, 1864-09-23

trery oLe who hs-1if. ed ha dauo nkatoSt Je1 IL
III Ind Hs rebel nordes-
IN ACCIDENT. -
The giewt Of the teace ta.tl"n were vel exc m
pl,1sc in acnnvrfyauuu h+ had recently With one
ol II btst s1uoug III. m tecau.e oue OF The most
horest-U. & S. O'Nelysny-i 1t wus public con-
serts1on and be hau rish Ia refer 1t: be asked
tre serler,al wba. they tr5 sei TO do in case he
cDIstnti% shou d fail 10 agtte up.n rrco.surc.
tus tes cs9o 9S he ~
replied, Il wen maku te1re uny wnv.' Hu
y. sId ads that natb1tg but o'Mclveus's q hunts.y
hld featen him fol the nomination to Coagress-
FOUGHT FOR TuB COUNTRY. -
The speaker vsieAeo 1t to be understood thathe
had + OF tought for Mr. Ltncato. lie had fought
Tor the United S.ates, IL eF+EJ inch Of viii: he
bad III interest a. eass equst % that oftef. D44ls
var wh,ls the pot<e< ., square laca ol .ur
1iioss wsk oieputsd By tho rsoels. ae hid not
b-tn atttt1s 70 oen7se the citizens Of South ARB
tht c,ttzer Of Illinois and everv other s:aie-thsse
r1ehie gu aranre ed bJ the liberty.
Ma ths oursn,i @ hsppiness. ae DO aeted very
e.th 1t thote rights excerpt tue 'ast aud be VIA Of
o1ni That the nrch tEa'or had rIgut to par.ue
happiness except az the end OF ripe. Tie
bpen a
gru1nd With the - Democratic" party oo ii It &C.
e9unt turned back utter be bad put his band to tho
s'n rtlative TO the att,ck on Fort Donslsnn: the
fpeaEer cou,manGed the brigade cotnpo. ed OF Tour
Regiments, of which oDa WIS commanded bY Nor.
Lieol tdat geu'1 1tman had Rt1tei tnas but one
plheE regiment was cnss. ed with aim.
a DEFENSIVE WAR
The Colonel hsd ohjectSd to tho war for the
preservation of The UEion that |. IL an Offensive
Ws ,n%.hog 70 s9t pesy
do be not Snow tfat an defensive war ntsh: be
9thaensivsly ths ptosesateai Though prosecasea IN
are tn1ere1llg With the posseasion Of tse negro.
We DaY tska The horses OF the z.bct, tueIr mules.
their artillery, ammunition ana nro.isiop.. aad no
fau3t 10 found but whenever We sase hold OF that
ptcnlsar tpsetts OF proprrty-tte nesro-wh!ch
hps always seen recognized BY ,"Deuocra:s" ~
property. then we ale proceeding IN slTeus!va
Msr. Which we hnve 20 light to do r ACCORDING to
their o~p teachings. the negro IL just as tnucn
properly as IL horse, and II ". baVs a right 10
'"Ech one = ma, take be other; The negro con.
ttltu'e. The stfergth OF the rebellion; Without
him the rebels never could have fought tong;
he has kept. up thttr agricultural resources. VIC
nny 1akeihc1r mules and horsss IRON them "a wo;k
CUT Runs. and To objection Is r4tsed; aut ths mo-
mtnt We tate neEru and pns him at tna other
emo Of the mn, tnsy -ratte an outcrY.. What do
they n.eat2 How much conetstencY have these
two ~ equally properly and equally subject to al
the Laws whlch coseE1- Its transfer. .
WORK ron TIE HEnn1Es
It ne could make tenulsters and cooks OF ths
legroes~ tat tpraEer Wa. IN favor Of DUNG X.
I here Wss other y 1fk to he done in Gimp. which
xou'd. usttr"tte require the desal Of white rol.
citza frn1 tao .anss: the negroes relieved them
End let then' fight But 1t IL d violation OF tho
copes*a'i6Esl rights Of the rtbels TO take the uo-
eto ato put bin tA:o tho Fauss At once. The speak
e conld MT "sos ~ tu that Iighs. lLau:ater.]
eo lar a. this rAdlcal Idea was coucerned, he was
radical: Ho "arted to preserve this country; lift
'tres them al.'' 1firwero Lecr.sary to furce eve
" ntEro into the army, he would say '-oece them
H." lie old not tay how 1t muat bs done; thar IL
atttpe'aeE !er to the di-cresIoa Of the ossry IL
power At Washington ue waus them to cave this
and tnfL Hxkf fhtS+a 10
Eo lar as the rpeafes's feeble abilities xese con-
Cernt dsand ii VIC can aeaken the reJunrces Of the
rettls aed atEen.ts en our own by employing tue
hseroes tn AsT waJ. he Wouid say I'm Gods aame
TIE CANDIDATES.
Mcclellan intends eIt1eE tu deceive his peace
ftlends ~ho nomtuaad him IA Chicago, Of The
war Ce1ucE7cy who voted fur him. lie cauaot
p:este both ; the Two are dfametricaliy opposed.
II they sh"uld vnte for Mcclellan, The fdeA th It
he is war 1usn, they will be t.ectived OF the men
u ho Dt,1nina ed him will he cheated. Bat it was
not dlGlculs 10 tell which would be lhs oncs 10 b.
hoodwinked. The men who nominated h,m-the
peace u4elt-woaId not b. osleiyed-ssey knew
The ores to DC a.cr,ved II they ro.e for hic tic
~ar msA IL but the hsr.xl thruwn uus to hsk guile
the whole. Tney propose TO eject him By thu suf-
Euap t, eir fingers. s-smour, Wood &C., viii ,n-
eiet on carrying out that plntfosa, and tbs EAR
democrats may ju.t Whistle: Wnat OF their otars
another Geurge; when was he ever In fxvcr OF.
wa1 ne was pnt OIL as u b4tapee to tha other.
G. u. ,he heao, and =. L. the tal. The Lord
The 1nan who would accept pos1,lon Cd
such platfusm as tho peace democracy had
constructed, wae en-. ush Tor him. There WAS stitt
char.c; erized a. War Democrat, bnt was r1ther
eolry Kind Of n1 no*. The speaker catled him
George the frat; Pendletou, t;Eoree the aecood;
End Mcclellan, Groite The th1zd. He VIA reminded
oi The old couplet, Written ny Lauder:
"tgV.ge taa fi,st tom III Wis.
Vltt1, 9sotke the secc1a: =.
ai n, xtcs xtea IoGS.1 gT Gaa,ss II na as MAJ.
Ard he might add:
ANA when 1t Chicago be dsse-n.ed
= F1E xaore the ftce cf Georges skdo1.
II the Chicago platform did not end the rice Of
The atxtc ticket JAmer G Robinson: Hhea was
te ever in iavor q tue war! Never, th.t the
speaker bau heard Of kobfnsoa was honest
thing like them,) ana II asked, IS Do you be!,eye
the Union OF tae'c States can be preserved by
wal?' the ,spesker believed he Woula answer
or peace be would pe1hapf have voted for hi n;
but In time of War he was not the man to. be
trusted with the destiules Of the people Ut ILL.
that fatbtr believed that this Unlon could
not be preserved by War, for It II tho
Gly tn.n n! to sssF'e t. Kon
restore 1tace; now, il time Of war, tho great Stase
Of Illinois has gos to oil her quo:s We have 10 re-
,asses orsEt and T. ~ c5a sashs tasa to
Would Robinson be sa1e man for the place Then
q call Was made; Tou d he t.i ~ f3oYetnGr Yates
has uole, rouse mp the enthusiasm OF the peope
eb that they eeLt forward THEIR leGtons Into the
fed more rapidly even TITAN WIS asked for, and py
the uoblc deeds Of her hzroes mas given 10 the
State az undyine record ot patf,o9sm;; shedding
aruuDd her nAHle krsnues hA'0 OF glory than any
achievements Of peaceful .lmee.-
and, who' bad The Union men placed at their
heauf They bad Abraham Lincoln. FBpnaluv
n ruak II
nrut vote for Lincoi" for Pre]fe1t. ICon.inued
chee1lus.] It h21 cost hin gfeae deal 20 come TO
zal,on and Ihr nsme Of the old Democra,ic D srtY
it wae balfowed bt old associations, whoae memo
1es we've o!eated.' but the first thing he was ever
u,es Il; when s I'd aas N.Ie
stta3ine away from that good old principle, ,he
I'D T. Tns
was with then for Union, but when they auopted
Eome Other u. nes. when they auops men. and 1g-
%e 5s infant the woqa ns wig
abandon men. Never before III The hi=tsry OF the
co4Ltryhsd the Democratic party IN ims OF w.r
attcmptt to ppose It; 70, the p,rty hada!way4
TO crush ont var: always till tho last Convention
It had been the var pakt3. But 1t was gntd tn II
there Wa. vide dlterence between a foreign war
ana a domestic fsad Yea; there was, hut the dlt-
ference IL th.t other natsona hare gone to war
with us for what they believed TO pe their rights,
but with no desire TO humt1iate us rrher than y ii
0tEAGA ~ GshsoA7A Sue43 o"H Gi1ka4a. Qlk LQa
rebels were ssek1nR to destroy the Hhote fabric OF
the Government, u0roo- It's foundations, tr4mp}o
our 1ag IN the dirt, nnd mshe us bye.word anou.,
the 0attons. Co1ld anY one doubt a. to which
had the 9,eatest claim On hts synpatoies. his &C.
tire af1y Ii the one demanded blow, the o.her
Gulely ca!led lmpetatlyety for to employment OF
ali onr energles to strtke down the toni thing which
t1.eatena complete 1eeteucIlon.
General UaJnle co1:1aue1 at len.tb, discussing
the claims OF tie ot,es UIiJn cal.dldases spec1ay
eu1oQtxipg gallant Dick Ocesby. lie then re erred
10 hts courBe a. having caused htna n be feau out
of the Democratic party. But he wos in good
company. Such men m Graut, Oxeshy, Logan,
B1tler, Sherman and nshers bad all been read sui
Of the party By the hotneads who had gatued CON
trol over 1t, aud soon there would not BE- MN
left in its rs1ks who was good for ANYTHING; He
concluded with an eloquent sppes1 to the public To
do ther duty IN the present and coming coutost
Alexander county intended to redeem hareelf Iu-
stead OF giving ID, 600 majority for the Democratic
nominee, he believed chs would make 1t as mapy
hundreds for Lincoln ard Oglesby: Marion cona-
ty rhon,d do her duty. The whole Hnle, the
who1c Northwest. would make the Southern rebels
t.smble while Union men wou1d feJuice.
What Docs this. mcan3
/ from the Springfield journal, Sept. st.l
"A hsndbil1 is before us, Of which the fol.
lowing u copy:
PRoc1.AAAr1oH-No DRAFT IN ADAMS County
In view Of the impending public calamity, tho
approaching draft, which must lneVitaby rob our
community OF tousc OF fts most vxluabie cittzens-
the honett, Industrious stoi1ing poor, who are un
able to p3y tor tubstit3tca, the uudersIcned, May
or OF the city OF Quincy hereby calls UPON the