BY MEYERS & MENGEL. if-lection proclamation. / < ENERAL ELECTION PROCLA \ I MATION.— WHEREAS, in ami by an act of Copera! 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 eeV are to be elected. I. ROIIEKT STECKMAN, Sheriff of the county of Bedford, do hereby make known and give this public notice to the electors uf the county of Bedford, that a Oeneral Election will beheld'in said county, on the SECOND TUESDA T (l*A) OF OCTOBER, 1868 at the several election districts, viz : 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 Coal Dale borough to meet at the school house in said The"electors of the borough of Bloody Run to meet at the House of Daniel B. Ott, in said bor ough. The electors ofColcrain township to meet at the house of And'w Pcnnell 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 house of Jacob Feightner. in said township. The electors of Juniata township to meet at Key ser's school house in said township. The electors of Hopewell township to meet at the school house near the house of John Dasher in said township. The electors of Londonderry township to meet at the house now occupied by Win. 11. Hill as a shop in Bridgeport in said township. The electors of Liberty township to meet at the school house in Stonerstown in said township. The eleetorsof Monroe township to meet at the house lately occupied by James Cornel! in Clear \ille in said township. The eleetorsof Sehellsburg borough to meet at the brick school house in said borough The electors of Napier township to meet at the brick school house in tho borough of Sehel.sburg. The electors of East Providence township to j meet at the house lately occupied by John Nycum, 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 <J. Hartley. The electors of West Providence township to meet at the house of Philip Hollar in said town ship. The electors of Ft. Clair township to meet at She school house near the residence of Joseph Griffith in said township. The electors of the borough of St. Clairsville to meet at the school-house in said borough. The eleetors of Union township to meet at the school house near Mowry's mill in said township. The electors of South Woodberry township to meet at the house of Samuel Oster, near Noble's mill in said township. Tho electors of Southampton township to meet at the house of Wm. Adams in said township. The electors of Saxton Borough to meet at the school ho use in said borough. The electors of Middle Woodberry township to meet at the house of Henry Fluke in the village of Woodberry. 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 will oleet bv ballot : <'• NE PERSON for the office of Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ONE PERSON for the office of Surv yor Gener al of ihc Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ONE PERSON, in conjunction with the 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 States. TWO PERSONS, in conjunction with the coun ties of Somerset and Fulton, for the office of Mem bers of the House of Representatives of Pennsyl vania. ONE PERSON for tho office of Commissioner for said county. ONE PERSON for the office of Poor Director for said county. ONE PERSON for the office of County Survey or for said ceuaty. ONE PERSON for county Auditor for said county. ONE PERSON far Coroner of said county. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That every person excepting Justices of the Peace who shall hold ■"? office 01 appointment of profit or tru-T under the United States, or of this State, or any city or cer tiorated district, whether a commissioned officer ..r otherwise, a subordinate officer 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 of the select or common council of any city, or commissioners of any incorporated district, is by law incapable of boiling or exercis ing at the time, the office or appointment of Judge. Inspector or Clerk of any election ol this Common wealth, and that no Inspector, Judge or other of ficer of such election shall be elegiblo to be then voted for. And the said act of assembly entitled "an act relating to elections of this Commonwealth," passed July 2,1819, further provides as follows, viz : ■That the Inspector and Judges shall meet at ihc respective places appointed for holding the election in the district at which they respectively belong, before 8 o'clock in the morning of the FECOXD TUESDAY OF OCTOBER, and each said inspector shall appoint one clerk, who shall he a qualified voter of such district. ••In case the person who shall have received the highest number of votes for inspector shall not attend on tlie 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 case the person who has received the second highest number of votes for Inspector 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 i lection the qualified voters of tho township, ward or district for which such officer shall have been elected, present at the election, shall elect on ■ of their number to fill such vacancy, ■•lt shall be the duty of the several ;s-ors re spectively to attend at the place of holding every general, special or township election, during the whole time such election is kept open, fir the pur pose of giving information to the Inspectors and Judge, when called on, in relation t.- the right of any person assessed by them to vote at such elec tion. and on such other matters in relation to the assessment of voters, as the said Inspectors or ether ot them shall from time to time require. No person shall be permitted to vote at any election as aforesaid, than a white citizen of the age of twenty-one or more, who shall have resided in this Statu at least, one year, and in the election district where he 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 e li i'tion. But a citizen of tho United States who has previously been a qualified voter of this State and removed therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district and paid taxes aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote af ter residing in this State six months. Provided. Tbat the white freemen, citizens of the 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 whoso 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 agreea bly to the Constitution, and give satisfactory evi dence on his own oath or affirmation of another that ho has paid such a tax, or in failure to pro duce a receipt shall make oath to tha payment thereof: or second, if he claim a right to vote by being an elector between the age of twenty-one and twenty-two years shall depose on oath or af firmation. that he has resided in the State at least one year before his application, and make such proof of residence in the district as is required by this aet, 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 alphabet ical li-t by the Inspector, and a note made oppo site thereto by writing the word "tax. if be shall be admitted to vote by reason of having paid tax. and the word "tige" if he shall bo admitted to vote by reason of age. and in either case the reason of such a vote shall be called out to the clerks, who snail make a like note in the list of voters kept by them. ' In all cases where the name of the person claiming to vote is not found on the list furnished by the Commissioners, or his right to vote wheth er found thereon or not, 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 qualification*, 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 he a qualified elector, thut 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 cot remove within the district for the purjvwe of vo-. ting. "Every person qualified as aforesaid, and who shall make due proof if required, of his residence and payment of taxes aforesaid, shall be admitted to vote in the township, ward or district in which ho shall reside. "If any jierson 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 ienee 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 wiudow or avenue to any window where the same may beholden, or shall riotously disturb the Clfftion 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 tho freedom of choice, such persons on conviction shall bo fined in any sura 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, tbat the person so offending was not a resident of the city, ward or district where the said offence was committed, and not entitled to vote therein, on conviction, he shall be sentenced to pay a fine not loss 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 tho result of an election within the Commonwealth, or shall offer to make any sueh 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 times the amount so" bet or offered to be bet. And tho election laws of the Commonwealth further provide that "Tho Inspectors, Judges and clerks shall, beforo entering on the duties of their offices, sevcrnllv take and subscribe the oath or affirmation hereinafter directed, which shall be administered to them by any judge, alderman or justice of the peace, but if no such magistrate be present, one of the inspectors of the election shall administer the oath or affirmation to tho 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, 20th and 21st sections of ihc aet of the 21 day of July 1839, entitled ••An act relating to the elections of this common wealth," which oaths or affirmations shall he prepared and administered in the manner prescrib ed in the 18th aed 221 sections of said act. and in addition to the power conferred by the 18th sec tion of said act, the judge, or either of the inspec tors, shall have power to administer tho oaths prescribed by said act, to any clerk of a general, special or township election. "The following shall be the form of the 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 commonweal Ih, entitled to vote at sueh election, without requiring such evidence of the right to vote as is directed by law, nor will I vexatiously delay or refuse to receive any vote from any per s m who I shall believe to be entitled to vote as aforesaid, but that I will 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 directly, nor indirectly, interested in any bet. or wager on the result of this election.' ■ The following shall bo 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 tho inspectors iu carrying on the same; that I will not give my consent that any vote or ticket shall be received from any person other than such as I firmly believe to be, according to the provisions of the constitution and laws of this common wealth, entitled to vote at such election, without requiring such evidence of the right to vote as is directed by law, and that I will use my best endeavors to pre vent any fraud, deceit or abuse, in carrying on the same by citizens qualified to vote, or others, and that f will make a true and perfect return of the said election, and will in all things truly, im partially and faithfully perform my duty respec ting the same, to the Dest of my judgment and abilities, and that lam not directly or indirectly interested in aDy bet or wager on the result of this election.' "The ill be the farm of the oath or affirmation to be taken by eaehclerk, viz : 'I (A. B.) do that I will impartially and truly write down the name of each elector w ho shall vote at the ensuing election, which shall be given uie in charge, and also the name of the township, ward or district, wherein such elector resides, arid care fully-and truly writedown the number of votes that shall he given for each candidate at tho eloo. tion, as often as his name shall be rea l to me by the inspectors thereof, and in all thing- trulv and faithfully norf „■ aty respecting the same to ti„-v>—■! of my judgment ami ability, and thai I am not directly or indirectly intereste I in any bet or wager on the result of this election ' The qualified electors will take notice of the following net. of Assembly, approved 12L!I day of March, 183o: An AIR, Regulating the mode of voting at ail elections, in the several counties of this Commonwealth. SECTION I. Beit 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 the qualified voters of the several counties of this Commonwealth, at all general, township, borough and special elections, are hereby, hereaf ter, a it.horized and required to vote, by ticket..-, printed, or written, or partly printed and partly written, severally classified as follows: One tick et shall embr.t ;e the nam 's of all ju Iges of cour:s voted for. and. to bo labelled, outside, "judicia ry." one ticket shall embrace the names of all State officers voted for. and be labelled, "state;" one ticket shall embrace the names of all county officers voted for, including office of senator, mem ber. and members of assembly, if voted for, and members of Congress, it voted for. and be labell ed, "county;" one ticket shall embrace the names of all township officers voted far, and be labelled, "township;" one ticket shall embrace the names o; all borough officers voted for, and b ■ labelled, ■■borough; ' and each class shall be deposited in separate ballot-boxes. Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the Sher iffs. in the several counties of this C<>mmo' vealth. to insert in their election proclamations, hereafter issued the first section of this act. JAMES It KKLLEY. Speak r of the II .use of Representatives. DAVID FLEMING, Speaker of the Senate. Ai-riloi Eli— the thirtieth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred ami sixty-six. A G. CURTIN. Election officers will take notice that tho act entitled "A Further -upplcmcnt to the Election Laws of this Commonwealth," disqualifying de serters from the array 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 decided unconstitutional by the Supreme Court provided as follows : "A FCNTIIER SUPPLEMENT TO THE ELECTION LAWS OP THIS COMMONWEALTH. Whereas, By the act of the Congress of the U nitcd States, entitled "An Act to amend the sev eral acts heretofore passed, to provide for the en roling Riid calling nut 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 naval er t ice of li e United States, and who have not been discharged, or relieved from tho penalty, or disa bility therein provided, aro deemed, and taken, to have voluntarily relinquished, and forfeited, their rights of citizenship, and their rights to be come citizens, and are deprived of exercising any rights of citizens thereof : 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 1. Be it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That in all 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 such person to offer to vote any ballot, or ballots. Section 2. That if any such judge and inspec tors of 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, for each offence, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, and to undergo an imprisonment, in the jail of the proper county, far riot less than sixty days. Section 3. That if any person deprived of citi zenship. and disqualified as aforesaid, shall, at any election, hereafter to bo held in this coininou wcalth, vote, or tender to the officers thereof, and offer to vote, a ballot, or ballots, any person, so of fending, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on couviction 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 preceding section of this act, in the ease of officers of election receiving sueh unlawful ballot, or ballots. Section 1. That if any person shall hereafter persuade, or advise, any person, or persons, de prived of citizenship, and disqualified as afore said, to offer any ballot, ar 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 disqualified as aforesaid, such person, so offending, shall be guil ty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 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 tho ease of officers ufsueh election receiving such unlawful ballot, or ballots. JAMES R KELLEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. DAVID FLEMING. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED —The fourth day of June, Anno Domi ni one thousaud e ght hundred and sixty-sir. A. G. CURTIN." ('Meetion proclamation. And the Judges of the respective districts afore said, are required to meet at Bedford, on the Fri day next following the holding of said election, then and there to perform those things required of them by law. Given under my hand, at my 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. ROBERT STECKMAN, Sheriff. Sheriff s Office. Bedford. ( Sept. 4 1868. j -you ALL HAVE HEARD Of UOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, AND HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia. Their introduction into this country from Ger many occurred in 182.'). THEY CURED YOUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS, And will cure you and your children. They are entirely different from T the many preparations now in the country cal | 1 led Bi tiers or Tonics. Thcv are no tavern * * prepare' on. or any thing like one; but go" 1. honest, reliable medi cines. They are The gr, I no ten remedies for Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA, Nervous Debiiitv. 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. TnwarJ Piles. Fullness of Blood to the Head. Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust far Food. Full nes- 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 s x Heart, Choking or Suffocating Seosa i 3 tions when in a Lying Posture, Dimncw of V * Vision, Dots or Webs before tho 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. All the re, indicate diseases of the Liver nr Di gestive Organs, combined with impure blood. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS is entirely vegetable and contains no liquor. It is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots, Herbs, and Barks from which these extracts aro made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi cinal virtuous are ex / . traded from them by a scientific Chemist, f 5 These extracts are then forwarded to this s ' country to be used ex pressly far the manufacture of these Bitters. There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used in compounding tho Bitters, hence it is the only Bitters that can be used in cases where alcoholic stimulants are not advisable. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC is a combination of all the ingredients of tho Bit ters, with PURE Santa Cruz Rutn. Grunge, etc. It is used for the same diseases as the Hitters, in case wnere -ono p"'* o ."U'MUNU L. | You will bear in mind that these remedies are en tirely different from any others advertised for the cure of the diseases named, these being scientific preparations of medicinal extracts, while the oth er? are mere decoctions of rum in some form. Tho TON IC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its taste is exquisite. Itis 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 Iloofland's Ger man Bitters or Tonic in cases of Debility. They impart a tone and vigor to the whole system, strengthen JL the appetite, cause an enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di gest it, purify tho blood, give a goo 1, sound, healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge from the eye. impart a bloom to the cheeks, ami 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 art made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In fact, thay aro Family Medicines. They can be administered with perfect safety to a child three months old, the most delicate female, or a man of ninety. These, remedies are the best Blood Purifiers ever known and will "fare all diseases resulting from bad blood. Keep y iur blood pure; keep your Liver iu order; g keep your digestive organs in a sound, I healthy condition by the use of these re me .1 J dies, and no diseases will ever as-mil v-u. The best men in theconntry recommend them. If years of honest reputation go lor anything, you must try these preparations. FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia. PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 1867. I find that "Hoofland's German Bitters" is not an int >xicating beverage, but i? a good tonic, use ful in disorders of the digestive organs, and of great benefit in cases of debility an 1 want of ner vous action in the system. Yours Truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD. FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON. Judge of the Supremo Court of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1866 I consider "H iofland's German Bitters" a valua ble medicine in case # of attacks of Indiges tion or Dyspepsia. I /A can certify this from my experience of it. XJL Yours, with respect, JAMES THOMPSON. FROM REV. JOSEPH H. KENNARD, D. D., raster of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. DR. JACKSON — DEAR SIP.:—I have been fre quently requested to connect my name with rec ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but regarding the pi active as out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases declined; but with a clear proof in various instances, and particularly in my own family, n{ the usefulness ol 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 lor Liver Com - -r-plaint, it is a safo and valuable prepare tion. In some eases it may fail; bnt usual i. t ]y, I doubt not, it will be very, beneficial to those whosuifer from the above causes. Yours, very respectfully, J. H. KENNARD, Eigth, below CoalesStreet. CAUTION. Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited. The Genuine hare the signature of C. M. JACK SON on the front of tho 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 8">. 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 H - '(land's German Remedies that are so universally used and so highly recommended; mid do not allow the Druggist to induce I lyou to take anything else that he may say-L'is just as good, be cause he makes a largor 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. 031 ARC/I STREET, Philadelphia. CHAS. M. EVANS, PROPRIETOR. Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Co. These Remedies arc 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. may2SU6Byl BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1868. TERMS OF PUBLICATION. 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A liberal discount is made to persons advertising by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows: 3 months, ti months. 1 year. ♦One square - - - $4 50 sfi 00 $lO 00 Two squares - 000 900 10 00 Three squares - - - 8 00 12 00 20 00 Quarter column - - 14 08 20 00 35 00 Half column - - - 18 00 25 00 45 00 Ono column - - - - 30 00 . 45 00 80 00 ♦One square to occupy one inch of space JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has just been refitted with a Power Press and new type, and everything in the Printing line can be execu ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates.—TERMS CASH. IvU All letters should he addressd to MEYERS & MENGEL, Publishers. TAX-IMYEBS, HE ABE (OJIIXG. At my lonely bench I sit, wishing ever for the day, When our troubles and our taxes will be o'er; Bui it cheers my weary heart and makes mo feel half gay. Just to think that better times will come onco more. Chorus. Tramp, tramp, tramp, the buys are marching; Cheer up. tax-payers' they will come ; And green backs and good times are sure to you aud rue. When the White ITouse is our Seymour's homo. Wo have paid our own taxes, and we've paid the bond-lords' too, But we've vowed we'll never do it any more ; And Grant and Colfax, too, spite of all that they can do, Will go spinning to Salt River's briny sh®:c. They may tbink that we are bees, but they'll learn it by degrees, That we'll toil not for the drones for evermore ; And the U. S. G. may look still more owlish, if he pi case, Bui he'll find that all his prospects aro a boro. Wo arc mighty in the faith that a better time will come— When the Radicals arc buried out of sight, And our own beloved laud will bo tbo white utan.s borne, When we've gained the stormy battle for tho right. Then, hurrah !my jolly boys, join the chorus, well you may, From sea to sea our battle-cry has gone ; And our standard is surrounded by its thousands, n,l to-day Many th usands more are gaily coming on. I roai -Maine to Oregon, from tho Gulf to the Bake shore, They have Caught the ory tw thorn to the fight, And twice a million white men—ah ! yes and millions more, Are marshaled for tho Victory and the Right. V NIX I'OB "lit SMI Kli Pl' Vl,l C.I VS." ii:ulic;il iAiiniaipol'lhe irish People ami the t'attiolic CUiireii. T> the Editor of the Chicago Times : On ordinary occasions the vagaries of the Chicago Fori would hardly merit even passing notice. It lias a penchant for squibs and a weakness for puns; but rarely, if ever, rises to the dignity of an argument The article quoted below possesses significance only as it illustrates the genuine Radical animus toward the Iri-h and foreign element in this coun try. The editor of the Post, be it known, is Mr. Charles If. Ray, former ly principal editor of the Chicago Tribune, and recognized as one of the chief leaders of the party in Illinois. He was a member of the late Chicago Convention, and was potential in the councils of the Illinois delegation thereat. I commend the editorial of the Post to the particular attention of tlie "Ir ish Republicans," and would especial ly remind the "eminent Irish orator," (so calh d,) John Pope Hodnelt, to not fail in directing to it the attention of the Irishmen of the .state, whose votes he Is paid to secure, if possible, by his blarney, as an estimate of the regard in which the Irish people and Catholic Church are held by one of his out spok en Radical employers. NifjKFr. Nig J From tho Chicago Post, September 9. "Do you want your daughter to mar ry a nigger ?" was the question for merly asked of the electors of Illinois by every Democratic candidate on the stump. "Nigger equality at the polls is the sign of nigger equality in the family," say all the Democratic orators of the day. "Allow the nigger to vote, and you have both political and social equality everywhere," cry all the copperheads of the North. What a lie these assertions are, one and all. Political equality is one thing; social equality is another thing. Political equality is of the law ; social equality is of the woman. The law says, come up; madam says, stand back ! Teddy CV Flaherty votes. He has not been in the country six months; but he has been through Dan O'Hara's court; he is naturalized. Terrenee O'- Manus swore for him that he had been five years in the United States; that lie was ixjitilleman of good moral char acter, and Dan O'Hara knew that he was a Democrat. And so he was nat uralized, of course. He has hair on his teeth. He never knew an hour in civilized society, lie never stepped on anything more solid than a dirt floor all his life, until lie stood on the deck of an emigrant ship. He is a born savage—as brutal a ruffian as an untamed Indian of the North American tribes. Of course, he can't read, he can't write. All books to him are sealed. He only believes iu the priest, and the priest is only little less a barbarian than he. "Be Jasus, I'm a Dimocrat!" is his shibboleth. Breaking heads for opinion's sake is his practice. The born criminal and pauper of the civilized world, and withal the innocent victim of the state craft of England, and of the priestcraft of Borne; a wronged, abused, and piti ful spectacle of a man capable of better things pushed straight to hell by that abomination against common sense called the Catholic religion, and that outrage upon political decency falsely known as American Democracy—what else does be know ? To compare him with an intelligent freedmen would be an insult to the latter. Do American women run after Ted dy O'Flahertv ? Are they in haste to marry him? Oh, father of a beautiful daughter, are you afraid that she will break away from your love and kind ness,.and make Teddy a companion ? Yet, how much less danger of her mar rying a nigger! The black man, if he has been at all favored by the chances that slavery afforded, is the superior of Teddy in the things which women val ue; but his color is against him, and so Cufleo and Paddy are equal—the first having the most civilization, the latter being the whitest. Now, marriage is not a thing of the law, save and except as the law directs how it shall be celebrated. If a decent woman wants to marry Teddy O'Flah erty, the law takes no cognizance of her low desire. If she wants to marry a nigger, the law Is equally dumb. When, then, you can point out to us that the peace of Americans is in dan ger of destruction by the admixture of the O'Flaherty blood, we shall be ready to believe that it is in danger of deterioration by the admixture of nig ger blood. Putting color aside, what is there to choose between Teddy and CuflVe? The country has survived the Irish emigration—the worst with which any other country wits ever afflicted. The Irish fiill our prisons, our poor houses, our reform schools, our hospitals, our eleemosynary and reformatory institu tions of al! sorts. Scratch a convict or a pauper, and the chances aie that you tickle the skin of an Irish Catholic at the same time—an Irish Catholic made a criminal or a pauper by the priest and politician, who have deceived him and kept him in ignorance; in a word, a savage, as lie was born. He has not, thus far, deteriorated the American blood. Why, then, fear that, with these obstacles of race and color in the way, the nigger will accomplish that in which the Irish have failed ? Bali! This appeal to the fear of the populace, that we must have a care lest this country, "like Mexico," be ruined by a mixed race, is only the gabble of rascals who want to perpetrate injus tice under cover of a popular preju dice. Mexico was not so ruined eith er. The priests, bishops, monks, nuns, operating upon the Catholic laity, did the job for that unhappy Republic. Just as Catholicism, which isdesoptism, goes out, Mexico rises. The danger of miscegnation, white with black, is, then, as remote as that Teddy O'Flaherty will succeed in mak ing his way by marriage into the Ameri can families by whom lie is abhorred. We have been acquainted with Teddy a long time. He has dug numberless canals, made many railroads, fought many a fight, voted the Dimmeeralic tieket, been in many a jail and pauper house, and he has all the while been priest-ridden. The fat, sleek, rosy gilied liars and scoundrels (consciously such) who have been about him have k- {>t him in ignorance, robbed him of his peace, and give him, after many sprinklings of holy water, what they call pa.-sports to Heaven: but he is Teddy <)'Flaherty yet; and if we were disposed to marry, there's Bridget- Bridget only. Miscegnation is not for him. There i • not a Democrat who would not boil over with rage if we should tell him that CufTee could accomplish that in which Teddy failed. Let us dismiss, then, this question of the de generation of the blood as one that is. unworthy of our notice —as one of those side issues that tiie copperheads and the man-sellers have raised to ob scure the merits of the issue before the people. When, after both Teddy and CufTee are civilized, they want to marry white women, and the white women are wil ling, we should like to see the law that would prevent them. But the truth is, that with civilization will come that dislike to mixture of blood which white an 1 black alike maintain. They are barbarians like the old nigger drivers of the South or the Democracy of the Five Points, whocommingle the two streams, white and black. The Chicago Tribune of Saturday contains a communication with refer ence to the above, from an Irish Pres byterian, who says: Such articles as that which appeared in the Post will do more to convert honest Republicans and to place them in the ranks of the Democracy than all the speeches that could be delivered. I, for one, intended to support the Re publican ticket at the coming election. As an Irishman, I cannot allow my countrymen to be slandered and hold myself aloof. Henceforth I shall be found in the Conservative ranks, an advocate of toleration, which my re ligion teaches, and a supporter of Irish manhood abroad, and of Irish right to national independence on the Irish soi!. ll enky G. McCuleough. THE KEISOX WHY. In Senator Doolittle's Valparaiso (In diana) speech we find the following: "Three years ago this fall, when Gen eral Grant was in Wisconsin, he held the same views which I now hold on this question, and authorized me to slate to the people of Wisconsin and to the Convention assembled at Madison, that if Congress should insist on negro suffrage as the basis of reconstruction at the South, we should be obliged to keep a standing army there in order to to prevent a war of races." "General Grant, in the report which he made in December, 1805, said the condition of the South was so good, so quiet—so fine a feeling prevailing a inong the people of the South—that the army, with very few exceptions, can be withdrawn. But Congress insists upon this new Radical policy of forcing negro .suffrage down the throats of the white people, and therefore the necessi ty of keeping the army at the South, and keeping the Freedinen's Bureau thereto manipulate the negroes and organize them as a Radical party." General Frank P. Blair, in his speech at Leavenworth, Kansas, explains the reason of this remarkable change of front on the part of General Grant. It is not because he has been converted to the negro-suffrage, doc trine; it is not because he hates or hasany particular antipathy to the people of the South. But he sees that the Radi cal policy is calculated to enhance the importance of military men and make their voice omnipotent in the adminis tration of the government. He recog nizes the fact that they are making steps in the path which leads to a mili tary despotism. Hence Grant, Sher man, Sheridan, and other ambi tious military leaders, give to that- par ty the weights of their means, their power and influence. 11 is well lor tHe people to understand this, and to bear in mind constantly that in ail ages of the world it has been the perfidy of military leaders which has crushed out liberty in republics. I.ET US II AVE t'EAUEI Yes—in behalf of the working mil lions who pay taxes we too say, let us have peace. And give us the country all our own—the Union with each and every State at peace, at rest and repre sented in national council by honest men and statesmen—with the glorious constitution of our fathers again pro tecting under its ample folds, the com mon children of a common land. But Radical peace and our peace are not of the same parents. Their peace means bayonets rather than ballots. Negroes rather than white men; lust and brutality rather than virtue and intelligence to rule. Their peace means the subjugation, impoverish ment and slow murder of as brave a a people as ever the sun shone on. It means the entire destruction of ten States; the reducing of them to Terri tories, the wiping out of men, fami lies and sacred memories, the inaugu ration of a conflict of races t hat a pre tence may arise for the placing of the South again entirely under military rule, that more robbers may be enrich ed, and more fat contracts be awarded to "loyal" scoundrels of America who find shef and shelter under the infa mous cloak of Radicalism. Their peace means peace for those who carry the sword—peace for those who are exempt from taxation—peace for the gold covered bondholders— peace for tiie renegade Democrats, the theives, cowards, assignation house keepers, spoon stealers, cotton finding, law hating delegation of vidians now at the head of the Republican party. Our peace is different. We want peace for the sake of peace, and the good of America. We want peace for the bleeding States which are ours by the memories of the past and the hopes of the future. We want peace for those who fought bravely, who were overwhelmed in the une qual conflict—who are sons of oursires— who arc great in intellect, worth, abili ty and enterprise, and who are able fo govern tnoir own States belter and cheaper, and more to the bonnet of the country, than a centralized power, or nam-.-less, homeless renegades and ad venturers can do. V. e want peaeeand protection for the negroes who are now with the poor white men everywhere the slaves of the bondholders, and who toil and pay taxes to keep in idle extravagance a purse-proud class who are no benefit to America. We want peace for the sol diers who fought ami restored the Un ion, that they may enjoy the fruits of their victory, and not be again drag ged from their homes to enrich army speculators. We want peace for the noble women of the South—for the sorrowing and desolated ones of a thousand cities des olated by war—we want peace for their children and our children, that they may grow to a man's estate friends and workers together for their common good, and for the greatness of a com mon country. We want peace for the plow-holders, the mechanics, the working-men, the young men, the real worth, virtue, in telligence, and patriotism of the coun try, and with it want equal protection before the law and tax-gatherer—ex emption from the support of an aristoc racy created by Republicans, in antag onism to the welfare, peace and pros perity of the country. We want peace—we demand it. A broad open honorable peace. We want protection for our friends the produ cers and workingmen. We wish it by the ballot, but if it cannot be thus won —if our ri.'hts are to be denied us your aristocratic government shall lose its power, for it will not have the consent of the governed, and by force of the bayonet in the hands of those who cry for bread, we will wipe out your aris tocracy, and win a peace and an ex emption from unjust taxation in one way if not in another. This is America. A majority of the white people who have homes here shall rule. You will not take Indians. You shall not govern us with negroes. We want peace. We want white supremacy. We want equal taxation. We want a majority to govern. We want protection for industry. We want the axe, the hoe, the plow, the pick, the shovel, the hammer, the VOL 64.—WHOLE No. 5,462. trowel, the stone chisel, the implements of industry, to have the same protec tion you give the bonds of the aristo crat, who produces nothing! THE TAX-PA VERS' HEVOI.i riO.V. All over the length and breadth of this broad land we see and hear of changes—changes from bad to good, from Radicalism to Democracy. Every where the tax-payers, the peo ple, are leaving the ranks of the de structive party, are withdrawing from under the black flag of the Jacobin pirates, and marshaling themselves under the protecting folds of the Dem ocratic standard. Every where you go, and the more you travel the more you see, you will become convinced of this most impor tant fact. The people do not talk so much Radicalism now as they did; they do not talk so much about "reb el" and "traitor," and use .such shal low arguments in an effort to contro vert the straightforward charges made by the Democracy,of corruption, fraud, and villainy, in the Radical admini stration of affairs. The people have become disgusted with these weak, senseless tirades, and have left them solely to the leaders of Jacobinism—the petty editors and ora tors of the party. Tuxes— Bonds— Tariffs— Negro Bureau— Standing Armies— Radical Thieves- Radical injustice and dishonesty gene ral!y ! These are the questions that now en gage the attention of the people of the United States, and from East to West, from North to South, through out the length and breadth of this land, upon the hill-tops and deep into tiie valleys, go everywhere, and you will find that the tax-payers unanimously Demand a change ! Heretofore it has been their custom to attend closely to the business of the shop or the farm, resting securely and prosperously under the good and e conomical administration of the Demo cracy. With tiie advent of Radical ism they suspected nothing wrong, but they now see much that is not right. They have opened their eyes to much, within the past year or two, and they have discovered Radicalism in all its corruption and rascality, They have discovered that while they were busy in tiie field with the plow, Radical officials were engaged in stealing the money they had paid into the treasury in the shape of taxes and tariffs. They have discovered that while they were working from twelve to eighteen hours each day in order to meet the demands of the relentless tax gatherer, the Radical Rump Congress was industriously engaged in concoct ing schemes to increase the burdens of taxation and put 011 more taxgather ers. "The multitude in all countries are patient to a certain point." The pa tience of the American people has been severely tried, but it can endure no more of the ruleof Radicalism—llo more of taxing the poor for the sup port of the rich; no more of taxation to support three millions of hardy, idle negroes; no more of taxation to keep a useless and expensive army in time of peace; no more of taxation to support in office the Radical pirates who have destroyed governments and constitutions made by J KPFEBSON, and WASHINGTON" and their compatriots of that revolution, which bought, through fire and sword, or freedom from tyranny, our national existence ; no more of taxation to fill the pockets of Radical thieves who hang about the peoples' treasury; no more of taxation, that Radical Congressmen may have money to vote away in worthless ap propriations. Of these things the peo ple are wearying. Against, these things I hey rcltel! Radicalism has taxed, and bled, and burdened them, until they will no longer stand it, hence we find them taking their places beside the yeoman Democracy of the land, and demand ing for themselves and their posterity; Equal Taxation. One currency for all. Sovereignty of the States. Economy in public affairs. Union, and Peace, and Republican Government forever. These are the live issues of the pend ing canvass. Upon these issues are the people arrayed in solid opposition to the Radical thieves and shoddvites at Washrngton, and in opposition to the bondholder and aristocrat, the en emy of the laboring men everywhere. This is the tax-payers' Revolution Let Radicalism beware! REDUCTION OK EXPENSES. —The Radical press tells the people that Congress has greatly ruduced the ex penses of the government. But they give no facts. Now this is true—the expenses of government for the month of July were $#6,549,000 And for August, 37,730,000 $84,279,000 Eighty-four millions two hundred and seventy-nine thousand dollars in two months—equal to $505,674,000 per year. We cannot see where the reduc tson is. None but Radical eyes can see it. And all this immense sum to sup port Radical extravagance must be paid in taxes by the labor of the coun try. TIIE unceasing clamor of the Radi cals about the war, long after it is over, and when all people want peace, re minds us forcibly of the old ladies who are frequently seen going along the streets, with their umbrellas hoisted, long after the rain is over. "Internal debt August 1, 1868, $2, 573,000,000. Who pays the taxes V '
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