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Year: 1861

/ SENATOR BENJAMIN's FAREWELL TO
The CONSTITUTIONAL MEN OF TIE NORTH
Senator Benjamin concluded his elo-
quent farewell to the Senate on Monday
last, in the following language, addressed
to the patriotic men of the North who
have stood by the Constitution and main
tain the rights of all the States


"But to you, noble and generous friends,
who, born beneath other skies, possess
hearts that beat in sympathy with ours /;
to you vino, solicited and assailed by mo-
tives the most powerful that could appeal
to selfish natures, have nobly spurned
them all (; to you who in our behalf have
barred your breasts to the fierce beatings
ot the storm, and made willing sacrifice Of
lite's most glittoring prizes in your devo-
ton to constitutional liberty; to you who
have made our cause your cause, and from
many of whom feel that now part for
ever what shall I-can say! Naught, I
know and feel, is needed for myself. But
this will say for the people in whose
name l speak to-day. Whether prosper
Gus or adverse fortunes await you, one
priceless treasure is yours, the assurance
that an entire people honor your names,
and hold them in grateful and affectionate
,oucnlng return shall your unselhsh devo'
ton be rewarded, when, in after days, the
the story of the present shall be written
when history shall have passed her stern
sentence on the erring men who have drlv'
en- unoffending breathren from the shelter
of their common home, your names will
derive fresh lustre from the contrast, and
when your children shall hear oft repeated
the familiar tale, it will be with glowing
cheek and kindling eye. Their very
shouts will stand tip toe as their sires are
named, and the will glow of their lineage
from men of spirits as generous, and IL
patriotism as high hearted, as eveI illus
trated or adorned the American Senate.
Year: 1861

VALUE OF KNowLEDGE,-One of the
most agreeable consequences of knowledge
is the respect and Importance which it
communicates to old age. Men ri'e in
character often as they increase in years
they are venerable from what they have
acquired, and pleasing from what they car
impart,
Year: 1861

The country has no very great interest in
my consistency. The preservation OF this
Union, the integrity of this Republic, is
OF more importance than party platforms
or individual records. Hence | have no
hesitation in saying to Senators on all
sides Of Il is Chamber, that am prepared
to act on this question with reference to
the present eXigencies of the case, as if |
had never given vote, or uttered word
or had an opinion upon the subject.


why cannot you Republicans accede
to the reestablishment aud extension OF
the Missouri compromise liner You have
sung paens in its praise, and uttered i'm
precautions and curses enough on my head
for its repeal, one would think, to Justify
you now in claiming triumph 10y its re-
establishment. fyou are willing to give
up your party feelings-to sink the pa?ti,
san in The patriot and help me TO re-es-
tablisE and extend that line, as Il perret-
ual bond of peace between the North and
the South, will promise you never to re-
mind you in the future Of your denGncia,
tions Of the Missouri compromise so long
as | was supporting ii, and of your praises
OF the same measure when we removed it
from the statute book, after you had Gauss
eel it to be abandoned, by rendering it i'm
possible for us 20 carry it out. ! seek no
partisan advantage desire no personal
triumph. am willing to let by cones be
by.gones with every man who, in this eXe
igency, will show by his vote that he loves
his country more than his party.
Year: 1861

THE RELATIVE CHANcEs.-The war which
Lincoln has so wickedly inaugurated against
the South, will, in all probability, be dis
astrous one on both sides. There may be
great loss of life and of property, and great
suffering But every advantage will be on
the side of the South. In the first place.
our cause will be just and righteous
cause. The God of battles will be with
us in the great struggle. We shall be fight
ing for our homes and fresides, and for
liberty and independence. We shall fight
mostly upon our own soil, and will not count
the cost of the war. We have no commerce
to sweep from the ocean, and the longer our
cotton is kept in our ports, the more it will
be worth when Europe is compelled to have
it. We have but one city of importance
which can be conveniently destroyed, and
that is Baltimore. Thousands Of our men
will fight for the honor and glory Of the
thing, and without pay. While our popula-
ton is far less than that of the North, yet.
as our slave population will perform all our
agricultural labor, we can turn out more
men than we will want.-Lynchdurg Er-
0inidn
Year: 1861

Charitable Association Saturday night, q con-
tract with Northern firm for supplies to the Fire
Department was annulled that firm not having
come up TO the terms that resolution was unan
mously adopted, to the effect that hereafter the
engines, hose, and other things necessary to the
department in this CITY, shall not be purchased out
side Of the Southern States; and that, under this
resolution, the Chief Engineer was directed to
notify all Southern manufacturers in this line, Of
the fact. Here il another sharp bone for the
throat Of the North.
Year: 1861

There were Southern Rights meetings in differ
ent parts of the city on Saturday night, at which
stirring speeches were made, and every indication
of the right spirit manifested. The c6operationsts
also had mass-meeting at Odd Fellows Hall.
The speaking is now at an end. Let's see what
the people will do to-day, in the way of voting
upon the most important matter ever brought
before the people of Louisiana.
Year: 1861

The Springfield Qll) Journal learns that horri-
BILE murder was perpetrated in the town Of New
Berlin on Christmas eve. A German who went
by the name of Portuguese was badly cut in
several places, but the Journal is furnished with
none of the particulars
Year: 1861

THE mechanics and working men thrown out of
employment in New York city are beginning to
"agitate" in earnest. Meetings Of the cabinet
makers and piano forte journeymen have been
called to consider what they shall do.
Year: 1861

1t may be said that commanding officer has
no excuse for being affected by such influences.
To that it is Sufficient TO reply that the his
tory of the world shows that the creates
generals have been 50 inauenced-that too
without any lJss of character or efficiency
for the future and It is absurd to expect that
such will not be the case hereafter. If the
lesson Of the Bull Run battle shall be the only
one Of the kind which the officers and sol
dicrs, members Of Congress and the people at
large, have to learn before the rebellion shall
be thoroughly put down, We shall all have
occasion to be thankful. No doubt it is d
costly lesson, both in men, money and time {;
but if it had not been learned at Bull Run,
there was an even chance it would have been
learned somewhere else, and at quite as high
if not higher price Our duty is to profit
by it, and not to waste our energies in
groaning over it.


Besides the bitter, personal fault find
Ing in Mr.. Weeds letter, it has lugu-
brious tone which we dislike exceeding
lY; and we do not think 1t justifable by the
facts in the case,lor by any prospects for the
future. The patriotic spirit which appears
on every hand from soldiers ready to try the
bloody issue again on the field whenever the
word is given. IRON the thousands that are
mastering alrcsh into the service, from the
people generally, who speak no word of dis
no backwardness to make sa-
crifces for the cause of their country, suits
us much better.
Year: 1861

The Burlington Sentinel is not satisfies


with the action of the Democratic State Con


vention of the Goth. OF the ticket nomi


mated, it says d" As a party ticket, bette


one could not have been made; and if tn


gentlemen named upon it accept the nomi


nation, the ticket will doubtless commant


the votes of Democrats generally" If they


should decline, eve of the Democratic
, Narty," it continues. will be then thrown
,ro. the necessity Of acting each for him
self n, oon what may seem right and ex
Incident n.'dcr the circumstances OF
course Wbs.' a raft gets broken up in the
rapids, each log tn. ubles for itself, and finds
landing place as the waters may carry it,


Furthermore, the Senhnt about despairs
of Vermont-she is such n slow coach, As
thus


1--WE cannot close without uttering anew
our deep conviction that Vermont is indeed Il
sl0,o State Either because we are peTched
SC nigh away up among our Green Noun
tains, that the great waves OF popular III
fiuence do not reach us, or from some other
cause, we always come in, If we come in at
all. into any great National movement only
at the last hour, and after our fellow States
have ali gone into line before us. The old
Whig party used to boast OF her IN their
Jav as the star that never set Ii was
simply because she moved 50 tardlly, that
she failed to get below the horizon before
the rise # the bright Democratic sun had
paIed away all her sister stars, leaving her
glmmcring uselessly alone upon the distant
verge Of the North. She, Of all others, had
the earliest opportunity last autumn OF wlp-
ing from her statute book the nullIfylnS and
anti-natilnal legislation embodied in the So
called personal liberty bills, " and thereby
of settjnr timely and honorable example
Z, her sister Statcs But she was not quite
ready. and the opportunity slipped by and
was lost. Again, last Winter, when it was
still possible to arrest the great calamity OF
disunion by some timely aud not dIshonor-
able concession TO the earnest requests OF the
border States, our ermont politicians and
representatives. were among tho siowest to
comprehend the possibility Of any serious
National danger, and they let the brief hour
when alone compromise was practicable,
pass away, and the door for it was hope
iessv closed And now this Summer, when
the whole country is aroused to sense OF
the magnitude and difficulty and the darkly
frowning dangers OF the great Rebellion, and
everywhere men see that the North should
present united front, and that the blckcr
ings and strifes of parties should be hushed
in the presence Of the storm, Vermont with
the first opportunity to lead off in the great
Of union and combined strength.
proves herself, as usual, not great enough
for the OCCASION and waits to put herself, as
she will yet have to do, at the foot OF the
column. We hope it will not arrays be 50.


The astronomy, history and doctrine of
t hie utterance are about on q par,
Year: 1861

Gen. Mcdowell says our defeat was
caused by the superior force Of the enemy
that the men composing our army repre-
eented every profession IN civil life. but
were unacquaintei with the rules and tao
ties Of warfare that the teamsters were
green and the country new, and that even
the artillery could not change their position
without creating alarm. Mcdowell also
.aid that he would wager his life that two
thirds Of his officers had never before seen a
cannon ball IN the air.
Year: 1861

some Of the Federal soldiers have marbles


that they picked up on the field of battle,
evidently used as balls by the enemy. Sew
eral packages of cartridges thrown away by
the rebels on its retreat were found; they
we're composed of powder and marbles.
Some Of their shells were also made Of clay.
Year: 1861

WASHINGTON, Nay i3, 1bGI
The Government would fain see all three months'
changed into volunteers for the duration of the II
is satisfied that the call for three months service is
more likely impede than TO benefit the intended opera
ons for the suppression of the rebellion Three frths
Of the Northern troops enlisted for three months
here, are however ready to re-enlist for the war.
Year: 1861




WASHINGTON May 13, 1861,


speoal messenger arrived here to-day with impor-
tsnt dispatches to the government from Wheeling Viz
gnia II appears that the Union in that section are
vigorously pushing their movement and in order to make
entirely successful they want not only the operation
Of the government, but its material aid Their conven
ton which to day, my informant states, bids fair 10
be one Of largest and most enthusiastic that has
assembled in the Old Dominion.


All along the line Of the road from Wheeling to Balti-
more the Union feeling rapidly gaining strength 1t
was apprehended by come, he says, that attempt


might be made the part of the secessonsts to throw
few hundred secession troops that vicinity for the
purpose Of breaking up the convention This had been
partially guarded against The people thero greatly
in want Of arms The government will take early op-
portunity to supply them


ACCEPTANCE OF THE EXCELSIOR BRIG ADE.
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1861.
ChevaieT wikoh and Major Williamson, of the United
States Engineer Corps arrived here last night
patches from General Sckies to the Secretary of War;
tenderinhe Excelsior Brigade TO the government These
gentlemen had an interview this morning with the Sec
reary, when the fullest details given Of the supe
riory OF this very efficient corps The Secretary accepted
oer Of the Brigade with the utmost prompttude and
desires it's presence Washington earliest moment
There is doubt that very important service will be
Immediately assigned General Sckles whose gen.
eral ability high opinion to be entertained here.
The Secretary of state has cards out for brilliant
party Tor to morrow evening" in honor of the officers Of
the several New York regiments stationed Eerc These
marked courteses, the part Of the government to
theee valiant men, are highly appreciated similar ccm
pmonts are in store for the officers other regmentr
Washington. These military tass will be refreshing
relief to the dun routine Of military life
Year: 1861

AS a remedy for this most distressing and obsti-
nate ma ady, the VEGETABLE LIFE MEDI-
CINES deserve distinct and emphatic Tecommen-
dation. 1t ia we'll known to hundreds in this cftv


that the former proprietor of these valuable med
icines was h msef afflicted with this complaint for
upwards of thirty five years. and that he tried in
vain every remedy prescribed within the whole
compass of the Materia MedicG. He, however, at
length tried the medicine which is now offered TO
the public and he WAS cured in very short time,
after his recovery had been pronounced not only
improbable, but absolutely impossible, by any ht1
Year: 1861




Ma. EDITOR AS we are nov in the midst Of
what some people call the aBlack Republican war -
we would like to inquire what the name Black Re-
publican means, and from whence it originated
Time and again have we heard persons who profess
to have good sense, call their neighbors, (honest
union pen) ssBlack Republicans" Do they call
all who uphold the present administration Black
Republicans If so bow many good, honest, DEM
ocras from the ranks OF the (sCidisant) Democratic
party, do we find among the Dumber2 Are they
Black Republicans They must be according to
their own specious reasoning, for they are found
(as they say in bad company, hence from this we
conclude that all who uphold the present admins
tratOn, are 'sBlack Republicans" Those persons
who cali their neighbors Black Republicans, In the
face OF everything that has been sad notwithstand-
ing the bill that congress has passed, declaring that
to free the negroes is pant of the object of the
present war they still assert, that the object Of the
war IS to free the (niggers) negroes. If they had
had, no light upon the subject, we might then
reason with them but since they have had all the
light and information that any reasonable man
could ask, we in the language of the poet would
Year: 1861

not be too strongly pressed on the arton OF The
military authorities. 1t is the substitution OF
maItul for civil juris let oD. 1t is, to me, pass
ing strange that, with full knowledge OF what
's before aud about them, they will continue to
keep terms which may involve the greatest OF all
disasters. One half Of this city IS false to the
Government, and is giving, in every way it can,
aid and comfort to the enemy. should takr
the protection of my revO yer and feel more safe
with 1t than with the police force t. defend ne
IN my extremity. | cannot write all that know,
and what the Administration must know, of that
which is in their own Departments. Nor can
20 to them and urge to the performance OF n
tardy act which, it seems, ordinary foresight
would have suggested as an early necessity But
| can speak to toe people, in whom there ia th"
safety and deliyerance from this long wandering
IN the wilderness. To their Influence upon the
chosen ruler here is 10 come the c0rduct and
settlement in the small and great events oi the
movement be the struggle long or short; and
from them / claim an audience when | speak III
their language of what Is dear to them As honor,
property, or hie aud which they are to hold III
their courage or basey surrender IN their fear.
Year: 1861

The Springfield ReDublican thus concludes
an article suggested by the approach of the
lecture season:


For ourselves, we deem It on thc Whole,
unfortunate that there are so many lecturers
in the field who must talk war or burst. We
doubt whether the people want to hear much
of war in the lecture-room. Men get all they
want of it in the daily papers, They arc we'll
posted up in the history and causes of the
war. They have made up their minds in re-
gard to its prosecution and its purposes
They know about it as much as the lecturers
know; and it has so closely occupied their
minds that they naturally look for diversion
and relief in the lecture-room. Men tire of
the everlasting theme, unless there is some
new movement Of troops, and some action
that points to permanent results. They feel
that there are other question that concern
them, and that they need diversion and fec-
reation to enable them to discharge the duties,
and bear the burdens which the times impose
upon them. .,..r a. .......... ..... .'.......


Look at the matter of new books. Who
cares to read book on WARP Aside from
books on military tactics, we do not know Of
any military books that have sold during the
past summer. 1t is in times OF peace that
people love to indulge in the excitement OF
reading about war, and in times of war that
they turn for relief to peaceful themes. =
Dickens "Great Expectations has been
quite as well enjoyed as It would have been
in peaceful times, and even the quiet "Par-
son" over the water has found abundant
readers for his Recrcations" People do
not have time to read magazines and books
SO much as they did before the war, because
the details of news in the daily papers absorb
It; but they enjoy literary reading just as
well as in time Of peace, and are glad in the
relief it offers In time Of peace we seek for
that which will excite us; in time of war
that become grateful which calms our fevers
and gives us taste Of quiet thought on themes
that touch our individual life. So will il be
the coming season in the matter of lectures
The purely literary lecture, or the lecture
that treats Of man in his personal life and
social relations, will be quite as welcome as
the talk Of the statesmen and the politicians
And it will do quite as much good. Men
may talk and think and write and hear about
war to the point of absolute dissipation; and
almost any influence becomes healthful which
awaSens thoughts on other subjects, and
divcrts the mind into new channels.
Year: 1861

ZoLLIcoFFER, the rebel leader, who has
made so poor figure in Kentucky, is said
to be printer, but should not be regarded
as type Of his calling. At the last accounts
his case was foul one, and the Union men
were distributing his natter
Year: 1861

A New WAY TO ATTACK FoRr PIcKEys.-
The Mobile Evening News gravely puts forth
the following proposition: . Let Gen. Bragg
detail few thousand of his ten thousand to
the work of catching snakes, and as soon as
they have collected several cart loads of these
interesting reptiles, let tin or sheet iron she'll
or canisters be charged with them--the enclo-
sure being cylindrical and of size to fit the
largest mortar. and so made that it will break
TO pieces and liberate its contents upon fall
ing within the fort. We would warn those
who charge the shell to put only the same
species into each, as if the different snakes
were mixed they would sting each other to
death before having chance to operate on
Billy Wilson's Zcuaves. The corners and
interstices In each she'll might be filled up
with a few quarts of tarantulas. scorpions.
cehtipedes and lizards. however. to make
close work, as the snakes would pack loosely
Year: 1861

PIrIruL PaTRIorIsx-How wretchedly
unpatriotic it is to boast of our Union. the
achievements of the Revolutionary heroes,
our national greatness. and at the same time
look with indifference at the bloody and trea-
sonable work now going on in the Southern
part of our Republic. He who pronounces
JEFF Davis a friend to his country, or hopes
to see the Palmetto bunting waving over tif-
teen States of our common land, never was
n Republican, patriot in spirit; and he
only requires the opportunity to show himself
a deep-stained traitor Palmer Journal
Year: 1861

THE French SENTIMENTAL gentleman
who has recently returned TO this country
from Paris states that the excitement there
in regard to American affairs is. if possible.
greater than in this country; and the current
of the popular feeling is so strongly in favor
of the Union cause in our great struggle that
it is far more dangerous to publicly advocate
secession there than in Philadelphia. He
was repeatedly asked, in tones of the deepest
anxiety, "Can it be possible that your noble
experiment of free government is about to
fail?''-with the remark that "millions of
Frenchmen would regard such sad result
almost as personal calamity, because they
have always looked forward hopefully to a
period when their defendants, if not them
selves, might share our freedom and prosper
ity." The most unpopular thing Louis Ma
poleon could do would be to recognize, or in
any other way to aid the Southern insur-
GENTS Philadelphia Press
Year: 1861

Thursday next, has been appointed by the
Pres dent of the United States, at the request
Of Congress, us day Of public Humiliation,
Fasting aud Prayer, on the part of the people q
this country, to the end that God may avert his
judgments from us as Il nation, and restore to
the country once more, peace, unity and harmo-
ny throughout all its borders, That the day
will be very generally kept in becoming mOn-
ner we have no doubt. That ii ought to be
marked by solemn, feryent md earnest suppl
cation by the people of the land, is u fact too
patent to need even passing remark. The
nation is in peril the government is threatened
with destruction by hordcs Of savage traitors
mud blood tod day flows through the land at th'
h snds of a set Of scoundrels as foul and blacl
with treachery, robbery, treason and murder a
ever peopled the vaults of hell, or deserved th
exCcrations of saints, angels and men.


In view of all this, therefore, it is not oul
proper, but it is duly which every good citize
owes to his God and his government, that h
should lift up his voice in prayer to the Gtea
Ruler of the Universe that he will let hi
mighty arm of justice fall upon the heads of th
euilty conspWaiOrsi anu smlte tncm e'eh un'
confusion, weakness and death, ere they suceee
in their evil Vaccinations of destroying til
best government ON earth, and around the law
and institutions of which cluster NIL the bright
est hopes of human happiness, civil liberty an


christian progress. The hand Of God is in hi
righteous war and If we will hut recognize hi
power, and earnestly implore his all aud mere!


he will deliver US from this great rebellion al
plant US once more upon the rock Of raisn
sa'ety, unity and glory.