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jHE MAIIT PRESS,
, ~snl>Bcrl't>ero, Is Ter DoeeamPer AmroK.l
P.ar Twbvtt Cents Per ‘Week, pa.7*W« i
K ut . Killed to Subscribers out of the Kt]
s Mll,ißa fee Askem; FoBRDOLEAKa AND Pipi
„ 1S Bis Months; Two DOm ars akd Twbstj
p.sia for Three Months, IrtmlaWt laadTAni
' B !tiritriUetaenU Inserted at the n*u»l i»t*i.
THB XRi-WKEKET PRESS, ■
, lls j to Balnorlbers, Pirn Bollarb pee Axnhk.
fSETAII.
feW and Magnificent Store
,130 s ■ IuOXJ'STEY «fc CO
0 ,30 south. OEighthStroet*
USONDAf, Sept. 26th,r
,SBE WILXi BE FOUND THE MOST BEAUTIFI
!E#S ASSORTMENT OF
DRY GOODS,
bIXJASfIS, AND SHAWLS
IN THE CITT.
'WB HATE JUST OFHSTEB
1,000 POS SILKS,
* ThiXK AND FANOT. • ■
600 MERINOS,
PLAIN AND FIGURED.
250 FRENCH POPLINS, ,
BKP AND FIQUKJSD.
200 WOOL DELAINES,-
DOUBLE AND SINGLE' WIDTH, PLAI!
AND PIQOBED.
150 MOHAIR AIiPAOAS,
PRAIA' AND HOUSED.
100 ENGLISH MERINO,
ALSO, A LARGE STOCK OF .. ~
Fancy and Staple
: j>r3ej@s ; '.g oo:p;Si
»23-lm
£W MOURNING STORE.
FALL STOCK.
Am ESlojcaiit Assortment
DRESS GOODS.
;LOAKS, SHAWLS, MANTLE!
MOTXEIIVIIXG MCtl^XiTlS-EiR.Y.
HE ATTENTION OF THE BABIES IS SOLIOITE:
M. Sc A. MYERS St CO.,
030 CHESTNUT Stmt
»421-wfrin2iß
LAIEETSM
HOUSEKEEPERS, TAKE NOTICE.
J, C, STRAWBRIBSE & CO.,
(FORMEHLT GOWPE.RTHWAIT & 00„J
, W. CORNER EIOHTH AND MARKET ST!
ire now offarinr the largest stock of Blanket* to
sand In thl* city, at moderate prices:
BERTH BEANKETS,
CRIB BEANKETS,
CRADLE BLANKETS,
BED BLANKETS, all sizes.
to deoleM, WO offer tie bestaesortmoiit oE «ll ti
»s<Ua*Bf*e».
ntsZS-mwfw
'XTRA ORDINARY
BOOBS,
SIIA.W3LS,
FURNISHH6 ABB DOMESTIC GOODS,
Comprising the largest and choicest-display yet often
at Eetail, and at prices buloio the corresponding
reduced value p/GOLD.
FRENCH POPLINS,
WOOL HE LAINES, &e., very che.
We hays jnst received at a great sacrifice a lar.
Stock of Medium-priced
IHtES-SS' GJ-OODS,
A Job lot of AmerleanßE LAINES and PRINTS, wild
we shall offer very low, and are well worth .the attea*
Sion of buyers.
J. COWPERTHWAIT & CO., :
8. E. corner of NINTH and ARCH Streets,
*e2B-fmwtd«3l PHILADELPHIA,
JMMENSE REDUCTION IN, THE
/PRICES
' ’ • op : /
DBY GOODS,
JAMES B. CAMPBELL & CO.,
TaT-CHESTNUT STREET, :
OFFER THEIB ENTIRE STOCK OP ,
. ,/;, JMEtir GOODS,
CONSISTING IN PART OF
MEBINOES,
POPLINS AND HEPS, *
EPINGLINES,
CLAN PLAIDS, - ' ' '
ALPACAS AND MOHAIRS,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
' SHAWLS, GLOVES,
LINENS, Will TE GOODS,
FLANNELS, BLANKETS,
LINEN ANI) COTTON
' SHEETINGS,
REPELL ANTS AND
CLOAKING CLOTHS,
AT EXTREMELY LOW RATES, ;
We hag leave to assure the public that we have
marked down every article in onr stock, and now have
it in our power to offer
RARE BARGAINS.
ocs‘tf
gALMORAL SKIRTS $4.
FEOM THE PAUIC AUCTION SALES.
■STJPEKipia GOODS, '
AT THE ABOVE LOW PIUCE,
OURWEN STODDAET & BROTHER,
450, 453, and 454 HOHTH SECOND ST., ,
ec7-3t Above Willow.
10»4 OHESTIfCT STSSST, :
EMBROIDERIES,
| " .RACES , 1
ffl "A
3 • white goods, 1
g g
I r VEILS s a
| HANDKEBCHIEPS. I
§ ' M. HBEDUB.. - f
1 ’" 1084 CHESTNUT STBEKT.
poplins,
XtX ' Bepa, Epinglines, Clan Plaids, .
Alpacas, ilohairs, and other Dress Goods,
Cheap at JAS. B. CAMPBELL & CO.’S,
: - ■: 727 CHESTNUT Street.
GILK shawls, r :.
hJ ■ Kepellant Cloths, '
Gloves, Linens, and White Goods, ■
Cheap at jas. s. Campbell & eo. >B,
727 CHESTNUT-Street
mANNELS, BLANKETS, ' o
' . Linen and Cotton Sheetings,
cheap at JAS. B. CAMPBELL & CO.’S, '
•■■■■. 737 OH EsTNUT Street.
i ALL WHO WANT GOOD DRY
■CI GOODS, at tlie very lowest prices can flad tiiem
■■■■■■ -■. . . JAS. E v CAMPBELL & CO. ’S, “
7SJ CHSSTSOX Street.
at
ocs-im
H STEEL & SON HAVE NOW
• open a large and eboice asssoriment of
.FALL A&D DKESS GOODS.
Plain Merinoea, fl. 25 to $6, Plain Poplins*
Plaid Merinoes and Poplins*
Plain and Plaid Silk Poplin*,
_/lain and Figured Moliair PopHns,
s?ortcf B e fa r Jelow y ° f aad ch<rf<lsßz ' B ” Goods > 811
BILKS-Of ß^ B i I ? T - COST °P IMPOKI'ATIOW.
io S yw/ a CT8&: twlaty. from 75«ont*
SHAWTn_?? i f IMPOBTM.'g PRICES.
•Ter prtse° ?Eortm6a t’ at a small ftdTaaw
'A LARGE STOCK OF BTTiK'R ntJ
iatloa?^ 15 ’ 101 ,al * lrel "' fr a * srsaant coitof impor-
Etch Moire AnHans*.
Colored and Black Corded stilt
Colored and Black Ponltde Sola*.
Armures and flroa Grama*. ,
Superior Quality -Plain Sills.
Colored and Blaek Ottoman 511k*.
Colored and Black Figured Slllt
Heary Black Taffeta*.
Superior Black 8111*. -
Black Sill* at all licdt
SDWIK HALE, a CO .
ga South SECOND Street
CARD AND FANCY JOB PRINTING,
at SIHQWALTJ& BEOWif'S, HIS. FOOKTH Si.
OF THE
BARGAINS IN
MEBINOES,
ALPACA!
VOL. B.—:NO. 61.
(jOOPER & CONARD,
NINTH AND MARKET STREETS,
; •“ HAVE FULL assokthes?TSTOE ‘
• LADIES'. CLOAKINGS, b
COATINGS AND - OYEROOATINGS, ,
FANCY CASSIMEHES,
FLANNEL SHIRTINGS,
BLANKETS AND FLANNELS, ,
SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS,
SHAWLS AND MAUDS,
LADIES’FALL CLOAKS.
se24- spny3ia
Q.RBAT REDUCTION: IN PRICES
OF
fall : and Winter ''cloaks; 1
Our stook comprises the ,
CHOICEST NOVELTIES. .
Also, WATER-PROOF CROAKS, made in the best
manner, at less than, usual prices. - • •
GURWEN STODDART &
450, 453, and 454 North Sacond Street,
ecS-3t ...... .■ : above Willow.
gCOTCH- NURSERY DI APE R.S : ,
FROM AUCTION, AT REDUCED PRICES. •' ''
CURWEN STODDART.&. BROTHER, ;
450,432, and 434 North SECOND: Street,. ;
ocS ' ; '■ ' Above Willow.
JLJAMILTON, PACIFIC, AND AME
:MOIJSSELIN DELAINES,
FROM AUCTION, AT REDUCED PRICES. :
CURWEN .STODDART & BROTHER,
450, 453 and 454 North SECOND Street, '
ocS . Above Willow*
JJAND-LOOM TABLE LINEN,
, ' FROM .AUCTION, AT REDUCED PRICES. !
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER, i
430, '453 and 454 North-SECOND Street", i
ocS - : Above Willow.
JJLAID AND STRIPED
SHIRTING FLANNELS, J
; FROM" AUCTION,' AT REDUCED PRICES.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER;
430, 433 and 454 North SECOND Street,
ocS ■ ■_ Above Willow,;
SBLJEL & »R¥ GGOBS JOBBERS.
FALL,! I FALL^
NOW IN STORE,
■ ; lIIHTOIAIB & C 0„
M*s. S£? Ohegttßnt and 314 Jayse Streets,
IMPOETSKS AND JOBBERS OF ■
. : lILKS MP FANCY OKY SOODS,
SHAWLS, LINENS,/
AN D WHI T E GOODS,
A LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK OP
< DRESS GOODS.
POLL LIHR OF FOREIG9 AHD BOHBfflgO
;'BALMOBALS/^
INCLUDING BRUNER’S AND OTHER MAKES.
au2o-Sm .
QHEAP GOODS PROM AUCTION.
.EftMVRD ¥ABC & €O.,
BIT CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STREETS.
Have in store a fall line of
MEBINOES,
POPLINS,
• . DELAINES,
BALMORALS,
bought at the lata auction sales, which they offer at a
small advance on cost.
WINDOW WINDOW
l» SHADES. - ~ . - SHADES,
' NEW STYLES FOR PALL TRADE.
... NEW STYLES FOR PALL TRADE.
We are constantly leceivimr from onr Factory
NEW STYLES OF WINDOW SHADES,
including the new colors—Brown, Leather, Stone, he.
' KELTY, CARRINGTON, & CO.,
• Manufacturers of Window Shades and
Importers of -
Certain Materials,
; ocs4mwfmlp ... No. T 33 CHESTNUT.Street.
OOOD GOODS REDUCED.
V»\ NOT AUCTION GOODS.
All-Wool Poplins at
Good French Merfttoes at $1.62%, :
Striped Giaei Poplins at 4i1.37>5.
Brocade Poplins at®, SL23, $1.62%, and $1,73.
2SO pieces American Be Laints at 60c, •
A large assortment of. Calicoes from S 3 to 65c.
Call and examine. No trouble to show them at '
• ■ JOHN H. STOKES’,
ocl-tt TOS ARCH Street.
DLANEETS.■/•
el* Finest American made. ‘‘
Extra large “Premium Eochdales.”
. Superfine “Merrimack.”
Well-known “Hollanda.”
10-4 and 11-4 low-priced Blankets.
Crib and Cradle Blankets.
Army and Horse Blankets.
Hotels, Schools and Families supplied with anygrade,
/rom cheapest to finest, of any sire, from smallest cradle
So extra large hed, at lowest wholesale or retail rates.
COOPER & CONARD.
5623-tf S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET. -
COMMISSION HOUSES.
JJAZAED & HUTCHINSON,
No. IJS CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERGE!ANTS#
FOB: THH BALE OF
811-Sml PHILADELPHIA- MADE GOODS.
QTLE ATTENTION OP THE TRADE
Is called to our stock of
CAMDEN WOOLEN: MILLS
BEFELL ANTS, LADIES’ CLOTHS, SACKINGS,
SHIFTINGS, and FLANNELS.
SAXONY WOOLEN COMPANY
-ALL-WOOL FLANNELS./-
STEVENS & CO., N. STEVENS & SONS*, .:
and other, makes. GHAY, SCARLET, and BLUB
TWILLED FLANNELS.
“BLACKWOOD” and “HINSDALE” MILLS
6-4 COTTON WARP and ALL-WOOL CLOTHS
- and BEAVERS.-’ ' - -
GREYLOCK MILLS (Dean & Lamonte),
CAROLINA BULLS (T. B. Hyde & Go.),
WEST EATON MILLS (M. & II.),
end other makes of -
, FANCY CASSIMERES.
SAXONY MILL ’• . ’
• - PLAIN and PLAID SATINETS.
11 FLORENCE” and “SPRINGVILLE” MILLS
PLAIN and MIXED MELTONS. .
PITTSFIELD, BERKSHIRE, ' , >;
and ,'other makes BALMORAL SKIRTS, in great
* !
LEVRING TON MILLS
PLAIN, and FANCY KENTUCKY JEANS. *
GLENBAM GiNGHAMS, DENIMS, STRIPES, TICKS,
SHEETINGS, So., .
, of the most desirable styles.' ' ’
DE COUBSEY, HAMILTON, & IVANS,
33 LETITIA Street, and
«e2l-wfm3m 32 South FRONT Street.
WAIL PAPERS.
piIILA.XJELX'III^V
WALL PAPERS.
HOWELL & BOIJRKE,
N. B. CORNER FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS,
Manufacturers of
PAPEB HANGINGS,
WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS, •
LINEN SHADES AND HOLLANDS,
-SOLID-GREEN AND BUFF,
CHOCOLATE GROUNDS, FIGURED, AND PLAIN
SHADES, , : . -
To which -we invito the attention of
STOREKEEPERS.
GLASSES.
JAMES S.SAELE & SON, ;
816 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILA.,
Stave now in store a very fin# assortment of
L O OKING GL A S BEB,'
ofevery eh&rseter, ofthe
TOY BEST MANUFACTURE AND LATEST STYLES.
OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS,
M5l TTfTWTgg AJBTW PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES-
nHARLIS MIDDLETON, '
V/ " : ' - IRON MERCHANT,'.
SECOND AND WILLOW STREETS, ,
PStJ.AnKi.PHIA. .
Starjito Tpat> for *alf»
SMOKING TOBACCO,—AN INVOICE
of the celebrated brands ’ Killikiruck, Soldier*''
Comforter, Live ladiafl, I Z, b . and flua-Keo-Paa-
Kee* just received'and for Eale br ‘
McCAItfMOIT. & CO.*
oc7 3? WATER St. and’3B NORTH WHARVES ,
oc7-lSt - ■■ Philadelphia.;
(]ARD.
MY ENTIRE STOCK
FORTY I*33Xl' CENT.
LESS THAN COST OF IMPORTATION.
I. E.; WA-JLISAIVEN,
SUCCESSOR TO W. H. CARKYL.
- MASONIC HALL,
719 CHESTNUT STREET.
oc6-tf ... : . , .
THE FLORENCE - ~
THB-FLOBENCE
V< THE FiOEBNOE
THE IpjOBEHCE
THE FLOEENOE
THE FEOBBNCE s
THE FIiOEEKCE
THB FLORENCE
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES.
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES,
SEWING MACHINES,
©O. CHESTNUT STEEET.
630 CHESTNUT STEEBT,
630. CHESTNUT STEEET.
630 CHESTNUT STEEET.
.630 CHESTNUT. STBEET.
630 CHESTNUT’STEEET.
630 CHESTNUT. STEEET.
630 CHESTNUT STEEET.
1864.
GLENECHO MIXJLS, -
’ MeCALLUM & 0.0.,
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
sel7-am PHILADELPHIA,
1864. 1864.
- /
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
••a
"519 CHESTNUT STREET, ' ■
*el7-3m OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL.
_ CHENTS* r FCBNISE3JNG GOODS. :
gg£j ARCH STREET. ggs
»-3BS M O V A li.
B» A; ' HOFFMAN, ••„ ■ ; ■
SHIRT AO WRAPPER
'MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN’S
FURNISHING EMPORIUM,
~ BEHOVED FROM 80S ARCH STREET
8535 ' XROil, STREET. - 8535
.. jell-ftmwfim w • •
JHE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT,
warranted; to fit and give satisfaction,
JOHN C. ARRISON,
Nos. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
SEMHEMIPB FINE IPBNISHIM GOO3S.
LINEN. MUSLIN, and FLANNEL SHIRTS, and
DRAWERS, COLLARS, STOCKS, ■ TRAVELLING
SHIRTS, TIES, WRAPPERS, &e.» So,,
OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE.
- v - Also, -
HOSIERY,
GLOVES,
■ - SCARFS,- - -
• SUSPENDERS, -
HANDKERCHIEFS, -
SHOULDER BRACES,
Sold at reasonable prices.
CABINET FURNITURE.
jp U R K ITUBB
.. : *»
AT VERY LOW PRICES
JTIKS'X-OJL.A.SS GOODS.
I Will tell my present stock of finished FURNITURE
at a small advance on old pricas.
The assortment Is the best that I have ever offered.
CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL-
V/- LIARD TABLES. ' ■'
MOORE & CAMPION,
-V No. 261 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
' In connection with their extensive Cabinet business,
are now manufacturing a superior article of ■
BILLIARD TABLES,
And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the
MOORE & CAMPION’S ISIPROVED CUSHIONS,
Witch are pronounced by all who have used them to
he superior to. all others. For the quality andifinish of
these Tables, the manufacturers refer to their numerous
patrons throughout the Union, who' are-familiar with'
the character of their work'.'* -
blmr boqrs,
rhlL; MINING, COAL, AND OTHER
A/NEW COMPANIES.
We are prepared to furnish New Corporation* with all
the Bqsts they require, at short notice and low prices,
of first quality. All styles of Binding. -
STEEL PLATE CERTIFICATES 0? STOCK,
LITHOGRAPHED'- y y
TRANSFER BOOK, V ; ' :
ORDERS OF TRANSFER, ’
• STOCK LEDGER, \ v
.STOCK LEDGES BALANCES,,
REGISTER OF CAPITAL STOCK,
BROKER’S PETTY LEDGES,
ACCOUNT OF SALES.
DIVIDEND BOOK.
: : . Mpss::&. cp.ji/-
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS.AND STATIONERS.
g J. -WILLIAMS,
HO. 16 NORTH SIXTH STREET,-
Manufacturer of
- VENETIAN BLINDS
AND'
: WINDOW SXIA-iyES.
O' The Largest aid Finest Assortment in the city at
th# v •'
LOWEST PRICES.
... D 9“ Repairing attended to promptly.
BS~ Store Shades Made and Lettered. selp-2nf
8012-mws 2m
g. HOUSBCA.3M Sc CO. s
KO. »S 7 BROADWAY, HEW YORK,;
MEN’S MS LADIES’ GLOVES*
SEBUM AKD POLISH HOSIER!, •
MEN’S FURNISHENG-GOODS,
CAGES & DRESS TRIMMINGS.
INVITE TBIS WHOLESALE TRADE.
iy!2-Sm ;. . i'■
CURTAIN 69085.
I WILL OFFER; - - -
IACE: : :CURTAIHi' : t; '*n
BEWIAOMAGHSYEB.
GERMANTOWN.
509 CHESTNUT STREET.
TO THE HEW BTOBE,
MADE BY
CONSTANTLY-GH HAND,
GEO. J. H-ENKELS,
809 and 811 CHESTNUT Street.
433 CHESTNUT Street.
SHPOST3BS OF
to whish they
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1864.
C.lp firm.
MONDAY, OCTOBER .10, 1804.
THE CMtffl CMISS.
EXTRAORDINARY DEMONSTRATION
Tiic Cifat Meeting in Imlcpenrteiice Square
Speeches by Mayor Henry, Ex-Gov. Johnson, Gen.
John Cochrane, Hon, Mr. Harrington,
Hon, Chas. O’Neill, and others.
Amps' FROM HON. DANIEL S. DICKINSON, GENE
RAL DLS, GENERAL SICKLES, AND
EOS. WM. 51. MEBKDITEr
Twenty Tlionsaml Patriots in Council,
MONSTER' PROCESSION; IN :HONOR OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Thirty Thousand Freemen in Line,
Seven Grand Divisions, 6,000 Soldiers, and
5,000 Horsemen on Parade.
THE AKMY AT HOME SENDS GREETING TO THE
AII3IY IN THE FIELD, •
SPECTACLE OF THE CITY ILLUMINATED;
SEVEN MILES OF TORCHES AND LANTERNS.
Magnificent Display of Fyrotcclmy,
A MYRIAD OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS,
IFMiTcrsal E»lli!is!asiii and Patriotism.
Tho great People's Demonstration of Saturday,
October 8, will long be memorable la the politi
cal traditions of our city; and tbe magnificence
and enthusiasm of a spectacle so unwonted and uni
versal, furnish a story which tbe child may tell,
to Ids children. We. think; It was. the' general
agreement of all classes of popular critics that
no such manifestation of strength and spirit has
ever been afforded by. any political party In- the
history of the city; and this opinion certainly
■ does : no injustice to. the former large •dis
plays of our political opponents, or what is
_of more consequence, to the grand triumphal
"processions of 1860, in honor of “ the man of the
people,” who was carried on the ocean of the
popular will, and, in his own words, “ drifted to
the apex of the great event” of our century. The
occurrences of four years of extraordinary trial have
made the President to-day a far grander represen
tative in the Issues which divide the country; aud it
is not surprising, therefore, that the people who have ■
so nobly sustained the cause of their own homfes and
firesides, and vindicated their own honor by sup
porting their chosen Chief Magistrate, should rise
again to the surface of the occasion in such over
whelming loyal masses. ...pur; insulted flag Fat Fort;.
Sumpter aroused an unanimity of indignant patriot
ism to which no subsequent manifestation bears
moral comparison. But on Saturday we had some-,
thing ike a sublime apotheosis of our triumphant
flag, amid a myriad of torches, a multitude of ban
ners, and a whole city burning with , harmless fires. ;
The cheerful ppmp of the scene, the hilarious ex
citement of the. people, the regular v;: fread of'all
the clubs in line,,and the endless brilliancy
of - and lanterns, -.was, : -withal, some
thing’ more than a mere show to amuse the.-
people. Outpatient, forbearing, good-natured citi
zens were thoroughly in earnest—just as much in
earnest as the President amidst,the happy family of
his good-humored anecdotes. Every man in - the
precession was a sort oi illuminated voter, or indi
vidual “ demonstration,” on flic with his cause; and,
the whole; formed .that peaceful army of regulars -
who will give us .victory at the polls. The spectacle’ 1
of Saturday was one of the grandest demonstrations
ever held in honor of our victories; andffwasa;
celebration in advance in honor of the crowning
victory on Tuesday. . k ; ’. .
the soldiebs op 1860-84.
Remarkable as it was in a party sense, (if the
cause of the Union has now become that of a party), ’
the great parade of Saturday was far. more signifi
cant as a demonstration of the people, We recall,
the great People's Procession ofls6o, which forecast'
the giant armies, of the people, now battling with
the rebellion. Then, citizens who are now captains
and colonels, and leaders of parade, -who are how
brigadiers, mingled in these 1 marshalled mad uni
formed processions in honor of the cause for which
many of its celebrants have laid down their lives on
the battle-field. It is worth remembering that.one
of theeorps eommafiders of the Army.of: the Poto
mac, a distinguished and gallant leader in the ad
vance cn Richmond, Major General David B. Bir
ney, was only a marshal in the great parade of 1860.;
Thousands left the ranks of procession to enter the
ranks of the army ; whole companies moved out from
the Bepublican Invinoibles to join Senator Baker’s
regiment and others jthundreds who'had acquired
some esprit de corps from our political organizations,
turned their enthusiasm into deed and purpose in the
volunteer service of the country. In view of such
facts, the recent celebration deserves additional re
spect; for 1864 has become a tribute to 1860 and >6l,
and patriotic example has borne its fruit. Six thou
sand soldiers, nearly four thousand of whom were in
the regular line, were estimated to have taken part
in the recent parade. Gars were loaded with vete
rans ; and at no point of the parade could we fail to
see the cap and coat of the soldier, Thousands of
the ununiformed had also seen some service in ea&p.
The whole affair seenied less in honor of a political
party than the festivity of a people of soldiers, and
the iriends of the soldier, in honor of, the national
cause, and of victory. Long live the people!
apl6-6m
EXT3IHT AND COMPOSITION OP THE PAItADE,
: We cannot better afford anidea of the extent and
charaeterofthe parade than by taking tiio mathe
matical notes of observers. From nlno o’clock
Saturday till one on Sunday morning the city itself:
was upon exhibition, for not until near the latter
hour had_the parade begun to disappear; Passing
the house of the Union League the procession! was
timed two hours and three-quarters, at the rate of
three miles per hour, so that ~we may fairly infer
from this reckoning, that it was nearly nine-: miles •'
long. On a portion of the route, however, thou
sands broke out from the ranks at an alarm ot fire,
taking a number of Are engines away, .while huh-V
drcdk' more left the line on account of the cold,,
damp, and great .length of the march. At the
tumtngpoint of Broad street three or four largo
delegations, with portions of the'T sventy-fifth and
Twenty-sixth wards, ’ abandoned the route and
-marched home war d, ..to v rest for. Sunday morning. *
The whole procession would perhaps-have occupied
-three hours,, and ten or twelve miles, at the ordina
ry rate cf passage. Inadditlon to;, about-sik'thou-;
sand . soldiers, cavalcades /five thousand strong
figured in the procession. The turn-out of, the
clubs, independent of the ward organizations,'and?-
marching in lines of. six, and - eight abreast, was es-'
pecially strong and imposing, and numbered by
thousands.. The wards were never so fully repre
sented on the political march, and counted* like so
many regiments, and sometimes like brigades. The,
parade was in-seven grand divisions, each with’ its
proportion of horsemen, /Counting for.’- each of/
■these divisions the numbers or a brigade, nearly
thirty thousand people were in line; but we may .
claim, however, in the impossibility of accurate,
reckoning, that between thirty and forty thousand/,
men were in lino during the ovening. New York,
famous for her popular demonstrations, has pro
bably not:beheld a grander sight than, this. Wo
Should not forget to mention, as contributing to
, swell the. strength of ; the procession,' the- regi
ments of citizen's who came from Camden, Wilming
ton, and the county suburbs of the city. Arm each
-member of this great congregation with a torch, tan
tern, flag, or transparency, and - the imagination
may try to sum up the whole effect. The parade
would have been of a tiresomelongth to tiio observer
had it not been for. the wave and flow of enthusiasm
along the whole vast line, and the’ exhaustless hu-:
mor and variety of the pageant. Nothing finer was -
ever witnessed in the city than" the illuminated
moving miles of this countless procession'; and this,
wo think, wus the .opinion of the 1 two or three hun
dred thousand people who witnessed,it along the '•
: sidewalks and vin 1 the streets, from every door stop
and window, from iighted-up parlors and lUumlna
ted houses, the women waving their handkerchiefs,
and all men cheering.
The enormous length of the procession did not
hide its respectability, it W as as excellent in
quality as in numbers, and it is a miracle that In so
great a gathering there was so much self-respect’
and good behavior. The sons of our wealthiest arid
most eminent citizens, and the great body oLour in
telligent young men, were represented in the ranks-
More than this,, wealthy men, merchants, trades
men, storekeepers, and gentlemen at ease, turned
out Step to step. Still further, editors, poets, artists,
doctors, lawyers, and; a large delegation of pro
fessional men,were, among the celebrants. ‘-But far
better than all, both in quantity and quality, were
the intelligent and imposing masses 'of our artisans,
mechanics, and the sturdy company of workmen .of
OF THE PEOPLE,
on Saturday Evening,
every ldnd, who formed the body of the demonstra
tlon—our glorious Northern “mud-sills!”
THE POSHING OP THE PBOCESSION
deserves a noteof robservation. Each .brigade and
division, as they.marchod t-he streets, to, assemble
on our great central avenues, were interesting de
monstrations in themselves, -and their muster irt
every-duarter'of the town reminded us of a whole
city beating to arms. On Broad street the sight of
this gathering, army was .magnificent,; From
Washington u|'to Coates street stretched &\ bro
ken- intervals arwlldetness orUghts.;"inaking
morphosis of familiar scenes; hud opening a perfect
fairy land to those who looked through the illumi
nated BJOenoi|tKe squares on the feast of lanterns
—•transforming not very far off and common-place
buildings info| distant temples or magic pagodas,
bathed in a luxury of light and shadow, or distorted
and transfigured in curious imaginary shapes by
tlio or snn burst of pyric light.
" ON THK MARCH ...Y; .
the whoJe.airheemed incendiary and a world of me
teors. The procession in its progress would merit
the attention of an army correspondent. Good
humor and enthusiasm prevailed aiongtho line,' and
the march was celebrated with Cheer after cheer
and, rocket after rocket, the ; line Itself Illuminated
near.: and 'far with countless fires of red and
blue. In some" parts of the, city -' whole;
squares of residences were lighted up in • honor
of the march. Seen from the tops of public build
ings; the spectacle of the; city was observed to have
been extremely beautiful. From the windows
of houses.the streets sometimes seemed.to.be sown
with.light. All along4he"march ; there seemed to be
no Inc oi .the' tribute of those inspiring flags op
truce—the s7aying"'"haridborchiers of the ladies.
Little -or no disturbance occurred, and seldom Mas
been seen a spectacle of greater order and cheerful
ness. ■ . \ _ ■ ■
• tbs ropuirAß wit and humor.
, It was generallyremarked of the recent parade
that the popular “ turn-outs” carried iso
many good'hlts at the political follies of the hour.
The wit and humor of the transparencies was occa
sionally subtle as well as transparent, Witness,
the 'caricature of the President and General’Mc-
Clellan in Illustration,of “That reminds me bf; a
little joke’;” the motto, adopted from General'M&.
Clclinn’s letter, “ Conscious of-my own weakness
the splendid caricatures of McClellan on the trans
parency borne by the Invincibles, and a hundred
other instances. The humor of the crowd also de
.serves report, but .it would need a hundred re
porters.
AETrSTS IN THE PARADE.
One of the crowning 'features of the parade was
a fine transparency, borne by the Republican In.
vincibles, tho four sides of which were illuminated
with telling scones and caricatures. This superb
work of popular art was presented by the Artists’
Sketch Club, of this city. But it is not generally
known that the artists thomselves were members of
the procession. These gentle and bearded men
flanked and followed their art in a manner worthy
of their inspiration.
. EXCLUDED EROH THE PARADE,
from sheer Impossibility of gaining a place In the
lino, were hundreds of deeoratod carriages and
wagons, filled with whole families'residing in the
hamlets and townships which skirt the city on its ,
northern lines, spreading over Into the valley of
Montgomery county. Old Quaker gentlemen of
the suburbs brought in theirslow teams witha band
of music. It-is certain that thousands equipped
celebrants failed to take part in the procession
from inability to organise in time with the pro
cession. .
THE SCENE OH ARCH STREET,
The thriiiing beauty of tbe scenes on Arch street
passes description. Bows of the finest private resi
dences were completely Illuminated, and thousands
of our fairest ladles appeared at parlor and window,
waving handkerchiefs, while, in a number of in
stances, and especially in families of our .soldiers
and sailors, the owners of mansions shouted out
cheers]® the crowd below, who responded with W
tumult of hurrahs.: West of Broad street occurred a
spectacle of peculiar beauty and eloquence,; On
the. balcony of a number of. houses forty or fifty
handsome ladles, clad in white, decked with the na
tional colors, and looking more than charming in
the magical colors of the illumination, waved -flags
and sang the Star Spangled Banner to an uproar of
deafening enthusiasms*
THE SCENES AT THE UNION LEAGUE HOUSE, Sc.,
during the passage of the procession was, perhaos;
tiie climax of. the festivity. The crowd surged and
flowed about the advance of the parade, and amid
the noise of cheers and the blaze of rockets and
Boman candles, it was for some tithe difficult to
gaze with, comfort., A perfect shorter of light; and
thunder of cheering."greeted the procession at
it moved among the people, cropped out inevery cor
ner and every spot of room. Several buildings in the
business part of Ohesnut street were brilllantlyillu
minated, and handkerchiefs waved: from inhst of the
windows of the hotels. ■ Many of the newspaper *
offices, and especially that of the Bulletin, were
splendidly lighted, and the parade went by with vo
ciferous cheering.* The scene near’ Independence
Square, during the early part. of.tho..cvening, was.
hotles's dazzling and inspiring, and, hardly second
to th| parade itself were the swaying masses of tho
people oh- every street. A- spectacle so uni
versal in honor of a political cause, merits the
tribute' of jjnusual report. -- -
Ihe Creat Meeting in Independence
Sqnnre.
The great meeting In Independence Square was,
of course, not the prominent feature of the oeiebra
■ tion, the procession attracting to the sidewalks and
windows thousands who otherwise would have
listened tolhe noble speeches there delivered.. Pre
sided over by. the Mayor of the city, and distin
guished by the presence of so many of our best citi
zens, the vast assemblage was worthy of Philadel
phia. ■ The following is alist of Its officers:
PEESIDENT. ■
ALEXANDER HENRY.
VICE PEESIDBNTS.
Gen. Geo. Cadwala-der, Thomas T. Tasker. Jr„
N. B. Browne, James L 7 Claghorn,
Stephen Colwell, J. Edgar Thompson, ■- r%
E. James, ; , - Nathan Hillis,
M. \Y. Baldwin, William D. Lewis,
George B. Wood, M. D., Thomas A. Biddle,
John Wiegand, Davifi Jayne, M. D„
George Whitney, Theo. Frothingham,
M. L. Hallowall, Rev. William S. Hail,
John Thompson, ; - Alexander Brown,
Jacob G. Neafie, H. Hubboll,
Robert Cornelius, George Erety,
Alex. Hay, . , William-Henry Bawle,
-wm. Henxy Trotter, S; A. Mercer,
JohnHazeltine, Eli K. Price, .
F. Fraley, William C. Kent,
V N. H. Burroughs, Joseph S. Levering,
A. D..Jessup, Joseph B. Myers,
J. B. Lippmeott, . H. O. Carey,
E. M; Lewis, David S. Brown,
: Barton H.-Jenks, ■ v A. T. Derbyshire,
James O. Hand, C. D. Meigs, M. D.,
William Wister,- George L, Buzby,
J. W. GoD, Eli Keene,
Reese D. Foil, - Asa Whitney,
L. Montgomery Bond, James H. Omo,
Joseph Harrison, Jr., E. A. Souder,
Thomas Bobins, W.W.Williamson,M. D.,
Josepii K. Ingersoil, Lemuel Coffin,
E. C.Knight, E. D. Saunders,
A. E. Boris, John Rice,
John O. Cresson, A. J. Antoio,
Daniel Smith, Jr., E. Spencer Miller,
Horace Blnney, Jr., Caleb Cope,
John B. Budd, Henry .T. Williams,
George W. Childs, A. Campbell,
William Craig, Alex. Oaseley,
Aubrey H Smith, William S. Stewart,
John Ashhurst,- v Henry O. Lea, 1
Haunders Lewis, J; B, Morehead, •
EUarslie Wallace, M. D,, George Plitt,
William Cramp, . John M. Mitchell,
George W. Vaughan, Lindley Smyth,
B H. Moore, James S. Mason,
Thomas Birch, ' Ward B. Hazeitine,
.T. R. Fry,: Ferdinand J. Dreer, .
Clarence H. Clark, Jonathan Roberts;
Cob Alex. Biddle, Joseph B. Townsend,
Coffin Golket, John B. Colahan,
Enoch Turley, Edward S. Bulkiey,
K. B. Law, ■ A. Barker, i
Jos. O. Grubb, Wm. C. Ludwig,
Michael Trainer, John Dickey,
John C. Hunter, Jeremiah Irvin,
George H. Boker, John W. Lynn,
Chas. W. Trotter,, Adam Wartman,
. JohnP. Levy. ' - 1 Samuel V. Merriak,
Edward S. Whelen, George H. Stuart,
A. H. Stillwell, John Hanna,
Chas. Willing, M. D., Thos. Sparks,
V. F. Kotheriuei, Jabez Gates, ; .
Samuel Field, _ Archibald Mclntyre,
‘John B. Kenney, Wm. Sellers,
Andrew Wheeler, Wm. Henzoy,
Matthew Baird, T. S; Reed; M. D.,
Alfred M. Herkness, J. M. Flanigan,
Col. P. R- Frease, Israel Morris,
JJ: B. Uabeen, Chas. T. Yerkes,
Saxul. J. Reeves, S.A.-Bispham,
K. N. Walker. M. D., Robt. T. Carter,
J. Miller Mclurn, Thos. Webster, .
Edwin Greble, Samuel C. Morton,
Wm. R. Leiee, Samuel E. Stokes,
Jos. W. Bullock, Richard Garsed,
.Tas. Milligan, Sen., Chas. Norris,
John J; Smith, . Lewis Audenreid,
Thos. Potter, wm. Allindinger,
John H. Campbell, M-. Errickson, • '
JV m. S. Smith, Chas. Gibbons,
Edward Hartsnorne, Samuel B. Thomas,
Henry C. Townsend, Jon. Wainwright, • :
John R. Savage, F. S. Rowland, - .. :
Wm. Stevenson, Chas. 31. Lukens,
S. ET. Phillips,: . . Coates Walton,
■ Joseph H. Comley, - JohnFafeira,
Theodore Royal, . John M. Kennedy,
Daniel Steinmetz, William Mann, •
Wm. F. Potts, Thomas Drake,
Joseph B. Andrews, John Penington,
Henry Simons, . Thomas S. Ellis, •
George N. Tatham, Oharles.OaTpenter, .'
Nelson Jay,' Thomas Wattsonj
George"Trott, Benjamin Wilson, ‘ ’
Charles Platt, , A. J. Holman, . • f
. Joseph R. Chandler, Allan Woo’d,
James. Roland, Francis Eowards, .
Washington Butcher, - L.C. lungerlcfi, ■
Joseph Allen, J. R. Paul, M. D.,
~Tohn F. Gilpin, ' . William Struther3,
T. K. Collins, - Charles P; Heir,
Thomas Stinsoni. Thomas B. Fort,
Hiram Miller, - John R: Loundsbury, '
John L. Hallowall, A.-R. McHenry,;
Wm. F. OushiDg, R. P. Gillingham, p
William Divine, Daniel Haddock,
Thomas P. Stotesbury, Rov. Dr. Alday,
D. W. C. Moore, ' Joseph Trout,
A.'H: Alburger, William*R. Hines,
Chas. G. Wattson, Stephen Caldwell, *
O. .1. Hoffman, Jacob Naylor, - <
F. W. Thomas,- A. H, I'ranciscus, !
C. F. Norton, John B.: Green, :
E- AVesteott Bailey, v D.- W. Stockliam, . -
JcfseGodley, -. .Tames Whitney, ■ :
Augustus Heaton, A. C. Roberts,
Gibson Peacock, . Robert Irwin,
Eavier Yaziu, Edward-Shi ppen, :
James Martin, v .Tames Millikan,
Jacob T. Alburger, Hvß. Benners.
Wm, I’. : Hnghes, • - John Hart, - •
p.;M. Sandgfan, James Irwin,
Edward R: Coke, A. Hart,
Jacob F. Fine, Charles Thompson Jones,
Jacob Walker, Henry Oroskey,
Fail-man Rc-gers, Morris 03tkeimer,
Wmr MorriEOD, Washington Brown, ;
Wm.-M-Tilghman, Samuel Bispham, ,
Harman Baugh. James House, ;
Samuel C. Hart, M. D., H, M. Uhler, M. D., .
Jonathan Jenks,: ■ Charles Rogers,
James Dougherty, J. B, MoCleary,
Marshal! Hill, Charles Rogers, ' , ;
T r Charlton Henry, Emanuel Hay,
gears, , Charles J. Stlile, :
- John N, Town,; James Traqualr.
BEORET.
Wm, Botch Wistar,
Chas.S. Wurts; M. 8.,
Edward Roberts, Jr.,
R. Rundio Smith,
Wm. A; Ingham,
Wm. H. Cramp.
Caleb 11. Needles,
Albert S. Letchworth,
Thompson Reynolds,
Wm.ll.Maurlco,
Dell Koblit,
Digtameir, Bt'D;;
Yurton J. Kollock,
Isaac H. O’Hara,
Martin" J.Croll,
Amos R. Little,
J,. Fletcher Budd,
George W. 'Shults,
George P,: Shock,
B. B. Orayoroft,
Atherton Blight,
Henry Cohen,
James M. Earle, ,
F. A. Godwin, '
•S. H. Horstman,.
Samuel Siaymaker,
John.H. Packard, M. 8.,
Alexander T. Lane,
- E.'S. Mawson, -
George A. "Wood,
Caleb K, ICccny,
Horatio G. Jones,
Charles Wheeler,
Geo. Jl Cross, ‘
, Frank L. Bodihe, ,
Wbj. P. Tatham,
R. M. Lewis,
Simon Grata, --
J.'K, Valentine,
B. Frank Palmer,-
Thomas J. Choate,—
Jas. Markland,.
Francis Kirkpatrick,
Lewis R. Hibbard,
.T. Emerson Kent. M.;D,,
Matthias Seddinger,
Job Pugh,
Walter J Budd,
Morris Dunbar,
J. J. Borie,
E. Pennington, Jr., ,
SPEECH OF H.
pixizieisrsL -Itis .over.'no partisan ga
thering that you have askcd ine to preside this .eve
such;honor-must have
o?T V £,wvb, Tl| o invite tion for this meeting includes
alLwlio concur i&tixe jpioprietyiof th.o ono wa.V b?
which, our country’s honor and existence may bd
maintained, however much they may differ" among
themselves upon matters of lesser moment;; Nor
have we co'rnp here in the special advocacy of any
candidates for place, .bat that wo may hear openly
avowed those essential principles of national policy
without which no man Is at this time worthy the
suffrages of an intelligent, patriotic eoihmunity.
[Applause.] Strip from the. chief competitors for;
the .. Federal office the; tinsel of ilattcry in
which a venal press and corrupt sycophants
have- decked them out for popular favor,
and then will stand before you two citizens,
neither of whom is wiser or better qualified than
thousands of his countrymen who-have no aspira
tions lor public -honors. Our land has statesmen
greater than he who,worthily presides over.its des
tinies, and, thank God, it has, generals shperior.by
»r to him -who .once commanded; the Army of the
Potomac, [Applause.] The impartial verdict of
future ages will never ascribe to the former the vir
tues of a Washington, and will scoff at a compari
son of the exploits of the latter with the fame of a
Napoleon. But whatever maybe the claims of those
two candidates, they fade into utter insignificance
before the transcendent importance of tho true
issue wMeh awaits the decision of; this people.- That
issue is between manhood and dishonor, between
national welfare and national ruin, between the
enduring gratitude of the down-trodden nations of
the earth, and- the, world’s seorn at the betrayal
of,the cause 'of ; free institutions. '; [Applause ]
The real question that is addressed to every one of
you, and which you will be called upon to answer
by your votes at the coming, election, is nothing
more nor less, than this, will you carry on the; wan
until this rebellion is put down, [cries of “ Yes’’], or:
will you, under the specious pretext of an armi
stice, withhold your armies at the very moment
when success is assuredly within theirgraspl [“ No,
never.”] Will ' you then ra] !y around the civilian
who boldly advances our country’s flag in repeated
triumphs, over its traitorous foes, or will you cower
behindthe soldier who, retreating from the'conflict,
timidly flatters .the craven emblem of armistice to
give new courage to the" waning strength of re
-sel lion! Let the eitazers of Philadelphia, on Tuesday
next ones more assort their firm attachment to the
Federal Constitution,;and let them, by their choice
of representatives, avow thatin this Constitution
they find not one provision for holding conventions
with armed traitors. [ Applause. ] Let the people of
the State at the same time declare, In tones that shall
resound throughout the confines of the rebellion,
that the blood-stained fields of Gettysburg and the
smouldering ruins of Ohawbersburg are their ever
lasting,-unanswerable arguments against all armis
tice ; that Pennsylvania, if needsbe, will cast every
ton of the-products of her iron hills into thunder
bolts of a just war, and that, from this time hence
forth. not one ounce cf her rich ore* shall be forged
into manacles for enslaved humanity. [Great ap
plause.] Theeohcludlngremarksofthe spBakerwero
received with much enthusiasm.
SPEBCH OP JOSEPH.SEnPPBN, ESQ.
' Joseph Shippen, Esq.,, formerly connected with
the United States Sanitary Commission, was then
Invited by the president to offer the resolutions.
The speaker raid that under the maxim “ Might 5
makes right,” the world had ever been- ruled by
kiDgs and despots ; but wo have beheld a free
people rise in dignity anet power to maintain the
unity of their nation, to strike for freedom and jus
tice, and: thus demonstrate that right makes nug/il 1
[Applause.] The contesfcof the ages is presented
to ns to-day under the one word-peace. Shall we
submit to traitors or! demand submission 1 Shall
we subjugate or.be subjugated! One kind of peace;
we could 'have had at any.time,: and. Jeff Davis
would gladly give it to us-now—a peace dtetatedby
rebels, who cried “No coercion”* while' striking
us, and who are guilty ;before-.God of oriines
and barbarities innumerable and. unparalleled.
When the cry of “Air hands to the pumps” ret*
sounded through a sinking ship, one . craven soul
embraced the massive anchor, exclaiming with rap.-
ture, “unto this emblem of hope wili I entrust- mv
destinies.” [Laughter.] By a false anfl 1 base.peace
we shonld eifher make ourselves slaves, or begin a
civil war that would desolate the Northasthe South
has been desolated by treason and slavery. [“ That’s
so.”] Another peace—just, honorable, and perma
nent—is within our grasp if we are 'fresmen. The
vanquished must submit to the victors, “If any
coward wants a safe place,” said a colonel to his
regiment before Fredericksburg, “let him stand on
yon rebel battery that crowns the^Mil— charge!" To
Attila- the Hun, demanding arausom from the seat
;of Boman power, Theodosius replied, “ I have iron
for Attila, but no gold.” So,- fellow-citizens, if we
aiefreemen inspired by the memories of the ground
we tread, we will say, on Tuesday next, Pennsylva
nia has iron> for : traitors, but no compromise.
[Cheers.] Afterthis answer, in due time, over all
our peaceful land the smile of heaven will lie.
KESOLPTIOXS.
By. the loy a l citizens of the city of Philadelphia, In
mass meeting in Independence. Square assembled,
it is hereby— . ‘
Resolved, That to':our National Union we solemnly
pledge, before God and man, -.“ our livee, onr fortunes,
and onr sacred honor: ” . To everj patriot it has been
revealed, by the flashing artillery and thund<ring can
non, since the flTst gnnsmote Fort Snmpter’s wall, that
tho contest of Union against Disunion is the conflict of
the ages—Government against - Anarchy, Liberty against
Despotism,. Civilization agair st S u'harism. Freedom
a gi ijiet Slavery, Christianity against the Prince of Dark-
Sesolved, That we seized arms, as patriots: and free
men, in self, defence when the war was forced upon us;
we jiave since poured forth the blood and treasure of
ouvland to.maintain the.laws, rights,.and liberties be
queathed us, by our fathers, whose memories have hale
lowed the ground we tread; and we are re-iolved, by
the grace of God, that, under the lesaonsand.sacrlßaes"
of tho past, our aword shall not be. sheathed-nntir
every traitor’s arm -sinks in submission to the national'
authority. ' Applause. 3 . ; '
Resolvedf That in the desire, for peace we are sur
passed by none in the land ; but a just,-honorable, and
permanent pe ace—the only one we will as patriots and -
freemen accept—can-only be obtained by the vigorous
prosecution, of hostVlitiea to the unconditionat stir
.render of. ourfoes. . . ' :
Resolved, That through the faithful civil and mili
tary Government our . war has
proved a success nnparalleled in history, our national
grotperity has not been impaired; and we: confidently .
elieve that the. approaching .triumph of the Union
canee.at the ballot, box at heme and. with the cartridge
box in the held will obliterate the lasi vestiges of
traitors’power. V -• ,
Resolved, That this gigantic, rebollion was the legiti
mate ofitpring of human slavery; and as this institu
tion, so shocking to the moral sense of every Christian
nation, proved to be the soul and strength. of treason, •
we glory in Us jnst downfall, and wd will hail theday
when; our. flsg shall wave: over-none .but freemen.
[Great applause. I. ;- . V
Resolved, That we envy neiihor the heads nor the
hearts of those in our.midst who, en joying the protec- -
tioh and blessings of our Government, have:dose their
all to weaken its arm and strengthen its foes; who have
c, eaied.and fostered a spirit of factionwhen all citizens
should be united; whore hopes of success have ever
stood on the same, foundation with-tttose of cur ene
mies—the defeat of our arms; who love their party more ;
than their country, and who, under the name of D--
mocracy, are-plotting our nation’s rnin and disgrace -
Upon the-triumph” of this faction, whose leaders are
truthfully recognized throughout the world as Southern
fritnds-and allies, the .last hopes of treason aranow
based, ; ,. 1
Resolved, That theloyal citizens-of Philadelphia do
hereby lock hands with patriots throughout Penusyl-'
vania and throughout the nation to ciUßh the cherished
hopesof rebels, traitors and despots, and-to maintain
our Government against all its foes by conferring, with
an overwhelming majority, the..highest oflises in. our
gift upon the honest, true, an.dVwell-tried-men, .‘ Abra
ham fiineoln and. Andrew Johnson. - .: [Cheers. 3 ,
'Resolved, Tliatwe will'givero'ur aetive and undi
vided support, at the approaching election; - to all the
onnSidates preeented by the Katlonal Union party, un
der the conviction that they, represent and wiU prove
faitbfnltdthebtsfiaterestsofonrconutry,-
Resolvedi That to each and all of onr noble soldiers
ardgailant saitors. from the highest to the humblest
rank; wesendour thanks, our cheers and our bles
sings, !and we acknowiedge We dwo them a debt' that
can never b,e fully repaid. May tho : God of battles
shield them in danger and restore them, with duty done,
to our welcoming hearts and homes. [Great applauss
and cheers. 3 - - •
BEMABKS OP TTON. WILLTAM P. JOHNSON.
Ex-Governor William F. Johnson, of Pennsylva
nia, was then: introduced. He said that he had not
come to make a speech, but merely to unite will*
those present in the expression of their determina
tion to make our glorious banner not only the em
blem of the home of the free, but the vindicator of
the great truth which lies at the foundation of our
Government. Among the important issues of the*
campaign Was, whether we were or Were not a Go
vernment. If a- nation, we were bound to preserve
our nationality under,the forms; of the Constitu
tion. .If we failed to do this, the history of the
future Would stamp this generation as craven das
tards and cowards. - If a nation, by .what was that
nation represented? [“ The people.”], The ipeople
and the people’s Government,’ through their repre- >
sentatlves .at "Washington city. This nation was
now in a state of war, and its armies'could not*
be maintained without the support of'the people,
The duty of the people, therefore. wa« to second the
achievements of that army, and by sustaining its
representatives in the field , vindicate its existence
and power at home and abroad. In referring to the
so-called Domooratie party, the speaker contended'
that that organization had abandoned every princi
ple which, in other days, made Its name illustrious,
andftselfapowerfntheland.lnthosedaysthe"
r Democracyadopted themaxim of the immprtal De-,
catur, that they were Tor their country, Whether
right or wrong. The same partv at this day de
clared themselves in favor of the South,-because, as
■ they said,; the South had been badly?used. The
mooted question er a cessation of hostilities, which*
; was-of thelrrntginaUng, did not recommend itself to
tkAgvOtrjudgment of; loyal men., Tiie only way in
which the power of the Government would be respect
ed, and the supremacy of the laws vindicated, was to
put the foot of legitimate authority upon the neck
. ot every.man who refused toifespect the exercise of -
lawful power. A change igsfiie radical policy of
the Government would inure to the benefit of tho
enemy, -and a decision of the State-.election in
Pennsylvania., on; Tuesday next,’:averse to that
policy, would be .equal to a reinforcement of the
i ebel armies of a hundred .thousand men. The
speaker concluded amid much applause. ■ *
SPEECH OP; &3N. COCHBAKE.
General Cochrane, after -stating that his voice
would not permit him to speak long, said the theme
Whieh now engages -the attention of the Northern
people was one which stirs the soul and arms the
rudament of men, and as you shall'be filled with
the enthusiasm ana inspired with the prophecy of
the cause you wilTstrike home and with success. 1
do not come to yqu in behalf of men, however sign!.
Scant may be the definition of the name which you
support; however pregnant with the very vital
principle of the cause of your country may be the
namp of Abraham Lincoln. I do not stand here to,,
eulogize him,; save as he is the representative
of the ..Government, ..of the - laws,; and; the
very institutions - that alt of us hold dear.'
I do not appear here.tojeonaemn ana denounce his
'AKtES. .
Okas. E, Cornelius,
Eifes Yarnall, .
.Tames E. Gouia, ■
George W. Hunter,
Joseph Ml Thomas J
William A. Mitchell,
Louis 0. Medara,
Win. K. McClees,
Edward Armstrong,
Edwin T. Chase,
J. Sergeant Price,
Goorge T. Thorn,
Joshua P. Ash,
Wm.F.Miskey,
Edwin Mitchell, .
James Harper,
Alex. M. Fox,
Craig D. Ritchie,
I’oter Lamb, .
Francis A. Thomas, M.D.
Isaac S. Atkinson,
Charles S. Keene,
Wm. H. Van Ingen, ....
Col. J. K. Newkumet,
Joseph Emerson, .
Jameslf. Marks, ;
Benjamin Hunter,
Edmund Smith,
John Clayton,
Hugh David,
Archibald Getty,
Henry M.Hildebum,
J. Warner Johnson,
G. W. Vogel,
Garleton E. Moore,
E. C.Markley,
S.Emlen Meigs,
Galloway C. Morris,
Chas.S. Panooast, -
Win, D. Sherrerd,
John B. Shaoiler,
Lewis H. Radnor,
Isaac M. Moss,
jrG. Rosengarteh,
Samuel L. ishober,
John A. Murphy,. "
J, S. Newbolrl,
Henry Samuel, .
Isaac Starr, Jr.,
Francis-Wells.
ITOE henry.
FOUR CENTS.
adversary, I have to-night to do with Ms political
reputation, Xchoosse not to enter'upou tha dlsous*
5 uM,., -. h!3 C s s entlemo " l y a l!;l lities or of Ms mental
abilities, I have nothing to do ■with. Ms moral posi
ecfpiojfoo, in connection with the cause "In
engaged.- It is not he; it is his princi
ples, which is the great theme of the tra«e<fr. In
the language of Othello, “ it is the cause of my soul,”
?w Jo ? our c S ?? IS that you may sustain
ther cause of the Union on Tuesday* that- Shall
satisfy the whole of the country ana the world
that the people of Pennsylvania, In their inmost
souls, understand the cause in which they are en
gaged; -and now, fellow-citizens, I am but a feeble
representative -before you of that cause. You all
understand it as I understand it, but from me yon
may catch another giimpse at the great theme rim
yhichyougfebusy&ndthat gilipse*
acqui.o another eonvlotioa which shall arm
another ballot to the great majority which. -- is
awaiting you; on the .Tuesday coming. YYhy are
• you hero'! .1 am at the front, the detonation,
of war is heard along the lines, and man. is
aimed against; mau, and soldier aiming at tlio do
struotion of his antagonist soldier, and all for what 1
because you are engaged in war, and I wish to
signify to you by a few bright touches thatthecause
which these soldiers are engaged in upholding is the
oausewhioh you here to-night are engaged in un
holding.’ That there can bo but two parties in this
country, and that these parties are grouped about
peaco or war—the one for war for the Union,
the other for peace for the rebellion, ls : un
questioned,- The soldiers of the Union and you are
warring for the interests of the North and against
the peace rebels of North and South. You are not
war/tog against- Democrats; Tama Democrat,
you are not warring against me; Gen. McGallls a
Democrat, you are not warring against"him; Gen.
Dix is a Democrat, you are not warring against
bim; Gcp, Sickles is a Democrat, you are not
warring against him,' They are with you heart.and,
hand, [applause,] and they are Democrats, and you
are Democrats, and therefore you "are not warring
against Democracy. No, fellow-citizens, be’ not
misled by a name; There is very much in a name,
I ask the pafdoh.of the poet who has signified the
contrary. It is a snare and a delusion,'by which
innocent men are led down to "Moody graves and’
countries are incontinently ruined. Be notdecalved,
nor expect that the pronunciation of that shibbo
leth, Democracy, is the salvation of the country.
They who are Democrats are no longer Democrats.
They .who once • made a noble, dignified, and patri
otic party—at the head of which stood the founder,
Andrew Jackson—that party is-dissolved, rAp
plause.] It is- now kept alive under the tradi
; lions oi Its former glory. The true Democrats
have retired from it. In the name of our
common humanity, of its interests In all generations
and all time, and in the name of that proud, untar
nished, unsullied escutcheon in wMch we as Ameri
cans all rejoice; in the name of all this,l pro-
S® all ' solemnity here to-night that the
aecuised Democratic party is dissolved [cheers] :
??£,»» ® f al l ether partles-accursedbe theirnames N
accuTEed stand they in the eye of. patriotism,’
banished from the presence of the Deity, and del
scending to the bottomiess pit. Party is the bane of
.people when struggling for iifo. We are here to
night not as Republicans, but- as good, sound, solid
Union men, and as such T stand with you, and as
such you will strike the momentous blow of Tues
day. Having struck that blow, November will
catchlts echo and return to you tho glorious news
that as Pennsylvania has saved the Union so the
Union throughout its, breadth and extent has’saved
itself. [Applause.] Now, then,' allow me once
more to ask you who are they against whom you
are contending? I appeal to the Chicago platform.
The Democrats so-called are the advocates’ of un
conditional , peace, of unconditional surrender, not
of the enemy to us, but cf us to the enemy;
but I am answered that peaceful as that platform" Is
the man who stands upon it stands emphaticallyin
the attitude of wax.- A warrior whose first move is
aromonstrance ; a warrior who, inßtead of the-loglc
of the, musket, recommends the exhaustion of all
the arts of statesmanship recognized in civil life; a
warrior ; who, instead of breaking the lines of the
.enemy, would break the heart of his country. [Ap
plause.] He a "War’ Democrat, and he ontie Chi
cago platform ; itis impossible. Janus of the olden
time had two faces—one of war and one of peace;
and let Janus retire and George Bi McClel
lan hereafter stand as tho emblem of war, for I
know' of no better double-face tbaa that imposed
upon George B. McClellan. In this connection al
low me to. direct your attention to® remarkable
fact. On the . 24th of September, at Sidney, G. D.
Yallandlgbam explained that the platform at
Chicago being for peace, was the law and the pro
phets of the Democratic party. On the 24th of
September the Richmond: Examiner proclaimed,
“let but our armies adhere to their position until
the first of November, and Richmond will be ours
forevermore.”;" Remember that in the first part
of November' occurs your great Presidential elec
tion. On the 24th of September, Jefferson Davis,
at Macon", Ga.v declared that they (the rebels) would
, secure independence. Now, then, at Macon, Sid
ney, and at Richmond, went out from the great
apostles of rebellion this utterance: “ Peace shall
be had ; peace can bo had on no other terms than
the recognition of Southern .Independence.” Un
fortunately for Gen. McClellan, he is the victim of
circumstances; and (I apply the term in no degrad
ing sotse) the tool of wretched men, [applause.] men
whose purposes they hope to secure by holding before
the people the reputation and untarnished character
of George B. McClellan; but you fellow-citizens,
will not be deceived. You are intent upon the causa
—the cause of your country. I have already illus
trated to you that those who are against you, are;
among the. cohorts, of peace. Jeff Davis intends
through his lieutenant, valiandigham,;through the
wiles of politicians, and the resources of statesman
ship, to produce peace. ,;What have you to do with
it? Take to" yourselves heart. You aro a part,of
the armies or the Republic, engaged in the same
work. The whole country is looking to tbs result of
the election. The Anny of the Potomac is not only "
a fighting, )>ut it is a voting army; while with their
bullets they are : destroying the rebels of the South,
you with your ballots will destroy the. peace rebels
of tho North. . • . . -
SPSECH OI - s'. H. HARRIHGTOK, XSQ,, OF BBX.ATfi.RR'
The next Bpeaker was S. Iff. Harrington, Esq., 1 of
Delaware, who commenced his remarks by pledging
that if the: Union party carried Pennsylvania on
Tuesday nest, the little State of Delaware would
follow her.example In. November. While on a trip
through the State he had 'discovered a new issue in
certain localities. In Montgomery county par
ticularly this issue was stated. It was a pro
test against-' the "price or matches being three
cents a box! [Laughter.] . The inconsistency of
the • Opposition was; undeniable.- - They pre
■senfed a ' candidafe whose ' record stood mani
festly-'opposed to, the platform of their party. In
their objections to the policy cf the Government,
they - continually subjected .themselves to this
charge. In his letter oi 1882 written from Harrison’s
Lending to the President General McClellan went
far beyond the President in the'-policy of manumit
ting the slaves of the South. Upon other' ques
tions, relative to a draft, military.interference at
the polls, and kindred ,subjects, General MeClellaw
chad expressed himself as more radical than: Mr.
Lincoln. The speaker closed with an eloquent tri
bute to the power and majesty of the Union as ro
construetea upon a bash of freedom to all men,
whether white or black. He was followed by. Ex-
Governor Pollock, whose remarks were chiefly di
rected to tfce importance of the ensuing election.
The chairman of the meeting read the following
letters from distingulshod gentlemen who had been
Invited to address the assemblage, but were pre
vented from attending:
LETTER 111031 JOHN A. DIX.
- . . . i'w lons, October Sib, !S6E :
-.6EXU.EMEX: I hava received j our iuvitation to ad
dress ibe mass meeting to be held In Independence
Square on Saturday. The duties incident to the active
command of a military department render it Impossible
for me to = attend public meetings or. make political
speeches.:, But I accede with pleasure to your request
to write you a letter. . , . . . .
There isbnt one qiestionbefore tbe.conntry in the ap
proaehing canivass: Shall we prosecute, the war with
unabated vigor pntU the rebel forces lay down their
arms ; or Shall we, 10 use the language ot the Chicago
Convention,make “ immediateefforts” for “a cassation
; of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of
all the States? V&c.' . - » .
:■ Believing that tbelaiter measure, for whatever pur
pose adopted, would lead -'inevitably to a recognition of
the Independence of the insurgent States; and believing,
moreover, that true policy, as well as true mercy, al
ways demands, in the unhappy exigencies of war, a
steady and unwavering-application of ail the means
and ail the.energies at command until the object of the
war is . accomplished, r shall oppose the measure in
every form in which opposition Is likely to be effective
Gen. McClellan, the candidate of the Chicago Convsh
•tion.by force of Ms position, must be'deemedtoapprove
all the declarations with which he .was pressnted' to the
country, unless he distinctly disavows-them. Unfoir--
Innately, he is silent on the only qnestion'ln rf sard to
which the people careTthat he should speak. He does
not say whether he is in favor of a cessa: ion of hostili
ties, the measure announced by those who nominated
him. as the basis for action in. case of his election, or
: whether he is opposed to it. - He does not meet the ques
tion with manly frankness, as lam confident he would
have done if he Had taken"counsel of his own instincts,
instead of , yielding to the subtle suggestions of politi
-ciaits,' The Chicago Convention presented a distinct is-;
suetotha people. l As the nominee of the Convention,
he .was bound to accept, or repudiate it. He has done
neither,' andiwhalever inference may be drawn from ,
his silence, either the war Democrats or the peace De-.
mocrats must he dcccivr d . ; '
In: calling' for a~ cessation of hostilities the members •
of the: Chicago Conyention have, in mv judgmanti to
tally misrepresented .the feelings and'opinionsiof the
great body of the .Democracy. The policy proclaimed
in its name makes it—so fa? as such a declaration' can—
.what it has never been before, a peace party In war:
degrading it from the eminence on which it has stood
m eveiy..other national conflict. In this injustice to the
.country and to'a groat party. identlfled witu&llthat La
honorable In our history, I cau have no part, I cau
only mourn over the reproach whichhas been brought*
upon it by its leaders, and cherish the hope that it may
hereafter, under the auspices of better-counsellors, re
sume its ancient effective and beneficent Influence in
the sdministi'aflbn of.the Goyeynmeat. ,
• : D.ces .sny : one. doubt as to tho triie canse of our na
tional calamities ? !' believe It to bi. found in the.
•mahageinehfiof the leaders of both the prlnclpal poli
'Kcal'partfes.''durih'g,'Ore'-laEt'-quarter-bf- a:centnry. In''
1640 the great; men; of the Whig party— Webster, Clay, -
and others—men of universally acknowledged ability
and long.experience.ln;civil life, were thrust aside,
end General Harrison', a man of very moderate capa
. city, was Selected as. its candidate for the Presidency, <
The princical of availability,- as it was termed, was.
adopted as the rule of selection, and the question of
fltnees became obsolete. The concern was to know, not
who was best, qualified to administer the Government,
but who, from.his comparative obscurity, would be .
leastlikely to provoke an embittered opposition. This
was .the ,beginning, of a system, of demoralization,
which has ended in the present distracted condition of
the country. - It reversed all.the conservative princi- -
pies of human aciion,d!y proscribing talent and- exps
;risnce and crowning l mediocrity With " the highest
honors of the Republic. In 1844 the Democratic party
foHowed the successful example of its opponents in IS4O
It. put aside Vanßuren, Cass, -.Marcy, and Its other
eminent statesmen, and broughtforward Mr. Polk, a ■
.man of merely.ordinary.ability. Parties, which have
neither the courage nor' the virtue lo stand by their.'
greatest 'arid best men, soon'falTlnto the hopaless'de
rr oraliz&tion. ,This sy stem of retrogradation in all that
is manly and -just has eohtinued; -With two or three'
abortive efforts'at reaction; for -twenty-four years It
has .driven pre-eminent talent out of the -paths which
lead to the higheit political distinction ; and multitudes
with a simplicity which would be ludicrous were It not
so ask, wbat haabeedine of our great men»
The isquiryrs easily answered. They arelnthelearhed'
professions mscience,literature and art, andin the num
berless fieldsof intellectual exertion, which are opened
by the wants of a groat countryiu a rapid career of de
veiepment. The intellect of thcTcountry is neither di
minished in tkeaggregsto'hordwarfedinthe individual
proportions.-The political market, like the commercial, '
under the Influence of the IhUexiblelaw of- demandantl
supply,; Is furnished with the-kind of material it re--
quires. It calls for mediocrity, and It-gets nothing bet
ter., The higbesh talent goes where It Is a passport to'
the highest rewards, It withdrawefrom afield in which ■-
the chance of accession to :the "first civic honor is ln an
iiverse ratio of eminence and qualifications.
Thus, under the rule'of, the Inferior-;intellects which
party management has elevated to the conduct of the
public a flairs, the peace, the iprosperity,'and the high
character of the country have gone down,- If the great
men of the Bepublio had’controlled the policy and
action of the . Government daring the last quarter of a
century we should have had 1 no rebellion; Distraction,
within invites .aggression from without; and we are,
enduring the,.humili£tion of seeing a monarchy esta
blished in contact with our Southern boundary by one
• of the great-Powers of Europe in. eon tempt of our re
peated 'protestations,* and another of those Powers par-'
nsitting rebel cruisers to be armed m her ports to depi e
’ dateohourcommerce. .... "v
Under such a system ofipolitical management- no Go
vernment can last long. I know it is not easy.to change l
What such a lapse of time has fastened upon ns 1 Poli
ticians have the strongest interest in placing in the chair
of state feeble men, whom they can control, instead of
men of self-sustaining.power; to whom they would be
mere subordinates and auxiliaries. ‘ But tho time may'
cc-me—it may not be far the pedplev tite'd.
of voting for men of inferior capacity,lhruet upon them
through the machinery of conventions in whhn they
have no voice, will rue in their, majesty, and place ths
- conduct of their .affairs in more experienced and capable
bands. If suih.a change' is-not speedily effected, it if
my firm belief that our republican institutions will fau
to pieces, and an arbitrary government rise upon tnni
mins; for, unless , the testimony of alt history is to oa
discarded, no political system can be upheld except or
giving to its adminlstraUon4hrbenelufof the very n«a
cst talent and the largestexperience. - ~ ~ ,
Till this revolution Bhall come, my advice to
, hody of the people is.to hold fast.to their tradltunw
a'l^^whohontrolparty'mo vomente. Mauy
fljjaßaiKgg?der;TO«yn»a«nt:»n conventions
BphMtve. Even those who
not always the
Jg&j§Pw hare lived: so.loßgin the turbid
•me wa» pui»B,
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with a. heroism unsurpassed in any age® or wheat
home,, amid the prevailing, tumult and disorder are
working out, m the quiet pursuit of their varied
papons, the: momentous problem m the public pros
penty and safety. Wiien * they shall send out rS5i
from their owir ranha, ne\r men, to consult togeLhS fo?
the salvation cf all that ie most preeiousrin. govemmo l t
and society, there :wiU he caase ; for hops and faith. In,
our redemption from, impending evils and dangers;
hearing,.in the meantime, as well as we can the heavy
hardens which have been cast .upon us by a Quarter of
of polificalmisjuanagemont and public,mis
_ It 5s time the people should .understand these truths.
one, perhaps, can tell, them .with: more propriety
than myeelf, having been, much of the period,reierrea
to. jn public life, fruitlessly contending against party
contrivances v?hichhaveißTOlyed the country In all the
evils of civil&tw ■
I am, very respSctfuiiy, yours, ' .i
James H. Ohsx, Esq , Chairman, A ‘ '
„,, LETTER FfiOM W. M. MEREDITH,
health presents tlJo st . a - te P/“r
time, 1 have enttr# PonMenw ff in th a S^a B®®*' 8 ®®*'
heheve that the people of the loyal Stala^uf^snddSSfv
cneck bheir owu victorious career in the cause of cSt
truth, and hhorty, to.-join the supporters of the rhf*
cago platform, la biting the dust of ignominious sah
mission* * ~ - ,■. . *
X am, gentlemen, with great esteem,
Your obedient aerrant,
„ ; • W-M. MEREDITH.
10 James H. Ojoie, C. Biddle, Esqs., and others,
committee* ... - • -
.. Oct. d, 1664.
. SETTEE ITEON DANIEL E. SICKLES. ' :
•sfit'-’l-bav. -t. • Nsw-Yoax, Qct. 6, ‘l3Si,
Teague of hS”? I, 1 ?®, “vitetioh of the Bnloa
meeiing lfeia'in to address the
° n SltaTday
’is seidom ro , hBistenl e wEh tl the^utihs i of P ° H %® l 'P 11 *® 61 *
V | e! '| c saMIII is” d*irte«els®proMuMld 0 ffSml
- It ie difficult to underetand why the fbamnn -heVtk
Chicago platform, the authors of this reproach upon our
army, and this disparagement of the martial fortitude
of pnr country, should have chosen
tlppished. officer army to execute s scheme of
policy; which proposes to subdue armed rebellion by the
cesfiation of. hostilities against is, and-which contern
pla-tee, by means of a convention of alt the I fates tha
of enemies .who have' waged,fcecoacil
aMe y* 4-r og&inst eath other for four years. i
xet more difficult is it for me to comprehend, • exceofe
upon .the suppobuioh of an entire-change of opinions
ueSi Mur?iiU? e f fc^ ith th ?/ ame
5 v e w ll to become the exponent of a par ty con*
IW?l k'li f '.Vallandigham. Voorhell, x,Sni
■ • vUrn’ ';?«!«•;• feeymour, and Wood. - ' 8
• _ General McClellan urged the President to enforce *
general conscription to fill up cmr arSes GovSL?
fimSi >l ana e Ai allce , d as uheensthu-
A-,f, £, 4ii T ra - cttriz ?d a draft as a disastrous drain
general McClellan arrested the
Senator .Powell boasts that-ha nevar has afi
never willpts, a man or a doUarfor tha amy liS
MeClellan declare, he could not look in the face ht»
gpkiant comrades and tell them their labors and saorU
heeshadbetnin vain. - The Chicago Convention sava
..-they.have .vain, and demands an immediMa
cestatipn of hostilities, because the. war has been a fait
: ure throoghont. General McClellan, rising superior t*
the despondency whick followed the Peninsular dam
pai*n. recorded this declaration in his celebrated letter
of JuljlSG2,- addressed to the President ironfi tha
camn at Harrison’s. Landing: -‘The
lie Union must he .preserved, whatever- may" ho tha
cost in time, treasure, or blood.” : The Chicago Con- -
vention denounces the war for the Union asan "exiie
‘ha t has failed, and prescribes a contrehtfon
. other peaceable means, *-as the; limit of fatnre
resistance to the.demands of the rebel leaders •
not unmindful of the suggestion that General
, SlcClellan does not approve of the shameful surrender
oi; pur cause, .oictited in the humiliating -Sm
eanctioned with unanimity by the ConveSfiott whlrh
nemmated him- _ I Deiieva ic. lanfisure he would
sword iu hand, leading his old and trusted
battalions, against the enemy than subscribe io aca
pitnlation..which.divided and disgraced^lhs
rl™ r [ jc fr 011 of iK e fhndamental proposition of its piaT
fonn by the candidateof a convention Is a condemnation
fatal alike lo the party and the nominee. He ienS
m advance, the principles which must govern and
his -administration. If : elected" PresifSt, all
tory teaches us that General McClellan must yield-*®
: the policy oL his party,; ah expressed in therktul
form deCiSJations of its journals, convention*, -and.
leaders. The foremostmembers of his partiv'including
Mr. Pendleton, his associate candidate xM possible
successor, were members of the Chicago {kmventionanil
connived m its action. The platform-ts understood t»
be a moderate expression of: that hoSliJity to the war
vv -l'estmned the Conventton-rrom denouncing the
rehelUon. .The members of Gen. McCleltan’sCabinet
.'? PD ?v V? Cio£ej ? -frem anioiLE the prominent characters
in. the Ctmvention—Messrs. Seymour, Bigler, Vallan- -
digbam, PoweU, & Co. The Convention would fur
nish the principal supporters of his Administration "
in-Congress: Once in office, he could not continue
the war a month wiihout the aid of his party The
tenure Of. authority und the" rule, of subordination iu
tne cml government of this country are precisely the
'reverse ot; the military code; a President must execute
the will of his party. He most rule as the chief of his
party, or else become a dictators he be another Cmsar*
or. another dupe if he be another Tyler Whether re
garded as a soldier or a- citizen, there are few whose
estimate of the.accomplishments of Gen. McClellan is
higher than the-one J have" Gften'expressed; and yet I ,
iCannot concede to him, as I would not concede to any hue.
the ability to perform the impossible task ol conductinm
ah administration in opposition to the prevailing -senti
ments of his supporters,- ForaPreadent to relynpoa
the aid of his opponents, in or out of Congress,-is as-ab
snrfl as for a commander to stake his success against an
aavorsary ia the field upon desertions from hm ranks
Itfoliows, them that, if Gen. MoDleilan be elected, ha
must.give up the war, and with it all hope of putting
down tbereheUion,except through “peaceable means"”*
It wouJu bs awaste of time to discuss the restiltsof
persnesion upon adversaries who: spurn our overtures,
ana laugh at the suggestion of reconciliation. Cassa
tion of lios tiiities” means the recognition of the South
ern Confeaeracy. , Thai is the issue now submit dd to
the people, K y voice .and vole go with my s word in
protesung against tills lame and, impotent edactesibn.of
the greatest war ever waged for nationality, liberty,
order, and progress. Yery respectfully, . . :
‘ ‘ D. E. 81CRLE3.
. i BETTER FROM DAHfEIi S.' DICKUTSOirt.
Bm-Gn.-urpToaVOctVJ.lBSf,
Gesti-emex: Irothmg but a positive engagement for
Friday, at a point in this State from which 1 could not
leach you on Saturday, prevents my accepting your
courteous invitation, and being with yon.
Treason &t d ditnnion, encouraged by a paper-surren
der at Chicago, for a few days, were noisy and ram
pant; but now begin' to learn, that though, like their
-great exemplar,'they may promise' “all the kingdoms
of the world, ’ ’.they have not the power to deliver. The.
cheats and charlatans ot Chicago have mistaken the in
ehuetß of the Am or; can people,. when they supposed
thatthey, would yield and. capitulate to a perjured,
thieving, murderous rebellion; and General McClellan:
more grossly underrated the popular-intelligence, when
he undertook to ride two horses of a. different color
Masks oft, 1 fay ! • Under which king, Beronian?*'
Take one side or the other. Either will give you the re
spect. of the good or the bad. Double-dealing.will* re
ceive the contempt of aIL
■ - Vours. truly, D. S. DICKWSOH.
Messrs. James.H. Ouse, Chairman; Cadwai,a»ek Bin*
■ die, Secretary. l
The near approach of the procession rendering att
adjournment of the meeting necessary, the meeting
accordingly adjourned with hearty cheers for'tha
Union candidates.
SOUTHWEST STAS’D.
filesting called to order by Mr. Horace Biunoy,
Jr., who proposed as chairman J. Gillingham l Hell,
ESq.,'': . ; : '
: Ex-Gcyernor Pollock waß then introduced to tka
meeting. He, made one of those eloquent speeches
for which ho Is soavell noted, and drew down cheers
upon cheers from the mass of people before Mm.
His appeal to fbem to stand by the Government
was most soul- stirring.; and he - took his seat amidst
the most deafening applause of Ms audience.'' '
He was follo wed; by Thomas M. Coieman, Esq.,
anoid Democrat, who had worked with that party
Tor many years of his life, but who had now joined
the loyal men of the country, and would stand by
them until this rebellion was put down, His'Te-'
marks were Well received, and ha kept the" undivfdedt.
.attention of the audience Tor a half hour.: Hig.de- -
riurciatioDS of tho Democratic platform, and tho
leaders of that party, were meet scathing, and hia
arguments for the cause of the Union were forcible,
unanswerable, and,eloquent. - .
Hon; Charles O-'KcHI was then Introduced by the
chairman.
SPEECH 03? HO3I. CHABMSS O’llßlit,.
Fniiow-Crrizmts: You have just 1-eard- the
eloquent words of my friend Oolemanj who tails you
thai until the commencement- of the present rebel
lion lie had been a Democrat, but that the country
in danger and traitors inarms, lie had left the party
and put-himself on the platform of the country,,
■where he would be while a rebel dares to raise Ms
hand against our time-honored flag. Ido not come '
here to Epeak-to you for party. I would be ashamed,
In such a crisis as this, to ash you to array your
selves as party men, upon a party platform. The
great mass of loyal citizens who are now stirring to.
save the country, and who will save it, will’not go
to the polls oh Tuesday next to sustain more candi
dates for office, butwita true hearts and unwavering
patriotism will show their devotion to goodgovera
meat, their determination again to place Penn
sylvania before the country and tlio: world
as ,inereasing"in loyalty, and with her majority
counting-by many thousands for the Union and the
Administration of Abraham I/ineoln.' to testily aha
will never suffer a Southern Confederacy to' be
plantedupon the wreck ,of her sister. States, or a
rebel flag to float over a single acre of-land which
had been consecrated to a Union destined never to
be broken, never to be successfully assailed by trai« ,
tors at home' or enemies to free government abroad.
Fellow-citizens, I come here to-night to appeal to
you in these last few hours of this conflict through
the bailor-box to leave nothing undone for the cause
of the Union. In three days ttom this time you are
to decide by your votes, perhaps, the destiny of this
great nation. -The issue of the coming elections in
Ohio, Indiana, and : Pennsylvania is country or no
country, and while the spoil-seekers whomaae the
Chicago /platform are endeavoring to delude the
people Into the belief that the so-called Democratic
party is faithful to the Government, I warn you to
beware, to be watchful, arid not to rely upon men
who, under the weak pretence of defending ana
sustaining the Union, confess la shameful and
unmistakable language that McClellan andpen
dleton.“are for peace without honor, compromise
with every advantage on the side of traitors, and
armiEtfces with "rebel enemies. This Democratic
platform advocates an immediate armistice. Aye,
even now while through the blood and wounds
and. livesfof'.your sons and brothers In the army
and navv; Grant and Sherman, Farragut and other
naval haioes, Bleado and Hancock ana Blrasy,
Butler, and Sheridan are drawing closely around,
the rebel strongholds strong lines of patriot sol
diers-and, sailors never to be broken, literally
holding' the rebellion by the throat, determined to
crush it out.' My fellow-citizens, this is not the time
Ycr gran ting armistices. You ao not believe It. is.
YOu in this large assembly of freemen will not'Jet
the country go; You, I know, will stand by the
Union; You are ready once more to show ybur
lyre of country, of free institutions/to attest your
confidence in Abraham Lincoln, ana by your votes
upon Tuesday next to foreshadow fbr the November
election the’ great and Overwhelming majority that
loyal Pennsy IvaMahk will give to Idncoln and John
son, a UnionunbroKenjacouhfry undiviaeatoreyer;
Yes, niy feUow-cotmtryinen, the time for argument
F°ealeMhSd
%
Davis in this most unhMy pnt • upon
wSSUlvanla when that party.artSpges its terms of.
rr-tDemect with rebels. We cannot now arrest the
‘“ 'Tof victorious Union armies or lessen the
w-eka of conquering fleets which now are proudly
earning -the flag of our country, never; tof-ba
v truck, before the forts and harbors off-bur.
enemies, to arrange with rebel commissioners
how many acres of territory we must surrender to
ihe Confederacy, after the armies of the Union
have taken them, through-many a hard-fought bat
tle. , No, my fellow-citizens, this is not for loyal
men to do., This is not whatyou and I are strug
gllsg for, but, like true men and patriots, our
►Cents now are for the continuance: of; that Admi
nistration wMch,'for nearly four past, has
labored'to sustain our glorious Government, and
whichby tur votes, we firmly believe, will be com
turned another four.years, to save the country, ana
to'uphold- over- a Union of thirty-lour unbroken.
States the- time-honored flag of our ta.-.ors.
iSjJO’iieill was followed at this stand by