M'Clellan of Antietara but, neither as a
soldier nor a loyal man can I vote for the
Chicago M'Clellan —tile's' are. hi my opin
ion. two very different men. Antietam
M'Clellan was cheered by th> soldiers of
the Union, he fought for his Government
and was the associate of such men as
Reno, Hooker, Burnside, Fremont and
Abraham Lincoln ; but this Chicago Mc-
Clellan appologises to Jeff. Davis, is cheer
ed by the soldiers id' the rebellion, and
rioters of New York city; fie cries, "cease
firing" aud is the friend an l associate of
such men as \ alaudigham, \ orhees, Pen
dlcton uud Jeff Davis. ,
ABRAHAM U.NCOT.N.
Abraham Lincoln has proved himself j
neither an adventurer, nor a monarch, j
but a coo l president. Conciom that |
while he was ilw ruler, lie was likewise |
tha servant of the people; lie has not ,
sought tile id public opinion, neither has j
he lagged bhittd; but realiziug the fact j
that public opinion must rule in this gov- '
cnmient, lie has always acted with and
consulted the best interests of the people ,
tinder the Constitution. His abilities, |
his wisdom, anhis integrity have been
tested as was never that of any other man 1
under this government, and he has prov- j
ed to be a man posessing all the qualities |
of a great, just and wise ruler. on may j
too his greatness in his acts, his justice in j
his punishment of traitors, his go jduess j
in his emancipation proclamation, his
inerev in his Amnesty proclamation, and !
hit? consistency in all his public life and ;
documents, they are all true to Union.
Liberty, and no compromise with traitors. ,
The man who has no friends except among |
those who love this country. The man, j
of whom soon it will be said, he has given j
liberty to a race, freedom and peace to a
a nation. Some talk of imbecility—you I
c i'led the orator li the nation to Gettys-1
burg and Abraham Lincoln said more in
live minutes than he did in an hour.— I
Some complain ofhis tyranny, yet those
are the very men lie has saved from the
scaffold. Much is said about bis perse- i
i- ttion of Yallindigham. yet he pardoned j
V allindighnui from States prison and sen- !
him to his friends in the South.
In four years he has driven the enemy
fr<un Ohio. Pennsylvania, .Marylaud, con-1
quered Virginia, lveutudky, Tennessee, i
Missouri, Arkansas and Lousianna. j
Blockaded 2,000 miles of coast. Defend- j
'led our settlers against the incited savage. ;
Maintained the houor of the nation at I
home and abroad. Fortified our sea '
ports. Opened up tho navigation of the
Mis. issipp. Increased the pa\ of our
soldiers. Fortified and defended our Na- 1
tional Capitol; completed tho dome, sat;
upon it, The Goddess of Liberty, and de v
clarod liberty to a race, aud freedom to :i,
nation.
And yet when he went into power, lie
Lad, no army, no navy, 110 treasury, no |
guu.-; and was obliged to pass to the Na- j
tioaal Capitol in disguise through a crowd j
■d" midniyht Democrats. With all this
miraculous success, and wielding a power 1
such as few men have ever done, lie gnnv -
not haughty, but calls upon the people to |
return thanks tu God. Abraham Lin- (
coin appears to realize tho fact that like |
all the rest of us he will die soiuo day ;
soon, and the greatest record lie can leave ;
ou iTi'tli is •' -1 friend of human liberty" j
this ho has already done, aud his name i
will lie a word of praise upon the lips of j
liappy millions, a thousand years after the !
Chacago Platform aud all who support it t
are hurried in eternal infamy.— But some j
say Abraham, why did'nt yon call f'll !
f)DO,OUO at tho first of the war? Did'nt
many ot' you say 1 had no powei to calll
for any ? Why did'nt you recruit more
in the fall of 61 ? Did'nt every Journal
111 the land blame me for extravagance
in recruiting what I did ? Why did'nt
you issue your Emancipation Proclama
tion at tho first of tho war? What did j
you oppose i- when I did issue it? \\|hy j
did'nt you djaft. long ago, and bring this j
war to a close? Wha' did you oppose
the daft tor when I did make it? Why
did you arm tho negro? Why did'nt
you arm yourself? Why did nt you
arm the negro long ago ? Yes you said j
you would'nt fight along.side of him, and I
waited until I lound you would'nt fight
along st'de of any body aud then 1 armed j
hitn.
You must beai in mind we have pass |
cd through a crisis in which great preju
dices have been overcome, that this is a j
Republican Government and popular
op niou mu)t be consulted. Considering
Abraham Liucolu as the Representative ;
of the people, he has always taken the
proper aitiou in tho proper time, and !
the proper place, while to tho prin- !
eiples of union and liberty be has ever
been as true as the heavens, no little man
can ever fill tho place of Abraham Lin
coln, his principles are not written on pa
per to be changed by the fortunes of a
day, but as he camo from a poor boy to !
liis present position, through the rank 1
and jite of our country, the genius of true ;
American Institutions have been written j
upon bis heart and have become part of
his nature, with him the words liberty
and union have become flesh and blood j
and the last joke of Abraham Lincoln;
will be "no compromise with traitors."y- j
in talking of President Lincoln a few j
days ago, a Copperhead told me he would
haug him. 1 asked him if he had not j
dealt honestly with this people ? Yes, he
said he believed he was an honest man.
then I advised him to wait a few days un
til we would 6ee whether we had another,
for they were sc; roe.
But some complain of his suppressing '
the Habeas Corpus; the fact is, he has de- j
niod that writ to traitors. Is there any 1
thing wrong about that, he had a consti- j
tutional right to do so, aud no man can
firiti fault except lie sympathize with trea
son. and such men we dou't expect to be
fr.ends of Abraham Lincoln. These same
men complain of the suppression of the
Woldon railroad, or any other highway of
treason. Show me a man who cries |
against the President fer his suppression
ot the llabeus Corpus, and I will show i
you a traitor. Others who arc also trai- i
tors, complain because they cannot speak j
trorson. Tho Democratic party in Ohio, j
once took a fit because Valandigham could
not stand up before a public audience, and
council resistance to the draft and deser
tion from our armies, but they got better
■when the people brough Lett them 100,000.
But I ask, conld you speak your political
principles before this war, in the south 1 \
JJo, Frecdum of the speech and of the
l press was unknown there, even in time of
! peace, lest you might set tb# magazine of
slavery.on (ire; this magazine is now ex
ploded. and if you support this Govern
ment she will soon bo free iitdeed. You
talk of the abridgment of your rights-,
and yet you have more rights than ever
you improved. You have aright to fight
for the Government that has protected
yon, but you prefer to lay around and
curse Abraham Lincoln, aud the Admin
istration'
I have seen your brethren in Virginia
and Maryland, robbed of everything that
they had 011 earth, by war, aud yet they
remained loyal to the Government. But
! you who have never seen or felt the des
troying hand of war, curse the very man
| who has protected your self and family in
i the peaceful enjoyment of nil you have.
S ippose your country <a 0 • v si e I by tin;
| enemy. Hero they come, you are in bed.
presently yo.tr bouse is occupied by the
enemy, every thing valuable is carried
I away. Your children cry around you for
I fear—perhaps you are arrested and car
! lie I away ; if not, you go out in the mor
ning on your once beautiful farm—you
j have no fence. 110 corn, no grass, your
| horses are stolen ; of your cows, pigs and
j poultry, you see nothing but tho hide j
| and feathers. Your garden is demolish- {
! ed. your orchard destroyed, your .smoke I
' house emptied of the last ham and the I
1 - last herring." you soe one man with j
1 your coat on. another with your hat. Your I
1 cliildrea cry for breakfast, but your flour I
i- in rebchioui an hour ago. But the bu- |
gle blows, and in fifteen minutes your i
democratic friends are gone. You walk !
lout and your family follows to view the |
j desolation. All is gone save the large '
' pot and it contains the bones of the la>t I
I turkey. Here lies your old pocket hook |
but '-nary a rod." ilere lies your public j
and private pipers torn, niuti'at d and de- '
Mroycd even to the deed of your place. !
Your daughter finds part of a letter from i
her "Dear Dannie" trampled in the mud i
with her Sabbath-school bible, but his |
likeness isjost. Your boots arc gone but j
! you make a barefooted pilgrimage to the
! family graveyard." No neat fence now '
impales your noble dead, no sweet flower |
! blossoms oil the grave of your "little All- i
j nie." And the marble blocks reared to
1 the memory of your ancestors have boon
| broken down, white your hearts are bro
ken nitrtr. and you weep over tho graves !
of the depaitcd You behold ( o,< did th<■ j
• citizens n/ I 'liaiidiCi-iliiiri/} your house in
ll unes. <)h the barbarians! Great
heavens!! The barns mi fire !!! What ]
shuH Ido ." Repent of your sins.believe !
in this Union, suppoit this government, j
l vote for Abraham Liucoln and thou shall j
jbo saved. The picture is uot colored, J
' these calamities have befallen your broth-'
ren and may soon befall you. To guard
your h mie .tr 111 such barb r!-tn, Abraham 1
Lincoln declared to tlieni, that thev |
| -'should be | rateeted in all their rights
j under the Constitution," that they "could |
i have no war, unless they were themselves
1 the aggn >rs;" but they became the ag-
I grissors. Since that, ho has enlisted sol-
I dicr-. called for volunteers, called for mil
| itia, drafted men, built ships of war, do
claio 1 a blockade, proclaimed freedom to
; slaves, paid bounty to Volunteers, armed
j the negro, fortified our cities and guarded
| our rivers, all to defend you from snch
j barbarism, and restore the peace and hap
pness of this Union. He is now after
those rebels, ho has just chased tlieni
■ through Wiuchcsfor and Atlanta and
! your brave sons and brothers who have
marclie 1 without rations, fought without
sleep, rail slept without a covering, blod
without a sigh, and died without a groan,
now look down from the good soldier's
re-t 011 high, and ask your protection for
tbeir graves, for the cause and government
for which they died. And now in tho
I name of humanity, in the name of all
| that is near and dear to humanity, in the
j name of the God of humanity. I ask of
you not to vote against your chief magis
trate and his noble army, who through
perils and sufferings yuu know nut nj\ have
defended your lives and property from de
struction. your families from misery and
1 want, your altars from desecration, and
J the green graves ot your sires from dis
j honor.
PEACE.
I wonder if any of you men have lived
] in a land of snoke3 all the days of your
J life, and don't know that when a Copper
-1 head cries peace, 110 means to bite you. —
j L have often spoken to you in times gone
| by, and many of you are sorry you did not
ii -ten to my warnings, but to-day remeui
j bcr I tell you this cry for peace means
secession, means a division of the United
States. The Copperheads see this rebel
lion nearly run down, they sympathize,
with it. they think if they cdipnot fight
| for it, they can stand back hero and call
| the dogs of war away'. Where does this
cry of peace come Irjm? Docs it come
f.otn those who desire to see this Union
! p cserved, and this Government perpetua
-1 tod ? Does it come from those who are
fighting for its preservation ? No! It
j c nuts from such men as Pendleton, who
I always voted against coercion, and such
; Democrats as voted to rob the -soldier of
j his right of suffrage. We have 30,000
| prisoners to-day. in Georgia, suffering all
that humanity tun suffer, offer them a re
j lease if they will sign the Chicago Plat
■ form, and tlicy will tell you like true sol
diers. that they will die first.
President Liueoln. the Republican par
ty, and the soldiers, arc ail for peace, aud
lieve been from the beginning; every
I time the soldier goes 11 fire his musket,
| he cries '-peace," if the Johnny's come
! over, lays down ther niuskct, swear to suj>-
I port this Government, and be loyal, he is
' sent as far doi-ili as Philadelphia, and
goes on his way rojoiciug in peaeo and
freedom from the draft—but if 110 body
comes over, the soldier fires again; this is
the peace we demand : - Obedience to the
Constitution and laws of the United
States," but the peace of the Chicago
Platform aud its appoloi/i~er. G. B. Mc-
Clellan, i.s first, a ceeessation of hostilities,
second, a withdrawal of our army; third,
a raising ot our blockade; fourth.- disar
ming of 100.000 of ourwtldiers. and their
delivery to the enemy; fifth, a strength
ening of the rebel army, of their firts 1
and fleets, a replenishing of their Com
missnries and Arsenals, and tlica the I
haughty baud of treason, will show you i
the boundary of the -Confederate States
of America." But there is a man over I
there, who ought to wear gray clothes, 112
says to me : Nixon, don't you tliink if
wo would declare a cessation of hostili
ties. and tee Pemncratt would go down to
Chhrle-tmi and commence where we left
off in 1860, take off our hat*, get down
upon ourkuees and say to our friends of
the south : "We lost Hull Hun" and now
we arc willing t > vote for the Breckcu
ridge I'latt'Um. and say that a "territorial
Legislature had no power to exclude sla
very from a territary," that we would dis
arm their slaves and tend them back..re
establish slavery in the District of Co
lumbia, rc-cnact the Fugitive Slave Law.
r.-peiil the Confiscation Act. Don't you
think if we would do this, nud ask them
t i receive us back iato the Democratic
party, they would do it ? Well I think
they would not. Hut suppose they woul 1.
the next question would be. who do you
propose for president ? Yjm say M'Clel
lan. they say Jeff Davis. The liextquci
tion is, what will you call it ? You say
I'nion. they say Confederate. Well you
will compromise we know that. 'J hey
say if we give you M'Clellan, you must
1 give us the name ; you say we have 11I
: ways been for the Union, we can't call it
'."confederate'' so you ta-c Union and
j Jeff, such is your peace, such your com
| promise. Then why in the nnmn of com
| 111011 honesty—you miserrble sneaking
I Copperheacs don't you vote for Jeff. Da
vis noir.
But thy mill tell yon, you talk like a
: crazy man. What goo I will y air Hreck- !
| enridge platform do us where slavery is j
1 disorganized, the territories free and sla- ]
very abolished in Missouri. What good ,
| will slavery do in the District ol Coluin- I
l>ia with Virginia and Maryland free. '
'1 M what use a fugitive slave law. while j
you prui/ lorthe oppressand what can !
j we dr. with an Abolition soldier as a I
j slave. Once we fought for slavery, but I
j now it is dead, wo have no hope in union
j with you. we de.-ive none. To talk to the !
1 /,ii /<•)•.« of this rebellion about peace, it is
| o ,ly to exasperate them, tlioy remember |
the sweet peace they once bad and the ]
j guarantees of property, but now all is
gone. Hi- looks upon his once happy
j family, brought down from oppulcnce and
j pride to want and misery, ho looks upoti j
j lii< ruined estate, his d .vastatel fields and 1
with the energy ot dispair he resolves "to j
| swim 'ln-' scant' slaughter ors.nk beneath j
; iho wave, you ran not compromise with
! these arch traitors. I ike rebel angels j
j they have lost a heaven and only sock to |
in hell. Hut there are a class with
j whom you can compromise, tlicy had j
j nothing to do with this rebellion except
1 they were force 1 to fight its battles. They '
have often told me they had 110 interest !
| in slavery they owned no slaves, they ha
j tod both master and slave, they don't j
| like the society in which they have been j
j raised because it don't like them. They
1 will tell you that when they goto the
| masters house, its not " good morning j
pool man.'' but, he sends his nigger out
1 to meet him at the gate and inquires what
he wants. These men with few excep
tions can't read, they know nothing ex
.coptthat its "a right smart distance over
there a clover ways" and have no idea I
about this war except that they will toll
you " we don't think youu's all ought to
come away down here to fight we'eus all.
They think that ice rebelled against the
[southern Confederacy and come down
there for plunder. Many of thcin enlist
ed for six months and have now bcou in
three years and a half, they would like to [
see the war ended, but there is only two |
ways for them to get out of it—one is to i
crawl under the ground and the other is, J
to crawl into our lines. The former, j
Gen. Grant says in a letter the 10th
ot August, about a thousand arc doing ev
ery day. 'J hey swear to suppoi t tlie gov
ernment, are liberated and sent North.
We have several regiments in our service
composed exclusively of deserters from
the rebel amy. llcie is the road topcaco
they cannot long stand this deci.nation,
support your armies, prosecute the war,
declare freedom to their slaves, freedom
j io their soldiers and sooti by our example
we w ill lie able to declare liberty to the
world. Well, but you Democrats think
slavery is in the Constitution and you
ought to do something for it—.veil now
what can you do? Your fathers thought
they would do something—they took the
powder of slavery and the lighted match i
of freedom aud they put them into the
Union gun, the powder exploded anu tiie
gun burst, we are now gathering up the
pieces you want to put slavery back in
again, hut when you come to look for ii j
you can t find it. '1 he fact is slavery has
been a thorn in the body politic of this
nation since its formation, the body has
gone through all the stage* of .nflama-
Hon. it is now festered arid Abraham Lin
coln who is sworn to preserve protect and
defend the body, has declared it neces
sary to preserve the body, that the thorn
bo taken out, and here history dates tl.c
natural and painful death of American 1
Slavery, and every Union man thanks j
God. This institution has marred our
peace and happiness ever since the for- '
mation of the government, we look Hit- j
ward with bright hopes, for we know of J
no subject, so aggravating that could ever |
arise again to divide us. Heing one peo- j
pie. speaking one language, inhabit ng one !
country aud having a common history, in j
the deal 1. 1 of slavery there remains uo
longer anything to distract or divide us,
and in the bonds of liberty and union wo
rejoice in the prospect ol eternal perpet
uity and vigor. Hut cowardiy spirits im
patient tor immortal disgrace still cry,
peace! peace! Who ever heard before
of a man when he had his antagoiiistd down
and was about to give him the death
blow, cry peace, it is not natural, the fact
i.s the cry comes from some friend of the
man Jeff who is down. It reminds me
of the erue. mother out west, she had five j
sons and a pet bear, the boys quarreled
about the bear, the bear got loose aud j
killod two of the boys, the other three to j
protect themselves and avenge their broth- j
ers death fought desperately with the j
bear, at last they got him down, one stood j
over him with an ax and was about to in-!
flict the death blow, the cruel mother had
been looking on all the while, saw her
two sons killed without saying a word. j
but now she comes out, ■'duut strike:'!
"peace," "an immediate cessation of
hostilities" its my bear" rajsed in the fam-1
ily" protected under the Constitution." |
So with the Democracy, they have |
looked on during tiiis struggle and have j
a :cn the bear murder K'o,ooo of tbeir ,
brethren, but now when they see the
bnre-miked boast of slavery down the ax
of death uplifted they rush out, "peace,"
"immediate cessation of hostilities" "it
is uiy beast, and never should have been
interfered with if it did kill the boys,
they were to blatue, it shall uot be hurt,
it was raised in the family and is entitled
to protection." The moral is which will
you do, tAe the part of the cruel mother
and help the be* st or will you help bleed
ing suffering Immunity. Do you wish
another family circle formed including the
beast which has murdered your brethren,
or will you vote for " Union and liberty."
The in epressible conflict is upon you, you
are called upon to bear your share in the
great work in preserving this Union from
destruction by the bare naked beast of
slavery; of prcsorv ngita home for Liber
ty of speech liberty of the press, a home
| lor Bibles, for Christianity and the op-
I pressed of every land. If it were possi
, lile lor you to shrink from so noble a dntv
j I a<k, would you bo base enough to do it?
\V oUld you run oil from your comrades
in battle and eiy peace " |>caco" "eessn-
I lion id hostilities" "bring hack your ar
j in es" "evacuate your positions" and yet
'those men who thus seek to pave the way
j tor the overthrow of this nation, pretend
|to be / iiinii men. They remind uie ol
(Jen. Miles in September iMiJ, he was
left to defend Harpers Ferry, he destroy
e+his large guns on Maryland Heights,
and evacuated that position a thousand
foot above the ferry an Iso steep you
| might throw •hand grenades all the way
■ down, with his eight thousi.nl men, he
| e >uld have held the ferry against Jujiitir,
but just as the Copperheads now propose,
! he left the heights came dywn into the
I valley of hum. liation. Jackson occupied
! iho heights tin I Miles cried - peace."
j Miles died by t'"e terry, and you may die
J ! y this I'liiou bui you can never hold it,
I il you evacuate tlio position that com
mands it. (len. Met'lellan may tell usto
| evacuate the heights, as perhaps he told
Miles, but we as citizens hivetuoie privi
: lege than ;is soldiery—not a private sold
j ier but knew it was the loss id' th * firry
to give up flie bright*, but soldiers have
; to obey orders, but to-day we say, Mr. Mc
j t.'lelhin we tried your plan unco, now we
j intend to stand fiy the l'ruidvnt —hold
! the Ucujhti —li ild ih ; ! ll ion, and you may
j g i to'l icii on N.J. This isthesoldierstr ,
! w ill you say to these men who have toiled
lor three years and borne their tattered
1 flags over a hundred buttle fields from
; Williamsburg to the heights of l'eters
j burg, that they shall evacuate and com
! promise the honor and existanceof the
nation lor a peace of an hour T/iry are
I the men who know the value of whit
! they have gained. They are the men who
| have suffered, they are the men who have
felt the hand ol oppression (lor to be a
soldier i- to he a slave,no Habeas Corpus
there ) They are the men who have
; inurelinl while you have shjit, /ow/hl
while you have i/renmril <j' Irrnnnn.
Tin * arc the men to raise the cry of
peace and' compromise, yes, when (h i-e
; who have to bear the turmoils of a sold
| iers' labors, all the humiliation of mili
tary discipline and all the perils of battle,
cry compromise, then I say compromise,
yes, then let the nation compromise—but
i:s traitors cry, couiptomise, not roblinrt.
Not one soldier to-day will vote for it. all
the compromise the siddier asks, is that
when lie has served his time out, that
| you will come out and relieve him and if
you will not come, he prays that you may
! be di at ted, an 1 there are those among u j
! who I yet hope may learn* the value of
| the liberties they enjoy by beingcompell
led to share in ilieir defence. Yet I must
sny 1 feel proud of my native township,
I if every part of our country was as weil
represented, we would have an army of
th ee millions in the field, this is the way
ice cry peace and the only way it will ev
er be obtained, after sending our quota of
a three million army we-are able to pro
tect ourselves and our ballot box, true we
have some men among us who ought to
wear grey clothes, but wo say to them as
did Abraham Lincoln "you can have no
war With us unless you are yourselves (lie
aggressors." How hard it is for us too
meet those men and treat them as neigh
bors and friends wl en wo kno v they en
eourago (by tlie.r votes,) the enemy to
j shoot and lanrlerour brothers in the
i li.nl. bui w,: inu.-t recollect that they have
I i r .tilers there too, and they certainly
: would not be -o cruel, they are only mis-
I guided by a blind prejudice, thoy know
iut what they do, iet your prayer bo
"I'atlier forgive them." 1 can count
around me scores who once acted with
iticin and th >ught as they thought and
the desertions daily from ihe Coppcihead
party, arc nearly cq iul ,o the desertions
nolo ihe rebel army ; and more encoura
ging 11 the friends of this Union. Let
us learn "to labor and to wait." 1 prac
tically appeal to the young men o" our
country, to be faithful, I aui not uumind
tuf how they have responded to my call,
fought aud bled for their country, while
tiieir fathers remained worshipers of early
piejudices, thc.-e old men one by one win
die and be lorgo:ten, I hope forever, for
I never would wish their children to be
taun.ed as were the deceudants of the j
tor es id the revolution. hat man over j
there wonid think very hard if I would J
tell him he shot his own.son, fdo not be
lieve lie would do such a thing, and yet I
tell him before God by his vote he en
couraged a rebel todo it.
In this war brothers are often arrayed
against brothers. In the spring of'o3, I
stood picket on the Itappahanock. One
day a rebel Soldier came over on a raft to
trade sonic tobacco. 1 told him I didn't
use the weed, but he drank some coffee
wiili us, and I expected as did his com
rades on the opp site shore that he was
going back, but presently he said, "I have
been fighting over (here for two years, I
have nothing over my brothers live
in Indiana, if you have no objections 1
believe 1 will not go back." I sent him
with a sentinel to Head Quarters. As lie
went up the hill, I expected the rebels
would fire and I told ourboystobc ready.
When he got started •> piece they hallow
ed, "John, where are you going." ' Go
iug to see my brother," he said. "I al
ways thought you were a d d abolition
ist," and that was all there was of it.—
Now believe me that man wa3 a good sol
dier, he had the manly appearance and
beariug of a soldier. He had fought with
these men through Williamsburg, Han
over, Malvern Ilill and AnfLetam, aud,
although he had no interest with them,
yet 1 could sec in that man's countenance,
that while those old comrades iu battle
stood oti the other shore, it was wounding
to his pride to lcavo them. So it is with
uiany noble dcmocratcs we have among
us. their sons or their brothers are over on
this side, awyiy down in Virginia or Geor
gia. fighting to maintain this government,
but they have been fighting on the other
side tor twenty years, and to-day, although
they have no inteiest there, aud feel in
their heart that they are wrong, yet they
caimot wound their pride so much as. to
come over. 1 would say in all kindness,
if like this man they had lived a soldier's
life lor twoyearsit might lielptheirpride.
Hut let me say to you today, you know
you are wrong. 1 ask you kindly to como
over, I don't want any of your democracy.
I don't use the weed. But you have
been drinking of the bitter waters of re
bellion for four years, come and drink of
the waters of Constitution and Liberty
You know that you are wrong, and the
sooner you swim the Hnppahuuuock th ,t
separates you froinyuur sons and brothers,
the sooner you will have a clear con
science. When the Democracy halloo.
"Where are you going ?" tell them you
have a wounded son or au affectionate
brother over on this side and you are go
ing to see them. They may tell you that
fliev always thought you were an Aboli
tionist, arid that will be all there will be
of it 'I hey won't lire on you. for we
stand on this side ready to tiro back.—
"The bravest deed over a man done was
to acknowledge that he was wrong."
1 am pleased to see that you still con
tinue to build churches,unlill they are al
most on every hillside. 1 love to see it.
(fnly sec to it tint you vote as you pray.
1 wouldn't give more than thirty pieces ol
silver for that man's religion, who can
taste treason in thesaeranicntal tnip. And
what are you worth as a christian, to your
country, if you votuwiih Hie New Yi»rk
rioters and Richmond rebels. We are
told that religion and politics must be kept
separate. Yes, we have no r glit to a-k
what church Abraham Lincoln b'dongs,
but if we suspect his loyalty, and know
that he was nominated by such traitors as
Valandighan.i, was cheered by the rebel
army and the New York rioters, it would
bo our duty to ask what denomination we
belonged to, what was our profe-sii n. and
whether our religion would permit us to
vote for liiln.
1 like to f-ee consistency. The heath
en. when they go away from the temple,
or wherever they go, have a small god in
their pocket. I want to see men who
prolesi lo believe in Christ, to cilrry him
along to the election. A i one who lias
labored eight years for the salvation of
this country, I take this opportunity to
return ihe thanks of the country to the
ministers of the Christian church. They
! have been her right hand men in this
great struggle for national existence and
uationtl liberty. I have found tuem al
ways with us. iu the church, in tho elec
tion. in the battle and in the hospital. 1
know I speak the truth when I say that
Abraham Lincoln owes hisclection to the
spirit of Christianity in our country, and
as every act of his administration coin
ports with a pure Christianity. T have
reason to believe lie will receive the -tune
support from tho Christa'n churches. I
am aware that in the first of tli's war do"
; Davis fousht to protect slavery, and Abra-
I ham Lincoln, fought that no person should
touch it. But that policy has long since
been changed, and his emancipation proc
lamation is before yon for approval or dis
approval. We have iu it a guarantee for
ourfuture peace and prosperity, something
worthy of the great crisis through which
we have passed, and above all our country
yet remains. Let us protect and defend
it. This war has been no war for con
quest, for every battle has been fought on
our own soil. It has been no war for
persecution, for the enemy have been wel
come at all times to come and share the
blessings of liberty with us.
CONCMTRION.
Tn conclusion, I again appeal to
you to stand by your brothers in arms,
do not say to the enemy surrounded
by your brethren, that lie need riot
surrender. Do not tell the enemy
they can have the gunboat Naslivi le,
Or the gunboat Slavery. No man
ear. believe you are in favor of this
I"11ion, when you are opposed to
fighting for it. \'on fight your neigh
bor for twenty years for a strip of
land the breadth of your biic", but.
more honorably you cm light your
enemies, mi l get a clear deed for the
breadth of your bacjf down in A irgin
ia. 1 have told you slavery was the
hinge of this rebellion, we must cut
the hinge before it will drop, it isa::d
always has been a military • eees-ity.
He hail no success until after the
Emancipation 1 reclamation, Slav
ery is the horn which has goaded you
from one compromise to another, and
finally goaded eleven States out of
this Union. You can have no' peace
until you destroy the horn. They
tell their slaves you have lived on
black meat, but the fact is they have
clothed ond fed th tnselves with black
meat ull their lives. You must not
allow them *o return to their canni
balism but learn, them to live by the
sweat of their bpow and then you can
live with them in peace, llad sla
very not existed you could have had
no rebellion. Had we no rebellion
we could have no war. Already sla
very has taken your first born, and
draped :very house in mourning, and
again I say. Let them go! Let them
go !!
I have told you, compromise with
traitors is treason and under the c«fc*
cumstances cowardice is no name for
it. You remember in refused
to compromise' but now Stephen A
Douglas is dead and you would go
back, to Ccarleston and tell them
they fired *he first shot, they might
fire the last for you would lir;?nomoro. !
You would hold onto the broken bri
dle but let the horse go. We say
mend the bridle—it was slavery broke
it, kill the monster, harness up anew,
drive on with our tuirty-fonr horses
and this grand chariot of universal
fret'ilom, and let crowns and kings,
thrones and despots tremble as we
pass. Will you with McClellan cry
"cease firing" or will you with your
President say, no compromise with
trai.orsif Will you with McClellan
and Miles evacuate the heights or
will you with Abraham Lincoln, Grant
Sherman and Sheridan hold the height
hold the ferry, hold the Union, hold
the free Government of your fathers
and the respect of thecivilized world.
The prospect is glorious, flis prodigal
son that left his fathers house, has
spent his fortune in r otilig'urul rebel
lion. lie has lost his territory he
has lost his slaves, he has last his
\ ieksburg, his Port Hudson, his Mis
sissippi. Ins i'ort Morgan and his At
lanta. lie has lost his cottin, his
corn, and his salt and soon nak dnnd
starving, he will be coming back,
then wu will go out and meet liitu and
cry " po ce" then we will kill the fat
ted calf, and there will be joy in the
land, us was never known be
tore. My Democratic fi4eiids swim
the river of your party prejudice
which aeperatts you from your coun
try. Co tile over and rejoice with
your wounded brother on that great
day.
Come out to the election, yon have
given the soldier » vote, come and
vote with him. You can form a line
of battle here a thousand miles from
danger, and give them a support,
that will cheer their hearts until they
will shout for joy, will you do this, or
will you vote so that the cheer shall
go in hell-born shout from the ranks
of the enemies?
Come out to the election, you pro
fess to believe in the Bible, fetch it
along, if you can't find a ticket put
the go d book in tin; ballot box, ev
ery line of it is for Abraham and the
Union, no compromise with rebel an
gels, but a reward to the faithful.
" Peace on earth, good w ill towards
men." Come out to the election, you
have the best Government on earth
help your Chief Magistrate to pre
serve it. Are you in favor of this
Union, vote for Abraham who is fight
ing for it every day. Are you in fa
vor of peace then vote to conquer
the enemies of your country. I>o
you v'ish to live an honorable life and
die an honorable death, then vote to
j preserve the honor of your nation.
! THE AMERICAN CITIZEN.
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I Sutler, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 12,1864
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! THE ELECTION
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j Till-; KJ.K TIOX <>. K. IN OHIO.
INDIANA, AND PKNN'SVI»VANIA.
The Election.
The election passed iff quietly, so far
as we have heard. The returns are in
complete, but sufficient is received to war
rent us in saying that the county has been
| carried by the I'nion party on tlin h'tnu
! vote. How the majorities will bo swelled
when the soldier - are board from, all can
imagine.
The following are the returns as far a«
heard from. Democratic majorities:
Mercer. -! ; Butler, 42; Summit, I'll;
Clearfield. 11 <j; Jackson. 55; Forward, lie.
| I! r. Ilutler. FlO; Cciiterville, 7. llepnb
lican majorities: Slippery rock. 21; Wash
ington. 0I; Parker, 71; Concord, 7.1;
! Fuirview, 71 ; ConnoqueDiic-sinj;, 45;
Pent*, 12. The comity is good lbr two
hundred on the home vote.
VrjT Col. John M. Sullivan, who is
home on his annual visit, informs us that
ail tliiugs are going on smoothly ami .«at
isl'aetorily at the Federal Capitol. Eutiie
CoiiSdeDce, he says, is Celt in I he progress
of our armies, in politic il circles there
seems to be no doubt t»s to the re-election
of .Mr. Lincoln.
Curtiii on the Ktiiiup.
We observe by n coteinporary that Gov.
Curtin although in I'ocblu health at [ires
<;nt, has taken the stump in the north
western part of the State, for Lincoln and
Johnston. No one cither in or out of the
State will be more warmly received or ac
complish more good than the Governor.
War \chs
The war news is as encouraging as ev
er. Sheridan has had another encounter
with Early and chased him. Jefferson
Davis has gone South professedly on a
recruiting expedition, but evidently, for \
I, the purpose of avoiding the perils consc-'
qucnt upon a longer stay in Richmond— j
it is too hot for him ; and wo should not J
l>e surprised if ho had seen ttio capitol
of the, so called Confederacy, for the lust
time. Richmond must mrnn faH. Every ,
where the skies are brightening —peace
and plenty will soon bless us once more.
The Fair.
Soon afterthc Agricultural Society had
determined to hold a Fair, it became evi
dent that there was an entire want of con
fidence iu the possibility of the Society ;
succeeding. This impression was harder
to evcrcouie than anythingelsc ; notwith
standing this discouraging feature, the
Fair was by no means a failure—quite a
variety of stock of all kinds was on hand,
iia also agricultural and other
The ladies too, done their part —their
needle work, their floral collections Ac.,
a bled greatly to the beauty and interest
of the occasion. The weather Was beau
tiful and the attendance Wn« eotresnpn*
dingly large, every thing p»ss«d off pleas
antly. Now that it has been dettoestra
ted that a fair can begot up, nbder even
discouraging circumstances, let all muko
up their minds that wo will hate a good
Fair next season.
ttsiF At a Democratic meeting held i'i»
the Court House on Wednesday evening
lust, two New York speaker* we A' prct*
out —the name of foreign SJXHJMMS had
brought out a resectable meet into; —how
they were disappointed I One speaker
took his sent after speaking a few liMHutei?
—could not speak audibly, think he -»nid
Something abuut a flow of blood to iVic
head, the second speech was rather a tuinu
affair so far as wo heard it—not thinking
it time well S] ent we did not. stay to hear
lii in through. We xyuipa h zed with tlie
officers of the meeting, who must liuvo
li'lt essentially luiared by the performance.
Wc afterwards learned that one of tho
speakers produced our paper of Inst week,
and read ihe article in reference to Major
M'Daughliu—saying that it vt< ulddothein
a vast amount of good. That's an old
game with them, and pretty well played'
out. Kvery meeting wo had last fall was
said to make them votes' it Was in ibis
way that our majority for Curl in was cut
r/oirn to 15.0U0! (Jen. Lee was much
obliged for having his army cut to pieces
|at Spottsylvauia and driven back to
j Richmond—his base was so much nigher!
• -till we think he would as leave have staid
j at the former plaro:
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Tin- mall from Rirtf-r to Pro** VfomlN. 1-y way of
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I'.ntl." in tK«- rTen n.n ; ilfpnrt* H.r R<»r«l«town HIUIIH day
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EMPLOYMENT"
<"r~ ~ 4 MONTH.—Aeentn wiurtml t<. n.d| p»*irtjr
o|») «tiince. \* e will (five t fomiriiptinti on- iJI Ma»-
1 » iitt iifH w4t*will uroi k C/C tlm ;Wx»vo
j wn{f ' •*'«! rtpnfrU'.
If • pHrttoulwuv adiinu^
fIOYtAX Affl., fJeti. Aicentit.
lii/TKOIT Mica.
I
no %6t< WiSlt TO ItK CtIIKUI
I»k. t rt ifiN *
?r».'tFT«' I'fliiM ure. in tfmrr V)
liew Tstn- v-.{ \ F.ft\ HHM SS. Imp deney. I'renW
inre D*r*»v. t?etvlMMiw. Inmnlty. ;wwl all Urlinrjr,
; •'♦•ifp#! -oid .' civ M'i AfToflinti's i*» in'ttfrr fr..m what
| i »»•' f<rifm •■ tJ *vi. 'ir* 'lJokT-ir per b*-». p"iV
! p.i!«f nnil. miren ijit ■( n One Ifc«* will par
: iVct the «•*!• i.i .u>Mt c t'M. Add r «—«
.» \ mkß s nr Tf.Kn.
•»<»r.«m>'A^t-«t r 4C7. Rr*» wJj»»w y»rv York.
' Joly 2T» Vf' -fc-Jiuio.
Erfltar* ''Ul/eni
1 etr s*ti. —VFitli v.it f wf-h to my t»»
11:tfidrr-t of y.mr p'fut that ! «HI »»en l. hy refnrr*
, rn id. to nl. * h vri-»h if free . .-t fieeefpp; \»tifi dlree
j ti"n«« r>r Kwkj'nf'iwlu*in( ;» »itnyiv lt ilm»
I tint triff »»flf »tinflv reniofw. in- ton A»y», I'itnple*.
i I'd .tr'm<. Ttm Fun'klan,»nd >tll ftuy»nitrtr* of the .*k)ii*
!...v:nir thf suite « ft. clewr. •month >rrel homffifrtl.
I v\ik| nui' 0«•*» u» iMTjrijc i; ri4 H»-wK.or
; rtfir*' Fr»rr«. •irnplc diveefi n« nn«l inf'rmoflon thrtf will
entitle them n*r?.a fott Lirxurtanl Hair,
; W!. kern r;» i<i I-m thnn thirty d »v«.
.All
rliarge. t'dlv yonrn,
TH J&. S- t'lf.WMtN. Chrrrnnt.
July 27, lAIIAno. 831* Rrondway, N«rw York.
A ( ard to the Xull«rln«.
SWALLOW lm> or three ~ Itnrho," "To
nic Hltt«'r#».'' - S»ao ipai ilia, M NervoiM AnUtlotoe."
Ait*.. At . Ar.. and aftor v<>»i are «»ti4lfd with the reodt.
I t!;•?n try .n.'U.x t »Lbl>KTi>K Itl t UAN S hNGhlHll
! HI'JX IFIC IlLl.Sl—and he re««tor<-d to health and ri«or
j in le^than thirty dary». They aro puroLy
! pl»-i-:it»t to take, prompt and Mil?)(.'try in tlWr efTert*
I oi> ihe hr-ikeivdoirn ittwi «hatt«rwf luiwlitltlun. Chi
and young mi take them with advantage. Imported
, aud iu tU« United *'*?«« "wlv Uy
J AS. a. BCTLKTI.
N«. -IJT Hri»a/l*ay Sew York.
July 27,1 W4::3in«i. U&"Agent f»r the |'nito<t .ftatoo.
SECOND QUARTERLf REPOfIT
OF THE
First National Bank of Butler.
UiTouE* 8, 1864.
;■ S.«
' Loana na>l Uwcount*, 2f.194.00
I nited Btate< bond*. M.OO.smd
and ).134,4A
: Ihie from Dnnka and Banker*, 16,4^7,14
ItilU > 112 (Lit iiaok on band 11,72 A,
hill* "112 and National l>auk« on hind,... 'JnOl
Hmikinu Uuiw. 2,57H.'iJ
Furniture am! Fixture# 4(J»5,80
Current Kmhwo', 1047.'Jq
laxui piuu C'. a.
U4,6^W. 112
Capital Stock, fiO.OUO
Circulating Not« r 40.'KK)
Due Dep. rtt tun, fi2.JOU.4d
Jointing*, 2,5111,73
i*rv>ti;auti Luju 100, 00
1»4..H20,18
I hereby certify that the above in a truo abstract from
thu See- nd Quarterly Report made to tlie Comptroller of
the Currency, to Oct. 3, lst>4.
I. J.CUMMrNtig, CaaUior,
Oct, 5,1864.
~ LOST!
ON
findi r will he liberally rewarded by louving tt at tiio
flcoof the Am< rjenn Cltteeo-rn-th«."nit»?trriiHT.
7. !*4c:3»* M SIIIRV