Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-06-23
NO. 4.

JuepiiVeu OF the comforts of home danr;vod II
aign's TO exercise any political power thew
/ onr ~ occome machines to be used bv
ou. tyfane masters at the capital Cheers \
And, my friends, am opposed to eV. the no. -
oause II Is rearing up in this country new ele.
/ lnent IN the government of the conntrv Th
niiitary power mas been introduced and sb,va
read history In vain if l do not know that in evo
ely country, ana every age, where the military
pomei, alrant, despotlc and tyrannical, has been
permitted 10 subJugate the civil power and -
VerTide the courts, at every time and in ave-,
age, that power has not only DESTROYED the MI,
clpies OF the people for time bnt # has
uAeo, anu afterwards 1T has been succeedad ~
the rule OF lnheriting monarchies. Here ~ =,
lniitary power Is arrogant, proud and dominaar-
lns' ~ commenced In Kentucky nearly wear
ago py breaking up the Democratic Convant;on
1t succeeded after that in intimidatino and go
riding every civil effort to express the fealino ~
indignation at their acts, and recently was ovar
aWed Dy Inc people at the ballot box in Indiana
pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois recently aa.i,
we ma II laying violent hands upon that noble
triDune OF the people, Mr.. Vallandigham. of o.
.io: !. (Cneers3 Following that base act, which
it virtually effected without even decent reco@'
nltion OF the proclamation of martial law. it hss
wlthin tWenty-four hours suppressed noble
Democratic paper, the Chicago ssTimes.,, and
througnout the West to-day the people stand
trembling upon the precipice, hesilating wheth.
CT 10 rise en- masse and expel these military sa~
traps, or quietly submit to the grave of despotism
which is being dug for them, and this nieht the
city OF Ohlcago may be in flames. There has
oeen assembled there tonight one of the largest
ana most resolute gatherings of the peonle ever
IN Chlcago, IN front of the ssTiMes Office. pro
testing against this military usurpation, against
the rights OF tree press. (Cheers9
II know the character of the Western neonIe
Ill understand the character of the men a.
chicago. they possess the spirit of the mon os
new ork, Cloud cheers,) and dare and dafv
tne Administration to send to the civ of New
YORK their General Burnaide .fhissesl and 7 here
IN the name OF this assembly, thousands. aud
tens OF thousands, inside and outside, request
~. .ho ADMINISTRATION to give General Burnside
tnl3 district for his command. Tremendous
cheers with groans and Kisses for Burnside. -
ana II TINS conflict must come, if the revolution
must commence, want the powers that he to
try their hands upon us. (Uproarous cheers. !
FelloW- citizens L may have uttered the lam
guage OF treason. Laughter. s.Go on'' ssNo.,,X
certainly sad more than the language uttered
by our lamented friend, VaIlandigham. who was
struck down for it. CHEERS for Vallandigham.
l may be the most glorious martyr upon the al
tar OF my country. ls.No.'') / ask your al
tentlon and quiet for a moment till relate Won
an anecdote of Gen. Washington. When young
man. lie was, as we all know, planter upon the
Potomac river. He had large and fine planta-
ton, and had neighbor who owned an adjoining
plantation, with whom he had dispute about
the boundary line between the tWo His neigh
Dor was tyrannical, desp0tic, resolute MANI
CsThat,s Abe.'o He probably conceived that
ne was the owner of the disputed boundary. but
Washington, hone st, resolute not desirons of in
trlngIng on the rights of others, finally believed
that the title to TIE disputed line was in himself.
One day While walking with his faithful servant
by his side, and in those times, my friends. Il
was the practice to go over these large areas.
comprising thousands of acres, with an armed
servant Suddenly he found himself Alright on
the disputed boundary, and before him his
enemy, thu claimant. The claimant stood be-
tore nm, holding rifle in his hand, and he saws
to Washington, ssSir, go back don't you cross
that iine" Says Washington, calmly, 81 will
cross It," The enemy took his rifle and cooked
IL. says ne, ssSir, if you cross that line will
XIII you. washington coolly turned to his SER
want and said, "John, do you hear what that man
says John, intend to cross that line When
ne takes aim you take aim, and John, when he
shoots me do you shoot him. daughter.
NOW, my frlends,, the application that make is
TINS when one OF your own fellow-citizens, be-
IL the humble individual before you, or anv 9TH
er one, shall be taken in the discharge of his
rights and IN the maintenance of his own, do yoa
strike down the tyrant. cloud applause and
cheers) My friends, am opposed to this war
because 1t is failure. (ssThat's so'') Even
admitting its legality and constitutionality. ad
mlttihg that 1t Is really prosecuted for the pur-
pose OIL Union, admitting that there has been
none of these encroachments upon our rights
admitting that the Administration had Gone
lothing but what they wore empowered to do.
ana what 1t was best for them to dol saw II is a
ialiure, that We have undertaken what we can
not perform No revolted people that have
kept an independent Government for a twelve
month nave ever yet been subjugated, and no
purely agricultural people in the protection of
thelr domestic rights have ever yet been subju-
gated since the world was founded
Even laying history aside, the history of this
two years war shows that whilst we are brave
ana determined, whilst We have thorwn our best
spirit and energies, and an unlimited amount of
treasure lnto this contest, whilst our men have
iought as men never fought BEFORE yet we have
only gained defeat, humlliating to our sectional
PRIDE, destructive to all our material interests
and annihilating to every spirit of liberty. Cam
aor should compel us to admit before the civil
zed world that We have been beaten and cannot
succeed IN what we have undertaken, and ap-
peallng to the same common sense principle that
you ana would appeal to in every affair of life
when we see We cannot succeed, it is prudent ard
Wise, honest and ennobling to admit our failure,
ana that we must back down from our position
NOW, my friends, could go on-CsGo on.''-
Somebody in the audience became Objectionable,
and there were cries to put him out',) could
detaIn you here for another twelve months had
the phySlcal and intellectual power to do it, to
give you reasons why we should declare for
peace, and therefore let us all unite in this glo-
rlous enterprise, let US save our country, even
what is left of it, before it is totally DESTROYED
and lost forever. (Cheers.) Let us declare for
peace, and let us declare that the party or the
man who advocates the prosecution of this war
is false to the Democratic creed and should be
cast out from among us as Democrats. (Slight
cheering.)
The WEsF.-According to some theological
writers, who have undertaken to unrayel the
mysteries OF prophecy, the combined hosts of
Cog and Magog are to meet in the Great Valley
of the Mississippi some time between the years
1860 and 1878, when the great battle of Arma
geddon shall be fought. At this battle, the blood
is to flew until it reaches the bride bit of the
horsemen, and ssstink" is to arise from the car
casses of the slain that will scatter pestilence and
through the whole land 1t is to be
the greatest ana last battle on earth-the final
between liberty and despotsm; it is to
decide not only the fate, and shape the futare po
litcal character of the Western Continent but is
likewise to produce revolution in all the great
of Europe. The cause of liberty is
to make its final triumphs; the ancient monar-
chies of the Old World are to give in before the
conouerinr hosts: Israel is to be restored n de