Term of 1'ublloatlon.
Tub Wayxcuuhci HaruiiucAif, Offlca lu
Sayera' balklln, out of the Court IIoum, U ptlb-
llahed entry WeUqukUy murnlug, at 14 per
aunnm, m auvakcs, or 1 so it not paid with
in tltf year. AllsbwrlpilteaeounUMLS
MmiiImI nlijr. No pa pur will h sunt
out 01 uia hum uuiom paid fur in adtahcs, and
ainiwiliiMUlU Will invariant M UlflCOn
United at the expiration of Uia lime for which
they an paid.
0iiiiiiuiiliitlnnannnlijwtnnrinralnr(rnFral
lnu-mt are rrapvrtfully ollrllwl. To vnniire
ii (ma kiwi niuBi invariiiiuy lie
an-nnipimleil by lli imiuenf ilienullior, not fur
nullltl'Utlllfl. Illll tut lliiruiilvnJ.illl I li I....
All li-lteni purtntnliiK tniiiMluvallHf ihi ollli-a
mint be adilrewHl to the Editor .
VHkST FOR PBE8IBEST.
ny the radiant tan above u,
Whore the iplrru live tliut love un;
lly the greeu wave at oar foot,
By the 1 limit and ung and ehonu,
try the battle banner o'vr ua,
W pledge tho tralton ure diut.
ny Uio ml-itnlucd aoll wo tread on,
lly the aacred aoll we bled on,
lly the blood we fruely ahed,
lly tho vulorof our brothura,
" Hy the love we bear our lanhi ni,
Wo follow where our futkun led.
lly the dear ones at our allura,
lly the hillli that nuvur Alitor, ,
lly the linpt-a beyond the ky,
lly I lie henvon that'a Ix-ilillnic hit ii,
lly the liwirlyrn guiio Iwfure im,
We will conquer or we'll dlo !
tly the Imttltw, long ami gury,
lly the victory and glory .
Which our hero brother won,'
lly the aouli that wo Inherit,
We will win and wear with merit
, . MunlliM dropped at Lexington.
lly the truth of aong and sermon,
lly the march we nuulo with Hhcrman,
lly the bullets Hlpgcl sent. i
lly the fliiht and rout and rally
(II Hlierldun along the Valley,
Grant shall Ixi our President I
O. W. IllfNIIAY.
LOVAL (?) UOKATIO BEYXOl'lt.
Scnk to a Democrat of the relent
less opposition of Soymour to the
Union cause and a thorough prosecu
tion of tho war, and ho is Hiiro to refer
you to tho certificate of Edwin M.
Stanton, thanking hi in lor his prompt
ness in throwing tho New York Slate
militia into Pennsylvania when her
territory was invaded by tho enemy.
What ore' the facts ? Hero is tho cer
tificate, (mark tho date) :
War Dkpahtmekt I
AVasiiisotox, Juno 27, 18G3, J
DEAn Sin: I Cannot forbear ex
pressing to you tho deep obligation 1
fuel for tho prompt and candid support
you have given the Government in the
present emergency. Tho energy, ac
tivity, and patriotism, you liuvo.ex
hihitcd, I may be permitted personally
and olliciully to acknowledge, without
arrogating any personal claims on my
part in such service, or to any service
whatever.
I shall bo happy to bo always es
teemed your friend.
Edwin M. Stanton".
His Excellency Horatio Seymour.
If that is not Impeachment for lukc
wnrmness what is it? What loyal
Governor in tho North but would have
considered such thanks an insult to
his sense of duty? Pennsylvania, in
June '03, was overrun by a hostile
ftrmy. Tho President of tho United
States called on tho respective Gov
ernors for aid and because New York
was nearest the scene of action and
tier Governor did his simplo duty in
forwarding tho assistance, is tlmrc any
Bpccifio reason for compliments? This
uniformed and organized militia was
handled in a way that never brought
to their cars tho sound of hostile can
non, or to their eyes the sight of a gray
coat, except on a prisoner's back,
whether by order ,of Seymour or the
blunder of thoir officers is not appa
rent. This much does appear. After
tho departure of his militia tho fol
lowing took place in tho city between
. Governor Seymour and his "friends :"
Tho 1st of July, 18G3, was one of
the darkest days of our Union. Grant
stood beforo the still defiant intrcuch
tnentsofVicksburg. Banks was like
wise obstructed by tho earthworks of
Fort Hudson. Each of theso Gener
als, in tho midst of a hostilo region,
was then probably confronted by foes
on either sido nearly if not quite as nu
merous as his own cflcctivo force. Our
National resources and credit wcro at
low water mark. Milroy had just
been smashed at Winchester. We
were making no headway in Tennes
see, in North nor in South Carolina.
Hooker had boon beaten by bad gener
alship at Chancellorsvillo and forced
to reoross the Rannnhannock. His
vanquished array, just provided with
a now and untried commnnucr, nau
encountered Leo's dashing advance,
was covering Washingt and Balti
more while following the invader into
Pennsylvania. ' Such wcro the circuit
stances of unprecedented gloom and
peril under which Horatio Seymour,
than Governor prepared and delivered
ft carefully written Oration wherein
ne nowhere recognized tue ltcDei gov
ernment and armies as publio and for
'iniduble enemies, whos confidently ex
peoted and speedy triumph involved
our national downfall and ruin, but,
front beginning to end, arraigned Pres
ident Lincoln and his Administration
as the great malefactors of tho age
tie chief sources of , National evil and
peril. - v--'.';l . ., i '
On the 4 th day of July, 1803, the
turning point in our war history, and
before he had heard tho glorious news
of victory, which thrilled the Repub
11 if ipei Jeiillttiii'.
4 ft ' ,
JAS. K. SAYEB3,
vor, xnr
lic like an electric current, Governor
Seymour, not content with condemn
ing thu war power as tho author of ull
our national woes and perils, exulted
over our disasters nud disuppoiiitinent-
ments as follows:
"When I accepted tho invitation to
speak, with others, at this meeting,
wo were promised tho downhill ol
Vicksburg, tho opening of tho Missis
sippi, tho probable enpturo ot theCon-
Itderato Capital, and the exhaustion of
the iicbcllion. lly common consent,
all parties had fixed upon the day
when the results of the eainniii 'ii
should bo known, to mark out that
lino ot policy which they felt that our
country should pursue. But in the
moment ol expected victory, there
camo tho midnight cry for help from
1 cnnsylvania to save its tlespoilcd
fields from thu invading foe; and al
most within bight of this great com
mercial metropolis, tho ships of your
merchants were burned to tho water's
edge."
.Nino days after this harrangue, the
seed sown then ppning upon tho eily
of New York a baleful harvest of riot,
arson, rapine and murder. .Ten thous
and troops, needed at the front, were
withdrawn from beforo thu enemy nnd
sent to attend to Seymour an I his
"friends." Afraid of the strong arm
of tho military and awed by the felon's
doom that awaited him, conveyed in
the manly retort of General I i x, that
he "had troops enough lu lake care of
You,( Seymour) add your iiiobl'' Sey
mour exerted himself to quell tho dis
order, lie succeeded bv calling them
pet names instead of sending a storm
of cannisterinlo tho wi in ill?. But, who
can doubt that it w.n a concertel
movement with the rebels south to
breakdown tho Government and scat
ter its armies? Hoes it not seem a
deep laid plot? With all this evi-
leuco can it be possible !hw people wilj
reject Grant, their defender, ami elect
Seymour to t!io Presidency und the
command of tli.i Army nnd Navy a
man who almost at the very hour
when the Stars and Stripes wcro flung
to tho wind over tlioV.ipturud re-
loiibts of Vicksburg nn.l when twenty
thousand patriot dead slept upon the
heights of Gettysburg,' addressed a
mob of infuriated, plundering, mur
derous villiuns in tho streets of New
York us his "friends!"
Tin: kkymoi'ii Miu:itu vvkim:i.
Tho nomination of Seymour nnd
Blair', which it is generally thought
renders the election of Grant certain,
was brought about by u scheme, alike
adroit and successful, as follows: Mr.
Seymour, among tho first named for
tho Presidency, who, foreseeing trou
ble iu tho camp, owing to tho great
number of aspirants for that position,
wisely determined to reserve iiis own
namo ns the cvnrjmi8e man. Ho ac
cordingly gavo out through tho press
that ho was not and would not under
any circumstances consent to bo a can
didate, thereby disarming opposition
to himself while quietly aiding his op
ponents to destroy each other.
Tho first plank iu this cunningly
devised platform was to havo tho con-
.. l !.. "V.-..I. I,:-
VUIIIIOII IIICUl 111 xuiiv, wm-iu inn
hosts of friends could onerato on the
delegations by, ull manner of appli
ances, champagite, money and prom
ises ot ollioe to suit all tastes.
2d. To secure tho control of tho
convention, by getting himself elected
to prcsiile over nnu inauago its pro
ceedings. 3d. Bv tho adoption of tho two-third
rule, to cnablo his own powerful dele-
tration to keep up tho ballotings until
all tho prominent men, Pcudleton,
Hancock. Hendricks. vo., were coin
plctcly killed off, and then, when their
friends were worn out, hopeless ana
exosnerated against each other, to
sprinc his own namo as "tho conipro
nnso man winch was tlono according
to tho programme, by tho Chairman of
tho Ohio delegation, which was receiv
ed with a tremendous burst of applause,
by bis host of friends, nisiilo nnd ont-
sido of the convention, virtually con
summating his nomination by accla
mation.
Mr. Seymour immediately rose,
thanked tho convention tor tho Honor
conferred, and however " willing to
scryc Jiis country, ho could ' not with
nonor consau to ncceni ineir nomina
tion, with renewed thanks ho retired,
saying that ho could not consent to bo
thoir "cantliuate," winch no niigntwcii
say, when lio was in tact their nomi
nee, thus leaving ms menus w carry
out bis programme. ;
Mr. C. L. Vnllandigham immedi
ately arose and Baid Mr. Seymour had
no riirht to decline, that at a time of it
publio exigency nnd "calamity" like
this, all personal considerations must
vir.lil to the publio eood that Ohio
had cast her twenty-ono votes for
Seymour and that they would not be
withdrawn.
Next in the programmo Mr. Stewart
was brought up to chaugo tho vote of
Michigan trom nenanous wymui ,
then Mr. Tildon, Chairman of the New
Ynrk dftlecrniion. roso and said that ho
was authorized to change tho vote of
Now York from Hendricks to Sey
mour, who could now accept tho nomi
nation without dishouor, in which ho
fihmmsm i.v the iuhiit as ioi uivra is to skb the
WYaNKSIUJKO.
was sustained by his -colleague, Mr.
Kicrmuti, who assured the Convention
that Mr. Seymour could carry the
State of New York by n majority of
one hundred thousand without a can
vass. Then followed Kentucky, Ten
nessee, North and South Carolina,
Mississippi and the rebel States gener
ally, when following their lead come
good old Pennsylvania throwing over
hoard her bravo and patriotiu son,
General Hancock, and went for Sey
mour, which settled the question and
tho nomination was unanimous.
TIIK Vl' K I'KKSIPKNCV.
To give tho Seymour wircworkcrs
and the Southern delegates time to se
lect a vice 1 'resilient a recess of an hour
wan asked for and granted. On the
meeting of tho Convention, nccordingL,
to the programme, a l mJftiTiilt: tion.
(Preston,) of Kentucky, roso and after
a highly culogistio speech, nominated
Francis P. Blair, who it will bo re
membered had just beforo written a
letter, which was read in tho Conven
tion, pledging himself to aid the South
in putting down tho reconstruction
laws by force of arm.
Mr. Campbell, Chairman, then in
troduced General Wado Hampton to
speak for South Carolina, and ho east
her vote for General Blair, which he
did in n very complimentary speech,
but took good care not to sav a word
about tho aforesaid letter of Mr. Blair,
promising to join the South in anoth
er rebellion. Georgia then cast her
vote by the chairman, who boasted of
having been a rebel soldier, thanking
the Convent ion very politely for the
kindness and courtesy with which they
had been treated. When all the rest
rushed in, making tho nomination
unanimous, treating the nomination of
General Hancock, Gen. Ewing (the
nomination of the Soldiers' and Sai
lors' Convention,) nod all the other
candidates, Geif. MeClcruand, Mor
gan, I lodge; and others, with perfect
contempt, not giving pno of them a
singlo vote thus carrying out and
consummating tho original program
mo in nil its parts, and dismissing the
numerous delegates iu attendance, boil
ing, with indignation at tho way in
which they hail been cheated by Sey
mour and his followers, and covered
all over wiih shaino ami mortifica
tion, to deliver tho sad tidings of then'
shameful defeat to their indignant con
stituencies at home. Com.
llltAIN A .Ml hlTTOW.
Tho Democratic press say that the
Presidential contest is between "brains
and buttons," Seymour having tho
brains and Grant tho buttons, nnd
that brains is sure to win. Talking
about buttons, they must havo forgot
ten Blair, i ho Ciiwiniuiu luiua asks
a low questions on tho subject, some
thing in this wise : hero was "brains
when "buttons" was receiving tho sur
render of Vicksburg, tho Western Reb
el Gibraltar? Ho was telling his 'dear
friends" that the ilebels could not pos
sibly bo conquered I Where was
"brains' when "buttons (atcatio)was
chasing Gen. Leo IVoin tho decisive
battle-ground of Gettysburg? Ho
was on that very lny tellimi the coun
try wc could not afford to prosecute the
war any longer, that the Rebels would
certainly succeed ! Where was "brains"
whilo "buttons" was "lighting it out
on that line," telling tho world that
the "Confederacy was n shell, anil
that it had robbed both "tho cradle
and tho grave" in vain? "
He was urging upon tho peoiilo the
truth of the Chicago platform with the
celebrated clause, "after four years of
failure," vo., and still insisting that
the shell could nut be broken, and
there were enough moro in the cradle
and with ono foot in the grave to whip
ns all and destroy tho Republic! hut
previous to this, in 1801, where was
"brains, when "buttons voiuntecroa
as a mere colonel of a regiment to sus
tain the old flag? Alas, having just
read tho Confederal? Constitution, he
asked a friend how ho liked tho doc
ument, nil on getting tho reply that it
was nn improvement on our own Con
stitution, "brains usUcu why not
adopt it for tho wholo country, ami
thus end tho stnte lorevcr i .. wen
readers, which do you prefer on the
record, "brains or "buttons?" If
that is all that "brains" amounts to,
every ono who was lovui miring ine
. ti. ii
war, says give us "buttons, "jsut
tons" forever. "Buttons" has glon
ously-triumphed thus far, and "brains"
of such an addled sort arc bound still
to lose. liar. Tdajraim.
Tho Working; Pooplo. ;
Tho strike among the miners iu tho
coal regions of Pennsylvania says tho
Philadelphia licd(er, still continues.
Thrco classes of laborers are employed
in theso mines, viz: miners, loaders
nnd drivers, and outside laborers.
Tho first two classes are paid according
to tho amount of work they do, the
r " t .
miners earning about $3 a day, and the
loaders ami drivers 2 a clay, ana each
only working from six to eight hours
a day. Tho outside laborers oro paid
1 50 a day, and are required to work
ten hours a day. With this last class,
it is asserted, the strike originated, and
as is well known, consisted in a de
mand of tho siimo compensation for
eight hours lalior as lor ten hours,
Tho striko probably embraces tho en
tiro mining region, including Colum
bia, Northumberland, Luzerne, Solmyl
kill, Carbon and Lehigh comities.
l'KNNA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5.1SGS.
Ut.W.HW JAton 31. t'AMtMIUM..
Krpnbllrnu 'aiullilnl j for f ill-fryer 4J-
General Cainplicll was Iwirn in Alle
gheny township, Somerset county, i'a.,
on tho 20th day ot November, 1821 ;
consequently, ho will be forty-seven
years old next November. At an ear
ly ago ho was apprenticed to tin) print
ing business, in Somerset, Pu. ' After
mastering the "art preservative -of
arts," ho emigrated to Pittsburg,
when ho "worked at case" for some
time. Ho next found his way to New
Orleans and into another printing of
fice. Tired of tho "composing stick
and rule," ho tried his hand at steam
boating, first ns a deck hand, and sub
sequently as clerk, mate am! pnrtown-
r ot a vessel. In wo hml him
iu tl io iron business, nt Brady's llend.
In 18ol, he followed tho tide of emi
gration to Calilornia remaining there
nit a short time. In 185:1, wo find
him in Johnstown Pa., assisting iu tho
construction of tho Mammoth Cam
bria Iron Works, with which cstab-
ishment he was connected up to tho
ireakiug out of tho war. In 18G1,
ho was among the first to enroll him
self ns ii volunteer, to defend tho flag
of his country, and whmtjm to the Jim
lomjmuy thai entered Vamp Cui'tiii.
Upon the arrival of tho company in
Ilarrisburg, and the organization of
tho Third llegiinent of Pa. Vols, to
which his company was attached,
Lieut. Campbell was appointed Quar
termaster of Iho liegiinent, whiuh po
sition he filled with credit to himself
toil to the satisllietion of the oIUitih
tud men of his ltcgimeut, as all those
who remain will testily. Ha was
mustered out of the service nn the 28th
of July lSlil, and on the ;()th of the
nine month, was commissioncil by uov.
Curtin to raise a regiment. The reg
iment was recruited mainly through
Col. Campbell's individm! exertions,
md upon being organized, was desig
nated the filth. His regiment! was
the escort of honor through the city of
Washington, to the remains of the la
mented (.'ol. Cameron (brother of Hon.
Simon Cameron) who Jell at the first
linll linn battle. On (health ot . March
1802, Col. Campbell was ordered to
occupy uiu lino oi inn J lull i more tv
Ohio lJuilrond" from North Mountain
Station, fiftv-six miles westward to
the South Jlraucli ot tho Potomac.
In this position, tho executive as
well as tho military abilities of the
Colonel were constantly called into
requisition. How well Im performed
Ins artliious and imiltitii.liiious unties
in this trying position tho ollieers of
the B. iv (). K. U. as well as Ins supe
riors in tho military servieo, do not
hesitate to declare that but lor his en
ergy and sleepless watchfulness, many
miles ol tho road would havo been lo-
st roved. On tho 2oth of December,
1802, ho was relieved Irom duty along
the railroad, and on llicfith of Decem
ber, 18G.1, was assigned to the com
mand of tho -1th Brigade, 1st Divis
ion, 8th Army Corps. In 1801, Gen.
Sigel took command of the Department
of West Virginia, and in a reorgani
zation of tho troops, Col. Campbell,
at his own request, was returned to
the command ol his regiment, . and
took an active part m tho hattlo ol
New Market, occupying the left of the
lino. His regiment sullered severely
ind was the last to leavo tho field.
Hut for the determined stand made by
Col. Campbell, Sigel's army would
have been routed and demoralized.
In his ollieial report of tho battle, he
acknowledged the valuable services of
Col. Compbell in n very handsome
und, flattering manner, A deserved
compliment to a deserving officer.
Gen. Sigel also took occasion to thank
Col. Campbell in person. . "My God !
Col. Campbell, I wish I had known
you better!" Gen Sigel exclaimed,
rushing to Col. Campbell and grasp
ing his hand with both of his own, af
ter tlio tumult of the battle had sub
sided. Tho Col. and his regiment
took a prominent part in tho buttle
of Piedmont, under General Hunter.
Ho was breveted a Brigadioi General
for bravery and "fitness to command,"
in this battfo, and again assigned to
the command ot a brigade. He also
took an active pert in Hfinter's cele
brated "Lynchburg Kind," his com
mand sullcnng heavily in tlio attack
upon Lynchburg. When Col. Mulli
gan fell nt Winchester, Gen. Camp
bell look command of tho division,
and continued in command until : by
severe losses in killed and wounded, it
was consolidated into n brigade, which
ho afterwards commanded.' Ho also
participated in the engagements in
tho Slicnnndoah-, under the gallant
I titl. bhcridun, winning other ami
new laurels w'.ilo with that intrepid
chieftain. ;
Gen. Campbell was mustered out of
the service in the fall of 18b" 1, having
been in the army almost three ycai)
ana a nan. iio was never absent lrom
his command except threo weeks, sit
ting as a member of a Court of Inqui
ry at Wheeling, Vu., and had but two
leaves of absence, 'during his whole
period ot service, ono for ten nnd the
other lor twenty .days. .
1 ho political record of Gen. Camp
bell will also bear examination.
Brought up a Jackson Democrat, ho
voted for Polk and Dallas, in 1844,
but in 184a seeing the determined cn
croachmcnts of tho slavery pronaffand
ists, ho voted fontho free soil cadidatcs
Van iliircn nnd Adams, and in 1852
again voted for tho free soil nominees
Halo and Julian ; and in 1850, was
the delegate from Cnmliria county to
kkiiit. Lincoln.
tho l'Wniont Convention. In 1859
the Ucpuhlicnns of Cambria county
presented him to their district confer
ence as tlicir choice for the Senatorial
nomination, and three years ago ho watLnent, which said to him. "If I go,
muinimoiintii selected again as the
choice of the Union party of Cambria,
for State Senator, but failed to receive
tho nomination from tho district con
ference iipon cither occasion, not how
ever from want of appeciation of his
worth nnd services as a citizen and as a
brave, and meritorious soldier.
On tlio 17th of August 1S(5", Gen.
Campbell was nominated for Survey
or General by tho Be publican party
and in October of the same year, was
elected over Col. Linton, his compet
itor, by a largo majority. For over
twb years ho has administered the du
ties of bis oflico with recognized abili
ty and to the satisfaction of all paitics
and has brought up u largo amount of
unfinished and intricate business. In
March last, ho was uiiaiiiinoitnty re
nominated by tho Republican State
Convention, for tho ollico ho now so
ably audsatisfHacorily fills. A unani
mous re-noniiiiation from n State Con
vention of either party, is no small
compliment to any man, and no one
within our recollection except Gen.
Campbell and his colleague on the
State ticket ever before receive such a
marked endorsement.
Such in brief, is n hurried sketch of
the life and services of one of Penn
sylvania's noblest sons. Ho is first
found n "printer's devil," a "jour," a
"deck hand" on a steamboat, a "clerk"
male and "part owner ol a vessel
Ho is next (omul iu the Iron business
then in Calilornia, and finally iu the
gigantic cnterpriso of the celebrated
Cambria Iron Mills, where his expe
rience added largely to tho success of
that stupendous undertaking. At the
breaking out of the war, ho was hieu-
ciiautot a militia company, entered
the army ami was appointed a (Jnar
tennaMer, then a Colonel, and after a
brillliaul campaign of three long weary
years, ho was honored with a Jircvel
lSngadicr liencral s Commission, a po
sition long and doubly earned iu com
mand 1 a brigade and division, ami
by gallantry in tho field. Tims, it
will bo seen, that Gen. Campbell
comes from the working class, aud is
umpliatieally a working man.
J I is social characteristics never, fail
to creato tho warmest friendship find
a lasting impression. Ho is a shrewd
business man am! a useful citizen a
man endowed with strong common
sense, ami rarely iiiils in hisjiidgment
of men and measures is well read,
and familiarly acquainted with all the
internal workings ol the-great machin
ery of our government. Among the
ablest articles on the subject of our
National finances, was ono from his
)on written during tho early part ol
last winter, lie is a genial ' compan
ion, a Clever, wnoie-souieii,, honest
man, strictly temperate in his habits,
and that. ho will be re-elected by an
increased majority, is already beyond
x peradventurc.
MIC II, TAX ATION.
Tho Democratic platform declares
for "equal taxation of every species
of property according to its
real value, including Govcrinent
bonds nnd other securities." This is a
blow leveled at tho bonds. Jt means
that tho bond-holders are a privileged
class, ami that their bonds ought to
bo taxed according to their real value.
That has u fine sound, what does it
mean?
Tho ad of Congress authorizing the is
sue of Treasury iiotcsiul8G2 expressly
provided that "all stocks, bonds, and
other securities of tho United States
held by individuals, corporations, or
issociutions within tho United (states,
shall lie exempt from taxation by or
iintlcr i citato authority. J. Ins had
been already declared by tho Supreme
Court to be the law; and for a very
obvious reason. If the States could
tux United States securities they could
tax them to extinction, and thus the
National Govcrnient bo iwiralvzed.
Of course, n law which secures untraiu-
meled power to the JSational govern
ment has been constantly challenged by
the spirit which framed tho New York
platlorm. in JUaryiami, in reunsyi
vauia, in South Carolina, and in New
York the attempt has been made to
tax tho national securities by tho State,
and in every case the supremo Court
has : decided thai it can not bo done
because such a practice might be fatal
.1 .... ..P IT.-I..1
10 too sovereignty in mo umicu
States. Tho persons who took the
bonds of the United States took
them with tho condition distinct
ly affirmed by Congress that thev
should not be taxed, nnd with the de
claration of tho Supremo Court that
they could not bo taxed; aud now the
Democratic platform . demands, not
withstanding the authority of Congress
and of tho Supremo Court, that they
all bo taxed. There could not bo a
moro direct nnd palpable swindle.
It is naked theft.. It : is' a deliber
ate declaration that tho Government
shall use false weights and measures.
It is proclaiming wholesale robbery as
the national policy. '
"But isn't it very hard," says an
hnncst reader, ''that my noighhor
Jmies should haVO to PflV Blicll On
enormous tax iHXMiisoii is property is
of one kind, while my neighbor Smith,
a great deal richer man, pays infmito
lw Inns, because his property is of an
other kind ?" Yes that seems hard.
Rut look ut it fairly. -''There are but
two authorities that can tax ns, the
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
NO. S.
Stato and tho United States. Now
when the United States was iu ex
tremity Smith turned his property in
to iiionev und lent it to the Gnvcr
your money uoea with ine; it I es
cape, the bond I give you shall not
bo taxed." The Government escaped.
Now if it permits any lwdy else to tux
the bond, it permits somebody else, to
break its word to Smith, who helped
it iu extremity. It ought not to per
mit that. No honest man, not Jones,
himself if ho bo honest, will insist
that it should. But this is what
the Democratic Platform demands
should ho thine. It demands that
the States shall tax bonds which wero
taken under the guarantee of the Uni
ted States that they should bo taxed.
It ileuiiindM that the Government
shall permit the most shainuless swin
dle. "Why, then"' asks our hon?st reader,
"why should not Congress itself tax
them?" In tho first place, it is plain
that if if it should do this it would break
its own promisctothctukcrsof the bonds
because the amount of the tax would bo
just so much reduction of tho interest
upon them. It would bo tho stuuons
declaring that henceforth tho Govern
ment would piy six per cent, interest
iiiou bonds for whieii it promised to
pay seven. In transaction between in
dividuals every man knows what this
would lx, and what the consequences.
A merchant who should do it would be
ruined forever as the most dishonest of
men. In the second place, tho Con
stitution forbids tho Government to
lay a tax upon persons or property
except by apportioning it among the
States according to population. This
is impracticable, mid the National
Government, therefore, taxes indiicct
ly It taxes consumers and traders,
and when income must bear its share
of the general bwrden, the income de
rived from tho Government bonds is
equally taxed. Thus if Congress
should tax tho bonds it would be
both a dishonest nnd unconstitutional
act.
But the' Democratic platform does
not ask or mean that Congress shall
do it. When it demands equal taxa
tion of every species ofproperty accor
ding to its real value, it uses an cx
pressson which is upplieablo only to
State authority. This the framers of
the platform knew, and this they in
tended. It is part of tlio policy of
hostility between tho Mates and the
.National Liovcrnmcnt. it is intended
to place tho latter in the light of an
oppressor)i4and tho former in that of
lel(Mid,;rs of the people. ItSis tho old
devil of Stato sovereignly. It is the
spirit of secession wliioli has cost us al
ready a bloody war. 11ns clause- ot
the Democratic platform demands that
the States shall bring tho Union into
lisgrace. Docs any honest reader be
lieve that to be for his interest ? Har
pers Weekly.
Ull ANT A XII HlttTHAIIl'tXlM.
It Would bo highly desirable if the
pending national canvass could be
conducted without being disfigured
with gross personal attacks upon the
vo 1 residential candidates.
But this docs not comport with the
tactics of some of tho leading journals
on both sides. They nro nothing if
not vituperative. Tho Democratic not
yet on tho course, tho Badicals have
not now so wide a held lor tho display
of their excoriating rhetoric as will be
opened to them on the adjournment of
the J illy Convention. In tho mean
time, the tvnc of Journals wc have men
tioned on tho Democratic side have
lominenced their peculiar attacks on
Gen. Grant. They have pretty much
abandoned the allegation of intemper
ance, anil seem to rest their objections
to his election mainly on the charges
that ho ha3 changed his name, nnd
smokes incessantly, and is a butcher in
shoulder straps.
They insist that tho Chicago nomi-
nco is trying to pass himself off under
nn uliim,:w that his real name is Hir
am Ulysses Grunt. Young Grant was
admitted to tho Academy at West
Point on the rccomcndatiou of the
Hon. Thomas L, 1 lamer, an able
Democratic member of Congress lrom
Ohio, who was afterwards a General
of v olnnteors in tho Mexican war
and gallantly led his brigade in the
lesperato assault ot Monterey, whore,
by the by his proteqe distinguished
nimscii ns n occouu jjiuiucnani. xiii
mcr enrolled his young friend's nameat
tho Academy as Ulysses o. ; and u lie
was noi ciirisiencti ny iniit uiiiuu m
infancy, ho has since been baptized in
to it with tho fire and blood of a hun
died battles in defenco of tho flag of
our Union, so that it w ill doubtless
answer to swear him in by next March.
Grant smokes, and tho Anti-.tobac
co League, selecting- tho ascetic World
as their organ, havo issued a fumy ad
dress against him. Jt'cannot bo do
med that Grant arrested tho eyo of the
nation by bis proclivity to smoke. Ho
smoked nt Belmont, nt Donelson, and
at Pittsburg Landing. Ho smoked
furiously at Vicksburg, at unattanoo-
ga, nt tho Wilderness, and at Spott-
sylvama, and kept it up ait summer
until ho reached Tctcrburg. He
smoked around Petersburg and Rich
mond for nino months, and took a fi
nal smoko with Gen. Loo nnder the
famous Appomattox applo tree. The
old adugo assures us that a good deal
of smoke must necessarily bo accompa
nied by fire ; aud it must bo admitted
that on all theso occasions Grunt did
miieli of his smoking under nro,
Xormw or A.lvortltec
AND
J O B W O B K.
AnviirrtM!iiaTlaiirttliitai Umimuui
milium fur eurli ftdillllaiMtl lunertlou (ten Dura
or him uflliU type mi in.il it miliar). All Iran
mvul ilvortlM'iiiint ti. Im niilil fur In ftilvftue.
Itl'iflNKMH NoTieutMit utiiltr tu lifftU or local
now will Im churicm! luvarUbly ! MUt UuH
fur mi'li InMTtlou.
A lllH-nil ilt-tlui-tlon ninU lo pnonwvrrtln
Inii liv llin iimru-r, Imll-vnur or ymr. 8x-ll
iiiitirMi'hnrKwl ouu-liull uiura tluu reg ulw 4-VortlaKini-nta.
Jiih I'msnNiinfcYrrvklml In IM nnd Fun.
ryoolnni; Huml-Illli, llluuk,Cnl Pkiuphlria
A.-., of evvry varU'ly ami ulylo, printed at III
nlnirt.iniiIH. Tim Ukmthi.ii'am Orrica liaa
JiMl In ro-attarl, and every thing in til Print
Inn 1 1 iiu run Iw exn-ntrd In tit uiont arUilUa
niitiineraiiiiat uie iowmi raw.
But Grant, they say. is a butcher.
Having wholly retired from the army t
in 135 1 and gone into the tunning bu
siness, im would doubtless nave reM
maiucd content to tho end of his days
in the slaughter of animals for tlio
sake of tlmir hides, hail not the South
plunged into a rebelliou that cttft tlio
lives of a million of men. Grant par
ticipated in this strife ; but it so hap
pens that all his ctlorts wcro directed
to putting a stop to the caruago at the
earliest possible day. While the con-
It let raged, ho dealt heavy blows; nut
tho people, do not doubt that his doCI-
sivo style of conducting tho war was
far muro economical of'blood than tlio
dawdling muda of some of his col
leagues. Nor do thoy forget that his .
demand for an unconditional surrender
at Fort Donelson stayed the slaughter
which had raged around it for throe
day; that through his negotiations
with Peiuborton ho received tho key
of tho Mississippi Valley, thus avoid
ing tlio carnigo wnicu woulu nave
attended an assault on Vicksburg;
that in tho oclebratud letter to Leo
which brought tho Confederate chief
to a conference, Grant, though he'
might have won a good deal of vulgar
glory by hurling his dated batallious
upon tho reeling lines of Leo, urged
him to como to a parley and save, n
further effusion of blood. And tlio
liberal terms ho yielded to tho Con
federate General und his army showed
that, so far trom being a bardoned
butcher, who loved to riot iu carnage,
ho was a generous soldier, who won
unwilling to wound even tho fbellugs
of his antagonists.
Attacks upon tho political princi
ples of Grant, and upon the publio '
lolicy ho is presumed to fuvor, area
cgitimuto modo of warfare. But potty
witticisms about his namo, and vulgar1"" r '
criticisms of his social habits, and more
especially serious attempts to depreci
ate his military famo, will not fnjuro
him, though tho recoil of such weap
ons may ovorthrow those who resort tor
their use. JN. X. bun.
4 AI'UIIT THK WKOXU MAN. ,
A few evenings since' a yo'ung man.
apparently from tho country, judgiug
lrom Uio cut ot his clolhos und the
material of which they wcro made
carelessly sauntered into a well known
gambling hous3 on ono of our princi
pal street, und walking up to tho bar
asked for something to drink. . The
bar-keeper waited upon him, and after
drinking ho seated himself in an cosy
chair in a careless manner, where ho
remained for a considerable time with-'
out attracting any notice. Finally,1
tho "stool pigeon" of the establish
ment entered tho bar-room and his'
attention was called to tho stranger by
tho bur-keeper, who had obsorved ft
well filled pocket book in tho posses
sion of tho "man from tho country"
when ho scttletl lor his drink. Seo- -ing
a speculation tho "pigeon" invited
the stranger to drink, an invitation ho
accepted, and in a short time after d .
game of "poker" was proposed and
tho stranger invited to tako a hand,
which proposition ho acccedcd to after,,
being pressed to do so. A party of
four retired to an upper room, kepi
for tho purpose, with the Intontiohy
doubtless, oi "plucking" their game;
bat tho sequel proved that they had
"rcckono 1 without thoir host." The
gnmo progressed smoothly ' for some'
time, tho stranger winning and losing
alternately, but invariably losing moro 1
than ho won, until ho was about five
hundred dollars short. Thinking they
hud tho greater portion of his money,
the party who had set down to "lleeoo"
him began tho "bluff game," with tho
intention of "beating" him out of the
remainder or forcing him to quit the
game. This, it appears, was what he
lcsircd, and his antagonists being
thrown off their guard by his assumed
greenness, allowed themselves to bo
completely taken in. Ho managed 6v
slip in a "cool pack" upon them, and
tlio first deal not only won back what
ho had previously lost, but about two
thousand dollars additional, after'
which he left tho establishment, re
marking as ho did so that ho would
"go and chango clothes, aS that coun
try toggery, although profitable, was
not comfortable" It was ascertained
that ho was a sharper from the East
and had assumed tho disguise of a
countryman to cnablo him the mbrCf
easily to fleece his victims; Pitts,
Gazette. '
PARADOXIC'!.
The Rochester .Democrat says: "Ho-'
ratio Seymour, a few minutes beforo
ho was nominated as tho Democratic;'
candidate for the Presidency, declared
to tho Convention that lie could not
and would not accept the nomination
if tendered him. lio said that no
"could not rcccivo the nomination
without placing himself and the Dem
ocratic party in a false position." Hff
has done so. Ho said his honor was
pledged not to receive tho nomination,
and "upon a question of honor ha
must stand upon his own convictions
against tho world." He has accepted
tho nomination. He said, that "nonor
forbade his accenting a nomination
from that Convention." He has ac
cepted it. He said that if ho becamo
the Democratic candidate tor the pres
idency, ho "should fool a dishonored
man. He accepts the situation. Ho
ratio Seymour stands before the people
of tho United States to-day, by n
own repeated confession, a plodge ana ,
"dishonored ban," '