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Democratic National Union
Nominations.
STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Hon. HIESTER CLYMER, j
OF BERKS COUNTY.
DISTRICT TICKET.
TOR COMGRF.SS.
J. MeD. SHAKPE, of Franklin co'y.
FOR SEXATOR,
H. F. MEYERS, of Bedford county. 1
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COUNTY TICKET.
PROTBOXOTABT,
<). E. SHANNON, of Bedford Bor.
I
SHERIFF,
ROBT. STECKM AN, of Bloody Run.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
< f FORGE W. GUMP, of Napier.
COMMISSIONER,
DAVID IIOWS ARK, of Southampton
POOR D!RECTOR,
MICHAEL DIEIIL, of Colerain.
AC DITOR,
JOHN I). LUCAS, of Bloody Run.
3"hf (.Oimbfr.
A C A MPAIGX PAPER.
The undersigned are publishing a
campaign paper entitled "The ( limb
er." the first immltcr of which was
issued on the 7th of July in-t., and ■
which will be continued until the Gub
ernatorial election in ' H tobor.
This publication U devoted to tne
support of President Johnson's Re.sto- j
ration Policy and the election of such
candidates as are openly in favor of sus
taining that policy. It contains
teen columns of matter and is tilled
with racy editorials and the spiciest
articles of the campaign. No conser
vative politician should he wit ho a! it.
It will be embellished with FOR
TH UTS OF PRESIDENT JOHN
SON. Hon. HIESTER CLYMER and
oilier eminent patriot- and states nun,
and will contain a number of humorous
political illustrations.
Reduced Terms:
Ten conies to >ne .vl Ire?*, c.ish in nlrancc, s•*
Twenty V " " .
ks ili in ten copies to one a-1 lre-.s U cts per c -py.
Get up your clubs and send in your
orders sit once. No attention paid to
any order unless accompanied by the
ca-h. Persons getting up clubs should
IK* particular to specify in their order-?
the name of the person to whom they
wish the package addressed, as all the
pajiers in the club will be sent to one
person for distribution. Address,
MEYERS & MHNGEL,
Bedford, Pa.
UNION and PEACE!
■ ■'< . V;,- - - „ ~
TAXATION
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
Is* Tyranny!
lIEJIIMJt.ITK'
AXD AM 770X1/.
MASS MEETING!
The Democrats a d Johnson Union
m MI of Bedford county lire hereby re
sp'ctfully requested to assemble in
M \KK 31 EE ft NG, in Bedford, on.
M I\'!).\y EvKXfNo, Kept. lor the
purpose of considering the political is- j
sacs that are at present before the peo
ple.
IION. MONTGOMERY BLAIR,
(Post blaster General under Mr. Lin
coln) will he present to address the
meeting. HON. J. KcllOiSi ELL
S.IARi'K. Democratic candidate for
Congress in this district, and other 1
speakers, will also speak to the people.
Fellow citizens of Bedford county !
A great crisis is upon the country !
Shall the Union be restored, or UiilU- ;
nion perpetuated? Shall eight mil
lions of pcqple be made slaves, by en
forcing upon them Taxation without
lit <n'cxctitation? Shall 7c State* he
stricken from the Union, Tn Mar*
blotted from the (lag? Shall 'i lie
Freed men's Bureau continue to pile up
millions of debt upon the < levernment.
and shall the Negro Civil Rights Bill
place the Black Man above the White?
f.iese are grave and momentous ;--u r \-.
Come and hoar the leading statesmen
of the country discuss them. Conic,
men of ail parties, from all part- of the
county, come and hear for yourselves;
accept Truth and reject Lrror.
J. NY. DICKE I WON,
Chairman Dem. Co. Committee.
sr.\ iToiini. VOIRTx ITIOX.
The conferees for thi-Senatorial Dis
trict met in this place,on Saturday last,
and nominated the editor of this pa
per as the Dem KTatic and National
Union candidate for State Senate. We
are happy to say that this nomination
meets our entire approbation, though
our modesty almost prevents us from
putting this in print. We can only re
turn oar thanks for the honor conferred
upon us, with the assurance that we
shall do our utmost to bear the banner
of the Democrats and Conservatives to
victory on the second Tuesday of < >cto
ber.
ANOTUKK war! A correspondent
writing us from Cumberland, Md., 'see
another column informs us that Mr.
John Cessna, of this place, made a
speech there recently in which he said
there would be another war! Who
wants war ! If any body desires to see
this country deluged with blood a sec
ond time, let them vote the Radical
ticket!
COUJUADO has gone Democratic! —
Another gain. Hurrah for the "Earth
quakes!"
"lIESTORIXCi RFBEIjS TO POWtR."
This is theeonstant out-cry of the np- >
I ponents of I President .Tohnsr >n. Well,
; the question is just this: &/>< dt tkepeo
pie of the South he made slaves? Shall
then he taxed and pet not be rep)'esented in ,
the Government ? Shalt they h-e govern
ed by military satrap* at the erpemeoj
the whole country? or shall they beper
mitted to govern themselves as the people
j of other States do ? •Thev have submit
j ted to the authority of the Govcrn
| ment; they have not only given npaP
' idea of resisting the Government,
I but they have s irrendered their doc
! trine of the right of secession andhav e
| yielded up their f nstitution of slavery .
Their leading tnen declare that the.v
arc loyal and swear that they will foi -
j ever remain so. Gov. Orr and Sonata r
j Perry, of South Carolina, declared ii i
i our own hearing, at a meeting at th e
| National Guards Hall, Philadelphia, a
! few days ago, that the South has forever
! ahandona!Secession and X-'gro Slavery /
i that those questions had been submit
ted to the arbitrament of arms, and the
I trial hp buttle had decided against Sere-'- I
slon and Slarcn/. Let that decision,
said Messrs. Orr and Perry, be final and
eternal. Now when these leaders of,
the South thus publicly proclaim the
I defeat and submission of their s -etion ; ;
when tliey declare themselves and their
people more ardently attached to the
Union than ever before; when they
ask the pardon of theGovernmeut and
i desire once more and forever hereafter
I to live with us as friendsand brother-;
| shall Ave repel them, saying, "We wili
j have nothing to do with you Rebels
and Traitors?" Would such a course, i
!on our part, be just? Nay, would it
be ostriotic? How could we ever have
that true peace which flows from the
hearts of people who respect and love
each other? .Such a course would
damn us in the eyes of the civilized
world. The oppression of Hungary by
Austria, the trampling under foot of
I' Poland by Russia, the thraldom of Ire
land beneath the yoke of Britain, aM
would pale into insignificance before
• the inject slavery to whieh the po! cv
of the Radicals would reduce ten State
- : and eight millions of people. For no
such purpose was oar Government es
tablished. To no -- jeli end wits the
war for the maintenance of that. Gov
ernment waged. Our civil polity rests
: upon the theory of united, co-equal and
, Independent States. The war was wa
ged to maintain that polity, and in or
der to accomplish that end, to hrinp
| htm': Rebels to the discharge of their du
\ lies as citizens. .Vrr, irh ai repentant
Retxds p< l down upon their /.awes and ask
i to he adow d to discharge the duties of
fiftze. w, are we to say they shall not be I
permitted? Shall we say to them, j
"Though you desire to be loyal, though
you anr willing to live with us as broth-j
ers, we will not sulfer you? Though '■
you have repented in sack-cloth and
ashes, we wii! have nothing to do with ;
you?" Never' Never! If God has j
implanted one charitable feeling in our |
bosoms, if one spark of love for the ,
good of our common country animates ;
our hearts, we will scout from our l
minds every thought of so great injus
tiee, so contempt'hle an exhibition of ;
malignity.
liXAJ. I'KOiU.VM ITIO.A >*' PEACE !
TltcSnnllifruS:at<-sJlV.'il hin the S'nlon!
The .State of Texas having formally i
resumed her allegiance to the Union,
the President has issued a procianiation
declaring the insurrection at an end,
peace restored throughout ail the land
and the Union re-established in its o
rigina! entirety. The civil law will
now take the place of military rule ev
ery where. The arts of peace will
once more he cultivated from the Ken
nebec to the Rio Grande, without one
interrupting jar from the rude hand of
, military power. Oh! God of Peace
and Love! Thanks be to that benefi
cent and merciful Providence which
! has delivered us from anarchy, war and
death! Thanksbe to that Power Who
alone can make our national re-union
permanent and to Whom we now ad
! dress our prayer for unity, harmony
and fraternity among the people!
THE SATHIXAt I VIOX ONVEXTIOX. I
The most important as well as the
largest Convention ever held in this |
country si nee the formation of the Gov- i
ernment, assembled in I'loladolpliia on
the 14th inst. The National Union !
Convention will be written down in
*
history as a gigantic-access. The great- j
est and best men from all sections of
the country, the wisest statesmen and
the purest patriots, took part in its !
councils. If was a true Union Conven
tion. * It was ana-emblage of tin-rep
resentative men of every State, men
determined to re-unite in the bonds of
fraternal love, the broken sections of
our country. The work of the Con
vention is crystalized in the Address
and Declaration of Principles which it
put forward. AVeshall lay the Address
before our readers at an early day. For
abstract of the proceedings see another
column.
A BKSEF APPK ll ro C mUSTUS HE* i
AM> V OA! JEN.
Christians! Followers of the Prince!
of Peace! do you approve the bitter
ness with which a partizan press as
sails the people of :he South and all
who desire their re- iteration to the U
nion? Do you wan tto live at eternal
enmity with those people? Do you
j want to oppress them with taxes and
yet not permit them to he repress mted
in the Goverement which they are
forced to sustain? Would you. blot
our national name v itli injustice and ;
brand the American character with j
the stigma of tyranny? Would you
,
make a Poland, a H angary, or an In
land, of the South? God for! Ad! j
appeal to your sense ofjustiue, we in
voke you by every fee. ing which ani
mate-a Christian's heart, we adjure j
you by every instinct of m jrcy, by ev- |
erv hope that your own transgressions |
may lie forgiven, to c.c,t like true < 'liris
tians, to frown upon ; ill attempts to stir
up sectional discord ; to deal mercifully
and in the -pirit of charity with those
who have erred; and to do ail in your
I
power to bring peace and concord to
the people. If you be iieve in the doc
trines of tlie beloved Saviour you can i
do nothing else. Mai ice, Ilatred, Re- !
venge. the ruling passions in the hearts ■
: of those men who now denounce the
submissive people of the South and all 1
| would live at peace with them,!
axe of the Devil, and ho who gives j
l!h:-iu room in his breast, is not simply j
a sinner, he is a fiend! Choose ye, ;
then, whether ye will act the part of J
Christian men, or whether you will |
degrade yourselves into t'io bestiality j
which wreaks its vengeance upon the
defenceless and tramples under foot
even those who are kneeling in the
| dust and suing for pardon. Mean
-1 while remember that
j ''Mercy is quality that is not straineJ ;
I It is twiceblesse.l; i blesscth him that give?
j Anil him that takes."
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(llAin (lUJFS OUT AT I.AST !
lie Ordnrrs Openly lor Xe;ro?iiiirrase:
S.et Every Voter it aim II I
John W. Geary hasjnst made a speech
nt "Lochiel Iron Works," in which he j
■
' took open ground in favor of NEGRO
SUFFRAGE! He declared that he
': was "ready to meet the issue of Negro
Suffrage, and he was not prepared to
| deny TH E RIGHT OF VOTING TO
! THE CO GO RED MAN!" Hitherto;
some people have thought that Geary
was not in favor of Negro Suffrage.
Now he has settled all doubts on that
subject. Let every body know that
Geary says he is not prepared to deny
i the Negro the right to vote.
THAT cock won't fight! We mean
the answer which the organ of the Dis
unionists makes to Col. Filler's allega
tion that he was "counted out" in the
"Republican" County Convention. —
The blame cannot be shifted upon the
Secretary of that Convention who is
now residing in Baltimore, to whom
Col. Filler does not attach any blame
for his defeat. Nor can it shield the
fraud which was perpetrated upon Coll
Filler, behind charges against Demo
cratic candidates or the Democratic
•County Convention. Votes were not
called out for one man ami tallied for
another in the Democratic Convention,
as Col. Filler alleges and says he can
prove, was done in the "Republican"
; Convention. But the fraud upon Col.
Filler is east into the shade by the
trickery which was used to floor Capt.
Stuekey in the Republican Legislative
Conference. In order to defeat all
1 chances of Dr. Dufiield's nomination
for Senator, the conferees from Somer
' set, at the instance of Mr. Stutzman
and his friends, voted for Richards,
thusdefeating Capt. Stuekey, in order
; to give Mr. Stutzman a show for the
nomination. If there was any other
reason for defeating the one-legged sol
dier, Capt. Stuekey, we would he glad
to have the organ of the Disunionists
; state it.
KOA. NOXTUONERA HI.AU:.
Mr. Lincoln's Postmaster General,
Judge Blair, wili address the people of
Bedford county, on Monday evening of
Court week, Kept. I. Judge Blair was
one of the jounders of the "Republi
can" party, and clung to its organiza
tion until it deserted its principles, to
follow Thud Stevens. Go and bear
him.
RUTIX OX XERO srrritAtJE.
At York, the other day, Gov.Onrtin
-landing by Gen. Geary's side, and
speaking for him, said: "Jf the South
dtsinxthr .Vcf/roex to vote, come on with
!
'/our iroof! There can he tin poxxihte oh- j
jt'cfion to it /" All, therefore, that is j
needed to make Negro Suffrage right
in Pennsylvania, is that the South a
greeto it.
Tin; "earthquake" in Kentucky has
been terrific. Instead of •JjJHXPDomo
cratic majority as stated last week,
Kentucky gives us nearly oOJHJO! Penn
sylvania will follow the footsteps of
the State of Henry Clay.
THAD. STEVENS TO HIS TOSNTIT-
I EM S !
Ifo !)<><■ l;<rov \<ui'<n'v to •><' Hie Kqiiiiis of ]
White Foreigners!
■ Thaddeus Stevens was re-nominated
for Congress, by the Radicals of Lan
j caster county, one day last week, and
upon acceptingthenornination he made
a speech from which we make the fol
lowing extract:
'•We have not yet done justice to the
oppressed race. We have not gone its
far as the Emperor of Russia, when In
ordered the freedom of thousands of
his oppressed peopleand endowed them
; with the right of citizenship. We have
! been too much governed by our preju
: dices. We have listened too much to i
those whose cry is "Negro Equality" i
| —"Nigger" "Nigger" —"Nigger!" 5
! He are influenced too much by those per- I
j sons from foreiyn fatal* trho, irhile in I
search of .freedom, deny that blessed boon j
i to them trho are their equals."
The man who uttered these words ,
i stands in the fore-front of the Radical
1 faction. He is its Jupiter Tonans, and
'as iie winks it nods. lie speaks for it
and his utterances are accepted by its
| members aspartsof their creed. Hence i
, the Radical faction, through Thaddeus
! Stevens, formally andsblemnly declare ,
j that y cymes are the equals of white
foreiyners! Foreign-born citizens! De
seendants of the pioneers who came j
I from the hanks of the Rhine, from the j
vine-clad hills of France, from the
; green fields of Erin, from bonnie Eng
land and from glorious Scotland! Do,
j you believe in such doctrine, and j
| will you march under the banner of:
I such leaders?
IIIIIHI iwi | |in ill ii n IITI .*.>■
VBFSE OF THE SOLDIERS.
Henry in a recent speech at York,
s.iid that the soldiers who assembled
at Harrishurg on the first of August, |
were "Shyster- and Cowards, Skulker*
and Hospital Bummers." To say the .
least of it, such language was very tin-j
becoming in one who aspires to the
dignified position ofGovernorof Penn
sylvania. But what shall be said of a ;
man who applies -uch epithets to the
bravest of the brave, simply because
they do not choose to cast their votes
for him? For instance, take the rep
resentatives of our own county in that
Convention. Who wili dare to repeat
what Geary has said, in regard to i
Tims. 11. LYONS, LA WHENCE DKKI
i HATCH, PHILIDIICZZAKD, JEIIEMIAH
I THOMPSON' and PHILIP LEONARD?
| These men served from the beginning j
| of the war to its close, and did their j
: whole duty wherever their presence i
: was required, whether in the exhaust- 1
! ing march, in the deadly breach, or a
mid the dangers and horrors of the
field of battle. Let the soldiers remem
ber how Geary has slandered their
comrades.
ui:s. UKAXT ALL KIKHT.
The Committee appointed by thcNa- .
j tional Union Convention to present a
copy of the Address and Resolutions
'of the Convention to President John- i
' son, performed thai duty at the White
1 louse, on .Saturday last. Senator Rev-
Crdy Johnson made the presentation
speech. The President made a most
excellent and patriotic reply, which we
will lay before our reader-- indue time.
. During the ceremony, GEN. l\ S.
i GRANT stood by the /'resident's side,
! and at the close of the proceedings the
' two retired together. The President
■ made some patriotic allusions to the
services of Gen. Grant, which were
loudly chi ered by the audience. Here
is another opportunity for Geary. Is
I Grant a "Shyster and a coward, a skill- i
j korandall" pital Bummer,"too?
A Si'CCK OF WAR.
! - . |
: Prince Maximilian, ol Mexico, hav
j ing proclaimed the port of Mntamorns
and other Mexican ports closed to for- J
eign and coasting trailic, President
Johnson ha- i -ueda proclamation do- .
daring the manifesto of Maximilian
null and void, because the blockade
j proclaimed isnot upportod by sufficient
' naval or military force. The Presi
i dent's proclamation concludes hysav
: ing that "any attempt which shall be
j made to enforce the blockade against
| the Government breitizens of the Uni- :
ted States will be disallowed." This !
may lead to a - rious dispute between i
our Government and Louis Napoleon
and the Emp ror of Austria. But the !
! President i- right in maintaining the j
rights of our citizens abroad, and the j
people will sustain him in the step lie
has taken.
i Tin: FRANKLIN* REPOSITORY prints j
I weekly interminable columns of stuff j
i about "rebels" and "traitors," just as !
though tlie war was -till raging and'
the Southern people had notsubmitted I
to tlie authority of the Government.— j
Just such miserable public scolds as
the llepository are the sole cause of any
alienation that may yet exist between
the people of the North and those of the
South. The ranting and blustering of
these pestilent creatures serves only to
keep up discord between those who
should be united in feeling and senti
ment. if we are ever to have peace
and concord in this land of ours, such
public nuisances as the Franklin lle
yository must be abated.
UNION!
The People of the United States
in Council.
A WHOLE COUNTRY AND AN
UNMUTILATED FLAG.
O.
TAXATION WITHOI'T UKIMIKSEXTA-
T'lOV is TVRAXXV.
THE HEROES AND STATESMEN OF THE
COUNTRY DECLARE THAT THE PO
LITICAL COMPLEXION OFCOK
• GRESS MUST BE CHANGED.
(■FX. JOHN A. I>IX T<'injH>r.iry Clinlr- ;
ninn.
SIIX A FOR IMKM.ITI'Lt: Permanent Pres- !
idcut.
I' XBO I X !:: KM'ii I KS ASII AXI> !
n:itn;<"£- HARMONY.
The Great National Union Conven
| tion assembled at Philadelphia, in the
grand Wigwam prepared for its sit
l tings on Tuesday, 11th inst., and was
I called to order by Post. Master General
A. W. Randall. Delegates were pre
; sent from every State and Territory in
, the Union. The best men of all par
i ties weie present. Republicans and
Democrats sat side by side in its ooun
' cils. Nortiiern war men and Southern
1 war men met and shook hands in token
:of re union. Massachusetts and South
Carolina clasped hands, and as the
band struck up the air of "Auid Lang
Syne," many a manly heart w..-touch
ed and many an eye filled with tears
• of joy that the friendship of the past
was about to be restored, never again
to be broken.
Pit 11. A DITLA ii IA , Aug. la.—The Con
: vention was organized yesterday by
the temporary -election of Gen. Dix as
President. After the delivery of his
opVuing address, and a prayer by Rev.
i Mr. M'Donough, committees on cre
dentials and organization were ap
pointed, and the Convention adjourn
ed to meet at noon to-day—l">. lion.
('. L. Vailandigham, George Francis
Train and 11. Clay Dean sent in letters
of withdrawal its delegates, in order to
promote harmony. The Philadelphia
Inquirer gives the following incidents:
At a quarter of twelve o'clock the band
. struck, up the "Star Sjiangh d Banner,"
followed by the "Flag of our Union
: forever," and a few minutes before
twelve Senator Cowan, Senator Duo!it
tie, Orvihe 11. Browning, Secretary .;*
: the Interior; A. W. Randall, Esq.,
Postmaster General and Chairman of
the Executive Committee; HOB. Mont
gomery Blair, Mr. Wendell,and other
prominent light-of the National Union
Convention, walked up the main aisle
and took their seats on the speaker's
platform.
Shortly after these gentlemen were
seated, a novel - 'one took place, the
like of which has not been witnessed
j since the first agitation of the slavery
question. The Hon. A. W. Randall
•announced that the delegates from
j those two ultra sections of the Union,
Massachusetts and South. Carolina,
| would enter the building arm inarm.
; The effect was electrical. The dele
gates rose to their feet, and sent forth
j cheers upon cheers, making the welkin
i ring with their huzzas.
The delegates alluded to entered and
1 marched arm in arm up the eastern
'aisle of the Wigwam. The South Caro
lina delegation was headed by Gover
nor J. L. Orr, and the Massachusetts
party by Gen. Couch. Amid the most
tumultuous applause these gentlemen
took their seats. The hand then struck
up a national air, which was greeted
| with great applause, after which the
air so popular with the rebels during
| the war, "Dixie," was performed,
when tlie entire delegation vociferous
ly applauded. General Custer led the
applause when "Dixie" was played.—
Mr. John Hogan, of Missouri, then
rose, and in stentorian tones proposed
'three cheer- for the thirty-six United
States, which were given with consid
erablc vim. Some delegate then pro
i posed three cheers for President John
sou, which were met with a rather
: spirited ri spouse, and these were fol
lowed iiv three cheers for the Union,
and also three cheers for the Red,
White and Blue.
When the name of General John A.
Dix, of New York, was proposed a
temporary chairman, the lute rebel
j General "Dick Taylor" rose and pro
: posed three cheers for him, which were
; given with con id< rable zest.
Tlie deliberation- of the Convention
were opened by a speech from General
Dix, after he occupied the chair. The
speed! was very conservative in iis
cnaracter, and was delivered with great
emphasis and expression. A number
of the sentiments uttered by theGener
i al found a ready response on the part
of those assembled, and be was fre
quently interrupted witn applause.—
i The General is a very finished speaker,
' and he was listened to with great at
' tention.
The seeneduring the prayer that fol-
I lowed General Dix's speech was very
| impressive. The entire assemblage
j rose to their feet, and a deathlike still-
I ties i prevailed, while the clergyman
with a clear voice and distinct oiumci
: ation, invoked ihe blessings of the Al
mighty on the deliberations of the
i Convention.
Pin OADKLFHI.V, Aug. Hi.—The Com
mittee on Permanent Organization
yesterday (loth) reported lion. J. it.
Dooiittie as permanent President, and
a long list of Vice Presidents and Sec
retaries. Mr. Vullatuligham's letter 1
of withdrawal was read. A committee
of two from each State was appointed
lon resolutions —Messrs. Cowan and
| Bigler representing Pennsylvania- -the
! former as chairman. The following
! dispatch was received from the Prc.-i
--! dent.
WASHINGTON*, Aug. it.—To the
1 Hon. O.J i. Browning and Hon. A. W.
j Randal!, Convention at Philadelphia:
j I thank you for your cheering and en
leourageing dispatch. The linger of
! Providence is unerring, and will guide
j you safely through. The people must j
' be trusted, and the country will bere
| stored. My faith is unshaken as to the
j ultimate result.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
An immense number of people were
I present in the Wigwam, among them
| many ladies. Great enthusiasm and
| the utmost harmony prevailed. Hon.
| Hiester Ci.vmer entered the Conven
! tion at a quarter of twelve o'clock, and
I was received with deafening applause
i from the whole vast assemblage. The
Philadelphia Inquirer says :
At Up'cioek yesterday the scene in
side the Wigwam battled description.
It becoming generally known that the
Convention would assemble at the
Wigwam, notwithstanding the report
to the contrary, long before the hour
announced for the commencement of
business the spacious edifice was com
pletely filled, not an available seat was
vacant, and such a perfect sea of hu
man heads as presented itself to the
sight has rarely been seen in this city.
The contractors for the Wigwam
have informed us that the building
will accommodate nearly fifteen thou
sand people. If such is the face there
were fifteen thousand present, for i
while Senator Doolittle was speaking i
there was not a nook or corner in the <
vast, auditorium that did not display a 1
i human head. <
THURSDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. <
PlI lI.ADERPH I A, Aug. l(i.—TheCon
vention assembled in the Wigwam at ,;
10 o'clock a. in., pursuant to adjourn- j ■
I ment. Every seat in the auditorium
was filled. The attendance of hulk's
; was much larger than on any previous :
j session.
j After prayer by the Rev. Mr. Rei
! rnensuyder, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Doo
: little rose and said: Before proceeding
to any further business, the Chair begs
leave to announce, as yie first respon-o j
to the call for this Convention in polit- j
ical action, the result of the Colorado
election. [ Applause, j
DENVER, Colorado Territory, Aug.
15. —Returns from all parts of the Ter
ritory render certain the election of A.
C. Hunt, Administration candidate,
ever Chillicote, Radical. [Great Ap
plause. j •
Mr. Crowell, of New Jersey—l offer
| the following resolution:
Resolved, That a Union National ex
' ecutive committee he appointed, to he
! composed ol' two delegates from each
| Bt*teand Territory, and the District of
Columbia. Adopted.
Reverdy Johnson —who in rising was
greeted with loud applause—l oiler the
following resolution:
Revolted, That a committee, consist
ing of two delegates from each State,
i and one from each Territory and the
j District of Coiumbia, be appointed by
j the Chair to wait upon the President'
; of the United States and present him
i with an authentic copy of the proceed
| ings-of this Convention. Carried.
Charles Knapp, of fche District of Co
; lumbia. 1 otter the following resolu
! tion:
j * Rraofnd, That a committee of fi
nance he appointed to consist of two!
delegates from each State and Territo- j
rv and the District of Columbia. Par
ried.
Gen. Patton, of Penn'a., offered a
resolution on the subject of represen
! ration in tlieConvention,wliich, under
! the rules of the Convention, was refer- !
j red without reading or debate.
Mr. Cowan. I offer the following
; resolution :
I Rry,/r<(f, That the thanks of this
j Convention be and they are hereby
! tendered to Morton M'Miciiael, Esq.,
! mayor of the city of Philadelphia, f>r
liis'ad mi ruble police arrangements for
the preservation of j>eace and good or
der during the sittings of this Conven
tion. (Applause.| Carried unaninious
iy- |
Mr. Cowan, on hehali of iheeomtmi
tee who were appointed to prepare res- i
olutions and an address, after a very
■ | careful and elaborate consideration of ,
the .same, lasting all day and a great;
part of the night, offered the following
declaration of principles.*, adopted :i- ;
naniniously bv the committee, which
■ the Secretarv of this Convention will
read; and also an address to the people
of the country, which will be read by
the lion. Mr. Raymond, of .New York.
! j Applause.]
i The Secretary then proceeded to read
j the declaration of principles.
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
The National Union Convention, as
sembled in the city of Philadelphia,
| composed of delegates from every
State and Territory in the Union, issues
and proclaims the following declara
tion of principles and purposes, on
which they have with perfect unanini
■ ity agreed:
Y-t. We hail with gratitude to Al
. mighty God the end of war and the re
turn of peace to an atHicted and oelov
ed land.
2d. The war just closed lias main
tained toe authority of the Constitu
• tion, with all the powers which it con
; fors, atul all the restrictions which it
imposes upon the Genera! Government, I
- unabridged and unaltered ; and it iias
• preserved the Union with the equal
rights, dignity and authority of the.
States perfect and unimpaired.
:id. Representation in the congress of
j the United States, and in the Electoral j
•; (allege, is a right recognized by the Con
stitution n* abiding in every State, and
| as it duty imposed upon its people.
I 4th. We call upon the people of the
•i United States to elect to Congress a.i
members thereof none but men wlio
admit this fundamental right of repre
| sentation, and who will receive to seats
therein ioval representatives from every
! State in allcgiancetothe United States,
j subject the constitutional rigid of each :
I House to judge of the election returns
and qualifications of its own members,
j sth. The constitution of the United
States, and tiie laws made in pursuance I
thereof, are the supreme law of the land
I anything in the Constitution or laws of
i any State tothe contrary notwithstaml
j ing.
Gtli. Such amendments to the consti- j
tutionofthe United States may be made
! by the people thereofas tney may deem
expedient, hut only in i lie mode pointed j
I out by its provisions.
Till*. Slavery is abolished and forever
1 prohibited, and there is neither desire.
I nor purpose on the part oftheSouthorn
States that it should ever he re-estal>-
i lished upon the soil or within thejuris
-1 dictionofthe United States ; and the on- ;
1 franehised slaves in all the State of the
! Union should receive, in common with
I all their inhabitants,equal protection in
: every rigut of person and property.
■ | Nth. While we regard as utterly inval- l
; id and never to lie assumed or made of
I l>indingforee,:tnyob!ig;itionincurredor
i undertaken in making war against the I
i United States, we hold the debt of the
! nation to be sacred and invioiahle; and ;
• ! we proclaim our purpose, in discharging :
•{ ttiis, a- in performing ail other national
j obligations, to be to maintain unimpair- [
| ed and unimpoache.l the honor and the j
faith of the Republic.
fith. It is the duty of the National |
j Government to recognize the services j
i of the Federal soldiorsand sailors in the j
j contest just closed, by meeting prompt-j
! ly and fully their just and rightful j
i claims for the services they have render-1
! ed the nation,and by ex lending to those
| of them who have survived, and tothe
j widows and orphans of those who have
! fallen,-the most generous and consider
j ate care.
Kith. In Andrew Johnson, President
j of the United States, who in hi- great
! otiice has proved steadfast in his dovo
i tion to the Constitution, the laws and j
j interests of his country, unmoved by i
I persecution and undeserved reproach, )
! having faith unavailable in the people j
j and in the principles of lVeegovernment, j
| we recognize a Chief Magistrate worthy
J of the nat ion and equal to the great cris
is upon which his lot is cast; and we
tender to him, in the discharge of his
high and responsible duties, our pro
found re-pect, and assurance of our cor
dial and sincere support.
The reading of the various resolutions j
was interrupted by frequent applause. !
The resolutions ' were unanimously
adopted.
lion. Henry J. Raymond, of New
York, editor of the .V. I". Times and
Renublican member of Congress from
that city, then appeared upon the plat
form for the purpose of reading the
Address to the people. His appear
ance was greeted with a storm of ap
plause which lasted some minutes.— ;
The reading of the address called forth
the frequent plaudits' of the assembled
multitude, and Mr. Raymond was re
quired to-epeat the reading of that part
of it which referred tothe equality of
the States am l the right of the people
of all the Stao-s to representation in
Congre-s. Durinrthe reading of the
Address, there was not an inch of
standing room in lb. Wigwam, whilst
outside the police wre compelled to
form a line to keep bnCr the thousands
who were struggling t. <* e t into the
vestibule of the crowded bedding. At
about 2 o'clock, in the afternoon of
Thursday, (Kith. 1 the < 'onventVm, hav
ing finished its labors in perfet har
mony, adjourned sine die. Thus thiscd
the proceedings of the greatest popular
, assembly convened in the history < c
; the Ilepubiic. Thus gloriously will
: also its object be attained —the Union
of the States and the restoration of
peace and prosperity to the country.
" ™ ~ ** ,l1 " 1
Disunion .Hcflitis In CambcrlitiKl. >td,
MR. EDITOR: — For the last two
weeks, the Radical Disunionists of this
I city and county, have had their hopc
-1 and expectations greatly excited at the
pro-poet of the great Abolition gather
ing that was to take place lust Saturday,
the 11th of August. The faithful here
looked with great interest to the ap
proach of the day, as their leader- had
taught, them to believe that they would
hear the choicest orators of the Abolition
faith. The names of Nye, of Nevada,
Hamilton, of Texas, Stokes, of Tonne—
see, the present congressman from this
1 district, Ex-Governor Francis Thomas,
together with other le—or light.-, were
ostentatiously paraded in the placards
calling the inecting for the last two
weeks. The audience fully expected to
he regaled with the choicest hits of Ah
! olition oratory, but whatsv disappoint
ment! Instead of the distinguished
I Disunionists whom the leaders had
promised their follower* to hear, tin y
were forced to he content with two rcn
i egade Democrats, who have been aho
{ litionized within the last five years, to
! wit : one Joseph Stewart, who made i
little election district reputation during
the war, a <! wlio had for sometime
' held th' ofijee of deputyclcrk, for I a I -
i tiinore ( :t,v Circuit Court; the oth
er in ■.'s-ua, of your town, wlio
once bud some position with the De
m jf Reiif rd, and whom tiiev
. ! • ' the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture. >f John Cessna I can say some
{:.;, a. I. have long known him and
run , tinted wit I his political ant -
cedents, hut before I proceed to pay my
re.-poet- to this illu-tviotts eonver to
the abolition caus u 1 wil: endeavor to
convey *o you some idea of the charae
; ter and size of the meeting.
1 did suppose from the size of the
| hand-hill that decorated the lamp
posts and corner* of the -treets, lor ti.e
la-t two weeks, that it would be inipo
i sihle to number the voter- that won! I
be in attendance; indeed as! had some
curiosity to see John Ces-na perfirm in
his present character of Abolitionist, 1
; was fearful that 1 would lie unable to
procure a good position to see and hear
; from the unusual crowd that would be
!in attendance. Rut 1 encountered no
• such difficulty,for aside from the Pres
ident,' Vice Presidents and .Secretaries,
there were, all told, from iif y to seven
ty-five j>er-on- present. A band of
music paraded the streets for the pur
pose of adding to the size of tiie meet
ing, but it would not answer, and it
was apparent and patent to every one,
so far as numbers were concerned, that
it was a ridic.ulou- failure.
After the appointment of the officers
i the performance was commenced by
Mr. Stewart. His remarks were evi
dently prepared with much care. It is
only ncce—arc to-u.v that he wa-thor
oughly familiar with the Abolition
! catechism, which is placed in the hands
of every recreant Democrat who at
taches himself to the Abolition Church.
I lis speech abounded in all those trite
plirases which are taught by the Disun
ion school masters, Sumner, Stevens
j and Wade, such as ffrcbeis," "eopper
' heads," "traitors," "the lite of tht na
tion," A., Ac. i will content myself
with Stewart by saying that theglib
! ness with which he used the choice and
j elegant words that 1 have named,
shows his thorough familiarity with
the Abolition dictionary luul that alts r
a time of furtln r probation, unless
there should hea collapse of the party,
he may expect some reward for his
new-born zeal.
But the grid speaker of the occasion
was your townsman, John Cessna. As
i am a Pcnnsyivanian and know John
a* an old politician, I had some curios
ity to see how he would perform in his
character as an abolition speaker. I
j can only say that he was entirely equal
to the task and his speech won the un
qualified approbation of hi- Abolition
j audience. tie well kn< w the Disuniou
: party with wiiicii he now affiliates
! and that nothing he could say would
he too strong for their stomachs, lie
! .wasparticularly violent upon thewhoie
| Southern people; predicted another
; war in 14168, when they wnuid be com
pelled, with uplifted hands, to -no for
pardon or lie driven into the Gulf of
| Mexico. A-for General ixv. tiie iatch
l et of whose shoes he is not worthy to
unions:*, he consigned him to the-al
lows. Bui that portion of Cessna's
speech, with which his appreciative
audience was most delighted, was that
in which he laugh' his brethren how
: they could retain their ill-gotten 1 < ne
'er. JR,trk :i,people of Jiydj'ord! HiD
man, Cessna, here announced as his o
! jiinion, that the aboliiioni-ts, iri.'ii i!n
j h>j/.d hsyro-constitute u majority of
i the citizens of tiie United Stai—, ami
| that if they, flit aioidiouists
t/roes, oidy cling together and ri ruam
i united, both in winterand summer, in
j despite of color and scent, they the ley
la! men, could always retain thegov
! crnment in their hands. The atinounce
: ment of this opinion encouraged and
j seemed to arouse the spirits of INS
| brethren, wliich have been ratiier
j drooping for the last month in this
! itude. It remained for this man j"
point out the way by which the Abon
iioti"sts could retain power, even in
Maryland, to wit, a perfect union be
tween the negro and white man. < hiiy
let the white man eschew the .-jdrit < ; f
caste ant! be regardless of the perfume
that emanates from the hide of hi*
black brethren, and the Abolition.-!*
i will be enabled to retain their asccml
! aiicy ev. :t in Maryland, i know tin t
| no white man in this State, however
deeply steeped in the abolition pool,
• would have been so shameless a- to
I have suggested -ucii a coalition. !'. re
mained for (hi- l'ennsylvania abedi
tienist to suggest this union of white
and black, to achieve a party triumph.
As a nativeot" l'ennsylvania, I feel sat
istiod that when this man Ces-nil, sug
gestcd this infamous and liltliy eoali
, tion between white and black, that lie
j was speaking the opinions of hut few
of the citizens of the Old Keystone
State.
In conclusion, I would suggest, m
view of John Cessna's remarks, that
when he again addresses the people, a
specia Hag should be prepared to adorn
the stand from which lie sinaks, in
place of the red, white aal blue, a
black and white Hagr tfic hlacK n.ie
strongly preponderating a.-a fitetnhlem
of his opinions. Truly yours.
J. SNIDER.