Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, September 04, 1863, Image 2

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ls i ded. simply be
willbe effect diy he yosultof the Gu- | in taking care of our wonnded. eimply be-
pes BA in trownsylvania. The | cause they were democrats! We charge him
gi of Mr. Cort nin 1560 was hailed | with having criminally neglected to obtain
*ixcumn Sh forerunner of | for Centre County. a credit to whch she
by his friends as ihe sure ner
the trimmph of his party and its principles
tsroughont the North, 1a lis defeat in 1863
will be recognized ty every one, the cer-
tan and emly downfali of his party. His
lection an 1800 foretold ti ¢ determination
of the mrjority of the North o abandon the
t we hoto-ed principles uron which the
governmeit had been adn i dstercd for sixty
years. His dfect in 1863 wil iidicsto a
1 -pudintion 0” the dvetrines of the Chicago
Platforas, snla retarn to the priaciples of
Dem era y, is eleciion in 1860 fore-
shadowed the inauguration of the “rrepres-
sible eanfliet:” Ilis cefeat in 1863 wil|
show that the people oF Pennsylvania at
1 as. repudiste that fulse ani bloody Lere-
¢y Itis not who he is. or what he is, indi
vidually, that makes Lis elect on or defeat a
tater of the least moment to the nation at
la-ge. As tac candidite of the Republican
party he is the representative of that fell
apint of fanaticism wich les swept over
the land with more than the fatal eftec:s of
the S.mooms. fle now stands as the imper-
sonation of that foul monster, Abolition,
whose breath is malaria and whose tguch is
infection. Tnerefore it is a matter of the
was justl and legally entitled for more
than jour kund ed wen furnished to the
n:my over and above all previous guolas;
and that too, when these men were furmish-
cd npon the expheit promise of the Guvern-
or that the county should rece’ve such cred-
iz upon the then next call for troops; and
for whch men tins county has already paid
in the shape of bounty and relief, more taan
thirty thousand dollars; by which neglect
four hundred of our citizens are now torn
from their famil.cs and forzed int) the army
against their consent, or compellad to pay
the enormous sum of one hundred and twen-
ty thousand dollars to redeem themselves
fiom the bonds ot abolition conseription !
And finally we charge upon him the mons:
trous design of subverting this State Govern-
ment ard preventing a fair election in Octo-
ber next by importing into the State large
military forces to overawe the peopie ! Most
of these charges are established by the rec-
ords and the known history of the last
thirce years, Ile, can all be substantiated
by the most overwhelming testimoney.
In a speech at Larrisburg on the 6th inst.
Gov. Curtin says that neither he nor the
distinguished gentleman nominated by our
first conscgiicnae in a uational point of view
that he shou'd bed feared by ancve whelm.
ing majority on the second Lucesday of Oc-
tober ne xt :
As Penosylvaniang, as aivizers of this no-
hle old Commenwenlth of ours, we have ad-
ditional reaswms fir desiring his defeat,
W tether Lis privat: characteris good or bad,
whether he has soi: virtues or vices, are
questions of little importance ; and he being
ci izen of this County, it 1s not the wish of |
te democracy (0 make them t'e¢ thenes of
aiscussion dering the pre’ont campaien,
Jiis puolic act, his official conduct, sr: tae
property of the people; and it becomes a
communtiy of freemen to carefully examine
und [utloasly criticise every official deed of
tir public servants. The accusations
roa neti may Le divided int) two classes:
those nds by his own party and those
sired by ourselves. 1 have im my hind a
copy of the Pittsburg Guzrette, a leading
party, can claim any preeminent fitness for
| the position for which they are Loth eandi-
{ datos. As far as ho is concerned the asser-
| ton ig undoubt dly uve. From what we
i have already said iV must be appasent to ev-
! ery one, what probable his modesty prevent
«d his claiming, that he 1s pre eminent'y
unfit for that or any other posiiion or public
trust within the gift of the people. Lut as
far as Judge Woodward is concerned, the
| statement 18 perfectly gratuitous. Alihough
| Le puts forih no pretent cus for himselt, yet
in conscquence of lus great abilities, his
vast knowledge and learning, snd his unim-
peachable integrity, he is over all other men
pre-eminently fited to be our chief mag-
strate. There is no men in Pennsylvania,
{in any pohtical purty who has so many
! claitas to the confidence of tie pecple, pnd
who 18 so well qualified ju every respect to
fill the gubernatorial chair as George W.
Woodward. We promise our political oppo-
abolition duly of tis dat: of the Suh inst.
and 1 wilread from the editorial columns
rome of the charges made by republicans.
In wn article entuled a «Parting word to the
Convent on,’ the editor says :
“The d legit 8 tothe State Convention are
uents that dur ng his teim. even their rights
sali all Le respected and securid; we
promise our own friends that during his term
no cabin t cfficer will be corfipelled to ve-
sign or forfeit Lis own sell’ respect; and we
.. Before they proceed promise every one during the three years af-
now smaig lis, © fetal IheR Tae | t v hisinauguration an Lonest and enconowmi-
an their duly, Wellton wollte Sy. to | eal administration of the State Government
Yr feliore that Governor | We have to-day a large majority of the peo-
We had venson ts belisve that Gov inl | ple of Peunsylvania with us, and 10 species
Costin. notwithstanding : w often 3h © | of demagogueism ean turn them from us.
wihdawal, wags ca didste for, TOWN LNG thing can prevent the success of Woods
ation, wid confident that he would be sue | CTE Sr LTE Rl of mili
cesstul. ; ry force agamst the people. Our oppon nuts
WL fat t he So J ee A resort 0 — desperate ape
lect d CHNLW LORL HE ouga ach ent. If they do it will Le our right and
Dies aur EH aay duiy to meet force with force. Aud now in
alarm, and endeavor to sy L
ossible, ‘
Pe Lave ~ndeavored th show that he im-
pos d upon the soldiers. by farming them
ou ti Ins friends, and then denying that
he had employed them,
We have exhibit:@ the record to estab
lish the fact that he had approved a ! i,
scknowledged by him © be wrong wiih
sobbed the Treasury of many mill'ons of
woney —that asthe condition of tis appro-
val, he had tiken zn agzrcement for the
State, which he abstracted and secretly
surrendered to the pariies who had given
jt—ar.d that when int rrozated by the Leg-
1slature, he confessed the fact, and offered
as Lis wpology, a 1cason which is shown to
have Leen watiue,
to
be
It
the
if
our benner to the breeze inscribed with tue
m0: A FAIR ELECTION OR A FREE FIGHT:
———— AT di A
An Abolition Journal oa Curtin and
Wocdward.
Ve clip the following article from the
Pitsburg D.gpatch a leading and mflaente
ial daily abolition paper ot this State.—
Both theg Dispatch and Gazette told some
plain truths about - ‘‘our Andy,”
their convention met, which must now be
rather unwhole ome to Lis party friends. —
They have however made up the record
before
We have demonstrat «d the fact th { he | against him which must damn him in the
AWAY A aemauhligan... Un ted
barg dad Sarat | owinian, of let Siete SRfFen of leading
nit ee, 85p vint:d to ingaire into the means |
which Lid Leen uscd to proeute the passage | Andrew G. Curtin to the Gub raatcr.al
of that BLY ‘| chair, notwithstanding his avowed desire to
Il re are sccusations distinet'y and spe- | escape such honor. Mr. Cur in, -so long
iti ally made of a most serious charaster. | agons the 15th of April, anounced that he
In previvus numbers of the Gazette thee i | should “retire from office’ at the close of
dence was detailed fu ly sub: tantiatieg cach | his term, assigning as a reason therefor, hat
one of these several charges. This is the | bis constution had been so completely bro-
indictm nt presented apaist him by his | ken down by the laborous duties of hus of-
party frionds. Before hie ean aK or expect | fice that a prolongation of those duties
uny hanest man to vote for lnm, he must de- | might endanger his life For the consolativn
tend himsdd, successfully agains: each and of the select circle of friends wno might have
every one of the connts in ilk indictment, | grieved over h's complete retinment t) pri
men as to necessitate the renomination of
the beginning of the campaingn we throw
dl atghman,
; | nember that tha tax for that parpose must
The . be paid if such men as Ourtinare continued
| in office, no dift:rence if your wives and
| ittic ones, do suffer for want —oryourselves
| be compelled to labor day and night t> make
| up the amount.—Can you vote for him when
| pledged to such a policy.
| | IREMEMBXR, tax payers of Centre coun-
ty, that Andrew G. Curt'n neglected to ob-
| tain a credit for the four hundred and ten
| surplus men, sent into the army at a cost
| to you of more than thirty thousand dollars
{ remember thal youn, and your children and
| your childrens children will have to labor,
_ | and pay takes to liquidate this debt, incur-
red in conscquence of the neglect, folly. and
corrnp.ion, of the man that now asks your
| support. Can you give it after such negli.
5 9 gence ?
Friday Moruing, Sept, i, in REMEMBER CiT.ZENS and voters, of
. ct 114.1. 4 | Centre county that Andrew G. Curtin,
emocratie State ficket, though incompetence and carelessness, has
caused you ty pay, over one hundred thous-
FOR GOVERNOR, | and dollars, to redeem yourselves your
) | friends and neighbors, from the oper-
GEORGE W WOODWARD { ations of an odious, and unconstitutional
OF LUZERNE : | conseripiiun act, and remember that this
> amount would have heen saved to you had
he done his duty, and seen that the over-
plus of men furnished, was credited to the
amount 1cquired ot this county. Can
you vote for him after such conduct ?
Eee Gr rene
Relief Fund and Negroes.
Editor.
P. GRAY MEEK, +
BELLEFONTE, PA.
SAAAAAAA SAAN AANA AAA AA AASAAAAAA AAAS AAAS
FOR JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
WALTER H. LOWRIE,
OF ALLEGIiNY.
County Ticket.
I10R ASSEMBLY,
C. T. ALEXANDER,
of Bellefonte.
We are informed that, during Court week,
the laws and regulations concerning the re-
lief fund, extended to and included negroes
as well as whites. So. hereafter, we may
expect to see, on every ‘‘relief day,” the
FOR PROTHONOTARY,
JAMES LIPTON,
of Milesburg.
soothing to ladies of delicacy, who, hercto-
fore, found it hard enough to go in a crowd,
as it were, and accept alms from the public,
to have it decided that they are the reaipi-
ents of public charity upon the same terms
and in common with negresses. We thought
1f outrageous enough for tke admimstration
to degrade our white soldiers to the level of
the nigger by placing them side by side in
the field; but it seems these Union League
patriots are determined to carry out ther
doctrine of * Liberty, Equality and Frater-
ni.y,” into social life, and 10 make it be felt
around every hearth-stone. There will be
an end to the endurance and long suffering
of this people some time, and then what
fearful retribution will fall upon the heads of
these abolitiontiomsts and «their miserable
victims — “the American citizens of, African
descent,” Thescghypocrites pretend to ex-
treme humanitananism, pretend to le the
special friend of the African race, and yet
they are constantly forciug these people eut
of their natural sphere and into an antagoo-
ism with the white race, which, in the end,
must inevitably produce a collision that will
result in the total extermination of (he
blacks. The theories of the abolitionists
are repulsive and disgusting. coqugh Pile
tempted to he reduced to practice, they be.
come absolutely. revolting to the feelings
and sensations of all who have not already
FOR REGISTER & RECORDER,
J. P. GEPHEART,
of Millbeiwm,
FOR TREASURER,
JOHN SHANNON,
of Centre Hall.
FOR SHERIFF.
RICHARD CONLEY,
of Gregg Township.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
JAMES FORSMAN,
of Snew Shoe.
FOR AUDITOR,
J. W. SNYDER,
of Ferguson Township.
FOR CORONER,
JOSEPH ADAMS,
0’ Milesburg.
Democrats! Rally!!
TEAS TING.
A GRAND MEETING of the citizene of Cen.
Judge Linn decided that (he provisions of
wives and daughters of the white soldiers
jostled about the Commissioners office by
some brawny wench ! This must be very
—Let White Men
A Black Reoord
Read.
Those of our readers who have a pariicu-
lar “hankerin’’ after the negro—who desire
> be placed on a social and political equal-
ity with them—would seat them al the
table with their family, and receive them
m their parlors as friends —would go to the
polls aad deposit their votes, besides some
big buck—would sit in the jury box with
him—would have their children malate;
and see their grand children grow up with
leather hides and black backs— should not
fail to vote for Daniel Agnew for Judge of
the supreme Court. He is decidedly a
*‘niggers man,”’ one that believes an igno:-
ent, sooty, stinking, nigger is just as ood as
himself, and we have not the least doubt
but he is, and perhaps better, Hs course
in the Convention that amended the Cons-
titution of Pennsylvania, should deprive
him of the vote of every while man in
the State, who believe our free white
ancestors framed our institution for
{ree white men, and their decendants.
No man that considers himself bet-
ter than a negro will vote for hia-~no man
that would see the white laborers of Penns-
ylvania provided for will vote for him —no
man that would prevent our State from be-
ing overran by a lot of lazy, loafing, contra-
bands will vote forhim—no white man whose
family depends upon his lsbor for support
can vote for him. Let Daniel Agnew be
ejected, and his influence will be given to
fill Pennsylvania with Southern niggers, w ho
will drive the white laborer from his place
—and leave the whit: mans family to want
and destitution,—let him be elected and npe-
groes will fill the cars, the Stage coaches,
and sitting rooms, will jostle white men
fiom the pavement—and insult white wo-
men with impunity. Our Stale so far as
he can make it, will be no better than Mex-
ico or Central America. The Uniontown
1n the Ref>rm Convention,
“The Repuolicans have been as
as that of Gov, Curtin,
the
on
him to the favor of white men.
parts of the Stute they were allowed to ex
ercise the right and in othera it was prop
asd to put this question at rest by confid
view Mr,
only With this
22d of June
Philadelphia. on the 1837
elector shall in no case extent
than free white male cit'zens.””
and Judge V oodward, the pressnt
o-ratic candidate for (overnar, who wa
also a member of tte Convent on.
vol. 3. p, 81.)
On the 17:
[the word “whi, smanguthion i)
able deba'o ensued, Jodg
»
tre, Mifilin and the acjoinivg counties, who are
ia favor of the supremacy of the Constitution and
the enforcement of the laws, and opposed to all
arbitrary arrests ard every other feature of ty
ranny und despotism, will be held at
CENTRE #1LL,
Contre County, Pa, on SATURDAY,
Sth. 1463, at 2 o'clock, I. M
hugged the phantom of “negro equality’ ¢»
their bosoms untl they are willing t» hog
the negress herself.
And how will the tax-payers, who are
now burdened with eporizous taxation, such
as heretofore was undreamed of in Awerica,
September | ajish the idea of baviug their burdens in-
word ‘white’ was inserted in tie third arti
cla of the Consiitation, Judge Agnew vot
ting against it, and Judge Woocwaid for it
[ Debates, vol. 10, p, 106.) :
opnosition of Judse Agnea ; we owe the
Pennsylvama.
Ronent Swineronn end Josern Brongn Eggs.
creased for the purpose of supporting
of Union County, Josern PankiR, Esq., of Mif; Farp ppming, disse
Genous of Liberty thus exposes his course
unfor-
tunate in the nomination of Judge Agnew
He was a member
of the Convention which framsd the Consti-
tution o! 1838, and his course in that body
questicn of negro suffrage was
such as will not very strongly commend
“It is known that under the Constitut 01
of 1790 it was a mooted question whether
colored men ware entitled t0 vote. In sone
inz the elect ve franchise of the while men
Mart'n, of
oftered the following proviso of the 31 art.
‘Provided, also, That the rights of an
to other
“Cn this proviso the yeas and nays were
called, and Judge Agnew vot:d ‘aghinst
Dem.
voted
for it— the proviso was lost.— (Debates,
h of January, 1838, Mr. Mar-
tin renewed his effort, by moving to insert
long and
¢ Woodward tak-
ing an active and leading part in favor of
the motion und against negro suffrage. On
the 0th of January a vole was taken on
the motion. vy veas and nays, and the
“To that motion, thus carried against the
fact that negroes are not to-day voters in
“An attempt was subsequently made to
. fit ? Will those who have friends and rela-
Thoughts on the Crisid, No 1 | tive sleeping beneath the bloody sod of the
Nothing is more distasteful to the true South, vote for one who “exults in the mon-
Patriot than the idea of resistance th the | ment erected over the bones of thirty thou"
constituted suthorities ; no matter how far | sand Pennsylvanians.” —Shall our State be 4
they may have overstepped legal bounds or | cursed for tiree years longer with a ruler
how tyrannical may have Leen their role. | who dare not gather its sons to her rescue,
To this principle, implanted in the great | without permission from Washington, when
Democratic. heart by those who lived and | our towns are sucking and the invader
moved when Democracy first had a name, | knocks at the walls of our Capital ? We eon.
does Abraham Lincoln owe his present pos- | fidently leave the answer of this question to
ition and the position of kis head We | the future; yet we will presume to predict
need not turn back the pages of history a | that the outraged sons of Pennsylvania will
century to discover, that for much less than | rollup a majority against hiun beneath which
the crimes of which he has been guilty, | he will stagger to the shades of eternal ob-
men far better than he ever was have lost | livion. M.
their heads. We will not say whether or Ioward, Aug. 31st 1863.
not justice was done in these cases ; but
of one thing we are quite certain, justice
has never been done in the case of Mr. Lin-
coln, Ten years prior to his election he
was a Rcvolutionist, in the strongest sense
of the word, endeavoring, by voice and ex-
ample, to stir up strife between two por-
tions of this Republic, and to get up par-
ties founded on geographical distinctions,
thus utterly disrespecting the warning of
the great man who perhaps did more to es-
tablish this Government than any other—
George Washingion. The nomination of
Mr. Lincoln was revolutionary, his election
was revolutionary and his administration
has been revolutionary to a degree scarcely
less than that of Jeff. Davis himself. The
only difference has been that Mr. Davis
openly defied the Constitution, while Mr,
Lincoln swore solemnly, before Almigty
God. to protect and defend it, and with the
purpose in his heart, as pledged to the abe-
Litionista who elevated him to power, of vi-
olating 1t8 wost solemn compacts, and of
waging & war of cxterwination against a
portion of the'people who claimed 1ts pro-
tection. “A house divided against itself
cannot stand,” was a favorite passage with
Mr. Lincoln, yet he went deliberately to
work to divide our house against itself, and
when divided, became the chief of onc of the
opposing fictions.
He would like to have the American peo-
ple believe that he found the country in such
a condition that a necessity ex'sted to lay
aside the Constitation, and that he was Lut
the creature of circumstances. If such a
dire necessity ever did exist—which we ut-
terly deny --why not say at once that the
- | great temple in which we have worshiped
- | liberty, 1s fallen ? Why not say that the
bonds of Unicn are forever severed, and that
the mighty structure which has dazzled the
world, is demolished? Daniel Webster,
whose name is held in 80 much veneration
by the American people, ssid: “The Con-
For the Watehman.)
—
‘Who will Support Curtin, Who Wood-
ward.
In the last 15sue of the Republican the
editor undertook to give a list of those who
would support the respective candidates for
governor in the coming election. Hig clags-
ification. says the Fulton Democrat was not
near full enough, and we take the liberty
of adding to it. Among the supporters of
Andy Curtin will be found.
Every original disunionist in the State
from Thad. Stephens down,
Every one who avows that the Union as jt
was can never be restored.
Every one who asserts that the war
can only end in the extinction of slag-
ery.
Every one who believes the Constitu-
tion to be a “covenant with death and a
league with hell.”
Every one who sanctions the repeated vi-
olations of that sacred instrament.
Every one who believes that Lincol
violate it at his pleasure
Every one who just fies the arrest, the im-
prisonment, and the exile of Democratic ed-
iors and orators for exercising t ¢ plainly
guaranteed constitutional rights of free
speech.
Every one who lelieves Lincoln may
supend the writ of habeas corpus at his pleas-
ure,
Every one who believes he may do away
with the sacred right of trial by the ju-
1y,
" Every one who believes that (he negro:
race is superior to the white.
Every one who believes the negro to be:
the equal of the white man,
Every one who wants to see him admit-
tea to so2:al and political equality. and
and like Judge Agnew would desire to
gee the Cosstitution of Pennsylvania,
so amended as to give hima right to vote.
Every one wlo believes the white race
would be improved by amalgamation with
the black.
Every one who would have this is a war
for the freedom of the negro.
Every one who believes that it nei her
can nor ought to end except m the extinct.
ion of slavery. :
Every one who endors 8 the omancipa--
tion policy of the President.
J
n may:
stitution is the bond and the ONLY BOND, | Every “ove who thinks the nation
of the Union of these States.” can only be raved by the help of negro sc}-
diers. - x
If this be true, and a necessity existed to
throw aside the Constitution, in the name
of God, what means the fearful tale of blood-
shed and devastation which these years of
Republican administration heve recorded?
For what have cur armies gene forth? For
what have we dog ball a nillion <€ Eimven
ANU TOT What mre... crethren enduring pri-
vations, the bare mention of which, sickens
the soul? They went forth, as we supposed,
td fight for the Union; to put down ‘rebel.
lion'” against it. But if, as the mighty
Webster says, the Constitution ia the ONLY
. | BOND oF UNION, and if that “only bond” is
. | ko weak thut it separates by its own weight,
or if, as our ralers say, a ‘‘necessity’’ exists
to go beyond it, in the name of Heaven,
where are we. and for what are we filling
Ev.ry one, ia short, who believes in an
an anti-slavery Constitution, on anti-slave-
ry Bible, an an islavery €God, and sll
the frolish aud pernicious proclamations of
Abraham, {.e {arthful father of the Con-
trabands,
3 Krery one who has been engaged in plum
ering the public treas 3 i
be i Th bls wreanary, FXsept 3 may
Every shoddy contractor.
Every maker of shoes )
iy y hat has paper
Every manufactorer who is maxing & for-
tune out of government contracts.
Every corrupt offical who has hoth hands
up to tie elbows in the publie coffers.
Every greedy scoundrel who thinks he
will soon ge! his paws in
Every <greenback pairiot.
Every man who is waking money out of
8
the war.
the world with misery ¥ We ack the ques- Every oae who has made a fortune oat
tion seriously, Lut oarcely hope for an an- | of it,
1t will neitiier do for hin to sneer at these
tags, nor attempt to override them by
genvial and sweepi g asse. tio 8 uf his ‘pa-
triotisin and uncoaditional loyalty.” Every
Tory of the R volution could successfully
put for h the same claim Nor can he al
leg: thut these charges are the maiicicus fab.
rvicat'ou of his political opponents; for they
- originate in hs own puty, and are given as
seasons why he ought not to be renoninated
and cenoot be re-elected.
As dmoerats we have additional allega-
tions tv make. We charge him with bay-
ing in the canvass of 1860 acted the part of
of fan er on' demagogue. deliverae'y at.
tewipting tb deceive the people as to tue
ial character and extent of the approach
ing national cris, boast nz in his public
speeches that “thae were Wide Awakog
enough within the sound of his voice Lo over-
1un the South sud drive every sceessionict
ito the Galiof Mexico,” that no w thstand.
ing this nonsense snd bravado be has al-
ready sent more med to the bate fi-li from
Penusy vania than the entire number of
those w. 0 voted for him in 1860 and the Suuh
stili roawaies uncongnuered ! We charge him
with Leving. as soon as he had carried the
state Ly such arts and deceplions, in a
speech wade from the steps of this Court
House, bourt d that hi: had his heel on the
necks of the democrats, and would keep it
there for three yoars to come” Too Lath.
tul.v has he made good that threat. We
¢ 'acee Lim with having selce edm » for jos -
tons of high trust and responsibili y, previ
ously kno # to him as men dest tat: of Lon-
or, tategit - and morality, and whom he
knew would be influenced and conirolled by
1 6 considerat-on Lut their own private gains,
Vs ¢ charge him with having wilfully and de-
Yiberut 'y violatd the oath he took to sup-
vate life, his Excellen y further int mated
that a snug diplomatic position, which he
should not feel at liberty to refuse, had
been tendered him, To say that this early
and official announcemert of Goy. Curtin's
intention to abandon anv designs on the Ga-
bernatorial chair was hailed with satisfac:
tion by the sincere advocates of Republican
principles throuzhout the State, isto give
but a faist idea of the relief such a prospect
afiided. Tc is idle to disguise the fact that
the previous course of Gov, Curtin had not
been satisfactory to the mass of the R pub.
lican party. Rightfully or wronfally. he has
been held respopsible by the voters of ths
party for the whoddy swindles which d's-
graced the State's maua tement of her quota
of three months’ troops: he is held respon.
sible for the mismanazement of the Reseive
corps, and for the shamefully bungling wan-
ner in which the drafi of 1862 was put ut)
operation. Since his declint on has been
published, the course of Gov. Curtin hg
been even unsatisfactory to mien of hie
party, espec’aliy in the western pogtion of
the State. During the last invasion of the
Monongahela valley by the rebels, all ¢ffor.s
of the authorities here to secure even the
priviledge of organiz'ng troops for home
defense failed; and during the latter inva-
sion by Lee's army, instead of ado; t ng a
decigive policy of enrollment, the Stats au-
thorities published frantic appeals to the
people, and wade diily ehingesd ia ths
form of enlistments, untill military affairs
in the tits were thrown into utter confu-
sion.
The fact that Lis public declination of a
renomination was simply 2 basa trick to de-
cewe his competitors for the office, and that
it bas been followed by constant, energetic
and perhaps successful. wire-pulling t) se-
fin, Joux IL. Orvis and C. T. ApexaNprn. of
Centre, and other pble speakers will he present to
addrevs the Democracy. Ny order of the
COMMITTTE
Democratic Maetings |
sons and daughters of Hem{ Pcor men, | SOntinue the right of suffrage to those npzrocs
even, who indeed © cat their bread in the Tt) etn setae and or Vis
5 p I . on the priv cin th:
sweat of thar brows,” aud labor from dawn | Lalt & loaf ia better than no Sai Sus oy
till darkness comes é
Zain, tv carn a scanty | Woodward voted agaist ig,
ving, have, heretofore, thought it hard | “This is the wan for whon, wh t+ men are
enough th pay a portion of their small earn- joked to vate. Had he succeeded in mak-
swer,
The great Webster says that the Cunsti,
Every one who expecis to make a for-
tune out of it.
Every cn: who holds au office under Lin-
Meetings of tho Dgmocrnoy will beheld at the
following times and places:
Knox's School Houss, Mo day I
Jacksonville, Tuesday Evenin
Port Matilda, We ne
: this sboiition party and its miserable dog
eg Spt ™ | mas, but they felt constrained by human
Anesday Kvonlug. Sept. 9th.
$Sapt. 15th,
Tth.
Rock HL Thursday Evening, Sept. 1 tim.” When, however,
Whisky Hollow, Friday Evenin sept. 18th
flublershurg, “aturday. 3 a M., Sop. 19th
Tobi H, Orvls, W. J. Kealsh, W. F. Reynolds, | P10 U! the 8pport of negroes, upon a per.
ings to the ‘relief fund,” in consequence of
ty | Woodward, alone invested with the invalu-
to give for the relief of the families of their
livward, Thursday Evening. Sept 10th :
A dikoy's Folin -bouns riday Eve. Sept, 11th | White neighaors who had become the delu-
saglovills, Baturday Kvonlng, Sept 12th. rd victims 3
Waddal's School i ay Eve. Sed victims of the, sdvasates of « sibjuga.
: they learn that the | cluding paragraph
money raised for this purpose, is to be ap-
M3 negroes voters his chavers of election
| Would now bo pretty fair, but as while men
| Bre through the eff rig of men like Judge
ablo rignt of suftrage, it 1s not likely that
| Fi Agnew wiil ever reach the Supreme
ench.
“We can not 1efrain from giving ths con.
of a powerful speech
tution is the oNLY BND of Union. . The sa- | eoln.
gucious Abraham says that thai bond is Lro_| Every one who holds an office under Cur-
ken. —What is th» conclusion? Natarally, | tin.
that the Union 18 no more, and that every Every Provost Marshal, and all in herr
cwploy.
blow struck outside of the Constitution but
severs wider the sundered portions.
Naw, while we are willing to admit that
Abraham Lincoln 18 a8 wicked {as the Father
of Evil can wish, we cannot think so’ poor
ly of is intellect as to believe that he is
fighting for something which he says is an
absurdity. We do uot believe it—we do
not believe that he works without a purpose
Every tax collector, and assessor, and in
short, the whole gang of vampires who are
fattening on the blood of the people and
the treasure of the uation, will vote for
Audrew G. Curtin. But these long, as
the list ix, and numerous as they are, are
uot yet strong enough to carry the cumming
election.
There is a much larger class who will
vote for George W. Woodward. Among
P. Geay Meek, Joe W. Furey, C. T. alexander,
John P. Mitehell, Col. Rouben Keller end other
apeakers, will meet and address tho people at the
above na red localities .
made in the Convention by Judge
| Woodward on this question of negro suf
|drage;
|
fect equality with the whites, they will | «I am sare the sober senso of our oii.
have just reason £) complain, aud be indig. | %ns would be outraged by a decision chat
nant, Only last week five of there “sable Le I Jou and this will be decid-
sons of Africa" were convicted of JSelonies | oy Chiov: ihe stendment! At vy
! 2 stage of ;
in our County court, and four of them, at a Td ny Jaxe ona people heen
as one who beateth the air.
ful method in bis madness.
out the bloody programme laid down by the
abolition party years ago,’and has not taken
There is fears
He but carries
these will be found every man who is loy-
al to the Constitution, every one who
desires to see the Union restored, every one
who knows his own rights as a freeman and
respects the rights of his fellow citizens,
Remember. cost of wany hundred dollare, sent to ‘the
Pevitentisry, The people are being (axed
REMEMBER tax-payers, that Andrew G. | 1p aenth in consequence of the crimes of ne-
] willing to give thew this right, and now let
i us not off-nd against nature, and do violence
{ to the general feeling. by saying that in all
| time to come they shall possess it Let us
a single false step since his career of blood
began, is purpose never was the restoia-
tion of the Union ; but ever since his polit:
every true friend of liber.y, and every ha.
ter of despotism, every one who desires to
see the majesty of the civil law preserved
port the Consatition of th s state and to ste | cure the nomination, are tacts well known
tha it iaws were futafully executed, Ly | to every intelligent man. How far the per-
1enmitt ing eit zens of ihe Commonwealth 0 | sonal and political unpopu'arity of Gov.
be artesicd by agents of the federal admin- | Cartin way operate in deterrivg the conven.
istiaiion, without any wa rent and without ! tion from nominating “hin, we have no
pobable cause support :d by oath or affirma- | means of knowing. but that his nomination
tion 3 by pam mg the freed m of speceh | wonll cudanger the success of the Union
sud the hie of the press to be cuaazed | ticket, otherwise certain to carry the State
snd t-ampled upon; by pernitling cit’z ns | by a fair majority, cannot be d-nied. The
weeu «dof offences tiiable alone within th | Democratic State Convention displayed a
ttate. 0 be transpored beyond ts borders | shrewdness in this respect which the Union
and immured for weehs and wonths within} Convention will do well to copy, Setting
the Latusome ccl's of military prisons; all aside every prominent candidate for the
of which were palpable violdions of the | office—al!, without « xception, party hacksof
¢ ustitution. vutrages ajon the 1 gh ts of i1- | the most anpopular character —THEIR
awidu 1, and digas assaults upon the | DELEGATES UNITED UPON ONE OF
yrmephos of fice government, We churge | THESIRONGEST MEN IN THEPARI'Y
Lim with having, in racking subsavioncy § A JURISTOF ACKNOWLEDGE ABILITY,
1) federal dowina ion, eriminaliy neglect :d to | WIDELY KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE
exvrense the constitutional and lizitimate | STATE AND BUT LITTLE COMMITTED
fucti vs of Governor and Commander-in- | to the extreme doctrines of the party. If,
cai fof tie militia of the Stare in case of | on the contrary, the Union Convention shall
threatened invasicn, thereby offering the determine, in defisnce of public opinion, to
greatest possible inducement for the con- | risk the success of the party by renomin-
federat : army to invade our borders, desp il {ating the presant incumbent, upon its shoul-
our citiz ng, and lay wast: our beautilul and | ders will rest the responsibility for the pess-
produciive valleys, We charge him wth | ible defeat of the party, It will require a de-
Liaving increased the mortil.ty and suflor- j cided majority, indeed to enable any party
ing among our wounded ‘at Gut'sburg, for | in . this Stata 0 carry on'a successful cam-
want cf proper medical attention, by con- ! paigan Lurdened by such a nominee as
niving with other ofliciale in obtaining the | Caran,
discharge of certain surgeons of the drafted |
yegiments, instead of sending them with the
oiler Surgeons of those regiments (0 wos |
Reud the splendid speech of J. H. Orvis,
Esq, int days paper,
Curtin, approved and signed the Bill com-
miting the tonage tax on the Pennsylvania
Rail Rad, by which our State was cheated
out of more than siz millions of dollars,and
remember that in consequence of this act,
the proportion of additional State tax. for
cen're connty, will be more than five hun-
dred dollirs-annually, Can you vote for him
i after that ?
REMEMBER, tax-payers, that Audrew G.
Curtin, throuzh his cowardness and corrap-
tion, guve Penasylvania over into the hands
of the Fedaal Administration, that it per-
mitted the Coafederat: army to invade the
State, and that hundreds of thousands of
dollars will not liguidate the debt incur-
red upon that ocasion remember that all
this could have been prevented, had An-
diew G. Curtin acted as became a Govern-
or, instead of playing tool to the Adminis-
tration av Washington. Can you vote for
him alter that display of embecility ?
REMEMBER, tax-payers. that Andrew
G. Curtin, has been the warm friends,of the
con‘ract who has pocke ed your hard
] i wot reduce the inss'e ma e right of suffrax
£004 and their white equals —the abolition: | 1g thig degradation, lest the Frost ere
ists—~withoutinangurating any more schemes | from them, as unworthy any longer of their
of this kind. We have too many ‘colored | ghacsibns, dekin us py and bequeath
brethren amongst us now, without offering 1 A= we ava inherjied 16, and then fos
3 , | terit '
any additions] inducements for them to set | his bave. 50, sepronches for opr Rienn
tle in our midst, These continuous and Sys. ext ee
tematic efforts ot such men ss Judge Linn, | I= P. Gray Meek, the Jounpiand- ‘ae.
4 | complished Editor of t
to obliterate all barriers between the two P rn the us
| MAN was
races in the United States, must have an | friend Meek to see whether you are pale.—-
end sometime, or we will have mobs, riots | Some fellows down our way™ grew fearful. |
anarchy and confusion reigning continually, J pale when they learned of their good !
iS! Be inviolate, ¢very one who believes ti
ical career began, he has had one object pur- government oo made by Tr rig his
amount to all others, which was, the dis- | white men, every one who is in favor of
memberment of the Union, the destruction | K€eping the negroes. fo their proper place
of slavery and the utier overthrow of the
great American Republic,
ers of the Nation warned us against such
wen : the last political words of Waghing-
e Bellefonte Waren. | ton and of Jackson were warnings to steer
your haud, | clear of all who favored geographical
distinctions as foundations for
platforms. Voices from the grave came
fortune—and they were brave Abolitiomsts | UP 10 tell of our "danger, and even
as an inferior race, every one who has
sense enough to sce how much our liberties
are endangered by the assumptions.of arbi.
tary power by tre present administration,
every one who condemns the negro wag
policy of tie President and hig advisers,
in rhort every conservative thinking mao
in the State. together with the honest mas-
ses who are suffering from the multiplied
Woes this war bas brought upon us, and
who desire to see it end speedily, and in &
The great fath-
political
where once all was peace, quiet snd order.
The people will have an opportunity, on the i
s:cond Tuzsday of October, to set the seal
of their condemnation upon this whole |
spawn of abolition heresies, and we shall be
woefully mistaken if they do not do this
most effectually,
U7 Their is no use of talking, there is |
but two parties in this State. One in favor |
of white men and white mens rights, who |
will support Woodward, Lowrie and Liber- k
ty, compose i of the honest, patriotic, lab !
oring. unbought people, that believe in the
too—--men who want the South whipped,aud
wko have talked already about taking the
j caleulating on executing
job by contract,
1t in a few days. Well. Gray, we hope yon
hundred
are going——to pay your (hree
dollurs, the price of human bloed in this
country, at this day. —Lewishurg Argus,
Now .riend Winegarden, if we did got
took ard you left, that don’t ray that you
ought to be staring into our face to see if
it is pale,—-some “fell. ws" up here, like the
ones ycu speak of, that infest your neigh-
borhood did get white when they heard the
news, others didn’t, but gol out of the
party that was robbing them of their mon-
| G. Curtin, 15 in favor ef puichasing every
earned money—the especial favorite of shod- government of our fathers, and the supre-
dy manufacturers, who have robed you by | macy of the whi e race —the other in favor
clothingthe army with chip-hats, worthless | of Despotism and negro equality which
pants, coats and shoes with pine shaving | Will support Curtin Agnew and the usurpa.
and stinking beef—the delight of speculators | Provost Marshals, Tax-Assessors, Tax-Col-
and horse jockies—and the defender of |lectors, Post Masters, Concript Agents, |
drunken officals and treasury plunderers, | Draft Commissioners, Army Chaplains, |
Can you vote for him after tne friendship | Army Contractors, Niggers, and the miger- |
he has shown to the thieves that rob you ? fais devils who consider themselves no bet
REMEMBER, ax-puyers that Andrew | ter than negroes, tat believe the - Constitu-
- I | tion is a “‘covenant with death and a league
nigger in the South, and that you will have | with hell” and that John Brown was super- |
to raise, the worey to pay for thew,—re- ior to oui Savior, i
ic ticket.
soles —and by feeding it on rotten Herring tion of old Abe, composed of office-holders, * ed
ey, aud tearing them from their homes,
and are going now h eart and soul for Wood-
ward, and Lowrie and the whole Dino crate.
We went, yes we did; and *fork-
over the “‘greenbacks” knowing that
they willbe used by some abolition coutrac.
tor to buy “'red-e ye-rot-gu-whiskey” with,
which we hope and pray will poisen Lim
dead, dead, dead. But you need’nt crow
“old fell,” for Abram, will send 2 commis.
sion some of these days for you, and Wei- |
rick and Smith of the Fulton Democrat, and
Meyers of the Bedford Gazette than we'll
see who gels pale.
| A : manner honorabloand just to all parties, —
the pages of Holy Wiit pointed out de | These constitute s vac: Shi fbr od
struction to those who were led as wo are | population, and they will speak their men-
to-day. We have only to read the speeches | timents in thunder tones at the approach.
and public acts, of every one of the men with rg election, oor is have a free vots we
whom our President has surrouonded him- glorious Th ral: Ty Tua
self, to know that they are but carrying out | this but force or fraud at the polls, and that
the policy determined upon years ago, and | We do not think our opponents will dare
| adhered to most tenaciously through all | 10 attempt.
the opposition the good sense and patriot. oo
ism ofa great people could have against | OUR PaBTy. — The Wheeling, Va., Reg-
them, It is revolutionary in the highest de- | *$%7 888 : *“*Our party,’ says a Union
| exchange, is a Union party.’ Yes, it isa
| gree, and Ab:aham Lincoln has agian made | 70, party—a Union of shodd tac
| himself amenable to the laws he is pretend- horse contractors, aray io ea
ing to execute. If he had not. why should | frnishers, railroad monopolists, postmasters
a Congress of his chosen friends, pass laws | C0!lectors, appraisers, revenue officers, pay-
Lt Stet Lit to th : masters, &. They join a Union in order to
RE el : n the exercise &F powers he keep the treasury Gf ihe Union under their
control. The Democratic peace party, with-
Through all the lanes of infamy, and in | out any patronage, is the Tate, fur it
| all the sinks of corruption where we find | '8%0rs to restore, as our fathers intended it
Abraham Lincoln, we tind Andrew G. Cur- Should Te 8 perpetual Union of willing
tin clinging to his skirts, and holding up his :
hands in the bloody work he has ¢ d mi Lh
oor RS engage CAN'T SwarLow Hiv. — John Botherli
vie s : so— rlin
to accomplish. After yoking the old Key- | of the Holl'daysburg Whig, refuses to hoist
stone State to the Abolition car of Despot- | the name of Curtin, for Govenor. It must
ism, after waking tbe citizens of Pennsyl-
be an unsavory mess, indeed, when such
vania a hiss and a bye-word he is again be-
men as he have no stomach for it. Poor
fore them asking them to continue him in a Andy Curtin you are unfortanate when spar
position be has disgraced. -Wjlj they do | led,
ined herpes are endorsed and You are--rejuu-