, 1864-09-13

our people would, my lfleGde, 1 assure y0u.
result in the overruuning Of our border, aud
= positive. determined demand Tor lnacm pltY
to men who are now raising their nands
against the government which nsYer did
them aught but good. There can bo no such
thing II compromise until tha absoIuts and
positive authority Of Tho goTerna,cnt IL &C.
knowledged.
Now, ny friends, you h>,e put this army
into the field and placed it under ths control
e1s. The news OF the last few days should
convince every true friend to his country
that our western armJ il led by a. gosd AID
true soldier a. ever trod 6hoe lcaEhtr, mud
rho will 00ra t. say that he Who IL In COM
mnnd Of all our Armies, Ia mt gsllsnt lsyat
and truthful soldier Is there man within
the eonEd OF my voice who loubta the hon
esty and ability Of Lieut. Ger. GrAntS 'Isi
not the duty Of every loyal citizen OF the Uni
ted States TO support hlm? Would 1t not be
cowardly for us to eay thas thls rebellion
cannot be- crushed, snd the authority Of ths
government sustained There Ia in my mind
no question oft. Oar army is not merca-
nary army. 1t is composed Of our owH citi~
zens. Every prn}inE ulAu In the aemy,-and
there are d great u4any more Of than tnan we
arc apt to lmsgine-l say every praying man
ia cur army asks Of God daily, altnoss hourly,
that peace may be Teestabl'shed; but whllat
that desire is uppcrmost In his heart, no hon
est, legal. and true soldier will ever consent
to division OF Its country.
We can do much here to encourage and
reinforce our armies In the field. They not
only want plumbers, but they want eacour-
sgemeur, and we should sll cease from max.
ing discouraglDg remarks, from writing dis
couragibg letters. and using Influences which
weaken men that We have sent to the field.
I beg that I may be excused for having
dWelt 60 prominently upon this topic.
Twill content myself with thlnking you
fer the kind remembrance in whca ysu are
pleased to bold the grac uates and honorary
graduates Of your institution who haze been
a1d arc 1oH in the army.
GEN, HOOKER.
"FIghting Joe" Hooker was recently aere-
naded at Natertowu, N. r, and returned his
compliments thus:
.'FELLow CITIZENS, Tou have come hero
to rejoice at the success Of the Union arms
In wlieh I am ready to jain you heart and
hand: Ny business IS oghtIog and not
the army Of Sherman is fnripcible, and can
not be disheartened We must treat this
rebellion as Wi1e parent would q vicious
chi1d-he must whip him into subiection--
no mil6er discipline would answer the pur-
pose. Some ere crying psace; but there can
be no peace 50 long - rebel eau BE- found
with arms in bis hands. Woe be to those
who c1J peace where thereis no peace! This
Union must be preserved, and there IL no
way Of preserving 1t but by the power OF our
srmB-by fighting the conBpIracJ to death.
This rebellion ls tottering now while speak;
It IL going donnt down, aud will 1oon tum.
bic into tnin. Politicians may talk to Jon
down the rebellisn, aud then II yeu cho 7se
inquire into the cause Of it. But lrst put
down the-insurgentt-f whip thon, aud
then talk about the cause 1t yon hays nothing
else to engage your attention.
I believe in treating the rebellion as Gen.
Jackaon treated 1udians--whip them frat and
11tet with them afterwards. The Ucioa cau-
not be divided, let politicians talk Is they
nay; for II division con- mucncea, where are
you to end? ? first, the sonih would 70. then
the Pacific States, then New Engl and, and I
hesr that one notorious politician has adyo~
Gated that the city Of New York should 3d.
cede from the emrira State. In such ctse
men, ever1 interest ycu have depends upon
the success Of our cause, every dollar you
poeeess is ut stake In ths preservation OF tnI1
Ubion. It will better accord with my fee1.
ipgs to see the limits OF our glorious country
extended rather than circumscribed, and 90
borders At no distant day., THIS Union, gen
tlemcn, cannot BE- dlss olred us long 10 the
army have guns to 1ght With; furnish men
and nuskets and the Union is SECURE Fell
LOW citizene, thanking you for ths honor Of
,onr call aud the patriotic epifis you mani
fest bid you cordial good night.
Tatsrto1on, Sept. q, 1864.
COM. CRAVEN.
Ths following letter from the gallant Com.
Craven, who went dorm in the Monitor
Tecumseh, off Mobile, WILL be read with ia-
tercst In tlis connections:
:. .. 8. STEAMER, TusoARoRA,
SOUTHAMPTON, July II, 1S5L
G. JULIAN HARVEY, Esq.-Sir: thank
symp1tby for my bleeding, suffering, ason.
ized country. / thank you for the papers
too; papers bearing utle So home-liEc-for
1 Am citlzen of the State Of Neu Jersty, and
there my family reside:
1thADk my Gsd that there are to be found
some t1ue,hearted, honest and faithful Eng.
llshmsn; true to the liberties which first
tawned In "AIagna Cnarta;" honest In
maintaining the principles Of constitutional
law; and faithful In their desire to observe
obligations due to friendly nation.
From the articles In the papers sent me,
perceive you are Welltntormed - to the true
position of the contending parties; aud it
mny be preeunetion on my part to endeavor
to add any thing to yon1 evidently good stock
lmust however SAT that there Is nothing
saro1ing Of Democracy In the principle which
lnetigattd this rebellion, but exactly the re-
verse: J on correctly st3le It the "reyolt of
the slnTa o1igarch1." The oEiglaal slave
statcs have In their State laws and organlza-
items nothing, Of Democracy visible; moth
Ing, I say, In their organic law which recog.
aizes the equality Of the poor man. B:ho1d
the State Of South Carolina, with tta popu1A-
ton Of $1,000 WI tea and 3S5 600 slaves !!
I have not at hand the censns returns of 1850,
or could give 1ou the nuRber of s1aVe-
owners In that State; you would ae surprls-
ed to eee how disproportloned is the distri-
from 100 to ], 200 t1ayes there are but few
of them holding less than 800. In this State
the treason commenced, in this State ofSouth
Carolina, whose planters govern with nerce
despotiemWhlch would not b tolerated In
any European State. You may regard this
as in CONFIRMATION Of the Constitution Of
the United States, which requires that each
ernment-aye, it is republican in form, hut
not in TACT; every planter holts, to some
extent, the life OF his sl.Te In his power, aud
lufftB have been very rarely convened for the
t1tal OF man for shoottug hisoun slave; and
If the form OF an investigation ia sometimes
a.S3e %9%e it is merely to declare the a't"'ustl-
Throughout the South the 1aboring white
man Is styled "pooE white nash,n and even
this negroes are taught to regard with con
tempt the white VINO laoors for bis bread.
This policy Of the wealthy classes has not
onl5 excluded from their '.sacred soil" for
eign emigration, but 1t haa reduced the 'tpoor
white trash" born among them, to degrad-
ed c]ass Of Tagabond ruft1ans, ripe for any
act OF brutality.
You will thus perceive how 1t Is TINT the
slave States, embracing ~ they do much
larger area than the free States, have popu-
latlon Of less than 1000, 900 whites, while the
frse States hold more than q ,000, 900. The
alAye owneTs, who ara the landed proprfetors
OF the South, number about 500 600 men,
holding four millions Of slaves, and among
few OF this class las this treason had it, ORR
gin: Men embittertd BY political defeat aud
disappointed ambition; men whose reason
is blinded By passion; men who have madly
planned their severance from the Union, that
they might establish = monarchy on the
ruins Of the South. The same men Wero tho
inBttGators OF the raids aSatnst Cubl In 1850,
md mora recently against Central america.
L lawless, Goddess set OF robbers; and how
they have received 81 sJmpathy. aid aud CON-
fort from the government of Great Britain Is
\ matter well understood in tho United
States, whose people will never forgive any
foreign Interfere@ce; will never forget the
laundering and stupid etrors Of the British
Ministry.
We hope and pray that the rar will be
speedily brought to cloat, but that happy
construction Of the Union. There can be no
desirable peace with geographical division;
no eultt except the rebellion is crushed and
it's leaders brought to the scaf1oId, to e1piate
the crimes which have doluged their land
with blood
with great respect.
Yours obe0fenty,