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_ against this
most insidious proposition to divide our country into
separate confederacies, do matter how strict the alli
ances between them might he, and let us adopt his
compels.
la it not strange that, while Italy and Germany seek,
in Italian and German unity, relief from the rain and
oppression of so many independent States and Govern
ments, and are each making advances to that glorious
-consummation, that we are asked to adopt the reaction
ary policy, and separate glorious Union into distinet
confederacies,soon to befpllowed by grinding taxation,
by immense standing armies, and perpetual wars?
And now, then, my countrymen, I bring these letters
to a close, imploring you to give no vote which will
subject the Union to the slightest peril. Gome then,
my friends of all parties, come Republicans and Whigs,
and Democrats, and Irish ano Gorman and native citi*
zens, trampling under our fe*t all past issue 4, and all
old party names ana prejudices, and, standing on this
broad basis of principle, let ns vote, not for men or par
ties, but for the fcalvauon and perpetuity of the Union
R. d. WALKER. *
C|r;^:r ; rss.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1664.
"VIOB PIIEBIDSNT HamLIH’S ArrOIHTMENTS.—
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, .Yico President of the
United States,"will address the people of Pennsyl
vanla at the following pl aces:
Carlisle, Thursday, October 27.
Chambersburg, Friday, Oct. 28.
Gettysburg, Saturday, October 29,
Judge Black's Apology for the Rebellion.
Judge Black, in liis recent speech in this
city, began by saying that be would promise
Ms audience no amusing entertainment.
It would have been better for bis reputation
bad he given himself wholly to bufl’onery
and played the clown instead of the seces
sionist; for there is nothing more sad
than to see the degradation of intellect to
the service of evil, and if Judge Black has
not deliberately become the servant of party,
the enemy of his country, and the slave of
slavery, we are ignorant of the meaning of
words. The doctrine of his speech is in
famous; it is almost a national disgrace
that any free-born American could rise in
a Northern city to defend the sale of men
and women, to declare Northern love of
freedom the cause of the rebellion, and, at a
time when traitors are raging against his
Government, to say not one word against
treason, but to apologize for it, to defend
it, to give it all the encouragement in his
power. To read this speech brings the
blood to the cheek, like a blow ; it is an
insult to every Northern man, woman, and
child ; it is an outrage on common political
decency, and a mockery on all that patriots
hold dear. Upon its author we make no
personal attack; but if forever dis
sever his name from this utterance, it
would be like Tazing out the inscription on
a tombstone. No one could say in the
free, nobler future “ the dead doctrine
which lies in this dishonored grave is
yours.” '
At once Judge Black announces Ms foe.
Is it the rebellion ? No !it is the Nortb.
<l The enemy we have now to contend
against is the Abolition party—its influence
now overshadows this whole continent;
it controls the Executive with absolute
sway; it commands an army whose num
bers are counted by hundreds of thou
sands.” Yes, and against; this party, which
did not exist until the slaveholding friends
of Judge Black rebelled against the Go
vernment, which alone protects the Union,
and which controls every loyal State and
will re-elect Abraham Lincoln in No
vember, he uses all his power. It is the
party he hates, despises, and would destroy;
but it is also the party the rebels hate, de
spise, and would destroy. It is, indeed,
the vast majority of the loyal American
people; and if these are the enemies of
Judge Black, let them beware of those
who are his friends. .
If the accusations he has made against
the North are true, then the South is ab
solved of Biin, for, compared with our wick
edness, their’s would be as virtue. We,
the freemen of'the North, who said that
slavery should not be established-in free Ter
ritories; who elected, constitutionally, Abra
ham Lincoln, our President; who only
sought to keep the Union true to the great
principles on which it was established—are
guilty as he declares of outrages on the
rights of States, of hopelessly dividing the
country, and of compelling the people of
the South to rebel, in self-defence. By
what misrepresentation he has colored
these charges, we need not say; those who
doubt the accuracy of our report of his
speech, published on Tuesday morning, are
referred to it in the columns of his own
party organ a day later. They need not
look far for proof that the enemies of Judge
Black are not the rebels, that the great
crime is not treason, in his opinion, but the
-resistance we have made to treason. They
will find him hunting the colored man with
-the eagerness of a fugitive slave commis
sioner, sneering at human liberty, de
nouncing the people of the North as crimi
nals, and carefully avoiding any word that
■could he construed into censure of the open
foes of his country.
We mark this point. We believe it
•worse than his denial of the right to eo
■erce a State in rebellion, or the flimsy,
worn-out quibble by which he would show
■the manner in which the Government has
tried to put down the rebellion to be as
unconstitutional as the rebellion-itself. To
us the ignominy of his speech is its enmity
to the North, and its want of manliness in
-excusing and defending the rebellion. Just
within the line of formal loyalty, and far
within the boundaries of real hostility to
the Union, Judge Black has done all that
a Northern man dares in aid of Southern
-treason. A word more, and no one could
have shown the difference between his
■opinions and those of any open rebel. And
forget it - not, that with all this ferocious
hatred of the principles sustained by every
loyal State, Judg'e Black supports Mc
•Clellan. With the rebels, he declares
the election of McClellan to be his only
hope. '
A correspondent, whose position enti
tles his opinions to consideration, sends us
a protest against the publication of the
speeches of certain Democratic leaders in
The Pbess. We might summarily end
the matter by saying that we print a news
paper, and give news without asking whe
ther it expresses our opinions or not.
There are many leaders in the Democratic
party, whose statements are always read,
and entitled to a careful reading. They
are pernicious; but we claim to haye the
power, with truth on our side, to show in
what respects they are so. This, we think,
we have never failed to do. Error is power
less with truth left free to combat it, and
in our own way and good time we have
tried to print the truth. Thus far we have
given our readers full reports of four
■speeches—those of Emerson Etheridge,
John Van Boren, Judge Black, and
Bevekdy Johnson. These are public men.
They have national reputations, and are
■entitled to be heard as matters of news, just
as we hear the opinions of Jefferson
Davis and Louis Napoleon. To do this
requires money and enterprise, and we
have spent money as freely upon them as
■we do upon. Gael Schurz, Henry "Winter
Davis, Hannibal Hamlin, and other good
men who come here to help the cause. In
the case of Judge Black, The Press of
-next morning alone contained a report of
.his speech, his own Copperhead organ
"being compelled, from motives of poverty,
we presume, to follow the day after with a
report that seems to have heen taken from:
our columns, and revised by the author.
The truth is, if we may be pardoned for
•saying it, The Press is the only paper in.
ithis State —one of the few papers in the
(Country—that invariably gives all sides a
hearing. We sent our reporters to Demo
cratic Conventions, and followed the move
ments of Democratic leaders; and the na
tural result is, that air men read The
-pjvEßS—the Union men from love, the
‘Copperheads from necessity. ,By this
means our journal is read by everybody,
taud we address an audience that is reached
iby no other agency in Pennsylvania. Wc
are gratified with tliisjresult, and see in it
a fair return for the money-we have spent.
As a newspaper, we print the sayings and
doings of every man in America or else
where whose sayings or doings can at all
interest the people. As a journal, we say
what our conscience tells us to -be right.
When wc fail in this we are open to criti
cism, but otherwise we prefer not to be
controlled even, by the wishes of one as
eminent as our correspondent.
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against the
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time, have
Mr. Chase To-Night.
The great meetings at Union League
Hall, and the hall of the Invincibles, are
fleing immense good. Philadelphia has
done and will do her whole duty in this
canvasß, and if equal energy 1b shown
throughout the State, Judge Kki.iyey’s
declaration that Pennsylvania is good for
ten thousand majority on the home vote,
will be more than sustained. Last night
Rev. J. Walker Jackson made a forcible
address at Union League Hall, which wo
print to-day. This evening Hon. S. P.
Chase and Bon. Amos Myers will ad
dress the citizens of Philadelphia. No man
lias shown a nobler loyalty, none a higher
intelligence, than Mr. Chase, and very
few, indeed, have so well served the coun
try. He is not the less in being no longer
an officer of the Government, for men of
his nature are the born leaders of a nation.
The letter of liobert J. Walker.
Roheht J. Walker, eminent even
among those eminent Southerners who
have so nobly contended for the Union,
and though, since the war began, he has
chiefly shown his loyalty by his services
abroad, his influence has been great at
home. In England he exposed the faith
lessness of Jeff Davis in the repudiation
of the debt of Mississippi, and, perhaps
more than any other man, has enabled Eu
ropeans to form a true estimate of our na
tional resources. It has been fortunate for
us that we have had so well-informed and
faithful a reprcsentatfve in England, He
sends Americans a letter, published on
our first page to-day, from advanced
proof-sheets, which will be found a
masterly and an exhaustive analysis of
the political situation. It is long, but it
deals with great issues so thoroughly that
it must command careful attention. Mr.
Walker’s arguments are always based on
stubborn facts, and not till these arc dis
proved can his conclusions be denied. The
friends of the Union will find this letter an
arsenal of loyal weapons.
Pennsylvanians arc called upon by Au
guste Belmont, Richard Yaux, Horatio
Seymour, and men of similar calibre and
politics, to “ vote for McClellan.” As
suredly, not with any local claim, for,
though a native of Philadelphia, McClel
lan has repudiated the Keystone State.
He has chosen, as candidate for the Presi
dency, to hail from New Jersey, with which
he had as much personal connexion as with
a province in Turkey. Pennsylvania, he
practically declares, is not good enough for
him, and, disowning it, he spread his wings,
alighted in New Jersey, and adopts that
State as his own. Wo have no doubt that
Pennsylvania, which has contrived to sur
vive the loss of such a very " young Na
poleon,” will ignore him, when the ques
tion of the Presidency will be virtually
decided next month. New Jersey may
make what she can of McClellan. As
suredly, he is not the stuff to be worked up
into a President, who ought to be decided
in resolve, and quick as well as effective
in action. -■ /; - ■
Mr. Reyebdy Johnson, who lately in
structed rebel-sympathizing
nqinority of Maryland that an oath might
be solemnly taken and lightly: broken, last
night founded the best part of his speech
on a political document pretending to be
a Union publication, which he confessed
might be a forgery. We find nothing
new in. his address, for, even the
trick o# putting false words into the
mouths of Union speakers is old. Mr.
Johnson’s anonymous pamphleteer wants
every adult in the South exterminated, and
upon this Mr. Johnson goes into humane
convulsions. What horrors ! What cruelty!
How can we elect a President pledged to
this awful policy ! We think this speech
wifi do our Union readers little harm, and
commend it to their mercy, regretting that
Mr. Charles Brown did not also distin
guish himself.
Democracy Repudiated bV one of its
Representatives. —The lion. Henry S.
Stebbins, the eloquent and distinguished
finance : member of Congress, has, with a
noble candor, resigned his membership,
because he cannot, consistently with truth,
represent Ms Democratic constituency. In
doing so, he says:
“My labors as your representative, during the
first session of tie Thirty-eighth Congross, were
given to the support of the Q-overnment. Through
out the session I favored a vigorous prosecution of
the war until the authority of the Government
should be re-established over every part of the;
United States. I favored and supported the mea
sures introduced by those who were empowered to
conduct the Government up to March .4, ISOS,
and who were acting In obedience to their official
oaths ‘to discharge their duty to the best of their
abilities.’ Throughout the session I was opposed to
the taking of any steps to a peace calculated to
weaken the national authority, for that required
negotiations with men in rebellion who had hot laid
down their arms. ■ : •
“ Were I to remain in Congress during the ses
sion to commence In December next, I should per
sistently adhere to these same principles and to this
same action.” .
It is to be hoped that honest; men of
all parties will unite and send Mr. Stkb
btns back to the seat which he lias honored.
To-day and to-morrow, between 1 and 10
P. M., the extra assessment of citizens lia
ble to State, city, and personal tax, will he
continued before the assessors of the dif
ferent wards. No Unionist who can vote
should neglect this notice, or fail to warn
his friends. The various ward committees
have a considerable ; portion of their duty
to perform in seeing that every Union citi
zen is assessed. Not a single patriotic vote
should be lost at the momentous election in
November. ■
Mere majorities in the forthcoming elec
tion will not be enough; nor will even
large majorities satisfy the cause. We be
lieve with Secretary Chase that the Union
majority should be so overwhelming and
decisive as to extinguish every hope of the
rebel leaders, and their sympathizers abroad
and at home, and to show that the Ameri
can people are true to the core. To this
end let the friends of the Union organize
and work, and still work and organize, in
every township, county, and; district of the
State,
“ Bovs, keep your eyes on the flag,”
were the last words of Gen. Birney. His
last act was not less noble. Carried to the
polls on the day of the election, he voted
the whole Union ticket. Could the soldier,
remembering the -inspired, example of this
dying hero, vote for and with those whose
leaders; stamp dishonor on the grave of
Birney ? : “
Geo. N. Sanders, one of the fathers of
the peace movement at Niagara and of the
Chicago Convention, is also patron of the
robbers and murderers who invaded
Vermont. Whenever a rebel is hurt,
some men cry “ unconstitutional!” Mr. '
Sanders just as well Understands the vir
tue of audacity. When some of the Cana
da thieves were caught he cried out,
“ Shocking breach of neutrality !”
General Sterling Price, while plun
dering and burning the houses of Missouri
Unionists, harangues his sympathizers in
favor of, McClellan -, rebel soldiers, on
picket before Richmond, cry out cheers
for peace and McClellan ; rebel officers
confidently declare that an armistice will
bring on recognition of the Confederacy;
the friends of the rebels assert that Mc-
Clellan’s election'will prove the failure
of the war and the triumph of the South;
Alexander H. Stephens favors the Chi
cago platform ; and Jefferson Davis, who
scouts the idea of Union and reconstruction,
vows that the hope of the Confederacy is
in the election of McClellan.
A Repudiator.
False Pretences,
When some solitary scamp, impelled by
pressing necessities, and the superadded
u wicked devices of the devil,” enters a
store, and contracts a bill of goods, under
the plea that he has a balance on the right
side in bank, or is able to command other'
assets, and it is'subsequently discovered that
his representations were all barefaced
falsehoods—such adventurer, on convic
tion before a court of competent jurisdic
tion, is sentenced to the penalty of a heavy
fine and years of imprisonment. Such is
the law, and it is based on principles of
justice that are patent to every intelligent
mind.
And now, if such a righteous retribution
be made to overtake a solitary transgressor,
who, by such low craft and cunning, de
frauds a merchant out of a few hundred
dollars’ worth of goods, what sort and de
gree of punishment ought to be inflicted on
a party that, seeks to gain the suffrages of a
free and intelligent people on representa
tions palpably false and deceptive, and
that thus seeks to swindle them out of the
dearest civil rights ever enjoyed by man ?
This is. precisely what the so-called " De
mocracy” is attempting to clo just now.
They are seeking to gain popular favor by
false pretences —by claiming to be for war
in one latitude and for peace in another,
and by commemorating victories that are
positive defeats! If the United States
District Attorney is not too amiable a man
he will enforce against them the law which
makes it a penal offence to obtain values
under false pretences.
Colored People in the City Cars.
Several cases of violent ejection of re
spectable colored people from the city cars
have lately come to notice. Excellent wo
men have been dragged and kicked out of
the cars, with shocking insult and pro
fanity, by brutes of conductors, whom it
seems the railway companies arc still will
ing to employ. No wonder that ladies of
our own color were outraged by such con
duct toward their sex, and indignantly left
the ears. It seems that in one case a lady
of color was invited by mistake into a.car,
where she remained for some time without
complaint from the passengers. Suspect
ing her color, the ruffian having charge of
the car immediately proceeded to insult her
and force her from the car. One of these
cases, will come up before Court, and we
fervently hope that thorough justice may
be done.
Every lady and gentleman in the com
munity must have blushed at the recital of
such facts as these. No true man, what
ever his color or prejudice, would stand
by and see such outrages committed upon
women—they must not be tolerated. ‘ We
may as well look out for our pocket-books
when such a class of' conductors become
the tyrants of our city-cars—for the acts of
which we complain are only worthy of
convicts. The wrong done to the colored
people is not half as great as the shame
brought upon white men and women by
such gratuitous exhibitions of brutal
cowardice. But we complain still further.
Why do our car companies keep in their
service uncivil and indecent conductors ?
j If they kick black women out of the cars,
i may they not venture also to insult white
women? Well, we have heard of conduc
tors insulting white women.
‘We call to the correction of these evils
the fairness, common-sense, and virtue of
tlfte public. That a considerable and the
poorest portion of the public is unjustly
and selfishly denied /the common con
veniences and comforts of the poor, on ac
count of an unreasonable, prejudice—a pre
judice only exerted by a small minority of
the. people—no sensible man will deny.
On our great railroads we have seen, time
after time, poor women mocked and cursed
because they entered the same car with
white people, and' sought to obtain," what
every company must guarantee to its pa.
trons, the value of their tickets. On the
other hand, white people are not-slow to
invade the ■ premises of the blacks, if a
single advantage to be gained. We
are willing, to accept their money, their
custom, and their aid in various ways—
cannot we tolerate them in a matter even
smaller than these ? But we think, also,
that the coforcd people have an indubitable
moral and legal right to public considera
tion, and they need ask nothing for mere
charity’s sake. If an unwholesome preju
dice must be nursed and petted, if colored •
people cannot be allowed to ride in the
same cars with the while, let separate cars
be provided for them, though we should
prefer, on grounds of pure right, to have
such an arrangement made for those who
have prejudices. Gentlemen have been a]-,
lowed to take their dogs with them in the
cars from which a colored lady has been
dragged or kicked-, out. Here is a contrast
which ought to put manhood to the blush,
and arouse an indignant sentiment of cor
rection. Popular economies are intended
for the poor, rather than the rich. If well
dressed white people have prejudices, they
can far better afford to suffer than the poor
people whose room they occupy.
... Falsehood.— The. World of yesterday
states that Mr. Lincoln declared at the
Sanitary Fair in PMladelphia : “ I only
ask for four years more of war to abolish
slavery in every one of ;■ the Southern
States.” Nothing even like this was ut
tered by Mr. Lincoln, as pur own strict
reports will testify. We challenge the
World to the proof. Failing tliis, the World
should, in decency, retract its error, just
as it retracted or withdrew the Webster
forgery, which has, up to the present time,
been; a favorite argument of Democratic
speakers.;: :
Closing Churches to Elect McClel
lan. —Mr. James S. Thayer, a spokesman
for McClellan, who expressed, the wish
that “the churches had been closed for
twenty years,” said in Lockport that
‘ ‘ McClellan, he thought, could be trium
phantly elected if only the Presbyterian
churches could be closed for forty days.”
A Mr. Vaux declared a few nights since, in
this city, that the pulpit was the enemy of
Democracy, and that“ the only place to
hear the Gospel preached now-a-days was
at a Democratic meeting !”
Such evidence as the following,' volun
teered us by a veteran soldier, is not rare:
“ On the advance from Fislier’s Hiil.l talked with
a rebel captain. He stated to me that the only hope
of the rebels to gain their Independence was in the
election of General McClellan; for, In that event,
he will be rendered powerless by such men as Soy
mour, Wood, Valiandlgham, and the men who
would constitute his Cabinet. He also stated that
an armistice would be declared, the blockade be
raised, and we ‘ Yanks ’ would have to go north of
the Rappahannock. ‘ England will flood the South
with her goods, and then we can say to ygu Yanks—
Recognize our national position and give ns back
what you took from us, of we’ll fight you four years
more.’ I find this to be the general opinion of the
rebel prisoners. J. Croziek, f
“ 00. A, 138th Pennsylvania.”•
Alien Soldiers as .Yoters.— We give as fol
lows the text of an enactment passed by Congress,
July, 1862, from which it will be learned that a sol
dier wishing to vote must get his naturalization pa
pers, as usual..' The act merely varies the time of
residence, and nature of proof:
And be it further enacted, That any alien, of the
age of twenty-one years and upward, who has en
listed or shall enlist in the armies of the United
States—either the regular or volunteer forces—an d
has been or shall be hereafter honorably discharged,
may be admitted to become a citizen of the United
States, upon his petition, (without any previous
declaration of his intention to become a citizen of
the United States; and that he shall not be required
to prove more than one year’s residence within the
United. States previous to his application to become
such citizen; and that the court admitting such
alien shall. 1m addition to,such proof of residence
and good moral character as is now provided by
law, be satisfied by competent proof of such person
having been honorably discharged irom the service
of the United States as aforesaid.—See. 21, C/iop. 220,
Laws,of the Stth Congress, 2d Session, pane 697, ap
proved JulylVh, 1862. -/ “
BißHon Simpson’s Lkcture.—Wc arc pleased
to notice that Rev. Bishop Simpson Is announced
io deliver his lecture on “Our Conflict,” in the
icademy of Music on Monday evening next. He
rias delivered this lecture in Cincinnati and other
of ouf Western cities to large audiences, where it
oas been received with marked favor. As will be
een by the advertisement, the proceeds of the
■ectnre are for the: benefit of sick and .wounded sot
■:lere,ln whom, as a member of the Christian Com- ’
mistipn, as well as a private citizen, the Bishop,
nas taken a great Interest. Aside from this, how
ever,the .well-known abilities of the orator will be
'efficient to fill the Academy to overflowing.
Peterson’s Oountbbebit Detector.— The No
■embet number .is ready this morning. Nobusi
6bs ‘man should be without it. This Issue contains
he official list of all the National Banks.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1864.
Washington, Oct. 26.—A gentleman who left
Martinsburg at two o’clock to-day says that he
heard nothing or any attack on a train, as pub
lished in the Star. The report is probably false.
REBEL CONSCRIPTION OF NEGROES IN LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Oct. 17, via Cairo, Oct. 26. Tho
steamer George Cromwell arrived yesterday from
New York.
The rebel cavalry are conscripting negroes on the
plantations outside of our lines, by order of the re
bel Governor of this state. They are to lia put in
the rebel army.
. I.ATE REBEL ADVICES. f
THE RICHMOND PAPERS OK" THE DEFEAT IN THE
Baltimore, Oct. 25.—Richmond papers of the
24th Inst, have been received hero. They have no
thing in the way of news, except a whine and ex
cuses for Early’s defeat.
THE rebel archives being removed to
' LYNCHBURG.
New Orleans, Oct. 17, via Cairo, Oct. 20— Let
ters received here from- prominent rebels in Rich
mond, state that the archives and other Govern
ment property are being secretly removed to Lynch
burg, Ya.
The subscriptions to tho soven-thirty loan, re
ported at the Treasury Department for Monday
and Tuesday, amounted to $657,700. :
The Army and Navy Gazette of this week publishes
a rery lengthy report from General Sully of his
Northwest Indian: campaign. He says lie is per
fectly satisfied of the impracticability of a road for
emigrants over the route he took, All the country
in the vicinity of the Little Missouri river is broken,
and affords an excellent protection in every part to
small parties of Indians, to torment an emigrant
train, and there is certainly no. safety in travelling
it. until the Indians are exterminated. ; »°
The Santees, on Mouse river,-are in a ! starving
condition, and want to give themselves up.
THE PIRATE FLORIDA AT TENEBIFEB—AN
AMERICAN VESSEL IN DISTRESS ATFAYAL.
The Navy Department has received a communi
cation from the commander of. the United States
aloop.of.-war St. Louis, dated Santa Cruz de Tene
rifle, Canaries, September loth. He says that on
the 20th of August an American ship approached
the anchorage of Fayal, making a signal of dls- »
tress. He at once sent an officer and boat’s crow to
her relief. She proved to be the Amorican ship
Expounder, of Boston-, 141 days from Akyab, bound
to Falmouth, England, with a cargo of rice. For
seventy days.the crew had been constantly at the
pumps,.
The Florida arrived at Santa Cruz de Teneriife
on the 3d of August, and obtained a full supply or
coals and provisions, and left after staying twenty
four hours. She discharged here one officer, who
was an invalid, and one of her men, a New Yorker,
who said he was the only American in her crew.
The Navy Department has received Information
of the capture, hy the United States steamer Eolus,
of the blockade-runner Hope. She- was built In
England for Frazek, Thekiioi.m,, & 00., by the
celebrated buildois, Jones, Qitioan, & Oo.; Is a pad
dle-wheel steamer, 280 reet long,’- so feet beam, has
water-tight compartments, and draws 11 feet of
water. She Is a powerful steamer, and is reported
to be one of the best and. most costly vessels yet
built for blockade running. She flew the rebel flag
while, in Cork harbor. She has-a valuable assorted
Cargo on board. -
GENERAL RICKETTS. . / ,
General Riokkttb is now In a fair way of re
covery. Ills promotion as brevet major general
takes efleet from October 19th. - ?
' The trial of Hamilton, Eastbk, & 00., of Balti
more, charged with selling goods to blockade-run
ners, commenced to day. Pabdon Woksley was
tie principal witness for the Government, and the
’evidence was pretty much the same as that against
Johnson A Sutton. After taking Wokslbt’s
testimony the trial was postponed till Friday, to ena
ble the defence to procure their witnesses.
- ■ BEFtTBLICAN INYINCXBI3S.
. The attention of the members of the Executive
Committee Is called to the notice, In another col
umn, of a meeting this evening.
THE WAR.
GENERAL SHERMAN'S ARMY,
Hood Retreating to Gadsden, Alabama.
SHERMAN I’KESSI.VQ niH ( LONELY.
THE RAILROAD TO ATLANTA REPAIRED
HOOD SUPERSEDED BY BEAUREGARD.
ADDRESS OP THE NEW COMMANDER
TO HIS TROOPS.
ATLANTA INDISPENSABLE TO THE REBELS.
GEN, SHERMAN TO BE DRIVEN-FROM IT
AN APPEAL TO THE DESERTERS,
Rebel Conscription of Negroes in Louisiana
THK REBEL ARCHIVES REMOVED TO LINCHBUIiO.
«EN. SHERMAN’S DEPARTMENT.
THE PURSUIT OP HOOD—THE REBEL ARMY RE
’** PORTED WITHOUT SHOES AND POOD. ’
Cincinnati, Oct. 26,—Tho Commercial’s Nash
ville despatch says that Sherman is at Gaylesville
Alabama, near the Coosa river, and is pressing
Hood, who is retreating towards Gadsden, In the
same State. Hood will bo compelled to moye north
to the Tennessee river, or south to Jacksonville.
His army Is reported to bo destitute or shoes and
food. The railroad from Chattanooga to Atlanta
will be completed to-morrow, Thursday.
CAPTURE OP TWO UNION OFFICERS—ARRfVAL OF
PRISONERS AT CHATTANOOGA—THE ARMY SOON
TO HR PAID OFF.
Chattanooga, Oct. 26 —Advices received bore
announce the capture of Captain McManus, or
the 15th Regulars (a citizen or Reading,' Fa.,), and
of Captain Hall, 18th Regulars, while on the way
from the front to this place. Roth are excellent
officers.
Yesterday a party of one thousand prisoners
came In from Atlanta, where they have been since
the taking of that place. They are a miserable
looking set.
General Sherman’s army will be paid off shortly,
and the notification has caused conslderable'grati
ficatlon among the troops.
Beauregard’s address oh assuming command
OF HOOD'S ARMY—SHERMAN “ CAN AND MUST liE
DRIVEN FROM ATLANTA ” —AN AMNESTY OF
FERED TO DESERTERS.
Washington, Oct. 26, — The following has been
received at tbe War Department:
Galesvillb, Alabama, Oct. 24, via Rome, Ga„
Oct. 2o.—The following Is a copy or the address or
Beauregard on assuming command of the Ar'mv of
thoWsst: . '
Headquarters Military Division of the
the West, Oct. IT—ln assuming command at this
critical juncture of the Military Division of the
West, I appeal to my countrymen of all classes and
Bectlons for their generous support and confidence.
In assigning me to this responsible position, the
President of the Confederate States has extended
to me the assurance of his earnest support. The
Executives of your States meet me with similar
expressions of their devotion to our cause.
The noble army in the army, composed of. brave
men and gallant officers, are not strangers to me,
and I know that they will do all that patriots'oan
achieve. The history of tho past, written In the
blood oi their comrades, but ibreshadows the glo
rious future whioh lies before them.
Inspired with these bright promises of success, I
make this appeal to the men and women of my
country to lend me the aid of their earnest and cor
dial co-operatioD. Unable to join In the bloody
confiiets of the field, they can do much to strengthen
our cause, fill up our ranks, encourage our soldiers,
Inspire confidence, dispel gloom, and thus hasten
on the day of our final success and deliverance.
The army of Sherman still defiantly holds the city
of Atlanta. He can and must be driven from it. It
is only for the good people of Georgia and tho sur
rounding States to speak the word, and this work is
done. We have abundance of provisions. There
are men enough in the country, liable and able for
service, to accomplish , this result. To all such I
earnestly appeal to report promptly to their respec
tive commands, and;let those who cannot go see to
it that none remain at home who are able to strike
a blow in this critical and decisive hotir.
To those soldiers of the army who are absent from
their commands I appeal, In the name of their brave
comrades, with whom they have In the past so often
shared the privations of camp and the dangers of
the battle field, to return at once to their duty,
To all such as shall report to their respective com
mands in response to this appeal within the next
thirty days, an amnesty Is hereby granted. My ap
peal is to every one, of all classes and Conditions, to
come forward freely, cheerfully, and with good heart
to tho work that lies before us.
a My countrymen, respond to this call as you have
done in days that have passed, and, with the bless
ings of a kind and over-ruling Providence, the
enemy .will be driven from your soil ; the security
of your, wives and daughters from Insults ami out
rages of a brutal loe sho.ll be established soon, and
be followed by a permanent and honorable peace.-
The claims of home and country, wife and chil
dren, uniting with the demands of honor and pa
triotism, summon us to the field. We cannot, dare
not, will not fail to respond.
Full of hope and confidence, I come to join In your
struggles, sharing your privations, and with your
brave and true men to strike the blow that shall
bring success to our arms, triumph to our cause,
and peace to our country. /.
G. T. Beauregard, General.
MOSEBY’S GUERILLAS.
GUERILLA DEPREDATIONS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY—
TWO OF MOSBBY’B GUNS TAKEN—RUMORED CAP-
TURE OF GEN. DUFFY DY GUERILLAS.
Washington, Oct. 26.—Moseby and White still
continue their depredations in Fairfax county and
that vicinity. On Monday last two of their guns
were gobbled up in tho neighborhood of Great Falls
Village, about eighteen miles from this city.
The rebels claim to have captured *168,000 of our
paymasters during their attack upon the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
The Star has a report that a party of guerillas at
tacked a train near Martinsburg last night, and
captured Gen. Duffy and his staff.
DENIAL OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED RUMOR.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
VALLEY.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Oct. 26.
THE LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS.
GENERAL SULLY’S ENDIAN CAMPAIGN.
CAPTURE OF A VALUABLE PRIZE;
THE CONTRABANDISTS’ TRIALS,
THE DRAFT;
The- draft has been resumed here, and there is
•ousiderobie ar.slety manifested amongst those
lableto bt drawn.
THE INTERNAL. REVENUE
The tost report r f the - Uomtnl&sloner of ioternai
Revenue shows (lull the income ol' theflo sera meat
from Internal taxes Is about *16,000,000 a month, or
nearly *200, 000,000 a year.
OFFICERS DISMISSED THE SEBVICE.
The following dismissals are announced: Major
John Garrett, 69th New York, for dlßobedlenoe of
orders j Surgeon O. F. Stock, U6th New York, ab
sence without leave; Ist Lieutenant Patrick Mc-
Kenna, 73d New York, having been sent to Black"
well’s Island, New York, for petit larceny; Ist
Lieutenant Edmund Pendleton, 3d United States
Artillery, absent without leave; Ist Lieutenant H.
L. Plko, desertion. For absenoo without leave, Cap- ■
tain J. F. Hall, 2d New York Mounted Rifles ; Lieu
tenant Graham .T. Old, 30th New York Cavalry;
Lieutenant Koddington, 22d New York Cavalry.
The dismissal of Major Gansler, 47th Pennsylva
nia, Is revoked, and he is honorably dismissed.
PERSONAL.
Capt. H. H. Olii-hant, I6th Pennsylvania Co.
valry, reported here, tick, yesterday. W. H, Hut
chinson, of tho 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, and
J ohn Adkins, belonging to the 4th Delaware, died
here yesterday.
Tbe Rebel Raid in Vermont—Trial of
Nome of-tbe Robbers-.
Montreal, Oct. 26. — Several depositions have
been taken at St. Johns relative to the recent Ver
mont bank robbery. Others will be taken to-day.
The prisoners have all easily been identified, and,
If committed for trial, will probably bo transferred
to Montreal.
Dnrnlng: of a Labe Propeller.
Sarnia, C. W., Oct. 26.— About six o’clock this
evening tbe propeller Kenosha, of the Grand Trunk
line, plying between Chicago and Sarnia, was dls
covered to be on fire while alongside the elevator,
to save which and the neighboring buildings she
was cut adrift, and is now floating down the river
In a full blase. Nothing of value was saved from
her,
Congressional Nomination in Massa-
chnsetts.
Boston, Oct. 2g.—Tho Republicans of the Third
district have nominated Alexander 11. Rice for re
eleotion to Congress.
Non-Arrival or the Canada.
Halifax, N. S., Oot, 26.—There are no signs of
the Canada, now due, with Liverpool dates of the
15th Distant.
Rebel Movements in Canada.
CONTEMPLATED BACKING AND ROBBING OF RO
CHESTER, BUFFALO, AND DETROIT—ATTEMPTED
RELEASE OF PRISONERS ON JOHNSON’S ISLAND.
The Dotroit Tribune of Monday gives the follow
ing account of the lately-frustrated designs of the
rebels In Canada:
The rebels, being unable to accomplish any great
result by guerilla outrages, concocted a scheme to
Interfere as much as possible wlth|the tranquillity
pervading the lake borders. In .order to accom
plish their designs a Major StsLawrenco was sent
to Canada, as secret agent of the rebel Government,
with a large amount of money, which ho was In
stiucted to pay to any “ Confederates” there who
might he willfngto undertake several raids Into the
difierent Northern .States, for the purpose of de
stroying property.
This Major St, Lawrence called upon Colonel
Steele and many other prominent rebels at Wind
sor, early laßt spring, and made known to them his
errand. They agreed to enter Into the conspiracy,
but not knowing whom to trust, two lodges of
Knights of the Southern Cross were organised
there in order to call, the faithful together. For
tunately or unfortunately, as the case may be, their
schemo was revealed to the military authorities in
Detroit, and steps were at once taken to thwart
their designs. The arrangements were those: A
large number of rebels were to take passage at Port
Huron, and come hero on the Grand Trunk Rail
road, while a similar number were to cross tho river
at Wyandotte, and take the Southern Railroad.
They were to meet In the night, in Detroit, and
their first movement was to be the capture of all
the armg, ammunition, and soldiers-at the barracks,
and then commence their work of destruction.
After describing how the rebels obtained their
arms, the Tribune continues:
Major St. Lawrence was cashiered, and Jacob
Thompson and George N. Sanders sent outtosnper-
InteDct operations, as soon as these worthies ar
'rived in Caqjula, they announced themselves as
peace commissioners, lor the purpose of covering
up their real designs. It was decided to make ah
attack on Johnson’s Island for the purpose of re
leasing the prisoners, but their plans leaked out:
and the steamer Michigan was ordered there. _
The real object of these raids was to release the
prisoners at the above place, with the aid of whom
they intended ’to operate at different places along'
the frontier. Among the rebel officers engaged la
this soheme were aGaptainOlay Wilson, ofTennes
see, and two lieutenants named Murray; and Da
mon, who were possessed of receipts for making
Greek fire. Another individual had made a ma
chine for throwing this combustible matter Into
such places as they intended to destroy.
The rebels intended to destroy a great portion rif
not all of Detroit, Buffalo and Rochester, and while
the excitement incident thereto was" at Its height,
congregate for an attack on the island. They
Intended to commence their incendiarism in
Detroit at the Central Railroad ■ Depot, visit
the various warehouses along the docks, touch them
off, and finally end at the Detroit and Milwaukee
and Southern depots. At Buffalo, the large eleva
tors adjacent to the Creek were to be visited, and
wholly destroyed. Atßochester an expedition was
to go up the Genesee river to Hanford’s Landing,
and fire the City at different places.; Besides these
depredations, the banks were to have been robbed,
etc. And on the return ef the expedition, the ele
vators atMlharlotte were to have been burned.
While ail this was going on, a force was to be sent
to capture the U. S. steamer Michigan, and release
the prisoners she was guarding.
Some time in July, we believe, George N. San
ders telegraphed to a “Doctor” Payne, then re
siding at Windsor, who was also among the; conspi
rators, to meet him at a certain inland town In
Canada, A conference was held,'quite a number of
prominent rebels, including Jake Thompson, being
present: Everything being in .readiness, they order
ed the signal hoisted, which was to give several
days’ notice of the attack to those interested. The
following day there was quite a commotion among
Iho military at the barracks and in this
city. . Extensive preparations were made, of which
the rebels became aware, and abandoned thelr’pro
; ject. Thompson, Banders, & Co, were beaten at
their own game.
Colonel Steele, and the men Morgan and Jack
son before mentioned, then organized a, band to cap
ture the Michigan themselves. This resulted In
the capturo of the Philo Parsons and Island Queen. •
The rebels who did not get on board at Detroit were
conveyed to Sandwich and Amherstbnrgby Joseph
Oullettc, eleven being taken .to the latter place.
Steele remained behind. The desperadoes, how
ever, returned without accomplishing their designs.
They were met by Colonel Steele, and abused ter
ribly for their lack of pluck. Another demonstra
tion was then made. Tho night after the de
struction of Messrs. Bissell & Gillot’s-warehouses,
arrangements were made to capture the tug H. p.
Clinton. Had they undertaken the job, we feel
assured In stating that they would have mot with a
warm reception.
Letter from Vallandigham on tlie Chi
cago Convention.
THE "MARTYR” NOT IN A MISERABLE MINORITY
THERE—THE MATERIAL RESOLUTION WRITTEN
BY HIM—RICH DEVELOPMENTS OF PARTY PO
LITIC 6. .■ -
Sherman House, Chicago, Oct. 22,1804.
To the Editor of the N. Y. News:
-Sir :In the World. of the 20ti:, I observe an ar
ticle copied from tho Albany Aryns, relating to Judge
Advocate Holt’s “ Groat Copperhead Conspiracy,”
and which contains the following: •
. “ Mr. Vallandigham was in a miserable minority
in the Chicago Convention. He sought to be chair
man of the Committee on Resolutions, and was
beaten two to one. He led the opposition to Mc-
Clellan, and after his letter of acceptance threw up
his engagements to speak.”
Now. Ihave refrained in every speech, except the
first—and I have made many in support of the
Democratic candidates for President and Vico Pre
sident—from any allusion to the private history of
the Chicago Convention, and did not propose to
refer to it lnrther till after the election. But Ido
not choose to suffer the foregoing to pass unnoticed
even.now.. It would be difficult to compress more
m in a small way, within the same
compass.
1. Mr. Vallandigham was not “in a miserable
minority at tbe Chicago Convention,” and no one
knows it better than the man Cassidy, who wrote,
and Marble, who endorses the statement, ■ The lat
ter Ihand over to ex-Mayor Opdyke for judgment.
2 Mr. V. was not “beaten two to one” for the
chairmanship of the Committee-on Resolutions.
Through the artifices of Cassidy, Tilden, and other
New York politicians, Mr. Guthrie, of Kentucky,
received twelve votes to his eight for that post: but
Mr. G-was himself afterward emphatically repu
diated by the Convention when presented by “ the
ring ” as their candidate for the Yice"Presidenoy.
Mr. v. wrote the second, the material resolution of
the Chicago platform, and carried it through the
E uk-coißimttee,'aiia the general committee, in spite
of the most desperate and persistent opposition on
P ar t of Cassidy and his friends,; Mr. G. himself, in
an adjoining loom, laboring to defeat it. But the
various, substitutes never at any time received
more than three votes.
. 3 -Mr- V. did not “lead the opposition to McClel
lan,” but confined his efforts almost exclusively to
the question of platform. He did, indeed, vote
against General McClellan on the first, but for him
on the revised ballot,,and moved that the nomina
tion be made unanimous; whereupon Cassidy
tmewup his hat and shouted, and he and all his
iellows'proclaimed Yallandigham a very proper
man.: ...
4. As to engagements to speak in support of the
Democratic oandidates, Mr. V. has fulfilled as
many as any Democratic speaker in any State, and
Is now here in Illinois on the same errand, and,
without immodesty, he may say he has accomplish
ed quite as much of good for the cause as Cassidy
and his Argus. The people lack “confidence” in
.Cassidy. . -
5. The secret or this and similar assaults en the
part of a certain class of New York politicians is,
that they cannot “ use’’ Mr. Yallandigham. Of
on e thing further let them be assured— neither can
thty kilt him,
6. As to the charge of “ conspiracy” set forth in
Judge Advocate Holt’s pamphlet, and the eleven
specifications summed up by Mr. Horacei Gre.elev, I
have only to say that, so far* as I am concerned,
they are absolute falsehoods and fabrications from
beginning to end. They are false In the aggregate
ana false in-detail. More than that, they are as
preposterous and ridiculous as they are without
foundation j and all this Mr. Judge Advocate Holt,
-Mary Ann Pitman, and Mr. Horace Greeley very
well knows O. L. Vallandigham.
Shbuidak’s Work.—Tiie results of Sheridan’s
campaign are thus summed up:
Prisonere-captured at Winchester (we 11)..... 2,200
Prisoners captured at Winchester (wounded) 2,000
Prisoners captured at Fisher's Bill.. 900
Prisoner captured on the march beyond and since
and before the battle 1,500
Prisoners captured at Cedar Creek..............,., 2,000
Total pri50ner5*................;
Cannon captured near Martinsbu.rg
Cannon captured on tbe Opequan•..... ....
Cannon captured at FisheT’s Hi 11............ ...
Cannon captured in cavalry batt1e........ ....
Cannon captured at Cedar Creek. ....
gg
Small arms captured at Winchester.....';.; 6 COO
Small aims captured at Fisher’s Hi 11.............
Small aims captured at Cedar Creek (5ay)......... s'.toa
Total 12, ,100
Caissons captured at Winchester',....... .... ....... 4
Caiasons captured at Fisher’s Ei11... 9
Caissons captured at Cedar Creek (Say) 12
T0ta1.'....-.............................. 25
Wagons captured at dlffeieht p0int5............ .... 160
Wagons captured at Cedar Creek................... 100
Extensive Positive Sale oe 675. Paokaubs
asd Lots oe Bbitish, Fbknoh, Gbbman, and
American Put Goods, &0., This Day.— The early
particular attention of dealers is requested to. the
valuable and desirable assortment of British, Ger
man, Swiss, Franch, and American dry goods, em
bracing about 675 packages and lots of staple and
fenoy artlclcsln linen goods, cotton goods, woolens,
worsteds, and silks, to be pepemptorlly sold by cata
logue, on four, months’ erodlt, End part for cash,
commencing thls (Thursday) morning at 10 o’clock,
and to he continued all day, without Intermission,
by Johnß. Myers & 00., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and
234 Market street. ' 5
N. B.—We will hold a large sale of hosiery, &c.,
to-morrow (Friday) morning. Both sales will be
found very attractive and worthy the attention of
the trade. -
Auction Notice.—Labor, Sale oe Boots and
Shoes.— We desire l. to call the early attention of
buyers to the sale' of 1,400 oases prime boots, shoes,
So., by Philip Ford &: Oo>, auctioneers, at their
Store, No. 525 Market street, this (Thursday) mora
ing, comiucaoltig a( io o’clock, precisely.
»BSK9SS»BaW«@SSSBSaESSSg^'^®^ s!
THE PRESIDENCY.
Grand Union Meeting at Union League Hal
SPEECHES BY KEV. J. WAIKEB JACXSOJT,
A. W. BEHEDICT, AHD OTHEES.
The Democracy at the Continental Theatre
ADDRESb BY HON. REVERDY JOHNSON
lISIOS LEMPE HAM.
Last evening the hall of the Union League was
densely crowded at ap early hour by an audience of
ladles and gentlemen, assembled to listen to the
speakers announced loathe evening.
Mr. Edwin G-reble occupied the chair, and In a few
brief remarks introduced the first speaker, Bov. X
Walker Jackson. His speech was a patriotic pro
duction, and elicited the heart-felt applause of the
audience. We are able to give but a portion of it.
He said:
,' Tlie difference of expression between the Declaration,
of Indepen.deiiceand.the Chicago platform is easily dis*
cemablo. Thoir cry a year ago was the Umoaa&it
was, and the Constitution as it is. Thoir, platform calls
ror a convention of States, for tlio purpose of making a
new Constitution. : Before ike work of reconstruction
comißfiices, there must be a destruction of the former
structure, and only by a revolution coaid the proposed
btsis.of peace be laid. The leaders of the party
Interpret their platform by their declarations;
acknowledge that oppotition to the Constitution
actuated their motives . {in . framing that plat
form. The thirteen Colonies had always one na
tionality, and when they declared war against Eng
land it was not separate from each other that they did
so, but as one people. The first sentiment of the Colo
nies is that Union is at the basis of the confederation of
thete separate States. Their first Government was con
sidered insufficient for this purpose, and then they met
together in order to form a more perfect Union, and they
declared that the Conttiiution is the basis of the Union.
The Chicago platform speaks of peace on the basis of the
Federal Union of the States. They mean that the
united States is only a link of separate nationalities.
The National Government has ever rejected this idea,
and the finest state paper that ever emanated from Wash
ington is the nullification paper of And»ew Jackson —
that seals the matter, [Great applause.] The Demo
cratic party now propose to revolutionize the Govern
ment, and for this purpose tkfe phrase * ‘ Federal Union' 1
is used; and they prop so to leave separate States sepa
ra e nationalities, if on remember they talked about
leayingNew England oat in tho cold. She was out
one day in the cold on Plymouth Bock, and. she in
. vented freedom to worship God. [Great applause.]
And as lone as-there is a particle of patriotism/
in the land, she shall not be left out in the
.cold.-.[Tremendous cheering.] \on remembsr that
the New.; York Herald had a long editorial m favor
of sdoptingthe Montgomery Constitution You remem
ber that Kentucky once wanted to go out. It’s a won
der to me that that sublime patriot, who sleeps under
the sod of Kentucky, Henry Clay [great applause],
didn’t rise from the dust and deuounce, in his elo
quent tongue, the traitors. The Northern Democracy,
inimitationof an old story, say to the South, “Am
I not thine ass that has served the these many years?”
[Daughter and applause. ] I want the old Union—what'
with slavery ? tney will say. Noi at all. Has slavery
anything to do with ihc old Union? Nothing more than a
man’s old ha t has 10 do with his beauty. We uphold and
maintain the acts by which the Government has main
tained itself and. aimed the death-blow at the rebellion
i have never been in favor of those speeches which i
have heard on Republican platforms. “God forbid
that we *hcrald have the old Union!” I don’t believe
In ihfct kind of, talk, If a man has a disease that
threatens mb life, and the doctor, to care him, removes
■with his instruments the cause of the disease, and the
.man refutes to allow the operation, and says, Oh i but
then 1 won't have the oldman thatlhad before!” Ifhe
says that he eayßjustihe same thing that the Democra
tic party says when they say that the Onion as it was
reauircs that slavery should he perpetuated. Suppose '
McClellan should be elected, he must propose the esssa
tion of hostilities to that usurper, Jeifersou Davis, who
Will -Rmhmond. He must ent.r into negotiation
with him. -They, must go through the ceremonies of
diplomaticintercour.se. This-is recognition, Nothing
mt-re nor nothing less. It is the status of nationality
1 rom tbe moment it does that it gives them the charac
ter of a separate Government. They-have been knock
ing at the door , of every Power in Europo for admis
sion, and they have been refused at them all
S our nation considers you as rebels and refuses to ac
knowledge aUdiplomatierelationswitnyou.,The minute
they ate so recognised, then commissioners will be ad
mitted into every Court of Europe. All action by . the
atmy and navy must cease. The armr, Jeff Davis will
demand, shall be withdrawn. Suppose he don’t re
unire that. There must bs a Convention of States. It
wiil take.some months_to sifect this. There are thirty
five States!-Western Virginia is a State defwdo. The
onlypower which could say stay out, has-taid: come
™ I I’d you suppose: the South would allow. this f
While they were fining these matters the army would
become depleted by expiration of time, furloughs, and
so on. .Then, the question arises, upon what basis shall
-the brutes be represented? Suppose Delaware and Rhode
island have the same number of delegates as Ne w York
and Pennsylvania. They will say that the North has a
greater number of States, and will require that each
Mate shall have the seme representation. We won d
want a guarantee that hereafter there , should he no Se
cession. ; But the Chicago platform acknowledges Se
cession as a j lght under the Constitution. Here would
be another dead-lock. I say to you that the Chicago
b?!p tile Worth at all. It in
tended to help Jeff Davis, and put down free institu
tions. It Will bring: the.peace that gives them every
thing .and gives us nothing. It will give the
peace that changes, .our - Government from a great
nation to a number of dismembered communities.
They declare the war a, failure, as tliesensa of the Ame
■■ncsut.people. By what authority did’they slander the
American people in the eyes of ail the nationalities of
the world? [Great applause 3 They talk a great deal
ahout the united South and the disunited 1 North. I
knowisomething about the South; In 18601 was at New
Orleans, and at the St.: Charles Hotel the question of
dismemberment came up. We argued four hours about
the matter, I gave tlie reasons familiar to you,: geo
graphical, historical, iintual —that God had given ns
-'one speech. - At the close there was an old gentleman
who sat there and looked me in the eyes, fie said, 1
am an old man, and may not live to see it, but
you.are a young man, and you will.. -Besaid, .-We
of _ the boxitli have determined - upon it; and: I
said we of the North have determined that it shaLi not
,b«., i ..He then spoke of the cowardice of the North.;l
stud it there evei was an attempt to dismember the
United Stales, you .wide 'for. you* purpose through
rivers of blood- ,I said in my pulpit, on the 16th of
April, IS6I, when President Lincoln's proclamation
calling <B,OOO men for three months was issued, that it
flight to have been for -760,000 men for seven years. -I ’
despise men who say how the war ought to have
been conducted, whether they are on my side or
on .the other side, in the words of Mr. Lincoln,
it is a ’big job," and when I think of what we
have done, 1 am. proud of my nation. Grant has his
iron grasp on Eichmond, aud as sure as the heavens are
above us, will take Eichmond, and maintain the union
of these Mates now and forever, one and indivisible.
LG rent cheering. ] On .this platform they place a Presi
dent, and ask'the American people to vote for him
Place a soldier on the platform and ask soldiers to vote
for him. Admit everything that his admirers say of
; him. and would you vote for him on such a platform ?
would you vote for. him? - [Cries of “Never,
never.”] ■ There is - but a . slight -- plank be
tween McClellan and Pendleton, and if McClellan
were to.die then George H. Pendleton becomes Presi
dent, who never voted a man fffr the army. John Van
Suren says he wants a gentleman i n the White House,
and for that reason McClellan ought to have your votes.
I’m amudsili, and-I’m proud of it. The rebels cheer
for McClellan, andT donltvote. for any man that the
rebelß cheer. I’m like the woman who kept boarders.
When sbe'was .asked how.'she afforded to ikeep
boarders in the hard times, she said she found out
what it'was her boarders didn’t like, and she gave:
them more of it. That’s what I believe in. We know
what the rebels don’t like, . and we’ll give them
more of it. [Laughter and applause. ] There has b sen
no such persistent enemy of this country as the London
Times. The .other, day. L bought a copy of The Age;
[laughter;] the age of reason—treason.. [Laughter.] It
bad an article—McClellan portrayed by the London
Times. [The speaker here read the article referred
t 0.3 Do you vote for the candidate of the London.
Times? [Cries of “No! no! I don’t”!] I say to
you if to-nisht I were arrested, imprisoned, denied
the right of habeas corpus, and kept in . prison till
the morning of election, in view of the Chicago
platform, I’d vote for Abraham Lincoln, I love
my country-home of my fathers—land of the free—
home of the brave. .[Great cheering.] Three hearty
cheers were then given for the speaker. Mr. Jackson
then proposed three cheers , for the soldiers and their
wives, which were given with a will.
Mr. A. W. Benedict was then introduced. He de
livered a patriotic and spirited address, which was
well received. ...
DEMOCRATIC MEETING AT CONTI-
■ NENTAL THEATRE.
SPEECH OP REVBBDY, JOHNSON.
Last evening at the Continental Theatre there
■was a large audience, attracted by the announce
ment ; of an address by Hon. Reverdy Johnson.
Mr. J., on being introduced by Mr. C. L. Ward,
Chairman of the ; Democratic State Central Com
mittee,was enthusiastically received, He said:
, Fellow-Citizens : I thank you for this cordial greet
ing, which I value the more because it assures me that
yon believe that I am, with yon, determined to do all
that I can to terminate this war by the restoration, of
the Union, and the reinstatement in the country of ail
the happiness: of which for so many years that
Union was the sole and the fruitful source. We live
m eventful times—times which- render it necessa
ry to consider somewhat political. principles and
political doctrines that /were until lately so well
settled- as, not to be the subject of any reasona
ble doubt. The war of the Revolution over, suc
cessful i y conducted under a Union caused by com
mon danger, and a common determination to achieve
our independence, it was soon discovered by the wise
and patriotic men of that day that the form of govern
ment (if government it could be called) under which
we bad previously lived would not suffice to give us
the benefits of that freedom for which during seven long
Ytarswehad so gallantly fought. They saw, in the
..antagbsiaiie legislation-'of .'the States, in the sectional,
feeling sure to exist where States are not united under
one form of government, dangers that would inevitably
result in the destruction of the very freedom for Which
they had fought aiid bled. They met in convention to
adopt a Constitution. .They deliberated for weeks and
weeks, and finally recommended to the approval of the
American people that Constitution under which we so
long happily lived until the inauguration of this 'rebel-'
lion. But the men of that day, well versed in political
history, well acquainted with the feelings of their own
people, were satisfied that whilst it was all-important
to give to the Government of the United i-tates, upon all
general subjects, powers which could not be exerted by
the , State Governments, - it -was equally, important
to leave in tbe possession of ihe State Governments all
the powers vi hich they originally had. witli that excep
tion. There, was not a man in that Convention, from .
the, beginning of’its deliberations to their close who
thought of interfering with any of the powers originally,
before the Convention assembled, vested indisputably
in. the. Wot satisfied With the doctrine held
throughout the deliberations of that body, that no pow
ers would exist in the General Government except such
as should be specially delegated, or such as were inci
dental to those specially delegated when tho Constitution
was adopted,' at the very earnes . moment when it could
be done, the wise and patriotic men of that day, knowing
from : the history of the past that power ever accumu
lates in the hands of those who have not the Hohesty to
administer It as it was intended to be given, adopted a
series of amendments to that' Consutntion, which,'
amongst other things, expressly provided that ail the
powers not delegated to the Government of the United
States were to he considered as jetained by the States
and the people. Wot satisfied with that, although there
Was no .power to be found in the Constitution of the
United States which authorized any department of that
Government to interfere with the personal rights of the
Cl izen, the right to the free enjoyment of religion, the
right of petitioning for a rediess of grievances, the
light to freedom of speech, the right to freedom of the
press, they.iusertedinoneof the amendments an ex
press inhibition upon the Government of the United
btates interfering with any one. of those rights. CAp
plause.] How is it now ? Whire is the Comtitation
now? CA voice: “Under Lincoln’s feet!”] Weil,
that does not improve it [Laughter and applause. ]
where is the Constitution now? What is it to
day ?. What is it to- morrow ? Where will it be, if it
shall please Almighty God to.visit ns with four years
more of such Administration as we have had ? It will
have no existence. Gentlemen, I speak this in no cap-.
nous spirit. In my humble vr ay, and in the official po
sition which it is my houor to hold at the gift of my own
State,. I - have given to Mr Lincoln’s Administra
non, from first, iff last, every, kind of support which
I deemed necess&iy to bring this war to a suc
cessful. termination. [Applause.] During the last
Bission 1 had occasion to tay to some of his friends
in the Senate—in a party • tense his friends, but
friends in no other way—that l believed I was the
only member of the Senai e who thought proper at any
time to vindicate tlie motives or the patrioiiam or the
intolligonce of the President. There was not one of his
party (withthe exception, perhaps, of one or two) who
beshated .to say in private that Mr. Lincoln was alto
gether unfltforihe place which it required the talents
and the patriotism and ihe virtues Of Washington pro
perly to fid. [Applause: ] I have ashedvou. Whara
is the Constitution now ? Is the clergyman* safe in his
pulpit, a place dedicated to the worship of God? Is hi
at liberty,io pray as he thinks it hisduty.to prays?
Un. ess he thinks it his duty to pray for Abraham Lin
[Applause,] That has happened'in
New Orleans: that has happened in Virginia ami S
wiilkappiii everywhere it you pevmic tMs'tyrannical
dcmiaionio be fastened upon yottfor another four years :
[bbeers, ]_Where are,.personal rights regarded ? Who
issa.4? Who can say with perfect confidence attH®
very hour that Ins ptrsonal liberty is secure that tiS
night, of. speech is safe?- Ho one. AmilsilafJS
ihe Secretary of War may send him,to,tome one of
many bastiles which have been suffered,to thelBsiri»™
or our country, to stand Where is.'tha'freedom ■■
Press ? Echo answers, where? It i 8 in the -t 8
Maryland, of Gen. Lew Wallace '
only paper in the city of Baltimore T ha
lion of Gen. McClellan, the ®l6e
not one ai&Kle a?tlcle of mv -coatwiniin;
ther^eUion 1 orS an^tSrf-' 0 ?
character of any kino, ™excett '■ ?Rhiitical
head tbe : names of McCiojian iywl at its
candidates which those co^u3in^th?ut™?^faft, a 8 e h ®
is at once suprassed t and when the v«.?N ?Br , 1 9 : ®%, r S d r'
ly advised of it by oae to whom® 18 officialr
gentleman, to listen, aid aStoAif it wsfl - bound, as a
Be could sasetion the miDDrffS?m, 1 nr t possible that
circumstances, he 0 1 miner such
thesnppS V«*-
These ihlnitn Hr t £**.,s* \r na -, s contiaued ever since.
ih“Xu“tn^t rfc hs f 6 d, ®| ie e i 1 , ~tS! , v i! !? t 0
“ Kn” 1? * lvett us restored Union? [A voice,
». Jsasrsas*
, tn nigger. 3 Well, ns does not care so union for
the negro as you think, except as a politScal hobUy.
[“That’ait,’*] He wik if he «n.M« the ne?ro to
elerate him again to the Presidency t tmt what becomes
of the negro afterwards he cares a deal less than
we do. [“That's so, *'] Nor, m* frauds, we hare
runup a debt that to-day amounts fatly to four thou
sand millions. Four thousand. millions' expended
4nricg a period of not quite four years, and nothing
dtfne except the shedding of hlood in a quantity that, i:
collected In a reservoir, would almost float a navy!
[Applause. 1 At the beginning of this war, Mr. Lincoln,
an ho himself declared, found in every oas of the.sa
ceded States—save, perhaps, the State of South Caro
lina—a Union feeling predominant; not only extensive,
hut, as he thought, predominant; and *,l believe
that he was right. He announced that belief in his
inaugural address. Where is that Union feeling now?
If it fee found at all, It is to-be found in the breast of
bo roe poor and honest Southern maiuwho, although
stripped of all earthly possessors, still retains an at *"
tachment which will linger with him until life shall
be no more, for the Constitution that his fathers gave,
and the flagunder which they so longgloriously foagbit.
[Applause. ] Now, look at the amount of that debt.
The appropriations made by Congress at the last session
were ninehnndred millions. The entire appropriations
made since Mr. Lincoln’s accession to the
are four thousand millions Our moneye chat we
. have received from every source of taxation ara all
expended;- and in addition to the actual expenditure of
money we are now paying an interest upon a 1 debt that
nearly roaches at this moment four thousand millions
of dollars—more than the entire amount of the debt
of Ed gland in 1E63. How is this debt to be paid'? Our
resources areapparently inexhaustible, and if the Union
were restored to-morrow, would be found amply suffi
cient to pay every dollar of that debtat a comparatively
early period. But ififcgoes on for another four years.and
that four thousand millions swells to eiaht thousaud
millions, as it certainly will, and the Union- is still
broken, the South subjugated, devastated, made a de
sert, every individual citizen of the loyal States'who
msy then be living will b« oppressed with a taxa
tion which-he will be unable to bear. What must
follow? National bankruptcy, the greatest misfor
tune that can overtake an honest people. How
are we to rid ourselves of the man and the policy
that have brought us into this condition? As
we^are now situated, there is but one means of ac
complnhiDg tbat end. It is by changing the policy
with which the war has been conducted; and therein
no means by which we can effect a change of policy bat
one, and that is by the election of George B. McClellan
to the Presidency. We know his record It has been
uniform; from tbo outset of.the war to the present honr
he has exhibited an enlarged and elevated patriotism.
His career manifests extraordinary sagacity, while it
scows that, as a military leader, he possesses extraor
dinary ability and consummate skill. If he had been
supported, as it was oyer and over again promised that
he should if the troops had been sent to him that it
was promised would he placed under his command for
the purpose of making his campaign in Eastern. Yir
gjnia a fuccess ; if his plan had been followed;
if he had been supported by Mr. Lincoln, carrying out
the terms of his promise to-the letter, we could not
have lost more than the 100,CSX) men that General Grant’
baa lost since he crossed the Bapidan on the Bth of May
last -Nothing is more certain than that if that had oc
curred, Bichmond would have been ours, the army of
Lee would have been destroyed, and the power
of the rebels extinguished. With the humane
and enlightened policy that General George B. Mc-
Clellan supported, the union feeling of the S&utli would
have sprung upon its feet at once, and the Union, the
blessed Union, would now be onrs. Bat “he is not
loyal!” Who s&yslxe is not loyal? Not loyal I God
forbid that the majority of the people of the United
. States shoulc entertain that notion. He not loyal, that
electrified the whole country by a succession or brilliant
vie.tries in Western Virginia! He who organized a
disorganized army and brought them to ,a state of per
fection rarely if ever equalled l Not loyal ? He who
after the battle at Antietam received from the Presi*
dent and Congress thanks for his gteat skill and
daring! He not loyal'?: Bat his army was takenfrom
him, and he was deprived of command. He retired
to bis home, crushed down by an apprehension of what
might be the fate oi his country and the fate of the
army that he loved so much and that loved him so
much. He then begged and implored, as they were uur
der the command of Po2>e if he was hot to be permitted
to command them, he might at least be permitted to go
upon the field and share their fate. [Cheers. 1 He not
loyal, who was invoked to come with all the speed pos
sible, by the then commander-in-chief, Halleck,
and to give him all the aid that Halleck knew
it was in the power of McClellan to give? for Hal
leck was, as his letter said, worn out, and I have no
doubt that he was. [Laught-r,McClellan came, and
was placed in command of fcbe defences of the city of
Washington. The President did not stand half as tall
during that period as nature has made him. [Laugh
ter . 3 He evidently bended before the fctorm. The sound
of the enemy’sjguns was startling. He sought out this
now supposed disloyal man McClellan, and said, “For
God’s Bake, come to the rescue! Take yoar army We
sc e the plight in which it is; we see the plight in which
it has been brought by our unfortunate selection of
Pope.: We know the capital is in peril. Save us if you
can.” At once, without a moment’s hesitation, he
placed himselfjLt the head of his brave soldiers, and
marched at earliest moment. He inspired
bis men with invincible courage, and soon
cazhe the victories of South Mountain and Antietam.
Washington was saved, and after having provided for
his men, to enable them to bear another conflict, and fit
them to win another victory, when he was about to
strike the foe, he was, without any previous warning,
in spite of Mr.. Lincoln’B thanks to him for the battle
of Antietam and houth Mountain, and the thanks of the
Commander- in- chief, relieved from the command of the
Potomac altogether. , He hss been and is now quietly
and unobtrusively living with his family at the town
of Orange, in the neighboring State of New Jersey.
Whether it is owing to his presence or not, so pure has
been his demea nor, so nnobtrusive and so uncomplain
ing, that the State of New Jersey, it is now well under
stood, will give him a larger majority, in propor
tion to population, than even this State. [Ap
plause.] who is it that charges him with dis
loyalty,/with wishing to separate the Union? I do
not know that Mr. Lincoln has made the charge himself
personally j but he adopts it.: It is one of the modes in
which he has managed his side of this campaign. What
did Mr. Lincoln say in 1543, when-he was a member of
Congress.. I suppose that most, if not all of you, have
read with some surprise the extract from the speech*
which he made at that time,asserting the rieht ofseses
sion. That I may no injustice, I will read his
language:
“Any people, anywhere, being Inclined and having
the power, have the,righi to rise up and shake off the
exibtiiu; Government, and form a new: one that suits
. them better. Hot is this right confined tocasss where
the people cf an existing Government may choose to
. exercise It. Any pertton of such people that can, may
revolutionize, and put down a minority intermingled
with or near about them, who mav oppose them. ”
Jefferson Davis never proclaimed the doctrine of seces
sion in stronger terms—never! [Applause.] But who
. are the others that charge Mm with disloyalty? The
Wendell Phillipses of.the day, the Horace Greeleys of
the day, the : Garrisons of the day. the Beechers
of the:day. -I have here the extracts from what they
l ave said upen- different occasions. Don’t yon know
that long before tbe rebellionbroheouteaclioneof them
prayed to God for the early coming of the day when the
Onion would be dissolved? Each one them, in sub
stance, pronounced the Constitution to-be a “ covenant
with hell. ” Each one of them said over and over again
that it was impossible that the free States couldcontume
" to live with the Southern States, and that, happen what
might, whether, the separation was effected peaceably
or not, they were resolved to have a separation at what
ever cost of blood or of treasure. These are the men
who charge,“ disloyalty” upon George B. McClellan,
a man whose life since the commencement of this re
bellion has been devoted to the preservation of the
Union- “0, shame! where is thy blush?” [Applause.]
Now, irv friends, everybody mast see that the country*,
is standing upon the very brink of an abyss,into which;'
ifitfalls, the United States fall.never to
The brightest star that ever shone in the political Arma
ment will he extinguished forever. The, aoMavement
of our ancestors, won through seven years of fearful
war, will he lost to the world - Constitutional Govern
: ment will be at an end. - 'Political chaos will have come
again. In.the name pf God, does not the peril of your
country invoke”} on’in terms'to whieh yon must listen, ;
with which- yon must comply, to rally now,
■ to rally here, to rally on the Sth of November, aud do
’ the only thing that can be done to save the country from
falling into that fathomless abyss ?, [Applause. ] Who
are now, in the Southern States, the most active and
earnest opponents of McClellan's election? Every one
of the leaders of the conspiracy—those who brought
about secession—those who were planning and medi
tating upon it for years.and years before" it culmi
nated into overt treason. They, so far as we can
judge from their public press, are - anxionsly pray
ing for the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. [ Applause.]
Why?- Because {I use nearly their own language),Mc-
Clellan, aided by the Democratic conservative men of
the country; will .whilst carrying on the war to every
extent that may he necessary to put down the rebellion,
change the' policy whicli has made the South a unit,and
revivethat Union feeling which predominatedso strong
ly in the earlier days of this struggle. [Applause.-] Mc-
Clellan, whilst he is a soldier, is a statesman. Whilst
he knows how to use the sword, he knows that.itjis
the duty of a Christian warrior to use it hu-'
inanely. Whilst he is resolved, as he telis yon: to
preserve the Union at all hazards, he is . determined to
carry in one hand the olive branch of peace, and to win
hack our erring brethren to the family fold in which’
they so long lived, and prospered, and were happy.
They know that he will appeal to that feelingwhich
has animated the American heart from the beginning of
our existence as auction to the present hour: thatfeel
ing that glories in the name of America; that feeling of
pride in the psbs glories of our ancestors; that
feeling which has followed evety American in
every part of the globe andinspired him with a proud
reliance upon the power of the Government and an
ahidingconfldence that, wherever he may he, he is safe
- against all harm from external orinternal foes. “But, ”
say Mr. Mr coin and his followers, “we cannot nego
, tiate wiih rebels in arms. 1 ' Well, why not ? i There
are two ways of terminating a war of this description,,
one of them by negotiation, theother by extermination.
Which does Mr. Lincoln prefer? Is lie so inhuman, so
savage, so lost to every humane instinct, as to wish to
exterminate the white race of the South? why, thevery
thought is horrible. Who are.they ? Our brothers and
our sisters, hound to us by almost every domestic tie;
bound to ns by. .a common ancestry, a common fame;
by the tie of marriage; all the ties of association.
They arc willing to comeback, anxious to comeback,
if their rights are preserved; they are unwilling to
come back as slaves. :Is it possible that upon snch a
peopleawarM extermination is to be made? Gentle
men, have you seen the letter (whether authentic or
not, Ido not know, but it looks as if it were authentic,
and tallies very much with what I have heard in and
out of Congress) as to what will he the eventual policy
of the Administration? Let me read you. a sentence or
two, and see whether it does not make your blood boll
with indignation and horror. This letter,it is said, is cir
culated in the capital, and it Is understod to have been
. written by a distinguished citizen of Massachusetts, or
of the North.-: It discloses the programme of the policy
to he adopted on the contingency of Mr. Lincoln’s re
elf ction It is dated October 3:
“At the beginning of the conflict the Administration
was obviously restricted to the choice between two dif
ferent policies, namely: First, conciliation, and second,
absolute subjugation and extermination. Any half
way policy was sure to result unhappily. * * Had
the war been prosecuted as they (the Democrats)
urged,: simply to restore the Union and save slavery
with tit, there-ri» no doubt that we would now be
at peace ” (I do not think there is the slightest
’doubt)," “and the South would be reinstated in its old
place of power in the. Federal Unidn. But . this yon
know would not snit the members of our party. We
could have had all that before the war began, if we had
chosen to assent to the proposition adopted.by the Peace
Convention. . I do not know that history will justify
our course; but it is clear that, had we assented to the
compromise-proposed by that Convention,- we would
have had no political future. ” . That is to say, there
would have been no - Bepuhlican party; The
Union would have been restored; the Constitu
tion would have been enforced in every part
of the countty ; bnt there would have been
“no" political Intnre” for Mr. Lincoln and. his
present political supporters. : [Applause. ]. After
stating (and I have: no doubt stating accurately; for he
h> s reduced it to figures), what was the percentage of
Union feeling in the seceded States, and how that per
centage has diminished to; almost nothing, this
writer continues:
“ This tells a strange story. ; It shows that the war, so
-far as relates to restoring the old Onion, Is a complete
failure, and has managed to convert the old unionists
into armed rebels. ” [True.l “Hence it-is that,
Wherever onr armies have marched, they have made
enemies of these whom they found to he friends. * *
* * How, my friends, what is thereßHlt of all this?
Shall we give up the war? By no means Shall we
change onr policy? That is no longer possible. Shall
we surrender the Government to the pro-slavery Demo
crats? Forbid it heaven! We have had enough of
.slavery and slave-hunters. What, then, is the
conr,e we must adopt? I answer deliberately, and
in fnll view of all the facts before me, that
we must adopt the policy that Cromwell proposed
for freland, and which would have saved that unhappy
country from years of misery and horror. We must
exterminate the adult population of the South.!’; The
same Ideals repeated In one or two other passages of the
letter. Ext erminate the whites of the Sonth and leave the
population exclusively composed of the negroes who
may be there at the time, and each patriotic men among '
the Republicans as may want to get a little land ana
make a little cotton. I will tell you, my, friends,
what will he the conseunence of that policy, just
as sure as there is a heaven above us Let
it he known in Europe that this war is to be waged
for the purpose stated by that writer-the inhuman ‘
the barbarous . destruction of the entire Southern
populatmn-the laymg waste of their lair land- ■
f e % their dwelUuis
to the torch, and Europe will reemrai™
So Sl(r 1 l < T? 1 to the rescue And K* a eneak
m 1 t>ave good reason to bffilvt
the Southern people wake ub to tha
i,e W?th thlt riew l they w!f
stt their ;Own slaves free, and call -intnfKa fi n u '
ft re much greater. They are "
marring? • e ® B a ? d thousands. The whole
mt-e*,!?,,? 1 ..* Mississippi, - the whole margin of the ;
of the^nnoV 6 w l6 ’^ 18 S*v«*4‘ with the bodies
ihe'^miS«vi>n blacl i? wll 2 ;have fallen victims to ’
f' rh Rontwl po . lic ? „ of , . Abraham Lincoln. Let
our TTour r his adult si ay ee:. “ Come to '
w,l 1 and onr countryishemgrntk
ttivra tn iho d * : „ yo i? rl M lm<:B an 4 OU J homes arc to,he i
vtm “rt.Jr torch. Come and aid us. Live where '
and „ wt , e . re , your ancestors, lived,
SS, ,T°nr ancestors died; live and die. as free
men; , they, will be able to rally todheiretaa* :
uaid .romthree to five hundred thousan.4;as good soh- -■ •;
race as.we have of-the sS°?a4% :
onr army.- Then what becomes of subjugation »i* '
Tbey. have now an army of 250,000 men Pit d£,- -
thus he increased to seven or .'eight hundred thousand
H °w ‘o be .aubjugatedT lt is a Tety :
easy thing lo talk.ahout subjugating fiyaorsix inillfons
ot peoole, but it never has been done ‘Was
subjugated and made a Euaiu
by the sanie suicidal policy that Is about to be itemed :
and is being adopted by this Administrating? Ql ws
know that it was sot. It was fro™™?™;,
scene of insurrections and other exhibitions
hoettle feeling towards England It was
enlightened policy was hv’amiandttit'Smt 8,
backto ¥ t aliegianStoJheßritw:
Crown. She Is now- one of-tHe most prosperoua Bor
dnP tl tj lo -kioekom of Great BritainV and this hr
jj a wise, pacific, conciliatory : poLicv. Sa v
"S adopt the same wise, pacLSc, aw-j
f^“, clllat Sf.y Policy.: \War with the leaders; breatj ?" 1
Ipif BUlltsry power; render them impotent; V i p
to the people; of the Sonth an opportunity ta
their own sentiments, and you will find
{-rushing-.' hack to the fold of the Bniw > ‘Pj?
embracing us as they embraced ■ us bw “tod
brothers—praying that this brotherly oanw J?®’ as
last forever—that the same flag may cover u,' J ,, “OT
in its future-as in its past renown we mars'ft 1 v “ a ‘
and that we may all ho cheered when uSpv. aU ,. B M re >
die with the consciousness that it still v,.„ ar e aoout to
ahie to protect us wherever We miyb. ,„™* s , 0 ™ r ..iUi
i Klionalpoweraiu! ofourpoliticalanri ir iS 8 !? 3 . of onr
This war must he settled by Mgot' „M lvidua . l . hbel ' t s r
coin raid himself that we could not i',<Tk t , OU i Mr. Lin- ;
time Jfor negotiation mdst coma* Jg . h r t :a T ? a >->- The
*>)-owu no disposition to negotiate T r » i*meola has
superior of ‘General Washing
treat with rebels? The immortal '
think it beneath Ms dignity to neintiali h i??i?s ‘•i
engaged in the .whisky inslrrektiSn Km'? ■ ‘,'4
not Madiscn negotiate ? The object or the » ‘
ministration was not, perhaps, accomnS 1
negotiation we prevented JSagiand IntS-rilft^ l nt
trade and our sailors’ rights. What Ww ri t?- e '"4
Madison did by negotiation could he ■ la *'oa
by negotiation. Kot negotiatesto stop th® s„iS *• n
It shocks the public sense of the vrorii V L°'i’
tiatet Why not? Ton declared tk»
lied on simply for: the restoration of then ,*M
rebel* are .willing to come baeir L i Sl - 4
partners in that Union. Will yon Mt „ *; si
ire yon so infatuated with Mood
yon will not stop the battle, but prefer ui.V'‘
shall go on till eyery adult In the Southern 4»,
a grave? .That is Mr Lincoln’s ril r D St «’
: the world has anything more Inhuman or i. 4
been witnessed, than the course he seems t *4
adopted. lam little disposed.under my present >®,4i
sition, to speak toyon long. I hare onlyjto a «17."%
you ready tor the Noyemberstroggle? cOriesorK 1 ?'
unless yon keep both eyes wide open yon will »
ed. Devote yourselves, then, night and day a' 1
now and November Sh, and, if you are trna\. ’
the sun of that day will set over a united and? ■
Union. If the telegraph wires announce tiJ
country on the 9fch the* lOih of \
aB certain, beyond all doabt, that Gg«v
SfcClelJan and Qeirge H.'Pendleton are i
eidenfc and Yice President, the war is over CAnni
and every loyal heart in the land, the loyal w® B3 !
well as the seceded States will heat with a raptnt 1 * 5 1
it has never before felt* CCheersO And you c -„ i’ 1 *
if you-are vigilant and industrious. I invoked' )
you reverence the memory of your ancestors a oa »
value the liberty they fought to achieve. \ T
value the institutions bequeathed to you, as y O J\.
Constitutional government and its cause! thron/jW;
habitable globe, I invoke you to leave nothing „JJ;t
between now and November, to bring about th* 1 }
we all so anxiously look for, a re-established, a unit' 1
and peaceful country.
Mr. Johnson was followed by loom gpeik(
Hon. Ohas. JBrown, of ; Delaware, who w as
nonnced to speak, did not present himself.
Meeting? and Torchlight Procession
-'-Camden* ■
There have "been, and perhaps in the wilfulnasa
Pennsylvania human nature there may eon an-,
to be, very hard things said about New Jerat
Her thrifty farmers who come up from Squank
in ships with the'peculiar products of their sai
share of creation, may, from their disregard foi
finished toilet,: be assigned the game geolog |
origin as the legendary snipes; their regard
mtum and tuum—a. true, propor, and ChrisHai
gard—may be asserted to be carried to such a lent
as to choke men for a stolen cherry that may
descending: their Jersey may be gi
ed with other peculiarities, even to that strange
of all, a fondness now and then for the Democrat
ticket; but still she has redeeming; traits—many
them—and one was exhibited yesterday aftarnoi
and evening in her metropolis, suburban Camd
Somebody talks of “ Nothing good coming out
Nazareth,” but, with all due deference to numert
opinions, we Insist that New Jersey is not Nac
reth. The meeting at the Court House in the aft
noon was very good proof of this, lor in the gr«
and intelligent audience that assembled in the ccm
yard ; In the satisfaction they expressed, throui
their applause, at the sentiments expressed by tl
different speakers, was famished one evidem
that there is intelligence andlpatrlotism, at least;
.the Union ranks, in New Jersey. In the ranks
the Opposition some cause might be-found fort
tire, and another Brudin in a tour through f
Jersey backwoods might find In the f r <
sy, illiterate Copperhead, who votes for
Clellan . because he is a nephew of a
drew Jackson, another Aighman, for his ftn
most figure in another “Carnival of Wild Mon "
The meeting was composed of :people not mi,
from Camden, but ,from the towns, villages, anl
farms for miles away, and the speakers
Hon. Frederick Freltnghuysen, Thomas'j?
Coleman, Esq., Hon. ;-Wm. :D. Kelley, welirenaH
them in their remarks for their journey. But it was
in the evening that the grand demonstration tort
place. At a feast the first courses may be exooad
Ingiy good, but the best are at the endin«- a
torchlight procession, with a route which Include
all the prominent streets, both in North and South
Camden, brought everybody Into the Streets.
The procession was formed on Market street, the
right resting on Second, and it was here that the
bulk of the spectators was congregated. A loss
time was occupied In marching and counter
marching, for the purpose of forming the line
"When it began to move, the moment was an!
nouneed by booming cannon and ringing bell*
In the front, was the chief marshal, B. E. Lee
and his aids, followed by a large-cavalcade, the
riders representing Camden and twelve or fifteen
towns In its neighborhood. The Campaign Club r
Camden was next in order, with its lanterns ai
transparencies. The most prominent one amorm
the latter was an allegorical representation of the
army and navy, formally presented to the club im
mediately after the meeting in the afternoon.
Therewere pictures on two sides—one represeatol
a soldier ana a sailor each side of a mihature pm
mid, composed of cannons-and weapons of war
over which the flag was thrown, covering i B 5t
enough of the pyramid, to allow those who looked
to know what It contained without seeing ail. The
soldier was standing, leaning on his-musket, and
the 'sailor sat on the breech of a Columbiad
projecting from under the flag, in an easv atn'
tude, - regarding al fort with guns, which me.'
nacingly loomed op in the distance, behind n-,
soldiers. The other portrayed a scene In thß West
in early morning. The President was drawn as 1*
must have appeared as a rail-splitter. A risiw
sun denoted hisjndustry. A log house waß reared
on his left, and the rest of the picture was made no
of a farm scene, the acres stretching out afar anda
stream of water, at which two cows were drinkimr
running through. Under : this painting, W b4’
was neatly. done, was inscribed: “ Your father's
son might find himself In the place of my fattar'i
son;” a remark which the President is J.
ported once to have made to a deputation wh'ct
paid him a visit of congratulation. A oil.
trnnflle f the ranks of Au
Club, telling everybody, by a label on Its sides, that
it had been captured, at Manassas, a statement
however, by its dimlnutfveness. 1
hsonitor with ’flairs, besrin?
each the name of a State. It was a harmless most
tor, however, for not a sign was thereof any of the
sn vagegtubes that make the real monitors tan
ri , 6Ten a , P° rt - h °le, through which they
might be supposed to peep. ‘
lnyincibles, next inline, wets
about three hundrea Btrong, and inarched with their
usual military precision. They were a subject or
special remark. They were followed by a i B ™
delegation from the South ward; the membra
and their torches seemed to have been faro
rites with the ladies, since there was a wreith
of boquets and wreaths suspended from both.
Several stars, trimmed with intermingled cMar
rand marrigold, were earned -by the members.
The_ feature of the procession in the matter of
display was reserved for the next place. This
sa ® oat i, gunwales lined with
Httle boys in a white sailor costume. A little girl
with drawn sword, typifying, we suppose, Liberty,
stood against the mast in a graceful and amusingly
defiant posture. The Fourteenth ward, of this city,
was next represented by a largo delegation. The
rear was biought up by theHaddonfield lavincibles,
who wear a uniform similar to that of-the InvincK
hies of this city, and a club from Salem.
The procession was dismissed about halt-past 11
o’clock. Along the route many houses were Illu
minated. No disturbance of any serious nature oc
curred. In South Camden one or two small agio
occurred betweenit few of the processionists asi
rowdies, who made unprovoked attacks upon them.
Beyond this everything went off smoothly and
pleasantly.
ttcorjre Fronds Train in tl.c Inferior
—THe Coal Begion ln a Blaze of Enthu-
siasms.
[Special Despatch to The Press.]
Match Chunk, Oct. 26.—After tlie meeting at
Pottsville, last evening, Mr. George Francis Train
was honored by a serenade, to'which he replied ia
his nsn&l happy and characteristic style.
. On arriving here the superintendent of the Ls
high Coal and Navigation Company, Mr. Leisen
ring, irfyited the distinguished orator and a party
of friends to on excursion oyer the Gravity railroad.
This evening a multitude of the working men of
Carbon couhty* were addressed on the issues la
volved in the coming election. -
Broadside' after broadside was poured into the
gunboat-free-trade- British candidate for the Pre
sidency . Unbounded enthusiasm prevailed, and Mr.
Train’s happy hits were greeted with vociferous ap
plause. He closed his address as follows:
“Tour four thousand miles of railroad In Americi
will require four million tons of railroad iron, either
new or re-rolled every five years. Shall free-trade
MeClelian be elected and your mills be closed, or
will you elect the Union tariff President audio
this -vast work independent of England !"
sew 10EK mn,
[Special Correspondence of The Press- J
r ■ Nbw Yobk, Oct 28, ISM.
THE WAS BETWEEN GUNTHER AND BOOHS,
which for a space did fall, now trebly thumltS
.on the gale. P-uspeusion ’is the cry. The charge
made by the Mayor are, that Mr. Boole neglected
to notice a proposal.for..street cleaning, thereby
causing a loss to tho city of #lBO,OOO. That he had
admitted upon his pay-roll the names of certain
cartmen “ and other hideous sons of Nature”—said
persons having performed no services whatever.
That he expended $BOO,OOO for work which was per
formed under the administration of his predecessor
at a cost of $414,000. That illegal appointments
have been made by him. That he has connived at
sales of offices, or neglected to investigate the
charge when so made. That he-has made illegal
contracts. Whereupon, Mr. Boole retorts to-f l th«
puerile attacks” of the Mayor, and his “cowardly
and contemptible vindictiveness.” In.- fine; he
throws down the gage of battle thus;
Whatever his object, I defy him and his creatures,
or rather his instigators, those of whom Tie is the
creature, to prove one iota reflecting upon the ho
nesty and efficiency with which the affairs of till;
Department have been conducted either by mysel!
or my- subordinates. I court, nay, demand, as a
matter of justiceboth to myself and the gentiemea
Tmmediate and rigid invest!-
=ii n *u u c harges made, and am ready to pro
and papers of this Department
an< L an y other evidence In-my power which may be
T^ e m n .t CeEE^? pollsnctlto^es MKatioii.
that-all the attacks upon
?® mad my kuhordinates-are incited, not by a desire
SroJSd P Q^ lio Kjodj for the- charges can easily &*
proved to be without foundation, but by the m&lig
nant hatred- towards myself of parties whose owa
rocoras. are- not pure,, but who deserve tke soon*
ana contempt of every honest man In the ooib
munltsfc ..,v
. MISCBIAANEOTIS.
The famous- Cora Hatch divorce salt is again w*
fore the courts on a motion by defendant’s counsel
for alimony. Per contra, it Is alleged that MS-
Batch* makes from four to sis thousand dollars per
year as a lecturer, much more than the husbso*-
has for an income; consequently, that she is not la
need of or entitled to support at Us hands.
TheG-erman Republicans held a mass maetiaf jt
Cooper Institute on Monday evening. They wert
addressed by, Horn. P. Hassanrek,.Minister to Cen
tral America, and-ethernotablo speakers.
, A young ladyhas made an attempt to identify t^ l
Brooklyn remains as- those of her husbsmd. St®
fainted upon seeing the heady but upon prodactM
her marriage certificate, however, It was observe®
that Its date was the Ith of October, whereas t»
pelvis was discovered in the water on the 3d of (X®
her. This-is the second mistaken identification.
THU rp.lCB OP SGRAETOX COAL.
' Tim prices of coal aitlie monthly sale to-day co*'
; pane with, thos e of last month as follows:
■' ■ September. Oetot>?
1manp.,....:;,..,...... .$8 oo *r?>
Steamboat .. 8 50 !»
Broken.. 8 50 SfJ
gsk-i 8 50 »»
Stave. 8 75 »:?
©JEestnut f 7 00 ® *
-■ / SHKEIDAK’S PRISONERS AT BLSHP.A.
-A despatch to the Evening Post says that a
Winber of the prisoners captured by General Sa-‘
d'an have been sent to the camp at Elmira.
• THE GOLD "MARKET.
Gold closed to-night at 215.
BOSTOX. a .
'ARRIVAL OP THE PRIZE STEAMER XASDO—
IHO OF THE JSUKOPA. f
Boston, Oot. 26.—The prize steamer Nano* *
Wilmington for Nassau, captured on the
by the United States steamer Fort Jacss™' ,
rived here to-day. Ninety-eight shots w*M * . >
her before she surrendered. She has on w
cargo Cof 500 bales of cotton, and 85
thrown overboard during the chase, which t ,
five and a hair hours. She is a side-wha*
steamer of 627 tons, and draws seven feet of
The Europa sailed to-day for Jd"erp'>h
$50,c00 in specie.