Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-12-08

At Duval Station, south of Stony Creek;
much property was destroyed, and . largs
amount Of railroad iron found, which an effort
was made to destroy by burning. When the
Staff officer who brought the despatch left,
the enemy were showing signs of having con-
centratcd, and were following. but he thinks
General Gregg will be Ii camp BY midnight
(Signed) CED. q. MEADE,
Major General.
SPEECH OF HON. SCHUYLER O0LFAx.
A brilliant reception was given to this elo-
quent and able champion of freedom at Phila-
delphia, on last Thursday. by tbs patriotic
citizens cf that city. The following synopsis
of his speech on that occasion We take from
the Philadelphia Inquirer: ....
Mr.. Chairman and friends ii thank you
for the greeting with which you have vel
coined me to the City of Brotherly Love.
am SO used, in the closely contested sanvasses
in my own district. to be forced to reply TO
adverse criticisms that l am almost unable to
reply to the handsome and complimentary
language addressed to me on yeur behalf by
your Chairman. l thank him and YOU for
the compliment paid me this evening, To he
SO honored In this great city by an assemblage
combining SO much intelligence and political
distinction as that which see gathered around
me, is no slight mark Of confidence and re-
gard. I attribute it to that great State Of
which I am proud to be citizen. thank
your Chairman for the kind manner of which
he has spoken Of my public career and private
life in welcoming me to the city of Philadel-
phia, but it is not half SO welcome ns WAS that
which came flashing over the wires from your
people, when, after the labor Of the election
day in October, we had gathered iii The tele-
graph offices of Indiana to listen to the popu-
lar voice as expressed at the ballot-box in
three of the greatest States of the Union and
before we knew the fesult III ttir own State,
there came the glad tidipss that Philadelphia
had given 5000 majority for the Unien; and
had returned hef four loyal members to the
National House Of Representatives.. ! saw
them faithful in their seats during the last
session of Congress- faithful in their votes to
their constituents and to their country.
(Applause.) When you honored them you
honored yourselves. We sent you back word
the same night of the result from our great
State Of the West that after dark and fearful
conflict with secret and oath-bound assusias
tions in league with rebels and traitors in
arms, we had overwhelmed them by major
ity of 10000. Rencwed applatse.)
You had right to feel proud Of your Ydr-
dict. 1t placed Philadelphia first among the
cities Of the nation in magnificent majorities
for the country, And if at tho November
election there was one city in slave State
which excellsd YOURS; it WINS because in Bal j.
more =" the blood of the martyrs had become
the seed of the church." applause. Mary
land, robed In the white garment III liberty,
took her place; thank God, among the noble
sisterhood of free States. (Cheers.)
1 rejoice with you over the victory In No.
vember, and particularly because it was
victory, not Of party but If The susntfy. Thc
bonds of party and partizansliip fell FROM the
limbs of thousands of patriots. We Won our
victory in Indiana with one watchword-
-" Stand by the Government" THAT is the first
and last duty IF patriots In this hott VI t,a=
tional trial, the alpha and omega of the pat
riots obligation, the browning duty of the
American citizen. For when Rebel armies
are in the field, and Union armies, filed with
the patriotic and the good, are opposed to
them, it ID the duty of those who remain at
home to maintain the Union and stand up for
the Constitution. and the laws. applause. }
Our opponents had weapghs which would have
overwhelmed any mere political purity. 70 one
they held up the horrors Of the draft to an
other, our vast national debt, and to
third, excessive taxation and its burdens. A
fourth was RECALLED with an account of the high
prices of all tho articles and necessaries of
life. All We presented in reply was our
country. our flag and devotion to our land,
and with those planks we won this great tiSs
tory.
Ard, now. when soa ask q watchmaii,
what Of the night?" the answer comes back
that the night is far spent. the day is at hand
and the light of dawn rs nigh.
Our country is dearer in afiistlcti than when
glded With the sun of PROSPERITY more 10 be
cherished in adversely than ID uninterrupted
In tile calm which has ensued
since the late election it is Well to consider
what the late CREST national decree means.
First. The people having declared, as in
1860, Abraham Lincoln the DIZZY chosen
President of the United States; lie Is 10 re-
main III The Executive Chair ill every Rebel
shall bow the knee in allegiance TO ottr Gov
ernmeut. fApplarse.) In Che second place
it was decreed that the war for the Unioii Vas
not failure but was To b.. prosecuted With
4 dsing vigot and determination, Until otir
flag shall wave ttiumptaiitly ard uuassailed
from every ieadland, fort ard bsstiot within
the rational limits cloud applause J
1t was deereed, in the third pisee; Chat in
this Union, formed by odf fathers; ard be-
queathed to us as from sire. to son, shaped by
the geography of the continent. which has
written upon it, "What God has Joined to-
gethe. let NO man pat asunder," no sword of
rebellion shall flourish, but it shall be handed
down to prosperity as it was tequesthea 70
US by ancestors. cloud cteyrs.y
In the fourth place it was dscfeed that the
doctrine of secession was utterly abhorrent to
an overwhelming majority Of the American
people. and that that people were uhaftetsbly
resolved that no alien flag should ever wave
over single grave in which was buried one
of the noble dead Of the nation. (Rcnewed
cheering.) Never should the tomb Of the
heroe of New Orleans or She fishes n. Wash
ington be covered BY foreign ing, bat one
Constitution, one flag one country shotld be