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Wednesday, Jane 22; 1864.
UNION NATIONAL TICKET.
- FOR PRESIDENT, •
ADRADAM LINCOLN,
• OF ILLESOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW 'JOHNSON,
• OF TENNESSEE.
THE SITEATIoIi.
Our latest advices from Grant leave
him in front of Petersburg. On Friday
he assaulted their inner lines of fortifica
tiOns, but • failed to carry them, and he
win now dbubtless [reduce that place by
a rapid siege. His lines are so close to
the city Oat - he cannot long be detained
there. His movement from the Peninsula
south of the James was a most. brilliant
affair. He is now in n position where •he
will transfer the war outside of the Rich
mond fortifications. As soon as he redu
ies Petersburg, he will compel . Lee to
give battle in defence of the railroad lines
communicating with Riclnnond. We
have abiding faith in his ultimate and
early success. -
Gen. Sheridan made a grand raid to
ward Gordonsville, in which he hand
m ,
soely defeated Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, and
captured over 300 prisoners. He did not
attack Gordonsville, but probably moved
south to join Hunter in the movement on
Lynchburg. , If so, Lee must follow him,
and Gardonsville, being cut off', becomes"
unimportant.
Gen. Sherman is still pressing John
ston in - Georgia, 'and is within twenty
nines of Atlanta.. We see no reason to
doubt his su.cce4s at an early day.
We have no word from Ranter since
the 10th inst., when he moved South from
Santon. excepting a report given in one
°fate Richmond papers that he was near
Lynchburg. We. expect to hear that
Sheridan has joined him, and that they
haie severed the. Lynchburg road effect
ually. ' ' - _
- The rebel Gen. Jones in Charleston
concluded to arrest the bombardment of
Charleston_ by confining six Union gene
ralafficers in. the city where they will be
exposed to our own fire. Gen. Foster has
placed six rebel general officers in n like
position on our side, where they can enjoy
the shells from the rebel guns.
GEN. GUANT'S CAMPAIGN.'
Those of our readers who have read
thB.,cornments of the Richmond papers,
and the remarks of certain papers in the
North concerning the late movements of
our armies, have doubtless noticed a
shiguar similarity bet Ween diem: Both
seem to regret the botirse Grant has ta
ken; both wonder'why McClellan's plan
was not adopted, and : both repeat with,
singular, gratification that he is.nOw just
where that unfortunate leader was two
years ago—in the swamps of the Chicka
hominy. From what we Imow of the
traitors in Richmond and their more cow-
ardly allies in the North, we may justly
express another point of ag,reenient be
tween them; both would rejoice in seeing
our gallant army repeat the , plans of two
years ago, and cross_the Peninsula in dis
astrous retreat to' Harrison's Landing.
Richmond' editors; suddenly concerned
about the.comfort and well being of the
soldiers of th'e Republic., wonder why they
Aid not take a pleasant voyage dmsn. the
Chesapeake and then up the York river
to White House, instead of that toilsoute,
sanguinary route through the Wilde.
Evidentlyihe manner in which our army
cornea isnot relished by them. There is
something in it which, , _ to their minds,
contrasts painfully the past. That
mighty. army guided by the will of one
man, ;Moving steadily on in spite of op-
posing lines, irresistible as the deicend
_ ing &tier, yet impetuous as the torrent,
blackened with powder and scorched with
the-flanie of battle, yet sweeping nearer,
until now the thunder of its cannon is
shalthiiihd capital of treason, has some
thing-exceedingly unpleasant about it in
the eyeS of the traitors.__ Certainly it has
committed a grave mistake in doming in
thiaway. How much better the route by
water t But now that Grant has come
by the - 'wrong way, these philosophical
rebels; to whom nothing comes amiss,
comfort themselves with this thought—
"He is now just where Gen. Lee wants
him," and the nearer he approaches the
city With his trenches, the more are they
delighted. "Lee is drawing him on."
We hope they will be equally delighted
when Grant's victorious legions 'march
through the streets of Richmond.
The truth is Lee has been out-generated.
and unable, from the weakness of his
forces ,to prevent the advance of the
Union army. Most manfully and desper
ately did he struggle to keep the tide of
eanfliat from rolling up to the gates of the
Aebel /capital, but' one after another his
mixonglines of defence were "turned,"
:andhe compelled to fall back. Now, how
,eirer, Le has reached a point which he
. Mut . 144 ,at<all hazards. To abpiridou
,Ria tui ond o map ently Virgink4.!
skonld be a blew the rebellion could not
long survive. A prop=eted and obstinate
i iivgenee* is, to, b.e.expeqted which - Will re
,:quire e different procedure yin the partaf
4,003. 2 anal, lu3,4nove the en-
emy from Tiis fortified positions by Sank
movements, a task coinparativelyeasy to
an army largely superior in numbers and
moving in an open country. But in con
ducting a siege the work * different;
slow approaches must be made; trenches
dug, parallels advanced ; it drags on to its
sure end, through the varying fortunes of
successful attack in one quarter, and of
bloody repulse in another.
- Remembering Grant's work at Vick-
burg, we cannot dohbt his ability to con
duct a. siege, any 'more than we are at
liberty to question his capacity as Ti field
commander, from the consummate skill
and energy displayedin the rapid marches
that defeated. and out-generaled Pember
ton, or the bold manoeuvres that forced
the enemy to leave his fortified positions
on the Rapidan, the North Anna and the
Cldckahominy. And yet; we are not pre
pared to say that the reduction of Rich
mond will be the work of a protracted
siege. After, approaching Lee'ines on
the .Chickahoniiny, and testing their
strength by an indecisive assault, he again
gives the order "by the left Sank—for
ward!" and Lee reconnoitres the Union
position to find the works abandoned, and
Grant gone—he knew not where. Rich
mond reports first declared him retreating
to the White House; but a feW days
found him hurling his immense army
across the James river, and it is now
securely established on its new line, and
has posessionof3 Petersburg. Just what
direction he will take' from thence, we
cannot conjectured but he Willdoubtless
move upon Lee's.southern lines of com
munication With the view of compelling
him to come out and accept battle.—,
Whether Grant is again "just where Lee.
Wants him," we have not been advised by
the rebel journals; but we look -for con
current criticism upon his movement by
the Richmond Enquirer, the Age, and
lother journals of like sympathies, and in
the mean time we look for Grant to
"fight it oat" on his line until he destroys
Lee's army and thereby crushes out the
vital power of t the rebellion.
Grant's abn\from the day he crossed
the Rapidan has_been Lee's army—not
Richmond. With Lee dlestroyedßicinnond
falls inevitably—with tichmond captured
and Lee's army intact - Abe rebellion is still
to be broken in its strongest part—its mili
tary power. _ For that reason he fought at
the -Wilderness; at Spottsylvania, and on
the Chickahominy ; and for that reason he
will• now assault Lee's lines to. compel
him to accept battle outside of his forti
fied capital. With the Dan Ville and
Lynchburg railroads severed, Lee could
not hold Richmond two weeks. Cooped
up in a city already - impoverished, the
mpidapproaches of famine would compel
him tO surrender or break the besieging
lines; and he will donbtlessexhanst binv
self to repel Grant before he can securely
fix his lines upon the railroads upon which
Richmond depends fur Supplies. We
therefore regard "Grant's last movement
as his crowning triumph of strategy, and
his campaign will stand in the history of
war without a parallel in skilful leader
ship and, indomitable heroism; Thus far
all goes well- 7 -and we hope soon to record
the decisive victory that will consign foul
treason to its blotted history mid give us
enduring Union - and Peace.
VALLANDIGIIAM.
Clement C. Vallandigham, -who was
banished from the country as a traitor a
little more than a year ago, returned to
his home in Dayton, Ohio, on the 15th
inst., and went quietly to his residence.
The district conference of the Democratic
party was in session at Hamilton for the
,purpose of electing delegates to the Chi
cago Convention, and Val hastened thith
er. read then acarefully prepared speech,
and was promptly elected a delegate.
Whether he -was instructed for M'Clellan
or Jeff Davis, is not stated. 'ln his speech
he declared that he was tired of banish
ment, and that he does "not mean any
longer to he the only man of the party
who is to be a victim of arbitrary power."
If he must be sent to the murderous foes
of the government whose cause he -es
poused so earnestly, he insists that al
wifoare faithless and, treacherous as him
self shall accompany him. Good for Val !
, -
--In the Spring of-1863 treason had at
tained its zenith of power in the loyal
States": Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York;
Indiana and New Jersey had voted to
atnngthen the perfidious assaults upon
the government. The Union armies were
so retlyced by the casualties of sanguinary
war that they were, unequal to the task
`of disComfiting the armies of crime ; and
the - cowardly. traitors
.of the North had
resolved that the shattered ranks of our
heroes should not be filled up. Most pro
minent among the foes ofbrder and Hu
manity—of Law ;and Government, was
Clement C. yallandighaia. 1-h; hail - been
. defeated by a loyal people in. an effort 'to
lie re4lected to Congress, and he a,ppa- .
rentlY resolved, to, visit the direst ven
geance upon the: lOyal cause. He de
nounced the War in and out of Congress,
and ?Myer voted one dollar to pay, equip,
or supply
our brave soldiers in the field,'
or to swell their thinned battalions -to en
able themn to attain success,pv,r,the hosts
of treaiarr.- - . In this condition of
~affairs,
;
Gen, nrunide,a life-long , Democrat, was
~fipp. t6l - 0. Qv 4onimand of the tie Part,"
(4t. fr anktivt , t/cKstiorg,. =luuc 22;,1864i
went of Ohio. Kentucky was full of
spiei, and it was notorious that the rebels
were directly aided in every posAible way
by 'the Copperheads of the Vallandigham
school. lig:Was about to attempt there
lief of East Tennessee, and he could not
venture upon so perilous a march with a
small army, if his rear was covered with
open, insolent, persistent traitors. He
therefore issued -Order No. 38, in which
he declared that - "treason expressed or
implied will not be tolerated in this De
partment,"- At this Vallandigham took
offence. To suppress treason was to sup
press him, and he believed himself strong
enough to defy the military authorities.
Accordingly he made. a speech in which_
he declared Order No. 38
."a base usur
pation of arbitrary power," that he "des
pised it, spit upon it, trampled it under
his feet," and that he had "resolved ne
ver to submit to it." Three days there
after he was a military prisoner in the
custody of Gen. Burnside, and the day
after his arrest, a writ of habeas corpus
was applied. for to discharge him before
Judge Stewart, who had been appointed
by Jackson, and ever since acted with the
Democratic party. But Judge' Stewart
discharged the writ, declaring that "the
legality of the arrest depends upon the
extent of the necessity for making it, and
that was to 'be determined by the milita
ry commander!" In his opi — niiin he said:
" Men should know and lay the truth to heart,
that there is a course of conduct not involving
overt` treason and not therefore subject to pun
ishment as such, which nevertheless implies
moral guilt and a gross offence against _the,
country. iThosci who -live under the protection
and enjoy the blessings of our benignant gov
ernment, must learn that they cannot stab its
vitals with impunity. If they cherish hatred
and hostility to-it, and desire its subVersionOet
them withdraw from its jurisdiction, and seek
the fellowship and, protection of those with
whom they are in sympathy. ' If they, remain
with us, while they are not of us, they must-be
subject to such a course of dealing as-the great
law of self-preservation presents and will en
force."
The day afteithe decision the military
commission met to try Vallandig,ham, and
he was found k,uilty of the principal+of
fences charged, and sentenced to confine:.
ment in a Fort until the close of the war.
The finding was - approved by Gen. Burn
side, but the President changed the sen
tence by directing that the prisoner should
be sent within the rebel lines, to remain
until after the termination of the war.
Gen. Roseerans executed the sentence,
and sent Val. to his rebel friends by flag
of truce. They welcomed hixi cordially
and feted and feasted him as best they
could, but Val. soon grew weary of short
rations, and being too cowardly to fight
for the cause in which his sympathies
were enlisted, he resolved to escape. He
ran the blockade from Wilmington, and
appeared in Canada, where he.. issed ,
manifestos to the Copperheads of Ohio,
who were trying to elect him Governor—
having nominated him with great eclat
soon after his banishment. But the loyal
people of Ohio rejected him by over 100,-
000 majority, and having thus been twice
spurnedty the people at the polls, he re
solved to appeal to the Supreme Court of
the United States. His case was carried
up and argued with great ability; but
that court of last resort decided, without
a dissenting opinion, that it could afford
no relief to on open traitor. Soon after
his friends applied to Congress and. Co
ngress deckled against him by an over
whelming majority. Having tried every
tribunal, both civil and military, in vain,
he has now appealed to town meetings
in Ohio, and is at once chosen a repre
sentative of his party to Chicago.
—We trust that Vallandighain will be
let alone. it will be a grievous disap- ,
pointment to himself and his copperhead
friends if he is not re-arrested; but cyst"
at the cost of their displeasure, we holie
to see him permitted to go just where.and
say just what he pleases. He has been
stamped as traitor by every tribunal
known to the laws, and the peo 5 . a e
first branded limas a traitor a d th.,,
sanctioned his banishment as a tilt' or;
and the sorest punishment that can be in
flicted upon him is to doom him to live
in the country ho sought in vain to de
stroy, to be shunned, despised, and scorn'
ed by every loyal heart.
SAWL KEPLER and a few others.
of-Bedford who, subordinate piety to Po
tide of 'the coppery stripe, have imitated
their great leader Jeff. Davis; and got up;,
a little secession in the Church, and 110 W:
propose to found " The Church of our Pro- -
vidence." We think Mr. ,Kepler fully
justified in seceding from the Methodist
Church, as he had only "Hobson's choice"
—that is lie had either to, withdraw or be
kicked oitt, and he naturally prefered
peaceful diSmembermentto that style of
- coercion. The only , material mistake we
see is inAhe name of the new organize. ,
tion.' To call it "The Church Of our
PrOvidene6," is to make a mistake alike
in poini of fact and In good pOlicy. Had
it been =lied " The chtirch of Jeff. Davis"'
or church of Treason," the title,
wouldhwve_ fitly and expressed
the chamfer of the institution, and then
it woukiliaxe become in a very short time
Moat _ _as,hitge - as the copperhead party
fn Radford cpunty,„ There are various
bounty-jumpers,. conscript deserters, and
snapping copPethertits 0...er that way, who
are jut readYtot trother F..epler's
Cansidering the .pAvetnent
the , we do ~1110; feel war-
SON
ranted in promisingit a verrhigh meas
ure of subce.ss. One Lucifer; we believe
it was, first, taiedsecession and war upon
the powernnd aitributes of the Great AU
thor of civil and religions - governMent,
and it is generally conceded that he lost
by the operation. That he has not ceased
to be powerful, however, is amply de
monstrated by Mr. Kepler and, his fol
lowers.
Poo n VAL ! He evidently dame' to
Ohio in concert with. Morgan, who started
on his raid into Kentucky about the time
Val left Canada. Just where they where
they were to meet, is not knoWn; 'but
that the' one was to 'do the fighting and
stealing and the other the stump-Speaking
nebessary, to inaugurate a little revolution
in :the North cannot be doubled. But
Morgan came to grief before, he reached
the fraternal arms. of Yali 11,0 poor Yal is
left alone to brave the scorn of his loyal .
neighbors. True, hiswOunds were plas- g :
tered a little by electing him a delegate
to'Chicago; but much as they love the
treason they Must - shun the traitor in
forming their ticket. Banishment was tol
erable, but how is Val to, live among a
faithful people? Gladly would he wel
come banishment again to escape the ever
accusing devotion of the North to our
sacred Nationality; but, banishment will
fail to come to• his relief. - Vainly Will he
pray and plead and' denounce to regain
his martyrdom; but, he forgets . that the
Nation has renewed its strength—is strong
,iu the hearts of the people' and invincible
in. the field. and babbling traitors can
harm no one but themselves.' Propel
Val! „
THE ItouSeidefeated the resolutiOn pro
viding for the abolition of slaVery_by'an
,amendineuti- of the Constitution. The
vote stood 9 - 4 for the proposition t 063
against; bnt as it failed to "command a
two-thirds vete it fell., One Union Mau
-Ashley of Ohio,—vcited against it, and
four Democratßaily of Pa., Griswold
and Odell of New York, and Wheeler of
Wisconsin—voted for it. All the rest -of
the Democrats. voted solid against allow
ing the States to amend the Constitution
so as to prohibit slavery. Co.ffroth voted,
and of course voted wrong: AlthMigh_
Slavery is confessedly the great author
of this appalling war, and must stand in_
historyresponsible for its terrible sacri--
fices and wide-spreaddesolatiorf, yet the
Democracy staiid upon'the record as its
faithful friends, Nvbile:,theyexhaust them
selves ito, embarrass" the government hi
maintaining' our Nationality, , The men
Who cast such votes may not - blush for
themselves; but their :children_ may, he
shamed into expressive• silence touching
the blistering record of those who gave
them dishonored names.
TIIE Spirit copies as an editorial an
article from 'the -New York World; in
which - President .Lincoln is denounced as'
" a raib , splitting buffoon,'.' and Andy John
son as "a boorish tailor!"' and it insists
that they 'should not be elected because
they would ." degrade ourhighest offices.",
Such are the natural teachings of shivery.
It is perpetually at w,ar with the free, in
stitutions which re3v . aril' intellect and
fidelity whether'of noble or ignoye birth;
and. the Spirit has so blindly espoused the
cause of slavery and tptsurn that it, re
vialts at the proposition! to elect a laborer
-.and a mechanic to the first offices of ,the
Nation. We commend the article of the
Spirit - to the attention of its Democratic
readers, who have hoped that their chil
dren might become honored according to
their merits, regardless of the fact' that ,
they. may have learned to earn their bread
by the sweat of their browS.- ' ,
- THE Military Telegraph Corps is one of the
most useful, and the least appreciated by the
public, in the aervice. Wherever the army
goes there goes the . niairof wires and lightning,
ready' to improvise an office and annihilate
spice for the J3e.fiefit.of the gerriee. James R.
Gilmore, Esq., of this place, has been in charge
of the telegraph lines'in and iffinut Newberne,
North Carolina, and we are glatified to learn
'that his superior abilities are warmly appreci
ated. Gen. Paliner,.in his official report of the
late rebel attack upon Newberne, compliments
,his corps in the most flattering terms. The at
tack was made at 3 o'clock- in,, the morning,
when almost every person yid telegraph men
would have been asleep, and how useful their
etlbits Were, let Gen. Palmer tell. He says:
"At no time, I suspect, during the present
war, has the utility of the Military Telegraph„
and the Signal CorpS been more fully demon
strated than, during the late attack. -The attack
had acarcely commenced at the .outposts, when
the Telegraph had not only informed me of 411
that was going on in front, but the whole line
cif posts to Morehead was put upon its guard.
And during the day the enemy were immedi
ately around the town, the Signal, Corps kept
us advised of the smallest movement of the en
emy at any point of the line. cannot think
,too highly of these two corps."
Ti*, committee .to decide upon the design
for the "National"Mouumentot Gettysburg
have awarded the preference to - the plan sub
witted James Batterson, of Hartford,
Conn. Mr. B. had a large number, of competi
tors from New York and other cities, and the
award of the committee is regarded as credita
ble to the taste and skill of the artist. 'The
monument is to be of white granite, resting on,
a pedestal, of the same material. From the
pedestal will spring four buttresses, whichvoll
support an 'equal number of st ues. These
statues will represent, srellpectiv ar, His-,
tory, Peace and Plenty. The or "ng statue
of the whole monument is to be- a colossal.
bpopze Ogfire of - the Genius of Liberty, which
will be 15 feet high, Of the monument
the height will be SO feet. The monumeet it
- self is to cost $50,000, but headstones and other
things connected with , the job will bring the
entire bill up to something like $120,000.
33Y the arrival of 'the steamer MeXi'io from
-••
t i
Havana, We have dafes fr.n Ve CruziOdune
1. and from, the city of ifex co to May 26.
The Emperor Maximilian zany &at Vera,Cruz
on May 28, having touched t Madeira, and
Martinique. At the latter 'pl ce he literated
four Mexicans i)f the 'Nation party.. On his
arrival in Vera Cniz, Almon was summoned
by telegraph from Cordova, a d he arrived at
Vera Cruz in the evening. The Municipal
Council of Vera Cruz presented to the Em
peror the keys of the city. After a brief so
journ he took the train for Lorna Alta; the ter
*minus of the road, and from there proceeded to
Soledad, Cordova and Oriloda. At Vera Cruz
ho also jssned a preclamation, in "which he
proniised to pursue a liberal policy.
TWIT latest name in martyrology, :Tan an a_
igham, has returned from exile and penance in
Canada,' had celebrated his reappaarange in the
Union by speeches -at Hamilton arid,llayton,
Ohio. What he said is not reported,' nor is it
worthy of report. Individual utterances against
the nation can hurt no one now but the titterers.
Riots and most of the riotous feeling are dead.
The country is united - and pursuing the War,
and cheered by some signs that the war is pros
pering toward its end. There is no considera
ble-wish to leave - the end unattained. Mr. Val
landigham can- talk. Rig talk can injure no
thing nor body but himself. He is just in .sea-,
son to irradiate the Chicago Convention with
the fruits of his Meditaiions—he,having been
.elected a delegate
,thereto the day be 'returned
to the United" States. -
REPonTs preludicial to ilukcondutt of the 3d
division ,of the_6th Corps at Cold Hiltbor having
been published, we have been requested to
Publish the following congratulatory order,
which fully vindicates that bravo organization:
HEAD QUARTERS ARMY Or THE POTOMAC.}
Juno I. 186,4.
To • Maj. Gen. Irtight :—Pleasegri:en:ty thanks
to Wig: Gen. Riekets and his gallant command
foi. the very handsome manner in which they
have .conducted themselves to-day. The suc
cess attained by them is of great importance,
aad if followed up will - materially advance our
operations. Respectfully yours,
GEp. G. MEADE,
- Maj. Gen. Conimanding.
JOLLY JACK HEISTAND, of the Lancaster
Exambler, has been awarded the great overland
daily mail contract foi $700,000 per annum.
There's no telling what a man may-come to.
From the respectable position of Editor to come
down to the legislature, now to stage.running,
and, we shoul6t't wonder if he keeps going dowtf
hill to find him in• Congress one of these days.
THE Fulton Democrat is for sale, as Mr.
Smith is about to engage in a newspaper enter
prise in Lancaster. No man 'heed apply ; who
does not prefer the success ofJeff. Davis to the,
success of the goverement, as any shade of De-,
islocracy approaching loyalty weiuld:ukausl,ver.
congratulaaNir. Smith mills escape from
such an orgauship.
MESSRS. COOPER late of the Spirit, Smith of
the Fultan Democrat, ; and Sanderson of the
Lancaster Intelligencer, take possession of the
last named paper on the Ist of July and, ill
issue it daily and weekly. Mr. Cooper is a rig
orous writer, and his, associates have ability and
energy.
A. BUSINESS correspondent of the REPost
'roar writing from Salt Lake City; Utah Ter
ritory, says that they are to-have u great day
there on the 4th of July, with an elegant as=
tuniment of fireworks.
31n. DAVID OVER is about to start a new
'Linion paper in 13edfnrd. Good faith and gond
policy alike interpose against the success of - the
enterprise. , ,
, 7 1 11 E Carlisle 1 7 9/unfeer closed its fiffieth year
Jut week.- We regret that its devOtion to the
government has . not grown with. ite,growth of
year.
half hour was : ions - nuked in shaking hands.
during which time the committee entered.
are indebted to Messrs Steveria, More- When, in response' te incessant calls. the-Prea
head, Colfroth,.Kelly and .Myers,-of Congress 4 ident appeared upon - the steps, cheer after cheer
for valuable public, documents. • . I rout the air. The people were vociferous in
their shouts for President Lincoln, and thria
continued for a - considerable length of time.
The President had to yield to the great pres
sure, and presently - he appeared upon the front,
step. A chair was handed him, and, as he arcse
on the top of it, the - cheering of the immense
Multitude was positively deafening. Order be.:
ing restored, the President spoke as follows t
.YELLOW CITIZENS: rani very gra:011110-,
night for this reception, which_, you have ten- :
dered me. I Will. not' Make a speech. - I earns
among you thinking that My presence might do
some gond, towards swelling the contributions'
of the great Fait in aid of the Sanitary Commis
sion,' who -intend itfor the soldiers in the field.
While at the Foie, I. Said a few words which I
thought. proper to tay.in connection with it.—.
At the solicitation of the Union League I speak,
to you, and,-in concluSion',l thank you for this
great demonstration whick yiiu have paid me,.
dna beg you will esmise inc.- [Great applause.]
PRESIDENT LINCOLN AT THL: FAIR.
President -Lincoln arrrived in Philadelphia
(M Thursday lust. He-was greeted everywhero
with the most bounilleuthusittam. At the
Fair he was welcomed by Mr. Welsh, and he
'replied as follows:
" I impose that. this toast was intended to
open the way for me tosay something. [Laugh
tar.] War, at the best, is terrible, and this
War of ours, in its magnitude and in its &Ira.:
tion, is one of the most, terrible. Itilnui de-
Vanged - bisiness, totally in many localities, *ad
partially 'in all hie. - It has destroyed
property, and ruined homes ; it has pioduced a
uhtional debt and -taxation unprecedented at
least in this country. It has curried uteurning
to .ilinost every home, until it can almost he,
said that the " heaiens are hung in black."—
'Yet it continues, and several relieving coinei
dents have accompanied it from the very be
ginning, which have • not been known. ais I nu.;
derstodd, or have any knowledge of, m any ibr
'tiler wars in the history of the world. The San
itary Commission, with all its benevolent
-la
bars, the Christian- Cominission, with all its
Christian and oenevoleut-labors, and the vari
ous places,.arrangements, so to speak, and in
stitutions' have contributed to the comfort and
relief of the soldiers. You have two of these
places in - this city—the Cooper-Shop and Union
Volunteer Refreshment Saloons. [Great ap.
plause and' cheers.] And lastly, these fairs,
which, I believe,-begun only in last August, if
I m i sta k e n ot, in Chicago; then at 'Boston, at
Cincinnati, Brooklyn, New York, at Baltimore,
and those at present held at St. Louis, Pitts
linrg,mad Philadelphia. The motive ,and
ob
jeect that lie at the bottom of all these are most
worthy; for, say what' you will, after all the
most is due to the soldier, who takes his life
in his hands and goes to fight the battles of his
country: [Cheers.] In what is contributed to
his comfoit when he passes to and fro, attain
What is contributed to him when he is aickand
wounded, in whatever shapelt conies, whether
from the fair and tender hand of woman, or
frOm any 'other source, is much hat, I think
there {is still that which has es-much value-to
hina—he is not forgotten. [Cheers.] . ..Another
view of these various institutionikis worthy of
consideration, I think ; they, are voluntaryeon
tiihation(4-givert freely,, zealously, and earne4--
ly, on top the - disturbanies of business,
the taxation and burdens that the n•ar has ins.
posed upon 'us, giving proof that the national
resources are not at . all exhausted, [cheer
that the national spirit of patriothon is even
stronger than at the', commencement of the re
bellion.
. .
It is a pertinent question often askeditt the
mind pi ivately, and from one fo the otherovhea
is the war to end? E Surely I feel as deep an
interest in this question us any other can, bat /
do not wish to naive a day, pr,rnontli, or a year
when - it is to end. I 'do not wish to rturany
risk of seeinglhe time come without our being
ready for the end, and for fear of disappOint., -
meat, because - the time had come and not the
end. We .accepted this war for uhobject i a
worthy object, and the war will end when that
aided is - .attained. Under_God; I hope ithever
will iuntil that time. [Great cheering:] :This
‘war - htis taken three years ; it - was begun , orue-'
cepted upon the .line ofvresturing the - national,
authority over the whole national domain; an -
for the American people, as, far as my k nel iA.,..
edge enables One to speak, I say we are going)
through on this line if it takei three years more,
[Cheers.] My friends, I did - not-knew bigthot
I might be called upon, - .to say a few words be.
fore I got away from - here; but I did not know!
it was coming just here. [Laughter.] Thaw.
never been
to
the' habit of making predictions
' it regard to the war - , but I am almost tempted
to make one. If I were-to hazard it, it is this': •
.That Grant is this evening, with Gen: Meads
and Gen. Hancock, of _Pennsylvania, and
brave officers and soldiers with him, in a *mi.
tion from whence he - will never be dislodged
until Richmond is taken [loud - Chewing], and '
I have but one single: proposition to put nOw - ,
and, perhaps, I- can best Ind it in
,forrn' of an_
interrogative: If - I shall discover that Gen..
Grant and the noble officers and men under him
can be greatly facilitated in their Work by a
sudden pouring forward of men and assistance.,
will you give them tome? [Cries of" yes.l;
Then, I flay, stand ready,2for I am watching •
for the chance. , [Laughter.] I thank you,
gentlemen. -
The President having concluded, varionsisen4.-
timents were givEin and .received with enthusii- •
asm.
One gentleman proposed three for Col. Row..
man, who brake the back ba`ncof slaveryin Mary;
/and. This whs rornded to in the most en.:
thusiastie manlier.
Cheers were given for Gen. grant, Gen.
Sherman, Gen.:Hooker, Mid all the generalsckf
the army. '
„
Mr. Uneoln advanced ,a step, and, -
being quickly restored, he said, ” Gentlemen,
cheer for the army and the navy.-the soldier:
and the sailors." Tinliwas responded to
wif_it -
patriotic enthusiasm. - , •
• The President - was afterwards serenaded-at
the Continental, and responded as follows: . -
Fellow-Citizens: I attended the Fair at Phft- .
udelphia to-day in the hope that possible it Might
aid something in swelling the contributions for.
the benefit of the soldiers iu the field, who aro -
bearing the harder part of this great national
struggle in which we aro engaged. [Applause:] .
I thought I might do this without impropriety..
It did not even occur to_me that a kind demon...
stration like, this would - be made to me.
voice—" You are worthy of it," and cheers.):
I do not really think it is - proper in my position- -
for me to make a political speech ;- and having,
said at. the - Fair what I thought was proper for,
me to any there in reference to that subject,
and being more of a' politician than anything
else, and having exhausted that branch of the
subject at the Pair, and not being prepared to,
speak.onthe other, I am without anything to say.'
I have really appeared before you now more for
the purpose of seeing. you [a -" Three.
cheers for Ilviest Old "Abe !"] and allow Yea
to.see me it little *bile, [laguliter] and, to show
you that am I a not wanting in due consideration -
and respect for you, when you make this kind •
demonstration in my honor. At the same time
I must beg of you to excuse me from saying
anything further.
In the evening be visited the Union League'
Room where he was welcoined by Hoc.'in -
Dougherty, and he replied:
I thank you, sir, 'foi your kind words of
come. lam happy at the-opportimity of visit.
ing the Union League of Philadelphia, the first ; '
I believe, of the - Union Leagues—an organiza
tion free from political prejudices, and prompt T
ed in its formation by motives of the, higheat
patriotism. I have many a time heard of itch
doing great good, and no one has charged it
with doing an, wrong. But it'is not my inten
tion to make a speech. My object in visiting
Philadelphia was exclusively his witness the
• Sanitary - Fair, and I need scarcely say that' I
have been more than delighted in witnessing
the extraordinary efforts of, your patriotic tries
i
and lovely ladies n behalf of the suffering sol
diers and sailors of our country. It will now,
afford me pleasure' to - take each of yon by the
hand.
Tim Senate and lloruiC of Represeedativts
at Washington have eiactedthe following':
" Bs. it enacted' .- ihe'` Senate' and Ifouse:of
Representatives of:the United States of America,
in Congress asscntlded i That sections threctand
four of au act entitled 'lin act respecting 1110
tives from justice and
. persons eseaping from.
the service of their; masters,' passed,Fehruart
12,1793, and an tact entitled 'Ait act to amend.
and sUpplernentary to the act entitled an act,
respecting fugitives from justice; and persons
escaping from the service of their masters; page.
ed February 12,1793;' passed September42so,
be and the same-are:herehy repealed," •
President Lincoln ivill'gradly - jiffixhis signs.
ture to this important act, and the infamous
Fugitive Slave Slaw' will then no ionger dis
graeethe statute book of the Republic. -
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A CpRRESPONDpi,T of the yew, York Timer
suggests that the original of ,tke, clevoland POD
ventiqn will be foulid in:ll4s=nel, zaii chap.
ter, 24 verse, as folloWsi',. , . -
"And_ every one titat - wrin in distress, and
everyone that wasin debt,,and,every one that
was discontented*theiodthentielvesunto Mtn;
and hO heeatnoffitailtitta over them rand thOital.
were wit:Eliot about four hundred menl."