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XLIV. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1863. NUMBER 38. K. M. ORME & SON, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. STEPHEN F. MILLER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. Terms after lirst of June, 1863. Subscription, per annum, in advance, $ 4 00 TRANSIENT ADVERTISING. § 1 50 per square of ten lines for the first, .m l 75 cents for each subsequent insertion. Tributes of Respect. Resolutions by So cieties Obituaries, &<•.', exceeding sir lines, to be charged as transient advertising. LEGAL ADVERTISING. Ordinary's— Citations for Letters of Administration, by Administrators, Executors. 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TO THE VOTERS OF GEORGIA, llaviug permitted the use of my name as a candidate for Governor, at the ap proaching election, I deem it right and pioper that my opinions and feelings, especially in so far as they relate to the great struggle lor Southern independence, no faith, with the plunderers of our prop erty—the murderers of our sons, and the violators of our wives and daughters. Be- lore we yield to such a union, let every plain in the Confederacy be a battle field, and every warrior bite the dust in death. These are my feelings in regard to our struggle for independence, and I am liap should be made known to those whose j Py believe that if they be objected to privilege and duty it is to vote. by an occasional timid man at home, they I am not desirous of concealment—havejBpiwt the hearty concurrence of our brave not one single opinion to suppress ; but amT s °ldiers in the army. I am yet to hear, willing that my position should be known, | from various sources of information, of a We are authorized to announce NATHAN HAWKINS, Esq.,'as a candidate fur Representative in the Legislature from Baldwin county. September'S, 1803 36 tde WE are authorized to announce ’Major WM. T. W. NAPIER as a candidate to represent tlie county of Baldwin in the Representative branch of the next Gem ral Assembly. Miiledgeville, August 4. 1803 31 tde U 7E ARE requested to announce the name of .JOHN C. DANIEL, of the “Myrick Vol unteers,” Company G. 45th Reg- Ga. Vols. as a candidate to represent the county of Baldwin in the next General Assembly, September 15, 1803 37 4U W J E are authorised to announce WASHING- V V TON J. GOLDEN,as a candidate for Rep resentative in the Legislature, from Wilkinson comity. Sept. 15th, 1863. 37 It* For Sale. HOUSE AND LOT on Wayne street, between Baldwin and Scriven streets,where _the subscriber now lives, containing one ar . Together with all --ther necessary buildings. Also, one acre lot lying opposite, .with good Sta bles, Carriage-house, Cribs, &c., with a well of most excellent water. P. FAIR. Miiledgeville, Sept. 1,18fi3 55 4t To the Citizens of South-Western Georgia. UREKA MEDICAL INFIRMARY, Of the Olapathic System. 1 1IAVE located at tins beautiful, retired and accessible point, to all sections iu South-West ern Georgia, where there is plenty of good w ater, pure air and clever citizens, where I will be pleased to attend to ali calls and receive patients of all sex es. and treat them for any and all accute and chronic diseases that human flesh is heir to. Alter an experience of two years in the Hospitals in Eu rope, and fifteen years in the malarious sections, from Virginia Lo the Gull ot Mexico, 1 leel pre pared to offer and to render my services to all who may need medical or surgical aid. I have had great experience and success in the treatmeat cl all such diseases as are peculiar to females.^ I will attend patients or consultations at any distance. I have associated the Rev. Doctor Ravins with me m practice, who will continue niy treatment, stud attend to my patients when it is not convenient lor me to he with them, tor riding and attending t' patients. 1 will be governed by the established rate of charges as published by the board of prac ticing physicians of Americus. Then to all vrhu vouhl sort time. health and money. I would say, do nut ili luii to see your physician early ij you hope for rtiief. (Bills due when services are rendered.) As for who I-ain, I will very respectfully refer to the following names: J. VV. Jones, M. D., and Professor of the Atlanta Medical College, Hon. D.J. Bailey, of Griffin, Ga.; lion. R. H.Clark r ot Albany. Ga.. For further particulars, see meat niv office iu Ellaville, Schley county, Georgia. tmlv J. M. TROTTER, M. D. aud if I receive but one vote, let that be cast undersrandingly. It is known to my friends that I was ar dently “Southern Rights” in 1850, and a secessionist in 1SGU. Having been elect ed td a seat in the State Convention of single soldier who favors reconstruction upon an)' terms, or who is willing to lay dow'n his arms until our liberties are achieved. T hose who have borne the burden and beat ol the day, and by their indomitable 1SGI, after a warm contest, 1, in that Con courage have kept the invader from our vention, carried out the wishes of my con stituents, and subserved my own. feelings homes, from such we hear no word but in condemnation of reconstruction—not a and opinions, by casting my vote fqi the whisper of peace but in connection with an ordinance of secession. i independent Confederacy. I was then a secessionist frgm principle.! H the couutiy is ever betrayed into a I am such still. Subsequent events have i la lse peace, it will be by the selfishness not been of a character to convince me 1 ! a, 'd timidity of those at home—by men was iu error, i feit w* had reached that point when we. could no longer, with hon or, remain united with the North, We were being pressed gradually to the wall. Encroachment after encroachment had been submitted to; insult after insult had been heaped upon us, and this, too, by a people our equal in nothing, and our supe- riois only in treachery and hypocrisy. After fattening upon our substance, sei pent- like, they sought to instill into our econo my the deadly poison of every ism that their perverse, vitiated and fanatical na tares, assisted by a devilish ingenuity could devise. Receiving some degree of warmth in their cold and cowardly hearts, from their success and our sufferance, they be came emboldened to steal our property, and, by legislative action, to throw around themselves that protection which,.while it would screen themselves from the jenal- ties of a violated contract, would bring death or imprisonment to those who sought to reclaim their stolen property. They had determined, by whatever means necessary, to exclude, directly or indirectly, our “peculiar institution” from all territory acquired or to be acquired — and not yet satisfied, but like the datighi ters of the horse leech, still crying “give, give,” they inaugurated “the irrepressible conflict,” and upon that issue placed at the. head of the Government a man whose chief friends were the supporters, and among them, the very authbr of this fanat ical doctrine. I believed then, that the institution of who consult their fears and money, and whose highest idea of freedom is a hotly safe from danger and well filled coffers se cure from thieves. I am not aware of a single avowed re- constructionist among an acquaintance somewhat extensive ; but if called upon to select suitable material to constitute one, I should select that man who wor ships at no other shrine’ than Mammon’s, whose soul has not been refreshed fur years by the milk of human kindness, who by extortion and speculation, has hoard ed up, during this war, his thousands. Such an one may desire peace without im* dependence, vainly hoping to feast his eyes and fill the longings of his soul with his ill gotten gains. He is not confined to secessionist or co-operationist. He is “sin generis," and lives and tinives, croaks and complains, and is never so conspicu ous as when reverses come. Then he can be seen with elongated countenance at street corners, abusing secessionists, criti cising military authorities, clamoring for peace, and cj&tching his pocket, ejaculating, “l told you so. 1 knew we could not whip the Yankees. 1 was willing to try Lin coln.” I am happy to believe their num bers are few. 1 am proud to know that those who were originally co operationists, when the tocsin of war sounded, Hung to the winds or buried in oblivion all former differences, and rushed to the battle field, side by side, with the most ardent seces sionists. It was sufficient for them to know that their beloved South was iuvad- 30 tf Very truly, Ellaville, Sept. 8, 1803 C 1ITY TAX NOTICE.—My books are now open / for the collection of the City Taxes, assessed by the Council for the present year. Office under the Miiledgeville Hotel. ’ JAMES C. SHEA, Clerk Miiledgeville, July 2H, 1803 30 tf slavery was in danger, and the honor of j e d by a vandal foe. 1 heir sons were equip- the South involved. I felt that the time j ped an(1 forth to battle, with a fa- for action—for positive action—had arriv- ther’s blessing and a mothers prayers, ed. We had reasoned with, our enemies— Their hands and purses withheld not sub- had placed belore them “in thoughts that breathe, and words that burn,’’.the conse quences of their continued aggressions. Our predictions were unheeded-our threats laughed at, and our arguments answered by renewed aggressions. I saw no grounds for hope, no permanent settlement with our honor untarnished.. A change of par ties, in the future, might take place at the North, but this hop% was feeble, and prom ised only temporary cessation of hostili ties to the South, and nothing like perma nent quiet. The tide of fanaticism was swelling and growing—gaining strength at every surge, aud needed but one more ef fort to engulph ami overwhelm us. In all this, I felt sufficient justification for casting my vote for secession. Slave ry, already in danger, by such a course j might bo imperilled—but I preferred to j meet the danger promptly, and if lose it we \ must, let it be abolished by the strength of bayonet and cannon, aud not by our abject surrender. If 1 must yield my rights and property to the insatiate Yankee, there is a pride within me that would be less crushed, by a firm and manly" resistance, than were I to submit tamely .and unre sistingly. If I was justifiable, then, in sanctioning a disruption of the Union—the reasons since have multiplied—and grown from streamlets to rivers-from mole hills to nob j urpose . Let the man of wealth, the mountains, they present insuperable bai-i specu i atol . an J extortioner, whilst heaping riers to anything savoring of reconstrue- ^ jjjs mQm , yt reflect | fOVV valueless it will fr° n ‘ , , , _ T . . . : be if subjugation reaclies his door. Belter The idea that the Unton was broken up, j gcat(er d whh !avis |, hand in noble deeds with a view to its reconstruction on a more permanent basis, is altogether new stantial aid and comfort to the soldier, or the family he left behind. My heart swells with gratitude to God, that I was born and brought up among a j unstrung our minds for the discipline of sides with his exultant host. Grief for the loss of loved ones has visited almost every household in the Confederacy. Yet amidst all these trials aud afflictions, there is to be found a strong and abiding confidence, among the great mass of our people, in our ultimate success. The word “Jail," is ig nored in their vocabulary. I am sure there has recently been a great wakeniug up to our perilous condition, and to the great interests at stake—to the truth—our all of honor, property and domestic happi- uess is involved in this great struggle. The time has long since arrived, when our people should consider our condition ouly with the patriot’s eye and the patriot’s heart. Will not the lover of gold give up, for a while, his money making, and come to the rescue of his country ] Will not the spec ulator and extortioner, who have brought reproach on their own names aud tears to widows and orphans, wipe out that re proach and retrieve an honorable name by going boldly forth in defeuse of his sunny South ? Will not the men of wealth and the planters all over our land bring them selves to regard the contents of their cof fers and their barns as belonging to our Government, to be drawn upon and used b) it, eveu to tho last dollar or the last grain ? W hen these things shall be done, then the country will begiu to feel the fullness of its power and vigor—and ero long, be yond all doubt, the enemy will be driven back from our soil and the glorious sun shine of peace dispense hisgeuial rays will over our entire country. T. M. FURLOW. Aaiericus, Sept. 9th, 1S63. From the Richmond Whig. LETTER PROM ME. RIVES. We are permitted to make public the following letter from Mr. Rives to a well known gentleman of Lynchburg. It is as encouraging in its opinions and its histori cal citations, as it is elegant in style and able anil patriotic in sentiment. Its ap pearance, too is fortunately timed, and it cannot be without the happiest effect on the public mind. It would be well if a copy of it should fall under the eye of eve ry citizen of the Confederate States, and we are sure that our contemporaries of the Press will gladly aid in giving it the widest circulation : Mv Dear Sir : I learn from you with great regret that some of our fellow-citizens are a good deal discouraged by recent events iu our military operations, while you yourself, I am glad to see, retain your accustomed erectness aud buoyancy of spirit. Are we not, in some degree, the spo-lcd. children of that marvelous good fortune, which, by the gracious providence of God, has, for the most part, attended us since the commencement of this gigan tic conflict ? And have not our very suc cesses, long continued as they have been, In the Valley of the Mississippi, the j their dykes, to call in the aid of that de- course of events has been more chequered structive element it had cost them ages by alternate good and bad fortune. Spring- of labor and toil to shut out, they redeem- a.u .1.1.— v.... cm m i i et ] their native land from the remorseless surges of a despotism more ferocious than the sea; triumphantly established their independence, and constituted a renowned commonwealth which, for two hundred years, proudly held its place in the first rank of the Powers of Europe. If we wish further to see wbat prod igies an undismayed spirit of nation al independence, battling upon its own soil for its hearths and its altars is capable of accomplishing against the odds of force aud numbers, look at the example of the same people, under the third William of Orange, mag nanimously bidding defiance to the united and powerful armies of Louis XIV., of France, and Charles II, of England; iook at Prussia, under Fred erick II., in the memorable. Seven Years War, successfully xontending against almost all the powers of con tinental Europe—Austria, France, the German States, Sweden and Russia— all banded together, at the same mo ment, in the invasion other territory ; look, again, at the miracles of success ful valor, accomplished some thirty years later, by the people of revolu tionary France in the enthusiasm of liberty and in vindication of the right lmld, Gulumbus, Shiloh, ami even Mur freesboro’, were successes for us. Fort Uonelson, Corinth, New Orleans, recall the remembrance of ead disasters; and to these has been added the loss of Vicks' burg and Port Hudson. I have no dispo sition to extenuate the gravity of any of these disasters. But looking at them in their very worst aspect, there is nothing iu any or all of them to give rise to a feel ingot despondency. The enemy is as far as ever from the great object he had in view—the free and unmolested navigation ot the Mississippi for commercial purpo ses.—Its banks are still accessible for hundreds of miles, within our territory, to our sharpshooters and movable batteries, that can and will prevent the use of the river by trading vessels, and effectually interdict it to all practical commerce. The inhabitants of the country are more rous ed than ever by the outrages of the ene my; and redoubled efforts will be made to render his local successes bootless to him. We have, two powerful and noble armies under Johnson and Bragg on the Eastern side of the river, which are strengthened daily both by the Confeder ate conscription and by tho zealous co operation of the adjacent State Govern meuts; while on the Western side of the river arc the enterprising and indomitable commands of Gens. Price, of Kirby Smith, of Taylor, and of Magruder. to strike wherever tho enemy may present himself. When tiiis situation is compared with the many unavoidable reverses and end less difficulties which our brave ancestors had to encounter, and so gloriously sur mounted in their struggle for iudepeud of national self government, against a second and more formidable combina tion of all Europe, both insular and continental. What "any of these people accom- people so unselfish, so patriotic Side by side did their sons battle and fall with my first born, on the heights of McDowell, and side by side, with my only remaining son, they have battled since on many a hard contested field. From them I never hoar a word of despondency, or reproach of se cessionists. Can such a people be con quered ? I answer unhesitatingly: No, never / They may be subjugated—annihi lated ; but conquered never! They will yield to no conqueror but death, aud their spirits will acknowledge no master but God who made them. j Then fight on, fight ever, and let our motto be, independence or annihilation. To secure the one aud prevent the oth er, we must depend on the army alone- They have done nobly all that men could do. We must help them from home, by sending all physically able to bear, oven for a time, the burthens-of war. We must aid them by our prayers aud kind and cheering words. The brave deserve and appreciate such. Let them be assured that we have not forgotten our promises to take care of their wives and little ones, while they are far away. Let State and individual contributions be applied to this never heard of it, until recently elicited from a distinguished Georgian. It certain ly did not find a place in any secession programme that met my observation. I, myself, regarded the disruption permanent Coll on "Cards, CofF**e& Sole Leather, and complete, and havb never seen the euiM/ii ' ui««m „ . day, even when our country was envelop ed in gloom of the deepest hue, that l had 1 f\i\ FAIR WHITTMORE’S Cotton Cards, number fh. 50(1 lbs. COFFEE. 500 lbs. SOLE LEATHER. Just received and for sale by j. GANS & CO. Miiledgeville, April 11, lSli'.i 15 »f 1ST otice. Office Ga. Relief & Hospital Associa i>, ? Augusta, Ga., June 23d, 18G3. > 4 MESSENGER of the Georgia Relief &- Hos- pit.nl Association will leave Atlanta on or near the loth of each month fur Mississippi, 1 aud will take charge of all boxes and packages intended for the Georgia troops in that State, and will carry them to some safe point near the arm) and deposit them, and notify the owners, or deliver them to the owners, if-practicable, free of charge. .The boxes and packages must be marked **ith tlie names of the owners, their company and regiment, aud to the care of the Georgia Relief and Hospital Association. Atlanta, Ga. The Association will not be responsible for any box containing perish able articles, such as green vegetables, Scc. Hox- *s and packages will lie. deposited at the W ajside Home, Atlanta, Ga. YV. II. ROTTER, Gcn’l. Superiut dt. Newspapers of this Stare will please copy My during the first week to this office. W July 7.1863 S PECIAL NOTICE —Thenndersigned having removed from Miiledgeville, desires and in- ’oiids to close up his business matters of that place as speedily as possible. All persons indebt- are. sotified that my notes and accounts are in Hollands of J. A. Breedlove and PH. Lawler, w ho are authorized to collect and make settle ments. If not arranged at an early day,settle ments will be enforced by law. A'/C. VAIL, Agent. ^August 19,1862 33 tf Blanks lor Sale at this Ofliee. the slightest desire to reconstruct upon any terms. What was suspicion then, as to Yankee character, is confirmation now j i of charity, than have it warm the pockets of Yankee invaders. The-watits and comforts of the soldiers in tlie field and their families at homo shall, as they have ever done, receive my espe cial consideration if elected Governor. State and individual economy should cease to be watchwords, when connected with these great objects. My official support should, upon every call, lie given to the Government, when not clearly unconstitutional. This is no time for factious opposition or grudg- Fully developed by the war, it is exhibited , t to tlje Administration. If we ^ l C 11 1 A. _ ii .. .... nl •,,1, I> All I II f f tM /• f n #» in all its hideousness presenting to iuu i £ a jj t jt’matters not whether in strict ac gaze of the world, the blackness of a nia- | cor j auce w ri, the letter of the Constitu- liguant heart—combined with cunning arrogance, treachery, and every other principle that contracts the heart of sinful man - ..... • With such a people I want no affiliation, political or social. 1 would erect between us a Chinese wall, or sink an impassable gulf. No act of mine, official or private, shall be given to reconstruction on any terms. Let no man, therefore, longing to return to the flesh-pots of Egypt, cast his vote for me as an exponent ot his views and wishes. I would not only relusesucb a reconstruction as Mr. Lincoln might pio- posc on terms of subjugation Auu abolition, but would equally oppose Mr. allading- is State will please copy uauy j iarn * s proposition lor the “erring way waul -i-ten. to return ... .heiretlegi.nce" Their 27 1stwem punic faith—our losses, privations, sunei- in«'s aud bereavements, all forbid it. II we have failed to live together in harmony when the recollections of our mutual strug gle for independence were fresh in our memories, how can we expect now to en ter into bonds of peace, when our passions are stirred to their very depths, aud hatred and mutual rancor have unlimited sway . It would, indeed, be a union, unblessed of lion—if we succeed, not one aiqong tho happy thousands will stop his strains ol praise and shouts of joy to enquire if it was all done precisely according to tlie requirements of the Constitution. Jle who is at the helm of the ship of State is an approved warrior and states man. llis every talent and energy are directed to our success. We will not crip ple his efforts by unnecessary criticism; hut as Aaron and Hurr did by Moses, we will stay his hands aud make them steady, until the going down of the sun. If elected Governor, I shall throw no official protection around any citizen, with in tlie embrace of the Conscript Law. Aud in my appointments to office, my policy shall be to give employment and assist ance, in every practicable case, to those who have been disabled In tlie service of the country, or who by age or condition are not in militia liability. A Few more thoughts and I have done. These are. indeed, “times that try. men’s souls.” We-are truly passing through a fiery ordeal; and he is, indeed, a patriot whose faith Is unwavering, and whose con the God of battles i& still strong these occasional reverses, which none can hope to escape amid the inexorable vicissi tudes of war 1 When we recollect, not merely the dis parity of numbers and material wealth between us aud our adversaries, but that they were in possession of the whole army and navy of the United States, the crea tion of the joint effort and contributions of the entire Union for a period of seventy odd years ; that all those branches of manufacturing industry most essential to the operations of war, had been long es tablished and in full actirity with them ; and that at the eatoe time they had the ad vantage of an open and unrestricted inter course with the rest of the world to supply any deficiency which might exist in their resources ; while at the commencement of the war, we had not a ship or a soldier, were without the munitions of war, or any existing establishment for furnishing them, even to percussion caps, and cut off from all foreign supplies by the blockade of our whole coast—the exteut and magni tude of what we have accomplished ought to be a matter of grateful astonishment to ourselves, as it is of special wonder to the other nations of the earth. With all these odds against us, what a long and dazzling roll of victories have we furnished for the pen of the future historian of the war! Virginia, embracing the seat of Govern ment of the Confederacy, has been the se lected object against which the most form idable and imposing enterprises of the enemy have been directed. How “lame and impoteut” the conclusion of all these vaunted expeditious, so often and so pom pously gotten up, for the capture of Rich mond and tho subjugation of Virginia, let Bethel, Manassas, Leesburg, in the first year of the war—the plains of Williams burg, the bloody panorama of battle fields around the beleagured Capital, the blaze of successive victories with which Jack- sou lighted up the Valley of the Shenan doah Irom Harper’s Ferry to port Repub lic, Cedar Mountain, Manassas again, the closing and overwhelming discomfiture at Fredericksburg in the second year of the war, and the graud root, after four days' continuous conflict, of Chaucellorsville and Mary’s Heights, iu the present year, followed by the enemy’s third expulsion from tlie Valley—*let these memorable fields, with their solemn amFtriithful voi ces, tell. During the period, too, tho army of Northern Virginia, under its illustrious lender, made two bold aud successful in cursions into the enemy’s territory; levied contributions upon it;..g^ve battle to his concentrated legions on*bi#0wn soil, crip-* pling and inflicting heavy losses upon him; aud then returned at leisure to re sume its attitude of calm defiance aud proud invincibility at home. Such is a geueral outline of* the history of the war on tho Atlantic side of the Confederacy. Outskirts, and fragmentary portions of territory have, in some instances, been temporarily and'reluctantly abandoned to tbe enemy, as not jnstifyiug the attempt to defend them a^he risk of the central and more important portions, but in no case has the heart or grand interior of the ^ -- . 1 rolit.inn I fiffenee in tbe God ot battles is StMl strong wtwUIure n U ?know/hrprwewil. pleag e | a,.d u,l s l. ty . Tit, enemy «U t«riWr»be W ******* ence, who does not leel his spirit rebuked j plished, we arc capable of accomplish- ng. We hav r e the same love of liber ty; we have the same devotion to our native land; we h^e the same mar tial ardor; we have the same, and even greater, motives to exert every faculty for our deliverance. With the most of them, the great stake involved was national independence and political rights. With us, in addition to all this everything precious to the human af fections, everything sacred to the hu man heart is at is^e. From the ruth less spirit in which this war has been waged by our adversaries, from the specimens we have had of their infa mous proconsular governments in parts of our territory occupied by him; from the appeals they are now making to the vindictive and brutal passions ot an uncivilized race as their allies in this unholy crusade against us, it is impossible for the imagination to pic ture a fate more horrible than ours would be, if we were once subjected to their power. 1 know no language which, in that case, could adequately paint the depth of our degradation and the extent of our wretchedness, unless it be those burning lines of an English poet, in which he gave veut to his feelings of horror and indignation, when deprecating the iron rule of a vulgar and hypocritical tyranny iu his own land: Come the eleventh plague rather than it should be Come sink us rather in the sea; Come rather pestilence and reap us down; Come God’s sword rather than our own. Let rather Roman come a^ain. Or Saxon. Norman or the Dane. Iu all the bonds we ever bore, We grieved, we sighed, we wept; we never, blushed before. In the foregoing remarks, it has been assumed Lhat ihe enemy’s forces were, in number, much greater than ours ^L’his has, undoubtedly, heretofore been the fact. But I am firmly persuaded, that, notwithstanding the immense dif ference in the actual population of the two countries, we shall henceforward have an army in the field at all times fully equal in number to theirs, and that, surely, is all we need desire. The energies of the South are just be ginning to be thoroughly aroused. We already see a proposition in the Legis lature oLAIabama to extend the limits ol the military age below eighteen years to sixteen, and above forty-five to sixty. This was the old Spartan rule, and prevailed along time in Eng land until the institution of standing armies and her insular situation, made her careless with regard to the milita ry organization of the mass of her pop ulation . But our circumstances may well justify a recurrence to" the ancient rule, so far, at least as to call out the supplementary classes for local de fence. The spirit of the people, there can be no doubt, would nobly respond to such a call, while the demands of the crisis, appealing to the instinctive courage of men, and enforced by tbe pleading loveliness of woman will keep our active army full within tbe Ijmij£ of the age heretofore prescribed for it. The situation of our adversary pre sents a very different picture. The popular fervor ot tlie war, first kind led, and for some time kept up by de lusive pretexts, is abated and abating. The difficulties ami general repug nance opposed to their recent draft have converted it into very little more than a barren mockery. No large ac cessions to their army, already much reduced by the expiration of enlist ments and the casualities of war, can now be had by force or persuasion. The cordial support of public opinion, in tbe present age of the world, is in- at tlie slightest thought of discouragement under our present circumstances] llecol lect the condition of Washington in the second year of tlie war of tlie revolution, when, after successive and severe disas ters on Long Island, at New Yoik, at White Plains, and the loss of Fort Wash ington, on the Hudson, with its garrison, he was compelled to retreat through the Jerseys, “pushed,” to use his own expres sive language, “from Delaware with lgss than three thousand men fit for duty,” and the reluctant confession was extorted from his firm and manly breast that unless “a new army can be speedily recruited the game is pretty nearly up”—even in this extremity there was no despondency, no discouragement. The pressure and mag nitude ot the dangers only supplied new energies cf action, and stimulated to re doubled exertion and in a few days the brilliaut achievements of Trenton aud Princeton redressed the balance of vic tory. In every period of the revolutionary contests a large portion of our teiritory was overrun and occupied by the enemy. In tlie South, Greene was compelled to retire before Cornwallis, as Washington had done before the Howes in the North. Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, each and all of them, east of the Blue Mountains, were overrun for a time by the armies of the enemy, while all the chief cities in the North and in the South— Boston,Newport, New l'ork, Philadelphia, Richmond, Norfolk, Wilmington, Charles ton, and Savannah—were all for a longer or shorter period in his possession. But if the country was overrun, tlie hearts of the people were not overawed. With them and their trusted servants, whether iu the council or in tlie field, there was no despair of the republic. They felt as Washington, when most oppressed by tlie complicated difficulties of his heart, iu writing to his brother : “Under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for a time under a cloud.” All history proves that a bravo and un corrupted people, determined to be free, never can be subdued by the insolent superiority of force and numbers, however disproportioned. What availed the count less Persian hordes of Darius and Xerxes, when encountered, in many a field made classic and holy by their discomfiture, with the proud spirit of freedom and the noble self-devotion of the small but un daunted Commonwealths of Greece l II ever a people had apparent cause for dis- pondency, it was the people of Rome, when Hannibal, with his Carthagenian hosts, after three successive victories on tho Ticino, the Brescia, and Thrasymene, in his triumphal marcPlowards the Capital, almost annihilated the Romm army in a fourth at Cannae, leaving more than forty thousand Roman citizens dead upon tbe field, including one of tlie Consuls in com mand, many Senators, Ex-Consuls, Pre- tors, (Ediles, and others, of the highest rank and condition. But, amid the con sternation of. so terrible a calamity, the spirit of the Republic never blanched.— When the serving Consul, whose rash ness even had been the cause of the disas ter, approached the city with the wreck of his army, the Senate and all the ranks of the people, we are told by one of their great historians, went out to meet him md thauked him for not having despaired ol the Commonwealth. And in the end it was not Rome, but Carthage, that perish ed in the conflict. So, too, when we come down to the period of modern j|istory. Is it possible to conceive a struggle more unequal in number, armament, aud every material resource than that, in the .sixteenth cen tury, between tbe 'seven insurgent pro vinces of the Netherlands, beginning with two of them only, and the whole weight and power of the Spanish Monarchy in its meridian of splendor, when, in addition to the resources of its large dominions in Italy, the Netherlands and the Peninsula, including Portugal, it wielded the riches of America and tbe Indies united ! And yet, by the indomitable courage and perse verance of the inhabitants, animated with tbe spirit of civil and religions liberty, and £ effective proseeu- in suite of calamities and disaster which . l, 5t40,€ lo u ^ \ u 1.0 Uttermost the heroic staff of jt;«n ot etre.y-ear. Great as has been which they were made, leaving to them; the amount of prejudice and delusion often no other resource than, by cutting and bad feeling among the people ot