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BY ADAIR & SMITH.
A-tlanta, G-eox*gia 4 Thursday Evening, -Tune 25, 1S63.
VOLUME III -TSTo. 115
i.EO. W. ADAIR J. HK.N'LY SMITH
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“ Franklin Building..
Sine Koala Ink far Mala.
Wo hare for lule a barrel of *<me 400 Ibe.
" f superior Priotera’ Ink, made in Richmond,
of Linseed Oil. It ie n finer article, and morn
costly than wo wieb to use for Newspaper
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Hager for Bacon.
AU peni.me haring Baoon to epare, oan ex
change the same for Sugar, if they desira to dp
ko. by bringing the Baoon to the atpre of Wil
lis k Young, in this oity. The exchange'wilt"
bn made at the price* eelnblUhed. by (he Im-
prcitiioient Coiomiesioaer* for eaeh of these ar-
J. F. CUMMINGS,
. jun*24-tf Major A. C. S.
tttrk fine Buggy. Horse, Buggy and Harness
on consignment and lor sale by
ROBERT L. CRAWLEY,
j< 2.1 2t Franklin Building.
iPW-A fow barrels good riargar on consign,
men) and for sale by
ROBERT L. CRAWLEY,
je? r »3t - Franklin Building.
Atteutte.* Hook and Ladder Raerfl
You are hereby ordered to appear at the
Truck House thin (Friday) erening at 6 o’clock
for drill. Krery member of the company ia
expected to be presont. By order of the Cap
tain.
W. G. KNOX, ©. 8,
Juno 25-It • ■
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1863.
t H. GOETZEL, MOBILE—PCBLISHEB.
We hav* perused ltd* poem with maeb bot not un-
mi ogled pleasure. It ia executed in tbs highest aerie
ef elaborate art. hue a* regard* structure and eoapooi-
Uon thaacoatume sad rhetorical finish. The atory i*
•aid to be founded an a Oensen tradition, which rep-
reeeat* that e young Knight, In violation ef his troth,
had teen seduced by the Cyprian Goddess, who being
directed of her dirtae attributes, sod retaining only
ea superstition and the ad rest of the religion of Christ
fate up her throne in one ef the recesses of the Hill
el Iloersel, Bear the domain ef Herman, a landgrave,
the uncle of Elizabeth, tbs lady-loTS ef Tannhanter.
The loser disappears. Elizabeth ptaee through disap
pointed affection. ' "
The Landgrave, ia the hope ef diverting tbs mind of
bis niece from poio'ul memoriae, annoaaeee through
the heralds ‘that the minstrel-knights ia Wartbarg
ah-mld er arane in held high combat in the riafl ef
g.” Tanahsaser re-appaers, and taken hh ptaee
■he-Battle of the Bards.' HU these la one of
■nous enjoyment. He gage ef the grooear pleaa-
nres Of loro. Tlie ooeoshled bearers hreema Inr.-na-
ad. They threaten bit life Elizabeth In an Indignant
strain shames them from-their purpose. Tannhaur'
er is driven from the praaence of the nuemUy. Sliza-
beth suffers for many, weeks {he pangs *.f unrequited
love. A procemion of Pilgrims from Rome peases
through yrartburg.nuhOaat of remitt:d alas.” Tabu-
haoa'-r is not of them. Hie sin has been pronounced
deadly and irremediable.” Elizabeth is borne to her
tomb. Taanbanser is found by bis friend Wolfram
i atones and atnbba ofa neighbor
ing hilfiasore and Iona pilgrim, hUapint crashed, bte
He relates that hie petition tar par
don had beendoeiad ot Rome. He laarns of the death
of Uitaoetb. The bier an which her body rests is
borne peat with tbs I-and (rare as mourner. Tsmt-
banter falls an the bier and expirer. A moment
alter a message af forgive#*** arrives from Rome.
A leading defect here ia that the message of pardon
does not reach Tenaheueor before he expires. As his
penitence was sincere, it k a denial of poetics! jastice
to send him oat of the world without the eon-ctenaneu
(hit his sin had keen forgiven. Whether ov not the io-
Irodnetion of love as embodied in one of the deities of
Olympus is mount to be allegorical it transcends the pre
rogative of legitimate allegory. Itwaa the privilege of
tho Greek* and Roman, to bring their deities from
theskioe tomiegla in hnmanpursuits,
license to clothe a mythological
passions and blend them with
Clary. Tannhauser meela the God-
“ red by her charms, and forthwith
y “0b, not for bimalone, and not for that
Which to remember now makes life 'or mo
A Wilderness of homeless grief*. I plead
before yos; but,O Prince*, for y ourrc'.ves;
For *11.that In your nobler nature stir.
To vindicate Forgiveness and enlarge •
The lovely laws at Pity I Which of you.
Her* In the wiinej* of nHjodging God,
Stands spotless ? - Whiehof you will boast himself
Mor* missy* My 1 rjrrrrl klab man
flea L whose heart of iff that Bred in 11
tie hath untenanted I Oh horrible 1 —
Unheard of I from the blr seed lap of life
To send tho S3ul,a3feepin all her sins,
Down to prrdlhca I Be not your hand
rodo thu desperate wroogin tight of oil
Tho rothfal faces of the Saints in Heaven.”
There are >any l^antira of poetical thought add
diction scattered throughout the poem, which are
pearls of high prico to thooa who may appreciate their
value, end which appear to be <lroppr<L by. the gay
side from opulence of fancy. As on* instance what
cab be conceived more delicately beautlfnl t han (he
image at the. dose of the poem, concisely describing
the hermitage of Sir Wolfram I -
“Three gray rocks; sad, over these
A mountain ash that, mourning, bond lry head,
Drops her red rasuiy on a ruin'd celt.”
This ia one of the meant-puMieuUens of the largo
publishing house of 8. H. Gogkel Mobile. ,Tbe
typographical execution is extremely neat, mod will be
meal, we am confident, from their enterprise and
(sonata, of their ability, as publishers, to issue
equally well other hoiks, which we understand are in
oonrse of pUMIcation by them. C.
Gothic
■KW HOOKA.
Robert ami Harold, or He-Young Maroones, hy
Rev. F H. Golding. Marou, Georgia: Burke•
Boykin 4 Co,
This captivating volume, the original edition
of which wjs rend uiih so much avidity, North
and Smith, uh wrli as in Europe, where largo
editions were issued, has been re-publiihed by
the enterprising ho.no of Burke, Boykin Si Co.
It is a record of important tru.ha and in*
cidcnls, thrown together in the form ol e wells
told talc. The whole inculcatea elevating moral
lesions, and may ho read writh pleasure and
profit l*y all. The elyla in which the jiook I*
printed is highly creditable to the publisher*—
tho priniin.* being, tiearer and more uniform
than any work that tve have seen printed during
the war."
77.* f’ljie Bprlier and Bender, fly W tally of
Georgia. Maron, Georgia : Burke, Boykin Q-
Co. •
This ia liile of a lit tic work of 142 page*, dew
signed as tho first of a aeries for the use of
schools.- It combines lessons in reading and
spelling, und ia adapted to the progressive grades
of scholarship of tho beginner. Moat of tho
book is original, but the authoress refers to a
few selections from the Southern Field and Fire*
aide, a paper which she characterizes at “con*
raining some charming stories lor Ibe little
folks.” Several pieces of poetry era token from
* Songs for the Little Ones at Home.” The
book is u timely and excellent one, and we hope
to see it introduced into our icbools.
Both theio books sro for sale iu this city by
McPherson.
from tha Roma Southerner.
The Sematarahlp of this District*
It is generally understood, by what moans
1 do not know, thnt Mr. Miteholl, oar present
able and distinguished Senator, doe* not de-
giro re-olection. In that event, it is time we
were looking nronnd for somA worthy nnd
suitable man to fill his place. Floyd had the
last Senator—It would be natural, then, as
well as jast, that Chattooga or Bartow should
bavo tho next. H»t either county a suitable
man ! Either ho* several. I would suggest,
as a suitable candidate,' Captain Charles Mai
laco Howard, now in the command of an ar
tillery company at Shvannah. He is a man
of peerless morality and unquestionable abili
ty, And withal a gentleman of pleasing nnd
affable manners.
His capacity, if elected, would make kin
once ono of tho lea Jing man of the Senate.
Well versed in boms and foreign polities, ho
would be eminently qualified for snob a posi
tion in times of great troubla like the present.
Without desiring, to be obtrusive, or to be
considered a* the partisan of Captain Howard
or any one else. I throw oat these snggestione
far public reflection. It is a subject upon
which tho people hays, and ought to feel, the
deepest interest.
j«25 * CHATTOOGA.
An Important Case,
Was argue ! to-day at chambers in this oily,
before Judge Ball, involriag the constitution
ality of the Improvement lnw pasted at the
late session of Congress. The case is this :
Maj. Cummings, Assistant Commissary Gener
al at this Post, under instructir.ua from the
Secretary of War, impreseed.for the use of tha
army a certain number of barrels of tu
belonging to W . B. Jones & Co., of Richmond,
Ya., but which was stored in the warehouse
of Cox, Hill & Co., of this city. The owners
of the sn;ar oomplained that the price feed
by tbe commissioners was not jast oompc
tion, nnd ordered nation to be commenced
against Mejos Cummimgs for Ute recovery of
tbe tnghr. In pursuance of this, Me
Cox, nili k Co., (the person* in wboee pos
session’tha property was at the time ef soil
ure) sued out n Possessory Warrant, whirh
process was served upon Major C. He ap
panted* bi'fer* tho Magistrate who issued. I
warrant and the parlies mutually agreed
make n case of it and teat the validity cf.th
law n* speedily ns possible; henee, by con
sent it was heard to-day by Judge E ill out of
term time, and will go up to the Supremo Court,
no matter what his decision may be, so that
the constitutionality of the Imprestmout law
will be parsed upon by the final arbiter in
this State, at tho next term of the Supreme
Court.
The plaintiffs in ttis cnaedeny the sutoori-
ty of tho ‘imprciimeut Commissioners to nr
an arbitrary j>riet to be paid for every man I
goods which the geverniffcalnvy f.oni neces
sity impress, without^ regard to ibe circum
stances of each particular case. They deny
that prices thus fixed are, or oan be, in all
cuwt, ‘jnst compensation,' and deny that it
is jast compensation in this c..se : henoe the
suit involves the consiitutionality of this fea
ture efthe law, and the competency of Con
gress to pass such a law.
betides, what mar be ca"e.l a polit-
Hea'ben mjtholofyla blended with
It Is as diStenlt of belief that this
celestial vbitan t>f tha earth, who captivate# the hero-
of tho poem, zhonld hold her court in a German cava
In the middle age* as that Tannhauser should ftU in
loro with ono of the “wanton* of Ot/mpue,” unless
wo allow v> great a license In allegory as to violate all
the laws of probability and historic truth.
Tha chief distinction of the poem Is tha dramatic
beauty of it* picture*. There is not, from tbe slmpli-
city.of the story, much room for tho pixy of the pav-
atons, there bring no etmgtie or conflict of contend
ing emotions, bat'-the attraetlreasM of tbe separate
pietara and their ettillfal combination impart a high
and romantic interest to the principal adene*. The de
fiant boldness and p'reistent energy of Taniihatuer/
wboee licentious lays sheik tha assembly wherein he
appears lo contend for the prize of r etry—the gontle-
nesa of Wolfram, of the Willow, whom muse u * melo-
diorw-melaooholy”—the indignant strain of Sir Wilford.
of the nill*,wboto Call to arms and tbe attendant clam
or that shook tha rery rafters of the bnlMing-the calm
appeal ofvbo Landgrare who sough* to appease tha storm
with word* of peace, af d (he lofty rahuke of Elizabeth,
XL* poured fevth-Terd' of Hetsr seen and hnrsimt
indignation on the hoods of the authors of the scheme
to destroy Tanohaeser—form ia their scc.-esslon and
toate taeembu a seriee of the most brilliant and pictures
que effects.
The procession of the Friars, during which Elizs-
beth’a last hope of the return of her penitent lover
fled, forme a touching sequel to her sorrows. Is finely
conceived, and I* a graceful accompaniment to this
part of the poem. The termination is rather tragical
than pathetic. Tho penitential sorrows of Tannhauser
do not touch tho reader, nor are the sufferings of Eli
zabeth of so poignant a character a* to deeply interact
tho feelings. Her woe* are bnmght before us rather
action. As a story tho work is do-
in continuous and sustained inter.
flcjtni, therefore^ i
As relates to the characterization, tho hero of the
piece t* a tame personage. Ho doss not Interest the
imagination, because he knot cast In a heroic mould,
although hie genius is of a high poetical order. The
repentant sinner is not an object of poetical attraction.
He tooes in admiration what ho gains In moral excel,
loner. The elements of romantic interest are for re
moved from this sphere. Deads of daring rather
than acts of repentance win and concentrate general
regard. Hence Tannhaaeor passe* Off the scene
without respect and efP without ^sympathy.
Hi* friend. Sir Wolfram, wins to the tact on our regard
and admiration. -There k something Indescribably
touching in bis friendship for Tannhausor. Amidst
all tho changes in the fortunes of tho latter ha adheres to
him with the tenacity of a loving heart, and ia a spirit
of beautiful self-sacrifice.
Elizabeth is not brought near enough to the reader
to elicit his prolonged sympathy. Her rharact r
a only partially developed. Except In the acene
descriptive of the battle of the Bards, her action is
, Hare her noble traits of character—her cour
ageous generosity—her regard for Jastice—her lore
od with her instincts of tenderness—are brought
Into fio* relief. In the other parts of the poem she
almost recedes from view. Her - dying scene is
The chlof merit of the prcdaction, as we heforq init
iated, will he.foaad to consist, not In atractore and
composition, hut In picturaaqaeoeos and descriptive
beauty. It* vers* h clothed iu harmonious aum
The author’s imitation of Tennyson Is perceptible at
the Sr»l glance. Bat although the imitation is with an
intatligen sense af his beauties—hlr>killf»l inversions
—hie exquisite beanty of diction and his variety
melody—will the hnitelioe is eo stsue aa te oooy even
rythmical pauses. And the general coincidence to
versification, in language, and in Incident between
Tannhauser and the “Princew" of that anther is too
striking not to be perceived by the most superficial
Rut we must protfet against the lavish aea of Al-
Imagery is sparingly used, but such as exists is em
ployed gracefully and always with delicacy. What
can bo mot* poetical than the comparison between the
extinction in darkness of Paganism and the bursting,
into sudden light °t Cfcs ebrtatain faith, fit thrse
lines! '
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4n a-t its colored l.rarcry frdes, and foil
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Hr. Lincoln's Letter.
from the perusal bftbiTdMnment^fe 1 pifonn*
which professes to elucidate the policy of the
arrests mad* by the Yankee Government and iis min
ions. It ie proper that all shoald know tbe grounds of
that policy. We have-placed them on record that our
Jurists and Judges, and all who lay ’claim to the dis
tinction of expositors ef the constitution, may become
duly enlightened by this new revelation. ,
Tha first thing that strikes the most cursory reader
lathe assumption that bemuse the constitution gives
Congress power to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus
daring a rebellion, tbe same authority is lodged ia the
Exeeutire branch of. the Government, in Its discretion*
bot not only must this assumption be admitted with
-J te the Chief, It is assumed that he may delegate
this authority to any or all his military subalterns —
President himself, under tbe constitution, exerci
ses only adelegated power, but according to tho Lin
coln reading or tha text of that instrument, this power
is transmissible through all tbe degrees and grada
tions of military command. Erery commandant of a
military district may he clothed with eqnil authority to
that reposed In Congress. ’ Personal liberty is thns
placed in the discretion of those who may conceire
the public defense involved'm the arreet of individual*
on mere suspicion. The only tribunal to which tbe
qaeationii to he referred ia the Judgment of the officer
ordering the arrest. .
Mr Lincoln goes farther than this, in his most felj.
cions -interpretation. He arrogates the prerogative or
pm-mtirr^allowing to Congress only rfndieffrs legisla
tion. Hi* gloss of the constitution ia that it provides
forthelattev (the vindictive) but not (or the sweat
and punishment of those in rebellion who only “form
the mall per ceutage. of ordinary and continuous pre-
petratiou of crime,” while “the other (the prerenlire)
is directed at the sadden and extensive nprisings
against.the Government.” So the drift of the Execu
tive Ioffe is to ahow that the constitution i« chargeable
With a Aiatsr-tbat having provided only ford “imall per
cottage" of rebellion, it is competent for thore appoint
ed to execute the law, to to tie tha fow as well, when, in
thtir own conception, it is defectin', in not providing
for tbe “suppression of sudden and extensive upri-
inger
Tbe sagacious expqnnjfer supplements his distinc
tion between prti<»«v#(Jn*d clmUefive features of the
constitution, In this regard,,by another which sheds a
broad light pn tbe difference between criminal and
other prosecutions according to any definition of what
constitutes a criminal prosecution in riew of the c.-n-
stitntion. “But, oays he, tijese provisions of tbe con
stitution (the liberty of speeeh, it the press, the right
of trial by jary, *e) hare no application to Uio case
wo hare in band, because the arrest* oosplaincd of
were not made for .treason—that i* for the treason de-
■k. sr* 1 "p*»n tho conviction of
which the punishment is dcsth—nor yet were mate to
hold persons to answer for any capital or other infa
mous crimes; nor were the proceedings following, in
any^constitnt’onal or legal.sense ‘criminal prosecu
tions.’ Tbe awests were made on totally different
ground^ and the proceedings following accorded with
the grounds of the arrests.”
So according to this astute reasoning the awests do
not oome’within the purview bf the constitution, for
that only spaeks of treaoon-rtAe treason of the consti
tution, leaving us to infer some other treason defined
by the Lincoln Government. To define this new trea-
one of the Executive prerogatives. Mr. Yal-
landigham and those who hav* acted similarly are ac-
quittedof any offense against the constitution—" the
awests were not made, we are told, to hold persons for
any capital or -any other infamous crime”—“the pro
ceedings following were not criminal prosecutions in
any oonstitational or. legal^sense.” Therefore the ar
rests were made without-color of tow* -without consti
tutional warrant, those sweated having committed nq
.■criminal offense,” and yet were deprived of their lib
erty, and placed in dungeons. Was there ever in the
history of Mlf-coariOtion and stu'tificaUon such ad
missions of abuse of power! Tho party in authority
make the orime, define it, and prescribe the.paniihment,
not according to any known precept or law qr constitu
tion, bat some stondard^of.Imaginary public guilt in
their own mind.
If the presumptuou* ignorance which has suq-
.sled the** distinctions were not on an equaHs
ty with the impudence that ar-ogates the jurist
diction given' to Congress * on the' subject,
would be matter of surprise that inch things
should be pnt forth as valid pleas for assump
tion of power. - We will not apeak in the trrms
which the coarieness of the illustration merits,
when the aeceasinnista are compared with bands
of horse thieves, that the law, in it* ordinary
process, is too weak to pnt down. The taste ia
kindred to the logic.
But tbe great sophistry behind all these assumptions
te that in the eontsmplatipu of the Constitution, the
term “rebellion" ia applicant# to the' secession of
Slates as organized political communities. Me. Lincoln
hia other qualifications for discussing constan
ts in happy ignorance ef what is known
in legal lore, that distinct proposi-
made in tha convention to overcome the re-
of the States by force, and peremptorily
jected. By what proeeosof reasoning and rale of
on the term rebellion te allowed it* usual lig
and that of {reason rejected—why those in
are not in tbe commission of treason, are guil
ty of oo criminal oSenee, and yet are the Inmates of
prisons, ths Executive commentator may inform the
public when h* publishes another congenes of hia an
notations.
the Red:
A Literary Sensation.
The celebrated English Novelist, Kioglake, ha. pro
duced a popular sematioa in England and a flatter
among officials by the recent publication of a work en
titled “History of the Innsionof the Crimes.” He b
a writer of great power. The object of his work te to
expose the political and military Wonders of tbe war
in the Crimea on the pat of tha British Government.
But his great purpose is to denounce the alliances
which hire been f-nned with Francs since the seces
to power of Louis Napoleon. The author con-
s that England was catoted Into on alliance with
France against Russia ou that occasion.
His work although abounding with notional prejudice
has wrought great effect on the English minj. The
continuance cf ths entente canticle between tbe two
powers on the opposite side* of tbe British channel te
very pmbtemaUraL The pars onion of tbe British peo
ple that their Ministers were .duped by the French ru
ler tn the Eoss'an war bos been aggravated, in iis
effect, by the claims af the French military to all the
nr.rti»l glory of the combined armies. There is noth
ing Enchshmen detest more than in being^heated
nationally. It may be noticed that alliances with
France hare been since shunned. The Italian compli
cation eras avoid id and the tele remonstrance address
ed to Russia la fovor of Poland was a combined applies-
. tion- Hay not the dimneUaatian of the British Gov
ernment to unite with that of France in offices of me
diation ns regard* the present conflict on (his side
tho Atlantic, fiod Its sotntioa 1m the apprebensi
thstadrantsges would inure to the exetusire benefit
Hung heap'd and sunder'd, ere they renting fell
On Egypt's chariot.*. So there came a hush;
•rST
Of reveTGncf! u
Will cWuh
And » m»rr'd th.cg and
Of the (air face of Mercy. Food
And hard: hare ye no j
For msr. no pity 1 man t
1 nnd nadden'd by the stain that falls
lureiYc
. vhaeed nnd ««-:
>.-»» notie nai
rhrust Dot so test
i.ndurste n r*
Vanquish'd by Pity, br
She,lingering.waitedanswer. but nenac
Across the ..lence. And aga:n »he va .
The Governor 'a Proclamation.
We to day republish, the Proclamation-of
of the Governor exiling for 8,000 volunteers
for home defense, corrected, as the copy from
which it was first set up was imperfect. We
also annex to it the instructions of General
Wayne, to which we invite special attention
Criticism upon “TaBmhauMr.”
To-day we publish a most entertaining cri
tique upon this mysterious poem. The article
from the pen of Mr. J. N. Cardozo, who is one
oi the ablest and most accomplished critics
America. Hia criticiHmz ere always just.
iwsys likely to o'ccur in such ci-cs; and
men a clamor could bs raised in regard to this.
d , , - ,, „ - ... j, which might be, at least, oi s >me service to the
BceoivUoru of a ConzeTta.ire Me £)• j insurgent cause. It needed no very keen per-
lietter fraut l*l»roiu
On tho rclicy of Arrcste in Reply to Certain j
The followingisffBlaiibna, With *OB» others, Vcc'ption to discover tills port oi the enemy's
ere sent, recently, to Lincoln, to which is programme, so soon as by open hostilities their
rpenied also iis reply: .machinery r* 3 fairly put in motion. Ys*,
' v 1V„ m.-etinr hold iu 'hofouehly imbned v.-ith-a reverence lor ihe
UBopted ** "*”***, y . *i-_ j guaranieed right of iudividuels, I was slow to
7 orlc, tn (he loth day of Slay, l , dopt , he elro « g meuurcs which by degrees I
were
appended also bis reply
Resolutions
Albany, New
Ife*i3: ' * i
Resolved, That lbs Democrats'of New York’
point to their uniform course of notion during,
the two years of dvll war through whioh w*
have passed, to the alterity which (hey have,
evinced in filling thfr ranks of the army, te
their contnBationn ‘and sacrifices, a* 1 ten evi
dence of their patriotism and*devotion to the
cause of onr imperiled country. Never in the
history of civil war has a Government been
sustained with such ample resources of means
and men as the people bavo voluu* -rily plac'd,
the hands of thin Administration.
Resolved, That, as Democrats, we are de
termined to maintain the patriotic attitude,
and, despite of adverse and disheartening
circunutantos, to devote all our energies ta
sustain Uio cause of the Union, to securer
peace through victory, and to bring back the
res I oral-on of all the Slates nnder the mfe-
guard* of tho Constitution.
Resettl'd)I, Thai while we will n-.f eonsev.f
b« misapprehended upon these poiu 1 ', »*
are determined not to bo m'*mder>iood ' |
regard to Others not less cseential. We de
mand that the Administration shall be tvub
*-° .U * CoDirlltotirs ; afantl rrrogoixe 1 rU
maiutain tho rights of'the 8tatcs and the l.j.
eitica of the citizen ; shall every*, a ext, oni
side of the lines of nece> ary mi’’ ,nry ocoupc
tion and tbe eeenes of insurrection, exert r£
its povepra to maintaiu the supremacy of Uv>
civil over the military law.
Resolved, That, in view of these prinoipli l,
we'denounce the recent assumption of a mili
tary commander to seize and try a«it : zen *f
Ohio, Clement L. Va'landiphnm, for no ollifr
reason than words addressed to a public meet
ing, in-criticism of the oau-so of tho Admir fi
liation and ia condemnation of tho uili* y
orders of that General.
Resolved, That this assumption of power hy
military tribunal, if successfully asserted,
not only ahrogotes-the' right of the people •
assemblo and dUcnss the offsite of Gov* h-
ment, the liberty of speech nnd of the p. . ,
the right of trial by jury, the law of evidentM
and the privilege of habeas corpus, lint Jr
strikes' a fatal blow at the cuptomacy of .law,
and tbe authority of tho Sutc apd Federal
Constitutions. (
MR. Lte'OctVj ItlFLT. a
Executive. Mansion,
' Washington, Jane 12,180” f
Hon. Ebastus Corning und others:
GentlemenYonrlettsrof May 19,enclosing
tho-resolution:! of a public meeting held. at.
Albany, New York, on the 16th of the same
month, was received several days ago.
"The resolution*, as l undnrstaa.l them, are
-resolvable iota two propositions—first, Ibeav-
pression of a purpose to ou-itaiu tho cairns) of
the Union, to tee tire ponce throngn victory jind
to support the Ada.iaislratiqh in every t*ra-
stilntional find lawful measure to Huppre9e*f]ie
rebellion; and Rrcouilly, a.declaratiou of ton-
sure of the A.ltu : qnlrxli..u fur siip.^ii:iod hn :
c.iUBtitulional acts, snob as tbe making of
military arreris. And from the two proposi
tions, a third is deduced, whioh i *, < hat -the
gentlemen compusing tll» meet tug aro rcs.dvcd
on jdaitig their part to rortiitiaun onr c-.iuteon
Government an.l country despite tho fofly and
wickedness, ns tUc” conceive, of any Alctin-
islratian. This potiilion is ouinently patriot-
1, end as such, 1 thank Ibe meeting, au<l Bon-
gratulale tho iralion for it. My own purpoKe
is the same; so that llio meeting and u.jsolt'
have a common object, and can have no djrter-
enoe, except in the choice of means ov Vtea-
-suies far fti'ccting the object. £
And hero I ought!o close lli'Tpap.-r, ai,fi'
would close D, if there were no appi-ehenrion
that more injurious consequences than any
merely personal to myself might follow the
censures systematically cast upon me for do
ing what, in my view of duly, I coul.l not
forbear. The resolutions promise to support
me in every constitutional and lawful measure
to suppress the rebellion; and I have not
knowingly employed, uor shall knowingly
employ, any other. But the meeting, by their
rosolutions, assert and argue that certain mil
itary arrests and proceedings following them,
for which I i\pi ultimately responsible, are
unconstitutional. I think they are not. The
resolutions quote from the Constitution the
definition of treason, and also tho limiting
safeguards and guarantees therein provided
for tbe citizen oh trial f< r treason, and on his
being held'to answer for capital and otherwise
infamous crimes, and, in criminal proeeonlion,
his right to a speedy and publio trial by an
impartial jury. They proceed to resolve
.“ that these safeguards of the rights of Ihe
citizen sgqjnst tho pretensions of arbitrary
power were intended more especially for his
protection in times of civil commotion.” And
apparently to demonstate the proposition,, the
resolutions proceed: “They were secured
substantially to the EngVsh people after years
of protrr ’ted civil war, and were adopted into
our Constitution at (be close of the Revolu-
Would not the demonstration have
been better, if it could have been truly said
that tbe safeguards had been adopted .and ap
plied during t he civil wars and during’our Rev
olution, instead of after the on* and the close
of the other ? - I, too, am devotedly for them
after civil war, and before civil war, and at all
times,’ ‘‘except when, in cases of. rebellion or
invasion, the pnblio safety may require ” their
suspension. The resolutions proceed to tell
as that- these safegnarde “ have stood the test
of seventy-six yeatj of trial, under our Re
publican system, nnder circumstances which
show that while they constitute the foundation
of all free Government, they are the element*
of the enduring stability of the Republic ”
No one denies that they have so stood the
test up to the beginning of the present rebel
lion, if we except a certain occurrence at New
Orleans; nor does any one question that they
will stand the same test much longer after the
rebellion closes. But these provisions of tho
Constitution have no application to the case
we have in habd, became the arrests were not
made for treason—that ie, not for the treason
defined in the Constitution, and upon the can
viction of which the punishment' is death—
nor yet were they made to hold persons Jo an
swer for any oapitsl or otherwise infamous
erimes; nor were the proceedings tallowing,
in any constitutional or legal sense, “crirni
nal prosecutions.” The arrests were made on
totally different grounds, and the proceedings
following accorded with the grounds of the
arrests. Let us consider the real'cnse with
-licit wo are dealing, and apply to it the parts
of the Constitution plainly made far such
er-ses.
Prior to my installation here it bad been in
culcated tbai any State had a lawful right to se
cede from the national Union, and that it would
be expedient to exercise the right whenever the
devotees ot the doctrine should fail to elect a
President to their own liking. I was elected
contrary to thrir liking; and, accordingly, so far
is it was legally possible, they had taken seven
Stales ofit of the Uuion, had seized many ol the
United States forte, and fired npon the United
State* flag, all before 1 woe iuaugorted, and. of
course, before 1 hod done any official act what
ever. The rebellion thus began soon ran into
the present civil war; end, in certain respects, it
began on very nneqnal terms between life par
ties." Tbe insurgents had been preparing for it
more than thirty years, while the Government
bad taken uo steps to resist them. The former
had corelnlly considered all the means which
cogld be tuinejl to their arconnt. It andquhls
edly was a well pondered reliance with them
that in their own uaresiricted efforts lo destroy
Union, Constitution, and law*, altogether, ibe
Government would, in a. great degree, be re*
strained by the same Constitution and law from
arresting iheir progress. Their sympathizers
pervaded all departments of the Gevernment
have bees forced to regard as being within the
exceptions of the Constitution, and a-o indupen-
eiblo to the public safety. Nothin” i* hotter
known to history than that the courts of justice
are utterly incompetent to such cotes. Civil
courts are organized chiefly for trials of individs
utlo, or, at most, a few individuals acting in
concert; and this in quiet times? and oh chargee
well defined by law. Even in times of peace
bands ef horse thieves and. robbers frequently
grow too numerous and powerful for the ordina
ry courts of justice.. Bat what comparison, in
numbers, have such bands ever bone to the in*
Rurgcnt sympathizers even in many of the loyal
States l Again a jury hat at least one member
more ready to hang a panel than to hang the
traitor. And yet. again. Re who dissuades one
man from volunteering, or induces one soldier
to dt-sc t, weakens tho Union cause as much as
he who fc ills a Union soldier in battle. Yet this
disniunion or inducement may be so conducted
as in lie no defined crime of which any civil
court would lake cognizance.
Ours iz a case of rebellion—so called by the
resolutions before me—in fact a clear, flagrant,
and gigantic case of rebellion; and the provis
ion of the Constitution jliat “the privilege of the
writ of habeas corpus? shall not be suspended,
unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion,
the public sxfeiy tuny require if,” is the provis
ion which specially applies to our present case.
This provision plainly attests (he understanding
of (hose who made the Constitution, that ortlis
miry courts of justice are inadequate to "cases
of rebellion—atteste their purpose that, in such
cases, men may be held, in custody whom the
courts, siting an ordinary rules,, would dis
charge. Habeas corpus does not discharge men
who are jiroved to be guilty of . defined crime;
and its suspension isallowedby the Constitution
on purpose that men may be arrested and held
who connot he proved to be guilty of defined
crime, "when, iu cases of rebellion or invasion,
the public safety may require it.” This is pre-
cisety onr present case—a cate of rebellion,
wherein tbe public safety does require the sua*
pension. Indeed, arrests by process oi ccurts
and arrests in cases of rebellion do not proceed
altogether upon the same basis. The former is
directed at the small percentage of -ordinary nnd
continuous perpetration of crime, while the lat-
teris directed at sudden and extensive uprisings
against tbe Government, which, at most, will
succeed or fail in no great length of lime. In
the latter case, arrests are made, not so much
for wbat has been done, as for what prot.ably
would lie done. The latter is mere for the pre
ventive and lesa for the vindictive than the fora
mcr. In such esses the purposes of men are
much more ensily understood than in ordinary
cases of rritpe. The. man who stands by and
says nothing wh n the peril of his Government
is discussed cannot be misunderstood. If not
deterred, he is sure to help tho enemy; much
more if lie talk9 ambiguously—talks for hiscouns
tty with “huts.” and "ifa,” and “anda." Of
how little value the constitutional provisions I
have quoted will be rendered, if arrests shall
nfivrr l<o made till defined crimes shall have
been committed, may be illustrated by a few no
table examples:—General John C. Breckinridge,
General Robert E. Lee. General Joseph E.
Johnston, General John B. Atagruder, General
William C. Preston, General Simon B. Buc#F
ner, and Commodore Franklin Buchanan, now
occupying the very highest places in the rebel
service, were all within lliv power of the Gov
ernment since tho rebellion began, ’and were
nearly an wellkitowu lobe traitors then ns now.
Unquestionably if >ve bad seized and held them;
the insurgent cause would be much weaker
DoF no one of them had then committed any
crime defined in the law. Every one of them,
if arreste I would have been discharged on ha
beas corpus were the Writ allowed to operate.
In view of these nnd similar cases, I think the
lima not unlikely to coma when I shall lie blam
ed for having inude too few arrests rather than
too ipnny
. By the third resolution the meaning indicates
l ilt.il military atnfsTs may 1.0 consiitutisnal.inlo
entities where rebellion actually exists, but that
such arrests arc unconstitutional in localities
where rebellion or insurrection does not actually
exist. They insist that Such arrests shall not
be made "outside of the lines'ol necessary mili
tary occupation, and the scenes of insurrection.”
Inasmuch, however, as the Constitution, itself
makes uo s iclt distinction,! am unable to believe
that there is any such constitutional distinction.
I conclude that the: class of nn-ests complained
of can lie constitutional only when, in cases ol
rebellion or invasion, tho pnblic safty may re
quire them; nnd I insist that In such cates they,
are constitutional wherever the public safety does
require them; as well in places to which they
may prevent the rebellion extending as in those
where it may he already provailing;1as Well where
they may restrain mischievous interference with
the rflistng arid supplying of armies- to suppress
the rebellion, as where the rebellion may actu
ally be; ae well where they may restrain the en
ticing men out of the army, as where they would
■jrcveni mutiny in the army; equally constitu
tional af all places where they will conduce to
the public safety, as against the dangers of re*
hellion or invasion. Take the particnlar case
mentioned it y the meeting. It is asserted, in
substance.,that Mr. Vallandigham was, by a
military commander, seized and "tried for
no other reason than words addreased to a pub
lie meeting, in criticism of the conrse of the
Administration, and in condemnation of a mili
tary order of a general.” Now, if there he no
mistake about this, if this assertion is the truth
and the whole truth, it there was no other reas
on for the arrest, then I concede that the arrest
was wrong. But the arrest, as I understand,
was made for a very different reason. Mr. Val
landigham avows hia hostility to the war on the
part of the Union, and his arrest was made be
cause he was laboring, with some effect, tff pre
vent the raising of troops; to encourage deser
tions from the army, to leave the rebellion with
out an adequate military lorce to (oppress it.
He was not arrested because he was damaging
the political prospects of the Administration, or
the personal interests of the commanding gen
eral, but because he was damaging tbe army,
upon the existence and Vigor of which the life
nl the nation depends. He was waring npon
the military, and this gave the' military consti
tutional jurisdiction to lay hands upon him.—
If Mr. Vallandigham was not 'damaging the
military power of the country, then ' his arrest
was made on mistake ot fact, which I would be
glad to correct on reasonably satisfactory evi
dence...
I understand the meeting, whom rcsolu
tiona I an considering, to be in favor of sap
pressing the rebellion by military force—by
ariuics. Long experience bos ehown that ar
mies cannot be maintained unless desertion
shall be punished by the severe penalty .of
death. The case requires, and the law and
the Constitution sanction tbis punishment.—
Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who
deeerte, while I mast not touch a hair of a
wily agitator who induced him to desert ?—
This is none tho less injurious when effected
hy getting a lather, or brother, or friend, into
a public meeting, and there working upon hix
feelings till he is persuaded to write the sold
ier boy that he is fighting In a bad canae, for
a wioked administration of a contemptible
Government, too weak to arrest and pnnisb
him if he shall desert. I think that in euoha
case, to silence the agitator and save the boy,
is not only. constitutional, but withal a great
meroy
If I be wrong on this question of cunstiiu
tional power, my error lies in bollaving that
certain proceedings are constitutional when,
in oases of rebellion or invasion, the pnblic
safety require# them, which would not be
constitutional when, in (fie absence of rebel
lion or invasion, the public safety dm* not
require them ; in other Words, that the con
stitution fc nothin iis application. in all res
peels the same, in cases of rebellion or inva
sion involving the public safely, as it ta in
times of profound peace- and public aeeunty.
Tho Constitution itself makes the dtatiiietion;
and I can no more be per-naded that the Gov
ernment can constitutionally take no strong
measures in time of rebellion, because it can
be shown that the tame could not bn lawfully
In giving the resolutions that earnest c.m-
stJeration which you request of me, 1 canuot
overlook lac facl lltai the .meeting speak *9
‘•DcmocraU.” Nor eon I, with full respect
for their known intelligence, and tho lairly
presumed deliberation with which they pre
pared their resolutions, be permitted to sup
pose lhat this occurred by accident, or in any
way other than that they preferred to desig
nate themselves "Democrats,” rather than
“Americans.” In this time of national peril I
would have preferred to meet yon upon a lev
el one stop higher then tuty forty platform :
becattso I am sure (lat, from such more eleva
ted position, we could do bettor battle for Ino
country wo all love than we possibly can from
those lower ones, where, from the force of hab
it,, the prejudices of the past, and selfish hopes
of the future, we-aro sure to expend mitcli of
our ingenuity and strength iu finding fault
with, and aiming blows at each other. But,
since yon have denied me this, I will yet be
thankfal, lor tho country’s sake, that not all
Democrats have done so. He on whose dis
cretionary judgment Mr. Vallandigham Wft>
arrested and tried, is a Democrat; having no
old party affinity with mo; and the judge
who rejected tho constitutional view expressed
in these resolutions, by refusing (> discharge
Mr. Vallandigham on habeas corpus, is a
Democrat of better days than these, having
received his judicial manllo at tho hands - of
President Jackson. And still more, of all
those Democrats who are nobly exposing their
lives and shedding their blood on the battle
field, I have learned that' many, approve the
course token with Mr. Vallandigham, while I
have not heard of a single ono condemning it.
1 cannot assert that there are itone suoh.—
And the name of President Jackson recalls an
instance of portinont history. After tho bat
tle of Now Orleans, and while the lnct that the
treaty of peace had been oonoluded was well,
known in the oily, but before official knowl
edge of it bad arrived, General Jaokson still
maintained martial oY military law. Now,'
lhat it could bo said tho war was over, the
olamor against martial law, whioh had existed
from the first, grew, more furious. Among
other things a Mr. Louaillicr published a de
nunciatory newspaper article. Gon. Jackson
arrested him. A man by fie name of Morel
procured the United Stotos Judge Hall to or
der a writ of habeas corpus to relievo Mr.
I.ouaillier. General Jaokson arrested both
tho lawyer and the-judge. A Mr. Hollander
ventured to cay of some part of tho matter
that "it wr.9 a. dirty triok." Goneral Jackson
arrested him. When the offieer undertook to
serve tho writ of haboas corpos, General
Jaokson took it from him, and sent him away
with a oopy.. Holding the judge i t custody a
few days, he sent him beyond (he limits of
hta encampment, and sot him at liberty, with
anordor to-remain tiU the ratification of peace
should be regularly announced or until the
British should .have left the Southern coast.
day or more elapsed, the ratification of the'
treaty of peace was regularly announced, and
the Judge and others were fully liberated. A
few days more; and the Jndge called General
Jackson Into court and fined him a thousand
dollars for haying arrested him and olherB
named. The General paid the fine, and there
the matter rested for nearly thirty years, when
Congress refunded the principal and interest.
The late Senator Douglas, then a member of
the House of Ueprenentatives, tdfrk • Jeadiog
part iu the debates, in whioh {he constitution-
al-'queation was much discussed. 1 am not
prepared to say whom iho journals would
show to have voted for ihe measure.
It may be remarked: First, That, we bad
the same Constitution thon as now; secondly,
that we then had a oase"of invasion, and now
we have a ease of rebellion; and,' thirdly, that
Ihe permanent right of the people to public
discussion, (ho liberty of speech and of .tho
prrsz, (he trial by jnry, the law of'eridence.
nnd the habeas corpus sufl'erod no detriment
whatever by that conduct of Geu. Jackson, or
Ha ythJrijin’nt approval by the American Con-
gretis. - •
And yot, let me fay, that in my own discre
tion, I do not know whether I would, have or
dered the arret t of Mr. Vallandigham. ..White
oanuot shift the responsibility from myself,
hold that, as a general rule, the commander
in the field Is. Ihe better ju Igo of the necessity
iu any particular oaae. Of oonrse I must
practice a general directory aud revisory pow
er in the matter. “
One of the resolutions expresses the opinion
of the meeting that arbitrary arrests will have
the effect to distrait and divldo those who
should'he unlted.ia suppressing the rebellion,
and.I ate specifically oallod ou to • discharge
Mr. Vallandigham. I regard tbis as, ah least,
fair appeal-to me on the expedteucy of ex
ersising a constitutional power which I think
exists. In response to such appeal I have to
say, it gave me pain when I learned that Mr.
Vallandigham had been arrested—that ta, I
was pained that there should seem to be a ne
cessity for arresting bite—and. U will afford
mo great pleasure to discharge him, as coon os
can, by any means, believe the public safety
will not suffer by it. J further say,, that as the
war progresses, it appears to me,. opinion and
action, Which were in great confusion at first,
take shape and fall into more regular chan
nels, so that the-neoessity for strong dealing
with them gradually decreases. * 1 have every
reason to desire that it should cease altogether,
and far from tho least is my regard for the
opinions and wishes of thoso who, like the
meeting at Albany, declare their purpose to
snstaiu the Government in every fotnsUtution-
al and lawful measure to suppress-the rebel
lion.- Still 1 must’continco to do so much as
may seom to bo required by tbe public safety.'
. Abraham Lincoln.
BY TELEGRAPH.
pervaded all departments of the Gevernment
and nearly all communities of the people. From
this material, under cover of "liberty of syoech,^
"liberty of the preas ( and haheaa corpus,
they hoped to keep on foot among ua a moot ef*
fieient corps of apiea, mformcrB. suppliers, and
aiders and abetoraof their caoec in a thousand
ways. They knew that in times aneb as they
were inaugurating, by tbe Coertitntioo itself,
ihe "habeas corpos" might be suspended ; but
they also knew they bad friend* who would
make a question.as to who was to suspend it,
meanwhile their spies and others might remain
at large to help on their canae. Or, if is bat
happened, the Executive should suspend tho
writ, without ruinous waste of time, instances
of arrests of innocent perrons might occur, «a
taken’in time of peace, than I can ho persua
ded that a particular drag ta not gotd medi
cine for a sick man. because it.can be shown
in not be good food for a well one. Nor am I
able to appreciate the danger apprehended by
the meeting that the American people will, hy
means of military arrests daring the rebellion,
lose the right of pnblic discussion, the liber
ty of speech an-1 the press, the law of evi
denoe, trial by jnry, and habeas corpu?,
throughout the infinite peaceful fulure, which I
trust flea before them, any. more than i am
able to believe that a man coul.l contract so
strong an appetite for emetics during tempo
rary illness as to persist in fee-ting npon them
during the remainder of his healthful life.
Taylor had a
the enemy at
Jackson, June - 1.—Gcner:
skirmish with a small force (
Richmond, I.x, on the I7th.
II* .ivy firing continues at Vicksburg-
SECOND DISPATCH.
Firing at Vick-burg still continues—far
heavier than any ever boforc heard.
Official dispatchos state that Gen. Chalmers
sunk three tramports below Memphis, on the
Mis-isaippi., on the 20th instant, and disabled
another.
Jackson, June 24, via Mobile, 25.—Twen-
. _ — of Jaokson) (
burnod, and then left in the d-rection of Mon-
ticello.
Tha firing at Vicksburg ceased at 7 o’clock
tuts evening.
Vo I'reeo lteporter#.
Richmond, Juno 24.—Reporters for the
PreS3 will have all their nows reports placed,
in tho Telegraph Offioe beforo the "Call
Honrs ’ for transmission: Neglect of this rule*
involves tho lass of delivery to a portion, and
delay to all the Press. J S Thoashbo,
Richmond Jline 2C—Tho train which left
Ihe White House at 4 P M, brought tho con
firmation of the previously reported; landing
of the cncmy.at tint plaoe, but it was slated
that a gunboat - and two transports wore at
West Point. Their troops were discovered by
our picket* yesterday at 9 A M, repairing the
wharf.
The approaching nominations ol candidates
lor the election to Congress in the States is
viewed hero with deep interest. Mon skilled in
legislatioa ore .wanted. Precedent (whet piece*
dent.is not stated ia the copy of the dispatch!
has seriously prejudiced the public interest. It
ts hoped wherever persona who have had prac
tice in particular labors (f) are available, to con-
stituents, they will be dent to Congrota in prof*
cranes to others net possessing tbe qualification.
Tho country need* working men ol business
capacity in Congress, more than men of brilliant
abilities.
[Tho foregoing dispatch was awfully “bulled”
in transmission, and we have been unable to
make it read smoothly. All however will see
the point aimed at. However correct and true
may be the statemoit that the country needs
practical sensible men in Congress, rather than
brilliant men who are without the other impor
tant qualifiestions^it ta a feet- which the people
every where know as well as any mkn in Rich
mond can-tell it. The people every where are
competent to choose their own representatives,
without any dictation frpm the seat ot Govern*
ment. It is unpleasant and unwelcome; end
wo ere astonished at the Agent of the Press .
sending such matter to ua as news '—Eds. Con-
fed.]
Richmond, June 25,—Northern dates to the
20th have bean received!
'Tho Baltimore Gazette eaya: “ Ail we are per*
milled to know in regard to Hookor’s more -
mente is, that he haa advanced bacl wards with
cunoidcranre celerity,”
The Washington Star claims that the cavalry
fight at Aldie and Middleburg,* email, towns in
the southern portion of London county, Va. r re -•
suited in's Federal victory, but admits the loss
of 200 killed, wounded and missing. Col. Doly,
ol Maine, was mortally wounded.
The cprrespondence of tbe Herald, dated 18tb, .
says Hooker’s army has suffered untold mis-,
erics from heat, dust and want of water, und*
the whole country ia filled with stragglers. The
men cannot he kept in ranks. No coaxing nor
thrratning could prevail on them’. As many as
100 cases of sunstroke occurred, of which 100
were instantly fetal.
A Si. Louis telegram, dated Friday the 19th,
says that the rebels have cut awa/ the timber in
the rear of their. |ln$s aLVickabnrg aad opened'
onus With ll-iuchgoua and two or three eetgu
gun*.
Thirteen gunboats patrol* the river between.
Helrna and Young’s Point.
SECOND DISPATCH.
An immenso Democratic meeting was held St
Springfield, Illinois—100,000 persona being pres#
ent. lien. Wm. A. Richardson presided, and
speeches wore made by Hon D. W. Voorbees,
linn Samuel S. Co* and others. The AdrainUs
trauon was denounced and the return of Val
landigham demanded. The resolutions declue
that Illinois is a sovereign power end oppose the
prosecution of the war. Thejf favor tho resto-
ration of the Union add call for a national con*
vention to bring it about.
The Departments at Washington are packing
up the archives (preparing tu skedaddle.)
Vicksburg telegrams to the 15th say thst tbe ■
western . shore ot too Mississippi, from MUliu
ken’s Bend to Vicksburg ta full of Confederate
troops. The Confederates hold Richmond and
New Carthage, and are receiving reinforcements
by way. at the Ouachita river. Pemberton re
ceives troops from the west side, which are sup*
posed to cross the river every night.
Ostka, Jane 24, via ol Mobile, 515.—A
Lieutenant and tbe Provost Guard aro ordered
from Clinton, Louisiana, to this plane. There
was very heavy firing taut night at Port Hud
son. ■
Vlcksburgi
II tho Southern people comprehend—but they
do nut comprehend—the consequence of failure,
and of success in relieving the Vicksburg garri
son, no man who could haudle a gun, and shoot
one Yankee, not being else where in ranks,
would stay away from tbe scene of conflict!—
Upon this issue depend:
1. The niter demoralization and dispersion of
the Federal army in tho West.
2. The success or ultim.sie failure of the Fed
eral conscription in the .North:
3. The supremacy, or annihilation' of the
Northern peace party.
4. The power, orfutter prostration of Lincoln’s
party.
5. The close of the war, or its indefinite pro
longation.
If Vicksburg fall, (her5 will be hundreds of
thousands at the North who will gladly enter
the army for tbe take'of coming South to plun
der ur* The North will turn loose its countless
hordej'of thieves and assassins upon us, who
will not fear hard fighting and slaughter, but
will bn lured by the property that may be taken
at will from defenceless families and communi-
tirs.
If Grant’s army is beaten buck, conscription
at the North become impossible. The thieves
will not seek death at the South, when plunder
ta not practicable.
The cry for peace npon ony terms—even those
of Southern independence-will prevail over ail
other cries; and Lincoln must succumb or fees
revolution. Mississippi and.the South will be
freed lrom the presence of an invading army.
Mississtpjnan, 17fft
‘iiS-The Washington Republican gives the
following description ol the coat of mail sent to
President Lincoln by tho Tvcoon of Japan:—
An umbrella-like helmet, of fabricated sheets of
steel and copper, shields the head, while a vans
dyke of interwoven silk cord and lacquered net'
work fells gracefully upon the shoulders.—
The outside of the heUnet ta proihaelr or
namented with, chrysanthemums of gold, in
beautiful open work, upon block lacquered,
with now and then a trimming of purest
silver. The visor is Of coppper, lacquered in
scarlet and brown. The armlets are of the finest
copper chain work. The breaa'tplate ta of cop
per intersected with parallel stripes of lacquer,
and woven together with delicate wire sad gold
cord. A sort of kilt accompanies the armor,
and, with lacqueroted leggings grotesquely
termed, completes the act.
.. Bee oar new toms.
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Attention Local Companies!!
TNFSIRINU at once to orgaoize to o Re*i*iea»s the
U Coipan'er tha*. have biro teudrrfd ran for loc-l
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aizatiuB moat conform to. the follorr-
1 exempli can be I*-
iD|r.)CMso! organization
ln ?it. Nat bn*, ucn conscript!
(start faM any cow pony.
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with praciiion the locality propuret tab* defrnd-d.
Xd Th* earnga-<es wilt b > ord r.d a
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ou’y to los* as the drn*« 6t toY»»cn«»l
dtb. White oa duty »l**y will receive like aL'owence*
-rim tho soldier* of th- regular service
•6th The cahrpaiy officers VUI be elided—th- Reg!
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- U duty,aid only to tuck dutlez
will njt bastetf setto tanttii
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