, 1864-10-08
NEWS 81 TELEGRAPH.
rz,nr, necDOHOUEH COUNTY
cov vstee, speech at MAeomb Eosto1s
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MAconn, H., Friday, oct-7, 6ss.
THE I1nIpa mast meetinR held in this city TO-
aev has largely exceeded the expectations Of oar
f,Iet IT, For two days the weather has bern 60 in-
ii, uae1t that all hopes Of securing crowd had.
uiIb tie arrival Of Gov. Yates ard the other dis
t,neuIsbed spt akete vanished but the people will
listen to oquent advocates OF tho truth. despite
the 1sin snu mud, and chilling winda. Tnere were
tul.y 5000 pezsous p,esent. who Aztened to the
spirited usterances Of lis Exeel1ency and testified
By their cheers and shouts Of appreciation theif
pleasure at his earrest and eloQaeut woras. He
said It afford ed him p'taaure to meet tho friends
and urothe1s Of the btare eolders oil Illinois from
McDUuough, and to talk with them about the
ls.ues Involved In the pfesent political crisis. We
are In The midst Of cruel wa1 and must accept 1ts
responsibilities. The question whistler re must
rght out tnlk war or nor. IL NIT one OF otir oTn
chuotrnE. Wc must heht on until victory snail
crown cur proud bsuness. This ts agosernIneut Of
the pr pp}e, eu,pbatrAll7 and there Il N 81 how
ever exalted or no wever Iu ~hote elective fran
chse Ii not ali po xorful In dtclding tae destiny Of
this great aation: In no other country gre such
st,tuttB onr pecultar Pride nd glory - people.
On the Bth OF November next, tne prstereuce5
Of this great nation will be expressed at the ballot
fox, md upon that expression will depend The
soluuon oil the question OF nat:onJ existence or
national nnntptlatlop. II the fs=ue Of that a!ec.
ticu thall 1e+ult in the endorsement OF tue poll
cy enunc,ated in the platform Of the Chicago
Convention, then farewell to all our couatry's
Hthe President be not sust,ined IN bis meas
urss tor the. prosecution OF tnis W.T., then the
We sfloat On the wide waste Of snarchy, and
nothing but the tetEors Of military oesposfsm
vii. be our unhappy future.
He said It W4a a. important for the general
We fare that the State ticket ehonld succeed il
WIS tpar Mr Lincoln should oe elected. II the
s,ate authorities do not give the Govesnmeu.
IN eflclent,~ hearty and earnest support,
II viii be impossible 10 bring about 8 satisfactory
result looking to the maintenance Ut the nattoua
integrity nud the 1estofauou of ao honora Die
peace He iustalced the disgracetnl exhibitions
NAKED how different would haye been their treat
ntnt had loyal Governor nl1ed the executive
chair instead Of Aoiatio Sci mout. That outareak
was II bis op,nton intended By It's inst,gadon to
aid The guerilla Morgan. who had Just rhen crossed
over into Ohio. 6huuld such IN exhibition OF
mob violence oceur in Illinois while be va. Gov
e,to5 the streets Of the city where It occurred
ity Of the Government -ould be maintained. IL
kntw how much more cordially the Pfes.dent had
been supported BY him than he wo1lt haFe been
e,ste instead OF htueef Hc bad besn fetteted BY
Copperhead LEGISLATURE and BY. q Copptrncad
Tteat uret. His bands mad beeu tied. aud ne had
to carry on The Safe Government. II instesd d
tho gallant oglesby and his associates
on The 6tate ,!cket the people should
elfCL JlQ1 d1uiUbVQ ANu u1u AtbUS3k e. lQef
conld Be certain That 20 support woula be gl1en
The Prt+Iue1t tn the further prosecution OF thte
var. lie bad attended upon the alttings Of the
Chicago Convention. beasing in mind how 1hs
scriptures had ta1d that Sodom aid Com arr,t
would hare bten ssved had thai been ten right
cons persope tht re but when re retunrtd be remem
e1eu how that lots wiis Was turned II TO pllta'
Q! tastfo loo. Ing hack, aud be had neyer turnet
his eyee 1hlthet ward slice.
The s has made up sea ea,eas,
Contention and inaniged Ii scathing ana!ytls .
its pla form When tue convention adjourned the,
thou ht they had things all their wn way but theJ
had bad not gone dtty mills from Chicago beFofi
nsd
cheers and shouts for GoEett O'd Abe. He sail
that hte faith In the re-e2ec'fon Of Mr.. Ltncoit
Amounted ~ certainty. After the convention III,
Ieepte laid low :. Kept dark just as oar fasher'
did when behind the II tie line OF enttenchment
at bunker LII they awaited the onset OF tha urout
Bti' 'i.h army. They Ranted to zee, snd reld. aae
~htther or not the pertoas who composed tae Chi
caeo Convention = ere traitors OF not ThsY- hat
seen+ snd read, and disoeted and they will recoft
stey Stand 5! saa
authorities, right Or wrong The bare announce
ment Of the Convention tnat 1t vas tnelf coavlc
lion that hostiltsies should cease and the wA1 b
BROUGHT to an isnoninious and dishonoTaolo con
clueiop. ran through the hearts Of the Amerlc Il
peupte like ehiyer. Ha showed the impract1ca
bility Of general ssmis:ice aad natIonal conven
lu1s Alu oe1louha3hseu tAAt tAc4 CuulQ only feFef
TO uur OWL ditgraco and the advantage OF the reo
els He then examined the military and civil e.
| reer Of Mcclellan and Perdeton, and contrastcd /
with the cdeer Of President Lincoln, AMI
| c'osed with an urgent appeal for tha
| support of The State and national ticket
and advised bis heaters to relax no effort
unti1 the ids Of November had crowned our N
! ntrB With The laurel w1e4ths Of victory. Then vi
| couId reasonably hope that peace wo7ld shes
abroad It's holy influences ovef the laud, And ths
the great rebellion and it, cause would be know
10 Il ore in all this nalton bnt In history.
Gov. Yates WAS applauded throp3qo1t. Whe1
he had concluded Judge Kellogg was introduced
aid made zouslnH speech that fatr'y eIec,ri6e
hi. audience. II Was one Of the most satlsf ictot
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