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HoN. REVEHDY JOHNSON was chosen a
United States. Senator, for Maryland, by
the political friends'of .Abraham Lincoln,
as they said, on account of his superior
ability' and statesmanship, his established
patriotism and thorough devotion to the
Union. tris course in the Senate has been
satisfactory to the Bepublicans. But Mr.
Lincoln's mismanagement of the war, his
violations of law and public faith, and his
general want; of honesty and capacity,
have satisfied Afr. Johnson that a change
of Administration is necessary to save the
I Union. Familiar with Gen. McCisu.As's
decided abilities, end his ardent devotion
to the Union, he does not hesitate where
to cast his vote and influence. From his
speech delivered in New York some days
since, we clip extracts as below. After a
comparison of President Lincoln's . origi
nal and repeated avowals that he had no
power to interfere with slavery, with his
"to whom it may concern" doctrine, Mr.
Johnson says: •
"Was ever man so inconsistent with
himself? Was there ever, in any war, a
refusal to treat for peace—for the arrest
ing the shedding of blood, above all the
shedding of blood by brother of brother?
(Cheers.) Under all these circumstances
could there be a refusal so insane, so reck
less, so inhuman, so barbarous ? Thank
God, Mr. Lincoln will not always be our
President. Thank God, if we are now
true to ourselves, his lease =of power has
nearly expired. Thank God,"that a change
of men and measures seems to be near at
hand, and that, that occurring, no such
unexampled, unconstitutional, inhuman
and barbarous refusal will dishonor the
government. Measures, humane and con
stitutional, will then be adopted, which, t
to the vindication of our good name, will
soon lead to a restoration of the Union,to
the gathering together of all the states I
under one government, under one grand
political edifice of whose arch Pennsylva
nia as from the first will again form the
"Keystone." She has recently demon- I
strated that that is ber•flrin; her Settled ,
purpose. We know that Mr. Lincoln's I
unconstitutional condition will not then
be exacted as an indispensable one to t
peace. We know that it has been strong- ,
ly censured by many of his decided sup
porters.
What progress has been made toward
the restoration of the Union.
Has he effected the return to the Union I
of a single state ? Not one.' Has he ac
quired the confidence and won the affec
tions of the people of any one state, or ,
even part of a state? (" No, no.") e
know he haS not. His policy made that I
impossible. Has he obtained a penman
eat and safe foothold even in nay portion ,
of any single state? Has be even retain- ;
ed possession of portions once conquered
by our brave army and navy ? He has
not. To our dishonor be it said, he has I
not. Union men, strong in the attach-.'
ment.to the nation's flag, have been seen
to gather around it shedding tears of joy
at. the belief that they would be under its
permanent protection—have, in more in
stances than one, been left, by its with
drawal to the cruelties of the merciless
foe. ("That's so.") Over and over a
gain has occurred in Missoui, Tennessee,
Kentucky,Mississippi, Louisiana,Arkan
sanAlabma, Texas and 'Virginia. (Ap
plause.) In portions of Arkansas and
Louisiana, attempts that would be ludi
crous but for the Importance and gravity
of the principles involved, have been made
to organize state g?vernments by force of ,
the bayonet, pad in a great measure by
the votes of soldiers, and almost if not
within the 'sound df rebel guns. Under
the lead of an attache of the President,an
effort was.made.to,ihe satne.end in Flor
ida, that - was foll'Oived by die defeat of
our arms and the sacrifice of thousands of
lives of our soldiers, (" Shame.l,,
A proclamation of 'aitmesty uiaTortbe
reorganization of the states, was issued by
the President and received' only with de
rision and contempt 'by the rebels. And
on its face it Was so anti-republican and
so tended to increase Mr. Lineeln's pow
er and snbserve his' re-election, that Con
gress, at its recent session, 'attempted to
defeat it V legislation, an 'attempt which
he frustrated by refusing to sanction it,
for which:be soon afterward received a de
served and. severe official rebuke from
Messrs. Wade and -Davis, as Chairmen,
respectively, oftbe committees (rile two
Houses, who I hid bad - charge of the Itite
mentlemen of ability, ferfeitly.loyal and
influential members' of.hfs Party.
Arkansas, under the authority of his
amnestyedict, went through:the form of
a state organization; elected 'a legislature,
appointed state officers, and chose two ti.
S. Senators. These last repireid -to Wash.:
ington, applied for their seats, hut were
denied' them hy a vote' idmeit ' unanimous.
Louisiana has since pursued; 'Of
to•puF'suefthe 411,%m6 course, arid id i saii to
meet , airith,-the stuiYe' 'fide, and a 'like Eitti
.4500.00 c
.$1,200,000
Great Bend,,Pa.
will attend Toinesse. 4UliirO*
Johnson, Abniiiitiri• Unailni nor the two
nriftesitan , c'ontra tbe
.SciO'it@'oftheYoi
ted, States. ' • '
duiroAit
MONTROSE, PA., THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1864.
the armed forces of the rebels ? The
country, to its cost and sorrow and 'mor
tification, knows that he has not. (Ap
plause.) An army that, from first to last
daring the last six months numbered
more than three - hundred thousand men,
led by a leader standing high in the con
fidence of the President, has failed to dis
perse, Much less to destroy, the forces of
General Lee, and is now apparently fur
ther from the capture of Richmond, the
object of the campaign, than McClellan
(loud cheers) was when, with the aid of
Fitz John Porter, (cheers,) and other gal
lant officers, now dismissed or in retire
ment. W hat success has Mr. Lincoln a
chieved on the ocean ? His failure there
is, if possible, more complete and dis
, heartening than his failure on the land.—
Our" commercial marine, that before his
inauguration covered every sea, proudly
sailing unchallenged under the safeguard
of the stars and stripes, is now almost
I wholly driven from that domain. ("That's
true.") More than one thousand of our
ships we have been compelled to sell to
foreigners because our flag furnished no
'protection, but on the contrary is but the
'incentive to the pirate's torch. They are
now traversing the ocean with American
I freemen and, property under the shelter
lof foreign banners. Some four or five pi
iratical cruisers have been permitted to
give to the flames hundreds of our yes
isels, and in some instances on our own
I coast and almost within sight of our cit
lies. The insurance against war risk is
now as high if not higher, than it was in
' the war with England in 1812, and much
higher than it was in 1846 during the war
with Mexico. What apology can be of
fered for this ? No government qver pos
sessed more noble or more accomplished
naval officers, or braver or more skillful
seamen. Nor was any ever supplied with
such an unlimited amount of treasure to
increase its naval efficiency. Millions up
on
minions have been expended for that
purpose, and yet oar merchants, to save
their ships from destruction, or to have
them lie idle in our harbors, have been
forced to dispose of them to aliens: We
know too that our shipowners, as intelli
gent and enterprising in the world, have
over and over again solicited the govern
ment to suffer them to St out vessels to
protect themselves, and_ save the nation
from the dishonor of being driven from
the ocean. Bat the solicitation was in
vain. The few buccaneers, who could
easily have been captured or destroyed if
the request of the merchants bad been
granted have been suffered with almost
perfect inipnnity to roam the seas and our
very roadsteads '
and consign our shins to
destruction, till our commercial marine
has literally almost ceased to exist.
I have thus placed before you grounds
enough for opposing Mr. Lincoln's re
election. And, adding one or two that I
have thus far omitted to notice, let me
briefly recapitulate them. In the loyal
states, where the courts were open and
the administration of justice unobstruct
ed, be has imprisoned, or suffered to be
imprisoned, thousands of citizens without
explanation ; detained them for months,
refusing to bring them to trial before any
tribunal, and then discharged them with
out redress. He has suffered his agents
to suppress hundreds of newspapers in the
same states, for no other imaginable rea
son than because they published articles
denouncing his administration. In eighty
five instances it is ascertained that this
was done by his own immediate order or
subsequent apprerial. He has suffered
churches to be closed, and their pastors
to be arrested or imprisoned only because
they did not pray specially for him. He
has suffered to be issued and enforced,and
in Kentucky and Maryland directly ap
proved,
orders under which the military
grossly interfered with the freedom of
elections. He has failed to restore to the '
Union a single state or a material part of
any state that was in rebellion on his ac
cession to power. He has constantly, to
the incalculable injury of the country, ap
pointed and kept in important commands
officers•who were grossly incompetent.—
He has interfered, with most calamitous
results, with' our military campaigns. He
has suffered our commercial marine to be
driven from the ocean. He has proscribed
officers of admitted ability and perfect
patriotism, because they were supposed to
be friendly to McClellan, (cheers) and not
to approVe of his policy or conduct. He
Constitution has violated the by his abo
lition proclamations, notwithstanding his
solemn promises to the contrary. He has,
violated it bybisSmnestyproclamation,and
by his refusing his'assent to la law'passed
by the last Congress tognard against con.
sequences whiatt, friends correctly
thought to, b,e mostrrilonsias,,weit
fadeße has e to protect the loyal,
statee,,M)d by such failure subjected them
at three • several periods to the moat de
stractivylovasions.• lie has antlered the
capital itself, to, be played at three differ
ent Perif4B the greatest peril, Ea has,
by hie.policy, and conduct, so injured us
uttba, pstpitattou of Prance, , &bat Napole
on bnoo4zO 4 into his tinnfle.unquestiened,
the destipies of .0% Uctgbbtaing.sepublic;
sail • Pia,ne4. l :ln 3- $ l . Prone - Pfbis (AMR urea,
tiOn, a monarch..bekttigulg to the most
'lTlrt i Plant'llf 4: 1 17%** in.this-he
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or low, and tho wordtgi, opipioaa, at
Wa'shington, Jefferson, Clay,, and every I
attorney-general to whom the question
I
was submitted, and to the great danger
of every foreigner among us, whether nat
uralized or not, without trial or , giving an
opportunity for trial, in the case of Ar
guelles, on the request of a Spanish sub
ordinate, he has delivered him to the ten
der mercies of that official. lie has caus
ed the currency of the country to becOme
in a great measure valueless, , and what is,
if possible, still worse than all, where
there was division in the South be has
produced unanimity, and where there was
unanimity in the North he has produced
division. ("That's so." Applause.) And
lastly, he is seeking a re-election by the
most unscrupulous and unexampled abuse
of patronage and power..
Do not all these things demonstrate his
utter unfitness for the Presidency?
I trust, for our country's safety and
honor, that ere long the memory of all
these disparaging and degrading acts will
be lost amidst the general joy of a restor
ed Union—a renewed prosperity and an
honest and elevated public opinion. But
to that end there must be a change, and
here, leaving Mr. Lincoln, I proceed to a
far more agreeable subject. (Laughter.)
Can we not effect a change ? (" 'We
will.") Is our nation so far gone in its pro
gress to ruin, in which it is being led, that
its fate cannot be arrested ? I confidently
think that it is in our power to arrest it.
We have losthundreds of thousands of our
best men North and South. We have had
inculcated in the minds of the people dan
gerous, political heresises. We have had
the political atmosphere tainted by dis
honest doctrine and practice. We have
contracted a debt of enormous amount.—
We are in a war of unparalleled magnitude,
we have by a suicidal policy prouced a
state of feeling between the two sections
unexampled acrimony. Bat yet all is not
lost. Our resources are still abundant';
our enterprise as great as ever; onr
morality, though now in a measure dor
mant, as pure as was that of our fathers ;
and in both sections, whatever may now
meet the eye, there is at heart, it cannot
he otherwise, as deep an affection for the
Union. A common pride in its past
glories, achieved by common valor, a fond
reverence for the memories of a great
common ancestry, Lexington, Concord,
and Bunker Hill, Saratoga, an Yorktown
(loud ehoora,) those all appeal to-us in one
united voice to stand to g ether age.ie o,s
our fathers stood,shoulder to shoulder, and
heart to heart, and to live as they lived,
and die as they died, the inheritors of a
common freedom, protected by a common
government, and glorying in the same
great and hallowed standard that covered
and cheered them in their days of trial,
and blessed them with its glad and starry
influence in the last moments of their stay
on earth. How, then, is this reunion of
happiness and destiny to be attained ?
I say, in all sincerity with which. human
lips ever spoke, that I believe they can be
attained by the election of Gen. Mclellan.
(Cheers.) He has the capacity, the pat-
riotisru, acid the virtue which the great
task requires. (Loud cheers.)
Gentlemen, I will not insult you or him
by stopping to refute in detail the numer
ous false and calumnious accusations of
which, since his nomination, he has been
the object. He has been charged with
actual treason—with treasonably sym
pathising with our southern brethren—
with the want of any capacity—ciVil or
military—with cowardice (derisive laugh
ter)—and with a purpose to surrender the
Union. It must be sufficient with all hon
est men acquainted with his history dur
ing the pendency of the present war, to
refer to that history, as fully proving that
each and every one of those charges is
absolutely false. Whose Skill and valor
rescued West Virginia from the tread of
the foe, and achieved a succession of vie-
toties that electrified every loyal heart ?
McClellan (cheers, ) who, because of those
victories, was called to Washington to,
organize undisciplined troops ? (Cheers.)_
Who brought'them, as the army of the
Potomac, to a state of discipline tievei.
celled; and inspired , them with a courage
that, has made them, when, led by com
petent officers, the - victors on every field
where 'victory was possible to human
effort ? McClellan. ( Cheers.) Who com
manded them in the seven days' terrible
battles of the Peninsula,. (Cheers.)
Who was it that with a skill never sur
passed if equaled, rescued them from the
dangers of that enmpaigiga campaign only
unsuccessful because of a want of Mr.
Lineoln's promised support. Who after
ward, when • by the mismanagement of
tbeir'then recent leader they were demor ,
alized, in a spirit of pure patriotism et the.
solicitation of the trembling President and
when , apparently all was lost placed' hiin
self once more at their head, and instantly
reduced theta to a high state of disciplme,
and Made them once more. invincible ?--
(Cheers.): Who led theta
forthwith to battle and victorpat.South.
Mountain and Antietatn 7 (Cheers)--•-the
same leader. What' .was theh thought of
the now traducedidoClellait ?. He ;receiv
ed the,thankn i3f,the then c,ommandeohr ,
chief, Halleck, of the President, and:of
Congress, expressedbreach in terms as
14.1311114 9Xtr langlageisupplikm-inlJuly,
'6l, Congress unanimously thanked:WlN
104 and soldiera,l "-for thcitiecent
briaisitt widtortemoverlhgrebelsisrWesbi
ern Virginia." In May, '62, " for the dis- telligent people can; hisitater.a rettelitit:ln
play of those high military qualities which I
person who now, toour imminent danger,preferring him for the presidency, to the
I
secure important results with but little
sacrifice of human life." Who, with a full I occupies that station.---3 station that de-'
knowledge of his entire conduct in his i mends fora proper discharge of its duties,
Virginia campaign were, or professed to ! and particularly at, this time; the greatest
be, his friends ? The President and ability, and at all times, (otherwise it is
Secretary of War, in terms of unstinted degraded) chasteness of conversation,
eulogy, did him all honor and assured him gravity of deportment,conrtesyof ‘ manner,
of their perfect and continued confidence. ; and dignityot character. (Greatapplanse.)
It may be suggested that the President's I All of these we know we
i will have in Mc
mind was afterwardschanged,and that he 1 Clellan. Will they be had n hiscompetitor?
lost the confidence he before had in Mc. Let those who know him best *newer.—
'
Clellan. Is this so ? Do we not know As you appreciate the cause of constitn
that this is not so ? His late postmaster- i tional government—as you regard the
general, in a recent speech in New-York, 1 good opinion of its friends, who, in every
refering to McClellan, stated " that the ' part of the world, are intensely looking to
President held him to be patriotic, and you, for its vindication—as you value the
had concerted with General Grant to happiness of the generations who are to
bring him again into the field as his ad- follow, I invoke you to rallrto the polls
junct if he turned his back on the proposal on the Bth of November, and there effect
of the peace Junto at Chicago." And, in the result which, while it will be a crush
a subsequent speech in Maryland, he ing rebuke to the men in and out of power,
reiterated the statement. Has Mr. Mont- who have pot everything in peril from sel-
I
"ornery Blair since denied or qualified it ? fish and unpatriotic motives, will, by plac
ie has not. What he asserted was a ing the executive authority in the hands
fact, that he professed to know, and had of the intelligent statesman, the gallant
every opportunity of knowing. An ar- and accomplished soldier, the Christain
mogement, he tells us, was made between gentleman—George B. McClellan—rein
the-President and General Grant to bring state the rights of the states, and of the
McClellan again in to the field as his ad- people ; and, at an early day, restore the
junct, and that it was frustrated only be- Union, and lead us on to a destiny even
cause McClellan refused to say that the More glorious than,ft, has .. heretofore as
of the country, if they desired it, hieved for us. (Loud and continued
should not be permitted to vote for him cheering.)
as a competitor of Mr. Lincoln for the pre
sidency. What could be more unjust to
the President than to suppose that at this
period, when our army before Richmond
is relied upon to strike a blow that it is
thought will be fatal to the rebellion, he
would, even for the prize of the Presid
ency, place an incompetent soldier in an
important command in that army—a com
mand second only to that of the comman
der-iti-chief?
I haVC rerrairied only because I deemed
it altogether unnecessary to do more than
deal generally with the charges against
our candidate. One, however, has been
made that with your permission I will
more particularly,notice, It is that dur
ing the battle of Malvern Hill, he took re
fuge on board one of burgunboats in the
James river. (Laughter.) There never
was an allegation more totally false, and
those who make it and who have read
McClellan's report must know it to be
false. In that report, after referring to
his purpose to make a stand at Malvern,
and to his having given instruction to
Gen. Barnard " for posting the troops as
they arrived," he adds, " I again left for
Malvern goon after daybreak, accompani
ed by several general officers. I once
more made the entire circuit of the posi
tion,and then returned to Harall's whence
I went with Captain Rogers to select a
final location for the army and its depots.
T returned to Malvern before the serious
fighting commenced, and after riding along
the lines and seeing most cause to be anxi
ous about the right remained in that vicini
ty." How full, if true, does this state
ment refute the calumny ? Does any one
doubt its truth ? Has Captain Rogers
or any general officer of the army been
applied to to make good the charge, or
has any one of them so difffionored him
self as to attempt it ? Not one; and yet
in the face of his, report establishing its
falsehood the charge is persistently and
- calumniously adhered to. (A voice—
" That's all they have to say.")
And who is such a fool, or worse than
a fool as to impute disloyalty to McClellan.
Everything that he has said or done since
the rebellion began, from the period that
he thrilled every loyal bosom with delight
by his triumphs in West Virginia, to the
writing of his letter of acceptance of the
Chicago nomination, is replete with loyal
ty. Was he disloyal when he achieved
those victories--when be fought the
seven days battles of the Peninsula—when
he wrote his Harrison Landing letter—
when be won the victories of South :Moun
tain and Antietam, when, on the order of
the President, and without a moment's
hesitation., or murmur of complaint, but
with patriotic dignity, he surrendered the
command of an army that literally idoliz
ed, him,, and, lastly, when be penned his
letter of acceptance. The battles he fought
tell of his devotion as well aa his skill.—'
His letters are in the Fame spirit.
In his letter of acceptance of the Bth of
September; 1864, he states. that " the re
establishment of the Union in all its in
tegrity is, and, must continue to be; the in
dispensable:condition of any settlement ;"
that " the Union must be preserved at all
hazards ;".that "no peace can be per
manent without Union."
With all this evidence before the public,
no one, who is not wholly lost to truth,
can call in question the loyalty or Mo.
Clellan. Indeed, I ought to ask'your for
giveness tbr noticing the calumny at all.
His report of his military career has long
been. befdre the public, and those whet have
read it; and . have' intelligence and honesty!
cannot have failed to see that , thern never
lived a more skillful, accomplished and
patrintie soldier. ' His hearers in the'
causelof• his emmtry, ' and iiii SerVed her
with ' a: nesting . effeetivenes4 deserving 1
ofall praise until )he' vilt i p ! ereecution to
Which , iOsoldier'ivnis eViir linbjetted drove
him frora`thentity2 , . 'And' idled lie WO*
• tinit4 i 4- tddiOntte'''aVett o lierlikte
Quality,' fie ists , infinekitill tan' te* l
amen, (oheerofffili 3 iVroolisiblii that tinlizi:
VOLUME XXI.
There are some facts in connection with
the recent election in Indiana, which we
wish the fair men of the Abolition party
to look at. We think they show the man
ner in which the Abolitiort faction was en
abled to escape a thorough and ruinous
defeat in that State, on Tuesday last. The
facts are these : In Wayne townshipand
city of Fort Wayne, Allen county, which
are Democratic, 3,098 persons, between
the ages of 20 and 45, were enrolled for
military service, and the vote polled was
2,878. Now, mark the contrast. In In
dianapolis and township, which are con
trolled by the Abolitionists, 4,702 persona
were enrolled for military service, and the
majority for Morton, the Abolition can
didate for Governor, is claimed to be 6,000.
This difference is worthy of attention. It
shows the means by which the Abolition
party are endeavorin g cheat the , people
out of their rights, and make the elective
franchise a farce.
But one more fact : In a Democratic
county, where the judges of the election
acted under the solemnity of an oath, and
in strict accordance with theeleotion laws
of the State, out of four hundred and
fifty soldiers who were brought to the
polls, only seventy-two would take the
oath and submit the proofs. that would
entitle them to deposit their ballots. And
yet, in an adjoining county, where the
Abolitionists ruled the polls, two regi
ments of Massachusetts soldiers t with their
State numbers on their caps, were allow
ed to vote, and in this way nullify the
wishes of the legal voters of Indiana.—,dye.
A Olean Sweep of the Ileglellan
This morning a dash was made on the
iron-clad shop in the yard, and the. feeling
of the people here, as well as the spirit of
the administration, will be seen from what
followed.
There were fifty-three men working in
the shop, and they were called in single,
when a fellow " dressed in a little brief
authority," put to the men as they came
in the following questions :
Are you a Union man ?
Are you a member of the Union Lea
gue ?
Will you vote for Lincoln or M'Clellan ?
To these questions fifty-one of the fifty
three men answered to the first " Yes,"
to the second " No," to the last " Mo-
Clellan."
One man said : "lam a Union man,
and I belong to no league but my whole
country. I have followed McClellan
through mud and bloodin Virginia, and I
will stand by him to the last.'
Another said :- ",I am a Union man ; I
belong to no league ;I have given two
sons in 'the army, and one of them is now
lying in the hospital at Winchester- I
am going to cast my vote for McClellan,
and my two , sons, if living,. will do the
same."
Of.the fifty-three men but twopromised
to vote for Lincoln ; the others mere dia.
charged by an administration caniming to
know no enemies but the enemies of the
country, Let the workingmen mark that
no man can earn .a dollar under this sid-.
ministration unless he is prepared to , seal
his principle with his. labor.--Brooklyn
Eagle. ,
—A few days ago the , Abolitionists
thought proper to canvass the Note of the
soldiers in the 2d Corps Hospital. They
were surprised upon Icsonnting the , tallies
toifind , that " little Mad' had over 200
majority;
Larrr Akoittl-Woi Imitate feel rather
1eae1f, 7 63 efent of Otir neutral 0: Changes'
are hoisting the McClellan flag ! Netittai,
-editors ought to intim alat office to kee p
;them amid' oa! the' gOotte."- , 4 ) ifillild
.Ettra.- •
NUMBEItta:
Voting in Indiana.
garSubeeribe for the thatoeiter.