Smyrna times., 1865-06-14
Sanders lmpudence.

George N. Sanders, accused of completely in
assassinating the President is, from his safe re-
treat In Canada, issuing pronunciamentoes, af-
ter the fashion Of exiled Mexican Generals, di-
rected to the patriots of the South. This
fellow, whose advice has helped to bring upon
the Southern people their present disasters,
has the assurance to assume the airs of a trust
ed leader whose word should be authority, and
to recommend that they all swallow the oath of
allegiance for the purpose of securing their for
mer franchises and to get possession of the
State governments. The OATH he says, is not
binding in morals or law, and as the "patriots"
consent to take the oath to support and defend
the Constitution intact, as they understand
it, this will necessarily invalidate and render
null and void the abnormal portions of this hy-
brid oath" What an inbred scoundrel this
Sanders is He has no hesitation at all in ad-
vising to perjury so that political power can be
secured, and good faith with him is farce, an
assumed sincerity only to betray. But the
shameless demagogue cannot conceal his ignO-
rance In his impudence. Men do not take the
oath of observing the Constitution as they
understand il" No individual has the right
under our Constitution to be the interpreter OF
it for his own action, nor is he permitted to hx
the limit of his responsibility to it. He takes
the Constitution as it is interpreted by the Su-
preme judicial authority, and he, and men in
that tribunal. If every manwas permitted to
observe constitutional law as "he understands
it" there would be no standard or infexible
rule at all, for the law would be as various as
the number Of minds interpreting it. Honora-
BILE Southern men will pay but little attention
to the fulminations of such blstherskite a.
Sanders, and when they take the oath, will dc
so without the dishonest mental reservation, K
disregard it when they deem it safe to do SO.
PIRATE SEMMEs. Mobile correspondent
of the n. Y. Times speaks thus of the pirat
, Semmes:'
On my journey down the Alabama, l me
and conversed with the celebrated Capt. Sem
mes, of the Ala6upaa. He looked mad an
; ragged. The captain of the steamboat, fndin
that the pirate had no means with which
f purchase meal-tickets, made him present Q
! some. He was accompanied by his son, VIII
! is young fellow of about twenty years OF age
j Semmes said, 1.-THE country is ruined :
f Southern gentlemen are utterly reduced to pov
erty by these cruel invaders-there is no hop
} left-such as can get away will have to see
some corner of the earth where they can ilv
as conference.-the had no doubt that the negr
! was happy in state of slavery In any form
! and the Yankees will find it so-the Yankee
meant that Southern Slavery should perish an
they have succeeded-they are the smartes
! and the worst people on the top of the earth
history furnishes no record of people so in
dustrious and so persevering in what they uI
dertake--the defeat of the South, with caus
t so just, is deep mystery that wears the az
r pearance of God being against the South, bu
v that could not be fact for the reason that tn
y sacrifices and devotion of the Southern peop
), were SO sincere and SO religious" He had
), novel printed on very poor paper and publish
It ed in Richmond. Its title is Lady Audley
{ Secret.
WENDELL PHILLIPS. s.-Partisans of Wende
Phillips are vehemently denouncing the pre-:
I, for not giving prompt credit to the "correcte
e report" of his speech concerning the repudi
y tion of the National Debt. This makes it qui
proper for us to say that the correction referre
:. to was an after-thought on the part of Mr.. Phi
J. lips. We are informed by persons who hear
y y the speech, and whose authority Mr.. Phillip
IL himself will not question, that he declared, di
4 tinctly and unmistakebly, that he would adv(
cate reputation of the National Debt, III
h less the suffrage was conceded to the eniral
70 chised slaves. The corrected version OF
b. Speech which represented him as referring on
e, to the rebel debt, was frdudI7lntenlueo
be convey the false impression that ne naa neV'
s. threatened Reputation of the deDt lhcurre
in by the government in the war against rebel
II ion. His menace was precisely IKE tnat
of Jeff. Davis. the father of repudlatlon, dlstln
and fat-footed.-N Y. Times.
V1srr OF A V1RaINIAN TO BALTIMORE
q citizen M of Virginia, who has just been on Wis
e e to 'iB Baltimore, writing to the Petersburg E
8, prfRssi is the same beautiful city that
70 voc wben left it five years ago. | see
w Shanges TSS except those made by the march
1g Involvement, ~ and l miss but few familiar
: ces The vicinity of the monument is still q
n. cun;ed by elegant and costly residences, al
IS Baltimore street is still the great aven
be through which pours tide of living beau
as every day The Baltimore ladies still reta
{. their reputation for loveliness.
~ Loss OF LIFE IN THE WAR.-Oficial
turns in the War Office show that the deaf
:, in the army since the war broke out, 40 far
" heard from, with the estimate made for tho
es returns not yet handed in, including stary
Id prisoners, &c, will aggregate about three h,
~ dred and ttoentg,tfUe thousand! These a
deaths alone. When we estimate the wound
T. in the ratio of three for every one killed-whi
cf is less than the usual average--we see at VIII
he a fearful sacrifice of life and limb the natl
has preserved ito existence. Boston Tidr.