Year: 1862

them take the oath allegiance to the United States to
their propertyS God forbid that craven towards
should live to emaseulate the race Of man


But though the affairs Of this valley are omnous sda
prepare for parate battles in the course OF
the winter still Christmas day brings with it, as It's &C
customed won't glad tidngs Of hope and Joy for the III


ture. The government at Washington il becoming more
and dsorganized and factions at the North threat
en- civil comnotions The triumph Of the Democratic
pary in the elections has been followed by furi-
contest between the conservative and radical eie-
ments of the Bsekrepubiean party. The first element
composed OF the enaneipatOnsts and the second ee
ment Of the Abolitionists Seward Mcclellan, etc. are
identified with the first Lincoln Chase, Fremont etc.


identified with the hast Mcclellan having been dis
graced by the administration, Seward Las resigned the
Premiership chase becomes the sueee scr Of Seward
and Fremont will, most probably substitute Mcclellan
and Burnside Ths indications from these facts are
twofod First the armng Of the Blacks against rs 10
the hope that ourselves, will destroy them, snd
thereby be left without labor for another CROP and
sequenty be reduced starvation by proongation of
the and second Dictatorship as necessary to the
suppression OF mntny IN their armies, and Of civil war
between the factions In these respects God has eV
den " confounded our enemies, and II the l1orQ ugh


side who shall make afraid Surely the enc
my shall perish from before the face Of tha Lord f"


Let us therefore, give no thought to Intervention It


Is not the part Of brave people to rest the cause Of


liberty upon any other support than that Of their own
strong When independence Is gained the Eu-
ropean powers will find Of far consequence to
them than they are TO US. In the meanwhile II il not
their policy to intervene in affairs to recognize
the South p nation. At the same time it may
be eon IDENTIFY asserted they will again permit the
great American Republican Union to be reformed In


the progress of that Union they clearly oressw their
own downfall in the q century. They prefer
that Union dismsmbered and the new COnfedersess
engaged in exhaustDg that shall finally lead to
the eXtinguishment Of the republican ca in the ne Of
al past history under similar circumstances To gain
this point alone their governing classes well afford
subject their manufacturing classes to starvation. Il
bss been only afew years since England beheld without
only dssTe to fake the chances for The subyeron Of
republiesnsm and the removal Of all political antsgon.
ism in America they ase desire to secure The promises
of William H Seward in respect to negro slavery,
through emancipation and appre ntieeshp thereby OBJ


tersng from our institutions all domestic and social
sntagouism to their own If the North shonld subja-
gate tue South, these ends would all follow But the
empire, through its vast resources and tremendous
energies would end nger 10 the courss Of time every
other power on earth. division Of this empire, civil
20 the suppression of tho republican sentiments
and finally, peace to the South the basis Of the
cl aon and apprentice idea in respect the negro
stitute the policy of Europe toward US Let rs then
think Of Europe in association wi destiny
Who would be free themselves must strike tha blow II
Louis Napoleon through some conception OF self
shness should extend to the hand Of natona cour
tesy and coed breeding so well and SC good He has
tried white labor IN Agers and his other colonies
purpose except the destruction Of the abor7rs by the
climate He is practically engaged in testing the
apprentice system among imported oOlies and Africans
De may be driven to the adoption of negro slavery
proper the most humane and profitable plan Of labor
for od regions and this may be the design before him
the recent steps taken by him in the line of mediation
and intervention But whatever he Is about let give
i thought 1t IS cur plain duty and necessity to
work out our own salvation. To yoar tents, then,
Oh, Israeli!


There exists no ca Sc for despondency On the cor
trsry the status Of affairs is far encouraging,
all hings considered than before since the begin
mag of hOstilities The people Of the North have
own tired of the war an are fast awakening
ty and common The political counsels Of the
North divided in sentimeut and threaten serious
troubles among Themselves The soldsry Of the North
do bt tie egrity of their soldiers snd Justly fear
they beng used for the protection and preserva


ton Of liberty, but for the designs Of tyranny and op-
preston. Again has the invncibls Lee shiveTea the
le IOns Of the Potomac gain has the intrepid hind
man struck heavily in Arkansas. Again we threaten
Lexington in Kentucky, and Nashville in Tennessee.
While Mo gan. Forrest Wheeler and Van Dorm sweep
around the armies of Grant and Rosecranz cutting off
their trains and every Of supply Let US be Of
good cheer. The year sautes with smiles. The
Cabinet of Lincoln Is broken. His press has grown
lacrymose Our enemy is in desp pair and JOseph Johns
ton now commands in the Mississippi Valley.