smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1864

and take tho responsibility Hs had no knowledge Of
tho Knights OF the Golden Circle. With Gods help he
would never be eonuecIed with that Order.


Mr. GARFIELD said no did not charge his colleague with
oeng connected with IT, bus that IL was under the pa
trohage and protection OF the democratic party.


MT LONG reported that no made his speech because IL
met tue appreciation OF his Judgment He believed that
mere was no power under the constitution TO coerce
the sovereign States.


Mr GARFIELD explained that he would leap over the
constitution la order preserve the national existence
ou would be into the arms OF the people who made the
Constitution.


Mr. LONG said while his colleague would leap over the
constitution he himself would bear being called
for supporting the constitution He would by this
position II be stood alone He would not retract one syl
liable. He would back the charges OF traitor The
who were destroying this fair fabric OF liberty
first who declared that the Union could not part
slave and part free. They started tho ball which
produced the present condition of affairs. He believed
our fathers were good were They were good
communion table those who held slaves God prospered
them. What our fathers had provided good enough
for him and his children. He was ready to make any
sacrifice 70 restore the Unon But this not 70 be done
by such exhibitions they had recently had In this hail.
Applause 10 the echo had been given to the sentiments OF
those who had always been trying to sunder the
which united He would prefer having liberty n the


se state OF Ohio or in Greece In Switzerland, than
to live under despotsm like that Austria with bayo
nets constantly pointing at him.


Mr. HOLMAN, (opp) of Ind. wished to ask the OF
the Indanan alleged to have written the reasonable let
tor, but general consent not given.


At quarter past six O'Clock the committee and
the House adjourned
Year: 1864

Carolina passed at the second extra session of the
General Assembly, 1861.


SEC s. Be it further enacted, That the Surgeon Cen
era by and with the advice and consent OF the Gov
ernor, may appoint surgical boards, not exceeding
three composed of two physicians each who shall de-
clare by their certificates those persons who shall be
exempt from service under the act to which this is
amendment account of mental or physical disabif-
t and tbev shall receive the pay of their rank and
travelling expenses be determined by the Adutant-
General.


SEC 6. Be it further enacted, That the Guard for
home Defence should they be called into service by
the Governor shall receive the same pay rations and
allowances soldiers in the Confederate States ser
vice. and shall be subject to the rules and articles OF
of the Confederate States.


SEC I. it further enacted Thet WREN the pressure
public danger shall not prevent the observance or
such rule the said Guard for home defence shall not
be called into service masse but by drafts OF num-
Der of men from each convenient company, SO as 10
make up the aggregate force required.


SEC g. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be
in force take effect from and after lis ratification


Read three times and ratified in General Assembly
this the 14th day of December, A D., 1868.
Year: 1864

t BSp Tt would be more to the credit ef Vice
President Stephens if he would stay in Richmond
and perform his duties President of the Senate,
instead of remaining in Georgia to make demagog-
ical and electioneerirg speeches. His late speech
against the suspension of the habeas corpus was
made for. electioneering purposes and in order to
elect himself, if possible, to the next Presidency
of the Confederacy. He will see his mistake if he
lives long enough
Year: 1864

A company of Ohio cavalry, commanded by
Captain Bennett, of Scotts 900, has been ap-
pointed body guard to the President.-BatE-
man Transcript.


This is significant of the change that has Ia
ken place in our form of free government. A
body guard for the President This is one of
the indications of Dictatorship" Gin. Enc.


The above startling piece of intelligence, COM
ing to US through such unmistakable channels
of authority, we cannot for moment doubt its
correctness. The President has not less than
one company of men, probably 20 or s0,) pro-
vided with quarters near the White House, with
which tremendous force he intends to set up the
business of carrying on this Government on
his own hook" o LOrdl upon what times we
have fallen. Only think Old Abe, that eve.
rybOdy thought was honest, trying to steal this
Government, and appropriate it to his own use.
According to the above, he has already got the
whole thing, and a whole company of fdSodgers'
to help to take care of it. and him also. Of
course the Constitution as it is" the Union
as it was, with the niggers have all @gone VI" Z"
Old Abe, with his body guard, is going to try
to run the machine alone. What an old sinner
he must be to do this Just now, right in the face
of the new church dispensationl He'll 90 to
purgatOry sure.-NdpoIeoR Press.
Year: 1864


A bewitchingy sweet and tender poem from the "At
lantic Monthly" for March Editor Home Journal.
We have been lovers now, my dear,
1t Itmatters nothing to say hor long,
But still at the coming round 9th year
make for my pleasure little song;
And thus of my love sing, my dear.
So much the more by year, by year.
And still as see the day depart


And hear the bat t my window fit,
sing the little song to my heart,


just change at the close oft,
And thus of my love sing away
So much the more by day, by a day.
When in the morning see the skies
Breaking into gracious glow,
say you are not my sweetheart's eyes,
Your brightness cannot mislead me SO;
And l sing of my love in the rising light
So much the more by night, by night.
But at the years sweet dawn and close,
When the moon is filling, or fading away,
Every day, as it comes and goes,
And every hosr dfevery day,
Ny little song repeat and repeat
So much the more bv hour, my sweet.
Year: 1864

From letter received by relative
in this city, from our former towns
man, General Truman Seymour,
within two days before the starting
of his expedition, we are permitted
to make au extract which will be
read with interest. 1t characterizes
Greek fire as humbug, and says
that Charleston is not to be burned
up, just yet:


''You ask why it is, since the shells
are being constantly thrown into
Charleston, that the city is not des-
troyed. Simply because it cannot be
done. To fire buildings with shell
is not generally possible under favora-
BILE circumstances, and these circum-
stances are certainly as unfavorable
as could possibly be. To keep up
heavy and continuous fire many guns
would be required, and points that
can not now explain. connected with
this new condition of the service Of
artillery, have to be Investigated and
solved, and new material provided
in accordance Herewith, before such
a bonn bardment as that now going
on can be considered destructive-a
least to the degree that the public
hatred of Charleston seems to demand.
Aud as you may suppose that Greek
fire can do now what the journals
have so generally reported as having
already been done, it may add that
Greek fire is only one ofthe numerous
numerous humbugs of the day and
that not a shell containing it is
known to have entered Charleston.
On the contrary, it has been COM
plete failure, from the premature ex-
plosion caused by it's use. Such l
understand to be the merits of the
Greek fire question. Finally, there
is probably no intention of burning,
Charleston, as such acts are not now
considered quite as consonant with
the spirit of Northern war fare (that
is of the highest type of civilized
warfare) as even many folks consider
admirable. Troy Times.
Year: 1864


Turned from the rightful shelter Of thy breast,


Ny tried heart futtcrs through
The changeful world-a bird without nest.


Inconstant to the crowd
Through which pass, as, to the skies above,


The tickle summer cloud,
But not to thee; o not to thee, dear love


may be false to ali
On earth beside, and ersry tender tic


Which seems to hold in thrall
This weary life of mine, may be lie;


But, true as Gods own truth
Ny steadfast heart turns backward evermore


To that sweet time OF youth
Whose golden tide beats such barren shore.


Inconstant? Not my own,
The hand which builds this wall between our lives
On its cold shadow, grown
TO perfect shape, the flower of love survives.


God knows that would give
All other joys, the sweetest and the best


For one short hour to live
Close TO thy heart, its comfort and its rest


But life is not all dark;
The sunlight goldens many hidden slope;


Inc dove Sllall nnO llS aFh
Of peaceful refuge and of patient hope.


yet shall be possessed
OF woman's need-my small world set apart!


Home, love- protection, rest,
And children's voices Staging through my heart!
BY Gods help, will be
\ faithful mother and tender wife;


Perhaps even more, that he
Has chaStened the best glory from my life.


But sacred to this loss,
One white sweet chamber Of my heart shall be;
No foot shall ever cross
The silent portal sealed to love and thee


And sometime when my lips
Are TO my first born's clinging, close and long,
Draining with bee-like sips
a, its sweet lily heart will it be wrong,


If, for an instant wild
With precious pain, put the truth aside,


And dream it is thy child
That am fondling with such tender pride?


And when another's head
Sleeps on thy heart, if it should ever seem


To be my own Instead,
o darling, hold it closer for the DREAM


God will forgive the sin,
If sin il is our lives are swept so dry,


So cold, so passion-clean.
Thank Him death comes at last--and SC, goodbye !!
Year: 1864

"We do not believe the Greater
ever built up this republic to have
it torn down by this rebellion"


Such is the faith Of the loyal peo.
pie of the whole country; but it
should be remembered that faith
without works is dead" The Crea-
tor helps those who help themselves.
Hercules looked down from the
clouds and bid the devout believer
arise and "clap his shoulder to the
wheel So in this contest for
Union. liberty and progress. Faith
is necessary to Inspire effort, and the
amount of the effort is the measure OF
faith. five work and give and fight
for the great cause, we shall soon
come of more than conquerors, ior
we sLsfl find all our earthly blessings
greatly increased On the contrary,
if we fail through sluggisbness or
narrow selfishness, we shall lose all
So that in respect 10 our faith and
works. it will be fulfilled that Ito
him that hath shall be given, and
from him that hath not shall Ee taken
away that which he hath"
Year: 1864

only mistakes wrongs, wicked act,
oftyrsnny, and earnest appeals srs


made to the people to rise IN their


might and prevent the estsblishmeut


of military despotisn. During Ill


this time they have never been known


to utter word of denunciatiou q


gainst the rebellion, or see an TN


proper act south Of the rebel lines.


These are the unmistakable esr- marks
ofthe traitor. He may remonstrats;


he NAV write down beneath the pic
ture in large letters the word "Pa,
trot' he may, in very noisy and
earnest words, insist that he Is q
"sound Democrat and that svery
man Of his party who sustsirs the
war is an "Abolitionist. Yet;
after all, he Is neither patriot nor q
good Democrat. You may turn him
up side down and inside out, and
cleanse and wash him with all the
pnre waters Of America, and you can
make nothing out of him but q poor
miserable traitor-just such a one as
General Jackson would have strung
up for treason in his day, and looked
Tor the authority afterwards!
Year: 1864

@ A farmer in Boyle county,
Kentucky, recently became anxious
about his slaves, apprehendipg that
they might leave him and en-
list in the army He accordingly
called up one of the most intelligent
of them and asked him ii thev had
any thonght of leaving i5en told
him they had talked over tine war a
good deal, and then asked him


what he thought the war is for, and
what its result would be The mas
fer answered that he supposed the
eolored men would all oe free by the
end of the war-Said Ben: We
want to l'e clear on this, for we think
that that If the war is going to make
us free we ought TO fight; but if it is
for the Union and the Constitution as
they was. we think, Insssa, you ought
TO fight" .... ..... -....
Year: 1864

1-A spirited, patriotic lady in
Michigan, who has lost one son by
rsbol bullets, and has another in the
army, said. on reading that the as
Bill nption Of the. rebel war debt was
one OF ths conditions of peace, that
she never would paw cent of il, but
would 6ie in defence Of her property
before it should contribute TO so vile
tax This lady might change gar
nents with some Copperhead, to the
LcDot OF the masculine gender.
Year: 1864

~The following graphic picture


of the Copperhesd party, is taken


from an address delivered by the


Hon. John Cessna of Bedford Pa.


to the Students of Franklin College


at Lancaster. II loses none or Its
piquancy from the fact that Mr..


Cessna has for years been a promi-


nant Democratic politician of that


State and until recently, rather claim
ed by the Copperhead wing of the


party as Of their side of the house.


His remarks will fall with refreshing
GOODNESS upon the scaly tribe as he
holds them up to nature.


The truthfnlness of the picture can
be verified in Gallipolis any day, as
well as in other places. Hence we
lay it before our readers.


"At one time this is styled negro
war-at another negro has no
business to serve as soldier. When
our armies are defeated the Govern
ment is incompetent and inefficient,
or it would have raised more men.
When volunteers are called they are
opposed to the plan. They want an
enrolment so that all may have an
equal and fair chance. When the
draft comes it is unfair. unlawful. and
deprives them of their constitutional
rights. The clause of the act allow
ing payment of Communication is all
wrong, because it discriminates be-
tween the rich and the poor. As
soon as it is repealed, these self
same men strive to excite the anger
of the people, because it is another
step towards military despotism.
All these things do the people no
good, lead only to angry discussions
bitter controversies, numerous dis
sensioLs, prevent men from enlisting
into the service of their country,
have already produced bloody riots,
and may culminate in fierce neigh
boz hood and fifeside war. These
dangers are truly great and calcula-
ted to dishearten the patriot; but it is
confidently believed that they will,
sooner or later, all be overcome.


There are unfortunately those
among US who csnnot discuss the
question single moment without
showing that they are at heart foes of
the Government and enemies of their
race The people soon learn to find
out and know these men. Human
skill and ingenuity and all of a trai-
tors cunning cannot long succeed in
concealing their real sentiments.
They hang back or skulk away from
our public gatherings on our nation
al holidays: they disparage Union of
ficers and soldiers and eulogize the
rebels. All Union victories are fn-
little account: rebel
are of ineslc- liable value and
Good news is never
credited-bad news is often origin
sted, believed. and circulated long
before verified. Taxes are obuox-
ious and oppressive; drafts are un-
constitutional and odious; war is
bloody and desolating. and the nation
ought at once TO stop it. For nearly
four years everything has been wrong
nothing excellent, nothing even
praiseworthy or passable has ever
been done by their own Government
Year: 1864

! The true object of Democratic in
stitntions is to promote the security,
happiness, freedom. and prosperity
of the people under u government
of their own framing, and under
laws enacted by the representatives
of their own choice The govern :
ment of the United States is of this
kind f...


Politicians, ambitious of place and
power, and who have for more than
thirty years plotted the overthrow
of Democracy, have during all that
time been guilty of great fraud on
the workingmen of the country.


In the name of Democracy they
have secretly pledged themselves to
overthrow the rights Of the Demo
cratic masses. -


In the name of Democracy they
have ruled the country for nearly 80
years, for the purpose of building up
an aristocracy who should maintain
their power by virtue of their pc.
culiar property.


In the name of Democracy they
have attempted to make property in
workingmen-which is the most anti
democratic kind of property-the
great object of Legislation, to the ne
glect of the other interests Of the
country.


In the name of Democracy they
have underworld to shut out free
workingmen from the South, and
from the territories, by making slave
labor profitable. and free lator un-
profitable and disgracefnl.


In the name of Democracy they
have held high positions in the gift
of the people, which they used only
to betray and sacrifice those who
trusted them. 't-.


In the name Of Democracy they
broke up the Democratic Party, in
order to prepare the way for the car
rying out of their plans.


And now, when traitors have filed
the land with bloody graves and
desolate homes, there are politicians
who call themselves Democrat" who
are the enemies of workingmen un-
der the pretence of being their
friends.


In tie name of Democracy they
are advocating a dissolution Of the
Union.


In the name Of Democracy they
declare that the American Union is
not a Union hut a Confederacy.


In the name of Democracy they
advocate the interests of traitors who
hate freedom, and who believe that
Slavery is the true condition Of all
Labor.


In the name of Democracy they
declare the government has no right
to defend itself against traitors.


In the name of Democracy they
have stirred up the laborihg men
and have filed the streets of New
York with bloodshed, arson, and
riots, and have disgraced US in the
eyes of the world .


In the name of Democracy they
denounce the heroic soldiers of the
Union as Bull dogs and Hell
hounds" ~ho are engaged in murder
and arson, and not in noble effort
to save our democratic institutions
from destruction.


Workingmen of the Union! The
man who advocates such doctrines is
not q Democrat, but ali enemy of
Democracy, and the foe Of every Ia
borer Comrades! Think for your
selves! Stand firmly by your own in
interests of Free Labor
Stand drmly by the
and vote only for men
who will be true 70 you and To your
children. ~ -l.-


4 DEMOCRATIC WoRgISGMAS.
Year: 1864

n RAND BALL,


TO BE GIVEN IN HONOR OF THE


LADIES OF THE LATE FAIR,
AT THH HALL IN THE PATENT OFFICE BUILDING
In which the Fair was held,


ON TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2s, 1884,
The proceeds to be Applied for the benefit of the
families OF the soldiers OF the District Of Columbia
Year: 1864

A paragraph has been going the rounds
of an old lady who has mustache on her
lip. II is not uncommon for young ladies
in this vicinity to have mustachcs on their
lips, but rare that they grow there.


Somebody adycrtises Fof agents to sell a
work entitled Hymenial Instructor" The
best hymeniai instructor we know Of is a
young widow. What she don't know there
Is no use Of learning.


There are pretended patriots who will
hold anything except their tongues; keep
anything except their word. and lose moth
inS patiently except their character.
Year: 1864

The Topography Of the next Battlefield. d.-Rebel
Account Of the RepuIse Of the l1th instant
--coniedsrste Admission that Lees


Army is the Rebellion-n that


Army is Destroyed all is Lost
Year: 1864

In addition to the features above enumerated other
Interesting ones arc In preparation. The magazine
Will still be favored with constant contributions from
its regular staH Of writer's. whose names familiar
to the reading public al those Of the
Year: 1864

INAL1ENABLE RIoHTs. Every woman
has right to be of any age she pleases,
for if she were to state her real age no
body would believe her. Every one has
a right to wear a moustache who can.
Every woman who makes puddings has a
perfect right to believe that she can make
better pudding than any other woman IN
the world. Every man who carves has a
decided right to think of himself by put
ting few of the best bits aside. Every
woman has right to think her child the
prettiest little baby in the world, and it
would be the greatest folly to deny her
this right, for she would be sure to take
it. Every young lady has right to faint
when she pleases, if her lover is by her
side to catch her.
Year: 1864

HAVE courage enough to review your
own conduct; to condemn it where you
detect your faults; to amend it to the best
of your ability; to make good resolves for
your future guidance, and to keep them.
Year: 1864

WE have considerably enlarged The DAILY ONO
STATESMAN, and now print it on plain and hand.
some new type. and clear white paper. aH s


In Politics, THE OHIO STATESMAN is'in War as in


ace, for the Country, for the Constitution. and fol


,Jnion Of equal States. with equal privileges and
with equal and exact justice to all its citizens. We
are for the Old Flag with not Star Stripe erased
And the Old Union as far as it is possible to restore it
and for the existing Constitution, in its spirit letter
and purpose. .s,.


Upon the coming events Of the year, rest the hopes
,f tho People and Government. We are in the midst
of a bloody and protracted civil war. Its duration
and close depend upon wiser truer and more patri-
otic Policy than we have duringthe present Ad
ministration. We owe it to the memory of our Faith
ers and 10 the hopes Of Children to the future OF
our Country and to the best interests of mankind to
change Policy which is drifting farther and far
ther from the landmarks Of our patriotic sres.


THE STATESMAN will do all it can to aid in bring
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the wants Of the people.
Year: 1864

A WoLF AND DEER FleHT,--The Oconto
wisconsin, Pioneer tells n story, Of con-
test near tie Oconto river between two
bucks and large gray wolf The moment
the volt endeaVored to seize one of the
deer the other wonld strike him with his
fore legs. The wolf would Immediately
leave and attack the one that, struck him.
This stra:ge contest continued until the
wolf seized the largest by. thefbroat and
tenaciously held on until it brought him
down. The other sprang with great force
upon the wolf and cut him feartully, 4 The
wolf slunk away, leaving one buck dead. -
The wolf was afterwards found dead ashort
distance from the field Of battle