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Die meaa to obtain a satisfactorv Irpoct famished at the rate of n IHlRtY ItlS WR, ' j TpKSPijr jMoiHINQ, FBBUiBT 21, XtiL ADDKES3 OF CONGRESS TO THE PEO PLE OF T i In' closing Coo grew, Joy UK CONFBJJiSKTiS HTATlfia th labors of the Firt Permanent r Renre'cntativeft deom it a fit oc- cftiion to e.vd gome accouoioi. nioir wwaiuii. . to review briefly what, nndet rucb embarrass- A ryChhta and adVeree clrcumstaacefi, cas Deen ac - Gompliahod: o invito attention to thQ prospoct before a and ho duties Jadtobbatr pn, every ktf!cii-in thifl'crisiB :"iid to addrees such words of counsel and encouragement as the times de "marid. I'. I l Compelled Iby a l.oig eerioe of oppressive and tyrannical actfe, culminating at last in the seleci : tion of a President and Vice-President by a party confessedly sectional and hostile to the South and . hor-4rislttutiotis, those States withdrew from the ; former Union! and formed a new Confederate ; aUiancc, M aii independent Government, based V on tho pTojrtir I relations of labor and capital. . .'jThia step was takon reluctantly, by constraint,; , nnd after the texhaustlon of every moasure that vsas likely to fjocuro us from interference with our property, joviality fn the Union, or exemp tion from animation to(an alien government :: Tiw Southarn States. claimed only the unre6ttict ; nd enjoyment If thoights guarantied ; by the f .Cons'titution. Find ng by painful and protracl . cd cxporioncflj that this was persistently denied, ; wti dftterininei to separate from theso enemies, vhuba.i mftnijfH8tod the inclination and ability to im'povfjrifch'and deetro' us wo fell back upon the ri?ht for whieh the colonies maintained the - wnr of thq rcv61utionr and which our heroic fpre r Vfathersf assof tea to bo clear andanalienable. Th e unanimity andj zeal with which the separation was undertake and perfictei, finds no parklkl !; in.hijtpry. ; Tnepeopio roo en masse to.aieert thsir liberties and protect their menaced rights. y There ne'V! or wns before such universality ot eon ' viction, ambnrf any people, on any "quostion! in volringo ieribui and so thorough a change of political and international relations.- Thisgrew - out ofHhe clearness of the right so to act, and; the ' certainty of thp perils of farther association with the North. The chap ge was so wondeffuj.so " rapid, so contrary to univer&al history, .hal many fil to sVo that all has been done in the ' logical acquenco of principle5, which are' the highest testimony to the, wisdom, of our fathers, !: and the host illustration of tho correotness of y "'thoso "principles This Government is a child of law instead of Is edition, of right instead of vlo j; lenoo, of delibaration instead of insurrection. Its 5 eirly life was Attended by no anarchy, no rebel '. lion, no suspension of authority, no social disor- drs, no lawlea disturbances. - Sovereignty was not for one mpment in abeyance. The utmost ! conservatism iriarked ovory proceeding and pub" ' lie act, The object was "to do what was neces iAry, and no inbro ; and to do that with the ut 'nioit temperance and prudence" St. Just, in; his report to thp Convention of France, in 1798, paid, - 'a peopl has but one dangerous enemy, ;i . and that is Go ernment." We adopted no such absurdity. In nearly every instance, the first , ; stops wefe taken legally, in accordance with the will and ptoscr bed direction of tho constituted l11 authorities of too seceding States. We Were not remitted to brte force or natural law, or the instincts of reon. The char?brs of freedom were scrupulouty preserved. As in the EnglUh Hevolutiou, of )G8,8, and ours of 1776, there was iiptnatorial alicjratioa in the laws, beyond what was necessary to rodroes the abusea that provok- eettlement'ef i .CUeatlODS Of diinutft with that OoTPmmpnL - KotE effpjrjti .fiiledr . Cpmmifsioners were deeeir ed and.rejiBcted, and clandestine, but vigor oui pfeparaupns were made for war. In; proporn iq qur -perseverance and anxiety have ween their outmaacy: ana arrogance ,in spurning - oner&oi peace.; it seems we can be maeDtea tor notmng latheyMtueBidf our onemies. i,are oblige4 to his ,yicee, which hatoenjired to our strength. We owe asmuch to his imoience and blindness as to our precaution. '; . 1' . The wager of battle having beeri tendered, it wm accepted. Tho alacrity with: "which our peo Sle flew tb arms is worthy of all; praise. The eedsof iheroic daring patient endurance, ready submission to discipline, and numerousictorifg, are in keeping with the fervent --patriotism that prompted i ineir early voiunteenng. uuite re cently scoros'of rogimentfi have resenlisted for for the yir teeiifying their determination to fight unti pledwitb thusiastic dotni table - od.thostruggloJ on STHculative fined within t ' 'No attempt was made to build principles. The effort was con- he narroweet limits 01 nistoricai and constitutional right. The controversy turn ed on tno recorus ana mummenis 01 me pasi - ' ye merely resijBted innovation and tyranny,' and (contended for our birth-rights and the covenant od principles of lour rate. We have had our Gov crnors, General Assemblies ,and Courts; the same eloctor?, the same corporations, "the same rules for property, the fame subordinatione, the same order in tbo law and in the magistral ." When the sovereign States met in council, they, f in truth and sttbstanco, and in a constitutional light, did not njiake, but prevented, a revolt : tion. ! Commencing our hew national life under such circumstances, we had a right to expect that we would'be fernaitted without molestation, to cul tivate "the arts jof peace ; and vindicao on our chosenjarena and with the selected typo of social characteristics, our claims of civilization. It was thought, too, by! many, that war would not be ' resorted to jby an enlightened country, except on tho direst necessity. That a people, profess- 1 ,,ihg 16 bo animated by Christian sentiments, and jwho had' regarded our peculiar institution as a blot and blur upon the lair escutcheon of their common Christianity, should make war upon ho South for doing what they had a perfect "right to do, and for relieving them of tho incu bus whi?h, they professed, roated ,upon them by ';-the association, was deemed almost beyond be ' lief by many of our wisest minds. It was hoped, too, thatihej obvious 1 interest of tho.two sections : would restrain tbe wild frenzy of excitement and turn into peaceful channels the thoughts of jthoso who had bu recently boon invented with power .:-in tho United Slates. f ; Those reasonable anticipations were doomed to I Ldisappointmentj The red glare of battle, kindled at,Sumtor, dissipated all hopes of pee, and the two Governments were arrayed in hostility against each other. We charge the responsibility. i of this war upon the United Stales. They ate ac ? , countable for the blood and havoc ana rum u and contributing greatly to this en ardor, was the lofty courage,' the in resolve, the self-denying 'ipiril'bCvUc MDio women, who, by their labors ot love, their patience ;Of hope, their unflinching constancy, their uncomplaining submission to privations of the war, have shed an immortal lustre upon their sex and country. i Uur army is no hirelmg soldiery, it comes not from paupers, criminals or emigrants. It wa$ originally raised by the free, unconstrained, unpurchaieble assent of the men. All vacations and classcjs contributed to the swelling numbers. "Abandoning . luxuries and comforts to which they had! been accustomed, they submitted choer fully to the scanty fare and exactive service of theoampjj. Their services above price, the only remuneration they have sought is the protection of their Mtare, firesides and liberty. In the Nor wegian wars the actors were, every one of them, named and ptronymically described as tho King's friend and companion. The same won derful individuality has boon seen in this war uur sotdiers are not a consolidated mass, an un- tblnkibg imachine, but an army of intelli gent uniti. To designate all wio have distin- guihod themselves by special valor, wofcld be to enumerate nearly all in the army. The, gene' rous rivalry botweon tho troops from differen States has) prevented any special pre-eminence and hereafter, for centuries to come, the gallant bearing and unconquerable devotion of Confede rate soldiers will inspire the hearts, and encour agei the hopes', and strengthen the' faith, of al who labor to obtain thir iroedom. For three years this cruol war. has been waged against. us, and its continuance has. been seized upon as a pretext by some discontented persons to excite jhostility to the Government. xCcccn and public as have been the occurrences, it i stranffetniat a misaDnreh. neion exiets as to the conduct of the two Governmpnts in reference to peace. Aillusion has been roado to the unsuccees ful efforts when separation too"k place, to pro cure an amicable adjustment of all matters in dispute. :These attempts at negotiation do no comprise all that has been done. In every form in which expression could be given to the senti ment in public meetings, through the press, by legislative! resolves the desire of this people for peace, for !the uninterrupted enjoyment of thei rights and- prosperity, has been made known. Thp President, more authoritatively, in severa of his messages, while pretesting the utter ab sence of all desire to interfere with the United States, od acauire anv of their territory, has avowed that the "advent of peace will be hailed . Yifith joy. ! Our desire for it has never bcjfn con cealed. Oiur efforts to avoid the war, forced on lua as it was by the lu3t of conquest and tho in sane passions of our toes, are Known to man kind " I The course of the Federal Government has pjroved. that it did not dosiro peace, and would not consent to it ori any terms that wc could pos sibly concede. In proof of this, wo refer to tho rpoatod rejection of all terms of conciliation, and compromise, to their recent contemptuous re fusal to receive tha Vice President; who tvtassent, to negotiate for softening the asperities of war, and their jscornful rejection of tho offer of a iieu tral Power tomediate between the contending parties. Jf cumulative evidence be needed, it can be found in the following resolution, recently adopted by tho House of fteproscntativrs in Washington; j "Kesolvep, That as our country and the very existence of Ihe best Government ever instituted bye man are imperilled by the moat causeless and wicked rebellion that tbe world has seen, and believing, as we" do that the only hope of saving tli is Country and preserving this Government is hr the no-wer of the sword, we are for the most vigorous prosecution of the war uulil tho Consti tution and the laws ehall bo enforced and obeyed irj all parts of the United' States ; and to that end we oppose any armistice, or intervention, or mediation J or proposition for peace, from any quarter, scj long as there, shall be found a rebel ir arms against the Government ; and we ignore all party names, lines and issuo?, and recognize but two parties in this war patriots and trai tors' j . ' The motive of such strange conduct is obvious. Tjhe Republican party was founded to destroy slavery arid the equality of the States, and Lin coln was elected as the instruments to accomplish this object. The Uaion was af barrier to the consummation of this policy, because the Consti tution, which was its bond, recognized and pro tected slavery and the sovereignty of the States. The Unipln must therefore be scrinced, ana tni naure it& destruction; war was determined . 1 on. 4 ,nd tKe proffered ydUOoTi f -Kniv pnnpipie .waa maintained y Ihft Uolted' SUtea int'ibft jotrmripttion. ot enemjiatefea-ltiot .mong tho; acta! of legiUmatO; warfare.! War U instructions rtoixr Johri Quincjr Adaia;avs: 3ecr lary, i putw to ir. MIddletoii, at $t. 'Ifetera. burg,: October 18lh 1820 it is Aid: Tifl Brit. Jah.haye broadJjssertdthB rights ernjtiicipiti Ipg slayer (pri vate property) m a legjtimatiS rtghi of war; w 1T suclf rightla acowlodgedv iatr of 'ar by writers whotemlt anylimitatidltvTho right of putting to -death prisoriereift toTd! blood and without special cau?e. mieht aa well be pretended to be a law.of war, or the right to use poisoned weaona,3 of Wassalnitte.v I - .; - 'JLJisregarding tfie teachings r of thevprbTed writers on international lawand the practice and claims of his own Government in its oarer divs. ' President Lincoln has sought to convert the South tntof a St Domingo; by appealing totto cupidity, lasts, ambition and ferocity of the slave. fAbra ham .Lincoln bat the lineal doscendan lot Dan more and the impotent, malice of each wat foiled amitjr.w andl by. the fideli'y of tliose who. by tbe meannia,.of friendship with the Northern States', U$SbtttTtne conspirators; Would only; ITtac6ssfnlraVe 1 at AAm . nun c tin i-i . .. n v. i I - l - m.. . . wexi orauvou iti!iitva, unn, vice, ' ogary ana aeatn. 4 But we tire of these in dignities and enormities. They are too sickening for recital. History will nereaiter pxuory those who committed and en courages! a ach crimes' in i m mortal in famy , stated to his invincible logione, thatJthe Vcruel ioe seKs to redaco our fathers and mothers, our wives and children to abject slavery." He does cot paint too strongly the purposes of the enmy or the consequences of subjugation.,. What has been done in certain districts, is but the prologue. 01 tne Dioody drama that will be enacted. ! It is -well that every man and woman should havo some just conception of the horrors of conquest ihe late ot Ireland at the period of its conquest,- and ot Poland, distinctly 'foreshadows what would await ui. The guillotino, in its ceaseless work of blood, would bp revived for the execu tion of the "rebel leaders." The heroes of our, contest would be required to 'lav down" their proud ensigns, on which are recorded the battle fields of their glory, to stack tSeir arms, lower their heads in humiliation and dishonor, and pass under theyokeol abolition misrule and tyranny. A hateful inquisition, made atrocious by, spies tnd informers ; star-chamber courts, enforcing their decisions by confiscations, imprisonments, banishment and death ; a band of detectives, fofrettfng. .out secrets, lurking in every family, existing in every conveyance ; thesupprossion of free speech ; the deprivation of arma and fran chises : and the ever present sense of inferiority would make our condition abject and miserable beyond what freemen can imagine. Sujugation involves everything that the torturing malice and devilish ingenuity of our foes can suggest. The destruction of our nationality, tha equaliza tion of whites and blacks, the obliteration of Stato lines,-degradation to colonial vassalage and the reduction ot many of pur citizens to dreary, hopeless, remediless bondage. A hostile, police would keep "order" in every town and city. has caused. ' pared. The For such a war we were not pre- differenco in military resources be twoen our enemies and ourselves ; the immense advantage pogecssfu in iue orgaoizea macninery of an established government ;- a powerful navy; the nu'clcui of an army ; credit abroad, and' ill i : .-.mi table. faciHUe'4 in , mechanical and manufactur- iag powor. placed them on "the vantage ground ' ' I In our in'tm'cy..' we were without a seaman or soldier, without reyenue, without gold and sik ; vef, withoiita r(iongnized place- in the family of . nations, without external commerce, without ' f Jreign credit, with the' prejudices of tho world against us. While we were without mairafac- turfhg -; facilities o supply our wanU our porta wore blockaded we had to grapple with a giant "adversary, defend 2000 miles of seacoast and an , inland frontier of equal extent. If. we had suc r needed in "proven ting any successes on the part of Our enemy. it jwouldliavQbeen a miracle. What we have accomplished, with a population so in forior in nijmbers, and means so vastly dispro portionate, bjis excited the astonishment and,ad miration of the worl .,1; : The war fnjwhich Woare engaged was wicked ly, and against all our pretests, and the most earnest efforts to the contrary; forced npon us -South Carolina sent a commission to Washing ton to adjust all questions of dispute between her , and he United 8tates. One of tha first acts of the Provisional Government was to accredit 1 agenu to visit Washington, and use all honora- The Imsis of the Northern people were not privy td. alnd sympathized in no such design. Tiey Tove theUnion and wished to preserve it. Tp rally tbe people to the support of the war, its abject was proclaimed to be ''a restoration of the Uniohj", as if that which implied voluntary assent, of jwhich agreement was an indispensa ble element and condition, could be preserved by coercion. It i9 absurd to pretendjthat a Governs ment; really desirous of restoring the Union, would adopt such measures as the confiscation of private property, the emancipation of slaves, ssitematfef efforts to invite them to insurrection, forcible abidiietion from their homes and corapul: sory enlistiment in the - army, the division of a sovereign State without its consent, and a proc lamation that .one-tenth of the population of a State, and itb at tenth nnder military rule, should control thoj will "of the remaining nineVtenths The only relation possible between the two see tions, under such a policy, is that$ a voriqueror and Conquered, superior and dependent. Rest assured, fellow-citizens, that although restoration may still , be used as a war cry by the Northern Government, it is only to delude and betray. Fahiticifini h'as Mimmoned to her aidcupidity and vengeance.; and nothing short of your utter subjugation, ; the destruction of ! your State Gov ernment,! (the overthrow of yout social and poli tical fabric, your personal and pjiblic . degrade tion and! ruia, will satisfy the; demands of the North, pan there be a man so vile, so debased, so! unworthy of liberty as to accept peace- on suchTiurailiating terma? v f . " ' ;'h;wouidhardly:;be fair tovassert that ail the N6rtherrjj people participate in these- designs- On the contrary, there eiists a-power ful jpoiitical party, which openly " condemns ihem. Thg Ad ministration has, however, been able thus Jar, by its enormous patronage and ! its. lavish erpen diiares td eioduce, or by its legions of "Hessian" mercenarirs to overawe the -roasse-s to control the elections, and to establish an arbitrary des potiMU- It cannot be possible mat tnis siaw 01 hins ckn 6iontinnl'r Thw Twvrnta'of iheTJnlted Slates, aecustomed to freedom, ianhoV conient to be ruined and enslaved, in order to ruin and ent lave us. .: 'Moral, like physical, epidemic; hare their allotted periods and must sooner or ; later, be exhausted and -disappear, W n&n 4 reason ?p turni, bur ehemiea wiU probably reflect, that a people, like purs, 'who have exhibited such capa bilitios, and extemporized . such resources ' can. never De subdued; that a vast expanse 01 wri'f tory, with such a population, cannot bef gorertm ed a an obedient- colon v. Victory - would ti6t be conquest. The inextinguishable, quarrer; would be transmitted "from bleeding sire w son." and.the Btrne'cle would be ii renewed oe- tween generations jet unborn. . Ta : impoverisn us would only be to dry up some of the springs of Horthfirn t nroflnPTitT- to destroy Southern wealth is to reduce Northern profits, while the rcetoration of peace would neceesanly reaestab- lish some commercial intercourse, i . It may nov be amiss, in this connexion, to say that at one time, it was tne wish and expectation ot many at tbe South, to form treatv-ot amur both Tjonlfts mlirht darive the benefits of corns mercial intercourse and move on side by side, in the arts of peace and civilization History has confirmed the lesson taught by Divine authority, that each nation, as well as" eacb individual, should seek their happiness in the prosperity of otheTs, and not in the injury or ruin of a neigh bor. The general welfare of all !; is the highest dictate of moral duty and economic policy; while a heritage of triumphant, wrong is the greatest carse that can befall a nation. Until some evidence is given ot a change of policy on the part of the Government and some assurance is received, that efforts Fat negotiation will not be spurned, the Congress are. of opinion, that any direct overtures for peace would, com promise our selfrepect, be fruitless of good, and interpreted by the enemy as an j indication .of weakness. W e can only repeat tho desiro of th 'people for peace, and our readiness to accept term?, consistent with tha honor and integrity and independence of the States, and compatible with the safety of our domestic institutions. Hot content with rejecting all propo-als for a peaceful settlement of the controversy, a cruel war of invasion was commenced, which, in it9 progress, has been marked -by a brutality and disregard of the roles of civilized warfare, as stand out in unexampled barbarity in the history of modern wars. Accompanied by every act of cruelty and rapine, . tne conduct of the enemy has been destitute of that forbearance and mag nanimity, which civilization and Christianity have introduced to mitigate the asperities of war. The atrocities are too incredib!e :for narration. Instead of a regular war, our resistance of the unholyjefforts to crush out our national existence ia treated as a rebellion, and the settled interna tional rules between belligerents are ignored. Instead of conducting the war as betwixt two military and political organizations, it is a war Hgainst the whole population. H,ouses are pik laged and ibarned. Churches are dofaced. Towns are ransacked. Clothing df women and infants is stripped fronftheir persons. "Jewelry and mementoes of the dead are stolen. Mills ard implements of agriculture are destroyed Private salt-works are broken up. The intro duction of medicines is forbidden. Means of subsistence are wantonly was'ed t6 produce beg gary. Prisoners are returned wjth contagious diseases. The last morsel of food laa boenjtaken from families, who were not allowed to carry on a trade or branch of industry. A rigid and of fensive espionage has been introduced to ferret out " difelovaltv." Persons havelbeen forced to choose between starvation of helpless children and taking tho oath of allegiance to -a hated Government The cartel for exchange of pris., onersTias been suspended and our unfortunate soldiers subjected to tbe grossest indignities. Tho wounded at Gettysburg were deprived of taeir nurseiaftd inhumanly left to perish on the field. Helpless women have been exposed to the most cruol outrages and to that dishonor which is infinitely worse than death. Citizens have been murdered by the Butlers and McNeils and Mifrovs. who are favorite geinerals of our enemies. Refined and delicate ladles have been seized, bound with cords, imprisoned, guarded by negroes, and held as hostages for the roturn of re captured slavo3. Unoffeiiding non-com batants have been banished or digged from their qutet homes to be immured in filthy jails. Preaching tho gospel has been refused except on condition" of taking the oath of allegiance. Parents have been forbidden to name their chil dren in honor of " robel" chiefs. Property has been confiscated. Military governors have bcon appointed for States, satraps for. province?, and and Haynaus for cities. ii ; Those cruelties and atrocities of the enemy have beui exceeded by their malicious and blood-thirstv purposes and machinations in ref erence to 'the slave. Early in this War President Lincoln averred his constitutional ; inability and personal unwillingness to interfere with the do meetic institutions of the Stales and the relation betweon master and servant, residential con siderations may have D9en veiled under con6ci ontious scrunles. for Seward, in a confidential instruction to Mr. Adams, the minister to Groat Britain, on 10th March. 1862. said: "If the Government of the United States should precip itatdy decree the immediate abolition ot slavery, it would reinvigorate the declining insurrection in every part of the South." Subsequent rever ses and the refractory rebelliousness of the so ceded -Statoj caused a change of policy, and Mr. iinCOin lSSueu UlS ceicurk.eu piuviniuBuuu, brutum fulmen, liberating the slaves in the "in surrectionary districts." On the 24th June, 1776, one of the reasons assigned by Pennsylva nia for her separation from tho mother country nan that, in her sister colonies, tho "King had excited the negroes to revolt" and to imbue their hands in the blood 01 meir masters, in a manner unpractised bv civilized nations. This, prpbai bly had reference to the proclamation of PunrrJbre, the last royal Governor of Virginia, in 1775, d rin freedom to all servants or negroes, if they would join ""for the reducing the colony to a nroner sense of its duty." The invitation to the slaves to rise against their masters, the sug nested insurrection, caused, says Bancroft, "j thrill of indigriati ui o run through Virginia, effacing all differences of party, and rousing one strong, impassioned purpose to drive away the insolent power oy wmcu it uavi uwu yukuu. A cotemoorarv aunalist, adverting to tne . same proclamation, said "it was .received with the greatest horror in all tho colonies." : . "The policy adopted by Dunmore," says Law renea in Lis notes tn Wheaton, "of: arming the alnvcc (rain4t tho.ir muxterB. was not; pursued du'- rinff the war of the Revolution: Vril when ne groes were taken by tho English, thy were not considered otherwise than as property and plan der." Emancipation of slaves as a war measure has been ssverely condemned.aud denounced Vy the most eminent publicists in Europe and the United States. The United States Mm their di plomatic relations have ever maintained," says the Northern authority lust quoted,1 that slaves were private property; and for them; as snch,they have repeatedly receivca compensauon . irum "Rftp-land." Napoleon. I.' was never: induced to Issue a proclamation for the emancipation cf the nrix 111 111a vrm. nitu au4j.- . . . . baro irmed against her a patt of her' population v Tmelaiming the li erty of the serfs. A great T,mhir villages asked it of me. but I refused to avail myself of it meisteure which would have aa irAoth t hr.uamds of families." In the ! dUoussions growing'out of the treaty 'of peace of dan gerotti than adva&celr JBehinrl na. arb 1nfe Honty'aodi1 degradation .Before AaC ia every-" thftg feitidBg toa-patriht.: y?ZZ wupwmw aura juipucauie ioes are preparing yroujlyJjGpr the: 40ffli'!am;'(s4 -a . a -"wwj u jkc w uonrraaf m e vea l&aX v. Qeergla . 5?7:TTr " w w-ieirjaiai:awriot fudges like Bus teed, would hold our courts, pro tected by Yankee soldiers. Churches would be filled by Yankee or tbry preachers. Every office would be bestowed on aliens. Absenteeism would curse us with all its vices. Superadded to these. sinking us into a lower abyss of degradation, we would be made tne slaves ot our slaves, hewers ot wood and.drawers of water for those upon whom God has stamped lndelably the marks of phrsi- t i 1 n 1 l r r mt m cai ana lnwuociuai lnieriority. xne past or 101s eign countries need not be sought unto to fur nish illustrations of the heritage of shame that subjugation would entail. Baltimore, St. Loui?, Nashville, Knoxville, New Orleans," Vicksburg, hluntsviiie, . Norfolk, Newborn, Louisville and Fredericksburg are the first fruits of the ignominy and poverty of Yankee domination. Tho sad story of the wrongs and indignities endured by those States which havo been In the complete or partfttl possession of the enemy, will give tne oest evidence y tne consequences ot subjugation. Missouri, a magnificient empire of . 1. 1 3 ... - . agricultural ana mineral weaitn, a. 10-aay a smoking ruin ana tno theatre 01 the mesl re- ai a n a voiting cruelties ana Darnarisms. The. minions of tyranny consume her substance, plunder her citizens, and destroy her peace. The sacred rights of freemen are struck down, and the blood of her children, her maidens and her old men, is made to flow, out of mere wantonness and reck lessness. No. whispers ot freedom go unpdnish' ed, and .tbe .very ins tip eta of seU-preservation are outlawed. The worship of God and the rites of sepulture have "been shamefully, inter rupted, and, in many instances, tne cultivation of tho soil is prohibited to her own citizens These facta are attested by many witnesses and it is but a just tribute to that, noble and chiraU rous people, that, amid barbarities almost unpar allelod, they still maintain a proud and defiant spirit toward their enemies. In Maryland, the judiciary, made subservient . .. . . 1 i .1 . . '. to executive- aoaoiuusiu, lurniBnes no security for individual rights pr personal freedom ; mem- burs of the Legislature are arrested .and impris oned without process of law or assignment .0 cause, - and tne wnoie iana groanetn under tne oppressions ot a merciiesa tyranny. j In Kentucky, the ballot-box has;Been over. thrown, free speech Is suppressed, the - most .vex atious' annoyances harass and 'embitter; and. all the arts arid appliances of 'an unscrupulous des potism are freely used to prevpnt the Uprising of the noble patriots ot "the dartcana bloody ground." Notes, of gladness, ' asnrances! of a brighter and better day, rbacb'fus, "Vnd the exiles i may tak tcouragev and hope for "the. fu -ture. ; ' ' ' " - - :! . x r ' In Virginia, the model. of all that illustrates human heroism and self-denying patriotism, al though the tempest of desolation nts swept; over her fair domains, no sign of repentance for her separation from the North -can od found. Her old homesteads dismantled, her ancestral relics destroyed, her people impoverished, her territo ry made the battle-ground for the md hocks of contending hosts, and then, .divided. vjpth hire-' ling parasites, mockingly claiming jurisdiction and authoriey, the Old DominSoa till s! aiids with proud "crest and 'defiant mienFKetadv to tramp, beneath her heel every usnrpe land tyrant,- and to illustrate ftfresb- her tic ierkper ty rannis, the prbadest motto that- ever.-jfelazedaB., a nation's ishield or-a warrior's arms!" 5 M '' ' - To prevent such effects on peoplcr fee now prosecuting this struggle:' It is no mSH irar of ca!culation, no contest for a "pariculaf kijid - of property, no barter of precious blood y0T filthy lucre. Every'thing Involved in teao&wdi civs iliztioD, religion, lawr property, caol,home, is at stake. We ight not tor plund er, spoils, pillage, territorial conqriest.'. The G iemment tempts by np prizes of ,beauty:or booty," to be drawn. in theydttery c'fvtlriswarV ?"rye seek td preserve civil freedom, honor, cqtialityj'firsidof,. and blood is.VeUBhed, whan shed . fof pur fami; ly; for our frieid?, fot oar kind for bull country, for oar God.1' - Barko said?a 8?aUi resolved to hazard its existence rather than atoindpn' its'"H ject, must hat an infinite advantage foyer that which is resoivea ioyioia, rauier inarccaTxy iw ponding efforts should be mjtde on . odr : Without murmurinr," our people should-respond w wje iawp, -wnicn me exigency aemanos. svery wuecapama 01 Dearing arms, inouia ne connect ea , witn womo eccU veJxallitary vorginixttion. xne utmost energleiibf ithe whole population should W taxed to oroduce food and. cloth i nr. and a spirit of cheerfutneea and trust in an all- wwe ano-overmiing iTrovidonce-ahoald ' bo cuU tivated-: . i,l.';.s ,. - i ' The history of the hait threo veara has1 much to animate us to renewed effort and a firmer and Imore assnred bona. A 'whntf rtAnnla i"i iWm var a ear is una Doaies to repel the Invader, and7 SPauy racrmcea nave: Man. made on the altar of our country. No similar Instance is to be found or sucn spontaneous uprising and volunteering. Inspired by1 a holy patriotism, again and again nave our brave soldiers, with the aid 6f EUavon. laffled Ihe-efforta of our foea. It is in no ar rogant spirit that wo refer to anocesses that have cost us so much blood, and brought sorrow to so "" oM. no may xinu ir an wis an ear nest of what, with determined and retolnte ex ertion, we can do to avert aubjugation aodilave-t r7 fcad w6.4iannotfail to discern, in our delivri erance from so manv and so crreat norilk. thV5 interposition of that Being whowilLnoUfQrs"akej ub ia mo u-iais mat are to come. Let us,Hhen,t looking upon the bodies ot our loved and bonor- ed dead; catch inspiration from their examplej auu earner renewed ciinndence and a firmer: ro- f solve to tre$d, with unftltring trust, thd path; that leads honor and peace, although lead5 through tears and suffering and blood. ; We havemo "alternative but to do our ditv. t KWtf combaXfor prpperty, rtomes, the honor f onrj 1 Ins- lL.f..l C ..... .. f yivv juium 01 out cniiarm, tne preterva; tion ofosflk fair land from pollution, and l-to' avert a doopa which wo can read, bath In tbe threats ofv&iur enemies and the acts of oppression! we have alluded to in this address. The situation ia rave, hnt f.ir niahiaa na int! excuse for despondence. Instead of harsh critfai eisms on vve Government Ttnd our General" : instead orbewaHing the failure to accomplish imposf,iDiiwj8, we snouid rather be grateful, humbly ana: profoundlv. to a hpnlo- dence, for1, the results that have rewarded Jir la: 8 R3g'mlwrln rae disproportion in popu-1 lation, in military amd naval resources, and the deficiency W skilled labor in the South, our ae oompiiBnn4,sni8 nave surpassed those recorded of any people tho annals of the world: There is no just robn for. hopelessness or fear. . Since'! tne outbrcv of the war the South has lott the nominal pt4808sion of the Mississippi river and i fragments;-,!, be territory, but Federal occupan-! cy is not mqaesi;. xne nres or patriovsm still burn unenchably in the breasts of those who! are subject? to foreign, domination. We yef have in our uninterrupted control a territory which,! according ,0, past progress, will require the., ene my lemyevs to overrun. The One'ny is not free from difiicuUles. With an enormftu debt, the financial convulsion, long; postponed-' is'surely coming. The short props in the United States and abundant harvests tni Europe W,ll hasten what wa9 otherwise ineyi table. Many sagacious persons in the North, discover in the usurpations of their Government, tne certain overthrow of their liberties. A large numoer revolt irom tne unjust war WHged upon the South, and would gladly bring it to an end. Others look with alarm upon the complete subversion of constitutional freedom by Abra ham Lincoln, and feel in their own persona.! tho bitterness of tho slavery which three yearsof . 1 , 1 . 1, . . ! war iiav lauoa to innict on tne South. Jtfrave and earnest men at' tbe North have spoken out against the usurpation and cruelties daily prac ticed. The success of these men over the radical and despotic faction wh ch now rules: the North, may open the wajr to peaceful negotiation and; a cessation of this bloody and unnecessary. warJ In Conclusionwe exhort our fellow citizens td be of good cheer and spare no labor, nor sacrl-i b flees, that may be necessary to enable us toi win! mo campaign upon wnicfr we nave just entered We have passed through, great trials of affliction but suffering and humiliation are the'schooVmas ters that lead nations to self-reliance and lndel pendence. These disciplinary providences but mature and leyelop, and solidify our people.-J We beg that tho supplies and resources of th country, which are ample, may be sold to the! Government to support and equip its armies. i Let all spirit of faction and past party differences! be forgotten iri the presence of our cruel foe. I' We should nor despond. We should be ;self4 denying We should labor to extend to the ut-J most, the productive resources of the country.: We should economize. The families of soJdiW should be cared for and liberally supplied. Wcl entreat from) alt, a generous and hearty co-oper-1 ation with the Government in all branches of its! administration, and with; the agents civil or rnilitary; in tho performance jof their duties. Moral aid has the "power of : tho . incommuni-4 6able, and by united efforts, by an all-ompreJ hendihg'and'selfeacrificirjg patriotism, we j can with the blessing of God, avert: the perils whicbi environ us, and achieve for ourselves and chil-4 dren'peacef and freedom. Hitherto the iLord has Interposed graciously to bring us vijtory,( and in His hand there is present power to proJ vent. this great multitude which come against us,! from casting us out of the possessions which He! hath given us to inherit. T. J". Semmes, j J. L. Orr, '. 5 A. K..Maxwolld Committee cm part of the Sena'.o. mftAKi ?R0ii m sexStaSF of i(fHt a U.y ,raer full amount expressed ob their faoe wltkoat i. Ura.Vnd are not mbjoet U ma fil5l fir ih.r cuUrxplain. th limlUtioA -oiaafi arivilera tlltJtSlf APril. nduiaiX JTaiifcf1? uby PriVrawhith will occur at tie eBd of ih moalh f jr,. THE WRIT Or HABEA8CORPtJS. jPASSAQI Ot Til J BIU..TO 8UP2) T?X RIV1 . ; LJQK THaRIOJ1 IN CXRTi.IN CASXS. - -v to' be conquered, by any "other natioiaf than tha United States. It is better to bo a dejpendenc y; of an other power than of that. By: the con dition of its existence and essential constitution, as now governed, ft must be in perpotoal hoatiK ity to u. ; As the panis MhVader urned Wi ships to make rrtfeatiniposaible, so we cannot afford to take steps backward!. 'Retreat Is more t -mm r -a j. w. yiapp, - J. L. M. Cfurry, Julian Hartridgc, John Goode. Jr., W.N H. Smith, Committee of House of Ropresentatives. Tho following was passed by Congress in so-' cret session,- and the injunction of secreay having bee,ij removed, we are at liborty to give ir pu' 4icity : . j A, Bill to Suspend the Privilege of Me Writ of ( "m n CeTi aui UUtUU Wbereas. tho Omstitution of ih' flan fcii Srates of America provides in Article J,Section 0i?rasTtPh 3 -' "the writ of habea ieorpu shall not be suspondoi unless when Id case of roDeinon or iavasiohk the public safety may re ube it;" and whereas, tho. nowar of nenanin theprivnego of said writ, as recqgniwd in said Article 1. is vestod solelv irtha Hnna-wv -mYiu is the exclusive judge of the AaeAadlv f ...k suspension; and whereas in the opinio of the CongreM, the public safety requires; Inafaipen sion of said writ in the existing case, of tha lnva sioqj of those Stat$; and whereat, tho Tretident has asked for the auspensdon of the vnt Af AaAm corjmaand informed Congress of conditions of public danger which render the suspension of tho OBro proper lor tne public defense against invasion and insurrection; now, there fore, . "The Congress of. the' Confederate Mat,, nr America do enact, That during siere of the Confederate States, the privilege of ".win v rwoisas cortyu pa ani : hereby, suspended; but such suspension shall apply only to the cases of persons arrested or de tained by order of the Presidont. Secretarv of War, or the, General! Officer commaadiog tho Trans-Mississippi., Military Deoartmont. hvih authority, and under the control of tha PpoaT. dent It is hereby declared that tha Jvongress in the passage of this act is to provide mure eaectuauy ior mo piblic safety , by sus pending tho writ of Aniens corpus in the follow ing cases and no other : "is Gf treason, or treasonable efforts or com- binations to subvert the government of the Oon federate States. ; ; II. Of conspiracies to. overthrow tho govern ment, or conspiracies to resist the lawful au thority of thejCon federate States. "Ill- Of combining to assist the enemy or of communicating intelligence to the enemy, or giving him aid and comfort. ? utV. Of oot piracies, preparations and at tempts to ifceite servile insurrection. ,ey. Of desertions or eacour aging desertions,' of harboring deserters, and of attempt to avojd military service : Provided. That in case of pal pable wrong and oppression by airy subordinate officer upon any party who does not legally owe military service, hiaeuperior ofllcer shall grant pronpt relief to tho oppressed party, and the subordinate shall be dismissed from office. ' jVI. Of spies and Other emissaries ot the ene4 . tVLT. Of holding correpondonce or inter course with the enemy, without necessity, and without the permission of the Confederate Slates ' ' ' ' j VIII. Of unlawful trading with the enemy. and other offences against the laws of the Con federate States, enacted to promote their suecfiee in the war. IX. Of conspiracies, or attempls to liberate prisoners of war held by tho Confederate States. iX. Of conspiracies, or attempts or prepara tions to, aid the enemy. ; Of persons advising er inciting others to abandon the Confederate caoieor to resist the Confederate States, or to adhere to the enemy. ''Xll. Of unlawfully bur niag,. destroying or injuring, or attempUng to burn,etroyr injur any bridge or railroad, or telegraphic line of communications or property, 'with the intent of aidine the enemy. 1 "XlII Qf, treasonable designs to impair the military power of the Government by . destroy ing, or attempting to destroy,' the vessels or arms, munitions of war, or arsenals, foundries, Work shops, or other property of- tHe Confederate .Stales. - . . , '1SiC. 2. The President, shall caose proper bflcors to irjvosU ;ate the casos of all persons so arrested, or detained, in order that they may be discharged if improperly detained, 1 unless ' they can be speedily tried in due course of law. J '-8ic. 3. That during the suspension aforesaid, no military or other officer, shall be , compelleeV in .anywm pi naoeas prpus wappear in person, Thomas Bocock, Speaker H. of R .Walter Prestonr John .McQueen, .- Charles WJRussell, , W Lander, A H Cofl row, 0 J Munnerlvn. Thomas S Ashe,' - , O R Singleton, J L Pgb, -AH Arlington; Wall4r. R Staples, A; R Bother, Thomas 'J Foster, W BSnaftb, K B HilU n, Charles' JVilIere, J W MW Lacion J fuprcf John C Atkin, . Israel Welsh, H Wra G Swan, FB Sexton, T-L Burnett, t Geo. G Vest, : Wra. Porcher Miles. F Barksdalo, - if Charles F Collier, FWGray, ; WW Clarke, Wm. W Boyce, ur w return mo uoay pi. any. person or persons detained by him,' bythe authority of, the PresU dent. SecreUry of Wan or the General officer Rob't, 4i Breckinridge, John. Jl Chambliis, Sit. John;M LJLrtin, Porter.XngTm, AJLGarland, E SDargan4 Jj Jfunsten, TbomasiD HbDeWtlf, J R McLean. - R B Bridgory, Q .W Jones, - ; BSGaither, George yr: fi wing, V W,D Holder. V, . t Danr.WXewis,. Henry E tSmd," A J Davidson, M U MacwilHe, James Lyons, Casper W Bell, John J McRae, John Perkins, Jr., Row Johnson, James Farijow,, ; W l6impeon, I Laciua J Gattrell, m x.uraam; John B Baldwin, B It Bruce ! Thcmla-BrHanly, W PChiltoa, j. A H Kenan, .. . C M Conrad, EC M Bruce," David Clopton, ! W B Machon, X C DeJarnatte, H O Chambers. com miniJing the Trans-MUaisiippi Doparmeot ; out upon me ceruncato, jinaer oatn w tne om ,cer liaylng charge if any . one so. detained, that siiclji person. is detaXned by !him as a prisoner for any. of ihjcaosee herein , before .specified, j under the iauthority aforesaid, fu'rthei, prpceedinrs un. de ;he 'writ; of habeas corpus shall immediately cease and remain uspeoded so long as this act shall continue in force. "Sxo. 4. This act shall; continue in force for ninety days after the next meeting of Congress, n.;n;O.l0ir' r : . ; i t ' : ' 1 H, ' " elar ibatthe President and Superintond entbf the Southern Teleerapb Auuviatfon arA carding the arrest of the operator In the various citi'a who have, formed an association- for se.f prd iociiofl, nd-that several have been! tent to canips of inatruclion. Such a course was scarce ly Necessary, unless "dictated by extremely small miMittf tot we know that some of these gentle .me f would .rather be i n the-- rankay with xauskela -on j, their,, sbouldera, than eagagedi inhe per forinanco of tasks' in which they pave ex perience edoaly'injiMiica and a tolerable shade oftyran- " ' - - -' u . ? Tha press, and people are; indebted -to these self fame gfrnUeman tor all they have received of nws during tho war, and our. journal, at least shalt ba one that will tot forget i(s'gt atitude. CblumUa Souih Carolinian. - 1 1 1 ,WM?aaaaaeMaaaaaaaiaaaaaa T1TOTICE ITO: FAUMERS i Aim ' PlJUf jilt TERS.-1 have a Urge lett of JENT CLOTH, mutable for bailing oottoo aad for Wjacon covers, sell ing cheap. Also the highest cash ' prioe bal J for oot too raga. oast and wrought iron aad all kinds of fur. feb 2-d6tw3t JOHN P. AVBRT& 2Tol9 Old stxeti 'yy- 3- r
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