, 1862-08-28

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SPRINGFIELD. August 26, 1862.
The more see Of matters at the capital,
and in the State generally, the more satisfied
am that, had the new constitution been
adopted, the efforts at volunteering would
have been entirely paralyzed, the State vou:d
hare been in the midst Of desperate poli;i-
cal struggle in which party Inns would have
bten tightly drawn, and the blrterest passions
abd feelings Of tie msss-s aroused. Tns
present Incumbent Of the gu5ernatorisl chair
would doubtless hare been reEominatad, aud
ithtead Of oeiog actively employed, night mud
d2y, as he nov is in providing for tue exigen-
citt Of the war and the demands of the yrn-
t1al government, Il portion Of his time wou.d
be occupied in stumoipg the St.ts, to sus-
tain the principles Of his oyn and
tie national administration. Thus there
Wonld have pten var 1T home and abro8d,
gue,iI1as tire sttnin:, the St4'-, the eec=ssiou
"lus oi tle Democrl ic party in full lel5ne
sfh the rtbese aoso.o, c4btlo and btcseri0ss
without tnu, aud p-rh Ips evil war iu I'll.
S:ste TIE traitors wssuld have received
such tEct'utH:Ss'u' u ty tue passage of Eu.
constitution, there i Nv kuo xiug waat thy
aouid have dane; while ins eai OF possibly
W,N0 volunteers E.'E"t bf ,he State, y, q;
F1&etB's uHA u tu:it uut1Ot1T Could llTE
been orgarlzed aud seut tor ward to aid in sup
tress:pg the rebell.t n.
Ln5u1 men can begin to ful1y reaizs the
ceuo1llon Of Things had the Knights and
there ccnps titore, including a few urattorous
Republicans haektd by Went worth, carried
us s1ats. Ne would have been IS to tue
southern AID central portions OF our State in
the coroitloD OF Missouri aud K.utucHY, while
it every pHlt of it life and properly wound
have httn IFS. cure.
Judge TIuu,bull. who has just arrived from
"ssI.lnl ton, att who is looking deter tam
tvGr before taw hun, says that the relle, in
Washington cau-cd ~ the news of Iii. de-
teat OF The Htw cors,ru ion WIS very great.
1t VIE conssd' red almost rs great n victory as
the election Of Lii c,lM. The Judge his ben
in CONSULTATION It'll she governor for rue last
two Days, upon S'att and Na ional a1rairs. H.,
Is tor us1ng ssrc1y p;sstpte lleaus to pu; down
tbe1ebelllon a''d so is Cove raor Ya:es. Hc
ht Lives in ttlikt z hard bio ~s, and 10 d,es
lie s-ovrrber- Both think that the .i.ue 10
1uil. ct Ire, when, If Tits Un,on is 70 be saved
all lossible means Of doiog 80 should bu re-
eG1ted--cnDt tsca:iop, emancipation. etc, etc.
Gen. Singleton OF Andrews county, arrived
in town to Gay. a1d left ut MON to-day on a
visit OF . Ntek or two to your city. Gen.
81 gleton has heretofore acted With tae De,n-
octa'ic l'arty, WIS member of t5a late cDa-
s,'tu is.lal convention, but heartily opposed
It's eo.ns rfs-l;rlug. In his Conversation xlftl
ett7Ienls n here to-day, he expressed himself
TO The tftect 1he Dsu Cratic party ia US de- ID
as the old Whi< party; that 1t has no priuci-
Pies IN comm,n ausonx its supporters, and
thai every good Unirn 1uan must soon heart
ily support the administration or openly SIDE
With 1be ene mics Of Ills country. TIE general
had long CONSULTATION with the governor be-
lore !. aylrg town. 1t won d be good idea
to call tie gem rtl ou+ TOR speech while ia
Jtnr ~. He is a mhn Of go.d oreci,ng, ele-
gait auutese 8, al 4 Statesman Of no mean in-
teliectual attaiumvnts. He has been laid up
Tor some 1lne with severe attack OF rheuua j.
usn, hut is row nesrly recovered.
l SEE by your paper OF yesterday STATE
ment, tha, Coy. 7 A1es had been applied to ia
behatf OF tns rtlra.e OF the T.,hes' corrrs-
pondent, now confined in the military prison,
for givir aid and comfort to the rebels. This
is a mistake. No such application has been
made. II It had. I have no doubt whatever
that the Governor wtuld not interfere with
the matter in any shape. From the first he
has received TO leave all such matters to the
national government
/! TIE heat here is Intense. do not know
the range of the thermometer, but it must
be somewhere up In the nineties.
Your full expose OF the 4. G. C.'s in the
i TRIBUNE Of Tuesday. has cAu.ed terrible
i hutteting among the secesh Democrats In this
| gicfn1ty. In ten minutes after the arrival Of
| the train the TR1BuNE's were all sold.
ZETA.