ikbforfc Inquirer. BEDFORD, FA., FRIDAY AfGI ST '24, IMVJ. UNION HCriBLH'OI STATE TICKET. FOR GOVERNOR, MAJ. GEN. JOHN W. GEARY, OF CUMBERLAND COl NTY. . DISTRICT TICKET. CONGRESS, Gen. WM. H. KOONTZ. of Somerset SENATOR, Hon. ALEXANDER STUTZMAS, of Som erset county. ASSEMBLY, Col. JOHN WELLER, of Somerset JOHN T. RICHARDS, of Fulton. COUNTY TICKET. PROTIIONOTARY, J. W. LINGENFKLTER, of Bedford Bor. SHERIFF. Capt. N'.'C. EVANS, ofColerain. ASSOCIATE JUDGE. Capt. A. WE AVEEL > NC, Bloody Run. COMMISSIONER, SAMUEL SHAFFER, of Union. POOR DIRECTOR. niamiT ti. rcmiEiM, South Woodberry. AUDITOR. JAMES 11. O'NEAL, of Monroe. UN ION POLICY OF RECONSTRUCTION. "Rttoleed, By the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, Tuat the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of tho United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures, shall be valid as a part of the Constitution, namely: "Artici.e —, Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are eitizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they reside. Xo State shu.ll make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizers of the United States. Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Section 3. Representatives shall Ire apportioned among the several States according to their res pective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not tax ed; but whenever the right to vote at any election for electors of President and Vice-President, or for United States Representatives in Congress, executive and judicial officers, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the ruale inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representa tion therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear' to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in that State. "Section 3. Xo person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, elector of President and Vice-President or hold any office, civil or military under the U. S., or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a metnbsr of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to sup port the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to tho enemies thereof; but Congress may, by avotc of two-thirds of each House remove such disability. "Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States authorized bylaw, including debts incurred for the payment of pensions and bounties for service in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned, but neither tho United tatcs nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrec tion or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loee • r ovaoneipevtion of ty elavo, but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void." OFH DAYS OF DANGER ARE NOT YET PASSED. We arc not of the nuifiber of those who believed that our difficulties were ended when the rebellion was crushed. The work of the Statesman is quite as important, though seldom so conspicuous as that of the soldier. This is especially the case where a rebellion the result of the contact of wide ly different social systems, has been put down by force of arms. To so adjust the differences existing between the two sections as to make treason and rebellion forever odious in the future, to restrain the unre pentant leaders of the rebellion from con trolling the sentiment of the subdued States, to secure the peace and safety of those who stood the union at the peril of their lives, to secure tor all equality of rights and privileges, topaniah the intelligent and delib erate fomenters of rebellion and at the same time conciliate their honest but ignor ant and erring followers, to frown down the lingering spirit of dissension and rebellion and foster a spirit of loyalty and union, to restore friendly social and business intercourse and through all these to bring back the devastated regions of the Sunny South to '.heir former prosperity and bind anew the bonds of union with the cords of friendship and love, is a work that might well test the highest abil ities of the statesman and satisfy the cra vings of the mo3t vaulting ambition. Such was the golden opportunity, for recording his name on one of the brightest pages of our country's history, which Andrew John son permitted to pass by unimproved. Un improved for good ; but alas improved for evil. With an executive in thorough sym pathy with the loyal masses and acting its concert with a loyal and magnanimous -Con grcss, the taal nt reconstruction had been an herculean one and attended with dangers many and great, but with an executive betraying his plighted faith and wielding the power and patronage, obtained by per fidy, in the interest of foiled and defeated rebellion and treason, the task of recon struction becomes doubly difficult and beset with innumerable dangers. The cou test has been changed from the battle field to the Legislative Hall, from the cartridge box to the ballot-box. Defeated in their appeal to arms, the rebels endeavor to trans fer the question to Congress in the hope that, through the aid of Andy Johnson and his copperhead allies, they may be able to gain by legislative chicanery what they failed to establish by force of arius, viz. Southern supremacy. This is now their openly avowed object. It was this that brought the whole host of reconstructed rebels to Philadelphia on the 1-fth'inst. to meet in conclave with the satellites, of Johbson and the followers of Vallandigham and Ben Wood. Through the coalition with the Copperheads and Johnson's Bread and But ter Brigade, they hope to carry a sufficient number of the Northern Congressmen to give them by including the Congressmen elect from States not yet re admitted, a majority of what would be the whole num ber of Congressmen if thc'Southern States were all admitted. If they can obtain this number they openly declare that Andy Johnson will recognize the Copperhead and Rebel Congressmen as the Congress and depose the regularly constituted Congress |,y three of arms, if necessary to the success ,f their ehemc. It is thus they hope to obtain complete control of the government they couU not destroy, and in case of resist ance in the loyal States, propose to bring upon us all the horrors of another civil war. Tim only contingency upon which they will abandon this desperate scheme is that of an overwhelming Union victory throughout the loyal States. Accepting this as the only hope of our peace and se curity, let every loyal man gird on his armor and cease not, from now until the closing of the polls on the evening of the 9th of October, to use every fair, peaceful and honorable means to secure for the I n ion party such an overwhelming majority as will convince rebels, copperheads and Johnson traitors, that they who saved the National life hy force of arms will not permit it to be handed over to the control of rebels, at the ballot-box. TIIE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION The conglomeration of broken down politi cal hacks, Northern Copperheads and South ern Rebels, known as the Philadelphia Con vention met on the 14th inst., the political puppets appeared upon tne piairortu -said their pieces" and passed off promptly at the touch of the wires, showing a skilfull manip ulation on the part of the managers. To call the affair a convention iu the true sense of the term is a perversion of language. It was a dumb show, a solemn mockery of a popu lar convention. The true object of a conven tion in its general acceptation is to consult upon and discuss important political, civil, or religious questions. The Philadelphia meeting was boldly and publicly muzzled. None were permitted to enter as delegates who were not willing to shut their months and refrain from any independent expression of opinion. To say that the whole thing passed off harmoniously is bitter irony. A muzzled dog can't bite but it is not fair to say that he would not if he could. If well be haved he would need no muzzle. Vallandig ham and Ben Wood representing the senti ments of two thirds of the whole Copperhead party were left out in the cold, not beeau.se their opinions and conduct were repudiated, but because they were two well known to serve the purposes of a convention whose chief object was to deceive the people, while Doolittle, Randall, Dix and Raymond with out a constituency were taken in, because they had control of the "Bread and Butter." It was a fitting Jina/e to such a convocation of traitors, that it should close with the reading by a political mountebank of an address filled with falsehoods, equivocations and contradic tions, and ending with a direct threat of Rev olution unless the people endorse Andy John son's policy of pardoning the rebel leaders and restoring them to powor. The people will answer this threat at the polls in October in such tonc-s of thunder, as will make Andy Johnson and all his satellites quake with fear i and effectually drive from their visionary ' brains all hope of inaugurating another and successful rebellion. I*IC NIC AT YORK. The following extracts from a letter writ ten to a gentleman, in this place, front Li out. S. G. Ilgonfritz, formerly of the With P. V.. we transfer to our columns: "Yesterday there came off the greatest political demonstration ever witnessed in York, and long to be remembered by the "boys in blue," and by every loyal man, woman and child, in York county, as a grand uprising of a free determined people, to counsel together for the welfare of out glorious American nationality. Early tor rents of rain began to fall, ana as late as six o'clock jt rained very heavily, when, the wind changing, as though by a providential interposition, the sun burst forth in his glo ry. t Soon the people from the country, be gan to pour into the town, and Shrewsbury, 01 en Rock, Lower Windsor, Dallastown sent their delagations, while from Liverpool, Goidsborough, and Wrightsville came forth hundreds. The procession formed at North George street, and at this time the extra train name in with Gen Geary on board and five hundred "boys iu blue." The proces sion then formed and moved as follows; First came the present Governor, Hon. A. G. Curtin, and the future Governor, Major General John W. Geary, drawn in an open coach. Then followed a large number of hacks containing hundreds of citizens, after them the boys in blue of York numbering over three hundred'together with the sol diers from different parts of the county. The various delegations from Huntingdon, Harrisburg and otber places, swelled the ontire procession to about thirty-five hun dred, and all this in Democratic York. I wish you could have seen these Hessians here sneak to their Copperhead holes, as this glrrious army came marching through the streets. This was a stunner to them, and why? Simply because, on the 4th of July the rebels announced a grand celebra tion, and after sending flaming posters all over the State, they didn't haVe Clymer, or anv other bifr Rebel gun here, and only managed to turn out 160 Hessians, Deser. sers, Bounty Jumpers and Boys in Grey, and then like the rebels on "Snake Hill," at Bedford, in 1865, could not give tho peo ple any thing but dry bread to eat, and pay for that. The York county Bible (the "Ga zette") boastfully said last week "one more rally, and they could "crush the small fac tion of radicals, in York county." Indulg ing in these dreams, the 9th of August comes, and 3500 "disloyal radicals ' parade the streets of old Democratic York. Yes, we who have met the cohorts of armed treason leagued with Hell and Rebellion, on the field of battle, are now at home, and what we fought for there, we vote for here —The Union. We vote as ice shot. That true soldier Major General Geary first ad. dressed the vast multitude, in a noble speech, followed by the Soldier's Friend, His Excellency Governor Curtin. Other distinguished gentlemen spoke. Everything passed off finely, and at three o clock in the afternoon there were over ten thousand per sons upon the ground, being one of the lar gest political demonstrations held since the formation of our county. Surely we have met tho foe on his own ground and have ranguislied him." THE Depth of Meanness: Hiester Clyuier defending the right of deserters to vote, in the face of his record in opposition to the extension of the franchise to fighting mou. SIXTKESTH t'OXtIRESSIOXAI DIS TRICT. Hon.. l. McDowell Sharpe, of Franklin coun ty. lias been nominated as the Democratic candidate for Congress in the 16th District. composed of the connties of Adams. Bedford, Franklin, Fulton and Somerset, heretofore represented by the Hon. A. H. Coflroth, who was most unjustly voted out of his seat by the Radical majority a lew days before the close of the late session. Mr. Coffroth was a can didate for renomination, but his constituents, obedient to the Democratic rule of "rotation in office," made choice of a new man. Mr. Sharpe. the succefsful candidate, is a sound Democrat and an able lawyer, and has served with distinction in the State Legislature. We confidently predict his election by a majority that will give his opponents not the shadow of an excuse for contesting his seat. a they did in Mr. Coffroth's case.— Reading Gazette, Angvsl 18. The Gazette was constrained to notice this case of thrusting aside of an unfaithful rep resentative and to give "rotation in office I as the pretext, because its editor desires to succeed, Ancooa in the Berks district on that principle. Now the truth of the mat ter is that the leading Copperhead element in this district repudiated Coffroth because they were afraid to trust him. "Rotation in office" had nothing to do with it, witness the demonstration against him in Somerset J county. In regard to his being "injustly voted out of his seat by the Radical majori tv" of the Lower House, we only say in re ply that Coffroth nor his friends do not be lieve any thing of the kind. So satisfactory was the evidence presented to the Commit tee on Elections that when the report was submitted, there was not even a call for the yeas and nays. Coffroth abandoned the contest with permission to print a half hour speech. Mr. Sharpe will never have any occasion to contest, the Gazette need not have any fears on that score. The district footed up nine hundred Republican majority last year and it will not be less than a thou sand or twelve hundted this year. THE UNCONDITIONAL UNION MEN OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN COUNCIL. The Unconditional Union men of Alle ghany county, Maryland, held a tremendous Mas Meeting during the day and evening of the 11th inst., in Cumberland. Col. Robert Bruce presided, supported by a large number of Vice Presidents. Col. Bruce, upon taking the chair, stated briefly the objects of the meeting, which was, to select delegates to represent Alleghany eountyin the S'.ate Convention, to nominate a candidate for State Comptroller, also to appoint delegates to the District Congre.- sional Convention to nominate a candidate for Congress. He stated it was proposed by the loyal men of the State, that tho State convention select delegates to represent Ma ryland in the Southern loyalist Convention which will sssemble in Philadelphia next month. Oar patriotic and eminent townsman, Hon. John Cessna, was in attendance in the afternoon, at the Court House, and | addressed the meeting in a remarkably for cible and pointed speech At night Belvi- Jere Hall was crowded by staunch Union men, all eager to hear Mr. Cessna and Mr. Stewart, of Baltimore. The speeches of these gentlemen were excellent efforts, and elicited great applause. The treachery of Andrew Johnson, which has given birth to such damnable outrages as the Memphis riots and the New Orleans massacre, and the base trickery of Tom Swann, who has abused his official power and outlawed himself, received a scathing rebuke. The fires are burning in Maryland, the loyal men are aroused, and the treachery of those who have heretofore acted with the Republican party will be most sig nally rebuked. Among the eminently lov&l and patriotic resolutions passed, we find the the ioliowing : Ist. Resolved , That the loyai people of the State are the legitimate guardians and depositaries of its power, and the disloyal have no just right to claim a voice in the ad ministration of a Government they wished to destroy. 2d. Besobed, That the present Registra tion law ol this State is expedient, right, constitutional and in conformity with the earliest legislation of the State, and it is the sworn duty of the Executive of the State to U<n e it cxeoutod according to its letter and spirit, and that we as law abiding citizens will maintain it and hold the officers charged with its execution amedable to its pains and penalties. 3d. Resolved, That the • gallant men who perilled life and limb for the preservation of the Union, are entitled to the lasting grati tude of a preserved nation, and should receive the fostering care of the Government National and State. 4th. Resolved, That under the Constitu tion all legislative power is entrusted te the Representatives of the people in Congress assembled, and all matters requiring legi.sla tion should be left to Congress and anv attempt by any other branch of the Govern ment to reconstruct the Union is an usurpa tion of power not delegated and dangerous to the liberties and safety of a Republican people. sth Resolved , That the modification of the Neutrality laws by the last Congress, rebu king the hasty interference of the National Executive in the civil war on our Northern borders, meets our hearty appoval as prevent ing usurpation of power against the progress of Human Liberty, and we indulge the hope that Erin's green isle may again be ruled by its own sons. STATE POLITICS. Bkihokd, Pa., Aug. 18— Hon. B. F. Mey er, of this place, was to-day unanimously nominated as the Democratic and National Union candidate for State Senator. The above dispatch wasforwarded by Mr. Meyers, or by some one who does his puf fing, to the associated press immediately after he was nominated for Senator. He is a fit Representative of the "National L uion Party. We do not know how the conference could hare improved upon the nomination unless it had hit ujon some one who had entered the rebel army. The linking of the term "Democrat" with "National Union" is an easy way of letting the Cops down. We are highly gratified that the Copper head nomination has fallen upon Mr. Mey ers, there are no ifs, ands or butsinhis caso, nothing but pure copper. It will never be said of this gentleman that he sails under false colors, his record is too well known, and we feel quite sure that every vote which he receives will come from the intensely bitter Copperheads of his own stripe. Borne men are predestined to be set up to be knocked down. ttSLThe late Rebel Copperhead victories foot up the followingsignificant pvramid : MEMPHIS! KENTUCKY! • NEW ORLEANS! HIGHLY APPROPRIATE. —General Couch, who so ignominiously fled and left Oham bersburg to the tender mercies of McUauslin and his murderous Guerillas, was very ap propriately selected by the managers of the wigwam menagerie to accomfjfitiy the rebel Gov. Orrinto the Convention. This walk ing arm in arm of a Northern doughface and a Southern Rebel official was scarcely a sight to be greeted with cheers unless it was regarded as a concession of the chivalry in permitting those to walk alongside who were formerly compelled to bow before them. AL together it was a scene that well deserved to be followed, as it was, with music to the | rebel tune of Dixie. Condescending, very. —lt would not do to hoist the rebel flag over the Philadel phia Convention on the 14th inst. nor to do without a flag so old glory had to be called into service. This ought not to have been regarded as a very serious grievance as the rebels had frequently used it before to shield (jrey backs and deceive our boys in blue, but some amends had to to made byway of mol lifying the wounds f ye chivalry, so the Rebel tune of Dixie was selected as the opening music while Re band was afterward for the most part restricted to operatic airs, for fear of hurting the feelings of the erring brethren. HUMILIATING. —In a at of patriot ferve r Gen. Dix once said, "sloot the first man that attempts to haul down the flag." Alas for his fitful patriotism! The sow returned to her wallow, the dog to his vomit, and General Dix to his former political nssocia tio os, rebel though thcr be. I! his order given in a moment of patriotic impulse, had been fully carried out, be would neither have met with the company he did nor have been cheered by Dick Taylor. Dick Taylor and mr : a l ' the members of the Philadel phia Convention would long ago have filled the-gra ves of traitors. Philadelphia Convention display ed the highly important, fact that Hon. William LI. Seward "still lives" and that he is making arrangements to live until af ter the Presidential Campaign. The man agers, Thuvlow Weed, Henry J. Raymond, Montgomery Blair and A. W. Randall, life long Seward men, intend to make him the the candidate of the National Union Party in 18f>8. Johnson is warming in his bosout the adder that is to sting him. Jl e is only the foolish clown over again. DECLINE OF BARBARISM.— The wig wams of the aborigines long ago di-appcared before the march of christian civilization : On the 14th inst. the Southern barbarian s (rebels) and their northern brethren under took to unite for the promulgation of bar barism in an immense wigwam in Philadel phia. From present indications the wig wam and its inhabitants fere likely to disap pear even more rapidly than their aboriginal antetypes, and from a simi'ar cause—the march of a hither civilization. PQpThe child was born at Philadelphia on the 14th inst, and for the present it is NAMELESS. Quite a flurry wa-created in the wigwam when it was proposed to christen it "National Union," which, how ever, is the accepted cognomen. Tn the future our ears will not be insulted by hear ing "DEMOCRACY"' bawled from the throats of those who swallowed all the deviltry and corruption that was perpetrated in its sn cred name. VALE DEMOCRACY ! We call the attention of our readers to the letter from New Orleans to the New York Commercial Advertiser, found in an other column. Read it and ask yourselves whether the States in which such a condi tion of affairs exist, are fit to be restored to all the privileges of States in the 1 nion. A IHG THING ON VVKVK KNEED HIG LEB. We like a good joke, particularly when the joker, while enjoying his joke, is enabled to uncover or quiz a political mountebank. Of this kind of jokes and jokers wc have recently had a rich description. It is to the following effect : There are living in Harris burg two brothers, clever, respectable, intel ligent men, but as widely separated in poli tics as are the poles. Bigler having form erly lived in Harrisburg, is acquainted with these men, but absence and the lapse of years have impaired his knowledge, person" ally, of the brothers, and, therefore, it WJS easy for the Clearfield sage to confound the Harrisburg brothers, "mistaking the Repub lican for the Democrat. He did this to most ludicrous effect. Meeting the staunch Re publican, Bigler at once began his manipu lations for information. "How is Dauphin county?" asked weak-kneed William. "Sol id to the centre," responded the Republi can. "I am told t! t the Republican vote will be reduced in Dauphin county this fall." "You have been misinformed." "I am not surprised at the misinformation, because our friends in Dauphin arc great botches. They boast always in their correspondence before an election ot being able to reduce the vote, but the result never fails to exhibit an increase ot Republican strength." "What are the prospects in clcarfield coun ty, Mr. Bigler?' next asked the Harrisburg Republican. "Nothing to boast of," mourn fully replied Bigler. "The fact is," contin ued week-kneed William, "wc have noth ing to boast of in any part of the State," and then with the superciliousness, low cun ning and jealous disparagement of public men peculiar to Bigler, he commenced whis pering in the ear of the Republican, "LVy mer is personally a very tccak man—and politically vulnerable to the most damning attacks! HK IS A HEAVY I.OAD, SIR. I DON'T THINK WE CAN ELECT HIM!" Here the colloquy was interrupted—weak kneed William separated from the Dauphin Republican, thinking of coarse, he had im pressed a Dauphin Democrat with his su perior kuowledge of politics. But the poor demagogue was mistaken. He only exhibi ted his natural propensity to carp at friends and foes, while he confessed that fear and defeat which now haunt and liorrify the ob serving supporters of Clymer all over the State. There is point in this incident. It ex hibits a fact we hare frequently repeated, namely that the old line Democrats don't trust Clymer, and that they give up his elec tion as a forlorn hope.— llmridnirg 7'e/c --yraph. VA I, LAN DIG II AM LEFT OUT IN THE COLD. This voluble, irrepressible individual was emphatically the elephant of the Philadel phia Convention. How 10 get him off of the hands of that body was the all absorbing question. He was worse feared than the Cholera or Small pox. He was alternately importuned, threatened, coaxed and flatter ed. for a long time to nojpurpose,but at last "Yal" had to yield to the enormous pres -ure of Randall, Weed & Co. The follow ing parody, written several years ago, by a gentleman of this place, is not altogether inappropriate: A donkey sick lay by the road, \ allandigham ! Vailaudigham ! While near bias sat an old tree toad; Vallandigham ! Vallandigham ! And as he turned himself areund, And roll' 4 in agony o'er the ground, The toad struck np this dismal sound, "Vailaudigham! Vallandigham!" CHORDS— He turned himself around and 'round. And roll'd in agony o'er thoground, While from the toad camethe doleful sound, "Vailaudigham! Vallandigham!" "What makes thy face so awful long?" Vallandigham! Vallandigham! Thus ran the burden of his song, " Vallandighara! Vailaudigham ! From 'thine Ohio home' away, A million voices bid thee stay! And now 'the devil is to pay,' I'allandigham! Vallandigham!" CHOKI B—He8 —He turned himself, Ac. "What groans of anguish do I hear? Vallandigham! Vallandigham! . Why sbould'st thou quake with mortal fear? Vallandigham! Vallandigham! In Canada thou'lt have a home, Or in Sccesh thou still may'st roam, Or toddle off to 'kingdom come;' Vallandigham! Vallandigham!" Cuori'n—He turned himself, Ac. "\\ hat makes thee hang thine ears su low? Vailaudigham! Vallandigham! Ah! mortal prospects fail below! \ allandigham! Vallandigham! Thou rt nary 'Tribune' now, alas! But simply this—a used up ass, And like thy kin, can 'go to grass,' Vallandigham! Vallandigham!" Ononis—He turned himself, Ac. "The adage gives each 'dog his day,' Vailaudigham! Vallandighau! With demagogues the same's the way, Vallandigham! Vallandigham! Thou'st staked thy card and failed to win! The way thou'rt 'used up is a siu!' Thou'rt 'not good lookin' and can't evuie in.'' Valiandigham! Vallandigham!" CHORUS —He turned himself, Ac. "Ye ancient proverb sayth that 'fools,' Vallandigham! Vallandigham! 'Should never meddle with edge tools,' Vallandigham! Vallandigham! Still thou hast served a purpose well To prove that rogues can't always 'swell,' So now departing saint—farewell! Valla dighain! Vallaadigham!" C.'IORI s— He turned himself, Ac. £'-j/~The Cumberland Union has mani fested considerable enterprise in furnishing its readers with reports of the speeches delivered by Hon. John Cessna and Hon. J. J. Stewart, at the late grand uncondition al 1 nion meeting in that place. The Union men who lead public sentiment across the border are alive to the emergency that is upon them. Specili of Gen. Koontz, at Johnstown. 'l'iie Johnstown Tribune of the 18th inst., has the following comments upon a speech delivered by Gen. Wm. 11. Koontz, our can didate lor Congress, at that place, on Friday evening, August the Kith, which is eertainly very complimentary: li Those of our citizens who had never heard Gen. Koontz were most agreeably taken cap tive by the eloquent words which fell from his lips on Friday evening. Although the hour was late, and he labored under the dis advantage of having been preceded by two able speakers, he nevertheless held his large audience in unbroken rank until his speech was ended. We assure the General that he has made many warm friends in Johnstown by bis recent visit. Orators are born, not ' made, and the General is an orator born. llow exquisite and exceedingly appropriate was his allusion to the ladies in the audience! How pathetic was his reference to our dead heroes and to the living who mourn for thera! How well lie told the story of the Irishman at Niagara! llow mercilessly he impaled the Democratic party on its record of the last five years! Not a single Democratic meeting during the wholo war to Congratulate our sol diers upon the achievement of a victory, but when the Freedmen's Bureau Ufll is vetoed then bonfires and speeches are made by the score! How completely he tore the flimsy veil of loyalty front the Philadelphia Cpnven tion, nnd exhibited it in the regulation uni form of Confederate gray! How admirable was his eulogy of the Union party, which saved the Union, and upon which the inaytyr ed Lincoln loved to lean! How withering was his denunciation of the man who could hang the poor tool Wirz and treat the occu pant of Fortress Monroe like a lordly guest! How irresistible was his argument that, as the Rebels had spent five years in attempting to destroy the Union, they should not be in a hurry to reconstruct it! How indignantly did he rebuke the Democratic leaders for their unparallelled inhumanity in persecuting with vengeful hatred the poor biacks, just leleascd from a bondage likened to which that of the Children of Israel was liberty it self! How earnest was his closing appeal to go to the polls and stand by the party that has stood by the Union! We regret that lack of space prevents us lrom doing more than praise the General's speech. We hope, for the credit of Mothf r Somerset and for the honor of Pennsylvania, to be aole to chroni cle his re-election to Congress by a handsome majority.'' HON. Til A DDK US STEVENS RE NOMINATED FOlt CONGRESS. The "Old Guard" lias placed this distin guished leader of the present Radical Oou gress in nomination without a desenting voice. After lie had been re nominated he appeared and made an address from which wc make the following extract : "At some future day, when less pressed tor time, I shall be glad to address you in expla nation of the great, troubles and the great difficulties which have been produced by the perfidy of the President and a few apostates, whom the hope of power aid plunder have se duced into his ranks. I cannot begii now to attempt to unfold the policy of that man in whom you—l can hardly say myself—in whom the people confided as a true patriot, and whom we have now found to be worse than the man who is incarcerated in Fortress Mon roe. T say that lam not very much disap pointed. _ I opposed his nomination. It is our fault if we are cheated. Johnson was a Breckinridge Democrat, and he never re nounced one principle of that Democracy. He only left them when they went out and he believed they could not succeed; aid no man can 6ay that Johnson ever uttered one word in favor of the free institutions of the North before he became Vice President. We, there fore, have only ourselves to blame. To be sure,we did not anticipate the present cont:n gency; butsince it has come upon us,lctus har it with patience until tirna shall enable us to correct this mistake, never, I hope, again to be repeated. I know not how you view these things. I believe that nations art punished by the Ruler of the Universe for national crimes. From my earliest hour to the pres ent day, I have looked upon the oppression of men as a crime. I have no doubt for this great crime our brothers and friends and chil dren now lie in bloody graves. I had hoped toot the blood of a half million of our citizens. and the expenditure of five billions of money, would have induced th% destroying angel to put up his sword. 1 may be supersticious; but I look around and ask myself. Why are we now afflicted ? 1 view our present situation, aud remember that the Lord is just, and that until re become i just, He wili take care to inflict vengeance. : Vou all remember that in Egypt he sent frogs, i locusts, murrain, lice, and finally demanded the blood of the first-born of every one of the 1 oppressors. Almost all of these have been sent upon us. More than the first-born has been taken from us. Wo have been oppress ed with taxes and debts, aud he has sent us worse than lice, and has afflicted us with an Andrew Johnson ! THE riUL.VDELFUIA CONVENTION OF AEG. 14. 'lhc Hiclimoud "Inquirer's" Opiuiru. We publish to-day a fuller report of the proceedings of Wednesday, of which yes terday's telegrams gave only an imperfect synopsis. The speech of Mr. Doolittle on takiugthe chair as permanent President, is the principal feature of that day. It de clared a cordial concurrence in the previous speech of Gen. Dix, and expressed other wise the most praiseworthy sentiments. It dwelt with an especial unction on "the scene" in which South Carolina and Mas sachusetts were played off against each oth er. and made to belittle oar great national tragedy by a sort of school-boy perform ance. Mr Doolittle skilfully balances the sins of one State against the sins of the other, and pronounces theru meet for each other s embrace ; and henceforth they are to move "ami inarm" along the walks of history. The ceremouy would have been more to the point if the proxies had been representative men of the two States — Hampton and the Beast, instead of On - and Couch. _ The interest of yesterday's proceedings centres in the plat form of resolutions. Of these the telegram gives us only a synopsis, and it tells us they were "unani mously and enthusiastically adopted." It would be premature to go into very nice comments on what may prove to be an inex act representation; hut we owe it to candor to express our great surprise that proceed ings which had up to that time shown an enlarged catholicity of sentiment, should "suddedly have taken so gross a turn, and we are constrained also to declare our aston ishment and mortification, to use at present no stronger term, that Southern delegates should be found voting their unanimous con ent — if. indeed, they did so. Certain it is, that some of the declarations made in those recolutions are what no generous man ought to have aslctd a Southern citizen to vote for. and what no Southern citizen culd vote for vyitliout grossly compromising the dignity of his State and outraging the sentiments of his people. It is one thing to submit—to abide a result—to covenant to do so with full purpose to keep the en gagement honestly. It is another to justify and applaud the means which brought it about. Movtcould the Convention, North or South, vote that the "war has maintain ed the authority of the constitution," when the Convention was called together for the express purpose of endeavoring to restore ibe Constitution, now trampled uuder foot ? How could Southern men thus sanction the constitutionality of the coercion of a State ? How could our delegates "unanimously and enthusiastically" vole to repudiate the Con federate debt t And, especially how could t!i thus join in " recognising tin services" of the Federal armies, and the obligation of the robbed and penniless widows and or phan- of our own dear martyred, m- rdered heroes, to pay some "debt'' as justly due by them to those who mude them so .' Our peo ple submit to the violence that has beggared theiu, and to the military force that has put the noblest and best of our sons beneath the sod : but they trill never so dishonor the graves of our heroes, as enthusiastically" to applaud such utterances as tee have refer red to. The North might well adoj%such | declarations, and wc should not quarrel with them for it; but enough, a thousand tunes enough, that the South should be sib at amid the denunciations of her cause, and the exultations over her dejcit. We shall cooperate with those who form ed the Philadelphia Convention despite of and without reference to the dogmas and declarations unnecessarily introduced into its platform. We take these at their separate values and no more. We heartily approve of the greet and patriotic objects and aims of the Convention, and they will receive an undi\ ided support at the South. If the surplus matter is deemed nece.-sary to meet the northern tastes and wishes, let them appropriate it aud use it there ; for ourselves and our people, we stand upon the broad platform of our rights uuder the Constitu tion, and our honest promise and covenant to abide tbe results of the war. and to com ply with the duties (o which wc have thus pledged our faith. It would be a hollow .-aoi kery for us to take part in rejoicings, enthusiastic or otherwise. We resign them to the victors —leave us alone with our dead. I it'/ii ire) 17 tli. NEW JEKSEY. Another letter from Mr. Scovel. CAMDEN, N. J.. Aug. 11, 1866. To Hon. Marco* L. Ward. Governor of Krw Jersey: 1 regret to sec an indisposition manifested in certain quarters to convene the Legisla tures of the different States to ratify the Constitutional amendments recently propos ed by _ Coti grass. Whatever reasons may exist for this course in other States, I hope : no reason or cause whatever will be permit ted to prevail in preventing the convening of the Legislature of this State for such ratification. New Jersey was grievously dishonored by her long refusal to ratify the former Constitutional amendment, and sin should now be among the first to express her approval of the just, proper and ncces sary amendments which have been constitu tionally proposed by Congress. It may be quite raj' for other States to await the elec tion of new Legislatures, and it may be sale for us to do the same, but no Legislature which we can elect can now be deemed so certain to discharcharge this great duty as the one now in existence. The next Legis lature /</.;_//do this; the present one is cer tain to do it. If, by waiting, we lose the present opportunity, the loss may be irrepa rable. lam impelled to write this letter, and I do it after much hesitation, by a sense of duty to my constituents, very many of whom earnestly entreat me to define my po sition upon this question, which so nearly concerns the future of the republic. I ha ve, therefore, no right to be silent. Permit me! then, most earnestly to request your Excel lency to convene the Legislature of the State, for the purpose mentioned, at as carlv a day as may be thought convenient. I remain, dear sir, very truly yours, JAMES M. SCOVEL, .Senator tor the County of Camden. THIS is the way candidates for office in Richmond, V lrginia, announce themselves: Judge t rump, it is said, gave three thou sand dollars to the Codfederacy. Mr. Gil mer gave four years of his life and risked the whole. \\ ho gave most! Let tho sol diers answer at the polls." How do you admire this beautiful example of*reconstruc tion. THE Detroit Tribune says: Josh Billings says when ja man's dorg wunt keep kuiu yany with him, he kant git no lower—not Nevertheless the Washington iiepntHican states that George H. Pendleton has'repudiated Mr. Vallandigham. * * * * and parted company with his late i>} u i J .°? . ac S? unt of his course towards the x Inladclphia Convention. AGUA DE MAGNOLIA. A t.jilet delight. Superior to any coli.gne, r.-e i to bathe the the face and person, to render the (kin soft and fresh, to allay inflammation, to per tuuie clothing, for headache, Ae. it is manufac tured from the rich Southern Magnolia, and L oh t&ioing a patronage quite unprecadented. It is a favorite with actresses ami opera singers. It is sold by all dealers, at SI.OO in large bottles, an l by Demas Barkiss <t- Co., New York, Wholesale Agents. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists S. T. —1860—X. Person* of sedentary habit* troubled nith weak ness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack ot appetite, distress after eating, torpid livor, con stipation, Ac., deserve to -uffcr if they will not try the celebrated PLANTATION BITTERS, which are now recommended by tbe highest med ical authorities, and warranted to produce an iw mtdi'ttt beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must supersede ail other tonics where a healthy, gentle stimulent is required. They purify, strengthen and invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. They aTe an antidoteto change of water and diet. They strengthen the system and enliven the mind. They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fevers. They purify the breath and acidity of tbe 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 eomposed of the celebrated Calisava bark, wintergreen. sassafras, roots and herbs, all preserved in perfectly pure St- Croix rum. For particulars, see circulars and testimonials around each bottle. Beware of impostors. Examine every bottle. Sec that it has our private D. S. stump unmutila ted over the cork, with plantation scene, arrd our signature on a fine steel plate side label. See that our bottle is not refilled with spurious and dele terious stud. Any person pretending to sell Plantation Bitters by the gallon or bulk, is an impostor. Any person imitating this bottle, or selling any other material therein, whether called Plantation Bitters or not, is a criminal under the U. 8. Law, and will be so prosecute.', by us. The demand for Drake's Plantation Bitters, from la dies, clergymen, merchants, Ac., is iner liblo. The simple trial of a bottle is the evidence w® present of their worth and superiority. Tbey are sold by all respectable druggists, grocers, phvsi eiai s, hotels, saloons, steamboats and country stores. P. H. DRAKE & CO Saratoga Spring W ater,soldby all Drugs! Have you a hurt child oralama horse? I'.-e the Mexican Mustang Liniment. For cuts, sprains, burns, swelling- and caked breasts, the Mexican Mustang Liniment is a sure cure. For rheumatism, neuralgia, stiff joint-, stings and bites, there is nothing like the Mexican Mus tang Liniment. For spavined horses, the poll-evil, ringbone and sweeny, the Mexican Liniment never fails. For wind-galls, scratches, big-head and splint, the Mexican Mustang Liniment is worth its weight in gold. Cuts, bruises, sprains and swellings, are so com mon and certain to occur in every family, that a bottle ef this Liniment is the best inve- iiient that can be made. It is more certain than the doctor—it savos time in sending for the doctor—it is cheaper than the doctor, and should never be dispensed with. '•ln lifting the kettle from the fire, it tipped over and scalded my bands terribly. ■' * I The Mustang Liniment extracted the pain, caus ed the sore to heal rapidiv. and left very little scar. CIIAS. FOSTER, 420 Broad st"„ Phil. Mr. S. Liteh, of Hyde Paris, Vt. writes: "My horse was considered worthless, (spavin,) but sin < the use of the Mustang Liniment, 1 have sold him for SI .">O. Your Liniment is doing wonders up here. - ' All genuine is wrapped in steel plate engravings, signed U. W. \\ estbrook, Chemist/and also has the private U. S. stamp of Demas BarxesA Co. over the tup. I.ook clntrly, ami be ~#/ deceived by Cm- .Or,-. r id by all Druggists, at 2b, 50 eta., and *i o. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Drug -t*. Ji is a most delightful Hair Dressing. It eradicates scurf and dandruff. 1: keeps the bead cool and clean. It makes the hair rich, soft and glossy. It prevents hair turning gray and falling off. It restores bair upon prematurely bald heads. 'J bis is just what Eyon's Kathairon will do. It is pretty—it is cheap—durable. It is literally ■ld by the car-load, and yet its almost incredible demand is daily increasing, until there is hardly a coin.try .store that does not keep it, or a family that does not use it. E THOMAS LYON, Chemist, N.Y. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists. Who would not be beautiful? Who would not add- to their beauty! W hat gives that marble purity and dinting** appearance we observe upon the stage ai diu the city belle! It is ne longer a secret. They use Hagan's Magnolia Balm. Its continued use removes tan, freckles, pimples, and roughness, from the face and hands, and 100 ves the complexion smooth, transparent, blooming and ravishing. 1 nlike many cosmetics, it con tains no material injurious "to tho skin. .Any Druggist will order it for you, if not on baud, at 50 cents per bottle. W . E. IIAG AN', Troy, N. Y., Chemist. IF.M AS B Alt M S A- CO. Whelssale Agenis, .V Y. Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists. Heimstreet's inimitable Hair Coloring is not a dye. All instantaneous dies arc composed -f lunar caustic, and more or less destroy the vitali ty and beauty of the hair. This is the origiual Hair Coloring, and has been growing in favor over twenty years. It restores gray hair toils original color by gradual absorption, in a most re markable manner. It is also a beautiful hair dressing. Sold in two sir.es—so cents nvJ sl—ln all dealers. C. HEIMSTREET, (.leraist. " Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggist -. LVON'S EXTRACT or PURE J VIATICA GINOKR —for Indigestion, Nausea, Heartburn, Sick V ad ache, Cholera Morbus, Elatulonoy. Ao., where a warming stimulent is required. Its careful pre paration and entire purity make it a cheap and reliable nrtiele for culinary purposes. Sold every where, at 50 cts. per bottle. Ask for "LTOS'S" Pure Extract. Take no other. Saratoga Spr tag Wat er. old by all Druggist*, July 13th, 1806-eowly
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