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Those of a greater length in propertied. as Hand-bills, Posting-bills Bamphlots, Blapjts; fchholir, Ao. do., oieohWd with •curacy and at tlie shortest notice. •jWitdh A SOSD P&tt THE BIITS. TUKB or YANKEE DOODLE. " Coma on-my jolly boys and sing Of Mao and of Antlotam; Tho Union' wo shall socnrestofe, . The rebels—wo shall beat thorn. 0 With "Little Mao”wo*llmake them eraofe; And pat them in confusion, If they refuse to heed tho laws And mind the Constitution. . With " Little Mao" upon the traok And Pendleton beside him, We’ll beat old Abe, the bosswood babO) With Fremont too astride him. Old Uncle Abe is a used up babe . With all his jokes and tod&y 'The copperheads hare seen thotfilreadi That were not in tho shoddy. OoHk a on my Jolly boys and sing Of 11 Little Mao/' tho viator,. We’ll show Old Abe bo can’t be king> Nor Fremont bo dictator. •The habeas corpus no’ll restore; >nd all the Constitution,; • frhe rebols South and traitors Korth Shall meet with retribution. ' tlurrab I niy bravo old army boys, Make haste to save tho nation; Cur Mao wi|l had vfitbout tho dead Of a oomet proclamation. Cur ” Little Mno”-ii just the man To restore tho nation’s glories; Ho never will on a battle field Indulge in smutty .stories. The ” loyal” longues #ho go for na< For tho sake of speculation; May take the shovel or the ado; Or perish by starvation. Hliwllanemm. [Worn (Uo Philadelphia Age.] i TIIE CBOWN AND PURPLE. It is said that wher. Mr. Lincoln Wda trem blingly fitting the Scotch cap to his bead, and adjusting to bis stately person the folds of the lung cloak, which formed his disguise ht a certain critical period of hie lifb, he re marked to the Harrisburg haberdasher, in Whose back shop he donned this celebrated Costume, "cap and cloak will fate me in— frown and purple will come afterwards." —. The story goes, that the worthy vendor of the Dap and cloak was so diverted at hearing this amazing boast from a gentleman whose teeth Were chattering with fear, and who Was litter ally shaking in a largeand very ill-fitting pair nf boots, that be burst into a hearty and. ir repressible laugh.,which lasted so long, and Was so indecorously loud, that it dust him a , place in the dUstom-llouse, of which he had just got a solemn promise, in settlement of his bilk We fancy that this man of costumes Would hardly make so merry now, if his fold friend) the President, should pap into the shop bb sotUD dark midnight ana remind him of the boast) Wild and silly as itaeeraed at the time, coming from tbe'ehuddering counterfeit of a long Scotchman, who nervously gazed at himself in the glase t i 7 has come to pass. The “crown and the purple” have been assumed —not formally) it is true, but substantially, bnd the powers of the mast absolute and dos* potio monarch that ever abused a sceptre or shamed a throne, are exercised by Mr.- Lin coln ns boldly and ruthlessly, ns though he bad eprubg from'the loins„cf a line oi kings, instead ofhaving been appointed the servant of their Constitution by a free people. The day that he Was inaugurated,‘hd bddS farewell to bis oath. .He never meant to keep it, and be was in an indeoent hdrry to break it. 1 The'inaugural addreas with which it .was accompanied, Was as full of false promises as it WUs dimay rhetorio. Its: most important declarations was the ftlsest. of all. ”1 de clare," said he, 1 “that T have no doslra, Hi- HEOTLTf-OB INDIBKQTLV. to interfere with the institution of elaveryjn the States where it exists. . I believe I have'NO LAW FUL BIGHT TO DO SO. The BIGHT of each State to order and control its own' domestic institutions, according to. its own judgement EXCLUSIVELY, is ESSEN TIAL to (he balance of power on which the perfection and ENDOBANCE of our politi cal fabric depend.' 1 , y- ' This declaration was made under tbe sanc tion of bis oath, and purported to be bis con struction of-the Constitution which ho hud just sworn to support. It is not for him or his adherents to say that this construction wae'falso, at the declaration he based on it a miatSken one. If-bo is responsible far any' thing, it is the solemn; wordsdni which hean - nonnoed to tbe nation the policy that be meant to follow, and.although, Ins, views of poljtioal' •zpcd'nnoe may have ohanged.hiathirstfor power Increased and biswill ttt serve hls parr •j at all hoxardeVend atany saori6ae, beeomo tk.engtbened : -undrd^sperst(>,ibe-Oonstitatidn' (ft he to, effebt any object wfiaterw. ' ’ _ Thdt hehasgraasjy. oontinunlly and shame ™asly. violated the Constitution,'is a proposi tion eo,familiar and .well established that it ;SeeinB,idle. to reiterateit, ■ Hie own adherents ■flo.ndl'dehyU. On the contrary. sp : thorough ly Have' they become demoralized by his reek ”?* • abuse, of. power, so perfectly, saturated hava their hiinds become with contempt for •aw, by following bis oral and practical teach •pgs. tha 4 instead.of blushing for his uaurpa tions, they make, boast of them. . The oandi pata.fur the,'Vjp* Presidency, now on the tick-, •’.yhh him, hosospeoially dietin r uiahfldhim ■w id tbit way. He said inßaltmiore.a year ago, before a vast congregation of shod ayuea, camp'-followers and contractors, who > r ®°®! Te d the declarations with Wild applause, When yon hear a man talking about his con stitutional rights;_«pW hiiri— -Tte'n dltdl'Mh*' Basely false as this assertion is, in letter and spirit, it indicates truly the policy upon which Mr. 1 Lincoln has acted, and the standard by j which he has measured the patriotism of the American people. The freeman who dares uto assert his rights Under the Constitution, from which Mr. It media gets all bis powers, is.in danger of paying for his boldness by banishment across the lines, dr weary ounflne meut_ in a Government fOrtffeeS. That Con stitution establishes the rights of the peo ple ob precisely ns firm a bttsis iiq it does the prerogatives of the President. The Eieou tive who seeks to abridge the liberties of tbe cititCn is as guilty, and-as liable to be punish ed for his guiltras the citizen who lawlessly seeks to; impede'him in the exercise of his just powers. Tenderly, indeed, should Mr. Lincoln respect that Constitution, for its pro visions werebenignly favorable to him. Ha had but a minority of tbe votes of the people of the United States; and- not a very consid erable minority. Tn many of these sovereign Stales he received not a-single vote;: Yet, under the Constitution, he was declared the legally elected President, although a' vast ma jority of the people; while they failed to unite oh any other single candidate, worq.agreed in hut wanting him. But fCr the Supreme Law, which be n< w contemnsarid defies, he would, to T dny, be hid ip the .obsoUflly bf his Spring field ofiiee, his door placarded with tbe ahin- Rle;*of an attotripy, hot- guarded by the pom pous but nriedfui array of Government troops which crowd the approaches to the. White House. He Would be clearing .tbe county prison of jail-birds With the cheap dliiquenoo of the Quartet Sessions, instead Uf Crowding the fortresses Of the country with its best cit izens, and idakidg dungeqds’ for the people of the bulwarks erected for their defense.—- The Const!tutiOri wbioh put him id the way of all these grand doings, should dhiiiri his gratitude for tile poWoritildS enabled him to assume, even if it elitiits His Hatted by the rights which it asserts fof the citizen. To enumerate the daily end repeated ex ercises ni despotic power of Whiob he has been guilty, would fill the columns of this paper fur more weeks; than will elapse be tween this and the November election. Bat there is onB so recent, and so marvellously defiant and wicked, that to paaj it by With out indignant protest', would ha criminal' in the conductors of a public journal devoted to the rights, of the people. Ot course, we re fer to the Maryland election. The Constitu tion which has just been rejected by the el feotors of that Commonwealth was made at Washington, It did not contain a provision which had hot been digested and prepared in the War Department, under the immedi ate supervision of Stanton, and with concur rence and advice of Mr, Lincoln himself; It. was designed not to embody the will of a free people, but to override it, and by perpet uating a system of military elections, under the control of thß (federal Government, to make its honest expression at the polls im possible, through all coming time, tc pro posed to plunder hitiSerth Of thfeir propfertjr without compensation, and to give them over to the domiaion of satraps of the Administra* tian, instead of tho peaceful rule of the laws under which they had lived so long, and grown so prosperous; It confirmed thß eled tive franchise to SUBtl abjedt Idolsof Mr. Lid-, data as might bd willing to swear übediendl! and devotion to all the edicts and proclama tions which be bad issued, or might issUß, in the wantonness of his folly and tlitf pjßri tb tude of his unchecked power. That it might leave nothing undone to uproot thß ancient institutions of the people which their fathers had made for them, and to wbidh hHhit had attaohed them, it abolished the divisions uf the State into parishes, and'erected town ships, of the New England pattern, in their stead. This instrument, in fact,' abounded in more villainies than wd have room even to mention, and was as destitute of henefi- cent provisions as Messrs. Lincoln and Stan- ton knew how to make it. • But the people, in epite of the military ilp pliandes devised to bold them in check, voted it dotlin,. In. common with all the honest freemen of the North, we rejoiced over the result. - We felt that it promised well for the future, and opened to all the rctl of tie a pros pect of peace and law, through the same pa tent.and quiet agency Which had redeemed Maryland. But Sir. Lincoln—Wd say it with sorrow, indignation, and amazement— has determined to strip the people of Mary land of the fruits of their victory, by the same method by which he sought to prevent them from makihg a free choice. He has determined to invalidata their election— -first, ,by 'the. introduction of a fraudulent-soldier vote, which woe' never cast by citizens of Maryland, for'tho reason that tliat State had no nuoll body of voters in the field; second', by throwing out that portion of the home vote which, in' the judgment of the . servile Governor was Cast by disloyal oiti: sens; and, ttirS, by setting aside-the elep tion-altogether! m 1 tHb.diatrißts which gave .large oiEyorities; against.the Constitution, on the ground ihalfhe soldiers stationed at the potty bylMr. liintOtii hiniself,.tdere: there in defiahct. of latif.'Tbeki are' the Btrdoinos methqds by Whidh tbe wili of tbo-peopleof a sovereign <statd istb be overriddenUßd croaiiod out,-.- -We protest, fegflinst this .oufc :rnge, in the name of the Whole peeple of the country, end of th,o Constitution of bdr fath ers, which was made to'save their poetefity from the curde of-jdst such ruthless deopi> tism as this. We protest againsk it, in the n tme of the neople of Pennsylvania, became/ if it is submitted to in patience, we believe 'that, before another four years' have; rolled away, a like infamy will filch our liberties from usi On Mr. Lincoln’s own account, we might, if we felt any deep concern for bis personal fortune, 1 protest against it—for the time will come when these wrongs; if pef eistod in, will no longer be eadured„and the Scotch cap and the .long olqak roay yct be found a-safe exchange for “the prown and purple."' ’ / V, ' ~ /' ' ' 'Cboosb Tb )—Oh the one hand you have ah illiterate, third rate. lawyer, possessing heithrrtho attainments ofa aaldier.nor states man, and distinguished for nothing- ho to, pro fioienoy in an eapy pliapiiy to tha whims of theoriting'bigois;' ’ : On the other hand you ti«Ve an honest, up right Christian gentleman, highly . distin guished for military attainments and of ad mitted’abilities as a statesman; dignified no ble, magnanimous ; who Will command re spoat and veneration front friend and foe; at home,and abroad* - . , . . i Clionso yo. therefore between Abraham Lincoln, and George B. McClollan. .MoRB or-LiNOOLiJ’s PoLior.—Sheridan re ports that he has burned. Iff the Sbehandoah Valley, 20Wb»rns, 70 mille, and ftOtf dwsf lings* ..'-i. “OCR COUNTRY—MAY jtl ALWAYS BB ElOffiT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONGOUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, OCTOBER 97, 1864. The Usurpation in Tennessee. Hhc j&iehds tf jil’Cldlcn Must Manage Their Side—Lincoln Will Take Care of Mis Side. Thefollowing is a copy of a protoot which oh the ISth inst., Was submitted to the Pre sident of the United States by John Lellyett, Esq., of Nashville, Tehneescfo, (one of its Signers,) in behalf of the loyal citisens of Tennessee, whom the Hon. Andrew Johnson, the Military Governor of that State and the Republican candidate for the Vice Presiden cy, has sought to disfranchise bv a proclama tion issued an the 30th of September last; To &is ilxctUclicg Abraham Lincoln, Tr'esi- ‘ dent if We Tjmted States ■: Sißt-—Tfih Undersigned, level citizens of th’S United States &nd of the State of Tenn essee, oh oar own behalf «0d on behalf of the loyal people of our State, ask leave to subttit.this pfdtest agiiinst.tho nroeh'imation of his Excellency, Andrew Johnson, if Hilary Governor, ordering ah election to ho hold for President and Vice President, iinder certain regulations and restrictions therein set forth. A printed copy of saM proclamation is here with enclosed. _ The Constitution of the United fTfarj* pro vides that “'each 1 State shell appoint, in :hicli : manlier as the fiegielatufe thereof ofay direct, a number of electors,” &o. Under tan prCVrslon of, the; Federal Constitution, the fiOgisUftire rtf Tennessee, yei.rS. hefuro the present Rebellion, prescribed the mode of el- j eolionto ISPO observed..which w.-511 be found 1 to differ 'essentiallyfropi -tha mode prescribed ! by the Military Governor; We herewith «n- ! close a copy of the law ofiTenuespoe goveth ing the holding of eaid election^ The military Governor expressly asottmes Vj virtue of authority-derived i¥om the Pres ident, eo U.altar And, amend the election law of Tennessee fehaotett under authority of the of the United States, as above set fotth) he to Make the 1 same conform to his'Awn edict he get foVth in the proclama tion aforesaid. He assumes so to Modify oUr law as to admit persons to. vote at the said election who are not entitled to vote under the law and the Constitution of Tennessee. Instance this: Our Constitution And law re quire that each voter shall be “ a citizen of the county wherein be may offer hie vote for sis Months next preceding, the day,of elec tion while, the OovVlrttor’a order only re 'quiretj that hCShAII (with other qualifications named) be a Bitiisn of Tennessee For six muntbs.Ad. This provision would admit to vote many pWsone pot entitled by law. . ' We will, for the, sake of brevity, pass oVer homo leai iwpertanlpuints Of conflict between the proclamation bb'd the law., but will in- Stanoe iq this place another. By our law it is provided.that the polls shall be opened in every civil distrittt in CaAh county in the State ; hilt the proclamation provides only for their being opened at one place in eaoh bounty. This provision would put it tittt of the power of many legal voters to eiorcise elective franchise.' We odliMnly ptoWsf ftghlbst these infringe ments of btlr law; conflicting as they do with the very letter of. tbp Federal Constitution, .because they aro without authority, and be cause they will prevent a free, fair, and trpe expression of tbe wiU of the loyal people of Tennessee. But -we-, pfotSst still niorp emphatically against ,tho, qjOskUnnaual and impraotiblo test oath whjoh it iSjSrdposed to repairs of all-eltitiin votersln, Tennessee. , [The 1 oath 'ia asfollows: “ I solemnly sweat*" that ! will hedcSforth support the i ConatitUtiob of thS United States,and defend ,it, pgaipat, ; thfl,assan Itsof all enemies; that .I\am Bn, adtiTe friond df the G(ivernmont of the ITnued Stataa; and the eneidy of the ’so called Confederate States'! that I ■ ardently doaire. the suppreseioa-of- tha present tehelf ion, agaipst. the governmSnt ■ ot .the United States,; thatlsipcSrelj rejoice in the triumph of the armies phd pavies of the'United States, and in the defeat and overthrow of thenr miee.naviss.and of all armed combinations in the interest of the compiled Confederate States; that t will cordially oppose all armis tices or negotiations for peace withrahela in arnjs. uritil the Constitution of the United states/ and all laws and proclamations mads in panoaiice flisteof, ahall bis established ot-' ONION ASb fEAfe. Air—America, My Oonntry J ‘Vom thy Woel> From all thy gathering foes. There comes release! Ton Banner wide is flung; Behold its folds among, \ Words breathed by every' tongue— Union and /Vae«. "The Jester jests in stnto. . 'The Zealot gluts hie hate, \ And spoils the land. \ They hoar tho orphan’s ory, The parent’s saddening sigh, The widow’s wail float by, Telttockisg etacd. What care thSy thnt distress— That woe and want oppress . A Free ty seek tohiUl; ima fill; '•irle&i will Prison; WitU r Their AjoJ lay draws nigh; JOploory Corrupi less, guile, Jttfarab je yilo~ A nation's bane long while, . Givjplaco to-day. Aye*l Vhhri&er ‘i'orlh fchoutl Aye I fling thq Banner out Wh bh, tyrants jShuor. Our Constitution free.; M’Clellan, Liberty, And let the chorua be, The Dwior Wow. Then bear our banner high; The Union Bared— we cry Let warring cerise I Our Rally-ory shall bo,— Bperoh, press, and ballot free; M’CLELnA,K, Xiforfjr, Ukion m»rf i’eacc. i tSITB BIN fiSif/TED IN AUDIENCE. ar all the people of every State and territory embraced within the National Union, And that I will heartily aid and assist the loyal people in Whatever measures may bo '.adopt* - ed for tho attainment of those Anilei- .and furtherj iliat J take this oath TreAly And vol untarily And without mental reservation.— So help me God.” J A aitixen, qualified to vote, and whose loy alty cannot be “ disapproved by other testi mony,” is to be required to swear, first, that he “will henceforth support the Constitution of the United States, «qd defend it against all odemieß.” This obligation we s.to Wil ling to fielVeW daily. But thie is not yet deemed a sufficient tost of loyalty. lie ie re quired to make oath and subscribe to a mass of vain repetitions consenting his activity as a friend of tho Union .Snd tllo enemy of its enemieh—icohcirninj his d&ireb, his, hopes And fears—and that he finds it in h.is heart to rejoice over the scenes of blood, and of wounds, of anguish, and do; t.h, wherein his friends, hie kindred, his loved Ones arc slain, or maimed, or made prisoners, oh war*— , 'Mfireby ti e fend of his bIS ih or adoption is iftnde desAlale, and lamentation and ihmlfA ing are spread over the whole nation. While all the civilised world stands aghast id com t-trAplatiott 'Of ’the unequalled horrors of odr tremendous strife, the citinen of Tennessee is called upon by her Military Governor, un der your authority, to swear that in those things he finds occasion to rejoice 1 As if this wore still not enough, the citir.en is fur ther required to swear to the indefinite pro longation pf this war, ns follows: “That I will cordially oppose all armistices or negotf atione for, peace with rebels in di-ms, until the Constitution of the United States, and all laws and proclamations mads in pursuance thereof, shall be established over all the poo- 1 pie of every State and Territory embraced Within the National Union (until inhrief) the war shall he at an end. Now, we freely avow to your Excellency, and to the world, that wo earnestly desire the return of peace and good will to our now unhappy country, that we sect neither pfeqsuro, profit, nor 1 honor in the perpetuation of war ; .that we should feej bound as Christians, as patriots, and as olvi.iaed men—that wo are hoAnd by the oaths wo have taken.—to countenance and encourage any negotiations whiili niay bo entered into by thfi proper authairitiea with .the Intent to restore peace and Anion under the Constitution Wo have sworn to support and defend. We should be traitors to our country, false to Cor indeed, to tho primary efewe of tho Oith we cro now discussing, to oppose euAh Negotiations. We cannot consent to sweat At tho ballot-bm a war ofbtt'ertuination Aminat our countrymen and kindred, or to prolong by our opposi tion-, tot A single ’diy after it can ho brought to an honorable and lawful conclusion, aeon test the most sanguinary and ruinous that lias'SAohrgtd'mankind. . You will qot have forgotten that in tho month of July last yon issued the following proclamation: Executive Mansion, 1 Washington, July 18, 1864. | To i them u met) concern / Anv proposition which embraces the resto ration of tenon, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received And con sidered by the Executive Government of tho United States, and will be met by liberal terms on ether substantial and collateral points, and. tha bearor or bearers theTCot shall have safe conduct bath ways - . . v A. tlffcoirr. This is certainly a proposition to treat with rebels in arms—with their chiefs. Are we nOw to understand by this proclamation r.f one acting under your Authority, And him seif a candidate with you for the second office, that even the above proposition is withdrawn —that you will honeCfdrth have no negotia tions upon any teMSS lidt dtirdlentiftg war to the hitter end t Or ado We to Understand that while y ui hold this propusitidn open, or yourself free to not as your judgment may dictate, we the citizens of Tennessee, shall' smear to or.’osi: yo'ur negotiations t In the neat breath, the Voter who has al ready been thus far qnalijicd is required to swear that lie ■vyil 1 “heartily aid aud assist the loyal people iti toJuUeeer measures may be adopted for the attainment of these ends.” Adopted by whom ? The oath does not say. We oattnot tell what BpasUfes may be adopted. We cannot comment Upon the Ab surdity of the obligation herd imputed with out ddngtr of departing From that respectful propriety of language Which we desire to preserve in addressing the Chief Magistrate of the American people. But this is tho clause of An oath which the candidate for the Vice Presidency requires At tho lips Uf tbe loyal and qualified voters fur Tennessee, before these citizens shall be allowed to vote fur or against you and himself at tbe coming elec tion 1 For thbfcS Veasont; hnd others which for the sake of brSvity we oknit, we solemnly protest agsihstthe interference of the Military Ouv ofUolf With tile friedora of the elective fran chise in Tennessee. We deny .his authority and yours to alter, amend, or annul any law of Tennessee. Wo demand that Tennessee be allowed to appoint her electors os express ly proVidM by the Federal Constitution which you H4vU sworn to support, protect, and de fend, irt the manrihr which the Legislature thereof Has prescribed. And to that end we respitetfltlly demahd of you, as' the principal under Whose authority this ordey lias beeu is sued; that the same shall bo revoked. We ask th&tall military intorloreneo shallbs with draWb so for as td allow to-dhe loyal mOn of Tennessee a full and free elections; By the loyal men of Tennessee we mean those who have not participated in the rebellion, or giv en it aid and ooedfort; orwho may have com plied wislr such terms of amnesty as have been offered them under.your authority. On.the Bth day of DedSmbor, 1863,.y0n, as President, issued a proclamation declaring that* a lull pardon is hereby granfed. with restoratiob of all rights of prdpirtf," dm., tn each' of bar aitixebs having participated, di rectly ot by implication, in the■ existing re bellion,.(wilb-.sertain exceptions;) ‘‘upon the condition that eyeryjimoh .person shall take and subscribe an path, and thenceforward keep and nidihtainsAidoath inviulate.” ' ilhd it is further provided in the proclamation aforesaid that in contingency, of the Or ganisation ofa State government in Tenbes sSe. or certain ether States babied j the pßfsorts having taken tlie ; oath refered to, being oth erwise qnrtlifled by the election law of the State; Shall he entitled to vote. The under- signed whuld elite that many of our oititans havb complied in good faith with the terms of amnesty, propost'd in your proclamation afore said, and arip therefore, .bt reason of the full pardon' granted them, fully entitled to vote ind exeroUP all other rights belonging to loy al citizens, without let or biudrurtne; and we respectfully appeal to yon, as ’President of tb!s United 'States, to make good your promisd of pardon to those teitisfeni by tho removal of otlicr ftnfl further hindrance to their oxer 'cToe 6f the VdcotiVoifAachiDe. : But if it be claimed upofc th’d plod of thU i ary necessity thot guard!) ana rtstriotions hhall be thrown around the paHot-boi in Ten nessee, we stiU&sk the witftdrAwalof the proc lamation of the Military, Governor, .b'Oc&use the condition thereby imposed.dpdn.tlio loyal men of Tennessco as a qualification for rotors are irrelevant, unreassnablo, and not in any f-enije a test of loyalty. But they pledge the citizens to oppose the lawful authentic* in ths discharge of their duty, Thoo&tfe reduir j ed lie only calculated to keep legal und right ful voters from the polls. We suggest that no oaih be required but such as is prescribed by law. Our people will hesitate, however, to take the usual oath of exam ple, in the language of tho primary claus'd df th‘6 oath in question; “ That I will henceforth support the Ootastitufcion of the United States, and defend it ngainnt the assaults of its ene mies ” Denying your righto to moke any purtum from the law in the case, wo shall, trover, foci do hardship in this, -the Convention to which Qov. Johnson re fers was a mere paflis&n meeting, having no a pd not representing the loyal men pf i btotiefcseb in any sense. The names of the signors of this-protost have been plac'odjbefore the people of Tennes see as candidates for Electors, if chosen, tra expected to dast the electoral voice of> Tennessee for Ceojts6 B. M’CJellart.for pres ident and .George 11. Pendleton for Vice pres ident,. By virtue of each position it becomes ohr province especially to appear before yon in tho attitude wo do. We art dfcare that graye questions may arise, in any event, ynlh regard rt tho regularity of the vote of Ten nessee, in consequence of the partially disor ganized dbndition-df the State. . The friends of your, re-election, however, announced an electoral ticket, and tho-publio became aVvaro preparations Were being for the bolding of the election, leaving that matter no longer a question. Sqmo tinie thtiroalter our electoral ticket was placed before the pub lic, and within a few days followed the proc lamation complained.of. We, for ourselves and thOso we represent, art wiUVdg to leave all ‘questions involving the right of Tennes see to participate in the election to the deci sion of competent authority. WM, B: CAMPELti. of WPBoVi bounty. TiIO&.A.R. NELSONjof, Washington (id. _ , . For the State at Large. JAS. T..P, CARTER,.of Carter county. JOHN WILLIAMS, of Knox county. A. BLIZARD, of MoMinn county. HENRY COOPER, of Bedford county.. BAILIE PEYTON, of Sumner county. JOIINLELLYBTT, of Davidson county. EM. ETHERIDGE, of Weakly county. JOHN D. PERRYMAN, of Shelby county. For the District. After tho foregoing paper had boon road, a brief colloquy ensued between the Presided! and Mr, Lellyotfc, as dP&rib6d in the follow ing communication: WieHiSdiroNibet. 15, 1864. To the Editors of the Ediional^dnielligencer,. I called upon the President to-day and pre sented And read, to him the above Protest. Having donoludid, Mr. Lincoln responded j “ May Jr inquire how long it took you and the New York politicians toooncoot that paper?-’ X replied; “ It was concocted in Nashville, without communication with any but Ten neaseefns. Wo communicated with citizens' of .Tennessee outside of Nashville, but not with New Yei-k politicians.” “ I will answer," said Mr. Lincoln, ’emphat ically, *• that I expect to let the friends of George B. JrPGlollan manage their side of this-contbst ih their own way, 1 will manage my side of it in my way.” “ May we ask an answer in waiting ?” I suggested. ".Not. now; Lnyi those papers dowii here, I will give no other answer now. I kday or may not write something .about this hereaf ter. I understand this. I know you intend to make a point of this. .Eutgo ahead. You have iby answer,” “ Your answer then is that you expect to let Gen. H’Clollan’s friends manage their, ■ side of this contest in, their own way, and - you will manage your side of (tin your wav." “Yes.” , : { then thanked the President fof his cour tesy in giving us a hearing at all, and took my leave. 1 - Judge Mason, Of this city, Was present at the interview,, to Whom I refer in regard to the correctness OF this report. On stepping outside of the door of the Executive Mansion, I immediately wrdte down the President’s emphatic response, and submitted 11 to Judge Mason and another gentleman who happened to b’o present* and ■ they both pronounced it accurate. ’’ ■ And now t haVB a word today to the peo ple of the United States, Who are or ought to be thd mAstors of Abraham Lincoln. The paper which [ h ( .d the honor to present to the President is not the “ concpotinn of Now York politicians,” however that might affeot its merits, ft is the solemn ;voidd of a once frde and jtrodd people, protesting against their own disfranchisement by the agent of Abraham Liriijoln. ft is tho voice of those loyal then in TenribtMe who have borne the reproach of a people they stilt loved, slip porting the President in all lawfdl e Sorts to preserve the Onion- The reword of-our loy alty is disfranchisement.. The cup of perjury ie coiiimended to Odr lips because it is known that we will not tcuoh.its contents,, judge ye between the people of Tennbsstee and Abraham Lincoln. It may be meet that obr solemn and respectful appeal shoiild, be throwit ttside with a contemptuous, sneer.- Look to it. If you, the peuple.of the North ern States, can sustain this act of tyranny, your own time will soon come; If the Presi dent of the United States may “ manage his side of the contest*’ by setting aside tho very loiter, of the Constituiion and altering the elective laws of tho States so as to disfran chiae his opponents, liberty is already dead. . John XiELLVSTT. the lion. Charles Mason, having accompa nied Mr. Lellyett in his visit to the President, and having'been present at thb interview ac corded to Mr. Lcllyett. has been oalied.by the latter Id the. following note to authenticate bis report of. the Conversation had with thd President. The rhply of Mr. Mason is alio j appended: Washington. Qct. 15, 1864. Hon. C'liss. Mason —Dear "Sir: I submit o your inspection what I bate written ference to thy interview with the President tq-dtty, And will ask you to Stato if yoUre» gard the. same as an. accurate report. ' Respectfully, John LELi/TEff. • . "frAsniNafoN, dot: IS, 1864.. Jo«S tsLiTETT. Esq. —Dear Sir I Inotnil- Sliance with the roquestin yourtftrts ol this ay. I have only to say that I was ftfSaent at fh« interview referred to.. Your -statoijtn* of what took place is substantially correct: aad on all material points I. believe it liter* *ll/ to Yoarfl, truly, Chas, Masoit. hmm MORE TRUE, That £rahd old naan, profound statesman* and trtie patriot, the lion. Amos Kendall’, the bosom friend of the immortal .Jackson* whose Post Master General ho was, closes ft most admirable tetter with the following pa'* ragraph; . I “ rtSUlti of the military, operations of 1862, thus far Under Commander in-Cbief Lincoln atta Major General "McClellan,-may be summed up as follows : Lincoln Saved Richmond, I-i’CtEhtAN SAVED WASHINGTON'. For saying Richmond, Lincoln is praised, flattered end proposed for reflection to thd Presidency 1 For saving Washington. AVClollan .is tra duced, driven Irom the service of his country, and even stigmatized as the accomplice and leader of traitors !I • . y God ie jn&t. Are the people? iidvember will answer.” LINCOLN SAVeO nrcHiIGND —m>- CLEI,LAN SAVED WASHINGTON—this is the undeniable truth as recorded in histo ry, and tint be tbo verdict of posterity. Let the present generation of Americans see to ft th&t posterity niay also bay the savioufr of Washington was remembered with grati tude, and rewarded with the highest honor in the gift of his countrymen, and that the si viodr of Richmond Was‘dißriiisbetl from public employment, and coibpdUi'A ignominious obscurity, to witness tho rCb’torition of that .Union which ho would have destroyed forever. Lincoln is the rebel candidate.. Thd Rich mond Enquirer deefares its preferences fbr him, because he will sooner let the South go with slavery than lot the South come back with slavery. ; , McClellan is the UnioiV’bftßdidttte, Ths Richmond Hhwuirer admits that if “reftCn- ■truotion were possible, it would be fcndre probable Under M’Clellan tb'in under Lin coln, M’Clellin being 'a sincere Unionist,” who Will Sooner tet the .South come back with slavery than let thb South go with Ha very. . •, Lincoln's iftotto io*. n the union if We can. Abolition buy wCy.” M'Olellan's motto is, ‘‘the Union first, the Union list, the Union any w&y.” - Rcpblilicafi del&sionk* 44 feickbon’C df the Rebellion IS nearly broken,” cry with one accord all the Lincoln organs; ** a hundred thousand more men and tho confiSderiwy falls.”, So It has been from the begiohiDg. tot' us go direr thb catalouge of the delusions and the fala'b and fatal prophesies of Hepublioaa leaders; , Sixty d&yn, Four year*. Nobody hurt; Three hundred thousand killed, end wounded, and sick. . Seventy-five thousand mens Over tw« millions. Rebellion fefarved out in throe months: - Rampant in 1864. Backbone broken at every success s Not yet; Opening of the Mississippi td iSotUmoroa i Running a gauntlet of guerrillas. Every now levy Bur'o to extinguish ilio boll ion: Draft ordered for sth Of Septem ber. Paper as good as gold: Gold 200. The people richer for the war t • Prides ‘ad l vanned three hundred pet cent. . Every campaign to bo the last; Met on*. _ Free soil: Pour States rdaklng Such elec tion returns as bayonets dictate. ■ Free speech: The Suppression of newspa pere. Freemen • Hundreds Attested without 'warrant, imprisoned without crime, and en larged without ttiah National honor: _ 'fhh abandonment of th’e Monroe doctrine, and kidnapping of Arguel les. B,eepbOt fdr law: The breach of it in eve ry State in the Union. Belief in the Union is unbroken! manufacture of b.jgus States. . Freedom.of the slave: Apprenticing bim through military orders, and crimping him from the ranks. Lnve of negrdos; betting hini rot in heaps. .Love of progress and humanity: "Waging war against wonion and children, and houses and barns, and agricultural implements. Care for this Buldiera: Leaving thetn td hunger, and Heat, and thirst, and prisons, and ver&in. The blood starts with the swdat trf tlie southern people, we verily beliovfc. TbSy are ■dHreiching every ratisoW and straining every nerve, and th’dy jfcroaln iri-fclio excess of their exertioh no doubt; but they aria hot exhausted, nbr near to exhaustion, aud we would warn our Republican friends against the deceitful lur£s by which Mr. Liochla hopes to catch thblr votesl MiUtAßv Execution’ at Oithbbrland Mri eiecution of tfhseph Provost, f r fch# murder of Christian Miller iu Bath, Morgari county. West Virginia,,took place On of lust week, at Cumttiriaud. MI. The A i legiun etijsj At- a quarter past II o'clock the prisoner wns brought nut of the, jail, npoornpanied by R»v. Father Brennan, of. St. Patrick's Catli olio church, his striatal adviser. He was placed in the oarti on either side of which a file of guards was placed.' A procession wad then formed oonsistingof all the cavalry .troops stationed beret and at twenty minutes.past 11 o’clock, it moved trcni the jail to the place of execution. Arrivedthere. the brief space in tervening before the appointed hour was past ed in _ Biiieiil* devotion, the cntidemhed man participating With apparent fervor, and eont trition. A few minutes before 12 o’clock tha aoose was adjusted about the orlminal’i neoV hi wo* placed' Upon the trap, hnd at preciset ly 12 o’oloofc lhh trttp ftll, Therope bysomd meanebeoame loosened, from the riPgwhioh was attached to tha .cross beam of the gal lows; 4nd the condemned rridil feU beavily to Jhh ” tfrohnd j he - was ifhinediatel/' raised on however* ond supported in. figtdn.ascßnding the etdps toJthe pWtformj bjr.tha Rev.Fathsl Brennan. Blit a few minUte'i blapsed, when the, necessary arrangfeMents Having "ieen made, the noose was a neoofid time placed nhoht'hlaneok, and in a very brief space of tima theußbappy nmn waslaunohedintoeterJ mty. After haoging tiptil lifa was.extmofc v- fi his body was oat down and Inferred.* V.' ' Lincoln’s motto, “the. Union S/iWfcrij, abollt tionanyway.” MaClellaa’e motto Is “tbs Union first, th# Phion Uaioa No m.
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