, 1864-10-14
AFTERNOON DISPATCHES.
GREAT UNION MEETING AT
CEMTRALlA.
LETEhT FROM CRAMPS AND
SHEhlDAN'S ARMIES.
UNT0N E1EETINR AT CEN.
TkALEA.

UNT0N r1EETING AT CEN.
TIkALKA.
Especial Dispatch to Tho Chicago Trieune.l
CxsT8ALA, H., Oct. u. 1864.
The Union demonstration to-day Was an
over erwhelmiDg succees, In point Of numbers
attepdiIg 6 end enthusiasm expressed BY the
people, and the rhetoric ard argument pre-
eented By the speakers.
Lopg before the hour. appointed for tbs
meeting, bands Of music paraded tae etr:ets.
ard at about noon, wagon loads Of country
people began to pour In from every direction.
They came to lear the life long Democrat,
patriot, soldier, and Illinois boy, John A.
Logan, expound the law and g1ve bis Ideas
of the Chicago peace resolutions, and caudi-
dates standing upon the Mcclellan and Pen
dlstun platform.
About one p. N. tbe PROFESSIONS from sa-
li1e and other pot1ts In this county, came In
headed By four horse team drawing wagon
In y Wtich were seated twenty-slxy youngla laaiea
Rrrayed in white, and bearing badges On
which were Inscribed the names Of the loyal
States. This was followed By wagon upon
which platform had been built, and which
vas occupied By two men engaged In making
Lincoln rails out pf butternnt logs-samples
OF which they threw upon the street as 1hey
were manufactured Ia the rear there fol-
lowed Aundreds Of vebicles Of everS. descrip-
tion, loaded = ith citizens, their wives aud
children, formiug line over two mics in
length, and numbering hard upon 200 wagons.
Music plaJed and cannon roared rs this pro-
cession moved along, greeted BY shonts and
CHEERS of i'll Centralla, which had apparently
turned ont to welcome 1t. The day had been
appropriately ushtred In with Major Gen
eral talnte lom the same. gun at sunT1se.
Ar3 o'clock p. m., the meeting, which had
assembled, aWelled BY citizens to Ut least
B,0OO persone, Hss introduced to Maj Gen.
John 4 Logeo, aud he proceeded to 1laka
Tor three hours, dusiug the whole OF which
1ime he held the F-Bt concourae enchatued
With his eloquence and such Ill array OF facts
.opd arguments az has eeldom been listened
to In this State or any other 6tate
Upon the platfo1m were Judge Hayn1e aud
ua1y other prominent Democrats, all Of
whom took b deep Interest IN Gener21 Lo~
gan's adoItss. Commencing with q passing
allueion to the Importance OF the political
CONTEXT soon t. be oecided, the speaker went
on to remark upon tae history Of the rebel.
| lien. He reviewed the happy condition OF
our country before q RUTHLESS hard had
struck 1t with war Ard disseue1on, and asked
pettiEently ths cauae OF the ~ar. Was 1t be-
capse any of the ps1ihcal rights Of any OF the
people had been abridged OF abrogated? No
| 6FEENA MIA H1 Af2- 41RE43 A4aA HAb"
tectt d in lis acts. Every liberty was allowed
tht prefs. 1t was democratic, a republl-
cat, country, and the sun never ahone upon
better OF happier land; but, strange to
| sey, one portion Of our peot1e desired to
leave and Set mp Government ard country
OF their ossn, ard before q constftuttoDally
elected Chief Magistrate had Ind lime to take
BIZ seat in the White House, and before
Buchanan had gone out, they old do all they
could to take tnelr leave ,.
howell Cubb ald others had gone from
Buchapan's Cablret to join With JEFF Davis
The speaker had attended the Charleston
Convention. Some men he had met there he
had heard Of as supporters and constructors
Ct the Chicago platform. When the Conyen-
tlcn NIT at Ghntlestsn they haa to send out
into tho hatbor to borrow from an American
vessel an American flag to place above their
hcads. It had not waved in the streets OF
| Charleston tor fifteen years. he Was not sur
rrised that South Carolina WAS rebel, hut ne
was surprised that rebel ON had come go far
North as Chicago. He then kue~ such men
4 Is VA1landigham, Wood, and the Aliens, aud
Il uoW be looked about and saT the satne men
tr.irg to divide opr country tn It is lett to us
aud tn Ing to make an Eastern ard Western
Confe Eacy ont OF it. 1t wss probably pro-
prosed to give one 10 Wood and one to, VA.
lan1igham, So q reward for their 1aboss.
The speaker compared the action OF Bn.
| chanan and jackson In 1dentically political
: situations. One governed bis country, aud
the other let traitors slide With mus&ets aod
! cannon With which to fight his couatrT;
When theY fired upon theft they inauga
The position Of President Lincoln We:
then reviewed. He found no army, no navy
The former Was on the coast Of Africa; tns
latter had no arme, thanks to TTiggs, Hha
+ had stolen them Troops were called ont u
,, We have had three yesrs Of war, to preserve
!. all the stars in our counttJ's flag, aud would
that that Tag might sgaia wave over ns IN al
! its resplendent beauty as before. he vas fol
: loyal men, ro matter what their politics
wae, Have / eonAt.2Y- II. -hava. lat N.
: protect it The question was not who should
> be President but' whether We shall have I
, President at all or not-whether onr PresI
war Of AtolItlpnlsts against Democrats. ha
g var Of patriots against rebellion. tn'
D question was whether We should sonndtj
n Whip JeG. lavis and keep the country to
gether, or hsse sneaktng peacs and let ou
bla7e old country perish Let us Wh1p th'
i rebels first, and ee1Ile any OF QUE Little ditfer
: euctB a1terNard.
!. The General then went into an explanation
OF the term dlslo5al, and the manner OF de
Gliding the eide to which man truly belongs
: No matter wnat his tongue might say, it VA
! 1nde1ed BY the length Of a man's face whel
2 be read naws Of rebel defeat. That ther
pnometer never failed. ..-.
e This portion Of Logan's address was dellv
I ered with indeecribable dro1lery, aud re
9 ctiyed with roars OF laughter. He explained
= hts justification Of the acts Of candidates III
for election upon the Union side. and ths1
g | proceeded to an eluctdation Of the Chtcag'
I platform. He said that after be had talked II
!. lis Democratic brother about that platform
! If he could still find 1t in his soul to vote th
!. Chicago ticket, he called upon the Creator I.
I-~I hia sThpt DlQf
9 form might hEye been uade By Jen. Davis
9 and would have been endorsed by every maj
i in arms against us. There Was hardly . maj
/ engaged il concocting 1t who had served hi
r had two men who bad served IN the South
y eru army, and Price with 10000 men ha'
9 conc up to help elect It. He reterre'
. to Fernando Woods speech at Rhe&ts house
0 Charleston, 9. c., and said that be SO fat ont
= Yanceyed Tancey that the people took hin
y the Chicago platform, and put George Z
le Mcclellan upon 1t, and asked him to vote 70
e it BE would see them to the ID befor
!! y he would do any such thing: GIN: Logs
- then lave several fendertngs Of Tue plas1osc
y to show that 1t could only have originate
~ with the enemies Of the country, all q
Y which y ere received with cheers By the ez
= cited concourse Of the people. He FevieWe
section By section. picaing the platform
piects Is easily % though msde Of stick
l
~ the statement that the WET was q failure
u alluded to the first resolution or plank {
n the platte rn1, ard gave an account Of Ger
r. Phil. Sberidan's interference with Early
IL ho}oirg an election in the vicinity Of Ha
pet's Ferry, and said In conclusion, after al
be must admit there had beea one gres
grand failure in the war. BE was ashame
"a to aomit it-George B Mcclellan. [Cries {
y, "YeF," yes" evidenced how the audiene
r. understood it
4 lie showed the extent to which freedo'
e Of speech and Of the press Was carried, !.
~ IT nciug the Copperhead speeches dali
ae made, ard the reasonable articles dali
p printed In the Chicago Times, the St1te Re
er liter, the Belleyi!ls Drsnocrat, and other tre
le eonable sheets, and all without let or hil
70 drance from the Government. BE p2inse
u out speeches made In Chicago which mt5f
le have tminated from rebels In Rtchmond -,
u Coming to the peace platform of tue "
D cago resolutions, the speaker became 7ei
q, impressive, allnding to the disgrace OF q
le honorable pence. Moisture stood In hts !"
er ewes snd In the eyes Of tWo-thirds OF tho'
n ed 10 those Who Ind lost sons, husbands an
1e brothete in defense Of their country. to kno
8. whether they wanted such peace "a che
and tNol'' went up tten, at which, de1
I'd Davis, fcou1d be have heard 1t, might h1'
besa en. apPainsGi paasnid aud other speakers are
pected to spesk tonight at the Christia
church, and there ia every expectation tn
the meeting will have to ad1o arn to the ope
Bt ali, so many will desire to hear. The e.
n tbnsiasm of Egypt may be eaid to have bes
to | IplIy atoueed- ..
-, ~ Egypt is prepared to speak at the ba1l
D ~ 81 Ca I t.