AMERICAN VOLUNTEER.
JOHN B. BRiTTQS, Editor & Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA.. SEPT. 21, 1805,
Democrallc Stale Nominations.
TOR AUDITOR GENERAL.
COL. W. W. H. BAVIS,
OF BUCKS COUNTY,
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
LT. COL. J.P. UNION,
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY
Democratic County Ticket.
FOR SENATOR,
COL. JAMES CHESTNUT, of Southampton
FOR ASSEMBLY,
PHILIP LONG, of Ncwburg.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
CIIAS. E. MAGLAUGIILIN, of Carlisle,
FOR TREASURER,
LEVI ZEIGLER, of Middlesex.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
ALEXANDER F. MECK, of Carlisle.
FOR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR.
JONATHAN SNYDER, of W. Pcnnsboro’,
FOR SURVEYOR,
JOHN C. ECKELS, of Silver Spring.
FOR AUDITOR,
DEITZ, of Hampden,
FOR CORONER,
DAA’ID SMITH, of Carlisle.
ELECTION, TUESDAY. OCT. 10th, 1805
DKMfICRmc STANDING COMMITTEE.
Tho Democratic Standing Committco of
Cumberland county is requested to moot at
Wetzel's Hotel, in Carlisle, on Saturday,
Sept, 23d, at 12} o’clock, P. M. A general
attendance is requested.
Three or tiie Committee.
The following named gentlemen compose
tho Committee :
Carlisle, E. W.—Fred. Cornman, Jesse D.
Rhinohart.
Carlisle, W. W.—Jos. C. Thompson, Thoo.
Cornman.
Dickinson—Mathew Galbraith, Geo. Ivis
singer
East Pcnnsboro’ —Wm. M. Gardner, Jacob
Koontz.
Frankfnrd—John Graham, Jacob Kost.
Hampden—John Schaeffer, Eli Hoover.
Hopewell—John McCoy, John Ilencil.
Lower Allen—Geo. Mumper, Jacob Darbor.
Mechanicsburg—lsaac Stansburg, Adam
Gross.
Middlesex—Wm. A, Tripncr, Capfc, J. P.
Brinile.
MilHin—Sami. Chrisllicb, Wm. Henry.
Monroe—H. G. Zcrger. G. W. Prcsael.
Newburg—D. McCoy, L. S. Eisenhower.
Now Cumberland—John G. Miller, Adam
Feeman.
Newton—Wm. Cope, Jacob Lewis,
Newvillo—J. B, Morrow, Jnn. Davidson.
North Middleton—Wm. F. Swigert, J. P.
Shugart.
Penn--David Caldwell, Robert Linn.
Shippensburg Bor.—-Dr. 11, C. Ruby, B. F,
Duncan.
Shippensburg Twp.—Daniel Lino, Wm
Sbuster.
Southampton—Geo. Coffee, S. M. Wherry.
Soutlr Middletown—Juhn Reep, Samuel
Zu ?-
Silver Spring—David Lane, Alex. Kltnk.
Coper Allen—G. 11. Muhlor, Jacob Fort
ney.
West Pcnnsboro’—James Carothers, Rob
ort MeCachran,
(£7* Peter F. Ece, Esq., offers for sale
two desirable residences in the Borough of
Carlisle. Also, one first-rate hotel property
at Boiling Springs. Fur particulars inquire
of the editor of tho Volunteer. Of*
ISST" At tlio hour of going to press tho
Democratic Conferees for this District wore
still in session, voting as at their, former
meetings—throe for Chestnut and three fur
Glatz.
Sale of Household Furniture.— Those of
our readers in want of household and kitchen
furniture, tic., should not neglect tho large
nalc of Mrs. Wm. M. Beetem, to-morrow.—
Sale commences at 10 o’clock.
Organize ! Organize !!
Democrats, conservatives, and friends of
tho whito man, jour State and County ticket
arc now in tho field. Aro you ready for the
conflict? If not go to work and organize !
Organize in your townships and school dis
tricts, Tho advocates of Negro-Suffrage and
Negro-Equality aro at work day and night.
If we would preserve tho whito man’s Gov
ernment, tho instiutions of our fathers and
civil liberty, we must bo up and doing.
Organize ! Organize IJ
Be Assessed.
Remember that SATURDAY, September
30, is the last day on which you can be le
gally assessed as a voter at the coining elec
tion. Bo euro to have your own name and
those of all Democrats, upon the Duplicate of
tho Assessor of your district, on or before
that day.
Soldiers
Remember the one-handed veteran, Cul.
W. W. n. who heads the Democratic
State Ticket. That hand-less right arm,
which struck so vigorously for the flag under
which you fought, appeals to you now ! Re
member Col. Linton, covered with scars re
ceived in the service of his country. These
men were neither holiday soldiers, nor hang
men ; they arc true and tried defenders of
the stars and stripes. Full into lino, boys,
and give them a hearty support.
XT' Sunday last was the anniversary of
the battle of Anlietoin.
THE JACOBINS ALARMED.
The last Chamborsburg Repository —Col.
M'Clurb’b paper —contains an-editorial of a
eolatnn in length, appealing to tho “Union
men” (that means those in favor of negro
suffrage,) nof to permit disorganization to
creep into their ranks, but to close up their
shattered columns aud go to work. Tho Re
posi/ory reminds its partisans that many un
foreseen circumstances will operate against
them this fall, which will very materially in
terfere with their majorities. It says to
“ Philadelphia must full off essentially in
her vote, because the vast manufacturing for,]
tho army has been almost wholly arrested,
and thousands of government employees and
operatives on government work of various
kinds, have been scattered in other channels-,
of industry over tho country. Their reduc-
tion must diminish the largo Union majority
of laat year from 2,500 to 3,000, and the ad
joining county of Delaware can scarcely fail
to be similarly effected by the same causes.”
A beautiful confession, this. Because
some 2,500 or 3,000 government employees at
Philadelphia have been discharged, tho Re
publican majority will be cut down that ma
ny votes ! Then it was really true that no
mechanic, operative or laboring man could
obtain a day’s work who did not first hind
himself to vote for and sustain the men in
power ! A beautiful confession, we repeat.
But it is true as* Col. M'Cm'Re states it—
the discharge of operatives will diminish tho
Jacobin majority in all section* of the coun
try. Hence it was that the remorseless cor
morants who had for four long years feasted
on good things and become fat, felt disap
pointed and chagrined when Sherman gave
the rebellion its death-blow. They were not
ready to give up power and plunder, and to
this day they bate. Sherman for having coni:
mitted the unpardonable sin ofending tho rc
■ belli-ui. They have retained power by resort
ing to means at once despicable and villain
ous—by compelling every man in the govern
ment employ to yield his opinions and his man-
hood, and turo/cand talk as their task-masters
dictated. No wonder these tyrants now trem
ble ; no wonder Col. M’Clure sends forth a
oud wail and reminds the Jacobin loaders tluti
the discharge of tens of thousands of work
man who have been quartered upon the gov
ernment w’ll seriously damage tho negro
equality party. True enough ; these poor
men who had to .work fur their living, and
to vote as they were bid, are again freemen,
and they will once more act the part of free-
men and vole, as they please.
It is a humiUinting confosasion for Col.
M’Clurr to make, to say that tho discharge
of goyornmeut employees will endanger the
success of his party this fall. But, we re
pent, it is tho naked truth. During the
whole of Mr. Lincoln’s term in office, men
wore proscribed because of their political
opinions. Military men and civilians were
alike discarded, and no man could cxpoct an
hour’s work from fhe government who did not
first swear allegiance to the Black-abolition
faith. Never in the history of nations did
a ruler require more servile submission to his
dogmas than did Mr. Lincoln require of
those in tho employ of the government over
which he presided. Notwithstanding our
country was engaged in a fearful intestine
rebellion, which required tho energy, tho
means and co-opcraUon.of the whole North
to pfltdown, the administration never appear
ed to rise above the dignity of potty, grasp
ing, sordid politicians. Tho country was ns
a feather in tho scales in opposition to the
success of the Jacobin party. By pursuing
this persecuting spirit, by using tho immense
means at tho disposal of corrupt officials, and
by forcing government employees to vote the
Jacobin ticket, Mr. Lincoln’s re-election was
secured against tho wishes of three-fourths
of the people of the Northern States." Thank
God, the patronage of the government is now
somewhat curtailed, and thousands of men
who wore compelled to act tho part cf serfs,
are no longer to bo intimidated by the frowns
or threats of brutish men. Well may tho
leaders of tlio defunct Abolition party trem-
ble, for wo tell them tho “ time has come”
when the people, mad, defiant and resolute,
intend to place their feet upon the necks of
their oppressors, Oourago Democrats I—tho
good time is coming.
DCT 5 * Tho Herald of last week, in speaking
of tho inability of tho Democratic Senatorial
Conferees to nominate a candidate for Sena-
tor, says
“ One of tic broadest exhibitions of politi
cal bush wo have over seen is that displayed
in the Volunteer's editorial this week wherein
that paper clamors for Chestnut's nomination,
while the editor (himself a defeated candi
date) may ho seen at almost any hour in the.
day legging with might and main fur the
same Chestnut’s overthrow. Verily things
arc not always what they seem.”
The Herald is so accustomed to misrepre
sentation, that it is scarcely capable of ma
king a fair statement. Its allegation that
the editor of this paper has been seen “ log
ging with migh.t 'and main for Chestnut’s
overthrow,” is a wilful and malicious false
hood. IV hat object the Herald had in yiow
in making this unblushing assertion, we can
not imagine. In tho one or two short con
versations wo had with tho York conferees,
wo urged the claims of our county and our
candidate, in about the same language that
we spoke of them in these columns. The
man therefore, whoso impudence or ignor
ance prompts him to assert that our profes
sions and actions (in reference to our Senato
rial difficulty) do not tally, is a falsifier.
IIARTRANFT AAD MRS, SURRATT.
Gen. Sherman said, in a recent speech at
Sh Louis, that the true soldier was no hang
man. Sherman can’t have a very high opin
ion of llartranft, who had charge of the
hanging of Mrs. Surratt. What makes the
matter so much the worse for llartranft, is
the fact that ho sent a letter to President
Johnson, nvowing his belief in the innocence
of Mrs. Surratt, and yet, afterward, acted
as her executioner. true soldier would
have resigned rather than he would have
doue ah act of ouch bloody inconsistency.
The Johnstown Democrat asks: “ When
is a camel (Campbell) like a horse?” and an
swers ; “ When ' ho eraolloth the battle afar
off?’ ” This is shockingly personal.
X7~ The Republican State Committee of
Connecticut has issued an address urging the
adoption of a negro suffrage amendment to
ithe ComtitatioB 1 .
THE NEGRO-SUFFRAGE PARTY.
- Their Platform and Candidates.
The negro-equality journals arc making a
spasmodic effort to puff their wretched State
ticket into notice; they.would have the peo
ple believe that their candidates are not only
brave soldiers, but possess qualifications that
fit them for the discharge of tho duties of tho
offices for.which they have been named. In
regard to tho first assumption wo admit that
their,candidate for Auditor General, Jl.art
ranft, has some military reputation — about
the reputation that thousands of others have.
His high-sounding title of’TVlnjdr-Oeneral,
howovof, was conferred. upon him, not be
cause of any distinguished services in the
field, but because of his politics, and espe
cially because ho agreed with Stanton, aud
was willing to assist him in bis effort to de
grade tho white soldier to the level of tho ne
gro. Hartranft is in favor of negroes vot
ing aud holding office—in favor of negro
equality—in favor of seizing Southern lands
and giving them to negroes, lie comes up
to the full' standard of PtuLLirs, Beecher,
Stanton, and other radical traitors. For
holding these opinions ho was appointed
chief hangman at Mrs, Surratt's execution,
and it must bo confessed he performed his
work well. Mrs. Surratt was convicted be
fore an illegal military court, on the oath of
a drunken tavern-keeper, whoso testimony
was pronounced false after her -execution. —
llartranft was chief hangman and choked
the lifo out of tho fainting woman in “ three
minutes by tho watch.” A beautiful occu
pation this for a Major General.
For Surveyor General, the pic-bald Con
vention ofshoddyites and office-holders nomi-
nated Jacob M. Campbell.’ He, too, the
shoddyites toll us, ijs a military man—a Colo
nel—but where he distinguished himself, or
the battles ho was in they make no mention
of. Tho fact is, this Campbell was never in
a battle in his life. Like too many Abolition
officers, ho sported a big title but failed to
honor it. For several months hia regiment
acted as a guard over a railroad in Maryland,
away off from live rebels. Finally it was or
dered to the frOrrt, when Colonel Jacob 11.
Campbell resigned and started for his home
in the hills of Camhiia county. The com
mand of tho regiment then devolved on the
next officer in command, tho brave and tal
ented Lieutenant Colcnel John P. Linton.
who led it into battle, and no Pennsylvania
regiment fought harder or more desperate,—
Some four hundred men of tho regiment were
killed or wounded, and Col. Linton received
three wounds, the Inst one carrying away
two of his ribs. Lieutenant-Colonel Linton,
be it remembered, is the Democratic nominee
for Surveyor General, and Campbell, the
Colonel of tho regiment, who resigned, is his
competitor. Can the people hesitate between
those two men ? And most especially dare
those hypocrites who falsely style themselves
the soldier’s friends, vote for Campbell, the
Sunday soldier, and against the hero Linton,
who has been made a cripple for life by ad
hering to hia regiment to the end? Wo will
see 1
DEMOCRATIC MEETING -IS SIIIPPESSBDKG,
A Meeting of the Democracy of Shippons
burg and the surroun d i n g _t own alii ps was
held in tho Council House, in Shippcnsburg,
on Satuiday evening, the 10th inst. An or
ganization was effected by tho selection of
the following officers ;
President —Abraham Ilostcttor, of Ship
pQiisburg Borough.
Vice Presidents —Jos. Moans, of Southamp
ton, Dr. John A. Sinister of Shippcnsburg
township, William Hawk of Southampton,
Thus. P. Blair, of Shippcnsburg township,
David Criswell and Jacob Heck, of Shippens
burg Borough.
Secretaries —Willltfm Kennedy and Simp
son K. Donavin, of Shippensburg.
The President stated that tho object of tho
meeting was to express in some suitable
manner tho confidence of tho Democracy in
Col. James Chestnut, and to urge his nomi
nation upon the Conferees of tho District, at
their next session, as a matter of right .and
justice to Cumberland county.
The -following preamble and resolutions
Iwero offered by Thos. P. Blair,' and unani
mously adopted :
Whereas, The Conferees of Cumberland
and York Counties have not agreed upon a
nomination of Senator for this district, but
have adjourned over to hold their third ses
sion at Carlisle on tho ensuing Tuesday, and
Whereas, Tho only point of difference is
\vhoßier r ~tho-~nomination of tho candidate
shall-be from York or from Cumberland co.
Therefore,
liensolved, By this meeting of the Democra
cy of Shippensburg and tho adjoining town
ships, that Cumberland county is fairly enti
tled to the nominee, for tho following rea
sons : Firs/ , Because during the period that
Cumberland county has been associated with
York in the XVth Congressional District, the
Democracy of Cumberland have yielded the
nomination for Congress three times to York
county, while they have claimed it but twice
for themselves, and but one year ago they
generously contributed to tho nomination and
election of one of York’s worthy sons, lion.
A. J„ Glossbrennor, at a time when Cumber
land county had an equally fair title to that
distinguished honor.
Second —Because the candidate we present,
Col. James Chestnut, is a life-long, tried and
consistent Democrat, esteemed by all who
know him, popular in his immediate neigh
borhood among men of all parties, and re
spected everywhere.
Third —Because if there is any -courtesy
and conciliation due between sister counties,
embarked in the common enterprise of wrest
ing our State and Country from the Anacon
da embrace of Negroism, now is the time to
•evince it in thin district.
Jtesohcd , That while we hold it to bo the
paramount duty of tho Conference to make a
nomination at once, and would regard their
separation without such a nomination as dis
astrous to the interests of tho party, if not
indeed an absolute repudiation-of the Demo
cratic system of settling upon candidates for
public offices ; nevertheless entertaining the
views heretofore expressed, wo desire that
the conferees of Cumberland county shall use
nil honorable moans to secure tho nomination
of Col. James Chestnut.
Reaolral, That a copy of the proceedings
of this meeting he handed tu the Conferees
at thoir~mxxt session, and that they also he
published in the Democratic papers of Cum
berland county.
After the adoption of the resolutions, W.
Kennedy, Esq., on motion, addressed the
meeting in some general remarks on the
questions at issue in the present campaign.
After which the meeting adjourned.
ABM. IIOSTETTER,
Attest President.
William Kennedy, 1 „ , . '
8. K. Dokati*, f Secretaries*
THADDEDS STEYESS.
This hoary-beaded sinner lias recently de
livered a speech at Lancaster, which, on ac
count of the extraordinary and unchristian
sentiments it contains, is attracting the at
tention of the country. lie contends that
the Southern States, by reason of their ordi
nances of secession, are no longer States of
the Union—that the people of the South are
subjugated aliens and their territory, for
eign territory, conquered by force of arms.—
lie argued that as such wo have a right to
demand satisfaction. He advocated the prop
osition to confiscate the property of all rebels
worth over “SID.'POO." TOiis, 'ho '’estimated;
would produce a sum of over $3,000,000,000,
which ho proposed to apply to compensating
these loyal men wholost propertylin the war—
(probably $50,000 to himseif for the destruo.
tion of his iron-works in Adams county,)—
the balance to bo expended in providing
homes for tho negroes and pay a part of tho
national debt. This would turn out of house
and home about 70,000 Southern fam
ilies, including women and children, but Mr.
Stevens contends that wo must not be influ
enced by feelings of mercy. Ho favored the
most rigorous enforcement of his doctrine,
oven if it should.drive all upon whom it op
erated into exile. He boldly avowed his be
lief that tho very existence of tho Republican
party depended upon the rebel States being
kept out of the Union for a while ; their ad
mission would render tho speedy triumph of
the Democracy inevitable.
This revolutionary and devilish programme
is. worthy of Thaddeus Stevens. No man
possessing a spark of humanity or an iota of
line feeling, would advocate such monstrous
doctrines. It would disgrace a nation-of
heathens. To carry it out would require a
standing armd of five hundred thousand men
for tho next quartor'of a century, at a sacri
fice of millions of more debt, which Stevens
admits is now over four billions.
This speech may be regarded ns a sort of
prelude to a general attack upon President
Johnson and all his plans for "the restoration
of unity and concord to the nation, on the
part of the radical Aholitionits. So soon as
Congress moots their batteries will bo open
ed. These miserable fanatics see that unless
the South can bo trodden down and kept un
dor'foot for long years to oorho, their proson
political supremacy is gone forever.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE,
The REPUBLICAN or UNION PARTY
in the following States hare passed, resolu
tions in favor of allowing N echoes to vote :
MASSACHUSETTS, 1 MINNESOTA,
RHODE ISLAND, | lOWA.
The Republicans of PENNSYLYANIA,
through their County Conventions, have de
clared in favor of “ Universal Suffrage” in
the following named counties :
CRAWFORD, I NORTHAMPTON,
SUSQUEHANNA, | UNION.
The following named Republican newspa
pers have declared in favor of “ Universal
Suffrage”—advocating cither a change of the
State or Federal Constitutions :
1 Press, Philadelphia city.
2 Gazette , Pittsburg, Allegheny county.
3 Commercial, “ “ "
4 Dispatch , “ 41 “
5 Telegraph , Harrisburg, Dauphin county.
, 0 Examiner , Lancaster, Lancaster county.
_J , _
8 Democrat , Kittanning, Armstrong 00.
0 AUcghanian , Ebenaburg, Cambria co.
10 Reporter, Towanda, Bradford county.
11 Dispatch, Mercer, Mercor county.
12 Gazette, Sunbury, Northumberland co.
13 American, Danville, Montour county.
14 Herald, Norristown, Montgomery county.
15 Herald c& Whig, Summerset county.
10 Western Advocate, Greene county.
17 Tribune, Johnstown, Cambria county.
IS Reporter & Tribune, Washington co.
10 Miner's Journal , Pottsville, Schuylkill co.
20 Village Record , Wesclicster, Chester co.
21 American Republican, Chester county.
The foregoing wo copy from the Harris
burg Patriot de Union , and add to the above-
list of Abolition papers which have openly
advocated Negro Suffrage, the Carlisle Her
ald, giving as our proof the following extract
from its ol April G, 1865 :
“ Fortunately the government has', in the
colored population of the South, an element
upon which it may safely rely ; and the soon
er they are made both soldiers and voters, the
sooner may the North hope to bo relieved
from heavy military levies, and the govern
ment hope to be preserved from the machi
nations of traitors.
Slavery, ns an established institution, is
dead now ; but not so the spirit of slavery.’—
Muskets and cannon cannot boat that down,
hut ballots in the hands of men animated by
the opposite spirit, can prevent a recurrence
of such mischief as we now know it is capa
ble of perpetrating. Wo have, at a fearful
cost, put it out of its power to Title, our next
work is to deprive it of the power to ruin. —
This we can do by simply carrying out in
good faith that which, as a nation, wo have
professed before Heaven and Barth—that
ALL MEN ARE EQUAL."
Assess the Soldiers!
Every returned soldier must be assessed or
he will lose his vote. The payment of the
ton cent tax under the Soldier's voting law
will not entitle the soldier to vote as a citizen.
Xhe Democratic Ward, Township and county
Committees should at once attend to this mat
ter. It is vital importance to secure for the
Democratic soldiers—as citizens—the right
of suffrage of which, while in the army last
fall, they were deprived through the tricks
and intimidation of shoulder-strapped dema
gogues, who were everything as politicians
and nothing as soldiers. Go to work at once
and assess every one of those soldiera. No
time is to bo lost, as the 30/7» of September is
the limit of time allowed to do so. Within tho
ensuing three weeks every Returned Veteran
should bo fully qualified as a civilian—a
freeman—a voter against Shoddy and Negr
o 1
“ Patriot and Union." —ln another col
umn will be found tho prospectus of the Har
risburg Patriot and Union, for tho campaign
ot 1805. As tho central organ of tho democ
racy of Pennsylvania, it should receive a lib
eral support from the party. It is a most
fearless and able Democratic journal, and is
doing good service in tho old oauso. Wo ad
vise our friends to subscribe for this valiant
Democratic champion.
Remember.
That a Democratic victory in Pennsylvania,
at this crisis, may be worth to us what wo
were cheated out of Inst fall, a Democratic
President. Andy Johnson must be sustained
in what ho has done to overturn the eohemes
of (he radical*.
NO DEMOCRAT OPPOSED THE BIGHT OF BAL
LOT TO TUB SOLDIERS.
The Democracy conld Imve Defeated (he Sol
diers’ Volins Amendment.
The Shoddy press are Continually repeat
ing the falsehood that the Democracy oppos
ed the right of the soldiers to vote. No Dem
ocratic legislator, orator or press ever took
ground against the right oj soldiers to vole ,
but some of them did urge what afterwards
proved to bo the disgraceful Jact, that the sol
diers’ voting law wa's only intended by the
Republican politicians to enable them to co
croc the soldiers and to commit fraud ! As
one instance among scores, wo may mention
that in a township in Clinton county from
wliicir only" 'two ’"men"■~entcrc'd"“tho — serf ice,
(one of thorn was killed in front of Richmond
before the election,) there were thirty-one
soldier votes returned for Lincoln and one for
M’CicllaD ! It is known, too, that in many
instances (perhaps in thousands) soldiers
who desired to vote the Democratic ticket
wore intimidated, coerced, or detailed for dis
tant duty, by political shoulder-straps, so
that a majority of the Democratic soldiers
were most basely disfranchised. Scores of
Democratic soldiers are ready to testify to
facts of this kind, and the only men who now \
denounce the, soldiers ’ voting law are the sol - 1
diers themselves —those of our returned veter
ans who were denied their rights under it by
Republican officials.
It was the opening off the doors to fraud
which the Democracy opposed, and it was to
open those doors and secure a. Republican
triumph that induced the shoddy politicians
to pretend friendship for the soldiers. The
shoddy demagogues cared nothing for the
rights of soldiers, or they would.not have
had thousands of Democratic soldiers dis~
franchised by being sent on picket and de
lached service while the camp elections were
going on. They care nothing now for sol
diers and ..their rights, or they wohld not, in
making their nominations for the approach
ing election, take up their candidates from
the “ home guard” in every county in which
they have a majority of the voters. Look,
for instance, at Philadelphia— eighteen can
didates and one soldier; at Allegheny— thir
teen candidates and two soldiers ; at Lancas
ter—ten candidates and one soldier ; at Dau
phin—nine candidates and one soldier ; at
Blair- -nine candidates and not one soldier 1
And so of the rest of the counties casting
puhlican majorities— the soldiers are given a
back scat. ' - -
The Republican politicians cared nothing
for the right, but everything for the means
of victory. The Democracy denied no right
to the soldiers, but they denied the right of
their opponents to carry elections by fraud
and military force, as hist fall’s election in
this State was carried.
As a standing answer to the shoddy false
hood that the Democracy opposed the right
of the soldiers to vote, we say that had the
Democracy unitedly voted against the soldiers’
voting amendment vt wo.dbd fiavs been de
tected! As proof, of this wo point to ".he
official returns of the home vote last fall, upon
which the Democracy had nearly one thousand
majority! When the amendment was voted
. upon, several months previously, the Democ
racy could have killed it most effectually.—
It was, therefore, only with the acquiescence
and support of the Democracy that the amend
vent ivxs adopted. These facts cannot and
lore not. he denied by any of the pretended
rieods of the soldiers!— Patriot & Union.
Fpom the Now Turk Ilornld, President Johnson’s
organ,
Tlm<l<leH* Slovens on Sonllieni
R«'Coii*i ruction— \ Sweeping
ConllNcnlion or Repudiation.
The late speech of the Hon. Thaddeus Ste
wens, of Pennsylvania, is a most important
one. as it may he accepted as an aiuh >nra*
live exposition of the’Southorn reconstruction
policy of the abolition Jacobin Club. As
chairman of the House Committee of Ways
in all the confiscation acts and other pains
and penalties against rebels passed by that
and the preceding Congress, and as the re
cognized oracle of the Pennsylvania radicals,
Thaddeus Slovene, it may ho fairly assumed,
has in this speech declared the programme
of the implacable revolutionary abolition
school to which ho belongs. -
The Jacobin programme, from first to last,
is one of unqualified hostility to the tSouthern
policy of I resident Johnston. lie proposes
the restoration of‘rebel property as fast and
as far as possible ; Stevens proposes William
the Conqueror's “ Domesday Book” of con
fiscation, or the alternative of repudiation
and universal bankruptcy. The President is
treating the late insurgent States as States
that have neyer been out of the Union ; Sto
vena accepts them “in the position in which
they placed themselves—as severed from the
Union, an independent government dc facto,
an alien enemy, to be dealt “with according
to the laws of war." Upon any other basis,
he contends, Jeff. Davis cannot be convicted
of treason, and that “ the same difficulties
will exist in attempting forfeitures, which
can only follow conviction in Slates protect
ed by the constitution ; and then, it is' said,
only for the life of the malefactor/' In short,
according to Stevens, the rebel States must
be treated to the fullest extent of the powers
of the conqueror as subjugated aliop, ene
mies ; for that otherwise in the work of re
couhtruotibn we are only planting the seeds
of another rebellion.
His programme, therefore, is that of Sen
utor Sumner—to hold said States “in a ter
ritorial condition until they are fit to form
State constitutions, republican in fact, notin
form only, und ask admission into the Union
as new States." 110 does not touch on the
question of negro suffrage. lie is dealing
with the subject in a broader view. Con
gress may prescribe the qualifications of vo
ters in n Territory, but no where else ; but
“ the President," he maintains, “ has not
even this or any other power to meddle in
the subject, except by advice of Congress."
But hero Mr. Slovens forgets the almost un
limited discretionary war powers conferred
upon tho President by Congress for the sup
pression of the rebellion, and that the pow
ers thus conferred have imt been recalled,
but uro still in force. All this, however,
goes for nothing with this Jacobin recon
structor, who insists upon treating our late
rebellious Southern brethren as subjugated
alien anomies.
He accordingly proposes tho forfeiture of
the estates of the leading rebels, to the ex
tent of 394,000,0U0 acres, the distribution of
40,000,000 acres of these lands to the eman
cipated blacks, and the devotion of tho re
mainder, 354,000,000 acres, to the redemp- j
tion tho national debt. This debt, he!
maintains, will bo over four thousand mil
lions of dollars, when it is all funded, and
then we shall have to raise annually, by tax
ation, $470 000,000 to moot the interest and
current expenses, a burden which he holds
the people cannot hear. Like Weueell Phil
lips, therefore, Thaddeus Stevens presents hia
plan of reatruftiuii, or the alternative of
REPUDIATION, financial chaos and uni
versal ANARCUY.
. -1 platform of Thaddeus Stevens and
his Jacobin associate loaders and their fol
lowers, in hie own words, is this;—“The
broad platform of reconstructing tho govern
ment out of the conquered territory of tho
South, converted into 'new and free States,
and admitted into tho Union by the sovereign
power of Congress, with another plank—the
property of tho rebels should pay our nation
al debt and indemnity and loyal
sufferers, and that underjqb circumstances
will we permit the nationaKdebt to’bo ropa
dialed or the interest aoimui below the con
tract rates, or any part of the rebel debt to
bo assumed by the nation."/ Still, if this na
tional war debt cannot bo redeemed without
tho sweeping Southern propo&r
cd they must he adopted, according to Ste
vens, or repudiation must follow, with all its
fearful consequences.
Will Congress adopt this Jacobin pro
gramme? AVill either house attempt it
against the numerous manifestations from
all parties in the loval States in favor of the
restoration policy of President Johnson -
\Ve should an attempt out of the
question if experience had not taught us that
the throats of the u o abolition Jacobins are in
variably followed up by action, We may
look, therefore, for a violent amh persistent
effort on the part of the radicals in the com
ing Congress to upset the conservative resto
ration policy of the President, and to enforce
the revolutionary Jacobin policy of Steven s,
Sumner, Chase, Wendell Phillips .and their
followers. Jlonco~the .duty..devolving upon
the people of the loyal States in the approach
ing elections of manifesting their approval of
President Johnson's course .and their con
demnation of this abolition Jacobin pro-„
gramme, in a voice which cannot bo misin
terpreted.
Southern Reconstruction.
Visit to the White House of a Large
Delegation frohn the South.
CORDIAL RECEPTION AND ADDRESS TO THEM
BY THE PRESIDENT.
Gratification at the Frank Conduct
of Leading Rebels-
Every Possible Assistance to Speedy Reorga
nization Will be Given,
No BUtsrncss Towards the South En<
tertamed by the Government.
President Johnson* Equally Opposed
to Disintegrhtion and Consolidation.
THE SOUTHERNERS AT MR. SEW
ARD’S RECEPTION.
interesting and Amicable Interview
with the Secretary and Other
Cabinet Officers, &c., &c.
[Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald.]
Washington, Sept. 11, 1805,
A largo numjier ol Southern men at pres
ent in Washington on business connected
with the re establishment of civil goyern
moot in their respective States, called on the
President this morning by appointment, and
had a long and agreeable interview. They
first assembled injtlie East Room of the White
House, and organized by calling Mr.
lipa, of Alabama, to the chair.
Judge Lockrane otated their object to be
to call upon the President before their depar
ture, as an act of courtesy, and to express to
him their unqualified confidence in the justice
and magnanimity of the government in the
matter of re construction.
On motion, Messrs. Bliss, of Alabama;
McFarland, of Virginia ; White, of Texan ;
Cannon, of South Carolina; Bass, of Arkan
sas; Wilkins, of Mississippi ; Lockrane, of
Georgia, and Baker, of Florida, were desig
anted to individually present to the President
such persons as wore present from their ro
spective'Statea.
MR. M’FARLANd’s SPEECH.
The delegation was admitted .soon after 11
o’clock, and presented to the President as
-follows by Mr. McFarland, of Virginia :
Mr. President —The gentlemen accompa
nying me, and whom I have the honor of in
troducing to yon, constitute a number-of the
most respectable citizens of nine of the South
ern States. They come, sir, for the purpose
of manifesting the sincere respect and regard
they entertain fir you, ami to express their
sii.cere determination to co-operam with ynn
m nhntevor shall tend to promote the inter
ests and welfare of our common country, and
to say that they are as earnest now and faith
ful to their allegiance to the United States
and t) the constitution of the Union as in the
past, and that they have great confidence in
your wisdom to heal the wounds that have
been made, and in your disposition to exer
jire all the leniency which can be commend
ed by a sound and judicious policy. That
they are assured, in doing this, of your desire
and intention to sustain and maintain South
ern rights in the union of the United States.
president Johnson’s reply
The President was surprised at the impos- 1
ing appearance of tho delegation, and was
evidently much affected in reply. Every 1
gesture and utterance was full of subdued 1
eloquence. The reply was as follows: 1
Gentlemen —l can only aay, in reply to (
the remarks of jour chairman, that I am 1
highly gratified to receive the assurances he *
has given mo. They are more than I could I
have expected under the circumstances. I |
must say I was unprepared to receive so nu-
merousja delegation on this occasion ; it was 1
unexpected ; I had no idea it was to bo so
large or represent so many States. When I 1
expressed, as I did, xr?y willingness to see at !
any time so ma'ny of you as ohose to do mo 1
tho honor to call upon me, and stated that I
should be gratified at receiving any manifos* (
tations of regard you might think proper to 1
make, I was totally unprepared for anything 1
equal to the present demonstration. lam 1
free to say it excites in my mind feelings and *
emotions that langunge is totally inadequate
to express. When I look back upon my past '
actions and recall a period scarcely more than 1
four short years ago, when I stood battling ’
for principles which many of you opposed 1
and thought were wrong, I was "battling fur '
the same principles that actuate me to-day, 1
and which principles I thank my God you 1
have come forward on this occasion to mam- 1
lest a disposition to support, I say now, ns 1
I have said on many former occasions, that I
entertain no personal resentments, enmities 1
or animosities to any living soul south of Ma- 1
son and Dixon’s line, however much he may 1
have differed from me in principle. The
stand I then took I claim to have been the
only true one.'/1 remember how I stood
pleading my Southern brethren when
they stood with their hats in their hands
ready to turn their backs upon the United
States ; how I implored them to stand with
mo there and maintain our rights'and tight
our battles under tho laws and constitution of
tho United States. I think now as I thought
then, and endeavored to induce them to be
lieve, that our true position waa under tho
Uuv and under tho constitution of tho Union
with the institution of slavery in it; but if
that principle made an issue that rendered a
disintegration possible—if that made an issue
which should prevent us from transmitting
to our children a country as bequeated to us
by our fathers—l had nothing else to do but
stand by the government, bo the consequen
ces what they might; I said then, what you
, all kuow, that I was for the institutions of
the country as guaranteed by tho constitu
tion, but above all things I was for the
Union of tho States. I remember the taunts,
the jeers, the scowls .vith which I was treat
ed. I remember the circle that stood around
me, and remember the threats and intimida
tions that were freely uttered by the men
who opposed mo, and whom I wanted to be
friend and guide by the light that led me;
but lebling corwcioua in my owu integrity,
and that 1 was right, I heeded uot wliat they
might say or do to me, and was inspired and
encouraged to do my duty regardless of au*>ht
i else, and have lived to see the realization"of
my predictions and tho fatal error of those
whom 1 vainly essayed to save from the re
i suits I could uot hut foresee. Gentlemen,
• we have passed through this rebellion, I say
j we, lor it was we who are responsible fpr it.
- X«£>, wo South made feb« ime, »n* I know
the naturo of tho Southern people We j[
enough to know that when they have become
convinced Of an error they frankly acknowl-t
edge it, in a manly, open, direct manner* i
and now, in the performance of that duty, 0/';-
indeed, in any act they undertake to perform’ [ :
they do it heartily and frankly; and now
that they come tn mo I un IcrsUnd them as
saying that;—“ We made the issue. We set \:%
up the union of the Stilts against the inslj. \-m
tution of slavery ; wo selected as arbitrator
the God of battles ; the arbitrament was the p®
sword. Tho issue was fairly and honnrablj
met. Both the questions presented have been
settled against us, and we are prepared to
accept tho issue.” I find on all sides this
spirit -of candor and honor prevailing. It i,
said by all“ The issue was ours, and the
imlgmont has been given againflt u*
decision "having' been' made agalnsTus,. V&
feel bound in honor to abide tho arbitra.
inent. ' In doing this wo arc doing ourselvej Up®
no and should not fool humiliated i®ol
or degrA .tfd, but rather that wo are ennob-
Ung ourselves by our action ; and wo aliould ‘ < Vldj
fool that tho government has treated us mag,
nanimously, aud moot the gnverument
the terms it has so magnanimously proffer*!
us.” So far as 1 am concerned, personally,
I am uninfluenced by any question, whether
it affects tho North or tho South, the East or |i
the West. I stand whore I did of old, bet- [•
fling for .tho constitution and the union
these United States.’ In doing so I know I) ‘U'JjS
opposed some of you gentlemen of tho South j.
when this doctrine of secession was being [ tbes
urged upon tho country, and tho declaration'}
of your right to break up the government anj j.; Jiaa"
disintegrate tho Union was made. I etanl |
to day, as I have over stood, firmly in tins 'putf
opinion that if a monopoly contends ageing ting
this*country the monopoly must go down and ■ that
the country must go up.- Yes, the issue wu
made by'tho South against the government: UU7NE
and the government has trhnrrphed; and the ;;vsiV
South, true to her ancient instiafits of frank. tiou
ness and manly honor, comes forth 4 and es-, ’■
presses her willlingness to abide the" result of •
tho decision in good faith. "While I think
that the rebellion has been arrested and sub*
dued, and am happy in the consciousness of ’
a duty well performed, I want not only yon yhjs
1 but tho people of the world to know that ■
while I dreaded and feared disintegration of
the States, I am eq'ually opposed to consoli- ' .-Ml
dation or concentration of power here; under v’-jfjpl
whatever guise or name ; and if the issue is ; - jwt
forced upon us, 1 shall still endeavor to put*
sue tho same efforts to dissuade from ihij r-
doctrine of running to extremes; but I say ['
let the same rules be applied. Let the
gtitution be our guide. • the preservation
of that and the union of the States bo our r,
principal aim. Let it be our hope that the t
government may be perpetual, and that thj: /*?S>
principles of the government founded as they;.
a;e on right and justice, may bo hand&l (
down without spot or blemish to our posle-t • ‘
rity. As 1 have before remarked to you, I
am gratified to see so many of you hero 10-j
-day. It manifests a spirit I am pleased toK V&js
observe. I know it has been said of me ihil, .’
my asperities -are sharp, that I had vindict-f. -..'By
ive feelings to gratify, and that I should - no '
fail to ayail myself of tho opportunities tha ; .■■sag
would present themselves to gratify such der-'-rJS;
picahlo feelings. Gentlemen, if my acts wiJP
not speak for me and for themselves then any'. fSSS
professions I might now make would
equally useless. But, gentlemen, if I knur
myfltdf, as I think I do, I know that I am of;.
the Southern peoplo, and I love them and- •
will do all in my power to yestore them to:, ;J
that state of happiness and prosperity which; .J
they enjoyed before the madness of misguid- .
ed men. in whom they had reposed their coo- - : : 7
fidenee. led them astray to their own undoing. ;
If there is anything that can bo done on my
part, on correct principles, on the principle!-
of the constitution, to promote these ends, boi"
insured it f-hall he done. Lot me assure you,|
m 1 «o, that there is no disposition on the part
id the government to deal harshly with tbaf
Souihern people. There may be speeches;
published from various quarters that may!
breathe a different spirit. Do not them trim- ■’
■file or excise you, but believe that it israsil
■ is, the great object cf tho government to make '
the union of these States more complete and
perfect than over, and to maintain it on con
stitutional principles, if possible, more firmly ■
tlian‘lt has ever before been. Then why can-f
not we all come up to tho work in a proper*
spirit? In' other words, let us -look to thep
constitution. The issue has been made and
decided; then,.as wise men—as men who sea'
right and are determined to follow it as fath-;
ors and brothers, and as men - who love their,-
country in this hour of trial and suffering-!
why cannot we come up and help to settle the.
questions of the hour and adjust them accor-;. ■
ding to. the principles of honor and .of justice!:
The institution of slavery is gone. The for- j
mer status of tho negro had to bo changed,;
and we, as wise men, must recognize, so pa* | ‘
tent a fact and adapt ourselves to circumetan-i
cos as they surround us. (Voices —We .
willing to do so. Yes, sir, wc are willing to
do so.) I believe you are. I believe when!
your faith is pledged, when your consent hiw ■
been given, as I have already said, I beliefs
il will be maintained in good faith, and every
pledge or promise fully carried out. (Crie* [. r
—lt will.) All I ask or desire of the. South -
or the North, the East or the West, is to be
sustained'in carrying out the principles of
the constitution. It is not to he denied thil y,-.
we have boon great sufferers on both side.. 7
Good men have fallen on both aides, and, -
much misery 13 being endured as the neces*; --’.
sary result of so gigantic a contest. Why. ■■
then, cannot we cmno together, and around,
the common altar [of our country heal tbs;
wounds that have been made ? Deep wound*: ’
have been inflicted. Our country has beenjU
scarred all over. Then why cannot wo up' /,
proach each other upon principles which ar®
right in themselves and which will be pro* s . ; '
ductivo of good to all. The day is not dis- y.
tanb when we' shall fecl like some"family that . ,
have had a deep and desperate feud, the vfl*
rioas members of. which have come together
and compared tho evils and sufferings they -
had inflicted -upon each other. They had!-
seen the influence of their error and its.re
sult, and, governed by a generous spirit 01 ■
conciliation, they had become mutually fof*
bearing and forgiving, and returned to thoir ~
old habits of fratcrnal'kindnops, and becom 0 ;,
better friends than ever; Then let us con*-
aider that the feud which alienated us ha* V--
bceu settled and adjusted to our mutual aiit- r
isfaotion, and that we come together to b&,
bound by firmer bonds of love, respect and; ,
confidence than ever, Tho North cannot get:
along without the South, nor tho South from-;
, the North, tho East from the West, nor Hi*;?
, West from the East; and I say it is our duty \
| to do all that in our power lie’s to perpetuntffi,;
I and make stronger the bonds of our Union, [
I seeing that it is for tho common good of allj
that we should he united. I feel that this j-
Union, though but the creation of a centurji •
is to ho perpetuatee for nil time, and that it ;
cannot be .destroyed, except by tho tvll-vris* ■
Gid who created it. Gentlemen, I repent I -
sincerely thunk you for the respect manife 3 ** ■
ed on this occasion ; and for tho expressions ;
of approbation and confidence please accept |
my sincere thanks.
Si
MR. m’faRDAND’s REJOINDER. |||
. Mr; President—On behalf of this doles ll- - ’.ip
thin I return you my sincere thanks for yP ur ■'.'■‘Jjj
ki ml. generous—aye, magnanimous—expr 69 t
shins ut kindly tooling towards the people e* i d
the South. t>|
Tho remarks of President Johnson W? r 0 V
frequently interrupted by applause, and tm j k
seemed highly gratified by the interview. ,
Ov* Mrs. Senator Kuto Chase Sprague h fla ; £
a baby—*a boy about five weeks old. ;
Sprague's mother-in-law presented her with i- ,
$500,000 for having a boy, and settled sloo,*.| .
000 on the fortunate little stranger. A green* jv
back baby ! It is not every hoy-baby whose
father is a cotton lord, i^nd'whoso grandi**“* ■}'
•r is • greenback lord \ I. '
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