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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.
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