This was the language of a man who loved his country. Such a thing as coercion he regarded with abhorrence, for "it would be a nation at war with itself." What a fearful departure has taken place from the principles that governed the nation in his time! We have indeed fallen on gloomy days. We have no statesman to whom the country can look in this its day of peril and disaster.

But, courage! Let us not forget the lessons of the past; let us not ignore the political teachings of the men of the Revolution; and if Abolitionism has destroyed the old Union, let us resolve at least to live at peace on the same continent with the brave men of the South whom we were once proud to call our fellow-citizens; for between them. and us, despite the memories of this melancholy war, there should be none but that fraternity of feeling which has its origin in a common ancestry, a common language, and a common destiny.

The return of peace will bring with it the return of better feelings, and even if we should not have the old Union restored, the natural instincts which bind even the lower order of animals together in defense against a common enemy, will in time bring about an alliance between the North and South against the intrigues and encroachments of foreign powers upon this continent, that will, let us trust, eventually lead to a more permanent Union than that which the Abolitionists have destroyed.

MODEL RESOLUTIONS FOR THE LOYAL LEAGUERS. (From the METROPOLITAN RECORD, April 25, 1863.)

As these patriots are now manifesting their courage in behalf of the Union, not on the battle-field, but on the bloodless rostrum, they should receive all the assistance possible to enable them to carry on their arduous labors. We have endeavored to give them some in preparing the following resolutions, which we humbly present for their acceptance, with the simple request that they be read at the next mass meeting held in the city of New York:

Whereas, It is impossible to end this war in two years with the comparatively insignificant force which we have had at different times of fifteen hundred thousand men and the fifteen hundred millions already spent; and

Whereas, There is a militia force of nearly four million of men in the free States yet to be sacrificed to Abolition designs and policy ; and Whereas, If we can carry out the Conscription Bill without opposition, we may finally succeed in establishing a military despotism; and Whereas, Finding it impossible to subjugate the South, we must try how far we can succeed in our efforts to subjugate the North; and Whereas, Republicanism is played out, the 'people having shown a willingness to submit to every species of tyranny; and

Whereas, The soldiers got the better of the citizens in Connecticut, succeeded in driving them away from the polls in Indianapolis, and have destroyed several newspaper offices throughout the country; and Whereas, If the principles of the Constitution are ever permitted to prevail, our future prospects are particularly gloomy; and

Whereas, If the worst comes to the worst, we have made enough out of war speculations to live magnificently in foreign lands; and Whereas,. We don't care a straw for a union with slaveholders; and Whereas, The irrepressible conflict and higher-law doctrines form the only political creed worth supporting; and

Whereas, We must play upon the feelings of the Irish people, and take advantage of their national animosity toward England by threatening a war with that country which we never intend to go into; and

Whereas, Consulting the interests of our faithful friends, the shoddy contractors, and the numerous other classes who are making money by this war, we must carry it on as long as we can; and

Whereas, We are determined to do all we can to prevent a reunion by burning down towns, sacking churches, inciting negroes to insurrection, violating the most sacred guarantees of the Constitution, ignoring the memories of the past, confiscating the property of Southern born men, threatening to overthrow every right dear to American citizens, making slaves of those who have gloried in the proud title of freemen, forcing the negroes from the slavery of the South into the Northern atmosphere of social prejudice, driving the Western States into a position of antagonism with the Union, converting the forts built for the defense of the country into prisons for the incarceration. of American citizens, making the Republic a mockery in the eyes of the world, flinging discredit on, and creating distrust in, the principle of self-government: therefore,

Resolved, That we shall require the whole four millions of men who compose the militia of the Free States to be conscripted for the overthrow of slavery, and it may be "the twin evil of Popery," the suppression of the freedom of the Press, the establishment of military plantations in the South-when we conquer it-the subjugation of the North, when the proper time comes, the establishment of a monarchy on the ruins of the Republic, and the consolidation of the sovereign States after the overthrow of State Rights.

Resolved, That we must, by hook or by crook, carry out the Conscription, by either wheedling or bribing the Governors of those States who

are supposed to be opposed to it; and to secure this end, that no money shall be spared, no Constitutional rights regarded, and no conscientious scruples observed.

Resolved, That as the South can not be subdued by our policy, the North must; and that to save ourselves from the penalty which will surely fall upon us, if we don't succeed in this conspiracy against a free people, we must establish a permanent military despotism.

Resolved, That as the people submitted with some degree of tameness to the invasion of their rights and privileges, by portions of the soldiery whom we selected for the work, they will most probably yield upon the application of a due amount of force to the conversion of the Republic into a monarchy.

Resolved, That as the first law of Nature is the law of self-preservation, and as every one of the members of the Administration, and the officials who have acted as our tools, most probably will be seized as political criminals for having violated the rights of citizenship, we must prevent such a catastrophe by continuing to hold the power in our own hands.

Resolved, That the "irrepressible conflict' shall continue between the Administration and the People, and that the "higher law" is our own will, from which there must be no appeal.

Resolved, That we shall induce, by our usual duplicity and scheming, our Irish fellow-citizens to enlist, under the idea that we intend to have a war with England, and that when they shall have been victimized to Abolitionism, we shall refuse their orphans any assistance whatever, even a roof to shelter them from the winter's cold or the summer's heat; and finally

Resolved, That we shall never be satisfied till we spend all the money we have got, that we know no North, no South, no East, no Westnothing but ourselves-that it is all nonsense to complain about sacking churches, burning down towns, or persuading negroes to massacre white people including women and children; that we shall continue the same policy to the end; that we will, if we can, let the army loose upon Northern cities and Northern homes; that we shall create anarchy, if possible, the better to secure the permanency of a military despotism, and that we shall leave no effort untried, no power with which we have been invested unemployed, no portion of the vast military and pecuniary means with which we have been intrusted unexpended, to break down that vital element of American liberty called State sovereignty, and which is the only "lion in the path" to our absolute dominion.

These resolutions we make over to the Loyal League for their special use and benefit on the simple condition that they be read at their next mass meeting in the city of New York, and also that they be published in the so-called loyal papers of the country.

WHAT THE WAR IS CARRIED ON FOR.

(From the METROPOLITAN RECORD, May 2, 1863.)

FOR the furtherance of Abolition designs.

For the permanent disruption of the Union, and the perpetuation of sectional hatred between the North and the South.

For the special benefit of the shoddy aristocracy, army and navy contractors, and all that class that wax fat and wealthy as the country grows poor, and that count their gains by the prolongation of the war.

For the establishment of a national debt equal to, if not greater than, that of England, and on which the people will have to pay a much heavier rate of interest. It may be parenthetically remarked that serious doubts are entertained whether this debt will ever be paid, as it is believed by some that the nation will eventually become bankrupt.

For the particular advantage of the New England States, whose manufacturing profits multiply as the agricultural profits of the West diminish.

For the overthrow of the State sovereignty, and the consolidation and conversion of the Republic into a military empire.

For the abrogation of constitutional rights and privileges, and for the final overthrow of liberty in the New World.

For the criminal purpose of emancipating over three millions of slaves and placing them in a social condition, which experience has shown must lead to the eventual extinction of the colored population in some localities, and their reduction to a state of vagrancy in others.

For the impoverishment of the laboring classes, and the final overthrow of universal suffrage by military force, of which we have already had a foretaste in the case of the late election at Indianapolis, when bands of soldiers drove the citizens from the polls.

For the destruction of towns and villages and the pillaging of sacred edifices, a la Jacksonville and Fernandina, Florida, and Winchester, Virginia.

For the degradation of the principle of self-government in the eyes of the world, and to render Republicanism a mockery and a scorn among monarchists.

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For the utter annihilation of the Constitution, which has been stigmatized as a league with Death and a covenant with Hell."

For the complete prostration of the country, so as to render it an easy prey to the diplomacy and intrigue of European statesmen.

For the retention of dictatorial power in the hands of the present Government, under the plea of military necessity afforded by the prolongation of the war.

To avert those penalties which the return of peace may be the means of inflicting upon all who have violated the great charter of American liberties.

For the purpose of showing with what success the monarchical principle of coercion can be applied to independent and sovereign States, and that the easiest way to destroy the Federal Union, which was established by the free consent of its constituent parts, is by the application of military force.

To prove to the world (what required no proof) that an Administration which had its origin in the spirit of disunion can never restore the Union.

A NEW JOKE.-IS IT THE PRESIDENT'S?

(From the METROPOLITAN RECORD, May 2, 1863.)

OUR readers are, of course, aware that the telegraph is under complete Government control, and nothing in the form of news' can be sent by it without first passing under official inspection. Now it is also a fact that this other wise harmless means of communication has, since it passed into new hands, become considerably corrupted by evil communications. Thus, it was made to inform the public at various times that the North had gained a number of decisive victories, but it almost invariably turned out that victory in these cases was but another name for defeat.