The weekly union record., 1864-12-03

FrGacToUs AT Mcclellan meeting held
in Touro Hall, Hartford, Connecticut, a few
dsys prior to the election. one John NJ. Har
rington thus ventilsies his peace" principles:
If these mouey changers and treason mon
gers referring 10 the administrator cannot
be driven out Of Washington By ballots, We
rnust drive them out if il takes fire and sword
grape and shrapnel 10 do il. And If none else
will do it our Irish Citizens. who have taken
an oath before High Heaven, will do it.
1t appears as an almost universal thing that
corrupt and designing Democratic leaders
control the Irish citizens 10 every precinct,
and use them to 90 the dirty work of their
party. They are TO be pitied rather than hated
from the fact that they are thus deceived.
They are set up as living "battlemeuts" for
the protection of skulking politicians of the
latter day Democracy, and creased into obe-
dience, as the main axels of its strength
ONO IrENs-We clip the following items
from the Guernsey (Ol Times +:
The whole number OF votes cast by the 9th
Ohio. on the llth, was 224. OF these 22l were
cast for the Union ticket, and for the Cop
perhead Peace ticket. Soldiers ballots are as
fatal 10 Copperhead candidates as are their
bullets to rebel soldiers.
SOLOMON SrURGEs, Esq, man of immense
wealth, died at Zanesville. Ohio, on Friday
October 2Sth. aged sixty eight years. He was
a strong Union man. At the commencement
OF the war he raised company of rifles
kna HI af 0f
and made several journeys TO the 'front.' being
present at the siege of Fort DonelSon. When
told be could nel live, be said-"Can't die till
Richmand is taken
MAJ. J. W. Moore of the 9th Ohio has
been honorably discharged from the service, on
account of wounds received in battle.
PROBLEM SoLvED.-A Constitutional Dem
ocrat in Sonoma county has been long time
in doubt as TO whether the world turns over
once in twenty four hours. BY an original
experiment be has demonstrated that il does
not At sundown he placed a pumpkin on
stump. and next evening found the vegetable
unmoved. The earth could not have turned
over without inyertng the stump if the stump
had been inverted, the pumpkin would have
rolled of. He therefore conclades that the
theory OF the eaftn TCNOtulluu Is au aUO!tliOu
--imeriGan Flag.
We think we hear the echo coming up from
this Konstituiional Democrat-"fr freeze peach"
MExrco.-As there is quite talk about
emigration to Mexico, We give, this week.
good deal Of space TO letter from DR..
Howard, published in the Contra Costa
Gazette. Colusd Sun.
We are plessed to see signs of o hegira to-
wards Mexico People who are not satisfied
with this country previous to the war, and now
encourage the war of secession, ought not 10
be allowed to live here, if they would. We
are delighted 10 learn there is a prospect OF
their leaving. Their places can be filed by
peaceabie and contented people But We will
caution these friends of Jeff Davis on ore point.
Mexico, under Maxiniian, will be q poor place
for revolt and civil war. Down there they
treat traitors to public execution If you,
therefore, 90 to Mexic0 it Is better 10 under
stand now that you will be obliged to submit
to instead of ruling the government. But
don't be deferred from going on this account
APpeal.