II 4 tpooitorg. 'WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1863. 'THE movements of Lee for some days have been mysterious; and his purposes - are not yet clearly developed. He has been advancing against Meade for a' week past as if to engage him; bat Meade retired in order without accepting battle until he is now quite in supporting distance of the Wash ington-and Baltiinlae troop's. A spir ited,engagenaent took -place between Gene. Warren's, and Hill's corps at Bristow Station, in_which Hill was repulsed with considerable loss in 'killed, wounded and missing. Lee has not, at the time of this writing (Tuesday 'noon) made 'any demonstration looking to the invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania., It is - now too late in the season for an aggres sivo campaign with safety, and we do ,not •anticipate it. Possibly Lee, if iiery strong, might cross the Potomac 'below Harper's Ferry and make _a • dash for Baltimore and Washington ; but we •do not regard it as probable. His delay in—pressing northward for several days indicates that his move ments against Meade are designed to toverille transfer of troops to Bragg A few dayi must determine. Gen. Couch hasbad his force on the border-materially increased recently, and has men• enough to make rebel raids rather hazardous amusement. GEN. 31'ELELLAN. We must congratulate the friends of, the late Gen. Geo. B. Welellan. He was evidently tired of life and had resolved to die, and to'die so that all should spread the charitable man tle of forgetfulness over hian-; and it will not be denied that., he displayed more than his accustomed'military skill in the movement. Hisifiiedds had Once tried to destroy him by flat tering him - into bewilderment, and they had some fruits for their labors. His. Ries next joined in the laudable Work, - with . moderate success; but fi nally he resolved that he Would fade himself out amidst the mingled curses of his professed friends and the pity of . his bitterest foes, and he did his Cork -well. No one could have so hated Gen. 3{'Clellan as to wish him the cruel fate he chosefor himself. We are of those stho ever judged Gen : M'Clellan kindly. However un fitted to command a large army - in of movements, we • believed that he bad merit as a soldier and fidelity as a patriot—hence these columns in no degree joined in the obloquy that has been heaped upon him. We did not doubt that if differed with the administration on questions of po litical policy ; but his creditable absti nence from all political discussions or pUblic issues with the government, made him many friends; and within tie ranks of the , ardent supporters of the administration there were thou sands who believe(' that Gen. could and, would yet be useful in this war. Prothinent in this . ' class was GOY. Curtin, who' had-more than once interpose to avert the deadli est blows aimed at the' General ; and the warmest expressions of gratitude and attachment were ever given in return. Goy. Curtin in no way sought to conciliate Gen. M'Clellan or to . se- Ohre his support; but when he never dreamed of a re-election, and could have expected no compensation from the General save his just appreciation of fidelity, he ever sustained him with alt the.moral force of his position and his State men he had a command. We know that Gen. it'Clellan was at heart friendly to Gov. Curtin—that if unrestrained he would have rejoiced at his election, regardless of political 'differences, because he knew that no Democratic Executive could equal him in the support of the army and the , cause of our Nationality: 'We know that he Ibvoided the political jockeys who hunted him from city to andfrom house to house, to coerce hita into puitical perfidy to himself .and to his country, and that he long resisted ,their teMpting whispers and fatal embrace. But in . an evil 'hour • he fell, and like one of old, to rise no ,f4r, More. We give in another colani` n of ;this diaper his letter in favor of the elec tion of Judge Woodward' It was written in another Stdte; bat the day before the election, and 'bears' upon its face every evidence that it is the' offspring of a clouded, .faltering, dy ing man. Had he been politician be fore—open, manly, undisguised, at ; S:l.. ,!, , , :• least consistency could be plead , for his folly; but after 'waiting until the great battle was fought; and the - le, glens of the foes of the 'government were broken in . despair, he rushed_ into their ranks simply to share their dishonor and death. His declaration that Judge Woodward's "views agree" with his as to the, prosecution of the war, is a cruel satire, a shameless falsehood, or a.remorseless libel upon ' every profession he has made las a ' soldier. He has seen Democratie rule according to the Woodwai'd "views" in New York and New Jersey; lie has seen" hisown home - in the Midst of revolution and his own streets Crimsoned with innocent blood, Solely because the _government called for troops to fill the shattered ranks of the ;gallant itrniy he , once-led; 'and a Democratic Governor, , with Wood ward's "views;" make his chief .city' the prey of a brutal, murderous mob, rather than furnish 'soldiers to's pre serve the life of the. Republic. He has seen a Governor, like himself har monizing with Woodward, in the State of New Jersey, defeating the conscription of men, although , provi ded' for by 'solemn enactment Of Con gress and imperatiiely dernanded 'by the Army and the government. He has seen Judge WOodward's "views" expressed in pnblie,revised by his own hand, in which he apoligizes for trea son and calumniates every principle for which a loyal soldier must - draw his sword; and he must have known that - with Judge , Woodward ,in the Executive °Bair, all hope of sustain , ing our armies and their holy cause by enlistment or conscription, would have been gone. Yet Gen. M'Clellan, who never marched a day in his life without calling for re-enforeements, however great his, numbers or hovi ever weak the enemy, declares. that he - is in harmony with Judge Wood ward, Gov - . Seymour, Gov. Parker, ,and, if as candid as apparently' ear nest, he must have added that the election of Vallandigham-was "called for by the interests of the Nation.", If in this letter Gen. 31'Clellan ex pressed his honest convictions, then was every battle he has fought noth ing less than ghastly butchery, for he virtually declares the army and the war unworthy of the support of the people. If he, has been dragooned into this suicide y political jugglers, then he is a sin 4 leton, and., in pity should be allowed to rest in his con genial nothingnfss. He has chosen his fate, whethervoluntarily or invol untarily, and in charity let' him' be forgotten. : . NEW CALL FOR TROOPS. The administration has wisely deter= mined to call three hundred thousand additional troops into the held; and requisitions have been, or soon will be, made upon the several States for their respective' quotas. Efery ef fort will be made by a direct appeal to the people to firrnish'these.men as volunteer, and to that end generous bounties will be paid to experienced soldiers, and even raw • recruits will receive a liberal reward for -entering the service. This step of the government is em inently proper. Two weeks or two months ago it could not have been done with any hope of success. The people were involved in bitter politi cal struggles in' the leading States, and the judgment of the Nation was, questioned - as to, the policy of the ad ministration. Now, however, the people have de,rnanded by decisive verdicts, that the government shall prosecute the wit. until I'l - Tim!' cea ses •to array, itself in hostile ranks against the Republic; and , we doubi not that the patriotic of all parties will so accept it and bow to their deci sion. The Democratic party, - when separated' from a few unworthy lead ers in each locality, who have brought Mingled disaster and - dishonor upon it, is loyal to the core; and now that the purpose of the people is clearly, defined, they will without, regard to party lines, rally around the Old Flag and make common cause to hasten Peace by the destruction of the insur gent armies. - Rosecrans has been driven from the Chickamauga back upon Chattanooga, and compelled to , assume the defen-, siver, solely because he was overwhelm ed brnumbers. Had - he fifty thou-_ sand additional 'men to-darbe could at once resume the offensive, an,d.close hie already brilliant campaign by hold- , rug the very , beart of tharebel detain ions ; destroying vast sources of sup- - : -_ ; : l , :-- -, -r,:f -- -.q - `, . 4t4t- , -,ftaliiiill, -itqi69ltoi. plies, and crippling them most vitally. Had Meade fifty thousand fresh'troops he would not. be retiring before Lee and avoiding proffered , battle, lest . a disaster' should make our National Capitol the trophy of, traitors nor would the people of the border doun ties be trembling under a sense , of in-' security to their homes and property. On the contrary, Gen. Meade if strong - as he should be, would speedily trans- . 'fer the wait° the Cotton States; re store Richmond and all of Virginia to, to, loyal rule, and ,establish permanent peace and safety on the border: If Grant had fifty . thousand additional troops be would capture' Mobile in thirty days, acting in concert with RosecranS, and in the same time would : settle the threatening 'question of French foothold in Mexico and Texas by re-possessing the entire territory of Texas. If Gen. Gilmore had twen ty-five thousand men he would cap ture Charleston_ and Savannah in - twenty days, and . Foster with a like: number of re-inforcements would open, the only remaining port of Wilming ton to the trade of the world, and have hiA head-quarters in, the capital of North Carolina before the, holidays. These are the fruits which must result from the prompt and ample strengthening' of Our armies; and they would be the immediate harbingers of Peace. With such achievements - the rebellion would cease to lave either government or armies- , --either head, or heart, or life; and another six months would bring us practically to the 'end of the war. If we throw three hun.: dred thousand new troops into the field now, the rebels could not fight a single pitched battle. They would be unequal to our gallant armies at every ,point, and the most decisive results would be attained with but little loss of life. Let it be borne in *mind that the addition of: three hundred thousand men to our brave brethren now in the field, is the true principle of economy. It will save thousands of lives, millions of dollars, insure early and honorable Peace, and give to us, to our children and to the. world the 'American Re public in strengthened bonds of Union. Let loyal men sink political differen ces—let them join hearts and hands to hasten -the Ultimate triumph of our common Flag, by swelling the ranks of the army, and we can then rejoice as members of a common brotherhood over the preservation of our common Nationality. TILE REPUBLIC LITES.I Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Ithva have spoken, in tones not to be misunderstood ; declaring that THE REPUBLIC . SHALL LIVE! The joyful tidings have flashed from the, coast of Maine to the slopes of the Pacific-; from the North-weii,tern wilderness to the mouth of the Father of from the' swelling hearts of a loyal people at home to the threatened ve terans of Rosecrans and Meade, and there is rejoicing and gratitude wher ever unmingled loyalty has a home, that the great States of the North have resolved to strengthen the hands of the government; to cheer the brave defenders of its Flag, - and to preserve unimpaired and unspotted our sacred Nationality. There is Pennsylvania—behold her! After a contest waged against her pa triotism and fidelity by subtle, insidi ous, sleepless foes—After a season of bewildering defamation and unscriu. pulous appeals to every passion or prejudice that warred upon the Coun try—after denouncing everything but treason to the ignorant, and promis ing everything to the patriot—the people have vindicated their undying devotion to the Institutions of their Fat ere, e g and hurled back in' hapless d pair those , who sought power - to paralyze the government. in ,its dead ly struggle with treason. The. Key-, ,stone State has .spoken in behalf of her martyred dead—has declared that theirs shill be sepulchres of honor, not of shame—has defended her living from that sordid cowardice that would barter a Republic for ' the shadow of, Peace, with anarchy -and degradation as its fruits; . . Ohio has joined with Pennsylvania in spurni.ng, treason of every shade ; and Irallandigham, in the retreaethat his , hate for his government and pen pie. has assigned him, has heard with crushing mortification the verdict : The Itepublie must live—Treason shall die I. , Indiana has mingled her voice with ours, and announced her purpose to support the friends ; to dethrone ,the foes of the ,goVernment : and . little r 11 :ez. ‘A. Igif. lowa, away on' the etinset side Of the Mississippi, answers adresS in thunder : tones, her determination to preserve the Union without cowardly compro mise or humiliating concession to give le and hope to future traitors. - 7 , --Especially, 'do we rejoice . that Pennsylvania has afaithfdlExeeutive. ANDREW G. ,CUTIMIN has' served his great State and, his Country's cause with a devotion and singleness of pur pose in Which none but hit:U.36lf has heen his Paralleh; His , herculean la bors and ceaseless care, for the . bravo sous of Pennsylvania, have; stricken him with untimely frosts have dim-, med his eye, and borne him down life's rapid stream with :quickened paee ; but his heart beats with all the ardor of youth in 'behal of his imperiled Nationality and eople, and 'while treason lives 'to Aate and , to crimson the steps of - Freedom; the power of his mighty State will be ever wielded as its deadly foe. All- honor to Gov. CURTIN—aII hail faithful, loyal Penn sylvania 1 THE REPUBLIC LIVES! • WE beg MajOr MoYeagh 'dr' Secre tary, Hainersly to - call at the Age office and inform the editors thereof that G-ov. Curtin and John 'Brofigh are certainly elected by decisive ma jorities, It is painful' to-witness the doubts which peivade the daily - edi torials of the Age on the results in Ohio and Pennsylvania; and the sus pence should be ended. It was cruel in the Major and : lus _Secretaries, to "control the telegraphic linest)irough out the State, arid to hold back, as they have done, the returns of •Tues day's, election," as the Age declares, and we insist that it shall be enlight ened at once. It is .true that every provincial newspaper office, Union - and Democratic, had the returns on Tuesday night and knew hefore twelve o'clock that Woodward and Vallan digham•were just about as likely to be Governors as to be soldiers in the Isnion army; but Major MeVeagh• seems to, have bad a Cordon of sol diers around the ;Age office and exclu— ded the returns on the plea of "mili tary necessity." Cruel Major'.—re ,lent speedily and- et the Age emerge from its starless midnight of 'ignor ance as to the election returns. On Wednesday moaning the Age declared that "the returns from the interior ' are not sufficiently definite to indicate, With any certainty,' hots the State has gone." It admitted that the city had gdne against 'Woodward "a •little more heavily" than it had anticipa ted, but it nevertheless • warned its friends that they "must trait for the truth." On Thursday morning, when every Curtin boy in the State was shouting over Curtin's triumphant re-election, the Age insisted that its dispatches had been "suppressed" and declared with fitting indignation that "the garbled and partial reports which they sent last night actually deceived many sensible men, and induced them to believe that Gov. Curtin had been re-elected by an enormous majority," and in solemn warning it inquires— " When will the people learn wisdom?" In the-same paper, fully thirty 'hours after everybodS , knew that Vallan digham had received only a few scat tering votes in Ohio, and next to none in the army, it. ,aelares that "there is really no evidence whatever as to the result in Ohio, but it is more than likely that Mr.. Vallandigham has been defeated!" We.entreat Ma jor McVeagh to see to this case at once. Why shouldn't the } Age be per-, 'inittedto know that it hasn't carried a single State in the year 1863, ex cepting Georgia and Mississippi. We believe that the 'Damocrate did suc ceed titere AMONG the 'many fortunate results of the late election, the signal triumph of Hon. Jeremiah Nichols, in the first Senatorial district .of Philadelphia, is the most gratifying. - ITe . has already served three years in the Senate, and won the confidence of his party and his constituents by, his unfaltering devotion to the cause of the .govern ment. The struggle in his district involved the: political .complexidn of the Senate, and everything that could be dime, was exhausted to compass his defeat ; but he has been re-eelcted by an increased majority and' the Sen ate is thus saved: We are glad'to notice in the list of succfssful candieves for the House, the 'name of John D. Watson, Esq., who, has been chosen in the 4th. dis trict. He is one of qiikose quiets Viola trusive gentlemen A•oni , whom the public learn much, but of whom they know but . Met. For a number of years he has been,one• of-the leading editors oftheNorth American, although unkn6wn as such outside of 'limited circle in the city. He has just been chosen in a district that for several years has' been represented by a De mocrat, and he will make one:of the most useful and influential members ofthe House. George H.:lifofire, Esq.,.is the only Row, officer:re-elected for many years. He has just been chosen to second term of the Clerkship of the Quarter Sessions. He is jolly . ae the day is long, and the party, couldn't well help nominating him - and the people would, of course, elect him: THERE is a; Union-majority in both branches of the Legiglature heyond all .doubt., The Senate:will Stand 17 Union to 16 Democrats; but Senator `White, of Indiana,, is still a prisOner in Rich mond, and may be detained until after the meeting of the Legislature. If so, the Senate will be - a tie; but as the Union men have the Speaker7-Sena tor Penny, of AlleOeny=and all the officers; there will be no delay because of a failure to elect. The Senate is *always organized. In the House 'we make the Union streiigth 54 to 46 Democrats—making 4 majority, or 5 majority on joint ballot with Senator "White in his seat. I —The election of a 'Onion State TreasUrer is certain, and we trust that Hon. HENRY D. MooRE, of Philadel phia,'will be made the candidate with out a serious contest. He was chosen, in 1861 to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Eli. Slifer, who was transferred to the Cabinet; was re-elected in 1862, 'and would have been continued but for the Democratic ascendancy in 1863: He is eminently fitted for the impor tant and responsible position, alike in business capacity and unblemished integrity, and we look for his election again as' a just tribute to his distin guished personal and political worth,, and to his successful management of, the finances of the State While filling the office. He has contributed per haps more than any other oneman, excepting. Gov. Curtin, to achieve the greatpolitieal trititnph that now cheers loyal hearts eveyrwhere, and his-re election to the position of State Treas urer would be but an act of justice to a most competent and faithful man, and secure a fwancial officer in whom the responsible duties of the Treasury could be confidently reposed.: DURING the late Gabernatdrial con test the name of lion. Samuel A. ur - viance was paraded front'day to day in the Copperhead papers' as aliving witness against Gov. Curtin!s corrup tion - in office. Conspicuous among these papers was the Pittsburg Post, published where Mr. Purviance re sides, so that the use made, of his name' could not have escaped. his observa tion. _lle chose to be silent so long_ as truth demanded that he should speak for Gov. Curtin; but now that Gov. Curtin has - been 'triumphantly vindicated, alike by the vote of Alle gheny and the State, it might be well for Mr. Purviance to speak for his own sake. On the day before the election the Pittsbur _Pod, in a lead ing editorial,pablished the following-: 4 , Remember, that Hon. S. A.. Purviance, Curtix Attorney general,:lesigned that office in consequence of thes'e monstrous cor ruptions, and said in his letter of resignation, 'That for reasons which appeal to my self respect, Icannot consent to continue any longer in connection with your Admini.stratiou.'" Did Mr. Purviance.auttlorize the foregoing or knowingly tolerate - it ? The. 7,700 majority given to Gov. Curtin in Mr. piryiance's home; in dicates that he is eininently, ignorant of his people, :they amazingly ac quainted with him, or may be a little of both; and we charitably give him this _ opportunity to - Wash his hands• of the persistent and unscrupu lous defamation heaped upon Goy. Curtin in his name. - If Mr. Parviance is indiffereqt to higmputLttism himself, he should bear in mind that, he has children-who may live after him.- THE triumph of the then entire Union County ticket in the old "Green Spot" is a matter of generalkongratulation. The straggle was u fierce and, bitter one; but the brave .Union men labor.l ed as never before and filled up the' places of the timid, the doubting and the faithless with ; loyal . Democrats, The important officess - pf .the county, excepting Sheriff, were all filled at the late election, and the fruits of triumph are therefore of the most substantial cliaracte`r. • —The loss . of Messrs. Nill and Gray; Minn the Union candidates for Assembly, is the only thing that mars the vobtti - Pleteileis of the Tnion victory ; but it seems not-to haye been in the powr of the .Tlnion . organization to give them success. Lieut. Nill polled a ; most flattering:vote—exceeding that . giyerk.for the State ticket, and leading both the riemOcratie candidates in this • county handsomely. Mr. Gray was supported afao with great fidelity, as he, well deserved-41r. Sharpe gaining kit a very few votes on him. about time th4Franklin should have some voice in the selection of her Rep. resentatiyes at Harrisburg. Two MO will represent us in the' next session who have 'lmen repudiated by our peOple, and little Fulton _gives them. their plaees.' It will stop shortly, if we mistakq not. Rox. Tr/MIAs WILLIAMS wrotela pamphlet of an hundred pages or'sci to prove that Judge Woodward wa a perjured scoundrel, and probably half as many to prove that Gov. Cur tin was a thief and an imbecile. Both were subsequently , nominated for Governor, and Wil4ms, like the ass between the - two bundles of hay; didn't 'know which way to nibble, and nobody bit' himself seemed to paroon which side he shouldfornge. As Gov. Curtin ran. more than double the ma jority a certain M. C. received in the Allegheny district about a year_ ago, we Suggest that Thomas might come down 'a cat or two in his bill of in dicfment against Curtin, withoutlina terially damaging his reputation , "for common sense. If the vote , of- Alle gheny don't teach him a little-Avis dom, there, is still some consolation in. the • reflection -that the State eon .tributes generously toward the de cent support of the insane in Western ,Pennsylvania. - _ _ WE give in to-day'spaper the proe laMation.of the President for 300,000 more troops. It - will be seen that, each district will be -required to fur nish its proper quota, and a draft will be made for the deficit on the Ist day of January. The quota of Pennsyl vania will be about 50,000, and that of Franklin county about 700. The new troops will.be pit in the old reg, iments—a pOlicy at once adVanta,ge one to the government and to the men. We believe that a judicious Sand united effort would raise the quo-• -ta of Franklin without a draft. We have more than that number of vete rans of the'l26th and 158th now with us, and a majority .of them. would be likely, to `re-enlist. The bounty, 'of fered to such is very large, and they will have the consoling assurance that Lby the addition of 300,000 fresbtroeps to the Union armies, they will be 'strong enough to overwhelm the foes ,of the Republic at every point.. FRlEtai GREELEY, of the Tribune, was-sent into Northern Pennsylvania, to persuade our friends in Bradford td wash their dirty linen in private sad becanSe some of them in their factious madneaS tried to • apologize . for themselves by blaming Gov..Cur tin, he concluded that Gov. Curtin vas ten thousand weaker in the late con test than any other good man would have been. We commend to the eop sideration of the` .Tribune the electilm retu rna , from Pennsylvania., We have not Seen the official vote of a single county 4S, yet, in which Gov. Curtin does not run ahead - of his party, mote; The result > shoiv4, -- that he is every wherOstronger than the Union organ ization, and haS'polled a largeriroti. than could possibly have been concen trated op any other. candidate. Jip Was. nominated fortkai reason, and his iastpersonalpopularity and matchless personal efforts on the, stump lave won- Pennsylvania to the cause of the Republic.' , MOT NUL um b erl and did shockingly, giving nearly 700 for Woodward, 'when; "the' State went nearly 20,00 Q on the right side. But they manage badly there, - and won't learn. Judge Hepburn spoke in Shippensbum New burg and Mechanicsburg, traducing Curtin as if he had a relentless quar rel with truth, and Curtin 'gained in each of those districts on his vote 'of 1860.- ..Wl# didn't the Union Com mittee hire Kim to apeakril l i, every dis trict ?" If that had been done in pro per. ieason„ and Todd sent out, to 10Mhi* -.l3arths a little, be_ woUld have elected,the whole Union ticket. ,Bad manfig,ement down that way. We beg Todd to engem 4' ° Hepburn early for next season. lie's -cheap enough pick him up I. MS
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