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BELLEFONTE, FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 10, 1862.
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BELLEFONTE, PA.
Friday Morning, Oct. 10, 1862.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL
ISAAC SLENKER.
of Unien county
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL.
JAMES P. BARR,
of Alleghany county.
COUNTY TICKET.
FOR CONGRESS,
OBEDIAHNOBODYEXSQC
of Katnesoumiuntionky.
YOR ASSEMBLY,
ROBERT F. BARRON.
POR COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM FUREY.
POR DISTRICT ATTONBY
WILLIAM H. BLAIR.
YOR AUDITOR,
WILLIAM J. KEALSH.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR,
ALEXANDER KERR.
CONGRESS WM. H. ARMSTRONG—
THE DUTY OF CONSERVATIVE
REPUPLICANS.
The radical republicans in the last ses
ion of Congress have done as much for the
rumnation of the country, &s the armed
traitors in the South. The end of this tere
rible civil strife might in all probability now
gladden the hearts of Americans, but for
the niggerism of these northern traitors
1 Congress. The people of Pennsylvania
are now called upon to elect a new delega
tion to our national legislature—one more
Congress like ihe last, with a repetition of
its infamous legislation, and the ruination
of the country would be complete. We
cannot help but think that the abolitionists
were bent on pursuing such a course in
Congress as would prevent the preservation
of the Union, but on the other hand ensure
i'w speedy destruction—ell the legislation
seems to have been directed to this end.—
The time has now come for serious thought.
Tne voters of the 19th Con sressional Dis-
trict have a Congressmen to elect—will they
clect a radical man or will they choose a
conservative man 2 That's the issue.
The Abolition wing of the Republican
party have nominated Wm. II. Armstrong
of Lycoming, a disciple of Greeley, a radi:
cal republican of the abolition school, the
antipodes of conservatism, and a man of no
meagre abilities, who, should he unfortu-
nately get aseat in Congress would but
prove another mischief maker in these troub
lesome times! For God’s sake let men for
once stop and think: before they vote!—
Can the country in iz t is terrible crisis af-
ford to be longer baffled with, by men with
radical and ultra principles like those to
which Hon. W. II. Armstrong adheres!
Can this country survive another Congress
as the lastone? We all know it cannot,
then let us all be careful that men of the
Aboliton school like Mr. Armstrong be elec.
ted to stay at home, if we sincerely desire
this war to end, and our count: y restored.—
Mr. Armstrong can have no sympathy for
our country in its perilous hour—the prios
«ciples which he advocates are inconsistent
with a true love for the Union. Abolition:
ism and Unionism are directly antagonistic
and the nominee of the ultra republicans
adheres to the former, and thisis conclusive
evidence that he hates the latter. Will not
such republicans, who may have a spark of
Lnion feeling left, think before they vote,
for every man elected to Congress who is
an ultra or abolition republican, is a blow at |
Uaton, and prolongs this bloody war, Mr.
Armstrong is a radical ultra Republican,
and therefore in times like these a danger-
ous man
Now this :2 a Repuplican District, cut out
by Mr Armstrong for his own especial ben-
«efit, and therefore, can we be represented
by a conservative man ? This fellow citi-
zens is an important question. You have a
remedy ; let the conservative republicans
«ast their vote for Hon. James,T. Hale, who
has been induced lo offer himself as an in-
dependent conservative candidate. Judge
Hale, although a lifelong opponent of the
Democratic party isnot pledged to ultra
principles like Mr. - Armstrong. Judge
Hale is opposed to the mad legislation of
the late session of Congress, and we have
proofs of his conservatism. Why should a
republican hesitate to vote for mm ? He is
2 man of their party, tried of experience
and ability. He is much safer than Arm-
strong , and will not colleague with aboli-
tionists. It is the duiy of every honest re-
publican to vote for Judge Hale, in fact Mr.
Armstrong’s nomination should be spurned
by all republicans, and thus a rebuke ad-
ministered to fanaticism. To Democra's
we have nothing to say here ; being conser-
vative Union loving, and hating Abolition~
ism, they will know their duty.—Berichter.
1f you would do your country a service,
_ vote ths whole Democratic ticket.
NEWSPAPER SKETCHES.
THE DEVIL.
The “ devil” is an institution by and of
himself. He inks the type, or turns the
crank, or “lays on the sheets.” (Other
peope sometimes do the latter. If it were
not for him the paper would not ‘come
out.” He sweeps out tho office. Ile builds
the fires—an appropriate work for a fiend
—and swears because some one has ‘“ hook-
ed the kindlings!” IIe does the chores
at the house.” Ile ‘quiets the baby.”
Yet his important duty 1s to keep watch on
the street corner 50 as to be able to inform
the editor when the sheriff'is after him!
With all this, *“ Devil ”” shoulders all the
bad or smutty jokes of the editor. When
the mighty man of the pen is ashamed of
an expression, and still desires to utter it,
he says ““ our Devil says thus and so,” and
the poor devil has to stand it!
Nevertheless, the *“ Devil” is an impor-
tant personage in society. He attends lect-
mes. He frequents concerts, shows, and
the opera; but—I say it more in sorrow
than in aoger—he seldom attends church!
He presents himself at the ticket office of
*‘ghow,” with his ‘‘linen” reversed by
way of achange, (for he seldom possesses
mors than a single shirt,) as a *“ member of
the Press,” and so presses his claims that
be is admitted without the quarter. But
our young friend is mot alone. Ile is too
much of a gallant for that. His‘ woman”
is with him, and he and his *“ woman ” pass
in and enjoy the entertainment, which,
whatever it may be, is taken down in doses
alternated with peanuts and tobacco. For
the Devil chews as well as smokes, and spits
profusely upon carpets when he gets with-
in reach of them. ’
I wever heard of a Printer’s Devil who
had ‘risen in life,” but I do the class
justice to say that, to my knowledge, none
of them have fallen very low. Somo of
these ‘“ Devils ”” have descended to be may-
ors of cities. Some of them have even left
themselves down into Congressmen. But I
never kaew one to degrade himself so low as
to become a President of the United States.
So much for the “Devil,” I know the
“animal.” I've been there myself.
THE “ JOUR PRINTER.”
Allow me to introduce the ‘“ Jour Piint-
er Of juck-at-all-trades he is chief. lle
never finds an emergency to which heis
is not equal.
He is in every desirable place, at all
times. lo is always *“ at the fire ”’—some-
times bootless, and batless, and shirtless;
still he is there!
He is in California, at Pike’s Peak, or in
Utah, and has a practical belief in plurality
of wives | Ie rejects the curreat proverb
that there can be too much of a good thing
—in this respect.
He is engaged alike in John Brown in-
surrection and southern secession move-
ments.
Of course he Las joined the Sons of Malta
—long ago. Ie is one of the pioneers.
is admission was Ovegular. Very much
to the sorrow and discomfiture of the order,
he swindled the gout out of his accustomed
perquisite in the butting line—seizing the
animal by the tail and *‘ reversing the en-
gine !”. And, after he bad seen the ele
phar t, or, rather, the goat, he published his
experience in the newspapers, illustrated
with cuts.
It was very plain that he could swim ; at
least, he ** got along swimmingly.”
The * Jour Printer ”” travels. IIe is not
unfrequently compelled to travel by force of
circumstances, His little brass rule is an
open-sesame alike to steamboats and rail
cars. He occupies the choicest seats, and
puts his muddy boots, or shoes, upon the
velvet cushions. ’
He is always “strapped” more or less
—generally more, Still, he declares the
*“ world owes him a living,” as surely as
he owes his washerwoman an indefinite
sun which she never will get!
IIe is never out of spirits—animal spir-
its, I mean—for he is sometimes crazy for
want of the variety ’ciept *‘ ardent.” In
some cases, his idea of Paradise is, a huge
barrel of Old Bourbon, pierced” for a large
sized straw, with his mouth at the muz-
zle.
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Irepeat—he travels. At one point in his
pereginations, he works at his *¢ profession ”’
—it would be sacrilege to call it * trade ;”
at another, he is a quack doctor, with an
adequate supply of bread pills and molass-
es syrup.
At another point, finding game to be
plucked, he plays euchre—whatever that is
for a * little loose change,”
The world is his country—he basks in the
sunshine of every climate. The bones of
bis comrades whiten alike the plains of
Mexico, the hillsides of the crimea, and the
barren wastes of the Arabian desert.
This is hardly a fancy sketch.
“YE LocAL.”
Next comes ‘‘ Ye Local?” Heis an in-
dispensable adjunct to eyery well-conduct-
ed newspaper. Every body knows him.
If my rural friend comes to town, he
“sees him,” He is standing on the street
coruer, he meets him on the pavement, pos-
sibly with a bill for collection !
“Ye Local” is ubiquitous.
Ifa Dutchman drinks forty glasses of la-
ger at a sitting, “ye local” sees it done,
and helps do it. Ifa plug muss occurs at
midnight, he is certain to be present, sud,
ten to one, he has a black eye for the next
week, Ifa man has the bad luck to be
murdered, the local’ is the principal
witness ; and it there is an elopement in
high life, you may be sure that he is at the
bottom of it, for the sake of getting a good
item.
Iie attends the first and last ball of the
season. He never goes home till morning,
and then he takes the girls with him. He
is the chronicler of the occasion, and of
every other occasion. .
Ile renders extraordinary service to those
who getinto his good graces—how they get
there is nobody's business. Ie makes an
“able and entertaining” lecture out of an
irregular grouping of *“ stale, flat, and un-
profitable” ideas; a * graceful danscuse cut
of an a large-limbed damsel whowould dis-
grace a ‘‘ Pete Williams hoe-down ;” and
a “melodious bird-voiced songstress” out
of a croaking, braying, old ‘ campaigner.”
He puts the bad English out of the public
speaker into proper shape, and secure for
him fame and renown which he would never
enjoy through his own merits. .
We will drop the curtain on * ye local.”
The Secrets of Fort Lafayette.
The New York World has the follows
ing:
After a confinement of four weeks in For
Lafayette, Colonel Belge is liberated, and
receives from Judge Advocate Turner a
certificate that ‘he was arrested upon an
unfounded charge; that his imprisonment
was consequently unlawful, and, upon in-
vestigation, he is discharged honorably and
without stain upon his character.” —This is
another of those acts of the War Department
which have foully dishonoied the loyal
cause.
Colonel Belge, a Prussian by birth, for
native land, and for eleven years an officer
in the Prussian army, resigned his commis-
sion to make America his home, offered his
services soon after the rebellion broke out,
raised the Sixty eighth New York Regiment
from his German country-men with rapidity
seldom equalled, and so distinguished him~
self in the Westeru Virginia, particularly at
the battle of Cross Keys, where he acied as
Brigadier General, that his name was sent
into the Senate for confirmation to that
position, and only failed because, with
hundreds of others, it was not reached at
the hour of final adjournment. Having un-
dergone a year’s hard service, he was granted
twenty days furlough, and was sent north
to recruit a German brigade, of which he
was to have command. Ife had not been in
New York three days before he was sum-
marily arrested for no reason of which he
had even the remotes: knowledge or sus-
picion, was conveyed to Fort Lafayette and,
motwithstanding the cflor s of his wife, of
General Sigel, and others at Washington, in
his behalf, was kept there four weeks, finally
to be “discharged honorably and without
stain upon his character.”
lt now appears that the charge which
caused bis arrest was horse stealing, secret
formation having been lodged by a personal
enemy that he had sureptitiously taken two
Government horses with him oa his return
North. Had Colonel Belge been apprised of
the accusation, he could forthwi h have pro
duced from bis pocket a regular official pass
for himself and thos two identical horses,
and could also have referred to the Quarter-
master, whose registry would have shown
at once that the hoises had, in conformity
with regulations. been bought by Colonel
Belge and paid for. Bat he was kept in ig
norance of the chirge until Judge Advocate
Tarner. being present in Fort Lafayette, in
order to discharge the absurdly arrested sub-
stitute agents, took occasion to inform him
ihat there was no good reason for his arrest,
and tha t he was at liberty to return to duty,
Colonel Belge, of course, did not leave until
he had taken care to extract from the Judge
the explicit certificate whose words we have
given above.
Now, what are we to think of the official
management of a department that’ visits
such treatment upon one of the gallant des
fenders of the Government—so qu ck to
imprison af the imputation of any malignan t
wretch, so merciless in wi:hholding the na-
ture of the charge, so tardy in rectifying the
wrong? Without qualification or abatement,
itis simply infamous. The War Depart-
went, in this matter has commi ted an out-
rage upon a chivalarous foreign soldier for
which every American has reason to hang
his head in shame.
[7 Should the contest for congress in
this district remain between Hale ard Arm-
strong, Halo will receive an overwhelming
majority —we would guarantee 1500 major-
ity, at the very least, for Hale in the Gera
man townships. Hale is an independent
conservative candidate. Armstrongis the
nominee of the ultra or Abolition wing of
the Republican party. We have not yet
met a Republican in this or Brush valley,
who does not say he will vote for Hale; no
doubt there are such, ultras, who will vote
with the Abolition wing for Armstrong. —
Centre Berichter.
= DEMOCRATS ! Remember Tuesday
next is election day, Tarn out in your full
strength and let us make a mighty eftort to
elect our whole ticket. .
J77 Dont take notes on the Mercantile
| Bank Washington, D. C.
seven years a pupil in a military school in his |
Orpheus C. Kerr's Speech.
The redoutable Orpheus, the war cor
respondent of the Sunday Mercury. has
been making a characteristic speech. Here
it is:
« Men of America:—It is with feelings
akin to emotion that I regard this vast as
.semblage of Nature's noblemen, and reflect
that it comes to do honor to me, who have
only performed my duty. Gentlemen my
heart is full ; as the poet says:
« The night sha!l be filled with burglars,
And the chaps that infest the day
Shall pack their duds like peddlars,
And carry the spoons away.”
+ Tt seems scarcely five minutes ago that
this vastand otherwise large country sprung
from chaos at the call cf Columbus, and im-
mediately commenced to produce wooden
nutmegs for a foreign shore. Itseems but
three seconds ago that all this beautiful
scene was a savage wild, and echoed the
a xe-falls of the samguinary pioneer and the
foot-falls of the last of the Mohicans, Now
what do I see before ne? A numerous as-
sembly of respectable dutchmen, and other
American® all ready to prove to the world
that :
4 Truth crushed to earth shall rise again
The immortal ears of jacks are hers;
But Sarah languishes in pain
And dyes amid her worshipers.”
“| am convinced fellow citizens, that
the present outrageous waris no ordinary
row, and that it cannot be brought to a
successful termination without some action
on the part of the Government: If to
lieve that a war cannot rage without being
prosecuted, is abolitionism, then I am an
abolitionist ; if to believe that a good arti.
cle of black ink can be made out of black
wen, is Republicanism, then L am a Re-
publican : but we ave all brothers now, ex-
cpt that fat Duchman who has gone out to
sleep on his drum, and I pronounce him an
accursed secessionist ;
# How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather beeswax all the day
From every opening flower.”
* Men of America, sha'l these (hings be ?
—I address mys If particularly to that ar:
tist with the accordeon, who don’t under
stand a word of English —sball these things
longer be 2 That’s what I want koow
"I'he majestic shades of Washington listens
for an answer, and [in‘end to send it by
mail as soon as I receive it. Fellow citi
zens it can no longer be denied that there is
treason at our very hearth stones. Treason
—mereiful Heavens!
be
to
‘* Come rest in this bosom my own little dear,
The Honorable R.T. M. Hunter is here
I know not, 1 care not, if jilt’s in her heart
I bat know that I love.thee, whatever thou art.”
And now the question arises, is Morill’s
tariff really a benefit to the country ¢ Gen
tlemen it would be unbecoming in me to
answer this question‘ and you would be
incapable of understanding what I might
say on the subject. The present is no time
to think about tariffs ; our glorious country
isin danger, and there is a tax of three per
on all incomes over eight hundred dollars.
Let each man ask himself in dutch, ** am {
prepared to shoulder my musket if I am
drafted or to procure a reprobate to take my
place. In other words:
* The minstrel returned from the war
With insects at large in his hair,
And having a tuneful catarrh,
He seng through ais rose to his fuir:”
« Therefore it is simply useless to talk
reason to those traitors who forget the
words of Jackson—words, let me add:
words T do not myself remember. Anima-
ted by an unholy lust for arsenals, rifled
cannon, and mints, and driven to despera
tion by the thought that Everett is prepa-
ring a new Oration on Washington, and
Morris a new song on a young woman liv,
ing up the Hudson River, they are over
turning the aitars of their country and
suing treasury bonds, which cannot be just
ly called objects of interest. What words
can express the horrors of suck unnatural
crime ?
# Oft in the chilly night,
When slumber’s chains have bound me,
Soft Mary brings a light,
And puts a shawl around me.”
“Buch fellow citizens, is thejcondition of
our unhappy country at present, and as
soon it gets any better I wi l let you know.
An Indian once asked a white man for a
drink of whiskey. ** No,” said the man ;
+¢ you red skins are just ignorant enough to
ruin yourselves with liquor.” The Sachem
looked calmly into the eyes of the insulter,
as he retorted, * You say 1 am ignorant.—
How can that be when I am a well red
man ?”
‘And so it is, fellow citizens, with this
Union at present, though I am not able to
show exactly where the parallel is. There-
fore,
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“ Lot us then be up and wooing,
With a heat for any mate,
Still proposing, still pursuing,
Learn to court her and to wait.”
At the conclusion of this unassuming
speech, my boy I was waited upon by a
young man, who asked mg if Idid not want
to purchase some poetry ; he had several
yards to sell, and warraated it to wash.
0Z~ Democrats, organize! Don’t for-
get that one of the most imporiant elec-
tions ever held in this coun'ry will take
place on the Second Tuesday of O: tobe
next.
‘Who Defeated the Compromise ?
This is a most important question at the
present time, for it is now conceded that if
the Crittenden Compromise had been adopt~
ed by Congress and subfnitted to the peo
ple, the desolating war in which the coun~
try is now engaged, would have been avoids
ed. But the Repubiican party, its leaders
and representatives in Congress, were de-
termined that no Compromise should be sub
mitted to the peonle. They voted against
the Crittenden Compromise measures in
Congress, and defeated them, and they are
responsible for the failure of this patriotic
and humane effort to prevent a boody coflict
in the country. In proof of this position
the evidence is so full and unmistakable, the
facts so plain and apparent, that all must bs
convinced who will look at the official record
on the subject.
Here is the vote by which the Crittenden
Resolutions were defeated. It will be seen
that every Republican in the Senate voted
gainst them. :
Yeas —DMessrs. Bayard, Bigler, Bright.
Crittenden. Douglas, Gwin, Huater, John.
son of Tennessee, Kennedy, Lane Latham,
Mason, Nicholson, Polk, Pugh, Rice, Scb-
astian, Thomson, and Wigfall—18.
Nays—DMessrs. Anthony, Bingham, Ch-
andler, Clark, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee,
Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harlan,
King, Morrill, Sumner, Ten’ Eyck, Trumb-
ull, Wade, Wilkinson, and Wilsou—20.
In order that the loyal and patriotic men
of this county may understand the impor-
oo se R 1 1 r i
tance of these Resolutions, and what would | been practiced by them in the South When
have been the effect of their ready aud hon-
est adoption by the Represntatives {rom the
Northern States, we call attention to the
following extracts fram the speeches of Sen-
ator I've of Ohio, and Senator DouGLas of
Iliinois, di ivered on that occas.on. Se
Leg
slature of Kentucky.
Commonwealth of Virginia. It has been
of the United States than any preposition
that was aver before congress. 1 believe in |
my Leart, to-day, that it would %arry © a1
nator |
Puen saidi— |
«Ty Tet J Y a x 1 if
The Crittenden proposition has been ene | ; : :
t : : eleot their lestiny, a ccide wheth-
dorced by the almost unanimous vole of the | elect their own destiny, sand to dag >
1t has been en- |
dorsed by the Legislature of the noble old |
THE TERMS 0F PEACE.
From the Richmond Enquirer]
It seems that the recent victories of the
Confederate army have aroused a feeling for
peace which is beginning to find public ex-
pression in the Northern cities. We are in-
formed that a late copy of the New York
Times has been received thatsays : ** If the
combined armies of McClellan, Burpside
and Pope are defeated, then we for anc are
for settlement.” We have not seen the
paper, and do no not know whether or not
any qualifications are added. Those who
informed us of the Tumes’s expression, ad-
ded that the whole tone of the article was
that of disappointment and sorrow. Wheth-
cr or not this statement is corect, we have
no doubt that thousands at the North, who
heretofore silently submitted to the popular
cry, will now speak out and demand peace,
since all their armies have been defeated and
no force intervenes belween our victorious
army and the Northern cities.
Gen. Lee understands the Northern char-
acter well enough to know that the surest
guarantee of an early peace, is the vigorous
prosecution of present successes. Ile has
shown himself to be a general who proper.
ly estimates the value of quick and rapid
movements. “lle 1s pressing forward tew-
ards the enemy's country, and nothing but
a speedy offer of the most favorable terms
of peace will prevent an early invasion of
Northern territory, carrying to the enemy's
howe the same kind of warfare that has
the fact of invasion is forcibly presented to
the Northern mind, our own terms of peace
will be offered us.
The ouly terms which the Confederate
States can accept will be the immediate rec
ogrition of the present Confederate States,
nd the permission of the other States to
er their future shall be with the Confederate
States or with the United States. We are
lit tars 1 Hob halons [of the opinion that the principle of election
setitioned {or by a larger namber of electors | :
Pay ] we inBaria ein '> | should be applied not only to the border
and all of the re
Not that any of the
slave States, but to eact
ining United States.
ra mine atoritv h reonle 3 3 3
overwhelming wajority of the people of my | Northern States are wanted in the Confeder
Stat; a
the Union.
State of Mississippi left this chamber, 1
heard one of them who now assumes at least
to be President.of the Southern Confederacy
propose to accept it and maintain the Union
if that proposition could recewe the vote it
ought to receive from the other side of (his
chamber. Therefore, ofall your propositions,
oi all your amendments, knowing as 1 do,
and and knowing that the historian will write
itdown, and at any time before the Ist of
January, a two-thirds vote for the Crittenden
resolutions mn this chamber would have
saved every State in the Union but South
Carolina. Georgia would be here by her
representatives, and Louisiana also— those
two great States which at least would have
broken the whole column of secession, —(P.
1380, Globe.)
On the same subject Senator DouGLAs spok
as follows:
*“The Senator (Mr. Pugh,) has said that it
the Crittenden proposition could have been
passed carly in the session, it would have
saved all the sta es except South Carolina.
I firmly believe itiwould While the Crit-
‘enden proposition was not in accordance
wi hwy cherished views, I avowed my readi-
ness and eagerness 0 accept 1 order (0 save
the Union, if we could unie upon i*. 1
can cofirm the Sena or’s declaration that
Sena or Davis himself, when on thar Com-
mizee of Thirteen, was ready, at all times,.
to compromise on the Crittenden proposition.
1 will go further and say that Mr. Toomb
was also.” (P 1381 Gilde.)
From these fac s two impoctan: positions
are fully sutained: first, that the Crittenden
Compromise was defeated by Republican
voices; and second, that the «doption of those
Comproniss resolu-ions would have saved
o the Union every Southern S ate, with per-,
haps ihe singie excep ion Souh Carolina
This the Republican Sena ors were told. this
they knew, and ye: because ‘hey were pledge
0 the Chicago Plu form and oposed to slave~
ry, they said “‘lec ‘he Union slide.” and de
fea-ed the Cri tenden Compromise. The re-
sult of th ir action on that occa ion is before
the coun ry wri ten in charac ers of blood,
and the people ut he coming cldion will
hold hem responsible for thi+ wilfal sacris
fice of all the bestinterests of the coun ry on
the al'ar of par isan na e and political ran-
cor. TheCriltenden Compromise was defea-
ted by Republican votes, and by this ac:
they proved that to them the supposed wel
fare of a few negroes was of more impor-
tance than the Union, the Constitution and
the peace, happiness and prosperity of thirly
mullivns of white men. Oy their own acts let
them be judged,
077 Demcerats ! let neither promises
nor professions seduce you*from the straight
line of duty. Oar Candidates are in the field
and need every Democratic vote in the
county. We have alniost ruined ourselves,
by our own fliy, in regard to the Congress
man, butit is not yet too late to, in part,
redeem the past, if we go faithfully and
énergetically to work. Turn out then Dem-
ocrats in your ful strength ! Let no man
stay at home in any contingency. Abol-
tion is running riot in the country, which
needs the strong arms and stout "heart of
her sons to save her from irretrievable ru-
in.
Work then, as you have never worked
before. Not two weeks yet remain till the
day of election, and we have little enough
time eft in which to prepare for the despe-
rate struggle. Work, work, work ! and
when the day of voting arrives, come out to
the polls. and bring every Democrat in the
neighborhood with you. "This is the only
way in which we can succeed, and the only
way in which we can undo the infamous
wrong which the white livered cowards who
broke up our Conference, at Lock Haven
have inflicted upon the parry.
'e, sir, aud of nearly every State in |
Before the Senators from the |
acy, but as an acknowledgement of the
right of secessien—for which this war has
| been waged.
| The peace which ends this war should ac-
| knowledge the ends for which it was fought,
[and apply its principles to cach and all of
| the United States.
{We do not sce the necessity for any proc~
| lamation to the Northwestern States about
| the free navigation of the Mississippi river:
| that has already been sufficiently declared
| and the Northwestern States have, notwiths
standing that offer, as vigorously sustained
the war as any of the other Northern States.
We are unwilling to mitigate the force and
cflect of our victories by extending favors
or offers to any portion of our enemies. —
The ability to conquer a peace has been de.
| monstrated —let us do nothing that will ap~
pear like an cffort to purchase it.
The earnest desire of the people of the
Confederate States for peace is known to the
North, Whenever the United Stales are
prepared to have peace, it can be had upon
proper terms, Ia the meantime our army
will speedily approach the enemy’s territory
and will be prepared to aid all peaceably
disposed persons and communities, by co
operating against the enemy's forces.
rt Apes
WHY SHOULD WE SUPPORT THE
DEMOCRACY ?
From the Columbus (0) Crisis }
The reason why' every American citizen
who lesires the restoration of the Union as
it was, and the supremacy of the Constitu-
tion, with the nights of each and every
State unimpaired, should support Democrat-
ic principles, are obvious to every thinking
wind.
. Some of the principle reasons are, that it
is the only National party in existence —the
only party that has, for a number of years,
kept step to the music of the Union—the
only party, to-day, that stands on tuoad
Constitutional ground ; and, let me add, the
only party that desires the restoration of
our political fabric, jthe best the sun ever
shed its brilliant rays upon. No matter how
much others may prate about their devotion
to the Union, the Democracy is the only
Union party that exists; all others are
merely conditional Union, Abolitionism is
the foundation of thew hopes and the basis
of their political actions.
We have a written Constitution, defining
the powers of the several branches of our
Government, and protecting us in ‘the exers
cise of all our inherent rights— those inesti
mable blessings which every true American
citizen holds dear. Among those rights are
the liberty of speech and the freedom of the
press ; and when a party in power puts a
padslock on the one and suppresses the oth-
er, it is taking a most imporiant step tow
ards crushing out a great and vital principle
of self-government—that of a free and inde-
pendent people--¢ the rightful masters’—
criticizing the action of their rulers. This
outrage on our liberties, the intelligent read
er knows full well, has nol been done by or
with the consent of the Democracy—and
when we, as Democrats, consent to such
outrages on our liberties, may we cry out
for the hills to fall upon us and the mouns
tains to cover us, and hide our faces tor very
shame.
1t is a well known fact fbat the Democrat-
ic party, with its principles based on the
Constitution and the rights of man, has suc-
cessfully carried on our Government almost
uninterruptedly for nearly three quarters of
a century ; bat when a sectional party—a
party that attempts to ignore the rights of
fifteen sovereign States—rises to power, we
find that our prosperity is gone -all that
ever made us a great and free people, are
swept away ; free speech and a free press,
the bulwarks of liberty, are ruthlessly with
held from us by the -party in power; no
greater outrage can be inflicted on a people
that claim to be free.
What sane man would have given credit
to the idea, for the most limited period of
time, that that pure, that immaculate *< Re-
publican’ party —the party that were going
to bring the Government back to what it
was in the days of Washington and Jeffer-
son—that party whose prime objects wore
retrenchment and reform, would have thrust
deep its hands, without remorse of con:
science, into our national treasury, and stos
len more money in a few short months than
would carry on our Government in good or-
der for more than a whole year ?
fave not the people suffered enough al-
ready by the ignorance and misrule of the
“ Republican’ party—a party that never
should have had an existence for a single
hoar—ty abandon the rotten hulk while
their morals are uncorrupted 2
Our rights as Ireeman have beet disre.
garded ; our Copstitution, our shield from
the power of tyrants, has been trampled
under foot with as little regard as though it
were a biv of waste paper—‘ a covenant
with death and an agreement with hell. "—
This has leer done by the party in power—
by the party under the euphome nage of
Union —a name that is dear to every true
American. IFreemen, can you cousistently
support such a hypocritical Union party ?—
Let the Second Tuesday of October answer
wn tones of thunder, NO!
UNIoN.
ey Preemie
VIEWS OF EX PRESIDINT BUCHAN.
To the Editor of The New York Tribune.
Str: —About visiting Burepe to aid in
giving a Union saving tone to European
sentiment, I have deemed the views of ex-
President Buchanan important. In an in.
terview with him at Wheatland last even-
ing, he denies all charges against him pro.
posing an early vindication before the world
placing his loyalty, integrity of puspose.
and public acts beyond question. I will
never forget the solemn dignity of his coun
tenance while exclaiming, “with my hand
upon my heart, before the Almighty, 1 ac.
quit my scif of aly wrong to my my coun-
try or to the Union.” Nor, how forcibly
was I reminded of tke ingrattitude of Re-
publics, the severe unjust criticisms of the
mass, with the after all oaly reliable tribunal
a clear conscience, under sence of reponsi-
bility to the the almighty. le pointel to
his frequent unhecded efforts to avoid the
rebellion—the opposition of Congress —the
attack upon him by Davis after his ref3sal
to receive the commissioners—also his well
known refusal to recognize a secessionist,
either morally or nationally. While thus
discouraging the South, the press were end
couraging—through editorials-— that wo
could do without them ; thatit was passing
and the people in part with the Demonratic
party North were in sympathy with them :
that it was passing strange the people
would persist in charging Floyd with steal
ing arms—and him with arming the South
—when a Republican Committee in Con-
gress had exonc ated Floyd, and Gen. Scott
had underrated him in his proclaiming his
inability either from the North or South to
man some fourteen fortifications. He fur-
ther expressed a firm faith mn the full resto”
ration of the Union taking the new and
forcible view the Sonth must yield: —from ins
terest—for in the Union she would be exal-
ted —out of 1t ever humilitated before the
nations of the earth. Slavery he believed
the true cause of the rebellion, through an
interference with the compromise measures
of 1820, admitting Missourt with Savery,
and of 1850, California without ; by the ad»
mission of Kansas under the Douglas re-
peal resolutions. and subsequent. refusal to
restore —through the Crittenden Compro=
mise bill. Foreign interference he deemed
only commendable or to be recoguized under
a European avowed purpose to sustain the
Union. That the policy of the Government
should be or not with a powerful force to
restore the Union, holding sacred every
coustitutional right of the entire people and
St tesin a victory proclaiming we have
secured to you yonr institution Jof Slavery :
co-operate with us to restore peace aud har-
mony, through either gradual emancipation
or restoration of the Compromise measures
of 1820 and 1850 under a new representa-
tion of; the furefatheis stamp from the ranks
of the people.
Wat. CORNETT JEWETT,
: Colorado Territory.
New York, Sept. 10 1862.
ee Gein
> In 1835, Rufus Choate, in speaking
of abolitionism, said: “The basis of orgaiza-
tion is reciprocal sectional hate. To form
and heighten this, to fortify and justify it
to show that it is moral and necessary and
brave, the whole vast energy of party tactics
isto be put in request. If the ingenuity
of hell were tasked for a device to alicnate
and rend asunder our immature and arti~
ficial nationality, it would devise nothing so
effectual.