Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-09-05

hold sway IN the nails oil ieglsia-
ton, and the chambers of executive minis
ters-Washington city our own, as 1T may
be, we could soon disenthrall unhappy and
down-trodden Maryland, and having posted
our picket guards well on to Philadelphia,
render the South a unit, andextoft from the
Lincoln Government full and unreserved
recognition of our liberty and sovereignty
as a confederation of States. l do not pre-
tend to give this as programme OF the
campaign, but I feel an uubounded conf
dence in the success of our arms on every
field of Importance and an assurance that
within two months we shall have driven the
invader beyond Maryland.
The brave, defiant and noble course Of
Hon. John G. Breckinridge in the United
States Senate commands the admiration of
all loyal men. It presents a spectacle of
neral courage than which none more sub
lime has attracted the attention of men for
generations. He is in constant peril, not
alone from the murderous and tyranical
government, but from the hired assassin Of
the Federalists. Undaunted he breasts the
storm, calmly courts the danger of his
place. and in all things proves himself wor-
thy of bis noble lineage. The conduct Of
Henry G. Burnett in the lower House is no
less source of congratulation. We of the
Kentucky Battalion yet hope to place
Breckenridge and Burnett in triumphal
car when we enter the streets Of Washing
ten"
The course of Vallandigham in Congress
(your chivalric .Democrat) afforded the re-
bells such satisfaction that they have named
one of their military stations Camp Vallan-
digham."
The editors of the Democratic WdfcBman
and the late representatives of the Demo-
cratic party who have endorsed your publ
cations, Justify and defend the conduct of
Breckinridge, Falandigham, and Burnett.
The rebel army DO them honor for the very
same acts.
Should our National Capital fall into the
hands of the rebels. which God in his mer-
cy forbid, who upon this showing but would
expect to see the admirers Of Breekinridge,
Burnett, and Yallandigham North and
South, including the editors Of the Demo
cratic WGtchma'', tugging at the same tri-
umpHal car as itlcourses through the streets
of Washington, and shouting together in
Camp Yallandigham paons to the "CAiual-
ric Democrat"
In your issue of the 22d of August, Tread
thus.
''lFHo BURNED HAMPTON ?--Our tele-
graphic dispatches from Fortress Monroe
state that Gen. Magruder ordered the burn
ing of Hampton. Dispatches from the
South lay all the responsibility upon Gen.
Butler. It IS acknowledged on all sides
that Gen. Butler did burn it partially on
the 27th of July, and one Of the city illus
trated papers has a cut representing the
confagration. The question now is who or
dered the last burning?"
This publication was made by you after
the rebels had attempted to palliate the
crime by attributing it to the drunkenness
of Magruder, yet you more than insinuate
that the infamous act might be attributed
to Gen. Butter.
You attempt to excuse yourselves by alleg-
ing that one of these articles was copied from
Baltimore paper, an another from the
Philadelphia Inquirer. The articles are not
credited to any paper. They every one APP
pear as YOUR own. I will not say that any
of them are yours. They are just what T
would expect from Ben. Wood and the New
York Dag Book But | viii say that the
fact Of their not being original neither ex-
cuses or palliates your offence.
Your allegation that the Democrats want
Peace, that they never wanted blood, that
they are sick of what they have had already,
shall answer by an extract from an edto-
rial in the Presbyterian Of the 9th of Au-
gust, lS6I-a religious paper with Demo-
cratic sympathies. The article seems to
strike at you and those who approve the
course of the Democratic Watcbmdn and
reads thus:
''This war has been forced upon us. 1t
must necessarily produce distress. As a
citizen you may as we'll make up your mind
to bear portion of the burden. You have
been accustomed to look exclusively efter
your personal interests, now YOU must en-
large your views, and aid the public cause.
The very existence of the government, under
the shadow Of which you have prospered is
in peril; if it falls, you fall /; if it prospers,
you prosper. IT, to escape temporary sacrl-
flee, you would patch up false, Fictitious,
and dishonorable peace, You are unworthy
Of the name Of an American, and free
man."
But shall adduce other Democratic au-
thority and that too in the very words of
the Hon. Joseph Holt late Democratic Sec
retary Of War in Buchanan's Cabinet, who
in speech, made but few days ago in the
city Of Boston, said;
"Fellow citizens Il am gratifed to say
that during the somewhat extended tour
that / have Just made, nave nowhere found
the public voice faint, or the public purpose
in reference to the vigorous prose
cution Of this war until the stars and
stripes shall float on every flag staff from
which they have been torn. Nowhere have
| heard the word compromise, word which
can now be only uttered by dislnyal lips, or
by those speaking openly and directly IN
the interests Of the rebellion. SO long as
the rebels have arms in their hands there Is
nothing to compromise, nothing but the hon
or Of the country, and the integrity OF the
government; and who but he who is ready
to fill a towards grave is prepared for sub,
mission to such humiliation as this Ii we
falter we fail and not only will Washington,
your capital, be subjugated and sacked, but
your cities and your fields will be swept
over by an army carrying desolatlon scare
ly surpassed since the Goths stabbed their
steeds in the palaces Of the Ceasers. The
fendsh tone Of the Southern press, its ex-
ultant threatening, and the events which
have already transpired fally justify me in
this declaration. If, therefore, we think of
our land and gold. Of our merchandise and
pleasant homes, or even of the blood that
courses in our Yeins-in contrast with the.
honor and prosperity of our Government, we
are lost, we shall perish suddenly, rrre-
ignominiously. But if true to
ours elves, as verify believe we viii be, if
true to the kindling memories Of the past,
and to the grandeur of our mission as peo-