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VOL. XIII.
LOS  ANG-ELES-,  CAL.,  SATUKDAY,  FEBKtJAEY  6,  1864.
NO.   40.
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HOTELS.
\wirxm €mh.'
A. C. HUSSELiLi,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
OFFICE—In Temple's BloOk, opposite the Court House,
Los Angeles, Jan. 16th, 1864. tf.
BELLA UNION HOTEL,
'   LOS    ANQELES,
4«HN KING &. HENRY HAMMEL,
Proprietors.
TBH SUBSCRIBERS having leased the above
named Hotel, wish to assure their friends
•ad the travelling public tbat tbey will endeavor
to keep the Bella Union what it has always been,
THE  BEST  HOTEL
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Families oan be accommodated With large, airy
rooms, or suits of rooms, well furnished.
The Bills of Fare
■hall be inferior to none in the State.
All the Stages
to and from Los Angeles arrive at and depart from
this Hotel.
The Bar and Billiard Saloons
shall receive the  raoBl strict attention, and the
patrons shall find that this house will be carried
on as a first olass Hotel ought to be.
Los Angeles, May 31, 1862.
J. J. MUEPHY, FROPBIETOB.
THE  SUBSCRIBER  having leased the
above house, wishes to assure his friends
K and the traveling public, that he will endeavor to keep tho WILLOW  GROVE
HOUSE
A   FIRST   CLASS!   HOIEL.
This House is half a mile East of the Town of
Lexington, on the   main  road   to   the   Colorado
River. »
Families can be accommodated with large rooms,
as tbe above House has been newly furnished and
well ventilated. The bar is well supplied with tho
best of LIQUORS and CIGARS.
Attached to the Hotel is a large STABLE and
Corral, where the best of HAY, BARLEY and
CORNis kept for sale and feed. This is the
only place where there is plenty of water.
J. J. MURPHY.
Ei. Montr, Oct. 25, 1863. oct31-tf
THIS HOTEL, newly opened, in the prin-
;ipal place of business in EL  MOMTE, is
leagued for the  ACCOMMODATION   of
TRAVELERS on the road from Los  Angeles to San Bernardino and the Colorado River.
Animals are well taken care of at the
SXABXiE AID  HAY-YA1B,
Which is abundantly supplied  with   WATER,
and where FEED can always be obtained on reasonable terms.
J. W.  EVANS,
M. F. Q.U11VJV.
El Monte, Sept. 28, 1863.
Wl
Cor. Sansome and Halleck Streets
(OPPOSITE THE AMERICAN THEATRE,)
SAN   FEANOISCO.
THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully informs the
Traveling Public, as well as the more permanent
Boarder,  that ho has leased the above well
H known and centrally located Hotel, and Intends
_V__| keeping it as
A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE,
At Moderate Prices.
In the last three months there haB been expended a
•rge amount in
Rc-modellng and Re-lTnrnlslilng,
the "EXCHANGE, and it will now compare favorably with
the first class hotels of tho city.
WE HAVE SPLENDID
SUITS OF APARTMENTS
for Families; also a large number of fine single rooms for
gentlemen.
It is the purpose of the Proprietor to make the EX-
3IANGE one of the most comfortable and home-like
otols in the State, and make the
Prices to Snit the Times.
■TI3C3ES    TABZjEI
Will be supplied with every delicacy the season affords.
Attached to the house are fine BATHING ROOMS for
Ladles or Gentlemen.
JOHN W. SARGENT, Proprietor.
CLARK'S
INDELIBLE PENCILS.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST
ARTICLE
For Marking Linen.
For sale by the gross, at
80S Montgomery street, Room No.
eb22
&, San Francisco.
W. HOLT.
MTOTIOE.
B.   S.  "GR A Y
WOULD rerspectfulfy inform thepubllc, thathefarprer-
parcrd to perform all services pertaining to the interment of deceased persons. He will attend to the laying oat of bodies, arranging for funerals, furnish badges,
gloves, etc.,if requested. Any orders left at his residence,
New High Street, near tbe Catholic Church, or at his store,
ou Main Street, opposite the New Market, will be promptly atteuded to.
OB-V. B,—AU orders for DIGGING* GRAVES, ntuat be'
left at the earliest moment possible.
oa Angeles, June U, 1803.
GEORGE H. HOWARD^
IDZESKTTIfiiT,
TEMPLE'S   BLOCK,
ENTRANCE on MAIN and SPRL\G Sts.
Los Angeles, Jan. 30th, 1864. 2m.
A. B. CHAPMAN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW.
OFFICE in Temple's  Building, heat  the Land
Office. aug29
J. M.  HEULMAN,
ARCADIA   BLOCK,
Next to Corbitt & Barker'!,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Genu' Furnishing-Goods,
Dress Goods,
White Qoods,
Embroidery nnd Lace Goods,
Dress Trimmings,
Hosiery, Gloves, Sie. 1mn4
S.   HELLMAN,
TEMPLE'S BLOCK,
MAIN STREET, l.Oi Angeles,
— Dkalkb in —
Books and Stationery,
Cigars, Tobacco, Candy,
Cutlery and Fancy Goods, Ac.
. CIRCULATING! LIBRARY.
GARDEN SEEDS.
DR. J. C. WELSH,
PHYSICIAN AND S|lT.RGEON,
O^ice, CITY DRUG STORE,
Main street, Lob Angeled.
Office hours, 9 to 12, M j and 2 to 9, p.m.
August 1, 1859.
S.  &  A.  LAZARD,
IMPORTERS,
And Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
French,   English  and   American
Dry Goods.
Corner of Melius Row,Los Angeles. 1 '62
PHINEAS BALING,
FORWARDING and COMMISSION
AGEHT,
New San Pedro and Los Angeles.
tomlimon h (0i.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
3MCE3H.O:^-AJDa",!Pfits(
LOS ANGELES AND SAN PEDRO.
aprll-1863.  __
WM. M. BIJFFUM,
(successok to Geo. thachkk & co,)
— Wholesale   and  Retail   Dealer  In —
Syrups, Bitters, Cordials,
AliE,   FOESSE, AlffP  CIGARS,
Main street, Loa Angeles, Cal.
GEO. W. GHAPIN & CO.,
Lower side of Plaza, near Clay st.,
SAN FRANCISCO.
EMPLOYMENT  OFE1CE   AND
GENERAL^AGENCY.
Furnish all kinds of help for Families, Hotels,
Farmers, Mining Companies, Mills, Factories, Shops
&c.
Also, hare a Real Estate Agency, and attend to
business in that line. feb22
Aug. Stoermer
GUNSMITH,
MAIN   STREET,
Opposite the BELLA UNION HOTEL.
—DEALER IN—
SHOT GUNS, RIFLES & PISTOLS.
—ASLBO,—
In Gun Materials and Sporting
Implements.
Also, CAPS, POWDER, Ac. &c,
SHOT GUNS AND RIFLES RESTOCKED.
Orders from the country promptly attended to.
All work done in a workmanlike manner, and
guaranteed.
e TERMS.  CASH.
fe
TOST RECEIVED,
200,000 Feet first quality 1-2 inch
1 inch, and 1 1-4 inch Redwood
Boards
For sale cheap.  Apply to
PHINEAS BANNING,
■Wilmington or Los Angeles.
The Dying" Soldier Boy.
t)B; will my mother never come
And kiss me ere I die-
E'er I go to my long, long home,
And close my wishful eye?
My Bands of life ate lees ning fast,
E'en like yon setting sun j
The gulf ol Time Will soon be crossed.
Its furloUgb soon be run,
If she Were here she'd ease my pain,
1 feel I should not die;
1 would rejoice and live again,
And greet the morning sky,
'Tis trne that kindest friends are near.
Who speak in softest tones,
But vainly do they strive to cheer™*
I think of one alone.
Fall often did I dream Of tier
Besides the camp lire's flame,
And felt my spirit proudly rise,
To give myself a name,
Wherby I'd some day proudly rise,
Bearing the victor's crown,
And bave her read with joyous eyes,
The bravery of her son.
But now, alas! those dreams are e'er,
Death Claims me for his own;
My heart will wake to deeds no more,
The wish for glorj's gone,
1 only ask that she may ootne,
With tender eye of bine,
And kiss my obeek of faded bloom
As onoe she used to do.
Tbe childish prayer I trustful said,
Tbe good-night kiss at eve,
The rural walks I often trod,
The hopes t used to weave,
Tbe variegated summer flowers,
Tbe golden sunset plain,
And all the merry childhood hours
I ne'er shall know again.
And yet for these t would not sigh,
Sweet mother, wert thou bete;    •
'Twould be but sleeping then lo' die,
But dreaming thou wert near.
But dark-eyed Azrael waits for me—
1 know thou wilt not come;
Yet some day I shall welcome thee
In a far brighter home.
Wars drive up riches in heaps, as tbe winds
drive up snow, making and concealing many wide
abysEea.
Jefferson Davis' Message.
Several of our Cotemporaries bsve commented
Upon what appears to them the despouding tone
of Jeffeieon Davis' Message, and have augured
therefrom the speedy submission of the South lo
the Federal arms. When the armies of King Edward and of Robert Bruea confronted each other
at Bannockburn, the Scottish host, while the Abot
Of Inchaffray advanced to give his benediction
veiled tbeir banners and sank upon their knees.
"Look?" cried the young Edward, "they kneel,
they are asking for pardon.'' "Not to you do
they kneel," replied a veteran knight, "but to
their God ; on that ground where they are kneeling tboee men will conquer or die." We relate
the incident to suggest that a boastful tone is not
always the sign of determination, nor is sadness an
evidence of despondancy. There is it is true, a tone
of mournfulness in the Message and it might be
well if some ofour own officials could feel as keenly the misfortunes which have resulted from civil
strife. We have a chief magistrate whose jovial
nature is proof against the many sorrows that afflict the people, but often the pleasantry that emanates from tbe White House grates harshly on the
public ear, and tbe Northern patriot would not re
gret if something of the sombre mood charged
against the Rebel chief were at times the attribute
of our own President.
We can discern nothing, either in the language
or the sentiments of Mr Davis' Message tbat betokens want of faith in the ultimate success ofthe
Southern cause. It is a grave stern and evidently
truthfnl record of the condition of affairs iu the
Confederacy, and wheu compared with the wild,
unstatesmanlike and fanatical production of Mr.
Lincoln, the contrast in the Rebel's favor is humiliating to the North. The very fact tbat there is
no attempt to gloss over defeftt, to magnify the
importrnce of victory' or to place matters In other
than their true light, demonstrates tbe earnestness
if not of the Confederacy, at least of the man who
controls its action. If there were more of boast-
fulness and les of calm dsgnity and candor, one
might presume tbat Mr. Davis were faltering in
resolution, and designed to vail his hopelessness
with the arts of rhetoric. As it is, every one who
reads the Message cannot fail to be impressed witb
tbe truthfulness that pervades every line, and at
tbe close of the perusal, the reader knows tbat tbe
pen that traced it followed tbe piomptings of a
firm and hopeful heart. The Message does not attempt to beguile the Southern people with anticipations of foreign interference ; it tells tbem plainly that Europe is virtually hostil to their eaose_
It does not seek to inspire confidence in their financial system ; it frankly acknowledges its defects
and suggests tbe remedy. It does not search for
rays of hope in tbe political atmosphere of the
North, but accepts as conclusive the intent of the
Federal Government to presecute the war to the
bitter end, and calls upon the people to rely for a
cessation of hostilities only upon tbe vigor of tbeir
resiitanee.
Tbe statements in regard to the exchange of
prisoners bear so forcibly the impress of truth Bnd
are so damaging to tbe reputation of tbis Government, that we commend that portion of the Message to the earnest attention of Northern citizens,
especially to tbat of tbose who have friends and
relatives in Southern prisons, in the hope tbat a
conception of the facts may so act npon popular
opinion as to induce the Administration to change
their cruel policy in this respect. As to the alleged starvation of Federal prisoners, we bave but
to quote a few lines relating to their treatment, in
the certainty tbat no one will question the evident
truth of what Mr. Davis alleges ; "In accordance
with our lav, and the general orders of the department, tbe rations ofthe prisoners are precisely the same, in quantity, as these served ontto our
own gallant soldiers in tbe field, and which have
been found sufficient to support tbem in their ar~
dous campaigns, while it is not pretended by the
enemy that tbey treat prisoners by the same generous rule. By an indulgence perhaps unprecedented, wc bave even allowed the prisoners in our
bands to be supplied by their friends at home With
comfort not enjoyed by the men Wbo captured
them in battle." We do not think that their is a
sensible man wbo can read this statement without
feeling that it is an ei pressttm of the tru'n j aftd
trust tbat it will put an end the ungenerous en-
devors of radical journals to intensify the sentiment of the hatraded and vindlcativeness between
the sections, by tha parade of false accusations of
cruelty aDd brutality against tbe enemy. There
has been enough harBh feeling and antipathy en
gendered by the stern actualities of the battlefield j if we ever hope to lite in friendliness with
the Southern people, let us not clothe them With
the attributes of fiends, when the faots attest that
tbey are conducting the war in acordanee with the
usages of enlightened nations.
At the game time, it behooves tia to look well
that we are not guilty of tbat same inhumanity
which bas been alleged against the South. Mr.
Davis says: "The officers of our army—natives of
southern and semi-tropical climates, and unprepared fot the cold of a northern Winter—have
been conveyed for imprisonment during the rigors
of the present season to the most northern and
exposed situation that could be selected by the
enemy." The Administration oannot deny tbat Is
true ; will they assert that tbe prisoners so exposed
to the cold blasts of Lake Erie are properly provided with clothing? We have been told that many of them have but their shirts and drawers to
protect them from tba winds that come laden with
the temper of Canadian snows. Fourteen hundred, we are told, have miserably perished within
the confines of one fortress. And we understand
tbat barrels of shoes and clothing sent by charity
to the relief of Southern prisoners hate been for
months lying at David's Island, no distribution
having been made, and no cognizance taken of
the intent of the donors. Tbe Winter begins to
threaten severity, and already, our fields have been
whitened with the snow ; if not for humanity, at
least for reputation's Bake, let us cease to point at
the mote in the enemy's eye, until we are sure
there is no beam in our own.-—N. Y, News.
Letter from Major Jack Downing.
WashiSgton, Deo. 19,1863.
To the EdilefS ofthe Dabook:
Subs:—Wen I writ last, the Message warn't finished. Wal, eich a time as we had in finishin that
docyment you never did see. The Kernul and 1
set up all nite long, three,or fore elites, but it was
nigh about impossibul to get it to suit bim. He
would get it fixed an then Seward would cum in
an say it was too bold. Then Chaso he'd cum in
an say it warn't bold enuf; and finally I telled bim
to make it as Deactm Grimes did his oven. He
wanted to know how that was. Wal, 1 telled him
it was in this way: The Deacon built an oven
facing to the North, Wen one of his nabors cum
along an Bed that would never do, as tbe North
wind would blow rite into the mouth of tbe oven.
So the old man turned it round an put tbe face to
the South. Pretty soon another nabor cum along
an sez he, "Deacon, it will never do to have that
oven face the South, for there ain't any wind so
blusterin as the South wind," So the Deacon
turned it round to tbe West. Pretty soon a man
cum along, au sez he, Deacon, don't you know
that the WOfst showers and hurrycanes we always
bave cum from the WeBt? It will never do to
face your oven that way." So the Deacon determined to face it round to the East. He, hadn't
more'n got it dun, before another nabor cum along
and sez he, "Why, Deacon Grimes, I'm perfectly
astonished to see you buiding an oven au facin i'
to tbe East. There aint any wind so sarchin an
penetratin as the East wind, and it will blow your
fire all out of the oven." "Wal," sez the Deacon,
perfectly discuriged, "I'll suit yon all. I'll build
my oven on.a pivot, an wen you cum along you can
turn it around jest as you want it." "Now," ees
I, "Kernel, that's the way to fix your Mes--
sige." Ses he, "That is a fact; the only trubbil \%
to fix oh a pivot oh which it kin turn." "Wal"
Ses I, "that's the easiest thing in tbe world. Take
the nigger for a pivot, and it will suit every man
in your party. The only difference between 'em
is, that some don't like to look him square in the
faoe. That sort kin turn your Messige around a
little, an then they will see the nigger sideways;
aod tbem that can't stand that, kin turn it dear
round, and thxn tbey will Bee the digger In tbe
back, but it ™1 be nigger all the time," The
Kernel said it was a capital Idee, and he ment to
carry it out. It got noised around that the Kernel was comln out with some big thing in his Messige, aa every Congressman, wen he got to Washington, run rite to the White House to give the
Kernel advice. They nigh run him to detb.—
"Wal," ses I, "Kernel, make believe you are sick.'
"Sho," ses he, "that won't do a bit of good. I've
tried it often, and tbey bore tne was than ever."
"Wal" ses I," tell 'em you have got the soarlet
fever, and tbat will soars 'em away." Tbe Kernel sed it was a fust-rate idee, so it was announced in all the papers that the President had the
soarlet fever; but it didn't do much good, Bum
staid away, bat the crowd yet was tremeojus.—
"Now," ses I, "Kernel, this is too bad; here it is
almost time .for Congress to meet, and no Messige
dun yet. Jest let the reporters announce that
you've got the small pox, Bn there won't be a
mother's son of 'em oum within gunshot of you.—
Tben yon can fix your Messige, pnt In tbat patent pivot, an grease. thingBup generally, so they'll
ru§ another year wiUhout tecbing." The Kernel
said tbere was no other way than to do it. Wen
it got out that the Kernel had the small pox, you
never seed such a calm. The White House was
nigh deserted, an it seemed like a Sunday up in
Maine. The Kernel then set rite down to bis
Messige, and worked like a beever. He sed he
could altera soon put a thing iu shape after the
funndasbin timbers were laid. And so he did.—
Wen be got it finished, he called Seward aod red
it to him. He sed it was capita). Tben he sent
for Cbase, an be sed it was all rite. "Now," ses I,
"Kernel, send for a War Dimmycrat,.and se how
he'll like it."   Wen I sed thia "the  Kernel luffed
rite out. Ses he, "The War Dimmycrata remind?
me of a story about bar huntin out West. Old
Josh Muggin had a young dog wich was very
fierce for bars. So one day he tuk him along in a
hunt. In the very first file lhe bar bit the dog's
tail off, aod away he reft yelping and birking like
mud, an Josh could never get his dog to 'fite bans
after tbat. Now, it is jest so with the W.r D'KJ-
mye'rats. Theyjwere very fierce to fite me if I issued my Emancipashin Prdcl-affiftisbin, but I did it,
and So doin, I cut their tails off, and they have
neter showed any fite agin me sence, an they
won't. No—I rally wish I hadn't eny more trou-
bll on hand than the War Dimmycrats will give
me."
Ses I,-''Kernel, I think you are rather hard on
the War Dimmycrats. They supported you because tbey thought you was tryin'to restore the
Union, but now wen they read your messige and
Bee that you won't have tbe Union back eny bow,
they will say Jou dSee'erved 'em, and you may find
'em tbe most troublesome customers you have yet
had to deal with. They ment to sustain the government, but wen they see that you won't sustain
it, they may turn on you wus than the Copperheds
have," aod ses I, "Kernel,.you jist get tbo Dimmycrats united, and I shndn't wonder if they wud
be after this,- and then let all your Miss-Nancy
Abolitlonisls look out, for there won't be as much
left of 'em as there was of Bill Peeler's dog after
bis panther fite." Ses the Kernel, "how much was
lhat?" "Wal," ses I, "Bill always sed tbere warn'l
anything left but the collar he had round his necf
and the tip end of his tale, about an inch long."
"Wal," ses the Kernel, "I've got to go ahed, no
matter who don't like it, or who gets licked in the
fite. I'm in the Abolishin bote, and you can't stop
It now eny more than yoo kin pnt Lake Superior
in a quart bottle." Ses I, "Go ahed Kernel; I
allers like to see a man bold an strong in his own
principles. There's nothing like pluck. Let eve*
rybody know jist what you mean, an then if they
support you it is their own fault." "Wal," ses he
"aint I plain enuf tbis time?" "Yes," ses I, "Kernel, all but the amnesty part—tbal's kinder petty-,
foggy," "Wal," seZ he, "Majer, men that can't
see a hole through a ladder ought to be humbugged." Ses I, "Mebby that's so, but we shall all
know more about who is humbugged an who isn't,
after the war is over."
But I never did see people so tickled Over the
messige as tbe Rtfpublikins all are. They say it
is jest the thing*"-thst it is going to wipe out
slavery, and prevent the "Union as it was" ever
b;in restored; an then it is dun so cutely, that a
good menny peopple won't see throug it. Tbat
amnesty doge throws dust in their eyes, and kinder sounds generous like.
There's a grate fite comin off amnng tbe   Abo-
lisbinists about who's to run lor   next  President,-
an I think I'll have sum news for you afore   long.
Enyhow I shell keep my eyes open as ushil.
Yourn till deth,
Majer Jack Dowsing.
The Cost of Abolitionism.
The expenditures of Mr. Lincoln's administra-*
tion can now begin to be estimated with some degree of exactness. Not, indeed, its entire cost ta
the country for that can never be computed, bus
that portion which is embraced in the public debt,
now begins to acquire shape and form. The lowest it possibly cau made is three thousand millions
of dollars I To this, of course, iB uot added the
pensions, the State, couuty and even town debts
occasioned by the war, only the expenditures of
the Federal government, and that is uuder, rather
tban over the mark. We scarcely doubt that it
will fall short ol four thousand millions. But put
it at the former sum, and compare it witb the former expenses of our government. The Providence Post says:
Tbe total expeditures of the government during
the seventy-two years, preceding the inauguration
of Mr Lincoln's administration, was $2,235,677,161.
Tbe sum of $424\516'447 included iu this amount
was for the reduction ofthe public debt, and should
be deducted in order to arrive at the actual
expenditures of the government. Making this
deduction, we have as the total actual expenditure, $1,811,161,714. This is what it cost us to
support our government, carrying it thiough two
foreign wars, from the day on which George Washington was inaugurated down to the day on which
James Buchanan left the presidential office—a sum
much smaller than has already been expended by
Mr. Lincoln, and than but little more than Half as
large as his administration will have cost us whoa
he retires from office,  on tbe 4th  of Huron, 1865.
It is thus seen that the cost of Mr. Lincoln's
administration eclipses the entire expenditures
for sustaining our government, from the time it
was organized under Washington down to the
close of Mr. Buchanan's term. Does any one
suppose lhat this gigantic debt is an accidental
one 1 No, it was distinctly intended, in order to
rule this country by an oligarchy—it was incurred
to put this country back on tbe British model, so
much admired by old John Adamesand Alexander
Hamilton. The Tribune, noticing the subject,
8aysJ,hat "the rebellion was a child of the Democratic party," and thus tries to hold the Democratic party responsible for the debt. But tho "rebellion" was the child of the Abolition p'arty, aS
Honry Ward Beecher allowed in Europe, and Greojt
ley would say the some thing if he spoke as be felt.
He knows that the South symply sought to resist
the assaults upon her—tbat she interposed State
sovereignty, not as the Abolitionists pretend, out
of a mere caprice because she lost the election, or
even beeause sbe claimed the right of secession,
but solely because, as Jefferson Davis said in his
last Bpeech in the Senate, tbe North would not
; gfve her the Constitutiou as it is. Horace Gree-'
ley knows perfectly well that there would have
been no war, no public debt, no bloodshed, if tb.0
Rupubliean party had been willling, upon coming'
into power, to pledge themselves to stand on tbe
constitution as judicially interpreted. There is"
not an Abolitionist in the laud who dare deny
this plain proposition. Who, then is responsible'
tor the war? Tbe party urging Mr. Lincoln to1
stand upon tbe Constitution as judicially interg
preted, or the party that not only prevented him
faom doing so, but actually defeated a proposition
to allow the whole country to vote yea or nayf
upon the Crittenden Compromise, that wouldhave
settled aill difficulty. Yea, Davis, Toombs, Slidel
and others offered to take it, but Seward, Cbase,
Lincoln aud Greeley would not Every northern
Democrat, with Mr. Douglas at their head, were*
in favor of it. If Greeley had said that for thirty
years the Abolitionists have been determined ta
destroy tbe present relation of tbe races,, or break
up the Union, he would have hit the mart. Trot-
is all there is of it. The South is trying ttf resist-
tbis as best they know how, not as we should have-
advised, but nevertheless it is simply a resistance,,
nothing else, which will cease just so soon as the-'
Abolitionists are put out of power-uud notsbtStorey
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