The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-10-06

which is just ready to descend upon the
Rebellion now tottering to its fall; not to
give the Rebels time to renew their
strength for fresh conflicts; not to aid
those who would aid them in overthrow
ing our Government, in destroying our
Union, in plunging into chaos of an
archy the great communities of which
the Constitution makes one great and
glorious Nation, and in thus extinguishing,
finally and forever, the hopes of all who
have faith in Freedom and the Rights of
Man.
We call upon the People to bear in
mind that, by whatever sophistries they
may cloak their purposes, the Chicago
Convention neither condemns the action
of the Richmond Rebels, nor proposes to
expel them against their will, or by any
exercise Of force, from the seats of power
they have usurped. In all essential re-
spects the action that Convention took
accords with the results the Rebels seek
Both desire a cessation of hostilities.-
Both denuunce, with unsparing bitterness,
the Government of the United States, and
both alike seek its overthrow. Both de-
mand that the attempt to conquer armed
Rebellion by force OF arms shall be aban-
doned. And both demand that, when the
Government of the United States shall
have passe i into the hands Of men opposed
to an armed defense of the Government
against rebellion, the war shall end by
peaceful conference of these allied powers.
What more than this could the Rebels ask
or need for the cousummation Of all their
plans? We call upon the People to bear
in mind that, if they elect the candidates
of the Chicago Convention, they arrest
the Government IN the execution Of its
plans and purposes on the very eve of
their fuli.lment, and one-third of year
before any new administration can take
its place. The interval will be one of
hope and confidence for the Rebels, and
of exultation for their allies in the loyal
States. In the Western States armed
preparations have already been made by
the disciples and advocates of secession,
to follow the example Of the South, and
sever the West from the Federal Union.
The success of the Chicago prog ramme in
November, will be the signal for carrying
these designs into executions; ard the
fourth Of March will dawn upon new
Western conlederacy, aiming at indepen-
dence, defying the power of the nation
al arms, and co operating with the slave
power of the Southern States in blotting
from existence tue free Republic Of the
Western world.
We CAL upon the people to crush all
these schemes, and to brand their authors
and allies with their lasting reprobation.
We call upon them to support the Gov
ernment, to queli the rebellion, to defend
and preserve the Union. We call upon
them to stand by the President, who, un-
der circumstances of unparalleled difficulty,
has welded the power of the nation with
unfaltering courage and fidelity, with in
tegrity which even calumny has not dared
to impeach, and with wisdom and prudence
upon which success is even now stamping
the surest and the final seal. His election
will proclaim to the world the unaltered
and unalterable determination of the
American people to queil the rebellion
an6 save the Union. 1t will strike down
forever the false hopes and expectations
of the Rebel government, and proclaim to
the people of the Rebel States that their
only hope of peace lies in abandoning their
hostility to the Government and resuming
their allegiance to the Constitution and
Laws of the United States.
We call upon the Union Committees
and the Union Leagues, and upon all 10y
al associations in every State, County and
Town, to perfect their organizations to
infusc fresh vigor and activity into their
| operations; to canvass carefully and
promptly their respective districts to cir
circulate Documents and Newspapers cun-
tanning just and forcible expositions of the
merits of our cause to combat by assem-
blages of the people in public meetings,
by public speeches, by conversation, by
/ letters and personal appeals, and in all
just and proper modes, the deceptive and
perieus sophistries Of the agents and po-
litical allies of the rebellion. Let them
be on their guard against The arts of cor
ruption and of intrigue which viii be
brought, with unscrupulous desperation,
to bear upon them. The Rebel Govern
ment, and those Foreign Powers most deep
ly Interested in our destruction, could we'll
afford to expend millions in overthrowing
this administration, and placing in power
the nominee and representatives of the
Chicago Convention
The skies are bright and full of prom
ise. The oa-hearted citizen-sol6iers of
the Republic march with steady step and
unfaltering purpose to speedy and glorl-
GUS victory. The heart OF the people
beats true 1.-THE Union. Every triumph
Of the Union arms over the Rebel troops