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HUNTINGDON, PA
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Wednesday morning, October 7, 1863
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Our Flag Forever
UNION STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
ANDREW G. CURTIN.
FOR SUPRESI?. JUDGE,
HON. DANIEL AGNEW,
of Beaver County.
UNION DISTRICT TICKET
FOR SENATOR.
e W. Householder, of Bedford
MEI
UNION COUNTY TICKET,
For Assembly,
DAVID ETNIER, of Cromwell
For Prothonotary,
WILLIAM C. WAGONER, of Brady
For Register and Recorder,
D. W. WOMELSDORF, of Franklin
For Treasurer,
DAVIp BLACK, of Huntingdon.
For County Commissioner,
JOHN HOUSEHOLDER, of Penn
Director of the Poor,
JOHN LOGAN, of Banco.
For Auditor,
ABRAHAM. Mit - NISH, of Morris
For Coroner,
WM. M. PHILIPS, of Alexandria.
COUNTY MEETINGS,
Friends of the Government and
our Brave " Boys,"
z - iz;
Union meetings will be held at the
following places, and able speakers will
be present
At Coffee It,un, Wedpesday eve, Oct 7
Scottsville, Wednesday evcn'g, Oct. 7
Trough Creek Meeting Rouse, Thurs
day evening, Oct. 8.
Calvin, Friday evening, Oct. 9.
Warm Springs, Friday evening, Oct. 9
Orbisonia, mass meeting, Friday, Oct.
9th, at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Dudley, Saturday, Oct. 10,1 o'elk, p m
At School House near Peter Graiger's,
Warriorsmark ridge, Saturday eve,
Oct. 10.
Saulsburg, Monday, Oct. 12, at 1 o'clk
MeAlevy's Fort, Monday eve, Oct. 12
Huntingdon, Monday even'g, Oct. 12
No News.
We have had but very little war
news for a week past. There has not
been any fighting. The armies are in
motion and we may have important
news soon. The great battles of the
war will he fought in Ohio and Penn
sylvania on Tuesday next, and we are
very sure the Secesh will be complete
ly routed.
The District and County Ticket.
Union voters ofUuntingdon county,
vote the 'Union ticket as you find it on
the opposite page. You cannot do
better by scratching a single name.—
They are loyal men themselves, and
they support the great Union National
organization of the country. Vote the
full ticket and crush treason to the
earth. And vote for the Amendments
to the Constitution that the soldiers in
the service of their country may at the
earliest day possible, have the right to
vote.
The Effect of the Treasonable Speech
es on the Soldiers.—Upwards of a bun.
dred soldiers, of the invalid corps, are
stationed at the Court Rouse. Almost
every man has been wounded in battle.
They occupied:the Court room as their
quarters, and as it was very disagree
able out-doors last Friday, they were
compelled to listen to the, bogus Dem
ocratic speakers. But the treason of
the, speakers . had. no other, effect upon
them than to make them stronger in
the faith. At the close of the meeting
in the afternoon, and also at the close
of the one at night, the soldiers gave
three cheers for Andy Curtin. This
kind of free speech by the soldiers
made the bogus Democratic Southdown
rebels feel very bad.
ASK. YOURSEM—Ifjeff Davis had
the power to elect the Governor of
Pennsylvania this fall, whom would
he choose? - G. -W. Woodward, who
with brazen effrontery from the very
steps of Independence- Hall, upheld
the right of secession and the blessings
of slavery, or an Andrew G. Curtin,
who with untiring energy has urged
forward troops and supplies to the na
tional armies; who has visited and
succored our wounded soldiers, and
has brought back the bodies of our
heroes slain, to repose beneath the
soil they loved so well ?
NOW TO VOTE,
Patriots need not be long in doubt
as to how they should vote. Let them
ascertain which ticket Jeff. Davis and
the rebels wish elected and vote against
that ticket. They will be sure to vote
right
SEVErAL communications laid aside
for want of room.
Democracy in 1848.
In 1848, Morris Longstreth was Ca
nal Commissioner. His name was
mentioned as one of the Democratic
candidates for nomination for Cover
not•. The other prominent candidates
were Jeremiah S. Black and Wm. Big
ler, both of whom aro now on the
stump for Woodward. Those opposed
to Mr. Longstreth's nomination, the
friends of Bigler and Black, got out a
"Circular" which was sent all over the
State, one of which we yet have pos
session of, iu which they take this po
• sition :
"If Mr. Longstreth is nominated for
Governor, what will be the position
of the party ? This will somewhat
depend upon his attitude ! He ought
to resign, for Democracy is now founded
upon strict principles, and whatever in
convenience may result to the party from
his resignation, its men are too sound to
permit such a sacrifice of principle, such
a display of inconsistency, as his reten
tion of o f fice would develope."
After stating the results that wowm
follow if be did resign, and quoting the
facts that in similar circumstances Gen.
Cass, Gen. Jackson, and John J. Grit
tendon bad resigned, the Circular goes
on to say :
In case .71.1 r. longstreth does not re
sign, his conduct will be misunderstood
and misrepresented. It will be said
that he is not confident of success and
holds ou to his - present office upon the
adage that "a bird in hand is worth
two in the bush " and indeed well
written arguments in favor of this po
sition can be found in the Democratic
papers opposed to Judge Banks in 1841,
and in the papers of the day, urging
the same thing in relation to General
Taylor.
:Besides there are many Democrats
who regard his retention of office as im
proper and in violation of Democratic
principle. The law authorising the
election of Canal Commissioners by
the people was intended to separate
that office from Executive influence,
but this evil would be encountered in
spirit by the Governor-elect attempt
ing to perform these duties. He would
then concentrate two influences, which
Democracy abhors, he mould be placed
in glaring contrast with the Democrats
we have already named who have meted
otherwise, lie would be preventing a choice
by the people for nearly a year, in a va
cancy that he foresaw and which ought
to be filled at the October election, and
all this, for the anti-Democratic purpose
of appointing his own successor, a thing
regarded as the essence of aristocracy,
at open war with every principle of popu
lar government."
Will Judge Black and Win. Bigler
see to it that their candidate shall not
in 1863, do what they pronounced in
1848, "a thing regarded as the essence of
aristocracy, at open war with every prin
ciple of POPULAR government ?" We
shall see. But how very Democratic
it was for the Convention which nom
inated Judge Woodward to instruct
him to hold on for the very purpose of
doing this thing which is "the essence of
aristocracy, (*open war with every prin
ciple of popular government." Truly
the Democracy of 1863, in the hands
of the Reeds, Ingersolls, Whartons,
and weak-kneed Biglers, when tested
by old time teachings, has got to be a
very shabby affair. Its old friends
don't recognise the shameless impos
ture. They recollect however, that
Longstreth was nominated, did not re
sign, and was defeated. The warning
is significant !
Who Are Democrats ?
We hear a certain class of mon say
that there are as many Democrats in
the loyal army as there are Republi
cans. We do not deny this—but we
do deny that they are bogus Democrats
—we do deny that they arc Jeff Da
vis Democrats—we do deny that they
are anti-war Democrats—and we do
deny that they are in favor of the elec
tion of Woodward. All men who are
in favor of making war and sustaining
it against traitors, are Democrats. Do
you find the present bogus Democratic
party arrayed against the traitors' re
bellion ? No. You find them opposed
to the war, and arrayed against our
Government and the war party. The
leading speakers of the bogus Democ
racy have not a word to say to en
courage our soldiers—not a ward to
say to persuade men to go to the as
sistance of our brave "boys" in front
of the enemy—not a word to say
against the atrocities of the rebels.—
To come bate—who has ever seen in
the Monitor any article denouncing the
rebels, or any article exposing their
cruelties practiced upon Union soldiers
and upon Than citizens in the South ?
Men are bust known by the company
they keep. If you find them in the
company of the Vallandighamites, the
Seymourites, the Woodwardites, you
will be very safe in classing them with
the Jeff Dar igites—traiters to their coun
try—or dupes of traitors.
Bear in Mind.
That Brough will be elected over
Vallandighatn in Ohio, by 100,000
majority. Think, that if Curtin should
be - elected in Pennsylvania byan over
whelming majority, the rebels will be
completely disheartened and speedily
throw down their arms. The result
will be the more certain as all chance
of foreign intervention in behalf of the
rebels has passed away. England
won't meddle, and Prance is afraid.
Now, if the friends of the drafted neon
Want them to return home in a few
months, let them vote the Union tick
et. The election of Curtin will' short
en tho war, showing as it will that the
people of the North are united and re
solved. This is a fact that is undoubt
ed. So vote then, on Tuesday, as to
secure a speedy peace, and a return
to their homes of your friends,
The Gathering of Traitors,
On Friday afternoon last, the bogus
Democracy of the county held a mass
meeting in the Court House. During
the afternoon the room was pretty
well filled with rebels and Union men,
but in the evening there was room for
hundreds not there. We were anxious
to know what the distinguished speak
ers would have to say—what they
could say to influence loyal men to
vote for Woodward. Several of their
big guns were on hand—Northrop and
Carraghan of Philadelphia, Witte of
Montgomery, and Kane of Fayette.
We listened attentively to every speech
made, and if we had not known that
it was a bogus Democratic meeting,
we would have sworn that it was an
out-and-out secession meeting—a meet
ing of genuine Southern rebels—and
no Union man could come to any oth
er conclusion. Hot a word was utter
ed by any one of the speakers favor
ing a vigorous prosecution of the war
against the rebels. From the begin
ning to the end of every speech there
was nothing but abuse of the Presi
dent and Governor Curtin. Even our
soldiers were denounced for destroy
ing property of the rebels and other
wise hurting them. The first speaker
Mr. Northrop, said :—"The war was a
wicked policy."—" You must relax the
hand of blood before you can secure
peace."—'•The man that preaches loy
alty and the Union is a fool."—" It is
a war to free the niggers, and to place
them on an equality with the white."
This last sentence was lustily cheered
by Speer—perhaps he was thinking of
" Spotty." Then ho said, "The Demo
cratic party would visit the ven
geance of the laws upon the Abolition
ists"—but he had not a word to say
about visiting the vengeance of the
laws upon the traitors who are mur
dering our sons, brothers and lathers,
and trying to destroy the best Govern
ment on earth. Witte said Democrats
did volunteer when the war first com
menced, but theywould not do so now,
and never would until the war was
carried on as they would dictate. He
said they would elect Woodward and
Vallandigham, and with the assistance
of Seymour of New York, and Parker
of New Jersey, they would have the
power to compel the President to do
just as they would ask him to do.
Kane lied from the beginning to the
end of his speech, and he knew it, and
every reading man knew it, and yet
the poor miserable party dupes, and
party leaders, cheered every falsehood
he uttered. We have not time to re
fer to all the teachings of the rebel
speakers. We would like to have
their speeches in print for general cir
culation, and we know the eyes of hun
dreds of voters would be opened to the
fact that the leaders of the bogus De
mocratic organiimtion are leagued with
Jeff Davis to destroy our Government
that the white poor man may be
brought to a level with the negro
slave. Provost Marshall Campbell
would have discharged nothing more
than his duty if he had arrested Nor
throp, Witte and Carraghan, and sent
them below to answer for their treas
onable speeches. But perhaps it is as
well they have their liberty, as their
speeches will make votes for Curtin,
and on the 2nd Tuesday of October
the loyal people will hole the traitors
and their treason. One Democrat who
occupied a seat within the bar, and
who cheered at almost everything that
was said until Witte commenced to
abuse Gen. Bu tler,left his seat,declari fig
that he had got into the wrong com
pany and would now vote for Curtin.
Others left no better pleased with the
treasonable proceedings. •
Seymour is Governor of Now York,
Seymour was elected by the bogus De
mocracy. Seymour is responsible for
The many lives lost and property des
troyed during the bloody riot in Now
York.' Thirty thousand of our brave
soldiers are there to prevent the
"friends" of Seymour from again re
belling against the Government, which
would not be necessary if the Govern
or was
_ , a loyal man. These thirty
thousand soldiers should be with the
army: If they had been with lose
crans we would now be rejoicing over
another great victory. But they must
be kept in Now York to prevent a re
bellion in the North. Elect Woodward
and thirty thousand more of our sol
diers will have to be called home to
protect the loyal people of Pennsylva
nia. Bogus Democracy and Southern
traitor's go hand.in hand to destroy
our Democratic Government. Vote
for Woodward if you want traitors to
rule in this State. Elect Woodward
if you want to hear Jeff Davis, his ar
my, and Northern traitors, rejoice.
But if you want to hear the true De
mocrats shout, our bravo soldiers
shout, Union men of all parties not
the dupes of traitors shout as men
never shouted, elect 'Andrew Curtin,
the loyal man and "Soldiers' Friend."
WE have heard of a farmer in Penn
township, who intends to vote for
Woodward, because he thinks that if
Woodward should be elected, he would
call home the Pennsylvania soldiers
and the war would be at an end. This
man has certainly- received his ideas
from Speer, Caldwell & Co., and is wil
ling that the rebels shall overrun the
North, and tax our loyal people to pay
the expenses of their rebellion. A man
who is in favor of calling' our army
from the battle-field is a traitor and
should ho pelted to death with rotten
eggs.
tta. General B. F. Butler, in his
great speech at Oxford, Chester coun
ty, last week, paid Lis respects to the
Copperheads who are perpetaally
grumbling about the denial of "free
speteh" to the traitors and their abet
tors. Let them shoulder a musket and
help put down the rebellion, and free
speech will soon be restored. The
General said :
"It is complained that the President
suspended the habeas corpus. Nov,
the suspension of the habeas corpus is,
essentially a Democratic idea. It nev
or was recommended to be suspended
until by Thomas Jefferson, in the Burr
rebellion. Who actually did suspend
it? General Jackson, and ho was a
good Democrat. General Jackson not
only suspended it but arrested the of
fender and imprisoned the judge. [Ap
plause] The suspension is therefore
according to democratic practice.—
But, without stopping to defend it on
that ground, how can we get rid of it?
End the rebellion. Do not interfere
with the government. If it is feeble,
give it your strength; if it is weak, give
it your power; if it is unpatriotic, give'
it your patriotism. Go with me and
end the rebellion, and there will be no
further suspension of the habeas corpus.
End the rebellion, and all our woes are
ended. There will be no further
drafts, no more increase of taxation,
no more infringement of the liberty of
speech."
OUR PLAIN DUTY.
The signal successes of the Govern
ment, and the desperate condition to
which the Confederacy is reduced, are
regarded by all as certain indications
that the war of the rebellion is near
its close. Somewhat prematurely, in
deed, public attention is called to the
discussion of questions connected with
a reconstruction of the Union. For it
is as true now, as at the commence
ment of the war, that, while a formi
dable enemy stands opposed to the
Government endeavoring to overthrow
it, the people have but one plain duty
to perform. They must each and all
give their individual and united Ma
once in aiding those into whose hands,
for the time being, the administration
of the Government is confided. But
the approach of a Presidential election
threatens danger to the country, thro'
the selfish and short-sighted policy of
partisans, who are really more eager
for the interests of certain political the
tions than they are for the welfare of
the Union. They will not leave the
scone of party strife to stand on a
higher plain in defence of the great
principles which arc rudely assailed;
and they will, if they can, draw the
people into a contest about the distri
bution of offices, rather than keep dis
tinctly in view the grand results which I
may be brought out of the Federal
victories.
On the 18th of July,-1861, Mr Crit
tenden, of Kentucky, presented a re
solution, subsequently adopted by
both branches of Congress, with the
exception of two votes (Breekinridge
in the Senate and Burnett in the
House,) which commenced with these
emphatic words, that '° the present civil
war has bran forced upon us by the dis
unio»ists of the Southern Slates now in
rebellion against this Government." For
this resolution all the Democratic lead
ers, who were then in their seats, with
the exceptions above minted, and • the
entire Republican party, voted. And
yet in flagrant contempt of this record
and with a knowledge of it before him,
Justice Woodward has the hardihood
to come forward and to declare that
the war was not begun by Secession,
but that it wets " caused" by a " ma
lignant fanaticism," meaning, of course
the Abolitionists and anti-slavery in
terests of the North.
. .
THE rebel sympatinsm • gpapers think
it is only necessary for them to deny
and denounce as lies every thing a loy
al paper publishes, to enable them to
control the unthinking masses of the
people. What we have said of Judge
Woodward, can be investigated if the
parties most interested desire to do so.
The proof will come from under Wood
ward's own roof if his nephew is a man
of truth.
A Voice from the Army.
SIR : Please publish the following
extract of a letter just received from
Crab Orchard, Kentucky :
"A rote was taken in our regiment
yesterday, and you can judge from the
result how the soldiers stand on the
issue now pending for Governor of
Pennsylvania. Through the perils of
ten battles, our regiment, the 51st P.
V., has been reduced to less than 300
men fit for duty, and out of 236 votes
cast (that being the number present
with the regiment,) Judge Woodward
received 28, and Governor Curtin 208.
Is it any wonder the "Democracy" aro
afraid to allow the soldiers to cote, al
though they are all the time claiming
to have a majority in the army ?"
I am, &c., AI:A.
Er-Vice President Dallas for Gov Curtin
The Bucks county intelligence?. says
"Among the distinguished democrats
who have arrayed themselves on the
side of the Union in the pending con
test, and have expressed a determina
tion to vote for the ro•olootion of Gov.
Curtin, the name of George M
of Philadelphia, has been mentioned.
Mr. Dallas is a Democrat of such ma
ture years, and such honorable stand
ing in the nation, that none can accuse
him of being actuated by personal or
ambitious motives in taking this posi
tion. lie realizes that the very life of
the Union has been attacked by the
traitors of the South, and that the only
way to della their object is to stand
firmly and unitedly by the Govern
ment that is endeavoring to suppress
the rebellion, All honor to Mr. Dallas
for his patriotic cotiriio
TO YOUNG DEMOCRATS
Before you vote at the corning elec
tion road or inquire a little about the
Hartford Convention, held during the
war of 1812, and reflect upon the fate
of its members. The country was at
war with a powerful enemy ; the gov
ernment needed the support of every
American citizen. Yet the members
of that Convention met to embarrass
the government, thus discouraging our I
own people and encouraging the Eng
lish. Although they were good men
socially and morally, and honest in
their politics up to that time, yet they
forgot the first duty of Americans.
And what was the fate of these
Hartford Conventionists ? The dis
grace of that ill-timed, unpatriotic
movement, clung to them clarity , ° their
lives. The community never forgot
how in the hour of their country's per
il those men placed themselves in op
position to a government striving to
defeat the enemies of the eountry.—
As for electing one of them to office, it
was almost impossible. They were
dishonored for life, and the ticket upon
which any of their names appeared
was almost certain to bo defeated.
We are now in the midst of a war of
infinitely greater proportions than that
of 1812-15. The country is in vastly
greater danger than it was then. Yet
there are men now who instead of en
deavoring, as they should, to sustain
the government in its efforts to sup
press the rebellion, are doing all in their
power secretly and openly to embar
rass the government, to discourage our
soldiers, to inspirit our enemies, and
bring ruin upon the country. They
are marked men—they will be disgra
ced forever. When the war ends, like
the - Hartford Conventionists, they will
be execrated by honest patriotic men
,9f all parties.
Will young Democrats just entering
political life, join hands with such trai
tors? Will they meet with them, con
spire with them, vote with them ? If
they do, they may as well cease to hope
for future advancement in politics; the
offices will not be for them; the respect
and confidence of the people will be
forfeited forever. In the present crisis
the path of duty and patriotism is the
way to success hereafter. Do not cast
your first votes against your country.
If patridtism will not, let policy pre
vent your doing this. Be good citizens
and you will find that you are not only
on the right side, but on the strong .
Hide now and in ie future.
Judge Woodward and Secession—
More Testimony.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30, 1803.—Dear
Sir: Understanding that on a visit to
Gettysburg, subsequently to the great
battle at that place, you had oppor
tunities of learning opinions of Judge
Woodward, now a candidate for the
office of Governor, in regard to the
war, and believing that the public
should be made acquainted with these
opinions, we respectfully ask you to
furnish us with your recollections in
regard to them.
Very respectfully,
WILLIAM 11. KERN,
HENRY D. Moons.
To Mr. GEORGE W. HART.
No. 660 NORTE( EIGHT STRUT,
Philadelphia, Oct. 2, MO.—Gentlemen:
Your favor of 30th ult. has been re
ceived. In answer, I would state that
on the 7th of-July. last, the Tuesday
after the battle of Gettysburg, I left
my home in this city for the purpose
of visiting the battlefield. At
Wrightsville I took the stage and
found myself in company with several
gentlemen, one of whom was the
Hon. George W. Woodward, who
had then just been nominated for the
office of Governor. I rode with him
from Wrightsville to Gettysburg, and
I also returned in his company from
Gettysburg to York.
As we were journeying toward the
battlefield, the conversation was natur
ally of the war, and at Oxford, in
Adams county, there was quite a dis
cussion between Judge Woodward
and the Rev. Edward Strong, of
Now Raven, Connecticut, who was
one of the party. Judge Woodward
denounced the Administration and
the war is very strong and decided
terms. Re said that it was an uncon
stitutional war and an abolition war,
and that he bad no interest whatever
iu the result, lot this result be what it
might; that it was a contest in which
the North could gain neither credit
nor honor; and this he believed would
be the verdict of history.
I was with Judge Woodward for a
good part of three days, in going and
returning, and there was much more
said by him to the same effect as the
above, and them was not one word of
sympathy uttered by him, in my hear
ing, for the Government or for those
who wore sacrificing their lives for its
support. As a lOyal citizen, who has
always voted for Democratic nominees,
I was shocked at the sentiments which
were uttered by ono who held a high
judicial position, and who aspired to
receive yet higher honor, from the
State; and this conversation produced
the same effect on other minds as on
my own, for a gentleman who happen
ed to hear a part of it remarked to me
that the Judge had lost one Denfocrat
ic vote.
As these remarks Of Judge Wood
ward were in no wise private, I have
frequently spoken of them to others;
and I now, at your suggestion, place
this letter at your disposal, to be used
in any way that you may deem best
calculated to promote the success of
the cause of the Union, and to inform
the people of the real sentiments of
one of the candidates for whom they
aro called upon to vote.
I am, gentlemen, yours, respectfully
Ciconor, W, Mau.
To Messrs. Wm. H. Korn. and Henry
D. Moore.
Whoever votes for George W.
Woodward fbr Governor will vote to
sustain his favorite theory that human
bondage and property in man is an
incalculable blessing, and divinely or-
dained. They will also endorse the
traitor Vallaudigham at the same time.
It is not the sort of vote they will be
proud of in after life.
GenerAl Sigel in the Field
The gallant Gen. F. Sigel, the hero
of Pea Ridge and other battles, atten
ded a Union meeting at Concert Hall,
Philadelphia, on Wednesday evening
last, and made a tolling speech in favor
of Curtin, Agnew and the Union.
" What our soldiers arc doing in the
field, that must we do at home," says
every loyal Pennsylvanian : " If our
brothers and Our sons support the Go
vernment with the musket, shall we
not support it with our vote ?" "My
son is in the army fighting for the Go
vernment," said a gray-haired farmer;
"how would it look if I were to go
and vote against it? If one man pulls
one way, and another another, they
don't accomplish much. It is like
hitching a team to each end of a wag
on, and attempting to drive both ways
at once. You would be sure to pull
the wagon to pieces; and that's all
you'd do." But the men of Pennsyl
vania do not mean to pull tlio Union
wagon to pieces, nor will they let the
bogus Domocraey do that either.
ME blackguard and traitor of the
Johnstown Democrat denies that we
were ever foreman of, or ever were
employed in the Harrisburg Keystone
office. He doeg things up clean. He
can't get 0. Barret, ono of the present
editors of the Patriot and Union to say
as much. 11. A. Boggs, Esq., of Johns
town, was one of the printers with us
in the office at the time A traitor
can stoop very low to make a point.
ME Monitor has had much to say
about Mr. Zentanyer having two sons
in the army (there against his'will)—
and has had something, to say for Mr.
Massey, who is perhaps the best marks
man in the county, and an able bodi
ed young man, but he has never offer
ed his services to try his rifle on his
rebel friends. Mr. Wagoner, who is a
candidate on the Union ticket in oppo
sition to Mr. Massey, went, to the bat
tle-field in the nine months service and
fought bravely until severely wound
ed at the battle of Antietam. The
voters will remember this when they
make up their ticket to vote. Vote
for a soldier all the time.
JUDGE WOODWARD ON FOREIONSRS.-
Referring to this subject, Hon. Thad
deus Stevens said to the meeting at
Christiana:_
" I was delegate in the Convention
in which Judge Woodward offered an
amendment to disfranchise foreigners.
1 remember distinctly Judge Wood
ward to say that he had low , believed
that foreigners should not be allowed
to vote; and it grieves me much to
see that nine-tenths of the voters of
his party are foreigners. Will not
these blind men ever see the light?
But, though they should vote for him,
he could not prevail. The election
was already secured and Governor
Curtin and the country might be con
gratulated in advance."
The Backtnil Brigade.
At a meeting of the 149th and 150th
regiments of the Bucktail Brigade, at
camp near Culpeper, Ya., September
22,1863, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted by time Buektail
Brigade :
Resolved, That we deem it the sacred
duty of every loyal citizen who desires
the preservation of our national integ
rity- and honor, the establishment of
enduring peace and prosperity, to sup
port by.their suffrages no person who
has not declared himself unconditional
ly for the war; that Governor Curtin,
by his untiring efforts to aid in crush
ing the rebellion, and his attention to
the wants of Pennsylvania soldiers,
has proved himself in patriotism and
ability second to none in the land.
Resolved, That, while we contend
with armed foes in our front, we appeal
to our friends at home to take warning
by the fate of Ness York, with her
Copperhead Governor, and the accom
panying riots; and, laying aside all
partisan feeling and prejudices, act
only for the good of our country.
Resolved, That no citizen can give a
clearer proof of devotion to his coun
try, and appreciation of good govern
ment, than the soldier who offers his
life to defend it; that Judge Woodward
by his decision and disfranchising the
soldier, has forfeited our confidence.
Resolved, That our national interests
demand that our Executive, "who has
the -organization of our State forces in
his power, should be familiar with the
interests of the service, arid that it
would be a sad calamity to entrust the
administration of our State Govern
ment to a person of doubtful patriotism,
and loyalty.
Resolved, That as the election of a,
man avowedlyopposed to the war for
Governor of our State would encour
age the enemies of our country, we
earnestly appeal to our friends in
Pennsylvania to put forth every effort
to elect an able statesman, a true pa
triot, the soldiers' friend, by rallying
unitedly to the,standard of Freedom,
Union, and Andrew G. Curtin.
W. S. PINE, Capt. Co. E,
150th Regt., P. V., Chairman.
J MONGER, Captain Co. 11, 150th
Regt., P. v., Secretary.
To the Voters of Huntingdon County.
The Union County Committee having
placed me upon the county ticket as a
candidate for the - office of Coroner,
without my know/edge or consent, and
holding the position of judge of tho
election in my district, I most respect
fully decline being a candidate for said
office.
WILLIAM M. PHILLIPS,
.Alexandria, Oct. 3, 1803.
To the Voters of Huntingdon County
A paper in the county, and certain
individuals have asserted that if I
should be elceted County Treasurer,
the duties of the Oleo would hp atten
ded to by some other person than my
self. I have only to say, that if you
elect me to that responsible post, I
will, as it ftlWilyB has been my inten
tion, attend to the duties of the office
myself. DAVID BLACK.
Huntingdon, Sept. 23, 1863-3 t
Ova brave " boys" in the army will
rally round the flag, and the loyal free
men of the State will rally round the
Soldiers' Friend;
A Lrrns PaovoutNo.—Ott Friday
last, as on other similar occasions, we
noticed in the bogus Democratic crowd
a large number of traitors and dupes
of traitors, who make themselves very
busy in every effort suggested'. by the
Monitor faction to injure us in busiuess.
They perhaps have taken the advice
of their friends or masters, and instesd
of acting like honest men, they act the
part of scoundrels by refusing to pay
for what we, in good faith. gave them
on time. Of course they want to
"crush out" the Globe, and they think
they "have us" if they refuse to pay
their honest debts. Thank God, we
are not dependent upon such' mean
scoundrels for our bread and 'tators:
We can afford to lose what they hon
estly owe us and still livo.better than
we ever have. The few hundred dol
lars the bogus Democracy owe 'us they
can give to the support of treason, and
still we can "live and grow fat." The
loyal Democracy, the loyal people, aro
with us, and who shall make us afraid.
The loyal people, our friends, have our
thanks for the liberal support they
give us.
Gieat Speech of Francis J. Grand,
Late one of the publishers and editors of
"The Age" published in Philadelphia.
Mr. Grunt% spoke in Philadelphia
n Monday evening of last week, to
a large audience. We have room only
for the closing part of his very able
speech :
"If in the Gubernatorial struggle
now before us, Mr. Justice Wood
ward—a gentleman whom I respect
and admire for his many eminent
qualities—stands openly, : fairly; and
I not by implication or as a matter of
policy at the eleventh hour, on the
war platform :if he will boldly and
unequivocally define his position on
that most important question, and
avow himself in fhvor or a vigorous
prosecution of the war till the rebels
lay down their arms, I am with him,
ready to advocate his claims With my
lips and my pen to the best' of my
humble abilities. If, on the contrary,
be does not stand on the war platform,
or supports the war only conditionally;
if he stands merely on a platform dic
tated by expediency; or if sharing
the opinions of Mr. Calhoun, he holds'
as I honestly believe he holds, that the
Federal Government has no right to co
erce one or more sovereign Stateswhich
dare to raise the standard of seces
sion and rebellion against the lawful
authority of the United States
then, whatever objection I might here
tofore have had to the re-election of
Governor Curtin, I shall vote and la
bor for the success of that nominee,
whose election will best secure the
hearty co operation of the patriotic
people of Pennsylvania in the holy
work of conquering and utterly crush
ing this wicked rebellion and in restor
lug in the only way which is . new
open to us, the integrity, power, 'and
prosperity of the whole country.—
This is not the time for the candi
dates for office to conceal ordisgulso
their politAcat - i7tVZIX:47 -
boast of the sympathy of the Demo-
cratic party in the free States. Their
warlike operations and the actions of
the Government of France and Eng
land will depend on- the result of the
coming elections, and a fearful respon
sibility attaches to the ballot of every
citizen. lam not to be deceived by
political platforms. I know that these
platforms are constructed by politi
cians, not by statesmen; with a view
to entrap unwary voters, and not as
miles of action binding on the candi
dates after their election. I know
that the bulk of the democratic party,
in spite of the professions of its cunning
leaders, stands on the peace-platform
and that, if it were to succeed, the sob
els would take a fresh start, and tho
Government of Franco and England,
which are now, by the union of the
North deterred from intervening in
our national quarrel, would no longer
hesitate to act, if assured of the good
wishes, if not of the active co-oper
ation, of a powerful party in the free
States.
Neither am I to be misled by the
false cry of" the constitution and the
Union." The Brock iriridge Democrats
and the sympathizerg with the rebel
lion do not moan the Constitution and
the Union as the people understand
thorn. The "Constitution" with these
Democrats is a mere "Federal compact
between sovereign States," not a na
tional'eharacter binding the people of
all the States indissolubly under one
a n d the same supreme Government;
and the "Union "with them, is not an
organized whole;but a mere complex
of States,.adhering to each other as
long'as it may suit their pleasure.—
when they clamor for "the Constitu
tion and the Union," they . mean " tho
Federal compact, and the right of the
sovereign States to secede from it ;"but
they have a care not to inscribe such'
a miserable motto on their banners.—
They know that the truth would cotil
found them and ruin their prgsilael
forever•
Morality, religion, and the.Constitu t
tion have been taxed by the sachems
of the Democratic party to show that
the rebellion cannot ho suhdtleti byt
war, and some political sophists have
actually labored to prove this by the
teachings of history. But we have
all beard of a certain great rebellion
which took place long before our time,
though we still feel the effects of it in
our moral and physical condition.—,
Well this great rebellion was :effect
tinny put down py a fierce and !Itigry;
war, the glorious incidents of whicb,
have furnished the theme of tho ncv
blest epic in the English language.— •
It was the war of rebellious Salm%
against the heavenly hosts, and the
Prince of darkness was defeated,
though his resolution and valor chal
lenged that species of admiration
which is now so liberally bestowed, by
some of our fellow-citizens, on tho
"chivalry" of the Southern traitors.—
The cause of good government tri
umphed then, and, with the assistance'
of the Divine Ruler of the universe,
Will triumph now. This country is too:
young and powerful, its resources are.
too abundant, and the spirit of its peo
ple is too patriotic and indomitable, to,
perish in the midst of its glorious
achievements by the hands of politicat
assassins.