, 1863-11-18

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

isx9 II. -
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Political 6ituatien-The Speak,
crn1lip-1he Military YSltun1iou-Qon-
TebI1on Of Ahscksor8-Onue Present.
stion-The Governor General. OF
Canada ane the Conspiracy.
ESPECIAL Correspondence ChIcsgo Tribuae1
WAsn1SaToS, Nor. II, 1863.
TEE POLITICAL SITUATION
Mhy be briefly summed up, The copper.
heads sue dcspondent, I never saw them
more SO, 81 any time since the commencement
Of the wRr. Many Of them coaceie the re. cleo.
tion cftbe Union candidates. Onthe railroads
I hesrd several admit tkis without reserve,
Among the more moderate Of the party curses
are vented on V*llandigham and his faction,
As ecaape goat.wlll be found in all cfccum-
starces of misfortune, he has naturally been
selected as the most deserving Of the honor.
The Pennsy1T4nla copperheads NOW say they
would hare carried the State by ten thou
eand, had not Vallaadj CHAM been nominated
in Ohio. Now au this Is unjust to the man,
for contend, RS the copperheaa papers con-
tended before his .defaat, that no MAJ mora
perfectly represented the principles Of the
party than le. He MSS opposed to the Esr
and coercion; 20 Was the party. He was op-
posed to arbitrary arrests, 80 mas the party.
He YES IN favor Of peace; so was the party, Ia
every stste in which they wero Tor supposed
they He.e) in msjority. He was for COM
p1on isc, and go was the party. These men
Who go baek On Val, and CURSE him, should
consequently remember that they are going
buell. On and curzing their own party.
nay, With good degree Of certainty, in
fo1n you that 3 charge Of programme has
bsen resolved upon by large and influential
class Ct the leadere Of the coppezhead purity.
They hare made up their minds that oppoai-
ton to The warWen't win, aEd what won win
you may rely upon It, either that the rxci-
cal element Of, the purity, including the Chi
cago TIMES d. Co., must hAul in their secesh
horns and hide the cloven foot Of rebellion,
at least for tsmc, or there will be . farther
t1oueliDg off from the old and dilapIdatcd
organization. Look ont for Richardson,
Knapp, Jim Robinson, and eyen Josh
Alitn trem your s:ate,. coming ont nearly as
stropg prosecutions of-the Tar.mcn ~ Mc-
ClerEand or Logan. Tney will swear that
they we're always SO. TIE twenty third reso-
luton Of the 17th Of June Is to be repudiated
Incidental exp1esaion Of a diso1ganized mass
meeting. The editors Of the Springfield Stats
Register and Chicago Times are to b. politely
requested to procure substitutes aad re.ire
to private life. The Register 1aan has already
taken the hint, and ie packing up his traps.
Even "uorstio,' is to be repudiated in the
lew deal. That speech to "his f1lcuis,'' the
Ill ha Il frr
Why, ! heard leading Illinois Congressman
Of the nnadultetated copperhesd stripe, with
The 1nost ccnsummate lmpudencs, assert thu.
McClellan's letter to Judge Woodward of
Pennsylvania Eas the greatest mistake he
ever made! Nevertheless, seeing that the
the war, 1t il necessary that thsy must have
representative war candidate. And who
can better represent them than Mcclellan !?
To Little Mac, then, are all coppeshead eYes
mott devotedly turned at the present Time.
He is just enough var man not to hunt him,
and tEat's what the copperheadB want.
In TIE meantime, the coppe1heads hope for
ttat peH questions will 5IsEltably be forced
upon us BY portion ct our friends, and their
object vii be to aid such division By every
means In their power, open and eeczet. Ac-
ccrdiEglg no questions sho7ld be cprung up
on the people in the 1cxt Congress without
agreed upon in caucus. We have tho game
IL our own hands. We csn only lose it 6y the
most miserable management on our part. We
hare now clear record. The people arc full
y prepared to endorse aud have cndoreea'it.
LII the coppeIhe.ds manufacture platforms
II they will. We have our record for our plat
form. In campaign the general who eau
ee}ect his oHn ground has already half won
The battle.
TIE srEAKERsH1p.
Indiscusti: & thepo1luc situation, should
have stated that the results Of the elections in
Maryland, West Virginia AID Missouri arc re.
ga1ued by the 1eadlng copperheads, Us far
more disastrous to..them than tie loss of New
York, Pennsslyeniaand Ohio. They hayenot
it has deprived them Of point d'a9pui from
which they might assault our Organization
through certain men in It, who looked to tbs
Border Suites for political preferment or as q
balance of power which they could use tor
self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The triumph OF the
Radicals in those States has utterly destroyed
faction which, like the Silver Greys under
iss9:' Ra5t' I" 4''' ~" 1'SA 'n1 0'D'' ''&'es IN
The prominent candidates on our side are
Mesk1e. Washbufne of Illinois, and Colfax Of
Indiana, and it is the highest complimentt that
can be paid to both Of these gentlemen, that
States wou1d be most happy to vote for either
were be member Of their particular State.
Mr. WaEhburne Is distinguished for his great
strength of. character, h,B ene:gy, perscyor-
ance, and raticalism, and Tor lis Ione expert
ence In legIalation. 1ee coFporne.ds dread
his force Of character, decided principles. and
Incorporating devotion to them. Mr..
Colfsx, on the Other hand, is a. gentleman Of
great urbanity Of manner, tact aud skill, He
Is popular with az, though an uucomp1omis.
ing Republican. HIS Qualities ars Of s'amp
that win him applause In the debates in the
forum, and more particularly In the al rap
tunduna appeals from the stump. The choice
between these two gentlemen Is extremely
Elcc and no doubt the election ofone or the
otter will be more the result Of combinations
IN the organization Of the House, or OF local
canvass, rether than Of any personal consider.
atfops whatever.
TWELFTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY.
Col. Hasbfook Davis veteran regiment,
tho 18th Illinois cavalry, is here, on its Nay
meeting the Colonel to-day. he takes home
bis regiment 600 strong, although it originals
" mustered but nine Companies. This Is do
ing extremely Hell, considering the hatd
telvice this fine body OF men has Eeeu. It
will be rememb b.1ed that in Gen. Stonemau's
famous laid. Col Davis, with this regiment,
DIE is now recruiting In your State tTo I'd.
ditiopal companies Tor this regiment, ana
Col. Davis intends to ill It up to tha standard
Of ,240 men. The bounty Of $500 to Teter-
an yolurteerB Will be paid to ali men enlist.
ing in this regiment.
ARKANSAS LOYALTY,
Capt. Ryan, Of Gen. Steele's staff, is here
from Little Rock, Arkansas, with the report
and resolutions Of meeting of the loyal citi-
Zens Of that State, which he to-daJ presented
to tie President He represents the 1oyal
element Of That State as in favor Of vigor-
ous prosecution Of the war. He also states
that the people wet Of the Arkansas river
are generally loyal, being mostly small farm.
err, ard onnirg fer If any negroes. Most of
Eenegrccs OF The State have been run off into
Texas. He states that the most loyal places
are those in which there are the 1e6est
negroes.
GOVERNOR CURTIN
Is on here to arrange about the quota Of
volunteers from that State. He looks well
after his late canyass, which was an arduous
one, the corperhGad8 being very confident.
Sicce his defeat, Judge Woods ward has de-
cIded the Conscrlpt law unconstitutional,
thus exhibiting the c1oyen foot when ho
thought lie could do so with impunity.
ZErA.
FROM THE 7TH IOWA CAVALRY.
IF1om Our Special Correspondent
DAKcrAu c1rr, Nebraska, Nov. 7th, 1868,
IN To- L. = T..