Year: 1863

united counsels based on q determined
policy. Without policy. our high hopes
will be blighted. anil hence we reiterate
our cry for q policy. Oh. for policy!


CORRUPTION AND REGULATION.


One Of the many instance, in the West,
and, perhaps one of the leading ones,
which was made to operate on our elec-
| nifed, bad as they are. of the .peculation
an! thieving under the Administration. -
Well. sir. war brings with it, among 9th
or evils. always this. srr6f Era e-2
! The Senator gave o number Of instan-
ces. showing the immense corruption and
! peculation in foreign countries in times OF
war. He added in regard to this country |


One fact. however, must be observed,
that all this corruption is not accomplish
ed by one party. In my experience as a
public nah for thirty years. | have found
that in such times as this, when peculation
goes on it generally goes on by pairs
AS the beasts went into Noah's ark, our
plundercrs , in two an two Democrat
AMI Republican.


These heartless villains are carrying on
their schemes of public plumber even now.
while the nation is milking every sacrifice
and struggling for its very existence; even
amid the groans of the dying on a hum
dred battle .f,lds. snl while the widow
wall is going up over all the land. No
wonder the honest patriots of the country
have grown sick at heart while brooding
over this great evil. A righteous storm
OF indignation is brewing. an cannot be
! onS delayed. The people demand that
we at once wage \ war Of ext ermination
upon these miserable vampire miscreants.
nd aweep them frou. the country and
from tn, face Of "a, earth. to receive tbs
loom Of devils dtmn,d


may say further on this point, that |
have every evidence that the President


and his Cabinet are doing everything
they ca1 to detect and punish frauds
but gentleman viii see. when they
look over the history Of other countries,
how utterly impossible it is to reach all
the cases of swindling which occur. We


may legisate here, We may provide law
after law. but. in spite of all we can do.
improper influences will be brought to
bear to obtain contracts, and improper
men will obtain them. and the govern
ment will be defrauded; ami the party out
of power seizes upon every such cause. and
represents it SO as to poison the public
mind; not because that SO doing will ad
vance the interest Of the country, but sim
ply that they may get into power


now THE REBELS NAY OBTAIN PEACE.
IL the people of the rebellious States re-
ally desire to enjoy their rights under the
Constitution. they have it in their power
to do so at once--the door is open before
them. They have but to accept of the in
vitation of the President, lay down their
arms and return to their allegiance to the
Government. and they will find at once
that the Constitution is tho palladium Of
their rights and liberties. But on the 9TH
er hand, if they spurn this invitation, and
persist in their barbarous rebellion. they
can claim no rights under the Constitution,
they max: themselves outlaws. The con-
stitution is to them the stone of the
Scriptures; if they fall upon it they shall
be saved; but il it falls upon them it will
grind them to powder.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT mas ACCOMPLISHED.
Now, Mr.. President, it may be asked
and that question desire to answer in o
brief, summary manner--what is to be the
end OF all this; when are these things to
cease? 1 answer. first, the war is not to
close until we secure the salvation of every
inch of the territory OF this country
Dark as the hour may be, who can tell
what may be accomplished in the day of per-
il by the energy Of a free people fighting for
right and humanity? / know that many
men seem to despond. We hear upon the
streets. as we 20 through the busy multi
tude, occasionallya man desponding.
can conceive how man might despair on
any other subject but his country.


But, sir, is there anything in the history
OF the past eighteen months that should
make US despond? Is there anything that
should make MS 60 with the head bowed
down? True, the wailing, the weeping.
the mourning in the land is enough to
make sad the heart of every patriot; but
has the government accomplished nothing?
But little more than eighteen months ago
an administration went out Of power,
which. according to the language of Mr..
Douglas. had secession in its very midst
for over twelve months, planning for dis
ruption. taking your guns, sending your
navy of into distant seas, so that when
this administration came into power, there
was 40 navy at land. no money in the treas-
ury. no army 10 fight the battles of the
country; and lave ne accomplished moth
ing? Sir. rejoice that we have govern
incnt to-day. and rejoice still more that
one half of the territory claimed by the
rebels is now rnder the national flag. I
rejoice to know that we have made block
ade OF three thousand miles, the greatest
blockade the world has ever seen, and 20
effective that no nation in Europe calle it
in question. Il rejoice to believe that we
have possession, Of the great city at the
mouth of the Mississippi. | rejoice that
we have q country. that we have curron
cy. and. FIVE do our duty, we shall be
able to sustain the currency and the coun-
try, and thank God we are living this day
to do something to bring about the sal
vation ofour glorious republic. vJ


/ am no military man. but ifmy opin-
ions were worth anything. / should like to
have seen the army on the Rappahannock /,
and on the Potomac stand stili. / want