The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1864-07-28

uc CuCllJ oIS oV3""N
der A.P. Hill. .'..
Gen. A. G.. Wright has been
placed in command ofall the Fed
eral troops on the Upper Potomac
and is moving OF the enemy. s
Thc enemy are fall n back from
Martinsburg, and the excitement in
Maryland is quieting down.
There is reaso to believe that
Colonel MuIigan was killed
The ex Postmaster at San Fan
cisco has been arrested and inn
prisoned, for the freedom of speech
at q public Democratic meeting. =
A LETTER TO Mr.. LINCOLN.
Sm,-Permit ne, u citizen who
PAYS rates, tariff and taxes, to ad-
dress you fearless!y, honestly, and
impartially on topics which involve
the interests of the United States.
The men who discovered this con
tinent were noble and enterpnsing'
They live in their deeds, chronicled
I on historic pages. and their fame
is only bounded by the. circumam,
bient ais. Their journies from the
u Old World across tompcstpous seas,
= were soon traced by others Of their
il daring countrymen, and thus a
e continent Of rivers, lakes and for
ests was soon turned into a land 81
-, promise. The ever busy ard cnter
t. p. Using nations Of Europe heard o.
ic the newly discovered continent.
n Spain, England, France and tlo'
y land wero the frat nations to whom
the honor of ,sking possession Q
different parts of the New Worl
: belongs. These nations were gu'd
led in the Providence of God, to az
as pioneers in starting the greS
~ emigration to the western hrm
ID sphere. Despotism, tyranny, RELY
or ions nersecution and an oveTpFr
of population reused the DARN
and ever aspiring spirit OF the I'll
gIish people first to compel the il
tatuated and tyIannical King JON
to sign the birthright charter
,ot the Caucasian race, on an island
e. the Thames, a spot on which
have stood many a time, proud
So. its sacred and hallowed ground.
Sir, it will not serve your pu
in pose, or the purpose OF any M
.u born of u woman, to deprive 81
hat portion of the Saxon race of tile
in Lirthright charter-the act OF Il 4
not 6eas Corpus. ~ 7g4i,,,g
has But, 1 must be %consecuti'
''' and follow in the path which l ha
his chalked out Tor myself in this
IN, letter to. you. I have said that
ork' ove,rlus of population, despo
npt rulers in Europe, and a noble Fpl
rom Of glorious enterprise, led millie
ted to emigrate to America. But IL
lid not. follow the setting sun
.el- til they lad first risen flom
!, in thraldom and darkness OF he N
d die ages to the dignity OF !
ms manhood. Invested with digu
I'D and clothed in the mantle OF Fl
port dom, they left Europe, stemr
racy the torrent, turned the storm !
row a chariot, and landed in safety
the American shore +; planted
heat tree of liberty7-eut down fore
dug canals, built cities, turned
wi derness into fruitful fields
..fro an arch which spanned from !
lou. york I've d..
= they, Travelled in safety. But
,per's arch Of Confederate Statea, or
sDls- tions, has been broken in the
been ter by sacrilegious hands, aud
- Instead of In arch over whichi
,lpEis under which, all might pas
terest safety, wvo have a great gulf
it. but %aratiug the South from the NJ
The vail of the great RepubI
temple has bee" rent. and I'll
cred altar of liberty has been
hat OF isn"d sndrbfftoNdrUy T0Ifdted hi
ma4 STAY not now to AK by "
,lcra, ,hasy uuvarrautab.o"u aud ,y'