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GOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office : No. 56 East King Street, Lancaster, Pa O. J. DICKEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE—SOUTII QUEEN Street, second Louse below the " Fountainn In," Lancaster, Pa. • T B. LIVINGSTON, ArroßNEy AT LAW, tr • OFFICE-NO. 11 NORTU DUKE Street, west side, vcrth of the Court House, Laucaster, Pa. pP . D. BAKER, ArriatNEY AT LAIN 1 OFPlcE—With J. B. Livingston, :NORTH DUIG Street, Lancaster, Pa. B. RC. KEADY, ATTI)RNEY AT LAW, lIITICE-With I. E. Hirster, N 'Writ DUKE Street, hear the Court Ilouse, Lauca,ter, Pa. CHARLES DENT: ES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, oFFicE—No. 3 SOUTH DUKE Street, Lancaster, Pa. Ft F. BAER , ATT(IRNEY AT LAW, op r ic E _No, 19 NoRTII DCRE Street, Lapeas ter, IT. LEAMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OrptiE—No. 5 NORTH DUKE Street, Lancas ter, Pa. K. RUTTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW RI OFFlcE—Witli General J. W. Filler, NORTH DUKE Street, Lancaster, Pa. EDGAR C. REED, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OFFICE—No. 16 NORTH DUKE Street, Lancas ter, PEI. T B. A MiliT AK. E , . Vzi ATTORNEY AT LAW, OrNeE—No. 4 SOUTH QUEEN Street, Lancas ter, Pa. W. JOHNSON, to • ATTORNEY AT LAW, OFFIca.---No. 25 SOUTH QUEEN Street, Lan caster, Pa. T W. FISHER, (j . ORN EY , AT LAW, OFFICE—No. 30 NORTH DUKE Street, Lancas ter, Pa. A MOS IL MYLIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 0 prica—No. 8 SOUTH QUEEN Street, Lancas ter, Pa. AAT W. HOPKINS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, I OFFICE—No. 28 NORTH DUKE Street, Lancas ter, Pa. JOHN H. SELTZER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 135 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia JOHN P. REA, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office with 0. J. Dickey, Esq., No. 21 South Queen street, Lancaster, Pa. MARTIN RUTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office of the late Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, No. 26 South Queen street, Lancaster, Pa READING ADVERTISEW TS. H MALTZBERGER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ' No. 46 North Sixth Street, Reading, Pa I GEORGE SELTZER,_ FE., • ATTORNEY AND CO U NSELLOR AT LAW, N 0.604 COURT Street, (opposite the Court House) Reading, Pa. HORACE A. YUNDT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 28 NORTH SIXTH Street, Reading, Pa VRANCIS M. BANKS, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, No. 27 NORTH SIXTH Street, Read ing, Pa. DR. WILLIAM HARGREAVES, ECLECTIC PHYSICAN AND SURGEON, No. 134 SOUTH FIFTH Street, Reading, Pa. WIIAT WILL HAPPEN.—ShouId Sey mour be elected we may expect nullifica tion and revolution in every rebel State ; we may expect that all that has been done will be undone. The negroes will be delivered up to the tender mercies of their former masters, stripped of their political rights, and most probably re duced to slavery. Every Union white man will be driven from his home and his property into exile as a punishment for his fidelity to the - Union. War will become the chronic condition of the country, and, in all probability, will not be confined to the Southern States, but will be ertemled to the North. ~~ Y~r¢Uun¢aixz. "Let us lfare Peace." I.Y RPY t E. TAYLOR Let us have peace ! No more of strifii Our stricken hearts may eer endure ; No wrangling words, nor rumors rife, Nor passions roused to wrath impure; No wasteful hemorrhage of life, With ills and griefs tune cannot cure ; LET US 11 AVE PEACE ! No more let fierce red-banded war, With torch and terror homes invade ; Nor Sorrow, showiiig wound and scar, Lament the all or flashing blade ; Nor Love, 'mid carnage near and fitr, Stand weeping while Hate's price is paid LET IS itivE PEACE! Enough the voice of brother's blood Fn no Christian ground to I leaven has cried, Linitigli in conflict's purple flood Cithauldas guilty skirts are died; Enough has ANcr's 'hateful broiiil The hope's of Freedom crucified ; LET us PEAtE Our flag. iz . s crimsoned stripes complete, Shall 14d its i.;oltien stars shine firth ; Its sky outspread God's sky to meet, Entreat iL 1 ace of heay.ll thr Earth ; oui its gentle folds to greet, Shall cro\v(i (lef:11(lers South and North: ELTI s 11AVE PEAT'E! (;real (,o;1! 'Pion solo omniscient Guido, Our St(llS confirm in tvi.s(loin's way, ; Dia rage jo)purtions hide, Porpt.ttlatt. Ow ; S9.)LIP! acre, t s'.volling pride, And grant a lil , .ssittg \\Mile All' 'gay LET rs HAVE I'EACE The Last Fight of the War. Once snore rings out the bugle call! Once in re the banner flies! Once more the boys are gathering . Beneath the autumn skies; For treason makes its final fight Against, the rights of Man! the flags tir. rise, as in other days, And tirant is in the van'. We've heard the rebel yell hefive, We've heard the traitor table— When riot roared in the Bowery And Lee had crossed the line. But victory came in a blaze of dame, That scorched the Rebel clan, For the boys and blue were stout and true— And Grant was in the van'. Still raged the war ; and grass grew green O'er many a soldier 'Till peace came, air as a morning star, After a night of storm. And shall we now the fruits of peace To treason tamely yield? Not while a soldier wields a vote, And Grant is in the field ? So close up ranks and forward march ! 'Til the crowning fight is won! While the sweet old music fills our hearts With the soul of battles gone. Our cause is blest; we cannot fall Who strive for the Rights of Man! The stars in their courses tight for us— And Grant is in the van ! [CS icago Tribune. • The Stampede for Grant—Demo crats Everywhere Leaving • the Party. Below we give a number of additional facts in regard to the Democrats leaving the party of riot, murder, and rebellion : Edgar Hill, one of the leading members of the Washington county (N. Y.) bar, heretofore a leading Democrat, is out in favor of Grant and Colfax. Dr. Schutz, of New York, a leading Democratic German, has declared for Grant and Colfax, and is doing a . good work among his German fellowcittzeus. The Germans is Indiana are turning over in large numbers for Grant and Col fax. Jndge Lindsay, the Democratic nom inee for elector in the VIIIth district of lowa, is now stumping for Grant and Colfax. Hon. Dennis McCarthy and Gen. David S. Wilson, both prominent Democrats of lowa, have taken the stump for Grant and Colfax. Major General Gordon, of Indiana, one of the leading Democrats of the State, and strong in support of the party until after the New York Copperhead Conven tion, is now openly for Grant and Colfax. General L. D. Campbell, Democrat, is sick of his party, and supports Grant and Colfax. The Maryland Conservatives, who have heretofore supported Swann, are resolved to support Grant and Colfax. Robert N. Hudson, of Terre Haute, Indiana, a very prominent Johnson man, has announced that he will go for Grant and Colfax. The San Jose (Cal.) Patriot, a Demo cratic but a loyal and national paper, is unable to go Seymour, and comes out for Grant and Colfax. Colonel William Brown of Kentucky, who was a delegate to the New York Convention which nominated Seymour and Blair, having had fighting enough, announces in a speech at Nicholasville, in that State, made since the State elec tion, that he would support Grant and Colfax in November. lie thinks Sev- LANCASTER, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1868. moor and Blair's programme means bloodshed and anarchy. Calloway Nossler, Esq., of Crawfords ville, Indiana, a life-long Democrat, and very influential in that section of the State, gladdened the hearts of loyal men in his vicinity by announcing that he would unite with the Republicans this fall. He thinks, no doubt, that the revo lutionists of the South would control Sey mour, if elected, as they controlled the New York Convention. The Butlido Commercial says several prominent German business men of that city, who have been heretofore regarded as members of the Democratic party, alarmed at the revolutionary projects of the Copperhead leaders, will oppose Seymour and Blair with all their energies, Boyden, the only Democratic member of Congress from North Carolina, who voted with his party last session on every question, has announced that hereafter he will co-operate with the Republicans in supporting Grant and Colfax. Chief Justice Pearson, of North Car olina, a well-known "Conservative," prefers to support the Republican candi dates this fall, because he sees danger in their defeat. Mills J. Shinn, a leading Democrat in Wayne county, Indiana has made a speech in favor of Grant and Colfax at Richmond, Indiana. General. Lemuel Harris, formerly Mayor of Cincinnati, who has been a bitter opponent of the Republican policy acknowledges his error, and will aid in securing its success this fall. Eighteen members of a Democratic organization at Muncie, Indiana, called the "White Boys in Blue,'' and four members of a similar organization at Anderson, in the same State, have de clined to support Seymour Blair, and have joined the real "Boys in Blue" of their respective towns. One hundred Jews in Chicago, who were Democrats IT to the nomination of Seymour and Blair by the New York Convention, have come out for Grant and Colfax, and joined the "Tanners"' clubs in Chicago. - The Detroit Tribune publishes a letter from Gen. A. L. Williams, now United States minister to St. Salvandor, and who was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Michigan in 1866, in favor of the election of Gen. Grant. THE secession of the Hon. James T. Brady, the distinguished New York lawyer, from the democratic party, has already been announced. The list of this class is growing daily. Among the latest additions are Hon. Henry L. Wait, of Albany, formerly a Democratic mem ber of the State Assembly, and a highly influential man in his district; lion. J. McLeod Murphy, also of New York, and lately a Tammany Democratic State Sen ator, elected by 5,000 majority. Michael T. Gibbons, for twenty-five years a prom inent Irish Democrat of New York city, has also left the party, believimg it unworthy of his support. A vote for Hartrauft secures a con tinued reduction in the State debt. Tax-payers remember that the admin istration of General Campbell will save the State Treasury about $20,000 this year by transcribing the list of liens under act of 4th of April, 1868. Jacob M, Campbell was not backward in arming for the defence of the Govern ment. The soldiers who followed such men as he on the battle field, will re member Campbell at the ballot-box. The Chester County Journal, published at Downin,gtown, heretofore a neutral paper, has hoisted the Grant and Colfax, H.astranft and Campbell flag, and is doing good service in the Republican cause. Land-holders and farmers if you want patents for your lands made out with neatness and correctness, vote for Gen. Jacob M. Campbell, the present experi enced and faithful Surveyor General.— Remember that an error or omission in official papers may cause a lawsuit here after. Make a note of it, and vote accordingly, that the administration of General Camp bell has brought up the unfinished bus iness of all his predecessors in the Land Office, and that the people will be incal culably benefited by this work in perfect ing the titles to their land, and the State Treasury enriched by over a million of dollars. The Democracy now propose to tax farms, houses, lands, and every species of : property. "EQUAL TAXATION OF EVERY SPECIES OF PROPERTY," 18 their cry. Repub licans like John F. Hartranft, urge the repeal of all land taxes, and he it was who worked until the tax on real estate in Pennsylvania was repealed. Farmers must vote for Hartranft if they want their farms saved from direct taxation. It has been reserved for the Repub lican party to pay the debts either con tracted or caused by the Democratic leaders. John F. Hartranft, as Auditor General, has been reducing the debt o Pennsylvania / accumulated by the Dem ocratic administrations which held power in the State, at the rate of a quarter of a million annually. Defeat Hartranft and our debt, under Democratic rule, will Poets for the People accumulate, instead of decrease, at that rate annually. The Republicans who voted for Hon. George Sharswood, last year, on the ground that he would be an impartial judge, and would disdain any and all politi cal rulings, are just now sadly reading the terrible details of the way in which votes are made in the Supreme Court under the eyes of that over-praised jurist. John F. Ifartranft, as Auditor Gen eral, laid the way for the repeal of the tax on real estate by securing the col lection of all outstanding taxes on cor porations, and the payment of moneys due the State by collectors and sureties. Ile it was who induced the Attorney General to sue out and save for the State thousands of dollars which would other wise have been lost. The Temper• of the South. Riot and bloodshed prevail throughout the rebel States. Organized secret soci eties arc attempting by murder, conflagra tion and robbery to drive into exile the Union white men and all who do not suc cumb. In a recent speech at Atlanta, Mr. Toombs pointed out the course to be followed. The 1 nion white man was to be treated as a political and social ene my. The physician should not allow him self to be called into a Union family ; the lawyer should not take a fee from a Union man; the mechanic should not shoe his horse or nicud his wagon ; the merchant should not sell him a pound of coffee or a yard of muslin ; they should not be his neighbors, recognize himupon the street, speak to his family, or in any respect treat him as a human being. Wade ITampton, soon after his return from the New York Convention, proclaimed the policy which was to be pursued toward the negro—which in short was coercion by starvation. lie said that unless the negro would vote the Democratic ticket he should not be allowed to live on their plan tations ; he should not receive from them any employment ; he should be deprived of every means of putting bread into the mouths of his wife and children. They presented to him the alternative of sur rendering his political rights and return ing to his dependent condition, or of star vation for himself and his family. What was the poor negro to do ? l'urned off one plantation, he could not go to the next ; he could not live on the public road ; he had not the means of getting North ; they knew their terrible advant ages, and have _proclaimed their purpose to use them. Human nature, weak and frail as it is, never appeared to worse ad vantage than in this proposition of Wade Hampton's. The King of Dahomey never adopted a policy more fiendish or inhu man. In the presence of such a propo sition, the boasted civilization of the South sinks to the level of a scandal and a reproach. Work Work Work But a few days remain before the elec tion. Every man who loves his country and her institutions, every man who de sires the success of right over wrong, of truth over error, of Godliness and purity over sin and corruption, ought to be active until the polls close on Tuesday evening next. Freemen of Pennsylvania! but two more working days remain. Is your district thoroughly canvassed? If not, see to it riow. We have a clear majority of 20,000 in this State of loyal votes, but the Copperheads have again resorted to their usual tactics of fraud. Fraudu lent naturalization papers have been issued and circulated in large numbers, and the loyal people of this State may be overcome at the ballot-box if every vote is not polled, and the greatest vigi lance exercised. Be on your guard. Work unceasingly from now till the polls close on Tuesday next, and victory is yours. Repudiation. The success of the Democratic party necessarily involves the repudiation of the national debt. The Northern wing of the Democratic party is composed chiefly of the men who opposed the war, who sympathized with the rebellion, (many of them giving it actual aid and comfort,) who opposed the creation of the debt in the beginning, who declared that the legal tender notes were illegal and worthless, who not only refused to lend their money to the Government, but endeavored to prevent others from doing so, and whose every prejudice and feeling is now hostile to the payment of the debt and to the men who own it. The Southern wing of the party is com posed of the actual rebels; the men who waged war against the Government for four years; the men who invested their property in Confederate stocks and bonds and lost everything; they were subdued, and are now impoverished, embittered and desperate. Is there any man insane enough to believe that if these men were placed in power they would tax them selves in common with the people of the United States to pay our debt or the in terest upon it? In a moral sense, it would be impossible for them to do it. Repudi ation would follow inevitably from their accession to power. The Rebel Prisons Remembered. A private letter from a lady in Utica contains the following off-hand account of a recent conversation in a railroad car, in the course of which some good reasons were given to show why votes should not be cast for 'Horatio Seymour : " A gentleman, formerly a Democrat, with a clear smooth, telling voice, gave his views to some gentlemen with him, in such a way as to interest all the pas sengers in the crowded car. The first part that attracted me was the following: ' My county, which is Erie county, gave in the first Lincoln election something over 1000 majority for the Republican candidate ; in the second 1,700, and now I am prepared to say that she will give at least • 3,200 for Grant.' There was a sensation. Some one said he had no grounds to go upon, and asked him how he counted ? 'Thus wise,' he replied ; `not one Democrat who gave one drop of his blood, or his children's, in the late war on the Northern side would vote for Seymour. Not one man who rejoiced when our_ army gained a victory would vote for Seymour. Not one man who had sons or relatives who died from star vation in the Andersonville and Libby prisons will vote for Seymour. They will all vote, for Grant.' At this moment the lady next to me said : You may be sure of that. My brother died from starvation at Andersonville ; no Democratic friend of his would vote for Seymour. My brother-in-law likewise died in the ser vice; and no friend of his would vote for Seymour. They were laid in their gin ves skeletons. They had no 1111 to decay ; they were starved.' " The Difference. REPUBLIcAIi POLICY The Republican party presents to the country for its adoption the policy of completing the work of reconstruction upon the basis upon which it has been carried forward—the basis of equal rights, of equal and enact justice to all men. It presents the policy of peace, repose and stability; it presents the policy of protec tion to American industry and of placing the burdens of taxation upon the rich rather than upon the poor, upon capital rather than upon labor, upon the luxur ies instead of upon the necessaries of life. Financially, it presents the policy of a return to specie payments at the earliest practical moment, and of main taining the public faith by the payment of the national debt according to the very letter and spirit of the contract. It pre sents the policy of reserving the public lands for actual settlers, and giving them. to every man who will make a farm and a garden where before there was a wil derness. " DEMOCRATIC " POLICY The so-called Democratic party pre sents for the adoption of the country, the policy of nullification and revolution.— They propose to nullify the reconstruc tion laws of Congress, and to overturn by military force the new State govern ments that have been increased in the South ; they propose to undo all that has been done ; to retrace all the steps that have been taken towards the settlement of our national troubles, and to place the country in a condition compared with which it would have Peen infinitely bet ter for us " had we let the rebel States" go and suffered the Union to be dismem bered. They propose the equal taxation of all kinds of property whereby the articles of prime necessity, which are in dispensable to the poor and to the larbor ing men of the land, shall be taxed equally with those articles of luxury used only by the rich, and which enter only into the pleasures and dissipations of life. They present the policy of repudia tion, of national dishonor, which, accord ing to the lessons of history, has proved fatal to every government which has adopted it. Loyal voters, choose between them Who Can Vote. For the purpose of instructing those who may not know the law on the subject, we herewith publish the qualifications of electors in this State. Here is the law : '•To quality a person to vote it is ne cessary that he shall be white, of the age of twenty-one years or more. 2. Shall have resided in this State at least one year. 3. And in the election district where he offers to vote at least ten days immediately precedinc , the election. 4. And within two years have paid a State or County tax which shall have been as sessed at least ten days before the elec tion. A citizen of the United States, who had previously been a qualified voter of this State, and removed therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote after residing in this State six months ; while white citizens of the United States, be tween the ages of twenty-one and twenty two years, and having resided in this State one year and in the election disniet ten days, as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, although they shall not have to pay taxes." NO. 19.
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