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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12
THE sECEssIONIsTs IN FAVOR OF TIL
CONSTITUTION.
Hon. JOHN B. FLOYD.

The South Carolina Convention, has adopted a
report recommending that proper measures be ia
ken for the formation of a Southern Conlederacy,
by the appointment of Commissioner to the slave
holding States, asking them to call Conventions to
consider their political relations. Tie South Car
DINA politicians have voted themselves out of the
Union: but they evince a strong disposition not to
remain out alone. They seorned waiting for the
concurrence of other States before passing the
Secession Ordinance; but now having committed
that revolutionary oct, they are eager for synpa-
thy and cooperation. This is at least a good sign.
1t may cause delay, and the very effort to form a
new Union may lead at last to the persuasion that
no better can be formed than the old one, under
which we have lived and p~rospered for nearly
three-fou-ths Of a century.
1t would appear that the members Of tho South
Carolina Convention themselves are convinced OIL
this; for the report they adopted suggests land thu
suggestion is intended for the benefit of othel
slaveholding States as well as South Cardinal tina
1.-The instrument called the Constitution of tb
United States, is a suitable and proper basis to b.
offered for a provisional government" The re
port then goes on to reason upon the ~propriety o
its recommendation, and pays the highest compli
mspt to the trainers of the Constitution and to tn
instrument itself, as "a good form Of govornmen
for those sufficiently %viriu2us, intelligent and pa
~riotic, to cause it to be fairly and honestly cor
strued and impartially carried out"
Neither the Constitution nor the form Of COY
eminent adopted for the cOntederated States is q
fault. Both are admirably adapted in form an
structure for the purpose intended. What then
the difficulty, that the South Carolina Secessiorist
are unwilling TO remain longer under that form
government, and yield obedience to that Constit'
ton, which is SO superior to any new one they ca
devise, that they propose to make it the basis
, their new Southern COnfederacy2 There is I
/, ~pretense that the Constitution has been p%erverte
r by the Federal Government, 10 any of it's depar
meuts. The only objection limited at in the repor
according to the telegrOphie account of it, is tht
in some of the States the Contribution has bee
lmisinterpreted and violated. Now that very thin
I has occurred often 10 South Carolina and 9th,
Q Southern States, as we'll as q. the North, aud vi
o unagoidably occur in any COnfederacy of Stat
that can be formed with a written Coustitutio
: For in(ractions of itself, by individuals and
@ States, the Constitution has provided a remedy
; the powers vested in Congress and in the FEEDER
10 Courts. Secession and the formation Of a ne
v Confcderaey will not remedy the evil, but increa
, il; because the new Constitution will be constsr
II lly for a long time, subject to questions Of interpl
IS tation and construction, which have been long a
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12
HEAR THE AMERICAN HAYNAU LIE.

Gen. Harvey, the American Haynau, has sent
dispatch to the Secretary of War, 10 which he
recounts his bloodless and heroic expedition TO
Montgomery log house-inhabited by four wO'
men and one bOy,-at the head of ono 'ohOte reg
iueut Of U. s. Dragons. In that dispatch the
American Haynau utters a tissue Infamous false
hoods. These falsehoods arc so glaring that he
mus. have known them to be such. Gen. Harvey
is . border ruaian lie every sense Of the word, be
ing q native Of Mississippi, aslaVehOldsr, the mos
brutal and ~tyranioal officer in The service, and haI
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12
ANTI-SLAvERY BUGLE

been guilty Of %tOrturiug one Of his slaves to such
an extent that the poor creature died. With such
an outline Of the character Of our Haynau, it con
be seen how much reliance can be put upon his
word. The idea that the greater part of all the
donations now being sent to Kansas for the relief
Of her starving, are being used by Montgomery
for the purpose o! warning against Missouri The
General had better try again, and SEQ il he can't
tell q bigger lie,-Leader.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12
SALEM, OHIO, JANUARY IL, 1861.
TO NoN-sUBsCRIBERs WHO RECEIvl
THE BUGLE.

Non-subscribers need not decline receiving The
Bugle, fearing that they will be called upon to pay
for it. We send no ~paper-except gratis copies
unless paid for in advance. So We say to each of
the above class, the paper is either sent to you as
a ~gratuity by the publishers, or else paid for in
your name by some friend.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12
COTTON is KING.

The very fact that this has become a common
saying among the people, is pretty good evidence
that it contains no small amount Of truth. And if
further confirmation is sought, it can be found in
the servile Union meetings of the North, and in
the pro-slavery mobs which from '35 to go have
more or less frequently been called into existence
when the legitimacy of King Cotton is questioned,
or the stability of his rule threatened.
While the cotton crop of the South is inferior in
valoe to some Of the crops of the North, by its pc
culiar character it exeTts an influence in the coun-
try which the hay and grain of the West and North
West can probably never do. Hay and grain may
each be more valuable than cotton in the amount
produced, and each more worthy to be king, but
the fact that "CoTToN is KING" remains never
theless true. 1t is cotton that gives to New Eng
land its staple for manufactures; it is cotton that
forms a large portion of its commercial basis; and
it is cotton which materially regulates our rates of
exchange with Europe. Let the grain Of he great
West be killed with the frosts of spring. let the
summers sun burn up her grass, and though the
East would be sensibly affected by such a calamity,
her mills would not stop, her m would not
be materially impaired, nor would exchange be
greatly affected. But let frost, or droutb, or Sc
lOCCoiOh Out ~ ~ ~ SASlJ ~ bSAo1 .
idle operatives would wander through the streets
of her manufacturing villages, her
would ~languish, and her business men be unable
to buy money save at ruinous prices. Hence we
repeat, Cotton is King; and it is because the CAPT
talsts of the East feel this to be a fact, that they
are so anxious to save the Union, and SO ready to
make concessions in policy ind principle, to sacri-
fee, in fact, everything except dimes and dollars.
The South understands the Union saving game of
the North, and are fully aware that if the getters
up Of these meetings believed that Disunion would
add ten per cent TO their profits, the speeches Of
Yancey and Keitt would be milk and water com
pared to the declaration they would make.
Hence, if secession is efected-Rnd we hope il
may be-and actual war should ensue, we do moi
apprehend that much damage would accrue tC
either side, for the eastern capitalists would moi
willingly suffer much arrangement of their busi
ness for the sake Of political considerations, blu
would insist on a speedy adjustment of terms, anC
Of such q character as to recognize the fact, tina
whether in the Union or out of it, Cotton is King
Every weeks delay of q definite settlement
every act of aggression on either side widens tn
aud as the monied interest of the East wants cot
ton of the South on the most favorable terms, tina
II interest will, we think, see to it that an adjust
meut is speedily accomplished, and a union mai1
:, tanned, if not Of confederated States, yet of cOtto
. sellers and cotton buyers.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12

FIELD NoTEs.-Col. Harris, the we'll known edi-
tor of the Ohio Culirator has sent out a specimen
number of his Field Notes, with an evident deter
mination to make the paper deservedly popular
II is a handsome journal, we'll filled with interes
ting matter both original aud selected. We con
graduate the Colonel on having secured Mrs. F
D. Gage for one of the editorial staff; she is 81
we'll known and so popular that her connection
with the paper will add materially to its subscrip
ton list. To Aunt Fanny herself we extend
cordial editorial welcome, and rejoice to believ'
that her labors in that department. will be a benef
TO herself, and a blessing to others, and that es
p%ecially will they tend to the improvement an'
elevation Of woman.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12

settled and forever put to rert under our present
one. - Statesman.
lof course the Federal Constitution is just the
one for a slaveholding Union; and the South will
show as much wisdom in adopting it, as the North
would in rejecting it. Ed. BUGLE.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12
SECRETARY FLoYD's RESIGNATION

Following is the correspondence previously al.
luded to as having passed between Secretary
Floyd and the President on the occasion of the
resignation Of the former:
SECRETARY FLOYD TO THE PRECEDENT.
WAR DEPARTMENT, DRc. 20, 1860.
Sir: On the morning Of the 9th inst, | read
the following paper to you in the presence Of the
Cabinet;
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12
Council CHAMBER.

the following paper to you in the presence CT the
Cabinet;
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
Sir: 1t is evident now from the action Of the
Commander of Fort Moultrie, that the solemn
pledges Of the Government have been violated by
Major Anderson. In my judgment but one REM
edy is now left US by which to vindicate our honor
and prevent civil war. 1t is in vain now 10 hope
for confidence on the part Of the people of South
Carolina in any further pledges as to the action Of
the military. One remedy is left, and that is to
withdraw the garrison from the barbor of Charles
ton altogether. l hope the President will allow
me to make that order 1t once. This order 10 my
judgment, can alone prevent bloodShed and civil
war.
(Sigued1 JOHN B. FLOYD,
Secretary of war.
l then considered the honor Of the Admiuistra-
ton pledged to maintain the troops in the position
they occupied, for such had been the assurances
given to the gentlemen of South Carolina who had
n right to speak for her. South Carolina, on the
other hand, gave reciprocal pledges that no force
should be brought by them against the troops or
against the property of the United States. The
sole object of both parties in these reciprocal
pledges was to prevent a collision and the %effusion
Of blood, in the hope that some means might DC
found for a peaceful accommodation of the exist
ing troubles, the two Houses Of Congress having
both raised Committees looking to that object
Thus affairs stood antil the action of Maj. An
derson, taken unfortunately while the Commits
s%ioners were on their way to this Capital on @
peaceful mission looking to the avoidance OF blood
shed, has complicated matters in the existing man
ner. Our refusal or even delay to place AFFAIR."
back as they stood under our agreement, invites
collision and must inevitably inaugurate civil war
I cannot consent to be the agent of such calamity
l deeply regret that l feel myself under the neces
sity of rendering to you my resignation as Score
tary of War, because l can no longer hold it IN
der my convictions of patriotism, nor with honor
subjected MS I am to a violation of solemn pledges
and plighted faith.
With the highest personal regard,
, am most truly yours,
JOHN b. FLOYD,
To His Excellercy, the President Of the Unite
States.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12
Che Anti 9laperp BueIe,

"PROvIDENcE HAS MADE ME AN ACTOR AND SLAVERY Al
0UTLAW,"-JUhn Brown of osawatomie.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-01-12
TIE PRESIDENTS REPLY.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, 1860.
MY DEAR SIR: / have received and accepted
your resignation of the Office of Secretary of War,
and not wishing to impose upon you the task oil
performing its mere routine duties, which you
have so kindly offered to do, l have authorized
Postmaster-Genera Holt to administer the affairs
of the Department Until your successor shall be
appointed.
Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Hon. john B. FLOYD.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13

hesa. The abstract of old Abe's message,
which we have seem contains but little of interest
and if correctly given, isnot worth the paper it is
printed on. OF course ii is war document the
time having not yet arrived when active depletion
begins to tell uton the madness which rules the
hour. 1t may be that Congress Sill authorize the
raising of seven hundred thousand more men and
seven hundred additional millions of dollars; but
when the effort is made to enlist the men, and
borrow the money the bubble will burst and de-
ldded people Win hud that they have Wrought their
own rAin in the vain effort to sHbjugate and devas
tate the South. We like to see the mighty demon
statons the Yankees are making, because the
greater the strain the sooner they win break their
backs. Let them draft every man tspable of bear
ing arms, if they choose they can only arm por-
tion, and viii not long be able to pay even that
portion. Let them emancipate our negroes and
make an appropriation to arm them Such barbar-
ism will ttreak its horrors on their own heads by
inaugurating war of extirmination, and the South
will stand acquitted of the consequences that must
follow the raising of the black flag, We hope ne
yer TO see that day. but it rests with the Yankees
to say whether it shall come or not. When it does
come, we shall see how many OF the fanatic aboli-
tionists will encounter death, in n hand to hand
struggle for the purpose of enforcing the decree OF
emancipation, and how many of the democrats
who boast of their devotion to the principle of self
government will offer up their lives at the bidding
of tyraht, in order to crush the liberties Uf peo-
Pile who have been forced to take up arms in de.
fense of that principle and Of their constitutional
right to hold slaves az property. The fends who
rule at Washington hope to escape the horrors O
the warfare that must follow at attempt to arm thu
slaves Of tie South, and It remains to be seen with
what spirit the Northern soldiers will fcG the bacl
flag borne diBft by the hand of retrbutive justice
the signal that the South will meet the savage cru
city of the North on its own terms of indiscrmn
ate slaughter. President Lincoln dsclaims, fo
himself, any intention to prosecute the war for any
other purpose than reconstruction of the Union
but we hate long since leafhed the value of hi
pledges aud whatever may be his individual Fie#s
the publc 6pihioh 5f the North is fast shaping tn
course of things in the direction we have indicated
TO every man of sense, the reconstruction of tn
Union is an absurd iHea, and it is held out pre-
text for the continuation of war now cearl,
waged for the abolition of slavery and the subuga
tion of the South In this we can not be mista
kEh, and the professions Of Abe Lincoln to tn
contrary will disturb no ones convctions
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13

hence the rapid daclihe Of enthusiasm in
behalf Of the Southern saase, The SOL
der is not blind TO the favorit;sm which
gives ten thousand dollars to wealthy stay
at-homes for few weeks rent of pork
house, whilst he Is allowed eleven dollars
per month for ehoountering all the hard
ships and hazards Of the camp and battle
held. He is not blind to the extensive
SYSTEM of swindiing by which all the poor
are sufferers ahd the rich gamers. The
farmer exacts the last cent he can get for
the products of his farm, and then curses
the merchant and grocer for doing the
same with their wares. The miller and
the speculator and the Government agent
pass similar compliments amongst them
selves, and all grow rich, whilst the poor
soldier and his poorer family are the un-
pitied and unprotected victims of private
and public capital. This state of things
is as disgraceful as intolerable, and it is no
wonder that it extorts from the lips Of the
sufferer the unwilling declaration, that
Northern domination can infiet no greater
curse than the starvation now threatening
the poor of the South.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13

BACON CREEK BRIDGE BURNT.-Galant Captain
John II, Morgan, with his splendid cavalry compa-
ny, one hundred strong which left this place few
days ago, returned Saturday evening. They cross
ed Green river at Munfordsve, went up to Bacon
creek, eight miles beyond, where they arrived
Thursday night and at nine o'clock set fire to the
he% fait6S6 bridge which tie Yhnhees had just
thrown across that stream and waited till oclocR
Friday morning until it was entirely consumed.--
Even the pillars, which were left standing by the
former 6Ie, were burnt down. There were no
Federals this side Of the creek the nearest pic6ts
being half mih beyond it. bnt some ci them
cantS down TO dispute the right to destroy the
bridge. ~
We understand that Capt. Morgan to compen-
safe Gen. McCook for the loss OF the bridge, sent
him copy Of the Louisville Courier with his com
pliments endorsed on the margin.
This is one of the most brilliant exploits Of the
campaign and none the less brilliant that il was
attended with no loss. The enemy was known to
be in large force only few miles beyond the bridge
and it required NO little courage to venture in
among them; Int Capt. Morgan aud his gallant
men are always teay for brilliant thing or To ex-
ecute dangeicns order.
Unionists hear the Greek confirm the report that
the new bridge erected by the Fedemls over Roll
ing Fork had been adj washed away--L Ouispiile
Courier Dsei nth.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13
For the Chronicle
Soldiers Relief Society.

Contributions iot the reek ending Dec. 9th, 1861.
Contributions have been large and valuable We
Acknowledge with much qualification, the follow
ing contributions from the friends In Dickson Co.,
by Mr.. Bagwel1. we tender them most sincere
thanks in behalf Of the ladtts IL our Society and
the soldiers themselves who arc tie recipients Of
TIER noble bounty. What neighhorhood can OF
viii excel iheffY -tt
From Mrs Nesbitt, Dickson CO.. dor cakes soap
peck oHl6hs, doz eggs, sage comfort pillow
4 slip Mrs Bowin, bu potatoes, | bu oaions, /
string pepper aud sage, 2 doz cabbages, bundle
fags, s blankets Miss sallie Bowin, 8 don eggs:
Mrs Jas Jackson, ~ bu potatoes, , doz cabbage, 1
ba onions Mrs Harris, sheet, comfort, pillows
4 slips, ! bU peaches peck beans, DO peas, 4
gals onions, pepper, sage and rags Mrs Freeman.
lbs cutter, ~ doz eggs Mrs Cunningham, 8 lbs
butter, quilt bundle linen Mrs N. Grey, guilt
pillow Mrs II Stokes, quilt pillow, buH-
die linen wT II Proetqr pillow VIM Moore 81
pillow, slip Mrs Berry, bu potatoes, re-
cabbages, quilt, gals fruit pepper, says; xrs
Byram Caldwell, J bu dried apples. 8 cakes soap 8
lbs butter, dty sggs, . esls vi6egaf; Mrs 10 Rye,
bu meal, cabbages 2 gals dried, fruit 2 do1
pickles, PepEet sage, pillow slip towel WIN
II. NAbfsn & GAS SiSegaf, pillow, slip, quilt
! II lbs cake soap PEEK onions 2 towels, 1 bu
neal 2 dor eggs VIM Nebistt's negro woman,
bR Slippery elm, doz eggs G cabbages, gals vim.
itgaf, bundle rags Mrs II Nichols, bu meal, !
turkey Mrs Sing Sing widow lbs soap Mr. Glib
son Taylor, chickens, doz pickles and sAge; Nj
saml Robertson, bu potaioes; Mr. Frank Mills
bu meal, ! bu dried peaches, ba dried apPlss,
chickens, lbs butter Mrs y . Bell I lives qbeet
quilt, large bundle VI Old clothes ". l$ butler
/ 2 pillows 4 cases, 2 strings oniops .pttler l bol
ster case, Mrs stokes quilt towel bundle
rags F ~
7 psy- The Publication u tie balance Of the re.
port Is deferred ill next week on account Of LACK
Of space.-IEp,
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13

SKIRMIslf AZ WRPPooRwML.-We Wednesday night
9th inst party Of Federals, fifty or sixty strong,
attacked fodrteen Confcdefate soldiers stationed al
WhppoorSill creek about siS miles below RUSSELL
VILE to gtara the bridge Of tile Memphis Branch
Of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad They
killed two wounded one, and took eleven prison.
ers, together with Rfteen guns. They set fire 70
the bridge and then retreated. Phe neighbOrs as
sembled aud extinguished the FIRE after inpl hurn-
ed one span Of the bridge. Sergeant Conner, Of
the guard was at this place at the time ior the puF
pose of prochfing ammunition. We Tudetsbud
that four Of me Federals were killed. The gnerd
were detached members Of the companies Of Cap
tains Wioklide, Mitchell, and King, Of Coll Hunt
regiment.
The Attaching party was SUPPOSED e. Capt
Frank Page eomp9ny which was raised near the
bridge, ant The ms abers Of which ae perfectly
familiar With the country.
We were not able TO asceriein the NAMES of ths
killed and wounded.r-Lon, Colirier ia.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13
pSy- A Washington dispatch to The New

York Herald, lays down the monstrous doctrine
vateer that may be caught, and at he same time
threatens the severest punishment for evcty set o
retaliation to which the South may resort for th'
protectioi Of ts citizens against lawless cruelty
As much as such policy may be condemned by
South can not justly be held responsible for it
adoption or its cohse4GeHces and II once estab
lished, the immediate effect will 30 war of exter
minatOn.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13
ma we haYa received .tRe Decsnb.

seA. We have received the December
number of the SoUTHsRS MONTHLY, by Hutton &
Freligh, Memphis Tenn. 10 this number, the
publishers add new and Excellent feature, which
is an addition of sixteen pages, set apart for Q
Southern Monthly Novel Libray," and as it is
intended that this arrangement shall be continued
the additional pages can at the expiration of thu
volume, be detached from the body of the Monthly
and hound separately. This periodical is in frs
rate hands, and if Southerners will do their duty
towards it the publishers will do theirs.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13
Administrators Notice.

All persons indebted to the estate of +. $. Bcad-
mont decd. will come forward and make settle
iient and all persons having claims agairst said
cstpte will present them in the time specified by
law, or they will be barred.
H. R. TARwArER is my authorized agcRt TO coli
Ieet all debts due said estate.
S. +. BEAUMONT; Admir-.
n, B.-Allthe remaining stock of goods will be
sold ms usual at the old stand where cHn be found
by all persons interested. S.f. n.
Dec ! eth, lSGl-4w. ... .....
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13
na1- II seems 70 have been the preynil

p9- 1t seems to have been the prevail
ing opinion, at the North, that the sailing Of the
naval expedition would be followed by successful
inroads into the interior of the Gulf States, and
have been looking with anxiety for the expected
result Up to this time, however, the expedition
has been productive of nothing worthy 81 note.-
The Hessians have il is true, taken two ssnd bat
tsrtss for which they paid pretty dearly, and have
landed on one or two sand-bars but their men ar
yet strangers to che interior, and Ihe ,inmens'
amount Of cotton that was 10 indenuify them fo
Iouble and expense is As far FROM them as ever.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-12-13

Sea- There has been quite Aare-up at
Paducdh, between Gems. Smith and Wallace. The
former refused to order Confederate flag TO be ia
Ken down which had been raised otsf his house by
ar. Voolfolk, when the latter, though subordin-
ate took the responsibility, and hence the quarrel
Smith evinced some of the traits of gentleman,
which were construed into treason dgdinst Yankee
character and practice.