|UforO Inquirer. BEDFORD. PA.. FRIDAY Ji LY 18, ISM. UNION KRRI'BMT'AS STATE TICKET. FFR GOVERNOR, MAJ. GEN. JOHN W. GEARY, OF CT MBBRLARTF COUNTY. DISTRICT TICKET. CONGRESS, Gen. WM. If. KOONTZ, of Somerset, (Subject to the decision of the Congiearioual Conference.) SENATOR. Hon. G. W. HOUSEHOLDER, Bedford. (Subject to the decision of the Senatorial Conference.) ASSEMBLY. Capt. JOHN S. STUCKEV. of Bedford. JOHN VVELLER, of Somerset. (Subject to the decision of the Representa tive Conference.) COUNTY TICKET. PKOTHONOTAItY, J. W. LINGENFELTER. of Bedford Bop. SHERIFF, Capt, N. C. EVANS, of Coleraiu. ASSOCIATE JUDGE, Capt. A. WEAVERGING, Bloody Run. COMMISSIONER. SAMUEL SHAFFER, of Union. POOR DIRECTOR, HENRY H. FTSIIER, South Woodberry. AUDITOR, JAMES R. O'NEAL, of Monroe. Tii K mem- VETO or THE CONSTITU TIONAL AMENDMENT. The importunate A. <T. who presides at the White House, felt his dignity somewhat impaired when the two Houses of Congress resolved to send the Amendment to the States without giving him an opportunity to display his usual egotism. Thereupon he seated himself, wroth no doubt, and ad dressed a brief little lecture to Congress, telling- the Representatives of the American people that "T deem it proper to observe" that this is all improper. The whole reminds us of the "Pope's bull against the Comet." The gist of this presumptuous affair runs thus : "Even in ordinary times, a question of amending the Cons:itution must be justly re garded as of paramount importance. This importance is, at the present time, enhanced by the fact that the joint resolution was not submitted by the two Houses for the approval of the President, and that, of the thirty-six States which constitute the Union, eleven are excluded from representation in either House of Congress, although, with the single excep tion of Texas, they have been entirely restor ed in all their functions as States, in confor mity with the organic law of the land, and have appeared at the National Capitol by Senators and Representatives who have ap plied for and been refused admission to the vacant seats." The first point made here, and therefore the most important in the estimation of the President,against the Amendment, is that it was not submitted to A. J. for his approval. Now, it is a well established principle of law in this Country, that resolutions submitting amendments to the Constitution of the Uni ted States, for the ratification of the various States, no more require the sanction of the President than do the acts of the British Parliament. But in the second place lest he might be charged with a desire to quibble over the right of A. J. to sign such Amendments, he asserts that it is improper to amend the Constitution while eleven States are 'exclu ded from Representation." We are prompted to ask Who took them out of the Union? Their exclusion is the result of tlieir own voluntary acts. Rut says the President, "they have been entirely restor ed in all their functions as States." It does appear very strange that they could with draw from the Union and when suppressed by armed force, immediately resume their legislative functions without any restric tions or conditions if they desire to do so. For four long years thev were excluded by their own voluntary acts, during all which time they struggled for the destruction of the life of the parent Government, and the moment they are suppressed, the very men who controlled the action of the eleven States alluded to by the President, are se lected to represent them in the councils of the Government which they struggled to destroy. This may seem wise on the part of rebels and their friends, but no man who has had the interest of his country at heart for the last four or five years can endorse such an unparalleled proceeding. If it is wrong to adopt those amendments to the Constitution because the seceded States are not represented, it was wrong to pass the amendment abolishing slavery in the United States, and yet that amendment has been accepted by the President in all his speeches. The President appears to have only one idea at the present and that is how he can best serve the interests of the late rebels, lie is as completely under their control as over James Buchanan or Millard Fillmore was. All hopes for a reconciliation between him and t 'the Republican party, arc virtually out of the question. In tho future the Re publicans must expect no assistance from the egotist and betrayer of his friends who fills the Presidential chair. the war settled the question of slavery in the U. S., it was supposed that panderiug to the slavcocracy would cease, but in this the country has been mistaken. The President and his handful of followers, and the whole Copperhead party arc onoe uiore at the feet the of' Slave power, ready to black their boots or boot their blacks. It is the last "I'ilgrintage to Mecca," they will find that Mohammed has flown to the moun tains. ifi&oThe Copperhead party ia at last to lose its identity ; it is to be swallowed up by the Johnsonites. It has been evident eTcr since the crushing of the rebellion that De mocracy, as it now stands, "is played." How will our Bedford county Cops like to l ake back seats in the House of Andy ? But they'll go under with a flourish. Anything to strengthen their expiring cause. How are you Nationals ? f®~The Grand wedding of the Copper heads and Johnsonites comes off at Philadel phia on the 14th of August. James Buchan an and Millard Fillmore, it is said, are to officiate as High Priests. THE JOHNSONIAN MOVEMENT. I'll# few adherents of tto President who were formerly members of the lle ! publican Party, coupled with ti few of the ! Icadiii" spirits of the Copperhead Party, hove issued a call for a National Convention of two delegates from each Congressional district, and four delegates from each State at large t assemble in Philadelphia on the 14f hof August next, to devise ways and me m- to place the President's plan of Ke con-t ruction before the people, and to enter iirto a formal alliance with the Copper head Party, It is evident to any observant mind that the Reconstruction policy of Con gress is to take the leading position in the .present canvass, at this time; this plan is so popular, it were the merest foolhardiness to suppose that the people will hesitate to endorse it. The main object of this Conven tion win he then to place the President's plan in as plausible a.shape as possible, endorsed by the .reconstructed Southerners, so that their support can lie cited as evidence of its popu'arily. The Copperheads are expect ed to be its especial guardians in the Nor them States, while the white-washed reb els of the Southern States are expected to put it through in that section. The Copperheads in the Lotaer House of Congres- have issued an address to their follower.- throughout the country calling upon them to send delegates to the 14th of August Convention. This feature must satisfy every Republican of the intention of the President and his few adherents. The object is to consolidate with the Copper heads, and by means of this consolidation to defeat the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment. I There is not a Republican in this Congress ional district, that we know of, that openly endorses this movement of the Southern rebels and their friends. It is true that some of our people have been charged with being favorable to "My Policy" but up to the present there is no one who will so far forget hi- principles as to prostitute them to the purposes of those who aim at the eleva tion of rebels whose hands are yet red with the blood of our murdered friends. We have at no time witnessed so humili ating a spectacle, since the effort to force the Lecompton Constitution upon Kansas, that we do now in the persistent effort of the Presi dent to force the Rebellious into the coun cils of the nation through the adoption of a traitorous policy. But we have one conso tat ion. the integrity of the people defeated that infamous Constitution and those true to themselves and the country, will defeat this equally infamous scheme. A CONTRAST. From the inception of the rebellion to its close, General Geary was constantly in tha field, periling his life in maDy bloody battles for the preservation of our national unity, and only- returned to his home when the supremacy of the national government was fully restored over every foot of the public domain: during the whole period of the rebellion Ileister Clymer, though a younger man. was. not only staying at home, but, assiduously laboring, in public and pri vate, co counteract every measure devisea for putting down the rebellion, and in every way in his power was giving aid and comfort to the common enemy, and has been, since the close of the war, and is now an earnest advocate for the re-admission of the lately rebellious states, with increased powers and without any guarantees for their future good behavior. During the last week in June an effort was made in the revision of the Tariff to remove the duties from foreign coal, which would have greatly injured the mining interests of Pennsylvania and Mary land ; General Geary promptly hastened to Washington and used all his influence for the protection of our mining interests in the prosperity of which thousands of our citi zens are vitally interested; while General Geary was thus engaged, Heister Clymer was traveling over the State selfishly labor ing for his own election as Governor, and exhibiting no concern whatever about the then periled interests of his native state. QierieST —If Ileister Clymer gave all the aid and comfort, in his power, to rebels during the rebellion and continues laboring for the same end still, will he not continue to advocate the cause of rebels if elected Governor ? If Ileister Clymer feels no concern for the protection and encouragement of the industrial interests of the State now. while a candidate for Governor, would he be likely to feel any if he were elected ? Is the man who gives aid and comfort to the enemies of his country in time of war, and who exhibits no regard for the protec tion of the vital interests of his own State, fit to be her Governor? ItESJ R I KRS \i: Its I S SOLDIERS. Amid all their professions of love for sol diers, since the close of the war, the Cop perheads have studiously avoided any refer ence to their efforts during the war to dis franchise ail who were then serving their country in the armies of the Union. But all their de-ire to divert the attention of the soldiers from their past record by loud promises of present friendship, could not restrain them from rejoicing over what they, the wish being farther to the thought, igno rantly supposed to be a decision of the Su preme Court denying the constitutionality of the act of Congress depriving deserters of citizenship and thereby disfranchising them in this State. Go ahead with your rejoicings, but don't expect soldiers who have worn the army blue and periled their lives npon the battle-field to march to the the polls under the same banner, with ske dadlors, bounty junipers and Canadian refu gees. Soldiers don't train in that crowd. is quite probable that there will be avery interesting canvass in this State, du ring the fall, on the part of the different aspi rants for the position of United States Sena tor, to become vacant on the 4th of March next, by the expiration of the term of Sena tor Cowan. The prominent candidates are Gov. Curtin, Simon Cameron, John W. Forney, and Wui. D. Kelly. We hope they will all visit this section ami give the people of this county art opportunity to judge of their respective merit)?. *~Thc Amendment to the Constitution has been ratified by Connecticut and New TJampshire. The first thunder for Andy's ears after reading Congress a lecture. COFI'BOTII (!|Viri>...UCWM7 I>K (LAUK t'.LKCTEI). The House Committee on Elections report ed on last Monday in favor of Gen. William H. KooOtjs, and fully vindicated the position of the Republican Party in this district. This will be cheering news to those who have insistcd on the validity of the soldier vote. The Copperheads are indefatigable in their efforts to satisfy the soldiers that they were their friends and at the same time were "mo ving heaven and earth to have their votes rejected in this case. Cur people will rejoice that justice has not only been done them but fhat Congress has fnlly vindicated the right of soldiers in active service to vote, a position controverted by every leading Copperhead in the District. THE NEBRASKA EEEUTION--REPUB LICAN TRIUMPH. The last Gazette claims a victory in Ne braska, which ends in smoke like all Coppci head victories. The Omaha Republican states that the State Constitution has been adopted beyond a doubt. The Copperheads and "My Policy" followers made a desper ate effort to carry the Legislature, hut the Republicans hare triumphed in both branches. The members elect stand as fol lows ; UNION. COPP Senate. 7 Hou.-e. -I 16 2t< 24 Which secures two Republican United States Senators. Where are the Copper heads and "My Policy ?" RU.A copy of the Daily Rem, published in Philadelphia, in the interest of the "Bread and Butter Brigade," has penetra ted to our office, containing the proceedings of a tremendous Johnsonian State Conven tion. which assembled in Philadelphia on tlief.dof July, and in which some fifteen or twenty counties were represented. The mo.'t prominent individual in this farce was one "Colonel Joseph 11. Flanigen, of''side door" notoriety. And strange to say this same individual is placed at the head of the Johnsonian State Central Committee. What a time he and Wl'liam A. Wallace, C hairmau of the Copperhead Committee, will have arranging the various ".-ide doors." Ourwordforit Col. Jordan wilh not be trapped by any of their "side-door arrangements." The Union men of Fulton county hel l their Convention on Saturday the 23d ult.. and unanimously nominated Geo. Win. H. Kooutz for Congress, Dr. S. E. Duffield for Senator, John K. Richards for Assem bly, Thompson Myers for Prothonotary, Jacob Barnhart and Benjamin Speck for Associate Judge, David Shoemaker for Treasurer, and James G. Lyon for Commis missioner. The Congressional Conferees are Dr. Jacob S. Trout. Win. Hanks, and John M. Patterson. The Senatorial Conferees are M. Edgar IviDg, Isaac Taylor and Ro land Austin. Legislative Conferees are D. K. Wagner. Jacob Barnhart and Andrew Fisher. BSAPoor Vallandisrham ! A few days *gu, iliu leading lights of the Copperhead fraternity in the State of Ohio, unanimously rejected a proposition to place this apostle of modern democracy on the stump. We would suggest to Col. Jordan the propriety of securing the services, of this eminent traitor for the benefit of Clymer in this State. His labors in behalf of his Pennsyl vania prototype would add as many votes to the Republican party as can be made by the whole corps of Republican Speaker.-. E6,,There is much more consistency in the Copperhead party than most of peo ple. are willing to accord it at first sight. It will be remembered that they strenuously opposed allowing soldiers in active service to vote, because they believed their ballots would be as effective in crushing the rebel lion as their bayonets ; and now they as sticnuou-dy insist upon deserters voting, because they believe their ballots wil' accomplish what rebel bayonets failed to accomplish. Sob.The soldiers, the true soldiers we mean, are daily, yea hourly importuned by the Copperhead papers to hearken unto the claims ofClymer upon them. While they are engaged in this laudable object on the one hand, on the other they are insisting with all the vigor they can command that deserters must vote. Soldiers are you going to allow yourselves to take a position in the tail end of a column headed by deserters ? fejy"The v call for the "National Conven tion 1 'is endorsed by a pair of Johnson s Senators and an equal number of Copper heads. llow well they work together. The poor Cops are sold out at last. Johnson, who opposed the rebellion, is to have them for less than the English paid for Hessians. Well, perhaps it is all right; in our estima tion they are not worth half as much. ttesTThe Shirleyeburg ILrald hopes we maf be "able to stand" the failure in our Legislative aspirations. We feel sure that we can "stand it" if the onchyffc 7 soldier who was the successful competitor can. We expect that he will have more trouble on that score than we wilf <©l" rRSEY FOB I. . NK.VATOK Col. J. W. Forney, the Warwich of American polities, and the staunch conduc tor of the Philadelphia I Veins and Washing ton Chronicle, made a speech at Lebanon, on Thursday evening of last week. At the conclusion, referring to the use of his name in connection with the IT.l T . 8. Senator ship from this State, he said ; "My name havinc been suggested as a can didate for the United States Senate at the close of the term which expires on the 4th of March, 1887, it is proper that my opinions should be known, and I think every aspirant for the same high honor should he called up on explicitly to define his own position. I am vaiu enough to believe that 1 am qualified to discharge the duties of a Senator from Pennsylvania. I have been constrained by journalistic and official relations to mingle in most of the exciting scenes of the national capital, from the period when .fames Buch anan attempted to make Kansas a slave State down to the present hour. Whether J have been faithful to principle, fearless in my op position to treachery in my former party or 111 persistent and unshaken antagonism to the rebellion which succeeded that treachery whether I have steadfastly maintained the good fight in the dark complications recently developed-—it is for the people who have the matter ia charge to decide.' THE (JKEAT SAItKO U) CO.VTKOVKB SIB). The public has been on tiptoe of expec tation for months to learn the result of the great legal controversies between the Penn sylvania Central Railroad and its great pro jected rivals, the Atlantic and Great West ern, CatawUsa, Philadelphia and Reading, &c.,on the one hand, and the Pittsburgh and Connellsbutg Railroad on the other. To day's Inquirer contains the decisions of the Courts in both these ca-es', and both ter minate adverse tothc Pennsylvania Central; this was not to have been expected, at least in the "first instance, as Judge Read iu bis opiuiou at AW Rriur, it was thought, had so clearly laid down the law that it would he utterly impossible to reverse it, hut the full Court at Wilkesbarre, completely up set his fine spun theory and reversed liitn intoto. The contracts entered into between the Atlantic and Great. Western and the other high contracting parties, about a year ago and cut short by Judge Read's injunc tion, will now, we presume, be carried out to the letter. The decision in the Pittsburgh and Con uellsville case may be taken up to the Su preme Court of the United States ; if it is, it will only be for delay, as the position of the District Court appears to be impregna ble. An injunction has been awarded by Judge McCamllas against any further inter ference with the construction of this rea l- Wo expect that it will be pushed forward, as rapidly as possible, to completion. What effect the decisions will have upon the con-traction of our road wo eannot. pre tend to say. If the Pittsburgh and Con neilsville road is completed, the distance from Mount Dallas to Bridgeport, the near est point to form a junction with that road, would only be about thirty miles. The Southern Pennsylvania Railroad Company have all the necessary Legislation to enable tlieni to form this junction, and we hope it may be formed without unnecessary delay. The engineers on this route have been enga ged, for several months, locating between this point and its eastern terminus. The tunnel projected through Sidling Hill will be G.GOO feet in length. In a short time the entire line from Connelisvillc to the junction with the Cumberland Valley, will be located. Wo are very anxious to know whether there is to be anything done upon it; our impression is that our worst fears are to he realized. PIIOGR KSS OF AND If-JOHNSON ISM. In another column will he found a call for a "National Union Convention,' (a union of Rebels, Traitors and Copperheads). We publish the following extracts from our ex changes as an indication of the kind of re ception. this proposed diversion in favor of Copperheads meets with at the hands of the true Union men who stood by the country in the hour of its peril and who propose to stand by it until the fruits of triumphant victory are thoroughly secured : "A little coovocatian of office holders, who imprudently termed their assemblage a "Union State Convention," was held iu Philadelphia one day last week, that poor bankrupt, Joe Flanigeu, being chief eugiu It wan pot by woonc ol* j • vate letters addressed by Flanigen to such of the dependants upon Johnsons bread and butter as it was thought would prefer eating that to adherence to principle. An analysis of the individual interests and aspirations of those present would lie exceedingly inter esting. and we are able ol our own knowl edge to go over some portion of the list, as follows : 1. Robert L. Martin, Delaware Co. ; Son wishes to be appointed U. S. Assessor, to fill Mr. Cheyney's vacant place. 2. Col. W. Cooper Tailey, Delaware Co. : now Deputy Collector, and wants to he U. S. Collector, by having Dr. Frank Taylor removed. 3. Charles 11. Williamson, Delaware Co. wants to have Talley's place when he is pro moted. 4. T. Good, AHeotown. Postmaster. 5. George Zinn, Carlisle. Postmaster, ti. Theadorc Schoch, Stroudsburg. Post master. 7. Bobert Wilson, Mech&nicsburg : rep resents Geo. W. Wilson. Postmaster. N. Samuel McKelvy, Allegheny Co, Ap pointed by Johnson V. S. Marshal for the Western District. Senate refused to con firm him. 9. William F. Johnston, Pittsburg. Ap pointed U. S. Collector of 23d district by Johnson. Unconfirmed. 10. N. P. Sawyer, Pittsburg, cditcr of Johnson's new pocket-pap organ, the lie- JHtl/hc. 11. Wilson J. Cowell, Doylesfown. IVr uierly U. S. Collector, sth District. Un moved, and now wants to get back. 13. 14, 15, 10, Ac., Ac., we might enu merate Joseph 11. Flanigen, 0. I*. Cornman, S. Snyder Loidy, Henry Simons, and the half dozen others regi ered as representing Pennsylvania, as gentlemen always aspiring for some appointment, and willing to accept the smallest unbuttered crumb. Flanigen, it is said, wants Col. William li. Thomas' place as Collector of the Port. Considering the number of times Col. Thomas has given him pecuniary and other assistance, this is ingratitude worthy of Andrew Johnson himself. Among those named as appointed on du ties of various kinds, and who may or may not have been present, we observe the nam en of Darlington. Postmaster at West Chester; lieu ieh, of Easton, U. 8. Collector; and a certain James Dykes, who is reported as representing Montgomery county, though who the distinguished Dykes i>, or may Ue we are unable to tell, lie may be a descen dant of Sir Walter Scott's Historic "Duin bicdykes" for ought we know to the contra ry.— Yvrristoicu Hera '</. A CABJJ TO A SENATOR. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, I IIARRLSBURG, July 6, 186 G. j Sir: 1 have just taken from the postoflice a package bearing your frank, containing a number of papers headed " National l'uu>n signed by A. W. RANDALL, Presulnt L. even five Committee A utiunal Union Club ," your uaiue appearing as a member thereof. Mr. Randall adds that if the call meets with approbation, it should be signified by a brief letter with authority to publish the same. This is not fair. Why not a.ik for letters from those to whom the circular is mailed, who may disapprove of the objects it has in view ? Such a course would have enabled you to measure the infamy with which you arc regarded by the men who made you Senator, and give you an idea of the odium which attaches to your recreancy to a great and generous party, to your betrayals of a grand and holy tru-t. After having passed the best days of my life in supporting Republican principles, I now entertain no purpose or desire of enter ing into a combination for their destruction, niorely to gratify the malice of ambitious recreants. The Union party, which made a mistake in electing you Senator, and which compensated for that act by saving the Na tional Union, is good enough for me. It embraces within its organization an over whelming majority of those who suivived the perils of the war for the Uuiou. It is led by the men who conducted our arms to victory over traitors. So it is foolish to expect any sane man to leave such a organ ization and association, to *cek thread, of those who have violated their pledges to patriots and patriotic principles, and who aim to make the sublime re.ults of the war redound to the glory of treason aud the profit of traitors. For these reasons I do not approve of ytriir "National Union Convention? Respectfully, GEORGE BERUNER. Hon. Edgar Cowan, Washington, D. C. AN INVITATION. —Alexander W. Randall, Assistant I'. M. (ieneral, sends us an invi tation to attend his Convention, to he held in Philadelphia, on the 14th of August, which ho very modestly styles "A National Convention." This invitation is under the frank of Senator Doolittlc, and is addressed to us as Post Master of this city, and as such we are expected not only to he present, but to see that others attend this meeting of patriotx. Mr. Randall is not well posted, or lie would have known that our official head is in a basket, or in other words, that we have been decapitated. In order, there fore, that the intention of the principal mover, or getter up of the Convention may be carried out, we have handed the circular to otir successor in the Post Office, who, with all other office holders, wliotn Mr. Johnson believes cats his bread, are expected to be present, under the penalty of losing their places, and their provisions at the same time. Mr. Randall at the conclusion of the call for the Convention, appends this note : —"lf this cd 11 meets your approbation, you will be good euongh to signify it by a brief letter, with authority to publish the same." In order to save the trouble of indicting "a brief letter," we respectfully inform Mr. Randall and those associated with him. that we are no traitor to our country, our princi ples or our party, and therefore wo have no political affiliation with secession sympathi zers or their allies, in or out of office—all of which those interested have "authority to publish. — Delaicare County Republican. feasTA corrrspondent of the New York Tribue writing from Washington gives the following as the cause of the suicide: of Senator Lane: "Jim Lane died of Andy Johnson, lie went from here to Kansas, impressed with the delusion that, his support of the Presi dent was so acceptable to the people of that State, that he could carry it for Johnson's policy by 5,000 majority. His first appear ance upon the streets of Lawrence shocked him with a sense of his terrible error. In the town where he had once walked a nion arch, no man spoke to him. Old friends I passed him without recognition on the side walk. On horseback in the principal street he role unrecognized and rejected, lie went to his house and sent for many of his old friends to come and see him. They re turned answer that they wished to have no intercourse with him. Two days after his arrival, Representative Clark came from Washington. What a contrast and what a lesson! A vast crowd met arid welcomed him with music and flags. A public meet ing applauded his votes, honored him for his fidelity and pledged to him the love and support of Kansas. Humiliated, smitten with remorse and utterly desperate, Lane tcrmii ited at one his life aud career in Johnson politics." A BREAD AND BUTTER PATRIOT AN BWF.it Kl>. —Col. J. G. Frick, late of the 129 th P.i. Volunteers, who received a call for a National Union Convention, under cover of Mr. Cowan's frank, thus replies to the A ssistant Post Master General's missive:— POTTS viui.K. La., June 29th, ISGG. .1. IF. Randall , Etq. —DEAR Sue I herewith return to y,.u your 'call for a Na tional Convention which you were pleased to send me. I desire to say that I do not train in your ami tlorfor <lo nor eynapathixe in the objects of your convention. 1 fought in this Wiir against trcasou and traitors, and I do not feel now like ignoring the past and helping Copperheads and Republican trai tors to place these same men in power again where they can make laws for me, and crack the whip of slavery over the free people of the North. That day has gone by, and we now live in an enlightened age. Respect fully, your obedient servant, J. G. FRICK, Colonel late 129 th Penn'a Vol. A JOHNSON NATIONAL CONVEN TION. Philadelphia the City to be Honored with this Assemblage, and the Time the 14th of August—Delegates called lor from all the States and Territo ries. WASHINGTON, June 25. The following call has just boon prepared, and has the approval of gentlemen of prom inence in addition to those who e names are appended. It may therefore lie regarded as possessing much political significance : A National Union Convention of at least two delegates from each Congressional dis trict of all the States, two from each Terri tory, two from the District of Columbia, and four delegates at large from each State, will be held at Philadelphia on the second Tuesday (14th) of August uext. Such dele gates will be chosen by the electors of the several States who sustain the Administra tion in maintaining unbroken the union of the States under the Constitution which our fathers established, and who agree in the following propositions, viz : The Union of the States is in every case indissoluble, and is perpetual: and the Con stitution of the United States and the laws passed by Congress in pursuance thereof, supreme and constant, and universal iu their obligations. The lights, the dignity and the equality of the States in the Union, including the right of representation in Congress, are sol emnly guaranteed by that Constitution, to save which from overthrow so much blood and treasure were expended in the late civil war. There is no right any whereto dissolve the Union, or to separate States from the Union, either by voluntary withdrawal, by force of arms, or by congressional action; neither by t he secession of the States nor by the exclu sion of their loyal and qualified Representa tives, nor by the National Government in any other form. Slavery is abolished, and neither eau nor ought to be re-established in any State or Territory within our jut isdiction. Each State has the undoubted right to prescribe the qualification of its own electors and no external power ought to dielute, control, or influence the free and voluntary action of the State in the exercise of that right, the maintenance inviolate of the right of the State, and especially of the right of each State to order and control its own do me-tic concerns according to its own judg ment. Exclusively subject only to the Con stitution of the United States, is essential to that balance of power on which the per fection and endurance of our political future depends, and the overthrow of that system by the usurpation and centralisation o;" power in Congress, would be a revolution dangerous to republican government and destructive of liberty. Each House of Congress is made, by the Constitution, the sole judge of the election returns qualifications of its members, hut the exclusion of loyal Senators and Repre sentatives, properly chosen and qualified under the Constitution and laws, is unjust and revolutionary. Every patriot should frown upon all those acts and proceedings everywhere, which can serve no other purpose thau to rekindle the animosities of war, and the effect of which, upon our moral, social and material interests at home, an' upon our standing abroad, differing only in degree, is injurious, like war itself. The purposes of the war having been to preserve the Uutonuod the Constitution by putting down the rebellion, and the rebellion having been suppressed, all resistenee to the authority of the General Government being at an end, aud the war having ceased, war measures also should cease, and should be followed by measures of peaceful adminis tration, so thafrunion, harmony andcOnoord uiay DO encouraged, and industry, commerce anu the arts of peace reived and promoted, aha the early restoration of all the States to the exercise of them constitutional powers in the National Government is indispensably necessary to the strength and the defence of the Republic and to the maintenance of the public credit. All delegates eloeled in the thirty six States and nine Territories of the United States, and in the District of Columbia, who in a spirit of patriotism aud love lor the Union, can rise above personal aud sec tional and who desire to see a truly National Union Convention, which shall represent all the States and Territories of the Union, assemble as friends and as brothers under the national Hag, to hold counsel together ou the State of the Union, and to take measures to avert possible dan ger to the same, are especially requested to take part in the choice of such delegates. Gut no delegate will take a part in such convention who does not loyally accept the national situation and endorse the princi ples above set forth, and who is not attached in true allegiance to the Constitution, the Union and the Government of the United States. WASHINGTON. June 2s, 1866. A. W. If.VN DA LI., President. J. K. Doolittle, O. 11. Browning, Chas. Knap, Edgar Cowan, Executive Committee National Union Club. We recommend the holding of the above convention, and endorse the call therefor — James Dixon, T. A. Hendricks, Daniel G. Norton, J W. Nesraitb. Destructive Fire in Portland Maine 2'ooo Houses Burned and $10,000.- 000 Worth of Property Destroyed. PORTLAND, July 5. The fiio has completely swept through the city from the loot of High street to North street on Munjoy, destroying every thing in its track so completely that the ' lines of the streets can hardly be traced, and a space one and a half miles long by a quar ter of a mile wide appears like a forest of chimneys with fragments of wall attached to them. The wind was blowing a gale from the south and a tremendous sheet of flame swept along before it. devouring everything iu its passage and the utmost exertions of the firemen, aided by a steamer and a hand of engineers from several other places could only succeed in preventing it from spreading in now directions. Many buildings, perhaps fifty, v.eiv blown up to check the flames, hut the inhabitants could scarcely do more than flee with t heir families to the upper part of the city saving such goods as they could carry with them though every vehicle in the city was employed with excellent effect in moving goods. The custom house being fire proof escaped though greatly damaged. The court records in the upper story arc probably destroyed. The splendid city and county buildings on Congress .street which were nearly fireproof, were considered sate and were piled full of furniture by the neighboring residents and they were swept away with all their contents Half the city is destroyed and that half including nearly all the business portion ex cept the heavy business in Commercial street. The fire commenced a little below the foot of High street in a hoot shop. It next burned Upham's flouring mill and Brown's segurhouse, with all its surroundings; then Staple's it Son's and Kiehardson's foundries and nothing else on ('omtnercial street of consequence. It next swept what is called Graham's corner, composed of smaller wooden buildings clean. It then burned up as far as the old \ arnum house on Pleasant street, one third the way up Centre street, and half the way up Cotton street. It also completely burned up Cross street, Union street, Temple street and Exchange street. It swept lower on the northerly side of lore street to _ India street in the east while on the west it moved along diagonally acros- Middle street and down to Cumber land taking the Elm House, but sparing the lir.-t Parish Church. Then from Chestnut street it made a clean sweep on the southerly side of Cumberland street and the same was the ease With Congress street aud everything else to Fore stieet as far east as Garden st reot. All the hanks arc gone and all the news paper offices only three printing offices be ing left. Also all the jewelry establishments, all the wholesale dry goods stores, several chart lies, 'he telegraph offices, nearly all the stationery stores and the majority of the business places are destroyed. Captain Inmahhas telegraphed for 1.500 tents to accomodate the houseless inhabit ant-:. It is almost impossible to tell where the people lived the ruin and destruction is so complete. It is estimated that about 2,000 buildings are burned aud property destroyed to the amount of feu millions of dollars , which is probably insured about one half. The Stato valuation of the city property was $28,000, 000 and the real valuation niustbe over $30.- 000,000. Fully one third must have been de stroyed. Nothing can be done in the city today except to take carc of the homeless, and that.is actively being done. Every body s latch string hangs out and a cheerful and buoyant feeling prevails. There was no confu.-iou or struggle during the lire. Every one was courteous and kind and all worked earnestly together. The fire men front abroad workeff nobly aud assis ted greatly in saving property. The chur ches and many other edifices are thrown open for the houseless, and committees are appointed to relieve the distressed. For some hours during the conflagration communication was cut oft' between the front and back of the city except by over a mile journey around. BfT The Copperheads secretlysympathized with t he rebels, but since the President has made '"treason tklious," they openly clamor for the restoration of those very same reb els to power, or in other words, they now pray rhe Government to give tlieii Southern friends all the advantages they expected to secure by resorting to arms. COLW, OK KORi: THROAT Requires immediate attention and should be checked. If allowed to continue, Irritation of the Lungs, a Ceriii.ment 'i'hront Affection, or an Incurable Lung Oiseaae IS OFTEN THE RESULT. BROWN'S BRONCHIAL. TROCHES having a direct influence to the parts, give im mediate relief. FOR BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, CATARRH, CONSUMPTION A THROAT DISEASES, Trochee are used with always good success. SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS will find Troches useful in (tearing the voice when taken before Singing or Speaking, and relieving the throat after an unusual exertion of the Vocal organs. The Troches are recommended and pre scribed by Physicians, and have had testimonials from eminent moil throughout the country. Be ing an article of true merit, and having proved their efficacy by a test of many years, each year find them in new localities in various parts of the world and the Troches are jniversa!iv pronoun ced tetter than other articles. Obtain only "BROWN'S RHOHCBIAL TROCHES," and do not take any of the Worthless Imitations that may be offered. Sold evcryyvheir u iue United States, and Forr ign i-outs tries, at 35 cents per box. Nov. ft), 18115. T> KAWLBYV DUPLEX ELLIPTIC KKIRT * > combining duruhttitj with elegance of shape New Mpring lea just received. il ay 1 law G. It. <fc W. OKI Lit, AGUA DE MAGNOLIA. A toilet delight. Superior to any cologne, used to Lathe the the firec and person, to reudcr the skin soft and fresh, to allay inflammation, to per fume clothing, lor headache, Ac. It is manufac tured from the rich Southern Magnolia, and is ob taining a patronage quite unprecedented. It is a favorite with actresses aud opera, singer). It is sold by all dealers, at SI.OO in large hot vies, arid hy DUMAS Bines IT Co., New York, Wholesale Agents. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists S. T —IB6O—X. Persons of sedentary habits troubled with weak ness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack <>l appetite, distress after eating,-torpid liver, con stipation, Ac., deserve to suffer if they will not try the celebrated PLANTATION BITTERS, which are now recommended by the highest med ical authorities, and warranted to produce an im mediate beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must supersede all other tonics wbeic a "healthy, gentle stimulent is required. They purify, strengthen and invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. Tbev are an antidote to change of water and dief- Thcy strengthen tho system aud enliven the mind. They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fevers. They purify tho breath and acidity of the stomach. They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous Head ache. They make the weak strong, the languid bril liant, and are exhausted nature's great restorer. They are composed of the celebrated Calisaya bark, wintergrcen, sassafras, roots and herbs, all preserved in perfectly pure St. Croix rum. For particulars, see circulars and testimonials around each bottle. Beware of impostors. Kxamine every bottle. Sec that it has our private U.S. stamp unmutila tcd over tho cork, with plantation scene, and our signature on a fine steel plate side label. Sec that our bottle is not refilled with spurious aiul delc terious stuft. Any person pretending to sell Plantation Bitters by the gallon or bulk, is an impostor. Any person imitating tbis bottle, or selling any other material therein, whether called Plantation Hitters or not, is a criminal under the U. H. Law, and wil' be so prosecuted by us. The demand for Drake's Plantation Bitters, from la dies, clergymen, merchants, Ac., is incredible. The simple trial of a bottle is the evidence we i present of their worth and superiority. They arc P sold by all respectable druggists, grocers, physi [ cians, hotels, saloons, steamboats aud country , stores. P. H. DRAKE & CO , Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggist.-. 1 | Have you a hurt child or a lame horse? Use the Mexican Mustang Liniment. " For cuts, sprains, burns, swellings, and caked * breasts, the Mexican Mu-tang Liniment i- a sure - cure. For rheumatism, neuralgia, stiff joint-, stings t aud bites, there is nothing like the Mexican Mu ting Linimcut. For spavined horses, the poll-evil, ringbone and sweeny, the Mexican Liniment never fails. 1 For wind-galls, scratches, big-hccd and splint, S the Mexican Mustang Liniment is worth its 1 weight in gold. 1 Cuts, bruises, sprains and swellings, arc so coin p loon and certain to occur in every family, that a j bottle of this Liniment is the best investment that . can be made. It is more certain than the doctor—it saves > time in sending for the doctor—it is cheaper than the doctor, and should never be dispensed with. , "In lifting the kettle from the fire, it tipped ; over and scalded my bands terribly. * * J i The Mustang Liniment extracted the pain, caus -1 1 ed the se to heal rapidly, and left very little . scar. CHAS. FOSTER, 420 Broad st, Ph i. ' Mr. S. Litch, of Hyde Park, Vt. writes: "My " horse was considered worthless, (spavin.) but 2 since the use of the Mustang Liniment, 1 have >dd t him for $l5O. Your Linimcut is doing winders - up here." . All genuine is wrapped in steel plate engraving-. ' signed (. W. Westurook, Chemist, and ul.-o has ' the private l". S. stamp of DEMAS BAI:M;S4 CO. 1 over the top. Look closely, find he e; deceived hy Couute, - - S rit *- ' ' , Sold by all Druggists, at 25, 50 cts., and SI.OO. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggi-ts. ) , It is a most, delightful Hair Dressing. It eradicates scurf and dandruff. ' It keeps the head cool and clean. > It make.- the hair rich, soft and glossy. , It prevents hair turning gray and falling oflj? It restores hair upon prematurely bald beads. This is just what Lyon's Kathairon will do. It , is pretty—it is cheap—durable. It is literally sold l.v the cur-load, and yet its almost incredible demand is daily increasing, until there is hardly a * country store that does not keep it, or a family 1 that does not u.-e it. s K THOMAS LYON, Chemist, N.Y. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists. l l r Who would not be beautiful? Who would not add to their beauty! What gives that marble i purity and distinync appearance wc observe upon the stage ni.il in the city belle! It is no longer a > secret. They use HaganV Magnolia Balm. Its . continued use removes tan, freckles, pimple-, and roughness, from the face and hands, uHd loaves the complexion smooth, transparent, bloomiug and ravishing. Unlike many cosmetics, it con tains no material injurious to the skin. \ny 1 Druggist will order it l'or you, if not on band, at ) 50 cents per bottle. W. E. HAG ■VN, Troy. N. Y., Chenii t. IFHAM H ARM S A CO. AVliolesale Agent*. \. Y. „ Saratoga .Spring Water, sold by all Druggi-t- J t Heimstrcct's inimitable Hair Coloring is not a dye. All instantaneous dies are composed f ' lunar caustic, and more or less destroy the vitali ty and beauty of the hair. This is the original ! Hair Coloring, aa-i has been growing in favor i over twenty years. It restores gray hail to its I original color by gradual absorption, in a most io ; mark able manner. It is also a beautiful hair j dressing. Sold in two sizes—so cents and sl—by all dealers. C. 11 KIMBTREBT, Chemist, i Saratoga Spring Water, sold by HI Druggists. t r ! I LYON'K BXTBACT OK I*l !:K JVKVICA UISGKIt —fov indigestion, Nausea. Heartburn, Sick Head ache, Cholera Morbus, Flatulency, Ac., where a warming stimulent is required, its careful pre paration and entire purity make it a cheap and reliable article for culinary purposes. Sotd every where, at 50 ets. per bottle. Ask for "Lvov's ' Dure Extract. Take no other. I Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggets. I July 13th, 1860-cowly
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