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ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, RA.
Will attend promptly to all business •otrnsted to bis
eare. Military claims speedily collected. Office on Juli
ana Street, two doors north ij the Inquirer Office.
April 1, 1834 —tf.
ESPY H. A I.SIP,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Tfill faithfnlly and promptly attend to all business en
trusted to his care in Bedford and adjoini*g counties.
Military claims, Pension*, back pqy, Bonnty, Ac. spee
dily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors
Bouthofthe Mengel House.
April 1, 1864.—tf.
J. B. Dl IUtOUBOW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Office one door south of the "Mengel House,"
Will attend promptly toallbusines* intrusted to bis care.
Collections made on the shortest notice.
Having, also, been regularly licensed to prosecute
Claims against the Government, particular attention wiil
be given to t}io collection of Military claims of all
kinds; Peosions, Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Loans, Ac.
Bedford, apr. B,lS64—tf.
ALEX. KIX6,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And agent for procuring arrears of Pay and Beunty
monoy. Office on Juliana Street, Bedford, Pa.
April 1,1884 tf.
KIKMEI.L A I.INGKNFEI.TKK.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law
OBce on Juliana Street, twodqors South of the Meagal
Honge.
April I,lS64—tf.
JOHX MAJOR.
XCSTICE or Tire, TEACE, HOPEWELL, BEDFORD COTETT.
Colleetions'and all business pertaining to his office will
be attended to promptly. Will also attend to the sale or
renting of real estate. Instruments of writing carefully
prepared. .Also settling up partnerships and other ac
counts. ,
April I, 1864 it
J AO. MOWER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BEDFORD, PA.,
April 1,1864 tf.
JOSEPH W. TATE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORP PA.
TIT ILL promptly attend to collection* and all business
\ T entrusted to his caroin Bedford and adjoining coun
ties. Money advanced on Judgments, Notes and o'her
Claims. Has for sale Town Lots, in Tatesvilie. and St.
Joseph,* on Bedford Rail rial. Farms aad unim
proved land in quantities to suit purchasers.
Office opposite the Banking House of Schdl.
apr. 15, 1864 —19 jn.
RJJFP, SHANNON, & CO., BANKERS,
Bedford, Pa.,
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
COLLECTIONS made for the East. West. North and
South, and thegencral business of Exchange, trans
acted. Nofes and Accounts Collected, and Remittances
promptly made. REAL ESTATE bought and sold.
G. W. RRPR, O. E. SHANNON, F. BENEDICT.
apr. 15, 1564—tf.
PHYSICIANS, kC,
I.N. BOWSER,
OEXTIST.
Permanently located in Woodberry, will carefully And
princtuelly attend to all operations entrusted to his care. —
Teeth inverted from one to an entire sett, in the latest and
most approved style, and at rates more reasonable than ev
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tprcimcHt of itnrk. JU operation* warranted.
Woodbury. April 1, 1864. —tf.
DR. B. F. HARRY,
Respectfully tenders his professional services to the
citizen* of Bedford and vicinity. Office and residonee on
Pitt Street, in the building formerly occupied by Dr. J. H.
Hofius.
April 1,1564 —tf.
C.N. HICKOK
DEMIST.
OFFICE IS BANK BI ILDI.VG,
BEDFORD, PA.
April 1,1364.—tf.
J. L. MARBOURG, M. D.
Having permanently located respectfully tender* his
jsrofcssional services to the citizens of Bedford and vi
cinity. Office on Juliana Street, opposite the Bank, one
'door*north of Hal! A Palmer's office.
April 1, 1864—tf.
DANIEL BORDER.
FLTT STREET, TWO DOORS-WEST OF THE HOTE^,
Bedford, Pa.
W atchmaker A- Dealer In Jewelry, Spectacles, jLe
He KEEPS ON IIAXD A STOCK OF FINE GQLD
AND SILVER WATCHES, SPECTACLES OF
Brilliant Double Refined Glasses, also Scotch Pebble
OlMses. Gold Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Fingcrßings,
best quality of Gold Pens.
He trill supply to order any thing in his line not on
hand. ''
apr. 8,1864—az.
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Bedford, Pa.
THIS HOUSE sowell known to the traveling public,
continues under tho charge of Isaac Merge!. Ho
ypares no pain* to snpply the wants and comfort of aa
who favor him with their patronage. His table js spread
with the best the market affords. His chambers
are handsomely furnished. A convenient stqblo is at
tached to the lions*, attended by careful hostlers. \
apr. 8, 1864—*z-i
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
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JOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor.
April 20th, JSCt.—fl-
A IOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TofoXJTICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE MORALS.
The Peaceful Waiting.
A Lir?Lß lo j*r yet, a littljs longer,
Shall violets bloom for it.ee and sweet birds si?g
And tbe linio hranebes, where soft winds are blowing,
Shall tuurwur the sweet promise of tbe spring.
A little lotiger yet, a littlf longer,
Thou siudt behold the quiet of the mom,
While tender grasses ami awakening flowers
Send up a golden tint to greet tbe uawn. *
A little longer yet, a little longer,
The tenderness of twilight shall be thine,
The rosy clouds thai float o'er dying daylight.
To fade till tremblipg stars begin to shine-
A little longer yet, & little longer,
Shall starry nigl}l be beautiful to thee.
And tbe eold moon shall look through the blue yUence,
Hooding her silver path upon the sea.
A little longer yet, a little longer,
Life shall be thine—life with its power to will,
Life, with its strength to bear, to love, to conquer.
Bringing its thousand joys thy heart to All.
A tittle longer still—patience. beloved!
A little longer still ere lieaven unroll
The glory, and the brightness, and the wonder,
£ tern a! an d divine, that wait thy soul.
A little longer, cro life, true intmorial,
(Not thine, our shadowy lift,) will he thine own;
And thou shall stand where winged archangels worship,
And trembling bow before the great white throne.
A little longer still, and Heaven awaits thee,
And Alls thy spirit vrith a groat t\ light:
Then our pale joys will seem a dream forgotten,
Our sun a darkness and our day a night.
A little longer, and thy heart, beloved,
Shall beat forever with a lo\ divine,
And joy so pure, sq mighty, so eternal,
No mortal knows and lives, shall then be thine.
A little lenger yet, and angel rciees
Shall sing in heavenly chant upon thine ear;
Angels and saints await thee, and God needs theo.
Beloved, can we bid thee linger here?
KB RATIO* AND (HKISTIAMTY.
Fourth Article.
For the Bedford Inquirer.
Education and Christianity acting in concert,
the one sanctified by the other, constitute the
thief agency of that ciyiliiation toward which our
efforts tend, and our hearts aspire. Repudiating
the theory that Education is the chief instrument
of civilisation, and that other doctrine that Chris
tianity can do the whole work itself, we have in
sisted upon a union of the two, not conventional,
but living and operative, going forth in harmoni
ous conjunction to work out the world's deliver
ance from ignorance and sin.
From the lake yhicb Geneva, the home and
conservator of jChristiantiy overlooks, there flows
a river, clear and majestic, hastening on to the
sea. Down from the proud, cold Alps, fit type of
an intellectual greatness which Christianity has not
clothed wjth beauty and animated with life, there
fl<,ws the turbid Acre, boisterous as it is shallow.
By and by, the two streams enter the same chan
nel. but. by reason of a mutual repellance. the
Rhone presents the singular spectacle of two riv
ers rushing along within the same banks, as if
some invisible barrier separated the one front the
other. Thus Christianity and Education are too
often disunited, man having put asunder what
God designed should exist as a beautiful and pow
erful unitv.
With a few remarks relative to the superiority
of Christianity as a civilizing agency, and its par
arnount importance, I shall close the present se
ries ot articles.
Christianity has ever been favorable to Educa
tion. 31 est other religions have kept their sub
jects |p ignorance, and have maintained that it is
the mother of devotion. But Christianity ex
tends its hand to Science , and aids inquiring
minds in their seaaph after knowledge. The Re
formation emancipated learning from the hands of
the priests, and gave a new impulse to letters and
the fine arts. Poetry and painting came out from
the dim cloisters , where they had been concealed
for ages, and walked forth through a regenerated
world.
UNIVERSALITY JS peculiar to Christianity/.
Other religions au adapted to certain people, and
suited to a certain degree of Civilization. Their
tim its have been circumscribed, and their existence
precarious. But Christianity is suited to all
classes. Its simplicity brings it within the com
prehension of the illiterate, whilst its sublime re
velations have occupied the attention of the most
intellectual.
"Piety has found
Friends in the friemis of Science ; and true prayer
Has flow'd from lips, wet with Castalian dew."
Christianity visits the Esquimaux in their huts,
and has sat on the throne of the Caesars. It flour
ishes alike in regions of everlasting snow, and
amid the vineyards of the Campania. It enters
the hum We sanctuary, which poverty dedicates to
the Triune God, and may be found in the still
Cathedral, where piety kneels in dim religious
light before the altar.
Christianity unites all mankind in one brother
hood. Across the channel, Germany and Eng
land shake hands. Lapland sends greeting to the
far off isles of thg sea. Though the Atlantic
rolls between the Mother country and America,
yet there are invisible cords of love, more durable
than the submarine telegraph, holding the heart
of the mother to the heart of the child, and
though there seems somewhat of estrangement
now, Christianity will never suffer those bonds to
be broken. One Lord, one faith, one baptism
now, the good time coming when all nations
shall be united into one family, patriotism merged
into a world-wide philanthropy.
Christianity is also imperishable in its nature.
The religions of Egypt, Greece and Rome have
passed away. Their temples, whioh were the
glory* of their times, are now magnificent ruins,
and the winds chant their wild requiem in
groves sacred to heathen deities. But Christian
ity is imperishable. For six thousand years it
1 has dwelt among men. It survived the flood, and
held on its way after the scepter had departed
from Judah. It concealed itself for a time among
the mountains of Switzerland, thence, at the
dawn of the Reformation, as a giant waked from
refreshing sleep, vent forth from conquering unto
| conquer. Tbe sanctuary is found in everj
land to-Jay, and the religion of Christ shall la
untouched by the flames, which shall consume tlu
world.
Christianity reveals an endless future. It j
the only religion that answers the question —''
a man die, shall he live again ?" It opens to I
the gate of Imrqortality, 'Tt breathes of love $
Heaven, the home of angels, and of joys too pt|
to die." It Assures us that we shall meet our id
Lenores in Paradise, to go out from their gl
presence—never more. It points to thrott
which never crumble, and crowp that net
| fade, and over the shining portals of a better li|
writes in letters of gold, 4 'Whosoever will, 1
him enter."
Such is a meagre outline of the Christian!
which we advocate as the chief agent and supp|
of civilization. It is incomparably great and ino
culably good.
However beautiful the mythology of Greecf
instinct with imagination—hiding a Naiad in e*
ry fountain, and crowning every rock with ■
Orrad —deifying shadows and storms, anj sendijr
across a waste of oceau, a celestial emperor; it'l
lost in the thought of a great One Spirit, supjr '
ing, by his perpetual prcsenee, the lamp of I-
Universe—listening in all its silence, speakinf 1
ail its voices, destined to right the wrongs.j'Xiiii
the mysteries, and satisfy the aspirations Jla
groaning world.
What We Import and How .Much.
The recovery of gold and its steady advaniyn
price for the week past can be traced to excefv e
importations. The length to which the eoijfry
is going in this respect is truly astonishing,|nd
the Act itself points out the duty of Congrefon
the question of the tariff. Take the importer
the past week at the part of New Yofk alik —
thus:—
General merchandize £G,I
Drj-Goods 1,3^34
Total, $7,419.)3
Tiie exports of gold for the week were jpise
quentlv large, amounting to not less than $200,-
000. The demand for exchange neeessarilfeent
the premium up, as we have seen.
It may be interesting, if not profitable, to now
what luxuries are included in the week's imprta
tions. Here are some of them:
Jewelry $313,511 Fancy Goods s£■ 344
Watches, 57,545 Toys, f .444
!'• rtuinefv, 4.475 Patent Leather. E,29fl
Wines, Champagne, 1>,287
Gin, 19,312 Brandy, p.49l
Liquors, it will be seen, predominait im
mensely. It is into this vortex that millifs go,
both for the domestic and foreign brands. Those
who will have these and otl f er luxuries
made to pay the highest duty. It wou!<|n the i
end. however. le better for the couutry at man
kind to sink altogether the idea of revent from
liquors, and levy duties absolutely prohib|>ry.
Congress cannot too soon apply itself J-nestK
to complete a revision of the tariff. Theiountry
needs to fee saved from its own follies aivino**?
iq the extent and chanicter of irnpclations,
while, as a general principle, we need a biff ad
justment that will give the largest ainouf of rev
enue. There are conclusive reasons inTavor of
absolute prohibition for the sake cf thosmranches
of manufactures that are to be heavily ttcd, ami
as a necessary means of admini.-tcririgt whole
some cheek to extravagance and its coqjrquences.
There is no hope of gold eheaponinjfwlrile ex
cessive importation goes on. Unless its checked
the drain will be constant and permapnt. This
can l>e done in no other way than byte imposi
tion of duties with a heavy hand, art!a bold de
termination to rescue the country rem its own
follies and to protect its varied interets.
UNION STATE CONVENTION.
Agreeably to appointment, the delgates to the
Union State Convention assembled i the hall of
the House of Representatives of tis city at 12
o'eloek M. The convention was ealld to order by
Mr. Wayne M'Yeagh. chairman 0 the Union
l?t£fte Central Committee.
Ky-Senator ScrrilL of Delaware cunty, nomi
nated the Hon. John P. Penny, of Allegheny, f v r
temporarj- chairman.
Mr. Penny. J hope that the Ccivention will
excuse me from acting in any capfity requiring
any exercise of strength ; for I eeriinlv aiu una
ble in my present state of health 0 accept the j
honor.
The nomination being jvithdrawr
Mr. George Berener nominated the Hon. 11.
Johnson. Senator from the Union cstrict.
Mr. Johnson was unanimously e.osen, and on
takiitg the chair made appropriate f nmarks.
The following named geutlemq: were elected
temj>9rary clerks:
§ tmuel Aileman, delegate from Inyder.
JohnH. Stewart, delegate fromAJiegheny.
George 11. Moore, delegate frtm Philadelphia.
Iavid L. Barnes, delegate froniFayette.
The credentials of delegates lore read. The
following is a correct list;
SENATORIAL DELEGATES.
Ist Disk Philad'a —Robert C. "ittermary.
2d 44 44 Jabez C. Di Hadway.
3d '* 44 Abel Lukcas.
4th 11 44 Chas. Thobpson Jones.
Chester and Delaware—Jacob I. Serrill.
Montgomery—William Brooke
Bucks—Joseph Barnsley.
Lehigh and Northampton —WAY. Ilammeraley.
Berks —Z. T. Gait.
Schuylkill—Conrad F. Shindf.
Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne, Capt. John
Shields.
Bradford, Susquehanna, Sullran aud Wyoming
—William J. Turrell.
Luzerne —S. B. Longstreet.
Tiega, Potter, M'Kean and Warren—Stephen
"F. Wilson.
Clinton, Lycoming, Centre ad Union—John S.
Fur_3t,
Snyder, Montour, Northumierland and Colum
bia—Franklin Bound.
Cumberland, Mifflin, Perry tnd Juniata —Robt.
Campbell.
Dauphin and Lebanon —Wm. Colder.
Lancaster—John Brady, David H. Cochran.
York—Alexander J. Frey. i
Adams, Franklin and Fulton—Col. F. S. Stum
baugh. ;
Somerset, Bedford and Huntingdon—Geo. W.
Householder. ' ■ ;
I3K]DFOmjPa.s FRIDAY, MAY G, 18G4.
j Blair, Cambria and Clearfield —H. A. Boges,
l Westmoreland and Fayette-Col. Everardßierer.
1 Inuiana and Armstrong—Dr. Thos. St. Clair.
Wasliington and Greene—George V. Lawrence.
Allegheny—James L. Graham,"John M. Kirk
pal rick.
Beaver and Butler—Thomas Robinson,
Law rence, Mercer and Venango—Lather H.
Sample.
Erie and Crawford—Jonas Gunnison.
Clarion, Jefferson, Forest and Elk —Christian
Myers.
REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATES.
Ist district, Philadelphia, Edward Cobb.
2d 44 14 John W. Frazcr.
3d 4 4 44 LytieJ. Hursr.
4th " 44 Henry E. Wallace.
sth 44 44 William W. Watt,
fith 44 44 John L. Hill.
7th 44 41 John Frey.
Bth 14 44 William R. Leeds,
yth 41 44 diaries M. Neal.
10th 4 4 4 4 Robert M. Evans.
Ilth 44 44 Benj. G. Mann.
12th 44 44 James M'Manus.
Uth 44 44 J. F. Trenehard.
14th 44 44 George IP Moore.
15th 4 4 44 Wm. A. Simpson.
13th 44 44 Thomas Dickson.
17 th 44 44 W.J. P. White.
Adams—J. T. MeDhenny.
Allegheny —Hon. James Dowry, jr., John 11.
Stewart, John P. Penny, J. J. Siebencck and Ja
r.'d M..Brush.
Armstrong and Westmoreland —.Tames A. Hun
ter. John W. McKee, Dr. J. X. Loughery.
Beaver and Lawrence—James S. Rutan, Win.
M. Francis.
Bedford —Charles W. Ash com.
Berks— Henry Stump, Henry Krause, Samuel
Weitzel.
Blair —Major Benjamin L. Hewitt.
Bradford —Dunimer Lilly, Joseph Marsh.
Bucks—Joseph S. Ely. Stacy Brown.
Butler—J D. MeJunkin, 11. G. Graham.
Cambria —A. A. Barker.
Carbon and Lelitgh—John EL Oliver, T. F.
Walter.
Ceptre —John T. Johnson.
Chester —Pusey J. X'ichols, John Irey, Dr. WII
- WoTthingtoft.
Clarion and Forest —Hunter Orr.
Clearfield, Jefferson, M Kean and Elk —Wm. J.
Hemphill, Capt. Lucius Rogers.
Clinton—C'bas. W. Wingard.
Crawford and Wurrep—S. B. Dick, V) pi. D.
Brown.
Cumberland—James A- Dunbar.
Dauphin —George Bergner, John J. Shoemaker.
Delaware —John J. Roland.
Erie —Geo. W. De Camy, Perry Devore.
Fayette—David L. Barnes.
Franklin and Fulton —Jehu Rowe, M. LJgar i
King.
Greee —L. K. Evans.
Huntingdon—George W. Johnson.
Indiana —CoL James R. Porter.
Juniata, IJrrion and Snyder—Samuel Aileman,
John J. Patterson.
Ltiitcairter —George M . Mehaffey, TV illiam S.
Amweg, M. H. Shirk, J. K. Alexander.
Lebanon —A. S. Ely.
Luzerne —H. P. Moody, Samuel Hojt, Ira
Tripp.
Lycoming—HcnryJ ohn-tqn.
Mercer and Venango—William Burgwin. V\ m.
Stewart.
Mifflin —George 11. Galbraith.
Monroe and bike —Edward Halliday.
Montgomery—G Justice Mitchell, William B
Rambo. M Howard Jenkins.
Northampton —Samuel L Cooley, James L
Mingle.
N irthunil >eriand —John Youngaian.
Perry—Dr. J P Clark.
Potter and Tioga—A G Olmstead, John W
Guernsey.
Sehaylkill—Linn Bartholomew, Dr. R H Coryell,
James H Campbell.
Somerset—Charles C Mussclman.
SusqUeh a nnna —I. F Fitch.
Washington-William A Mickey, James BRuple.
IVayne—A BIV alker.
y or k_.Alexander Underwood, Henry B Mnsser.
(.In motion, the temporary chairman appointed
the fVilo\ving gcutlemen as a committee oj con
tested scabs:
J W Fraser, John Fry, George Bergner, A G
Olmstead, Franklin Bound and Jacob Is Serrid.
On motion Mr Bergner, a committee on perma
nent organization, composed of one delegate from
each .Senatorial district, was appointed, and is a>
follows:
11 C Tittermary. W R Leeds, Benjamin G Mane
W J P White, William B Rambo, Dr W Worth
ington. W W Hammersley, Jos Barpsley. M H
Shirk. John Brady, L Bartholomew, 5 W Guern
sey. Z T Gait, S P Longstreet, W S Turrell, J T
Johnson, W M Francis, John Youngman, B L
Hewit, James R Porter, J L Rutan, James L Gra
ham, John M Kirkpatrick, James Gunnison, M
Edgar King, James Rupple, A B Walker, Alex
J Fry. J C Clark, George W Johnson, Christian
Myers, J J Shoemaker.
Mr Bergner offered a resolution relative to the
appointment of certain committees whieh was laid
over.
The Convention then adjourned till three o'clock
this afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention re-assembled at 3 p. M
Mr. Joseph S. Ely wits admitted to a seat in
place of a delegate from Bucks county, not pres
ent
Dr. Worthngton presented a report from the
committee on permanent organization. The re
port, whieh was adopted, nominated the following
named gentlemen for officers of the Convention:
PRESIDENT,
HON. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, of Wash
ington.
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Lytic J. Hurst, John Fry, Henry E. Wallace.
Win. A. Simpson, Jacob S. Serrill, M. H. Shipk,
M. Howard Jenkins, Joseph Barndey, James L.
Mingle, Henry Stump, Dr. R. H. Coryell, Edward
Ilaliday, Duinmer Lilly, Ira Tripp. Stephen F.
Wilson, Franklin Bound, John J. Patterson,
William Colder, David H. Cochran, George W.
Mehaffry- Alexander Underwood, George W.
Householder. A. A. Barker. Dr. Thomas St.
Clair, Lewis K. Evans, John P. Penney, John S.
Furst, James L. Graham. Thomas Robinson. Win.
Stewart, Perry Revere, Hunter Orr and Dr. J.
N. Loughery.
SECRETARIES.
Samuel Allcruau, John H. Stewart, Geo: H.
Moore. David L. Barnes, ConrM F. Shindle. L.
F. Fitch. H. P.' Moodv. James I ®. Ruple, Win
Burg win. Charles? W. Wingnrd.
S'Tffc<jnt~at- Arr,\s. —John G. Martin.
Door Arepeni—James Tubers, Joseph Riblet
Jaiues M'Calla.
Mesttngera —James Walbridge, C. T. Hepburn.
The President elect, pn taking the chair, ami
considerable applause, -laid: Gentlemen of tilt
Convention, I feel deeply sensible of the honoi
you have Just conferred iff >n me.' That honof'i.
enhanced "when I reflect '• ' among the per.---
here to-day 1 recognise many"of those with whoiii
1 have been associated in public life for the last tet
or twelve years. That pleasure is also enhancec
when I reflect that from almost every district ir
the State 1 find here leading m?n of this great
Union organization, ready to perforin the dutie=
devolved upon them as delegates." It is, then, u
small honor, irmtlemeri, to be selected to preside
over your deliberations. The duties will not be on
erous, and I trust the v will not be tedious. I shall
perform them with fidelity and impartiality, ami
1 shall attempt to perform them to the saastae
tion of the convention.
Gentlemen, we have met in a most important
crisis in the history of our country, rod this or
ganization. which we represent here U>-dfty, i-.
perhaps, the strongest, numerically and mentally
that has ever existed in this country, whether you
consider it as confined to Pennsylvania, or fe em
bracing this whole eouu;-y. i say that there v
not to-day on this broad earth a body of men sc
powerful in nuuilvrs. and having .v? lioly an object
m view, as this I. niou organization. [Applause.
This organization is not confined to any partk-uk:
jiarty. 1 recognize here to-day men who have ix*-
longed to all the political organizations of the State;
and if I were in the capital of Ohio or New I ork.
or any of those gre?t States, in a convention of
delegates representing the views of the people, 1
would find a similar state of affairs. 1 would find
patriotic meu from the old Democratic organiza
tion. 1 would find men who had been known u.-
Whigs in early life; 1 would find Republicans. 1
would find Americans, and all classes of men. as
sociated together. And for what purpose, gentle
men ? For the holy purpose of trying tc< "save this
Government, with all its holy memories of the past
and with all its bright hopes of the future to our
selves and to our children. This is the holy mis
siou of this great organisation, audi trust that
the ven T name which we have adopted indicates
the cardinal principle that govern us. Y\ e are for
the UnioiH We are a party of peace, if it could
be so; a party of order, a party submissive to law.
a party in favor of constitutional right, but we are
in favor at all times and under all circumstances,
of saving this Government, which has been handed
down to us by our fathers, if it costs us mure mon
ey and more blood. Ido lict mistake the senti
ments of here to-day. when I .-siy that
there is iut a man in the organization who is not
in favor of sustaining the Administration of the
National Government in its attempts to put down
i this rebellion. (Applause.)
I do not mistake your sentiment, gentlemen,
when 1 assert another fact —that there is not, to
j day, in all this wide extended country, nor even
across the water, a man in public life who is better
known for his integrity, his uprightness and hon
esty, than Abraham JLincolu. [\ ociferous and
prolonged cheering.] lam glad, gentlemen, t>
lieiT you cheer, in that way, the patriotic Chief
Magistrate of this nation, iou know, as well as I
do. that no other man in this land has spent so ma
ny sleepless nights aud anxious days in order to
save vour Government and my Government fro in
being overthrown; and while he has had to contend
with the armies of the enemy in the field, he has
had a stiilmore subtle, and in many respects, more
dangerous enemy at home. He has had them,
gentlemen, in these balls, he has hau them ail over
the State of Pennsylvania, for I recollect that there
are those who are willing, at least, to stand by and
see this Government- with all its precious recollec
-1 lions, go down in a night bf darkness and gloom.
I resrret to say it. but I stand here to speak hon
estly and candidly—l have ho speech prepared fci
vou —I express nay strongest convictions when I
say that I know that on these green hills and in
these vallbys of Pennsylvania there are to-day men
that would rejoice at the sound of victory on the
part of the rebels coming up from the Rappahan
nock. Ido not exaggerate them when 1 say that
we are met under most circumstances,
and we have a duty to perform which we ought to
perform with a single eye to the interest of out
great country.
Gentlemen: I have neither time nor strength to
tell you aii that is at stake in this crisis. If I did
L would speak for hours. \ou all know what is at
stake, not only as regards this country, but as re
gards <the civilized world. There is not a Union
man here to-da\ who does not regret that there
is anv man in all this land who woukl not be found,
in the hour of trial, on the side of liis country;
not one. The President has laid aside ail party
feeling. He lies willed to his aid men of all politi
cal parties, and they are in the field to-day labor
ing for vou and for me. They stand between us
and the enemy, like a wall of fire, to protect our
property aud li .es. Meu of all political organiza
tions are in the field, in the cabinet, and all over
the country are sustaining him; and yet all of you
know that no man in all this land has been more
abused and more slandered than President Lin
coln. I have heard him abused in these lialis. I
have heard Gen. Butler aud Gov. Johnson, among
others that I might name, who have given their
time and their talents to the country, abused in the
capitol of my own State until I have been ashamed,
and could have wept tears of bitterness. I have
heard Gen. Butler, because be was willing to lay
aside party feeling and give his service- to the
country, published in my county and throughout
the State as a brute, a hireling, a thief and a rob
ber. I have seen, and you have seen, far more
than this. I say, thee gentlemen? that if this
Government is saved it must be. as my friend, the
temporary president, lias said, by the army in the
field, aud bv the 1 ,'nion army at home. [Cheering ]
Recollect, gentlemen, that this baud of men that
are to-day standing in sight of Lee s army on the
Rappahannock—and 1 trust that they are number
ed by not less than 120 or 150,000--and those that
are in almost every rebel (state assisting in putting
down the rebellion, belong to this Union organiza
tion. [Applause. 1 It is safe to sav that ninety
nine out of every hundred men in the field are in
favor of the policy of the Union party It is safe
to say that at least nineteen-twenticths of these
men arc in favor of your patriotic President, And
when you clothe thorn with the right of suffrage—
when they are vested with the same right at the
polls as you and 1 possess—my Word for it. there
will be in November little doubt as to the result in
the army of the nation.
Why should not these men be invested with the
right of suffrage? Do vou not know that there
have been men ip these halls, clothed with powei
by the people", who have been willing to prevent,
if they could, the soldiers from enjoying that right.
In the contest which ended Just October, when we
contended agafost George W. Woodward —himself
an honorable ifian—we appealed to the people from
every hill-top in the hum. telling them that if Geo.
W. Woodward should be elected Governor of Penn
sylvania and Vnllandigham of Ohio, they, actini
in concert with Seymour, of New York, and Par
ker, of New Jersey, would endeavor to thwart tin
purposes of the National Government, that they
would assist, so for as was in their power, in giv
ing aid and comfort to the enemy, both in the tick
ami at home. I said that myself before thousand;
and thousands of people, anil I stand hereto-day
mot only to vindicate myself, but every man wh<
spoke with me on those questions. I told the peo
pie then, as we tell them now. that our Candida u
was true to the National cause, had given hi:
time and talent to thecountry, and that he wa.-
tried and proved faithful. I told them more. I
told them jtthat. if Geo. W. Woodward be elected
lie would fese his power against the National Ad
ministratiin. Was I not right? After the elec
tion. the very first act that theee men did on tie
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bench-.- -I refer to Judge Wcoeyurd, Judge L&yrry
and .Judge Thompson—was to mat'* a decision
which was calculated to strike down the power'of.
the Nations? Administration. They <rotidfetfthat
the Conscription biB —the only means left for fil
ling up the shattered ranks of the army—was un
constitutional. I have this to say and ! say
it bofcllv—l care not who hears it—l slander no
body, but I believe it as fmuly as that the eun
shines, that if Geo. W. Wood yard had been elect
• i 1 rovernor of Pennsylvania; this country would
have been infinitely worse off than it is to-day. It
s badenough, I admit; but it - ..auld have been
: ijfflrae. ■' ' ■' * . t
' The people desire to do right, and all you havo
t do is to inform tliem oh this subject. They are
thy roughly awake now. They believe as you be
liey'Cj that there is at this. time but two'parties in
this great country—tliaflt is now, as in the days of.
our Saviour, that "he ggthereth not with us
scatteredi abroad. ' There is no middle ground to
stand on. If a man is not for th<? country. he is
against it If a man stops to quibble about the
Eoiicy of the Administration, vou maybe sure that
e is not true on the national question, and that
he is as likely to nave his sympathy on the other
side of the Rappahannock as on this ride. 1
- I say, then, L hope that the people themselves
trill take this matter in hand—that they trill stand
by what we do here. We care little in nominating
a standard barer, for the man, .so that ho repre
sents the loyal people of the country. If J may
be allowed to speak my own sentiments I say that
no man in the h.nd fs so well entitled to this nomi
nation as the President. No man in the land has
done so much for us! You may not agree with
him in all the measures of the Administration, but
you know that he ha- one single and disintersted
purpose, to save the Government to ourselves and
to our childreu. I say then that although Ido
not tbirik he personal lv desires a nomination, vet!
it woa'd be grateful to him, ait will lie to the !qy-'
aimeii ifi the field and the loyaPmen in this nation,
to know that we in this conventton are willing'to
stand bv hint through evil and tlmrggh good re-'
port : that V a will not join in the vituperation and
slander to which he has been subjected—that we
will encourarfe "our men in the field, that we will
teed and dotue them while they are fighting our
battle. Noah gentlemen. I have detained you
longer than 1 intended. ' I hope you all feel on
this eubieet as I feel Yoti all know the impor
tance of the position you' Occupy. You know
how your people feel at home; you know the inter
est at stake. If you know that, if you do not do
your duty in this crisis, your children will rise up
and curse you for having sold their birthright
Let me appeal to you, then, 'to let our actions be'
as harmonious as possible. If We send honest and
good men to the National Convention, We will
then have a standard-bearer worthy of this great
Union party. We will go into the contest, leara
not what the oppositions may be, with our ban
ners streaming in the air. and on thern ' shall be
written "Union and Victory." [Loud apsU.use]
PELEGAiES TO BALTIMORE CO.WEXTIOX.
The following gcutlcmtn were elected Senatorial
delegates, viz: *
Hon. Simon Cameron. Kanitbarg: Hon.
McCiure, Chambersburg; Hon. Morrow B.
Erie ; Hon. W. W. Ketcuam, Wilkesbarre.
The following is the electoral ticket:
EEXATORIA*,
Morton M'Michael, Philadelphia.
Thomas H. Cunningham. Beaver county.
HEPK.ESESTA.TIVS.
1-Rohert P. King. 13-Elias W. Hall.
2-George M. Coatee, 14-Charies H. Shrinr-r,
3-Henry Bumm, 1-5-dohn Wister, '
4-William H. Kern, Hi-David M'Conaugfcy
5-Bartin H. Jenks. 17-David W. Woods,- •
fi-Charles M. Ruiik IS-Isaac Benson,
7-Robert Parke, l£*-.l:>hn Patton.
S-Aaron Mull, 20-Samuel B. Dick,
tKlohu A. Hiestar.d, I'l-Evcrard Bierer,
10-Richard H. Coryell, 22-Johu P. Penny,
11-Edward Hollidav, SS-Ebenezer M'Junkio,
12-Charles F. Keed, 24-Jokn W. Blanchard,'
STATS CSSTFAI. COMMITTEE.
The following is a list of the State Central Com
mittee, with their post office address:
Ist district, Pleiad'a, Jeremiah Nichols, Charles
Humphreys.
jid " " David Kramer, William H
Kemh'e.
3d " " Charles M. Neal, Egbert K.
Nichols.
4th " " George W. Hammers^
Benjamin H. Brown.
Adams —David A. Buehler, Gfctteysburg.
Allegheny—John M. Kirkpatrick, J. J. Siebenick.
Pittsburg.
Armstrong—.John Ralston, Averton.
Beaver —ft. L. Imbrie, Beaver.
Bedford—George W„ Rood. Bedford.
Berks—Alex. S. Tntton. T. Gait. Reading.
Blair —Samuel M'Camant, Sabbath Best.
Bucks—James B. Lambert. Doylestown.
Bradford —Stephen Aland, Towanda.
Butler—CharleS C. MeCandiess, Buthr.
Canbria—A. A. Barker. Ebensburg.
Catbon —Charles Albright. Mauch Chunk.
Cameron—F. Pi Haekett, Shippen.
Centre —Edmund Blanchard, Bellefonte.
jChester —Wm. B. Waddle, West Chester.
Clarion —B. J. Reed. Clarion.
Clearfield —S. B. Row. Clearfield.
Clinton —Chas. W. Wingard, Lock Haven.
Columbia —Robert F. Clark, Bloomsburg.
Crawford —Henry C. Johnson, Mehdvnle.
Cumberland —John B. Parker. Carlisle.
Dauphin—George Bergner, John J. Shoemaker,
Harri-burg.
Delaware —Ketcbly Morton, Oak dale.
Elk —Albert Willis, Ridgwav.
Erie —Samuel C. Stanford, Waterford.
Fayette—Benj. P. Helled, Uniontowu.
Franklin—F. S. Stumbattgp, Chambersburg.
Fulton —M. Edgar King, lleConnellaburg. •
Greene—G. E. Minor Waynesburg.
Huntingdon —G. W. Johnson, Huntingdon.
Indiana—F. M. Kinttr, Indiana.
Juniata—John J. Patterson, Milfiintown.
Loin caster —O- J. Dickey, Lancaster city j Peter
Martin. Lincoln Post Office.
Lebanon —T. T. \\ orth. Lebanon.
Lehigh—R. Clay HanVmefslcy. Catasanqua.
Luzerne —S. P. Lon'trstreet. Wilkesbarre.
Lycoming —Peter Herdic, WUliamsport.
McKean —Lucius Rogers, Smithpora .
Mereer —J. 11. Robinson, Mercer.
Mifflin —Alfred Marks, Lewisicwn.
Lawrence —Oliver G. Hnzeul New Castje.
Monroe- —John R. Stokes, Stroudsbnrg.
Montgomery-—Charles Kugler, Cabinet.
Montour—"David' Roberts, Danville.
Northampton—-W.' H. Armstrong, Easton.
Northumberland—-Franklin Bound, Mil toe.
Perry—Benjanih F. Junken. New Bloornfioid,
Pike—A B Sherman. Miiford.
Potter —D /.' I.arabee. Coudersport.
Schuylkill—Seth W Goer. Minetavißc
S-.ydfr—Moses Speeht, BeavctbWn.' •'
"Somerset —Eli K Haines, Somerset.
Susquehanna—D R Lathrop. Mon trot u.
Sullivan —Thomas J Ingriin, Lapefte.
Tioga -M H Cobb. Welfsfefjro. u
Union— Samuel H Orwif, Lewjsburg.
Venango—Peter McGough, Franklin.
Warren — Wm D Brown, Warren.
Washington "B Ruple,
Wayne—*ffenry M Seeley, Honcsdale.
Westmbriand—John 0 RaAb, liarri.v--. City.
Wvoiaiag—Alfred iiine; Tatikhanuo-y."
York—Silas Fery, fork,
THE Union taen have swept the Spring flec
tion in Pennsylvania. A)hio, Indiana. Michigan,
Aiianesota, Ulinoiit, liJw, Wisconsin, Kansas and
New York ;--chosen officers by -decisive
majorities iu New Hampshire, Connecticut and
Ilode Island, and carried nearly two-thirds of the
delegates to the Maryland Constitutional Conven
tion in favar of Freedom. So opdffstbe Preeideu
tial strnggie of Wvi. ■ <i