g4t Vress. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1864 TO :0 LI ti:g44l6f :li) pi:) wuj EVERY COUNTY UNION STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ROOMS, No. 1105 Chestnut Street.—Our friends in every county and die triet in Pennsylvania , sheuld immediately, without one day's delay, send to the State Committee a correct copy el their whole ticket, giving plainly the name of each candidate for every office. All this must be done to ena ble the tickets to be prepared to send to the several regi ments of the State. County Committees should also prepare and send with the Commissions their several County tickets, or send a special agent with the Commissions to carry them. Gruel - al oanant!y_. The withdrawal of Gen. FF.BMONT fref,„ Presidential candidacy has not been:: - _ ground of opposition peeled, for whatever this ffentlenum has assumed toward the Union narty, none have imagined that he has designed to throw the triumph of the election into the hands of the enemies of the cause. Gen. FuEltoiiT's own declara tions in lavor of radical freedom plainly show that wink he has opposed the Ad fainiqration he is a far morn extreme op ponent of the humiliating policy represent ed by General 111 - cat,Euu_ifg. We are not surprised, therefore, that the Radical party have at length merged their attitude of criticism into an earnest and united ants e•onisin awards the absurd, but mischiev mis and ruinous, doctrines of the Chicago Convention, Without commenting upon the te.ms with which Gen. FREMONT sig nifies his Is ithdrawal, we may remark that the ;resat body of his friends and support er, nt,w thoroughly comprehend, not only al necessity of defeating General IkfcCLEL!.A.x, but the policy and justice of suppoltingrresithat lawcolasT. We, there fore, welcome to the union of our cause the return of many intelligent and earnest lion. J. U. McKibtoin. JOSEPH C. McKuturst, a Repro- Sentative in Congress for the. State of Cali fornia in the Thirty-sixth Congress, spoke before t McClellan meeting in this city on Wednesday evening last. We have read the report of his remarks, and, with no intention to do him injustice, we say we have read it with amazement. _Remembering Col Mc - KruniN's heroism in Congress when he opposed BUCHA NAN'S slave tyrarmies in Kansas with so much fortitude, and against so many influences, alike of family and Of friends, and remembering, also, his after connection with - such chiefs as Tr A-LLECE, and Ro;Ecu,t_xs, and T.tiosiAs, by the way, now in earnest and conscientious oppcisition to General McCLELLAN, as the candidate of the only Peace party in the .1 - Sorth, and, per consequence, against the only Peace party in the South, the Andrew Zolinson patriots of that sec tion), - we read his speech with amaze ment, and, let us add, with palm We do not question the right of the bravest man in the land, not now in the army of the generals fighting to preserve the Government which most of General MCCLELLAN'S friends would di vide and destroy, and not associated with the rebel authors.of the war, taking strong ground in favor of General MCCLELLAN. He would not be a soldier - -if he did not follow his instincts and take his stand. But in Colonel 3.lcliannui's case we object earnestly that he should repeat against his Government and the - Administration of his Government the extraordinary state meats in his speech at the Continental Theatre on Wednesday evening. We con tend that, whatever his right to say these things, he ought never to have lent his name to the re-echoing of them. And we have two good reasons for this remark, reasons which will, we claim, reach his - own _heart, and touch the minds of those who may not have thought of them. Be fore giving these reasons we will repeat some, of the extraordinary language of Colonel McKinnix's speech on Wednes day evening. We copy from the report of Tint PRESS : "Believing that more than one Government was incompatible with the best interests of the country, hundteds of thocsapds of unreturning braves, who new _deep beneath the turf of the South, and hurt, .I'l'os of thousands mere, and he among them, felt the electric shock that went through the country when Fort Sumpter was_ fired on. Men of all par ties vied with each other in tilling up the armies of the Union. They went assured by the Adroinistra- Lion, thceugh the Chlca4 ,- ) platform and the Presi e'entrs inaugural address, that the War was for the Constitution and the maintenance of the laws, which Dena crate recognized everywhere. [_ap plause ] But when these objects were no longer these of the war, thousands lost heart. But here he wows sac that it was not (as the chairman had stated) far these jbid for private reasons, that he lied resigned his cozurst6blon in the army. The uniform of the ArDerietill army. of which all were proud, was seen - ripen the black man. And ho believed that he saw Wither thin mast people saw to-day. He saw the whole rear ol our armies guarded by negroes, while white men were tent to the front. He believed this state of things to have been brought about by the cons - ,ription and emas..elpation policy of the A.dmi nlstratum. That policy had laid 200,000 brave men beneath the sod. That gamy might seem very fea sible to those who remained at home, while they delegated to others the dangerous and deadly work of cam ing it out. It was Massachusetts, and New England generally, which wad enforced the inaugu ration of that ruinous policy. And these States had. while he vet was serving in the army, two hundred and fifty agents to buy- up the refuse population of the rebel States to 1111 up the places et the gallant dead white men. What effect had emancipation on the condition of the negro Al though the speaker regretted the existence of slavery as much as any one, still lea did not think the present policy was the best one to get us rid of the evil The negro, before the policy began to [ate, which was almost contemporary with the beginning of the war—tae negro was comfortable and happy. What is he to day 1 In the contra band camps at Washington, and along the Mis sissippi. they were dying by hundreds of-thou sands, without a single comfort they once enjoyed in their old homes, and the able-bodied men were being bought up or eriyen into the army. General Sherman [slight applause] had a proper opinion of thiB Wait of filling up our armies with negroes and the refuse pepulatim of the rebel cities. He protested against the acts of the Massachusetts recruiting agent:, saving that he wanted Massa chusetts voters, not Southern negroes. Such a course on Ler parr, and that of her New England sisters. was an insult to the fighting men of his army. RleKibbin then adverted to the grievances under which he said the people of the Northlabored. Be was particularly struck by the similarity of the grievances enumerated by the people of the colonies in the Declaration of Independence to those enume rated now by the Democracy. which, he modestly asserted, were the le.ople of the North.' lie u - ould counsel aura by action and their strong arms to rid themselves of this usurpation; to rid themselves of Abraham Lincoln, and sink him so low that history could not lift him up. Abraham Lincolnwould spare no el. forts to havehimselt elected. He had made West ITlr ,„sinia a State so as to g et its electoral vote, altnonehif his bayonets were taken out it would not remain in the Union a day. The samenoethod was about to be pursued in Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. The purpose of the immaculate President was evident. Congress had passed an enabling act, but the President had put it in his pocket, and meant to do as he pleased- His purpose was to ro•elect himself with the electoral votes of the Stater whose votes were controlled by his bayonets. If he did so, and tried to be elected in that iha7.ner. then it became the duty of every honest man to protest, both by words and bayonets. [Loud applause.] Now the question was—how could peace be re stored? One Government must exist wherever one flag was waved. This Could be brought about by the election 01 George B. McClellan. That was our only hope. With the present Administration in power, under its legislation the gulf between the North and South, already wide, would grow wider and wider. We have by our present policy sought • ruin and Impoverish the South; we have stolen 1.1 Regress devastated its farms, robbed its people," The first italicised sentence in this - f- : - .eech shows that Colonel McKruniN did a-4 resign his commission in the army be t use of his above-quoted opinions, but • for private reasons." We are glad (.1 this admission. For it convinces us if he had remained in the army e would probably not have held these f dnions. It would be monstrous to appose that Colonel MCKIBBIN could z*ht against the rebellion with such - ''.oughts as these in his heart. Hence, a. • his resignation resulted from " private ' -sons," he must be regarded as having • opposed (we will not say as having e :-proved) this much-assailed policy of BRAHAM LINCOLN. But we would put I' to Colonel 3lcKinniN, whether, having 1. -igned the army, it becomes him to use • guments against the administration of 1 Government which all his old cora ], ::nders would reject with horror ? Why, li ile in the army, did he not protest against i'•e policy of employing negroes? Why did I,- not tell HALLECX, ROSECRAres, and the • at that the negroes should be left in the possession of their masters, to help feed the ri hels who were fighting to destroy. the Republic ? If the record of Generals HAL- I.ECH and RosEcuAris had been Col. Me _Kißunt's guide in military politics, we - think we should not be called on to cotn inent on his remarks at the Continental `Theatre. Such is our first comment upon {,lle part of his Speech,- Secondly. Col. Mcllininx is reported as 'having said, in reference to Mr. LutcoLsi's administration : "We would counsel men by action and their strong arms to ;rid them selves of this usurpation, to rid themselves of ABRAHAM LINCOLN," &c. And again, as showing how this idea was engrafted on the Colonel's mind : " Congress had passed an enabling act, (?) but the President had put it into his pocket, and meant to do as he pleased. Ms purpose was to re-elect himself with the electoral votes of the States whose votes were controlled by his bayonets. If he did so, and tried to become elected in that manner, then it became the dirty of every honest man to protest, both b' words and bayonets." These threats of Col. .111 - c - KIuDIN are best answered by the fact that the very " enabling act" to which he refers, after a preceding compliment to Messrs. WADE and DAVIS, who opposed it because it did not obliterate the whole voting population of the South and practically reduce the Southern States to Territories, was not signed by Mr. LiNcoLN, because Tae waB resolved to give all the loyal people in the 'kola every chance to vote at elections, and - as resolved to preserve the old frame woyk of the Government ! But to this part of Colonel licKinurs C have another reply. He appeals to the people of Pennsylvania to turn out by force, and under an assumption we have shown to be most unjust, an Administration from which, in less than six months, he voluntarily asked the important °nice of Governor of one of our new Territories. For this post he was recommended by some of the most influ ential friends of the Administration, now its earnest supporters, in spite of the new light that has dawned upon the gen tleman they recommended. It is, in deed, a little curious, and cannot fail to be mortifying to them, that the gallant Colonel should not have prevented them from so strongly recommending him to President LEN - co - IN, the same Whom he would unseat by "bayonets" and "strong arms," if he did not agree to a policy re pudiated by the whole Copperhead party. We have, however, one most compen sating consolation, so far as _Colonel Mc• liimnic is concerned—that the Demo cracy of California, who cut loose from the slave power in 1557-58, when such men as himself and 13nonrancn led the way, are now on the side of Mr. lAN - - comi's Administration, and against MC CLELLAN. There is not a Southerner who hunted BRODERICK in California, and helped to slay him, not now for DAVIS or MCCLELLAN. Those who stand by the first are in rebellion. Those who stand by the second are in California. Our profound regret is, that while our Go vernment is so generous and so just to all loyal States, and to all loyal , citizens, a mistaken philanthropy, or an ideal sense of personal injury, should sometimes mis lead loyal States, and more frequently loyal citizens. But live the Republic ! Those are always the truest who have re ceived the least—and those the hardest to satisfy who have gotten the most, The Accident at Thompsantown. This year will be remembered for the many frightful accidents that have occurred upon Northern railroads. It seems as if some evil genius had taken possession of steam and power, and doomed all to de struction who submitted to their control. Scarcely a week—we might say scarcely a day—has passed without our being called upon to write the details of some terrible loss of human life. Alas for these sad times, the loss of life is our constant story ! While we have taught ourselves to read with indifference, and perhaps with a cer tain feeling of pleasure, sad stories of the death of thousands, we cannot, without a horrible feeling of pain, read the narrative of such a calamity as the recent accident at Thompsontown. As we understand the case, it is this In the early morning hour a passenger train which had been travelling all night ran with full speed against a train of coal Cars which was standing upon the track. Under any ordinary circumstances, a colli sion of this kind would be frightful, and there might have been a loss of life, but in this case the loss of life was appalling. A fire had been built in the ears, the morning being, damp and chilly, and the shock of the collision threw the burning coals over the.:, floor. In an instant the light dry wood and the many inflammable materials that constitute the furniture of a car were in flames. This was another danger, but, more terrible than all, the doors of the car were locked, and. although the train had come to a halt, the mere locking of a door made escape im possible, and for many minutes men and - women were compelled to remain and die amid the burning flames. There were no means of escape. Human power—even the power of frantic, despairing, dying men—could not, in the few minutes of mercy given by the flames, force a way from this earthly hell. The details of this horrible story could not gain any additional terror from any fancy of ours. Many were burned to ashes, and many have returned - to us wounded and maimed. We do not care to follow the details of. this appalling disaster. "The remains of the killed have been placed in respectable coffins, and will either be interred by the company or held to await the orders of relatives—" this is all that remains of the lives of many living, hopeful men who left Pittsburg on Wednesday evening on errands of business or pleasure. Now, we ask in the name of the people, who is to blame for this terrible disaster ? Nor do we confine our question to this par ticular company, but we demand that some steps shall be taken to investigate the many recent railroad accidents, and so to reform the whole system of railroad management that there shall be an end of this appalling and frequently-recurring loss of life. See by what trivial causes the lives of men are taken away! We are told, in this case, that a train of coal cars was left upon the track. A man was sent up the track with a light to give warning to the ad 'WM chug train. "In the present case, the man who was stationed to give the warn ing was only about fifty yards front his train, and the morning being very dark and foggy, the light was not seen till too late." It may be said that the sentinel was to blame, but we do not think so. The whole system of warning trains by lights, and in such a way that a sleepy brakesman, or a near-sighted engineer, or a lazy watchman, may, as in this case, burl a whole train into destruction, is dis graceful. The very causes which common sense would teach men to guard against are the causes which produced this great loss of life. A dark and foggy morning would, of all things, be the time - when men would be careful, but it does not seem to have been the case at Thompsiintown. Why trust to a dim light and sleepy offi cials in a foggy morning ? This train might have been warned by telegraph, or by the locomotive whistle, or by a more ingenious system of signalling. A hundred ways might be suggested to make these Accidents impossible. The only way which would seem to be liable to mistake or ne glect is that which we arc told is custom ary" to the company. In addition to this, and in the present case particularly, the cause of so much death is the common and foolish custom of lock ing the doors of the cars. Why is this done ? Is it because the conductor, by locking all doors save one, finds who enter or leave his train without the trouble of going through the train This is too trivial for a reason, Is it because some cars are more elegantly furnished than others and it is prudent to lock the doors to prevent them from being crowded ? Then we say that the whole system of making a distinction in the furniture of cars, even to accommo date the ladies, is wrong. These companies make money enough and charge fare enough to be able to make all cars alike—and as all passengers pay alike the distinction is unjust. Perhaps these doors are locked to prevent passengers from riding on the plat form. We say if men are rash enough to thfis risk their lives the risk is their own. Do not jeopardize the lives of hundreds to prevent one or two foolish men from run ing into danger. We entirely agree with the " survivors " (how horrible the word sounds !) in the protest, and "ask for hu manity's sake, that all railroads forever after see that the doors are kept unlocked." We go beyond this ; we den:quid that the whole system of railroad management shall be revised and improved. In England the people are discussing the railways and the great temptation to crime that exists in their arrangement. Public opinion has forced a reform, and public opinion must ' force a greater reform in America. Here we too often see our railroads managed solely and simply to raise large dividends. In the case of the Pennsylvania Central we make an exception, but the fact that a road so liberal and wisely managed could be the scene of an accident as terrible as that at Thompsontown, shows the great necessity for reforming the whole plan. The Cam den anti Amboy Railroad (the much a)oused, misunderstood, and wicked Cam den and Amboy) may claim the merit of even a far higher Frain. It hat , been singularly free from , the calamities we are now discussing, and the friends of the Government should not fail to see that in the military operations and the necessities of war and internal policy there is no rail road more important to us and more de serving of our confidence and support than the Camden and Amboy. At the same time we must insist upon a reform of our whole railroad system. It must be done. Thercs no reason for these frightful and constantly recurring accidents, and the people demand that . our railways be ma nazed with more liberality and care, know ing that, with liberality and care, railroad travelling may be made as safe as travelling in a country stage or a family carriage. 11EnE is another piece of Democratic ar gument. It is from the speech of JoaN MCKEON, of New York : "Look and see what coal is. Democratic coal used to be five dollars a ton. Republican coal is fifteen dollars, WOW tl4cre is one Spe cimen, Flour, five dollars a barrel-,Democratic! fourteen—Republican ! [Renewed laughter.] I Want to know of some of the 'loyal' leaders, or 'Leagues,' which is the dour and which is the coal for the country 1" When men intend to incite riots and dis loyalty, this is the way to do it. We par ticularly desire to notice the infamy of these appealS to peptilat passion, and more espe cially to the poor and needy, who are cora -pelled to suffer from the evils produced by war. We all know that the advance in the price of provisions, of articles of domestic economy and personal comfort, is occasion ed by circumstances that cannot be con trolled. War was necessary. War always deranges trade, commerce, and economy. As long as we have war coal will cost more than in times of peace, and flour will be more expensive. This is not caused by Republicanism or Democracy. " But stop the war and there will be no longer high prices." Then we - are to have peace and humiliation because coal is dear ? Do we understand General MCCLELLAN to be in favor of this ? If so, then he is doubly false, for he writes a letter endorsing war, and a MCCLELLAN war would certainly keep coal and flour as dear as they are now: Even when war does cease, the war debt must be paid—taxes must be imposed to pay it, and taxation will prevent these commodities from reaching the level of peace. The Democrats know this, and when they make such arguments as this from the mouth of JouN McKnorc, they mean either that peace shall be made and our debt repudiated, or they mean to de liberately deceive the people. Let JoHN l!flcKßoise and his friends classify them selves. If they wish to be kitown as cowards and repudiators, let it be said. If, on the other hand, they desire to be con sidered the bearers of false tidings—very good. When they make use of arguments like the above they belong to one class or the other. LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." WASIIINGTON, Sept. 2?,-1864 The great and pressing want of the McClellan Democracy is a ateeeping defeat of the armies of the Union. Without this, at an early day, the military candidate of what was once the great war party of the nation will stand no more chance of election than if he were running against Louis Napoleon for the throne of France. None understand this better than the McClellan leaders themselves, and none, I fear, better than the spoiled and petted General himself. And for a very good reason. If Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and the rest who have given us all the real vic tories of the war, continue to win victories, why should the Administration under which they fight be changed I If they do SO well under Abraham Lincoln, General McClellan may well ask, Can they do better under me? Hence the necessity of the de feat of our armies to give Gen. McClellan the Presidency. And from this there is an irresistibly logical conclusion, - from which neither he nor his support6rs can . escape. A party that looks to the defeat of our armies as their only sure introduction to the control of the Federal Government, must make peace with the rebels, because that people that must elect it will vote with a sense of despondency, and a readiness to accept any terms but protracted war, The rebels understood this instinctively before the nominations at Chicago. They do not wish for General McClellan's election because he is General McClellan, (though Davis may feel a na tural preference for his protege and pupil,) but they pray for it because he is the candidate of their only friends in the loyid States. They hate Mr. Lincoln because every blow he strikes at them is to restore the Union. They shout for McClellan be cause all his hopes are bound up with theirs, in the defeat of the armies of Grant and Sherman. There is consequently as much grief in the circle that surrounds Mc- Clellan at his cosy New Jersey home when these brave men win a victory as among the pallid and conscience-stricken conspira tors at Richmond and Charleston. There is no easier way to realize the justice of this remark than to recount the counsellors of both McClellan and Davis. McClellan's festive and confidential moments are given to such men as the editor of the New York World, the ablest, bitterest, and most proscriptive enemy of the war ; Au guste Belmont, brother-in-law of John Slidell, and agent of the Rothschilds ; Ho ratio Seymour, the Governor of New York, who refused to suppress the bloody riots of 1863, and was not afraid to try to instigate another in 1864 ; Fernando Wood, who, pro fessing to be against McClellan's nomina tion, is now eager for his election; S. L. M. Barlow, still the friend and business representative of John Slidell, and in 1861 received and entertained in this city by General McClellan at his head quarters, in the midst of our most grievous troubles ; and all that class of rich South erners who make New York city their ren dezvous under the belief that they can ope rate against the Government with the ut most secrecy, effect, and impunity. If to these welcome visitors were added such New Jersey sympathizers as Wall, Rogers, Senator Wright, and Gover nor Parker, it is easy to see that however his " friends " may rejoice over rebel victories, they will not be much rejoiced over Union victories. For all of them, without exception, have been against the war ; and the large majority of them bitterly so while he was at the head of the army and Mr. Lincoln's favorite and friend. How could they favor the war, or glory over Union victories, when General McClellan is not identified with the war and does not win Union victories? The friends and counsellors of Jefferson Davis are men who have always acted in politics with the advisers of General McClellan. The General himself was educated in the military school and enjoyed the social inti macy of Jefferson Davis and his family. Slidell, Benjamin, Breckinridge, Pryor, • George Sanders, C. C. Clay, Buckner ( mid, Wise, Iverson, Becock, these and thousands of others, are as keenly alive to what I have uttered, and as keenly con scious that Union victories are the sure lioom of both wings of the opposition to Mr. Lincoln's Administration—that oppos ,ng it in the loyal, and that lighting in the disloyal States—as the rebels themselves. But this theory does not depend upon these strong, - convincing, and conclusive facts. Every day we have the most painful proofs -of its justice and truth. Who are the otii.- THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1864 cers, fighting in victorious columns of the army, that declared for Gen. McClellan ? Some there are, I admit, who have in ear lier days, when the discipline of the army, the associations of early days in West Point, and the free-masonry that seems to pervade the regular forces controlled the minds of men with a feeling of friendship and sympathy, ardently supported General McClellan as the representative of their class, They believed in his military ge nius because such a belief was fashionable, and skepticism would have been a reflec tion upon the dignity and efficiency of their own profession. The war has ended this. There is no general officer of the army who does not recognize the end. The teachings of many a bloody campaign have shown how much charlatanism there was in gene ralship that never went beyond proclama tions, and statesmanship that taught us the only way to crush rebellion was to nurse and nourish rebels. General Grant, the finest soldier of his generation; the accom plished and inexorable Sherman ; the dash ing Sheridan and the daring Hancock ; Can by and Thomas, and Meade and Howard, are illustrations of my argument. These warriors have won the solid triumphs of the war. They have gathered the har vest from soil that McClellan and Buell declared to be barren. They have felt the real inspiration of the war, and accord ingly favor the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. They are now his best National Committee, and their swords are as potent in a political sense as in the snore earnest and bloody scenes of war. Thus, you sce, that, the natural effect of war has been to sim plify the issues of civil policy, and to make the duty of loyal men clear and distinct. ThktlT con be no - misapprehension Of that duty. - On one side we see all the enemies of the Administration, the sympathies of our armed foes, and a policy that can find no triumph but in our failure, and no de.: feat that does not bring success to the Union cause. On the side. of the Union we are united, Compact, strong, and, with prudence and energy, we can make our victory in November worthy of the cause, and the most glorious and sublime in the history of the Republic. THE Boston Commonwealth, a unique, semi-literary, eccentric, independent news paper, hitherto opposed to Mr. LriscoLN, now endorses him. In its last issue it makes this pithy point : They seem to think cifferently now and Ignore th general Issue. We mean to hold them to It. The people mean it. Here it Is. LIMOLN I teflon. AND LISIDETY j MCCLELLAN, DISONIOIc, AND SLAVIS. ny ! Choose ye." THE Herald thus virtuously rebukes sonic of its cotemporaries : " The World, the Express, and the Journal of Commerce—the silliest of the lot-Hare making a great blun der about MeCLELLAN. They profess -to be his organs ; but they grind out his praises in rather too high a key." We deprecate the Herald's abuse. They are excellent hand-organs, but have only one tune, - which is a had one. THE Herald, which fattens its candidates only, to 'kill them, inquiar : "If McCLar.,- LAN is elected, what is to - Seco= of GRAicr, SHERMAN, and SHERIDAN ?" This is a per tinent question after the brilliant victory near Winchester. THE Herald prints a silly rumor about Su - EumAic being in favor of 111cCLELLA.K. In the first place, we do not think General SHERMAN has much troubled himself about politics, and, in the second place, he can hardly have such pleasant recollections of the Benton Barracks as to care to support the man who sent him thither as a" crazy" man. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 1864. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN. TIM PRESIDENT AND GENERAL GRANT. The following is a copy of a correspondence wh!oll took plaee between the President and Lieutenant General GRANT, and may prove interesting, as it furnishes an inside view of military affairs EXECUTIVE MANSION, WABHINVTON, April 30, 1164. Lieutenant Gelaral Grant! Not expecting to see you before the spring cam paign opens, I wish to express, in this way, my en tire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time, so far as I understand it. The particulars of your plans I neither know nor seek to know. Yon are vigilant and self-reliant, and, pleased with this, I wish not to obtrude any restraints or constraints upon you. While lam very anxious that any great disaster or capture of our men In great numbers Shall be avoided, I' now that these points are less likely to escape your attention than they would be mine. If there be anything wanting which is within my power to give, do not fail to let me know it. And now, with a brave army and a just cause, may God sustain you. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARISIIE:. OF TRE I T NITED STATES, CULPEPER COURT If OUSE, May 1. Tau PRESIDENT : Your very bind letter of yester day is just received. The confidence you express fur the 'future, and satisfaction for the part, in my military administration, is acknowledged with pride. It shall be my earnest endeavor that you and the country shall not be disappointed. From my first entrance into the volunteer service of the country to the present day I have never had cause of complaint—have never expressed or implied a complaint against the Administration, or the Secre tary of War, for throwing any embarassment in the way of my vigorously prosecuting what appeared to be my duty, Indeed, since the promotion which placed me in command of all the armies, and in view of the great responsibility and importance of suc cess, I have been astonished at the readiness with which every taing asked for has been yielded, with out eyes an explanation being asked. Should my success be less than I desire and ex. pact, the least. I can say is, the fault is not with you. Very truly, Your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT. Lieut. General. W.dnillitiToli, Sept. 22.—Private parties from the Army of the Potomac say the general enthusiasm was so great when the news of Sheridan's victory was received that many officers earnestly requested that their troops be at once advanced upon the ene my in their front. Ten of MOSEBY'S guerillas arrived in town yes terday, under guard. They are an impudent, boasting set of scamps, and Seem fond of narrating their exploits. They are quiet citizens by spells, and when overhauled by our scouts they are gene rally going to their work, or hunting stray cattle. These fellows confess to having organizations simi lar to our political and other Cubs. When a raid is determined on they are notified at their boarding houses, go and do their nefarious work, and then relapse into the quiet citizen again. Twelve deserters appeared before the Provost Marshal yesterday to take the oath of allegiance, and were sent 'where they will get good pay at better work than they have been engaged in for some time past. They were from Harper's Ferry. Among the deaths reported at array hospitals yesterday are Joan' VICIANT, Company E, 118th. Pennsylvania; PATRICK FARRIELL, Company C, 48th Pennsylvania; ELI Exam, 100th Pennsyl vania. It appears from the news by the Persia that the agent of the LLOYD'S gives a report of a large and swift steamer having arrived at Bremerhaven, which hoisted the Confederate flag, and Is said to be commanded by SEMMES. Official information received in Washington states the vessel to which allusion is made is one of those built at Bordeaux, supposed on rebel account, but which was sold to the Prussian Government. So the latter part of the agent's story is untrue, The report that Admiral PORTER Is to take com• mand of the West India Squadron was contradicted in last night's telegram, and it may now be stated that he has left Washington for (;ain) to /11311010 Command of the Mississippi Squadron. Two women, who have been confined in the Old Capitol Prison, on a charge of repeatedly aiding soldiers to desert, by furnishing them with citizens , clothing, have been sent to the female prison at Fitchburg, Mass. Sixteen deserters from our army, who were tried by court martial, and sentenced to be shot to death with musketry, have had their sentences commuted to imprisonment at hard labor during the war. DELIVERY OF BONDS. Twenty•nine millions of the rleent loan of thirty• two millions has already been gliverad to the sub scribers. The recent arrest of the Lake Erie pirates is ow ing partially, H not altogether, to the friendly offices of the British authorities, those in Canada acting hi accordance with the instructions of Lord LYONS. LOIIISVILLB, Sept. 22.—The International Trade Congress of Workingmen assembled here today. Seven States were represented. Robert Gllehrlet, of Louisville, was appointed temporary chairman. The object of the Congress is the mutual protection of the workingmen in their industrial relations, and against the augmentation of the prices of the necessaries of life. AI.::ANY, N. Y., Sept. 22 —The quota of this city, 2 . .7.4) men. ie full, mainly r3.53ed In the last two weeks. Vi r A.SIALI.NIG-7COTY. THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF THE ARMY ARRIVAL OF TEF OF MOSEBY'S GANG REBEL DESERTERS pEATIIS OF IT.47.4BYLYANIAM. NOT A REBEL PIRATE ADMIRAL PORTER FEMALE PRISONERS SENT NORTH SENTENCES COMMUTED THE ARREST OF LAKE ERIE PIRATES International Trade Congress The Quota► of Alban,- Vinod. " THE ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN." GREAT SPEECH BY HON. WM. D. KELLEY. UNION LEAGUE HALL CROWDED A MASS MEETING OUTSIDE. AT FrOVTIIT7STA.S3I. According to announcement, Hon. William L. ](alley delivered an address last night in the Hall of the Union League, Chestnut street, above Twelfth, upon the issues of the present Campaign. At an early hour the hall was crowded to overflowing, every seat being filled by an attentive and intern gont audience er ladies and gentlemen, A ba k ed of music was in attendance, and discoursed several patriotic airs. After a few necessary preliminaries, the honorable gentleman came forward amid loud and long•continued applause : Ferativaerrizeass : In this vast assemblage of citizens there must be a number who belong to what is called the Democratic party, and who believe, as they are at present advised, that they will at the coming election vote for George B. McClellan and the general nomingps of that party. To such the remarks I am about to make will be addressed. The election now pending is the most important ever confided to men, and it involves our country— your country, my Democratic fellow-citizens, as well as mine. It is a campaign in the great war now waging. Nay, indeed, it may be the Sinai, the conclusive, the infamone campaign of the War, surrendering by silent votes all that our army and navy have so gallantly won. [Applause.] It is the grandest war, civil or international, that has ever occurred—the grandest in its object, the grandest In its theatre, the grandest in its instrumentalities, the grandest in its results. History has not seen or recorded any suck war. The grandest, I say, in its object ; and what is that object Our country—its unity or its disin tegration. Our country ! words sacred on the lips of any man in any clime, but which never signified, let who may have uttered them before, a tithe Of what they signify when uttered by an American citizen. [Loud cheers.] Our countryi! what is it 7 where is it' . It is a continent in its dimensions. Its shores aro laved by two great oceans, It sweeps Westward from the Atlantic where, but a little While ago, a few colonists, seeking refuge from op pression and persecution, planted colonies that were to become great States. Sweeping westward from that reek-bound coast it extends toithe golden:sands of the Pacific. There, on that rocky promontory, near the town of Eastport, Maine, floats the flag of our country ; and there, in the golden sands near San Francisco, and over that young city of magical growth, floats the same symbol of the might and majesty and power and progress of our country. [Cheers.] And while the noonday sun pours its burning beams upon that flag on the promontory, the first beams of the morning are but kissing its stars on the shores of the sleeping ocean. Yes, so broad is our country, that it takes the sun six hours to make its daily tour of curious inspection. Nor is it an insignificant and narrow belt of land encompassing a continent. There, beyond those silvery lakes, Iles a part of our country, and it. sweeps southward to meet sutra mer seas whose waters know not the blasts of winter, and on whose broad surface the summer breezes ever leap. It is gifted with every climate available to the Caucasian race. We grow in our broad savannas; In our rolling prairies, in our valleys and on our hills, every plant available for food or medicine, or for the convenience of man. One of our valleys is at once the garden and the granary of the world, and it is but one of our vadloys—but one of the great features of our country. [Applause.] We lie the central people of the world. Ten days will carry you from our coast to the coast of busy Europe by steam, and bring you into commercial rela tions with twenty-five millions of people. Eleven days will carry you from the harbors of our coun try to those of the elder worlds, and bring you into relations with seven hundred and fifty millions of people. We are near neighbors to a thousandmillions of people. We occupy a country capable of feeding, clothing, housing, schooling, giving comfort, wealth and fame to another thousand millions of people. [applause.] And this war is for the unity of this grand country. It is for the traditions of this young country. It is for the present prosperity of the people who but dot parts of the surface of this coun try. It is for the grand hopes of humanity embo died in the destiny of this country. Will anymansay war has ever had so grand an object before : Then let us look at the theatre of the war. Come, my Democratic friends, challenge your history. Un roll to your minds' eye the maps of the world. Go back to the wars of the Bible. Come down through the nations of extreme antiquity—of Rome, of Greece, of the Continent, of Brittany, of the modern world—and show me one that discloses such a field as the theatre of our Civil war. What is the size of Greecel You will not compare it to our coun try, and that portion of our country which is covered by State Constitutions. You will not compare it with the large States of the Union. To find a comparison in an equal number of square miles you must come down to the smallest States of the Union; and in b. , sixth of these smallest States, in little Mary land, you find an equivalent of Greece, whose wars you would magnify into a scale equal to our grand wars. [Applause.] Look at Rome, when she sat upon her seven hills, the mistress of the world, and her legions swarmed in Brittany. Why, her world was a contracted sphere in comparison with the theatre of the great American war, which the Chicago Democracy call a failure. [Laugh ter.] When I first saw the stars and bars, it was on the south bank of the Sus quehanna, with Col. Dare, and that gallant citi zen soldier who embarked in this war a lieutenant colonel and who:is to. day a major general—David P. Birney. [Applause , ] We there encounterea se. cession flags floating from the housetops in the little village on the other side. It extended from the At lantic Coast to the Mississippi, and, taking rising ground there, went westward as far as the foot of a slave had ever desecrated- American soil. (Ap plause. There you have a general outline of the theatre of this war. Then, in its instrumentality. Remember, my fellow citizens, we are but thirty millions of people, all told, black and white ; and yet the day has been when we have had a million and a quarter of men in the field, out of that:thirty millions; for I count both armies. They, are all American eilizens— traitors fighting against country, Constitution, and flag, and patriots making war to maintain these sacred things. [Applause.] And never since the World began has an army been so fed, so clothed, so cared for, in the field and hospital, and so armed men. You get no idea of these armies by merely taking the number of men. Look at the material ! No vagrants, nor paupers, nor felons are they, turned loose from prisershousennd almshouse. No as our Northern army, after numbering near 700,000 vagabonds collected from the purlieus of great cities. They are the best, the bravest, the most beautiful, and most promising of the land. [Cheers.] When our good President, God bless him [tremendous applause] called for seventy-five thousand men to vindicate a dishonored fiag, to regain the property of which we had been deprived, and to put down the most unholy rebellion of all time, the pulse of the entire North thrilled. The clergyman in his study and at his sacred desk asked God to counsel him as to hjs duty, and, by consequence, hundreds severed the ties that bound them to their people and went to the field. The lawyer bade good-bye to his clients, the doctor said farewell to those who looked to him for life, the merchant dropped his ledger, the clerk his accounts, and our brave farmers- let their ploughs rust in the furrows, and rushed in for fame, for glory, and for duty. [Applause.] There you see the man of learning and his illiterate towns• man, the rich man's delicately reared son, and hit poor neighbor's sturdy boy, shoulder to shoulder, musket in hand, knapsack on back, ready, if need be, to sink into the undistinguished grave of a private soldier, that their country might live and posterity be ire% [Applause.] No such army as that has ever been seen by the Omniscient on this small planet. [Applause.] And it swelled from seventy five thousand to one hundred thousand, from one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand, from five hundred thousand to a quarter of a million, and from that it overran half a million, and it is to-day being replenished as no nation in the world could replenish an army after such an exausting strug gle. Grand in its results. For its results are to be the maintenance of the unity of the country, and the transmission through all time of those bless ings that have made us, while yet so young, a people, the most powerful nation of the world. This war has fixed our position in the great family of nations. The despots, the reigning Powers of Britain and Europe, know that the first nation in the world is the United States, and that the nation that is most rapidly growing in power is that same United States. [Applause.] Let me, in a familiar way, illustrate this.- A few years ago our thrifty citizens, our merchants, our bankers, our manufac turerS, oar factors for the agricultural world felt that a great shock in the commercial career of the world was coming. France was worrying Russia into a war about a little key ; not the key of a port of entry, but the key to a certain building. It was foreseen that If war came it would involve Russia, France, England, Sardinia, and the Porte, and its consequences upon the prosperity of the world were dreaded. All men who were involved in the affairs of the world prayed for peace, and yet the war came. There, on the one hand, was maritime Eng land, with her 60,000,000 of people and her groat navy; in alliance with her was martial France, With her 30,000,000; young Sardinia, an infant among nations, with her 10,000,000, and the forces of the Sublime Porte. On the other hand was grins Russia, with her 80,000,000. And the con flict was to come between them. And it did come. The martial power of all this people was concen trated for that great war, and it went on and no man in America was disturbed by it. Our agricul ture was prosperous, our commerce grew apace. Nay, more. England herself built more cotton mills during the Crimean war than she has ever built in the same months. France increased in power and grandeur, the improvements of the capital went qp, and se refashioned and reconstructed her A navy. — nd little Sardinia. came out of the war hardened In bone and muscle and manhood among nations, Russia lost, It is true, half a million of men, but at the close of the war Russia was a greater Power, more respected among nations than she had been before the War began, though the treaty of peace was not entirely satisfactory to her. Now, here were a hundred and thirty odd millions of peo ple, embracing the nations that claimed to be the treat nations of the world, and yet all went on Swimmingly as a marriage feast., save in the homes of the soldiers who were sa °ranted to the war. We ere, on the other hand. Invading no foreign nation; we cross no sea;. we fall into a family quarrel : we, 30,000,000 of American people, have a disturbance in our own household, and what is the result ! Why, in less than lour months from the time that the war began hunger was felt in the streets of Lancashire and the manufacturing towns of Europe. Gaunt Want crept around the cotton mills and Starvation carried its victims to the grave by hundreds ere the year was spent. You kr ow the stela of the suffering laboring people of Europe and England. consequent upon our war. ou loom that you put your bands in your pockets end contributed your dollars, your tens of dollars, your hundreds of dollars, sour thousands of dollars to send to the starving laborers of Europe and tfritain, who were reduced to want by our war. OCCASIONAL Speech of Kola. Win. D. Kelley. Yon, my DemocratiC felleWeitizene, who are used h t 's asu r hearingruined a t the tnot remember that In the early agonies of this war we not only sustained h t e th c e ou Continental ntry,doSou Theatre that the war our country and its brave soldiers and sailors, but we Contributed millions to feed the oppressed and starv ing poor of Britain and the Continent, And, my Democratic friends of foreign birth, do you not know that the George Griswold, which carried a Cargo of breadstuffs to Ireland, was seized by a [A p plause.] Confederate privateer on the return voyage, and was bonded? So that ii you vote for McClellan, you vote to make the owner of that vessel pay her value for having sent a cargo of breadatuffs to teed your starving countrymen. [Applause.] Now, what le the result of all that 7 Why, France and England sec the power of our country; they see that we have a navy tint Can blockade more effeetta ally than either of them have ever been able to do— and at the same time to carry on a war—a coast line of more than two thousand miles. They see that our navy, while doing that, can scour the sea and pick up the Paul Joneses of this rebel lion, which the British navy was not able to do during the Revolutionary war. [ Applause.] They see that while we maintain the blockade we can send our steamers to lay oil' the coast of England, that when a British vessel, manned by British tars, armed with a British armament,. dares leave her port, we send her to the bottom flying. [Applause.] They see that from the people of the United States, from those who owe allegiance to our flag, a million or more of men have been kept in the held, and they understand that France and England combined cannot make war with our navy, when it shall be released from the blockade. And they see that no mercantile rower in the world would transport a million of menacross an ocean traversed by six hundred American vessels MIMS. ed by Yankee tats and Yankee marines. [Ap plause.] We have established our power and posi tion among the nations of the world. Lord John Russell does not talk about the Georgia as he did about the Trent. He sends the owner of the Georgia to the prize courts of America. But if that had occurred after we had made an armistice, we would have had to humiliate ourselves more than the Cop perheads ever said we did by the Trent business. When Lord John Russell referred the owner of the Georgia to the prize courts of America, he saw that the nation was to be one, the liag . supreme, and the Constitution the great law of the land. [Applause.] And he saw that he was dealing with a nation who having fought as we did at the Wilderness eigh teen days, and marched eighteen nights, would gob ble England up before breakfast. [applause.] But, my fellowcitizens, we have done greater work than this. Our country has the capacity of sustaining, as'l have said, a thousand millions of people. It teems beyond all other lands with wealth. There never was a nation enriched with more pecuniary wealth. Why, I said to a friend, a man who had just returned from Arizona, now, tell me, sir, what did you see the people of the Territory engaged at' " Well, sir," said he, there is not much agricul tural labor going on yet, but I see them working in coal, iron, salt, lead, copper, silver, gold, and gypsum to improve the agriculture." Thistle in a Ter ritory that nobody knows anything about scarcely, and all our great war would not be an extravagant burden for 'the Territory of Arizona. We have by our beneficence taught the people—the laboring people—the aspiring but oppressed people of Eu rope, wiat the resources of our country are, so far as we have developed them. They know that in this time of war we are able to turn our thoughts to our suffering brethren, be they wherever they may, and from our fullness to feed them. And the wonderful spectacle is presented of a quar ter of a million of people quitting their homes and the graves of their fathers to fly to a war-bedeviled land like this as a refuge from suffering and oppression. When the war is over, if the census shall be taken we shall find that we ' have in the Northern States vastly more people than we had at the taking of the census in /Mk—just before the war began—and those same governing powers of Europe know and feel this. They know that every man that leaves their shores detracts from their power, while every one we gain swells our national resources and grandeur. There is another characteristic of this war in its trials and sufferings. There; is not a little village in the land whose graveyard has not been swollen by new-made graves. There is scarcely a patriotic hearthstone" at which there is not a vacant chair. The wounded and the . maimed are seen in -all our walks, and our hearts are touched for the woes of the widow and the orphan. This is the sad price we pay for na tional greatness. Ask me not why it is that the Working out of God's providence requires so great a war. I cannot read this providence ; but I know that the smile that plays upon the sleep ing infant's cheek compensates the mother for agonies which man cannot conceive— and I know that we go to "the garden and the cross " with its agonies for our largest hopes and most enduring blessings ; and I thus learn that, in the providence of a beneficent God, all blessings axe wrought out in suffering. Thus I know from this war enlarged social bless ings and political influences will be reaped. With a liberal Constitution, public schools, churches, and humanizing influences innumerable, we will never be equalled by Europe. The greatness of the United States ere long, I say, will be glorious and complete. Now, my friends--any Democratic friends—who is responsible for this war? You answer, it was the Abolitionists ; or perhaps you remember it was Abraham Lincoln. [Applause.] It may be so—let us look. War is the exorcise of the power of one people against another. War is, in a word, coming together to fight. The Abblitionists were non-re sistant—there were not many of them. Ido not be nave that of pure and simple A.bolitionists there are as many as there are souls in this hall to-night. No matter how many there were to fight, there were many who did not vote. Now it was not the ballot box, but armed insurrection that involved in, the coun try war, [Applaus,e] Will you say Abraham Lincoln caused it 7 Now, my fellow-citizens, to begin the job, as he would say, you would be charging that a quiet citizen of Illi nois began it. Now, you know and I know, and we all know, this war began long before that quiet citi zen became President of the United States. This war was instigated by the Democratic party of the United States, both North and South. The respon sibility rests, my friends, not with the present de ceived masses of the Democratic voters, bat with the leaders. Yes'. the leaders of the Democratic party, to which I belonged, and with which I voted until 1864 [applause], having, and may Clod forgive me for the folly and crime, voted for Franklin Pierce, in 1851. het us look at that party, and to do so let us go back to 1860. I will not detain you, or wrong you by a recapitulation of the events that transpired during the disastrous Administration of Franklin Pierce, You remember them all, and how they paved the way to plunge the country then united into the present war. At the beginning of 1860, on the 4th of March of that year, James Buchanan was President of the United States. Our country was enjoying general prosperity. We had had the crisis 01 1857, to be sure, but we had recovered from it, and were again on the road to wealth and power. Gold was snowing into the national treasury so fast that it was almost forgotten that we had had a financial trouble—a commercial crisis. It came in day by day in such quantities that we actually could not spend it all. A law was passed authoriz ing the Government to anticipate its loan at a pre-. =um of 20 per cent., but it did not come in. When it reached 116 it was not surrendered• and when it reached 120. James Buchanan. of internal memo ry, [laughter and applause,' a. Democrat of the McClellan and Pendleton school was, President of the United States, When he entered on the duties Of his office he had as his cabinet Howell Cobb, of Georgia, John B. Floyd, of 'Virginia, Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut, Take Thompson, of Mississippi, and there labored part of the time with him and these one Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, [laughter,] now one of the 'leading champions of McClellan and Pendleton. Now mark the effect us der the maladministration of Franklin Pierce and the inal.administration of Buchanan. The fourth of March, 1860, came around. The South ern members of the Democratic party, it was ascertained, favored secession, and they were assisted by two Northern men, who hail the two highest voices in the land. On that same fourth of Blatch, 1800, James Buchanan tent a message: It was at that time known to be in favor of the seces sion of the Southern States. At that time no se cession conventions had met—Virginia,North Ca rolina, Mississippi, all were firmly believed to be loyal. And, my Metals, the only State which was believed to be disloyal was South Carolina. What does James Buchanan do on that fourth of March? What did he annonnce to the people of the South? That there was n&power in the Constitution to co erce a State, or to prevent a State from seceding. He thus gave notice to every Union man in the South that he had no country, no Constitution, no flag, and traneferred him to the tender mercies of the Secessionists. Now, am I wrong in that? No, for he not only gives this opinion, but is also en dorsed by his attorney general, Jeremiah S. Black. [The speaker here read an extract from Black's opinion of the same tenor as Buchanan's sentiment.] Here the Union men of the South are handed over to the tender mercies of Jeff Davis. He would not protect them, for he spoke in the opinion of Judge Black. Now, my Democratic brethren, I ask you, if Buchanan; at the head of the Democratic party, as he was, did not kick out of the party all who did not agree with that doctrine ? All who were bold enough to differ, I may say, had to walk the plank. We have an ex ample of this in the independent editor of the Phila delphia Press. [Loud and continued applause.] Now, when the President had shown that the Union must fall to pieces, and that he would not endeavor to hold it together, our commerce began to dwindle and our productiveness to go down in value. Our prosperity received from the Democratic party a stab. Howell Cobb had felt our progress and suc cess. So he came to the North, and stated that se cession practically was an accomplished fact ; that the Union was gone. Our business fell off, and after that year we had not enough to pay our regular ex penses ; not even enough to pay old J. B.'s salary. [Laughter.] He offered a loan of $5,000,000 on the credit of the Government not at 4 per cent., nor 6 per cent., nor even 7.30, but at 12 per cent. Even with the increasing abundance of gold none were found to take the loan. The credit of the Govern ment was gone. When in its hour or need it came to borrow money there was none to offer it. For the first time in the history of the United States its cre• dit and its securities could not command a paltry sum. Now, under the Democratic party, the national credit was so blasted that at 12 per cent. per annum it could borrow but a miserable two millions and a hall of dollars. They now say that the country is bankrupt ! There is not to day two or three millions in coin of loans. The other day the Government advertised for 31,000,000 of dol lars at 6 per cent., and 55 millions of collars were taken at a premium of 4 per cent. We are bank rupt, are we 7 You could not borrow two millions and a half without tempting offers of 12 per cent. We can borrow it at a premium. How can you cure our bankruptcy ?—take a few hairs from the dog that bit us—ln other words, take McClellan as well as Pendleton, pluck ahair from those dogs, and it will cure the late truly. Credit and cash are sinews of war—Mr. Buchanan had invited secession, endeavoring to obtain that tittle loan for the slave States. He saw rebellion, war, and disintegration were coming. What did the slave States do ? On the 21st of December word was brought to Presi dent Buchanan that South Carolina had passed the ordinance of secession. Thirty years before, that war was threatened to Andrew Jackson. He was told that it had passed the ordinance of nulli fication ; that they had determined to nullify one law of Congress. What did that grand old Democrat of the olden time do when he heard this? He shook the ashes from his pipe, and swore, by the Eternal, that the Union should be preserved. [Loud ap plause.] He sent forth a proclamation to South Carolina, sirs to protect and defend that Constitu tion. He hadsworn to protect and defend it, and he meant to do it. [Applause.] He sent to them a proclamation conjuring them by the memories of the past, by their grand hopes for the future; he im plored them by their patriotism, their lova of their families; by their gratitude, their hopes; yes, even by their self-interest, to be true to the country. He did move. Old General Scott, not so old and feeble then as he is now, was sent down to Charleston, the garrison of the fort was reinforced,gave ample notice to the inhabitants that the laws were to be enforced, even if he had to batter down their accursed town about their ears. [Applause.] [A voice, old J. B. didn't do that.] Fellow-citizens, the order was never enforced. He never admitted it as we did. Now it was the 21st of December, 1860, when South Carolina seceded, and secession h c o a n ta tined Lic u o i n n t i l b e t c h: m e t e h r e f d i e % e, t 1 T 8 ,4 6, .1 , w s h e v e e n n A t y b . s r la x days of war had elapsed before Abraham Lincoln was any more than you or I—simple citizens—be fore he could meet the exigency, unfortunate as it is to us. They say we must not speak ill of the dead, but I think lam compelled ; fur I must speak of J. B. Floyd. It is very hot here to-night, but I think it is somewhat hotter where he is, for if J. B. Floyd is not down there I do not see any use for such a place. [Laughter.] We were eighteen millions and the South twelve millions, though they counted themselves eight—four of them, their bro thers, their nieces, nephews, and aunts—the negro. [Great laughter.] Some of them, 1 believe, could be accused of Wee; the sons and grandsons of the same man, and wore counted as nobody at all to begin with in the count. Well, let us admit eighteen millions in the great States of the loud, eight mil lions in the South. What did John 13. Floyd do 1 Our regular army then, 1 believe, consisted of 18,000 men, Bow many men we had In the States was bald to f t ascertain. he Democraticgpaavretypoass,alhonadessw)oslisocueirss too save, and he began a . grand raid upon our i arsenals and armories for pistols, guns, and other munitions andltoplements of war for the eight millions. Why, did you not hear of the live great uns that were coming through Pittsburg? That old Democrat, Senator Wilkins, with Senator Musro. head and our friend Judge Shannon. practioal Democrat [cheers], they were determined that these guns should not fall into the hands-of our ene gra phed to Buchanan and the Administration that mies, but they were law-abidinThe atlas were were making their way to the confederacy, to Mined. that these guns were on their way to a be used in war upon the emintry. It was &seer. new fortification on Ship Island. If there is anv soldier in the room who was ever in that to. cality I would like him to &nearer me One tilleetiOa. [No answer.] Now, gentlemen, there was no font hcatlon there ; they never had one there. It was a lie! [Applaus e.] They were to be sent to the Southern Confederacy to be used in the hands of the Southern Democracy to rend our countryin twain— to blast the hopes of humanity. What did he do with the armyl Why,lhe sent one-half into Texas, under Twiggs, and the other half, under the gallant A into Arizona, where there were no people, and none to be fought against except the Indiana. General Twiggs was not so perfect a traitor, and so deep in infamy as Buchanan, Floyd, and Cobb, for in the month V November Csoneral Twiggs wrote to Tames Buchanan and John B. Floyd, speak ing of the war, announcing that he was a Southern States Rights man, ready to take sides with the South le case it declared its inde pendence). In such an event he would be con strained to surrender his troops to that Govern ment. Why did they not remove him 1 He was traitor, and became an instrument in their hands, and though he had notified them, they still left the army under his command. These things are not mere words a they are as true as words of Holy Writ, and can be proven in any court of justice. They were permitted to remain under command of Twiggs until they were lost to the Government. Poor Canby, with his half in distant Arizona, with out supplies, without transportation, was reduced to want_ and unable to fight his way frame. TWllrgi surrendered the one in 'Texas '• Canby surrendered the other because he had nothing with which to fight his way through the enemy's country. Thus you see James Buchanan. a Democrat, and the Democracy did not condemn him, still swore he only was a Do ranorat and provided tor the Administration. In this way, when wo came to fight, the rebels had ten or twelve thousand prisoners to start upon, and we mutt win ten or twelve thousand prisoners in order to get an exchange. Oh, mothers ! if yoursons lan guished and died in the Libby all that year, James Buchanan and John B. Floyd were their murderers. Widow, if you are a widow ; if the husband for whom you waited, hoping, despairing, dying in some loathsome prison during that first year, the Demo cracy is responsible for your widowhood, and the des titution of your tender children. So completely Was this work done that we Cetild not command a company of regulars, and worse than all, an or ganization bad to be perfected. Lieut. General Scott, fearing for his own fame, felt the occasion, and ordered the reinforcement of Fort Sumpter. The President, however, with the aid of Floyd, had t a ken away every man. Gee. Scott wrote , an order Stating the importance of the post, and asking fcr men. James Buchanan was stung by that letter, and seeing the Lieutenant General's memory must have failed,. told him that there was not a man at the disposal of the Government, with which it could be reinforced. My Statement may not be true, but James Buchanan certifies in- that letter his own infamy, and the infamy of the party that lifted him into power. [Applause.] Well, now, my Copperhead friends will say you have dwelt on Southern men, and taken only a copy of Floyd. Buchanan., my friend, is not a Southern man, and I have taken him. Then I have taken another who lays under the charge of Democracy, a New Englander—lsaac Tommy, of Connecticut. [At this point a slight confusion around us pre vented us from hearing the next sentence, which referred to Toucey having stripped Brooklyn and other ports of naval vessels.] What did ho do f He laid up in ordinary twenty-seven of the largest ships in our navy, with their arma ment and full complement of men, in Nor folk and Pensacola. Ah whispers the lying Copperhead, there were ships in our other Parts, These twenty-seven were those usually in Soutliern ports ! No ! I answer. He sent other large vessels to distant stations, where naval vessels rarely or ever before bore the American flag. They were sent to the coast of Africa, out on the Indian Ocean, on the Mediterranean, to the South Pacific, and away up in the North. And when Abraham Lincoln was Inaugurated, Gideon Welles, his Secretary of the Navy, had command of only four of the smallest vessels of our navy, bearing five guns, and manned by less than 150 men. So that the army gave us a navy, made our prisoners for us, begun the war, de spite the hiss of Northern Copperheads, which wasito hold oureountry together. They understood the spirit but the Democratic party mistook their position. They counted without their hosts when they im agined that their best and noblest men would stand by them in case of Secession. General Grant gave them a fitting reply. [Cheers.] Ben Butler and General Dix showed .howgreatly mistaken were the Southern leaders when They counted upon those noble men as assistants. [Renewed applause.] Sheridan, the other day, gave his reply. [Three cheers for Sheridan.] The Southern leaders had not estimated theforce of ournavy. They had not looked into the depth of old Farragut's soul. [Cheers.] So I might go on naming from the army and navy noble Democrats whom they had not calculated on. My Democratic friends, have I exaggerated a single fact? Was it not that party that gave the rebels a navy and an army, and that sundered our country I The Northern Democracy are now trying to redeem their pledge ; for if they succeed at the nest elec tion, they must grant an armistice. [Cries of " Never, "'never."] I know how hard it is for one to separate himself from his party. It is hard to give our confidence to men whom we have opposed; but I ask you to do it as a matter of duty you owe to your posterity, to yourself, and your country. It may be said that the war has dragged along slowly; but, my Democratic friends, it does not become you to grumble in that respect. [Laughter and applause.] When George B. McClellan was given the com mand of the great Army of the Potomac none re joiced more than L But he received that testi. menial of the President's confidence, as we know by subsequent events, as he did the nomination of the Chicago Convention. [Applause.] We all know how he kept that army before Washington, wasting its best strength away. There did he re main until a daguerreotypiet, with his instruments, showed him the way to move on Manassas. [Laugh ter and applause.] Those strong fortifications which had kept McClellan and his grand army so long at bay turned out to be the celebrated quaker guns. [The speaker here read an extract of a speech delivered in the House previous to Mc cieuares advance on Manassas, to show how even then the strategy of that general was suspected of imbecility and cowardice. In that speech Judge Kelley stated that we were carrying on war upon peacei e rinciples. The Presi dent at last, wearied of t ordered on the 22d of February that there shout be a movement along the whole lines. Then there came a rumor of disaster in the valley. Pendleton was glad, Val. landigham was glad, and every Copperhead in the House chuckled. [Applause.] Mr. Schuyler Colfax -sent the page to the Secretary of War with a note, stating that there were rumors of disaster, and asking whether they were true. It was replied they were not. Edwin M. Stanton, one of the truest patriots of the land, [applause] told him (the Speaker) that in a day or two there would be news of importance. Every arrangement had been made for a great battle. Gen. McClellan had the reputation of being Be great engineer, and he determined to engineer it. But there was a break in the plan. McClellan thought the locks of the Chesapeake Canal were too narrow for his boats. [Laughter.] As God is my judge I tell you that that plan failed because the distinguished engi neer, the commander-in-chief of your army, thought that locks of a canal were too narrow. [Laugh ter and applause.] The President appealed to the General to push forward his army and win a victory for an expectant and anxious country. There are some things that the Committee on the Conduct of the War have never reported. It got out that the President was determined to have the army moved, and it was found that General McClellan had no plan ; and here I may state that we owe the Penin sula campaign to those distinguished Senators, La them of caliternia., and Elm of Minnesota, and a brigadier in the column of Joseph Hooker. Gen. McClellan's plan was concocted by others, and put into his hands. It was agreed on in a council of war. That plan was submitted to the President. It was submitted in the presence of Secretary Stanton. Stan ton put them through a strict course of examination. One General, Blanker, owned that he did not under stand the plan, but would sustain It, as he thought he had to obey the mandates of his chief. General Na glee was one of those present, and Stanton ob served that he had but one star. "Sir," said Mr. Stanton, " You have no right here !" "I am rep resenting General Hooker," said he It was after wards found out that General Naglee was absent without leave, and that lightirg Joe Hooker knew nothing of the council. [Applause.] The speaker quoted from the report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, wherein McClellan said that he was deceived in the nature of the Peninsula soil. It was not fit to fight on. He bad gloved his mailed hand and had quit the game of war for Presidential politics. [Applause.] How could it have been his plan when he knew so little about it. Truth to tell, It was to those Democratic Senators that the country is indebted for that weary , and exhausting campaign on the Chickahominy. Gen. McClellan, adhering to that plan, swamped the army, and well-nigh swamped the country. When McClellan hecanie tie commander of the armies of the Union, he sent Don Carlos Buell, a very slow general, to the Ken tucky department, for the purpose of dragging the war along. He ran away from the enemy until at last be ran out of the army himself, and General McClellan would do likewise if he was an honorable man. - Yet the Democratic party say the war has moved slowly. Who is responsible but the slow General? [Applause.] Our war is, indeed, an ex tensive one, and there have been no other wars in history to compare with it. Cromwell'e whole army Was not equal to Burnside's corps. Compare Wel lington's or Napoleon's armies to ours, and they dwindle into Insignificance. Waterloo was scarcely to be observed alongside our glorious Gettysburg. [Tremendous applause and cheers for Gen. Meade ] General Grant and glorious Sheridan are showing the world victories that have never been equalled before. And the political situation is gratifying. I will have the pleasure on Tuesday next to address the people of Kent county, Maryland, on the policy of their constitutional amendment abolishing slave ry. [Applause.] Who doubts the loyalty of-Mis souri ! Why, she will go 30,000 for Lincoln. [Ap plause.] Where is Arkansas A good slice of that has been conquered. Where is Mississippi l There is one here to-night who might tell yon that slavery is no longer an idol of worship. One scarcely feels like speaking of Georgia, for that State is now in great agony. De!aware is all right so long as she Is mounted by its noble Cannon. [Applause.] And while ,pealzing of these States, I am reminded of the recent correspondence between Hood and Sherman. [Applause.] The speaker here read Sherman's letter amid much enthusiasm. The Democratic party say that the war is a failure. A failure, indeed! I have pointed out to you how we have regained Maryland, Delaware, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, the great river of the West, and all the coast. Is the war a failure] Look at the grand field of war and observe how we environ it. Show me where any nation on the globe has so repleted its treasures, created a navy, created an army, and conquered a territory so grand. and so rich, as is covered to-day by the American flag. [Great applause,] He who W 41414 call this war a failure is a coward, a traitor, a false hearted villain, and does not deserve the honor of sharing now in the glories of his country. Are you willing to surrender those glories, and give up the soil in which our dead soldiers sleep He who would surrender those graves to the foe, may God Almighty curse him, his stores, and his home, For myself and mine, I will not despair, but, I hope that the family to which I belong will prove its manhood and transmit to posterity the blessings which it in herited from our glorious ancestors. [Applause.] Judge Kelley retired amid great applause, and alter a short speech from the Don. P. C. Shannon, the meeting adjourned. Impromptu Meeting Outside. The Hall being filled to its capacity at an early hour in the evening, large numbers of our citizens congregated In front thereof, until the street became so thoroughly blocked as to obstruct the passenger cars. Large masses of intelligent gentlemen moved either up or down the street, and when the crowd was diminished to the extent of several thousand. an impromptu meeting was organized by John Hanna, Esq. This was agreed to by acclamation; the front-door steps of the National Union League House, by the kind permission of the gentlemen of the League, were used as the place of declamation. Mr. Thomas M. Coleman was introduced. He delivered an argumentative speech that was enthu - Elastically received. Mr. O. took a retrospective, present, and prospective view of the condition of the affairs of our country, exhibiting the degrada tion of labor In the South, and contending that in order to make this a white man's country it is posi tively necessary to open the South to white immi gration. so that the resources of that great extent of territory may be developed, and the virgin soil be made to teem with industry, and yield its virtues for the benefit of the human race. The curse ol slavery has blighted the sunny South, and, therefore, thousands upon thousands of acres of the land there are in the same condition as when. Moah's deluge was dried up from the face of the earth. Mr. Matthew - Richardson recited some orb-inal poems, which were received with enthusiastic de monstrations. Mr. W. Maurice delivered a trial and appropriate address, suitable to the occasion, after which the meeting adjourned. Public Entertainments. DI lintaarr.—To.night, Mr. Edwin Adams, the popular and accomplished rotor now performing at the Arch•street Theatre, will have a benefit. No more entertaining bill could ba pre. seated for the purpose than the plays of " Wild (Jets and Black Eyed Susan—two fawrite and capital comedies, in which the public will find ex. ' cellent opportunity for I tulk,eng Mr, Adams ability az a bi4h comedi3a. THE WAR, SHERIDAN STILL VICTORN3 THE REBELS PURSOEB BEYOND NTIRSkti, A STAND ATTEMPTED AT FLINT 11/Li. THE ENEMY DRIVEN oirT 01:11 FORCES. SAFETY OF OUR SUPPLY TRAIN 3 A PEACE RUMOR FROM Gniio,[l, GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN GRAN'i's Price and S. helby's. Ploy in Arkansan. UNION FORCES CONCENTR , OFFOBE THEM. OFFICIAL CLIZETTE TOE PUBSIIIT OF TITS ENID( ON. F3TAT7D MADE AY THIC RECUBL:3 AT BT. 'l's THE HILL CA/MIND AID FIULD HT OUR SAFETY OF SHERIDAWS SUPPLY WASHINGTON, Sept. 22-9.15 P. .91.—hoapi, down to 9 o'clock last night have been re.ceived Gefseral Sheridan. A portion of the rebel cavalry hat InK turned )g to Front Res al, they were pursued, aUackel 101 driven by our cavalry, Which was still The rebel infantry made a stand at p • lln• a strongly-entrenched position beyond Stra,,,lN: which was attacked by our forces last evetunc sal the crest carried and hold by our troops. There is reason to believe that later ,I,mpc:eo were captured last night by MOseby n ear wit. chester. • General Stevenson reports that SheentAiid ply {mint; arrived safely at WincheEter la. t ai4ht, EDWIN M. 'STANTOh. A rs.a GE fiUMOR—B&PORTED PRoviu:T. PEACE IS GEOEOIA, it private despatch from Clincinnati states that news has been received there that Gov, Brown, g Georgia, and Vice President Stephens have a.311+84 General Sherman to grant them nn interview, alai that he has consented. This is confirmatory of the following .le,3par, d h which appears in the Richmond papor3 of Septew• ber 19th. ' 6 Placow, Sept. 17.—Rumors are rite to.day that General Sherman has sent an Informal requ,3st t. Governor Brown, Vice President Stephens, an.l n, V. Johnson, to come to Atlanta and confer :90/- on the subject of peace." The Richmond Examiner of the 19th:say3 "If Sherman sent any such message, he mu; )1 deluded into the idea that in capturing Atlanta we has subjugated the State. We trust he will roughly awakened from this delusion.," THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. SHERIDAN DRIVING THE REBELS—MO/:E P N I - 10:. 2R. [CAPTURED—BRAVERY OF CROOIL t S COMM to, BALTIMORE ; Sept. 22.—The American has ressivo,i the following special despatch CHARLESTOWN, V 8.., Sept. 22-1 A. 31.-1 Ir. rived here last night on my way to the front. Sheridan continues to drive the rebel; captorlo4 every day more or less prisoners. The wounded being collected at Winchester and put in :sum , rary hospitals. I expect to reach Winchester at noon and :Ls front some time to-night. ln my account of the battle of the 19th I Drua.a:4. to mention the foot of Colonel Duval being ed. His division of ClPook's command was on tie extreme right, and did some desperate fighting. His turning of the enemy's left flank did much tow„ - 1 securing us victory. The whole of Gen. ()min command fought:magnificently, and kept their pro. mice to ” wipe out Winchester." They ha - :e pro bably lost more men killed and wounded, In pro portion to the force they had engaged, than any )( the other commands. General Crook led his men during the hottest part of the fight, personally dl. recting all their movements and cheering them along. It is a miracle that he escaped unhurt, Si the bullets flew around him thick as hail. TIM LATH UNION RAID ON THE RAPID-AN-6R/2AI DrIBTRUCTION OP gLIPPLIP.E.-EN6ADEKENT EARLY'S' CAVALRY. WASIIINGTON, Sept. 22.—The raid by our cavalry on the Rapidan, in which the railroad bridge aver that stream was destroyed, was performed by ;A cavalry, under the command of Colonel Lut•lll4, 16th New York Cavalry, sent out by Gen, Auger. The movement was ordered in reference to the they impending battle between Sheridan's and Early'l forces. The expedition was successful in the de. struetioa of the railroad bridge, and also the Li berty Mills, about six miles above the Orange as! Alexandria Railroad, and 4,000 barrels of flour, wits considerable other properties. About 400 mules were captured, but on the n. turn of the party they encountered a greatly Eupe• rior force of Early's cavalry, with whom they had e smart engagement, losing 23 killed and wounded. and the mules they had captured. The main object of the expedition was successfully accomplished, Onkf.P.IDATi AT ESTIiti.6DITRa. WASH/NOTON, Sept. 22.—Sheridan reached Straa• burg at a late hour yesterday. The rebel retreatln4 rear lett the town but an hear or two before our a , f• vane° entered it. EVE ABBY _BEFORE PETERFSBUREA ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION OF TELE NEWS. PROTrt BUZ P.IDAN-A SIIOTTED , SALITTE-.THE REBELq PEED !NO ON THE RAIDED DEEP. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OP THE POTOMAC, Sept. 20.—The news of InerlOwn's victory In the valley was read to the troops along the line this afternoon. and was received with unbounded enthusiasm ant repeated cheering. A salute of one hundred shone , ' Runs will be fired - to-morrow at daylight in honor of the victory. Deserters coming into our lines say they are getting fresh beef issued to them from the drove captured from us last week ; that Hampton's ca valry accomplished the feat ; that they tool 2,100 head, 230 prisoners, besides trains, horses, guns, ho. Some of the rebel pickets today offered to trivia fresh beef for coffee and other articles ; but oa being asked what they would trade for Atlanta they hnd nothing to say, and retired in evident dbb gust. Lieutenant Peel, of the Seth New York, was shot through the bead today while looking through an embrasure of one of our forts, and was instantly killed. SnrTEMßnn 21-6 A, M.—The guns along tlis ea• tire line opened this morning at daylight, and kept up a fusilade for half an hour. Since that tiMe occasional guns are heard at various points. FORTRESS MONROE VISIT OF THE MEDICAL INSPECTOR-THE BLOC MID 3 RUNNER GERTRUDE FORTRESS Marmon:, Sept. 21.—Lieut.lmel Pinneo, medical inspector for the Department et 'Virginia and North Oarolina, visited the ifamptea hospitals to-day. The steamer 'Winamts arrived this A. til. from Little Island, eighteen miles•south of Cape Henry, with four prisoners from the blockade-runner i_frer. trude. The Gertrude went ashore, and when the Winants arrived had discharged her cargo ani landed it on shore. It will be looked after by the authorities. Captain A. S. Kimball, assistant quartermaster for some months at Old Point, left last evening tar Newborn, N. C., having been assigned to &JAY there. Captain William L. James, who was so summarl• ly dismissed the service about nine months ago, and subsequently reinstated, resumes his former 1 , 35 1 " lion in the place of Captain Kiinball, much to din satisfaction of his numerous warm friends in :hi: place. Nothing now, from James river to-day. DISNOIIRI AND ARKANSA!S PRICE WITH 20,000 MEN REPORTED ACROSS THR ARKANSAS RIVRII-SHBLEY TO 00-ORRHATE WITEI HIM IN MISSOURI-HRAV V UNION FORGE AT ST. Louis, Sept. 22.—C01. Thompson, of the Ist lowa Cavalry, who has just arrived from Little Rock, says it was understood there that from 20,00 to 30,000 rebels, under Price, had crossed the Ar kansas river, between Little Rock and Fort Smith. and all communication was cut between those points. It was not known whether Price WOUld strike Fort Smith, or march directly ror this State. Shelby had expected to oo•operate with him, and enter the State from the southeast, while he pushes his column in the southwest. A report from another source says that Price already hag a force 1,0(0 strong in Barr county, Mier $Ollll. A heavy Federal force is concentrating at Brownsville, between Little dock and Duvairs Bluff n DavalEonrs division, angler Generil Dennis, from Morganzia, had already arrived. KET.ITU SJK T. ONEILLA ATTACX ON A RAILEOAD TRAIN LomeVILLE, Sept. 22.—A small portion of Ma, gruder's gang yesterday afternoon tired into the train bound to thla city, at New Haven, Kentucky , and were repelled with a loss of several killed. The guerillas returned and burned the New Haven le• pot. Nobody was hurt on the train. EXTENSIVE POSITIVE SALE OF 7,000 DOZEN 1 -0. BIBBY, GLOVES, SHIRTS, NOTIONS, S:c —Tuts LAY. —The early particular attention of dealers is VP quested to the large and desirable assortment of •Y 2 .5 lots gents', ladies', and lIIIESOS , kid, buck, beaver. woolen, silk, cotton, and military gloves, gaUtit• lets, hosiery, shirts, &c., to be sold .(In Coillltitli - Don) on this (Friday) morning, September 2:3.1, cow' silencing at 10 o'clock precisely, by Catalogue. A four months' credit, by John B. Myers & Co., auc tioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. FrItIVITUICE SALE THIS MnaNII.ZO.—U.N3D. -00 sale tble ii4Orning, P 4 9 o'clock, at i the now auction store, No.lllo Chestnut street, compris - F over tAI lots of desirable household furniture, liv e piano fortes, velvet, Brussels, and ingruln cirpeti , oil cloths, parlor suites in moquet, brocuielle and hair cloth, mirrors, chamber suites, silver.plate d ware , cottage ftittlitiite, china. kitchen tlitnittzr a, beds, mattresses and bedding. parlor, 19.'1 cooking. stoves, &c. Secretary of wir. W.D.McG
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