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HUNTINGDON,,PA.
Wednesday morning, Oct. 5th,1864. •
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor.
Our Flag Forever.
"/Amow of no mode in which a loyal citi
ten may so well demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by sustaining the Tlirg ." the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
standee? and UNDER EVERY ADSIXNIiTRA.TION
REGARDLIIB6.OI' PASTY POLITICS, AGAINST. ALL
1321.1.1LANT3, AT NONE AND ABROAD."-STEPHEN
DQIIGLAB
NATIONAL UNION TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABIELMET: LINCOLN,
or moo's. .
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW- JOHNSON,
Or TENNESSEE,
Union State Electoral Tioket
SENATORIAL
Morton M2Michael, , Philadelphia
'rhos. Cunningham,Beaver co.
REPRESENTATIVE.
1 Robt. P King, 13 :BMus Hale,.
2 Goo. Morrison 14, Cbs. H. Shriner,
Coates, 15 Jno:Vister,
8 Henry Bumm, 10 D. lirConaugby
4 Wm. H. Kern, 17, D. W. Woods;
58. H. Jenks, 18 'lsaac Benson,
8 Chas. M. Runk, 19 John Patton,
7 Robt. Parke, 20 S. B. Dick,
BW. Taylor, • 21 Ev. Bierer,
9 J. A. Hiestand, ,22 Jno. P. Pennoy
10 R. H. Coryoll, 23 Eb.
11 Ed. Holiday, 24 J. W. BlancWrd
12 Chas. F. Reed. -
UNION DISTRICT TICKETS
For Congress,
ABRAHAII A. itARKER of Cambria
FOR SENATE,
LOUIS W. HALL, of Blair co
KIRK HAINES, of Perry co.
FOR ASSEMBLY, -
JOHN N. SWOO.PE, of Hunt, co.
JOHN BALSt ACH, .of Sinaiitto coi
UN/ON cOtTN7 . 2" TICKET.
Brosecutiizg Attorney,
JAS. D. CAMPBELL, of Huntingdon.
County Commissioner,
JACOB MMEIER,of Oneida
Directors of Poor,
HENRY DAYlB;kpf
HENRY A. DlARt i q Jun th, IP.
.- Muirry:Agiie*br,
HENRY WILSON,' - of
Auditor,
LIVINGSTO.N - ROBB, of Walker
What Can You Do ?
Loyal people of Huntingdon coun
ty, shall the North, the Democratic
North, submit to the Rebels, the aris •
-
tocratic slave drivers of the South, or
shall the South be compelled to submit
to the' Government that the Union
may be preserved and many more
years of, ' war be avoided? On Tues
day next you - will have an opportuni
ty to say to the world that you are
in favor of standing by your Govern
ment, and opposed to Jeff. Davis and,
his Rebellion.. There can be but two
parties in the contest; if you vote,
against the Union candidates you vote
to encourage the men in the ' North
who are in sympathy with the rebels
—yon vote to endorse the conduct of
the men who dtinied our brave sot:
diers the Tight to vote 7 yon vote to
place in power men Vitho today would
rejoice to hear of the defeat of our
brave army. Union men, lovers of
your country, siand by the men who
are friends ofoliAsoldiers, your fathers,
sons and brothers. Everyman on the
Union ticket to be voted ,for on next
• Tuesday is, worthy of your votes, and
should receive the earnest support of
every honest, true loyal voter in the
county. Tuesday next is near at
hand, then go to work, and work 'eve
ry day and until the polls close.
Workfor every man nominated by the
Union party—and work against every
man on the ticket nominated by the
rebel sympathizers. Give a few days
of unceasing labor to your country,
and crush out the enemy in the rear
of our brave boys who are daily
achieving glorious victories. Vote for
no man -who did lot vote for the
amendment to the Constitution giving
our soldiers the right to vote. Every
man on„the Union ticket voted for
that amendment—and every man on
the Monitor ticket, if they voted at all,
voted against the 'amendment. Vote
with the party that defends our Gov
ernment and our soldiers against the
attacks of rebels in arms and rebels in
your midst. Vote the full ticket, and
vote it strong—give it such a majority
in the county as will forever close the
mouths of the cowardly reptiles that
have poisoned the minds of the honest
Democratic masses.
In another place will be found as
full and complete a report of the pro.
ceedings as time and space would per
mit, for - which we areindebted to Mr.
Robt. special reporter for the
occasion, and we here publicly thank
him for his courtesy and kindness.
Democrats,
When you go to the polls next Tees
dad, remember, that if you 'vote with
the White Flag Party, you do not
vote with the old veterans and true
statesmen of the Democratic party.
Gen. Cass, Gen. Butler, Gen. Grant,
Gen. Sherman, Gen. Dix, Gen. Han
cock, and a host of other tried Demo
crats have repudiated the bogus De
mocracy of the present day controlled
in Conventions and nominations by
such traitors as Valladingham, Woods,
Harris & Co. Remember that true
Democracy is not in the name, that a
traitor to his country is not a Demo
crat, and that men only who are wil
ling to defend this the best Govern
ment on earth ,against rebellion and
treason, are Democrats. Remember
too, that the leaders of the bogus pe
mocracy of this State were not the
leaders of the Democratic party of a
few years ago. Now the Reeds, the
Clyeers, and other old enemies: ,of
Jackson, are the proininent leaders
and by such you the honest masses
are commanded to follow even to the
aid of 'the rebels in arms against our
Government. When you go to the
polls reflect well before you deposit
your vote for any one man oo the tick
et of the party now sympathizing with
the enemies of your soldiers and your
country. Remembei • that by your
vote you will make a. record for your
self that will either' bo a comfort or a
curse to you . and those that follow
you. Vote with the party—with the
soldiers,. who, are trying, to save, the
Government from destruction, and you
cannot vote wrong.
The Grand Union Mass Meeting.
The Union Mass Meeting on Fri
day last, was the largest political
meeting ever held in this borough,
the crowd being estimated at between
three and four thousand. The Youth,
beauty, and intelligence of. the coun
ty were here. Such an diftpouri ng . of
the masses was never before Witneased
in any country town. People of all
tons sex andconditions, came to
stielftle crowd and hear patriotism
.expounded: It was glorious .to see
Mass of loyal hearts mingling
together for a loyal purpose. "God
and our •country" was the rallying
cry. In shame be it said, that those
who deli themselves Democrats, and
who . profess to love their country,
hung their heads and shut themselves
uPin. their - houses because loyal men
had met ihaether to promote the cause
of their . country. m
, • .
The' meeting* was organized by cal ;
ling Hon. Jowl SCOTT to. the chair,
who made an'able speech which will
be found in__tironbt_rilace , in -the
,proceedings. Speeches
_were also
made. by several other able and elo
'guent-gentlemen from abroad. 9,fteit'
the able, eloquent and convincing [kr- .
guments of Gen. Caiey, of Ohio, we
do not see bow any man or set of men,
can vote with the WHITE Ting Par
ty. No true patriot who heard him
can or will do, so. The procession
was the largest ever formed on our
. .
streets, (and yet not ono-fifth of the
CroWd'Were in line,) the novelties and
the sights more extensive and grand,
The balloon aSeension and the fire,
works were alone worth the trouble
and 'expense of coming to town, to say
nothing of the other displays and the
convincing arguments of the learned
and able gentlemen Who addressed
the assembled multitude. The people
of linntingdon may live many a long
day before they see their streets again
literally jammed with a living, moving
sea of human beings. We do not ex-,
aggerate when we say that our streets
were literally jammed, for it is an his
torical fact to which thousands of loy
al men and women can' And will testi
fy. Even the followers of Vallandig :
haM,Wood 4 Co., bad to acknowl
edges, very reluctantly however, that
it was a grand affair. Indeed, it was
superlatively grand.
Tn Moltitor says the candidates on
the white flag ticket did not all vote
against giving tho soldiers the right
to vote—but it does not say that any
one of them voted for giving them a
vote. Theireandidates in town, as
well as their whole party, with four
or five exceptions, did not vote at all,
thus showing by their conduct that
they wore opposed to, the soldiers vo
ting but were too cowardly to face the
music. The white flag party through
out the State, where they were not too
co mardly to vote, voted almost unan
imously against the soldiers.. They
polled •in the State 105,352 votes
againg the soldiers, and the Union
party polled 190,959 votes for the sol
diers—giving a majority of 94,607 in
favor of the soldier's right to vote.
The soldier and the soldier's . friends
can easily see to which of the two par
ties they should throw their votes and
influence.
stir Alfred Kenyan, of Barre() tp.,
member of Capt. Haw Gregg's corn
pany,l3th Pa. Cavalry, was killed on
the James River at the time the Cap
tain and a part of his command were
taken prisoners. He was shot thro'
the neck. Young Kenyan was a good
soldier.
BEk. We invite the attention of our
readers to the card •of Geo. P. El
dredge, on the fourth page of this pa
per. Persons wishing anything in his
line of business would do well to give
hint a call.
The Ball is in Motion.
From every township we bear that
the Union cause is onward l Why
should it not be? If the loyal people
at home should so far neglect their du
ty as to permit the rebel sympathisers
to gain strength, it would be a dis
grace not only to the voters but to
every loyal citizen of the county. The
friends of•the Union must not be sat
isfied with a good majority—it must
be one that will seriously cripple the
enemy in the rear of our fighting boys,
and one that will give the rebels ev
erywhere to understand that there is
to be no cessation of hostilities until
the rebellion is conquered.
Voters, there can be • but two par
ties, Union men and traitors; onward
then, Union men, onward to victory!
gnward to a crushing victory!
The Time for Holding the Preeiden-
tial Election.
Many persons entertain an errone
ous impression in regard to the time
of tiolding the Presidential election.
For the . information, of all we would
state that the election will take place
on the First Tuesday after the First
.Monday in November—being_ the Bth
day of tiie month—not on the first
Tuesdiiy, which will be the Ist. Re
member the time—Tuesday the Bth
day oyNovember.-
The Terms of Peace Proposed.
The following terms of peace were
proposed by the rebels through the
Riehinond Examiner, on the 18th of
August, more than ten days before the
Chicago Convention met:
"'Save on our own terms we can ac
cept no peace whatever, ono must
light till doomsday rather than yield
an iota of them, and our terms are :
"'Recognition by the enemy pf the
independence of the Confederate
States.
"'Withdrawal of tho•Yunkoo forces
from every foot of Confederate ground,
including Kentucky and Missouri.
"'Withdrawal of the Yankee sol
diers from Maryland until that, State
shall decide by a free vote whether
she shall remain in the old Union or
ask admission into the Confederacy.
"'Consent on the part of the Feder
al Government to give up to the Con
federacy its proportion of the Navy
as it stood at the time of secession, or
to pay for the same.
"'Yielding up all pretension on the
part of the Federal Government to
that' portion of the old Territories
which HOB west of the Confederate
,States. •
"''An equitable settlement on the ha.
-sia'of our absolute independence and
;:ititial""rights of all accounts of the pub
lic .debt and public lands, and the ad
vantages_ accruing from foreign tree - -
tics:
The Chicago Convention declared
in favor of an "immediate cessation .of
host lit oe!' as a perliminary . "stiii.:td
peace. The only logical presualption in
the prcirnises is, that the Convention,
whim it did thie, f lutd-direep referouce to
the tonne here laid down o repeated, as
they had been, by Jeff. Davis himself,.
and officially proclaimed by Secretary
Benjamin, as the only basis of nego
tiation and settlement. It would he
doing violence to any fair mode of
reasoning to draw any other conclu
sion.. The framers of the platform cer
tainly so understood it, and this was
the temper of the Convention itself.
Were the party, with McClellan as
President, in power to-day, separation
would be the ground on which they
would open negotiations with the rob
els.
In this connection we would draw
attention to the fact that, in England,
where the plots and. Schemes of the
rebels, North and South, are better un
derstood than here, this is the view
taken on the subject In • the best in
formed circles abroad it is not doubted
that the success of the Democracy
would be followed by peace, the first
candition of which would be separa
tion.. This belief is not denied by the
Vallandingham, the Woods, or the
open mouthed brawlers for peace, can
speak as by authority.
So it comes down to this : whoever
thinks this Government a failure, and
believes it best to stop the war by di
viding the country, will, as he ought to,
support McClellan and Pendleton.
But whoever thinks the reverse, and
is everywhere and at all times oppos
ed to the above terms, must of neces
sity, support Lincoln and Johnson.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That every man on the so•called
Democratic ticket supported by the
_Monitor of this place, opposed the
amendment to the Constitution giving
the brave soldiers the right to vote.
Such conduct is nothing less than an
effort to put the white soldier on an
equality with the negro. What sol
dier, or friend of a soldier, can vote
thatlieket in whole or in part ? And
Keep it Before the People,
That every man on the Union TiCk•
of at the head of this paper, worked
for and voted for the amendment giv
ing.the white soldiers the right to
vote.
to_ We attended two largo and en
thusiastic meetings in Jackson town
ship on Monday—one at the Fort in
the afternoon and another at Steffy's
in the evening. The procession of
Ladies and Gentlemen in the after
noon was a perfect crusher—and the
one in the evening was large. We
have not room to give a more lengthly
notice.
Be at the polls early—Be at
the polls late.
UNION MASS YEETING
Old Huntingdon Aroused(
She is Loyal to the Core !
ACRES Or FREEMEN !
Thousands of Freemen in Council
GRAND TORCH LIGHT PARADE!
6000 Freemen In Council 1 1
SPEECHES, INCIDENTS, eto., eta
Friday - last was indeed a gala day in the his
tory of this county. The outpouring of free
men on that day may safely be said without ex
aggeration or fear of contradiction to be une
qualled by any nesennblege of people ever wit
nested in this place before, event by the "oldest
inhabitant." Notwithstanding the heavy and
continued rain during the preceding night, the
lowering skies and unfavorable auspices, the
town was thronged by nine o'clock in the mor
ning with buggies, carriages and other vehicles
while horsemen and footmen made their appear
ance from all directions, all keeping stop to the
music of the Union,, and by 11 o'clock, the
streete, roads, and approaches to the town from
every direction, presented one living, moving
mass of humanity, from the hills, 'mountains
and valleys of our glorious old county. The
splendid Brass Band fromAltoonn, and others
from other places, enlivened the scene with
their soul stirring national airs. The band of
music from Cassville made its appearance early
in the day,lollowed by a procession of 25 wa
gon.s and , carriages from Cassydle, Clay and
Union. An immeimelyalcade from Porter and.
Walker was followed; bylB six horse wagons,
together with. beggies and carriages innumera
ble; all gaily dressed .with Wreaths, festoons;
accompanied with music and banners, conspic
uous amongst which was one from Porter bear
ing aloft the inscripiion,.."Union and Liberty ;
No Compromise with Traitors," and one from
Walker on whioh was inscribed, "The War De
mocrats are Coming," "We are the Friends of
the Soldiers," &c. The ladies from every die
triet lent their charms to tho occasion, while
the youth of both sexes were largely represen
ted. Morris, Franklin, West, Brady, Jackson,
Shirley, and the lower end were there in their
might, little Oneida, the district
. which boasts
of more Union men andfewer Copperheads than
any other of the same population in the State,
mingled her tributary, to.swell. the rising tide,
and glorious old Bartle, the cradle of democra
cy, whioh a few yearshgo could not raise a cor
poral's guard from any other party, new vied
with sturdy old Cass nil other sterling Repnb:
lioan district's in sealiag her devotion to our
glorious Union, by her wide representation of
men from all parties, trio had laid aside for the
present the trammels ol party, and met togeth
er with their brethren in one common platform
for the salvation of our country. all having in
view, hut one object, the preservation of the go
vernment, one aim, and that aim victory over
traitors, and mingling is one song—the battle
cry of freedom. As tin regular and specie'
trains on the'different railroads disgorged their
living freight, the dense ,crowd received fresh
accessions of hundreds pod thousands.
Tho marshals and 'others of- the day, moon
ted on horseback, were in readiness to receive
the. various delegations, on their arrival, and.
.with music and regallapresented a very impo
sing appearance: By 12 o'clock, the numbers
in attendance were variously estimated at from
4,000 to 0,000. It seemed that 'our noble old
county had aroused Orem her'lethnrgy, as a gi
ant front his,slrtntners, through her thousands
of sturdy men and patriotic women to reaffirm
her fealtyto our common .conntry in its hour
of danger, and testify anew her devotion to the
glorious old flag of our fathers.' No disorderly
conduct disgraced the occasion ; no unnecessa
ry noise ene 'confusion. One object, aim and in
terest seemed to animate all—the salvation of
Our country. The tide'of popular feeling steM
end to have set in one direction, and the en
ergy and determination written on every coun
tenance seemed to say, this government must
and shall be preserved, end woe to. tho.eoward
or traitor ;who would stand in. the way 'tntlte
glorietis marsh:
"At 2 o'oloOk;the crowd assembled nronnci the
speakers' stand, which was tastefully fitted up
invite Court HMO yard, and ndorned with
'wreitthis, .featcona of evergreen. and banners,
taitefullY arranged by the fair fingers of our
noble townswomen, presenting- an appropriate
And striking evidence of. the taste,. skill, and
patriotism of the Union ladies of Huntingdon:
. The meeting was organized by appointing the
following officers :
PRE9IDENT,
JOHN SCOTT 'q,'.
PRITIDENTP,
David Corbin, Sr.,
John Oaks,
Moans Canon, •
John P. Stewart,.
J. G. Boyer.,
Benjamin Neff,
LOWS Knode,
John 'tare,
John Lutz,
teano Taylor,
Simeon Wright,
Samuel P, Smith,
Israel Graflius,
John Love,,l
Gilbert. Cheney,
J. W. McCarthy,
George Owens,
Nicholas Corbin,
Daniel Curfman,
Dr. C..W.•Moore,
George Wagoner,
George Price,
William Smith,
John S. Isett,
Hays Hamilton,
Jacob Somers,
John Warfel,
B. F. Patton,
George Guyer,
Samuel Mosser,
McCoy.
'ARM,
Joseph Porter, ' Levi Evans,
Samuel Hatfield, ' W. C. Swan,
T. P, Love, David Ralston
B. F. Brown, Wm. V. Miller,
5, B. Cheney, ' ,John R. Thompson,
T. E. Orbison, .18. Lutz,
. • John R. Hunter.
' Special Reporter—B. McDivitt, Esq.
Joseph
smut
• In front of the speakers stand was a sea of
upturned faces, a compact and crowded mass
of humanity, as far as the eye could reach.—
Banners innumerable were ranged on every side
with wreaths and garlands of every description.
A stand on the opposite side of the way held a
band of music, while the brass field piece sent
forth its complements occasionally in response
to the martial strains. The interest of - the
scene was materially heightened at the time by
the arrival of a magnificent car tastefully ar
ranged and decorated; drown by 8 richly capar
isoned steeds, on which was seated a beautiful,
young lady representing the Goddess of Liber
ty, crowned and garlanded, and attended by
some 40 little girls, all dressed in white, rep
resenting the different States, &c., and bearing
banners and devices..Kt very attractive display
of youthful innocence and beauty. This car
was followed by a procession of boys, bearing
a banner with the appropriate and very signifi
cant inscription, "We are growing, Father A
brah m, 1,000,000 sttong."
The exercises Were opened with prayer by
Rev. S. H. Reid, of Huntingdon, After some
appropriate music by, the band, the order of ex
ercises was announced by Chief Marsh. Dorris.
' Mr. Scott. President Of the meeting, said :
My Fellow-Citizens :---I am so unaccustomed
to the duties of a presiding officer, that I know
little more of them than that it is customary for
him to state the object of the meeting. I un
derstand the objeot of this meeting to be, to
unite men of all parties in saving the country.
It will also be my duty to introduce to you a
distinguished gentleman frdm Ohio, Gen. Carey.
Before introducing him, let me, for a few mo
ments, introduce to your notice another distin
guished gentleman from Ohio, Mr. C. L. Val
landigham. I do so, to show you by a few short.
extracts from his speech delivered 10th July,
1861, that he had been deprived of a merited
honor; that he had been most shamefully treat
ed by the DemocratiOparty in the Chicago Con
vention; where they had stolen his platform,
and then cheated him out of the nomination
upon it. After the adoption of the Chicago
platform in all fairness, Vallandighato, as the
original apostle of the creed, was entitled to the
nomination. Re would have accepted it pure
and simple, for it is the child of his own beget
fing; and then we would base had the issue
fairly before the people of the , Union, as it was
when he was a candidate beim the people of
Ohio, whether they•prefer resistance or sub
mission to disunionists in arms. Mr. Scott then
read extracts from the speech of Vallandigham
made while the enemy were in arms around the
Capital and before the battle of Bull Rua; de
nounoing the Government as tyrannical, the
war as unconstitutional; calling out troops,
and declaring the blockade as usurpations of
power, and declaring himself then in favor of
Peace, speedy, immediate peace. Every democrat,
every honest man, then denounced him as a
traitor. The messes of the Democratic party
now, honest at heart in their devotion to the
country, denounce him yet. Go to them, and
they will tell you they would not support Val
leadighem. I will not support him. I will not
support any man who stands upon the platform
made bs , him, or who consents to be made the
instrument or representative- of, the men who
sanctioned that.platform. Take that platform
and Compare it with this speech, and no man
Can doubt their common authorship; and yet
Geineerats, attracted by the force of party name
or party pride, are following the man whose
treason they denounce. And this convention of
politicians acknowledged that the sentiment of
thC'party was against the platform, had not the
moral courage to meet the issue presented by
putting Vallandigham upon it, but sought to
mislead the masses by nominating a soldier.
whose voice they could say was for war, and
with him a candidate for Vice President whose
voice has always been the echo of Vallandig
ham's against the war. A most wonderful feat
of political architecture this Chicago platform
is L A modern temple of Janne ' with two priests
to minister at its altar; one a Major General of
the U. S. Army pulling open the gates and cry
ing war, war, war; the other Pulling them shut
and shouting peace,-peace, peace.
I stand , here then to-day not es a Republican,
for in a party , sense I never was one, and am
not one now ; recognizing as worthy of my sup
port, the only party I have recognized since the
' rebellion began: That party cenobite of my
fellow-citizens in arms against treason, and the
only party banner I owe allegiance to is the flag
which floats over them.-
:
' If by birying all the political parties of the
past we could restore the supremacy of. the
Constitution, and the integrity of the Union, I
would willingly go to their funeral to-day, and
stand a tearless spectator over their grave.
But we have war ; war forced upon us as IS'
declared by the oft quoted Crittenden resolu
tion, by the dieunionists of the South, and they
are waging it against us yet. And that same
resolution declared, as I understand its spirit,
that until the supremacy of the 'Constitution
and the integrity of the Union were restored the
war ought not to cense.
Which then is the best way for a brave peo
ple to wage war against traitors who are forcing
it upon them? by force of arms, or by a cam
lion ofhostilities 7 The mere statement of the
question, is its own answer.. Is there n Demo
crat here who honestly believes the election of
Gen. McClellan will bring peace? Dismiss that
delusion. Against whom did these traitors 're
bel ? Not against Abraham Lincoln. When
they rebelled, every department of the Govern
ment that could injuriously affect them was in
the hands of Democrats. The popular vote for
the opposing candidates exceeded by nearly one
million the vote for Mr. Lincoln. Tho House
of Representatives, and the Senate both had
Democratic majorities, if Southern Senators had
kept their seats ; and the Supreme Court was
Democratic. It was against the Government;
in the hands of Democrats, who had always
stood by the Constitutional rights of the South,
and incurred the odium of their institutions by
so doing; that they rebelled. If there bunny
class of men in the North who ought more than
any other to resist this ,rebellion of ingrates,
that class is the Democratic party, and if all
others desert that position. 'I believe it to be
right, will stand by it. [Cries from Union De
mocrats in the crowd, "here toe, we're with_
yon."]
[Vie ascension of the balloon hero caused
some confusion for a moment. A voice, "nev
er mind the balloon, when the election comes
we will send the Vallondigham ticket 'higher
than a kite'. " Cries of “Go on Scott."l
Mr. Scott continued: .
There was no dlinger to the South. with a
Senate, House, and Supreme Court, and the
Executive powerless for evil oven if he intend
ed it. .131:It he disavowed it, and 'the present
Vice President of the Southern Bogus Confed
eracy, told them before they seceded. that there
was no wrong on the part of the General Gov
ernment of which the South had a right to com
plain. With all this they made war upon us,
and.they are making it yet. The only way of
bringht back peace is* to defend against their
war forced upon us, until the military power of
the rebellion is broken ; and the rebel army put
nut of the road. That is what is standing be
tween us and peace. I want peace too. _I wish
to follow no more soldiers to yonder giaveyard
if it can be avoided. I want no more tear's and
no more blood, but when peace conies I.vrant it
ttrberstr-honeratutrancrn-tastmg-petiee... Not a
anion of hostilities first, and separatiOn af
terwards. And that is what a cessation of hos,
tilities now Would Bring you. -- Separation first,
then. follows_disintegration of the whole Union,
repudiation of the national debt, anarchy and
ceaseless war ; yea, neighborhood war, and as
sassination around every household. Who is
ready for this I' I Inn not. I- want ponce,, but
it must be such an one its the . American soldier
shall not blush over. Such an one that fathers,
wives and kindred, who have laid in the grave
the slaughtered victims of.treasm, can read its
terms over their graves, and feel that their sac
rifices have not been in vain.
I know in saying this now men tell me I se
ver the ties that ,have hitherto held me in polit
ical association. If it be so, it must be so.
cannot follow my party, when I believe its. in
fluence is against my country.- Ime not who
may reproach me - with anything which affects a
party, so long as the humblest soldier in the
ranks will bear me witness that I gave what in
fluence I had to help save my country.
Mr. Scott then introduced to the audience
lion. John Cessna, of Bedford.
The remarks of Mr. Cessna, as furnish
ed by the reporter, are too lengthy for in
sertion, and we are compelled to omit
them for the present. Suffice it to say
they,were able, argumentative, and char.
aeteristie of the man.
Gen. S. F. Carey, of Ohio, was next
introduced, and held the audience spell
bound for some three hours. lie spoke of
the clouds obscuring the natural sun like
the clouds of war and desolation the sun
of liberty, but we know that there is a
natural sun, that the very moisture and
weeping of the heavens will be made con
tribute to the beauty of the earth, we
know that there is a sun of Liberty which
will shine more brightly when the clouds
of war aro dispersed and these hours of
darkness and trial be made tributary to
our higher glory and greatness. He would
leave the carcasses of old political parties
to the birds and beasts of prey, and the
idea of calling a party opposed to the gov
ernment and the war, the democratic par
ty, was enough to make an old democrat
tear his hair. Old parties were dead. This
party was a bastard, not a son of tho de
mocratic party, having stolen its name
hoping to inherit its fortunes—stolen the
name to serve Jeff. Davis and the devil in.
The speaker reviewed at length the cause
of the present war, and showed conclusive
ly that it was a necessity, and would have
come sooner or later, if there had been no
abolitionists, or if Buchanan bad never
ived—it was a pity he ever had lived; it
was disgraceful to the American people to
elect a man that no woman had ever loved
—it was the outgrowth of different theo
ries of civilization and progress, one main
taining that labor is honorable, the other
that it is degrading; one saying that what
the laborer has is his own, the other that
the capital of the country should own the
labor of the country. No argument was
loft unfinished by the speaker, end no stone
unturned, his logic was unanswerable, his
style fascinating, and he was repeatedly
interrupted by loud and continued rounds
of applause. Even at the close of this
three hours' speech, the most masterly and
eloquent perhaps ever listened to in the
place, the cries of "go on" were so loud
and prolonged that it was difficult for the
speaker to close. In conelusion he said
that this nation, previous to the war, was
selling itself to slavery every year, and it
was reserved for Buchanan to disgrace
him i self by saying that wherever the Con
stitution of the United States goes it car
ries slavery with it. Thomas Jefferson
said, in view of slavery we trembled when
we reflected that God was just, and if ever
war should come on this account, that no
attribute of the Almighty took sides with
the slaveholdcr, and now that it had come
he would say to the negro, take this gun
and shoot the scoundrel and you shall he
free. He would leave no means untriod
to destroy traitors; he would put steel toes
on the mules to kick them to death; he
would employ the dogs and cats to bite
and scratch them) he would employ the
locusts, frogs and Ike 'of Egypt to subdue
them, or if in the armory of heaven there
was one bolt redder or hotter than another
he would, if possible, command it to de
scend and shiver to atoms every man,
North or South, opposed to the extension
of that old flag over every rod of the Re
public.
After three cheers for Abraham Lin
coln and the officers and soldiers of the
Union army, three for the whole Union
ticket, three'for the loyal women of Amer
ica, and three more for the speaker, which
made the welkin ring, the meeting ad
journed to meet at 7 o'clock in the even
ing:
The scene presented in the evening;
however, was grand and imposing beyond
description. The long, line reaching al
most the entire length of Hill street, the
strains of martial music, the firing of can
on, arid the,almost uninterrupted sound of
rockets, the fitful , glare of thousands of
chinestHights, borne by those in the pro
cession relieving the, darkness of the night
and displaying in bold relief the banners,
transparencies and devices from. one end
of the line'to the, other, all combined to
render the scene suph as hes never been .
.
witnessed here before. Banners bearing
innumerable deVices and inscriptions were
borne aloft, amongst others the following:
"You shall have a fair election and ifpnx
ions for, a free fight you can have
"Moipq we have and Pe,en'a..we will hive.
“Peou'o. 94,000 over the enemies of our
soldiers." "Geo. B. McCiellooi , we can't,
help you; yen keepbad company., "Beath
to all traitors." "Peace through the sue
cess of our armies," &o. One banner,
borne by the workmen from Juniata Iron
Works representing a forgeman just tak
ing la "lOop" from the, furnace, was dis
played with very fine effect, while another
painting representing the Genius of Lib
erty weeping over the grave of the Union
soldiers, was well executed nod much ad
mired. . .
'The crowd being entirely too numerous
to be accommodated in the Court Rouge,
was again assembled around the speakers'
Stand outside. The pyrotechnic display
from the stand'on the opposite side, under,
the superintendence of. E. C. Summers,'
Esq., was gotten up on the most exten
sive scale, and formed one of the most
striking features of, the occasion. Magnifi
cent rockets,&e., were continually leaping
skyward, vrhizzini,/ and screaming, ilium
inatinT; for an instant the darkened heav
ens, and then bursting in mid-air, display
ing all manner of fantastic forms and col
ors. After a most fervent and touching
appeal to a Throne of Grace by Rev. Mr..
'Moore, the crowd outside of the .Court
House was addressed by'ReV. Mr. Woods
worth, Chaplain in tbe U. S. Army, and
Hon. Frank. Bound. Senator from Worth
.
umberland, while those inside were at the
same time entertained by able addresses
from Mr. Barker, Union candidate for
Congress, Hon. L. W. Hell our candidate
for Senator and John Williamson, Esq.
The address'of Mr. Woodsworth was
touching, pathetic and beautiful. He had
come frem the army after three years' ser
vice as Chaplain, having with his regim
ent been recently discharged. He - had
seen too much of the cost of this war, lbolc
ed on too many a bloody field, seen too
many gallant boys stretched in death, do.
,l'ed . tiitTniany oyes of the slain, and laid
- WO many. of them away in the graie, not
to feel deeply tho groat interest now at
stale, and soon to be decided at the bal
lot-bex. He had looked on the glorious,
old flag too long, had received inspiration
under its folds too long, and had seen too
many grand and glorious men fall beneath
it, not to feel that next to the cross of the
Redeemer, there was no syrubol of human
hope that compared with the flag of the
Union. He had known the galhnt Col.
Jones of, the 58th, and our own glorious
Hancock, a model of a man, e soldier and
ohristian, did not wonder that we were
proud of him. The army was true. The
men who stand in the front. of the battle
are not the men to, cry peace. , The men
who have rolled back the tide of battle,
aro the men who cry . flght, it out until the
end. We have taken our, muskets and are
bound never to lay them down till
,the, re
hellion is 'crushed. He had appealed to
the little remnant of his own regiment to
know if they would if called in go • aeain
to their' country's defence, and was met by
a unanimous response of “yes,,yes, yes !"
He related numerous instances of person
al heroism, and self sacrifice on the part of
colored soldiers.. It was no unmeaning
thing that Abraham Linc'olo did when he
proclaimed liberty through all, the land, to
all the inhabitants thereof.. He called on
his fellow countrymen to meet this solemn
hour firmly and as men. The price is great
but the tree Of liberty has always been wa
tered by the blood of martyrs. It must
grow onward still by the bleed of heroes.
Th) long procession of brave boys that.
have fought and bled and fallen, are not
lost. They arta enrolled among the immor
tal ones and added to the list of heroes
and martyrs. We will point to them when
we wish to excite our young men 'to deeds
of heroism and glory.
Hon. Frank. Bound said nothing had
been left for a speaker coming in at the
ninth hour to do. After all there was bet
ter music made by the cannon in the She
nandoah .Valley, at Rielirond,•and from
the guns of old Farrig,tit's fleet. This is
the music made by our gallant soldiers
bearing aloft the, sacred banner of liberty,
victoriously onward to a glorious triumph. 1
In the midst of happiness and pence the
hell-hound of secessibn had challenged the
United States to arms. It was not so much
to be wondered at that rebellion and seces
sion 'should take place as it was strange
and startling to find a man so lost to patri
otism as to sympathize with these scoun
drels of the South. EverY individual is
making a record for himself in this Strug
gle, which will live when his clay cold re
mains are slumbering beneath the clods of
the valley.' Their children will either re
joice • over their memory or hang their
heads in ignominy and shame: There are
now but two parties, one of honor and one
of shame ; one of loyal hearts and one of
traitors. The speaker here showed by the
history of all parties that opposttion to the'
Adruiniitration soon drifted into opposi
tion to the war itself, dug the graves of tho
parties and handed down to posterity a re
cord of ignominy and shame. Why no
word of commendation for Andrew John
son of Tennessee,.one of the few among
the faithful who remained trite to the gov
ernment, and not a word of condemnation
against Jeff. Danis.: A war eabdidate on
a peace platform, was like a eirous rider
trying 'to ride two horses each going in the
opposite'directiOn. This Major Generale.
with the war letter in his mouth, denoun
ces this war as a failure. The guns of old
Farragut, of Grant, and Sherman, say it's
a lie, whether MoClellan says so 'or the
Democratic party. . -
The address of Mr. Bound was too
lengthylor even a synopsis - of it to be pub
fished in our already crowded columns,
and the above slight sketch is sufficient to
give but a very imperfect idea of its mer
its. It was, however, eloquent, convin
cing, and delivered in that masterly style
of oratory which characterized all tbe ad
dresses which were delivered during the
day and evening.
GREAT NEWS
Giant - :lli . :Altotion4l.'
Brilliant Success of our .ikrlicxyg
• '
Sheridan's Continued Pursuit of Earty.
Early's Army Completely Ilroiren up.
Great Rejoicing, in the army.
The Rebel Army on ; its last Lege,
TREASON •MUST.OOIINOERI
RD'ons ARMY . OF .POTOMAC,
September
• 29tI—Evening..f. ;
Reports from Gen. Butler's depart,: ; '
mont say that the 10th and 18th gotps -
crossed tbe .Tames river at Deep ; 80t...-. ; ,
tom, and advanced against the; enemy's,
works at Chapin's farm to.day, taking;...
the first lino of rifle pits without resis t ;
tame. - •
At 10 A. M.,the enemy's strong posir..•
tion at Chapin's Bluff was carried.. by—
assault, and three hundred prisonarey
sixteen guns, flags, sm.; taken. •
Some deserters came in today, vtt& ;
say the defeat of Early in .the valley
has caused, a great depression throne). -
but their ranks, and thousands, yvero
ready to desert on the first opartunity;
having lost all faith in final meow. •
WABRINGTON, Sept. 30-910.1".211.:, , •
A dispatch from General Grant, dm.'
ted at 3f o'clock this afternoon, at
City Point, states that Warren at. -
tacked and //carried the enemy's lino
today, on their extreme right, eapt....
turinga number ofprisoners.
He - imMediately prepared to follow
up his success.
General Meade moved from his ~ ) eft
this morning and carried the: onerWs.
line near Poplar Prove Church. ,
A. later dispatch; dated this evening.
at sp. reported that the enemy had
just made, au assault in three columns,.
on his line near, Chapin's Farrel, and
had been repulsed.
A dispatch from. Gen Sherman, da
ted at half past 8 o'clock, last night,
states that ho has made an actual, ex
change of two *thousand. ofJils Own
army, and has made an arrangement,
with Hood to send to the other pris
on ers a supply of clothing, soup, combs,
. FORTRESS - 140NRC:!33, Sept. 30.
From the officers and others wo ga
ther the following facts in regard t 9
the action on the north side• of Abe
James river, which has thus far pro
ved a most brilliant success,: • . , .
Darin°. the, night of the 28th; the
10th and. 18th corps crossed the,,Jame:s,
to the North side, moving with greai
celerity-, and at daybreak.on the 29th
suddenly came upon-the enemy.
The
,18th . Corps (Gen. Ord's), met
the enemy at Chapin'A. Bluff; charging
the enemy's works with groat gallan•
try, and were successful, carrying tho
post, Ft. Morris, with seven gams, and
then charging and carrying at the
point of the, bayonet, els other earth,
works, capturing in all 16 guns and
500 prisoners. „ ,
The works thus captured are•cvery
strong,,and fully equal to any , that
the enemy have around. Richmond.
Gen. "limey's corps also met with;
great success, driving the,,,rebels front
their works , commanding ; the ,Idow
mazket road, and gaining an impor.
tent position,, seriously naenitcmg
Richmond. . . •
All accounts agree that the, colored
troops behaved admirably—a , faCt
which is abundantly attested, by, the
large numbers : of; wounded reaching
here. •Of course, our ;, brave .whito',
troops fully ; maintained 'their
earned, obaracter—so nobly earned on
many a bardrought field. And shpled
clearly by their actions that, they be
lieved in conquering a Team
The latest reports from the front, of
that part of, our army, on the ,north '
side of the James river,-representa ev
erything as highly. encouraging. Our
forces were within four or,five .miles
of Richinond this morning, iwing ,
driven the enemy before them, in con-,
fusion.
WASHINGTON Clot 1
In a dispatch to Gen. Grant,- Gen.
Sheridan says:—ln my last. dispatch
I informed you that I pressed Early
so closely through Newmarket, at the
tame time sending cavalry around pis;.
flank, that he gave up, the •valley, and
took to the mountains, passing thro'
Brown's Gap. I,kept up the pursuit
to Port Republic, destroying 76 wag.
ens and 4 caissons.
I sent Gen. Torbert (who overtook
me at Harrisonburg) to Staunton ,with
Wilson's Division of cavalry, and one,
'of Merritt's.
Gen. Torbert entered Staunton on;
the 26th, and destroyed a large quan:,
tity of rebel government ; property,
harness saddles, small arms,. hard-
bread, flour, repair shops. etc. • •
He then proceeded to Wayn,esboro'•
destroying the iron bridges over; the
south branch of the Shenandoah, sev
en miles of track, the depot buildings,
Government tannery, and a large am
ount of leather, flour and stores, etc,
at that place. •
I am getting from 25 to .40 prison
era daily, who come in fion3 the mean
tains on each side and deliVer them
selves up.
From the most reliable account,
Early's' army was completely. broken
Up and is dispirited. ' '
The destruction of the grain and
forage from here to Staunton will be .
a terrible blow to them. All the grain
forage, eto., in the vicinity of Staun
ton was retained for the use of Early's
army—all in the lower part of the val
ley was shipped to Richmond Tor tho
use of Lee's army.
.October 'lst=—.M orning.--Gregg's ca
valry were sent out quite a distance
towards the. left, and found only a' small force of Hampton's cavalri' ,
.
which they drove across .ROWatitz'•
creek.
The main body are reported as hav
ing crossed the Appomattox yester
day, A. e.—Fightingl bas not yet,e6m
rneneed to day.