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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Tuesday afternoon, Aug, 12, 1862
Our Flag Forever.
" /knoto of no mode in which a loyal citi
zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by sustaining Me Flag, the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum-
StalteeS, and UNDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION,
REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
ASSAILANTS, AT 11031 E AND ABROAD."
A. Douot.ts
WE are behind time this week.—
Some of our force has left for the ar
my. We will try to boas regular and
up to time hereafter as we have been
heretofore. The excitement around
us for several days past has also pre
vented us from giving the Globe pro
per attention this week.
Oun friend L's communication is
held over for the present. We are
well aware of the efforts making by
outsiders to injure the circulation of
the Globe, but we have not yet suffer
ed any loss. The loyal people of the
county have never yet deceived us.—
Give the enemy rope and they will
hang themselves.
. HUNTINGDON, Aug. 9, 1862.
WM. LEWIS, EsQ.:—ln your paper
of the last issue, it is asserted that a
disloyal or anti-war organ is about to
be started in this place, and that I am
the proposed editor.
I take this oppc:ortuuity to say, that
I will enlist with you in the Army of
the United States for any term of ser
vice you may propose; that I will take
my place in the ranks, and throw no
obstacle in the way of any promotion
you can attain ; and that I will enlist
as many of my political friends as you
will enrol from yours. Will you not
join Me in this effort to suppress con
tention at home, and strengthen our
army now in peril F Very respect
fully, ALBERT OWEN.
Whether the above was intended
for the public or not, we take the liber
ty of giving it a conspicuous place in
the Globe, and answer the proposition
of Mr. Owen as publicly. We have
nothing to take back of our belief that
the new paper about to be started will
be in effect a "disloyal or anti-war or-
gan." We have seen and hoard much
since we first made the assertion that
_Ake liAmprojectwas a disloyal move
ment,to convince us thhtwe were cor-
xect in our assertion.
And now for the proposition of Mr.
Owen to test our patriotism. Ile pro
poses to enlist with us, in the army of
the United States for any term of
years, and will enlist as many of his
political friends as we will enrol from
ours. Wo most respectfully decline to
.measure our patriotism with his bush
,6l. lle will servo his country only on
condition that somebody else will fur
'nish the patriotism. Somebody else
anust take up arms to defend our flag
beforo Air. 0. can find patriotism
enough in his breast to defend it. Our
situation is such as to make it impos
sible for us to go into the army with
out sacrificing our entiro business—a
business all loyal men have an interest
in—a business secession sympathizers
would crush out if they could. We
cannot be bought with sham patriot
ism to desert the important position
we occupy in the rear of our army.—
There is an enemy in the rear of our
brave boys, and that enemy must be
watched, and conquered too, before
we can again enjoy a peaceful Union.
Oua political friends are the men who
fill the - ranks of the companies from
this county. How many, Mr. Owen,
'of YOUR political friends are there in the
four companies that left this place last
week? Have you one political friend
in any one of the four companies ?
We 'advise you to call your young po
litical friends in town together, and
with yourself at their head, enrol them
under the flag of our country, and af
ter you do so you will be permitted to
dictate to loyal men who are in no
danger of feeling the " hog tongs''
about their logs.
When those who find fault with ev
ery effort making by the Government
to suppress the rebellion, shall come
np earnestly to its support, or shall
leave their country for their country's
good, then and not till then will "con-
tention at home" be suppressed.
We are enrolling able-minded men
and women to fight the enemy in the
rear of our army. Office, in Globe
building.
RECEIVING JUSTICE.—The editors of
the Harrisburg Patriot cG Union, 0.
Barret, T. C. McDowell, M. Foster
and U. T. Tones, were arrested in that
city last week by Gen. Wadsworth,
and taken to Washington where they
were imprisoned and where they still
are, on the charge of retarding enlist
ments by the publication of the follow
ing bogui placard, purporting to have
been printed in Washington :
ATTENTION, COLORED MEN.
The great Gen. Lane has arrived in
this city to-day, and will address the
colored citizens of Harrisburg in front
of the Market House at 4 o'clock this
(Monday) afternoon. Men and Breth
ren, come along
The Government havin g ; granted
him permission to raise two COLORED
REGIMENTS, ho will be prepared to
swear in all able-bodied colored men
who may offer, and he confidently ex
pects to raise one company in this
place.
Arms, equipments, uniforms, pay,
and rations, and bounty the same as
received by White Soldiers, and no
distinction will be made. Come one,
come all I J. 11. TOMPKINS,
Recruiting Officer for Lane's Colored
Regiments.
We arc glad to see that the Govern
ment is giving the Secession sympa
thizers in this State some attention.—
A universal howl is going up from ev
ery secession organ in the State. Let
them howl.
Light Breaking.
The Albany _evening Journal admon
ishes the people to be of good cheer,
and we think, in reality that the clouds
are slowly breaking. We begin to
catch here and there glimpses of a
brighter day. The government is at
last awakening to a sense of the
desperate nature of the situation and
of the necessity of resorting to desper
ate means. We have not only the
promise but the evidences of a more
vigorous policy. No more coqucting
with treason; no more apologetic war
film; no more lavender-water cam
paigning; no more tittletat • about
"conquering the affections" of the
insurgent masses. Henceforth, we
are promised that hard blows will be
substituted for words; that execution
will take the place of threats; that trea
son will be treated as a crime instead
of an indiscretion; that the utmost
strength
. of the Government will
be brought to bear upon the very
brain and life of the great conspiracy.
Evidences of a resolve to inaugurate
a vigorous and earnest war are every
where visible. The President has
given us his word that there is to be
no more " fooling " with the rebels.
The War Office has been clothing
itself with now vigor and new life.—
Our Generals have been instructed to
spend more of their time in fighting
the battles of the Union, and less of
their time in acting as policemen for
rebels. The eloquent orders of Gen.
Pope have inspired the army and the
country with now life. Gen. Halleck
is rapidly proving himself the right
man for the right place.
-STETLIEN
The effect of these indications of
earnestness on the country is magical.
The lethargy that pervaded the public
heart after the disaster before Rich
mond, has passed away. Men are
once more active and hopeful. The
feeling that the cause of the Union
will yet be triumphant is again becom
ing general. Everywhere—in every
can town and hamlet throughout the
loyal states—the masses are respon
ding to the appeal for men. Illinois has
already virtually furnished her full quo
ta. So have Maine and Pennsylvania.
The other states are, without excep
tion, doing nobly. New York will, it
is earnestly hoped, have her proportion
nearly or quite furnished before the
18th. On the whole, the good work,
temporarily checked by local disaster,
once more " goes bravely on." There
will be drawbacks; there will be more
reverses ; there will be dark days;
but the cause will go onward triumph
ant over every obstacle.
The Murder of McCook.
The most dastardly act of the pre
vailing war was the cold-blooded mur
der of Brigadier-General Robert Mc-
Cook, by a band of geurillas on Wednes
day last. He was sick, and was in an
ambulance on his way to Winchester,
Tennessee, and when near Salem, Ala
bama, was waylaid by a gang of des
peradoes, who tilted him out of the
vehicle and then brutally murdered
him. So vile an act has not hereto
fore been perpetrated, and it is no won
der that the rage of the Union people
of Tennessee impelled them to acts of
terrible retaliation. Robert McCook
was one of the family of patriots from
Ohio that has furnished eight or ten
fine soldiers to the war. lle is the
second who has been killed, while one
or two others have been wounded.—
Let his name bo a rallying cry for the
soldiers of tho West. His murder
must be avenged.
PENNSYLVANIA'S QUOTA.—On the
ith of July last, a call was made on
the State for twenty-ono regiments of
volunteers. On the 11th a communi
cation was received at Harrisburg
from the War Department containing
a requisition for the militia of the full
quota of the State under the two re
cent calls, each for 300,000 men. The
full quota of this State under these
calls will be 92,841 men, less the num-
her furnished by the 15th inst., under
,the call of the 7th of July, above men
tioned.
DRAFTING.—The necessary rules and
regulations for drafting in this State,
arrived in Harrisburg on Monday
morning, and it is understood that
drafting will commence on Friday
next.
" We want Democrats to stay at home
to do the voting." Such language was
uttered in this borough last week by
one of the Knights of the Golden Cir
cle, and we would not be surprised if
Democrats aro influenced by such
friends of the rebels throughout tho
county and State. We hopo every
loyal Democrat will close his ears to
such vile secessionism.
Republican County Ticket.
The People's Party or Republican
Convention assembled in this place
yesterday, and after deciding by a
small majority to put in nomination a
party ticket, nominated the following
named gentlemen for the several
CCs:
Congressional Conferees instructed
for David Blair, of Huntingdon.
Senatorial Conferees instructed for
J. Sewell Stewart, of Huntingdon.
For Assembly, A. W. Benedict, of
Huntingdon.
For Sheriff, Geo. W. Johnston, of
Barree.
For County Commissioner, Peter M.
Bare, of Mount Union.
For Director of the Poor, Samuel
Heekadorn, of Tell.
For Pro. Attorney, J. H. 0. Corbin,
of Huntingdon.
For Co. Surveyor, John Pollock, of
Mount Union.
For Co. Auditor, henry L. McCar
thy, of Brady.
We have not the time to-day to make
comments, more than to say we can
not support party nominations.
There is another Convention, claim
ing to be the pure Democracy, that will
meet to-day.
R ucaulTl NO IN TI7I;6TATE.—Thc Har
risburg Telegraph of Monday last says
" Up to last evening it was estima
ted that sixteen thousand volunteers
had arrived here and went into quar
ters at Camp Curtin. These in addi
tion to seven or eight thousand in
Philadelphia, two thousand at Pitts
burg and ono thousand at Lancaster,
gives as the result of the enlistments
for the nine months' call, a total of
about twenty-seven thousand men,
which is considerable over the quota
asked for from the State under the
first call.
Independent of these, there are also
somo six or eight new regiments, near
ly ready for the field, of three years'
volunteers."
QUITE a stampede has been in pro
gress from Baltimore and other cities,
of parties eager to escape the draft.—
Some going to Europe, many to Cana
da, and any place where they can get
out of the way of the "hog tongs."
LA EST ifiEWS.
CULPEPER, Va., August 11.—The en
emy this morning sent in a flag of
truce asking permission to bury their
dead. This shows that, with all their
superiority of numbers, they were too
badly cut up to maintain their posi
tion, and that their falling back yester
day was fyom necessity, not choice,—
Our troops are engaged in bringing off
our wounded from the field, and bury
ing the dead.
N E
The War in Tennessee
A. Large Rebel Force at Knoxville,
CnrcAao, Aug. B.—The Times' spe
cial despatch from Trenton, Tennessee,
states that Captain Peek, with fifty
three men of the Sixth Illinois Caval
ry were sent against Faulltnpr's Cav
alry, who have been committing dep
redations near Humboldt.
The rebels were surprised while
sleeping, five miles from Dyekville
yesterday, and thirty-five were killed,
and fifty-five horses and a great por
tion of their arms captured. Most of
those who escaped left, without their
arms, horses or clothes. Our loss was
seven killed, and two seriously wound
ed.
CINCINNATI, Aug. B.—Special de
spatches from Indianapolis say that a
gentleman who has arrived there from
Knoxville, Tenn., reports that a force
of 15,000 infantry, with due proportion
of artillery and cavalry, was at that
place, expecting to march into Ken
tucky at an early day.
General Burnside's Division
Gen. Burnside's Command at Freder-
icksburg.
NINTH ARMY CORPS, FRF.DERICKS
BURG, VA., Aug. 6, 1862.
BurnSitl4 army corps are in camp
just outside thocity vfEredericksburg.
We arrived here on the SL - 11, after a
hurried trip from Newport NeWs.—
The divisions which were here when
we arrived have moved on further in
to the interior. Wo came after Jack
son, and if we come across him the di
vision is expected to give " Old Stone
wall" his quietus. The weather is
very warm, and the ground dry and
dusty. Gens. Burnside, Reno and
Park accompany the Division, and
were greeted on their arrival here by
General Doubleday, accompanied with
Lis aids. The health of the corps is
very good, provisions plenty and the
troops in high spirits.
We have, been aware for several
days that General Burnside's army
corps reached Aquia Creek on Sunday,
and Monday last from Newport News,
and immediately proceeded by rail
road to Fredericksburg, at which point
the army of Stonewall Jackson is ex
pected to make a dash at our lines,
From the South Carolina Coast.
The New Rebel Rain Fingal.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—A highly in
teresting letter has been received here
from Hilton Head regarding the new
rebel rani Fingal and the proceedings
of the rebels in that quarter. The
new gunboat is fully armed and man
ned. She has been altered from the
British steamer Fingal, and is said to
boa formidable engine of destruction,
carrying two 100-pound rifle guns, 10
inch Coluuibiads, four 50-pound rifle
guns, and two 24 pounders for grape
and canister. She resembles the Mer
rimac in shape and form, with a mas
sive beak at either end. The plan of
the rebels is said to be first to destroy
our fleet and then move the Fingal to
Seabruk and there cover the landing
of their forces. Meanwhile they are
concentrating their land forces at
Bluffton, Ha`rdensville and Grahams
ville.
Battle Between Gen. Banks and
Stonewall Jackson.
THE REBELS CROSS THE RAPI-
DAN
General Banks Attacked by a large
Force.
A Severe Battle
Heavy Losses on Both Sides
NEW YonK, Aug. 10.—The following
despatch has been received by the
Tribune :
HEADQUARTERS, 0 miles below Cul- I
pupal., Ira., August 10, 1862.
A battle was fought yesterday be
tween Gen. Banks and Stonewall Jack
son.
General Bayard, of General McDow
ell's corps, with his cavalry brigade,
had been engaged in the extreme ad
vance, near the Rapidan river, in skir
mishing and manceuvering, taking
some prisoners, and ending with a
slight loss, baffling the efforts of a
large force to surround and cut him
off.
Yesterday morning he was engaged
for some hours before General Banks
Caine up, and with four regiments of
cavalry, the Ist Pennsylvania, Ist
Maine, and Ist Rhode Island, delayed
and embarrassed the enemy's advance.
The rebels under Jackson and Ew
ell, had crossed the Rapidan in force,
and their advance guard, 15,000 strong,
was attacked by Gen. Banks yester
day afternoon, about six miles South
of Culpeper Court House.
The fight was almost wholly with
artillery at first, but the infantry be
came engaged about six o'clock, and a
determined and bloody contest follow
ed.
General Banks' right wing, under
General Williams, suffered severely.
The rebel position was in the woods,
while the troops which attacked them
were obliged to cross an open ground.
It was not till about Il o'clock that it
became evident that the rebels were
attacking us in force. Previous to
that there had been rather desultory
cannonading.
The whole rebel force suddenly at
tacked us in overwhelming numbers
at all points. Nearly all their regi
ments had full ranks.
At 7}, o'clock Gen. Pope arrived on
the field from Culpeper, accompanied
- by Gen. McDowell, with a part of Mc-
Dowell's corps.
The battle was then substantially
over, Gen. Banks holding the ground
that ho had occupied at the beginning.
After the arrival of General Pope
there was an artillery contest, contin
uing at intervals till nearly 12 o'clock.
The night was unusually clear and
the moon full.
The rebels planted a battery against
McDowell's centre, where Generals
Pope and Banks were, bringing
both of them. under fire. The Gener
als and their staff were so near the reb
el lines, being actually in front of their
own lines, that a sudden charge of the
rebel cavalry was made from the
woods, a quarter of a mile off, appa
rently with a view to capture them.
The, attempt -wetti rupulled by a vig
orous fire from McDowell's troops, and
the generals and their staffs loft the
field under a cross fire from the rebels
and their own troops.
The fire of the rebel batteries was
after wards silenced.
General Pope, on arriving, sent
fresh troops to the front to take the
place of Gen. Banks' exhausted col
umns.
The enemy did not renew the at
tack except by artillery.
Our troops were under arms and in
position all night.
Gen. Banks was on the field through
out the action and constantly under
fire. Ills handling of his troops and
personal gallantry is highly praised by
his officers.
The bravery and good conduct of
the troops were conspicuous during a
large part of the fight. When over
powered by numbers, some of the re
giments retreated in disorder.
Colonel Knipe, of the 46th Pennsyl
vania, is dangerously wounded.
Lieut. Colonel Selfridge was severely
wounded.
Major Mathews had Ids arm ampu
tuted.
Adjutant Boyd was severely woun
ded.
All of the 415th Pennsylvania.
Gen. Banks was rather severely hurt
by an accident. A cavalry trooper
ran against him and he was struck
heavily in the side. Nevertheless, he
remained on the field, and is on duty
this morning with his command.
General Geary was wounded, and
has had an arm amputated.
Major Pelouzo, General Banks' adju
tant, took command of a hesitating reg
hnent, and gallantly led it through a
galling fire. He received two shots,
and is severely but not dangerously
wounded in the side.
Two of Gen. Pope's body-guards
were killed.
The sth Connecticut, 27th Indiana,
and 46th Penn . f3ylvania Regiments,
are badly cut up.
The losses are heavy on both sides,
and it is supposed that not less than
two thousand or three thousand were
killed and wounded, or are missing,
on each side.
Sorno prisoners were taken by both
sides.
Jackson and Ewell were both pros
cut iu the battle.
Reinforcements to the amount of . 18,-
000 men reached the rebels last night
at about the same time that ours ar
rived.
Skirmishing in front is going on
this morning, but the troops on both
sides are so much exhausted by fatigue
and the intense heat, that no serious
encounter is expected to take place
to-day.
Further Particulars of the battle.
WASHINGTON, August 11.—Accounts
from Culpeper represent the enemy's
estimated force engaged at 20,000, and
our own, exclusive of cavalry, and ar
tillery, as not exceeding 7,000.
The number of Regulars wounded
is large, but the wounds aro general
ly slight.
The number of killed is small.
On Saturday night the teamsters lit
their fires, causing the enemy to shell
our now position, with considerable ef
fect.
Yesterday the enemy was
not in Sight on our front, but the indi-
cations wore that they were reinforced
on Saturday night ; and were attemp
ting to flank our position.
The Ram Arkansas Destroyed.
WASHINGTON, August 10.—The fol
lowing is from the Petersburg Daily
Rapress of yesterday :
"Bronx()No, August 9.—A despatch
from General Van Dorn to Secretary
Mallory states that the Confederate
ram Arkansas, Lieut. Stephens com
manding, had been destroyed. She
left Vicksburg on Monday to co-oper
ate in the attack on Baton Rouge.
" After passing Bayou Sara, her ma
chinery became deranged, and whilst
attempting to adjust it, several of the
enemy's gunboats attacked her. Af
ter a gallant resistance she was aban
doned and blown up. Her officers
and men reached the shore in safety.
No Escape from the Draft.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington
City, D. C., Aug. 8, 1862
Order to prevent the evasion of mil
itary duty and fur the suppression of
disloyal practices.
First, By direction of the President
of the United States, it is hereby or
dered that, until further order, no citi
zen liable to be drafted into the mili
tia shall be al'.owed to go to a foreign
country, and all Marshals, Deputy
Marshals, and military officers of the
United States, are directed, and all po
lice authorities, especially at the ports
of the United States on the sea-board
and on the frontier; are requested to
see that this order is faithfully carried
into effect. And they are hereby au
thorized and directed to arrest and de
tain any person or persons about to
depart from the United States in vio
lation of this order, and report to Maj.
C. Turner, Judge Advocate, at
Washington City, for further instruc
tion respecting the person or persons
so arrested and detained.
Second. Any person liable to draft
who shall absent himself from his coun
ty or State before such draft is made,
will be arrested by any Provost Mar
shal, or other United States or State
officer, wherever be may be found
within the jurisdiction of the United
States, and conveyed to the nearest
military post or depot, and placed on
military duty fbr the term of the
draft; and the expenses of his
own arrest and conveyance to
such post or depot, and also the sum of
five dollars as a reward to the officer
who shall make such arrest, shall be
deducted from his pay.
Third. The writ of habeas corpus
is hereby suspended in respect to all
persons arrested and detained, and in
respect to all persons arrested for dis
loyal practices.
'EowIN M. STANTON, See'y of War
Order Authorizing the Arrest of 'Persons
Discouraging Enlistments.
The following order was issued this
morning :
WAR DEPARTMENT, 'WASHINGTON
CITY, Aug. 8, 1862. JY
ORDERED—Fird. That all 'United
States Marshals," and superintendents
and chiefs of police of any_ low»..slity,
or district, be, and they are hereby,
authorized and directed to arrest and
imprison any person or persons who
may be engaged, by any act of speech
or writing, in discouraging volunteer
enlistments, or in any Ivay giving aid
and comfort to the enemy, or any oth
er disloyal practice against the Uni
ted States.
Second. That immediate report be
made to Major L. C. Turner, Judge
Advocate, in order that such persons
may be tried before a Military Com
mission.
TUN. That the expenses of such
arrest and imprisonment will be certi
fied to the Chief Clerk of the War De
partment for settlement and payment.
EDWIN M. STANTON,-
Secretary of War.
Another Order about Evading the
Draft.
11'ASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The follow
ing is a copy of a circular issued to-day:
WAR DEPARTMENT, }
Washington, Aug. 11, 18t32..
To _Military Commandants, _Provost
11 - arshalls, U. S. _MarshaUs and Po
lice Officers:
You will receive herewith an order
of the War Department to prevent the
evasion of military duty and for the
suppression ofdisloyal practices, dated
the Bth of August, 1862. This order,
to be efficient, is necessarily very
comprehensive in its terms, and its
proper execution requires the exercise
of sound judgment and discretion in
the officers to whom its enforcement
is entrusted; and to guard you in its
execution the following instructions
are to be observed :
First—The order comprises two
classes of persons, viz: those who are
about leaving the United States to
evade military duty, and those who,
for the same purpose, leave their own
State.
Leaving the United States until the
military draft is perfected, is absolute
ly prohibited, but it was not the inten
tion of the order to interfere with the
transit from State to State, of any per
sons but those who design to evade
military duty. Whenever you have
reason to believe that the purpose is
to evade military duty, the order will
authorize the detention of any person
leaving his own State, County or Mili
tary District.
Second—Any person so detained may
be released on giving bonds to the Uni
ted States, with sufficient security, in
the sum of $l,OOO, conditional for the
performance of military duty, if lie
should be drafted, or the providing of
a proper substitute.
Third—lmmediate report is to be
made to this office of all persons so
detained, with the cause of their de
tention.
_Aura—You will exercise the power
of arrest and detention with caution
and forbearance, so as to avoid giving
annoyance or trouble to any persons,
excepting those who are seeking to
evade the performance 'b f their duty to
their country.
Ffth—The Governors of the re
spective States are authorized to give
passes and permits to their own citi
zens desiring to leave the State, with
out intent to evade military duty. By
order of the Secretary of War.
(Signed) L. C. TURNER,
Judge A dvoca
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Great War Meeting in Washing-
WAsniNaros, August 6.—An im
mense meeting assembled this after
noon at the east front of the Capitol.
It was preceded by the ringing of bells,
firing of cannon, and music from the
Marine I3and.
The Mayor of Washington presided,
assisted by thirty-four Vice-Presidents
and twenty-two Secretaries,
After a prayer by the Itev. John C.
Smith, the following resolutions were
read :
Resolved, That we, the residents of
the District of Columbia, but having
among our number citizens of every
portion of the country, regard the dis
memberment of the Union as an event
not to be contemplated in any contin
gency whatever, it being forbidden
alike by our geographical, commercial,
social and political condition, by our
domestic and foreign interests; by the
shame which would attach to us did
we suffer its accomplishment, and the
worthlessness of what would remain to
us afterwards; by the mighty interests
involved in the Union, and the vast
sacrifices which have been made for
its defence; by the hopes of the living
and the memories of.tbe dead, and we
deliberately and solemnly declare that
rather than witness its overthrow, we
would prosecute the present war until
our towns and cities would be reduced
to ashes, [applause], our fields should
be desolated, and one and all that are
dear to us should have perished with
our possessions. Let the Union be
preserved or the country be made a
desert. [Applause.]
Resolved, That we have not a doubt
that almost the entire population of
the loyal States arc animated by the
same sentiment which we express, and
that if there is any (at the present
time) hesitation manifested by them
in devoting themselves or their prop
erty to the cause of the country, it is
owing solely to their misgivings as to
the prosecution of the war; [applause
and cries of "Good ;"] to an apprehen
sion that there is, on the part of those
who direct cur military operations,
whether in the Cabinet or in the field,
a want of readiness and determination
to employ at once, decisively and
crushingly, the full power of tho na
tion, which all feel and know to be
overwhelming.
Resolved, That profoundly convinced
as we are, that such is the true cause
of the hesitation. we deem it the duty
of the President, and we therefore
most respectfully but earnestly urge
upon him, to adopt effectual means of
assuring the people that he is resolved
to prosecute the war on a scale limited
only by the resources of the country,
and we hail with joy the recent order
directing the immediate draft of a large
additional force, as a cheering evidence
of such a resolve. [Applause.]
Resolved, That while there are among
us differences of opinion upon minor
questions of policy in the prosecution
of the war, we are all agreed that the
measures adopted should be those
which will bear with most crushing
effect upon those in rebellion, whether
in arms or not. [Applause.]
Resolved, That, convinced as we are
tlint tho loaders iu tho __rebellion -will
never sincerely return to their allegi
ance to the Union, or quietly submit
to its laws, we are of opinion that
they should be regarded and treated
as irreclaimable traitors, who are to be
stripped of their possessions, of what
ever character, and either deprived of
life or expelled from the country.—
[Applause, and cries of " Good."]
Resolved, That in our
,judgment,
wherever our armies go within the re
bellious States, means should be taken
to test the loyalty of the inhabitants,
and that those who refuse their un
qualified adhesion to the cause of the
Union should either be placed under
restraint, or compelled to go beyond
our lines, while their effects should be
taken from them, and, so fir as avail
able, be converted to the use of the
army. [Applause.]
Resolved, That the national capital
is eminently the place where treason
should be instantly denounced and
punished—
[At this pause the applause from
thousands was deafening, and again
three cheers were given with acclama
tions of "read that again," " good,
good," "read it again." Mr. Jordan
was about to do so when he was inter
rupted by the heavy and continuous
sound of cannon, intermingled with
music from the band, for the President
had now made his appearance and was
proceeding to the front of the platform,
where a chair had been provided for
him in a conspicuous place. Three
cheers were given in his honor, and
when this pleasant excitement had
somewhat subsided, Mr. Jordan read
the entire resolution, as follows :]
Resolved, That the national capital
is eminently the place where treason
should be instantly denounced and
punished, and the most stringent mea
sures should be adopted by the proper
authorities without delay, to discover
and arrest the disloyal mon and wo
men who infest the District, and that
they should be compelled either to es
tablish on the most conclusive manner
their fidelity to the Government or
forfeit its protection.
[This resolution was throughout
greeted with applause.]
Resolved, That we heartily approve
of the act of Congress passed at its re
cent session, subjecting to confiscation
the property of rebels and declaring
free such of their slaves as take refuge
within the lines of our army, and that
we deem it the duty of the President
to the utmost of his ability to give
prompt effect to the provisions of that
act, and especially that ho take the
most efficient means within his power
to cause full notice thereof to be given
to all persons who may be affected
thereby. [A ppl a use.]
Resolved, That the Federal Nation
being the only instrumentality
through which the will of the Govern
ment can be made effective, that the
Government must be sustained,
whether Administration may for the
time being be in power, and whatever
may be the policy within the limits of
the Constitution whieli it may adopt;
that he who refuses to give it his sup
port because of his disapproval of
same particular measures of its policy,
is false to his obligations to the coun
try [applause]; that this truth has pe
culiar force at the present time, when
the Government is struggling for its
very existence, and that for ourselves,
confident as we are in the wisdom
and patriotism of the President and
ton.
members of the Cabinet, we pledge to'
them our earnest, cordial and determ
ined support in the great works 6f de
fending and preserving the Union, in;
which are centered all our hopes, anti
to the preservation of which we sol
emnly devote all that we have and arc.
[Applause.]
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves
to make ample pecuniary provision
for the families of all citizens of this
district who are novein the military
service of this country, or who may
hereafter enter it, daring the continu
ance of this war.
The entire series of resolutions were
unanimously and enthusiastically
adopted.
THE PRESIDENT ' S SPEECII
Fellow-citizens ; I believe there is no
precedent for my appearing before yott
on this occasion—[applause]—but it
is also true that there is no precedent,
for your being here yourselves. [Ap
plause and laughter.] And I offer in.
justification of myself and you that,.
upon examination, I have found noth-.
ing in the Constitution against it.--
[Renewed applause.] I, however,.
have an impression that there are
younger gentlemen who will entertain
you better—[Voices; "No, no, none:
can do better than yourself; go on,"];
and better address your understand
ing than I will or could, and therefore
will detain you but a moment longer.
[Cries of, " Go on—tar and feather the•
rebels."] lam very little inclined, on
any occasion, to-say anything unless I
hope to produce something by it. [A
voice—" You do that—go on."] Tho
only thing I think of just now not
likely to be better said by sonic one
else, is a matter in which we have
heard some other person blamed for
what I did myself. [Voices—What is
it ?] There has been a very wide
spread attempt to have a quarrel be
tween General McClellan and the Sec
retary of War. Now, I occupy a po
sition that enables me to believe, at
least, that these two gentlemen are
not nearly so deep in the quarrel as.
some presuming to be their friends.—.[Cries of good.] Gen. McClellan's at.
titude is such, that in the very selfish
ness of his nature he cannot but wish
to be successful, and I hope he will,
and the Secretary of War is pre
cisely in the same situation.
If the military commander in the ,
field cannot be successful, not only the.
Secretary of War, but myself, for the
time, being master• of them both, can
not but be failures. [Laughter and
applause.] I know General McClel
lan wishes to be successful, and I
know he does not wish it any more
than the Secretary of War for him,
and both of them together not more
than I wish it. [Applause.] Sometimes
we have a dispute about how many
men General McClellan has had; and
those who wish to disparage him say
that he has had a very large number,
and those who would disparage the
Secretary of War insist that General
AfeClellan has had a very small num
ber. The basis for this is that, them
is always a very wide difference, and,
on this occasion, perhaps, a wider one,
between the ;grand total on General
Clellan's rolls and the 111:311 fit for duty,.
and those who would disparage him
talk of grand totals on paper, rid_thoe
who would disparage the Secretary of
War talk of those at present fit for
duty.
General ;Nlcelellan has sometime s ,
asked for things that the Secretary did
not give him, and General McClellan „
not to blame for asking for what h
wanted and needed, and the Secretary
of War is not to blame for not giving
what he had none to give, [applause ,
and laughter] and I say here that as.
flu• as I know, the Secretary of War•
has withheld no OHO thing at any
time in my power to give him.
applause, and a voice "Give him enough ,
now."] I have no accusation against
him; I believe he is a brave and able•
man [applause], and I stand hero, a 4
justice requires me to do, to take upon;
myself what has been charged upon,
the Secretary of War as withholding
men from him. I have talked longer
than I expected to do, [cries of no, no;
go on] and now I avail myself of'
my privilege of saying no more.
The Right Kind of a Democrat,
[Flom the Cincinnati Time; of Angnit oth.]
Patrick McGroarty, Esq., of this
city, made a war speech at Springfield,
Ohio, on Saturday. Air. McGroarty
said : "He was an old line Democrat.
As a Democrat he bad come to Spring
field, to appeal to men to go to war in
order to put down the rebellion. Ile
would not discuss whether fire-eaters
or abolitionists brought on the war.—
Rebels were in arms against the Gov
ernment. Let us put down rebellion,
and then settle political questions 4
about it. It didn't make any diffbr,
once whether Joshua Giddings or Jeff:,
Davis got up the rebellion. There it,
is—we see who is in it, and we must.
put it down. He appealed to the old
Democrats. He would ask them Are
you going to see the Constitution up-„
set and the Union dissolved, because
-
you think somebody up in Ashtabula
county may go to Congress? If you
are, you are just as big a traitor as
Jeff. Davis. Are you not going to war
because you think Lincoln may have
violated the Constitution ? Who made_
you Judge? Ho was elected properly
under the Constitution. I didn't vote
for him, I wouldn't vote for him now.,
but I am for putting down the rebel-, ,
lion. Now this is the filet, Anybody--
who won't go to war Ibr the reasons I'
suggest, is afraid to, risk it, or he is a_
traitor. All such are either. cowards.
or traitors, That's the whole of it.
Is there any man can put his,
finger on any injury done to,
the rights of the South ? Not
one, not even a slaveholder. We old
lino Democrats were always determin
ed to maintain the rights of the South,
Wo gave them more than they were
entitled to. Now, then, why this re
bellion ? Not because Lincoln was,
elected, nor because Breckinridge was :
not, no Douglas wasn't. Not a bit of,
It has been working for thirty.
years. But arc twenty millions, of•
people to be whipped by six? We.
must have more troops. Wo eau% let
this war go on ono or two yoars. slpm
must come, out to stop it, If• they
don't come voluntarily the Gov,ern--
meat will make theta come, and it
ought to make them come.'' '
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