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trnyther doetrine than this wilLfatally wa5naWt5Teedr I IOIIN HPEEIl, Editor. j. thrown off that protection, and placed themselves underlhe'laK of nations alone, it is not only our du- ly.io.ifnocK on every snactie irom every "So far as pther hations are con- ccrnea, mere is not a. Biarve in tne uon- federate talcsY As we, have seen, the law of nations fixestheir condition. By that law no man can hold property in man.

rhillimore (1. Daire olb, cnapter sev- entceiiT) says: i -i I i Jtlhese as a property whicn it is equally unlawful for btates ot in aiviadalaito possessprdperty jit. A being endowed with intellect, passion -and copscienc, cannot be ac quired and alienated, bought and sold bv his-fellow beinjrs, like an maniiuaie irresponsible or an unrcnectm'' and thinjr." The Christian vrorld.has slowly but lrrevocaoTv arrived at the attainment of this great truth and its sound has goiie but into all lands, and its voice iii'to thtf ends of the world." The black man is uo more capable of being a chattel than the white man' Such, thaGod; is nt? last1 the law of tho civilized world. And who is there base enough in this Bepublic to wish lit otherwise, or to attempt to evade it? He who howwishes to establish Union as it'was," and to retain the Constitu-tiAn-asit escitpe the guilt of attempting to enslave his fellow men. But something more vjnust be done than to declare 'all men Tree in rebel States.

Supposing them now to be con- qucrea, untu some legislation oyuie con-(jueror takes place as among themselves, their, old laws and will remain. Until we declare otherwise, sla very will be among their municipal laws, and will bind them their intercourse with each other. Even if you were to liberate, every. ave now; and then readmit them into the Union as free States. the moment they- had acquired that standing, they would re-establish slavery ana enslave every man oi color witnin their limjb.

canpreYentthis only by amending the Constitution of the United States, forever in this Republic. The Union as it was and the Constitution as it is," is an, atrocious jdea, Jt is (There -ih ft class -ofVery respectable men whose vocation and habitual reverence for the Unloft compel th-m openly to condemn secession, and yet whose ar- gug(htindg means Tor its suppression how that whole souls. secret are witn tne rebels, ineyarelabonnfrnard to establish, principleswhich, when, the traitors are subdued, will readmit them both as States and individuals to all their ancient rights and privileges io he right to enter Congress and control Qur.cOynOlls. mifetakin- he argument, they contend that the war. has not abolished govern-' ments.

observe tnat a very excellent Republican member of the last Cori- X)hjqi)islcited aKh'dlfing hat the rebellion has not destroyed State governments. I have never sur- namper them when they come to re-es- To gentlemen 'who inembers of the I laslflofiVrPwa i.liTit.-1rPntit.inn i At I $eMlr? '017 danced the same aid' t'oiavc repeal i edem onfall oqcasions that VIdeemed TTHTim Diti'nn'" 1, ktXa nv (linn rtnta proper They were not then quite acceptable to either side of the House. BufT amglad to. find that the Presi dent, alter careful consFderation has come to the sameconclusion. In de-1 tails, we mav not auite asrree.but-his plan of reconstruction assumes the-same general 'grounds.

It proposes to treat nie tvuvi lerniory as a conqueror aionei -1 would treat it. His plan is wholly outside if and unknown1 ta" the- Constitu tion. But it is within the legitimate provincePof the liws of. war. legal mind nnV fifiitltfi; nations and reached a just conclusion.

The condition of the rebel States having thus fixed, re-construction beoomes easier auestioh, (because we are untrammeled bv municipal compacts ana laws tnat reiuge ot conservative sympathizers with our' "erring ren." The President may not strike as uireeii a uiow witn a battering-ram against this. Babel, as gome impetuous gentlemen i would desire, but with his shrewdness and caution he is picking mortar from the joints ccuiudHj mo luwcr wm xaii. 1 1 '11 11 I hen tofreNprth shall be united, When that' Odibus' Partv Which is inSDir- ed by the love of slavery alone shall have sunk into utter contempt, and be despised of all men, then will the trai tors Tieartssinit withinth(fem then ''Will the brave' freemen' oHhe North, aided by persecuted loyal men of the South. bear aloft the banner of the Union from the' lakes to the1 Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Having crushed intQ atomatheephem merai empire, wnose corner-stone was sia- very, they will establish a united" and enng natum on me i 1 1 i i'ir i i nosspssinor mnfsf.Tprfilftsnil nn1 orprr variet? wilt aboudd with untold wealth, and swarm with mil-.

lionsf ust intelligent, brave freer men, who will bid defiance to all the despots of the earth- i Decidedly Cool. Qurr, readers aro all acquainted with the fact that Mr." is he owner of a splendid McarriageihorieC Wednesday night some horse thieve a took the hinges off his barn door very carefully and laid the door1 inside preparatoryto leading 'Tom' out of their stable. Judge of their surprise, heh u'poniveBteriog; the-barn they-fotiildthe objecdf their search was not there. These horse thieves shjoujftba shot sight I Show thfe scoundre-s no mercy. St.

Jo. Herald. 'The wBrattteb6rb 1 cavalry "regiment was convulsed the. other pight by one of their number, who is the dryest of chaps' remarking in relation to one of his comrades who was snoring vocifer ously ever heard snore Old Hundred without A Dutch member of the Kansas As sembly, having 'returned home from a plied he, but I1 have cleared erne. sand dollars on senatorial question thick-headed by thWltev; Sydney Smith'in 'an argu took-his revengeT by-exclaiming "xi uau a sun who was an miot, jl would.

make him a 7 "Very Sidney; '''but I see your lather had a different opinion. i i A-Des- Moines. Iowa. disDateh savs the Eepublican 'td be held on the 22d of February, will be" unanimous for the rcnommation of Pres iiiniznH oV7 i The reputation which a man wins andJi.cepsjap by cSniing devices is aure not to survive him, as an artificial nose made by the Taliscotian process is said to drop off as won as the wearer dies, IJMksl Says The 4)read of life is lovO the salt of life is work; the sugar of life-is poetry; and the Water of life is faith' Mits. Partington says "that when she was a'gal she used to go to parties ana always nau a Deau to extort ner home.

it A uaKTTY.foot is generally. an indica session, was askea by a neigbor what had Dden "done- ))j theLegisiatufe. I don't know what others ihave donef re i I Virginia, said it could feed dquble that number; if not, the 'soonVrNwe-make terms with Lincoln the, better. VJxeryDoay expctsnanextspnng will le the i hardest and most decisive campaign of an-A 7 vJoA- State couldT not stand another draft-This was the opinion of the enrolling: officerswhajrecen mond. Mr.

Holcomb, of Va, thought the eak point of the! there. Finance and the policy ofrthe South were to. procrastinate the war. Our last' corps were far below lie Take a-way aporc meBfand staTTa-tfonSdll-beHhe intvitableVestiltl ttier speeches were, made, and the bill under discussion passed 41 against 81. It amend! the conscription" law so as td exempt farmers and planters, condition of theif giving alt' additTonaltenth of their productions for the use of the Un the following dayjafter the debate, a hill passed Vto impress all 'male free negroes between 18 and to' work on oh fortifications and in the productien or preparation ot material of or in military hospi They are to 'Wpaid 11 per, month Alsbto employ 20,000 slaves in a1 similar manner and at the same rate or compensation, the owners-to receive full pay for, those die in the service or escape to theenemyj and, aIso; allowing the impressment of slaves in any military department where they cax he obtained Jm the above manner, to thenumber of.52p;000,.

they they to be paid for.as.aboxe.v. Free negroes are to be in all cases impressed first. Cincinnati, Feb. 11. ville yesterday Report do'mmunication with Cumberland ut offr and near-fyWot Kafc Tenudssee inessmhof the rebels.

The1 small pox prevails to an alarming; extent at Knoxville. arniy of th'eumDefland is in splendidvconditionvandvthe troops draw tull rations. Most of the rebel army is at Dalton. Johnstoh's headquarters are.afc'Atlanta. Nearly all the Tennessee brigades and two-thirds of the' Kentucky regiments have been sent South, ostensibly to assist in holding Mobile, but in reality to prevent esertioiis.

TT 4 Veteran rfgimntalliave ccminlenced returning- to the army of the I IT-! i KTil 1 1 i 'i 1 Awrr STJBBEIES. o.t.i ci OmCK I)KPOT COXVI89ART, 10,1864. SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE at tlili'oflke uitfl 12 o'clbck, 24th, 1864, Hr fnrniHhirig ilke followinifsiori BnbBlitica Department. For deiiTering during the uonth of 1564: CLEAR I i. Kew double Racked, the pater wick 'to be new gunnies, double sewed the inner to be nev, gtrong cotton.

m' to be delivered dnrinjrthe month of MajTj 1S64. Tlie meat to be inspected by a duly authorized Inspector, or tome perBort-nelected by the Subsistence Department Tin bkln.n iljbe rereired mnleiw from yartfeu knonn to from twbreMn-etble pnrtkn for the faithful performance ef the contract, if awarded. The cost of the nacks to be Included in the price of thfeaHicK! ii A 4 .1 1 i i 2 2 Bids for 200,000 lbs. or Meat v-J be considered. 'To be deliTered wtthoiit expense tct thft UuItedStitcf, at the tttoreltouses of the Depot Commiaaary at 5 z.i FORT LEAVENWORTHr KANSAS.

I i -T I The right to reject toy Wall of the bid is reserved U-tl YM'l I-f To be made in such funds as may be furnish e4 by 1 United States for public disburseiiieni. XL I iVrppoaibvtp. bo lijclsear l.CX pcoposals rdft feblttd "'-lia 6ipi2d Iirf: TiiptCna88ary. rjHie "JGaiettTfiSi sdecialTVaysT berths irom Knoxville, who arrived at Nash- reiegra' fBBPOETED iobthe kassas daily tkibuxe.I U- rom cien. Banks's Department.

Debate In the Rebel Congress, Negroes to be Employed in the NIGHT DISPATCHES. ll. mraar tore build the President Halifax Feb. 11. In the' Admiralty, Court yesterday, me Juuge uiruuieu iuui.

ino.uesapeaKe her cargo should be restored to ttte owners upon the payment of legal ex- penses. uiuaj ueuieu ue ueuverea Monday. Baltimore.1 Feb. 11. Montgomery, Mail says' rumors of an evacuation of Richmond are gain- iingcreait.

is movement on foot which' will create more consterna finn at. than n.nvfTiinv"'1i1 ything' that has occurred during the. war, Baltimore, FebV 1 Mr. Spere, expelled from Gen. But ler's Department as correspondent i of the NV Jt World and News.

'eaya he ri written but two letters for the Worfa and: 'one. for the News, all of a i strict jjf hews character, and, that no address 'j or letter from his pen has been copied into a Southern was engaged kidded simply' to forward nprq ttv by fla of truCe br-other channels' 1 i pANDY. 11. Th fJhelsea from Liverpool 28th and -Vlg? The following is the City of Wash- intOn's news, dated Liverpool 28. and Queenstown 29.

It has just arrived The Danisli question is unchanged. It is asserted the' British' rOvernment sent' notes Vienna and Berlin, and that France is insincere with England, The Danish minister has i i i 11. The Committee onvWays and Means agreed this to the Senate amend ment to the whsky bill. Among other inings, it strides on tne, tax on jwnisivy on hancLnr.f.;? AFTERNOON DISPATCHES -New February 1Q. steamer Mississippi has arrived froih 'New Orleans, with' dates to the 4th inst; v.

i The7 steamer with 800. colored soldiers-the ulst Missouri Cokred-f-s unk on the night of the 1 st of February, 55 miles above New Orleansi No lives were lost. v'(xeti BahTs 'has'isueda lengthygeq- eral regulation ion the subject of com- pensatiug plantation nxing tne, ratio thereof, interdicting- flogging and the sale of intoxicating drinks to plantation bands; and stating jthit the enlistment of soldiers from plantations PQtLbec permitted wjthoTntcjorders trom the Uovernment. MTAi New York, Feb. 10.

The IleraliT special from the army of the Potomac, dated lGth, says Mose by was on the old Bull Run battlefield fl- pear Manassastlast evening. Seahury. Adjutant -General On Gen. led'd small columh, which, cqdIortcm Ford and. made ja gallant' charge oiT the febel ''pickets, iieutr Shields, of Gen.

Hays' shotlthrcmglilthe lungs but3 'will probably recover. Washington, ieb. 10. The "LeoisUture of Virsrinia has ad 1 Vs" dieZ JNo Senator was fill the vacancys occasioned by the death -of Mir. it is believed the action of the convention will make an; extra session ineccaryy wnei ari clectioii.

ifor -Senitorawill pfobahly Washington, February 10. The 1 imen special says a letter received here to-day ant oScer under Gen. Banks, at Brownville. Texas, says the1 Mexicans aref reorganningi their armies for, spring: They are-: confident of their ability, to drive the' country before next fall lOBK. 11.1 In the occurred on the questionTpf jConscrrp-1 Mr.

Smith, of North 'Ckroliila; 1L yesterday with 500 men. The guerr lgljBkirjnishedwith our piclejaj i FOR i PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. John Went worth said once of Ste- pfcen A. Uoaglas, tnat nc was reaay xo sacrifice jyprjthin, even his country, for i horse tornle into-ofEec and he jrot it in the Missouri Compromise. inclination political men The of this 0c is to find some hohhy that is likely to bo favorite, with the people, and thereon they hope to gaiu distinction 'nmF honor The'mari who has true ability, needs no other means than his own irenius to meet with common favor.

But die man of more ambition than brains, feels the necessity of something more than his own intrinsic merits to secure ad 1 vanccment. Such men are always look ing for some theory in politics' that bids Taif lo popular; andf; with wonderful eagerness throw themselves astride this charger as "a hobby, and, with whip and spur, become the most eager of the Wrong of political us Such men' Ji. V. J. seldom, if ever, investigate with care any political theory.

Is it sound, reasonable and just, and in harmony with the crenius of our institutions, arc qucs-ttona that Mldom trouble thiru; They spend no time in solving them. Will it bo popular, is the main question-with these aspirants. It by no means follows that these public men may not be likely to take the right side of- important political issues. The likelihood is they will be found on the right side, as the great undei'-cur-rent of public sentiment is almost, if not always, in the right direction. But, the tide is caused thus to flow before our hobby political aspirants that thoy may ch(b3so" their 'Instead of benefitting a good cause, they retard it.

Being self-willed, political, weather wains, tney reap ecu advancement through -other, men's Being jr. iii.v'vj" il I JxC of necessity devoid of that broad and comprehensive view based on some defined principles of -which characterize rtho, true, Btatesuiairr they are simply dwelling upon their one isolated principle, bo it ever so until the real vigor ot favorite one and disgust tho public," mind by over-action and perfect weariness. The fewer of irueh politicians we have, the better it will bo for our State and country. The beauty and supreme excellence of republican, institutions consist in the fact that there are many principles combined: its theif basis." Destroy the beautiful symmetry that exists and give un- uae prominence to some one from the many, and- deformity is the pure result In the oody politic, eritailing upon the people all the evils of hobby- um, which is one of -the most danprerous isms of our age. I A.

KQ of brandy passed up by ex press for the use of the Gubernatorial man, iahis farce of Senator. It ar rived, and soon a vessel was carried into the Executive chamber on a waiter, and i 3heholc wmpiny-Cjord thetically made use of it. The liquids flowed fraternally, as 4 "Ormt itTMiM from 1IUI Minttfiu ffor." tJOX. Til ADDEl'S STKYEXS OX SLAYERT. 22dtof January, Hon.

Thad deus Stevens, of Tennsylvania, made a very able speech on that portion whichr relates to the institution olavery. AVo wisK we could find room in our little daily fur flirt orhnlrt rwrrl I 1 mm fc WW 1 But if a disgraceful peace were made, leaving the cause of this re-' iMJiiiow, ana meiruiucx cause oi'iuture wars, uniuucnea ana livings its au thors would be' objects 'of the dcep- ct execrauon xna oi ma niacKest inta noU3.U0U Aboliibnpcproperly tu 7' hY ,71 MnsiittfiVri of sired to disturb it tho There (i pfbsed that it did On'fhe btherhand, Irs? believe the State crovernments in the rebel be as perfect now lid before the rebellion." "-i'r-. i that proves what thpse conserva tive gentlemen would wish to avoid, that being subsisting States, capable of 'cor porate, action, they have a. jUtes changed their4 allcglaiice from the United State to theCon federates Utcs- and that airilie inhabitants of sucli nostile corporations havcforfcited ail rights -under thpConstutioa whichjthey re nounced; and that they are torcver estopped of claiming 'the Union as it wasr is indeed trua that the United States' may give 'fchenr those rights if it chooses, they cannot them. Nor do claim-that the rebellioii has abolished slavery far as it respects tho, citizens of the rebel Over them the State laws have full power uiir til changed; by theJonqucror its to all the rest of the world, as to the jUttiled Statcsandibrcign naious, there is no law, no rule of international action which requires them to respect the slave laws oi the btates.

Foreign nations never were thus bound, and have" never so regarded them. A slave escaping troni South Carolina to Canada, or Jamaica, is free, and there is no comity of nations which requires his return to his master. Were it sot for single provision of-the Con-tirutt6rit veve'ry -Statof the would have been on the same footing 'as foreign, nations. provisionthank God, is uovr dead-skilled by tha traitors themselves. All this struggle by calm', and dignified and' moderate patriots all this clamor against radicals all this cry ''the as it was and the Constitution as it is is' but a persistent effort to re-establish slavery and! to ana iorever tue Immortalbeings.

3Iay the i nsti oa thwart 'thmr desi and I paralyze ITiir wicked 'efforts! I i itvct anew kTaveryveryfewfle-ibondage on God of Biaieu vile oucugm va vwv uiwj tras3 I A Pee 22, i 1 who is, thought, to be dangerously ilL.