The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, October 26, 1864, Image 2

,t Hamlin’s Appointments,
i. Hamlin, Vice President of the
Haiti. will address the people of Pennsyl
vanln at. allowing places :
Harrisburg, Wednesday, October 25.
Carlisle, Thursday, October 27,
Ohambersbnrg, Friday, Oct. 28.
Gettysburg, Saturday, October 29.
•fudge Black, of I.ecoinpton Memory 1
In connection with the recent speech of
tlie Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, the ex-At
torney General of the imbecile ex-Bu
chanan Administration, we wish it to be
borne in mind that he is the identical indi
vidual who, a few years since, in this same
city, delivered a similar legal argument, to
prove the validity and binding force of the
memorable Lecompton Constitution. That
instrument, all the world then knew, and
no one better than Judge B. himself, as
well as the other “ J. 8,,” his superior,
was an iniquitous fraud, manufactured
outside of Kansas, and sought to be forced
on an unwilling people by means of re
volvers and bowie knives, wielded by as
lawless a band of desperadoes as has ever
escaped the hands of any Jack Cade in the
land. So palpable, indeed, was their
crime, that by the time their nefarious
work came before Congress, not a solitary
*one of the base scoundrels was any longer
to he found in Kansas. They had all, with
one accord, fled to parts unknown.
And yet, by some inexplicable infatua
tion, this very deed of villainy, by this self
same Jeremiah S. Black, in the'presence
of an intelligent and reflecting Philadel
phia audience, was endorsed and defended '
And how ? In precisely the same way in
which he is now apologizing for, and by
implication vindicating, the slaveholders’ *
rebellion—viz : by professional quibbling ,
.by jin e-strung , far-fetched, sophistical , legal
technicalities /
But where is the Lecompton Constitution
now?: Did Judge Black’s argument then,
backed by all the misused official power
and patronage of the other ,T. 8., (his su
perior,) in any wise serve to sanctify vil
lainy, or to commend deliberate and whole
sale fraud to any enlightened and good
man’s conscience ? Let the stern and in
exorable logic of history famish the reply.
That famous document, thanks to the power
of truth, is this day remembered 1 only to be
execrated. Around it, even more than
around the pilferings of any miserable
thief whom Judge Black, in the earlier
■days oil his judicial career, sentenced to a
six-months service in the common jail of
■Somerset or Bedford counties, there clus
ter only contumely, disgrace, and scorn!
Judge B. (and the other J. B.), by all their
arts of sophistry-and power combined,
failed to convince an enlightened and re
flecting people that fraud, perjury, and
villainy could be sustained by law , and the
Lecompton iniquity hence sunk into tjke
depths of infamy; ‘ ‘ deeper than plummet
ever sounded.” So it will be again. We
tell thee, learned Judge, that all the labor
ed disquisitions, and all the close-woven
webs of sophistry thou caust utter, from;
henceforward to the day of thy exit out of
this earth, will not serve to relieve the infa
mous slaveholders’ rebellion of a solitary fea
ture of its hideousness; nor will it serve to •
-pc-rsuade a single reflecting man, possessing
as much brains as an oyster, that in all his
efforts to suppress that rebellion, President:
Lincoln lias 'not acted most wisely and
well. The learned Judge may labor never
so long and hard to persuade a reading
public that black is white, and white black
—but all to no purpose. Jeremiah’s
,LdmenlaUons” -we will illuminate ia a day
•or two. // ..... ■'' j,,'.-
Another Lincoln Outrage.”
Will it believed, the owners of steam ves
sels sailing from New York to New Orleans
—instigated thereto, no doubt, by President
Lincoln— have adopted the most stringent
measures to exclude all persons from tak
ing passage who are either unable or un
willing to furnish testimonials-of charac
ter, and render proof that they are bona fide
passengers, and have no hostile intentions?
To cap the climax, even their persons and
baggage are subjected to inspection ; and
all this for no higher purpose than to fer
ret out rebels and pirates, and prevent ves
sels, when once out at sea, from being cap
tured, the crews, murdered, and the real
passengers east out on some barren island !
-Horrible outrage this, is it not, on “ private
■rights ? ” Shocking invasion of. the free
dom of steamboats! We commend this
fresh act of lawlessness, on the part of the
Administration to the argus-eyed inquisi
tion of Senator Wall, of Hew Jersey; 'for
if matters are allowed tb proceed much
longer at this rate, it would excite no sur
prise if robbery, rapine, and piracy were
sadly interfered with, if not wholly bro
ken up. To the rescue, neighbor Wall!
to the rescue! , ■■ , ■
The Speech of Hon. Henry Winter
Davis, last night, is an illustration of the
catliolic spirit of tHe Union party ; it ■wel
comes to its ranks men of all parties, and
none that are unconditionally patriotic can
■find in its creed any bar to fidelity to its
purpose. Mr. Davis has been one of the
•sternest critics of the President; the
character and the extent of his oppo
sition are too -well known to be re
hearsed. But Mr. Davis has not given
up the great principles which Arrau
Lincoln represents, nor hesitated to pre
fer his Administration—mistaken it may'
be in part, but right on the whole—to that
which would he established by his defeat.
He has not hesitated in his choice be
tween tlie Chicago platform and that
of Baltimore; he knows who of the.
Presidential candidates is on the side of the
■ people. We have taken Mr. Davises an
example of an extreme of the Union party ;
but we do not find him less earnest or
■loyal, because he differs from other leaders
on questions of no small importance. He,
in common with all men who truly sustain
the Union, has subordinated everything to
its safety, and is willing to yield nothing to
its foes. V v
Light !—“ Vice President ” Stephens,
so called, of the bogus Confederacy, in bis
recent letter claims to be, in ecstacies be
cause of a ray of light that has beamed
into benighted rebeldom from Chicago.
*Tlie deluded man, forsooth, Ought to haye
known that floods of light are pouring into
dnd over the darkness of the' slave region
from every quarter of the civilized globe.
The misfortune with the slaveholders is,
that “ the light shineth into the darkness,
but (he darkness comprehendeth it not." If
Y. P. S. has caught up a ray and compre
hended it, let there be general rejoicing;
He is slightly in error, however, as to the
locality whence the light has emanated. It
proceeds from Illinois, it is^true; but from
Springfield, not from Chicago.
Contrabtb are sometimes exceedingly
striking. We heard one made, a day or
two ago, that seemed to -us to possess the
double merit of truth and originality. Said
a veteran life-long Democrat of the Jeffer
sonian and Jackson school, in comment?
ing on the mutations of men and parties,
heaving a long-drawn sigh as he spoke:
* ‘ Alasd . the Democratic party, with, its
.present avowals and its present leaders no
more resembles the Democratic party of
twenty years ago than the taste of a cucum
ber resembles the sound of a Kent bugle.'}
The contrast is odd, we admit, but not
more odd than true. • • ' -
“ Dissolving Views.” —If the pictorial
representations, which have so delighted
•crowds of wondering urchins and misses,
as each night they have collected- in front
•of the “ Continental,” on Walnut street, be
.still in progress, we would kindly suggest
•one, so seasonable, we think, as without
fail to attract general attention. This is the
subject, viz:
prospects for the Presidency! They loomed
up at first like a huge mountain, hut lo '
they have dwindled down to Liliputian
littleness ! As a “ dissolving view,” we
know of nothing in all nature, animate or
inanimate, to:beat it. ‘
ft in*
/OCTOBER 26, 1864.
General James Gwyn.
Colonel James Gwyn, of the Corn Ex
change Regiment,- (118th Penna. Volun
teers,) who led the Third Brigade of Gktf
: Jin’s noble little First Division, in the as
sault on the rebel works near Petersburg,
on the 30th of September, has been pro
■ moled by the President to the rank of
1 Brevet Brigadier General, on the recotn
' mendation of his Division:, Corps, and
Army Commanders. On the occasion in
question, he went into action against the
express orders of the surgeon who attended
him. As beheaded hisbrigade and cheered
his men on to victory, his horse was shot,
and, falling heavily upon him, bruised him
severely. Nevertheless, this gallant soldier
staggered to his feet, nor did he quit the
field until two lines of works had been cap
tured and the battle ended. As he lay on
the field, prostrate and fever-racked, Gene
rals Griffin, Warren, and MEAfiE rode
up to congratulate and thank him, and,
upon tlieir spontaneous and unasked-for
recommendation of his high merit, he ob
tained' his promotion. He has been as
; signed to duty, under Lieutenant General
. Grant, according to his brevet rank, and
Brigadier General Griffin, on his promo
: tion being announced, issued a congratula
tory order thereon. V
The Corn Exchange Association of Phi
ladelphia, which raised and sent into the
field the noble regiment hitherto com
manded by General Gwyn, passed resolu
tions, at a-public meeting, yesterday, which
express their sense of his desert. As Gene
ral Gwyn belongs to this city, we take this
occasion of briefly, recording the. leading
facts of his military career.
He entered the three months’ service as .
captain in the 23d Pennsylvania Volunteers,'
commanded by Colonel Dare, and retained
his position in that regiment, having re-en
iislecl under the late Major General, then
Colonel, Birney. lie served on the Penin
sula in all the fights up to that of Malvern
Hill, from ’which place he was sent home
sick. In August, 1803, lie was appointed
Lieutenant Colonel of the Com Exchange
Regiment; acted as second in command at
Antietam and Sliepherdstown; led the regi
ment in the charge on the rebel works at
Fredericksburg, on December 18th, 1802,
and (Colonel Prbyqst having returned)
commanded en second at Cliancellorsville
in the last days of April and first days of
May,. 1808. At, Gettysburg, on July 2,1868,
he commanded the regiment, which guarded
the flank and rear of the division and was:
exposed to a galling fire from the foe while
changing front. At the request of his
brigade and division commanders, he was
sent to Philadelphia, by Gen. Sykes, .the
corps commander, to recruit the ranks of his
shattered regiment, which he soon filled up
and was duly commissioned as colonel, ~t
and served - through the winter. The :
spring campaign of 1804 found Colonel
Gwyn heading a demi-brigade at the Wil- j.
derness, where he was severely wounded 1 ,
in the thigh, but he w’ould not leave the
field until the action was oyer. He was
sent home, where he suffered much from
his wound and from malaria fever, and
was employed during his convalescence in
court martial duty and in organizing the
troops-for the defence of the State. 3som
these duties he was relieved, at his own f
most pressing request, and resumed his i:
command in the field. Participating in j .
all the movements of: the veteran sth -
Corps, he won his promotion, as already
stated, in the battle before Petersburg, on
the last day of September. It will be ad
mitted that he has earned his new rank,
and his friends have no doubt that, if life
be spared, he will fight his way—for a
braver or more hard-working officer can
not be found—to still higher distinction.
Mr. Richard Yatjx, whom a -Boston
newspaper, with amazing credulity, : de
scribes as one of the most eloquent men in
the country, spoke last evening at the
Continental Theatre. It is well that the
managers of the-Democratic party have
provided a theatrical saloon for their pur
poses, for the performance of Mr. Yatjx
was, we regret to .say, an “exhibition.”
He began with accusing the Administration
jof almost; every crime in the calendar,
barely stopping himself while - saying that
Mr. Lincoln, was trying to overthrow the
Gospel. After this,- the unreason of the
orator was wild beyond curb or comparison.
Almost in the same breath, he told his
hearers that all the liberties of the country
were lost, and called upon the Democracy
to preserve them ; that the Union was
dead, and Democrats were to save it.
Finally, this speaker attacked the churches
and ministers of the Gospel throughout the
city, declaring with gasping emphasis that
‘ 1 the only place to hear the Gospel preached
is at a Democratic meeting.” From the
larger part of his hearers, to their credit be
it said, this astonishing sentiment called
forth no applause. A speech of such juve
nile rage and nonsense should scarcely ex
cite comment; but we reflect that Mr.
Yatjx, the author of this attack upon gram
mar, patriotism, 'and the Gospel, was the
Mayor of Philadelphia, and is. now at the
head of one of our most important institu
tions..
“ Dying Hard. ’’—This expression is de
signed to denote the stale of one who is in
the article of death, but who, owing to the
tenacity of life, is undergoing painful and
convulsive agonies. If the thoughts- sug
gested by the comparison be not too
sombre, we would say such is the state of
the once powerful and honored Democracy
at this time. It is evidently in articulo ex
tremis. It is dying very “ hard”—never
theless, absolutely and unequivocally dying
The campaign in the. North western coun
ties has recently had the benefit of the elo
quence of Daniel Dougherty, Esq., who
lias addressed immense meetings at Mead
ville, Franklin, and other places. Mr.
Dougherty has been invited to speak in
Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Wednesday eve
ning) hya committee of leading citizens, in
cluding such men as Edward Everett,
Cjtas. G: Lokino, Edw. S. Tohry, and C.
B. Goodrich, We are glad to see by the
Journal that the invitation has been ac
cepted, and that Mr. Dougherty will also
canvass the State thoroughly on his return.
A true Democrat, an earnest and impres-'
sive orator, he will do the cause good ser
vice. ■ ■
The Neglected Ones.— Pending the
gubernatorial canvass of last year, the
leading Copperhead orators were William
B- Reed, Charles .Ingersoll, Francis
W. Hughes, et id omne genus. We hear
not a word from these ; magnates note.
Who can solve the mystery ? Is their with
drawal casual or designed ? j' We rather
opine this is part of the Belmont pro
gramme, lest these eminent Copperheads
damage the prospects of McClellan.
Recognition.— Some time has elapsed
since-.the rebel ' press has bolstered up the
sinking prospects of the. Confederates by
the promise of foreign recognition. We
do not wonder at this. Grant, Fabiiaout,
Sherman, and Sheridan have so; spoiled
the face of the bogus Confederacy that we
question whether the rebels themselves are
any longer able to recognize it. /
WASHEVGTOIV.
Washington, Oct- 25
DISCONTINUANCE OF SUITS AGAINST EX-
PRESS COMPANIES.
Satlsfactory explanation baying been made, the
Commiseioner of Internal Revenue has ordered a
discontinuance of the salts commenced against the
express companies for omitting to stamp their re
ceipts. ■■ *'■• . v».
SECESSION SYMPATHIZERS DISMISSED BY
SECRETARY STANTON.
Mr. Stanton has dismissed twenty persons em-
Pioyea in the department of the quartermaster,
® 6 “ r ‘. MEIOB - T hey are? said to have been no
iwnL?wiat^ !516rs wlt!l the rebels. Their em
plalnt 1)0611 lon B a subject of severe com-
-THE POSTAL ORDESR SYSTEM f
It la understood that the money order postal svs
tern will go into operation on the Ist ofNoyember
THE TRIAL OF JOHNSON AND kuLTON CON
.- CLT7DED. • .-.t *
The trial of Johnson and Tutton, alleged contra
bandists, was concluded this afternoon. Tie Judge:
Advocate, in his address, stated that 'the Arm had
made a fortune by fraudulent practices, and should
he severely punished. .The decision of the court has
not yet been made known.
THE WAR.
AFFAIRS IN GRANT'S ARMY.
Heavy Skirmishing Along the 2d Corps
REPORTED CAPTURE OP ONE OF
MOSEBY’S OFFICERS.
Forrest Concentrating Forces in Tennessee,
HIS MEN CONSCRIPTING NEAR MEMPHIS'
THE WAR IN MISSOURI,
Union Soldiers Murdered by Giiei'lllas.
UETAIIATVUY EXEOPTJOJfS TO TAKE PIiCS.
PRICE REPORTED THOROUGHLY DEFEATED
RUMORED DEATH OF THE REBEL
GENERAL FAGAN.
Movements of the Enemy in Arkansas.
GENERAL GRANT’S ARMY.
MOVEMENTS AND COUNTER-MOVEMENTS—REBEL
INTEREST IN NORTHERN POLITICS—BRISK
. SKIRMISHING WITH THE SECOND CORPS. •
CSpecial Correspondence of The Press. ]
. Before Petersburg, October 23,1861,
Not often does the rebel cavalry do us any real
damage. Our long lino of communication offers
them ample opportunity for raiding, but well
the/know the amplitude of the fortifications rear
ward, as well as along the front. Horses are scarce
In the Confederate portions of Virginia, and grain
very difficult ,to be-procured. This helps to make
the rcbclfcavalry the select, small minor branch of
the continues his depredations
among iheir centaurs, not a mounted man will be
spared to do the scouting for Lee’s army. It might
also be added that decimation among the ranks of
the infantry continues at a fearful rate.
Continued movements bn the enemy’s ground de
manded constant wakefulness and vigilance. Clouds
of dust trace the footfalls of armed human columns,
moving hither and thither, from right to loft. Yes
terday cavalry moved towardbur left en masse. It
promptly made for their reception. The result was
uninteresting. ; Our scouts roamed far belo w Reams’
Station without discovering anything alarming or
suspicious. Nothing formidable will bo allowed to
pass the 9th Corps without being known or chal
lenged. Very little skirmishing occurs on the line
may have been menace, feint, or parade. The move
ment was noticed, however, and preparations were
left of the Weldon Railroad. The enemy seldom
shows front above the works, upon which they are
busily employed, Uko so many beavers. It is their
design to hold us here, if possible. “ Thus far shait
thou come and no farther,” they would say, had they:
power to hold ns ; but they are notequal to the trial.
On some portions of the line musketry can gene
rally be heard at all times. The last two days have
been exceptions. As the weather was unusually
cold,it Is probable'our thinly-clad foeß are working
.upon their winter-quarters. They Imagine them
selves secure, and fancy they may remain forever In
the -present position. Opening polls in different
regiments has called forth much commot ion, excite
ment, and enthusiasm in the different , encamp
ments. Somehow the rebels got ah inkling of what
was going on, and afterwards inquired of our-pickots
to name the man they voted for. While we were
lately cheering for Sheridan’s victory, they, Innocent
of any knowledge of defeat in the valley, shouted,
some for Lincoln, others for McClellan. Much
greater interest in our politics exists among the
rebels than our own soldiers. '
Brisk skirmishing is renewed along the 2d Corps.
The: pickets of the 9th Corps enjoy an almost un
broken peace. Artillery, practice continues with
more energy than - accuracy. Occasionally a shell
reaches a camp, hut seldom destroys life. Acci
dents do occur, however, The ether night a man
was killed while sleeping soundly in his tent. Whit
worth guns, of which-the rebels have a few, whirl
bolts a wonderful distance through the air. How
long the hostile armies will thus remain Inert and
facing each other few can say. The enemy are more
deeply Interested in this than any of us. Unable to
attack Grant, Lee waits and watches for the next
movement of bis powerful antagonist.
New men, whose faithfulness and fortitude are
unknown and untried, are not allowed on advanced
posts. The large number of bounty men received
here makes it obligatory on officers to be cautious
whom they place on guard. There are few cases of
actual desertion ; but It is best to keep such from
temptation. ■ Their pockets being filled with money,
the great longing desire of their hearts is to steal
away and enjoy the expending of it.
Cold weather seems; to be upon us. A snow
storm was threatened yesterday, but, after a. little
sprinkling of rain and sleet, the sky became gray
and the atmosphere cool. • E. H Mcß.
ALL QUIET AT THE FRONT —EXECUTION. OF A
DESERTER.
Washington, Oct. 25 —The steamer Dictator
arrived at this port to-day from City Point, :
All was quiet at the front,
A soldier named Lynch, of the 63d New York Re
giment, was shot on Friday for desertion. bad
been once pardoned for a like offence.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
FORREST REPORTED CONCENTRATING AT JACKSON,
TENNESSEE—DEFEAT OF A UNION FORCE AT EAST-
PORT, Mississippi.
Cairo, Oct. 25.—The Memphis papers of the 23d
say that Forrest is'reported to be concentrating a
large force at Jackson, Tennessee, and that he is
enforcing a merciless conscription in the country
adjacent to Memphis.
Colonel Hoye’s command (Union) had been de
feated at Eastport, Mississippi, and returned
to Memphis, It is stated that Colonel Hoye is
not to blame for the disaster, as he simply obeyed
orders. *
DEFEAT OF THE REBEL ARMY—I’KtCE MOVING
THROUGH KANSAS—OCR CAVALRY HARASSING
HIS RETREAT—HIB MEN DESERTING.
St. .Louis; Oct. 25. —The democrat, publishes a
special despatch from Warrensburg. which says:
“Governor Hall arrived here to-day from Inde
pendence with a Email escort under Captain Foster.
Our cavalry are damaging Price's rear conside
rably.. ■■■ ■ ■ ■ - .: ,
“Price is moving through Kansas, but is sprink.
ling the road with the blood of his best men.
“Our loss in Sunday’s fight was about 25U killed
and wounded. The rebel loss was much greater.
We took between 400 and 500 prisoners.
“ Deserters from Price’s army are coming to this
post in considerable numbers.”
THE REBEL GENERAL FAGAN REPORTED KILLED IN
A DUEL.
The Little Book (Ark.) Democrat says: There was
a report in town- yesterday, coming from two
sources, one of them entitled to credit, that the
rebel General Fagan had been killed in a duel by
Gen. Marmaduke. Marmaduke is a Missourian.
FORREST’S POSITION—GUERILLAS. SHOT IN RETA
LIATION POtt THE MURDER OF A UNION MAIL
COURIER,
Louisville; Cot. 25.—An accidental collision of
the passenger "and freight trains, near Shepards,
ville, this morning, so disarranged the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad that the up-traln was two
hours and a half behind time this afternoon.
: Thepassengers confirm the reported crossing of
the! Tennessee river by Forrest, below Florence,
Ala., and say that six rebel regiments are reported
to be at CentreviUo.
On account of the capture of the Totten Hospital
mail by guerillas, under a notorious woman named
Sue Mundy, and the murder of the mall courier by
guerillas, who called .themselves Confederate cap
tains, (ail of whom were recently captured on the
Cumberland river,) the latter were yesterday taken
from the Exchange Barrackß here and shot, Ini re
taliation for the aforesaid murder.
MISSOURI.
PRICE REPORTED THOROUGHLY WHIPPED AND
RETREATING.
New Yoiik, Oct. 25—A special despatch from
Washington to the Evening Post says that the news
from Missouri which has been received at the War
Department is good. Price has ;been whipped most
thoroughly, and is running away as fast as he can.
NO CtNF.IEMATION OF; REPORTED ; 6UOCBBSBB AT
INDEPENDENCE AND IYARfiENSBITEG. v
• St. Louis, Oct. 23.—N0 later intelligence has
been received from Price at headquarters. There
has been no conflimation of the capture of three
pieces of cannon at Independence and the routing
of the rebel army at Warrensburg.
Roseerans’ depot of supplies Is garrisoned by a
division of the 17th Army Corps, under Col. Moore.
MURDER OP UNION SOLDIERS BY GUERILLAS
RETALIATION TO BE TAKEN.
St. Louis, Oct. 25.—The dead bodies of Major
Wilson, of the ; 3d Missouri Militia, and six of his
men who were captured by the rebels at Pilot
Knob and given up to a guerilla band for execution,
for the alleged killing of, some rebels in Arkansas,
last summer, were found in FrankUn county.yester
day. Wilson’s body had several holes In it.
; A rebel major.and six privates are how in Alton
prison, and are hostages for Wilson. The men will
doubtless be shot In retaliation.
MOVEMENTS OF THE REBELS IN ARKANSAS— GEN.
; HEBRON AT LITTLE' ROCK—PREPARATIONS TO
INTERCEPT I‘KIOE.
St. Lours, Oct. 25.—Late advlcesfrom Little Rock
state that Magruder had left Camden, and was ra
pidly retreating toward Red river.
Only two thousand rebels were left between Sa
line river and Camden. " -
Gen. Herron was at Little Rock, on an Inspecting
tour through Oanby’s Department.
There Is great activity In military matters, indi
eating a movement to Intercept Price.
Alb soldiers suffering from chronic diseases are
being tent North on sixty days’ furlough. Nearly
flvo hundred have already been sent away.
I’OKTKISS MOS’KOE.
GEN. DOBLADO AND SENOR ROMERO—LATH SOUTH
ERN NEWS REBEL DESERTERS TAKING THE
Fobt Monbou, Oct. 21.—The mall steamer Lou
isiana, Capt. Porter, from Baltimore, arrived at-7
o’clock this morning.; Among her passengers were
the following officers: Major Gen. Doblado and his
aide, de-camp, and Senor Don M. Romero, Minis
ter from Mexico.
The Richmond Examiner of October 22d contains
the following: V
To J. A, Seddon, Secretary of War:
Gen; Breckinridge reports that his scouts on the
10th burnt the railroad bridge over Mosey oreek.
The enemy evacuated Bull’s Gap on the 18th, re
treating towards Knoxville. ,
Gen. Yaughan is pursuing. R.E.Lbb.
" Mobile, Oot. 19 —The Yankee; gunboats landed,
yesterday coo iqfastry new Millen, La. They
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA,: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1864.'
were attacked by the 15th Confederate Cavalry and
driven to tlieir gunboats, losing from 30 to4o in
billed and wounded. The-wounded have gone, to
the navy yard. ” :
Forty-eight deserters and prisoners from the
rebel army, arrived at Fort Monroe from General
■ Butler’s lines last evening. They have taken the
oath and are going North.
KOSIBT’S «I’F.»IIMS.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF CAPTAIN CHA.PUA.Nj OF
MOBEBY’S GAM, AND ONE OB LEE’g AIDS. ‘
Washington, Oot. 28.-Two men were oaptured
oh Saturday In the vicinity of Warienton by Capt.
McPherson, of the 16tli Now. York Regiment. They
represented themselves, one as Lieutenant H. B-
Turner, aid-de-camp to General Lee, and the other
as Captain D. H. Maguire, of-the 6th Virginia Ca
valry. It is believed that the latter is really Capt.
Chapman , of Moseby’s guerillas. ■
■ THE ROANOKE.
ARRIVAL OF HER PASSENGERS AT HALIFAX-—FUR
THER PARTICULARS OF THE CAPTURE—THE CAP-
TAIN AND GREW ON THEIR WAT TO NEW-YORE:.
Halifax, N. S., Oot. 25,— The steamship Mavro
cordato arrived last night, In sovon days from Ber
muda, with the passengers of the captured steamer
Roanoke. Mr. D. P. Burdon, a passenger, furnishes
the following additional particulars:
After the Roanoke left Havana her engines were
stopped to receive passengers approaching In boats,
who proved to be rebels, under Capt. Braino and
Lieut. Paw, of .Chesapeake notoriety. After the
capture Braino proposed tn Capt. Drew to bond the
vessel for $50,006 In gold, payable ip Bermuda,
Braino to keep the cargo, which proposition was, of
course, refused by Capt. Drew. The Roanoke .ar
rived off; Bermuda on Thursday night, quite out of
coal, but received a little from a vessel. Nothing
special happened until Friday, when her passon
gers were taken off by the Mathilda. The Roanoke
had a valuable cargo of baled tobacco, oigars, and
sugar.. Capt. Drew and his crew loft for New York
In the schooner Hound, on the 17th Inst.
CAMFOKJHA.
MARINE KBW6—PROPOSED FEDERATION OF VAN*
COHVBR’9 ISLAND AND BRITISH COLUMBIA—THE
OVERLAND MAIL.
San Francisco, Oot. 21.—Six more of the Arctic
whaling fleet arrived to-day.
The steamer Sloira Nevada, from Oregon and
British Columbia, also arrived at this port, bring
ing nearly $300,000 in gold.
The Legislative Assembly of Vancouver’s Island
have passed resolutions favoring a Federal Union
with British Columbia.
The news from the mines is generally favorable.
The overland mail is now coming regularly. We
have Now York dales, by mail, to the 28th ptiSep
fember;
The steamer America arrived yesterday morning
with passengers that left New York on the 21th of
September.
Tl»e lennont Kaiders.
THE LEGAL EXAMINATION AT BT.’ JOHNS—GEORGE
. N. banders: managing the ROBBERS’ cause—
MORE RAIDS THREATENED
St. Johns, C. K., Oct. Osf-Nothing of special
Importance has taken plaoe in regard to.the St.,
Albans, raiders, who are understood to . have en
gaged as counsel the Hon. J, J. Abbott ana Messrs.
Carr and La Flamme, of Montreal, and the Hon.
J. H. Cameron, of Toronto. ■ The examination is
conducted with closed doors, only the counsel and
reporters.belng admitted.
The notorious George N. Sanders is here, mana
ging the cause of the robbers. He says they belong
to the first families of Kentucky,-and formerly were
attached to John Morgan’s forces. This raid he as
serts is only the first of a sorles of plundering expe
ditions soon to take place on tho frontiers of the
States. Had he known before of this affair, ho
would have prevented it, as It was conducted on too
small a scale. F. G. Johnson, Queen's Counsel of
Montreal, Is here as counsel for the Canadian au
thorities.
Movements of lilockade-Kunuers.
REPORTED DEPARTURE OF THE PIRATES TALLA
HASSEE AND EDOTH FROM WILMINGTON.-
Halifax, Oct. 25,—We learn that the blockade
runner Little Hattie has arrived at Bermuda with
fioo bales of cotton, and the Hope, with 1,560 bales,
and the'Falcon, with 700 bales, have arrived, at
Nassau, N. F. They are all from Wilming
ton, N. C. .
' It is also stated that the plratgs Tallahassee and
Edith left Wilmington on the same night, in com
pany with the Little Hattie, on a raid.
The Colonel Lamb, b. steel- plated blockade-run.
ner, sailed from Halifax this evening.
The Fire at Eastport, Maine—Additional
Particulars.
Poktlakd, Oofc'2s;—Captain Field, of the steam
er New England, gives additional particulars of the
fire at Eastport, Maine. The estimated damage is
$900,000. The wharves on Water street, where the
burned buildings stood, are much injured. There
wasdrat slight insurance upon itt On some of the
buildings there was no insurance at all, Mr. Mb-;
Gepfc, clothing dealer, Is a sufferer to the amount
of $lB,OOO, on which there is no Insurance. Th^UM
of E. E. Shedd, druggist, is equally heavy,
insured. The Eastport Sentinel office was bu!
The telegraph office, which was destroyed, is
established ovor Bradish’s bakery. The
Back, which was also destroyed, haß been
to the Custom Houso. The females signally dlstln?
gnished them selves In saving goods, and even work
ing at the engines.
Funerals of Colonel Tholrarn and Snr<
geon Jenkins at Wheeling.
Whjcklino, Va., Oct, 25.— The funeral of Colonel
Thoburn, formerly commander of a division in the
Army of West Virginia, look place to-day, together
with that of Surgeon Jenkins, who was killed at
Cedar creek. The funeral ceremonies were con
ducted at the Capitol building, and were of the
most impressive character.
Marine liisaster.
Chatham, Oct. 25.—The schooner .T. P. Johnson,
from New York for Portsmouth, with coal, went
ashore on Nanset Beach on Saturday night, and be
came a total wreck. The erew were saved.
The M alls per the Fnropa.
Boston, Oct. 25.—The malls per the Europa, for
Liverpool, via Halifax, will close at six o’clock to.
morrow morning. -She will sail about nine O'elock,
Fire at Boston.
Boston, Oct. 25.—The Opera House of the Morris
Brothers and Pell & Trowbridge caught lire at five,
o’clock this afternoon, and was entirely consumed.
Nothing but the brick walls was left standing. The
building decupled the site of the old Provincial Go
vernment House, In Province-House court, with the
main entrance from Washington street.
Democratic Congressional Nomination
in Missouri.
! St. Louis, Oct. 26.—8. I). Kellan .having.proved
ineligible as a candidate for Congress, the Demo
crats have nominated Joseph Hogan in hls'stead.
Sale of the Bacer Flora Temple.
Baltimobs, Oct. 25.— At the sale of the late Mr.
McDonough’s etlfects the racing mare Flora Temple
was bought by G. F. "Preston for eight thousand
dollars. , „■
Gen. BidwelFs Remains at Buffalo.
Buffalo, Oct. 25.—The body of Gen. Bid well
arrived this evening. - Preparations are being
made for a funeral worthy of the deceased.
Markets by Telegraph.
vJ? 25'— Flour Is firm; sales of 2 500
bbJs. at $ll for Western extra. Wheat is advancing;
Southern red is quiet at $2 55@2 62, and Kentucky
white at s2,go. Whisky Is dull and nominal at *1.78
@179. Groceries are quiet. -
St. Louis, Oct 23.— Tobacco is steady at $l.lO for
good middling,. Flour quiet. Wheat Is B@sb higher.
Corn dull. Oats heavy. : °
THE PENNSYLVANIA / ELECTION.
OTFICIAI. TOTE Off ALL THK COUNTIES ISUT ONE—
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OP 153,
■ - [By Associated Press.]
Harrisburg, Oct,. 25.— The official vote of Jef
ferson county hAs beon received. It gives .a Demo
cratic majority of 202.
The following is the summing up of the official
vote of all the counties excepting Forest county,
which is yet to hear from:
Democratic majorities on the home v0te..... .40,020
Union majorities on the home vote. .39,867
Excess of Democratic majorities.......... 153
Forest county is reported to. give a Democratic
.majority of 13. , .
ANOTHER ACCOUNT—UNION MAJORITY Off 391 ON
THE HOME VOTE.
Cfpecial Despatch to The Press.]
Harrisburg, Oct. 25.—The figures made up
firom the published official return In all the coun
ty papersof the Stdte, make the vote as follows: ■:
Uni0n....... 197,392 _
Democratic .107,001
Union maj0rity............ 39i
► Forest, official, gives 13 Union. Jefferson gives
202 Democratic. York, 2,808. Adams, 411 Demo
cratic, Instead of 306. Fulton 288, Instead Of 290.
Clarion 968, instead of 089. Oambrial.ois, Instead
0f1.079. Westmoreland 1,477, Instead of 1,178.
The soldiers’ vote so far reported at Harrisburg
will make the whole majority in the State approxi
mate 15,000. -
Speech of Ceorgc Francis Train at Potts-
ISpecial Despatch to The Press. ]
Pottbyillb, Oct. 25.—Yesterday evening the
citizens of this and the surrounding towns-turned
out en masse to hear the distinguished orator,
George Francis Train. The hall of the Union Club
was tastefully decorated with festoons of evergreens
and flags. ■■ ■ ■
A powerful appeal was made to the workingmen
to defeat the candidate of the Free-Trade party—
the creature of Belmont and the Rothschilds, who
are the substance of England. ’ ■ :
V No such crowd has ever been,gathered In Potts
ville. The enthusiasm was intense.
Mr. Train was called on and welcomed all day by
the most prominent citizens.
How a McCuellan Captain was Converted.
wH a c. B ?£ lal , gathering during the evening, Oapt.
w. A. Sutherland, assistant adjutant general, for
merly; of Gen. Steadman’s staff, captured during
Stoneinan's raid, and recently exchanged, was pre*
sent and was toasted, and made a :happy, response
We regret that every soldier in the army; and every
patriot in the land oould not have listened to his
remarks. Oapt. Sutherland, before his capture,
was well known as a warm and earnest McClellan
man.'-'.';-''
In the remarks alluded to he mentioned this fact,'
and said that he had changed base in this particu
lar. .He wasnowHor Lincoln, because, during his'
imprisonment.his guards at Charleston, and every
rebel be met, with one exception, learning that he
was a Democrat, electioneered with him for Mc-
OleiJan.;. That exception stole an opportunity to
whisper in his ear that the South was only holding
?" 1 . T h .°Pe,of Lincoln's defeat, and assured him
that if Lincoln was elected the war wouid lnstantly
end, and unconditionally cease, as the South would
resistance was no longer practicable.
Capt. wutherland declares that he never could, nor-
T 0 v f°£. an y ma n at the request or
armed traitors, . LebPeace men put this In their
pipes and smoke it —Chattanooga Gazette.
• _ ■ ■ marinb. ■
. Boston, Oct. 25.—Arrived, barks Melbourne,
from Archangel; Acacia, from Bonaire. -
fAhdusky, from. Cardiff; and brig
Archangel; ship London, from Lon
don ; bark Return, from Cronstadt. Below—Ship
Southampton, from London. - '
THE PRESIDENCY.
GREAT MEETING AT UNION LEAGUE HALL.
SPEECH OF HENRY WINTER DAVIS.
Last evening at National Hall there was another
of those patriotic outpourings which have been so
frequent during this campaign, and which Indicate
so emphatically the zeal with which the friends of
the Union are rallying for the approaching triumph
at the polls In November. At an early hour a large
audience filled the hall, to hear an address by that
eloquent Marylander, Henry Winter Davis.
Mr. Dayis was introduced by Thomas Webster,
Esq., who paid a warm tribute to the patriotic
course pursued by Mr. Davis during the present'
struggle. Mr, B.; on making, his appearance, was
received with warm demonstrations of enthusiasm.
- , BPBBOW OF HEKSI WIJSTBB DAVIS.
Feilow-Citizeks OP the United States: Ifie can
vass in which the American people are now engaged is
very mock the most momentous that the hlßtory of the
world or of iree government has presented. If it suc
ceed, aa In my judgment It will succeed, In placing: in
power.-th e men who have conducted the Government
through this awful crisis till safety begins to be visible,
axeeuit will have been accomplished whtchwillforever
place the capacity :of the people of America for eolf-gov
ernmeut beyond cavil—beyond the reach of objection or
objection—for they are calledupon to voteforthe election
of a man who has presided over the Government In cir
cumstances altogether unprecedented, during a time
when vast sacrifices have been exacted; and vast sacri
fices have cheerfully- been , made by the mass
of the -American people: when enormous taxes
have been imposed;’. when enormous - armies
bave been raised; when great results were expected,
and great results have not al ways been achieved; when
disaster has perchedupon the national, banner as often
as victory, and when the great preponderance of our
resources in men and money, while gradually and
steadily eating towards the heart of the rebellion, have
not reached it with-' that promptness, have not crushed
it with that decisiveness, that our hopes led as to ex
pect when the war broke out. Under , these circum
stances, judged by the history of the world, discontent,
dissension, the lack of spirit and of energy, divisions at
home, dictating tones from abroad, popular submission,
popular bewilderment, were wbat we were entitled to
expect—nay, wbat we were bound to expect. Instead
of that, wbat do.iwe behold? The great mass of the
American'people having; as it were, been surprised
into the renomination'of The present eandidate-thon
for a moment pausing, as if Irighteued at what they had
done—then listening to the first echo from Chicago, and
forgetting every doubt, throwing aside every hesita
tion, subjecting every criticism toThe dictates of the
highest reason tend the highest statesmanship, as one
man turned to the candidate whom before they had
doubted, with a: resolution that they must make an
election—not between two individuals—not between the
personal qualities of AbrsEham: Lincoln and George B.
McClellan, not between the public, services of the one
or the other, but an election batween the overthrow and
"the salvation of the Republic. CLoud applause. ] They
exhibited, they are now exhibiting everywhere in this
land, that great ami highest mark of sublime statesman
ship, the capacity to-judge between-things neither of
which may he acceptable but one of which is necessary—
the great quality of a great, statesman to subordinate
person al dislikes, differences of opinion upon subordi
nate points,: great failures for whom none'but those In
power can be held responsible, to subordinate the natu
ral and the inevitable discontent which such events as
those bring abontin a people,and to raise the great prac
tical question, “Wbat do we men of America wish to ac
complish ? ” and ha ring determined what they wish to
accomplish, to ask the other question, “Which of the
Two men before the people for their votes Is on our
side?’’not which is the a bier, not which is the most
skilful Administrator, not which is (he better war
rior, not even which is the more, patriotic; hut
conceding them to be equal .on these .points, or
conceding our opponent to : be superior to our can
didate on ,any. or all of these points, the American
people have eolemnly asked themselves,/•Which of
those two men is on our side V ’ and having determined
that one pitiin, simple question’of fact, they have de
termined, if need be, that the principle of bur politics
shail be, and that the tafety of the nation requires that
- it shall be. that even the worst man on our side is'bet
ter than ihe best man on the other side. [Great ap
clause.] And; that: is tie, reason, gentlemen, that
.1, and thousands, like me in America, to-day sup
port Abraham Lincoln for the . Presidency—not be
cause we think his acts are all wise or all de
fensihle—not because we regard him as the ablest
.among ihe meu'who stand by the Republic in tho
Lour of its need—still less for that most danger
ous reason assigned by the Secretary of State, that this
great contest in which the people are engaged is a mere
conteT for the Presidency, and that it would be yield
ing the point in contest to settee another, even an abler
man on our side llie people of America would shed
no blood in .sneh' a quarrel; the , people of America
would raise no army to fight out . a qntsiion: of- the suc
cession to the Presidency on the principles of Mexican
politics. ;We shall vote for Abraham Lincoln, hot
because of any of Those reasons, but because, whether
wo-will or no, even if we preferred another now, we
caxnot have him; if we desire a change, we cannot
change without bringing ruin upon the Republic. [Ap
plause:!. And Tor that reason every doubt is subordi
nated" to the great necessities of empire.
' it is not a question, fellow-citizens, for school-hoys to
debate; nor is it a question for men to aitend, aB here
tofore, political meetings, to be decided by the wittiest
speech.or thebest-told.story. ( Blood rests upon that de
cision; theheiig.of a nation rests upon your judgment.'
Great sacrifices heretofore made are to be thrown away
if you come to one judgment, and are to be fruitful in
blessings if you come to another judgment..
Sloth, and ease, and hesitation, and cupidity, and
cowardice, all counsel to take another candidate, for
there ai e burdens in taking Abraham Lincoln; there are
battles in placing him at the head of the Government;
there is war at least for one year more, very possibly
"for two, It may be for three' years, .and It may be for
more than three, and,Therefore, when men resolve to
take Abraham Lincoln for their President, they must
.do it as they do in forming the. holiest of the relations
of social life—for better, for worse—with the con
sciousness of what is before them; knowing
the:burdens that ( they assume; knowing the conse
quences that follow, from it; knowing that peaceful
as we are here, it dooms fifty thousand men todeath,
and that they, have to come from your brothers and
from your sons—not to do his bidding, not to determine
the wretched question: whether he?, or some other man
shall be, President;- hut whether the: fabric of govern
ment reared by onr .fathers shall remain untouched—
wheiher the integrity of republican institutions shall
be preserved. [Loud applause.] After this remarka
ble period of hesitation to which I have referred, when
so many ? patriotic eyes looked? to 1 Chicago for
comfort and ~ support, why is it: ■ that . every
patriotic man that turned his eyes in that direc
tibnbas now turned his back in: that?direction?
For it was done in the twinkling of an eyes it was done
(within twenty-four hours; it was done as soon as the
Bnen of America readihe Chicago platform: [Applause, ]
thave never for a moment hesitated in my judgment
RaUbe mass of the Am erican people, taxation, blood-
Ked, failures, to The contrary., notwithstanding, are
ffor ihe war as the only path of safety.i [Applause,]
Hot because, they want blood, hed, but because they
want peace . [renewed applause]—not because they
want to-subjugate their fellow-citizens, hat because
they are detenh ned that all > hail be Tree. -[Great
cheering. ] , Therefore, when they read -the Chicago
platform, and learned that there was eveir a douht as
to "Whether The: war was: to "proceed,’ that settled
their judgment on their candidate.
Wbat ia that platform? First, it begins by assuring
ue that the Demccratic party is how for theConstltu
;tion and the Union, “ as.heretofore;” When we read
those words we had a measure by which we could judge
the intensity and tbecharacteror their devotion; and we
remembered thatein. their, hands, under Their control
under the Presidency of James Buchanan, and while
Jodgeßlack wasAttomey General, and in Buchanan’s
Cabinet, war was allowed to bei made upon the United
„ States withaimpunity ; humiliating contractsfof-armis
. tice.wero made with .rebels with arms in their hands;
‘ »rmy of-the. United States was scattered from one
end to the other olTis vast territory, in o;der that it
might be away at the critical moment; every sea poa-
BefeEed.an American ■ vessel, except "the jra*ersof our
own coast; no arms were prepared, no precautions were
. taken: .the,warnings of. Winfield "Scott were disre
garded; .every: arsenal was left a prey to the in
sidious : assaultsof the enemy, whose: . designs
■ were known to the President .The Democratic (party'
baying taken: care of the Constitution and the Union in
that war, we accept as the interpretation of their plat
form the ?’heretofore” of Buchanan’s. Administration,
; and say that their defence and protection of the Consti
tution and the. Union mean its submission to Southern
dictation, its destruction before Southern rebellion,
idisfolution and death, and not preservation [Great
applause. ], And when.we go one step farther into that
remarkable document, and read there that after four
years of unsuccessful war-justice, humanity, and reli
gion, require that there should be a cessation of hostiii
: ties with a.view to the callingof a convention, or'! * some
other peaceable means’ ’ to end the war ana restore the
Union, we have an explanation that needs no comment"
as .to wbat the first declaration meant. -“CeaseThe
■war !; means today dov n year arms." to lift your block
. < thejstnew s of your arm* to iudu.ee your
people to beneve mat peace ia here, to treat upon
equal terms with ihelrebeliious enemies of the Re
public, to open; the coor for foreign recognition, to
prepare the way for foreign intervention. And, - af
ter all that kas been done, if the'rebels refuse
your * convention or other peaceable means, ’ ’ where
are we? Hew will you ever, tafee up the musket
after it hasfeeen once laid down? Howwillyou ever
coliectyourarmy when it hosonce been allowed tore*
turn or almost disbanded on furlough? How will you
ever stiengthen the simws of the nation np to the
height of reopening the war, after once you have drop
ped the sword from: your hands? Why, follow-citi
zens,.they who. propose that know as well as.l know
that an armisticemeaas peace—that the cessation of the
war means the end of the war— that theendof the war
means the end of coercive measures for the restoration of
the Republic; and when they once propose that an
armistice shall be instituted, without even saying that
if its purposes fail the sword shall again be drawn, they
tell us, in the most distinct language, .that their purpose
is to stop the war and take the consequences: they tell
us that their purpose is to stop the war and not look be
yond at the comuqueuees of the stoppage of the war
Peace is wbat they want, and that is all. And when
we turn to the letter of acceptance of Gen.'McClellan,
there is a repetition substantially of the platform, -but
with no addition to it. He is in favor, as the Convention
is in favor.of” perpetuating the Union.;’ ’he thinks as
they think, that it ought to be perpetuated; but he no
wheie says that after an armistice and a failure to
2 81 3 e vl e liL t avor of taking up the swbrd. It may ;
he that he is. X can easily believe that a general might
desire to be commander-in-ehief of half a million of
men. But who and what is Md-lellan? He is what his
party friends make him—wbat the men are who elect
him—what they are who stand behind him. Fernando
Wood has told you that whatever the private opinions
of the candidate may be, wben 'he is once nominated
u elected Jb e will think and rpeak and act as the body
of the great party that elected him may desire tfaafhe
should think, and speak, and act, : *• He will be, 5 * says
flnv Wood; ‘‘cur agent, the creature of our voice, V
And you all know what the voice of Fernando Wood is.
[Laughter and applause. J -Fernando Wood, a man who
better days of the .Republic nobody would have
thought it worth while to name at a public messing, has
now become one of the mischievous and poisonous rep
tiles that are biting the Republic to death.' [ ipplause.-]
Alexander Long, of Ohio, Clement Yaliaadigham, ofill
omened fame—these, are. the menwho are supporting
him; these are the men who look .o high office under
himthese are the men who represent the great mass
and body ,of the so*called. Peace Democracy ; and if
there .be anything but a Peace Democracy any
whei e that is not now supporting Abraham Lincoln; Ido
not knoWfWho the man is, he is. [Applaase 1
1 never a.Peace Democrat in Congress who
would do anything except sweH a majority when Wb
vote was not needed, and leave you to be defeated when
replied to make a majority. _ Place
them in the majority,' and they are all peace men. ' One
would like tbs war to go on, for there are pickings and
stealings and plunder in it; another of them would like
It to go on .because, possibly;The might have some
chance of military fame; but the body of them, the men
who must form the Congress, the men who must vote
the money, the men who must organize the army, the
men who stand outside of Congress, and baud Them
there,.areforpeace; they are against taxation; they
are opposed To. paying two cents a box for matches.
[Laughter] _ They arethe people who are guilty of the
wretched folly and hypocrisy,of placingaide byside the
columns of taxation of Buchanan’s Administration and
the p» sent Adminietrat ion.'t s if everybody were as big a
Tool as the poor Democrats whom they want to cheat By
Tbatcontnvance. [Applause.] And yet they are the
men whom you are to place In power. with ■ McClellan;
they are thn men .who are to hold’bis hands in the
.strnggie—who are to support him with men and money—
tv,e°. a rerere g( i l f 0 v ta ? I> ?k y ' :To repeal eyery law hpra
the statute book for the, carrying on «f the war
first act whenever they should get
a majority of both Houses. Having a majority tif
one House only,.they would palsy the inajoilty in the
?£ e & H /? nEe that desiroasevea offumi h?
tte means for carrying on the
Tbey would strike , immediately from ' tout ar
™if;e 160.M0 or 2C0.C300 hegro soldiers for fear they would •
dieband.the rest of _the army I . They would remove the
of th ? buteas corpusi ia order that Demo
orB/21 at a hd commuuicate
with the enemy. [Applause, ] There is no measure
necessary to . conduct of the war that they are not
already.piedged to destroy. Tlieir canvass is against the
a meatures of the war, and the people ofthe United States
the fiolenm concluaion that, they who
are notin favor of the means of carrying on the war
arr **? g on.the war at &l; that they
-who are for paralyzing, the arm of the Government, bv
stripping it of the,needful legislation for the conduct of
thewar, cannc-tbetiustedwiththe conductor the war*
and,^^b t rational men, they turn their backs
who, profess before high Heaven that timi ik their. wSre
pose, and turn to men who; at ieait profoss to bo wiil
r if ( j?;': 1 : '"'to at least have struggled to
the best o! their ability,.be it poor or great, ior four
years to carry it on-who at least Jiave" accomplished
«mc results, and if they are notstripped of power noV
£} ht> of preteudina to be m
faror of the, war. are really. against it, win. in .a
■ reasonable time, put au end to it. -[Great applause:] .
i'tt If ®*! e fps: other way, leliow-eitixeos, ofresioring
of 5 i ■ of tße_Repnhlic than by Hie'blood y-path:
ol war? Believe Jtff Davirwhen he tells von that his
only teims.ofiPeace; are “ independence, ?’ and that is
only,a new word for a dissolution of the Union; baiter*
-the men fiom one end To: the other ofthe rebel Confede
racy who : tell you that all they -want: is to be “ let
alone, V. and si ‘ lethlone’ j means tha t the United States
..shall march ;ut, of and abdicate more than one-haif of.
its-territory. They tell you that they are not stiug
igling,. because: ot. 'slavery; They . aie : etruggiing for
independence, and .“independence” means ine de
ttiuction oi She ‘American: nationality. If, there,
lore, (there he any way of- persuading them
I ? £ . ce on - other.:Terms.Than, those of inde?-
Jet one‘arise; and point oat the public
; inass ol the population ’an, whereTn the
cuutli -tiiat has ceclareu a willingness co make, peace on
[Applause. ] r Tbey are uowkfcreEchingi a
tbe United States, intermeddling
in onr Presidential electron. .Tkey ucternightly prayers
for the success ot KcCielian Tbty hope tlia? the divi-
Bion upon the Piosidential eiection will ultimately
place some one in powei who will make terms that
•S? viLL , agree to.. Has anybody..; ever heard them
, If v you elect McClellan we will'submit to the
terms or the old Ctmrtitution as it is, ’’ in the slang
phraee of the modern Dtinccrats ; that they are willing
to accept the old “Union, as if was, ”lh the slang
phifase of.the modern Lfmoe' atn ; that they are willing
locale any coraprunme; that they are wllling;to take
aiaveiy t in tho whole of ihe Territories of tbe United
bthtes ; thatiliey are willing to iase the incoiporation
<>{ forever into the Conttitucion of. tie United
htates jUself; .that they are -willlig, upoe any terms
whatever to, reunite with you ? Their question,- gea
tieffif n, is that'of seieraijes and indepeadeicce. acu the l
Lemocrats ?are
some unintelligible words about *'compromise”
vpitb people who Bay, “we wank no compromise
terms with people who say, “cnir terms are
independence”—concessions to people who say ‘we
will accept no concessions from your hands;” union
to people who say * • death rather. ” [Applause. J Then
thetWa. gentlemen, but one path, I say, out of this
difficulty. I baye said so from the fall of 1890 to this
lime, i said so before a sword was drawn. I said bo
after the Secesiion ordinances were passed, and when
the old fogy convention was mumbling over terms
of compromise in what they called a “Peace Con
gress.” CApplauieJ I said so when two great com
mittees of the two Houses of Congress were strain
ing thetr nerves to get something to force down the
rebels' throats; which they swore they would throw
up as soon as it was forced down. [Laughter. J There
has never been a day that anybody, who could see be
yond the length of hia hobo, since South Carolina took
the first step in 1860 after the election of Abraham Lin
coln, did not know that the only path to the unity of
this country is over bloody battle-fields; and, gentle
men, they are before you yet. - [Great applause. 1 I
pray you be under no more delusions. We have
now this awful, desolating campaign? because
the Government would persist in dreaming all
last Winter that the rebellion: was ended.. And
it they-put on tbe night-cap and dream again this
winter, Lee will be before Grant next spring as
strong as he was last taring Yoamay be'near the end
of the rebellion ; but there is many a sharp straggle be
fore you yet, and the only way to end it is to let the
rebels have no rest, to press oil thorn day by day, and
night by night, filling up tho gulf betwean you and
them with your dead sons and brothers if necessary,
but remembering that every week of armistice, every
day of delay,, every month of winter Quarters means'
other hecatombs to fill up tho gap in your march. [Tre
mendous applause. ] And no wwe hear from tho advo
cates of McClellan grave objections to the conductof
the President and the conduct of his Administration as
reasons why the fiepublican party should not be trusted
—not the particular individual, but the Republican
party that stands at Ms back, defends whst he has done
well, deplores what lie has done ij 1 or laiied to do, and v
is resolved that he shall do better in the future. »: [ Ap
plause. 1 The Republican party stands at his back and„
tai es the responsibility of what has passed heretofore,
and means to meet theobjectiona that are made ; and
whilst they admit, as in my judgment ti.ey must admit,
that there are many things that nave been done which
ought not to have been done, and which a wiser
policy, and greater acquaintance with statesmanship
would have saved us from, yet the substantial things of
Government have been done [great applause]—done
better than our antagonists could do them if they want
ed, or would do if they were alio wed to attempt. We
hear dolorous objections about the violation of personal
liberty; we hear objections about weak men placed at
the head of the armies; we hear objections about the
lack of vigor in the conductof the’war; and tne only
argument to be deduced from such imputations as those
issotthat Mr. Lincoln is not so great, or so able, or so
Wise as somebody else, .but that: George B. McClel
lan should be put in his place. The ' question
is not .whether Mr. Lincoln has done the: beßt
that any mind could conceive, nor even the best that
he himself could havt' done, nor whether .what he has
dene was absolutely right, or absolutely in accordance
Willi law; trottlie question is whether hia opponent
would do better. '‘He has,” says a distinguished
Senator of Maryland, in a most elaborate and able
spot chin Brooklyn, the other day, in behalf of Mc-
Clellan, “appointed weak and incompetent men to
the command of his armies. ”: 1 say yes, McClellan at
the head, of them. .[Great applause. 3 They say that
he haspumshed and excluded, from office and position
men, merely because they were the friends of George
B. McClellan. I say yes," and Fitz John Porter was
one of them. [Great applause 3 They, say that the
war has not been conducted with that* energy with
which it ought to have been conducted and which oaght
' long since to have stamped out the rebellion. Isay
ses, and the greatest of all failures was the failure of
i George B McClellan, who wasted the largest army the
Bepublicbaseveras embted, in idleness, in and around
; the city of Washington, for nearly eight months, when
not one-third his number cf enemies were within thirty
five miles inhis front, and he did not dare to feel them
with a equadron of cavalry,-.to ascertain their number.
•[Applause. 3 ; Yes, opportunities have been lost. There
was no opportunity equal to tbe opport inity of George
B. McClellan m the fail of 1861 and the spring of 1862.
"Lost opportunities!” Aye, a greater one when a
broken and flying army, with a vast river in its rear,
was allo wed to escape without pursuit ; and that was by
George B. McClellan after Antietain. [Applause.] It
may no that the war has been badly conducted, h is
certain that the worst parts of its conduct have beau
those parts which have been attributed to Georga B.
McClellan. Tfc is certain that there have been failures,
There have been ho failures so disastrous, so continued,
so inexcusable, asthe failure of the Peninsular cam
paign. [Applause;3 There have been failures. • Tiers
has been io failure tbafc rested on the good faith of any
cfhcer, ex wpUng Buell’s in Kentucky, and McClellan’s
and i'itz John Porter's failure at the second Bull Run
battle. [Greatapplause. ] Coucede that the conductof the
war has been weak; agiee-to-everything that our an- ;
tagonists say;.tbe fact that the war has continued for
four years without the rebellion being broken, is be- •
canse McClellan, with the uncontrolled dis
position of all the armies ot the Unittd States for nearly
a year, left it as it is, unbroken. [Applause.! Ws are'
told of violations of the right of personal liberty' Per
sonal liberty has been invaded! If they had said that
the personal liberty of somebody, whose liberty ought;
to ..be respected, had been invaded, there would
have- been .some point in it. [Applause. ] If
they had said that somebody had been confined ■
wk o ought to have betm at large, I would have listened
to the argument, if they had t aid that some loyal man
had been maliciously arrested and'maliciously con
[ lined, without a doubt upon the President's mind, and
without even apretext of public reason, then f would
agree that.the President ought to be impeached. Bat
when they say that the right of personal liberty has
been invaded because men have been arrested without
judicial process, 1 beg leave to say that there is no law
or constitution in the United States which says that
nobody shall be arrested excepting by judicial process
The solemn language of the Constitution, of the United
States is that ‘ ■ no man sha'l be deprived of life,' liber
ty, or property without due process of law.” “Pro
perty “ and “liberty “ . stand in the same catego
ry with “life.”-. How. many man has Abraham ■
Lincoln shot down .according -to law because they
stood in gray: clothes before men In bine doilies?
What sheriffs precept goes before- Grant’s cannon
balls ? ; . What marshal of the United States Is required
to give him liberty to file? What jury ofinquiry is
fnmmoned to ascertain whether the flsg that is floating
oc the npnwmisan innocent rag, or the emblem of -
rebel armed force? What antecedent judicial seeuri
,ties took place before 20,000 men laid down and died at
Gettysburg, or 60,C00 inen were kilted and wounded in
the campaign from this spring to the present time from
the Kapidan down to Petersburg? Then, sofar as life
is concerned, there is a Law that is above judicial pro
cess. - Mobody is. fool enough to deny that. - Is there
a law above judicial process, with reference likewise
to liberty ? If there be not,' why do you not turn loose
the rebel prisoners? Why do.you. keep Item confined
lor a day ? What precept has ever ordered their confine
ment? Who.senos the officers up to the lakes? Who
crowds them into - our forts ?_ Who, makes them s warm
below here in Port Delaware? Is there a judgment
upon them, or is it that the law of tbe land says
that men found in arms and seized shall be held,
anil that the "-President,': finding them in arms,
shall hold them upon his own judgment? [Ap
plause.] Are we to be told that only those who’are
actually caught ih battle array shall be so treated?
May men fnrnlsh the enemy with munitions of
war, .or, clothes,'or information, or give them
. aid andcomfort, or send them medicines; and yet not
be within the range or an indictment for treason, or, at
the option of the. country, the military security of a
discietionary arrest ? Prom George Washington’s day
down to this time no man has ever doubted the legality
of these things until the modern Democracy, having too
: many traitors in its midst,, found it: inconvenient, to
have , these . principles applied in , practice [Ap- :
planse.] “But,” it la said: “the. habeas cor
pus has been tnspended illegally by the Presi- :
dent.” I agree that it was suspended illegally by
the President in;; the "first year- of the war, and X
warned him and hisparty friends of thejliegality of, and
the inevitable reaction in public opinion which would
come if that were not corrected. The reaction came in
the fall of 1882. and they supplied the omission early in;
.18®,_ by going to Congress to ask-them to pass tha re
quisite law to suspend it; the law,was passed, but stiiU
the howl goes up the habeas corpus is illegally sus- i
.pended! But, gentlemen, suppose that the President*
has oppressed, has illegally arrested individuals has!
'committed, all the oppressions that are ascribed - tof
him ; our opponents propose to place George B. Mc-
Clellan m his place on his ‘ ‘ record, ’ ’ ostentatiously
referred to in.his letter of acceptance as indicating the
course of his own-policy hereafter, referred to to sup
. pjy the deficiency, to get rid’ofthe difflenit points of
the Chicago platform, and;,the first man that took a
step m the direction of arresting without judicial pro
cess was George B. McClellan himself. Here is his
order to General Banks.iin September, 1881:
"Major General if. P. Bants, U. S. A.: ■
•‘General: After a full consulta’ion with tbe Presi
dent, Secretaries of State;: War, etc., it has been de
cided to effect the operation proposed for the 176 h. Ar
rangements .have been made-to have.a Government
steamer at Annapolis to receive the prisoners and carry
them to their destination. -. ' -
“Borne four or five of the chief men in the affair are
to te arrested to day. When they meet on theT7th you
will baS-e evhry thing prepared to arrest the whole party,
and be sore that hone escape. ■; , .
" It is understood: that you will arrange with Gen.
Dix and Gov. Seward the modus operandi. It has
been intimated to me that the meeting might take place
on the 14th; please be prepared. I would be glad to
have yonadvlse me frequently of your arrangements in
regard to this very important matter.
”‘ If It is successfully parried, out it will go far to
wards breaking the back-done of the rebellion. It will
probably be well to have-a special train- qnletly pre
pared to take the prisoners to: Annapolis.
“Heave this exceedingly important affair to your
tact and discretion—the absolute’necessity of secrecy
and success. -
“With tie highest reagrd I am, my dear General,
your sincere friend, GEOBGJS B, McCLSLLAH, :
, .“.Major General If. S, A, ’’ ;
the reason assigned was that ths arrest wonld ‘ go far
towards breaking the backbone of the rebellion. " We
who support the President think so too. [Applause.]
.Wnilst there hare been cases of arrests which, ought
not to hare been made and some which, in my judg
ment, were not justifiable, and many which were in
discreet, in my opinion more men have been improperly
..diseharied than haye been improperly arrested.‘<[&reat
. applause. 1 But it is certain that on McClellan's ‘‘re
cord ” he is not the man to impeach the conduct of the
President in that particular. “ States rights, ” too,
were here defied, and a sovereign Legislature arrested
—crrtstea by George B; McClellan, whom his friend,
Mr. Attorney General Black, only last night, was de
fending and advocating in this city; and he imputed to
the A dministration an entire deviation from everything
that had a preeed ent in Amei ican history, especially upon
the subject of State rights and personal liberty jandhe did
tba.t-to induce the people to take George B-. McClellan
for President, who set the only example that has been
exhibited anywhere on the American Continent, of the
arrest of a. Legislature in solemn session, in time of
peace, at that place and in that State; for there was no
armed foe in Maryland when that Leglslature*was ar
..rested,. ~It swarmed with traitors, .but traitors are the
men they want to be free from arrest. Thev were not
armed; they were not levying war; they were'not threat
ening to levy war; they wete too pnsiUanlmous to at
tempt it; they ..were: passing resolutions, receiving re
ports, declaring that the oppression of the Government
Was too great to be resisted. They were safe traitors, and
they are the men that George-B. McClellan arrested.'
But there is another objection. < It is stated in the Chi
cago platform thabmllitary power has been brought to
bear illegally upon elections. That is the imputation
made by Mr, Senator Johnson, in his speech in Brook
lyn, the other day, arguing in behalf of George B.
McClellan. Who set the example? On October 29,
3861, this order was issued from the headquarters of
General McClellan, by his order;
“ Headquarters Aiatr op the Potomac,
“Washington, "October 29, 1861.
General: There is an apprehension among: Onion
cittzensin many parts of Maryland of an attempt at la-'
terference with their rights of suffrage by disunion citi
zens, on the’occaeion ortho election to take pl&e on the
6th of;Kovember next.; '
In order to prevent this, the major general com
manding directs that you send detachments of a suffi
cient number of -men to the different points in your
vicinity where the elections are to be held, to protest
the Uniowooters, aud. to see that -do disunionists are
allowed to intimidate them, or in any way to interfere
with their rights. .. . .
“He also desires you to as rest”—
By what writ?
Ha alsodesires yonto arrest arid hold in confinement
till alter the election all Disumonisia who are known
to nave returned from Virginia recently and who show
themselves at the polls, and to guard effectually against
any i invasion- of the peace and order of the election
For the purpose of carrying out : these instructions you
are authorized to suspend the habeas corpus. General
Stone has received similar instmetions to these. You
will pleaea confer with him as to the particular points
th at t ach shall take the control of-
“I am,-sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
»• at - n i nt ri % MAEGY, Chief of Staff.
- Major General N. P. Banks.
_** Commanding Division, Muddy Branch’, Md. ”
was the flntexamplemthe United States, du-
of an attempt to prevent rebels from.
7, ot W He uses a phrase there wider than any order
that has ever been issued heretofore. He speaks of
Dlsuniomsts; Vthatis, men who entertain disunion
opinions. No other,order has ever gone further than to
saythat men who have been in arms against the United
Slates, orwho have giten aid, comfort, or encourava
ment to the enemies shall be allowed to vote Of Dis
uniomsts, we have twenty; thousand in Maryland; of
men who have given aid and comfort, we have only
perhaps two or three, or four thousand. General
order stopped , at the latter. General
% tde \ co W ed them aU applause]; and at
that election Senator Johnsonwas himself a candidate
for the Legislature and was elected, and never cora
piained of the order.; By that Legislature he waschosen
totheseat in the Senate of the United States that he
now holds, and never complained- of that order And
yet he ta the gentleman who makes that imputation
against President Lincoln in behalf of the originator of.
the invasion of the freedom of the elective franchise in
. Maryland ! .[Great, applause. ] Military at ,elections !
Were I an advocate of McClellan I would seek .some
other topic of .imputation; were I a Democrat I would
never mention it, for. I would know chat the bloods'
ghosts of the thirty men and women who were shot
down while peacefully walking in the. streets
of Washington, in ,1857, by. the orders of James
Buchanan, -would rise 7 and point their ghasilv lin
serf at me. StiUless at a Maryland DemooraL
if. I were ooe, wouid: I ever refer to it, when t re
membered that Governor Ligon. fiedingit Impossible to
control otherwise the indomitable spirit of the America
party of Baltimore, summoned out six thousand soldiers
tocontrol them on the day or election, and failed And
Sf a m en in the wideworld to urge that argument;
the last.iinan .is the . H n. ...Reverdy Johnson who
gave - the. opinion to ; Governor.' Ligon tlat it
was legal to do so!, if any one has any enrioaitv
-in referenced that sort bMiteratnrei here “s’ the nnh' 7
ion ...Of,what sortof stuff are these men madt
they ventured fling in our ftces,their own vices
their complicity with ours ?- It is thn most overmkli^
ing or defences of. the .conduct of.the AdministraTion*'?,?
binge that I myself .hi ß k nnadvisabl B a,nd fr™«’ ll ? f
ly illegal, to find that ns antagonists »r« mSu- '
to their elbows with the only imputation
cast upon it.. it they, Hot reBDOniS?.! ■ f
supreme direction of affairs, yet enter bKi,H a i,c. fsr - i lO
that these things were allowable wbenufn
!tt e necesrity. of the public-ad’mlniftraHJn-SL' ss,l^ B ot '
them, how can they blame with any raainn^hS 8 Bot , on
heiDr’Mtponsible ,tbr thdTOndnc^dfSw^tßvA^’
tbatl reffitmbertn # havb reSrf ot ?•«'
pensation is that, if one RTni?& •****. Christian-dis* .
■'fifth?
KiS to.some of ih« great nil
■safiwstfsia vtimsms
Algerian cava an army of her rebel
; they do not like Catholic take Greek
Russia, and tell meyrhether t^y^ishto apply the
Christian principles that now make Poland «aofcewith
Wood, and have hung npon'the .gibbet the sons of
her best families for claiming their national rights.
Or if these are not the '* Christian principles „■
to which they refer, will they point to .some
other war conducted by greater and more Christian
nations upon more humane principles, and point out to
m the way that we shall follow them ? Which of these
things hare we done? Gentlemen, after some small
reading on the fields of history, by way of amusement,
in a life that is getting to be not a veiy short one»>de
sire "to put a lchallecge out to ihose learned pundits,
and I say that'they can produce nowhere, in all the
large of history, sacred or profane, ancient or modern,
any war of four years ’ duration where one half the m* n
were arranged on either side that have here been ranged
in battle, any one year of which-did not exceed all the
- atrocities that the United States troops have committed
in four years of wa* none. None whatever. C Ap
plause ] 1 have mentioned the recent instances. Who
woufd think of mentioning the great desolation ofcthe
Thirty Tears War, that left Germany a waste ? Who
would mention the seventy years’ war of thejNether
■ lands, where the gallows followed tlie>advanclng Spa
nish troops ? In tbe civil wars of Edgland, did nos exe
:ci tion and blood follow victory ? There never has been
a |war conducted upon principles that could be called
so nearly Christian, excepting that the only Chris
tian principle I can apply to the conduct of war
is that it*ihall-be short, and sharp, and mercual.
:[ Applause. 3 And the danger of this war has been that
thePresidentcould not rise to the height of the emer
gency, and steel his heart against what was pity in the
individual, but cruelty in the result. Aye, many a
man sleeps thlßdayin a soldier’s grave because the
President would not execute, martial law upon
v deserters? and many a bloody battle has been
lost, and many a regiment torn- to pieces, because
traitors were allowed to march free in the open, day,
' and carry information of the march of. our troops, and
of their numbers, to tho enemy. Gentlemen, war is
war. No other word is its equivalent. It needs no de
: finition. It ia the greatest destructive in. the shortest
time. That is mercy, and that is wisdom. Now, gen
tlemen, I have one other word to ray to yon about the
Chicago platform.' It proposes.in certain contingencies,
that tlie Democrats shall rebel, and I do not think that
sin iole threat. 1 I desire to treat it as I feel with resrari
to it—as acoDtingency that may not be very-far off. we
have got the Democratic party m arms at the South; we
have had them here" in sympathy with the armed De
. mocraoy of the South ever since thewar broke out. and
if the leaders get the opportunity they will, as they
. have heretofore tried to do, pnt the Democraticparty of
/the North in arms with them. There have been some
efforts in that direction already. We know that when
McClellan was removed from command such was
the temper of; a certain portion of his officers,
so contemptuous were they with retard to the
Goverpmeiit at Washington, so devoted personally
to McClellan, so outraged at the exertion of the simple
prerogative of the President, that they advised him to
march to Washington; and these men were not de
nounced, and have not been punished to this day; bat
ms friends claim it as a virtue that he did not do what
they suggested! Judge of a- mau who requires that his
virtue should he found in refusing to violatehis oath,
and draw his sword against the Government that placed
it in his hands, and who could he silent about such a
suggestion! Then, on the eve of the battle of Gettys
burg, we had the rebellion in New York—they call it a
mob, I call it a rebellion—Seymour’s rebellion; the re
bellion .that Seymour’s “friends” and McClellan’s
friends got up to resist the.arms of the United States, or
SCTJkPs5 CT JkPs it was to help carry on the war by aiding the
draft.:: [Daughter.] That was stainped out rudely,
“illegally,” onr Democratic friends would say, for
men were shot without a sheriff’s process. But, legally
or illegally, it was extinguished effectually. COheers. ]
The next thing we hear of is a tremendous struggle in
Indiana end Illinois, a political [struggle for the pos
session of those States. Gentlemen acquainted with
them said, “the loss of Indiana is not the loss of an
election, ft fs the loss of a: State to the Union;” and
scarcely, had a gentleman made that remark to me, be
ing himself a resident of Indiana, than arms hidden
were discovered, the tracks of a great conspiracy were
developed, and they were found to be ’standing ou the
brink of a volcano, prepared doubtless for the day of
the millenlum of the Chicago revolution'! And they,
not yet. taught by the resolute deierminatiou of the
American people to deal with, traitors by force, and
supposing that'uten-who have met. tlie (southern people
in arms would be frightened by the Democrats in arms
in the North, passed a resolution declaring that if the
' violation of the elective ’franchise in Maryland and
Kentucky and Delaware was repeated, they would
regard it as cause of revolution, and they ad
journed their .Convention’'to dmeet upon the call
of their Natlonal iCommiltee.r Nome nereons thought
that was with a view to the possible refusal of the
nomination by McClellan. _ I think anybody who
dreamed that way was very short-sighted in public
affairs.- Itsmeant to keep a recognized representative
of the rebellious elements of the Democratic party to
gether, so that if they failed by a small vote, and tbe
impatience of and the weariness of the war,
and the languor of the Administration would allow
them an oppoitunity, they could; call their Convention
together - and spring to arms - and make a war
for the Presidency.*; That-was what -they meant
Tie Interference with elections in Maryland! Why
! did they slap their'own candidate-in the face? They
would not have done that without a cause .They knew;
what he had done, but they wanted to make the prepa
ration for a rebellion. They Shew that the American
people are tender upon the subject of the elective fran
chise. They knew that there was great discontent,
just or unjust: great impatience; great weariness of the
war; great disappointment at the-failure of great re
sults after great - means had been granted. They
thought that if they could only show an immense
power in; the Northern States,. carrying a majority
of the free States, and they should happen to
be" overbalanced hy ; the vote of the border
States, they could persuade the people that the vote of
the Border States,-which saved.the Congress last time,
• wasnotajegal vote, and precipitate thorn into rebel
lion;, and.they, are waitihguow that chance; Whether
they will have the pluck to execute it, remains to. be
seen; but the people of the United States are to be the
best security againstthe opportunity. A lesson has been
read them in Indiana that they are not likely shortly, to
forget. [Great applause.] - It. has Jseen reinforced in
Ohio, Sunder the odium of Vallanfligham- [Tremen
dous applause. ] And Pennsylvania,though stripped of
thousands of her voting population, has responded to
the Western; echo. [Great applause.] What -‘New
York will do nobody knows; but let New York look
to her port if she dare to wriggle even under what the
majority do. [Applause.] Tney have tried, gentle
men, more than onco to bully tbe TTnited States, and
they found it a bard bulldog to bully. [Daughter and
applause.] All through the campaign: of 18S2 the Go
vernment was taunted with its hostility to George B.
McClellan; ; They thought the Government did not dare
to remove him, or they thought.if it did that he would
. have the pluck and mis. soldiers would have the vil
lainy to folio whim in a’crusade on Washington; and
it was met then: as it will he met now, with a very
short intimation to them that there are other gene
rals in the -United States beside McClellan, and
other armies beside McClellan’s.; [ Vehement and long
continued applause. ] They can begin, gentlemen
Perhaps they will not end the strife that they be
gin. But,the only way to deal..with event* of this
kind is notto do.as Mr. Buchanan did, and encourage
them to grow, suddenly from infancy to manhood, and
endow them with gigantic power befora you strike
them, hut take .their first threat for an act, and smash
them to the team; [Great applause. 3 But, gentlemen,
the policy of the President,' it is said, has divided the
North and united the South’ So say the advocates of
McClellan. Will anybody do me the favor to tell
me when, the North was united ? . Was it at the Pre
sidential .election of,I860? Was it. in the:winter of
isec-61? Was it when Sumpter was fired on, - and i
Pennsylvania sympathizers,-with .the South .said,
“ Send troops to cohqner tlie South', and we will begin
the.war in the cars?” There are gentlemen here who:
have heard that, I know. :: Itwas to.d me when I was
in Philadelphia at the time that Butler’s regiment was
passing through to go to Annapolis. “Go South aud
we-will begin thewar. textile cars.” was the. unity of
; the North m IS6I. Who that was' ever for the prosecu
tion ;of the war; and - with the Administration is now”
agaihsflt? Name'him',* some:one of the thousands here.
[Applause.] There never was ;a day that the whole
mass of the Democratic party—X mean its chief leaders
—were not . opposed to the.waiy as Buchanan was op- :
posed.to tlie war. They had a majority in the lower
ficuse of Congress, and in the Senate at that day, all i
Democrats and all opposed to war. If ay, they were
afraid to breathe the w ord * * war. ’*: How is it with the ;
people out of doors t Kany patriotic men forg-ottheir:
Democratic relations and rushed to the war ? but where
are they now ? What .Democratic vote has cozue up •
from the army?/ They -hare joined “the crusade
againstlha South. ” * [Great applause, j Bat those that
stayed.at home, those that carped at the Administra
tion, those that sneered at the obscurity of its members
and the incompetency of its head, those who prated
about.* negro equality”.and an‘/Abolition war.’ ’
have ihey. now, first time, divided the North? f -
Or, are there more of them how to-day than there were
m 3861 ? Or, are, theie not now ten radicals to
one that, existed" then ?—then-a minority, now a
majority of the supporters of the Administration this
day. {Applause, j Things that men shrank from then,
they now regard asthe dictaie of the holiest patriotism
and the soblimett wisdom ? for they have been taught
by the teacher experience, and none have gone back
excepting these tows of the Democracy that go back to
wallow in the mire front which, they never were taken
£ 1 BiYided the North! What divided
?S. lte 4 ‘J® Son AL. w^ea was it not-, united?'• On
the 4th of August, IS6I General McClellan wrote thus
to the President-of the United States: •
** The object of the present war differs-from those in
which nations are engaged mainly in this; that the
purpose of ordinary-war is to;, conquer a peace, and
make a treaty on advantageous terms. In this contest,
it has become necessary to. crush a population sufficient
ly-numerous, intelligent and warlike to constitute a
ration.. We have not only to defeat their armed and
organized forces in the .field, but to display such an
overwhelming strength as will convince all our-anta
gonists, especially those of-the governing, aristocratic
class, of the utter impossibility of resistance. ”
Now, what has occasioned that unity ?
‘ * Our lajte reverses make this course imperative. ”
It was Bull Run that nnited the South, or rather con
solidated was ; welded into one
unbroken mass the iron which, hitherto we have vainly
striven to rend asunder. That ie the testimony of Gen
McClellan,
The contest began with, a class; now it is with a
people—our mii.tarj success can alone restore the for
met issue ’* -v-.'.
letter of fount (le Gasparinon
Ihe Presidential Election.
The eminent French, publicist and firm, friend of
the American Union, Count Agenor do Gasparin,
has written a letter upon tho subject of the coining
Presidential- election in this country. The main
portions of this letter, as translated by Miss Marv
h. Booth, are as follows:
: . VAM.EYEBS. Sept. 26, 1864.
_ There are deolslve hours in the history of nations.
There are hears when mistakes become irreparable,
and when good resolutions acquire a scope which
exceeds all hopes. One of: these hours is about to
stiike among you. -In choosing Mr. Lincoln or
■ Gen. McClellan, you will ensure or endanger the
result of the noble sacrifices accomplished'during
the last four years. Such is, atleasf, the profound
and almost unanimous conviction of the friends that
you number in Europe. Permit me to give you our
reasons.
I feel the more at liberty to do this, Inasmuch as
your personal quarrels and party questions: do not
exist to us Europeans; we aro interested only in
you, in your great cause, In the principles which
yon represent. In this respect, our suffrage, wholly
disinterested, has, lts value.
This said, l am about to place myself, successive
ly, at the point of. view of those who are anxious
either for the maintenance of the Union, for the in
dependence of the States, for respect for the Con
stitution and the laws, for the re-establishment of
peace, or for the abolition of slavery.
,1. The Maiutenauce OF THE TJxiow.—On this
point the platform of Gen. McClellan does not dlf
ler from that of Mr. Lincoln. I add, that if It
should be dared to produce other platforms In
which the so far advanced work of the re-establish
ment of the Union should he rudely sacrificed, such
an enormity would doubtless increase Mr. Lincoln’s
chances. Now, here we meet perfect agreement
concerning the end to be attained—the Union must
be maintained,
The means alogp differ; while Mr. Lincoln an
nounces that the war will be energetically prose
cuted, Gen. McClellan gives us a glimpse of an ar
mistice and the opening of negotiations.
I understand the first policy. The Incontestable
exhaustion of the South leaves no-doubt concerning
the results that would thus be obtained. Persever
ance, that American virtue, should btrthe motto of
the North, as it is that of General Grant. See what
perseverance has already accomplished :; through
sometimes striking defeats, through offensive vicissi
tudes and momentary invasions that you have had
to endure, you have always advanced, and whatvou
:bave taken you have never lost. Perseverance has
carried back your flag Into all the insurgent States.
exception rpereeveranceihas .reconqnered
the Mississippi, and New.- Orleans; perseverance
has taken I- icksburg; perseverance has taken At-
Pe raeTerano e will take Eichmond.
And it is proposed to you not to persevere:
oneffne t0 * °®» r anarmlstloe and to
gS? ?•> Vf 0 ® what basis 1 The authors
te * l r on > for they are anxious to
the dly Reword peace, without articulating
a 1 These conditions will
found, and they will sit In vain for whole
months around a-green table ; they will In vain con
voke conventions j they will not discover the means
01106 wbat the North wishes and
V’hat the North exacts, of decreeing at once Union
Ee Paration, emancipation and slavery,' the
affirmative and the negative. 1 ,
But this is what they will succeed in doing. The
insurrection was in lts death struggle—they will re
store it to life; It was without resources, they will
restore its arms and credit : the army of Grant was
at the borders of Kiohmond—they will withdraw it,
I do not say they will raise the blockade ; that they
will resuscitate, by the adoption of infamous com
-promises, the dying cause Of slavery. I should be
lieve myself lacking la tlie respect that the charac
ter of Gen. McClellan deserves, should B suppose
that he would welcome really, seriously, certain
overtures. Notwithstanding, Ene mere fact of Ms
election would have such a significance that- he
would be carried further than "he Imagines to-dav
These popular impulses are terrible; the reaction
once commenced in the direction of peace at anv
°L!; t ‘® r , U 3 l i o \ at an y price, of concessions at
any price, no one knows how far he will go. Pre
tensions, and perhaps acts of cowardice, will then
ecsue, tne very, thought.of which causesus to blush
fer-sbamo. men wul.mot.feaiYl>e suse, to propose,
to diseuss guarantees in favor of slavery. -
' case i the demoralization, which now exists
at the South, will be transferred to the North. .The
North will he given up to divisions, to intrigues;
having no longer-before It a simple and persnicuous
end to pursue.lt will Imperfectly resist the fanattoai
unan imlty of the South. :It is the North that will
appear to be conquered.. It Is to the North that the
la w will appear to be dictated, • “
'And would the establishment of the Uki™
'thus effected? : It Is; difficult to believeot
South strengthened, snatched,from the extreme nmoi
; which lspresstoguponlt; the Sdit&deU^Sfmm
the armies of Grant' andiShernMkh •
denly recprlveng what it
pacta, enthusiastic encouragement—tke
doubtless would -ot become .more accomm-, ,
It would refuse to return to tUe Union, or i/'-
set such conditions on Its retima that It '.y
morally impossible for* tie conqueror to cr- -' 1 ’ *
■wear this Ignominious yoke. - J -t; •
2. THE IEDBPEHDENOIt Of THE &.TATBS -
the second pretension of the savettaries oY'm. '■
ooln. They make themselves, In opposition' ■
the champions of the independence of the .’ ms
States. They do not wish a conquest to be
the South—the South to bs treated as a subo • ?
country—the South to be deprived of its
tional rights, its free participation in the co*
general affairs. " ■ -:,
This would be admirable if Mr. Lltico!-.
anticipated them on all these points. Yea’ /x
of conquering the South—of reducing
States to a provisionally Inferior posltion-i?,
'partisans in the North. Terrible plans ha»
been supported, tending to nothing less tw’b
effecting of a vast dispossession in the SoiTh
the suhstttution of one population for another ' Hi
who has combatted these propositions, no is-,,:
sate than barbarous! Mr. Lincoln. ' a 'b.
He has done more; not contented with
evll, he has accomplished good. Ha has
fined his own system to the vague
platform; he has converted it Into practical ° l i' i
sions, which are already beginning to be
Scarcely returned to the Union, the rebellions i?? 1
regain the plentitude of their rights. Provided
they renounce rebellion and slavery (t wo i**
that mean the same thing), they resume on tu, '
- theirformer condition. They elect their Regis;,.
they choose their representatives to Congres* h ’
participate in the election of the President’■ l s' ,J
word, they find themselves again on a footing o’r. !
solnte equality toward the States which thlv i.* u
so unjustly combatted. An admirable spectacle ,' Vl
one which the world contemplates to-day for the’ ■
time—liberty survives civil war, aud theOonqV
tion emerges unscathed from the furnace of b-,..r
stronger, purer, freed from a great stain. Usuail!
It is not slavery that perishes In these furnaces. ' !
To-morrow, if the war should terminate unk
Mr. Lincoln by the definitive triumph of the j\V':
-no military dictatorship would be founded: no gn
deviatlon would be found Introduced Into the "v*
stitution; the gradual reduction of the army a,
the expenditure would ,be pursued; the primp-,
plan, that is, the re-establishment of the free
legal regime, so audaciously violated by the Sou-',
would receive its accomplishment. Under the PrP
deucy of-a general would it be the same? w ,;
not the Idea of remolding institutions in a militi
direction, and of retaining a large standing ant
be more likely to prevail I. I know not. But it ■
allowable, at least, to put the question, and to m&l
fest surprise at this transposition of parts, by virs
of which Mr. Llncote is found accused of tendS
to the oppression of the South,' to the diminution';
the general liberties—in a word, to dictatorship.
3. KKSPKCT FOR THE CONSTITUTION AKD TS>
Laws. —These dictatorial tendencies have been ai
ready manifested, it is said, and the present Prej
dent has' several times adopted measures which wa;,
net strictly legal.
- Mr. Lincoln Is not Infallible. His acts are not jj
excellefit. and ho hlmselr-would be’the first toco;,
less It. But let me tell you the effect that Is nr,
duced upon us, from our "European point of vie,
by these partial errors, which I: do not hesitate r
acknowledge and regret.
We receive the American journals, and we km,
whether-they are restricted In blaming, and a
terms the violence of which at times confounds m
the policy of Mr. Lincoln, his person, his Intention;
Have not both Houses of Congress sat every yei
during long months, and have not their discussant
taken place in broad daylight! Have the legist,
tive assemblies of the separate States been subjec;
ed to an exceptional regime ! Have the parties th s
divide America, lost the right of convoking iramen.
meetings, 1 and of discussing there all the interests y
the country! Have men ceased to speak, to pat
lish, to organize! We Europeans have not pa.
cclved it.
Civilians are good at times, and I counsel Ameri
ca ; if she does not wish to make acquaintance witi
and to enter a path whero the. peccadilloes of at
Lincoln will soon seem very trifling to her. not ts
attempt at the present,time Presidencies of gens,
■rals. ,
i. The Re-establishment or Peace.—Of tt*
two candidates for the, approaching Presidency
which is the champion of peace! This is the ques
tion; permit me to examine it;
To consider only the platforms, it Is clear that
Gen. McClellan represents peace. Did not some
who, indeed, go further than he, talk of “ peace at
any price” in the bosom of the Chicago Convention ’
One thing, however, places me in doubt—themes
who, since the beginning, unceasingly talked of
peace, have been the great agents of war. Had s>
not been for the peace party, blood would not have
flowed In torrents.
f "When' the rebellion of the South—that criminal
attempt without excuse and without pretext—oc
curred to protest against a' regular election which
seemed to threaten the future conquests of slavery
what was it neeessary to do to prevent or prompt!;
arrest the war! To discourage the South, to oppose
to its taking up arms the unanimous indignation oi
the civilized world. The friends of peace then fol
lowed another course,; They invented that excep
tional measure ; which, oh the morrow of the Insur
rection, transformed thelnsurgents Into belligerent;.
The South was thus sustained and stimulated: it
had ports ior revlctualing; it had the right to per.
chase arms; it found itself in a privileged position
which no territory in rebellion had, until then, on,
joyed. The South appeared bordering on discourage
meat; who cheered and replaced Its weapons in its
hands ! Again the friends of peace. To hear thorn
the Worth was wearied—divided; the war could no
long be prosecuted; the blockade was about
be raked.;, the foreign Powers were on the point of
recognizing the South; it was only necessary to
hold out a little while, to gain a few successes to
furnish to the friends of peace in America and In
Europe time to conquer a-miserable remnant o»
abolition prejudice. B
At every newTaltering of the gsfuth came new
promises of peace to-produee their
to perpetuate the war., And the war has thus last
ed, thanks to the ftiends of peace; and now the
South has spent its last dollar, called its last man
into the ranks; and the same" jMset/ic cry still re
sounds—“Do not yield ; we are preparing to recoa
nize yon; we axe about to eoine-to yonr aid "> The
Government at Richmond,knows that this is not a
romance—that Government which has verified with
bitterness, in Its official documents, the series of
disappointed hopes that has sustained its resistasea
The election of Mr. Lincoln will have a meaning
which no one will fail to understand. Eve-roue
will know that the war Is to be energetically" con
tinued to the end; that this war,.which aims T-Rither
at oppression nor conquest, will succeed In re-esta
blishing, the empire or the Constitution, audio de
stroylng slavery. :
The election of a Democratic, candidate, whether
it is wished or not, will have a very different signi
fication. It will announce at least an armisticeanl
the raising of the siege of Richmond. It will open
to the hopes of the South chasces ill-defined, and
therefore, the moreperilous. One does not display
peace before the;,eyes of a people, to withdraw it on
the morrow. There will be a long interval ofia
trlgues, of conventions, of discussions on compro-
UurlDg this, time, the prestige of the North
will diminish, simple affairs will become compli.
cated, questions ol principle will be effaced before
questions oi utility.
And will peace be re-established ! It is not pro
bable. I honor General McClellan and his friends i
too much to believe that they will be willing to sub- !
scribe to,, the pretensions of the South. They esa
not, they will not buy peace at the price of thel- 1
honor; they will; not .sign the charter of slavery. l
they sign it,-the war, adjourned, perhm
would be only the more terrible. Instead of j
you would have the stale of tear, the taking no of
arms at every moment, the South and the Northra
ceasingly on the alert, the necessity of arc it staid-!
-mg armies, and, in the.end; the renewal of the pro
sent conflict in conditions a hundred times worse.
_There is nothing so pacific on earth as fircones;.
We end questions only, by; resolving them. Tie
bouth In rebellion has put the question of slavery;
it is necessary, it Is absolutely necessarv. that i
should be resolved.
-5. ;TkE ABoniiioir of Si,aver sr.—We aecod
lisre tii6 fundamental difference that exists betwesa
the platform of General McOlellan and that of Jlr.
Lincoln. .The last platform Is known; written it
advance, In the acts ;of the present President, it
'would not be possible for him to disavow it, srsn
though he should have the weakness to wish to de
so. in what, then, ls Gen. McOlellan distinguistoi
from hnuf Coßcerning the maintenance of tie
union* he is qtiite as inflexible as Mr. Liacola.
CoEcerning fcbe* return of - the rebellious States
to the "Union, be would not succeed in being I
Inor8 A conciliating: to suppress confiscations, to J
reestablish, all rights immediately, to restore is I
full the political existence of the States, is to no ss
far.asUtjis possible to go.’ There remains, conse*
quently, a single'article—the great one, that
censed the South to revolt, that which is at the bot
tom of the present crisis, that which constitutes its
nobleness; after having; constituted its perll-fte
article oi slavery. - v
The concesslonsof aen.SlcClellan boar enleniir
oh this article. To yield anything that
does not yield, he must yield this; He avoids ,
ing of it, butbis silence is an acknowledgment
.f 1 cannofc. teU witb what bitter sadness I tracs
these-Hues. What! so. many sorrows wasted) so j
many sacrifices without result, so much blood sbsd
m vain! Ah! we understood these sorrows so los?
as they premised to be fruitful. Amidst these ruins,
these throes, a magnificent work was aceompiishea *
a work of moral resurrection, of return to good, of
uprising. "We were not astonished at the sight of
the misery that’you endured t all progress costs
tears, and it Is well worth what it costs. Bat to
have the. tears without the progress, to arrest the
painful effort of uprising at the moment when It is
about to end, and to keep all of the crisis except
noble conquest whicVwas on the point of
11— this is what we will accept at bo price.
And let no one lull himgAjf with illusions. It is
everywhere repeated, (l Slavery is dead; whaterer
may be done, it will not rise again.” Slavery dies
hard. . Why, then, if this question is decided infact,
the great^difficulty 1 Why doe
Mo 9 l A ll^ n accord himself the satlsfaciie
?u; P Tfrr ing °y t ’2 ife , e . Mr - Mneoln ! Why has m
l»lr.. j enerson JDavis himself, who certainly does at
lacicsagacity, Snd who knows what progress symp!
would make In Europe if slaver
ffuestion—^why has he never uttsr
an official word that promises the abolition of ;
anyfom whatever ! Because the Soi
sail olags to slavery to-day as on the dav whm
rose In rebellion. 3
The Democratic party has just been recalled
llle. Is there still a Democratic party ?. H the poi
In question Is to dispute places, 1 grant It; but if
Is to secure the ascendancy of principles, I deny!
No party among you maintains, to my knowlefc
the anarchical right of secession and transforms tt
slavery rebellion of the South Into a struggle/’
national independence. -
Lastly, as to slavery Itself, and although ths:
moerats are unhappily more disposed to vleld
this point, no patty, if I except your Copperha
has remained a stranger to the teachings of the
Sour years. What intelligent man In America i
not, now understand that slavery Is the enemy, ti
nothing will be ended if an end Is not made of si
very - -> -3
„ No Important reason, therefore, hinders the Prt
aential election of 1864 from h.aviDg' a
impulse, of powerful accord, and in soma sort !
triotic unanimity, which would insure, better th
all negotiations, the completion of the war.
I confess it, we Europeans,-strangers to your
condary quarrels, and who see only the greater
t!on, wo have ln two President!
terms for Mr. Lincoln. The first, in our opiate
should resolve the military problemthe sees®
the political problem.
American patriots, you willseta nobio eriSp
by immolating a little dissatisfaction, a few riw
ries, even a few honorable preferences, in order!
terminate gloriously what yon‘have begun!
what results await you; they are present, befi*
you, within your grasp. -
Peace will be re-established. The- natural on'-
burst of the If orth, the national re-election of 3E-
Lincoln, is a heavy blow, under which the last r
slstance of an exhausted and. discouraged rebei!
will soon succumb.
The Union will reappear stronger than it was tt
years ago, for it will Save reiectedfrom its b;-=>
the malady that was consuming It. Slavery 5
have perished. Yon will have accomplished t
greatest work of modem rimes: all who have
heart wlil_appiaud you for It.and God wl» -= f
npon yon His best blessings.
„ "’°ther marvel—your politlcal-liberty will*;
survived one of those crisis In which evervtiu
perishes; you will have-maintained ye
institutions, while purifying them j you can e#--
with manly resolution upon the- progressive rec
tum of your army and your expenditures, and
loyalpayment of your debts. ,
Tou will have grown In ths-sSraggle. Thr.t
; sacrifices "f;and ; sufferings the uprising w‘- 1
wrought. Xou will be, as It were, surprise,
emergingfrom thin long tempest, in which sf”
-alone wfu have,perished, to see what relief ‘
appearance wi-1 have. Brought to your geneau p
cy, to your Internal existence, to the relations o>'
Eorth and the ■/ ,
"STes, the South ttßQjf,?Rfllr BxperieDce
and ot those.hereditary prejudices which it *l, ■
tO'Whloh-we should ourselves.be s““,.
Virginia, or Florida. The
vJ'°c So,l^li bycontaot with liberty ;.th e r rJ
soltivayen hi the South; the -='
%?, S®hth by European inalgntb* V
capital—this j&.what we shall he permittee to
after having seen the South resume all its C!-D
-tutlonal liberties on the morrow of Its defeat ,
Do you desire Union! Do yon desire psace,
J® 11 desire the abolltlonof slavery?- Do, you af
the Hbejty, the greatness of the Usiteii -'-a
Decide. , . A. ate QAsP iEI
-’"i ‘
_ i.ord \Vodehouse lias been appointed*
Lieutenant of Ireland, succeeding to the
Carlisle, the state of -whose heal®, oompeis w
retire In his 63d year. When Lord lylorp 3 '- 1 .
visited this countrvand took a very
fair-minded vlw of ow aB»fts,