IP “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS Rl3 RIGHT—BUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR^OUNTRY.” . YOL. 52. CARLISLE, PA..THUSSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1865. m American _yolun;teer. PUBUSHED EVERT T'nunSßAV HO-.NIKU BY Iwl' JOHN B. BRATTON. ■MM' ' ' " ’ TERMS; Subscription.—Two Dollars if paid within the and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid the year. These terras will bo rigidly ad |aiored to in every instance. No subscription dls- Jpjontinuod until all nrroprages are paid unless at °P^ on the Editor. Advertise hunts—Accompanied by thocASR, and exceeding one square, will bo inserted three ~c times for $2.00, and twenty-five cents for each • insertion. Those of a greater leugdi'iu ? y/y'- Job-Printing—Suoh ns Posting-bills ' , ‘Jfymphlotd, Blanks, Labels, «fec. <tc.,-executed with >‘.rtttwmraoy and at tile shortest notice. wM/ai. butler. A TTOIINB Y AT LAWi ■ . CAKEISI.E, PA. *' _ ' Ompß-wiTrf Wh. J. Shearer, Esq, 14, isos—iy. 'VgjS* ' ' JiNO -C., GRAHAM, AT T 0 RN EY AT LA VT, formerly occupied by Judge Graham, u |l|||south Hanover street; Carlisle. [sept. 7, ’Oo-ly : F. SADLER, Attorney at Law, Car l lisle, Pa. * ’ Oflßo in. Volunteer Building, South Hanover ISS roet ' 1 [aopt. 7, '65- ly : ||i ' J.M.WUAKLEf, !&| ATTORN E V A T L A‘W , on South Hanover street, in the IfOoiSiA room'formerly occupied by A. B. Sburpo. 27, 18«2—#m. II . NEWSII A M , ~'Vjgj ATTORNEY AT LAW. i&r\FFICE with Win. H. Miller, Esq., south west corner of Hanover ami Pomfret streets. Dec. 5M5, I^62 —tf E. I»AGL.AI(JGHLIi\, Am , ATTO R N E Y-AT-L AW. in Inhoff’s building, just opposite the Market House. “HI (Carlisle March 13, 1862—1 y. M J. W. FOULK., Attorney at Law. K-i* Cilice with James R. Smith, Esq., Rlicen. s Hall. All business culms’cd to him will be prompt vcat.tcndcd to. Feb. 6. 1808. : s§#. v M.. C. HGICMAN, AT T OKNEY AT LAW. <?*IpVFFICE ia Kheein’B Hall Building;, in ’ tho rearVf the Court House, next door to the * raid” Office, Carlisle. [Fell r y, JAMES A. DUNBAR, ,V® ATTORNEY AT LAW. CARLISLE, PA. next dyor to tho American Printing office ?^w* ew doors west of Hannon’s hotel l4, 1804—ly Ik F. E 'BBLTZfXOOVER, mdiTTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW , CARLISLE, PENN’A. wn South Hanover street, oppo silo Rente's store. special arrangement with the Patent Office, to sectiring Patent Rights. _ 22, I?()4-ly ICIJFSJS S 3. SStAVJ.EY, vATTORN BY AT LAW. CARLISLE, PA. . TTENDS to securing and collecting Soldier’s Pay, Pension*, Bounties, <£c. Office on South Hanover street opposite Bfrntz’a store. Feb. 18.1862. . GEO, ». SEIRIGii r, JVom (71c Baltimore College of Dental Surgery Office at the residence of his mother, East Louth 'lw’Btroct, three doors below Bedford. - Doc» 22,1862. i .c. Locm&s, dek- TIST, 1 V. Has removed from South Hanover street to ‘West street, opposite the Female High School, Jwlialu. [April 28, 1861. ;p|AL AND LUMBER YARD. subscriber haring leased the Yard formorly °3« u Pied by,Armstrong & Hoffor, ' f^4Afc.P urc hasod tho stock of • \',V C> OAL AND LUMBER, vdtidho Yard, togotlior with an itnmonso now stock. I. vVib have constantly on band and furnish to order ( au kinds and quality of seasoned JttTMBEB, BOARDS, SCANTLING, 1 1 FRAME STUFF. 'Baling, Plastering, Lath, Shingling Lath, worked . Flooring and Woathcrboarding, Posts and'Rails, and'every article that belongs to a Lumber Yard. -AU kinds of Shingles, to wit: Whitopino, Hom -1 and Oak, of different qualities. Having cars of,,,ni y own I can furnish billo to order of any .. length and size at tho shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms. My worked boards will bo kept under cover so they cau bo furnished dry at all times. & \ I have constantly on hand all kinds of FAMI =. ■ COAL under cover, which I will deliver clean any part of the borough. lowit: LyUonsVnl- Broken, Egg, Scoio and Nut, Luke Fiddler. f^i?&P^ r ton, Locust Mountain, Lobbory, which I . myself to sell at tho lowest prices, quality of 'll ime,)l ‘rners’ and Blacksmiths’ Coal, Always on hand which I will soil at the lowest Gg- iot YarU WoBt 6 * ll ° ° f Grammllr School, Main '% Ct iKOriOB. — I still retain the same position ftthe firm of DELANCY & BLAIR, which will bo tfncci on as energetically as o/or «tc their old fiiu near the Gas house. As our purchases will ;made together at tho head of tho market, wo d confident by so doing to bo able to aocomrao to our customers and tho public on tho most tsonnble terms. Having relinquished tho tan - }S I will doovto my entire attention to tho Coal d Lumber business. All kinds of Coal and imbor kept constantly on hand and in tho best uditiou. The Lumber Yard will bo managed by lr. Goo. ZulofT, whoso experience and skill is well tiown to the community. By strict attention to isinoss, short profits, and a dusiro to do right wo )po to secure a liberal sbaroof public patronage. ANDREW 11. BLAIR. Juno 15. 1805-lf M ARPETS ! CARPETS / I CARPETS 1 rrf Wo have just returned from the city with a pH supply of all grades and qualities of Carpets, roui-the cheapest Hemp up to the best quality of jhreo-Ply. Also all widths of Floor Oil Cloths, I aii Shades, Hugs, Matts, Looking Glasses, <tc I persons in want of any of the above goods r the coming season, will do well by giving us. . y oa H* as wo always take groat pleasure in* Sn v ,l J in S owr goods and defy competition in this oarhet. Please remember the Stand, sruth-e** jhrnor Market Square, directly opposite Irvino (opt and Shoo Store. . {- ib*f 'll ANDREW H. BLAIR, JBpiOH * MILLER, Cortical. THE LANDLADY’S DADGUTER’ There came throe student* oror the Rhino, Dame WertoFs house they, entered in,< “ Dame Werter, hast thou good beer and wine, And where is that lovely daughter of thine?" “My beer and my wine arc fresh and clear, My daughter is lying cold on her bier," They stepped within the chnmhor of rest Where shrined lay the maiden in black robes abreast The first he drew from her face the veil— “Ah, wort thou alive, thou maiden so pale," Ho said, as ho gazed with saddened.brow—. Uovr dearly would I love thee now." The second, he corercd the face anew, And weeping, ho turned aside from the view ; u Ah mo ! that thou lioe,t on. the cold bier, The one I have loved, for so many a year.” The third once more uplifted the veil— Ho kissed tho life so deadly pale; “Thoo loved I ever, still lovo I thee, And thee will I lovo through eternity ** And that kiss, that kie'3, with Promethean flame. Thrilled with now life that quivering frame. And tho maid uprose and stood by his side That student’s own loved and loving bride. EXPERIENCE OF THE FREED HEN, He Yankee preachers preach to kill/ Thoysquonch tho Spirit’s thirst; I wish dor® Broad of Life would fill He empty stummuck fust. Bay talk about do Promised Land With milk and honey flowing, Cut whon I roaches out de hand, Haro’s no setch rations going. jTtollanms. DEBT. Debt is death, living death, wheroßy a man sells his body, if not his soul, to his creditors. Debt is a mortgage on one’s arm, one’s head, one’s feet, one’s muscles, One’s body, one’s life, to the mortgager. Debt, thus, is slavery and a curse, not only upon one’s self, hut, if a national debt, upon one’s posterity. A national debt mortgagee a hith orto free people to capital, masters and own ers of a nation. We are bond men and bond women and children, and our children’*) children become bond men and bond women. Every pound of broad we eafc, every pound of bee! on oar table, every garment upon our liodieß, every thing we touch, taste or handle, is bonded to pay the interest on this debt to capital. We work for life to pay interest to capital. These statements, are not overdrawn or fanciful. They commend themselves to tho understanding of every one of experience.— How extremely, sad must bo the re flection to the people of the United States, that the .national indebted ness, as nowaacer tnined, is estimated at $3,000,000,000, and that when it is fully ascertained and settled, wid be at least double that sum. And. that the expenditures of the Government now ex ceed by far the receipts. Thrft instead of lessening the indebtedness, it is accumulating annually. That they, and their children, and their children’s children, for unborn generations, while the government exists, must undergo this “ living death.” And how consoling it must be to them to reflect that the dominant party, the party of “retrenchment and re form,” the party styling itself “Republican,” “Union,” &c., is claiming that this “living death” is a national blessing, and is endeav oring, and will, if it have tho power, fasten it upon tho people as a master stroke of poli cy. . If tho vagaries of this dominant party have thrown upon us this" living death,” and we and. our posterity are doomed thus to suffer, it should lie borne by all equally, and not in flicted on the millions while the thousan is are favored and exempt. Does it occur to the people that those who have been fortu nate with this" world’s goods, and are able to take of this national indebtedness—rGovorn ment Bonds—are entirely exempt for the amount, from national and local taxation ? And further, does it occur to the people that these bondholders are further favored with their investment ? They are allowed to make it the basis for bonking institutions, driving out of existence all State and other, institu tions of tliis character, flooding tho country with national currency, and upon which they are enabled to make largo gains and profits. Does it occur to the people that this policy is ( driving from circulation - the recognized money of tho world, and giving us an inflat ed, unhealthy, unsteady currency, that is doomed like all of its kind to failure, carry ing down with it business and prospects and causing want and ruin throughout the coun try? Does it occur to tho people that this policy, with its ingenious devices, its array ing in compact organization the capital of the country, in the hands of the few to grind down and oppress labor, and make slaves of the toiling millions? ■ Dues it occur to the people Hint capital is surely fastening its insidious coils upon, and will monopolize the products, the hone and sinew of the country, direct its efforts, swal low up its rewards, rule with an iron baud, spurt in grandeur and laugh wilh scorn at the stupidity and squalid misery of its vic tims ? Do we think rightly and seriously ? And if we do, do we act accordingly ? Does it oc cur to tho people that they have the power, the power of control, and if by any want of action or understanding, they permit them selves to be hound hand and foot, body and soul, now and forever, that they alone are re sponsible? Now is tho time to think, now is the time to act, and in their might and wiuh all their power, let tho people rise and with a united effort brand with eternal infa my, this policy that favors the few and op presses the many; thia policy of.the Union party, so-called, that does violence to that great principle of Government, “ the great est to the greatest number.” —beneca Adver tiser. l lt is state I that a portion of the Cabi net are opposed to tho tir,i ot Jefferson Da v.is for treason. It is al o stated that tho Pres.dent is in favor of trying him boforo a civil court. 017* Don't snub the poor negroes I You have only to look in..their faces to see-how awful they have been snubbed by nature* POLITICS TEN YEARS HENCE. Addreis of Mr. Crow to His Coostiiucnli in 1875. (Tbo following is supposed to bo tho ad dress, ten years hence, of Mr. J. Cmsar Crow, who has represented this district in Congress for one term, and is seeking a,re-election. — It will be seen that Mr. Crow is a politician of the liberal stripe, and is for allowing white men some very important privileges, partici larly the right to marry colored ladies, &c.;) — Exchange. To mi/ Colored and While Constituents ob de 17Ih Congressional District: Fellow Citizens; I hab felt greatly flat tered by dc call you hah made on mo to be .come a candidate for reflection to Congress from dis district, De knowledge oh de lac I hub done my duty for two years as your reb resentativo hab been a great source ob conso lation to me, and dia great .public endorse ment ob my course in do legislatib halls as a statesman and a patriot, hab filled do meas ure ob.my political glory full to do top. Widout flattering mysef, (I hope you ull know I would scorn to do dat.) I tink I can say wid propriety dat I hab did as much, if not more, to elevated do character ob de black race abroad as any odder man ob my limited experience. Already de foreign .countries wid whom we hab had domestic relations is speakin ob de internal policy ob our gober ment wid a proper respec, and while I is free to admit dat our coarse towards do sufferm white man ob dis country hab not been as liberal and just as I hab advocated, I still tink wo will sooner or later come to dat stage of de gamp which will require us to show great raagnanimousness, and forgetfulness ob our forefather’s injuries. It am my great de sire to establish do superiority ob 'do colored race to any in do world, and to do dis it am ; necessary dat wo should exhibit a noble and generous impulse toward our fallen foes— For niy part. I am for doin do white man justice whenober his necessity requires and de exigency ob de case will admit. lam confident dat by a proper legislation and a yioldin policy on do part o 1) de administra tion, oh which do venerable and de honorable Mr. Fred D mglas am de.hoad, de white man may soon be restored, in some measure, to do rights and position in society which (dar is no use dieputin do fuc) ho once hold. While it am true de wnite race in America am rapidly passing sway afore do superior blood ob de colored man—as de white foam goes afore de dark strong waves—still while dare is yet lef a vestage ob de white blond it am our duty as a great nation to protect it in dbery lawful and honorable manner. It will neher do for dis great colored nation to hub such a history ob de white man, as de white man ba » ob do Indian. In conclusion my follow-citizens 1 will say dat I am : First, In fahor ob a repeal ob do law which prohibits a white man from marrying a la dy ob color. Second, I arn in fabnr ob n repeal ob da ‘act entitled an act’ 'Ahich prohibits a white man from owning more than one acre ob land. Third, I am in fabor ob white suffrage and always will be. De while man am ns much entitled to vote ns do colored man if ho bo habes himself in a proper manner. Daro are many odder minor issues—such asde employment ob do white man on gub ernment works—de raising ob three regular new white regiments, &c., which I am in fa bor ob but which I hab not time to discuss. I will meet my opponent the Ilmorablo Mr. Duffy at all < b his appointments where my views can be heard at greater length. Wid many more*tanks for your flattering call, I hah de honor to be gentlemen, Your humble obedi n nt servant, J. CA3SAR CROW. July Ist, 1875. - Jo?n Billings Discourses Concerino Men of Big Genius. —A big genius ia generally a phool; he knows how to do one or two things so much that ho ain’t fit for anything else ; he iz like a greyhound, good for running fast, that’s all. You kantlarn him enny more than you can an eagle; ho knows how to fli up and look Ut. the sun without winking, be cause he was born so, and when he gets up on the peak of the mountain and gits well lit, you can’t git tew him, nor he won’t cum .tew you, but tharo ho sits till the dinner boll rings. After dinner he flize oph agin, and you won’t seo him till supper time. Tha are like mummy’s, vary curia critters, and keep a long time without spiloing. If tha only had common sense, so that you kould make taylers or shumakers ov them, tharo would be some sense of having the breed more plenty, but one or two iz aul that iz profitable to have on hand tew onst, and tha are enough to keep any body uneaay about what they are going tew do next. That live about 40 years ahead of the times, and when the w-orld ketches up with the last one, an other is born who spends most of his time in digging up the old bones that the last one buried. About the only thing they sho en ny common sense in iz, that they most al ways die in debt to everybody. The most unfortunate thing about having a big genius on band iz that so many try to imitate them but they don’t get any further up than rheir voices, and thus one big genius suckles a thousand phools. Tha don’t generally liv happy, bokause they ain’t built right to fit things as they find them. They ought tew have e grate place tew stop in, whare tharo aint nothing but big generalitys to dew. and where they can play toss and ketch with the stars, and krack butternuts and mountains. Tha are curious critters. . Tha ain’t afraid to straddle a hurry knne without enny bridle on, and stick in the spurs, but a mice nibbling in the wanes cut will drive him bareheaded into the street. — •.They kan plant, but they vron’-t kultlyate nor reap. j If I was a woman I would ss soon marry * a porcupine as a big genius ; they are either as hot az the stoyo in the districk shool-houso, or az kold and unfeeling az the shoes on a ded omnibus boss. A genius isjike a big comet, they appear onse so often, and makes everybody nervis, and. chen disappear, and tho we may knot at the time be able to put our fingers on the individual good they hav dunn us, still tlioir visit is a big one, and the grate reservoys are pumped up fuller, and we pour men, the rest ov us, when wo slick our little fountains, find that tho wat ers have been sweetened and freshened by somebody. IC7* A young widow of tow. polite address, whose husband had lately d : e i, was visited ho n nfter by the minister of the pariah, who inquired, as usual, about: her husband's hc<a, when she* replied, with a peculiar smile, “lie's dead, I thank you." DC? 5 * At tho circus women jump clean thro' hoops. In bOcietiy they jump into them and etioktherfe Address of the Democratic Slate Central Committee. To the People of Pennsylvania: In accordance with its tirao-lfonorod annu al custom, the Democratic party reaffirms its principles and preaants its candidates for your suffrages. Of those principles and can didates it is our purpose now to speak. Thanks to Almighty God, the patriotism of tho people and the prowess of our citizcn aoldiory, tho terrible war that fin* four years has devastated ouv country and repeatedly laid waste our own fair valleys has ended.— The Confederate Government, its armies and its animating doctrine, secession, lie pros trate at tho feet of the penple' of tho Union. Tlie tramp of armed, men. and the crash of battle are-no longer heard, aud the recupcr ative onorgies of tho people will speedily fill tho air 1 with the sound of the busy arts of peace. * The soldier yields place to tho citi zen, the commander gives way to tho states man. Tho power of force is succeeded by tho power of reason,-justice and law. Tho soldier's duty of unquestioning obedience to tho orders of a superior is supplanted .by tho more rational hut not less imperative ob ligation of obedience to law. THE SU'.MIEHACA or THE I,AW. Whether wo be citizen or soldier, officer ov statesman, ruler or ruled, this obligation rests with equal weight upon each and ail of us. f he doctrine of implicit and unqualified obe dience to the Constitution and laws of our' country is now, and in all time pto i has been, a prominent tenet in the faith of the Democ racy of Pennsylvania,.and they have invari ably been found denouncin'.; by voice ami op posing by act those traitoimi* principles which seek to weaken the finding force of the Constitution, attempt•tonuUdy the plain est provisions thereof, or actuate those who aim to subvert it by force of arms. The Fed oral Constitution hud power enough, had its mandates been observed in the spirit in which they Were framed, ami the "warnings of the Democratic party been heeded,-to have preserved ua from the war through which wc hq.ve just passed, and to have saved- 7 the na tion from the stupendous sacrifices of the blood of her slaughtered, sons, the Waste of her national power and prestige, and the fearful load of debt and taxation that uow epeumbora her. When the.nation was pre cipitated into war, obedience to the plainest ■provisions of that Constitution would have, p OttiO’ed the most precious priviliges of a tree people, ami preserved to the patriotic people of the country both .the.form and sub stance of the national bill of rights ; and now that “ arms are silent and the laws resume their sway, 5 ' a strict observance of its re quirements, a rigid enforcement of its ob ligations in all the States, and fealty to their official oaths by those in power, are the indi ces which point the way to harmonious uni ty, permanent peace and a speedy resump tion of our career of prosperity and progress. The arbitrary and uncontrolled will of the temporary incumbent of place ought not to be the rule of our government, und we hold “that the Constitution, established .by our (revolutionary) fathers ia entitled to our hr qualified respect and ebedience, .the oath to support it is binding, religiously, morally and legally, at all times, under all circum stances, and in every part of the country, upon all public officers, from the highest to the lowest, as well ua upon private citizens. M The Democracy of Pennsylvania are fur the supremacy of the law. . FREE GOVERNMENT. The great central objects round which are grouped the materials, and lor which was constructed the simple and harmonious ma chinery of our system of government arc M the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.” ;Thoy whoTormcd it,' created no government to administer theories, or to protect imaginary rights from imaginary en emies, but as brave aud practical men, deep ly imbued with the spirit of liberty, and fresh from the bloody civil struggle of the Revolution, they know from bitter experience the value of those blessings and in the light of that experience they framed a government of law, and not of arbitrary power,.a govern ment to guard their civil liberties, aud not to overthrow them. The fundamental principles of free government guarantied to us by the plain words of the* Constitution, distinctly reserved, ami to be forever held as inviolate, habeas corpus, truil by jury, the subordina tion of the .military to the civil authority, free speech, and p y free press, from';the very escense of our institutions; and when they who administer the government fail to pro tect us in the exercise of these rights ; when they who have carried on a gigantic war in the name of the Constitution, not only faii.tu* maintain its fundamental principles,‘’but are habitually guilty of their violation, is it not our duty to turn them from the aeats of pow er they so shamefully misuse, and to require at their hands reparation for the many wrongs unnecessarily inflicted? “From the day that Runnymcde had its nhmoiiinked witli human freedom to this hour-every man of. Anglo-Saxon blood has lifted-his head more proudly when ho heard tho great text of manhood repealed. No freemen shall be ta ken or imprisoned or disposessed oj his fee tenements or liberties, or outlawed or banished, or in anywise hurl, or injured unless by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. Dearer than dynasties, dearer than forms of government, dearer than the inborn sentiment of loyalty to the English heart, has always been tho right of trial by jury. For two hundred years it Ims been more limn his crown was worth Top an English King to deny this right to an English subject.” Yet these principles, inwrought with the yitala of our system, baptized by tho blood of patriots dur ing six hundred and lilty years, and wrench ed from the hand of tyranny lor our benefit, we have basely yielded to the unquestioned control of those in power. And during the past four years, again and again, hare free men, American' freemen, of Pennsylvania, been “ taken and imprisoned, dispossessed of their free tenements and liberties,” -und “ outlawed and banished,” and *' hurt and injured,” without “ the legal judgment of their peers,” and contrary to “ the law of the land.” “ And this 100 within our own Com monwealth, at a time when no hostile drum beat was heard and no armed soldier lilted his hand against tho government within all our borders.' At this hour, when military necessity can no longer bo mine the pretext for their con tinuance, when the authority of the Federal Government is admitted and recognized in all the land, those abuses still exist. The courts created by law are in-abeyance, and tribunals unknown to the Constitution and laws usurp their power over life, liberty and property. The great writ of freedom that assures every individual tho protection of civil authority is fettered by the hand of ar bitrary power, and the citizen is denied tho right of trial by a jury of his' peers. The Pomooratia party of Pennsylvania believe that the hour has comb in which murders by military commissions should cease ; tho right of trial by twelve calm, impartial sworn' citizens, should bo restored, and the privilege of tho writ of habeas corpus bo free as tho air. THE RIGHTS OF THE STATES. Aside from these great cardinal doctrines, tho supremacy of the law and tho inviola bility of tho fun Jameutal principles of free government, there Is no subject more closely allied with the preservation of our form of government and the protection of our liber ties, than that of the relations of the States to the Federal Government. Both were cre ated for tho benefit of tho people, and within tho spheres of power granted or reserved to each, each is supreme. The obligation of tho citizen to the Federal Government within the scope of the, powers granted to it is binding and imperative, and no one can absolve him from his duty thereto. So, also, tho power of tho States over those matters not expressly granted to the Federal Government or reserved to the people, is equally clear, and the duty of the citizen thereto is equally imperative and binding.— Upon the one hand, in their attempt to inter fere with the powers granted to tho Federal Government by tho people, all ordinances of secession wore utterly void, and the insur rection being suppressed, the States resumed their place iu the Union and- tho penalties incurred fall upon the individuals engaged in tho rebellion. So too upon the other hand it is the right of each Suite to determine for itself tho qualifications of it* electors without inierforeuce by jthor States or by the Feder al Government. Such is the doctrine of the Dchiocracy. and such appears to he the policy of the Presi dent, ami yet, soctiomU prejudice, tho love of gain, increasing wrath and deeply masked political purposes, seriously obstruct the pro cess of reconstruction and reconciliation; and they who should bo foremost in attempting to restore (he harm minus unity of the nation are loudest In denunciation and most zealous in pursuit, of a conquered 100. As between the Federal Government and the States in which the people have been in re bellion against its authority, the only issue during the war was, how should be the res toration of that authority. The tread of no hostile soldiery presses tho soil of one of them now, In no one of them is there aught of objection uow to the assessment und col lection of Federal taxes, to the creation of Federal custom houses, courts, and post-offi ces, or to the peaceful transit of munitions of war amt troops. The wonderful exhibition uf u devastated country, of defeated armies, of humiliated neopie and uf emancipated slaves, ought to bo sufficient to arouse the sympathies and engage the purest devotion uf (ho Christian and the Statesman ; but un concerned at the condition of the while peo ple of the States, desirous only to perpetuate their political power regardless ot the vital interests of six millions ol their own race, and of the importance ol their rehabilitation in the Union, the loaders ol tho Republican par ty, as a condition precedent to their restora ti m and to the release of the reign of milita ry authority over a conquered und submis sive people, demand that the negro shall bo placed upon a political equality with tho white man, and they insist upon the use of the arm of the Federal Government to effect it, and are musing for an amendment uf the Federal Constitution to perpetuate it. Such n practical interference would be a palpable infraction of the Constitution, a gross and unauthorised increase of central power, and a wanton overthrow of the rights of the States. This doctrine gives to tho cit zen of Massachusetts the right to aid in pre scribing tho qualification and color of tho vo ter in North Carolina, and in practice will give to the black man the control of the grout States of Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina, and will send six black mou to the Senate of tho United States. This, in all its breadth and with a full un derstanding of its results, is tho doctrine of the Republican party of Pennsylvania, for the 4th rc.-M)liuiou adopted by the Republican S r atc Convention, hold at Harrisburg, on the 17th of August, 1805, distinctly so assorts. — U is us follows : livHohrd, That, having conquered tho rebellious States, they sheubl bo held in subjugation, and tbo treatment they aro to receive, and /ho laws which are to govern them, should be referred to the law making power of tho nation, to which they legitimately belong. With this doctrine we take distinct issue The States of the South are in the Union and the people there >f, except those on whom the penalties for rebellion fall, are entitled to all their political privileges, and wo affirm that these States arc entitled to all the reserved rights of the Slates under the Federal Con stitution,-and within tho sphere oi these re served rights, they, and they alone, have the power to make aud unmake the laws that are to govern them. NEGRO EQUAMTV AND NEGRO SUFFRAGE. ■ Negro equality and negro suffrage are no longer a mythical is-mo, but are part of the vital, practical realities of tho present hour. They are demanded by-the blaok man ; they are advocated by white men high in power in the National Government, and we charge that they are, endorsed and sanctioned by a largo majority of tho Republican party of tho North, including those who govern and control that party in Pennsylvania. Let us examine some of tho evidences upon which we found this charge. Tho States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. Rhode Island and Massachusetts, by const’tutional. provision, give to the black man the unrestricted rightof suffrage. These States aro all under Republican control, and their politicians lend tl»o van in the crusade they hope is to result in the degradation of the race to the level of the black. The Senate of tho United States, on the 31st of March, 18G4, (••! Congressional Globe , p. ,1301.) had before it a bill for the construction of tho territory of Montana.—» Mr. Wilkinson moved to strike from she sec ond line of the.nfih section (which defined tho qualification of voters) the words “ white male inhabitant,” and insert, tbo words, “male citizen of tho IJnitcd States,” &0., which was agreed to as fallows: Teas: Mussrs. Brown, Chandler, Clark, Qolla nier, Connoss, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Poster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Jlowr, Morgan, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sumnor, Wude, Wil kins m, Wilson—22. i Nays : Messrs. Buckalew, Garble, Cownn, Da ▼is, Hardin?, Henderson, Johnson, L;vno, NosmltK, Powell, Riddle, iSaulsbur.r, Sherman, Ten Eyck, Trumbull', Van Winkle, Willey—l 7. Those who thus voted to place tho black man on an equality with the white in one of tho richest territories of tho Union, will rea dily ho recognized as tho leaders of tho Re publican party in tho Senate. This subject came up in tho House of Rep ro-.entativoH on the 15th April, 1804, {Con (jresfiion'il Ofobe, page 10-32). the motion pen ding being the appointment'of a Committee of Conference on the disagreement between the Senate and Douse on striking out tho word “white." Mr. Webster moved “that su’d committee ho instructed to agree to no report that authorizes any other than free while male citizens to vote." On the question of tlu adoption of these instructions, tho fol lowing named Republican Congressmen from Pennsylvania voted nay: Messrs. Broomall. Kelley, Myers, O’Neill, Stevens, Thayer and Williams. No Pennsylvania Republican vo ted yea. The Republican State Convention of Maine, lately in session, in tho Bth resolution, de clares in favor of negro-suffrage, ns follows: “That the emancipation proclamation of Pioddent Lincoln, tho enlistment of over 100,000 colored troops, tho good faith of tho colored race' amid treason, and their being paid like whites and placed iu the most dan gcrous-placos, lias pledged tho national honor that these people shall hayo in fact, ns well us name, conferred on them all tho political rights of freedom, and that tho people of the United Stales will redeem this pledge." Tho Republican Conventions of tlie States of lowa and Vermont have emphatically en dorsed tho doctrines of negro-equality and negro-suffrage, and placed their candidates squarely upon that platform. II Winter Davis, of Maryland, at Chica go, said: IFe nenil the vote* of the colored peoplc ; it h number*, not r.it> Wyencc, (hut count* at the ballot box—it its the ri<jht inUnlinn, and uot philosophic judgment, that la*ts (he vote. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in tho hide pendent of recent date, says: Wo aro pleading earnestly with the Stales to abolish tbo distinction ul’ caste by universal suf frage. Wc see Unit this will inevitably lead not to tho end the present Ofivoruurof Louisiana declares —tho .surrender of that country to iho Mark man —but lu tho equality of black with the white; the occupancy of olVn-c without regard to color; (he elevation of the negro to tho governorship, tha sonalorship, tho judg-lup, by the side of his whiter kindred; the obliteration of all marks of distinc tion ami separation between fiieu and men. Those aro representative men of Iho Re publican party, and they have wielded a pow erful inllucnce in its ranks. In our own State a number of Republican county conventions have fully endorsed this doctrine. Crawford county, at her conven tion hold at Mcadville, Juno 27, 1805, resolv ed that . Loyalty to tho Government should bo tho only tCfit of thoright of suffrage—those who have fought to preserve tho Union on tho field of battle, whether white or black, aro certainly worthy and fit to protect it through the bn/lot box —it is un worthy tho ago in which wo live to deprive inon of voting who sustain tho government by their trea sure and blood. The Republican County Conventions of Northampton, Unicn and Allegheny have al so broadly endorsed these doctrines. The question of the right of the no "Vo to social equality was before the Legislature ot Pennsylvania at its list session. Oh the Blh day of February, 1805, the bill to prevent any passenger railway company from exclud ing colored people Irvin their cars came up in the Senate, and finally passed that body.— Seventeen Republicans (all who voted) voted for tho bill, and fourteen Democrats against it. It was sent to the House for concurrence; and on the 20d March, TBO5, it came up in tho House ou a motion to discharge tho'com mittce. Forty-six Republicans voted yea, and twenty-eight Democrats voted nay. (See Leg. Rec., pages 210 and' 712.) Nearly all the prominent Republican news papers of tho State have also avowed them selves favorable to negro suffrage and negro equality, and yet, strange to say, the Repub lican State Convention tailed to moot tho is sue, and seek to conceal their true sentiments beneath the ambiguous wording of a resolu tion. Their third resolution declares that the Southern people “ cannot safely bo entrusted with the political rights which they forfeited by their treason, until they have proven their acceptance of the results of the war by incor porating them in constitutional provisions, and securing to all wc/t within their borders their inalienable right to life, liberty, and tho pursuit of happiness. Who so blind as not to sec that this may or may not bo a declaration in favor of negro suffrage? Can any man doubt what this moans when ho remembers that Thaddeus Stevens, the radical leader of the hist Nation al House of Representatives, was a prominent member of that. Convention ? Can any man doubt what Henry C. Johnson, the President of that Convention, meant and expressed when ho declared tho passage of tho two faced resolution, if ho remembers that Mr. Johnson received his credentials from that very Convention in Crawford county which declared that “loyalty should ho the only test of the right of suffrage ?" Pennsylvanians, the serious importance of the issue involved, and a .just regard for your intelligence, .demanded a manly declaration of opinion upon this subject; but the leaders of tho Republican party know your deteeta tion oh their degrading doctrines, and they, seek to obtain by double dealing your sup port to sentiments they dare nut avow. The problem of tho capacity of man, the white man, fur self-government is being solved in the history ot tho American Hnpub lie, and in the face of tho .recent exhibition of the physical and mental qualities of tho Caucasian race, in view of the mighty power of the nation displayed in the heroism, endu rance and indomitable energy of tho white soldier of our armies, ami in tho stupendous sacrifice of tho blood ami treasure ol the peo ple, the Democracy of Pennsylvania unhesl tatmgly announce their belief in its success ful result. “We will not acknowledge the incapacity of our own race to govern itself, nor surrender Iho destiny of the country into the hands of negroes, nor put ourselves under tho guaivi inship, nor giro up to them the political privileges which we inherited from our fathers.” Whether tho blood of tho Anglo-Saxon, the Celt or tho Teuton flows in our voins, there are but few among im who do not feel it tin gle with a thrill of just shame when he is pronounced to ho only tho equal of the negro of Dahomey or Congo. Call this prejudice, or what you may, it exists, and tho statesman who desires the peace, the happiness and the prosperity of both races cannot ignore it.— Give tho black man equal political rights in our country and you give him equal social righto. Give him equal political rights and you multiply tho points of contrast.between tho races, and the weaker and inferior must yield place to tho stronger and superior. Tho law must recognize his equality or his infe riority ; there is no middle ground. Wo be lieve in tho superiority of our race, and wo are unwilling to degrade ourselves either so cially or politically. RETREXCIXMENT. The Democratic party hate ever Vc ft n zeal ous for the preservation of the nati ■ al credit and this hour demand rigid economy in the expenditure of tho public money and a prompt revision of our cumbrous and .irtnuisitorial system of taxation ; a ju«tregard for an al ready burfhened people demands that a horde of Federal office-holders, assessors and tax- o illcotors bo dispensed with, and the machi nery of the State Governments used in their room. The retention by the Fo leral Govern ment of large numbers of officers of the army, whilst the private soldier is discharged and sent to his iiorne, also imposes additional and unnecessary burdens upon the people. Can the people expect these reforms to come whilst the men who created the abuses re main in power? The Democracy'of Pennsylvania have no reply to make to denunciation or invective. They refer with pride to their record during the past four years. Like the historic people of the Scriptures, whilst engaged in the re pair of the walls that protected their Holy City, they have with one hand engaged m earnest toil in'protecting and preserving the Constitution ond laws of their country, whilst the other grasped the sword-that aided in-de stroying those who violently assailed them. Amid the blandishments of power, the perse cutions of official tyranny and the corrupt and reckless use of the public money, they have been ever bold in the oxpressionof their opinions, and have unswervingly maintained their principles and their integrity. During that tune they have once elected their ticket, twice carried the State on the ho.mo.votc, and at the last election polled over 270,000 votes for the candidate of their choice. ' Such a body of men, tried, determined and organized, a unit in support of their glorious principles, must ever be a power in the State, and will bo feared by its enemies and rospeo ted by all. OUR STANDARD HEARERS, For Auditor General, Colonel IV. IV. XI. Davis, of Bucks county, heads tho ticket.—• Col. Davis is a sound, practical man, well qualified for tho position, and of that stern integrity of character so much needed in this day ol official piMstitutimi and degeneracy.— As a soldier, Ids record stands equal to that of tho best and purest. When the war broke out ho 1 raised a company and served a term ot throe mouths. At tho expiration of that term of seruiec ho raised a regiment—tho 104th Pennsylvania—and as Colonel of that .regiment went through tho war. He was in many of tho most severe battles; was woun ded severely at the desperate affair at Seven- Oaks, belore Richmond, and lost a hand in the neighborhood oi Charleston, South Caro lina. Maimed as ho was, Colonel Davis re mained in the field until the three years for which his regiment was raised had expired, when, as the war was then virtually at an end, ho retired to private life. Such is tho record of tho honest man and bravo soldier who heads the Stato ticket of the Democratic) party of Pennsyluania. The nominee lor Surveyor General Is Lieut. Col. John P. Linton, of Cambria county.— Like Col. Davis, this gentleman is an honest, intelligent, upright citizen, and a bravo sol dier. Ho was chosen Major of the 54tU regi ment, P. Y., in 1801, and Limit. Col. of tho same regiment in February, 1803. *IIo was constantly in the lield, and bears'upon his person numerous scars as testimonials of his gallantry. Col. Linton had tho honor of lead ing tho 54th in tho battles of Newmarket and Piedmont. And must gallantly and bravely he led his regiment on those disastrous fields. In both these battles he was severely wound ed, but although for a time compelled to go home for treatment, ho scarcely remained long enough from his post to fully recover—■ ho wedded was he to Ida regiment, his duty and tho serious work required of him. This gentlemen is well worthy of Hie nomination ho has received, and of the suffrages of tho citizens of his native State. As our standard has inscribed upon it the true principles of the Democratic party, and its chosen bearers are brave, honest men, tho Demooraey of the State must and will rally to its support with a zeal and determination that will prove irresistible. Men of Pennsylvania! tho issues are be fore you, fraught with tho greatest conse quences to yourselves, your country and your race. Weigh well your action, and decide as white freemen should. By order of the Democratic Stato Central Committee* WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Sept. 8, 1805. Chairman, He Forgot Something —“ What did yonr mother gay, my-little man? Did you give her my card ? ;; asked an inexperienced young gentleman of a little boy, whoso mother had given him an invitation to call upon her, and her street door was accordingly opened to his untimely summons by the urchin aforesaid. “Yes, 1 gave it to her/' was the innocent reply, “ and she said if you wasn't a nat’ral fool, you wouldn’t come Monday morning, when everybody was washing." At this j uncture, mamma, with a sweet smile of welcome, made her appearance at tho end of the hull, when, to her surprise, Mr. Vorisopht, tlie visitor, bolted. “ What docs tho man mean ?” inquired mamma. “I dunnn,” replied Bub, “guesa he's for got iumthin’ !” A Capital Evasion*.— Two literary ladles were lately witnesses in a trial. One of them upon hearing the usual ques tion asked What, ia your name ? and how old arc you ?” turned to her companion, and said: “ I do, not like to tell my age ; not that I have any objection to having it known; but I don't want it published in all tho newspa pers.” “Weil, said the witty Mrs.—“l will toll you how to amid it. You have heard the objection to all hearsay evidence ; tell them you don’t remember ’ when you were born, and all yen know of it is by hearsay.” Ames culled .the Democratic puny of his time (1700-1808) Jacobins. — l James Watson Webb, alter the United States Bank hnd hujght him fur fifty thousand dol lars, nicknamed tho party Locojhco. Quar termaster llurtt styled them Copperheads in 1801 ; and the venal Cincinnati “Commer cial” displayed its juigonoity in tho name Butter nut But thfe bnine’s won’t stick. It is the Democratic party all the time. [C?” An exchange gives the following sen sible advice ; “ Stick to your homo paper. —* So matter if you arc poor, remember none are so poor as the ignorant, except it bo tho depraved, and they too often go together.— Keep your borne paper, Remember that it is the advertiser of your neighborhood and tells you what is going on around you instead of a thousand miles away. 0 s " A parsimonious aca captain answering the complaints, of his.men that tho bread was bad, exclaimed, “What! complain of your broad that is made from flour ? What do you think of tbo Apostle*? they ate shew bread made from old boots and shoes.” If .you are poor, sit down and growl about it. By so djiug you are sure to gofc rich, and make yourself particularly agreeflr ble to everybody.
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