, 1864-09-21

aaprant yiolstion Of tns Constitution, and
tae de4Is3 OF th+ff right to eanTssa, much
less to dIsobey, the orders Of thar sunertars,
even though obedience may involve the
wLol.sale ove1throw Of tia mo4r sscred
nights q persen 1optI.s aaa aha he'',zS;9saap aS9p
General Mcclellan to the Arm, OF tds Poto-
mar afttr 1lt promnleatlon of the Presi-
dents EmaI, -tpatioh PrJcl -ma.t,n> and clas,-
iatd IS "Geperal Oroer No. l65."
R.&dtng In al these acts and declarations
which tit public lltt Of Gcn+fAl Mcctel-
lar, 'ifscloscs t. M, either an utter tgnoraace
ri lii. j. ~ and Copstitn'ion Of hls country
ora uuis mil1tary 4n1 sovcreisa conteups
frr them and the rights which the7 enshr.ue.
Row caa We how is It, possible for
spy~ Eap to. look the Amer'can peo-
u1e in The face and .proleAs to believe
t1at General Mcclellan = th Shtaods, npon his
feeling of tha Democratic party? He il not
o,,1t The champion OF coercion BY war whtch
" is carofnal beresy from the Demscratic faitt,
hut ho js for \ ar, With all the abuses aud
violence and usurpatior which have already
nadc the existirg etruggle more dangerous
dtpenotncr OF the South He Is the rcore-
sentative Of. military necessat., military fu-
jftotction apd military subserviency. He is
the enemy .of free discussion and free
thought. He IL the advocate of armed inter-
ye1tion in the lIa1lB OF les1slation and 1t the
ballot bsx. This is h'k oWn history, not only
told By hlmse1f, but recalled oy hls own lips
for The admiration Of bis couutrymcn.. II
this be Democracy, we have studied In vain
tbe, p1ipcp,es Of that party, to ~hica, till
nuw, We bad fondly looked for the ealra.,on
Of the country. from deepotistn, anarchy,
bankruptcy and perd'ti3u. Be it what 1t
may 1t is not Our 1afth, ana VIC WILL not oow
down to It.
Revolutionary Coppc r1,cad NFeetsu. In
Lass CouasT. Illinois,
. ECouespoudenes Of the st. Louis pemocrat1
ltheugbt I would exclude polite i mat-
tcrs altogether fro1u this letter, but find
must notice Il copperhead meeting which
day last. At au a-ly hour the Union men
Of the place were surprised to, sec process
SIGN consisting Of people in WagoEs, on
horseback, atd on foot, coming isto the.
place. Not an American dsg wis displayed
In the whole profession, aud tue oDisct Of
it ~as annouLced ,hut 3 Mcclellan rattdca-
tion meeting wonld takc place in the aftsr-
noon.
The procession marched through the grin
cipal street Of the PLACE, after whicn 1t dis
banded. and thsn, evidently By preSoncertedl
sJrnns cneut, S25 men, 10y netuAl count,
composing three 1ull conpantes, mustered
under thor respective ot1lcsrs for drfl1. or
this nu1uber more tnan two-tAfzds wore re-
volvers openly strapped about their TRtsts,
and the hour or two spent Ia public drtllieg
Was splced with many IN expression Of thetf
intense httred of the uafon and the Admla-
~is11atf0n, md their intention to destroy both.
Open rebellion was every where displayed
without the slightest attempt Ut conceal
ment, and with cheers fur Mcclellan would
be- mingled with. curling. ot the Admin,stra-
tlon, whie both IN their punlic resa}utions
and their private decl.la.ions dii they en-
phatcally announce their intention of an
a1ned re.i5,ance to the draft, and gu attempt
to seize upon the State aud General Goyera-
1neEtF, aEu get the control Into their Own
ha1dB.
In the afternoon the meeting took placs in
the cid Court Home, at which tho principal
spesker was q lawyer Of Deardstowa, named
j. Fl. Shaw.
The fret resolution simply inao:sea this
seton Of the Chicago Convention. The scc-
Old y So as follows:
E.sole<d, That We, the Democracy Of cass county,
will resiet Tho draft at all hazards.
Another resd:
Reto1rtd, THAI COMMITTEES be appointed to visit
tie other con11es III the 6tatc learn the organized
tt1en tn, and report to thr Springfield u-c'iug,
s1d there appo1us teles%tes to rt>tt the tnoianapo-
liz and Ce>un'ous tohio, meetings.
J. II. SusW, q lawyer OF Bearjst0 IN, said
that the draft, nor any otber act Of the Ad-
1tibistrativu, could b x1tcrced amorg them !;
that ,heJ would drag Lincoln from bis srat,
overthrow the tioTe,nment, and pl4c. tue
power in the hands Of nen Of their own choos-
i1e. He 6tclareo, also, that everything Was
n resdiL. 81 iu 1lllnoa and whea the hour
Cane, the first moyeuent IN tats State would
be lie capture Of Springfield, the seizure Of
the State officers, and the ptactug Of the State
dottrrm ent in tntir = n hands.
6ner the MEETING. attempts wera made to
draw citizens Tito tgt: without success
One resccable nan VT, however, Knocked
was turned. Ana this is Il = specimen brick"
Of tho Copperhead peace meetings in that
p.r Ct the State.