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Democratic and National Union
Nominations.
STATE TICKET.
FOB GOVERNOR,
Hon. HIESTER CLYMER,
OF BERKS C'OI'NTY.
*
DISTRICT TICKET.
FOR CONGRESS,
J. McD. Sir\ltPE, of Franklin co'y.
FOR SENATOR,
15. F. MEYERS, of Dedford county.
FOB ASSF.HP.LV,
IllltAM FINDLAY, of Somerset eo.
COUNTY TICKET.
rBOTHO.NOTAUr,
O. E. SHANNON, of Bedford Bur.
SHERIFF,
liOBT. STUCK MAN, of Bloody Itun.
ASSOCIATE JI'DGB,
GEORGE W. GUMP, of Napier.
COMMISSIONER,
1)AVI l> HOWS A UK, of Southampton
POOR DIRECTOR,
MICHAEL I>IKHL, of Colerain.
AUDITOR.
JOHN I). LUCAS, of Bloody Rim.
ELECTION, TUESDAY. Oct. 9.
roil ASSFJIIHiY.
Wc are authorized to announce Col John 11.
Filler of Bedford county, aa an independent can
didate for Assembly, subject to the decision of the
people on the second Tuesday of October next.
®hc (I'SlmiuT.
A CAMPAIGN PAPER.
The undersigned are publishing a
campaign ]utper 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 dilumns of matter and i> tilled
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 humorous
political illustrations.
REDUCED TERMS:
Ten copies to one address, cash in advance, STOO
Twenty " " " 5.00
Le;ss 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 addro.-ed, as all the
papers in the club will be sent to one
pers m for distribution. Address,
MEYERS A MEXCEL.
Bedford, Pa.
ORGANIZE!
Democrats! But a little over two
Weeks remain in which to <.!o the work
which will insure us victory. There
is much yet to he (lone. Appoint your
election committees. (Jet ready to
man the poll.-! Make your arrange
ments to get out every vote. Let ev
ery mail have his particular duty as
signed him and in order to have this
done, let the working Democrats of
each election district meet together
and appoint the "right man for the
right place." Don't delay this a single
day! Have the polls properly man
ned on Election-day! See that there
is no cheating! Attend to the doubt
ful and wavering? Appoint a chal
lenger for every poll! Clear the decks
and strip for action!
THIEVES 1V 3> .HA 11. IOBRERS.
There area few Radical Postmasters
in this county who will most probably
he prosecuted for robbiny lite mail*. —
Several hundred National Cnion Doc
uments that were carefully directed to
parties who knew they were corning,
could not be had at the proper office,
when enquired for. The time is not
far off when a few of these double-dyed
scoundrels who can violate their oath
of office and rob the mails of campaign
documents to gratify their partisan ma
lignity, will i>e called to account for
their crimes and be punished as they
deserve. ______________
A IIESI'EKATE WARE!
Trailing of TleUt'l* ! !
The Radicals have settled down on
one or two of their candidates, for
whom they will make an effort to trade
off Hie Imlance. Democrats, of course,
will boon their guard. Make no trades.
When a Radical approaches you with
a proposition tiiat he will vote for one
of our men if you vote tor one of theirs,
tell him you "can't sec it!" lor, the
Democracy of Bedford county have the
power, and intend to elect their whole
ticket by an overwhelming majority.
AFTKKIIII the Radical blowing about
Vermont, the Democmt.- have really
gained • ><) per cent- tin their vote last
year, and the same i-true of Maine.
Why don't the Itads. tell their [Kitplc
about California, Idaho, Colorado,
V bptucky md V\ uHungton ? Eh ?
A ~
BOO! HOOT HOO!
'■Col. lillcr Vlaylns i"t< l!e Ilaad* of
the fnppcrhrads!"
What A Pity ! ! !
Those wonderfully particular friends
of the soldier, the scribblers for the
Bedford Inquirer, indulge, in their last
Issue, in a most pitiful jeremiad in re
lation to the course of Col. Filler in of
fering himself as the independent can
didate for the Legislature. We are no
apologist for Col. Filler's past political
conduct, neither do we deem it necessa
ry to defend his present-course as a can
didate for public office. He is an inde
prudent man, as well as an independent- j
candidate, and is abundantly able to
take care of himself. BtiL tlie Inquirer
lugs in our name as a b;ig-a-boo to
frighten away timid people from the
support of Col. Filler. Oh! "B. F.
Meyers!" this "It. F. Meyers!' what
a terrible thing it is that" B. F. Meyers
should be in favor of any boily's elec
tion! "it. F. Meyers" who "opposed :
the war and the soldiers!" "B. F.
Meyers," who played the devil with
everything in general and the editors
of the Inquirer in particular! <>f course,
the soldiers will be frightened at the
very idea and will give Coi. Filler the ,
widest berth jHjssibte! But, Burbor- !
row A* Lutz, what's the use to lie? You
know that this terrible fellow, "B. F.
Meyers," never, mcer "opposed the
soldiers." You know that hccontribil- :
ted hundreds of dollars to the bounty
fund of Bedford borough, you know
that he went out with Capt. Lyons,
('apt. Met/gar, ( apt. Bnughmanand
others, and helped them to recruit, you
know that this same "B. F. Meyers,"
when in the Legislature, got up a Com-
Knittee, of which he was chairman, to
| improve the condition < i Camp Curtin,
so that it might be tit for the reception
of the returning veterans, you know
that he offered a resolution in the 1 louse
of lieprosentativestoinstructthomem- '
liers of Congress from Pennsylvania to
vote for an increase of the pay of pri- j
vate soldiers, you know that he voted
for the Amendment to give the soldiers |
the right to votein the army, and know
ing these tilings, why do you wilfully j
state the contrary and pervert a record
which is better tlian you&s ever was,
toward the soldier? Why? Not l>e
| cause you hope to injure "B. F.
■ Meyers." Your lies about him are an
! oid song and nobody pays any atteii- j
• I
tion to them. But, because by associ-'
ating him with Col. Filler, you hope
to strike at a gallant soldier, whose
popularity you dread, and who, you
tear, will not, if elected, do your bid
ding, or that of the clique in Bedford
! borough, to which you belong. That
lis all! But howi away, and blow a
' way, and lie ahead! You can't hurt a
j hair of Col. Filler's head, and as for
• "B. F. Meyers," you can lather away
at him just as much is you please, for
ten years service upon tie battle-fields
of politics juts made him bullet-proof,
at least as against the paper peii.'ts of
; such Lilliputians as tho.-, wito do the
scribbling and lying for the Bedford
Inquirer.
"E4.l AI. BIGHTS l-EAGUK. NO. s."
The- Hoys H! BIjH'U!
Anolht'r (iraiitl HatSical itl
Kloqueut Sjteoflios I>> Ilos;ps,
Ct'ssua and olhors'
A White Man Brutally Beaten !
Un Thursday last the eyes of the
good jieople of Bedford were opened to
the fact which we have often announ
ced, that the colored people in tliis
neighborhood have a secret /ear/a , the
| object of which is to obtain eiptal po
litical and social rights with the white
man. On that day the negroes of this
1 neighborhood belonging to the league,
held a meeting in the woods alxive
town, whither they marched in proces
sion, wearing paper badge- bearing the
inscription, "Equal Rights League,
| No. 38." Their meeting was address
ed by J. T. Keagy, J. il. Cessna and
others of the Radical -pouters in this
neighborhood. Toward evening the
| colored gentiemcn became quite dem
onstrative, Captain Whisky having as
; sumed command of their forces, and as
our old friend, Neheniiali Eicegie, a re
spectable white man, wa- driving up
the turn-pike, they came out, attacked
and beat him terribly. Such is the ten
dency of Radicalism. Such are the
i fruits of Tiuid. Stevens' speech in Bed
ford. Keagy, Cessna and company
haranguing negroes! Their hearers
attacking and brutaiiv beating a white
man, who, by the way, is a "good Re
publican !" What do you think of it,
people of Bedford county?
WIDE AW AKE!
SATURDAY, SEPT. -".I, is the last
day on which you can be assessed. See
that all returned soldiers and all per
sons who voted on a;/< la>l year, be sis
sc.--cd. Don't neglect this.
THE President has been making a
I grand tour of the Northern States.
Everywhere be was met with the most
enthusiastic popular demonstrations.
The Radicals strive ill vain to chock the
tid ol populai <iianion in liis favor.
HOW THE TICKETS ARE TO BE VOTED.
Kcjii! this Cnrefnllj.
The Legislature, last winter, passed a
law which changes the manner of vo
ting. All State officers voted for will
be voted on one slip, labeled "State;"
all county officers and members of Con
gress, Senators, and members of the
Legislature voted for, will be voted on
another slip, labeled "County;" and all
Judges of Courts voted for, will be vo- 1
ted on still another slip, labeled "Judi-;
ciarv;" which divides the ticket,at the i
present election into three *///*.
tickets should /it iYtnf,y rut, folded and i
fit'd, before t letiiou-da,). Let Democrats
attend to this every where, and see that
ai! the ■f' is inelnd • \ in their ballot.
The ticket will be printed as foliows: j
STATE.
( aweeuoe,
I Hosier Clymer.
COUNTY.
Carujrcsx,
J. McDowell Shurpe.
S> wit or,
15. P. Meyers.
A-sitetii/i/i/,
Hiram Find lay,
John 11. Filler.
I'rolhonotarif, Jityidt r
and Recorder, Clerk of
the Comix, <cc.,
(). E. Shannot).
Sheriff,
Robert Stockman.
< 'omi/lixsirtlHT,
David Uowsare.
/'ooe I>ien-tor,
Michael ifield.
Audits,r,
John D. Lucas.
J I'DlCl A IIY.
Axsociate J wipe,
<!. W. Gump.
The ticket must be cut apart at each
of the wide spaces, with the words
"State," "County," and "Judiciary"
jo'dt d out.
_ .
;15,<>! I'.US' F.XTK % BIH V TIEN.
Another ]ta<l!*al Ciiiiartl.
hortl! II on IlliN Wr!<!'s lvcn
lit l.,vi!is:!"
The Itadicalsof the last Congress pass
ed a bill giving an e.ttra Ixninty to the
soldiers. To be sure, it is an extra boun
ty, nay it is an extraordinary bounty !
Fifty dollars to some, a hundred dollars
toothers! whilst the samel 'ongre—pass
ed a bill giving the negro soldier- three
hundred dollars bounty ! Xow this is
Ino electioneering trick. Lt is the t tod's
| truth, and i f any body has any money
to bet on it, we are oi • man. But tiie
S law giving the small bounty to white
| soldiers was so indetinite that it was
doubted whether any money eouhl b<
j ]midout under it. I'be Radical- iind
| inga good deal of grumbling among tin j
, soldier- about this law, have discovered
it nee;v-.- trv to detenu t.ieiu -elves sour- ,
j how, and, therefore undertake to lay
| the blame upon the President. Why, j
| every body know- that the President |
| has signed the bill, that it is now a law,
| and that all that i- to be done is for the j
proper Department to decide whether '
under its provision- it is authorized to ,
t pay out these bounties, and when it
; willpay them. After the bill was sign
ed by the President, he had no further
j control over it, as it passed out of his
; hands and took its place among the
statutes of the Uuitcd States. How
shamefulund liow atrocious, then, is the
elfort to hold the President responsible
i for what not iie, but Congress alone,
j should l>e blamed. l>ut such is the
; mode of electioneering adopted by the
j Radicals.
Til AT K Vil.i:.
The Bedford Iwjuirer , of last week,
lias a most astounding tale about a bird
which {lew over the St. C'ttir and Cuion
t delegation to the Radical meeting, and
then perched on a tree and eyed the!
motley procession. The !.a/m'r< ris in
formed that is was an K :yic and there- !
upon permits itssupcrtitious feelings to
carry it into ecstacies over the wonder- ]
ful bird! Well, "there is but one step i
from the sublime to the ridiculous."
We are informed by a farmer who lives
near where this remarkable bird lyade
its singular llight, that the carctixx of a j
ihnd hor.se lies not far from that place, j
that a number of buzzard# had been 1
feeding upon it ami that one of these, I
smelling the corruption of Radicalism,'[
wa.- induced to leave, for a moment,;
his savory fea-t, with a view of fora
ging upon tin* Radical delegation. Ourj
informant states that he saw the bird
Hying over the delegation, and that it
was really one of the buzzards that had
been fettling on the < lead horse. liuliy
for the eagle!
PitAcrisiNU —J. 1. Cessna, J. T. l
i lveagy, and other radical stump ora- i
| tors, before the "Negro Epia! Rights :
League." After th ye: their peeehe
!to the i . oi • pat ' they will
deliver them before tie ir white"brud-j
! dels."
lir..vrr KV.VKBBISK 1.CA1.11 OR M A.
IRAHO VM) <'IIMIU \!<> UIAI.VST
Vi:it?WT AM)
The black States are getting blacker.
Vermont and Maine, where one half
the people don't know what a negro is,
and the other half believe in "spooks,"
have given large ltadioal majorities.
They have been doing this from time
immemorial. But the.white States
are getting whiter. Kentucky, Califor
nia and the Western territories, voted
largely in favor of the Democrats and
Conservatives. Kentucky, gave nearly
.v-.oeii ;igiunsi the Radicals. IdaJio e
hvh'd an almost unanimous! Jeniocratie
Legi-'arm e. Caliiornia made a eiyan
sweep, except in San Francisco. The
Middle States are naturally conserva
tive, and they will follow Kentucky
and ' 'aUforniu in giving unprecedented
majorities against Radicalism.
J)KFAIML !SEKJ'IU>KA S'ATIO.V
Horrible A'oj>jiorhc4Ml Oufrnse:
The Negro Suffrage organ complains
that we garbled Mr. Stevens' speech.
In order that our readers may judge for
themselves we give below the hnjuirerb*
article comparing our version and its
own. if we did Mr. Stevens injustice
in anything, it was in ibis, that we did
not make hisspeoch quite as black as
the Inquirer reports it. See for your
selves:
1 n the last (Jazetle it undertakes to re
port a sentence from Mr. Stevens'
speech which it does in thiswise:
"NEGRO IS THE ISSUE. GER
MANS, IRISHMEN AND AFRI
CANS WEEK ALL EQUAL. SO
LONG AS 1 LIVE 1 WILL MAIN
TAIN THIS DOCTRINE"
Tlie capitals are the (i'az!'f(e , .s. Here
is what Mr. Stevens did say :
"As 1 said before tin-great issue to be
nie f at this election is the question of
iiogro rights. 1 shall not deny but ad
mil that a fundamental principle of the
republican cn-ed is that every being po
.-si-.-sing an immortal soui is equal be
fore the law. They are not and cannot
be equal in strength, height, beauty, in
tellectual and moral culture, or social ac
quirement-, these arc accidents which
must govern their condition according
to circumstances. BUT iN THIS RE
PUBLKTHESAME LAWS MUST
VXD SHALL APPLY TO EVERY
MORTAL AMERICAN, IBLSII
- AFRICAN, 0 Kit MAN OR
It' UK. 11 is written by the linger of
the ALMIGHTY LAW GIVKR; 'YE
SI 1 ALL II AVE"< >N E MANNEE OF
LAWS, AS WELL FOR THE
STRANGER AS FOR ONE OF
YOUR OWN CO ENTRY; FOR I AM
THE LORD YOUR GOD."'
No man could honestly misrepresent
another in this manner. But the man
who ran deny protection to live millions
of human beings because they are a
shade darker than he is, can simply be
guilty of any thing.
A CAKO.
We copy the following from the Bed
ford ln/jKic •/*, of last week. 1 he"Rad
icals" can't bear to -ce the soldiers get
HIOIIJJC ; hence this .spiteful attack upon
one of the "J}oy~ in Blue" who hap
pened to empioyed at the Court
House. The card -peak- for it-elf:
.1 Cunt.
MESSUS. EMTOUS The following
appeared in the last week's hvi<'//vv:
•• WAN T!:i> A few more r'turned
soldi rs to work at . : .e Court Hoir-e;
none hut the e wi o v. ili -import ( !y
--iner and the ; ,|(ip ' need apply.
\p.y -oldl :• 01 iii'.:-a-pet oil of n/ ></
as it>. shot, whl be immediately mustor
>-d out of ■■ ,)fr/ Policy service! hnjuirc
at the t lymer ll< ulquarters."
As i am the only "retunml soldier"
at work at the Court House, the above
is ;mdoul>tediy intemled M>r me. The
writer intends to convey the impres
sion that 1 am in the political market,
ready to take the highest hid; and as
such 1 unhesitatingly pronounce it a
wilful and deliberate untruth, and the
author thereof —whom ! very well
know—a malicious falsifier. I was em
ployed to work at the Court House for
no other <■ msideralion than money for
my services, and no one about the
( ourt 1 iouse,orauy one connected with
the "Clynier Headquarters," has ever
approached me as to how 1 would vote
this fall. 1 have never—liketheauthor
of the above -professed to belong to a
party for which he lawl no sympathy,
in order to procure work. <)f myself 1
do not wish to speak, but ifany persons
are desirous to learn more of the man
who furnished you with the above item,
1 would refer them to A. B. Cam, or
others with whom he has had dealings
during his stay in town. If he has
nothing else to do than to invent such
miserable falsehoods as the a hove, I
would advise him to migrate to some
other community, where Ids services
may be better appreciated.
M. P. SPIDLE.
Iked ford, Sept. 11. ISfiG.
\ s;<;no uior.
Xi-H Orleans on u Small Sen!*'.
<>n Thursday afternoon last th.e col
ored population of this neighborhood —
tlm "Equal Rights League of Bedford,
No. :{s"—liad a celebration, which they
wound uj► in a riot, they attacking and
beating almost to death, Mr. Neheniiah
Fleeglo, of Napier tp., who was driving
his team quietly along the public road.
Jonathan I>. Cessna, chairman of the
Radical county committee, had deliver
ed a harranguc before these colored ri
oters, ami the legitimate result of his
teaching, was the healing of a white
man. Ho Republicans approve of the
conduct of their chairman, and will
they follow such leaders?
LET the federal office-holders in this
county beware! Some of them are
playing fast and loose and others are
assisting tiie radicals with all their
might. Not a man of them who doesn't
support the President will remain in
ofiiix after the election. Democrats and
Conservatives, keep an eye on these
gentlemen!
—The cholera lias got its match—it
has seized the Freedmeu' Bureau.
I.ERRI.KFROM A KAI.I.AXT SUMMER:
Col.Hlriti, of till' 7th, Blveit his Ojin
loit.
•
We give with pleasure the letter of
Col. llicks, late of the 7<>th P. V. We
are informed that Col. Hicks has hith
erto been a "Republican."
id Nr.wsviLLK, PA., '
Sept. 11, lktkk )
ED'S (5.\/KTTK:—T find '
in a perusal of your paper, that my old ;
friend and comrade, Col. John 11. Fil-!
ler, has announced himself as an inde-1
pendent candidate to represent your |
district in our State Legislature. It I
would lie forgetting those ties that
bind us together its comrades in arms :
for the suppivs-ioi. <; the Rcb. llion, j
and the associations formed while to- j
gether, did I not wholly endorse hi:
eoufsc and sincerely hop ■ for in- • lec
tion.
He is the man lor the place, by nat
ural intelligence and education : he is ;
entitled to it, for the services he ren- :
dered his fellow citizens during the
war, for a more gallant fellow than !
Filler never set a ba'tallion, or wore,
shoulder-straps. 1 speak from person-.
ul knowledge of the man. I never i
knew him until I made his acquaint-;
mice on the "tented field," and 1 am:
convinced of his fitness for, and right ;
to the position sought, i t could not be :
expected that he, or any other soldier, j
would get a nomination in any conven- j
lion which /(.Vd/Vv'fa con trolled, if they!
had an old cividian political hack to
serve. It is tlie same in this county as |
in Bedford. Soldiers have been over
slaughed always, only when common |
decency and a slight observance of;
their proie.-sed principles (?j demanded
it. In fact, the soldier is "played out" !
among that class, and no soldier need,
expect any preferment at their bands. |
I hope to hear, when the returns of j
the !>th of U< tuber are counted, that
xny old friend, Filler, is elected. Jus
tice and a recognition of his services
demand it, and if defeated, the blame
xviil lie at the hands of the Radicals,
who love oUiee better than they do
their country. Soldiers! stand for a
brother soldier; desert not the man j
who never deserted you! Vote audi
work for the principles for which you
fought. I am. very respectfully,
JNO. W. HICKS,
I .ate Lt. Col. Tilth P. V. and Brv't Col.
U. S. V.
irs KIXGIXMI TI HIIMM;
l):W.\ :
YIIOJIMT Gt.ar.y r Strikes ils I'las.
We notice that the Juniata Itepubli
can published at Mifliintown, Pa., by
W. M. Allison a Co., has taken down
Geary's name from its masthead. Sure
; ly Satin's kingdom is tumbling down!
I Every day weakens the Geary forces
I and adds to the number who will vote
• for the patriot and statesman, Hiester
I Ciyincr.
St ill Aanlhcr.
Tlie Tit usville ('lab, edited bv Jerome
j i>. ('lose, and her ■ toe in' a Itadi. alsheet,
; has changed its name to that of Etx nuig
1 .Journal, and, more important -till, has
• 1
j changed its poliuai iron Radicalism to
Democracy.
r;;ius. :><? <;i..vas.
I The llndica' for thi-county, is
' piueod 11i>: s:: dig X< rn) LbiVage p.at
foriu oi liic "Loyal Conyeu :>n ;tt
i Philadelphia, ol which FR-LD. DOl G
LASH, f ilil XKGRO, wc-a member,
Jby 1110 followin<j resolution, passed sit
I the Radical mooting, held in thisplace,
1 on Tuesday evening of t'onrt week (see
I lied ford liKjtii/ti • oi Sept. 7, ictib);
" j&'itofwd, That this liieetingcordinl
-1 ly endorses and most heartily welcome
| the Convention of Loyal Cniou men of
J the South, now sitting in the city of
I Philadelphia." we.
Tll.lt>. STKVESS,
The Radical eounty ticket is placed
; ujion Tluul. Stevens' platform, by the
following resolution of the meeting
held here on Tuesday evening of Court
week (see Bedford Inquirer of Sept. 7):
"/AWn d, That the thanks of the
friends of liberty and equal rights
throughout the world and especially of
' the people of the United States are em
j ineiilly due to the noble anil patriotic
and intrepid legislator, lion. Thaddeus
Stevens, lbr the uncompromising stand
which he has taken in lavur of the op
pressed and against usurpation and des
potism."*
<; KN\ GRANT rebuked the Radicals at
( inciimati, the other day, declaring tiiat
he was greatly annoyed at their efforts
to insult the President.
—Already it is computed that during
and since the war, one-fourth part of
those who were in bondage are in their
'graves. And the process of distraction
will go on as long as the agitation i>
kept up, and until the race for which
the Radicals affect so much regard has
become partially extinct. This is their
humanity.
—Would not every workingmon, la
borer, and artisan like to vote himself
seventeen months hack pay; and increas
ed sixty percent, at that? That is what
this Radical Congress has done. And,
what is more every workingmon, la
borer and artisan will have to pay his
share of the tax required to mak • up
this extra compensation.
—The lending spirits of the 1 Itli of
August Convention were Senators Cow
an, Doolittle and iteverdy Johnson,
and Generals Steedniun, ('ustar and 1 la
vis. The orators of the late Radical
Convention were Fred. Douglass, Ben
jamin F.Butler, Parson Brownlowand
Annie Dickorson.
'Pin- largest w > - 1 • me l ing ever
held in Viiti- iio- ' i"''d l-i 'he
; Democracy
.in t. The procession .a > ov r two
! mi!- long.
CTwiberuand, Ml)., I
Hept. 11, 1866. j
M n. I*iT)iTi)iiOn yesterday, for the
first time, Mr. 11. ' '!;iy Shipley was at
my house and read to me a eommuni- '
cation from this city to the "Bedford i
Inquirer," signed "Ju-tiee," which Mr.
S. s.-orned very much to enjoy.
The article to wnich I am ahout to,
advert, \v j'lld have escaped my notice i
(as no one having any pretension-' to !
respectability in thl-community woaid j
suffer so vile and tilthy a shoe) as the !
•"Bedford Inquirer" to he received in j
their family had not this eommunicj.- .
tion been at to Mr. He.vt, one of mV
lis >;;;■■ Per •. -x parting thereby ihat.it j
would reach my eye. 'flie writer of
the letter affixes the signature of "Jw
ti. e," most in pprepriate for an ardcle
so devoid of truth and embodying o :
mticli malignity and venom; indeed
the malice of the writer is only equal
ed by his arrant cowardice.
Some -liort time since [.addressed to j
your paper a communication detailing I
the proceeding of the Disunion Abo- !
lition Convention held here, which ev
ery citizen knew was a ridiculous fail
ure, indeed the fidelity of the account
and the extreme sensitiveness of the
correspondent of the"Jnqairer," attest
the truth of my narrative. No read- j
er of my former letter to your paper
will be deceived by the denial of this j
correspondent, who fears to commit his
name to his own production. 1 am
authorized, then, iu inferring' that this
nameless correspondent, conscious of
the many falsehoods contained in his
communication, was unwilling to com
mit even his cowardly name to the tis
sue of lies, with which it abounds, and
therefore contented himself with a
reekh - and general denial of my ac
count of the Disunion meeting held in
this place. This scurrilous and cow
ardly writer makes a personal attack
on me. lie feit the sting of the article
and feared the effect, or else lie would
have attempted to siiow its falsity and j
not have resorted to scurrility and a- 1
huso and then sheltered his cowardly
carcass under so inappropriate a name j
its that of "Justice. '
As the "Bedford Inquirer" lias no j
circulation in this city, the letter from I
Cumberland would have fallen stiil- j
j born; but it owes its currency and cir- 1
! dilation solely to a disappointed Ab
! olitioti ollice-seeker who is sojourning
•in our midst. But to the letter signed
I ".justice." This nameless knight of
I the quill indulges in choice and elegant
i phrases ; he says that lam "an igno
| ramus and could not write a single sen
; tence correctly if it were to save my
neck." As to the truth of tiiis I leave
the public to judge. He says further,
that lam "blessed with just about as
much bruins as i - necessary to make a
good c opperhead Rebel sympathizer."
Adopting bis peculiar and gentienian
j ly si vie of expression, I could retort by
j sa/ing that he has brains sufficient to
; make a "niggerhead," but certainly
has neither the brains or horn-sty to
make a "copperhi il," or a gentleman.
| 1 was induced by curiosity, as I sta
j tod in my former letter, to be present
j at the Disunion meeting and gave what
I believed then, and still <lo believe, to
i is.' a faithful version of its proceedings.
I 1 did tiot shelter my re-pon-sb: iity un
j der flu- signature of "Justice," as the
correspondent of the "Bedford Inqui
rer" ha>done, but appended my name,
for any kind of responsibility
' which it might evoke. 1 now as-ert
! and would be wi ling to wager any
; thing in iva- ni, that if the name of
\ the correspondent of the "Bedford In
quirer" here, could bea-' errc.ined, that
I he would turn out to have been an Ab
! olition office-iiolder, who was. doubt
leas, removed by the (jovernment be
cause of his Abolition and Disunion
proclivities.
With reference to the gentleman trt
whom the authorship of my letter to
you has been ascribed, and who has
been so ruthlessly and malignantly as
sailed by the "Inquirer's" correspond
ent, I have only this to say, that I have
known him for twenty years, and that
he woulddisdain to assail any man un
der a fictitious signature. It was for
the fearless expression of his opinions
and for the hold avowal of his princi
ples, that he was arrested and held for
mouths by the preceding Administra
tion. and 1 am sure that i echo the sen
timents of every man in this eommu
nity, whose opinions are worth regar
ding, that the fidelity with which that
gentleman clung to opinions which he
deemed to be right, would receive
their approbation, not their censure.
1 would add, too, that the gentleman to
whom this slanderous correspondent
alluded, was not present at the Disun
ion meeting; indeed, since he has re
turned to this community, where lie
once before resided, he has not inter
fered, or engaged, in the polities of the
day, notwithstanding the wishes of his
friends that lie would do so. / was
present at the Disunion meeting in this
place, and for the letter and its con
tents addr-ssed to your paper, / atone
uui ix's/toiisibfi'. As the former impris
onment of this gentleman has been al
luded to—Query—would not the Pres
ident he justified in punishing those
trai/orx who are now guilty of disloy
alty in opposing the Government and
striving to thwart him in his efforts to
restore the Union?
The President, however, relies upon
the people of the I nited States to sus
tain him in his wi.-e, merciful and ben
eficial policy. 1 feel confident that he
may rely on thepooplobf the old Key
stone State in < teiober next, giving him
their powerful support, for the united
action ol all conservative men is now
essential Tor the preservation and per
petuation of the "Union" which we all
i love and cherish.
! 1 have devoted more space than I in
to;: k-d to the contemptible and luaiig
! nam. correspondent of the "Inquirer, 1
and consequently will he unable to give
you an account of our "Barbecue is t
Thursday. 1 mist eouten: my b
with saying, that m inimlw and u
thusiasm, it far exceeded any thing of
the kind that has ever before been held
in this city. The reporter of the A'r
tioiut! Int< !'i'j< m<'r was present and a
full account wili appear in that jour
nal. Truly Yours,
JACOB SNIDER.
AXOTtIKK IVIAVrtS OF "KV
Onchv one the brave soldiers ol the
Union army are putting on record their
views inreiatiuntotf>"m ■ m- Here- :;ry
to save the country tV an the designs of
the Radical '.i-urn The plain
and pointed rebuke administered by
Genera! Grant to th-' Radical : in Cin
einnati wiio wished to irnu:. th< i
dent, aud the action ufh g-dk.ut men
who, in nii par 1 • ol the cou.it ry, an'de
nouncing tin- mad at tempts of the di.s
unionists. show unmistakably the •'••el
jingsofth: soldiers at l!)i- .vf-A. We
1 now add the rutin -ofoU-acrid .Stonem m
i to the supporters of such a wise, iiu
! mane, and Christian policy as that a
' dopted by President .Johnson. The
following speech was recently delivered
by that gallant officer in Memphis:
FKIKN i)S AX 1) FKI.LOWH Oi XTKV
mkx : You have before you, not a par
tisan or politician, but a simple citizen
of theg Jvermnent of the United .States,
i knowing no North, no South, no Last,
no West. The war in which the people
!of this grea-est. of all great countries has
1 been engaged during the past cAcntful
j years is ended, the issues upon which
this war was based have been settled.
If there is anything to forgive, let it be
forgiven; if there is anything to be for
got, let it he forgotten. Let rec
ollect that we have hut one country and
one flag.
The object for which you are all as
sembled together here to-night is, as 1
understand it, reconstruction and reun
ion; but let us all remember that recon
struction must he based upon reconcili
ation. You may force a separated man
and wife to live in the same house,
lodge in iiie same room, but they will
never be vunited as man and wife un
til the;, i;iw first become reconciled.
i -ay to • war is ended. As we were
j eneinin war, let us again befriends,
iau , in ttiis sentiment I know that no
"Uc a ; join me more heartily than the
I g.iiiaur and distinguished President of
I this assembly.
The bravery that was displayed dur
i ing the past by each one engaged in the
j war, let it be the pride and common
! property of all. We soldiers who did
1 the fighting are reconciled and want
! peace and harmony, and we call upon
; you editors and orators of the land to
j aid us with your pens and tongues,
j Preachers of the gospel, whose solemn
I obligation it is to preach peace and
I good will, we ask your prayers and in
| vocations, and from you politicians we
demand that you shall cease your
I wrangling and allow the good work to
l go on, until your object is attained,
j And you, fair maidens and noble
| matrons, who, during the fighting,
; cheered us with yoursmiks, and fright
ened u- with your frowns, lend us the
potency ofyour power in the accom
plishment of a work so laudable and so
noble.
As 1 am not an applicant for your suff
rages, nor ever expect to be, nor ever
cast a vote for President in my life,
you will not expect me o> define my
position; but this much will i say: i
have been a member of a . lu'e for near
a quarter of a century, and which was
i organiz' 1 three juarier -ol a cent icy
! ago. By the constitution of that club,
; it- President is elected every fotir years.
Its first President wast teorge Washing-
J ton; its present President is Andrew
Johnson, whom ti;e pconio cell "our
| Andy."
! (ions, a.- i'oiio iVs:
That we hold the I'nion of these
i States tube as perfect and comj kite now
I as before the rebellion,and that, in the
words of Andrew .John. in, "Loyal
1 men from the Southern Si ales should
: be at once admitted to seats in the Con
gress of the raited State-; that the
negro did not save the 1 man, bid it
| was saved by white soldiers and sailors
L for white men ; that the constitutional
1 amendment, having for its object the
: degradation of the whites to the level
i of the blacks, meets our hearty cou
i demuation ; that the action of Con
i gress in relation to the e jualization of
: bounties, has been from the beginning
! of last session mean and tricky, and
| each soldier and sailor should by his
i vote show the < >hio delegation tiiat we
' know how to condemn ; and that we
' approve of the principles of the i'lr.i
--i adclphia Platform of August 11, and
i the restoration poiicy of Andrew Jolm
i son, and believe that in no other way
| than that proposed by him, can we
I gather for ourselves and for ourchil
i dren the fruits of our privations, our
| suffering and wounds, and of our suc
| messes. These resolutions were to-night
! presented to the President, who, after
I reading, said he approved them.
Ti;!•; deathsresiiltingfroui the falling
1 of the platform at the railroad station
at Johnstown, on the 11th, number
I thirteen— seven of the victims lining
; women ami giris. The badly wounded
, number about ninety, ami the slightly
; injured about one hundred more. Phy
| sieians from Pittsburg and all thetowns
along the road, east ami west, are in
, attendance upon the sufferers. The
j whole town is in mourning over this
I terrible calamity. One of the Presi
! dential party detailed to remain says:
j "The scene was one of indescribable
< horror. The groans of the \v< uruled
| and the screams and tears of mothers,
wives, sisters and daughters was the
} saddest-sight i over saw." The same
j person adds: "The President ami Hen.
| Grant were exceedingly distressed, and
j were very anxious that the special
! train should stop overall hour to afford
f as much aid as possible, but the con
j duetor stated that arrangements made
j for iiHvting trains on the road preclu
! ded the possibility of carrying into ef
i feet tiie 1 'resident's humane wish, and
after a few minutes the train started
! off." Tile President has contributed
b",00 to tie- relief of the sufferers.
—The teachers of the negro schools in
Richmond, who are loyalists ot the
Radical stamp, are abusing and ma
ligning the President in the most slan
derous I •ram, and one oi toe eopie
wkici! mot frequently grace- the slates
ami writing books of their negro pupds
is, "Andrew Jolmson is a traitor."
♦-The ljellefoiito Wutvlunan records
the conviction of two members of the
Election Hoard of Snoe-hoc township,
Centre county, for illegally rofu-ing to
reeeive the vote of an Hlieged deserter
at lie* election ill k I'he pre. ding
judge of t lie county is a "Republican.