Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1865-03-04

              LIU rll (wuiiHl!y(& llfui f icirrrrr ; .... .i , - MARCH 4, 1865 NUMBER 46.- .-u iii i k i . iiii.it i ry . i i lW. .... Vfti .4 v. Kthiro 'ro,tt tbe Gek. wot Kt8rp," or """ Katt'''' "Sniffing to clftti, iSjurenttteuJid re-Hitore. Thi urtil i -wt Hi iikth igtifie. For preferring, restoring tbenlify'Bg be homaB bftir it it the most remarkable preparation in the f world, - It U again owned and pat ttp by. Ue origi-; hal proprietary &4 JBMde,ttkJfte-ame care, ' i iain aadMS g" it a ale of oer one million bottlea per annum. ' ' . ' tlU amoat detightful Hair Dressing.. ; j. -14 -eradicates sourff and dandrnfi ,: , '. keeps the" bead cool and clean, ' "" ". It makes the nair, soft and glossy, f U Ct-preveats the hair froBi falling off. 4 It prevents the hair from terning gray. It restores hair upon bald heads. " . Any lady or gentleman.. whoralues a beautiful keadofhair should use ;J,yon's Kathairn. It is ..known and used throughout the -civilised world. '" Sold br all respectable dealers. ' DEM A3 S. BARNES CO. Ne York. - Mar. 26-ly .. ' ' - . - iiiigan Magnolia Balm. -. This is the most delightful and extraordinary arti-licle ever discovered. It changes the sun burnt face Vnd hands to a pearly satin texture of ravishing beauty, imparting the marble purity of youth, and the dUtingne appearance so inviting in the city belle of fashion. Itremoves tan, freckles, pimples and roughness from the ekin, leaving the complexion fresh, transparent and smooth." ;lt contains no material injurious to the skin. Patroniied by Actresses and Opera Singers.. It is what every lady should have. Sold everywhere. : Preparee by W..E. IXAGA2T, Troy, N. Y. Address all orders to . DEMAS S. BARNES & CO. New York. 4 Mar.26-Iy - . : - . : - - ' . -. ' HEIMSTREETSV - inimitable Ilair RestoratiTe, . NOT A DYE But restores gray hair to its original color, by supplying the capillary tubes with natural sustenance, Impaired by age or disease. AH fnfa-H.eH ye are composed of lunar eauttic, destroying the vitality and beauty of tbe hair, and afford of . themselves no 'dressing. Heimstreefs Ini uiuble Coloring -not only restores hair to its natural coler by an easy process, but gives the hair a ' , Xaxnrlant Beawly, promotes its growth, prevents it falling off, eradicates dandruff, and imparts health and pleasantness to tbe head. It has stood the test of time, being tbe original Hair Coloring, and is constantly -r increasing la favor. Used by both, gentleman and ladies. It is old by all respectable dealers, or can be procured by the at of the comuien-ial agents P. S. BAHNKS A Cfr. 202 Broadway, New York. Two sixes, 50 cents nd SI. afar. 2-ly. -- ' ' 'Mexican ; .The parties in St. Louis Jb Cincinnati, who have Counterfeited the Mustang Lihiweht under pretense 'of proprietorship, havo been thoroughly estt.ped by -the Court. To guard against further imposition, I JbLve proewred from the United States Treasury, a private steel plate revenue stamp, which is placed over.the top of each bottle. Each stamp bears the tutiU of my Signature, and without which the r-4ieioiCa4iterfit,.duiKrMia and worthless imitation. - Hxsniaa .every bottlejir'rhis.Xinimeut has been in use and growing in favor for'many years. --. There hardly exists a hamlet on the habitable Globe that does not contain evidence of its wonderful eueet. It ia the best eiuoliment in the" world. With its pres-ent improved - ingredients, it effects upun man and ibeast are perfectly remarkable. Sores arc healed, pains relieved, lives saved,, valuable animal mads useful, and untold ills-assuaged.- For cuts; bruises, sprains, rheumatism, swellings, bites, cuts, caked breasts, strained horses, c, it is a Sovereign Reme- dy that should -never be dispensed with. It should te in every famL'y. Sold by all Drugtrists. D. S. BARNES, New York " Mar. 26-1 y -. ' ' : S. T. 1860. X. ; X,' Persona of sedenUry habits troubled with weakness." lassitude, palpiUtion of the heart, lack ol' npe- tita, distress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, Ac, deserve to suffer if they will not try the celebrated - ' - "-. ' - ' Plantation Bitters, which are now recommended by the highest medical -authorities, and warranted to produce an immctiinte beneficial effect. Tbey are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must supercede all other tonic6 where a healthy, gentle stimulant is required. "erThey purify, strengthen and invigorate. 'sThey create a healthy a petite. . :They are an antidote to change of water and diet. ,Thy overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enlived the mind. .'Thoy Prevent miasmatic and interinittentfcvers. They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach. yThey onro Dyspefi and Constipation." - They cure Diarrhea, and Cholera Morbus. They enre Liver Complaint and Nerv6us Headache. They make the weak strong, the linguid brilliant, nd are exhausted nature's great restorer. They are composed of the celebrated Calisaya bark, winter-green, sassafras, roots and herbs, all preserved in perfectly pure St. Croix rum. For particulars, see eir-aalars and testimonials around each bottle. ' ' -Beware of isaposters-. .Examine every bottlo. See tia H has oarprivate U. S. Stamp unniutilatetl over the eerk, with plantation scene, and our signature on a.flnefltael plato aide- labeL , See that our bottle is Bt reSUed with spurious and deleterous stuff. Any perott pretending to. sell Plantation Bitters either .bv. the rail on and Bulk, is an imposter. Any per- "tm- imitating Xhis bottle, -or selling any other ma-MTiu&Ti. whathcr caUed - Plantation Bitters or Aoc. ia a ariminal under the U. S. Law, andwilLbe so araaaonted' b ua. -.We already- have our eye on se.v- : ral partiea- rer-fiUing oar bottles, e , who-will sue-aed la getting themselves into lose quarters. . Tbe siemsTii for Drake's Plantation Bitters from - ladies, alniimi. aerehanta. ., is incredible, -The sun Am trial of a bottle is the evidence we present of their .. . sj. nr . . 1 1 1 1 1 peetable druggista, grosers, - pdystotapi, hotels, sa loonay steamboats and country stores.-: -: . -P. H.DRAKE A CO, : .'t. Mat 2d-iy 1 3 .f r -Z 02 Broad way.' N. Y.t 'Brinrfreh'A Vegetable Pill. 'C Are infallible' for eostiveness.pasiin, loss of appetite, aick headache, giddiness,- sense of bloating, after 1 i s - 3 - a L.I meaia,.nniBna,nrowamas, ana cnwyuig ymug, mt" 11 disorders of the stomach and bowels. . aepriginal Letter at 294 Canal Street Xew v J,Jf-CC00K pablisber of tbe State Banner, BeaniactOD, Tt. says: he was attacked with DTS- )PSIAan.dso severely from it, that not partioleof food eeald be swallowed witaont occasioning the most Weeeafortable sensation . in his stomach. For five . years bV suffered from this dreadful complaint, when -Metaed BRASDBJtTH'S PlUiS.- The first box did "taaia to kene&t aim maoh, but the second produced a ibaera, acid by the time, he bad taken six Wxes a ftQMfLSTE. GOUK waa effected, fHe, says; My 'a'ysVersia'waa 'goBe.'knd my expectation of an early p r t --T w . -i . r ' .- ' . - -: - --- - - ... , -, -. -r - A gently mBjBfir-oi-.oryoa ueouuy, in emyetejlcyiPr. einatare Decay and youthful Error aetaated by a desire to benefit others, will be bap-. b v eTirts k!l irhead It. I Cree-af rtsrrei the '- neeipt aad directions Sot. making ihe simple ren:edy; jpaa;ia bus eme4 tTr wwhiag PT. mi-. perieaeeaad Wmh a Va3na.tla Remedy, will receive ; the same, hy retaraiaf aaail, iearefnUj aslirfj,.W addreaslnr - -. .j .: aov n nrtmtvT M i . .i - . . ... . ' ' ' I I I 1 I I I ' I I rCnteile mjid J3XTMTlenxr 4 X-r'Mclekoiy J peatf "-li addraaaed im a-ISHP ; Philadelphia Paaasylvaaia. IS FDSUIHED ITKKT 8ATPRBAT MOBJDI T Office In Woi ward Block, fd Storj. $2.50 per'annnm, payable ttrietly in advance or $3.00 it payment bo delayed. jM" These terms will be rigidly adhered to. THE HE W BEPUBLICAIT PLANK. v From the New York. TTorld- The right of freed negroes to vote w the jiew plank in tbe Republican pTatform. Wekmil PniLtiPS declares that "ibis is liberty according to the northern interpretation." Georgi TnqM pson , th e Er-glish man from w h ortjujle-pabttcana. Udjrn, how, Amric Bhfijjii .be governed, says: rI agree with Mr. Phillips that your Constitution needs ' amendments, one prohibiting slavery everywhere throughout the Union, and another forbidding the etates to en act laws which fihall-Tnake ny distinction among their cilizens on account of race or color. I desire to 8ee the negro enfranchised, protected by the ballot, placedupon a fobtfeg of absolute civil and political equality - with the white nifln. ':T beHeve that if l his country is to be saved it must be- saved through the negro, and for the negro." Frederick Douglass, maintaining the fitness of the . present hour for insisting upon the right of the freed negroert to citizenship, says: "This is the hour. Now is the time to press this right;" and William Li.orD Garrison chimes in asfol. lowe: "Glory. Alleluia, Amen and Amen." Upon all the above the IndtpneJent comments thus: " We think the above extracts are good reading hearty good tempered, sound and iurable. If any boly differs witli'.us in this opinion,, let him sponge away from his ..mind the stain' of old time pfedjudice against jhe excellent men whose names wei have quoted, and whose 'good,' we trust, may now cease 'to be evil spoken of.' " The Independent is certainly r:ght in de-manding that the true leaders of the Republican party, Philhis, Thompson, Garrison and Fred. Douglass, the men whose ideas guide anil rule it, should have recognition for their rightful authority; They have 'always been one step in advance of the time-f-ervers, the politicians, and the rank and file of the larty; but-these have never yet failed to keep step with them and follow closely on. The Times, tor example, is just now spitting on this plank as it used to spit upon the abolition plank, before it 1 ecAme the most enthusi ast ic abolition ei eel of ml L - Bat i t , W ill have only its trouble for its pains now as then. It mutt walk up to the scratch and toe it within a very few months, nnd Free ' Snffrage for the Free Negro will be its future cry as sure as the eun rises and sets. Indeed, the Republican caucus which was lately held at Washington made no bones of the matter. It was there resolved upon that the vote of the freed negroes of the rebd states was an absolute necessity to the dwindling Republican party at the North; that, with the negro vote secured, they could hold on to power for an idefinite term of years, and, by keeping upa lare military establishment after peace is declared, hold down the whites jof the South, and retain a secure hold at the North on the contractors, manufacturers, and those who profit by the war expenditures. Free Suffrage for rree .Negroes, this is he new article in the Republican creed. Re publican! hear, and obey! A Record to be Remembered. That sturdy Democrat Hon. John L. Daw son, member of Congress from the Fiiyette dis trict, in Pennsylvania, put the Republican majority on record again the other day in a way which will make their own children curse them before many vears have passed. ' - Mr. Dawson offered the following preamble and resolution : . Whereas, The American people have now been engaged in a civil war of gig'antie'diaten- ons for nearly four years, which has resulted n frighilul destruction of life, . property and treasure, creating an enormous pnblie debt, im posing the most oppressive taxes, covering the and with affliction, corrupting the general morals, and putting in peril the liberties of the nation ; and, hereas. On the part of the unj ted States and thepeople of the states adhering to tneir government, mis is anu ongnt to ne a ." ". .I". . 1.. war solely to vindicate the constitution and restore the laws to theif just supremacy to that we are bound by our oaths and by our errlenrifi. pleitges rtade Ih wi face of the world when the war commence j . therefore. -JtesokeJ, That the President of the United States he reo-uested to use all honorable and just means to .bring about a lasting peace and the re-establishment of fraternal relations amoegall the people oy a restoration ot tne ilnioaoport the. simple and just basis of the UonstituttOn and laws, W4ih eveTy proper guar antee tq tfce outnern states tht they shall ce proieciea in uir mil rnjoymeni oi-meir riehts. and in that undisturbed control of their owti Jocal affair whtch ihe Federal Coastitu- tion was tnteoded to eecure Uienj and us Seventy-two Bepablicans voted to lajbese resolutions on the tabley voted that the war was or,soijy to ymucaie tne ionstiuiwon. anu restore the laws to their just supremacy voted that we are f uhd by "our oalhand by sol- eran pledges -made when the war began, voted not fy request tbe' president 'to. nseborjibrable ana just means to cuecv peace ea av oasis or a restored: UotOB,''!.wlli Ibelhta defined! "ihd secured "by tne 'CoMtltaiioh.' to very' state.--- Here are' tbe eeventy-two Republican who cned havoc i.re ten. rears are over, we earl agauH iaeifvery cotiftreo .wi careenem-ior their fanaticism, their folry.l and their trea YTiTai Meaarav AlleAadewiutAiuIeW Bailer Pal4in nf Mas.), Keaman; Bainej BoatwiB,Bejd, HvaaMiaree. xsromal!. Ambrau w riari: rnm,n tj.mrm9, -v,aaay -ia, inwi, t'etlpg XllXOay iJOnal- UeMHaMiaflawakaxmVlWt rXulbanl. InreradU.- Jml iUaaosa. KaUaof MirS.f lSasWatt.i:jr Loorreer;waTvaiBridev laetHanT. Meladoe. Miller ot B YA'TIowbeelIerriaiUoTrMef XLsSL LjL7t5yera;0'IIeilWjraHOrt Pashami Paawrey, Emit ""'. " x ' 3i?--?Tracr. rFfflBK',a,iTaL keeb-.. , . itr-beUr, - Waaley, WZ-zw'-ader, WCCTvWndoBa, VV6Z Dtrini f jw aa aioyyjpa OUR IOWA COEEESPONDENOE.. A STrarions Detfttb t ProlmblA 5Iur der More GoTerament Swindling. Siocx Cirr, loir a,' Feb. 11, 136G. : FaiEN;'-H.I'RPEa''':y , pur etreeta were, a scene of excitement on the 26tli ult. About 5 o'clock of ahat morning, the lifeless body of $ soldier, named Noland, belonging to CoE. 6th Iowa, was found lying near the corner of Douglass and Front streets. On examination it was discovered that he bad received a gnn-shot. wound in the opper pnrt of the abdomen; which bad terminated hia existence-On tracing the Jblood it was found to lead to the door, of a chicken-coop . -near by, belonging to the Wareagan HouSe. (one of our principal Hotels,) in which was found a gun so arranged that upon attempting to force an entrance, into the premises, the gun would be discharged rand hence the iupp08ed fatal wound of the deceased. An inquest was held, when the following verdict was rendered by the jury, viz : " That the deceased came to hia death from . gun shot wound received from a gun, the triger of which was pulled by himself, in a building neai. the Wareagan House stable." The deceased leaves an almost helpless wife anil two small children to mourn his sad fate. II. A. Fuller, the proprietor of " Wareagan," was arrested on suspicion of having placed the gun in the building aforesaid. He waived an examination, and gave bonds in $2,00Q for his appearance the April term of the t)ist. Court. Many hostile demonstrations and threats were rnade against the life and property of the accused by the frifehds of the deceased, but the prolript action of Col. Pattee, the eomrnanding officer of this post, has, I trust, allay eI all further apprehensions of that character. In my last I alluded to some swindles in this military department. Recently there has a bombshell exploded in the Shoddy camp.whicb will lay open to the world the rottenness and corruption that exists in this department. Ca plain Bagg, the late Q. M. of this post, it seems, has been sharing largely in the many fat contracts let by himself for furnishing supplies for his department. The Sioux City Journal, a Republican paper, published in this place, comes down upon Q. M. B igg and oth er officers of higher rank, like a thousand of brick, charging them with villainy base enough to corrode the bottom of perdition, and put to shame hie satanic majesty. This evening's issue of that jou,rtar charges the lorar.Bagg of sharing largely m Urp let by him to one j.M. Rosier,, the ne plus mZ-tra of raecals, to furnish 45,000 bushels of corn, at $350 per bushel, and. at the letting of said contract a good and reliable riian offered to fiH it at 3,00 per bushel, and give good securitv to the amount of half a. niiUioh, for the faithful perfoniiarice of the contract but was .re-f ised. The corn was furnished by the said Bosler through sub-contractors at 2,00 per bushel, lea tug the handsome and clear profit of Mi ,5fJ0, a portion of which, is " Alleged to ave gone into lhe Government's Bagj. , TWpre seems to be a general uproar in the " Loyal" ranks. The Simon-pure "Loyalists' are set upon the" trail of the Shoddy " Loyalists," which seems to grow warmer and warmer. Well, it is a family jar and a " Loyal" fight et them go in on the nerve, and show their love of country, which is like the Devil's love for Christianity. - Let Shoddies delight to bark and bite, For Uod hath made tbein so; But Democrats you are too wise ; To clout and bung each other eyes. The Journal of this morning closes its long array of charges against Bagg, Gen. Sully and others, by saying: " We have now fairly star ted, out in the task of letting daylight in'upon some of the infernal schemes of these men. We propose to follow them up until until the tale is unraveled, or until our wind is shut off. If we fail in having these men brought tQ jus tice, we will at least use our best endeavors to prevent them from securing promotion at the hands of the Government, which ; they never lost an opportunity to rob. None need feel ag grieved if they have been passed by. .We are on the trail, and will endeavor to do thenj ja- tice." . ---.v--- :. Well, this is plain talk for a Republican pa per plain enough for a Copperhead and. looks likeewiog.u.p,tJbaLj3agg. Tliu it.i,jhile our country is bleeling at every, porerand tot ter fcginpon the verge df bankruptcy anff"rnfn, these villai ns, uuder the cloak of Lovalty, are gnawing at its Vitals, and would burl it-in- to the abyes ofTuin, to gratify their own iel aK: designs. , i ; , N j -; 1 . I think I told you in my last that I won Id be tedious in my next, but really I have fbr-gotten myself, -and: will .now close by -eaying that illa'ruTOOrederbis" morning that GeS,' aa ;been , auperceded & cotumand bv Gren. Dodge ";More -anon." TaT. TijjSiij bloodsbed-ie weight o&tajratiOD ia becoming enormoae-.khe tide of snffenng and drtowr is 4 everf'tnoiflitb Ti&iag Digntranq, qigner oyer ue .whjiacooB.-: ,a a; .ij.xit.::-vi.i ... :t . '. 1 c - r tu r - - i r-M.ir as- ? iLi.,' . ,v ---i- t-s"i.r. ZZT't :-iVl 3of mfesry atnd tittemess." H i-w ieot3!T fV. J laany y earecahiiBv ,racienee, . 1 itexatp re, I a W tly illation' atsefOtre iufrerliiff ffm t ft isl i I pr&JocgedoBea tratioar af all tbe knerglee and J i Ruiim aurnwonoi one ot toe ioreTOOSl nations j or me woria on toe work of deatraetrpiia -jwnsiaeratioB'aiiat aaotrotieht ttffaove 1 ' iJ1Zt?'Yi.Mn. -To-'tjtsssiz'- -ii ksry - rtutio-u, r ia im. -: . . . 1 wortb Cv d.'iri aa ;r 4 - 1 . a ' - - -. . . "- . - - v - -i. 1 ' " - "' - . ... : .,14, - . l'. i.i . t 1 .... .. .. 1; - ; - tit -'fTiifi.'i-Tui i't T 3 s. SOSO FOK TIM 'STATiAT-fiOMBPATBIOTS f no. voted roar Lincoln. ''1?MTif don't IiieV"AfioeA'?:."'i'- ' '" I have reasons that aaswer me weHf .' " ' ' ;-Bat there is my eeighbor-uagC l a i Why be stay a no peraoneaa telt; "- ' . - .-- So hearty ad rugged ianerave,', a -And little to do here, w know ; ; . . , He hasa't a bouse noi a field, And there isn't a reason to show. ,. . Tie trae, he's a pretty yoJrog wife.. . With a sweet little babe in her arms ; Bat shall man risk tbe Nation's dear liV ; ; - Becaasj a frail woman hath -ehannat . Ah. if he comprehend our.need, . . V ; His wife and' bis babe would be kissed. : He would tear their white arms from his neck, . " '.'' And come promptly up and enlist.' . 'i' ... - -" . But I have a farm and a bou?e, - And cattle and sheep On the hills ; ;v How couid I turn from the profit and loss : To'think of a sick Kation's ills ? What money I'd lose if I went Whatrfhancee of trftie:aad gain ! Then think of the coinforta of home, And the eamp and the carnage and slaia. ' 3nt there is. young Truman Lebloss, : - Whoe mother is widow'd and old, . And he has but little to do, - Since their farm by the Sheriff was sold ;-' If he could enlist and eet phot, - As many a one has before, - IliM jnother could" come oa the town, And ask alms at tbe wealthy man's door. 'Tie shameful such fellows as he, Should turn a deaf ear to the call ; . Th at some sh'ould be slain -by the fire Cannot be tbe fortune of all .. If I only stood in his shoes, , : - With no fortune or kin to protect, , - If I faltered to shoulder my gun, - I ought to be shot for neglect. - -I am ready to cheer the old flag And tosa up my cap in the air-So long ea it costs nvt a cent, By the UnioniJni ready to swear! Let tbe b4id of the natioa flow out Like a rivtato vanquish its foe. Let earb fathera&44a,ther turn out, (But the doctor says I cannot go!) KOHORE DRAFTS. eroRR electios. " (?ood people, vote for Ae, The Union to. restore, . To liberate the negro And end this cruel war. We'll have no more eoascriptinn," Said the Lincoln men and laughed ; " So vote for Father Abraham, If you'd avoid the draft." As soon as rebeldom " Shall hear the glorious news, Of Abraham's election. They'll tremble in their shoes, ; They'll throw away their arms," ' Said the Lincoln men and laughed; " So vote for Father Abraham, If you'd avoid the draft,',' - 1 voted for their man. And sat up all eleetioa nighty . , To hear how shoddy ran. . U The telccreph did tick, The Lineoln men all laujrhed. And said. ? The Copierheds are sick ; There'll he another draft." No Copperhead am I, Bnt stiH I feci quite MoV, - To think tbe draft should follow . My vote for Abe. so quick, I asked the Democrats, ' How this is? and they laughed, . . And said, How are you conscript 1 Yon voted for the draft ."' The New York Tribune Advocates TSe- groSnfirage. . - The New York Trilrutie of the 22-1 inst. devoted an editorial to: the advocacy of uegro suffrage, which it contduJed thus: "We have at two several .elections struggled for, as we have through life upheld, the principle Clmt Suffrage should be bused on Character, not Color. In so far as. our Sta e Conf f itution allows : White rufiiansr pimps and Blacklegs to vote, and denies the franchise to virtuous and estimable Blacks, we condemn and labor to change it. We did our best to have it otherwise.-Hen.. this Constiu Hon was framed and ratiuetl; we trietl again ahd failed in 1860; we mean to keep trying till full ' justice ' shall be- dptie. We wish it were now practicable :to ingraft the true principle n every iate Constitution. Yet..we lo not propose to continue "lie war for .thatpurpose-; nor to 'make BlaekSiifTrage an inexorable condition of reconstruction.' Let ns have lhe speediestpossfhle"Peitn5 based on Freedom; let discMsslon and observation ae. the way to the reoioval of uch wrohgs, and unjust disabilities as shall .remain. Strangle the serpent Slayery, aad the little terpsn,ta -hatch- vd Trom her eggs wnu oe slowly out 6urely eradicated."; ' .' ' '- ' -' ' .- - '' -- W " Undoubtedly, - the radicals ; will conlinae their labors t ebnfef "on --."eo'lored mei"i 4h'e prnrihvge ot snffra ge. ' W hen tbey: ebalb haw suceeeded'th :Uu" labbri tlien" tbe ."colored 'men will bold in their hands tbe balance of "potitical' power in this connry;'and then,' too, perhaps,, the poor men who nel ped the present party to power,, win jeei exceedingly . nappy ara. The Washington correspondent of the Cin- Havati Xoipiercial ie responsible or, tbe'o.V; s--iasife down Penneylrania arenae y-esleri. aylaft,eirflcr,-I witnessed GeneXit Hnrnsfide'i j. . ' i . : , - , " -, - . ' assumption oi a cuaracier in wiiicn ne appear eii lbrbai.ltr8Mimentt pirfj!ic,;i -belieerti'fhe general waftatiiedaa blance w'ateTer,.,4n point, of drees, .to an. ofg-cerV ffe was' very. anxious!" fib' go td'tb'o corn er of Seterftb Street 'and tbe avrime io Will-ard's Hote) in great baste.-- Goiffg-to tbe near- driver. iAVootawg a foment to Jook T5l tBe''leartie junI5sd lb tbe( bojC', p?cjl nn Itn hin ant reinH. and hail t ha -4 mm in the taidtjle UTetret dea-Ttffautban it takei to record tb fecC Jnsl behadgot ureTtDicie uaucr gsw u.cuwayvuy- vig anwaaricoaiTof th w1p4tf4ualazyjteatn wfngt hMns-rellbif-at:?th4 top of ihia Voloe, -.I-V ?-- ' i ......... - r . .. . .. - uwfvTOU w uar 4a you &mwi vaw joww team, and bema a'asweied iv aSrmatir. hakii ,15 that? Etbloiiaa? Welt '.frkV-iB- to AViard'a IJotet M quwlf aj Uo4 wi J iet yoU,v i w . . . a a . a T U wa thykedi Wommrshft wttaafised Et t;.; Jiack dritrr-1 W J v.i-.ij - T far a! - i t c ' a -srttf -diica id ' - - - - - - 'VIC--! HON, GEORGE BLISS, XUpvesetUalive J' iAs Fottrteenlk Omgrasienal 4" " . District oJ6hiot To resolution ot the Legislature of Ohio. Request-' ing the Senators aad Representatives of that State " in Congress, to Vote for a : Proposed Amendment to the CoasUtutioa of the United States to Abolish ' Slavery. . . ". To the : Jifpullieant Senators- and Hepresenta tivet of the General Asiimbbj of Ohio: Oemtlemen: I have the honor to acknowl-edire the receipt of a communication (roin you t h rough t he meditation -of our Governor: in the form of a joint resolution, renl I v passeti y your respective (odies, in which, aflter the recital of certain propositions, you resolve; "That our Senators and Representatives ia Congress be requested to nsetheir influence and vote for the proposition now pending In Congress to amend the Constitution of the United States, so that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the ' United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction, and giving to Congress power to enforce such prohibition by appropriate legislation. -: Tbe grammatical solution of tbe last "member of the sentence, ."and giving power to Con grese," Ac., if it I capable of guch Bolution, ia entii ely. beyond my power of perception, and therefore any: illustration which ny hare been .intended by it is . unvailable to tne. If my moderate knowledge ofour English could enaide me to interpret the words, 1 would endeavor to give a just appreciation to the sense of the Legislative Of my State. l ean conceive of no "power" which yon iu your representative body, or we in ours, can give to Congress or any other agency to change the Constitution of the United States by any other method than the one provided by the terms of that instrument. 1 1 is, perhaps, a good custom of the Legis-1 at u res of our .States, when they justly ass ume to'refle'ct the Kpular desire, to" i nsl ruct their Senators, and request ' their Keprentatives in Congress to support such legislative measures as the people, who are. at least in theory, the fountain ot olitieal. power, demand; but it is only that truly reflected popular sense which gives authority to the instruction or request. N either the sober sense of the people of Ohio, nor of that portion of them whom I represent, has ever declared in favor of the proposition which you ask us to supjiort. I cannot accede to your request to use anv influence, if I have it, or "to vote for the proposition now pending ip Congress to amend the Constitution of the United States." Many unanswerable reasons" dissuade nie from it. I was elected to the present Congiea principally for the reason that"a majority of the citi-zeus ot the Fourteenth District believed me to be unalterably attacheil and faithful to the Constitution of the Union of State which wan. based upon it. -The path to my seat Wac tlirough a pJedg to that primary obligation in a siill niore aolemn form, anr oath u rpori; tnainrain and den?nd'hzt Coustimrlom oeing soncneti to uo wiiat l believe wouKf .be a violation of my oaifr. I must rely ' u pon my own sense and conoeience, and upon a majority of the Legislature of m.c Msie, to interpret lie obligation. It is of increased importance now by reason of the peenbur exigencies of the time's. Your olfii-ial position places vou under: the; same; high obligation. We can none of uis escape the criminality of violating our trust; if, by direct force, or byhe aseump lion of legi-lative powers which are expressly and purposely -withheMYrom up, we attempt to overthrow or change its pro. i-ions. As the supreme law of the realm, the Constitetion, in its fifth article, provides the only method bv which it can be lawfully changed. Your at tention is invited to the wonls of lliat para-mount rovisin, whirh seems to have been forgotten by many who are bound to its eup-port:The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Hoo-ea shall deem it necessary , ahull propose amendments, to this Coti.-titulion. or, on'aptdicatioq to the Leris-latures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for. proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of thin Constitution wbeu ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode f ratifi:ation may be proposed bv tbe Congrats; provided that no amendment which" may be made prior to -the year 1808 shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clause in the ninth section of the first artie'e, and that no State, without its content, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in To go through the' form of framing and adopting the proposed amendment without regard to th e foregoi hg req n isttromj would pro-truce t as little legal eflect upon; proprietory rights in the seceded States as would the resolution of a political convention in Ashtabula County. Therefore, I request ypo. If you can, to infarm-.v6nr representattves.in Cangress, le- fore they shall be called upon in, occurrence with or in rejection of your judgment, to- give their-votee, by what power or authority, under the existing state of facta relating to onr po litical condition; and under the provisions of the fifth articl. tbe Constitution can be amend ed ;a;prpre7 iTbe 3iw8tion bow, it may vts vioiatea anaepurnea tntseceBsion-lets-have sufficiently shown us that.' . ' We all rniw thai eleven States are not represented in the present Congress, and are not in a nd ition to give their assent or dissent to the propositjoo.'; . The adhering Stales are less thaujthreebiirtbe of thifty-four therefore un til the Untoii hall be restored, or enough: of the recucant States snail retnrn tomake.three- fourths Of the wliole numbor. the Constitution cannot be ameDded by the assent ofthe Lecis- latures or conventions ot tne people or the reqnisite number 'of States--' ;V: " . r' "' What ear you tn, f tbe process by whwh you demand that befote restoration of the Unton,-,or-of states, euniciept-tp eonetitqte 'tbreefourtbe,of tSe.w.bq Cona'titation shall te acfended? ; jDb'you. aa e say tbat the'State whose people; fniipl,laTei-ih rer.eUioagatn.stitha .VtenifaL yoyernmen t in legal Uieory aad in fact are, out oi the Union, as they cfairn ta bet Do you claim that the ebeHio0855tate8 are?forefgn powers and nbeir trtjiaibilaata: foreign people aw tnc eutgectV to ifieCooatitB testa: and laws of tbe United States and., that therefore the Onstitnuoa scai); be amended witlioajLtteir concurrence, and aOer- wards enlorced "ibpoa them in ta -.new",foroV?-- Every tfheiof yoa ha'-emtnrttexf hMsaelf fo a rtrtntrarv jdoctrlne - ag IbiMisand ;tiroea -All ouripwjcedings jand", declinations since ,; tbe eotnmnceniept of the rebellion .baveaaeerted tbe leeal intent Tt of" Jbe .TJni6n.t!We'Tiave wied waKnr befSoihbei eon- tinae lotaewd ags inst em otnrinn is,- oyi tae wprtbeibayon- vnotj, Jonibrcas upon thenv wbjngatioa. aad obedienef ,to tbe CbQstitolio.n and Jawetb and" . Cott- stitntion and UsJTh&t Iha .toetfrJla xf-'tbe teeStaWsx af a tj?axd eaeUanic?lbe Gd?erntf.0 r.iti :iRt-rs isjprQred irncl4ivelT'bT-tbect that under an . act f Cor ress passed einv t!.e Fessioiif Ca fadf kI coTirtar ar ir.;sc;ir u .stiti ef l.Ltlj 1 Yoa know "thai trl-soa i JcSUrisbif, aaithu it can 1 ... ...'-. t . .- casaet b cotsxaitted by an alle'-i enemy.. " To assume such doctrine is to make inapplicable to "the character of the Soul hem pepide ths' names- insurgent and rebel. It is in eflVctto abandon, or deny the essential claim of every executive declaration, proclamation and manifesto, and all - the recognition of the administ rationI party ; from the first acts of secession down tojba present time. It ia to acknowledge the power of ee-cefsion, and to declare the: existing war on our part, to be one of aggression. . Alt parties in the present Federal States have agreed that ordinances of secession are nail and void, and. hat the sovereignty of the Constitution was l.iiulinglv fixed upon all thi people oft hereal in. To enforce this universal idea of substituting unity in law of all the States, the Union-loving people, without respect to party, have responded to all the calls of the military administration, and allowed their blood to be poured out on many battle-fields, and a public debt which for many years, with its crushing weight, mueVtaek the ability of the nation, to be fixeti upon them'and their posterity. Crush out the rebellion restore the Union," were the battle-cries on: every field. Has a great predominating party, holding, for the - present, such tremendous it-sues in its hands, and have you.gentlemen.as representatives of that party, determined to change your front on this yital question? . If so, you cannot reasonaldy expect yonr conservative representatives in Con-grtss to follow your example. Is tire war hereafter to have no object but conquest and extermination? . A "second sober thought" is flften needful b'Jt now, a Srt sober and rational thought seems fo be jn danger , of Ruperse-: dence. We should still insist thai the rebels return to their allegianqe,,and that the relel States return to their proper position in the Union, and not attempt to change, by any unauthorized or revolutionary process, the Government to which w claim their subjugation, and thus give them an apology for resistance. While we carry a bloly war professedly against aggression let us not show to the world that our purpose, is aggressive; It is clear to .a perceptive mind that the Union might be restored upon its original basis, and bur once great and powerful, but now divided and distraeted, country reunited by a simply honest declaration , of the Northern people, through the ballot-box, in favor of a return to a strictly constitutional administration of the ..Goyern'ment. s Let such declaration be made in a proper 'authoritative way. and the States and people recohere by natural and habitual proclivity.-m But so long as that policy shall be refusesl, they will be kept in severence Upon no narrow, eelfish, sectional plan, cani , the symbolic stars of the republic be "rpcorsiellated upon our flag. These considerations, press with great force upon the minds of a large majority of your, representatives in Congres, and they regret and wonder that you do not. per-eeive and regard them in the sarre light." At the present time the indications are much stronger than they have heretofore been of an inclination on the part of the Confederate people to abandon their project of a separate government, and to restore their respective State to the Union upon the principles of their original confederation, I. hold that such desire on their part ought to be encouraged by us. But any one not politically blind can see that .to strike down without their concurrence their present State rights would be certain to incite them to continued r sistance and to lorclose ail b'pe of a restoration of peace. No more unpropituous time for such a blow against the national hope could ossibly have been selected, nor cu Id a in ore injurions blow be siven. The chain of policy of which this is a link, demontratelr that the Republican party is utterly averse to a restoration of the U' ;on. - ;: :';: ' You have nndertsken, in that peculiar part of your leffislative composition cailei preara bie, to detine and declare the facta and principles upon which you require fourteen representatives from Ohio to sacrifice theif opinions and convictions to yours. It seems proper. . therefore, t h at the profiosit Tone so laid down bv vnii fiHriultfi pivA Eiiffir-tAnf rvct.t. deration to enable us to determine whether Hbev are logical and true, or- ronhisiical and false. Among those propositions are: some which hate always been taken a3 axioms: fmt they are mixed anl-confounded, wiih " others which are" so .manifestly false lis to stand in clear repugnance to all our .national history. In fact I xegard it as one f t4e; most comprehensive issues of falsehood ever penned. You pay, among other things that slavery is "a disturber cf the Union and domestic tranquility, a hindrance to the common de fense, a 8 poller of the public liberties, has inaugurated civil war- and is the cause of our natior.al calamities.". This ia a itompooa dec laration, but subject to the objection that there is. no Truth in it. - Youe Denocratic ivp- reenta tires m Congress have marked well the history arid incidents and effects of the anti- glavery controversy, and each one of them is a living, competent witness, who well knows that slavery in tbe States was not, of it 'ih-hereiit qualities, a disturber of the Union; nor of domestic tranquility, nor a hinderauce to tlie common "defense, nor a spoiler of the pub lic liberties, nor did if inaugurate civil war, nor ifrit the caoe of oar national -calaaiiticB, but tbat it was-wickedly -seized upon as an in siruroest in tlie hands of iavica and selfish politicians to secure tbe partisan, object of all dissenters to Democratic prin-si pies, ia lhe predominance of. a .political' organization ' which it was seen -.most: ever be powerless until, it could-eucceasfaljy assail f the .vital principles of the Oovern merit and toe . compact ot the Union. In the steady oertinacitv with which this baleful instrurifeflt was-used, -eontrnuons and-': on remitted oppoettioai m. all "effective ways, to the original, " reserred and.-, constitu tion guaranteed rights -o'ftlie Southern people becauSe .'tbe- fixed t poTicy bt the ' ami slayery party, whieb finally pyedorHiBated, and "still hold wav in tbe non-slsveliolders .States.. - It is useless at this jMint of time and ofoor cilamlties.to inquire wbetber any other cause could possibly. Jhave prpv-oked the-e rimes of xrewsiun nu rrutiiiuo,: . oowcicdi uniu iue day ts tbe eil tbereof, whose malign ; efS ci- ency JP soreseen and ; contemplated -.with dreM and apprehension by our beet and wisest statesmen, aome of whom died uttering ration al but.' vain-expostulations to their codntry Tneti against their ectional policy. W in' iew of the cotjsileraiions I deny,-withtbsv sort. port of all wr previottaj bistory-'-and xperi-eace, that the Uistitution of slavery- as estab lish ed by 'law fn tbe States, is the cause of onr national calamities; bat ever" tbat unlawful agjfreHeioas npbi H baye caused all tbe evils t,:' Wbea we con template ; tbs enoVoiooa amis wbich' bars befallen. oat coairtry thioagnTmHN. gaiaen poucy in- reierence , to a local insuin- tioh, bowyerwniinrwe imaT be to adratt th abstraction that slaver r; is ia- itself a- moral widni:,-ibe?inatitntioit:f wbleb anywhtSre-or atlan y; lirotls to tet?' V- a 8r cbuntry it'is-sT mstteof Ical-TilTCand'tate Concernment andfbreel 'u poa wo- tnan7and entirely terooJ tbjarTT::oTicf tLe'FeTeral Got-r;!T X v fsnnot bnf brieve- with .tie r . ciVonvicti; T4t..kl ii . f i e; larr; aJid woaJJ berafter I a ran ch 'fieUer to lear h . fabjact" ia- lbs yh aaUa of : lioss' U m'Ht.u ii tifii'd baloE tbaa -to t'?fesJ on its arbitrament tbe blood aad the resou reset ofthe nation.. Ia conciliation and just policy. nu i win aaa, generous policy, can , reaiora Uniott. peace and prosperity, a we" bar tb'a best or reasons to believe, way shall tber oot . be adopted? If the attempt-to compel a -Dei versal emancipation can only succeed by th-continual employment of immense armies" at tbe expense of mnch ofthe blood and all tbs r. resources of our people, as many good ' saw kh telligent citizens bebeve what 'benefit eaa re- . suit to balance the expense? What evil or danger can you remove at such great expense? Nonea all can ee who r-to?i well. Your asFumptioo and predicates upon-- them ara about as reasoasble as it would be to say taat the fruit of Eden was the cnse( of tb fall of man, and therefore all fretit trees , should, bs exterminatetl; that alaveryjwas the' cause of the raid and assassinations by Job Brown at Harper's Ferry, and t here lore slavery mast b exterminated to prevent munfer. - It would bo better to come openly to the point, and say. that a free Government like ours, with' 'co equality of citizens rights and privileges, aad paramount sovereignty of local ti. alter in. the States is too pure and feeble to survive tbf assaults of combined fansticvm and selfish bigotry and, therefore, let the Union slide." : The knife is a useful and innocent Ips'rqttteat but in the hands of an aeeaesin it irisy bseatt ployed to perpetrate much: evil. We do not profoee on that account, however, to rid tlis-world of that instrument. In nsing it to stab others you have wounded yourelvts, $laTert in the States, would, never have ii jured "bii bad you obeyed the laws and let iv.aJon'e.--What do the thinking men of tbe North, East and West propose to do with from three d four millions of helpless and homeless e. ! groes when, as intendei, they shall all besnd-denly emancipated? ; Are they to be invitedor compelled to.the free States? Are On. -peons to give themselves ftp to the ridiculous ' follvi of an attempt to enfranchise them with" polity cal equality? . Will they attempt to carry otii the abolition theory of elevating or mlscfge 5 natTiig the negro race to a social equality with, white men and woman? If there is any rea sonable Or partieable solution within any one's imagination ofthis-jiroblem. it should". be given to the,country. We are told by those t who say that slavery i the cause of the war, that when slavery, shall be aboliahed the war' shall be ended. In that event, "of course. tb hosts of our gallant soldiers who are ndt employed in our vast, armies will return to their' places of residence and to their peaceful voca- tions of 5alor. The masses of the people ot." the free States are habituated to laforous in-p dustry, and in the hoped for event of peacev will constitute a force sufficient for all the agricultural and mechanical labor.of the frea Mates. If it should be taken out of their, bauds by emancipated negroes, tiiey woald? enjoy but a poor return for toils, won mis and perils, in the services of their countrv. .As. one opposed to iustitutine slavery oves neeroes. or any.-other human beings ho are free,'!- should tomewhat fear to trust the virtue ofoor anti slavery people with so.delicatea question to be diepot-ed of under euch : peculiar circam - r stances. I fear that in the next generational uet in this, the Southern way of providing foe. them, would be adopted as a tiieasure"of'pK;j7 and humanity. . There is no rooti for th ne; groes of the South among ns, - There is no- , room no enpporl, 710 happiness for ibem any.; where within onr borders. except in the place- ' which they now "occupy. Thus we see. in our " , own probable condition and in the icondition ' reserved fcr these bouseles? and homeless- and starving hosts which, in the grand, cuianci pa- tipn hei-ira,.wiH be thrown upon our lQrders, one of xfie bitter consequrncim of tfie policy which rcn rOf.osel . : " "-r ' I deprecate human slavf-r; n-..? higher ' the order andcharacterof ih? man jrn whom its ahaekres are impos(el, the mure L abhor it. You have, iu your resolutions ued to- define : it the familiar , wonls. of the -celebrated prohib-" itory ordinance of 1787, . Wit bin the scope of that definition, &n f one is tnclndel whose pr sonal liberty is wrested from bim hy , tyrant nous and unauthorized toree. It denie- the . right.pf arbitrary ,tmpriMnment and ail inter- SP .. , a ... lerance wtwi uunuin liberty., except as a pwh ishment for crime, of which the party shall haveieen duly coiivi-jted This Jawfur ii-B-" m unity from personal restraint, expt in enb-Tr jection fa tbe rocess of an- offended law'is. le'Uliarlv the privilege of a citizen ofthe Unv ted States, aud is guaranteed to him by lbs clear provisions "of the Consututibn, . XJn; doubtedly, to assume control over tbe perspn. and liberty of a citizen without uharge vferioia Or process of law and subject huu to imprison r ment or Other restraint ot liberty, is to create- - a case withjn the limits of your definition "of slavery. And yet how .many, misguided nMHi in the-uuon o their profcssioiis of intense Itjva- and regard for tbeJibjarty of ths negrobaya- " approved auJ rejoiced in sucb debrirstibn oK the liberty of their wlrfte feriowcirIrns,for nd other offenee than an boaest politics! ppinion. in cooflictr with, the po toy of a temporarily; uredorninaUng party., aegro slavery ..iSjlocal in the States, and regulated bv law: buttba abridgement of tha liberty of wlrTfe citizens in limited to no -.place, v When All the matters shall have been dispationatifly.and joaUy eOa4 si Jered. it ill "be - senv wha,bas ; tbe hihei( regard lor liuraaalibetty. ., ... . ..-. ... . In closing these remarks, the argtunentatiea TOhstaceof.whWt5! bava already spresae4, in the ilnjse. " vetiturSj.tor pmitet that 'ins v propoeitipn pending fn the IloJise. of preventatives cannot be paassd. according to tbe re- , quisition of tbe Conetitrition. becsnr'inordI. er to it passage,- two-thirds -of rafl ibs meinv bers who. makanp tbat lbdy. areb Teqnired to. - vote in the affirmative-, The lannsjge of tbf. Constitution is clear upon this potnt. f?n gress, .whenever, two-third or botn " Hopsa shall deem it neiuinvShtH roipemnd- thirds of a rners qwornna pf .tbs-Hoowy eo?are; tent to.traniarA-OT.'llitiarTbgi trot lews, tb ah-1 WQ-tbtrds "joTibe nWe n adopSbis special '"pTorimbn ' ' andjr malt ItV-lswi Ani should the roatrary a aasamed, and tbsacaa age 0 a resolatk)n bmt vle oti declared.; in the absence of re ere hers .on either idt X the question, lbs conntry" jf ilTltno tbsacUoar is null and md i . ;." - -It Vert-reanectfulle.-. - . Note.- Since tb above remarks wtr wrrV,- t ten, the proposition baa -been vput to jrpts. Ia the 11 ouee," ana -owing to insj snetBce, irtX' sickness and oibef awj)lpf serraf raembi :s who,KFf'rt',rQJ batswed -ajsfost iL5-has. been declared" to' be 'eaarried by a 6ns hundred: and Nineteen In the" srr-.ete to fifty six 4a. the a egattver".; On e h 0 n i . ,1 a eTghiy-three roembers cornprted tLe tic iwovtbrrdaof whom are ens han.-c l cr.J r conct in its cassafeib-:"." i"":.r 1 V' T ."We expect C s f "-!etf,'.f--frcri Lee, t I h will r - -- of l; e t ?- . - -" t I f'-- xrsit t..r; -. ii t a'ft .." a I. tuwMi'. f .V Zj - - rr