, 1864-08-07

mpnd Eldmi.~r, receives An excellent sup
port It's Editor Is the peEson lately placed
in nomination for the place OF District At.
tornev by the coppesheads of the 4th Ju-
dicIa1 Circuit.
n Jasper County, 10 the Blue Grass Re-.
gion, I am c1edibly informed that band Of
nearly two hundred citizens arc encAmped.
well mounted and well armed, aud prep Artd
to organize armed resistance to the authori-
ties whenever their leaders elall give the
word.
nenta Of The Government are vel orgsnized,
exce1lcntly veil armed, and prepared for any
emergency. In a recent issue Of the organ
Of JEFF Davis In this city, notlca that the ed
itoss Of thst sheet deny the truthtulness Of
the revelations made By me- In letter from
Sullivan, during my recent visit to that vil-
be eubstantiated BY any number Of credible
In Christian county the organtz ltion il
perfect. It was portion Of the Copper
heads from the vicinity Of Taylorsville, the
eltre town Of Christian, that tngaged In the
from Pana, recently.
Fayette, Bond, and Montgomery counties
are the theater Of the exploits of the band of
gutrillas undar the present command of
Clingman, a Confederate Colonel, who has
done the so called COME deracy some service
C1inemau and his men are swbrn into the
Confederate service. Your readers arc al
ready familiar with the depredatlons com
nitted by this band, and the success Of the
efforts made 70 dislodge them. They have
altogether failed, and Clipgman now occu-
pies bis old camping ground in the vicinity
Of Van Burensburg, With numbers largely
increased From the facts stated above,
your readers can learn the grounds Of my
belief that IN outbreak Is inevitable.
The citizens on both sides are preparing
for tbis event With great enthusiasm. Large
purchas.d dat!S, at every station on the line
Of the Terse Haute and Alton Railroad from
Pspa to Alton Junction, and the collision
cannot in all probability Be long delayed.
This Ia terrible condition OF affairs to
long exist in this loyal State Of Illinois. We
boast Of the number Of our sona contributed
By Illinois to maintain our country's integ-
rity aud pub1sh traitors abroad, and shall Il
be said that We are mot able to maintain our
nwn integrity aud punish traitors at home ::
Shall We allow hand Of refugees and resi-
dent secess:onlsts to lay waste our fale fields
and bring upon pc 1celul community the
uLtold horrors Of 1ateraeciDe war ?.
The remedy for this condition of things is
easy and ut hand. Let the Governor at once
Call for two or three regiments Of mounted
men for State stryice, whose duty It shall be
to patrol the disauected counties, and
proclaimed In the counties I have named,
and let these cut-throats, when caught, be
tried By court-nartlal and punished accord.
Ing to military law Let at least one regi.
ment be qusrtercd In the southern tier Of
countlfB, prep irrd to resist the threatened
Invasion, from Kentucky across the Ohio,
TOR come It will. The rebels have long
looked with eager eyes upon the broad prai-
rtee and fertile fields Of Illinois, and when
next they come they will cndcayor to reap
the rich hsryests which loyal men hive eown.
for action, determined action, and not mo-
mcnt should be w.sted. Ali through the
dIEaffected region there are thous ands Of 10y
al hearts, awaiting with feyeri- h anxiety the
call Of our noble Governor to spring to arms.
They are anxious to wipe the scoundsela
their Wfth be rratiaed Ron