The Democratic Watchman. BELLEFONTE, PA. FRIDAY bIORNINO, JULY 24, 1868 Time Nominations=Sk6tohee or the Democratic Candidates. 1106ATIO SEYMOUR itOratlO Seymour, the Democratic. can didate for President of the United States, was born in Pompey, ()windage county, New York, in the year 1811, and is con sequently 67 years of age. The family to which Mr. Seymour belongs is de w:tinged from Richard Seymour, who was One one ofthe original settlers of Hartford, Coon. Main Moses Seymour, the fourth lineal deskodant, served in the Revolutionary War, and subsequently represented'Lllehfield in the Legislature of Conneetiout for, seventeen years. Of his Ere eons, Henry Seyinqur, father of ilarekio, was born in 1780. He removed to Utica, New :York, served in the Stale Legislature with signal ability, and was for many years oanaleommissioner, oc cupying a prominent position in thepol- Rios and legislation of the State One of hirbrothers was &distinguished mem ber of the United States Senate from Vermont for twelve years. lion. Oriren S. Seymour, for some time lt,presenta tive in Congress from the Lirchfield Die trial, of Connecticut, was the son of an other brother named Wiwi The mater nal grandfather of Mr. Seymour, Colo nel Forman, served through the lte•olu tionary War in the New Jersey line. Mr Seymour received a liberal and thorough education in the best invitations of the State. His instiocts and prefer ences naturally led him to the study of the law, which he pursued with great vigor and industry. He was admitted to the bar when only a little more than twenty years of age, and at' once com mented the practice of hie profession in the city of Utica, The death of his fath er, howsvtieesoon afterwards devolved upon him so peat responsibilities in connection with the settlement of the family estate, as to require the most of his time and attention, obliging him, much against his wish, to relinquish-the practice of his profession The death of his wife's father, the late John R. Bleaker, occurring about the same 110 e, added to his numerous cares in the ad justment of Important property interests Some of the best years of Mr Seymour's life were absorbed in this work, but no doubt his mind was being schoolect, as it could not otherwise have been, for the graver respodsibilities and duties that were to come in lifter life Up to (his time Mr Seymour had opted ne promi nent part in political life, although from his youth, as were his ancestors before bint, he had always been strongly at tached. through sympathy and taste, to the Demoeratio party In the fall of 1841, when not thirty years of age, Mr Seymour consented to the use of his nemesis"' Democratic candidate for Mem ber of Assembly. Although the Whigs were of that time largely in tto ascend ancy in Utica, Mr Seymour was tit umphantly elected by a large majority. In the Legislature }Jr Seymour at once took a commanding position upon the great questions involving the interest, of the State, engaging io the :ending de bates with great fervency and assisting largely In shaping the legislation of she session. Among his Legislative 'associ ates were John A Die, Michael Hoffman, David, It Floyd Jones, George 11. Davis, Lemuel Ste. son and Calvin T Tlulburd The Democrats at that time were in th• ascendancy in both branches of the Leg islature, and the great measure of the 'elution was Michael llogatan's_bill in relation to finance', which was support ed and passed by the Democratai the success of this Measure, which was destined to resyore the depreciated fi nancial credit of the State, Mr Bey moor took an active and sympathetic interest, displaying for the Bret time the foreinsic ability and oratorical power that have since distinguished him In, the spring of 1842 Mr, Seymour was elected Mayor of the city of Utah', despite the continued hostility and op position of , the Whigs. In iris 1111 of 1848, be was again filmed a nieskunf the lower House of the Legislature, and was re elected to, and d in the 'same position during the sessions of 1844 and 184 t The session of 1844 was en important snit exciting one, the Assembly being ashatei with acrimoni ous contests, chictl !Fringing from contemplated oppositTon To the admiols traitors of Governor Bouck The leaders is the debates of the itessior were Mr. Seymour and Mr. Hoffman. the renejr. nised leader of the Lelislature in 1842 and &formidable antagonist In debste,bot Mr. Seymour appears to bays coped with him successfully, and to hive won not only the plaudits of his political associ ates but the praise' of his constituent' likewise The s•ssion 0f,1846 opened with a changed spirit, based on the vic torious election of Mr. Polk to the Prim idena.iri -At the outset of this session Seymotfr was induced by his friends to enter the contest for Speakers*, to which position he was triumphaetly elected, despite a violent factional Sight, ' which erriondy threatened his prospects. One of the piominent and important events of this session was the election of Daniel S. Dickinson to the netted States' Senate, in which Mr. Seymour rook a 'eliding and active part. He al so engaged with fervent spirit in the discussion relative to the call for a con vention to amend the *Constitution, but voted against the bill providing for that meuure. With this session Mr. bey- • close. For the ruceeeding die' years 'Mr. Seymour wee not prominent in OM% life. bailing resumed the pieties a is* in the city of Utica. butito ao of the Legislature of 1850,r providing for' the enlargement and improvement of the ffrie Canal, and approprisAng be reve nue sot tba State In contravention to ills proslelons of the tensiltullion, Mr. gay moor again assumed - a binding position in State polities, srod most *ravel" io-i misted, Ibis effort to pyrtx•ridell; . lppri. lions of • constitution so recent adept ; ed. On account otillo Itioiraoui *WOO. : striate to that tensehre. be was Oat year (1850), for the first time, placed In now loatiou for Goveeor or his Stabs In op-, position to IfeablngtOn Nuitt: . 'he re sat of the Idea.* psi, forAleillufft 214,864 vales; for Haat 214,81.4, Me: Seymour having been defeated by 2 votes ht- Seymour was %gall,. In 186`h, Ir. Jymou, cgs. placed in nomination by the Democratic party, in opposition to Washington Hunt (Whig) and Anathema Tompkins (Free Soil) with the following result: • Sepia our, ...... 20,121.1 Tompk I ne, —.19,1199 II 23 51 786 I Mr.Seymetir was triumphantly elect ed over two competitors as the chief ex ecutive effacer of thii State. file admin.: istration of State affairs, as generally conteeded, was matted by ability, tact and good judgment. While occupying the gubernatorial chair in 1842, he ve toed the. notorious Maine law, and the correctness of his views as to lb!, power of the Legislature to pass sumptuary laws was subsequently fully established by a fornial decision of the Court of Appeals. In 1851 Mr. Seymour was nominated by the Democracy for re-election. with Alyrom 11. Clark (Ropublieen), Daniel Ullman lAmerioan), and Oreena C Bronson (Bard Shell Democrat) as oppo nents. The following was the result of the election: peymour. —.156,401 152,232 crark I 581 gOr iifon son tt- 33.860 Although this election resulted in Mr Seymour's defeat, it demonstrated Tory natinfactorily bin unwaning popularity with the people, and his certainty of Runnette with the party united and work ing for one candidate. At the conclu sion of this newest, Mr. Seymour again resumed the work of his profession at Utica. In everything appertaining to the sucoises of the Democracy he took an active and sytapath tioioter 1. He at tended National and State Conventions with great regularity. and was elver, accorded a leading position In the coun cils of the same. At the National Dem ocratic Convention at Charleston, in 1860, he was proposed by the Southern doiegatee awa compromise candidate be tween Douglas and Breckenridge, but °Zing to the opposition of the New York delegation bin name wan withdrawn In l8(:'. Mr. Seymour wan the fourth time placed in nomination for Governor of his state by the Democrats, against I General Wadsworth. the Republican nominee The result of toe elect ion was as follows : Seymour . . , 306,114 Wadsworth r. Seymour was thus for the secood time elected Governor of this State by the handsome majority of 10.752 After en able edfninistration of two years he was, In 1864, nominated for re election, this time against Reuben Fenton, by whom he was defeated. At the National Democratic Conven tion held in Chicago in 1864, jilr Sey mour woe with great unanimst s y chosen its president, and how ably and efficiently he discharged the duties and responsi bilities of that important position, the records and history of the Convention will Indisputably show Since that tame Mr, Seymour has delivered many pow erft“ Deinocratio speeches in various Earts of the country, entering each suc cessive campaign in his State with hie accustomed viger, fearlessness Inc effi ciency. At big home in Utica, as well as throughout theetate, he is esteemed and respected with that fervor that springs only from true friendship He his been from early boyhood a faithful and ener getic member of the Protestant Kpieco pal Church, the interest of which he has labored earnestly to promote, both I.IIIID individual member and a leader in her legislative councile. lie takes especial in tersect in educational establishments and in the Sunday school, whose usefulness and influence be labors zealously to pro-, mote and advance. ranicts PRRRTON BLAIN, JR The gallant soldier and statesman who has been nominated for the office of Viee President of the United-States by the National Democratio Convention, and who will certainly 611 that office, was born in ibis quaknt old town of Lacing ton, Ky.. February 19, 1821, and is now in his forty-eighth year. In his twen tieth year he graduated at Princeton College, sod removed to St Louis, Mis souri, and there began the study of law, in which profession be made rapid pro. gress. In 1845, being then in his twen ty-tiftb year, he made a journey to the Rooky Mountains with a party of trap pers for the improvement of his health, which had failed somewhat, owing to , close pursuit of his studies ; and on the breaking out of the Mexican war Blair joined the force under Kearney and the silent Donephan In New Mexico, and served ab a primes soldier Until 1847, when be returned to St. Louis and re sumed the practice of his protection. In 1848, like his father, Francis P. Blair, Sr ,he gave Ills support to tbe "Feet Boil party, and in a speech delivered at the-Court Hoop, in Bt. Louis, contended against the esfension of slavery into the Territories of the nation. In 1862 be was eleetsd front St. Louis county, Mis souri, to the Legislature as an„avowed Free Soifer, and be was re-elected in 1859, though Thos. H. Benten, the Con• gressional candidate of the Free Boilers, was beaten. In 1856 Mr. Blair was ni -1 turned to Negress from the St Louis district over Mr. Keanet, who had, de feated Col. Denten two years before. In 1857 he delivered, an elaborate speeeh io the House of Representatives in favor of optimising the blank population of the United States in Central America. Mr. Blair was also an editor Ind writer on the Missouri Deward( at one time. The father of General Blair was a drat add bud friend of Andrew Jackson ; the Gen eral, when s child, was wont to play on the knees of Andrew Jackson in the White Ronne. ills father was at That In 1860 Mr. Blair contested the seat In Congresi of Mr. Barrett, teem BC Louis Pietriot, sod soon after wee returned to the house, after which he resigned his seat. In 1860 General Blair aids a speech in ltrooklju la Blear of Lincoln for the Presidency, pod also delivered e speech at the bfeiropolitan Hotel, to this city, in Jose, 1861, in favor of Meting war miaow**, kiosk* that Gen: oral Semi was rather a slew campaigner. iliss Blair was wavy assiduous in fairing voranteers is Elt.,Tottals. imid was the first volunjuer of the state of Missouri. Us KLsed 4'e IlfOrsgiment of Missouri vol iiiteers, idd'actid he its Colonel, albeit hei did not bold Obuituission.ss Colcmil Bf3he'regitiout. A dilleulty arose be tween Cielesel /flair tad General /re seal. and Gtinsl 111 r 'woo uskluetly plated wader arrest toy that *Meer, Tae comm ietler of that depertmeht. This arbitrary measure of General Fre mont's aroused great excitement in Bt. Louie, where General Blair was unner sally known and respected. the jouraide of that: city taking part is the quarrel at the time. President Lihooln ordered Colonel Blair to be released from arrest in September, Mil. thereby' eauelng a great 'feeling of relief to the numerous friends of Golonel Blair in St. Louie. He was again arrested by Chrereral Fre mont, but finally released iister arable trruble and newspaper dimension by both partiem- Colonel 'l3lair rapidly rose an a soldiet and became one of the most skillful Generals in the Western ar mies, On the 224 d of ley, 1852, Gen eral Weir commanded a division in Sherman's attaolt-en Vicksburg. The brigades of Ewing, Smith, and Rilby Smith composed hie division. Frank Blair had the honor ofleadingthe Week in person, five batteries moncentreiing their guns on the rebel position. The attack Was terrific and sr4a repulsed. Ae the head or the column pasied over the parapet a dense fire of musketry swept all its leading files, 'The rear of the column attempted to rush on, but we're driven baok. Here by the bad management Of Grant, Blair was not supported, as the supporting division were too far away to give him assistance At the capture of Vicksburg Blair's di Teton participated, and did the heevieet fighting in Sherman's command. It was at this time that Grant pronounced Frank IS sir to be the host volunteer general in the United Slates Artny, an opinion ON: was fully -sustained by his oonduot in action and his judgment as a campaign er. In the great march of Sherman to the sea, General Frank I'. Elsie com manded the Seventeenth Army Cups, the finest corps of the whole army lle crossed the ()goatee near Barton, and captured the first prisoners, His di•t stone laid potations across the river,and the two wings were thus united before Savanah, His division was the first to March into Savannah —From Savannah the Fourteenth Corps -wee taken by wa ter to Pocotaligo, whence it thheateued Charleston, while Slocum, with the Twentieth Corps and Kilpntrick's caval ry marched tip the; Angusta to sister Ferry threatening an advance on Savan nah at Tellabatehie. Blair waded through a swamp three miles wide with water four feet deep, the weather being bitter cold. Here the Seventeenth had another fight and lost a !lumberer killed and wounded. but drove the rebels be hind the Edisto, at Bennetreille The army then directed its march on Orange burg. Here the Seventeenth carried the bridge over the South Edisto, by a gal lant dash, Blair--leading his men as Usual up to the battery's mouth, which was covered by a parapet of cotton and earth extending as fur as could be seen. Blair threw Smith's division in front, while his other division dressed below and carried the bridge after a heed fight. A half a dozen of men of Blair's corps were the first to enter Columbia The seventeenth Corps, however were nod guilty of the burning of this 'city, es bait been charged. At the battle of Bentonville, N. C , on the march up to Richmond, the:Seventeenth were engaged heavily It Woot n yto go fur ther into detail of the glorious services and gallantry of our candidate for the Vice-presidency Hie name appears in the history of the great civil war as one of the first soldiers of the North. His life has been a romantic, one, and full of strange and eveptful oecurrannes. Ile bade farewell to his troops, July 24th, 1805, in an affecting address. Ile was nominated Internal Revenue Collector of Missouri in March, Mid. His litanies tion was rejected bq the Senate. His rouplarity in the West is very great. His past record insures him sucoess IMES The Electoral College Swindle.--Re- construction • Failure The Radicals, in their Chicago Plat form. congratulate the people upon the success of "Reconstruction." In Con gress they fatly contradict this part of their pistform, by passing a bill to ex clude all States from the sisotoral col lege, which may not have adopted oon stitutions in conformity with the "Re constration" acts and which may not be entitled to fepressntatives in Congress, at the time of the !'residential election. This shows, on its fate, that —Recon struction" has not succeeded and Is et- Emoted to preys a failure. ?be bill Just passed by Congress, on this subject, is , as follows : "Resolved, That none of the States whose inhabitants were lately in rebel lion shall be entitled to representation in the electoral college for the etiolate of President and Vice President of the United States; nor shall any electoral votes be received or counted front any of each Suites:unless at the time prescribed by law for the ohdics of electors, the people of suoh State, pursuant to the acts of Congress in that behalf, shall hove, eines the 4th of Marsh, 1867, adopted a eonstitution of State govern. mint under which • ewe koviernment shall have been organised anitlehall be in optratioo nor u•les such election of electors shill have been held under the authority of such constitution end goo animal., and semi Stott shall dam else deceetv wwilard to rgreaettt•lioa in Con. press pursuant to the sots of Coniress in that 'behalf; Provided, that nothing herein oontained shed, be construed cc apply to any Mate that was represented in Coogross write 4th of March, 180.. Tblo loaves the question of “Rosoon etnictlon" entirely open until the next meeting of Congress. Should the South. eta States veto for the Dsmooratio can. didaos, it will be en mu matter for the Latliaals-isa-Qcs4amor • • . , are not entitled to representation la Coupes., and that to exchide thew al to/ether from the electoral eoilsge. This outrageous owitidle is soncolit to be fastened upon &bp people In order ;cite cure the election of Gen. Grant. Sena tor Trumball opposed it, sod sold that It wilt tend N anotner oleli war, • - Bostater Handorsoaosnoilter"Bdiptiblltiaa" voted *Plant One .14 supportorn of o..kat 'Cord to shoulder snob hammy mut Tire OAT.-411114141, MVO Bing ham tan sandman Slashing &eye Bai lee is eower4 and n 014 Donnell/ evouedrei and fool. WOslblitieka Is$0" Detinolly orianisindelitliirit All Meat leadide et Rediealidno ariteudleated foe inalealid nerladt.Y. sad In this loftiest Done_ Fiji question their reliability: Give u• Old Times Qivewe baok the days when' the hus bandman aat by hie cheerful evening fire, or reeled on the ground bepeath the tree planted by those long since dead,end, read not of thin Wicket-logs, diesbnelons, strifes and pluntletinge, but of a great and glorious Unioa of slates, each one peaceful, industrious and happy.. Oivras bank that days when tne diva. fled and contented matron Sang olden and light-hearted ballade as she made the spinning wheel hum an lively, and had no care and anxiety us to how her husband could pay the taxes, or the children be educated. Give us hank the dais when the crafter man merrily whistled at his labor, know ing that whatever he earned wduld come to him in clinking, yellovi gold when the week closed. Give us again the deys wltelf our tb lers drew an honest balance sheet with the people who planed them In power, and spent not their time in studying how 46 plunder and cheat the hard-work ing, tax-payers—when great and good statesmen raised their voices in the halls of the nation and spoke gratefully and truthfully of the bone anti einew of the country. Give us the days when the rich were taxed as well as the poor—when wealth was made to contribute to the fullness of the. people's treasury, and the few could not overreach the 'many. (live ns back the long, long year that glided by ho smoothly and evenly under the rule of I)emocratio statesmen—when no intermil struggle brought brother in contact with brother—when father was not pitted against eon--when America was respected for free government, and feared from the bravery of her eons. They will come back The people are tired of blood, and turmoil, and high taxes--have tired of the robberies and murders en,gendered.by a fratricidal war ' and they again wish peace and content ment. Thay_writ_mittitig,_kg. and hamlet, shaking off the public leeches that have drained their blood and money, sad are wondering why they slept so long The pren'ent party has reached the length of it s rope—it oan go DO fur ther For eight long and weary years it has never raised a voice fur the people —never cared aught but to fill the pock ets of its lestlers—never sought to lessen iu the least the enormous burdens of the struggling taxpayers. A new sun will dawn in November, and the old time party-will agaJn be trusted and honored by the peopflt whom it ever protected and cherished.— Pontiac Jacksonian, • Grant, Jackson and Clay, It is certainly not very respectful to the memory of Jackson and Cl*y to as sociate their name and memories with the name of Grant, but, by way of con trast, the apparent disrespect will, no doubt, be aroused In his letter ac cepting the Radical nomination for President, rant nays: "I shall bare no policy of my own to interfere spinet the people." U 8, °ROT Now, if you want to lee the great dif ference between this man and the im. mortal Jackson, who was a statesman as wej/ as a soldier, read: “I say again, fellow-citizens, remem ber the fate of Rome, and VOTE ros• NO CANDIDATE who will not tell you with the frankness of an independent freeman the principle upon which, if elected, he wilt administer your Government. “That man deecr•As to be a slave who would vote for • mum candidate when his liberties are at stake ” ANDREW JACKSON. Henry Clay was not, like Jackson,' warrior, but be was, like Jackson "great statesman. :Do you suppose Henry,Clay would vote for Grant. if he were alive to-day If so, undeoetVe yourself by reading the following : • "If my suffrage is asked for the high est civil officer of my country, the can didate, however illustrious end success ful he may be, must present some other title than, laurels Keever plaTionslT gathered on the BLOOD-STAMM imr-rt.s vino." HENRY CLAY Bennett on Lee If the Democratic Convebtion mast nominate a soldier—if it must have a name identified with the glories of the war—we will recommend &candidate for its fever. Let it Lomlnste General R.E Lee. Let it boldiy take at once the best of all its soldiers, making no palaver or apology. lie is a better soldier than any of those they have thought up , on and a greater maw. He is one in whom the military genius of this nation finds its fullest developments. Here the Inequality will be In favor of the demo crats ; for this soldier, with a handful of men, whom he moulded into an army baffled our greats Northern artnie l efer four years ; and when opposed by Grant was only worn, down by that dtoild strategy of stupidity that accomplishes its ite objects by mere weight. With one of the ben Grant had this soldier fought him lbagniticently across the territory able native State, and fought his army dowallit a stump. There never was such an army or such a emepaign. or such • general for illustrotieg the military ge nius and possibilities of our people ; and this G I is the best of all for a dent wrath, oandidete. It' is certain that with half an many mow at Grant had be felt-tdinJit g n a, and be afford, the best prom ise of any soldier for beating him again. —N. Y.; Herald. —non. Thaddeus Stevens Metter a letter to , Dr. - Curt)*later, of La'master Pa.. eerreetleg a report. that 'be had op posed mins due hontlfs 4* Mr , 4 u 0 4 alpyl at his funerat. fie olles the fact that he latrodueod is itie genie resolu tions laudatory' of ilfrt 'Nttehanan'e ptf vete sharaatet and personal history, and PAS as body to adjourn to attend the funeral, but Mr. Van Wyele, ,of New York, obJeoted, and permitted only a time resoluticin lippointhig a`committee Ise Snead the tenettl, to be pulled. Ik. mosso says hi would be aahatned of such a perjudiee against the dead, .and does apt wish . Mende iiibilleve ea mean a thing of him.' Reconstruction "Fey a long time put it has haat!, a favor: Ito °Verge of the Demoeratte press irrigl one. tore that the Itepublieue oppose the seri struation of the thalami". Nothing of the Med. Tit democrats charge the mongrels with being hostile to the restoration of the "Delon. No deatoarat.tas e'er desired the "recou strnotlon" of the Union. The Union wad good 'enough as it Ilea 'existed for, three quarters of It century. When . the war ceased the Union was consummated once more. The repeal of the seeeesion -ordinances left the Southern States just where they were before the war, in the Union, and the whole legislation of the rump congress for three years has been directed to keep these states out. of the Union, until "reconstructed" to suit the daspotio tendenoiee of hlongreliere. It was simply restor,ation that was needed, and not “reiconstruction." But, say these Second Daniels: the constitutions of the Southern States were not repubh can, and it Was the duty of congress to see that they were made so! What So lon@ thesejellows are, to be more than three-quarters of a century in discover ing that certain elates had not republi can constitutions! The whole notion tif the rump towards the eolith shows con clusively that this rump oongress is a liar, cheat, and sneak thief. Well may the dement-soy oppose their infamous "rectonsrtuction" policy, whieliconte.lus innumerable violations of the conetitlon, and Is a model of despotic duplicity. The States admitted under "reaonatruc lion" are bogus Their oonatituenoien are unknown to the Union. They are essentially itinerant carpet'-bag states, while draped.ia their "reconstruotiosC state pricon garments The southern States He prostrate under milltary des potism. There is nothing reputAican about them They are out of the nion, kept out by mongrel bayonets, and can not form a legitimate portion 'of the nion until restored to ihe'r nor!: place In a white republic The negro had no Revolution, threw off no monar chy, established no republic. All this war done by white men—by I b e men now proscribed and diefraohleed by our modern monarchists. To "recon struct" negro ',Weft into the Union is to destroy the republie of our fathers and trample upon the liberty of their de scendants. A r precious set of hounds are these "reconstruction's's." Under their auspices, congress has become a kenoel, on which graceless pups bark and howl at chained white men. Fath ers gave up their eone,and women their husbands, not for negro "reconstruc tion" but for the Union. They have been chelited most rascally, and ihe same miserable gang of liars and cheats now have the impudence to ask for fur years more of time to enchain northern white men also Envy white man ate Ling a vote for mongrels ought toe be 'rreeonstructed"into a negro. Nature made a mistake in hie color, —Ponetack (Mich ) Jacksonian - What ere We Contending for We solemoky affirm that there Is nog) ing on earth more intimately connected with the private and public Interests of every individual in thip country, than a fuil and just appreciation of the charac ter and •ttal results of the approaching contest Thin is essential, netnimply as of old, to the formation of an 'intelligent opinion and the proper discharge of the public functions of tbe citizen, but. it. is necessary to the preservation of our lib ertrour persons and our property, and to the safety of the Government which was established secure these blessings. Behave us, this is not overdrawn. It is a truth which canoot be too strongly told, nor too vigorously acted upon It ismot a politloal,but a governmental contest. It ja not a conflict, the issue of which is to decide Ow will administer (he Government, but ii is a conflict to decide what sort of a Government is to be athninistered. It is note contest simply se to who shell be ['resident ; it is note contest between mew, nor even between opinion* and measures ; but it is a conflict cot Ides. Irreconcilably' ,opposed to each other it is a, dire ooliimion of two syrteme of goverment that can never MCIVe to the saute sphere It is not one of Chose light hearted campaigns which look only to the spoils; hers the black flag Is lifted, and if lied icallem goes dawn, it fells like Lucifer, never to rise again. Should Democracy fall, then farewell to a tree country-. These,are fame which, upon a mo ment's reflection, must be patent to the plainest mind. And can it be possible tbat,feellng and appreciating these start ling frets, one man in ten will hesitate as to las action I We beg our readers to take these se rious Nets to heart, and to scatter them broadcast around them We repeat, the coming campaign is not • contest between Grant and our nominee, but it Is Ise war to the knife between con et itutional government mid arbitrary will; between , the intelligent rule of the peo : pie governing themselves, and the grind ing heel of s relentlnos dospot,, or the anarchy of • mob ; between the chaplet of • freeman sud the shackles of a slave. Judge you between the two, and go forth to plead end *convince while the day, le early end victory before us. Ask your neighbors whether-the vile wretches who now dishonor the Govern ment shall eonsummate our eternal ruin, *• whether lbs honesty and patriotism, sow driven to obscurity, obeli owes Perth to save es ?—/fasoottr Citizen. TN• Nlll3lO WOILILY 07 TRU RADICAL. ry the Kmlioale.ns mush ell be worried the Dentoorats,—for while the prerlovui news from Southern negro ChOrei set. diem to thinkrog, the, liter seek trim" Mississippi has given them affright. Di Sambo, .4a man and a brother." to forget ibe oarpet-bagger 1 Is Coffee So 'guard the Yankee? eat Negro be a Demo i oral? Certainly,—for the Denim:irate alone has been the nitre's belt 4140 for manyyears past, and upon the Dem oorsey alone must be now rely to be saved from viable cupidity ' end from earpet-biggerrapsoity..; Oilpiti %Iseult Lou,, there is no mule la - sao 40 sores in electing to Cannes, 11,manlypfa Main or Wisconsin, and benoe Rambo Cade. and Soipto are blitlinint to' tttrn to Si Demoerlisy, whO have Sot- abetted no lied, but who will iglus good dare of ire Foes if-regrow with 444 t be fooled et duped by *Mamie overseers from abroad. Seymour to the rescue WWl3'fivid in Gov. Curtin'a annual mee sage ci! December 7, 1868, the following acknowledgment of Governor Seymour promptness in coming 01 the resene or Pennsylvania. when threatened by inra eion in July, 1868: • ”The rebels having aotuaily'eniered the Slate in some force,and the approach of their whole army being imminent, the President made a reqlsition for minas from this and some of Abe neighborin g statei, and several regiments from New York and New Jersey were promptly Bent." Every Pennsylvanian knows thatGor Seymour's .trhope were BO "promptly sent" that they were here before Gov. Curtin had made up his mind what to do abbot calling out the militia. If It had not been for Seymour'. promptness!, the capital of Pennsylvania might have been laid in ashes. In connection with this subject, we also Lind the followingin the N. Y. Vistenverdial Advertiser of June 22, 1868, a Radical journal during the war and now, and at present engaged in call ing Gov. Seymour a "copperhead," ,F n ~ W e should be guilty of a great Iva lice were we not to give due credit to the Oofernors of this State and N. J for their zeal and promptitude in this crisis When danger was impending• neither of them had condition. to propose or terms to exact The only question was, who could first and mosteffectually discharge big duty as the ruler of a free and loyal cAnizionwealth They made use of no •i{,/ 'aud'or 'but.' le the ease of tic! Jersey. indeed, Gov. Parker ugh( upon the people to come to Ole roecue 'with unprecedented zeal' The cond lot of these officials will be more cordially appre ciated, inasmuch as they co not belong to-titrpolities4-party - te- which 'the 'bi innal reins of authority have been com mitted. It is very possible that by re ferring to the past, we might find that such men as Governors ffeysetur an d Rooker have taken positions not to our liking ; but as the deeds of to-day are of more Importance than the sayings of yesterday, we prefer to make conduct rather than professions the test in judg ing the merits or demerits of our public servants " We think 1 . 10 will spike the long of at least one Radical battery The cos, flurried Advertuir had better furbish up its spectacles and look over eome of it, files before it.sgeie4tritumaGeo Say. moor a..topperbead " -- - - - - - The—People ere Moving From one extreme of the land to the other the people long for the arrival of tip, day when thesy-can record then see dint against the demagogues ..who are profaning the temple of their liberties, and bringing reproach upon a great and ' magnanimous nation, by the daily COM' mission of petty sots ler the gratifica tion of partisan prejudice. A people to become truly great and prosperous must orltivate a liberal sentiment. and labor to kermanite conflicting element., Jo stead of creating discord by constantly fostering a spirit of bete. - Fer four years our once happy son prosperous land was drenohed in Irani' u•i blood, and nearly every fireside bai been made sad by the loss of some mem ber who was sacrificed to gratify the mat ambition of desigaingdemagogues The war in the Adel ended three yeare ago b 1 the surrender of the "rebels" to arms, who acknowledged defeat, end protnisei upon their honor to obey the laws hereafter A magnudimoas con queror would at otos base takes them by the hand and aided in binding up their wounds Bat no Unfortunately a party is to power whose eouiroling sen• timent is hate It is represented by men of narrow minds, destitute of the broad and liberal views of genuine statesmen. and, consequently, intolerant and proe oriptive, These demagogues—for they ere nolh• log else—lire upon the excitement and clangor of battle afar off, and fatten up on the carcasses of the slain. They were thrown into a paroxysm of rage when the war ended, and have labored with untiring energy to keep up the coo giot• It is against this party tbat the people are now moving, being satisfied test if peace and harmony are ever to bici re *toted to the country, nc* men of en• barged minds and Itberal, patriotic views must be placed at the bead of the gov ernment.— Williamsport Standard TUE RADICAL PLATFOSM.—GoId for the bondholder—greenbacks for the far mer, the mechanic and the laborer Suspension of the liberty of the prole - and freedom of speeoh. • Suppreseiodif habeas corpus and M. en-, tbronement of the military over the O power. Reduction of ten States to military de pendencies tinder:the rate of beartleee and brutal satraps like' Stehle', Sheridan. Canby and Needs. Removal of white °facials and the substitution of niggers therefor. The overthrow of constitutional free dom and the establishment of a military de!potisso. The political elevation of the brutal and hilt savage negro over the white man. The inauguration of s wet of rues and the destruction of Orr Moat fertile portion of *be Republic. The oppreedes of the worlddit elsesee wed th• lost uertbree of white eitiseo• —lt lo now currently repotted, der an ezettemet, that I:14H irtrereederlng tie War Office &anion deetroysetuany , yet/ mow]. Mere DIVAINOPre Wais o , o4 to secret Interior - party ntitiiell t PT"' 'tarty ordetebtive mlittirs Ind bon den ttarrepene, upon *blob hie ble'lletri•d action was in maarinetanaes blond. . will tie koomra kow,sisolk like in dependence of his iplteidlwfte• bee bAen A. In ' all the btahohee or lie ollce-A-th.erritedenatt'ildatelen,' tbli De tective aair the ehreep..hedesirheiti two" oreaterlides , secret , norrceriptio" with him, the matter of wbloh Ale no doubt:besn destroyed. In the briny the petal tend besthirrerbsia bir Ititrentely ecnikateespr..b 'bison even , intimate assoelates. The witty hneteese degraded by !dominions. better time dawns. —CPU nuit fit
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