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JoB PRINTING, of every kind, done with '
jeatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has.
j..- been refitted with a Power Press and new type,
i ; everything in the Printing line can be execu
■ :in the most artistic manner and at the lowest
p es —TERMS CASH
AH letters should be addressd to
METERS A MENGEL.
Pwblialm •
Attorneys at iair.
roSEPH W. TATE. ♦ ATTORNEY
,! AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA., will promptly
i ad to collections of bounty, back pay. Ac.,
j: i all business entrusted to his care in Bedford
X- i adjoining counties.
.• ish advanced on judgment*, notes, military
s: ! other claim-
Hts for sale Town lots in Tatesville, where a j
j '. Church is erected, and where a large School •
ji a- shall be built. Fanus, Land and Timber j
Dure, from one acre to 500 a'-r.-s to suit pur j
tja?ers.
off e nearly opposite the ••Meneel Hotel' and:
B. k of Reed A Scbell.
A ori 1 0.1666 —ly
J. (JeP. SHARPE. E F. KElttt. 1
ajIIAKPE A KERR, ATTORNEYS i
i AT LAW BEDFORD PA., will practice in ,
arts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of-
S en Juliana St.. opposite the Banking House of i
I (HI Be belt. I March 2. '••. i
I P. nt'RBOHROW. j JOHN Lt'TZ. J
nITRBOR BO \v A L UTZ,'
J ) \TTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA., j
; attend promptly to all business intrusted to,
rcare. Collections made on the shortest no-'
tice.
Tbev are. alo, regularly licensed Claim Agents i
irl will give special attention to the prosecution!
aims against the Government for Pensions,
B.ck Pay. Bounty. Bounty Lands, Ac.
nfii ;e on Julian* street, one door South of the j
>,gel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer ;
~
JOHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
J LAW, BEDFORD. PA Respectfully tenders
a" —rvices to the public.
- -etond door North of the Mengel House.
,elford, Aug. I. 1 I
fOHN PALMER, ATTORNEY AT
J LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly attend !
all business entrusted to his care.
Particular attention paid to the collection of
M ,ary claims, Office on Juliana Street, nearly j
te the Mengel H use.
rl. Aug 1. MSI.
lVi'Y M. Al-SIR. ATTORNEY AT I
]j LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will'faith fully and
tr icptlv attend to all business entrusted to his
re in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
'ems. biek pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, j
tk ioors Sou'h of the Mengel House.
2
' N. KINMELL. j J- W. LI.NGENFELTKR. ,
I " IMMELL & LING EN" FKLTER, >
IV 'TTGRNKYS AT V ;n T< PA ;.
H .ve formed a piumcrship in tnt. , ;
the Law Office en Juliana street, two doors couth
of the 'Mengel House.
/ t H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
I JT. LAW, BEDFORD. PA Will promptly at-j
tend to collections and all business entrusted to
hi- care in Bedford and adjoining oountie-. ,
Office on Juliana Street, three door# south of the j
Mengel House." opposite the residence of Mrs. ,
Tate
May 13. 184
B F. MEVEBS | J. W. PICWSRSON |
MEYERS & dickebson, AT- >
TORN FA'S AT LAW. Bedford. Pa. office j
-jij.e as forineily occupied by Hon. \V P. Schell.
(itMir- east of the GAZETTE office, will practice j
. the several courts of Bedford county Pensions, ,
' ,rv and i ack pay obtained and the purchase j
p i sale of real estate attended to. jinayll, 66.
JOHN IE FILLER, Attorney at Lair,
' Bedford. Pa. Office near y opis.sire the !'•>#( j
,5,. e [*pr.20."66. —ly.
iMiusicians and frtlWi
|) H. PENNSYL, M. D., BJ.oot>Y
j Ron Pa.. '1 >te surgeon 58th P. V. V.,) ten
- hia pmY<— l -rvices to the people .-f that
• ! vicinity. Dec. 22. 65-ly _ j
\\ T W.JAMISON, M. D., BLOODY
' , ki N. Pa., tenders his professional rvi
the people ot that place and vicinity. Office
• e door west of Richard Lungdon s store.
X V 24, '6s—ly
i nr. j. E. MABROURO, Having :
I r permanently located, respectfully tenders
. - professional services to the citizens ot Bedford
bf . on Juliana street, east side, nearly opposite
Sinking if.use of Reed A Schell.
Bedford. February 12. 1864.
N hickok, 1 G - H - JR i
TiKXTISTS,
J ) BEDFORD, PA.
•I •? in the Bank Building. Juliana St.
All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me
mi :d Dentistry carefully performed, and war
ranted
Tfkvs —CASH.
Bedford. January 6, I6o. ___
itanhcts.
%
M MtIIU, '• '• SCHf.LL, i
j) KK R AN 1) SCIIE LL,
IL Ranters and
iEALKRS in EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD. PA.,
DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made and
'• promptly remitted.
Depoglta •ufeiwd. |
<, v>. |off O y SHAWN E FKNI RKT
"1 T '!'. SHANNON A HL. I'-ANK-
Ik ERS, BEDFORD. PA.
B \ .\'K OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
ELECTIONS made for the East, Wes'. North
"• ith. an.l thf pontrftl *d
acted. Notes nd Accounts Collected i d
i'tMh*es promptly made. REAL LfrlAih
i.'nt and sold. Oct. 20. l*6o.
{IA.XIEL BOBBER,
A f PITT STREF.T. TWO DOORS WEST OF THE bed
' ,R '> HOTEL. BEDFORD. PA.
ATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES. AC.
He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and , il-
V 'AV.cbee, Spectacles of Brilliant
t also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
Chains. Breast Pins. Finger Rings, best
'l J 'dity of Gold Pen . He will supply to order
4:1 5 thing in his line not on hand.
0 i 20. 1865-
UF. IRVINE,
. ANDERSON'S ROW. BEDFORD. PA..
• m B'H.ts. Shoes. Qneensware. and Varie
" v_s-or.lers from Country Merchants re
tfss.'tfully solicited.
'-t 2ft. 1R65.
R. ANDERSON,
Licetpteei Scrivener mid Conveyancer,
. 1 ENTREVILLR, BEDFORD COtTNTV, P
ittend to the writing of Deeds, Mortgages,
"is. Articles of Agreement, and all business
o-u,iiJ v transacted by a 81 rivener and Conveyan-
j 1 * P atr ''t>age of the public is respectfully
'6ft-tf.
• 1 - . .^.., ; w ...c- v. .---. .- -v-~v. .-•- -. . .
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
ftarduare, &r.
WM. DARTLEV. | S. S . METZGER .
Hartley & metzger having
formed a partnership, on the Ist dnv of
April. 1866. in the HAR DIVARE and FARM
MACHINERY TRADE, now invite the pub
j He to examine their mammoth stock, which they
mil sell at low figures, fottook . | pr 27,'66.
I RON AND NAILS, at lowest cash
1 prices, at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
IJAINTS, fresh, durahle and heauti
ful; Pure Liberty White Lead; Penn Treaty
V- nitc Lead; Mansion White Lead; China Gloss;
l urpenrine; Flnxseed Oil; Copal and Demar \"ar
mh; Brushet* of all kirids, for sale cheap, at
HAKTLKY A MBTZQAR S
/ < RAIN AND GRASS SCYTHES,
; \ J Sneds and Harvesting Iriiplemeot.-) in great :
j variety, and at all i rices, for stle at
HARTLEY A METZGER S.
- <IG WASHING M AC'I i INES
' Jt/ and the great anti-Cog-Wheel Wringer
now 0.. exhibition at HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
C ill and see this invention before purchasing else- i
where.
joPRING TOOTH RAKES, Gum;
ii Spring Grain Drills, Improved Cider Mills,
i Eureka Fodder and Straw Cutters, for sale at
HARTLEY A METZGER S.
HOUSE KEEPERS win tind at
Hartley A Metzger's Store a great, variety of ]
household Hardware : Knives and Forks. Spoons of '
elegant quality. Ladles, single or in sets. Shovels i
and Tong-. Waiters, 'lea Bells. Scissors. Meat Saw -.
Carvers. Paring Knives, Brushes, Waffle Irons. f
Griddles, Gridirons, Brass. Porcelain aud Iron Ket- ,
ties. Iron Pots. Tubs. Buckets. Baskets, Brooms, j
Slaw Cutters, Ac., Ac. Stove Polish. Rotten Stone, j
and a hundred little "kniek knacks'' thatweean't i
afford to enumerate. It would be easier to tell i
what we don't keep than what wc do.
rpME CLEAREST, BRIGHTEST, J
5 Best. Safest and Pnrest. and for these reasons j
the Cheapest Coal Oil in Bedford, may always he
hud at H .rtley A Metzger's. You who have never I
used any other than the ••common tract," try it,
compare it! and you will always go to Hartley's. :
Coal Oil Lamps in brilliant profusion, and great
\ ariety. very cheap at Hartley's, also. Wick, Lamp !
lops. Ac. Coal Oil Lamps repaired.
" i hGREENCAOTLEGRAIN CRA
?f\ f DLES. Natural bent fingers will be re- !
eeived by Hartley A Metzger, who are exelu- i
siw agent# for Bod ford evavty. o*4mpmm.
DUCK-EYE REAPERS and MOW- '
J_> ERS, with all the new improvements, amo-ig
which is ibe wonderful Dropping invention. Also. !
a few ■■ Farmer Mover*" tor sale by Hartley A
Metzger Order .-nun as the supply is short for j
this season.
I) ARN IXX)R ROLLERS, of the
I most improved pattern, track and all coin
rilete. cheaper and better than hinges, for sale at i
HARTLEY A METZGER'S.
IYEMI-JOHNS, for Mineral Water,
/ at HARTLEY ,t MBTZGER'B.
I " MMliNc TACKLE— Rods, Hooks,
Lines, Ac., Ac. Shot Guns. Powder. Shot,
Caps, Ac., at Hartley A Metzger's.
" n BEREA GRINDSTONES ami
M " and Fixtures, at Hartley A Metzgcrs.
I ) A TEXT WHEEL GREASE; the
f best White-wash. Blacking and Scrub Brush
es in town, at Hartley A Metzger's.
/ <l) T< i IIARTL EY A- M ETZ( IE R'S :
" I to get your money back.
vein (I(W| DUE AND WAN
-O|D,UUU TED —Old Merchants say
it is necessary to quit business in order to settle |
up ; that many people are so mean, after yon have j .
credited tbem. that when you try to get your hon
est dues from them, they will '-shy off." and spend J
their money, or run up accounts, at other stores. (
and you will lose their custom.
U1 j _don t to quit business. I must have '
man and woman who owes'ttie* by book Account or
note to pay me noie. I don't want ihem to act
mean and -'shy off." Stand up tothecountcr like ! (
men ' Pay it you can. If you can t pay, settle
so ne way. I will sue only those who don't w ant (
to pay. nd quit me because I dun tbem.
Let all concerned call at once to settle Thatnt
ful to a generous public for their patronage. [ i
hope they" will favor the new fir.ii of Hartley A j
Metzger who will do right.
spr.27 ] Respectfully, WM. HARTLEY.
GEO BI.VWVER. | JOHN F. BLVMVER. ;
/ 1 E<) RG E B LYM YER & SON
" I having formed a partnership, on the 6th of
Mxrch. L Q o6. in the
HARDWARE AT HOUSE FURNISHING
BUSINESS,
respectfully invite the public to their new roonis, '
three doors west of the old stand, where they will
find an immense stock of the most splendid goods
ever brought to Bedford county. Fhc>t* good*
will be sold at the lowest possible priees. Persons
' desirous of purchasing BU ILDING HARDM ARE
will find itto their advantage to give us a call.
WHITE LEAD—We have on hand a large
quantify ol White Lead, which we have been tor- ,
innate to buv a little lower than the market, rates
The particular brands to which wc would invite
attention, are the
Pan Unci. land.
Li la it a White Lead.
Same Fran It in H liiti Lead.
Wat/iimriou White Lead,
Washington '/.mc White Lead,
Nnr fori White Lend.
ALSO: — French Porcelain Finish.
Demur Varnish;
Varnishes of all tinds
Flaxseed Oil, (pure.)
Turpentine and Alcohol.
\il kinds of IRON and NAILS.
No. 1 CHRYSTAL ILLUMINATING COAL j
OIL
LAMPS in profusion.
Wc would invite persons wanting Saddlery
Hnrdware, to give us a call, as we have every
thing in the Saddlery line, such as Buckles, I
Kings. Hnines and Webbing Leather of all kinds;
also a variety of Shoe Findings, consisting of ;
French Calf Skins. Morocco Linings. Bindings.
Pegs, etc. •.£'
Housekeepers will tind at Blymyer A Son ;
store a great variety of household goods Knive;
and Fork of the very best quality; Plated Table
and Tea Spoons at all priees.
Give us a call and we can supply you with Barn
Door Rollers, the latest improvements; NovaScot-a
Grindstones, better than, any in use; Shovels, i
Forks and Spades
Grain and Grass Scythes and Snathes: fishing;
Tackle; Brushes of all kinds; Demi-Johns: Patent
Wheel Grease. Tar and Whale Oil, and an infiuite ,
variety of articles.
820.000 WANTED—WouId like to get it if our i
friends would let us have it. Lc.-s will do ; but
persons having unsettled accounts will close them
up to the first of March, to enable ub to close our
old book- This should be done.
may 4, 66. GEO. BLYMYER A SON.
t s I \i it \ PER YEAR! We want
N J ,)' H ' agents every where to sell our
i iMi'ROVKi)S2oSewingMachine- Three new ktnds.
Ui.der and upper feed. Warranted five years
, Abovesalarvor large commissions paid. TheONLV
machines s.dd in the United States for le># than
SHI. which arc fully licensed by Jlov, Wheeler \
i Wilson. Grocer br Baler. Singer W Co.. and
. Baeheldrr. All other cheap machines are in
fringements, and the seller or user are /table to
arrest, fine, and imprisonment. Circulars free.
• Address, or call upon' Shaw A Clark, Biddef rd,
j Maine, or Chicago. Ills ]Dec. 22. 6o—ly
t.z w v A MONTH! Agents wanted
• * M ) bir sis entirely nev articles, just out.
Address 0. T. GAREY. City Building, Biddeford,
.Maine | Dec. 22. os—ly
[ niCBASD LED,
r Manufacturer of
cabinet-ware, CHAIRS. AC.,
Bkdfobd. PA.,
i The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet
making business, will make to order and keep on
j hand everything in hi# line of manufacture.
- I Bt'KEAFS. DRESSING STANDS, PARLOR AND F.XTF.N-
SloN TA3I.ES. CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS. WASH
STANDS. Ac., AC-,
I will be furbished at all prices, and to suit every
! taste. COFFINS will also be made to order.
i sf-Proinpt attention paid to all orders for work.
on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite
. | the residence of George Shuck
5 July 10, 1863.—tf RICHARD LEO.
* A TERCIIANTS' SHOW BILLS,
printed in superior style, and upon reasons
ble terms, at TAB BEDFORD Uaibtte office
i< hi' hlrdfovd (liiurttf,
SPEECH of SENATOR COWAN.
DELIVERED
AT AN IMMENSE MASS MEETING.
IX THE
t it.v Hall. Washington. I>. ( April 512!.
IN SUPPORT OF
l*ltt.Sll)i:\T JOHNSON'S POLICY.
At which speeches were made by U. S. Marshal
Gooding, Ex-Governor Wm F Johnson,
of Jrenn'a, Gen John L. Swift .of
Mass., and Gen. Green
Clay Smith, of KY
The honorable Senator \v;i> <rm j ted
with loud and continued applause.
Leaning forward, he said: How are
| you? There are a gfood many of you
I down there. I have been expeetinir
you for some time, j Litughter.] Wliat
did you come for? ( Lauyhtor, and a
! voice —"Eight hourj a day.") Well,
it is rather a late hour for that. My
friends, I have been speaking thisaf
} ternoon a gootl deal, and I shall detain
I you to -ay h few words only. 1 asked
you what you were here for. I went
j home a few days ago, and when with
| in twenty-live miles of my destination
: 1 met an old farmer in the cars, who
-aid to me; "Cowan how are you get- j
j ting along in Washington?" "No!
very well." Said he, "what the devil j
i- the matter?" ."Why don't the Union !
i restore? What is wrong?" Going on!
j a little further, I met an old soldier:
who made the same inquiry : "What is
the reason the Union won't restore?
Didn't we whip those fellow- down
there? Didn't we make those fellows
■ lay down their arms and obey the laws?"
I "Certainly." "Then what is the rea
son the Union won't restore?" Fur- j
| ther on I met an old fellow, with a
j long purse and a good many bonds, j
Said he: "Cowan, what is wrong? I
i loaned this Government a good deal of
money to carry on the war, and what is
; the reason the Union won't restore?"
Now, that i- a tremendous question.
Think of it. A parcel of had people in
ISGH-fd, undertook to destroy this Un
ion. We resisted, as we had a right to :
do, on the ground that we had the right )
to make everybody obey the Constitu
tion and the laws.
But there was another thing we -aid '
at the same time. We said this is not i
a movement of the people. It is a!
movement of politicians and dema- !
gogues, who want to rule or ruin the
nation. Why? Did this nation ever!
hurt any body? Never. There is not j
a man who could say he had a single j
grievance to redress or a single wrong j
to avenge. Not one. It was a j
movement of demagogues who took j
the people did not want in the South, j
of the excitement of the moment to!
carry those State- out of the I nion. 1
We said, therefore, this i-# not the work |
of the | people. We must go down and i
rescue the people, and take them out
of the clutches of these fellows, who j
would drive them to their own ruin.!
We had a right to do that, and we j
made all that terrible war, not to pun- j
isii the people, not to oppress, to make j
i slaves of them, but to rescue them from
the power of the rebellion into which ;
they had been drawn. We succeeded
in that, and the people were thankful.
They all agreed to lay down their arms,
come back and be good subjects. Are j
not they doing that now? Have you
heard of any resistance to the Govern- ]
; ment since the surrender of the rebel
army? The President himself, a few
I davs ago, issued a proclamation that
all was quiet, not only along the Poto
mac, hut everywhere else. laughter
and cheers.]
The people, beaten in war, desired
| again to enjoy the benefit- of the Un
ion conferred upon them. But they
cannot have them, and what is the rea- !
son? Why my eloquent friend who
last addre-sed you has told you what j
the reason was. Radicalism is the rea-1
son. A nil mv friends, what reason does J
it bring? What idol doe- it worship I
What-tar does it follow? What flag!
does it inarch under? Radicalism will
not let the Union restore. When the ]
people ask why you do not restore the
Union, the reply is, "Oh no; not yet."
Why not ? What's wrong? The ne
gro mu.-t vote; that's the whole of it.
I Laughter and cries of "That's it."]
i These fellows at the < 'apitol will restore
it to-morrow if you will allow the ne
gro to vote in the South, a question
with which we have nothing whatever
to do. 1 f they want to arguethe ques
tion, let them go up into Pennsylvania.
The negro does not vote there. |"Not
a bit of it."] If they want to argue the
question, let them go out to Illinois.
The negro does not vote there. It they
want to argue it, let them go to New
York. He does not vote there unless
i he is a wealthy darkey. ] Great Laugh
ter. Let them go into Massachusetts
and argue it there. He does not vote
[ : there unless he is a literary darkey.
. [Continued Laughter.]
• i My friends, I repeat that we in Con
gress have nothing whatever to do with
j this question in the States more than
you people in the District of Columbia
have. The States which formed this
; Union are free States. They were free
3 States when they made the Union, and
they are free States yet. It was the
pride and glory of our fathers to cement
a glorious Union like this and still al
v low the States to be free. Now, where
ineonsiststhefreedom of aState? You
e will all agree that a State would not he
free if somebody outside were permit
ted to come in and say who should be
> Governor, who elected to Congress,
who elected to the Legislature, whoe'
BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY MINING, MAY 25, 1866.
r i
j lected sheriffs and cfftables. Then, <
' j if there lie nobody oude a free State f
who lias the power tsiy what men i
, shall be elected to uv, neither is
j there anybody who sll say who are
1 to be made electors : ecau-e, if you ;
j will give me the righti say who shall
vote. I will very quicy tell you who
shall be elected. In tl country those
j who vote are in the hit of electing
the officers ; and for peons outside to :
say who shall have e riglu ofsuf-j
: frage is another way>f saying that
; outsiders may dictate tio shall bee
lected to office. 1 repff that we have
; nothing whatever to dwith that (jues-;
: tiou. The States of th Union are free
! States. We have a eitral Govern
ment, and to it havebeen delegated
certain powers carefull laid down and \
! enumerated in the Coititution. It is ]
just as if a dozen genthien here were i
to meet together to forEa partnership ; :
rules are laid down, nvU'rr of copart- j
ncrship are entered irtc How long,
! do you think such a parWship would j
bo likely to last if one uieuixr was al- ;
j lowed to say, I will nianagunfltters all
j my own way, and another dowed to
I say, 1 will have more than ir; share of i
the profit.-? So it i- with th- nation.
1 We have agreed under the .'on-titu
j tion upon our terms of copatnership. ;
: We stand upon those terms. We not
only say we will remain in t o Union
but that we will compel any efractory
i member of it also to remain-to stand :
just as the Constitution mite- them j
stand. | A voice, "We will rake them j
stand."] Yes. that's it. I sways like
to get a little good hard Ingiish in. i
| Laughter.]
Well, who opposes this doctrine?
! They say they are a Union party. The
Union party fellows who sat they are
i'or the Union but will not lave it. Is
not that a singular Union patv? Is it
not playing Union party witi the Un
| ion left out ? Is it not a rcjetition of
the play of Hamlet with Himlet left
i out?
But they are abusive ielow- too.
Ju-tas my friend here, s;id, if you
want a Union upon the basis on which
it wa- constructed; if you propose to
stand upon the agreement which was
made, they say, no, you art a Copper
head. If you do not wait to kill all
the women and children in the .South,
they say you are secesh, you are a reb
el. Did ever anybody hear of such
scolds ? A great many people have
thought that Lincoln was a better na
tured man than Johnson. It has oc
curred to me that after listening for
three or fouryears to the abuse of these
people, he would have been disposed to
stool. 'TiieYiAvilD.-UDon the
land, that when a woman acquired a
habit of scolding beyond endurance,
she was placed upon a stool called a
cooking-stool, and there -lie sat, the ob
ject of the jeers and derision of boys,
and sometimes of those who ought to
have known better.
These people cannot keep peace with
anybody. They cannot agree with a
nybody. If you could only put them
into a pen hytheni-elvesthefateof the
Kilkenny cat-would be theirs. There
would bt: nothing left in a short time,
hut a few tails lying about the floor.
They will not have Union now because
they do not want it; and why? I will
toll you. They have behaved so out
rageously during the last fouryears,
so overbearingly, as if they had all the
patriotism in their belly, that they
know very well that the people of the
South cannot love them — that i- utter
! ly impossible. They never had any
I charity for those people, and having
gone into rebellion, they would see men,
women and children, loyal and disloy
al, go to the same bottom. It was not
the fault of the people of the South
i that the rebellion came. A majority
of the southern people were not for it,
and if this Government had done it.-
' duty and put down the rebellion in it
inception, there would have been n<
; war. ["That's so." I
But here you had Uongre-s fighting
at one end of the avenue, just as they
are tightingnow. (> u had a President
at the other end of the avenue wanting
i to do one thing and Oongres-' another,
and while they were engaged fighting
each other, the Southern propagandists
; and Knights of the Golden Circle were
left free to act with no force to oppose
them, and what could the people do ?
! What do these people up at the Capitol
propose to do now? 1 o inflict then
punishment upon the innocent instead
.j of the guilty. They say you cannot
, restore the Union now. Why? Be
■ cause rebels will get back to Congress.
Well suppose they do come is there no
; way of keeping them out? If a man
i comes here claiming a scat in Congress
; who is a rebel, a traitor, a leader who
. j incited the people to rebellion, would
■ t here be no way to avert the terrible ca
! 1 amity of Ms taking a seat in Congress?
I would not find any difficulty in
i preventing it. I would not ask
, the President or Congress how to
i keep him out. I would take out a
. warrant and arrest him under the law.
L . If he were a traitor I would have hi m
1 arrested and punished. 1 would let
a the courts, the marshals and thejurie
t do their work; and after you have
- hung a man as a traitor, he would nol
■- trouble you much about getting intc
t ('ongress. j Laughter and cheers, j Oh
e no, they do not want the Union or law
> restored, they want something else
e What was the proposition they intro
i, duced into Congress the other day
> They said : "Let us forgive these peo
| pie down South." Well, suppose you
i do. What will you require in return? 1
Let the negro vote. That is about the
whole of it. These red-handed trait
ors can come back if you will let the j
I negro vote, f hey will swop off the j
right to punish the criminal, if you
will only give them the vote of thene- 1
| gro. But, you may ask, why do you
want the negro to vote? Because if j
! you allow the negro to vote he will
| vote for us. i Laughter.] He will vote
i for us, and there is nobody else down
then? who will. [Continued Laughter.] j
We have behaved toward the white j
; people -o outrageously that there is not i
one of them who loves us. That is the
whole secret of it. I do not see any
difficulty on that point. I have no per
sonal animosity against anybody down
there, and there i- no reason for indul- ]
j ging in any -ueh feeling, except so far ]
!as those people keep it up. But thatis ,
the explanation of the whole matter. !
There are two or three gentlemen — j
! it lias become so exceedingly unpopu- ''
lar to name anybody that i will not say
who they are— I do not want to throw ]
the carcasses of dead dogs into that as
sembly. "How about the de-ad duck"]
I do not mention anybody; but there
| is a man, and there are four or five mil
, lions of people down there, not one of j
whom loves that man. Then he is dead. ,
No man can be hated by four or five j
millions of people without being dead, j
Think of it. I should dislike mon- ]
| strously to be hated by two or three j
little boys in this crowd, and how much j
| more by four or live millions of men, ]
: women and children. They are de
termined thi-s Union shall not be re
stored so long as these people hate them, j
! and they have no more hope of a change i
in that respect than you have. Do you !
suppose they care about the negro?
They know the negro never can be
brought in contact with white people
j and compete with them. They know I
just as well as we know that we are j
stronger, richer and more powerful i
j than he, and that he cannot compete
with us in any of the great business j
transaction:- with which weare brought !
I in contact.
But admit, if you please, that he is
stronger than you are and wiser, >tiil
this is not his country; it i- your coun
: try. He is here a kind of stranger. —
; You cannot cat with him, drink with
: him, sleep with him, or marry with
him. j Laughter and cheers.] I say,
then, that no true friend of the colored
man will bring him face to face with
j the white man in any struggle in
■ which we may beengaged. Why should
he be brought there? It is but to ex
pose him to your greater strength and
What good would voting Ad himr lit?
has either got to have a party of his
own, or else to mix himself with two
or three of your parties. It he had a
party and the majority, do you think
he would elect any white man to office?
j A voice. "He would elect a radical !"]
Not by any mean-. He would not
touch them with a ten-foot pole.
Sam is a good deal too sharp for that.
He understand- too well how he has
been used for years as a hobby for them
to ride into office, if he ever gets them
off to ever allow himself to take them
on again, (laughter.; Go into Liberia,
where he has a country of his own, and
see whether he will permit any white
man to vote there. Not at all; his con
stitution says that nobody shall vote
unlcsshe has African blood in bis veins.
Why ? Because be does not want to ex
pose you to the defeat of coming into
competition with his superior race.—
I Laughter. !
I am a friend of his. I have protect
ed hint very often, and it is because I
am a friend that 1 say it is a shame to
undertake to bring these innocent peo
ple into such difficulties and defeat a
will inevitably follow being brought
into contact and competition with the
white race. The negro i- one of tht
happiest dogs in the world. Give him
a cabin in acorn field and DIN*AH t(
| love, and he does not care about poli
; tics. Not a bit of it. As 1 said before,
' the only difficulty about restoring tin
Union is in this party which is not t
party after all. The radicals never hat
a party. I was years ago an old Whig
ami they were always annoying u-.-
1 Those abolitionists did nothing bu
1 scold and find fault with everybody.—
The Whig party was rather more fa
vorable to them than the Democrat*
nnrtv. but thev said. "No.no. wenius
parijr, uui tm*\ uv,
have a whole loaf or no bread. And
when we wanted to elect Clay they
, stuck up a candidate of their own.
[A Voice — Birney. i
Yes, that was the man. They got a :
few thousand votes for him— enough j
to defeat Ulay, and that was all it came |
to. Then when the war came on they
came out very strongly. They went
to work, and what did they do? Staid
at home, scolded, and made trouble a
mong our own people. \ ery few of
■ them went to the war. The men who ;
? fought went into the contest lor the
Const itution and the laws, and not up
, on any hobby or scheme of reform, to j
turn a black man into a white man. or
j anything of that sort. They fought ;
for the flag, and they were the men |
: who did the lighting. But these fel- i
lows were exceedingly jealous. They ;
were very enthusiastic, made speeches,
i wrote pamphlets, and all that sort of
thing. Of course there was no objec
tion to that ; nothing wrong in it.
Now that the war is over they say
• i they have abolished slavery. Why,
? gentlemen, they never abolished anv
- thing. [Laughter.] They never abol
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ished slavery, n<>r anything else that
1 ever I heard of, unless, perhaps, the
use of common sense by themselves.—
Perhaps they may abolish themselves
! one of these days. The men they have
abused a hundred times are the men
who abolished slavery. The slavehold
ers themselves did tenfold more to a
bolish it than they, if the slaveholders
had been satisfied to allow matters to
remain quiet, they would have had
their -lave- to-day. It would have
been impossible to overthrow slavery.
But they united with the politician-in
i the war, and it \va- the soldier u ho a- j
| boli-hed slavery, not the-|>eeehinaker, !
lor the proclamation-maker, who pa- ;
' rades himself here as the person who )
. has accomplished it. Well, now. slav
ery is abolished, and what more do you '
want? Everything these people want,
when you bring 'them down to the
point, is that the negro shall vote.
They pretend they want to give him
civil right.-. We have given all the civ
il rights we have. We never stipulat
ed to go to the extent of overturning a
State to give him rights. We broke
| the fetter from the slave and left him
! just like one of us, free to go where lie
| pleased. If he did not like his master
: in the District of Columbia lie couid
|go to Maryland. If he did not like
j Maryland he could goto Pennsylvania,
j ju-t as 1 would go, and I might be so
j hard pushed under certain eireum
! stances as to go to Massachusetts. —
| | Laughter. If the negro is not in the
| right State he may go where he pleases,
I and that i- personal liberty. It is the
liberty we have conferred upon theblaek
-man, and a thing of which I am proud.
Rut 1 will not go to the extent of over
turning the liberty of the States and
centralizing this Government, putting
the whole power in the hands of Con
gre-sandthe President here to be wield
ed for improper purposes. J resist it
now as I have always.
As I said before, a gentleman has in
troduced a proposition which savs:
I i
i "You may do just what you please,
provided you give us political power
and let the negro vote." They intro
duced a proposition the other day, in
which they said, "if you will give up
the right to fifteen or sixteen members
of Congre.—, you may do what you
please. We do not care anything about
j negro rights or negro suffrage."
The proposition now is, if you will
let the negro vote that will leave u- a
; chance to continue our political power.
i That is about as near the substance of
| the proposition as I can state it. A
j voice—"lt is near enough."} .
" 1 L> ° y " n stake in the world?
[j for the greai - um uuiu uicw.
' | people as a conquered people. What
• do you want to do with them? If you
> j were a monarchy or an aristocracy, you
i might find it to your advantage, but
: as a republic will you be any better off
' for it? I- not the thought itself wick
j I ed and atrocious if it were possible of
t i execution? The inhabitants of those
; States are of our blood, of our kith, and
kin. They arc your cousins, your
brothers, your friends, your relations.
an<l do you suppose they can be held
long as a conquered people? In this
war, when we were right and they were
wrong, what a t< rrible struggle it was.
Did you not have misgivings as to the
result up even to the day? Then, when
it happens that they are right and yoi
are wrong which side will God be on?
Gentlemen, we must conciliate, re
store and harmonize those people. Wc
must forget our difference in the pasi
and endeavor to live in peace and har
ninny as one people. 1 say it is tin
greatest stake for which any people evei
struggled. This is the greatest Ilepub
lie the world has ever seen by far. if w<
can maintain it in its integrity. L)<
you suppose we would lie in the smal
lest danger from France, England, o
any other nation if we are restored and
stand together as brethren and Ameri
can citizens? Not a particle. But le
the Potomac river be the dividing lim
that shall cut off t leven States frou
the Union, deprivethem of their right
and will they tight for you? When tin
time comes, and the time may com
to-morrow, who will they tight for to
day if there i- trouble? Will it he fo
.1. 1:...1 D l(tV„ Ml I 1-.UI ~<™
the radical.' i"-\o no. ! l ten you,
gentlemen, there is one man in this na
i rion who is the great bond of Union,
| and that i> your President. [Great en
j thusiasm.j
They will tight for liiiu ; and why?
Simply because when they were con
quered he treated them as a generous
I man would. He did not kick and curt
! and abuse them. He said it is all over.
I Let us be friends and have more sense
j next time. That is the proper way to
I do. it is the only way frank, honest,
j liberal, human men, would'treat a fal
len foe. Suppose you treat them other
! wise, and a war with England or France
i should occur, they would keep the
blockade open; and if they fought a
j gainst us, where would this Union be?
They have half a million of as good
lighting men as there are in the world,
; and could we go into a war with such
I an odds? Would not our soldiers say:
We have conquered these people once;
! have brought them back into the U
i nion. and if we bring them back again,
will you he any nearer a settlement af
ter another war than now ? I cannot see
how you could carry on another war
under these circumstances. The dic
-1 tates of wisdom are that you admit
them at once; that you take them hack
j and let us have one common republic
once more, the greatest, as 1 have said,
• upon which the sun ever shone.
A o\y, T ieupwcuwarns, i lmve address*
el you longer than I intended. An old
fellow—a Greek, I believe—once sa.d
that a great many people could com
mence a speech, but very few could (nd
one. I thank you for your kind and
respectfulatteution. I havegreat hopes
when 1 look over this half acre or more
of upturned faces that we will yet save
the I'nion; that we will yet see this
great Republic I have described pre
served for the future. lam proud to
say to you that, according to my best
judgment, your present President is
the man for the work. [Applause.]—
Trust him, and he will not fail you. —
lie will do the work quietly and gen
tlemanly, as a man and a gentleman
should do.
The Senator retired, greeted by the
prolonged cheering of the audience.
Tlie Memphis Itiot.
Correspondence Cinciunati Gazette (Radical.)
THE SECOND DAY.
M KM PHIS, May 2.—The riot was re
sumed this morning, and continued
| with much fury until noon, with con-
I sequences equally as di-astrousas those
of yesterday. Before daylight a crowd
of some five hundred negroes attempt
ed to gain admission to the fort and se
cure the arms in the arsenal, but were
finally met by the commanding officer
I who threatened them with grape and
; canister if they did not instantly dis
! perse, when they immediately retired.
General rioting commenced about 9
{o'clock, beginning by the declaration
I of a negro in a low groggery that ev
i cry (I—d white man in the city would
I be killed before the cessation of hostil
ities, which declaration reaching the
cars of several white men, resulted in
| the violent death of the negro. Then
the war began in earnest. Startling
rumors reached the business portion
i of the city, and citizens arming them
selves with all sorts of weapons, rush
ed frantically in crowds to the scene of
the riot, breaking into gun and pistol
; stores as they went, and appropriating
all the arms they could find. They were
; followed by the sheriff's force, the po
| lice force, firemen and a po-.se, organi
zed and armed by the Mayor. South
street was again the battle ground.
! Here the negroes had collected to the
I number of at least 1,500, bearing aloft
a black flag as their standard, and hol
looing, yelling and firing in every di
rection. Mo-t of them were discharg
ed soldiers, still wearing their uniforms,
and were armed with muskets. The
citizens charged on them, pouring in a
I volley of shot at the same time, which
caused the negroes to run, leaving some
15 or 20 of their brethren dead and
wounded on the ground. The return
fire killed one citizen and mortally
wounded two others. The advantage
was pressed and the negroes were driv
en heiterskelter beyond the city limits,
scattering in every direction. Various
rumors are afloat as to the number kil
, | led, but it fiannot be less than fifteen.
I have positive knowledge of eight,
i I could not learn the names of the
, j torch was applied to several negroes'
; dwellings, which are now a mass of
I smoking ruins. The white troops fi
'! nally succeeded in stopping the riot,
, ; and all i- now quiet with the exception
. of occasional firingin the suburbs. Vi
; olenceto peaceable negroes has ceased.
, But very few make their appearance
j- on the streets.
Most of the black rioter- areskulk-
I ing beyond the city limits, and the
white troops, of whom there are only
two companies, are disarming them as
rapidly as possible.
Some fear an outbreak to-night, but
I think the riot is at an end, as the ne
groes have been badly worsted, and
there is not much disposition torn desfc
them while they conduct themselves
properly, although thefiremen and po
iieearo much incensed over the death
of their comrades killed yesterday, and
are prevented with difficulty from
wreaking further venganee on the
blacks.
How Tin: ABOLITIONISTS KEEP
TIIEIR PROMISES TO THE SOLDIERS. —
Major George B. Halstead, a gallant
D >.dier, who last fall stumped New
j j. rsey, from Sussex to Cape May, for
the election of Marcus L. Ward for Gov
ernor, is out in a letter, bitterly de
nouncing Ward, as unfaithful to his
pledges, "to appoint Soldiers to posi
tions of profit and trust." He shows
that every position in the gift of the
Governor, to which there is any salary
attached, has been filled by stay at home
politicians, to the exclusion of soUlien?
equally as well qualified. He names
particularly the offices of Private Sec
retary, Clerk of the Supreme Court,
and Secretary of State. The Legisla
ture last winter passed an Act, author- •
izing the Governor to appoint some
suitable person to write the military
history of New Jersey, and 31 r. Hal
stead charges that the Governor prom
ised the position toacivilian "beforethe
ink was dry, with which his name was
written to the bill," and soldiers were
told to stand to one side.
WOMAN, an essay on grace in one vol- '
urne, elegantly bound.
K EI:P the eyes wide open before mar
riage and half shut afterwards.
IT has been asked, when rain falls
does it ever get up again? Of course it
does, in dew time.
A YANKEE has just taught ducks to
swim in hot water with such success
that they lay boiled eggs.
WIIY is a (log lying with his nose to
his tail, an emblem of economy? Bo
cause he makes both ends meet.
"I AM glad this coffee don't owe me
anything," said a book-keeper to his
, wife the other morning at breakfast.
, "Why?" was the response. "Because
I don't believe it would ever settle."
NEVER look at the girls. They can't
; hear it; they regard it as an insult.
• They wear their feathers, furbelows,
, and frills, merely to gratify their mam
mas, that's all.