, 1863-09-04
The Union Men Of Illinois in
Council.
GRAND RALLY FOB UNION.
LIBERTY AND LAW,
a Vast Concourse Of Prairie
Loyalty.
The Speeches and Exer-
cises Of Yesterday.
FIRST DISPATCH.
tsrectal Dispatch 10 the Chicago Tribunal

-@1 1As*S ealAtA 1oo1a6 LIKE q QtTe In eW arm
Ing time The people arc here in their might,
and the highest anticipatfons Of the mos,
eangnine are realized in the numbers aud
sll1it OF the gathering. The war, which has
educated the eyes Of the public and reporters
to better estimate Of crowds, by showing
that 1t tnlzcs afler I'll good many men to
make thousand, has indnccd more caution
In the hap hazard statements Of quantity IN
vast asscmblsges. In old times. reporters,
1ided BY The "relfable persons'' always at
hand on such occasions, wonld have set this
meeting down at from $1,000 to 5000, and
b Gu borne out In the estimate by the larger
share Of those present. But We do thcae
things better now. Thirty full regiments Of
men are quite little army, more than m ost
OF your readers have eeen together, but 1t Is
shipped to the evidence of those who have,
that the great gathering today. which is in
progress rs I write, Will reach from thirty to
forty thousand loyal c.lizens Of Illinois. ~
Tie meeting is In full tide at the Fair
Grounds, where the audiences about the
fpealcrs' etands arc acres In extent. Aud
ftin e o'clock 2. m. they comc-mornted
men, heavily loaded farmera' wagons, anl
trains Of monster length. So great isethe
crowd en- the road that the Marshals find
great difficulty In keeping order and prevent
ing accidents.
While I T1ite the wagons fl1c past my
widow, loaded with people and decorated
With flags. Bands are pla5:'g and. the ut-
most enthusiasm rrerails. Just now train
Of hfty cn1s has arrived from the south bY the
Chicago d St. Louis Railroad ,oad TWO trains,
IN I'll ffly cars. which had been DELAYED by.
the bursting of due Of locomotive, are re-
ported coming on the Great Western Rail-
road. s.. -
. The Copperheads At their late Mass Meet
Ing claimed 1oo. 900 as the number present,
It Is conceded on an hands that the city was
less fhrongod than It is to-day, and the esti-
mate I give you ds:yery nearly the truth,
with no discount on It, is hes coma to be the
rule in receiving It.
This morning at Q o'clock the Aids End
Assistant Aarzhals reported In front of the
Court House, and procession was formed
there as well as it could be on account Of the
Immense crowd. The line being drawn u1
On the cast side Of Sixth street. Tbs order
was Us follows:
- Chief Marshal, with two Aids.
Invited Guests, |
:. -. State Officers. Z, /
ONcers and Soldiers OF the Army,
Citizens on foot. |
G1ee Club r.
Citizens on h0rseback.
Vehicles, -
i. Delegations. i
The procession moved south on the east
Of Sixth street, to Douglas, cast on Douglas
to Seventh, south on Seventh to Cass, west I
IN Cass to Sixth, north on the west side Sixth |
% Enos, west on Encs to Fltta. sonth on the
:ast side OF, Filth to Cook, rest on Cook to
Fourth, north On Fourth to Washington,
est cn Washington to the Fair Grounds.
On account Of The yast crowd 1t Wast found
1Eost impossible to get the procession to !
AoTc In time, and 1t was fully 10 o'clock be-
sre the speaking commenced on the ground.
There were four principal stands as fol-
ous:
s!Axn No Is: II. cullum, President, and Geo,
STAND No: &CoL Joar Doushcsty. President,
I'd Col. E-A. Eastman. Secretary. -
551Rn = nd No; s7Snoge 4Esk BanGs President, End
STAND No 4-This WIS the German stand. =
The organization and proceediure will lie
!, +ed moro ,o-t;ort,rs- h1 80 ~
~. 49, gu" w.
a nth staoo, on me centre OF Inc ground
Fas found necessary to accommodate the i'm
pente crowds. -.
15"m .nis s'ano VARIOUS Folnnteer speakers
1dSeeeed the people, and it hod an immense
1ovd durfpp fhe entire davs
Ia.t.,.-.sa go -. ~,
1'e't4" ts "eie .e@.o trona eaca o. Inc s'ands,
rom 1he president, hon. Austin Blair, Hon.
.dward Everett, Hon. Schuyler Colfax, and
lon. Daniel E. D}ck;nson-
nr-,,.-. .-.,..t,-.-.-~-sN.1
ttAe@e !stte4e "st. gwen III ouf tast assoe' with
'e e3cettloh OF tnas Of Aon' Austin B.ai1, which
appcndcd.-Ens- TR1r.1
LETTER FROM GOV. BLAIR,
1Ass1sG. Auoust ~ tsfs ~
amos Conklins, esq, Ctairnsn, &c. Spriugdeii.
H.:
SIR: Your letter Of the 11th Instant Was re.
lived here during my absence from the
tate, and has consequently remained uuau-
wcred until this time. It is unnecessary to !
tate how deeply [ sympathizo NTH tie
oFc1cnt Of tie Unconditional Union citI-t
els OF Illinois, ITO cheer the pa!riot, en-
ourage the Government, aud strike terror
Ito the hearts Of trai.ora.'' It is good
]ne for tue Unconditional Union people to
sS1le t;1n3 end 1ee ca15e is plans
cnt and BLOOD sta,ned ias,3c ~ nf nap- aap-
tuUcEt Eourht tn hn established hv Stho |