, 1862-05-15

From the Y. =. tnst.1
Ai1ers months labor Tai'andighasn (whose
ns1ne Is blessed, they tell us, south Of the Po-
tornac) has persuaded thirteen other members
Of Cong:tss 10 joia him il his Sseyphean Ia
hor Of rolling the II Demoasa.ic ~ stone to the
top Of the hill He has succeeded In getting
the NattcRal lntc9Asencer to publish two cot
umns Of antiqnated political gabble which be
calls q **Democratic Address" Three Req
fesentatives from Illinois, fye from Ohio, two
from 1ndisna and two from PENNSYLVANIA, as
sist IN the uueracious service, but strange to
cay, Powell Of Kentucky. whom his colleague
treason, starSe Of Oregon who is about to be
expelled for the same reason, and Wood Of
New York, whose newspaper was stopped be-
ctose it, chief supporters had enlisted IN the
secession ranks, though all good Demo
ezets," 90 not sign he document o,:aa Ineif II
prudence, ttto be annexed to the pamphlet"
or private edition Of the address, which is
Other 1Democratic u names would have
been added. a]so. but for the military exigen-
cies which Just nov control the country.
Their bearers are eugaged In the Southern
amy, fighting the soldiers Of the Union, and
have neither time nor opportunity to join
their colleagues IN this agreeable daty. Mr.
Jefferson Davis, President Of the rebel Con-
federacy, la one Of these " Democrats who
would have been delighted to put his name at
the bead Of the list, Messrs. Mason and su-
dell, Who are now abroad engaged in pain
tu1 effort 20 get the monarchieS Of the old
treadfully chagfined not to haze been able to
co-oparate with their old friends. The eleven
"Denacrat{c" Governors of States in open
rebellion, who arc furnishing Beauregard with
ammunition and men, and urging Johnston
and Lee to kill our brave brothers on the pen
iusula with torpcdocs and Internal machines
il they cannot be met In fait and manly bat
tie, would doubtless have taken part in the
conclaves ty which the Address was pre-
pared. but that the roads are obstrncted and
tavus r. Smith Vas unhappily prevented
from participating by the stubbornness Of
Mcdowell; and the gallant General Lowell
was too much occupied By the inconsiderate
movements Of Captains Farragut and Porter
st New Orleans
- a pensiEe tone Of dependency pervades
the address, IN consequence Of the absence OF
these powerful coadjutors. Butthe most del
lcate Eegard for their feelings is shown. Not
word is said in denunclation of the hideous
rebellion, Of ~hich they are the masters and
Leaders. a stranger to public affairs, Oh read
Ing II, would learn that the republic was In
the midst Of gigantic effort to save it's own
life from destruction bT pa1ricidal hands, only
by rthukes administered to the Government
which is making the effort The plot to over
which strives to defeat the plot Is tyranny aud
wrong. An infamous revo1r against the estab
Ished order, which arrests the prosperity Of
thirty millions Of people, which plnuges them
has robbed the nation Of the flower Of its
youth, and desolated thousands Of once happy
homes, does not provoke single phrase Of
rcrrobation; hut the few acts Of loyal I'D
Ininistration which may hare 1eaped the doubt-
ful boundaries of the law, In strenuous en-
deavoE to rescue the nation, are branded as
despotism. The men who have not only yio-
]Ated the Constitution, but who have taken
up arms to annn1 the Constitution, are suffer-
ed to pass in silence or under the gentle pseu-
doDym OF tcllo = citizens, while the defenders
OF the Constitution, in time Of unexampled
embarrassment and peril, are sneerfngIy be-
rated as enemies Of the republic, who wou1d
undermine its liberties and overthrow the
barriers OF Constitutional government
It is consistent with the. other conduct OF
this squad OF fourteen, that while they spare
the Ecu6ibll1ties Of their absent co-workers,
and make no allowances for the e1trcm1ties in
which the Government has been placed, they
Eheuld retrBln from ali a1lusion to the noble
Eea IN their country defense. They can In
dulge without stint in 1audations Of hum.
drum political party ct home; dwell With
beamfng conplaceney on the tap-ropms won
and the polls carried By assault; exhaust the
vocabulary Of rhetoric In recounting the sixty
but for the glorious deeds Of the rebel Demo.
Gratis Of the land-at Mill Spring, Carthage
Henry, Donelson, Pea Ridge, Hilton Head
Pulaski, Roanoke, NeHbern, New Orleans
Shiloh and viii liamehurg-t they find no tongue
Ellsworth and Baker, and Winthrop and Ly.
on, Wallace and Peabody, and hundred 9th
ere, might dwindle into utter forgetfulnes:
for ~ that they say; and thearndes Of Halle:k
and McClellan, Banks, Hunter, Curtis, Ere
mont, Butler, Burnside and Mcdowell, noH
0raWlng the last folds over the face Of dyins
Rebellion, might perish where they stand
without 8 voice Of sympathy or cheer ftou
these model representatives Of Democracy
Ihe1r eyes arc so lntently fixed upon the re
construction Of the battered machinery whict
formerly carried them into political power
that they cannot See the tremendous conf1ic
which is EaEed Under their very eyebrowH.
This se1f ctosen committee talk ro1ubIy O
tic constitution, Of the rights Of the States
of popular eupremacy, Of economy and re
Ifs, which TsFe in former years the shibboleth
of party o-gah1zatlou; but they use the word
4s blind for The defense Of human elarery.
The sum and substance Of their address is, will
ont all disguise, that Slavery shall be perperu
ated and shall forever rule the Republic. The
have no other purpose, no other wish. Al
their babble of constitutional obligation ant
State rights has this meaning aud no more
uuwa1ned By the events Of the war, they 70 I'D
y imagine that the people will 60 back 10 th
lines and issues which preceded the war
they dream thut our stupendous civil stTuggl
has no signidcarce; that our losses, our Il
pendltufss, our trials and our sorrows hav
taught III uorhing; aud that slauery ,pAicA h
bon TIC caase q them oil, may yet 90 forth cor
querirg and to conquer, just as it did befot
six hundred Thousand patriots took up arm
to repel and punl-A its lnsolent pretensions
a Rebel mar1on.
The Memphis psop1e are full OF glee at th
stratsgen's which they al1ege have been ca
ried Oh by tcme young man named job
Morgan, ken1uckian- His last exploit
related By the Apptal, as follows:
The heroic yuuug Kentuekian Is IS full