Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-03-18
VOL. 9.--N0. 90.

that" s.Did you dream 0. the devil :,
Worse than that .wen, then, what did
yoa dream Of p al though; was back in
the State OF Msine - TGrest Laughter.l =
That class OF people can never be defeated.
l sm sorry TO say it am so unwilling wit
ness, and hope my Teutonic friends, TO whom
the first speaker alluded, viii excuse me when
1 say that neither whiskey, punch or lager
beer viii overcome those icoaOclasts-
We are obliged 70 let Nr- Daily, prominent
Democrat, give his confession of faith in $
very few words. bpt they are sufficiently en-
phaiic. Re said:
.sThere are number Of men in The North Sc
present who talk Of peace, who talk Of an az
mistice, who talk Of concession, who hope Tor
compromise, and Who have 40 hope OF the
war- II persons Of that temper Of mind have
made up their minds that the war Is hopeless,
ard that the separation or the States Is now
Inevitable, then their conduct and their decla-
raiions are consistent with their convictions
but former who prafess entertaining such con-
vietions to be desirous for the restoration Of
the Union, for the preservation Of ite land in
the territorial unity with which ii was COM
mittea TO Us by our fathers-I say, if such
men entertain that conviction, have little
belief in their wisdom. and IL they have wis
dom, have doubt il ;heiT nationality
TCheers.l
Hoa. john Van Buren received warm vel
come, and held the attention OF the audience
for over al hour. He fully endorsed the o6-
ject Of the meeting and approved OF the reso-
lutions; went into statement Of his own po-
sition in reference to the questions which have
been agifated, TO show that, during the late
election campaign for Governor, he had ex-
pressed his determination 10 sustain the Pres
ident in q vigorous prosecution of the war; he
adhered TO that resolve, aud saw nothing in
the proclamation of the President, or in the
acts passed by the las: Congress, TO alter that
determination. He approved of the act Civ
ing the President fun control Of the purse and
the sword, and cited precedent in the act
passed in 1889, Oh the occasion OF the occups-
tion Of Maine by the British, when sinilsr
power was conferred, with fun approval of the
Democracy and of the nation at large. There
was no outery then against ssextrsordinary
powers,'' nor should there be now, except BY
those who wanted 10 see lhe rebe HiUn prosper,
sDd the Federal Government weakened. In
regard TO the Proclamation he did not question
its constftutioHsIity, but doubted IFS utility.
| am (said Mr.. Van BUREN, for a vigorous
prosecution OF the war. ! an for prosecu-
tion Of the war until this rebellion is wholly
government that has been set over several
States of this Union, known as the Cosfed-
crate Government; and until that is done, 7
hold all propositions for peace 10 be entirely
prepos;erous and absurd. TApplsuse, and
cries Of good J Now. being for the war, I
am necessarily With everybody that is for the
war and being opposed 10 peace, AN neces-
sariiy opposed 10 every body that is for
peace" He reviewed the course Of the lead
srs Of the rebellion, aud pronounced their
conduct 10 be without the shadow:of excuse.
Every fair minded man in the United States
would bear IN mind that, up 10 the moment
1f their withdrawal from the Union, not
hair Of their. heads had been injured 10 right
1f any Southern man had been invaded.
History would record that the world never
heard OF rebellion against governmental au-
bority before this, where the people who re-
oeiled could not lay their finger upon thing
which showed that either their property, their
liberty, or their laws had been in the slight
81 particular impaired.''
What have our copperheaa spologists for
raitors TO say to thztg
The Chicago Times having proposed to enter
spon the discussion of the question whether
l would not be best 10 have a Union leaving
New England fihe Louisville Journal asks.
!: W ouIdn't that question have been an inter