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BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
Election proclamation.
/ 1 ENERAL ELECTION PROCLA
\ JMATION. — WHEREAS, in and by an act of
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. entitled - An Act to regulate the Gen
eral Elections within this Commonwealth," it is
enjoined upon me to give public notice of said e
lections and to enumerate in said notice what offi
cers are to be elected. I. ROBERT STECKMAN.
Sheriff of the county of Bedford, do hereby make
known and give this nnblic notice to the electors
of the county of Bedford, that a General Election
will beheld in said county.on the ___
SECOND TUESDA U(l3t/<) OF OCTOBER,
1365. at the several election districts vii
The electors of the Borough of Bedford and
township of Bedford, to meet at the Court House
in said borough.
The electors of Broad Top township and Goal
Dale borough to meet at the school houso in said
of the borough of Bloody Run to
meet at the House of Daniel B. Ott, in said bor
ough.
The electors ofColerain township to meet at the
house of And'w Pennel! in Rainsburg in said town
ship.
The electors of Cumberland Valley township to
meet at the new school house erected on the land
owned by John Whip's heirs in said township.
The electors of Harrison township to meet at
the bouse of Jacob Fcightner. in said township.
The electorsof Juniata township to meet at Kcy
ser's school house in said township
The electors of Hopewell township to meet at
the school house near the honse of John Dasher in
said township.
The electors of Londonderry township to meet
at the house now occupied by IV m. 11. Hill as a
shop in Bridgeport in said township
The elector* of Liberty township to meet at the
school house in Stonerstown in said township
The electorsof Monroe township to meet at the
house lately occupied by James Carnell iu Clear
ville in said township.
The clectoraof Schollsburg borough to meet at
the brick school house in said borough
The electors of Napier township to meet at the
brick school house in the borough of Schel.sburg.
The electors of East Providence township to
meet at the house lately occupied by John Nycurn,
jr.. in said township.
The electors of Snake Spring township to meet
at the school house near the Methodist church on
the land of John G. Hartley.
The electors of West Providence township to
meet at the house of Philip Hollar in said town
ship
The electors of St. Clair township to meet at the
school house near the residence of Joseph Griffith
in *aid township
The electors of the borough of St. Clairsrille to
meet at. the school-house in said borough.
The electors of Union township to meet at the
school house near Mowry's mill in said town*'nip.
The electors of South Woodbcrry township to
meet at the house of Samuel Ostcr, near Noble's
mill in said township.
The electors of Southampton township to meet
at the house of Wm. Aduins in said township.
The electors of Saxton Borough to meet at the
sehoolhouse in said borough.
The electors of Middle Woodbcrry township to
meet at the houso of Henry Fluke in the village of
Wood berry.
The electors of Woodberry borough to meet at
the house of Wm. M. Pearson in said borough
At which time and places the qualified electors
wiil elect by ballot :
ONE PERSON for the uffico of Auditor General
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON for the office of Surveyor Gener
al of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON, in conjuncti >n with tho counties
of Somerset. Fulton and Franklin, for the office of
additional Law Judge.
ONE PERSON, in conjunction with the counties
of Somerset, Fulton. Franklin and Adams, for the
office of Representative in the Congress of the
United Sta'es.
TWO PERSONS, in conjunction with the cour
ties of Somerset and Fuitou, for the office of Mem
bers of tho House of Representatives ot'Pennsyl
vania.
ONE PERSON for the office of Commissioner for
said county.
t>NE PERSON for the office of Poor Director for
■aid enunty.
tNE PERSON for tho office of County Survey
or for said conuty.
ONE PERSON for county Auditor for said
county.
ONE PERSON for Coroner of said county.
NOTICE IS IIEREIIV GIVE*, That every person
excepting Justices of the Peace who shall hold anv
office or appointment of profit or tr,t rne
United States, or of this State, or "W city or cor
porate! district, whether a commissioned officer
or otherwise, a subordinate off er or agent who is
or shall be employed under the legislative, execu
tive or judiciary department of this State, or of
any city, or of any incorporated district, and also,
that every member of Congress and of the State
Legislature, and ot the select or common council
of any city, or eommiss'oners of any incorporated
district, is by law incapable of holding or exercis
ing at the time, the office or appointment of Judge,
Inspector or Clerk of any election of this Common
wealth, and that no Inspector, Judge or other ■ f
fieer of such election shall be elcgiblo to be then
voted for.
And the said act of assembly entitled "an act
relating to elections of this Commonwealth."
passed July 2,1818, further provides as follows,
viz :
"That the Inspector and Judges shall meet at
the respective places appointed for holding the
election in the district at which they r'-specti vely
belong, before ri o'clock in the morning of the
FECUND TUESDAY OF OCTOBER, and each
said inspector shall appoint one clerk, who shall
be a qualified voter ofsuch district.
In case the person who shall have received
the highest number of votes for inspector shall not
attend on the day of any election, then the per
son who shall have received the second highest
number of votes for Judge at the next preceding
election shall act as Inspector in his place. And
in ease the person who has received the second
highest number of votes for iDspe-tor shall not at
tend . the person elected Judge shall appoint an
Inspector in his place, and if any vacancy still
continue in the board for the space of one hour
after the time fixed by law for the opening of the
election the qualified voters of the township, ward
or district for which such officer shall have been
elected, present at the election, shall elect one of
their number to fill such vacancy,
"It shall be the duty ofthe several n- cssors re
spectively to attend at the place of holding every
general, special or township election, during the
whole tiuiesuch election is kept open, for the pur
pose of giving information to the Inspectors and
Judge, when called on, in relation to the right of
any person assessed by them to vote at such" •lec
tion. and on such other matters in relation to the
assessment of voters, as the said Inspectors or
ether of them shall from time to time require.
'No person shall be permitted to vote at any
election as aforesaid, than a white citizen ofthe
age of twenty-one or more, who shall have resided
in this Statu at least one year, and in the election
district where lie offers to vote, ten days immedi
ately preceding such election, and within two
years paid a State or County tax. which shall
have been assessed at least ten days before the c
lection. But a citizen of the United States who
has previously been a qualified voter of this Stato
and removed therefrom and returned, and who
shall have resided in the election district and
paid taxes aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote af
t'-r residing in this State six months Provided.
That the white freemen, citizens ofthe United
States, between the age of twenty-one and twen
ty two years who have resided in the election dis
trict ten days as aforesaid shall be entitled to vote,
although they shall not have paid tax.
"No person shall be permitted to vote whose
name is not contained in the list of taxable inhab
itants. furnished by the Commissioners, unless :
First, he produce a receipt of payment, within
two years of State or County tax assessed agreeu
bly to the Constitution, and give satisfactory evi
dence on his own oath or affirmation of another
that he has paid such a tax, or in failure to pro
duce a receipt shall make oath to tho payment
thereof, or second, if he elaitn a right to vote by
being an elector between the age of twenty-one
and twenty-two years shall depose onoathorat
firm.it ion. that he has resided in the State at least
one year before bis application, and make such
proof of residence in the district as is required by
(his act, and that he does verily believe from the
account given him that he is of the age aforesaid,
and gives such other evidence as is required by
this act, whereupon the name of the person so ad
mitted to vote shall be inserted in the alphabeti
ical li-t by the Inspccto'. and a note made oppo
site thereto by writing the word "tax." if he shall
be admitted to vote by reason of having paid tax 1
and the word "age" if he shall he admitted to vote
by reason of age, and in either ease the reason of
such a vote shall be called out to the clerks, who
shall make a like cote in the list of voters kept by
them.
"In all cases where the name ofthe person
claiming to vote is not found on the list furnished
by the Commissioners, or his right to vote wheth
er found thereon or cot, is objected to by any
qualified citizen, it shall be the duty of the In
spectors to examine such person on oath as to his
qualifications, and if he claims to have resided
within the State for one year or more, his oath
shall be sufficient proof thereof, but he shall make
proof by at least one competent witness, who shall
be a qualified elector, that he has resided within
the district for more than ten days immediately
preceding said election and shall also swear that
his bona fide residence, in pursuance of his lawful
Calling is within the district, and that he did not
remove within the district for the purpose of vo
ting.
• Every person qualified as aforesaid, and who
shall make due proof if required, of his residence
arul payment of taxes aforesaid, shall be admitted
to vote in the township, ward or district in which
he shall reside.
"If any person shall prevent or attempt to pre
vent any officer of an election, under this act from
holding such election, or use or threaten any vio
lenee to any such officer, and shall interrupt or
improperly interfere with him in the execution of
his duty, shall block up or attempt to block up
the window or avenue to any window where the
same may beholden, or shall riotously disturb the
Election proclamation.
peace of such election, or shall use or practice in
timidation. threats, force or violence, with the
design to influence unduly or overawe any elec
tor, or prevent him from voting, or to restrain the
freedom of choice, Euch persons on conviction shall
be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, to be imprisoned for any time not less than
one nor more than twelve months, and if it shall
be shown to the court where the trial of such of
fence shall be had, that tho person so offending
was not a resident of the city, ward or district
where the said offenco was committed, and not
entitled to vote therein, on conviction, he shall
be sentenced to pay a fine not less than one hun
dred or more than one thousand dollars, and be
imprisoned not less than six months nor more than
two years.
"If any person or persons shall make any bet or
wager upon the result of an election within tho
Commonwealth, or shall offer to make any such
bet or wager, either by verbal proclamation there
of, or by any written or printed advertisement,
or invite any person or persons to make such bet
or wager, upon conviction thereof he or they shall
forfeit and pay three time 3 the amount so bet or
offered to be bet.
And the election laws of the Commonwealth
further provide that "The Inspectors, Judges
and clerks shall, beforo entering on the duties of
their offices, severally take and subscribe the oath
or affirmation hereinafter directed, which shall be
administered to them by any judjje, alderman or
justice of the peace, but if no such magistrato he
present, one of the inspectors of the election shall
administer the oath or affirmation to the other
judge and inspector, and then the inspector so
qualified shall administer the oath or affirmation
to him.
"The inspectors, judge and clerks required by
law to hold township and general elections, shall
take and subscribe the several oaths and affirma
tions, required by the 19th. 2(lth and 21st sections
of the act of the 2d day of July 1339, entitled
"An act relating to the elections of this common
wealth," which oaths or affirmations shall be
prepared and administered in the manner prescrib
ed iu the 18th acd 22d sections of said act, and in
addition to the power conferred by the 13th sec
tion of said act. the judge, or either of the inspec
tors, shall have power to administer the oaths
prescribed by sail act, to any clerk of a general,
special or township election.
"The following shall be the form of tho oath or
affirmation to be taken by each inspector, viz : 'I
(A. B ) do that I will duly attend to the en
suing election during the continuance thereof, as
an inspector, and that I will not receive any tick
et or vote from any person, other than such as I
shall firmly believe to be, according to the pro
visions of the constitution and the laws of this
commonwealth, entitled to vote at such election,
without requiring such evidence of the right to
vote as is directed by law. nor will I vexatious'y
delay or refuse to receive any vote from any per
son who I shall believe to be entitled to vote as
aforesaid, but that I wiil in all things truly, im
partially and faithfully perform my duty therein,
to the best of my judgment and abilities, and that
I am not direetiy. nor indirectly, interested in
any bet. or wager on the result of this election.'
"The following shall be the oath or affirmation
of each judge, viz. : 'I(A. B.) do that I will
as judge duly attend the ensuing election during
the continuance thereof, and faithfully assist the
inspectors in carrying on the same; that I will
not give my consent that any voto or ticket shall
be received from any person other than such a- I
firmly believe to be, according to the provisions
i of the constitution and laws of thiscom men wealth,
! entitled to vote at such election, without requiring
: such evidence of the right to vote as is directed by
i law. and that I will use uiy best endeavors to pre
j vent any fraud, deceit or abuse, in carrying on
! the same by citizens qualified to vote, or others.
'■ and that I will make a true and perfect return of
the sai l election, and will in all things truly, im
partially and faithfully perform my duty rospec
i ting the same, to the best of my judgment and
; abilities, and that lam not directly or indirectly
j interested in any bet or wager on the result of
' this election.'
"The following shall he the form of the oath or
i affirmation to be taken by each clerk, viz : •! (A.
!B) do that I will impartially and truly write
| down the name of each eiector who shall vote at the
i ensuing election, which shall bo given me in
j charge, and aDo the name of the township, ward
i or district, wherein such elector resides, and care
; fully and truly writedown the number of votes
tint shall be given for each candidate at the clec.
; tion, as often as his name shall he rcsd to nie by
the inspectors thereof, and in all things truly anil
1 faithfully perform my duty respecting the same to
i am nbf'dnrecTiy or indirectly interested in any bet
j or wager on the result of this election
The qualified electors will take notice ofthe
' following act of Assembly, approved 12th day of
J March, 1*1)6: As ACT, Regulating the mode of
! voting at all elections, in the several counties of
j this Commonwealth.
SECTION 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the Common wealth of
: Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is
: hereby enacted by the authority of tho same,
| That the qualified voters of the several counties of
■ this Commonwealth, at all general, township,
; borough and special elections, are hereby, hereaf
j ter, authorized and required to vote, by tickets,
: printed, or written, or partly printed and partly
! written, severally classified as follows : One tick
et shall embrace the names of all judges of courts
! h' r - ami to be labelled, outside, "judieia
;ry one ticket shall embrace the names of all
i state officers voted for, and be labelled, "state
: one ticket shall embrace the names of all conuty
i officers voted for, including office of senator, tncm
! her. and members of assembly, if voted for. and
: members of Congress, if voted for. and be labell
ed. "county; one ticket shall embrace the names
of all township officers voted for, and be labelled,
"township;" one ticket shall embrace tho names
ot all borough officers voted for, and be labelled,
"borough;" and each class shall be deposited in
seperate ballot-boxes.
SECTION 2. 'i hat it shall bo the duty of the ?her
iffs. in the several eounties of this Commonwealth,
to insert in their election proclamations, hereafter
issued the fir.-t section of this act.
JAMES 11. KELLEY.
Speaker ofthe House of Representatives.
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate.
AeruovEi)—the thirtieth day of March, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
A. G. CURTIN.
Election officers will take notice that the net
entitled "A Further supplement to tho Election
Laws of this Commonwealth," disqualifying de
serters from tho army of the United States from vo
ting.has recently been declared unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, is now null and
void, and that all persons formerly disqualified
thereunder are now lawful voters, if otherwise
qualified. The act docided unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court provided as follow* :
"A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT TO THE ELECTION LAWS
OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.
M hereas, Ry the act of the Congress of the li
nked States, entitled "An Act to amend the sev
eral acts heretofore passed, to provide for the en
rolling and calling out the national forces, and for
other purposes," and approved March third, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, all per
sons who have deserted the military or uaval ser
vice of the United States, and who have not been
discharged, or relieved from the penalty, or disa
bility therein provided, are deemed, and taken, to
have voluntarily relinquished, and forfeited,
their rights ol citizenship, and their rights to be
come citizens, and are deprived of exercising any
rights of citizens t hereof :
And whereas, persons, not citizens of the Uni
ted States, are not, under the constitution and
laws of Pennsylvania, qualified electors of this
commonwealth :
Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly mot, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That in ull elections hereafter to be held in this
commonwealth, it shall be unlawful for the judge
or inspectors of any such election to receive' any
ballot, or ballots, from any person, or persons,
embraced in the provisions, and subject to the
disability, imposed by said act of Congress, ap
proved March third, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five, and it shall be unlawful for any
euch person to offer to vote any ballot, or ballots.
Section 2. That if any such judge and inspec
tors ot election, or any one of them shall receive,
or consent to receive, any such unlawful ballot, or
ballots, from any such disqualified person, he, or
they, so offending, shall be guilty of a misdemean
or, and, upon conviction thereof, in any court of
quarter sessions of this commonwealth, he shall,
tor each offence, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars, and to undergo an
imprisonment, in the j til of tha proper county, for
not less than sixty days.
Section 3. That if any person deprived of citi
zenship. and disqualified as aforesaid, shall, at any
election, hereafter to be held in this common
wealth, vote, or tender to the officers thereof, and
offer to voe. a ballot, or ballots, any person, so of
fending, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof, in any court of quarter
sessions of this commonwealth, shall, for each of
fence, be punished in like manner as is provided
in the precodiug section of this act, in the case of
officers of election receiving such unlawful ballot,
or ballots.
Section 4. That if any person shall heroafter
persuade, or advise, any person, or persons, de
prived of citizenship, and disqualified as afore
said, to offer any ballot, er ballots, to the officers
of any election, hereafter to be held in this com
monwealth, or shall persuade, or advise, any such
officer to receive any ballot, or ballots, from any |
person deprived of citizenship, and di.-quulified as
aforesaid, such person, so offending, shall be guil
ty of a misdemeanor, and upju couviction thereof,
in any court of quarter sessions of this common
wealth, shall be punished in like manner as is pro
vided in the second section of this act, in the caso
of officers ofsuch election receiving such unlawful
ballot, or ballots.
JAMES R KELLEY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate.
AITROVED— The fourth day of June, Anno Domi
ni one thousand eight hundred and sixty-stx.
A. U. CURTIN."
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1868.
©lrction proclamation.
And the Judges of the respective districts afore
said. are required to meet at Bedford, on the Fri
day next following the holding ot said election,
then and there to perform those things required
of them by law.
Given under my hand, at toy office in Bedford,
this Ist day of Sept., in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and
in the ninety-third of the Independence of the
United States.
ROBEtiT STECKMAN, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. Bedford, j
Sept. 4 lßt>3. j
you ALL"
IIAVE HEARD OF
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN FITTERS,
AND
IIOOFLAND'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 ANI) MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely different from -■ < the many preparations
' now in the cuntry cal I—l led Bitters or Tonics.
They are no tavern -*. 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 Pile 3, Fullnes
of Blood to the Head, Acidity of tho Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ncss.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 i—. Heart, Choking or
Suffocating Set.sa f | tions when in a Lying
Posture. Dimness of v_. * Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight, Dutl Pain in the Head. Defi
ciency ot Perspiration. Yellowness ofthe 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.
J All there indicate disease* of the Liver or Di
gestive Organ*, combined with imp nee blood.
IIOOFLAND'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 rncdi-
I cinal virtueus arc ex , , traotcd from them by
j a scientific Chcaiist. f I These extracts are
; then forwarded to this V." country to be used ex
! pressly for the manufacture of these Bitters.
\ There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence >t is the only
: Bitters that can be used in eases where alcoholic
i stimulants are not advisable.
IIOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
| i 3 a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with rt.'RE Santa Cruz Rum. Grange, etc. It
is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in caso
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required.
tirely different front any others advertise! lot We
cure of the diseases named, these being scientific
preparations of medicinal extract*, while tho oth
| ers are mere decoctions of rttm ia some form. Tho
TONIC is decidedly ope of the most pleasant nnd
: agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its
i taste is exquisite It is a pleasure to take it, while
its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali-
I ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of
: all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's Ocr-
I man Bitters or Tonie in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone |q and vigor to the w hole
system, strengthen * the appetite, cause an
j enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di-
S ges! it, purify the blood, give a good, sound,
j healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
I from the eye. impart a bloom to the cheeks, and
j change the pHtient from a short-breathed, emaci
: ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-faced,
stout, and vigorous person.
Weak awl 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
mouths old, the most delicate fetnalc, or a man of
ninety.
These remedies are the best
Blood Purifiers
ever known and will cure all diseases resulting
l'roui bad blood. Keep your blood pure; keep
your Liver in order; > keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by I
the use of these reiue J dies, and no diseases
will ever assail you. The best nn-n in thecountry
recommend them. If years of honest reputation
go lor anything, you must try these preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 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 Supremo Conrt of Pennsylvania.
PHI LAHELPIII A, April 23. 1366.
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 JLJL. Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH II KENNARD, D. D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR JACKSON—DEAR SIR: —I have beon 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 iu various instances, and particularly
in ray own family of the usefulness of Dr. Hoof
land's German Bitters, I depart for once from
my usual course, to express my full convietion
that for general debility of the system, and es
pecially for Liver Com T plaint, it is a safe
and valuable preparation. In some cases
it may fail; bnt usual -L x ly, 1 doubt not, it
will bo very beneficial to those who suffer from the
above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J H. KENNARD,
Eigth, below CoatesStreet.
CAUTION.
Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited.
Tho 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. Hoofland's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly rocommended ;~w~*y and do not allow tho
Druggist to induce I lyou to take anything
else that he may say-L-r is just as good, be
cause he makes a larger profit on it. These Reme
dies will bo sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At tho German Medicine Store.
No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Co.
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store
keepers and Medicine Dealers everywhere.
Do pot forget to examine the article yon buy
m order to get the genuine.
my29'6Byl
SPEECH or
HON. J. S. BLACK,
At (hi> Groat Dciuncnilli' flccdns. over
nliirh hi l prckiileil, i:i ttio t'ublir
Kqnnri l of the Horongh of York, oa
Moiulaj' oveiling, Ans. at, "US.
JUDGE BLACK, upon taking the
; i chair, expressed his appreciation of the
hearty greeting with which his friends
and neighbors had ratified his selec
!
j tion as chairman. In deference to the
! wishes of the meeting he would set
forth some of the points in the present
political controversy. But he would
do it briefly, confining himself to the
prominent topics and leaving the more
elaborate argument to be made by the
distinguished gentleman from Mary
land, [Gov. Swann,] who had come
i here on special invitation to grace the
cause by pleading it.
He continued: The candidates of
the two parties are now fairly in the
field, and we have abundant cause to
be proud of the selection made for us
by the convention which assembled at
New York on the 4th of July. I do
not believe that any member of the
party to which we are opposed would
j so grossly flatter Grant and Colfax as
to say that they are fitter, morally and
mentally, for the places to which they
respectively aspire, than Seymour and
Blair; and a man of real candor will
admit that our candidates have a very
decided advantage over theirs.
Mr. Seymour has for many years
been regarded as standing at the head
of those public men from whom the
Democracy would lie bound to select
the chief of the nation. He won this
' pre-eminence not by any accidental
circumstance but solely by Ids ac
knowledged talents and his undoubted
integrity, lie never sought this nomi
nation ; on the contrary, it was thrust
upon him after he had repeatedly de
clined it. But as soon as he had con
sented to take it, tiiere was no name in
the country that could stand for one
; moment before the competition of his.
; The friends of all the other candidates
! immediately conceded the palm of su
periority to him; and now those can
didates are themselves his most enthu
i siastic supporters. Opposition isnielt
• ing away before the fervid eloquence
of Pendleton; the ponderous logic of
Hendricks is literally smashing the
ranks of the radicals 1Q Indiana; and
Hancock, with the magnanimity that
belongs to his noble and heroic nature,
has thrown the whole weight of his
groat reputation into the scale of liber
ty and law, by urging his friends ev
| erywhere, to go with their whole
| might for Seymour. [Great applause.]
In the State of New York, where
Mr. Seymour's history and character
are well known, his majority, it is said,
will be counted by hundreds of thous
ands. Phis may be an over-sanguine
calculation ; but it is entirely certain
mat Grant nas no of lur
rying that State against Seymour, than
I he has of getting a majority in old Co
i dorus. ILaughterandapplau.se.]
1 do not say that Seymour has no
enemies. If profligate politicians
would not slander and abuse him that
would be a very bad sign for him. The
Scripture says, "woe unto you when
all men speak well of you," which
means that you cannot possibly be an
] honest man and at the same time be
i popular with all the rascals. There is
enough said against Mr. Seymour to
take that curse away from him. But,
I submit to you that there has not been
and that there will not he one specific
j accusation made against him with the
! slightest show of evidence to support
it, which ought to induce you to believe
; that he is not a stateman of the high
j est order, and a patriot pure and stain
; less. Moreover, he is a Christian man ;
! he believes in the obligation of an
i oath, and if he swears to preserve, pr< -
; tect and defend the Constitution, you
i may rest assured that he will do it.
General Blair vv as oneof tlieablest-and
| most distinguished Generals of the late
| civil war. He has very high claims
j upon us and upon the country. lie
was a fighting, not a stealing General.!
lie had no connection with any of
those atrocious cruelties upon non
combatants which will eternally dis
' grace the names of some other officers.
He would not be a military commis
sioner to commit murder upon inno
cent women and men. He had noth
ing to do with those illegal arrests
which filled the dungeons of the coun
try with the victims of political malice.
Seward knew very well that it was
not worth while to ring his "little bell"
at him, for he was no man's deputy
kidnapper. Whenever he went upon
duty lie always wore two uniforms, —
the uniform coat of a soldier, and the
uniform conduct of a gentleman.
[Great applause.]
After the war was over, he demand
ed of the party in power that they
should redeem the pledges which he
and they both had made to the people
of the country. He was a member of
that Congress which on the 22d day of
f July, 1 stl, (the day after the battle of
Bull llun,) by a solemn resolution u
nauimously passed through both
Houses, declared that the object of the
war was not subjugation or conquest
but solely to preserve the integrity of
the Union and to maintain the suprema
cy of the Constitution and Laws in the
South as well as in the North. He
went into the war upon the faith of
that resolution followed by thousands
of his friends. Upon the same faith,
thousands in the South and hundreds
of thousands in the North had sacri
ficed their lives aud given up their
property. He would not submit to be
swindled nor to let the people be swin
dled out of their blood and money. 1
dare say that at the time it was not his
intention to abandon the support of the
party with which he had been con
nected; he simply desired to make
them honest. But finding to be i
as hopeless, there was no alternative j
left him but to "come out from the
evil and corrupt fellowship" and rally
to the flag of the Constitution, around
which the democracy had already as
sembled. But to do this was no easy
| thing in the State of Missouri. The
vulgar despotism of thieves and ruffi
ans which had been established there
under Congressional auspices assailed
General Blair with all its brutal
strength. They refused to let him
vote because be would not swallow
their infamous test oaths, which he de
| nouneed as a disgrace to the civiliza
i tion of the age. They threatened his
life daily ; and once, while addressing
a public assemblage, he was shot at and
came within an ace of being murdered.
But nothing could tame the audacity
of his courage ; he said his say, and re
asserted the right of free speech.
In Avar and in peace, in the halls of
Congress and upon the hustings, at
the council table and upon the battle
field, he was ever true to the constitu
tional rights of the people. Now it is
our turn, and we the people will be
true to him. [Loud applause.]
But there are other considerations in
this election besides the mere personal
merits or demerits of the different can
didates. The continued existence of
this government,—the life of the na
tion—is at stake upon the issue. .Some
of you possibly may suppose that this
is a false alarm. If you really believe
that the institutions of this country are
not in very great danger, or that their
destruction would not be a very seri
j ous calamity, of course you will disre
j gard our warning. It is true, howev
| er, that many judicious and sober men,
i uninfluenced by party prejudice, have
! come to the deliberate conviction that
j unless the ship of state is speedily put
I upon her Constitutional tack, she will
; be driven upon the rocks and become n
) total wreck. We cannot possibly eu
! dure much longer this devil's dance of
| discord, misrule and corruption.
How can the government (which is
the Constitution and laws) survive if
it remains in the hands of those who
are hostile to it ? The strugglo we are
now making is to save the nation alive
out of the hands of its ememies.
Who are its friends? Who are its
i enemies? These are questions which
! can easily be settled.
For more than three quarters of a
1 century while the Democracy con troll
| ed our public affairs, no serious infrac
| tion of the organic law took place—
! none at ail which they had power to
prevent. We were faithful to the Con
stitution because we sincerely believed
it the best form of government- which
could be adopted for any people in our
situation. It was framed by the wisest
and greatest men that ever lived in all
the tide of time, at the head of whom
was General Washington himself, an
| honor not only to his country, but to
! human nature, and a man whose name
: is never pronounced by any true patriot
without emotious of profound respect
and reverence. They told us in lan
| guage at once sublime and simple what
, were the objects for which they hades
| tablished and ordained it. They said
it was "to form a more perfect Union
j between the several States, to estab
; lish justice, to insure domestic tran
i quility, to provide for the common de
fence, to promote the general welfare
and to secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity." These
great objects it has accomplished in
times past, and will accomplish again,
if its limitations be observed an l its
precepts obeyed. We owe no personal
allegiance to any man or any body of
men. Obedience to the Constitution
and laws is the test of ail loyalty, and
the essence of all patriotism. The
country says to all her people what the
Founder of Christianity said to His
disciples, "if ye love me keep my com
mandments. "
On the other hand, our opponents!
by their acts and their utterances ex
press the protoundest contempt for that
instrumentwhich we consider so sa
cred. They claim the privilege of do
ing whatever seems to be good in their
own eyes, without regard to any pro- I
hi bit ion of the fundamental law, if it ,
will promote their interest or gratify
their passions, or give them an addi
tional chance to perpetuate their {low
er. They have never upon any occa- i
sion treated with decent respect, a con
stitutional objection to any of their
measures, no matter from what quar- i
ter it came. Private individuals who j
have attempted to argue such points '
have been arrested, thrust into dun-I
geons and treated with a cruelty such!
as no humane man would inflict upon j
his beasts. The President took ground |
in favor of the Constitution ; they an
swered him by an impeachment, and
came within one vote of deposing him
froin his office, and putting in his
place a creature of their own who
would trouble them with no conscien
tious scruples. The .Supreme Court
came to the rescue; they broke down
its jurisdiction, insulted that high tri
bunal, and trampled its just authority
under their feet.
Remember that this is not a dispute
upon tin abstract question of political
ethics. They have carried out their
hostility to the Constitution into the
fullest practical operation. And this
they did not merely in a time of war,
when the passions engendered by the
contest might have afforded some fee
ble excuse for their conduct, but in a
time of profound peace, when the
United States had for more than two
years ceased to have an armed enemy
in the world, Congress deliberately sat
down and plotted the total overthrow
of the Constitution in ten of the States
for no legal reasons expressed or un
derstood which would not be applicable
to all the other States. They not only
destroyed the State governments with
in those limits but they annihilated
the federal government at the same
time; they left not one vestige of eith
er; and upon the ruins of both they
erected a despotism as absolute as that
of an Asiatic Sultan. It was not only
a usurpation of power not granted, and
therefore forbidden, but it was exer-
cised in away precisely most destruc
tive to those great rights which the
| Constitution was made on purpose to
! protect.
it is undeniable that the reconstrue
; tion acts (so called) violate not only
the whole principle and spirit of the
Constitution, hut they abrogate every
separate provision in it and ail the
' amendments including their own
amendment for the abolition of slavery.
That declares that slavery or involun
| tary servitude shall not exist "except
for crime whereof the party siiaii have
| been duly convicted." But under
these acts any person may he, and it
| is notorious that scores and hundreds
j of persons perfectly innocent of crime,
I have been reduced to "slavery or in
! voluntary servitude" of the worst kind
—to hard labor for years and for life
without the smallest pretence of a due
or legal conviction.
Good natured persons may suppose
j that these outrages were not wilfully
i done. I admit we are bound to put
on their conduct the kindest construc
tion we can consistently with reason.
1 But charity never wove a mantle
I broad enough to cover such crimes as
| theirs. There is direct evidence, cor
roborated by a strong chain of circum
stances, which proves incontestibly
that they knew what they were about.
1 ought to mention at least some of
j the evidence to which I refer, and I
; will.
In the first place it is literally im
; possible for them to have made a mis
take. You must presume that mem
bers of Congress had read the Consti
tution. Having read it they could
| not believe that it authorized the estab
lishment of an irresponsible despotism
iu any part of the country; for it is
radiant all over with the light of lib
erty and justice. They could not help
but see that it provides a jury trial and
habeas corpus for every citizen. They
must have known that it forbade
searches and seizures of person and
property without a warrant. '1 hey
i could not close their eyes on the words
which declare that no act of attainder
or bill of the pains and penalties shall
be passed; that all judicial authority
shall be vested in the ordained and
i established courts; that every .State is
guaranteed such form of republican
government as it may choose, and that
Congress shall not regulate the right
of suffrage. There are some things for
which ignorance is no excuse. A man
who has studied the ten command
ments cannot be allowed to say that
; he thought it right to murder, steel or
bear false witness against bis neighbor.
The Constitution is as plain as the
decalogue.
Another tiling. At the time when
these laws were passed, Mr. Thaddeus
Stevens was the great leader of his
party in Congress. His vast intellec
tual superiority entitled him to "that
had eminence." He towered above all
others, like the King of the Titans sur
rounded by pigmies. Out of their un
limited confidence they trusted him to
frame their measures according to tiie
views he was known to take upon
I constitutional questions. He drew up
the Iteconstration law, laid it before
: them and told them it was not con
stitutional. He would stultify himself
by asserting that he found any warrant
in the organic law for such an act.—
When Democrats objected he said their
scruples were merely the splinters of
the old broken Constitution, festering
in their kidneys. Some of the smaller
radicals pretended to believe that the
war-making power—the power bestow
ed on Congress to make war upon
foreign nations—would justify every
kind of interdicted legislation against
our own people in a time of perfect
peace. He silenced that paltry twad
dle by the expression of his profound
contempt. Afterwards in a printed
and published letter, he boldly avowed
that Congress had repudiated the Con
stitution, and that the reconstruction
act was a usurpation. He not only ac
knowledged that he himself had com
mitted that offence, but he turned
states evidence and testified that his ;
associates were equally guilty. His
testimony is directly to the point. He
knew the truth and he proclaimed it
unequivocally. Now that death has
disarmed him of his mighty power it
would not be magnanimous in us who
opposed him, much less iu those who
followed him with servile admiration
in his life time, to vex his great spirit
by asserting that he falsified the his
tory of bis party iu regard to the most
important affair.
Again, when this bill was first pass
ed the President sent it back with a
veto message in which he showed it to
be unconstitutional by pointing out |
the particular articles and sections
with which it came in direct conflict.
And the demonstration was so clear
and transparent that any child could
see it. Not a man in either House
had a word to say in reply. They saw
themselves arraigned before their con- j
stituents by the Chief Magistrate of the j
nation and charged with the violation
° I
of their most sacred obligations; but i
they stood mute and made no defence, j
What could this mean but a conscious- I
ness of guilt ?
That is not all. The Supreme court)
in the Milligan case had solemnly de- \
cided that Congress could not pass a j
law under any circumstances or at any j
time to deprive any persons within |
the United States of his right to be tried '
by an impartial jury in a regularcourt. )
This decision was perfectly well known j
to the members of Congress when they j
determined to deliver nine millions of j
people at once to be hung or imprison
ed without judge or jury, according to
the pleasure orcapriceof the''Satraps"
or "Lord Deputies" whom they might
send down to do the work.
Jjot me mention another fact which
shows that they acted with their eyes
wide open to the truth. Last winter —
exactly a year after the reconstruction
act was passed—the question of its con
stitutional validity was again argued
before the Supreme Court in the Mc-
Ardle case. Congress knew that the
Court mimt decide against them; and
for th;d reason alone thay made a law
VOL. 64—WHOLE No. 5,459.
to forbid any decision at all. The un
! fortunate individual, guilty of uocrime
who had lied to that sanctuary as his
! last refuge and laid his hands upon the
horns of the altar, was dragged away
and handed back again to the "slave
power" of his oppressors to be impris
oned, scourged or killed if they should
! think proper. Thus they prevented
the judicial exposure of one outrage by
! committing another, still more atro
j cious.
If the majority in Congress has ha
bitually legislated in willful and Cor
rupt disregard of the constitutional ob
ligations what ought to be the popular
! judgment upon them ? What should
! be the verdict upon a candidate for the
I Vice Presidency who has been the
speaker and organ of such a Congress?
| What should be your decision ujKn a
j candidate for the Presidency who hav
| ing "no policy" of his own, consents to
become a mere instrument in their
i hands?
All political philosophers, and all
| men of common sense concur in the
I belief that public virtue is the only se
j cure foundation upon which a govern
j meat like ours can rest. 1 low long can
I public virtues survive among men who
| do not recognize the duty of obedience
j to that fundamental law which is the
j only protection we have for the rights
of life, liberty or property?
Congress must be sadly demoralized
already. Of course you will not be
lieve without evidence, that they vote
on money bills as they vote on Consti
tutional questions, according to their
| interests and not according to their pub
lic duty. But if it were proved to your
entire satisfaction that they represent
their own breeches pockets with far
greater fidelity than they defend the
rights of the tax-payers, it would not
excite your surprise or lower them
much in your estimation. They cannot
commit any higher crime than" that of
betraying the liberties for which our
forefathers suffered and died. If they
have done that you may say to t-hein
what Othello said to the man who had
slandered his wife—
"Never pray more ; abandon all remorse ;
On horrors head horrors accumulate;
For nothing canst tbou to damnation add
Beeper thsE that."
But look a little further and see the
horrible effect of their example. Con
gress has taken control of the execu
tive branch. The Senate usurps the
power of removal from office and for
bids its exercise by the President—they
are masters of the administration and
j command the army of office holders.—
S Of course the subordinates are ready to
| adopt the code of moralty which their
i masters act upon. All dishonest offi-
I eers may say to Senators and represen
| tatives "You are bound to protect us ;
we are not faithful to the public,
but we are as true as you are to the
party and ourselves ; you swore to sup
port the Constitution and we swore to
' perform our duties with fidelity; our
oath is not stronger than yours; if you
can swindle the nation out of her liber
i ties what shall hinder us from cheat
j ing the treasury ? Aye, the lesson you
have taught us we will learn, and it
| shall go hard but we will better the in
| structions."
The consequence is that we have the
| most corrupt government on the face
|of the earth. 1 can not speak with per
fect accuracy, but 1 believe I am with
in reasonable bounds when I tell you
that a thousand millions would not
| cover the frauds committed since the
| close of the war. We have the heavi
; est debt that the industry of any peo
ple ever struggled under without being
totally crushed, and it is increasing in
| stead of being diminished. We are
taxed euough to keep the government
i running and to pay off the whole debt
in ten years, if the money werehonest
ly applied. But one-half the internal
revenue imposed by the federal gov
i eminent, and collected from the peo
ple is stolen before it reaches the treas
ury, and the other half is squandered
I ed by Congress in schemes of the most
j extravagant corruption. Before the
war our current expenses were less
than seventy-five millions of dollars; now
they are nearly four hundred millions,
besides the interest on the nati uial
debt and without counting what is >lo
len in transitu. The financial difference
between Democratic rule and Radical
mis- rule is certainly worth your serious
attention.
This is the necessary result of the
radical system. It cannot be otherwise
as long as they remain in power. No
evil tree can bring forth good fruit.
If you cease to he governed by law and
allow yourselves to be held down by
mere brute force you must pay for it.
Tyranny is always expensive. The price
oi your own enslavement will be pro
portioned to the cruelty of the vassal
age. Congress keeps up an army, a na
vy, a freedman's bureau, and other
machinery of despotism, aud makes us
pay hundreds of millions for them in
order to maintain in the South, a law
less domination of negroes, scalawags,
and carpet baggers. By this means
they iiope not only to control the South
but to do whaWthey please in the North
—to rule us for their pleasure and plun
der us for their profit.
The most hideous shape that tyranny
ever puts on is that of a corrupt oligar
chy, where the forms of a free govern
ment are coupled with substantial des
potism, where the rights of the people
are acknowledged in theory, while
they are practically trodden under foot
where there is a written Constitution
which the rulers swear to preserve
without keeping their oaths. Rather
than see General Grant elected Presi
dent with the understanding that he is
to administer tlie government on the
congressional plan of disregarding all
constitutional obligations it would be
far better to let him or somebody else
be proclaimed absolute dictator and a
boiish the Constitution at once. For
myself, if I must choose between the
two most frightful evils that ever
scourged the human race, I will with
out hesitation, take an unlimited mon
archy, in preference to a rotten repub
lic.
But we are not reduced to that al
ternative. We will save our institu
tions by putting an end to the power
which threatens their overthrow. This
mighty and puisant nation is already
"rousing herself like a strong man af
ter sleep and shaking her invincible
locks." We will elect Mr. Seymour
and the government shall be adminis
tered again in the interests of justice
and liberty regulated by law.
Judge Black retired amid long contin
ued shouts of applause. After these
had subsided he came forward again
to introduceGovernorSwann, and said:
My friends, you will now be address
ed by one of the most distinguished
men in the country. He is the Chief
Magistrate of Maryland, lie comes to
us clothed with the grateful confi
dence of that noble and high-hearted
people. They know what it is to suf
fer under Radical misrule, for they en
dured it in its worst form. But they
"threw off the shaekels of usurjied con
trol" and it was mainly by the aid of
their Governor that they were able to
break their chains, and hew them link
from link, lie is earnestly struggling
now to do for the whole Union what ho
has done for his native State; restore
it to independence, prosperity and
peace.