . cr " being wholly removed And it ob set avoars plUbed. Ithfsk itsrlU bwAdmitud lhJtb3 war oowArs ot th Gecrral of th J!eih!Lv inemding. tb IVidnt Qrnfr14niiri . will lheAComOAA nd UatTfntt?-T-rc3s lsmation of ih President hxvingaJrr: yflSsci effect, tbos million oTslavss ar itecl&rti ti. be forever ft.- On th other hand, thrjt t thexitinreontitatioB aadrjrdlzrrt3cftl : r States; declaring them to b alxvrs. t Aadtir-T3 fa, tnorovr, tb nwjntxuoQti n-b-b cTUa Bute to enact what Tver Jar;oji as tl their people deemedproptr taaaac-y Zzl ' ; proelamatumr Abrozate all ascb crdiaacrX nd take from --. th peopl th right to cia tnem tor au 'time to com. Thst tbi t tn An' exercise Of th power of txnr-whkh - Aj, mHitary oScer may coasts im tUn cf rar.t5V ban sz t -tseoT politirA'gjvsrsty uiilrra - to ute vonsutution of this coaorry.- no bsucitv-bo so blind a not toe. A trJiUry.crrti v ty 1 -Aometimes th terra Ae4 ta Jsxti.y thia- extraordinary this revolutionary suisin-of power. Th Argument is too absnrdicr rrs station-? A military necessity uhd?r ths C-Stitution to ovrthro ths Csntii'a sabvert tb Government! 1 i. ir, - :'i.-ia. ii ' Vt 'iV- ,..z ? Press the Xloliaes Ceeaty Tmrxmar. XTsr. HV- r ifi with Vheavy hd And a bJeerflaslrrrl OpakAfh most cwwfaJjAn1wpet wy lUfet j.'iijkfy j' :?J; -t?. .. Ewmir EsTfl.t. lank edUcr ani rrr-rTa tar o this pP" h thv b-it cf tir.u ' lie was torn rsbrnarT 7Xh, t4 c-cJ - Koveabe 23d IC at 0 x'cl- zzl 15 r'.Z During th Al-!;t cflh 15th" f aeL, mVZ tt-ring A pair bf horse &!! aid a half Srzl c Holmeaviil, th; boraca Tin :iv mti te ' within oii-AAlf mil cf Uclisrviiis lh cz.v r!?e upsef, 5 throwia fcira milh bis -tr ' a; ..'.:-tt fcncS ccrs,cr. -lis was ticitl t- lz !:::...:,f!K:-l3 It CTie.f. Ud Vf-3 i : ir'jrcall! Itftd ' T ' Ti--i I Im. 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