AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
jOM B. BRITTON, Editor b Propri
CARLISLE, PA., SEPT. 29, 18G4,
Democratic National Ticket.
tfjysiP'
FOR PRESIDENT, '
GEORGE B. H’CLELUN,
Off NEW JERSEY,
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
GEORGE 11. PENDLETON,
OP OHIO
Electors
Robert L. Johnsti
Richard Vans, ot
District
lat. William T.onghfin.
2i\. Ed*- H. Helmbold.
Sd. Edward P. Du mi,
“- 1 - Thos. McCullough,
«[h.
7th. Uoorgo P. licpier,
Bth. Michael Stdl/.cr,
, 9th. Patrick McKvoy,
10th. Thod. 11. Walker,
11th. Oliver S. Dimmick.
12th. A. B. Dunning,
Democratic County Ticket.
POR CONGRESS,
A. J. GLOSSBRENNER, of York,
ron assembly,
Vk. JOHN D. BOWMAN, of E. Pennskoro'
FOR SHERIFF,
JOHN JACOBS, of Silver Spring,
FOR COMMISSIONER,
HENRY KAHNS, uf Monroe,
POR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR,
WILLIAM WHERRY, ol South Middleton
POR AUDITOR,
JOHN A. lIEBEHLIG, of North Middleton,
The Carlisle “ M’Clellan
Club” will meet in the
Court House on Saturday
evening next, at 7 o’clock. Let there he a
Vail turn out of tho friends of “ Little Mac.”
Tho M'Clclkn Club of
South Middleton will meet
on next; Saturday evening,
to make preparations for the Mas.-? Meeting.
Gen. G. W. Bowman nrvl Col. Win. M. Peu
s rose, of Carlisle, and other prominent speak
ers will address tho meeting.
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS,
The following appointments for Democrat
ic Conservative meetings have been made at <
tho request of the Standing Committee. Let
it bo understood that all men, without re
gard to party, who believe that M’CLF.LL AN
is tho mar. who is able to rescue this country
from utter destruction, are invited to attend.
Let us ignore party for the present and strike
hands in a noble effort to save tho nation. —
Speakers will be in attendance. All the meet
ings named below will assemble at early
candle light—say 7 o'clock:
Stough&town—Thursday, Sept. 29.
llogueatown—Thursday, Sept. 20.
Blosersville —Friday, Sept. 30.
Shiremanstown —Saturday, Oct. 1.
Stone Tavern —Saturday, Got. 1.
Plainfield. Monday. Oct. 3.
Sbephordstown —Monday, Oct. 3.
Leesburg—Tuesday, Oct. 4.
Bridgeport—Tuesday, Oct. 4.
Boiling Springs—Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Middlesex —Thursday, Oot. 0. ,
Churchtown—-Thursday, Oct. 0.
Newville—Friday, Oct. 7.
* Carlisle — Mass Meeting, to assemble at I
o’clock, P. M., Saturday, Oct. S.
Members of the Committee from towns and
townships for which meetings have not yet
been appointed, will correspond with the
Chairman, designating the time and locality
most convenient Jfor each meeting.
JOHN B. BRATTON,
Chairman.
THE .HASS HEETIAG-
Wo hops the friends of M’Coei.i.an and the
County Ticket will not fail to bo present at
tho Democratic Mass Meeting on the Bth of
October. Let our friend's commence prepa
rations at once in every township and town.
Every Jl’Clkli.am man in Me enmity should
le here on that day. It is tho earnest desire
of tho County Committee to make it tho lar
gest meeting that ever assembled in the
Cumberland Valley. Let the various Clubs
oemo in a body, and let mottoes and flags,
and sentiments grace tho procession- Come
one, come all!
OCT* General Banks said, rimny years agoy
that,bo was willing to “ let the Union slide.”’
Ho has made his assertion good, for the por
tion of it confided to his military guardian
ship has been u sliding" into the hands of the
rebels with such marvelous celerity that there
isn't much of it left..
jjgjy The Abolition journals are beginning
to assail the military career of Gen. McClel
lan. Y/hat' will tho veteran?, who. fought
under their beloved commander, eay to tho
contemptible sneers of tho Lincoln party,
whoso candidate called for a vulgar nogro
long, while they were lying, wounded uud
bleeding-on the field, of Antietam T
"“To Whom It May Concern”
DEMOCRATIC.
MASS MEETING!
M’Cloilan The Star of Our Hope"!
" TIIE UNION MUST HE PRESERVEE AT ALL
PEACE, A WHOLE UNION, THE
•CONSTITUTION AND LAWS.
■"LET TYRANTS TREMBLE WHEN Til
Tlic people An; Now- Ready to Re
spond lo Seward’s Hells !
UOWN WITBB Es.* STSELES !
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, FREE SPEECH,
AND A FREE PRESS 1
at Large.
:on, of Cambria,
f Philadelphia.
Electors.
ll.'lth. Paul Lcidj.
! I lib. Robert Sweiuford,
1 1.01 h, Jnli nAh 1.
liUli. Henry 0. Smith,
r< in. RUlt'ta.-nj T?rtnlr*L
I.MII. Hugh lUmug
10th. John M. frwir-,
20th. Jnj. M. Thompson,
21-t. Kr.i.stu? Brown,
22d. Jiitnea P. Barr,
2:M. JVm. J. Koontz,
21th. Win. Montgomery.
On Saturday, October 8,1864.
IN CAKOSLE.
11AZVUDS.”
PEOPLE SPEAR ■"
M’Clellan & Victory!
RALLY, FREEMEN, RALLY !
At tho request of hundreds of citizens of
Cumberland county, the Democratic .County
Committee horohy announces that a grand
mass meeting
of the friends of McCLiILLAN and PEN
will bo held in tho
BOROUGH 01’ OAHllnll,
On f'aiimlny, Oclobtt ?, all o’clock, P, M.
Let all who nro in favor uf the restoration
of the Union, tho supremacy of tho Laws,
tho right uf Freo Speech, n Frets Press, and
the enjoyment of C institutional Liberty, turn
out and hear tho issucii of tho day clearly ex-
pressed. Let every one who wishes to see
tho return of Peace ayul Prosperity, turn out
on that day, am! with ono voice protest nginst
tho tyranny, dishonesty, and treason of tho
present Administration. ' Lot our noble Do
mocracy and other Constitutional -Union men
awake, arousel The enemies of our Country,
who trample under foot tho Constitution and
Laws, and our rights ns freemen, and who
hava tho effrontery to say that wo ahull not
have pence until white men and negroes are
reduced to a common level, must bo put dowu
at the bullet-box, Inimvidcae Rights, Free
Si'Eecii, .uii'.l a Fret. Press MUSI’ AND
SHALL BE MAINTAINED.
Hally, rally, friends of the Union as it was,
and tho Constitution as it U
Eminent speakers from abroal will be
present. Their names will I>3 announced In
the posters and through tho columns ot tho
Democratic county, papers in duo time,
By order of tho Dmiociatic County Com
mittee. John* D. Bratton, Chairman .
J. W. D. Gillelen, Charles Horn,
C. K. Maglaughliu, Goo. W, Brieker,
Theo; Curnman, John Murphy,
John W i Huston, John S. Hawk,
W. Galbraith, William Lusk,
U, N. Buwman, Guo. Hess,
John 8.-Heck;, i Joseph Feeman,
John Wallace, W. H. Crain,
Jacob Kied, John Grissingcr;
Joseph A. Brenner, David P. Trilt,
John 11. My re.**, James McCulloch,
Adam Ramp, J. P. Ki-r,
Adam Heherlig, M. E. Leidig,
George B. Heck, Wm. l>. Butler,
George Eichelbergcr, W. G. Herman,
H. LI. Kberlv, ! Levi St robin,
W. 0. Holder, W. D. Means,
James Clendeain, John 11. Criswell,
Henry Snider, Win. Kennedy,
Win. Devlnnoy, JohnX. Blair,
Christian Cline, George Wonder,
William Lenny, A. B. Sechrist,
J, B. Shallenborger, J^Bownian,
M. Williams, Peter L. Snyder,
Jacob Rhoads, Count}/ Committee.
GREAT MEETING IN MECIIAMCGBITiO.
The meeting appointed by the Democratic
County Committee for Mcclmnicsburg, on
Monday evening last, was a complete success
—tho largest meeting, indeed, that ever as
sembled in that place. Tho town was liter-,
ally filled with people,,and tho enthusiasm
for “Little Mao” was unbounded. That
sterling Democratic velran, Dr. Ira Day,
presided, assisted by a number of Vice
Presidents and Secretaries. Tho meet
ing wac most ably addressed by Gen.
Bjwman, C. E. Maglanghlia and M. C.
Herman, E.sqrs,, of Carlisle, and by J. B. Ew
ing, Esq., of Harrisburg. The speakers were
frequently internpted with ohouts and cheers,
and tho ladies (God bless them . r ) presented
ouch one of them with wreaths and dowers.
It was a glorious, noble meetirg—aivoutpor
ing of tho people, and entirely orderly and
quiet. As Chairman of the County Commit
tee, wo thank tho oonoervatlvo men' and wo
men in and about Mechanicsburg, for the
zeal they manifested on the’oecasion. Keep
up tho lire, boys, the enemy quails and cow
ara. Tho victory ia ours, sure, if tho good
work goes on briskly.
0C7 e ’ A fact worthy of notice is that while
many of the former members of Congress
from the South havo entered the Southern ar
my and thus shown the sincerity of their pro
fessions, the Northern- Abolition members
have stood aloof from participation in ary of
tho risks of the battle field to make their pro
fessions o( loyalty good. Tho Southern mem
bers havo preached and practiced, while tho
latter havo merely encouraged and forced,
tho poor -and defenseless to fight tho battles,
they brought on. *
TO THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS IN THE
ARMY.
By an act of the Legislature, wh.cn was
ratified by tbo people at a special - election.
Pennsylvania officers and soldiers m active
Hcrvico or in hospitals or on detached du y,
are, to have the right to vote at the coming
October and November elections. The right
to vote is valuable only ns ft is free. It has
been claimed by Ko,midicans that you will
he compelled.to vote for their candidates.—
This is an insult U. intelligent freemen. Obe
dience in military matters is indispensable.
but a free ballet is your right.
The Uoinmissioners ,wbo will go to you
will bo sent by-Republican authority. Per-
haps your sources of knowledge will not bo
under the mime dictation. Seek light from
Democratic sources. Believe not the slan
ders uttered against Democrats and tlio'Dcm
ocratie party. The term “• trailer” Und other
.opprobrious epithets do not belong to them.
(Jail to mind tbo personal and pecuniary sac
rifices of Democrats in raising troops, in fur
nishing moans (or the war, in sustaining
your families at homo, in sending sanitary
supplies to you in the field, and in v .binleer
ing to till your ranks. They still continue
to sustain yon and provide for your families
at home. They are with you and for you in.
every emergency.
You are about to ciprcSi by tbo ballot
your opinions as’to tbo policy which should
govern in our present national difficulties.—
You, with the voters at-home, are to decide
whether peace and a union of all tlm Slates
are preferable to il.e policy now announced
of unending war fur negro equality.
Tills was not tho policy under which tho
veterans enlisted. No : that policy was to
pot down tlio rebellion and restore the Union
under tho Onslituthn. But tho President
has changed, Congress has changed, the Re
publican leaders have changed. They are
now ultra Abolitionists. But many conser
vative Repold.cans will vote with ns for a
restoration of too ,d l orocr ol things.
If you think they mo right, mute with !
these conservative men and with us for this |
object. Let us have a change, uf udmiiiislra- |
thin. Would you Inn o (he war carried on,
provided h he noces-ary, solely fur the Union
and the restoration of peace, then veto for a
n on „ ... i ,i.!.-i)iinstriition can on
ly unite I lie South, -divide public sentiment
at the' North, prolong tho war indefinitely,
and end finally in dissolution.
- Changed to a Domocratic administration,
and yon may hope to sog a restored ’Union,
anearly return to peace, and that blessed re
union with friends at home, who are watch-
ing yyuT every peril, rejoicing in yuur every
•success, and waiting your return from tho
dangers and sufferings of war.
Sock for correct political information, and
fnllrnv not blind political guides and specula
ting shoddy ites, who fur personal gain wuu’d
plunge the country into financial min, leate ,
your families destitute, and destroy our ar
mies in pursuing their chimerical phantoms
—of abolitionism. j
Thus much we have been constrained to |
sav, that the position of the Democratic pur- j
1 ty. may not ho misunderstood. Wo are m.w
and ever for the Union, tho Constitution, and
tho enforcement i f the lavs. All cye.i are
now upon you. Your votes may decide the
fate of future generations and the oxtaicnce
of our time-honored He pul lie. Still further
illustrate, by yuur J rce vote, the gh Viuus
name and fame \ mi have ac!iic\ed for ycui
selves and the Keystone Stale In y.ur gal
lant military deeds and unparalleled heroi.-m.
Go f>r the Dcidoci alic i'»ns<’rcn(ivc pohaj :
Foil WAR SO FAR I’NLV AS WAR MAY RE NECES-
SARY, AN D AI. WAYS TO MAINTAIN THE CsioN
THE SUPREMACY OF THE LAWS, AN’D TO SECURE
AX EAHI.V AM) AN lIOXO R A RLE PH ACC.
Tlio fate ol' the Union depends partly on 1
your ballots as well as on your bullets. T 1 o
soldiers of the Union have bravely discharg'd
Lhcir bullets at the enemy in the-field. e
now call upon them bravely to discharge
their ballots at the enemy in the high places
of the government. If wo do not dislodge
the unarmed enemy within the citadel, the
armed'enemy without, aided by the enemy j
within for another dreary term of imbecility,
corruption, and perfidy, will inevitably level
to tho ground (ho proud city of our liberties,
turning to ashes in our grasp th.o fruits of ad
tho sutferings and sacrifices of the army and
of the people. The enemy within the citadi 1
must ho dislodged*
And the people hare determined that he
shall he. On a certain fair morning in No-j
vomhor nest, order the command of General
George B. McCleu.an, they propose to move
upon the enemy’s works, to carry thorn, to*
Hank the rebellion, to take possession of the
Union under the Constitution, ?.nd to restore
an honoaahle and a lasting peace to the Re
public, one and indivisible. V/hou that ail
glorious assault shall bo made, and the vic
torious freemen of tho land are pouring
through the breach, to the music oT tho F.Ur-
Spangled banner, which Boats in triumph
above them, who that ever {ought for the
Union will not blush to be found crouching
behind the ramparts of- the fuc i F«w, us wc
onceiely believe. And we uu tin God that
ew will voluntarily subject themselves to
his ordeal of fully and of shame.
LOOK OUT IM SPURIOUS TICKETS!
Wo have n ticket before us containing all
the names of the Democratic candidates ex
cept the Sheriff. Instead of the regular no
minee of the Democratic parl y, John Jacob*,
the name of Jacob Scnui.i# is substituted.—
Wo mention this novr so that Democrats may
bo on their guard, and not he deceived by .the
tricks of unprincipled Abolitionists. Wo
know not whether Mr. Sen cu. hus-any know
ledge of these tickets. If lie has and- gives
countenance to their circulation, heijnutthe
true Democrat we took him to be. In a cri
sis Uko the present, the professed Democrat
who attempts to disorganize is as heartless
as he is reckless. These spurious tickets
wera'primed at an Abolition printing office,
fir the purpose, if possible, of electing the
Abolition Sheriff candidate - . Wo care not
who the man la who thus attempts to act the
part of a political guerilla, lie is a contempti
ble creature. Wo repeat, then, let Demo
crats be on their guard and examine their
tickets carefully before voting, and John
jTacobs, the poor man and sterling Democrati
' bo elected by 1,000 majority,
[ JB£T Markst price of gold, 100.
•THE HEPUBLICAS•tOBUUPTION FUND.
V ToHt-M.ii.tep in this county, whoso pay
amounts to but a few dollars a year, received
notice from his mastefa it-Washington re
cently,' requiring, him to Send on, at onM, 5-
to the Lincoln corruption fund in that city.
Every Post-Master in t\o United States has
been assessed accordirg to his salary, an 10
money thus raised is to bo spent in the un-
Lholy business of buying votes for the great
incompetout. >it only are Post-Maslors.thua
assesse.l, but all men holding office, as well
a 9 contractors anil “ loyal thieves”; in general.
Thus these politicoVgamblertanJ, desperately
nicked men will raiso a corruption Kind
amounting to several millions of dollars.
“ Have wo a Government?” is a question
often propounded by Abolition vyritors and
sneakers. No 1 If it requires a corruption
fund of millions of dollars tp keep a set ot
scoundrels in office to cat out the substance
of the people, then indeed our form ot
government *3 gone, and the people are in
slavery. And yet, notwithstanding the reek
ing corruption of this moat infamous and God
defying Administration—an Administration
composed of infidels, gamblers and libertines
_vc find mtn 'professing morality, aye, even
profooing-eilristians.toll up the dirty whites
„( their eyes and implore the people b) sup
port that double-distilled traitor and imbe
cile, Anti Lincoln 1' They know that ho
cannot bo elected by fair means, but they are
willin'' to strike hands witii the gamblers
who hope to succeed by the power of money.
God of our fathers, rescue our country from
I ho grasp of the freebooters who have become
fat tm the blood of men and the tears of wld-
D\vs and orphans.
“ HONEST ABE.”
Homespun honesty id a valuable trait in
character for resisting tho wear ami tear of
common life, ami rejecting ordinary tempta
tions to wrono. But that honesty which
rises into honor, and can Withstand tho se
ductions of power and tho allurements of
fame, is a far rarer quality, unknown to com
monplace natures. M ithont it a man is un
lit to he a state -man, and its absence from
tho coarse composition of Mr. Lincoln has
been prorod of late by practices which show
the dttnoor of cutffinuing such a man in pow
er. The hr.pt of a new -lease of office has
[ o\orccmiw-n** - cvirto. j. u.~,
to-convert the latter part of his presidential
term into an electioneering canvass far its re
newal. He is compassing his return to power
■by unlawful methods. He first laid down a
plan of fraud, which ho has carried out as
Tar as he could in Florida, and as far as he
dared in Louisiana, for cheating the loyal
States nut of their duo weight in tho electo
ral college hy introducing the mock votes of
his own '•army of sutlers and placemen-, ibis
is an encroachment on tho legislative depart
ment of car government, and is filly branded
'by Mr. Wadk as an usurpation. Hu has,
1 furthermore announced tho abolition of sla-
very as a condition without which offers of
submission tmm the rebels will be spurned.
This is imp -sing terms of peace that the Con
stitution which he has sworn to support gives
him no authority to require, and the purpose
i.f the war no warrant. It is a daring usur
pation of dictatorial power* Tho hrmoty
that might repulse a money offer is not proof
ngain-t the splendid bribe of tho presidency.
Uo yield- te tv-’Miiop, and lays these crimes
upon ids f-oul from terror dT tho radicals,
whose votes are supposed to control the elec
tion. Tho pc- pie, uot easily betrayed, are
apt to reward such equivocal honesty with
permission to practice its cheaper forms in
the obscurity of private life.
That mi-crable blatherskite and do-
‘Judge Shannon,’- of Pittsburg,
nsiulo a speech before tho stay-at-home
Languors of Philadelphia, a few evening?
since, and in it In said :
“If we (tho Republicans) cannot boat Mc-
Clellan and Ills party in November, then i
mv lot the rebellion triumph.”
So I Thou you are really opposed to tho
Union if Lincoln is defeated. Just as wo'
expected. Tho fact is the Clack Republicans
h ive been assailing tho Unipn so long that
it appears out of place for them to profess
Union sentiments now. Their professh ns
are fahe, and they make them for the pur
pose of deceiving the people and monopoliz
ing the offices and, tho spoils. Defeat them
at tho polls and they will throw off all dis
guise, and, so far as their influence goes, as
sist the rebels to “ let the rebellion triumph.”
A PimniEcr by Webster.—Daniel Web
ster delivered a speech, on tho 7th of March,
ISSO, on tho compromise measures then
pending, ia which occurs tlie sentence quoted
belou :
“ If tho infernal fanatics and abolitionists
ever get tho power in their hands, they will
override llic Constitution, set the Supreme
Court at defiance, change and make laws to
Mih themselves, lay violent hands on those
who differ with them in their opinions, nr
dare qucKtum their infallibility, and finally
bankrupt the country and deluge it with
BLOOD."
Was Mr. Wt-iirTfiJi a true prophet, or was
je not? Have predictions ho made come
;rue, or have they not? Have the party now
in power ovci ridden the Constitution? Ilavo
they sot the Supremo Court at defiance ?-*-
Have they changed and made laws to suit
themselves? Have they laid violent hands
un those who differed with them in opinion,
or who dared to question their infallibility?
Have they bankrupted the country? Have
they deluded it with BLOOD ? Let any man
who has witnessed the rule of the * r mforfuil
"anatica and Abolitionists” now in wawei* an-
swer.
York Nominations. — Tho Democrat
ic State Convention of New York, met at Al
bany, on Thursday last, and re-numinnted
Horatio Seymour for Governor, David R. F.
Junes for Lieutenant Governor, and also nom
inated Jarvis Lord for Canal Commissioner,
and David B. M’Neil for State
tur. All these nominations were made by ac
clamation.
Tns Maine Election. —The latest returns
of tho election on Monday tho 12th, have been'
received from tho entire State. Cony, the
is elected, but his major
ity, which was 17,0X)0 last year, is reduced to
about 13,000 —a Democratic gain of 4,5001*
lu 18G0, tho Abolitionists carried Maine by
ft majority of 25,500,-
TUB ADMINISTRATION -OIVINO EVIDENCE
FAVOR Ul f ■GENERAL M’CLELLAN.
In view of the attempts 6f' tho Ropubli 1
papers to circulate slanders against Gem
M’Clcllan, wo give tho following testimony
respecting his abilities and services'from va
rious members of tho Administration:
■ Washington, July 2, 18G2.
Major General George 11, M' Clcllan :
I am satisfied that yourself, officers and'
men have done tho best you could. All ac
counts say better fighting was never doho.—
Con thousand thanks for it
daya afterward, when Mr. Lincoln
had fuller information, General M'Glellan re
ceived the following: r "
"Washington, July 5,18152.
Major General George B. M'CleUan, com
manding Army of the Potomac .*
A thousand thanks for the relief your two
despatches of 12 and*! P, M., yesterday gave,
me. Be assured the heroism of yourself, offi
cers and men is, and forever will bo appreci
ated. A Lincoln.
In August, 1852, Mr. Lincoln made a
speech at tho White House, in which ho said :
There has been a very wide spread attempt
to have a quarrel between General M Clellan
and the Secretary of War. * w General
M’Clellan’s attitude is such that in tho very
selfishness of his nature he cannot but wish
to be successful, ami I hope be will.
*. * I know General M'Clollan wishes to
bo successful. * * General M f Clclhtn is
not to blame for asking what he wanted and
needed.
* * I believe be is a bravo and able man
and I stand hero, us justice requires mo t
do, to take upon myself wlnO bus bee
charged on tho Secretary of War as with
holding from him.
Hero is General Hallcck’s testimony ;
Washington, August 31, IBG2.
Major General Gennje B. M’ Chilian:
I beg of yon to assist mo in this crisis with
your ability and experience. lam entirely
tired out.
11. W. llallkck, .General-in-Chicf.
yy
Washington, H. C.. September .»0.
Major General df CUUanj onamanniivj, c!c. :
General: Your report of yesterday, giv
ing the rchiiltH of* the hatth-Jt ol >ou[!i Moun
tain and Antietam, has been received an I
submitted to the Pros! lent. They were Mt
only hard-fought battle- 1 , hut well earned and
decided victories
The valor and endurance of ymir army in
tho several c.*Tiilic f s whieh terminated in the
r ~' -',,n of ibe '*ncmv fioio the loval Stale
•of Maryland, arc eremranio .Alike o» iito
troops and the officers who commanded them.
A grateful country, whilp' nmui ning the
lamented dead, will not be unmindful of the
honors due to the livsi g.
11. W. Hallecr, General in-Chlef.
0.„,i 11>rl him
Your despatch of to-day JoOelusl, C3oa
Mess you and all with you. Destroy ilio rc
blo army if possible
Rut the Republican (.‘undress also
U.s testimony. On the 1 <>i!i Jay of July, Mr.
Ivhvards (Hop ) of Xew Hampshire, offered
the folio,win" resolution in the House » f Rop
rescntotivcs, and it was unanimously adopt
ed ;
7iV.io/ivJf That the thanks of this It msehc
presented to Major General George li. M'*,
Glellan and the olliccrs and of his
command, (or the series of brilliant and do
ci.-ivn victories which hy tl: •:r skill an I bra
very they !m\c achieved over rcboU and trai
t-’Vj in ams on the haulediclds oi Western
Virginia'.
On the Oth of May, after Vr.'i ucto
iios of Yorktown, Williamsburg, and West
Point, Owen Lovqjny, ih,j most ultra radical
in the House id’ Rct»rescnlatiu*s, offered the
following resolutions, which were unanimuus
n t>
ly adopted :
!i'exofrcif. That il is v.ilh feelings of devout
gratitude to Almighty Hod tin*t the 1 louse of
Representatives, from time to lime, hears of
the triumphs of the Union arm / in the great
struggle h.r the supremacy of the (,onslilu
tlon and the integrity of the Union.
liexv!!''■({, Thar- wo receive with profound
sati.-ifaclion intelligence of the recent victo-
A. Lincoln.
Says Mr. Lincoln, referring to Antietam
War Pe’partmfnt. )
Washington, Sepr. Id, 1802. )
To Major General Goo. T>. M’Ck'tlan
ries achieved by the armies of the Potomac,
associated from their localities with those of
the Revolution, and that tin sincere thanks
of this House are hereby tendered to Major
General Goo. R. M’Clcllan for the display of
those high military qualities uliich secure
important results with hut little sacrifice of
human life.
Let Democrats bear this testimony in mind,
ami when efforts are made to belittle Gener
al M’Clcllnn’a great services to the State, lot
this significant testimony of Mr, Lincoln,
Gen. llalleck, and the Republican Congress,
be produced.
THE NATIONAL DECT
Tho national debt at tho close of-Mr. Lin
coln's term on ihcT-mrth of March next, will
not bo one dollar less limn llirec (huHsand
ions. If Uu should he re elected, and should
adhere to his present determination to make
the abolition of shivery a condition precedent
t> the entertainment of propositions for peace,
the war will go on till the end of his second
term, at which time the public debt will have
increased to six Ihouxand million?, ami tho
breach between the two sections will have
become so wide as to redder rc-uuiun impos
sible.
Ominous. —The time of tho 74th Regiment
Pa. volunteers (three years’ men,) having ex
pired, it arrived in Washington, homeward
bound oii Saturday. In marching up Penn
sylvania, nvenuo the regiment had to pass un.
der a political arch which contained tho like
ness of that old sinner sVnd traitor, Lincoln.
In respect for tho office of President of tlid
fUnited States, tho men took off their caps,
and passed under tho arch in sullen silence.
In tho next square the friends of M’Clellan
have an arch, which'contains the likeness of
“Little Mao.” As soon as the men noticed
the likeness of their old commander, they
commenced to* dicer find yell’. Cheer after
cheer went up from every company ; tho band 1
struck up Yankee Doodle, and the boys clasp
ed hands as thdy swore to vole for tho man
they loved. “Wo are coming, father A ! be”
—tho returing soldiers.
. “Misfortunes never comb Singly.”—
When tho rebels were raiding’around Wash
ington city, in July last, they burned the fine
country residence of the Hon. Mr. Blair, Post
master General* As this raid occurred
through the imbecile management of the war
by Mr. Lincoln, one would suppose that ho
would sympathize with Mr. Blair in his mis
fortune. But instead of that, he turns him
out ol
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Tim RICHMOND ENQUIRER FOR LINCOLN.
Since the nonjinnlio'n of Gen. M'Olellan nt
Chicium, a' number of conservative Uopublb;
caiijournnla and ninny prominent Republicans
have expressed their intention of giving him
their support. .Lincoln has been steadily
■losing ground in the North bht wo must con
fess that bo is gaining adherents in the bogus
Confederacy. Hear what the Richmond En
quirer says in its issue of the sth inst:
Wiit tub South Ropes por Lincoln’s Re-
ELECTION',
■Tho Democratic "nominoos in ll>o United
States aro McClellan for President and 1 en
dloton far Vico-President. 'What concern
have the people of these Confederate States
in the fate of these candidates at tho approach
ing election? In our opinion, tho interest
and hope of peace io not greatly advance, hy
those nominations. Prom General M'Clellaii
our people can have hut little hope of peace,
other than a reconstruction peace. 1/ •
What hope do his antecedents hold out that
should encourage our people to believe that
ho would yield our nationality any sooner
than .Mr. Lincoln? Ho is by _ fur the more
dangerous man for us; hail his policy boon
persistently followed, ami the ivar conducted
on the principals of civilized warlare, ho
might have divided our people and, perhaps
conqnred our lihestics. Willi const’.mate abil
ities, ho might free the negrpeii, hut could
not unite the section s; that confiscation might
enrich his soldiers, hht could not reconcile
dur people ; hence, with an earnest and hon
est love for the Union, lie avoided those fatal
acts, ami coin!acted tho war for the restora
tion of tho Union, rather than the destruction
of the SoutlT. His policy was the olive branch
in one hand and the sword in the other, to
conquer hy power and conciliate hy kindness.
It was a moat dangerous policy for nsj lor il
tho amclior.iting hand of Federal kindness
had softened tho rigors of war, nor people
would not have been subjected to those tena
ble fires of suffering hy which Mr. Lincoln
has hlulled every heart and steeled every sen
timent against our merciless foes. As a sin
cere secessionists, preierriog war and nation
ality to peace and the Union, wo looked upon
tlic’lad ' f a difference Between Mr. Lincoln
and General MeCi-llan ns to the proper poli
cy of Conducting the war, as peculiarly for
tunate ter our eair.ie. Wo hailed the pros la
miitioMs ' T rmanripr.finr. rum conli'-catiun,
uii'.l the pidicv ■’ f plunder and devastation as
jure idcd-rc': < f -ur ultimate triumph ; they
ware terrible .ir.’h alvhut they must rlfeclual
ly craili at**i e'*'*r>' sentiment of Unimi.
armi-iog U’’ J rMe at well as the interest nf
mir pe.tj ie. Inlhnncd tlm patriotism nf tho
whole, until they wouldjmvo ucoopto I death
as pn-l’enible to ultimate defeat.
Nine, between McClellan ami Lincoln there
aro nnaiv pmnts of diirerenoe —the former is
a man of talents, of information, nf firmness
ami grunt military experience end h.l ility—
tlio latter i\s‘. supple, pliant,-orp'V fool, fcgond
hut vulgar Joker. While McClellan has the
interest of the Union only kt heart, Mr. Lin
coln has tho fanatical object of freeing no
tfruH for his inspiration. lietw'cen “my phin"
as l.ltmeml Grant has conducted it, and one
hy General McClellan, there eolud not have
been tho same success, that has already atten
ded oar arm*;, for wo lost nViro men lighting
tho science of McClellan on the Peninsula than
we have in repelling the furious but ill-con"
dueted nssanils of General Grant.
Thus, wliether we look at this nominating
in the light of peueoorof war. wo prefer Lin
coln to MeChdlan. Wo can make hotter
terms of [team; with nn anti-slavery fanatic
than with an earnest Unionist. We can gain
more military success in a war conducted on
“my [dan" than one of areal soldierlike
McClellan, r.'rpl suoneV destroy the resources
and strength of onr enemy whore they tiro
managed and manipulated hy tho light finger
ed gentry of Mes-o-?. Chase and Fessenden,
than when husbanded and skilfully controll
ed hy such a mar. r.s Guthrie. Our host hope
is fjom the honest fanatics- of tho United
States, men who '.'hove; in their hearts that
slavery is tho “sum of all villanies," and
who really and Mneeroly believe it to he their
duty to M'perrJe 'heir country'frnm this “rel
ic of harharifu , '. M Such men, when they find
that their pc--pin are tired of the war, will
end it hy a vGa'cc that sacrifices territory to
freedom, an*!' will let the South “go” provi
ded she carried slaV'Ty with her. Those moil
believe n •. less f !*:it tho just powers of govern
ment are derived from tho consent of govern
ed, than “ that Ml men are created free and
etpial." The two postulates are of like im
portance to an abolitionist. ,
.Both the AboM'joniat and tbo Democrat is
onr cm my-—tho duej because we have slaves,
the ollmr, hecr.kso wo are disunionists. Nor
iP.es their enmity differ in degree; they both
halo Us most intensely. Tho Chjcago plat
form is, that “ iVca'jo may be restored on tho
basis of tho Federal Union of tho States”—
that is. reconstruction of tho Union as it was,
with slavery protected by the nominal laws,
but warred Upon bv areal sentiment,-aggra
vated and embittered by the war. The recon
structed Union of tho Chicago platform
would ho tho certain destruction first, of
slavery, and next of slaveholders. With Lin
coln and tiie Baltimore platform, wo of tho
Confederate States know where wo arc—out
side nf the pale of mercy, devoted to rum
and destruction, with no hope save in the jus
tice and .protection of God, and the courage
and manliness of our soldiers. With swords
and muskets and cannon we fight Lincoln,
and the pa-t affords no reason of apprehen
sion of thy future. But in the reconstructed
Union of the Chicago platform wo would be
deprived of our weapons without being rec
onciled to out* foes.
‘ There is no nuostion that between the ivto
men General McClellan enjoys far more of
tho respect of the people of these Sates than j
Lincoln, and the Democratic parly far more j
of our conirdsneo than tho Republican, and 1
that if reconstruction wore possible 5t would
ho more probable under General McClellan
and tho Democracy than under Lincoln and
tho Republicans. The Northwest inspires
one, and New England tho other; but as long
as New Ragland imposes tho dogmas of her
civilization, and tho tenets of her fanaticism
upon tho mind ahd..people.of..the Northwest,
there may he pence and separation, but there
can no\eV bo Union and harmony. If the
Northwest desires tho restoration of the Union
let its people shako off tho bondage of Now
Kngland, and show to the world that a new
ora of toleration and fraternal kindness has
risen in tho place of fanatical Puritanism and
selfish ostracism.
A. GiNcor,^,
#Sy In the Autumn of 18G2, Mr. Henry J.
Raymond, this editor of the New York. Times,'
put up the following prayer in the course of
a public speech not remarkable in other re
spects for either piety or patriotism ;
The Democratic party I have not agreed
with in its measures; I have thought many
of them detrimental to the various interests
of the Country and the American States.
Cut, rely Upon it, they had p path of duly,
mar&cd out for themselves. * They stood
ready to save the nation if they could ; per
haps they were in hopes they would have a
chance by'and by. 'And if this Adminis/ra •
lion qannot save the Union , then I pray God
in Heaven io send another that can, whether
it be Democratic or any other.
The contingency mentioned in thia prayof
has unquestionably occurred. So much is
acknowledged by threc : fourths of the people,
and is manifest to a\U .The prayer as un
(j’uefcti'onahly will bo' ahswored. Ood’knows
“this Administration cannot save the Union,”
and Ho will “send another that can." .
QC7* "Wo have a report from Memphis thui
Mobile had ■urreaderod to ITarragut.
nos. REVERDY JOHNSON FOR OTLELuijr
Quo after another, probiinont “ Old Line
Whigs” aro joining thii grout body 0 f t 5
Oonscrvativc'masses, and giving their Biip| )lirt
to tliQ nominees of tho Chicago Convention
When in.. liilUimoro for several day a i as j
•week, wo funnel numbers'of Union men t,p cn
ly avowing thoir intention to void f, n . Q un '
McClellan in preference to Lincoln, d'liuy
believed tho Union would bo restored with
McClellan in power, and were coining 1
that under Lincoln it, never could. \p 0
have now the following letter f rom 'jj
Uovordy ' Johnson, who was elected {j,. n[lt ‘
by a Legislature opposed to the’be;r..),_- ral
party. Ho has always, heretofore, been i„
opposition to us. Ho, is with us now became
ho boliovoo the ro-elcclinn,of Lincoln would
lie tho greatest disaster wbicli could befall
this nation. Let him speak fur diimself, a j
the oldest Senator in Congress ;
Saratoga Sinuous, September 11
Genti.emh* ; Ydnr invitation to tiio meet,
ing to bo Hold in Washington mi tie; gm
inst., to ratify - the nomination of McClellan
and Pendleton, is but just, received
It will bo out of my power to be with'Vui
mv stay bore for some days longer belli..'a,,!
avoidable, Clpposcd as I was to the on-.'.uai
election of Mr. Lincoln to Uiosladi.,,
occupies, (non a conviction of his being m, c .
final to its duties, tho manner in wlm-l, li c
has met them, has Lot confirmed mo in that
opinion. With more than two milli.n.
I soldiers placed in bis bands ainlom unlimited
amount df'tri'tislirc, bis policy ami lm inn .
ner o( using bis power, instead of pm ling tb o
rcbollinii down and bringing to mV ranks tli o
(bmisands of Union idea who vyerc tboo in
ouch of Iho seceded Staled, him* vim. r o
uro believed t‘> nutniniil»or the vh-h
hut, served the double purpose ui.uui»m
against, u* and of dividing the public uj».ai -.i
ol Uio loyal Stales. Tho effect, of c«>nr-i\ h
that, notwithstanding Iho sralianr doei-t ~f
our army an I navv, and tin* m.ui.f-M jnuio
of our cause, the. Union is even morn olleet
ually broken now than it was whotf \n< AT
ministration commenced. Whatever nflnm*.
: csty of purpose may belong t > him, an l I a-t;
1 willing to admit that lie lias hud it. lii.i\av
dilation, his policy, now emmet value, u.ar
radical, his Selection of military edli.-or-*
ly incompetent, his treatment of t tin-** win
were evidently competent, his vnddini; m
tills to what he lias him-e.f hemi often leud
to say.a- an excuse, was “ont-Mo pivs-nir**,”
his having not only punished, hut as far at
the public Ic**' >w, I'uilc I ti ic'ihke ‘.!"*nnU
excesses of re i lit ary off.ccV:; ei tis , al »o
lection, shocking fir, :-entimont f.f tlnMvorM,
find disgracing ns in the view of ri-ten fur
hv the burning of private dwellings, and do
priving their often exclusively famuli* nroi
■pan'ts of home and means of livchh I—nil
demonstrate that he is grossly Inc.iiiijiricM
p, govern the country in this crisis nfhd.iU*.
How can an honoruhjv man holievi* lint
one who has so signally failed for aha m. fm;
entire years, can be Huccossfnldf aiiotln'r t >nt
years ho granted him ? No one in I’.mgrw
certainly. Not twenty members holiese 'mu
| equal or ftt all equal to tho mighty ta-k. lie
i has boon tried and found wanting. Lena
I have a change, none, if loyal, can hi hr tin
' worse, is not that we wish to u«.y Im'hih
1 classic riguro to swap horses in flu* nnkd
a stream, but that when wo are on a .vaninf
1 ftnd safety depends on making our
' tion at tho earliest moment, we siimill nrt
I aside a spavined and thin horse, an 1 secure
a sound and arrive one.
In General MeOlelhm we-f.re funm.nd
iii the history of his life, in the purity "t lie
character, his ‘refinement, his utt luiitiont-*,
civil and military, and, nimvt* all in lot per
fect loyally—every assurance that, undcr.r?
executive guidance, the war. imw so cmumv
sve of treasure and hlood, will h‘ flh
brought to a triumphant UvmnnitMii,
this Union whidi "r.t !yi'' : >rN j ll
ncv&r ftgroo to surrender, will lie >- sllK ' •
With regard.
Y.mrnhedient 'C’-ve
ki:vi:ui>v JuiiNX'N,
Mr. Lincoln Concludes to Sm
Horses.
tiSANGE in «sjc
'OSTM AST E R-0 KNHR A L 01-; I’•
MOVED FROM OIFR-fc-
ANOTHER RADICALT'UIIIM
The President Declares That “1
Time' Mas Cnmo.
THE COBtKE!!iI*Oi\DE‘ 1
W'aSH I .VCJTOS , SfpL-'
THE CHANGE IN THE CABINS
Tlio Cabinet change causes preat a«l
irient in administration and ntlicr tin
night. 'JMIO lon S pending qimrret -
Hon. Montgomery Blair and thoiad»-
culminated, and the former teiKletcd
aiguathm as. Postmaster-General.
Bcmnison, of Ohio, who has boon if ■
succeed him. is thus rewarded flu L
at Baltimore to secure the nmn'a ' ■
coin. This chance was ' f
cabinet meeting to-day.
of Mr. Chase declare that the eh. n
been in contemplation. c , iffl
When the resolution of the
Convention, deehirin S that tlm.V
essential to the RonoraU citato
i shall prevail in the national■ ei
garding as worthy of I 1" )lu ; ‘ljinlly i« J
official trust those only i who cord i) f((
the principles proposed ''' l '“, ~| loter iis
lotions, and which shopld oh. „
administration of the S"'! 0 , p os mu<
shortly after its passage read y
General Blair,'ho at mice vcr f ‘ Jjilyw
his resignation, which was not
and accepted until to-day, as
from the following cofrespoiide
Executive
'■■•nVAsiiiNOTUM. So[)lenih cr
lion. Montgomery Blair ; „ ll]S ; v i
My Beau Sir: You have_g cn - '
to mo more than once that wlie" e ' . ( - m ,
signation could he a relief to is y ;|ll
my dispofa’. The time hits „„ ,ii
well know lliat this proceeds _ r " >iy nr
isfaction of mine with you ‘ j ief n
chilly. Your unirorm Uiuduess
i surpassed hy.tlmt of any ’ rll ’ n< ,’, ]C jtlvO
is true that iho war i'o'a nC,t ' , 9 ’.r,,, as to 1
the ditlieulth if uf your depai vfl .l
of soriie others, it is-yet muc ■ '
truly can, that in tlio three y' '
during which you have at )W
general post-office, I ‘^'"“''Lectio' l
complaint against you m e
with. . Yours its ever,
'MR. E'LAIII’S KEP^- tmes -
PUSTOFFICE UEP-
Sep»* r ,00
MV Dear Sin : I
of tliis date, referring
whenever you should l C . s
.die public interests that t l,nt
stating tliat, in your judj, f^rrunilT
now come. .I now, tbercio f p „ 9 „
my resignation of tlio voo l
'General. I cannot take lea j, rl itit
rnnowinu tbo expressionsi J 11)(l ,kl
the uniform kludutiss
euureb towards (be. _ M-” 1
Yonra very truly >
The President'. .
ty~ The rapid decline 1 ' 1 S“’ Sjl
a g oat reduction iu morobW'