Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-10-03

the n. Y. Sunday Herald foil repor' OF
the speech Of Geu. wadswOr'h at Washing
ton in response to a serrnads on saturday
night. After some appropriate semark'rs
A,ise to the character Of the eonre"iion
which had nom,na,ei him Tor Governor OF
Nv York, Gen wadsvorth proceeded As
follows:
4. Gentlemen. I, would be obviously i'm
,roper in me TO enter into discussion OF
,be policy Of the war, OF the conduct OF tho
government in prosecuting u. IL Ia 'uh
cen, Cor me to know ,ha, the government
IA. gwen rs the mos, positive and SOLEMN
ASSURANCES, that they are alive 10 the imror-
lance Of the occasion. and TIA, the var shall
b. prosecuted with the u,mOs, military en-
ergy. and all the appliances Of honorable
var .hall be availcl Of TO support hani
bring the struggle TO a successful ,ertninN'
ton. II would - criminal folly m The gov
srument Il It lad overlooked one great eie'
men, o., southern society which may BE- ana
vii be a. We use IL, an element OF weakness
or Of s,rength-,o have overlooked or Tor
gotten that We are Sighting against an a''''
t,eraey supported by slavery and It would
have been worse than folly 10 suppose that
w. could suppr,-. the rebellion and Vet save
that ari.,ocraey. 4 year Arl half Of 80.
ter e1psrisnes has taught US that We cannot
Do il that We should iail in our purpose u
We attempted Ii-aye. fail ienohly and d..
ssrvedly. We have moi.iensd a hundred
BATTLEFIELD. With the blood Of our kinsmen
ue are surrounded by hospital. fall OF sick.
wounded and dying men; aimos, every
household of the great North Is full OF gloom
All sadness. weeping. may b.. Tor sons Low.
"a member who has gone forth at BIS coan-
iry'. call and returned no moro. Gentle
nsu. secession and var. bloody and r,lcni'
T.. var. Ia. changed our relation. q that
ir.,iiuti0u which i The cause and source Of
tie var. We have risht-we are bound
n rover. by the most solemn obligations Of
d4,v-io u.c tia, agency, as far as 4, can bc
made available, io put an end TO this des-
PIRATE ,iru ssl-. and sAve the precious lives
a. Many hundreds ol thousands Of white
men from psri.hin: IA this contest
Ilo~ long are Ne - bar the ins1iencc OF
th, Sluihern arisiocrAcy' Has IL no, long
enough already disturbed aud distracted our
e5opcil,l Has IT no, long enough raraly-
I,l The sbsrgie. Of the country Aye. has
i, not long enough. in the eye. Of the ciyiIi-
IsI world. covered u with iniAmy' he iha,
q. u nav, the issue ). made up, ami there
j. nothing lefi u. bu, 70 meet it. (Eniha.
'i,.,ic arrlAu.c) We have 90, to conquer
d, % BE conquered by IL. (Checrs) We
have got 20 crush u or b crushed by it
tBsnewed Arplausc This struggle i al
r-aiy IA advanced. IL Is near ~. end. II
~ would save ourselves We mus; cas-, oG
tbs de-il Who has dissraecd u. and dlshon-
ord Us from the hour o. our birth. (Cric.
Of Good, good. and ehecrs) We wan,
peace. gentlemen. but We w'n, country
more. We wan, an honorable. q Psrna-
psnt, solid peace. When We have Aehiev-
81 that, we shall commence again a career
q rrosPcri;y-PrOsperiIy the hke Of which
We have never before known. and the world
has never before witnessed. we.hallsprins.
a, j, we're BY one bound, to be the mi:hte.i.
i'o.', aud happie', people on the face Of
The eArsh." lImmen'e eheeuns)
TEJors TrRNsHrp nv MASS Maine is
Aa5as the lev State. that have entirely
f.lel the quotas Of troop, demanded by both
Of tie calls o. the President Tor 3OO, 600 men.
Ualrr the dr., call Maine va. asked Tor
1910 meu. wiihiu.iI week. she Forwarded
I've new regiment. OF 1000 each and sent
900 TO the old regiments thu. going 800
leylnl the demand. Under the last call Tor
drafted nen Names quota was HiEe
ii5g,l7l nr LuaSrr9. She raised the whole
q ihese by volunteering and the men were
all IN camp by the 18th met. abOut 5000
=, each oiihs cities o., Portland. Augusta
and Bangor.
Before these troops were raised Name had
cent to the field hi'een regiment. o. infantry.
one regimen, Of eavarly. az batteries Of
artillery AID one company OF sharrshooisr..
Ihese regiment. and cOapAnie. with rCcuIi.
that haI been sen, 10 them before the late
eaI.. haI absorbed i .2DO men. With the
T,lO0 men under the new call above
mentioned. Maine has contributed IS 800
men o. the Jni5n armies. She has. IN al.
dIiion. sen, nearly or quite 5000 msu TO the
navy, making ~. GOO men at least that che
Ia, coatr,butd 70 tie defense Of the Union
AL tbs Constitution. wsderiys thee fact.
All a;urc, from an authentic source.
journal.
Tux FoEucN EirrcT. In enumeratins
The view. entertained Of tie Presidents
Proclamation by yariou. ela.-es in Wash
.sstop. the correspondent, Of New York COn.
Hsrcial Advertiser .ays:
." The la, elias. in Washington who de-
v,l5p the sfve, Of the Proclamation ar, the
representative. Of foreign government.
There can D. co question that the effect there