The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-02

tutions and laws, that equal and com
plete freedom, justice, and civil rights
shall prevail throughoutthe land. Ii
l know the temper of our. grand old
army; if / read Alright your presence
here, my comrades, you will never
| cease your efforts until the absolute
freedom which you enjoy here in
Philadelphia is secured TO every good
citizen of the Republic In every ham
let of the land, be he millionaire or
common laborers educated or igno-
rant, white or black" A
He then referred to the political
conflict, and said: Eve have seen the
Waterloo of armed rebellion. We
have yet to see the St. .Helenasof the
spirit of treason, and who doubts that
we who sang while war waged the bat
tie hymn, mine eyes have seen the
coming of the glory of the Lord,
shall see in November's day the death
of the spirit of treason In the over
whelming defeat and utter rouk of our
political foe. Gird on your armor,
then, my eomradesl To the fghtl
Close up your ranks The spirits
of your 100000 slain and MANNED
comrades look approvingly down upon
you, and as you now again feel the
magic elbow touch, remember the in
vocation of our martyr President
spoken on Gettysburg field: We
have rightly resolved that these hon
ored dead shall not have died in
vain, that this nation under God shall
have new birth of freedom, and the
government of the people shall not
perish from the earth.
Generals Burnside andgKilpatrick,
and Governor Curtin made short
speeches, when the assemblage dis
| persed. ~ . a@A& -ESaH z'rE~
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-Thers was
an immense gathering in lndepen-
and sailors. Gen. Burnside presided.
and the spectacle was grand and i'm
posing. An address was made by
General BarnuIn, who congratulated
them upon their success in the war.
and urge1 them 10 achieve further
success in the coming elections. sclss-
ing as follows:
We call upon everyzcitizen who
wore the uniform Blue, whether on
coming election for the Union State
| biCACb duU AOI OIduO duU OOlidA, ana
| further, to mark alike the sincerity
and efficiency of our solemn declara-
ton, we invoke our late comrades
ip-arms to set apart the election day
| as period of unremittiHg exertion
and uneeasing Z vigilance; and we
hereby formally announce that on the
18th day of October,in the States of
Pennsylvania, Ohio aud Nebraska,
1A Ill l.
our comrades q general holiday, and
we call upon all, employers, manu-
facturers, and business men generally
to relieve theiF-Workmen-nn that day
who have served in the, Union army, (
and thus assist IN completing this
patriotic purpose. The victory on
victory of Five Forks marshalinE the
way to Grants transcendent victory
on the Appomattox in November
General Fitzpatrick was called upon
for speech, and In the course of his
remarks said: E1b 5Iua
All of you remember those proud,
happy days when the heroes Of
Georgia and the Carolinas had Joined
the Boys in Blue around Grant.
below the Potomac, and with colors
flying and drums beatipg, all. came
marching home across the hills and
valleys of Virginia, keeping step to
the sweet music of the Union, and we
thought, when marching down Penn
sylvia Avenue, before the future resi-
dence of Ulysses Grant, (eheers,)
when we had received the greetings of
ten thousand of our fellow citizens
and had returned to our homes,
that the war had ceased, but we were
mistaken. The same foe with the
same leaders North and South is now
arrayed against us, aud the question
now rises, = will you, fellow citizens.
.have Horatio Seymour or Grant for
| your next President, and cries for
Grant will you have the stars taken
from off, the shoulders of the great
Sherman and placed onathe1 traitor
Lee? fno, no, will you have that
Hyena,p Forrest, taking the place of
the dashing and gallant little Phil.
Sheridan? mo, no. No, my fellow
citizens. akWe have met here to-day
| to take into consideration how this
great evil may be prevented. We
have a duty to perform as great as
that fer which we fought during the
war; that we must place men ia
power whom we know. will. be true to
those great principles for which we
| fought and crushed the rebellion; not
only thatsthey must be also true to the
interest of widows and orphans of our
comrades who have gone, and whose
spirits in heaven look down with ap-
| probation,upon the acts of their COM
rades Who are assembled here to-day
Can [, can you, fellow soldiers, can
you Gen. Burnside, stand timidly by
and sec the Union aud liberty des-
troyed foreVerf We are to day, Ga
voice In the croWd-let US charge
them, | wish to God we could make
. charge; I just wish Robert II. Lee,
| Horatio Seymour, aud that scoundrel
aud traitor Frank Blair (hissesl were
here to-day with this crowd alone.
We would put liberty and Unionin@
the balance against them and trea-
sop." I.AGAWk kERutlgFv
During the evening large number
of speeches were made from the diff
! ferent stands.
The meeting adjourned at an early
hour. to proceed to the Union League
House, where a. serenades Ras given
and several addresses made.
The threng of strangers dispersed
to their quarters to be ready for the
PROCESSION Tomorrow morning and
| the parade at night. Chestnut Street
was thronged throughout. the evening.
A number of arrests were made of
persons. engaged in exciting q disturb
ance in the neighborhood Of the
square. a.,5-.,'
q SCRANTON, Pa. ssalW
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