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AKtKN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. ITill attend promptly to all business entrusted to hi? care. Military claims speedily collected. Office on Juli ana Street, two doors north of the Inquirer Office. AprilH, 1864—tf. ESPTM. ALSIP, ATTORXBT AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business en trusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military elaims, Pensions, back pay, Bounty, Ac. spee dily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, - doors eouthofthe Mcngel House. April 1, 1864.—tf. J. K. VI ÜBOKKOW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Office one door south of the "Mcngel House," W ill attend promptly to all business intrusted to bis eare Collections made on the shortest notice. Having, also, been regularly licensed to prosecute Claims against the Government, particular attention will be given to the collection of Military claims of all kinds: Pensions, Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Loans, Ac. Bedford, apr. 8,1864 —tf. ALEX. KING, ATTORXKY AT LAW. And agent for procuring arrears of Pay and Bounty suoney. Office on Juliana btroet, Bedford, Pa. April I, 1864—tf. KIMMELL A LINGEXFELTEB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Have formed a partnership in the practice of the I.aw. Office on Juliana Street, two doors South of. the Mengel House. April 1,1864—tf. JOHN MAJOR, JCSTICE OF THE PEACE, HOPEWELL, BEDFORD CODJI7Y. Collections and all business pertaining to his office will be attended to promptly. Will also attend to the salo or renting of real estate. Instruments of'writing carefully prepared. Also settling up partnerships and ether ac counts. April 1. 1864—tf. JNO. MOWER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA., April 1,1864. —tf. JOSEPH W. TATE, ATTORSEY AT LAW, BEDFORD PA. WILL promptlv attend to collections and all business entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining coun ties. Money advanced on Judgment, Notes and o'her Claims. Has for sale Town Lots, in Tatefcvilie, and . t. Josephs on Bedford Railroad. Farms and unim proved land in quantities to suit purchasers. Office oppositethe Banking House of Reed A Sckell. apr. 15, IS6-4—lo m. RUPP, SHANNON, & CO., BANKERS, Bedford, Pa., BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. COLLECTIONS made for the East, West, North and South, and the general business of Exchange, trans acted Notes and Accounts Collected, and Remittances promptly made. REAL ESTATE bought and sold. G. W. RVFP, 0. E. SHAXNOM, F. BENEDICT. opr. 15, 1864—tf. DANIEL IBORDER. PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WF.ST OF THE BEDFORD HOTEL, Bedford, Pa. WstchmakerA Dealer in Jewelry. Spectacle*. Ac HE KEEPS ON HAND A STOCK OF FINE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, SPECTACLES OF Brilliant Doubla Refined Glasses, also Scotch 1 ebble Glasses. Gold Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best quality of Gold Pens. He will supply to order any thing in his line not on hand, apr. 8,1864 —si. . PHYSICIANS. &C. I. N. BOWSER, DENTIST. Permanently located in Woodberry, will carefully and punctually attend to all operations entrusted to bis care. Teeth inserted from one to an entire sett, in the latest and most approved style, and at rates more reasonable than ev er before olfcred in this section of conntry. Call and tee tptcimeu* of work. All operation* warranted. Woodbury, April 1,1864. —tf. _ HICKOR DEMIST. OFFICE IS BASK BI ILDIS6, BEDFORD, PA. April 1,1364. —tf. DR. B. F. HARRY, Respectfully tenders his professional services to the eitiseos ef Bedford and vicinity. Office and residence on Pitt Stseet, in the building formerly occupied by Dr. J. H. Bofiue. April J, 1884—tf. J- L. MARBOURG, M. D. Hawing permanently located respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of Bedford and vi cinity. Office en Juliana Street, opposite the Bank, one 4oor north of Hall A Palmer's office. April 1, 1864 —tf. HOTELS. THE MENGEL HOUSE. TNW DOOM NORTH OF THE PCILIC SQUARE, JSLIANA ST Bedford, Fa. . THIS HOUSE SO well known to the traveling public, continues tinder the charge of Isaac Mengel. He spares no pains to supply the wants and comfort of all who favor him with their patronage. His table is spread with the best the market affords. His chambers are handsomely furnished. A convenient stable is at tached to the House, attended by careful hostlers, apr. 8, 1864—si. EXCHANGE HOTEL, HUNTINGDON, PA. JOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor. April 29 th, 1864.—A. UNION HOTEL. VALENTINE STECKMAN, PROPRIETOR, West Pitt Street, Bedford, Pa., (Formerly the Globe Hotel.) THE public are assured that he has made ample ar rangements to accommodateal! that may favor him with their pe4n>nage. A ap%4;4 Livery Stable attached. Japr.'4. • A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO POLITICS, EDUCATION, LITERATURE AND MORALS. PROCLAMATION FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION, TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 2,1864. IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE fOMUINVEALTH (IF PEWSYLVAMA, ANDREW G, CURTIN. Governor of the said Commonwealth. To JOHN ALDRTADT, ESQ., Sheriff of tne County of Bed ford —Send• Greeting : "WHEREAS A joint resolution propostng certain amend ments to the Constitution of this Commonwealth, which are as follows, viz : And Whereat, It is provided in the tenth article of said Constitution, that any amendment so agreed upon, shall be submitted to the people in such manner, and at such time, at least <hree months after being se agreed to by the two houses, as the Legislature shall prescribe : such sub mission to be in 3uch manner and form, that the people may vote for or against each amendment separate and distinctly : Anrf Whereat, By an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, passed the twenty-third day of A pril, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, it is provided, "that for the purpose of ascertaining the seßse of the people of this Commonwealth in regard to the adoption or rejection of said amendments, or cither of them, the Governor of this Commonwealth shall issue a writ of election, directed to each and every Sheriff of this Commonwealth, commanding them to give notice in the usual manner, in not less than two newspapers in each city and cqunty : Provided, That se many are published therein, and by at least two printed handbills in each e lcction district, of every city and county wherein no news paper ie published, that au election will be held in each of the townships, boroughs, wards, precincts and districts therein, on the FIRST TUESDAY OF AUGUST, In the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred' and sixty-four, for the purpose of deciding upon the approval and ratification, or rejection, of the said amendments, which said election shall he opened, held and closed upon the day last aforesaid, at the places and within the hours, at and within which, the general election of this Common wealth are directed to be opened, held and closed. Wote, therefore, In obedience to the requirements of the tenth article of the Constitution, and in accordance with the true intent and meaning of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, I, ANDREW G. CURTIN, Gover nor of the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do issue this writ, commanding and requiring you, the said JOHX ALDSTADT, Sheriff of the said county, to give notice in the usual manner and as by law required, that an election will be held according to the terms of the Constitution, and provisions of the act of the General Assembly, aforesaid, in each of the townships, boroughs, wards, preeints and districts therein, on the FIRST TUESDAY of AUGUST, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, for the purpose of deciding upon the approval and ratification, or rejection, of the said amendments. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this Twenty-first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of tho Commonwealth the eighty-eighth. By the GoieFnor: ELISLIFER. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Whereas, A joint resolution, proposing certain amend ments to the Constitution of this Commonwealth, has been agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each house of the Legislature, at two successive sessions of the fame, the first session commencing on the first Tuesday of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun dred and sixty-three, and the second session commencing on the first Tuesday in January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four: And whereas, It is provided in the tenth article of the Constitution, that any amendment, so agreed upon, shall be submitted to the people in snch manner, and such times, at least three months after being so agreed to by the two houses, as the Legislature shall prescribe, such submission to be in snch manner and form that the people may vote for or against each amendment seperately and distinctly; therefore, SECTION 1, Be it enacted by the Senate and Blouse of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Ireneral Assembly tnet, and it is hereby enacted by the au thority of the same, That for the pur)>ose of ascertaining the sense of the people of this Commonwealth, in regard to the adoption or rejection of said amendments, or either of them, the Oovenor of this Commonwealth shall issue a writ of election, directed to each and every sheriff of this Commonwealth, commanding them to give notice, in the usual manner, in not less than two newspapers in each city and county: Prodded, That so many are published therein, and by at least two printed handbills in each elec tion district of every city and county wherein no newspaper is published, than an election will he held in each of the townships, boroughs, precincts and districts therein, on the first Tuesday of August, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-four, for the purpose of de ciding upon the approval and ratification, or injection of said amendments : which said election shall be opened, held and closed upon the day last aforesaid, at the places aud within thehours at and within which the general elections of this Commonwealth are directed to be opened, held and closed ; and it shall be the duty of the judges, inspectors and clerks ofeach of said townships, boroughs, wards, pre cincts and districts to receive at the said election, tickets, not exceeding the number of proposed amendments, either writtenorprinted.or partly written and partly printed from each of the qualified voters of the State, who may offer the same and to deposit them in a box or boxes, to be for that purpose provided by the proper officers; which ticket shall be ; respectively, labelled on the out side, "First Amend ment," "Second Amendment," and "Third Amendment;" and those who are favorable to said amendments, or any of them, may express their approval thereof by voting, each, as many seperate written or printed or parly written or partly printed ballots or tickets, us there arc amendments approved by them, containing, on the inside thereof, the words "For the Amendment;" and those who are opposed to such amendments, or any of them, may express their opposition by voting, each, as many seperate, written or printed or partly written and partly printed ballots or tick ets, as there are amendments not approved by them, con taining on the inside thereof, the words, "Against the A mendment;" the electors Toting for or against the amend ment shall be considered as voting for or against the pur posed fourth section to article three of the Constitution, extending the right of suffrage to soldiers; electors voting for or against the second amendment shall be considered as voting for or against the proposed eighth section to ar ticle eleven of tho Constitution , and olectors voting for or against the third amendment shall be considered as vo ting for or against the proposed ninth section to article eleven of the constitution. SEC. 2. That tho election on the said proposed amend ments shall, in all respect, be conducted as the general elections of this Commonwealth are now conducted; and it shall be the doty of the return judges of the respective counties and districts thereof, first having carefully ascer tained the number of votes given for or against each of said amendments, in the manner aforesaid, to make out duplicate returns thereof, expressed in, words at length and not in figure only ; one of which returns, so made, shall be lodged in the prothonotary's office of the court of common pleas of the proper county, and the other sealed and directed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and by one of said judges deposited, forthwith, in the most convenient post office, upon which postage shall be prepaid at the expense of the proper county. SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, on the twenty-third day of August next before four o'clock, post meridian, to deliver to the Speaker of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives, the returns of the said election, from the sev eral counties of the Commonwealth ; and the same shall on the same day and hour be opened and published in the presence of the members of the Senate and House of Rep resentatives ; and the number of votes given for and a gainst said amendments, respectively, shall be carefully summed up and assertained, and duplicate certificates of the result, shall be signed by the Speaker of the two hous es. One of said certificates shall be delivered to the Sec retary of the Commonwealth, who shall cause the same to be recorded and filed in his office, and the other of said certificate shall be delivered to the Oovenor, who shall forthwith issue his proclamation, declaring whether the said amendments, or either of them, have been approved and ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of the State voting thereon; Provided, That if, for any cause a quorum of either house or the Legislature shall not be present at the day and hour above mentioned, then the said votes shall be opened in the presence of such members of said houses as snail lie present; and in case of the absence of the Speaker of either of said houses, the said certificate shall be signed by the Speaker present; or, in case of the absence of both Speakers, by the Chief Clerks of both houses, or either of them in the absence of one of the said olerks. SEC. 4. That the several duties required to be performed by the sheriffs, commissioners, constables, judges, inspec tors, and all other officers whatever, in and about the gen eral elections of this Commonwealth shall be performed by such officers in and about the election herein provided for,; and all persons, whether officers or others, shall be liable to the NUB* punishment fer the neglect ef any duty or the BEDFORD, Pa., FRIDAY, JULY 8. 1864. commission of any offence at, in or about the said election as they would for the neglect of like duty or the cotnmis-* rfon of like offence at, in or about the general elections of this Commonwealth. HENRY C. JOHNSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-third day of April Anno Dom ini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. A. (J. CURTIN. In pursuance of the above proclamation of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I, JOHN ALD STADT, High Sheriff of the County of Bedford, Pennsyl vania, do hereby make known and give notice to the c lectors of the conuty aforesaid, that an election will be held in the said county of Bedford, ON TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAT OF AUGUST, 1864, for the purpose of voting on "a joint resolution proposing certain amend ments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth.'' The electors of the Borough of Bedford and Township of Bedford, to meet at the Court House in said Borough. The electors of Broad Top Township, to meet at the School House in the town of Hopewell. The electors of the Borough of Bloody Run, to meet at the School house in said Borough. The electors of Colerain towuship to meet at the house of D. Stuokey, in Rainsburg, in said township. The electors of Cumberland Valley township to meet at the new School house erected on the land owned by John Whip's heirs in said township. The electors of Harrison township to meet at School house No. 5, near the dwelling house of Henry Keyser in said township. The electors of Juniata township to meet at Keyser's School bouse, in said township. The electors of Hopewell township to meet at the School house near the house of John Dasher, in said township. The electors of Londonderry township to meet at the house now occupied by Wm. H. Hill as a shop in Bridge port. in said township. The electors of Liberty township to meet at the School house in Stonerstown in said towuship. The electors of Schcllsburg Borough to meet at the brick School house in said Borough. The electors of Monroe township to meet at the house lately occupied by James Carnell in Clearville, in said township. The electors of Napier township to meet at the brick school house, in the Borough of Schellsburg. The electors of East Providence township to meet at the house lately occupied by John Nycum, Jr, in said town ship. The electors of Snake Spring township to meet at the school house near the Methodist church on the land of John G. Hartley. The electors of West Providence township to meet at school bouse No. 4, near David Sparks, in said township. The elector? of St Clair township to meet at the store near the dwelling house of Gideon D. Trout in said town ship. The electors of Union township to meet at the school house near Mowry's Mill, in said township. The electors of Southampton township to meet at the house of Wm. Adams in said township. The electors of South Woodberrj' township to meet at the house of Samuel Oster near Noble's Mill in said township. The electors of Middle Wio ibury township to meet at the house of Henry Fluke in the Village ofWoodberry. MEETING OF RETURN JUDGES. Pursuant to the provisions contained in the 2nd section | of the act aforesaid, the Judges of the aforesaid districts shall respectfully take charge of the certificate or return of the election of their respective districts, and produce them at a meeting of one Judge from each district, at the BOROUGH OF BEDFORD, on the third day after tho day of the election, being FRIDAT, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST, then and there to do and perform the duties required by law of said Judges. Also, that whore a Judge by sickness or unavoidable ac cident, is unable to attend such meeting of Judges, then the certificate or return aforesaid shall be taken charge of by one of the Inspectors or Clerks of the election of said district, who shall do and perform the duties required of said Judges unable to attend. Given under inv hand, in my Office, the eighth dav of July, A. D. 18(i4. JOHN ALD3TADT, Sheriff of Bedford County. SHERIFF'S OFFICE | Bedford, Pa., July 8, 1564. j [jy],64-te. NO COMMUTATION. From the Tribune. It is settled there is to lie no commutation.— The House yesterday passed the bill of Mr. Smith ers, of Delaware, which provides substantially:— That the President may at any time call for any number of volunteers for one, two, or three years. That in case the quota of any town shall not be filled within sixty days after the call, the Presi dent may order a draft for one year to fill that quota. That in case of a draft there shall be no exemp tion by the payment of money. Bounties are offered for volunteers or substi tutes —$200 for one year. S3OO for two years, S4OO for three years. So much we collect from the imperfect telegraph ic summary. The essential feature of the till is, of course, the repeal of the exemption clause—or, rather, that is the point on which most of the con troversy turned. The senate passed a bill recently for the achieve ment of the same object, but the llouse lias thrice refused to accede, voting the other day by one hundred to fifty in favor of retaining the commu tation. Now that the two branches are reconciled on this vital question, we presume they will spee dily beat accord on matters of detail, and that one or the other bill will be a law. It is no secret that the change of front in the House is due to the urgent representations of the Executive. The system heretofore existing was deemed a failure. The Government got money and not men. Hence the argument addressed to members of Congress has been:—lf you mean the war shall go on, you must grunt the power to draft eompulsorily—in other words, you must give the Government the power to fill its armies speedily, and to keep them full. And the House has yield ed to this urgency, impelled by the patriotic con viction that the Executive entitled to the grant of snch authority as in its view was neccessary for the suppression of the Rebellion Heretofore it was believed that a wise adminis tration of the law would secure all the men needed; but we now have the assurance of the military au thorities that it was insufficient, and since the Exe cutive requires the power of absolute draft it should be granted. That the men and all the men needed to crush the Rebellion must be had some how, all loyal men have always insisted. The question of means is less essential. It is of course, understood that the power which is now put into the hands of the Government is to be effectually se d. The law is to be put in force and there is no longer any excuse, if there ever were, for misapprehension on the part of the peo ple or indecision on the pari of the Government. The nation, by the voice of its representatives, offers its whole strength to the Executive. What it asks in return is that its magnificent gift shall not have been given in vain. President Lincoln's Letter of Acceptance. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 27. 1864.—H0n. William Denison and others, a Com mittee of the National Union Convention—Gen tlemen : —Your letter of the 14th instant formally notifying me that I had been nominated by the Convention you represent for the Presidency of the United States forfour years from the 4th of March next, has been received. The nomination is gratefully accented, and the resolutions of the Convention, called the platform, are heartily approved. While the resolution in regard to the supplanting of Republican Govern ment upon the YVestern Continent is fully concur red in, there might be a misunderstanding were I not to say that the position of the Government in relation to the action of Prance in Mexico, as assumed though the State Department and in dorsed by the Convention, among the measures and acts of the Executive, will be faithfully main tained so long as the state of facts shall leave that position pertinent and applicable. 1 am especially gratified that the soldiers and seamen were not forgotten by the Convention, as they forever must and will be remembered by the grateful country for whose s&ivation they devote their lives. Thankingyou for the kind and complimentary terms in which you communicated the nomination and other proceedings of the Convention, I sub scribe myself your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. [From the Philadelphia Daily Far*.} SONG OF THE CROAKER. BY HORATIO ALGER, JB, An old frog lived in a dismal swamp, In dismal kind of way ; And all that he did, whatever befel, M"aa to croak the livelong day. Croak, croak, croak, When darkness filled the air, And croak, croak, croak, When the skies wore bright and fair. "Good Master Frng, a battle is fought, And the foemasFs power is broke," But he only turnl a greener hue, And answered with a croak. Croak, croak, croak, When the cifliuds are dark and dun ; And croak, croak, croak, In the blase of the noon-tide sun. "flood Master Frog, the forces of Right Are driving the hosts of Wrong," Bat he gives his head an ominous shake And croaks out ".Von# verront Croak, croak, croak, Tilhtbe heart is full of gioom, And croak, croak, croak, Till the world seems but a tomb. To poison the cup of life By always dreading the worst, Is to make the earth a dungeon damp And the happiest life accursed. Croak, croak, croak, When the noontide sun rides high, And croak, croak, croak, Lest the night come by and bye. Farewell to the dismal frog, Let him croak as loud as he may, He cannot blot the sun from heaven Nor hinder the march of day. Though he croak, croak, croak, Till the heart is full of gloom, And croak, croak, croak, Till the world seems but a tomb. A CAMPAIGN LYRIC. Abraham Lincoln knows the ropes! All our bopes Centre now about the brave and true. Let us help him as we can, lie's the man, Honest for the country through and throvgb. Others goc4, perhaps, as he There may be: Hare wo tried them in the war-time's flame ? Do we know if they will stand, Heart in hand, Seeking for the right in Heaven's name ? Let the nation ask him, then, Once again To hold the rudflyr in this stormy sea. Tell him ihateachf,eoplesS night, Dark to light, Ushers.in a morning for the free. Let us not forget our rude Grutitude! But lend our servant the poor crown we may! Give him four more yeurs of toil, Task and moil, Knowing God shall crown him in His day. X. Y. Independent. Amusing Proverbs About Women. As the good man saith, so say we; but as the woman saith, 30 it must be. A woman and a greyhound must be small in the waist. A little house well filled, a little land well tilled, and a little wife well willed. All women are good: good for something or good for nothing. A virtuous woman, though ugly, is the ornament of the house. An obedient wife commands her husband. A 'man of straw is worth a woman of gold. A woman's work is never at an end. A good wife is the workmanship of a good hus band. When the good man's from home, the good wife's table is soon spread. A man's best fortune —or his worst —is a wife An enemy to beauty is a foe to nature. All are good lasses: but where come the ill wives frae'.' A woman conceals what she knows not. A lass that has many wooers oft fares the worst. Choose a wife rather by your ear, than your eye. Many blame the wife for their own thriftless life. Prettiness makes no pottage. Women laugh when they can, and weep when they will. Beauty in women is like the flower in spring: but virtue is like the stars of heaven. Women grown bad are worse than men; because the corruption of the best turns to the worst. A man must ask his wife leave to thrive. Fools are wise men in the affairs of women. Every man can tame a shrew but he that hath her. Ladies will sooner pardon want of sense than want of manners. . Bare walls make gadding housewives. You may know a foolish woman by her finery. Women are wise on a sudden, fools on premed itation. Beauty will buy no beef Beauty is no inheritance. Fire dresses the meat, and not a smart lass. Far-fetched, and dear bought, is good for the ladies. Three woman and a goose make a market. There is many a good wife that can't sing and dance well. The society of ladies is a school of politeness. The rich widow cries wifi one eye and rejoices with the other. He that tells his wife news is but newly married. He who wishes to chastise a fool, get him a wife. Next to no wife, a good wife is best. No woman is ugly when she is dressed. She that is born a beuty is half married. She that has an ill husband shows it in her dress. Saith Solomon the wise, "A good wife is a good prize. " She who is born handsome is born married. Who has a bad wife, has purgatory for a neigh bor. ' The cunning wife makes her husband her apron. The more women look in their glasses, the less they look to their houses. There is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he hath her, There is no mischief in the world done, but a wo . man is always one. A. H. STEPHEN'S SPEECH AGAINST SECESSION. THE REBEL VICE-PRESIDENT'S REASONS. The following remarks were made by Alexander H. Stevens, now Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy atthe Georgia Convention which met at Milledgeville, in November 1860, to consider the question of seceding from the Union. His argu ments against secession are valuable as a matter of history: ''When we and our posterity shall see our love lv South desolated bv all the demons of war which this act of yours will inevitably invite and call forth : when our green fields of wavering harvests shall be trodden down by the murderous soldiery and fiery ear of war sweeping over our land; our temples of justice laid in ashes ; all the horrors and desolations of war ujion us; who but this conven tion will be held responsible for it ? and who but him who shall have given his vote for this unwise and ill-timed measure shall he held to strict ac count for this suicidal act by the present generation, and probably cursed and execrated by posterity for all coming time, for the wide and desolating ruin that will inevitably follow this act you now pro pose to perpetuate ? "Pause, I entreat you. and consider for a mo ment what reasons you can give that will even sat isfy yourselves in calmer moments —what reasons can you give to your fellow-sufferers in the calam ity that it will bring upon us? What reason can you give to the nations of the earth to justify it? They will be the calm and deliberate judges in this case! and to what cause or one overt act can we point, on which to rest the plea of justification? What right has the,Northassailed? What interest of the South has been invaded? What justioe'has been denied? and what claim founded in justice and right has been with held? Can either of you to-day name one governmental act of wrong delib erately and purposely done by the government at Washington, of which the South has a right to complain? I challenge the answer! While ou the other hand, let roc show the fact (and believe me, gentlemen, I am not here the advocate of the North, hut I am here the friend, the firm friend and lover of the South and her institutions, and for this reason I speak thus plainly and faithful to yours, mint , and every other man's interest, the words of truth and soberness), of which I wish you to judge, and I will only state facts which are clear and undeniable, and which now stand as rec ords authentic in the history of our country. "When we of the South demanded the slave trade or the importation of Africans for the cultiva tion of our lands, did they not yield the right for twenty years? When we asked a three-fifth rep resentation in Congress for our slaves, was it not granted? When we asked and demanded the re turn of any fugitive from justice, or the recovery of those persons owing labor or allegiance, was it not incorporated in the constitution ? And again ratified and strengthened in the Fugitive Slave law of 1850? Do you reply that in many instances they have violated this compact, and have not been faithful to their engagements? As individual* and local communities they may have done so; but not by the sanction of government, for that has always been true to Southern interests. Again gentle men, look? at another fact: when we nave asked that more territory should be added, that we might spread the institution of slavery, have they not vielded to our demands and given us Ixmisiana, Florida and Texas, out of which four states have been carved, and ample territory for four more to be added in due time, if you by this unwise aud impolitic act do not destroy this hope, aud perhaps, by by it lose all and have your last slave wenched from vou by stern military rule, as South Ameri ca and Mexico were ; or by the vindictive decree of a universal emancipation which may reasonably be expected to follow? "But, again, gentlemen, what have we to gain by this proposed change of our relation to the gen eral government ? We have always had the con trol, and can yet, if we remain in it, and are as u nited as we have been. We have had a majority of the Presidents chosen from the South, as well as | the control and management of those chosen from the Nortfy. We have had sixty years of southern Presidents to their twenty-four, thus the Executive Department. So of the Judges of the Supreme Court, we have had eighfoen from the South and but eleven from tbe North: although nearly four-fifth of the judicial business has arisen in the free states, vet a majority of the court has always been from the South. '1 his we have requir ed so as to guard against any interpretation of the constitution unfavorable to us. lu like maimer we have been equally watchful to guard our interests in the legislative branch of government. In choos ing the presiding officer ( pro tem.) of the Senate, we have had twenty-four and they eleven. While the majority of the representatives, from their greater population, has always been from the North, yet we have generally secured the Speaker, because he, to a great extent, shapes aud controls the legislation of the country. Nor had we less control in every department ofthe general govern ment. Attorney-Generals wehad fourteen, while the North had but five. Foreign ministers we had eighty-six. and they butforty-four. While three fourths ofthe business which demands diplomatic agents from abroad is clearly from the North from their greater com me rcial interests, yet we have had the principal embassies, so as to secure the world's markets for our cotton, tobacco and sugar, on the best possible terms. AVe have had a vast majority of the higher offices of both army and navy, while a larger portion of the soldiers and sailors were drawn from the North. Equally so of clerks, au ditors and comptrollers filling the Executive de partment ; the records show that, for the last fifty years, ofthe three thousand thus employed we have had more than two-thirds, while we have had but one-third of the white population of the re public. "Again, look at another item, and one, be assur ed, in which we have a great and vital interest : it is that of revenue or meausof supporting govern ment. From official documents we learn that a fraction over three-fourths ofthe revenue collected for the support of the government has uniformly been raised from the North. "Pause now, while you can, gentlemen, and contemplate carefully and candidly these impor tant items. Look at another necessary branch of government, and learn from stern statistical facts how matters stand in that department I mean the mail and postoffiee privileges that we now en joy under the general government as it has been for years past. The expense for the transportation of the mail in the free states was, by the report of the Postmaster-General for 1860, a little over $13,- 000,01)0, while ihe Income was $19,000,000. But; in slave states the transportation of the mail was $14,716,000, while the revenue from the mail was $8,000,265, leaving a deficit of $6,715,735, to be supplied by the North for our accommodation, and without which we must have been entirely cut off from this most essential branch of the govern ment, "Leaving out ofview, for the present, the count less millions of dollars you must expend in a war with the north; there will he thousands and tens of thousands of your sons and brothers slain in battle, and offered up as sacrifices upon the altar of ambition, —and for what, we ask again ? It is for the overthrow of the American government, established by our common ancestry, cemented and built up by their sweat and blood, and founded on the broad principles of right, justice and hu manity ? And as such. I must declare here, as I have often done before, and which has been re peated by the greatest and wisest statesmen and patriotic of this and other lands, that it is the best and freest government —the most equal in its rights—the most just in its decisions—the most lenieut in its measures, the most inspiring in its , measures to elevate the race of men—that the sun Vol. 37: No. 28. in heaven ever shone upon. ''Now, for you to attempt to overthrow such a government as this, under which we have lived for more than three-quarters of a century—in which we have gained our wealth, our standing as a na tion. our domestic safety, while the elements of peril around us, with peace and tranquilty, ac companied with unbounded prosperity and rights ull assailed —is the height of madness, folly and wickedness, to which I can neither lend my sanc tion nor my vote." THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. Artclre** of the Committee Appointed at Balti more. NEW IOBK. June 14.—Hon. Abraham Lincoln —^ir; —The National Union Convention, which assembled iu Baltimore 6n .June 7, 1864, has in structed us to inform you that you were nomina ted with enthusiastic unanimity for the Presiden cy of the United States for four years from the 4th of March next. The resolutions of the Convention, which wo have already had the pleasure of placing in your hands, are a full and clear statement of the prin ciples which inspired its action, aud which, as wc believe, the great body of Union men in the coun try heartily approve. Whether those resolutions express the national gratitude to our soldiers and sailors; or the national scorn of compromise with Rebels, and consequent dishonor; or the patriot ic duty of union • and success; whether they ap prove the Proclamation of Emancipation, the Constitutional amendment, the employment of former slaves as Union soldiers, or the solemn ob ligation of the Government promptly to redress the wrongs of every soldierof the Union, of what ever color or race; whether they declare the in violability of the pledged faith of the nation, or offer the national liospitality to the oppressed of every land, or urge the union by railroad of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; whether they recom mend public economy and vigorous taxation, or as sert the fixed popular opposition to the establish ment by armed force of foreign monarchies ii the immediate neighborhood of the United States, or declare that those only are worthy of official trust who approve unreservedly the views and policy indicated in the resolutions—they were equally hailed with the heartiness of profound conviction. Believing with you. sir. this is the people's war for the maintenance of a Government wliieh you have justly described as "of the people, by the people, for the jieople," we are very sure that you will be glad to know, not only from the reso lutions themselves, but from the singular harmony and enthusiasm with which thcv were adopted, how warm is the popular welcome of every meas ure in the prosecution of the war which is as vig orous, unmistakable, and unfaltering as the nat ional purpose itself. No right, for instance, is so precious and sacred to the American heart as that of personal liberty. Its violation is regarded with just, instant, and universal jealousy. Yet in this hour of peril ev ery faithful citizen concedes that, for the sake of national existence and the common welfare, individual liberty may, as the Constitution pro vides incase of rebellion, be sometimes summar ily constrained, asking only with painful anxiety that in every instance, and to the least detail, that absolutely necessary power shall not be hastily or unwisely exercised. We believe sir, that the honest will of the | Union men of the country was never more truly represented than in this convention. Their pur pose we believe to be the overthrow of armed Rebels in the field, and the security of permanent jx-ace aud union by libertyand justice under the Constitution. That these results are to achieved amid cruel perplexities, they are fully aware.— That they are to be reached only through cordial unanimity of counsel, is undeniable. That good men may sometimes differ as to the means and the time, they know. That in the conduct, of all human affairs the highest duty is to detennine, in the angry conflict of passion, how much gooa may be practically accomplished, is their sincere persuation. They have watched your official couise, therefore, with unflagging at tention. and amid the bitter taunts of eager friends aud the fierce denunciation of enemies, now mov ing too fast for some, now too slow for others, they have seen you throughout this tremendous contest patient, sagacious, faithful, just—leaning upon the great heart of the people, and satisfied to be moved by its mighty pulsations. It is for this reason that, long before the con vention met, the popular instinct had plainly in dicated you as the candidate; and the convention, therefore, merely recorded the popular will.— Your character and career prove your unswewing fidelity to the cardinal principles of Amcricau lib erty of the American Constitution. In the name of that liberty and Coustitutiqn, sir, we earnestly request your acceptance of this nomination; rev erently commending our belovedjcountry. and you, its Chief Magistrate, with all its brave sons who, on sea and land, are faithfully defending the good old American cause of equal rights, to the blessing of Almighty God. We are, sir, very respectfully, your friends and fellow-citizcns, WM. DENISON, Ohio, Chairman. JOSI An BKUMMOND. Maine. THOS. E. SAWYER, New Hamshire. BRADLEY BARROW. Vermont. A. 11. BULLOCK, Massachusetts. A. M. GAMMELL, Bode Island. C. S. BUSHNKLL. Connecticut. G. W. CURTIS. New York W. A. NEWELL, New Jersey. HENRY JOHNSON, Pennsylvania. N. B. SMITHERS, Delaware. W. L. W. SKA BROOK, Maryland. JOHN F. HUME. Missouri. G. W. HITE, Kentucky. E. P. TYFLE, Ohio. CYRUS M. ALLEN. Indiana. W. BUSHNKLL, Illinois. L. P. ALEXANDER. Michigan. A. W. RANDALL, Wisconsin. A. OLIVER, lowa. THOMAS. SIMPSON. Minnesota. JOHN IIIDWELL, Calafornia. THOMAS H. PEAHNE, Oregon. LKROY KRAMER, West Virginia. A. C. WILDER- Kansas. M. M. BRIEN, Tennessee. J. P. GREYER, Nevada, A. A. ATOCHA, Louisiana. A. S. PADDOCK, Nebraska. VALENTINE DELL, Arkansas. JOHN A. NYE, Colorado. s A. B. SLONAKER, Utah. MAXIMILIAN IS MEXICO. — Maximilian arrived on the morning of the 28th ult, at Vera Cruz, in tha Novara, having touched at Madera and Martinque, at the latter place for coal, and where the new Em peror liberated and carried with him four prisoners confined to hard labor by Forey. He also liberated eight more and paid their passage to Vera Cruz, and distributed two thousand francs among the remain* der, and promised to attend to their fate immediatley on his arrival at the City of Mexico. Almonte was at Cordova, and did not arrive till five in the after noon, when he went on board the Novara, accompa nied by authorities of Vera Cruz. After several speeches of no import they returned. Before day light on the 20tb ths Emperor and Empress landed amid a salute of one hundred and one guns by the squadron, which was returned by the forts. The keys of the city were presented to thezu on their landing. Thev went immediately to the railroad de pot ana took the train for Lorno Alto, a distance of forty-five miles, and the terminus of the road. Breakfasting at Soledad, there they took carriages, arrived at Cordova late at night; and the 80th, at 1 p. m., entered Orizba, which is the hwt heard of
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