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Hon. B. L. Wade and Hon. Henry
Winter Davis have both taken the
stump for Mr. Lincoln. They had
strong personal and political feelings
to overcome before taking an active
part for the President, and tho fact that
they have done SO shows that, in their
judgment, the country is in danger
and the election of Mcclellan would
result in disunion and national ruin
Let those friends Of the cause who
are dissatisfied with parts of Mr.. Lin
coins administration, initiate the ex
ample of Messrs. Wade and Davis
They are among the fathers of tina
great and patriotic organization which
stands by the Government, and ar
worthy to be followed.
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Tho Now York Daily News says
that Mcclellan asserts privately that
he is in favor of an immediate armis-
tice: ..
Let Gen. Mcclellan assert publicly
as he does privately, that he g,H favor
an immediate cessation of hOStlIities and
a convention of all the States, and the
Daily News, and we believe the entire
Peace party, will admit that he stands
upon the Chicago platform, and give
him their earnest support. ru
Mcclellan publicly asserts in his
letter of acceptance that he is for fight
inn till the r0bels are "ready" to trea
on the basis of Union. 1t thus look
as,if the candidate were as hypocrit
Iical as the platform. -
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The Constitution should be amended dboI-
ishing Slavery in the United States, thus
declaring himself unwilling to trust
the people, and hc voted throughout
with Fernando Wood, Alex. Long
Voorhees,, Harris, and every friend Of
the rebels, ia Congress. These facts,
are sufficient to determine his position
and to make him unfit to DO trusted
by 10y al people But he is pledged
TO continue this course if returned
The Convention which nominated him
endorsed the speech OF Long proposing
to recognize the Southern Confedera-
cy, and also declared for a cessation of
hoStilities and an drmiStice Mr.. Finck
on accepting the nomination, made "a
positiue Peace speech" He is pledged
if elected, to vote for an armistice'
which every sound man in the country
knows is only scheme to recognise
tho Independence of the rebels.
Loyal men havo no choice of candi.
l
dates in this district. They must vote
for Mr.. Stevenson, or give a vote tc
the enemies Of the Government
The County Ticket is also of grea'
Importance. A success in this county
will effectually break the back of thu
enemy In this district. Remember
that the gallant Lieut.. Seth Woldy
who has served his country tor three
years in the Army, is our candidate
for Prosecuting Attorney against Mr.
Slough, who is notoriously incompe
tent and disloyal, and is Democra
of the Olds stamp. Remember als'
that the gallant Maj2r Stafford, Of tn
: First Ohio, who was on his way t,
Columbus with q company Of mea
within 40 hours after the President is
sued his first call for troops, is our can
didate for Sheriff, against Mr. ShiSlel
who has been an enemy to tho war an
the cause from the first, and who, it !
asserted was nominated by their par
ty because he had threatened to rosis
tho draft.
Let the friends of tho cause set I
. work at once and beat tho enemy /
, his stronghold,
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THE CONSPIRACY.

On our first page will be found the
speech Of Secretary Seward delivered
at Auburn, N. Y. on tho Sd inst. We
invite particular attention to that por-
ton exposing the conspiracy agreed
upon by tho Copperheads and the reb-
els. That the Democratic Platform
was concocted at Richmond, agreed
upon at Niagara, and adopted at Chi
cago, is proven by evidence which
cannot be controverted
Our readers will remember thai
when Geo. n. Saunders, Clement G.
Clay, and J. P Holcombe appeared at
Niagara in July last, they were met
by a number Of the leading mon of the
Chicago Convention, They there
agreed upon tho Chicago platform, and
tho correspondent Of the London Times,
returning to Now York, and writing
from there under date Of August 9Th,
said
Clifton House has become center
Of negotiations between the Northern
friends Of peace. and Southern agents,
who propose II Withdrawal Of differ.
ence from the arbitramcnt of the
sword, "
This correspondence states in sub
, stance tho terms Of tho agreement AS
follows
lst. A withdrawal Of the differences
between the Government and the in.
surgcnts from the arbitramont Of the
sword.
ID. A nomination for President OF
the United States on platform OF an
armistce, and ultimately Convention
OF States,
Sd. TO thwart by all possible mean,
the reelection of Abraham Lincoln.
This letter containing the terms oI
agreement vas sent to London, pub.
lished, and the Times, containing the
letter, appeared in the United States
the day before the meeting of the Chi
cago Convention. The mon who made
the agreement at Niagara met at Chi
cago the day following, and performed
their part Of the contract, by the adop
tion of the following resolutions
Resolved, That this Convention doe:
explicitly declare, as the sense of the
American people, that, after four years
Of failure to restore the Union by The
experiment of war, during which, un
der the pretense of military nccessi,
ty or war power higher than ,he Con,
stitution, the Constitution itself has
been disregarded in every part and the
pnblic liberty and private right alike
trodden down, and tho material pros
perity of the country essentially i'm
, paired justice, humanity, liberty, and
, the public welfare demand that imme
didte efforts be made for a cessation o.
HVotVUttci WIN wow w WH Utt"tHt'
convention of oil the States, or Other
peaceable means, to the end that at thu
/. earliest practicable moment, peace may
f. be restored on the basis ofthe Fedora
Union Of the States. "
The Stipulatious at Niagara and th'
Chicago Platform are the same. Thui
1t Is that the men who call themselves
&. Democrats and who profess to love tn,
a Union, steal across the line to conspir,
with rebels against the Union, an,
; pledge their efforts to bring about
I cessation Of hostilities and Convcn
ticn Of States, which they know is nov
the last hope Of the rebellion, am
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OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN.
WAR DEPARTMENT,


WASHINGTON, Sept. 23-lO A. M.
To Major General Dix:
The following official dispatch has
Just been received from General Sheri-
dan, detailing some of the particulars
of tho battle and victory at Fishers
Hill: ..I
HEADQUARTERS MIDDLE DIVISION,
WOODSTOCK, Va, Sept. 1913 P. M,
Lieut.. General Grant, City Point:
cannot as yet give any definite ac-
count of the results Of the battle Of
yesterday. Our loss will be light
General Cook struck the left flank Of
the enemy, doubled it up, and advanc-
cd down their limos. Ricketts, Divi-
sion, 9th Army Corps, swung in and
Joined Crook. -t.
/ Getty's and WheatQn's divisions took
up the same movement, followed by
the whole line, attacking them beau
tifully, and carried the works Of tho
enemy. The rebels threw down their
arms and fed in the greatest confusion,
and abandoning most OF their artille-
ry. 1t was dark before the battle
ended.
Ipursued on after the enemy during
the night to this point with the 9th and
9th corps, and have stopped here to
rest the men and issue rations. lfGen-
eral Torbett has pushed down Luray
Valley, according to my directions, he
will achieve great results.
| / do not think there ever was an
army so badly routed. The Valley
soldiers are hiding away and going to
their homes. l cannot, at present,
give you any estimate Of prisoners.
pushed on, regardless of every
thing. The number Of pieces of artil-
lery reported captured is sixteen.
P. II. SHERIDAN, +
i tMajor General.
You are directed to cause q national
salute of 100 great guns for the victory
General Stephenson reports thal
1900 prisoners, from the field reached
1 Winchester last night. Reinforcement
! and supplies have been forwarded Il
General Sheridan. s1s.. :. p
i. NJ. STANTON,
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a POIi,toAl Meeting DrOnen up.

We havo to record another instance
of Interference with the freedom of
speech by the Abolition tyranny which
has usurped the Presidency. That
sterling Democratic journal, the Rich
mOnd Examiner, of July 80, it will be
remembered, informed the North that
Gen. Early had come over to stump
the States of Maryland and Pennsylva'
mia for the Peace Party. The blood
thirsty tyrant at Washington, hearing
of this, sent Phil. Sheridan with sever
al thousand minions, who fell upon 9
peaceable assembly of Democrats near
Woodstock, Va, and literally broke
up the meeting, killing quite mum
ber, capturing several thousand, and
it is reported, carrying off the Hon
Mr., Early, aud Ex-Vice Presiden
Breckenridge. Some q cannon wer'
also taken from the Democrats who
had come to the meeting armed, in an
ticipation of disturbance. Thus it il
that Lincoln proposes to elect himself
by interfering with free discussion and
peaccable assembly. We again fran
tically warn the people that their lib
critics are gone. We urge them tc
think of it! Oh think of it! Let III
resolve to have "a free ballot OF q fret
| fight" s s. :
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THE ELECTION.

One week from next Tuesday, the
State, Congressional and county elec.
tions will be held. The friends Of the
cause should impress the fact upon
their own minds and upon tho minds
ofall that there Is no time to be lost
The result of this election will in n
great measure determine the result of
the Presidential election in this State.
Therefore tho most vigorous work OF
the campaign should be dono before
and at the State election. The draft
is over Those not drafted are rcleiv.
ed from any uncertainty, and shosld
set to work with energy for the ticket
The few days remaining should be
givon TO the cause. II is tho duty OF
every patriot to vote tho whole Union
ticket, unscratched, and to see that
every vote is brought out. We need
every vote to elect Mr. Stevenson, and
If the full vote is brought out we can
succeed in his election and have the
Twelfth District represented by man
Of decided loyalty. Mr.. Stevenson,
from the frst Of the contest, has per.
haps done more, with his voice and
purse, TO raise volunteers than any one
man in tho District. Last winter in
the Senate he stood by the cause in
every vote, oven the most unimportant
Mr.. Finck, his peace opponent, whil'
hc has never had tho courage to take
decided stand either way, has never
thelCss always stood with Vallandig
ham and Long. He defended Long
for proposing to recognize the robe
COnederacy, and voted against cen
suring him. Hsvoted against the ex
pulsion Of Harris, for "invoking AL
mighty God" upon the floor Of Con
gress, @that the South might never b,
subjuyated, and lodged the vote ol
ccnsuring. him. He opposed and vo
ted against giving our soldiers homo
steads on con6scated rebel iandS. II,
opposed the act to reinforce the army
aud also the act 10 recruit in disloya
States. He voted against subn,itttn,
the question toths people rhe!hcr or 20,
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OFFICIAL WAR BULLETIN.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

w AK DEFAhTM ENT,
WASHINGTON, September 20.
Major General Dix:
General Sheridan's victory proves to
be signal and complete.
The following dispatches Of Major
General Sheridan's report to General
Grant give all the particulars thus far
received:
"HARPERs Ferry, September %.
Hon. Il. NJ. Stanton:
The military telegraph line is down.
The affair is complete and overwhelm-
ing
fSigned] J.D. STEVENSON,
Brigadier General.
Headquarters Middle Military Dep't)
6 miles from Woodstock, ,1l:3OP M.
September 23.
Lieutenant General Grant;
have the honor to announce that
l achieved most signal victory over
the army of General Early, at Fishers
Hill, to-day.
found the rebols on the north of
the Shenandoah and extending across
the Strasburg Valley westward to the
North Mountain, occupying position
which appeared almost impregnable.
After a great deal of manevering
during the day, General Crooks COM
mand was transferred to the extreme
right of the line on the North Noun
tain, and furiously attacked the left Of
the enemy's line, carrying everything
before him.
While Crook was driving the enemy
in the greatest confusion, and sweep
ing down behind their breastworks,
the 9th and 10th Army Corps attacked
the rcbels works in front, and the
whole rebel army appeared to be bro
ken up; they fed in the utmost con-
fusion. Sixteen pieces of artillery
were captured; also, great many
caissons, artillery horses, &c. I am, to
night, pushing on down the valley. /
can not say how many prisoners !
have captured, nor do l know either
my own, or enemy's casualties; only
darkness has saved the whole Of Early's
army from total destruction. My at
tack could not be made until 4 P. NJ,
which left but little daylight to oper-
ate in. The 1st and Sd Cavalry Divi-
sions went down the valley to-day, and
if they push on vigorously to the main
valley, the result ofthis days engage
ment will be still more signal; the
victory was very complete A moro
detailed report will be made as soon
as | can obtain the necessary data,
[Signal] P, II. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding.
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MORE sPEAKERS.

The State Journal announces the fol-
lowing additional speakers for the
Great Meeting, on Friday Oct, 7th,
viz: Hon. S. Galloway, Col. Poorman
and Hon. T. J. Maginnis.
Begin at once the preparations to
attend. Mako iHthc largest meeting
of the campaign,
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Col, ScHLEIcn assures us positively
that he is not one of the editors of the
Eagle, and that he has not written any
articles for that sheet during the cam
paign. We canplace our fingers upon
the articles which he wrote last fall
and winter, and We were under tho
impression that he was still engaged
in writing for that paper. Besides,
we had reliable assurances that the
most Of the editorials Of that paper
were written by him and man named
Slough, the owner Of the paper having
become incapable of writing areada.
Bile article. We give Col. Schleich the
full benefit of the denial, and believe
that he would be ashamed to have il
thought that he had joined with the
drunkards, imbeciles and lunatics who
are blackguarding us through tha'
abominable paper. .,t1.r.. te
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PHIL SHERIDAN has taken the stump
for Lincoln and Johnson. His address
delivered few days since near Wood
stock, Va, is represented as one ofthe
most eloquent and powerful efforts
ever made on the continent.
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UNION STATE TICKET,
lEtSeTiOS pAY, oeToBER III

lEtIeTioS pAY, oeroBEI Ill
Supreme Judge-tFull rerm.N
LUTHER DAY, Of Portage county.
Supreme Judge Long vacauey)
WILLIAM WHITE, Of Clarke county.
Supreme Judge-(short Vacancy
HORACE WILDER, Ashtabula county
eecretary or State.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, Hamilton county
attorney General
W. P. RICHARDSON, MOonre county.
COMPTROLLER ofthe Treasury.
MOSES Il. BRADLEY, Fulton county.
Board Of Public Works--{Fuil Term)
PHILIP HERZING, Auglaise county.
JAMES MOORE, for vacancy,) Coshoeton GO.
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HON. HENRY. srANnERnY.

TO address the great mass meeting to
be held here on Friday, Oct. 7th.
His speech delivered at Newport,
Ky, on the 18th inst, is one of tho
most admirable and condensed speeches
of tho campaign. We make few
extracts:
DUTY TO VOTE FOR MR.. LINCOLN.
Nay, nay, my friends, no one can
persuade me to vote Lincoln out. l
am satisfied of the fatal policy of a
change so thoroughly, that Lincoln
himself could not by any personal
wrong or indignity he might infict
upon me, prevent that voto.
pretend no Roman virtue and yet,
if to.night, l should be arrested, de-
MED the habeas corpus, imprisoned in
Fort Lafayette, and released in time
to vote in November, it would be my
duty to vote for Lincoln. | should not
be satisfied in Weighing my individual
grieis against the paramount duty to
my country.
CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION.
Some ardentlover oftho rights Of the
citizen might ask me, How is it, Mr.
Stahberry, that you, an old lawyer
can vote for a man who has violated
the Constitution of his country"
would answer, " 1t is great wrong il
he has violated the Constitution, but
it seems. quite clear to me, that while
he may have been careless of tho Con
stitution he has been very careful Of
tho Nation, 1fhe has tried TO destroy
one, he has tried to save the other
lfhe has torn the garment, he has
taken precious care ofthe body, anG
is not the body better than tho raj
ment2' Mind you, fellow. citizens,
do not admit that Mr.. Lincoln has vic
lated the Constitution. / do not ad
nit tl.at these arrests in timo of war
are forbidden by the Constitution.
STATE RIGHTS.
Kentucky did not invest me will
any allegiance, and she shall not tax,
: it away, / am not one of those wh'
look upon my State as my country
Three times in the course ofmy life
have removed from State to State, bu
4 have never been sensible OF chang
8 Of allegiance, but only q change 9
! neighborhood always in tho same oil
Union, and always uRdcr the same ol,
flag. --E.s
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Finck's Course.

1St. A Henry Clay Whig'
I'd. A James Buchanan Democrat.
Sd. A Douglas Democrat.
4th. A no party war man.
9th. A VaIlaudigham peace man.
9Th. Condemnlng Long in caucus.
9TH, Defending Long in Congress.
9Th. Dodging on Harris.
9th. Indorsing Long in his plat
form. II.
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stevensOn,s Letter. to F4noIt.

SuI dlO ave- Luhu bOllAO
time ago Mr.. Stevenson invited Mr..
Finek to debate, naming a friend to
arrange terms. Mr.. F. accepted, but
proposed that the district committees
should arrange terms, Mr. S. agreed
to this. Afterwards Mr.. F. named an
individual who would arrange on his
part. Mr.. s. named another on his
part, but there seems to be "red tape"
in the way. Mr.. Stevenson proposes
in the following letter to cut the tape.
We shallse now whether Mr.. +. is in
earnest.
CmLLrcoTHh, o., Sept. Re.
Hon. VIM. q. Finck:
DEAR SIR: In pursuance of our un-
derstanding that the respective COM
mittees should arrange times, places
and terms of our proposed discussion,
l notified our committee, and have the
following information from a member
of the Committee at Lancaster, under
date of Sept, %: .
The Democratic District Commit
tee met here on Wednesday, and we
notified tie member of this county that
we were ready to meet them. They
met and adjourned without paying
any attention to us. Carlisle, Of this
county, then told us that A. L, Wall
ing, of Circleville, was authorized to
make the arrangement. We wrote to
Hurst, of Circleville, to take charge Of
the matter and write to you to-day"
Mr.. Hurst wrote me as follows;
"The committees which met in Ian.
castor on Wednesday failed to do any,
thing. The whole matter was left in
the hands of A. 7. Walling for the
Democrats. Fritter, the chairman
wrote me to arrange with Walling fol
discussion in each county. / attempt
ed to arrange with Walling for dis
cussion in each county. l attempted
to do SO, but he wouldn't arrange
have written o formal note proposing
such discussion, but have received nj
answer yet. l think you need not ex
pect any discussion, as there seems tt
be disposition on their part to avoiC
it."
Thus the matter stands so far as
am advised Can we not cut ''ret
tape" and como to terms at once
We prefer one meeting in each county
but as the time grows short, propos
the following meetings and places.
On Thursday next at New Lexing
ton.
On Friday next at Lancaster.
On Saturday next at Circleville.
To commence at p. NJ. Open il
one hour; answer in one hour and
half close in one half hour. Frs
opening to be decided by lot, and a
ternated afterward. If you have nC
time for these meetings, | propose on
meeting in New Lexington or Lancas
ter on next Saturday. If neither
these propositions suits you, make
proposition which will. l shall b
? here until 10 A. NJ, Sept. 26, and b
in Circlcvile on Tuesday. l shall b
pleased to hear from you at eitht
, place. Most respectfully,
, JOB. Z. STEVEN SON.
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THE Richmond Enquirer, speaking
of McClcllan's letter of acceptance,
says:
$50 our friends Of the peace party
seem to have only got a sentence here
and there into the acceptance
Our friends is right. Call them
friends.
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Gen. Grant has come out in favor Of
peace, and has sent Phil Sheridan up
thcyallcy as a Peace Commissioner.
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Finck's Platform.

The following is copied from the
Ohio Eagle of Thursday, August 18th,
1864
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UNION DISTRICT TICKET
FOR CONGRESS
JOB E. STEVENSON, of Ross Count J
UNION COUNTY TICKET

For sAsrib-MAJoR JoAB A. STAFFORD.
For Auditor--DAvID PENCE.
For ProsecftfnS Attorns--sETH wLLDY.
For Commissioner g. EoKERT.
For Iaamary Dircetsr-CHARLEs PAIRAH.
For Cbronsr-FERDINAND, GETZ.
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Come to u Q WeCting on thO Ith.
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BosToN, September 22.-The follow
ing letter of General Fremont with
drawing his name as candidate, is pub
lished to-day: 50