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<S ii
the party.
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THE SOLUIEIM’ CONVENTION
Harrisburg was the greatestaml grand-
Mweccihlage that ever convened in
ymmr Jvaina. To i-x-e nearly onethousand
Liftand privates, meettoge-
Vy-.-; lOfO'Jßi'jh on the htate of the coun
vy. .".ai -a sight as sublime as it was cheer*
vjg. Tney raei as the friends of Hiester
< :i.y stxn, and '..hey avowed the object of
r.lhtsr .neeting in their call, and did not
1,'".-: ■ vj practice a fraud ujjon soldiers,
a;> 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 -<his part of their
political programme, blood will flow in
every State. Mark it!—this will be the
result of this controversy if the people
fail in their duty this fall. Let business
men and those who hold government
securities stop and think of the conse
quences that will inevitably ensue should
anotner civil war break out. Let wise
men ponder well before they vote.
Nr.OOU.II OX GEAItY
As tile Carl tela Herald has attempted to
holster up the reputation of Gen Geary.
by quoting a letter from Gen. Slocum,
Okauv's commander, it will probably
have no objections to us quoting the same
distinguished gentleman on the political
Issues of the coming contest in this State.
The following letter, written to the Sol
diers' Clymer Convention, will give the
public some idea of what Geu. Slocum
now thinks of Geary and the disunion
party whose candidate lie is :
Brooklyn, N. Y., Julv 27,1*50.
Col. W. W. IT. Davis. ’
DeakSik: I have the honor of acknowledgin''
the receipt of your letter inviting me to be ore*
.sent at the Soldiers’Convention to be held at
Harrisburg on the ls;t of August. I regret that mv
engagements are such as to deprive me of the
pleasure of accepting your invitation.
When the Confederate .soldiers, In the spring
of ISGS, surrendered their arras and returned to
their homes we assumed that tho object of our
great work was nearly accomplished. When we
witnessed at that time the kind feeling manifest
ed by our oflicers and soldiers towards their late
opponents, we felt assured that ail haired and
bitterness between the two sections of oar coun
try would eventually cease to exist, and that
slavery, the great cause of our troubles, having
been removed, we should soon have a better an 3
more perfect Union that wo have ever before
known
When a few days later the President
the terms and conditions upon which he was wil
ling to restore to the Southern people all their
former rights and privileges, and these people
cheerfully accepted and complied with each and
every one of his conditions, we certainly had rea
son to look for the immediate restoration of the
Union. But In this we have been disappointed
There exists at home an army which Is not actu
ated by the feelings which moved the men com
posing the armies of Grant and Sherman—men
who were ready to grasp the hands of their late
antagonists as soon as those hands were no long
er raised against our government. There exists
among at a political parti/ which, for the purpose of re
taining power, has prevented the restoration of the Uni
on which wax to be the sole f/bject of the war , a party
which would hold a portion oj the Suites in subjection,
teaching the rising generation in both sections lessons
of jealousy and haired, instead of seeking to make them
forget the hitler past, and become, as they must become,
if our Union is ever to be of value .one people ininlerest
and feeling. This party, until Congress assembled,
indignantly denied any Intention of postponing
the restoration of the Union, and appealed to the
people for support on the ground of being tho
only faithful and reliable friends of the President
and his policy. This mask has now been dropped,
and the issue before the people is clear and unmis
takcable. Let those who fought for a restoration of the
Union now come forward and vote for it, and our victo
ry is assured.
Very respectfully, etc.,
H. W. .Si/OCtJif.
The landing Traitors.
“ lam free, to mention to von the mimes whom I look
upon as being opposed to the FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES OF THIS GOVERNMENT, and
who are laboring to pervert and destroy it. Yon ask
me who they are. Isay THADDEUB STEVENS, of
Pennsylvania is one ; Isay, Mr. SUMNER, of the
Senate, is another ; and WENDELL PHILLIPS is
another,”—Andrew Johnson, Feb. 22 d, 180 G.
John W. Geary is Thad Stevens’
candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania,
and is endorsed by Sumner and Wen
dell Phillips.
General Gcnry fought the rebels la the front.—
Rvjmb. Kx.
And the rebels fought Qen. Geary In the rear.—
That's the only part of Geary they ever saw.— Vol
unteer.
Indeed: How then did they hit him In the
breast with a shell ?—Carlisle Herald.
Geary is the heartiest looking man we
ever saw to have been “ hit in the breast
with a shell'." He must be a perfect iron
clad.
A Contemptible Job.— Congress cuts
down the bounty to poor soldiers, raises
the salary of members to five thousand
dollars per annum, and squanders over
two hundred and fifty millions uselessly.
PJERRT-YORK.
Y ork County.— The Democratic Coun
ty Convention of York county assembled
at York on the 31st ult., and nominated
the following excellent ticket:
Cbji'pTM—Hon. A. J. Glossbrenucr.
Associate Jttdgc— David Newcomer.
Assembly —Col. Levi Maisli, Steven G. Boyd.
Prothonotary —Thos. G. Cross.
Sheriff— Jesso Engles.
Hegis(rr—Ji\vob stlckel.
Clerk —William Tasb.
Cbm>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*