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Year: 1864

CovcEoE TO the rebels independence dsband
our national armies. ana how long before it will
be necessary to repeat the present tragedy on a
scale of increased magnitude? To that event
war. instead of commerce, will become the busi-
ness Of the people. We shall be required to pass
through periodical revolutions and wars. which
will keep the country continually impoverished
ana will blast republican institutions in their
bud. Much as we may deplore war, the patriot
has no alternate but to bend his energies to the
struggle till it is carried to a successful close
Year: 1864

Resolved That In the future, in the past, will
adhere with answering fidelity to the Union under the
only solid foundation OF strength,
security and happiness people, and as framework
equally conducive the welfare and pros
perity Of oil the States both Northern and Southern.


Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly dec
the Of the American people that after four years
Of failure restore the Union by the experiment Of
during which, under the pretense Of military necessity
power higher than tSe Constitution. the Constitution
itself has been dsregarded in every part and public lib
erty and private right alike trodden down, and the
rial prosperity the country essentially impaired Justice
humanity, liberty and the public welfare demand that
with ultimate convention of the States. or
other pesceable MEANS to the end that at the earliest
practicable moment may be restored on the basis
Of the Federal Union OF the States.


Resolved That the direct interference of the military
authorities Of the United States in the recent elections
held In Kentucy, Maryland Missouri and Delaware was


shameful violation of the Constitution and repetition
Of such in the approaching election will be held as
revolutionary and resisted with all the means and power
under control.


Resolved That the aim and object of the Democratic
party Is TO the Federal Union and the rights
The States unpaed and they hereby declare that they
consider that the administrative usurpaton OF exsordi-
nary and dangerous powers not granted by the


on the subversion Of the civil by military law in States
in nsurrccton the arbitrary military arrest mprs-
onmen trial and Of American citizens in States
where civil law exists In full force The suppression OF
freedom Of speech and Of the press the denial OF the
right OF asylum the open and avowed disregard Of State
rights, the employment OF unusual test oahs and the
interference with and denial ~ the right Of the people tC
in their defense; is calculated TO prevent
restora Of The Union and the perpetuaton OF the


Government deriving its just powers from the consent Of
the governed.


Resolved That the shameful disregard OF the Admins
tration 10 it. duty in respect 10 our fellow rens wtC
now are snd long have been, prisoners of in sui
fering condition. deserves the severest reprobation
the alike Of public policy and common humanity.


Resolved That the sympathy Of the Democratic party
Is hear y and earnestly extended 20 the sodiey Of
army and sailors OF navy who and have been II
the field and the under the flag OF their country
! n
all the care protection and regard that the brave sol
ers and sailors of the republic have Eoby earned
Year: 1864

CANADIAN ANEExATIoE-In discussing
the question of Canadian confedera
ton, the St Johns New Brunswick }
Journal says:


But it may not follow that because
we are cast adrift we shall necessarily
remain an Independent nation, After
receiving "notice to quit" we mnst
then look around for the best alliances
possible for our own interests. Great
Britain may not desire our annexation
to the United States, yet if annexation
be the best arrangement we can make,
why annexation must follow Abs
sorbed in the great American Republic,
we may be participants of her wonder
full progress in peaceful times, and gain
ers by the development of national re-
sources which Yankee enterprise is GER
tain 70 turn to account It cannot be
denied that we are almost as republi-
can in our tastes and views as the Yam
KEGS themselves


Perhaps British statesmen will cons
descend to think of these matters be-
fore they give the colonies the cold
shoulder and send them on the road
to annexation. To talk. of our main
tanning oul independence alongside
the republic is sheer nonsense. Re>
publican armies or republican ideas
will surely overrun US, and in the end
we shall either be conquered by force,
or persuaded to demand admittance
into the Enion ? Old traditions and old
sentimentsf of loyalty win be scattered
to the Winds, and we shall drive the
very best bargain we can to benefit
ourselves.


The ST. John Globe adds the follow
ing significant paragraph:


We undoubtedly incline to the be-
lief that the ultimate destiny Of al
British America is TO be absorbed into
the United States, or, if you like it bet
ter, that it is the destiny of the United
States to be absorbed by British Amer
ica. Commercially, this is the greatest
blessing we can hope to obtain but
just now, for political and social rea-
sons, our people are unfriendly to it
~ The United Provinces will be
an independent nation in two yeai af-
ter confederation takes place, and the
only reason why we have not given
confederation warm and hearty sup
port is tbatw fear the people Of this
province New Brunswick) are unpre
pared for and unwilling at the present
time to enter upon independence. Il
may be that two great republics, whose
population are of the same race, can
exist side by side upon this continent;
we have no fear that war would ever
amalgamate them, or that the army Of
one would conquer the territory Of the
other; but years of plentiful prosperi-
ty would, we believe, unite them II
would require more stetesmanship than
either of them now possess to keep
them apart
Year: 1864

That while we are now fighting to make good the
right of secession, President Davis and Governor
Vance say that, if North. Carolina dare secede she
must be coerced; whipped back and subjugated-
We suppose there is not man, woman or child in
first experiment have been toe bitter to repeat it,
but in case the people should attempt to exercise
such right-one that is clear and unmistakable-
the President makes q tender of force to coerce and
subjugate them, and Governor Vance agrees to ac-
cept the help and make war on his own people
Was ever such thing heard Of before ? Secession
was all right when resorted to, to break up the
government and plunge the country into horrible
war, but now we are told that if any State makes
o move to secede our armies are to turn from the
Yankees and make war on their own people,, Presi-
dent Davis says If North Carolina tries to 20 out
he Will furnish force to suppress public opinion anil
coelce her, and Gov. Vance says he will accept tho
force and suppress this dangerous" move for
Convention and restrain the revolutionary tell
dency of public opinion" while Vice President
Stephens says he would say, "wayward sister, 60
in peace" Neither Mr.. Holden or those who sup.
port him desire to secede, or have ever dreamed Of
such thing, but they hold with Mr. Stephens, that
the general government would have no right to
make war on seeding State. To do 90 is to e.
pouse the Lincoln doctrine, for the North is waging
the present war because they refuse TO acknowledge
the right of secession. Lincoln fights US because
we seeded from him, and Davis and Vance would
fight US sho6ld we attempt to secede from them
Gov. Vance is the only Executive this continent
that has ever proposed to coerce his own Stata.-
Pro0resS.
Year: 1864

REHEMBERl-The soldiers voted yesterday,
Thursday, and the people Of the State will vote
next Thursday, the 4th Of August Let nothing
keep you from the poll. See that the aged and in
firm are carried to the election and that the timid
are encouraged and have fair play. The issue is
Peace or War, and liberty against despotism.-
Every vote for Vance will be vote for war, and .
vote for unbridled military rule. His reelection
will be regarded as Destructive triumph as it
tainly will be-: Is there true Conservative in the
State who is willing to contribute to such result
Year: 1864

The New York Tribune Gan abolition paper) says
that the people of North Carolina are anxious to
get back into the Union. The Tribune has been
deceived by the grumblers, fault finders and croak
ers Hence the North continues to make war upon
us.-Char. Democrat


There are no croakers, fault finders, or grumblers
against the government. Our people claim the right
as FREQ people to discuss the measures Of the ad.
ministration, not for factious purposes, but with
the view of reforming and improving the adm,nis-
tration. Nothing is said and nothing is written in
this State against the government Of the Confeder
ate States When bad laws are passed it is the.
duty of the people to grumb;e; when those who
have been appointed to execute the laws oppress
the people, it must be expected that fault will be
found with their conduct; and when the truth in
by the people, it ought to be told no matter what
may be said about croakers.


No, the North has been deceived and continues
to make war upon u.s. because such journals as the
Confederate and Conservative are constantly assur
ing the Northern people and the world that large
portion of our people are untrue to the South and
desirous Of reconstrueting the old government
See, they say, the Consderats, which publishes the
laws of the Confederate States, and the C0nssrua-
tiue, the organ Of Gov. Vance-see, they say, both
these journals speaking for the two administrations
solemnly declare that powerful party exists in
North Carolina favorable to US. There must be
something in it. If this party was small these ul
ta Confederates would keep the fact of its exis-
tence TO themselves and would labor quietly to
press it; but this party must be formidable, apd
even dangerous to the Confederacy, for Gov. Vance
is stumping the State to prevent those who CON-
pose it from influencing the people to secede from
tie Confederacy, and he and his friends are making


the most vocerous appeals to the whole people of the
State to rise up and put down this party. This is
the way in which the Northern people reason on
the subject There is force in the view they take
of lit 1t encourages them to hope for final success,
and they therefore levy new armies and bend all
their energies against us. Thus it is that the char
acter of States and not only that but the blood
and treasure Of tue country are sacrificed on &C
count Of the mad influence of party. The Confsd
crate and Conservatives, and their candidate, Gov.
Vance, do not believe what they say, but they want
their party or faction to succeed, and hence the
course they are pursuing. I'd.
Year: 1864

But at the same time, We think it is much more
creditable to free citizen to 60 to the polls and
vote an open tickst-Conssruetiva


If you really think so, Mr. HYMN, why did you
print those colored tickets for Gov. Vance! Was
it not to detect and punish those who might vote
= white ticket, the presumption being that such
persons had voted against Gov. Vances What n.y.
;pocrisy lin one breath you declare for the open
ballot, and in the next you take steps to detect
those who may vote against your candidate.
Year: 1864

Our forefathers fought for seven long years:
against King George for the privilege of voting
Our soldiers are Fighting and suffering now for this
privilege Argument persuasion, and even re-
qonstrance by friend, are all allowable and to be
expected; but beyond this no man and no public
officer can have right to 60. The employer, the
Governor, the President or the officer who endea.
vors to control the opinions Of the citizens by force
or who resorts to threats to carry the elections as
he wishes them to 60, is a tyrant and unfit to
breathe the air Of free country. Lot every citi.
zen vote as he pleases. This is all we ask. If our
elections are not free, then are We slaves already
and it matters little what may be the result Of our
conflict with Lincoln.


Go to the polls, fellow citizens, and vote as you
please Pay no attention to threats. The De-
structves with Gov Vance at their head are certain
to be defeated and in that event no officer will dare
attempt to punish you for the Independent exercise
Of your right Of suffrage for he will know if he
does, his turn to be punished for his tyranny will
come next.
Year: 1864

FENCE MEN.-This is no time to be on the fence
in politics. The issue is Peace or War. Cav
Vance is for both, as his speeches and organs prove
He is for war in one breath until very hot place
gets very cold, and in the next he says he is the
strongest peace man in the State. Therefore, those
who may vote for him will effect nothing-they will
simply throw their votes away.
Year: 1864

We sat by cur cottage freside,


Mother, sister, and |,
Reading of dreadful battles


With many heaYing sigh.
Our mother was pale and feeble,


And all our hearts were sore,
For her son, our only brother,


Had been for months in the war.
We feared for our failing mother,


We watched her closely the while,
We wondered to see her sad, pale fsce,
Light up with dreamy smile.
as it strange" she said, .that I'm smiling
All, you see not what see
Ny boys coming home from battle,
Ny sons coming home to me.
II see the smile of his childhood,


The light in his laughing eye;
Ny boys coming home to mother,


If he only comes to die"
Uark the sound Of wheels and Of horses
they halt at our garden gate;
God grant that it is our brother,


That he comes ere it be too late.
Up rose our trembling mother,


The coming steps to greet,
-Four men walked IN with their burden,
And laid it at her feet.
Il know you are coming, darling,


We will never be parted more Z
And mother and son together


Lay dead on cur cottage floor.
Year: 1864

The HUMAN EoICE.-The most beau
tiful and touching instrument which man
has received from the hands of his be.
nevolent Maker, is the voice Through
words he can apart life and Specification
TO his melodies; be can call forth the
NEST Gecret feelings CT the heart, awaken
every passion into living reality, and
powerfully rbratc all the chords of the
soul What joyful sensations cannot the
simple song of the shepherds of the Alps
inspire If such be the case, how much
greater must be the effect produced by q
cultivated singer, if his song be enlivened
by art and regulated fancy we say
regulated fancy, for how often do even
experienced singers, betrayed by vanity
or affectation, overstep the limits that are
marked out by Nature Aud yet how
much more frequent are the most excel
lent gifts, instead of being cousecra.ed TO
the service of the art, perverted to mere
mechanical and unintellectual means of
making q livelihood.
Year: 1864

Total number - Delegates ......... .2s4
The Committee recommend 20 the counties that have not
already held conventions for the purpose assemble in
their proper places at early day appoint delegates
IN accordance with the foregoing basis and perfect an
and thorough organization Of all who favor Of
maintaining the Union Of the States and the Government
Of our fathers and all opposed the corrupt destructive
and revolutionary abolition party Of the National and
State Administrations


By order Of the Committee.


GEO McOUAr,
indianapolis, June g. lS6i. Chairman.
Year: 1864

youth aud maturity arising from the baneful habit,
Of self-abus To which Is added observations or
Female Diseases aud other Interesting matter ofthe ut
importance the married and those contemplating
marrs who doubts OF their physical ability to
that state Sent any address in sealed wrap
per, on receipt often cents or four stamps


We devote entire time and attention to the


of the various private disease OF in pri-
vate report Our Dspensayis the only Institution etth
kind IL America which mas been tabshed by special
charter this fact should give il preference the
various quac> of doubtful character be foun in all
Year: 1864

soon after departed on their bridal
trip. At Juneau the twain stopped at
hotel, and in the evening walked out
arm in arm, distance Of three miles.
The bride returned but without her
lord or master. He had absquatula-
ted remarking to his wife, as he left
her in the darkness Ellen, I will
go my way and YOU can go to the


d." He evidently did not stop
to consider that if she followed the


direction he indicated, they would in
the end reach the same destination.-


rhe abandoned wife, who is evidently
an honest, industrious woman, is now
in the city, forced to rely on her own
labor for support.--F0n QuLac Press
Year: 1864

REGISTRATION OF EXEMPT5 AND DE


TAILED MEN


The War department has ordered the registration
ot ali male white persons between the ages OF acv-
ehtoen aid tity Years who not actually III
The tid or iii the Resolves, and also Ut al boys who
VIII ATTAIN to the age vi seventeen within the next
twelve nonthS with the month III which they will
become seventeen. The grounds Of exemption OF
detail viii also have to be given. Under this order,
Captain Coke, the enrolling officer ion this district
wall proceed with the registration without delay
Year: 1864

WEDDING SERMoNs.--Of these old FASH
ioned affairs, a writer In the Atlantic
Monthly says:


n The practice Of wedding discourses
among the Puritans was handed down into
the last century, and sometimes beguiled
into rather startling leyities. For instance,
when Parson Smiths daughter was TO mar
ry Mr.. Cranch (what graceful productions
Of pen and pencil have come to this gener-
alton from the posterity of that union, the
father had permitted the sanity mailen to
decide on her own text for the sermon, and
she meelxly selected "Mary hath chosen the
better part, which shall not be taken from
herr and the discourse was duly pronounced.
But when her wild young sister Abbey was
bent on marrying certain Squire Adams,
called John, whom her father disliked, she
boldly suggested for the text, s'John came
neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and
you say he hath q DEVIL But no sermon
stands recorded under this prefix, though
Abbey lived to be the wife Of one President
Of the United States and the mother Of an
other. n9N4p-iasihga
Year: 1864

A correspondent of the Boston Advertiser
makes the following sensible remarks re-
specting the relation between the market
quotations of gold and the high prices:


There seems to be a belief prevalent that
the price of gold is the great evil under
which the whole country is suffering, when,
in fact, it is nothing but the thermometer
which indicates the extent of the evil
of expansion and depreciation of the
currency. If 1t were possible for any
legislation or financiering to reduce the
price of gold, it would have no more effect
In relieving the country from the curse of
paper money than putting ice on ther-
mOmeter In July would have in making
people comfortable. a.o


AS proof that it is not the price of gold
that is the trouble, the advance in several
articles of most common use above the
average prices of forty years, from Janu-
airy, 1922, to January, 1862, is shown in the
Year: 1864

or on an average about 100 per cent, whilst
gold has yet reached only 20 or so per cent.
Gold and butter had advanced about equal
ly, and the measures now under considera-
tion in Congress may be as effectively ap-
piled to one as the other. ....


BY the most recent advices the Secretary
is obtaining by loans and duties one or two
millions day, and is paying out four, thus
adding directly or indirectly, to the curren-
cy two millions daily. So long as he con-
tinues thus, the price of gold must advance
as surely as the rising tide, although there
may be greater fluctuations in its progress.
Year: 1864

four days. AT length they got negro, and
the negro got boat, and in this way they
got across the river. And now good fortune
smiled on them. This negro turned them
over to another negro, who piloted them
fifteen miles down the opposite bank of the
river. sagood many Of the rebel soldiers,
and particularly the cavalry, living in this
vicinity and Gloucester county, were home
on furloughs, they still had to move with
exceeding caution. But the kindness of the
negroes saved them from capture. They
were brought down to York river, and set
across. by o skiff at Bigelow's Landing.
From here they went down the river, pass
ing West Point in daylight. Here, seeing
no one save negro soldiers on picket was
lines. aIta ,3issRis 4.dulOgG o47t7i J.9l -
Year: 1864

The National Intelligencer gives The follow
ing summary on the forthcoming reports OF
the Department of Agriculture on the condi-
tion of the crops in June:


Apptes A good crop in the Eastern and
Middle States, but not good in the Western,
much OF the bloom having fallen oil without
setting the fruit.


Peaches. In the Eastern States the crop
promises well; in the Western it is almost
totally destroyed, with many OF the trees.


Grapes. Many were killed to the snow
line on the first day of January, others had
the fruit bud, more or less injured in the
West, but still fair crop is anticipated.


Wheat fIfinter.l The growing condition
of this crop is most excellent, except in
Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, where
drouth has prevailed, and in one or two other
localities, but it was severely injured by the
cold of last February, where there was but
little snow on the ground. The general iniu-
ry from this cause is estimated at not less than
thirty per cent. As the time approaches for
harvesting, this crop in the Eastern and Mid
die States, however, bids fair TO be q superior
one.


Spring Wheat. In amount this crop is not
quite an average, on account of the lateness
OF the spring and the scarcity of labor, but it
is in very favorable growing condition.


Corn The lateness of the spring kept back
planting, but the very warm weather has
brought this crop forward very rapidly, aud it
promises well at this time. IL is nearly an
ay erage crop in the number of acres planted,
many injured wheat fie Ids having been put in
crn.


Oats. Universally spoken of as the largest
and most promising crop Of the kind ever
sown in our country.


Ctorcr and The Grasses. These are In ex-
cellent condition, and the expectation is that
the hay crop will be unusually large.
Year: 1864

''Johny," said farmer to his little boy,
1T is time for you to 60 to the pasture and
drive home the cattle.


Johny was playing at ball, and the pasture
was long way off, but he was accustomed
to obey: so off he started without a word,
as fast as his legs could carry him. Being
in great hurry to get back to play, he on
ly half let down the bars and then hurried
the cattle out and one fine COW, in trying to
crowd over stumbled, and fell down, with
her leg broken.


Johny stood by the sufferingcreature, and
thought to himself ''Now what shall do?
That was the finest COW father had, and it
will be a great loss to father. What shall |
tell him?


''Tell him." whispered the tempter-the
same tempterwho puts wicked thoughts into
all our hearts-''tell him you found the bars
half down, and the poor creature lying
there:


''No, | can't say that" said Johny, 'for
it would be lie. ,"


Tell him." whispered the tempter
again that while you were driving the cows,
that big boy of Farmer Browns threw a
stone and dhurried that COW so that she fell
and broke her leg .


'No, no. said Johny II never told a
lie, and | won't begin now. I'll tell my
father the truth. was in hurry, and |
frightened the poor creature, and SO she fell
and broke her leg


So having taken this right and brave re-
solve Johny ran home as if he was afraid the
tempter would catch him, and he went
strai ght to his father, and told him the
whole truth. And what did his father do I?


He laid his hand on Johnny head, and
said


my son, my dear son., would rather
lose every COW ] own than that my boy should
tell an untruth,


And Johny, though very sorry for the
mischief he had done, was much happier
than if he had told lie to screen himself
even if he had never been found out