-41 " THE JEFFER iamb' Mtvotth to plitics, Rterotnre, SVgi-iculturc, Science, iMovciliti), ctttii cucv'at Jritelligcncl. VOL. 25. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER 3, 1864. N0..37. sonian; 7 ; "' 1 " PaWislied by Theodore Schoch. ERMS Two dollars a year in advance and if no id before the end or the ycaj, two dollars and fitly U. wllltie r-.hnrRCtl. . No paper discontinued Until all arrcaiages are paid, fcxeeptat the option of the Editor. rcr Advertisements of one squreof (eight lines) or lit, onsor three insertions $ I AO. Each additional U'fctllsn, 50 cents. Longer ones in propoiticn. JOB PRfNTING, Of ALL KINDS, Executed In the highest style of the Art, and on the most reasonable terms feTAHTLING DISCLOSURE. Dcmddratic Fraud Upon the Sol diers. Their letters Opened and Changed. the Votes Special Dispatch to The N. Y. Tribune. Washington, Oct. 26, 18G4. The Military Commission, Major-Gen- era I Uoubleday, President, was ordered to suspend the trial of the blockadc-tra tiers to day, and proceed to Baltimore forthwith, to investigate and try a recently-discovered case of most astounding fraud and forgery connected with the New-York State soldiers votes. The commission will leave by the first train to morrow morning. The charges are in brief, substituting "McCllellan" for "Lincoln" votes in the original cavelopcs submitted by the sol diers, and in forging names thereto. One box, over three feet long, contain ing many thousands of these fraudulent vote.", has been seized. Others are known to have been scut to Xew-York. The developments in this case promise to be of the most startliug character. From Another Correspondent Washington, Oct. 26, 1864. Astounding discoveries have been made by the Government of intended frauds in regard to soldiers' votes. The grounds of the confidence of lead ing Democrats of being able to carry Xew York are now understood. A systematic aud wide-spread conspira cy has been brought to light carried ou by agents here, at Baltimore, Harper's Kerry, and in the Army of the Potomac, under the immediate supervision and di rection of the party in that State. Seve ral of these ageuis have been arrested, xnd are uow in jail, and others will be arrested as fast as proof can be collected, and proper provision can be made for their trial. Mcu now in custody have been active ly engaged in thid business for weeks, and. as one of the parties involved de clares, forged ballots of this kind have been forwarded in dry goods' boxes full to Xew-York aud Albany. Judge Holt, the Judge Advocate Geu c...i,thas had the papers laid before him, and has prepared a brief report on the subject. He Pronounces the crime thus committed to be one of the most serious character, and it will be dealt with as such by the Government. A Military Commission has already been ordered, and will meet to-morrow morning in Baltimore, uuder the Presi dency of Gen. Doubleday, for the trial of two of the leading actors in this conspira cy, who are known to have been in direct and constant communication with leading members of the party. The testimony in their cases, which I have seen aud read, is full, direct and conclusive. It will leave not thes'i 'hiest room Jbr doubt that a gigantic conspira cy has been at work for mouths iu ma- luring ana executing a plan San for delr.iuJ- ins the soldiers of their votes, and for overwhelming the suffrage of citizens at at home, by the forged votes of thousands aud tens of thousands of soldiers who have fallen in battle or died in the hospi tals, or who have never existed. In some cases sealed envelopes containing "Lin coln" ballots have been opeued and "Mc Clcllan" ballots have been substituted; but the main reliance of the conspirators has been in the forgery of signatures of pretended soldiers to papers transmitting "McClellan and Seymour" votes. The court-martial which meets to-morrow for the purpose of trying the parties already arrested, will make short work of the case, and the Government will not hesitate to carry into effect whatever sen tcuce they may prouounce. Other parties implicated will be sent before them as rapidly as" possible; aud all the agents iu the affair arc under the vigilcut surveillance of the Government. You must not be surprised if these dis elosure and arrests shou'ld touch some persons big iu political authority. Among other things discovered in this eity, was the headquarters of a set of gentlemen busily engaged in filling up commissions of agents, signed in blank, and some of the parties involved them selves hold commissions. Baltimore, Oct. 27, 1864. It is alleged that extensive frauds Lave been discovered iu this city aud Wash ington on the part of the Commissioners of New-York State to receive and forward the votes of soldiers. Two State Agents, M. J. Ferry of Canton, St. Lawrence County, and Edward Donhue of Albany, lave been arrested, and were brought for trial this morning before the Military Commission, of which Maj.-Gen. Abner Dombleday in President, and CoJ. John A. Foster, of the 195th Newr York. Judge Advocate. The following .charge and Western part of the State of New-York; the kind the Commission has or is to re Bpecificatioas were read ? j I do not know how from what oounty; he'eoive. Phil: Ledger; Charges and specifications preferred a - gainst Edward Donohiie, jr., and M. J. JI' Charge: Conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the service by falsely personat-i anybody present but Donahue and myself ing and representing officers and soldic when Mason first proposed to forge the in the service of the United States, and papers; tberc was a man named Bundy in such assumed capacity falsely and in my office; he is, now in New-York; al fraudulently signing and forging names so a man named II. Newcomb: I never ua auu iur iuu names or omcers ana sol- diers in such, service. &j)ccijicutions : In this that said Ld - ward Donohue, jr., and J. M. Ferry, be - ing ostensibly authorized as the agent for the State of New-York for the purpose of ruLciviug ine votes ot the soldiers ot the United States for Electors of the State of . "'VJV""J "" u Xew-1 ork at the general election to be he d on the 8th day of November, 1861, did falsely and fraudulently pesronate of ficers and soldiers who have been or now arc, or who purport to be in the military service of the United States, and did falsely and frequently sign and forge and aiso caused to be signed and lorged to the blanks issued under and pursuant to chapter 258, of the Laws of the State of New-York, passed April 21st, 1864 enti- tied "An act to enable qualified elec- tors of the State absent therefrom, and in the military service of the United States iu the army and navy thereof, to vote," ....... a : i i c ie u .uiics puijjurtiug iu uu tiiu uauxua ui uui- 'am uol cerium mat ue UlQ or Old not say cers and soldiers in the military service anything about there being twenty men of the United States aud qualified elec-! over there who could attend to these mat tors of the State of New-York and absent ters; I do not know how many forged pa therefrom, said blanks being issued under pers were sent off; but I heard them say said law, and intended to be used for the purpose oi transmitting the vote of the soldiers, singing the same to his proper attorney, to be used at the general elec tion to be held in said State on the 8th day of November, 1864; all this being done by said Donohue and Ferry with the iutent and for the purpose of having such blanks so signed, used as and for the act aud deed of the officers and sol diers, or pretended officers and soldiers whose names nurnorted to be signed thereto, and in fraud of their rights as I such electors; all this at the cities of Bal timore and Washington, during the month of October, 1S64. On the conclusion of the reading of the above Ferry plead guilty to a portion of the charges, and said he signed the names of some. In answer to Judge Ad vocate Foster, who stated that his plead ing to the charge should be either gener al or special, he said he desired to have counsel. He was informed that he could send for any person he should choose as his counsel, and immediately scut for a lawyer of this city. Donhuc plead a gen eral denial of the whole affair and wan ted to be represented by counsel from Al bany nr New 1 ork. lie said he thought' the matter belonged to a civil tribunal in- stead of a military. He requested to) know it llevcrdy Johnsou was to be had, as he was coufident he would defend him. Gen. Doublcday aud Judge Advocate Gen. Foster said they had no objection to postpone' the case as the prisoners had no counsel, in order to allow them to obtain it, and accordingly adjourned till Friday at 10 o'clock. Donohue then telegraphed to Peter Cagger and Sand ford E. Church, notify ing them of their arrest, and desiring them to obtain counsel for them immedi ately. It is staled that seven dry goods boxes of votes for the Democratic National and the Commission; with letters, &e., iuvolv- btale nominees have heeu lorwaraca iromjstC:mj cnjrIne3j which are rusted-and bent here by express. Several -packages of thc out 0f Bhape, be repaired. The watcr- alieged forged tickets are in the hands ot!Wiiecis must be ing parties in New-York. are factories razed to the ground which Importaut additional disclosures are ex-. must be again raised, and the thous pected to-morrow. Some letters and doc-an(i tens of thousands of spindles which umeuts will be adduced of great import- j now rcst idy jn their frames, must fly in auce. It is understood that the fraud ;a si,ort time as swiftly as of old. So of was discovered by a Clinton County tdose steamers which once furrowed the Agent ot the U nion Committee, who j sea but are now wrecked or sunk. called upon Icrrey to make certain in-or otherwise lost to the commerce quirics. Ferrcy mistook his political 0f the world they must be replaced character and discovered the matter to : pown the slonting way to the sea, the new him, when after obtaining a full knowl-1 keels shall glide, while the sun-burnt car edge of the facts, he communicated thc,peuters and the engineers watch their matter to Gen. Wallace, when the parties i crafys baptism with pride. The railroads were arrested. FERRY S CONFESSION. After the adjournment of the Court, Mr. Ferry made the following full con fession : I do not recollect the time when the first papers were forged, but it was in thc'and here the protessional man will claim presence of O. K. Wood, of Clinton bis share with the artisan. The locomo Countj'; it was done in my office, No. 85 tives have been burnt aud destroyed by Fayettc-st., Baltimore; I am, and have ' hundreds, and they will require to be re been for the past two )'cars, the Agent produced with all the celerity with which for the State of New-York, appoint- 0ur shops are capable, by Gov. Seymour, to look after the sick i Substantial rewards seem, nay, arc cer and wounded soldiers of New-York; I; tain, in the future for those who arc la first saw Wood on Wednesday of last boring to restore, not destroy, the govern- wcek, at my office; he came and rcpre- scutcd himself as an agent ot the Central Committee of his country to look after its local ticket; he talked about the way in which votes could be taken; It was agreed that we should sign the names of soldiers and omcers and then send them home to incentive to put torth every euort to re hare the local tickets filled iu; I made store tranquility and speace. Scientific out small papers; I signed the names of American. soldiers on quite a number of them; I m. cannot tell what names we signed; the papers are now in the bundle on the ta- A "Specimen Brick." ble; I did not sign names of officers, but The U. S. Christian Commission have Donahue signed any quantity of them; received from Nevada a silver and gold there was a large package of these papers brick, . worth .82,000 in currency, as a left with me which I destroyed; that contribution to the cause. It is as much" package contained over 200; Donahue as a man can conveniently lift and no signed them all: the idea of forging these man could carry such a brick in his hat papers was first suggested by a mas- named Stephen Maxon : ho is from the is not in the service; he is a State agent; 'I cannot say at what time it was first pro- I posed to forge these papers; it waa almost two weeks sp-o: T rln nor. think tl, oro win l saw him until he SJ1W him .,t.t;i 1 . l. lawyer in Albanv: nart of fWnd - a in uuLii 1111 i.iiiiir: 1. 11 1 1 r: tit. i ; i jpers were made in my office, and part ' were brought there; they were usually brought in a bundle tied up; I do not know who brought them : I had -no let- r ' j-'-f . " T rL in rarr. ters irom, Peter Cagger, except what were found in mv desk: I never knew of anv iuuuu "J jf uuah.: x uuver kucw oi any correspondence on this subject with Gen. ! Farrell, the Commissary of Subsistence, except the package which you have; the package contained a lot of blank enve lopes and power of attorney, with a letter from Gen. Farrell, marked "confidential," inuii uuuuuucu a list or ine names or ( the resideuts of Columbia County; I did 'not let any one know I destroyed the forged papers left with me, but told my associates that I sent them to different parties in the State to be mailed; a young ; man came from Washington on Friday or j Saturday last, saying if I had any spare i blanks to send them on to Washington; I . i ,i. . t i. i . . they sent them from Washington bv the (dry eoods box full: I do not recollect hearing them talk disparagingly, but they talked quite jubilantly and confidently: I sent a package of forged papers to Gene ral Farrell with the following letter: "Baltimore, Oct, 22, 1864. "If you arc energetic you will be able to get the within votes all arranged for the 8th of November. I should have done more to them, but I have not time; l!,c' "e 00 th.e .square, the same as I the Blacks got theirs. Neither would bear close scrutiny. Ed. Donhue said send this ou to you, and I have done it. "Yours truly, Democrat. "P. S. They are all soldiers; compa ny aud regiment. All 0. K. The rest I have nothing to say. If you have no use for them scud them back. "M. J. FERRY", "No. S5 West Fayette-st., Baltimore." Puture Protpects for Mechanics. When the war shail have ceased, this country will present a scene of industry unparalleled in history. War alwaj-s dc- jvastatcs and destroys, aud in the old countries of the world, where slower methods and no systems are employ ed, it takes generations to repair the dam age of a great couflict. On some of the older battle-fields of the Revolution marks of carthworhs are still plainly the vis- ble. But in the after time, when the pres ent struggle is decided, our mechanics will have opportunities to display their energy and skill to the utmost. The States laid waste by the tramp of conten ding armies must blossom anew, and be plowed, uot with the .fire and sword, but by the sturdy teeth of some machine. The mills which are now sileut and used only as refuges for sharpshooters, must I grind or saw again in the future, and the adiusted so that thev whirl vigorously with their loads. There shall reach out their arms again ; they shall lace the prairies, they shall stretch away to the illimitable West. From all comers of our favored Jand, the locomo tive shall bear us plenty and prosperity. Many roads are now broken and so de stroyed that they will have to be surveyed meut. Mochanics, more than any other class in the community, have a direct interest in its maintenance, and should be the last as we believe they are to encourage its cuemies iu any way. Self- interest, if not patriotism, should be au without losing his balance or his hat. We believe it is one ot several bricks of GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN. He Repudiates the Leaders the Democratic Party. 2few York takes Snuff -Pennsylvania Sneezes. Like "Sherridan, Sherrid Sherridan " George Francis "w..uau, uuuiku JL-liluuio nam wum v instant, in a style that tired and amused ' a crowded mass of nnnn b in Nut nna TT.ll w i. 5iiL: t,.: i l r- i t . , a it tracts from hl9 arl ca-nifnnrlnni. nnnrns. it u uiuau Lilt: luziii it 1 1 1 i' 1:11 iiii:lt uv- ; . : . jciite am vnmnl.n n 1. ! ,1 H on Saurday evening, the 22d'" fi f" . - - England, and hm nnne.nmee at tho'P.0'48 a right to do anything n,: w n ' . l , , , it Cbcago Convention as a delegate he thus "?cd. to he Prcse fc, Positlo of or" ganizatiou known as the Democratic par VI iJ, T ;il n i j.j t ...... M 11U llblb iu I IUUUIUUVV. J!J'..' .1 . i t my mencementof the war, telegraphed to New Orleans, "If any man hauls down til A Am Art nnn flnrr cVinnf liin-t ttt n " (Cheers.) My Vice-President was the Navy. I want no better man than that "Old Salamander" who chained himself to the masthead as he went into Mobile T mj- ii . " w V UU.i UIIULU II 1 III A J 1 1 11 . sjuy. xiiis, mese Jjemocrats said, we won't do. Then it was that I saw treas- fin HnArryn 1? lucuienan is the mere eauuiaaies were the Army and iNavy. P fl, - , , ... lt . ..m1 at . j . sot the people; and yet the South, when ecrs iuv nlatiorin waa to drive the - . o r ' ,.J. , ' . r French Out of Mexico, and England off f"1" n uPn' sPensed 'hp on, rnh00a Tou fi . j- with that letter formally. Yet there are the sea. (Cheers.) - I said that my candi- ,,. , , chattel of Sam Barlow, and Sam Barlow ""Zi T Pe, c?Sl' : i i i c -r i . i they are now the, mere shadow of En"- in, Tl" It , BC ,Ttj ! hd- Who are the leaders of the Demo and Belmont is the agent of the Roths-1 : . mu. n n vuiius, wiiu uiu iiiu aguins oi toe uouieu- -.1, ;l.l I. il. jTil.- n..i-J erate Government in England. (Cheers. They arc going on sending moncv through 1 v, these ageucies to try to carry the State of Pennsylvania in November. (Cries, of "They can't do it!") When I st ey cane ao it: ) When 1 saw this, I thought it was time for me to leave. They saw I was not for McClel i j i" u a.. -.i ,r... can't go with the Convention." I knew that the rules of Congress governed the Convention, and that a delegate for a territory could be admitted without the privilege of speaking. But it was quite nauseating to see the political maggots moving about in that Convention. Laughter. They didn't want a man there with an audience of 150,000 men back of him. Long went in, and he found there was no "freedom of speech" in that Convention. It was the rule of the New York rowdies. I said God bless Manhat tan. I told them it was time to think of the Union and the country and that you couldn't do it upon that platform. I J ,tavu iv ITUt CU1U. XUU found the Regency and the Rothschilds ruled the entire destiny of that Conven tion. I know no more pitiful sight thau to see the Pennsylvania delegation cring ing before these New York men. When New York took snuff all Pennsylvania sneezed. (Laughter.) When New York laid an egg all Pennsylvania cackled. I had one hundred delegates to go for Dix. In the morning, Pendleton told me that "So help me God, I will do all I can to beat McClellan" and I think he has. (Laughter.) At ten o'clock they offered him the Vice-Presidency, aud he went o ver ! I saw Vallandigham at the break fast table, and I said to him, "You have sold out this concern, and if I can find it out I'll burst the whole thing." Vallan- dis 1mm eiJr) "Train xrnw talk too loud !" MM-, n . . 1 f r-. . . . 1 ...rtr nil a1a11 SM.I- 11V, UCill LUU11J111" lb ttaa ttll tiuccu UUI. Uuder the idea of "pap," they supposed there was nothing but what they could carry. I saw their platform. It was the most singular amalgamation of men and 3 things I ever saw- Soon after, I wrote my opinion ot it. it was Resolved, In order to please the Trim mer War candidate, avc have war. Resolved, In order to please the Trim mer Peace candidate, we have Peace. Resolved, In order to please all, that the war go ou uutil we get iu. (Laugh ter.) At the same time it reminded me of a little story, wherein it is related that it was Resolved That we have a new jail. Resolved, That the new Jail stands where the old jail stood. Resolved, That the old be not removed until the new one be built. (Laughter.) They nominated McClellan. They then came to me. and said, ''You'll join us V I told them not much. They had got them all. It was a big cheese and had licnn four veara toastintr. and it is seldom vnn trnt so mnnv wWf ruts in ono box as thov Au nf. r.hi Hnnvntinn. f Laticrhtcr. I came back to New York, and the only ""J . o noise along the route I heard was the rat tle of the cars, which seemed to say "Mc Clellan ! McClellau !" and they tortured that , r ,1 ' l-i. into cheers ior uicir canaiaate. i (Laughter.) x came iu new xuik auu tuu ivegency offered me a seat in the Cabiriet. I told X i XT 7 1. ,1 llj- T) ! them I knew of forty-one appointments already. I told them that I recollected that upon another occasion an individual offered vast possessions, when the devil did not own a potato patch- And when they gave cheers for McClallan, itremin- flrirl nil nf TOliiaflincr nf. n fii'nmvil. Whnn Mr. Hall, the chairman of the Philadol- phia committee to write to' Mr. Train' to stump-the State, wrote to me, I replied : Chicago Nomination Positive, Boil, October Meet iotis Comparative Boil- cn - November caons-SuperlativeBurst. I also said DIED, r November 8th, 1864, The Democratic Party. Disease : Party on the Brain. On the State Rights subject the dis tinguished sneaker - desired to sav a few ol , words. Of all things, this doetriue. as jlaid down by the leaders of what has as sumed the name ot Democratic party, 13 the most absured. Individuals make families, families make up' the towns, f rtTir r o i iTo-s 1 V 1! hn Pivilrv' vu up me counties, couuues T,'un p2lmake States States make up the Union, nam umej .1 tt. . .. 1 r, i i nil i iih ziiiiiiri linn - 4 n-inti"inAr j .1 TT.' .. 1 7, .7 . . V""' nu.M.1 """" r.nmr nrnrp snvnvm,..,,, ,i :ut ik.i I constitution and that flajr. No State has i a rimit to coin monev 1 . , . U,ul,-J no Qt l,.,r, riKht to pass laws, to , levy taxes on iin- O uiai is not consistent with the rcat (Jon- til . f u thatdocurnent is the supreme' law of he lahd To reat owbunuu uuv xi"ut iu auer mat uonstitu- x, C1UU iJ.fZ v m -f ,AUS? 6 Bc11lmont' the 1 f ll0tbschlld and say they were 1 I 1111 T 1 . . j. iiu Bfjuuiwur nuw aiiuucu to ine doc trine of free trade as formerly advocated by the people-of the South, and by them fastened on to the Democratic warty. , .England is for free trade only when it! suits her own interest. The Democrats have been fooled, most ' iuiiii.li: u.iii vi iiii.v iviui ii cfM i r nn r n n ,1, u 1- rr. , . , , r " WJ .v iiu.- m ii. .. iLi. ..i - v J i i'ut it; i, ua iuuk aii mis iemocrauc par- ty in another aspect. There are but two . parties in this country. (Applause.)r One cheers loudly when Sherridan gains I , a victory. (Great cheering.) The other r n 1 J 1 1...1. ' uuus llul eci, uul every viciory :6"1UCU UJ u.ui gunaiit soiuiers or sanors sends a pang through their bosoms. Now he did not believe in that party. (Cheers.) There are two parties one that rejoi ces when our army captures forty-three pieces of artillery cheers, the other droop their heads in despondency or swear it is a lie. (Laughter aud applause.) There are two parties one puts up gold, when up goes the price of everything else; and the other is a party that believe suc cess in our army will bring down the price of gold. (Applause.) There are men constantly hoping for reverses to our armies, that they may put up the price of gold in order to elect McClellan. Yet these men ask the poor man to vote for them ! lie would not say that the Dem ocratic party was composed of traitors, but he well knew the leaders of that par ty were traitors to it, and are selling it out as sheep are sold in the shambles, (Applause.) Ue stood here as the repre sentative of the people, not of a party or a part of a party, and we say down with the politicians aud up with the people. (Tremendous applause from all parts of the room.) We will nevcrsave the coun try by lettiug such politicians rule as Bel mont, the agent of the Rothschilds of England. Applause lie had said that in the case of the riot in New York, the voice of the people there was the voice of the voice of the devil. Laugh ter and applause lie, the speaker, did not know what to make of such men. lie told Barlow that if the nomination of McClellan was not withdrawn, he would stump the State a gainst him. Applause. lie did not belong to any party ; he was an independ ent man, above all party; he was for the Union, and it is well that in times such as these we have a few independent men in favor of the Union. (Tremen ious ap plause.) lie had telegraphed to-night to Governor Morton, who has just been re elected Governor of Indiana, that in Pennsylvania we will swamp the gunboat by 50,000 majority. Great applause. That the crew might be saved but the leaders would be drowned, for uonc of them knew how to swim. What he desired- to say, and what he wished to impress upon the minds of all is this fact, that the preset) t orgauizatian of the Democratic party was perfected in England, and thus the country is to bo sold out to the Rothschilds if this party successful. lie had said at Chicago that the money thai was used iu building the wigwam at that place was paid for by the agents ot the llothsehilds, .hvcry paper ! i England, CXCept the Star and JJaili ! iVblM, is iu favor of McClellan - The sneaker now related otic or tv?o auecdotes, and said that he never under stood, until the present time, what the Anosfle Paul meant when he said "the I ,.. fi,.r,f nnA thnn thn flontllo" Rireat ; L - laughter. We have seen rroteaiauu inir .'111 SM.'lkl! M MIHIS Will ,uuun , - - m . . i . . France to war with Rnssia. in order to start iMahonimedisui in oppuaiuum to the Greek Catholic Church! But it is strange to see four millions ot (Jathohcs hfiins' led in this country to the slaughter by their old friends the Jeios. (Laugh ter.) He did not know what to make of it. It was a thitfg he could not now un- dorstand. On one occasion, while in England, he was asked why the rebellion was not put down at onee. He replied because the South was filled with Americans ; if they were Englsh they would have been wiped out long ago. ('thunders ot appiausuj ut we should not live wkimw& ib.o something. This rebellion has been con- tinned long enough for us to get some l , dca of English" neutrality; we have bc-i-'come pretty well acquainted with the exceDt oy a convention ot two-thirds il . n . .... nice law of nations ; we can tell England that wo arc apt scholars, and that wheri i,i,m'iiu iiiv.o gnu yu vui Know how to practice tfieiaw. of nations ; we wilUheu show them their own idea of neutrality with interest added. We can then, in Baltimore, this city. New York", "Boston and hundreds of other places,fit out Talla hassees, Alabaman, Floridas, and send tbem to Cork and Belfast, we can ship rifles and munitions of war by the hun dreds of tous and still be neutral strictly neutral. (Thunders of applause and laughter.) We Americans can show our neutrality in the shape of heavy guns an rifles as well as England, and ask no fa-? vor. . , The Democratic party must be taken from the bands of Belmont and the Roths childs. General Dix will speak,;. he is' in favor of the movement; he will, place the party on its base, and thus we can' all work together like a strong band of pa triots ought arrest and maintain our power against the world, and make the enemies to Americastand aghast and tremble. The speaker concluded by re questing three cheers for General Dix, the Constitution and the laws. This was responded to with deafening shouts. The Army on Peace and the Chicago-8 ..Platform. McClellan and the Chicago platform do not got much encouragement from , the' Union troops. Listen to a few of the' gallant leaders of our army : Lieuteuant General Grant say : "The end is hot far' distant, if we wilf only be true to ourselves. All we want'' now to insure an early restoration of the Union is a determined unity of sentimenfr north." Major General Dix says : "I can have no part in any political movement of which the Chicago platform is a basis." Major General Hooker says : . "This Union must be preserved, and there is no way of preserving it but by the power of our arms, by fighting the conspiracy to its death. This rebellion is tottering while I speak; it is going., down, aud will soon tumble into ruin," Major General Logan says : i "The greatest victory of the rebels, greater than fifty Manassas, and the only oue that can give them a particle of hope will be to deleat the war party at the in coming campaign." Major Gen. Wool says ; Nothing, for" aiight i can discover; wilf save the Union and its government 'but the successes of Grant, Sherman, Farra' gut and Sheridan. Major Gen. Sherman says : "I want peace, aud believe it can only be reached through Union aud war,-and I will ever conduct war purely with a view to perfect an early success. But 'ou carr--not have peace and a division of our coun try. If the L'mte'd States submits to a divisipu uow, it will uotstopbat will go on till we reap the fate of Mexico, which is eternal war' Major Gen. Meade says : "Dismissing, as now useless to discuss' all questions as to the origin of this war, wo have daily aud hourly evidences that it exists, aud it can only be terminated-by hard fightiug, and by determined efforts to overcome the armed enemies of the' government." Major Gen. Burnside says : "Would it not be cowardly for us to say that this rebellion cannot be crushed and the authority of the government sus tained ? There can be no such thing as' laying down of arms, or cessatioh of hos tilities, until the entire authority of the goverument is acknowledged by every citizen of our country." Major Gen. A. J. Smith says : "I want to see us united from Maine' to Texas one united and happy people. There is' but one way of doing this. Rebels commence the war; now let them ask for peace ! How are we' to have peace ? I say, when the south shall ak for peaco, then it will be time to' get it. Nj ever let the north say pfiace ; but when the south aslc for it lot us be merciful. I would rather see that old flag unde? which I have been fighting sunk fathoms deep iu the Mississippi than we should give up and sue for peace," Gen. Tinman Seymour sayS :' "No Democrat can be elected on a peace1 platform. Certain it- is that, the remain ing hope of tho south lies in Lincoln's defeat." General George A. McCall, an old Democrat, sa3's : . ... ''I now believe, as I ever have believed,; that if the Union is worth preserving it is worth the prosecution of tho war to successful conclusion. With regard to the conduct of this war, I caunot indorse all the measures of the presout admini" tratiou, but I .regard any administra tion that will energetically prosecute? the war as preferable to one that is iu favor of an armistice and a convocation of tho States, until the States iu rebellion have laid down their arms." . - Cure for a Felon. As soon as the part begins tc-STTellrget the tincture of lobelia and wrap the part affected with cloth saturated thoroughly with the tincture, a rid" the" felon is dead. An old physician saysiie bavi .known this to cure in scores of cases, aotl it never fails, if applied iu season.
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