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EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1864.
NUMBER 5.
TIRECTORY.
I.IST OF POST OFFICES.
Post Offices.
Dethel Station
Carolltown,
Chess Springs,
Conemaugb,
Cresson,
Ebensburg.
Fallen Timber,
Gallitzin,
Hemlock,
Johnstown,;
Loretto,
Mineral Point,
Munster,
Plattsville,
Roseland,
St. Augustine,
Scalp Level,
Souman,
yummerhill,
Summit,
Tilmore,
Post Masters.
Enoch Reese,
Joseph Behe,
Henry Nutter,
, A. G. Crooks,
J. Houston, -John
Thompson,
Asa H. Fiske ,
J. M. Christy,
Wm Tiley, Jr., ,
I. E. Chandler, ,
M. Adlesberger,
E. Wissinger,
A. Durbin,
Districts.
Blacklick.
Carroll.
Chest.
Taylor.
Wa3hint'n.
Ebensburg.
White.
Gallitzin.
Washt'n.
Johnst'wn.
Loretto.
Concm'gh.
Mun3ter.
Andrew J Ferral, Susq'han.
G. W. Bowman, White.
Stan. Wharton, Clearfield,
Georr Berkey, Richland.
B. M'Coljrau, Washt'n.
B. F. SJick, Croyle.
William M'Connell Washt'n.
Morris Keil, S'merhill.
CIIUnCIIES, MINISTERS, &.C.
Presbvterian Ret. D. Harbison, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath morning at 10
o'clock, and in the evening at C o'clock. Sab
oath School at 1 o'clock, A. M. Prayer meet
in" every Thursday evening at 6 o'clock.
"Methodist Episcopal Church Rev. J. S. Lem
mox Preacher in charge. Rev. W. II. M'Bride,
Assistant. Preachingevery alternate Sabbath
mornin", at 10 J o'clock. Sabbath School at
o'clock, A. XL Prayer meeting yery Thursda
evening, at 7 o'clock.
Welch Independent Rev Ll. R. Powell,
P.istor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
10 o'ciock, and in the eveuing at G o'clock.
Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
aieetinc on the first Monday evening of each
month? and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week-in
each month.
Calvinistie Methodist Rev. Johs Williams,
piStor Vreaching every Sabbath evening at
2 and C o'clock. Sabbath School at K o'clock,
A. M. Piayer meeting every Friday evening,
at 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock. ' ' " '
Disciples Rev. W. Lloyd, Pa s tor. Preach -pg
every Sabbath rooming at 10 o'clock.
Particular Bap ists Rev. David Jexki.vs,
Ftor. Preaching every t-abbath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at I o'clock, P.-M.
Catholic Uev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath morning at 10$ o'ciock
n-l Vesper at 4 o'clock in the evening.
KOCSSBURO
MAILS ARRIVE. '
Eastern', daily, at Hf o'clock, A. M.
Western, " at 11 j o'clock, A. M.
MAILS CLOSE.
Eastern, dailv, at 8 o'clock, P. M..
Western, " " at V . 8 o'clock, P. M.
EcyTh mails from Butler,Indiana,Strongs
iown, ic, arriv on Thursday of each week,
t 5 o'clock, P. M. '
Leave Ebensburg oa Friday of each week,
t e A. M.
r??UThe nr.iila from Newman's Mills, Car
rolltown, &c, arrive on Monday, Wednesday
Friday of each veek, at 3 o'clock P. M.
Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
ad Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
CRESSON' STATION7.
West Bait. Express leaves at
8.18 A. M.
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u Phila. Express
' Mail Train
Emigrant Train
East Through Express
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" Fast Mail
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COUXTY OFFICERS. j
Judges of the Courts President, Hon. Geo. t
Taylor, Huntingdon ; Associates, George V
tasley, Henry C. Devine.
Prothonotary Joseph M'DonaM.
Register and Recorder James Griffin. -
Sheriff John Buck.
Dixtrict Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners Peter J. Little, Jno
Campbell, Edward Glass. .. - .
Treasurer Isaac Wike.
Poor House Directors George M'Cnllough,
teor;re Delanv. Irwin Rutledge.
'Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
Auiitors William J. Williams, George U
. Zahm, Franci3 Tierney.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
Coroner. -William Flattery, y
Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe.
Syp't. of Common Schools J. F. Condon.
EBEXSIIEIIG, IS OK. OFFICERS.
AT large. '
Justice of the Peace -David II. Roberts
Harrison Kinkead
Burgess A. A. Barker.
School Directors Ael Llovd. Phil S. Noon.
I Joshua D. Parrish, nugh Jones, E. J. Mills,
"avid J. Jones. .
east ward.
Constable Thomas J. Davis.
Town Council J. Alexander Moore, Daniel
jj; Evans, Richard R. Tibbott, Evan E. Evan3,
"iUiam Clement. , . '
Jntpcctors Alexander Jones. D, O. Evans.
Judge of Election Richard JonesJr. .
Attessor Thomas M. iones.'
distant Assessors David E.Evans, Wm.
"Davis. ;
west ward.
na6ZsWilliam Mills, Jr.
Town Council John Dougherty, George C.
Zahm, Isaac Crawford, Francis A. Shoe
James S. Todd.
In.
spectoTt G. W. Oatman. Roberts Evan3.
'"rfsre Of F-lrriSnn fi1nl TT.c.nn
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i ii f1 ant Assessors William Barnes, Dan-u-
Zahm.
A,
Address of the JYatlonal Union
' Executive Committee.
TO TUB PEOPLE OF THE C2UTED STATES.
Astor House, New York, October 14.
Fellow Citizens : The elections of
Tuesday last give splendid auguries of the
result of tOpresidential contest, now so
near at hand. The great Central States
of the Union have pronounced, in unmis
takable tones, their condemnation of the
principles, the purposes, and the candi
dates of the Chicago Convention.
Although tha great issue was presented
only indirectly for their action, they have
branded as false the declaration of that
assemblage that the war for the restora
tion of the Union has proved a "failure;"
and have stigmatized, as unpatriotic and
cowardly, its demand, made in the midst
of our most splendid triumphs, for a
"cessation of hostilities," and a compro
mise with the men-who are assailing, in
armed rebellion, the nation's life.
In Pennsylvania, the Old Keystone
State, although there was no State ticket
to arouse enthusiasm or stimulate exer
tion, the Union men have elected tuteen
out of the twenty-four ' members of Con
gress, secured a large majority : in both
branches of the Legislature, and carried
the State by a popular majority of noc
less than til teen thousand..
In Ohio, without any special effort, the
Union men have elected sixteen members
of Congress out of nineteen ; the Chicago
candidate for the Vice Presidency has
been overwhelmed in his own district,
all the promineut leaders who dared to
present themselves for public judgment
have been condemned by decisive verdicts,
the Legislature has a large Union- ma
jority iu both branches, and in the State
at large' the bnion cause has a popular
majority of uot less than eighty thousand.
lu Indiana, , where the Copperheads
made the most determined struggle, they
have met th6 most signal. deteat and over
throw. Their organization .: was perfect,
their means abundant, and their efforts
marked by the utmost vigor and determi
nation. Lut they have been utterly routed
by the most decisive majority which the
fctute has given tor . many years. Al
though he bad more than forty thousand
soldiers in the field, from whoai the oppo
sition party had withheld the right to
vote, the Union men in that gallant State
have gained three members -of. Congress,
sent bchuyJer Uouax back, in spue or the
most desperate efforts to defeat him, to
the scat he has so long acorned ; chosen
a Union Legislature, re-clccted the gal
lant and patriotic Governor Alortou by
15.000 majority, ?nd overwhelmed, witli
the lasting stigma of popular condeuna-:
tion, the conspirators who had dared, in
aid of the llebellion, to organize uoon
her soil a movement of armed resistance
to the Constitutional authority of the Uni-
ted States.
Fellow citizens ! These results may
well fill your hearts with confidence that
iu November the popular voice will de
mand that the llebellion be crushed by
f "force of arms," and that there be no
cessation of hostilities until the integrity
0 thc Union is restored and the suprema
cy of the Constitution re-established over
every foot f the national domain. They
leave no room for doubt as to the settled
sentiment and purpose of the American
people. .
The Union victories of September in
Vermont and Maine indicated uumistaka-
bly the feelings of New England. New
York has never failed to sympathize in
political sentiments with Pennsylvania.-
Illinois always vote3 with Indiana, and
the overwhelming majority in Ohio ren
ders certain the verdict of the mighty
West. V . " .
But take care that the very splendor of
these victories docs not betray you into
fatal inactivity! Let them stimulate you
to fresh exertions not lull you into a
false security! These contests are only
the preliminary skirmishes of the grand
engagement. The battle is but just be
gun; it will not close until tho last vote
drops into the ballot-box at sunset on the
8th of November next. Our opponents
will not abandon the contest; they will
only fight with the greater desperation
on account of the check they .have sus
tained. : . -'
Besides this, it is rot enough that we
secure a victory- The Union cause de
serves and demands at our hands ac over
whelming triumph. We owe it to the
flag we serve ; to thc memory of the noble
hearts who have, died in its defense; to
the heroes who are even now rallying, in
blood and fire, to the rescue of its starry
folds, to put such a brand of popular con
demnation lOon its foes as shall? leave
them neither heart nor. strength to assail
it from this tinja forward forever I , ,
Signs, moreover, are not wanting that
the allies ot rebellion, represented at Chi
cago,5 are prepared, if the contest be close,
to resist the verdict of the people now, as
it was resisted four years ago, by armed
rebellion. . Threats of such a purpose have
been freely uttered. , .Secret organizations,
looking to such a movement, have "been
perfected. -'Arms and ammunition have
been secretly accumulated in the Western
States. And- the Chicago Convention
itself refused to adjourn cine die after its
legitimate business had been transacted,
but on motion of Wickliffe, of Kentucky,
an open ally of the rebellion, and in imi
tation of the Jacobin clubs of revolution
ary France, resolved itself into a perma
nent body, for the avowed purpose -of
taking such steps as the emergencies
might require between now and the 4th
of March next. To what do these prepa
rations look, if not to a repetition on
Northern soil of thc secession movement
in the Southern States; to fresh attempts
to arouse rebellion again the will of the
people, if that will should be pronounced
against them ' .
For these reasons, fellow-citizens, and
for every reason connected with the wel
fare, the honor, the salvation of our be
loved country, it is of the utmost impor
tance that you give in November an over
whelming maioritv for the Union cause.
With proper exertion you can carry every J
loyal State ia the Union for the Union j
candidates. Let that be the aim of your
efforts! 1 Be content with nothing less.
Iteraember that the contest is not one for
party ascendancy. You are not fighting
for a party victory. .
The stake for which you are contending
is nothing les3 than the honor and the life
of your country. llemember. that failure
now is failure ioveyer; that a triumph of
the cessation and surrender policy of the
Chicago Convention lead3 inevitabljr-to a
recognition of the Itebel ConfotCacy
with slavery its its corner-stone : ; to the
disruption of this glorious Union and the
overthrow of democratic atd , republican
principles all over the world. ,
Give not such a triumph' to the foes of
freedom abroad, and the enemies of equal
rights - at ;home ! .Let ; not England and
Franca thus glory in the destruction of
this Imperial liepublic. Let the world
understand thai the American people still
cling to the principles of their fathers
that they "will still maintain against all
hostility the integrity of , their Union, the
authority of the Constitution, aud the
honor end supremacy of thfur glorious
fla?. . . ' .
Wc call upon Union Committees, Loyal
Leagues, and all other organizations
formed 'for the purpose of vindicating auu
maintaining the Uuion cause, to redouble
their efforts. Let them perfect their
organization, instantly, everywhere. ' Let
tiicin L-cnd to this Committee for such
documents a3 wul enlighten the pcoplo in
their respective localities upon the great
issues involved in. the canvass; they will
be furnished gratuitously, upon the sole
condition that they are faithlully used.'
: Let speakers in every town and every
district address the judgment and patriotic
sentiment of the people, and rally them to
the support and defense of our principles and
candidates. : Let full and prompt provision
be made in advance for bringing voters to
the polls, for preventing frauds, and secu
ring in this sharp crisis of the country's
fate the 7ote of evcry'citizen who has an
interest iu the preservation of the nation's
life.
Let special care be taken to secure for
every soldier and for every sailor, who is
fighting iu the field or oa the sea in de
fense of the country and its flag, the
exercise of his right to vote. If any man's
right of suffrage i3 sacred, il is his.' ' See
to it that ho is not deprived of.it by neg
ligence, or cheated in its exercise by fraud.
Send agents to ths array to , secure it for
him. 'Where the action of hostile legisla
tures has refused him the right to vote in
the field, procure for him a furlough, if
military necessity will allow, that he may
vote at home. . ., , ,
Fellow-citizens ! But one month more
remains for effort. If that month be
properly employed, the vote of every loyal
State can .be secured for the representa
tives and candidates of the Union cause.
There is not one among them all that,
upon any just and fair canvass, will delib
erately pronounce the " war iu which so
many of our sons and brothers have laid
down their lives, a "failure," orechathe'
demand of, the Chicago Convention for a
cessation of hostilities just on the eve of
victory, and for a disgraceful surrender to
an exhausted and beaten foe. '
On behalf of the National Union Exec
utive Committee. , - r v
... . HENRY J. RAYMOND, Chairman.
F. D. Spehry, Secretary.' " "
An empty sound the railway
whistle when you are too late for thc train.
Toices from Chicago.
In order to a correct understanding of
the influences which operated to the fra
ming of the Chicago Platform, and to give
some idea of the character of those com
posing and endorsing the convention, we
subjoin extracts from a few of the speeches
delivered just prior to the nomination of
M'Clellan and Pendleton,: , . :
FERXAN'DO WOOD'S PK5IA5D OF THE COSVESTIOJf.
This leading Democrat said: ; '
"Let us demand of , the convention,
above everything else, that they give us
peace Let us insist that they shall
respond to the demand, and not intermit
our efforts until we have brought t hero, to
a triumphant conclusion." (Cheers.)
DOXE XOTHISa TO HELP THE WAR.
Mr. Van Allen said : -
"I have been a peace man from the
beginning, and. have done nothing tohehp
the war that I could avoid, for I believed
that it would result in an abortive attempt,
and that an effort to subjusate the sover
eign States would only bring destruction
to the people, collapse. our finances, and
send desolation and death through all our
homes.. Has not that . been the result?"
(Cries of "Quite right.") , . -
M'UAT IT IS TO BEIXFORCE OCK SOLDIERS.
Hev. Henry Clay Dean said : ; 1
"Since the day when Ahasuerus issued
his edict for the murder of tho Jewish
nation, a more gigantic crime has never
been recorded than thc recent edict of the
ignorant baboon at Washington, calling
tor a half million more of your sons and
brothers, for a fresh immolation to the
Abolition God". .
, A WORD TO WAli DEMOCRATS.
'Mr. O'Brien, of Illinois, said :
"But we have men who call themselves
War Democrats. Such are Ingersoll,
Logan and M'Clernand. They are not
Democrats; they are Abolitionists, and
this fall we will bury, them in the same
grave as the Abolitionists, and damn them
to eternal infamy." ' . .
THE "WAR DEMOCR AT IS A JUDAS. "
Mr. M'Mastets, of New York, said : v
"A man who is in favor of this unnatu
ral war, iusults. the holy name of the
Democracy, when he claims a place in jts
organization, .lie is a' Judas, and should
be cast out as an enemy to humanity and
to God." ; .. ' '. .
WAR AT THE XORT3 THREATENED
Prof. Wedgewcod, of New York, said :
"The scenes of Missouri will be repeated
in Illinois in less thaa six months, if the
war should bo continued. (Yc3, and. all
over the country.) If thc war continues,
'cu may rely upon it that every man's
hand will be turned against his neighbor,
and the result' will be that there will be a
contest between Republicans and Demo
crats here among -us." '.
2OT DEMOCRAT VOTES - ENOUGH WHAT SHALE
EE DOXE ? ' ' '
Major Stambaugh, of Ohio, said: .
?'I am a native of tho same county with
Mr. Vallandigham, and there is but little
difference iu our ages, I know him to be
a pure patriot. (Loud cheers.) We have
not Democratic votes enough to elect our
candidates. We must have the conserva
tives of tho Republican party. , Shall wo
open the door. and receive them? (Yes,
let them come.)"
KOX-COEECIOX AXD DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS. ;
Mr. C. :C Burr said: ' -
"Tho Demosratic party must recognize
in their romination the doctrine of non
coercion, or it will not and ought not to
be successful. This campaign will be satis
factory only if conducted upon tho princi
ples of the old Democratic party, and they
were peaceful principles. These doctrines
must bo represented either in the candidate
or platform. Get the candidate if , you
can, but the platform at a'ny.rate." .
ALL THE PEACE MEN FOR THE CUICAOO XOMIXEE.
j Mr. Baker, of Michigan, said :
"I am for peace, (cheers.) for war is
destroying our liberty. ; I came here to
proclaim peace. (A voice : Will you sup
port a war man if he is nomiuated ? We
don't want a war man.) I will support
any man nominated at the Chicago Con-vention.-
(Cheers.) ' : '.
VISION OF A DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION.
Captain Kountz, of Pennsylvania, said:
"The Democratic government must be
raised to power, and Lincoln, with his
Cabinet ot rogues, thieves and spies driv
en to destruction. What shall we do with
him ? (A voice: Send him here, and I'll
make a coffin for him d n him !) Yes,
d n him and his miserable followers. I
do not proposo to give you,' to-night, the
platform of the Democratio party, for as
yet it is unborn. But 1 should like to
see the Doble " George B. M'Clellan as
President, (cheers,) and the great Demo
crat, Horatio Seymour, should occupy the
position of Secretary of State. In - the
Cabinet, I would sec the name of Voor-
hees and the brilliant galaxy of gentlemen
statesmen who surround tho Democratic
banner." .
Let the people read, and then reflect
that of such influence and associations as
these were produced the Chieago nomina
ination and platform,' which are now bef Drc
the country for approval or rejection.
mi
President Lincoln Serenaded
.-: lie Makes n Speech.'
President Lincoln was serenaded at the
White House, on thc 'evening of the 19th,
by a largo crowd of loyal Mary landers,
when" he made a speech congratulating
them, the State, the nation, and the world
upon the adoption of the new Maryland
Constitution. He said:
"I am notified this is a compliment paid
me by loyal Miry landers resident in thi?
District. I infer that the adoption of the
new Constitution for your State furnishes
the occasion, and that in your view the
extirpation of slavery constitutes the chief
merit of the' new Constitution. Most
heartily do I congratulate you and Mary
land, and the nation, and the world, upon
the event. 1 regret that it did not occur
two years sooner, which I am sure would
have saved to the nation more money than
would have met all private lo?3 incident to
the measure. But it has come at last, and
I sincerely hope its frieuds may fully re
alize all their anticipations of good from
it, atiM that its opponents may, by its ef
fects, be agreeably and profitably disap
pointed. . "A word upon another subject. Some
thing said by the Secretary of State in his
recent speech at Auburn has been con
strued by some into a threat that if I shall
be beaten at the election, I will, between
then and the end of my constitutional
term, do what I may be able to ruin the
government. Others regard the fact that
the Chicago Convention adjourned, not
sine die, but to meet again, if called to do
so by particular individuals, as an intima
tion of a purpose that if their nominee
shall bo elected, he will at once seize the
control of the Government.- I hope the
good, people will permit themselves to
suffer no uneasiness on either point.
am" struggling to maintain the Govern
ment, not to overthrow it. - I. therefore
say, that if I shall live, I shall remain
President until the 4th of . next March,
and that whoever shall be constitutionally
elected therelor in November, shall be
duly installed as President on the 4th of
March, and thai in the interval I shall do
my utmost that whosoever is to hold the
helm for the next voyage shall start with
the best possible chance to save thc ship.
"This is duo to the people both on prin
ciple and under the Constitution. Their
will constitutionally expressed i3 ultimate
law for all. If they should deliberate
resolve to have immediate peace, even at
the loss of their country and liberties, I
have not the power or the right to resist
them. It is their own business, and they
must do as they please with their own.
I believe, however, they are still resolved
to preserve their country and their liber
ty, and in this, in office or out of office, I
am resolved to stand by them. . I may add
that in this purpuse to save thc country
and its liberties, no classes of people seem
so nearly unanimous as tho soldiers in the
field and the seamen afloat. Do they not
have the hardest of it? Who should quail
when they do not 'i God bless the soldiers
and seamen, and all their bravo xromman
dcrs." - . ...... .
m m
Why Did't they' Nominate Lin-"
coln ? It is certainly an interesting in
quiry : why the Democrats at Chicago did
not nominate Lincoln.. They nominated
his lieutenant-a man who has obeyed all
his orders, and, endorsed all the leading
features of his policy, with the only dif
ference that Mr.-Lincoln did not go far
enough and fast enough to suit him
Thus, Mr. Lincoln ordered a , draft in
18C3 and 1SGI, while M'Clellan wanted
it enforced in 18G1 and 18G2. . Mr. Lin
coln directed tho making ot a few arbitra
ry arrests of isolated individuals for dis
loyalty, while M'Clellan wauted a whole
Legislature gobbled up for that offence.
Mr. Lincoln issued a proclamation of
emancipation in the fall of 18G2, while
M'Clellan advised the confiscation and
forcible liberation of slaves in the spring
of that year. Mr. Lincoln directed the
employment of military force for the sup
pression of the rebellion frcm his chair in
Washington, while M'Clellan went into
the field in person to help suppress the
rebellion.i . :Mr. Lincoln "was compelled by
his oath of office to prosecute the war
which treason forced upon the govern
ment, whilo 31'Clellan volunteered to help
prosecute. Truly, General M'Clellan,
with his record, is the last man who ought
to run a a "peace candidate ! . As well
might they support Abraham Llacolu.
John llrigiit on the presidency
An Important Letter. 1 -
John Bright is well known throughout
the world as the advocate of the poor man
and of the rights of thc people opposed to
the privileges of the few. ne is legitimato
successor of: the . line of good men ia
English politics, aad is in. the same class
of popular reformers as Daniel O'Ccmnell,
Feargus O'Connor, Bichsrd Cobden. and
ethers. We therefore invite special atten
tion to what this true friend of America
says in regard to -the identity in Great
Britain of the rebel sympathizers with tho
advocates of M'Clellan's election. - It is
well also to remember that the industrial
classes in England most injured by the
war have the strongest sympathy with
President Lincoln's administration.
Rochdale, Oct. 1, 186-t.
Deau SliiFor more than three years
the people of this country have watched,
with a constant iuterest, the progress of
the great; conflict in which your people
have been engaged; "and, as you" know,
some have rejoiced over the temporary
successes cf the enemies of your Govern
ment, and some . have, deeply lamented
them. ' ' ' ' -
At this moment we furn our eyes rather
to the political than to the military strug
gle; and there is, with us, the same differ
ence of opinion and sympathy as regards
your coming Presidential election that ha
been manifested in connection with vour
contest in the field. . . -"i - . . ' .
. All those of my countrymen who have
wished well to the' rebellion,., who have
hoped for the, breaking up of your Union,
who have preferred to. see a Southern
slave empire ratUer than a restored and
free liepublic-, so far as I can observe, are
now in favor of the election: of General
M'Clellan. All those who have deplored
the calamities which the leaders of seces
sion have brought upon your country, who
believe that slavery weakens your power
and tarnishes your good name throughout
the world, and who regard the restoration
of your Union as a' thing to be desired
and prayed for by all good men, so far as
I can judge are heartily longing for the
re-election of Mr. Lincoln. Every friend
ofyour Union, probably, in Europe, every
speaker and writer, who has sought to 'do
justice to your cause since the war began,
is now hoping with an iutenso anxiety,
that Mr.-Lincoln may be placed at the
head of your Executive for another term.
It is not because they believe Mr. Lin
coln to be wiser or better than all other
men on your continent, but thejT think
they have observed in his' career a grand
simplicity of purpose, and a patriotism
which, knows no change and which does
not falter. To some of his countrymen
there may appear to have been errors in
his course. It would be strange, indeed,
ifin the rxiidst of difficulties so stupendous
and so unexpected, any administration or
any ruler should wholly avoid mistakes.
To us, looking on from this distance, and
unmoved by the passions frOm which
many of your people cau hardly be expect
ed to bo free regarding his Presidential
path with the calm judgment which be
longs rather to history than to the present
time, as our outside position enables us, in
some degree to regard it we see in'it an
honest endeavor faithfully to do the work
of his great office, and, iu the doing of it, '
a brightness of personal honor on which
no adversary has yet been able to fix a
stain. ' ' ' ' "
1 believe that the effect of Mr. Lincoln's
re-election iu England, and in Europe, and
indeed throughout the world, will be this:
it will convince all men that the integrity
of your great country Vili be preserved,
and it will show that republfcan institutions
with an instructed and patriotic people, can
bear a nation safely and steadily - through
the most desperate periii. ...
I am. one of your friends in England
who have never lost faith in your cause.
I have spoken to my countrymen on its
behalf; and now, in writing this letter to
you, I believe I speak the sontimeuts and
the heart's wish of every man in England
who hopes for the freedom and greatness
of your country. Forgive mo for this in
trusion upon you, but I cannot hold back
from telliug you what is passing in my
mind, aud I wish, if possible, to send you
a word of encouragement.
Relieve me, always, with great respect,
- . .. Yours," verv truly,
JOHN BRIGHT.
Horace Greeley, Esq., New York. Tj. S
$iJrA Jersey mail was very sick, and
was not expected to recover. His frien s
got around his bed, and one of them asked
him, "John, do you feel willing to die?"
John made an effort to give his views on
the subject, and answered A?ith bis feeble
voice, "I think pd rather stay where
I'm butter acquainted." '