, 1862-06-21

WASHINGTON, June 10, 1et7.
Agrcat many persons are writing letters to
Washington from all parts Of the country just
now, asking Republican Senators aud Repre-
eentaiiyes, " What policy are We to uphold in
the approaching campaigns What shau We
put into the platform? What Is the policy Of
tic Administration ~ and 70 forth, and so
forth. Candidates are casting abont in all d.
rectione for Issues, some based upon principle
and some upon policy and soue upon neither.
II this session Of Congress, and the var which
has alternately ragged and dziseled during its
continuance, haye taught anything, it is that
the epeop1e want for their platform: |
"CosF1scATE TIE PROPERTY AND FREE TEE
SLAVES OF REBELs.'
and the Lord Of Hosts take care Of the con- |
sequences! This is the platform that will win.
Let al cowards aud trimmers, and rebel SYM |
patbistrs tax warning in time. That train is
going through 1rEt or last, and passengers
ing their baggage checked. There is no use
in denying or attempting to conceal the
fact that ne are in tile gloomlest period OF
the war. The Treasury has been bank
rupt ever since the middle Of January,
| always did mean bankruptcy and always
will. But the country did not feel it-has not
| begun to feel it till now. From this time forth
| we are sailing straight intoa gulf OF financial
man, woman and child il i. unless We take oH
the gloves and strike rebellion In the face with
our best "bunch Of fiyee.' Deprecated shin-
! plasters will est up the earnings Of the poor
man alike With the accumulatinns Of the rich,
for every e1pedfent to get something out Of
| nothing must Jail. Il it costs one million or
| two millions per day to feed, clothe, arm, pay
| ard transport our soldiers it mast come out Of
the people, treasury notes or no treasury
notes.
What is to be donet Take ihe property Of
the traitors who plunged US into the war, aud
strike of the thacKles Of the slaves whnse IN
| rtquitcd toll supports it. Prelndj e and pas-
sio begottsR Rd + old RS5rfy fy Conflicts ~ r M
soon be question Of Life and death, and there
will be 10 choice. The policy Of subsistng the
army On the enemy has been discussed OF late
Ill executive circles with extreme soberness,
and orders to that effect, in one or two e1-
| treme cases, we're Issued to certain generals
who neglected or refused to obey them. a
fund equal to s, 600 600 was raised in this msn-
Fer during the M:zican war, which VAS legal
lied By the act OF March 3, 1919. JEFF Davis
himself was one of the officers who contscated
the enemy's property, AID, as Secretary OF
r War, in 1858, be attended to the settlement Of
the accounts Of quartermaaters who had re-
: ceiyed and used it for the subsistence Of tue
soldiers. But it is better that the law should
, precede than follow such step.
! The amended bill reported By the House
Committee Oh Military Affairs :" to construct
! q ship canal for the passage Of armed and naval
? | vessels from the Mississippi River to Lake
Michigan" provides that as soon as the State
, of Illinois shall transfer to the United States
: the title to the Illinois and Michigan canal
Mr. William f. Swift Tone Of the present
6 trustees), and an engineer Of the topographi
y of War, sud citizen of Illinois to be designs
~ ted by the President, shall proceed to enlarge
= said canal to the dimensions Of LEO feet in
wdib, fth locks $50 feet long, aud seventF-tlvs
= feet wide, and to improve The navigation fthf
- Illinois and Dcs PLANES Rivers 80 as to insure
Is safe and uninterrupted navigation therein TO-
z | gunbuAts. steamboats,, naval and War vessel
OF the United States, drawing not more thar
six feet Of water, subject to the approval 0
their plan by the President of the Unites
,e States, ind to appropriations made from tim
a to time by Congress- The revenues Of tn
~ canal and Improvement are to be applied frs
le to the payment OF the amount expended there
ls On by the United States, and second to th
~, - payment and satisfaction Of these clain5, th
70 entire work will revert to the State of Illinois
J" with proviso that it. shall forever be ope
es to the use Of the United States Governmer
,1 free OF any cost or charge whatever, and to L
~ citizens ofthe United States, subject Only t
II, such tolls as may be necessary to keep it
Fe repair.
r. Admirable as this plan is in commerci
Sense, and there is no grander or more beni
people of the United States, It is ussless
lu~ expect that any action will be taken at th
air session Of Congress. The bill may pass tt
On House of Representatives, though that pa
of its progress is much befogged. It caun
- pass both branches. An eagerness to adjonT
ais which Is equally Irresistible and unreasonabl
ch | has sprung up within two or three days. II
n weather and Ienominations bare SO got tt
~ mastery that il StonewalI Jackson were at Q
1tnn hGr afn
in | Of OUT Legislative department.
es- The ac1ion Of the president and the demo
- stration in the House concerning Mcclellan
nv guard around the rebel Lees property On t
nd following letter from gentleman connect
with one Of the benevolent or!sAnizatio
attached TO the army, will show something
:lA- need which existed for the Warehouse p
M; n,fsts:
W Wu1rEnorsE IA, June "a, 1862
III Ct Laet evening We bad quite 8 little f
ing r. IN our camp as The rebels made al atsack
IT. ms Or tTe fro d. up th
s% ezs meh at Place FsS: eae:d @ Ga!eeEs % Hana
vel tended 10 be. though don't believe ths: there
IN. an hundrcd armed rebels within five miles Of
in l. az gcod dei q masEetry ding III around ns "
What result Fknow not. Last hight everybody
Y liz On arms and be ready for a. attack; 1tt
. the liberty Of looking to see whether the ga
,ce tbcse- Iwon almost be willing 10 have This pl
eut i j. en- internal sfams a t. have our men sas
got jng Tehs property when The very skiee afe lsh
hy re men m q M Goen anoi5 h ths
'n1t eail assramp il New England it IS totsily ~
&c. eut tssfs IS no Ssttas taost
are unlsts the high land Of The Lee estate is appfe
nc @ enons Il to noe hs
b.;r cone: The old asny officers here are an ihhn.
nsn SET and caie MI more for the officers and sold
Of the volunteer force than an ass. does for
pedigree Hour army We're all regulars, this
'lcT, he,litn would ntver be pni down: The sJmpat
rites as n1; 10 a,v n, "1ta ny tnG aoln
{ be The rebels snvw it. II We had not taken q ma
Of an officer f'ym TIE rtEplaF aEms or # that aEy
nds npon entirely. belivc the rebellion "
,aer have been used up long ago. You may der
0 re- 11ans OF them 1azy, arrogant and cowar1Iy.
ARE totally fnhuniau l hope God viii remove i
g,n,ly BY death Il! the earliest possible MON
opas An advance movement will then be made. b
jsno use for me to attempt to do Justice to the
j*ct 20 will quit it. There are some honor
uch s;Hs,p,ions among them Of course speak Of
mill s;1co H., s,,,tha-, no,--.,,.- tro :.
{ 4th torgue go loudly on the eubjet o: Butler.
stice der concerning the "women OF the to"
their our M WASHINGTON .Il @ eecesn pave com9aenced
Of a uert. iii in the i1nminent deadtr h..
our Nus there ever more unbtushing examp
Impotence? This outcry proceeds fro
state Of society where the virtue Of two
IS al luls Of females Is for sale under the stat
.omi- Theie conennlnage ls more cemmon Thu
So Turkey and more ldioua than In Utlh-s
oln OF leWdness enacted into law, whose reE
b. arc partially exhibited By the presencs
the 405, ISL nlualtoes In the census Of 1850.
Eug mpndous snasn If rTtne e exnih;ted tea ths hv
We Richmond and Charleston papers, aud r
Id be shakes the soul Of the pure minded Be;