Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-20

York last evening 1t was one Of the largest
political meetings ever convened In that city.
The following distinguished speakers addressed
the meetingi Maj. Gen. Daniel Z. Sickles,
Brig. Gen. John Cochrane, Col. Thos. b. Van
Buren,, Quartermaster Geo. g. Bellows, Chap
lain VIM. II. Boole, Lieut.. Peter Kelley, and
T. +. Fem, Esq, Union refugee from Texas.
THIs (THuRsDAY) EVENING the following
named speakers are expected 10 address grand
Union meeting at Cooper institute; Maj. Gen.
John c. Fremont, Maj. Gen. N. p. Banks, and
Rev. DR.. H. W. Bellows.
TOMORROW EvRNING, October 81, the War
Eagles OF New York will hold q grand mass
convention Of loyallsts. Addesses will be de-
llyered by the following eminent orators The
Hon. VIM. NJ. Evarts, Col r. Stocket Mathews,
of Baltimore, and the Hon. Lyman Tremaine,
late Attorney General of New York; on Thurs
day evening, October 81, the Hon Horace
Greeley, and his excellency John Brough, Gov
ernor Of Ohio. On Monday evening, October
81, the Hon. Galusha A. Grow, Ex-Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives, will address their
meeting.
TIE STUDENTS OF YALE COLLEGE have or
ganized Union Club. At ameeting, held on
Monday evening, eloquent speeches were made
by Prof. Cyrus Northrop and II. u. Harrison,
Esq. and letters were read from Senator Sum
ner, Hon. Edward Everett, and W. G. Bryant
and VIM. NJ. Eyarts, ofthis city.
The PHILADELPHIA papers publish an afii-
davit by Franklin schwenck, private In Com
pany II, Thirteenth regiment Pennsylvania
cavalry, that he received his release from Belle
Isle by pledging himself to vote for Mcclellan
as President.
VALLAEDIdHAa, a. Commander Chief of
the Western consplrators, was simply perform
ing the functions of his Office when he took
command Of the Chicago Convention.
ALL the old Know Nothing leaders-those
men who used to cry "No Popery" with such
zest, and who demanded an extension Of the
period OF naturalization to 81 years-now bo-
long to the Coppcrhead organization. In the
ranks ofthe Chicago party are Morris Ketchum,
James Brooks, Erastus Brooks, Leslie Coombs,
Millard Fillmore, Washington Hunt, William
Duer, Robert @. Winthrop and the whole clan
of so-called "Natlve americans" And yet
there are thousands of Irish Catholics who In
tend to vote for the ticket concocted by the
very individuals who have spent their lives in
hespIng abuse upon them and their religion.
TIMELY CAUTIoS.--The New York World
gives the following timely caution; "Although
in all human probability Gen. Mcclellan will
be honestly elected President on the Sth Of No
vember next, still there is 30 large q margin Of
doubt, that Democrats cannot consider the
matter settled" This 10 about as cool as the
suggestion OF the fellow who, on q certain oc-
casion, thought there was not going 10 be much
of a shower, although he was even then chin
deep In the flood.
WHY DoS'T the Copporheads send the arch
traitor Yallandigham to the State OF New York
to stump that State for SEYMOUR So appro.
pirate and truthful Democratic light should
not be "hld under a bushel." He can be
spared from Ohio!
TIE PEACE DEMOCRATS at Chicago assumed
that even IN ,Odr, the "Pen Is mightier than the
Sword" Taking McClellan's 'sword" as the
| standard, they were right. Indeed, they might
have gone a step farther, and assumed that
the goose that grows the Pen 10 far mightier
than General who carries, but never uses, the
| Sword.
ALL New YORK was In broad grin the other
night over the Copperhead Pennsylvania jubi-
lee. 1t is the first time the Democracy has IL
Illuminated and burned powder in honor Of Q
victory achieved by its opponents. They paid
| the fiddler but the Union men danced.
Hon. BENJAMIN WADE addressed a large
concourse Of sterling Union men at Cleveland
Ohio, on Tuesday last.
j. D. BRADLEY, ESQ.,, of this city, addressed
large Union meeting at Somerset, Niagara
county, New York, on the 18th inst.
A PAPER called The Champion for the UHion
to be published occasionally duriRg the cam
paign, for gratuitous circulation, has beer
started at Boston. 1t Is on the right side.
show FORTUNATE FOR U.s." says the Rich
mond Wing, "that he (McClellan) was choser
chief of the Yankee army" That was wheI
the war was ga failure" Since the rebel goot
fortune in the command of our forces ha
} ceased, the tide has turned.
CHOICE LLNGUAaK.-The Pittsburg Post,
Democratic paper, In the course Of an article
uses this language: eve are certainly opposed
to giving pensions to Lincolu's hirelings, now
employed In wringing taxes from the people
, but for the maimCd and wounded victims o
Lincoln's internal negro policy the Dcmocrac!
are always willing to provide"
THIS is Stephen A. Douglass estimate o
Abraham Lincoln:
"He is fearless, honest man, and the coun
try will be safe in his hands"
This is what Mr.. Douglas said to Gen. 81 cad
man at Detroit In the autumn of 1860, JUS
before Mr.. Lincoln was elected.
The Alias and Argus Is much more honest Il
s verse than in prose. In a recent "ode" TO Ma
t 1t says:
For we all 60 Mac blind,
Johnny nil up the bowl
Two prominent Copperhead characteristic
arc here very candidly avowed.
Il THE New York World says "Correspout
h ents cannot be too careful in addressing thel
c letters to the World" That's so, If they haV
o any regard for a loyal reputation.
Why, IN THB name of all that is decent an
d sensible, don't the Democrats quit fussin
about politics and quietly take themselves OF
o Of sight They will gain nothing by the
I. future needless exposures. They are gone VI
"TuIs Is A NIGGER WAR" is the inScriptlo
y seen upon many of the banners carried at Il
copperhead meetings. We begin to think s,
% since the rebels are about TO free 26O, 900
20 their slaves and arm them against the FederI
Union.