Wtmte, CARLISLE, PA., Tbnrsdsr Morning, Angus* 9, 1806. FOR GOVERNOR, HIESTER CLYMER, OP BERKS COUNTY. REMOCRATIC W.ATFOBM- I. The States, whereof the people were lately in renemon, are nuegrai parts or me union, ana are entitled to representation in Congress, by men duly elected, who bear true faith to the Constitu tion and lawa/and Jn order to vindicate the maxim that taxation without representation is tyranny, such representatives should bo forthwith admit ted. U. 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. We owe obedience to the Constitution.of the UnltedStatcs{lncludingthoamendmeut prohibit ing slavery) and under its provisions will accord to those emancipated all their rights of person and properly. 4. Each State has the exclush right to regu late the qualification of its own electors. 5. The white race alone is entitled to the control of the government of the Republic, and we are unwilling to grant to negroes the right to vote. 0. The bold enunciation of the principles of the Constitution and the policy of restoration con tained In the recent amml 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 lasting gratitude for their heroic services in defence of the Constitu tion 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. STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING. In compliance with the published call, the De mocratic Standing Committee of Cumberland county mot at Hlppey’s hotel, in Carlisle on Sat urday, July 33. The following resolutions were adopted unanimously: Resolved, That the member? of the Democratic party throughout the comity are requested to meet at the usual place of holding their respec tive township, borough and ward elections, on .Saturday, the ilih day of August, and then and there elect two delegates, to assemble In County Con vention, In Carlisle, on Monday, August 13, at 11 o’clock. A- M., to form a County Ticket, and to attend to such other business of the party asmav appear to them necessary and proper. - Resolved, That the Delegate elections will bo held between the hours of i and 7 p?clock, P. M. Resolved, That in the election of Delegates to the County nominating Convention, all conser vative loyal voters who approve of the patriotic efforts of President Johnson to restore peace and prosperity to our country, and who oppose the wild revolutionary and treasonable doings of the radical disunionists, are invited to participate.— This Is a time when ail good men should unite and make an effort in common to preserve the rights and liberties of white men, and to rebuke disturbers of the public peace. Resolved, That a County Convention is no place for spectators, many of whom crowd m for the purpose of influencing and deceiving delegates during the bailotlngs. It is therefore suggested that hereafter the Conventions sit with closed doors, admiting none but the regular Delegates j. c. Thompson, Chairman. I Tkko. COR.VitAK, Secretary. I A WORD OF ADTICE. Worked up to frenzied madness by these Incendiary speeches, the negroes paraded the streets, with banners and torches.— Citizens were jeered and insulted ; one or two were knocked down, and the police attempted to arrest the assailants, when the negroes resisted and a general riot en sued, which extended through various parts of the city and finally reached the hall where the bogus Convention was sitting: resulting, as we have said, in great loss of life and a reign of terror throughout the city. This is a plain, un varnished statement of the causes of the riot, as we have gathered them from Re- Le. kon-sst and rcuabte publican sources. On Saturday next, the delegateelections will be held iu the various wards and townships, and on the following Monday our County Convention will assemble.— We trust tliere will be a full attendance at all the primary meetings, and that in every instance the very best men will be selected as delegates. As a general rule, the attendance at these meetings is not as large as it should c-e. and delegates are sometimes chosen .who wofuliy misrepre sent the sentiments of their constituents. The men who fail to attend the delegate e'eetions have none but themselves to z!yl». •ii'.igkzes be chosen. men who have at interests of the party, and will be autramelled by ■ges or cbligattons. A host of good _er. have announce'! themselves as cau dicaies for odice. That they will not all a-e successful is a foregone conclusion, and we trust the unsuccessful will be able to practice a becoming resignation in defeat. Let us keep this one idea in view, the great object to be attained is success, and personal preferences and jirejudiccs must be laid aside for the common good. There is scarcely a township in this county in which there are not men who have de clared their intention to vote with us who have never voted witli us before. Let us then present a ticket upon which good men of all parties can rally. The way to | secure this end is for every member of l the party to attend the delegate election*, i and see that men are sent to the Com yew- ,j tion who have judgment and iii/Jeji<:Ja- | denegenough to rise above per-o:.h ijvji- j : siderations and act solely for the goo wns yrs/v.iced upon them at Pittsburg. -To, no—the soldiers who met at flarris were men who would have scorned to catt a Convention without stating its object. There was no hangman in the irv.’viro ;;/ Convention ; no ex-sutlers ; no contractors ; none who had been bre veterl Colonels and Majors and Brigadier Cenerafe, because of their politUm. None of these. They were men, we say, who had been at the front, to do battle for the f'niw., and not for the negro. It was, indeer], a Convention of heroes, and their s;,eec-hessand their resolutions Ito be found in to-day's Volunteer,j afford evidence that the soldiers of Pennsylvania will not crook treason, come from what quarter it may. This Convention settles the ques tion as to how the soldiers intend to vote this fall. They are for Clvmek, nineout of every ten of them. They are now free men and will vote as they please, without the fear of a petty tyrant sporting shoul der-straps. The soldiers have “ come home," and on the second Tuesday «f October they will vote as they shot— against traitors, their aiders and abettors. Clear the track, ye OKAKy-negro-suffrago negro-equallty disunionists. .The “boys in blue” demand your surrender and will have it. In alluding to the gentlemen who were present at the National Union Johnson Convention, held in this place on the 28th ult., we mentioned the names of Wm, M. Porter, Esq., formerly editor of the Carlisle Herald , and Geo. Zinn, Esq., formerly editor of the American, but unintentionally neglected to mention the name of J. Marion Weakly, Esq., pres ent editor of the Herald, We cheerfully make the correction, as it was with no intention of doing Mr. W eakly injustice, that we neglected to notice his atten dance. John Covodb, the man who spells God with a little g, intends to spend $lO,OOO to get elected in the Westmoreland district. Bo says the Indiana Democrat, tHE NEW ORI.EANS RIOT. Radicalism is beginning to bear its first fruits in the Southern States. New Or leans has been disgraced by a ferocious and bloody riot in which forty or fifty persons lost their lives and a greater num ber were wounded. It seems that the "Banks Convention” of 1804, composed in great part of army chaplains, sutlers and contractors, which passed the Free State Constitution, took it into its head to reassemble, without warrant of law, and amend the Constitution of Louisiana so as to confer the right of suffrage upon the negroes. To give this movement greater force, large meetings of negroes were assembled and addressed by such men as Alichael Hahn and others in ex cited and incendiary harraugues. Hahn declared: As President Lincoln and the Union urmv were unable to restore the Union until the colored men came to their aid, so the Union men ofthis State feci that they cannot maintain the principle* of union of the States without the aid of the patriotic colored men. The cause which we are here to-night In augurating in Louisiana it is a great and holy cause, and the rebels are trembling In their shoes in consequence. They are realizing the fact that tins Is a country to be ruled by loyal men, both White and black. No man can Justly claim to bo a Union man unless he favors universal suffrage. The question is not this alone, but whether you will be allowed to hold office as white men do: I say you arc entitled to this right, and I would rather every office in the Slate was in the hands of colored men than in the hands of unrepentant rebels. I Applause.] It Is to you that the loyal men of the South must look, and when you separate to-night make up your minds from this day forward, you are as good as any white man in the State. [Great cheering,] A Colonel A. P. Field said: This meeting Is called to endorse the right of universal suffrage, to be extended bv the con vention to nil who have been made citizens. Hou. Rufus Waples said : I say take the whole masses of tbe colored peo ple in Louisiana, and they are better educated than the rebels are—not In Latin or Greek—but In politics, and that is the necessary education required by a voter. The speaker concluded by paying tribute to the efforts made bv Sumner, Phillips and others at the North In tlie cause of universal suffrage, and assuring his audience that their efforts would not bo in vain, and that the great object before them would, soon lie ac complished. Mr. Henderson declared: The convention will meet. He, at n member, wanted no anns. He had the arms of the State and the arms of the military authorities. The convention and the constitution had been supported by two Presi dents, and by the army and navy. Judge Hiestland, Commissioner of ;he Freedman’s Bureau, said ; The decree of God has gone forth, that there shall be universal freedom and universal suffrage throughout the South. He spoke of the conven tion, and said In substance that if the Executive of the State needed anvthlng to enforce the law, that power was here. Rev, Mr. Horton closed a most violent :irade in the following words: You who are hero have got to demand vour rights and you will secure; them, hook at the old flag—the stars are alt -there, and more are coming. After having met an honorable defeat, they who fought against the Government come back and say, “We'll rule you yet!” Did you ever light ? Voices from colored men in various directions—“ 1 have “ I have 1” As to the character of the Convention, it Isonly necessary to submit the despatch of General Sheridan: New Orleans, Aug. 1—1.30 P. M, GVn. & Grant, Washington, D. O: You are doubtless aware of the serious riot which occurred in this city on the 30th ult. A political body, styling Itself the convention of IS(U, met. on the 30lh for, ns it is alleged, the pur pose of remodelling the present constitution of the State. The leaders xvctc political agitators nnrf revolutionary men, and the action of the convention was liable to produce breaches of the public peace. I hud made up my mind to arrest the head men if the proceedings of the convention were calcula ted to disturb the tranquillity of the department, but I had no cause for action until they commit ted the overtact. About forty whites and blacks were killed, and.about 1(50 wounded. Everything is now 'quiet, but I deem It best to maintain a military supremacy In the city for a few days, until the affair is fully Investigated. I believe the sentiment of the general community is re gret at this unnecessary cruelty, and that the police could have made any arrest they saw lit without {-aerinclng 11%'es. P. H. Hiieiuimn, .Major Gen. Commanding. To which v/c v/jJJ add the comments of tire New Voj k Thrum, a leading Hepuhli- V’uw. it- v.wj v-^Uv.r.aibJ y /•cvoiotio/i -,IJ. ’aV 'sjmWilioii uf M'v '!;Uc power, v/)Uj Whv .V’\ '.wu'i pv.rjj-.R.e ,v.' w.vjwui' Ksjin;<)i of SAW'**- J.\> tU ive.wU.wJ HfuUfziits, Thh ibv to to.vvcoton called by yr.i ilstd, s.s-iXht-rr cnfranclihvcd the .w»ypo»j* ’lnii thr/v: who sym r*.»vr.i*./<»il l Mf'./j u: iwx.rifXiU-A In the rebellion.— xitZiivttifi Itaohrabicrmcci ved the idea of reversing this condition ot things. They expressed a de termination to perpetuate their influence by giv ing votes to the blacks, and depriving of their votes the majority of white citizens. With this view’, a call was Irregularly Issued for a reassem hllng of the delegates to the Convention of 1801, although with the preparation of the Constitu tion in that year their functions properly ceased, and with the ratification of the Constitution by the people terminated all right and power to change its provisions, except in the manner It prescribes. The Convention which it was propo sed to hold on -Monday, was, then, utterly desti tute of legality. It was an attempt to usurp pow er by means unknown to the Constitution and irreconcilable with the law; and there can be no doubt that the armed ami organized negroes of Isew Orleans were relied upon to overcome the agencies which the Mayor of the city had declar ed his intention to employ to break up the Con vention. It will occur to most men, who are not crazed by the radical fever, that there is a vast difference between a convention professing to act under authority of ex isting laws, and one wiiicii undertakes usurpation and revolution in State af fairs, instigated to a desperate purpose by the star-chamber cabal of a Rump Con gress, When such a movement contem platcsa rebellion against an existing State Government, by the enfranchisement of negroes against the almost universal feel ing of the whites, it is not strange that they should be driven to tumult, riot and bloodshed. The white race of this coun try will not submit to.be governed by the negro without violence and bloodshed, and the sooner the radicals learn this les son the better it will be for the peace of tho country. When the revolutionists in Congress passed the resolution authorizing the .Sec retary of War to distribute arms and mu nitions of war throughout the Northern States, they had an eye to just such dis turbances as this at New'Orleans. They intend that the entire negro population of the country shall be armed ; and then they will say to them as they did at New Orleans; “ You have now got to demand your rights ! Did you ever fight t" President Johnson has acted wisely in repudiating this attempt to inaugurate a radical revolution at the South. In a despatch to the Attorney General of Lou isiana, he said ; \ ou will call on General Sheridan, or whoever ■nay he In command, for mifllclont lorco tonus lain the civil authorities In suppressing all ille gal and unlawful assemblies who usurp or as sume to exercise any power or authority without the Btate* 1 coll sont of the people of „A f 1)0 a Convention, let It he compo whole State atCS ch '” )0 “ ,rom tho people of the , must be first consulted—no chang ing the organized laws of the State, b Usurpation will not he tolerated The law and the Constitution must be sustain ed, and thereby peace and order. Anjdukw Johnson. There is a lesson in these brief words which it would be well for the radical revolutionists of the North to heed.— They may understand from this that they can no longer defy the constitution and laws of the land, and be permitted to go on unrebuked in their crimes. There is a limit to their license, and that limit has been reached. They who would arm the blacks, and then incite them to vio lence against the white race, in order that they may perpetuate their ill-gotten political power, had as well know that the white people intend to rule this coun try, aud that they who bring about this collision between the races, may be the first victims of the violence they have in stigated. THE PERSE AND THE StVOIU). Tile three wealthiest men in New York city—in fact the wealthiest men in the country -Wm. B. Astor, Commodore Vanderbilt and A. T. Stewart—who hold more Government bonds than three times their number of men anywhere, are delegates to the National Union Con vention, wliich is to assemble at Phila delphia on the 14th inst., to endorse Pres ident Johnson, and to denounce the rad ical disunionists. They understand the value of the Union and a good Govern ment, and lienee they repudiate the Rump Disunionists in every possible way. In the summer of 1861, when the “ loyal thieves” had drained the Treasury of ev ery dollar, and the credit of the Govern ment was at a ruinous discount, President Lincoln sent for these very three men to beg their assistance and their money. He pledged his word to them that the war was to be prosecuted for no other ob ject than to restore the Union and to com pel obedience to the Constitution and laws. Ho asked these men of wealth for aid, and they gave it to him. Out of their own private means they advanced him twenty-five millions of dollars! Now that the war is over, they, as business men and capitalists, demand that the radical disunionists stand aside. They insistthat the Union lias been restored, and they regard as traitors those who deny this.— So much for the men who held the purse during the rebellion. Now for the men who held the sword. The old Whig organ at Washington, the National Intelligencer , states by au thority, that Generals Grant, Meade, Sher man, Hancock, Crawford, Sheridan !yid others are enthusiastic in their support of President Johnson, and endorse his policy and his views. The officers of the Navy to a man are with the President. In view of these undeniable facts, will any tusm-who lovoo \*lo country contin. ue to give countenance to the revolution ary faction headed by Sumner, Stevens, Forney, and other desperate men, who only hope to live on the misery of other men? Will good men disregard the ad vice of the heroes of the late rebellion ? Will they turn a deaf ear to the warn ings of those who furnished the “ sinews of war” to our country in its darkest hours ? Had the warnings of the Father of his country been heeded, we would have had no rebellion. But fanatics scoff ed at the words of Washington, and a terrible, blighting, sanguinary war fol lowed. Let the people not be misled again, but let them seek the advice of President Johnson and Grant, and be governed by that advice. Negro suffrage and negro-equality never will be tolera ted in this country, and if the radical dis unionista insisb upon -m‘«ioHrr—Daniel Miller. lirconhT— dipt. H. Reisinger. Director— William Kilgore. From the resolutions adopted we select the following: Jicsolveti, That wc denounce and repudiate the violent and revolutionary course of the majority of the present Congress of the United States; their systematic policy has been to prevent a restora tion of the Union, to maintain perpetual discord and hatred between the different sections of the country, to elevate the negro above the white man, invest him with the elective franchise and promote his interests as superior to those of the white race, In order to make him an Instrument for the perpetuation of their own party suprem acy. ana that for the sumo end they are . striving by encroachments upon the Exccutlv branch of the government to precipitate upon the country collision, anarchy and all the horrors of civil war, JRcsoh'cd , That we cordially endorse the Recon struction policy of President Johnson, and will support and sustain him in carrying the same into effect; that in all democratic governments taxation and representation are inseparable; that while the Southern States are taxed to sustain the public burdens they are entitled of right to their constitutional representation in Congress, and that in the absence of such representation we denounce all attempts to alter or amend the constitution of the country to their prejudice as arbitrary, oppressive and outrageous. Jlcsolved, Teat the soldiers who fought for the Union and the Constitution deserve w v ell of the country, and chat the repeated declaration of the Radicals that the rebellion could not have been subdued without the aid of black troops Is a gross and wanton lasult to the brave and gallant white soldiers of America, which they well know how to resent at the polls. , Resolved, That we cordially approve of the course pursued in Congress by our able and faith ful Representative, Hon. Adam J. Glossbrenuor, and that his unanimous re-nomination this day, by this Convention, is the highest tribute a grate ful consistency can render. Perry County.— The Democrats and conservatives of “ daughter Perry,” as sembled in. Convention at Bloomfield, on the 30th ult.-, and placed in nomination the following strong ticket: ClmfirreA?—Hon. A. J. Glossbreuner. Assembly— Thomas Adams. Register, Recorder, «tr.—William Grier. Commissioner —Alex. McCallister, * Director of the Poor-John Patterson. District Attorney —E. C. Long. Coroner —Dr. T. G. Morris. Auditor— Jacob Charles. We learn from various sources that our friends in Perry are very sanguine and expect to elect their ticket from top to bottom by a sweeping majority. From the resolutions adopted we select as fol lows : Resolved, That we most heartily ratify the nomi nation of Hon. Hiestor Clyraor. We recognize in him tlio fearless champion of the great inter ests of the people, the learned and accomplished jurist and Statesman, the honest and uncompro mising foe of special legislation and the true hearted friend ol the Union and Its thorough re storation. His record in the Senate vindicates his character against the foul and malignant at tacts of the radicals, and his nomination, wo be lieve, will be confirmed by his triumphant elect ion next October. approve or me course, prin ciples and policy announced by President John son for the settlement of the questions growing out of the into war, and regard them as practical, wise and consistent with the Constitution and calculated to insure justice to nil sections of the country and elevate our national character, and therefore we ratify the action of the State Central Committee in appointing delegates to the Na tional Convention, which is to convene at Phil adelphia on the Hth of August next, and concur in the selections made of representatives from this Congressional District. Resolved, We denounce the course of the major ity in Congress os fanatical and malignant, and protest against their attempt to Ignore distinct ions of color and race, and to make the negro a special object of national favoritism and to con ’ier upon him political power and the elective franchise. We are especially opposed to the ap propriations made to the Freedman's Bureau, the reckless squandering of the money of the people for the feeding and clothing of the blacks, while at the same time the bill to equalize the bounties of the white soldiers, who fought forthe Union and the supremacy of the Constitution wasdefeiiled by the votes and Influence of its pro tended friends and the appropriation was refus ed by the abolition members of the Senate. We are opposed also to the extravagant appropri ations made by Congress, as contained in the re cent bill for the increase of the pay of members and in the name of a tax-ridden and almost im poverished people, we call for retrenchment and reform and economy in the national expendi tures. Resolved, That wecainvotbut view with thedee pcst alarm the tendency or all the legislation of the recent Congress towards consolidation and centralization, the attempt to interfere with the rights of the Slates, to substitute federal for State laws, to regulate the right of suflrag, and to pun ish as criminal by the tribunals of the V. States offences which are only cognizable before the State Courts, and generally to revolutionize our whole system of government. "We demand that the Constitution, now so much imperilled, shall no longer be tinkered with and that our repre sentative government .shall remain intact as it came from the hands of onr Fathers. Jicsohed. That the course of Hon. A. J. -Gloss brexkeb, our member in Congress, bos onr hear ty approval; his industry, energy and consistent democracy commend him fora'second election and we therefore instruct our Conferees to-dav appointed to vole for him at the Bridgeport Con ference. During the war the Radicals prevent ed the Democratic soldiers from coming home to vote, and yet they claim to be the especial friends of this class of our population. If they were in favor of the soldiers voting, why did they not allow all to exercise the right? Why were Democrats prevented who had fought gal lantly in defense of the flag, and Radi cals only given the opportunity? The truth is, it was power and plunder the Radicals wanted, and they used the sol diers to accomplish their ends. Those who would vote with them were allowed to exercise the elective franchise ; those who differed from them were disfranchis ed. In tiiis way the Radicals favored soldiers voting. The vote in Congress for negro suffrage was as follows: For the measure, all the Republicans. Against the measure, all the Democrats. In the .Senate of Pennsylvania, the vote stood: For the measure, ail the Republicans. Against the measure all the Democrats. Look at tile record I In view of tlie.se facts no sane man can deny that the Republican party is fully committed to negro suffrage and negro equality, and no man who is not prepar ed to admit the negro to the ballot-box, to the jury-box, to office and to entire so cial and political equality, can consistent ly vote the Republican ticket at the com ing election. Among the appointments just made by President Johnson are the following for Philadelphia: .Ex-Governor Wm. F. Johnson, Collector of customs; Albert Sloanaker, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Ist District; Ed. Wallace, Naval Officer; E. Reed Meyer, Surveyor of Cus toms. Verily the axe is falling, and the heads of radicals are rolling off. Every conservative man in the country will re joice to see that the President is resolved to use his influence to carry out his wise and statesmanlike policy. B&“ The Herald contains the an nounce ment that “ the Standing Committee of the County will meet at Mechaulcsburg on tlie 18th inst.” As thereare threeor four “ Standing Committees” in the county, it would not be a bad idea for the Herald to inform the public which is “ the Stand ing Committee.” The Irishmen of Washington City held a mass meeting at Grover’s Theatre on Wednesday night last, and pledged themselves in a body against the radical Disunionists , Representative Hogan, of St Eouis, addressed them in moat severe terms against the Disunionists, and was most enthusiastically cheered. IT EVIDENCE THE BES That the Democratic Soldiers’ Conven tion, that assembled at Harrisburg on the Ist inst., was composed o t good, law-abid ing men—of men 1 who can fight when fighting is necessary, aild maintain peace when peace is necessary —is the fact that they did not raze the Telegraph office to tlie ground and hang its proprietor and its editors. Sonic of the soldiers were for doing this very thing, but the large ma jority discountenanced the attempt, and by their efforts and the efforts of Mayor Edwards, those who contemplated vio lence were restrained. It was well! Had they not been pacified, Beiioner and his hireling scribblers would have swung from the lamp-posts of the city. The as saults made upon the Convention by the Telegraph, were well calculated to fire its members with uncontrollable rage, and to prompt them to swift retaliation and revenge. This noble body of men—num bering some eight hundred veterans, many of whom were minus an arm, p, log or an eye—were denounced by that mer cenary and infamous sheet as “bounty jumpers,” “deserters,” “copperheads,” “demagogues,” “lager-beerswillers,” &c. Never was a Convention or body of men so ruthlessly maligned. The language of the Telegraph was so outrageous and li belous, that most of the Republicans of the city felt alarmed and tried their best to prevent its circulation on that day.— They feared a riot, and they had good cause for their fears, for had the villains of the Telegraph been caught by the sol diers and flayed alive, no one could have murmured. The denunciations of the soldiers by the Telegraph goes to show how much respect Gen. Geary and his particular friends have for the “ boys in blue.” The people are asked to vote for Geary because he was a soldier, and yet Geary’s organ speaks of better soldiers than he ever was as “ bounty jumpers” and ” deserters.”— These epithets to come from a scoundrel, who made his hundreds of thousands of dollars from contracts during the war, was a little more than 'human nature could bear, and it was no wonder some of the brave boys wanted to hang the Hes sian. Wise counsels prevailed, however, and Berqner and his hirelings were saved. JSSy" The disunionists and rumpers to the number of some fifteen or twenty, met at Rhebm’s Hall, on Saturday even ing, to make an effort at organizing their scattered faction. None of the recognized “ leaders” were present, and the aftair had a dismal and black appearance. Fi nally, the Democratic boys present, for the purpose of having a little fun at the expense of poor J immy Smith, vocifer ously demanded a speech from him. The Republicans present hung their heads and hoped, no doubt, that “ Smithy” would, for once, “ refuse to be made the butt of young copperheads,” as a sly old fox of the party was heard to say. But the boys succeeded, and they shouted and laughed as the object of their irony was seen to raise his graceful form from a re cumbent to a half-careless perpendicular position. Just at this moment a consid erable movement in the small gathering was noticed, occasioned by the “going out” of the greater portion of those who had got up the meeting. The Democratic urchins, however, were not to be foiled, and they cried out to Smith, “go on.” — “Smithy” gave one of his peculiar looks at the boys, blew his interesting nose with his fingers, opened his meuth and — belched. He was about to take his seat, but the little rascals would not permit this, and they continued to cry out—“ go on, go on.” “ Smithy” said he “ did not come to the meeting to make a speech, but yet the patriotic blood in his patriotic veins fairly boiled at times, when he no ticed that such men as Porter, Zinn, Stevenson, Wilson, and scores of other rascals were deserting the “ loyal thieves” to join the copperheads.” [Great laugh ter, followed by another belch from the orator.] He believed " that Bratton, of the Volunteer, was at the bottom of all this mischief, and Bratton, it was well known, was not fit to carry blood from a slaughter-house.” [Continued laughing, and another belch.] “As for Capt. Por ter, Zinn, Stevenson and-the others who acted with them,” said he, “ they are the greatest set of asses and traitors this world ever produced. They have no in fluence, no pat—no patriot—no pa”—at this point the speaker could not articu late, and asked for a drink. One of the boys gave him a cup of water, hut after smelling at it, he put it down, and con tinued—“ I say they have no patriotism, and lam glad they have left us.” [More laughter by the boys.] Smithy satdown, and the youngsters quietly dispersed. The meeting was a wretched affair—a mere fizzle, and not half as well attend ed as was the meeting held in the same hall last winter, and which was address ed by a negro. When the Republicans of this county can get no one but the poor nincompoop, Jim Smith, to gabble for them, it is certainly an indication of weakness. Down theymustgo, with the execrations of the people upon their heads. The old "Jacksonian test of fitness for office was, “is the candidate honest? is he capable?” Itis so no longer. Theparty now in power does not want honest or capable men. Even the Governors of the Northern States are, as a general rule, the mere topis of a set of designing par tisans who use them to further their pur poses. Should Geary be elected he would only bo the cat’s paw of Simon Cameron, Thad Stevens and Forney. They own the hero of Snickersville body and breech es, all there is of him. They nominated him and they intend to use him. I' IteedofPhlladelphia, one of the leaders of the Democracy In Pennsyl vanla, Is the princl pal counsel for Jeff Davis. Of course, — RcjmbH call ns£, * And Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, father of the Republican party, and its leading orator, has offered to go his security. Now, which party is ahead ? The Doyles town Democrat says, the “loyal” league is advertising for disabled soldiers to peddle pictures of John W. deary. It is to be hoped that no disabled soldier has been so wofully neglected as to be compelled to descend to that. Good Idea. —The Democrats of Berks offer a Banner valued at $2-5 to the town ship which shall give the largest increas ed Democratic vote next October over the McClellan vote of 1804. Lot Cumber land do likewise. SOLDIERS’ STATE CONVENTION, The Rank and File, the Maimed and Wound ed, in Council, GREAT ENTHUSIASM! Johnson, Clymer and the Union, Harrisburg, August 1,18G6. Thu Convention of honorably dischar ged soldiers, officers, and sailors ot Penn sylvania, favorable to the restoration pol icy of President Johnson, and the elec tion of the Hon'. Hiester Clymer for Governor of the State, assembled in tins city to-day. The roll of delegates comprised full delegations from every county throughout the entire State. In accordance with a rule adopted at the preliminary meeting, held in this city on the 28th of June last, the basis of repre sentation was fixed at seven delegates for each legislative district, thus making an aggregate of seven hundred delegates for the State at large. • Long before the hour fixed for the meeting of the Convention the hall of the House of Representatives was-filled with enthusiastic Soldiers. At half past nine the Philadelphia delegation entered the hall preceded by Beck’s brass band. The band played a number of beautiful airs, and the hall rapidly filled up, so that by ten o’clock there was,a complete jam. We do not mistake the number, when we note the presence of three thousand of tlie brave soldiers. Hundreds were unable to gain admittance to' tho hall. INCIDENTS. The Beaver county delegation was com posed of twelve delegates. Of these nine arc wounded men formerly Republican*) who never voted the Democratic ticket. These soldiers are now enthusiastic for Hiester Clymer. Among the Cambria delegation was Captain John Humphreys, who served with distinction during the Mexican war, and for three years during the rebellion. When Geary was made Lieut. Colonel, at Pittsburg, on the way to the Mexican war, Humphreys was made Captain of his company, and commanded it through out that struggle, and at the final charge on Chepultepec. The Berks county delegation carried a banner, on which was inscribed, “For Governor, Hiester Clymer.” On a trans parency was inscribed the words, “Old Berks, 8,000 majority for Clymer.” They entered the hall at 10 o’clock, preceded by the Ringgold brass band, of Reading. They were greeted with cheer after cheer, the dense audience rising, to their feet and rolling up in thunder tones cheers for Clymer and old Berks. The Convention was called to order by General W. W. H. Davis, of Bucks, Chair man of the Committee of Arrangements. He stated that owing to the immense size of the Convention, it would be utterly impossible to do business in the place in which it assembled, or in any other sin gle room or house in Harrisburg. As soon therefore as a temporary organiza tion had been effected, and a committee on permanent officers appointed, the body would adjourn to meet at 2 o’clock on the Capital grounds, or some other appropri ate place. In the course of his remarks, the speaker very appropriately suggested that seats should be provided for the wounded soldiers who were in attend ance, a number of whom were scattered through the audience. His suggestion was immediately acted on, and the maim ed heroes who were unable to promote their own comfort were provided with suitable accommodations. In conclusion, General Davis suggested the name of General Jacob B. Sweitzer, of Pittsburgh, for temporary President of the Convention. The nomination was unanimously endorsed. General Sweitzer, upon taking the chair, spoke as follows : SPEECH OF GEN. SWEITZER. Fallow Soldiers. —l thank you heartily for the unexpected honoi* you have conferred by calling upon me for a time to preside over this highly respectable assemblage. I will not at tempt to detain you with a speech. This room is too small to accommodate such an immense crowd as this. Fellow soldiers, the objects for which wo have assembled here are well under stood. They are set forth clearly, plainly and honestly in the-call for this Convention, No man can say that he has been entrapped or de ceived. We are here as men who have served our country in the held, and we would scorn to * aao, ?? an O3 to secure the presence of fellow solmers, and then deny them the free expression of their sentiments. With these re marks I will take my seat. [Cries of go on.l I iiot in the habit of making long speeches, but I may add that we have very important du ties to perform here to-day, as much so as any that we met and assumed on the held of battle, it has been proclaimed that none but skulkers and bounty Jumpers would be here to-day. If these men by whom I am surrounded, and in whose earnest faces I recognize the will and the power to do great deeds ; if these men are boun ty jumpers, where are the soldiers? It has been thrown up to us that we had no brigadier or ma jor generals on our call. This will be very readi ly understood, when wo rmomber that the De mocracy of the array was only to befound in the ranks. The stars and bars were generally re served for shoddy and its friends. [Cheers.] But I will detain you no longer. Upon motion the following Secretaries were chosen: Uapt. Jeremiah J. Sullivan, 115th Pa. Volunteers; Sergt. Major Israel C. Beck er, 4th Reserves; Lieutenant Arthur P. Greenland, 49th Pa. Volunteers. The credentials of the various delega tions were then presented ; and after the appointment of a Committee of fifteen on permanent organization, the Conven tion took a recess for half an hour. SECOND SESSION. The Convention re-assembled at 12 o’clock. Capt. Brockway, chairman of the com mittee on permanentorgauization, report ed the following gentlemen as PERMANENT OFFICERS OP THE CONVEN- TION. President: Gen. WM M’CANDLESS. Vice Presidents : Gen. Peter Lyie, 90th. Philadelphia. Col. Wm. A. Leech, 90th, “ ■ Gon. John P. Ballier, 98th “ Col. A. H. Tippen, 63th, “ Capt. J. M. C. Savage. Noth, Chester. Priv. J. Wagner, X-idtii, Montgomery, r r i V ,n D ,J n , l ? lKreader v lolth i Col.T H. Good, 17th, Lohlgii. Priv. John O’Neil 3d Reserves, Berks, bergt. George Biermau, 9th, Schuylkill. CapuH ° I’hayor, 07th, Wayne, Col. H. B. M’Kean, 6th, Res., Bradford. CaPt.J.W. Gregory. 173 d N. Y„ Luzerene. Maj. C. Ryan, 138th P. V., Tioga. Col. S-Wllson, Bth cav., Lycoming. | r } v - H. Whiteman, Ulh cav., Columhla. Priv. J. A. Stober, 201st, Dauphin. Lieut. John A. Bltzer, 127th, Lancaster. Priv. B. Hegeman, 123 d, Lancaster. Col. Levi Maish, 130th, York. Capt. A. Ferguson, U. S. V., Franklin. Capt. John 11. Hite, 51th, Somerset. I rlvate Goorgo W. Daisy, Centre. Col B. M. Morrow, 205th, Blair. Sergt. A. D. M'Phorson. 105th, Jefferson. Capt. David Buhker, 78th, Clarion. AdJ. I. Unoapher, 11th, Westmoreland. Maj. James ALowry, Allegheny. p21;. R 8 b A •r. nd ‘r!' B . on .' 9th ™= 3 .- Allegheny, 4? r 5y,9!! 31 ’. 7 cav -i Beaver. roi B r I’ ntn Gldnls Ist art,, Lawrence. Col. J. S. M’Cnlmont, 10th Res., Venango. Secretaries : Col. John P. Linton, 51th, Cambria. Corporal Cegrgo, M’Kinney, Berks. SjPf- Hart, 03th, Montgomery. Capt .I P Newell. 30th, Venango. L eut. J Lynn, 129th Carbon. rw^'rAf. llth , Luzerne. P? pt : Maguire, 00th, Phllada. Lieut. Wm, Fullwood, 102 d, Allegheny Surgeon Abram Stout, 1,53 d, Northampton. Hr. AVra. Church, 57th, Crawford. A Corcoran. 181 th, Bucks. Col. B M’Derraott, stth, Cambria. Capt. Jeremiah Hoihnan, 152 d, Lebanon ■ General M’Candless was introduced bv General Sweitzer, who said, it was un necessary to say anything of him, but he would merely remark that he was as brave > r , 113 evel ’ drew a sword. General M’Candless was greeted with loud and ;?. n A COntm . ued “PPlause, and addressed the Convention m an eloquent and ap propriate speech. 1 On motion of Gen. Davis, a committed of one from each Senatorial District, was appointed to draft resolutions. - . Upon motion the Chair was authorized to appoint a committee to wait upon the Hon. Hiester ClVmer, if in the city, and invite him to address the Convention,— Henry A. Soheeta. Lteiif G d Z ’ c m Gen John F. Ballfer! G ' R 'Clafi The Convention then - 3 o’clock in the afternoon d urned Htj third session. ajth, , a ,G,„. J. s. MASK'S During the absence of the n on Resolutions, the Conventl™ “’"■'Hi! dressed by Lieut. William A An "i* 8 S York ; Col. Levi Maish, of Von William H. Miller, of* Daunffi 1 John P. Linton, of Cambria <4 B. Sweitzer, of Allegheny *5 C. B. Brockway, of Columbia” 1 Cap^ General J. who7 cd \ Radicals some severe hits am)„? a H urging the soldiers to organize »W the enemies of the Union at the “/.S October next, and give them i on, & whelming defeat. m " n % General W. W. H. Davis clinic lowingT mittee ’ th6n Bubmitted tho^ RESOLUTIONS. Whereas, The Convention trolled by politicians, which Msena?£n nil «i burn on the sth of Juno last, pS ' '»% Soldiers and Sailors of PennsylvaniaJi'Sßsj port of the Radical disunion gross, and ns opposed to the iustßrS* ot ® tlonnl restoration policy of President Whereas, The members of the ' tlon falsely styled themselves thori Coll ' 6 - lives ot the Soldiers and Sailors ofPmS and presumed to speak for them itytand ""“ennui WHEREAS, The proceedings of the vontlon mlsreprosont.the true seaiim.Hfr great mass of the returned BoldlenTmeW l of this State, and do great InJustMfr defenders of the Constitution and therefore be it 100 Union; Resolved, That we, the authorized lives of our late companions in ate the proceedings of the PlttsbuW,?/ 6 * of the sth of Juno, because they dour?* n . WDWoa the true sentiments of the officer* aSu? I ** 6 * seamen of Pennsylvania. * Resolved. That wo hold the same hM.t u that we did when we took up arms ft S the war was o war for the Union, and foM er purpose; that the agreement wo mad,S the government when we took up amM fend her against armed rebellion fs found Joint resolution of Congress, adopted Su® which declares that this war Is not prosmiiS our part In any spirit of oppression, nor ( purpose of conquest or subjugation, fcuttoH and maintain the supremacy of the CoutlH and to preserve the Union with all the d 3 equality, and rights of the several State. H paired. This Is the bond many sealed w’h“ * lives, and many others signed In blood ' Resolved, That the failure of Congress to n. Into effect this Joint resolution after the SSI over, and to restore the Union with all Iho dJ nlty, equality and rights of the several aiaS unimpaired. Is a gross violation of asolemncdt pact made with the defenders of the GovcmS at her time of greatest need and peril Resolved, That we repudiate the notion otO» gross, which Is an Insult to every Officer Boidb and Seamen, who served In the Federal arai during the Rebellion. Their policy aaserbtht our victories accomplished what the entui could not, divided the Union, and tho/hiiUi our toll and blood-bought victories turnedfc ashes in their hands. Resolved. That we cordially endorse the resl* ration policy of PrcslddntJoimson,as announce in his annual, special and veto messages, andu farther made known to the country In his treat mentof the States lately in rebellion. Wet* liovc it to be Just and humane, and bolter adsy ted than any other known policy to restore thw States to their constitutional relations to tb Union, and bring renewed peace, and happlas and prosperity to the country. It is in keeft with the generous treatment which a magtS mous victor awards to a brave foe. Resolved, That the action of Congress In ri Ing seats to the Senators nna members from* South, who bear true allegiance to the Conkia. tlon and laws, while that body is engase4k changing the fundamental law of the coumnh an important particular, Is revolutionary In fit action; while their conduct In taxing the Souk without her consent strikes at the vital print pie of constitutional liberty—that there canU no taxation without representation. Resolved, That we are opposed to uegroßaffnn and all legislation that has for its object iheru ing of the negro to social and political equality with the white man, or to make him the petd the nation, meets our unqualified disapproul- He and his friends should be satisfied thatto war has given his race the boon of frecdonLici should not aim to control the destinies wlla country. , , Resolved, That we return thanks to God tom- Ing victory to the Federal armies overarmeab surgents, and we congratulate the country apci a return of pieace. It is as much ourdutynoil use our best endeavors to heal up the woundia the rebellion, as it was to take up arms law fence of the Union. j ßesolved, That wo deny that John W. Geaija the Soldier’s candidate for Governor of Pen# vanla. He is the choice of the Radicals, whom seeking to destroy the Union ve perilled ,cs lives to preserve. The men who placed, ulml nomination and who are now b\a most actln Sorters, repudiate the objects of the warty irlng the South out of the Union, and by » cepting their nomination, he assumesthelrpra ciplea, which violate every thing he contend for in the field. Resolved , That we endorse the nominationc the Hon. Hiester Olymer, the Democratic caul date for Governor of Pennsylvania, because* is a man of integrity and a statesman of eipav ence, and approves the principles wo advoai We call upon our late companions in arm* this State to rally to his support, for his electa will be anendorsementof the cause for whip* fought and bled, whilst his defeat will be adthi Of the cause of the Union. Resolved, That the Radicals In Congnstp fessing to speak for the majority of the wojf have recently.testified their preference fore* negro by appropriating money to supportnfflS idleness by the payment to him of a boaeffo 8300, and their repudiation of the white and his . claims by the passage of a boantf m allowing but SlOO to him, without even uprcJJ lon appropriating money for the payraenlonj same, thus disregarding his faithful and piuw Ic services, demonstrates to the country lief In the assertion that the negro bean® Resolved, That we, the Soldiers of In Convention assembled, do return our saw thanks to the Hons. Edgar Cownn end R. Buokalew. our representatives In the of the United States, for their noble condcO 11 sustaining tho'Presldent’s policy of restorers The reading of the resolutions wasfe quently interrupted by the hearty *» prolonged applause of the Conventiot and they were unanimously adopted. After the transaction of other biisins of minor importance, the Conve nten« journed sine die, and the immense thij formed in line of procession, under B marshalship of Gen. M’Candless, andp seeded in a body to the Bolton House,! pay their respects to our distiuguuj" standard bearer, Hon. Hiester Clyaic^ Upon the arrival at the hotel, vociH ous cries were made for Clymer. The Hdn. Hiester Clymer wastheu 1 troduced to the vast audience by w M’Candless, and addressed the soldit in a strain of fervid eloquence, wap drew forth repeated and loud apple® l , We hope to Be able to obtain a copy Mr. Clymer’s address for publication our next. Radical War on the Sbt® 8 Charity.—The City of Kansas Aim er says that considerable excitment P vails at Cape Girardeau, Mo., caused « the repetition of an arre st of-some o Sisters of Charity, or nuns attach teachers to the convent of a Catholu ademy at the point, for their not " the oath prescribed by the new Con" ■ tion. The matter was compromise those “ offenders against the new tution” giving pond for their apP ea at the “ next Circuit Court of Cape ardeau county,” to answer to thecrim ity of the offence of acting in the caps of teachers, without taking the coa tion oath. Such outrages have bM° common in Missouri, under ‘ n ’ l “ e _ cal Abolition rule that the world ce be shocked or surprised. The Government and people devoted three thousand ® j dollars and a half a million of ’ keep the States in the Union, cj has consumed eight months *o millions to keep such States out Union-. Fair Play.—Was it frank, manly to ask the Southern State 3 fy the Constitutional Amendmen ishing Slavery, as a condition P r3Ce ,j their read mission into the Un'° 3 ' intend, after they accept that e° . to keep them out of the Union John W. Geary was a Knofl J. of the most violent kind before ism swallowed up that party. The Philadelphia North. out for President Johnson*