American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-10-19

increased in strength and risen in soul
Its march was onward. SO far as lie
could judge the strategy of General Hood
was good and his conduct gallant. His
eye was on point of the communica-
tions of the enemy far beyond that where
he had been assailed. If but half or
even fourth of those who should join him
would promptly do so, there would be mo-
alternative for Sherman but defeat cv dis
astrous retreat, and he would within thiY-.
ty days be found crossing the Tennessee
River. But within that time much would
have to be done to insure these ausricous
results. Absentees from the army must
promptly return to it. Others who owe,
the country service and have thus far elu-
ded or avoided it, must faithfully pay the,
debt and place themselves without delay
in the armies of Tennesseeand Virginia"
see.<p--A
October and tise Presidency.
The Unionists OF Indiana have settled
all question as to the vote of their State
for President. We consider her, after
Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware and New
Jersey, the State most likely to cast her
vote for Mcclellan; and we felt certain
Gas we now do) that fifty Electoral Votes
can be given to the Chicago ticket ualess
by the aid Of this State. Anu ye, there
lives to-day no American, qualified to sit
on a jury, who does not kaO,g that she
will choose Lincoln electors on the Sth of
next month.
. Let us here state fact that has cast
al y come 10 our knowledge, and winch g.
illustrative OF the late ana pending can
vass
The Unionists Of Indiana, feeling that
they had right to the votes OF the.r fell
| low-cltlzens serving their country III tho
field, and that they were likely to need
them, dispatched, some two or thI ee weeks.
since, u gentleman of high character to
Washington to solicit iurloughs ior dH
the soldiers from that State-or, if all
could not be spared then for so many of
them as could be. They desired no par
tiaity--no picking and cuIlng-they
wished regiments IN fun sent home indis-.
criminately, and the more the better.
Their agents was cordially welcomed, adj
mitted conidentially to an inside view OF
the Military situation, and asked whether
he could consclentlOusly advise the with
drawal, even Tor week, OF even one reg
iment from the service. lie could not re-
Spond afirmatiyely; he gave up thequest
and went on his way. And our armies
i'll the field have not been weakened by
Il single regiment to strengthen the Union
cause for the recent Elections. A few
soldiers have been furloughed, mainly
from hospitals; but the lndlanlans deprh-
cd of their votes by reason Of their alb
sonce from home Ill the National service,
would have given nearer Twenty 1hous-
aud than len thousand majority Tor the
Union ticket. Yet Indiana is carried
high and dry by the Unionists, who have
made Il cleaner sweep OF the State than
any party ever made before. Their Pres
ldcutial canvass is virtually endeI, and
they can henceiorth help their less fortu-
nate neighbors. And all do know that,
when indiana goes this way, neither ILL.,
nos nor any other State Of the Free Wast
is likely TO 90 the other.
Or Ohio, less need be said, because
her Unionsts have neither been distru.t-
full nor dstrusted. Nobody imagine that
they would again pile up such an enor-
NOUS majority as that whereby she last
year elected Valandigham to stayi in Can
ada; but all felt that she must 90 as she
went last year. though not 50 oyerwheIm-
ingly But the result has far surpassed
our most san. .ulne hopes. he aggregate
popular majority cannot falI below sixty
Thousand, when the Soldiers ' Note shall
have been returned, while our gam OF.
Members of Congress is Certainly ten and
may Dc tUctCe Or over. IN other words,
we nave fifteen to seventeen UniOnists
chosen to the next House, Insteod of nee
Go 1ourteen) IN this; aad the fourteen
mcIude FeuuIeton, Long, S. ). Cox, and
other Of the hercest foes of the AdmHils-
trauon. The victory Is 50 thorough that
ONO, TOO, Is hencoIorth practically Out ot
the PRESIDENTIAL contest.
Pennsylvania Is not; and yet she has
given large Lincoln majority H. tins
e.ectOn, Wine the votes or her greak
tnlpn ronghoids-A llegRGDy, Laneqs-
ter, Chester, Indlana, ECle, &c., &C.
are not nearly polIed Out, because no ade--
quate mOtlye Tor cXerton was presented
70 many UuOulsts. Allegheny County
will give Ten thousand Majority Tor LIN,
coin; though Sue has now (exciuslve OF.
the Soldiers yotes) giving much less;
Lancaster is good Tor 6,JVU, though she
has now given but 4,Jv0. Philadelphia
on our slde, Berks on the other, were well
fought; but Philadelphia was AN excep-
tiun to the general rule. When the sole,
ieIs votes are all in and counted, the Sta,e
will be found to have given not less chan
10000, and probably nearer 2U,UJU, ma
jorlty for the Union ticket, electlng SIX
teen to eighteen Union Representatives
in Congress out of twenty .teur, which
stand equally divided in the present House,
and there is no doubt of decided Union
majority in both branches OF the Legs
lature. We can do great deal better
than this in November; butthlsls enough
Tor the present. Pennsylvania has no
more idea Of voting tor Mcclellan than
4 IN