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CARLISLE, PA.,
ThuMday Morning, July 36,1860.
FOE GOVERNOE,
HIESTER CLYMER,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
NATIONAL UHIOX COUNTY CONVENTION,
The loyal cit izens of Cumberland County, who
favor the annexed call for ft National Union
Convention to be hold at Philadelphia on the Hth
of August next, for the purposes therein declar
ed, arc requested to meet in County Convention,
at the Public House of Lewis Faber, in Carlisle,
on Saturday, July 28th, Inst., at II o'clock, A. M.,
for the purpose of choslng delegates to said Con
vention, and of transacting such other business
oflmportance as may be brought before the Con
vention. *
The call Is as follows:
A National Union Convention of at least two
delegates from each Congressional District of all
the states, two from each Territory, two from the
District of Columbia, and four delegates at large
from each will beheld at the City of Philadel
phia, on the Hth of August next. Such delegates
will be chosen by the electors of the several States
who sustain the Administration In maintaining
unbroken the Union of the States under the Con
stitution which our fathers established, and who
Hcroe in the following propositions, viz.:
The Union of the States is In every case indis
soluble and Is perpetual, and the Constitution of
the United States, and the laws passed by Con
gress In pursuance thereof, are supremo, constant
and universal In their obligation. *
The rights, the dignity and' the equality of the
states in the Union, including the right of repre
sentation in Congress, are solemnly guaranteed
bv that Constitution, to save which from over
throw so much blood and treasure were expend
ed In the late civil war.
There is no right any wliere to dissolve the Un
ion or to separate States from the Union, either
bv voluntary withdrawal, by force of arms, or
by Congressional action, neither by secession of
States, nor by the exclusion of their loyal and
qualified Representatives, nor by the National
Covernmeat in any other form.
Slavery is abolished, and neither can or ought
to be reestablished In any State or Territory with
in our jurisdiction.
Each State has the undoubted right to proscribe
the qualifications of Its own electors; and no ex
ternal power rightfully can or ought to dictate,
control, or Influence the free and voluntary ac
tion of the States In the exorciseof that right.
The maintenance inviolate of the rights of the
States, and especially of the rights of each State
to older and control its own domestic concerns
according to Its own judgment exclusively, sub
ject only the Constitution of the United States Is
essential to that balance of power on which the
perfection and endurance of our political failure
depends, and the overthrow of that system by
usurpatioh in centralization of power in Con
gress would be a revolution, dangerous to a Re
publican Government and destructive of liberty.
Each House of Congress is made, by the Consti
tution, the sole Judge of its election sections and
qualifications of Its members, but the exclusion
of loyal Senators and Representatives properly
chosen and qualified under the Constitutional
la.ws Is unlust'and revolutionary. Every patriot
should frown upon all these acts and proceedings
everywhere, wnicli can serve no other purpose
than to rekindle the animosities of war, and the
effect of which upon our moral, social, and ma
terial Interests at home, and our standing abroad,
differing only in a degree, is injurious like war
The purpose of the pmcnwo
the Union and the Constitution by putting down
the rebellion, and the rebellion having been sup
pressed, all resistance to the authority of the
general government being at an end, and the
war having ceased, war measures should also
cease, and should be followed by measures of
peaceful administration, so that union, harmony
and industry, commence, and the arts of peace
revived and promoted, and the early restoration
of all the States to the exercise of their constitu
tional powers In the National Government is in
dispensably necessary to the strength and the
defense of the Republic and to the maintenance
of the public credit. All such - electors in the 30
States and 9 Territories of the United States, and
In the District of Columbia, who, in a spirit of
patriotism and love for the union, can rise above
personal and sectional considerations, and who
desire to see a truly National Union Convention
which shall represent all the Suites and Territo
ries of the Union assembled as friends and broth
ers under the national flag, to hold council to
gether upon the state of the Union, and to take
measures to avert possible dangers from the
same, are especially requested to take part lu the
choice of such delegates.
But no delegate will take a seat In such con
vention who does not loyally accept the Nation
al situation and cordially indorse the principle
above set forth, and who Is not attached in true
allegiance to the Constitution, the Unloi\and the
Government of the United States.
GEORGE ZINN,
JOHN CAMPBELL,
C. M. WORTHINGTON,
M. H. HERMAN,
WM. M. PORTER,
WM. H. MILLER.
Johnson Executive Cnmmi/frr.
-GEARY IST TOWN”—HE RAKES A
SPEECH.
General Geaby, disunion candidate for
Governor, arrived in our town on Wed
nesday morning of last week, and was at
onee taken in charge by a few of his ad
mirers, who escorted him to a room in
the “ Mansion House,” and then sent out
fanners to inform our citizens that “ Gea
by was in town,” and requesting them to
call and see him. But very few respond
ed to the invitation, and the 11 hero” was
permitted to have a very quiet time to
himself (or several hours. Why it was
that many of the prominent men of his
party refused to call and pay their re
spects to him was a mystery. But we
learned, on inquiry, that it was owing to
a jealous feeling that exists in the disu
nion ranks, and which at times threatens
the peace of that interesting faction. On
this occasion the lesser lights of the party
took possession of Geary,, and the nabobs
therefore refused to recognize him, but
strutted past the hotel where he was stop
ping like “game cocks” with gaffs on,
not even condescending to look at him. —
After remaining at the hotel for a few
hours, our “hero,” accompanied by two
or three of his self-constituted body-guard,
took buggies and drove out to Mt. Holly
—a quiet place of resort—where they spent
the balance of the day.
During the afternoon flaming posters
were scattered over the town, announcing
that Gen. Geaby would be serenaded at
the “ Mansion House” at 81 o’clock in the
evening, to which he would respond in a
speech. Everybody was invited to attend,
and the “boys in blue” were urged to be
present. At 8} o’clock, therefore, wo di
rected our footseps toward the “ Mansion
House,” to hear the serenade and speech.
Some two dozen of our citizens were pres
ent—one-half of them Democrats. A
Major of the Home Guard was in com
mand, and at the appointed hour he or
dered the performance to “go a-head.” —
The string band—composed of two fiddles
and an accordeon —struck up the well
known air of “ Cooney in the Hollow.”
After performing this favorite tune, a
very few voices cried out, “ Geary ! Gea
by!” But the General did not appear. —
The band was again ordered to “go a
head,” and go a-head itdid. “ Nigger in
the wood-pile” was the next tune per
formed. At its conclusion some one on
the piazza of the hotel was heard to speak.
The evening was very dark and no lights
were in the parlor or on the piazza. It
was Impossible, therefore, to say who the
speaker was, or whether he was black or
white. He spoke for some two minutes
anda-half, and concluded by introducing
the “next Governor of Pennsylvania” (in
a horn). We suppose Gen. Geaby was
the next speaker, yet no one could see
him, for blackness of darkness still pre
vailed. Some of his friends (after he had
commenced to speak,) denied that it was
Geary, but others contended stoutly it
was nobody else. No “boys in blue’’ were
present; like ourself, all were civilians,
and the General was surrounded—so we
heard, for we could not see—by a little
squad of patriots who had escaped the
draft by paying down S3OO.
The speech then commenced, and such
a speech! For the life of us we could not
tell what the man was driving at. It was.
neither English, Dutch nor Choctaw. It
was Gibberish. He stumbled, stuttered,
halted and repeated words over and over
again, and that was about all ho did do.
Once we understood him to say that ne
gro suffrage was not now a question before
the people. If this was his declaration,
then lie stated a palpable untruth, for (to
use the language of the Now York Tri
bune,) “if negro suffrage is not the ques
tion, we would like to know what is.”—
The Bump Congress says it is the ques
tion ; Stevens says so, and “ dead duck”
Forney says so. The “ hero” was un
derstood next to refer to the Constitutional
Amendment proposed by the Eump Con
gress. Ho endorsed it, but contended —
so we understood him —that it could not
be adopted for Jive years, “ for,” said ho,
“ it must bo first endorsed by two succes
sive Legislatures and thou submitted to
the people twice at the polls.” Of course
it was ignorance that prompted tho“ hero”
to make a statement like this; but we
submit whether one so utterly ignorant is
a suitable man to be Governor of this great
Commonwealth? Let the people ask
themselves this question before they vote
in October.
The whole speech of Geary was a
jumble—a kind of salmagundi—and his
friends, wc know, felt ashamed and mor
tified. We really pitied him. And this
is the man the disunionisbs ask the peo
ple to vote for for the highest office in
their gift . They will respond at the polls
with a dissent that will convince certain
political trimmers that it requires more
than shoulder-straps to commend a can
didate to the yeomanry of Pennsylvania.
I‘ENNSYI.VAMA IN THE NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
Tlie Democratic State Executive Com
mittee has made selection of the follow-
ing distinguished gentlemen to attend
the 14th, of August National Convention.
The Convention will be composed equal
ly of men of both parties who support tlie
reconstruction policy of President John
son. It will be a jynojile’s Convention, to
speak for tlie people and to tho people,
against the measures of the radical dis
unionists who have dared to raise their
impious voices against tho Government
of our fathers.
It is to be regretted that the State Ex
ecutive Committee did not permit the
Democrats of the various districts to make
their own selection of delegates to the
Convention. In attempting to act for
them, we fear the State Committee as
sumed powers ’ not delegated to it by the I
party. In a crisis like the present it
would be better that the iieoplc themselves
i should speak, and select their own agents
through whom to express their senti
ments to the country.
Wo grant that tiie distinguished gen
tlemen named by the Chairman of the
State Committee are among the most em
inent and able in the State. Our objec
tion is founded upon the belief that the
State Central Committee had no right to
select delegates to represent the Democ
racy of Pennsylvania in a National Con
vention, and upon the fear that such ac
tion may give great dissatisfaction in
some districts, especially in those where
I movements had already been originated
to select delegates. Nevertheless, while
we hold these views, we do earnestly feel
that since an able delegation, one which
will be an honor to the State, has been
selected, it would be better perhaps for
our party friends In the various districts
to concur in the action of the State Cen
tral Committee. Such concurrence can
do no harm, and the attendance of the
delegation, backed by the united voice of
the party in Pennsylvania, may result in
great good to the party ns well as to our
distracted and unfortunate country.
Here is the announcement of the Chair
man of the State Central Committee :
Democratic State Committee Rooms, ■)
82S Walnut Street, PHii.ADEi.pniA, V
July 21.1808. J
A call for a National Convention, to be helti at
Philadelphia on the Mth clay of August, 1860, hav
ing been issued, an invitation was extended, un
der date of July 10, 1800. to the Democratic organ
ization, as such, to unite in that Convention, in
order “ to devise a plan of political action calcu
lated to restore national unity, fraternity, and
harmony.”
The time being too brief to call aState Conven
tion, or to refer the subject to the districts for ac
tion, and it appearing to be the wish of the party,
as expressed at Reading and through the press,
that wo should be represented therein, the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee of Pennsylvania,
acting under the authority of the Slate Central
Committee, specially reserving control of the or
ganization, have designated and Invited the fol
lowing gentlemen to net as delegates to that
Convention:
DELEGATES AT LARGE.
Ex-Govornor David 11. Porter,
Ex-Governor William Bigler.
Ex-Governor William F. Packer,
Chief Justice George W. Woodward.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES.
Ist District—Hon. James Campbell,
George M. Wharton, Esq.
2c? District —Colonel W. C. Patterson,
- Hon. Richard Vaux.
Wl District —Hon. Daniel M. Fox,
Hon. John Robbins.
ith District —Hon. Ellia Lewis,
Hon. diaries Brown.
oth District —Gen. W. W, H. Davis,
John G. Brenner, Esq.
6th District —Hon. John D. Styles,
Col. Owen Jones.
Vh District —Hon. George G. Leiper,
Hon. John A. Morrison.
Sth District —Hon. Warren J. Woodward,
Charles Klsslcr. Esq.
Hth District —Hon. Isaac M. Hiester,
H. M. North, Esq.
16th District —Hon. F. W. Hughes,
Dr. C. D. Glonlnger.
llthDistrict —Hon. Asa Packer,
Col. W. A. Huttcr.
12//i Distnc/—General E. L. Dana,
John Blanding, Esq.
1 -ith District— Colonel W. H. Ent,
Hon. C. L. Ward.
\Ath District— Edmund S. Doty, Esq.,
Hamilton Alricks, Esq.
loth District —Hon. J. B. Black,
Hon. Samuel Hepburn. "V.
IGtfi District —William MoLellan, Esq.,
Hou. Wra. P. Schell.
17 (h District —Gen. Wm. 11. Irwin,
Hon. C. 8, Pershing.
18 th District —Col. Phalon Jarrett,
Hon. James Gamble.
11W District —Hon. William A. Galbraith,
Hon.. James T. Leonard,
20(hDistrict~> Gen*. Alired B. McCalmont,
Hou. Gaylord Church.
21.tf Diitirtct —Hon. Henry D. Foster.
H.W. Wier,Ksq.,
22d JM.iivict —Genera 1 J. B; Sweltzer, ’
George P. Hamliton, Esq.
23*i District— Hon. George W. CUss,.
Colonel WilliamSinveH..
2 Mi District— Hon. Jesse Lozear,
Hon. William Hopkins.
By order of the Democratic State Hxocutivo
Committee.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chainm.
.lacou Zm:glkr, Secretary
The States that gave to the country
Washington, Madison, Monroe, Jackson,
General Scott and Patrick Henry—names
associated with the glory and greatness
of the United States — are denied repre
sentation in Congress—and refused all
voice in the administration of the General
government, while tho State that gave to
the country Wendell Phillips, Charles
Sumner, William Lloyd Garrison, and
Henry Wilson rules the country and dic
tates to the great Central, Western and
Southern Slates.
Henry Stansuury, of Kentucky, was
confirmed on Monday last as Attorney
General of the United States, in place of
Speed, resigned. Judge Stansbury is re
garded as one of the most accomplished
lawyers in the country.
SS3t~ It is said that Gov. Fenton, 01
the New York “grand moral idea party,' 1
has pardoned Ketchura, the forger.
JOHN' W. GEARY.
John W. Geary was first brought into
notice in connection with tho Mexican
War, having been elected Lieutenant
Colonel of the 2d Pehha. Eegiment.
ring his term of service he seems to have
completely won the affections of the men
in his command, ns will be-seen from the
following resolutions passed by tho men
of his regiment, on their return to the
States, in a public indignation meeting,
held at Connellsville, on Saturday, July
15th, 1848. Hero are the resolutions, offi
cially published at the time by the offi-
cers of the meeting:
“ Whereas, Tho discharge and arrival homo of
the remaining members of tho Fayette Volun
teers has again placed them in the position of
citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and enabled them tospeak and assert their rights,
thov now embrace this occasion TO EXPRESS
THEIR DEEP AND ABIDING INDIGNATION
OF THE CONDUCT OP JOHNW. GEARY SINCE
HE WAS ELECTED TO THE COMMAND OP
THE 2D PA. REGIMENT, AT THE CITY OP
MEXICO. THE SAID JOHN W. GEARY PRO
CURED HIS ELECTION BY FALSEHOOD AND
DECEPTION."
“Resolved. That the whole course and conduct
of said Geary was INCONSISTENT WITH THE
CHARACTER OF A GENTLEMAN ORA MAN
OF HONOR—It was corrupt and mercenary In all
Its bearings, characteristic of a low and groveling
creature, hunting and seeking popularity for
COURAGE AND PATRIOTISM THAT HE NEV
ER EARNED, by bargaining with supple tools
and mercenaries, one of whom at. least was A
NOTORIOUS BLACK-LEG.”
“ Resolved, That all the harm we wish Colonel
Geary, is that his disgrace may follow him
through all the lanes and avenues ot life, and
that he may never die or get old.”
In 185(5 Geary was appointed Governor
of Kansas by President Pierce, which po
sition he held but a few months, when
he was removed on the ground of incom
petently. The only official act of his ad
ministration worthy of- note was his ap
propriating the inaugural address of the
Governor of Massachusetts and sending
it to the Legislature of Kansas as his own
“ first annual message.” Those who de
light in tracing the similarity in the
thoughts and modes of expression of great
men will find a rich field of labor in com
paring these two documents.
Tlie first heroic act of General Geary,
during the late war, was the capture of
the old cannon at Harper’s Ferry. This
cannon had been stuck in the side walk
and used for forty years ns a receptacle
for segar stumps and other refuse. The
“ rebs” having pulled out this venerable
spittoon and mounted it on a log, Geary,
on his peaceable entrance into tho place,
took possession of it as a trophy and tele-
graphed to the Mayor of Philadelphia
that he would present it to the city au-
thorities. His despatch was in these
wurus:
“To the Mayor of PhUadelpJUa: I have Just rout
ed the enemy at Harper’s Ferry. The rebels ran
out of town In a great hurry leaving one of their
cannon to fall into my posesslon, which I will
present to the city of Philadelphia. OUR TRI
UMPH IS GLORIOUS. Yours,
Join. W. Gkaky.”
Considering that the rebels had left the
town before Geary entered it, his “ tri
umph” was indeed “glorious.” Some
how the joke of the “Harpers Ferry Spit
toon” began to get through the General’s
cranium, and it is needless to add that
the city of Philadelphia never received
the cannon.
His next heroic act was to imprison al
the old men and women of Charlestown,
Virginia, between the ages of fifty and
eighty, and to keep them confined, on a
diet of broad and-water, during his com
mand of that place. Though no charges
were preferred against them, their offense
was supposed to be the fact that they had
sons and relatives in the confederate ar
my.
One of the most famous battles in which
the subject of this biographical sketch
was engaged, was the terrific conflict of
“Snickersville,” a graphic account of
which, written by the General’s pri
vate Secretary, and revised by himself,
occupied an entire page of the Philadel
phia Inquirer. The most remarkable
feature of this engagement is that not a
gun was fired, not a man was killed or
wounded on either side, and notaprison-
er taken.
On Monday, May, 28th, 1866, a conven
tion of honorably discharged soldiers was
held in Rheem’s Hall, Carlisle, to elect
delegates to a Geary State Convention
which was to be held in Pittsburg on the
fifth of June. It was soon discovered
that the sentiments of the soldiers were
decidedly hostile to General Geary, and
on motion ofCapt. W. P. Lloyd, a soldier
of three years’ faithful service, hailing
from Geary’s adjoining township, it was,,
by a vote of 150 to 18,
“ Resolved, That we believe that Hon. Hiester
Clymer, the Democratic candidate for Governor
of Pennsylvania, holds upon all the great ques
tions of public policy views similar to our own,
and Is n firm supporter of President Johnson, and
therefore we will support him with our voices
and votes.”
At a fair recently hold at Mechanics
burg, an oil painting of Washington was
put up to be voted for at ten cents a vote,
with the understanding that the painting
was to be presented to the candidate for
Governor having the highest number of
votes. Mechaniosburg is but'a few miles
from New Cumberland, the home of Gen.
Geary; and the friends of “ the hero of
Snickeraville” made desperate efforts to
get the painting for their paudidate.—
They wrote to negro suffrage men all over
the county, beseeching their aid, as this
was “ Geary's own county.” The voting
was kept up with great spirit for three
days, and on the third evening the tick
ets were taken from the box and counted
Tire vote stood :
Clyincr
Geary
Majority for Clymor,
The dodge which was attempted to be
played upon the people by styling Geary
“the Soldiers’ candidate” is rapidly be
ing understood. The Pittsburg Republic,
a lending Republican paper in Western
Pennsylvania, says of the Geary Soldiers'
Convention:
“ It cannot bo disguised that the lato Soldier's
Convention, recently held in this city, was a reg
ularly packed affair, concocted by the Radical
leaders of that portion of the Republican party
who call It patriotic to vilitfy, abuse and head
off the President. It is one of the wise strategics
of Forney, Stevens, Williams A Co., to forestall—
by tlie semblance of a solemn State Convention,
composed prlnoiply of the bummers of Philadel
phia and other places—the sentiments of the
great mass of our soldiers, who. in their peaceful
avocations of life scarcely heard that such a Con
vention was to bo held, and cared less for Its ac
tion.”
This, be it remembered, is the language
of u staunch and loyal, but an honest,
Republican paper. Indeed the soldiers
themselves have denounced the proceed
ings of that convention in nearly every
county in the Stale. The soldiers of our
own county have adopted a resolution de
claring that “ the Pittsburg Convention
was a contemptible political swindle, that
we do not recognize it as speaking the
sentiments of the majority of the soldiers
of Pennsylvania, and most emphatically
denounce their proceedings, and that we
recommend the holding of a Johnson and
Clymor Soldiers Convention as soon as
practicable, in order that wemay be plac
ed before the people of Pennsylvania on
a true platform in favor of the Union and
the Constitution.”
A call has been Issued for a State Conven
tion, signed by over three hundred gal
lant soldiers, who denounce Geary, and
avow themselves in favor of the election
of Hiester Clymor to the Gubernatorial
chair of Pennsylvania. [The fact of the
matter is. Geary has deserted “ the boys
In blue” and is now in command of “ the
cullud brigade.” John W. Forney and
Governor Curtin have publicly pledged
him to sustain the entire disunion policy
of the Bump Congress. He is for the
Thad. Stevens Rump Union of twenty
flve States, and the Sumner mutilated
flag of twenty-five stars. Ho is in favor
of negroes voting in Pennsylvania and in
Cumberland County. The Soldiers who ■
support Geary are General Simon Camer
on, Colonel John W. Forney, Colonel A.
K. McClure, Colonel John Covodo, to
gether with the rank and file of the home
guard brigade. Among the hosts of real
soldiers of Pennsylvania who support
the cause of Hiester Clymer we have
barely room to mention the names of
Maj. Gen. Meade, Maj. Gen. Hancock,
Brigadier Generals Campbell, Davis and
McCandless, Colonels Owen Jones, Rich
ard Coulter, Jno. P. Linton, J. Wesley
Ahl, Peter Lyle, Jas, F. Weaver, and
James'Metzgar.
Du-
It lias been our object merely to show
what have been the services which John
W. Geary has rendered his country, what
is thought of him by the men who served
with him in the army, and how ho is re
garded by his neighbors and fellow-citi
zens at homo. We have contented our
selves with simply giving the facta, and
are willing that the people should draw
their own conclusions from them. The
vote at the Mechanicsburg fair was a good
indication of the sentiments of the peo
ple of Cumberland County on the Geary
question, but we will add enough votes
to make a round thousand majority for
Hiester Clymer, the white man’s candi
date, in October next. We have the
names of prominent Republicans in ma
ny of the townships of Cumberland Coun
ty, who declare that they will not and
cannot support Geary on his disunion,
negro-equality platform, who are sick and
tired of radicalism and believe that the
only safety of the Republic lies in the
just and statesmanlike policy laid down
by Andrew Johnson and endorsed by
Hiester Clymer and the Democracy of
Pennsylvania.
9305,804,520,20.
The books of the Internal revenue office,
in Washington, for the fiscal year en
ding June 30th, have just been balanced,
and it appears that the amount of money
collected during the year, in taxes in that j
department, was three hundred and five
millions, eight hundred and sixty-four
thousand, five hundred and twenty-six
dollars, and twenty cents!! This is mer
ely one of the Government taxes, and is
exclusive of the customs, or State and local
taxes, which are about as much more.
Every dollar of this might have been sav
ed by the exercise of a proper patriotism
and fraternal feeling, in the Congress of
1860-1. We would have “ a little blood
letting,” and now we are paying for it, as
above.
Tub following from the Harrisburg
Telegraph (Nigger) shows what kind of
men the Republican party have been
electing and supporting as patriotic.
Speaking of Senator Lane, one of their
leading men, the Telegraph says:
“ On the moral turpitude of Mr. Lane,
we are willing to put the seal of silence.
It was horrible beyond all description.
It imbrued his bands with the innocent
blood of others, and finally stained his soul
with his own life He had become
a pest of society. Scorning all restraint,
he plunged Into the dark stream of corrup
tion which flows into and out of society
in Washington city; he has steeped him
self in debauchery and lasciviousness, in
temperance and gaming, until what
should have been a grave Senator, became
a desperate gamester, libertine and sot.”
Says the New York Tribune: “ When
President Lincoln, on the surrender of
Sumpter, called seventy-five thousand
men to arms, there was nota shadow of a
statute to justify his demand. Down to
the meeting of Congress he sea rcely did
a Constitutional apt.” All this is no jus
tification for violation of the Constitution
now. If there was a necessity for those
violations in time of war—which is by no
means clear—there can be none in time
of peace. The present Disunionists need
not attempt to screen themselves by
showing up Lincoln’s transgessions.
The Rump House has voted Smith
Fuller $2,500 as compensation for expen
ses incurredin contesting the seat of Hon.
John L. Dawson. This is another of the
ways in which the friends of the Dis
unionists are rewarded for their party
service. This Fuller had not a show of
right to a seat in Congress, and he well
knew the fact all the time.
The outrageous proposition to place a
tax of five cents a pound on cotton, was
reduced to three cents in the Senate, and
passed. It is the only agricultural pro
duct that has this burden placed upon it.
The West does not vote to put it upon
wheat-growers, but the South is unrepre
sented and must submit to just such tax
es as the Radicals see fit to Impose.
2,301
1,417
The new candidate for Senatorial hon -
ors, and right-hand man to No Prefix
Geary, says: ” The war against slavery
has not been fought in vain.” It was
nota war for the Union, then? So says
Forney and so says Geary. What say
the' veterans who fought and bled? Was
it for the negro or the Union?
A Heavy Income.— The income returns
of Jay Cooke, Esq., the well known Bank
er, made this year, upon his profits for 1865
was over $625,000. On this his tax will
be something over $65, OOQ. He resides
in Cheltenham township, Montgomery
county. This will most likely be the
heaviest income return made by any per
son in Pennsylvania the present year.
At Williamsport, Penn’a.,the Johnson
Eepublicans have just started a new pa
per, conducted by D. 8. Dunham, esq., a
talented and experienced editor. The
Republican party in that county is com
pletely split in two.
Consistent.— The fanatics who wanted
the Southern people all killed, because
they were attempting to get out of the
Union, now want to kill them because
they want to remain In tbie Union. Curi
ous, isn’t it ?
CLYMER AND IDE UNION!!
Formal Opening of the Gubernato
rial Campaign In Penn a.
25,000 FREEMEN IN COUNCIL!!!
GRAND VFRMIXO OF THE PEOPLE 111
The Union Mast bo Immediately Restored
and the Constitution Preserved.
DRRWDENT JOHNSON and ins policy
ENTHUSTASI'ICALDY ENDORSED.
Nneeelies by Hon. Hiester Clymer. Hon. Win.
U” waiinfc. Hon* CJcorff© ll< Ppiullcton,
lion. Mdniflromery Blnfr* Hon, Rlclinrcl
Vans, and oHiw* DliUnffulnhcd Gen*
Uomen from Abroad.
The Gubernatorial campaign in Penn
sylvania was formally opened by the
Democracy at the immense Mass Meet
ing at Reading on Wednesday last. Phis
assemblage, convened at the call of the
State Central Committee, for the purpose
of bringing together the Democracy of
the Eastern and Middle Counties ofPenn
sylvania in Mass Convention and of as
sembling representative men of the par
ty from all sections of the State, was a
magnificent success. The intense heat
which prevailed for a week previous to
the meeting, and of which there was no
abatement until after it had adjourned,
led many to fear that it would be but
slimly attended. Doubtless many thou
sands were kept away on this account
and thousands of farmers who were busi
ly engaged in harvesting their crops were
prevented from being present. In spite
of all these drawbacks the assemblage
was one of the largest ever witnessed in
Pennsylvania. A careful estimate gath
ered by a gentleman connected with the
Reading Railroad shows that nearly
twenty thousand persons were transport
ed to Reading over the different railroads
centering there. Besides this large num
ber of persons, who went principally in
delegations from the surrounding coun
ties, there were other thousands from
Berks and Lancaster who went in their
own conveyances. Wben we put down
the number present at Reading at twen
ty-five thousand, we feel sure that our es
timate is below rather than above the
mark, -
It must have been, evident to every
man who witnessed the immense gather-
ing at Reading lost week, that the mass
es of Pennsylvania are heartily tired of
the rule of the infamous crew of Radicals
who compose the majority of the Rump
Congress now in session at Washington,
and resolved that there shall ,be a speedy
and complete change. A purely section
al party cannot long continue, to rule in
this nation. The Interests and the feel
ings of the people are alike opposed to it.
The masses are rising in their might. —
The first great wave of popular emotion
■woo folt at 'Reading yesterday, and the
tide will sweep on from this hour until
the election in October, when the Radi
cals will be completely overwhelmed and
buried beneath the righteous indignation
and the avenging scorn of the thought
ful voters of this great Commonwealth.
After the arrival of the different trains
of cars, which reached Reading almost
simultaneously about 11 o’clock in the
morning, the wide streets and immense
public square of that city presented a
stirring and inspiriting scene. Delega
tions numbering thousands bearing ban
ners and flags with appropriate mottoes
and watohwards poured into the heart of
the town, cheering with lusty lungs,
while from the assembled thousands who
lined every window and available stand
point; a glad shout of greeting and wel
come went pp. The many magnificent
bands of music which accompanied the
different delegations mingled their shrill
notes with the music of rejoicing human
voices, and a cannon presented to the
Keystone Club of Philadelphia by the la
.mented Douglas, added its thunders to
aid in the general rejoicing of the many
thousands of Democrats assembled in the
home of their chosen standard bearer,
the gallantand gifted son of “ Old Berks,”
Hiester Clymer.
This great meeting was remarkable in
one respect. Among the thousands as
sembled were many men who had never
before acted with the Democratic party,
but who were ready to join hands with
those whom they found ready to afford
substantial aid to President Johnson in
his efforts to restore the Union and to
rescue the Constitution of the United
States from the hands of the reckless rad
icals who, seem bent upon destroying it.
Another cheering sight was the presence
of numerous large delegations composed
exclusively of the brave defenders of the
Union. The soldiers thus showed their
appreciation of those men who would
now prevent the perfect restoration of
the old Union which they fought to pre
serve and maintain.
Besides the vast crowd from two-thirds
of all the counties of Pennsylvania, there
were delegations from New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland ana Wash
ington city.
At the main stand the proceedings com
menced with a short hut able address
from Hon. William A. Wallace, Chair
man of the Democratic State Central
Committee. He made a brief statement
of the issues involved in the present all
important campaign, and noticed as most
prominent the admission of the South to
representation in Congress as necessary
to a restoration of the Union.
At the conclusion of Mr. Wallace’s
speech, Hon. Richard Vaux, of Philadel
phia, was elected Chairman of the Con
vention. Mr. Vaux on taking the chair,
made a somewhat lengthy and most ear
nest speech, during the delivery of which
it commenced to rain heavily, buta large
crowd continued to stand listening in
spite of the shower. Before Mr. Vaux
had concluded, the rain ceased. 1
On motion of J. D. Davis, of Berks, the
Convention was further organized by the
appointment of the following gentlemen:
Vice Presidents.— Colonel Jacob Zelgler, Butler:
Gen. W. W. H. Davis, Capt. Geo. F. Harvey,
Bucks; Williamson H. Jacoby, Peter Ent 8,
Snyder, Columbia; Hon Jno. D. Stiles,Hon.S'. A.
Scball, Lehigh; C. R. Painter, Hon. John Lattn,
Westmoreland, B. Bruce Potrikln, John S. Mil
ler, Huntingdon; A. J. Keenan, Venango; Win,
Kennedy, S.M. Wherry,Cumberland; Hon. Wm.
Hopkins, W. W. Smith. Washington; Hon. A. H.
Gluts, J. W. Blttlnger. York; Hon. J. V. Smith,
Wyoming; Jasper B. Stark, Col, M. Hannum, M.
Fhllbln, Luzerene; H. J. Stable, Samuel Wolf,
Adams; Major John Cummings. Dr. Isaac Hot
tonstein, Snyder; Hon. George Weis,Hon. E. C.
Schultz, Elk: Jas. Stevens. Blair; Hon. Owen
Jones, Hon. A. D. Markley, Hon. Rufus D. Long
neokor, Montgomery; H. 6. Smith, Henry Hou
seal, Lancaster; Hon. A. H. Coffroth, Somerset;
Hon. Myer Strouse, Hon. Bernard Reilly, Hon.
Wm. M. Randall, Colonel M. Wetherlll, Schuyl
kill ; Charles M. Mayer, Clinton; Jacob Lelsen
ring, Gen. Wm. Case, Northumberland; Thomas
Chalfant, Montour; Gen. J. A. Matthews. W. H.
Weber, Mifflin; Lieut. J. P. McWilliams Dr. S.
Crawford, Juniata :’ J. H. Orvts, Jas. Slpton, Cen
tre ; Anthony Drexel. Hon. D. M. Fox, James Mo-
Cutoheon, Tatlow Jackson, Wm. MoMuUen,
Philadelphia; Robert McCormick, Charles T.
Houston, Lycoming; Hon. OlllverEdwards, Dau
phin; P. Kerr,Allegheny; Hon. George W. Stein,
Colonel W. W. Huttor, George H. Goundle, Thos.
W. Linn,Northampton: Jas. Place,Montrose; A.
Q. Broadhead, George Fegely, Carbon; B. F. Mil
ler, Samuel Wlllom, Chester; Dr. Gloulnger, Le
banon ; Hon. Wm. H. Miller. Daupbln; Hon. J.
Glanoy Jones, Wm. Knabb, Michael T. Lelbort,
David Fls tor, David Wenrlok, Dr. Wm. Herbst,
James Haley, Frederick Lauer, Captain Jacob
Lockhart, James McCarty, John O. Evans, Amos
Wlsler, Berks.
Jkxretaeies.— Edw. H. Shearer, Berks; Nelson
Welser, Lehigh; E. A. Banks, Montgomery:
George W. Crabb, Daughtn; Alfred Sanderson,
Lancaster.
Speech of Hon. lllester Clymer.
Hon. Hlester Clymer of Berks, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, I lien addressed the as
semblage. He said their previous kindness had
hardly left enough In him to enable him to ad
dress them at length. He was sure that the men
who had come here from all sections of the State
would not bo disappointed If he addressed them
briefly. The harvest was over, and for Its abun
dance they should thank God. But there was
another harvest to be reaped amid the frosts of
October, when they were to be the reapers, and
It would thou bo seen whether they had strength
enough to cut down the weeds of secession and
rebellion everywhere growing around them.—
(Cheers.) were they prepared to enter upon a
canvass like that now opening 7 He could ask
the whole State this question, as every section of
It was represented In those ho saw around this
Democratic altar. Had they come here swayed
by one purpose, that after all that had been ex
pended In war, the Constitution and the Union
should be restored 7 (Cries of " yes" and cheers.)
The war Is over. The armies of the South had
■ melted away like snow before the sun. There
ought to bo peace, but why was It that when open
war was over, peace had not followed? The
South hod been obedient to the Constitution
alnc© had chosen representatives and wished
for peace, but bocauso they would not bow tho
knee to Sow England fanaticism, they were kept
undor tho heel of despotism. (Groans for the
Radicals A voice, they never will. )
.No the speaker said, and they never ought,
f Cheers.) It was not the Democracy who kept
the Union divided, but a Radical faction In Con
gress, who proposed terms which honorable men
coukf not accept. The conservative men of all
imrties were united against this faction, and in
Kvor of a restored Union. (Loud cheers.) The
question to bo decided this fall was, whether
there should bo pence or perpetual war
The Democracy had throghout ® n. ^lo J'*, 8 ,9 a
tory been a party eminently catholic, for its
sympathies extended over every Inch of land
covered by the flag of a common Union. This
bring so, the party would be recreant to ©very
sense of tluty, If in this, the direst hour of the na
tion’s necessity, It was not willing to strike
hands and make plighted faith over the common
labor of a common country with any man or set
of men who were willing to preserve it. That
had been the mission of the Democratic party,
'and the principle upon which It was founded,
and on that principle, by the (rraco of God, and
the virtue of the people, It would continue to cx
-Is'
The Speaker said, further, that the position. lie
occupied, by the voice of the Democracy or the
State, was one so full of responsibility and care
that, did he not know.thnt throughout the length
and breadth of this Commonwealth there was
not the heart of a single Democrat which did not
beat in unison with his own, and who would not,
in the hour of trial and danger stand by him to
the bitter end, ho would shrink from the place.
But he had been made the candidate by the un
bought/ unsolicited, and free, and almost unani
mous choice of the Democracy of the State. He
had no political history that was not recorded ;
his history as a politician was the history of the
State for the last six years, and ho would not to
day alter a lino or blot out a particle of it.—
Loud cheers.) Ho might have been mistaken,
jut if so it was an honest mistake, and he chal
lenged any one who did not believe in his course
to meet him before the people and discuss it.—
(Cheers.) It was true he had never bent the knee
:o power, and that In the Senate of Pennsylva
nia ho had never quailed before the Abolition
majority (loud cheers;) and for this he believed
the people wore supporting him to-day. He had
not intended to speak at length, however, and
would give way for others.
Mr. Clyiner, amid great enthusiasm re
ired. : ,
After Hiester Clymer liad concluded,
Hon. Montgomery Blair was introduced
by Mr. Vaux as “ a man in whose father
Andrew Jackson reposed confidence, as
Andrew Johnson now confides in the
son.” Mr. Blair was received with great
hpplguse. As we intend to publish his
speech in full we will not attempt a sy
nopsis of his remarks in this report. It
.was a most admirable exposure of tiro in
famous doings and the dangerous designs
of the radicals, and was frequently inter
rupted by kmcl applause.
The immense crowd around standnum
ber 2, east of the Keystone House on
Fourth street, was addressed by Hon.
Geo. H, Pendleton, of Ohio; Hon A. .T.
Rogers of New Jersey, Hon. 0. W. Car
rigan of Philadelphia; Hon. C. L. Lam
berton of Luzerene.
At , stand No, 3, orations in German
were delivered by several distinguished
gentlemen. This meeting was held in
the open space between Barto’s and the
Schmucker House.
The fourth meeting was held in front
of the Mansion House, and was addressed
by Hon. Mr. Hogan of Missouri; Hon.
John Stiles, Hon. Myer Strouse Hon. A.
i£. Coffroth of Pennsylvania, and others.
The Hfth meeting was held at the Wes
tern end of Penn Square, near Mishler’s
Hotel, under the auspicies of the Soldiers
Johnson and Clymer Clubs of Lancaster,
Lehigh and other counties, and was -ad
dressed by Gen. W. W. H. Davis, of
Bucks county; Gen. MoCandless of Pitts
burg; Major A. J. Stoinman, of Lancas
ter, and others.
The various meetings were organized
at the different stands about 2 o’clock, and
continued in session urftil after live. So
vast was the throng, that in addition to
the regular stands meetings were held at
many different points. Probably at a
dozen or more places eager and earnest
crowds were collected at the same time,
listening with marked attention to the
exposition of the great principles involv
ed in the pending contest. Then there
were thousands who eared not to stand
in the broiling sun even to listen to the
most eloquent speakers, and who prom
enaded the streets where the throng was
not'so great, or refreshed themselves in
the various gardens and parks with which
the city abounds.
Meetings had also been appointed for
the evening, but the terrific thunderstorm
which set in shortly before dusk, com
pelled the abandoning of the project.
Warned of the approaching storm, the
assembled thousands began to wend their
way toward the rail-road stations, and
thronged along all the roads leading to
the rural districts of “old Berks.” Thus
ended one of the grandest days ever
witnessed in the city of Reading.
THE RADICALS 1 COUNCIL.
Declaration of War Against tUc
President.
‘ANDREW JOHNSON A TRAITOR
AND A MADMAN.”
Ills Efforts to Restore tile Union “ Atnst lie
Resisted by Force.”
THE WAR CLOUDS RISING IN THE EAST.
We take the following report of the Republican
Congressional caucuses of last Wednesday and
Saturday evenings,from the New York Times:
Washington, July IG.
A caucus of Republican members of Congress
was held on Wednesday evening in the hall of
tlio House of Representatives.
On motion of Mr, Morrill, of Vermont, General
Banks, of Massachusetts, was elected chairman,
and Mr. Perry, of Michigan, Secretary. The cau
cus, so far as the House was concerned, was quite
full, but only eight Senators wore present.
Mr. Hotchkiss, of Now York, said'that the
meeting was called at the request of himself and
others, and its object was to have an interchange
of views as to the best course to be pursued in re
gard to the rumored removal of office-holders by
the President. He hod no doubt that such re
moval was intended as soon as Congress should
adjourn, and In his own State a licensed “ head
butcher” had already been appointed, and stood
at the door ready to strike. He deemed it the
duty of Congress to stand by its friends, and to
make any saerffico necessary to keep them in
' office. He thought Congress should remain in
session so os to prevent removals.
A motion was put and carried that no member
should speak more than live minutes, nor more
than once.
Mr. Cobb, of Wis., offered a resolution, declar
ing every one present to be In honor bound to
act in Congress and elsewhere in accordance with
the decision of the caucus, but this was voted
down. A resolution of secresy was adopted, on
motion of Mr. Cobb.
Mr, Ashley, of Ohio, expressed his concurrence
with what had been said of the necessity of tak
ing some action on the subject of removals. He
thought Congress should take a recess instead of
adjourning.
Mr. Farnsworth, of 111., then offered a resolution
declaring that Congress would remain in session
until December. He said that any party that
would hot stand by its friends ought to go down,
and we must stand by the men nowin office. He
thought, too, it might be necessary for Congress
to take other action before next session to pre
vent the accomplishment of schemes to restore
the rebels to power. He believed the President
was a traitor to the party and the country, and
that he was ready for any measure, however des
perate, which would put the government into
the hands of the rebels. Whatliis Schemes were
he did not know, but he had been told on high
authority that Mr. Seward had said that this
Congress would, never meet again until the
Southern States wore restored to (all) their rights,
of representation in Congress.
Mr. Hale. ofN.Y., asked for his authority for
this statement. '
Mr. tarns worth replied that ho had heard it
from several parties. On being pressed for some
authority, he said lie should not give it, and sev
eral members around said, “ don’t give it ’’ Mr
Wilson, of lowa, saying he had no doubt Mr,
Seward had said it.
, Mr. Hale saUl, in the absence of any authority,
he did not believe Mr. Seward had ever said any
thing of the kind.
Mr, Shollabarger, of Ohio, concurred in the ne
cessity of taking precautions, but lie was not
certain as to the best way of doing it. He ottered
a substitute for Mr. Farnsworth's resolution, ap
pointing a committee of flvo, (afterwards in
creased to nine, three of the Senate and six of
the House,) to report on the subject at a future
caucus.
, Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, indorsed what had heen
said about the treachery of the President, and
the necessity of adopting some measures of pre
vention. But he thought it Important that mem
bers should go home and light out the battle be
fore the people. The Cabinet, he was happy to
say, was already broken np. He was glad to an
nounce that Postmaster-General Denison had
resigned, and would hove nothing more to do
with the administration, and ho hoped that oth
er members of the Cabinet would follow his ex
ample. Ho thought they should strip to the
waist and fight the battle out on this Him.
Mr. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, said ho thought
we would be obliged to do a great many other
things to save the country from the danger that
threatened it. He believed It to be beyond all
doubt that a conspiracy was'on foot to put the
government Into the hands of rebels, and the
President was a party to it. He had no doubt
they contemplated a resort to force, because It was
In the logic of events that they should do so. Ho
believed Andrew Johnson to bo Just as thor
oughly a traitor as Jeff. Davis, and that nothing
could save the country from destruction but the
most'prompt and effective preparations for eve
ry emergency. He believed an attempt would bo
mode to force the rebels Into Congress
Philadelphia Convention was part of the
The battle, In effect, had already bccunm? 8 '
resistance was not made, the President'
take possession of the Capitol. Any suS, 001 . 11
tempt must and would be resisted by force
Boutwell’s remarks were loudly applaudwi i WIr -
Mr. Harding, of Illinois doubted the wlsSnn,
going to the people on such an Issue. Ho urn'll'
favor of taking precautions against the H.?
denf, but ho did not wish it understood thni .i
Union party made the holding of oOlco »« im
portant a. consideration ns the action nronn, .
would make It.
Mr. Ingersoll, of Illinois, denounced Presliim
Johnson as a traitor—a madman—ln lenean S
rebels and Copperheads, and Insisted on tm.l 1
ures of precaution against hls schemes. Ho Si
ho had no personal Interest or feeling i n
matter. Ho had fought out hls battle with ill 8
President, and had won It. Hut ho would as soi e
trust a bull In a china shop as Andrew
In posesslon of power. ! ' l;
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, said 11 Amen” i
Mr. Boutwell, and said that many as were is
letters ho had received from hls constituent,
the tariff, they wore few In number coiumnSi
with those ho received exhorting him to lil i
by Congress In its measures for tile salvation S
the country. Ho denounced the PhllaUcliM
Convention as a conspiracy of traitors, anil US
ho believed the President had got It up for it.
purpose of destroying the Union party, nml
putting rebels and copperheads Into power ti,
rebel papers North and South were in favor of«
for that purpose. The Now York AVkm n „ i
World advocated It as a means of destroying itu
Union party and restoring the rebels to nowl,
and the New York Times, although It had not™
gone quite as far as thls.also upheld andfavnrS
the Convention. The president, as It is S
known, regards every bill passed by Conerow
while eleven States are unrepresented as mtil
and void, so that nothing short of the admitt/im,
of the rebel members will satisfy him, on
Mr. Raymond, of Now York, said Mr. Kellvlimi
not the shadow of a right to attribute to Mm
Times any shch purpose or motive os breaking nn
the Union party. His insinuation to that efiw>
was utterly untrue, and was the most unmaniv
way of making an injurious and unjust chare?
Ho had his own views of the objects to be accom
pllshed by the Convention, and he had not tl
far, concurred In the views expressed by ijm-m
around him. He believed that, properly mann?
ed, the Convention would strengthen the Uninn
party, instead of destroying it. So
reason to think so, ho should continue to advn
cate it. Whenever ho saw reason to believe Una
it was to bo used to destroy the Union pam'
neither the Times nor its editor would support /}'
As to the gentleman’s assertion that the pftpni
regards everything Congress has done In the bk
seuce of eleven States, as null and void, I bee to
ask him how he reconciles that statement with
the fact that President has signed nentlv
every bill Congress has passed 7 i
Mr. Kelly—Tnat is one of the President’s many
inconsistencies. 1
Mr. Knsson, of lowa, favored Mr. Shellabntget'j
substitute, though ho did not concur hi some of
the views expressed. He feared that the Union
party wouldbe weakened rather than aided by
tlio measures proposed to be taken,
Mr. Hotchkiss, of New-York, and Mr. Hubbard ■
of Connecticut, spoke in advocacy of the resold'
tiou and in denunciation of the President
Tlio resolution of Mr. Shellabarger was then
adopted.
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, altered u resolu
tion-declaring it to the duty of every Union man
to denounce the Philadelphia Convention and
render It odious to the people. He said ho want*
ed tire lines distincty drawn between the friends
and tile enemies of the Union cause, and wanted
tt distinctly understood that no oue who favored
tiie Philadelphia Convention could have any fei*
lowsliip witli tiie Union party. He did not agree
witli the gentleman.from Illinois (Mr. Harding),
in his views, but did agree with his collenguefMr.
Ingorsoll).
Mr. Bromwell, of Illinois, followed in favor of
this resolution—denouncing the President, and
saying wo ought to revise all the laws under
which ofllces were created which the President
can flit—and that salaries should he abolished,
and other means taken to render the* power of
appointments useless in his hands. Congress
could sit ail summer; wo were paid by the year,
and it made no odds to us.
Mr. Lane, (Senator) of Indiana, followed in a
very excited speech, demanding the enactment
of stringent laws to restrain and curtail the pow
er of tiie President, saying he was ready to sit all
summer, if neccessary, at the point of the bayon
et ; that if a victim was wanted, he was ready;
and declaring that a million of soldiers would
Hock to the capital to sustain a Congress
the tyranny of the President. Ho branded oil
Union men who supported the President as actu
ated by a desire for ollice. and as belonging to Hie
“ bread and butter brigade.” His remarks veie
received with applause.
Mr, Halo, of How York, objected to the resolu
tion as unjust to true Union men and Union
neswpapers, and especially to the Hew York
Evening Pont, which favored the Convention. Mr.
Hale ridiculed Senator Lane’s excited remarks,
and thought that they wore not called for by the
facts of the case.
Senator Wilson, of Mass., denounced the iW
sald one of its propietors only escaped the Peni
tentiary by a technical quibble,-and branded the
President as a rebel and traitor. Ho agreed in
branding the Philadelphia Convention us a con
spiracy, and denouncing all who favored It in
any way.
Mr, Halo denied that the gentleman referred to
by Senator Wilson was a member of the cdltorlnl
corps of the Evening JPost, or responsible for its
course. He denounced the senator’s remarks as
an unwarranted attack on a private citizen; said
the person in question was acquitted on the mer
its on his trial, and that no man had a right to
impugn his integrity.
Senator Williams, of Oregon, followed in the
same strain.
Mr, Anderson, of Mo., concurred in denouncing
the President and the Philadelphia Convention,
and all who supported or favored either. He
spoke at some length, and with warmth.
Mr. Raymond, of N. Y. said ho presumed he
was notgullty of any undue assumption in sup
posing that the resolution was aimed, In part al
least, at him. Ho regarded it as a menace; and
so far as it was a menace, and as such directed
against him, he regarded it with no other feeling
than one of utter contempt. He was not respon
sible personally, professionally, or politically,to'
the gentleman from Pennsylvania, nor to ilia
delegation from Pennsylvania, nor to the Union
members of Congress assembled in caucus or
otherwise. Ho held position in the Union party
by favor ot his constituents and by appointment
of the Union National Convention. When either
of these authorities saw lit to expel him or to ex
clude him from the party, he would give heedw
the exclusion, for ho recognized their authority.
But the action of that caucus in regard to hit
membership of the Union party was a matter oi
entire indifference to him. When the Philadel
phia Convention was first summoned ho bellevw
it would have a good effect in nationalizing IM
Union party, and in placing its action upon»
broader or safer basis; He hod never conceal
his conviction that unless the party was that
nationalized and liberalized, it would be short
lived, and power would, pass from its hands to
those of its opponents, and he hod therefore look
ed with favor on the call for the Convention.-
Whenever ho saw reason to change his opinion,
as to its object and effect he should act according
ly. If it should become apparent that it was m*
tended-to break up the Union party and throw
the power of the South Into the hand of “reboh
and Copperheads,” neither the ,2Ym«snorits edi
tor would support It. But a newspaper ifl com
pelled to discuss all the phases of public flmUft
as they arise, from day to day—without
for subsequent developments. Ho branch
utterly false and slanderous all intimations
his course was prompted by a desire for w«w*
saying that he had never asked and would new
accept any olllco at the hands of the admluista*
tion, and asserted his purpose to bo governea a
this action upon each question as it might an*i
by his own Judgment of what was Just and v-ue.
The resolution was then adopted. Mr. Bate,
New'York, alone voting no, and Mr. BaynwM,
understanding that the resolution was partial,
at least aimed at him, stating that ho declined
vote at ail. ~
General Banks then announced the nPPJJH,
meat of the Committeoof Niue: SenatorsMor u,
of Main; Chandler, of Michigan; Nye, ofNevaoa,
and Representatives Colfax, of Indiana, ~
worth, of Illilnois; Hotchkiss, of Hew jot ;
Stevens, of Pennsylvania; Garfield, of va <
Boutweil, of Massachusetts. , .....cd
Governor Hamilton, of Texas, then auar®*
the meeting, on motion of Mr. u
which the caucus adjourned, to meet at me
of the.cominittee.
SATURDAY Julj H:
The caucus of the .two Houses assembled a^ u
call of committee. , ..^hahla
Mr.’Conkling, of New York, called
the fact that in spite of the Injunction of secrwi
the proceedings of the lost caucus had utou v . t
lished in some of the New York newspapers,
so Inaccurately as to do gross Injustice hg
vldual members. Ho suggested either tJi u
caucus should be open, or that steps be i» h
make the injunction of secrecy effective.
Hr. Morrai, of Vermont, said that the iu lu
In which the proceedings of the last , c . o uld
betrayed was known, and he thought a
not occur again. A reporter had foiip'm* tJie
bers and overheard their conversation
Cars - ' ’ ' - , * thn way ln:
Severalmembors said this was not tno v
which the proceedings became P u t bllc * h ;£ o nb 0
ter had been concealed under the benen*- 3
Reporters’Gallery during part ot the cloc t
but was discovered aud ejected about t w
Mr. Raymond suggested that the su aCB j
postponed for the present, and that iu« . ornlt r
proceed under the rules adopted at tat
meeting. iM
Messrs. Stevens and Garfield conemrea ‘
and the chairman called on the comni
pointed on Wednesday for their report. ,
Mr. Farnsworth, of Illinois, said heoi« fl . eC cni*;
Senator Chandler, who was chairman 01
mltteo, present. The senator was in p h . s »b*
of thogrepoxt of the committee, but in * or ity
sence lie would state its substance... -in“
were in favor of continuing the sewhoii gg.
gross, or, if that could not be carried, or
ate at least through the summer,
elded, therefore, not to recommend am
adjournment
Mr, Boulwell, of Massachusetts, said i 0 Jn #
it very desirable that Congress-contin 10
slou for other reasons than those wide* *
suggested. He would mention P n ®; nS iuW*k
guished gentleman from the South wi 3 llls iaQi
irom whom he had learned that tips tb0 rt-
Convention would meet on the 30tn, °
, vision of the State constitution, and m r eW
raents would be adopted disfraaemsmb
and enfranchising the loyal ba £•
distinction of color. If Congress si. ,
session when this constitution shorn
ed, it could, in accordance with the P cep
tabllshcd In the Rhode Island cas ®/ t ? lf | o ii oi
thus give It validity as the constlta ‘° gl iprc#
State. In the Rhode Island case■ trie w d ecld
Court decided that it was for
which was the constitutional sp/orn sS bo#
State in which doubts existed. If LposJ D so be v3
not be in session, a long time ma ® t n 0 v ernia e J D ih«
action could bo taken; the and JJ.
the State might fall to get a cfllftC y
country would experience a very
t3 llr. Ashley, of Ohio, aslced whether
man supposed a new constitution w. ttcd to l
ted for Louisiana without being biw <
BoutweU replied that ho did not ggg&l
that might be. It might, perhaps,
to the loyal people of the State. conve Q %
. Mr. Ashley said that to wait for tue
to act and the people to vote woui
to October at least. ~ D jato tlio cou
Speaker Colfax said Uo