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Friday Morolng Wvtobor 5. IWld.
Democratic and National Union
Nominations.
STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Hou. HIESTER CLYMER,
OF BERKS COI'NTV.
— +
DISTRICT TICKET. I
FOR CONGRESS,
J. Mel). SHARPE, of Franklin co'y.
FOR SENATOR,
j;. F. MEYERS, of Bedford county.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
HIRAM FJNDLAY, of Somerset co.
COUNTY 'I ICKET.
PRoTHoNOTAUT,
<). E. SHANNON, of Bedford Bor.
SHERIFF,
ItOBT.STECKMAN, of Bloody Run.
ASSOCIATE jrlKSBv
GEORGE W. Gl"Ml% of Napier.
COMMISSIONER,
DA VI 1> ll< >\VSA RE, of Southampton
POOR DIRECTOR,
MICIIAEL DIKHL, of Colerair.
AUDITOR,
JOHN D. LUCAS, of Bloody Run.
ELECTION. TUESDAY. Oct. 9.
FOR ABSESIBI.V.
We are authorized to announce Col. John 11.
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.
THE DEVIL UNCHAINED!
The nethermost hell must have spew
ed out its vilest tiend; the toughest
devil of all the damned that are roast
ing in purgatorial tires, must have re
visited t-arth; nay, the prince of Pan
demonium himself must be unchained;
for no human heart could conceive so
malignant, so wicked and so diabolical
a trick as that attempted to be palmed
otr upon the public in a telegram sent
from this place, the tenor of which is
that Mr. Meyers, the Democratic can
didate for Senator, in a late speech eu
logized J. Wilkes Booth. The miser
able, unanointed, unwashed scoundrel
who sent that telegram dares riot face
Mr. Meyers and acknowledge its au
thorship. He is a liar, a villain and a
coward! His stabs in the dark are
those of an assassin whose heart is
blacker than that of Booth, but unlike
Booth's, his blows, though nerved with
a malicious and deadly intent, are per
fectly harmless and only recoil upon
those whom he would serve* A vaunt,
thou cowardly devil! "Get thee back
into the tempest, and the Night's Plu
tonian shore!" In other words, go to
the Devil who has a mortgage upon
you for a hundred times the value oi
your petty three cent soul !
What for Bedford County?
Shall Bedford county have represen- ;
tat ion in the next Legislature? That is !
theijuestion. TlieConstitution of Penn
sylvania gave Bedford county separate
representation and under it one John
Cessna once obtained a -eat in the House
of Representatives, though largely de
feated in the distriet, Somerset and
Bedford, if Bedford county was then
entitled to separaterepresentution, why
should she not be now? If Bedford is
to be represented in the next Legisla
ture, by her own citizens, she must be
represented by Col. Filler and 11. F.
Meyers. There are no other candidates
for either branch of the Legislature, in
Bedford county. Hence Bedford coun
ty must be unrepresented in the legis
lature, <>r represented by Somerset and
Fulton men, if Filler and Meyers are
not elected.
A CALCULATION.
The Radical papers of this Congres
sional district have been flattering their
readers with calculations on the vote of
the district, which are about a-near the
truth as Munchausen's story almut
climbing to the moon on a beau-stalk.
Now, we will give some figures:
Democratic. Disunion.
Adams, .W inaj.
Bedford, -Hut "
Franklin, "
Fulton, 2so "
Somerset, 'AN'
1,2:50
1100
I)em. nay. 3:10
We Can Do It Again.
In is<; I, Bedford county gave Met 'lel
lan majority. She can do it again,
if her full Democratic vote he polled.
There are ;i,OOO Democratic voters in
Bedford county. them a// be got
to the polls and our majority cannot fall
below 000. Now let us see whether the
full vote cannot be polled.
Wrong End Foremost!
The Radicals won't agree that the
Southern States shall come back to the
Union, unless they come in Mack end
foremost. We object to that! We want
the white end foremost.
To the Polls.
Forward, the whole Line! From
left to right, from Woodberry to Cen
trevilie, from Ray's Hill to Buena Vis
ta, charge! You are fighting for a glo
rious cause! Democracy, the bright
est jewel in the historian's pen, the sub
limest theme on the [toot's page, the
grandest theory that ever came from
the statesman's brain ; Democracy, the
corner-stone of liberty, the life-blood
of the nation, the very breath in the
nostrils of the people; Democracy, the
gift of heaven to a free and virtuous
people, the blood-bought legacy of our
Revolutionary fathers, the gentle bap
tism, sprinkled upon the greatest peo
ple that ever lived; O, will you not
all rally, rally asone man for Democra
cy? Come, old men, who would see
peace and re-union ere you close your
eyes in everlasting sleep! Come, ye
middle-aged, who would do a good
work for yourselves and posterity !
Come, youth, with your heart of fire
and your visions of a glorious future!
Gather around that banner which has
never been trailed in the dust, which
bears upon it thirty-six stars, the em
blem of an unbroken Union, come and
do battle under its bright and glorious
folds.
"Strike ! till the last dark foe expires,
Strike! for your altars anil your fires.
Strike ! for the green graves of your sires,
(toil anil your native lanil
Another Draft!
Quotas for Bedford County!
Democrats of Bedford county! <>n
Tuesday next you can and must poll
3,000 votes! If you getout every Dem
ocrat to tlie polls, you can and will do
it. Geary cannot get over 2400, to do
his host. This would leave Clymer
Ouo majority. In order that the men
in each township may know what they
will have to do in order to poll this
number of votes, we give the following
quotas. Let every district strive to
come up to and if possible to exceed
these figures. Now, men, till your
quota-! Now, good and true and faith
ful working-men, strive as you have
never striven before! Roll up your
sleeves and let's give them thunder!
The several districts will please give
us the following Democratic vote:
Bedford bor., 140
Bedford tp., 2*o
Broad Top, 75
Bloody Run, ; V>
Coaldale, 15
C. Valley, 200
Colerain, I*o
Harrison, *5
Hopewell, 70
Juniata, I'-G
Londonderry, 110
Liberty, >
Saxton, >
Monroe, 1 -•>
Napier, l' wl
Prov. E. 40
Prov. W. 50
Schellsburg, 50
Southampton, 275
; Snake Spring, s:
St. Clair, 210
Union, 100
\Voodl>erry M., 150
\Voodl>erry S., 1 ; 10
Wagons! Wagons!
Southampton township is very ex- j
tended in territory and many of its
voters must travel a great distance to
get to the polls. But old
ton must poll every Jlenwraf if role j
within its border* ut this election. The
same may be said of Cumberland Val- '
ley and several other townships. la*t :
wagons be prepared in every nook and
corner of these townships and let the
voters ride out to the polls. Let the
Disunionists hear thunder from these j
districts. Attend to the wagons, boys!
Front Face!
Eyes right! Flankers, advance!
Now, boys,CHARGE! Hurrah! Hur
rah! Hurrah! CLYMER leads the
van! Follow the white plume of your
gallant leader! The black feather will
he doffed before your irresistible onset! j
Here we go over the enemy's breast
works! Geary's ditch is on the wrong
side! Bresson! Now they fly! Dis
union surrenders! The flag of thirty
six stars floats in triumph over the
Keystone State! Hip, Hip. Hurrah!
Justice!
We appeal to our "Republican''
friends who know, that instead of eu
logizing the assassin Booth, we de
nounced the crime he committed and
condemned any thing that might be
said in its favor, to say whether it is
not an outrage to attempt to blacken
our good name by representing us as
saying the very opposite of what we
did say ? We are proud to say that we
have many personal friends among the
"Republicans" who cannot fail to see
the foul attempt to injure us in this un
fair and contemptible manner. We
a-k for justice at their hands —will they
accord it?
THE GREAT ISSUE AT THE
I COMING ELECTION ISTIIEQIES
ITION OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE.—
I Thad. Stevens (see Bedford Inquirer).
Now for Clymer!
Honest Iliester Clymer, of Berks
County! Who would not vote for him
in preference to the renegade Geary
who has changed his politics half a doz
en times for the sake of getting office ;
who hid himself in a ditch at Chepul-
I tepee, and who ran and left his brave
I soldiers in the lurch at Snickersville!
Why, even the Franklin Repository,
so late as last week, spoke of Clymer as
a man of "BLAMELESS PERSONAL
CHARACTER"—the Franklin Repos
itory, edited by Col. MeClure who ad
dressed the Radical Mass Meeting, in
Bedford, on Tuesday evening of Court
week Now, for Clymer and the Union!
The Union forever, hurrah boys, hurrah,
Down with Thad. Stevens
And up with the law.
For we'll rally 'round the flag, boys,
We'll rally once again,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom !
Hon. J. McD. Sharpe.
One of the noblest men in this Con
gressional district, is Hon. J. McD.
Sharpe, of Chambersburg. He is an
honorable,talented,educated gentleman
and will reflect credit upon the district
if elected. We commend him to the
support of the people and bespeak for
him the united support of the Democ
racy of Betlford county.
0. E. Shannon.
Now, what Democrat can refuse to
vote for O.K. Shannon, a man who
has done as much for the party as any
man in Bedford county, a man who
has always been true, a man who is re
s pee ted and loved by all who know
him? Wesny, cling to Shannon! You
cannot find it in yourheartsto "scratch"
him! What! Would you strike down
a true man like Shannon? Impossi
ble! If Esq. Lingenfelter had remain
ed in the Democratic party, he would
have received your votes; he could
have asked them with a good grace.
But, clever fellow as he is, he has done
the Democratic party too much harm
by his course, to ask a reward for what
he has done. We are sorry, and we
know many others are sorry that he
acted as he did, hut he chose to do so,
and he cannot blame us now for refu
sing to vote for him. Stick to Shan
non audgivehiin an old-fashioned ma
jority.
Robert Steckman.
Democrats, you have an excellent
man for Sheriff. Robert Steckman is
widely known as one of the best busi
ness men in theeounty. Ileis a straight
forward, honest, fair-minded man.
Stand by him and elect him by an o
verwhelniing majority.
David Howsare, Esq.
There is no better man in Bedford
county, morally speaking, than David
How-arc. Besides, he is a man of good
business qualifications, writes a good
hand, is a man of excellent judgment
and will do justice in all matters per
taining to the office for which he is a
candidate. lie will make a first-rate
Commissioner. We refer all who
doubt thisstatemcnt to 1 lon. Job Mann,
who has had many business transac
tion- with him.
Honest Mike Diehl.
Every body in this neighborhood
knows honest old Michael Diehl. He
will make a first rate Director < f the
Poor. No man can say a word against
him. Stand up for him, Democrats!
He is a good ami true man and deserves
your supper.
Geo. W. Gump, Esq.
For Associate Judge, our ticket bears
the name of G. W. Gump. Mr. Gump
is a gentleman eminently ipialified for
the position for which he is a candi
date. He gave a son to the service of
the Fnion, a noble boy, who sleeps the
quiet slumber of death on tin* banks of
the Juniata. Mr. Gump has always
been a patriot and a good Union man.
Terribly Scared!
The great uprising of the people a
gainst Disunion and Negro Ivpialky,
thunders its terrors from the political
Sinai, in the ears of the Radical lead
ers. They are frightened to death!
They are depressed, dispirited, almost
broken-hearted! Poor fellows! They
whistle like a hoy going through a
grave-yard after night, to keep up their
courage! it's all over with them!
They shall return
"To the vile dust from whence they sprung,
Unwept, unhonored mid unsung'
Lying Handbills!
The Radical Disunionists are flood
ing the county with hand-bills con
taining the most malicious and outra
geous lies. Beware of theiu! They
are gotten up to decieve!
Colonizing.
Look out for imported voters. We
have information that the enemy have
imported into Broad Top and otherdis
triets a'ong the railroad, a large num
ber of men from Maryland and other
States, for the purpose of voting them
at the coming election. We caution the
the Democrats of these districts and par
ticularly of Broad Top tp., against this
scheme. Let a challenger be at the polls
and let every stranger be sworn as to
his residence in the State and district.
Also, let his papers be examined, if a
foreigner. Numbers of these men vote
annually at the Broad Top polls 011 their
first papers , or fraudulent ones. This
must be prevented. Look out, men of
Broad Top! And let the election board
also look out, for such frauds shall not
go unpunished.
Buying Voters.
Last year the Abolitionists used mon
ey to keep Democratic voters at homo
in this county. We have spatted the
man dio furnished it, and the men who
were bought. This game is being tried
on again, and we'know the men engaged
in it. If they attempt to carry out
their nefarious design, we shall see that
the Court of Quarter Sessions lias some
business with them. Stick a pin right
there! ___________
Defaming the Dead.
The Radical leaders have fixed up a
list of so-called "deserters," whom they
propose todisfranchi-e, and among this
list are the names of numbers of sol
diers who laid down their lives for .their
country. In the list for Bloody Run
borough, appears the name of Herman
Klahre, who died whilst in the ser
vice. Isn't this a shame ?
Last Cards.
Beware of eleventh hour roor-backs,
such as the hand-bills circulated by the
Radicals about Gen. Grant, and others
of a similar character. They are all
false, from beginning to end, and in
tended to gull the unwary. Beware of
them! _____________
Voting Minors.
The enemy will undertake to vote per
sons under age by having them assessed
and their taxes paid. This is an old
trick of theirs and our friends should
object to and examine every voter
whose beard looks rather downy.—
Watch this game!
We're all a-climbing.
We G'lymer boys are all a-climbing!
'climb! climb! climbing! We're all
a-elimbing over Geary's works! And
we'll climb to the citadel and plant our
i banner, in victory, upon its highest
pinnacle! For we're all a-climbing,
| Ac.
Tie Your Tickets!
Our friends in every election district
should have their tickets ready
cd and tied before election-day Have
your ammunition well prepared! Let
it bt; to the enemy as the needle-gun of
the Prussians was to the Austrians !
Ready, AIM, FIIMS!
Early to the Polls.
(lo to the polls EARLY ! Vote at
once and then see that your neighbors
turn out and vote. Get out every man!
GLORIOUS OLD ALD3TADT!
If ever there wasafriendof the rights
ofthe white man, it is .Sheriff Ald
stailt. Ile has always stood by the lib
erties of the people. When the ballot
box was surrounded by armed men
sent to intimidate voters in 18(54, he
stood between them and the people.
So now when a set of political despera
does are trying to disfranchise white
men for the purpose of enfranchising
negroes, he refuses to yield to them one
inch. Hurrah for Aldstadt! What
does he care for your scare-crow of an
Abolition prosecution! lie knows the
right and dares maintain it, and he
will be sustained.
WHITE END FOREMOST!
The difference between Clyn.er and
Geary is just this; Clymer is in favor
of bringing the Southern States into
the Union while cud foremost; Geary
is in favor of bringing them in black
cud foremost or not at all. Which end
are yeru in favor of?
General Grant.
General Grant has again rebuked the
Radicals in their attempt to manufac
ture political opinions for him. In a
letter to a Brigadier General who had
attributed certain political sentiments
to Grant, the latter makes use of the
following language:
" You nor no man lirim/ is authorized
to so. iil\, or me in jtoiitt -ut nrittesr. /
ward cr> r<j man to ruu accordant to his
own jndijmeuf without injhienei jrom
me."
Read.
Letter from a late "Republican."
The following extracts are from a
letter of I)r. J. Sigafoos, brother of
Rev. Geo. Sigafoos, formerly of this
place, who has been a life-long "Re
publican" and who was a surgeon in
the army during the war. Read it:
WEST MILTON, MIAMI CO ,0. )
Sept. 23, 1866. |
DEAR BROTHER:—I am determined
now to leave here, for the Radical Dis
unionists are getting so tyrannical that!
a man's life is not safe if he will not a
gree to let them traduce the character
of the best men in the land and say
nothing. In the last few weeks they
have been busy calling President John
son a "traitor." A member of Con
gress said here in a speech, "Johnson,
the old traitor, would and should by
his vote, be tried for treason and driv
en from his seat." When they try this
game, you will hear of your brother
James going to the "wars again." i
helped to put down the Southern rebel
lion and will go again to put down the
Northern traitors, if they do notecase
their usurpation. If 1 were President
Johnson, Congress should not legislate
another day, unless when they meet
again, the clerk of the House calls the
roll of all the States. There is no time
for Union men to while away. We
had better "take the hull by the horns"
at once. If we only beat them at the
ballot-box in the coining election, we
are safe. Their treason would be so
glaring, if they would attempt, after a
defeat at the polls, to overthrow the
government, that they could muster
but a small force to back them. Many
of thesoldiersare leaving their sinking
ship. J low a Union soldier can sup
port such a motley crew is more than I
can divine. Fred. Douglass, Beu But
ler Anna Dickinson, Randolph (darkey)
and Theo. Tiiton, marching into their
den, two and two, like the beasts into
Noah's ark, "each after their kind,"
and not much difference in the kind
either! Phew! Get away with such
a mixture! 1 have just read the speech
of that old arch traitor, Tliad. Stevens,
made at Bedford, a few days since! A
more damnable black-guard does not
exist. He is now getting the people
of the North just where Jeff Davis &
Co. got the South before itsdestruction,
and let me say to the people of Bed
ford county, that if they sustain Thad
deus Stevens' traitorous schemes,
TIIEY WILL HEAR THE THUN
DER OF CANNON AND THE
CRASH OF CONTENDING ARMS
in every State and county of the North,
before three years shall roll around.
The soldiers, at Cleveland have given
us to understand where they will he
found. Let the Disunion leaders of
the, North beware, or they will find
| themselves down at Fortress Monroe,
in irons, keeping company with Jeff
Davis, some of these days. For twen
ty years I have voted in opposition to
the Democratic party, but now for the
sake of the Union and for the sake of
peace, I shall vote its ticket and hope
all good Union men in your county
I will do 1 ikewise.
JAMES SI GAFC >< >S.
To the Peace People.
There is a large body of religionists,
who are among our best citizens, and
whom we respect very highly, whose
creed is adverse to war, and to partici
pation in battle. These men profess to
love peace and to desire harmony among
men. Hence, we are induced to appeal
to them to aid us in restoring peace and
fraternal relations between the people
of the North and the South. Do you
not seethat the Radical partyis striving
to keep up bitterness and bad blood be
tween the people of the two sections?
l)o they not appeal to the passions ofthe
Northern people by denouncing and vil
lifying the people of the South? Do
they not scatter broad-cast prints of
scenes during the late horrible war in
order to excite hatred in the hearts of
the Northern people as against those of
the South? How then, if you are for
peace and good will among men, can
you approve of such conduct and how
can you vote with such a party? We
speak plainly. We address you as
Dunkers, and Friends and as Peace
Christians. Will you practice what you
profess ? Some of you will, we know.
But even now the Radical leaders in this
town boast that they have you in their
leading strings and that they will have
you vote contrary to the tenets of your
own religious creed. Are they lying a
bout you, or not? We shall see.
The Great Scare-crow!
The Radical Disunionists hang all
their hopes upon scaring those persons
whom they have branded as "deser
ters" from attending theelection. This
is their great scare-crow. Let no man
be frightened thereat. Let every citi
zen goto the polls and DEMAND HIS
VOTE. Ilecannot be hurt for it. Not
a hair of his head will be touched. Go
and vote—aye, VOTE AT THE RISK
OF BULLETS!
Beware of Corruption.
The Radicals, here, are using every
corrupt agency that can possibly be re
sorted to, to make a vote. Efforts of
flu- inn i infamous character are lieing
made all over the county. Fellow
Democrat , good men and true, beware
of theui.
The Law of the Land.
DECISION OF THE SIPRE.Hty COI'RT,'
ON THE KIOHT OF MM'HX£D
DESERTERS TO VOTE!
Election Officers, Read!
The following is the opinion of the
Supreme Court in regard to the right of
so-called "deserters" to vote. It de
clares the Act of Congress void and of i
course the act of the Legislature based
upon the void Act of Congress is also
void. A MAN MUST FIRST BE j
TRIED, CONVICTED AND SEN- |
TENCED as a deserter before he can be i
deprived of his right to vote. So say the
Supreme Court. Read for yourselves:
The act of 1806 provided for general
courts martial, and made minute and
careful regulations for their orgauiza- ;
tion, for the conduct of their proceed- j
ings, and for the approval or disappro
val of their sentences. Subsequent acts
made some changes, but they have not |
restrained the jurisdiction or diminish- j
etl the powers of such courts. It is to •
such a code of laws, forming a system j
devised for the punishment of desertion,
that the twenty-first section of the act
of March 3,was added. It refers
plainly to pre-existing laws. It has the
single object of increasing the penalties, !
but it does not undertake to change or
; dispense with the machinery provided
| for punishing the crime. The common
rules of construction demand that it be
read as if it had been incorporated into
former acts. And if it had been, if the j
act of lsoGand its supplements had pre-;
j scribed that the penalty for desert ion or
failure to report within a designated
time after notice or draft (which the act
of declares desertion) should be
! punished, on conviction of the same,
! with forfeitureof citizenship and death,
I or in lieu of the latter, such other pun
j ishment as bv the sentence of a court
; martial may be inflicted, would anyone
; contend that any portion of this pun
■ ishment could he inflicted without con
j viction and sentence? Assuredly not.
: And if not, so must the act of 186- r > be con
strued now. It means that the forfeit
! ure which it prescribes, likeallotherpen
! allies for desertion, must be adjudged to
the convict d person after trial by a
j court martial and sentence approved.
For the conviction and sentence of such
I a court there can be no substitute. They
! alone establish the guilt of the accused
| and fasten upon him the legal conse
quences. Such, we think, is the true
meaning of the act, a construction that
: cannot be denied to it without losing
1 sight of all the previous legislation re
| specting the same subject matter, no part
j of which does this act profess to alter.
It may be added that this construc
tion is not only required by the univer
sally admitted rules of statutory inter
pretation, but it is in harmony with the
i personal rights secured by the Consti
tution, and which Congress must he pre
sumed to have kept in view. 11 gives to
: the accused a trial before sworn judges,
: a right to challenge, an opportunity of
j defense, the privilege of hearing the
witnesses against him, and of calling
witnesses in his behalf. It preserves to
j him the common-law presumption of
■ innocence until he has been adjudged
guilty, according to the forms of law.
| It gives finality toasingle trial. If tried
by a court martial and acquitted, his in
nocence van never again be called in
question, and he can be made to suffer
i no part of the penalties prescribed lor
. guilt. On the other hand, if a record of
; conviction by a lawful court be not a pre
; requisite to suffering the penalty of the
law, the act of Congress may work intol
j erable hardships. The accused will then
I be obliged to prove his innocence wlien
: ever the registry of the provost marshal
! is adduced against him. No decision of
a board of election office; s will protect
him against the necessity of renewing
liis defense at every subsequent election,
and each time with increased difficulty
1 arising from the possible death or ab
; senee of witnesses. In many eases this
j may prove a gross wrong. It cannot
be doubted that in some instances there
were causes that prevented a return to
service, or a report by persons register
ed as deserters by provost marshals,
i that would have been held justifying
! reasons by a court martial, or at least
would have prevented an approval of
the court's sentence. It is well known,
also, that some who were registered des
erters were, at the time, actually in the
military service as volunteers, and hon
orably discharging their duties to the
government. To hold that the act of
: Congress imposes upon such the neccssi
i tv of proving their innocence, without
any conviction of guilt, would be an
unreasonable construction of the act,
! and would be attributing to the Nation
j al Legislaterejan intention not waran-
I ted by the language and connection of
i the enactment.
It follows that the judgment of the
; Court below, upon the case stated, was
| right. The plaintiff not having been eon
i victed of desertion and failure to return to
I the service, or to report to a provost mar
j shed, and not having been sentenced to the
' penalties and forfeiture of the law, was
i entitled to rote.
Election Officers,
BEWARE
Look Out For Prosecutions!
The Supremo Court of Pennsylvania
have decided that no so-called deserter
can be deprived of hi- right to vote by
an election-board. A man must have
been fried ami convicted'of desertion, and
a copy of his conviction must he laid be
fore the election-board before he can be de
prived of his vote. Such is the decision
of the Supreme Court and any Judge
or Inspector of election, who will refuse
any so-called "deserter" the right to
vote, W1 Lli BE PR< ISECUTED AXI)
PUNISHED! A few days ago, an e
lection-hoard was tried in Bellefonte,
Centre county, for refusing a so-called
"deserter" the right to vote. Judge
Linn (a "Republican" Judge) presided
at the trial. The "Republican" Judge
and Inspector who rejected the com
plainants vote wereconvicted, whilst the
Democratic Inspector, who protested a
gainst their action, was acquitted. The
following account of this trial is from
the Bellefonte Watchman:
CONVICTION OF AN ELECTION BOARD
COR ItKI CSINFLTO RECEIVE THE VOTE
OK AN A 1.1. EE EL) " PKSKKTKK."—The
trial of Josiah 11. Drown, D. M. Betts
and D. 11. Veager, Election Board of
Snow Shoe township, for illegally refus- ,
ing the vote of John Dayton, at the < )e- 1
tober election in 1865, resulted in the
conviction of Brown and Bette and the
acquittal of Yeager, the Court having
instructed the jury that they could not
convict the latter under the evidence.
The facts of the case, as given in evi
dence on the trial, an; about as follows;
John Dayton, a man of foreign birth,
presented himself at the window at the
October election in ISO"), offering his
ballot in one hand and his naturaliza
tion paper and a receipt for taxes in the
other. Jle was challenged by one of the
Board as a deserter, as he had been ab
sent from the township during one of
the drafts. They refused to allow him
to vote unless he would take an oath
; that he had not left the township to a
void thcdraft. Mr. Dayton refused to
| do this and his vote was rejected, Mr.
Veager protesting against the action of
! the Board and being over-ruled by his
i companions. Mr.'Or vis assisted the
District Attorney in the prosecution
and Mr. Mclllister conducted the de
fence. The jury were out but a short
time when they returned with a ver
dict of guilty asto Brown and Bettsand
not guilty as to Yeager.
We hope theeifect of this trial may be
| to prevent all such illegal attempts to
deprive qualitied voters of Uieir rights
I in the future.
HOW Til E TI) IiETS ARE TO HE VOTED.
this Carflulij'.
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 "Countyand all
Judges of Courts vbted for, will be vo
ted on still another slip, labeled "Judi
ciary;" which divides the ticket, at the
present election into three slips. AU
tickets should he ready cut, folded and
lied, hi fori eh el ion-day. Let Democrats
attend to this everywhere,and see that
all flu lirki l is included in their ballot.
The iickct will be printed as follows:
STATE.
(jovernor,
i I jester Clymer.
COUNTY.
< bngress,
J. McDowell Sharpe.
Senator,
B. F. Meyers.
Assembly,
Iliram Findlav,
John 11. Filler.
Protlumotarij, Reyixler
and Recorder, Cleric of
the Court#,
O. E. Shannon.
Sheriff,
llobert Steekman.
< 'om mixsioner,
David Howsare.
Poor Director,
Michael Diehl.
A nditor,
John D. Lucas.
JUDICIARY.
Associate Judge,
G. \V. Gump.
The ticket must he cut apart at each
of the wide spaces, with the words
"State," "County," and "Judiciary"
folded out.
THE GREAT ISSUE AT THE
COMING ELECTION IS THE QUES
TION OF NEGRO RIGHTS."— Thud
Stevens (see Bedford Inquirer.)
NEW PARIS, PA., I
Oct. l, 18t>6.)
MESSRS. MEYERS A- MEXGEL:—It is
rumored that I have forsaken the ranks
of the old renowned Democratic par
ty, which gave me political birth, sim
ply because I discontinued the paper (I
done so for my own private reasons,
at this time) and for not attending
Mass Meetings. I deem it imprudent
and incompatible with the teachings
of the Bible to occupy the stump and
the pulpit; neither do I feel disposed
to carry politics into the sanctuary of
the Ruler of the Universe, nor to pro
mulgate the truths of the Gospel from
the stump, but to "render to C:esar the
the things that are Casar's." I wish
it understood that I will cease to sup
port the principles of the Democratic
party when God dethrones my reason
to that degree that I can not distinguish
right from wrong, and when my nerves
are unstrung to c'isable me from carry
ing a ballot to its legal deposit. Then
and not till then will I cease to exert
my humble influence in behalf of true
Democracy. Yours, A*e.,
\V. J. STATLEIL
TIIE BEDFORD DEMOCRATIC BRASS
BAND.— This excellent band, under the
lead of Prof. G. B. Heffley and L De
fibaugh, has done splendid service in
the present campaign. The hoys de
serve great credit for their rapid profi
ciency in learning to play and for the
sacrifices they have made for the party.
Mr. 8. McFerran, a "Republican," who
belongs to the band, and as clever a fel
low as you find any where, also deserves
the thanks of the Democracy for the
service he has rendered in the band. Jn
fact the boys are all clever fellows and
we would like to travel with them a
whole year.
"A VIET,AGE CAMP MEETING" will
commence in the Methodist Church, in
Bedford, on Friday evening, 12th inst.,
and continue during the ensuing week.
Public services will be held three times
a day, at the hours of 10.'. A. M. and :j
and <P. M. The meeting will he con
ducted under the charge of the Presid
ing Elder of the Juniata District. The
services of several able ministers have
been secured for theoecasioii. On Sab
bath at o o'clock, P. M.,a Cc/ift'iHii'i/
Jltrfiiia will be held, at which several
addresses will be delivered.
A. li. MILLER, Pastor.