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SHERIFF,
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associate juboe.
Capt: A. WEAVERIjING, Bloody Bun.
COMMISSIONER,
SAMUEL SHAFFER, of Uniou.
POOR DIRECTOR,
HENRY H. FISHER, South Woodberry.
AUDITOR,
JAMES 11. O'NEAL, of Monroe.
gMON I'OLICY OF UEt OXSIRI tTIOS.
"Itimlvtd, By the Senate and House of ttopre
cntatives of the United State? of Amc/v-a, in
Congress assembled, two-thirds of both llousc.-
eon' tirring. That the following article be proposed
to the Legislatures of the several States as an
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, which, when ratified by three fourths of
he said Legislatures, shall be valid an a part of
t lie Constitution, namely:
• AnTiCLi —, Section 1. All persons bern or
itiUralixed in the United States, and subject to
■he jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United
Stales, and of the State wherein they reside. No
.-fate shall make or enforce any law which shall
ibridge tho privileges or immunities of citizcrs of
fhe 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 bo 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 ei 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
male 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 crin l ". the basis of representa
tion therein shall be reduced in tho proportion
which the number of such male citizens shall bear
tn the whole number of male citizens twenty-one
years of age in that State.
"Section 3. No person shall bo a Senator or
Representative in Congress, elector of President
md 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 member of any State Legislature, or as an
executive or judicial officer of any State, to sup
port tho Constitution of the United States, shall
have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against
the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof: but Congress may, by avote of two-thirds
of each House remove sueh disability.
"Section 4. Tho validity of the public debt of
the United States authorized bylaw, including
debts incurred lor the payment of pensions and
'""untie 3 for service in suppressing insurrection or
rebellion, shall not be questioned, but neither the
United tates 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 loss ®r emancipation of any slave,
but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall
bo held illegal and void."
"EOI ALITY FOR WHITE
MEN."
With characteristic mendacity as well as
the stupidity naturally belonging to its fa
vorite long-cared, braying brother, the Ga
.rtk of last week utters one of its "Negro
Equality" howls over our article of the pre
vious week under the caption of "Equality
for white men." It is an easy thing for the
Gazette to cry "abolition lies," "humbug,"
Ac., as long as it keeps no account of truth;
but it fails to show that a single statement
made in our article is untrue, and for a very
good reason, it couid not do it t
"It is entirely, utterly false that the South'
cm States have greater proportionate repre
sentation in Congress than the other States,
on account of three-fifths of their negroes be
ing counted in the apportionment. THEY
HAVE LESS PROPORTIONATE REP
RESENTATION FOR THEIR NEGROES
I'HAN PENNSYLVANIA HAS.—Gazette.
flere is a statement deliberately manufac
tured by the Gazette, made to appear as if
coming from our article and then pronounc
ed to be utterly false, which we will not de
ny, as it is far from being the only thing ap
pearing in the Gazette, which we believe to
bo false, and the Gazette ought to be aliudge
of its own productions. But we deny that
any such statement appeared in our article.
What we did say was that "A Southern
slave driver, before the rebellion, possessed
about twice as much power in the Govern
ment as a Northern white man by reason of
the three-fifths representation of the ne
groes."
And this wo now propose to substantiate
by facts and figures gathered from the cen
sus reports and which we dare the Gazette
to publish or deny.
In IJSOO South Carolina, with a population
of 291,388 white persons and 422,234 ne
groes, had seven representatives in Congress,
or a representative for every 48,564 white
persons in the State; at the same time
Pennsylvania had twenty-five representa
tives with a population of 2,849,266 making
one representative to every 113,970 of her
white population, or making each white per
son in South Carolina equal to more than
2i white persons in Pennsylvania. This
preponderance was all the result of the throe
fifths representation of the slaves, as every
intelligent citizen knows, whether the editor
of the Gazette doos or not. The appor
tionment of representatives on the basis of
the census of 1 <6O, still retaining the three
fifths representation of the slaves, would
have given South Carolina hut four repre
sentatives, or one to each 72,847 other white
population, wliiic Pennsylvania was given 24
representatives, or one to each 127,000 of
her white population, and would still have
left to each South C'aroliua slave holder
about twice as much power in die govern
inent of the nation as a white man in Penn
sylvania. The Gazette again savs:
. ''But three-fifths of their colored popula
tion are counted in their apportionment of
members of Congrfess. IN PENNSYLVA
NIA AND ALL THE NORTHERN
STATES, ALL THE NEGROES ARE
COUNTED IN THE APPORTIONMENT
—not three-fifths, but ALL of them. In
Pennsylvania we do the voting for one hun
dred thousand negroes."
.Here are two direct falsehoods, whether
Lade through ignorance or design we do
not pretend to know. The first, that hut
three-fifths
counted in tn<Btr Riclwu
t m ning to the third scrtionjof tthfc firßkt
ticle of
I States. The fact is that lite free dblorcd
j population not only of Pennsylvania and
the Northern States, but also of the •South
ern. is fully represented in tha iw>pm Vtpo- <
im-oJ. of members of Congress, and it is
<>nl£tht <t!awe pof^utat^" l that is limited to
:> tb-iwi fi'f ll " r..piyjenljU,ii.f?, Xlie ovteOlid,
jUiat irr Pennsylvania we do the voting for
<W httttdiW iff aHoecthcr
unpav •iyiiaT<ii On page 1-1 of the prolim
; inary rdjtort of the cansufl of 1860, it will hp
J found that Ml tire negroes in Pennsylvania
tk jltat tihie (and itis on this report that our
prevent representation is ntimbered
but 56,841', uuUve.sanie page it WW be found,
that the wholeUiHHiber of free negroes in
the United "States at that time was but 47ft,-
536 of which tut 225,879 were in the free
states while 259,787 the larger number were
in the slave states and as fully represented
as those in the free states. We said iuither
| that "now Northern doughfaces and coppcr-
I heads combine with Southern rebels to de
mand for these same slave driver® each ,
about three times as much power as each
Northern white man."
'Die slaves have been freed and instead of
the three-fifths representation of them as
formerly the South, nnless the Constitution
be amended as proposed by the Union party,
will hereafter have the whole negro (form
erly slave) population represented, thus giv
ing twelve additional representatives to the
Southern States and agninr increasing the
proportionate power of each white man in
the South to 2.1 times that of cash Northern
white man. Thus South Carolina will again
have five representatives with her white
population of 291,388 or one to each 58,277
while Pennsylvania will get but 22 for her
2,849,529 or one for every 133,700 of her
white population. IS THAT EQU ALI
TY FOR WHITE MEN WHEN 58,277
WHITE REBELS IN SOUTH CARO
LINA ARE ALLOWED AS MUCH
POWER IN THE NATIONAL GOV
ERNMENT AS TWO AND ONE-
THIRD TIMES AS MANY LOYAL
WHITE MEN IN PENFS YLYAN IA ?
I* that the way to punish traitors and make
treason odious ? The Gazette may attempt
to deny, this, and forits edification we quote,
what the Gazette seems to be quite ignorant
of at present, the "Constitution an it is,"
Arts 1, See. 3: "Representatives and di
rect taxes shall be apportioned among the
several states which may be included with
in this Union, according to their respective
numbers; which shall be determined by ad
ding to the whole number of free persons, in
cluding those bound to service for a term of
years and excluding Indians not taxed,
three-fifths of all other persons." As above
stated this will give a full representation to
over four millions of negroes to.be wielded
by the Southern whites and making each
South Carolina rebel equal to free loyal
white men in Pennsylvania. It is this gross
injustice and inequality that the Union par
ty desire to remedy by the proposed
mondmonf in tVf pAncfihifmn Anil WA
reiterate let copperheads and rebels cease
their cry of "Negro Equality" until they
arc willing to acknowledge, that rebels and
traitors are no better than loyal white men,
by adopting that amendment.
MR. SHANNONS RECORD.
Let Loyal men Head and then conclude
whether they can support him !
It is reported that Mr. Shannon is en
deavoring, and we have no objection to his
endeavoring, to secure the votes of Repub
licans to re-elect him to the Prothonatory
ship. Socially, Mr. Shannon is a very clov
er fellow, but politically he is the veriest
demagogue alive, we have seen him do dirty
work on election days for the purpose of
securing, or rejecting a vote that wc would
shrink from as from the touch of a leper.
He was as firm a believer in the cause of the
South as Jeff. Davis, and until the day that
Richmond fell beneath the ponderous blows
of Grant, he contended openly, and secretly,
that the North could not, and should not
overcome the South, and his influence was
directed in such a manner as to make the
national cause odious, and in this respect he
was in great part responsible for the ill-feel
ing and antagonistic spirit which prevailed
in this county.
With these truths, which cannot be suc
cessfully contradicted, it cannot be possible
that any person whose sympathies were
with the Union cause can now turn in and
support Mr. Shannon, who was as much a
sympathizer as Jake Thompson or George
N. Sanders, neither of whom took up arms.
But we desire to present Mr. Shannon's
record as mado by hixuoclf. Mr. Shannon
made a speech in the Court House, before
the Bedford Lyceum, some time in January,
1861, in which he was reported by the IN
QUIRER to have said that he would go South
and point his gun at the people of the
North; in a card in the Gazette , in reply to
this report, Mr. Shannon says:
"Every person who heard me, the Editor
included, (I don't know who the reporter
was) will bear me out in saying that I aidn t
say one word about going South, nor of
pointing my gun at the people of the North.
I DISTINCTLY SAID, HOWEVER,
THAT I WOULD NOT FIGHT AT
ALL IN SUCH AN UNNATURAL
WAK-TUATI WAS LIKE 190MEOF
MY "REPUBLICAN" FRIENDS I
WOULD PREFER STAYING AT
HOME. BUT IF I WERE COMPEL
LED TO PULL TRIGGER I HOPED
IT WOULD BE WHEN THE MUZ
ZLE OF MY GUN WAS POINTED
NORTH."
Here is the secret of the organizations to
resist the draft and the non-reporting of
four or five hundred men. Union men, you
who have lost sons, brothers, and relatives
in the late war for the Union, if you can
vote for Mr. Shannon you could vote tor
McCausland or Harry Gilmor. Vote for J.
W. Lingcnfelter, who was also a Democrat,
but could not allow the duty which he owed
to his country to be overcome by any party
ties. He sacrificed his party to his oountry,
as every other true patriot in the land did,
and for this he deserves the united support
of every patriot in the county,
DEXI XT IF YOU DARE !
W
such are the facta ? 9w e i 10e the mark.-—!
Gazette. Sept. 14.
~v wwdiiiW
deny in the premises, hen. Geary served
lioldy in flu United Staff% Army with TIV'O
HUNDRED THOWLOW
STtTOKS'I'M of Fred. Douglass ten,? * U.~
'H. Rundaipk. . 'IM while u*4 tfix
noneJteii xhonldfr to , shimldery stbsmed the
' (rnrrriiefi fhbriMPfoh'ckfl)"' *Me %'side. obitf
CHEERED TIIE SAATE p WHEN
irr was ele^ato . P T triu^Xi;
White and.lda dr minpted to yet hie tnV death,
■martyr*M fab ctttottrtf*' ernim- THEY
STOOD CEON r THE SAME PLATFORM
THEN ice hw% the must uuntterolJe
contempt for the man tcho could not listen
to the pleadings of these men who gear their
11 lives and their fortunes." for the sacreel
eaioic in which we iccre then engaged.
Fred. Douglass is a National character,
famous throughout the civilized world as
(he champion of the down-trodden African
race. "Were he to visit Europe to-morrow,
lie would be received from the Baltic to the
Mediterranean, and from the Atlantic to the
Dardanelles as the representative of millions
of people, while those who scoff at white
men that have the manliness to listen to the
wants of those in whose behalf* lie pleads
so cloquendy, would not be received as de
cent representatives of the Plugs, Thugs
and Dead Rabbits, that disgrace our cities.
He is the representative of morepcople to-day
in the United States than declared their in
dependence of British domination m 1776,
and yet the men that hear him in behalf of
his constituents arc tobe scoffed at, forsooth!
It is about time that the leaders of the op
poeitioulearncd that in the United States
men are men, and as long as not taint
ed with crime, have aright to be heard, and
up to this time, we are happy to tell them,
that the people have decreed that they shall
be heard. Will the Gazette elevate this to
its mast-head and nail it there ? For the
last ten years it has harped upon the Negro
until its party have been tauten in every
State in which Slavery did not exist, and we
hope that it may continue it until every
township in this county follows in the
footsteps of the States.
RADICAL LOVE for the SOLDIER."
The Copperheads are circulating great
quantities of a card among the soldiers with
the above heading, which represents Black
soldiers applying to a paymaster, for s3oo
crt.ro bounty, who meets them with "all
right, my brave men, here is your money,"
while opposite are crippled white
soldiers approaching a pay master who i s
reading a newspaper, the leading soldier ad
dresses him with —"I came for my extra
bounty of $100." The paymaster replies
—"I am very sorry, but Congress has
made no appropriation forjou."
Now, in the first place, to exhibit the un
scrupulousness, or ignorance, of these Cup
DC-rboada. Congress never voted. any extra
bounty to colored soldiers. The original act,
which authorized their enlistment gave them
the same bounty which was given to a raw
white soldier under the Joint Resolution of
the loth of January, 1863. The bill which
authorized their enlistment, expressly gave
them this S3OO, provided, they were muster
ed as free on the 19 th day of April , 1801.
A large number were enlisted, whohad been
free from infancy ; through the carelessness
of the officers, this entry was not made;
without having this record made upon the
muster-rolls, hundreds, who were entitled
to the bounty, were mustered out without
receiving the bounty to which they were
justly entitled. It became apparent that
additional legislation was necessary to do
justice to.these black men. Mr. Wilson, of
Massachusetts, introduced a Joint Reso
lution, authorizing the Pay Department to
settle these claims regardless of the omis
sion. This resolution was cot satisfactory
to the Pay Department, and Mr. Sebenck,
was obliged to introduce another Joint Res
olution explanatory of the one introduced by
Mr. Wilson. This passed finally, and was
approved on the 15th day of June, 1866,
and this is the only legislation on the sub
ject of bounties for colored men before Con
gress since the passage of the original bill.
Secondly, the bill granting additional
bounty was rclerrcd to a commission to
scrutinize its provisions, which has only
reported a few days since, and it is
thought that the powers that-be will with
hold all payment until after the October
elections.
The following denial of the matter con
tained in the card referred to above, by Col.
Jordan, will set this matter at rest :
ROOMS UNION STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
1105 CHESTNUT STREET,
PH'I.ADELPHIA, Sept. 18, 1866.
C. W. Ashcom, Esq., Hopewell, Pa. :
DEAR SIR : Yours of the 11th iustant, is
duly received, enclosing that shamelessly
false card on the subject of bounties given by
Congress to white and colored soldiers.
Our political adversaries are acting upon
the adage, "A lie well adhered to is as good
as the truth." As military agent of Penn
sylvania, at Washington, for more than two
years, I became familiar with all the laws of
Congress, granting bounties to soldiers. I
most positively affirm that no actor acts ef
Congress discriminate against white soldiers
or in favor of colored soldiers. All assertions
to the contrary are falsehoods, intended to
mislead and to deceive.
You are at liberty to make any use you
please of this communication.
Yours, truly,
ER. JORDAN, Chairman.
THE NATIONAL FMOY PARTY.
The National Union Party is destined to
meet with no better success than the old
Copperhead party, if the avalanche pre
cipitated upon it hy Maine the other day,
goes for anything. Ah, you poor tinfrrr
tunates, you must quit howling "Nigger 1"
"Nigger!" "Abolitionists," "Wooly
heads, "Negro Equality !" "and sich."
and take bred. Douglass by the arm anil
swear that you wore the original Abolition
ists and that we were the pro slavery men.
It's popular,yoy seo! You might.just as well
do this as call us rlisunionis&s, after our par
ty put down the rebellion. Jump in ahead,
until you do, you are hound to be left in the
mud! Can't you halloo for the Negro?
If you can't, why go under, that's all !
AR# Tin: FRIKVDS OF FREEWOII
'IISR PLJ EPA RED
Ktu mber that you have only iwf •wcefi|
front U£ >.&T icsday, to do all the work tliftt
has'u<st < done. A \fery brief
if we take
siderationhow little has been done. Let
the sub-school district committees meet at
once and report the condition of each sub
'stilio# diikfidt 16 {life iSfrfl'aifce dofohiifwfefc/of
their respective townships, and make
ThTuilgdnifciitklci hike oml
vrrmrln their tpsttciUivc tmh-districtis-vm the
distridi is t4i|u.s nvrang!ed, ,eywy Republican
toter ih the oeatityi will bo brought to the
polL. These eetrnnittet s nave their instruc
tor!" . ahd Wherever ihdi4 is it deficiency in
getting O.Ut the VOUIS the Sili>-illsll ict colo-
Jtiittaes will be entitled to, tud should justly
receive, the censure of tlie party for dere
liction of duly, while ort' the other hatid,
where our vote.-is out to a man tlie commit
tees will "be entitled to all credit. Go to
work, then, and do not let your efforts cease
until 7 o'clock on the second Tuesday of
October !
! "NOW, WHAT NEWS on the HI A I/TO?"
The Gazette cast about it last week for
"Glorious News !" to off-set the news from
Maine. First it had "California Redeem
ed," since which tiuie there has been no
intelligence from that "Golden State." On
examination ii was ascertained that there
was no Congressional election, nothing but a
local content in which it is probable several
constabios were elected. This followed by
"Great Democratic Gains !" in Wilming
ton, Delaware, in which it really figured up
two hundred, while the FOURTEEN THOU
SAND of Maine were not mentioned. Then
came "Colorado !" which was claimed for
Hunt. Now without fear of contradiction,
we say that Chillcott, the Radical candidate,
had 108 majority, and that the Board of
canvassers gave him the certificate of elec
tion. This is our last effort! Is it satis
factory ? In conclusion, it claimed the del
egate from Idaho, who has no vote in Can
gross! The reader will see that all those
triumphs were very "/. fetched" and axe
without foundation. If Mich pap, thrown
out to the Copperheads, will satisfy them,
all wo have to say is they are very easily
satisfied.
THEY GIVE UP CLYMER
We assert it without the fear of successful
contradiction, say- the Harmburgh Tele
graph, that the Copperhead State Central
Committee has secretly, but formally, given
up the election of Hiester Clvmer. Senator
Wallace (decidedly the ablest and most saga
cious of all the Copperhead leaders), chair
man of that Committee, has the positive in
formation in his possession, that Clynier's
defeat i a certainty. No fiui ther effort will
be wasted endeavoring to counteract this in
flucnee. Wallace i- clearly of the opinion
that the best thing which the faction he
leads has now any prospect of accomplishing
is the election of Congressional Representa
tives. Clynier's withdraw! has been sternly
urged, which he has as resolutely resisted.
In thia Jileuiuui, and his Coun'dt
tee have determined to abandon Clymcr to
his own fate— in met, have given him up to
defeat. Henceforth, the whole force of the
Copperheads will lie turned onpaitieuiar
Congressional and Senatorial Districts, in
the hopeof making gain- therein. But
their prospects in that hope will prove as
barren as in the case of'Clynier.
GO TO WORK, FRIENDS !
Our friends will see that every man is as
sessed, on or before the 2 , .ith day of Sep
tember. From many of the districts wc
hear that our friends are pfepared for the
election, but in several districts we are
not satisfied that every man has been seen
and arrangements made to get out the last
Republican vote. Particularly is this the
case, in .St. (..'lair and Middle Woodbcry
town-hips. We have a clean majority of
25 cafes in St. ('!air township, if Ol.'R
MEN WILL ONLY SEE THAT THE VOTE IS
OL'T. We know this to be tlic case. In
Middle Woodborry, we have clearly 100 ma
jority, if every vote is out. We hope that
our friends will go to w>rk at once. Let
men be appointed to attend to all who arc
slow to sec the interests of the conutry. All
we desire, is, that every Republican in Bed
ford county does vote, ar.d we will have a
clear majority in the county of from 100 to
200 rotes.
The Sheriff stiff die-fuse# to Incor
fwrate the l>:nfranchishte/ Act
in hi# Proclamation.
Ihe Secretary ol the Commonwealth has
furnished the High Sheriff of Bedford county,
under the broad seal of the State, a copy of
the Disfranchising act, as passed by the Leg
islature and approved by the Governor, but
he obstinately refuses to insert it in his Proc
lamation, thus setting at defiance a laic on the
statue boohs of Pennsylvania. It is the only
instance that has come to our notice in the
Stale. We expect to announce, in our next
issue, that, in accordance with a resolution
passed by the Hcjjublican County Committee
A PROSECUTION FOR MISDEMEANOR
IN OFFICE WILL HAVE COMMENCED
AGAINST HIM. THE SAME PENALLY
SHALL BE SITED UPON EVERY
OFFICER OF ELECTION BOARDS. OR
OTHER PERSONS, WHO SET THE
LAW AT DEFIANCE, and the matter shall
not stop here-, WE SHALL GO TO THE
NEXT LEGISLATURE AND SECURE A
CHANGE OF VENUE, AND TRY THE
CASES IN SOME COUNTY WHERE
COPPERHEAD JURIES CANNOT
SCREEN THEIR FRIENDS.
The President to Recognize a Rebel
Congress!
Where do I'on Stand, Mr. Sharpet
The New York Times, edited by the "Lit
tle \ illain. Raymond, the author of the
address of the 1 Itli of August Convention,
suggests a plan for the recognition of a
I louse ol Representatives, composed of the
Copperheads of the North and the rebels of
the South. The people want to know with
which House Mr. Sharpe intends to act.
Come, Mr. Sharpe, tell us whether you are
a candidate for the rebel-Andy Johnson
House or the regular and legal House
With which House, Mr. Sharpe?
°"~WOBK! WORK!! WORK!!!
The tyte Republican triumph in Maine,
which b said to have surprised the Republi
cans as badly as it did tliq- tlop)ierhead|j,
was accomplished bj every man doiny lib
, Let tins be, aajkssotj, and an example
to "VUr Redfords : wSbnty < Republicans? io
' 'work while it is yet to day, the morrow
cometh when no man" need work. It is a
small matter to sacrifice a few days, or a
'f<bv'dollafsi'foV'the salvation bt ychfr noun*
try. Hundreds of thousands hare spent
iyfcars and given their lives, while fcWs ! tf
thousands can be seen with mr empty sfccrc
or carefully hobbling about on ciulelu -. tho
victims of a horrible rebellion, you arq not
asked Ixs sacrifice as much? No, unless you
\ refits; to do your duty and allow a new re
bellion to'fie inaugiri-afed' ten-fold more hor
rible than, the former- Nothing hut an
overwhelming defeat at tlie ballot box will
deter Andrew Johnson from inaugurating
new revolutionary measures. Arc you pre
pared to leave tiie rebels triumph at last
through Andy Johnson ? If you are not,
: then it behooves every man of you to put
! your "shoulder to the wheel, pray to God
for success, and move ou thecolumu !"
"WHAT IS THERE IN A NAME I"
HEAD, DEMOCRATS, READ!
A few days ago an old man was overheard
to say that he had voted the Democratic
ticket since the days of Jackson, and he
resolved while he lived, never to vote any
other ticket; he confessed that the resolve
was not. the most wise and judicious, hut
excused himself on the ground that he had
become wedded to the Democratic party in
his tender years ; he had learned to believe
that. the party could do no wrong, and
though the position of the party during the
war was altogether unpatriotic, yet he con
sidered himself bound to follow it against
his better judgement, but the late 14th of
August Convention had entirely relieved
him from any further responsibility to that
Party. If he understood the matter, and
he thought he did, that Convention had
submerged the old Democratic party, and
iu< n who never were in any way connected
with the Democratic party were put at the
head of the new organization. How true.
"RING THE DELL, WATCH
MAN !"
Mr. I)ickerson. it is said, seriously con
templated employing, prior to the glorious
news fiom Maine, the whole corps of skce
daddlers in this county to stand in the vari
ous prominent places in the different town
ships to ring bells and cry "Nigger!" "Nig
ger!" "Nigger Equality!" "Negro Suf
frage!" "White man's Government!'. and
"Freedmcn's Bureau!" believing that it
would be economy, as printing is very high
now, but Maine did the bu-in - for them,
and m>w the wlndc Copperhead party must
lie veered ahotit. and wheeled into line for
the negro! The first step in the new move
ment i- the hearty support given to Colonel
Filler. Mr. Diekerson is making up to the
colored fellow citizens in the finest style.
Wc saw him on the side walk the other day
while two of the dusky sons of Africa
passed down on the opposite side of the
struct. Verily, things arc gelling mixed '
What Coppa•heads Thought While
the Rebellion Jntsted They
now Si/ Boldly!
Lot it he said to the eternallnfamy of the
party, which is now struggling with the
wildest desparation, to seize the reigns of
Government over the heads of those who
overwhelmed and conquered its enemies,
ihat it has applied every epithet to the loy
al men who assembled in Philadelphia, on
the 3rd instant, to express their grievances.
These men stood firm to the old flag, when
treason ran mad, and for this they are stig
matized with every vile cognomen, to which
those who have been schooled in the choice
est billingsgate can give utterance. Why is
this ? Because these men resisted traitors,
and are determined that they shall not he
preferred to those that were true to their
country, they are thus reviled and malign
cd. Copperheads speak out now what tlicy
thought during the rebellion.
*0 HOPE FOR CLI.HER!
The New York Hen-aid in view of the Ver
mont and Maine elections says:—
"The Democrats of Pennsylvania, in nomi
nating Hicster Clymer, a peace man during
the war, against General Geary, one of the
most distinguished Union soldiers of the war,
did for the radicnls the very best thing that
could be done. No one supposes that there
is a ghost of a chance for Clymer against
Geary , and no political philosopher has yet
risen to show that while Clymer cannot save
himself he will strengthen the Congressional
ticket in any part of Pennsylvania. In short,
he is a dead weight upon his party."
These frank confessions by the Copper
head papers of New York, of facts that are
patent to all the world, outside of Pennsyl
vania, arc exceedingly embarrassing to onr
Copperhead cotemporaries. They still at
tempt, once in a while, to make people be
lieve that their is hope for Clymer in order to
keep their courage up, but it won't do; the
case is hopeless, as the Herald states it. The
second Tuesday of October, will open the
eyes of the blindest to a vivid realization of
the fact.
Ilenry Ward Beecher on the Members
of the late Loyal Philadelphia
Convention.
A Committee of the loyal Southern Con
vention, was selected to follow in the wake of
Andrew Johnson and wipe out any impres
sions which he might make in regard to the
effectiveness of his policy. These gentlemen
visited New York last week, on their way
West, and were giveu splendid entertainments.
A number addressed the people at Cooper
Institute, while others spoke in Plymouth
(Beecher's) church. Mr. Beecher has beeu
claimed by the Copperhead party as a convert
to their notions. While speeches were be
ing made by the loyalists, called mulattoes
and negroes by the Copperheads, the follow
ing dispatch was received from Mr. Beecher,
which we hope the Gazette will publish:
PEEMCILL, N. Y., Sept. 11, 18tki.
To Edward Com/ and George B. Lincoln;
I regret that health will not allow me to
nay my grateful respects to those Southern
heroic men, who stood faithful among the
faithless in bloody trial. God bless them.
Their country honors them—history will per
petuate their names among the noble. With
all my heart I welcome them to Plymouth
Church, and give them the right hand of fel
lowship. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
ANDREW JOHNSON'S DESIRE TO
RECOGNIZE A REMSI CONGRESS.
Tl ie New York Tiiftet give, the fol
lowing UlustralJou of"; i '%^jlicy' - in
the eTcJit of the failjiii of ■ Republican
party huUHl f ml [ twenty-one
mehjU.-rs *>t he next iiouov.
tives: x
"By law Congress thus consists of two hun
dred and forty-one members, and by law, al
so, a majority of the whole' number, or one
hundred/,and twenty-one members, consti
tute a quorum. Suppose that members elec
ted from the Southern States should meet in
D&*Al*ftbi;M*7,.VWd be t-Houeh. added to
Northern liie.inberj u/hn 1— f 11'VI J ill lln-ir ri^hi
to representation, and who would meet with
them, to <g*jstkul|; jt jjnofu|nj qnd suppose
the Northern members wliotlo not believe
the South entitled jtpj?epte#entation, and who
would not meet with them, should meet by
*&!##♦£? tM, llwu.# 'jyorttift
w the? otiVdofiat nrMr. : f he Chron
icle begins to see the possibility of such an
of-citfeWe': and 'ft' also sees that the Presi- !
dent will be under the necessity of recogni
zing one or the other of these bodies as the
valid, constitutional House of Representa
tives. lie must send his message to the one 1
or the other. Ho must sign bills passed by j
the one or the other. lie must treat one 01 i
the other as a branch of Congress, elolhed
with the power of making laws, and the oth
er as_ having no such authority. And under
the cirouinstances assumed, there can oe very
little doubt, in view of his known opinious
on the subject, that President Johnson will
recognize the numerical quorum- -the body
which contains a majority of all the members
—as the only body authorized by the Consti
tution to make laws for the United States,
lie will probably send his message to that!
body: he will sign the bills they pass, if con
curred in by the Senate, and he will not re
cognize the acts of the other as valid in any
respect. The Senate, 011 the contrary, will
recognize a majority of members from all the
States but ten, even if they are a minority of
of the whole, as the real Congress, and as
clothed with all the powers of legislation.''
Here we have it boldly proclaimed by the
President's special organ, that he has deter
mined to subvert our government fin case
enough Copperhead Congressmen can be
elected from the North to make a majority, of
what would be the whole numberof Congress
men, if the rebel states were re-admitted,) in
order to place rebels iu power, and enable
them to rule the whole country as the reward
of treason and rebellion. While deliberately
declaring these revolutionary designs, they
have Urn hardihood and effrontery to accuse
the Union party of threatening another war.
Thus out of their own months they stand
convicted of deliberate falsehood, and at the
game time threatening to inaugurate a new
revolution and war for the purpose of regain
ing power. This is the sa'me kind of logic
the party used before the rebellion. Let
Union men see to it, that these plotters of
mischief are so overwhelmingly beaten in
October, that they will no longer dream of
forcing red-handed rebels into power, or re
sisting with arms the will of the majority. It
is high ti me that Copperheads North as well
as South, should begin to understand that
this is a Republican Government, that the
will of the majority as expressed through the
ballot box is the law of the land, that the
American people are not to be intimidated
from a free expression of sentiment by threats
of an appeal to arms, and that the only re
sult of such an appeal by a disappointed mi
nority will be their own inevitable destruc
tion.
NEW JERSEY O. K.
The New Jersey Legislature met in extra
session on the 12th inst. and promptly pass
cd the Constitutional amendment. On the
ISth A. G. Cattell, a thorough going Union
man, was elected United States Senator to
fill the place of Stockton, rejected. This
gives one additional Union vote in the Uni
ted States Senate. Well done for the
"Jersey Blues."
lIOW is IIEECIIEIIt
The Gazette will, pleaso let us know the
state of >, t. Beeclier's pulse. Couldn't it
publish several of his late letters in addition
to the one it published last week?
lIOW NOW. SOUTHAMPTON !
The Republican Union party can poll
from seventy to eighty votes in this town
ship, if the vote is out, which has not been
the ea-e for years. Sec to it that every
Republican voter is brought to the polls, on
the second Tuesday of October.
THE GAME OF BRAG.
Brag is a good dog. but Hold On is a bet
ter. The Radicals will experience the truth
of this adage soon enough.— Gazette , Sept. 14.
You are perfectly welcome to hold on to
all you have got. But if the news from Maine
is to be taken as any criterion, and the N. Y.
Herald says it is, even this poor consolation
will be denied you.
ASSESS! ASSESS ! ! ASSESS !! !
The Vigilance Committees will see that
every voter is assessed on or before the 2'Jth
day of September. In Copperhead districts
it would he advisable to make the assessor
give a certificate of assessment which the
collector is bound to receive when presented
to him. Make your assessments at once!
- _■ .■
"LITTLE BERKS IS ALIVE !
The Union men of Cumberland Valley
are alive with enthusiasm. They will eon
test the field closer than any other district,
except Bedford Borough, in the county.
We will have more votes in this district at
the Coming election, than have ever been
received for a party outside of the Copper
head Party. Friends, do not relax your
effort*!
WANTKD. —Some boys to fill the wagons for
the next Radical Mass Meeting.— Gazette,
September 14.
This won't doj Mr. Dickerson ! One ma
chine is about as many as you will find it
convenient to run, as you will discover to
your coat, about the 2nd Tuesday of October.
Mr. Cessna has charge of our machine and
says that the boys that filled the square on
Tuesday night of Court week intend to be
on hand until the winding up !
Ax Aroi.ouY. —e owe it to our readers,
as well as ourselves, to apologize for the ap
pearance on our first page last week, of an
article entitled "A Conservative Prayer."
Our aim has always been to exclude from our
columns everjuhing of a profane or immoral
tendency, in short anything that could possi
bly offend the moral sense of the purest and
best, and it was with regret that we found our
first page marred by the article above men
tioned. A friend had laid it upon our table,
whence, accidentally becoming mixed with our
outside selections, it was taken by the compos
itor without our knowledge,and was only dis
covered when it was too late to reiaedy the
mistake.
bjWJUL IS LOST!
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MAINE
!', FLECTION 1
■We Wind SWeiTciertsii, to En-,, 1f
Johnson, his Policy, and ali°
their Supporters.
The New York Uctald Interprets the
"Stubborn j'acts."
' y IPnrhlof Writiirtfyy
_Jho general of the Mainuc'Wi'.n
"re very decisive and very significant-.
Mey are startling and incomprehensible to
the and indicate a POPUL \ R
GROUND-SWELL WHOLLY UNEX
PECTED by the radicals themselves. It i
| manifest to us that this remarkable election
j turned more upon the exciting political
j events of the day, North and South, than
upon the exact political i-sues presented be-
I twi ti the Southern restoration policy of
| f 1 Johnson and the reconstruction
re ;■ of Congress. Extraordinary results
••r generally duo to extraordinary causes.
• fad ti c Republicans simply had something
iike their standing majority in Maine, the
result could have been explained by the sim
ple statement that tLe lattle was fought be
tween the Union party of the war and the
old Copperhead peace Democracy, BUT
THE ENORMOUS GAIN TO THE RE
PUBLICAN VOTE THROUGHOUT
THE STATE REQUIRES A LARGER
EXPLANATION.
V c conclude that to the exciting political
cv tnts of the day, and especially to the
deplorable tragedy lately enacted in New
Oil cans, we must look for the exciting cau
ses which have resulted in this UNPRECE
DEN J ED IMA EAT of the Democrats and
Conservative in Maine. However guilty
Northern abolition radicals may have been
in fomenting the Now Orleans riots, the
ugly fact stands forth in gloomy relief that
Southern whites and negroes sympathizing
with the Northern radical party were DE
LIBERATELY Ml 11DER ED by Southern
desperadoes and municipal officers who had
been notoriously active as SOUTHERN
REBELS in the late rebellion. Gen. Sheri
dan's dispatches upon this bloody business
have evidently left an impression upon the
X orthern mind prejudicial to the cause of
the speedy reconciliation of the two sections.
Those ruffianly elements of the South which
had so much to do in precipitating the
Southern States into the abys- of the late
rebellion, against the wishes and movements
ol the groat body of the Southern people,
have been again at their diabolical work.
And so we find the generous and acceptable
restoration policy of the President turned
into contempt by squads of Southern vaga
bonds, here and there, playing into the
hands of Northern radicals and fanatics in
sucli scenes of lawlessness and bloody vio
lence as those of Memphis and New Orleans.
Such ghastly scenes of disorder are, we
are satisfied, as REVOLTING TO THE
MASSES OF THE SOUTHER X PE< )PLE
AS TO THE PEOPLE OF TH E NORTH;
but in the stubborn fact that such scenes are
enacted in Southern cities with the conni
vance of the local authorities, aud that THE
GUILTY PARTIES ESCAPE WITH
OUT PI NISHMEXT, the Northern mind
is naturally drawn to the conclusion that
1 resident -Johnson s magnanimity is thrown
aw 33', and that the intractable spirit of the
rebellion still prevails throughout the South.
We have heard it said that the New Oilcans
massacre was a godsend to the Northern
radicals, and so, in casting about for the
solution ol this Maine election wc are com
pelled to recognize it. If the moral effects,
therefore, -hall prove to be tbe TRIUMPH
OF THE STRINGENT RADICAL PCIL
KA of exclusion, against the President's
generous aud conciliatory policy of Southern
restoration, the Southern people may charge
it to those vicious and rebellious elements
among themselves which Southern political
leaders have permitted to be used by Nor
thern radical agitators lor their party pur
poses.
1\ hatever may have been the real causes,
however, operating to bring about the ex
traordinary results of this Maine election, it
is tmi decisive against the Democracy and
conservatives to belimited to Maine. H'c
apprehend that, as in all our political con
texts of the past of a national character, the
result in Manic indicates the general drift of
the > lections coming after it throughout the
Northern States. The prospect now of a
conservative majority in the next Congress
is very doubtful; the prospect of another
radical Congress is better than it has ap
pearod at any time since December last. In
short, this Maine election of 18GG will prob
ably mark another NEW CHAPTER IN
OUR POLITICAL HISTORY, and per
haps ANOTHER REORGANIZATION
OF PARTIES AND ANOTHER RE
CONSTRUCTION OF PARTY PLAT-
I'ORMfe for the Presidential election, begin
ning with the close of the coming elections
of October and November.
CHKEKINU NEWS FROM Ol'il
STRONG HOLDS•
\V e hear most encouraging news from
Bloody Run, East Providence, West Provi
dence, Broad Top, Hopewell and Union,
the friends of Congress are at work in those
districts, but friends do not hesitate or cease
your efforts for'a single day until after -un
set on election day. . Every district that we
have enumerated can do better than it did
last year if the work is properly performed.
Work! Work!
FRIENDS, HE UP AND DOING!
How is the cause progressing in Napier,
Harrison, Londonderry, Juniata, Coleraia,
Liberty and Snake Spring? Are the friends
of Congress doing their whole duty? We
think they are, but you can't over do it !
We expect a reduced majority in all these
districts, avo Harrison, and here we have
20 majority, if our friends will only see to
getting out the votes.
£>gy*Tke New York Keening Post , which
finds itself in tho anomalous position of sup
porting the President's policy, but not the
President, says of Mr. Blair's recent effort in
Boston: "Mr. Montgomery Blair is speak
ing through New Knglaud, and seems to be
under the impression that he is supporting
President Johnspu. Whatever he may in
tend, however, if we may judge from the
reports of his Boston speech, he is in reality
disgusting all sensible and liberty-loving
men.*'