44,fatiter Abraham." CIRCULATION OVER 4000 E. H. RAtCII, Eurroizs THOS. B. COCHUAN, LANCASTER, PA FRIDAY, JULY 10, "I Sid all hare uo pol:ey of my men to en force against the trill Of the peopic..'-6 RA N T. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. TIONAL TICKET. " MATCH 'EM." President: Gen. ULYSSES S. GRANT, OF TIIE UNITED STATES Vice Presidetat: SCHUYLER COLFAX, OF INDIANA STATE TICKET. Auditor General: Gen. JNO. F. HARTRANFT, OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY Surveyor General: Gen. JACOB M. CAMPBELL, OF CA3IBRIA COUNTY TERMS OF FATHER ABRAHAM. Invariably in Advance One copy to one address Five copies " " Ten Fifteen Twenty " if 10.00 And GO cents for every additional subscriber over twenty. Kir One copy extra to the ottto• rf a Club rf Twen ty or more. Address, RAUCH & COCHRAN, Editors arid Publishers, Lancaster, Pa. Reading. Our Reading branch office is at No. 606 Court Street, opposite the Court House, where subscriptions will be re ceived for FATHER ABRAHAM. Information Wanted. Some very strange reports are current about the pay and mileage of members and officers of the last Legislature from Lancaster county. We can scarcely be lieve that there is any truth in them, but still it is a matter of importance to the people, as well as to the representatives and officers themselves, that the truth should be known. Who will enlighten us? Reineiitber Frauds, forgeries, false naturaliza tion papers, and, if needs he, MURDER, will be resorted to by the Copperheads to succeed next fall. The blood of the poor Irishman, Casey, in Clearfield county, because he testified against the villainies of the Copperheads in the 14th Senatorial District last fall, is evidence of the means they will resort to. Be prepared for thent, Republicans! IF there had. been a Democratic Congress at Washington during the last three years, six hundred millions of dollars would have been saved to the tax payers of this country.—Bed ford Gazette. At least one hundred millions of dol lars were stolen from the Government during the last year by the Democratic whiskey ring, and there is not now a sin gle Democratic Congressman who is not an agent and interested counsel for the ring at Washington. Oun circulation is now fully four thou sand five hundred, being an increase during the last week of four hundred. As this is fourth of July week, and people busy in the harvest fields, this increase is very large and encouraging. WE take no notice of anonymous com munications. A ilephs Ontittg Incident on the One of the Sunday Schools of the city of FZetlino. (pie - lir:tied the Furth. as usual. in a beautiful grove about a mile below town. on the south side of the Schuylkill river. Within a hundred yards of the ground stands a two story brick house. and a well of excellent water in I the yard. The premises belong to and are occupied by an old woman—a true representative of the generation of old I school democrats who are about passing away. By means of padlocks and chains, she had fastened the gates to the yard and obstinately refused to allow a single drop of water to be taken away for the use of the children. The committee of ' fered to pay her liberally for any wear or damage to her property, but all such offers. and all appeals were answered: Ich du's net ;" "ken droppa," " bleib mer yusht fum &e. (" I won't ;" not a drop ;" "just keep out of the yard !") Whilst one of the committee men was making his most eloquent plea for water—in the name of humanity—an individual who just happened to be along ventured to mix in, and by pretending to sympathize with the old woman, succeed ed in gaining her confidence. The dia logue was as follows : " Ei mommy, du bisht (loch au Demo krat ?" (Why, mammy, are you not a Dem okrat "Ei uf course bin ich, un geaya all des fort-of-July un shoola un all so deifelei wu yusht sblechty sacha in (-hen na kinner ehra kep dut." (Of course I am, and against all this Fourth of July and school deviltry, which only puts evil into the heads of children.) " Awer, mommy, de doh sin yoh all uf eier seit— des sin louter demokratishe kinner un mer sin all down uf de frei shoola un so shtuft." (But mammy, these are all on your side—all Democrats, and down on schools and the like.) " Doch now net! Well, dont', nemmt so fiel wasser das der wellet, for der sind welcome—aver bleib mer yusht week mit all dem ferdeivelta frei school shtuft. (You don't say ! Well, then, take as much water as you want, for you are weicome—but away with all this devilish free school stuff.) Of course, a bountiful supply of God's pure beverage was gratefully accepted by the thirsty hundreds in the grove, and the slight ;departure from strict truth, which induced ,the intensely Democratic old lady to open her gate, if not her heart, was, after some discussion, deemed ex cusable as an act of necessity on the glor ious Fourth. .75 3.50 6.50 8.50 The National Copperhead Conven- The National Convention, representing the Rebels, Traitors, Blacklegs, Repu diators, Whiskey Rings, Infidels, Prize Fighters, Shoulder Hitters, Bounty Jump ers, Assassins, Forgers of naturalization papers, and Copperheads, under the gen eral name of " Democracy," assembled in that cesspool of nations—New York city—on Saturday . last. The day was spent in organizing temporarily, appoint ing committees, &c. Sunday was phit through principally in and around the groggeries, dens of prostitution and sim ilar democratic institutions. On Monday the Convention reassembled, and Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York, was chosen Permanent President. Among those who figured prominently on the floor of the Convention, was Hon. Hiester Clymer of Berks. On Tuesday, after adopting the "platform of principles," the first ballot resulted as follows : Pendleton, of Ohio, 105 ; Johnson, (A. J.) 65; English, of Connecticut, 16; Hendricks, of Indiana, ; Johnson, oft Maryland, ; Doolittle, of Wisconsin, 13 ; Parker, of New Jersey, 13 ; Packer, of Pennsylvania, 26; Church, of New York, 33 ; Blair of Missouri,l. On the 18th ballot, on Wednesday evening, Hancock had 1441 ; Pendleton, 561. ; Hendricks, 87 ; Parker, 3 ; A. John son, 10; Doolittle, 12, and Hoffman, 3, when they adjourned until 10 o'clock yes terday morning. TILE LATEST—Just before going to press we received a dispatch, announcing the nomination of Horatio Seymour, who avowed himself the friend of the burners. of the colored Orphan's Home, at New York during the copper-rebel riot of 1863. Give us a Registry "Atm.,. The terrible howl raised by the Cop perheads throughout the State against the Registry law—at the time of its passage —and their great joy over the decision of the Supreme Court, declaring said enact ment unconstitutional, (on account of a mere clerical error) should satisfy all in authority that our only safeguard against the most stupendous Copperhead frauds at the coming election is the prompt pas sage of such a law, so framed as to leave no doubt about its constitutionality. We are glad to learn that a number of Re publican members of the Legislature are petitioning our patriotic Governor to call an extra session for this purpose. .1 1 A_ rE AB .AHA M. Forn•th ERNA Impeachment. On Tuesday last, lfon. Thaddeus Ste vens presented to the House live addi tional articles of impeachment, arraigning President Johnson for overt illegal acts committed during his , actininistration.— The articles present a compcnd of the numerous and flagrant acts of the Execu tive in violation of his powers and duties, and in contravention of the functions with which the Constitution has clothed him. Mr. Stevens supported the articles in an able speech, in which he reviewed his history of the impeachment remedy in England and this country. Tie then passes in review the enormous crimes the President has been guilty of against the country. The concluding portion of his speech is an enunciation of his faith in the perpet uity of that government where public vir tue is esteemed. The speech as a whole is a masterly effort. Although it is not the purpose of Mr. Stevens to have his resolution acted upon immediately, as its temporary postponement indicates, nev ertheless the substance of the articles and the tone and tenor of the speech serve to show the American people how guilty their Executive has been, and what a great criminal the disaffection of a few weak and foolish men has allowed to go uuwhipped of justice. We regret that our limited space prevents us from giving this masterly speech in full. We clip the concluding paragraph, which will be read with great interest : "Mr. Speaker, Providence has placed us here in a political Eden. All we have to do is to avoid the forbidden fruit, for we have not yet reached the perfection of justice. While nature has given us every advantage of soil, climate, and geographical position, man still is vile. But such large steps have lately been taken in the true direction, that the patriotic has a right to take courage. "My sands are nearly run, and I can only see with the eye of faith; I am fast descending the downhill of life, at the foot of which stands an open grave ; but you, sir, are promised length of days and a brilliant career. If you and your compeers can fling away ambition and realize that every human being, however lowly-born or degraded by fortune, is your equal, that every inalienable right which be longs to you belongs also to him, truth and righteousness will spread over the land, and you will look down from the top of the Rocky Mountains upon an empire of one hundred millions of happy people. "Still, we must remember not to place our trust in princes, for we have seen that in the richest heart, the most highly cultivated mind, adorned with every literary grace, keen in ar gument a.s the Stagirite, and Ibrtified with an outward shield of bronzed austerity which seemed to t4bid Abe approach of levity or cor ruption, this richest composition of human mould may be the abode of malignity, avarice, corroding lust, and uncontrollable ambition, as the owl, the prairie dog, and rattlesnake nestle together in loving harmony in the richest soil of the prairie. If Salmon P. Chase is not utterly abandoned, that last paragraph must have made him wriggle like a skinned eel, if he ventured to read it. Besser Sag Nix Der foo When some wealthy men in New York, shortly after President Johnson's accession to office, tendered him a valuable carriage, the President declined the present, because it would be an impropriety in him to accept private gifts. Gen. Grant has no such nice sense of propriety.—Reading Gazette. Ilow about that gold watch which the colored people of Tennessee presented to A. J., when he promised to be their Moses ? And how about that lot of Berks county whiskey which was shipped to him not long ago by the whiskey ring of Reading—about the time when the senior editor of the Gazette—Congress man Getz—was engaged "fixing up" that little matter between the whiskey ring aforsaid and the Revenue Depart ment at Washington ? Treasury Robbers. How many more millions have been stolen from the people "by collusion" among Radical officials, will, perhaps, never be known. Enough is already known to prove that the only way to save the Treasury from wholesale robbery, and the nation limit financial ruin, is to remove the Radical thieves from power, and put good Democrats in their places.—Reeding Eagle. Will this Berks county organ of Deni cratic honesty and purity inform us whether its Congressman, Maj. J. Lawrence Getz, did not aid and assist, before the Revenue Department at 'Wash ington, in hushing up a number of whis key and beer frauds perpetrated by his Democratic constituents of Reading, and whether many thousands of dollars were not " stolen from the people" by Demo cratic and Conservative officials and pol iticians in and for Old Berks ? Come, gentlemen, toe the mark ! The Great General. The Copperheads are constantly parad ing the assertion that General Grant recklessly sacrificed his troops. The fact is, before he took command, the army of the Potomac lost in killed, wound ed and missing, principally under Mc- Clellan, on the Peninsula, and through Fitz John Porter's treachery at second Bull Run, 145,118 men, whilst the losses under Grant, whose lighting crushed the rebellion, amounted to 106,501 men. The Copperhead Platform,. The platform, as presented to the New York Convention on Tuesday, and swal lowed whole by that body, ought to satis fy every person who, during the war, was, disloyal, and who either fought against the national flag, or rejoiced whenever it was defeated. Briefly stated, the platform is this : Immediate restoration of all the States —that is, that the States which were in rebellion shall be allowed to resume all political privileges, without indemnity for the past or security for the future. Amnesty to all offenders--that Jeffer son Davis, John 11. Surratt, John C. Breckinridge and John C. Braille ought not to be persecuted for their little pec cadilloes. Also, that the said individ uals, and all offenders against the laws, ought to be admitted at once to full poli tical rights, so that the same men who rebelled because they could not rule the United States may be insured the priv ilege of control once more. Repudiation of the public debt by the substitution of currency for payments meant to be, and which were rep resented by the officers of the Govern ment should be, in gold. Equal taxation of all property, includ ing Government bonds. This is non sense. Equal taxation is not desired, and it would be unjust. The design is, by taxing the bonds, to assist further in the scheme of repudiation. Equal currency to all classes, &c., means repudiation, also, under another name. Economy in administration, reduction of the army and navy, abolition of the Freedman's Bureau, &e., is a declaration that the nation ought to weaken her hands so as to allow Southern insolence to ride high once more, and to give over the blacks to their old taskmasters. The declaration in reference to econ omy in the collection of taxes, &c., are really declarations against taxation, and in favor of unlimited repudiation. These are the chief planks of the plat form. There are numerous others, which are made of similar wood, the whole of the resolutions being broad and deter mined declarations against national hon esty, national honor and national justice. The people will again, as they have so often done before, repudiate the plat form and its rebel builders. Organize! Organize : I It is time that our Republican friends should understand that, if they expect to make their majority of the votes of this State effective at the polls in October and November, it will be only accomplished by perfecting their organization and in augurating an active and thorough can vass. We can assure them that, at no time have the opposition laid their plans of operation broader or deeper, or with a more determined resolution to achieve success in some way and at any cost. The habitual, traditional tactics of that party are gross outrages against the laws, and flagrant invasions of the purity of the suffrage. They enter upon the canvass this year with a determination to carry it, and to this end they not only mean to poll every vote lawfully within their reach, but will repeat the villainous frauds of the last autumn, on a still more extended scale. They will colonize in one district, repeat in another, and everywhere that they can will swamp the boxes with fraud ulent and forged certificates of naturali zation. The Clearfield villainies of 1867, to this day unpunished, will be repeated, with confidence in a continued impunity, in other localities of the Commonwealth, and wherever unlawful votes can be forc ed into the boxes, men will be found and the effort will be made. In short, the Copperheads intend to carry Pennsylva nia, not by a fair poll, for they know that to have been for eight years synonymous with Copperhead defeats, but by the un sparing use of every outrageous fraud that experience, impunity and nerve can suggest. Then meet them, friends of Grant and Colfax, by honest, earnest, ef fective ORGANIZATION. Infamous The Intelligencer copies with great gusto a sketch of celebrities attending the rebel copperhead convention at New York. Read the following "One of the most noticeable men in the con vention is Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte Forrest— the hero of Fort Pillow—tall, well-formed, ner vous, and evidently not disinclined to attract attention." "The hero of Fort Pillow" indeed The cold blooded murderer of Union sol diers after they had surrendered. And this bloody scoundrel is complimented by men —no, not men, nincos—who in the same paper have the unparalleled impudence to claim the support of the brave "Boys in Blue" for candidates nominated by such cut-throats as Forrest, Hampton, 3losby and the like. Can impudence further go ? Attention Cops! We would direct the attention of the Saur Kraut Gorillas and others to the following card : U. S. GRANT. ScHUNTER COLFAX, GRANT & CW.FAN, TANNERS, Washingtun, I). C., Respectfully inform the people of the United States that they I\lll be engaged in tanning some (Ad rotten Democratic hides, until alter the 10th day of Noyenther, IStts. The senior member of the firm, having con siderable experience in the business, thinks that, by the help of his partner, all work will be done in a satistlictory manner. Reference—Generals Buckner, Pemberton, R. E. Lee, and other distinguished persons of the same persuasion. The Black Flag The platform of the Ku-Klux Wilkes Booth Copperhead "Democracy," is RE PUDIATION. This is its practical feature —all else is clap-trap and demagogery. REPUDIATION—bare, bold and unblush ing—is the black flag under which the party of treason will sail. We accept the issue, and "will fight it out on that line." father , Bb,rallant's Kips. FELONY is the distinctive badge of the Copperheads—a party of crime and fraud. Heretofore its most efficient argument has been ASSASSINATION—now it is RE PUDIATION of honest debts. A precious set of villains ! THE dough-faced Wilkes Booth Ku- Kluxers at New York dared not own the soldiery of the Republic in the presence of the leaders of the rebel Confederacy. How Hampton and the bloody murderer Forrest (who the Intelligeneer styles a hero !) must have despised the trembling cowards who thus denied their flag and its bearers ! They must have dreamed themselves back on their old plantations before the war, when they saw these "Democrats" (heaven save the mark 1) as they never saw the negro soldiers, at Fort Pillow or anywhere else—cowed JUDGE WOODWARD, the man who de cided as Judge of the Supreme Court, that soldiers in the field had no right to vote, was the man who presented the committee of soldiers to the Copperhead National Convention. What a friend of the soldiers these Ku-Tiluxers are THE Ku-Klux Wilkes Booth Cops. have not a word to say in their platform for the country, or aught a patriot holds dear. Not one word for a land saved and freedom gained, and most damning of all, not one word of gratitude or thanks to the soldiers, who squelched treason and trai tors. And yet this party of rebels and their sympathizers have the hardihood to claim that the soldiers will support their candidate ! Can impudence and assur ance further go ? A FELLOW named Ewing, who was a General in the Union army during the war, said in a speech at New York that he wanted to " asssociate with thousands against whom we fought during the war 1" meaning, of course, rebels who starved Union soldiers at Andersonville and other hell-holes in the South. He'li a pretty representative of Union soldiers, truly 1 How do you like him, brave Boys in Blue ? THE Lancaster Intelliyencer calls the butcher Forrest, the hero of Fort Pillow, and styles Gen. Grant a butcher ! Can any true Union soldier stand that ? Let us have a look at him ROBERT E. LEE and his Democratic Generals met in council on the 4th of July, 1863, near Gettysburg, Pa., and unanimously resolved to " git." Pem berton and his generals met in council at Vicksburg, July 4th, 1863, and unanimous ly resolved to accept the polite invitation of General Grant to surrender " uncon ditionally." The meeting of Democratic Generals in New York on the 4th of July, 1868, will be followed by the great final triumph of Union, Liberty and Civi lization over fraud, tyranny and treach ery. THE North Carolina Legislature hav ing organized, both Houses adopted the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The Legislature of Louisiana has also adopted the amend ment. I NEVER was in favor of general am nesty until the time should come when it would he safe to give it.—Grant. I STATED the law was binding upon me, constutional or not, until set aside by the proper tribunal—a doctrine that will do to stand by.—Grant. •IF chosen President, I shall have nd policy of my own to enforce against the will of the people—Grant. Tun notorious Toombs, of Georgia, is organizing the Democratic party of that State, composed principally of the men he recently commanded in the armies of the rebellion. THE New York Tribune predicts that Grant and Colfax will receive more votes than were ever given before to a presi dential ticket, and a larger majority than Lincoln received over McClellan. THE Springfield Republican avers that there are thousands of Democrats who, notwithstanding the clamour against.mil itary Presidents, like a general who knows and minds his own business better than a Chief Justice who don't. The new Democratic campaign badge —the apple blossom—is to be worn on the nose. THE Tallahasse (Florida) Sentinel has changed proprietors and hoisted the Republican flag. Long may it wave!
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