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G-EEENSBOEOUGH, 2ST. Q.-JTnSTE 35 1863
Volume XXV.
Number 1,355.
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BOEOTOI
Written for the l't riot.
MAHTYHS
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riotiMly M-tto woik, but at the Tery peep of day,
Vrltfnt eonlH be cooked, the!
Mong-ro:l ' wa. sounded, and we were marchi.g,
duuble-Muick, toward the field ol the expecud eu-
gagentent, which wa. 'between two and three mile.
,ii,tant. H.ltd near a .mail brar.eh in rear of our j
main army, . 0 olclock, our commi.sary furnished
us wirh on.e ship-bUt nitu, hr,ad a hard at a board j
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r;m; tun" wivi. , i
on 'I vn)i'l a-i a rV "Ti-i'dir, nwt uui . .umc,
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wrth tlie lielp ! mean, bracky, branch w.'er, we
niaJc our l.reakftist. At noon, we received more
h'tr-1 brca'l nuJ muJJy water, on which we were
in.ikitijr a tigiirom attit'k with our dental", at ten
miiiutc .ifirr 12 o'clock, wlun the cneaoy fired the
cun, which brought on the CEgagcment for that
: '1'h shout
Of tattle now began, and rushing sound
Of on-et."
At once, we were double-quicked a half mile into
jKiMt ion on Oiir It fi. The " Iixies"' lined the Lrow
of a hih frmi circular tilufl on Dull Kun, immedi
ately b.-fore which war it sttip cf ilctp and thick
itL-b-1 wood o ti.e width of ore hundred yarda, a
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covering ior the invading too. At our centre.
wln' h km not two hundred yards from us, and on
the tight, the tight was, by this lime, raging hotly
and sharf ly. Volley after volley va fired as fast
a- the .ui-cbcaH the ebb of life, and charge after
.ii-t'VC H-a made bv our 1 xoic soldiers with the
wild -!i-.or.itif.n i t fnd. Still the enemy pressed
h:. I.c ivy c'.l'iinns upon our centre and riM ; but
hi la!, at tin; tiuh clun g'', the rol l and crud steel of i
Mats cotiipS'.t 't them to leave the field in a confused
i u it . In t i.ii 1-t of the engagement, and while
i ;.t i.on-'ioi!'. grj i- atfl eani-ter, were rained J-.wn
liAc h.iliit our i.ar, so j.ulc'1 and overpowered
i.r.' my buys, thai 1 discov crcJ, as 1 passed ah-ng
tf.o line, s ni.c of thtui fast asl.-t p, uncoi.stious for
tin: lime llit thty weie soltiicrx atiJ careless of the
l-ingci vihich li.teileued. '- 'ihe spirit truly was
ie.;''y, but the lk.i a.wi-ak.
vm a li e c'.ieiny were repulsed, the regiments
in iii- centre an 1 on the rip-lit, which had been cn
sj.i.i d tii' -.-.i -vt . I, and uur was o li-red to occu
V il tu ;.clis i n eitUr d the load at Mitch-
.i I or I. My 'hi time it wit? dark, and yet we
h. i 1 i i-i ive l n.ithing to eat and Were likily to get
n-- rift. A' a la'e hoar .f the night, we were -up-piicl
with hnril bread andbsd b.icon ; but being im-
i. n-liatily in front of the rcemy, we were not allowed
to build lire., lest 'hes- -houlil discover us to the
i.i'.rtiy. So ihoi', vhi eat meat, partook of ic raw
and iinwushel. The uieri v. t ie ordered to sleep upon
ineir anus In tlie trenches : but the occasional tiring
ol the picket g.im and th lirrrlin of rain prevented
deep, I vfritdiing "le'-p.
TIji- iiHt d.ix , we Wiirl;.'! ii.'Uit'nlly ou o'.r brcast-
ii k ;' iti-ni. on ihnt uiriit o rapid and continual
an- the picket -tiling, or. y a little over a 'iiarier in
our Hunt, that it was imperatively commanded, that
no man sleep upon p tin ol forfeiting his life. This
kepi in awake well-nigh the entire night. Early
the nejif innrninir. my company taken out on
picket-dot v ty tu- cl'.iii 1 in sight of and not a third
"f i niile from t'jo Yankee picket lino, and Was kept
mil in til ' o'clock at iiij.ht when a relief camp to
I-. 'l'hciis, wr returned to our fortification, ;.'.
"Hi' i.p.rj., and letirfd to re-- uti the " cold ttirf,"'
which " wa our cheerleis Vied."
Hi-vciUe was uiiiiru illy cariy :
"Ttii" loud war-trunipv?: wi kt tlie morn.
I'll? qui eiing drum, ti.e pea'itg horn,
I'l'om r.nk t ) rank the ciy is borne,
' Arouse, f ,r death or victory !' "
Our rniii.ii "?'r.- intended to attack the enemy be-
i' re den, I'ltii i-ou conl l lirive time to join him ;
but tho en. -lay look the ;.:.ut ot them, fur soon after J
Mii.i isc he opened a light cannonade, tiwtrniiiif our
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! ,:,'t. "To arms: Dana.'" wis the cry which
ran d nvn our lines, and
" Krpuloiu beatued in eery t-ve ;
Ievo'.!i n bi'inthcd i.i every sigh :
And steeled each hero s t icatl."
I?. ire was i.m mure rest, ro none eating for that
I n . (luring tti.it long H'imiricr's iflty, we lay in the
liictii - behind our hrenvt woi k under a hot July
Mtn iii.d a t.-rriftc ar.d ilreadful cannonade. Mean
while. -:i (be left, ti e lihtir.g. for the whole forenoon
'! I ni. til la! in ihe itlit rn,...!i. wa" indescribably
iwli l end n Lrderou 1 n ti e plains near the
M.:!he If ,:ie, on U.. long .ope bet ween Dogau's
and liuil Run, jii.l un the eminence anumd the
lb in II. mi. can 1 near Jim KohimouV. hundreds of
w.. .n .ed. lb-ad an l dying cf 'b..tl. nrraie-, lay in all
tlie J. if!;ut- of sl.ui-i.tvr d de.tth.
' liven at llit-y tell, in lile ihev lav,
I.iko the niowti' gra-s at the clo.se of dav,
When Li v.Mk is done f"i the level plain.'"'
Itati, a ml even -0 ni kiivdy lining were our
n. i'.l tm . it, tli.it t.ie mlid ami m aooled phalanxes
1 t ir .oiili, th ,ngh they wer t oiitident o success
in I ' c .lire like a delu-e 1:1 the S..ath," could uot
brook :!ie ujicrrii.j; aim and ic 1 wradi of our imia.
Ul' 1 'o- ilK ry. IV.ind. :-. 1 l...:itlul, and insolent
it; I l "ilienr.l, ind ttpronri -n as they were with the
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T-ii-hi:!cd , nitnl of the Slutli,
i-i-oii, tnt'.i'ei f.l ly oi.r chivalrous
rr. C.l'..-ed tU'l': v ol lii. rn t., V.iin,1,li
a. is i - ne-i i:t ti.e iw ,Iu
ot il.-ai Ii and thousands
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:eir-r,'. i a to lgnoinir.ioiis rout.
l..r' in t!
e n.i.;, win n the entire heavens were
the tat.istic t-lnud ot vmoke, ascend-
1 Ok' to , I b
'"r - " ,M"" 'he p',-tii. .,f Miina-,vas. the jovutis hurrah
t xin.i.y rnu. iike at; cler'iic spark, dow n the long
I. ne i t oiirurruy. un l our brigade under Gen. Don
h n i and that of Loiigtrt-ct were ordered to charge
and take .sh-nnati's b-n n i , whieh had been playing
iq on u. at every haz ird. l.,,ul.:t quick, wc dashed
.!. ana. in or.Ur to avoid ihe
lire of the battery.
"Ur C'-ii.ni.tiiders incandt red along the ravines
,:i ier iiicnt of tl,.. hil's, a ii. stance of three or
1,,ur ,'li'',' I'dlowii.g the various winding, and ae we
"'I'1 noi-'s- the ro.id tiJ.U ,lcbuuched frura a
small piece of woo ls. Jenkins- regiment charged the
teiii. ry unl liiscoinrite l the ene-ny. capturing two
f iecc- of ih. ir nriilh-ry. We raid the tLo-.it cf
victory nnd pursued the tlyiug i;. to w.thia a half
b.iie i f (i.Tevr.l". v.here our regiment was thrown
aeross the woods toward the Cub Ruu turnpjkc to
interorpt nnd t tpture stragglers from the Yankee
riiciapineats. Covtie l with a profu-c perspiraiioo.
ear men were soon c.uhe ihroegh aud through ; for
the n;gl.f, in that section : Vir
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ight, -ur forces n-,1 back to our lino of battle, j
and at 1 o'clock, we supped aud
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1 he weary to sietp, au.i me w.-.uuded to tlie."
n Monday, a col 1, heavy and d;tnching rain set
in. which cotitimicd all that day nr.d the ensuing
idjrh;. Wc wtrc tM tlesi, and without even arbors,
orovirro'its Twie- anpUejticn was mr.de to our
-n ' '" even wail, to Mar.;:ii4S and
i '-) ear ni.;,. tteiitgh the roads were orci-ihoc-m
iitl.deep in the s:kkie5t mud: but the reuuest
t-A-r. w.u viuvrs tojwas dvuieJ, To lie dvwn aud Meep imhat situation,
impr.cuo.oiB, w- w
nninn ann inaKFU. ioditidf iui iur pun . - - w.
nooueu uu
clear and
irlnrinn mnrn A Fonncil of WM W2B
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d'ueussing whether an advance should be
that night discussing
made ; and, two hour- before day, we rec.tvru or
ders to be in readiness to march ; but after standtng
in the mud. and chill morning-air an hour or more,
the orders were countermanded. On that evening
bright, warm and lovely afternoon, we received
our tent and pitched them.
Tht countrv around Mitchell'. Ford, which our
regiment was assigned to guard and hold, and along
bull Bun, which is a sluggish, muddy, unhealthy
stream, is rather beautiful and romantic. But there
is no good drinking-water near that place. All the
water i. bfackiah ; nor could wells be dug with such
instruments as we had ; for only a few feet from the
surface was a hard, reddish rock, which could be
penetrated only by blasting. Consequently, we had
to get our irinking-water from pits, dug to tie depth
of some six feet, in the low-grounds of the Run,
which was wretchedly mean water. Besides, it was
nearly always muddy being stirred op by the oft
repeated dipping ot canteen. Unfortunately for
us, too, the policing of the camps by the soldiers
who had been there before us, was sorely n'glecjed,
and, in consequence of that, the hiH-tops and pine
forets all around were polluted with human excre
ments, and the air was disagreeably tnin.tcd. Every
rain, too, that fell, and there were several while we
were there, washed this filth and the decaying matter
and vermin fiom the field of battle down into the
bot'oms and into these pits. On cleaning them out,
the day before we left there, maggots in large quan
tities were found deposited in them. On this dis
covery, our officers obtained permission to move the
encampment a few miles nearer Manassas.
Our men were worked very hardly and without
intermission. They were drilled' every day, Sun
days excepted; in the manual of arms before break
fast ; and three or four hours, before and after
dinner, either in the school of the battalion, or the
skirmish drill. Nor was uress-parade ever neglect
ed. This continual exhaustion of the body'in that
malarious atmosphere, with naught to lie on, not
even "a pallet ot straw," w as extremely obnoxious
to health. But thongh not pleasantly situated arid
over-drilled in the hottest hours of the day. our
boys, forthefirt two weeks, enjoyed themselves to
overflowing. Notwithstanding the hardkhips and
privations of camp-life, the exposures to heat and
cold, and the isolation" front society, there is some
thing o extremely and indescribably bewitching and
exciting about it, that the soUier, after becoming
accustomed to the tent and the bivouac, vrould be
re.stio.ss and discontented, in a few days, in even the
Elysiuios of civil life, and would long to return to
the "free and easy" life in the camp. A night
camp-fcene in our regiment, during thoae weeks,
wti truly fascinating. So soon as the can:p. fires
wure kindled, not our regiment only, but the whole
army became vocal w ith diVersitied amusements and
enjoyme-nls. In one part of the wide-Bpread en
campment, some of the more patriotic were increas
ing the depth and intensity of their already strong
love for the South by filling the night air with the
stirring melody of the inimitable Dixie and the
Bonnie Blue Flag ; others, " smit with the love of
Hacred song" were reviving pleasing recollections of
the prayer-meeting and the sanctuary: hard by,
so.ne glib-tongucd lads were tpinning yarn? and
cracking jokes for the amusement of their compan
ions; while in u distant part of the camp the Ethi
opian is personated almost to the very life ;n his
merry corn-song; here the distressed hen is Equal
ling for her your.g chicken, which the savape hawk
has seized and carried off; there the fat porker is
squealing with the naturalness of the veritable hog ;
l Hu4te another place, the cock is crowing lustuj
for the coming dawn; at another still, naught is
hearn' xt.-pt the continual and rapid throwing of
cards in ganie.of whist; at still another, is "the
voluptuou's swell'' of the violin, that most perfect
and power' instrument which has been invented,
lo which ti w dancers are "chasing the glowing
hours with fl ving feet :' all through nnd over the
encampment, v wer anii nnon, the merry peal, of:
laughter i bfnn? Tisin 2 upon t he ci rcumambien t air;
i i ti ll .L: . l nnrnni- irllViin w v-lit?ricr tVu
ami wnne an mis - u "i " -o
dull hours away t he sentinel i slowly, silently and
sadlr treadintr h'ii oneh beat round about the en-
sauiy ireaaing -lis -ouety
rnmnmnn li.ini.in- m.r ince. to "Home Asrain.
..r, i, r.L. Vi. .u orkin-. Bird." or the
'Southern Marseille, "as they are sweetly discoursed
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by some excellent ba Jid.
If . . . ..I ' .. of miv 1 1 f..
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sase, wi.n pama c aeeK, nv.a up, - o.iu
form, stalked into our ca,,p with death! ul , read o
longer was the cheerfu ring of merriment and of
liATililnMi Vinnr.l - n l.-.n orpr' the smilincr look ol
v i i I 1 - . o.lrt..
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health sat upon manl y an d heroic countenances.
With a few exceptions, the youngmenofmy.com -
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pany had beon ntived in the country and had led
roeular. svstcmatie. rt iral lu-pa : and ihe irrceuli r
, - ... . - - - -p. -
romrs, to
its, to which they hnd been subjected, both in
iring and rising, and the othor exposures, and
!epartures from iheir foitncr methodical living-,
retirin
the
which have been briefly described, rnske it not at all
surprising, mat sickness brok- ot't nniong them in a
malignant and dangerous form. Ay Dca'h, thepale
angrl, that passeth the soldier acros lhc linc5 ot
time into tlie grand nd vat enenmrm A "f E.tPr-
nity, now encamped round about us His J '-
urn in my company was
' -
1IENEY COBB.
He was bom. on the UH. dav ..f F.h vStl
in .6. county of Gu.l.ord. lie is the ' r Mr.
Divi.iri.ii r ,
milts easi ol l.reo..H,rh.
As he was grewi
ing up to manhood, his father sent
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to the Free Schools .here he obtained a .f,
r. ,..!:. i ,
i.i-biisn ana mathematical education. It was the
Wish OI his nnrixritu t rT .n .i -i
r .v 8. ,i- UIU1 tt nassicai euucation .
but he declined to receive it, his inclination not be
ing to books but to ihe-cultiYAtion of the soil. Jr.xn
Heury wits exceedingly fond of agricultural life
.nu aske,i of his father only the -privilege of pnriU-
ingit. His was truly a wise -and fortunate choice
far no pursuit, or avocation of life, is so delightful
uud uselul as that of the aZricnlturalist. Content-
uu,,, ,nat can ,,e founl anywhere
"in this vale of tears." surely it is on a neat, fertile,
cultivated farm and u, the snug cottage home of the
husbandman where
monl So Kl ; 1 : r . - .
cbwrfM peace, with linnet
Chants the lowly del.'s anion
song.
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me time mat the Proclamation 0f Abraham
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- - r - utu, niuug upon tue siaie r,xe-
cutives to furnit.li each his quota of TO.OOO men to
suppress rlie rebellion, as he termed it, iu the Cotton
btates, Mr. Cobb lacked nearly a year of having
rcached his majority. He was in the rosy ripeness
of his twenty first year, wa. fair-complexioned,
sicnatr, of thf. stature of five feet eleven incises, and
fall of gentleness and amiability. He was the onlv
so max tat, been spared to his parents, and was
the brother of three idoliriug sisters. 21 is State soon
wen: out ol the FeJeral Union, aud immediately a
call was made for volunteers to defend his section
against tj-.c wicked coercive policy wfthc .North.
, " r
tearing himself from tV fnnd irulno Y,im lw
iriur nimspii i rom rn rnnri MrMinM nt hn iw
I LB I? i?er A a at miM t1.J 1.1 .-.. : .v..
o . t,,,..,,. 0 v,. u9-
i t uuv in we ni
noble young men who were ; entering my company
for the defence of "our liberties, our rights and our
homes."
homes
As
xi-g u..eDunrm,Dl, mt ptrenia wrr. tml
a soldier, he wa. strictly observant of the rules j of the American Union. (Cheers and ap
r, so far a. he had the opportunity to learn 1 p'ause.) I am for peace, because war has
of wa
them, and readv and cheerful in the dUchaxir of
every duty. He behaved with coolness and valor
on every occasion, which was calculated to try
ither. He did not disclose his illness, until several
days after he first felt the silent encroachments of
disease. So strong was his capacity of endurance,
o patient his disposition in Buffering, and so desir
ous wan "he always to be at his post, that he would
not give up until the overpowering effects of disease
prostrated him. He was taken at Mitchell's Ford
ln 'he first dajs of August. On the bth of that
month, orders were given us to strike tents and
move to a forest nearer Manassas where we pitched
them again. This was called Camp Rhett. So ex
ceedingly beautiful was the place, that the most
morbid imagination would never have dreamed of
Eickneis visiting that spot in Us .pectral paleness
and fataliiy. But the seeds of disease had been
.own in our systems at the other camp, and the
sickeaiog fogs and miasma of Bull Run were still
wafted to us from ft. swampy bottoms ; and, as ex
perience hai shown, encampments, are the healthi
est when made in the open field under a hot sun, for
the shadinets of the forest keeps the ground and
tent ckrths almost continualy damp Mr. Cobb, so
far as we could perceive, was not improved by the
moving. His disease was camp-tever, which b the
lowest and nost fatal type of typhoid. It is neaily,
il not quite as fatal, as typhus. .Ho rapidly sank
into a comatose state, and aH that attentiye musing
and medical ajd in his situation could do, availed
nothing. On the 8th of August, between 7 and 8
o'clock, P. M., he fell gently asleep in the cold em
braces of the rejnorseless deaih-angel. A cloud of
gloom settled upon my men; for death had, for the
first time, "trod his skeleton foot" in, the street of
my company.
Dressed in his martial suit, he. was placed if. a
plain, unvarnished coffin, the best that could be
ptocured there. 1 tried to get a leave of absence
for one of his cousins for a few days to carry his re
mains to his iriends iu this State, but this was de
nied, and had not Cpt. Westmoreland, of Stokes,
who was returning home on accoulu of sickness,
kindly consent-id to take them tinder his cave, uo
doubt, we should have been coiupelled to inter them
there. Hi- was hurried at Frieden's church, most
ge'nerally known as Shoemaker's Meeting-house,
wheie his funeral sermon was preached by the Rev.
J John D. Scheck, a minister of thc Lutheran denom
ination He was only a short time in the service of
his country; but he svas a good and lVuhtul soldier
and is richly entitled to the 4,vicil done'' of las
country-men
Peace Convention at New York,
sn:tni of fkrxando -wnoo.
FrUow-Citizens W bavn falien '.oon
evil times. We havo lived too- loner, if we
r . . .
have out lived our country ; for, disguise it
as we may, the American Union has been
sevcrod, and perhaps forever, atnl candor
j compels the admission that our once proud
liepublic has fallen from its exalted hei-nt.
It i.s now prostrate, decried, insulted, and
without a sceond-rato position abroad ;
rent asunder by a fearful civil war at home ;
ruined by despotic power on principles of
partisan hate; and upon theories ot Gov.
eminent utterly antagonistic to those upon
which our institutions wcro founded ; we
stand before the world an object cf wonder,
contempt and ridicule. .Theso facts arc
uot referred to in a spirit of reproach. I
but anticipate tho vecord of history, and
shall Icavo to others to tix the responsihili-
ty. 1 reproach none. It is not uimeult to
eitarge crior or wrong doing alter the h-
i com 1)1 ish rnen t of results. All "of its can
c i-n'mi'-i fnr misfort linos that, h.ivo or-
, --- -
! curred better than we can provide a pre-
ventive. "It is human to.err, it is divine
to torgivc ; anu, ivnue it is tw v w lum -
I mit erroi oursclvesj it is difficult to over-
j btdc it in others.
II' .. . I I. .. nn I. .V. rt n 4 .1 I .1 .-. .1. . . . f . . . , I,.
liu lucre beoiiutciiia x out uiaposcu to
alleviate the national woes rather than in-
fin -re t-iitieisni nnon the cauwc'
I wou'd
- - i -
Something to extricate tho country f.om
ierr;blo ,arnilie8. The eflurt) however
ftfoJ;, . cnnbliS. Even the attempt, if
' i r :.t. .1 . t. i . .
mane in coon iaiin, is wormy mo nigtiesi
inlc,ect un moit elevated palrioiibm.
! r hnt. of thn munv of ll lis I'lmr.
j -j;'-' ' - j
a,."tcr 0j w hich America has boasted, who
i t, .! ., ;.. ilincni-dr-ililiui'irim.io
iiuvj iiuiiui tu no i.i mi, v.i-m viv.i iiini.1119
0j- ,umall progress, none have arisen at this
t,ime lor this blessed mission'. Heretofore,
jn every age, great 'national exigencies
have produced tho man of tho Occasion.
As the Aimigtuy "tempers mo winu to
tl.o !.orn lamb," so has He, heretofore,
provided tno ltistrumeui uy w men great
national tesulwhavo been accomplished
for the advantage of humanity. A3 yet ,
He hasnot vouchsafed this fa vor to us. No
roan equal to this trisis has appeared nei -
i
thoi'the Iicuu nor in me tao.no, nor in
the ma ?.? elevated spheres ; lpr.vato ile j
l-.isi the nia.1 pre&enicu nimse.i wuu uie
.i:' .-M, l,.l tirahlim
nio trri r u in tnu l' i utii
am work out tho creat C
e . -.!. ;,. mir nouo olid to litter
0W W ' Vi " " T, K ,1 "
ofiir'entlv ll'U n uuia ui imwi'i
V ; - . nn )n 1 lm in- nd i ii cr eri-
i orce
;e ii iiv i' w - - i
fliose who have tho intellectual aDi'ity
Si S
ked the nerre, ar.d those with the
Ini ii . ante
nv;rvc h.ivo lacked tho ability, uut inert
. l - Tl.ot In i Vtu iviliyeil
j V . w . - ,
IS anotne " w onuer ; m. wa i.ui i....---
pupUlaUon of over thirty millions N ori!:
auJ South abounding with benevolence,
purity, cultivation, and enlightened Chris
tinf.irV. none are found to ralJ tho biir.r.er
ot peace. Among the thousa .os oi luity
spires which rear ihcir towering turrets lo
ot find, but one that I know of
a hpniirniint God, but one
covers a pulpit devoted to tho true princi
ples of-Christ, and proclaims " peace on
earth." It i that of Mr. Pratt, a preacher
of Staten Island. (Choers lor Pratt. (A
Toice, " Van Dyke, of Brooklyn.") As if
tho most damnable crimes on record of tns
..ni.nt .imi modern, conslituto rclo
forgetting that war is the child of
ata'ti, and that peace is of God, the ema-
Nation of the Divine Spirit,
That man .who has tho intellectual power
nnd ability to Stay this current has not had
the nerve to make the effort, and when
the man having the nerve has attempted,
tic has lacked the power and influence to
accomplish it, In my person, without
pretending to hold any power of influence,
after studying and contemplating tho the-
i vi. j kji uur uuvenimuut, wutt a IUI
' , r 1 1 : r
ory of Onr Government, with a full nn..
viatiuu ui Lite isiin. l R l nn a n.,.i ,
tttt. ( I, : r i
:ifU' . . e
nil single
ttiia con-
unuueu, w itt iuruw myscil lnio Una
j tost, let it be to ni y country ormvsell
niy country or myself as it
, may be. Now, iny friends, I am for peace
; as ihnnnle nmioil.L. I rv f i 4
iaiiea. (Cries '1 hut's so. Cheers.) And
it has bren read in a letter to-night from a
distinguished gentleman lately a candidate
for Governor of Ctmnect'cul (cheers)
"you cannot cement two antagonistic dc.
ipents by blood." Therefore, 1 am against
this war, in the 'first place, because, under
the theory ot our Government, tl.erj is no
power to coerce delinquent States. By
careful reading in tho debates in Congress,
du ring the time of the formatii n of the
Federal Government, andof the dtbatesin
tho general Statu Conventtoosl believe
there is"o man thai dure contend that the
most distant authorization of the military
war power against the State can bo found"
On tho coutrary, when an effort w as made
to incorporate such a power, it was denied
oy Jeflkrson, Hamilton., Rogor Sherman,
and all tho gret minds, including John
Adams, of Massachusetts. They denied
Ihp power, and they anally declared to the
world, on that occasion, if there was any
coercive power at all in the Constitution it
was legal ur.d not military.
Therefore, iny friends, if there be no mil
itary war power in. the Constitution, it is
necessarily an uiiei t.it tational war, and
all the instrument? and results of the war.
All these various attacks upon the rights
of tho people, upon the rights of tho press,
upnn property, upon life, aro all tho neces
sary results of tin 1,bJ fatal mistake of
tho assault when there was no power in
tho l'edeiul Government to .perpetrate il.
(Cheers ) For I cannot, for my life, un
derstand how those members of tho Demo-
critic parly can consistently assailjlho acts
oi tins uuministrauon nreienaeu to no
f . 1 . 1 . . i, . .
necessary for the prr-iseeuticn of the war.
Icrnnot for my life understand how these
men, who call tiiemsel vo war Democrats,
can consistently assail (he administration J this : When ono ot your own fcllow-citi-in
carrying out whut tlie administration ens, ho it the hiHnlle individual before
believes 10 bo necessary fir the war. The Jou or other one, shall bo taken in tho
President cf tho l.'nittd States is there 1 discharge of his rights and in tho mainten
under the Cons-tit-Jti.-,:;--according to the ance oi i.is o.vn. you suiuo uf.T77. tV
provisions ot tho Constitution ; wo canno'. j tyrant. L-.ud applause and cheer's!"' My
deny that. He is clothed with- the execu- ! i 'tvN, 1 am oppofcCtl to this war
live powers controlling toe military ; and necuut-o !., i failure. Thut'-j ho")
if in hi-, judgment, responsible to the peo- Lven admitting its legality "and ' coijolitu
p!e, il i necessary- in the vigorocs prose tional ty, admitting thai it is really prose
cution of the v.:t, to commit those act) of! cnted lor the purpose of Uni n, admitting
which some me 1 vO::it,!ain, 1 say that men ' ' hero has been none of these encioaeh
who f;ior thewar-, v. l.o aro in favor of its j monts upon our rights, admitting that tho
prosecution, that it is di.o to tho administi a- administration had done nothing hut what
lion that th'oy, at leas;, shall not lake i-:;- j ihey vero empowered to do, and what it
ception to what the administration deems, best fur them to do I say it is a fail
to be necessary in iis prosecution. (That's j urt,i that we hae undertaken what wo
so.";- j cannot pet torm. No revolted people that
Now, gentlemen, 1 am opposed to the j 'pt an indepenuent XJovet iiment foi
war, because it never ought to have bee'i j :l twelve mot th have ever yet been subju-
commenced. An amieablo ad ! ustnienl
i could have been made in thopeaco ct nler
. 1 - . i . 1 . .
ence, which was voted down and rejected,
I am prep;ired to say -that until recently i
know the fact t'-a;; ?:micable . adjustment,
securing the constitutional rights f the
South, was wu-niti the i.ower ut tin- jomin-
l .
istratioi.. ' hcrefore, J amepposxd to t.-tc
war, not only bt ca;;..f ii never should ha', e
been ccnimct.ctd hut because .;! could h iv
been amicably adjusted and detornliocu
Again, I am opposed lo this war because
it has heoa diverted fto:n its original par
poses. Instead oi a war for tho I't i'.fi it
has beccme a way for tho total sequestra- i
tion and abolitioti f Siato sovereignty. It'
is fc.r tl-.P ;i hot i 1 i.n 4f uhtinrt- mi,',I ih,. i
abandonment, of State and territorial lim
its. It has been used as a pretext of the
basest part isan piirpnu-n of plunder and po
litical power. (Cheers fnd when the
American pcopk-committed themt-eives
i it two VCars a;o, when io a state ot wild
, .
frenzied eawttcmuut, our men ruhccl into
j the wtr, Uey l.ttie th,ught they vrr to
, , , i ,irtlirk0tir .-.(.
i - .....u.ni.u.uui,, r ...;..f
then they were to 0l, mcorpors
l in a
rrrn1 TfTiV If) 11.. i o.,.l r. "Tanical Hf. 1
nw"v' ' 't ior i. . . ,
unconstitutional pu rj-ost ;I) dep"! jVf ,.' "
liici r
rights as citizens, deprived of the conn,;,
' : - - - v ii'-i i I 1 i .-,... .
oi nome, uenrivccj l the riht
any political p v.ver : they little t!,;..,
' be-oi. machu.es t' p,
I masters ut the Capital Cheers '
. c .' . . V.
to
t ana, my lneiuls, I :im oono-ed to i ' i
war because it is rearing up in this ,.lr!
I it now nlnmnni i' . .
- .. ,,, overiiinei i o' tlie
i country. Til-' m iii ! ni v 'power has been i .,
! t w.,!n,,.l -,.,A r 1. . i i
j iiium.i iijii.iv, i uii.o ii';ii ni s' or v in vun
i if I do'not -know I hut ;!1 every country, t-t.d
in every age, where tho military power,
arrant, despotic atel tyiannical, has been
; permitted to subjugate t ho civil power and
: over-rme urn cout-is, at every tirnean
it
every age. that po wer has not or:L- dr.
, sirov niti priin-ip.e oi uie peop;e lorn
! timo, bit' it has l-. coir.-- fixed, and aLer-
i wards i t has boer. stjeee-ded by the rule :
j inheriting monarchic'. Here tho m ,' ! i ; a ry
' power is arrogant, ptou.l and domin. orin.
, 1 1 eon, n en ecu ... .v-i,.,ifKy near a y
:igo, by the bren Lin
up tho bemner.i! -c
' l
Convention. If
sncceeiied . after that tn
mtimi dating a
i 1 over riding every "civil
effort to express tLe feeiing of indi!.aitiu;i
at their acts, a nd recently was O' t r'n. ed
by the people at the ballot box n Lidi;'. n",
I'ennsy 1 vatiia, lio ami Illinois; r-cently
airain we lind ilh.vi:; : violent hands up'.'h
that nobie tribi.t. ) of the people, Mr. Val-
landiirham, 'Iv'.io. tC:.eers.) t (.v veiiiir
that base art, wit cii it virtually t dot led
w'.thout even a d ee t recognition of the
proclamation of mania! iaw, it has within
twenty-four hours s.p;; e?sed a noble dem
ocratic pa-per, the Ciiieago, Ti-r. a; d
throughout the West t-day the peopio
oland tieuibling uj.nn the precise, hesita
ting whether to rise c.-i inasst and exp-1
these military ht.tiaps, ot quietly Fiihmii to
the grave of des: . -m wjiich is trine; dng
for them, atcl llii15 ni d tthocity of Chirairo
may be in flame Ti. tie has been assembled
there to-nieht one ! the largest a:.d most
re-solute ' eutl.eri s - i' the people over in
Chicago, in front ti the Times office, j.ro
tcsting agaiti-t th:i military usui- aU"c
a-n'r.st. ti.e riL'li'.s- cf a ftue press. (C!:e-. r- 1
"lf I kno-.v the t -haraCf-r of the .-!
.i.. ;r r , .i i .n u ,......-. J
people ii i uiii'.iji.iiiii iiic iiiai.; v '
the men at Chicago, t hey possess u-.f
of tho men of New Vcrk, (lond ';
rt
i
iTS
-nd 1 dare and defv ihe adtninitr:iion to
s'cjel 'othc rity of . w York their (i-ncral
. " . l.
Burnside, (hisses) and 1 here in the name
of this asHnibly, thousand" ar.d tens of
thousands, inside and OUt Bide, request the
administration to give General Baraside
this district for his cotynand. (Tremen
aou8chcers with groans and hisses for
Burns.de.) And if this conflict must come,
f the revolution must commence, I want
the powers that bo to try their bands upon
us. QLpronous cheers.) FelUw citizios,
I may have uttered the language of treat
son. (Laughter. "Go on," "No.") I cer
tainly said mora than tho. lapgoage uttered
by our lamented and glorious friend.
Vullundihara, who was struck down for
it. (Cheers for Vailandigham.) 1 auay
be-the most glorious martyr upon the. altar
of my country. (".No.") I auk your at.
tcntiua and quiet for a moment till I relate
to you an anecdote of Goo. Washington.
W hen a young man, he was, as we all
know, a planter on the Potomac river. He
had a large and fine plantation, atid bad a
neighbor wh crowned an adjoining planta
tion, with whom he had a dispute about
tho boundaiy lino between tho two. His
neighbor was a tyranical, despotic, resolute
mttn. ("That's Abo.") He probably con
ceived that ho was the owner of tho dispn.
ted boundary, but Washington, honest,
resolute, net desirous ot infringing j on th
rights of other, finally believed that tho
title to the dii-puted line was in himself.
One duy ho was walking with his faith
ful servant by his side, and in those timos,
my friends, it was the practice to go over
these Ure areas, comprising thousands of
acres; with an armed servant. Suddenly
ho found himself on the disputed boundary,
nr.d befure him his rnomy, tht claimant.
The claimant sKiou before him, holding a
riric in his hand, and he says to Washing
ton : "Sir, go back ; don't you cross that
line." Says Washington, calmly, "1 will
crori The enemy took his riflo and
cocked it. Says he 41 sir, if you cross that
li:.e 1 will kill
vou. asliiiiiuon coolly
turned to h.s servant ajid saih "John, do
! you hear what that mac suvs ? John, I
1 : ..-.1.-. ,- .1
nuenu 10 cross mat line. When 110 taices
1 .
aim you take aim, and when ho shoots mo
do you shoot him." Laughter.) Now,
"v luen'.'s, th application that 1 make i
git'0. ana no pyrMy Hgncuitu r:tl peoi.le
i" '"' 1 t i - ol their doinctii" lihus
I 1 .. ...1 1... 1 .1
j ';lv l!Vl-''' V'1 been ubj unrated ince tho
' word was fonnoVd.
J Kvcn lay.ng hisioiy aside, the history
j "ft! lr lw ' years' war showsj thai whilst we
i rt ''rave a:id detcrmiu'd, whilst we hav
1 . 1 , 1. '-.. 1 1
pint ai u energies, ana sn
I'l'iiiniiA'd aino..!'t I ti easu.-c
itito this eon
.igir. as men
have 'jni"
d;: r sect ion;: I
iel, v- is; o'.ii' ni. ti !
iii'ver fotigi,; , . . y l w
U u i n c u
.1.
1 . 1 in ! . .
.1 III . u
pt !'J
es'.s. Uo'ruct.vo to :t!i tU" ri.i'e! -! 3 :!oi-
itid ar.-niiiiiuii.. ; ' e.uy r-pi.'il ".f
rtV ---and. r ; .y.i.ii
mit- ''o; te ci viiize.-i v
been tieaten and cannot
. Ill .
orld
n- a-'l-
t- .. e.UVe
we have lindet taken , atid appealing; to till
same -ji tnmo'i sens.; principle that on and
1 v.nild appeal to in every .-ifiir of lilo
when we see we cannot secret d, it is prn
C.'W and wi.(, h 'ticsl nnd ennobling t o ad -rnit
" .i r f . i!i:T'. and that we must bark down
Ironi out poiti.:fi Nivv. my friends, I
rniild o on ''-Go on " Somebody in
the ti'idici-.ce be'. ai:e objectionable, and
iho-e. Welt! ei:C ' " r' t! :l Li III out."- I
c -i. Id detain '.'i in re ::. 1 her tw"lvt.'inutith
lad ! ti.e ph v-ical 'and intellectual power
Lj do it, to g'c vnii reasons w hy wc ;-l ou!d
'"'i".it. .or ')':.(; and therefore K t us ail
i- - tl it, 'eM M,i v ci: ; i' r pr i.-e. let u s s.tvu
.He ...
r ("Mini iy,
veil
i
f: Ci .t bel'oli)
!i;.it forever
O.0
! 1-
l 'it ally
pe. r'.MO
ir v e ni. i
'i -.'u
at!'! 'h,
I ern. crat-j.
Cheers.
Let its
let ...
tin; inn i .
' i s Uee.ar
iat
l.e
i; voca . . M e !.i-,)-ri-f. i ; ..,
i
u (.
IsO t') tl.C .1 ).!,.. f jcic ,;,, ...
st tuit. tr tn :: i;s
ii 'ht
cnccrinir
from YVlii'iiH(i
K'n.iicoMi. .lur:o 17. A c
lilt- IJ )ek:r..jl.;ifi, ','.
addl es-, d to i ( -j ... iti , , f i
. Va.
ifpatr-h fjiim
I I'iih ins!.,
a -.-.-( i:ici
press, -a . :
.en. K'.v -li :: t:cke.l tin.- , neM v .. f Win.
V5'4'"'' ' ,i! v -'-i'.; , v ami the figa't as c-;t.-titiuid
t iii'oiirrjio tt Sunday,
()a .Monday the h'oht ua-- n nevtd at 4
o'. i.ick an j a.i!' r a !ru;,v!e u,out ono
Ij-jur the Abouu ., i- Xva, jOWt.n.,j af)(
Oii." viclo; i.eu s ai my - vi-irans u.uU entire
pS'Ssesnon, when .Sli.'rny's commarej hui-r-n(iv
ltd, from si to m-vch I ho-: sand men
together. with a.'l their stou-M emhiacinre
ScVil'ul iiiindieii ii' rcs, wa"oit
riciil aiiiiiri v and ti !.
fn-J en
.quip
- i;i loss .u kiMuI, wounded an-i. mi'-sin--
W'.i : ! iceii inn- haiidic-.i.
N-.'l ...t;e ot tnir nlJieei s ,us p,.f.rj jj.,
.liir..y was endeuv. ,n r. - ,,, escape, but
U i- rumored he has been captured.
Col. Alcnlt, et.dt avoririg i, reinforco
.Uiirov wii.h tl.Li men, was fap"jr.'d
:.... i i ... i . '
' 1 1 i '. . It l J.'.il.- i;n, ..(,
near ii- rry viilc.
a
ev jniny,
Confirmation ot Ilie Taklnc ol Vln-
Ijet ! Ilvtapt ol lMro3, A. .
Ke iiM "Mi, .I jne I? Pass-enters hy tho
('en'iai li liom ihe Vai.evnf ;t fini:!,
tor firm the news ticeitd by telegraph
from 1 larr; s.n en r ttii- m rnint. Also report
ti,at Milr.y "aped. Jle made his e r. a pe
wit h aiiesco, - o; civriry. No o.I.er ne'.vs.
W
cat her extieti eiy wa;ni, aud no tain yet.
HaVINW AOOl Co. - II1 fit i 1.1. V TO
our facilities for j b rij tir.. vl '-vii.-ri.i oir
ofl;
on.'y ex ;.erieTi''e'' ' jr'' t '
nire- vrfsn
prirceit. -.e - b.t:..- j -,-kr-l than - vir
c..to,r.rin.iae u, sn: :.; .hat i.,7 e .teMre-1
W c.iili ei.'ie v- r 'o u'-rii on hani g. ui i aier, and
otUr s,,jC, Jin , w.;1 jtu.iri;itt.4l H,g,yJ w..vic as can
i,e done in th- . Ai-r.-ra i,i.:cd.,wit-y. i-rice- m
accvrdaaoc with the times.
- - i sl.f
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