LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 013 709 196 3 Hollinger pH8.5 Mill Run F3-1 955 4t •<■ L E 523 .038 Copy 1 PEMOCEATIC INCENDIAEISM WHAT NORTHERN COPPERHEADS HAVE DONE FOR SOUTHERN TRAITORS. The Coppofliearl Democracy of tho "ffcate of New Yot'k. lo'olc foi^T^iT'd't^^iLp^'cHsniii^ election for an endorsement of the administration of Goyernor Seymour. We propose, in a few plain words, to show why they ought to be disappointed. It is well known that the hast election in this State wag carried by false pretenses ; that Governor Seymour and his allies, in order to secure the success of tho Democratic candidates, professed to be iu favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war, and promised to afford the General Government, in th& event of their success, all tho aid in their power for tho, auppiosbion of tlie Eehellion. \ .■^>^joh -j^i-:- - cjivioch x-^^Hilii;. ym hi!;; Disheartened by defeats in the field, misled by false friends, and'rclying upon the solemn promises which the Democratic candidate for Governor had repeatedly and publicly made, a sufficient number of patriotic voters were induced to yield him their support ; and thus his election was secured by a small majority. No sooner was he installed in office, however, than he arraigns tho Administration of Mr. Lincoln for alleged high misdemean- ors, and otherwise souglit to destroy public confidence in our national authorities. To such lengths did he carry this hostility, that the rebel leaders at Richmond recognized the value of his services to their cause, and commended him accordingly. Instead of using the influence of his high position to further the eflbrts of the General Government in pushing on tho war, he so shaped his course as to most seriously ombarrass the Administration, thus violating the pledges by which he gained his election, and add- ing open perjury to covert treason. By fomenting a riotous and disaffected spirit, in oppo- sition to the Draft, he aided to drench the streets of New York, Troy, Buffalo, and other cities, with the blood of innocent persons ; to destroy the property of law-abiding citizens, and to bring our noble State to tho verge of civil war ; tlius prolonging tlic war by raising the hopes of the rebels in their ultimate success, through Northern dissensions, and lower- ing our character as a civilized community in the eyes of every nation in"Christendom. We charge that, by his speeches and Messages ; by his sympathy with the revolutionary scenes in the Assembly Chamber, prior to the organization of the IIousc ; by his hot haste to oust the Police Commidsioners in favor of pliant tools of his own ; by his attempt to make a partisan machine of our State Militia ; by hU resistance to a binding law of Congress, on the plea of its unconstitutionality, as thougli he were the Judge as well as the executive authority, and by his refusal to aid in carrying it into execution, Horatio Scy- laour ifi responsible for the sicenes of savagery which reddened the sky and crim-suued the DO better serriM than " the left wing of Lee's army" in Now York, uuLlortho leadership of General IRiratio Seymour, that week rendered to the Confed- erate cause. It almost compensated for the eacri- fices at Gettysburgh. Such a firo in the rear, tho Rjohraoad Junta thought must surely pruro fatal to the Federal arms. The eompHcity of Governor Seymour with tha rioters i£ further shown in his corrsapoudence with Gcnsral Dix, iu which he refuses to reply directly to th« question of the latter, as to whsther he wih use tit9 State troops for the enfuroement of the Draft, if oeeeeodry, but virtually avers that ho will not. This is hie ajiswer : " As yea stale in your letter that It ig yoor duty to enforee th« act of CoagrsBs.aiul as you apprehend its prswiejoas may eicile popular resistance, it is pro- posed you should know Uia position which will bo hbl4l by the State authorities. Of course, under no cifatmtia.ft(,vs, can th^y pta-fwm dtUies ■ scpj-essty con- flrfeU is eikei-s ; nor can they uiKlertake to relieve ot;ba« frum their pi-oper responsibilities." Tke aohuus of Governor Seymour is still further eshJWtsd by tha following statement from the Now Tmie News, a journal supporting him, and owned and *dit»d by a Democratic Member of the last and the ensuing United States Congress : " €k)v. Seymour has pUdged hU sacred xoord and honsr, and the ixxniia of Nbw York trust in him and beStTO him, that «/ii one singlt di-ufled ciliztn shall be psteA taorty /mm t)u State until Iki CfnUilutionality of 4m Gonscrtptiem AeL shall haoe been decided in our Coia-le. Ha is virUiaily pledged to do as the Kxpre.ss Bays : te cedlfmth the entire miMlia force (f New York, torwsidl the kidnappiPig, which Abolitionist howlers teH B< yi inevitable, and we entertain no doubt that he will keep his word." From th« head of the Democratic pArty in this State, let us pass to one who stands stiU higher as an exfionent of Democratic policy. FROM EX PRBSIIiEST PIBBOE'S LETTEB TO JKTTEBSOJf DAVra, FOUND AMO.N'G tHS LATTBK'3 PArEIiS CAPTORED IS uisSiSUPfi : CijuiEXDON Hotel, Kbw York, 1 Jan. 6, 1S60. J • • • • • " Withont discusting the question of right — of ab- stract power to secede, I have nsvor b&lieved that actual disruption of tho Union can occur without blood ; and if, through tho madness of Northern Abolitionists, that dire calamity must come, tho hghtiug will not be along Mason and Dixon's lino, iner«Jy . It will be within our own hordes, in otvr own streets, beiweon the two classes of citizens to whom I have rtferred. Those who defy law aad scout Con- siitutional obligation, will, if we ever reach the ar- bitriuuiut of arms, find occupation enough ai hovu." HX-PRESIDB,Vr PIKRCB'S SPEECH AI COKOORD, N. H., JULY 4, 1S63. There is no longer doubt as to where tho responsi- bility for those unconstitutional acts of tha last two years, perpetrated by subordinate olBcers of the Fi,-rs before us, is amazing, that any such Ksntimeut shOTild have found ulterauce from the •lacledrepreeenlatlve ofafreo Government like that of the United rftatea. My Iriends, let those obey such 6i?h««ts who will; i/rnj an/l I }i3ve been nurtured here tmung the granite hills, and unler thr clear skies of New Hampshiie, into no such servile temperament. From these magnates, wa descend to lesser lights of the party, but still those wbo spealt for it as f»- cogniaed leaders. FROM }. A. MACMA«T1«'8 STttCti AT *B13 CRBAI DBHO- OUIIO JM»n.«« IS UXIOH BQUARa, MAT IS, 1863. Th« qaeetion is about the liberty of the paopls of the North. [" Th»t'i it."] Its question is whether th« Federal power, defeated wid hurled back by the froemen of th« South, i« not going to try whether tlioy might not make an easwr conquest by putting their yoke on yoiir necks. [Voice* — ■' Never."] I tell you it is not by shoutinj " never ;" it is not by cheeriujf and groaning; it is by the brawny muscle, and, above all, it is by the determined will of free- meu born, who are ready to say that they will die now if ueceesarj' — [applause] that they will die so«ner than yield. But, freuraen, how are yoa to save your liberliaa? [A Voic* — " By fighting."] Yes, if neeessary, by fighlUvj, but tKit by disorderly fightlag, not by street mobs, not by riots, net by iuceudiJLf ism, that you are to achieve your liberties. If you have punished thi>se who have first wronged you, there will be others with different nameg to take their place ; but your way is to organize aa freemen — to orgauii* in your Wnrds. If your Ward is too large, organize in cumpABies by tens and h«a- dreds. I^ea organize regiuienis, and sjnd to your Governor and aak him for eoBjraissi-ins. This is the rigfel that the federal usurpation I'f power has at- tempted to iafringe iu Ohio aiid ludiana, the right of betiring arms. It is the sacred and inalienable right of the freemen of America. It is written in tho CoiistitutiOQ of the Uuiled States ; it is written in the L'orislitution of each State — that the people shall have the right to keep and to bear arms fer the d«- feuse of themselves and not of the Union — but of tha State. [Tremendous applause.] It ie tha right of the militia, not of the regular army — it is the rigbt of oursclvas as militiamen to kuep and to bear arms. [" Hear, hear, bravo. "] If you have not got them, got them, and prepare yom-selv«s orderly and flraily to preserve under your gallant and worthy Governor Uu libaties of Uiis Slate and this nation. [Great applause.] At the,same mf^tlng R .S. TnAKrx, of Alabama said: FiUow-ciliMns — I have come hcra tonight ex- preisly to denounce tho Adminisuation, and if thero is any man in this wide continent who has earned that right he now stands before yon. When I first came from the republic of Alabama, I found the American flag waving in the streets of Cincinnati and in the streets of New York, and I thought tho promises of Abraham Lincoln were to be carried out, but they have not, and I detest bis very name for the power he has tried to assume over fres. FUO.H Tmi NEW YOXIK. EXPRESS. July 13, 1853. " The Government," as Mr. Lincoln ia called — so we understand the J'li/^une — means, as soon as Leo is thoroughly routed, to wnd ou ths army here, to enfir.;c tht'-.-^e instruciioBSuf l'rovr>st Uirslial Nugent! If this bo so, Viere is no human ami thai ean avert ci^■iL xiM.%r arui reooluiCm in the .'jioic of Nciu York. ««••«•••*•• Now, every man sees, who is not a Bourbon, or who is not lifted up too lar above the 700,000 wortingmcu in tliis city (including their wi v«« and children) , that lr)0,(100 men witli $300 in tlieir pockets cannot an- lorce the S300 claase against the 700,000, wiJJvout oceans of bloed being spilt htre, and ar»n and biir- (/liries, and assassinations, (ill toe horrible to Utinh of. It is not just. It is the Iiardeet, harshest conscrip- tion act we ever read. Such another act scarcely ex- ists ou the face of the earth. A'o petyple but the french •paopU ear submiUed to anylhinr/ Like it. Julyli, 1863. The Radical."!, however, insisted upon an Iminediato conscriptioa, and sele<'te3ride<.l. * * * There is no misunderslaDding this. It is plain as tha wjse ou one's face, aud it fore- shadows a dark, dreary future, in which, if persisted, what was the history of Frauce under the Bourbons, and the hisiory of England under the Charles', wilL be the history of the Umted States. July n,lS6Z. The fresh order for the Conscription to go on— . with the threat to strip Meade's army of its soldiers, if necessary, to i-nforce the Draft here in New York, attract.* attention and creates excitement — but the p«ople here are yet incrio commntiity that this Ad- ministration is revolutionary, that it has attempted to set itself above the Constitution, and that it in- tends to support its right to do so by the sword. July 21, 1S63. • * * * Wliatever reeistacce has been,or may bo, offered by Irish or by any other citizens of the Uuitfld cilAtas to the "acts of our rulers," has been challenged by tho haughty and defiant denial of ttese fundamental principles on tho part of the Ad- ministration and the party for which they speak. They have overridden the law so openly and so often, they have fluug itaside so contemplnoitsly, that they alone ara responsible, and will by history be held rosponsibls, for the pasiion of a people maddened by the lawlessness Of power into the lawless assertion of liberty. •, , . Jt'hj 22, 1S03 SHOniD THU DRiFT GO OS? ff thfe people were ths subjects of King Abraham, and thf^refore' bound to obey him, or this country a despotism like France, we could understand the force of this reasoning ; but this is a free country ; the consent of tiio goTerneiual ; and security for life and property have long since p.a.'ssed away. Tyranny is all-powerful, a-.id the voice of the people is small ; h'U if Ihi suJ>lerran^tni political heavint/s itnder our feet art to be trusts, a TOom-'/i/ i5 apj>roac?iMi;i jcheti the great jvjjular nwujes will throw off the oppression which has so lony weigluid them in the dust. May 29, 1803. Apathy under Government encroachment is the attribute of every people, until the goad strikes so keenly and the la=h falls so heavily that the sufferer throws all his energy into sudicn and violent resist- ance. It is only the highest degree of intellectual development that will sternly disputa tho first in- sidious ai)proach cf tyranny. It is soon to be decided whether tba people of tho North have .!»t- tained that point of enlightenment. JuJyW, 1863. THE CONSCRIPTION. : . After long hesitation, and sevrral abortive at- tempts, the Administration seems to have decided tc eaforce the Conscription Act. Like the Proclama- tion of Emanciijation, it is an experiment novel and antagonistic to tho spirit of our inslilutions. Like the Proclamation, it is unpopular with the masses, and will, pi-obably, result in most unpleasant conse- quences. Ihert is a lurking much ef in the atmos- phere that swrouwls this umirlcomt slreinger as it now jrrepares to mala il^ forcible ejitry across our thresholds. There are symptoms of a ivtde-sfn-ead inclination td^ex.- Itmd to U a harsh greeting, cuid to med, its itUrusi'.m with somewhat more than passive indifinatv>n. * * * July 14, 1803. THB ADiaXIOTRATIOIf SnOtTLD STOl' THE DRAFT. The experiment of Conscription ha,'? been tried in this Metropolis, and the result is what the Adminis- tration might have anticipated, liad their perceptions not been blunted by fanaticLsm, and famili.irity with error. The principle of constrained military servieo in a Republic is in itself sufliciently odious and unre- publican to have aroused the opiX)sition of the mass- es ; but that provision of the Act which creates a distinrtion between th? rich and tho poor was too much for human nature to endure. It fo.eshadowcd so distinctly a design to establish a military deepo tism that the instincts of the people took alarm im mediately, and the first attempt to enforce the ab- surd lawin this city was tho signal for a geuoral up- rismg of the working clossos. Wehavo had fearftil erperlonco of the rwrnlta of the ooercivo policy ia Iho Snulh : let not fanaticism dare to proviko Iho terrors or civil strife In tho North. If martial law in tha present condi- tion of Intense excilemcMit, should bo proclaimed in New York city, a Major-Ocueral's oomiiiajid will not suDiGa to preserve cvoa tho outward signs of traiKiuiUity. A collision between our citizens and tlio military will kludlo a flanio thiit the blood of thousands will not quench. Tha only means of stilUug tha rising storm, without In- ducing one yet mure terrible, ia by a proclamatio:! that tho Conscription Act will not bo carried into eif^ct. OUR STVKXL TO TITR rOrtTLACB. On aitiTrday, wo said of tho Cfmscription : " There is a lurking mischisf in tho atmosphere that sur- rounds this unwelcome stranger." Now, it no Imig- er lurks: it reveals itself, it advanoes its bold front witli violence aad wrath, and swells into turbulence and riot. In the hour of their anger and delirium, let us .np- peai to the manliness and bettor feeling of tho work- ing men. * * * • * * If they have detormlaod to resist tho Oonjcription Act, let their resistance be that of men, the firm and elfective opposition of those who are conscious of a just and righteous caueo. » » » Die, if it need be, to defend your rights, but 1st there be no stigma upon tha names of your frater- nity, and lot no history herealter recount of your Ueads, that your children will blush to read. "lOiiA ■•■■ July 15, ISCS. rHE pRssinVvr' P^.3 ST'-ppEaj the deai'T. Tha draft will not be ouforcod. Tho official order to that effect has gone forth from Washington. Tlia Ccuscriptioa Act is dead, coffined, sepulchred beyond reeurreotion. Naver more will its o.lious prinoiploa be thrust upon the c ilixons of this Republic. Tlii'ra is no longer any palliation for disorder and turbu- lence, a''d if you are men, you will disband at ouco, put aside year weapons and your wrath, and take up the imptcMieiiis of industry. If you comniit one act of violence after this, you deserve eternal jgncminy, aud you will receive tha condemnation cf the world. You have aJready gone 60 far that hereafter, in your cahucr moments, yon will wonder aud rejient that you could have exhibited ench extremity of pas.?ion. Yet, if you pause imme- diatrly, your cou. trymon will forgiru and forget your violence in view ef the strong provocation you have suffered. The ministers of justice will overlook your trespapsos, and your future peaceable behavior will atone for the brief period of your lawlea.snoss. TVe speak to you without hesitation, and with per- fect frankness, for you ca^mot bo iguorant that we are the friend of the workingraaii, and liavo aJways upheld the people's rights. Tho 0)ni?criplionAet in- cited yoa to violence — tho Conscription Aet has been pronounced a nullity. That shoald end tha matter. If you are worthy to be freemen, you will control your passions, and this day's sun wiU set upon a tranquil city. July 16, 1863. GOOD KFTECT OF BTCPPtxa inS DBATT. As the tidings that the draft is suspended circulate among thtf disaffe led populace, a better feeling pre- vails, and the workine; classes rclinquiih their unlaw- ful purposes. Xono but thieves and plunderers por- savero in provoking disturbance, and thesa will bo speedily disposed of by tho iiunicipal authoriliea. 1 ••* it b« <' '=1 inctly understood that, whatever further ar.t^ of vi«'enp.n may be perpetrated will be with tho rtogi^n of piiia^n. Those who continue to violate the uoor^ rtf fi'<» c'lv w'" tioMi fl»a<»rvi< to bo troatcd, aud will >»« •••<»aioH_ •• nilna, Tl>n worklngmen ""Bst l>« rnr(»ri'i f<\ •op^.ratn ".horwooivoa lmm«diatoly ''"'JM. iho^o riim-n. -^K^ ^iii bHU clinir to tho oppor- tunity ol i;i'!"'e''"«r "'•'r T'otoyo proiv»Bsili«s. There Is^ovf DO consfiptinn »'> <-A«iKl ; aiul Uierrjore Mo July 17, 1&63. ST.^TB SOVKRKir.NTT MTJT' DH ViyDICVrK!), V^e will venture to assert that Governor Seymour will protect ovory citizen of tho State frum con- ftrainod service in tha Federal army. • • • « T.uy who insist upon the enforcement of Ih: dra/i may tbaui their own conclKsUms. Same (/«(«. TUB DRAIT. Wo publish a special dispritch from XVnshington, Ftating that Mr. l,incoln has expressed a determina.- tion to enforce the draft, notwithstanding the trou- ble in this city. We have not the heart to give cre- deuco to this statement. It seems impossible that Mr. Lincoln ehould bo so cruel and unwise aa to speak words that will conjure up a demon in the community. Should it bo true, which Ht>;ivca for- fend , /actTMvZZ tranquillity, until il be reclaimed vaiih hecuU/inbs of human, sacrifice. Juh/ 21, 1803. RESIST THE DRAFT, BCT OT.EX TUB LAW. Tho hnrror that has been excited in the pnhlio mind by the outrages upon law and order, i)erpetra- ted during tho first four days of last week, ought not to diniinisli with time, but should ralbor be kept alive as a perpctu.il warning for tho future. On tba other hand, however, no atrocities that have been committed should bo allowed to divert the eyes of good citizens, for a siuglo instant, from tho ■mon- strous, whole.sale, diabolical trampling down by tho > ■-■deral authorities of the rights of the people of thia city. Were tho skirts of tho mob stained with mur- der ? 5o are Uiase of onr oypressors. Do the cruel brutalities of some of the rioters dosorvo to be held up to eternal execration? Still more doe,s tho sya- tematic, needless, wanton sport of tho Wixshington Government, with the lives, liberties, andfreodomof individuals. Is it to the shame, and disgrace of those who took part in the illegal proceedings of last week that they violated lata, insulted and dofled Jaw, scouted the remedies to wrong that are provided by LAW? Far blacker, more hideous, detestable, un- pardonable, is the guilt of an Administration which purposely cements tljo .bulwarks' ofits dfspotisia, by smiting down law, th« guarantees of tha Constitu- tion, aud the sovereignty of the States, whenever thoy iutcrforo with thuir own oUi6us pretensions. ■*■ •• - - July 29,1863. niK ItADNISSS AND DBSIGXS OP THB APMI.VI.?rRATI01f. Our rulera have closely adopted the MacbiaTeltaa maxim — " That lu greit affairs men are cot to bo wicked by halves." They intend to filtto tho fvitl tho measure if their iniquity. Thty find that hav- ing waded in so far, " rot rning is as tedious as to go over.'' They fully intend now to carry o .t their designs uf-on popular liberty, and crush It oudor tha mailed hand of a military despotism. They arb fully aware that tho triumph of tho Democracy, bo great have been their oppressions aud persecutions, must necessarily involve thoir personal safety, and ft fearful responsibility for tho aw ul crimos thoy have committed. They are right in this, forikert will be no slion, such as has been put in force in no other State. And again : Governor Seymour deplored and deprecatsd the rage of i>arty animosity which now dividei5tlie North, and which, if carried to a ranch further height, threatens to bring about in the Ni/rth a civil uvxr, as dis- astrous as thai of tlie sesiiens uJiich now rages betweai JVorth aru.1 South. And again : It has been reserved for America to offer another instance of a similar policy by breaking up State military organieations, and seattering the soldiers of oue Stato among regiments raised in, and officere'd 013 709 196 3 by, another. Why \i stifl furllier in the fool zeni to fee sent under w(,™^.. „^.j Gooemors, in eompany v)iih black janizanes, to overa\oi Uie Legislatures nf Indiana ami Illinois, while the eon- soipts of ihjjse States are ccmpeUed to assist in the tourlc of ooerauHng us t Who can UU to what length cf mad- ntss and tyranny this Administration will not go? 7hisact (the Conscript Bill) is no less repugnant to the tradiliims of the American pe^le in its details than in its general scope. AH are subjected to its oppressive burdens, the Judge, the Legislature, the clergyman, the pauper, the negro, all, in short, except the man who can pay three hundred dollars. The following expressions of opinion, by. represen- tative Democrats, will exhibit still further the revo- lutionary spirit of the party : A DE3IOCRATIC DEFEAT CAUSE FOR REBELLION. Hero is another malignant specimen : Mr. J. Glanct Jones, Buchanan's Minister to Aus- tria, in a speech to the Democracy, in mass meet- ing a.ssembl9d, at the Yellow House, Amity town- ship, Berks county. Pa. , as recently as Saturday, Oct. 3, 1S63, used these words : " If we cannot eany the election this fall, then there is nothing left us but rdiellion. Hero Is another malignant specimen : " There, sir, Is the DA^INABLE ABOLITIONIST who ailminislers the Government. The people ought to RISE UP, AND BY PHYSICAL FORCE HimL IIIM FROM THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNMENT. In the evos of God anil men the people would be justi- fied. THKY SHOULD do it; and I will go with thera." — Judge Pratt's Speech in the Michigan Legislature, Febuary 12, 1863. Hoi'e is another : " We tell them (Congress) that a Ortymnvll ti'ill rise in their milst boforc they progress too far , who will bring their Hl^AD TO THE BLOCK without delay or mvcy." — Ddroil Fi-ee Press, March 44, 1S63. Did our space permit, we might continue these examples to much greater length. But we have already given enough to show the infernal spirit of hostility to tho Government entertained by the Cop- perhead Democracy. Does any one doubt that, if they dared, they would openly jraugo themselves a'.ocgsido of Jeff. Davis, and overthrow our free in- stitutions, for the sake of place and power T Do not many of the bolder sort, like Gr..