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ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
CEXTRAL COMMITTEE.
DEMOCRATIC STATE J
COMMITTEE ROOMS,
Harrisburg, Feb. 9. } ]
To the Democracy of Penmyh'anut :
The events of the last political can
vass are yet fresh in your minds.
You announced your unequivocal en
dorsement of the restoration policy of!
President Johnson, and denounced the
doctrine of negro suffrage.
Your opponents affirmed their sup-1
port of the President, and evaded the
issue upon the question of suffrage.
A powerful organization, large offi
cial patronage and an unscrupulous use
of money, secured to them the victory.
The record of the past month strips
the mask from the face of the victors.
They treat with derision the declared
policy of the President. They have
placed the Government of the Consti
tution in abeyance, and it- legislative
and executive functions are usurped by
a cabal of men, who. in obedience to
caucus, govern the nation through the
forms of a directory.
The right of each State to regulate i
the qualifications of it-elector- is detii- :
ed; the will of the u ■ -pie of the I>i
tricf of Columbia is overridden, ami I
by an almost unanimous vote, the i
Republican party in Congress and the
State Legislature accord to the negro
equal potitieal right- with the white
man.
The initial step tow ard a war of races,
has been taken, and a consolidated gov
ernment looms up in the distance.
The tenet- of the President upon
these points are our cardinal doctrines. 1
In sustaining him we vindicate them.
Organize in every nook and corner of
the Commonwealth.
Organize to sustain the President, to
maintain your principles, to restore the
"Union, to vindicate the supremacy of!
your race, and to hurl into political ob
livion the men who have boon false to j
the Union, false to their pledges, false
to the instincts of their blood, and true ;
alone to the madne.-s that rules the;
hour.
By order of the Democratic state
Central Committee.
WILLIAM A. WALLA< K.
Chairman.
THE Disunionists held a meeting in ;
the Court House, on Tue-day evening
last. It wa- an improvised affair and
would not have been held, but for the
Disunion rank-, by the Democratic
Union meeting the night before. After
much drumming up of the faithful, a
squad of them assembled in the Court
room and were re-inforced into respec
tability by large number* of Democrats
who wanted to know what on earth any
body could -ay in favor of the "black
ness of darkness" that pervade- the
doctrines of the Disunion party. Col.
John 11. Filler addressed the meeting,
but as he desired to avoid the discus
sion of the issues which his own party
leaders have forced upon the country,
he made one of the drie-t and nio-t te
dious harangues that ever was listened
to. But, then, the "Governor" was
there, too, grim and majestic.although
he had just come from instituting a-uit
for libel. His Gubernatorial Highne-s
took the stand amid the whistling of
the boy and the roaring of the drums,
fa kind of Chinese trick which hi
frieuds devised to frighten off hi- "en
emies,") and then, oh! reader, you
should have heard the ear-splitting
bawl, intended for a -peech, to which
the audience were treated. It sounded,
at a distance, like the caterwaul of a
pair of grimalkins quarreling by moon
light, on a house-roof. But, in spite of
the incessant chawing of hi- words, the
"Governor" managed lo swallow tin
whole African race during the course of
his speech. 1 lesaid,amongotherthings,
that "we must forget that there i- a
black man, and we mu.-jt forget that
there is a white man;" that is, in se
lecting our associates, in marrying our
wives, etc.. we must not look to see
whether they are negroes. Well, every
man to his taste; that doctrine may do
for the "Governor," but it doesn't suit
the people of this country. Again, he
said that "five negroes in the South are
as good as live white men in the North!"
Whatthinkyouof that, hh! ye follow
ers of the Disunion leaders?—-After the
"Governor" concluded, the Chinese
trick was again performed by the drum
mers and the small boys, so as to enable
him to descend in safety from the stand.
A political weathercock was then set
up, in order to ascertain which way the
wind blew, and it was discovered that
itdid not Wow toward the White House,
nor toward any thing else that is white,
Andy Johnson's name not being men
tioned favorably at any one time dur
ing the entire proceedings. The meet
ing then adjourned.
Democratic victories at city elections
are all the rage, just now. Look out
for a storm!
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING
Grand Outpouring of the People!
GREAT ESTHtSIIS! *
Sptcchw, Resolutions, Ac.
The annual mass meeting of the
Democrats of Bedford county, was
held at the Court House, on Monday
: night last. t A large concourse of peo
i pie was in attendance. It was truly a
' magnificent-revival of theaneient Dem
| ocratic spirit and was one of the lu st
| meetings in point of numbers and en
j thusiasin that ha- ever been held here
in our recollection. The meeting was
organized by theappointment of HUGH
WILSON, ESQ., as President; Hon.
Jamo- Burns, lion. W. G. Eicholtz,
Isaac Keusinger, Esq., James Cessna,
Esq., Hiram Dae,-, Hezekiah Miller,
i Saml. Rcighurd, 11. P. Diehl, Peter
Koontz, C. B. Koohendarfer, 80-tian
Kegg, Peter M. Bartofi, \Y. Keyser,
Roliert Steckman, and li. J. Means, a.-
Vice Presidents; and Lieut. James
Wogan, S. W. Statler Josinh Ritchey,
; and W. B. Lambrigbt, as Secretaries.
On motion of B. F. Meyers, a com
mitteeof one from each election di—
trie! wa- appoim<-d to draft r<-solutioiG
expre-sivc oi ;be -cn-c o;' ihe meeting
and to select a delegate to the coming
I democratic Slate Convention, The
committee wa- compo- .<1 follow-:
I. F. Meyers, chairman, Daniel H-Itz
! ell, John . Figanl, Jacob Bow-er,
' Robert Deremer, Henry Wertz, W. A.
; Grove, George Boade-. Aivy l'.oylan,
: D. V. Evan--. D. Fletcher, G. W. Dow
ser, P. M. Barton, A. J. Morgan, A. J.
Snively, Wt <lcy Bennett, Jacob Wal
ter, J.G. Hartley. M. B. Miller, Henry
I Fluek, M. Wertz.
The committee having retired for
>
j con-idtatiou. the Democratic Martial
: Band played in their inimitable style,
the glorious old air of the "Star Span
gled Banner," aft r which loud (-all-
Were made for the Hon. Francis M.
j Kimmell, who took the stand amidst
• great applause. Judg Kimmell made
; one of his most telling speeches and was
i frequent iy interrupt* '1 bv the cheers of
■the a: ■"• ncc. G. E. Shannon, Esq..
: was then railed upon and the cull was
! responded to by that gentleman in a
! -perch replete with sound argument
' and crushing facts. B. F. Meyer-,
j chairman of the committee on resolu
tion-, then made the following report,
, which was unanimously adopted, after
which John Palmer. Esq., made a
j short speech, and ihe meeting adjour
ned with three cheer- Cor th; good old
' Democratic party:
' resulted in civil war, aiui
ic/iwoo. after the loss of a million o!
lives undtheentailment upon theeoun
try, of :iu almost overwhelming debt,
the conflict of arms has ceased, and
tc/n /•/'.-•, notwithstanding the awful h-.--
-on taught by the last four years, design
ing parti/ail- -till continue to agitate
the -utiject which was the fruitful vattsf
ol our national trouble-, threatening
that theresliall i>e no i>eac" until tin
ncgro.-liHilliegiveirtheiightot suffrage,
and that, if he 1m 1 not so enfranchised,
th.ere will he a war of races,
Therefore, /,'< W/vd, That in order to
secure peace to the country and avert
the threatened conflict between the ra
ce-, it has liecome the imperative duty
o. the people to take the control of thf
government from the hands of thost
whose grand and only purpose is t<
keep the public mind disturbed by .IT
eussion of and icgidstion upon the sub
ject of the African race.
[lrmlral, In the language of the la
mented Douglas, the* "This i.-a Whip
Man's (Joverninent, er< *ted by \Yi.ic<
Men for White Men ana their Posterity
forever;" and that we deplore and de
nounce the policy which has made th<
Tinted States (Jovcrnment the guar
dian of four million- of black people
who are able to earn their own living
especially a- thi- guardianship cost- '.ln
white people of tin- country, -om<
fifty million- of dollar- per annum.
H'sn/rnl, That the Constitution fra
med by trKORGK. WASHINCTIIN' all*
his illustrious compeer-, i- good etc-,i_!
for "s; that it i- theoniy popular lorn
of government that has stood the ;e
--of time, and that the continual tinker
ing, patching, and cobbling of that -a
ered instrument, by Disunion Aboil
tion Congressmen, is to be abhorred o
all men who desire the stability of mi:
government and the perpetuity of A
meriean liberty.
/?exo/r< d, That the doctrine that "tin
majority -hmild rule," having lieet
preached by the leaders of the party ii
power, from the time of the delivery
of Mr. Lincoln's first inaugural, ?:
should now he practised by them, and
therefore, in their effort to force negr<
suffrage upon the people of the Distric
of Columbia, after the latter have de
dared by a vote of over om /miultrd t<
one that* they do not want it, those
leaders have proved recreant to thei:
own political doctrine and have at
tempted to tyrannize over a peoph lb:
whose protection and good governinon
they are sworn to legislate.
Re-nt/rerf, That we suggest to the Con
gres-nu n of Pennsylvania, that they
cease for a little while, to vote lbr ap
propriations for that grand negro poor
house, the Freedmen's Bureau, and
turn their attention to securing to t-h<
soldiers of the first two year- of tin
war* the same bounties paid to thost
who enlisted at later periods, as rceoni
mended in the platform adopted by tin
last Democratic State ( (invention.
Rtxoired, That we most heartily en
dorse the policy of President Johnson,
iu his effort-to restore the I'nion and
secure peace to the country. Whik
we deprecate trials by military commis
sion and believe that (Jen. Sherman'-
plan of immediate re-habilitation of tin
State governments, in their constitu
tional powers, would have been inort
in accordance with the spirit of the fun
damental law, than the appointment o;
provisional governors, yet we rejoict
to perceive in the President's conduct
toward the people of the South, that
t rue magnanimity and generosity whiel
alone can reconcile a conquered peoph
to a victorious government.
Remjlved , That we will sustain Pres
ident Johnson in every proper and con
• ••
stitutional effort to restore the Union
and to give peaee to the country.
Rcsotred, That John Palmer be and
he is hereby appointed a delegate to
represent Bedford county, in the Dem
ocratic State Convention, to be held at
Harrisburg, on the oth of March next.
PAKTIZAX LEGISLATION.
Another right, it seems, is to be wres
ted from the people of Bedford county,
by the infamous cabal which has ruled
the roast at Harrisburg the last throe
years. Time was when the majority ru
led in this county. Now the minoriti/,
with the assistance of parti win legisla
tion. govern the majority. For in
stance, the elected a hoard of
County Commissioners, among whose
powers were those of tilling the jury
wheel and drawing juries. But to sub
serve political ends, these powers were
taken from the county commissioners,
and given to two other officers, one of
whom is elected by a minority of the
voters of the county. Next, the peo
ple elected a District Attorney, among
other things, to draw up bills of indict
ment, based upon informations before
the proper officers, but to suit the pur
poses of some individual who wants an
advantage of the law as it lias stood
from time immemorial, tin* District
Attorney is about t< he depo-ed by the
Legislature. A bill i- new before that
body tor this purpose. What its char
acter is we do not exactly know, hut
the Pat r I'd a- t'nion, <>t the sth in-t.,
refer- to it in the following language:
"A hill has made it- appearance in
the i'euii-ylvania House, whieh,should
it become a law, will practically oust
the District Attorney of Bedford coun
ty. This is another despicable shoddy
attempt to get control of thecourts and
to secure the political lead in Democrat
| it; counties. It is of a part with the
"Police Bill." which i- designed to
plaee the Democratic counties ot* Lu
zerne and Schuylkill under thedomi
nation of Shoddy ite> of gubernatorial
appointment; and of the "Jury COlll
- inissioners'' scheme, which is to divide
juries etjually lietween the two political
parties in all the Democratic counties,
1
and leave sixteen or eighteen of the
largest Shoddy eountits- to the entire
: control of the 'loyal' league.
There i- certainly a de-perate ami
despicable set of "loyal patriots" in the
Pennsylvania Legislature. They seem
determined to carry out their oaths of
proscription and persecution of Demo
crats with all possible virulenc? and
devilisbtie-s. They are not content to
acquiesce in the rule of majorities.
Wherever they can foist a "loyal"
1 league niinorbv uumi -,i . Uoow p,-
iii.<n>MTy oy ••ruinp legislation or the
arm of military power they lose 110 op
portunity of doing it. The Shoddy
majority in the Legislature should be
, distinctly informed that sonic things
i are subject- of legislation and some are
not; and that, in no ca-e will political
or "rump" legislation lie toierated by
the Democratic communities of Penn
sylvania.
The lime- b< ing revolutionary, the
Democracy can as welt play at the game
as the midnight oath-hound "loyal"
leaguers, who arc making the most des
perate efforts to acquire ascendancy in
this and other Northern States before
the admission of the Southern States to
representation.
The "loyal" leaguers fear a coalition
of Northern Democrats and the Son h
em people u]>oll a constitutional t'nion
basis, whieh would prove a death-knell
to negro-ism. and hence the "rump"
legislation mat u ring in ('ongre-sand tin
variousState legislature-. Let the peo
ple observe the midnight conspirators
well, and meet wiie with wile—force
with force."
Sa \ st he Patriot a t a ion : "The( ov
ernnr, in iii- me—age talks about redu
cing Slate taxation ; so does the State
Treasurer; so do the Shoddy members
of 11 1<• Legislature ;so do the shoddy
organs of the state; and yet the shod
dy majority in the Legi-laturego right
ahead and pa--hills for doubling the
i
I salaries of public officers and for in
-1 creasing the annual publicexpenditures
1 beyond that of any previous period.
The salary of the assistant librarian has
already been raised by the Senate from
spin 1 to and a bill ha-been offered
for the doubling of the -alaries of the
Governor, Auditor, Surv vor and At
torney Generals. besides a heavy in
crease in the salaries of hundreds of
other State officials. Shoddy practice
. and precept are about, a- wide asunder
; as the poles."
"GOVEKNOK" CESSNA, at the J)isun
ion meeting, on Tuesday night, tried to
make his hearers believe that Negro
Suffrage is not and cannot lie an issue
in Pennsylvania. Docs he think peo
' pie are fools? Can't other men read as
well as he? Why, the Abolition Disun
i ion Congressmen from this state, voted
i for Negro Suffrage in the District of
Columbia, and their conduct must eith
i er be sustained, or repudiated, by the
j people, at the coming election. The
| Abolition Disunion Senators at Harris
burg, endorsed the action of the mem
! bers of Congress in voting for Negro
Suffrage in the District of Columbia,
and shall they be sustained at the polls?
Will Mr. Cessna explain these things
to the people? As to the Constitution
not being amendable oftener than once
in five years, that argument is fast
"playing out." The last amendment
was first passed by the Legislature e
lected in lsti?; therefore, the Legisla
ture to he chosen a year hence, ran pro
; pose all amciidmcnt to the Constitution.
Nay, the Senators, being elected for
three years, those to he chosen this fait
• iri/t serve ti/t an amendment nan he offer
| I'd. Let this he borne in mind. Again,
j the Governor to he ehoscn id the next e
, /cation, iritt IK IN ojjfiee long enough to
ttring his influent ' it, hear in favor of, or
againstsaeJi lonendmcnf. Let this, also,
he remembered, and lot Air. (V—na
dispose of these facts a- best he can.
Or u "Governor" infuturo, eulogized
; the Emancipation proclamation very
| highly, on Tuesday night last. I his he
I forgotten tint from the very samestand,
: three years ago, he said that the war
: would have been over if the Emanci
pation Proclamation had not been i—u-
I ed and if Gen. McClellan had been
| kept at the head of the army? We
just want, to jog your memory a little,
1 "Governor'"
Hon. Geokoh SANHKIISIIN ha- been
j re-elected Mayor of Lancaster, hv isl
majority. The Democratic candidate
! for High Constable, had JiM majority.
These are gratifying gain- dv t the vote
i last fall. Thaddeus Steven- ha- been
! rebuked in his own home. Good for
! old Iginc.istei*!
JAMES M. Roan, Esq., has purchased
the interest of Hon. A. J.Glos-brenner,
in the office of the Philadelphia Age.
Air. llol>ll is an able writer and will do
| excellent service in the D. moeratie
j cause. The Age has been greatly im
)>!■ >ved within the la-t few months and
; now i- a- good a m u-spaner as anv dailv
.
| we wot oS.
Wk are under obligations to Gen. A.
L. Buss' il, Adjutant General of Penn
i sylvania. for a copy of his report.
the i;i;prLi: iv pkkss ox mh.
VfKt t:\S- SI*EES'SS.
The Republican journals, as a general
tiling, are by no nieans pleased with
the recent -peech of the lion. Thadele
us Stevens on theconstitutiouai amend
inent, in which he attacked President
Johnson. We make a few extracts:
From the Toledo Blioie. Hep.)
Tlladdeus Stevens is evidently anx
ious to quarrel with the President, lie
| made a terrible onslaught on him in the
1 louse, bee*<ui>e the President, in con
versation with a Senator, gave it as his
; wetl' save the one bas
ing representation upon votes instead
;of population. Mr. Stevens will di—
; <■ -.ver 'efore lie has got through with
! this war that the people generally are
i decidedly of the President's opinion,
! and that, if they were not, they would
j be willing lie should have his opinion,
! and would be in favor of his express
! ing it at proper time- and in proper
i places. The gentleman from Pennsyl
; vauiu is a iisei'ui legislator in many re
| specks, but a more bigoted and intoler
| ant man never lived.
[From tho Cleveland Herald' Rep ]
If the l uion majority in Congress is
; driven, into antagonism with President
Johnson, it will be through the course
of such intemperate leaders as Thad.
Stevens, who seems determined to force
j a quarrel. In his speech on theeonsti
j tutioiial amendment, in the liouseon
i Wednesday, lie i> reported as speaking
■ of President Johnson as '•having but
' reeenfly put forth a proclamation or
command, at the very time Congress
! was legislating on the constitutional a
liicndnierii." This, the irascible rep
-1 n-sentatlve adds, "was in direct viola
} lion of the privileges eif this 1 ,dv, and
| if it had been made several centuries a
go !>y a British king to Parliament,
i would have cost him his head; hut in
I this day we are tolerant of usurpation
| and abase of power."
Mr. Stevens well knew that this'ppoe-
I tarnation' was no more than a reported
i conversation between the President and
! a Senator who had called on him, was
in no way an official document, and,
whether in aceorrlanci with the views
of the majority in ('ougre— or not, was
not a subjo t calling for their censure or
j approval. When an opinion on a pub
| lie measure, expressed in a private con-
I versation, is declared "usurpation and
j abuseof power," it is well for Mr.Stev
j ens to consider whether the language he
| habitually user, in Congress in regard to
! public measures and public men is not
! an abuse of privilege and place, and
j that in later days than that of Charles
| 1. would have cost him his head. With
j ail his talent, Thad. Stevens lias made
! himself the Tliersites of the I'nion
j camp, snapping and snarling at friend
! and foe alike, and he should have no
j more influence than had that "core of
i envy." lie s so full of the spirit of
! dissension, that if he were east a lone on
1 a desert islant, he would, like Hotspur,
1 "divide himself and goto buffets," for
lack of some jne to quarrel with.
Wililst on he' subject of kings nnel
Parliaments, Mr. Stevens should re
member that the Parliament which
| jierfonned th experiment of cutting off
j a British king's hand in vindication of
its legislative'dignity, made but little
iby tiieeiperatiin. the history of the
long Parliantfnt, Bare-bone's Parlia-j
ment.and thellump Parliament, with '
the episode ef "Pride's Perge" anel
Cromwell's wild up of the legislative'
farce- by turniig the- Parliament out of
doors, offer l>u little encouragement for
modern ie-gisiiteirs teitroael in the same
path. *
| F rum the Jinciunati Times. Kep.|
In eliscussiig the representation a
nienelnient Mi. Ste-vens made an out
rageous anel uiealled for attaek on the \
President. istlie* President to he muz
zled during tie session of Congress,
lest he- say something that may intiu
ene-e some weal members? Is the- Pres
ident to be gagted? When all eiasses
of politicians |nd preachers are- con
stantly seeking; interviews, anel using
eve-ry art to dniv out some expressions
of opinion, is hi so much of a slave that
he- must not savin word? is <tongress to
bepresumeel seVweak that it dare net
Lake a stand in exposition, or so stupid
tiiatit knows n>t what to do until the
President is ceiisulted? Mr. Stevens
t
and the Cincinnati Gazette would nuke
the President a slave, at the same time
that they makeCongressa hotly of fools,
that dare not sneeze unless the Presi
dent takes a pinch of snuff!
We have had enough of Thaddeus
Stevens of Pennsylvania. We still
have hopes/if the Gazette, but none at
all of this incongruity of Pennsylvania.
In his great speech upon reconstruction, j
early in the session, he had the base-1
a ess to conceive and the -hamelessncss j
to avow his chief object to he the per
petuation of the republican party! Has
1 our statesmanship descended so low a
to make party the object, especially
when vital question* arc before tlieeoun
try, and the establishment of liberty
on a sure basis is the object of patriotic
| solicitude? "Get thee behind me, Sa
-1 tan." When we shall sustain party for j
the sake of party, or countenance a,
statesman who has nothing but; party
in view, may our right hand he palsied
i and our hand refuse the cunning of the
I pen.
——
The Trimii|>ii in Ijinrnslcr-
The result of.the election in this city
| yesterday (Feh. O,j must he exceedingly
1 gratifying to every right thinking, con
' servat'ive man in Lancaster. An en
dorsement of Thaddeus Stevens and of
his ruinous policy was sought. His
friends threw all their energies into the
j canvass. They fairly dragged Air. Liv
! ingston before the people;, because they
believed he could secure some Demo
i emtio votes through his personal popu
j larity. They raised a large fund of
money and used it most unscrupulously.
No slander was too vile for them to ut
ter through the columns of the Express
against the Democratic candidates.—
i They resorted to every known or con
! ceivaUe device to carry this good old
| Democnitic city. They were perfectly
confident of success. Neither Air. Liv-
S ingston nor his friends would believe
j he could he beaten until the day of elec
tion. A few hours trial of the temper
of the Democracy was sufficient, how
ever, to satisfy them that they were in
for siieh a tight a- they hud not seen
made for year-. They found the Dem
ocrat- more resolute and determined, if
possible, than ever they saw them le
--fore. In vain had they declared the
Democratic party dead. Here it -tood
j confronting them as proudly, as defi
antly and .0 resolutely as ever before,
it showed its former spirit and exhibit
ed thesame indomitable pluek for whieh
jit has ever been noted. Yesterday's
work convinced every Republican in
Lancaster city that the Democratic par
ty is ,-tii! a living reality. They found
ii fully prepared to meet the vital issues
of the present day. The energy dis
played by it in yesterday's election will
mark the contest which will commence
with the noudnatiou of a candidate for
Governor on the fifth of March next.
We give our opponents fair warning
that we intend to elect a Democratic
Governor next fail and to turn out the
; radical liiemliersof Congress who voted
for negro -uffrage. We shall go into
the fight fully determined to win, and
with a confident reliance on the good
sense, the honesty, the patriotism and
the just pride of race characterizes the
white men of Pennsylvania.— Lanea#-
fer Inti 'ttgeD'-er.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN* READING.
—Reading, tbecountyseatof < fid Berks,
lias long been under the control of the
Republicans; but on Friday last the
Democracy rallied at the municipal e
-1 ertion and made a clean sweep of the
city. The whole Democratic city ticket
was elected by a majority of over two
hundred. Thi -show- plainly that the
popuiar tide has turned against the fa
natic- who are ( .oy ;i Jji jmwer. 11( ,fiH t o
to be entrusted any longer with the af
fairs of the government. Reading has
long been a black spot on the fair es
cutcheon of the Gibraltar of Democra
cy. < >sd Berks in now white all over.
Lancaster fired the first gun for the suc
cess of the "white man's tiekether
sister city of Reading answers with a
cheering salute, which is destined to go
1 the whole round of good old Pennsyl
vania. Look out for Democratic thun
der this year! So says the Political Al
manac.—/.ancarter fiifc/ligetirer.
HINT TO THAU. STEVENS. —CharIes
Lamb used to relate with great glee,
that hin theological investigations were
exhausted in devising a scheme equal
izing punishment after death. This he
proposed to do by having a special hell
for Scotch men, in which the bci/iiafo/ie
rboaal !>• hjt oaf, thereby cm-signing
them in a double sense to the "old
scratch." Some cliap out West has,
however, improved upon Lamb's con
ceit, and relates the following story
somewhat at thcexpense of Tliad. Ste
v ns, of Pennsylvania: He says that he
dreamed that he once made a visit to
infi i'ii'), and while engaged in conver
sation with the proprietor, an imp an
nounced that the Pennsylvania Radical
wa-at the door sicking admittance.—
Old Nick promptly and emphatically
refused him entrance upon the ground
that In- would be continually disturb
ing tb. peace and order of the place.—
The imp soon rethrncd, -aving that
Thad. insisted upon coming in, declar
ing that he had no other place to go.—
Alter considerable anxious retiection
old Nick's lace suddenly brightened
with a new idea and he exclaimed:
"I've got it! Tell the Janitor to give
him six bushels of brimstone and a box
of matches and let him go and start a
little heii of his own. 1 can't have him
here.— Exchange.
THE Republican party have always
claimed to he tin* especial friends of the
soldiers. When they were in the field j
large promises were made by this party
a- to what would hedonefor them when
they returned. All the positions in the
Postottice and Huston) Hou.se were to
be placed at their disposal. The sol
dier- have returned, and yet not one of j
the promises made by the Republican:
party has been kept. A notable instance
of the insincerity of the dominant party
with reference to returned soldiers oc
curred at the last meeting of ('ommon >
Council. An ordinance hud been intro
duced authorizing the Mayor to appoint
iroioabv soldier* as telegraph operators
and turnkeys in the station houses.—
This was a mere "buncombe" measure,
as the Mayor could appoint wounded
soldiers under the genial appointing
power, if he chose to d*-so. In order,
however, to test the sincerity of the Re
publicans, Mr. King moved that the
Mayor be dircbul to appoint wounded
soldiers, thus making it imperative up
on the Mayor. This was a bombshell in
the Republican camp. It was substitu
ting <leed*i for word* , and hence the ut
most consternation prevailed in the
ranks of the dominant organization.— j
The vote was taken on the proposition ,
to direct the Mayor to appoint ironnded J
xoh/ier*, and not a."ingle /Republican |
iin /nbt r cud hi."ballot in favor of it. This
is the way that Republicans remember
their promises to wounded soldiers.—
Age.
Ih'iiiiH'rHlir Victory.
READING, Feb. in.—The election in
this city on Friday resulted in the elec
tion of the Democratic city ticket by an
average majority of 200. Reading has
heretofore gone Republican by about
the same majority.
COSQSES6IOXU SXWS.
SENATE.
Petitions were presented in favor of
a protective tariff, and also in favor of
a reduction of the tax on agricultural
implements. Thecrertentialsof George
Houston, Senator elect from \labama,
were presented. Tliey were ordered to
lie upon the table. Mr. Davis offered a !
resolution dei-laring tiiat as charges of i
peculation and fraud liftd been made '
against the cotton agents ol the Treas
ury Department, thereforea committee
be raised to investigate such charges.
Messrs. Sumner, Sherman and Fes-en
den asked for specific charges. Mr.
Davis cited the case of General Davis,
in command on the Mississippi. He
offered further to prove frauds against
the Government other than cotton
frauds, if a committee was chosen, the
majority of whom were favorable to an
investigation. Mr. McDougall offered
an amendment so as to include the Gov
ernment officers at New < trieansand the
Mississippi Dej>artment. Ilecitedthe
case of the brother of Major General
Butler, who was a common gambler in
(California, and who, after being rejected
by the Senate, went to Xew Orleans
where his brother was, and in a short
time accumulated a fortuneof some two
millions of dollars. The discussion was
kept up until the expiration of the
morning hour. The joint resolution to
amend the Constitution of the I'nited
States in the matter of representation
and taxation, was taken up. Mr. John
sou -poke at length against the resolu
tion, and at the close of his remark-the
Senate adjourned.
HOI'SE OF REPKESEXTATRVES.
The Speaker laid before the House a
message from the President, in which
he stated that ii would he incompatible
with the public interests to communi
cate the record or report of the Judge
Advocate General, in relation to the
charges pending against Jefferson Da
vis, Clement ('. Clay, David Yuleeand
Stephen Mallory, the evidence being
merely e.r parte, and intended for the
President, alone.
The I louse took up theSenatoamend
\ ment to the bill amendatory to the net
to establish the Freedmen's Bureau,
| which was concurred in. The amend
ments reported from the < ommittee of
! the Whole on the State of the Union,
on the Navy Appropriation bill, were
then considered by the House. The
items, as retained or stricken out, will
be found in the proceedings elsewhere.
The bill was finally passed, with an ad
ditional clause, making the appropria
tion- as bounties for the destruction of
the enemy's vessels during the war,
applicable to all cases, and ul-o a new
section, that no parts of the amount
j appropriated by this bill, shall be paid
in violation of the provisions of the
act prescribing an oath of office. The
j consideration of the bill establishing a
1 uniform system of bankruptcy, was
then resumed, but the time wa- passed
in discussing the details of different
sections, and no final action was taken.
1 luring the s( .-sion,General- < )sterhaus,
< -rook and Ward were introduced to the
; JLlun.se, by the Speaker.
—The United States Senate wa- not
jin session on Saturday. In the House
theday was given up to speech-making,
and no busines- was done.
COXPLIHEXTN <>£ IIIKSKtsox.
Little JoHXXY CESSNA has brought
suit again-t the editors of the Bedford
G<nette for libel! We never suppo-e<i
it possible for any one to !• able to li
! Bel CESSNA, and if our friend- of tlie
Gazette have succeeded in so herculean
! a task, they must have resorted to a
: trick, and characterized JOHN an hon
est man and ci>n-ciontiota .ooliiician.
I nal \f dun. lie a lie. alio II the '• :Ztro
has published such a niLsreprcscutatioii,
; itshoidd sufferthecon-ei|uences.— J'ottx
; vitte Standard.
John Cessna has prosecuted Messrs,
Meyers and Mengel, of the Bedford
(razit/i. for libel—or "defamation of
! character." We don't see how au ae
• tion can lie. The damages must be
merely nominal.— Patriot A'- f t/ir/it.
LITTI.K JOHX CESSNA has sued the
editors of the Bedford Gazette for libel.
Libel John Cessna".' The thing is im
possible.—(i'reens*bury Aiyux.
S. svion ,f llu- CnhluH OH fln> IriiiliiiiiiX
Kill.
The Philadelphia Ledger of this
morning has the following special dis
patch from Washington:
<n Thursday i telegraphed you that
there was little doubt hut what the
President would return the Freedmen's
Bureau hill with his object ion- thereto.
The next day the subject was brought
up before a full meeting of the Cabinet,
when Mr. Johnson, it is -aid, did not
hesitate in his usual calm and decisive
maimer to a—ert that IK- should "return
the bill." Several of the Cabinet en
dorsed iiis position, hut a majority of
the members, it is asserted, opposed it,
urging thai the bill be signed a- it
stood. But the President was immo
vable. and the meeting, which lasted
the best part of the day, broke up with
a distinct understanding from the
chief of the council board that lie should
veto the hill.
The objections of the President are
said to be wholly constitutional, and
they will undoubtedly be brought to
hear upon all the acts of Congress tend
ing to work injuriously upon theSouth.
and in the pe--ageof which the South
ern State- have been refused the repre
sentation to which the President has
officially declared they were entitled.
Connecticut democratic Contention.
11 A KTKONN, Fob. 7. —The Democrat
ic State Convention, held to-day, i- the
largest for many years. The lion. .T.
11. Bond presided, ami the Hon. Jas.
K. English w.a- nominated for Govern
or; Kphraim 11. Hyde for Lieut. Gov
ernor; Jesse ()iney for Secretary of State;
Hiram H. Barbour, for Trea-urer, anil
Thomas LL C. Kingsbury for Comp
troller. Mr. English made a speech of
acceptance. The resolutions passed
endorse the President's restoration pol
icy :
The following wa- among the resolu
tions adopted by the Democratic Con
vention.
Peso/red, That we pledge to Andrew
Johnson of the State of Tennessee,
President of the United States, oursup
port in theefibrt he is making to secure
to all the States immediate representa
tion in Congress and their full rights i
under the Constitution a- States of the
Union, and that \\V will stand by him j
so long as lie stand-by the Constitution, !
and ask all patriotic citizens to unite j
with it- in this patriotic purpose.
\I H tlaiiijtotiirc lli iiKX ratio < t>N\<-ialion.
CnxcoKi), N. 11., Fob. 7.—The Now
Hampshire Domoeratie State Conven
tion lias nominated Hoi!. John (i. Sin
clair, of liethlehem, for < iovernor, and
Col. Geo. 11. Pieree. of Dover, for Kail
road < 'ommissioner.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing
President Johnson in his endeavors to
have the Southern States represented in
('ongress, and discountenancing any a
niendnients to the Constitution.
—The e<litor of the New York 7W/>-
o/if hasreceived a California beet, meas
uring J feet 1 inches in length, and 74
inches in diameter. It weighed 55
pounds before leaving California,
HIRCEtAAAEOrs NEWS
—The delegation of the Virgo,
la'gislature on Saturday waited on <0
President, and presented the n A
tions of that oody endorsing his p (l a .
In reply the President said that •
time was not far distant when a!U
States won Id be represented in t < ig r
and the t liion eonipletely re-ton <!
then all our foreign difficulties v
disappear.
The Liberia Herald of a late,
reports a large inerease in the exp,,, -.
the country. "Within th<- Li>t
months, five ves-eis have Loaded i
oil, chiefly at tilt- Liherian ports
try. Tliev took, on an average, f
thousand gallons of oil.
' include the oil taken off by trap
traders."
—The Committee hearing the r.-,
tions of the Virginia Legi-i : g ur) .
j dorsing President Johnson have; ;
i*d in Washington. They purp i.,.
present the resolutions to the
to-day ■ Feb. 10. )
—The Nebraska Legislature |„ .
| rued a .State Constitution which C
submitted to the people on June
when an election for State officer.
also take place.
—European affairs appear to la ,
I aiderably troubled, A war u ,
Austria and Prussia, which will ;, IVI ,
j theother powers, is apprehendei ,y
a serious and general di.-conteut
throughout the new kingdom of h ; '.
—A petition for the pardon of.h]
C. Breckenridge, signed by over
ty members of the Kentucky L -
ture, has arrived in Washington
presentation to the President.
—The iron manufacturers of K •
burg have reduced the \vag<>> of ;j.
journeymen. Many of the latter I,
refused to work, and sonic of the n ;
have -topped.
—The police of Brooklyn, N. y
have begun an examination of the
itary condition of the city, to guar
gainst the cholera.
—The Maryland Legislature lm
franchised sixteen of its member- v.;
were disijualitied to vote under the
i-tration act.
—Four piece- of artillery, bron:.
from Bagdad toClarksville.iVx,:-,!
I been seized by the United State-1
lector at the latter place.
—The Governor of South Caroli;. d.
again protested against the clause in ■;
frecdmen'- bill giving the Sea 1-1,
to negroe-.
—lt i- reported that bushwhack?:
have appeared near Independence, M;
i souri, and tliat troops have been so
there to preserve order.
lt is reported that an oil well yi
iiig one hundred and forty gallons
petroleum daily has la-en struck in A;,
tralia.
—John Minor Botts testifies befo
the Reconstruction < 'ommitteea-1- '
validity >f the Virginia Legislature.
—I luring the cold weather in Jan;
j ry, me barometer attained the great
elevation ever known in the U. Star
—The Rhode Island General A—
bly has elected ('harles S. Bradley
Democrat, to the Chief Justiceship
that State.
—The government building-at '
ton Head were burned on the 7th ii
and imtneiise stores were consumed
—The Maryland Legislature adjo;
ed on the -tli inst.. after refusing to
peal or change the registration law.
—IT i- stated tliatJudah P. Be ■
is studying English law with avii
i admission to the English bar.
—lt is stated that Juarez has apji
ed Cortinas General in Chief eft
Mexican Liberals.
THE Ijoll-VII.EE .JOURNAL get
the following among other readif
s(|iiibs:
If the clothes of the Radicals in < •
gress were patched a- much as tii
i propose to patch the Constitution, th
would look like a gang of Italian hi
gar-.
| Sumner show s a disposition to alu
the American flag. Ifju-ticeweredo:
I he would exhibit more stripe- than i
er .tlu- old flag did.
A letter writer -ay.- that old Ti>:
Steven- "has not a long lease of lif
Hi- end and a rope's should conic i
i gether.
Thad. Stevens says that lie 1m- lb
longer to live. The tears "live in
onion" thitt will he shed when lied
-
IN the recent ,-peech of Cliarle->
nor in the Senate of the United St;,
tne orator deuiaiuled an equality >f l
ii and political right- for the negm.
default of which he threatens "r--
i tance"—"revenge"—"blood"—and '■
tin 'horror- of St. Domingo.' A- y
we have heard no denunciation of '
b.ruial and bloody manifesto from '
Republican journals of the nation. '
the contrary, whenever they have-!
en, they have approved it. They
not. by silence, evade the i—tie. Th
must meet it squarely ! — Age.
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from Bedford. Pa., stopping with her sister. - _
Williams, near the corner of Baldwin an ''J. (>
Streets, has had Cataract on both eyes over tor j
years, causing total blindness for the last 9 . ye^ #
Lately Dr. Sierrett removed the cataract
now sees to read without the aid of glaases.
Jan 12-3 m