VOL. 50.
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REMARKS
HO N. J. R 0 S S SNO.WDE N,
At the Mass Meeting in Independence Square,
Philadelphia,, Sept. 17, 18G3. ■
'Mr. Snowden said : -
Fellow-CitizensAM the issues of former
years sink into insignificance when compared
with the momentous questions now before us.
. Heretofore the American people were divided
into parties involving merely, questions of
internal policy or our relations,with foreign
governments. The. chief questions related
to the currency, a tariff 1 , distribution of the
public lands, the veto power, and kindred
subjects. In all these questions’the policy
of the Democratic party has been filly yin'iT
cated and maintained.. . But now, growing
out of the seeds of disunion', planted by a
fanaticism which has its root in Wow Eng
land, we have the question of the very exist
ence of the Union and of constitutional liber
ty presented to us. .
The Demooratio party is now, and always
.has been, the true friend of the Union and of
1 Constitutional freedom. It has been .the
means, under Providence, of establishing and
maintaining in this lanji the principles of
’civil and religious liberty, and of advancing
’.the prosperity and happiness of the people'
in the wondrous career which characterized
our onee happy and united country, now,
alas, trembling on the verge of destruction.
Whence comes the cause of this sad change?
It will be found in the organization of a sec
tional party opposed to , the constitutional
compact between the States on the subject
of negro slavery. Before the success of , the
Abolitionized Republicans produced the dis
ruption of-our political Union, the moral
Union which heretofore existed between the
people of the aevor’al States wits'undermined
and destroyed bv the feckless ,'qnd.wicked
course of Yhe leaders of that party, Knd v by
, l he unconstitutional and unfratefnal action
of the Legislatures of such of' the Northern
States ns they governed or controlled.
fo save our beloved country we must re-.
Store .the moral as well ns the politicnl Union,
ns established by our fathers. Such a Union
can never be restored by the Republican Ab
olitionists. They have been whirring for
fi'cars against the Constitution of tbo'United
IjM'atoaand the rights of .the States, u.mljiu’THP
t hey are now. confessedly carrying on the'i
war which desolates our land, ■ hut for the'
restoration of (ho Union ns it heretofore ex
isted, hut for. the abolition of slavery.' This
yhicet pf (heir desire they how believe is
within (Ti'eir grasp, nnd they aro.pnpsuing it,
regardless’of the obligations of the Constitu
tion, or th e rights of the'States, pr of persons
or property. A recent proof .of this is given
t’iV r.lPfv"?' at Keokuk by. Col. Stone,.
1 10 luiministratinn candidate for Governor of
.Ue said; I ndnyit thnfc ,thisis an
Aln.liriott war; It w : ps not such in the start;
"d the administration has discovered that
It eotihi not snbdno.tlie South else than by
making it an Abolition war, and they have
b"ocso; and it will.be continued ns an Abn
htion war so long as there is one slave at the
b'liitb to he. made free.”
V -ft Honesdulq, in-this Statn, I
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,
Wiikc a speech under a banner on which was
insmlici), No Union with-Slaveholders.”
*l'-' pivudicd disunion then, and he and his
j'iirry nre acting it out now. The theme of
us ihscmir.se whs An effort to show the cqual
-1 } d the negro With the white man ; and I.
ri'eiillnct Unit lie misquoted, tho Declaration •
by inserting the,word ‘ free’
r-na if Mr: dcfforsoii and the signers of that
nninorial document, nearly all of whom were
ti!!t""n arH , n "K>' n slaves, meant to affirm
'a i *itc and black men were free and
equal. , .
r , lu , m^ n the Revolution, and those who
Sinn!, ■,a 9 llllsl '' tut ' i ' nB ‘ff'. tllQ different
' a and of tlie United States, acknowledged
■ IT. ' p r nfl ’p |e Hf equality. They reoog
nnrl' / 10 ,wrul “'« “f the relation of master
ini:, S ? V ii an( h were content to leave that re
'tn.tl‘° “«tion of the States and of the
tini-H C mterested in it. The Democratic
amt V, " aS n , vn y s been willing to abide by
tliA J. re . se!ve inviolate, tbe covenants between
Blit ,■ 8 nod the comprominos of the Con
"-'caving to each State in this re
stitnt* Bn . n °tbers provided by the Con-
Thn « l 0 1’ t le regulation of its own affairs,—
of th« > f s ,- pr0TI(l0 b ? ,aw f° r the regulation
cuarrl^ 6 atl °i l mas ter and apprentice! of
fleiarv ai * 'i wrirt1 ’ of trustee and the hene
fNn nnt fc hat of master and slave f
tutionn/'w ft “*ih o rlty has any legal dr oonsti
tions to lnt erfere with- these rela
point's Pomooratio party leave these
the n n ;I hor i e tl]e Constitution and laws of
New "t'a P no / tbem - We ni-b; not like the
thank n g J -Pharisees, Who profanely
I tnen •’< ® Ciat they are better than other
I honn’ood aa the y aro were pro-
I Sorites ,Ja the h . 1 K ll , 08t authority “ to be hy
thb ititk.’ • v ‘j9 ,£ mit the Weightier matters of
guidleV’ia-^* oll4 -. wercy And faith-blirid
a camel.” Btrain at a £ Qat and swallow
Revernmen ,^ e . of I lie
guides ; nnt mto the hands of thbab blind
member a ho wevor, it may be well to re
hincoln ’ y a mejonty of tha people, for Mr.
million of ?? m a minority of upwards a
order timt r lO P°P ular vote. And herb, in
the wn>',i 1 , m , !l y not he misunderstood as to
htrnnr' i min ‘ slrai ‘ on a nd Government,
iust Ifn* Uta ° !ln( i udopt the resolution of tho
a ndwli!M° of Popresontativos of our. State,
late Tin, “ ' va ? unanimously approved by tlie
.. mcrat'o State Convention. J
manifest B riiir 1101 "' 1 Assembly recognizes a
tion of tl.n IPort, noo between the ndministra
itsclf ti,„ S ov ornmont and tho government
tion to )i, n one is transitory, limited in dura- :
cers elected ?° ri M l * of , ti m° to which tho ofli- ,
th P conduct dr 0 pOHp 0 a F° charged with :
manent ™mo; tho other is por- ,
endnro forever ” ton(lUli its fouu dorB to ■
t° ndmhJfstor n thn n a ”' l hiS P ftrfc y woro o all od ’
i,ad Sovornment. Alas! what .1
•s has this advent brought upon 1
tho country. Disunion, civil war, desolation
of homes, destruction of myriiulfl|Of lives and
countless, property, a depreciated currency,
a national debt of gigantic proportions,
swelling day by day, with grinding taxation
now,,and fearful oppression in the future.
Thjs is the feast to which wo are invited.
The National debt—what is it now? Who
can tell ? An official statement recently
published says that it amounted on tho 30th
of Juno last to ono thousand ono hundred and
ninety-seven millions two hundred and sev
enty-four sixty
.*!? dollars, It consisted of the following
classes of obligations i
Four per cents $78,0511,205
Five per cents,. 10,1,207,638
Six per cents , 481,275,875
•§ovcn,njiq..thrcc-tcutha.por cent 189,920,600
Debt not bearing interest , ; 396,720,057
Total
But this frightful_ sum total' dpes .not im
olude all the liabilities pf the government,-
I see in the newspapers of the day other
items mentioned, namely: U. S. certificates
of indebtedness ; jicio U. S. certificates of in
debtedness; orders for' certificates ; qunrtcr-
vouchers,. These ..and rnpny other
items constitute adopting delit, most of which
is not embraced in the above financial state
ment..
Some idea of the magnitude of the busi
ness of settling army paymasters’ accounts
may be inferred from the fact that over one
hundred and fifty clerks are employed upon
them, at th.o offjce of the Second Auditor ; yet
with all tins force, there is a year and a
half’s accumulation of, accounts and claims
in that office^,
,If we add to the above statement all the
1 1 abilitiesj incurred for war purposes since the
30th of'June, and claims,for damages, pen
sions, bounties, &c. &c'., we .will npt.overstate
the total liabilities of the tfnit'pd .'States at
tho presont time at two thousand millions of
dollars.- 1 , ■ , •
- Pennsylvania is about one-tentli of the
v Union ns it waB.ii=*?-llcr proportion of’the
National debt is, therefore, two hundred mil
lions of r ,dollars. But if,wq impoverish and
destroy.the South, depopulate her cities, he-c
tuo, debt to -Pennsylvania will be increased
fifty per cent.; making her liabilities for the
war four hundred millions of dollars. The
expense of. the General Government, for all
purposes', at the present time exceed two mil
lions of dollars per day; that is, at the rate
of more than seven hundred millions per an
num. The internal revenue tax now levied
is cHtimatedat one hundred and fifty millions
of dollars. It is very doubtful whether that
amount will be collected; but whether it is
or not, these figures will show what an im
mense, increaso-every month and every year
of war will, make to. the above mentioned
enormous amount of liabilities,.
The debt is now represented by: a mere
promise tQ, pay, but is it payable in money,
which the, Constitution recognizes io bo gold
ana silver? . It will increase our understand
ing of amount of the money I have named
when we consider the weight of those amounts'
!Tn gold and silver. The debt‘is now, sav,
two thousand millions of dollars; this in gold
coin of tlie United States would weigh,throe
thousand eight-hundred and. seventy five
wingsroe t;, f on 0 j gold weighs about 3,080
i: § Hi? To move this amount,on an orrr
-tainin/'Ol would require .3,885 .horses, or 921
with four horses, Silver, 'weighs
about? fifteen times as much as. gold. ' It
would therefore, require a greater force* in
that proportion,.to move the above amount if
estimated in that metal. How much, these
amounts would weigh in paper which has no
intrinsic value, I have no moans of caloula-
I'he valuation of all the property, roal.and.
personal,, in Pennsylvania, ns fixed by the
Ilevonuo.Jloard of X : 803, is five hundred and
ninety six millions of dollars. Too nscer-
taiucdf, and registered debt, of the United
States on the 30th of Juno last, alone, with
out reference to other debts and liabilities, is
nearly twice as gregt the whole value of the
asscaessd property in. this Commonwealth!
It we include the estimated debts before re
ferred to, including claims for damages, &0.,
&p:, we then haven debt more thim four times
the value of the property of all kinds in Penn
sylvania as returned by the assessors to the
county commissioners.
, This comparison also willassist ns to form
some adequate idea of the magnitu lo of the
.National debt.
Again, Boston, in proportion to her popu
lation, istlib richest city in tho United StntoiC
The total wealth of th'At city; ns recently val
ued by the assessors, is throe hundred and
twO millions of dollars. Tho whole wealth
of that city will not pily tile expenses of the
Government! for much more than one htin
dred days'. . ,
Our. own.Oortintnhweilltli lids had Rapid ex
perience in reference te a State deljt. Ido
not wish to revive -unpleasant recollections;
but it must bo admitted that for two or three
years we failed to pay the interest on our
debt of forty millions. Since 1845, under the
influence of the tax of three mills on the dol
lar, authorized by the act of 1744, we have
pail the interest, with some deductions wbieh
ought not to bo made, but the debt remains
about the same amount, according to tho
last official report of the State authorities!—
It is estimated that about one million more
will be required to pay certain military
claims authorized to be paid by a recent act
Of Assembly.
When we reflect that the last two years
and a half have added an additional debt of
two hundred millions ns the proportiqd of
Pednsylvllrtifi, ,wo rrtav, well be alarmed for
the future. Wo will find that the heavy
taxes now imposed are only the preedrsdfs of
heavier and more exhausting taxation in the
future; and, unless Arrested in our downward
career, our hitherto free, prosperods and hap
py land will be overwhelmed id irretrievable
bankruptcy and rliiti—a pitiable spectacle to
oilrselves and to the world of A great nation
destroying itself in the vain expectation of
placing the negro on an equality with the 1
white man, and of subjugating eight mil- 1
lions of our fellow citizens in the endeavor '
to accomplish such nn unnatural and impbs- '
siblo event. '
If tfd turn from tlio subject of tho finances
imd look at tho currency of the country, what
an extraordinary spectacle moots our view.
Tho Constitution of United States makes gold
and silver the only legal money of tho United
States. Heretofore, as*tho result of Demo,
oratio measures, gold and silver coin, with a
proportion of bank notes payable in coin,
tho currency of the country; The
Gold bill and tho Sub-Treasury law, onoe so
much abused by the enemies of the Demo
cratic party, fulfilled the expectations of the
friends of a sound currency. Tho mintpour
cd forth its millions of com. Tho prophecy
was realized; gold coin did shine through
tho interstices of the purses of the people.—
It was tho era, of gold, and golden hopes for
tho future boat hjgh in every true American
heart- Then every American at homo or
abroad cpuld, ia the language of Benton, con
sider himsolt “ a hundred feet high.”
The starry flag was then the emblem of
freedom, union and. strength ; and woe bo to
that emperor or king who would touch but a
hair outhehoap of the humblest citizen who
reposed under its sacred' folds. But-now,
alas 1 there are none so poor ns to do her rev
erence. To add to our misery and humilia
tion, whilst wo now speak, negotiations are
forward among the kings and despots
of Europe to plant nn Austrian kingdom,
supported by French bayonets on this Worth
America of ours—hithe.rto sacred from the
intrusion of foreign powers.
us hasten to settle our difficulties, and’
wifh,a.united country say to those filler's of
Eurfjpp: ~( q rO(sa not the Atlantic. Advance
not one step upon the American soil. Amer
icans must govern themselves, and be the
arbiters of their own destiny. But, alas; we |
I h.™ >u no, condition to assort our rights, much
less to stand upon our dignity and lionor.—
Even our personal rights seem to bo passing
bko the snow upon the mountains.—
Fho tread of military despotism seems to bo
advancing nearer and nearer. Wo should bo
thankful, I suppose,.for the privilege ofmeet-
APS l i ero, i undp the shadow of .Independence
Tfall, where our fathers'declared themselves’
free and independent. We are indeed thank
ful that this privilege is loft us.
Bet mo return from this digression. .With
civil war comes a grinding debt, hoayy tax
es, and a depreciated paper currency. The
currency consists of notes that are a legal
tender, by an act of Congress, but not conver
tible into gold or silver. No one will keep
these paper promises long. They will not bo
hoarded "away under hearthstones and in the
cellars like gold and silver. The practice of
hoarding I do not in any case approve ; 1 on
ly speak of it to show the home appreciation
of the difference between gold and silver on
the one hand and notes on the other. If a
man has more of the latter than fie needs to
pay his debts and buy what ho wants for.
jhitnself and .his family he will/and it. This
is wolf enough, and ho ia doing the, beat ho
can. If there was some reasonable limit to
this businessft would flo .better.,' .The opera
tion of 'printing ifipney may be carried too
far. I notice, moreover, that the printing
establishments of the . Government are not
able to print-the notes fast enough',,, JJr.
Chase has, within the past few clays, called
on the btinks for, a loan to the amount of the
small sum of fifty millions of dollars. These
millions will not last him a month, but they
will give lime for. the paper machines to got
ahead of the pressing demands from all qaar
ters upon the Treasury. Fifty millions of
dollars in years past was quite a aum of mon
ey, During Mr. Van Duress administration
when he had,.besides the Government to at
tend to, a. war with the Florida Indians on
nis.hands, the country was convulsed with
indignation, because the expenditures reach
ed thesiiniof thirty five millions nor annum !
This bad more to do in preventing’his-re
election than the other arguments uaed against
him, namely: “ Sub Treasury”-“ blood
hounds”— •‘ Standing Army One Term.”
and “No Veto.” '
Mr. Polk carried on the government and a
war with Mexico at a cost.of forty throe mil
lions per annum, .With these tens of millions
he “conqucrdU apeace,” secured to us Texas,
and bought the golden region of California.
But his administration was denounced for its
extravagant expenditures! Those figures were
mountains then—they are pigmies now.
But the currency sympathizes with prices,
and at this time with all things of value, but
especially with cotton goods. Five dollars in
paper money does not go far in buying a dress
for the wife or a frock for the child, or even
in filling the market basket. A half eagle
formerly did at least twice .the work. Prices
go up as paper money goes down. A curren
cy based upon creditis deplorable indeed ; the
farther the credit is stretched'the worse the
currency becomes. The Continental money
and the French Assignats were current fora
time, but the expansion at last became too
great—elasticity has-some limits—the strings'
burst, and then came the collapse. An irre
deemable.currency is liko.a despotism in this:
it exists only by the sufferance of the people.
They-suffer' from-both, or either, until suffer
ance ceases to.bo a virtue, add then conics the
$1,197,274,057
deluge.
I comp now to suggest a remedy for triosd
present and impending evils. This will bo
an easy task if all pur people North and South
would bring to their remembrance the sph
lime truth that the. Power which governs the
world and directs the affairs of nations and
of men is not'found in the fire, nor the temp
est, nor the whirlwind, but in the still small
voice of gentleness, kindness and love,
.. Have we gone so far in this work of blood
and devastation that there is no return ? Is
the path of, conciliation, compromise . and
peace forever closed ? Surely not, my friends,'
siirdly not; We may yet, by the withdrawal
of the Emancipation Proclamation, the repeal
of the. Conscription bill, and all measures of
like character, evoke and revive that feeling
.for the Union in tho South which was destroy;
od by those obnoxious measures, let us
then offer in good faith the guarantees pro
posed by Senators Crittenden and Dougins,
to insure tho domestic tranqnility, safety and
equality of all the States, and restore peace,
unity and fraternity to the whole country.
The remedy was well stated by our candi
date for Governor from this snored spot on
the Isth of December, 1860. With the wis
dom and foresight which characterizes the
true statesman, ho said, “Wo must arouse
ourselves and reassert the rights of tho slave
holder; find add such guarantees to our Oon
stitiitidii as will ytrotoct His property from the
spoliation of religious bigotry and persecu
tion, or else we must give up our Constitution
and Union. The alternative is plainly before
us—‘.constitutional union and liberty accord
ing, to American law, or else extinction of
Slave, propotti'. hegroe freedom, dissolution of
the Union, and anarchy and confusion.”
, The war had not then actually commenced.
If counsel like this had been followed by acts
of d similar character, the dismal chapter of
civil war, with all its calamities and miseries,
would not have been written in letters of
blood; but peace and Union would now wave i
her banner over us. i
Tho party now in power do not appear to
desire reconciliation or adjustment. Their
radical measures are inconsistent with either,
and they declare that the war is now for tho
abolition of slavery and for tho subjugation of
tho South, and that it shall bo carried on to
tho bitter end. .
But let us not despair of tho Republic.
Lot us, through the ballot-box, show our de
votion to tho principles of ooristifution'al lib
erty ; our determination to use every honest
and fair means to place at the head of our
State government a sts tosman of the good
old Democratic sohool; a school that teaches
our duties to our follow citizens,’.our sister
States, and to the Union, as well ns our rights
under the Constitution end laws.
Our success at tho next election will put
our own ship of State on tho oi l Democratic
"OUR COUNTRY— MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER!, 1863.
tack, with a firm, honest, able and enlighten
ed statesman at the helm. Wo will then bo
in a condition to help forward the cause of
the Union and the Constitution in the Presi
dential contest in 1804, which .will decide the
fate of the nation perhaps for all future time.
II all measures for conciliation and compro
mise on fair and honorable terras should fail,
when fairly and honestly presented, the De
mocracy of Pennsylvania stand pledged “(o'
use all possible constitutional efforts-to sup
press the-present; The. ponyen
tioh which nominated Judge Woodward, and
Judge Lowrie further declared, (adopting the
resolution of the House of Representatives,)
■‘'that this General Assembly condemns and
denounces thq .faplts of, th'.o administration
and the encroachments of the AbqUtinpistq;
it does also moat thoroughly condemn and de
nounce the of secession ns unwarran
ted by the Constitution, and destructive alike
pf.th'q security.and perpetuity of the govern
ment and of the ponce and liberty of the peo
ple, and it does hereby most solemnly declare
that__t.be people of this State are unalterably,
opposed to any division of the Union, and will
popoistently exert their whole influence and.
power, under , the Constitution, to .maintain
and defend it.” :
• .The same Convention also adopted the fol
lowingrosblution: .
.„ "Resolved, That the Democracy of Ponnsyl-
I vania has ever been true to t|io cause of the
Union. It was in the name and for the sake
of the Union that our party was made; that
we denounce the least intimation that the De
mocratic party entertains now, or ever has
entertained, or ever can entertain, the-slight
est with .the present gigantic re
bellion, or with traitors in arms against the
government, or would ever eonsent to peace
upon any terms involving a dismemberment
of the Union, ns utterly unjust; and in proof
of this, we point with exultation to the lavish
contributions to tho war in blood, and treas
ure heretofore and now being mpdo by. tho
hundreds of thousands of Democratic citizens
who were among the first to fly to the rescue
of the Union, aud.peril their.lives in its de
fence.” ' '
These resolutions show tho. platform of tho
Democratic party. Upon these principles
our distinguished candidates stand bafore-tbe
country.. When tlje reins of gqvernmpotare
restored to the Democratic.party, let ijs. has
ten to repair the grievous errors of,the past.
Dot us, by.nll means in our power, endeavor
to that moral as wejl qa, bolitjcni:
Union which was established by Washington
and maintained by Jackson. Then \ye shall
have peace and Union under the same Con
stitution, and with the one flag of many stars
floating over us. Then it will be. the old
Upipn of our hearts and hands, and we shall
shed tears of joy as we hail it in the breeze,
“ The flag of the Union forever.”
One word more,, A receipt; proclamation q{
the President suspends the habeas corpus act
in certain- enumerated cases. The lives and
liberties of the people are now no longer un
der tho protection of the laws. “ The Pres
ident, the military, naval and civil officers of
tho United States, or any of them,” can ar
rest and hold any citizen, at thoir will or
pleasure. This is a tremendous power to
give any man or sot of incii. A leading ad
ministration paper in this city says that this
power would bo dangerous in the hands of a
corrupt ruler, hut the honesty and incorrupt
ible .patriotism. of Abraham Lincoln guaran
tees. its upright and impartial exercise.—;•
There would bo some force in this remark,
oven admitting, for (he sakoof the argument,
tho adjectives applied to tho-President,-but
his proclamation gives .the same power also
to each military, naval and civil officer in tho
United States. ■ Mr. Lincoln has not the
power of übiquity nor-'omniscience. lie can
not-know what Ir’s numerous subordinates,
in different-parts of onr extended country,
arc doing in his name and by, his authority.
What tho writ of; habeas corjits gives to' the
citizen, namely : a hearing , at least, is taken
from him, to say nothing of tho common law
provision, “ that no freeman shall ljo impris
oned or detained without muse shown.”
In every arbitrary as well as
free, it bits heretofore been tho first and most
important object to secure tlio citizen or tho
subject from violence or detention unauthor
ized by law. Our own Chief Justice, (Low
rio,)_in a repent case, announced a,familiar
principle wlioii be said: “It is alleged that
the fact complained of wns authorized by the
President of tho United States, and was exe
cuted by impoitant federal officers. But
this element - loses all its. legal importance
when wb consider that all public .functiona
ries in this land are under law, and that
none, from tho highest to the lowest, are
above it.” , ,
These familiar principles are set at naught,
and we seem to ho going backwards ip timt
condition of society when force was tlio only
rule, and men wore swords by ihoir sides to
protect themselves from injury, and oppres
sion. ~ ■ ;
But Icu not those oppressive measures drive
ns from our propriety of conduct. AV e are
now;-as wemlways have been, the friends of
law and order ; and though the laws may be
temporarily silent, we will give them obedi
ence. Let us,, therefore, be careful to do
nothing against tho pence and dignity of tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
We still have by Art. l of the Amendments
to the Constitution (if the United States, the
rigbWpeaoeably to assemble and petition the
Government for a redress of grievances. Our
own Constitution—art. ix, see. I—declares
that the people have certain inherent and
indefeasible rights, among which are those
of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of
acquiring and possessing property, and of
pursuing their owq happiness. . The seventh
section of tho second article ordains, that the
printing presses shall be free to every person
who undertakes to examine tlio proceedings
of the Legislature or any branch of the Gov
ernment; and no law shall be made to re
strain the exercise thereof.” “Tho free oom
raubioatiod of thoughts and opinions is one of
the invaluable rights of man, and every citi
zen may freely speak, write and print on any
subject, being responsible for tho abuse of
that liberty.” These and other common and
inherent rights still remain to us. And
above all, in tho present crisis of onr public
affairs, wo have the right of.thp ballot. Lot
us see to it that this right is exorcised at tho
next election:- It is a right sacred to freedom,
and .formidable to tyrants only. It is now
onr only, hope for the future. If a majority
of tho voters of Pennsylvania dooido in favor
of tlio present Administration, wo will, as
law-abiding citizens, calmly and passively
abide the result. AH wo ask is a,fair and
honest arbitrament .at the polls. , ,
And bore, linder .tho shadow of tills vener
able Hall of Independence, and bn this anni
versary of tho adoption of tho Constitution,
wo solemnly declare that wo intend to assort
this right with all tho vigor and earnestness
of freemen engaged in the holy oauso of main
taining tho Constitution, tho Union and free
dom
W Election occurs im the i.ltli inst.
Mo Will Support cdrtiy, who wood-,
, WARD V i
Among the supporters of Andy Cuitin will
bo found:
Every original disunionist in the State,
from.l’haddeus Stevens down.
. Every one who avows that the Union as it
was cannot bo restored. . ,
! .; Every .one. who assorts that the war can
oidy end jtpffm extinction of slavery.
:Every onp who Uclioves the Constitution to
be a “covenant with death and a league with
hell.” , ■
Every one who sanctions the repeated Vio
lations of.that sacred instrument. .. . ,
Every one who believes that Lincoln may
violate, it q,t his pleasure.
Every one who justifies the arrest, the .im
prisonment), and the exile of Democratic
editors and orators for exercising tho.plainly
guaranteed constitutional rights of speech.
Every one who believes Lincoln may sus
pend the ivrit of habeas corpus at his pleas
ure. ...
Every 6no who believes that bp.ni.ay, do
away with the sacred right of trial.by jury,.
. Every one who believes that the negro face
is superior to the white, , ~ , , ...
Every one who belieyes the negro to be the
equal pf tOqwhito man.
~ Every, ope who wants to,see him admitted
to social and political equality, arid like
Judge Agnow would desire to sco the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania so amended as to give
him a right to .vote.
Every one who believes that the white raeo
would bo improved by amalgamation with
the black. -•
Every one who Relieves that this is a war
for the freedom of tlienegto. ...
Every one who believes that it neither can
nor ought to end except in the extinction of
slavery. .
Every one who endorses the emancipation
policy of the President. >.
Every one who flunks the nation‘can only
be saved by the help of negro soldiers.
Every one, in short, who believes in an
anti-slavery Constitution, an anti-slavery Bi
ble, an anti-slavery God, and alt,the fOoljsh
amj pernicious proclamations of Father A,b
rahauf.,, ~ ... . ~
Every one who has been engaged, in plun
dering the' public treasury, except it may bo
Simon Cameron.
Every shoddy contractor.
Every maker of shoes with paper soles. ,
“Every manufacturer,.who,.is malting a for
tune opt of, the government contracts..
Every corrupt official who has both hands
up to the elbows in the public coffers.
Evpry greedy fellow who thinks ho will,
soon get his paws in. ,
Every “ green-hack patriot.”, ...
Eyfiry man who is making money out of
the war’. ■
Every one who has made a fortune out oi
Every one who expects to make a fortune
outofit.
Every one who holds an office under Lin
coin.
Every one who holds dri office under Cut
Every Provost Marshal, and all in thoi
employ. -
Every tax collector arid assessor, and, in
short, the'.whole .gang of vampires who are
fattening on the blood of the people and the
treasure of the nation, will vote for Andrew’
G, Curtin. But those, long na, thy list is,
and numerous as they are, are uot yet strong
enough to carry the coming election. >
There is a iriuch larger class who will vote
for George TV. Woodward. Among those
will be found:
Every 1 man who is loyal to, the Constitu
tion. ,
Every one wlio desires to see the Union
restored. ,
Every one who knows bin own rights ns a
freeman and respects the rights of his follow
citizens.
Every true friend of liberty, and every
hater of despotism.
Every one who desires to see the majesty
of the civil law preserved inviolate.
Every one who believes that this govern-
icntwas made by whito men for whito men
Every one w in) is in favor of keeping the
negroes in their proper plnuo ns an interior
and dependent nice.
Every one who Ims sense enough to see
how much our liberties are .endangered by
the assumptions ot arbitrary power by the
present administration.
Every one who condemns the negro war
policy of the President and Ins advisers.
In ahiprt,every conservative .((poking man
in the State, together with the.honest brasses
who are suffering from the multiplied woes
tins war lias brought upon ns, and who de
sire to see it end speedily, and in a manner
honorable ami just to all parties.
These constitute a vast majority of.onr
population, and they will speak their senti
ments in thunder tones at the approaching
election. If wo have a free vote.wo have no
fear but that the result will bo a glorious tri
umph. Nothing can prevent this but force
or fraud at the polls, and that wo do nut
think our opponents will dare to attempt.
BQ?*Tlio Abolition league leaders arc evi
dently very much -alarmed by the prospect
before them. They see that their notoriously
corrupt “shoddy” candidate for Governor,-
cannot secure the votes of the people; that
honest conscientious men cannot support
him ; and that his defeat cannot possibly lie
prevented, without a resort to desperate, arjd
unprincipled means. They are, therefore,
preparing tllhmselvos accordingly. Lying
stump speeches from their unscrupulous parr
tizaos are to bo among the orders of the day,
from now until the election, But all will hot
answer. Their present alarm is but the har
binger of the certain defeat that awaits them
at the polls. , The masapf the people know
ton much of Curtin to be lied into his sup
port; and the private and public life of AVood
ward is an inasaufAnco fp tlfem, ..that he is
worthy of thoir confidence and suffrages.
“ The Soi.dier’s Friend.” —The Abolition
papers are in the habit of speaking of Andy
Curtin as the “ soldier’s friend.” lie showed
-friendship by placing half a million of
dollars that was appropriated to clothe the
Pennsylvania Keservos in the hands of his
particular friopds, who provided the soldiers
witli blankets that they could see through,
shoddy coats and pants, and shoos that had
solos tilled with shavings. In two,weeks the
brave men wore bare-footed and nearly na
ked. A pretty ** soldier’s friend,” to be sure.
How much of the profits Curtin pocketed the
public never discovered.
DU?” A friend writing from Schuylkill coun
ty says—“sot down Schuylkill county two
thousand majority for Woodward and Low
rio, certain, provided martial law is not de
clared and we are -run down by tm armed
soldiery.” r
ll ’Prdpliec'y. Fulfilled.
“If those infernal fanatics nnd Abolition
sits ever got the power in their bands, they
will over-ride the Constitution, set the Su
premo Court at defiance, change and make
laws to suit themselves, lay violent hands on
those who differ with them in opinion or dare
question their fidelity, and finally bankrupt
the country and deluge it with blood,”—pan
id Webster. .
Such were the solemn words of prophedy
uttered by the “god•like” Webster, years
ago, and wo, to day, are witnessing their
fearful fulfillment.. “ These infernal fanatics
and Abolitionists,” as Webster styled them,
in an evil hour, in’getting “ the
.poweeun tbair hands” and the direful conse
quences, so minutely foretold, are upon us.
AVhat Daniel Webster foresaw tvould be the
result of tfio accession to power of a sectional,
fanatical, Abolition faction,'.we,have seen and |
‘feltln in till its terrible reality..
Jlayo they “ovorrided the Constitution V*
Let tho k Confiscation .act, tho<:Emancipatiori
Proclamation, the divisio,n tl of; the §tato of
yirginia without .the'eonsent of r its Legisla
ture, aml.thc .scqrcs of other unconstitutional
acts of the present .Administration, answer
tho. question... % ‘
Dave they “set the Supremo Court aVde
fiance,?” Let tlio act ot the last Congress
in'nil, the Territories of
tho United States, and the decision of Attor
poy. General Dates, that negroes arc citi-
answer.
...Have they /“changed, and made -Jaws* to
suit themselves?” Let the .act abolishing
slavery in tho District of.Columbiit, and tho
act indemnifying the President for his gross
violations of in.,arrest
ing and imprisoning. /“-.citizens without due
process of,Jaw,” answer.’ f f -( ‘
they “laid violent hands oh thos.
who differ with them in opinion ordure ques
tion their fidelity?’ 1 Lit the arrest and inj
prifionincnt. “ without warrant or quthori Ur
of Pierce ,riwladcl^hij>,
Senator Wall, of New Jersey, l)r. E. B. Olds,
°T Pj 1 ,'*- I the hutidreds of other prominent
nr the arrest, mock
trial and banishment of Ron. C. L, Vallan
digaam, ,answer. These men were torn from
thuji’ hpmqp and families at the dead liour of
midnight, by the “violent hands” of a ruth
less fjoldiory, fur daring to “ differ inopiilion”
TO h. the men in power, transported beyond
the limits of their States .and r qpnfined ,iri
lofttihsorpjs. hastfles, where they.wqre denied
the common necessaries of life, and in the
case of Dr. Olds; the use of even a Bible!
Truly, this prediction of the groat Webster,
has.been fulfilled to the letter.
Have they ‘‘ bankrupted the country and
deluged it with blood V Let the scarcity,.iff
gold and silver—the eonstitiUiopaV currency
of the iooun (|i)y—and' the gory Hews of Bull,
llun, Fair Oaks, Malvern Ilill, Antietam,
Fredericksburg and GottysbO.rg, answer this
lust interrogatory. i ' _ '
Sectional strife, civil war, fip’apeftil rain
and an almost totid disregard ..of Constitp.
tional obligations by those in authority, are
the results, as predicted by AVebstor, of the
advciit to pow.er of fanatics and Abolitionists;.
leaving nothing ofthis once glorious and hap
py Onion, but States, discordant,'belliger
ent, dissevered,” AVill the peilplo ponder ai
these facts ?—: Valley £piri/.
IC7”AV o ask .all candid liberty-loving Amer
ican citizens of both parties if the following
[Jpcs hbt smack rather too much of Venice or
Boland for this free country:
Headquarters Military Governor, )
Alexandria, A r a'., Scptcmeer 16, j
Fnfpriiivr Alexandria Gazelle : ,
Silt; Observing in your issue of this even
ing on article boldly headed “Virginia Legis
lature,” which article contains the .proceed
ings of the confederate legislature of Virginia,
and hence, is a public recognition upon ymir
payt of a slate, government in Virginia oppos
ed to the fedc at,government, the general com
manding directs mo to inform you'that tho
l 'l|Pc, t ;',t[oi,t of this act will bo visited with n
suspension of your paper. ..
Tho existence of a paper in Alexandria
known to bo hostile to tho government he
represents, will bo tolerated so long only as
there appears nothing in it offensive to loyal
people.
Respectfully,
ItoLmN 0. Gaps, A. A. G.
Ilavo not things bomb to a pretty pass
when an American newspaper published
within a few miles'of the capital of tho coun
try ia threatened with because
the heading to some of tho nows displeases
an ignorant military officer? Tho phrase
“Virginia Legislature” is literally correct,
no n alter what tho political crimes of that
body may have been. A gun is a gun,
whether in tho hands of a federal-or a con
federate soldier, and an organized scato.legis
lature, in or out of tho Union, is very prop
erly distinguished by the name of the state
it legislates for. Tho “general commanding’
who inspired the above order may have a
"bold” head of his own, but it certainly has
very little brains or discretion insido of it.
!C?’The i phjiugnral address of Guvernor
Bramuettfl says: “Wo have now, and will
|iavo when the rebellion closes, the identical
Constitution which the oxtroniists seek to do-
Ptf'iy—W'o one, by innovation, tlio other ijy
force; It is not a restored Union, not a re
constructed Union, that Kentucky desires,
but a preserved Union, and a restored peace
Upon a_ constitutional basis." The. Chicago
Times justly says that there, is, not,ii. “Cop
perhead” in the (Jnitcd States wlio does riot
wear these sentiments in his heart’s corel
They Give it Ur!—The Pittsburg foil
patch, the advocate of soldier-flogging and
Abolitionism, in its issue of the sth of August,
said:
“ With any irian of ability; clear record,
and above all, honesty, the triumph of the
Union party is secure ; TUB fTOM I NATION
OB CURTIN WILL BK TAN L’AMOUNT
TO UKFUAT TO TUB PARTY, and for this
result the Union men should hold tbo Con
vention personally responsible.”
The Conscription in, Connecticut. —ln
Hartford the number of men drafted, under
the Federal conscription liiw, was 1,127.
Of this number, how many, think you rea
der, have gone to tbo war?
Just— -four'. No loss—no„ri).oro;
And of those four; two wore negroes.
C 7” Mon who profess themselves in fayor
of war to the last man and the last dollar and
refuse to shoulder the musket themselves.,
are either onwards or hypocrites.
Thai •‘So-called” Loyally,
In a speech which he made nt.airccent
Abolition meeting in Pittsburg, Gov. Curtin
said: 1 ' ■!, 4':
“I cannot understand that so-cnlled loyal
ty which claims to be faithful to the Govern
ment, and yet attacks the President," &e. I
Secretary Seward seemed to understand
it. however, when in a dispatch addressed to
Mr. Adams, our Minister in London, in No
vember last, he said:. .
“ 111 this country, .especially, it is n habit
not only entirely consistent , with, the Consti
tution, but even essential ,to its stability, to
regard the Administration lit any,time exist
ing as distinct and sqparuble-iroin the Gov
ornmont itself, and to canvass tho proceed
ings of the one, Without the thought of dis
loyalty to tho other.” ; , r. i
This is the opinion of William 11. Sewnnli
Secretary of State under Mr. Lincoln, .tlid
second man in the Administration, n man of
far higher political distinction than Governor
Curtin, and presumed to be a mora discern
ing. and able statesman. lie thoroughly
comprehends tho distinction between the Ad
ministration and the Government, and there
fore admits tho existence and purity of that
loyalty which our obtuse Governor “ cannot
understand.” • , .;
Buf is a-reason ; fbr .everything, and there
fore fir Goy. Curtin’s . inability to “ under
stand” what Seward so clearly perceives.
, Goy, Curtin “ cannot understand” the loy
alty which clings to,,the Constitution nt),4.
supports the Government rather than' t\ie
President—who is tho more agent of tho
people, selected by them -to administer tho
laws for a specified term—because it brings
from a simple devotion to country; (a feeling
;\Hl,knpiyn to him and his school of politics,)
and is not paid for in gold “or its equiva
lent”—tho only reward of such “ so-called”
loyalists being the consciousness that they
serve the cause of liberty by upholding tina
institutions.iwjder wljich, it esfctpV- ’ t:. I >
!„' lt,t-was .not to bo expected that'his Excel
lency, or the party of his Excellency would
"understand” snoh disinterested loyalty as
this. His intiriots and theirs enable them to
better appreciate that other “so called loyal;
ty” which springs from the hope) or rather,
certainty of a more subtantialreturn’, and ex
pends itself in of devor
kw to ri tlie Prpaldopt, because hp carries. the
toys that opoq to his Servitors the doors that
lead to preferment and wealth’. r ,
Cnpurchasod ancl'unpurchaseable loyalty (p
the. Government, which is the, boast and very
essence of Democracy; is a ,mystery to Gov.
Curtin and tho brood ofppriiioraptjs who have
selected him as their repre,sen,ta.tiyp man.
To them it is an unsubtantialshade,\y,. wbieli
tbpy, hw#** ~ir^
spoot unlike that glided loyalty—which they
do “understand”—the proceedings of which
can he fingered, jingled in the pockets, in
vested in real estate, used in the stock mark
et, or placed in bank to th,e credit of the de
positor.,,.'. ... ...i
t .lY.p ape..not in th,q. losst astonished that
Curtin ,“couldn't ace it,”
Is it Treasonable ?—Tho Now Yorjc, Sm\,
a neutral paper, with slightly Abolition pro
clivities, contains the following:. , '
, .“ Tlio llon. Tfadr.' Slovene, the, Republican
leader in the last pungrpgs, ip de
livered in Lancaster county,.in favor of the.
ro-oloction of Curtin, expressed the following
sentiments: ' .
“The Union os, ityrns,
ns it is—God forbid itf Aboli
tion doctrine, but it is the right doctrine.’ t
This may be ‘unconditional loyalty/i bpjt
it looks uncommonly like treason.. Other
traitors never said anything so bad ns this.
They at least were in favor of the restoration
of the Union and tho Constitution, but erred
in thinking that it can be better acoompliahs
cd by peace than war. The President and
Congress have placed on record the most sol
emn declarations that thp-sole object of (be
war was to restore, and maintain * tli'o cbpptl;
tiitional authority of.flle General Govern meat
in tho insurrectionary States, and on the
fail}? pf..jjh.ose assurances a million of men
shouldered arms, and a mint of .money has
boen expended. But after two years and a
half of war and the sacrifice of a quarter of
million of mon, a leading member of th. 9
dominant Republican party publicly deprer
cates tho principle for which we have boriti
contending. Other traitors have been exiled
—will Stevens bo shot, or imprisoned, or
even prosecuted ?”
“ . . . ; 'l.
Are You Assessed?— Jiy.ory ~Deraocrat
should immediately see that bis name ia upop
the assessment list of his ward, township or
election district.
Neglect ,of this important, matter may de
prive him of his vote,oh the day of the eloc-
It has been and will be the game of Abps
lition assessors, where such, have hoon alcpf
ted .throughout the country! tp. neglect to
assess Democrats oven when asked, to d,o so,
arid when they have proposed to do it. With
such officials,. who have, suqh ideas of their
duty! there is ho safety for a Democratic voter
but in seeing his name enrolled.
If you can get assessed to day, do not wait
until to morrow. When you meet the asses-,
sor, close up tho business at oneo, and if he
belongs to tho Abs., follow him up and see
that your name is recorded.
Lot every Democratic yotor : at tend, tf), this
matter, and make sure that his own nanio
and that of his brethren is upon'the list.—
Then on election day wo will have a fair field,
rio drawbacks, and no gouging. ,
. And that’s all we want in order to win. A
fair field, and no favor is all the old party ha?
ever risked of its piebald enemies during the
last forty years.
■ Front ..fill accounts a most "fearful state of
affairs exists all along the borders-of Mi a*
souri and Kansas* ,I'he St. Louis democrat
of the 15th instant says: .. i,
.. “We learn, that the soldies of the' Seventh
Missouri State Militia are burning.all the
houses of rebel sympathizers, oil along the
harder, and the r.ehok.in,Retaliation are fir
ing t|i,e property of .t^o..-Unionists remaining,
A fearful state of. things exists in nlltbebor
dor counties, arid general devastation is ob
servable.”
All this is the legitimate fruit of the radi
cal policy so extolled by abolition presses.
Wo hear of no suoh scenes on tbo lowa bur,
dors of Missouri, nor indeed any whoro but in
the region which, has been blessed by tbo
precepts and practices of Lane, Jennison &
0“Tho Abolition papers are crowing over
the “unexampled prosperity" of the country,
and give in support to their argument tho
heavy receipts of duties on imports, which
will not average oyer §2,000,000 per week, if
that—while the expenditures of government
amount to nearly §2,000,000 per day.' ■ This,
being so, where is tho “unexampled prosper
tty? 1 '
no; re.