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mass, and is destined to so very soon break off their entangling and deep-injuring alliance with the North.

I have spoken of the opening up of new channels of trade and thought, by reason of this alterating revolution. Let me mention an important one-the change and purification of the channel of inforination between Europe and America. Hitherto the prejudiced and lying accounts and comments we obtained respecting European affairs, came through British medium; and the equally, or rather more false they received in Europe regarding American affairs, went through means of Yankee agency.

An almost twenty years continuous residence upon this coast, and ever a faithful and farseeing advocate of its interests, entitle and embolden me to speak my thoughts-to tell the citizens of California, that the same fell spirit of Yankeeism, which is on the eve of drenching with blood the free States East of the Rocky Mountains, and casting a long blight of mildew and sorrow over that land, is destined to bring the same evils upon this Pacific side, unless early shorn of all its power, and repressed to that condition, where it shall be impotent for harm. Behold what their fiend hate of the South is doing for the great city of New York. Had this graud Confederacy of Ainerican States remained intact, and continued their trade relations but twenty five years longer; said Mr. Secretary Cobb, in a recent letter to the Richmond Enquirer, the often changing commercial metropolis of the globe, would then been transferred from London, where it so long has been, to this entrepot of the New World. And what shall be the fate of our Alladdin lamp built emporium of commerce, which with such rapid steps is covering the hills of the magnificent bay on which it lies? Mark its geographical position, so admirably located for centering to itself the traffic of the orient and the occident, the borian and australian. Look to the vast riches and resources of attached and contiguous Territory; its glorious clime, and active energy of the inhabitants; and say whether these same people, who have marred the destiny of its great counterpart on the Atlantic, shall do the same for it. Be assured their ignorance and blinding hatred of the slave States, will most certainly prompt them to essay it. We all are willing to be friendly with the transmontane free States, although rivals, if these intermeddlers, who are curses to their own and others interests, would permit. But far more to us than the enmity or friendship of the people North, is the intimate social and commercial intercourse we should cultivate with those of the South. Not in this discourse can I unfold to you the vast benefits to be derived from such relations. It is enough to say, that the denizens of that rich region, will most willingly extend to us the hand of friendship, and aid to mutually enrich and other wise serve each other, by an interchange of products, should we be wise enough to grasp it. Else refuse, and you drive them to build up at once, our injuring rivals to the South-Guaymas and Mazatlan. For not only is it the Southern trade we want, far more than the Northern; but the South holds the only passways for a transcontinental railway to the Pacific, and is even now extending that great achievement towards us. Moreover, will soon possess several of the Northern States of Mexico, and, in time, extend dominion over the whole.

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and trenchant Dogberrys of Congress, and the editorial sanctums North, threaten. in the event the South shall leave them, to conquor the country of the Aztecs themselves, and shove aside its native inhabitants with immigrants from their land. I perceive, however, that the Mexicans are now gaged in serving several of this breed among them, the same way as is being done with some in the Southern States; which may induce them to believe the customs of that country wont suit them any better than those of the latter. The truth is, Puritanism does not flourish well in Southern climes. If nothing else would keep them out of Mexico, their intolerent antagonism to the prevailing religion there, would be all sufficient. At the same time, the tolerant Southrons will not be objected to upon this score.

Whilst upon this sacerdotal subject, appropriate to my theme will be to note the several sad blunders of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, committed during the present imbroglio transition period. As between Protestantism and Catholicism, I long since gave my preference to the latter, for reasons I need not here name.

Before the Italian war of 1859 had been commenced, I foresaw the Papal question would be the great stumbling-block, in the way of regenerating and uniting that oppressed and distracted country; and, anticipating action, or discussion even in the premises, published various articles through the papers, predicting in the main, what has since happened, and will shortly happen, to the Holy Fathter-his spiritual and temporal rule; at the same time urging upon the priesthood and the laity of that church, the policy and necessity of acquiescing in, and recognizing as inevitable destiny, these things. The High Priests of this persuasion have chosen to act otherwise, and thereby, not only failed to avert or stem the torrent of events, but in their foolish efforts at it, brought, odium and disgrace upon themselves and their religion. Blind infatuation! These narrow viewed and selfish cardinals and prelates are still, by every art of jesuitry, sowing the seeds of discord and hate throughout catholicdom; and doing all they can to thwart the noble aims of the "Elder Son of the Church." And of all their faithful flocks, none have shown such ready obedience to their behests, as the Irish; the last of any who should so acted; for in what direction shall they look for the deliverance of their native Isle, save to France as ruled by a Napoleon. See what the present Emperor has done for Italy-that very Italy, which Irish mercenaries, at the biddance of their priesthood, want to keep enslaved.

And look to the egregious blunders of the clergy in our land, in counseling members of the Catholic faith, especially the foreign born, to desert the cause of the South, in the late political contest; to abandon in their time of need, that people and that party which had always stood by and defended them and theirs. Do not all the intelligent among them, as well as, others, know, that but for the liberal spirit and protecting arm of the South, and the Democratic party birthed there, it is extremely probable no Catholic church, nor Irishman would have been suffered to exist in New England? But let them go their way, and try now what sort of a loving life they'll lead with their new Yankee allies, cut off, as they will be, from the conserving South. The Saxon Puritan and the Irish Catho

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lic in fraternal embrace! Why, did not these same parties subscribe together to build a monument to Broderick, who, beyond all question, would been the Black Republican nominee instead of Lincoln, had he lived? And what has been witnessed in the present California Legi lature? The mutual embracement, by these same antagonistic elements, of the manes of this bold, bad man!

The raid of John Brown into Virginia, and discharge of buckshot, last Fall, into a Catholic Irish congregation in San Francisco, with the avowed purpose, by the Vermonter who did it, of beginning a war of extermination against this sect, exhibit the animus of the chief portion of the tribe of Anglo Saxon Levites. These two persons are called crazy; but rest assured they are but slightly, if any more insane, than the rest-only bolder and impulsiver. Mayhap, however. these Roman shepherds, were actuated like to myself, when voting for Mr. Lincoln-seeking to give that party a victory, in order the better to kill them off.

I must begin to close, although the subject opens to my mind a vast deal more of interest I might expatiate upon. The timorous and foolish apprehend disunion, as if its happening would blot the very land from being, and derange the planetary system. Let me assure them of their error. No earthquake will then submerge us beneath the ocean's wave; still we'll stand on terra firma; the soil remain as fruitful; the seasons revolve, and be as genial as before; the sun as brightly shine as ever; and all of Nature's laws remain unrepealed and in full fore as usual. The same general edict seems to demand, that society too, in its progression, must alternate with peace and war. Mutation is the fate of every nation. They pass through periods of territorial aggregation and disintegration, as well as change in form of government.And as we have had the one, so must follow the others. Let the kaleidescope revolve; perhaps some prettier combination will yet phase itself. Change, is life. Stagnation, death. As the murky, fetid air requires destructive storms to freshen and rehealth our physical atmosphere, so the electric shock of revolutions are indispensible for the same effect upon the moral. Like the sea, whic salt keeps not from putrifying, unless often stirred by winds, so society demands disturbance ever and anon, to prevent the lapsing into inertness and disease.

A good effect of revolutions, such as now, is to release the minds of men from the despotic sway, and superstitious worshiping of empty or perverting forms, that they might elsewhere seek for the substance undefiled. The American people had become the mere slaves of rotten parties, and as a consequence, completely under the control of aspiring demagogues, thieving money-changers, and the pliant, pandering tools of these-our mercenary, unprincipled and parvenue editors.

It's time this government was dissolved. since instead of our numerous politicians enlightening more the people in governmental science, they have so rapidly benighted their minds, that an immense majority, at this day, are even profoundly ignorant of the fundamental basis of its Federal organization: affirming, as they do, that it is a consolidated, centralized power, to which the States are inferior and subordinate, instead of the opposite, which is truth. In justice to the Northern mind I may remark, that they, with few exceptions, never did,

could, nor can comprehend this supra State Sovereignty. Hence, are not liable to the charge of growing more obtuse.

We boast of the upward, onward march of civilization with us. It is a falsehood. For years a pall of darkness has been settling over the land, cousequent upon the absorbing thought and quenchless thirst for gain; until now it is regarded by nearly all, that the chief and only duty of man on earth, is to buy and sell commodities, and otherwise devote themselves to a cent per cent accumulation of money. This kills the soul and puts man on a par with brutes. These then stone or starve their Prophets and men of letters, drive Statesmen into obscurity, and drag down all high callings, to their own base level; there to be let out on contract to the lowest bidder.

No government can long exist which does not sustain, and is not sustained by its men of geaias; by those who devote their choice intellects to the fine arts, and the loftier sciences. In Europe, in China and Japan, the State and wealthy people, especially the titled, are patrons and encouragers of these. There the Litterateur and Savan, are honored, aided and high ranked. Hence, unless great a ›us s are practiced by those in power, when these too are neglected and mistreated, they are found supporters of the government-often filling various grades of office. What does our government or people toward fostering high art and letters? What aid and patronage rendered by our rich biped swine. who seem all unconscious, that a goodly portion of the wealth their superior cunning enables them to abstract from others. ought, as a matter of po icy and right, to be shared with those few me of mind and virtue, who work out the problems, and give that moral support to the government which protects them and theirs? None! Nor yet bee stow more than a mite, many of them nothing, upan the suffering, iguorant, and despoiled poor. There fore, do I, in behalf of both these deeply injured classes, say down with such a government, and down with such a degrading and degraded aristocracy!

Thus have we been sinking as a nation. For years our government has done nothing good aor great, externally nor internally; and never wart, so long as the sections held together to conflue their cat-dog fight, and worrying of each other.All pure religion was fleeing from the land. Ag war among us will restore it. It will raise the minds of men above the engrossing cares of sense. and mere trivialities of life; teach them their ins nificance and littleness, and awe their animal iadfference, and self-sufficient atheism. into reverse for God.

You ask me whence this knowledge-how I knɔw these grand events, folded in the womb of timeAsk whence Moses and the Prophets, read about is Holy Writ, got knowledge of the future. A Baptist John knew he was forerunner of o mightier soon to come. And seek the source of inspiration which enabled this Great Oue, to speak as he spake. Ask how the writers and pbite phers of France, for more than a generation s'e rior to the downfall of the Bourbons, fore tol i tal event-graphically picturing in advance the “B of Terror ;" and even before the birth of the great Napoleon-" a Messiah of new ideas"-spoke of his advent, and the grand part he would had 23 perform. And learn from whence the clear pre

science of this illustrious Titan, and that of the present Emperor of the French, which so well en abled them to anticipate great coming events and thereby outwit all the other Potentates and Ministers of Europe. All these Seers, were called, for a time, either wizards else insane, by the foolish multitude. And whence, I ask you, the consciousness which taught me some fifteen and more years ago, whilst wand ring almost alone, amid the wild and dangerous scenes of this gorgeous sunset land, musing on man, his origin and destiny-to think, and then speak my thoughts to others-that a vast change of sentiment in matters of religion, was on the eve of happening, which would topple over the old faith in church-creeds. miracles and Bible tables. Behold since, the wide-pervading infidelic, psychologic, and spiritualistic theories and philosophies, with their numerous disciples. Likewise the threatened downfall, else important transfer of the papal power. Also declaration made at the same time, that before twenty years had passed away, the anti-slavery fals wave would begin to ebb-the African slave trade become once again legitimatiz d and sanctioned by all Christian nations; and this order of servitude not long there

The Emperor-Pope," is the title of the latest Parisian brochure. The pamphlet has not yet reached here, but the contents are doubtless identical, in the main, with articles of mine published through the S. F. Bulletin, two years ago, under the same caption.

after, be recognized throughout the world, as right
and proper.
Whence, too, the full belief and
knowledge, six years ago, and proclaimed so often
since, that the day for disunion of these confede-
rate States, was nigh at hand, and likewise the
extinction of our democratic form of government?
Who knows the past and present, knows the fu-
ture; hence, he who knows not the future, knows
not the past nor present. Only a few in any age
are gifted with those loftier conceptions of the
soul, which enable them to comprehend the past
and present, and have a farseeing vision into the
future. The peculiar bent of every mind is a birth-
right; subject, of course, to marring or perfecting,
by favorable or unfavorable education and sur-
roundings during life.

A Prophet is one born with superior perceptive faculties, and through life a devoted lover of, and ardent, diligent seeker after truth. Hence he finds it-sees it where others look, but fail to see. He sees it through the light of intuition and induction. Sees it, because unlike others, mistakes not causes for effects, nor effects for causes; but traveling back to fountain sources, observes and studies the germ of things; marks their growth and qualities; and then reasoning through the aids of analogy, intuition and induction, as taught by history, science, experience, and feeling, can tell with unerring instinct and judgment, what fruits will be produced.

VIRGINIA.

The mighty has fallen. The land of Washing.cember, to be published there. Whether reachton, Jefferson, Madison, Marshall, and Henry, has ing its destination. I have not ascertained. High voted to become a fief of Yankeedom. Thirty hearted and hopeful when it was written, I, now years imbibation of Northern ideas has produced fearing, sad and mournful. send it forth here, to let the fruits I long bave greatly teared. The ancient others read, if not appreciate, the inner deep feelspirit of Virginia has fled. I await to hear she has ing of my nature: permitted the inauguration of Lincoln at Washing ton. to heap those bitter curses upon her, which should come from a once adoring son. My respect and love for her is rapidly changing to contempt and hate.

"APPEAL TO VIRGINIA AND THE SOUTH.

Arouse ye! arouse ye! Prond land of my birth. A vindictive and fierce hating foe doth assail thee. Even now are they approaching thy ill-guarded gates, and long time bave had their paid tempters, polluters and spies in thy midst.

Foolish people! Their waning honor, their cowardice, and short-sighted selfishness, which induce them at this critical juncture to place the Awake! O awake! people of Virginia-thou conduction of affairs into the hands of traitors and descendants of heroic sires and chaste mothers. old imbeciles, will bring upon them the very evils Dire dangers encompass thee; all that is worth they seek to, and might have averted; for not only living for, nay, life itself, is at stake, and must at is she, in her present blind action, preparing to once be battled for at the sword's point, else cowplunge her citizens into bloody strife among them- ardly surrendered to the enemy. Degenerate as so selves, but paving the way to make her soil the bat- many of thy ancient stock have become, it behooves tle field for invading Northern armies. Most sure-all to harken to the voice of those still worthy of a ly is she treading that downward road, which will make her depised by both North and South; the North, because her people are not more Northern in sentiment; and the South, because they are not more Southern. And noue will despise her more than the other upper border Slave States, who, when her fatal policy shall be clearly demonstra-oply thyself as one man in stern battle array; and, ted, will taunt and denounce her for misleading them with her false counsel and example.

I append an appeal sent eastward the 1st of De

noble ancestry, and learn what you shall do to be saved. A glorious future yet awaits thee, my once proud and irreproachable State; should the counsels of a chivalrous son be now heeded-of one as eloquent and bold as our own immortal Henry, of revolutionary fame. He calls thee to ARMS!-to pan

not waiting for the foe, with their long since declared hellish intents, to come down among you, there establish head-quarters, secure all the strong

holds and appliances of war, and then open a far worse than Pandora's box, march up in serried columns to their own boundary, and defy them to pollute thy, or thy brethren's soil, by a single footstep over that border.

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prehend your epoch, your enemy, your danger, and your power and policy to defend yourselves, if you do not immediately act-aye, even to the fullest, the bold part Governor Wise has indicated, and will yet more clearly point out.

That Virginia, in common with every Southern State, save her of the proud Palmetto flag, has most sadly degenerated, their pusillanimous endurance for years. of Northern insult and aggression, is proof patent to the world. All honor, then, to the glorious State of South Carolina. The shades of her departed Great are watching over her, and counselling no further waiting for full concert with ignoble sisters, which for years have kept her, bop. ing, pleading, praying, that they would strike for rescue from a common danger and fate-strike for their altars and their firesides-strike for all that is dear to freemen-nay, in defence of life itself, and for what is valued more than life. That this gallant State, with her almost unanimous patriotic popula tion, her numerous wise and high purposed stat--men, and filled with warriors, who are every way the equal of her Sumters, Marions, and Mon!tries of the past, is resolved to battle to the death rather than longer submit to be a member of this foul Confederacy, is beyond all question. No more compromising compromises will she be a party 20, which but tie the hands of the entire South to e

And O! ye other Sovereignties of the Southbrethren and children, all of old Virginia-rally to the standard of the brave leaders who are calling upon thee to defend thy all from desecration and ruin. Listen to the voice of one, who, though long absent and wide away from thee, yet feels his heart pulsate more fervidly than ever in favor of thy jeopardized honor and rights, and who as jealously as any of thy resident sons, would watch over and guard thee from harm. Listen to me all ye inhabitants of the Slave States-to me, who so many years have sojourned in their midst, and daily come in contact with that maglignant, fanatical Northern horde, who, not alone aim to devastate the domain and upturn the household altars and gods of the Southern people; but whose devilish doctrines sap the foundations of society, and are rapidly plunging to wreck, and ruin, and bloody strife, the land in which themselves live. To beat back these worse than barbarians (birthlings of an effete civilization of vulgar hucksters and bigots), and force them to turn upon each other, and against us of the Free States, who dissent from them, and here drench the land with human gore, the Southable the Northern foe to make further inroads with has only to martial her forces, present a bold, determined and united front, and all of this is accomplished. The battle, among us, must ere long commence, whether the South shall cowardly, ignorantly and fatally permit herself to become a participant in the ruin or not. Then list to this voice of waraing. ye of my natal section, and save yourselves from that calamity the fiend spirit of the North would involve the whole country. You little com

impunity. She well knows that to stay in the Union, upon any terms, will be disgrace and death; if she goes out, the worst can only be death witeout the disgrace. Then, wherefore, O people of the South! do you longer hesitate? Cataline is at the gates of Rome, and yet you still debate.

CHAS. E. PICKETT. SAN FRANCISCO, November 20th, 1860."

ADDENDA.

Society, in most of our free States, is, at present, much similar to degenerate Judea in the days of Christ; and of Athens, in the time of Socrates. The hypocritical, selfish priesthood incited the vicious rabble to crucify the former; and the same order of priesthood. in conjunction with that vile crew, the Sophists, whom he induced to hate him, because so often denouncing and exposing their shallowness and demagoguery, and who are represented among us by our editors and politicians; caused the death of the Christ-like Grecian. We learn from well attested history, the terrible retribution which soon after overtook these peoples.

A bloody whirlwind revolution not alone dethrones and drives into obscurity, else throttles these false-teaching knaves and fogies, but puts an end to their bamboozling verbiage, and cunningly argued plausible theories. American affairs have been tangled into a Gordian Knot of words. The sword alone Can dis-entangle them. Strike, Alexander! for I am sadly sore of living under this despotism of gabblers.

TENNESSEE.

blooded, and lifelong semi-Abolitionist-John B": but worse than these, the groveling, ingrained va garian, and Red Republican-Andrew Johnson; and notorious Abolitionist-Emerson Etheridge.

"NO MORE SLAVE STATES."

This popular motto at the North, is about being acceded to by the South. The slaveholding Stat have, at length, concluded to no longer dis race, harrass and wound the sensitive conscience of that pious and humanitarian section by remaining ec2 nected with them.

QUESTIONS.

Fools, hypocrites, sycophants and timeservers contend that Lincoln now he is elected, should not adhere to the car principles of the party that made him President. True, a Magistrate, or other chosen official, should not be too pros? tive and unconciliatory, after induction to power; but sort of doctrine, policy and morality is that which counse to ignore the main ideas and wishes of the people wby bet vid their suffrage upon them, in order to appease opponents.

If Lincoln is now to stand upon the Breckinridge platform. wherefore the fierce opposition to the latter, in the late c be-paign; and why not elected him instead of Lincoln?

And this once high-toned, gallant State (the much loved adopted home of my young manhood) which guards the tomb of the brave Jackson, has, too, come so Yankeeized, as to follow in the wake of the disgraced border slave States. No wonder, when we look to the character of her leaders. First, the redoubtable parson Brownlow; next, that cold

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OF

JOHN K. PORTER,

AT THE

UNION RATIFICATION MEETING,

HELD AT

GLENS FALLS, OCT. 21.

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