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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1864.
,To THE FETEBIIIi OF THE SOLIiIRE IN
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;VERY
liivior STATE CENTRAL COUMITTER BOOMS, No. 1.105
Chestnut Street. —Our friends in every °MIMI Alid dis
trict in Pennsylvania should Immediately, without one
day's delay, send to the State Committee a correct cony
of 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 severarreid
+month 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
rt hem.
Grant Moves on Richmond.
When the time comes that the whole
history of General GRANT'S campaign can
be written Without injury to the cause
it will be found that since he was placed
in command of all the armies of the United
States the war has been revolutionized.
'The strategy upon which General Mc-
CLELLAIC depended has been repudiated
new pleasures, new men, have been chosen,
and, more than all, a new spirit has been
infused into our military life. Since GuLPT
became Lieutenant General the war
,has
, •
been a triumphal march ; victory after
victory confirmed the confidence of, the
' country in his ability; LEE, shut up in
Richmond and Petersburg, was no longer
able to send his army from one threatened
point to another, as in the days of Mc-
Clellanism, when orie rebel soldier did the
work of three. LEE, since GRANT became,
his foe, has had hard work to take care of
Ilia own department. This advantage se
cured,
SHERMAN moved irresistibly in the .
West, and finally ElinnIDAN struck that
tremendous blow which has annihilated
the rebellion inithe Shenandoah.
Now begins, or seems to begin, the grand
movement on Richmond. Apparently em
ulOue of the deeds of SHERMAN and SHERI-
DAN, but really profiting by their triumphs
GRANT has again moved an the capital city
of the Confederacy—in what force we
cannot say, nor with what secret purpose.
The movement may not be a direct attack
on Richmond, but a mepace intended to
have other results than the immediate cap
ture of that city. But it is apparent that
the great battles around Richmond, under
the personal direction of the greatest of
American soldiers, are now beginning, and
that the months of October and November
will, in all human probability, decide the
- fate not only of the rebel capital, but of the
principal rebel aimy. There is something
solemn and' appalling in this suspense,
which precedes a struggle so terrible, and
fraught with such mighty results. It might
almost be said that LEE never before was
in danger. Insolent, he cannot hold an
army at bay with wooden-guns, as at Mun-
son's Hill ; defeated, he cannot cross the
James, as after Antietam he crossed the
Potomac. He will have to fight now for
the existence of his army, and with a man
who has made 1864 the year most glorickus
in the annals of American war ; a year ra-
Aliant with constellated victories, and in
which (so it will hereafter be written), the
Union first revealed its full strength, and
assured the world of its safety.
The New Democracy of Pennsylvania.
Mr. FILLMORE, who went into the Vice
Presidency under General TAYLOR an Abo
litionist, under Senatorial influences be
came a pro-slavery man, and during his
Presidency the famous compromise mea
sures of 1850 were passed, by which the
free-soil part of Texas was thrown into
New Mexico, the free territory. acquired
- from Mexico was neutralized by the
Calhoun, heresy, and the only thing saved
to freedom was the free State of California,
which, with the Territory of Oregon, se
' cured seventeen degrees of
_latitude on the
Pacific from the foul blot and curse of
slavery. In return for the abolition of the
slaVe trade in the District of Columbia the
'South were given the fugitive slave law.
It was averred that the Missouri line of
1820, and these compromise measures,
formed a final adjustment and settlement
of the whole question of slavery. So far
had the influence of slavery in politics pre
vailed that even Mr WEBSTER ignored
those doctrines the defence and establish
ment of which hid formed the foundation
of his fame as an orator, a patriot, and
- statesman.
The Wise junta at Richmond had se
lected FEAKELIN FIERCE as their candi
date, his opinicau being satisfactory to
them, and accordingly, after - the strong
men of the party were killed off'by the
two-thirds rule, he was nominated• by the
Baltimore Convention and elected. He
brought into his Cabinet Mr. .114.nev as Se
cretary of State ; 31r. GUTILRIE, the reporter
of the peace resolutions of Chicago ; Mr.
,CUSHINO, the resißing president of the
Charliston Convention and the president of
the seceders at Baltimore, and lastly, as
secretary of War, JEFFERSON of
Mississippi, the controlling spirit of the
Administration and the' head and front of
the present wicked rebellion. His inau
gural promised repose as to slavery, and
in his first annual message he said "-That
this repose is to suffer no shock during my
•official term, if I have power to avert it,
those who placed me here may be assured,"
and yet in the very first session of Con
gress after his inauguration the repeal of
the Missouri compromise was• proposed,
carried, arid sanctioned by him, when a
single word of disapprobation from the
President would have killed it forever.
President FIERCE ie answerable for this
disastrous measure and all its consequences,
the last of which was secession, with its
necessary attendant, .civil war. Governor
BIGLER had been elected as a well-known
free-soiler, but not daring to declare his
sentiments upon this obnoxious measure r ke
- was defeated by an overwhelming majori
ty of 40,000. The contest by armed hordes
from Missouri, led by Senator A.vdarsox
and fostered by JEFFERSON DAvrs, to make
Kansas a slave State, commenced. Gover
nors were changed to effect this object, and
the great river Missouri was closed to all
travellers and citizens except the Border
Ruffians. Murder, robbery, and deeds of
violence were the fruits of this policy of
the Administration.
The Ostend manifesto was the open de
claration of the necessity of acquiring Cuba,
by force or by purchase, even at an ex
pense of two hundred millions, to be added
ti) the slave territories of the South, and to
be carried off by secession, leaving
the debt to be paid by. the North. It is a
remarkable faot, that after. Attorney Gene
ral BLACE had given his opinion in favor
of secession, which was virtually sanction
ed by the President, and when the South
was on the threshold of rebellion, Mr.
Bupii,rietr, in his last annual message, re
commended-the purchase of Cuba for the
benefit of the Southerniaing of 'the Demo--
•cratic party. Mr.. BUCHANAN succeeded
General PiErtWfli . rid,` after a most strenu
ous continuous effort on his part to
make Kansas a slave 'state, he was inglo
riously• defeated, and Kansas . was fi nally
admitted as a free State on the 29th Janua
.ry,JBol. -Mr. BUCHANAN'S statements in
:his message on this subject were both un
,candid and 'untrue, slurring over all those
.Iketiiwhich showed his unwearied attempts
'l6 defeat the will of the people of Kansas.
i . r.BirertANAN, an able lawyer,-had been the
;4M-icing supporter of the constitutionality
:of the Missouri co!npromise, with PIIicE
SIET, Molirioft, W#I` .. ADAMS, THOMPsON,
CALHOUN, and boat .a
yet,
'of other statesmen
and jurists, and yet, upon the announce
ment of the Dred. Scott decision, he said it
was so clear that it could never have been
doubted by any one, •,.
21r. Buell/me/'s Cabinet, as originally
constituted, but, 'one, really loyal man
in it, General CASS, who resigned in tie-
cember, 1660, immediately after the Pre'si
dent's secessio,n message. The men who
governed the President ; : were • SLIDELL,
' Misow, Iltavrma,
,a,nd others, who were
Manipulated by their leader, JEFFERSON
DAVIS. Their operations were visible in
the Senate, where their control was com
plete. •
Both Administrations of P.r.EncE and Bu
cuALArr were pry-slavery to the backbone,
and their real head was. JEFFERSON DAvrs,
whose ultimate objed was secession and
the establishment of a Southern slave Con
federacy, of which he was to be the civil
and military, despot, with actual power
greater than any crowned monarch of Eu
rope. The cowardly conduct of Mr. By
ellANAkr, the letter of General PIERCE to
JEFFERSON DAVIS, of the 4th January,
1860, his nomination at Chicago and with
drawal by Go'sernor WicRLIFF.E, his letters
since the rebellion, and the unqualified ap
proval by.both ex -Presidents of the Chicago
Peace platform and its nominees, testify to
the control of •the Southern. traitors over
these two gentlemen, whom the. American
people will forgive for fostering and
producing this unnatural and wicked rebel
lion. Many conservative men, including
leading Whigs, voted for Mi. Bumuyai
as a safe and reliable President. •Some
anti-slavery Whigs took office under hint
and became ultra pro-slavery, and in Tenn
sylvardi arc the recognized leaders of the
new Democracy which has repudiated the .
doctrines and principles of the old, genuine .
Democracy. A meeting called by - the
Mayor, by the advice of Councils, was held
on the 13th December, 1800, in Independ
ence Square, displayed a spirit of conces
sion to gouthern slavery, and in return,
seven days afterwards, South Carolina
hurled at them her ordinance of secession,
which was followed by warlike seizures
and captures by the rebels in• South Caro
lina,. Georgia, Alabama, and other South
ern States, and by the Ist February, Mis
sisiippi, Alabama, Florida - , , Georgia, Louisi
ana, and Texas had followed the example
of South Carolina. On the 6th February
the rebel. Congress met at Montgomery,
and on the gth elected JEFFERSON DAVIS
President and KLEXANDER 11.. STEPI9ZNS
Vice President of the.rebel States.
Oi the sth January, 1861, a meeting of
Southern Senators was held, at which it
was "Resolved, 1. That, in our opinion,
each of the Southern States should, as soon
as may be, secede from-the Union.
cg Resolved, That a committee be and they are here
by appointed, consisting of Messrs. DAVIS, Slidell,
9nd Mallory, to carry out the objects of this meet
ing."
. .
And' Senato.f.YuLEE,.on the 7th , describ
ing the. object of the meeting to be to or
ganize the Confederate .Government not
later than the 15th Februiry, said : "It
seemed to be the opinion that if 'we left
here force, loan and volunteer bills might be
passed, which would put Mr. LiNcouT in
immediate condition for hostilities ;..where
as, by remaining in our places till''..the4th
March, it is thought we can keep the hands
of Bucivolitaq tied, and disable the .Re
publicans front effecting anylegistatiop,which
i. idl strengthen the hands of the incoming
Administration."
The Peace Conference and the Critten
den compromise were, therefore, ample
forces to employ Congress until Mr. Bu-
CHANAIT'S Administration expired. Mayor
WOOD had recommended secession to the
city of New York. Ex-Governor :Paton
said of New Jersey : " I say emphatically
she would go with the South from every
wise, prudential,, and patriotic reason."
And he proceeded to say that he was con
fident the States of Pennsylvania and. New
York" will choose also to cast their lots with
the Soiith," and after them the Western and
Northwestern States. On Wednesday, 16th
January, 1861, a meeting of Democrats
was held in National Hall, ,in this city.
The venerable chairman, we believe, does
not now entertain the sentiments there ex
pressed ; and of the speakers, one of them
Is now one of the ablest, most eloquent
and outspoken advocates of • the Union
Cause.' The gentlsman calling the meeting
to order may have had New Jersey lean
ings, and the gentleman offering the reso_
lutions had probably South Carolina pro
clivities, whilst three of the orators are the
virtual, actual leaders of the new Demo
cracy. All the resolutions deserve a care
ful perusal, but the twelfth is particularly
significant, in view of the action we have
just narrated of the Southern conspirators :
Replved, "Twelfth, That in the deliberate judg
ment of the Democracy of *Philadelphia, and, so far
as we know it, of Pennsylvania, the dissolution of
the Union by the separation of the whole South—a
result we shall most sincerely lament—may reletise
this
_commonwealth, to a large extent, from the
bonds which now connect her with the Confederacy,
except so far as for temporary convenience she chooses
to submit to them, and would authorize and require
her citizens, through a convention to be assembled
for that purpose, to determine with whom her lot
should be cast—whether with .the North and the
East, whose fanaticism has precipitated this misery.
upon us, or with our brethren of the South, whose
wrongs we feel as our own; or whether Pennsyl
vania should stand by herself as a distinct com
munity, ready when occasion offers to bind together
the broken Union, and resume her place of loyalty
and devotion.',
Stripped of , verbiage,_ what is this but
downright South Carolina Secession—inci
pient treason, which was regulated on
Monday, 15th April, after the fall of Sump
ter, by the sturdy hands of the patriotic
freemen of Philadelphia, when the nation
al flag formed the safeguard, of those who
had applauded the action of the Southern
rebels. This was the starting point of the
new Democracy which has culminated in
t4e Vallandigham and Wood Peace plat
form at Chicago.
A CAPTAIN KOONTZ is out for Congress .
in the Twenty-third district of this State.
This gentleman distinguished . himself in
the following maudlin speech at Chicago:
" Lincoln is now played out ; the opposition to
him is going to be bold and powerful; there must
be no underhand work, and if Democrats catch
Lincoln's beastly satrap spies among them, they
must cut their (I.—d throats, that's.all. [Applause.]
It is the duty of every American to vote for a Peace
candidate." '
This is the style of " Peace" men who
have undertaken to reform the country.
Surely Mr. KOONTZ is a more suitablecan
didate for his- county prison than for Con
gress. •
TEE Richmond Whig, more than a year
ago, said of MoCLELLAN : How fortu
nate for us that he was chosen chief of the
Yankee army." When he was removed
the leading Southern papers protested
against it, and clamored for his re-appoint r
ment. These'are capital aiguments for his
party, for the rebels must be conciliated.
FERNANDO WOOD said, in a recent
speech/. ".General McCLELLAN, if elected,
will be the creature of our voice." This
is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth ; and VALLANDIGIIAM, who
moved to make McCLELLAN's nomination
unanimous, WooD, who forced the Peace
party in New York to sustain him, PEN
DLETON, who is his influential fellow-candi
date, will, if he is elected, be the Dictators
of the countiy.
" EARLY, It is said, ha gone over to stump the
States of Maryland and Pennsylvania for the Peaoe
party.”--Richmond Examiner. ,
If Mr. WARD will only let ns know when
this eminent Democrat will make his first
speech, we shall see that he is carefully
reported.
EVERY DAY we publish the votes of sick
and wounded soldiers in our hospitals,
and LlNcOrsr and JonNsox receive, almost
universally, majorities of eighty out of
a hundred. It needs little calculation. to
discover who is• the candidate of the
army.
WE. have heard with much regret of the
death of Captain ALEXANDER WILSON, a
highly esteemed member of the press and
bar of this city, and for some time the
leading editor of the inguimer. - Under
;BUCHANAN'S a ministration Mr. WILSON
`lleld.ihe important office of United States
District Attorney for Utah. On the out- -
break of the rebellion, he took an earnest
part in sustaining the . Government, and'
afterwards in • the Corn Exchange nee.
ment .fought with conspicuous bravery.
In "every station Mr. WILSON tallilled his
duty with ability and fidelity, and we are
sure that all who kn.ew him have felt a loss
in the.death of this gallant, talented, .and
,
modest
urrßit PROM "OCOiSIONAI.":,
• vt,
asl
rfnrisoTon, Sept. 29,`.1804:
The great question, after the master ob
ligation of restoring the Union, is which
of the two contending Presidential .parties
can most effectually and speedily conclude
the war; And before any citiieri gives
his vote he should study this question in
all its bearings. First of all, he must con
fess, however prejudiced he may be, that
simultaneous with General McClellan's
nomination came a flood of,Union victories,
achieved by generals notoriously opposed
to his election, and following, in every
case, pions of war directly at variance with
all his theories. From that hour every
thing has been disastrous to his party and
his policy. Imagine, now, the effect of put
ting him at the head of public affairs, with all
his interests against the men who success
fully conduct the Administration, and lead
our armies ! Such a result would not only
dislocate the whole machine of Goirern
ment, and compel a radical change in the•
policy so carefully prepared and so practical.
ly and regularly working, but it would fill
the army with discontent and despair. In
proof of this I need only quote the late
letters of Grant and Sherman,- and the
late speeches .of Logan and Hooker.
There is not a sentence in either of these
utterances that does not stand out as a
condemnation and refutation of the opin
ions of McClellan and his supporters.
Now, ,if these gentlemen wrote and talked
for the Government, and against those who
clamored for a change of. Administration;
if 'they did this as defeated generals,
their words would be meaningless, espe_
cially if, at the same time, they took issue.
with McClellan, as the great successful chief:
twin of the age. But their judgment becomes
overwhelmingly significant when they ad
dress the nation and the army against a
failing and halting martinet, and in the midst
of a halo ` L of triumph won by themselves. 1
They are concluding the war and crushing
- the rebellion.: Could McClellan do the
work better or quicker ? That is the prac
tical question to answer. If we turn from
the military and consider the civil situation,
the danger of a. change becomes, if possi
ble, more imminent. Take the War
Office, with' all its vast and vari
°us ; and widely-extended organization.
Never was any Department so vigo
rously and so conscientiously con: :
ducted. All is system, labor, and
lance under Stanton. But to bring order,.
out of the old chaos has required years of
toil, genius, and patience. The manner in
which this branch of the Government
is managed is something marvellous.
Promptitude, loyalty, and integrity are the
guiding stars of its resolute and fear
less head. The Department of State would
have to be put under the control of
another in the event of McClellan's elec
tion. Here, again, we see the rare results
of wise and wonderful foresight. The ex
tended field of foreign complications is
watched by Mr. 'Seward with a constancy
and a care that: entitle him to the grati
tude of the American people.. With the
Treasury, the substitution of another finan
cial policy would bring incredible dis
asters upon the country. Where has any
revenue system so splendidly vindicated
itself as that of Mr. Chase ? I may be an
swered that if these Departments are in such
admirable order, any other good men
could administer their exacting duties.
My reply is that McClellan and his party
are solemnly committed against 'all the
examples and proceedings of the states
men alluded to. To • attack the heads
of the War, the State, and the Trea
sury, to denounce and embarrass their
efforts and their suggestions, has been the
favorite study of George -B. McClellan's
friends. I can imagine the consequence
of superseding W. H. Seward by W. B.
Reed, his remorseless assailant ; W. P.
Fessenden (now gathering in the harvest
of the seed sown by his great predeceisor)
by. Horatio Seymour, who has labored with
Satanie ability tob#rig our national ctn.-
rency into disrepute,. and, aided by-Fer
nando Wood, has net hesitated to antici 7
pate - the repudiation of the nation's debt;
and, finally, Edwin M. Stanton by Fitz John
Porter or Don Carlos Buell. What would
the consequence be of placing these men,
or men like them (for McClellan would be
forced to make such persons his counsellors)
at the head of these great Departments ?
All that we have gained would be lost—the
stone that we have carried up the hill with
such weary, exhausting labor, would roll
down again, to the national destruction 9 I
do not speak of any personal interests that
would be thus affected. The departments
would be filled with spies. No matter who
succeeded Mr. Seward in the State Depart
ment, there would be foreign spies without
number—spies of France and England.
There would no longer be the healthy
American feeling that we now see perva
ding our foreign relations—the intense de
votion to American nationality and union
that has sustained us against the enmi
ties of all the world. How would it be
with a Secretary' of .State representing
the opinions of men 'who support McClel
lan—the men who took counsel with Lord
_Lyons as to the proper manner for securing
English interference in the national war ?
We should have an Administration in the
interest of England's aristocracy, and the
grand, lofty American feeling that the war
has so abundantly developed would he su
perseded and oppressed by sycophancy and
submission. The new Secretary— Mr.
Winthrop, or Mr. Reed, or Mr. Seymour
of. Connecticut, or whoever else—could not
escape this sad and contaminating Win_
ence. In the State Department we should
have spies whose sympathies are with Eng
land, and in the War Department spies
whose sympathies would be with Davis.
The spies' which now swarm around Wash
ington would then swarm inside the• De
partments. These gentlemen, mischievous
before, have become ferocidus and daring
since McClellan's nomination gave them a
gleim of hope. In the Treasury the case
would be more dreadful. The party which
has been bringing disrepute upon our cur
rency, and openly advocating repudiation,
would be placed in charge of the Department
it has sought to ruin. How long would Am,e
rican credit survive the guardianship 'of
its assassins? How long would • American
securities rule the market at Ham
burg and Bremen, with an Administratian
in power pledged to repudiate those securities?
Wiien 'I dwell upon our magnificent finan
cial system, built up with so much care,
and find that we have an income revenue
sufficient for the coming year to pay-the
interest on a debt four times as large, and
at the same time meet the current ex
penses of the war, I trernble at the idea of
the ruin that would follow if the enemies
of this system - were entrusted with- its
management. We have another question
of justice and humanity to consider. Sup-
pose McClellan is elected President, what
is to become of all the colored men whO
have been freed from slavery and placed
in the army? Would the herdes of Port
Hudson and Fort Wagner, - and the humble
tillers of the farms around Beaufort and
New Orleans r be driven back to slavery ?
Would men who -had worn our blue uni•
form and followed our 'starry flag 14 com
pelled to kneel before the lash of the slave
driver ? Manhood revolts at the base sug
gestion, and yet McClellan would be
forced into -this policy by the men who
owned and controlled him. Again, we
must remember - that to the eyes of the
foreign sympathizers and sympathizers at
home, McClellan represents the enemies
of the country. His election is hoped for
by the Lorl:in Times, and not a vote will
be cast for hint in the Border Mates that
Would not be cast:l4 men who hoped and
'believed his triumph would be the triumph . "
Of rebellion. This triumph can never he—
for I cannot believe that the American peo
ple will• ignominiously.conclude a war be
gun fol . the holy purpose of crushing a re
hellion against Freedom and the 'Union.
, 4 telt iiiiA.dMinfatration iiirty that this thing
must atop. We 1111:havi f,ten speech."
This is frcin.the? Wo r ry; of course—a
journal WhiChon*eiy . .43:4; allows with impu
nity how far free'spinch cigi be abut/ed.
:1 ; - • : I RT,PHIA; FRIDAY. SEPTKM
MEE 30, 1864..
Letter from air. William Cornell Jewett,
Mr. Jewett writes the following letter to explahr
his position as regards the Democratic party and
the nomination of General McClellan. As Mr.
Jewett has °perked considerably in the Interests of
the Democratic party, during the peace negotia
tions at Niagara Falls,and on many other °outdone,
and is conversant with the alms and character of
the leaders of his party, his letter has some interest
and value. Mr. Jewett prefers Mr. Lincoln to Mc-
Clellan, on the ground of honesty and reliability,
and proposes that the expected meeting at Cincin
nati shall either nominate a true "Peace" candi
date. or litippOrt 'Mr.- Lincoln with a reaervation.
The rest of the letter gives hie views concerning our
relations with Europe: • .•
CONTINENTAL HOTRL,
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29, 1864.
To the Editor of The Press :
SIR: The Press having misrepresented my posi
tion as to the coming Presidential election, and my
late movements in Europe, for international action
to urge a peace, I desire to state : First. That if the .
American people desire to avoid the certainty of a
further four-years , war, with an increased national
debt and repudiation, let them vote for Lincoln ; for
Lincoln, if elected, will join the peace power of the
North and South for a desirable and speedy peace,
while under McClellan the War Democrats will in
sist on the continuance of the war for party power
and individuil wealth. .
President Lindoln has now an established policy
before the world, under which, with modifications,
peace will sooner be obtained than under a new Ad
ministration. The War Democrats have deceived
the South, in failing to redeem promises made
to unite - lip= a candidate who would secure
unconditional negotiation, and under which pledge
they secured the power of the Peace party. Gene
ral McClellan, by ascepting the nomination, through
a repudiation of the peace portion of the Chicago
platform, has become a party to that deception and
shown himself ungrateful to his friends. The peace
strenerth of the country, then, should defeat him. I
trust, therefore, to see at Cincinnati, in October, an
independent nomination, that the peace element
may be consolidated under a distinct avowed plat
form, or a declared sueportior Mr. Lincoln, asking
him to modify his platform so as to admit of a tem
porary suspension of hostilities for negotiation.
Independent of McClellan's now unprincipled pp
_ Mien before the country, I deem the people should
oppose him from his inoo nets ten ey,for while proclaim—
ing for the Constitution and Union, I have but to
point to two acts to show he opposes both—first, in
not having executed the order of Government for
the arrest of. the Maryland Legislature either un
der protest or resignation.; secondly, in now pro
claiming for •the Union.as theQnly ultimatum to
peace, and opposing negotiation, the only mode to
find out if the South will reunite.
Secondly. While in the language of an editorial
in the New York Herald, " the thrones of Europe
will never be stiong so long as our powerful Repub
lie exists, and that Napoleon is anxious to break it
up for that reason, and also for the glory of France,"
/ must protest against the editor or other portions
of the press making rue 'a party to or an instrument
In the hands of Napoleon. to consummate so.
grand a scheme "as to break up this. great Govern
ment in order to clear the Way for the establishment
of - European rule upon this continent, and the de
struotion of democracy everywhere." Seeing the
success of this purposes, through a continued war
and a neutral coarse of Europe, finally to end in a
force policy under a recognition of the South, was a
leading , incentive for to urge peace upon the
best attainable terms. I may In justice fortify this
position of Europe to destroy our Republic, either
through diplomacy or force, by a reference to 'a
remark made by a distinguished Russian notable
at Sebastopol, in 1857, to an American lady, that
through a combination of means then entered into
by J uropean Powers, America would in five years
or more cease to exist as a Republics. It is
said Napoleon at that time entered into an
understanding with England, Russia, Austria,
Prussia, and Spain' to destroy our Republic,
and upon the ruins of which to erect a monarchy—
thus the sudden and unlooked.for defeat of the
Democratic party,'as a power under the war clouds
of-slavery, thus the neutral policy of Europe, and
nowripening period, through our increasing power
less position as a nation and the necessities of the
South for prompt European action, unless under a
wise policy of negotiation peace.be had.
I appeal to the Common sense judgment of the
American people to heed the late admonitions of
.the Herald on this point ; and under which judg
ment, to act - and preserve theirnatlonallty, through
art . 'early peace, thereby heal' the' national wound
of disunion, atid,eave the South the ilfortification, un
der necessity, 'to accept from Europe independence
under the slavery of monarchy, through the de
struction thereby of our Republic entire. As to my
having any connection, directly or indirectly, with
Napoleon to destroy this Republic, I do hereby, for
my future protection, publicly deny and declare
that Napoleon does not possess sufficient power or
wealth, nor the Governments North or South, nor
politicians nor parties, to tempt me to destroy my
now independent position in efforts to cease the
war and perpetuate our form of Government.
While seeking European aid to stay the war for de
liberation, I have done so upon the ground as due
tolaumanity. As to mediation, I justify Napoleon
"froin his belief that he saw more the glory of France
in the inauguration of an international negotiation
policy to control the disputes of nations than in the
Immediate overthrow of our Government. I desire
here to state that, while' a consistent advocate for
peace daringthe war, 'I defy the press to point to
any position In my.political writings or conversa
tions showing me as untrue to the Democratic party
or the Union, or as having compromised" myself as
in favor of the independence of the South, unless
that independence be established through the
united judgment of
_mankind as just or as an
indispensable means to preserve the Republic.
Hence my efforts for mediation and an interna
tional tribunal—hence my effort, with Mr. Greeley,
to secure the presence of commissioners at Wash
iogton—hence my favor to a Presidential candidate
upon a peace platform. WIC COBNIIICZ J11972TT.
In. New .Yerisey.
BURLINGTON, N. Sept
. 9.—The Democratic
Convention of the, SectindTOoriiressional district
met here to day. This:Hon. Chas. H. Haight, of
Monmouth ) presided. This Jlon. Geo. Middleton,
the present member, ex•Goiernor Fcit, of Ocean
county, Dr. Skelton, iii..td:erder, and Joseph D.
Beadle, of Monmouthi, were, put in nomination.
Mr. Middleton received thertiomination of the Con.
.vention on the first ballot.
Eloirorr, Sept. 29.—The prize.steamer Matagorda,
alias Alice, capturedkon the , 10th instant, by the
steamer Magnolia, arrived to-day. She was cap
tured on her outward trip.froni Galveston,
The steamer Havana' aa captured off Yucatan.
banks, after a chase of 'five hours, with a cargo of,
six hundred bales
. of cotton. She' is ap. iron, side
wheel vessel of five hundred tons, is quite fast, and
was built at Wilmington, Delaware. After her cap
ture she was sent to Key West. Her cargo was of
such value
_that it was considered prudent to send'
the gunboat luka to convoy her to this port, which
Was done.
BosTow, Sept. 29 -The revenue cutter North
erner, from Fortress Monroe, with Assistant Secre•
tary Harrington, arrived to-day. - •
The revenue cutters Pawtucket, front New York,
and Mahoning, froth Portland, also arrived. It is
reported that a trial will be made of the relative
merits of these vessels.
THE .11.!0 COI.IOIERTS which the Italian Opera
Oempany. of'. Associated Artists have given have
been ,unusually Interesting, and the one given last
night, at the Musical Fund' Hall, was one of the
moat pleasant we have heard for years. The singers .
.are well known. Pdatiame Whiting Lorini, Stefarii,'
and Amodio are established faviirites, and the new
tenor, Signor Testa, has a charming voice, not
strong, but sweet, and used with Intelligence and
grace. The programme was not :the• hackneyed
selection to which We are too often treated, but
fresh and interesting. We are glad to notice that
the manager announces another concert for Monday
evening. , •
LARGE SALE 01 HOUSEHOLD FVENITURE This
NORNIN6--4JAnto.—Our sale this morning, at
o'clock, at the new &notion store, No. 1110 Chestnut
street, comprises over too loth superior furniture, in
oludins rich suite of parlor inrniture, in brooatelle,
cost $OOO ; suite in green plush, suite in mCquet,
eight rosewood piano fortes, parlor, chamber, and
dining-room furniture; cottage Banos, velvet, Bms
Bele, and ingrain carpets;, China, glass, and plated
ware; French plate mirrors; elegant French, China,
Bohemian, glass, and lavavases ; beds?mattresees,
and bedding; book-eases, fireproof chest, stoves, &e.
•
- - OCCASIONAL
STOCE ON ihriVß/.73X AND SlLvaa•Wartie Foe
SA.Lx.—We invite attehtion to the'advertisement of
Mr. J. 0. Fuller, under Its proper head, In another
column of•our paper boqiiiy, offering for Sale his On•
the stock and fixtures, consisting of plated ware,
jewelry, Ea. We coruider this a Capital opportu
pity fora business man to invest, especially as the
whole be eold on the most reasonable terms,
WASHINGTON.
- - • • WAettutGraff, Sept. 29.
INTERVIEW ACTWEEN THE PRESIDENT 'AND
GOVERNOR CURTIN.
At - the solicitation of the President, Geyer!Mr
Cluanx had a protracted interview with him Yes
terday. The eonference was asked in a friendly
spirit, to remove the coolness that has so long ex•
hided between the Administration and tbe Executive
of the old Keystone State.;,..A;g; mocir.orta and
of iers , the goyerniir;a 'immediate advisers are
bore to comae) *Whim.
. .
GENERALS IN TOWN
Generals FAWNISIVOBTIE, BARTIATT, HOOKER
and •liTrisow are In town.
DEATHS OF PENNSYLVANIANS.
GEORGE MCOARDLESS and Wm. SWARTZ, Of the
6th Pennsylvania "Heavy Artillery; Wm. Waroaen-
Dan, of theist Pennsylvania Cavalry, and An A.MII
FRSY, of the.s3d Infatttry, died and were burled
here yesterday. Several rebel 'prisoners died yes
terday. • -
THE POSTMASTER GENERALSHIP. •
Governor Dasien,cm will be here tomorrow. He
will aoceptthe Postmaster Generalship.
APPOINTMENTS.
Colonel COLE has been appointed provost mar
shal of Frederick, Md., vice Major Zer.r.or, ordered
to Hancock.
Major Moryoun, Commissioner of - Exchange with
the rebels, has been promoted to a lieutenant cola
ne10y...... •
WILXINOTON NO LONGER TO GIVE US
TROUBLE,
Wilmington, N. p., will hot be much longer a
trouble to our navy. -
Hopeit•are entertained that an exchange will be
effected for Geriefal STONEMAN.
TEE PEACE RUMORS.
After a fereful ingitiry it cannot bo ascertained
that ling IMpOitaare ,is attached, In'othoial•ciroles,
to the rumors of Peace propositions from Georgia.
.. A. ' p. • ' - •
iMPORI:AITx. . DEClBy.uly' . IN . RELATION TO
DRATTED- m;EIT.
The War Department has deeded that a drafted
mairmay furnish a:substitute" lifter he has been ao-'
cepted and in oamp.
When the substitute is accepted the Government
will discharge •the dratted man'and permit him to
return to - his home. ' • J 5 - ;',
TEE NEW MONEY ORDER SYSTEM.-
In consequence of unavoidable delay in the print
ing. and numbering of money. order blanks, the sys.
tern cannot be put into operation before the middle
of 'October.
IMPORTANT TO,SOT,DIRRS' WINES
It may not be generally known that the pay due
to•our soldiers in Southern prisons oan be obtained
by wives, on the presentation by the latter of
the proper vouohera to the pay department in this
city.
ADMIRAL RARRAGUT TO bows 'NORTH
It is believed that Admiral FABRLGIIR will be
immediately transferred from the command of the
West Gulf Squadron to the North-Atlantio Blooka•
ding Squadron, and that Admiral LEa will take
command of .the fleet in Mobile Bay..
Democratic Congliessional Nominations
Capture of Valuaide Prizes.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
THE WAR.
GRANT MOVING* ON RICHMOND.
Rebel Entrencbments Carried by Oen. Ord
GUNS AND OVER TWO HUNDRED ,
PRISONERS CAPTURED
GENERAL 01133 WOUNDED ..
The - New Market Bead Carried by Gem Birney.
THE MARCH CONTINUED TOWARD RICHMOND
SHERIDAN STILL ON THE ADVANCE
HIS CAVALRY AT STAUNTON ON MONDAY
REPULSE OF FORREST IN TENNESSEE
The Rebels Reported Moving from Pa
laski towards Chattanooga.
TEE INVASION OF MISSOURI
HORRIBLE UDE ITLLA OTPF RAGE IN MISSOURI
SEVERE DEFEAT OF THE REBELS
AT IRONTON.
FIFTRIN KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Pilot Knob Evacuated by. Geri. Ewing and
the Fort blown up.
POTOSI CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY
Twelve Thousand State Militia Under Arms.
LATE REBEL AD VICES
HOOD REPORTED RI SHERMAN'S REAR.
FIRST OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
SHERIDAN'S CAVALRY AT STAUNTON ON.HONDAY
CpMELtiNIOATIpIi 11PTERB.T/PTED BY-GUERIL.
LAB-GENERAL-ROUSSEAU RETIRING TO NASE
Wham:um:now, Sept. 29-7.45 A. M.—A despatch
just received from General Grant gives a telegram,
contained in yesterday's Richmond Whig, dated at
Charlottesville, Which states that our cavalry en
tered Staunton on Monday, at 8 o'clook, and that
our forces were also at Waynesboro; that no damage
had been done up to 4 o'clock P. M.; but that smoke
indicated that we were - burning the railroad track
between Christiana creek and Staunton.
No direct communication has been had with Gen.
Sheridan for several days. Couriers to and from
him are known to have been captured by the gueril
las that infest the country in his rear.
Despatches t 0.9.40 last evening have been received
from General Slerman at Atlanta, but no move.
ments at that point are reported. •
From Nashville our despatches are to 30 last
night. The enemy did not attack us at Pulaski ,
but took the pike towards Fayetteville, and were'
pursued nine miles by our cavalry. Gen. Rousseau
is retiring with his infantry to Nashville.
The draft is quietly progressing in all the States,
but as desperate efforts will be made by the enemy
to force Sherman from Atlanta by destroying his
communications, volunteer enlistments being more
speedy than the draft, all loyal and patriotic people
should urge forward rapid enlistments in order to
reinforce Sherman and enable him not only to hold
his position, but also, without delay, to push on his
caratign, • _ EDWIN N. STANTON,
• Seoretary . of War.
SECOND OFFICIAL GAZETTE. ,
OFFICIAL. DESPATCH BROX GENERAL GRANT-RIM.
OESSFUL ADVANCE OF: GENERALS ORD'B AHD_
/MINDY'S CORPS--OAPTURE . OF 15. GNRB - Al6 800
PRISONERS-GENERAL ORD woulrnanstrzirxr.
MARCHING ON TO RICHMOND,
WAstinyrox, Sept. 29-1.05 P. M.—The follow
ing despatch from - General Grant, announcing the
movement of our forces against Richmond, has just
been received:
HEADQtrARTRIta, Ouariw's
Sept. 29, 10.45 A. M. •
Major General Halleck:
General Ord's corps advanced this morning and
carried the very strong fortification's and long line
of entrenchments below Ohapin's Farm, with some
fifteen pieces of artillery and from two tothree hun
dred prisoners.
General Ord was wounded in the leg, though not
dangerously.
I3eneral Birney advanced at the same time from
Deep Bottom, and carried the New Market road
hand entrenchments, and scattered the enemy in
every direction, thOngh he captured bat few.
Eels now marching on toward Richmond. I left
General Birney where the Mill road Intersects the
New Market and Richmond road.
This whole country is filled with field fortifica
tions. • U. S. GRANT, .I..lettt. Gen.
EDWIN 1.1. STANTON, Secretary of War.
MIfSSOIIRL
THE REBELS not FRONT OF PILOT RNOB—REBEL
ATTACK ON MINERAL POINTCAPTIIRE OF POTOSI
BY TEE REBEL 12,000 STATE lINDEM
ARMS.
ST. Lours, Sept. 29.—Mr. Burns, telegraph op.-
rater, who left Pilot Knob disguised, at noon yes-
terday, arrived at De' Soto to-day, and reports that
General Ewing had concentrated his troops in front
of the rebel position. The . enemy had planted- a
battery on. Shepherd Mount, and were throwing
shells into the fort, doing some execution.
A Federal force, under Col. Mills, was attacked
at Mineral Point last night, by a large body of
rebels. The enemy were repulsed, but our troops
subsequently withdrew to De Soto.
Potosi was captured by the rebels last night.
[Potosi is about seventy miles southwest of St.
Louis.]
General Smith's headquarters are still at De
Soto, where he is receiving reinforcements.
General Ewing was ordered to evacuate Pilot
Knob, but the rebels had cut his communications
before he could get away.
About 12,000 militia are now under arms, which,
with independent citizen companies, make quite a
formidable force.
PARTICULARS OF TEX SITUATION AT PILOT KNOB
--ATROCIOUS GUERILLA 017TRAGE9.-MURDER OP
WOUNDED SOLDIERS-SEVERE REPULSE OP TEE
' 'REBELS AT IRONTON FIFTEEN EUNDRED
KILLED AND WOUNDED. •
ST.rLours, Sept. 29.—Captain Govin, assistant
quartermaster of this district, who left Pilot Knob
on Tuesday morning with a train of commissary
stores sent away 'by Gen. Ewing, furnishes some
information in relation to the situation in the
Southeast. The Tort at Pilot. Knob is strongly
built, and mounts four 62.ponnders and six field
pieces, but they aro ineffective against the artillery
on Sheppard Mountain.• Information from that.
quarter is looked for with painful aturiety. The re
bels lost 50 killed in their attack on Mineral Point
on Tuesday.
On Tuesday night Prices headquarters were at
Frederloktown. Gens. nen,. Marmaduke, Cor
bell, Shelby, and Cols. Williams, Gordon, Comings,
and others, his subordinates. He has 'a few infant
ry, which guard a. long wagon train. Nothing has
yet been heard from General Mower.
The raid On Potosi on Tuesday was by a scouting
party, who robbed all the stores and conscripted'
Several citizens.
The railroad below Big River is abandoned, and
It is reported to have been torn up in various places.
A party of rebels have gone to Richmond,
Washington county, and It is likely will next be
heard from on the Southwest Branch, cutting the
communication bet Ween here
-.A large number of veterans arrived' here yester
day, and several regiments of Illinois one -hundred
days men are, ordered here. , , _
Thirtyrfour soldiers, most of them discharged ve•
terrine, returning home from Berrie& at Atlanta,:
were shot in.cold blood and their bodies horribly.
mutilated, at ' bentralts: kr. Rolland, - express
agent at Centralia, was , also murdered, and t,nree
citizens on the train were wounded and left to burn.
with the train, which was - ilied" and started of at
frill speed.,
About an honr after the guerillas lett, Maj. Johnson,
with about one hundred and fifty militia arrived at
Centralia,started out in pursuit, but were ambushed
three miles out, and ninety-ona of their number, in
cluding Major T. Been, were killed. The militia
are all raw, and are badly armed. The guerillas
were under the. notorious Bill Anderson. This is
the most atrocious affair since the massacre at
Lawrence.
The following despatch was received at headquar
ters tonight from Captain Hills, General Ewing's
adjutant:
At daylight our outposte at Ironton were attacked
and forced back to within half a niile of the fort.
The enemy made a desperate effort to get possession'
of Sheppardt Mountain, and in the afternoon sue.
ceeded in driving a battalion of the 14th lowa into
their ritapits, and getting twofi-poinder guns in
position on the mountain.
The mountain steeps overlooking the , fort _were
Ailed with dismounted cavalry, and the south front
was threatened by four lines of cavalry extending
across the valley between the fort and Ironton,
commanded by Pdarrnadtike, while a column passed
around the base of Sheppard Mountain and formed
at thesouth. . • - •
. .
Gen. Clabell commanded the dismoun ted oavalry
on the slope'of Pilot Knob. Tie - rehel troops thus
_disposed, s signal of two pais witaired from the
mountain and the atsault in force , writi on our,
works, coming up in fire style to the ditch e s, They
went back to the mountain .in indeOent hake; leav
lug 1,600 killed and wounded. Amongst the latter
Is Eitteral Cabeli, clue Iley.teriattt eylouel, two cap
.
60,' se ' L udt ' s. ° li eu t enants . t:4Lr entire lose waif nine
Yesterday morning, at four
killed end Elx wounded.
.o'clock, we lejt."thel
fart, and blew it up.
Since the reception of theahey' 4. t
e despatch, -I lest*.
that General Ewing, after blowing . , up, the...,ftirt.;*
evacuated Filet Knob, bringing away hie ' entire
• Oi.foinand, snd will reach Harrison's Stat,ion, on the
Southwest Branoh Railroad, tonight. *.
There is much rejoicing throughout the,,.eitY at
the escapeof General Ewing and his gallant - s,little
army. Col. Fletcher, the radical candidate for Go
vernor, commanded one regiment.
General Smith evacuated De
_S,oto. this iniwzrilig,
and brought his forces to 'Jefferson Barracks, 12
miles below here. The entire Oeuntiii below Mer
maid Bridge is abandoned. Gen. Smith -arrived in
this city to-night.
The Unionists along the route of the Missouri
Railroad_ are intensely excited over the Centralia
massacre, and call for the extermination ofrebels
and their sympathizers. The organization of the
citizens has so far progressed that business will' be.
resumed tomorrow, but the • storeS will be closed
daily at eight o'clock,,to,glre opportunity to drill.
• The appointment of General Blair to command .
the defences of this city has created great dissatis
faction and much indignation among a large por
tion of our citizens, and Gen. Bosecrans has modi
fied the order, and since promised to supersede Blair
on the arrival of Gen. Pleaaonton at this city.
Senator B. Gratz Brown has been assigned'to.the
command of the militia.
A immense meeting was held in Court House
Square to-night to celebrate Sheridan's victories.
General Grant's despatch, announcing his ad
vanes on Richmond, creates the'wildest enthusiasm
and delight.
The rebels infest the entire country south of De
Soto, plundering everybody they meet. They have
lists of all the Union men in the counties through
which they pass; whom they kill on sight, and con
script all rebel sympathizers, even to boys . of 15.
TENNESSEE. - - •
REPULSE{ OP PORR3BT BY GENERAL ROUSSEAU....
TICE REBELS WITHDRAW FROM 2113.A851-HOR
REST BELIEVED TO BE cuaivii TOWARD CHAT
TANOOGA. •
NASHVILLE', Sept, 28.—Nothing has been heard
from General Rousseau today . The wires aro cut
both on the Tennessee and Alabama and Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroads, south of Columbia and
Tullahoma. No trains are running north of Nash
ville. It is beßlyed, however, a desperate battle
for the posiessfoniif - Pulaski has occurred, or, may
now be progressing...-The rebel force, according to
the latest advicos,had advanced their lines, prepare..
tory to an early attack on our troops to-day.
The fact of the wires being cut induces the belief
that there are parties of ramie in the rear of Rous
seau, for the wires on the Chattanooga road were
all down beyond Tullahoma, but have . since been
repaired, and are working through.
Forrest's polloy.is to damage to the !Idlest extent
both railroads leading to the front.
The extent of the Tennessee and Alabama road
already destrOYed will require Several weeks to put
in running order.
Fours P. Ri.—A courier has just oome in from
Gen. ROusseau with despatches to the effect that
during the night Forrest withdrew his whole force
from the vicinity of Pulaski, and is believed to have
crossed towards Chattanooga.
Gen. Rousseau reports the rebel loss dining yes
terday's fight at two hundred, and some twenty
prisoners were captured.
-There is a small rebel force at Sinnvllle.
The colonel commanding at Columbia telegraphs
that small detachments of rebels are near Cohira
ble, intending to destroy the railroad between that
place and- Nashville.
WIPARTMENT OF' THE SOVTII.
THE REBEL SHAR2SHOOiIIES WITHDRAWN ?nom
BUMPIER THE DEFENCES OP 011ARLBSTON
BEING STRENGTHEN=
Nev.- YORK, Sept. 29.—The steamer Fulton has
arrived with Port Royal, S. C., advises of the 26th
inst.
_She has on board the 3d Rhode Island Artil
lery. On her passage home she chased a large
blockade-runner, but gave up the pursuit at night,
leaving thetunboat Gettysburg to take care of the
rebel.
The Palmetto' Herald sass that a Government
clerk at Hilton Head has been arrested for selling
passes to go North.
The frith Massachusetts Regiment is still guard
ing the rebel officers under fire on Morris Island.
The rebels at Fort Sumpter have been lately sta
tioning sharpshooter among the debris of the fort,
but no casualties resulting from their tire, they have
been withdrawn:
Charleston'hai suffered considerably latterly from
the fire of our 100-pounders, which are more effec.
tive than the 30-pounders. Twenty-five hundred
men are eigaged in strengthening the defences of
Charleston.-
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
EASILY AT KEZZLETOWN ON SUNDAY—THE OAP•
TURF. OF STAUNTON SAID TO AVAIL SHERIDAN
NOTHING.—HOOD REPORTED. IN SHERMAN'S REAR.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 29.—The Richmond papers of
Monday contain the following items
On Saturday and yesterday heavy cannonading
was heard at Staunton, in the direction of Harri
sonburg.
GeneralEarly-reaebed o'eloek
yesterday, Sunday. Opinions are divided *Tether
he will make a stand at Beezletown or fall farther
back.
There is considerable excitement among the citi
zens of Staunton, and many are leaving. Ail the
sick, and wounded and Government stores have been
moved tb a place of safety.'
Sheridan may take Staunton, but the •capture
will avail him nothing. The Valley, since the be
ginning of the war, has been a race-ground. Sheri
dan having reached the other end of the course, if
be does not pull up of his own accord, he will be
From Culpeper we learn that there is no enemy
in that country, except the small Body of cavalry
tha,t ricentlyburned the bridge at Rapidan Station.
No movements of the enemy in Georgia are re
ported up to the latest accounts.
The expulsion of the citizens ,of Atlanta has been
completed.
It was reported yesterday that Hood's army was
in Sherman's rear, and _between him and Chatta
nooga.
• A-large forre of mounted Yankees is collecting
&Wound Gap with the Intention of making a raid
Virginia salt works. This, we presume, is
the same force that was at Lexington, Ky., two
weeks ago, and is said to be 12,000 strong.
CALIFORNIA.
THE FAMINE TN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES-THE
MARERTS--SHIP NEWS.
SAN Frwicrsoo, Sept. 29.—Large contributions
are being made for the sufferers by the famine in
the southern tottntleff. •
The market for flour and wheat exhibits much
firmness. The export demand is falling off.
The Golden Age has arrived with the mails and
passengers which left New York on the 3d instt
The bark Sophie and Helen, for Hong Kong, takes
$lBO,OOO.
Greenbacks are down to Silty cents. '
NEW YORK tJITL
[Special Correspondence of The Press.
NEW Youic, Sept. 29,1884.
71!ILITABY MATTEEB.
' Major General Dix has returned to the city, after
a visit to Detroit and contiguous cities, with a view
of sifting the matter of the late piratical raid from
Canada.
The "Ellsworth Avengers" (44th N. Y. V.) ar
rived hero yesterday. This regiment was composed
of picked men, and participated in the battles of
the Potomac campaigns. By the casualties of war
It has lost about twelve hundred men. One hundred.
and seven members are all that have arrived; about
three hundred remaining in the field, the majority
of whom are new recruits.
Charles G. Halpine, Esq., otherwise' ' , Private
Miles O'Reilly," and formerly of General Hunter's
staff, has just been admitted to the bar.
It was yesterday announced officially that the
quota of Now York county Is full to the overflow.
The "double-ender" Chenango, which, It will be
remembered, was blown up in this harbor some
months ago, has been repaired, and will be ready for
sea in about a month.
THE GREAT RACE
came off yesterday upon the Fashion Course, accord
ing to announcement. The result was unexpected,
The old champion was General Butler. Prince boat
him, however, in the previous race. Yet George
Wilkes was the betting favorite. Great surprise
was therefore elicited by a complete turning of the
tables, as shown in this summary :
Lady Emma 1 1 1.
Prince 2 2 2.
John Morgan 3 4 3.
General Butler ' 4 3 that.
George Wilkes was withdrawn on account Of lame
ness.
POBTPONIUMERT OF RACES
The Hoboken races were postponed to-day, on ac
count of the rain. They.will come off on the 3d and
4th of October.
ras ratan or: COLD.
The quotations of gold at 4-P. : EL. range at from
195 to Mr. - •
3 P. M.—Gold is quoted at94 . pralniulia:.
Gold closed this evening at lINI, at Gallagher's
Exchange. -
German Opera.
The Italians no longer have sole possession of the
lyric stage in American ciities. They share it, and
must henceforth share it, with their German rivals.
The German opera is now not only musically valu
able, profitable, and popular, but It is fashionable.
The season at the Academy of Music, New York,
has been a decided triumph, and wlien " Faust" or
"Robert" has been sung, hundreds of people
have been unable, to obtain admission. We are glad
to state these facts, for upon the success of the Ger
man operkonr musical progress is greatly depen
dent, and - it - hea had
. already important results.
When .11It'Afisablitz began the enterprise we pre
dicted its suCielw, and % our belief that Mr. Grover
could make the German opera equal In all respects
to the Italian 18 ilrendy,-.1U#41e4-_
J •• •
The company still includes ohannaeri, Frederic!,
Habelmann, Hummer, Herrmann, and, all the ar
tists of last year.. In
and
these we now
have Madame Rotter and Carl Formes, besides the
new singers engaged by Mr. Birgfeld in. Europe,
some •of whom haye arrived. Among these are
Theodore Formes, the tenor, and brother of Carl;
Joseph lireu,the celebrated basso; Mesdames Isa
dore Lehman, Marie Holland, and With
this unusually large and complete company,
direeted,bY , Mr. - f•Ansehuts, Mr. Grover can do
anything' he plotless. It is capable ef. producing
the most Olabniain operas with a perfect cast,
and: "Robert ", le "La Julve," •"Don
Oloianni" have teniii"brought Out thus early' in
the season, while the " of Geuriod and
"Le Tiophete" are among the greats works an.
nounced. The _chorus, as we •heard It in the Nevi
York Academy last .week, is decidedly thel inest
and' strongest •that iny of our operatic companies
has posseised for several yeafs. Th.o Germs Opera;
Is in short established by Mr. Grover - on a first.elasS
basis, and will surprise our, "intudeal public in tee.
vember. "
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the%:Onntry and its cause." The meeting was or.
gaelzed;as follows
PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM:W_ELS :M* -
VICE PREELDENTEI.,
'Ohas.Mgalge,
Chas. Le a nnig,.,_
Geo. H. Kirkham,-
David.Fnuat, :
John llLlCenziedy,
Edward C. Knight,
• Samuel E. Stokes,-
John E. Greet, -
• Thoo. B. Watson, -
Jeremiah M. lkooks,
Thos. Smith, •
John Hazeltine,
Solomon Alter, -
Peter Sieger,
Geo. Morrison Coates,
Davie Pearson,
Martin Buehler, .
Jigs. H. Orme,
Andrew R. Chambers,
Geo. F. Work;
Oonrad S. Grove,
Geo. R. Oat,
Wm. J. Taylor,
Algernon S. Roberts; •
Jaoob Riegle,
. Frantising,
William H. Brown, .
Isaac Jonee,•Jr.,.
Daniel K. Grim,
• Thad. W. Markley,
Edward S. MeWson,
• Lewis Hayward,
• Allen Cuthbert,
Charles Fronefield;-
. V. C. lungerich,
Thomas T. Mason,
James Graham,
George A. Wood,
George Helmuth,
Nathan Rowland,
William C. Keehmle,
Charles F. Norton,
Charles A. Newhall, •
William Sellers,
J. E. Caldwell,
E. Westcott
L. G. Mytinger,
Thomas H. Moore,
Charles E. Spencer,
Charles Norris,
James Carstairs,
John Deveranx. -
Jam Webb,
Geo. H. Stuart,
'434lo.ll: . :Asitton, -
D. PAloOsminent
lEWIT°I4/04.
Remit Diihring,
T.P.4Steiner, •
J. Gillingham Fell,
Dr, David Jayne,
Henry 0. Carey,
John T. Lewis,
Seth B. Stitt,
Samuel Grant,
'Simnel Baugh,
paniel Beidleman,
Jacob W. Goff,
J. B. Lippincott,
J. B. McCreary,
Ohm. Hump_hries,
Edward G. James,
Wm. U. Ludwig,
Jas. C.:Hand;
John Mason,
Samuel T. Alteraus,
Lewis Andenried,
Matthew Baird, t
William C. Kent,
A. E. Bone, •
Coffin Colket,
Henry Cohen,
Robert Steen, .
Samuel Bispham,
David S. Brown,
John B. Budd, -
Thomas Sparks,
Lambert, R. Walker,
Daniel Steinmetz,
Andrew.Keyser,
Benjamin F. Ruddy,
Lindley Smith,
Robert Lindsey,
Philip Oarlin
Richard Gars ed,l
Nathan Hillis,
Andrew W:Evans,
J. Obaikley Wood,
Charles Kneoht,
George A. Smith;
Barton Groen,
Lewis Brown,
Flemming Holliday,
Samuel Fox,
James S. Mason,
E. Harper Jeffries,
William S. Stuart,
Thompson Reynolds,
John H. Michener,
James W. Carson,
Joseph W. Miller,
Pau J. Field, -
Andrew_(}; Cattail,
John S. Stairs,
Madison R. Harris, ,
William G. Steel,
Geo. D. Parrish,
Edwin A. Adams,
Chaa. H. Hamric k,
3. R. English;
Edwin A. Hendry, • ,
Charles Marshall, • .
Tazoes'M. Riddle,
W. H. Tiers, - -
James M Smith,
Chas. J. Richardson,
Jno. W. Seaton,
Aaron Fries,
A. G. Stein, • -
J. M. Hafleigh,
James G. Hardie, '
The followinK . resolutions were then read` and,
• -
unanimously adopted :
TRlcereas, In a period of unprecedentedtrial, in which
the very existence of our -country is at stake, it be-
hooves every patriot to take a firm stand upon her side,
and to put forth his best efforts in her behalf. '
And isliereatt. The business men of Philadelphia ap
preciate keenly the present crisis in our national
affairs, and feel sensibly that not only the liberties and
institutions of our country. but also the financial and
commercial stability whichare so important to the wel
fare of our people, would be greatly jeopardized by the
substitution of new men and new measures for those
which have bean lon g tried and well approved.
• And *whereas, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
are men of kxrerienced statesmanship, unsbrinking
patriotism, and stainless integrity., and are explicitly
and unequivocally in favor of the prosecution of the
war until the Union shall have been fully vindicated, -
and.an honorable peace secured; therefore. •
Resolved, That we consider the re-election of Abra
ham Lincoln to the Presidency of the United Ststes,and
the election of Andrew Johnson to the Vice Presidency,
as deeply essential to the most vital interests of the
nation,
Resolved. That we will use every exertion to make
the electlon.of these gentlembn sure, feeling this to be
an Imperative duty which we owe to our beloved
country-
.Resolved, That the grateful thanks of the American
people are eminently due to the 'gallant soldiers and
sailors who have so nobly sustained the honor of our
Bag on land and sea. The record of their glory is im
perishable and forever engraven on the hearts of their
countrymen. - .
Resolved, That as an evidence of the deep interest we
feel in the movements now being made to secure the ob
iect set forth in the foregoing 'resolutions, we wilt join,
as a body in the great public demonstration .of the loyal
men of this city proposed to be made on the evening of
the Elth Of October. - '
,SPEECH OP MR. WELSH.
• Kr. Wel sh thanked the audience for the honor conferred .
upon him. He said that the business men of Phila
delphia were not invited here to-night to proclaim their
loyalty, for he did not think it likely that that was
suspected. [Applause ') He could certify, indeed, that .
the mercantile community of Philadelphia was loyal
to the cause. [Applause.) They were not there to dis
cuss the finances of the country, for,they knew that in
the war for this Government we are not expanding
one-third the preilts of its productive, honest people is
- their various pursuits. „They had assembled to CHIL-:
alder how this Union could be preserved, how the Go-'
vernment could be strengthened• and perpetuated. .
They were here to prepare to give their decision at the
popular tribunal—the ballot-box. The . Peace party.
Was new remark ably silent. Some of his •hearers had
been to that part of the country where tornadoes and
earthquakes frequently occur. Before th e great na
tuft', orliburets there was always. a Intlnch por
tended the terrible things that followed fro em, h and
il ki
theyonight draw a moral from these when the agar(' the
Peace party in this country and its apparel: ttiettude.
The speaker quoted -.Vallandigham's exposit nof the
Chicago platform:. and' said 'that be would ask them
'Whether they could give their support to that party
which enslaves every freeman that comes within its
reach... Suppose; that that , party„ - b. oar 'supineness..
should succeed in choosing a major ity of the 'electors
when those electors are about to cast their votes, can
they -be bound- to him who rejects the .platform on'.
Which they were elected. 'No I if they are true to their -
party, they would
thisto that man and say: ."-if o r can,
comeequarely on platform,' we will vote for you:'t '-
If he accepts it,' the moment be takes the Presidential
chair he is expected to coat rm to the regalationa of that
platfOrni. It he does riot conform to it, the Democratic
patty is r. need, and he is pointed to the little clause of the
Constitution providing that in the case of the death,
resignation, or disability of the President to perform the
duties of his office, the duties will devolve upon the
Vice President for the. rest 'of the term. If
they are true to their principles, they must say it to him.
At the outbreak of the war all were not situated as he
was. - He was in Washington when the Government
was trembling to its posy foundation, and .there was
there an old man whom be believed to be honest—at
least as honest as any Democrat could be (Laughter.)
Then,. four years and a half ago, that old men held the
reins of Government in 'company with John C. Breck
inridge. But there-were three men in th at city to whom
' the countryowes to-day its gratitude. Those three men
endeavored to, prop him up when he seemed totally
unequal to his situation, and was as weak as a rag.
The first was the eloquent Holt. [Applause.) Next to
him was that sturdy, thick set, and fearless man—a
man for the times—our present Secretary of War,
Staunton. (Applause.) The next was a dignified
one; who `bad been a - Democrat • dyed in the wool.-
who so reverences the flag that be would make it
his windii g-sheet rather than behold any man within
his jurisdiction pull. it, down. [Applause.) I mean.
Generill- Dix. ' fltenewed applause:7 But for these
three men. the vipers who were nursed in the Cabinet :
of Buchanan would have gone out and poisoned the
whole country. Now, having once seen the danger of
our people, the speaker believed that the same trap was
laid for the peon le now att t e a s laid then, and the only
way to avoid it was by the election ol Lincoln and
Johnson. [App!anse ) Thus only could the country-be •
secured. g - Lincoln might be a Western man, and, his
practice at the law might hive all been on - the - Western
prairies, but he was true and tried, and deserved re
election., It was dangerous to try new experiments, to '
give any opportunity to the Peace party to profit by its
portentous silence... The question before them now
was whether the man who saved
the man whg had proved himself c ap a blefor the trust
reposed in him, who had satisfied every patriot, should
again reoccupy the Presidential chair That was , the
question which the assembled business men were here
to discuss to-night. -
The concltision of hdr. Welsh's epeebh was re
ceived with applause, after which he introduced lii'.
George Buzby. . .
• 1
kPEICCH OP MR. BUZBY.
Mr. Busby considered thitt there were two teats in
which a nation must be tried before it can be considered
as a great nation.' • The first of these was the power to
resist assaults from a foreign mitten; the second is its
Power to vanquish an intern al foe. The Ara had been an
plied, when we won our independence from Great
Britain, when the Wood and wealth of the people were
consolidated to enable them to remise a leading power.
The second came after years of prosperity, in a form of
the tremendous et Vil War in. Which we are now en
aged. The Analtution of slavery,: which our fore
fathers, when they-framed the Constitution in the
glowing spirit of liberty, was left to the good sense of
the people to be Adopted or rejected. - Since then the
system of slavery has grown np a gigantic evil.
and . now demands all our efforts to quell it.
The great demand ;or cotton: -; the: staple of the
South, raised by, its negroes, maddened the slava
holders with its universal profits, and inflamed by the
cringing submission of the slaves around them., their
thirst for domination induced than to assert that none
should have power over them. Bat for once their own
will was not law. They determined to make war
on ns and by suaden and desperate attacks to convert us
into dependent vassals. But three years of this strug
gle had passed by, and the business men of Philadel
phia were assembled, in full view of the past, to
renew their allegiance to the old flag, to_ renew
their determination to abide by :our country to the
last, and to recognize the importance of_ the elec
tion of Lincoln to the Presidency [applause) '
and Jchnson as Vice President. [Applause.)
They have been tried in the furnace of tribnlation, and
have come out pure gold. [Renewed applause. .1 Abra
ham Lincoln 'brought with him to the Presidential
chair a national reputation for honesty, and by his four
years career as Chief Magietrate has never deserved re
proach. Andrew Johnson was a heroalnong the heroes
of Fest Tenne_scee. Both were men who could well be ,
trusted.. They had already been approved, and to the next
fair" ears they would bring an experience' of .precie ns .
value. Their policy would be settled—not subject to
capricious changes—and the country could look on
its future in calmness and security. Of tits op
posing candidates, all that could be said of them
would •be that they evince what they are by the
compel y they keep. And when it is seen that Val
landigham tae Woods and Seymour% are the lead
ing intelligences of the Democratic party, which
placed McClellan and Pendleton on the Chicago plat
form, it would be seen that among these people there
was ne place for honest men. [Laughter.] And when
it is seen that all the traitors of the North are in the
ranks supporting McClellan and Pendleton, and when
it is known that the • rebels themselves cheer en
thasiasticaily the cam* men, we tarn front them as dig
rusting. [Applause ] Mr. Busby saidthatthe President
as s . Welsh), in addressing. them;' had' said that they
were not assembled to discuss .financial measures, but
still he wunld claim a re ome nt to speak of financial.
events. The Copperheads make much' of what they
call the immense public debt, piled up by war expenaes,
and assert tbat,our resources are unequal his length
ened prosecution of the war. • Now, by the census
of litO, the entire wealth of that portion of the
country now in the iron grasp of the Caton had a
value representing $ 5 .000,000,000. In 0380, a year
after that.- it was estimated' at $ 11 ,000,000,000, and
over. This showed an increase of 127 per cent. In
ten ybars. and the whole national wealth an. the same
territory was estimated at $8 CC0,000.000. Now our war
debt J. have seen computed in some quarterrat only
13 millions of dollars, thus • showing the peat oars °ker._
demandedhe inco wartsbe country and the expenditures
by the The speaker was satisfied with
such a picture as this. We can, afford to pay . this debt
and give the t opperheads two or throe hundred: mil-
Done besides, at d yet our income will suffice to cover
our expenses. Oar' resources are scarcely touched.
They are, for Ike mat part, virgin, and can be made
immensely productive; no one can measure their extent.
There were, besides, burdens of debt greater than. this
mentioned in history. In the war with which England
entered or account of the Vreuch revolution; - her debt
was augmented a trifle She great 03,500,000, 000, and of
this, 0.300,030 000 was left in. the shape of mortgages,
and some of it in 'he shape of a national debt.- Now
Why' did Great Britain go to this vast expenditure?
Not • for the maintenance 'of her national honor; not to
preserve herself from attack on. her.exiatence;ebut
simply becau neighbor, meddleseme splritsin the affairs
of its nearest a wish to dictate to the people
of Frau co • how they should live. . what their in
stitutions should be s ' and what laws they should
enact and enforce. The .Bnglisli nation plunged into
that war and expended $ 8 .600.000.000. Such being the
case, shall it be said that the freemen of America, with
all their institution's, their Government at stake,
are not willing to expend for such objects as these
as much as. the :British aristocracy expended in or- -
der that they might ' enj pecial privileges ?
They cannot come to such a p as s as thia; certain
ly. not' But the sneaker -considered the neces
sity for nay peat additional' expenditure to be nearly
over.- The envie were animicleas and shouts of liberty
Were coming from all quarters. [Applause.] They
were heard from Grant, Sherman, Sheridan. and Far
ragnts: [Cheers.] The political signs
cant. Maine and Vermont had already spoken—Cap
plause3—and Penne,ylvanbsworild speak for herself in
October [applause.] Her late election gives the right
to vote to our soldiers in the field. That had manifested
Oa direction ofeher 'sympathies; Their_she :/faTe one;
hundred thousand instaOrityin favor of that proposition,;
grid it would be swelled by that aoldier vote instig
T 1 ere se ere comfort and syrapathylfrom t • natant, and
good corning in from every quarter. Englesa, France,
and Germany were rejoicing with ns in our wiccess and'
depressed with our defeats. t 2 % • And not oray was ;pupa
y being 'extended towards 118, but than was' every
nana'wheart'.a `determination that .Itherty'should
irt er,Bll-: ihe • land. • That, principle was, implanted .1n
each Map - as eternal-as the,sonl Niftt: We ha ye only
ARMS.
Chas. J. Sower,
James Barrett,
Jam,es S. Martin,
Charles E. Clark,
Geo, Cookman,
Seth Comley,
Wm. J. Miller, •
George J. Gross, •
Isaac Starr, Jr.,
Col. Peter• Sides,
George B. Kerfoot,
Thomas B. Stotesbury,
William Hunter, Jr.,
A. B. Shipley,
A. H. Fuller,
Alfred P. Scull,
Isaac M. Moss,
Edward H. Graham,
A. X. Sloan,
Geo. W. Blabon,
Amos R: Bittle,
Wesley R. Kurtz.,
Jos. G. flenszey,
Robert D. Work,
Theo. A. Royal, , ,
H. D. Nell. • '
continue to march forward, de,
that snia7 aria@ by our own COL
maxi however high toned, t
at the noble deeds revealed flori n
Nre.believe soleinnly , that the df
tbe good we will do. Thomas J . (
in a contest like this the Simla)
noplead him to take side with
in. slavery, can assist it in pre.,
'w lien' we gatheftogether in Nov ,
o'th - ilia:don will be heard --a ri c
won— We shall sit down in Pear
be saved. .
• r: EWR.PCM OP ME. A. o.
• The applayse °with which
comed,hailng somewhat subs'.
Iows• • •
Mir:. PASSIM:NT AND PRLLOW-4
tions to be discussed here, and w
in the coming contest,. in October
simply the questions which bay(
" ties, 1 should not be found octal
platform to-night; but believing
existence of orrt Government is at
that upon the issues of the electi
'depen de all that is dear and facia
Motions of our country, I am wn
I am to appearing.upon the roatn
night and to endeavOr to conve)
sentiments which animate my ow
coming contest. It has been
night that, for more than tar e ,
engaged in the most gigantic we,
Fear 3 ears ago the people of the Unitea n n.nnt
sovereign capacity,
declared at the ter`,under the forms of the Constitution,nnn
the laws of the land, that Abraham „..
the President of the whale thin, -fo,„' - `,.°n . a .
[Applause.] But the wicked and infonnnnte
South ignored the great principles of tin'
while claiming to be the particular finnit't,,
canes of nemocratic principles. They tn o
principle that the majority snail g o l _ tt ir,i:
having been a party to that election; ei l ' 6t ttn
Mend all their power and influsnce todne"r•
they said "We will not neycnin.
rule over us:" 'We come now, at %In*.
term, to say that be shall rileor'n
thirty-four „United States. [Tremenno ,
ne
We intend, my friends, at the cocaine nn
to the enemies of our country in o ar m ni
deluded brethren of the South, " no n n n; n.;
of the people in 1860; you Went oat fr,n;',.'n•
vernment of the Untied Statee, th e
ever voucheat d to man—and we mean
November, that as you went out fromn' A nt:
vein mem without cause, in consequence 'n'n l
of A braham Lincoln, by the grace o f n ni n
nets of our soldiers in the field, non eller'
under it. " (Tremendous ,cheers.] la ton
Within the sound of my voice so pert ten
cowardly that be can look in the face ei - n
the slater wholiaslost a son or a brother ; ;;,n ,
field, who can look in Ate face of - nen --
euffered the- privations _ and losees
dreadful war.: and yet say , that tines non ,"2
go- ecot free ?,-,f "Ince no: '1 And is On,
this assembly who is prepared to- ninn
the privilege of going to that Southern
so many of our brave boys have fallen, n;
graves °nth tise fallen heroes and to drop ern'.
tear of sympathy and.affection? My fnenn.
surrender to these insurgents the graves nr. ut
and Jan son ?, (" No "3 No. -The Peonen!
have reballed• against the best Goveretann
ever vouchsafed by. God to man, and it
lovers of liberty and of our kind io'see ;en
bellion against such a Government *shall aY
either bn fords of arms or the treachery or n e
its friends in the North. fanantaime ]
And now; my friends, I come to the simian,.
which I have to submit to this audience:
from the my heart that this gitainn
is now staggering toits fall; believing inn rt :
of the Union have throttled the monster, an
glaring eves and distended tongue betoken Q . , '
non rs of agony approach, I am here to -night.;
whether by the election of. Abraham Lincoln
not reaffirm your determination that by the L .
God the rebellion shall die, and slavery, ;,t,,
cause, shall die with . it? [Great cheering,'
again and again..] For, I believe, and lam
who have closely examined this question
With me in.the opinion, that the election
ham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson to ,
eidetic," and Vice Presidency of In,
States—men - who have ever presented .
and Brave Trent to the rebels—will be tn
declaration. which they cannot mistake, On',
has
,vowed before God and man that the retie`'
he subdued by force of arms, and that th nn
took the sword sball 'perish by the sword
friends is there not something dna to the; chieftain who, as has been appropriately san t
has• borne upon his shoulders such 3 w e nn
never borne before by mortal man? Is then;
thing due to the pilot who has stood at the h'n;:,
very darkest hours of the dark night thronn
have been .paiming, and who , when other •
hearts have quailed, has so managn
Ship" .of State that she 'is to-day n n
billows of popular discord with a fair pr,
soon entering the blessed haven of peen .
subject my friends, for. your serious con:
There is no subject of more importance ii.,
interests than this, pertaining to the apps,„-
and national elections. ; .It is important':;
yourselves, but for your children, and for rtn. •
of all the world. And anew me to say, n,
change of Ad ministrationleyen admitting:;
aible that a better man than our own inn
candidate can be found, which I do not b::.
volving, as it would, a change in the Fs
for the suppression of the rebellion, would!!
rebels nutmeat time to recuperate, and en.
power which, under other circumetancee, taa
never post ens. Let me illustrate my mearlan
tle anecdote. lon ce heard of a -gentleman-in
travelling in the Western country, seated On .1
mare, fell in 'with a youn colt. In croennsi
the bridge upon which
they were gave air,
three were throweinto the flood beneath. a fn
men will naturally catch at straws, the traren:
hold of the colt's tail. The current we.; an
threatened soon to carry • him beyond
of est:atm:teen when a Part , on the An
out, " Why don't you let the colt ,' en
hold:- of the • mare's tail ?" " es •
" this is no time to swap horses." fLanglan
plat:men) , So I think, my friends, that when r
in the Executive Chair of the nation a man
been so thoroughly, tried as has the present
you tvill'ntot, in tvcrisis like this, 'mann
anybody else. I believe that, as in our Reran
'
struggle the band of Providence was planar
and that as God raised up a Washington for t 2;
ranee of our country, so may the hand of Pion;
seen new, in the selection of; Abraham Liman
post of President of the United States, in order:
us through the dark hours of war and of
which have come uponnus. If we fail now In
Abraham Lincoln, we shall be unfaithful to
to our children,to Go_d.and to the liberties oftn
Now, my Mends, no part of my panne
night to' ~peak of the zing candidate, bon
desire, to* sneak for, ment of the pri nen'.
two parties.- The CORY hat met at Bait:
nominated Abraham Lincriladreir:
adopted a straightforward, taniParealaaly,
platform, which - he who runs may Vial.
misunderstood?' ghat that . Convention was ter-
(thin of this nsbellion by force of arms, tuna
were not in favor of-any other peace commie'
be sent to she South than those we haven
rating thone9 3l -nantn Sherman, Sheridan, and F
[Great annilause. The National Union piny
(end if there be a Copperhead in this 3959Mb1y:•
he will give jest as much publicity to the tan u
in himpower)—l say the national Union pan
to withdraw Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, akin
and replace them with Vallandigham, Weeny
moor. We are dispoeed to believe that the a
missioners we have now in the field will
make for us a more lasting and endarin
any commissioners that can be appoland
places. lam not .a prophet nor the eon of
but I venture to predict that the re- election
ham 'Lincoln will so fully satisfy the h
of the South of the determination of tie
people to compel' all" rebels to acknowlalr
premacy of ' the Constitution and law
political triumph will be of more impn
than 'the capture eta' dozen Richmoads,
that many to be taken. The Southern mot
been anxiously watchingthe aspect of eon
at the North, and they are now only swat'
vent into power of a class of dastardly r
may be willing to make such a peace as
face of every honest man to blush withal,
friends at the North are favorable to a tees,
tilities, and I presume they would prefer ic
object as speedily as possible,- as you can
afternoon papers that General Grant
making another peace proposition to th
applause.] I presume that the distra
Democratic or Copperhead portion of
try is not alleviated to any considerable
the news from Sheridan--aafellow who hat
of some of the grossest violations of the non
and about the Shenandoah Valley. Wet
men, he is absolutely arresting about ten ti,
them, and has never even called on the. cici
aeceitain whether he was right or wrong.
The 'peeler concluded with an esrniit ap
hearers to use every exertion in the discs;
duties devolving upon them in the preen:
citizens and lovers of their country.
ISPEECH OP DAIrIEr.. DOHOHEETT,
Though laboring tinder indlspositioc, t
given myw ord. I come to make a few remarti
mg here-1 am forcibly reminded of a meek
• this hall four years ago. It was a meeting of 1
maw.. The Charleston Convention had
' assemble again in Baltimore. The Secessi":
Suing their plans to destroy the Democracy'
might destroy the Onion, had left the Coave
Was between the adjournment at Charleston I
assembling at Baltimore that the meeting wit
this meeting, in the course of my addres-, I
following language: "Temporize with the ,
who are bent on destroying the °overnice
hope of suffering mortals ! Never, neve
The day the Democratic party admits these
counsels her doom is sealed, and she deer
Let the Demectats rave, and rave, and rat
will laugh their threats to scorn, but if lb
one overt act of treason, hang them from at
of the Capitol, and teach their followers the
ties of the nation are too precious to be d'
those who, rather than fail In their unholy
'would deluge their native land with Pratt:
These sentiments then met with approrinz i:
Were the opinions of the honest masses. F 0...:,
' leaders who then 'stood here with me sacral:
ple to organization, and the once mighty ;
buried in the grave of disloyalty. Aad
hope even against hope that, Phtentx-like , ;
rise from her ashes, shake from her the ignob•
who dishonored her and proclaimed in a Cate
der the glorious words of her grandee[ CP ,
Union, it must and shall be preserved." [tea
I have lost my last hope, for the Conveatirn
cently assembled in Chicago will be omelet
totoric • infamy. when the name of flenedl
ll be forgotten. - [applause. ] The meti •it
were not fresh from the ranks of the masse'
same dastard' who were in IS6O the pliant Molt
ing confederates of those now marshalling tht
ons a gainst our flag Who were the Mel.
day, the master spirits of the Convention?
Powell, the colleague of Breekinridge, 1
it is that he never voted to aid our sulferis
Alexander Long, who, in the presence of Ilit
tatives of the Republic, declared he was t
led g ins a Southern Confederacy Harris, of
'who publicly prayed God that we mita nett
the Sontli,'and Vallanctighain, who, if auk
son were alive and Preifident instead of ADr .
coin, would, in one hour after he officially
that banished traitor bad returned to i ascii( t
with hie presence, would have ordered a file'
to bury their ullets in his heart, even thongs
the hills o blood [Great applause...
the war 1 . The words shou l d
tongue tha em.. The re en is c
Within . nano , and th isdatia
re
from the Falls of S . hony to t k
alf• st
nre whenFarrigutassed the forts nd toot
of New Orleans ? Was it failure when map
marched up the steep of Missionary Ridge.
thei point of the bayonet, the rebels from their:
down. the rebel rag, and plants d our flag?:
above the clouds ? (Applause.] Was it aDa
that pirate of the sea that ravaged your'
sailed defiantly out of Cherbourg and was by
Barge ixiSm hour sunk to the bottom of thee
RIFtSe..I - ,Was it a failz re 'when, since the Sta
this morn; our intrepid braves seized the for
on•Chapin's farm and New afarket road' t
the failures? [Cries of " No, no," and tr.'
aPPlause.-] Thiel very night, while we sit bee'
wit y anc ease, the army le moving towards i
and Oh God ! from Thy bright home above,Ps ,
ClD:mesas s_PPlausej on the march and arse .
victory. [genewed applause.] The Merl'
is for compromise. Yes; though the Ig,
with prisoners ' blood; though hundreds 01:
of our soldiers Hid dead in unetsuw:
though• forty Mousand are dying of ei,. / `
loathsome dangeons; though loyal SOW°
butchered; though Fort Pillow, is nuavell# •
the bare walls of Chamberabnrg are still sun;
hundreds of Pormsylvanianetare honselesi t:
less—yet we are to take the red right h 11:•:.
traitorous fiends and sit in coon cis to die4o: l ;
public 'deride our fathere.and. disgrace 01 '
Never will we submit while one arm is
To strii e [Applause•] lam a for war; LAN'
compromising war. 1 Ap_planse. ] War eill
the land. [Applause.] War, this year azi
-Tears. - [Enthusiastic applause.] War to
[Applause. ] the knife to the hilt: [Applarete..?,
.at the it es rt of every traitor. [ Applauds) Inca
confiscation; [Enthusiasm.) war with e''':
[cheers and applause] war to sabat:Jit
pi ause]—war to anuthilation—fgreat cheeell; .
the last armed rebel throws away his egret,
dittonally submits to the mercy of an esirtl
[Apples se.] Let the mighty events that,..:.
before us stir the soil of every AMER ielln7i.
man—end urgens as if am angel artate W ' t e:
try in this her hoar of extremest nod ' .1
home with the awful fate that will aelte::l
triumph. You,. men of wealth, to-cal
n•-
triumph.
the nation. Join bands and heart , CT ,
there in the fleld,and Olir star-wrought :J4 'l-.
r'
dieated, and float proudly on the wind: of
BrISEOR OB FREDERICK PELLET!
Frederick Fraley , Esq was then MO
Spoke as foIIOWS :
Mr ' FalS.Nha: I feel very much I think
George -8.. McClellan feels at this motall'i,
friends have not lef tidal &single Plank `' t
stand on. Those gentlemen who have ,
'have set out so fully and- well everythint
the American people at this time that 1 fe w..
tie left for me to stand on. I shall Sea U (t,
thing loft upon which I can say a Wt rd total' „,
tens. For forty years I. have beenansod r e l ;
U e politics otthis country. It has e....ent l e.i
its c
the genius of this country. of as
of lava, -find never have I stood LI
t he,
such a crisis as I do at the Prue tt- hei
Fears , and years, and years, lt
Lae ht
through the country that Politic' ° ''it.td .
the 'business of- busiaess-men. .0;
decided very shortly. It will be ag i le
election which is to take place in °crae .
val. a greatoleal is to be done to rescue tp_
the grasp that is.upon its throat. At iv it.: l
the institutions of our country to be av e r.
the hands of_ those in rebellion,
of those who profess to be t h e La
te
Union ? It is the last whom we hare)
II they- succeed, the glorious Union trii
faded- away as a morning I.a_lst. •lett V:
,
ning cloud, and nothing, will ' m
Where mill you and and tboae that
std 7 Where will the be? SOa
th a e n clouds, r espect and afAt
the . World, or trailing in the dna ?
Union be separatedwit h single stElP es f t ,
the contempt and ridicule of ever! sa tin
t..;.
than ? There should be no sympathy rtr
of the North, or those of the Solh
whose ear.rwe . can catch should ta'
Aare that the d efenee of the Aegis Union a t u r
and that the other is either ccwardic e r;.l
platforms haebeen presented to the t o
One is open; free; and plain„ SD that 14a
read, and the. other platform is
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