, 1864-03-04

does not, criminally imperils the national e1-
1stenco Individual pre}udices and interests
must be sacrificed. We must yield every
thing to the common veal He who does
not, crimipally impesils the national exist
ence.
. PEOPLE, " ERIE
The DeKalb Council of the Union League
met at Sycamore on tho SD ult., tie meeting
being composed Of delegates from rarious
parts Of the county. The following rcsolu-
dons, among Others, were passed unani-
mous1y:
WHxHEAs. We as grateful people now look to
Abraham Lincoln as the ono 5 whom under God
We chiefly owe theprese1vation OF our country from
Threatened destruction in tho past =
Rezsped, Tint abraham Lincoln Is the man Of
our choice for the next Presidcot Of these United
natee. enc TINT we VIII lca1e no proper means un-
high Office.
- The Washington correspondent Of the
n. Y. Commercial Advertiser M1itcs:
The nomination Of Mr.. Lincoln for reelection. nv
portion OF the Union roenbcrs Of the Ohio Laris
!ature has ssd1y d7mpencd he hopes Of NJ. Chase,
be taken by that body and TINT delegates would be
ehosen to the National Convention pledged to vote
for Mr.. Chase.
- On train going west from Dubuque,
vote on the next Presidency was taken: Lin
coin II; Grant 10; Mcclellan S; Butler S;
Seward /; Seymour l; and Heron L
"A large and strong Union club has been
organized in the Tenth Ward, st. Louis. Be-
fore long there will be similar movement
In every part Of The city.
The Union Convention which met In
Rochester, N. T., to nominate candidates for
the charter election, passed resolutions en-
dorsing in strong tcrmB the Administration
Of President Lincoln, and expressing the pre-
ference OF the Union men Of that city for his
denomination. They were received with en-
thusiasm, and were adopted with most
hearty and unanimous assent Indeed, the
mention Of the name Of Abraham Lincoln
brought out, In storms Of applause, the deep
felt appreciation Of Ills eminent services to
the country, and of his indisputable worth Of
private and personal character.
- Tie New Orleans Tines Of the 20th
u1t-, publishes some interesting facts In re-
gard to the rebel situation in Texas, derived
from gentleman who has just escaped from
that State. There arc ut present 5000 SOL
diera there under command of Masruder,
about ,006 of whom are regular infantry,
well armed and equipped. There Is au equal
number Of cavalry, the remaining 1000 being
badly armed militia Beet and corn are plen-
ty, but other provisions are scarce. There
arc great many Union men in the army.
forced into. its ranks by the merciless con-
scription. A defeat Of Magrnder's forces
would be welcomed by themselves, who, il
they did not Join the Union ranks would
take refuge In the wilderness. Eyery one.
without regard TO ace. ia compelled tn scrve
boys OF fourtccn beins conscrinted 3f of snf.
ticieut size. In Western Tcxas strono
Union rcpfou. very few mcn ,re et;1i Ma
Ing In the bush. A rood many tove t1ca tn
Mexico. Several men who attcmpted tn co
to Mexico under jeff Dayis' nroc,a,nst,on
in 1861, orderinr alien enemies ont of +hc
Confederncy. have been confined ever since
In cellar in San Antonio. Slaves are only
worth $3.50 at the present time. who four
years ago would have brought s1.5O0.
The Death of Slavery,
The New York -Ne.as having assailed Mr..
Brooks for saying In Congress that slavery
was dead, the Washington correspondent Of
the New York Ezpress (probably In this case
hr. Brooks himself says:
III MI: Len Mood, IN view Of his personal
win come boci- ~ rnrmac- ~ a5 .tffxs
mPnS1aeas, ne VIII hna that In the1e are bat ter
nnt in nrincinic ond snheaenco ae,o. ~ .,;1t, ~
what Mr.. Brooks said, Viz: That as FAcr.
be It right or wrong, md as a FACT to be rec.
1 9enizeo ana a., accepted, as mneh IS daylight or
Gad do So1th. bv liz votes any aotion - ~ %eau snc,
men in the borier States rs Reveniv Iohnsnn
SGaaa SSutut HI1s, r. ~ EHaIytana7s0ca men as
Rollins md Hia;r ~ Mfssonr and nther rh hor, ~
der Sfates ali about, dend So1,fh hv fhe con.
ec1iption to free negroes there fnto tIe rehe1
arny, and by the enlistment OF $4,000 Slaves
as working soldiers. When Mr., Wood re-
turns to business he will learn a1l that"
There arc about seventy members of Con-
orrss who ra1t themselves D.n,ocra+s r. :,
- ,..a- 49, -. ss.o..." ..D 49,.
interesting 70 Know that s1x-sevenths Of them
look upon slavery as. defunct, and are de-
nonnced hv the ona.aava,,+t az Aho11f,cn;at.
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SrrEcurs AND Aonprssps nv w~xnr,
pnr11 no |rhona,, @ . aa.;e. - ~ ,,,..ss .n1 ,.a-
- na''on y. taiAeis' sen@
"ne eloqnence Is appfeeiateo among us,
whenever 1t appears. This Ia doubtless the
secret Of Wendell Phillips immense popu-
lar5tr as a snea1,.r ever vher +he bnr5on of
n1s s,,oorh ,ras h.as4;1,, s,as..as
80. "%7 A>~AA%t1y NAsaPp4ofC1~ 4+VHs