CARLISLE, PA.,
Thnroday Homing Jnnc 21,1860,
FOR GOVERNOR,
HIESTBR CLYMER,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
DEMOCRATIC PIATFOBM.
1. TUo States, whereof the people were lately In
rebellion, are integral parts of the Union, and are
entitled to representation In Congress, by men
duly elected, who bear truo faith to the Constitu
tion and laws.and in order to vindicate the maxim
that taxation without representation Is tyranny,
such representatives should be forthwith, admit
ted.
Z The faith of the Republic is pledged to the
payment of the National debt, and Congress
should pass all laws necessary for that purpose.
3. Wo owe obedience to the Constitution of the
UulteclStates(lncluding the amendment prohibit
ing slavery) and under its provisions will accord
to those emancipated all their righls of person
n 4?sacS G Stfttehas the exclusive right to Toga
late the qualification of its own electors.
3 The white race alone is entitled to the control
of the government of the Republic, and wo’are
unwilling to grant to negroes the right to vote.
6. The bold enunciation of the principles of the
Constitution and the policy of restoration con
tained in the recent nnual message and Freed
men's Bureau veto message of President John
son entitles him to the confidence and support of
all who respect the Constitution and love their
country.
7. The nation owes to the brave men of our
armies and navy a debt of loatlng gratitude for
their heroic services in defence of the Constltu
t lon and the Union; and while we cherish with a
tender affection the memories of the fallen, we
pledge to their widows and orphans the nation’s
care and protection.
8. We urge upon Congress the duty of equaliz
ing the bounties of our soldiers and sailors.
Uniop, Restoration and Constitu
tional Liberty!
THE CAUCASIAN!
A Democratic Campaign Paper.
tDevotod to tlx© Interests of'WTiite XJahor
ami the Pre«ervcitiou of* tlxo "Wlxite •
Man’s Govcrnmoiit!
The Caucasian will be issued wcelcly|from the
Volunteer office, for the Campaign,
COMMENCING JlflY G, ISCO,
and continuing until the returns of the October
Election are received,
The Caucasian will contain SIXTEEN COL-
UMNS of racy original and selected Political Read-
hut, and will be the cheapest and best Campaign
Paper in the State. The dissemination of truth
among the masses is vitally essential to Demo-
cratic success In the coming Campaign; and we
call upon our friends everywhere to assist our ef-
forts in giving the Caucasian nwlde circulation.
We have put the price down to the lowest possi-
ble llgure, In order to enable every one to take
the paper, and we trust our Democratic friends
will manifest a similar liberality. Each number'
will be
E3IBELLINIIGD WITH PORTRAITS
of distinguished individuals, and cuts illustrative
of the political history of the times.
The Caucasian will oppose the fanatical mad-
ness of the Disunionists In and out of Congress,
and will advocate the speedy restoration of the
Union and the cause of Constitutional Liberty.—
To this end It will vigorously, sustain the Recon-
struction policy of Andrew Johnson, will
devote all its energies to secure the election ol
Htester Ci.ymkh, and the triumph of Democracy
everywhere.
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BRATTON & KENNEDY,
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A SEW VOLUME.
With this number we commence Hie
fjfU/.third. volume of the American Vol
unteer. Xu announcing this fact, it
give us unfeigned pleasure to state that
never, since its first establishment by the
Messrs. Underwood, has the Volun
teer been in such a flourishing and pros
perous condition, and with the most flat
tering a continuance of that
prosperity. Established at a time when
our country was engaged in the second
war of independence, when all was gloom
and uncertainty, and when our financial
affairs were in a perplexed condition, the
new paper received a cordial support from
the honest, yeomanry of Cumberland
county, and soon secured a sound and
permanent foothold. From that time
until now, it has been the recognized or
gan of f ile Democracy of this county, and
in its advocacy of democratic men and
democratic measures, it has been as fear
less and zealous, if not as able, as any other
journal in the Commonwealth. Under
some of its former editors, its fame as a
devoted champion of true Democratic Re
publican principles was wide-spread, and
the'ability with which it battled for the
rights of the people and opposed all odi
ous monopolies and usurpations of power
was proverbial. In its opposition to tyr
anny, corruption and plunder, it was a
faithful sentinel when many were faith
less, and in the encouragement and sup
port of tlie people it has had its reward.
Of the many journals which were con
temporary- with it, advocating every
shade of political opinion, it has survived
them all, with the single exception of the
Carlisle Herald ; and while the Register,
Whig, Syirlt of the Times, Gazette, Acfi’i
ser, Expositor, Republican, Statesman,
American, Democrat (merged in the Vol
unteer,) and two or three German papers,
have been consigned to the “tomb of the
Capulets,” the old Volunteer has weath
ered many a storm, political and finan
cial, and now stands where it always did,
the champion of the Constitution and the
fearless exponent of the true principles of
our Government.
Within the last fifty years there has
been a great revolution in the art of prin
ting, many important improvements hav
ingbeen made, both ns regards typogra
phy, and machinery, and also in the
manufacture of printing paper. With all
these improvements the Volunteer has
steadily kept pace, haying been from time
to time enlarged and otherwise improved.
At its birth, and for some years after, like
all bantlings it was of exceeding small
dimensions, and was termed by its ene
mies, “the little blue sheet.” It has,
however, outgrown these Imperfections,
and in size, mechanical execution, and
general appearaneelt is second to no jour
nal in this section of country. ')■)
It is now twpffty-one years since the
senioreditoi- took charge of the Volun
teer, and during that time hs circula
tion has hepn steadily increasing, until,
under.-the ina'nagpijienf of. Bjiatxon ■&-.
Kennedv, it has a larger circulation and
jyiolds a wider influence than was ever
enjoyed by any paper In the county.—
Under the control of its senior editor, the
Volunteer has aided in fighting many
gallant battles, in which our party was
oftimes victorious, and we are safe in say
ing that those victories were never abus
ed, nor the power thus obtained ever pros
tituted to unworthy purposes. Although*
the Democratic party, through untoward
circumstances, has sometimes been in a
minority, and its prospects looked gloomy
enough, we have steadfastly adhered to
its principles and fortunes; and while we
gave,a cordial support to all just measures
emanating from the party for the time
being having the control of the Govern
ment, we have been bold and open in our
denunciation of all Usurpations of power,
of every unjust and oppressive measure,
and of the least deviation from the letter
or spirit of the Constitution.
In conclusion, we will add, that here
after as heretofore, tho Volunteer; will.
be found on the side of the people, bat
tling for their rights and sustaining their
interests, believing as we do, that the
principles and measures of the Democrat
ic party tend directly to tho elevation of
the masses, and to theperpotuatioh of free
Government. With that party we are
willing to “sink or swim, survive or per
ish,” believing that when the names of
the traitorous majority of “tho present.
Congress shall he remembered only to he
execrated, the principles of the fathers of
the Constitution will again shine forth in
ail their pristine splendor.
THE HERAI.ft’S AJPOEOWY,
The Herald, after two weeks reflection
concluded to make an apology for its
slanders on the Democratic soldiers of this
county, who met in Convention, at
Bheem’s Hall, on the 28th ult. In Its
last issue, therefore, somebody makes, a
lame attempt to screen the author of the
obnoxious article that appeared in the
Herald of the Ist inst. In thatarticie the
soldiers composing the majority Conven
tion were spoken of as “ disorganizes,”
11 drafted men. ” and “ deserters. ” A gen
tle hint from some of the soldiers thus
stigmatized, may have assisted our neigh
bor to make up his mind that an apology
of some kind was necessary. His preten
ded amende honorable, however, is a
wretched attemptto escape responsibility.
We are told by the Herald that the of
fensive article was the production of one,
and the apology offered is the production
of another. This is one -way of getting
out of a scrape, but if we know the sol
diers who were slandered, they will re
quire something more from the Herald
than has been offered. It has been too
long tire habit of certain scribblers to
speak disparagingly of soldiers who refuse
to worship before the black idol of the
present day. They must stop it, or take
the consequences. Soldiers who bore the
brunt of battle will not permit those who
bought, themselves clear of the draft, to
denounce them as “ deserters,” “bounty-
jumpers” and “ disorganizers." These
were the epithets applied to some one
hundred' and sixty Cumberland county
soldiers, by the Carlisle Herald and the
Harrisburg Telegraph.
The Herald, then, if It desires to take
back its base, infamous and dastardly
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slanders, must be more explicit than it
has been. It will not do for one to write
a slander, for which another offers a lame
and carefully worded apology. What the
soldiers who were maligned want and de
mand, is a retraction as broad as the
slander. They want no quibbling, and
will have none. Mark that, Mr. Herald.
Our neighbor,-for the purpose of attrac
ting attention from his position in refer
ence to the soldiers, copies two articles—
one from the Democrat and the other
from the Volunteer, of Sept. 1804, in which
we and our cotemporary proved beyond
dispute that President Lincoln’s Eman
cipation Proclamation had put an end to
voluntary enlistments. The Herald
would like to make it appear that we
spoke tauntingly of those who enlisted
and received large bounties. No man of
sense will attempt to thus construe our
remarks. Wo said then and we say now,
that tluf young men of the sub-districts
were forced to do one of two things—ei
ther enlist and receive the large bounties
offered, or,-failing to do that, submit to
Lincoln’s odious draft. We remember
very- well, when, in 1804, two y r oung men
of Frankford township, called on ns and
told us they were going to enlist. “ What
else can we do?” they said. “If we en
list now, we get $6OO bounty ; if we don’t
nlist, we are sure to be drafted, and will
get no bounty.” They did enlist, made
first-rate soldiers, and one of them was
killed. These were not voluntary enlist
ments. Lincoln’s Proclamation stop
ped all that, for Democrats were opposed
to it and regarded it impolitic if not trea
sonable, and the “freedom shrlekers”
could not be kicked into the army, for
most of them, like the Herald men, had
paid $3OO to escape thedraft and military
duty.
Carlisle, Penn'u.
J)®" The.seujor editor of this paper can
have no controversy with the popinjay
whose nonsensical effusions appear in the
Hcralfl over the signature of “J. D.
Adair.” We never could find pleasure
in harpooning insects. We had nothing
against this young man; indeed, we en
tertained a kindly feeling toward him,
and felt sorry to see him place himself in
the pitiable position he has. We advise
Johnny to attend to his books, or put
himself down to some trade or lawful
calling; writing for the public press is
about the last thing he should attempt.—
Notwithstanding his low and uncalled
for personal allusions to ourself, we can
afford to attribute them to youthful indis
cretion and a chronic impudence, “ Roys
will be boys,” said somebody, and some
boys punish themselves by their indis
cretions. During the present political
campaign we expect to be engaged In
controversy, but we will select our adver
saries, and we assure “ J. D. A," he will
not be one of them. We cannot aflbrd
to waste powder on chjppies when there
are pigeons In the woods.
Wc heartily endorse the following
advanced suggestion from the Patriot and
Union ,
As the Pittsburg Geary Convention reprei’nnted
only pw.ttslans end a portion of the returned
soldiers, we would suggest that no effort bo made
to “divide their counsel ” but, Instead, let the
remainder of the honorably (HaGligrgeil soldiers
of the State (a largo and uallupt bjjinl by the
way) arrange convent tons in evert / county and elect
delegates la a grand Johnson Oi/VMEir I?k»ksy]>
vania Soldiers Convention, to bo held, say,
la Harrisburg, at an early day. Lot tho county
conventions be conducted and controlled as
such. Let thers ho no hoodwinking, as there
was In tho Geary affair, which was secretly ar
ranged for oeary,' wimp the fact was publicly
Ignored.
TENNESSEE—MAGNANIMOUS Tlt.VDi
During the rebellion the State of Ten*
nessee remained true to the Union cause.
She furnished more troops to the Union
army than any other State of the same
population. With the brave General
Rousseau at their head, the troops of
Tennessee fought on many bloody fields.
Occupying this position, the Republicans,
in their last National Convention, select
ed a Tennesseean as their candidate for
the Vice Presidency, as a complimentrto
the people of that State. No one ever
pretended to say that Tennessee had even
winked at rebellion, or ever faltered in
her devotion to the Union cause.
Notwithstanding that this was the po
sition occupied by Tennessee, the Rump
Congress has refused her duly elected
members their seats in that body, and
that State, like the ten other Southern
States, is without representation in the
councils of the nation. By the decree of
Thad.|stevens’ star-chamber cabal /of
fifteen, Tennessee is “ left out in the cold,”
with no privileges whatever except the
privilege of paying her proportion of the
National taxes. A State that was suffic
iently “ loyal” to furnish the Republi
cans their candidate for Vice President,
is denied a representation in the Rump
Congress!
Many leading Republicans felt shocked
at this injustice and arbitrary scoundrel
ism, and they plead with Stevens to per
mit the members of Congress from Ten
nessee to take their seats. “It looks
strange,” they said, “to see a Tennessee
an occupying the President’s chair, when
her representatives are refused their
seats.” “Do, Mr. Stevens,” they ad
ded, “permit these legally elected mem
bers of Congress from the President’s
own State, to participate in the legisla
tion for the country. Refuse the ten oth
er States admission if you will, but please
permit Tennessee to come in.” Even
Forney, reckless and shameless as he is,
put in an . appeal for .Tennessee, and
through the columns of ins degraded
“Press,” begged Stevens to permit Ten-
nessee a representation in Congress.—
Stevens, as if annoyed at these appeals,
consented, reluctantly, that Tennessee
might come in, and therefore, a few days
ago, offered the following resolution in
the House:
He it enacted, That the State of Tennessee may
be admitted to representation in Congress, and
her present Senators and Representatives, if found
to be didy appointed, elected, and qualified, may bo
admitted to seats on taking the required oath; Pro
vided, That unless the said State of Tennessee
shall, before the first day of January next, either
by legislation or constitutional provision, en
franchise all classes of her citizens, and extend the
right of suffrage impartially to every class, and
shall give to every person within her jurisdic
tion an equal standing in her courts of law and
equity, both as suitors and witnesses, and shall
ratify the amendment to the Constitution, Arti
cle 14, proposed by this Congress, then the pro
visions of this act, so far as they relate to the
State of Tennessee exclusively, shall cease and
become null and void, and the said State shall
no longer be represented in Congress.
There! Such is the Stevens resolution,
Tennessee may be admitted to represen
tatiou in Congress, provided she consents
to confer the right of suffrage upon her
black population! Let Tennessee,.like
Pennsylvania, refuse the ballot to the
negro, and “ the said State shall no long
er be represented in Congress!” Magna
nimous Stevens !—how Tennesseeans
will bless you for your manly vindication
of their rights under the Constitution. —
How eagerly will they accept the condi
tions named in your resolutions!
Negro-suffrage and negro-equality then,
are the issues before the people. The
Southern States can all bo admitted, and
even general amnesty added, provided
they prove their “ loyalty” by granting
the ballot to their ignorant blacks!
Pennsylvanians!—will you longer con-
sent to be governed and led by this
wretch, Thai). Stevens? Arey-ou willing
to see your country divided and her re
sources wasted, merely because certain
States, Pennsylvania included, refuse to
endorse the negro-equality Ideas of Radi
cal demagogues? Answer with an em
phatic “ no” at the polls by voting against
Geary, who is the tool of Stevens.
a.yjiEK gets t'ii i; cai.mim;
At a fair for the benefit of the Presby
terian church at Meehanicsburg, lost
week, an oil painting of George Wash
ington was put up to be voted for at 10
cents a vote. The understanding was
that the painting was to be presented to
the candidate for Governor having the
largest number of votes. The Clymeb
tickets were deposited in one box, and
the Geary tickets in another. The vo
ting was kept up with great spirit for
three days, and on Saturday evening the
tickets were taken from the boxes and
counted. They stood:
Clyraer,,
Geary,...
Majority for Clymer,,
That will dq! Thp Geabyites mode
desperate efforts to get the painting for
their candidate, They, wrote to negro
suffrage men all over the county', be
seeching aid, on account of “ this being
Geary’s own county,” &c. They work
ed arid begged day and night, but all to
no purpose. The friends of Clymeb were
also quietly at work, and we congratulate
them on the result. The result of this
contest is an indication of what may bo
expected this fall in Old Mother Cum
berland. Stand toyourguus, Democrats,
and all will be yyell }n October.
®@" The Sunbury Democrat says the
negro party in Pennsylvania are becom
ing very uneasy at the headway Hiester
Clymer is making among the conserva
tive voters of the State, both soldiers and
civilians. They would tike nothing bet
ter than to get him out of the way in
time to save them from a crushing de
feat, and in the forlorn hope that this
may he accomplished, are busily circula
ting stories that the Democracy are seri
ously considering tlie expediency of with
drawing bin). The wish is a father to
the thought. The withdrawal of Mr.
Clymer has never been thought of, much
less discussed, in Democratic circles. He
is the strongest candidate ye could have
nominated, .as the daily demonstrations
in his fayor throughout the State are.suf
ficient toproye, The disimiouists capnqt
get him out of the way unless they have
votes enough to defeat him at the polls—
and then know they havn’t.
The Pittsburg Chronicle (Republican)
don’t like Forney’s abuse of Secretary
Seward, and says: “Itis as abominable
nn exhibition of f bigoted partizanship as
■yvo have .ever witnessed, and deserves
the heartiest censure of the press and peo
ple.” Forney and Ge.ary afe in the same
pplifleaf .boat —Forney rows find Geary
steers—conaefiusptly the above language
should apply as forcibly to the latter ns to
the former.
the constitutional amendment.
The constitutional amendment has pass
edboth Houses of Congress by a two : thirds
vote, and awaits the ratification of the
States. As the Republicans hayesucceed
ed in giving last touches to their
political platform, we suppose our read
era may be curious to see it ‘Vwith all the
modern improvements.” Hero it is—
nigger suffrage with its toilet made;
Resolved, Sy the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the {Jutted States of America in Cotuji'css as
sembled (two-thirds of both Houses concurring), That
the following atticle be proposed to the legisla
tures of the several {States, us nu amendment to
the Constitution of the United States, which,
when ratified by three-fourths of said Legisla
tures, shall be valid ns part of the Constitution,
namely.:
ARTICLE .
Section’. 1. All persons born or naturalized In
the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, are citizens of the United States and the
Slates wherein they reside. No Stateshall malcb
or enforce any law which shall abridge tlie privi
leges or immunities.of citizens of the United
States: nor shall any State deprive any person
of life, libertv, or happiness without duo process
of law, nor deny to any person within Us juris
diction the equal protection of the laws.
Sec/2. Representatives shall bo apportioned
among the several States according to their re
spective numbers, counting the whole number
of persons, excluding Indians not taxed. But
whenever the right to vote at any election for
the choice of electors for President and Vice-
President, Representatives in Congress, execu
tive andjudicial officers, or the members of the
Legislatures thereof, is denied to any of the male
‘inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one
years of age, and cit izens of the United States, or
many way abridged, except for participation in
rebellion orother crime, the basis of representa
tion therein shall be reduced in the proportion
which the number of sucli male citizens shall
bear to the whole number of male citizens twen
ty-one years of ago in such State.
Sec. a. That no person shall be a Senator or Re
presentative in Congress, or elector of President
and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or
military, under the United States, or under any
State, who, having previously taken an oath as
a member of Congress, or ns an officer of the Uni
ted Stales, or as a member of any State Legisla
ture, or as an executive or judicial officer of any
State, to support the Constitution of the United
States, shall have engaged in insurrection or re
bellion against the same, or given aid and com
fort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may,
by.avote of two-thirds of each House, remove
such disabilities. , tl
Sec. 4. of the public debt of the
United States authorized by law, Including debts
incurred for payment of. pensions and bounties
• for services in suppressing insurrection or rebel
lion, shall not be questioned. But neither the
United States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insur
rection or rebellion against the United States, or
any claim for the loss or emancipation of any
slave: but all such debts, obligations,and claims
shall be held Illegal and void.
Sec, 5. ThcGongrcss shall have power to enforce,
by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this
article.
The Coming Waii in Europe.— I The
news from Europe to the Oth instant, re
ceived inNow York on Saturday morning,
very plainly intimates war at hand. The
Peace Conference has been abandoned,
the neurtal powers, France, Russia and
England, .regarding the reservations of
Austria as tantamount to a refusal to
submit the questions at issue to negotia
tion. Those conditions were such as to
make it impossible that any agreement
could be effected. So the last hope of
peace vanishes, and the next news from
Europe may inform us that a war has
begun, the extent and end of which no
one can pretend to guess. Preparations
made for it are of , tremendous magni
tude. The three leading powers engaged
in it, Austria, Prusiaand Italy, can bring
two millions of men into the field.
Though this number is not larger than
was in arms during our late I'ebellion, ours
were scattered overan immense territory,
while those in Europe will be brought
within comparatively narrow limits.
The English papers expect that the first
hostilities will take place in Schleswig-
Holstein and Silesia.
Later. —Since the, above has been in
type the steamer China has. arrived at
Halifax, bringing news from Europe
one day later. The Prussian troops have
entered Holstein, and the Austrian troops
are concentrating in the same territory.
These movements are regarded as a vir
tual commencement of war.
8®“ W. Lloyd Garrison is loud-mouth
ed in his denunciations of President
Johnson, calling him a traitor, a rebel
and copperhead. This same Garrison, in
a speech delivered a few years since in
the city of New York, uttered the follow
ing “ loyal” language:
“No act of ours do wo regard with more con
scientious approval, or higher satisfaction, none
do we submit more conlidently to the tribunal of
Heaven, and the verdictof mankind, than when,
several years ago, on the Fourth of July, in the
presence of a great assembly, we committed to the
jkancH the Constitution of the United States!”
The man who uttered these words has
had his likeness taken, by request of
Charles Sumner’s constituents, and plac
ed in the Senate Chamber of Massachu
setts, Can you iind in qll the sentiments
of Southern traitors words -more expres
sive than these? Treason commands a
premium in Massachusetts, but out of her
bailwick, beyond her coritrol, treason
must be made odious. The people will
be convinced that our troubles were con
ceived in Northern soil and will not
cease to distract and divide until its roots
arc pulled up and burned. Why should
Massachusetts honor traitors ?
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A Word to Democrats,— lt is now
time that Democrats everywhere, should
begin tire work of organizing and getting
ready for tire coming campaign. They
should immediately form active working
clubs in each election district in the coun
,ty and State.—brethern of the same polit
ical faith form a close union with each
other, and actively engage in the great
contest that must be decided at the polls
next October. What we want more than
anything else is organization, and unless
we have it, close, vigorous, and , active,
we cannot hope to succeed. Wo believe
there is a Democratic majority in Penn
svylania, but it cannot be made effective
at the polls without a well organized ef
fort to bring it out. In no other manner
can \ye contract the powerful organization
of the Union League, which spreads over
the country like a great net work. The
campaign will open in July, and before-'
that time our forces must be on hand,. to
take an active part in the contest- "Or
ganize then, everywhere, and that with
out delay.
A Wedding in Mobile.— A grand wedding oc
curred at Mobile on the .'lth, at tho African
church. Samuel Jackson, a negro man, once the
slave of General Boaurejard, married Miss Sarah
Jones, a white schod’mlstress. The house was
crowded by negroes The friends of tho pair af
terwards participated In a banquet at the house
of the bridegroom. Tho newly married pair left
on an early train to visit the bride’s friends at
tho North. The bridegroom has considerable
property. —Baltimore Sun,
The above item shows the result of the
teachings of the Republican- leaders.—
They assert tljat a “ ijegro is as good as a
white man,” but this Yankee “ school
marm," more advanced than they, th'nks
a big buck negro bettor than a .iVhite
man, particularly wbibn the uefi'o has
11 considerable property.”
Geneual Santa Anna arrived in
New York city (in Wcdnesdiy, and took
up his rei
for him i
Govehnor - appointed
Charles R. Cobuii superinieiicUnt pf com
jnonschoola for ty?3tate of Pennsylvania.
SOLDIERS’ CONVENTION.
CU, I>A. J
TolheKaiiorofthcPo.il.
At a meeting of the “ Mifflintown and
Patterson Soldiers’ Clyraer Club" held in
the Borough of Patterson, Saturday even
ing, Juno 0, 1808, the following preamble
and resolutions were passed unanimously:
"Whereas, At the so-called State Convention
held at Pittsburgh on Tuesday, June 5,1800, reso
lutions were passed endorsing all the measures
of the present Rump Congress, and .
Whereas, Said Convention forgot the true In
terests of the country and the soldiers by en
dorsing the nomination of John W. Geary for
Governor, therefore
Resolved, That wo do not recognize the Pitts
burgh Convention as speaklngtho sentiments of
the majority of the soldiers of Pennsylvania, and
wo do most emphatically denounce their pro
ceedings.
Resolved, That wo recommend to the Johnson
Clymeu soldiers of Pennsylvania the holding of
a State Convention In the city of Reading, on
Wednesday, the lirst day of August next, for the
purpose of placing ourselves before the people of
Pennsylvania on a true Union and Constitution
al platform; each Representative district to elect
live delegates for every Representative elected
therein to the State Legislature.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the Philadelphia Age, Harrisburg Patriot
and Union, and Pittsburgh Post, for publication;
and we would also respect fully request all the
Democratic papers of the State to publish tho
same. ■
Democratic Papers.— There is a heal
thy look about our Democratic exchanges
throughout the State which is gratifying
to observe. Many of them are being en
larged and otherwise improved. ’ They
are fighting the political battle bravely
and deserve to be ln the
present important political campaign a
very large share of the work must be done
by the Democratic press. A special ef
fort should be made by every Democrat
to Increase the circulation of Democratic
newspapers. By no other agency can so
much good be accomplished. If we can
get the people to read both sides, the rev
olution that is now going on in public
seutimeutwillbe complete, thorough and
lasting.TVthis end let the circulation
of Democratic newspapers be increased. —
Proper efforts by individual Democrats
will accomplish wonders. Let each man
do his whole duty in this matter, and the
combined result of individual effort will
be such as to astonish even the most san
guine.
mr “Every independent Republican
removed by Andrew Johnson is the un
spiking of a powerful gun,” says the Har
risburg Telegraph. With bated breath
and closed nostrils the people of Harris
burg have witnessed the “ unspiking” of
one of those “powerfulguns.”- Like the
Harper’s Ferry gun, (which Geary “cap
tured” butdidn’t presenWo Philadelphia
as a trophy,) when it was “ unspiked” of
its long rotten charge of cigar stumps,
the stench has been awful. It is a great
pity that these “powerful guns” were
not “unspiked” during the war, in the
face of the “rebellious rebels.” Greek
fire and Chinese “ stink pots” would have
been as the odor of night-blooming cerus
to thal smell. Every rebel would have
" come down at the first snuff.
The Way the Money Goes.— Thd
Jacobin Congress spend more money, in
one way or other, to assist in carrying
out their designs, than .would pay all that
the soldiers and sailors ask of them. —
The “investigating” committee use up
mpre money than anyone has an idea of.
There is now a bill before the House for
$52,000 for the contingent fund. The na
tion is bleeding at every pore, and these
sharpers will not leave enough life in it,
if they are not stopped, to make even an
appearance among the nations of the
earth. It is a continual drain on the
treasury for the benefit of the negro.—
Will the people let the opf>trf{jmity slip
them this fall of sending the Whole batch
to Coventry?
U®“ Let every man who buys a pound
of sugar, a quart of molasses, a yard of
muslin, or calico, remember that these
articles might be sold for half the present
price if th,e disunionistsandrevolutlonists
of the Rump Congress would sustain the
President in his peaceful and constitu
tional policy. It is the policy of Stevens
& Co. to keep up disunion and revolution j
thus preventing capital and labor in 1 the
south from producing these great staples
of Northern commerce. Johnson’s poli
cy would call their reproduction and re
duce the price in the North at least fifty
per cent. He, therefore, who sustains
disunion, not only puts money from his
ownpoeketbut luxuries and even articles
of necessary beyond the reach of his own
family.
The Repvblxc, the new conservative
Republican paper at Pittsburg, intimates
that some of the delegates to the late
Geary convention held in that city “ dis
persed to their respective homes” with
out settling with the landlords. It says:
The hotel-keepers, where they were quartered,
know that they are absent, but where they can
not tell. Landlords are anxious ns to their
whereabouts. If their friends would address a
letter to the St. Clair and Eagle hotels, they can
obtain Infornmtlon.as to their names, and wb-n
they were last heard from. The attention of-A P.
llnrtrauft, the prime mover and getter-up of this
convention, under instruction from Wmiams,
Stevens and Sumner, should appoint a committee
to investigate this mattewSml see tl'd, the ex
officers arrived at thelMHaces of residence. They
left neither baggage nor money w.xh their land
lords ; and truly, they have an rnxlety to' know
that they are safe. /
Significant Historical Facts.— ltis
a fact that the democratic party has al
ways sustaiuei every incumbent of the
Presidential chair who has defended the
Constitu^on —Rod the anti-Demoorats
have hiartily opposed all such. The on
ly tiree Presidents ever elected by the
arci-Democrats were Harrison, Taylor
aud Lincoln. Each died in the Presiden
tial office, and were succeeded by Vice
Presidents elected by the same party.—
In each case, the anti-Demoorats oj&tt'el
ed with the Vice Presidents,
would insist on being guided by tlieCon
stitution—and they each, in turn, had to
throw themselves for support on the Dem
ocratic party. These are significant his
torical facts.
Radicals are meeting unex
pected checks. The “sober second
thought of the people” is bringing out n
strong current of feeling against their
revolutionary schem. This feeling, is
strengthening, every day, and by Octo
ber it will be overwhelming. The name
qf Thad Stevens yrill soon be as odious
throughout the whole country as it was
in Pennsylvania after the “Buckshot
war.” Those who adhere to him will
share his odium, and all of his present
followers who do not want to dink with
him had bettor get out of his boat at once.
ion prepared
h street.
The U. S. Senate recently passed a res
olution looking to the erection of a new
Executive mansion. Thenameby which
the present one is known—the White
House—is distasteful to the Radicals.
A Blow nt “ loyalty.”
Washington, June 14.--lAs Mr. Grin
nell, of lowa, was crossing the portico
this afternoon he was overtaken by Gen.
Kousseau, of Kentucky, amuch taller and
more athletic man, who carried in his
rin-ht hand a rattan cane one-third of an
iiich in diameter. Placing his left hand
on Mr. Grinnell’s shoulders, Rousseau hur
riedly asked him why he had not retract
ed his remarks of Monday. Mr. Grin
neil, nfther astonished, replied that he
had nothing to say.
Rousseau then declared that lie would
make him retract, and gave him several
blows with the cane, right and left, in the
broadsword style, in which Brooks as
saulted Sumner, except that the blows
fell lower, two on the shoulders, two on
the neck, and two on the face. On the
last blow the cane was shivered into frag
ments, and Rousseau ceased his attack.
Meanwhile, Grinneil had endeavored to
arrest the blows, which were aimed at
his head, receiving a portion of one blow
on his hand.
As Rousseau ceased, Grinuellsaid, “ You
haven’t hurt me.” Rousseau replied, “I
didn’t want to hurt you ; I wanted to dis
grace you,” and withdrew, followed by
several of his friends who had acted as
his escort. Mr. Grinneil is not Suffer
ing any ill effects from the blows which
he received, and it is probable that to-mor
row his assailant will be brought before
the bar of the House —Inquirer Special.
A StkAnge Resemblance.— I There was
recently in the Southwest a tragedy some
what similar to the murder of the Deer
ing family in Philadelphia, by which a
family, named Deerfield was murdered. —
The murderer of latter family has been
convicted. His name is Coovert, and the
Memphis Ledger states that there is a
most remarkable resemblance ■ between
him and Probst. Both are five feet seven
or eight inches high, have blue eyes, light
hair, and turned-lip noses. Both have a
striding walk and astoop in the shoulders,
and both served in the army. -The strang
est resemblance of all, however, is that
Coovert, like Probst, has lost the thumb
of his right hand, which was shot off
whilst he was in service.
JQ®“ Some one has discovered among
the “ conscience letters,” received almost
daily by the Secretary of the Treasury,
a note signed “B. F. B,” inclosing flve
dollars. The initials suggest a suspicion
that further remittances will bo needed
to fully ease the conscience of this peni
tent.
Beast Fraudulent Butler is here meant;
but Ben is troubled by no qualms of con
science. When, like the daughters 61
the horse-leech, his cry of “ give! give!”
was unattended to, his practice was to
“ take! take!”
A Wonderful Change.— lt is quaint
ly observed by a cotemporary, that last
spring a traitor,, rebel or copperhead, was
one who did not sustain the policy of the
President. This spring a rebel or copper
head is one who does support the Presi
dent. Last year to speak lightly of the
President was treason. This year the
test of loyalty is denunciation of the Ex
ecutive. , ,1
Death op Gen. Cass.— Geo. Lewis
Cass, the hero, patriot and sates man,
died at his residence, in Detroit, on Sun
day last, aged 83 years. Gen. Q. was the
democratic candidate for the Presidency
in 1848.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,
Correspondence American Volunteer. j
Washington, Juno 1), 180(1.
General Rousseau, a member of Cdngris from
Kentucky, Is a staunch friend of the PrLldont,
and during the war gained quite a reputation for
ills bravery In the hold, second to noothefpfflcer
in the Southwest. For ills position in sustaining
the President, one Grlunell, a member fromjbwa,
formerly a preacher of some kind or othel, has
assailed the General at every opportunity tilth a
coarseness that would shame Parson lirowllow,
and when assailed in return, the coward sh'felds
hlinseif behind his piety. Tills state of aflhlrshas
been running on for some time, greatly tolhe
delight of a number of the Radicals, who hissed
on this our to tho attack. Patience will sonn
tlmes cease to bo a virtue in all cases. On Mon
day, Grlunell attacked the courage of Rousseai
which was more than any honorable gentleraal
could brook, and on Thursday afternoon, Just
after the adjournment of Congress, Grlrinell anti
llpsseau met under tho portico of the cast front!
ol the south wing of the Capitol, which W'now'
being finished by the contractors. The General'
at once made for Grlnnell and touched him on
the arm, and at tho same time saying, “ I have
been waiting for four days for you to apologize
for the abusive remarks yon made against me on
the floor of the House. Do you Intend to apolo
gize, sir?” .Grlnnell sneakingly replied, ” I don’t
know anything about It.” General Rousseau
then said, “ PH teach you then, sir,” and at once
commenced,thrashing tho white llvored knave
with a rattan cane, and continued to do so until
the cane broke. The General told him that he
did not Intend to hurt him, but only wanted to
disgrace him, and show up his pusllanlmlty.—
Some folks may blame General Rousseau for this
whipping of an ex-clergyman, but they must re
member that there is such a tiling as being goad
ed to madness, and the continually barking and
snapping of Grinnell became unbearable, hence
his castigation. General Rousseau’s friends are
sorry tho affair occurred, as It will result in no
benefit to any one except that it shows up what
sort of mettle some of tho Radicals are made of.
Those who are disposed to criticise harshly should
remember that there are some insults which can
only be answered by a blow. '
Congress has finally disposed of Reconstruction
for this session. Tho Senate’s amendment of the
Committee’s abortion passed the House by a vote
of 120 to 33. The drift of this amendment is pal
pable to every thinking man lu the United
States, as it Is nothing more nor less than a
scheme to force negro suffrage upon the people of
tho South, or to curtail their representatives in
Congress. By this bill Mississippi and South Car
olina will lose at least one-half of their represen
tative power—thus ma'klng those States, ns well
as other Southern States, mere ciphers. Tho lost
portion of the agony, that is, the wind up of the
farce, is, that certified copies of the amendment
bill be sent to tho Governors of the various States.
Some twenty Republicans shirked the vote—they
being absent. It is rumored that Governor, Cur
tin of your State will issue a circular to tho Gov
ernors of the other States urging them to convene
their several Legislatures at once and have tho
amendment “ put through.” If this be true, it
will bo well for your Democratic friends in the
Legislature, as soon as it Is convened to offer an
other resolution heartily endorsing the patriotic
efforts of your Governor in behalf of the Union.
The situation of Jefl’erson Davis is one which
would bo amusing did it not raise legal questions
involving tho constitutional rights, and liberties
of every citizen of the United States. The diffi
culty seems to be to determine in wliat precise
character ho stands before the law, and to what
particular Jurisdiction he Is amenable. Ho has
been kept In close confinement at Portress Mon
roe for more than thirteen months, and It yet re
mains a question whether lie is a prisoner of war,
triable by court martial, or in the custody of the
civil authorities and triable for a civil offence by
tlio civil tribunals of tho laud. It surely may be
said, with good reason, that so much time should
not have been allowed to elapse without a final
and satisfactory solution of this problem. As tho
case now stands, it would appear that tho prison
er is destined to bp held for an indefinite period
in suspense, like Mahomet’s coflln, between earth
and heaven, merely because tho quibbling spirit
of conflicting Jurisdictions chooses to .trifle with
a cause that ought to have been disposed of iong
ago. Judge Underwood refused to grant,a-wrlt of
hn'jm.l corpus to bring the defendant before the
United States Circuit Court at Richmond, to try
the, question of admitting him to ball, on tho
ground that ho was . still in the custody of the
President as a prisoner of war, while it is replied
on the other hand, that the application to ball
Mr. Davis Is a Judicial'question wm,
President has nothing to do.
All this controversy, however about
which Is too plain to admit of honest si
unworthy of the Government, and shouts? 1
ed at once. It Is true that Mr. Davis ° sf
cd by a party of Union soldiers durlns« < * rl
war and has since been Incarcerated I 5,5,1
but hts Offence, If, any .nevertheless
levying war against the United States It
treason under the civil law of the n»H
triable only by a civil court. 10r
It scorns to bo generally believed that
will not remain. In session later than th'
of July. The whole country will hear!
sigh of relief when that happy day arr ,.
public have been feverish with anxiety si* 3,
first of December last—for they know not"'
day or an hour might.brlng forth-™
every day and every hour did begot some,
of monstrous Iniquity—each greater than it
—and each destined to obstruct the p att ,
forts of the President In receraentlna ti,„,°
ligaments of the Union.
The constitutional amendment whichi>
bo submitted to the people or the gu,
. bring lip the direct question of negro cits
and equality. If the Radicals would on 1
thorlty of the Declaration of Independence
the negro a full citizen of the United Sl«t
titled to vote for all elective,olllcoi's, c
eligible to all offices dependant on pupubu
rage, from the lowest to the highest, why a,
not adhere in practice to that other print]
the same Declaration, which says that »g
merits derive all their just powers from tJ
sent of the governed? With what grace
what consistency, with what Justice can the
mand for the negro an equal participation b
the rights, and franchises, and functions o(
ernmeqt under our American Constitution, i
and Federal, on the predicate that those who
subject to the laws, of a State or nation ,h t
have equal voice In. making them, and m
elude from represenjatlon in Congress lbe W h
peflplo of eleven States of the Union, whom ji,
ore taxing and otherwise treating m
Its “Just powers,” while refusing them nay r
nl “ consent” in the action of the Qoveramet
which they are required to submit? The ,i m
statement of the question furnishes Its nnswt
The Radicals In Congress would elevate the®
to political equality with the white peopled
country on the ground' that both races nrom
ally equal, and yet deny political equality i (
white citizens of eleven States who are klnc
to them not only In blood, but politically in
common tolls, sacrifices and trlbulnllonj
which the Independence of the British Colonic
America was won, and Domooratlcgovernmu
State and national, on this continent, wore i
established. - Further comment Is unnecessary,
Caucasus,
GENERAL NEWS.
—The Paris Conference has beou broken
ami a European war Is considered Inevitable.
—Colonel Roberts, of the Fenian Brotherl
was ip. Washington, on Saturday, and was
toil hysoveveral Congressmen.
—Colonel W. W. Seaton, ot the 'NaUonnl
telligoneer, died on Saturday, aged Bl.
— l There Is a very large emigration to Color
this season.
—.Tames W. Paterson was on Friday cl
United States Senator by the New Hnmj
Legislature.
—The wheat harvest was commenced In
Carolina last week
—lt is rumored that the New York Legist
will be convened in August to ratify the 1
tutlouul amendment.
—There were three deaths from cholera!
York city yesterday, and three deaths atr
tine.
—General Wood, commanding at Vlcksl
lias issued an order against the enlistment ot
grocs for “ foreign service.”
—The United States receiving ship Couste
tlon is to bo to Philadelphia to relieve
Princeton, which Is to be sold.
—Queen Victoria has given a sitting foi
portrait which she intends to present to Mr
body.
—Sau Francisco Is going to bo supplied
water from a lake on the Sierra Nevada mo
tains by an aqueduct two hundred miles long.
—The report that the ** Loyal Georgian" nc
paper had been suspended by military autli(
is untrue.
—Hon. James Humphry, member of Coi
from Brooklyn, N. Y,, died in thoX cVVy ou
urday
—Ou Thursday the ship Tuscarora arrlvei
Piiiladolphla from Liverpool, with 555 Irish
migrants, and the Village Belie, from Lom
derry, with 250 more.
. —There were 803 deaths in New York last 1
being 2r more than daring the week pre«
There were also 109 deaths in.Brooklyr
week.
—Santa Anna is negotiating for the purclit
the equestrian portrait of Gen. Scott, painter
the'State of Virginia, and now on exblbitlc
the Capitol.'
—lt is said the departure of Santa Anna for
United States caused great rejoicing among
Mexican Liberaiists, and uneasiness among
Imperialists
—Later returns from Nebraska give amr\|c
of one hundred and seventy for the Stole
.stitution, with eleven counties to hear ft
The vote for Governor shows a Republicr
of three hundred and nlnetyfour.
—A force of Imperialists which morel
disperse the Liberallsts under Espinosa, at
tqrla, Mexico, was outflanked and compell
return with great loss by desertion.
‘ —The Klng.of Prussia has decreed that
of war, merchant vessels of hostile States
subject to capture or confiscation.
F£RSOm.
\ —Madame Domoreat has written alcttet *
! Woman’s rights.
I —Judge Lane, late Chief-Justice of tho Sui
fourt of Ohio, died ntSandusliy recently
i I —Confederate Lieutenant-General N. B.
1 h in Memphis'.
i I—Ulysses Grant will be üblquitlous Grani
v.sits all the places where he is expected.
I—General R. K. Scott, of the irrepressible
rtau,” has recently acquired an unenvlobl
td-ity. : •
VGreen Clay Smith, of Kentucky, has
nominated by President Johnson Qover
Idaho.
—The Boston papers say that Sumner'?
trillion, proceeds from “ over-work.” The
oyer-talk.
—Mr. Dickons has a, special saloon car
himself, as he travels about England to gh
charming readings.
—Mrs. Millard Fllmore is one of tho lea*
fashion in Paris, and displays diamonds t
refreshing brilliancy. s
—Several Senators have asked and «
leave of absence, and the rest .can get it
plying to the people. .
—Tho Duke of Coburg, tho brother of
Prince Albert, will, it is reported, accept i
command in the Prdslan army. .
—Prof. George W. Green, of Rhode
writing the biography of his grandfather
al Nat. Green, of the Revolutionary army*
' —Dan. Rico, of circus notority, app ea **
ring as a Congressional candidate f
Nineteenth Pennsylvania District. •
—lt is consoling to know, that the deft
Barth, the traveler, has not interrupted
ilcatlon of his “ Vocabularies of Centr
—J. B. O’Meagher, the Paris correspt
the London Times, gets a larger salary
tary Seward, besides a famished house
the best quarters In Paris.’
—Mr. Bancroft is completing his nlu
which will Include pretty much ailtin*
In American history not already wen
the late Lincoln Eulogy.
POUTICAb
—The Johnson meuln lowa arc ab° u
a State Convention. , t
—There is a report that Fredrick A.°
bo tho Republican candidate for 00
Now York.
—.Senators’ Doolittle and Cowan. o*-.
lug of Illinois, Green Clay Smith oi
and W. A. Burleigh ofDakotaTerrltorj.
bors of the Johnson Club Executive
at Washington.
Messrs, CofFroth, Strouse, Glossbren
naand Denison expect a reuominatlon
crats of their districts In Ponusylvnn
Q. F. Miller and John Covodo are cana .
tho Republican nomination to Couß
W. H. MlUor, of Harrisburg, deoUnos. »
nation, . fe <
la Indiana, tho radicals have been
most of tho Republican conventions,
tho nominations for the State kegis
of Judge Hughes, who is now la
Messrs Julian, Dumont and Coin* f fQOt
dates forrb-olcctlon to Congress. Jr' in
has received the Democratic nomihft
Seventh District,