Year: 1864

quent disclosures show that upwards Of fifty of its MAN.
bers stood frm and preserved their quanimty in this great


empest Of passion at the taking Of the
is described by Of the members resembling the riot
of hospital Of unatics


The ratification Of this act was yet to be gone through
as prescribed by the law, in vote of the people TO be-
taken May That proceeding was substantially ignored
in all that followed An appointment of members to the
rebel Congress immediately made to represent the
State in the Provisional Government then established at
Montgomery. The President OF the new Conlederscy
forthwith invited to send army into the Stats and
accordingly, when the month Of May arrived troops we're
stationed in all those counties where ii supposed any
considerable amount of loyalty to the Union existed
amongst The people The day of election appointed for
the ratification found this force stationed at the polls and
the refractory people mastered and quelIed into silence
Union were threatened their lives if they should
dare to vote against the ordinances and influential
leader in the movement but recently Senator of the
United States wrote and published letter limiting to
those who might be rash enough to vote against secession
that they must expect to be driven out Of the State OF
course the rattle ston found opposition any doubtful
county. do not say that n free vote, it might not
have been casrd Harpers Ferry and the Gospor Navy
Yard had both n pursuance of that policy of profitable
been seized in the interval after the pas
sage of the ordinance and the passions Of the people had
been still fercey wrought up to fury that had ban


hed all hope of reflections but my object to show that
the whole secession movement planned conducted
in the spirit of headong revolution and premeditaed war


To Tennessee the proceeding less orderly than
in Virginia. In Missouri il no better The attempt
made to carry Kentucky and Maryland by the same
arts and the frauds but utterly failed Maryland
has repuated secession and its absttos with persistent
and nvincibe loyalty Kentucky under severe trials and
the actual contest Of civil has bravey honora
bly, reserved her faith aud repeed every assault So
cession has never won inch Of her soil that it did not
temporarily win by the sword and not again forced
to abandon Iu not less than eight elections has
she declared her unserabe eay to the Union BY over
whelming msorites There has been the smallest
ground for pretence of her acceptance of place in the
Southern ConedeTacy- nevertheless she feigned
to be represented by members in both Houses of the rebel
Congress of whom would dare 10 show himself
openly in the district he affects to represent We are at


loss to imagine any preext to claim this staunch and
loyal State in that REASONABLE fellowship unless it
be that being the birth place Of their President it is ne
cesssry to claim it for the Confedecy to avoid the awk
ward conclusion Of bis negby to his post by the dis
qualification of being foreigner.


1t not pursue further the history of these
events they developed in the frat stage of this
erocious assault upon the Union Those have BROUGHT
into view quite sufficient to afford an
index to the purpose and temper of the Southern leaders
They denota rebellion and nothing but rebellion agsicst
the lawful Government of The United States--rebeion
conceived in the btterest hostility and perpetrsted with
immediate to They prove the dissimuls-


on Of that official challenge to the world to recognise in
this terrible attack upon the public order honest ssser-


ton Of constitutional right They cast air Of shock
ing mockey that peevsh plant which up every
where at that day from the depths Of the secession all
we ask is, ht MS alone /"


The movement was revoution-an sttempt to break to
pieces existing dynasty by force and history will 10
describe it. Let be measured by the law of revolution
II the National Government has grevousy failed in its
duty to any State affecting it with irremedabe wrong


let it be Judged and the revolution vindicated If on
the other hand the Government of the Union has done
them wrong; If these complaints have grown out Of
the mere Illusion of heated fancy still more if this
wild aud reckless outrage upon the peace society has
been prompted by the nsolence of ambition and the
cedulous hosts Of the South have been persuaded by
fraudulent misrepresentation to lift their hands against the
paterna and bens6cent Government which protected
them and given them the nappreciabe blessings grand
and powerful republics and above ALL if the contrvers Of
this ogous plot have been panderng TO the rival enmty
OF the great Powers OF the earth to win their aid this
parcda enterprise and have sought by the unutterable
basepess Of completely with them shear the American
people of that strength which has made them and their
institutions the refuge of oppressed freedom throughout
the worldthen cay, let them bs held to the strict
responsibility Of that immense crime.


And again. if there really be any considerable portion
of the people Of the United Satessuieeny consider
able to originate authentic opnion-who believe in tho
doctrine OF secession and capable of the enormty of
this revolt to bring into exercisethen also for that
let the until every fibre of that pesent
herey cut out and forever esroyed in the FIRE Of
censure that germ af it may remain to eneender new
growth Of dsaser and ruin in this beautiful garden of
American liberty. PAUL AMBROSE


THE MAIDEN ROBBERY AND mrrpnrR