The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-10-27

AsToR HOUSE, NEW YORK, October IA.
! FELLOW CITIZENS: The elections OF
Tuesday last give splendid auguries of the
result of th6APresidential contest, now so
near at hand. The great Central States
of the Union have pronounced, in unmis-
taxable tones, their condemnation of the
principles, the purposes, and the candi-
dates of the Chicago Convention.
Although the great issue was presented
only indirectly for their action, they have
| branded as false the declaration of that
assemblage that the war for the restora-
ton Of the Union has proved "failure;' p
and have stigmatized, as unpatriotic and
cowardly, its demand, made in the midst
of our most splendid triumphs, for a
cessation of hostilities," and compro-
mise with the men who are assaiiing, in
armed rebellion, the nations life
In Pennsylvania, the Old keystone
State, although there was no State ticket
| to arouse enthusiasm or stimulate exer-
ton, The Union men have elected sl teen
our of the tlcentyfour members Of Con-
gress, secured a large majority in both
branches of the Legislature, and carried
the State by popular majority of nos
less than fifteen thousand.
In Ohio, without any special effort, the
Union men have elected sixteen members
of Congress out of nineteen the Chicago
candidate for the Vice Presidency has
been overwhelmed in his own district
all the prominent leaders who dared to
present themselves for public judgment
have been condemned by decisive verdicts,
the Legislature has large Union ma
jority in both branches, and in the State
at large the Union cause has popula.
majority Of not less than eighty thousand
La Indiana, where the Copperheads
made the most determined struggle, they
have met the NEST signal defeat and over
throw. Their organization was perfect,
their means abundant, and their efforts
marked by the utmost vigor and determi-
nation. But they have been utterly routed
by the most decisive majority which the
State has given for many years. AL
though she had more than forty thousand
soldiers in the field, from whom the oppo-
sition party had withheld the right to
vote, the Union men in that gallant State
have gained three members of Congress,
sent Schuyler Uolfax back, in spite of the
most desperate efforts to defeat him, to
the seat he has so long adorned chosen
q Union Legislature, reelected the gal
liant and patriotic Governor Morton by
Is 900 majority, and overwhelmed, with
the lasting stigma of popular condemna-
ton, the conspirators who had dared, in
aid of the Rebellion, to organize upon
her soil a movement of armed resistance
to the Constitutional authority OF the Uni
ted States.
Fellow citizens! These results may
we'll fill your hearts with confidence that
in November the popular voice will de-
mand that the Rebellion be crushed by
"force o. arms" and that there be no
cessation of hostllties until the integrity
of the Union is restored and the suprema-
cy Of the Constitution re-established over
every foot 81 the national domain. They
leave no room for doubt as to the settled
sentiment and purpose of the American
people.
The Union victories of September in
Vermont and Maine indicated unmistaka-
bly, the feelings of New England. New
York has never failed to sympathize in
political! sentiments with Pennsylvania
Illinois always votes with Indiana, and
the overwhelming majority in Ohio rem
ders certain the verdict Of the mighty
West.
But take care that the very splendor Of
these victories does not betray you into
fatal inactivity. Let them stimulate you
to fresh exertions-not lull you into a
false security These contests are only
the preliminary skirmishes of the grand
engagement The battle is but just be-
gun; it will not close until the last vote
drops into the ballot-box at sunset on the
9Th of November next. Our opponents
will not abandon the contest; they will
only fight with the greater desperation
on account o. the check they have sus-
tanned
Besides this, it is not enough that we
secure a victory. The Union cause de-
serves and demands at our hands az over
whelming triumph. We owe il to the
flag We serve; to the memory of the noble
hearts who have died in its defense; to
the heroes who are even now rallying, in
blood and fire, to the rescue of it's starry
folds, to put such a brand of popular con-
demnation uqpn its foes as shall, leave
them neither heart nor strength to assail
it from this time forward forever.