AMERICAN VOLUNTEER
JOHN H. BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor.
CARLISLE, PA., SEPTEMBER 10,1863,
The Preservation of the Constitution
The Restoration of the Union,
And the Snpremac/ of the Laws.
Democs'utic State Ticket.
-i?or governor, ,
EBQRGEW. FOOD WARD,
OF ’ LUZJSUNE.
TOR JUDGE OF THE supreme court,
WALTER 11. LOWRIE,
OF ALLEGHENY.
Democratic Comity Tfclctit*
For Assembly,
JOHN D. BO WHAN, of East Pennsboro’,
■ '%nrFrnthonolary,
SAMUEL SIHREMAN, of Lower Allen,
For Clerk of'the Courts,
■EPHRAiMCGRNMAN, of Carlisle.
. For Register,
GEORGE W.‘ -NORTH’, of Newville.
_ For Treasurer,
■HENRY S. RITTER, of Carlisle,
For Commissioner,
JOHN McCOY, of Hope well.
For Director of the Poor, •
CHRISTIAN HARTMAN, of Silver Spring,
For Auditor,
D. B. STEVICK, of Newbnrg.
ELECTION- n?I TUESDAY, ‘OCT. 13th, 1863
DEMOCRATIC
MASS MEETING!
“ THE CONSTITUTION AS IT IS—THE
UNION AS IT WAS!”
WOODWARD AND VICTORY!
RASHLY, FEEEMEiV, RAULS’ !
On Thursday, October 8, 18615.
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in accordance'with tho resolution adopted
by tho Democratic County Meeting, held in
the Court House, in Carlisle, pn tho evening
of Uio 2-sth'of August, and the action of the
Democratic Central'Club of Carlisle, a
MASS MEETING, *
of the Democracy ami conservative men of
CumhorlandGounty will be hold in the
Eoyongh of Carlisle,
ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, .1863,
AT U O'CLOCK,'P.
to endorse the nominations of’WOODWARD
and LOVVRIE, and to re affirm the everlast-
ing principles and truths of the great Demo
cratic party. Let all who are in favor of the
restoration of the Union, the supremacy of
the Laws, the right of Tree Speech and Tree
Dress, and the enjoyment ot 'Constitutional
'Liberty, turn out and hear the issues of the
day clearly expressed'. Let every one who
wishes to see the return of Peace and’Pros-
perity, turn out on that day, and with one
■voice protest against Tyranny and assert
their devotion to the glorious old Union ns
“the Fathers 1 ’ made it. Let our noble ! Db-
.mocracy and other Constitutional Union,men
awake—arouse 1 The enemies of our Conu-
try, who trample under foot the Constitution,
and Laws, and our rights as freemen, must
bo put down at the ballot-box. Individual
Rights, Free Speech, and a Free Press
MUST AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED!
■Rally, rally, friends of the Union as it was,
and the Constitution as it is.
Eminent speakers from abroad will -bo
present. Their names will be announced in
the posters and through the columns of the
Democratic,county papers.in tluetime.
By order of- the 'Democratic County Meet
ing, and the Democratic Central '.Club of
Carlisle.
JOHN B. BRATTON,
H. NEWSHAM,
RUFUS E. SHAPLEY,
Committee.
Pise.— The dwelling ofWu. J. Shearer,
Esq., (south end of Hanover street,) was de
stroyed by fire on Tuesday night. Most of
his. furniture and household affairs were
saved, but the house is a total ruin. Mr. S.
had an insurance of $6OO on his property.
SSL. The Pittsburg Gazette, the loading Re
publican paper in the West, says that the
“ELECTION OP CURTIN 19 IMPOSSL
BLE.” It brings a long listof charges against
him. When loading papers of his own party
aro thus compelled to come out against the
Ropuciicaa caad’.date, whoro aro the'votes
com'. to {.re. rent his utter and com-
plete duV
Vermont Election. —An election in Ver
mont for Governor and other State Officers,
three Congressmen, and ft Stnte Legislature,
took place on Tuesday of lost week, ond the
Republicans, a* usual, elected their ticket.
JIN TPISTOL.IBV "BAJIPAOE.”
An Individual, who signs himself " A. Lin
coi.NJ’ soems to have out loose from thoapron
,strings of his cabinet grannies, or lie has
'taken advantage of the absence of bis py
rotechnic, diplomatic, statesmanlike mentor,
Seward, and while the astute (?) Secretary
of State feasts and travels the foreign ambas
sadors, liis naughty pupil bursts the bonds
ot lutilago, and has the effrontery to write let,.'
tors, without his teacher’s revision. Naughty
“A. Lincoln;” bow dare you thus violate
the rules of school ? God. Taylor's- cabinet
would not allow the confiding old hOro ; t6-Vote
on any questions,.Save where there was a tie,
ami .your cabinet of resplendent intellects,
ought to apply the birch feryour unruly con
duct, or what 'Would bo a more pertinent
punishment, stand you in the “ fool’s corner,”
on the “ fool’s stool,” decorated with the
“ fool’s oap;”
In “ A. Lincoln's” letter to Gen. Grant,
he informs that excelloiitphiof, “ that you
■and I never mot personalty?’ If they oroi
de or did, how else does “A. Lincoln” ex
pect to meet, unless “ personally-'}” -'Surely
he does not expect to startle the soul of the
General by an apparition in a Scotch eapAntJ
plaid cloak. If lie does, we would'advisp the
General to take to his books wt'on'Co, and
steady his quaking nerves with a rehearsal
of Hamlet, beginning angels and ministers
of grace defend ns ; be thou a spirit of earth
or goblin damned," Sic., Ac. “’Wenevermet
personally.” Hal ha!
“ A. Lincoln" further says to the bravo
General, "H gratefully acknowledge the. ser
vice you done the country.” Shade of-Line
;lev Murray, look with pity on thine erring
child. You are not the iirst.paternal ancestor
who has felt it “ sharper than an adder’s
tooth’,’ to have a graceless chap. When his
teacher is at homo, ho will do better. Having
been a mauler of rails, it is natural ho Should
maul your grammar.
■ “A. Lincoln’-’ at the close of this masterly
specimen of letter writing, virtually admits
that Vicksburg would have been numbered,
with the -Virginia failures, had Gen. Grant
“ done" what he thought he “should do;”
that is, let the immaculate warrior “ A, Lin
coln” fight the battle for him. Gen. Gr,Jlt
refused to listen to dictation from Washing-
ton, and thus won the victory of the war.—
“A.’Lincoen” says, “ when yOu got below,
and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf and vicin
ity, I thought you should go down fho'fiver,
and jpin Gen. Banks; and when you turned
northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it
was a mistake. I now wish, to make the
.personal acknowledgement that you worn
right And'l was wrong.”
, .-It is-alLvcry ipropev' for “ A. ILincoln” to
acknowledge'his error,'but inasmuch as bn
was exceeding severe, oven unto removal
from their commands, of distinguished Gen
erals who, according to bis idea, made “a
mistake," ought ho not to inflict the same
punishment upon his own “ mistake," and
remove himself from the command, which he
acknowledges he is not ft to 'occupy. 'Had
Gen, Grant failed, “A. Lincoln” would
have sot it down as a “ mistake,'’ and removed
him forthwith. It is a had rule that reacheo
the subordinate,- and punishes in his person
“a mistake,”‘which in the person’of “-A.
Lincoln’’ would be pardoned and extenuated
»is plcasnpb juvl -** A.
Lincoln’s” - interference with Generals in
command, and his wretched botching in a
difficult profession, has filled the country with
widows and orphans, .covered every
field with graves, and imperiled constitution
al-liberty on this continent.
His second epistle, (signed “ A. Lincoln,”
after the manner of the one totUenAdRANT,)
is much longer and .more 'characteristic
contains more of his nafioe tim and sookdolo
ger logic, than any of his grcdt and brilliant
effusions. It is a political dopumeut, ad
dressed to the Abolition' Convention-that as
sembled one day last week in Illinois—the
home of “A. Lincoln.” This is the “ great.
Springfield letter,” the publication of which
was heralded dll over the . country as the
most sublime specimen of the logical, didac
tic and rhetorical. One pensionededitor tells
us “ it is plain, forcible and eminently direct.’’
Wo suppose this refers to the astounding in
telligence oyer " A. Lincoln’s” own signa
ture, as follows—“ There are those who are
dissatisfied with me,!” -Dissatifjfied’withyou?
Aye, sir, tlio.iniijority of tho’people are not
only dissatisfied with.-you, but disgusted with
yon. Your want of dignity caricatures the
position you hold "by accident, while,your
wholesale usurpations, have aroused a-spirit
that “ will not down” at nny man’s bidding.
Another paid stipendiary says,—“ With the
wiilo grtiap of a statesman, he speaks words of
wisdom.” This allusion must be to the fol
lowing dstuto sentence in-said letter —“ldo
not believe that any compromise embracing the
mainlainance of the Union is possible.’’ No,
sir, you never-intended that any compromise
should save the Union. You did not want
the Union'saved as our fathers made it. You
were determined to destroy slavery at all
hazards, and as preparatory, you and your
friends trampled the Crittenden offer under
foot, and at once appealed to arms. As your
armies advanced into the rebellious States,
they (at your bidding,) systematically crush
ed out all Union sentiment by stealing slave
property without reference to the opinions or
patriotism of the owner. Compromise -would
have saved the Union, and would do so now,
but you do not want it saved in that way;
hence your “ belief” that it will not save it.
Is not the wish that it may not bo father
to the thought that it cannot bo saved ? It
looks very .much that way, “ A. Lincoln.”
The" hired “ dog” of the President bow
wows his opinion,, which is, that the letter
shows " A. Lincoln’s” religions regard for
truth.” The “ truffle cur” must mean the
following —“ Now allots me to assure youthat
no word or intimation fromthe rebel army, or
any of the men controlling -it, in relation to any
peace compromise, has eter’come tomy knowl
edge or belief.” AVell, sir, wb take what you
say to ho “ religious truth but how could
an offer of ponce or compromise roach you,
when you had closed and guarded every ave
nue of approach ? The flaming sword at ths
gate of Eden, was no surer defense against
the approach of our first parents, than was
the cruel course of your administration in
the prevention of peace and reconciliation.
You gave them no opportunity to make the
offer. In the Mexican war, a peace commis
sioner attended our victorious army; this
was humane and Christian, In this war, no
peace representative is sont—nothing hut a
cohtiniihi '' blood-letting,'” confiscation and
subjugation, is thoughtof. This is inhuman
and barbarous. Tins most effectually bats
the Arily 'to peace and' reconciliation. You
make yourself as soolusivo ns a Japanese.-
A short time ago,. Alexander 11. Stephens
was commissioned to Washington, but you
shut the door on him. Without seeking to
know the object, you disdainfully rejected his
petition. It has since transpired that iroboro
a message looking to peace. Purely, Such
conduct gives evidence of a determination to
oppose a settlement of our national troubles
on any fair er rntionnl basis. ‘War, the ad
junct of. tyranny, and tyranny the destruction
of the Union 1 , is the only aim of your admin
istration.
, In another portion of this remarkably
clear and forcible doeunont,” ho endeavors to
convince the people that they .ought to turn
negroe buyers, and submitting gracefully to an
enormously increased taxation, shout hosan
nahs to his doctrine of “ oompnesaled eman-.
Cipation.” But his “ pet lamb,” the illegiti
mate offspring of his rape of the Union, his
“Emancipation -Proclamation,” is presented
■to -the affections of the people, as a child
Worthy of their tender care and nourishment.
Ho says “ if it is jibt ■ valid it needs no retrac
tion, and if it is- valid,-it cannot be retracted
How are wo -to'test its validity, when he nl
lows no tost ? His armed soldiery treat all
loyal processes with contempt, aml assort
they do it by the authority of “ A. Lincoln.”
He knows very well, that like the attempt to
test’the constitutionality of tho conscription,
or any other illegal act, it would bo resisted
by all the force the could bring
to bhar. They never intend it shall bo test
ed. The will of the President is held to bo
supremo,‘ian’d he -at once becomes law-maker
law-judge, and law ‘B-xeeutor.. Tiow can ths
'validity of a measure be tried under such a
despotism ?
Again “ A. Lincoln” says, “you say yow
are not willing to fight to free negroes. . Sami'
of them seem to be willing to fight for you—
but no matter.” Passing; by the gross insult
to white men contained in-the above, we would
direct attention to what follows n few linos
irthoroain the letter. It seems according to
A. Lincoln," he did not mean.what ho said,
when ho asserted tho negroes “'were fighting
fer us,” for he declared they are fighting for
their freedom; “ they must be prompted, by ike
strongest motive, even the promise ofi freedom,
and the promise being made, must W kept.”
■This is thoaoknow.ledged'bhjeot of the proe-.’
'lnanition—not to- preserve the Union hut to
free tho negro. 'OaaELEr’shouts “■nni.on-!
God bless Abraham Lincoln !—anil in large
type declares— ‘%The Promise must be kem.”
We shall see ! \ •
. This “ frank -and almost homely letter” 1
contains also the -usunLainOunt of'liignitied
and elegant expressions. lie speaks of the,
“ web-feet of undo ‘Sam” having made their
“’tracks” in “muddy creeks," while the 1
“ father of waters goes unvoxed to the sea,” '
the success of which will in history be jotted 1
dovm , in “'black and white,” moaning there
'by that the negro will share the glory of tho
achievement with the'white man. Pleasant
thought, this! “ The sunny,South, in more
colors than- one,' lest- A.nANt>.”. In conclu
sion," nUiong all Lhe this stravigeTv
remarkable epistle, there was but one por-
tion that gladdened our heart, and gave us any
hope for the future. About midway'in this
epistolary 'wilderness—there gushed forth’
this refreshing confession.
■ “ Lfroely ’acknowledge myself to'he th&
servant df'ihe people, according do The bond
of service, -the United .States ‘Constitution
and that, as such, I am responsible to them,”.
Do you niean what you say sir ? or do,you’
“ keep the promise to the ear” and break it
when you choose? .Are you sorry for the
sins you have committed, and do you throw
yourself upon the forgiveness and mercy of
the people ? 'You have aoted ns if you were,
the master of the people, and they, your
slaves. You have acknowledged no ’control-'
ling power but your own ’will, and'have-sot
aside tho’Gonstitution, with all its guarantees
of security and happiness. D,o you now in
tend to respect the rights of the peojjle-nnd’
fulfil your oath “to protect and defend the
Constitution ?’’ If so, a newer, brightor-day,.
will have dawned on our distracted-country.'
The people all over the land will’rest easier
in their beds at night, -Lawrloving and law-
abiding citizens will fool that the habeas
corpus is still a shield of defence against op
pression—that their property, persons and
houses are safe and free from unwarrantable
searches and seizures—that men can write
aod talk their sentiments, without the fear
of a dungeon or assassination—that men—
freemen —FREE-AYHITE-MEN, can exer
cise, without intimidation, the dearest of
American rights, the liberty of the ballot—
and above all and beyond all, there will live
and increase to generations yet unborn, the
blessings of liberty, of American liberty,
baptized in -the blood of the bravest and best,
end consecrated by the fires of a persecution ,
■that but intensified its devotion and attested
its purity.
Alexander H. Stephens. —A citizen of
Georgia, now within our lines, writes to the
Cincinnati Gazette that the 'diflioiiity in the
way of a Union demonstration in the South,
is that the owners of lands and slaves control
the people, and the poor are keptin the rebel
armies by fear of being shot if they desert.—
Ho says that one-third of all the men of the
South never have been for disunion, hut have
been forced into it by the bayonet, die says
he knows that Alexander H. Stephens, the
rebel Vice President, has never been a seces
sionist in reality, but has been acting a part,
and he intimates that if he had been allowed
to go to Washington, when ho endeavored
to, his mission would have had a result unex
pected at the South.
Bob Lincoln, “tho government’s” oldest
son and a stout, athletic young man, is spend
ing his Summer at the White Mountains-.
Why don’t Robert try his hand with a mbs.
kot? What botter is ho than those of others
for whom Mr. Lincoln has made such calls,
and whom ho threatens to foreo into tho ser
vice? It is hard to resist the conclusion that
either the President is a very great, hypoorit
and does not holievo tho war to bo tho holy
thing ho .professes, or that ho is too selfish to
to make tho sacrifice ho demands of other pa
tents.
STANDING CO.ilM^TliU.
Tlio Democratic Standing CotmhlH't&ia re
quested to meet at Martin’s Hotel,' jiijjpSrliale,
on Saturday, September 12, (it'llo'clock, A.
M, A general attendance of'tlio Committee
is earnestly requested. Lct'droryman on it
be present. :
The candidates on the Democratic County
Ticket are requested to moot with the Com
mitted.
Three or the Committee
The following named gentlemen compose
the Standing Committee for the-onsuingyear:
Carlisle, IS. Wi—S. K. Donavnn, J. R. Irvine.
Carlisle,'W. IV.—ll.'ld. Shapldy, A. 'Sense
man.
Dickinson—M. Galbraith, O. Kissinger. '
East Ponnsborough—P. A. Keller, J. Cling.
Frnnkfoi-d—Lovi Snyder,'W. Sanderson.
Hampden—N. H. Eckels, Joseph Best.
Hopowoll-Hl. Elliot, A. Hoberlig. _
Lower Allen—lsrael L. Boyer, G. Mumper,
Meelmniosburg—L. D. Keiffer, Geo. Attick.
Monroe—Geo. W. Prossol, Win. Clark.
Middlesex—!/. Zeigler, J. Elliot.
Mifflin—J. B. Shnlonbergor, Win. Brown.
Newberg— Dr. W. B. Shoemaker, P. Long.
Newton—Capt. A. S. Woodburn, Isaac New
comer.
Newvilie—Joseph A. Woodburn; Willis E.
Klink.
New Cumberland—Joseph Edoman, Goo. W.
Trout.
North Middleton—Jillm J. Grissinger.-Jacob
Guts hall. ,
Penn—Wm. Harper, Samuel Huston.
Silver Spring—Wm. Souseman, Abraham
Manning.
South MiddlCton—J. M. Goodyear, W. 'P.
‘Stuart.
Southampton—Thos. Britton, James A. Law-
yer. .
Shippensburg Borough—Henry Ruby, J. Ii
- 'Criswell.
'fihlpp'ensbUrg -Twp.—Henry Wonders, -ll
'Craig. -
Upper Allen—Wni/L, Cooklin,’Jonas Kol
lor.
West Ponnsborough—Patrick McNulty, R
M. Graham.
The Brave Soldier 'does not .Endorse the Vo
lilicnl Trickster.
The friends of the 11 Soldier’s friend” have
'had a a grand spree at the Headquarters'of
the Army of the Potomac. They presented
the gallant Meahe with a splendid
But their, object was a sinister one. Under
the shadow of his groatn.es they endeavored
•to make political capita.! for. “. Andy Curtin,”
of whom the'President’s organ in Allegheny
County said, “he imposed upon soldiers by
farming them out ibhis friends, and (hen de
nying he had eniploi/ed them.’’ This same
“ Soldier’s friend," with the “ dog" Forney,
“honest” (?) Jno. Covooe and “ straw hat
and linen pantaloons” CmniiNos, made' up
the grandees of the party on the occasion al
luded to. Happy family I but whore was the
\galiakt MoOdubb and “ shoddy” Charley
■'Ne.al? ; \ '
The-Associated Press, by.order of the 'Ad
ministration, sent over the'Wires the cool and
‘unblushing-lie, that,the brave ip -ac
cepting the sword from the “'soldier’s friend,”
asserted that Gov. Curtin ought to bo re-cleo.,
ded—that he was worthy of the confidence of
the soldiers' and-eitfeeps, &c. No such words
■fell frem-tho gallant'man’s lips. He did not
endorse him why he did not, is a'matter, of
conscience for the General himself. Perhaps
he recollected the., tattered garments and
bursted shoes “ Reserves,” fnr
nishedhy the th'vQvlehjtfriemiri of. tli Q “ sol-,'
shop.! y,” opk ■
soled shoes, and fyifmaged hoof, niusc have
passed before his eyes, as the Governor-hypo
critically alluded-'ta the trials and sufferings,
of ourmndaunted and ehivalrio “Reserves;”,
One of those same soldiers, writes ns follows;
•llk.'.dqu.vbtehs Army of 'Potom ac-, 1 ."
September 4, 18G3, ij
Dear Sir: ’.l’learn frimi.th ( p New York-pa
pers, -which. have, just reached. us, that Gen
eral Meade, in liis speech accepting the sword
from General'Crawford,‘on-f riday last,'com
plimented Governor Curtin, and advocated
his re-election. Nothing could be more false;
and I am, surprised that such expedients
should bo .restored io by politicians to .hol
ster up a candidate. 1 was present during
the entire ceremony, o,nd heard every word
spoken by General Meade. He made no po
litical 'dllitsibhs-whutever,. The. Pennsylvania
delegation were behaving in a very noisy
manner, some of them being quite intoxica
ted ; and I am of the opinion --thut Meade
wished to got rid of them assuon as possible.
•I hope.you-will.contradict this absurd sto
ry. Generel Meade has no desire to mix
himself up in .Pennsylvania politics. Hois
a soldier, and wishes-tb -have nothing to‘do
with politicians. ' . i
T am, very respectfully, yours,
A Soldier.
A Photograph or Curtin.— The day be
fore the Abolition Convention at Pittsburg,
the Gazette, the leading Administration jour
nal published in the .West, entered a solemn
protest against the nomination of Anur ew
G. Curtin in the following words:
“ We trust, however, that nobody in the
Convention will allow himself to be misled
by the idea that a man like Curtin, and with
■such a record as we have shown of him, can
be forced upon the people of. this county by
putting him in nomination against their will.
Wo know what wo say, when we give notice
to those, who may bo tempted to this view,
that ho is so universally believed'by the poo--
pie hero to be corrupt— to have sold the State
and the party both-—and to bo anything but
well affected to the National Administration
or the truly loyal men at homo; they know
indeed so well the sort of company ho keeps,
and the kind of influences that have governed
him, that wo have but given shape and'ut
terauce to their invincible repugnance to the
man; and done what they desired in endear-,
oring to save the party, by warning the .man
agers ■that.Mey .musf neither touch, taste nor
handle-anything so unclean, if they consider
the vote of the strongest Republican county
'in the State or the nation an important one,”.
Can it be possible that a majority of the
freemen of -Pennsylvania will record their
votes in favor of the shoddy -candidate, who
has been so utterly, condemned by members
of his own party ?
A Heavy Endorsement. —At an. Abolition
mooting held at Norristown, Montgomery
Co., on the 3d inst., Hon. Daniel M. Suy
ser, (well known to' ninny of our readers,)
thus “ blarneyed’' the “ Soldier’s friend
“I will not (said the'Judge) snyof Gov.
Curtin what a friend of mine once said of
cx-Guv. Johnson, that ho is the best man God
Almighty over put guts into ; but I wity-say
that ho is as goud a stood in so
much skin." 'V*
Aftorthis chaste allusion, which was not
relished by the ladies pHilaont, tho friends of
the “ shoddy contractor” gave three cheers
for “our Andy," his and his “skin."
Brilliant campaigning, this. Hurrah 1
O” Mrs. “Government” Lincoln, and “the
government's"oldest son, “Bon," nro rustica
ting at the White Mountains.
TUG CONSCRIPTION ACT.
It is ncrtv stated that the Admlniatmtion
intends resetting to another conscription, the
present having failed to furnish the number
of men required for its purposes. Thera are
already soldier? enough in the field to utterly
crush what remains of the ribdllir.tvbut this,
it appears, is not exactly the purpose of the
Administration. The war'is',to bo length'
onod out in order to insure negro'onvanoipa
'tion; to effect this, and not the restoration
of the Union, the President desires only.
“ three hundred thousand more."
In tho Senato of the United States in the
winter of 1802, Senator Wilson, Chairman of
the Military‘‘Committee of that'body, in a
speech upon the strength of the army, re
marked :
“Ihuvo over and over again been to.the
AVer Office, and urged upon the Department
to stop rconiiting in every part of the coun
try.” “AVo have had the promise that, it
should be done." ” I belinve Av'o ti'avo to-day
150,000'more tnon‘Vihder the pay of the Gov
ernment than, we need, or can well use.”—
“I think the Department aught to issue
peremptory orders forbidding the enlistment
of another "soldier into the'volunteer force,”
Those ToOiarks Were made about'Bighteen
months since, and about the same time one
of the most acute of the Abolition Senators.
Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, said ;
‘‘ln every State of the Union there are men
\vfm are paid from month to month not cal
led into the field for the reason that the Gov-i
eminent has no occasion tense thempand'yet
no step is la It cn'to' <i i slvancrt he s e men. Why
not disband them if they are not wanted?”
We have 250,000 more than we over intended
to have." It is extravagance of the most
ton kind." “I offered a.proposition Urstop.all
enlistments." ,
In addition to these remarks going to prove
that our armies were entirely too large, we
have the following,'delivered about the same
time by Thaddeus Stevens, chairman, of the
'Committee of AVa'ys and Means,da which he
declared the government, under suoh extrnv"
ugance,-.would lie unable to sustain itself si«
months. He remarked : ’ ■
l< Wo shall have to 'appropriate -more 'than
six hundred million dollars Without the add
I tion of a single dollar beyond what is'estiriia
. ted for. Now, sir, that in itself is til-arming,
, I confess'l'‘do ndt'Cßo the cxpon
i, ses arc 'greatly em-tallo'd this Government
, can'possibly go on six, months. If wo go on
"as wo have been doing the finances not. only
■ of the Government but of the whole country
, must give way, arid the people will be involv
ed in onp general bankruptcy and ruin. We
have already in the field an-army of six hurt
deed and sixty thousand men, &c.” . .
, About the time these emphatic declarations
were made in Congress, General McClellan
started upon his campaign against Richmond:
Before preparing for the final blow which;
was to insure the capture of th'e rebdl 'capital,
ho applied to tlimPresidcrtt foV reinforcements,
’asking for Mcßow'ell’s division. The Presi
dent.replied thdt he-’Was'Unable to.aid him,i
and tdl'il li i in -.to do the best-he ''could- txvithf
what force lie hud. 'Had McClellan been
strengthened, When within a few.rhiles of the
rebel capital, there is hb doubt , that on the
fourth, of July, oiio year ago, the stars and
stripes would -have been planted in triumph
upon the vanquished steeples of Richmond.
But this is precisely what the Abolitionists’
did't want.—They provoked 4bp wav for the
purpose of emancipating' the slaves of the
South, and in order to accomplish their’ de-
Bipnß..boHtilitlc3 lia-I ‘in -lie- prolongtMV Tli e
policy inaugurated at that early day; to pro-,
'long'the War,'has been pursued ever since.
Abolitionism 'has rejoiced ever our defeats,
because they wore calculated-."to intensify
hostilities aVi d give time'for them to force the
President intd K radical measures. They sue.
'needed, and. the- policy they are pursuing
now is to subjugate.and enslave (he Southern
people and give freedom to their slaves. We
do not charge that these are the intentions of'
all Who bdlong'to. the Abolition organization,
but that fhey.are those of the.leaders of that
party, who now have control of the President,
is perfectly evident to all who are-not entire
ly blind. The‘rebellion itsnlfyis reeling in
every direction, While (he Southern .people
are crying out to he restored to the Union,
’Where then is the hocessily of enforcing’
monstrous acts of oonscriptiona'fm- thro.e hun-
dred‘thousand morn men to fight'an enemy
already prostrated and willing to return to
their alligianco ? Tt is as wo have stated.
for the?'purpose of reducing ’the Southern
States to-depopulated territoriespand destroy-
ing in th'Bm mil 'political power. 'This, to.
golher 'with 'draining the ’Democratic ranks
by unfair'onrollincnts, ns in the'City ofNew
York, will, it'is thought give to Abolitionism
an indefinite lease.mf ipowcrof 'the govern,
merit. .. . .
, Mr.,W<ib3tdT a't an ‘caldy day penetrated
the ultimate effect of the spirit of Abolition
ism upon the country, did it ever succeed to
power, lie said : - ,
“If these infernal fanatics and abolitionists
ever get'the power in their hands, they will over
ride the Constitution, set the (Supreme Court
at defiance, change awl make laws to suit
themselves, t\Y violent hands on those who
differ with them in opinion or dare ques
tion their fidelity, and finally bankrupt the
country and deluge it with blood:”
In the Senate Mr. Clay said in relation
them:
‘,'To the agency of their power of persua
sion, they now propose to substitute the pow
er of'th’o balebt box ; and he must be blind
to what is passing .before us, who does not,
perceive that thn ’inevitable tendency of their
proceedings is, if these should be found in
sufficient, to invoke, finally, the more .potent
powers of the bayonet.”
The Contraband System. —A letter to the
Chicago Times, dated 'Helena, Ang. I3tli,
telle a pitiful story, ’ds'follows':
“Emancipation inthispart of'the country,
has already proved a sorry thing for the poor
contrabands. They have come within our
■lines, some voluntarily, some by force of arm
ed guords sent to’bring them, and then left
to starve and die of every disease to which
indolence ond'exposure render’them liable.
They havo not bad enough of tho plainest
necessities to support them in health, and,
when sick, no medical attendance whatever
has been furnished. As a result, during and
since tho administration of Gen. Curtis, eight
thousand contrabands have died at Helena."
QovEßNon Curtin's Declinature;— The
Republican papers ore all onguged in pub
lishing Gov. Curtin’s speech Of acceptance,
recently delivered to a meeting of his friends
and dependents lit Harrisburg. Would it
not be a good idea now for them to also pub
lish his letter of declinature, sent into the
Legislature last winter, so that tho people
can have an opportunity of seeing how .much
reliance is to bo placed in his plighted word,
Troops ot Eleellom.
By the l)0th seotipn of tho Act of Assem
bly of tbe State of FSiibrfylvania of 2nd July,
1839,'it is onnctod that—
"NO BODY OF TROOPS IN TUB ARMY
OP THE UNITED STATES, OR OF THIS,
COMMONWEALTH. SHADIi BE PRES
ENT, EITHER ARMED OR.UNARMED,
WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH DUP
INO THE TIME OP SUCH ELECTION.’'
In order that no excuse for want of time
may bo alleged, we now thus early in advance
call on Governor Curtin that ho secs to the
execution of this law in letter and spirit, at
tho October elections. Wo demand, in the
name of tho-Democracy and a State already
outragodand insulted by a denial of our State
authority“andn Suppression of its dignity,
tho rigid execution of this law. -All'troops
must be absent'from places of election in this
Stato on tho 13th of October-nest, or the De_
mocraov will see, if thp’&Overnor dare not
• - »
that the laws of our Commonwealth are not
trampeled down at tho Federal behest. It
had bettor be understood thus early in the
day that tho farce of the Kentucky elections
cannot bo repeated in Pennsylvania—that
we are determined-to have a free, fair and
honest election, according to the laws of our
own State —and if the IPedoral satrap who
now rules this Province of tho National Gov
-ernment fails to do his duty in the matter, an
outaged-people-will supply'tho remedy. . .
’the Shoddy Caiidldafe.
The Hon. S. A PurvTan'ce was appointed
Attorney General by Governor Curtin nt lllC
'beginning of his Administration. After re
maining in office a few months Mr., PonVi
an'cf, resigned, and in doing 'So ho'bs'od tills
following sign iCcant-lail'gmigo lo the Govern
or':
“For reasons which appeal to rtiy sitf-Ve'-
spccti I cannot consent to continue any long
er in connectiohwdth'ySur Administration.—
I, therefore, tender'youlUy tsaigirtltiOn''of the
office : of-Attorney Genei-ftl.’’
In •■commenting ‘.upon this UtCliOn of Mr.
PcaviA'jfCE, the i Piltlburg 'iViroiiicle, d lie
publican iTotu-nCI, thiis wrote:
“ We ar'o not informed yet-what these rea
'SDns are; but enough is known lo stale' that
they arise out of the allel/cd complicity of the
governor in those scandalous contract trans
actions throur/h which the. State has been swin
dled out of immense sums of money, and our
brave, volunteers subjected to a. series of hard
ships and ineonvcniencics which Jew but them
selves Would have had the patience to tolerate.’’.
, We can scarcely believe that the support
ers of Governor -Curtin. will still insist upon
applying to their favorite the title of “ sol.
d'iors’ friend.” Mr. Purviance was a mem
ber of Governor Curtin's Cabinet, but “-self-!
respect""bompolic'd Him to retire from the
State Administration. “ Self-respect” will
force thousands of honest men, like Sir. Pua
viANCE, >to withdraw their confidence and
support tfrom the shoddy candi'dHto, whose:
official conduct has proven him to bo utterly'
unfit to be entrusted with powßr.
Where Wiu. Taxation Bnb ?—Since.Mr.
IiiNCOi.N lias announced his determination to
Continue the war until ho “ conquers a peace,”
the thieving contractors throw up their hats,
and shout glory tp the “greatest of Presi
dents.;”.lmtthe people, who nre.taxcd'for'tlloir
•corruption anil 'enrichment, are'begining. to
-ask Where 'will taxation end? Echo Answers',
w.h'ore? Wlio tell? , Almost two and:
a half -years Of' war—two (honpati'd mil
ms. of' delit— every cmnecivflMo soured o 1
taxation out- ‘Federal Capita 1
'still 'threatened Fy tlib Rebel -forces. Thvo
years more of war, ami every, d.illar mir fiiv-■
•mors nuiltc, ‘■vi jll ‘ho'neoiieil in pay Ijte in ter
m'd on »ur .-’public debt. The prophecy of
*Svdn ev ,‘Siirrii, jna.de in 1820, is about being
'realized-. Road it-, laborer. Read it, nid-i
■ebania. Read it, farmer. ■ Rend: it,’livan tif
'Property. ‘Read it, all 'Who rood lent, yhat
ynor.taxes Were in 1800, and what tbey!are
in 1803. ■ i;.;
“ \Vo can iriforini-ilonadian 'what are the
inevitable consequences of being too fond of
glory: Taxes upon every ariic.le whicb en
ters into tbo-nunith, or covers'tbe back, .or is
.phleedtimier the fu.it—taxea upon eve ‘ytliing
avhiob it ispleirsant to see, bear, feel, smell
or taste—tuxes upon warm lb, light ami hieo
motion —taxes on everything on earth‘and.ln
the waters under fhe'eartin - <>n '■(■ve.rylliiitgj
that comes Irmn abroadaw is grownuit,drome-'
—•taxes,on the. raw material— taxes on ivrery'
fresh V nine, tl at. is amfeil In it -by tiro inrtjts-'
try-ofoniii:—taxes on tltd sanees'wliicb'pnin-'
pors man’s appetite ami the drug thatrestnre.v
him to health—on the etUnine « hieli deepr-i
ates the.judge and-the rope which bangs the'
criminal—on tiro poor man’s sauco amlytlid
rich man’s spice—on tiro, brass iihils. oftliP:
coffin timl the ribands nf tile hride ; —at l)$tl oV :
hoard, conchant or Iciutnf, wo -ninst
schoobboy- whips- bis taxed top—the 'beardy
• loss youth manages bis taxed horse Witlrtaj
taxed bridle on a taxed road—and the dying
Englishman, pouring his medicino, whi(lb
Iras paid seven per 'cent., into a spoon that
it as i paid fifteen per cent., flings himself batik’
upon Itis chintz bed. whiclrtints paid-twenty--:
two ‘cents, and , expires in tlie'ni'ma of an-'
apothecary who‘has paid a licehse fiifir Jilin-’
dred pounds for tire privilege of putting him
to death. ‘llls whole property is then taxed'
from two to ten : per'cent. 'Resides the pro
bate, largo fees‘arte demanded for burying
him in the chancel ; : his virtues areliunded
down to posterity on taxed marble ; and lie is :
then gathered to his fathers—to be tivsetlmo
more.”
Onn Platform.— " Mr. Lincoln 'is'net '(bo
United-Slates Government. The Government
'is ours and we owe allegiance to it; -Mr. Lin
■ooln is not ours, and we do not owe allegi
ance to him. Mr. Lincoln’s term<of office'is,
■short and fleeting; the Government, Hre’hope,
will'last forever.”
Decidedly Smart Siufliitv !—That Vera -
‘oious sheet, the Philadelphia JVcss, proposes
’to assume, for the -sate of argument, that
such a man as Geo.- W. WoowvAm) lives'l
How terribly severe and what'weighty argu
ment hequal. even, to the Press's best!
XT*The times are suoh that Miost’mDn'wfll
readily admit the disastrous rule, of Xboli
tionism, and desiro'from personal if not from
public motives to -see’a 'Change. Let all
conservative'men'make that change certain
by active anil qonstant efforts from now until
after the 13th of October.
Death op Mosebv. —The Rebels report
that John S. Moseby, their famous cavalry
chief in Virginia, died at Dranesville on Fri
day, of wounds received in a skirmish on the
24th of July.
" I intend for one, to regard and maintain,
and carry out, to the fullest extent, the Con
stitution of the United States, which I have
sworn to support in all its parts and all its
provisions.”
■ *OvSntitri?'ty, October IT, 180.'].
WILL be sold at ITiMie Salr\ tin the above
'day, on the premises. in Middlesex town
ship’onojiml a hali'miles south-east oflhc Carlisle
Springs, bn the. road leading to-Stvrrcft s Rap, a
SJLATE FARM, - ”
containing 34. Aorca and U Perches, ■ p i
all of which is cleared except about
15 Acres,: which is well covered with '|W;>||i|m
yoiiiig timber. • Tho improvements Jf
are-u utew BIIICTC IIOtISIO, Frame eSSSSsmsS
<l>iiin,’Wagt)n’?hcd,*corn crib, and other out-honses,
■A well ot good ••Water fs convenient to tho dwelling.
There ,ra aJso ; «h ♦d-pplo orchard and other fruit
Trees bnThWprewiseSj.oud the entiro property is in
good repair and under.good fence. Xitlo indispu
table. :
Pale to commence at 1112 o’clock, ’sl,,'df-‘3tiid day,.
'When terms “Will 'be'ilniiloMinrtWn'by
‘GTiOUUE TTUPREK,
WM. a. triursEK-
: ;sy,pt. 10, ISS3S .
■ Intelffgencer insert, and send bill to
•this dftico.]
TXT ILL bo sold at Stile, on tho
VV tprdmiscs, by virtue ef an order of die Or
phans' Court of Cumberland county, <> n
•the following described Real'Estate, viz ;
■No. I- Being the ’Well known Tnf
arn stand, situate on tbo Walnut Bottom read, v
'tnilGfl enst of. Shippensburg, now in tbo
oFS. *Halo, with tho tract of land, bounded by Innas
of'Cdl. 'William Gracey and others, • ■
containing 47 Acres and 33 Porches,
more or loss, having theroon oroctod a
largo two-story Brick House, Log and
Frame Born, Wagon shod, Corn crib,
•Ac. Thdro’is a'Well of never failing wutor anti aII
apple orchard on the premises. .
No. 2. Being a tract of land adjoin
ing No. 1, bounded by lands of Dr. Wm. W. Ilcviu,
Hobart Early,-rtnd'OthOrs, containing SS Acres ana
7-2 -Perches, m(lre or loss. Those tracts will ho sola
at 10 o'clock, A. Mi, either together or separately
as may suit purchasers.
Also, at 1 o'clock, P. M. of said day :
No. 3. Being a tract of mountain?
land, situdto'in Ponn township, bounded by J al
of tho boirs of Thomas Buchanan, dco’d« and otu*
ors, containing 20 Aoros and 120 Porches.
Terms op Sale. —10 per cent of tho’pviVcbaso
'money to bo.paid on tho day of sale,'tho residue
tho ono-foiirth on'tho •oonfirmafciqn tff tho y
'the Orphans* 'Court, ono-fburth *on tho Ist day
April ntfkt, When tbo’deods will bo mode and p •
session given, J tttiti : tho‘rcßiduo in two equa ann
payraenta'tboroaftcr, with intorost, payment to
! scoured by judgment bonds or mortgage.
JAMES K. KELSO, ,
Adn\*r with tj\e will annexed of Samuel ec 1 *
Sopt 10, *63.
PLOWS, PLOWS.—
salo at Manufacturer
raontof
Plank's Plows#
Honwood’a “
Zoiglor'a u
Woirioh'a u
a tho oboap Hardware Si
H AMES,—500 pairs of Ilamoa on liaixli
of dll kinds,
Elizabethtown pattern,
Loudon "
Gammon “ . ,w
with and without patent fastenings, cheap ■
ever at M. 6AAIV*
Daniel AVBBsTtn;
roa TaT.-Iti,
els are at once to put,ooo,ooo Pn i “ , lll! r «')
in the field under white officers 0 .p, 80l ‘ !,Cra
to fight witlythb promise of f r( .„,i' ' cy
New York llorald shya the follow!"" ! , n "''
will bo .offered them:-.55 f 0 """'tics
musket, ?25 for each U. S s '
each U, S. : uogro.,^iafi' r Wbiaced’b $2 ° f ° r
and §5O for each scalp y.'jj lllSln t
manding negro soldiers. r cc "i
If 1111 Democrats who are dutnr.w
to stand by their faith and vote the iS "' od
oratio ticket, are traitors and ou»l,t 1
South—what kind of an army could° ° Slmt
from those loft behind ? If drafted tP’" f ’° t
the fine, and they Will not volunteer Piy
By Oen.’ Gilmore and '
report everything as.progressing
Tho requisition for men and material, ’
promptly filled, and the conduct of the
is left entirely to their discretion with
confidence that they fvill finally nio(!t
complete success. 1 ®
3C7“ Tho tuno of the conscripts We 1
coming. Father Abraham, throe hundt|
dollars more.
„ ‘ At the Watiort'iil'ftottsl,' in'Cnr'lEtc. o'n the
3d mst., by Hooper. Mr \Yi,°
■mam NP'ronr to Miss Mear A.- PaEr
df l Penn township, this county., ■ *
® eft.
In WestPcnnsborb’ townshlp,• ri
'bib, Frances Ann 'aged'lf months
and 1 dity.
In North MidilletOn'tOWtrshlp, on the 31al
olb., Ida FloUi-MCe'JlEtinira, aged-10.mouths
and '3 days. ■ '■
( -On the 4th inst., in Dickinson township
Aeice Jane, daughtei'.of: John S. and Mary
■I. Sterrett, aged 5 years arid,s months.
Jfiarte.
"'cAHLIsLe JIARKET.—Scp.
Corrected- Weekly by R. G. Woodtcmil
Flour, per bbl.,
do.. Extra, . . do.,
do., Kyo, . do,,
Wiiitb Wheat,/per bushel,
Ukd-Wheat.' do,,
Rvk, . .
Cons, •. '
OATB, ~ do:,
Si'niso Barley, ; , dd.,
‘Fall do., d 0. ,:
Ci.ovKßsunn, . tfdv>
TiMorttrsEito, : ’• : tlb;,
Markets—spp. o,
'Floor, superfine,
u dxtni,
'UVe FtrtUß, •. ■-
'Cons Mka : l, .
WheAt, fed, -
u ,
'RVe, *-
Cops, yellow,
y V/hltd,-.,
Oats,
CLdVrifRSEEE/
Whisky, * •
■ Order No. 47.
Headquarters Clothing Dept. Carlisle, Pa, '1
Kept. ioth/i.sii;i. i
t- -OFriCi;i!S oM H/Jdl'crH non- -
•at Cnldisltvwilt finiTd full nsaiirlment alaii*
perior Dress Coni.”, Blouses, Pants, Vests nml Cups,
maclo in accordance with tho U. S. Itcgnlations,a‘l
these' Headquarters,' .
2. Over ■ahd 'UmlorfJuris; drawers, snspcmlm,
guantlota, gloves Ac. cf the best quality.
3. India Rubber Coats, Blankets. Cups. Lc'ririn.s,
Haversacks, Ac. at fair prices at the CletliiuJ-jlnll
of ...
*, ARNOLD A CO..
North Hanover of (lie Carlis/o
•Deposit Bailk.
Valuable Farin’’'at Public Sale.
‘Orphans 1 Court Sale.
On. Satw'clat/, Octo&cr Q.7,-1868,
jjust received find fo*
rs prices, a large ossort
I York Metal Plows,
Bloomfield do
Eagle , d “
I Cultivators, Ac., *«»
;or °° f 11. SAXTON,
4.50
5,51)
4,00
1,25
- Ui
80, |/()
so,
- ; S 25
4 20
1 35 a I 38
I 40 a I 58
- - 1 0.)
. - 550
-47) a 10