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jrisn, would spBuk^lt «ord to tlie
West and the South, in behalf of New
ears ago, in Jjhe
controversies,
England. Sir, somcye
midst of high section#!
and speaking as a Western man, I
said some thiygs harsh of the North,
•which now, in a more Catholic spirit,
as a United States man, and for the
sake of reunion, I would recall: My
prejudices, indeed, upon this subject
are as strong as any man’s; but in this
the dav of great national humiliation
and calamity, let the voice of preju
dice he hushed.
Sir, they who would exclude New
England in any reconstruction of the
Union, assume that all New Englan
ders are “Yankees” and Puritans; and
that the Puritan or pragmatical cle
ment, or type of civilization, has al
ways held undisputed sway. Well, sir,
Yankees, certainly they are in one
sense; and so to old England we are
all Yankees, North and South, and
to the South just now, or a little while
ago, we of the Middle or Westerm
States also are, or were Yankees too.
But there is really a very large and
most liberal and conservative non-
Puritan element in the population of
New England, which for many* years
struggled for the mastery, and some
times held it. It divided Maine, New
Hampshire and Connecticut, and once
controlled Rhode Island wholy. It
held the sway during the Revolution,
and at the period when the Constitu
tion Was founded, and ior some years
afterward.—Mr. Calhoun said, and
very justly, in 1S47, that to the wis
dom and enlarged patriotism of Sher
man and Ellsworth on the slavery
question we are indebted for this ad
mirable government; and 'that, along
with Patterson, of Mow Jersey, “their
names ought to be engraved on brass,
and live forever.”
And Mr. Webster, in IS30, in one
**f trtofSe grand historic word paintings
in which he was so great a master,
said ol Massachusetts and South Caro
lina: “Hand in baud they stood around
the administration of Washington and
rtlt hisown |S -re„t #rn) loan on them
tor support” Indeed, sir, it was not
till some thirty years ago that the nar-'j
row, presumptuous miu
fanatical spirit of the Puritan element
began to reappear in a form very much
more aggressive and destructive than
at first, and threatened to obtain abso
lute mastery in church and school
and State. A little earlier it had strug
gled hard, but conservatives proved
too strong for it, and so long as the
great statesmen and jurists of the
ire injiigli places, State and Federal,
wiiff; twenty years ago could not have
been chosen select neon iff old Massa
chusetts. But let l»er remember at
last her ancient renown; let her return
from vainglorious admiration of the
stone monuments of her heroes and
patriots of a former age, to generous
emulation of the noble and manly vir
tues which they were designed to
commemorate. Let us hear less from
her of the pilgrim fathers and the May
Flower, and of Plymouth Rock, and
more of Roger Williams and his com
patriots, and his toleration. Let her
banish now and forever her dreamers
and her sophists and her fanatics, and
call back into her state administra
tion and into the national councils
“her men of might, her grand in soul”
—Some of them still live—and “she
will yet escape the dangers which now
threaten her with isolation.
Then, sir, while I am inexorably
hostile to Puritan domination in reli
gion or literature or politics, I am not
in favor of the proposed exclusion of
New England. I would have the Union
as it was; and first, New England as
she was. But if New England will
have no union with slave holders; if she
_ rtreis upon Cape
altimore, tire now
queefily city* seated then upon the
very boundary of two rival, yes, hos
tile, Confederacies, would rapidly fall
iflto decay.
And now. sir, I will not ask wheth
er the North-west can consent to se-
peration from the South. Never* Na
ture forbids. We are only a part of the
great Valley of the Mississippi.—There
is no line of latitude upon which to
separate. The South would not desire
the old line of 3G deg. 30 min. on
both sides of the river; and there is no
natural boundary East and West. The
nearest to it are the Ohio and Missis
sippi rivers. But that line would leave
Cincinnati and St. Louis as border
cities, like Baltimore, to decay, and,
extending fifteen hundred miles in
length, would become the scene of an
eternal border warfare without exam
ple, even in the worst of times. Sir,
we cannot, onght not, will' not separ
ate from the South. And if you of the
East who have found this war against
the South and for the negro, gratify
ing to your hate or profitable to your
purse, will continue it till a separation
be forced between the slaveholding
and your non-slaveholding States, then
believe me, and accept it, as you did
not the other ’ solemn warning of
years past, the day which divides the
North from the South, that self same day
decrees eternal dirorce hetweev the II cst and
has appo!tde4 foi* iiS ainong the nattocs of the tiiohvei of Snglajni, Fraues and the
tbe earth, *,- 1 other great povrereof Europe, in withhold*
And now, sir, It it be the,will of the sec* | ing recognition so long from the Confed*
tious to miite, then upon what terms !—* eratu States ; the South and the North are
Sir, between the South and most of the ; both indebted to them fora great public
States of tlie North, and all of the cst, ^ service. The south has proved her ability
there is but one object in controversy— to maintain herself by her own strength
slavery. It is the only question, said Mr. j and resources without foreign aid, moral
Calhoun twenty years ago, of sufficient or material. ’And the North and the West
magnitude and potency to divide this j—the whole country, indeed—these great
Union ; and divide it it will, he added, or-j powers*have served incalculably by liold-
drehcli the country in blood, it not arrest- j mg back a solemn proclamation to the
ed. It lias done both. But settle it on ; world that the union of these States was
the original basis of the Constitution, and
;ive to.each section the poweV to protect
finally and formally dissolved. They
have left to us every chance for reunion ;
itself within tjip Union, and now, after tlie j and if that has been tlie purpose of Eu-
terrible losions of the past two years, the gland especially—our rival so long ; inter-
Union wifi be stronger than before, and, | ested more than any other in disunion and
indeed, endure for ages. Woe to the man-, | the consequent weakening of our great
North o' South, who, to the third or fourth ,maval and commercial power, and suffering*
generation, should teach men disunion. [ too, as she has suffered, so long and severe
And now the way to reunion ; wliat so • Iy, because of this war—I do not hesitate
easy ? Behold to day two separate gov- to say that she has performed an act <
is not content with “the Union as it
was,” then upon her own head be the I the East.
responsibility for secession. And there j Si*. our destiny is fixed. There is not
will be no more coercion now. I, at ! °oe drop of rain which, descending from
ieast. will be exactly consistent. I ,Iie heavens, and fertilizing our soil, caus-
Andnow, sir, can the Central States « !t to yield an abundant harvest, but
flows into tlie Mississippi, asm there, tmn-
New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl
vania, consent to separation 1 Can
New York c-ityf .Sir, the trade ot the
South made her largely what she is.
She was the factor and banker of the
South—cotton filled the harbor with
fhioning and her banks with gold. But
in an evil +»>n foolish. I will not
pay bad, “men of GotUau.," VOl . sua ded
her merchant princes—against nt.
first lesson in business—that she could
retain or force back the Southern trade
by war. War, indeed, has given her,
just now, a new business and trade
greater and more profitable than the
old. But with disunion, that, too,
must perish. And let not Wal 1 street
or any other great interest, maritime,
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that it shall have power enough or
wealth enough to stand in the way of
reunion through peace. Let them learn
one and all, that a public man who has
the people as hi! support, is stronger
than they, though he may not be worth
a million, nor even one dollar. A lit
tle while ago the banks said that they
were king, but President Jackson
speedily taught them their mistake.
of
ernmetits in one country, and without a j unselfish heroism without example in his-
natural dividing line ; with two Presidents . tory. Was such indeed her purpose/—
and Ctbincts, and a double Congress ; and Let her answer before the impartial
yet cadi under a Constitution so exact!}* j trifiunal of posterity. On any event, after
similar the one to the other, that a stran- | the great reaction in putdie sentiment in
ger coild scarce discern the difference.— j tlie North and West to be followed after
some time by a like reaction in tlie South,
foreign recognition now of the Confederate
States could avail little to delay or pre
vent final reunion, if, as I firmly believe,
reunion be not only possible but inevit
able.
Sir, I have not spoken of foreign arbitra
tion That is quite another question. 1
think it impracticable, and fear it as dan
gerous. The very powers—or any other
power—which have hesitated to aid direct-
’v or by force, might, as authorized
Was eter folly and madness like this?-
Sir, it k not in the nature of tilings that
it should so continue long.
But ivliy speak of ways or terms of re
union lo.w ? The will is yet wanting in
both sections. Union is consent and good
will and fraternal affection. War is force,
hate, revenge. Is the country tired at
last of war ? Has sufficient blood been
shed, treasure expended, and misers in
flicted in both the North and the South ?
What then? Stop fighting. Make an ar-
Jure both armies to a fair and sufficient
peace establishment. Declare absolute
rlins
mistice—no formal treaty. Withdraw i arbiters, most readily pronounce for it at
your arm) from the seceded States. iTe- | la.'ff. Y cry grand, indeed, would be the
tribunal before which the great question
of the Union of these States and the. final
free trade beiweeu the North and the ! destiny of this continent lor ages should
South. Iiuv and sell. Agree upon a j be heard, and historic through ail time the
Zollverein. * Recall your fleets. Break I ambassadors who should argue it. And if
with the waters ot the mighty river, tl p your blockade. Reduce your navy, j both belligerents consent let the subjects
Restore travel. Open up Railroads. Re- ; in controversy he referred to Switzerland,
establish the telegraph. Re-unitc your i Russia, or any other impartial or incorrup-
express companies. No more Monitor's j tibio power or State in Europe. But at
and iron clads, but set your friendly j last, sir, the people of these several States
ibutc, under the same government steamers and steamships again in motion. | here, at home, must be the. final arbiter of
flag, to its home in the bosom of the Visit the North and West. Visit tlie j thisgreat quarrel in America; and the pen-
finds its way at last to the Gulf of Mexi
co. And we must and will follow it with
travel, trade, not by treaty, but by right,
freely, peaceably; and without restriction
or tribute,
and
Gulf. Sir, we will not remain after sep- J South. Exchange newspapers. Migrate. | pie and States of the Northwest the inedta-
aration from the South, a province or ap- } Intermarry. Let slavery alone. Hold [ tors, who shall stand like the prophet be-
pendago ot the East, to bear her burdens | elections at. the appointed times. Choose 1 twixt the living and the dead, that the
ia'ted as wc a”- ’ nor hemmed in and iso- a nett - President in ’64. And when the j plague of disunion.may he stayed,
could we long C rVuiain 'a g° s P el of P cace sha11 have descended j Sir, this war, horrible as it is,
But wherever wc go, married to The | frona bcaven , ,nt0 tbo ' lr hearts, and ( taught us all some of the most important
' » of abolition and of hate been ! and salutary lessons which ever a people
expi . m ct )t.*-- ’.-*>-«*y and the church learned.
meet again m Christian intent \ First, it has annihilated, in -twenty
and South. Let the secret orders and months, ail „ nd pernicious tlieo-
voluntary associations everywhere reunite i l ies and teachings oi'aJwfi'irtnjgsi To 1 'facts
an'riie more. liudwtUrisnis^s i and ....
Whig and Democrat parties survived, * Next, railroads assumed to be king; and
i
it made but small progress, though
.John Quincy Adams gave to it the
strength of his great name. But after
their death it broke in r.s a flood, and
swept away the last, vestige of the
ancient, liberal and tolerating conser
vatism. Then evc-rv form and devel
opment of fanaticism sprang up in
# runk and most luxuriant growth, till
abolitionism, the chief fungus of all
overspread the whole of New England
first, and then the Middle .States,
and finally every State in tlie North
west.
Certainly, sir, tlie more liberal or
non-Puritan element was mainly,
through not altogether, from the old
Puritan stock, or largely crossed with
it. But even within the first ten years
after tlie landing of the pilgrims, a
more enlarged and tolerating civiliza
tion was introduced. Roger Williams,
not of the May Flower, though a
Puritan himself, and thoroughly im
bued with all its peculiarities ot cant
and creed and forms of worship,
seems yet to have had naturally a
more liberal spirit; and first, perhaps,
of all men, some three or more years
before “The Ark and the Dove” touch
ed the shores of the St. Mary’s, in
Maryland, taught the sublime doctrine
of toleration of opinion and practice
in religion. Threatened first with ban
ishment to England, so as to “remove
as far as possible the infection of his
principles;” and afterwards actually
banished beyond the jurisdiction' of
Massachusetts, because, in the lan
guage of the sentence of the general
court, “he broached and divulged di
vers new and st range doctrines against
the authority ot the magistrates” over
the reiigons opinions of men, thereby
disturbed the peace of tlie colon}', be
became the founder of Rhode Island,
and, indeed, of a large part of New
England society. And, whether from
his teaching and example, and in the
persons of his descendants and those ot
his associates, or from other causes
and another stock, there has always
been a large infusion throughout New
England of what may be called the
Roger Williams element as distinguished
from the extreme Puritan or May
Elower and Plymouth Rock type of
the New Englander; and its influence
till late years has always been power
ful.
Sir, I would not deny or disparage
the austere virtues of the old Puritans
of England or America. But I do be
lieve that in the very* nature of things,
no community could exist long in
peaqe, and no government endure
long alone, or become great, where
that element in its earliest or its more
recent form holds surpreme control.
And it is my* solemn conviction tleat
there can be no possible or durable
reunion of these States until it shall
have been again subordinated to other
and more liberal and conservative
elements, and, above all, until its
worst and lryjst mischievous develop
ment, abolitionism, has been utterly
extinguished. Sir, the peace of the
Union and of this continent demands
it. But fortunately those very ele
ments exist in New England herself;
and to her I look with confidence to
. secure to- them the mastery* within
cotton once vaunted largely his king-
ship. Sir, these are only of the royal
family—princes of the blood. There
is but one king on earth. Politics is
king.
But to return: New Jersey, too, is
nund closely to the South, and the
South to her: and more and longer
than any* other State, she remembered
both her duty to the Constitution and
i.or u.aicM tn me union. And 1'ennsyl-
vania, a sort of middle ground, just be
tween the North and south, and ex
tending also to the West, is united by
nearer, if not stronger ties, to every
section than any other one Stafy, un
less it be Ohio. She was—she is yet—
the kev-stone in the great, but now
crumbling, arch of the Union. She is a
border State; and, more than that, she
has less within her ol the fanatical
or disturbing element than any of the
States. The people of Pennsylvania
are quiet, peaceable, practical and en
terprising without being aggressive.
They have more of the honest old
English and German thrift than any
other. No people mind more diligent
ly their own business. They have but
one idiosyncrasy of speciality—the
tariff; and even that is far more a mat
ter of tradition than of substantial in
terest. The .industry, enterprise and
thrift of Pennsylvania are abundantly
able to take care of themselves against
any competition. In any event, the
Union is of more value many times, to
her than any local interest.
But other ties also bind these States
—Pennsylvania and New Jersey, es
pecially—to the South, and the South
to them. Only an imaginary line se
parates tlie former from Delaware and convert this
Maryland. The Delaware river, com
mon to both Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, flows into Delaware bay. The
Susquehanna empties its waters,
through Pennsylvania and Maryland,
into the Chespeuke.—And that great
water-shed itself, extending in Norfolk,
and, therefore, almost to the North
Carolina line, does belong, and must
ever belong, in common to the Cen
tral and Southern States, under one
government; or else tlie line of separ
ation will be the Potomac to its head
waters. All of Delaware and Mary
land. anj the counties of Accomac and
Northampton, in Virginia, in that
event, follow the fortunes of the
Northern Confederacy —^In fact, sir,
disagreeable as the idea may to
many within their limits on both sides,
no man who looks at the map ami
then refleets upon history and the
force of natural causes, and considers
the present actual and the future
prorublc position of the hostile armies
and navies at the end of this war,
ought for a moment to doubt that
either the Statesaud counties which
I have named must go with the North,
or Pennsylvania and New Jersey with
the South. Military force on either
side cannot control the 'destiny of the
States lying between the mouth of the
Chesapeake arid the Hudson. And if
that bay itself were made the line,
Delaware, and the Eastern shore of
Maryland and Virginia, would belong
to the North; while Norfolk, the only
capacious harbor on the South-Eastern
coast, must be commanded bv the
1 *>*■-
at-y. lint wherever we go, married to the
South or the East, wc firing with its tfiree-
fourtlis of the territories of that valley’ to
the Rocky Mountains, and it may fie to
tlie Pacific—the grandest and most mag
nificent dowry which bride ever had to
I*’fylien, sir, New England frtfed at last
from the domination of her sr.pliisters and
dreamers and bigots and restored to the
control, once more of her former liberal,
tolerant and conservative civilization, will
not stand in the way of the reunion of these
States upon terms of fair and honorable
adjustment. And in this great work the
central free and border slave States, too,
will unite heart and baud. To the West
it is a necessity and she demands it. And
let not the States now called Confederate
insist upon separation and independence.
Wliat did they demand at first ? Secu
rity against Abolitionism within the
Union. Protection from the “irrepressi
ble conflict” and the domination of the
absolute numerical majority. A change ■
of public opinion, and consequently of po- j
litical parties in the'Noith and West, so
that their local institutions and domestic
peace should no longer be endangered.—
And now, sir, after two years of persistent
and most gigantic effort on the »;irt of this*
.,aiiiiuiaurti?uu tu compel tnem to submit,
but wi ll utter and signal failure, the peo
ple of the free States are now or fast be
coming satisfied that the price of the
Union is the utter suppression of Aboli
tionism or anti-slavery as a political ele
ment, and tlie complete subordination of
the spirit of fanaticism and intermeddling
which gave it birth.
In any event, they are leady now, if I
have not greatly misread the signs ol the
times, to return to the old constitutional
and actual basis of fifty years ago—three-
fifths' rule 'of representation, speedy re
turn of fugitives from labor, equal rights
in the Territories, no more slavery agita
tion anywhere and trails!; pud temporary
sojourn with slaves without molestation in
the free States. Without all these there
could be neither peace nor permanence to
a restored union of States “part slave and
part free.” With it the South in addition
to all the other great and multiplied bene
fits of union, would he far more secure in
her slave property-, l>cr dcnicstu. iusiiiu-
tions, than under a separate government.
Sir, let no man, North or West, tell me
that this would perpetuate African sla-
vePv. I know it. But so does ihe Con
stitution. I repeat, sir, it is tiic price of
the Union. Whoever hates negro sla
very more than he loves the Union, must
demand separation at last. I think that
you can never abolish slavery by lighting.
Certainly you never can tiil you destioy
the South, and then, in the language, first
of Mr. Douglas aud afterward of Mr. Sew-
government into an im
perial despotism- And, sir, whenever I
am forced to .a choice between the loss to
my own country and race, of personal and
political liberty with a!! its blessings, and
tlie rnvoluntaiy domestic servitude of the
negro, I shall not hesitate one moment to
choose the latter alternative. The sole
question to day is between the Union witli
slavery, or final disunion, and. 1 think, an
archy and despotism. 1 am for the Union.
It was good enough fir our fathers. It is
good enough for us and our children after
us.
And, sir, let no man in the South tell
me that she has been invaded, and that
all tlie horrors implied in those most ter
rible of words civil war, lias been visited
upon her. I know that, too. But we, al
so of tlie North and West, in every State
and by thousands, who have dared so
much as to question tlie principles and
policy, or doubt the honesty of this admin
istration and its party, have suffered every
thing that the worst despotism could in-
flltf, except only loss of life itself upon tlie
scaffold Some even have died for the
cause by iVr band of the assassin. And
can we iorget 1 Never, never. Time will
but burn the memory of these wrongs deeper
iuto our hearts.
But, shall we break up the Union ?—
Shall we destroy the country because a us
urping tyrant have held possession and
pervaded if to the most cruel of oppression?
Was it ever so done in any other c mntry ?
In Athens ? Romo ? England ? Any
where? No, sir; let us expel the usur
per, and restore the Constitution and laws,
the rights of the Slates, and the liberties
of the people ; and then, in the country of
our fathers, uuder the Union of our fath
ers, and the old flag—the symbol once
again of the free and the brave—let us
fulfil the grand mission which Providence
has
mi'l aiguinents could not* have untaught
in half a century. We. have learned that
which impel us together, their fullest j
say. Let time do his office—drying tears, . the South is not weak, dependant, n—■ ,l ® r *
dispelling sorrows, mellowing passion, ; prising, or corrupted by slavery, luxury
A (JilfiAT $t'CC£63 B? VAN BOSK
CUATTa$bc6A, March 4.—Sen. Van
Dorrf attacked tha enemy at Franklin
in tue e jgi,t een South of Nashville, SumW
s wmc - WUI ' f aval, 7 aD( V i £ bt 1 artillery, captj
s were , , n g three thousand Federals with stores
some movement ! wa g 0US belonging to Wheeler’s bi-Gaikf
froth the retiring salt boiler# end Other*
whom they had met on their way from the
citv. Some said the Montank alone had
engaged tlie fott and also fired on the
Nashville, which being unable to e
had been fired by her crew. Others
of opinion that the Nashville had been set ) pniripments.
on fire by the shells from the Montauk— j T heenemy captured several ferarin*
There appeared to be some movement ! belonging to Wh““'"-’-
about one o'clock among fho gunboats | uca ° r Wartrnce on tlie 1st.
which were lying at a distance of five or j Tlie Yankees continue to commit d„
six miles.from our position, aud, as the tide , pret l at ions around d/urfresboro’. A citizen
was nearly full, wc thought it probable , of R n ,l ier f, >r d was taken out and whinned
that the enemy might contemplate anoth- j b or( ] er 0 f Federal officers. ™
er attack on the fort. Wo waited till i
about half-past one, when we observed ^DORN SMuTORY COMPLETE,
one of the gunboats leave her companions ! Ciiattanooua, March 4.~Confirmato-
and steam off down the river, taking a ry reports have been received of Van
course in the direction of I’ybee, doubtless Dorn s successful raid in I ranklin. He is
to communicate their operations to head . now in possession ot that place. Thirty-
(iiiarters. When she was out of sight wc nine wagons were captured with stores
returned to the city. Federal loss one thousand killed and
It was not until yesterday morning wounded. Our loss heavy. Number of p ris .
that we learned anything of the particulais oners a en • '
of the destruction of the Nashville. It Approved by John k. Jackson. Brig,
appears that the steamer having j;ot cn - _ ,
aground in the Reach on Friday, was ob-
served by the enemy, and a tew shots jieliinond, March 3d* Northern dates
were fired at her by the Montauk on ot the ^/th have been received.
Friday evening. The Nashville being LONG LIVE ABRAHAM!
unable to get off, and the crew being forced OUR PRESIDENT LINCOLN TElI-
to abandon her, ths Montauk, favored by j PORARY DICTATOR
a curve in the river, took a position which *
brought her in easy range, and opened fire Under this head the New York He
on her again on Saturday morning, hitting declares that measures lately pawed -
her some eight or ten times, when she took Sfyf - and others that w.ll bmgmf l a
tire from the shells and was entirely con- ^ l11 practically in vest LificoTn idg
sunned, with her valuable cargo of cotton P?™*’ of a dictator, baUjMungft .....
and all her stores. After the Nashville the shgtest danger of an abuse of power
had been on lire some time, a quantity of h Y n ^ ambitious purposes, Ac-
powder on board, some two hundred cepting the plea of imperious necetfcity, i
pounds, exploded, blowing out the stern v ; e cheerfully consent to the^transforma-
of the steamer. Her guns and shells ‘.on of the President into a temporary^
were loaded also exploded with a ” r * . » ••
which was heard in the Tr L U™ ar „ r,vaI fy™ Uort^Roy# the
specting
Foster.
that
a terrific repoit,
city.
Thus terminated
tie .staff
Herald has further inforr
1U» icrminaiea tl.e crier rf.H.e
Rattlesnake,” .hid. wo Icily Itnped **
was soon to be converted into a sea seipent ,, »,
, i -v- i .i .an,. if.... P u 1 G&u. otcvenson unde
to iila ,r ue the Yankees on the ocean, ilei 1
» , , ,, I paraging negro troops,
owners sustain a heavy loss in tue res.-el pi 1 p- l , . ,
and her machinery, while private parties Cba . r,e « L ' ,?«*». late second officetqfl
t„e„ lmn,lr,.,l Lies Of cotton fye pm afeer Retnbution, is m the old
ltol, to be tried as * spy.
The negro soldier bill has not passe?
the Seriate.
YANKEE CONSCRIPTION.
MORGAN’S MEN MAKE ANOTHER
DASH.
lose .some nine hundred bales of cotton
which had been shipped on board of her.—
The loss being divided among many, will
not be serious to any, and we have no
doubt that the owners of her cargo would
have cheerfully submitted to a much grea
ter sacrifice to have secured her escape to
sea.
Gorernor *Hrown at his Farm.—Agon
tlcman who left this citv last week, to s»
Gov. Brown on some olhcirii i>
iV-r/’V:'-
t 1
Governor, to pro
would c - 1 “ " n
small
>£. a
ness, was J * uN GSTREET, MARSHALL A VT ‘
the residence of the IORREST MOVING r '"~
■i to L; a farm, where lie , r -._ , ,
m On his wav thither he vitle, March 2.—Northern dates
and passed a large numerous . trt the 24th have been received here.
It is expected that as soon as the Con-
anJ makini
herb and grhss aud tree grow
again upon the hundred battle fields of
this terrible war.
“But this is recognition.” It is not
formal recognition, to which 1 will not
conseut. Recognition now*, and attempted
permanent-treaties about boundary, travel
aud trade, and partition of territories,
would end in a war fiercer and more dis
astrous than before. Recognition is^a !
solute disunion; anil not betwe'"*^^* 10
slave and tlie free States, but ** ltb ® e l a *
ware and Maryland as par* °f the North,
and Kentucky* and Missouri as part ot the
West. But, wherever the actual line,
every* evil and mischief ot disunion is im
plied in it. And, for similar reasons, sir,
I would not at this time press hastily a
convention of the States. The men lio
would now bold seats in such a convention
. , , ... — -win agreed to
attend, come together full of the hate and
bitterness inseparable from a civil war.
No, sir, let passion have time to cool, and
reason to resume its sway. It cost thirty
years of desperate ami most wicked pa
tience and industry to destroy or impair
the magnificent temple of this Union.—
Let us be content if within three years,
wc shall be able to restore it.
But certainly wliat I propose is inform
al, practical recognition. And that is pre
cisely what exists to-day, and lias eXist-
j ed, more or less defined, from the first.
Flags of truce, exchange of prisoners, and
all your other observances of the laws,
forms and courtesies of war, arc acts of
recognition. Sir, does any man doubt to
day that there is a Confederate govern
ment at Richmond, and that it is a ‘’bc!lig-
ereni?” Even the Secretary of State has
discovered it at last, though lie lias writ
ten ponderous folios of polished rhetoric
to prove that it is not. Will continual
war, then, without extended and substan
tial imctcsu, uiivlso tlie Confederate States
any the less a government in fact?
“But it confesses disunion!” Y'es, just
as the surgeon, who sets your fractured
limb in splints, in order that it may be
healed, admits that it is broken. But tlie
and idleness; hue powerful, earnest, wa-’
like, enduring, seifsupporting, full o f ' ;n ® r -
gy, and inexhaustible resou* oS * ^. e
have been taught, and J ' v . C0I,ies J s
openly, that African -avery, instead of
being a source *T”’ fe . akne!j f t0 .. tbe Sou f tb ’
is one of h- ‘ na * n cIemeHts of strength;
and 1*"‘ cC ,bc ‘'military necessity,” we
told, of abolishing slavery in order to
suppress the rebellion.
We have learned also that the non-
slaveholding white men in the South,
millions in number, are immovably attach
ed to the institution, and are its chief sup
port ; and Abolitionists have found out, to
their infinite surprise and disgust, that the
slave is uot “panting for freedom” nor
pining in silent but revengeful grief over
cruelty and oppression inflicted upon him,
but lianivy, contented, attached dooply iu
ins master, and unwilling—at least not
eager—to accept the precious boon of
freedom which they have proffered him*—
I appeal to the President for the pioof.
1 appeal to the fact that fewer slaves
have escaped, even from Virginia, in now
nearly ten years, than Arnold and Corn
wallis carried away in six months of inva
sion in 17>1. Filially, sir, we have learn
ed, and the South too, what the history of
the world ages ago and our own history
might have taught tis, that servile insurrec
tion is the least of the dangers to which
she is exposed. Hence, iu my deliberate
judgment, African slavery, as an instution,
will come out of this conflict fifty* fold stron
ger than when th§ war began.
* The South, too, sir, has learned most im
portant lessons ; and among them, that
personal courage is a quality common to
ail sections, and that in battle the men of
the North, and especially of the West, are
their equals. Hitherto there has been a
mutual and most mischievous mistake upon
both sides. The South overvalued its own
personal courage and undervalued ours,
aiul we too readily consented, but at the
same time she exaggerated our aggregate
strength and resources and under estima
ted lier own ; and wo fell into the same
error; and lienee the original and fatal
government will have failed to “crush out I mistake or vice of tiro military policy of
the rebellion.” Sir, it has failed. Y'oti ! the North, and-which lias already broken
went to war to prove that we bad a govern- j down the war by its own weight—the
ntent. With what result? To the people j belief that we could bring overwhelming
of' the loyal States it lias, in your hands, [ numbers anil power into tlie lield and upon
been the government of King Stork, but j the sea, and crush out tlie South at a blow
to tlie Confederate States of King Lo ' 1 ' 1
s < 1 a gons, carts, &ewj in ,7 to the same
mot passengers v**”' Pi1,p,p tn script bill shall pass the House there will
destination* and w ie» ® • lar^e be a ca ^ f° r $00,000 men. It is expect-
his surprise, he ‘ vehicles e( J tbat tbe soldiers whose time Is about
number 0 f men aW women with vehicles . . ff j )em8elve8 as substi-
of the sa.ni 0 description, were around the nxpinn 0 win oner inemseives as suosu
corn cnbs and barn of the Governor, who tutfts for enrolling conscripts
mgaged in distribution to them of . Trouble m Bank s army. Officers re-
shucks, &C . in proportion to the signing—growing out of tbe introduction
was
corn
size of their families and tl )e i r wants.
of negro troops.
Major Austin, Morgan’s Brigade, with
one hundred and fifty men passed around
MurficoeVioro’ and destroyed Murfrees
boro’ and Nasltvillo road, and run a train
of soldiers over an embankment.
The Louisville Journal reports Long-
Upon inquiring, the gentleman learned
that those who had gathered there were
the poor wives, widows and children of
the soldiers from Cherokee county, among
whom Governor Brown was distributing
bis surplus corn. The sight was a most j strect> Forest and Marshall approacliin
grateful one to our• traveler, who came •Lexin np ton.
back to Atlanta impressed with the double
conviction of Governor Brown being not
only a good Governor, but a good man.—
Tlie grateful tears which he saw in tlie
eyes of tlie good women of Cherokee, who
were 'being' made the recipients of Governor
Brown’s patriotic liberality, made an im
pression upon him which, he says, will be
lasting, and which has taught him not to
be ebarvin his charities in the future.
Atlanta Intelligencer, March 3d.
FROM PORT HUDSON.
THE ENEMY' ADVANCING.
The Fourth Attach on Fort XKCcAlIis-
ter The Bnemy again Repulsed.
As we anticipated tlie enemy attack
ed our batteries at Genesis Point yes
terday. The fire on the fort was open
ed about half past sevetro’eloek from
three iron-clad turret boats which bad
taken position in front of the batteries
and two or three mortar boats which
were witluthe fleet some two miles
below. The firing was continuous and
brisk from the-iron-clads during the
day, which was deliberately respond
ed to by the garrison, which directed
its shot almost entirely at the nearest
iron-clad, supposed to be the Montauk.
From Coffee Bluff we witnessed for
hours the unequal contest in which
Port Hudson, Feb. 25.—The Y'ankee
force, 40,000 strong is marching towards
Sorgansa. The advance guard, a thou
sand strong, is at Fausce river, 12 miles
from this point. This is deemed an im
portant movement, and doubtless prompt
steps will be taken to arrest it.
LATER FROM PORT HUDSON.
Port Hudson, Feb. 27.—Col. Mills’ Le
gion, 4th Louisiana, Col. Hunter’s and
Fenner’s Battery drove the Yankees from
Point Coupee. The enemy ignominious-
ly retreated at the appearance of our
forces.
Reported force at Baton Rouge 30,000.
Pi-orlaniiilion !-t tbe President.
It is meet that, as a people who ac
knowledge the supremacy of the living
God, we should be ever mindful of our
dependence on Him; should remember
that to Him alone can we trust for our de
liverance; that to him is due devout thank
fulness for the signal mercies bestowed on
“But the rebellion will have triumphed.” j
Better triumph to-day than ten years j
hence. But I deny it. The rebellion i
will at last be crushed out in the only way ;
in which it was ever possible. “But no ■
one will be hung at the end of the war.” j
Neither will there be, though the war
should last half a century, except by the :
mob, or the baud of arbitrary power. But ,
really, sir, if there is to be no banging, i
let this administration, and all who have]
done its bidding evcrywheie rejoice and ;
be exceeding glad.
And now, sir, allow me a word upon a i
subject of every great interest of this mo- I
ment, and most important it may be in its
influence upon the future—foreign medi
ation. I speak not of armed and hostile
invention, which I would resist as long as
but cue man was left to staike a blow at
the invader. But friendly offer of an im
perial power to stand as a days-man be
tween the coutending parties in this most
bloody and exhausting strife ought to be
met in a spirit as cordial and ready as that
in which it is proffered. It would be
churlish to refuse,. Certainly it is not con
sistent with the former dignity of this gov
ernment to ask for a mediation ; neither,
sir, would it befit its ancient magnanimity
to reject it. As proposed by the Emperor
of France, I would accept it at once. Now
is the auspicious moment. It is the
speediest, easiest, most graceful mode of
suspending hostilities. Let us hear no
more of the mediation of cannon and the
sword. The day for all that is goue by.
Let us bo statesmen at last. Sir, I give
thanks that some, at least, among the Re
publican party seem ready to lift them
selves up to the height of this argument
and to deal with it in the spirit of the
patriots and public men of other countries,
and of the better days of the United
States.
And now, sir, whatever may have been
But twenty months of terrible warfare
have corrected many errors, and taught us
the wisdom of a century. And now, sir,
every one of these lessons will profit us
for all ages to come ; aud if we do blit
reunite, will bind us in a closer, firmer,
more durable union than ever before.
out gnlluiit men, in then* opeu eartn- l)s . an d that by prayef alone can we hope
work, received the concentrated and t 0 secure the continued manifestation of
enfilading fire ot the Yankees, who that protecting care which has hitherto
were securely housed in their “iron shielded us in the midst of trials and dan-
safes.” The fire was kept lip with j gers.--
great spirit by the valorous Yankees; In obedience to his precepts we have
until about three o’clock, when their Urom time to time been ga-thcred together
From the Savannah Morning News. March 2.
Drxlruciion of Itir ,Xn«livjtlc.
About lialj*past seven o’clock on Satur
day morning heavy tiring was heard in ^he
direction of Genesis Point, and the gen
eral belief was that Fort JJcAllister had
again been attacked by tbe enemy’s gttn-
b*>uts. Tin* firing continued, though not
rapidly and with occasional intervals, until
about ten o’clock, after which time oulv
a few guns were heard. About this time
news reached tlie city that tlie Montauk
had come tip within range and opened fire
on the steamer Nashville, which, in at
tempting to run up, had got aground on
Friday in the bend of wliat is called the
Seven Mile Reach, in the Ogeeche,
a short distance above the fort,and
that the Nashville was on fire. With
a friend wc drove down to Coffee Bluff, on
tlie Little Ogeechee, about ten miles from
the city. Arriving at the point near the
battery formerly occupied by Reed’s
Flying Artill *ry,_we had a view across the
marsh of the fort, the burning Nashville
aud the enemy’s gunboats.
The firing had ceased some two hours
before, aud three gunboats, with the iron
clad turret boat, liad dropped some three
-miles below the fort, where they were
lying at anchor, while an immense column
of smoke rose from the Nashville, where
she lay apparently, from our point of view,
about a mile above the fort. Ail was still
and the few spectators at the point who,
like ourselves, had arrived after the firing
had ceased, could give us no information
farther than tl>e sports they had received
energies seemed to flag. A little after
3 p. in., one of the iron-clads hauled
oil’ and returned to the fleet. About this
time the fire from the other two ceas
ed, and shortly after the second iron-
witli prayers and thanksgiving, and He
lias been graciously pleased to hear our
supplications, and to grant abundant exhi
bitions of His favor to our armies and our
people. Through magy conflicts we have
now attained a place among the nations
clad retired. The batteries now pour- which commands their respect; and to the
ed a terrific fire upon the remaining enemies who encompass us around ami
iron-clad, which, after remaining silent f eek our destructmn the Lord of Hosts
,. .. , has aganftlanglit the lesson of His inspired
for full halt an hour, followed her word f TEkt the battle is not to the strong
companions m their retreat.—As she but t0 whomsoever he willeth to exalt,
•teamed down the river our garrison Again our enemy, with loud boasting of
redoubled their fire, which was not the power of their armed and mailed ships
returned bv the. retreating Yankees, threaten us with subjugation, and, -with
Tlie last gun from the fort was fired
at her when nearly out of range, a
quarter to five o’clock.
Tlie latest accounts we have from
the batjery, are up to three o’ciock,
evil machinations, seek even in our own
homes and at our own firesides, to pervert
our inen*servants and our maid-servants
into accomplices of their wicked designs.
Under these circumstances it is my
privilege, to invite you once more to meet
from which we learn that only two together and to prostrate yourselves in
men had been slightly injured, and humble supplication to Him who has been
one gun dismounted.' More or less our constant and never failing support in
damage was no doubt, done to the lha P ast and t0 ''hose protection and
works, but the repatrs w.ll becomple- B Tothisend> L Jcfferson Davis , Prefi -
ted by daylight tomorrow morning, den t of the Confederate States of Ameri-
wlien our brave boys will be read) to C!J) do j SS ue this my proclamation, setting
give the Yankees another day’s, cuter- apart Friday, the 27th day of March, as
tainment. . a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer,
All honor to tlie garrison at Gen- and 1 do invit e the people of said States
esisPoint! They have demonstrated to repair on that day to their usual places
what brave kilful artillery ex- KC®
posed in opeu cattily works, can do y^i e i- c if* u j protection over onr cause, that
merciful protection ove.r onr cause,
invention H e w j|j scatter onr enemies, and set at
naught their evil designs, and that He will
graciously restore to our beloved country
against the latest Y'ankee
ofpatent iron safe life preserving gun
boats.
The attack will probably be renew- j the blessings of peace and security,
ed this morning, with, -perhaps, in- , 1“*“^ whereof, I have hereunto set
creased force (as they have another bal ' d at tbe ™ m
i ron-clud Jo the'ir but ,he result j &
yesterday has assured us, if it has not hundred and sixty-three.
convinced the Yankees, that Fort
McAllister, like Vicksburg,*is a hard
nut to crack.—[A«tnt.
Jeefeuson Dxvis.
By the President:*
J. P. Benjamin*, Secretary of Stattt
