American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-02-22

contont With its old boundaries 1t aimed
at extensisu it demanded the territor-
les Of the Republic; it demanded that
save State should be admitted for every
free State; il would listen to no lroviso,
to no law that was intended to protect the
virgin territories from its spread and pol
luton 1t is somewhat of r markable
fact that the words -df this amendment,
now about to take their place in the Con
stituton, are nearly the same as those
used by David Wilmot in his effort, near
twenty years ago, to protect the tcrritor-
les only Of the republic from slavery.
The words then intended to keep ont
Of he Territories only, now declare that it
shall not caist ~ tie States, Thus we
see the great change that has taken place.
MIR Wilmot, although his object met
with approval from his party friends for a
while, yet socn he was deserted and de-
nounced, and that arrogant, wicked slave
power has gone from that day to this in
hostility to the peace and Union of these
States, and in eneroachments and de-
mands that were too freely allowed and
unmanfully yielded.
1t repealed long established compro-
mise lines and broke the compromises
BY fraud the most bold it sought to fasten
itself upon the unwilling people of Kan
sas, 1t bid defiance to the will Of the
majority. 1t walked into the Senate
chamber with its bludgems, and 1T met
you on the streets of the Capital with its
deadly weapons. 1t threatened violence
to all who wrote, spoke or thought against
it.. And finally it rebelled, aud lcvcled
its guns against the old flag aud said it
would rule or ruin The rest is being
told every day. We are making history
Of the greatest importance-history that
will be read by future generations with
wonder and deep interest Great chan
ges are being made in our day aud land,
and, like all great changes heretofore in
the world, they are made through war
and blood. There never was great
right obtained for thcspeople, great re-
form effected, either in government, re-
ligon or law, that was not obtained and
secured by the sword aud through blood
Look back through English history for
the proof Of this. Every great right the
people obtained was through war aud
confusion aud even sometimes at tho
expense Of the head of the ruling mon
arch.
10 the people that this amendment
emancipates, sets free foSever, VIC will
necessarily owe much care and attention,
They claim it at our hands. Long down
trodden and kept in Ignorance, they must
be so taught rs to raise in them the prop.
er spirit of manhood We on our pant
have the prejudice Of coLor against them.
But it is but Prg'wlice. and is fast Civ
ing way before that more liberal, G ligh-
tened ;sad christian feeling aud principle
that teaches good will to all men Be
cause they have skin not coIerea IKE
our own, isno reason, and never was a
reason, that they should be doomed as our
lawful prey, and made to do our labor
without reward or wages. Their future
then will be closely connected with the
future OF the Republic; and in view Gi
our responsibilities to them, to the world
to our manhood; in view Of the troubles
that surround Us as a nation on all sides
in view OF the fact, that civil war still
RACES. and may rage, and that peace muy
yet be far distant, aud that everything in
our future is therefore uncertain; in view
Of all these things, we can only hope, We
earnestlypray,
" God keep this f,ircst, noblest land,
That lies beneath the sun,
Our country, cur whole country,
And our country, ever Que"
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DESPERATE ENCoUNTER-A DESERTED
MoRTALLY WOUEDED-LARGE Haul OF
NON-REpoRTING DRAFTED Men AND De
sEETERs.-For some time past a number
of desertcrs and non-reporting drafted
men have been lettering in and arounc
Kittanning and BurrelI townships, Arm
strong county, and although many at
tempts had been made to arrest them, they
always succeeded in evadiBg the officer.
of the law. On Monday last Capt Buf
ffngton, Deputy Provost Marshal Of the
23d District, at Kittanniug, concluded tC
make final effort TO capture some Of
them, and requested Captain Kirker tc
send a squad Of soldiers to Kittanning tc
assist him. At the request Of Provost
Marshal kirker, Captain Davis, Command
ant Of the Post. detailed eight men, un.
der charge Of Corporal Brown, to visit
kittanning for that purpose. The sol
diers arrived at Kittanhing on Tuesday
and at eight o'clock in the evening left
in company with several detectives, upon
their ,nission. They first went to Che
house Of Michael Shaffer, in Kittanuina
township, where dance was in progress
and after some resistance succeeded in ap,
pretending John Baker, non-reportina
drafted man, aud David Fuller, deser
ter from the 139th regiment. After pa.
cing the prisoners under guard the party
proceeded to Squire Hugh McDonald's
house, in Burreil town hip, in search oI
his son James, who had been drafted in
Indiana coun'y in July, 1868, and failed
to report. They met with great resis
tance from Mrs Mcdonald and hel
daughters, who threw boiling water upon
the soldiers, and 1t was with tie greatest
difficulty that an entrance was effected -
They searched the house. but were una