, 1864-09-26

place OF loyal nreme1 than TO aerve among the pil-
lars q rebel State. Mr. Volk has doue lis work
ts ee p,oofs d biz T Genius, l. @ sada2nF %.rbs,
this II one Of i" hich he n1sy well be p.o9d.
RATIFICATION MEETING.
Dur andidates-4ddresses Of Hon: ". B.
Seates. Col. Eastman, Cal. Daniels,
Maj. Stevenson. aud John
4. Nelson.
The ratification meeting last evening At Metro
po1itnn Hall WIS not such success, in point Of
numbers, as Was expected, owing to the large
number Of ward meetings being held to take mea-
sures to avoid the DRAFT. However. the meeting
was far ttom being emall-the hall being more
than ordinarily Al1ed.
who nominated Col. R. N. Hoogh as Chairmaa.
Tie nomination was unanimously adopted.
HON. y. B. ecArEs.
Col Eoueh then stepped forward and introduced
Judge Scales. who said 1t was his intention to pre-
the public The g1eat question is the preser ta.ton
u the Union. Ii would be well to 60 back and
conside1 the great Landmarks In the history Of the
past thirty 5care. There is process IN England
known ~ proctsslonin4 the boaLd1rlcs OF estates,
by which The boundaries were haldtd down hom
EfnsI,fon to to- gns,stio z. w mus, thea seep IN
defined.
TIE rpeaker vas acquainted with the views Of
and government rights. Bnt Of late some OF these
landmarks hare cen lost sight Of. Let me refer
to these heses.es which have eliminated in the re-
bellion. The Constitution guaranteed liberty and
protection OF property, but In come OF the States
there Was a property In human beings. The Con-
ettution made no provtso for 1he carving Of this
peculiar prope1sE into PLACES Tnese shs e. local laws
the he5ssy, in oppositt4e,n t. ...t the losa!
this decision into the platform Of the
it. 70 - 10 hsse6 the disruption 81 tbs Union. Il
the agitation Of the pfeseIt tle, we ought to ook
into the evidences, and see What the objects and
ihete a,e faets which prove the determination Of
Southern politicians to destroy the Union, and set
Up confederacy Of slave Sta!es exclusively. He
juIiet and orators. By thcse testinoaias jury
ed, aeainst the Government, Il is = mixed con.
nsorsy did not iue fssy sspsrssed it' q sss eei
nd Il the majority. They ssoszted 10
abasn t e.
hollow aue In 1882 Iii. Calhoun endeayored to
establish It On the pre1enss Of the tariff. but he
failed. He then bought the question Of elarary,
and agitated It go much that the rebellion was
the result. Ar. Benton denounced Nj. Calhoun
ns a. M CanGnn %as the1 eng.sea
pie With sectional hatred. The rebels hare made
abolutonfsm and the tariff pretenses only for their
t5ssson> L becomes imp9tsan. tor Us 10 examtus
Cd. 10 be able to draw proper line
Of delnarkation on the rebels: Even atter the BE-
o e 6aon g.
tion as It was." he wrote = letter IN opposition
10 the enlistment of the soldier, but vas happy to
declared aa himse in ta a s7of Unon nns
the ConstttQtlon rs it u to pe."-that IS, without
slavery. lLond cheers-] BE w1s tn fnyor Of the
any cuse for repetition Of the rebellion. lLoud,
cheers.l He was in taVor Of cutting ont the cancer
BY The roots. !Applaute.1 Democrats contend
in the way ofpeace. There il 10 way Of oosaiuing
S SeaTs IS
Ing With the so-caued Democratic party are dr.
loJa!; It is only the leaders, To theae be had
terms TO Offer sase such q Grant ansatshe.man are
Coppesbead Is in the same relation to the rebel IN
The South as Judas to Peter. [Applanse We
Wqss ms }udge Of man BY 1hs .. company he Keeps.
snd Others Of that stripe. Aere are men who opso-
II proclaim treason. and Jet they are taken BY the
hand and vas promoted to the fEst places. Jdi;,
he pi.ioEm-and snsh ! platform. lcnee1s.] Tbs
men IN the, teld are Intelligent aud
r1e TO the country: They would NOT support nj;
ior the hzaye phalsn1 who baro their breasts in
the 1eldg There c.n be no miatake that 1t 1s the
ham Lincoln four years more. loud cheers.l
They WI! hare Dick 0glesby for Governor. tLond
appisusel Aavs he DEMOCRATS .ats. bssome 80 wick,
was read aut Of tie Democratic pity
ZONE two =. gears ssY ago, q At Coppeihesd
an abo,itionist. These men claim the name Of the
iHowlsdge t. loud spplausel The sou.h ca1-
%osa sses e& sd liz III. 1 hs
fslee, for only four States ever passed that act.
JET Davis n BIS tnausural exhibited bill Of com
Il carrying slavery into the free 6tatea. lie says
the Union ts confederation Of the States, not Of
the people At ths framing Of the constitution It
perior to the State goTeremens. It was aecreed
that the powers given to the general government
shGu1d BE- ths supreme ley ef t9s A. la9d. JET: Pa
States ae bound y the dec1so9s n"H Of the g.
pr ss v9 t se 1e aa7
eEnment had no right to intertere with slavery In
extension to preserve theF msiority. and aeeord. ]
t1Rly clauoIed Tor the annexation Of Texas.
What does NJ. Lincoln do in his inaueural ad-
e to interiors with slavery II The slave states and
he Vas not going 10 do it. Concessions Of the lib
etty biLe had been nsde. It Was proposed to add
protection 10 slavery. It w.s he providence Il
Goa that this intention was defeated. FoEAxtY
years the South had control Of the Govern.
%sn establish IT. 1ae1gp Of The ao9a soRta
un,e. T6e poor % shtss It's Of the seath q s1e not sae
chisene1t The rebel leaders are tired Of the naor-
1ty, they want minority. They are tired Of their
>as.ecialion Of The Democratic party they don't
- nj II 1aN7ra In %fa T1nN1 a1A
Democratic party was defeated By the Republi-
cans and Thigs, but In The national election they
Tge successful. The soath has spit upon the
Democratic party tor all its assistance, and the
man who would be Mck.spitt!e for the South is
beneath the contempt Of ~ high. minded men.
Mez d It e. Sssrp ns pssss ss
they know they caunot obtain. These mesa men
shee1s who tal2k n tEp fEpite oi ionr yesIs T
peace, are mistaken. Buchanan Was traitor be
might have stopped the treason OF the South This
tatesipS III evidence thas hc va. In iessue g id Viz
the rebellion: He must hare been blind Il be did
not zee that F!o1 d vas stealing the arms Of the
Lincoln + called the author of this war; but tbs
truth is the work had been In operation Tor i've
months before he WAS tnaugntated. It was not
nnhl the ngnth Of May that AE. Lincoln bad hts
granted We must withdraw our armies from At
lanta aud Petersburg and remove the bloczads-all
TO giye them N Opportunity to II Ieer9it 1helF
generation falle.
AL the Convention here ehort time ago Nr.
Wtcklthe Offered resolution, which was nnani-
monsly ndopted, that the prison doors should be
opened. That Y the 90 900 prisoners now held By
ns saou1d r' 9e allowed % So to recruit the rsbel
tteated-stafSed to death. In Andetaonyille,
Ecorfla, 80 Q0a OF our men are confined, without
tents, hoUees o. anything to cover their nakee-
ness. "a voice-=WeHill b,lngthem home shortly.}
Some Of tbe Democrats say that Mr.. Mcclellan
a war letter. He can't stand on both-H be comes
ont on one the other must get the 20 bye. The
loyal people of the North want s man who
hse . defined, platform. Such a man IA
Mr Llnootn~ 10 has offered terms Of peace,
Iincoln,s Proclamation. IChee1s.] 4 refugee
planter from, Alabama says the rebels can raise
but few men, and they get no sympathy. Nov
That ne have driven them to tire Will Ia 1t til q
rime to talk about peA.ef. Why should We Offer
lives, properties, and RIGHTS? III. Lincoln, It ia
said, don't offer any terms that they will accept,
They don't want to aholish slavery. Mr. Lincoln
j. behind the times. The speaker would mt treat
except at the point Of the bsyones- ICheee.l
Mr. Lincoln has not attempted to destroy Their fu
TIE epeaxef concluded BY thanking the audience
for then kind attention.
= co., r. 4. EAsTAAE.
Col, Eastman was called for, and Was received
With enthusiastic cheers. He said he could not
command language adequate 70 express his graft
41de to thoee friends who-Nith deyot1nn quite
l. undesersed and I. zeal wholly unexpected-hAd
paced him In hts present postdon. he would
exert every talent he possessed to JUSTLY their