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—LANCASTER. PA., OCTOBER 7,1862.
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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 '<mu> 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
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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 <he
i settlement of all vexed questions pertaining to tha general
good of the people in eveiy foction < f onr common c« untry
Political parties, when free from th* high pressure al
ways occasioned by the danpe ' ns dogma of Abolitionism,
were safe because they were National' There could no
difficulties arise from the success of either, from the fact
that all the issues involved In political contests concerned
every part of the country alike, and every principle in
volved some mater al interest which would affect the va
rlous subjects upon vhich legislation was required But
so soon as the principles held by Btevens 4 Co were ap
plied to party, i' at once became Sectional, and caused all
the disasters aud troubles from which we as a Nation are
now suffering
Aft*r our National difficulties commenced—when the
South had offe ed a Arm and determined resistance 10 wha*
they considered an alarming infringement upon the guar
antees of a true construction of'Constitutional liberty—
and after seven of the Cotton ftites in convention had
paused the ordinance of Secession, and *‘the gray* shadow
of the dark wing” of disunion was rapidiy spreading its
sombre shad-.-pall over the Southern elates, and the omi
nous gl< om of a N.itlon’s disaster was penetrating tho
mo>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<o the wishes of a people more
contemptuously disregarded aod their earnest • appeal in
sulted by the black-heart d demagogues who held the
power iu that infamous Coogres* and at that ill-fated hour.
Instead of rbeappeals of a noble and generous people being
met in a noble and generous way by the men whom they
placed- in power to make Constitutional Compromises
when they were needed, and not, enact rMtrary laws
when they were not needed, the infamous doctrines and
policy of Stevens were regarded, and all resolved that
“rather than yield an inch they would see the Union shat
tered iuto a thousand-toms.” *
The conPeqneuceß of the application of Sterns’ policy
to the operations of Government in this Instance are u- w
surrounding ns and daily becoming more oppressive and 1
disastrous The harmony Bhd union of the people of all
sections could and would have been restored and porpeto
ated upon a basis of more decided firmness than over be
fore, if Stevens and a few others of his stripe, who unfor
tunately held seats in Congress at that time, w- nln have
bad millstones tied around their necks and been drowned
in the e-oa How cheaply could peace have been purchased
at that juncture, and the devastating horrors • { war'have
b en -voided, by simp'y acceding to the wisi es of the peo
ple. And yet the man wnu was one of the chief instruments
in th~ infamous Abolition faction, that by sum* foul means
obtained the balance of power which defeated that peace
measure, and accordingly is responsible more.thaD any
other living man for the fearful fraternal carnage now
raging, rendering desolate thou«an<ia of happy homes, and
devastating the country wherever the ruthless tread of the
army Is felt, is now cefore the people ot Lancaster couuty
again ns a candidate tor Congress asking your suffrages to
giv> 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.