, 1864-08-24

ut tnonann1e OF 1lyes OF tteemen, and the
.canetGuert misery entailed, dependent upon
fhe artion of the ensuing called session of
Congress. confess fear It's action. The
mora look 1t the movements of this Ad-
ministrat!on, the more l BECOME satisfied
t1,:t th1s Government, un!er the form 1t has
h,thpT4n existed, is Of the things that were.
Tha mrrrmcnt5 at Baltimore aud st. Louis,
~, ~ naIt OF the military, satisfy me that
~ etteinpt will be made to place th3 whole
ccnntry under military rule; th1t all the
meaug Of the Government viii be employed
- arm the minions Of the Administration,
and to disa1m all opponents; that IN abso-
1nte Tffen of terror @iil be inaugueated, aad
whcn ne mean6 OF resistance 6f the masses
a,e removed military dcspQtism Will rule
nnti] Mi State rights under their constitu-
fiorai organizations shall have been abolish.
ed and monarchy absolute or limited estab-
Iiehed. The men receiving position at tue
hards re- III, Lircoln and the Repu olic n
Gnytrnere OF the North gre not the charac
80 IN whom would like to trust 1.y dear
cst rfchts. They are the men whose Inst for
nnweF would soon overlook ali else than
ttelr own sEg1snd1zemeot.,
The succtkeIul resistance Of the South
reesr1 ns 1he only safety for US of the North
Nsi,ouid she be overwhelmed WOO betI1es
us who have dared to oppose the policy Of
Ills administration.
III nsnieI-a Democrat of the North who dares
to oppose the policy Of the present leaders is
AZ mnch hated as those Of the South and I
1onl nnon this Nar as much and more war
r1on lie Democracy than an5 thing else,
r. fs Goyernment could never be snbverted
prl,tr De,noe1atlc rule, and every appeal ID
NV he{ne 1uede to the patriotism Of our
Tenplc to sustain the Constitution, the Union
End tbt Starr and Stripes, while the Constt-
ere bsipg ruthlessIy tramp1cd under foot
| In tie position you are soon to occupy, I
t x;nnld fy no means counsel Withholding the
| nrcresary hupplIes from the army, but would
like to eee al Democrats unite In au open
and bold resistance to all attempts to keep
| II The wisdom Of our fathers, aided by our
nwn rxnet1ence, cannot keep US united, it
IA fdlt: 10 talk OF maintaining the Union.' A
| State forced to obedience at the. point of the
nnyonet. / regard as much aud more Il
subvrrsion Of the Government than Sc
ceetion ITSELF hence | see nothing but
diesolution, and humsnity, justice,
dIctatee peaccable -. separation.
baye no doubt worried you, aud shall
rinse by hoping that some Moses m y arise
to extric:te us from our WOES, tcat yo1r mis-
zion maY be pleus, Mt one, that sou may re.
turn to Jour copstituents I'D nienas Is did L,
Npah'6 dove to the ark, bearing emblems o.
peaco 10 q distracted country.
My respects to Ed. and your family.
Your friend,
| fSieued) Jos. R13TINE.
! P S,-n{uch less excitement here; but lit
lie ssid. Men sze beginning to talk Of cost
and consequences. J. Il.
JOSEPH E. A'DoSALD TO DAN. VOORHEES,
uALLucINAT1oS5 AND INSANITY OF IUDGl
rEEK1Ks.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. ii, 1868.
Hon. D. ". VOORHEES,:
DEAR FR1EsD-Your favor per Bro wn re
ce1ved. I did all that could be done for th
hoy. and that was to have him sent back t
bis company without bling reg sr5ed @ dt
serter, until the President shall modify hi
, proclamation susptnding the writ OF ha5ea
.. cor1ut. lfsa woman should be sworn INT
! | the service, there ia no power to discaarg
! her but the War Department., and that neYt
acts in any caee where humanity makes tt
call.
As to Perkins, 5ou will have learned fro'
our mutual friend Bowling. that We has
< hud m 3nterVle@ with tue Judge, and four
him enju3i. e lucid Interval, and fully aWa'
9 cf thc h.liuc,naicn und=r which lie h
). lately hctn laboripg, but don 'tsee just ho
> lie can right hiustlt. tIink he will bs pe
= ,uancntl5 cured o, his insanity In time, b1
d it mny tbke time.
J OF course It is not necessary for me to s.
Il to sou that I know no more of the sem
. uents Of his letter until saw 1t In the pu
lie pspe1s thsn Jon did. If be had sent b
y letter to me, and not the editor Of the SCI!
). ueI. It would not have eeen the light of d
Z | in that shnue; but he seemed TO thi1k
+" beu discovered the Northwest passage, al
: wanted the whole benefit Of the dlacover
= and consequently he had to giye tnls thi'
. to the public at once. When sec you
:. win talk at length on these mutters, as VA
3 louE talk with you before You so to Was
:" inston.
3 lsigEed1 J. E. MCDONALD