, 1864-08-11
QUE. Nx:W GOVERNOR IN
SOUTH EKU ILLINOIS.



Last Saturday was held in Aona, Union
gathering, ay.%r the largest ever held in
this county. The speakers were 2nr new
Governor TO be, Gcu- OgIeabs. A. ). ku:-
btrb dali, candidate for Con,scss In tuts the
18th Dftt,ict and Samuel h1u4lton, for Coa-
grtss IT large.
Muj Gen. Ogieshr is 8 large, tnlt sized
man, weighing 255 pounds, good lookfng,
sctiye, bluff and yet good natured- He Is
the model Of Union man. He has bullet
in his lungs, received at Shiloh; aud 1et his
voice Is ahle. tn do gsod service in sneoEln$
ter The Euioa cauec. aud in condemn4+i:..,
tfthe rebellion aud its Northern synpa
thssefs Ue Is q LatlvI Of Kentucky. Aooug
other things In his excellent epeeth be saft
he vent icto the war III Colonel, b~:.me
Brjeadfer and then Major General, but II h.
could serve his country best he Vas re icy to-
morrow to erter the ranks as a private. As
be came down the railroad two men caue on
tbt cars at Ramsey station. one shot In the
the wife CT one Of them shot In the heart in
attempting oshteld her husband Their
CopFerbead neIghbors did this, warned her
to Keep away or they would take her inf4nt
by the. feet and dash out his brains. Tae
General went on to chow how these gangs,
HO" CAl1luE 1ueiEseIftB tuc ooAo ~ Atu~tlSs
originated from the Knights, repeated their
oath takcn In datk Of midnight, that they
Will obey their SUPERIOR oiticer.ta whatever
be 1emapds, without examination, without
question, or hesitation, end that In order to
cover up and to try to make their
infamy respectable, they call themselves Den.
ocrafs. Then he went On to show, that if
ttesc scoundFe1s arc permitted to organize
in the North, The country Will be ru3ued, In.
decd. We will be broken up into factions !;
state will fight against state, county against
county, and reighbor against EetShb The
Gtneral gave those Sons of Liberty notice
.hat they might expect It he should be elect
cd, He INSURED them they should have no
mercy. In referring to those who complain
that their liberties are taken away, be wanted
to know what liberties. They called the
President and all Union men The most foul
Dames, and were unlimited In their abuse
and now they were deprived Of only one lib
crty, that was to cali themselves Infamous
traitors. They wanted to proclaim them
As regards taking Richmond, be said we
must work away 1t 1t If ten years were re-
qnired. On the whole, it was bold, fiery
speech, and just such q one as the times de-
manded. The Union people were highly
encouraged, and during its delivery several
of the pteus old I'd men shsd tears s and e5Isa
on the right track" At the same time the
copperheads were abashed and coufounded.
A. ]. Kuykcndall Is pretty certain to be
e1ecttd to It'll the place Of jim Allen. he Ia
farmer and merchant, and lives in Vienna,
johnson county. he has alwafs been popu.
nae ese1sd ast aos e
Major, under John Logan or course he al-
ways was Democrat Without making any
pretcnsions to scholarship, he has good
sense, and is able to make IN effective
speech, which the common will understand.
The people ofthe North have little idea Of the
kiud oi tnblie speaking absolutely required
In popular leader. Mr. E.. in going Oyer
the political history Of our county, re-
marked that the Democratic party always
Lad subdivision, which was dialoYal. Com
mtncing with Aaron Burr it Is represented
By Calhoun, Breckinridge and Valtaadlg.
Webster, the leaders Of the Wings, defended
the UniGn,-now tue Democrats should be
as patriotic as the Whigs in 1892. He sa1d
that In Southern Illinois every body was tor
the war, till. In the fall Of 1869, man came
up from New Orleans to Dongola, buyi Ing or
stealing chickens, and another branch of bis
business was to re-or-;anIze the Democratic
Ku,kenlIf frequently was interrupted br
some who used to vote tor him, aud Que
asked him ~ # he did not love the
'ntgroes. The reply was that he
thought forty tunes more Of q
loyal black man than he did of a
oislo5al white man. As regards negro equal.
ity, be said that no Legislation could make 4
negro equal to a White man, and if 4 white
man put himself on level with negro no
person could prevent it. He was for using
whatever power the Government could con
troll and get possession of to help pul down
The rebellion. At Fort Donelson, Southern
Illinois soldiers, at great loss of life, had
to storm works which were erected By 1850
negroes. We had ut last learned to get the
nj gso to help us, not to fight us.
4 patrfotlc song followed, By glee club
from South Pass.
Hon. Saml. Moulton closed In t1ne sharp,
pnipted, logical speech, which was well re
ccIyeJ. cannot pretend to give an outline.
Among the things which produced smlc,
Le said the Democrats were talking loudly
about negro equality. He confessed that
there WIS some danger ia this. The negroes
might mix Nth the Democrats, and to pre-.
vent this that be would be In favor Of i law
to punish every black woman who married i
Democrat, with thtrty.nine lashes.
We have got up Union ticket which VIC
are going TO vote Tor, and We hope in u few
years to scud you news Of complete Untol,
victory In Union county. n. II.