, 1863-09-12

The Great onion Meeting Mt Gales
burg.
iEsrnn 1nr Epecfaf E0fresnoudent.1

From Our Special Correspondent
GALEsBrRo, Sept. 10, 1868.
The recent meeting At Springfield aud that
yesterday at Ga!csburg. pro7ed beyond the
possibility Of a doubt, that Iliaols Is loyal to
the core, and that Copperhead treason, how
ever rampant 1t may be in certain localities,
Is denounced By all the intelligence and vir-
tue Of the State. The tro meetings IN ques-
ton, attended as they we're ~ not 1ess-.lso
eether-lhau one hundred and twenty thou
tand persons, were sulacient evidence that
the bea,ts and minds of.tte people, are sonod
upon all the great questions which are now
agitating the Republic, and shaking it to Its
ycry foundations-and that coms What may,
The vast uajorities of thla mighty common.
wealth, will stand by the Constitution, and the
Administration, to the last dime, and the last
man. heard good deal on my journey
fom the Springfield meeting, about the
numbers, and The projects Of the Copperheads
in this State; and my authority was an old
resident, Of good position, whose ayocation
compelled him to nix largely with all
classes Of society. He spoke, therefore,
with tie authority Of one cognizant Of the
facts which he re:atsd-and be told nc that
it oil the small zillsges along the limo from
Chicago to Springfield, there were secret as
fociations Of tue, Knights Of the Golden
Circle, who met Ut stated periods armed to
the teeth, y 18th the avowed object ot thwart-
ing the measures Of The Government, aud of
afdfrE The Cpntederntes. No mans llfs, he
said, who wus knorn to be Republican, or
ap UnfGn man, was sAo in the village where
he rcsided; and It. was not m uncommon
thing for serious breaches Of the peuce 10
result suddenly out Of q casual conversation
in the streets.
Al this is doubtless yery sad, ind shows
what these miserable and mi'gn{ded men
would do, If they haa 1he power, and with It
armed and tfaitorous Organization, before the
people In the full light Of day. But aa told
my Informant upon that occasion, / had no
fear Of these bats, and their belffy assemblies,
much as l deplored their existence; and
whose presence had made the Springfield
meeting so majestic and sublime, as the best
answer, md the most efficient foil to these
cunning. false, md ignorant dastards
The Times boasts OF the strength Of the
as practical engine. But when hare they
demonstrated these qualities? Certainly |
not in June last, when they met on tue same
soil, and occupied the Eame platform where |
the Union party congTegatsd last week at |
springfield: Their 11n numbers o on that esasion
t1ffeen thousand, including men, women and |
children; mud the great bulk Of these were |
tie tng.rog and hoh,tail Of the population, |
who had come up from the lowest stratum Of |
our society, to doubiy damn themselves as
tools and trpitors, lp obedience to the deln-
aeocues rho called them from the filth aud |
squalor Of their htbitatlons. Neither the |
meeting at Galesburg yesterday, nor that at |
Springfield during the previous Teek, had |
aby cf the low, vulgar, half-prig, half traitor
ehl1acteri.tics, which rendered the Copper
lead meeting in June, SO much like Five |
and ccn1agration Of the city. The physique |
a25 apparel, and the travelling appofntmsnts
Of the Union men were so absoIutely different I
that one might we'll have set them down a.
Ct q distinct race, moved by altogether aln r.
ent passiong. hopes, feelings, and anbitlon5
mon sewers Of the political filth Of the nation.
What could they do Tor the Republic, or for |
humanity Their rery presence, animated as
they were By euch deadly malice and hatred !
for ol1 the great truths and principles for |
which the martyrs died, nnd which ali good
dearest helitaee-wss an iusu1t to the Re,
public and dtshonor to civilization. Aud |
could not help contrasting the earnest, en- |
tbn6iastic faces which sam yesterday at
Ga1eebu1g, and the social position which |
1t ras 60 evident these men entoyed;,
t!emonIac faces Of the Copperheads at the
June meeting: Here we're men With whom
country was al1-"drst, and last, and midst.
ard without end" They vera ready to sac
r1dce MI for It's eafsty and It's honor; whilst
the Copperteads spoke and acted as It they
r Esd no country, but were aliens and lshmael.
ties, their hands assinst NIL men and all mems
hands againtt thlm. Not one speaker at
their meeting awoke the sljghtcst emotion OF
patriotism; their object mas to break the
republic to pieces, and hand the Government
over to the rebels, that they might rule saFcs'
Willie ne well Us black-e1aVes, and not res
men; But here at Galesburg, we're thsusaaas
"hohad given their darling sons to hshs Ior
their country, and rho had fought f9r Il no.
bly,, and died 1t, and now rested in tnelr
last s1eep, in far OF graves. They wonld nov
er see them more; and whilst Governor ! ates
nc a5a MsGE GsnsE Preq.a w;F9 g q tzas
lnmo1ating their sops upon the altar o. 1fee'
dom, saw the tears trickle down their lar
:owed checks, md their old grey heads oonsa
hoWn IN unepeakable eor7o hnn naI5 mt
stalWart form shook and rocked ~ tae nsnb+
f0'1 q L OF ras .asf thas oassuy sfsas
to their remembrance. When was oopRha.v phav
head meeting thus affected? For tears. tngs
had bitter and hel1lsh daughters. for plesslnM7 II.
they had fiery, iue1ttngunishaole cuts ts.ah,,,tr
me the hope of the repunllc-1ss ss1,. ~n.rs1.
and happy future progression, were e. gnaind and
teed by the solid manhood, the yarsaei rheir n
integrity Of this, and similar mee1G,gssi 1.,gsied out
righteousness availed much; ana ot tve,sons. ss
a multitude of sins. aud Infamous t1ea7o07'
by their effulgence, sud glory. a. rood
The fpeeking was IN all respegGs1, s Gr1,,n,hfe d.
's It va Ct Springfield lad;snmepSfatve yuaS address
In which he set forth the leg1id d es1nnnd about
rebellion gepgt syeff ts Gaa
ssd !ssStds t ss6h e. s e. e.
last duty Of saia h,ench Of thelaw
Sy Union that thsy yneS;e miget ths &C. people
ting tangible t. t. tSs takf HuIon pen cause.