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l>rn*;«nd for
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Fellow Citizens ./ iht Sen at. .
And of tin Hob sc of Rep
Hiving been convened on mi extraordinary
ocoasioa. *>* authorized by 'he ObnslitnAiou, your
■ tf-ntion ia not called to snv extraordinary subject
of legislation.
I .-'Tates bv individual enterprise and received into public mind Tlicy invented an injurious
: to' i, •rerun,out service! Of coarse, the seceJed ism, which, if lauiceded, was followed by perfoet-
. >:«•••», «o called, and to which Texas iad been I ly logically steps through all the incidents to the
i joined about the tint* of the inauguration, gave no | complete destruction of the Union. The sophism
j troops to the cause oftjie Union. j itself is that any State of the Union may consis-
| The Border States, so called, were not uni- tently with the National Constitution, and there- _ _ r _. _
: form in their actio*—some of them being'almost fore lawfully and peacefully withdraw from the j common sailor is known to
At the beginning of the present Presidential fof the Union, while in others, as Virginia, North j Union, without the consent of tbc Union or ot -flag,
term, four months ago, tiie functions of’the Fed- ! Carolina. Tennessee and Arkansas, the Union [any other State. I Great, honor is due to those officers
oral Government was found to be generally sns- ; ■■’“Utimeut was very nearly repressed and si-j The httlo disguise that the supposed right is to i ed true despite the example of their traitor
pended within the several States oT South Caro- I ienced. , be exercised only for just cause, themselves to be j sociateg. But the greatest honor and ~
linn. Georgia, Alabama, Mississip.pi, Louisiana ' The course taken in Virginia was the urnst re- the sole judge of its justice, is too thin to merit J portant act of all is the unanimous
and Florida, excepting those only of the Post j markable, perhaps the most important. A Con-[any notice. With rebellion thus sugar-coated, j the common soldiers and common sail
Office Department. j v-mtion elected by the people of that State to cou- they have Wen drugging tho public mind of their j last man. so far as known they have
Federal 1 section for more than thirty years and until at resisted the traitorous efforts of those whose*
rwieiietiaod proved fals-lo tiie liandl wbi;li n, e alike traitors, anti deserve capital British lias n.v the right to enter onr pirl* in a,- 1 \!} (silFM \ ITvlrr>» "ri?n ,T HE t 'Otl.r
> tnonperr.i ,h„„ net on, a--**- t'» ^^^iS^SSSlSSS 2?;.5«S
Within these States all the forts, ars
mands but an hour before they obeyed as abso
the patriotic instinct of plain .
. excepting only . - - . ,
Taylor and Jefferson, on and near the Florida mediately after the fall of Fort ijumier. many
coast, and Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbor, j members of that majority went over to the dis-
South Carolina. ! union minority, and with them adopted an or-
The forts thus seized had been put in improved dinanee for withdrawing the State from the
condition, new ones had been built, and armed | Fniou.
forces had been organized and were ort'-anizino, I Whether this change was wrought by their
aH avowedly with the same hostile purpose. The' j great'approval of the assault on Fort Sumter, [ Our States have neither more nor less power than
forts remaining in the possession of the Federal I or their great resentment at the Government s i that reserved to them in the Union by the Consti-
Grovernment in and near these States were either I resistance to that assault, is not definitely tutiori—no one of them ever having been a State
known. ' out of the Union. The original ones passed into
Although they submitted the ordinance for rat- the Union even before they cast oft'their Britisli
out of the Union, who could have been brought
to no such thing the day before.
The sophism, derives much, perhaps the whole
of its currency, from the assumption that there is
some Omnipotent and Sacred Supremacy pertain
ing to a State, to each State of onr Federal Union.
the Government which was made ’ jn makin
by Washington means no good to them.
Our popular government lias often been called
sn experiment. Two points in it our people have
settled—the successful establishment and the suc
cessful administration of it. One still remains: Its
successful maintenance against a formidable in
ternal attempt to overthrow it. It is now for them
to demonsuate to the world that those who can
fairly carry an election can also suppress a rebel
lion. The ballots are the rightful and successful
successors of bullets and when ballots are fairly
To bo familiar with the geography and
’ c
a reconnoissance, to be atten-
. , . . , , •- - - 1,1 i to the necessity of a stronger central 7 * WVr *
mind that it is a part of her policy, and, indeed,: States arc in insurrection, an,I rii... **'«
vv.v.uu.ch rtnu uc.ir uieve otaies were eitnei
besieged or men need by war like preparations
and especially Fort Sutnter was nearly sur-
rounded by well protected hostile batteries, with j ification to a vote of the people, to be taken on a ! Colonial dependence: and the new ones each j and constitutionally decided, there can be no sne-
guns equal in quality to the best of its'own day then somew hat more than a month distant,! came into file Union directly from a condition of j cessful appeal, accept to ballots themselves at sue
and outnumbering tbe latter as, perhaps, ten to *h e Convention and the Legislatures, which was ! dependence, excepting Texas : and even Texas, in I ceedibg elections. Such will be a great lesson of
one. ’ also in session at the same time and place, with j its temporary independence, was never designated j peace, teaching men that what they cannot take
leading men of the State not members of either.! a State. The new ones only took tbe designation
immediately commenced acting as if tbe State I of States oncoming into the Union, while that
were already out of the Union. I name was first adopted by the oid ones in and by
They pushed military preparations vigorously I the Declaration of Independence,
forward all over the State; they seized the United 1 Therein the limited United Colonies were de-
States armory at Harper's F'erry, and the navy ! clared to be free and independent States, but even
yard, at Gosport near Norfolk, they received, per-i then the object was plainly not to declare their
haps invited into their State, large bodies of! independence of one anuther orof the Union, but
troops, with their warlike appointments, from the i directly the contrary, as their mutual pledge and
A disproportionate share of the Federal mus
kets and ritles had somehow found their way into
these States, and ha l been seized to be used
against the Government. Accumulations of the
public revenue lying within them had been seized
for the same object. The navy was scattered in
distant seas, leaving hut a very small part of it
within the immediate reach of the Government.
Officers of the F'ederal army and navy had re
signed iu great nuYnber?, and of those resigning a
large proportion had taken up arms against the
Government.
Simultaneously, and in connection with all
this, the purpose to sever the
openly avowed. In accordan
an ordinance had been adopted
States respectively to be separated from the
National Union. A formula for instituting a
combined Government of these States bail been
promulgated, and this illegal organization in the
character ot Confederate States was alieady in
volving recognition, aid and intervention from
foreign powers.
Finding this condition of things, and believing
it to.be an imperative duty upon the incoming Kx-
by an election, neither can they take it by war;
teaching all the folly of being tbc beginners of
war.
Lest there be some uneasiness on the minds cf
candid men as to what is to be the course of the gov
ernment toward the Southern States, after the re
bellion shall have been suppressed, the Executive
such blockade of our cotton ports: in which [ MENTrf BV* TilE SHARP nut mu?,*. E| ’ K '
vent Great Britaiu must cither abandon her trade | THE SWitRD. * LINF. Of
nth us
live to the despatch of- orders, to become
capable of exhibiting with simplicity tile i event Great Britain must either abaudon her trade f THE SWuRD.
most complicated movements of an army; ^ ° f “ *”\ Gov,-.,t,o„'s p . „
these are the qualifications that should tits- | Great Britain does not wish to do either. She has issued his proclamado-t calling t k""
distinguish the officer called to the Station neither wishes to abandon ht-r trade with us. nor: Legislature of South Carolina in extra 8 * ; f ^
-f .!.?_!? _ l" *1 _ a. _ /V j tO force tilt*- blockade. JSlie tliorafnrd I riitln ntliio on tlia Aunt If-.. 1 . . • ». ?3iO
of chief of the staff.
V general of artillery should be acquaiti-
: the preseut. stand upon
She will,, therefore, for j Columbia, on the first Monday in Novernh ,IOD ’
her treaty rights, and \ t.> appoint Electors for President anti Vi'V* 1 -
ioe-Presi.
. , n ,, - . - ,, will, if necessary to the full enjoyment of those) dent of tbe Confederate States, who . .
ted Will all the operations of the . army, ; rights open her way to the ports at the cannon's j voted for on the first Wednesday in V ?
as lie is obliged to supply the different j mouth: and this she can. and violate no law, and j and inaugurated on the 82nd F’ebruarv*-' Pm ^ er ’
to
yet
so called seceded States. They formally entered their mutual action, before, at the time and after-
into a treaty of temporary alliance and co-opera- wards, plainly show. The express plighting of
tion with the so-called Confederate States, and ; faith by each and nil of the original thirteen in the
_ _ sent members to their Congress at Montgomery, J articles of Confederation, two years later, that the
F'ederal Union was I : "‘ J finally they permitted the insurrectionary I Union shall be perpetual, is most conclusive,
ice with this purpose | Government to be transferred to the capital a't Ilaving never been States, either in substance
ted in each of these ’ Richmond. j or > R name outside of the Union, whence this
• - 1’h-j people of Virginia have thus allowed this ! magical omnipotence of State rights, asserting a
great Insurrection to make i f s nest within her bor-
; dors, and this Government lias no choice left but
j to deal with it where it finds it.
| And it lias the less regret, as the loyal citi
zens have, in due fonn, claimed its protection
claim of power to lawfully destroy the Union it
self? Much is said about tbe sovereignty of the
States, but the word, even, is not in the National
Constitution, nor, as is believed, in any of the
State Constitutions. What is a sovereignty in the
These lov’d citizens, this'Government, is bound ! political sense of the term? Would it be far
to rtcogniz • an J protect as being Virginia. ’ wrong to define it “A political community with-
_ r _ In the Border States, so-called—in fact, the j ont a political superior ?” Tested by this, no one
ecative to prevent, if possible, the consummation of i IVIiddle States—there are those who favor a poli-1 of our States except Texas ever was a sovereign-
on
wl-
d
made
augural address. The policy chosen looked to the I .This would b; disunion completed. Figura-! in pursuance of the Constitution to ba for her the
exhaustion of all peaceable measures before a ro- [ivcly speaking, it would be the building of an J supreme law of the land.
sort to any stranger ones. It sought only to hold ! impassable wail along the line of separation ; and j The States iiave their status in the Union, and
the public places and property not already wrested j y e * not quite an impassable one, for, under the j they have no other legal slntus If they break
from tbe Government, nud to collect the revenue, 1 e r,i ‘ se of neutrality, it would lie the bands of I from this, they can only do so against law and by
reiying for the rest on time, discussion and the t* 10 Fnion men and freely pass supplies from ! revolution. The Union, and not themselves sepa-
ballot box. j among them to the insurrectionists, which it: rctely, procured their independence and their lib-
I promised a continuance of the mails at Gov- could not do as an open enemy. At a stroke it j erty: by conquest or purchase, the Union gave
eminent expenses to the very people who were 1 "' ou l | 'l the trouble off the hands of sc-ees- j each of them whatever of independence nud liber-
resisting the Government, and it gave repeated j sion. exc-pt only what proceeds from the external; tj^'t ht‘ s ;
pledges against any disturbance to any of tbe peo- j blockade . The Union is older than any of the States, and,
pie or any of their rights. Of all that a I’resi- It_ would do for the disnnionists that which, of j >» fact it created them as "States. Originally,
deems it proper to say. it will be hi’s purpose then, | to obtain gnifles that can be relied upon;
as ever, to be guided by the Constitution and the] to interrogate the clergyman and the post-
d that he probably will have no different , master t0 establish speedily an under-
ndmrr OI t.hf* rinwpre untl ilntif** of tno 1 J . _
standing with the inhabitants; and send
divisions of which it is composed, with j iu dmng it will do us the greatest possible service-; - * ‘
_ i if, * r she force the blockade, fas she lawfully mav Henry you ought to be apl-amod
arms and ammunition. H s comm m- ! uu ti! she shall present ns to the world as a sep throw away that bread, ion ^
cations with the artillery officers at the \ aratc people troni the United States.) site would | want it 80 ', j xou ma . v .
advanced posts should keep him informed ! buy all our surplus and supply us with the muui-1 7. w n »i
of all the movements of the troops, and the 'i 0113 war Peace would follow in a month, I e » mi ^ ier ’ woula I stand any bet-
- - 1 %v,t « it a recognition ot our independence, | ter cnauce ot getting it than if I shorU
;blessings we are toiling: for. j eat it up now V 9
S P E C l A L \ 0 T I C E s
troops
management of his great park must be re
gulated by this information.
To reconnoitre rapidly deities and fords
laws
understanding of the powers and duties of the
F'ederal Government relative to the rights of the
States and the people under the Constimtion than
that expressed m the inaugural address. He de-
siies to preserve the Government that it may be
administered for alias it was administered by the
men that made it.
out spies; to seize the letters in the mails,
translate and make an abstract of their
contents; in short, to answer all the inqui
ries of the general-in-chief on his arrival
i and with
and all the
It may be asked, if this be the correct view, 1
why does not Great Britain at once force the!
blockade ? To this several answers may be I
given :
I. There is now but little use in forcing the |
blockade, inasmuch as now wo have but little to i
sell, and of course have but little means to buy
what she has to sell.
2 She would rather not excite the abolition
element among her own people by' piecipitate ac
tion that might beconstrued as an act friendly to
MRS. WIN-SLO’W
An experienced nurse and female physician h.. *
Soothing Syrup for Children teethiug, which greatlvf *
^77- the process of teething by softeningthe
reauciugall inflammation—will allay all pain aad
sure to regulate the bowels. Depend upon it,
;t will^giye rest to yourselves, aud relief aud heaA
Loyal citizens everywhere have the right to with the whole army;—Such are the du
claim this of the Government and the Govern- j ties which come within sphere of u good
ment has no right to withhold or neglect it. It is
not perceived that in giving it there is any subju- j ^°_ St
gation, in any just sense of those terms. ‘
Commanders-in-chief are to be guided
ac-
engtneer
from
*• XI v. UUUIIVall till til UI tJlUVt I IJ liter’i l. Lf lib 11 d j , , • « i • • . . | *
state in this Union may lawfully go out of the; h eat 'se, hut generalship is acquired only
Union, having done so. it may also discard the Re-1 by experience and the study of the cam-
publican form of government, so that to prevent its ; paigns of all great captains. Gustavus
going out is an indispensable means to the end of molnlius Ttirenne and Fredp -ic as also
maintaining the guarantee mentioned; and when P , ' - 1 m enne, anti 1 reae. 1C, as also
Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar, have
all acted on the same principles. To keep
your forces united, to he vulnerable at no
dent might constitutionally and justifiably do in
such cases, everything was forborne without
which it was deemed possible to keep the Govern
ment on foot.
On the f»th of March, the present incumbent’s
first full day in office, a letter from Major Ander
son, commanding at F'ort Sumter, written on tbe
2?lh of February, and received at the War De
partment on the 4th of March, was by that De
partment placed in iris hands. This letter ex
pressed the professional opinion of the writer that
reinforcements could not be thrown info that fort
within the times for his relief, rendered necessary
by the limited supply of provisions, and with a
view of holering possession oft he same, with a force
less than 2d.0tHI good and well disciplined men.
This opinion was concurred in by aii the officers
ot lus command, and their memoranda on the sub
ject were made euclusuies of Major Anderson’s
letter.
The whole was iramediVe’y laid before Lieut.
General ^cott," who at once concurred with Gen.
Anderson in opinion. On reflection, however, he
took full time, consulting with officers both of the
] all things, they most desire—feed them well and I some dependent colonies made the Union, and, in
give them disunion without a struggle’of their i turn, the Union threw off their old dependence
own. It recognizes no fidelity to the Constitu- j f° r them and made them States, such as they are.
tion—no obligation to maintain the Union ; and I !sot one of them ever had a State Constitution in-
' while very many who have favored it are doubt-! dependent of the Union.
j less loyal citizens, it is nevertheless very injurious I Of course, it is not forgotten that all tho new
in effect. , j Stales framed their Constitution before they enter-
Recorring to the action of the Government, it ed the Union, nevertheless dependent upon and
I may be stated that at first a call was made for! preparatory to coming into the Union.
j.75,0H0 militia, and rapidly following this a procla-j Unquestionably the States have the powers and
j motion was issued for closing the ports of the in- • rights reserved to them in and by the National
[ snrrectionary district by proceedings in the nature i Constitution ; bat among these surely are not
of a blockade. So far all was believed to be included ail conceivable powers, however mis-
: strictly legal. . - j cbieyous or destructive; but at most, such only
At this point, the insurrectionists announcpd ' !ls ' ver eknownintiieworldatthetimeasgoveru-
i their purpose to enter upon the practice of priva-1 mental powers, and certainly a power to destroy
leering. j the Government itself had never been known as
Other calls weie made for volunteers to serve j governmental—as merely administrative power
; three years, unless sooner discharged, and also | This relative matter of national power and State
• for large additions to the regular army and ! rights, as a principle, is no other than the prinei-
| navy. ' I pie of generality and locality.
, I hese measures, whether strietlv legal or not, i W hatever concerns the whole should be confided
flkiriuiNh nrnr Alexandria.
'veto ventured upon under what appeared to be! to 'he whole—the General Government; while
* popular demand anu a public necessity, trust- whatever concerns only the Slate should be left
army and navy, and ar the end of four days came j * n e> as now, that Congress would readily ratify j exclusively to the State. This is all there is of
reluctantly, but decidedly, to the same conclusion i ’hem. It is believed that nothing has been done! original principle about it. Whether the national
as before, lie also stated at the earn" time that hi yond the constitutional competency of Con- j Constitution, in defining the boundaries between
no such Mifficent force was then at tbe control of
theGovi rnment, or could be raised and broiigbtnn
the ground within the time when the provisions iu
the fort would be exhausted.
In a purely military point of view this reduc
ed the duty of the Administiation in the case to
the mere matter of getting the garrison safely out
of the fort. It was believed, however, that to
abandon that p *siiion under the circumstances
would be utterly ruinous: that the necessity under
which it was done could not he fully understood:
that by many it would be construed as part, of a
voluntary policy; that at home it would disorganize
the friends of the F.uion, embolden ifs adver
saries and go far to ensure to the latter a recogni
tion abroad, i hat in fact it would be our national
destruction consummated. This could not be al
lowed.
Pitiott that one who is sworn to take care that
the laws be faithfully executed should not himself
violate them.
j Ot course some consideration was given to the
Starvation was not yet upon tho garrison, and 11 uest ' on power and property before this niat-
ete it would be reached Fort Pickens might be j ,er was acted upon. The whole of the laws which
reinforced ” were required to be faithfully executed werebe-
This last would be a clear indication of policy, i resisted, and failing of execution in nearly
K ress - ; ’he two, has applied the principle with exact aecn-
I Soon after the first call for militia, it was con- i rac y* is not to be questioned. We aro all bound
I sidered a duty to authorize the commanding ; ky that defining, without question. What is now
general, in proper cases according to his discre- j combatted is the position that secession is cousis-
j tion, to suspend the privilege of the writ of ha-1 tent with the Constitution—is lawful and peace-
; bens corpus ; or in other words, to arrest and j I’ll-
i detain, without resort to the ordinary processes It is not contended that there is any express
and form of law, such individuals as he might' low for it: and nothing should ever be applied as
deem dangerous to the public safety. This au- luw which leads to unjust or absurd consequences,
thority has properly been exercised, but very spar-1 1 h® nation purchased with money tho countries
ingly. I out of which s veral of these States were formed.
Nevertheless, the legality and propriety of what : Is>t just that they shall go off without leave and
! has been done under it are questioned, and the at- j without refunding ! The nation paid very large
! trntion of tbe country has been called to the prop- j sums, iu the aggregate, 1 beiieve, nearly uric liun-
— ,i—. ,.t - . . , . dred millions, to relieve Florida ol the aboriginal
tribes.
Is it just that she shall now be off without con
sent, or without making any return ’! The nation is
now in debt for money applied to tbe benefit of
these so called seceded States, in common with
an end is lawful and obligatory, the indispensable
means to it are also lawful and obligatory.
It was with the deepest regret that the Execu-
tive/ound the duty of employing the war power iu i -.i • i-.
defence of the Government tor,fed upon him. He P 0Int ’ ,0 bc ; al dc " 11 wlth ra P ldlt y "P on ™-
could perform this duty, or surrender the existenca j p°rt«uit. points, tlieso are the principles
of the government. ’ | which insure victory.
No compensation by public sentiment could in i r, e * .. i • i ...
thiscasebeacure. Not that compromises are not 11 »» by the fear which the reputation
often proper, but that no popular government can U*’ your arms inspires, that von maintain
long survive a marked precedent that those who | the fidelity ol your allies, and the obedi—
carry an election can only save the government ence of conquered nations,
from immediate destruction by giving up tbe ^
main points upon which the people gave the elec
tion.
The people themselves, and not their servants
can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
As a private citizen, the Executive could not
have consented that these institutions shall perish
Much iess could lie, in betrayal of so vast and so
sacred a trust as these free people had confided to
him. He felt that he had no moral right to shrink,
nor even to count the chances of his own life in
what might follow.
In full view of his great responsibility, he lias
so far done what he has deemed his duty. You
will now, according to your own judgment, per
ffirrn yours. He sincerely hopes that your views
and your action may so accord with his, as to as
sure all faithiu! citizens who have been disturbed
m their rights of a certain and speedy restoration
to them under the Constitution and the laws.
And having thus chosen our course without
guile and w ith pure purpose, let us renew our trust
in God. and go forward without fear and with
manly heaits. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
the rest. Is it just, either. th»t creditors shall go
unpaid, or the remaining Stat- s pay the whole?
and would better enable the country to accept the ! " le ' , l )ir d of the States. Must they be allowed to i A part ot the present national debt was contract-
evacuation of F'ort Sumter as a military necessity. I ’ nal b r of execution, even bad it been perfect-' to pay tbe old debts ot Texas Is it just that
An order was at once directed to be sent for the 'y c J*' ar tila t by the use of t' e means necessary to she shall leave and pay no part of this herself?
landing of the troops from the steamship Brooklyn t,le ‘ r pjecnl ‘ u “ some single law, made in such j Again, if one State may secede, so may another;
into F'ort Pickeus. The order could not go by e *treme tenderness of tho citizen's liberty that ! a ’ ld when aii shall have seceded none are left to
land, but must take the longer and slower route ! practically it relieves more cf the guilty than ot! P a y tl> e debts. Is this quite just to creditors?
by sea. ! tbe innocent, should, to a very limited extent, I Did we notify them of this sage view of ours when
The first return news from tho order was re- * ,e v *°* a ’ e d ? To state the question more direct- j we borrowed their money ?
ceived just one week before the fall of F’ort Sum- ! *- v ’ are Il* e laws but one to go unexecuted, and ‘ If we now recognize this doctrine, by allowing
ter. The news itself was that the officer com- ’ government itselfgo to pieces lest that one be ! tll ° seceders to go in peace, it is difficult to see
mandiiig the Sabine, to which vessel the troopj Isolated? * what we can do if others choose to go, or to ex-
had been transferred from the Brooklyn, acting , R v ® n such a case would not the official oath ' tort terms upon which they will promise to remain.
"be broken if the Government should he over-j The seceders insist that our Constitution admits
thrown, when it was believed that disregarding' °f Secession. They have assumed to make a Na-
the single law would tend to preserve it / But ii | tiona! Constitution of their own, in which neces-
was not believed that this question was present- 3 ’*y’bey have either discarded or retained the
ed. It was not believed that any law was vio- right of Secession, as they insist it exists. If they
la’ed. ! have discarded it, they hereby admit that on prin-
The provision of the Constitution that the j cipie it ought not to be in ours
privilege of the writ of naheas corpus shall not be j It they have retained it by their own construc-
fuspended unless when in case of rebellion and tion of ours, they show that to be consistent they
invasion, the public saiety may require, is equiv-'
alent to a provision—is a piovisiou—that such
privilege may be suspended when, in case of
rebellion or invasion, tho public safety does re
quire it.
It was decided that we have a ease of rebellion
upon some quasi armistice of the la:e Administra
tion, and ot the existence of which tlffi present
Administration, up to the time at which the
order v.as dispatched, had only too vague and
uncertain rumors to fix attention, had refused
to land the troops. To now reinforce F'ort
Pickens, before a crisis could be leached at F'ort
Sumter was impossible, rendered so by the near
exhaustion of provisions iu the latter named
fort.
In precaution against such a conjuncture, the
Government had, a few days before, commenced
preparing an expedition, as well adapted as might
be, to relieve F'ort Sumter, which expedition was
intended to he ultimately used or not, according to
circumstances. Tin- strongest anticipnteu case for
using it was now presented, and it was resolved to
send it forward.
As had been intended in this contingency, it
was also reso.vcd to notify the Governor of South
Carolina that he might "expect that au atttempt
would be made to provision the fort, and that if
the attempt should not be resisted, there would be
no euort to throw in men, arms or ammunition
without further notice, or in case of au attack
upon tbe fort. This uotiee was accordingly given,
whereupon the fort was attacked and bombarded to
its fall, without even awaiting the arrival of tbe
provisioning expedilion.
Itis thus seen that tbe assault upon and reduc
tion of I ’>rt .Sumter W'es in no sense a matter of
self-defence on the part of the assailants. They
well knew that the garrison iu the fort could by
no possibility commit aggression upon them.—
Hey knew they were expressly notified that the
giving of bread to the few brave and hungry men
of the garrison was all which would ou that oc
casion he tempted, unless themselves, by resisting
so much, should provide more.
They knew that this Government desired to
keep the garrision in the fort, not to assail them,
but merely to maiiiiaiu visible possession, and
thus to preserve the Union front active and im
mediate dissolution, trusting, as hereinbefore
stated, to time, discussion and the ballot-box for
final adjustment and they assailed and reduced
the fort for precisely the reverse object—to drive
[Written for the Richmond Dispatch.[
Nay, Keep the Snonl.
Ii* CARRIE CLIFFORD.
Nay. keep the sword which once we guve.
A token of our trust in thee :
The steel is true, the blade is k’-eD—
False ns thou art it cannot be.
W e hailed thee as our glorious chief:
^ With laurel wreaths we bound thy brow :
Thy name then thrilled from tougue to tongue.
In whispers hushed we breathe it now.
Yes, keep it till thy dying day.
Memeutous ever lent it be,
Of a great treasure once possessed—
A people’s love, how lost to thee.
Thy mother will not bow her head;
She bares her bosom to thee now ;
But may the bright steel fail to wound—
It is more merciful than thou.
And ere tlmu stiik'st the fatal blow,
Thousands of sons of this fair land
Will rise, and, in their anger just.
Will stay the rasli act of thy hand.
And when in terror thou shalt hear
Thy murderous deeds for veigance cry,
And feel the weight of thy great crime,"
Then fall upon thy sword and die.
Those aged hicks I’ll not reproach,
Although upon a traitor’s brow;
W e’ve looked with reverence on them once.
We’ll try and not revile them now.
But her true sons and daughters pray,
That ere thy day of reck’uing be,
Thv ingrate heart may feel the pain
To know thy mother once more free.
June IP 1861.
, "' nCT nun many other eanses, can be sneerfa-
and effectually cured bv using the CLOVE^AXri
m-NETpoftf ACHE DROPS. Acting
.... nerve, it imparts instantaneous relief. Without J'.'
c ,17 iT in, j coloring the teeth or unpleasantly affeetingthe hre.it
from Wofford Col- or palate. Once used, you will never willjm-lv*k!
j Southern Christ- without it. Only try it,' and complain no more f
C»»t. Pickria*’ advice to &tadezit«.
With the communications
lege, found elsewhere, says the
mu Advocate, we received a letter from Gov | aching teeth.
Pickens to the Hon. G Cannon, which, in oorj Sanderavill-, Ga„
opinion, is replete with wisdom, 'ome weeks j Gentlemen : This is to certify that mv nn til. '
since we expressed a hope, upon similar grounds.: afflicted with Dropsy for a long tinie.'ar.d that**'
that our college pupils would not forget that if j the medicalskill which could be procured was exhmiT
' • ’• aDd , her recovery was r garded as hopele^. st.
peace soon comes, educated men would be needed
for the duties of another generation—and if it
does not, that there will be hereafter other oppor
tunities aud occasions for their entering the field
as soldiers. We cannot but think it unfortunate
as matters now are, that sage counsels such as
those oi his Excellency, had not prevailed more
generally in our Literary Institutions over the
war fever, that has temporarily suspended so
many of them. Here is the letter.
State of South Carolina, )
Head Quarters, Jau. 26th, isfil. £
To Hun. (!. Cannon:
Sir :—I have just received yours, in which you
: say that a number of the' young men in Wofford
j College have volunteered and joined a company
JJ. . -JJ. 1 1 ' <Al SKA joiutu rt Wllipdliy
.utggison Hancock Esq., an honorary in Spartanburg village, and yourespectfullysug-
member of the Governor’s Guard, returned ; g es ’’bat they be released and be permitted to
to this city yesterday from Manassas
Junction. We regret to say that he con
firms the reported death of Sergent Hen
ry Hanes, of that company, in a conflict
with the enemy, near Alexandria, on Sun-
day night last. From Mr. Hancock, and
others who arrived yesterday, we have re
ceived statements of the affair which can
be relied upon.
It appears that Mr. Hanes, in company
with a detachment of twenty-nine and
two guides, started from their camp on
Friday evening last, in the direction of
Alexandria. They continued their obscr- ^ „„„
various for a day or two, gradually draw- , to suppose that the young men of our Colleges
must push forward now into the ranks of the
I army, or they may never again have an oppor
i tunity The day in all probability is coming
when there may be occasions, perhaps too fre
quent, when they will have a fair opportunity fot
distinction. At any rata the true road to "per
manent distinction in any pursuit in life, is
through preparation and education whilst young
I have the honor to bo,
Very respectfull yours,
F. W. PICKENS.
[From the New York Daily News, June l!)th ]
T5»« a -*• DziuiBPICM.
Some of the Republican Abolition jonrjjaU
show symptbns of recovery from their war fever
They seem preparing to throw off' the Irideoii-
iborei
was induced to te-t the virtue of Broom's Ant, it,,
dropic Tincture, and fnmid in a few days she vrrir
better, and through its use a perfect cure was eftV,, J
and she lived several years altcrwards. I cheerfnllv
recommend those afflicted with Dr.msy t„ u ■
fair trial. Respectfully, 1 * U e “ 1
JNO. YV. Rl'DISlLLE,
See Advertisement in another column.
—— 2 k.
form a company of students to ba at the com
mand of the Governor.
I most cheerfully accord to your suggestion,
and take this occasion to say that it would ba a j ['."how
great injury to the State to have our literary insti- re ‘di
tutions broken up by the young men going into
the active military service of the State. Their
constitutions are not sufficiently matured toi
either garrison life or forfield exposure. Besides,
we are deeply interested as a State in training
oar youths in the paths of intellectual culture, so
as to prepare them to maintain the high position
the State has ever held in those moral and intei
lectual struggles, which are as essential to our in
dependence as a Stale, as is the profession of arms
The day is coming when we will require the ser
vices of all in different departments, and one is
equally honorable with the other. It is a mistake
If you are afflicted with Files, send to Hertr
dfc Hall and get a box of Sturdevant’s pile oiot.
ment. and be ctued. Price $1 a box. *
We would particularly call the attention of ourW
crstqa remedy known as McLean’s Strengthen! e
Cordial and Blood Purifier. It is certainly a valual k
remedy. YVe therefore say to all, call at the event's
and test for yourselves its intrinsic merits. It is deli
cious to t ake. YVe ask ourlady readers to trv it. (y t
the advertisement in another column.
JACOB’S CORDIAL will relieve at once tho most
bstinateca.se of Dlarrliotra.and dysentery, no mtt-
uvere or violent, it controls with the utmo-t
soothing the mucous lining of the intestinal
canal, allaying all irritation and, brings about a speedy
enre. " ^ 3
Sold by Herty dc Hall, also bv Grieve k Clarke
‘ 8 It.'
tng nearer to the Federal outposts. We
are informed that by some means they ob
tained the countersign of the enemy, and,
on Sunday night actually passed three
of his pickets, and got within a mile and a
half of Alexandria. Here our detachment
j separated, three or four only going in cotn-
j P a »y-—Mr, Hanes and his companions
i came upon some three of the enemy's
j scouts, and he at once rode up and order-
led them to surrender. ’They fired upon
j him, and we regret to say one shot struck
him in the head and proved fatal. Our
scouts then fired upon the enemy and kill-
r | "O relieve suffering has been the object of the hu-
I. mane and philanthropic iu ail ages bfore thepree
lie® medicine became a scieooe the sick were pnblick
ly exposed iu the open air.and every passer bv natne-i
theremedy he considered most suitable for the com
plaint. YVe possess ut the present day through the
agency of the preeaa more reliable mode of convey,
ing information to our suffering fellow creatures. Those
afflicted with scrofula, cutaneous,and eruptive diseases
will find in the columns of every newspaper and Pen-
odieal published: certificates and testimonial from
those wh° have been speedily cored of these dreadful
complaints by tiie purifying and powerfully regenera
tive qualities of Sands' Sarsaparilla.
Prepared And sold by A. B. & D. SANDS. Drug
gists. If>0 Fulton Street, New York. Price 2o cents
per Vial.
Sold by HERTY k HALL, also by GRIIEVE Ic
CLARKE. 7 «n
McLe v s’s Strengthen iso Cordial.—'This invalu
able compound, we are glad to know, has become the
most popular remedy iu the Uuited States. Nearly
every family keeps it on hand. They find it saves
physicians’ bills. A small quantity given in reason
will wapd off Fevers, or any nruv’’lent disease. See tho
advertisement in another column.
erl two of those who fired upou Mr. Hanes, nightmaie under which they have so lon_,
At this time a large party, probably fifty, J with distorted vision and distempered brain. Tin
of the enemy were seen advancing. Our I Saturday i$ loud in lamentation of th
csr,.,to Tt,—1 .1 • 1^1- I loss of life which must attend a vigorous earn
' scouts fired upon them, and [it is believed)
! killed six. 'I'lie whole detachment of tbe
[Governor’s Guard had by this time got to
gether; but the superior numbers of the
j enemy, and their yells as they retreated
j towards Alexandria, made it prudent for
| them to retire without being able to se-
i cure the body of their dead comrade.
None except Mr. Ilaues were injured on
igorous cam
paign, and suggests a scheme of peaceable war
like operations, which seems to he twin brother ti
masterly inactivity. The Times would have on.
soldiers avoid the frowning battery and tilt
dangerous redoubt, and is philanthropically op
posed to that branch of the protessoion of arm.-
which calls upon the hero to seek ‘ the bubble rep
utatipn even at the cannon’s mouth.’’ He would
| have the Commander-In-Chief of the Federa.
■ forces confine his warlike demonstrations to the
touiachs of the enemy: and by strategical!)
our side, and noue captured.—Richmond [cuttingoff supplies, and interrupting
| Dispatch.
Kuglanil and «hr Coufedcralr Stales,
It is said that a short time ago a motion in the
Brifish Parliament to recognize our independence
was postponed at the request of divers members.
coinmuiu-
must secede from one another whenever they shall
find it the earliest way of settling their debts, or
effecting any other selfish or unjust object.
The principle itself is one of disintegration, and
upon which no Government can possibly endure.
. ; | If all the States, save one, Bhould assert the
niui tliat the public safety does require the qual-1 power to drive that one out of the Union, it is pre
ttied suspension of the writ which was author ; sunied the whole class of seceded politicians
1 , to k* 8 made. Now it is insisted that Congress, i would at once deny the power and denounce the
nntt not the F.xecutivo, is vested with this ; act as the greatest outrage upon State rights. But
power. i suppose that precisely the same art, instead of be-
rsut the Constitution itself is silent as to which ! mg called driving the one out; should be called
nr v, ho is to exercise the power : and as the pro- j the seceding of the others from that one, it would
vision «as plainly made for a dangerous emer-; be exactly what the seceders claim to do; unless,
genev, it cannot be believed the framers of the . indeed, they make the point that the ODe, because
instrument intended that in every instance dan-j it is a minority, may rightfully do what tbe others,
gershoultt run its course until Congress cou id he ; because they are a majority, may not rightfully
; fv together, the very assembling of which j do. These politicians are subtle and profound on
might have been prevented, as was int.-nded in . the rights of minorities. They are not partial to
tins case by the rebellion. No more extended ar j that power which made the Constitution and speaks
.UililorT Halims of N’iipolc-oii.
Tents are injurious to health.
i This unexplained postponement of a question of
! such moment has occasioned some uneasiness
j among some of our people. I take occasion to
say that tiiis postponement furnishes, under the
It is ' cirou,,lstanc, ‘ s ’ no ground for uneasiness whatever.
mueh better for the soldier to bivonack, j smod^a'puS’ou thfpart of'Se Britrih “gov-
because lie then sleeps with his feet to the j eminent to which we cauuot object,
fire, which quickly dries the ground where There is a commercial treaty between the Gov-
helies. A few boards or a little straw ; * ri ?'"V nt of’be United States and that of Great
'Britain. By virtue of this treaty the people of
one have the lawful right to enter the ports of the
cations, starving the seceders back into the
Union.
1 his gleam ot human feeling athwart the blood
red cloud that lias darkened the columns of the
Republican press for many a day, however una
daptable, is at least an intimalion of a step on tin
road of peace But, unfortunately for the human
theory of the journal in question,it is inapplica
ble to a state of war. The Times must know
; [hat, if this cruel strife be persisted in, the best
; blood of the land must How in torrents. No
course, other than a eesssaion of hostilities and an
amicable understanding, can avert the dreadful
calamity. Tbe sneers and mockings that were
wont to be indulged in iu regard to Southern
chivalry, have been changed to anxious doubts
and gloomy forebodings. The most boastful
champion of Northern prowess feels that there i.-
a foe before him worthy of his steel: and no
amount of sectional self-esteem can disguise the
terrible tact, that when the legions of me North
and South meet in the shock of war, such deeds
will be done as when “Greek fought Greek" upon
-To Consumptives.
T ITE Advertiser having been restored to health in
a few weeks by a very simple remedy, after
laving suffered several years with a severelungafftc-
tion, aud that dread disease, eo sumption—is auiieii
to make known to his fei’nw-...if.-rera the means of
cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the
prescription used (free of charge) with the directions
tor preparing and using the same, which they will
find a sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Brin-
chilis, ^re, Theonly object of the advertiserinsend
ing the prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and
spread information which he conceives to be inval
uable, and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy,
as it will cost them nothing, and may prove a bles
sing.
Partieswishing the prescription will pleaseaddrete
Rev. EDYVARD A. YVILSOX,
YY’illiamsburgh.
Kings countv, New York.
Oct. 9. 1860. (c. * mca.) 20 ly.
R. R.
out the visible authority of the Federal , deemed necessary and convenient for yourdelib-
Union, and thus to ice it to immediate dissolution. ' ’
That this was their object the Executive well un
derstood.
And having said to them in the inaugural ad
dress. • you can have no conflict w ithout being
yourselves the aggressors,” he took pains not on
ly to keep this declaration good, but also to keep
the case so free from the power of ingenious
sophistry, ns that the world should not be to mis
understand it. By the affair at F’ort Sumter, with
its surrounding circumstances, that poiut v,as
reached.
Then and thereby the assailants of the Govern
ment began tbe conflict of arms, w ithout a gun in
sight or in ihe expectancy to return the tire, save
eu ,Vr e w * 16 * Je ” e [J ,I '?ginent of Congress j 0 f disunion. There is much reason to believe that
J he forbearance of this Government has been so i the Union men are the majority in many, if not in
extraordinary and so long continued as to lead j every other cue of the seceded States.’ The con-
some foreign nations to shape their actions as ifjtraryhas not been demonstrated in any one of
* i s . u PP ose( * the early'destruction of our Nation- them. It is ventured to affirm tin’s even ot Vir-
3 to] 1 - 1 . 11 a3 P ro ’ >a ’ ) ]®- | ginia and Tennessee ; for the result of an election
Y\ title this, on discovery, gave the Executive I held in military camps, where the bayonets are all
some concern, he is now happy to say that the | on one side of t o question voted upon, can
•overe.gnty and rights of the United States are ' scarcely bo considered as demonstrating popular
now everywhere practically respected by foreign sentiment. At such an election all that larn-e
powers, and a general sympathy with the country : ciass who are at once for the Union and against
is manifested throughout ’he world. coercion would be coerced to vote against the
I he reports of the Secretaries of the Treasury, I Union
War and Navy will give the information in detail l It m
shelters hint from the wind.
J ents, however, are necessary for the j other for purposes of trade, wherever these ports
leaders, who have to write and consult the | ,na J r be - Jt ia not lik o ’he treaty between the
map, They should be given, therefor*, L ' ,1 ! ited , s [ ates anJ t Japa “- b y which we were re-
. . | • rv i i ’ stricted to one or two ports m Japan. On the
t° the superior officers, who should be or-1 contiary, it embraces every port in the Empire ol* j the plains of Macedon.
dered to never lodge in a house. j Britain upon whose vast possessions “tho sun j Th® military skill of the Confederate leaders
Tents attract the observation of the ene- never sets.’’ and every port within the territorial , makes itself apparent in every move. Their
my’s staff and make known your numbers J a ." s . dil:tio11 of [ l,e * tate3 - Ail these ports ! e««don their deliberation, their energy and
/i J „ ot the one are by the treaty open to the ships of thorough preparation, are too palpable to be de-
ana the position you occupy. But ot ail the other, and the treaty being nothing more nor j nied; to talk of starving them into subjection is
army bivouacking in two or three lines, less than a solemn conti act between nations, it is i toar g"eagrossignoranceoftheqni>-t,yetvigo-
nothing is perceived at a distance except clear that it cannot be altered or modified except roue pre-arrangements commenced while the world
tho smoke, which the enemy confounds ! C0D8ent of ,V' e part ^ es to il ' Gx "? t f' ,ritain - ,or , was S F \• laughingly incredulous of an appeal to
n-riLtbo tj- I ’" stanc c- would commit a gross violation of the arln3 - The gigantic scale upon which the Com-
raander-in-Chief of the F’ederal forees has gath
ered in the military resources of the nation, tells
the tale; the old chieftain, whose military sagaci-
with the mist of the atmosphere,
not count the fires.
He can- j treaty weie she to restrict the United States to tbe
| ports, say of England aloue; and. in like manner.
Nothing is more important in war than : tllB United States would commit a like outrage
unity in command. When therefore, you ! she , tu tb 1- t - ad 1 e a ° l Urcat Britam
" . , ..... . j . , to the ports only ot the United States—say to the
are cartyrngon nostril.tes against a single 1 ports of New York and Boston, or any other less
power only, you should have but one army, i number than the whole. This results nee ssarily
acting on one line, and led bv one com- j lroiu tlm lact tliat t,iC conlract between them,
mander. I eaB )‘ has a n ff ht t0 l e,, ’ er “- 1 the ports of the other,
mi , ~ ,. . . subject only to such restrictions as are imposed
I he effect of discussing, making a show iby the treaty itself.
DISEASE
At its Onset Fin its Mid Career f
AND IN ITS MOST HOPELESS STAGES.
ARRESTED, CURED, AND PERMANENTLY
OBLITERATED BY
Radway's Remedies.
Radway’s Ready Relief gives immediate ease in
the choleraic attacks common at this sen-on. Nodif-
fusive stimulant so instantaneously pervades the sys
tem. The most terrific spasmodic paroxysms, the
most agonizing attacks of RHEUMATISMS, NEU
RALGIA, COLIC,CRAMPS,CHOLERA MORBCS,
See. are arrested by il with a suddenness that seemi
like the effect of mechanical power. As an antidote
to malaria it is infallible. Those who use it as occa
sional stimulant, invariably escape intermittent and
remittent fevers, fever anil ague, and it breaks up
these complaints with wonderful dispatch. Ladies,
hopeless of recuperation from ordinary tonics, recov
ered rapidly under its influence, from the debility pro
duced by sexual causes.
Dr. E. U. Perkins, of Marriott*, O . writes us that
the use of Railway’s Ready Belief in Feverand Ague,
Tliyphoid, Billions, and other Fevers, were highly
successful, and when used iu connection with Radway’s
Kegulitting Pills, would core the most desperate case*
in from three to six days.
RADYVAYs REGULATING PILLS.
ciation and action : while the Executive and all
tiie departments will stand ready to supply omis
sions, or to communicate new facts considered ini-
| portant for you to know.
It is now recommended that you give the legal
means tor making the contest a short and decisive
lone; that you place at the control of Government
I :^. ll,i uy° rk at . , ’' ast -NMV’fiO ineu and
mny be affirmed, without extravagance, that
the free insti.utions we enjoy have developed the
powers and improved the condition of our whole
people beyond any example in the world. Of this
we now have a striking aud iniptessive illustra
tion.
So large au army as the Government has now
on foot, wes never before known, without a sold
ier in it, but who lias taken bis place there with
his own free choice. But more than this; there
. ^ iat number ot men is about one-tenth of j are many single regiments whose members, one
lose ot proper ages within tbe regions where ap ' and another, possess full practical kuowlcdge of
p. ren y mi! are willing tu engage; and tbe sum all the arls. sciences, professions, and whatever
t.s less than the tw en tv..h,n> .t- ......... I hether useful or elegant, is known it, the
, j — — , -AuJ ther
hole
is less than the twenty-third part of tho money else, w
Inj by the “ ien wh0 - S8en » r ® a<5 -'’to de-1 world. AuJ there is scarcely one irom which
’ ’ °.°’ I could not be selected a President, a Cabinet, a
- , , , c ‘ s ’ x hundred millions of dollars now is \ Congress, and. perhaps, a Court, abundantly com-
only the t«w in the r ort, sent to that harbor years ; a . s sum P er head than was the debt of our rev-1 petent to administer the Government itself,
beffire for their own protection, and still ready to o.ution when we earn,- out of that struggle; and | Nor do I say that this is not true also in the army
I-reaTer nmno!t U ;nn n . tbe ^ B * ry n0W L bearS even a ! of onr late friends, now adversaries, in this con-
i fhe Mmriatton l ‘£ ^ ' han docs * ,e9t ’ But if il 18 - 30 ranch better the reason why
■A motive row tn nra ^ each man has as strong j the Government which has conferred such benefits
^t^n Vn er, MUb P .k UrhberUesaseachhatl °r» both tbe m and us should not be broken up
then to establish them. j Whoever, in any section, proposes to abandon
A .iglit result, at this time, w ill be worth more such a Government, would do well to consider, in
to the world than ten times the men and ten times ! deference to what principle it is that he does it;
power of the enemy- he must cope with; lie knows
that the flames will rage with demoniac fury,
should the firebrand not be extinguished. 'The
scourge is uplifted. YY'oe to the land and the
people when it falls. The red rivers that ran at
. Waterloo will be as streams to the ocean com-
_ ~ . . pared with the crimson torrents that must inevi-
ot talent, and calling councils of war, will! Bearing these indisputable propositions in mind, : tably flow before either section will yield to the
be what the effect of these things has been : we s ! ial * seB that the British Government has very force of arms. The picture of human agony that
i r . ' “ * ’* *’ie contemplative tnind, ex
horror all that can be eon-
seeins an insnlt to human
ty is not to be misled, is cotiscious of tbe vast The purest and best Tursatire Medicine i*
niYIwnr nf tho onnm>. k/A -A !iL . L- I I 1 °
ill everv a<rp • tliev will end in the orinn [ P°°d reasons for postponing, for the preseut, at forces itself upon the c
'. ;{, S ’ ;■ e} t . nU 111 tl,eado P- least, a recognition of their independence. She ceeds in intensity of l.or
tion ol tuc most pusillanimous, or (if the? wants our cotton, and indeed must have it. To ljured from the past. Its
expression be preferred) the most prudent 1 enable her to buy our cotton, she must sell to us [nature to conceive that the promoters of this
measures, which in war are almost uniform- j ber cotto “ goods and such other supplies as wo j struggle can jace the future, and stiM cry havoc,
lytlie worst that can be adopted. True
and let slip the dogs of war. It seems a’sacrileg-
ious invocation of the curse of God, that men,
gifted by Disgrace with the attributes of divinity,
should abuse the intellect .11
may need and she can tarnish.
. j c , . - Now, Gnat Britain can carry on this trade with
wisdom, so tar as a general is concerned, the Confederate States in either one of two ways,
consists in energetic determination. 11st,she can trade with us in accordance with tbe
There are certain things in war of’* a " ot nat ' 0113 s or, 2nd, she can trade with us in j ting it to the destruction
which the commander alone” comprehends |-£ i,>iati °^ [ Le - law , ot ' The presump- [ the sake of humanity, *
, x- .1 • L i ■ . s I ’ l0 ” 18 ’ tliat, having choice ot the two modes, she | and those they love on
the importance.. .-Nothing but Ins superior j preteis ihat mode which involves no violation of [before they leap into th.
firmness and ability can subduo and sur- «’iy law. ishe warns the cotton, and wants to
the world!
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the Rowels, and in all violent attacks will pro.
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Hours.
Radwev’s Regulating Pills, are the only family
cathartic that purges without depletion, without indu
cing after-conetipatiuu, nud compelling, a perpetual
resort to the medicine. They operate more rapidly
than any drastic mineral purgative, never occasion
tenesmus, auil influence simultaneously the stomach,
the bowels, the liver, [aud the circulation. Nofonnof
indignation, billionsness, or iutestiual disease, can
withstand its alterative and corrective operation.
Uadway’s regulating Pills are the purest and best
purgative medicine known to the medical science.
While they purge from the system all diseased ana
give that protection tu whatever was lawful
In this act, disregarding ail else, they have forc
ed npou the country the distinct issue—immediate
dissolution or blood. And this issue embraces
more that the fate of thpse United Stales It pre
sents to Lhe whole family o! man the question
whether a Constitutional Republic or Democracy.
government ot th • people by the same people. , the money. The evid-nce reaching us from the j what better he is likely to get in’its stead—wheth-
1 nr mitiimt ni'iiitlL: ■■ ifu t..rnt..M,.l — 1 L, n< - n „ 1 Lj it ..I • , ., .1 .* . ... “
call or cannot maintain its territorial integrity a
gainst its own domestic foes. It presents the ques
tion whether discoiiten'ed individuals, too few in
numbers to control Hdminstratiou according to or
ganic law in any case, can always, upon the pre
tences made in this rase, or on oilier pretences,
or ar mrarily without auy pretence, break up their
Government, and thus practically put an end to
tree Government upon the earth.
It forces us to ask : U Jthere in all Republics
this inherent and tatal weakness ? Must a gov
ernment of necessity be too strong for the liber
ties ot its own people, or too weak to maintain
ffsov.u existence? So viewing the no
ctoica was left but to call out the war power of
the Government, and so to resist force employed
rim il * destrQCtion fo“' ce lor its preserva-
I'bis sail was mads, and tba response oftt#
country leaves no doubt that th.; material for the
work is abundant, and that it needs only the hand
of legislation to give it legal sanction and the
hand ot the Executive to give it practical shape
and efficiency. One of the greatest perplexities
of the Government is to avoid receiving troops
faster than it can provide for them, in a word
the people will save their Government, if the
Government itself will do its part only indfferent-
ly well.
It might seem at first thought to be of little dif
ference whether the preseut movement at the
er tho substitute will give, or be intended to give,
so much of good to the people. There are some
toresliadowings on this subject. Our adversaries
have adopted some Declarations of Iudeperideme,
in which, unlike the good old one penned by Jef
ferson, they omitted tbe words, “All men are cre
ated equal.” Why ? They have adopted a tem
porary National Constitution, in the preamble of
which, unlike (lie good obi one signetf by Wash
ington. they omit, “We the people,” and substi-
turn, “We the Deputies of the Sovereign and In
dependent States.” Why? Why tiiis deliberate
South be called secession or rebellion. Themov- pressing out of view the nghts'of men and tho
ers, however, well understood the difference. At
the_ beginning they knew they could never raise
their treason to any respectable magnitude by any
name which implies violation of law. They knew
their people possessed as much moral sense, and
as much of davotion to law and order, and as muab
authority of the people?
_ This is essentially a people’s contest. On the
side of the Union it is a straggle for maintaining
iu tbe world that form and substance of Govern
ment, whose leading object is to elevate tbe con
dition of men, to lift artificial weights from all
mount all difficulties.
To authorize generals and officers to lay
down their arms by virtue of a special
capitulation, under any other circumstan
ces than when they constitute the garrison
of a fortified place, would unquestionably
be attended with dangerous consequences.
To open this door to cowards, to men
wanting in energy, or even to misguided
brave men,is to destroy the military spirit
of the nation. An extraordinary situation
requires extraordinary resolution. The
more obstinate the lesmtance of an armed
body, the more chances it will have of be
ing succored or of forcing a passage. How
many tilings apparently impossible, have
nevertheless been performed by resolute
men who have no alternative but death !
No sovereign, no people, no general,
can he secure, if the office^ are permitted
to capitulate on the field and lay down
their arms by virtue of an agreement fa
vorable to themselves and to the troops un
der their command, hut opposed to the in
terests of the remainder of the army. To
withdraw-from the peril, themselves, and
that render the position of their cemrgdei
furnish us with supplies. She "ill do both, and
do it in such a way as will subject her to no im
putation as a law-breaker. We cannot expect Iter
to violate auy well established usage of nations
for our benefit, especially when she can do us the
same amount of good and violate no law what
ever.
Lot us suppose that Great Britain were now to
acknowledge our independence. It is very clear,
that by such an act, she would declare that we,
the Confederate States, are no part of the United
States, it would follow that the treaty now exist
ing between her aud tho United States would not
include us, and, ol course, she would have no
right to trade with us by virtue of it. By such
recognition of us, she would at once cut herself
off from the advantages of a treaty on which she
iiuistputa high value, inasmuch ns by virtue of
it she can trade with us as heretofore. This is
especially true, so long as the Government of the
Uuited States claims us as being a part of it. and
as within its jurisdiction. Thus, under present
circumstances, there is no act. by either Govern
ment showing that they differ iu opinion as to the
territorial limits of the United States, aud notas
yet differing in opinion as to such territorial limits,
it follows that they caunot differ, rightfully, as to
the ports at which tho people of Great Fin tarn
have a right to trade. Her right to trade includes
all the ports of the United States, and by the
law of nations, she may, if necessary, assert bar
right by force.
So loug as Lincoln’s Cabinet shall claim ns a
part of th* United States, so long may ©js*t
black abyss. In the ■ will insure health, and refreshing sleep,
strange immunity from bloodshed hitherto, while
I hundreds of thousands are in the field, has not a
! D'vine Providence interposed between the pas-
1 sinus of men aud tlwir better natures, to bid them
pause aud reflect upon the threshold of the housd
of mourning they would enter ? But that im
munity will be of short Juration. What deso
lated hearths; what weeping brides made widows,
what mothers made childless, what sorrowing
hearts and uutimely graves will crowd upon our
annals, should this war go on! F’roni every
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