M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-11-03
Great Speech Of Gen. Gee
w. Morgan.
HIS Review of PreSi-
dent LinOOln'S Admins
lraliOn,
a SCATHlN0 REBUKE OF
HIS POLICY.
&c, &C., &C., &C.,

Greenwood Hall was packed to it;
utmost capacity last night, by the
friends of Mcclellan and Pendleton
! to hear that eloquent and gifted son
Of Ohio, General George W. Nor
gan, on tho great issues Of the day
Upon being introduced the General
spoke as follows:
ON THE WAR. ..
Mr. President, Lllies, Soldiers and Citizens
1t is not my purpose to enter into
u general discussion OF the momen-
tous questions which agitates the coun
try, but to address my remarks chief.
ly TO our brave soldiers, their relatives
and friends, who have honored us by
their presence Fer no portion OF
onr people have endured so much,
and endured 80 noblY during the grand
and terrible drama enacted npon cur
continent for a stage, Iu no age,
and in no country, have there been
greater suffIrings, or more heroic
deeds than in this dread and terrible
conflict, during which in stern reality
brother has been arrayed against
brother, and father against son.
But time will not permit me to mar
rate the glories OF Rich Mountain and
Carick's Ford, Of Springfield and
Pea Ridge OF DOnelsOn and Shiloh,
of Corinth and Vcksburg, Of Stone
Rivey, and the battles on The noun
tains Of Chattanooga, where are our
brave boys---like the fablcd gods Of
Old fought and conquered high above
the cloudsl Nor will my time ,ena
BILE me to speak Of Yorktown. and
Hanover Court House, OF Willow
Spring, and o! the seven days of dos
perate and immortal battles between
Mcclellan aud his eighty thousand
heroce, against Lee with more than
double his force nor Can | refer to
South Mountain and Antietam, while
Lees army, flushed with receut vic
oIy, was met aid conquered by Nc
| IClCllun, and driven southwark across
sns Potomac, by the soldiers who
INT a few weeks before had been
routed under Pope Un the ill.starred
field OF Boil Run /; nor can | tell the
'rlling story OF Gettysburg, as told
the by a soldier who had been wuun-
ded On that glorious field. No, my
friends, ] must leave these themes to
lips far more eloquent than mine to
the poet and historian, who, while
mourning yer the desolation of once
so free and fair land, will yet iu FIT
ting terms recount the marvels of val.
or and Of skill performed in this most
grand and terrible of wars. And
much less will attempt to portray
.he unspeakable anguish caused by
the war Of the thousand of widows
who have gone broken-hearted to
their graves Of the tens Of thousands
of suffering orphans whose wall | can
now almost hear upon the chill night
wind OF the berieved mot her whose
only son has been stricken down in
youths fret bloom ; nor Of the venera.
ble father whose hopes Of happiness
lie smothered in his children's Bloody
graves. No, 10y friends, | cannot
step in this solemn hour of our eoun-
try's peril, to speak OF the gallant
dead, but | must talk to you Of the act.
ual, the living present. and Of your
duty and OF niue as men who love
their country. But as my theme is
one Of war, before | proceed to its dis
cnssion, | must be permitted to pay
the tribute .sofm my respect to enc Of
your most eminent citizens-a man
OF whom Cincinnati, Ohio and the
nation have just cause OF being
proud. A politician of unblemished
honor, a statesman profoundly versed
in the principles npon which our in
ititutioDs are based, and q patriot who
loses sight ufeeli, while stliying for
his country's good-such a man is
George Il. Pendleton, the Democrat
ic candidate for Vice President. And
mali ned and traduced as he is, os
Washington, and Jefferson and Mad.
ison have been, aud as Mcclellan is
now assailed, yet | am not afraid OF
trusting his reputation with tdose
who truly love their country. He is
charged With having voted against
supplies; the charge iaisi6es his rec
ord, for nsver was there q vote for
supplies, strictly as such that he did
not vote 10 the afsfmative. Ard