gltt |h(ltal ferlte.
Friday Morulas' Nrplrnibor 21. is.
Democratic and National Union
Nominations.
STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Hou. HIESTER CLYMER.
OF r.KKKS cor.NTV.
DISTRICT TICKET.
* FOR CONGRESS,
J. McD. SI I All PE, of Franklin co'y.
FOR SENATOR,
B. F. MEYERS, of Bedford county.
FOR ASSEMBLE.
11l BAM FINDLAY, of Somerset co.
COUNTY TICKET.
PROTHONOTARY,
O. E. SHANNON, of Bedford Bor.
SHERIFF.
ItOBT.STECKMAN, of Bloody Run.
ASSOCIATE JIRGB.
GEORGE W. GUMP, of Napier. .
COMMISSIONER,
DAVID lIOWS A RE, of Sontham pt< >n
POOR DIRECTOR,
MICHAEL DIEIIL, of Colerain.
AUDITOR,
JOIiN I). LUCAS, of Bloody Run.
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ELECTION, TUESDAY, Oct. 9.
FOR ASSF.HBI.Y.
We arc authorized to announce Col. John H.
Filler of Bedford county, as an independent can
didate for Assembly, subject to the decision of the
people on the second Tuesday of October next.
gilt (I'lirabcr.
A CAMPAION 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
eandidatesas are openly in favor of -u—
--tabling that policy. It contains -ix
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 humorous
political illustrations.
REDUCED TERMS:
Ten copies toone address, cash in advance. §4.00
Twenty " " " 5.00
Less than ten copies to one address, 40 ets per copy.
Get up your clubs and send in your
orders at once. No attention paid to
any order unless accompanied by the
cash. Person- getting up ehiljs should
156 particular to specify In thVir orders
th' name of the person to whom they
wish the package addressed, as all the
papers in the club will be sent to one
person for distribution. Addr<
MEYERS & MENDEL,
Bedford, Pa.
ORGANIZE!
Democrats! But u little over two
wvks remain in whieh to do the work
which will insure us victory. There
is much yet to be done. Appoint your
election committers., (let ready to
man the polls! Make your arrange
ments to yet out every vote. Let ev
ery man 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
j> no cheating! Attend to the doubt
ful and wavering? Appoint a chal
lenger for every poll! Clear the decks
and strip for action !
Til IKV US AM> Hill. KOIIREKS.
There are a few Radical Postmasters
in this county who will most probably
i>e prosecuted for robbiny the mails. —
Several hundred National 1*11:011 Doc
uments that were carefully directed to
parties who knew they were coming,
could not be had at the proper otiiee,
when enquired for. The time is not
far off when a few of these double-dyed
scoundrels who can violate their oath
of of lice and rob the mails of campaign
documents to gratify their partisan ma
lignity, will be culled to account for
their crimes and be punished as they
deserve. __________________
a OKsemt i if, <;vni::
Trfulhiiigr of Tickrln! !
The Radicals have settled down on
one or two of their candidates, for
whom they will make an effort to trade
off the balance. Democrats, of course,
will Ik* on their guard. Make no trades.
When a Radical approaches you with
a proposition that he will vote for one
of our men if you vote for one of theirs,
tell him you "can't see it!" for, the
Democracy of Bedford county have the
power, and intend to elect their whole
ticket by an overwhelming majority.
Ar 11.nail the Radical blowing about
Vermont, the Democrats have really
gained *>u per cent on their vote last
year, and the same is true of Maine.
Why don't the Rad*. toll their people
aliout California, Idaho, Colorado,
Kentucky alld Washington ? Kb?
KOO! IIOO! HOOt
Filler I'luylnir in(n 51<> H.'omlh of
Ihr C|i]M'rli<'a<ls !"*
W hat A IMty ! • !
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 politir.d
conduct, neither do we deem it necessa
ry to defend his presenteourseasacan
didatefor public office, lie is an inde
pendent man, as well as an independent
candidate, and is abundantly able to
take care of himself. But the Inquirer
lugs in our name as a bug-a-boo to
frighten away timid people from the
sup}rt of Col. Filler. Oh! "B. F.
Meyers!" this "B. F. Meyers!" what
a terrible thing ii. is that "it. F. Meyers"
should be in favor of any body's elec
tion! "B. F. Meyers" who "opposed
the war and the soldiers!" "15. F.
Meyers," who played the devil with
every thing in general and the editors
of the Inquirer\n particular! <>f course,
the soldiers will be frightened at the
very idea and will give Col. Filler the ;
widest berth possible! But, Durbor
rowfe Lutz, what's thense to lie? You
know that this terrible follow, "B. F.
Meyers," never, nerer "opposetl the
soldiers." You know thathecontribu
ted hundreds of dollar- to the bounty
fund of Bedford borough, you know
that he went out with Capt. Lyons,
Capt. Met/gar, Capt. Baughmunand
others, and helped them to recruit, you
know that this same "B. F. Meyers,"
j when in the Legislature, got up a Com
! in it tee, of which he was chairman, to
| improve the condition of Camp Curtin,
! so that it might be lit for the reception
of the returning veteran-, you know
that he offered a resolution in the House
1 of Representatives to instruct the mem
bers of Congress from Pennsylvania to
: vote for an increase of the pay of pri
; vale soldiers, you know that he voted
for the Amendment to give the soldiers
the right to vote in the army, and know
ing these things, why do you wilfully
state the contrary and pervert a record
which is better than yours ever was,
i toward the soldier? Why? Not be
cause you hope to injure "B. F.
j Meyers." Your lies about him are an
old song and nobody pays any atten
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
j fear, will not, if elected, do your bid
ding, or that of the. clique in Bedford
j borough, to which you belong. That
lis all! But howl away, and blow a
wav, and lie ahead ! You can't hurt a
I hair of Col. Filler's head, and a-for
! "B. F. Meyers," you can lather away
: at Aim just as much as you please, for
ten years service upon the battle-fields
j of politics has made him bullet-proof,
at least as against the paper pellets of
such Lilliputians a- thos • who do the
scribbling and lying for the Bedford
Inquirer.
AI. IIIUII its I.EAIU E. Ml. :".*•
I'fir Hoys in Black:
Aiioliicr (i.-aiiil Kaciical "lass flvcliii!."!
i;i<inct SpcccUcs by H<■. rs.
< V>ona and ulhrrs!
A While Man ISriCalS.i I'ralcn !
On Thursday last the eyes of the
good people of Bedford wore opened to
| the fact which we have often announ
ced, that tiie colored people in this
neighborhood have a secret hu/ue, the
! object of which is to obtain eijual jo
--! litical and social rights with the white
I man. On that day the negroes of this
' neighborhood belonging to the league,
j hold a meeting in the woods above
town, whither they marched in proces
sion, wearing paper badges bearing the
inscription, "E<|ual Rights League,
No. gs." Their meeting was addres--
jedby J. T. Keagy, J. i. Cessna and
. others of the Radical spouters in this
; neighborhood. Toward evening the
| colored gentlemen became ipiite dem
j onstrative. Captain Whisky having as-
I sumed command of their forces, and as
I our old friend, Nehemiali Fleegh-, a re
spectable white man, was driving up
| the turn-pike, they came out, attacked
! and beat him terribly. Such i.- llieten
! deney of Radicalism. Such are the
1 fruits of Tliad. Stevens' speech in Bed
ford. Keagy, Cessna and company
. haranguing negroes! Their hearers
attacking and brutally beating a white
man, who, by the way, is a "good Re
publican!" What do you think of it,
people of Bedford county?
nun: AWAKE:
SATURDAY) SERT. At, is the last
day on which you can he assessed. See
that all returned soldiers ami all per
sons who voted on aye last year, lie as
sessed. Don't neglect this.
Tin. President lia.-> been making a
grand tour of the Northern States.
Evi rywhere lie met with the most
enthusiastic popular demonstrations.
The Radicals strive in vain to check the
tide of popular opinion in hi-favor.
HOW THE TICKETS A ICE TO HE VOTED.
Komi Hits <'arefiill.V.
The Legislature, last winter, passed a
law which changes the manner of vo
ting. All State officers voted for will
he 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 dip. labeled "Countyand all
Judges of Courts voted for. will he vo
ted on still another slip, labeled "Judi
ciary;" which divides the ticket, at the
present election into three. xli/M. All
ticket.* should l><' read;/ ml, folded and
tied, before elect ion-daj/. Let Democrats
attend to this everywhere,and see that
all the Held is included in their ballot.
The ticket will be printed as follows:
STATE.
(l< tree nor,
11 i ester Clymer.
COUNTY.
Cone/re**,
J. Mel)owcll Sharpe.
Senator,
!>. F. Meyers.
A snembt}/,
Hiram Findlay,
John 11. Filler.
I 'roihonotar;/, Iteyi.sh r
and I in-order, Clerk of
the Court*, <t*\,
(). E. Shannon.
Sheriff,
Robert Stock num.
(tommi*xiomr,
David Ilowsare.
Poor /brer/or,
Michael Diehl.
A ud if or,
John D. Lucas.
JUDICIARY.
Asxoei<ite Jml'jc,
G. W. < lump.
The ticket must he cut apart at each
of the wide spaces, with the words
'•State.'' "County," ami "Judiciary"
J'oklc.d out.
*OI.III;K.V E.XTR V R.oivn I:s.
Another It lUical Canard.
♦*l,r<!! I.ortl! Hon this World's (iivcii
to I.yliis!"
The Iladicalsof the last ("engross pass
ed a bill giving an extra bounty 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 thisameCongri-s- pass
ed a bill giving the negro soldiers thr<-
hundred tlollars bounty ! Now this is
110 electioneering trick. !t i-the (tod's
truth, and if any body has any money
to bet on it, we are his man. Rut the
law giving the small bounty to white
soldiers was so indefinite tiiat it was
doubted wneth< r any money could be
paid out under it. The Radicals find
ing a good ileal of grumbling among the
soldiers about thisluw, have discovered
itneecessary to defend them selves some
how, and, therefore undertake to lay
the blame upon the President. Why,
every body knows that the President
has signed the bill, that it i.- now a law,
and that all that is to he done is for the
proper Department to decide whether
under its provision- it I-authorized to
pay out these bounties, and when it
xvillpay them. After the bill was sign
ed by the President , he had no further
control over it, as it passed out of his
hands and took its place among the
statutes of the United States. How
shameful and how atrocious, then, is the
effort to hold the President responsible
for what not he, but Congress alone,
should be blamed. But such is the
mode of electioneering adopted by the
Radicals.
THAT F.ARI.E.
The Bedford Inquirer, of last wreck,
ha- a most astounding tale about a bird
which llew ovcrthe St. Clair and Union
delegation to the Radical meeting, and
then perched on a tree and eyed the
motley procession. The Inquirer is in
| formed that is was an AW'//".' and there
upon permits itssupcrtitious feelings to
carry it into eestaeics over the wonder
ful bird! Well, "there is but one step
from the sublime to the ridiculous."
We are informed by a farmer who lives
near where this remarkable bird made
its singular flight, that the carcass of a
dead horse, iies not far from that place,
that a number 01 buzzards had been
feeding upon it and that one of these,
smelling the- corruption of Radicalism,
was induced to leave, for a moment,
his savory feast, with, a view of fora
ging upon the Radical delegation. Our
informant states that he saw the bird
Hying over the delegation, and that it
was really one of the buzzards that had
been feeding on Iho dead horse. Bully
for the eagle!
PRACTISING—-J. B. Cessna, J. T.
Keagy, and other radical slump ora
tors, before the "Negro U jual Rights
League." AfbTtln ••••( if- i.r speeches
to the da m 1 ! r "p-i.C* tin y will
deliver them b .'ore ;lc ir white"briul
ders."
KEM I Cli V.NERRMKA.CALIFORNIA,
!OA HO AMI lOI.UItIOO AGAINST
VERMONT Ai l* MAINE.
The black States are getting blacker.
Vermont and Main*, where one half
the people don't knoiv what a negro is,
and the other half bdieve in "spooks,"
have given large Radical majorities.
They have been doiig this from time
immemorial. But the white States
are getting whiter. Kentucky, Califor
nia and the Western terrltorus, voted
largely in favor of the 1 >emoerats and
C< mservat i ves. Kei t ucky, gave nearly
•70,000 ;igai nst the Radicals. Idaho e
lected an almost noun mous ' iemocratic
Legislature. Calitoriia made a clean
sweep, except in Sar Francisco. Tlie
Middle States are uituraily con erva
tive, and they will follow Kentucky
and ('alifornia in giving unprecedented
majorities against Radicalism.
I)KEAO'IL *iISKK?KESK STATION.
Horrible ( |)|)i rl'iiil ottrsrc !
The Negro Suffrage organ complains
that we garbled Mr. Stevens' speech.
In order that our readers may judge for
themselves we give leiowthe Infjitirer\-
artiele comparing oir version and its
own. If we did Mr. Stevens injustice
in any thing, it was in this, that we did
not make his speech quite as black as
Hie liH/ttirer reports it. See for your
selves:
In the last Gazi/fe 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 WERE ALL EQUAL. SO
LONG AS I LIVE i WILL MAIN
TAIN THIS DOCTRINE"
The capitals are tiio Gazette's. Here
is what Mr. Stevens did say:
"As I said before the great issue to be
me" at this election is the question of
negro rights. J shall not deny but ad
mit that a fundamental principle of the
republican creed is that every being po
s-e-sing an immortal soul is equal be
fore the law. They are not and cannot
be equal in strength, height, In auty, in
tellect ucd and moral culture, or -ocial ac
quirements, these are accidents which
must govern their condition a<vording
10 circumstances. BUT IN THISRL-
I'UBLie TILE SAME LAWS MUSI
AND SHALL APPLY TO EVERY
MORTAL AMERICAN, IRISH
MEN, AFRICAN, GERMAN OH
TURK. It is written by the linger o
the Almighty law givkk; •Yl-
SHALL I i A VE "< >N E M A N NEIIO I
LAWS, AS WELL FOR Till
STRANGER AS FOR ONE Oh
YOUROWNCOUNTIIY; F()R IAM
THE LORD Yol R GOD.'"
No man could honestly misrepreseul
another is this manner. But the man
whocandeny protection to live million.'
of human "beings because they are a
shade darker than fie is, can simply bi
guilty of any tiling.
A ( VUI).
Wo copy the following from the Bed
ford Inquirer, of last week. The "Rad
icals" can'; hear to -ee the soldiers get
along; hence this-piteful attack m>on
one of the "linys in Blue" who hap
pened to he.employed at the Court
House. The card speak- foi itself:
I J J-I.
Mossii.- . Ein rou. 'he following
appeared in the la-t week's fnq<'rrr:
"WANTKI) —-A few more returned
'soldiers to work at the Court Uou-e;
none hut tiiose who will support Cly
nu-r and the "<b ad dog" need apply.
Any soldier bei ;g suspected of mt : ny
as he *//</•, will be immediately muster
ed out of "J/7/ Polic.tr service! Inquire
<it the Clymer Headquarters."
As i theoidy "returned soldier"
at work at the Court House, the above
is undoubtedly intended for me. The
writer intends to convey tin* impres
sion thai I am in the political market,
ready to take the highest hid; and as
such I unhesitatingly pronounce it a
wilful and deliberate untruth, and the
author thereof—whom 1 very well
know —a malicious falsifier. I was em
ployed to work at the Court House for
no other consideration than money for
my services, and no one about the
Court House, or a? ly one connected with
the "Clymer Headquarters" ha ever
approached me as to how 1 would vote
this fall. 1 have never—like the author
of the above -professed to belong to a
party for whiLi he had no sympathy,
ill order to procure work. <)f myself I
do not wish to speak, but ifany persons
are desirous to learn more of the man
who furnished you with the above item,
I would refer them to A. B. Carn, 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 ;ts the above, I
would advise him to migrate to some
other community, where his services
inav be better appreciated.
M. I*. SPIDLE.
Bedford, Sept. 1 !. 186(1.
\I:(;:TO RIOT.
.\i'w Orlouiis on > Kr<t;tl!
< >ii Thursday afternoon hist the col
ored population of this neighborhood—
the "Equal Rights League of Bedford,
No. :js" had a celebration, which they
wound up in a riot, they attacking and
beating almost to death, Mr.Neheniiah
Fleegle, of Napier (p., wim was it riving
his team quietly along the public road.
Jonathan B. Cessna, Chairman of the
Radical county committee, had deliver
ed a harrangue before these colored ri
oters, and the legitimate result of his
teaching, was the beating of a white
man. l)o Republicans approve of the
conduct of their chairman, and will
they follow such leaders?
LKT the federal oHiee-holders in this
county beware! Some of them are
playing fast and loose and others are
assisting the radical- with all their
might. Not a man of them who doesn't
-upport the President will remain in
oltice after the. election. Democrats ami
Conservatives, keep an eye on those
gentlemen!
—The cholera has got its match—it
has seized the Freeduten's Bureau.
LETTER FROM A GALLANT SOLDIER!
('•I. IHrh<i, of thf 7(ih. (>ivn his Opin
ion.
We give with pleasure the letter of
i Col. Hicks, late of the 7<ith P. V. Wo j
are informed that Col. Ilieks has hith
erto been a "Republican."
Bicncaxsvilu:, PA., 1
f?ept. Jl, 18GG. i
En's GA/.i:TTI": Gni/innit: i thai
j it! a perusal of your paper, that my old
. friend and e unrado, Col. John li. > .i-J
lor, lias announced him elf as an inde
pendent candidate to rojiresent your
district in our State Legislature. It
would be forgetting those ties that ;
bind us together as comrades in arms ;
•for the suppression of the Rebellion,'
' and tin.' associations formed while to- j
pother, did i not wholly endorse hi -!
I coursi and sincerely hopi for his elec
tion.
He is the man for the place, by nat
ural intelligence and education ; he is
: entitled to it, for the services he ren
dered his fellow citizens during the
i war, for a more gallant fellow than ]
| Filler never set a batallion, or wore i
shoulder-straps. 1 speak from person
al knowledge of the man. 1 never !
knew him until I made his acquaint
ance on the "tented field," and I am!
convinced of his fitness for, and right
to the position sought. If could not hi* 1
expected that he, or any other soldier,
would get a nomination in any conven-,
tjon which. Ilad'nntfx controlled, if they j
j had an old civillian ]o! itical hack" to
I serve. It is the same in this county as 1
in Bedford. Soldiers have been over
slaughed always, only when common !
: decency and a slight observance of
their professed principles (V) demanded '
: it. In fact, the soldier is "played out" j
' among that class, and no soldier need
' expect any preferment- at their hands, i
1 hope to hear, when the returns of;
the !)th of October are counted, that;
. ! my old friend, Filler, is elect oil. Jus-j
i tice and a recognition of his services j
-1 demand it, and if defeated, the blame j
; will lie at the hands of the Radicals,
who love office better than they do
their country. Soldiers! stand for a
brother soldier; desert not the man
who never deserted you! Vote and;
work for the principles for which you j
! fought. 1 am, very respectfully,
jno. w. hiuks,
Late i.t. Col. 70th P. V.and Brv't Col. j
J u.s.v.
*- '
ni:F,i.zEi!n!',s I ? SII,I
JOA\ !
\uulher (icjirt l*:jor Strikes its S'liis.
We notioo that the Juniata Itepubfi
' can published at Mitllintown, Pa., by
W. M. Allison v Co., has taken down
, Geary's name from its masthead. Sure
ly Satin's kingdom is tumbling down!
| Every day weakens the Geary forces
! and adds to the number who will vote
j for the patriot and statesman, Iliester
("lyjner.
Slill
The Tit us vi lie < -V//. edite<! by Jerome
j 15. Close,aild II : tolore:. B;si!e;ti-h . ,
has changed its nana to that of I'.mtimf
j Jonni':and,mere important still, has
' changed its oolitic* from Radical Lm to
! '
i 1 >emoeracy.
i -I —.—-——~
n:r. aoreiass.
I The Itadieai ticket for this county, j-,
i placed upon tin-; Negro Suf.'raue plat
• form of til'- "Loyal Convert*.ion" at
! Philadelphia, of winch FRED. I><)UG
! LASS. THE NEGRO, was a member,
by the following resolution, passed at
the Itadiea! meeting, lathi iu this place,
on 'l'uesdity evening of Court week, (see
Bedford In'/idrcr of Sept. 7, 1st)!!):
"Jicsofred, That this meeting cordial
ly endorses and most heartily u eleomes
the Convention of Loyal Union men of
tlie South, now sitting in the city of
Philadelphia," Ac.
rii ti). sri;vi:\s.
The Radical county ticket is placed
; upon Thud. Sieven.-' platform, by the
j following resolution of the meeting
j held here on Tu.-sday evening of Court
week (see Bedford Inquirer of Sept. 7):
'rmlrrd, That the thamc- of the
friends <,f Hi.. Hy and equal rights
throughout the world and espeeially of
i the people of the United States are em
inently due to the noble and patriotic
ami intrepid legislator, Hon. i'liaddeus
Stevens, for theuneompromisingstand
whieii he has taken in favwrof the op
pressed and against usurpation and des
potism."
GK.V. • LEANT rebuked the Radicals at
(lincinnati,tlie otlierday, declaringthat
he was greatly annoyed a! their eHurts
to insult the President.
Already it is computed that during
and Anee the war, one-fourth part of
these who worn in bondage are in their
grave:-. And tiio process of distraction
wiil go on as long as the agitation is
kept up, and until tiio race for which
the Radicals affect so nuieh regard lias
become partiallyexb.net. lliis is their
liuiuauily.
—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
tiiis Radical Congress lias done. And,
what is more every workiiigmen, la
borer and artisan will have to pay iiis
share of the tax reipiired to make up
this extra compensation.
—The lending spirits of the llth of}
August Convention were Senators Cow- J
an, Doolit-tle and Revenly Johnson,)
and < ienerals Steedman, < 'uslar and I >a
vis. The orators of the late Radical
Convention were Fred. Douglass, Ben
jamin K. Butler, I'arson Brownlow and
Annie Diekerson.
—The law t we >d me- ling "yor i
held ill \ (>rk >e ut\ wa b at by Ihe :
Democracy at Ia ,v .vi hi •• it ■ slh
inst. The procession was o\vt two
mil- - long.
C 1 I t MHT3RIJANT>, MD., I
Sept. 11, 1806. ]
MR. EDITOR: On yesterday, for the
first time, Mr. H. Clay Shipley was at
my house and read to me a communi
cation from this city to the "Bedford
Inquirer," -igncd "Justice," which Mr.
S. seemed very much to enjoy.
The article to whi h I am about to
advert, would have, escaped my notice ,
(as no one having any pretensions to!
respectability in thiscoimminity would j
suffer o vile and filthy a sheet as the ;
"Bedford In eider" to be received in
their family) had not thiscommuniea- !
tion been sent to Mr. He.vt, one of my
boarders, expecting tlicroby that it j
would reach my eye. The writer of!
the letter affixes the signature of "Jus
tice," most inappropriate for an article
so devoid of truth and embodying so;
much malignity and venom; indeed
the malice of the writer is only equal- i
<sl by 11i- arrant cowardice.
Some short time since,! addressed to
vour ]i per a communication detailing
the proceedings of the Disunion Abo
lition Convention held here, which ev- i
ery citizen knew was a ridiculous fail
ure, indeed the fidelity of the account
and the extreme sensitiveness of the
correspondent of the"lnquirer," attest
the truth of my narrative. No read
ier of my former letter to your paper
1 will be deceived by the denial of this
correspondent, who fears to commit his
name to his own production. 1 am
authorized, then, in inferring that this
nameless correspondent, conscious of
tiu; 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
I therefore contented himself with a
reckle-s a*nd 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. Jfe felt the sting of the article
j and feared the effect, or else he would
i have attempted to show its falsity and
| not have resorted to scurrility and a
! buse and then sheltered his cowardly i
carcass under so inappropriate a name ;
I as that of "Justice. 1
j As the "Bedford Inquirer" has no
circulation in this city, the letter from
; Cumberland would have fallen still
born; but it owe- its currency and cir
culation solely to a disappointed Ab
olition office-seeker who is sojourning l
; in our midst. But to the letter signed
| "Justice." This nameless knight of
: the quill indulges in choice and elegant
| phrase- ; he says that I am "an igno
; ramus and could not write a single sen
tence correctly if it were to save my
j neck." As to the truth of this I leave
i the public to judge. He says further,
! that Jam "blessed with just about as
! much brains as is necessary to make a
! good Copperhead Rebel sympathizer."
! Adopting his peculiar and gentloman
! ly stylo of expression, I could retort by
| saying that he has brains -ufiicient to
1 make a "niggerhead," but certainly
• has neither the brains or honesty to
1 make a "copperhead," or a gentleman.
1 wa- induced by curiosity, a- 1 -ta
j I<ml i:i nn former letter, to be present
I at ihel>i union meeting and gave what
! 1 believed then, and still do !■•■ iieve, to
! be a faithful ver.-ion of its prove, dings.
; I did not shelter my rc.-ponsibilily ua
| der the signature of "Justice," as the
correspondent of the "Beuiord luqui
j rer" has done,but appended my name,
prepared for any kind of re.-ponsibilhy
which it might evoke, f now a--ert
j and would be willing .0 wager any
! thing in rea-on, that if the name of
1 the correspondent of the "Bedford In
• quirer" here, could be ascertained, that
I he would turn out to have been an Al>-
olilion oiiice-holder, who was, doubt
less, removed by the (Government be
cause of lii- Abolition and Disunion
proclivi ties.
With reference to the gentleman to
whom tli# authorship of my letter to
you Ims been ascribed, and who has
been so ruthlessly and malignantly as
sailed by the "Inquirer's" correspond
ent, 1 have outv this to sav, that 1 have
known him for twontv 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 bold avowal of his princi
ples, that he was arrested and held for
months by the preceding Administra
tion, and 1 am sure that I eeho the sen
timents of every man in this commu
nity, whose opinions are worth regar
ding, that the fidelity with which that
gentleman clung to opinions which, he
deemed to he 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 iie
once before redded, he has not inter
fered, or engaged, in the polities ol the
day, notwithstanding the wishes of his
friends that lie would do so. I was
present at the Disunion meeting in this
place, and for the letter and its eon
tents addressed to your paper, I alone
<iu) res/Hinxibh'. As the former impris
onment of this gentleman lias been al
luded to -tiuery—would not the Pres
ident he justified in punishing those
traitor* who are now guilty of disloy
alty in opposing the Government and
striving to thwart him in his efforts to
restore the Union ?
The i'resident, however, relies upon
t!ie people of tin* I uited States to sus
tain him in his wise, merciful and ben
eficial policy. 1 feel confident that lie
may rely on the people of the old Key
stone State in ( k'tolier next, yt vioy him
their powerful support, for the united
action of all conservative men is now
essential for the preservation and per
petuation of ;he"l T nion" which we ail
love and cherish.
! have devoted more space than i in
tended to the contemptible and malig
nant correspondent ot the "inquirer,"
and con: . iiiieiiiis u ii: !.:• unahleto;,i ve
you an account of our "l>arbecu< " last
Thursday, i mu ' content inyseil
with savlny, that in numbers and en-
th usi asm, it far exceeded anything of
the kind that has ever lieforebeen lu id
in tiiis city. The reporter of the AV
tionnf hde'li'/vactr was present and a
full account wih appear in tiiat jour
nal. Truly Yours,
.JACOB SNIDF.R.
A \o i iIKK sof.o; r.n Ar V o:t 03 -; v
Oneby one the bra re-okliers of t
Union army are putting on record their
views in v ■iutioaio tlicin -uisnecessary ~
to save the country from the design* ..
tiie Radical disunioni-ls. The j; HI
and jxiinted rebuke administered by
(Jenend (Irani■ to*the Radical- in Cin
cinnati who wished to insult the i*r -i
--t dent, and the action of the gallant n -n
: who, in all part.- of the country, aivdc
: nouncing the mad attempts of the di—
uruonists, show unmistakably the!' !-
| ings of the soldiers at this crisis. We
j now add the name old ieh'-ral Stoiicuiau
to the supporters of .-tied a wise, hu
mune, and Christian policy as that a
dopted by President Johnson. The
' following speech wa recently delivered
by that gallant officer in Memphis:
FRIENDS AND FKELOW-COCNTUY
MKX : You have iic fore you, not a par
ti-ait or politician, but a simple citizen
of thegoveriiment of the United State-,
knowing no North, noßollth. no Ka-t,
no West. The war in whiehtbenecade
of this greatest of all great countries lia
beeu engaged during the past e.\entful
years i- eralml, the issue upon which
this war was based have been settled.
I f there is anything to forgive, let it lie
forgiven; if there is anything to be for
got, let it be forgotten. Let us all rec
ollect that we have but 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 tiiat recon
struction must be based upon reconcili
ation. You may force a -<-parated man
and wife to live i:i the same house,
lodge in the -ame room, but they will
never bo reunited as man and wife un
til the" - nave first become reconciled.
I say cm war is ended. As we were
enema - in war, let us again be friends,
! an . in this sentiment J know thai 110
• one wi, join me more heartily than the
: gaiiac s and distinguished President of
I this a.-.- uibly.
The bravery that was displayed dur
ing the past by each one engaged in the
war, let it he the pride and common
property of all. We soldiers who did
the lighting are reconciled and want
peace and harmony, and we call upon
you editors and orators of the land to
aid us with your pen- and tongue-.
Preacher- of the gospel, whose solemn
obligation it is to preach peace and
good will, we ask your prayers and in
vocations, and from you politicians we
demand that you shall cea-e your
wrangling and allow the good work to
go 011, until your object is attained.
And you, fair maidens and noble
matrons, who, during the fighting,
cheered u-with your smiles, and fright
ened 11s with your frowns, lend us the
potency ofyour power in the accom
plishment of a work so laudable and so
As I tun notim applicant for your suff
rages, nor over expect to be, nor ever
cast a vote for President in my life,,
you will not expect me to define my
position; but this much will 1 say: !
have been a member .-."a club for noni ■
a quarter of a century, and which v,
organize- 1 tlrve • {miners of a century
age. By tin* constiuu ein ol that club ,
its i 'r- -iflent i- e'e< (( tievery fou i year- .
its first President v. u-(4eorge Washing •
to:;; its pnsent President is Andrew
Johi'-on, whom tin people call "oui*
An,,y<
Kf.-om noxs i'MKotxTKc ro 'ru :
Prksi dkxt. —The Soldiers' Conven •
lion, held on the f-th inst., at Coluin •
!ins, in the S veath Congressional l>is •
trier-of Ohio, pas-e-l ,i scries ot rcsolu ■
tious, as follows:
That wo hold the Union of thesi ■
States to be as perfect and complete now'
a- before the rebellion, and that, in th •
words of Andrew Johnson, "Xioya 1
men from the Southern s it.- slioun 1
be at once admitted to seats in the Con -
gross of the United States; that tie*
negrodiii not save the Union, but :t
was saved by white soldiers and sailor -
for white men : that the eonstitutiona 1
amendment, having for its object th ;
degradation of the whites to the lew !
of the blacks, meets our hearty con -
detonation ; that the action of Uot -
gross in relation to the equalisation of
bounties, has been from liie beginnin
of last session in-an and tricky, an ;
each soldier and sailor should by Ins
vote show the Ohio delegation that we
know how to condemn; and ihat we
approve of the principles of the Phi 1-
adelphia Pkuform of August 11, and
the restoration policy of Andrew John
son, anil believe that in no other wa y
than that proposed by liini, can w'e
gather for ourselves and for our chil
dren the fruits of our privations, our
sutiering and wounds, and of our suc
cesses. These resolutions were to-nig! it
presented to the President, who, attur
reading, said he approved them.
Tiik deaths resulting from the falling
of the platform at the railroad station
at Johnstown, on tiio 14th, nuinhur
i thirteen —seven of the victims being
women and giris. The badly wound* <i
! number about ninety, and the slight! y
- injured about one hundred more, i'ny
| sicians from Pittsburgand all the tow j -
! along the road, east and west, arc i n
attendance upon the sufierers. llt a
whole town is in mourning over this
terrible calamity, One of the Pre- -
dentiai party detailed to remain says :
"The scene was one of indescribable
horror. The groans of the w< uiidi i
and the screams and tears of mothers,
wives, sisters and daughters was the
■widest sight I ever saw." The same
person adils: "The President and Gen.
< J rant were exceedingly distressed, an< i
were very anxious that the special
train should stop overall hour to aiior-1
as much aid as possible, but the con
ductor stated that arrangements mad
fur meeting trains on the road prei la
ded the possibility of carrying into ei
fect the President's humane wish, ami
after a few minutes the train starlet i
off." The President has contribute,i
iV'.uiKo the relief of the sufferers.
- flie teachers of the negro school- i"
Richmond, who are loyalists ol the
Radical stump, are abusing and ma
ligning th" President in the most si ut
derous terms, and one of the copies
which most frequently graces the-kites
and writing i >ooks of their negro pup'Js
is. ' Andrew Johnson is a traitor. '
—Tin liellefoute Watchman records
tiie conviction of two members of the
Klertion Board of Snoe-hoe townslnp,
i Voire enmity , Jbr ille .ally vein in ;' to
receive the vote of an alleged deserter
at -the eii viion n I The- presiding
judge of theeounty is a "Republican.