Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1864-09-27

              2, IP ''.l.'.-t'.'.r.-'. 'y,' A:,'::,nJv:.U - 11 ' ' I J I 1 V i r ' i DEVOID TO I'OUTICH, LITlCHATUHK, THE MAHKETH ANP OlCNlilVJL INX13IXiaKNCKv' ! ' V! ' , I j . ' ' ' , . - , ;...'. . s : . . . . , ,.:(,.,'.''; ' : ' ' ' ''v a -. - - it . r- - 1 I' ' . ,i j. " . : t i , ... i " . .. ... i. ,. . .... . ' w ; i, ' .. j' i v t a r-- n VOL. X. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO. TUESDAY, SEPTEMMtfl '27, 18G4. , "-'"' - -NO 47, MOUNT VEitMX REPUBLICAN. TERMS OF BPHrtCWATIoJ. 'Slimnntlulnfcdvftiiec, $1 tft) 'Ob jtf In adwico 00 Jf not Mid Id atlrant. 3 -&0 - TKItMS OK TSANSIKNT AnVKHTIKlJfO, Ont iqUAi-ft f 10 lirten. one lwirtttm,-.. ......... $1 00 Y)n iqairt Mrh tuUf tnent tnwrUon,... ....... 60 nqaar 9 mouth, S 00 On iuar 6 month 6 00 On iqitarc 13 month ft 00 Two urei I months, ft 00 Two four 6 month, 8 00 Two miukm 12 month 00 AdwtiMftianU over two Ri-uirr to bo enntrttd for ttndpaM Mconllngl, or chargl at hlvrtlnlng UtM. I.KOAL AIVKRTL3K)IKNTS, rimtlnwrtlnn 1011dm 1 00 ftacb iubotit InwHoft pr unfT.... , AO Attachment Noticribrfrr Juntlrm and proof,... 3 00 Administrator! and Extciltow Notice 3 00 BuatDM Cardi, natucetiliogfi Hn per annum, 6 00 Not! cm Id Local colnmu 10 line or ti.-,... 00 No iihorti-ement taken except for k )frinl tlnnt mud mo pclftt nolle puhllnhtd in atiy cmp, unlew paid for, at tbo rate of tl 00 for erer ten HHfcs, Imlepen- Went of the. ailrorliaoment refnrntil to. Xn ftittcrttsinjt Hone tot AdTfrtlciinf Agent except fnrcafltt Hd prompt fray. THE DYINfi KUIUHIilt. Pyinjj Summer's (fPntly gliding Into Winter's fripid grnvp: While tliefuiling loavcunre hidini? Beauties tbtit around tidr wave! Still, are goffls of beauty glowing, ' As the grove she tosjulnto?, With the floral woudhru growing- Wonders that bcr life Creates! Rich and gorgeous Iho pillow Whero she lays her dying head, 'Midst the gold fruit ripe add yellow) Aud the flowers blue and f Bd. ' Happy Summer, bright and airy, Brilliant, transient, linger stiil: With thee, life and fay and Fairy Vanish nil from rtloUot aud rill! Roues s-voet, with drewdfOpwWpIng, oo thee lovingly to slily! Stilly streams and caseadf!! lenj)iii(!i ' Bid thee not in llaate nnny. tjinghing henrs of minny gludnpjif Fall-winds stilt will blow away; Leaving leaves to sigh in sndnessi As they wither day by day. Whilo the sultry Autumn's brenlliillg Perfume from caeh dewy flowef, Suinmer's hand is gently wreathing Garlands for her parting hour. Youthful .Tune nnd July ploriPS With their heanties pus away j Serve but as Memento Mori's Of all pleasure bright and gay! SEI'DS A wonderful thing is a seed- The one thing deathless forever! 'I'liu one thing changeless utterly triie Forever old and foevernew--And fickle and faithless UeVur. Plant blessings, and blessings will bloom; Plant hatOj and hate will grow: You can sow lo-dny to-ihorrow shall bring The blossonl Ibut proves what sort of tilings Is the seed, the seed that yon sow. forth RepaYiciai TO THE 80L.DIEIIS. to the toliUer of the Congrmiom ttl Dittrict at home and ntirowl, and "to ufl whom it may eottrKrtl." No 2. All of you who liavd Wild With attcn-tion the plntfofm of principle set forth in the Chicago resolutions) must have boticod thoir total abstineHoe from the lfiflSfc Word nf tfonaitm fnr tha lnlintli its authors and abettors; .thftt with tho most studious care every expansion has been avoided that oould possibly bo offensive to Jeff. Davis and his sitbordin-ta: whilst all their denunciation!) have beon reserved fur our own Government l. n . i . . -me uovernmont wnicn you uuvo imperiled your lives to maintaiu. They chafed It with usurpation, despotism, suppression of tho freedom of speech, and of thg pross, arbitnry military arrosts, siL-peosion of tho hiibea car- pit, Ac. and hot n syllable will you find there, of ccnstlro for tho greatest rebel" lion the world evof saw. Not a word will you nod there in favor of suppressing it. Tho authors of those resolutions "wiah you to believe them and their ad herents your best friends, whilo at tho ame time they are (ns far ns they oaro do it and can do it,) laboring openly and aeoretly to thwart your effort, to defeat the cause you are fighting for, to play into the hands of tho rebels 'tojilbvcrt our institutions, and ovorthrow pur Oavein-meet. Whilo bitterly denouncing our Government for. the cruel treatment your comraues, and many of yon hato reoeived, while prisoners to the rebels, they have hot a word of fault to Add with the rebel Government for thus treating von. ts it possible that you can overlook or forget the insults and opprobrium they have heaped upon you. But now, suddenly, they are your special friends your tympathMrt, who, ,;in the event of their obtaining power, will receive you with all cure, protection, regard and kinduess." Thoy tell you so in their sitth resolution, and are you not bound to believe them? True they want yonr votes, but did you ev?V know them to lie for such a purpose? How can you question the sincerity of their friendship. Don't you know, that the copperheads have been your constant supporters and the providers of the many comfort you hav received from homo? , Do you not koo that the pec party ir' the life and soul of all the Sanitary Commissi ins' a-That Dr. Olds is tho foundation-rouk of tho Christian Commission? That Vallandigham, Aleck Ldng, and tho Woods, aldod by Dun. Voorhiesi oriiriua ted all the Soldier's Aid Societies? And nuitlly, was It not the organization of. the "tons of Liberty" that rent forth thirty two thousand of the Ohio National Guards to Uphold tho National Cause; and ulso gavo a recent hew impetus to orilistmenU? Tlion are thev Hot entitle to your votes? Aye, ayo, 1 , think t seo you voting for thcin in ft horn! At'lcr all, their friendship, remember, is only conditional it is otilv "in tho event of our attaining power" siiy they, l'ower ia what they are after, and to get it, tlmy want your votes. I think I soo yoU voting for them through a giuilct-holul inoy being, ns they now promise, the special friends ' of tho eoldiorSi Can you ever forget that they havo on till oc casions opposed the soldier's right to voto, cxcL'bt at homer In Ohio. Indiana Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Hamp. emro, (Jonliocticut, Ac, in their elections, their Legislatures, and in their Courts thoy have opposed soldiers voting, with all then1 ability, but m Indiana, alone ot nil tho States named, lmva they sue cccuou in tneir ciiorts. J'ivcn there. they now aro waking up to the import ance) ot conciliating tho soldiers, by as senting to their return on I'urloUgh, for tho purpose ot voting, thinking thus to catch soniu of their votes. Will they do it? I think 1 soo them voting for MoDortitld in ti garrc:t! But seriously, for thn is no time for trivolitics, it being ot the utmost come quenco that every man of you Cast hi voto, as ho would aim his gun, so as to do the greatost possiblo execution, and sivo tno rebellion its everlasting quietus as qtlick as possible; remembering that a copperhead in the renr, is moro than a rebel in front, and neither of them is en tied to thd least favor or clcmeney. and has aboilt. as much Claim to your votos as tho ilcvll had to tho kingdoms of tho earth, of tho nnnics of I'aradiso. It of the highest inipoftiillco to cldct Con grcssnieU who will sustain by alt proper means, our armies and navies, ih prose cuting thn war to the bitter cud if nec essary, with a view to the overthrow of the rebellion, and the ro-ctnhli!)hnicnt of n penee that shall bo both liohorabl and pernianeut. Until this is done, nil ories for peace, or for nn armistice, are t-easonablo, and lnado only by peace sneaks, rebel sympathizers, and traitors, sneh ns Vallandighani, ' Voorhies. Dr. Olds and Co.; hono of whom wonld -nls low a soldier to Veto if ho ooitld prevent it. knowing that no trim soldier would tolerate men who would ernwl in tha dust to kiss the hands of Jeff. Davis &f!o and make n shameful peace, by yielding them all they ask fur. tn Columbus Dclanoo, wo havo a cnmlidnto who wili never degrade yoll and your country, by any sucu RhaihClill, cowardly, pusyllani lnous, sol'ViIo dcghidation; on tho con trary. ho will do nil in tho power of one man to do, for maintaining the old flas in all its beauty and glory. Unsullied by tho foul hands of traitors in froiit. or rear, and as ho has heretofore snures'lullv battled for tho soldier's ritrht to veto, so will ho in future, in season arid out of season battle for the intccrity of the Union. Will you Vjfo for him? I do not ask to- a reply, except thrnngh the bnllot bt)x, abiding Ih confideili'o the re sult. . II. a ttouc.LAM nmiociJAr NAsiivrr.i.R, Tknv. Sept. tl, 'Gl. Ed fttpuUlican: Thinking perhaps a few War Denis hvght interest tho read ers of tho ltcpublican, I seat myself for 'he purposo of communicating such ns I hrtVo been nb!o to obtain. The rebel raider, Wheeler5, was in tho vicinity of this place last Week, and dfl. stroyed about four miles of tho Nashville and Chattanooga rail-road, some fifteen miles from hero and is now being vigor ously pursued by Gen. lloscau, with very good success, ho having tlready ta ken, several prisoners from Wheeler's gang, who have been sent to Louisville, Ky. en-routd north to the land of "lin-torprise and Freedom." Gen. Shermnri is jow 20 miles south of Atlanta, and has possession of the rail-road which will enablo him tho better to hold securely and permanently the rebel stronghold, Atlanta. Gch. Hood hag been censured by tho Southern Press for evacuating tile city, they are anxious to havo Johnson ro-installcd and assunio command, and try his hand again with Sherman, but stragctio Shcrhian is moro than a match for oithcr llood, Johnson, or Bragg, and can oUt-nahk tho threo combined, he can hold tho territory acquired, against their unitod efforts. Tietrcat is not thd "Order of the Day" with Gen. Sherman, and he 'seems t$ havo a masterly way both of acquiring and maintaining ihipartaht military advantages . ... .... ..!. . positions, a great unsuieratum in a com-manding officer, art essential, important qualification, thr.Ugh ono in which most of our officers seom quito defectivo. Even little Mao failed to exhibit that very important military qnalllcation in his military movements and operations on tha Potomao, but seemed to possess a peculiar faculty of causing all things to be quiet, throughout his Department. But nowalasl for poor Mao, be has suffered himself to be entrapped,out-genor-alod, and annihilated by the Peace party of the North by his acceptance of the Nomination at the Chicago Convention. l News from Grant's ormy is still en-couriging. Grant ii so doubt gradually, though slowly acquiring permanent advantages over Gen. Lee, and we may begin to cheer up and look forward rith hopus of a final if not speedy, termination of this groat National struggle, and her redemption nnd recovery from Treason, from the great political ordeal through which she is now passing, and from which, may we not liopo, she till soon emerge, brighter, purer, freer, and liiot'o exulted than cvor bctbro, And limy we, as uno of tho most enlightened and christian nations of tho Cttftli, learn froth the past bittor exporidnce the value of trUo national rightoousbess and frco-dotn, atld t-trive for tho coming future lo avail oUrvolves of the pcrtuaneut, practical and political advantages that wo havo already acquired and may ncquirn when Wo shall hovb finished the bloody struggle through which we aro now (no doubt) rapidly passing, and may our beloved Country and Nation bo bo 'effectually purified and purged from her Great Sins, Iniquitss, and Corruptions, that shall render bet thd most exalted and enlightened and prosperous hation on the darth eclipsing all the nations on tho globe, with the luster and purity of hef God-given, lnnn-clovating. institutut.ions, and whose futuro may so far surpass the post in her noble, and soul-thrilling ef forts to reach that' exalted eminence toward which sho Is so manifestly nnd successfully advancing. And Oh! how unmistakably apparent the present duty of us till, to be truly and practically united in our well-intended efforts to carry our beloved couutry successfully through the present struggle, that we may all bo able to say, when tho ptorm shall have passod nnd tho clouds that now obscure the political horison shall have passed ns by, forever, nnd the sunshine and Genius of freedom, and pure, fred. and untrammolod institutions shall havn as sumed that designed nnd exalted position which tho Great Author of Nature de signed them. And may we so livo, and . . i, . .. i so net in an coming time, that wo mnv bo proud of our political conduct while passing through hor present fircv trial, nnd may have it to say that wo did our wholo duty, nnd brought into requisition our entire and united efforts to, crush the sfibrts of traitors to destroy tho best Government on earth, that wo micht hand down to future posterity, all tho onoblihg nnd mnn-clevating institutions connected With our Country and Gov1 ornmeht, untarnished and unimpaired, as n rieh, dtfsirablp legacy, as an inesti mablo inheritance, tho maintenanco and preservation of. which, all could atld should plGdge their lives, their property, and their sacred honor. Who limong all tntfl American citizens, is so vile, so contemptaolo, that he would sell nnd sacrifice his Colltltry, with all her noble in stitutions, to treason and tyranny? None save an enemy to them. No lover of genuino freedom bf free institutions, can fur a moment hosl- tuto as it regards bis present duty, and tho position ho should assume during tho great struggle through which we arc passing. Then lot nil see to it, that thov aro cischargiug (heir obvious duty to their Country, through snmo ono tf ho many Ways and int!an that it may bd ... .... accomplished. And above all thlilpt, lot us all-'without regard to ti.irtv. bo iticul proclivities, or anything else try ' w to ben milt. Until tholtcbollion is effectually crushed, and not a soli'ary vestage eft to mar the futuro peaco and pros perity of our Country, then will be amplo imo to contend with men and principles, discus and criticise tho action atld political conduct nf our leading men. So says at least ono truo Douglas Democrat. Occasional (A Douglas Democrat) In Mcmorln. Another Patriot has fallen. , Tll8 fol lowing letter gives tho partioulir? of tho death of Robert Dawson, of the 52d tfhin Regiment. It is said that he Was the rst man who -enlisted in Frcnklin Tp., Morrow County, Ohio, for tho threo year's service Ito was in many hard battles in Irginia, Mississippi, &r. ' I)F.rorlK Atxant.v, Aug. 10, '04. Mrs. LuCInda Dawson: .. . It becortit!3 my painful duty tc communi cate to yod the sad news of ymr son's death. ltd was struck yesterday late in the afterrtdon by a large piece of shell, which cilt his backbone entirely through. Ho onl r lived a few hours, when he quietly expired, having bid hU friends good bye, and said be was willing and ready toi die. I have been acquainted with Robert fof some time, he Yi always been attentive to religious services, has attend1 ed the prayer meetings, and showed rd-spect and interest in tho subject ofre ligion, he has been moral and consistent in the Regiment, and assiduously aimed to do his duty as a faithful soldier. He fell at his post, and in his fall the Com pany has lost tbe of ita best members, Iho country ana of iU bravest defenders, and you have lost a dear son. Haid indeed will bo thd stroko, but remember his life was giVdU for a cause worthy the sacrifieo, and let this 1)0 your comfort that his life was not. sacriucrjd in vain. I trust he sloops in Jcsusi li-t this bo your hope, and may God abundantly bless you with submisbivo grace. I superintended his bum!, and had a board neatly marked, showing his name, company, regimett and time of death, orectdd at his grave. Captain Post, his'Compatiy officer, will write you more particulars.' ' I am respectfully Jours, At)., . tt.B. BENNETT, Chaplain 82d ftcg. O.V.I. THE TASK AND THE lUOST. What have 1 yet to do? . . Day weurolh on, Flowers that opening new, Kthiled through the tflortling (low, Droop in the sun. 'Neath the noon's searching glare Fainting I stand; Rtill is the sultry air, Bilentucss everywhere Through the hot hilul. Vet must I lalor still All tho ilny through, j Striving with earnest will, 1'nlil'ut my place to fill, Jly Work to do. Long though my tusk tliay bo, Cometh the end, . God 'tis that holpelh mo; This is the Work ami ho New elrength will leud. ITo will direct my feet, Strengthen my hand, Give me my portion meet, Firm ill his promise sweet) " , Trusting I stand. Up, then, to work again I God's word is given Tlmt none shall sow in vain, But find his ripened grnir. Garnered in Heaveu. Longnr the shadows fall Night cemeth Ou ' ' ,;' Low voices softly Call "(!cme, here is rest for all; Labor is doue." -Parish ViiitDt'. NasiiviLLk.Tkn.V., Sept. 12, '04. Ed. RErunMcAN Dear Sir: Having a few loisnro moments this morning. haVd concluded to improve and uso them by writing you a foW lines; not claiming however, to have any thing of great importance to communicate. However, such items ns I havd, "give I unto thco." Tho non-Vcterans of tho !52nd Rcgt., 0. V. I. havo just arrived hero from the front, en-route for hpto among whom, Dick Rood, F. Lewis and Itother, D. Gardner, and others whose names Ihnvenot learn ed. David Oosfier of Frederick town, is here to nssist his son in getting home; also, Eld. J. t Marvin from Knox Co.; he also is upon the same noblo mission, via: To nssist in getting his only son homo, who is now" sick in the Hospital at this place, which is a very filthy and nc-henlthy City. May the Lord prosper them both in tho successful accomplishment of their most laudable and christian purposo nnd mission. Oh that thso creatures in human shape, at thn North, claiming to be peace men, though moro properly, the real War perpctuarory and actual suppor'ers of Jet?, add tho Rebellion, could but come herd alill seo some of the sad and bitter frU'its of this Rebellion; the thousands Of sick, woUHded and dying soldiers, that are now here in tho Hospitals, and then, If their hearts were not adamant, would the tear of unsigned compassion and sympathy, involuntarily, flow from that, now hidden and dormant fount of Patriotism. Then might they coaso their poacc-shfiekitlg, and learn that ''the only enduring, imperishable, cement of all frco institutions, has beon the blood of Traitors;" and honee may traitors of ovcry Bhado and grade,' and from all scoiions of this vast country, in this fto them) phrophotio fadt.read their doom for ouo of the conditions of per manent peace is the blood oftraitors, and the sheding of tho blood oftraitors, is mi essential clement in the purification and regeneration of this great nation; and it must and it will be purged from it great national iniquity, pie per manent peace cad ba restored to the country. And in tho thunder of cannon do we hear tho pfdtest of the Almighty, perchance tho s'.Idht removal of this Iniquity would compromise his justice. He seems now to demand of.Usth price of this iniquity. A full remuneration in blood, money and tears for every wrong done to the poor, down troden, black, from the earliest introduotion of slaves, down to the time when the of this oppressed rwe raco should go free tnduntratupled as God designed them The slave power must How be broken or it will gridd us to pow der. Freedom, pnrt and Untarulshed. must crown oar land, else tyranny and oppression will surely overwhelm . us. Nay God grant itrcccss to onr arms and cause. Occasional '" ' ' or the ' ' H0N.v HENRY $TANBRn , .. . . V.T Newport, Kf.; September ntb,LS6i ACAIXST A CHANCE OF AIIMISTIUTM, Fellow-citizens I have, said more than onoo, sinoo tho commencement of this rebellion, that it wub'h fortunate thing, siucd it was to begin, that it ilid begin when a Presidential election Was as remote as possible, , , I had seen too much of our Presidential contests not to dread the fierco party strifes which they engender. The great work then before the nation required our undivided attention. Tbe great isslio then , presented Was, whether wo coUld save tho nation. Save it first and administer it afterward scorned to me the dicta lb of wisdom. Finish the contest with the rebels and then begin, if you please, thd other contest for the spoils of victory. So, for nearly four years, thd Cbntcnt for the presorvatiou of tho nation has gona on; but it is Dot ended, and at Inst a Presidential election has como in, like a disturbing force, before the good work is qUite finished. Ill this particular the rebels are moro fortunate. In anticipa' tion cf tho contest before them, thoy said no Presidential election should disturb then: for six years; and tho cohsequenoe is that the sattc fixdd will, tjio samo ex pericnecd leader, that has carried on their affairs froth the beginning, still holds the reius. And so, unlike ourselves, tlmy uro freo from a party contest of their bwh nnd quite at liberty to take a hand in this party contest of ours. Does any obo need to ask on which sido ? It is truo, they can't vote. If, throughout what is left of the Southern Confederacy, tho should regularly choose doctors for Pres ident, at the very tmid and manner fixed in our Constitution. I hardly think their votes would bo received. No party ui the North has as yet gono quite to that length in lavor ot irct) elections. No one has yet admitted tho vote of a rebel in arms; but if the rcbolhasno arms in his hands though out and out disloyal, ho may, according omo,uo any thmg.wrilo any thing, counsel anv thing, utter any thing in fnvnr of tho robclliop, and yet he is a good voter, and perfectly entitled to thd Ireo bnllot. But let us suppose that rebels in arms were allowed to voti. What Satn ih the Confederacy would vote for Abraham Lincoln? Whathtato ih tho ( onfedera cy would hot voto for Geotgd B. McCIel- n? . Which do you think would stand itl that region, tho bost ahanco for tho Vice Presidency, Johnson or Pendleton? If you were called upon to stako your mon ey upon such an olcction, Woulo you hos itato? No, my friends, you would givd ten to ono upon mcCIoMan against Lirl Coin or any odds on Pendleton against tho rich:. Let us put it another way. Who would Davis vote for? Consider that, fnen (if tho North. Of these two mon, now pre scntnd to your choice, if Dnvishnd a voto which of them would get it? You wish to vote tor tho man most likely to put lown tho rebellion. J):ivis, on tho contra rv, would cast his voto for the' man least likely to do it. I am not a betting man: it t wcro. I would irivc niW odds that the areh traitor would voto for McCIollan There is an ancient maxim that k is wise to learn from our foes. If they prefer McClelhin. wo can havo no stronger reason for prcfering Liueoi i. Thero is another thing which wo aro tan slit by this rebel pertorenco lor tho Chicago nominee nnd that is, that Lincoln is considered bv the South tho most formid able antagonist nf tho tWo. McClellnn's friends tell us. that ho, tno, goes for a prosecutfon nf tho war, and that he is ns ood a nion man ns Lincoln. Ihat mav o sobut the rebels aro not just of that opinion.- it ngnting is to bo tho order of the dav, they would rather fight Mc- Clollan than Lincoln. They have tred hem both, and they prefer McClcllnn as an antagonist. It wns said at Chicago that tho warhad been, a failure under thd aUspices of Lin coln, nnd therefore they present a disi tincruished General to tako his plnco. But how does it happen that tho rebels nre equally anxious to get rid of Lincoln? Do thev nnd fault with him because ho has failed tn wljip themf Do they want to change him for McClcllanbceauso Mo-Clcllan will fiuht them moro successfully? Do they, think you, wish to chnngo an antagonist whose blows aro feoblo and easily warded, for ono who has moro skill and will strike hardor? Now, my friends, lot us examine these oppnring candidates and their platforms for ourselves. And first. Ictus take rogiiiiinoo of thn new men thosowho arobrought forward as better men for tbe great business in hand, than those new in place. A General and a member of Congress both cfliitlemnn of intelligence nnd respectability but neither of ihnm at nil likely to have been thought ftfas candidates, except to represent particular , jdcas. Therefore, ono Is to represent tho War Democrats, bhe othef tno Tcaec Democrats; and yet they misf stand on the same platform, and seerr.,- represent a united patty. On the eastorn portico of the Capitol at Washington stand two colossal statues. One represents W'ar, with sword in hand; the other Peace, holding the olive brunch Weld these statues together,', back to back, and you have the effigies of Model-an and Pendletob. Look now at our Union candidates. Lincoln and Johnflort are of one mind. Each equally intent Upon one great, pur- fiofo. and that Ii to put down this rebel-ion In tho only Way In which it ever can bo nut down, aad that isby force of arms. If Lincoln fhould die" before" (ho 'cinle-'l is ended, there Is Jofineon to take his flaw and carry out Iho lame policjj' brrt if McClellauthould die.and Pendleton take his place, then what nra wo to expect? Then this JuUus fueed Statue is turned around; then tho sword is cast aside, and therr comes a change of policy: with "not another man or another dollar." 1 ' I ' Let the War Dcnlocrah, whoso faith is fixed on McClellah; not forget the risk which is run that his vote niaV place our destinies ia the hinds of Pendleton. My friends, P did not Voto for Lineolu I have hever seen him but from the 4tu of March, 1801, to the present time, I have watched him closely. Ho "has said some things whichjl do not approve. He has doue somo things which did not suit mo. But for all that I prefer lum to any new and Untried man. 1 All my wishes, nil my hopes, nrd con torod in oHO thing, and that is tho crushing of this rebellion by force or arms There is ho other way to save tho Re public. Whatever clfo nmv bo said of Mr. Lincoln, no one can dubt that he bus tho same purpose, and that from first to last ho has never fullered ih the great work. My friends,- I do not with to change our President, or his Cabinet, or our Generals in tho field. Lincoln suit me, so does Seward, and Stanton and Fcssendcn, and Welles, and Grant, and Sherman, and Sheridan, and DUpont and Winslow, nnd Porter ahd Farragut. It was n long timo, nnd after many changes, beloro we got tho right men in tho right placo. Where will you nnd a now Secretary Who will keep our relations with other nations, a matter of the greats est moment, in better trim than Seward. Many find fault with Stanton. They say he is rudo and overbearing, but who questions his honesty or ability? Look at our vast armies; raised, equipped, transported over great distances, every soldier to be provided every day with his punctual rations, and consider tho Vast and multiplied agencies which must bo provided. It is Stanton who prsides overall this machinery; and ho Works it well. Vast ts his duties aro, he beglects nothing. There ho is, always at his post, earnest and inhelittigarlo. My' friends, if you turn out Lincoln, yon turn out Seward and Stanton, and nil tho other Members of tho Cabinet. Can any ono assure Vpti thwt Grant and Sherman will not go niso? I very much fear that there would bo a clean sweep, rot only in tho Cabinet, but in tho field. There is more than ono disaffected Major Gehbnl, who has boen rotired, liku McClellan, who would bo Buro to bo restored. What further? A clean sweep of all other civil officers, from our foreign ministers down. This is the rule fully established, first introduced by a Democratic Administration, and never siueo omiliited. Wo Complain of frauds and peculations in our officers; but how shall wo stand a ncW and hungry swarm? There is another most weighty consideration against such a change, and it is this: If in November next it should happen that tho pcoplo displace the present Administratioh, what would bo the result? Thai1. Adniibistration would bo paralyzed. Set usido by tho people, their services Ignored, their policy condemned, they would loso heart and confidence in themselves, and they would lose the eonfidence ahd support nf. tho coUntry. What capitalist would lend another dollar, what soldier would risk his life iri another bat tle, for a people who condemn, or seem to condemn, tho war: An outgoing Administration, whoso policy has been condemned, is powerless; nnd art frdm Nov. to March nothing would be dotie. Precious timo lost, perhaps ueterto be retained. Havo you forgotten the fatal delays of tho outgoing Adminisiratlon of Buchanan, when for mouths the rebels weto "lot nlonef The country never was iij ruch peril as in that six months. Our cscaDO was orovidential. Mv friesds. in view of such nbviou" rcsultHf what truo lover ot tho Union will consent to make a ohango now? Is thero any ninh so wedod to his party as to for get what ho owes to his country: Alas! theto are many,, many truo I Inidn mdn, who havo a personal prcferanco for a Demo cratic candidate, and many others who havo A personal dsslifco to Lincoln. We call this class War Democrats; they incline to follow thoir pnrty instincts hud their personal feelings. For mvsolf. I havo lost sight of all party ideas since this war brokdout.-i-In Novombor, 1800, no persuasion eould indneertio tn vote for Lincoln, tn Nov., 1.S04, if t lWe to cast a vote, it shall bo for him. Not voto for him becaeso ho lid not belong to my party iri 1SG0? Not voto for bim been uso our political crocds do not coincide? We agree ih ho sreat business now n hand, and that is enough for me. "Shall t ask the br ivo soldier who fights by nty sido, in tho cause ef mankind, if our creeds agree? Nay, nay, my friends, uo ono can per suade me to voto Linnnln out. i I am thoroughly satisfied of Iho fatal policy of chance. so thoroughly that Lincoln him self could not by any personal wrong or indignity he might .inflict upon mo, prevent that vote. . . t protend to no Romih virtue, and yet, if to-night, I should be arrested, denied (lid habeas -corpus, imprisoned in . Fort Lnlayetto, and released in timo to, voto in November, it would bo my duty to vote for Lincoln.- I should not be justi fled :n weighing my individual gTiofs against tho paramount duty to my cou nf rv. Some ardent lover of the nchta oftho citizen brght ask mo 5'IIow is it, Mr. Stanberry, that you tin old lawyer, can voto- for a man who has violated I the Constitution of his country?" I would nnswer. "ft is a great wrong if he has violated that Constitution, but it seems qtilto cleir to me, that .whilo he may have been careless of thd . Constitution, he has been vrry earfful of tho Nation. If he has tried to destroy ono, ho has tried to sive the other, tf bar has torn the garment, he has taken precious care of tho body. And is not tha body better than the raiment?" , ' Mind you, follow-citizeus, I do not admit that M.r. Liucoln has violated our Constitution. , I (Id not admi' that, these arrests in timo of war, aro forbidden by the Constitution. I do not object to Mr. Liucoln on that accouut, nor yet to McClcllnn on tho satoe ground. Nay, on the contrary, there is no act of General .McClellan that J so cordially approvo as his wholesale arrest pf that Maryland Legislature. If ho had beqn as prompt and successful in putting down the wholo rebellion ns ho was ptitting down that branch of it, we ftould have bad peace long ago. , 'Who can tell how uiuclt precious blood hns been saved by that tihiely nct? . Vhat would be. the cond-tion of Maryland now, if that contention nf traitors had . carried her into tho-Southern Confederacy? But, for thosd arrests alt over Maryland, wo should have witnessed such scenes as those in Baltimore, when tho loyal soldiers of the Re-pupblic were murdered by a mob., Was thata timo for tho Sheriff and his posse? Was that a timo for tbe habeas corpus and trial by jury? , All ,was terror' nnd coufusipn aud the whole nation hailed Butler aud his soldiers as deliverers. When a nation is in a state- of war, no mrtter what may bo its form of government, it is the Executive power, whether lodged In a King or President, that is called into action. The Legislature and tho Judieinry, do not do the Gghtiug. We do not tarry on war by statutes,, debates, or judicial decisions. . Var rcaui-rcs action, prompt and coutiuucd action, and a guiding will, ready on tho instant tor any emergency. It you look into eur frame of government, you will sco that it is on tho President that tho power and responsibility are cast to carry on tho war. He can not dcclaro war or make peace. It requires the intervention of Congress to begin it or to end it; but whilo it exists, it is tho President who ruustast. Ho commands our armies nnd nayics, nnd ho directs their movements. Without his authority nothing can be done. . Now, my friends, this nation is not on v, my trie aged in ly ongnged in war but in a war pgainst rebellion. It is a war waged by us lorsolf- prcscrvatiob. It is not tho common form of rebellion, which aims only to cliango the dominant power whilo tho nation is presorved, but its aim is to destroy tho nation itself. ' ; Alas! what blood, what treasure, what sorrow, what lamentation, have followed that crime against hi'mani-ty, civilization and civil liberty, which was committed in CbaHestin tlarbor on tho 13th of April, 18G1. , It could have been committed nowhere elso throughout tho South but just here. , Tho moral in struments could have been found nowhere elso. Those disaffected spirits had bceU trained and prepared for it long before. Twcnty-oight years before they had un dcr tho pretense of an unconstitutional tariff, passed an orduanco of secession iri tho very words of thoir ordinance of Dec ember 1S00. What then saved the country? It was a President. It was executive power in babds that would havo wielded it with terriplo retribution. Think you that Jackson Would have hesitated about arrests if those traitors had then fired upon our flag? No, my friends, he would have seized them all with a grasp of iron, and instsad of allowing them thd hahr.as corpu, ho would havd arrested any judgo who dared to issno it, ns he did in New Orleans, in 1835. Now ngain, if this nation is to be saved, it can only bo saved under the auspices of tho Executive. It is tho war power that must savo us. In tho plain and expressive words of our President, "Wa must, keop pegging away,' Blow must follow blov,hardor and harder, without cessation, until the traitors crr "hold, enough." . 'it is no timo for treaties or armistices. Our nuhiromst reela with the hard hits ho has received at Mobilo and Atlanta, and is gasping for breath Under the closo-hug of Grant at Petersburg. , It is just nt this juncture that a cry .-' for pea ee and cessation of war comes to us . from Chicago. That cCUvention proposed: to savo the ration by means of an arm-. istico and a convention of all tho States.. Stop fighting, say they, and let us try , talking. Wo havo tried for four years to' whip these rubcls in, and they won't come now let use sec if wc can't hoax them in. Let us consider thoir plan. A change of administration is tho first thing. It ia thri'r party which is to bring about this glorious Consummation. Tho uoxt thin; is an "inimediato armistice)" but art their ,' President, if elected, could not. propose . , an nrnii8tido boforo tho 4th , of March, it; will not bo exactly immediate. . Thero .( must, thcrcToio, bo first of all a dolay of , foUr months beforo their plan can go into operation. But wo willsuppose this, timet to havo elapsed and that McClollau is iu tho Executive chair,, what then' ia ho ta do according to tho platform?. a Ho must-proposo an immediate nrmisticq. . xnd (0 iv whom? To that other President, who is,", .' now in Riohmond: where be will b on - i the 4th of Ma-ch, is more than Icau gayy but wherever hi is, our President raust. i enter into formal ncgotatious with., him.. iv They .must negotiate as equals with ,him, -t with all tho forni3 and all tho courtesios, m of diplomatic inteicotjrse., ,. , ; , dm. j Fellow-oitizccfj, this is recognition,. , momant that oifr Government eiitorf into. diplomatic ihtcreosr.-e with the Coafedsr-; acy, tho. moment wo cease to.coereo tho robollious citizens and begin to i eal with , w tho political power thn$ has eot rip,, , tho mcmont yon semi . arj'l receive .r ; embassador ministers or commiJ- - 6ior.ers, from that, moment yon giro to tho rebels the character of an eV ' tabllehod eoverDment. Year ntrcr' " yearUuvis and hia diplomatic! ngents havo been knocliing tbr admission tit 'v; every Court in Europe. ' Tho answer, , hai becrj, "wo can't admit you, wa can't 'recognizo you, wo can't cntev iotc commercial relflrtous or dipli- mftticMntc-rconrsG 1 with you; thona--tion to which yon owed nllegiatico ; treat's you bb rebels and refuses jou