FUBLUHED EVERT AFTERNOON. llTOWDATI uoimii) AT TIC KVBMIWO TBXKGRAPH BUILDING, (fO. 108 S. THIBB STBKBT. Price. Three OenU per Oopr (Double Bheet), or iOhtfn CeU Pr Wee. PWb" M the Carrier, and EiueTto Bntcrlber. out of the city at Nine Poller. reVll-W: On. Poller end Fifty Cent, for Two nnthellnWleofr ' edreooefor the period ordered. MOMDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1867. THE following is an extract from a speech delivered by Judge Ludlow in the Hall of the Washington En gine Company: " If William II. Seward should J58 ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE United States, I would be in JAVOR OF A DISSOLUTION OF THE TJbion, and, moreover, tho South vould be justified in dissolving the Union in case of such an event." The Campaign of 1867. This evening seeB tLe close of the brief though bitter campaign of 1867. It has been an acrimonious one on the part of the Demo cracy, and an active one so far as the Repub lican party was concerned. By the time that tfiia has met the eyes of our readers, the ex citements of debate will have almost subsided, and the people have gathered themselves up for the final action on the morrow. In look ing back over our Bhare in the contest, we see nothing we would retraot, not a word or line Which we would erase. We have sought to treat those of our opponents who were entitled to respect in as courteous a manner as was possible. We think we have succeeded. "While we have opposed them more strongly than any other paper in our city, yet we do not think that even Our enemies will accuse us of having violated ILe rules of courtesy. We have studiously refrained from attacking any of our opponents personally. In the cases of the Judges we Lave gone further, and given them all the j claims of individual worth which their friends demand for them. In this respect our course will compare most favorably with that f our Democratic neighbor, which has vilified our candidates, and thrown aside all the rules in Its scurrilous abuse. We Sought to elevate the contest above mere per sonality, and, so far as we are concerned, we do not see anything in our expressions of Opinion which should merit retraction. The ocntest, as it is to-day presented to our people, differs but little from that of last year. The great antagonism between Andrew John Son and the people still continues. To-day, as 3 year ago, the question to be decided at the polls is whether or not the course of the Presi dent meets the approval of the people. If any Democrat is elected to-morrow, it will be tailed as a triumph for Andrew Johnson. After the election, we will hear no more of per sonal popularity or a war record. It will be a party triumph, and over all the land will go the .tidings that Philadelphia, the citadel of loyalty, the stronghold of Republican kin, that city whioh refused to do ' honor to Andrew Johnson, and which Las ever been the warmest in its sympathy for the cause of Union, that it has to-day been carried for the President, and the might of the radicals has been broken. We envy not the responsibility of those Hepublioana who will thus endanger the clear record of our city, and place Philadelphia along with , New York in her adhesion to the cause of Mr. Johnson. We repeat that, if Judge Ludlow, or Mr. Lyle, or any Democrat is elected in Philadelphia, it will be heralded from Maine to Texas that the Quaker City Las given way, and that the Administration Las triumphed In the very Gibraltar of the radical faith. Fellow Republican citizens, are you willing to have such a despatch flash over the wires, disheart ening our friends and inspiriting our enemy f Shall we by our votes thus plaoe our city in this false attitude, and by the moral orco of her example endanger our sister State ! New York? We beseech those Republicans T ' i have been earnest during the war who 1 . . a lent all the weight of their influence to -ii'. countenance treason, to hesitate before ili'v scratch a single name from our regular .tr' ' t. It is not a question of men it is a ; Jon of principle. Those whom we might t ork as personal friends; if found in the j. ':s of the enemy, upholding the banner of A..lrew Johnson, we shall oppose with all tii.. might. behooves our citixeus to think of the con- ?',fvenoe8. We are no alarmists. We are not 1 1 riving for. political capital; but as between $ i an and man, loyal citizen to loyal citizen, THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PIIILADELPIIIA, MONDAY, suooeeda to-morrow, God save oar country from the mad exultation of Andrew Johnsonl Intoxicated with what he will deem a reaction rn the North In favor of his schemes, he will dare anything; and we tremble when we think of what acts of tyranny he may essay to do. The country is on the brink of another civil war. It Andrew Johnson is endorsed, he will attempt deeds which will arouse the nation, and then there will not be left one stone upon another throughout all the rebellious South. The spirit of the people is long Buffering, but it will not endure forever; and when Andrew Jonnson attempts his new deeds of violenoe, as he will if the Demooraoy suoceeds, there will be such a scene in the North as will rival the early days of 1861. It has been authorita tively stated by those who have the Presi dent's confidence, that he is but "laying on his oars," and waiting to see the result of the election in Pennsylvania. We have no reason to doubt but that this is true, and upon the result will be founded his de cision. If we rebuke this usurper and elect the Republican nominee, then all danger will be past. The vindictive Exeontive is a coward at heart, and unless enoouragod will not dare to continue in his career of violenoe. But if Beemingly supported there are no lengths too great for him to go. By our success, then, safety is assured; by our defeat great danger is incurred. Can we hesitate? Can loyal Philadelphia hesitate one moment in her choice between such an alternative. Let those who support Andrew Johnson at any oost vote for his representatives the Democratic nomi nees; but let those who discountenance his actiens and fear to encourage his violenoe, vote the entire Republican ticket without scratching. Citizens I Patriots 1 Soldiers ! to you we utter one last appeal. The destiny of the country is in your hands. Will you save it by decided action in favor of the old cau.se, in whose support you have so often aided, or will you by default, or actual opposition, pre cipitate our suffering country into new dan gers, and possibly new wars ? Let each think well of his action, and act as he will give an account as a citizen of our great free country, as a patriot and as a man. "Coriolanus" Lyle. Mr. P. Liar, has assumed a grand role, and has determined to rival Forrest in his persona tions of "Coriolanus." The morning papers contain a oard from the Democratic candidate for Sheriff, in which he stands before the people and humbly craves their suffrages, showing to their astonished eye3 his wounds. Mr. Lyle thinks we have gone back to the days of ancient Rome, and that it is essential to suo cess to come in person and cringe and fawn before the people, praying "my good sirs" to give him their voices. He seems to think that by turning a beggar he can weary the people of Philadelphia with his importunity, and thus gain their votes. The sight of a "gallant soldier" parading his deeds before his fellow citizens, calling on them, "Look on me, a hero of twenty-eight battles; see what I have done; give me your voices," is one whioh makes us blush fer self-respect, and for the absence of that true spirit of modesty which should char acterize a real soldier. In his self-advertisement we find the following reoord of hid ser vices, a sort of modest autob ography: "During these campaigns I was with my command in twenty-eight battles; and it is a matter of sincere pride to me that my conduct then, and at all other times, received the fall com mendations of my superior officers. It has been my good fortune also to have instructed in military duty more than six hundred of the officers who served in the national army dur ing the war against the Rebellion." Oh, modest veteran 1 Why, he does not even boast of a Menesius to sound his praises. What a oonsul he would have made for Rome I How well he would have figured in auch a Bcene as ruined "Coriolanus" 1 How he would have cringed and begged, and never hesitated to show his wounds I No keeping them in private from the people. lie would have exposed them in the forum, and gloried in the exposure. With all earnestness, and without the sarcasm of the ancient Roman, he is to-day saying to all who will listen: 'Here ooiue more voices Your voices: for your voices I bave fought ; Watched for your voieet.; for your voices, bear Ol wounds two dozen odd; battles thrice six I have teen, and heard of; for your voices have Dune many things, some less, some more: your voices: Indeed, J would be consul." It remains to be seen whether this sacrifice of self-respect, of soldierly modesty, of deoenoy, will receive its reward, or whether the people will turn to the old Roman standard and judge of a man by his own words. We rather think that greater weight would have been added to "Coriolanus" Lyle's words if he had allowed some one else to sound his praises. The glory of his history may be well calculated for Roman admiration, but it seems to us that if the wounds were pointed out by another it would have greatly heightened the dramatic effect. Despite his self-abasement, we fear our modern "CorlolanuB" will, like his namesake of old, lose his wiahed-for offioe. He will not then go to the Volscians, for he has gone to them already. Tub following is an extract from a speeoh delivered by Judge Ludlow In the Hall of the Washington Engine Company: "If William II. Sbwabd should bb blbctbd Pkksidknt of thb United States, I WOULD BB IN FAVOB OF A DISSOLUTION OF THB UNION, and, moreover, the South would be justified in dis solving the Union in case of such aneveat." The National reril. If Andrew Johnson be an honest patriot at heart, and striving to do what he can to restore justice and harmony to the country, he is bo Btupidly ignorant, bo wofully mistaken, bo perversely counselled, bo desperately obstinate, that he suoceeds only in casting himself before the wheels of progress at every step that he takes. But among hla eccentricities is a pre tended reliance on the voice of the people. A more consummate coward was never entrusted with the destinies of a great nation. He has not the courage to adopt a "policy" upon its merits, and then, like old Davy Crockett, being onoe sure that he is right, "logo ahead." He is perpetually appealing to the people here and there, forever in doubt as to whether he has interpreted aright the vox Dei which p peaks through the vox populi. In this way alone oan we acoouut for the hesitation which has marked his oouree of late. He has, without any qualifica tion, pronounced the so-called Military bills passed at the last two sossions of Congress unconstitutional, and yet he has attempted to enforoe them after a fashion. No sooner has he selected the .agents for oarrying out their provisions than he complains of the interpreta tion which is put upon them, and Sheridan and Sickles are relieved of their commands. And then he appoints as their successors tried soldiers, whose first official acts are con firmatory of every vital measure of their prede cessors. The fruits of this vacillation are seen on all sides. By hia denunciation of the acts of Congress he has inspired the unrepentant Rebels with hope; and by the assigument of such soldiers as Sheridan, Sickles, Hancock, and Canby to the command of the Military Districts, he has disgusted his adherents in the Northern States. And now he has paused in anxiety and alarm, to await the result of the electiona whioh are to be hold to-morrow in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa. Once more he appeals to the people, and once more the voice of the people will be heard. If the Democratic party boars off the palm in these three great States, Andrew Johnson will pick up fresh courage, and when Congress meets in November they will find him just as obstinate and just as stupid as they found him. on the 5th of July last. But if Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa Fpeak out in tones that are not to be mistaken, we imagine that the task of Congrees will be comparatively an easy one, and that the only impediments which will be thrown in its way will be the harmless pro testations of the man who accidentally occu pies the chief position in the nation. The forcible installation of the unreconstructed members from the Southern States is again revived and discussed by the adherents of the President, and if the result of the elections to-morrow be favorable to this scheme, the cause of liberty, justice, and harmony will be placed in great peril. Racked by the voice of three great States, and by the counsel of such men as Seward and Staubery, the mischief that Andrew Johnson may work will be incal culable, even if he fail in his attempt to force upon Congress men whom that body has solemnly and repeatedly declared it will not receive. The duty of the people is therefore plain. Let them thunder forth from the bal lot-box their condemnation of "my policy" in all its variations and vacillations. Let Andrew Johnson have before him the unmistakable assurance that the nation estimates him at his true worth. Remember Your Duty To-Morrow. If the Democratic ticket succeeds at the polls in this city to-morrow, it will result only from me apathy ot the Kepublican voters. No rea sonable man doubts that we have a clear majority of several thousands on the list of taxable inhabitants The total registry last year amounted to 141,898; while the total . . t r - - - vine uovernor was n;;,U2. The registry this year foots up 144,272, and if the 38,770 voters who kept away from the polls in 18G6 win present themselves to-morrow, our aver age majority of 457G will be swelled to 25.000 ai tne least. Uenublieans. von n rat a " richi, majority oi the non voters are a part and uareel of vnnr own numbers. The time-honored maxim of your opponents is to "vote early and vote often," and to cast at least one ballot is re garded by the Democracy as a religious duty, of which but few of them fall short. If you are equally earnest and equally active, the city is safe by a majority that will strike oou stemation into the heart of Andrew Johnson and all his satellites. Do not forget your own vote; and when that ia deposited drum up you r apathetio neighbors. Let no man who is known to be a Republican be suffered to neglect his duty the country and to the prin ciples he professes to cherish. Another rroclamatiou l Mk. Pktbr Lvlf. publishes auother card this morning, from whioh we extract all the mate rial points: , 1807 la pars e cli nou iure Incorrect. The unu i uu "I'.""" "- J "I'Kl'ER LY1.K ' W e desire, in oounection with his denial to state that the report published by ua is sworn to by a professional phonographer, Demo crat, and that it was taken down word by word as it fell from Mr. Lyle'B lips; that it has pot been altered, either by transposition addition, or omiBsion. It 1b a verbatim report exact in every particular. There were hun dreds of persons present who heard that speech. They know whether or not our report of it is true. If it is garbled, then let the auditors come out and swear to its falsity, ta we hAve it aworu to as true. It has be-u p i in M i ----wotiiiiH lliut Hlr-rot rw s Tn Ilia TiiK'1j J made beli're "ThS "D.niffi'TS."?" uf Ilil.lIH WfirilK. .11(1 4 lllliuru UIW1 I I litre retrained from dwMi," Vl.gSS commo tions, uol wishing to 1 brought Into o MwJnaoer J.m" trovsrsy. TrusUug thm will be t?Hhor I ..T very rtrfpectlully , your oueUieulst-rviiVi llshed daily in our columns for Jtwo weeks, and If It was garbled, there have been many chances of Mr. Lyle'a having said bo before, lie now denies it, aa a last card, when it is too late for ub to bring other witnesses to sub stantlate our report. It is too late for any fluoh denial. The time has gone by in silence, and no one who hoard it has ventured to question its truth. Let the people think of it. All ' the Republicans are "radical ras cals," and the injured Lyle was elected last year. If any of our people wish to lick the hand that smites them, to return good for evil, and to tamely acoept insult and outrage, let them vote for this arrogant politician, who calls them "cheats" and "rascals." Denial is useless. The report of Mr. Lyle's speech, as published by us, is oorrect in every respect. Another Democratic Rebellion Threat ened. An article in a late number of the Pittsburg Post, the leading Democratio Journal of West em Pennsylvania, published by James P. Barr, late Surveyor-General of this State, recommends Andrew Johnson to employ the army of the United States to "assert his rights and put aside Congress," and promises him that "the Democracy will be found faithful, as they were in the days of Jackson, andwill stand by the leident," etc. After referring to Jack son's answer to the Bank men, when they threatened rebellion, this article, absurdly plai ing Congress in an attitude similar to theirs, proceeds as follows: "If President Johnson will act up to the morel courage end firmness or the Patriot of the Hermitage, the country will be united, the people prosperous and happy. Tho Impeach ment will fall to tho ground by the power and will of the Executive, who by the Constitution is clothed with the calling out of tho army and navy to defend the nation, and should the Pre sident nllow himself to be insulted by an abor live Congress, nnd the dignity of the people set at naught, then Indeed does he deserve the punishment which a vindictive opposition would resort to, by dragging htm before a Senate who bave already passed seutenca upon him. The people, who are the power lu the Government, will never sanation, or allow their President to be disgraced by a fana tical, black partisan spirit. .Sooner than this culamlty should take place, let him loos: to tlie commission under which, and Irom which, he derives his power, and by virtue of this he is made Commander ln-thlef of the army and navy, and by this commission, which ho is sworn to observe and obey, let him exhibit to the world that he will be Pre sident over all the Mates in despite of destruc tives, should it take blood to sprinkle Oongreisional scats, to remain where the people placed htm, and like Jackson, with the people at Ills back, he can hang each man of them around the pillars of thi Capitol, IjcI the l'resident assert his riizlits and put aside Congress, and let him grant the people their rights under the Constitution, which he is bound to do, and let him assert aU the rights under und by which he holds power, by whatever measure it is for tho interest of our w'Ole country for him to adopt. The Democracy willbefou d faithful as they were in the days of Jackson, and will Btaud by the President. Now let him crown it by clearing out from place his enemies who are in power to betray the Kxer.ullve. None will shed tears over the graves of destructive fanatical knaves, dupes, and charlatans " This advice to Mr. Johnson accords with the spirit that inspired the Rebellion and that now animates the unrepentent ex-Rebels and their friends, the Democrats of the North, aud is in keeping with Governor Swann's course in organizing his Stale militia under the com mand of men who fought in the Rebel army. Should the Democrats succeed to-morrow in Pennsylvania and Ohio, we should soon find all the Democratic journals advising the Pre sident to disperse Congress at the point of the bayonet, to disregard the Reconstruction laws, and to open the doors of the Capitol to members of Congress chosen by tho red handed Rebels of the South, and to the few Demorats elected in the North. The plau foreshadowed, not long since, in the celebrated Lidtjcr despatch, may yet be put into execu tion. Johnson is capable of any desperate act, lacking only the requisite courage; and the success of his friends in the great central States of the North might furnish him with this. In 18 GO, the success of the Republicans caused a Rebellion. In 1M7, the success of the Democrats might cause another, by encouraging them and their Southern allies to attempt the com pletion of the original revolt. There is no doubt that Democratic victories in a few of the 'principal Northern States would encourage Andrew Johnson to acts of greater violenoe than he has yet committed, and it is not im probable that he would employ force against the lawful and legal representatives of the people. What would be the consequenoe of such an act, we need not now attempt to I show. The reader can readily foresee what ! would ensue, and how the conflict thus pro voked would result. But let us prevent the possibility of such a direful occurrence, by the potent but peaceful means of the ballot to morrow. Let Pennsylvania do her duty with the ballot to-morrow, and Andrew Johnson will not dare resort to the bullet, and the country will be spared a second bloody war, such as the traitorous writer in the Pittsburg I'ost advises his friend the President to inaugu rate. Tuis morning's New York Tribune, com menting on our election, concludes as fol lows: "Judge Sharswood'a friends expect to gain fer him some Republican votes in Phila delphia and other eastern counties where he is known, in spite of the fact that his opinions from the bench would have paralyzed the Government aud destroyed the Union, had they not been overruled. He decided that the Federal Government had no right to make its paper money a legal-tender, and that the act 'enrolling and oalling out the national forces' was unconstitutional. Had those opinions been sustained, the Southern Con federacy must have been fully triumphant, and its independence recognized ere this; aud stub, we cannot doubt, was his purpose in making these decisions. We cannot boo how Republicans can vote for such a candidate; ytt some will do it. We trust they are too few to elect him. "If there be a single Pennsylvania Repub lican who sees this sheet aud has yet time to reach the poll of his district in time, we ex hort him not to full to vote for Henry W. ViV'iiuus and thu rhohj Repubnu ticket." OCTOBER 7, 18GT. What oar Leading Mea Say To-day Wb have been told that the people should vote for Judge Ludlow because bi oleotion U favored by a number of our leading oitizens, whose names have been laid before us again and again. We have often repeated that those gentlemen were to-day opposed to the eleotion of Judge Ludlow because he had changed hia attitude, because the fight haa degenerated into a politioal one, and that to-day they favor the election of Mr. Thayer. We lot them Bpeak for themselves. The names we give are out of a long list signed to the ciroular by those who had previously signed the "Ludlow call." "To tho Citizen of Philadelphia: Ho stann ous and bo artful have boon the ell'irts to divert your tittpnti n from tho true issues at stake in the approaching elootlon, thai we feel It a duty to remind you of the vast Interests which de fiend upon your votes. It in nnt a m'-re Inoal struggle Jt it not a iH'ttion who it to be tihtTitr, or 7'ieamrer, or Judge. Mr. Johnson and his allies in their t llorts to neutralize the defeat of the Rebellion, have appealed to the people of the North, and they will road In thb majorities which you will enst on Tuesday tho sentonce wnouifi iih-j Bro triumpuani or UHfoated "Mr. Johnson has arroealed to himself legls- I latlve as well as executive functions, and has 1 appealed to you, through his Demooratio allies, 1 for support, lly your votes on Tuesday you are to decide whether you approve or his usurpa tion, or whether you ate resolved "thatUov emnient of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.' " ft Here then is a retraction from these gentle menfrom all of them. They do not declare against Judge Ludlow by name, but they state that it is not a question of who shall be Sheriff, or Treasurer, or Judge. They see as clearly as we do, that if any Republican votes for Jndge Ludlow he votes against his party and in favor of a most bitter exponent of the doctrines of the Democracy. We say nothing against Judge Ludlow as a mau, but as a politician we cannot give him even a silent support. We knew that the very men who attempted to elevate tho Judgeship above partisanship would, now that they have failed, be found side by side with their old comrades. If the question oould have been settled without a battle, these gentlemen de sired it. But in the event of a contest they are unwilling to be found side by side with their ancient enemy. We are now in the midst of the battle, and we find our friend3 back in the ranks. The following gentlemen having some weeks ago favored Judge Lud low as a no-party candidate, to-day retract their support from him and call on all good citizens to oppose a triumph of Andrew John son and vote against the Democratic nomi nees, for it "it not a question of who shall be ShiriJJ, or Treasurer, or Judge:" William M. Meredith, 'George H. Stuart Isaac Hazel hurst, Daniel .Smith, Jr.. Henry C. liea, Henry O. t arey, William .Sellers. Chai Its Gibbons, Arttur O. CoiTln. Kvan Rudolph, Stephen A. Caldwell, William U. Thomas, William AlcMlchacl, Henry Perkins, Clarence H. Clark, (fsamuel 11. Porklm, rrenericK tf raiey. J. G. Fell, James Pollock. Andrew SVheeler. I Edward Shippeu, Caleb Cope, ! A. IS. Borio, i Horace llinney, Jr., M. Carey I.ea, Oeorne II. Hoker, I Henry O. Morris, IK. W. Clark, ,J. H. Whi'liey. Orove & Urolher, !K. A. SouJer A Co., I WotherMl & brother. John 11. lcedbeiu, Cnsrles T. Prony, Matthew Balrd. Hei'J. Bullock's Sons, Horace mnney, There are others who have signed this counter call who had also signed the first Ludlow circular; but we have not space to make room for them here. Elsewhere will be found the entire list. These gentlemen thus cancel what they have previously said, aud call on their fellow-citizens in this great con test to vote against Andrew Johnson, and to support the Republican candidates for Sheriff, Treasurer, Judge, and all the other positions. Let the people heed their voice. Let them take the advice of those whose positions give it weight, and let them' vote and work for the anti-Jthnson candidates for every position. Hon. Henry W. Williams. A wjxl-known Philadelphia lawyer, who is not preeminent for his legal abilities, recently made a long appeal, through the columns of a contemporary "to all parties" to vote for the Hon. George Sharswood for Judge of the Supreme Court. The address was de cidedly weak, and we had almost determined not to "pay it even the cold respect of a passing remark." ; The writer adroitly commences hi3 wily appeal with a honeyed commendation of Republican principles. But this ful some exordium is only the prelude to dis paraging reflections upon the morality and intellectuality of the Republican candidate. We have repeatedly shown in these columns, and it has never been refuted, that the Hon. Henry W. Williams is as widely respected for his moral worth as Judge Sharswood, whether individually, socially, or officially considered. The writer repeatedly, and with impertinent inconsistency, speaks of the Hon. Henry W. Will'ams as though he was emphatically the political candidate;, and he carefully insinuates that he appears to be ashamed to explicitly assert that the acceptance of a nomination made by. a political party is a kind .of political immorality, especially when the nominee is to run for the Chief Judge ship of the Supreme Court. Cannot every veter who has sufficient intellect to know tLe meaning of a ballot, perceive that if such acceptance be political immorality, the two candidates are equally guilty ? Or, in other words, cannot every voter see that Judge Sharswood is just as significantly the candi date of the Democratic party in this respect aa the Hon. Henry W. Wi'Jlarus is the candidate of the Republican paily ( The writer is wisely silent in regard to th political antecedents of the candidates. We have also irrefutably Bhown in these eoluuius that the important political antecedents of Jtidgo Sharswood are as unmistakably Democratio as those of our candidate are Republican. For twenty years Judge Sharswood has bec-n one of the most devoted political .disciples of the great South Carolina traitor, John C. Calhoun. Ha haa judicially attempted to invalidate the national currency by deciding that the legal tenders of the Government aw illegal aui un constitutional. Ko that all the aaslduou, labored prating of Mr. Brown about the politi cal candidate, whioh constitutes one of the tw great burdens of hia appeal, is rfdloa lously shallow. While upon this subjoot of politlcality, we perhaps ought to allude U the writer's affirmed conourrenoo in the doo trine of tho Democratic programme, "that a Wise, upright, and fearless judiciary ia th great bulwark of publio ea'ety and individual rights." We need only remark that If the wU dom, uprightness, and fearlessness implied in this Democratic programme are the same kind aa are practised by the Democratio judloiary of New York city, and of some other places evea lees Democratic, all honest Republicans prefer not to conour in this cardinal Democratio doo trine. In comparing the intellectuality of tho candidates, tho writer is equally unfortunate. He reasons thu?: The Republican candidate U forty-six years of age, and the Demooratio candidate fifty-five ; therefore the latter is in comparably the Buperior in intellectuality. This is the veritable reasoning of a lawyer who includes the judiciary in the classes of per sons to whom he oomplaoently appeals. The historical annals of ancient and modern times all attest that the majority oC the massive intellects of the world have matured at the age of forty-five. Not only are the mental faculties of the Hon. Henry W. Williams matured and in full vigor, but they have been rigorously disciplined by a varied judicial experienoo of no ordinary character during the sixteen years " "o upon me oenui ot the JJistrlot j Court of Allegheny county. Ilia deoisiona : have reflected eminent legal attainments, and j even when appealed from they have generally been affirmed by the Superior Court, wltk marked expressions of approval the Supe rior Judges not unfrequently being satis fied to affirm the judgment solely for the reasons expressed by the Judge below. It is generally conoeded that our candidate possesses rare analytical and inductive powers of mind. Such an intellect niru4 necessarily be endowed with a large and liberal comprehensiveness, which Sees all round and all through every Bubject, and which therefore studies and judges everything in all its relations the very quality of mind that is preeminently needed in a Supreme Judge. For him, then, we con fidently bespeak the votes of our citizens on the ground of legal ability and tried patriotism. The Dtiiinl or the Sponsors. Tuk sponsors of the Independent ( f ) candi date for Judge, Hon. James R. Ludlow, see fit to deny the truth of the extract published by ns, from a speech made by that gentlemen at the house of the Washington Engine- Com pany. A card signed by W. J. MoElroy says: "The Commit'ee of Superintendence of the Independent I; : nds of Judge Ludlow had their attention called loa parngruph in Thic Kvicn Ino Tki.kokai h of Friday last, which cUares that gentleuiii" with the utternnee of senti ments at a M.h'lo mi'Oliutt favorable to a dis solution of thf U .Inn." They then utterly deuy the tsuth of the statement, and conclude that "Against su.'ii testimony the nnonvmous oliarne above r it r rod to can have no weight. The re.electloi. or Jud.'.a l iialow Ish1 cure in the bauds of an in I lliuenl community accustomed to do i s own hi I'kluu." This is, to our mind, rather a cool paragraph. In the first place, the "Independent friends"(f ) call the paragraph iu Tub Evknino Tblbuhai'H anonymous. It is not customary for editorial articles to have the editor's name signed to them; but we never before heard that they were not worthy of credit on that account. The true state of the case is clear. The para graph which states that he said, "If William II. Seward bhucld be elected Pbbsidbkt of the United States, I would be in favor of a dissolution of the Union, and moreover, the South would be justified in dissolving the Union in case of such an event," is true in every particular. It is a bonajide, extract from a report of the speech delivered by Judge Ludlow on that occasion, and we have every reason to believe that it ia what the Judge really uttered. We were not present but when the report of the speech appeared with that paragraph in it, it was not denied by Judge Ludlow, which ia pretty good evidence that he was not opposed to its sentiments. Who Mr. McElroy is we have not the pleasure of knowing, but if he has much regard for his reputation for veracity, we would advise him to be careful how he denies facts whioh are capable of proof. There are many living who heard that speech of Judge Ludlow; let them deny our statements. And we will go further. If Judge Ludlow will furnish us with a oopy of his speech and he doubtless has preserved a copy of the printed report we will publish it w ithout charge in our paper, and let our readers see whether or not our extract Is oor rect. We know ot what we write, and even if not restrained by morality, yet polioy would restrain na from publishing such a statement if we were not sure that we spoke the truth. We repeat our words. Judge Ludlow did say in the speech referred to that . "Ir WlLLTAl' U. SlWARD SHOULD BB KXKO tkh Prksidknt of thk Umiticd Statkh, I WOULD UK IN FAVOR OF A DISSOLUTION OF THK Union, and, moreover, the South would Ue Justified In dissolving the Union in ease of such an event." The City Press and the City Treasurer. Tub cordial and almost unanimous endorse ment by the city press of Mr. Jones, for Trea surer, ia gratifying to all who deaire a proper man in that position. But for the opposition of the daily Demooratio organ, there would scarcely be heard a dissenting voice from the press respecting Mr. Jones' high claims to publio confidence and esteem. Even a Demo cratio Sunday paper say a that "Mr. David Jones, the candidate for City Treasurer, baa filled a responsible position for many years, and the fidelity with which he has discharged his trust, the integrity which has characterised all his acts, the promptness with whiu ha has fulfilled every reasonable expectation, no less than his great personal worth, have elioited the encomiums of the press and all having businet-s with hia department;" "bile the Republican papurs are unanimous an . i .i .... ? , il.a avftflllent varuest iu tueir euooniiunis uy" . cbaracter'and capacity of Mr. Jones. fve say to you that if the Democratic party r i
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