Show the testimony of an arch rebel below will bo be found some pertinent nent extracts from a remarkable speech made by alexander A H stephens formerly a member of congress from georgia and at present vice president a of f the southern confederacy the speech was made in the cont convention antion which aich in 1861 took georgia out of tile the union and was the last appeal of one of f tile the most farseeing far seeing of her statesmen stephens resisted the flood to the last but when georgia went he be weakly allowed himself to be borne along on the current to that sea of troubles he so prophetically saw and against which lie he so eloquently warned the convention ile he fixes the cause of the rebellion where it belongs with the hot bot heads of the south not as the copperheads Copper heads now tell us with 11 abolitionists zionists at the north among other things stephens said that this step once talen taken could never be recalled and all the baleful and mi withering consequences that must follow as they would see will rest on oil the convention for all coming time when V hen it 0 and our shall see our lovely south desolated by the demon of war which this act of yours will inevitably invite and call forth when our green grecu fields of waving avier harvests shall be trodden doii down it by the murderous soldiery and flery fiery car of war sweeping over our land our temples of justice laid in it azes ashes all the horrors and desolations lit ions of war upon us its who but this convention N will ill be held responsible for it and who but him who shall h hive ave agn given ell his vote for this annn unwise ise and ill timed measure as I 1 honestly think and believe it is shall be held to account for this suicidal act by the present generation and probably cursed and execrated by poste posterity lity for all coming time lor for the N wide vide and desolating ruin that will inevitably follow this act you now propose to perpetrate even now after three years of desolating war what A hat tongue could moie clearly and graphically draw the picture as it is than stephens did in 61 as it was to bo be ile he evidently had a higher notion of honor and morality of other nations than the course of england E n and fiance has justified notwithstanding tint thit this ibis arch rebel could not hope for aid or sym p pithy athy from europe in this unholy conspiracy the result has proven that he estimated too highly the honor and integrity of both those nations which have found means to lend both sympathy and material aid to the rebellion mr stephens ell ch il lenges an answer to some very pertinent questions pause I 1 entreat you and consider for a moment what reasons you can give that will even satisfy yourselves 0 es in calmer moments what reasons you can give to yo your ill fell fellow ow sufferers in the C calamity that it will bring upon us what reasons can you give to the nations of the eiith to justify it they will bo be the calm and deliberate judges in the case and to what cause or one overt act can you aim aim or point on which to rest the plea of ills justification fill cation what right has hag the north assailed what interest of the south has been invaded wil whit it justice has been denied and what claim founded in right and justice has been withheld can call either cither of you yon today to day name one governmental act of wron wrong deliberately and purposely done by the goi government at washington of which the south his a right to complain complaint 9 I 1 challenge the answer while on the other hand let me show tile the facts and believe me gentlemen I 1 arn am not hero here the advocate of the north but I 1 am here the friend the firm friend and lover of the south and her institutions and foi this acason I 1 speak thus plainly and faithfully for yours mine and every mans mails interests the words of truth and soberness of which I 1 wish you yon to judge and I 1 will only state facts N w aich are clear and undeniable and which now st ind as records authentic in tho the of our tims thus loci docs lie he silence all such chinin s about the enci of the abolitionists is as we sometimes even now noi hear bear fichta the lips of recreant northerners and pandel cis to jeff daviss conspiracy sp iracy do you reply that in many instances they have violit violated ted this compact corn com let and it have ave not been faithful to heir engagements eng As individuals and local c immunities they may have done so but not by t to 10 sanction of government for that has always been true to southern interests again gentle won 1001 at another fact ii when lien i we c have asked in it more anoro teni tory should be added thalme that w e ml might ait api F pi iid cad the institution of slav sla ery cry the they y hm hav c e yielded to our den demands rinds in giving us its louisiana florida and T ti ou out t of which four states have been carve carved 11 wid ample teni tory for four moio moie to be added in in duy tune thu tho with hant and tr itoi 3 of the ben wood school are much exercised ci it at the violation vioLi tion of the constitutional rights of the south in the issuing of the emancipation emancipation pi proclamation hear in what bat stephens himself pro pre dicki ind and N what hat lie thought might be reasonably exp eap to follow attempted secession it YOU ou iby by this unwise unit so and impolitic act do not d le boy I 1 oy thi th hope and perhaps by it lose all and I 1 h i V e our last abt slave wren wrenched clied from you by stern tuly aile as south america and mex mayico leo i NN were ere 1 or by tho the vindictive decree of a universal cilian ea which may ron ably be expects a to one extrait more and wo we lie aie done hear the no it ab bi alyice irle president Pies Ples ident then pleading for the hoil u 1 i 1 turns of and words word of fire how the jowh realized amul amid devastation slaughter I 1 P W the ma madrea dreI folly and 11 ot of its attempt t to lo 1 end this union founded on the broad principles of 0 right ju justice picc and humanity leavin out of alein vie for the present tb the countless mill asni iolli p of clones you lui must expend in in a war r ith the N toi ill NN with ith the thousands of your sons brothed bih slain blam in battle and it id oneice up ill as sic sac I 1 ml cis s the altar of ambition and lor for what nihat ne upon isk ak again it is for the avci throw of the vm rica established ent by our ancestry anc try cemented and built up tip by their siv seat eat and mood blood ind and founded on oil the broad principles of bight justice and humanity mandy and as such I 1 must do de claie alicle geias as I 1 have often done and which has haafeen been repeated by the grei greater test and andoe of statesmen and patriots in this and other lands that it is the best and ft fiedt ceat go government crement cru ment the most mos aquil in its rights the most just in in its is dons the most lenient in its it measures and the most it m in its principles to el elevate cate the race of man mail that the sun of bean en ell ever shone upon now for you to attempt to overthrow such a government althis under which we have iii lived ed for more than izreo 0 o quartets teis of a con century tury in in which we have gained our wealth our stan standing dim 11 is as a 1 na tion our domestic safety while the elements of el pet ia are around it aund us with N it h peace and tranquility accompanied with I 1 unbounded bounded in prosperity and rig rights his is tile the height of madness folly and wickedness to which I 1 can cail neither ian lend d my sanction nor my vote i giuly out of their own mouths stand they condemned head ollai quarters Qu aiters dat of utah cicat salt lake city U T october 1863 general 01 dors I 1 1 no 33 14 r it 1 A C court cat at of inquiry colv convened e ned it fit the request of ad anthony ethier Etl iier ad caa C V to investigate a chaice of having enticed from her home a youns young fornale female resident ot of great salt lake city having tally fully and honorably acquitted him of the charge the proc proceedings of the court are approved and hirut lieu t etnier is honorably acquit ed of the charge 2 the court of inquiry convened at the request of sergeant john M mcfadden McFadd cn of co A ad G C V to investigate chaides preferred against him hav han ing aca acq acquitted lil bitted him of all ill the said charges except that ot using using disrespectful language to his bis superior officer and recommended his restoration to luty duty after reprimand in general orders ine fhe general commanding the Di district fakes dac occasion sian to reprehend hend in the se sevc iciest iest manner ill the lau language guage used by sergeant mcfadden to his commande com commanding mandi ng officer as unbecoming a soldier and the deepest censure cen suie the district commander rc regards L ards with disapprobation disappio bation such conduct on the pait pai of any ol officer licer non commissioned officer or bol boldien boldi dier cr but in view odthe of the good conduct and soldierly eily ly beating beading of geant mcfadden Mc Fulden proven on oil the trial indulges the hope fit hilt it this public reprimand lep at still ill effectually pic pi event cut its ic ie petition without tile the infliction of fai luither tiler punishment respect to su pellets both in id demeanor and language is one of the fust duties of the soldier and but for the attendant circumstances and the 1 of tile the court its infraction in this case would meet with the highest known to the elaw law sergeant mcfadden is hereby strongly reprimanded for this breach ot of discipline and good conduct and in accod dance with the recommendation of the court will be returned to duty with his company with his big folmer lank as Sr sergeant geant 3 in its opinion the coutt referring to tile disobedience of elders by the accused say bays 11 in this whole matter the court can glean no evidence ot of insubordination ordination olt on the part of the accused who finds his full justification in the ardeis of col booie As a soldier he be found himself in the anomalous position of being tho the subject of conflicting ardeis from his superiors superior and he chose chos so to obey the superior in rank so far t therefore as the accused is concerned the court is of tile the opinion that lie he was guiltless and fully justified fied in ha couise and this cobit cannot consent that commissioned commission cd officers ceis cels shall fight their battles or settle questions of rank or autho authority lity a at the expense of private soldiers or noncommissioned commissioned non offie cis and to the detriment of the service referring to ili ahe first part of the foregoing paragraph the general has to sat say th that a t he does not concur in the opeil opinion 1 ion expressed that tile the accused was guiltless and finds lull full justification in the ciders of col moore the el evidence discloses the fact that the last order emanated c from ills his company commander and the ill i aleh le is strict and without exception that the last order must mastbe be obeyed the le ie lies with him who 91 gives i ves it not with him who executes the court therefore erred and the accused was neller neither guilt guiltier les nor justified although under the circumstances the general c concurring vuth ilith the court does docs not deem necessary or adis advisable lible the infliction of further punishment for this disobedience of orders but fleshes to impress upon all officers ceis ind and soldiers the necessity and pi propriety of always obeying the last order when emanating from a superior officer on duty with the c command to which lie he is attached officers or soldiers cannot of course e control the action of 0 alice r 8 or soldiers sold leis eis of other departments districts or posts post unless sunless by supe superior flor orders or when acting cont ialy to law and regulations the concluding rein irks of the collit in the above quoted Pa Pala graph from its opinion are m L bently correct and pi cioper oper and meet with the ml full concu nence ot of tile the commanding general the conduct hen sible and detrimental let ault cital rital to upon poll the seri service is highly ice li and S can 11 no e tse 10 anc meet t the general gen wa approval of the commando commanding acu 4 ane court y of inquiry ham of which maj jward edward Ife Girty ad caa C V 19 president is y by commandos com manil mandof of dri brig gen connor FINNERTY livila RHO ami aid de camp A A A gen ged |