, 1864-10-04
FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
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JonkaBono, Uni7n Co.. IL, Oct 1. 1874
Hon D. l. Phillips .na the writer hereof
reached this place to-tsy from tour through
Dearly III the counties east Of the Illinois
Central and south of the Ohio and Missile.
s'ppi railroads. We have not miased 4 sin
gle one Of our three wecks'' appointments.
eptrking every weekday but one, and some.
times holding an evening meeting IL addition
to the one In the afternoon or course We
tave had good opportunity tn Judge of the
Union sentiment in this part of the ats.e.
and the charges since the II t Presidential
contest gre truly wonderful With one or
two exceptions where the bills -ere not
pusted, the meetings. were laege and entbu
>eibstic, and We could scarcely realize that
this was the benighted" Egypt We first
visited In the campaign Of 1856 Asa whole
it is bsnjgbEed no more. for the people uu-
deIstand their true interests, and they arc
Working Tor them With a-wlM that ia cheering
| to cvtrY pafr1 vic heart. True &hero are soms
| corpttes ia which Tree whisky aud free Cop:
perheao Democracy do TERRIBLY aoouad; oas
Ohio and Missiesip i rail -ag xrerountei
We ,ehsn be very muca surprised
i the usju1ity is not ,onn on the side Of the
Ution. As an instsnce, johnson county
cave but t0rty Two votrs for L'ocola, aud It
is nov oSfdentIy believed that Il ~ill pou
stvtu hundred majority for the Untan ticket.
Many Other counties promise maj ~rlttee,
zone ut them lArf,t, while, OF course, some
cf them ~htre tie ptoP'o hAVe not been
made properly to und. rstaod tue true issues
involved IN the election, will give considers
BILE mejoritics for the Copperhead caati-
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TIE ONION FLAG AT uALF-dAsT.
On arristug at Marion. Williamson c,,,+r
or Thursday morning, our eurprIss and ~
oignstion knew no bounds at eeetny thr fa-
OF the UDior, bearing th:. names Of Mct:,si,
ian ard Peudleton, at hRlf-maat. gitn wni,r
rag far above it, the emblem Of snhm,ss;nn
III d degradation. This f. INA home ~ t.Tas,.
Alien, the Coppcrhead candjds1e f.. ~.
grtes, abd We trust eyery patriot in The nts.
trict sill properly weigh the case .aisnis.
capce OF ths co gaTi1lr arf hef,-. -.
such an u1mitIpated ne.ce snexL ~ ~ tra.s - W
tbis same alien has aiways ~ proved h,mas.e
to be In spite Of this fnsolent emblem
tbe Un1on mtn had I'LL they could d to krcp
Tue lew soldiers IN town from tearing Il
oo"n-~e had large and most en- !
ttutihtuc meeting A. M4rton Pro- |
ctte'ots apd Hays. music aud cheera
copperheade, Who bad go base1y dissrdced |
Il e dbg Of thetr country. The crowd listen
20 With marked attention to the sper ches Of |
Mettre. Phillips aud Bross and to that ct |
Judge Scats 8, who jolned us ut thls meeting. !
Tie contest In II Nilliamson county viii ~
c1ose, but the Union men clsim majority OF
from OF g to two hundred votes
One OF tlle la'gest and most enthusiastic
M ttpgs during Our tour was held yesterday
at V1enna, Johnto On county, where the crowd
1000 IN me t1lt from two to three hours to
Lear the speeches of Mr, Bruss and Judge
Scales. Thty "e1e OF course mostly Uaion
men, With considerable aprinklfng Of Dem
oclats When Pc. pie are willing t1 ,listea 10
The rain for an afternoon to Uoion spe4kers.
j. thows them 10 oe thoroughly 10 earnest.
lht1e Vas no ball or church IN rha town
thst would hold titbe OF them. and henca
the unple assnt necessity Of holding the meet
ing III The grure-
The meeting here this afternoon was small.