Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1868-09-19
San Francisco correspondence.
SAN Francisco September 9, 1868.
THE cAGPAIGN


city, rolls magnifcently its long length
along. ltis already becoming mighty river.
wide and deep, and widening and deepening
as it rolls. even before it has received the
mountain tributaries that ere long will fov.
into it, when. God help all who oppose its
course! Indeed. the bloody, unwashed parri-
cidal Democrats begin already to cry out to
their father, the devil, "save US or we sink"
There is no mistaking the fact that the cam
peign. for the Union party, opened brilliant
iy and has gained at every turn since; while
the dis union, rebel party began to lose be-
fore the campaign commenced. and have held
their own. in the losing way, ever since.
Our very atmosphere is pregnant with sue
cess at the ides of November; that. with the
justice of the cause in which Union men
labor, nerves every arm. fires every heart,
gives precision to every projectile aimed at the
enemy's works, which already begin to tot
ter. and which will fall in the approaching
conflict, so sure as God is just and will mete
it out to every man. Treason ould be made
.'odious," not after A. Us manner, elevating
them to distinguished consideration" where
he can give them power and rule, but by
placing them under loyal men. I would see
them made to take back seats for the next
half century. or until their damning spots of
ingrained guilt are washed away in the blond
of another generation. The fathers are tco
old in sin to hope for repentance, that needs
not to be rePented Of by them. but the chill
dren u,sy, peradventure. do deeds that will
1r,I fD f<r kf,,l, Is tl,- r.
forgiveness, when the present generation has
"gone the way of all the living"
There have been already many very able
speeches made here, and as the good work
progresses. as speakers and listeners become
N ores and more in earnest. they improve de-
cideily. both in manner and matter. Sena-
tor Williams. of Oregon. gave US one Of the
best speeches of the campaign. one night not
long since. at PATS hail. 1t was replete
with unanswerable appeals to the reason
and judgment of the people and eloquence of
a high order-the eloQuence of truth. He
was listened to with most marked attention
by the large audience for over one and a half
hours. the people seeming unwilling that he
should cease speaking. Hon. E. D. Wheeler
made grand good speech at Congress Hall
last Saturday evening. He tore the mask
from of the degenerated Democracy, leaving
the vile carcass shivering in the cold, to be
hissed and scorned by all loyal men. iir.
Wheeler is an excellent speaker. He pre-
sents his points sharp and well drawn, and
never misses a chance to strike home and
plant his blows in the weak spots of the
enemy. He never sacrifices the cause he
advocates to self-gratulation. Being thor
oughly in earnest in his work, he makes his
earnestness very apparent to his listeners
consequently his impressions are decided
and lasting. No one can leave and COM
plain that he has nothing to carry awa,.
The speech of the campaign was delivered
at Plat,'s Hall on Monday evening. August
3lst, by Hon. Henry Edgerton. To say it
was logical, argumentative and transcendent-
ly eloquent, would be terms of qualification
richly deserved. He spoke two and a-half
hours to two thousand persons. quite one
thlrd of them standing, and many ladies
amongst those unable to find seats, and yet
the house was as quiet as death. save when
prolonged bursts of applause disturbed it.
For power, eloquence, deep analysis, method
and consumate arrangement in all its parts,
have never seen it surpassed. For sublIm-
ity, beauty and exquisite finish, his perora-
ton excelled any thing ever heard before.
II thought be ''subs,ance," as Professor
Hitchcock affirms. and is felt when launched
against an opponent, however great the dis
tanee, how Seymour and Blair. the Woods.
the Pendletons the Falandinghams. ct onani-
as geaus must have shivered IN the fierce
blasts of his final periods that rolled in upon
them like deep heaving sea. They were
triple thunderbolts, crushing all before
them.
1t viii crafty all lovers of our great and
good nation to know that the National Union
Republican party was never in a state of
more thorough organization than at present.
This, yoa understand, is whispered to yoas.
in perfect confidence, and I want you to
whisper it to your KuKlux-Klan neighbors
in the same confidential manner. And while
you are about it you may say to them that
they are to be cleaned out, thoroughly. in
November-rcuted. horse, foot and dragons.
The Union majority for the Electoral ticket
will not be less than 10000, and every
Congressional District will be carried, the
lowest majority will exceed 1000. They
can put that in their pipes and smoke it,
They did pull the wool over the eyes of the
Germans; they can't do it again. They
made all sorts of promises to them before the
September election last year. every one of
which has been broken. and they will believe
them no more. They are played out already
in the convass and we have six weeks for
work left yet. The other night they at
tempted to get up a great demonstration on
Market street in the open air. The bonfires
blazed. sky rockets busst in air. the moon
shone msgni6cently. and every thing was at
hand for tremendous gathering, but the
people were non est. A few s,ragglers ap-
peared on the ground. few more were play
ing hide and go-seek around the neighbor-
hood, ashamed to show themselves. 1t was
great failure, and tha, was all there was
great about it. More anon. e.w.R.
TERR1BI EARTHQUAKE IN South AMER
lcA.-By the steamer Nevada, from Panama,
the following particulars of the earthquake
in Peru and Ecuador have reached us:
Cities, towns and villages once we'll known
in the interior of Peru. as well as many ris-
ing and important ports along the coast, are
now no more. ~
The earthquake is probably the most terri
BILE and dreadful that ever occurred in the
worlds history. Certainly nothing approach
ing to the dire caam,ty Of the 18th instant
has ever been recorded Of this continent, not.
ed for volcanic erupfions.
A correspondent writing to Panama pa
per, says:
1 saw letter from Onto, stating that
tfrrible earthquake had. at l:2O'A. NJ. on the
10Th. convulsed that Republic. resulting in
the complete destruction of Itaburo. Ibarra,
Obabalo and Ocrecho. the loss of life was es-
timated close upon $4,000.
Quito has en- more tenderly dealt with,
although it had been shaken considerably
and some twenty lives lost. The pcpuace
had deserted their dwellings and were living
in tents in the squares and open places about
the city.
The loss of nrnnerfv hv the earfhnnake o Ia