The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-10-24
lieutenant Generals.

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Lieutenant Generals.
President Davis has promoted the following
officers to the newly established grade Of
| Lieutenant General, in the order in which
their names occur Jackson, Longstreet, D.
| H. Hill, Polk, Hardee, Pemberton, Kirby
Smith and Holmes.
Great Democratic Meeting In
New York.
Remarkable Specsh Of John Fan Buren-the
Democracy Aq7dyed against Emancipation
| - Gen. SCOTS Fiews, etc.
The New York. Herald, of the 18th, has an
account of democratic mass meeting there
| the night before, with the following caption:
| '.The Unterrifed in Council Immense Gath
ering Of the Democracy at the Cooper Insti-
tute-The Hall of the Union and the. Sur
| rounding Streets. Crowded The New Wide
Awakes- Bonfres, Rengola Lights, Torches,
Calcium Lights, Rockets, and Roman CNndles
to Brighten the Path Of the Union for the
Democratic Masses Speeches Of Horace r..
Clark, Horatio Seymour, John Van Buren,,
and Richard O'GDrman." The meeting open
ed with the following incident:
CAPTAIN Rynders read note from Mr..
Peter Cooper, requesting that the audience
would abstain from splitting, on the seats or
carpet. Knowing you all, said the Cap
| tain, ''to be gentlemen who are to be hung
shortly, ! thoughtI would make known the
1 request
The following resolutions were then read
and adopted as The resolutions of the meeting:
| Resoiued, That as we desire vigorous
prosecution of the,present war, the conserva-
tive citizens Of this city win continue cheer
fully the supporbssFiready given toit, by con-
| tributions Of men and treasure; but we will,
at the same time, insist on the fulfllment by
| the present Administration of the solemn
pledge almost unanimously given by the Con-
| gress of the United States: THAT this war is
not waged on their part in any spirit Of OPP
preston, or for any purpose Of overthrowing
or interfering with the rights and established
institutions Of the States, bat to defend and
maintain the supremacy of the Constitution,
and to preserve Che Union, with all the digni-
ty, equality, and rights Of the several States
unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects
are accomplished the war ought to cease"
| Resolued, That the Investigations by Con-
gress and the State Legislatures, have disclos-
ed the existence of. fearful and unexampled
corruption and extravaganza; that unless
these enormous frauds be checked the whole
country must be involved in bankruptcy and
dishonor; that we would be faithless to the
principles Of honesty and economy in the adj
ministration of public affairs if we did not ex-
pose and denounce these wrongs on the indus
try Of the great masses of the people; and
that, in the language of our friends Of New
Jersey, we solemnly protest against such
reckless extravaganza aud infamous pecula-
ton.
Resolred, That we highly approve of, and
cheerfully endorse, the truthful arguments
against wholesale emancipation presented by
President Lincoln in his interview with, the
"Chicago Delegation" in the month Of Sep
TENDER last, satisfied as we are in the Ian
guage Of the President himself, .sthat the
measure must be necessarily imperative"
and inexpedient, and that '.no possible good
can result from the issuing of such procla-
nation"
Resosred, That in the language Of. the re-
yisors Of the statutes Of this State, s'the writ
Of Aabeas coypus is the great bulwark Of per-
sonal liberty to the citizen;" that if in,Eng-
land it points out to the humhlest individual
in the realm the efectual means as well to
release himself though committed by the king
in council, as to punish those who unconstitu-
tionally misuse him, then in this Republican,
country it should at least be as efectual to
nrotect an American citizen from arrest upon
mere mere suspicion or inuendo or disloyal prac-
tices. even by the highest officers in the land;
that we hold that the privilege of the writ Of
ha5eas corpus can only be suspended by act
of Congress-, and that the question of the
mower Of the, President to suspend it must be
decided by the Supreme Court--a decision to
which both the President and ourselves must
yield.
we renew our vows of loyalty to the Union
and the Constitution, and stand now, as ever.
supporting the strong arm Of the Government
as the only breakwater between the CONSTR
tutional rights Of the people Of the United
States and the rising food Of overwhelming
force and lawlessness.
Resolced. That, in the nomination of Sey-
mour and Wadsworth by the respective par
ties of the State the line is distinctly and
clearly drawn between those who behevesin
the Constitution as it is and the Union as It
was. and the men who seek to establish in
their stead new Constitution and new
Union.