The Weekly Journal, 1865-08-04

The caprice of fortune and the uncertainty of .war have been si^-nnU^ni^'atsd inji:c, l,% ruuior that it- is inton i sRwt. him tjihw i treason, but fate has visited him hardly cmngii already. Vor'Jiiiy alone, the must cmisnninnitc of aii. oominniiucis in Av.ii i'it a, was re <e; vod a dYstinv which his own li.nii-eiiaTits and his olr defeated rivals v.\vo permitted to osc-'pe. .lie alone lost a decisive battle. Uo'alotiu v lV?-iv i an absolute and irrcnu (liable disaster. Never In-fore, in thb'whole history'of the war, was a victory Ibllowed up, a rout made c;???nplc'e, or an army compelled to surrender. Never before was a general*in-chieftaken prisoner in the lie Id by another general-in chief; never was u campaign concluded bv capitulation and submission. 'J'h" braggarts and bluudorors who at the beginning of tiio war cost their conn trymen so dearly, still cvaua) this extremity of disaster, and were always enabled to report their armies as 'safe*' 1* Leo himself, after one of his most billliaut victories, lamented tiic invariable absence of results, and complained that he could never capture a division or even a brigade of ' ' i riM i.:?v

O'-'l V tL I CUU vu??u (tit nuv should take 'be ofoath allegiance to the United States Government,<so that they'may participate in the restoration of civil government to our S t^itO . War, after "four years of heroic bat 0 unsuccessful straggle, has failcd^to secure to us the riyh's 'or w filth wccngageilSii.it.. To save , esrrj .of our .rights?to rescue anything m'firo .'rom'.the general ruin?will require all tbj^U .ct-aile^riiarislii') and all the' patriotism of "Dnr v Lcitttms. -If tho best men of. our country?1 I th?ac&vho for venrs past have risked^tbeir lives ( WOO eScisi i. .vnr t!:o-cr.nar.il.-, of fiio-State,' *s'T: and its destiny will be eoi.ioritted of necessity to those, who forsook bor in bcr itour of need, or to those v;h<> would gladly pull her down to irretrievable ruin. To guard against such a calamity", let all I rue patriots devote themselves, with zeal and honesty, of purposes, to the res- , lorr.tiori of law, the blessings of peace and to too rescue of whatever ol' liberty may be saved from liio go aural wreck. Li oftcr ipi honest

J''ram tkc Columbia Plueiiix of July 28. To Editor o e -rnk Pike nix?Sir.?Nifmer- -J ous communications having been addressed to me, pioposing to form a colony to emigrate, I;take this method of answering them, not only on account of t.lieir number, but because of the ywant of all mail facilities. The desire to leave a country which 1 was been reduced to such a deplorable condition as gui-s, add who?? future lias in little of hope, 'is doubtless as widespread as it is natural. But I doubt tBo proprietyof this expatriation of so mapyour. best men. The very fact that onr State is passing through so terrible an ordeal as the ' : present, should cause her sqps to cling the onore closely to her. My advice to all'of my *v felluw-citizcus is, that they should devote-their whole energies to the restoration of .law' and ; \ order, Ike ^establishment of agriculture" and. w commerce,'the promotion of education and-ihe i. rebuilding of our citir-s and dwellings" .which. have been laid in-ashes. To accomplish these objects?the highest that patriotism can cone T ili.if oil urlin />?ri Vtr? sn

jim hero to-night to make known fi:v views. ' My duty is plain ami simple?luo Making of i .needful rules for the'assembling of ;i f\iuvom ! tion at the earliest practicable day, that iho ; people, the true source of a!i rightful power, 1 n?ny erect a civil government. My warrant for the authority I uiuy exercise is the Proclaination of the President appointing inc. * The duty of the people is to take the oath of amnesty as prescribed by tho President's proclamation of May 29ih, which grant* a full pardon for all political ulfoiic- s, to all who were entitled'to take it; aitd ho did not think that the oath was iuk-mbd to humiliate the p ople, but ouly as a necessary measure to prevent those getting into power who were not friends of the Goverkinent. If there were any who doomed that subscribing to the oath as prescribed by President Lincoln was sufficient to. return them to the rights of citizenship would uot say whether

viibrfc to t llicio uljccts,'.vc liiil, * we can then seek a homo in another country.1 A lingnisliud eiti;:on of our State?an hoiTcstman and true patriot?has Itcea appointed Gov> crnor. lie will soon call a convention of the people, which will be charged with the most vital interests of our State. Choose for this convention your best and truest men; -not those who have slculkect in the hour of danger ?nor those who have worshipped Mammon, while their country was bleeding at every pore ?nor the politician, who after urging war, dared not encounter its hardships?but these who laid their all upon the alter of their conn^ try. Select such men, and maie them serve as voar representatives. Yon will then be 9uro that your rights will not be wantonly sacritieccl, nor your iiberty bartered for a mess of pottage. My intention is to pursue the course I recoin-. t * . *.1. ?... n /.nlvvuhnne 1 nvrrt