THE WISCONSIN FARMER.



ple and the world the restored Union with an
untarnished fBag and an uninfringed Constitu-
tion.
  But God has given us no such prodigy for a
President, and therefore, it is that we, in the
second place,-we, the people--must the better
perform our part In the great national struggle.
  " Very well, haven't we done everything in
our power?"  No; there are some very im-
portant things that have yet to be done:
  1. We must quit our party wrangling and
political scheming and look solely to the salva-
tion of the country.
  2. We must do all thatr we can to hold up the
hands of the President  The great question
now is, Country, or no Country? And it is
asked not only by Abraham Lincoln, but also
by the true friends of free institutions in all
other lands; nay, it is asked by Humanity.
and it is asked of us. We are to answer it and
in the presence of all mankind and of God.
If his life should be spared, Abraham Lincoln
has yet more than two years to act in his pres-
ent high position as President of the nation,
and, hence, Commander-in-chief of the armies
of the Union. If the Union is saved, it must
be done within that time. It must, therefore,
be saved through him, or not at all. Is it not
the sacred duty, then, of every patriot, wheth-
er Republican or Democrat, to encourage and
sustain rather than distract and embaraso the
nation's administrative head in this trying
time of' imminent peril.
  3. But it is not enough that we give to the
President our moral support. We must also
be more ready to make sacrifices for the good
of the national cause.  Thus far, we of the
North have shown much less of this disposition
than the enemy. There is nothing which they
will not do to promote the success of their
arms. lVe clothe ourselves in fine linen and
fare sumptuously every day, and yet grumble
shockingly at the prospect of w moderate tax.
  The integrity of this Government and the
perpetuation of our free institutions are worth
the sacrifice of every present material good,
if they cannot be made sure at loss cost. But
unless, as a people, we trample under foot all



mean and selfish considerations, whetber of
self or of party, and think, and speak, and
work solely for the best interests of the sored
cause of our common country, this glorious
American Republic will fail just so sure au
there is a God in Heaven I
                     0
       Kapeiesoa Idetsf Iakin War
  The following letter was written by Napole-
on to Angereau, on the 21st of February, 18i4:
  - What! Six hours after receiving the first
troops from Spain you are not in the field I
Six hours of rest is quite enough for them. I
conquered at Fangis with the brigade of dra-
goons coming from Spain, who from Bayonne
had not drawn rein. Do you say that the six
battallions from Nimes want clothes and equi-
page, and are uninstructed ? Augereau, what
miserable excuses! I have destroyed 80,000
enemies with battalions of conscripts, scarcely
clothed, and without cartridge boxes.  The
National Guards are pitiful. I have here 4,000
from Angers and Bretagne, in round hats,
without cartridge boxes, but with good weap-
ons; and I have made them tell. There is no
money, do you say ? But where do you expect
to get money, but from the pockets of the ase-
my? You have no teams? Seize them! You
have no magazines? Tut, tut, this is too ri-
diculous. I order you to put yourself in the
field twelve hours after you receive this letter.
If you are still the Augereau of Castiglieoe,
keep your command. If your sixty years are
too much for you, relinquish it to the oldest of
your general officers. The country is menaced
and in danger. It can only be saved by dar-
ing and alacrity, and not by vain delays. You
must have a nucleus of 6,000 picked troops  I
have not so many, yet I have destroyed three
armies, captured 40,000 prisoners, taken 200
pieces of artillery, and thrice saved the capi-
tal. The enemy are in full fight upon Troyeal
Be before them. Act no longer as of Iate.
Resume the method and spirit of '93. When
Frenchmen see your plume waving, and you,
first of all, exposed to the enemy's fire, you
will do with them whatever you will."



    NEWS SUMMARY.

        STATE MATTERS.

 Nothing of tuch tmportance under this bead, excep We
 death of Hem  Luther Hsnehet, M. C. lir the eld 2%Id
 and new Sixth District; an election on the 55th ult to
 fII the vacancy thmareated; anappilhinloalothelepres
Court fur a writ of habeas orpus in fvo of ertaln Ones-
kee riotg, on the round of their not being lawfully Mel
in the~cuutdy of the Federal authorities. Decision po-
poned until next term of court.



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