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THE OKKOON AllUUK. II V !. W. tit 11 (J. TERMS 01' SUIISVHIl'TION. 7'Ai Argui fill In furnithed at Thru DuUnri f,r annum, if paid in admnre. When the minify I nnl paid in adxmnee, Four Pullnrt will ht ehirged tf paid in ix montht, ,r Five Dollnri at lh end of the year. Two Dull"" will lie charged for tlx mtmrn fit mliicriptiunt received for a If period. flu paper diirontinued until all arrearage art pain', untett at theoplion of the publither. Sinnte enpietluienlu-Jbt centt, CAKKIKU'S ADDIiKSS. A 1'lni'biis ''i' III" teeming Kurlli Til" Hlnl'y 'f Ill" pI'l'SI-IICO IlillgS, Tohnil III" Ntiw Year's happy birth, Tin) Currier lloy Inn greeting sings: .. Cooil friends Mini patrons, oncn ugnin, As custom nili'H, I take my pen, Ami wild you my best regards t May fortune deul you winning curds In nil ill" games of life, nnd bless Willi Iniilllii wealth, inul eonliiitcdness. Wo iiniiirii what Sixty-Two liuili done Farewell, Olil Yrurl thy rucu is ended; A Now Yeur'a rciii bulb jut begun, llod grunt llmt Sixly-Tliren lie nuinleil! Tlieyeur III"' pneil 'iiiiil-l war's iiliinii, With t funi i t clung mul shock of firtits; Our peaceful fields mo hlaini'il will, blood, From jiiilJ'inl veins poured like u Hood. Above tlieni hangs n stormy sky, Around war's lurid lightnings lly, Our Ship of Slale luilli I'rli it Kliurk: It limy I"' wnvi it limy lie ruek Seeetfinll pirates crowd (lie M il, False) lights Hie ruiieil nlnii tliu shore, Our ship luilli culVereil gricvou-ly, Suy, i-hull it 1 i v t ? Aye, evermore ! Shall the effort of rebels and traitors he feaieil, Who would iiiaki) our great Nation a scoff nail u Shull tin) I'liiuM of Slate hirh our father tiprcai'cil From in glorious height plunge in ruiu' nliy? Forbid it, ye powers Supernal, who wait 'I'd eut short the life of a man or n nalioii, Doom Hi not in our youth to -o tln-nill'iil a fate, Sparc, spare us at h a-t this kit d.giada lion! Let in fall, It e lilll-l, hy the linml ol'a Ami not hy the Mroke ol'a Ircufherous frieiiil; If foreign invaders should e'er lay in low, Their fpiile to the sha li s ill troop. lnnl't ntlenil. Our reiulilie of Slate us a l'nio:i cieatcs What v nil may lie proud of, a lu.-ignili- ci nt nalii. . tr:''" Itut broken ill twain, willi what feelin ;'i of Would Americans look on ll.eir own ilee ralilioii -hall wave, Then nv ear that the Si.ir-Spim;;lrii Hanner Till liheliioil he eru-hi il, or their Ian 1 inaile n (.'rave. It i not Sotilh, it it not Norlh, CoiiliinliiiK in the prc-rnt i-uil'f. Hut Fri'dloiii halllin;: for ili life, For nil that "iven cxi-tenee worlh. llti:l imim mul I'Nl'iN', what can h'ivo A picnli'll, if the-'' lie In.!.' DiMiiemhereil, liroken, nlmwouM live On nunreli'K will ocean Io-m iI? I'i-oiiiI Frei'ilom, from her mountain liijjlil, Hat hilherlo liM.keil coMly ilow II While I'nioiihallh'il for her ri;;ht, Hut let ltehellioil wear In T crown i I,et the iilainlanl of freedom at mice he unfurled, At liroad ni the race, ai wide nn the world; I Inland the fettered race, mid sen When Slurrry dirt, our land in Fill X. F.lcrnal .luticc then would hle-i Our cll'orti with comjihie miccc.i " For Freedom' halllc o lienn, Thoiinh liallh d oil, U ever won." I'xn r.i, Fiii.k, niiprcmely (.Meat, American could liik elalu In Freedom' Temple reiiri d nihliinc, Tim Knindeil work of modern time, A lcacun-lic,ht to pride th'' nice Of every country, cliiim, nnd place, An upward path, till nil i-hall ho Diet with tho 1mh.ii of l.mt iiTV. May Ihosi! who wear thn mark ol wnr, fj'mcd 6nUnR l'r the Nnii"'i' Ho held in honor for eni h near, A martyr in a holy cau-e. filar gently liht cneh patriot' prave, Who died to navii hi unlive, land, Our Country' Ilaiuier col'ily wavo Aliovo llin naercd hero hand. Fence lo our nohlicr, lhon who uleep Lulled hy the requiem of fume, They rent III honor, th0 who weep In loving heart einhuliii em li name. "Ah, never hhall llm liirp't How Rindicd the life-liliM.il of her l.rnve," And llioimandi more are ready yet To il'm if d their laml vo. Hut wo iiiiimI part lime' oiiwnnl Hij,'!''. Give warninx I nnH 'l""'' "'y W,MK A heavy heart make coii not lijihl, For lhon who feel their Country' wron, Farewell 1 and nmy tho Im.w of peiieo Simiii Hpaii the laml from nlioro lo nhore, War's cloud depart, it thunder cea-e, lleavin'g hlesiii) reM on iisoncn more. copal Umiviiition of tho Northern Slate liavo turn Rivlnn lluiiiKiivc r" of troiihlu lately over tlm elnireli nfTnlrii or . . .in ri....r..l..i.iiii iMHKenoii our Mult,, inn i.oimie , linim hnvo rompluted iho orK"nl..ition or n communion of ih.-ir own, mul ' tiortlicrnem tho Iroul.lo. Tim fir.1 (Jmienil Council will iniet in AiiK'""". ou 11,0 13tb Of $ of. -JtichmonJ J'H ft. A Weekly Newnimjicr, devoted Vor. VI H. Oil KMANX'II'ATKJ.V Lmicit nioit Hon. JtoniiiiT Dai.k Owen. TUo l.ontmwnii r l.nUns 1'i'nre. To tlio Hon. Salmon 1, Clnisn, Secre tary ol llm Ti'i'iiKiiry Sir: In lirk'lrnt teriim I Nluto tlm pro limit limn which, uHtliu miliji'ct of our recent conveinulioii, I prom isiil to rt'diicu to writing. What uro tlio ruoHouuliln linpos of pence? Not thut within llm next liliy dxys I ho South, avniliiig herself of tlm term of (truce offered In the I'resi.l.-.ifd prod, itin, ' J ,,,;"vu ",r ",!0,",j imau l(,M' n,,l,ni to her irili Kinuco. I- t us not deceive our- selves. 1 lo rn uro no conditions, no Runr- lumen-no, noi u u iroii'T ner u i.iaiiK hheet on whic'i to set tin in duwu, with mi rcMrieled pen, in her own liiiinl under which h!ie will consent to reunion, except in oiio roiitituttiicy conquest, more or less compli le, hy force of iinns. Are we likely to obtain peneo hy con quest? In si'iireh of mi answer, Ii t us look close ly nt n few Miitislicul facts, l.y the census of IHbll, tlio number of while mall s between the nes ol eij-l.tnu ,.(j(m (Jf jt and u slave system in iinother, ' the Union, and incompatible with the per unit loriy live is, in thn loyal States, about fur eifrliiy years; and no one familiar with j mnnciit peace of tho country, are taken by 1,(1(1(1,0110; nnd in the disloyal SialiV our nll'iirs for a quarter of n century past tho Government, with just compensation about l,::0O,0uil; a little upward of three is ignorant that the result has been an in- made. Under circumstances lar less nr l.i one. The disproportion Feems over- cr,..ls, embittered vi-nr hv venr in ever- cent than these, the law or custom of civil- whi'hninly gniit, l!ut this calcuhition, as a 1'iisis of military strealh, is wholly fiillneious; for it iniliides persons of one color only. Out ol the above four millions tho North ii. m ivi .i...i.i. i-i Mmf siih r.ibhi exceptions, not u-u.illy extending to I'n Id labor) laborers iil.-o. Eut of the l is to provide soldiers, mul (with lueon- iree inillioiis nun a nun in sinus onneu in the rein I Siatis, about two millions may be estimated as laborers. Allow three hundred thousand of these us i inployed in donu'st v n-rv ees and oilier occupatioiis followed by women among us, and we have s. vi litem hiiinlieil thousand i.l.i nl nl mn muds, male aiel feiinile, eiieh one ofwhiih count "g 'ii t a eil eru laborer on tarni or in . iik-bop. lh. ii. of that portion of on. ol that portion of iinitaiiou wln iiee suhliirs niet onldoor labor. r nn I lie ehanies must cbii lly be la- ken the Nortln ni Siat-s have four mil-, I oils and the Soulln i n Siab .s tl.iee mil sn-jn n.sinii of hostilities we can pur I on. chase; a few years respite probably, in Supposin-.' the negroes are loyal lo their w,jdi o return to cur nniiiey-getting, b--iii i-l-r-, it fi'lloiis ih.it the true proportion 'fdr,, M. M,lM ,ursis loith anew with of sin iilIIi nviiil ibl- in this war that Is this war that is of snide r: to liht nn I a'inMs lo Miiiport th until) while lighting n.ay fairly enough lr- ink' u at Ihr. e III the J-.iiil ll to lour III r this siippns lion of a lmiil ier'nid to color, in 'iiii.om. sli.dl we idilaiu llm Ni rih. I'm South un l d, w il uu i ffni l Ii r ue; lea bv subduing hi t ; If history tench truth, we s! hi 1 1 but .NiVir, Mine the rt.'lU In gall, I band to 'i-l In r, d nine to Hams f people resoluti lv in-piled by the till-- ide.i of in hii Vilig vel fad to obtain It thi ir ni'Ii pi n h nee, It is not a century seice one II. r I o! I lie dt I'li-d (ileal llr tain lint h t us Mippne nniiibi r siiccesslully th'" ingrocs of the South loyal lo the I nion instead of to their masters, now s'a nK tlie mum r men: lu that case it is tint to a united people, but to a Confederacy dividul against itself, that we are opposed; the masters on one side; the laborers, exceeding, tin in in mini- In r, on Iho ollu r. Surpose the services of tle'st? laborers tr.ii slerred to iiJ, w hat will then be the propoi I ii hi, on eilliiT side, nt forces avail- able, directly and ind nelly, for inilitury purposes.? As about live and tnree iniirii.s io one nil'l II IIIOO, Ol I'lHI I' vi il.', i.vm.ij . i - .i.:.. i. :.. ii... ...r.i niMipTt nj ton to to. Such a u bolt solo traiii-f' r is, of coarse, impossiblti in traiiicc. Eut in so lar us Return to lier allegiaiicc, retaiiiing lur slave the transfer is possible, ami shall occur, wc: fvstem. For in the former ensu the cause approach the above results. How much wisd , under these circuin- me.K, is lh. ro in the mlvico that wo should put down tho rebellion first and settle the negro question nllerwartir i lint shall wo say of their statesmanship who, in s war hko thi, would leave out in view the prncticul e fleets ol emancipation? On the other linliil, howev. r, it is to lie ndn.iiled that African loyalty in this war will little avail us. if wo' have not good sense mid good feeling enough properly lo , reverses, and lies,, ,g a lew years urn is govern the negroes who innv enter our tire to recruit, decides to accept it iin.let ' 7 . . . -i i i ;.. 1 il ,,r . nn. I r.iimiivtrni'tmnr lints. To remit t their nni iivniiaoie, in irim I" " . ,,o first place we must triatlbem huinano. What next? Ihousands of slaves , I he,r Ivaduty we have yet t. learn, and see-! excited hopes of mancipation crushed lice on'dty boll, for their sakes ..nil our own, iug acrt.ss tho border. A fugitive slave n u list not support the... in iIU. 1 1''. r.-viv l.y peac;, deniam bug their Doubtless Ihey nre most . nicient ns labor- rendition. Popular opuroa in the Nor ,. rs ,do,',,es.a-sinean,p, ns U sters. or opposed to the law and refusing the do- "npl.'yedon iulrenchmenls nnd fortifica- ...and. Uenewed wnr tho certa... conse .! .. . ... i.. .,.i.,,i n pnfin. or ns saiiiDTS 'niniiec. I lilllH. tir li: li" - .-. . ,i . - ...f..l ss.tiit linr.1 t il il II t fl- nutl miners; or, ..s i.... - : r..l. ii.i.i nnr nn. session, ns field hands. IIIMIIt IHII Hi."-"' Hut if all these posts beeonm overlill.d, better do awtiywilh tlm necessity for fur- . a. t . a 1 ai!.... c Iher drat t III Iho iNorin "y pK"''K "; kets lu the hands en" the able-bodied men, 1 colored differenlly from ours. Ives, than lo delude their Ignorance Into llm "pii" among tho privileges of freedom is food' without work, liavo wn philanthropy mul eiiscrriion ,d. wisely to administer such a change nuiniiinnoii, oi .o.y r .. .-"v i (jehiee ness by the Uoveriimeiil, not irans- of v m lis d.lv noi. Ad.nii.istrii.iveja.io.,, provulmg lor ren.lition or runnwiiy , , (() J )t lmP .,,. n, I n , .(fairs Is not our strong slaves. Vet the South would regard sue , , () )0 ,,,,, of 10 Wlir pay- , We'would do well to benr In mind, rejection In no other l.g it . an us a s.,,,.,1 1 Wm mMnmit 0 llic r,u.t '-Li- ih,.t wiihout such capneity, not ing iiienace-a threat . deprive li'T ";,, (lierlimnnt shall not, meanwhile, have n U r only jnit o tire g mnr-Ll experinient. will prove Hiilure at .,,. linniiH-r iiblerli.ini MOIII Hgnuis, lf Does linmaily forhiil ' ,''l'(,ll1 liquid of niHwhivc.lri.ee. In so far ns humanity csucver enj-.i.. wnr nt all she PII;IM the employment, by us, ol t he AW- cai. In this; first, because his ;"J,,!,.v;";;"rl ,y shorten, hy tlirfnitricidal striig- Ke! and then ( ,!1 K' nlt.d lo n.it m C'vii"-'' ' "V?;- " ; ' nn.1 if. witlinut ns n H. wo n .... ,h liberation, mul tlms J.lHj ,,e mnybfl overbiken by J1!" 1" Kwn ill." ,(.,.k freetlon, nnd ro w " J J way. In accepting; tin1 ' ' n a soldier we tuny rrcv.i,t '"""' f " " nwssln. Hy h crc stlon of ocgro Ml- to tho Interests of the L:iloring Classes, and advocating the EG ON CITY, OREGON, J A N U A It Y 10, 18 KhiIih wo tuny avert tlm iniliscriiniimtejelcHcd, will never, while- it pursues thut iiiiiBmiere of servile insurrection. I policy, sec this war permanently closed Or in tlieru mi insuporahlo dilTiculty ol ! not even l.v nccentimr a shumeful disrup- Casio ui tlio wuy.' Jn a coiitest likely to eventuate in ceeuriu to uuotlier race tlinn I ours tho ureuti'st of temporal hlessins, I uru wo determined to hliut out that race from till kliiiro in its own liberation? Are I wo so I'liainoreil of tho Moloch, War, that wo will Miller none hut our runs to pass through the fire? Terrible iieunlty to liny, willi life and ileal!) nt stake, for a mitiuiiul prejudice i.L-ainst tho .Southern I'ariali. As lo the duly of our ruler in the pmn- iH(,Hj j talllot N,0 ncl.or(lil,K t0 w)mt irill. ci10 of elli(!H a Government, churKed will) ,lin i;..,.a f miymH. ii iii ,l,,a ,,f pultllii' , a niguntio rebellion and llio restoring ol , tranquility to the laud, lius the ri'lit, in , th1) hour of its utmost need, to scorn a vast ehiiieiit of streiilli pluued within its I reach mul nt its disposal; nor why, if it re fuses lo avail ilself of sueli mi cleniiiit, it should not he held rcsponsililc for the lives ! it sacrifices and the hopes it hlilits. ti have tried the experiment of a leu t.r Union .willi u freelubor system in one ! Accelerated ratio ol dissensions, of sec- tiouul jealousies, of nntioinil heartburnings. I When, eiuhleen months since, these cnlmi- I nateil in war. it was but the issue which ' onr H,vsi utatcMnnn, looking sorrowfully j iiiio ino nn lire, iiiiu lo-ig sine (llt ft hile yet ut peaco am U,c iidliicnec of revolutionary n i ;,,, n,0 f ,,t uro, hud long since foretold, and with ull lonnrv n iniiiiscences ,,.mijr the cau-e ot Union, this diversity , 0f labor systems, producintr variance of, ,.,rai'ter and iihenal ion of lei linf nruved stronger to dii ide than all past memories ull, r-si-itf iuten sis to unite, w hat chance 1 js (.rf. ,ut jS baneful power for evil ' should cease now. w hen to thoiedits of f,,,,,.;,., iijurit s in other years nre added! lv rt collect ions of the teiribhi realities en- acted on a hundred bloody battle fields. acted on a hundred bloody battlefields, fioiu w hich the smoke has sealci ly passed ,Mav? None the n molest ! irn-rid force: but if wo ,,:lihi ri d force; bat if wo look bevond ! K,.i.h:ss and the nre.sent: if our children are ill our thoughts; II we aro sullcniig stirring eveius nan iiir-micniug uimeavins and expi ndiiig now, that they, in a land j that have been crowded into the eventful of prosperity, limy live and ilic in pc.ic", I mouths. In such days ns these abuses ri then we must net so tluil the result shall ' pen rapidly. Their consequences mature, endure. We must not be content lo put j Their ultimate tendencies become apparent, eff the evil day. The root of tho evil We ore reminded of their transitory char the pregnant cau-o of the war that must neter. We arc reminded that, although be trad .ci ( ed . for the time, and in a certain stage ol hii- F.cporl has il that a Wisd ni politician ' man progress, some abuses may have their n n -in I v proposed, ns the best solution of j temporary use, and for this, under God's our il lhVnltiis, the recognition of slavery ! economy, may have been suffered to con in all the Slates. Such nn idea has n basis I tinue. vet nil abuses liavo hut a limited , . i . . . . . e ... ol war i nuiong ns, the necessary result of con- Hiding labor systems. Such nn idea might tvcii be carr.eit out, autl lead 10 peace, nui , ,r t li :t t progressive- spirit of Christian civ.lizalioli, which we dare not openly out rage, how iinpi rfictly soever we obey its Immune behests. There are a thousand r ii.-onspengrapli- j.-ul, comui'Ti'iul, political, iutt rnalioiud why we should not consent to ii separation into two Coult ilerneies; it is a contingency 1 ,,,,t to be thought of or entertained; but ! if we look nnri ly to the conditions of last- nig pence, tho eiianco ol niaiiiiainilig u .1 i... r... i...u..n irii, i.f,.t...i.i,iii,.ii IHIIIIII III' llll UlUO II Hi" mgijiiii.i. m' wi would be far better if tho independence of I the South were to be recognizee with her ; Iruroes eniniicipnted, liuili if sho were of dissension being uprooted, tho tendency would be to n unite, nun n lew years inigni see us a single nation again; while, in the latter, a constantly nctive source 01 irritn- lion sun rxisiuig, inrec jeum .., J time would not elapse without bringing cuiness tpiauin mm o.nu Conceive) reunion with slavery still in f X- Isle nee. ininguio jsomueru .np.....i in power among u, oflcring com promises, Suppose the South, exhausted by military . Or take, even, the alternative of recog nitionrecognition of an iiidepeiiilciil I on- , . federacy, still slavcholding. Are we, llun -becoming the solo exception nmong "'O; I . . . i a l. ... .1 I. 1 1 lit n I'll n II Ptin I V lB file! nuium oi me en... I .". s ders mid abettors or the slnvo system or n foreign nation, by ngreeiug to return " her negro refugees seeking liberty nnd an asylum among us? Nulmnnl ' .. respect llliperilliveiy io. tn ...i. - , " " I'nblic , 1 ! .',,..' , i a 1 I I II. a ntf .! nu n Itnvn ns a base ; stipn-j , h. . h. regan , . nrr - " n ny v , . . jj....... ........ rii'M niiiiin ue, imi-' - --- nion uriideiice, iniiinlnii. nil "long that f nil- ice? h.ua imrder linn nn nrmr.l slave pl Are wu to consent to this? And if we do, shall we escape border raids after fleeing fug lives? No sane limn win expect ii, Am wo to suffer these? Are wn In resent them? We arc dugraecd. It is a renewal of ltilitles. , ,( never change .hnfnct thai - 7 l.arty obtaining tho control or the fl ' p'riini;ilt ,,, nde.pting Hm policy that , , ,Utmcl)l ri19 emancipation question .tJ bo rP'd till the war shall b. w f ol trulli. niiiniiv, llial a suuc oi war.nie tion of our country lint it tumnuipntion Is to avail us os a pence measure, we must adopt it boldly, resolutely, effectually. It must be general, not purtinl; extending not to tho slaves of rebels only, but to every slave on this con tinent. Kven if it were practicable, which it is not, with slavery non existent in the Northern States nnd abolished in those which persist in rebellion, to niuiutnin it in tho nnrrow border stvip, it is precisely there where iicjrro fugitives can tho most readily escape, that its inniiiteiiunco would the most certainly lead to wur. Can this great pence tneasuro be consti tutionally enacted? A proclamation or (the more nppropri nto form) an Act of (jencrul Emancipa tion, should, in its preamble, Bet forth in substance that tho claims to service or la bor of which it deprives certain persons having been proved by recent events to he of a clmracter nidaii(tering tho supremacy of tho law. ieonardizin'' tho iiiteirrily ol ized nations, based on considerations of public utility, authorizes such tuking of pri- j vate property for public use. We our selves ore familiar with its oniratiou. When n conflagration in a city threatens to spread far, houses in the line of its pro- gress may legally bu seized and destroyed by the iiutnoruies in oruer to urres' n ami the owners nre not heht to have iieen wronired if they arc paid for such losses under an eouitablo iiiipruisetnent. Eut it is not the existence of part of a city that is now endangered; it is the integrity of one j among the lirst powers in the world that is niemieed with destruction Tim truth of the preamble susgested has become, in my judgment, incontrovertible. It will receive tho assent ol nn overwhelm ing majority of the pi opto ol the loyul States. I he public sentiment of Europe will ndmit ils truth. Eet us confiss that such a preamble, ns prefaco to Act or proclamation, could not have commanded the assent of more than a small fr iction of our people, only two short years ugo two years, ns we reckon time: a generation, if we calculate by the ' , f 'I'l.. I'lii) E:ght only is eternal. Tho rebellion, teacher nnd creator ns well ns Fcourg' nnd destroyer, by sternly laying bare the imminent (lunger of slave ry, has created the constitutionality of emancipation, ll has done more. It litis mntli emancipation a bounden political diitv, ns well ns a strictly constitutional right. Can we, in declaring emancipation, le gally nvoitl the payment, f ny $200,(100,000, in the shape of compensation to loyal slave holders.? Not if a slaveholder's right to service and labor from his slaves, when not forfeit- .I l.v ir.insoii is le nd On humanitarian ti n " v., . 'j i. fs " I grounds the legality ol that r.ght has been toltlenied. Eut a construction 01 the tonsil- i. in,i nfU-nr.o in such deninl. nnd ncnniesc- ed in by the nation throughout more than two ircncrntions, is held by most men to be two generations, is held by most men 10 ne reason sufficient why the right in question should be regarded ns privnto property. If it be private property, then, except by violating tho fifth article of tho amend ments to the Constitution it cannot be ta ken for public use without just compensa tion. To violate any nrtielc of tho Con stitution is a revolutionary net; but such nets cost a nation more thnn a few huudred thousand dollars. The risk that ft future decision of the Supremo Court might declare emancipa tion without compensation to bo unconsti tutional, is of itself sufficient justification of tho l'resident's policy, oorrespnnding to the above suggestions, in this matter. Such compensation will bo unpopular with many. Wiso nnd just nets, when (hey luvolvo sacrifices, frequently urc. A wrong long tolerated commonly entails a penalty, which is seldom cheerfully paid. Vet even on other grounds wo ought not in this case to begrudge the money. Who deserves better of their country than those i lllM'lllil "l-" I ' J , w, jl( ,C ,orjcP Stairs, have j , tf , tl(.ir loyulty through ull tlio dark " 10ur!( 0r..ri even to liler , pr(,piin,j0H, rnt.ir.dly suggest themselves 1 nllinst fllS(, pn.t,.,ces or loyally. It seems , (. M,iMlt ,llt 10 w10 R:ul mv0 proved , i(t () iki owll(.r 0fc,.rtain slaves, ! nml lllsll that no lias ever Dceu loyal to me .... .-a i union, siionui receive a mi. ....... Union, shoiihl receive from his loyalty. Kv. rr such claimant, once recognizee!, would feel himself to be, by his own net, the citizen of a free State; ono of us, do- .M'icli'il forever from the Sonlhrrn lengno. I A Uoveriiine.il siocKiioiuer, no nuinu w i eni.it. nee uiilarilv interested in the support of tho Government nnd tho restoration of pence. Kven If the Legislatures of tlm border States should not initiate such policy, the loynl men of these States will accept it. Such a mensuro does not imolvo ex pense lu conveying the liberated negro to other countries. It hns hilherlo, Indeed, been usual policy in slave Slnles to elis ponrae;?, ss dangerous, tlio residence thore side of Truth in every issue. 03. No. G9. of free blacks; and hence un idea that eol oui.ation should bo tho concomitant of emancipation. Of general emancipation thcro is no need whatever that it should be. Tlio-o who take up such on idea for get thut the jealousy with which 'slavehol ders regard the presence ol rreo negroes, springs out or the dread that these may in feet with a desire for freedom tho sluves around them, thus rendering them insubor dinate. Hut when all uro frc there will be no slaves to incite, nor any chains to lu broken by resort to insurrection. It is no business of ours either to decide, for the liberated negro, whero he shall dwell, or to furnish his traveling expenses. Freemen, black or white, should select their own dwelling place nnd pny their own way. As to the fo irs of competition in labor, sought to bo excited in the minds of the Northern working man, they !ive founda tion only in case em incipiition be refused, . - . . . M ... 1 , I -. I. ror suclikn Tiisal would Uoou me isorin wun fugitives. If, on the contrary, eman cipation be carried out, the strong local at tachments of the negro will induce him, with rarest exceptions, to remain as a h'red laborer where lie works as a slave. Tims Iminaiio masters will not lack sufficient working hands, of which colonization would deprive them. And if, notwithstanding the probablo rise of Southern staples, prof- its, nt first, should be less, the security of the planter will oo greater, no win no longer lie down at night uncertain whether th" morning's news niny not bo that his slaves have risen against him. This is the proper view of the question. But all edicts, nil proclamation, bow wise and righteous soever, uro but idle announce- nuiits now, if we lack courage and conduct to enforce them Courage wo have. Enw levies tiehave like veterans. The skeletons of regiments reduced to one-tenth their original number, attest the desperate valor with which they confronted death. Not with tho rank and file is the blame. The leadersl There has beeu the secret of failure. With ull the advantages of a just cause over our enemies, we huve suffered them to outdo us in earnestness. We lack the enthusiasm which made irresistible the charge of Cromwell's Ironsides. We need the invincible impulse of a sentiment. We want, above nil, lenders who know and fei l what they nre fightin? for. This is a wnr in which merceiiaries avail not. There must be a higher motive than the pay of a Swiss a holier duty urging on, than the professional pride or the blind obedience of a soldier. Ey parliamentary usage a pro posed mensurc is intrusted, for fostering cn re, to its friends. So should this wnr be. Its conduct should be confided to men whose hearts and souli are iu it. Again. It has long been one of our national sins that we pass by, with scarce ly n rebuke, the gravest public offenses. Wo utterly fail in holding to a strict nc conntabilit'y our public men. The result of such failure, in peace, hail almost es caped our notice. In war we have now beheld its e ffects, flagrant nnd terrible. It was not to be expected that err.ong so manv thousands of officers suddenly np- pointed there should not be some hundreds of incompetents. Such things must be. No one is to blame if, in field or garden, weeds spring up The bia..,e rests with him who leaves them there to choko the crop and cumber the ground. Accountability that should be the watchword accountability, stern, mire- lenting! Office has its emoluments; let it have its responsibilities also. Eet lis do- . . 1 ,1 . (mm mnnn, ns .npo eo., , ,,., .... - . . our lentiers. i ue inn: Wnr needs hnrsh rules. Actions nre not to be measured in wnr by tho standard of I pence. The sentinel, worn by extreme fa pence tigue, who sleeps nt his post, incur.? the pennliy of death. Thero is mercy in Courtsmnrlinl drnuihend Courtsmnrtial. A doen officers shot, whenever tho gravi ty of the offense demands it, may be tho saving of life to tens of thousands of brave men. Kightcen months havo passed. Eight hundred millions liavo been spent. We hove a million of armed men in the field. Mora than a hundred thousand rest in sol diers' graves. And for nil this what re sult? Is it strnngo if sometimes tho heart sinks nnd resolution fails nt the thought that, from sheer administrative infirmity, tho vast sacrifice may have been all in vain? I!utlet the pnst go! Its fatal faults (difficult, perhaps, to avoid, under nu cf lort so sudden and so vast,) can never be recalled. Doubtless they had their use. It needed the grievous incapacity we have witnessed, the stinging reverses wo have suffered, the invasion of Ireo- Stntes we havo lived to see commenced; it needed the hecatombs of dead piled up unnvailingly on bnllle field after bnttlo Geld tho desolate hearths, the broken henrted survivors it needed nil this to pave tho way for that enmncipntion which is tho only harbinger of peace. Tho Future! that is still onrs to improve. Nor, If some clouds yet rest upon it, is it without bright promise. Signs of nascent activity, energy and n resolution to hold nccoiintahlo for tho issuo the lenders of our unities, nrn daily nppnrent. Better than nil, the initiative In a true lino of policy has been taken. The 22d of September has hod its effect. Tlio pnth of fafety Is before us; steep nnd rugged indeed, but no longer doubtful nor obscure. A lamp has been lit to guido onr steps; a lump that niny burn morn brightly before a new yenr dnwns upon us. The noblo prnyer of Ajnx hns been vouchsnfed In our case. At last we havo light to fight by. W shnll r-nch ft quiet haven if wo hut follow faithfully nnd persevcringly that guiding l'ght. There Is, nt this moment, In tho henrls of ill g6d men throughout thn length nnd brendtl. of the Innd, no deeper feeling, no more enroest longing, thnn for peaeoj pence not for the tiny, not to last for fow years; RATES OF ADVERTISINGS J' One Kimro (twelve lints, or lew, bruvier mriwure) one insertion , $.1 Uu Kuch luliequent enertlon.., 1 00 liuninemi card ono year SO 00 A liberal deduction will be made to tboee who advertise by the year. u . -- " on the margin of nn advertisement, otherwhe it Tlm llltnitipr fif liiMrlinna JintiM k. ml.t win ue puuasnea uu roriudiien, and charged ic cordingly. tJT Obiluaty noticos will be Charged half the abuve mtt'i of advertiung. C2T J" I'am riKO ecouted with neatneea auil disputch. Payment fur Juh Printing mutt hi made o d'Hrerv nf the trork. but pence, on a foundation of rock, for our selves and for our children after us. May tho hearts of our rulers bo opened to the conviction thut they can purchase only a shambling counterfeit except at ono cost! God givo them to see, cro il be too late, that tho price of enduring peace is general emancipation! I am, sir, your obedient servant, RoiiF.nr Dale Owe.v, New Yohk, November 10, 1802. Work or ltics.Mohuma.11 Capture of the Vanderhilt steamer, Artel, en route from Ntw York to Axpinwall. At about 2 o'clock p. t., on Saturday, the 7 th Dec, a " bark iu sight" was report ed to Cupt. Jones. The Captain immedi ately left the dinner table lor tho deck. Tho vessel was just coming out of the sun glare, closo to Capo Maze, when Captain Jones mndo her out to be English built, and saw she was & propeller. Ho immedi ately ordered all steam to be put on. The propeller hoisted the American flag and and gave chase. The Ariel, a slow craft, was going only about 8 knots nu hour, nnd the Alubninn, under steam alone, at ll knots. When she g ive chase sho was only about four miles off. Sho soon got close to tho Ariel, when she hoisted the Con federate flag, nnd fired a blank shot. Tho Ariel paid no attention, but kept on, when she fired two shells siinultuneuusly one a steel-pointed one, which explodes immedi ately on striking nn object, nnd tho other a common fuso skill. Fortunately the stcel-pointcd shell passed over the vessel, but tho round ono struck the foremast above tho hurricane deck, cutting nwny nearly tho size of the shell. The 140 ma rines nnd officers on board the Ariel at this tirus were drawn up for resistance, which Capt. Jones insisted upon making; 'huV Com. Sartori and Mnj. Garland, seeing tho futility of defense, ordered the men to be disarmed and sent below. Tho Ariel then hove to and hauled down her flag. Soon Lieut. Low, a young officer, camff on board and called fur tho ship's papers, manifests, etc., which wore given him as suring the passengers, who wero very much frightened, that not a hair of their heads should be despoiled, and not a dollar of ihcir property touched. Finding thcro were 140 marines on board, he communi cated with Ciipt. Sennues, who ordered that they and all officers should be paroled not to servo ngnmst tlio Confederate Stutcs, nor in any manner serve the United States during the war," which, of course, had to be agreed to. I he tnouey on board the ship was then demanded, and $3,000 in Treasury Notes, belonging to Wells Fargo it Co., and $1,500 in coin, belong ing to other parties, was taken. Being assured that tho Ariel had no letter mail the sacks wero not overhnnled. The sacks of Wells, Furgo i Co., those of the Pana ma Railroad Company, and tho State De partment sncks for tho U. S. Consul at Aspiuwull, all came safe to hand. The sails of tlio Ariel were cut away and thrown overboard, aud that was all tho in jury done to the vessel. At durk a valve of the Ariel was taken out and carried to the Alabama, thus disabling her. The Alabama then left her and cruised about for other vessels. Next morning she re stored the valve nnd kept company as be fore, only the Alabama would occasionally dart off at the sight of n sail, and finding her not American, would return to the charge of her game , which she had plenty of time to do, going, as sho did, two knots to the Ariel one. On the 8th, Monday, stood for Jamaica, chasing vessels occasionally as before, nnd so np to Tuesday night, ut 10 o'clock, w hen a light was made near "Kingston. All this time, C.ipt. Scmmcs seemed at a loss to know what to do with the Ariel with her 800 souls, ns il lis hud won an elephant in a radio. lie finally let go his hold on her aud sho proceeded on licr voy age. Cupt. Jones bonded tho vessel aud car go to tho Confederate Government the vessel for $125,000, cargo $123,000, freight 1 "2,000, pnynblo thirty days after the independence, of tho Confederate States. CuT The Washington Republican says: The removal of Gen. McCIcllun occasions little surprise, being regarded ns the natn ral seqnenco of tho Northern elections. " Imbecility'' (wo use John Vnn Buren'a word) in tho conduct of the war having been tho great point mndo by the democ racy, their partial success on that Issue could be construed in no other wny than as an indication of a popular wish that there should bo a change in the command of our ' principal army. To this wish tho Presi dent lias promptly anil patriotically re sponded, nnd the democratic party mny bo ussnrcd that they are now to have that " more vigorous'' prosecution of tho war for which they have clamored. Whether they will relish it, or not, oftcr they get it, is another mutter. lUuKt. Oitraoe Rev. Mr. Owen, a fugitivo from tho rebel power in Mississippi, in a recent speech related tho following outrngo as having como to his knowledge: " A Union man in Mississippi, named Newmnn was seized by a party ol rebel cavalry. They debated how they would disposo of him. Somo were in favor of hanging, ami somo ndvocnted shooting; but finally they procured scalding water and scalded him to death. They then hung up the corpso nnd put a lubel on Hi breost, stating that wboever should take it , down and bury it, would ho served In tho sumo wny. Tho men who aided In his (Mr. Owen's) cscupo, did, however, come by night aud cut down nnd bory the corpse." jar Lord Pnlmerston, on the 29th Oct , entered his 70th year. I i I i ,