, 1863-02-25

From Our Own Correspondent
CA1no. February 20, 1863.
Fresh from the inglorious session Of the
Legislature nj Springfield, and in exact nc
eordance with the Copperhead programme
there inaugu1atcd, Hon. J. s. Green, Senator
from this district, called meeting Of his
friends at the court house, last evening, to
listen to laarangue from the said Senator on
inc state Of the Union, the war, and things in
general. At an carly hour the small room de-
voted to Justice was crowded. There were
many Union men present, called together bY
a desire to hear what Green could say In cx-
tcnuation Of the grand Springfield endeayor
to break up the Union, distract further our
already Distracted country, and create disaf-
fection and bad feeling among the soldiers
Illinois has in. the field. But the principal
portion Of his audience may be set down as
either secession sympathizers or peace
scseecllcrs-both equally 10 be contemnod-.
both, in these dnys, to be equally scorned and
dcspiscd By all honorable citizens of the
United States. There were few Germans
many Of them true to the Union-some
tradespeople, a few soldiers and officers, and
goodly number Of leyee laborers and dray.
men. The latter, perhaps, owing to the fact
that they ere, many Of them, from the South
having escaped CONSUMPTION by reason Of
their not having thrown off their allegiance,
are many, Of them, the strongest seccsh to be
fund in the community.
From what could be gathered from Mr.
Green's rather long and fatu1ent oration, the
Elct seemed uppermost in his mind that war
was to BE- made upon the Government, Union
men were to be put down, now that they
were no longer backed By the mind and mus
Gle Of the soldiers taken from our midst, and
that President Iincoln's Proclamation must
be Withdrawn and an armistice be proclaim
cd in its stead, during tie continuance
OF which arrangements should be made for
permanent pence, upon almost any grounds
favorable to the disruption Of the Union Of
the States and the perpctuation Of jeff Davis
bastard Confederacy. He was bold to eay that
that vas the issue before the people Of Illi-
platform Of the Democracy, said the speaker,
is 1lainly advanced in the series of resolutions
introduced into the State Legislature ut It's
recent seEslon. That was fa1ed to become
the national platform Of the National Dcmoc-
1acy, and upon It's principles the party would
stand or fall. It might as well be known first
as last, that the Democracy we're founding
their interests On the peace status. And, #
this Senator is to be believed, it was a well
understood plan with some Of the leading
spirits OF the party, long before the recent
election, that such was TO be the ground to be
taken. In other words, the secession element
set to work systematically, and, as it would
fill of the country and the erection upon its
ashes of . Phrnix-likc structure, whose cor
Eer.stone Should be dissolution; its material,
from top to bottom, confederation. Peace
agmisticc-thesc were tue hands which were
to TO- be ;>,, used IN raj raising f,ti the tiniquit;,
even by those who used their influence to elect
MIR. Green TO the Senate, that had he been one
Ealf as bold III ayowing his real sentiments
upon the war and kindred subjects before his
election as lie has been since in the Se,nlte
chamber, and was last night in his speech, he
would never have reached Springfield By the
suffrages Of the Egyptians. There arc still
in other counties, in favor Of carrying the
conflict through, and keeping it up with our
best energies, our treasure aud our blood, I'M
Ill the rebellion ehau be crushed ont and the
Union maintained, to ever enable such man
AS Green to be elected to even 4 Democratic
State Legislature on sneakinE, sEulking,
contemplate peace platform. This sentiment
is boldly proclaimed III the streets to-day, in
canyaksing the meeting Of last evening, By
tAc very men who helped to hoist Green into
the Senate, and when too late are enlightened
as to the merits Of the viper they have warmed
i'll their bosoms, and who waking turns to
sting the arm that upheld linn. The indigna.
ton OF these deceived individuals, the Senator
thinks, can DO him no harm. He may be great
ly deceived in this particular. But time will
tell.
Another theme to which Mr.. Green devoted
much lime, md upon which he expended =
large amount Of highfalutin and fue.spun ar
rhodamentade and biiliugsgate abuse, was tht
condition Of the currency, The high price d
gold, according to his statement, is owing,
not to the demand, not to boarding, not to
the demand for il 10 buy cotton, not to the
ttforts Of such men as the speaker to depreci,
worthless character Of the financial system
| itself, and the little amount Of confidence the
| people have in the existing "Abolition Gov
| crn1nent." 1.-THE note Of hand Of any half
way responsible man Of business" said tilt
| speaker, "to my mind, is better, more worth.
Of confidence, and would rather have it Ii
exchange for anything I have to sell, thai
these 'Ercenbacks' with which the countr,
is being flooded" sentiment which the pco
| pie are not yet ready to endorse to its full cx
1ent-a sentiment Mr. Green himself, we're IL
| in the market viii. Senatorial vote to dispos
| 4"AAAA 9ANA tAAAAk5S AAG IA1At3tu upoH 40Al1
cians Of his stump now-a daye-would himsel
rcpndiate and quickly pocket the deteste'
grccnbacks," rather thnn promise.to-pay
even were it secured by cut-throat bond an'
mortgage.
Mr.. Green was also severe in his denuncia
lions Of shoulder straps He alluded to Gen
/ German as q cotton speculator; but til
speaker did not seem 10 know that Gor1nal
was man of his own class-a Democrat
but one who, as having done some service il
the cause Of his country, was entitled to NOR
credit, even though stained with the: foccu
lence Of cotton cIinging to his skirts-tha
those men who remained at home to com
n,cnce and carry out the iirc-in-t the-rear move
ncnts, SO much and SO ably explained by th
eccesh concern in your city.
The effort undoubtedly to be made in tn
Southern part Of the State by these lcgis|a
tors, on their return to their respective dis
tricts, TO create public opinion, which shal
back them i'll June next, in the introduction
and eonsu1umation Of certain trcasonabl
rropositions-"reacc, arnistice, Withdrawal
Of tho Proclanation'' being the watchwor
and ral1ying cry Of the faction, leads all patri
otto Union men to think what they can do t,
countcract their bancfu1 influence.