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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1863.
THE NEWS.
A srrmAr. despatch informs tie that the Army,of
the Potomac is again in motion, although the cha
racter of this movement is not, of course, definitely
ascertained. Several severe eixirmishes have tsiten
place with the enemy, who erossed.at Raccoon Ford,
in Compliment to General KAlpatrlekle reconnois
sance over the Rapidan.4 In one of these the rebels
were driven In confusion, but in their second at
tempt, it is rumored, captured one hundred of the
New York Cavalry.
DALTON, the town in Georgia which" has been
reached by General ltosecrans , advance, is in White.
field county, on the Western and Atlanta Railroad,
and the northern terminus of the Bast Tennessee and
Georgia Railroad, leading to Knoxville by way of
,Chattanooga, and forming part of the direst route
between the Eastern and . Southwestern States. It
is a considerable place. A force has also occupied
Lafayette, southwest of Dalton, and those move
ments seem to indicate an advance on Rome, in two
columns, menacing Western Georgia, and liberating
Alabama. We have a report that General Thomas'
division met a reverse at Lafayette, Georgia; but
this probably referred to a temporary cheek msg.-
tained by Kegley's division. Several freight trains
of the rebels have been captured.
REBEL rumors from Bragg's army state that after
being driven by Rosecrans, General Bragg was
largely reinforced by Johnston, and was in turn
-driving back Rosecrans.
ADMIRAL PORTER bad received a despatch an
nouncing the ocoupation - of Little Rock, Arkansas,
and the rapid retreat of the rebel General Price.
REPORTS that Gen. Gilmore had offered his resig
nation to the President, and that Admiral Dahlgren
was about to be removed, and Farragut placed in
command of the fleet before Charleston, have no
color of confirmation in our despatches from Wash
ington.
,
PRINCE Naroratores reputed organ, the Opinion
Nationale, of Paris, recommends the earliestpossible
withdraival of the French troops from Mexico, after
a Government is established. -It refers to the war
in Algiers, which required altogether nearly a hun
dred ihousard Bien, and believes that Prance is in
flanger of a still greater difficulty with Mexico. The
Opinion also points to the satisfaction which the
Emperor's Mexican scheme gives to the great Eng
lish organs, which are never pleased with any
movement to the advantage of the 'French. '
A RUMOR has appeared of the definite resignation
of Cardinal Antonelli from the Papal Ministry—
certainly a very important event in the diplomacy
of Europe. As the Cardinal Secretary of State in
Rome, Antonelli has - managed the Papal question
with eminent ability among the statesmen of Eu.
rope, but has been extremely unpopular among the
Italian people.
Permits in Minnesota complain that the Indian
campaign has been a failure. Great time and trea
sure were expended upon the expedition, which-has
neither resulted in the destruction nor demoraliza
tion of the Siorix, of whom there is no .certainty
that more than sixty have been killed, and who
have returned toward, following at a safe distance
from the homeward !army of General Sibley. Gen.
Pope has lamed a congratulatory order to General
Sibley, praising in the highest terms the endurance
of his troops.
THE grand Union mass meetings at Pittsburg,
Allegheny city, and at Christiana, near Lancaster,
are reported at length in our columns. A number
of themeetings were addressed by Governor Curtin,
with great effect, and by . Gov. Morton, of Indiana,
Hon. Greene Adams, of Kentucky, and many
others. More remarkable than the speeches was
the vast enthusiasm of the assemblages addressed,
HON. RICHARD BRODHHAD, late Senator from
Pennsylvania, died at his home in Easton, on the
17th.
The Lesson of the Maine Election.
The comparison of Adversity and the
Toad is becoming familiar to the Copper
head party, which is doing its beSt sto ex
tiact some consolation from the 3.laine
Election. One might think such extraction
as•difticult'as to . get milk from a flint, or 'a
declaiation of his principles from Mr. Jus
tice WoonwAnn ; but the New York
World, which has become so intimate with
adversity that nothing discourages it, ac
tually rejoices over the defeat. True, Maine.
'declares he'rself loyal by a majority of
- fifteen thougand votes, but the World is
equal to the emergency. ." The election
returns . front Maine," it says, " are an
impressive vindication of the sagacity, fore
-sight, sound judgMent, and enlightened pa
tricitiSin'of the` Democracy of New York."
The originality and boldness of this new
methOd of consolation we commend to the
adiniration of :our readers. Thus compli
inenting the; Copperheads of New York, the
World cannothelp giving a severe rebuke
to the Democrats of Maine; who, according
to, its argument, lost the election, not be
cause of a legitimate TJuion.-majority, but
from thely own blunders; The peace party
is to blame, says the World, and-the cam
paign should .not have been._ conducted on.
ita-nri.neiDtpo.---nr.avre - p - uxttorm of th - e
York Demodracy been adopted, "of .whiCh
the main plank is the conservative war
resolution, the Democrats could easily have
carried the Connecticut election int the
spring, and the Maine election now."
"Fortunately," continues the World, " the
lesson comes soon- enough to enable our
friends to retrieve their error in- season for
the Presidential canvass:"
- This, therefore, is the error Which lost
the Maine and Connecticut elections, and
'which, if not retrieved, will lose the Presi
dential election—the failure of the Demo
-
erats to put a'conservative war resolution in
their platforms. We agree with the Wprld's
' , fonder at the stupidity of those Maine poll
, tieians who neglected so simple a means of
victory, and note its admission that the De.
snoop al& party cannot succeed by openly op
,* posing the war. :That its object is immedi
ate peace—peace at any price—no one who
understands the relative position of parties
can &abb, but that it should conceal its un
patriotic purpose, the lesson of the Maine
-election must teach. The New York De
mocracy is ashining example of political
:trickery, and from; :it all other branches of
the party-. aie — learn the certain way of
- carrying an election upon false pretence&
Its platform liad a resolution in favor of the
war, and this was a cloak sufficiently large
- to cover a multitude of disloyal sins. In
favor of the war, it was opposed to all means
of carrying it on; and •nominated men who
iiave since done all in their power to inter
fere with the war. Still, there are men who
blindly accept words, words, words, as a,
pivot of loyalty, and fail to see, until the
. election is over, the force of contradictory
deeds., They uphold:the Democracy, when
it declares itself to be in fayor of a constitu
-tonal prosecution of the war, but they too
soon are startled by the shameful fact that
there is no prosecutien of the war that the
Democracy does consider constitutional.
'Still, the old trick may be tried with con-
Biddable .success; like the drop game and.
three-card monte, it will always find dupes
To our mind, the results of the Maine
election are not at all a vindication of the
wisdom of the liew York Democracy, but
of its superior cunning. The, failure of the
'Maine Copperheads is a proof that honesty
is not the best policy, when a disloyal Go
vernor is to be elected by loyal votes. ‘. The
virtue of hypocrisy is very apparent. In
:Maine, the Democrats dared to assert them
selves absolutely opposed to the further pro
, secution of the war, and no disgraceful eva
sion of the great issue stained the candor of
their guilt Unlike the Seymourites, they
did not place in their platform a war-resolu
tion, merely by their after actions to show
how much they despised it. They did not
thus attempt to trick loyal men out of their
votes ; therefore, they were magnificently
defeated. It is not strange that the World
should be in a bad humor with these Maine
Democrats, who had not art enough to hide'
their purposes, and should call them
" young roysterers who fancy them
selves too wise for paternal counsel,"
and " self• sufficient blades prematurely
set up in business for themselves."
If Maine was thus lost for the want of
hypocrisy, how will it be with Ohio, where-
the Democrats have a candidate who would
find it impossible to conceal hisiopinions ?
R Mr. VormoNoroirem cannot be saved by
any conservative - -War resolution, for he
has sinned : so greatly in behalf of a disho
norable peace, that the crime is celebrated
. over all the world. His election is, there
fore, as impossible as was that of Mr. BRAD
BURY, and his, opposition to the war is a
thousand times more"notorious.: In Penn
sniania, Mr. Justice `Woonwonn has not
the disadvantage of Mr. YALLANDIGHAM'B
Celebrity; and may thank his stars, all
in the Southern skies, that he is com
paratively. 'obscure. Yet, he will find
it hard <to explain we beg his par
don, he explains nothing—his advoCates,
then, will find it hard to keep from the peo
ple his declaration in favor of secession—
" Let the south go peadeably"—made at
the beginning of the rebellion. Mr. WOOD
WARD was then in favor of granting the
_ gouthern States all they wanted—the privi-,
lege to withdraw in peace: His principles
are stillthe same, and the lesson of Maine,
that the. - Democracy cannot succeed by
openly opposing:the war, he will certainly.
be obliged to learn, for it will be taught to
the whole country by the Union men in
October.
The Intervention Question.
Intervention in the affairs of foreign Pow
ers is so much the practice of England,
that some historians have not hesitated to,
write down that it is indeed the governing
principle of that country. A costly prac
tied, at all events, it has proved to be. Be
tween 1783, when the American War of In
dependence was ended; and 1815, whaii NA
-POLEON BONAPARTE finfilly fell, the nation
al debt of England -increased from 1,30
millions to 4,325 millions of dollars, not one
cent of which debt need have been incurred,
if England had allowed the French nation to
choose their own ruler, and their own-form
of aovernment. But WILL - ram PITT was in
office, almost continuously, from 1783 to his
death, in 1806, and commenced a war with
Fiance within twenty days after the execu
tion of Louis XVIa war that, with the
exception of a brief interval after the`peace
of Amiens, was bitterly waged for twenty
years. The \ ostensible object of this long
and costly war was to restore the exiled
Bourbon family, to throw NAPOLEON off
the throne and place Lours XVIII. upon it.
Yet, with strange inconsistency, when the
Allies, in 1814, tendered terms to NAPOLEON,'
they offered him the crown of France, pro
vided that he would accept the kingdom
within its ancient limits, as they were before
the Revolution, and took no account what
ever of the Bourbons, for whose restoration
they.had waged twenty years' war. Had
NAPOLEON chosen., in 1814, before France
was invaded, and Paris occupied by foreign
soldiers, he might have continued emperor,
and the " legitimate " claims of the I3our
bons would have continued in abeyance.
Exiled in 1814, NAPOLEON returned to
France early in the following year, and his
wonderful reign of a Hundred Days, ending
with the catastrophe of Waterloo, the second
flight, and his own surrender to, England, as
a guest, claiming her hospitality, is the most
remarkable event in European history for
many centuries. It is impossible now to
judge what might have been the result had
the European Powers not declared that NA
roLEON's return from Elba made him an
outlaw. That return was justifiable on pri
vate and on public grounds. The Bourbons
had agreed to pay a certain annual income
to NAPOLEON, at Elba, which they ebuld
afford to do, having become possessed of all
his treasure in .the vaults of tlie Tuileries,
and did not remit him,one franc. Europe,
arrayed against him in 1814, had given him
Elba as a residence with the title of Em
peror ; but at the Congress of Vienna, -early
in 1815, the great- Powers, still dreading
him, were plotting to steal him away and
imprison him in St. Helena. These were
his private grounds,—want of money and a
knowledge that he was- - to be , treacherously
treated. The public justification of his re
turping to France was the fact that his
BOurbon successor had . kept faith neither
with the country nor the army.
We can only guess how N-kronEoN would
have reigned, had the great Powers accepted
his return to the throne of France as an ac
complished fact, which it would have been
idle to resist. Instead of that, - they placed
him under their ban as an outlaw, and
rushed to arms to overthrow him- The
diplomatic representatives of England, Aus
tria, Spain, France, Russia, Portugal, Prus
sia, and Sweden signed .a declaration that
" NAPOLEON BONAPARTE is placed out of
the pale of 'civil and social - relations, and
that as an enemy and a disturber of the
world, he is .delivered up to publieven
geailce." At St. Helena NAPOLEON qe:
dared that had he been allowed to reign in
France, after his return from Elba, his pur
pose was to cultivate the arts of peace, but.
it is impossible to judge how he Would ha - s'e,
acted. He was not a mere soldier, who is- -
nothing without war, but also a great j uris
consult, a man of vast administrative power,
an.energetic and sagacious monarch.
At St. Helena NAPOLEON complained
bittefly to(;.).ll4'firu - IA that England waS the
VTOWE' of the peace OF Andeng,--, --
-followed.the twelve years of European - war
that ended at Waterloo. He attributed the
- War, from 1703 to 415, to the evil policy of
Fury, who had a restless impatience against
the French, after they had abolished the
monarchy,. NAPOLEON said.: ".England
being at war with France; -gave the latter
pretenceand an opportunity of extending
her conquests to the length she did with
Me, until .I became Ernperor of nearly all
the world, which could not have happened
if there had been no war."
In the recently published life of VICTOR
Huoo, is a letter, written in January 1833,
by JOSEPH BONAPARTE, in which he takes
the same view as NAPOLEON took : "His
despotism was only. The dictatorship of war;.
it would have ceased with it PITT alone
desired war perpetually, and the event of the
Restoration has proved that as chief of the
oligarchic and absolutist interests of the
reigniug houses of Europe, PITT was right.
The whole question between PITT and NA
roLEoN lies — in this, a which desired war
Iha - ve documents to prove that NAPOLEON
always desired peace, and, that PITT always
desired war. - Both were right as chiefs . of
the interests which they represented, those
of Old and of New Europe." He adds, "The
sabre With which K. DR CHATEAIIIIRLtbin
always arms NAPOLEON, was never more
than the hand of justice at home, abroad
never more than a buckler for the defence of
his country; he was obliged to attack to de
fend himself." - '
PITT'S successors carried on his policy, for
a long time. They interfered in the affairs
of South America, in Portugal, and in
Greece. WELLINGTON, who was in supreme
office early in 1828, was the first Eng
lish statesmen of, note who decidedly cast
aside a policy that was continually plung
ing England into war and increasing her
National debt, and, of course, her taxa
tion. He initiated a new policy when he
declared, in a Queen's speech, that the bat
tle of Navarino, (fought by England,
France, and Russia; on behalf of. Greece,
against Poland,) was "an untoward
event" !Two years later, the second
French Revolution came on, and the Bour
bon King was deposed, and exiled. WEL
LINGTON fortunately continued in power,
and, though urged to interfere, sensibly.
said, "Let the_ French choose their own
ruler andJ their own form of government
It is nothing to us, so long as England is not
interfered with;" and so, Louis PHILIPPE
of Orleans became,Xing of the French, and
was acknowledged as such by England.
That was enough:to make. WILLIAM PITT
turn in his coffin. -
A few months after this WELLINGTON
quitted office, and was' succeeded by Earl
GREY and the Whigs. The motto of that
party was "Parliamentary Reform, Re
trenchment, and Non-Intervention in the
Affairs of Foreign Countries." Unfortu
nately, the Foreign Minister in that Cabinet
was Lord PAL3IERSTON, a Tory in principle,
who had held office, for nearly twenty
years, as War Secretary, under Lord LITER
FOOL, a pupil, friend, and follower of PITT.
The result was that during the whole time
he was Foreign Secretary, and subsequently
Premier, (a
total of twenty:one years out
.of
thirty-three since the Grey Ministry was
formed,) Lord PAL - AtErtsmox has contrived
to keep England in perpetual ,hot water
His principle apparently is—interfere, - at all
hazards, in the affairs of all. foreign coun
tries. In this he goes beyond his master—
he out Pitts_ PITT. He has been itching,
for the last two years, to interfere in -our
affairs, and would have,_dane it;.; we be
lieve, - only that Louis;NAPOLEON, coin
mitting the mistake of allowing his hand
to be seen, showed such a strong de
sire to recognize the South, • that PAL
MERSTON was afraid of playing ""his: astute
rival's game. By this time, seeing , that this
rebellion is getting broken and dispersed,
we dare say that. PALMERSTON blesses his
,lucky star for having kept him out of the
folly of. joining France against the United
States;"he well knows that, the'reply to any
foreign intervention with us would be equi
valent to a declaration of war against the
State that had the insolence to ofter,it.
The question often is put—will 'England
acknowledge the South ? Our reply is that '
there does
,not seem: to be the remotest
prospect of any thing of the sort. With the
English; for the most part, success is the
criterion of
,right. - England perceives that
the South is nearly "played out," and will
not 'aid a failing cause. The manner in
which European affairs are becoming in
volved demands England's most serious at
tention. The entente cordiale which has
united France and England for some years,
evidently is becoming weaker every month
—the more so, as
in liKrorEcal's very selfish ,
.
views are'ore - apparent, as time rolls on.
If any - serious troubles arise in Europe, the
great alliance of England will probably be,
not with'France,'lnit with Russia, and we
may anticipate, in that case, assurances of
very distinguished consideration. Can
England expect, however, that we can
forget her building the Alabama'? As
for Louis NAPOLEON, his game with re
spect to Mexico is •pretty well understood.
From the first, he evidently calculatedon
placing one of his own family on the throne
of Mexico. JEFFERSON DAVIS may recog
nize the new Mexican- empire, and that, in
turn, may recognize the rebel South, but
what does that see-saw matter to us. The
French have . not conquered Mexico, wholly
or permanently, and the Southern Confede
racy is falling to pieces. JUAREZ is yet
likely to give Marshal FOREY some trouble
in Mexico, and if further force from France
is demanded for .this foreign war, the
Parisian's, already disgusted with its tardi-,.
ness, expense ; and mortality, may demon
strate that opinion to NArorEozi in a man
ner not quite pleasing to him. England,
we feel, would interfere with Us—if she
durst. Her , not doing this is a policy en
forced on PALAIERSTON and RUSSELL by
the convincing logic of events.
Will the Southern Rebels be Recognized
by France?
We do not think that there is the slightest
foundation for the belief Emperor
of
the
of the French will recognize the so-called
Southern Confederacy, whatever the lion
don Herald,: Globe, or Daily _News, may say
on the subject. We lay much greater stress
on the opinion of the Paris Pays, the organ
which frequently contains intimations pro
ceeding directly from the Emperor's Ca
binet. -
Neither do we feel alarmed at the, pam
phlet published by M. MicHEL CHEVALIER,
the renowned free-trader, who, in elabo
rating the Anglo-French treaty of com
merce with Mr. Connux, won for himself
the dignity of Senator, and for the Em
perorthe hearty abuse of the cotton weavers
and spinners of France. It is no proof of
the far-sighted statesmanship of M. CREVA-
Linn to suppose that, by recognizing the
South, France would secure to herself the
cotton trade of the United States ; nor is
there any ground for the belief that NAPO
',Egx 111 shares, in this respect, the opinion
of the Senator. '
The Emperor of the French is too well
informed by his many. diplomatic and con:-
sular agents in this country, to believe, for a
moment, that the Southern States, reduced
to their present extremity, will ever be able
to conquer their independ.euce ; and he is
too prudent a man to provoke the resent
ment of the North, or to run the risk of a
war with us, simply to aid a particular in
dustry in two of his provinces, the inhabi
tants of - which have never been especially
loyal to his throne. France could not go to
war with the United States without a new
loan of some two or three thousand millions
of francs, and such a loan, with the three
per cent; Bentes quoted at 69, would not
command more than 55 or 60 in the market.
M. Fount), we feel assured, wohid not be
responsible for such a_ mismanagement of
French finances.
But the French Emperor
„has, no doubt,
been misled into the belief that;there - is a
party in the North known by the familiar
cognomen of "Cetes de cutivre " (Copper
heaps); who desire the recognition of the
South by Prince and England, and the hope
less division of the Union. He argues, there
fore, that if the Copperheads succeed at the
next elections they themselves will be for
peace and recognition, and that then will be
the maner_firna. fnr
without rtmning the risk of being called" to
an,account. If the Government is sustained
by the patriotism of the people ; if the trai
torous faction in the North which opposes
the was is put down and defeated at the
polls, we shall hear no more of intervention
or recognition ; but,.should the North exhi
bit symptoms of division—a desire to oppose
the war—to put obstacles in the way of re
cruiting our armies and navies, and to resist
the draft—then, with a divided North, either
the South or their European sympathizers
will haie an easy play. Then, notwithstand
ing all our victories, everything will again
be in jeopardy, while France, England,.
Spain, and even Austria, will attempt to dic
tate terms of peace to our betrayed and ru
ined country. If the people wish to prevent
foreign intervention and recognition, they
must be united in support of the Govern
ment. Every vote cast for WOODWARD or
VALLANDIGRAII is an invitation to the Ern
peror NAromox to recognize. the South, and
to treat with the rebels for the establishment
of a European throne.
IF the Democratic meeting last night
pleased the gentlemen who managed it half
as well as it pleased us, they must be really
delighted. We were glad to find it
not so very large, after all, and by no
means formidable. It was •certainly a
great triumph—for the boys who carried
the lamps, and the young gentlemen
who made the speeches, which nobody
listened to. Otherwise, it was not an event
which history will treasure. There was
much parade of Democratic party cries, but
no exhibition of true Democratic principles.
The speakers did their best to be heard, but
the brass bands and hurrahing could not be
shouted down. The torch-lights were very
wisely clustered around the stand, and their
smoky glimmering faintly illuminated the
midnight darkness in which the speakers
enveloped the subjects they discussed.
LANCASTER COUNTY answered nobly to
the cal], in the great Union meeting at Chris=
tiana yesterday, which is fully reported in
our columns. The eloquent and loyal words
`of the gentlemen who addressed that meet
ing - will - win hundreds of votes from the
ranks of the Democracy. Men who have
minds cannot always be deceived by the
sophistry of the Copperheads. Christiitiii
will long remember the glorious, day—she
will, at least, be in no danger of forgetting
till October is past.
-'A correspondent of the Herald notices a strange
fact connected with the authoress of " Uncle Tom's
Cabin, and more particularly with her son "Freda . ;
rick. The mother, wrote " Uncle Tom with the
avowed object of showing some of the . faults of
slavery, and that slavery might eventually be bed:
ken up. Now her son is here, in "a position well
enabling him to fight it down. Before the war it
would have been worth Mrs. Stowe's life—certainly
her liberty—to be found on thie very soil—the soil
Where now her son and his associates make'it
worth, certainly "chivalry's"'liberty, if not -his
life, to be seen even within musket shot. There is
another curious thing connected with the son, show.
ing that ability and perseverance—true merit—oan
actually be appreciated in this army, where so many
have sacrificed their time and opportunities in fol
lowing out the mistaken notion that talent is needed
everywhere. Mae. Stowe's son entered the army in
the Ist Maseachusetts Volunteers, as a private, was
subsequently made a second lieutenant in heavy ar.
tillery, and is now Assistant adjutant general to the
2d_ division of this corps. So much for history, and
the chance features of• the course of human events.
—The Washington Republican notices, with de
served compliment, the departure for California of
Frederick Law Olmsted, whose labors in the sans.'
tary commission are gratefully remembered:
Olmsted has the sole management of the famous
Mariposa claim in California, and he will make it,
indubitably, the . richest paying estate in:the world ;
for it is simply a nugget of gold ten times the 'size of
the District of Columbia. Bat he will devote his
faculties to a more noble:and lasting object than the
mere. exploitation of this wealth.giving claim; for
he is resolved to study the well being of the settlers
•
upon it, and to make his principality of Mariposa a
model community in respect , to the comfort and edlf.:
cation of all the inhabitants. School's, • libraries,
churches, hospitals, and other instrumentalities of
our Yankee civilization, will arise under hie aus
pices,"
Col. Henry Davies, of the Harris Light Caval
ry, has: been appointed a brigadier general. For
some time past he has commanded the lat Brigade
of the 3d Cavalry Division of the Army of the
Potomac. Gen. Davies entered the service in April,
isci, as a lieutenant in Duryea's Zounves, and took
part in the first fight Of the war—the battle of Big
Bethel -
THE PRESS.-71 3 11ILADF,_LPHIA; FRIDAY, SEPT. 18. 1863.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
THE ARMY AGAIN IN MOTION
Two Fights at Raccoop Ford.
100 N. Y. Cavalrymen Reported Prisoners.
The whole army was,, unexpectedly, in motion
yesterday. Our advance will not have rest on
this side of the Rapidan. For two days our army
had to live without fire, as it would have attracted
the enemy's shells upon a discovered position.
Kilpatrick made several feints across thellspidttn,
but it was soon made evident that he could not live
a moment upon the other side.
Yeeterday the rebels, who seem in doubt concern
ing the strength and sincerity of the movement,
crossed the river near Raccoon Ford, and drcive the
1.60 men at the post away; but two, regiments of
our cavalry, armed with revolving rifles, dismounted
and drove them back in confusion. We lost about
thirty.
This morning, according to an important rumor,
the rebels crossed again at Raccoon Ford in strong
force, and captured one hundred men of a New
York regiment of cavalry.
The rebels have a strong position aerosx the Rapt
,
dan, but no great forcer , T.
a THE WAR 1N THE SOUTHWEST,
'EPORTED REVERSE NEAR LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA
REBEL FREIGHT 'TRAIN'S CAPTURED.::
REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH
JOHNSTON REINFORCING BRAVO.
ROSECRI , N3 BEING DRIVEN RACK.
OCCUPATION OF LITTLE ROCK
NEW Yonrc, Sept. I.7—A. Speiiial despatch from
Cincinnati to the Tribune to day, states that Raman
gers from ! Stevenson, Alabama, report a reverse to
General Thomas' corps near Lafayette, Georgia.
The report, doubtless; relates to the engagement of
General Nealey, some days since. .46-
Several heavily.laden freight trains have been
taken by our forces near Morristown, Georgia.
, ,
MEW'S, Sept. 15.—A large infantry force from
Johnston's army is reported marching up the Tua
cumbia - Valley to reinforce Bragg. Roddy's coin.
mend has gone to Decatur for some purpose.
Refugees bring reports circulating in the South, to
the effect that, after two dais' fighting, in which
Bragg was defeated and driven back, he received
large reinforcements from Johnston, which turned
the tide of battle, and .that he was' now driving
Rosecrans. All of Johnston's cavalry are reported
to have joined Bragg, with the design of destroying
Rosecrans' communications.
FROM CAIRO.
CAIRO, Sept. 17.—Rear Admiral Porter has re
ceived a despatch stating that Little Rock was occu
pied by Gen. Steele on the rib inst., without fight
ing or loss of any consequence.
Price, in command of the rebels, is rapidly retreat
ing, and Gen. Davidson is in hot pursuit:
The steamer Sunshine, from New Orleans, With
dates to the Bth inst., has arrived. Her news has
been anticipated. She has on board 900 bales of
cotton,' belonging to the . Government, taken at
Memphis. •
Special Despatches to The Press.
The Suspension of the HabeasVorpus.
The Secretary of War has ordered that the act of
Congress relating to the suspension of the writ of
habeas corpus *and_ proclamation of the President
beeed upon the same, be published Tor the informa
tion of all concerned, and that the following special
instructions for persons in the military service of
the United States be strictly observed, namely
The attention of every officer in the military ser
vice of the United States is called to the proclarak
'ton of the President issued on the 15th day of Sep
,
tember, 1863, by which the privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus is, suspended.' If, therefore, a writ of
habeas corpus should, in Violation of the aforesaid
proclamation, be sued out and served upon any officer
inthe military service of the United States,command
ing him to, produce before any court or judge any per:
son in his custody by authority of the President Of
the United States, belonging to anyone of the classes
specified in the President's proclamation, it shall be
the duty of such officer to make known, by his
certificate under oath, to whomsoever may issue
such writ of habeas corpus, that the person named
in the said writ is detained.by him as a prisoner un
der the authority of the President of the United
States. Such return having been.made, if any person:
serving or attempting to serve such writ, either by
the command of any court or e_therwise.....a4nu_
ass cn—raw,Shill attempt to arrest'
the officer making such return, and - holding
in- custody such person;_ the. said Officer is
hereby commanded to
_refuse submission and obe
dience to such arrest ; and if-there should be any at
tempt to take such-person from the custody of such
officer, or arrest such officer, he shall resist such at
tempt, calling to his aid any force that may be ne
cessary to maintain the authority of the United
States, and render such resistance effectual.
JAS. B. FRY, Provost Marshal• General.
The Reported. Removal ot' Adiniral Dahl
gren Discredited. •
If, es published' this morning, there has been a
disagreement between General Gmrotta and Ad
miral DAHLGREN', involving the tender of resigna
tion by the former; and the displacement of the lat
ter by Admiral F.A.RRAGIIT, there has certainly been
a (,:erelietion of duty on the part of Admiral DAHL
GREN; who has said nothing whatever to the De
partment on that subject in the recently received ad
vices. Hence the report is discredited. No action
whatever has been taken to transfer Faunae=
from his present command. "
'=The President himself islnot aware that General
Gilmore has tendered his resignation.
• Blockade Runner Captured.
To-day the schooner Robert Knowles, Captain
CUTTER, arrived here ass prize, having been taken
by the Potomac flotilla off Cockpit - Point, Va.,on the
charge of violating the tdockade. She had cleared
from Alexandria for Lewes, Delaware. It is import
ant for shippers to know that vessels, under the
present regulations, although-clearing from Alexan
dria to another loyal port, cannot land on the 'Vir
ginia shore, as in the above case, without vio
lating the blockade, unless a special permit has
been granted for that purpose.
The average daily issue of the five•twenty bonds
from the Treasury Departmeut, for the week ending
on Wednesday, the leth was $3,343,841. To effect
this issue, the bonds, after leaving the printers, have
to be filled with the names of the subscribers, signed,
and entered, for which nearly twenty five thousand
signatures are daily required. The entire amount of
subscriptions received is now filled, and the bonds
will hereafter be 'mad as a rule within three ,days
after the deposit of the subscriptions. The printing,
and other preparations, of over six thousand sheets
of bonds a day, in the Treasury building, is without
precedent in any former issue, and demonstrates the
economy and propriety of preparing these issues in
the Department, instead of relying on individuals or
companies whose facilities are necessarily divided
among different customers.
The Susquehanna Railroad Bridge.
Representatives of railroad interests now here say
the construction of the bridge over the Susquehanna
is 'now progressing vigorously. The entire length
will be thirty.five hundred :feet. Thirteen stone
piers are cased - in iron, some of which,nre 'sunk in
water forty-three feet deep. The great pier will be
sunk this month, and the others finished before
January. Both abutments will be . completed before
next spring, and probably all the pile foundations
this autumn. The piers are two hundred and fifty
feet apart. There has been great difficulty in, pro
curing labor, and as a coxisequence there have been
unavoidable delays. The bridge will cost about a
million of dollars.
On the first of October the PhiladelPhie,
Wilming
ton, and Baltimore company will be running -a
double track to Newport, thirty-flve, miles 'from
Philadelphia, and the work toward Baltimore will
be continued until it is successfully completed. It
is milpected that, by the , meeting Of Congress there
will be a double track between Baltimore and Wash-.
ington. , k double track is in course of construction
between Philadelphia and New York.' The junction
of railroads in Philadelphia will be in a condition by
thetirst of December to run, the roars through from
Washington to Jersey City without change of cars.
These facts aro stated in view of their importance
tothe travelling community.
- -
• The Department of Missouri.
The delegates recently appointed by the conven
tion held in Jefferson City, to proceed to Washing
ton, in order to make such representations to the
Federal authorities as will produce a change of the
military commander in the Department of Missouri,
are daily expected ; therefore no action has`yet been
taken by the. President in the premise& In the
event of the removal of G-en. Schofield, Missourians
now here think it not improbable that Gen. Butler
will succeed to the command.
The National Democratic Committee.
The following gentlemen constitute the Neltional
Democratic Resident Committee (in Washington),
the vacancies having recently been tilled: Hon. D.
W. Voorhees, of Indiana ; lion. J. C. Robinson, of
Illinois ; lion. Anson Herrick, of New ; Hon.
N. Perry,. of New Jersey Robert S. Green, Esq.,
of New Jersey; J. J. Jones, Erq.,-of , Lol.lll3tana
Jonah D. Hoover, Esq., of Washington,
•J: J. Jones, ehairnian; II Hoover, ye:tinier.
Orders.
Commander REED Woßnair is ordered to the navy
yard, Philadelphia. , • - •
Lieut. Coin. R. W. SCOTT is detached., frdm the
Smith Atlantic Blockading SqUadion, sick, and
waiting orders.
Lieut. COM, CLartw....WELLs is detached from the,
navy 'Yard, Philadelphia,' and is ordered to command'
the Galena.
Arrival of Sick and Wounded.
The ambulances were running till a late hpur as 1" t'
night, conveying to,the hospitals in the vicinity of
Washington about 1,200 sick and wounded soldiers
from the. Army of the Potomac.
Smuggling Whi s k y to, the Army. -
, ,
Fasts have come to light showing that whisky has
been .imuggled to the army in.barrels of flour,
at
kged to have come from the' house of ;form s i , Rw .
WW I Market street, Philadelphia. The tv./tole sold
Price .Railid Retreat.
FROM MEMPHIS
AvAi_snc]m4 -a•orw.
WASFILIZOTON, D. 0., Sept. 17, 1863. A
The Five-twenty Bends.
for $33 per barrel, and the business lias been exten
sive, carried on by a man named GREILNIL. The
mercantile house in question is respectable, and
doubt exits whether the firm are aware of the facts
in the case.
Ai► Arrest.
all°. W. HILSTON, ' clerk in one of the depart
menta, wait arrested to-day for hissing a Union song
at one of the theatres.
CALIFORNIA.
Sax FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.—The ears ran from this
city to within seventeen miles of San Jose, over the
Western Pacific Railroad. Twenty-five miles will
be in order for passengers, within a month. The
road to San Jose will be completed by January.
Sax FIIANOISCO, Sept. 16.—Arrived, ship Lizzie'
Moses, from Philadelphia. The steamer Senator
sailed for the Southern coast, completely, loaded
with passengers and freight for the mines lately dis
covered 160 miles east of the Colorado river, now
called the San Francisco Mining District.
• Parties have recently returned from Los Angeles
.with considerable quantities of gold, who report dis
coveries of valuable quartz leads in the San Fran
eißC.o mountains, and exhibit rich specimens.
Arrived—Ship Lancaster, from the Southern
coast ; ships New Hampshire, from New York ; DOR
Quixote, from Hong Kong. The ship Invincible
arrived on the 16th, not the Young American, as
erroneously reported.
Parade of Colored Troops in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Sept V.—The Maryland Colored re
giment, recruited here, made a dress parade this
morning, from their. encampment near the Park,
through the oily. The regiment appeared with full
ranks, nearly 1,000 strong, and made a splendid ap
pearance. nos , had a full brass band of colored mu
sicians. Another colored regiment is rapidly form
lag here. ,
Unconditional Union Nomination.
BM:TU.IEOAR, Sept. l7.—The 'Unconditional Union
party of the. First Congressional district of Mary
land nominated on Wednesday as their candidate
for Congress William J. Jones, of Elkton, Cecil
county, in opposition to J. W. Crisfield.
Death of the Hon. Richard Brodhead.
RksToss, Sept. 11.—The Hon. Richard Brodhead
died here this morning. The deceased formerly took
a prominent part in the public affairs of Pennsyl
vania, having represented Northampton county in
the Legislature three years, this district in Congress
six years, and Pennsylvania in the Senate six years.
Dealt:iv - of the Rev. Dr. Pease.
BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 17. —The Rev. Calvin
Pease, D. - 8., of Rochester, New York, for several
years President of Burlington College, died at this
place this morning.
The Arabia at 13e4ten.
BOSTON, Sept. 17.—The . steamship Arabia arrived
at six o'clock this morning, from Liverpool, via
Halifax. Her mails will be due in Philadelphia to
night.
The Damascus at Father Point.
MONTREAL, Sept. 17,—The steamer" Damascus
paned Father Point this morning. Her advices
have been anticipated.
Fire at Lowell, Massachusetts.
LOWIDLL, Sept. 0. Ayer Co.'s Pill and
Pectoral building took fire last night. The two up
per stories were entirely burned out. The lower
stories were not much damaged, except by water.
About two hundred hands are thrown out of em
ployment. The loss hi $60,000 ; insured for $30,000.
Marine Intelligence.
NEW YORE, Sept. 17.—Arrived, ship Stephen Cro
well, from Liverpool.
NEw YonE, Sept. 11.—Arrived—Steamer Hud
son, from New Orleans, September 3d ; bark Henry
Trowbridge, from Barbadoes ' brig Arabella, from
Aspinwall; schooner Maly Harris, from Mayaguez.
Markets by Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 17 —Flour quiet. Wheat ac.
tive, and 2@3 cents higher. Coln firm; white 88
cents. Whisky dull at 510,513 cents. Coffee quiet.
Congratulatory Order to Gen. Sibley.
The following is a copy of General Pope's con
gratulatory order to General Sibley, issued upon
the close ofthe Indian campaign:
HEADQUARTERS DnrAirman - r OF NORTHWEST,
MILWAUKEE, August 28, 1863;
GENERAL :.Your several despatches reporting the
battles with the hostile Sioux, and the results of
your campaign, have been received and transmitted
to the headquarters of the army. I need not say
that they have given me the greatest satisfaction,
and to yourself and the troops under your com
mand the gratitude of the Government and the
country is due. Such hardships slid privations have
rarely been surmounted by any troops, and the cheer
fulness, endurance, and gallantry of the forces, re
fleet the highest credit upon them and upon you.
The unusual and unexpected delay in the move
ments of General Sully's_column alone prevented
the entire destruction of the hostile Sioux. The
troops under your command have nobly performed
their allotted part in the campaign, and it gives me
the greatest satisfaction to bear - testimony, such as I
have already don e, to the authorities in Washington
to their honorable and distinguished conduct. It has
been a pleasure to me to bring to the notice of the Go
vernment the names of those, both officers and men,
who have won especial distinction in the cam
‘pelgii. Will you please convey my hearty coneratu
lation to the officers and men of your command, and
my assurance that at the earliest moment, consistent
with the safety Of their State from. Indian depreda
lions, they shall be transferred to the seat of war in
the: South, where their soldierly qualities and the
military experience acquired in this eampaign will
have a wider field, and will secure for them that na
tional reputation which they are so capable of
achieving. To. them and to you I tender my' hearty
thanks.
I am, General„mmentfuliv Tou
Major General Commanding
Brigadier General H. 11. SIBLEY, COM.,
The Rebel Retreat from Chattanooga.
The retreat from Chattanooga, - as the one from
Tullahoma, has proved moat disastrous to the num
bers on the rolls of the enemy. Many have taken
advantage of the circumstancss to desert from the
ranks as they retire, and freely give themselves up
as prisoners, when found by our men. All who are
taken speak of the dissatisfaction existing
-in the
rebel army, More especially among the Tennesse
ans, who, since the abandoning of their State by
Bragg, are determined to not folio w the fortunes of
the South any longer than a chance may offer for an
escape. This feeling is also represented as existing
among those of the States of Alabama and Georgia.
In fact, I have conversed with those from the latter
who have come within our lines from the enemy's
ranks, who represent that we will find many of this
class as we advance on our march.:
The enemy are represented as having fallen back
to Atlanta, Georgia, where it is presumed that the
same routine of preparations for defence, and the
same amount of bombast and braggadocia as to
what will be done to the cowardly and greasy mud-sill
Yankees, should they preemie to have the effrontery
to further advance into the realms of Dixie,. will
have been gone through with, until the fatal time
shall have arrived whem.they will again be out
generated, and they will be heard of as pulling up
stakes and moving further South, not as yet having
found the coveted "last ditch," so defiantly pro : .
claimed by the "last drop of blood•spillers." =Well!
well ! they seem to be a hard community to please,
at beat ; it would hardly be proper for " Old Hooey"
to attempt to give entire satisfaction with less
potent arguments than steel and lead.—Col'.
Cincin
nati Times.
Trip THICEE GP.EAT NAVIES.—In view of the
prevent threatening aspect of our foreign relations, ,
the following statement of the New York Journal of
Commerce is of interest and importance:
" Stated in the aggregate, the navies of the three
leading commercial nations compared last year as
follows
Iron-clads. Steam vessels.
France. • 16 325
United States 51 *323 '
England 16 }Mt .;;,
*All chases 427 }lncluding all. •
France and England each have four iron-cased
ships at sea. The former has two more, nearly, if
not quite ready for sea, and ten on the stocks. Eng
land has four more launched, and eight in an ad;
vanced stateof conetruction. The United States, at
the date of the last annual report of the Secretary
of the Navy, had 54 iron -clads, including 32 armored
iron yeeeels (many of which were unfinished), and
a number have been added since."
Trrn GR . = .
FIRE SECELLS.—According to the
Washington Rqpublican, General Gilmore was fur
nished with five hundred of the Greek fire shells,
and against the protest of their inventor, General
Berney, of New Jersey, they.were fitted with per
cussion fuses. These shells being thrown a great
distance, with an elevated piece; described a para
bola and fell to the ground, heaviest end downward,
and fuse upward. Consequently, only three out of
the fifty tried were exploded, and these : by having
struck a building. The remaining four hundred and
fifty shells have !been - recently fitted with time
fuses, carried out by the Arago on her last trip.
r A QUESTION OF HieVonv.—The London Satur
day Review remarks, in iti contemptuousway, that
" the people of the United States have hitherto
scarcely had a history." Granting that the Review
is right, it must at least admit that we have made,
nevertheless, in 1777 and in 1812, some contributions
to the history of England which, tories do not find
much pleasure in remembering.—N. Y. Post. •
LOYAL AND DistorAL.—Fernando' Wood, in his
correspondence with the President, styled himself
"an humble. but 'loyal:citizen." Yet, in a speech
which he made about - the same time • that he
wrote that, he declared that " loyalty" is an impro
per word in politics, and there ought to be no such
thing. He even declared himself disloyal, if we re
member rightly. - '
Public Entertainments.
FAICE.W.F.LL BENNPIT.—The fare Well benedt of the
distinguished artiste, Cubas,will take place this eve
ning at the,Walnut, on which occasion each lady
entering the dress-circle door will be presented with
a photographic likenesa. of this great performer, re
presenting her in the following characters : French
Spy, Henri De Lapy,Lavengroall in full costume.
-- Madame Medori arrived from England, in New
York, last night, and was serenaded by the Italians
at her present residence, 39 East Fifteenth street.
- - Artemus Ward is in' town, says ' the Tribune,
and is negotiating by telegraph with Manager Mc-
Guire, of San Francisco, for a professional tour in
California. McGuire's last telegram was, "What
will you take for the first thirty nightel" To whinh
Artemua replied, "Brandy and water." The nego-
tiation piogresees
Madame Medori makes her dCbut as Elisabetta,
in "Roberto Devereux," on the sth October, Maz
zoleni being the Roberto.
Mr. Gottschalk•: gives his first concert at Irving
Hall on the eveniog of the 29th inst. He will pro
duce come new compositions.
Mr. ilandmann, we understand, before the close
of Ids present engagement at INliblo's, will undertake
the part of Hamlet.
Mademoiselle Vestvali will ddbut in the spoken
drama, at Niblo 3 s, in a new and powerful piece, on
• the 29th inst. ,
LARGE SALE OF HOSIERY, GLOVES, SEWING
SPOOL' COTTON, CARPETS, WOOLEN YARN, &C.
The partithilar attention of purchasers is requested
to.the sale of 5,000 dozen cotton and woolen hosiery,
. . .
co _
gloves, carpets, irmattings, woolen yarns, Sce:, fCc,.
to be held (ineontinuation)thtiFriday morning, Sep
tember lath, commencing at ten o!clock precisely,
by:John Mkiirs,& - 00 , ' : Noe. 233 and 234 Market
—bile man in Moline, sip the Memphis Bulletin,
is found to`refuse Confederate scrip. Let us hurrah.
for John Bowen. True, the Vigilance Committee is
after him, and he will doubtless be robbed and ,
mobbed, and imprisoned, and probably hung for
such treason, yet who wouldn't rather be John
Bowen, the independent scriprefuser, than any
other man in Mobile. If John escapes thetalloWs,
and the conscription, and the sentries, and reaches
Memphis; We pledge ourselves to a subscription in
his favor. . Stand' to your rights, John I The stilt
is only worth eight _cents - a poutid, and falling IA
that, while your goods are . portable proberly. •
THE CANVASS FOR GOVERNOR.
LANCASTER COUNTY AROUSED.
A Great Meeting at Christiana,
THE FARMERS GIVE A HOLIDAY
TO THE lINIC,\I'N'
Immense Enthusiasm for Governor Gurtin.
Speeches by Messrs. Wayne MeVeagh, Hon
Thaddeus Stevens, Hon. Greene Adams,
of Kentucky, Hon. W. H Armitrong,
- and others. .
[Specially reported for The Press.l
The quiet country town of Christiana, in-Lancas
ter county, was astir yesterday, as no other town
ship of interior Pennsylvania has been for many
years previous. The Presidential canvass of 1.816
did not display such an enthusiasm" in the home of
James Buchanan as was witnessed there yesterday.
Those who have not travelled through the country
towns can form no conception of the enthusiasm
Which everywhere prevails in favor of Governor
Curtin and the National Union party. The assent.-
blagee of the people are large, and are as compliment
my to the ability of the State Central Committee,
who arrange the organization of them as creditable
to the patriotism of the people who nobly.eecond
their efforts. Truly, the country is aroused , and the
principles of the contest as clearly understood as in
the cities, where easier access can be had ;to the
knowledge upon which to base convictions'
• The meeting yesterday at Christiana in numbers
and spirit would do credit to the greatest of our
national festivals. The farmers for miles around
hail resolved to make of it a holiday, and a stranger
passing the neighborhood would set it down as the
rejoicings of a grateful people over some great and
signal blesaing. Should the people of Lancaster
county resolve at the close of the war to hold a jubi
lee in honor of the return of peace and prosperity,
they may equal, though they can hardly excel, such
a demonstration as thin. The Pennsylvania Rail
road brought passengers upon every train from the
neighboring town!, and villages, Horses were
loosened from the plough, and made to carry
heavier burdens of men, women, and children.
Every carriage appeared bedecked with flags.
The harness of the animals had flags project
ing upon all sides. - The country boys and the cann
ily girls (the latter Were legion), were represented in
great numbers.
The crowd itself, which asstambled in a shady
wood, about half a mile out of the town, was esti
mated at from ten to twenty thousand, and thelatter
estimate was probably the most correct. Bands of
music filled the air with patriotic tunes, and every
thing was life, joy, and enthusiasm.
The meeting was organized about noon, when the
assemblage gathered about the etand. This was a
large• affair, elegantly festooned with flags on all
Aides, and hullers and transparenciee greeted the
eye wherever it turned. - - The scene from the stand
was impressive and inspiring in the extreme. -
Mr. Wayne McVeagh, the popular and energetic
chairman oi. the State Committee, opened the meet-
Mg with an introductory address. -He was- wel
comed with prolonged cheering. When the applause
.
had eubsided, he proceeded. The sight of this im
mense gathering filled him with gladness. It augured
well for the triumph of the good cause in October.
More eloquent than °lettere, it spoltene only a great
multitude can -speak, with energy, fervor, and vic
tory.
This great testimony to the good cause could not
be mistaken. -He was. glad to see that all over the
State the principles of this contest are appreciated.
Everywhere the eyes"of the' world are fixed upon
the pending canvass in the Keystone State, and
everywhere it is Understood that the only issue in
loyalty or disloyalty, Union or Disunion, Abraham
Lincoln or Jefferson Davis. [Applause ] The issue
is too plain to be mistaken. The Union men of
Pennsylvania have opened a contest whietis two
fold in its character—with bullets against the open
traitor, and with loyal ballots against our cowardly
enemies at home. Thia is no contest for office or
public plunder. The cabal at Richmond understand
the issue of the Pennsylvania election: Itte per
fectly understood there. We may as well under
stand it here. As the gallant Soldiera whipped the
enemy at Gettysburg, so ought - we whip the rear
guard throughout this State in October. In time
of peril there can be no middle course. We must
meet and "fightour enemies boldly.'
All over the land loyal men are forgetting their old
enmities.' They come toee.ther e daying aside old dif
ferences, and pledging themselves again for the
Union and the. Constitution. We care not what
may be the views of the Democratic party, except
upon this issue : When rebels strike at the heart of
the Government, we want to know where that party
stands? Is it for or against the Government? It is
immaterial whether you be a Democrat. It is only
requisite that you be for the Union. Gen. Meade,
leading the army of the Potomac, is a Democrat, but
he is loyal. [Applause ] Gen. Rosecrans, leading
the army of the Cumberland, is a Democrat, but he
is loyal. We ask of no man whether he is a. Demo
crat, but whether he is for his country. [Applause ]
The loyal Democrats throughout the State are
rallying around the .standard of the nation. The
State Central Committee are daily in receipt of let
ters from prominent Democrats,, declaring their
fealty to, the -Union. "I was a Democrat before this -
war," one letter states, "and may be a Democrat
atterthe war,-but during its continuance I know of
no party butmy country." [Applause.] There are
men here in Pennsylvania who at this hour of na
tional victory, when success perches upon our ban- '
ners everywhere, would solemnly propose* to undo
all that has cost eo much treasure and blood to per
fect, would gladly see our army lay down its arms,
and willingly surrender our_ great Government to
its ene-mies. Theee men, they who cry so loudly for
- - peace when there can beano peace, seethe enemies
' 4 l'lMLlVe r e c eirlet - MUM c - ingi by conquering
it. You can couquer it in less time than you - could
negotiate it. How would you negotiate Al What
power would you have to treat with The great
power that would receive you is Robert E. Lee,,
and before you begin_your negotiations you must
trample aver his veteran army.
The only way to peace, I stay, is through victory.
If Judge Woodward be elected Governor you give
the rebels further hope, you insure a longer war, a
further wasting of treasure; and probably another '
draft. If you would end the war honorably, and
whip the rebels, you - must- sustain our soldiers.
Everything coo blued to show the importance of
oustaining the - Union ticket. If you desire peace
you will vote fen Curtin ; if you would prevent other
drafts you will vote for (Junin ; if you would dimi
nish taxes you will 'vote for Curtin, midi" you'
would have lasting prosperity you will vote for
Curtin.
The enemies of the Government endeavored to
persuade the ignorant that peace only can be re
stored by the elevation of Judge Woodivard to
office. That cannot be so, as they would soon find
out to their cost, if he were to be elected: But there
was no cause to fear Judge Woodward's election.
The future of America is as secure as her past. It
cannot be in the providence of God ;that all these
precious lives shalthave been wasted in vain ; that
so much .treasure shell have been fruitlessly spent ;
that all this effort to maintain the old:Union, and to
preserve the std Constitution, shall have been in
vain. Evezywhere there is victory; everywhere we
whip the enemy with bullets. Let us follow up the
-victory with, loyal ballots. [ Applause.]
At the conclusion of Mr. hlctieagh's speech, Hon.
,Greene Adams, of Kentucky, was introduced.
SP=OR OF HON. GREENE ADAMS
Mr. Aearias was greeted on his appearance with
enthumartic applause. He remarked that this was
the first - time he had ever the honer to speak at a
public 'meeting in a free State. He felt it a high
privilege to do so, and especially on this occasion to
urge upon Pennsylvanians a duty which could not
be too gi eatly overrated—that of sustaining their
country at a moat important crisis. •
He was born in a slave State, and had always
lived in it until the circumstances of this rebellion
drove him away. He. was a slave•owner, and had
been a slave•owner since he was able to own any
kind of property. It might be asked why he did not
sit his slaves free. 'The Constitution of his State
would not permit it. Loyal Kentuckians look upon
this political eanvass with astonishment. It ap
peared to him to bet a question here of slavery or no
slavery. In Kentucky such a question might be dis
_cussed without creating_any ordinary astonishment.
Loyal men in the South look upon slavery as
doomed, [applause,] and shall- free Pennsylvania re
vive it and give it renewed vigor and life I
The speaker had no harsh words to use against the
good old Democratic party, as contradistinguished
from Copperheadism. He was always proud of his
Democratic friends, but he deserted them when they
deserted their country. [Applause.]
On the subject of peace Mr. Adams said that he
had not yet heard any proposition of peace from any
rebel. The only advocates of a dishonorable peace
are the followers of Judge Woodward. The South
will accept of no peace except on the basis of a dis
solution of the Union. To that class of gentlemen
in the free States known as Copperheads, he would
remind them that the time was fast approaching
when they would be loathed worse than the Tories
of the Revolution. 'When such men appear before
the people in Kentuay, the loyal people set them
down as rebels. [Applause.] There is no middle
ground there. The politicians tried to keep her in a
neutral position, but the people have driven, away
the politicians. You may ask why a Kentuckian
should address his fellow.citizens of Pennsylvania
upon the question of their Gubernatorial 'election.
In reply he would say that Kentucky is even as
much interested in this election as Pennsylvania.
[Applause.] It is the cause of the Union, and Union
men all over the United States have their hearts in
this contest. We are all anxious to finish up, his
war, and the Union-loving men who wishlor peace
pray that Judge Woodward may be defeated. We
want peace ;we want Union and victory. Throw
off Woodward and Vallandigham, and you will have
no more fighting. .
In conclusion, the speaker hoped that Pennsylva
nia would not disgrace herself in October, but"would
renew her pledges to the Union of the fathers. Do.
not disgrace your brothers, sans, and fathers Who
have gone -forth-to do battle in the great cause of
human liberty. All will then be well.
Mr. Adams sat down with much applause. The
bands then played a patriotic air,_and Hon. Thad
deus Stevens was introduced.
SPEECH OF HON: THADDEUS STEVENS
lir. Stevens was received with great enthusiasm.
I need not say, he remarked, that we were An the
midst of a great war, upon the issue of which de
pended the life or death of this nation. You are the
soldiers who are to fight the battle. True, you have
not weapons in your hands, confronting armed
rebels, but you are, nevertheless, surrounded by men
equally traitorous with those who plotted treason
at Richmond. As you prevail over them, or are
vanquished, so - this nation will live or die. [Ap
plause.]
TJpon the issue of the Pennsylvania and Ohio
election depends more than on the victories the
field. Those of you who read the Southern papers
will observe that the only hopes of victory for the
rebels are in the elections of the North. `.-They-de
pend upon the success of their friends here more
than they do upon their own soldiers. One Rich
mond paper had already urged Lee to turn politician,
and decide our election in favornf them. The rebels
at Richmond, you will soon learn, are less infamous
traitors than those Democrats assembled to-day at
Lancaster to revile and slander the Government.
[There was a Copperhead gathering at Lancaster
yesterday, mortar g.] ;
Had we been united here as the Southern people
are, this war would long since have been stopped.
The infamous • traitors in our midst have insured
the rebels all the victories they have gained. The
divisions in our midst have been their, hope and
sustenance. Who today are the advocates before
the people of Union and Disunion 1 I do not hest-
tate to say that no better types of those ideas can
be found than in Andrew G. Curtin and George W.
Woodward. Gov. Curtin has been the unifOrm
friend' of, the Government, in all its. crises: Judge
Woodward Is equally distinct in defining his. posi,
tion, for he has publicly told the peoplethatelavery
is an institution ordained of Heaven, and to defend
it slaveholders are justified in rebelling against the
Government. Under the cry of, peace he and his
party are rendering all the aid in their power to the
cause of the rebels.• Are we not all for peace? None
but- a barbarian would favor war as against peace.
How filial we haire peace The South will not have
it, unless on the basis of a recognition. Shall we
allow. this and permit the South to erect a nation
upon the cornenttone of slaveryl Men who,preach
the doctrines of Vallandigham would have peace
upon any conditions. But we are to have peace
only by _conquering it, and we should have had it
long ago, but for the hissing reptiles everywhere
around us. - [Great applause.] '
Thirty years ago the seeds of the rebellion were
sworn; these seeds have ripened. The fruit is decay- .
ing. Slavery bas been their chief sustenance. The'
South can never be conquered while, you leave their
negro laborers to till the soil, and produce the no.
mottles of life. The only way to conquer the
South was such as I stated while in Congress, viz :
to liberate the slaves, and put arms into their hands.
[Applause.] A negro is good enough to kill a rebel.
[Renewed cheering.] It seemed a harsh measure
when first proposed, but we are coming to it
eradually, The President himself was slow, in
reaching this conclusion. We must conquer
the Southern States, and hold .theor as con.
quered provinces. Talk to me about harsh doctrine.
Judge Woodward , s doctrine is to coax them. He is
worse than Buchanan, for the latter has argued
against secession. Woodward says it is right. I
pity any man who can be worse than Buchanan.
The Democrats are forsooth in favor of a vigor
ous prosecution of the war ; but in that vigor
ous prosecution nobody must be hurt." [Laugh
ter.] From the moment the Southern States be
belligerents they were governed by the laws
of war ' • our Constitution was no protection to
them. The municipal laws of the Uilion were
instantly at an end. Being under the laws of
nations there can be no slavery Oherefore, the
moment the Constitution was abrogated slavery
ceased to exist in the Southern States. I do not
care anything, then, about the proclamation of free
dom, as it is called ; I have no fear about conquering
the Southern States, and keeping them in subjec
tion, but I have fear that at tire-time when we shall
set about restoring the Union we may make some
concessions which will again lead to further trouble.
The Union as it was, and the Constitution as it is
—God forbid it ! That may be Abolition doctrine,
but itfe the light doctrine. Although I always
hated slavery. I opposed the abolition of slavery in
the States. There were many honest Abolitionists
who believed there was a power to abolish slavery
in the States, I was never an Abolitionist in that
sense until this war broke out. Now, let there be
no libnda on human limbs. Let there be universal
emancipation. Let us have a free country—such a
glorious country as the world has never before be
held. Now, as to another 'subject. I was a delegate
in the convention inwhich Judge Woodward offered
an amendment to disfranchise foreigners. I remem
ber distinctly Judge:Woodward to say that he had
loeg believed that foreigners should not be allowed
to vote; and now it grieves me much to see that
nine-tenths of the voters of his party are foreigners.
Will not these blind men ever see the lightl But,
though they should vote for him, he could not pre
vail. The election was already secured, and GOV.
Curtin and the country might be congratulated in
advance. [Applause.]
Mr. Stevens was followed by Hon. Wm. H. Arm
strong, of Lycoming county, and the anxiety to hear
him was evinced by the applause with which he was
received.
SPEECH. OF HON
lie remarked, in opening, on the magnitude of the
issue to be soon decided in Pennsylvania. The issue
is no less than the life or death of the Republic. It
is for the people now to determine whether the na
tion shall maintain - its integrity, and live on ni the
,splendid future which. opens before us, under the.
Constitution an it is, and the Union undivided, or
whether, blasted by the fires of this foul rebellion,
we shall see our prosperity wither in our grasp, and
the shattered fragments of the republic maintaining
a separate and ignoble life, no less contemptible to
ourselves than inconsiderable in the estimation of
the nations.
This vast assembly gives firm assurance that no
effort on your part shall be wanting to sustain the
Government in its integrity - -by every effbrt which
a free people should make in the crisis of ita exist
ence. It gives assurance that you are awake to the
duties which devolve upon you. As citizens at home.
you have a duty, to perform not less important than
that which rests upon your compatriots in arms,
To you is committed the sacred 'bust which rests
upon the free and honest exercise of the elective
franchise. To them the sterner duties of resiating
the onsets of treason in the field—your duty is not
less sacred, nor is it less important then theirs. To
lose the State of Pennsylvania in the approaching
election would be a disaster scarcely less than the
loss of a hattl.
It would lend new vigor to the hopes of treason,
and inspire our enemies at home and abroad with a
deeper conviction that the people of the North were
divided in sentiment, and that dissensions among
themselves - were: paralyzing the war= spirit of the
North, and giving further lease of life to a rebel
lion now so nearly crushed, that if we may trust
the recent utterances of the Richmond Enparer, the
hopes of the rebellion to-day are directed with
scarcely leas anxiety to the success of the. Demo
cratic ticket in Pennsylvania, thiur to the move
ments of the army under Lee.
I have said, my fellow-citizens, that them is no
issue now before the .people, except only that which
locks to the vigorous prosecution of the war, and
the speedy suppression of the rebellion.
The masses, as I believe, of the Democratic party
are loyal in their-intentions, but they suffer them
selvea to he guided by asst of unscrupulous politi
cians, who bewilder their sense of right and wrong,
and lead them to convictions and to acts totally at
variance with the ends they purpose to accomplish.
It is the intention of these honest masses, as I be
lieve, to suppress this rebellion by force of arms,
and yet they are led to a blind opposition of every
measure which the Government adopts for this pur
pose. They impugn the 'naives of the President
and his advisers, and they cease not to question the
honesty or the capacity of every officer whose acts
give evidence that he meats to fight this war as
other wars are fought—with the single purpose to
most injure the enemy and most -advantage our
selves. They prate like parrots of the " habeas cor
pus," and sou would suppose that the liberties of the
people were in infinitely greaterjeopard v by reason o f
the arrest of that immaculate patriot Vallandigham,
find others of his stripe, than from the armies of the
rebellion. I ask you, my fellow-citizens, is it honeat
in the Democracy to expend their strength in cap
tious fault finding:at a time when the exigencies, of
the country demand the best exertions of all her pa
triotic citizens to save it from destruction? In what,
I ask you, have they given firm and willing aid to
the Government in this- hour of its peril? - They
have refused to approve the drafting of white.men
when volunteering was plainly inadequate to the
preservation of the army. They were still more
violent in their denunciations of the-policy of per
mitting negroes to fight, notwithstanding it-was:
plain that every colored man who did the duty of a
soldier in the army released a white man to that
precise extent.
The' pfociamation of freedom was met with an
outburst of vituperation and abuse which it is difd
cult to express, and more difficult to comprehend.
Yet it is >a measure abundantly sustained by the
general principles of international law, and by re
peated instances in the history of nations, cape
cially in the history of Prance,. England, and the
'United. States.
" But, my fellow.citizens, time wid not now permit
full discussion of these momentous guestions.
I appeal to your experience to say whether,
from your whole knowledge of this war, the men
who now claim to control the policy and measures
of the - time-honored Democratic party have ever,
in any instance, given cordial support to the Govern
ent, itnl ..,, wl:lethiert/rhavei:4lotgmilya
l
'bil
Who, I ash you, would Jeffergon. Davis prefer
should be elected Governor of Pennsylvania—Our
tin, who has given to the prosecution of the war the
whole vigor of his life, or Woodward, who has pro
claimed that " we must re-assert the. rights of the
slaveholders, and give to slavery new constitutional
guarantees'?" The issue cannot be made more cer
tain than it -ie. If you would serve the traitors,
elect Woodward; if you would serve your countryi
elect Coffin. - -
Wlll5lll B. Mann, Esq., followed in a patriotic
strain, and other speeches succeeded.
Before the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Adams
WA presented with a handsome pound-cake by a
committee of le.Oies present. The cake was pre
sented through Mr. McVeagh, in a happy speech, to
which Mr. Adams replied with great felicity. The
assembly dispersed at a late hour.
Union Mass Mecting in Allegheny City.
SPEECHES OF GOV. 3;02.T0N, OF TIVDrAIiA, AND
GOV. CURTIN, OF. FRIMSYLVANLA..
[Phonographically Reported for The Press
An immense Union mass meeting was held on
Wednesday last, on the Weat Commons, Allegheny
city, at which Gov. Morton, of-Indiana, and Gov.
,
Curtin, were preeent and addressed the people.
Governor. Morton, of Indiana, upon being intro
duced to the assemblage, spoke as follows:
CITIZEIiE4 on PEICLIFTLVATUA). Having just re
covered from a spell of sicknees, I regret my ina
bility to address you as I would desire; indeed, if I
were to do justice to my present condition, I would
refuge to say one WO) d to-day. But the deep bite
rest felt in the result of the approaching election in
your State overcame my sense of personal comfort,
and induced me to come here and see you, and speak
at least one word of encouragement. Let me say to
you. fellow-citizens. that the importance of the
coming election is not confined to Pennsylvania; it
is a matter of national importance. If Pennsylvania
casts her vote, on the second Tuesday in October,
in :opposition_ to the cause of the Union, it wilt be
eqUivalent to the loss of many great battles ; it will
be an expression against our Government, on _the
Rart of a hitherto loyal State, and such an expres
sion on your part would be published from one end
of this Union to the other—not only that, but it
would cross the ocean and reverberate throughout
all Europe.
I paseed,through Pittsburg sometime in the month
of June last. At that' time many , of your fellow
citizene had cast aside their ordinary avocations,
and, with arms in their hands, were preparing -to re
sist the invader. The fair cities of your State, tilled
with wealth and a thriving population, were then
threatened by a hostile foe, whose footsteps polluted
the roil of southern Pennsylvania. The invader has
been driven cut; his retreat has - been signalized by
a most disastroua and most terrible defeat. Since
that time the Mississippi river has been opened ;
many battlea have been gained, and I am happy to
be able to say to you to-day that the rebellion is
almost entirely cruahed out throughout the great
South. lithe people stand fast by the Government,
as they have in the past, for twelve months longer,
we ellen eee the end of this rebellion, the restore
tien of our beloved Union, and the elevation of our
Government to a position among the proudest and
most powerful of the nations of the earth.
And, my friends, in the few words I may say to
you to-day, I will only exhort you to stand by your
Government. That is the imperative duty resting
upon us all to-day. As patriotic - and honest
men, we are bound to east aside all party :considers
tram and all pecuniary and selfish -interest. That
man who, in a time like the present, will permit any
feeling or selfish considerations, partisan prejudice,
,or sordid gain to stand between him and the duty 11.-
owes his Government in not - true or loyal man,
and the brand of disloyalty and shame should be
placed upon hien forever. [Applause.] And if there
be a man in your midst or throbghout the broad
domain of your. State who, in this hour of national
peril, is anxious-to--strike at and, if'-possible, to
paralyze the arm of the Government, I tell him it
were better for him if a millstone watt hung around
hie neck and he be oast into the. middle of the sea.
I say to such a man that neither he nor his children
will ever outlive the damning disgrace of that posi-
. .
You may think differently, my friends, but I can
safely appeal to all history to bear me out in the as
sertion that the man who is justly chargeable with
such a crime never can outlive the disgrace thereby
entailed upon him. But I came not here to-day to
speak words of alarm. I feel no alarm, for I believe
that the day is fast approaching which is destined to
Limp all Copperheadism out of thia country.
[Great applause.] You have seen the results of the
recent elections in Kentucky, California, Vermont,
and, only day before yesterday, in Maine. We
tee ethat the tide of patriotism' and loyalty is
rolling onward from State to State with in
volume and power. And let me tell you
that the Copperheads in Maine were quite as confi
dent, on last Monday morning, as they are in Penn
sylvania today. There was a latent vote in those
States in favor of the Union,-which-was placed in
the ballot-box in all its entirety and purity ; and so
it will be in the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny,
and throughout all Pennsylvania, when the election
takes place. - I tell you, my friends, that the great
heart of this people beats in unison with the dictates
of tight and justice ; and so far as they can- emanci
pate themselves from the wiles and frauds of polia
tinting, and are allowed to speak their honest senti
ments, so far they will come forward and, -by an
overwhelming majority, reelect their loyal Governor
and sustain their Government throughout.
Allow-me to refer, briefly to the mistaken idea that
any considerable portion of the people can attempt
to embarrass or interfere with the efforts of the Ad-
Ininiatration without virtually arraying ,themselves
in opposition to the perpetuity of the Government.
Some men think that they Can do all in their power
to thwart the designs of- the President and. his ad- -
visers and yet be on the side of their country and
not in favor of the rebellion. But, if they succeed in
their efforts now, whenthe Government is grunting
with a desperate enemy, they thereby crown the ze
hellion with victory and bring ruin upon their coun
try. The President is constantly and 'bitterly me,
sailed by the Opposition-press, but what has he done
" for which he should be assailed -I ask if there is a
man-in the State of Pennsylvania who can truthfully
say that... Abraha - Lincoln is not an honest' man
and a - true, patriot, or that he 'does not dearly
- love his eountry. Whether the President be rats
- taken in - his - policy or otherwise, though he may
commit errors, all are bound to confess that he is an
honest man, and loves his country with true devo
tion. With respect to his constitutional advisers, I
assert that neither - the history of this nor any other
country exhibits a parallel in - which an Administra
tion similarly circumstanced has more anceesafully
managed the public affairs. I point you to the Se
cretary of- the -War Department, a distinguished
citizen, who comes from your own midst. From
an intimate acquaintance with that gentle
man in his official character, and from my
per tonal knowledge of his onerous_ and reaponai,
ble duties, ,and the manner in which he haardis=
chaiged thern, - I am' prepared to assert that hie off.
eial career has been mai lied by the, most distinguish,
ed ability end patrietism, and the-time will *come
when Edwin - Bli Stanionwill-lievindiosttaima the
thousand petty kande= that are now made
in his detraction. And I may here be permit
refer to -Mr. Chase, the Secretary of the Trei
I ask when. has any nation waged war for ao
period as we have, and expended so much
without being obliged to have recourse to a
Power for pecuniary assistance I I ask if the
ciaL policy of Mr. Chase, and his success I
management of the Treasury Department f
country, does not stand without a parallel
history of this or any other country In re
Mr. Seward, we can only tell of the summer
department by the fruits of its managi
Within six weeks after the commencement
war, we were threatened with foreign intervf
But it has never come, and in my opinion is
farther oft than ever. I have spoken of then
departments because they are more particular
netted with the prosecution of the war. I
also refer to the Navy Department, and to ti
liant exploits of the navy, but you are all fi
with the record of its glorious triumph.
Let me say to you, my friends, in conelusiot
cannot speak longer, come forward on the ds
election, and cast your ballots in favor of I
who are pledged to uphold your' Governint
free institutiona. One word with reference 1.
present Governor.- Has he not performed hi
fully and faithfully? At least that is the rum,
West. It is said there that he has acted abl
honorably in his high office. Why should he
r&elected? Why should you vote for his
petitor, a man who has officially der
that, because a citizen of your State it
the• service of the 'United States, and
taken his life in his hands in defence c
country he thereby forfeits the right of suf
I ask you if you are prepared to elect that
above Governor Curtin? My friends, Ido not
you would dishonor our gallant army by so c
and j can never speak of that noble army wii
emotion. It is an army of martyrs. Never
there an army so tenderly loved as is that
and never did one better deserve.to be loved. .
brave men have abandoned their quiet and
fortable homes, and, while we stayed at home, .
gone forth to fight for the preservation of this
vernment, in which they have no greater int
than you or I. I have only to ask you to stem'
in their support.
Allow me to arty one word for the West. I
from the State of Indiana. [Three cheers were
given for Indiana.] I thank you for those chef
my gallant State. She is entitled to them. SI
done her duty in this war as Pennsylvania hat
hers. She stands side by side with your or
all the other - loyal :States; and I believe
an election was to take place in Indians
morrow, we would overwhelm Copperhe
in' that State by- from twenty-five to
thousand majority, notwithstanding that
have difficulties to contend against
that Ton have not here. We have a ME
to diminish, but there has been a great react
- the popular mind. The calm thinking men
Democratic party, those who love their cot
have felt it their solemn duty to come out inn
political organization and stand by their cc
under all circumstances. All I ask of yot
friends, is to cast aside all minor considerati
the discharge of your one great duty as In
Support your Government and sustain the
a vigorous Iprozecution of the war to the fit
pression of the rebellion.
SPEECH OF GOVEP.NOR CURTIN.
Governor Curtin being introduced to the
by the president spoke as follows:
FELLOW. CITIZENS : I remember well the lab
I stood in the presence of a multitude of penpi
this plain. It was in Ju1y,11352, at a time
our army had Esuffered disaster ; it was the de
hour in the history of our country, and the
pose of my visit to Allegheny county then, we
ask. the patriotic people in the valley of the
to stand by their country. I remember well
on the occasion to which Y refer eloquent apes
were made, and words tilled with patriotic
thrilled the nearts of the people, and I also rer
her equally well that the proceedings - of the
were - hallowed by appealslo God. I asked for
(Hers then, and, my fellow•citizens, soldiers
by thousands. They came from Allegheny
and they have been at C-ettyaburgaLatiets,
upon other battle-lields. Thauermds:of them
been slain in the ranks, and thousands still re
to uphold constitutional authority. I remei
too, equally well, that three years aeo I ha(
honor of speaking toe multitude assembled het
was then a cantlidate.for the high office which f
quently a generous, people . were pleased to
upon me. I was anxious then, my friends,
elected. I had an ambition to be Governor of
great State ; that ambition has been fully grat
have given to my office all that I.possesE
heart and head. I have suffered much in he
and the premature appesrance.of- aray hairy
my head admonishes erne that it is. nortr_too
attempt further to -climb the dangerous ht
of personal ambition. I ant Mime= now t
elected for graver and nobler reasons. Nei
the distinguished candidate of the Demos
party nor myself has any 'meshs - reclaims to
high hoeor. I address today hundreds of
as well qualified for that position as that genii
er myzelf. He and I will soon pass Away.
'little record we make dieevith us. [Cr
"never."] A single paragrapnimhzetory wi:
pcee of George' WeWoodivard and myself, be
friends, the Government must never die.
now ambitious to be elected, because I stare
the eternal principles of right and truth. le
whatever infirmities I may Buffer, my fellow.
zees (and I - am enortel, ',I know I have then
flatter myself that - I possess at least one vie
I am for my country and my Government. [(
applause.] I cannot; understand, -neither
favor, but I treat with unutterable contempt,
,assumed loyalty which separates e itself
a constant, active support; of 'the Presides
the United States, the.. visible head of
Government. I cannot uederetand the pried
of that man, who in thd.liour *fits peril, wh
is bleeding at every poreewlien. thousands of
people have taken their..l/yea in their hands
gone forth in its defence ;sand when they
mound it now, in far-off .battle-fields—aye,
good- men pray for the safety and success of
gallant soldiers ; when, Item the fathily e
morning and evening, there ascend to God,
all over this beautiful State, prayers for the
Vilify of our Government and toe safety of
soldiers—l cannot understand that so-called toy
which claims to be faithful to the Government,
yet attacks the President and his soldiers.
voice, "You're no Copperhead."] No, I- am 1
Copperhead, but a man. I have read the wi
Constitution of my country, and I read there
for the time for which he is elected, the Presi
of the United States commands the army am
navy ; that - ours is a National Government,
contain a within it all the powers of a greater
dependent nationality. The dist - power of .
tienality, isle repel invadon and suppress don
insurrection, and the President it fully vested
this power. Re has wielded it like a patriot
-- • two-hundred
,„_„---_ _
ernd pennsylvaniens nave borne arms. The
free blood of Pennsylvania - has been poured ,
upon the soil of every State in rebellion.
bones of our pecple lie whitening on sod:
fields and let us swear-by that bloody covenant
we *ill stand by our Government, and that cur
pie shall not lie unhonored upon a foreleg. i
[Great applause.] ,
My friends, the Opposition in a neighbor's; SI
have placed in nomination as a candidate/or
vernor a member of Congress who bosatll f
during his Congressional term, he never lot
give one dollar in supplies to the army. and
platform upon which George W. Woodware eta
endorses Dlr. Vallandigham. I underatandthat
some parts of Pennsylvania, a free parole
Public meeting assembled, have anew d
call for cheers for Vallamligham. Now, m file
I have nothing to say of his arrest, nor hie
raster, nor of the reasons which - led to an
but, I ask you, is it not a species of inanity w'
here in Pennsylvania, which has sent , mai
her people into the field, would applaud an i
dented Mead end water to our pec.pl n the
South, who are fighting for our libe a in
i n
heart of our enemy's country'? Whet onr ;
, zens axe right or wrong in bearing arm nder
Government, they are nevertheless *brain
and went forth in defence of our Govern at. TI
obeyed the call to arms, and thevare our preser
8,
twee, and I tell you the man who boast at if
official character he never voted one duet of
plies to aid our people, cannot lee light. Lite,
my soul I pity, the man who, in Pefisylve
would applaud a ;public servant who relhed lei
to a soldier of the Union.
Now, my friends, the soldier in the fit Cal
vote. And I wilt -eay,-to you, that whi we I
by legitimate power, by the authority l do ,
cur written Constitution, we must bo to th,
cues of legitimate and e.onstitutionara '°rite.
Deniceratic judge in Northern Penns ania
tided, on a question coming before hi 'that
citizen of Pennsylvania irethe field b ng at
ret sins the tight of miff:age. The soldievote
M
tele; they also voted in
Mexico at the tie of
war with that nation, and their vote was ,oum
A question being raised as to the comfitional
..,
of the vote, the case was taken to the ,upre
Court; and, to the surprise of the first laWYstf
the State - and the mortification of the
. people
large, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania deck
that, under our State Goliath:Minn, the citizen
Pennsylvania bearing arms for the FederaeGor
meat had not the right to vote. Two of, the j;
who reede that decision are now before the -
for their suffrages.
My fellow.citizens, allow me to call your at
Lion to another subject.- It has been said in e
of the 'public journals that, in connection witl
friends, I desire to have the soldiers brought h
and the Opposition object. Now I have no hi
ton in saying that, if, it were in my power, - .I v
openly, and in thehiglit of day, bring home all 1
EN - Iranians who are bearing arms for their cm
in ere& to allow them to: vote at the fall ele(
and I Will do all I can to get them home. [I
enthusiasm, with three cheers for the Govel
I-have touched the right ehofd in the human I
fled it vibratea back again. [Renewed cheer
They may get the vote of the soldier it they cat
'the soldier will vote for whom he pleases. I 1
nay fellow-citizene, as Lee has retreated, that a 1
part of the Army of the Potomac can be spared,
I think myself that a fair Scattering of the bl
and the buttons over Pennsylvania would let
[.' That's co !" laughter and cheers.]
My friends, there are three ways in , whicl
war can be settled. First by compromise. J
of "nevet."l The President of the United S!
has declared - in a recent letter. and I think no
doubts the truth of his - declaration, that' no to
of compromise have been offered twethe rebell
States. .Ilow_veim-ecee - compremase ? Will
- erv,- -- urien. -- 'renneseee and lienttieliyl Will
surrender Mississippi, Western Virginia, Lo;
dna, Missouri, Maryland, and Arkansae; the i
tection of Texas, and would you surrender r
when our guns command that' nest of vipers,
city of Charleston? [Repeated cries of "never
Will you yield up that great highway.of trade,
bliesissippi, the keys to the golden, gates
which you hold in your hands? Will Yonaurrer
Fort Donelaon, Island No. 10, Vicksburg and I
Hudson? Will you surrender the-brilliant ache
meets of our arms in Tennessee, after obtair
possession of Chattanooga andthe Cumberland G
No, my fellowcitizens, you will not. If we can
compromlee, what is left for us to do ! We are
conquer—to conquer by the force of arms—to e
war while there is a dollar of money or a dro;
patriotic blood left. Wage war I say, in behalf
your sacred history ; shed blood in fidelity to
memory of your great ancestors, In obedience tc
voice of the apostlee of liberty, and the example
' the heroes and statesmen of the land. Wage
and be consistent with the history of Pennayl vat
fidelity and loyalty. The same reason that justi
!the shedding of the first drop of blood when
beautiful nag, the emblem of power, national
and liberty, was struck by traitor hands at Su
ter, justifies now the shedding of blood and
prosecution of this war. Now e when the rebelli
is tottering to its fall, and when the patient 4
a typhoid condition; and stimulants will aot
him from death, it is no time to talk of comprol
My feiends, let us be faithful to our country,
though we - are none of us desirmis to see.the
ding of blood, yet when our Government which
--tests us, is assailed, let um discharge our duty
lessly.
Now, my` friends, I presume there fano -
the State of Pennsylvania who desires to st
' shedding of blood. Our people have ever
peaceful, and have been true and faithful in t
loyalty; their time and attention has been abaci'
in the promotion oc e peaceful arta and in the
velopment: of the sfierit of American civilizati
Our people; naturally peaceful, Industrious, lot
and true, do not desire the shedding of blood.
that Government which protects oar rights, tool
property sad person ; that Government_which of
the doors of freedom and invites the down-troddm
come under its protection and enjoy the rich bless'
of liberty; that Government belongs to Pennaylvi
For two years I have read the people of our SI
I have watched the soldier iorethe field, and i
given him what support and protection I could;
never yet have I seen the people :of - Pennsylv,
falter in their allegiance. And now, when the r;
lion trembles in its stronghold, let the great Stat
Pennsylvania in her might declare that for us
for our posterity the Government 'sb.sill - atand.
her do this, and generation after generation
rise up and call her blessed. My *lade, I de
to you this day that Permsylvanittis innocent t
offence inbringing on this War. - She-has neve
terfered with a singleright of any State of the Ur
Our people were perfectly willing that all
States should enjoy their rights, whether us
or.acquired, while they forever rem&laed faitt
the:Constitution of this great country. But
insane hour wicked and misguided men set
institution in this country which they °lair
.bigger than our Government. My friends,
nothing within or without our Government, t
no work of nature or of art so beautiful in,
, proportioias, and throughout the historyee
time-nothing gives to the world a apectial
' hisiterry so sublime all the fidelity pretty
. millions of loyal people to this Governe.
' Our Government ta assailed by an :amid
belli founded' upon alavery iow .enenden ,
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