, 1864-10-20
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM PEORIA:

bT VELECNAFda|
From PEORIA:
Lieht Observation-Disclosures bT Gov.
Yates, Judge Kellogg soa -, 1nxerS'f''
Judge Jcnn1hEs and Otnefs.
{spee;a. Dispatch to the Chicago THbune.l
PEORIA, III, Wednesday. Oct 10.
The Union denomination to-day IN this
thriving city, was 8 magnificent success.
The Copperheads have hunted their holes.
snd have not dared to utter solitary hiss
that could by any sort of torture be constd-
cred offensive to loyal esrs, They are sick,
AID not even Paddy O'Brien, the chief Of
them all, can see anything In the future but
dissolution. They are in arsieulo morris.
Even In Peoria County they fad their
sce pte1 departing, ard they are turning their
fuces 10 the foe that they msy die deeently.
Let us hope they Will be buried go deep as to
preclude the possibility Of resurrection.
The Indications certainly point that wag.
The number of those in attendance was
va,ioualy estimated, aotne placing 1t Is high
ss Il, ,000, and others as low as 5000. The
actual number wss probably between the
two. Noteworthy as YVES the display Of the
numbers, 1t WAS not more note worthy
thsp The display Of enthns1asm: This was
particularly seen In the procession With Its
bards OF uusfc, ITS two regiments OF SOL
oiera, The 139th and 47th i its fags and ban:
ners; Its borsemen, and Its hundreds, Of
whlon loads Of yeomanry, casr{ing aloft
transparencies With mottoes and 1nscrtp-
tions' Delegations from Peoria, Lime Stone,
Timber, Hollis, Jubilee. Radnor, Rosefeld.
Mneau{tle 41{ucevftlQ Tremant Gr0Velaud
Antuck, Deer Creek, Logan, Edna, Akron,
Elmwood, Kickapoo and Hallock, pnrticipa-
ted In the turn ont. Woodford, Taz veil aud
Fulton counties were also.large1y represent
ed. beautiful feature Of the display was
with National aags, and til!ed with 81 young
ladies'. representing the States in the Union,
the Southern States being distinguished BY
lacles, who in addition to their National
color3, wore brown Tclls-South Carolina
were suggestive; Igtve few Of their In
scsiptlons; None 90 True as the Boys In
D,ue,' 70 say the Union women, HCopper-
head stock goes dowa as military goes up"
"Ral'J around this Flag boys" "Abe and
Atny, Dick and the Deacon" "VictorY will
and Farr.eut-blesssd are such peace
MAKERS" IA Tree ballot OF free fght-Ee
accept The conditions" ," The fssne-McClel-
| Ian, disunion Peace, and Lincoln aud the
| Union." 'How u1e Jou draft Iesisters."
There was huge wooden gnu Ia the process
| wooden gun captured BY Mcclellan In Ills
| desperate charge toWsrIs Washing Rtun."
II would be Impossible to give you all tho
features Of that procession, and the forego-
Ing must snfilce. Il was about i've miles
lotg, and In marked contrast, both as regards
extent and variety, to the contemplate affairs
| OF the Peace d. mocgncy Of this section.
Here, Us elsewhere, the ladies of the Loyal
Lesgue were foremost ID their endeayors to
give eelot to the demonstrations, and 10 them
the best thanks Of the Union men Of the
country are largely due: If lllinois shall be
Induced to array herself under the banner Of
the Union in the coming contest, aud II, as
Is more than likely, Peoria county be re-
deemed, the result VIII be attributable main
j. 10 the efforts Of ths loyal women Of the
State ard County: They are no less useful In
The speaking was from two stands Ia the
rublic equarc, the principal Of which was
occupied hy Gov. Yates aud Hon. Wm. Pitt
Kellogg. At this stand the vast audience was
cole cIed in public meeting by the ae}ection
OF Washington Cookie, Esq, rs its Presi-
cent. Governor Yates was tne first speaker.
Alter the applause that followed his intro
| duction had subsidized, the Governor mounted
the 1oetlum and spoke substantially as fol-
| lows: .
He commenced by ezpress slug the pleasure
be felt In meeting 10 yAst M assemplage OF
bis fellow. citizens. The large Numbers that
he had addressed every day for aoma weeks
psat we're to him conclusive evidence that
, the people were alive to the great fesue which
concerned their political welfare. They
) were met not for partisan purposes. but a.
our fathers met In '78, to discuss the great
Issues of national safety, and renew our
tatbe1s' pledge, each to the other, to man
kind, to victory. and 70 God, that this great
old Government should be Maintained and
| T. a. nh$ Frnch I'd f,sa
and free IS 1t bad been committed to US By
4 cur fathers He rejoiced that 1t was his
: privilege to congratulate them upon the fa-
1orsble condition Of til country. The mil.
= itary situation was all that could be desired.
t Therc was elorio1s prospect Of peace, and
prospect that the stern alarms Of wr
i would soon cease throughout our bord RS,
= not diEeracefully to our arms and oar conn,
!: try, but glorious termination and fayora
!. !. BILE, peyma anent and lusting peace.
= The i1dications ut home were also Of
, | gratifying character Pennsylvania had rolled
9 up majority which, when increased by ths
g aimy vote, would not be less than q, 600
l From Onio We have the glorious majority o
!. 4, 600, and Indiana had gone In cur favor b
t 25,0C0. (Arplause We have carried th'
h Legislatures In Pennsglvania and Indians
p and in Ohio We haxs seventeen Union Con
+ g1esamen to three Copperheads. The indt
!; cation. from every part OF the country Wer,
. that Abraham Lincoln and Andy johnson
- = would be elected to the high positions t.
which theT as; ired, By heretofore unheafd
d tiops ct the election OF the State ticket wer
j. equally favorable, and 1t was ot the utmos
s. importance that the Indlcations should b
fully met by the Iesnlt. The Government Q
the United States could not be sustained uu
less It had the support of our State Execu
tivts. The Legislature and onr members Q
: Congress must be prepared to vote the voic
y, md the power Of Illinois for the Union an,
" ~ the vigorous prosecution Of the war. Fl
+ then adverted to the destructive policy 6
J. bud endeavo1ed to thwart the Govern
n ment-and condemned his conduct !
~ referebce to the New York riots, and asi
(: that had Gov. Yates been Governor OF Ne,
~ York theD, instead Of sending deputattor
is to Washington to AJAX for postpone1nen
): cfthe drait he would have told the riotef
that he would Bee every house In that prau
c,ty laid In ashes, and fts streets run dee
with human gore, in order that the authortt
Of the Government should be maintained
Immense applause;l ] He next alluded to tt
y. unwarrartabfe conduct OF the Legislature {
e Indiana, and then spoke Of the Legis1Atu,
As OF our own State, which began its acts Of Of
II position to the Executive by dtscourteousl
~ ~ 1etuBipg to print his message, and ut Ia
fnd culmlnated ia that act, which gaVe him tt
TO prorogue it, and eend Its members how
ea acg to their homes [Cheers and laughter
Of He did not propose to advocate this or ths
.e, doct1ine-s]ayery OF no slavery. Thtse
d. sues were dead-there Was no Republics
ed palty-tbere tas TO DcmocTatic party sue
it. u was led By the great Doug1as-there WI
cow only patriots aad traitors. Abolition
ism might be his individual sentiment, b,
be was there to say that be was ready
unite with any man Of any opinion, polite
1r- or religious, who would support the ey
re glorious stars and stripes, and cay before ju
at Heaven that the Union must and shall
nc preserved. [Applause.] He did not wish
on be understood aB having changed his u
long op:tions. He was Still In favor Of d.
gtug e1avery out by the roots, lcheers] for
et~ Ead locked upon 1t as the eou1ce OF oil Of
I'D difficulties and The cause OF this war. lie
ce not believe that any considerable portion
n. TIE Democratic party was dlsloyal u thu ia
rs but be believed that thres-tourthB Of the
were true to the Government aHd loyal
tle Constitution and the UufoD, aud 1t th'
es' voted tor Mcclellan he believed 1t would
becanke they did not understand the issu
betore the country, and had rot examine
et, the platform on which he was nominate
ii. and the character OF the man as statesma
e. CT as General.
fts lie admitted that from the beginning
this war the Douglas Democrats had G
operated with the Gopernment faithfully al
~ eIergetica]ly, and In appointing O1car5 t
IN the $4,000 soldIers that Illinois had seat
the field, 1t had been his plan to divide T
spuointments equally between them and &
OF Erpuo1icans, for he kew that If this y
A was 10 be successful and the rebelll'
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