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07 As we stated last week, our bands
have all loft us, and the consequence is we
are only able to issue & half sheet this week.
In order, however to make our paper look
. a8 well as possible under the circumstances,
we have gotten it up in folio form, which,
we think, is an advantage over the com-~
won two-page half sheet. How long we
may be compelled to issue in this way, we
do not know —probably for several weeks.
Until we can get hands, we can do mo bet-
ter, and hope that our friends and subscrie
bers will bear with us for awhile. We very
much regret the necessity which obliges us
to curtail our size just on the eve of anim=
portant election, but as there is no help for
it. we submut with as good a grace as pos~
sible.
N77 What do the friendsand admirers of
John C. Fremont think of the recent move:
ment on the part of himself and the Abo~
lition wing of the Republican party, to de-
pose President Lincoln and overturn oup
present form of Government? Will they
still ery hosannas to the *f path-finder” and
continue thet nuiserable attempts to gull the
people into the belief that he is a great man,
or will they now, like honest men and patrie
otic citizens, turn their backs upon him and
denounce him for this most treasonable and
damnable scheme to subysgate the liberties
of the people and overturn the Government
which their own hands have set up? We
shall see.
In the meantime we solemnly warn our
friends and the. public in general, that the
most astounding disclosures have come to
light, implicating John C. Fremont, Govern
or Morton, of Indiana, llenry Wilson, Sens
tor from Massachusetts, Cassius M. Clay
and other leading Republican-Abulitionists,
In a conspiracy to depose the President,
seins the Government and prostitute its pow-
er to the accomplishment of their own hell-
ish designs upon the liberties of the people
and the social rights of the Southern portion
of our once happy Union. There is no mis-
take in this. [tis a solemn trath, and if
ot checked in time, by the supreme power
of the people, may result in everlasting ruin
to us and our institutions.
Freemen of Centre county—loversof your
Country everywhere, remember these things
when you come to cast your votes in Octo-
ber next. Make up your minds to vote
aright let the consequences be what they
may, and trust in God and the justness ot
our cause.
77” The Conferees of the Abolition-High-
Tax party, wet in Williamsport on Friday,
the 19th inst., and nominated for Congress,
W. Ll. Armstrong, a politician of the Phil-
lips, Fremont and Greeley school. Let the
voters of this County remember that it was
just such men as Armstrong that brought
about this war. Let them remember that
he with others of the same ilk, repealed the
Tonnage Tax on the Pennsylvania Railroad»
thus releasing that moneyed monopoly (rom
the payment of HALF A MILLION OF
DOLLARS annual State tax and fastening
it upon the poor laboring men of the coun-
try who earn their bread by the sweat of
their brows.
0" Vote for Roserr F. BarroN the la-
boring man’s friend, to represent ‘‘Old Cen-
tre” in the Legislature next session, and
thas defeat the re-election to the U.S.3enate
of the infamous-red-mouthed-abolition-free-
trade~demagogue Davy Wilmot. Don’t for-
get hard fisted working men, that it is to
YOUR interest to vote for BARRON and the
WHOLE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
07 Let the people remember at the polls
the parsy that refused to accept the Crittene
den Compromise, and thus forced the two
sections of our country into the bloody civ-
il wat that is now devastating it, and loads
ing them down with taxes heavier than the
white slaves of England have to bear,
1” Down in the mouth—the candidates
on the ‘free nigger’ ticket. Better give in
gentlemen, you'll be beat like all—-this fall:
YY, SEPT. 26, 1862. NO. 37.
WHICH 18 THE TRAITOR ¢
The Republicans. denounce Valandigham
as a traitor, and eulogige Bingham as a pa.
triot. They are Representativs from Ohio,
and during the last session of Congress they
gave expression to their honest sentiments
as follows: — ; ;
Mr. Valandigham said: iy
“It is for the restoration of the Union
as it was in 1789, and continued for
over 70 years, that I am bound to’ the
last hour of my political existence.’’
Mr. Bingham said:
**Who, in the name of Heaven, wants the
cotton States, or any other States this side
| of perdition, to remain in the Union, if Sla~
very is to continue?”
Pray, now, which is the traitor? Will
some Abolition?Republican answer? “Tell
us, 0, ye “‘CnrvaLRIc”’ patriots of Bellefonte
—ye “blood and thunder” war men !
The Highest Honor
On the 24th day of December, 1783, in
Congrss assembled, Gen. George Washington
the Father of his Country, voluntarily tend
ered his resignation to the authorities under
which he had acted, The President, Mr.
Miffln, in responding on behalf of Congress,
uttered the follo xing eulogium:
_ * Called upon by your country to defend
its invaded rights, vou accepted the sacred
charge before it had formed alliances, and
whilst it was without funds or a governs
ment. You have conducted the great mili
tary contest with wisdom and fortitude,
invariably regarding the rights of the civil
power through all disasters and changes.”
Negroes With General Jackson.
Mr. Thomas Mellen, of Philadelphia, writes
to one of our newspapers emphatically
denying the statement originally started by
the Abolitionists, and since widely repeated
by their organs and followers, that General
Jackson bad negro troops in his army at
the battle of New Orleans. He says: —
_ “I was on the spot at the time, serving
in Gen. Jacksen’s ranks, He had a small
battalion of quadroons, (volun'eers.) come
manded by Major Duan, a white Frenchman,
Quadroons are a mixed race, ahout one-
forth black and threc~fourths white. blood,
generally of white fathers and quadroon
mothers. At the time they were a respecta-
ble class, possessing some property and
owning slaves themselves. They do not
associate with the blacks.
A Falshood Refuted.
The Eastern State Journal, replying to
the assertion of an abolition sheet that the
Democrats at the war have become abolition -
ists, says:-
“On the contrary, all the Democrats who
have enlisted in the war, whom we have seen
since their enlistment, are more strongly op-
posed to abolitionism than ever; while of the
few Republicans who have joined the army,
and whose exprssionsin in relation to the sla--
very question have come to our knowledge,
have repudiated all of the abolition views
which they had previously entertained, and
declare that they fight for the Union and not
for the Negro.”
A Recommendation
We recommend the following lines to the
attentive consideration of Forney, McMichael,
and the ninny mouse seribblers of insane or
mad attacks on Democrats:
¢¢ This dog and man at first were friends,
But when a pique began,
The dog, to gain some private end,
Went mad and bit the man.
The wound it seem’d both sore and sad,
To every Christian eye;
And while they swore the dog was mad,
They swore the man would die.
But soon a wonder came to light,
That show’d che rogues they lied,
The man recover’d of the bite,
The dog it was that died.”
eet Orme amnieriee
GooLy ProrLe.—1f we were foolish
enough to believe them, the hepublicans
are the only true religious, patriotic men
living.— Their whole Godliness consists in
loving the nigger and hating the white
man.
ANOTHER F4cT.--Any man who at this
day will support John W. Forney and bis
paper, the Press, isnot a democrat. This
has now become a fact beyond dispute.
(C7 Beit remembered that the Republican
Supreme Court of Ohio decided that NE-
GROES CAN VOTE.
Pleasant—The weather.
ow
i The Elections in October.
© oWalleish : every voter who is able to cast
his by lot onthe 2nd Tuesday of October,
) se at hand, could fully feel and un-
derstend the importance of the privilege
granted him by our Coustitution and laws.
‘Never since Constitutional Government de-
volved upon a people, was there such a cri-
8is on hand ss that now hanging in fearful
gloom over the American people. Never
‘were'a people surrounded with such deep,
vital gnd, perhaps, final questions to mest
and decide as now.
We will not trifle with the awful magni
tude of the subject, by spending our time or
men, or involve the trembling issues in per-
sonal conflicts or interests. We know no
men, no personal interests, nor selfish mo-
tives. He who looks no higher than these
at sgch a critical moment as this, is unfit
for ice. and scarcely worthy the privilege
of awote. The higher, nobler, severer tests
are to be tried— those of constitutional lib-
erty and all the rights guaranteed under
them. The life of a nation is at stake —the
freedom of a great people is cast in the die.
The terrible errois of the past are to be c.
rected, and a wiser and a better judo! FF
is to be instituted, or this may te inate
the whole fabric of our institutions, a? on |
other year may witness the dying emb 3 oi”
constitutional freedom and the groans oi i-
piring Liberty.
We speak in all the solemn warning ¢
earnestness and sincerity. We appeal to
the higher and nobler judgment of our peo-
ple to run no more risks at the polls, cast
no more votes under promises and fanatical
promptings—listen no longer to the syren
voice of demagogues and sympathetic ap.
peals of the wolves in sheep's clothing. —
Stand wpon your own honest judgments
carefully wrought out in the most solemn
convictions of right aud duty. The old
Apax fellan the garden of Eden under fair
promises of the hissing serpent——our Apax
fell under the specious promises of a Chica--
go platform. They both brought death in.
to the world and all its woes. Take warn-
ing from the past and like men, nobly undo
the errors of £0 sad and fearful a nature.
The side of HOPE ig with the Democratic
nominationa—there is no hope, not the least, |.
in any other direction. If it cannot be
found there, then is our country, our liberty,
our all on the brink of everlasting ruin.—
Desolation and anarchy will reign in uncon-
trolled madness and the destroying angel
riot in the darkness of despair,
Wal d to God that évery candidate before
the people, felt as he should feel in the deep
solemnity of this hour of our nations peril—
would that he felt the terrible responsibil
ties which will crowd upon hin when elect-
ed. Would that the pe)ple might cast their
votes with an eye single to the great de-
mands of the hour. and present the sublime
spectacle of a free people striving to save
[BS Baciyes by the peaceful and manly bal-
lot
Friends of liberty and humanity! you
may do more for the salvation of yourselves
and your country hy casting your ballots
aright than can be done for these sublime
objects on the gory fields of battle, with
mournivg and wretchedness as counterparts.
If you ars charged with being ¢ peace men”
submit the charge to the Angel of Mercy
for decision, and press on to duty. If you
are charged with want of spirit and cour
age, send the slanderer to the field where
leaden bullets will test the courage of the
most bloody-minded. Lf you are charged
with too tender a feeling for your race, send
him who makes the charge to the school of
the wild Indian on your border, where he
can learn lessons in his new humanitarian
ideas. If you are charged with a want of
love of country, ask if he who loves best
his wife and children is the one who strikes
them with the arrows of death?
Friends and fellow countrymen! we wish
not to alarm you! We wish only to call
you to reflection, and from reflection to ac-
tion, In the raging of battles and in the
tramp of the tyrants in civil authority,
neither forget your rights nor fail to perform
your duty while yet you may. When the
night closes around you no man can work,
and surely that night will come unless you
lift the cloud settling upon you and dnve
darkness fiom the surrounding heavens. It
i8 for you to decide. The whole world is
interested in the good judgments to which
you may come. The greatest and the no-
blest of your deeds may be shown in the
casting of a single ballot. That ballot may
accomplish greater ends than bullets. Bul-
lets can never reconcile a free and brave
pegple to each others faults—ballots may
do this great thing. Ballots were establish-
ed for the security of freedom —bullets for
the support of tyrants, Ballots secure
rights—bullets might. Judge ye, then, ve-
tween them.—Columbus (O.) Crisis.
A Lrear Orinion.—Ex- Governor, now.
Judge Dutton, of Connecticut, says: —
«NEITHER THE PRESIDENT NOR CONGRESS
OAN EMANOCIPATE SLAVES ANY MORE THAN
THEY CAN GRANT BILLS OF DIVORCE.
rete erp setts time tl
Republican Catechism.
Who said that the Union cogld nat exist
half slave and half fice ¢ © :
Abrabam Lincoln. ©
Who said that the person. who is in favcr
of maintaining the Constitution in this erie
gis is a traitor ?
Benjamin Wade, of Ohio.
Who justified the present Rebellion and
placed Southern rebels on a par with the
patriots of the Revolution ?
Horace Greeley, of the New York Tribe
une.
Who said (with a commission in kis pock-
et) that he would not fight in this war ua
less for the extermination of slavery ?
Cassius M. Clay, Minister to. Russia.
What leading Republican organ says that
the present war will not restore the Union ?
The Washington Republican.
Who is in favor of reducing the Southern
States to a territorial condition and masking
the war one of subjugation ?
Charles Suwner.
Who are leading High Priests of the Ro
publican party ?
T.i12eoln, Wade, Greeley, Clay and Sume
~welinsgrove Times.
3 Jr ime ON
}i 0 MEA YLAY PROVE TRUE
“U9 New York /7i0ume says: * We ghall
Sia to v:'> Republican de-
hed 05 cha° Fat }
AP ent.
Eo A og]
Yotor wilt
yr
ward © HE aide he. time. when the
fact shat '¥2" fal ‘Thea—snd not till
then—may | © hope {Hf a tétorn” of peace,
prosperity &nd happigess. Then and not
till then—may We expect to-have a Union of
thirtyfour prospera®s Sites, Headonstitntion
command the respect of all and 1.2 people
rewarded with the ric” T1"57~ © designed
by the fathers of the republic. Let us bend
our best energies to bring about this glo-
rious end He who votes against abolition
fanatics at the approaching election does
that which {8 calculated to confer upon
himself, and upon unborn generations, the
richest blessings ever derived by man from
Government. -
rm AAG Amo
[>The recent election in the State of
Maine, shows large gains in favor of the
Democratic candidates, and we incline to
the belief that if the party had been thor-
oughly united on one ticket, it would have
achieved a complate triumph. As it is the
‘prestige of the Abolitionists in Maine is
completely broken, and another year will
witness the redemption of the State from
the thraldom of fanaticism. The Democrats
have certainly elected one member of Con-
gress, and perhaps more. Maine has made
a good beginning, and we hope will persevere
in the good werk, until reason shall again
resurae her sway in every Section of our un-
happy and distracted country.
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177=Ten persons were arrested in New
York, on Friday night last, attempting to
procure substituies for persons liable to be
‘drafted. What next?
wo lawyers of Galena, (Ill,,) wera ar-
rested on the same night by the U. S. Mare
shall and sent to Fort Lafayette.
J. P. Coddington and Chas. W, Poor, ot
Newark. were arrested on the 28th for pole
itieal offences, and taken to Washington
for trial. Mr Coddington was a three’
month's volunteer, and had been recently en-
gaged in raising a cempany of nine moths
men. Oh Liberty! what crimes are com-
mited in thy name! :
Site seetl P .
15 We would ask our Abolition friends
now how they like ¢*Old Abe’s’’ coin? And
whether they have been much troubled with
gold and silver of late ? During which Ad-
ministration, Buchanan's or Lincoln's, did
you handle the most gold and silver? And,
in general, how in thunder any how do you
like the new ‘‘change’’ for which you voted?
We do not mean Old Abe's postage stamps,
but his ‘‘change’ in the affairs of the gov
ernment. How, friends, do you relish the
¢.change ?”” Hadn’t you all better vote for
another ‘‘change” this fall? We think so.
and hope you will do so. Take our advice.
—Seliusgrove Times
re ee GR BB
§ It was supposed that when old Abe
got to Washington he would have the Capi-
tol fenced in with Illinois rails, but in stead
of rails, he ig fencing it in with niggers, —
Hereafter the phrase ‘‘there’s a nigger in
the fence’’ may prove to be more truthful
than funny. :
rte Gp emir
TA German Democratic speaker was
driven from the stand he occupied one night
last week in La Port by ths Marshall,
TWENTY NIGGERS and about thirty row-
dies, Ts this the free speech we were told of
in 18607
ttn Ap stn en
- Twelve political prisoners from llhmois
were taken to Washington on the 6th inst.,
and consigned to the old capitol prison.