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Bodford Pa. Aug. 14, IMW
J>l'lLDEliS and CONTRACTORS!
TAKE NOTICE !
Sealed piopesals for the erection of the Bedford
county Poor House will be received at the office of
the county commissioners in Bedford, until
SATURDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER,
NEXT.
when the contract will be awarded, to the lowest
and best bidder. The Commissioners reserving
the right to reject any or all of the bids.
The building to be erected upon the present
Poor House property, to bo two stories and a base
ment in bight, large enough to accommodate one
hundred and twenty paupers, and to be comple
ted. and ready for use. on, or before, the Ist day
of October, 1869.
The Commissioners will furnish the bricks AH
the labor, and all other materials must be supplied
by the contractor.
The plan, with detailed specifications, can be
seen at the commissioners' office, on. or any day
afier the 21st inst.
The plan and specifications will bo made part
of tbe contract, and the contractor will be held to
a strict compliance therewith. All proposals
should be addressed to Jno. G. Fisher, Commis
sioners" clerk, Bedford, Pa.
MICHAELS RITCHBY,
DAVID HOWSAKE.
PETER M BARTON,
jul 17m2 Commissioners.
£cflal iloturs.
CtOURT PROCLAMATION. —To
) the Coroner, the Justices of the Peace, and
Constables tn the different Townships in the
County of Bedford, (Arreting KNOW RE, that
In pursuance of a prooept mc direct nit. under
the hand and seal of the Jlon ALEXANDER
KING. President of the several Courts of Common
Pleas, in the Itith District, consisting of the coun
ties of Franklin. Fulton. Bedford and Somerset,
and by virtue of his office of the Court of Oyer and
Terminer and General Jail Delivery for the trial of
capital and other offenders therein, and the Gen
eral Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace; and
G W GI MP, and WILLIAM G EICHOLTZ. Judges of
the same Court in the same County of Bedford,
You and eaeh of you, are hereby required to be
and appear in your proper persons with your Re
cords, Recognizances, Examinations, and other
Remembrances, before the Judges aforesaid, at
Bedford, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer and
General Jail Delivery and General Quarter Ses
sions of the peace therein to be holden for the eoun
tv of Bedford, aforesaid, on the Is/ Monday of
Sept.. (being the "th day.) 18(58, at 10 o'clock
in'the forenoon of that day, there and then to do
those things to which your several offices appertain.
Given under my hand and seal the If th day of
August, in the year of our Lord, 1868.
ROBERT STECKMAN,
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, i Sheriff.
Bedford. Aug. 14, IS6S. i w4
1" IST OF CAUSES, put down for
j trial, at Sept. Term. 1868. 7th day.
Paul S. Mock vs Josiah Burk
S S Fluek et al vs James Bowser
ltiddlesburg CAI Co vs Broad Top CAI Co
Joseph Williams vs Solomon Williams
Thomas Ritchey vs Jac Lingenfelter et al
Fredolin Smith et al vs John Cavender et al
John Peterson vs James Heffuer A Co
Mary Jane Holsinger vs Josiah Holsinger
Sophia Hook et al vs Thomas Growdenet al
Elizabeth Beeler et al vs SSRusseli Trustee.Ac
John Metzgar's ad'mr vs Dry Ridge Church
John Cessna vs Jonathan Bowser
Fredolin Smith et al vs Alexander Fletcher
Joseph Garlick vs Abraham Garlick
John B P.inard vs D B Kockendazfer
B W Garroston vs Philip Little et a!
Susannah C. Taylor vs William Colvin
Peter Cramer vs William Darns et al
Thomas Growden vs Archibald Blair et al
vs Mary Wigfield et al
Certified, August 10th, 186 S.
aug.l4w4 0. E SHANNON, Proth'y.
1) K< 1 ISTER'S NOTK E.—All per-
V sons interested, are hereby notified that the
following accountants have filed their accounts in
the Register's Office of Bedford county, and that
the same will be presented to tbe Orphans' Court,
in and for said county, on Tuesday the Bth day
of Sept., next, at the Court House, in Bedford,
for confirmation :
The accounts of Samuel L. Hamaker and J.
Piper Smith, adm'rs of the estate of John Smith,
late of Scbellsburg borough, dee'd.
The account of Duncan McYieker, Esq., trustee
for i he sale of the real estate of Samuel liull, late
of Napier tp., dee d.
The aeconnt of Isaac L Snyder, adm'r of tho
estate of Samuel Snyder, lateof Middle Woodbury
tp., dee'd.
The account of J. II Dilling and George Hoover,
adm'rs of tbe estate of Martin Hoover, late of Lib
crtv tp., dee'd.
The account of John P. Ake and Abraham Hull,
adiu'rs of ihe estate of John Akc, late of Union
tp.. dee'd.
The account of Michael S. Miller, adir.r'. of tho
estate of John 11. Miller, late of St. Clair tp ,
deed.
The account of William Gephart, adm'r of the
estate of Eve Siuckey. late of Bedford tp., dee'd.
The account of John Louderbaugh, guardian
of Joseph Catharine and Peter Garlick, minor
cnildren of Kachael Garlick, dee'd.
Th" account of John G. Smith, guardian of
Franklin Kcgg, minor son of John Kcgg. dee'd.
Tho final account of Levi Uardinger. adm'r of
the estate of Jonathan C. Dicken, late of Cumber
land valley tp., dee'd.
The account of Peter 11. Shires and Samuel
Stahl, adm'rs of the estate of Wm. Stahl, late of
Bedford borough, dee d.
The account of P. F. Lehman, Esq . Executor of
the last will and testament of Mary iiyssung, late
of Londonderry tp., dee'd.
The account of Lewis M. Statler, adm'r of the
estateof Joseph Brinkey. late of Juniata tp ,
dee'd.
The account of Geo. 1). Shuck, one of tbe execu
tors of the last will and testament of Josiah D
Shuck, lateof Bedford borough, dee'd
aug.l3wl O. E. SHANNON, Register.
ITTATERSIDE WOOLEN FAC-
V V TORY !—3O 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,
Casimeres, Tweeds, Sattinetts, Jeans, Blankets,
Coverlets, Flannel, Ac., which they will exchange
tor wool, as has been thecustom heretofore. Carpets
will be made to order, at all times. Stocking
yarn of all kinds always on hand. Our Peddler.
W. ii. Ralston, will cll on all the old customers,
and the public generally, in due time, for the pur
pose of exchanging goods fur wool The highest
market price will be paid for wool in cash.
N. B 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>-
I FORD GAZETTE islargerthan that of any other
paper in this section ol country, and therefore of
ersthe greatest inducements to business men to
fdvertise in its columns
JiooUatuls (folumn.
YOU A LL
HAVK HEARD or
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
AND
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepare,! by Dr. C. M. Jackson. Philadelphia.
Their introduction into this country from Ger
many occurred in
1825.
THEY CI'RED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely different from JT the many preparations
now in the country cal l—l led Bitters or Tonics.
They are no tavern A-1 preparation, 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. Fullncs
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 the
Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the
Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or
Suffocating Sensa | I tinns when in a Lying
Posture, Dimness of V 7 Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight. Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency ot Perspiration, Yellowness of the 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.
AH 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 extract* are
made, arc gathered in Germany. All the medi
cinal virtueus arc ex / . tracted from them by
a scientific Chemist. I ■ These extracts are
then forwarded to this V 7 country to be used ex
pressly far the manufacture of these Bitters
There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only
Bitters that can be used in esses where alcoholic
stimulants are not advisable.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters. with PI RK 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 areen
tirely different from any others advertised for the
cure of the diseases named, these being scientific
preparations of medioinni .. L;I >V, -VTV
ois are mere decoctions of rum in some torm. liie
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 bo-known as the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's tier
man Bitters or Tonic -w in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone Id and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen A the appetite, cause an
enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di
gest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye. impart a bloom to the cheeks, 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 arc Family Medicines. They can be
administered with perfect safety to a child three
months old, the most delicate female, or n man of
ninety.
These remedies are the best
Blood Purifiers
ever known and will cure all diseases resulting
from bad bload. Keep y>ur blood pure; keep
your Liver in order; T keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by
the use of these rente 1 J dies, and no diseases
will ever assail you. The best men in the country
recommend them. If years of honest reputation
go for anything, vou must try these preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice ot the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILADELPHIA, March 111. 1867.
I find that ' Hoofland'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 Oonrt of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1866.
I consider "Hoofland's German Bitters" a valua
ble medicine in case of attaaks of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia. I \ can certify this from
my experience of it il Y'ours. with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH H. KENXARD, D D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR. JAOKSOX—DEAR SIR:—I have been fre
quently requested to connect my name with rec
ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but
regarding the pi actice as out of rny appropriate
sphere, I have in all cases declined; but with a
clear proof in various instances, and particularly
in my own family, ot the usefulness ot Dr. Hoof
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 y plaint, it is a safe
and valuable preparation. In some cases
it may fail ; bnt usual i.l ly, I doubt not, it
will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the
above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J. II KENNARD,
Eigth, below Coates Street.
CAUTION.
Hoofland'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;
(>r, a half dozen for *7 50.
The tonic is put up in quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofland's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly recommended; p-, ami do not allow the
Druggist to induce I lyou to take anything
else that he may is just as good, be
cause he makes a larger profit on it. These Reme
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At the German Medicine Store.
No. 6 •'! 1A R Cll STR EET. Ph I lade/pit in.
C'HAS. M. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
Formerly C. M JACKSON A 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.
may2SF#Byl
III? ?.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL NOMINEES.
FOE PRESIDENT,
HORATIO SEYMOUR.
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
FRANCIS P. BLAIR,
OP MISSOURI.
I
TAXES! 11 X I.N ! !
BY SPENCER \V. CONE.
; Taxes ! taxes ' nothing but taxes!
] Taxed upon all that a man can eat;
j Taxed on our flour, and taxed on our meat ;
i Taxed upon all that covers his back,
From his cotton shirt to his broadcloth black ;
Taxed on whatever is pleasant to see,
To hear, or to smell, to feel, or to be,
Taxes ! taxes! nothing but taxes!
Grinding our noses as sharp as axes.
And what are the taxes for?
Why. to feed all the Radical rascals fat,
i And buy Horace Greeley a new white hat.
; Taxes ! taxes! Jacobin taxes !
| Taxes on whisky, and taxes on beer ;
| Bat there's nothing in those kind of taxes queer,
| For whisky and beer are the poor man's drink
ing,
j And he swallows them down to keep from think
ing !
; How taxes ! taxes ! beggaring taxes !
: Are grinding all noses as sharp as axes.
And what are the taxes for?
| Why ! —the Frccdmen's Bureau to keep in repair,
j So that Radical loafers can each have a chair,
And a chance for the pickings and stealings
there !
Taxes! taxes! REPUBLICAN TAXES !
Taxed on the coffin, and taxed on the crib,
On the old man's shroud, and the baby s bib,
! To pamper the bigot, and fatten the knave;
j xnxearrom tnc cradle plump into tiic e ,. T ..
And what are the taxes for ?
j Why, to buy all the rogues they can find, far and
near,
And give S. M. Clark half a million a year.
I Taxes! taxes! REPCTBLICAX TAXES !
For rich men to shirk, and for poor men to pay,
! From the pittance they earn by tho work of tbe
day,
| By the strain of the muscle, the sweat of the
brow,
j By the spade and tho trowel, the axe and the
plough.
And what are the taxes for !
; Why, tbe old Constitution to knock all to smash,
j And fill every place-holder's pockets with cash.
j Taxes ! taxes ! BOXDHOLDERS' TAXES '
That's what the taxes are for !
. Hurrah ! for the taxes, the jolly old taxes !
Come, men, get your noses all ground sharp as
axes—
Cry Sumner and Stevens, Bon. Butler and Wade,
| And all our tax Bosses that taxes have made ;
; You "mud-sills'' to Yankee philanthrophy sold,
j Be quiet —obey ! —and your saucy tongues hold
i The Bondholder's Bonds, and his Interest in
Gold,
I We don't tax, and won't tax, for fools, don't you
I seo >
i An Aristocrat bondholder's party are we ;
' And as soon as we've finished the Southern con
cern
j We'll settle you Northern white trash
j So pay up your taxes; no growling ; be hearty,
, And vote for our upper-crust BONDHOLDERS'
PARTE.
I For that's what the taxes are for ?
j The nose-grinding Taxes !
The Republican Taxes ! !
The Radical Taxes ! ! !
| The Jacobin Taxes! ! ! !
j The Bondholder's Taxes !!!'.!
j That 's just what these taxes are for '
i
The age we live in—Bond-age.
Grant's life Is not insured. He has
"no policy."
Seymour is too Tam-many for the
Republicans.
Notwithstanding his lonely Western
tour, Grant is said to lie in good spirits.
Grant's home is in Illinois. That
accounts for his being such a great
Sucker.
The reason of Grant's taciturnity is
j because lie is generally "too full for
i utterance."
It is said that "Silence is gold,"
j which is the reason, why the bondhol
i ders support Grant.
Grant is taking a tour toward Salt
! Lake. Next Fall he will take trip up
Salt River.
There is a great deal of action in the
. Republican camp, but, unfortunately
j for them, it is prefixed with re.
———————
Next Fall the Republican candidate
| for the Presidency will he an Emi
i GRANT—to Salt River.
The total aggregate of ex ports for the
last fiscal year, in specie value,amount
| to $.'{52,016,000, an increase over the
I previous j ear of $18,141,81)0. The net
imports for 1868 reached $'J48,903,81!t,
a decrease since the previous year of
$41,215,777. This includes gold receipts
and shipments as well as merchandise.
The Southern negroes are being
; taught that Seymour always dines off
1 roast black baby, mulatto sauce.
—A fellow in Nashville has trained a
| rat to steal bonds from Brokers' win
! dows,
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1868.
THE PRESIDENCY.
Mr. Seymour's letter Aeeepting the
Nomination.
The following is Horatio Seymour's
acceptance of the Democratic nomina
tion for the presidency:
UTIOA, August 4,1868. —Gentlemen:
When, in the city of New York, on
the 11th ultimo, in the presence of a
vast multitude, on behalf of the nation
al Democratic convention, you tender
ed to me its unanimous nomination as
their candidate for the office of Presi
dent of the United States, I stated I
had no words adequate to express my
gratitude for the good will and kind
ness which that body has shown to me.
Its nomination was unexpected. It
was my ambition to take an active
dart, from which I am now excluded,
in the great struggle going 011 for the
restoration of good government, of
peace and prosperity to our coutry.
But I have been caught by tbe whelm
ing tide which is bearing us on to a
great political change, ft*id 1 find my
self unable to resist its pressure. You
have also given nie a copy of the reso
lutions put forth by the convention,
showing its position upon all the great
questions which now agitate the coun
try. As the presiding officer of that
convention, I am familiar with their
scope and import; as one of its mem
bers I am a party to their terms, 'i hey
are in accord with my views, and I
stand upon them in the contest upon
which we are now entering, and I shall
strive to carry them out in future,
wherever I may be placed, in political
or private life.
I then stated that 1 would send you
these words of acceptance in a letter,
as is the customary form. I see no
reason, upon reflection, to change or
qualify the terms of my approval of
the resolutions of the convention.
1 have delayed the mere formal act
of communicating to you in writing
what I thus publicly said, for the pur
pose of seeing what light the action of
Congress would throw upon the inter
ests of the country. Its acts since the
adjournment of the convention show
an alarm lest a change of political pow
er will give to the people what they
ought to have, a clear statement of
what has been done with the money
drawn from them during the past
eight years. Thoughtful men feel
that 'here have been wrongs in the fi
nancial management which have been
kept from the public knowledge. The
congressional party has not only allied
itself with military power, which is
to be brought to bear directly upon
the election in many States, but it also
holds itself in perpetual session, with
the avowed purpose cf making such
laws as it shall see fit, in view of the
elections which will take place within
a few weeks. It di<l MotajMu-vfore ad
journ, but took a recess, to meet again
if its partisan interests shall demand
its reassembling. Never before in the
history of our country has Congress
thus taken a menacing attitude to
wards its electors. Under its influ
ence, sorno of the States organized by
its agents are proposing to deprive the
people of the right to vote for presiden
tial electors, and the first bold steps are
taken to destroy the rights of suffrage.
It is not strange, therefore, that
thoughtful men see in such action the
proof that there is, with those who
shape the policy of the Republican
party, a motive stronger and deeper
than the mere wish to hold political
power ; that there is a dread of some
exposure which drives them 011 to acts
so desperate and so impolitic.
Many of the ablest leaders and journ
als of the Republican party have open
ly deplored the violence of congression
al action, and its tendency to keep up
discord in our country. The great in
terests of our country demand peace,
order, and a return to those industrial
pursuits without which we cannot
maintain the faith of our government.
The minds of business men are per
plexed by uncertainties. The hours
of toil of our laborers are lengthened
by the costs of living made by the di
rect and indirect exactions of govern
ment. Our people are harassed by the
heavy and frequent demands of the
tax-gatherer. Without distinction of
party, there is a strung feeling in favor
of that Hue of action which shall re
store order and confidence, and shall
lift off'the burdens which now hinder
and vex the industry of the country.
Yet at this moment those in power
have thrown into the Senate chamber
and congressional hall new elements
of discord and violence. Men have
been admitted as representatives of
some of the southern States, with the
declaration upon their lips that they
cannot live in the States they claim
to represent, without military protec
tion. These men are to make laws for
the North as well as the South.
These men, who, a few days since,
were seeking as suppliants that Con
gress would give them power within
their respective States, are to-day the
masters and controllers of the actions
of those bodies. Entering theiu with
minds filled with passions, their first
demands have been that Congress shall
look upon the States from which they
come as in conditions of civil war;
that the majority of their populations,
embracing their intelligence, shall be
treated as public enemies; that mili
tary forces shall be kept up at the cost
of the people of the North, and that
there shall lie no peace and order at the
South save that which is made by ar
bitrary power. Every intelligent man
knows that these men owe their seats
in Congress to the disorder in the
South ; every man knows that they
not only owe their present positions to
disorder, but that every motive spring
ing from the love of power, of gain, of
a desire for vengeance, prompts them
to keep the South in anarchy. While
that exists, they are independent of
the wills or wishes of their fellow-citi
zens. While confusion reigns, they
are the dispensers of the profits ami the
honors which grow out of a govern
ment of mere force. These men are
now placed in positions where they
can notoLly urge their views of policy,
but where they can enforce them.
When others shall be admitted in this
manner from the remaining southern
States, although they will have in
truth 110 constituents, they will have
more power in the Senate than a ma
jority of the people of this Union liv
iug in nine of the great States. In vain
the wisest members of the Republican
party protested against the policy that
led to this result. While the chiefs of
the late rebellion have submitted to
the results of the war, and are now qui
etly engaged in useful pursuits for the
support of themselves and their fami
lies, and are trying by the force of their
example to lead back the people of the
South to the order and industry, not
only essential to their well-being, but
to the greatness and prosperity of our
common country, we see that those
who, without ability or influence, have
been thrown by the agitations of civil
convulsion into positions of honor and
profit, are striving to keep alive the
passions to which they owe their ele
vation. And they clamorously insist
that they are the only friends of our
Union—a Union that can only have a
sure foundation in fraternal regard and
a common desire to promote the peace,
the order and the happiness of all sec
tions of our laud.
Events in Congress since the adjourn
ment of the convention have vastly
increased the importance of a political
victory by those who are seeking to
bring back economy, simplicity and
justice in the administration of our na
tional affairs. Many Republicans have
heretofore clung to their party who
have regretted the extremes of vio
lence to which it has run. .They have
cherished a faith that while the action
of their political friends has been mis
taken. their motives have been good.
They must now see that the Republi
can party is in that conditon that it
cannot carry out a wise and peaceful
policy, whatever its motives may be.
It is a misfortune, not only to a coun
try, but to a governing party itself,
when its action Is unchecked by any
form of opposition. It has been the
misfortune of the Republican party
that the events of the past few years
have given it so much power that it
has been able to shackle the executive,
to trammel the Judiciary, and to carry
out the views of the most unwise and
violent of its members. When this
state of things exists in any party,
it lias ever been found that the
judgments of its ablest leaders do not
control. There is hardly and able man
who has helped to build up the Re
publican organization who has not
within the past three years warned it
against its excessses, who has not been
borne down and forced to give up his
convictions of what the interests of the
country called for, or, if too patriotic
to do this, who has not been driv
en from its ranks. If this has been
the case heretofore, what will be its
action now with this new infusion of
men w ho, without a decent respect for
the viewsof those who had just given
them their positions, begin there legis
lative career with calls for arms, with
demands that their States shall be re
garded as in a condition of civil war,
and with a declaration that they are
ready and anxious to degrade the
President of the United States when
ever they can persuade or force Con
gress to bring forward new articles of
impeachment?
The Republican party, as well as we,
are interested on putting some check
upon this violence. It must he clear
to every thin king man that adivisionof
political power tends to check the vio
lence of party action and to assure the
the peace and good order of society.
The election of a Democratic executive
and a majority of Democratic members
to the llouse of Representatives would
not give to that party organization the
the power to make sudden or violent
changes, but it would serve to check
those extreme measures which have
been deplored by the best men of both
political organizations. The result
would most certainly lead to that peace
ful restoration of the Union and re-es
tablishment of franternal relationship
which the country desires. lam sure
that the best men of tiie Republican
party deplore as deeply as I do the spir
it of violence shown by those recently
admitted to seats in Congress from the
South. The condition of civil war
which they contemplate must be ab
horrent to every right-thinking man.
I have no mere personal wishes
which mislead my judgment in regard
to the pending election. No man who
has weighed and measured the duties
of the office of President of the United
Sates can fail to be impressed with
the cares and toils of him who is to
meet its demands. 11 is not merely to
float with popular currents without a
policy or a purpose. On the contrary,
while our Constitution gives juM
weight to the public will, its distin
guishing feature is that it seeks to pro
tect therightsof minorities. Its great
est glory is that it puts restraints upon
power. It gives force and form to
those maxims and principles of civil
liberty for which the martyrs of free
dom have struggled through ages. It
declares the right of the people "to be
secure in their persons, houses and pa
pers against unreasonable searches and
seizures. That Congress shall make 110
law respecting an establishment of re
ligion or the free exercise thereof, < r
abridging the freedom of speech or of
the press, or the right of the people to
petition for redress of grievances. It
secures the right of a speedy and pub
lic trial by an impartial jury."
No man can rightfully enter upon
the duties of the presidential office un
less he is not only willing tocarry out the
wishes of the people expressed in a con
stitutional way, but is also prepared to
stand up for the rights of minorities.
Ho must l>e ready to uphold the free
exercise of religion. He must de
nounce measures which would wrong
personal or home rights, or the relig
ious conscience of the humblest citizen
of the land. He must maintain, with
out distinction of creed or nationality,
i all the privileges of American citizen
ship.
The experience of every public man
who has been faithful to his trust
teaches him that no one can do the du
ties of the office of President unless he
is ready not only to undergo the false
hoods and abuse of the bad, but to suf
fer from the censure of the good who
j are misled by predjudices and inisrep
| resentations. There are no attiactions
| in such positions, which deceive my
i judgment, when I say that a great
i change is going on in the public mind.
{ The mass of the Republican party are
i more thoughttful, temperate and just
than they were during the excitement
which attended the progress and close
lof the civil war. As the energy
| of the Democratic party springs from
their devotion to their cause and not
to their candidates, I may with propri
ety speak of the fact that never in the
political history of our country has the
\ action of any like body been bailed
with such universal and wide spread
! enthusiasm as that which has been
! shown in relation to the position of
! the national Democratic convention.
With this the candidates had nothing
j to do. Had any others of those named
been selected, this spirit would have
j been perhaps more marked. The zeal
and energy of the conservative masses
I spring from a desire to make a change
of political policy, and from the confi
; denee that they can carry out their
i purpose.
In this faith they are strengthened
by the co-operation of the great body
! of those who served in the Union army
and navy during the war. Having
i given nearly sixteen thousand eoinmis
| sions to the officers of the army, I know
their views and wishes. They demand
the Union for which they fought. The
' largest, meeting cf these gallant sol
diers which ever assembled was held
in New York, and endorsed the action
of the national convention. In words
instinct with meaning, they called up
on the government to stop in its policy
| of hate, discord, and disunion, and in
' terms of ferved eloquence they deman
ded the restoration of the rights and
| liberties of the American people.
When there is such accord between
those who proved themselves brave
and self-sacrificing in the war, and
those who are thoughtful and patriotic
in council, I cannot doubt we shall
| gain a political triumph which will re
! store our Union, bring back peace and
prosperity to our land, and will give
us once more the blessings of a wise,
economical and honest government.
I am. gentlemen, truly yours, Ac.,
HORATIO SEYMOUR.
To General G. W. Morgan and others,
Committee, Ac. Ac.
I.ETTER OF GEN. FKVN'K I*. m.AIR
AiVEPTIXU THE NOMINATION
FOR VICE I'KKSIDCXI.
WASHINGTON, July 21,1868.
The following is a copy of General
| Blair's letter of acceptance of the Dem
ocratic nomination for Vice President,
which has just been received here:
General George IP. Morgan, Chairman
of the Committee, of the National Dem
ocratic Convention.
GENERAL: I take the earliest op
portunity of replying to your letter
notifying me of my nomination for
Vice President of the United States by
the National Democratic Convention
recently held in the city of New York.
I accept without hesitation the nom
ination tendered in a manner so grati
fying, and give you and the committee
my thanks for the very kind and com
plimentary language in which you
have conveyed to me the decision of
the Convention.
I have carefully read the resolutions
j adopted by the Convention, and most
: cordially concur in every principle and
sentiment they announce. *
My opinion upon all the questions
which discriminate the great contend
ing parties have been fully expressed
011 all suitable occasions, and I do not
deem it necessary at this time to reit
i erate them.
The issues upon which the contest
turns are clear and cannot be obscured
or distorted by the sophistries of our
1 adversaries. They all resolved them
selves into the old and ever recurring
I struggle of a few men to absorb the po
litical power of the nation. This ef
; fort under every conceivable name and
disguise, has always characterized the
j opponents of the Democratic party,
but at 110 time has the attempt assumed
I a shape so open and daring as in this
i contest. The adversaries of free and
| constitutional government, in defiance
| of the express language of the consti
tution, have erected a military despo
tism in ten States of the Union; have
taken from the President the power
vested in him by the supreme law,
; and have deprived the Supreme Court
of her jurisdiction ; the right of trial
by jury and the great writ of right, the
habeas corpus—shields of safety for
every citizen, and which have descen
ded to us from the earliest traditions
of our ancestors, and which our Revo
lutionary fathers sought to secure to
their posterity forever in thefundanaen
ttl characters of our liberties, have
been ruthlessly trampled under foot by
J the fragment of a Congress. Whole
I States and communities of people of
oar race have been attained, convict
ed, condemned and deprived of their
rights as citizens without presentment
of trial or witnesses, but by Congress
ional enactments of ex post facto laws
and defiance of the constitutional pro
hibition denying even to a full and
loyal Congress the authority to pass
any bill of attainder or ex post facto
1 law. The same usurping authority
has substituted as electors in place of
the man of our own race, thus illegally
attained ami disfranchised, a host of
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ignorant negroes who are supported in
idleness with the public money, and
combined together to strip the white
race of their birthright through the
management of Freedman's Bureaus
and emissaries of conspirators in other
States, and to complete the oppression,
the military power of the nation has
been placed at their disposal in order
to make this barbarism supreme. The
military leader under whose prestige
this usurping Congress has taken ref
uge since the condemnation of their
schemes by the free people of the North
in the elections of the last year, and
whom they have selected as their can
didate to shield themselves of the re
sult of their own wickedness and
crime, has announced his acceptance
of the nomination, and his willingness
to maintain their usurpations over
eight millions of whites at the South
fixed to the earth with his bayonets.
He exclaims:—"Let us have peace."
"Peace reigns in War-saw" was the
announcement which heralded the
doom of the liberties of a nation. "The
empire is peace," exclaimed Bonaparte
when freedom and its defenders ex
pired under the sharp edge of the
sword. The peace to which Grant in
vites us is the peace of despotism and
death. Those who seek to restore the
constitution by executing the will of
the people, condemning the Recon
struction acts already pronounced in
elections of last year, and which will
I am convinced, be still more emphati
cally expressed by the election of the
Democratic candidate as President of
the United States, are denounced as
revolutionists by the partisans of this
vindictive Congress. Negro suffrage
(which the popular vote of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Michigan, Connecticut and other States
has expressed against the letter of the
constitution) must stand because their
Senators and Representatives have
willed it. If the people shall again
condemn these atrocious measures by
the election of a Democratic candidate
for President, they must not be dis
turbed. Although decided to be un
constitutional by the Supreme Court,
and although the President is sworn
to maintain and support the constitu
tion, the will of a fraction of a Con
gress, reinforced with its partisan
emissaries sent to the South and sup
ported there by the soldiery, must
stand against the will of the people
and the solemn oath of the President
to maintain and support the Constitu
tion. It is revolutionary to execute
the judgment of the Supreme Court;
it is revolutionary in the President to
keep inviolate his oath to sustain the
Constitution. This false construction
of the vital principle of government is
the last resort of those who have their
arbitrary reconstruction sway and su
persede our time-honored institutions.
The nation will say the Constitution
must be restored and the will of the
people again prevail. The appeal to
the peaceful ballot to attain this is not
war, is not revolution. They make
war and revolution who attempt to
arrest this quiet mode of putting aside
military despotism and the usurpations
of a fragment of a Congress, asserting
absolute power over that benign system
of regulated liberty left us by our fath
ers. This must be allowed to take its
course. This is the only road to peace.
It will come with the election of the
Democratic candidate, and not with
the election of the mailed warrior
whose bayonets are now in the throats
of eight millions of people in the South
to compel them to support him as a
candidate for the Presidency, and to
submit to the domination of an alien
race of semi-barbarous men. No per
version of truth or audacity of misrep
resentation can exceed tiiat which
hails this candidate in arms as an an
gel of peace.
I am, very respectfully, your most
obedient servant,
FRANK P. BLAIR.
BONDHOLDERS.
What an appropriate name!
They hold, with a tightning grasp,
the bonds which bind the laboring man
to a life of slavery—of unremitting
drudgery for the payment of the inter
est in gold on securities that were
bought in greenbacks.
Bondholders!
They are true to their name, and to
the principles of their illustrious prede
cessor, SHY LOCK, in demanding their
pound of flesh, in the cutting out of
which the life-blood of the laboring
man is drawn from his viens.
Bondholders!
Like their great prototype of the Bi
ble, PHAROAH, they know no feeling of
mercy, and although they see the sun
shine shut out irom the poor man's
house, the army of tax-gathering lo
custs devouring the substance of the
land, they relax not their grasp upor.
tne bon Is with which they have bound
the people. They refuse to recognize
in the voice of the people the voice of
GOD.
Bondholders!
The bonds with which they have en
slaved the energy and industry of the
nation wore lightly at first, then they
galled, and now they cut deep in the
flesh, but the bondholders heed not the
groans of those they have enslaved—
the jingling music of the gold, as they
count over their interest, drowns all
unpleasant sounds which might disturb
their peace.
Bondholders!
The monied aristocracy, whose dain
ty hands cannot be polluted with the
greasy greenbacks handled by working
men.' Bright jingling gold is their cur
rency.
Bondholders I
The pure patriots who refuse to ac
cept the currency of their country in
payment of its obligations—who rejni
diate the promises to pay of the Gov
ernment.
Bondholders!
A precious set of harpies who, un
der the guise of patriotism, took ad
vantage of the necessities of theireoun
try to swindle it and enslave their fel
low-countrymen.
Bondholders!
The people demand that the name
shall 110 longer be the synonym of a
privileged class—a monied nobility
whom the people must support in lux
ury and idleness.