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Ncrw onr flag 1b flung 10 the wild winds free, Let it float o’er onr father laod, And the guard of its spotless fame shall be Colombia’s chosen band. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. FOE AUDITOR GENERAL: ISAAC SLENKER, Union County. FOE SURVEYOR GENERAL: JAMES P. BARR, Pittsburg. COUNTY TICKET. CONG BESS. Gen. GEO. M. STEINMAK, City. ASSEMBLY. ABRAHAM PETERS, Manor. NATHAH WORLEY, Manheimß. Be. JOHN MARTIN, Bart. A. J. CALDWELL, Fulton. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. DAVID G. ESHLEMAN, City. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. JOHN M. MILLER, W. Lampeter. DIRECTORS OF THE POOR. GEORGE L. ECKERT, Paradise. JOSEPH M. WATTS, Columbia. PEISON INBPECTOES. A. Z. RING WALT, City. J. DIFFENDERFER, W. Donegal COUNTY SURVEYOR. CHRISTIAN HOFFMAN, Earl. auditor. JOHN L. LIGHTNER, Leacock. “CLING TO THE OONSTI.rO riON. AS THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS TO THE LAS I’ PLANK. WHEN NIGHT AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND HIM.” —Daniel Webster. DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS, The Democratic Headquarters, on the even ing of the election, will be at Barnett's Hotel, corner of North Queen and Chestnut streets, ELECTION—TUESDAY, OCT. 14. Call at A. J. Steinhan's office, West King street, and get your tickets. They are all folded and ready for delivery. THE WAR NEWS, Nothing new has transpired in the army of the Potomac during the past week. The President visited General McClellan on Wed nesday, and reviewed the troops. There has been a severe battle at Corinth, Miss., between the Union army commanded by General Rosecrana, and the rebels under Generals Price, Van Dorn and Lovell. The fight took place on Friday last, and resulted in the defeat of the rebels, with heavy loss on both sides. The particulars are not given. There has also been some severe skirmish ing in Kentucky, resulting in the defeat oi Morgan, the rebel guerilla chief. THE ELECTION—NEXT TUESDAY The General Election takes place through out the State on Tuesday next, the 14ch inst. The circumstances by which we are sur rounded make it the most important election ever held in Pennsylvania, as upon the result, in a great measure, depends (we verily be lieve) the weal or woe of the Republic for all time to come. Should the Abolitionists suc ceed, the war will be interminable and the Nation destroyed forever; but, should the Democrats triumph, as we confidently .believe they will, the war will be prosecuted to an early termination on Constitutional principles, and the Union be restored in all its former greatness and glory—the more powerful by reason of the fiery trial through which it has passed. It is for you, fellow-citizens of Lancaster county, to say, on Tuesday next, whether or not you will aid the conservative masses throughout the Commonwealth in bringing back the insurgent States and restoring the Union to what it was but two short years ago. ATTEND TO THE ELECTION. There are as yet no Government proclama tions directed against the exeroise of the elec tive franchise—for which the Democrats ought to be thankful. That right, we believe, can still be enjoyed without fear of bonds, im prisonment or death. No Provost Marshal has yet attempted to interfere with us for Baying we prefer one candidate to another, or one party to another, and expressing our preference through the ballot-box. Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad that we are thus highly favored in these times when the laws are trampled under foot and the Consti tution considered a dead letter. Fellow Democrats, we admonish you to be aotive, vigilant and firm in the discharge of your duties. If ever your bleeding and dis tracted country needed your services, it is now, from this time until the election closes on next Tuesday evening. If ever you had a work to perform, upon the success of which hangs the safety of the Republio, it is now— now, when radical Abolitionism, in every branch of the Government, threatens the overthrow of the Constitution, the disruption of the Union, a vast accumulation of public debt, the ruin of the country, and a radical change in the social and political condition by elevating the negro to an equality with the white race. Ring it out, loud and clear, in every district, that this is not only a contest for the preservation of indisputable, oonstitu, tional, civil and political rights, but a death struggle to maintain the social and politioal supremacy of ,the white race over the black— of the white man over the negro. Rally, then, Democrats, to the support of the Democratic ticket, and let yonr watchword at every election poll be “ Down with the Abolitionists 1 Democracy and the supremacy of the White Man Forever 1” “PRESTO, CHANGE !» Mr. Btevxns, in his first card, spoke of the Democratic County Convention as a “ respec table” body. In his address to the people ofLancaster county, published a few days after, he denounces it as “ the Secession Con vention that nominated Mr. Steinhan.” How ' spch a man, who so fatly eontradiota himNli) he believed f 1 TO WORK, DEMOCRATS , | Demoorats and conservative men of Lan caster county! the time has arrived, when every man must do his duty. Toot poor. - bleeding and distraoted country calls upon yon in the midst of her agony to go forth and do battle for her—to go- forth to the ballot box, and hurl with the vengeance of a deeply wronged people this sectional parly from power: Your beloved country points to the gory fields of Manasses, of Shiloh, of the Chickahominy and of Shsrpsbnrg, and asks, did these men die in vain ? She points yon to her mined commerce, her enormous public debt, her onerous taxation which will grind you to powder. - She points you, with sad dened look, to the fading, glimmering light of American liberty, and calls npon you to guard its sacred embers to the last. For more than sixty years the Democratic party has governed the country, daring which time it attained a state of prosperity and grandenr unparalleled in history. Bat a sad and monrafnl change bit come over the Nation. A sectional party assumes the reins of power, and in lees than two years civil war, with all its atten dant horrors, is upon ns; the whole land is deluged with blood; widows and orphans are daily multiplying; the Nation seems intoxi cated with gore; the wildest fanaticism nsnrps the place of sober reason; and oivil and constitutional liberty stand trembling upon the brink of destruction. Men of Lancaster county!. Is this not so ? and will yon stand still with listless apathy while all that you hid dear—all that renders life desirable—is fast fading from your sight? No, never 1 The ballot-box is your only weapon—it is the one that the Constitution and laws reoognize as your proper means of redress. Remember that you are dealing with an unscrupulous and insidious foe. Let no threats intimidate you or swerve you from the path of duty. The hour of your country’s awful peril is at hand ! Gird on your armour, and in solid phalanx maroh forth to the bal lot-box ; give the intervening time between this and next Tuesday wholly to your country lay aside all your party prejudices—cu loose the ties of business, and stand up to the work in all your pride and power, and the viotory is yours. We need statesmen at the present time in the halle of Congress—men .who have more than one idea—men of courage, who will shrink not when the shells of discord and fa naticism burst around them —men who “ fight for their country and not its hurrah.” Such a man ie George M Steinhan. Rally, then, to his standard —suffer it not to go down in the awful oonfliot before you—Buffer not the hordes of mad abolitionism, led on by that arob agitator, Thaddene Stevens, to wrest vic tory from your banners. The success of the Democratic party, and its restoration to power, can alone save the country from utter ruin. Men of Lancaster county! an awful respon sibility is resting upon you. Will you prove yourselves equal to the "terrible emergency ? THE *180,000,000 TAX. army of Assessors is about. These Republican office-holders are prying into every man’s dining room and parlor, into his work shop and store, into his barn-yard and stable, to see where they csd extort a dollar or two from his hard earnings. And this is but “ the beginning of the end,” and for this the people of Lancaster connty may thank Thaddeds Stevens, the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. This tax, as we stated last week, is sufficient to pay the interest on t®- TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED MIL LIONS OF DOLLARS! Now, the question is, what does he want this immense amount of tax for, if the National debt be, as he and his Abolition coadjutors allege, only about Five Hundred Ml lions ? Why wring from the people a five times greater amount than is necessary ? Is it that a new batoh of public plunderers and officials may amass fortunes at the expense of the tax-payers ? Is it that another hundred or two hundred millions may be stolen from the public treasury, as was proven to be the case by a Committee of Con gress of their own selection ? We want to surround the President, whom we believe to be an honest man himself, with such honest and incorruptible patriots as Gen. Steinman, a gentleman against whose in tegrity we defy aught to be alleged in truth a man who will vote all reasonable and proper supplies to the President to carry on the war, but who will set his face like a flint against all peculation and extravagance in every department of the Government. EX-PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. In answer to the Union, whioh originated the falsehood, and Forney’s Press, of Phila delphia, and the Express, of this city, which gave farther currenoy to it, we are authorized to say that it is not true that Mr. Buchanan has contributed one thousand dollars, or even one dollar, to the fund raised to defeat Mr. Stevens. Nor is it true that he con tributed a single dollar to the fund raised last spring to defeat Dr. Cassidy— though as a private citizen, he earnestly desired the success of Mayor Sanderson. We also know it to be false that Mr. Buchanan has ever written a line for publication in the Intelligencer, sinoe we have had charge of the paper, and are assured that he has not written on politioal subjects for publication in any other journal since his return from Washing ton, unless we may exoept the letter to the Haysville meeting, in Chester county, in September, 1861. Living in retirement at Wheatland, and taking no aotive part in politioal affairs beyond the private expression of his opinions, when proper, to personal friends, the venerable ex President has been silent under the grossest calumnies and misrepresentations uttered and published against him, firmly believing that time and the good sense of his fellow citizens will yet do him justice. FRANCIS W. HUGHES, This gentleman, the able and incorruptible Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, is made the target for all the malicious false hoods and misrepresentations that can be ooncooted in the fertile brains of John W. Forney and the leading Abolitionists. A more loyal man dogs not live than Mr. 11., notwithstanding the infamens charge trumped up againßt him by the lying orew of being a sympathiser with the South in their treason. His only offence iB, that he favored the com promise of Mr. Crittenden as a settlement of our National difficulties; and the ohargo that he ever prepared or intended offering a reso lution in the Democratic State Convention, “that Pennsylvania secede from the Union, and join herself with the South,” is pro nounced infamously false, in letter and spirit, over his own signature, in a letter which we regret is too lengthy for our columns this week. Had the counsels of suoh men as Messrs. Crittenden and Hughes prevailed, we should not now have a bloody and interminable war on hjinds, nor should the oountry be over whelmed with an immense debt which will be an iniubus on our National prosperity- for ages to come. 19* See the card of >Wv. K. Leonard in another column.' The Captain knows how to keep a first-rate Hotel, and those of our readers who may visit Altoona, wonld do well to give him a call. They will find the “American Home" to be every thing that the ■okt fcetididue eculddeeire. ÜBBLP BB CASSIUS, OR I 8I5KI" Such was the exclamation of the great Cmsar, when struggling with the floods of the Tiber, and such is substantially the plaintive cry for help uttered- by Thaddeus Stevens in his recent appeal to the people of Lancaster oonnty. He is alarmed beyond measure.— The demon of Abolitionism, which he has conjured np from the blackest depths of Pan- demoniom. refuses.to be exorcised.at his bid- ding, and it olings.to him with the death-like tenacity of the fabled shirt of Nessas. It is. likely to prove mach more fatal to him politi cally than the ghost of Morgan did six and twenty years ago. He and his coadjutors in infamy have raised the terrific whirlwind of sectionalism- whioh is now - devastating the country, but they are utterly impotent to di rect the storm,which is raging in all its fury.. The Ship of State is plnnging and straggling in the deep, dark gulf of Niggerism, and the Abolition pilots who have driven her into the Duelstroem of destruction are altering piteous cries for help. But their appeals are in vain. The people will have no more of their miser able and disastrous seamanship. They will no longer tract the destinies of a great Na tion in such unworthy hands. They will again place the old Demooratio pilots on board who steered the vessel successfully for more than seventy years, withont ever having onee stranded her on the shoals and quicksands whioh laid in her path. In his desperation, Stevens, the arch dema gogue and pestilent agitator, ories piteously forhelp. Listen to hiß plaintive appeal, as published in the Abolition organs of this oity. “ Gentlemen, come on l Help us to support the [Emancipation] policy of this honest President. Drop the ,candidate [Gen. Steinman] who toasts that he voted for Breckinridge on prin ciple.” And again: “ Thu who cannot con scientiously bear arms—you who cannot aid in the field to suppress this rebellion, can be equally useful in another sphere ” by support ing me [Stevens] in all my misdeeds. Yon “ can go to the ballotrbox and vote down the re betlion [against Niggerism] by voting against the Breckinridge [Demooratio] ticket.” Do, gentlemen, for meroy’s Bake, forgive my past sins of omission and commission—my treason able conduct towards the Union and the Con stitution —and vote for me only this once more, although I have already been eight years a member of Congress, and I promise you upon the honor of a Christian that I will never be guilty of snoh base and wicked condnet again. Do, gentlemen, for the sake of the four mil lions of my “ colored brethren,” for whom my bowels yearn, and for whose sake I am willing to carry fire and sword and indiscriminate destruction to every thing animate and inani mate in every oity, village and hamlet south of Mason and Dixon’s line, turn nnt to the election and vote for me—me Thaddeus Ste vens, of Vermont, the only man in the great county of Lancaster fit to represent you in the National Councils! Never did dying swan utter more plaintive notes—never did cries of aDguish and distress and remorse come with more terrible energy from the lips of mortal man. But, like the teamster in the fable, he calls in vain upon Hercules to help him. An insulted and out raged people cannot be moved from a stern sense of duty by his lachrymose appeals.— They see the ruin and desolation he has brought upon the country, and they have de termined to abandon him to his fate—“ to the deep damnation of his taking off.” He may “ call spirits from the vasty deep,” but they will not oome at his bidding. He has been a troubler in our political Israel for more than thirty years—indeed ever since the day he first pitohed his tent on the soil of good, old Pennsylvania. His Yankee tricks and politi cal dogmas have cost the Keystone State hundreds of thousands , and the Union HUN DREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!— Every tax-payer in the county is beginning to feel the burthenß imposed upon the community by his mischievous legislation. The army of Abolition tax assessors and tax collectors, now prying into every house and barnyard in the county, attests his care [*] for the welfare of his constituents; and the dark and gloomy prospect ahead is yet more disheartening to the industrial classes—the farmers, mechanics and laboring men—all over the broad domain of our once happy Commonwealth. The peo pie see all this feel it too, and it is in vain for this arch-demagogue—the cause of all these burthens and impositions—to call upon them to sustain him in his Abolition proclivi ties and reckless squandering of their hard earned money. Qe feels that the boat is leav ing him here as it did in Adams county many years ago, when he broke up the Whig party in that region—henoe his piteous appeals to his quondam political friends, and bis violent and malignant abuse of his Democratic fellow citizens. A NOBLE SPEECH. We print, on our first page, the able and eloquent speech of the Hon. Horatio Seymour, of New York, delivered before the New York Democratic State Convention, on the occasion of his receiving the nomination for Governor. It is well worth a careful and reflective read ing, by all men who love their country, and are anxious to find a remedy for the evils of civil war and encroachments upon constitu tional rights, whioh now threaten the nation’s destruction. A New York journal, in pub lishing this Bpeeoh, truly says : “There is no man, of whatever politics, who is an honest, loyal American, that does not thank Governor Seymour for bis noble speech, whether he intends to vote for him or not. — There is no sentiment in that speech to which Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Daniel Web ster, Silas Wright, or any other of the great men of the great and lamented past would not, were he now living, heartily subscribe. No member of the Republican party, thinking calmly, fiods in it one word that he would object to. Its loyalty is of no deceptive char acter. It is a plain and yet a noble utterance of tbe true, the sound, the only American doctrine. We suggest to thoße gentlemen who regard it as an electioneering speech and therefore neglect to examine it, that they take it up as a historical document, a paper show ing the position of millions of the loyal people of the North at the present hour, a statement of the views which an immense body of their countrymen have taken and now take of the position of the nation. They will find it the result produced by the march of events on a class of minds Which are certainly entitled to consideration in the present orisis. Then, having read it, we beseech them to bear in mind the solemn truth that those principles are the only salvation of America. They are : not partisan principles. They are not neces ; sarily Demooratio principles. They are the guiding principles of the Amerioan in peace or in war, by which the Union may live, but 1 defying and deserting whioh, the Union will i die and die miserably. STEVENS’ APPEAL, Mr. Stevens tells the people of Lancaster county in his Address that he “ shall proba bly not have an opportunity to see you [them] at public meetings and consult with you [them] personally on the important questions now interesting the publio.” Reason: They probably do not want to see him—at least they did not at a recent meeting convened in Salisbury township for the pur pose of raising a military oompany to join the army. He had expressed an intention to go, as we are credibly informed, but was politely informed that as the assemblage would be a National Union War Meeting, and not a po litical gathering, that therefore-his absenoe would be much more agreeable than his oom pany. He remained at home. I - phocLAMATIOS. “THE POPES’S BDLL AGAINST THE . . , . . COME r »> The President has. issued a proclamation The PreBident wU , discoveredf ordering “that during the existing insurreo- more day Br on over his head, that his &m and as a necessary measure for suppress- ea)ano i tion proclamations the grand blun ing the same, all rebels and insurgents, their Adm i n ; Btrati dn. The people have aiders and abettors, within the Umted States, Ba bmitted to a good many absurd and all persons disoouragipg-yplunteerenlmt u , e . of fte Government, in the ments, resisting the militia drafts, or guilty oonwioijenesB that their Btre dgth would be de of disloyal praotices, affording aidiand com- Tel - a , the proper through tlle baUot fort to the rebellion against the authority of . bat proc]alnation emancipating 4,- the United States, shall be subjtct to martial mm e]aTeg by a Bingle Btroke of the pen law, and liable to trial and punishment by . g tnrning one of ShakBpea re’s tragedies -ooorts-martial or military commission. - broad withoQt droppiDg the cor . Also, that in all such cases the writ of habeas tain The Ameriean people are bleesed with corpus is suspended. . I a fair share of dignity, but they cannot fail to Pennsylvania has an act of Assembly pun- - ate Ais blending of the sublime and i®hing:the above-offences -by- imprisonment in- and the consequence is that the the penitentiary not fees than three years and momentODB Btake for which a million and a a fine not less than $lOOO. This State is halfofmen inarms are p l ay ingte almost for loyal—its courts are open and the adminis- wb ; le the publ i e attention is engrossed trationof justice uninterrupted. If there be the collate , al and inferior issue now disloyal persons in her borders, why not let intoprolriinence by tbe p reB i de nt.- them take the consequences of their cnme and - t remindß one of fabled 6xploitß foUy as other criminals are punished, under of tbe deitie B. bnt none 0 f the forms of our .constitution and laws, which divinitieB ever attempte d an enterprise guarantee to the humblest citizen the right ofthig itade> and WO uld doubtless have of trial by jury, at the place where the crime dethroned had tbey aßBumed any . was committed—where he may have the op- Ukfl what onr PreB i de nt now under portuuity to confront bis accuser ana procnre the witnesses to establish hie innocence if he preBiden( . when he , a . be innocent? Wh, drag him away, hnnd.reds muet haye bfJen Btrong)y impreBßed of miles, before some military commission or .... . • r *.• .• u ui miiM, uotutti j with the absurdity of his position, which court-martial, on the accusation of some feß|3 no one baB more olearly appreoia . persons unknown to him where it is impossi- & oonference 0Q tbe 13th alt _ (only b e for him to defend himself, and where ninedaVB before thedate of hiß Emancipation judging from the past, in mnety-mne oases Proc , amatioDi) witb a clerical delegation out of one hundred he may languish for from CM who viaited Mm to the months and then be discharged without ever rf ]aimi freedom t 0 aU tbe knowing who was h,s accuser or of what he President QBed tbe followiDg was accuse . language, as reported by the committee : No, tbe North is loyal, at least bo far as the . m * . . ... _ ’ . , „ , , “ The.subject.presented m tbe memorial is Democratic party is concerned, for it has one U p on w hioh I have thought much for always been the conßeryator of the Union ; but weeks past, and I may even say for months, such outrages as have been perpetrated upon I am approached with the most opposite the rights of citizens the past twelve months, opinions and advice and that by religious v 1 » . v , men, who are equally certain that they rep are notcalculated to unite more firmly, nor wed resen t the Divine will lam sure that either the affections of its people to this administra- the one or the other is mistaken in that belief, tion • and we should suppose the administra- and perhaps in some respeots both. I hope «?"**“ ~ fchi o * to others, on a point so connected with my doty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me. For, unless lam more de ceived in myself than I often am, it is my earnest desire to know tbe will of Providenoe in this matter. And if I can learn what it is, I will do it! These are not, however, tbe days of miracles, and I suppose it will be ' granted that I am not to expect a divioe revelation. I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and THE INTERNAL TAX LAW. Mr. Boutwell, the Tax Commissioner at Washington, has given another explanation and construction of Stevens* Tax Law, under date of the 29 th ult. By this construction of the law it appears that a tavern keeper, besides paying a State and a United States license, must also be licensed as a retail liquor dealer. All butchers, farmers and truck men, rent ing stalls in our markets, will be required to pay the license of retail dealers. All farmers, truck men, butchers, millers, bakers, &c., selling out of wagons, from house to house, will be required to take out a ped dler’s license. Under this construction of the law, farmers who stand in our streets on market days with their wagons, will have to pay a peddler’s It is difficult to define the limit of taxation under the series of constructions of the law which are likely to emanate from the office of Internal Revenue. This important matter will be better understood by our farmers and the rest of the community, after the election, when the taxes will be assessed and collected. DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM “That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunion* ists of the Southern States, now in arms against the Constitutional Government, and in arms around the Capital ; that in this National emergency, Congress, banishing all feeling of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of over throwing or interfering with the rights or es tablished institutions of those Stateß, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired ; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.” The above is the resolution of Mr. Critten den, passed by Congress the next day after the celebrated battle of Bull Run. Every Democrat voted for it and all but two Repub licans, but now the radical Republicans, or Abolitionists, discard it. These should be the purposes of the war, and aDy other purpose would make it wholesale murder. In accor dance with this purpose the Democrats mean it shall bo carried on to an honorable and permanent peace, and to secure it they will labor, in season and out of season, until the victory shall be theirs. The above resolution was endorsed by the Democracy of Lancaster county when George M. Steinman was nomi nated. What conservative man will refuse to vote for him ? THE QUESTION, Will the people of Lancaster oounty be willing, first to be taxed to pay for emanci pated negroes, and then taxed to support them after they are free ? If they are willing to do this, they will vote for Thaddeus Stevens for Congress—if not, they will cast their ballots for George M. Steinman. Choose ye between them. But, in all conscience, have we not taxation enough already, levied upon us by the act of this same Abolition demagogue, Ste vens, that we should favor his re-eleotion in order that we may have more piled on ub ? What say the farmers, mechanics, merchants, dealers, and all desses of the business com munity ? It is for them to deoide the great question on Tuesday next at the ballot-box. “When the devil got siok, the devil a monk would be; When the devil got well, the devil a monk was he!” Mr. Stevens is becoming pious in his old age, if we are to judge from the last two para graphs of his “ Address to the People of Lan caster County.” He talks flippantly about “ Bcoffers and infidels,” the “ plagues of Egypt,” the “ sword of the destroying angel,” the “blood of the pasohal lamb,” &0., &c., and to one not acquainted with the old Binner the inference would be that he iB a pattern of morality and virtue ! But, unfortunately for his pretended piety, the people know him, and all his sanctimonious teachings will be treated as the sheerest hypocrisy. JOHN 81. MILLER. Our candidate for County Commissioner is a poor man, but honest, industrious and in telligent, and, if elected, will take care that the interests of the tax-payers of the county shall suffer no detriment. The people have more direct interest in this office than any other in the county, as every man’s property is, to some extent, at their mercy, and they should see to it that honesty, intelligence and capability should be oharaoteristios of the in oumbent. The Demooratio candidate com bines all these qualifications in ah eminent degree. A Conflict of Authority. —The people, of Illinois are beginning to agitato agamst .the orders respecting negroes in their State. Thore are several thousand destitute contra bands at Cairo and other points, and the num ber iB being rapidly increased. The Secretary of War has ordered that these negroes shall be handed over to such persons as will tako and provide for them. The Constitution of Illinois.provides that the Legislature shall em aot laws to prevent negroes from; oomipg into theStefe : -.‘ii .-V-.1;;.\ ■: ■ right. The subject is difficult, and good men do not agree. For instance, the other day four gentlemen of standing and intelligence (nam ing one or two of the number) from New York, called as a delegation, on business con nected with the war ; but, before leaving, two of them earnestly beset me to procjaim gen eral emancipation, upon which the other two at once attacked them ! Y«*u know, also, that the last session of Congress bad a deci ded majority of anti-slavery men, yet they could not unite on this policy. And the same is true of the religious people. Why, the rebel soldiers are praying with a great deal more earnestness. I fear, than onr own troops, and expecting God to favor their side ; for one of our soldiers, who had been taken prisoner, told Senator Wilson, a few days since, that he met with nothing so discour aging as the evident sincerity of those be was among, in their prayers. But we will talk over the merits of the case. What good would a proclamation of eman cipation from me do, especially as we are now situated ? Ido not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily he inoperative like the Pope’s bull against the comet! Would my word free the slaves, when I cannot even enforce the Constitution in the rebel States? Is there a single court, or magistrate , or individual that would he influ enced by it there? And what reason is there to think it would have any greater effect upon the slaves than the late law of Congress, which I approved, and which.offers protection and freedom to the slaves of rebel masters who come within our lines ? Yet I cannot learn that the law has caused a single slave to come over to us. And suppose they could be induced by a proclamation of freedom from me, to throw themselves upoD us, what would we do with them? How caD we feed and care for such a multitude ? Gen. Butler wrote me, a few days since; that be was issuing more rations to the slaves who have rushed to him, than to all the white troops under bis command. They eat, and that is all ; though it is true, Gen. Butler is feeding the whites also, by the thousand ; for it nearly amounts to a famine there. If, now, the pressure of the war should call off our New Orleuns, to defend some other point, what is to prevent the masters from reducing the blacks to slavery again ? For lam told that whenever the rebels take any blacks prisoners, free or slave, they immediately auction them off! They did so with those they took from a boat that was aground on the Tennessee river, a few days ago. And then I am very ungener ously attacked for it! For instance, when after the late battles at and near Bull Run, an expedition went out from Washington under a flag of truce, to bury the dead and bring in the wounded, and the rebels seized the blacks who went along to help &Dd sent them into slavery, Horace Greeley said in his paper that the Government would probably do nothing about it. What could I do? Now, then, tell me, if you please, what possible result of good will follow the issuing of sueh a proclamation as you desire ? Un derstand, I raise no objections against it, on legal or constitutional grounds, for as com mander-in-chief of the army and navy, in time of war, I suppose I have a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy: Nor do I urge objections of a moral nature, in view of possible consequences of insurrection and massacre at the Sooth I view the matter as a practical war measure, to be decided upon according to the advan tages it may offer to the suppression of the rebellion.” No more conclusive argument or sharper satire on the emancipation proclamation could be offered, and if the President was serious in advancing these objections to the abolition schemes, it may be that he bas determined to sacrifice himself in order to kill off the radi cals of his party, of whose “pressure” upon him he has frequently complained. However 'this may be, the people of the country will be satisfied if this result shall be accomplished, as the future peace and security of the country demands the sacrifice of the pestilent crew who have nearly accomplished its Tain. THE DIFFERENCE, A man accused of murder, robbery, burglary, &rBOD| or any of the most infamous offences in the catalogue of crime, may demand a habeas corpt/i , be confronted by bis accuser and learn tbe nature of bis accusation, and be discharged on bail, even in murder, except injeases where tbe evidence is too plain for doubt. These are constitutional rights declared to b.e inviolate. Bat how is it now? Any evil-disposed person, or personal or political enemy, may set policeman or constable to arrest you, drag you from your family and business hundreds of miles away to some prison or fort. Tbe acou sation end your'acouser are kept secret, the habeas corpus is suspended, and you can get no hearing, or when you do get one, you have no 1 way to get your witnesses to establish your innocence. Is it any wonder that the nations of Europe look upon us with amazement ? Public Document.— We retnm our thankß to Hod. S. E. Ancona, the excellent Repre sentative in Congress from Berks county, for aoopy of the “ Patent Office Report for 1861.” We are glad to know that Mr. A. will be re turned to Congress by a largely increased majority, and well does he deserve this mark of Confidence at the bands of hi* constituents. The Demooraoy of Old Berks are as troi* as sfial to tha Union and tha Ocnstitutiom. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. " Democratic Meetings.—The Democracy of the c outh W«-st Ward had a large and si riooe meeting i in front of *he Humane Engine Hall, Manor street, on Thutsday evening last, which was presided ov -r by th't indefatigable Democrat, Mr. Hehbt Schium. Addresses of a telHng character were dellvefrd bv Mr 0 F Russ, of. MlUereville, in German. CaptJoHx Wise, Suco* P. Ebt, fly, and Abram Shave E*q. Mr. Grobob Pohtz. an active and enthusiastic young Democrat tang an original song with great effect. The right spirit ia aroused In the old “Shanghai 0 Ward. A meeting of the Democracy and other conservative cit izens will be held at Swilkey** Saloon, opooelte the Circus Lot, Church street, South East Ward, on Thursday evening next At T o’clock, which wW~ba addressed by the above named speakers, and perhaps others. The Fen cities’ Band is engaged for *he occasion. . _ . „ . A Democratic meeting will fee-held at Dostman’s Baloon, Ru*sel’s Hall, South Queen street on Friday evening next, at 7 o’clock. Several German and English speakers will be present. . A Democratic meeting will also be held at WitUnger’s Saloon, West King street, bn Saturday evening next, at 7 o’clock, which will be addressed by German and English speakers. Major John P. Shindlb.— This gentleman, the “gay and incomparable” tenor drummer of the Fend bles* Band, has been tendered and accepted the position of Drum Major of Col. Franklin’s Regiment, and wilt shortly leave to unoe his duties. We venture to say that after the Major puts the Drum Corps ot the 122 d “through a course of sprouts,” It will be one of the best In the Army of the Potomac. The. Major ia not only an intelligent man. but “a fellow of infinite jest and merriment.” He is a re tired disciple of the “Art Preservative of all Arts,” and this perhaps may be one reason why we speak so warmly in his favor, but those who know him will agree with us in everything we ’have said. We tender him bur best wishes for bis future health and prosperity. The Fenciblls’ Band.—This splendid mas leal organization has lately been favoring a number of our citizens with exquisite serenades, amorig others our glori ous nominee for Congress, Gen. Stribmab. The General, in return for the compliment, gave the. Band an entertain, ment at Reese’s Baloon. Chesnut street, opposite the Depot, on Thursday evening last. The entertainment was an ele gant affair, having been got up in Shultz’# beet style, and ample justice was done the same by the Band and a large number of their friends. A Good Appointment.— Mr. C. P. F!sheb, Chief Engineer of the Columbia and Reading Railroad, having resigned In order to take a prominent position on the Northern Central Railroad, Johm A. SnBAFV, Esq., of this city, has been elected to fill the vacancy thus created. This ia a most excellent selection, Mr. Shbafp being a firs* class Civil Engineer and a most estimable gentleman. The engineer department of thatimportant improvement could uot have fallen into better bands. At His Old Post.— Kautz, the well-known caterer of this city,, bas again oponed forth at his old Pa loon under Kendig’s Swan Hotel,. Centre Square. Bill’s reputation for getting up every thing in the best style of the culinary art Is so well established that It would seem to be superfluous to say a word In his favor. See his ad vertisement in to-day’s paper. For Tfee Intelligencer. FACTS FROM THE RECORD. In the amended Constitution, which was adopted in 1838, the word “toAtie” occurs in the Ist section of the 3d article, in reference to the qualification of voters. Mr. Btbvzhb was a member of the Reform Convention, from Adams county, and he with others, advocated; and voted for an amendment, wh>eh was offered by himself, to strike out the word white, so that negroes might also have the right to vote at our elections F»ilingJto accomplish his purpose he refased to sign his name to the Constitution. Thus was his Atoltffontsm exemplified even at that early day, and yet he now has the presumption to claim that he is no Abolit|opist! ONE WHO KNOWS. For The Intelligencer. Misses. Kditobs: Tbaddkus Bt*vzitb states in his address that “the Abolitionists claimed >be right to abolish alav»ry in the States where it exited by local taw.” He says ‘-thi w&s an absurd claim, and was never held or arted on by more than a few thousand people in the whole United States ” If the claim to abolish slavery where it was established and protected by local law was an absurd one, why did Mr Stsvxire vote for and work for the abolition of slavery !□ the District of CdiimUa? If it is the Aboliti'-nis-B only who claim the right to abolish slavery where it exists by local law, why did. and still does, Mr. Stevens declare that “the holding of four millions of human beings In bondage is one of the deepest of national crimes” —“that Egypt, through repeated warn ings, refused to let the people go. and wai afflicted with terrible plagues.” if Ac is not in favor of abolishing the great crime in States wh**re it exis's by local law ? Who doubts that Mr. Stevsns wouid not as *ooa con demn slavery In Atabama, Georgia, or aoy other slave Stale, as promptly as be would ia any of the Territories? And yet such « man has the modesty to tell the people of Lancaster county that ht is no Abolitionist! New Holland, Oct. 3, 1862. For The Intelligencer. STEVENS*dPRINCIPLES AND POLICY WHEN APPLIED TO THE OPERA TIONS OP THE GOVERNMENT. Editors : A little reflection, mixed with th-» lit* tie common sense onr people manifest upon this Negro question, will shew the ut’er effects of the pol icy and orinciples of Stevens In the operations of the Government, aod the Forceesfulprosecution of the war for the restoration of the Union and the supremacy of the au thority of the Constitution. There nover was In the whole history of onr country a single instance where the science of Government was seri ously disturbed, and its operations materially intorrnptel, except wht-ro just such principles as Stevens holds have been thrust upon the counoilw of the Nation. From the time of the elder Adams and the history of tho Alien and Sedition laws, clear through the chapter, it will be seen that every obnoxious measure which has produced discord, and provoked a growing and abiding jealousy between the •:ifh-rt-nt sections and classes of the country, has arisen from f*( me fancitol or outlandish doctrine, held -and main tained by tho parties opposed to the Democratic creed—the fundamental prineli les of which doctrines are now main tained and enunciated by the black faction of which Ervins is a leader and an honored (1) exponent. Wherever the clashing interests nf the factious elements of political parties required compromise in order to preserve harm ny in tho Government, there was iwn the black spectre of Abolitionism—the monster o’ a Illch Protective Tariff, or the Satanic visage of Borne other dogma equally obnoxious, to interpose almost insurmountable difficulties, and defeat, if porsible. the Tory method prescribed by the Constitution for the adjustment of all dfferences, and t distant borders ot the.laud—the patriotic compromise of John J Crittenden was offered to the consideration of our last < ongress. Never was there a compromise or mens ure so popular, and never one so largely and universally petitioned for aby a free and Independent people. Bat, at the same time, never we him still mere power for the final consummation of the hellish work he has b gnn and carried thus far iu its prrcpss of completion. After hostilities had actually commenced, and when the only hope of a reconstruction of the Union rested In the Union feeling South, eveD thin lari ember of the old Amer ican Nationality was forcibly (mothered oat by the cursed policy Stevens was forcing upon the Admlnlstratl- n BDd Congress, which loomed np on every band, regardless of the efforts which the apparent sincerity aod honesty of the Pre-ld»nt eviored to pu> ihern down. Fremont's procla mation in the West—Phelps' proclamation at Ship Island — the roport of Cameron, as Secretary of War, recommending the arming of the Slaves—the proclamation of Hnnter in -South Carolina—the emaocipatio- of Slavery in the Dis trict of Colombia, aud iu the forts, arsenals and dockyards In the Southern’State's—the Confiscation and Emanclpa ' tinn bills subsequently enacted—the arrest of citizens without due process ot law—and the last, and most infa mous of all. the Emancipation Proclamation of a ladle j President-all. all 'are just what Stxtbns, Sumner, Greeley, I'hUiips, Wade a* d Lovrj. y have been striving to throat upon the Government from the beginning of onr troubles, knowing tba their ultimate aod direct tAgency was to exasp rate the people of the South, unite them more firmly than ever before In the cause they bad es poused, and to drive them into perfect desperation iu their effo ts to establish their independence Instead of doing what they promised they woald do, and what. Stevens still promises for them in his lame milk-and water address, which appeared in all his organs of this city during the last week, viz: “Crushed the Rebellion,” they have made it infinitely worse—created political complica tions which can never be adjusted, feelings of hatred which can never be eradicated, and rendered the restoration of the Union as it was an utter and hopeless Impossibility. Bee the bitter fruits. Before all this infamy was perpe trated, when onr soldiers felt that they were fighting for the Constitution as it Is and the Union as it was, and the people of the Sooth were assured that that was tho sole object of tho war. it stripped their leaders of the force of thrir arguments to the contrary, and victory after victory crowned onr arms, and wherever onr victorious hosts ap-' peared on Southern soil they fonnd a respectable, if not a strong. Union feeling, and the old flag was bailed with the greatest demonstrations of rqjoleing and delight. Ail the ; • most important strongholds were taken from the rebels, | ; and the boast was that the Stare and Stripes were again waving in almost every seceded State. But the policy of ; Siivzms prevailed. The proclamations and legislation i above enumerated became the btimaladng power to urge S our brave soldiers on to battle, and the low of nearly all ;we previously gained, we are obijged this day to lament, ! and instead of our army seriously menacing Richmond, the victorious Confederate army is menacing Washington, and Instead of onr army being on the offensive, it leon the | defensive, and the people of the loyal States suffering a terrible fright because the “rebel hordes” are threatening ! an invasion of their soil. ; I ca n there be a better evidence of the impracticability I a disastrous tendency of the principle* and policy of the i TerT man we or e asked to vote for as a candidate for a seat -in the next Congress? What can be more abenrd than to endeavor to deceive the people farther? Who cannot see that the policy Stivers has been endeavoring to thrust nnon the Administration; and wbich.be has unfortunately atlast succeeded in doing, Is the very thing to defeat the j people in their efforts, by the expenditure of their blood and treasure, to reconstruct the Union, and again restore l that fraternal feeling heretofore the strength of onr Nation, ! an d the pride of a free and independent p> ople ? i U the ballot-box Is to aid in this good work, we most not elect such men as Stxvxnb. ' We must not pat into power in the next Congress that repulsive element which has caused the roptore of onr once happy country, and thus try to restore by tearing to s£* Ibis U a contradiction in terns, and. wUI never apply a remedy to the existing evils. The only mv Is to change the disturbing cioie and substitute a Mlitar, element. RepadUte&tiTOa andthe entire fac tion of Abolition agitator!, and eleot BIEIAMAN an* all the other conservative candidate! on the tiofcet, and £An< • caster will he d. tog more toward a real ulilmmt of onr trouble! than by eanding an army of enchcowardly mle creanta as are three oompotlng the Abolition faction In onr midet; into the Sold to light for the liberation of the j Sana, which auprera mow to h. tha elrfacd of their wnr. I OBHBVSK. JflidTAnt ARRBVTifi The ease of Rev. Judbos D. Behedict is hilly stated in the Buffalo papers. It is stated that he was arrested for sentiments expressed in a sermon preaobed on the 3lst ofAugust -Che Courier says that ‘ 1 he gave it as his opinion that the command of tho New Testament was ezpUoit that Christians should not engage in war of anykind. Ho referred to the Constitntion of tho State of New York* which grants military, exemption to Quakers, and said he. saw no reason why his brethren should not obtain like immunity.” r He waa arrested on Monday by Deputy Marshal Stevens, and conveyed to Buffalo, where he was con fined in Fort Porter. On the following Monday, Judge Hall issued a writ of habeas corpus, on whioh return was made by the Marshal, and the proceed ings adjourned to Tuesday. At that time the Judge attended, and the'proceedings are reported as'fol lows : The Court desired to say to any person and all persons present, that if they know of any crime that the prisoner had committed against the laws of the United States, or any cause of arrest, other'than that set forth in the return, .they should make it known. “ He has prepared an opinion in the ease,. embodying its legal bearings whioh he should publish as his justification. He should make an order discharging the prisoner from arrest, no cause having been shown why he should be detained. The following is a oopy of his order: In Habeas Corpus, ) In the matter of Judson D. Benedict.) 5 The said Judson D. Benedict having this day been again brought before me m pursuance of the annex ed writ of habeas corpus and order, and. the counsel of the said petitioner having filed a demurrer to the return to tho said writ made by- W. F. Best, jailer, and to the statement heretofore made by A G. Stevens, Deputy Marshal, (no one appearing to op pose the discharge,} I having proceeded ex parte to near and consider the oaseas now presented, and de termined that no legal oausefor the arrest, imprison ment and detention of the said B'enediot is shown by said return or said statement and return, and having invited all persons present to make proof, if any oould be made, that the said Beuediot had been guilty of any offence against the laws of the United Btates, or was subject to. arrest for any cause othor than that appearing on said return, and no suoh proof being offered, I do hereby order and direot that the said Judson D. Benedict be and he is hereby dis charged from oustody. - N. £ HALL, U. S. District Judge. While a copy of this order was being made, the reporter of the Courier had an interview with Mar shal Chase, in which he desired him to state that previous to the issuing of the writ of habeas corpus by Judge Hall, he had written to the War Depart ment, recommending the release of Mr. ‘ Benedict, and that be would have been released before this had it not been for the attempt of Mr Sawiu and others to raise an issue with the U nited States Government. We make the statement for the benefit of the Marshak It was now evident that Mr. Benediot, who had been discharged from arrest by the order of the highest court known to the Constitution, was again to be arrested by the United States Marshals, although his release had been recommended by Mr. Chase. Several members of the police force were seen to enter and dispose themselves about the room, while Marshal Chase and Deputy Tyler, of Lookport sought positions near the now free citizen of the United States, standing in the temple of Justice, and wuiting for a oopy of the proclamation of emancipation just issued by the Judge. As soon as a copy of the order was handed him, officer Tyler was observed to speak to the ‘Elder,” aud the reverend gentleman, with his free papers in his hand, demanded to be shqwn the authority fbr his arrest. We said he did not propose to resist the arrest; but wished to know by whose orders he was seized. He did not hear the reply, but are informed that it was, ‘ ‘ We wilt show you the authority, when we get you where we want you." He was hurried, Marshal Chase on one side of him and Officer Tyler on the other, down the stairs and to a carriage in wuiting in whioh Deputy Marshal Stevens sat. A large crowd gathered about the carriage, and muoh feeling was exhibited, but no attempt was made to rescue the prisoner.- The carriage was driven off, Marshal Chase on the box with the driver, and the prisoner inside with officers Tyler nod Stevens. It issupposed that he will beoonveyed to.Forc Niagara. DOUGLAS. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BEFORE THK EtikCTlOM. The following is the sixth of the series of resolu tions composing the platform' of the Republiean party, as adopted at the Chicago Convention in 16t30 : ‘‘ Resolved, That the People justly view with alarm the reckless extravagance whioh pervades ev ery department of the Federal Government; that a return to rigid economy and accountability is indis pensable to arrest the systematic plunder of the Pub* lio Treasury by favored partizans—while the recent startling developments of frauds and corruptions at the Federal Metropolis show that an entire change of Administration is imperatively demanded.” lllK IIkPUBLICAh PfIKTV AFTER THE ESLECTION The following oonfession was made by the Hon. Mr. Dawes, a Republican mombor of Congress from Massachusetts, on the 25th of April lost, in which he exposed the corruptions of Lincoln’s Administra - tion : “ The gentleman must remember that in the first year of a Republican Administration., whicn came 'into power upon professions of Reform\aiul Re trenchment there is indubitable evidence abroad in the land that somebody has plundered i the Pub lic Treasury well nigh' in thut year as much as the entire current yearly expenses of the Government during the Administrate > > which the people hurled from power because of its co/rup tion." MR. CRITTENDEN Louisville, Sept. 26. My Dead Sib X may not. have the pleasure of meeting you again before your departure from this city, and, therefore, I address you this note. ’ Soon after I was compelled to leave my home and come to this place, to avoid falling into the hands of the rebels, I received from the Hon. S. S. Coxa very kind letter of invitation for myself and wife to come to his home and remain with him during the present hostile and formidable invasion of Kentucky. Please to present him my best acknowledgments for that hospitable invitation, and say to him I could not leave Kentucky at such a time. 1 must remain with her, if it be only to share in her troubles and dangers; and for the same reasons X am obliged, though with muoh regret, to decliue the further in: vitation from him which you have brought to me; You, yourself, are witness of the anxiety and great excitement which now exists here Large armies of invaders are in the field against us, and are now sup posed to be gathering around and quite near to this city, for the purpose of making an assault upon it. It may be. to-day, or to-morrow —so our military men, as lam informed, feel and think. Whether snoh an attaok be made or not, it is quite certain that battles —bloody battles—must soon take place in this neighborhood.. Be pleased, also, to give to Mr. Cox my heartiest and .best wishes for his re-election to Congress I have had my prejudices against him,, but-he over* came them entirely by his conduot and course in the present Congress. His course, in my opinion, was judicious, intelligent, and patriotic, opposing-stead ily that Abolition polioy which sought to oonvert this holy war for the defence of the government, and the Union, into a mere anti-slavery party war—a, polioy calculated to prolong and embitter this bloody war—without doing any good to the white or the black man. It is for the country to decide'whether such a pol icy shall p evail. It is for his opposition to it that I feel a solioitude for the election of Mr. Cox. I am, very respeotfully, yours, etc., J. J. CRITTENDEN. Wk. Reed, Esq. THANKS TO PENNSYLVANIA. We find the following letter of thanks to Governor Curtin and the people of Pennsyl vania, from Major General McClellan, in the Harrisburg Telegraph: Headquarters. Army of the Potomac, 1 Sharpsburg, Sept. 27th, 1862. j Governor: I beg to avail myself of almost the first moment of leisure 1 have bad since the recent ba;ties, to tender to you my thanks for your wise aDd energetic action in calling out the militia of Pennsylvania for its defence, when threatened by a numerous and victorious army of the enemy. Fortunately, circum* Btances rendered it impossible for the enemy to set foot’upon the soil of Pennsylvania, but tbe moral support rendered to my army by your action was none tbe lees mighty. In the“ name of my army aDd for myself, I again tender to you our acknowledgment for your patriotic course ; the manner in which the people of Pennsylvania responded to your call and hastened to tbe defence of tbeir frontier, no doubt exercised a great influence upon the enemy. I am, very respectfully and sincerely yours, Geo. B. McClellan, Major General U. S. A. His Excellency A. G. Curtin, Governor of ’ Pennsylvania. The position of the Cabinet on the President’s emancipation proclamation is now pretty well ascertained. Mr.. Chase was the leader in urging tbe emancipation policy. Mr. Stanton and Mr. Welles secon ded his views throughout, though with less warmth. Mr. Seward and Mr. Blair were very decided against it. Caleb Smith was somewhat less so, and Judge Bates perhaps still less. The majority, however, were against the proclamation. The President, as usual, aoted od his own responsibility.— PhUa. Press. A horrible murder was eommifctednear Harrisburg, on Friday or Saturday night. A little girl, about five years old, daughter of Mr. E. S. German, was found dead in a swamp, having been killed with a knife or other Bharp instrument. Who the murderer is has not yet transpired, but the polioeare actively en gaged in endeavors to ferret it out.' Several arrests have been made, but nothing could be fixed upon them. , On tbe 29th ult., General Nelson,:, the commanding officer at'Louisville, was shat by Gen. J. C. Dayib,.and almost instantly, killed. They had had an altercation, and it 1b alleged that the deceased had grossly insulted Davis. The; latter has been arrested and yriU have to stand his tral-for the homieidiv -^ ON E3IANCIPA- A BAD AFFAIR.