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Democratic Nominations.
NATIONAL.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HOI, HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OE NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
GEO. fRANK r, mill,
OE MISSOURI.
STATE.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
HON. CHARLES E. BOYLE,
of Fayette County.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
GEN. WELLINGTON H. ENT.
of Columbia County.
JTDiciAny.
ADDITIONAL LAW JUDGE,
trjl.lT.lM J. If A Jilt, of Somerset Co.
COUNTY.
CONGRESS.
F. M. KI MM FT. I, of Franklin Co.
ASSEMBLY,
Aft K.I IT A M WILSON, of Sotiifmrt,
<1 FOR*It: MrGOVEJtN, of Fulton.
COMMISSIONER,
DANIEL UEEGI.E, of St. Clair.
POOR DIRECTOR,
HENRY EG OLE, of Napier.
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
SAM'L KETTFKMAN, of Hertford.
COROSOR,
Dr. V. 11. I'ENNSYL, of Bloody Ran.
AUDITOR,
AT. A. 1 IVNT Fit, of Broad Top.
THE LEGISLATIVE I|l WTI.V.
I'rami ii lull I Nominal ion*.
Will tin* INiipH' Emlorsi* Ilium?
The Radicals of this Legislative Dis- j
trict have nominated John Weller
and J. C. Longenecker, Esqs., as their
candidates for Representatives in the
Legislature. We want it understood,
in limine, that we have no objections j
to these gentlemen, personally. Mr.
\\ eller has already served two sessions
and has a record upon which the i>eo
ple will pass judgment. Mr. Longen
ecker is a young lawyer who has no
record save that of a very rabid Itadi- j
cal stump orator.
Both of these nominations were pro
cured by Iraud and are really not any
more binding upon the Radical party
of the district than the nominations of
Wilson and McGovern. Weller re
ceived but a minority of the votes cast j
at the Uadieal primary election in j
Somerset, was not the choice of the ma
jority of his party in that county, and
defeated the will of that majority, only
by getting out a "straw" candidate !
who drew off enough votes from his
principal opponent, Dr. D. F. Walker,
to leave him (Weller) a plurality. By
this trick, the rule of the Radical party
in Somerset, to give a member but j
two terms, was overthrown, and Wel
ler was fraudulently renominated for a j
third term. As for Mr. Longenecker's
nomination, every body in this neigh- i
borhood knows how that was brought j
about. Capt. John S. SLuckey, of Na- j
pier tp., was a strong candidate for the j
nomination, having carried the con- !
vention two years ago, but losing the;
nomination through the machination ?
of certain jealous politicians. Unfor
tunately (or fortunately, we hardly
know which) for Capt. Stuckey, John
Cessna appeared upon the scene as a
candidate for the Congressional nomi
nation. For a while the chances be
tween Cessna and his competitors
seemed about even, and he found it :
necessary to resort to his peculiar tac- ;
tics, lie reasoned in this wise: "If I
permit Capt. Stuckey to carry the
convention, the nomination will be
conceded to him, on account of his
having been thrown overboard in 18-
GG ; therefore, my plan is to defeat him
with a new man whose claims can be
easily postponed ; for, if he succeeds in
carrying the convention my competi
tors will argue against me that Bed
ford county has one of the candidates
for the Legislature and ought to yield
the nomination for Congress to some
other county. Accordingly Cessna
went to work to accomplish his pur
pose. His first card was a trick similar
to that played by Weller in Somerset.
A candidate was brought out in Capt.
Stuckey's own township, for the ex
press purpose of taking the delegatesfrom
the Captain at his own home. This
proved successful. But in spite of all
the appliances that were brought to
bear against him, Captain Stuckey had
a majority of the delegates elected to
the convention, when that body as
sembled. By dint of strong arguments,
however, a conversion was made to
Longenecker, but the latter still did
not have a majority of the convention.
A bright idea then struck Cessna and
his co-workers. There was Southamp
ton tp., unrepresented. Could not a
delegate be manufactured for that
township? Yes, good luck would
have it so; there happened to bo in
town, a citizen of that township, who,
indeed, knew nothing about the con
vention, and who did not come to at
tend it, and who was not elected a
delegate by the Radicals of Southamp
ton or any other township; upon him
Johu Cessna and his co-adjutors at
once centred their affections. They
fell upon his neck and kissed him and
hugged him to their bosoms, and—
elected him a delegate for Longcnecker !
This was the coup de grace, to Captain
Stuckey and gave Longcnecker the in
structions of the convention. No soon
er, however, was Longenecker pre
sented by the county, than Cessna, in
turn, sought to defeat his nomination.
That he failed in accomplishing his
end, was no fault of his or of his per
j sonal friends.
For the truth of what we have here
stated, we appeal to the Radicals who
r had an inside view of the struggle for
' the Legislative and Congressional
nominations. We will not swear that
Cessna and his friends really did kiss
their Southampton delegate ; that is a
figure of speech ; but as to the rest,
there are plenty of men who can make
affidavit, if they will.
The question now is, will the people
sustain nominations thus fraudulently
made ?
IIERE YOU ARE.
The Bedford Inquirer dares us to
print in full its article of August 8, on
"Equal Taxation." We accept the
challenge and give it below, verbatim.
We have dared the Inquirer , several
times, to answer questions which we
propounded, but it has always evaded
them. Let the public judge which is
the fairer journal, the GAZETTE, or the
Inquirer. The article which we are
"dared" to publish, is as follows:
Equal Taxation.
The Democratic platform was con
structed with an "Equal Taxation"
plank intended as a catch-penny for
the unwary.
Let us see how it would work. The
Internal Revenue Laws, framed by a
Republican Congress, apportioned the
taxes, absolutely required for the na
tional support, in such a manner as to
bear heaviest upon those who could
best bear them, and lightly, or not at
all, on the poor. Under that law to- 5
day no man pays an income tax unless 1
his income is over a thousand dollars. ;
Under this law scarcely fifty men in j
Bedford county pay an income tax, j
and the great majority of the people |
pay no government tax at all. This ;
is judicious and statesmanlike; ex
empting the poor and middle classes '
entirely from the burthen of taxation, i
Truly this is not equal taxation, but j
it is the taxation that pays the debt of ;
the nation without laying its burthen \
upon the poor and the needy, the wid
ow and the orphan and the day-laborer.
Under it the poor man and his child
ren have ail their rights and liberties
preserved, and are permitted to occupy
their homes in peace unmolested by
the taxgatherer's call. What would i
the catch-penny "Equal Taxation" of
the Copperhead platform do in this j
case? Let us see how Equal Taxation ■
would work. Equal Taxation would
require that every man who owns a
dollar's worth of property should pay
his exact proportion of the amount of
taxes requisite to pay the debts of the j
nation. It would carry the tax-gath
erer into the poor man's cabin to filch
the last dollar of his hard earned wag- ,
es for taxes and leave his children to j
famish for bread, It would toll the
widows basket of meal and tax the
poor man's pig. It would lay the
heavy hand upon and exact the last
penny from high and low, rich and
poor, alike, never considering whether
there was left a shelter for the widow
and her orphans or clothing and bread
for the starving poor. Such would he
the result of the " Equal Taxation'''' con
cerning which Copperheadism makes
such a hue and cry. True it is that the
Republican Congress has not made an
equal tax law, hut it is a just, fair,
righteous and liberal one. It screens
the poor in their poverty, and lays no
additional burthen upon the shoulders
already bowed with the cares of pov
ertyand want. The Republican party
is the poor man's friend and exempts
him from taxes of every kind. Cop
perheadism vaunts itself upon " Equal
Taxation ," and would lay a tax upon
the last dollar of the wayfaring poor.
Let the poor man think upon this,
and consider whether he prefers to be
taxed. If he does let him vote the
Copperhead ticket, and cry out for
"Equal Taxation," and he will get it.
But if he wishes to continue free from
taxes, and let those who can afford it
pay them, let him vote the whole Re
publican ticket. Let the small-farmer
and mechanic, and every man whose
income is less than SIOOO consider
whether he prefers to be taxed or not.
If he is ambitious of figuring in the
Internal Revenue tax list, let him by
all means vote for Seymour and Blair ,
hut if he prefers to remain free from
taxes, as he now is, let him not only
cast his own, but persuade his neighbor
to cast his ballot for Grant and Colfax
and the policy that exempts the poor
man from taxation.
Doubtless, the Inquirer man imag
ines that his article has smashed into
splinters the eternal principle of Equal
Taxation. A few words will unde
ceive him. It is true that hut few peo
ple pay an income tax. It is also true
that the bondholders pay only an in
come tax. But it is not true that those
who have no incomes, pay no taxes.
The poorest man in the country pays
taxes—not an income tax, but an out
come tax. On every pound of tea he
buys, a tax of 25 cents in gold is laid by
the government, and as he has no gold,
he pays it in greenbacks and he is
charged the difference between gold
and greenbacks, which makes the tax
on his pound of tea just 37 cents. On
every pound of coffee the poor man
buys, he is charged by the government
a tax of 5 cents in gold, which he is
compelled to pay in greenbacks, which
makes the tax on his pound of coffee,
just 74 cents. On every pound of im-
I>orted sugar the poor man buys, the
government charges him a tax of 4
cents in gold, or G cents in greenbacks.
The poor man, the consumer, pays
these taxes to the retail merchant, the
retailer pays them to the wholesale
dealer, the wholesale dealer pays them
to the importer, and the importer pays
them to the government. The poor
man and the middle classes are also
taxed, in the same way, upon articles
of clothing, meat (they must help pay
their butcher's license) medicines
(they must pay stamp duties on many
Wkfjt jUrtirorti €Sr*?rtt* astStfofSj* pa.
Of them) articles of furniture, legal
papers (stamps again) matches (stamps
once more) etc., etc. These taxes, in a
great measure, are applied to the pay
ment of the gold interest on govern
ment bonds, whilst the holders of those
bonds pay nothing but an income tax,
and evade that by making false re
turns and tampering with the Asses
sors of Internal Revenue. Thus every
man who owns a "pig," or has a dol
lar in his pocket, is taxed by the gov
ernment to pay the bondholder his inter
est in gold, ichilst the bondholder pays
scarcely any taxes at all. As to the
farming community, let us see how
this system of unequal taxation oper
ates. The farmer pays State, County
and Township taxes; the bondholder
pays not one cent of such taxes. A farm
er, of ordinary family, will use, say,
one barrel of sugar per year, or about
200 pounds; say about 5 pounds of tea,
and 100 pounds of coffee. The mus
lins, clothing, and other articles of a
similar character purchased by him
during the year, take out of his pocket,
as government duties at the lowest
figure, $20.00. Leaving out of the
question, stamp duties, and other mat
ters which might be fairly taken into
the account, his government taxes,
therefore, are as follows :
1 barrel sugar, taxed, $12.00
5 pounds tea, taxed, 1.85
100 pouuds coffee, taxed, 7.50
Muslins, clothing, <&€., 20.00
Total $41.35
Now, say this farmer raises 200 bush
els of wheat per annum, here is a tax
of upwards of 20 cents on each bushel,
paid by him to the government. This
goes to pay the bondholders, to keep
up the Negro Bureau and to pay off the
Standing Army. When wheat is
worth $2.25 per bushel, the farmer re
alizes but 2.05, and when the differ
ence between gold and greenbacks, is
deducted, be gets but $1.30. Mean
while the bondholder draws his inter
est in gold, pays no State, County or
Township taxes, and evades the in
come tax. Hence the Democrats pro
pose Equal Taxation as a remedy for
the present defective because unequal
system. Equal Taxation will compel
the bond-holding nabobs and aristo
crats to pay their share of the taxes,
and of course, will proportionally lessen
the taxes of the farmer, middle and
the poorer classes. Now, we dare the
Inquirer to publish this article. Come,
now, Lutz, toe the mark !
A CARPET-BAGGER IN BEBTBKD
COI'N'TY.
Tlie Leader of (he G. A. It.
Weask the soldiers of Bedford coun
ty to note the fact that the present lead
er and organizer of the "Grand Army
of the Republic," is one A. K. Agnew,
who travels over the county with a
carpet-bag stuffed with printed oaths
and the disgusting ritual of this mid
night conspiracy. Was Mr. Agnew ev
er in the army? Has he an honorable
discharge? Yes, he was once a cook in
one of the regiments, and, we make no
doubt, a good one, too. But he was not
an enlisted soldier. Yet this man is put
forward as an organizer of the "Grand
Army of the Republic," which you
are asked to join, and of which some of
you are already members. Such is
y>ur leader!
The free unsworn soldiers, the inde
pendent and unenslaved veterans, will,
perhaps, prefer to follow the lead of
Hancock, McClellan, Franklin, Slo
cum, Ilosecrans, Ewing, and the long
list of brave and distinguished soldiers
who support Seymour and Blair, and
will leave "Bully" Agnew to organize
a Grand Army of cooks and bottle
washers, under the oath of this mis
named Grand Army of the Republic.
VERMONT.
Dahomey TaKen Iy (he .Yujjroes.
The poor, dejected Rods have IHN.II
so long without a victory, that they
are almost crazy over the fact that they
escaped defeat in Vermont. There
were never enough Democrats in that
State for seed, and nobody expected
any thing else than that it would go
Radical by a very large majority. As
the State was conceded to the Radicals,
the Democrats made no effort to in
crease their vote, yet, in spite of all
this, the Democratic vote is increased
some 3,000, and greater, m proportion,
than the Radical vote. The Radical
majority is some 2,000, or 3,000 less
than in 1804. We can take the Radi
cal majority in Vermont from the
Democratic majority in Kentucky, and
still have 00,000 of the latter left to set
off all the Radical majorities that can
be given in New England. Maine
votes next, and, of course, will follow
the example of Vermont. We have
never counted on carrying any New
England State, except Connecticut.—
We don't need any of them. The peo
ple of New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania and the great West have no
sympathy with New England notions,
and will decide the issues before them
without reference to the action of the
blue-bellies.
JOHN CESSNA cannot, certainly, have
the effrontery to ask a Democrat to
vote for him. Nay, he cannot com
plain if he is indignantly spurned from
the presence of those whom he so base
ly betrayed.
HXOW KOTHIKOISa REVIVED!
"Bully" Ajfiiew On the Circuit!
He Swears In the Doubtful!
Horrible Oatli of the I T |lor Decree!
We have received the following from
a correspondent at Imler's Store in
Bedford fcp.:
FRIDAY, Sept. 4.
EDITOR GAZETTE: —Last night I
happened to be at Imler's store, when
I noticed considerable commotion a
mong some of the people of that neigh
borhood. I soon recognized the pres
ence of Mr. Agnew ("Bully") and I
wondered whether some poor devil of
a "deserter" was to be haltered, or
what could be "Bully's" business in
our neighborhood. I waited a little
and soon the door was locked, and
"Bully" proceeded to draw from his
pocket a little book. A certain "Republi
can," who has been considered a little
doubtful, then stood up and "Bully"
read him the oath of the G. A. R. from
the little book. He then went on to
explain that he was going around to
swear people into this midnight order,
but there were some men in the party
that could not be trusted with the se
crets. He said, too, it was no use to
swear in such men as Isaac Imler or
John Leonard, Sr., as they were all
right any how. He said he was on
his way to St. Clair where he expected
to do some work. I give you this for
public information.
Yours,
A DISGUSTED REPUBLICAN.
And this is the game, is it? Oh, ho!
Another oathbound political society
to cheat the people! What do the de
cent men of the Radical party think
of this dirty trick ? Many of them are
not to be trusted with the secrets of
this conspiracy. The old men of the
party, too, are ignored, the leaders
counting on their willingness to follow
them in any course they may take.
The poor, unsuspecting tools who
are thus "roped" into this organiza
tion are to be used, after a little, for a '
far different purpose. They are tocarry
muskets in the tear which the Radicals
propose to inaugurate in case Grant is
defeated ! The following exposition
of this horrible oath-bound society, we
find in an exchange; it is enough to
shock and disgust any true man :
" 'The Post' is the initiatory degree
in this order, and here the rite of initi
ation is very simple. In order to de
lude those who have been in the ser
vice of the United States into joining
them, the statement is made that the
G. A. It. is not of a political character,
and that its object is only to promote
the interests of those who were in the
army. But upon initiation the novice
is obliged to vote for a soldier as a
gainst a civilian, unless otherwise in
structed by the order, which means
that in case a Radical civilian is a can
didate for ollice against a Democratic
soldier, the order will instruct its mem
bers to vote for the civilian. Thus the
'Post'is used as a political machine,
and as it is under the control of the
Supreme Comuiandery, ti.i,, onOuifi
liate branch is subject to military duty
under the orders of the Supreme Com
mander. This, however, is studious
ly concealed from the knowledge of
the members of the' Post,' and so are
many other things which are deemed
safeonly in the breastsof the members of
the higher degrees. Only those who
have risen to the grade of 'Brigadier
General' in the order, can take the
highest degree and only by taking the
following oath:
*I ; , in the presence of Al
mighty God and upon his Holy Evan
gelists, do solemnly swear that I will
hear true allegiance to the American
Nation, that I will recognize all men
without distinction of race or color as
my political equals, and that I will
oppose and stand ready at ail hazards,
to assist in abrogating, or if need be,
in overturning, all laws, under what
ever name, not in harmony with this
doctrine of equality and I furthermore
swear that I will, at all times and un
der all circumstances, favor the con
centration of power in the Federal
Government and oppose the idea of
reserved rights residing in the States,
or in the people; and I furthermore
swear that I will resist, to the extent
of my power, even if it should require
the sacrifice of life itself, the continu
ance of the States Rights theory in
the policy of the Government of the
United States: and in token of my
sincerity, I hereby announce my will
ingness to submit to the extreme pen
alty, even death, which this order may
choose to inflict upon me, if at any
time I should prove unfaithful to this,
my oath of loyalty. So help me God
ami keep me true."
THE TURNCOAT TICKET.
We wish the "Republicans" joy of
their "turn-coat" ticket. Grant, a rene
gade Democrat for President, Hart
frant, a renegade Democrat for Audit
or General, Cessna, a renegade Demo
crat for Congress, Rowe, a renegade
Democrat for Additional Law Judge.
The turn-coats are to have all the big
oftices, and the old "Republicans" are
to be satisfied with a defeat for Poor
Director and Auditor. The turn-coats
also have the Chairman of the county
committee, Esq. Lingenfelter. Hur
rah for the turncoats ! Go in, Republi
cans! Give them the offices! After
you have served them, they will con
clude that it is about time to turn their
coats again.
THIRTY HATS CKSSS.I.
The brag and boast of John Cessna
about the result of the election, are like
the wonderful prediction of this won
derful prophet some time ago, that in
less than thirty days, Johnson would
be out and Ben Wade in the White
House. How the wish would like to
bo "Z>d"-y to the thought !
"I am going to vote for Seymour, but
Cessna once did me a kindness and I
am under obligations to vote for him !"
Is that so? Well, then, what in the
name of heaven is the use to elect Sey
mour, if you intend to tie his hands by
electing a Radical Congress? Haven't
you had enough of that sort of business
j during the past two years ?
A IIOMBSHELI, IN THE RADII!AIt
CAMP!
The Oryrnii of the Sommct "K<'|iiilli
cans'' uu Tnrnvont Cemna!
The "Public Appetite in Palled" by His
Constant Dettire for oflice.
Original "RepulHlcmiii" Have Vowed
Never Again to Vole for A Turncoat !
The Somerset Herald A Whiy, of Ju
ly Bth, the only "Republican" paper in
Somerset, in an article in reply to one
in the Franklin Repository, urging the
nomination of John Cessna, prints the
following:
To the claims thus preferred on be
half of Mr. Cessna—with 110 feeling of
unkindness toward him, hut with that
candor with which we are accredited,
by the writer in the Repository—wo, re
ply, that Mr. Cessna competed for the
democratic Gubernatorial nomination
with Judge Woodward in the summer
of 18(13, and in justice to him as an hon
orable man, we are bound to infer that
he supported his successful competitor,
at the election in October of that year.
In fact, if we are not misinformed, he
nid not join his fortunes with the Re
publican party till late in the Presiden
tialcanvassof thesucceedingyear. We
would not detract an iota from the
credit to which he is entitled, for the
zeal and energy evinced in the cam
paign of 1860, but wo cannot be so un
just to all other Republican workers in
the State, as to ascribe to him the en
tire honor of that victory, while as to
his speech before the Supreme Court,
we may be pardoned the suggestion
that it was a "surprise" which has
borne no fruits. If our memory he
tray us not, Mr. Cessna's efforts in the
contest "Koontz vs. Coffroth" were
confined to the prima facie case which
was not successful, the House, months
afterwards being induced to reverse Hie
decision of its committee through the
the perseverance of Mr. Koontz, and by
the weight of additional testimony ad
duced, and as to the Senatorial contest
of last winter, wfe modestly suggest,
that in Mr. Swope of Clearfield, Mr.
Cessna had an able colleague, who
should be permitted to wear a small
portion of the laurels won.
Now, for a few reasons why Mr.
Cessna will not make so available a
candidate as Mr. Koontz. Nature
has so constituted him that he is essen
tially aggressive, or nothing; and so
far has this predominant characteristic
controlled him, that in his own county
his political enemies are by no means,
confined to the ranks of the democracy,
and with a candidate of similar antece
dents, on the State ticket, and another on
the Judicial ticket, it is asking much of
original Republicans, to concede the on
ly remaining candidate of importance,
to be voted for in October, to the same
side of the house. His ambition for
political honors has kept him so con
stantly before the people, for positions
both great and small, that the public !
appetite is palled. If made the nomi- \
nee, he will be opposed with a bitter
ness, unparallelled in the political histo
ry of the State, and although in hisele- ,
meat in a free tight, his colleagues on
the ticket may not court so acrimoni
ous and bitter a campaign. Again,
we have in our midst quite a number
of original republicans, who appalled
and disgusted by the treachery of An
drew Johnson, have vowed, never a
gain to vote for a former democrat,
for a representative ofiice, until years
of probation have thoroughly purged
him of the ancient virus. And finally
the closeness of the district —about to
i>o .r.aie more so, by the introduction
along the line of our railroad, of an el
ement always adverse to us—requires
that availability should be carefully
considered in selecting a Congressional j
candidate.
We commend this article to tne" Re
publicans" of Bedford county. Per
haps they like turn-coats hotter than
their brethern in Somerset.
IF you want a change in the tax law !
or in any other department of Federal |
legislation, vote against the Radical j
candidate for Congress. If you owe
Cessna any thing, don't pay him at the j
expense of your country.
THK Democratic majority in this con- ;
gressional district, last year, was just
fifteen votes. Can any Democrat he so
false to his o\\ 11 convictions of right, as
to assist his political enemies in o
vereoniing this small majority?
SAYS one, "This man has done me a i
favor and I will vote for him." Is that
the price of your principles?
HE that is not for us is against us.
We shall see who are "true blue."
JUDICIAL CONFERENCE.—The Judi
cial Conference for the 16th District,
Pa., composed of the counties of Som
erset, Bedford, Fulton and Franklin,
met at Somerset, Pa., on the 29th of
Aug., 1868, for the purpose of nominat
ing a Democratic candidate for Ad
ditional Law Judge.
The lion. J. McDowell Sharpo, for
whom Franklin and Bedford Counties
had instructed, declined being a can
didate.
lion. Isaac Ilugus, J. O. Kimmell,
Esq., and A. J. Colborn, Esq., were
the conferees for Somerset county.
Dr. 11. Brubaker, of Somerset, Pa.,
who had been authorized to appear
for and cast the votes of Fulton county
was also present; Col J. W. Tate rep
resented Bedford county.
The Conference was organized by
appointing Hon. Isaac Ilugus, Presi
dent, and Dr. 11. Brubaker, See'y.
On motion of Dr. 11. Brubaker, sec
onded by C. F. Uhl, W. J. Baer, Esq.,
of Somerset, Pa., was unanimously
nominated as the Democratic candidate
fur Additional Law Judge for this
District.
On motion, the proceedings of the
conference were ordered to be publish
ed in the Democratic papers of the
district, in the Ilarrisburg Morning
Patriot , and in the Phila. Age.
On motion, A. J. Colborn, Esq.,
and Dr. 11. Brubaker were appointed
a committee to inform W. J. Baer,
Esq., of his nomination.
On motion, conference adjourned.
ISAAC HUGUS,
President.
11. BRUBAKER, See'y.
Fourteen thousand peoplo in the red
river country, north of Minnesota, are
in danger of starvation, grasshoppers
having made almost a clean sweep of
their crops.
A western newspaper reports that
the corn in lowa has grown so tall this
summer that a man on horseback can.
not reach the tassels of the stalks.
Seymour and Blair!
The People Endorse Them !
MONSTER GATHERING OF THE DEMOC
RACY !
CHEAT Sl'i:i:( IIRS. A.M> OI.OKIOI S
KMII I SIASM !
Judg-c It iiitiiicll mill 'ol. .Shriller Anni
hilate KiMlicnllNtu!
Mt'rcj' to tin 1 t'onqnerrS. IVacc to the
X.-ttion. HIKI Snloij and Security to (hr
ItcjuiMir !
"liulicliijal; ! Hallelujah ! The old (lag's
hack in TeuuetiMee !*'
The peojile of Bedford county in fa
vor of turning the Radicals out of of
fice, met in the Court House, on Mon
day evening hist, in overwhelming
numbers. Democrats and "Republi
cans" from all parts of the county,
were in attendance. The Court room,
and jury rooms adjoining, the aisles,
the vestibule, and every available inch
of standing room, were occupied and
many were compelled to remain out
side, not being able to effect an ent
rance. An impromptu delegation was
gotten up by the gallant and indefati
gable Democracy of Sehellsburg and
Napier, which presented a good ap
pearance as it entered town. The
meeting was called to order by the ap
pointment of HON. JOS. B. NOBLE,
of South Woodbury, as President;
with James Corboy, J. T. Gephart, 1).
Heltzel, J. D. Lucas, J. C. Black,
Daniel Roland, Geo. \V. Dielil, A. Mc-
Clellan, Archibald Blair, W. Mason,
Geo. Elder, J. J. Powell, J no. B. Fluke,
W. Gorsuch, Gen. Jas. Burns, P. P.
Lehman, Geo. Roados, Josiah Miller,
Daniel Fletcher, John Sill, A.Crisnmn,
D. A. T. Black, P. M. Barton, A. J.
Morgart, Jonn G. Hartley, A. Koontz,
David Howsare, llcz. O'Neal, S. W.
Statler, Burton Edsall, Jacob Beekley,
John Aistadt, F. D. Beegle, Samuel
Dubbs, Hon. W. G. Eicholtz, Hon. G.
W. Gump, W. M. Pearson, Dr. Oellig,
SamM Oster, Aaron Reed, as Vice Presi
dents; and A. W. Swope, 11. P. Diehl,
.JOSiau ititcney , juwi o. i>.
John C. Figard, 11. W. Reed, C. R.
Stoever aiulJames Northeraft as Sec
retaries.
HON. F. M. KIMMELL, the Demo
cratic candidate for Congress, in this
district, was then introduced to the
meeting as the first speaker. Judge
Kinimell proceetled to show how Radi
calism had forced Negro Suffrage upon
ten States of the Union, at the point
of the bayonet, in a time of profound
peace, at an expense of nine hundred
and fifteen millions of dollars for the
army and navy, one-third ot the pub
lic debt. He advocated the Democrat
ic Seymour doctrine of paying off the
public debt as speedily as possible, in
greenbacks where gold is not specified
in the contract. lie also advocated
the taxing of Government Bonds, and
one currency for all, the laborer and
the capitalist, the speculator and the
farmer, the pensioner and the bond
holder. He dissected the extrava
gance of the Radical gold pen and pen
knife Congress, until its corruptions
and thefts of the people's money were
exposed to the gaze of every man who
choosesto open hiseyesand see. Judge
Kinnnell's arraignment of the Radical
leaders, was one of the most effective
efforts we have ever listened to. The
Judge was frequently interrupted by
the plaudits of the audience, and when
he retired from the stand, lie was
greeted with such cheers as only Dem
ocrats know how to give.
HON. CHARLES 11. SIIRINER,
of Union county, was then introduced
to the audience. He began by stating
that he was one of those men who had
voted for Abraham Lincoln in 18G4,
and that his "Republican" friends
would remember that he made speech
es for Andrew G. Curtin, in Bloody
Run, Bedford and Sehellsburg, in 180:1.
But he was one of those Lincoln men
who could not go with Radicalism to
its present extremes, and who intend
to cast their votes for the patriot states
men, Seymour and Blair. He said
that he had come to this conclusion
from the fact that the "Republican"
party had violated every pledge they
made to the people during the war.
They had declared that the war was to
be waged solely for the restoration of
the Union, but at itsclose, instead of re
ceiving the conquered people of the
South back into the Union, they thrust
them out, and for three years and a
half have kept them out, and intend to
keep them out until they shall be will
ing to exchange military despotism
for negro domination. Was Negro
Suffrage, Negro office-holding, the ob
ject of the war? Did our soldiers shed
their blood, did our country waste its
treasure, for tho purpose of establish
ing a military despotism over ten mil
lions of Americans, and to keep up a
Freedmen's Bureau for the support of
four millions of Negroes in idleness and
thriftlessness? No! Never! He and
other "Republicans" had told the peo
ple during the war that at least four
tnillionsofthe Southern people were
as loyal and true to the Union as any
of the Northern people. This kind of
talk suited the Radical leaders then,
but it does not suit them ntnv. He r<>-
mern!>ered a song which was sung by
the "Republicans" during the war,
de criptive of a scene in Tennessee
which would illustrate this point.
The idea oft lie song was, that an old
slave-holder, who was a Union man,
had heard that the Union fleet was
moving up the Tennessee river. He
was very feeble and his faithful slave
carried him to the river side that lie
might once more behold the exiled
Stars and Stripes, the flag he so dearly
loved. When at last the banner of the
Union came in sight, the old man
shouted,
"Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
The old back in Tene&sec !"
and handed his slave his emancipation
papers. Now, said Col. Shriner, the
large class of Southerners, of which
this old Union man was the type, are
placed beneath the heel of a negro des
potism, controlled by bayonets, in the
interest of carpet-bag political adven
turers from the north. But want of
space forbids a further report of this
able speech. The whole audience was
thrilled by the appeal thus made to
their sense of justice and feelings
of mercy, and we saw the big, manly
tear trickling down the bronzed cheek
alike of Republicans and Democrats.
Col. Shriner sat down amid the most
vociferous applause.
The following resolutions were then
offered by B. F. Meyers, and unani
mously adopted:
Resolved , by the Democracy of Bed
ford county in Mass; Meeting assem
bled, That we do most heartily and
completely endorse the nomination of
Horatio Seymour, of New York, for
President, and Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair,
af Missouri, for Vice President, recog
nizing in them statesmen and patriots
whose public as well as private record
is without reproach.
Resolved, That the platform of prin
ciples adopted by the National Demo
cratic Convention, and endorsed by
the Union Soldiers'andSailors' Nation
al Convention, repeats the time-honor
ed doctrines of the fathers of the Re
public and announces those great truths
the observance of which alonecan per
petuate our form of government and
give prosperity and happiness to the
people.
Resolved, That the ('hicago Platform,
upon which Grant and Colfax are plac
ed as candidates, forces Negro Suffrage
ujion the people of ten States of the
Union, gives 600,000 negroes more
jMAUi<aal uovyer than the COO,OOO white
voters of Pennsylvania, endorses the
Freed men's Bureau which costs the
people of the North millions of dollars
per annum, sustains the Reconstruc
tion military despotism, which costs
the Northern people hundreds of mil
lions yearly, endorses impeachment,
evades the financial question, and ig
nores the question of taxing the bond
holders.
Resolved , That we are in favor of
a speedy payment of the public debt,
in the lawful currency of the country,
where gold is not specilied in the con
tract ; that we are in favor of abolish
ing the National Banks, and canceling
the bonds held by them by substitu
ting therefor the greenback issues of
the government, thus giving the peo
ple a safer currency, paying off 350 mil
lions of the public debt, and saving 21
millions annually of interest in gold.
Resolved , That we are in favor of tax
ing the government bonds, as other
property is taxed, so as to relieve the
masses now burdened with taxation,
and compel the wealth of the country
to pay its due proportion of the taxes.
Resolved , that the expenditure of
$1,500,000,000 of the people's money, by
tiie Radical party, since the close of
the war, without decreasing the public
debt, should startle every thinking
man, and every patriotic citizen will
demand that they shall be turned out
of office.
Resolved, That in the nomination of
Hon. F. M. Kimmell, for Congress,
\Y. J. liaer, Esq., for Additional Law
Judge, and Geo. McGovern, Esq.,
and Ser'gt Abraham Wilson for Legis
lature, the Democracy of Bedford coun
ty recognize standard bearers of whom
they are justly proud and who will
lead the people to assured victory.
Resolved , That the Democracy of
Bedford county regard John Cessna as
a traitor to the party that made him
and that his nomination for Congress
is an insult which they will resent at
the ballot-box with all the might that is
in them.
The meeting then adjourned with
three times three and a tiger, for Sey
mour and Blair, Kimmell and the
whole Democratic ticket.
The Democratic Brass Band was in
attendance during the meeting, and
discoursed most eloquent music. The
young men who compose the band,
deserve great credit for their persever
ance and the proficiency they have
made. Their music is far superior to
that of the G. 8. It. B. who persist in
forcing their harsh and grating sounds
upon the ears of the people at every
Democratic meeting.
IT is a good thing for tho Radicals
that the Dutch have so heroically cap
tured Holland in Vermont. They
have had nothing to hurrah for since
Gov. Joe Brown,of Andersonville pti -
on notoriety, made a speech in the Chi
cago convention. "Let us have peace."
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FINANCIAL.—PIIALOX'S "FLOR
1)E MAYO," the new perfume for the
handkerchief, is creating considerable
excitement among the five-twenties,
also among the sweet six teens. Sold
by all druggists.
Crop reports from Ohio and Indiana,
say the wheat crop will be about one
third larger than last year. Corn and
oaks are about the same as last year.
A vault fifty feel deep, twenty-five
feet wide, and twenty-feet high, has
been excavated in East Rock, near New
Haven, as a receptacle for lager beer.