Father Abraham. (Reading, Pa.) 1864-1873, September 04, 1868, Image 2

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LANCASTER, l'A
FRIDAV, SEPTEMBER 1, IS6S.
" I shoal Mort• eo poliey Of 1111/ o 0•11 to Po -
force offerin.ll the mi ll of thy people "
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
" MATCH 'EM."
_V".IT LOY _1 ' K ET.
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Gen. I TLYSSI..:--i GRANT,
OF THE ITNITED STATES
Vie Presidepti:
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
OF INDIANA
.STATE TICKET.
Auditor General:
Oen. .1 NO. F. ll_ R:fit:N.NFT,
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Surveyor General:
JACOB M. CAMPBELL,
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
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COUNTY TICKET.
01-11 C .1. I,IIIIIA 111', Marietta
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Dlt. J. C. CATCH ELI., :I.lartie.
CArT. vc.w.lll)l , KiNs, city.
PETERs, l'onostoga.
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l:Ia)I:(:li ER. City
Couo/y Comm 1,11 r:
JAC , ) 11 C. 10110EA1)V, Nanor
HENRY POWNALL, Lan.
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Dio,•;crs Qf l'oor.
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CONRAD GAST,
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POL I TICA L
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MI
Ey, 1 , , 541,, of I,anca,tcr. a, a candidato for
1-n'o,ject to tilt, tievi,jon of 111. , Itopubncan
votors at privairy elt•clion on SatiMiay, `or_
loniber 19tL, hi;s.
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ure authorized to allt.unnee
A. HEW.; 57 , . 11 11. I,:tne:e-ler city, a• aen 11-
didate rer l'engt ~ 1 1, , ject to the ,lechdon of the
liepuldican I,ceple at the pritnury elect sat -
urday, September
aro author
izoti to ,ay ALEX' N 11. olt, 11 , 4/, Of
Lau; NN a calk.li,late for 1110 1111..K
-loircd tcrtit in of lion. 'i • iu Slt•VI
,•11L.irt . 1 ti , rllll , of the ltcpublit•att I,;tvly
"EvEHYBoDY READS
FATHER ABRAHAM.'
CIRCULATE THE DOCUMEVr.,
ANOTHER REDUCTION OF TERMS.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS Ti.) CLUBS!
After September 11th, " FATHER
ABIZAII-131 will be furnished at the fol-
lowing rate
One copy for
Five copies in a package to one ad-
DIEM
Ten copies in a package to one ad-
MEE
Fifty copies in a packa, , ..te to one ad-
dress
There will be no further reduction of
price during the campaign. Therefore
Clubs and individuals who desire to serve
the good cause by placing the best and
cheapest campaign paper into the hands
of the people, should at once forward
(heir orders. We ought to circulate at
least twenty-live thousand copies every
week before the first of October. Per-
ions getting up clubs will bear in mind
that, at the above rates, We cannot ad
dress each paper, but only send them in
packages as may he directed by those
getting up the club.
THE Oil country is all ablaze for Grant
and Colfax. Old Venango held an im
mense Republican meeting at Franklin
on Monday evening. The Young Men's
Grant Club turned out with full ranks in
a torchlight procession.
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W A It: C :
OLD VEIZMONF HEARD FROM
THE GREEN MOU TAi BOYS
HAVE SPOKEN
36.,000 IZ EN - 131.1(AN .NAJOIZITI"
v,i , i'r,Lik',\N ,V 1 N
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\VE 4):\I!NG,
1'ATI1E1: ABEAII.IM
('f).M!N(;!
The election for Governor and other
State officers took Place in Vermont on
Tuesday last, and resulted in the election
of the Republican candidates by
THIRTY - THOUSAND MAJORITY!
Being a Republican gain of about TEN
7110
AN 0 THER, G UN:
THE BLUE TIEN'S
LITT Li.
The election for Mayor in the city of
IVihninvton. held on Tuesday last, re
suited in It !dorious REPUBLICAN \ 11-
TORY, and 1 iv a largely increased majority.
_1 Glbrioirs Record
The histery of the %Tublivan party is
indeed a prund recent. Inherithui:
bankrupt treasury, a dishonored credit,
and a gigantic rebellion. from the traitor
ous ..,Uministration which preceded their
advent to power in .1; , 61. the Republic:in: ,
heroically and snecessfull - ,- rapplcd with
and comiured all these obstacles to the
life and pr0u....e:..s of the nation. They re
plenished the treasury they redeemed
our credit ; they subdued the mightiest
rebellion that ever confronted civil
power since gl;vernments Were instituted '
among men t they struck the shackles
from four or human bein! , s, and
gave them every civil right under the
Constitution and the laws. And while
accomplishing these herculean tasks, the
Republican party administered the Gov
' eminent so wisely that prosperity has
been all the One abroad in the the land ;
*teat business enterprises have been
undertaken and successfully prosecut
ed ; factories have been built ; flirests
subdued. ; farms brought under cultiva
tion; navigable rivers improved ; thou
sands of miles of railway constructed:
the continent spanned by telegraph
wires; the two oceans well nighconnected
h}• a road of iron ; the emigrant protected
on the remotest frontier; Territories
carved out of the wilderness domain ; and
new States of promise and power added
to the National Union.
What other party in the history of
this country ever confronted such difficul
ties? What other party ever gained such
vietorie?
"Pit ,Sch wefflebrennep."
ME
The "Pennsylvanisch Deitsh" letters
from " Pit Schwelllebrenner" are every
where pronounced decidedly the most
perfect productions of the kind that ever
appeared in print. Probably no feature
of FATTIER ABRAHAM contributes as
much towards the great popularity of the
paper as these productions.
ME
MEI
We do not claim for them more than
ordinary wit and humor, but only perfec
tion as to the peculiar dialect. One thing,
however, is wanted to make them perfect
in every respect, and that is, in writing
as it is actually spoken by that class of
Democrats to which "Pit Schwefflebren-
Der" belongs, it would he necessary also
to give the many coarse and vulgar oaths
and expressions which characterize their
utterances. As our paper is FATnEn
_ABRAHAM, and not a La D enio , ra t,
these letters can only appear in such a
shape as to lit them for reading in all
places and among civilized and christian
ized people. The writer is, of course,
himself a " Pennsylvania Dutchman,"
and permanently engaged on FATHER
ABRAHAM—the only paper in the coun
try in which they appear regularly and
originally every week.
"ND I; LI E ?"
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DELAWANE HEXED 1:1:0.71.1!
ehrepinci (f• the Times.
C , lloNyuy Cra ford
\ tl(lmlia. a lomlii 1 , 2 :
polit 'oa, :111.4 rcliutim •pd fl u ,
( •,,i pari . v.:l; , .( l (Trani_ ul
Colfax.
'l'll ,, 1 ricii[l , wc,(l ( 4,11 ax
very 1•irillitl , 111 I,IIZPIIIe ci)tinty
ill t I,i^ :"•klie, licp(lorore
Detn“eraAii•inajoritics. The :Curti'-
nu ti c] . '11()!rit.
~u , nucL;ulua. Putter. l\lclican and AVar
ren—will ;ill increase their Itcpublican
EIS
Joseph Esq.. proprietor of the
extensive. Union Boiler Works in the
city of _Reading. a German of ' , Nat in
fluence. and heretofore a staunch Demo
crat. has avowed himself for Grant and
Colfax. amid, as an appropriate recogni
tion of his influence and patriotism, he was
on Saturday last tmanimouslv nominated
as the Republican candidate for Sheriff
of Berks count v.
The Wed.' y New:?, puhlished at River
head. Long bland. lieretul'i,re a neutral
paper.has run up the tla , fur Grant and
U)Ila
11 m. Win. 11iclutnl , on. ('hippeway
ounty, Uliin. onp Ow I)tinoratic
l'Cllt iVi. Lilllllllitt CC. 1111 , 1(1•4 ilt•clare(l ha.
Grant anti ('011,1:;.
TLc Democrats county, IV.
Virilinia, nominated .1. F. 'line, Esq.,
for County ..k.:sessor. Ali.lliue re:• , ented
the iinplied question as to his patriotism,
;Ind at once avowed himself for Grant
and Colfax in the most emphatic manner.
The Montour ...inicricau says a large
number of naturalized citizens of that
county who have heretofore voted the
Democratic ticket are now openly for
Grant and Colfax.
The nomination of Seymour alai Inair
was too 11111(.11 for the San Jose (Cal.)
, which paper has just hoisted the
Grant ttml Colfax flag.
At the recent election in Montana
Territory the Republicans made a clear
'min of nearly six hundrml votes.
Col. - Harris, Ex-Mayor of Cincinnati,
and Collector of the First Ohio Revenue
District, is out for Orant and Colfax.:lnd
takes the stump. Ile ha ,, run the John
son machine in that city for two years.
I.ll , diteen members of the White
Boys in Blue — in Muncie, Ind.. have be
come disgusted with the Copperhead or
ganization, and joined the Fighting
Boys in Mlle."
Hon. .Toint lull, of Jason county,
11" est Virginia—a dele! , ate at the late
New York Democratic Convention,
which nominated Seymour. is out in favor
of (;rant and Colfax.
ifit del phill.
The prospects of a brilliant Republican
victory in the great city of Philadelphia
are , ettiing brighter every day. The
work of thorough and perfect organiza
tion is going on rapidly hi every ward
and election precinct, and the local ticket
, vives entire satisfaction to all elements
of the Republican party. The Germans
of the party are stronger now than ever
befin.e, and rapidly addin! ., new members
to their clubs. On Monday evening of
last Nveek they organized a German Cam
pain Club at Thirteenth and Spring
Garden streets, on which occasion an able
speech was made by Dr. J. 11. Seltzer.
The reception of Gen. Carl Schurz on
Saturday evening last, and his powerful
speech, also in the German language,
did a very good work. The various ward
mass meetings of the party are well at
tended. On Tuesday evening of last
week, "FATIIER ALRAIIA3I" had the
honor of addressing the Grant, Colfax
and Myers Club, of the Thirteenth ward,
on which occasion the lion. Leonard
Myers made a powerful and unanswer
able speech, liven the candid men
among his political opponents admit that
he will be triumphantly re-elected to
Congress, and his friends claim at least
a thousand majority hi the district, which
has always been a very close one. We
desire to record our deliberate convic
tion, that Philadelphia will roll up a ma
jority of live thousand for Hartranft and
Campbell in October next, and thus
settle the Presidential question beyond
the shadow of a doubt.
imc
Let Them (Mile On.
The late leaders of the rebellion who
have come to the front as leaders of the
Democratic party, ...eom iinXlOiis f or
another war. It their words mean ally
thhr they intend there shall be one.
s o far as we under , tand the feelings of
they will (Incline no
the Boys in 'Blue,
necessity. Ilia let this be understood:
If there must he another appeal to arms,
the conflict will be short but very decisive.
If Toombs, Hampton, Semmes, Forrest
Co., have not had enough of fighting,
let them be gratified. Our impression is
that after that few of the leaders who
talk so defiantly now would ever be heard
of as delegates and platform makers in
Democratic conventions.
f'wwi.; fpf,—stidm
Erma all - wk. c.v.; loam. \\Th
that the ('‘)11 , 41•(----i(11:11 11 4 )111111:W1(111 IaVS
Dickey:Hid
11' it wt rt' (ill ,, ti(dl t() 111(11.
I‘(' 1V1,111(1 11(ot II,tV(• '.1()1 , 1 til
it, ;VS vv ;1(•t ;Mil t„ IW. entinly
;."k (•ither
candidate. I;ut ha \ - 1' (ill( V 0) (liS-
charge, ltepaltiicau i,oaritali , ts,
that to call upon (•vcry llepuhlicau
votor of the collnty 14) pUt all cud
01 tilt' Sl . Cret oalll- 1, t)1111d or:4 • 11111Zatil)11
of Thtt,n2:2•cry. Ti) have the ._freat IZciatl
lican party or lAtuca , tcr comity ruled hy
an organization or ring - or office seekers
—an organization which exists only for
the purpose of SlTUrill'4' otlitTs, contracts '
and fat
,jobs for those Itelonoing to it, is
simply disgraceful. Should the Thug
candidate he nominated. the result will
o far to establish and perpetuate the
power of the chief to decide, for all time,
who shall and who shall not enjoy the
confidence of the Ilepuldicap party of
Lancaster county. Ellwood Griest is the
Thug-llinr candidate. The Chief has
issued his decree. that no man can hope
tOr sttcye: , s next year. or 111 ti innnedi-
ate Whi) dare , lA , 111 his or
ganizathm of political lq.okcrs, )1
and office seekvrs ! And many otlwr-
wise good Mel]. We hare reason JO be
lieve, are entirely under his control, and
feel compelled to do his work.
If the Old Huard is to preserve her
well earned, reputation it' her
,rand
majority of over six thousand is to he
brou, , ht to the polls on the second Tues
day of October next, and if every Repub
lican shall have a fair field tor nomination
hereafter. the on:anizathm of Thuery
must he broken up HMV. This, in our
judgment, can only lie Mlle by conceit
tratint: the independent and honest Re
publican voters ou 0..1. _Dickey. It can
not be Clone hr scaTterim: the vote upon
several candidates. Let every Republi
can look this truth sfinarely in the face.
Now is the time to ventilate this subject
in plain En . ulish. Lay, tt , ide all personal
considerations and pcil a solid vote f or ,
O.J. Dicker.
Ii irte'h Tl,eiu:
The h 0
in the . ...smith are hated theyare
tin• 0.7), r/ow,. freedein. the (w,-(1,1
schi),,l-hom-in. the rrint in
Inr~, anal if
1111 111a11111 . 11Cturv. Dui
(I.waled illVa(1‘ , (1 1)V
! , (1. carpet-i):lL:•ers - 2e1111( . -
111011 NV11() will Islip! c00.1 . 01 , -ri,iored natn-
raliZ:lt papt r I . (•V4llVer, :111(1 S( inner
ballot,. - We fear from rella source!..:
thaC on , anizatiun , ari on foot in Balti
more. and the cmudies iu 7.llaryland that
horder southern l'ennsylt - ania, to send
upon us thousand , of Hirst' peripatetic
patriots—Most of them ex-rebel soldier-.
who, 11:tvin,2: lost the ri Lt to vote in their
own State. not onl . \ - exercise that ri , .4 - ht in
dellituct. of
. ;11:41...y. but supplement the
:isstunpt ion by prepitrinL4 to Vl , le in l'enn
syll-ania in () , ...tuber. But \V(' have a sits
picimt that t'oniederate carpet
lmg2:ers will that thenisolve-:
ag,ain by the same 111 lyS in ]flue"
aNtmilitance they rimile at Appo
mattox and Vicksburg.
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Retrwpert i
In 1.6.4, when (;rut was hrthling Lee
in his grasp in the rebel capital, and Sher
man was lighting his bloody way to At
lanta, when patriot hearts were cheered
by the hope of • soon subjugating the
rebellion, the Democratic party assem
bled at Chicago. - Horatio Seymour pre
sided. The convention, inspired by
slavery, and in sympathy with their rebel
Democratic friends in rebellion, resolved
that the war is a failure," and demand
ed " cessation of hostilities.'' The Re
publican party met in convention, de
clared for the complete abolition of
slavery, the subjugation of the rebellion,
and the re-electiim of Abraham Lincoln.
The Democracy, boastful as is its wont,
received 21 out of 2:;4 electoral votes,
and was beaten by a popular majority of
more than 400,000 votes. 156 will be
the counterpart of 1864.
Which is Right?
The New York lror/d, the Copperhead
organ. say► that General Grant, as a sol
dier, is" destitute of ideas and incapable
of foresight.'' Lieut. General Sherman,
the gallant soldier, in his address before
the Army of the Tennessee, last Novem
ber, says : " After a whole year of toil
and battle, varied in adventure that
would fill a volume, that renowned for
tress (Vicksburg) succumbed at last to
the army and navy. led by two heroes
that have no superiors in any country,
and both of whom still live to reap the
reward of their labors—Grant and Por
ter." Loyal men and " Boys in Blue,"
which do you believe—the lies of the
Copperhead sheet, or the words of the
brave General Sherman? Answer at
the polls in October and November next.
n.-P;(1 Lref ri
the I,eople of l'ennsyll•ania are
compelled to pay enormous taxes created
hy the lane neinr,cratic war :u2;:linst the
the \- have the consolation to know
that under the able and faithful financial
administration of .1()Ini Ilartranfi,
Auditor (enc.rol. the State debt has 11(.1.11
reduced more than jiretiii//iews(./
At this rate our entire State debt \vill
paid ill ten or twelve years. Of course.
every citizen or the cuininwiwcaith
desires a continued reduction of taxes,
anti a faithful manacinent ()I' public
finances will Note for 1.111 , , honest, ahle
and accomplished inthlic servant.
I=2l
i&'1» e ill be 1'
Republicans of the "Old Guard, — when
asked to support Ellwood Grie:t as your
nominee for Con;Tess, that that gen
tleman W:IS iutiucutial in the defeat
of the two wounded soldiers, Captain
Godschalk and MRior Itch - meld for re
nomination to the Le!Tislature. What. do
you think of it, soldiers of Lancaster
county'. Can you support such a man ?
'We !mos , not
i1, , c1,0,1 !La', 11,i,
coniityort ,, v,
thcr , o". 1«ali not. N% it,ll wiihmi
relm . n tip.ref“r, any inimoy fq•
rhocili'd hy Luu, ui %i huh uiat
I' in ilk 1111410 r leis ivililri,l, by
(dike, ho,liall giiilty (,I a IniN
d,inea,,cr in writ , . and ,(n lot inn sentomeod
to pay ;I lino 1 0 4 o: , .. vedin2, SION), and tider-
Lc , ; ill hy ~ ,r mato nr s(litary
,•,, , ,iNnonl,:d at 1;11,(11., the 11'ar.S:
;rid hi sllll lii hiliol` thcrt'ailOr
1111. ;Chi iht• sail
tl4.l . lart•il the Cnffil't
Does an imdy know of any treasurer
of the county of Lancaster, not now iu
his ()nice, who has had money on deposit
in any Bank in Lancaster county, for
which he received a per tentage ? If any
hods does know, let him .I:)eak out. for
such treasurer, we think, ought not to he
elected to Congress.
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itorrespontrtnrc.
1 7 1.rt' J'y
LDIT01; FAMER ABIZAIIAM—A ,
friend of Col. )..1. _Dickey for l'ono..ress.
I deem it inv duty to call particular at
tention to that rule of the party which
makes the unsuccessful candiotate nor
.11nIzc on eli•ctiin, district au Inspector,
i.o) as to i2.ive the minority. as well as the
majority. a representation in the election
l'ooard. and thus -mull infainst halloot
hox stuilitez, or other frauds. All I a-k,
iond would hisist upon, is a fair election
and a fair count or the votes to he cast
thrtau_o:hout the county. To secure this,
let the friends of ('al. Dickey, or of any
other candidate who may be in a minor
ity in certain 'townships, he sure to run a
candiolatc for .Ind.ze. in every district, so
as to securc at least one Inspector. it not
the Jud...e.
New aa 41 o' el:—(.;rvrnrl Dem o
-I.llllol' (IMF Nor t , lly Carr
-1011 j.ll Ohl Berks--Specch. Sony,
l'o.qry aad I"ar y
1~,~~>i::~.~rn~rr..ln~;u:•t:II,
Professor L. ravioli Clark, hailin_
from the far down sands of New Jersey,
and labeled " The Actor. Author, Poet,
Ventriloquist, Magician, Vocalist and
Philosopher." just published a hand-bill
an d programme for a - Seymour and
Blair tirand Parlor Concert and Variety
Entertainment at Seltzer Hall," in the
classic and ancient town of Womeisdorf,
11t llarricks County." Prof. Clark
announces to the astonished native de
mocracy of Womelsdorf and vicinity,
that he will introduce " two of his great
est pieces," and also " an immense va
riety of other novelties too numerous to
mention that before the concert he
Nvill speak from the front of the hotel on
the political questions of the day—he
being an eloquent speaker and a sound
democrat,' for he says so himself. He
" will prove clearly and conclusively that
the niggers are determined to rule this
country, and crush out the white race en
tirely," not only in the States of the
South, but everywhere ! He pledges
himself to prove that there is a decided
difference betsveen niggers and white
democrats. Prof. Clark calls upon all
good, sound democrats," who are yet
tree from the pernicious influence of free
schools—democrats who are not guilty
of the stupendous folly of spending their
hard earnings for such worthless trash as
country soap and fine tooth combs, to
turn out on this glorious occasion, and
give their quarters lthe price of admis
sion) to enjoy the grand entertainment
and help Mr. Clark along in the good
cause he has undertaken." As an ad
ditional inducement for democrats to
rally ill their !night for this moral, po
litical, social and intellectual democratic
parlor entertainment of novelties and
varieties, a "subscription list" has been
opened " at the office of the Seltzer
llouse;" which means, at the bar, where
all sorts of red hot democratic refresh
ments may be obtained in a liquid state,
" at all hours of the day (and night) in
order that thosa who cannot attend the
grand concert and variety entertainment
may have an opportunity of showing .
their appreciation of Prof. Clark's labors
in carrying on his good work, by sub
scribing their names, and placing a sub
stantial token, in the shape of a 25 cent
stamp, in the hands of the clerk of the
Hotel," whereupon each depositor will
be entitled to one drink of the " very
IfEmyFIELD