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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
How To Do It.

The key of the present political situa-
lion is the fear of certain partisan leaders
lest the Union should not be restored un.
til slavery is practically abolished. They
are therefore for dulcet words and velvet
measures. in order that the rebels may
lay down their arms in gush of fraternal
emotion, and that they may count upon
the united vote of the rebel States for
them and their measures. Shorn of their
southern alliance, and deserted by the
patriotic in their northern ranks. how
could these leaders hope to succeed be-
fore the people? They insist, therefore.
for it is their salvation, that the Presi-
dent shall invite the rebel States to re-
turn to their duty; and they further in
sist that the Government. in other words,
the loyal people of the United States, can
offer no terms other than the Constitu-
ton and the laws. We have recently
seen this statement, almost in the same
words. in several papers which are very
anxious that the Union shall be saved,
provided that slavery shall he saved also.
They may be very tranquil. The Gov
eminent of the United States will offer
the Constitution and all laws made in
pursuance of it to every rebel in the land.
And the rebel and the rebels friends
should endeavor to remember that as the
war is constitutionally waged to subdue
rebellion, so every measure which the ex-
igency of war demanded was not less con-
stitutional, the Government being con-
stitutionally and of necessity the judge
of the exigency, and that, in the course
of the war and under the Constitution.
slavery has been abolished in most of the
States. The Constitution and most of the
laws in pursuance of it, which are offered
to the rebels, therefore, include the act of
emancipation as much as they include the
three-6fths representation or the revenue
law.
Thus when the friends of the rebels
say that nothing can be offered as terms
but the Constitution, they are correct If
they remember two things-first, that all
acts in pursuance of the Constitution are
part of the supreme law, to be reversed
only as all laws are; and secondly, that
the loyal people of the United States,
owning the whole territorial domain of
the country, will secure their future
peace and the safety of their Government
by such measures as they choose. The
which they will not have al
lowed fierce rebellion to overthrow they
are not very likely to suffer a political
juggle to undermine.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
Letter from Edward Everett.

The Hon. Edward Everett was invited
to attend the great mass meeting held at
Cireleville, Ohio, on the 29th ult Being
unable to be present, he addressed a let
ter to the committee of invitation, from
which we duote the following:
Whatever collateral issues may be
pressed upon the public mind, the real
issue is whether the right of secession
shall be acknowledged, and our armies
recalled from the States in rebellion; one
half the soil of the United States surren-
dered to them the entrance of Ches-
peae Bay, the Navigation OF the Gulf of
Mexico, the mouth of the Mississippi.
given up, not merely to foreign Confed-
eraey, but to the individual foreign States
of which it is composed, and to the Euro
pean powers with whom they may, any
one of them, choose to enter into alliance !;
or whether the war shall continue to be
prosecuted with the utmost yigor, in Or
der, at the earliest possible moment, to
crush this most causeless and unprOvoked
attempt to lay the dishOnored and pow
erless fragments of our late most prosper
Gus and favored country at the feet OF for
eign powers and thus for the sake OF
gratifying the lust for office, on the part
of a few ambitious men in the slavehOld-
ing States Nothing but Union of senti-
ment and action in the loyal States is now
wanting to bring the struggle to an aus
picious close; and any result of your
election, which would weaken the arm of
the General Government, when decisive
blow is about to be struck, will be a public
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
The Army and The Major.

We take the following passage from an
article in the Army and Nary journal.
Speaking of the past feeling of the peo-
pie to the army and the errors of opinion
formerly prevalent concerning the mill
tary service, the writer says:
"Let us hope that in the future history
of our country, juster views III these re-
CARDS will prevail-that a military spirit
will be cultivated, that the army will be
cherished. in all grades, says Marshal
Marmont, 1.-The profession OF arms is no
BILE, because for all alike it is composed of
sacrifices, and is rewarded, before all, by
public estimation and glory. To speak
disdainfully of those who compose the
rank and file of armies is a kind of bias
phemy, even to speak of them with indif-
ference is to misconceive the very condi-
tions of our nature" And more espec-
tally is this true in our country. Under
our system the civil authority controls the
military. The war-power is not the pre-
rogative Of the military but of the civil
government. The prating, therefore.
which is sometimes heard in regard to the
dangers of Cesarism or military despotism
can arise only from knavish spirit, OF
fundamental misconception of the genius
of our institutions. With us the army is
simply the arm Of the nation; not an arm
orer the nation. If it be truly its arm,
therefore, its arm for protection and for
vengeance, it is a living, incorporate part
of the body polite, sharing its sympathies,
motives, desires. In the great volunteer
army which has been in the field during
the past two years, million of citizens
have, for longer or shorter periods, borne
arms in the public service. We believe
their army life has made them better men
and better citizens. That it has raised
their sentiment of patriotism, no man
who has seen our armies in the field will
deny. The feeling of the army regarding
the late attempts to discourage the con-
scription strikingly illustrates this. We
doubt if these attempts would ever have
been made if their originators had fore
seen what contempt and Indignation they
were destined to stir up in the army
what white fury sat on the lips of men
eager to leave the rebels in their front and
come to settle accounts with those whom
they regarded as worse rebels in the rear"
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Brownlow's Knoxville Wing and
Rebel VentiIator.

propose to publish a weekly and tri-
weekly Journal, bearing the above title,
at Knoxville, in East Tennessee; and the
weekly paper, made up from the contents
of the tri-weeklies, | propose to send out
to distant subscribers for Two DOLLARS
per annum, inv1ribhy IN adrance. Subscrip-
tions and remittances will be forwarded
to me at Cincinnati, from which point |
expect to ship my paper and materials
expect to issue the number in October,
as it was in that month, two years ago,
my paper was crushed out by the God
forsaken mob ut Knoxville, called the
Confederate AutkoritieS. / will commence
with this hell-born and hell bound rebel
lion, where the traitors forced me to leave
off and all who wish the paper would do
well to begin with the first number, as |
intend that single paper shall be worth
the subscription price to any uncondi-
tional Union man!
In the rule OF my editorial conduct, |
shall abjure that servility which destroys
the independence of the press and cast
from me that factious opposition which
gives to party that which is due to country.
And while the name of my journal indi-
Gates, IN unmistakable terms, its politics,
shall as faithful sentinel, forget Wings,
Democrats, Know Nothings and Repub-
licans, and remember only Government,
and the preservation of the Federal I'm
ion-as richly worth all the sacrifices of
blood and treasure their preservation may
cost-even to the determination of the
present race of men, and the consump-
ton of the means of the present age!
Publishers inserting this Prospectus
once, prominently, and sending the
paper to me at Cincinnati, will be favored
with an exchange.
W. G. BROWNLOw.
SeDtember
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
WHOLE NO. 2451.
A Catholic Organ on Slavery.

The Catholic Telegraph of Cincinnati, ed
lted by Rev. Edward Purcell, brother to
Archbishop Purcell, publishes an editorial
IN Its issue of the 26th inst, in which the
cowardlce OF those people who are fright
ened by the term ''abolitionist" is exhib-
tied in the most scathing language
The Telegraph says, speaking of slavery:
We never raised a hand against it; no
word of any Catholic editors assailed it so
long as it would be unjust and illegal to
do so; but now that it is dead-dead by
its own admirers-We will not consent to
see its body fostering on the Highways
Let it be buried out of sight forever
Let it rest with all its horrors IN the
grave-let its memory fade from the rec
objection of men. 1t was an outrage
against humanity such as the history OF
no other people could exhibit. There
was something manly in the old custom
OF reducing to slavery him whose sword
had been beaten down by a stronger arm
on the battle field; there was a show of
Justice IN reducing to bondage the debtor
who could not pay his creditor; but for
American Slavery there is no excuse! 1t
was a mOnstrous crime-from the seizure
of the African in his own land to the mo-
ment of his death, when his body was
wasted by toll, rather than disease, to up
hold the luxury of master! Well, it
has fallen; and we are called abolition
lists because we refuse our consent to re-
suscitation, Weare proud of being called
so under circumstances so creditable TO
the mind and heart. May we ever deserve
the name, We will bear its stigma joy
fully through life, and carry it into eter-
nifty with honor. We struggle in a holy
cause.-the cause of religion and of the
hum IN race.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

in progress. and mighty engines have to
be lifted and conveyed from place to place
in the ordinary course of the days work.
To the arsenal and dockyard the engine
now at work there is invaluable, and the
cost has been so much less than horse
power that two teams have already been
dispensed with. In the old days of horse
traction it was a common thing to see
skilled hands, earning five shillings a day,
employed at mere laborers wor'. in GER
tain emergencies, for want of a full sup
ply of traction power; now all this is saved
by the ever ready power of this manage
geable monster which promises to become
the common drudge of man in every field
of exertion where gigantic powers have
to be called into action"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

There is no more potent antidOte to low
sensuality than the alteration of beauty.
All the higher.art of design are essentl-
ally chaste, without respect of the object.
They purify the thoughts, as tradegy, &C
cording to Aristotle, purifes the passions.
Their accidental effects are not worth
considering. They are souls to whom
vestal is not holy.
When young, We trust ourselves too
much, and we trust others too little when
old. Rashness is the error of youth, tim
i'll caution of age Manhood Is the 18th
mus between the two extremes; the ripe.
the fertile season of action, when alone
ue can hope to find the head to contriyess
wnited with the hand to execute.
Remember, earth has one privilege
above heaven. 1t IS the privilege of be-
nefcence. The privilege of passing by
transgression, of relieving the distressed,
of evangelizing the heathen, of instruc-
ting the ignorant, of reclaiming the vic
ious, of seeking aud saving those that
are lost.
Oh grief! thou art classed among the
passions. And true it is that
thou humblest TO the dust, but also thou
exaltest to the clouds. Thou shakest as
with ague, but also thou steadiest like
frost. Thou sickenest the heart, but also
thou healest its in6rmities.-Dc Quincy.
Without kind offices and useful servl-
ces, wherever the power and opportunity
occur, love would be hollow pretence.-
Yet what noble mind would not be Of
Tended, if he were thought to value the
love for the sake of the services, and not
the services for sake of the love?
There is no action of man in this life"
says Thomas, of Malmsbury, which is
not the beginning of so long a train OF
as that no human provi-
dence is high enough to give US a pros
pect to the end"
As the rays of the sun, notwithstanding
their velocity, injure not the eye, oy rea-
SON of their minuteness, so the attacks OF
envy, notwithstanding their number,
ought not to wound our virtue, by reason
of their insignificance.
The last, best fruit which comes to late
perfection, even in the kindiest soul, is
tenderness toward the hard, forbearance
toward the unforbesring. warmpth of
heart towards the cold and philanthropy
toward the misanthropic.-JsGa Paul.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The city of Chattanooga used to con-
tain about 1000 inhabitants, four or five
churches, five hotels, two printing offices,
a bank, number of very fine residences,
&c. 1t is in Hamilton county, Tenn,
just north of the dividing line between
that State and Georgia, situated on the
left bank of the Tennessee river, and IS
the northern terminus of the Western
and Atlantic railway, the southern termi-
nus of which is Atlanta, Georgia. 1t is
also the eastern terminus of the Nashville
and Chattanooga railroad, and forms the
angular connection with the line of rail
road from Charleston, S. c., to Memphis,
Tenn. 1t is one hundred and fifty-one
miles from Nashville, four hundred and
thirty-two miles from Savannah, and four
hundred and forty-seven from Charleston.
The city is situated on a high bluff over
looking the rushing waters of the Ten
nessee river, which at that point spreads
out to II greater extent than at any others
in the vicinity. Being the terminus of
two important roads, and the most prom
inent on another, (the Charleston and
Memphis it became the most available
place where the rolling stock OF all could
be repaired and new stock manufactured.
Hence were established here numerous
machine shops, foundries, &c, which up
to the outbreak of the rebellion, were do
ing thriving business, and contributing
in q great measure to the advancement
and prosperity of the place.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
TROUTING.


Butterflies iutter over the bosoms,
OF meadows athrob with bliss;
The brOOklets wander over the pebbles.
Singing, "Oh me for a kiss
On me for n loving, pure kiss !"
Grasshoppers chatter under the clover.
Telling you tales OF their own;
UauZy winged, tiny, Gathering children,
Scattered all over our zone
Over our four-seasOned zone.
Swallow birds tV liter on the old cornice.
Holding asszes OF love;
\ eiiOw ones warbie on the sweet-pea vines,
Melodies gathered above
Stolen from angels above.
Mockingbirds trill ing high in the naples.
Echo what others have sung;
Hummlng and pOising honey bells over,
Pierce their sweet hearts with IA tongue
beautiful, lanceOlate tongue.
Notified trout listens under the water,
Nearing young anglers will;
Close at nls elbow, smiling, sweet Jessie,
Striving IN vain 10 keep still
ii HusheS" herself TO keep still.
Notified trout listens vainly no longer:
Jessle's soft hush" saved his llfe;
Fishing rod suddenly falls in the sireamlet,
hIIe the taIr rogue of a wife
Hears whispered, you naughty. sweet wife
Eddie mine, answers a voice of soft music.
Better than trout Is a kiss -
Pointing u finger down at his losses,
lie gives to his Jessie kiss
husbandly, loving. pure kiss.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
From the New York Ledger.
NOT NOW.


The path of duty | clearly trace,
| stand with conscience face to face,
And all her plans allow:
Calling and crying the while for grace,
Some other time, some other place
d, rot tO-day-nOt now"
/ know tis a demon bOding i'll,
know have power to do If | will,
And ! put my hand to the plOw;
/ have fair, sweet seeds in my barn. and 10
When all the burrows are ready To SOW.
The voice says, 20. not now.
My peace sell at the price Of Woe
In heart and spirit | suffer 50,
The anguish wTings my brow;
But still linger and cry for grace
Some other time, some other place
o, not tO-day--NOt now"
! talk to my stubborn heart. and say.
The work must do l will do to-day:
will make to the Lord a vow;
And / will not rest and | will not sleep
Till the vow i have vowed / rise and keep,
And the demon cries, Not now.
And 50 the days and years go by,
Aud | register lie upon lie,
And break with Heaven my vow
For when l would boldly take my stand,
This terrible aamOn stays ny hand
-, not tO-day-nOt now
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
From the Knickerbocker.
SEPTEMBER.

golden Autumn morn ! thy balmy breath
Comes freighted from the tieids of ripenad grain.
Laden with sweets TO st cal away my pain,
With whispered anthems for the summers death.
There Is a brCathless stiffness all around;
rare and wOndrOus silence, such as waits
Some newborn angel by those peary gates,
Where streets of gold and towers of bliss are found
The great waves Of the grand old ocean swell.
With hushed murmuring against the shore;
And in my herat peace unknown before
Thrills Inc with joy, whose depths may not tell.
The light winds play along the waving feldE,
And the tall grasses bend TO meet il there;
And l am happy! far-gOne all my care
My soul TO Heaven its grateful homage yields.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
Southern Theology.

God is again with us !" exclaims the
Confederate Commander at Charleston, in
closing a despatch announcing the repulse
of an attack upon Fort Wagner. We
will not be tempted far into the line of
observation suggested by this arbitrary
assumption of the Divine presence and
favor. But it may be remarked that Gen.
Beauregard evidently considers the Al
mighty as an inconstant ally, not always
found upon the side of the South, and as
making himself known only by victory.
The notion is essentially a heatheuish
one, though it prevails very much among
Christians of all communities. We rec
ognize a higher conception of the Deity
in language like that of President Lin
coins address on the Fourth of July-an
of justice and mercy in
disaster as well as in success, and of the
duty of acquiescence in the evident ordi-
nations of Supreme Wisdom. The theo-
logians of the South are rather of the old
Roman type. They refuse to acquiesce in
any arrangement that does not imply the
of their own race to all princi-
Piles of government, all compacts and
laws, all the institutions and attainments
of civilization. They scott at the idea of
equality among human beings even of the
same color. They maintain the natural
subjection, not only of men with black
skins, but of men with hard hands and
empty pockets. The possession of land
and money is essential, in their view, to
the right even of personal freedom. The
poor they rank with the slave-born. The
traders and husbandmen Of the North
they despise for the industry that makes
them strong in battle as well as rich in all
the arts of peace. And the one virtue
that attracts the sympathies of the world
to the cause of the South is the fortitude
that bears up against defeat-even though
defeat, according to the Beauregard the
ology, signifies the absence and displeas-
ure of the Lord of Hosts.-LoHdon StaT,
august -.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
GEO. VANGELDER.
"Yours, &c,


"Treas. of Trustees of As. Ch. Fund"
You are probably aware that this fund
is raised by voluntary contributions from
year to year. but it is not permanent or
fixed fund ike that of the Methodist and
other churches, none receiving aid except
the widows and orphans of deceased and
INDECENT Ministers. and these cases are
represented to the Presbytery of the Dis
trict where they reside. when the cases
are debated, and an order issued or not,
as the case may be.
hope, gentlemen, that the above may
be satisfactory to you, and that you will
have the correspondence published, as it
might perhaps save others trouble in ma
king the same enquiries. If you wish ]
will send you the original correspon-
dence.
| am, gentlemen, yours most respect
fully, f. MYGATT.
Rs1iStsr.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

A squad of Indiana volunteers. out
scouting in Virginia, came across an old
woman in a log cabin in the Mountains.
After the usual salutation one of them
asked her:
well, old lady, are you secesh?"
NO" was her answer.
"Are you Union?"
No"
"What are you then?"
"a Baptist, and always have beenv'
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

Send your little child to bed happily
Whatever cares press, give it a warm
goodnight kiss as it goes to its pillow
The memory of this in the stormy years
which fate may have in store for this lit
tie one, will be like Bethlehem's star to
the bewildered shepherds.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

The Nashville Union has the following:
A newsboy was crying his papers around
the door of a prominent hotel "Here's
your Gazette-battle at Vicksburg, when
an officer said to him, 81 can't see it,
You never will see it." said the pert
boy, while you sit loafng around hotels.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23
MADISON POWERS,
WILLIAM POWERS.

.Hessrs Madison and IFliiiam Poarers-
Gentlemen-Excuse N.Y. so long delaying
to answer your favor of the 18th. in the
matter of charitable support to Mrs. Val
landigham, &c. The delay was in conse-
quence Of my wish to furnish you un-
doubted and authentic information in the
premise
In reply 10 my enquiries Of Mr.. George
VanGelder, Treasurer of the Trustees of
the General Assembly Charitable Fund, !
have received the following reply:
Copy. "PHILADELPHIA, July I.
"Dedr Sir to your request.
| herewith give an account of money
paid to Mrs Vallandigham out of the
Funds for Disabled Ministers and the
needy Widows and Orphans of Deceased
Minister'S as taken from my book of
original entries for several years past, and
for which | hold her receipts as my
vouchers
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

An Irishman who had blistered his fin
by endeavoring to draw on a new pair of
boots, exclaimed:
BE st. Patrick believe shall never
get thin on until wear thin day or
two iv
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

A man, whose appearance indicat-
ed that he was laboring under the weight
of brick in his hat, being asked If he
was Son of Temperance, replied, "Hic-
no relation"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

\ ''camp follower" at late regimen
tai parade, excused the irregularity Of his
gait by saying that he was trying to march
after two tunes.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

A Seotchman asked an Irishman why
were half farthings made in England p
The answer was: ''to give the Scotchmen
an opportunity to subscribe to charitable
associations"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

To defend a political editor against
abuse is like holding an umbrella over a
ducks head in a shower.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

Why are horses in cold weather like
meddlesome gossips? Because they are
the bearers of idle tails. -..