Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 9, Number 10, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 October 1863 — Page 1

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Wisason, Canada Wet, ) September lf, U6:;.j Pi'Suhi t "the Dawerat- Mi$t Mtit'tiy t D i,t'n, Ohio Sir: Complying with the desire of manv of my Democratic friends in the city an i county where I have for so many years re-i le 1. I address them briefly thr'o y oil. No further warning or entreaty from me is needed to arouse the people to the im portance of tli e great issue before them, to the dinger which on every side threatens their- liberties. The great popular tVmoj!-" i'ations, occurring everv day throdgbmt the State, prove their zeal and devc.'en to the cause of Liberty and Un-i-n. and that they mean that these two diall in every deed e inseparable. Poth these dejend largely upon the issues of the Ohio campaign. If that party should stieeeed. which, upon the one hand applauds the atrocious a'ts of Abraham Lincoln and his servants, and indorses the monstrous claim of absolute power over person ami property, iot to say life itself, set up by him in his recent letters to the Albany and Columbus Committees; and, on the other, accepts as its own the whole radical policy, "root and branch," of Con-1 gre-s rind the Kxeeutive in the conduct of the w.-.r. there is an end to both. In the North and West every lover of constitutional lib' y lo ks anxiously to the aproaciii.ir ciection. In the South, the cye of hundreds of thousands, who yet, in their hearts, '.ove the Union as it was, the old Union which their father and our fathers mad, and would gladly see it restored in peace and with security to all. are turned now in earnest desire for the triumph of :ho Democratic Party, as their last hope for its restoration. And tlio very suscess of the Federal army do bat render this triumph the more important; for while, according to .Mr. Lincoln, they have not at all broken the s-trer.gth or subdued the spirit of the C;iiIcderates in ;im;. thev have d :.e much to per the eye- of tin; people of the States : till adhering to he Unior, to the f ict that the policy of conciliation must at loat follow far better that before any war it had pre-v U-1 the toI"ey of coercion. Mor:over, the recent extraordinary -vents in Mexico h ive greatly augmented the nc- i ees-itv and importance of sr-eedilv rmltin into power the party into whose hands the rights and intere-is of all .States and see x - r? tioii v.-jii Ik: secure Recognition bv Mexi - co ai.d Frace. and subsequent ullinne between them and the (Vnfcdcnie States are impending danger, every hour becom ing more imminent. Napoleon well kno and dose, b of Austria also, whom be has f IN:-: now with him. that if a uniled ir .ven. o. nt of any kind be restored here, either -the Union :i it was" of the Demo- ! era or the 1 moii :is it should be" of the I abi;;;t! -mists ;i unity of dospotim 1:0 Km j ?re. at I-;isL 110 Kur ...can Lnipire won! d be permitted to continue in Mexico. Hence he. an 1 all whom he can persuade or force with him. will verv speedily ree-j ognize the Confederate .States, on jj. tion ol'a guarantee of the Mexican Umj.ire arid t'nat by a treity of alliance offensive and defe;jive. a-? did Lou; XVI in 1777. And thus ihe ha.b rs of the .southern revolt -.v ill be enabled to keep the whole people with them, encouraged, as they will be. by tin- powerful support of the army. t he navy, and tlie credit of France. j The mi ion of Mr. Stephens to r;iris j cle.irly poiit. to this result. Unwisely and wickedly rejected by the court at W'a-di-! mgton when- accordin- to the Southcru authority he came with "full powers to treat for peace and settlement," he goes now on speoal embassy to the Court" of crsaiiles. The disastrous results of the

i1iALJ .....1. ...1 ,i .1 -cr ana its montane.-, wouw hegmto lall! into decay. Victories in the field will not all Und to retard or prevent this alliance an I its ruinous re uin. Now, therefore, is the accepted timo, the very hour before the blow be struck, for the people of the North and We.st to rebuUr the radicals and malign.i"is who control public affairs, and prove to the people of the Souih that they can return to their allegiance to the Constitution, and thus to the Union, '-with all the dignity, equality and rights, of tlu;ir several States unimpaired." I repeat that the sieeess of the Democratic party in Ohio and the other .Stat .4 will go further in this result than any event which can

.,uc c.Hay, eiti.er through j enforced, the constitutional and lawful allium or Mr. Shdcll already there, ujk.fi the'thority and rights of the Federal governinterests :,.l future peace of the North- j mcnt should be obeyed and respected with west, no ,an can cJeulute. Thenindeed, j Serup!ous fidelity, no matter who adminalongw.th permanent disruption of the I istered it. Whatever the administration I 11 ion, and other numberless nl..,,,;i:.,.. 1 .. 1 1 .1 ... A- 1 .iuniiuc.Ns aianui.es, 1 have a right under tke constitution and vouldthe Mississippi te effectually scaled j laws to demand or expect from the State against us, except upon such terms as fr- Mxecutivc, should be promptly amd cxact:gn nat.ons m ght choose to impose; and ly rendered. In hört, 1 would adopt and thus every c.ty and town upon that great 1 thoroughly carry out the two maxims up- : .-, 1 . -1 HI . nil' J

happen within the next twelve montha. Shall the golden moment to aid powerfully in the restoration of the Union ay it was be suffered to pas by ? Upon another subject allow mc now a word, not volunteered, but called out

and made appropriate by those who assail me. The candidate of the administration party is reported to have spoken recently at Columbus, in a public meeting, in sub stance as follows : "What will be the effct of electing Mr Vallandigham Governor of Ohio ? I will tell vou what the effect of it will be. It will bring civil war in your State. It will bring civil war to your homes, upon the soil of your own State; for I tell you there is a mighty mass of men in this State whose nerves arc strung up like steel, who will never permit this dishonor to be eonsumated in their native State. Another effect will be that it will be an invitation to the rebels in arms to come up and take possession of our soil." Now I have so often myself been made the subject of false statement and misreport that I will not hold Mr. Prough responsible for cither ot the sentiments above expressed, or the presumptuous silliness of referring to the election by the people of his opponent, as bringing '-dishonor" upon the State. Hut I know that the proposition itself is beginning to be urged by many of his friends as n menace to the freemen of Ohio; and I choose to meet it flatlv. Frst, The "invitation to rebels in arnii" which my election will signify, will be to lay down their arms and return to the old Union and obedience to and protection under the constitution, laws, and flag, secure from abolition meddling and agitation, as before the war, and from conscription, confiscation execution, einar.cip:i,ion, negro equality, and all exertions of arbitrary, despotic power siucc. Second. There will be no "civil "ar" in Ohio, if I am elected Governor, unless Mr. Prough and his party inaugurate it; in which event we will "crush out tin rebellion" in ;i very much shorter space of time than they have employed in putting down the "slaveholders' rebellion." If. however, he means that they will "secede" from the State by voluntary exile to Canada, or elsewhere, there will be no "coercion" in that event. Hut the threat, if "landed to intimidate, is as idle ns the w:,,?i ir meant, Kcriously it i time thattlic I'c''l,,c hhoxlUl know " that thoy may afhx the name of Cain upon the foreheads of these new conspirators against the ballotU0X - In any event, he whom a majority of the "qualified electors" of Ohio may shoose for their Covernor will be inaugurated, and the vast mass of the people, without distinction of party, will aid, if need be, in '(rk of keeping the j.eacc of the State, :U)1 rrying out the fundanMMital maxim "f l'rular government, that the "majority - ....... - . " 1 1 i f T 1 ",n f-r" 1 1,r ltl .ur. jrougn ana all others who would defeat the will of the people, take notice, that "there is a mighty "'s of men in Ohio whese nerves are trimjr up like .steel;" who mean that the 1,1:111 wn() s tue choice of the people shall jbe the people's Governor! Should that choice fall upon me, all the duties of the ofiice .shall lie faithfully and fearlessly discharged. I would myself obey the constitution, and laws, and see to it that all others obeyed them within the jurisdiction. The courts .should be opened, and restored "MCy 11JOrc to tnc'r rightful authority: jusl'ce administered without denial or delay, :i"d the military in strict subordination to tne r'v power. Habeas corpus should be respected, no citizen arrested except upon ,,uo i,r"( css f hiw, or held except for trial by the civil tribunals, and none kidnapped from the State. Jut while the rights of the State and the liberties of her citizens should be thus on this sub ect. laid down bv Jefferson m his inaugural in 1801. " ' tf I'irt. "The support of the State Ooverninent in all their rights, as the most competent administrations of our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republean tendencies." Second. "The preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor to our peaee at home and safety abroad." And in this way would I strive, by the quick and decisive exercises of will and authority whenever necessary and proper, and by cheerful and ready compliance whenever due. to Tutore the poar, the

quiet, the good order and harmony which in former years, marked the St ites both in their relation to their own citizens and to

the Federal government, and thus, in better times, made the Union secure, and the people prosperous, happy and contented. This, and not "civil war" for my :cnme'f is that I am opposed to civil wars is what my election would "inaugurate" in Ohio. And now, men of my native State, arc not these just the bles?ings which yon and your wives and your children, with longing hearts, most earnestly desire ? Defend, then, and hold fast, in every extremity, to the ballot-cox, and labor, night and day, I invoke you to secure these blessings through that, the appointed, potential weapon of freedom. C. L. VALLAXDIGIIAM. TO TIICSOLDIERS OF I.DIAA. As one of your fellow-citizens, subject to the same laws, possessing similar interests, and bound to the same common destiny, I desire to say to you directly a few calm and honest words. As soldiers are brave they are also just and generous, a.id willing to read, and hear both sides of all questions before forming final conclusions. If I have in any capacity been untrue to you while engaged in the perilous service of your country, your resentment, however severe, would be just. But if in every act, publicly and privately, I have kept in view the true interests and happiness of the soldier, I know by every impulse of the human heart that I will be sustained by your unbinsed judgment. Within the last three or four weeks a most wicked malignant and cruel attempt has been made by my political opponents to create a deep and settled hostility in your miudrf against me. To attain thig ob ject a system of the most astonishing and unparalleled falsehood ever known in this or any other country has been adopted. 1 confess myself almost at a loss how to met t it. A falsehood once started continues its endless joarncy regardless of all contra dictions. The newspaper which starts it will never publish "r notice a deuial, and thus the false and injurious impression which it makes remains forever. I do not even know that this brief statement to vou will be allowed to reach and counteract the atrocious calumnies which have been poured into your ears by my enemies. You have been told by such newspapers as the Indiana Journal, the Wabash Express, Evansvillc Journal, and other bitter partisan papers that in a late speech in Sullivan County T spoke very disrespectfully and unkindly of you that I called you Lincoln hirelings," "Lincoln dogs," and other opprobious epithets. Nomore infa mous lie was ever told. I appeal to the Searcher of all hearts for the evidence of its truth, when I tell you that I never Sjokc a disrespectful word of the soldiers or of our armies in my life. There were at least five thousand people within the hearing of my voice at the town of Suilivan, on the occasion alluded to, and noonc friend or foe, can in truth assert that he heard lue apply such language to the soldiers. On the contrary, as I can prove by candid men of all pirtics, in that very speech I passed a high eulogy on the courage and patriotism of the soldier and an nounced repeatedly the necessity and duty of sustaining hira in the field. I did, indeed speak of "hirelings and dogs," but I expressly applied those terms to that class of lying editors and thieving politicians who arc being supported by Government plunder, and who have devoted themselves to the business of manufacturing falsehoods against their political opponents. But the best evidence of my feeling, and my treatment of the soldier consists in what I have done, more than in what 1 now say. I challenge my enemies; who now wish you to take my life to record which I have made in Congress. Take the first speech I made in Congress. Feb20th. 18G2, and you will there find my opinion of Indiana soldiers as taken down at the time by official reports, and not as reported by trieii who have no motive except the destruction of a political adversary. I think I will not be charged with vanity when I say that in that speech is expressed as high an appreciate n of the gallantry and devotion of the Ind ana soldiers as you can find in any speed', made by the Indiana delegation during the o7th Congress. I speak not of its merits as a speech, but simply of the sentiments towards you which it contains. You may search every speech which I have made since that date in Congress or out, which has been reported, and I believe that in every one of them, to the best of my recollection now, you will find some complimentary allusion to the soldiers of the proud and great State of Indiana. Would I have taken this course through oil my career up to the day I spoke at Sullivan, and then in the face of thousands of people of both partie lelie ny whole record

on that subject? Whatever you may think of mc as a patriot vou do not think me a

fool. You will feel assured that I did no such thing. But there is still a better way even than this to try my feelings toward the soldier. Many appropriations of large sums of money have been made to pay you, and clothe you while in the service of your country. They have been made while I was a Keprcscntativc in Congress, from a District which has always been foremost in every requirement of the law for the raising of troops. AY hat has been my course on this subject? You have been told that I have Voted against appropriations in your behalf. On the contrary, I now say to you, in the presence of the record, that if any man can find one vote I ever gave against an appropriation of money for the benefit of the soldier, I will resign the seat which I now hold, and agree to go out of political life altogether and forever. Whatever may have been or is now my opinion as to the origin and necessity of this war, whatever may be my opinion of its management and the political issues which the party in power seek to carry out in connection with it, still I have never considered the starving of our soldiers in the field, or the stopping of their pay, as the proper means of bringing it to a close. Mr. Corwin, and others who now hold high positions' under the present administration, voted against supplies to our troops in Mexico, but this is no precedent for Democrats. I have, therefore, in every instance where an appropriation has- been made in which the soldier was interested, voted for it. There is but one exception to this, and that was when I was confined to my bed by sickness and could not be present to vote at all. This was in the case of the seven hundred and fifty million bill, which had about eighty million in it for the soldier and the balance fur "compensated emancipation," and perhaps other equally illegitimate purposes, such as paying the plunderers of the treasury. For this reason the portion which the soldiers was interested in should have boen voted on by itself, and the other items by themselves. For all these facts I appeal to the recorded transactions of the Congress. Thev will never perish, but will live forever as my vindication from the assaults of my enemies. But there is still another evidence in regard to my conduct towards you. A proposition was made in the last Congress to increase your pay from thirteen to fifteen dollars per mouth. 1 voted for it. and a majority of my political opponents voted against this increase of your pay. I thought you ought to have it for various reasons. Government paper, generally known as 'greenbacks," was at a heavy disconnt, and of course prices were correspondingly high. What once supported your family will not do it now. Everything has joue up, and I thought your wagesougtht to go up too. Another proposition was made to pay you in gold. My political enemies had an immense majority in the last Congress, but it did not pass. I voted for it. I have also voted for every measure to give you your bounty, pensions and public lands. All the falsehoods in the world cannot change these facts. I defy contradiction. But this is not all. I speak now of matters I should never allude to, but for the assaults of my enemies. There is not a soldier, living or dead, who can rise up hereafter and say that when I found him in need I did not help him. I can appeal to officers and men alike on this subjeet. Dnring my Congressional life, when, and in what instance have 1 ever failed to render every assistance in my power to the sick, the wounded and the needy? I have given more dollars in this cause than my traducers have given cents. Every one who knows me personally will recognize the truth in what I say. In view of these facts who will dare say that 1 now turn round and denounce the soldiers? It is simply absurd. It is worse. It is a crime a crime committed against me by a class of men who have failed in every other way to tie feat me beforethe people by whom I am best known, and who witness my daily walk and conversation. I have written this in justice to you as well as to myself. You certainly do not wish to be misled, or to do injustice to any one, nor do I intend that malicious and depraved demagogues shall continue longer to falsify my record, my acts and my words. I differ widely, on many questions from, Mr. Lincoln. These differences are explained in all my printed speeches. Mr. Lincoln, an well as all his followers, have a right to their opinions. I have the same right to mine, and, it need be, I can die to maintain them. Of these there nerd lie no doubt. My body may yie'd to violence,1 my mind never will. It is glorious to die

lor one s country, and is also glorious to die for liberty. My enemies may kill me they will never overawe me. Now, soldiers of Indiana, all I have done for you in the past I shall continue to do tn the future. When you hear I have done otherwise be assured that it is false. My word once given I never break. Many men are interested in poisoning your minds against me. T rely on my own acts and your intelligence to defeat their infamous designs.

I have hopes for the future. T hope for the Union, and I hope for liberty, and through me. neither the one nor the other shall ever be betrayed or abandoned. O this you may rest content. I am, very truly, your friend, D.W. VOORIIKES. Bates House. Indianapolis. ) September 1 -Ith, 1 Sift. ) P. S. T will pay according to advertising rates for the publication of this letter in the Indianapolis Journal, the Cincinnati Commercial and the Wabash Express. D. W. V. Tlie Democratic 1'Iatforui. Arranged by Tlunus Jeflcrs', AI irch 4, 1501. Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliance with none; The support of State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks airainst anti-re-publican tendencies; The preservation of the General Government in its winde constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad; A jealous care of the right of election by the people a mild and safe correction of abuses which are lopped off by the sword of revolution, where peaceable remedies are unpr vided; Absolute acquiescence in the decision of the majority the vital principle of republics, from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism; A well disciplined militia. our best reliance in peace and war, till regulars may relieve them; The mtkemacy of the civil over the .military authority; Economy in the public expenses, that labor may be lightly burdened; The honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith; Encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid; The diffusion of information, and the arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason; Ereedon of religion; Freedom of the press; Freedom of person under the protection oi ihi habuis corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected. lficstioitM fur Answer. What Pemocrat has thanked God for a successful rebel General? What Democrat has labored to effect an original revolution, by destroying a sow ereigu State? What Democrat has arirued in favor of a dissolution of the Union. What Democrat has thanked God for this war? What Democrat has opologized for a violation of the Constitution? What Democrat has tried to shield violators of the Constitution from deserved punishment? What Democrat has said the Constitution is a covenant with hell? What Adolitionist has not approved of all these things, and in his heart answered these questions in the affirmative as his own conviction of policy? The patriots of the revolution are fast passing away, and soon the last will have been summoned to his final rest. The 1 youngest of them is now about ninety years of age. (In the 1st of July, IN(1, there were but sixty-two of them living, since which time about one half of the number have died. Keep It He fore I lie People. It is false that the Democracy are disloyal. It is false that the Democracy are onposed to putting down rebellion. It is false that the Democracy sympathize with rebellion. Iti.i false that the Democracy have no sympathy with soldiers. There is no word in the Democratic platform to justify these false assertions. No Demotratie candidate ever uttered a word to justify them. No Democratic press ever published a paragraph to justify them. No Democratic candidate ever did an act to justify them. Every man who writes, speaks, cuts, carves or engraves any one of these assertions is a wilful, malicious and deliberate falsifier.

TI5C CA3ZIUü. I.VOHIO.

ttraiirf Ilrmocratic JSass lie ins at icvlaii!-i:iofiii(. Sftwcli olMlr. II. T. flerrick.cul Special Dsipatch to th? Chicago Time?. Clkvklani, Ohio, Sept. 30. The democracy of this city and county held a monster mass meeting in Cleveland tj-day. The Public Square was tl.ronircl with thousands of people, who shared that grand outburst of enthusiasm which has spread through Ohio, and which will roll up at the polls ö:.),00J majority for Mr. allandigham. The meeting to-day was thy largest democratic gathering held in Cleveland f 1 r many years. The county is the stronghold of abolitionism, yet there were p resent at the meeting to-day many hundred mire people than assembled at the recent gathering of radicals during the progress ol the State Fair. From every part of the State - north, south, east and west most gratifvintr and encouraging accounts of the growth ol democratic sentiment continue to be received. Every where are the democratic masses aroused to the importance of the struggle. Their meeting. a e scenesof uuparalled sueeess. No adequate idea can be formed et'the degree of popular enthusiasm which has been enkindled. The name vi' Vallandigham is a powerful rallying cay. and the radicals tremble in apprehension of defeat. For a while they thought the soldiers vote and interference at the polls would accomplish the election of their candidate. As the day of election approaches, the certainty of Vallandigham's receiving an immense majority increases mightily upon their troubled apprehensions. Their meetings have been spiritless and entirely devoid of enthusiasm. Only a few hundred have assembled in towns where democratic speakers have gathered thousands. In bort, there are indubitable evidences that Mr. Vallandigham will sweep the Stale by so tremend'us a Biyjority as to overcome the army . vote. An invasion of the State by soldiery, and an attempt to overawe voters on the day of election, arc threatencJ. There need iut be the slightest fear of such mumerv. The administration knuws very well that the people of Ohio are in fearful earnest in this business. The meeting to-day was unexpectedly large. It was addressed by Iliehard T. Merrick, of Chicago; Hon. Thomas P. Akers. Ex-ilemher of Congress from Missouri, and others. H n. 1). W. Voorhees was here, and expected to .-peak. but. early this morning received a telegram announcing the seriou.- illness of his aged mother. Mr. Merrick's speech was a fearless und manly effort. For more than an hour the vast crowd Ksiciied to his stirring eloquence with the closest attention, never moving nor speaking, save to greet the speaker with the wildest and most tumultuous applause. He told them he had come to Ohio to bear his burden in the great struggle in tluir State, and to make with them one last, powerful effort for the preservation of institutional liberty. He had come to Ohio, a sovereign State, conducting her campaign for the Chief Executive position, while their noble candidate was now an exile, under the Pritish flag, forbidden to return to his home by the rescript ofa demagouiie at the headof the Federal government. Mr. Vallandigham. being banished, could not speak to them. He had therefore, come to speak for the patriot, and he should speak freely and without restraint, boldly and without fear. (Cries of "We'll sustain you." ) Yes he was sure they would sustain him, and. if harm sho'd eotne to him the people of Illinois would, march over the border and rescue their fellow-citizen. When the banners of secession first flaunted in the South he had acknowledged the commencement of rebellion against the constitution; yet, when he saw Abraham Lincoln dividing the State of Virginia, issuing his eontisea'ion proclamation, banishing the gallant Vallandigham, and crushing (he right of free speech and free press, thro not only was the South in rebellion to the constitution, but also Abraham Lincoln was guilty of high treason. People had said that he must be loyal to A. Lincoln. If he owed him ought, he owed him simply an outraged freeman's vengeance. No, indeed, he owed loyalty to the constitution, which he would defend with the last drop of his life's blood. (Cheers.) It had been said that democrats had departed from the teachings of their immortal leader, Stephen A. Douglas. The great statesman was indeed in favor of the restoration of the Union, but he meant the Union as it was, which he held could only be restored by carrying the constitution in one hand and the sword in the other. Mr. Douglas had been in favor ofa war of conciliation, but Lincoln has openly and uublushingly proclaimed an alliance be

iwecn the Federal army and the neproa.sassins of the South. He denounced such a var as atrocious, accursed, and diab -Ilea . (Immense aj.j lause.) Put he said he did not. care to discuis fhis war. Grave and .-erious a; is the datk record that is now hanging down to the American people, lie cared not to discuss it. He had come there to discuss other and nearer and tnore important questions. He'diad come there on the part of the people of Il!inoi. to learn how manv of them would proere their own liberty. He bade them look acro-s Lake Erie: to where a United States sloop-of-war is watching their 110l.de Vallandigham (cries ''He's coming back') Yes. he's coming back on the great title of popular nprroval. tobe borne to the Executive chair, and. when lie-comes hack, men of Oh:. lo what vou should have done before: stand bv him with vour own strong arms. It were bettor. he said, to die a thousand times than live in ignoble servitude. (Tremendous applaue.) The speaker coun-eled them tobe calm to be passive; hut. when the elective franchi.se is a.-.-ailed, light, ye men of f Jhio he said. "When you see Federal soldiery marching up 10 trample y.u under foot, do ye draw tlie lightning rod from that urcat black cloud of do-p 'ti-m. and let it descend to mark that the day of retributive justice lins come, and that th sh will awaken a response all over til land, from the East to the great waters of the Mississippi. The stout heart of the American people is throbbing silently, but throbbing far A. The contest is now going on which will tell whether you will be free, and, if the men of Ohio are fit to be called American citizens; they will elect Vallandigham. The above is a very imperfect synopsis of Mr. Merrick's eloquent speech. It is pronounced by all who heard it one of the ablest political addres-cs ever delivered. The most tarnultuons and unbounded applause ascended from the crowd as the eamcst appeals of the speaker touched answering chords of sentiment in the hearts of his hearors. When he concluded, three times three were given for Merrick and Illinois, while hundreds of men and women crowded

aroun I tb l 1 1 l.t 1 1 11 l to '.l':'-!1 U'O t-e:i!.er s hand in deep-felt thankfulness. Hon. Charles Peenielin is addressing a large meeting of Germans in National Hall to-night. A man selling the Con.f ilution of the United States. Valla nd ogham' llecordand photographs, at the meeting this morning, was arrested bv a detective, and taken to a 1 Provost Marshal's ofiice. for observing that i-Here is the constitution of the United State;." He was subsequently released. Vmvu, Tliomav Tlie ISrro of Uic Hall le uT C'liicliuititttiprtt. Major General George Henry Thomas is confounded with Adjutant (leu. Thomas, whose highest ambition is to raise negro tr ops. Gen. G. II. Th"i..as is a soidier. He does not intermeddle with partisan polities. He discharges the duties entrusted to him. fearlessly and gallantly. Step by step, he has won his way fivm the humble.-' t to the highest ranks in the profession. In everv engagement with the enemy, and thev have been manv. he has been fully equal to the occasion, and hi ! braverv. and daring and skill, has either aided to w in a victory or modif a disaster, He, beyond question, is the hero of the j battle of Chickamauga. and his efforts upon the occasion saved Pose-cran.' army fr. iu annihilation. Wo reproduce a brief sketch of ( Jen. Thomas, to show that he is not the Thomas who is striving t j l iee negro soldiers upon an equality with the white soldier to pander to a vitiated public sentiment : 'MajorGcner.il (Teorge Henry Thema was born in Southampton county. Va.. in ISlH. He graduated at Wot P.vnt in 1810, and entered the artillery. He verved with muked distinction in Florida. Mexico and Texas, winning brevets f Car-tain and Major in Monterey and Poena Vista. In iMll he was appointed Colonel of the 6th cavalry, which is his present rank in the regular army. In August V1 he was made a Prigadicr in the volunteer service, and sent to Kon'mky. He commanded at the battle of Mill Spring in 'til.', where the rebels were badK beaten. He was at Shiloh, and afterwards commanded the right wing of the Army of the Tennessee under Hallock. He was subsequently offered command of the Army of the Cumberland in place of Puell, but declined and tirped that no change should be made. Subsequently Major (leneral IJosceratis was appointed to the place. Py all the military men in the West, (m m. Thomas is accredited as one of the ablest comma nders in the field." The Detroit Free Press says, the friends f Con. CasM w ill be pleased to loam that his health is im proving, and that ht is now ccro-idcicd rut of drnrcr.

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