®fe fffdfflwl fedte.
Friday Mornln|t,.™..Sept , iiiber 14. 1866.
Democratic and National Union
Nominations.
STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Hon. HIESTER CLYMER,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
DISTRICT TICKET.
FOR COXGKBSB,
J. McD. SHARPE, of Franklin co'y.
FOR UK.XATOH,
11. F. MEYERS, of Bedford county.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
111 RAM FINDLAY, of Somerset co.
COUNTY TICKET.
PROTIIONOTART,
O. E. SHANNON, of Bedford Bor.
• SHERIFF,
ROBT. STECKMAN, of Bloody Run.
ASSOCIATE JLDQE,
GEORGE W. GUMP, of Napier.
COSIMISBIOSBII,
DAVID IIOWSARE, of Southampton
POOR DIRECTOR,
MICHAEL DIEHL, of Colerain.
AUDITOR,
JOHN D. LUCAS, of Bloody Run.
FOR ASSEJIIII.Y.
Wo are authorized to announce Col. John 11.
Filler of Bedford county, as an independent can
ilidato for Assembly, subject to the decision of the
people on the second Tuesday of October next.
®hc limber.
A CAMPAIGN PAPER.
The undersigned are publishing a
campaign paper entitled "The Climb
er," the first number of which was
issued on the 7th of July inst., and
which will be continued until the Gub
ernatorial election in October.
This publication is devoted to the
support of President Johnson's Resto
ration Policy and the election of such
candidates as are openly in favor of sus
taining that policy. It contains six
teen columns of matter and is filled
■with racy editorials and the spiciest
articles of the campaign. No conser
vative politician should be without it.
It will be embellished with POR
TRAITS OF PRESIDENT JOHN
SON, Hon. HIESTER CLYMER and
other eminent patriots and statesmen,
and will contain a number of numerous
political illustrations.
REDUCED TERMS:
Ten copies to one oddrosi, cash in advance, ?3.f10 (
Twenty " " " " 5.00
Less than ten copies to one address, 40 cts per copy.
Get up your clubs and send in your
orders at once. No attention paid to
any order unless accompanied by the
cash. Persons getting up clubs should
be particular to specify in their orders
the name of the person to whom they
wish the package addressed, as all the
papers in the club will lie sent to one
person for distribution. Address,
MEYERS & MENGKL,
Bedford, Pa.
IB| 8 1 |
-KQI AUTY FOR WHITE .HEX!"
Somepeople imagine that every body ,
has long ears because they themselves i
are asses. For instance, the editors of |
the Bedford Inquirer suppose that they j
can dupe their readers as easily as they j
doeieve themselves. If they did not
they would never have printed the ar
ticle which appeared under the above
caption in their last week's issue. It is
entirely, utterly false thai the Southern
States have greater proportionate repre
sentation in Congress than the other
States, on account of three-fifths of their
JVegroes being counted in the apportion
ment. THEY if AYE LESS PRO
-I>< )RTIONATE R E P RE S E N T A
TION FOR THEIR NEGROES
THAN PENNSYLVANIA IIAS.
Hut three-fifths of their colored popula
tion are counted in their apportion
ment of members of Congress. IN
PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL THE
NORTHERN STATES, ALL THE
X E< 1 ROES A RE COUNTED IN TIIE
APPORTK )NMENT—not three-fifths,
but ALL of them. In Pennsylvania
we do the voting for one hundred
thousand negroes, and if they were
thrown out of the count in the appor
tionment, Pennsylvania would hare but
instead of ill Congressmen. How un
just, then, to talk about representation
for three fifths of the Southern Negroes,
when we have representation for all of
ours. But if the Inquirer wants White
Equality as badly as it does Black, let
it call upon its party to move in Con
gress for a Convention of the States,
and let all the inequalities in represen
tation be cured Lot such "rotten 1m tr
oughs" as Rhode I sland and such small
States as Connecticut, Vermont and
New Hampshire, instead of having
more Senators in theU. S. Senate than
the great States of New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio, be represented in
that body in proportion to their popu
lation, and then there would be some
"equality for white men." But at
present the six New England States,
with but population sufficient to give
them 22 Congressmen, have 12Senators,
whilst Pennsylvania with population
enough to give her 24 Congressmen, has
but 2U. S. Senators! Talk about the
three fifths rule and equality for white
men after that!
WANTED—Some boys to till the wa
gons for the next Radical mass meet-
13 3 3 I
A POINT ANSWERED.
Among the many points raised by
the Radicals for the purpose of confus
ing the minds of the people in regard
to the real issues of this campaign-
Disunion and Negro Suffrage—is this,
that the Southern States are at present
entitled to representation for their ne
groes. Now, the truth concerning this
matter is, that three fifths only of the
colored population of the South are
counted in the apportionment of rep
resentatives in Congress. A vulgar
notion is also entertained by some peo
ple, that, owing to this mode of appor
tioning members of Congress for the
South, one man casts three votes!!! —
The fact is, that, whilst in the South
three fifths only of the colored popula
tion are counted in the apportionment,
in the north Ml the colored people are
counted. Thus, instead of this rule
operating against the North, it works
to her advantage and against the inter
ests of the South. In Pennsylvania, by
the counting of the colored population,
one Congressman is added to the num
ber given us by the white population.
In other Northern States still more
Congressmen are produced by count
ing the negroes. The. negro popula
tion of the North, t<x), is rapidly
increasing, whilst that of the South is
as rapidly decreasing. It is estimated
that one half of the numlier of colored
people in the South at the beginning
of the war, have perished. The re
mainder are being fast thinned out by
disease and emigration to the North
under the auspices of the. Freedmen's
Bureau. Now, one half of the negroes
of the South having perished, under
the next apportionment the Southern
States will have but half the number
of representatives for their negroes
they have at present, and the North,
having largely increased in colored
population, will gain in proportion to
such increase. Hence, there is neither
I sense, nor justice, in the clamor about
the South being represented in Con
! gress for three-fifths of her negroes.—
The Constitution provides this three
| fifth rule, and it also provides that
! small States like Rhode Island, Ver
| inont ard Connecticut, and new and
thinly populated States like Kansas,
Nevada and Oregon shall have as ma
ny U. S. Senators as Pennsylvania, or
| New York, or Ohio. If one inequali
ty in the Constitution is to be corrected,
then let all be corrected, if there is t
he no representation for negroes in
the South, let there lie none in the
North. If all are to be equally repre
sented in the Government, then let the
New Engiand and the thinly popula
ted States remember their right to e
leet as many U. S. Senators as the
larger and more populous States. Ixh
(justice be done though the heavens
j fall, nay, though the Radical party
j break into atoms.
WiU our brethren of the Democratic
' Press ventilate this subject 1
THE RADICAL KEIIEI.S.
The conspirators against the Govern
ment held a "National" Convention at
Philadelphia, last week. Among the
prominent delegates to that Conven
tion were Ex. Gov. Pease and A. J.
Hamilton of Texas, F.J. Durant, of
Louisiana, D. R. Goodloo, of North
Carolina, Judge Bona and J. A. J.
Cresswell, of Maryland, all of whom
were violent Secessionists and-Rehels
at the begining of the war. Hamilton
and Cresswell both commanded com
panies of Rebels at one time, and as for
the rest, they did more to excite the
minds of the Southern people against
the people of the North than any of
the leading Generals in the Rebel ser
vice. Among the delegates to this
Convention from the Northern States
were the Negro FRED. DOCGLASS
and such desperate men as Gov. Wil
liamCurtis, Theodore Tiiton,Ben. But
ler, and others. This motley crew are
trying to stir up a rebellion against
*
President Johnson. They want place,
power and social position, and because
they can't get it under Johnson, they
are plotting to overturn the govern
ment. GEARY was with them, cheek
by jowl, in their Convention, in their
processions, and wherever they made
speeches. Will the people, can they,
endorse such proceedings?
WHITE, BLACK VMM.I AKY !
Fred. Douglass, P. B. Randolph and
other negroes were delegates to the
"Loyalist" Convention at Philadelphia
last week. Gen. Geary was also there
and was seated upon the platform with
the officers of the Convention. Will
the Bedford Inquirer inform its readers
of this fact?
MWI vi l li.
Numbers of Republicans are disgust
ed with Geary's recent association with
Fred. Douglass and other negroes at
the Philadelphia Radical Convention.
This and Thad. Stevens' and John
Williamson's speeches are enough to
break the back ol any party, and even
the "Republican" party cannot bear
up under them.
GRAND MASS MEETING!
THE COURT HOUSE JAMMED!
GREAT SPEECHES BY HON. F. M.
KIMMELL AND WM.
HARTLEY, ESQ.!
HOW ARE YOU, TRADDEUS STE
VENS?
The largest meeting ever assembled
In the Court House, was held on
Wednesday evening, sth inst. The
immense concourse occupied every
inch of room inside of the building,
whilst numbers could not find entrance.
The enthusiastic Democrats turned out
in all their strength, whilst numbers of
"Republicans" were present to testify
their disgust at the doctrines of Thud.
Stevens and the blackguardism of John
Williamson. The ladies, God bless
them! were also out in full force, and
the Democratic Brass Band enlivened
the occasion with soul-stirring music.
COL. F. 1). BEEGLE, of St. Clair
tp., was appointed Preisdent of the
meeting. James Sill, Richard Lang
don, Josiah Ritchey, A. Perdew, Sam
uel Boor, Jeremiah Black, John B.
Flu.-k, Josiah Miller, Samuel Roigh
ard and Jacob Lingenfelter, Esq's, were
appointed Vice Presidents; and J. Pi
per Smith, Wm. Whip and Jrhn C.
Miiler, Esq's,Secretaries. Col. Boogie,
on taking the chair, addressed the
meeting in a neat and appropriate
speech.
HON. F. M. KIMMELL was then
introduced to the meeting, by Hon.
Job Mann, as the first speaker of the
evening. Judge Kimmellmadeone of
the ablest speeches ever listened to in
Bedford county. lie showed up the
Revolutionary character of the faction
which now rules in Congress, and ex
hibited the Negro Suffrage doctrines of
the loaders of the Radical party in
their true light. His remarks were
frequently interrupted with outbursts
of applause.
W.M. HARTLEY, Esq., was then
called out, and in a speech of great
clearness and power, discussed the is
sues before the people. " Mr. Hurt ley
made a decided impression upon his
hearers, many of whom went away
satisfied that their late affiliation with
the Radical party was a great error,
and resolving that they would in fu
ture act with the National Union De
mocracy.
The meeting then adjourned amid
loud cheering for Hiester Clyraer and
the Democratic ticket.
A WOll OF HAHMXti.
Our enemies are fighting this cam
paign with the energy of desperation.
Their organization is perfect. Their
emissaries are at work in every neigh
borhood. Their leaders in this town
have lists of the voters, with the poli
tics, l\ O. address, and such other par
ticulars of each as will aid them to se
duce him into their pernicious d<>c
trinos. They are Hooding the country
with political papers and pamphlets,
seemingly plausible, but written with
the diabolical cunning that has always
characterized Abolition Literature,
and filled with the basest mis-represen
tation and falsehood. They are also
spending money lavishly, and resort
ing to all the corrupt and infamous a
goncies used again-t us last fall, in the
hope of reducing our majority still fur
ther at the coming election.
Fellow Democrats, forewarned is
forearmed. Be vigilant, he active.—
The skies are bright. Never before for
several years have we had such bright
prospects of success. If we are beat
en it will be our own fault. Shall
we sleep while our enemies work, and
be startled from our security, by the
crash of defeat as we were last fall ?
Rather let our watchword he work!
WORK! WORK! Talk with'your
neighbors. Explain the Negro and
other issues. I.vt us do our whole duty,
and wcshall bury Radical Fanaticism
so deep on the Oth <iay of October, that
the trump f ltessurrection will not
wake it.
VEKHWM'. At-.
This State lias not been <v rried by t he
Democracy within thememoryof man.
It generallygivesabout2s,oob"Repub
lican" majority, and as they don't
know what a negro is in that State,
they vote for negro-ph: lists all the
time. Hut the "Republicans" quar
reled among themselves this time and
succeeded in electing but two Congress
men. Vermont and Maine, being New
England States, weexj; nothing from
them ; but we expect to, nay we know
that we will, carry the Middle and
nearly all of the Western States. The
Democrats and Conservatives claim (50-
000 majority in New York, 20,000 in
Pennsylvania, 25,000 in Maryland, 15,-
000 in Ohio, 15,000 in Indiana, 15,000 in
Illinois, 10,000 in Wisconsin, 8,000 in
Michigan, 3,000 in Minnesota, and if
there be a free ballot, 20,000 in Missou
ri. Kentucky has already given 50,-
000 Conservative majority.
THE GAME OF IlKAtil
IJrag is a good dog, but 1 fold <)n is n
better. The Radical will experience J
the truth of this adage soon enough.
t'l.Al' TK VP !
Of all the infernal, outrageous, des- i
operate and damnable lies that ever dis-1
graced the newspaper press, those with s
which the Radical sheets are now teem-•
ing, are the most bold and shameless, j
If all the fiends in hell were let loose;
and each of them had forty tongues of
forty Tom Peppers, and on each tongue
were the quintessence of all the false
hoods Tom Pepper ever told, they
could not lie faster or more villainous
ly than do the men whom the Presi
dent has driven to tlu- wall. We copy
a few specimens below. If any man is
fool enough to believe such fabricated
stuff, we don't want to waste words
with him. Here are the samples.
No. 1.
The (<>]>|>rliroU Dctunud Thirty Ad
ditional JSewi" fer tlt.
ho ll tit.
"The coalition of Northern Copper
heads and .Southern rebels, at Philadel
phia, demands thirty additional mem
bers of Congress for the Southern
States. This is the question to be set
tled at the ballot box: The West. Min
ister Review, one of the oldest and best
quarterly publications in theold World,
jin the July number, says: "THAT
| TilK Sol'TII SHOULD RETURN TO Til K
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .MOKE
POWERFUL BY TIXIKTY MEMBERS
I THAN" IT WAS BEFOKE THE WAR IS A
RESULT THE NORTH CANNOT
i ACCEPT.
No. 2.
Coui|>ensatioi! for their Slaves.
One of the principal incentives which
has actuated the Secessionists to enter
into an alliance with the Copperheads
' and Johnsonites of the North is the de
sire to establish a party that will even
■ tually, ifsucce-sful. give themcompen
' sation for their slaves. Fellow citi
zens, are you ready to assist in the es
tablishment of a party that will ask
you, yea you, to pay for 4,000,000 of
Slaves? if you do, vote the Copper
-1 head ticket !
No. 8.
litsp in Price uf Rebel Bonds.
la another column will be found a
! teiegram from London of the .'list ulti
mo, announcing the fact that the news
;of the action of the Philadelphia 1-lth
iof August Convention had resulted in
1 a melt-rial advance in the value of Reb
el Bonds. Loyal men everywhere
| have contended that the action of the
j President in concert with rebels and
copperheads was leading directly to
j the assumption of the rebel debt. This
' prediction Is now further verified by
the fact that European financiers put
I the same interpretation upon "Myl'oi-
I icy" and accordingly have began to
i buy up the bonds of the defunct Con
federacy in the confident expectation
i that they will be paid by the United
I States if Andniw Johnson's policy ol'
reconstruction is adopted. Tax payers
what think you of this action of Euro
pean financiers. If you wish to pay
|the relM-l debt vote the Copper-Jonn
i son-Reconstruction ticket by all means
: and you will have your taxes don bled,
■ within the next two years.
THAI). KTEY r.\S AMI BEDFORD
FOUNTV :
The Republicans of Red foril County
forced on 'Uuul's Platform!
Thad. Stevens, who preaches the e
quality of Negroes and White Men,
| was put forward on Tuesday night of
i Court week, as the spokesman of the
I Radical meeting. lie spoke for the
| leaders of the Republican party! 11
] spoke for the Republican party in lie/l-
i ford county! Every "Republican"
j will either have to stand on his plat
j form, or quit voting, or vote the Dem
j ocratie ticket. The Radical leaders iu
! Bedford county are trying to force the
| "Republicans" of Bedford county to
i step upon Stevens' platform. They
; want to n-gro-ize their party in this
| county. Hence they got Old Thud, to
j make his speech before them. Theis
| sue now is Stevens and the Negro.—
i There can be no dodging it.
lUSE I.V I.N. BOX DM.
The proceedings of the Philadelphia
National Union Convention were re
ceived in Europe by the holders of U.
S. bonds, with great joy. The bonds
at once rose in value, and the news was
telegraphed over the Atlantic Cable.
This news did not suit ilie Radicals at
all, so they had the word "Rebel" in
serted before bonds, in the place of
"Federal," and are now bellowing iike
so many bulls of Bashan about the pro
ceedings of the Philadelphia Convon
, tion causing a rise in the price of "Reb
el" bonds. The Philadelphia Ledyer,
a "Republican" paper, says that the
dispatch read "Federal bonds," and
that its alteration is a transparent
trick to make political capital. Shann
on such demcgogueisin.
HON. B. E. MEYERS, editor of that
well known and excellent paper, the
Bedford C'txefte, has been nominated
by the Democrats and Conservatives as
their candidate for State Senator in
the Somerset, Bedford and Ful
don district, with a good prospect of
success. Mr. Meyers would make an
able and attentive Senator. Few men
in the State who have never held a
public office are so well and thorough
ly acquainted with the people, policy
and wants of Pennsylvania :LS Mr.
Meyers. Popular at home and abroad
as a gentleman of character and abili
ty, he will meet the Radical disunion
ists as a brave man should—wipe out
their small majority in his district and
take his seat at the State Capitol as the
representative of white men, and a
true and tried friend of the Uuion and
the C onstitution. — (ji niuis qf Liberty.
"EQUAL RIGHTS TO EVERY
HUMAN BEING, EVEN To THE
AFRICAN!"— TkaMtu* Stevms nt x
Bedford, Tuesday evening, Sept. 4.
THE PRESIDENT TO RE IMPEACHED.
Another, I'ivil War linpciKtiiijf.
Advices from Washington state that
it is the purpose of the Radicals, should
they succeed in the coming elections,
TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT,
and put the President of the U. S.
Senate (one of their own number) in
the Presidential chair. There is not
the least doubt that this scheme is on
foot. Should this be attempted, civil
war will be the result and our country
will be scourged more terribly than be
fore.
HAVI.S BO AY X ITS COLORS!
The Bedford fnejnirer , after having
for months printed under its editorial
head, the proposed Amendment to the
Constitution as the platform of its par
ly, drops it, in its lust issue. What!
Not driven from your position already?
Or can't you lie enough about your
platform with it staring your readers
in the face ? Remember, that platform
declares that "AU persons born, or nat
uralized, in the United States, are cit
izens ."'
AWAKE!
Wednesday, Sept. 26, is the last day
fur getting ASSESSED. Democrats
see to this! We have usually lost a few
votes in nearly every district, by ne
glecting to have every man assessed.—
Will we never learn wisdom from our
enemies? Shall so small a matter be
permitted to injure us? Let all Demo
crats be asse-sad, at o.rcc, EVERY MAN
—especially those who voted on age
bust year.
XKWBO St Ft H UiE AT EAST.
The Radical National Convention at
Philadelphia, has issued an address fa
voring " Univrvnl " Ex-Sec
retary Speed and other delegates left
the Convention. Jack Hamilton swore
that if the Convention didn't adopt
11 UniversalSHjTi\'.g< "he wouldn't. I dump
an hour for Geary. So, "Republicans,"
you have now your national platform.
( Jet on it, or you'll be put out of the
party.
It EN SiV WAR!) IIEECIIEK!
Read the letter of Henry Ward
Beecher, on the outside of our"paper.
This late strong "Republican" comes
outsquarely in favorof President John
son and tiie immediate restoration of
the South to the Union. ' Why should
"Republicans" hesitate to follow men
like Beecher, Seward, Welles, Cowan,
Blair, Doolittle, Dixon and the ablest
leaders of their party ?
ItESV IT, il' Ktl lUUF.!
Will the lied lord Inquirer please in
form its readers that the N EGROES
FRED. DOUGLASS and P. B.R AN
LK)LPH, were members of the "Loy
al" Republican Convention which met
in Philadelphia, and that GUN. GEA
RY was also iu the Convention and oc
cupied a rent, on tin platform 1 Or, if it
nannotdo this, will it dare to deny that
such are the facts? Coma, too the
mart!
ia>iors xeivs!
Cslilurnia Erdfcined.
The cheering news has been flashed
over the wires, that the State election
in California has resulted in tremen
dous Conservative gains. Nearly ev
ery county has gone Democratic. This
is glory enough for one day. As time
rolls on, the storm of popular indigna
tion that overwhelmed the Radicals
in California, will sweep over the coun
try, hurling them into oblivion in ev
i cry State of the Union, outside of New
1 England. "God speed the Right!"
WII..MIXGTOX !
(<rcat Domorratic CJnius!
'! lie "Republican" majority in Wil
mington, i tela ware, is about ?UO. Two
years ago it gave Lincoln 800 —a gain of
6<XJ. Lest year it gave 100 "Republic
an" majority. Delaware is all right.
...
t'O J.OIt A JX!>!
Gov. ('ummings lias given the cer
tificate of election to A. C. Hunt, the
Democratic candidate for Congress in
Colorado. So all the blowing of the
Radicals over Chilleot's election was
simply wind and nothing more. Gov.
< 'ummings is a "Republican." 1 ladn't
the Bedford Inquirer better try again?
Ij:,i 31 o i
The Democratic candidate for Con
gress in Idaho, Mr. lloibrook,-has been
elected by 1,000 majority! Another
earthquake.
NT I 1.1, AXOTMIK !
The Shirleysburg Herald, published
by Mr. Lutz, has hauled down Geary's
name, and refuses to support the "Re
publican" county tieketof Huntingdon
county. Old Huntingdon will be re
deemed, certain, this time.
THADDEU& STEVENS spoke on
Tuesday evening, of last week, in Red
ford, of "THE EFFORT MADE BY
THE REPUBLICANS TO GIVE
EQUAL RIGHTS TO EVERY HU
MAN BEING, EVEN TO THE AF
RICAN."
"THE EFFORT MADE BY THE
REPUBLICANS TO GIVE EQUAL
RIGHTS TO EVERY HUMAN BE
ING EVEN THE AGRICAX."—
Thad Stevens' speech, see last week's
Bedford Inquirer.
v-r g
WASTED- s,fifth copies of the Bed
ford Inquirer containing Thud. Stevens' i
Negro Suffrage Disunion speech. Ev
ery body should readmit.
A HKQUKST —Will the Chairman of j
the Radical county committee favor us ;
with the presence of Gen. John Wil
liamson in this county until the elec
tion?
TIIK CI,EVEI,A.\!) COWESTUIX.
Ir. Slcj)!)i'*n If. TJIIJ mid Wordnii,
I'nUolSmlcs Suvy. 'mlr*e ISio l'n s
d. ni l. UKtoratinu J'clivy.
The subjoined letters from two of the
noblest supporters of the Union—each
in his own way—from a worthy corol
lary to the splendid patriotism and log
ic of the Rev. Henry Ward Ileeeher's
reply to the invitation of the Cleve
land Convention, which is published
on our first page:
ST. GKORGK'S RECTORY, Sept. <i.
Gen. Charles <J. Halpine,
MY DKAK SIB: My home engage
ments aial personal infirmities render
it impossiblefof me to give the time or
effort which would be involved in the
journey and duty you propose, i should
be glad to give yon a different reply
were it in my power. I have read with
great delight Mr. Beeclier's unanswer
able letter, and desire to thank him for
the fidelity aud power witii which he
has accomplished so good a work. I
shall honor the soldiers and sailors of
j the nation if they give their cordial
and united support to the sound and
healthful principles which keprodaims
and sustains. It will be a glorious re
suit, if the people of the land unite !
with them in tiie universal determin
ation, that Union, liberty, and gener
ous interpretation and actiiffi shall end ,
all the controversies of the day in which 1
we live, in the immediate and com
plete reconstruction and combined es
tablishment of our whole nation us one
harmonious and prospering people.
That a conquering army should de
sire this seems but accordant with the
spirit of a generous victor. That they
should assemble in a peaceful fellow
ship to avow and to promote it, is but
exercising their rights as citizens and '
fulfilling their obligation its intelligent
leaders of their fellow men; and that
! ministers of a religion of peace and
good will should sustain and encour
age a purpose and movement so hon
orable to the nation, would appear to
be the plainest dictate of duty in the
position which they sustain and rela
; lions io the people among whom they
dwell.
1 cannot refuse, therefore, to approve
and endorse the meeting which is pro
positi, or the platform on which it a
vows itself to stand.
Your friend and servant, with much
regard, STEJPHKX 11. TYNG.
LETTER FROM ( APT. WOKDEX, UNI
TED STATEsi NAVY.
R. S. STEAMSHIP PEXSACOLA, 1
NEW YOKE HARBOR, Sept. G. J
MY DEAR GENERAL: lam IN re
ceipt of your kind invitation of the Ith
instant, to participate in the Conven
tion of officers to lie held at Cleveland,
< >hio, to "approve the present plans of
reconstruction, and the President's
policy generally."
lie* assured, General, the policy of
sustaining the administration meets
my hearty approval, and nothing
would give rue greater pleasure than
uniting-with my old companions in
arms in this effort; hut as my ship will
sail in a few days to join the* South Pa
cific Squadron, L will not bo in the
United States when the Convention
assembles.
During the rebellion my whole heart
and soul were enlisted in the effort to
ward its suppression; and now that it is
suppressed, I feel it a pleasant duty to
extend to our repentant Southern
brethren the right hand of fellowship.
Generous magnanimity toward a fal
len foe is characteristic of brave men,
.aid the principle is eminently shown
in the sentiments so warmly and fre
quently expressed lately by the brave
men who participated in subduing the
rebellion.
Trhsting that the Convention, by its
wisdom, moderation, and patriotism,
may strengthen the hands of the gov
ernment in its efforts toward recon
struction and conciliation, and meet the
views and support of ail patriotic citi
zen-, especially those who served in the
army and navy during the rebellion,
i remain very truly yours,
JOHN L. WORIIEN,
Captain United States Navy.
MOKE TltnU.E IV THE KAIiK.IL
I'AMI*.
I The following copy of a letter, sent
|to the President of ilio Republican
; Convention of the Second Ward last
I evening, explains itself, and is a bitter
reflection upon the city authorities,
and all others who refused to pay due
respect to the President of the United
States. Coming as it does from a
working man,.ft hut expresses the sen
timent of thousands in the same walks
of life. We give the letter to speak
for itself:— Age ikifh.
PHILADELPHIA, August 26, 1866.
fb I Vex blent. and .Kfcfflbws of the
Nominating <Jon rent ion. Second 1 Yard.
GKXTI KM EX: .Nolwithstandingthe
fact of my being unanimously elected
a Delegate to your ( onvention, having
been placed on tlie tickets of both the
opposing I Radical factions of my pre
cinct, the cSixth, l am nevertheless
compelled to decline taking a seat or
any part whatever in your Conven
tion.
I have been induced to take this step
on account of the action of the Ita ical
Unionists towards the ChiefAlagislrate
of the nation, on the occasion of his ar
rival and sojourn so the city, yesterday
and to-day. having witnessed in .-ar
row, the (iisgrneefti! net ion of the party
of which i have been an active mem
ber all my life, 1 felt 1 could not longer
afliiiate with such a political organiza
tion! 1 have therefore joined the John
son Club of this ward, intending here
after to act with a party who appear to
have some sense of honor and decency.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) SAMUEL. It. BLEYLEK.
—Theeditorofthe Buffalo Christian
(!) Advocate says that President John
son's speech io the Philadelphia Con
vention Committee is similar to "that
which cost C'luirh - i ids head, and may
yet make one tailor less." Such ex
pressions as these always make one can
didate for perdition more.
—The rtjra erojmf tVmwytnini<t,f%isi
year, is estimated at 80,000,000 bushels.
AM, THE HECEJHY.
In the Radical Convention on Thurs
day last the following scenes occurred
which cannot fail to shock the mural
sense of every right-thinking man in
the community:
Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, read the des
patch in yesterday's papers relating to
the President's visit to the Norhwcst.
On reading that part of Mr.
speech, and inquiring whether the au
dience desired Mr. Johnson for King or
President, loud cries of ''Nary one"
were heard from all parts of the Conven
; tion.
A Delegate—No, sir; we'd see Andy
Johnson '!<>•"> degrees into hell, with I'iil
.S.-ward :tnd Montgomery Ulairon too
' dfhim, first.
Parson Brownlow gave utterance io
I these disgusting remarks:
Some gentlemen, not through any
; unkind feeling toward me, but through
i a mistaken appreciation of my motives,
j has said that we were afraid of the IH
; gro-s'jffrage quest ion and sought ; >
dodge it. Why, J should feel disgraced
flow and forever if I felt doubtful ;„i
j any subject of national concern. 1 nov
! er was claimed on both sides of any
I question, and never intend to be. Whij'a
1 am satisfied with what has been done,
: 1 am the advocate 'f neyro-snffroge and
:of impartiu/ sajfraye. (Great applause,
' including "three cheers for Brown
low."j I would sooner be elected to any
j office under heaven by loyal negroes
; than by disloyal whit" men. (Applau.-e.
| I wouid sooner associate in private i;.
' with a loyal negro thana disloyal white
! man. i would sooner be buried in a
' negro graveyard fiian in a rel>el grave
yard. [Applause, j Jj Ihave after death
to <jo either to he!lor to heuven, I shall
prefer to <jo with lap d itepeocs to he'!
■ than with i) "itors io heaven.
These sentiments, it must be borne
; mind, were uttered on the floor of the
\ Radical Convention, in the same hall
| in which Anna Dickinson and Fred.
: Douglass spoke, and before the - one
■ body which r • reived with enthusiastic
I applau General Geary, the disunion
! candidate i Governor. "The pity of
I it—<!. j.'y of it!" — Af/e.
it 11 VRIILSIATIVK TICKET.
If wi oe seen by the proceedings of
! lit' ; i Mi-ratic i.eg'i-iariveConference,
wh i■■ -maided in Bedford'tin Satur-
L day, i.ts', that the II >n. HIRAM FIXD-
I LA Y has been placed in nomination on
| the ticket for Assembly—no second
l nomination having been made, but < 'ol.
; FILLER, of Bedford county, ivviio had
! announced himself as an independent
! Candidate) recommended to the sup
port of the Democracy of the District.
I We believe this action on the part of
j the Conferees to have been, under the
circumstances, judicious; and that it
i will meet the approbation of the party
j in the District.
The Hon. HIRAM FIXDLA Y is one of
! that noble, old-fashioned type of Dem
| ocrats, who is a Democrat from deep
I conviction of the truth and rectitude of
i the 1 iemoeratioprinciple. Immovablc
in his attachment to that principle (as
; the man of integrity ever is to what he
j believes to be right) Mr. Findlay had
j remained consistently and unwavering
| ly faithful to the creed and doctrines of
Jefferson and Jackson. Devoted to the
! Union all his life, he bore eminent tes
| tiniony, during our dark days of trial,
I against the open foe at the South, and
1 the insidious but no less dangerous en< -
| mies of the Union at the North, who
| plotted for dissolution, and who are now
! openly striving to render dissolution
j permanent. A man of unsullied pri
! vate character, popular in manners,
i skillful and experienced in business,
well informed of the material wants
; and interests of the District, possesses,
j of a shrewd intelligence and a good
stock of information, he is in every re
' speet not only a competent, bur a ih'-t
I classman, for the office of Legislator.
Col. JOHN H. FII.LKK has heretofore
| acted with the Republican Party. His
1 name was presented by his friends for
| nomination by the Republican party,
I this fall, tor tiva same office. This was
| sought in the name of "the boys in
| blue," and as a slight recognition of
i their services in behalf of the country.
I But the party that vaunted itself as the
1 special friend of the soldier, turned the
J cold shoulder to Col. FILLER and he
was literally cheated out of tlie nomi
nation (as was also Captain Stuckcv,
another worthy soldier,) in order to
give place to a burly, big, wealthy stay
at-home patriot • —one John T. Iticii-
I a fas, of Fulton county. Seeing now an
j opportunity to rebuke the meanness,
j duplicity and faithlessness of the cor
-1 rupt party organization, and. at the
i same time, to do an act of merited jus
tice to "the boys in blue," the represen
tatives of the Democratic party have,
in the true spirit of unselfish magnani
mity, recommended Col. Filler to Dem
ocratic support. That he will be el<si
ted, we can hardly have a doubt. The
unanimous support he will receive fmin
his special friends, "the boys in blue,
who were so coolly thrust aside by the
Republicans—the many votes he will
lake from the Republican party, a large
portion of whom are dissatisfied with
the swindling and scheming where!-y
the soldiers were ruled out -these, with
the generous assistance of the Democra
cy, will well nigh reader Hi- election a
j certainty, of Cel. Filler's fitness for
: the off'.! e, there ran be no doubt. His
I opponents concede him to be one of Lie
! most educated, intelligent and talented
i men in the District.
With tnese last additions to the tick
et, wlviih completes it, we enter die
j contest with sdli increased hopes ol
j success.— / ti'fo/i J)unocra(.
SEWARD OA MMLU'UAIX.
Air. Seward is sometimes jociiD '•
j Neither ihecaresof State, nor "SLyac *
mL'toAmstabs," have made Iriusul 11
and morose. He occasionally say
| good thing, and on Wednesday last ;u
j New York, he thus disposed of
j old friend M'Michael
When we came to Philadelphia--', ■'a'
only city on our way wlierc tiicautlna
ities did not lender hospiudities to s • : '
President of the United ' States— vy
found a city which was disorganizeu.
f Laughter. It had no governin* in,
no Common Conned, no city authct i
t-ies, and no police; but we found a
cily . o itiyal, so earnest, so peaccii'-"".
so zealote n the cause of national 11 ""
torn lion and reconciliation, i'uU cveij
man was a iaw unto himself; jLaagy
turi; audi said to myself, "Riossed is
that city which can dispense with a ru
ler.'' ; Laughter.! i waa rem inded
I John Gilpin's ride, and of the Vw- 1
that
Whon John Gilpin next doth rida,
May I bo there t<> sco ;
and I applied it to the Mayor and sa. E
LongHve my old friend, M'Michael,
And fle Prosi lent, long live he
And when wo next do rid • ch;i f w-ty*
May M 'Michaol bo thoro soa
—Massachusetts-Red-River Banks
calls General Grant "a time-server.
'VPdfi he iffdwt wrrt# the rebeU wh' l
supplies up the Red River, anyhow.