pailg Ettegrapt liA`RRIS•BURG, PA. TnendaY Evening, October 13, ISB3 The UlllOll State Central Committee. We cannot let the day of election pass, with obt acknowledging the services of the officers of the Union State Central Committee..__The. Chairman, Wayne 11"ireagh, though somewhat inexperienced, yet entered the contest with a -Peal, ability and perseverance - which — at - once evinced the sincerity of his purpose and the intensity of his devotion. :He bee entitled, himself to the confidence of. all loyal met!, The Secretailes, George W..Hanaersly, of Philo- . delphia, and W. W. "Hays, of Harrisburg, are alike entitled to high credit . . TPey were both faithful in the discharge of the great trust con fided to them. Coi. Hamersly has been the Secretary, of the State Central Committee of the party.for many years. In that time he has acquired great experience, and perhaps no man in the State is more minutely acquainted With the machinery of ,parties and the working of politics. In this contest, his eervices,were im• • portent and invalqable. Mr. Hays also labored with untiring devotion. Altogether, we citn eider that the Union State Central Committee faithfully discharged the duty delegated to'its officers and members, and we therefore thus promptly tender them the acknOwledgmerits of the loyal men of the Cninmenwealth. - • - 41111a.E 4 C s andidate for Governor. Whatever may be the result of the election today, it will neither add to 'the fame nor can it impair the manly reputation of Andiew G. Curtin. If he is re-elected Governor, his-- reputation will not , be Increased, simply bel cause he has already been accorded a spotless name among the brave defenders of the na tional honor and the Commonwealth's credit. If he is defeated, it will not impair his maniteed or his courage, because men of his;- undaunted nature, who were born, ris,it were, to =take prominence in the centesta for. right, gather from defeat fresh energie3 for new struggles, and rise to greatness soonest when most impeded by perils. Gov. Curtin went into the contest from which he is about to emerge with victory or defeat, like a man determined to'win. If he fails, it wilt not be because he did not fairly and frankly discuss all the issues involved. slf he is defeated, it will not be because he did not meet his fellow , citizens face to face, like a brave man, answering all• interrogations and confront ing all charges—sustaining his character in all seotions,aud never once shrinking from the most open expressions of OPiniori'touching the - great interests of the State and the nation. Of such a candidate, we have reason to be proud, whether he is defeated or victorious. The prin ciples whiCh he advocates mayfor a time be rejected, but the principles will not we, neither can the man be utterly vanquished. Both will rise some day, to gladden the hearts of freemen and strengthen the bonds 'of freedom.,, —The 'campaign' through which , Br' eiernor Curtin has just passed, will long be remember ed for the manliness with which it was con ducted on his part. He cordially Wilted his opponent to appear on thesktrnp, ancltogether there discuss. the questions involved. Wood ward declined this on the score of 'the dignity of his position as a high judicial officer, but George W. Woodward did not decline to travel over the State, assailing in conversation the private character of Andrew G. Curtin—seeking to make issues which were not ItiVolved inthe contest—denouncing the ode ociaotii the State, and National Governments, and wherever it was possible, giving aid and comfort to the rebels In arms. We do not make these charge@ to indulge the expression of any mere political vindictiveness. They are facto which will hereafter be as faithfully remembered as will the fact that George W. Woodward was a candidate for Governer of Pennsylvania. History will do Andrew G. Curtin and George W. Woodwards credit., The noble conduct of our candidate for Governor, in the contest which closes to-day, will forni' one of the,bright est chapters in the history of the times in which we now live. His independence and his integ rity, his brave defence of the .right, his, manly advocacy of patriotic principles, his just sup port of the Government and his bold opposition to traitor% will always be remembered by the true men of Pennsylvania with gratitude; and whether victorious or defeated to-day, the name of Andrew G. Curtin will forever be blessed among loyal men ! For Whet We HiIVO Contended. The politic4l campaign which ends to-day, in Pennsylvania, was undoubtedly the most im portant ever fought in any. State in the "Union. To this we may add that the contests in all the Status where elections have beEn or still are to be held this fall and winter, - were and will be of that character which can alone lest the.loyalty and the patriotism of the people. Is Painisyl vania,.the contest was only between loYal men and traitors. View thepositions of parties as we may,'and however kindly we are - disposed to treat friends and.neighbors differing with us in this great crisis of , the country's hist:m.l, we can only regard those who are now ,urging a bit* war of wordi against the dovernment in the free and Loyal States,. words; which give aid, and sympathy to the rebellion,—We write frankly,' that we oan only regard snail as these a And while we haVestraggledin opposition, to such as these, we have considered that we were contending al beneficially for the safety of the Nation ado the men who.fight with a: /i 21.3 in their hands against organizAl,,diseicdined,'arm ed and well trained traitors. 'zint couteit with the'northern - sympathlasra withtreason has de veloped more meanneza, more`' brutality,. more villainy, and More desperation, than the fight with the open traitors themselves. 7he northern traitor battles agalest his Government with the light of a great principle ever before , him, with the perfectirnowledge thitlie s 'is doing wrong, and that he is warring to overthrow the Government, , not because it has cippressed him, but becAuse the bad men who lead him cannot longer control, the power or monopolise „the patronegt of ad-s -thinistiatillik. , &Mid men possibly be a worse petition? Will not the memory of such as these be forever accursed In the rsollectiort of all true patriots? What We, have contended for, in the contest which ends to day, is the unity of the country and the supreinacyof the national authority. We , are opposed`to giving up one, inch of :the na Lionel domain, whether it like unused asa Terri tory or wheiher it is organized as States, to the control of either a domestic foe or a foreign enemy. These States were organized for the more perfect government of all the people—for the better protection.rether-riglitikofthe great whole—so that the people of a State who at tempt to break the _Tinion, put themselves in the position oferieTniiii;f6 all intents and pur poses, as a foreigner would be who landed on our shoresiefmed to opPoie for the , purpose of destroyinettie Governtitent.: Thus tlie•people of the rebel Shales who are in arms oi•Posing, the Government have made of themselves alien enemies, while the men in the North who are sympathizing with the traitors in the South are actually and practically aiding and abetting a foreign enemy---an alien enemy—in an or ganized effort to destroy the National Govern ment. This was the great isiue is the battle just now closing. We fougilt, the contest on the question as to whether this governnaent had strength to maintain iteelf—.whether it was Invested with the power by the Constitution to defend itsel f against all itienemics. We contend ed that it has such power. The men whose elec tion we advocated stand Ni a platform which teaches the same faith. The men whose election we opposed, also opposed the same principle—so that if .-we are victorious, the strength and the power of the government will be vindicated, atalmore, firmly than ever estahlished. If we are defeated —if Andrew Q. Curtin and Daniel Agnew, standing.-upon , this., platforni. to-day, Ye: 4.o A ted-,4#ogovernment wilfb grolfibless to-morrow, because the majority of. 'the people. North will admit to the traitors South, that theinis,np qc!nstttntLn i,power in vested in the government for its own preserve Help Pile, Casol,e, or I Sink! If the copperhead, leaders have boasted, of any one particular cintilitlidation, it is the tenaci : ' V with which they claim devotion to the fiee dom of speech and the - liberty of the press.— This is the string on which they execute all their treason music.l... But when it comes to the practical test: of their ; dovotiekt to .this as to all other prineiples,: the. copperheads fail, utterly; shrink from facing the =isle. Igor instance Gen., Wllllain Henry. 'HI illsr, our' Congrfoiliffien elect, of " black cow "_,noterinty and t,‘hiack .bottle" proclivitles;:struck blow. at the free: doro. of the Press',.- yesterday afterneon,'whieh the magnificent, Miller , doubtless contemplated sheidit be overwhelming for the destruction of the Tattcmar.re.„.„.The polite carrier, who served. Big Bill with the Tairsaße, was .told that, if tieleft'thepaper Oitiiii l erliiokel break, his (the carrier's)` damned head." rpiite - '../..Howpowerfal denunciation of a - poor carrier boy. (Meni.— We enjoin upon the carrier to see that all 'sic counts between himself 'and Gen: „Miller are adjusted ,before he stops the paper, as wesivili hold him (the carrier) responsible for all dire • on Miller's subsCription..) And yet Alit) Tsui GRAPH lives ; and Will continue to exist while such men as Bill Miller are „"unwept, unhonor ed and unsling." —By this hasty'conduct on the part' 'of our Congressman, he haslost the;perusal' of ,a re cord which we . know will-astonish more than one MI in this district within the coming tw• years. We intend` ebe 'the faithfil chronicler of our Congressman, when he takes his seat and opens his mouth as .a legislator. That record will be trite to`the life, and if ever a man had the truth recoOed of him that *an, Will be Henry Miller, soldier, (over the left,) statesman (in a horn) and slanderer (faithful and accomplished.) Think, then, Ohye people, what has loitby stopping the Tin' swam, with a "God damn you," to the carrier: Speech of Col. T. C. Mac We give up a large portion of our columns, to-day, to make room , for ; the splendid speech of Col. Thomas C. MacDowell, delivered at the Union Mass Meeting in the Court House last night. .It *chid be'superfluous for us to com ment on an oratorical effort of- Col. MacDowell in, a community where his forensic powers are so well known and admired ; but we cannot refrain from directing the attention: of the loyal reader to this speeches coming from a war Dem ocrat—a Democrat who has yielded devotion to none of his forine'r principles 'of given up a single personal preference in the:position he occupies to-day.. Col. MacDowell, like all true men, has resolved to forget party for awhile, that he may the better serve his Genii:fry. And for this all true. nyiti Non ,irver remember .him with gratit,ride.-, , THE CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN Grand Mass !eating Lad Night REMARKS OF-GEN. CAMERON, . Oa - Taking the Chttir - nt•the Union Meet ing Last,EvenlnAt. G ssTLEMiN, it is always a;high honor when you ball any one of'your fella* citissns to pre side over your deliberations; and I thank you for that honor. It. is Ito me a much i .higher honor to'night, becange, ae;till of you kriow, I come not here to advocate the election Of An drew G. Curtin as Andrew G. Curtin; boil come hero to aid in the election - of ihe repreSentative Of the loyalty of Pennsylvania. [Loud ap plause ] time for personal feellngs, and I have none. ["Good."] I look now upon the'Slection which is to take place to-morrow as holding in , lie thrall the very existenoe , of! this country—pot only the perpetuation of the Constitution apil:the Union bat the • p,k,serva-: , tion of our liberties; and irPenrsylystna title time shall be, recreant: to her. tellOw-pitizens oft the Union, the :country _will be.gone. It is'of DO c. - ..nsequenoa to nee Avinather.the candidate be Mr.- B, Mr. C,or anybOilir else;l would vote for the most violent enemy,l, ever had; If he' represented my princiPles„ and if 1 believed,o - 1 - betiaxe. of Andrew G. Curtiq r that he would carry out that fiolley which the - Welfare of the country demands. [Applause.] Bonne gentlemen speak pf the present issue si /ging a question between freedom and ala- YVAI: nirttuOlPthint7.• • ihieierts toAtnes- Roo of bolitrentem Zir?Of 't3l6-3111 - ierYistir on' the pert of those gentlemen who now again 3teAtialatMege who sustain lain sustain "the . 131oVenurient i4ipit a vile rebellion.— ("Brit's it,!' and "applause.] Those people who would overthrow the Administration of 13r. Linoolit - ate'helping the cause of the ene mies of the country—those who murder your sons an.l your brothers—those who are in armed array against the flag of this country. They began the ; ar. Men talk about treating them with leniency and kindoess and brotherly love. Let them stay their parricidal 'hands, and there will be no war, [Applause.] When ever they are ready to come back WA)* Union as they Lund it—come back arurbe- loyiPto the country—we.will give them more than they deserve. There is scarcely a man in :the North —there is IMMO Penneylvania—but is ready to do more for them than men who have acted as they have,,deserve. Buertell inu,'gentlemen, those people never intend to come back until you force them to do so. Until you have weakened them by destrop, leg their armies, they will never return to their allegiance:,; After a while, when they can de nothing else they will come upon their knees. Then we will drive- the leaders into the ocean or somewhere beyond it. [Enthusiastic cheers.] The poor menb the men in the ranks, the pri vates—the men who have been deluded and misled—we will xecelie back as in the olden time the prodigal Ben was received. If they are willing to return and behave themselves, they shall home to our own board. But until they come confessing their tranagressions, we can do nothing for them, if we would. [Ap plause Gentlemen, I sit glad to see this demonstra tion'; it shows that you are all awake. I want to toll you that when to-morrow's sun goes down victory will have perched upon our ban ner. [Loud eheers ] I haVe long been en ob server of elections in this State—perhaps long •er than any other gentleman of this city ; and I tell yon my, belief that 88 sure as there is a God in Heaven, Mr. 'Curtin will be Elected to morrow by a handsome majority. [Applattie.] No man can tell what the inajoritywill be;'fint, in so large a vote as ours, vrben the wave once begins to go in anattionlar direCtion, you can not stop it. The mejnlty may be a very large one ; but enough' for me is to belleve that Mr. Curtin will be elected as our standard-bearer • in the cause of- the COttntry. [Applause.] Now, gentlemen; let me prophecy a little;:for an old man maetre petititted to do this. The people of Pennsylvlinia have re-nominated Mr. Curtin becanie the War is going on, and because they believed it roulk•not be wise to change the commander.• : •LoV-me prophecy that in a Very short time there will be another person re-nominated and - re;elebted, and that will be Abraham Lincoln. : [Deafening applantierccon tinning-some moments;] Gentlemen, might say attire' 'bat , this -sUbjeet; but you • hgve, re vended so: heartily that it iitunnttessar3r . . Only remember that I made Vie-prophecy. • , SPEECH OF. - • , 7... • • : THOMAS. CAditoDO WELL. Delivered; at , the. :ioretat 'Union Nestling held' last :Evening -1w the Court House. [Phonographically reivriedfeihe Teligraph.l .Fellow-citinenti; it has been- ; truly said ,that make . etranfie bed fellows." I' ake this .remark , :bt!cattse of the peculiar situation in. which = thyself placed to-night: It is probably, well to every person here;--it is' at` least well, known throughout this Commonwealth—that I have been a Demoorat all my life. • I announce here tonight that I am's, Democrat 6011 7 —that in coming here to address this meaing—in taking part' in this important contest at one of the moat serious periods in our history Tl. take back nothing that rhave ever , cherished, in the way of -prin cdples; I sacrifice nothing that I ever loved. • It there is on "acid's green earth" an object worthy of the respect and the love of man (save and except always lovely'Woman) . It 'is sydren, - fearlees, upright, limiest man -that man 'who has, first, theintelligence to form an opinion, then the tininess hi' Stand - by that opinion, and if need o proclaim tbat opinion to the werld. - 'Then there is; on the other hand, a oraivling, creeping, miserable clue of men; who go about the streets and the street corners and into the bar rooms and byways, to traduce their neighbors. Those men see no "iiermens in stones"—hear no music in the running bre& —lee no God anywhere but in the dollar. [Ap. -tense.] These are the men who are censorious; these are the men wheat° the objectorswho set themselves up in the community as the correctors of Oubllo opinion, as the judges of the Morals and the polities of you and me and all the rest of us; and if you do not conform to the Cerpings `of this censoriousoess—if you do not yield implicit obedience to these men's behests—if you are not governed by di* f i ne diet—you are set down as a traitor to - your party. If you have an opinion averse to those men—if you have a oqnvktion of your own—lf youfoonseienee tells youthat you should do a duty, and that duty'fo your country, and you do it-and at once-your are the subject of their denunaiiition. I am - here to-night in the performance of a duty to my country. My country calls on me for the performance of that duty ; and that simple duty is to announce that so long as we have a country and a Government, so help ; me Ged, I will stand by it. [Enthusiastic ap- Pineal deretofore,' to me party was every thing. When pare prevailed throughout the land—when prosperity was witnessed every where--when our hills and our valleys were teeming with , tbericheaof God's bounty—when war did not mennee.Oui borders and our homes —when our Government was not in peril—then I'vviarca party man. To-night I lay partyaside ; I cast it.upop thtkoltar of my country ; end let me.say here, ti4olVoitizens, this is as well your duty as mine. I care not for the carping of those puppies who have been barking at my heels for the last three or four weeks. [Cheers.] I careinothing for the newspapers that have given tongue to this:or that slander. Venal and corrupt then- selves, therlnatirally attribute venality . and corruption to everybody else._ ['Applause.] I shall pus that by. I did not crime , here to night;to call hard names, nor to. bandy Words with_anybody, nor to retort upon those persons who have thought proper to abuse me as thiy . have done, or. to use my good name as, they have done. I pass that by as the idle wind ; I care nothing for it But when my country re quires my services, I trust I shall ever be ready to.give them promptly and. cheerfully. Ifave!vra .ft Government? . I think. we have. 'We, had a glorious Government,,,previoui to 1860 such a government as .was mover trans mitted , to any people.under the canopy of Reaven. , ;.:We might have had that government still—rie might yet been enjoying all its peace, all its prosperity, all its blessings, all its growing - grandeur. - Who -- has stopped the wheels.of progress of this Government t - . It is said that the "Abolitionists" have dinid• it.— That is simply riot true. It is said again that the Republidans didit. That is equally untrue. It is said that this one and that one did it. -will tell you who did it; and I will prove my 'declaration before I leave this stand. The Southerners did it; the men who are arms against this Government to-day are the men who:did it ; and if, as an incident of this war, slavery should go dawn, the responsibility will rest upon those Southern men who brought. on :thif war, not upon Northern- 4bolitiohisti, either in kfavrischilietts or anywhere relic. (Applause.]'' ' ' Recollect, my fellow-cltizena, that thlrtione yelri'ago the little State of South Carolina set berielf Up'"ageinat'thla great Government, And gridertoolf to sly That she would'not pay tribute, Voihe Government; she would not - piy port duties; she despised the Government's power. tat upon that oocsaion South Carolina was obliged to etsceomb, because she stood alone. She did succoinb. But did the heresy then en- gendered—the heresy which Mr. Calhoun (a man of great power, great eloquence and great popularity) industriously dieseminated in his own State and all over the South during his whole life—did that heresy then expire? No, it only for the time being slumbered in the bosoms of those Southern cileunionists. They had a convocation, (this, I believe, is now pretty well recognised as a fact of history) —they had a convocation and agreed that this step of seces sion 'should to postponed "until a more con venient season." leor- thirty-one years, they have educated their youth in the heresy. of se cession; and in order: the more effectually to carry out their scheme of disunion, they crowded their young men into our naval schools and our military academies all over the country; they educated them year after year, and when they graduated they were, put into the army and the navy, nags the gangrene' had spread almost over thecae body politic. But '"he la's poor physician." Shakespeare says, "who spares the knife." Let us not spare the knife now, but pat it.to their throats. [Applause.] When, as -a pan of this disunion scheme, southern officers had in their-lands almost the whole power of the army and the navy, what was the neat step of these plotters. for the dls _ solution of the Union ? Their next step was to destroy the Democratic party. This they did by two moves upon the ohm board—the first at Charleston, and the second at Baltimore. They divided the - Derinicratic party, and suc ceeded in baying two candidates nominated by that party. When -the Chicago Convention met to nominate a Presidential bandidate,tlaese men, instead of sending delegates there--in • stead of having the eonihern Rtates represent ed in that Convention--refused to take any part in the doings of that body. The necessary consequence was that Mr. Lincoln was nom [ netted as a sectional candidate, because there , were no southern representatives in that Crfre vention ; and as another consequence, he was elected by northern votes- Then, forsooth, 1 after this was done—their own work—they' , turn round and say he tea sectional President, he is bound to wipe out slavery ; and they made that one of their pretexts for undertaking the wicked work of secession—a pretext utterly futile , untrue, in point of fact. Asto the utter baselessness of the alleged grievances and apprehensions of wrong which justification were assigned as a of secession me refer to the testimony of Alexander H. l Stephens, now the Vice President of the so-called Southern Confederacy. He is good authority on this point. When the Georgia Convention met to diseriti3 .iviestion -of secession, Mr. Stephens was einerriber of That body. In that, Convention, he.made arf eamestappeal to those representatives of the people, of Georgia, 'who , were about to drag that great State:into this maelstrom of destruction, and with her other States of the South, as they did. He said to them in substance, "What do you mean ? Haie we not • had a majority of the judges of Ihe Supreme Court of the United States? Hiive we notnow m ajority of tithe officers of the army s inli iiet`rif the' UMW States? Had we not a majority of the heads of the bureaus; at Washington city—a majority of the clerki and other officers connected with the Departments ? Had we not a majority in the United Stritei Senate ?. Had we not a majority of all the im portant committees in both branches of Con gress I" And then onthe slavery questiOn; he "Dld not Congress, in 1850, pass a fugitive slave law, whereby the slavemastereby proving. his property, could recover his runaway nitre escaping to the - North ?" Then, again, ho asked; "West wrong has this government done to you that has not been repaired ?" This indictment, made up by the Vice Pfeifl e dent of the Southern Confederacy'himself— every word of it historically que,makes out the eater agaiinkthe• South. But they would not hear. They disregarded all his Warnings.; for he went on:lnd told them what would be the fatal consequenpes.of the.mad deli of disnelon. He spoke of their desolated fields; their- eacked',cities, their Impoverished familint—'-the weeping' and the wailing that would go over the South.; het depleted the ter rible havoc of war. Brit they would not bear him, simply because they had made, their minds to commit this horrible sacrilege ; and they did it. When everything had been matured, the fatal step of secession ,was taken. State after State dieowned its allegiaboe to the Government, until the diminieniste bad suerixeded in dragging oat eleven-State-9 of-he emith. 'Then What did they dot 'They prepared themselves with mu nitions of war=with armies—with a navy as well at they-could—being assisted in this nefa rious work by Fa:gland, and France and other European Governments, to whom this great conntry has ever beeh an eye-sore. And then, these rebels of the Smith, having made their warlike preparations; flied upon that starry,fl ig at Sumter! On the 13th of April, 1881, they fired upon the sacred emblem of your country I They are, then, not only guilty of the imme diate and remote cons( quencee of this war,..but they are guilty ; of the heinous act of haying fired upon your flag. - Because of that act, and all the acts that have followed it up to: the present time,..l am here to-night. God willing, I will stand by that' flag as long as a star or a stripe remains. [Loud applause.] Step' by step this war has been going on, carrying havoc and desolation and death all over our country —bringing mourning into almost every family circle—taking yoter sons and your fathers mid your brothers 'arid your neighbors to furnigh victims for the cannon of Southern rebels, seeking to satiate their desire to rule—because , their whole Object hes been to rear a govern meat of their e pyrna Soothern oligarchy, in which the nabob§ of the South 'Shall rule su preme, and the poor men, whether white or black, shall be Weir slaves. [Applause.] . I have, I think, proved that they are gnilty both of the immediate and the remote conse quences of this war. Now comes the next point. When our flag was fired upon at Sum- ter In April, :1881, our bemocratic friends • along withllelentilicaps,Abolitioniste and every body else, felt tho universal thrill of intense indignation at this sacrilegious act. There eprung.up throtegho,ut this Northern country a oneness of sentiment, which, while perfectly natural, 'WAS Magniticently grand—a fitting ex preeellm of the AM - 60M heart. Time went on. I, with the, pet, obj ected to many of the thingi that Mr. L t hicoln did ; I, too, carped at his administration, until I discovered that by this carping, I was arraying myself against my country--deiting into a stream that would tiring desolation on us all. At that Point I cut keno from the ties of party. [Feitheuslirifict cheersT" When, I found that there were , men in the _NOrth—tey, in Pennsylvania —who could secretly chuckle over our reverses in the field, I asked myself ; the question, " In the name of God, where am I? In what company .am I , f Has not the Demo cratic) party'alwaYe been the wax party? That has been . ray reading of history. Now, it tip plers tube:either a peace partyer a party aiwar e .witlinsyfrOverrment." It was very natural sik'myielf, "where am I?" When I came to examine the question carefully I ',dis covered that if I wenton in the course I had been ,earitnibig, I should be dragged inconti nently tutees position of antagonism to the very flag that 'hive abovemy life. [Cheers.] Just then I cut: the Gordian knot [applause ;] and I did it; without consultation with a human being on earth. e l met Gov., Curtin by accident lathe errs. I intOtidedgoing elsewhere on an errand of Mercyand of deity :; but this subject , had been working in mymind for weeks before. lat once deteruilised to go to Beaver,and there declaie all that was - in my Mind,np9nytis srlect e and cut tocaier front egy ; paitir [Cheers.] idt4 so,:egt&e itg nirrtarong far my course to e bent of my poor ability. I have followed it up. AwttierAbia I have neen belabored most outrageously. I have I received, as the saying is, " more en& than coppers." Thank God, I dlinganl lat such denunciators, and shall treat them with a proud and loPy defiance. We now come to the point which I wish; to ' make particularly. The reason why I shall vote for Andrew G. Carlin to-moreow I see or think I see in the HIM= of Mr. Wood ward (a gentleman against whom personally I have not a word to say—a gentleman for whom I have most unqualified respect, because I have enjoyed his acquaintance for a great many years)--I, however, see, or think I see, in the success of Mr. Wocdward'the most -direftd - con-- sequences to my country. If Andrew Q. Curtin is defeated to-morrow, and Mr. Vallandlgham elected in Ohio, then the great States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio will have arrayed themselves against the Govern ment by the vote of a majority of their citizens. Now, what will -biS thei,eignificancis of such a result? How_willlhe news sound abroad?— ' Why, the Richmond' , papers _will:;. tell you what will belts effect. They , say that seek a result will secure the `recognition of the ',Southern Confederacy by France' . and Nag - Amid. What - does recognition mean ?' It is in the first place a declaration'that a power , previously- knownonly as unauthorized and il legitimate is to treated as an existing, es tablished government, regularly organzed and able to take care of itself—that after strug gling for a certain period, it is now a fixed fact —that it is, in the language of the law, a de I facto government. If the great States I have named, comprising three-fourths of the popu lation of all the northern States, and I was al, most going to say eight-tenths of their wealth, array themselves against the government, what will. England and France say in reference to recognition? They will reason in this way: "In view of the verdict cf these important, States at the recent elections, we shall incur' o danger by, reco gnizing . the south, because there' is a great mem* in. those States who will hold back the hand of the government and' prevent it fromdeclaring war eggnog us. Thus, by recognition, we shall gethtto no difficulty." i n that way th eyi wilt reason, and reason very naturally. take Supposing, then that recognition, does e, place under those circumstances or any oiroum-I stances—supposing that there should be ' a }age majority, or any wa'orlty in the north against the government,.and in favor of the south - and a division of this country — shall we not have al revolution here? Will not the men , of the north who stand by the government, fight to the death; before they will permit any power under hatven to usurp this country from us? [Loud Applanse.] Will we not , in such. a cause die and die :cheer- fully . [Cheers.] If youwill not you are un worthy the name of Americans; if you will not defend thii Government with the last drop of your biped, yon are unworthy of the coun try in which you live. [Applause.] It matters not who administers the Government, be it Abraham Lincoln or anybody else, he. is: there: presentative of, that Government ; and we owe him and that Government through him, alle giance which we can lay midi only with our life. Therefore,l go for Andiew G. Curtin, because I desir to prevent the contingency which I haire ilMoribeit as the probable result of the eaccese of hit opponent. , One word _more. . If this country should be divided, then this Illeirernment inevitably goes down. If 'ads Government falls with it fall the hopes of the world for freedcen. Freedom and this (overnmeut will be buried . in one common - tomb for all time. Areyon prepared for this? " never 1 "] If pop. are, I am not. No, my friends ; to-morrow let ,every man intelligormlygo opto the Ro ll s, and with these facts before :him cast .hle ; _vote feri. Andrew G.Uurtio,,hr order, to prevent,the,ca tastrophe which I have depleted. Stick to the Government"; stand by those who are admin istering it for.thntime being ; arid if there are any abuses;l *Ill; after a while, in more peace ful times,:ptit hands with you to reform . all those atmstein ihethod map &most effectual ; but at present, for Skid's sake,- stand by the 'Government [Applause.] Think of your flag 1 "Our starry flag!. our starry flag, Whose eagle sits enthroned in light, ' Shalt thou not wave o'er bill and crag, Triumphant in tholour of fight P. "Let him who'swellsNabellion's cry In civil strife but turret* thee, A. patriot's tear will:dim his-eye, Hia bright sword strike for liberty. free Strike, "Roana, huzza I arm, eons of the free Strike, strike the bolt from traitors' hand:— . For God, for faints, for liberty, • For Union and our native land I" [Rapturous and continued applause, during which the speaker retired.] TefeorapQ. FROM BOUM CAROLINA, Unsueeesaloi Attempt to Destroy the 'amides, illeeni of a Tofpefa. Oaptm of the Read Who Had it in amp, THE, molVltnu3 PICKET DUTY. Gen. GI Wore 'Erecting Batteries The steamer Continental,'from Hilton Head 04 the 9th ' sitrived this- . morning. She makes the felloWitig report : • Oa the night of the 6th, the rebels sentdown a torpedo, attached to a raft, from Oharleston, to the Irensidesi Fort Moultrie, Which: ex ploded under the bow of the . Ironsides; thiow ing &great volume of water on board of her putting out all the fires; killingHtudgn Hoirard and - NPlutiltug twdseamenbut doing no &tinge to tbe .v,essel. • Thelebel who - had charge dike torpedo was eaptured. - . - • The :Ironsidea.remained anchored off Moul trie House.. : - • TholgonitOraaXe doing picket duty off Fort j _fion.• Gillmore: is still emoting batteries on • The ContinentafttOwed the brig Young Be- Public of Portland out:of Linton Head,-intend log to take her to :New York, .but was -obliged to,cpet her loom during the gale; the brig bear ing up:for Beaufort. . TIOR BALE—A TWo Story P -1: Pine street. For party MSS. Comer or - o r 0c1.9-d2m-tnik` .• TIOII "Mr ated - Harrle!„: MEAD " IB. 4RWLY'FALLEN ii4os 4.-- with B E tt % ilLiVrßoomitsig,NTwuTtilakeddrlliiirginge yhaoeserd, 111 LIP OR TANT•Bilirtir Pleasantly situated on State street river. [ o ctgaisvi BA "' The y or k n ew w,, '44r0ct..11 • BENT—Three rooms. tad in.seceudWll6h., two doors tram ingtou Avenue, t uff vOallik en Bays our foroea ha. - I. -tom, or 18. &anus of MBS. BE Awiniatt amount - sehington oorreeptwd .• in Monad aausicuate el Culpepper. _ F ra me Howie ' r..R.-sawit-7-4-01:06138'jthe—nareirinTolly"3:. ..apidan and that Meade haa fallen Inqulio - of kWh"' ticA ue. dams T e rtas' sive esay. north hulk of the Rappahannock. low Washington Man 'Ann report Lonotreet i o corpe returned oetT awe From - the,Armrotthe Potomac. REBELSAWIii]iS.S . THE RAPIDAN. from the southwest. This is oonsidercd douiat faL The rebels commenced massing the B.lpidan on Thursday waning in the direction of Madi son 0, H., With the design of turning Meade's tight wing. Heavy cavalry relnfomeraents have be seat tolhe front. Itiareportcd that the rebels under White gold Mosel hold the gape of the Bull Run mountains. A large cavalry force was rent yesterday a'rd will speedily disperse them. The War in Tennessee. General Burnside Advances Toward Greenville, A BATTLE AND UNION VICTORY The Tribunes_ Spedal Kurx.v file (Hsi:arch da ted yesterday, says that General Burnside ad. vanced towards Greenville on Thaisday and Friday. He overtook the rebels under Jack son and Williams on Saturday, at Bine Springs. The rebels occupied a strong position, and were supposed to number six thousand. Our cavalry held the advance until 3 o'clock, P Y. when the first division charged the retels, The firing was sharp and destructive to our men. The rebels us.ed only one battery. They were driven from the field at sundown, ,but darkness rendered the pursuit impossible. The rebels are now retreating on the Green vine road. We lost 60 killed and wounc:ed. The latter were placed on the cars to be sent to Knoxville. Gen. Burnside is pursuing the re- Uhl, and everything looks encouraging. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST RAILROAD BM= BURNED-REBEL DIFICAT NEAR 1089.--TRI BtBYL9 ADVANCING ON LIT TLE ROOK. Arrivals from below represent the rebels as having burned the railroad bridge at WeitCor inth, cut the telegraph in various place= and that a large force of cavalry threatens our lines between Corinth and Memphis. N. A - fight occurred on the Bth, near Silent, Miss., between four thousand rebels under Lee and five-thchmand Federals under hi'Crellis end Phillips. The rebels were driven brach, with a loss of fifteen' r twenty killed and wounded. Little Bock advices to the 2d mention rumors that Kirby Smith has joined Price, with a con siderable force, and that they are now moving on that place from the direction of Arkadel phia. The guerrillas are committing depredations on the defenceless inhabitants of Des Arcs. An jowa regiment and four hundred armed citizens have-gone to look after them. The contrabands are coming into Little Rock in large numbers. • The steamer Glasgow has arrived here with 806 hogsheads of sugar, 200 barrels of molas ses, and several bales of cotton from New Or leans. Slavery Disappearing in Maryland Private letters have been received by gentle. men in this city from prominent men in 'diary. land, the tenor of Which is, that all able-bodied Male-slaves are disappearing from that State. The negroes are going into Baltimore, where they - are enrolled 'as 'Federal soldiers; on an average of sixty per day. One gentleman writes that Hauler:id will be a free-Stata in a hundred days. The steamship Star of the South, from New Orleans on the 4th inst., arrived at this port thismorhing. - Sbe brings nothing new. The Election in. Philadelphia- PAILADBLPHIA, Oct. /3. The election toiley has mostly Enspended Widnes -a. - RAILIZIEINING BANK, Out. 13, 77803. The annual eketion for thirteen dir tutors of this ba.ik, will be held - at the bank' ing home, on the third Monday, (16thl of vem -, er nest, between the hours of 10 ALx W :d 8 P. X. 'sena. Vr , , EIR, Cashier. JQ/ 1 N 7 , Third ttrett; near Walnut, IgilittlSßUßG, PA. WHOLESALE MID EBTAIL DEALER It 4 CONFECTIONERY, FRUITS, &O Jujube Pasta, lima Paste, Fig Paste, , Marsh Mallow. Gum Drops, Cream Chocolate Drops Plain Candies, &c. Oranges and Lemons, Canned Fruits, Teas and Spices, all kinds. Paper Bags, Cider Vinegar, Fresh and Salt Fish in season, Vegetables in season, Raisins, Currants, octl3 NEW Yoax, Oct. 13. WANTED—A Wool Carder and a Weaver. Steady employment will be given. For particulars apply to B. C. Hopkins, River alley between Chestnut and Market streets, or at the T. Lindsey's Factory, on the ConnedoOnet creek, five miles from Harrisburg. octl3-413tg lIITANTHH-400 lbs. Fresh Dandelion Boot VT by S. A. KUNKEL & Bro., . Apotheasries, 118 Market st., Harrisburg. oct4 Nsw Toair, Oct. 12 I===l CAIRO, Octoobe 12 WASHINGTON. Oct. 12 From New. Orleans. New Yong, Oct. 13 Nt alivertisemmts. Citron, Figs. Dates, Prunes, Almonds, Walnuts, Filberts, Cream Nuts, Ground Nuts, Pecan Nuts, Cocoanuts, Cranberries; Hominy and Beaus; Cakes and , Crackers, Sweet and Irish Pe tatoes, Green and Dried Fruits, And Country Produce in swoon. JOHN WISE Wants: for Oa lt ant( for Ue .rick House on zulare enquire of JHN MITRBA.Y, —dcond and Pine streets. Pal —A Two Story Brisk House, Eato n Cumberland street In the city of Jrg. Apply to A. D. Rutherford, Front octl2d l w 6 , Harrisburg-.
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