The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-09-09

death of the lamentedss and gallant Colonel
Chamberlin must tend to convince them of
its value.
A correspondent Of the Birminqham Post
in communication written with great force
and clearness, as we'll as fairness, says: MIR.
Lincoln will be reelected by a two thirds
vote, and the war will be continued until the
rebellion is put down and slavery abolished" "
The desire OF peace, on the part of the reb
els, is too clearly set forth in the recent in
terview of Col. Jaques and Davis, for the
North to be deceived, however desirable an
equitable adjustment might be.
A New Yorker, who has travelled much
at the South, as well as in foreign countries,
remarked in our store day or two since,
that " one thing was clear in his mind, if Sc
cession was to be allowed, our form of gov
ernment was utter y worthless" II. X.
Gov. Morton's Idea of the Conspiracy in
Indiana.
Gov. Morton of Indiana, in recent speech
at Indianapolis, spoke as follows Of the cop
perhead conspiracy in that state
For eighteen months past the people of
Indiana have been told repeatedly that i'm
mense quantities of arms and ammunition
have been coming into the state for the avow-
ed purpose of resisting the state and federal
authority. This has been well known to me
during that time, and likewise to the author
ities OF tae United States; but because until
now the people have not happened to see
with their own eyes the visible evidence of
the truth Of these things, it has not hereto
fore made very deep impression upon their
minds. There has been all the while one
party to deny the truth Of the assertion that
this wholesale importation of arms was going
on,and pronounced it all an abolition talsehood
"a mere government lie. But now the
people have seen for themselves, and wonder
that they begin to realize their great danger.
Let me tel you, notwithstanding, that YOU
have not seen it all. The arms and ammuni-
ton that were seized in this city on Satur-
day, are but drop in the bucket compared
to the immense quantity that has been impor-
ted into the state in a similar manner during
the last twelve or eighteen months. The
seizure amounts to this:
Some four or fye hundred revolyers and
$4,000 rounds of ammunition that is to
say. l35 rounds for regiment of 1000 men.
Evidently this large amount of ammunition
was not intended simply for the use OF four
or five hundred revolvers. The revolvers
seized ale but a part of the lot of 10000 yet
to come, and the large amount of ammunition
captured, is but portion of a lot of forty
two boxes, containing altogether about 2lO,-
600 ROUNDS.
Ny fellow citizens it is time for Us to con-
slider where We are standing, and it is time
for US to act. ! do not mean unauthorized
or Incorporate acts, but such action as shall
legitimately Sc ure US against the terrible
/ fate with which We are threatened. How
shall this be done? 1t cannot Dc done by
! standing idly by and attending 10 our busi-
ress. Ii We do 50, We snail have civil war
right mere in Indiana and wnen it comes al
your wealth and prosperity will vanish in a
day fyou would secure your homes, your
wealth, your business, Your prosperity from
the torch aud the robber, You must :" take
time by the foreock.'