, 1863-09-19
THE GAINESVILLE WAR
MEETING.
Mass Meeting Of the War Democ-
racy Of Wisconsin.
An Enthusiastic Assemblage-~The
Copperheads Denounced--Tae
Administration and the
Union Sustained.
From Our Special Correspondent

from Our Special Correspondent
; JASHsvnLE. Sept. 18th, 1858.
The very ]ayge, and respectable meeting Of
War Democrats which was held yesterday at
GAINESVILLE, was In Ill respects great success.
It was not convened, like the late monster
assemblages In illinois. tor the purpose Of
attestipg, by immense delegations, the loyalty
Of the State, which the Copperheads had I'm:
pugued, but as an earnest demonstration On
behalf Of the War Democrats Of Wisconsin,
that they were devoted body and soul, with
ont qutbble, or reservation Of any sort, to the
Union, and The Administration. In this res
pect there could not possibly have been u
more decisive manifestation. From first to
last, there was perfect furor Of enthusiasm,
and every loyal sentiment 1hich fell from the
lips Of the speakers, every word uttered In
lore and honor for the country; every
expression Of sympathy and affection
for cur brave armies In the field,
met with an instantaneous and yehe-
ment response, whIch shook the roof Of
Hyatt hull. It was easy to see at quite an
early period Of the proceedings that the men
there met to renew before the nation, their
devoted attachment to It's Institutions and It's
honor, we're not the kind Of men to be triled
with. There WINS, tits true, the grestest good
flashing over the room, especially at the
morning meeting, which was more Of a con-
yereationa1 aud less Of q Judicial character.
than those of the afternoon and eventug-but
there mas also IN earnestness and determine
tlon in their whole mir, manner, and actton,
which no Copperhesd would have done well
to mistakes It was pretty currently rumored
in the morning that the gentlemen Of the
Corperhcad persuasion In politics desigacd
to pay their respects to the meeting, during
It's sessions, and 1t Was well for them that tho
weather and perhaps their own second
thoughts, prevented Them. As it was, we
nIyef saw more urhuimous and cheerful
gathering. Every one seemed to be sur-
charged with patriotism, and we will venture
to say that GAINESVILLE has seldom seen SO
much, at one time, and in one place, Of the
real article.
Each SPEAKER was FIR the, continued prose.
cution Of the war, and the more strongly he
insisted ppon it, The more loudly and vocifer-
outly he was cheered. Tre Ryan address,
which was adopted ss platform at Nadieon
on the 5th Inst by party Of bogus politi-
clnns who assumed the name and the func-
tions Of the Democratic party 0fANiscoustn,
was denounced By tho war convention In the
strongest terms of abhorrence which language
can supply. They repudiated it IN toto, and
the entire action of the so-called Democrats
upon 1t. as q scheme OF sspesnicious doe.
trines, Ttndictire jealousies. and 1anguld pa-
triotism," md pronounced the silence which
those "DemocIats" assumed Upon the du-
Of deadly malice agatnst the Government.
ard Of treason to the Republic. Our readers
will remember thnt at this Madison meeting
the faction in question not only adopted the
Ryan address as its gospel OF political prin-
clplts and bel{t1, but put forth Ticket which
f1,nx.4 Had ftnn naxr1oso$n ,F @ftt.E
to support. And 1t was to counteract the In
fuence Of these proceedings, and the g. vol
luminous ind infaumatory cresdh which these
t:aitora iesued With view to corrupt the peo-
pie Of Wisconsin in the name Of Democracy,
that the Janesyi1le var meeting was called.
That meeting declared the Ryan address
'sas hostile to the harmony and c,ncentratton
of the political strength Of the Democratic
party, and said ytry truly that 1t had lost it
the sympathy and support Of nearly all the
eolcieys in our armies; and admitted to
the funes: extent OF the humiliation, that SO
uron as an article Of faith, the defeat md hu-
initiation Of the Democratic party we're GER
tain and Inevitable"
The ..Address," read at the Janesvillemeet~
Ing, uas:.a more formal protest against Mr..
Ryan's t1eahonable principles, aud political
lar and loyalty: It is remarkab!e in many
important particulars. It thoroughly identi-
fts The War Democrats With the present Ad-
mil ist1atiou; Insisting that, without any
compromise Of their old and well known or
canon Of political principles, every man Is
Is an expression OF the soyerejgn will and
power Of the peop}e-and that there can be
no mere factious opposition to 1t in times Of
War without treason. It denies also, and there
fore, the doctrine Of State Sovereignty, In op-
position to the Constitution and the Federal
.-rf fn%, st.,1xv mf,o1f fr%n
thorities In the Republic. Its denunciation
Of Vallandjgham Is piece Of Political JUS
tice done to the Democratic party. 1t says
of Kim, tia. this example Is more depraved
than the combined fetoctty Of the New York
rabble, because it leads to such outbreaks.
long as the name OF Benedict Arnold is re-
membe1ed. Hc will retain his bad pre-emi-
nence after his more feeble lmitators OF Wis
corsin shall hare perished forever u
One cannot hut be glad that the Democrats
have thus washed thelr hands Of this dirty
and vulgar ca1rion, whose name and acts are
alike" "cffsusiTe to God, and to human nos
trils.
address, or even to make an Abstract Of IT..
It is TerJ noticeable, however, for its bravery
and outspokenuess at this time, and in lit
e1ary point Of view, it il far superior, both In
its diction and reasoning to the document Of
which 1t Is so able an answer. ..
The chief speakers were the Hon. j. E.
Arnold, President of the Convention, Judge
Macarthur, Of Milwaukee, Gen. McCiesna1d
and Mat Carpenter: As we stated yesterday,
very uncompromisiug performance, No
man could have uttered more loyal and noble
sentiments. The rebels, he said, we're guilty
and aggressive; were without atonement,
and Without apology, and the war against
them was Just. Being so. every man In all
the loyal states, no matter what were his po-
| 1itical opinions previously to the war, was
| bound to support It, and With It all the de-
tails Of the Administration.
Mat. Carpenter, Of Milwaukee, mas equally
! as demonstlatiVe for the Government as the
President Of the Convention. He laughed
| with bitter irony ut the Democratic party
| who read ont Of their exclusive, traitor ranks,
all who did not agree with them In their
new.fapgled, Copperhead opinions. He was
| q Democrat now, As ever; and because he was
errment, ard the laws. He supported the
| Proclamation, not that he wrs an Abolition.
| ist, but becautc 1t ~as declared BY the Presi.
dent to be, what he also believed 1t to be, q
| military necessity.
Gen. McClernand's speech was able, and
staunch IN Its advocacy Of the Government,
md the War. Among the resolutions we're the
following:
lese{tfd, That az the Constitution rests In the
| President, " tho Executive power - Of the Govern
mc1t, creates him 'Commsnacrtn.ch1ef Of the
| army and navy OF the United States. ind Of the
militia Of the several SIstes when called into the
| ActusI ee1yics Of the United Siatcs,'f and com.
bin t9 s5e st aeG aa be @
| which any of these enacted powers shall be ex-
e1ted, 1t becomes Ills duty under his responsible
to to tns whom whom he
In times Of war and great national peril. " what de-
gree Of force the cr1hfs demands - aud to select
| fom tic known usages OF civilized warfare, such
| ha vJ1nA md ha.