Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-06-20
The Southern Conspirators.

aldTeSSed Dy the aFcn ITallOf JeHeEsoA La
Wis to the Maryland Legislature. If any
thing has been wanting to expose his hy-
pocrisy in talking about peaceful measures
while he is doing ali in his power to rob,
steal and plunder government property,
this missive furnishes il to the letter Lis
ten to the soft words of the cutthroat:
"In Difference to the State Of Maryland,
however. ii again asserts, IN the most emphat-
&c terms, that It's sincere and earnest desire Is
for peace : that whilst the Government would
readily entertain any proposition from the
Government Of the United States tending 10
a peaceful solution Of the pending difficulties,
the recent attempts Of this Government 10 en-
ter into negotiations with that Of the United
States were attended with results which for
bid any renewal Of proposals from II 10 that
Government.
If any further assurance Of the desire OF
this Government for peace were necessary. II
would be sufficient 70 observe that being
formed Of Z confederation Of sovereign States,
each acting and deciding for itself, the light
OF every other sovereign State to the same
self action and selfgJVeTument Is necessarily
acknowledged. Hence. c0nquests Of other
States are wholly inconsistent with the fuUda
mental principles and subverSiye Of the very
organization # this government. It's policy
cannot but he peace-Peace with all nations
and people.
Very respectfully, JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Mes-rs. Mckaig. Ycllott and Harding, Com
mit;ee Of Maryland Legislature.
Now let US tuIn a moment to see what
one Of his satellites, the redoubtable Henry
a Wise, of Virginia, says in contradis-
tinction to the great unhung. In speech
at Richmond, delivered about the same
time the above letter was written, Wise
.said, as reported in the Richmond papers
Il rejoice in this war Who is there that
now dares 70 put on sanctity TO deprecate
war, or the 'horrid glOries Of war; None.
Why? Because it Is war Of puriication-
You want war. fire, blood, to purify you, and
the Lord f Hosts has determined that you
shall walk through fire ard blood. You are
called to the fiery baptism, and | call upon
vcu 70 come up 10 the altar. Though your
pathway be through fire. through river Of
blood, turn not aside. Be in no haste-no
hurry and furry"
Another Of his peaceful hellhounds,
Gen. Beauregard, in a proclamation recent.
Iy issued, says:
"A reckless and unprincipled tyrant has
invaded your soil. Abraham Lincoln, regard
less Of all moral, legal, and constitutional re-
straints, has thrown his abolition hosts among
you, who are numbering and imprisoning
your citizens, confscating and destroying
your property, and committing other acts Of
violnDce ap1 Cyytra +no uhunkip, nd rarol-
ing TO humanity TO be enumerated All
rules Of civilized warfare are abandoned, and
they proclaim by their acts, if not on their
banners, that their war-cry is Beauty and
Booty" All that is dear to man-your hon
or, and that Of your wives and daughters,
and your fortunes and your lives are involved
in this momentOus contest"
As an evidence Of the peaceful designs
of the traitor, the following extract from
an address of George Buckley, X. G. G.,
President American Legion" called forth
by a resolution of the Kentucky Legisla-
ture to inquire into the objects Of the Sc
cret oath bound association known as the
knights Of the Golden Circle, shows what
IS secretly doing. Buckley says:
There are now nearly eight thousand IN
the State, (Kentucky, distributed through
every county, and the organization is grow
ing daily in favor and Importance; and the
work will be pushed with the utmost vigor
until the tri colored flag Of the Confederate
States floats in triumph from the dome ofthe
Capitol at Frankfort, and if perchance, Ken
lucky should be tied to a Northern Confeder-
acy, cursed and blighted with the fanaticism
Of Aboliuonism, the organization will invite
and carry from the State ten thousand fami-
lies Of kentucky's best citizens; and plant
them on the broad and fertile prairies of the
noble State Of Texas, where the K. G. c., in
that State, will meet them with open arms
and warm hearts, and welcome them to a
State where every mans constitutional rights
are respected"
Members of this traitorous organization
are in Pennsylvania, as well as the South,
some Of whom can be readily recognized
by their acts within the past three months,
and others by their sudden conversion to
peace Partisans.
as2A Hon. Geo. NJ. Keim, prominent and
well known citizen of Reading, and equally as
prominent in Pennsylvania, died in that city
last week.