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The Irish Vote
It is an extraordinary anomaly in
political economy that the Irish should
vote with the so-called Democratic party;
so-called, because the party is not Dem
ocratic—the Republicans being the real
Simon Pures. The Irish fly from oppres
sion only to become oppressors. They
ask for freedom but deny it to others.
This course convicts them of insincerity,
of injustice, of meanness. What wonder
that the cause of this unhappy people is
held cheap by the Republicans? For
fifty years the Irish have hob-nobbed
with the Democrats—for fifty years they
have endured broken heads and bloody
noses—for fifty years, outside of New
York, they have received nothing for
their services. Who will say that the
Irish are not a patient, long-suffering,
humdle people ? But
. they will grow
wiser by-and.-by
LANCASTER, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1868.
(--
,11 !St talletiltS.
I . tit'
TWO Copperh cads.
Two Copperheads! two Copperheads!
tiee'how th e y 2 ;.(:e! see how they eaze!
They luul•: to the - .:lcorth, and they look to the
Smith,
Tlioy llok every IN - ay to see the White Ihms(
But they will till it is nix cum aniuso,
To two co H ttot,;ltts! to two c,,oportwati:t:
'l'%vo Copperhoatis! t Ivo eopyleritea&!
11(11V run! see how they run!
They run t:1 to t iut t the 1losi , !0,1!'s chair,
.flitt they will tin,l a 41.1.ai, ;e l ier 3 l
(In, ‘rho th,lll slop au.l
These t \vo Cr,pp(A•Lea,lt! 'nose two Copi,er-
heads !
Two Copperhea d s! two ComuYhea,ls!
llear how they his hear how they hiss!
They hiss at the nig!.. , , - er, but want his aid,
While they are makinYg anotlwr I* raid.,
Hut Stnitio is still a little
Of N o Corperhp& ! o 1 IWu Cf prltheadS !
TWo CoppolllcadS! tWO !
tier how I Ley coil ! See how they coil!
ThoyCnll 10 destroy our nation a,uahl,
But they will find I heir heads hill of pain,
For they shall he bruised and both of them
slain—
Two (lead Copperheads! two dead Copper
heads!
0 UR, FUTURE.
AN ELOQUENT SPEECH IIY GENERAL
SE ER R3l AX
Contrast the following extract from
the gallant Lieut. Ueneral Sherman's
speech at the annual reunion of the Army
of the TCIIIICSSeC at tit. Louis, last NO
enlbUr, with Frank Blair'6 revolutionary
letter :
"Ilov; ptinklatioiti, I won part it ioi•ii
Lc the royal. \\ - l• r 1 lli North
nog!, litho fathers, brot'oers, sons,
att , l zzi.o %\ lilt a Na,l 111L
tion;t1 lit 11., iu fact, ill law, :Ind
cr, 1 Itolw. to aity .
itint in Altioii , ;l. COI cccry coil i
Local.' a', ILA. :' , onth, and you who \vent svith
tit:!:, land c:ln if they, too,
1;•;,&i:ly puni-;11,•d. ,\ooorninv,
iii ovo . v ; tcritlt a iu hard
;it'l'' , IMO Vdtt,lo faro O .
Liiit watt ; Iltrir
5y!...1, in or 1;;!y,,I . zt,in;LH
v..,,d and roil. !Jove:ly, ;.;!td di•tiv,s
(,i , rywhere, aod unto the
, „p_ s hpA' to Cleft stocl; her proud
ntrn hoLL,ing for paidon : ;tilw.tling for per
to rai, , ! food for (I,,ir olulan^t; Loo
,000.000 slaves frvo, and their valrte lost to
thPir Vtf.'lllol' I.l,;'l."k"Pr.
- I lov: any t-tt nub' n gentleman, with these
facts pi;tin antilcdp:ahlcttcrywitere staring . ghat
ill till' thieve: . in the Book of
history. can still boast, of his lost cause - or
siwak of it. in lauguat,t‘ other than that of sl tame
and sorrow, hisses my understanding; and in
stead of being revived, I know that their lost
ecuse will sink deeper and deeper into hifitiny
115 time more keenly probes its hidden stor
ies awl reveals them to the light of (lay.
N utw that slavery is gone, and : gone fitrever,
with its unhappy wreck, left )(eland, and all
danger is passed of any set of' men again ap
pealing to war milell'"they have courts to secure
their rights and redress their wrongs, I would
trust our national destiny again to those grand
old natural laws which taised our country
through the long, tediottos vassalage of coloniza
tion ; which carried us safrly through the ordeal
of our Revolutionary war, made our flag famous
on the high seas in 1812, led our conquering
army to the gates of Mexico in 1847, and has
borne us gloriously through four years of as
hard a war as ever tested the manhood of any.
people.
"Let us revive, as far as lies in our individ
ual power, that system which 13auctlitt tells,
guided our fathers before the Revolution—the
system which has been revealed in Judea—the
system which combines and perfects the sym
bolic wisdom of the Orient, and reflective
genius of Greece—the system conforming to
reason, yet kindling with enthusiasm ; always
hastening reform, yet always conservative;
proclaiming absolute equality among men, yet
not suddenly abolishing the unequal institu
tions of society ; guaranteeing absolute freedom,
yet involving the inexorable restrictions of duty ;
in the highest degree theoretical, yet in the
highest degree practical; awakening the inner
Man to a consciousness of his destiny, and
yet adapted with exact harmony to the outer
world ; at once divine and human. This sys
tem was professed in every part of our widely
extended country, and cradled our freedom.
"With such a spirit pervading all our coun
try once more; with our population increasing
thirty-three per cent. every ten years; with our
national wealth developing in even a greater
ratio; with our frontiers pusing back in every
direction; with farms and villages and cities
rapidly covering our vast domain ; with mines
of gold, and silver, and iron, and coal, pouring
out wealth faster than ever did the cotton-fields
of the South; with 40,000 miles of finished
railroads, and other thousands in rapid progress
—can any one doubt our present strength or
calculate our future destiny ? if our friends at
the South will heartily and cheerfully join with
us in this future career, I for one would wel
come them hack as our equals, but not our stt-
Periors [applause], and lend them a helping
hand ; but if; like spoiled children, they will
cling to the dead past, and shut their eyes to
the coming future, 1 would only call their at
tention to that wave of emigration that has
swept over our land front the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and must soon turn back and flow
South. [Applause.] They may oppose, but
their opposition will be as vain as it was fbr
them to try to stop the Army of the Tennessee,
which swept the length and breadth of their
land. The next wave of Northern invasion
will not desolate their land, but will fructify
and regenerate it.''
Enipty Sleeves
An exehaugo says: "In our streets, ill
our offices. on our farms, everywhere we
meet 'empty sleeves ;' sleeves that the
wind blows against broken ribs, whips
about crippled bodies ; sleeves whose
emptiness tells of arms blown off in bat
tle ; of arms lost in strife for the life of a
nation ; of arms shattered with Ilte , in
hand. Empty sleeves that speak more
eloquently than tongue or typ e of
triotism, of courage, of faith in the adit,
of hope in Justice ; empty sleeves that
tell of honor upheld, of a nation saved. of
homes defended, of valor, of (hiring ;
empty sleeves that tell how desperately
rebellion fought against the life o f a peo
ple empty sleeves that tell how well the
defenders of that people did their glori
ous work ; empty sleeves that ever
how lives were risked and liinbs•
sacrificed in putting down those who tired
on the nation's flag and trailed it in the
dust ; empty sleeves that constantly re
buke those who did their utmost to niake
slavery national and freedom sectional;
empty sleeves that tell of southern
prisons, of the " dead lines around hu
man cattle pens, tell of abuse, of need
less suffering, ofstarvation; empty sleeves,
whose wearers are living rembnlers of
Libby, of Andersonville, and those other
hells in winch Union so ldi ers , w h o fought
for the old flag of liberty against the
rebel tlat of slavery, were tortured, and
bruised, and starved, and murdered, and
denied decent burial when dead; empty
sleeves that tell of the tenacity of human
slavery, and the determination of South
ern minority to lord over and rule a
Northern majority. Are the h o norable
and honored men whose armless sleeves
meet, us at every turn going for the party
that tired on old Sumpter? Are these
men about to tell the world that the old
flag ought to have been trailed in the
dust at Sumpter? Are they going to say
that (:rant ought to have surrendered to
Lee—that, the rebel tiag o u ght now to
wave from the dome of the nation's Cap
itol? If theSebraVe Melt desire to. peak
thus, and to see the rebel Van.; on every
flagstaff in the land, they will vote for
Seymour; but if they believe that they
fou!it on the right side—believe that
Grant was right in causing Lee's surrender
er—believe that the old hag of our lathers
is the flag of tile nation—then they will
vote rorGrant. , Godtterelid the right."'
l'ael.q to l)( Iteroilretpd
TAXPAYERS SHOULD RECOLLECT that
Dennwratie trelv.on cost the country
Five Thousand . 1\ fillions of Dollars, and
the annually accruing int crest and liabili
ties.
TAX PAYERS SROULD RECOLLECT that
a Republican Administration has reduced
the annual rate of taxation One Hundred
and Fifty Millions of Dollars.
TAXPAYERS SHOULD RECOLLECT that
Buchanan's Administration trebled the
public debt in time of peace.
TAXPAYERS SHOULD RECOLLECT that
a Democratic Administration doubled
the Public Debt in two years after the
Mexican War.
TAXPAYERS SHOULD RECOLLECT that
Democrats propose to tax" every species
of property."
TAXPAPERS SHOULD RECOLLECT that
Buchanan's Administration had to pay
twelve per cent. interest on its borrowed
money, and then could only get a tenth
of what it wanted, owing to a lack of
public confidence.
TAXPAYERS SHOULD RECOLLECT that
a Republican Congress has relieved from
taxation ten thousand different articles,
and that the Democracy proposes to re
impose those taxes.
TAXPAYERS SHOULD RECOLLECT that
a Republican Administration has reduced
the Debt since the close of the war ac
count Five Hundred Millions of Dollars.
In solving the problem of national fi
nances, the American people should re
member that the debt was caused by the
men and the party who are supporting
Seymour and Blair, and threatening
another rebellion if they succeed.
" DentOeratFC " Principles.
Semmes, the pirate, in a speech at
Mobile, Alabama, said : " I have been a
Democrat all my life—before the war, dur
ing the war,since the war—and fought the
war on the principles of Democracy, and
as such I drew my sword against the old
flag. * * * * * *
The grand old Democratic party has risen
from the long slumber in which it has in
dulged, and now gives signs of new life
and vitality, and I have come here to
night from the country to ratify and re
joice withyou in the nomination of Sey
mour and Blair."
LIKE LIKES LIKE.—The New York
World lately called General Grant
"Grant, the Great American Barkis, or
dumb-waiter," and in the same issue allu
ded to General Lee as " this grand old
soldier." The next day it remarked that
"the Democratic speakers treat General
Grant with marked courtesy and forbear
ance." Considering that the "Great
American 13arkis" forced "this grand old
soldier" to surrender, and brought the
rebellion to an end, it is very generous
in the Democratic speakers to treat him
with forbearance.
Seymoup's Next Speech to a Mob
The Detroit Fog( says, after Seymour
gets into the White House (if he ever
gets there) and Southern Democrats, led
by Wade Hamyton, "the butcher" For
rest, Admiral Semmes, 13 eauregard and
Wise, have risen in insurrection to " dis
perse the carpet-bag state governments,"
and make a sudden rush on Washington,
to seize the capitol, '• compel the Senate
to submit," and declare Southern inde
pendence, President Seymour will ad
dress them, from the steps of the capitol,
as follows :
My rniuNns: I have come over here
from the quiet of the White House to see
what was the difficulty—to learn what
the trouble was concerning the Govern
ment. Let me assure you that lam your
friend. [Uproarious rebel yells, led by
Wade Ilampton.] You have been my
friends netts from Forrest's butchers,
Yes, that's so], and now I assure you, my
fellow Democrats, that I am here to show
you a test of my friendship. (The old
rebel yell from - Wise's batallion.l I wish
to inform you that I have sent my private
secretary to the different departments to
have this Government stopped. [Pro
longed rebel yell,.] I now ask you as
good Democrats, to wait for his return ;
and I assure you that .1 Nv i 1 1 do all I can
to see that there is no resistance, and no
11;1011 done to any of you. I wish you to
take good care of all government proper
ty, as Democrats, and see that Admiral
ti ef uni es only gets his share. The safe
keeping of the public property and ar
chives rests with you : and fI charge you
to take possession of them. It is your
duty to maintain possession of the city;
and I know you will do it. I wish you
now to separate as good Democrats, and
you can assemble again whenever you
wish to do so. I ask you to leave all to
me now, and I will see to your ri! , hts.
\Vait until my private secretary returns
front the departments, and you will be
satisfied. Listen to me. and see that no
radical escapes with any of the public
property, but dispatch him peaceably.
The
Vol.'Ens oF PENNsy ANI A . The
lines are clearly and litirly drawn. Upon
the one side you Mal loyalty to the Con
stitution and the laws, and tqmn the other
side treason and dislamor. E ac h n od
every one has an opportunity to judge
for himself—whether he will join the
band of patriots tinder the leadership of
the treat chieftain Grant, or drc nullifi
cation and repudiation party, under the
leadership of Horatio Seymour. On the
side of Grant you tied such men as Sheri
dan, Sherman, Meade, Geary, Sickles and
others in whom the country trusted dur
ing its hour of trial ; while on the side of
Seymour you find such men as 'Hampton,
Forrest,Price, Beauregard, Semmes, Val
landi!-,hana and others, who for four years
did all that was in their power to destroy
this government and to disgrace that flag
and who to-day, with impudence equalled
only by their crimes, ask you to give up
to them the control of the country, and
repudiate the debt negotiated in order
that their wicked rebellion might be put
down. Choose ye, then, into whose hands
you will place the destinies of this nation
for the next four years. Make up your
minds, and on the second Tuesday of next
month let Pennsylvania speak to her sis
ter States, informing them that the Old
Keystone of the Federal Arch, the Gib
raltar of Loyalty, is awake to the impor
tance of her position, and that her peo
ple, who contributed so much, both in
men and money, to preserve the country
in its hour of direst need, have not for
gotten the traditions of the past, but that
they are capable of discerning between
loyalty and treason, with the honesty to
reward the one and the determination to
punish the other.
Ignomnee at the South.
But for the ignorance of the masses at
the South, blessed peace would have
reigned in the rebel States long since.
This general ignorance appeals to our
pity and charity. Let it be remembered
that schools at the South are few and far
between, and that a very large majority
of the "poor white trash," as the "peo
ple" are often called, can scarcely read
or write. This appalling ignorance is
difficult to manage and secure, and orderly
government will never be realized until
it is overcome. It is from such lips that
we hear the brutal cries of the "damned
Irishman," the "damned Jew," the
"damned Dutchman," the "damned nig
ger," etc. These poor people look upon
every emigrant to their section as an
enemy come to deprive them of the means
of living. Ignorant, lazy, thriftless, what
wonder that they fear the hardy, indus
trious, economical, intelligent new
comer ? But all this will be corrected
and overcome. The' school master will
go to the South, school-houses will be
built, and the next generation will grow
intelligent, patriotic, God-fearing. Great
allowances may well be made for a peo
ple reared amidst the demoralizing and
corrupting influences of slavery.
KILPATRICK'S raid upon the rebels is
to be repeated—this time in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
Scy moll r's Sympathy for Rebels.
Seymour's real disloyalty during the
war is daily receiving fresh exemplifica
tion. A correspondent of the Rochester
Democrat thus describes a remarkable il
lustration of the mariner in which the
sincere sentiments of the Copperhead
candidate were revealed:
In the fall of 1862, the Triennial Epis
copal Convention was held in Trinity
Church, New York City, and the of
October was designated as a special sea
son for services appropriate to the condi
tion of the country. Murray Hoffman,
Dr. Vinton and others moved and advo
cated patriotic resolutions and the elo
quent Mr. Godwin delivered an exhaust
ive speech on the subject, in which he
earnestly pressed their adoption. The
next; day the subject came up a)min, the
questici being on Judge Carpenter's, of
New Jersey, resolution, calling on the
bishop for a form of prayer in relation to
the wicked rebellion now prerailiny in the
land, Jru the safety of the country. and the
success of on o • armies. 11 - mull° 7..;eyn - iour
took the floor and made a long speech in
opposition. He was opposed to pro
nouncing an ()pinion against our Southern
brethren. The measure seemed to loin
like the Pope's hull against tlw comet.
Ile begged them to pause heforecon
demning thousands mid hundreds of thou
sands of brethren, not a man of whom
was there to speak for himself." And
yet this Mall has the brazen assurance to
ask the Boys in Blue, who were at this
time lighting his Southern brethren, 'for
tlwir votes.'
Debt and l'axation.
The Albany Journal speaking of Dom,
and Taxation says : This i, NVilat
talked 11.0011 t. We will ~rati
fy him. Debt and taxation came noon
the cr amtry„ itt co n sequence or a IN !,el
lion initiated and dicta/raged hy I ), : mo..
crud,, prominent amour whom was Ho
ratio Seymour. A Republican Ad
ministration has lar; , ely reduce d the
volume of the debt ;Ind the amount of
tax:Ulm" ill the three years rinse active
hostilities ceased. In two years after
the Mexican - War, a - Democratis Admin
istration trebled the debt, and in four
yea - fs or peace another Democratic Ad
ministration doubled it. The Denturat
ie party proposes to tax equally every
species of property—the _Republicans to
tax 'nothing . except luxuries and incomes,
including :he incomes derived from Gov
ernment bonds,l4 well as from all other
property. There is the whole imestion
in a nutshell.
Oita' Pinar Ices.
In an exhaustive address on national
finances, by Edward Atkinson, of Boston,
that gentleman said:
We then claim that the Beim!)liean party has
.prove.l its intentimi to meet the liabilities of
the country l,c ho.test payment, and to remove
from the pdople at the earliest moment the
en r!-.4' Of all incenverithle lapel currency. I
Lave never hpen entirely convinced of the ne
cessity for the issue of the legal tender notes as
a \var trantstire un.il 1 e kteml upon the review
1 ' our find; tees, of wh:c'a I am now giving you
the results.
1 challenge any one to deny that the finances
of the coulary have been managed I , y tl.-•
Re
publican party with a success never before
known in the liklory of the world.
IVottld that 1 li:n1 the eloquence of Glad
stone, that 1 might excite in you as much inter
est hi these dry dot.tils as their importance de
mands.
Try it on if You Dave!
While you cannot Lind a Democrat who
will bet that Grant will not be elected,
occasionally you hear of a wager that he
will not be inaugurated. Of course this
means assassination ; but, it is scarcely
worth while to treat the menace serious
ly. Imitators are generally failures. It
is hardly probable that any one will at
tempt to copy the infamy of Booth. Sup
pose, however, Grant should fall by the
hand of the assassin, Colfax remains, and
if he, too, should be slain, his successor
would be found the formidable champion
of his country's cause. Assassination is
the poorest argument of a poor cause,
and Democrats, and rebels, and traitors,
will find it profitless in the long run.
This land is for the free. In the lan
guage of Grant--“ This is a Republic
where the will of the people is the law of
the land."
The True Way.
Henry Ward Beecher puts the question
straight in the following extract which
we quote from a recent letter written by
him: " Since all the men who sought to
destroy the Government are rallying
around Seymour, it is lit that all the men
who stood up for the - Union should gather
about Grant. It is an honor that will
not happen twice in a man's lifetime to
have a chance to vote for such a man as
Grant. No young man can well afford to
throw way his chance. Even if done, it
ought to be in favor of some better man
than he who, in all the years front 180
to 1865, studied to help Southern treason
without incurring the risks and pains of
overt and courageous treasonable acts."
NO. 1i .