177,1,k7i - • -A"A' r - A • - ' etit Mail! Poot:' f-g 91,1701 AL PAPER OF 'SR-:CITY. .prrrssUßVl Ks , 2IIIILDAY MORNING SEPT. 20. Vrif Telegraph, See First • , - tritana TICKET. *floras own OP COMMON PLUS ' . 3IOOLtIRE ,:tkartigoiiEsiE JUDGE 0011 ET cy cogwrow ruts: yi.W.NOE MITCHELL. Tow. isSIIIMICT Anaz IMBTRICI COURT: PON BEISPIPF Jpligye. RHODE.% FOR:STALT, Bilf&TE 4:'41q0• P. PENISRV. WILJAANtr 7 ,4 - J. BIONAIWA , ' 6,;y:11. IMULTON. /OR MOTHONOTAIIT: ROBERT FINNEY. • roil lIMILBOAZIR • JAMES BLACK-MORE. ions A. Ilzatrzo . mmusfilorme WILLIAM ALEL PR I , fgr. R: YOR DIRDNOR OP ?fa POOR: ROBERT H. DAVI& ‘TIIIENOMINJiTIONS OF THE UNION - • CONVENTION. Thfitartioles which appeared in the Pittebargh Gazelle on. Taesday morning -and ;abto on. Thursday morning, must convince the most sceptical that its Conductors are entirely reckless nfthe willies of the people. • All over the country. the Union seiati• nierit has ruled. In Ohio, in lowa, in liv Yolk end elsewhere, desirous that . .-nothing theiald divide the people, have set party - is:attics aside, and gone in heart andhand tnaustain this war. Me people of this county, without regard to their politics previous to the fifteenth of April, have in every possible manner and on every pee-. sible occasion, expressed their desire that no remnants of old party bitter ness should be permitted to divide them in the slightest degree while our Gov eminent was threatened with unwonted perils. The Democrats held their con . ventinnand adjourned, making no nomi ziagn4linlsimply declaring that all men liblitifd t slistain their government until +,.. 7 1140:ini,„t rebellion was crushed out and and authority of the govern ;ittpitshifilld be re-asserted and re-eatab lishiedi46 whole land. , ' , ...:Tlieltispnblicans, the dominant party inthec,Ociinty, appreciated the necessity • of intuit - divided North, and so modified their calls for their conventions, that it , „:. was In their: c is:Ter, and the people seriably eXii&ted it of them, to floral ,nate a Union ticket. The Gazette itself before the conventions, succumbing to - :Art' Oerwhelming popular wish, advo catea the nomination of a Union ticket by thellepublican Conventions. But in those Conventions the influence of of fice seekers and office holders was strong enough to defeatAhe welt-known wish esefthe people, and when, in the words of the Gazette, it became known that "a straight odtßepublican ticket" had been placed=in the field,the people, indignant sliming thus inisused and misrepresent stl those singular, popular .iyrinvetnents which politicians cannot " control,-resolved that they would have P p;:ti - 4451 - Coinvention and make 110111111ft thins to suit themselves, regardless of anf'political-dictation whatever. The Prbnary meetings to elect delegates to .the-Union Convention were largely. at •tendgd Ipiy the very best citizens of the ,nountV . ._ The preliminary movements • -„wercnta e calmly and earnestly and all " Seethed to feel how important they were. • ILES - int : this movement as well as about . Oliither,lTztion movements in various parts of the country, the Gazette was as silent as the grave until the result of , the,poptdar meetings on Saturday had &own its editors 'that the people had pasttined to manage their own affairs, and the editors of that paper began to perceive, like Demetrius of old, "their calling was in danger." So on Tuesday morning, the day of 410„ineeting of the Union Convention, • :the Gazette comes out with an editorial bowl, of the moat malicious character. 'ln the face of the facts as known to the .whole county, they charge that the - Union movement was directed and con trolled by wirepulling Democrats, and that the "farce of a Union ticket was about played out." It charges those honest Republicans who participated in tlnymovement with being "fishy camp fellnitiers" of the Gazelle and its party. Ittlads up the threat of "an ugly record fin' ?afire handling" to those Republic ana who havenoldly said "we will forego partY- fiatzltlie:-Sakei'of country at the present i tan' But the 04424 ,thwiders have long since ceased tribe terrible, and the fork ed lightninga 'which in N. B. Craig's 1444Peapt, 4 ,inlithing, from ills bitter, p&tllshed, honest pen, have degenerated ~,,„liatottnere currish growls from Errett & the time that the Republican Con vert:digits were held, the Gazelle favored a Union ticket. The Democrats, both in - their Convention and in their Com init, bad declined to nominate a tick et, Iddllice- the. Democrats everywhere, Aleigded tolorego party for the Union.— '''lghe:Reptiblican leaders and their call. .sinethi 'airetteendorsed, were in favor of no partizaniumiinations.' ThelieptibTitlims met. Their vote in the.county is about twice that of the De. 1004 . 08,43 Y and by the report' of - their' cam mitto3te 1.4) apportion officers, an offerwas made to give about one-third of the of fices to the Democracy. It failed to be -scippted . by the Convention. The Be `10,1:0 thus declared that as a party, eff4l74 any -other conoidexa -5**".:,j1040::7,.€44314g0---q43 report, *O- 41 4,.„ 4416tr ge li t i ae rot A le '''',4loll7o4eerkTeA . LTbiilf, were for a 17220 a ppppbg 64-Repubheans as welt its • -RStr Democrats, determined that the patriot ic movement now going on for the Union should be triumphantly sustained (even if the Republicansiin party convention, had refused to &stain it) and that no division should take place among them upon issues that cannot again arise until the great rebellion is s4c.essfully die -posed of, and that they :world not be dragooned into the abetting of covert daloyalty by any of the old party cries, called a Union Convention—a Conven• tion of the people. The position of things was now changd; the -Republicans had declared them. selves for party and the Democrats alone stood with the shackles of party aban doned and thrown aside ; a portion of I the Republicans also refusing to be led by the Gazelle and its office-seeking coin_ peers into a position which they did not and could not acknowledge as correct. The Republican nominations left the Democrats in the majority of those who I were pure Union men above all party, and as the Convention was composed half of those who fornierly belonged to each party, it would have been fair to have apportioned to the Democrats at least half the nominees upon the ticket. But the Convention was a Union Con vention of the people and decided upon a lesser number. Of this no Democrat complains, but they do complain, and have a right to complain, that for the share apportioned to them, acknowl edged Democrats were not selected.— There are among the nominees but two, or at most three, who have acted as con sistent Democrats and been acknowledg ed as such for some years. But this was a Union Convention, and we are willing to forego all considera tions for its support, as we believe that country is above all party or personal considerations. There are many upon the ticket whom we should have preferred not to have seen there. It is our purpose to give to the ticket nominated by the Union Conven tion, and which we to-day place at the head of our columns, that firm, fair and earnest support which the char acter of the candidates deserves, and which the exigencies of the times war rant and demand from every good cit- From the first breaking out of this war we have felt the necessity—nay, the absolute duty which devolved upon ev ery citizen of holding in abeyance the distinctive and merely partizan differ ences of opinion which have heretofore placed in opposition (and wisely, no doubt,) men of one nation and people. We have desired all, so far as our in fluence might go, to forget politics, and work for the country. The masses of the people have nobly and patriotically responded to their country's call. All, save a few politi cians like the Gazette, are willing to unite in the proposition that in such a crisi s as this it is well for all parties to sup• port one ticket, pledged to the govern ment and the war. We deny the fact which the Gcrzette asserts that in every democratic or doubtful county the Democrats have refused to co-operate with the Republi cans. Even in Berks the Democrats have united upon a Union ticket, and we know of no county in the State where the Union feeling is not predom inant among them. The - game is not a one-sided one, as the • =rite, in its ex treme partizanship and natural love for offices and office-seekers and official pa tronage would pretend. We shall speak oil the ticket itself again. As we have said, there are some names upon it whom we would rather have seen off, but in any view it is far better worthy of every true man's sup port than any partizan ticket whatever. The nomination of , Mr. Rhodes for Sheriff,. which seems intensely to dis please the Gazt de, is a nomination which meets with universal approval from all Union men. Although a Republican, he has never been a politician nor an office-sei•lter. Even in this instance the °Woe sought him. As a Union man he presents a glorious record in compar ison with the party candidate of the Republicans, Mr. Woods. While the latter hart been enjoying a fat salary in the Court House, Mr. Rhodes has been devoting his time and his money to the extent of thousands, in aiding the gov ernment to procure men and equip them for the army. The people know this, and will approve it, too. But we did not intend to speak at length of the candidates to-day. and must close. THE NATIONAL LOAN In a crisis like the present it is the duty of every citizen to aid the govern ment to the utmost extent of his power, and we hope to see Pennsylvania do her proportion of furnishing the means, as she has the men, to overthrow the in surrection which is now destroying the prosperity of the country and drenching 'it in blood. Lett every one who can, come forward now, for the crisis is one which involves both the supremacy of law and the severity of public and pri. vats liberty, as well as the maintenance of popular institutions. The popular loan now asked for by the governimmt,_ for which Treasury notes, bearing 7 3-10 per cent. interest, are given, will furnish the means to put down this rebellion. As an investment these notes are safe and sure. They will be received as money in all ooMmtir cial transactions, the banks will take them on deposit, the merchant and the manufacturer will be glad to get them for their goods, and to the farmers they will form a currency which is as safe for them to holcl as gold or silver. The subscriptions can be made to this loon, to Joshua Hanna, Esq„ at Hanna, Hatt & Qo.'s Banking House, corner Viriiad:a.Fiftii streets, Pittsburgh. eethitilfeil that southern proper , „HilWftmoont of too-nAlions of dol larithasy been seized by the' Uni tpOti*l4e.rhal in New York . v,~,-- _ _ SPEECH OF MAJOR WILL A. A great Union Convention of the pace, plo of Westmoreland county, without dis tinction of party, was tiel4.at Mt. yleas • ant on Saturday, the 14th of §efitinnber, After organization, the Preeidipt, - Bev. Samuel Shadrich, introduced to the meet ing Id.aj Will A. Stahel, whO- hit' just proved his devotion to hie country by ac cepting a Major's appointment the army, and surrendering the comforts of a most delightful home for the perils and hardships of the battle field. Major Stokes is always elcijnent, even when he is speaking upon dry subjects, but on this occasion the greatness of the theme inspired_ him with extraordinary fire, and he poured out "thoughts that breathed and words that hum" lire those patriots of old, whose tongues were elo• (joint for freedom when the revolutionary patriotism inspired their hearts. We publish Major Stokes' speech to-day, and commend it to the perusal of every reader. It is eloquent, argumentative and truly patriotic. There are some persons who think there will be no fighting at Washington City. They give as a reason that the, enemy will not advance upon our en trenchments, and that from all appear ances, Gen. McClellan does not intend to advance upon theirs. Both these propositions are mere guels work. We do not believe that the rebel leaders de sire at once to attack the almost im pregnable defences of the National Cap- . itol,. but still they may be cornpelledAo do it by the condition of their army and the impatience of their people at long delay of the promised victory. As mil itary men, they must also fear divisions - at several points. In Western Virginia, Lee will find that the army of the West has swollen to such proportions that he will have enough to do to take care of himself, and will be utterly unable to lend any aid to Manassas, Expeditions from Fortress Monroe, too, may at any time astonish the Virginians, and ren der it necessary to withdraw a part of their main army from the vicinity of Washington, and similar diversions may be created by our fleet along the coast, as has already been done at Hatteras Inlet. The rebel leaders must see all these things, and may get desperate, and make an attack upon Washington in order to keep their army together. But beleagaered as Washington is, it is scarcely possible that the hazard of a battle can be long delayed. Gen. McClellan has said, "No more Bull Run affairs," and in these words he has indicated the policy which he is every day carrying out. He is making preparations for victory—not for defeat. The government needs more soldiers, and recruiting °fliers are busy in all parts of the country• The munitions of war are every where being prepared with diligence. Blankets and other winter equipments for soldiers are being sought in every quarter. The govern ment has recently made a purchase of all the, wood on the railroad between the Capitol and the Relay House, for a winter supply of fuel for the eiiy. All these preparations bespeak that the campaign is not to be a hasty one; that the government no longer underrates , the bravery and determination of the enemy, who do not underrate us, but prepare to meet every movement on our part, and that before the battle comes the Federal forces will be fully prepared to win it. We do not, therefore, agree with those who think there, will be no fight ing at Washington, but when the day of conflict comes, the heavy columns of the Republic, well armed, well drilled, well prepared in every necessity, will swing grandly into battle, and the cry will start from the army of the Potomac and resound throughout the nation, "No more Bull Run affairs." "The rebel lion is vanquished—the Union safe." We aro pleased to learn that our towns.. man, Dr, A. M. Speer, has been ordered to report himself immediately at Camp Curtin, near Harrisburg, preparatory to his being assigned to ono of the regiments, shortly to leave for the seat of war. Having been appointed during the ad• ministration of Gen. Pierce, Physician to the U. S. Marine Hospital, near this city and filled the position for four years with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the government, and having recently com pleted a term of service of three months in Cul, Campbell's regiment of Ponnsyl. vania Volunteers. The Doctor is peculiar ly well qualified by training and practice to discharge any duties that may devolve upon him in the line of his profession, either on the tented or the battle-field. We have received from Mr. Rober Watson the following card, wbich•ex plains itself: PITTSBURGH, Sept. 19, 1861. Mr. Editor Post :—Sir—You will please withdraw my card from your paper, as I decline running as a Union and Work ing Arens' Candidate for Sheriff, and oblige yours, R. WATSON. LIZIIT, E, J, lizapt&N, of Greensburg, has been appointed Signal officer, and is thereby attached to Gen. McClellan's staff. EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST-My name was before the Union Convention without my knowledge and against my Fishes. I was not a candidate for any office. A.. W. Locsirs. BOWLING Gaßas To BE OCOUPLICI? BY LINcoLN TILOOPB —lt is reported on what appears to be good authority that General Rousseau's brigade at Camp Jc. Holt., will strike tents on Tuesday night, come over to .Louisville immediately, and taking special trains to Bowling Green proceed at once to occupy and fortify that important and strategetic point. It is stated they will be joined at ',gm oonveniertt point on the route by some of the regiments now at Camp Dick Robin. son , i n Garrard county.—Louisville er, Tuesday. " ' , GEN, Zorzico*ew-RoSamoga Ottsmar LAND GAP. It Vag &tibial. fq, FraOr for t this morning that General ZollicofFeri_with 10,000 TenuaaseeNa",,4l443 l ,4 l P o3l of Cumberland Gan; .. where, 0 1 4 At Pe able to maintain dieniselail'aitift tl 04 force that Lincoln can, bringbring,,RAPO them. —Louisville Courier, Tizesday, iminomemeim!mw__ v __ _ • STOKES WASHINGTON CITY. DR. A. M. SPEER. DECZINES. ~~' f ~ } 'k~ir x~.':~ SPEECH OF ME. STOKES Honored, Fellow Citizens, by your invitation of to-day, I am still more honored by being thii advocate of our aonntry yet,loved and venerated by all but those *lose treason has changed a benificent mother into an avenging ruler, andkvho hate the name justly invoked tii repel their attacks and pun ish their crimes. Justice never sleeps bat unceasingly pursues those who out:. rage her commands presenting every where and always to the oyes and-minds of murderers robbers and traitors,a hor rid spectacle, awful inflexible, armed with the lightning of the Divine wrath and sure soon to strike with resistless power. It is this—this abject fear Of punish ment—this trembling of the arraigned culprit, which is now the impelling mo tive of the chiefs of the rebel• ion and which prolongs—for the hope ofAsvor able negotiation—a contest known to be hopeless. Disappointed ambition pride of position, self-assumed superiority, the resolve to rule or ruin, originated the demands, denunciations and threats of 1860, intensified by inherent viru lence of political poison, into the tree son of 1801 and culminating in the for mation of a pretended nation—alas, too, in the fire and blood of military con flict. Save in a single state, the majolity of the people are still loyal—deluded but honest—and ready, at the right moment to demand the freedom of which usurpers have temporallydeprived them, Masses eaten are never fools in their deliberate conclusions. God has given them a mysterious and instinctive wis dom. But for this, self GoTernment wculd be impossible—but for this, des potism alone would be legitimate—but for this, the Constitution under which we live would be lies and snares, for they all proclaim following the Declar action of Independence, that Govern• merits derive their just powers from the consent of the Governed—denial o. which in the case cf Kansas was the first fatal error of Mr. Buchanan. who yielding thus to arrogant dictation of Slave Oligarchs and violating at once his pledged honor as a gentleman and his sworq, duly as President opened the way foal the unnumbered woes under wiheh the nation now groans In the first flush of power of the Administration which I had assisted to elect, I Publi cly denounced this baseness. West moreland led the way in assertion of political intregrity, inrespective of party ties. Let the dead bury the dead, but let no imbecility, timidity and corrup tion pass unreproved out of that false sympathy which would deprive the world of two wholesome warnings of historic reprobation. But irrespective cf remote causes, let us look at the facts before us, and lot us look them fearlessly in the face. Let'us nct be deceived by our wishes, above all let us not by deluded by hol low hopes. We are in the midst of one of the most tremendous wars ever waged on earth. The intense r the con flict the speedier the end. There are those who cry, peace, peace, when there is no peace False teachers of fatal folly? I too am for peace, but—all hope of milder means being gone—for peace by treaty written by the sword in letters of blood, and 'proclaimed in thunders of our victorious cannon Rightly to rebuke rebellion we must except its own test, and defeat it by the judgment of its own tribunal.— It has appealed:to arms, and if we evade or avoid the final and irrepealable sen tence of the sword we encourage subse quent attack. To make peace with armed traihrs is to offer a premium to armed treason and to give impunity to, to sanction, to share the greatest of hu man crimes. It would be no peace, for there would neither be concord to unite nor strength to control, nor justice to punish. It would be monstrous to sac rifice safety, life, liberty—all that is dear and sacred—to! the delusions of folly or the wiles of enmity. No if you are right and stroe , , strike boldly the decisive blow which shallkill the mon ster forever. If you are wrong and weak, withdraw your fleets, disband your armies and proclaim ,:your erred and impotency. Surely it is neither wise or valiant to yield to demands backed by force. If now you surrender to dictation; for what has the National treasure been expended, for what has your brother's blood been shed?; You know, my friends, that I was last winter the, zealous advocate of con cession and compromise, for I thought conciliation, if possible, on any terms, at once the truest policy and the highest duty. But when the•cesis came, when all hope of concord was gone, when an open organization defied the I ower of the Governinent, when every offer was spurned and a direct attack made on our flag, when the symbol of the Re public ceased to protect our people and became the warrant of violence toward them—then I felt that justice and mercy, united in demanding the most energe tic measures for rebuke of these inso• lent assumptions and repression of these hostile acts. You well know that those who were last to abandon hope of peace, were first to decl4re for the integrity of ' the Union at all hazards and at every cost. I mean to speak plainly. I op posed Mr. Lincoln's election, fairly, sin cerely and from politioial principles which I then held and still hold. But he was elected and he is my Presidei?t, as ranch as if I vbted for him, for he is the President under the terms of the Constitution which I bare often sworn to support. I was a citizen of the Republic—title broader, higher, more glorious than any party name, in , volving obligations more solemn and sacred than any political relation. In truth the Democratic creed, announcing for its cardinal maxim, the supremacy of the Constitution,' Democrats best demonstrate their party fidelity by fidel ity to the elect of the Constitution; nor is this paramount duty diminished be cause we are defeated in election, any more than it is strengthened when. we are sucesaful. Fellow Democrats, allow Me therefore to-say that you best prove your party purity by sustaining the ex isting Government, especially in its ef f9rts : to enforce the epargetic doelara tion of our illustrous champion Andrew Jackson--"theYederal Union it must and shall be weseriTd"---mi;hty will in a fawirOrds'expressed and directed their firsktLttered, against the father of ,- ''L'i, '.~~'i4 `y.. ... _ the secession hardy 'Nes orelauders in our county, Jackson was first nomi nated for.. the gresideney; it is fit there. fore thatthe Stir of Ale West would shine in all 1240rillancy to illuminate the pathlit which those tread who now sabeed him in--declaring for the per. petuity of our GuyernOont. Give`the Etelintivnilair chance, by yielding your hearty ,upport, do not madly commit politichd suicide by per mitting minor considerations of detail to obstruct the gigantic efforts of a great people to free themselves, from the grasp of a serpent which, while the slept in supposed seouritY,lias coiled its slimy folds around the body of the State, and is ready to crush it in its corrupt embrace, while striking to the vitals its poisonon%.fangs. Talk of eoerciOn!' Government is coercion—lawful force to restrain vio- lators of law. The duty of obedience admits the right to command. Right is in its inherent nature self vindicating. The limit of its power is to be foneTd in the pending necessity, and no exer cise of authority is unlawful which is not wantonly beyond the exigency which demands its use. All presum dons, in time of war, are in favor of an- thority, for the essential requisite at such time and the basis of all success is absolute strength, and none but those who exercise it and are responsible for its abuse can determine the degree of force requisite for the public security, The safety of the Republic is the Sup rune law, binding alike on the Govern ment and the people. • I recur to the question—are you right? Answer frankly and fairly.— Answer so as to save the country, or its present peril will speedily become a final catastrophe. It is for all of =us to resolve and act—Democrats--RepUbli cans—the true men of all parties—every citizen worthy of the gtle—every irrespective of present name or former ties, who, annimated by patriotic heart, 100 with . olear eye on the tempest which rages around us, and inspired by the courage of right and truth, is resolved on the ascertainment and vindication of univeral political justice, softened by the sympathy of brotherhood, but strengthened by determination to teach traitors that the way of the transgres sor is hard. On two conflicting and irreconcilable grounds the Southern leaders put their cause before the world. First, they al lege that the government of the. United States is a mere co:,federation of inde pendent and sovereign States, each hav ing the right to withdraw whenever it may see fit to do so—that assumed in vasion by the North of the rights of the South, justifies the recision of the con tract of the Constitution, and they refer to the question of slavery in the Terri tories, the execution of the fugitive slave aw and the election of Mr. Lin coln as the main justification of their course. The second ground is _the reserved right of revolution—the exigency for resort to which they allege is to be found in the same cause on which they argue for the policy of Secession. The first is said to be sanctioned by the Constitution--the second is in avow ed defiance of that instrument. Fellow-citizens, I deny the. right of secession—l deny that the Constitution of the United States reserves the right to each State to withdraw from the Union at any time, on its own mere motion. On the contrary I hold that! the Federal Government, though of limited powers, is ale gitimate govern ment for the purpose of its creation, perfect in all its parts, Executive, Leg islative and Judicial—self-sustaining, independent—making, construing and executing its own laws by virtue.-of its own inherent force. Reason revolts from the idea of politi cal suicide—of a contract to bind-no body—of an agreement for disagree ment—of a union for disunion. But the question now presented by the attitude of the seceding Statesp is one not subject to the test of the technical lawyer, or the results of ab stract philosophical speculation. , We stand, in a momentous time, in the presence of appalling facts. Are we equal to the time and its duties— can we comprehend these facts and their consequence? If we are not—if we cannot—the death knell of the Repub lie is already rung—the great experi ment has failed—the demonstration is complete that man is incapable of self government--despotism has forever triumphed over liLerty. Denying the doctrine of secession; I admit the right of revolution. Jt is a right reserved by every people in every government—without it tyranny mould ba eternal. Its exercise is in the sole. judgment of those who assert it. Its vindication is in the result of. war. But resort is only to be•had to this cx-, treme remedy, as Mr.. Jefferson well. B ai,d, when tyranny becomes overwhelm ing, not for lied, and transient causes,• and only when all other means of re dress have failed. It is the desperate and tardy remedy for accumulated, in tolerable and hopeless wrongs. Its : declaration of war is in the thunder: i tones of the people united by the exter nal' pl.( a sure of a crushing' oppression: and nerved to resistance by the oz.: tremity of a common angering. • Did any of these conditions exist. when the present rebellion broke out ?- Not one. We were all.. living under a: government the - best which - the world' has ever seen—well illustrating thae maxim that the best government is that which governs least. t - , As to slavery in the Territories they' bad it, by legislation and .'judioial vision, all their own way...Seale4r , Statesmen first demandedthat it should i 1 be simply a domestic question for the people of the territories to settle among themselves. By the Compromise Acts and the Kansas Nebraska Act they got this. They ware beaten at ; their Om game by the popular voile of Kansas, and changing their ground, they invok ed judicial authority for the ninversali ty of slavery. This aleo they got ac cording to their construction of the Dred Scott case. How often did this minority expect,us to charge our iiciii tion