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T\J ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
BEDFORD. PA.,
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Office second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug, 1, 1381.
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care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
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Office with Miinn A Spang, on Ju!iana street,
t.vo doors South of the Mengel House.
Jan. 22, 1864,
F. M. KIMMELL. I J. W. LINGENFELTER.
KIMMELL & LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.,
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
of the -'Mengel House,"
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r. LAW BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at
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his care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
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Tate.
May 13, 1364.
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same as formerly occupied by Hon. S. L. Russell,
a few doors south ot the Court House, will practice
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bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase
and sale of real estate attended to. [mayll,'66.
HAYS IRVINE, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, Bloody Run, Pa Office in Harris'
New Building. uini-13'68
OOMETHING NEW.
The undersigned has just returned from the city
with all the
LATE IMPROVEMENTS
in Photography, and is introducing the new Style
of Picture called the
"CABINET SIZE PHOTOGRAPH,"
which has attracted so much attention in New
York and Philadelphia.
Having gone to considerable expense in refit
ting and improving his Gallery, he is enabled to
make any of the
NEW STYLES OF PICTURES A T VER V
LOW PRICES, FROM 25 CENTS UP. *
He would also invito attention to his splendid
stock of ALBUMS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ;
also GILT, ROSEWOOD, and WALNUT FRAMES
and MOULDINGS, very cheap. Also Brackets
for Ornamenting Parlors.
lIIS FANCY CASES are of the latest style and
made of the best material.
Photographs copied and Enlarged from old De
guorreotypes, Ambrotypcs, Paintings or any other
kind of Picture.
Thankful to his friends for their patronage dur
ing the past fifteen years, he hopes to merit a
continuance of the same, and would respectfully
invite all who wish a correct likeness of them
selves, to call and examine his work before going
elsewhere, satisfied that he can give entire satis
faction to any who may favor him with their cus
tem. T. R. GETTYS.
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get up Clubs in our great
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and the large remuneration received for selling
our goods. We wi!l present to any person, ( free
of cost), sending us a club, goods worth $3 to §3OO,
or will pay cash if necessary.
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LAR for each article.
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celebrated ORIENTAL TEA COMPANY, to sup
ply their standard Teas and Coffees, at their best
prices.
Agents wanted everywhere. Descriptive Circu
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THOMAS MERWINE,
AT TIIE
OLD STAHL WORK-SHOP,
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in that part of town, and is prepared to furnish
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, at remarkably
cheap rates. Call and examine his work before
purchasing elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Special attention paid to the manufacture and
furnishing of coffins. Terms reasonable.
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WATERSIDE WOOLEN FAC
TORY !—30,000 LBS. WOOL WANTED !
The undersigned having leased the Large New
"Woolen Factory, erected recently at Waterside,
for a number of years, respectfully informs the old
customers of the Factory and the public generally,
that they will need at least the above amount of
wool. They have on hand a large lot of Cloths,
Casuneres, Tweeds, Sattinetts, Jeans, Blankets,
Coverlets, Flannel, Ac., which they will exchange
lor wool, as has been the custom heretofore. Carpets
will be made to order, at all times. Stocking
yarn ot all kinds always on hand. Our Peddler,
W. If. Ralston, will call on all the old customers,
and the public generally, in due time, for the pur
pose of exchanging goods for wool. Tha highest
market price will be paid tor wool in cash.
N. H. Wool carding spinning and country Full
ing will be done in the best manner and at short
notice JOHN I. NOBLE A BRO.,
may22m3 Waterside, Pa.
rpilE Local circulation of the BEI>
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@l)c BcftforD #a?dte.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
iltooU;uurs Column.
you ALL
HAVE HEARD OF
IIOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERS,
AND
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia.
Their introduction into this country from Ger
many occurred in
1825.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely different from-W-T the many preparations
now in the country cal l—l led Bitters or Tonics.
They are no tavern A-*-preparatin. or any
thing like one ; but good, honest, reliable medi
cines. They are
The greatest known remedies for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver,
stomach, or
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fullnes
of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at tho
Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the
Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or
Suffocating Senßa fl I tions when in a Lying
Posture, Dimness of V/ Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency ot Perspiration, Yellowness of tho Skin
and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back. Chest,
Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat,
Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi
nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits.
All these indicate diseases of the Liver or Di
gestive Organs, combined with impure blood.
HOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERS
is entirely vegetable and contains no liquor. It
is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots,
Herbs, and Barks from which these extracts are
made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi
cinal virtueus are ex ss. traetcd from them by
a scientific Chemist, s ■ These extracts are
then forwarded to this country to be used ex
pressly for the manufacture of these Bitters.
There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding tho Bitters, hence it is the only
Bitters that can be used in esses where alcoholic
stimulants arc not advisable.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with PURE Santa Cruz Rum. Orange, etc. It
is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in case
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required.
You will bear in mind that these remedies are en
tirely different from any others advertised for the
cure of the diseases named, these being scientific
preparations of medicinal extracts, while the oth
ers are mere decoctions of rum in some form. The
TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and
agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its
taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while
its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali
ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY
There is no medicine equal to Iloofland's Ger- I
man Bitters or Tonic ■■ in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone |4 and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen JL the appetite, cause an
enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di
gest it, purify tho blood, give a good, sound,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye, impart a bloom to the checks, and
change the patient from a short-breathed, emaci
ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-faced,
stout, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In
fact, they are Family Medicines. They can be
administered with perfect safety to a child three
months old, the most delicate female, or a man of
ninety.
These remedies are the best
Blood Purifiers
ever known and will cure all diseases resulting
from bad blood. Keep yjur blood pure; keep
your Liver in order; keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by
the use of these reme JLJ dies, and no diseases
will ever assail you. The best men in thecountry
recommend them. If years of honest reputation
go for anything, you must try these preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILADELPHIA, March lfi, 1867
I find that "Iloofland's German Bitters" is not
an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use
ful in disorders of the digestive organs, and of
great benefit in cases of debility and want of ner
vous action in the system.
Yours Truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON.
Judge of the Supreme Conrt of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1866.
I consider "Hoofland's German Bitters" a valua
ble medicine in case . of attacks of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia. I \ can certify this from
my experience of it. .AJL Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH 11. KENNARD, D. D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR. JACKSON —DEAR SIR: —I have been fre
quently requested to connect my name with rec
ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but
regarding the piactice as out of my appropriate
sphere, I have in all cases declined; but with a
clear-proof in Various instances, and particularly
in my own family, of the usefulness of Dr. Iloof
land's German Bitters, I depart for once from
my usual course, to express my full conviction
that for general debility of the system, and es
pecially for Liver Com TK-y- plaint, it is a safe
and valuable prepara tion. In some cases
it may fail; bnt usual It ly, I doubt not, it
will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the
above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J. 11. KENNARD,
Eigth, below Coates Street.
CAUTION.
Iloofland's German Remedies arc counterfeited.
The Genuine have the signature of C. M. JACK
SON on the front of the outside wrapper of each
bottle, and the name of the article blown in each
bottle. All others are counterfeit.
Price of the Bitters, $1 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $5.
Price of the Tonic, $1 50 per bottle ;
Or, a half dozen for $7 50.
The tonic is put up in quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. Iloofland's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly recommended and do not allow the
Druggist to induce I lyou to take anything
else that he may say-l_-'is just as good, be
cause he makes a larger profit on it. Thvse Reme
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At the German Medicine Store.
No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CIIAS. M. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON St Co.
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store
keepers and Medicine Dealers everywhere
Do not forget to examine the article you buy
in order to get the genuine.
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Ib? fynttit.
OI K CANDIDATES.
Hon. Horatio Seymour, the stand
ard bearer of the Democracy in the
coming Presidential election, is a na
tive of New York State. Ho was horn
in Onondaga county, in the year 1811.
His early advantages in schooling
were superior to those of most Ameri
cans of the time, and his education
from the beginning has been a most
liberal one. Developing a preference
for the law, he set to work at an early
age to educate himself for the bar.
Ilis keen perception, quick intellect,
not less than his constancy and perse
verance, enabled him to acquire an en
viable position as a lawyer, while still
a young man. He commenced his
practice in Utica, New York State;
and his professional career, in relation
to his clients, to his legal confreres, and
to his general reputation, was eminent
ly successful. It is scarcely to he won
dered at that, with such prominent ele
ments of success and popularity, he
should at once have been called to the
public service.
The first prominent office which Mr.
Seymour accepted was in the year
1842, vthen he was a little more than
30 years of age. He was in that year
elected to represent his district in the
legislative assembly ; and ho continued
to discharge his duties as a member of
the State legislature until 1815. Dur
ing this service, he showed such ability,
firmness, and faithfulness to duty, that,
skipping the usual intermediate steps
of distinction, the Democratic party
nominated him for the Governorship
of the State of New York in the year
1850. Ills opponent was Mr. Wash
ington Hunt, who, indeed, was elect
ed ; but Mr. Seymour ma e, hy his
own personal efforts, the contest one of
the sharpest that have ever been re
corded in the political annals of the
State.
At the very next election, in 1852,
the New York Democracy confirmed
their faith in Mr. Seymour, and, by
nominating him again for the office of
Governor, testified that they attribu
ted their defeat in no wise to their
candidate, to his want of ability, ener
gy, or integrity. The result proved
tiiat they were right in their faith, for
Mr. Seymour was elected to the chief
office of the State of New York by an
overwhelming majority. He took his
seat as Governor, and his term of office
was characterized by many measures
of great benefit to the commonwealth.
His native dignity, of which a good
idea may be termed by those of Chica
go's citizens who saw him preside at
the Chieagh Convention in 1564, is
singularly adapted to any position
that demands earnestness and decis
ion. Even at this early day, he evinc
ed a determination to counteract the
growing tendency to fanaticism, cen
tralization, and the undue assumption
of power, inconsistent with the spirit
of our government. One of the most
noteworthy acts of his term was in his
veto of the Maine-law liquor bill. His
foresight was penetrating enough to
discern the evils that would follow a
measure that had no basis of principle
upon which to stand.
In 185(5, Mr. Seymour's name was
prominently mentioned in the Demo
cratic National convention in connec
tion with the Presidency, and he was
already regarded as one of the ablest
statesmen and truest Democrats in the
land. In 1862, he received the nomi
nation for the governorship of New
York, in opposition to General Wads
worth. This contest is memorable in
the history of the country. Governor
Seymour met the issue, as ho always
does, openly and clearly. With a
heart and a will for the preservation of
the Union, which was afterwards
practically and satisfactorily put to the
test, he opposed the corruption of the
party in power with all his strength.
In order to forestall any efforts which
may be made to challenge his devotion
to the Union, we give an extract from
a speech which he delivered during
his canvass in 1862. In his glowing,
polished style, he said :
"Now, when the men of the South
make the bayonet and the sword the
arbiter (they elected, and not we;)
when they determined to settle it by
blood (and not we),—the sword, so far
as the present is concerned, must be the
arbiter; and in our strong arms it shall
make vigorous and true blows for the
life of our country, for its institutions,-
and for its flag. Now, let me say this
to the higher law men of the North,
and to the higher law men of the South,
and to the whole world that looks on,
witnesses to the mighty events tran
spiring in this country, that this Union
shall never be severed, —no, never.
Whatever other men may say, as for
the conservative people of this country,
and as for myself as an individual, —
let other men say and think what they
please,—as for the division of this U
nion, and the breaking up of that great
natural alliance which is made by na
ture and by nature's God, I never will
consent to it,—no, never, as long as I
have a voice to raise or a hand to fight
for this, our glorious land."
At his inauguration as Governor of
New York, on January 1, 186.1, Air.
Seymour at once sprang into national
prominence. He announced himself,
in his inaugural, as being prepared to
support at once, the constitution of the
United States, and that of the State -of
New York, which, he said, do not con
flict. The line of separation between
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING; JULY 31, 1868.
the responsibilities and obligations
which each imposes is well defined."
In July, their culminated, in an
alarming riot in New York city, the
difficulties which had been brewing
during the year, with reference to the
draft. It was justly believed, by the
citizens of New York, that that city
was being unjustly drawn upon for
quotas of troops.
The outbreak was serious and men
aced revolution. It was at this critical
period that Gov. Seymour became the
master spirit of the occasion and its oc
currences. On the one hand, he exert
ed his personal influence to quiet the
tremendous excitement that prevailed
in the city ; and, on the Other, he ap
plied himself to using such efforts at
Washington as would secure a remov
al of the unjust inequality of the en
rolment, and thereby remove the cause
of the outbreak. He .first addressed
a letter asking that the quotas might
be equalized, and that the draft he sus
pended until the result of the recruit
ing could be ascertained. On the re
fusal of Mr. Lincoln to suspend the
draft as requested he then forwarded
a statement showing a monstrous ex
cess in the New York quotas over
those of Massachusetts, Vermont, and
New Hampshire. This time, he was
partially successful; and the war de
partment allowed the reduction of the
excessive quotas of certain districts.
On July 30, General Dix notified
Governor Seymour that the State
troops would be called 01; to enforce, if
necessary, the draft, which, for the
times, had been suspended by the in
fluence of Governor Seymour. Still
believing the quota excessive, (lie Gov
ernor applied for a further suspension.
Air. Lincoln refused ; the Secretary of
War promised General Dix an ade
quate force of troops to enforce the
draft; and there was imminent dan
ger that a collision would occur be
tween the Federal troops and the citi
zens of New York. It was at this
critical juncture that Governor Sey
mour brought into play all his cool
ness and wisdom. He did not inter
mit, for a moment, his effort to secure
such a reduction of the quotas as would
remove the disturbing cause of excite
ment and incipient rebellion He
steadily gave himself to this work ;
and so successful was he that he se
cured the desired reduc ion, and there
by saved New York fro.n the horror of
what would have been a bloody and
wide spread insurrection. For this
service, he won the thanks of the peo
ple of the whole I4tto *<n<l oaurvtry, as
he did those of the legislature of New
York. - Any man with less- coolness
and judgment would have surrendered
to the outrageous demands of the war
department, and thereby haveprodueed
a revolution.
A revolution, in the summer of 1863,
in New York, would have imperiled
the cause for which the nation was
fighting.
Lest the opposition may undertake
to misrepresent the position of Gov
ernor Seymour, we reproduce the clos
ing portion of his proclamation, issued
upon the resumption of the draft :
"I again repeat the warning which I
gave to you during the riotous proceed
ings of the past month, that 'The only
opposition to the conscription which
can he allowed is an appeal to the
courts. The right of every citizen to
make such an appeal wili be maintain
ed, and the decisions of the courts
must be respected and obeyed by rulers
and people alike. No other course is
consistent with the maintenance of the
laws, the peace and order of the city,
and the safety of its inhabitants. Ri
otous proceedings must and shall be
put down. The laws of the State of
New York must be enforced, peace and
order maintained, and the lives and
property of all citizens protected, at
any and every hazard; The rights of
every citizen will be properly guarded
and defended by the chief magistrate
of the State.' "
"I hereby admonish all judicial and
executive officers whose duty it is to
enforce the law and preserve public or
der that they take vigorous and effec
tive measures to put down any riotous
or unlawful assemblages ; ami, if they
find their .power insufficient for that
purpose, to call upon the military in
the manner pointed out by the statutes
of the State. If these measures should
prove insufficient, 1 shall then exert
the full power of the State, in order
that the public order may be preserv
ed, and the persons and property of the
citizens be fully protected."
As an evidence of the interest which
Governor Seymour took in the success
ful termination of the war for the U
nion, his action at the time of the in
vasion of the State of Pennsylvania is
well worth recitation. It will be re
membered that the governor of Penn
sylvania called upon Governor Sey
mour for a certain number of troops,
lie promptly forwarded more than the
quota of militia demanded.
In the following year, the most no
ticeable act of Governor Seymour's ad
ministration took place, with refer
ence to the resolution of the legislature
of the State to pay the foreign and do
mestic holders of the State debt the in
terest in the same funds. While mak
ing no objection to the principle in
volved in this determination, the gov
ernor, in a message to the legislature,
took the ground that it would be a vi
olation of faith, inasmuch as the same
body had before resolved to pay foreign
holders their interest in coin. He ar
gued against the policy of violating
the pledged faith of the State; and so
cogent were his arguments that they
achieved success.
The act of the legislature of New
York to allow the soldiers absent to
vote was signed by Governor Sey
mour, and, in a circular soon issued, lie
recommended an honorable carrying
out of the legislative act.
In Noverubpr of 1804, the Presiden
tial election was approaching, and, as
will be recollected, there existed a
bitterness of partisanship such as was
never before known. In view of this,
Governor Seymour applied himself to
the labor of pouring oil upon the troub
led waters. In a proclamation which
he then issued, there occurred the fol
lowing passages: .
"The existance of a terrible civil
war, and the assertion of the right of
military commanders in some sections
to interfere with elections, have caused
fearful and exciting doubts in the
minds of many with regard to the free
and uutrammeled exercise of the elec
tive franchise. I therefore appeal to
all men of all political parties to unite
with those holding official positions,
in their efforts to allay undue excite
ment, soften the harshness of party
prejudice, and to avoid all measures
which tend to strife or disorder."
He concludes these temperate re
marks by commanding sheriffs and all
other peace officers to "see that no mil
itary or other organized forces shall be
allowed to show themselves in the
vicinity of the places were 'elections
are held, with any view of intimida
tion or menacing citizens in atten
dance thereon."
These passages from tho official
career of Governor Seymour prove his
temperate, logical, conservative char
acter. Holding correct views of the
obligations of one who is a citizen of a
Statoand of tho United States, he was
ever prompt to protect the former
against the aggressions of the federal
power ; and equally prominent in ex
acting full obedience on the part of the
State when it owed duty to the general
government.
In 1864, Mr. Seymour was renomi
nated for Governor, but was defeated
by a small majority. Ilis retirement
from tiie gubanatorial chair of New
York was the close of his official career,
Since that time, he has occupied him
self with his private affairs, only occa
sionally appearing in public in order
to give utterance to sentiments having
bearing upon the polities or finances of
the nation.
In tho Democraticconventionof 1864,
Mr. Seymour was niado permanent
chairman of the convention. In his
speech upon taking the chair, he ar
raigned the dominant party for its
usurapations, gave utterance to senti
ments whose beauty of diction, patri
otism, and inspiration have rarely
been equaled in modern oratory.
The nominee of the Democracy is
eminently a scholar, a statesman, and
a gentleman. To his guidance can
safely he committed the task of regen
erating the nation.
FRANK P. BLAIR, JR.,
The Democratic nominee for Vice-
President, the son of Francis P. Blair,
Sr., the veteran statesman and jour
nalist, was born in Lexington, Ken
tucky, on the 16th of February, 1821.
After completing his education at
Princeton college, he applied himself to
the study of law in his native town,
and, after being admitted to the bar,
removed to St. Louis, and commenced
practice in 1843. During the war with
Mexico, he served as Lieutenant of
Volunteers. After the peace, ho re
turned to St. Louis and resumed the
practice of his profession. Entering
into politics with the zeal characteris
tic of his nature and patriotic tempera
ment he became identified with the
so-calldd "free soil" party, by suppor
ting Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency
on the Buffalo platform. He was elec
ted to the legislature of Missouri in
1852 as a delegate from St. Louis, and
was re-elected in 1854. Upon lite ex
piration of his second term, in 1856, he
was chosen to represent the St. Louis
district in ('engross, and was successive
ly re-elected in the years 1858, IS6O
and-1862. From the spring of Iso I un
til he left his seat in Congress, he was
chairman of the committee on military
affairs in the House.
Upon the breaking out of (ho rebell
ion, Mr. Blair raised the Ist regiment
of Missouri volunteers ; and, on thoTtli
of August, having, in the meantime,
attended the special session of Congress,
he was appointed a Brigadier General
of Volunteers. The brigade of which
he first assumed command was raised
by his own efforts among the citizens
of Missouri. He was promoted to the
rank of a Major-General in November
of the following year.
General Blair's military record
while in command of a brigade at
Chickasaw bayou and Arkansas Post;
of Sherman's old division of the loth
army corps in the siege of Vicksburg
and theeaptureof Jackson, Mississippi;
of the loth corps in its marches from
liika to Chattanooga, and thence to
Knoxville, including the battle of
Mission Ridge; and of the 17th army
corps in the ever memorable Atlanta
campaign—is familiar to all who fol
lowed the events, or have made them
selves acquainted with the history, of
the gieat rebellion.
When the army of the Tennssee
went into winter quarters at Ilunts
ville, in 18G3, General Blair, at the
personal request of President Lincoln,
returned to Washington and resumed
his place in Congress. At the opening
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of active operations, he hastened back
to the army, and was assigned to the
command of the 17th army corps, in
place of General McPherson, who had
succeeded General Sherman at the head
of the army of the Tennessee.
General Blair, as will be seen, is a
representative of the citizen-soldiery
of the nation. He is one of the very
few volunteer officers, uneducated in
the "regular" school, who has risen by
his merits from the rank of a Lieuten
ant of Infantry to that of a Major-Gen
eral, and whose performances as a sol
dier fully justified-in the wisdom of
his promotion. In war or in politics,
in the field or in the forum, Frank P.
Blair has ever proved, by the test of
the most thorough practice, a success.
Ilis nomination to the second place on
the Democratic ticket is a worthily
bestowed Jionor to the statesmanly
abilities as well a3 to the soldierly
merits of the man.
I.ETTI.It I'KOM Hit. DOOLITTM&.
The Duly Conservative Republicans—
Why all Patriotic .Hen Without
Itistinctiou of" Party. Should
Support Seymour and
Blair.
WASHINGTON, July 13,1868.
O. 11. Odrunder, Esq., Danville, Pa:
DEAR SIK: I am in receipt of your
letter of the 10th inst.,in which, speak
ing for yourself and a number of other
Conservative Republicans ©f your town
you express a "sense of disappoint
ment and regret that no better names
had been offered by the Democratic
party to lead the conservative and pa
triotic masses of the people to victory,
and the Radical Republican party to de
serving and merited defeat. As a gen
tleman and a statesman Mr. Seymour
holds our respect, but as a Peace Dem
ocrat we are indisposed to vote for
him and you are pleased to say,
that, if my name, among others, had
been placed at the head of the ticket,"all
would have gone well and vtctory
would have been certain." You de
sire my opinion upon the situation and
"the prospects of a third party."
I thank you for the confidence thus
reposed in me, and shall not shrink
from the responsibility of stating frank
ly my opinion.
I do not think the organization of
any third party is wise, or can work
any practical good to the great cause
in which we are engaged. In the very
nature of things, when great priciples
are at stake, there are, and therecan be,
but two effective political parties.—
"He that is not for me, is against me,"
in politics as well as in religion, is a
truth upon which every wise man is
compelled to act.
What, then, is the great and para
mount issue? What is that great and
unpardonable wrong for which the
Radical party is now arraigned and
should be overthrown?
It is substantially this:
In violation of the Constitution—in
violation of pledges made and often re
peated, from the first battle of Bull
Run to the end of the war; pledges to
the North to get men and money;
pledges especially made to the Democ
racy to get their support in the field
and in the elections ; pledges made to
the South to induce them to lay down
their allegiance, and pledges to foreign
powers to prevent intervention—in vi
olation of all these solemn pledges, up
on which we invoked the blessing of
Almighty God upon our cause, and by
which alone we gained strength to mas
ter the rebellion—in violation of the
natural aud inalienable right of the
civilized men of every State to govern
themselves, and in violation of the
clear provisions of the Constitution
which leaves to each State for itself
the right to regulate suffrage, this par
ty has, without trial by ex /tod facto
laws, disfranchised hundreds or thou
sands of the most intelligent of their
citizens, and has forced upon ten States
and six millions of our own Anglo-Sax-
I on race the universal and unqualified
, suffrage of seven hundred thousand ig
norant and in the main, half-civilized
negroes.
This is the great wrong for which
that party is arraigned at the bar of
public judgment, and for which it
should be overthrown.
To consummate that great wrong, they
have abolished all civil government
and civil liberty, even in these ten
States;
They have established five absolute
military despotisms, wherein all rights
to life, liberty, and property, are sub
ject to the will of one man ;
They have kept the Union divided ;
They have prevented the restoration
of industry ;
They have kept down the credit of
the Government, during three years
of peace, to a point so low that, to the
shame of every American, the six per
cent, bonds of the United States sell for
only 73 in gold, while the bonds of Bra
zil, bearing only four percent, interest,
bring over 90 in gold.
They have encroached upon the just
rights of the Executive ;
They have threatened the indepen
dence of the Supreme Court;
They have unjustly, and without cause, j
impeached and put upon trial the Pros- j
ident himself, and, by every species of |
denunciation, and even by threats of;
assassination, have endeavored to force j
the Senate to convict him, in order to
place in the executive chair one who
will use all its power to consummate
that gigantic wrongagainst the Consti
tution, against our plighted faith, a
gainst civilization, aud against our own
race and kindred.
The Convention in New York met for
I the purpose of organizing to over
throw the party in power for this
great wrong, aud to restore to the U
nion and the Coilstitution, and the
rights of the States and of all the States
under it. Now, I do not say the nom
inations made at New York are the ve
ry best that could have been made for
that purpose.
The elements to be organized into a
victorious army were four-fold. To
use a military figure, there were four
army corps to be organized into one
grand army:
First. The great Democratic Corps :
Second. The War Democratic Corps :
Third. The Conservative Republi
can Corps:
Forth. The Civilized Southern Corps.
The fiirst, or Democratic Corps, was
fully organized, with ranks well filled,
but not in sufiicient numbers to secure
the victory.
There was the War Democratic Corps,
which supported Lincoln in 1864 ; but
which in consequence of the great
wrong above mentioned, was ready to
sever itself from the Radical Army un
der General Grant; and there was the
Conservative Republican Corps, of
which you are pleased to speak of me
as leader, who for the same reasons,
were ready to join the Grand Army,
and do all in their power to bring suc
cess to our cause.
The two last are the recruiting corps.
They hold the balance of power. As a
matter of policy, had the first office
been given to a eheif of 'he one or of
the other, it would have made our vic
tory more easy, if not certain.
Everybody knows that the result of
this contest is to depend upon the im
portant question, whether we shall be
able to recruit those two corps in suffi
cient numbers, and carry them to the
hearty support of Mr. Seymour. If we
can, victory is with us: if we cannot,
victory is against us.
In my judgment, it is our duty to do
so. The very life of the Constitution
is involved and, with it the rights of
the States and liberties of the [>eople.
I cannot hesitate one momeut; my
judgment is for it; my whole heart is
in it. So far from relaxing, we should
redouble our efforts. Bear in mind
that the war was ended three years
ago, when a new era was opened
in political affairs; that Mr. Sey
mour is a man of high character, of
unquestioned patriotism, of great abili
ty and experience, wholly with us
upon the living aud paramount issue ;
and that, if elected, he will make a
most able and dignified President;
and certainly no Pennsylvanian will
forget that, but for his promptness and
energy in forwarding the forces of New
York to Gettysburg, that great battle
might have been lost and Pennsylva
nia overrun. While in General Blair
we have a civilian and a soldier, whose
promptness and indomitable resolution
seized Camp Jackson and saved Mis
souri from secession; who always stood
among the foremost of the war Repub
licans, in council and in the field, while
the war lasted ; and, when it was over,
was among the first to demand that
for which the war wasprosecutoil—the
Union of the States under the Consti
tution, with their rights, equality, and
dignity unimpaired.
Let us unite for a victory! Let us
have peace—a peace which comes not
from a violated Constitution, and the
despotism of the sword, but a peace
which comes from a resorted Union
and the supremacy of constitutional
law, by which alone liberty is secured.
Respectfully, yours,
J. It. DOOLUTTLE.
A Young' man sent his father in the
country his photogarph, statiugthat he
was poor and required money. The
father refused, statiugthat he could not
be very poor to be livingsurrounded by
marble vases,rose wood furniture and
choice flowers, as his photograph repre
sented him.
To shake off trouble, you must set a
bout doing good to somebody. Put on
your hat, and go visit thepoor ; inquire
into their wants and admininister unto
them; seek out the disconsolate and
console them ; bind up the wounds of
the afflicted, and in so doing you youj
self shall be filled with the oil of joy.
THR "CARPEL bag" Legislature or Ar
kansas has officially declared that no
man shall keep a stallion who does not
accept "the civil and political equality
of all men." A new plank in the Grant
platform.
A LIVELY urchin accosted a travel
ing dealer on Market street, the other
day, and cried, in an earnest voice:
"Mr.— —, please give me an apple;
my brother goes with your sister."
He'll do.
A man whom Dr. Johnson once re
proved for a useless and demoralized
business, said: "You know, Doctor,
that I must live." The brave old
hater of everything mean and hateful,
coolly replied that he did not "see the
least necessity for that."
WHEN a man speaks to a lamp post,
and cautions it not to "bob roun' so,"
it shows that the post is getting irreg
ular in its habits, and needs looking
after.
IN TOWN— The boy with the long
nose. We advise him to be careful
where he puts it, and not to be poking
it into things that do not concern him.
CAPITAL punishment in Arkansas
—to be locked up two days with eleven
pretty girls in a jury-box. Oh, my !
who would ever find a verdict.
AN Illinois paper says there is a man
in Olney so dirty that the assessors put
him down as real estate.
"POETRY,"— If we had more farmers
and fewer fops, we'd have more good
men and better crops.