• "- • - TqP:0 33 401 . .. NerifriePticitilngrpresese atudr bellree to every person who undertakes to examine the Oro elleediPSai athe legislatxtre, or any branch Or government; and no law shall ever be made to resttain the right thereof. , The free concern illeNte=talid opinions is One: of the intui riglite Of men ' and every • Citizen may- write write and print omarly lath iest; ,rpsponsible, for, the abuse of that .PLOSecutions for the publication of Papers urfestigatfut the official condu c t of offi cersror men ip pab 0 capacities, or where the matter published Is properlor public informs tion,.,tite treat thereof May .be given in evi dence,,_ DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET FOR AUDITOR GENERAL Col. W. W. H. DAVIS, of Bucks County '-" FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: Col. JOHN P. LINTON, of Cambria Co. To the Democrasy of, the City and County of Lancaster. In puratimim of authority given the un dersigned by a resthution of County. Com mittee, adopted at that' meeting on Satur day, August 19, you are requested to as semble in'the several wards of the city, and boroughs and townships of the county, on SATITBDA.Y, THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER NEXT, then and there to elect not less than three, nor more than five delegates to repre sdnt such district in a general County Con ventiOn to be held on WEDNESDAY, SEP TEMBER 20z7er, next, at 11 o'clock A. M., at thexooms of the Young Men's Democratic Association, for the purpose of placing in nomination a ticket to be supported at the ensuing October election. The Township Committees are urged to give early notice of the time and place of meeting for the election of delegates. R. R. TSELITDY, Chairman. A. J. STEINMAN, Secretary. Old Thad' New• Hobby Thaddeus Stevens s u cceed ed;,in having a bill passed through the last Congress, making it a: penal offence to buy or sell gold at a higher figure than one dollar in gold for one dollar in "greenbacks." That brilliantly successful exploit killed him. He at once lost all prestige as a political leader, and became the laugh ing stock of the financial world. Even his -own party papers vied with each other in gibes and jeers and laughter provoking jests, at the expense of the poor, old purblind fanatic. Since the war began he had, by virtue of his audacity' and his villainously abusive tongue, succeeded in reaching the posi tion of leader of his party in the House But never was any man's influence more suddenly and effectually killed than was that of Mr. Stevens by the passage of the Gold Bill. That put him on the shelf, laid him up in lavender, and stowed him away out of public sight as a fossilized political quack, whose theo ries were utterly valueless, and whose Proposed remedies were infinitely more to be dreaded than the diseases preying upon the body politic. Any man possessed of a little of that rare commodity known as common sense would have learned from such ex perience the folly and the danger of riding an unsafe political hobby. Not so Mr. Stevens. He is an ingrained New England fanatic, one of those wandering Yankees, many of whom, according to Horace Greeley, " leave their country for their country's good." This class of men not unfrequently rival the follies of the moral knight of La Mancha. The Gold Bill was Mr. Stevens' hobby last winter. It came very near killing him politically. But, untaught by his misfortunes, and un moved by the universal ridicule heaped upon him, he has a fresh one ready sad dled and bridled. Impatient to try the mettle and show off the paces of this new Rosinaute he took occasion to mount him a few evenings sinceat the Court House in this city. A sorrier beast, a more malicious and ill tempered brute, or one more likely to bolt the track and break its rider's neck, we never saw led into the political ring. It was spavined, string-halted, hoof-bound, ring-boned, and stone blind. Old Thad, has christened the creature Reconstruc tion. It comes of very bad stock, being sired by a lineal descendant of the Yan kee horse Disunion, which made such a show at the Old Hartford Convention, upon the body of the vicious filly Se cession, which is a lineal descendant of the dam Nullification, owned and train ed in South Carolina by John C. Cal houn. Old Thad. proposes, he risking his neck as rider, to run this animal against Andy Johnson's thorough-bred and finely conditioned nag :Restoration.— The race will come off over the celebra ted congressional course at 'Washington. The stakes on the side of Stevens tS-, Co., are negro suffrage and negro equality, wholesale plunder of the South for the benefit of thieving New England Yan kees, a large standing army of negro soldiers, more debt, heavier taxation, military rule, suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, arbitrary arrests, trials by Courts Martial, disregard of the rights of the people, destruction of the Constitu tion, anarchy, misrule, and eventually national disgrace and ruin. If the Stevens hobby wins we shall be sure to have all those things. If the gallant steed Restoration, which has the advantage of a fair start, comes in ahead, we shall have a speedily restored Union, 'a preserved Constitution, the rights of the people and the States pro tected, lasting peace, permanent pros perity, and firmly established national honor and power. The negroes and their worshippers are the eager backers of old Thad's new hobby. Andy Johnson's backers are all the:decent-right-thinking white men in the. nation. The only hope the Stevens faction have, is that they will be able to raise such a hue and cry in Congress as to enable them to force President Johnson off the track. This they can never do if the people are true to their own interests, and to the best interests of the nation. Let but the voice of Pennsylvania and New York be heard in the coining State elections cheering the President on, and he will be able to bid defiance to all the clamor of the fanatics, and to win easily in the coming contest. THE insignificant gang of extremists and mischief-makers, who attempted recently to disorganize the Democratic party of Ohio, are receiving cold com fort on every side. We have not seen a solitary journal from any quarter that endorses their movement. Their can diqatp.-for Lieut. Governor has with drayna from the ticket, and in his letter of declination tells the men who nomi nated him that he " could not excuse" himself were he "to permit the use of his name, in any way, to distract the Democratic parry, and thereby con tribute to a continuance of the destruc tive and bloody rule of abolitionism." WADDELL, the pirate captain of the Shenandoah, came near ending his ca reer in one of his recent daring assaults upon the New England whalers in the North Pacific. When the pirate board ed the- Favorite, Capt. Young, of that vessel, attempted to shoot Waddell, the commader of the Shenandoah, with a borab-gun, but unfortunately the mate had-removed the cap from the gun, un known to the Captain. He was told that it was sur,e death to him to shoot. He replied, " I die willingly, could I kill.that wretch." The pirates imme diately handcuffed him, and put him in the coal hole of the pirate. hondzed citizens have taken the funlifillfty,oxith bs Mobile. In our goveKnment public opinion is almost omnifetent. Indeed our Con stitutions, ;lational and State and - our laws, are all pothi .g more n .. txpres.7 sion's of orgiiiiize • b*Rin voice of the hu astgllch weight at the tiolls as\ ti:kat of he Wealthiestormos.distinguialledcit n, fu deciding*l*Phalrbe4iie Ist*o` the Gov'erninerit'u pin any . gi.sen'quei tien. This reflection should lead every voter to think seriously before he exer cises the right of suffrage. It is the bounden. duty of , every citizen to ex amine'earefully 'the -clabirs of parties and candidates to his support;= and to act, not from predjudice orpartizan feel ing, but from honest convictions of duty. We believe the mass of the American people are now pondering seriously upon the great issues presented to their cam sider4tion ; and We have abiding belief in the honesty,the integrity, and the pa triotism of the masses. That , the power of the New England fanatics is rapidly declining and will speedily have an eta we have no doubt. But it is im portant that it should be emphatically and strongly rebuked on every proper occasion. The Democracy of-Pennsylvania ap preciate the great importance of the pending political contest. They know and feel how essential it is that this great State shall record her vote against the mad schemes of the radicals, who, under the lead of Thaddeus Stevens, denounce President Johnson's policy of reconstruction and propose to delay the restoration of the Union until they shall be able, by means of huge standing armies, to force their odious doctrines of negro suffrage and negro equality upon the people of the South. We believe the party is alive to the importance of the great work before it. But is every individual voter fully impressed with a proper sense sense of his individual responsibility? There is no man without his influence. Does every individual Democrat feel how much depends upon himself? Are they all laboring to the extent of their ablity to effect the change, which they feel and know to be imperatively de manded by the best interests of the na tion. This is no time for idleness, no time for " folding the hands together." The eyes of the nation are fixed on Pennsylvania. Every true lover of his country hopes and prays that the voice of this great State may be heard in the coming contest, pronouncing for a speedy restoration of the Union, for the Constitution, for arestoration of law and order throughout the length and breadth of the land. Shall they be dis appointed? Each individual voter has a power besides his own vote. He has sonic influence in addition, which should be actively and energetically employed. Let - every man feel the weight of the responsibility which rests upon him. It is the bounden duty of every individual member of the Demo cratic party to labor assiduously and diligently from this hour until the polls are closed on the evening of the second Tuesday of October. Do you know of one man who is not assessed? If you do, have the matter attended to at once.— Do you know of a single doubtful voter? If you do, see him, talk to him, try to convince him. Do you know of a voter who might possibly neglect to go to the polls? If you do, see to it that he thinks better of the matter. Work, work dili- gently and unceasingly, and you will be gratified to know that you have done your duty in helping to secure the tri umph of the right. That triumph is sure to come if Democrats do their duty.— Let each individual Democrat see to it that he does his duty, and his whole d u ts. See that Every Voter Is Assessed ! At every election many votes are lost throughout the State because of a ne glect to see that voters are properly as sessed according to law. This is a mat ter which should be properly attended to at once. In every ward and town ship efficient committees of active men, who will do their work thoroughly, should be appointed to see to it that every Democrat is assessed. It will not do to leave this matter unattended to. Many voters will forget or neglect to see to it for themselves. This work must be done by a committee orit will not be done effectually. There is but little time left in which to attend to it. The 30th of this month will be the last day on which it can be done. Let the town ships and wards attend to the matter without acother day's delay. Call a meeting for the purpose. Have the work of assessing done at once and done effectually. Every returned soldier must be assess ed or he will lose his vote. The pay ment of the ten cent tax under the Soldiers' voting law will not entitle the soldier to vote as a citizen. The Demo cratic Ward, Township and County Committees should at once attend to this matter. It is of vital importance 'to secure for the Democratic soldiers —as citizens—the right of suffrage of which, while in the army last fall, they were deprived through the tricks and intimidation of shoulder-strapped demagogues, who were everything as politicians and nothing as soldiers. Go to work at once and assess every one of those soldiers. No time to be- lost, as the 30TH OF SEPTEMBER is the limit of time allowed to do so. Within the en suing three weeks every returned veter an should be fully qualified as a civilian —a freeman—a voter against Shoddy and Negro Suffrage! THERE are owned in Connecticut not less than sixty to eighty millions of Govern ment securities; and the great amount of revenue which they would yield, were they to pay their fair and honest share of the burdens growing out of the war, must now be made up out of the hard earned savings of the owners of thrills and the scanty in comes of those moderate means.—Haptford Times. Just so it is everywhere. We have heard it surmised that there are from two to three millions of the same sort of securities held in Lancaster county alone —all, of course, exempt from taxation. This is something for the farmers, mechanics and laboring men of our community to think of. If the just amount of tax which should be levied bn these Government bonds was; paid into our city and county treasuries, no one can fail to estimate for himself how far it would go to relieve the people from the onerous burdens of taxation which now oppress them. But the Re publicans say this shall not be done, and correspondents are not wanting for some of their papers to justify the un fair and unconstitutional exemption.- 87toddy has got the masses by the throat, and will make a desperate effort to re tain its hold. Their doctrine and prac tice is, that the producing classes must pay the heavy taxes for the support of the Government and the liquidation of the public debt, whilst the me_n of wealth and capital who own these bonds are to go scot free ! There is neither reason, sense, nor justice in this. On the con trary, it is a vile system of injustice and oppression from beginning to end which Congress has no right to impose on the labor of the country. The people have the power to apply the remedy in a peaceful and legal manner, at the ballot boxes, and we trust they will do it. A "Muss."—There is a "muss" in the Abolition ranks in Huntingdon county, and the manner in which the organs of the respective factions pitch into each other is quite refreshing. Democrats look oil and enjoy the fun. "When rogues fall out'? 4e,. Lielheironly Berage. The Democratic press of this State, with a decency of demeanor to that of the Republican party seed's to bkan entire ~ed . **4 . it tuKff i busiN*Aegts - (lithe candidateiPtitfoard a',-the Aeprit, 3ican St4e Ciinvenklon hey cliave*nfined .- ..theritselve.EitO a dhic' us 7.; ;Mon Ufthe difrerencelfin;tlie upon which the resPective candidates have been placed. Tllli is ' as it should be. We do not believe anything is to be made by personal abuse and by false, and malicious attacks upqn fpffitidutds.. Our opponents pursue au entirely dif ferent course: Rnowing that the plat form adopted by their State Convention is a stench in the nostrils of all decent conservative citizens ; being utterly un able to make any successful assault up on the admirable and patriotic platforin laid down by the Democracy; not daring to question the bravery and the distin guished ability of our candidates as soldiers; finding them to be men of greatly, more than ordinary talents and business qualifications, and of pure and irreproachable private char acter, they have but a single resource left. Being quite at their' wits ends for material, out of which to manufacture malicious slanders, they are compelled to resort to the stale old charge of dis loyalty. It matters, not that both Col. Davis and Col. Linton were among the very first to go forth with companies of their own raising at the earliest sum mons to arms ; that they each after wards raised regiments ; that they were repeatedly and most severely wounded while leading their brave men in the very thickest of some of the hottest en gagements of the war; and they con tinued in the service, doing the duty of brave leaders, and doing it most gallant ly, until the war was ended and the re bellion completely crushed. Even such a record as theirs is not sufficient to prevent the charge of disloyalty from being urged against them by a set of white-livered miscreants, who stayed at home to reap a rich harvest frOm the spoils of a war in which they never dared to risk their dirty cowardly car casses. The sneaking editorial assassins, who thus assault the high reputation of honorable men, " whose shoes' lachet they are not worthy to unloose," are mean enough to be guilty of any, even the basest crime. There is a reckless criminality, an unfathomed depth of baseness, an in famous maliciousness of meanness about it that smacks strongly of the infernal. It is the last resort of a pack of un principled scribblers, who are forced to rack their brains in defence of a party which is quite destitute of principles. They dare not enter upon au open dis cussion of the great issues involved in the present campaign ; they cannot suc cessfully assault our candidates openly, and they are compelled to resort to the one last, poor, miserable, malicious, lying cry of dislogaltll. Disloyalty ! Disloyalty indeed ! The man who dares apply such an epithet to either of the gallant soldiers whom the Democracy are proud to call their leaders lies—lies knowing ly, lies maliciously, lies without war rant, or excuse, or shame. Yet the charge is constantly being made by Re publican newspapers. Why? Simply because they are utterly at their wits ends, and unable either to defend their own party or to make any successful assault upon our candidates 01 the plat form on which they stand. They are precisely in the condition of an unfor tunate Republican politician in this State during the last campaign for Au ditor General. Two such worthies chanced to meet, when the following conversation ensued between them: Said A: " How are things going politically up in your county "Oh! all fin• the Union with us; how is it down with you ?" " Well, said 8., we have many good Union men with us, but there are some who are growing lukewarm. I am "afraid the d—d Democrats will beat us this fall ; our wag chance is to cry Copperhead like tlw D-1." _ . The Republican press of this State seems to regard that as the only resort left to it. We really pity a party which must rely on so base a cry as this, and on that alone. The miserable scrib blers who thus assail the brave men who are our candidates will find that they only disgust decent men of their own party by so doing. Will the Er press please take notice? Mr. Buchanan's Resignation of the Presi dency of the Board of Trustees of Franklin and Marshall College. The misrepresentation which is cor rected in the following card from offi cers and members of the Board of Trus tees of Franklin and Marshall College, came to our notice some time ago. We made no allusion to it, because we wished to see whether there was not manliness and fairness enough even among political opponents of Mr. Bu chanan connected with or interested in the College, to set the Lebanon CoUrier's slander at rest without any prompting from us : [From the Lancaster Express of Yesterday./ Misrepresentation Corrected. "Buchanan Removed.—At a meeting of the trustees of Franklin and Marshall Col lege at Lancaster, last week, Hon. John Cessna was elected President of the Board, in place of James Buchanan. The friends of Franklin and Marshall have long felt that the connection of Mr. Buchanan with the institution was an injury to it, but there was delicacy about getting rid of him. The necessity for a change, however, at last be came so overwhelming, that it could no longer be resisted. Mr. Cessna will give character and vigor to the institution. It is likely there will soon be some important changes made in the faculty.—Le/anon, Pa., Courier." As this statement has been widely cir culated by the press throughout the country, the undersigned, officers and members of the Board of Trustees of Franklth and Marshall College, resident in and near Lancaster, consider it due both to the Board and to Mr. Buchanan, that it should be met with like public contradiction. There was nosuch action in the Board, as is here implied, at its late meeting. Mr. Buchanan's with drawal from the Presidency was aito gether of his own free choice, and took place with entirely kind feeling on both sides. Having been continued in office many years by annual re-election, against his reiterated request to be ex cused from the service, he presented his resignation finally, on this occasion, in a form too absolute to allow of refusal ; and it was accepted accordingly, after some hesitation, by the following unani mous resolution, which may be left to speak for itself: "Re.soleed, That we receive with regret the renewed request of the venerable Presi dent of this Board to be released from the position he has so long and acceptably filled since the formation of our Institution in its consolidated form ; but as this request has been reiterated for a number of successive years, and as advancing age has a claim to release from such more public duties, we hereby respectfully accept the resignation of the Hon. James Buchanan, with thanks for his past services, and the hope that he may be long spared to favor this Board, as one of its members, with his presence, counsels and sympathy." The election of Mr. Cessna had noth ing to do with this transaction. It took place at a subsequent session of the Board the next day, under the order of business calling for the usual annual election of officers, and as the result of a general nomination made by a com mittee previously appointed for this purpose. He wits chosen as one of the oldest alumni of the Institution, whose devotion to its interests, and well known business powers, were supposed to qual ify him especially for the trust. Com posed as the Board is of Members be longing to different politic's' parties, it has, of course, all along made it a prin ciple to exclude politics from its proper corporate business; and must naturally resent, therefore, any attempt, like this of the Lebanon Courier, to give apoliti cal complexion to any part of its pro ceedings, J. W. NEVIN, Ist Vice President. E. V. GERHART, RI V. P. A. H. ERE/4E_ ,R Sec. pro tein. BERNARD C. WOLF, Cor.tee. J. M. LONG, Treasurer. JOHN L. ATLEE, H. G. LONG. A. L. HA.YES, P. K. BRENEMAN, I. E. HIESTER, C. GAST, JOHN Si/ZAPPER, _ - - The Tiff Pink le tke Yeptibliean font. TIC Republican State Conventi...34 F. Ass 4 a resolution a e clarin g it to be th litutyfnf C2pgressi se9o), re •nu aws o, tiOislncr e'k pon! goodtemportA. into#Thp fihe tOrpolutidigwas giMetaifn teitths, soz finuctitso as tiOncludeleve sileges of s , miuffifitettr#: Ifra4pi thi" . resififiticai Congress is called upon especiallylo add largely to the duties upon every article made up from raw materialte be obtain ed in this country. -If any delegate who voted ,for , that plankin.the Republicitri nlatfoim had been'aSkddwhether itwas Meant teariply to domestic:co - thin goods, he would Most unhesitatingly • have re plied in the affirmative. And had lie been asked to give his reasons for thus . increasing the-price of sheetOgs, shirt ings, calicoes and all other kinds of cot ton goods, he would have replied in the language of the resolution : "It is the duty of Congress to revise the revenue laws so as to afford increased protection. to American Industry." The words American industry, as here used, mean American manufactures, and the parties for whom protection is asked are the manufacturers alone. They are the class that demand a high tariff, and the only class of the community whose interests are to be protected by it. Since the war began the tariff has been already so largely increased .as to give greater protection to all kinds of manu factures than they ever enjoyed before. On many things the tariff is entirely prohibitory, on others nearly so, and on all domestic manufactures so heavy as greatly to enhance the profits of the manufacturer, and thus M. put up the price,upon the purchaser. .8o glaring is the enormity of this in some things that even Republican newspapers can not help seeing how the masses are being fleeced for the benefit of bloated capitalists. To our surprise we found the following editorial, headed " Do mestic Cotton Goods," in the last issue of the Reading Journal, the leading Republican newspaper published in Berks county : The outrageous prices charged by the manufacturers of, domestic cotton goods are becoming the subject of general and very just complaint. We had a few facts recently from an intelligent mer chant of this city, which are worth mentioning as showing the enormous profits which the manufacturers of cot ton goods are now reaping from the country. This gentleman informs us that the net cash price a week ago in New York for muslins, by the case, was 47 cents—muslins which he had re peatedly bought at 81 cents; bleached muslin, one yard wide, 50 cents—former price 9!, ; Merrimac prints 34 cents— former price 10 cents. Cotton is now selling at about 44 cents per pound, and manufacturers Mould make a fine profit by selling the muslins above described at from 22 to 25 cents. In other. words they are making at least one hundred per cent. profit on the manufactured article. It is stated on undoubted au thority that one manufacturing concern is making $125,000 per week. This is a tax upon the public which ought not to be tolerated. It bears most heavily upon the laboring classes, and every man, woman and child in the country. Health, comfort and cleanli ness require that cotton goods should be cheap. Cotton goods were necessarily very dear during the war, and the ward robe of the masses has been consequent ly much reduced. All have been wait ing for a reduction of prices, but now greedy speculation is keeping goods up to war rates. There is no objection to manufacturers. making fair, and even large profits, but there is serious objec tion to the nation being robbed in the style we have described. What is the remedy? In the first place no one should buy any cotton goods who can possibly help it. This would soon cause a glut in the market, and take the starch out of the manu facturers. Then, as soon as Congress meets, the tariff on foreign cotton goods should be so reduced as to prevent lin position. We have no ideaof legislating for the benefit of men who are making $125,000 per week off of the necessities of the country, and making little chil dren go shirtless, to fill their capacious pockets. If the Government needs the revenue, whatever it may be, derived from tins particular source, better pay it at once in the shape of taxes, than to be taxed ten-fold indirectly for the ben efit of manufacturing monopolists. Yet, with such a condition of affairs already existing, the Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania passed a resolution demanding a general and sweekng increase of the tariff. That is the official act of the party ; it is part and parcel of the platform ; a deliberate declaration in favor of adding large ly to the enormous gains of these and other capitalists at the expense of the comfort and convenience of every con sumer in th'e State. How can any Re publican Congressman from Pennsyl vania move to lower the tariff on cotton goods, or on any other commodity with the solemn declaration of the party in favor of an increased tariff staring him in the filet. IT any such attempt is made the New England cotton lords will thrust the tariff plank of the State platform down their throats and choke them into silence. If the people would have cheap cotton goods, and all the necessaries of life at moder ate prices, they must aid in putting the Democratic party into power. Under its benign sway the " good old times " _ - would speedily return. Then let every voter act as his own interests demand, and he will be right, for the welfare of the masses and of the nation are identi cal. Pennsylvania Soldiers In the Field The following is a complete -list of Pennsylvania regiments in the United States service, Sept. 7, 1865 : 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. 58th 63d. 75th 77th I I 78th 188th T9sth 206th .. .. .. 213th 214th 4/ il 2d Pennsylvania Artillery. 3d Independent Battery B. 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry. liith it li 19th . . 22d It is believed that all the above or ganizations will be mnstered out of ser vice within the next three months. Four regiments—the 47th and 188th In fantry, and 18th and 22d Cavalry—will be paid offand discharged at Harrisburg. In a few months, at farthest, all our brave men who survived the rebel bul lets and ills of camp life will be at home. Masonic Officers Elected At the triennial conclave of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America, in Cleveland last week, the following officers were elected and installed to serve for the ensuing three years : Sir H. L. Palmer of Wisconsin, M. E. Grand Master; Sir Wm. L. Gardner of .Massachusetts, Deputy Grand Master ; SirJ. Q. A. Fellows of Louisiana, Grand Generalissimo ; Sir Kent Jarvis of Ohio, Grand Captain-General; 'Sir Robert McMnrdy of Washington, D. C., Grand Prelate; Sir George W. Belt ofDlssouri, Grand Senior Warden; Sir H. C. Ran ney of Illinois, Grand Junior Warden ; Sir John W. Simons of New-York, Grand Treasurer ; Sir John D. Caldwell of Ohio, Grand Recorder; Sir Wm. C. Munger of Kentucky, Grand Standard Bearer ; Sir Ezra L. Stevens of Wash ington, D. C. Grand Sword' Bearer; Sir George. W. Prescott of Minnesota, Grand Warder; Sir J. B. Covert of Ohio, Grand Captain Guard. TILE President has generally com muted to imprisonment for a term of years all pending sentences of death in the cases of soldiers convicted of deser tion. Three Massachusetts soldiers, un der sentence of death, have been sent to Fort Delaware for five years each. e New York litie,"Stile-Ceit . --41iNke the following notice of the . alOngproceedingslittheNew York 8 4 •• ode State Coiagnti. th: !,:pycorresppndencallf • • k Iretaki. - It is evident tha , '.e lien• nigy of the great Empire to go ,thii....pzetient contest fullys '-...vdiUlat they will deter Nye IS believe. Let us redeem Pennsylvania and Neiv York from the clutch of the radicals, and the future will be safe: ALSANY, Sept. 7, 1865. mt-tF sATlsp e Kcittort lato CO 1V1? • OF CONCERNED: - -The, - State-Vonventton , of -the - Demo- , cratie party has adjourned. No other, body of the bind ever left a more satis-: factory feeling or manifested greater confidence in their work. Its success is even conceded by the members of the opposition who have attended here to watch its progress and aid in'any op portunity for distracting its counsels. Re-assembling at half--pi t nine this morning, e very m aterial point was found to have been calmly and thoroughly. canvassed. There remained some di versity of opinion about the ticket, of course ; but even in this respect few oc casions have ever presented so "much harmony. • 3IAJOR-GENERAL S.'LOCUISI The name of General Slocum was ad vanced upon the strength of formal cor respondence, in which he accepted the proposed nomination provided the plat form should be such as that which has in fact been adopted. This correspond ence was had with the Young Men's Democratic State Committee. GEN. PATRICK AND COL. 3I'NETT Two other military names are placed upon the ticket—General Patrick and Colonel .11PNett---the one for State Treasurer and the other for State Prison Inspector. Thus a very full proportion of the ticket is conceded to distinguish ed soldiers, in full accordance with the professions of the platform and the usages of the Democratic party at all times. TILE PLATFORM The influence of John B. Haskin as Chairman of the Committee on Resolu tions has proven most salutary. The scope and brevity of this document are mainly due to his efforts, as well as its strong and unqualified emphasis in the endorsementof President Johnson. He devoted himself to the talk of shaping this platform, and suceeededin heading off Seymour, Tilden, Marble , , Comstock and others of the unlucky tribe of Chi cago, who made a most desperate but unavailing effort to set up another pro gramme of " failure " for this Conven tion. John Savage, the biographer of Andy Johnson, was in attendance at the in cubation of the platform, taking most anxious interest, and on its adoption manifesting the greatest satisfaction at the result. THE NOMINATION OF JOHN VAN BUREN . . The point of high light in the pro ceedings—that which elicited the most earnest, prolonged and enthusiastic manifestations—was the nomination of John Van Buren for Attorney General. This the New York delegation pre sented most unexpectedly to the Con vention. There had been a noticeable lack of some strong rallying point—in fact, of a leader. It was felt that a new era in the politics of the State was in augurated by this Convention, and the want of a leader was pressing ., on the general attention. The prolonged and repeated acclamations, renewed and re newed again, gave expression to the in stantaneous conviction that the Democ racy had found their man for the emer gency, the leader for a restoration and reconstruction movement whom all in terests would accept. The nomination of Van Buren was not for Attorney General; it was for chief of the party, its leader in the State. He had left the city yesterday, after some anxious en deavors in favap of the right plans for the work of the Convention. He had no idea of this nomination. No one asks whether he will accept it. The office may be but an indifferent matter, which under other circumstances he would decline. But the purpose and ef fect of this call of the party upon his self-sacrifice he will not mistake. He may also be assured that it fairly prom ises all that he has heretofore sought with far less prospect of success. The " great all hail hereafter" rang more clearly in the voices of this Convention for his name than any previous occasion ever indicated. It is clearly the joining of the man and his opportunity, and the solution of the question so often asked as to what would be the great destiny for John Van Buren. He is now at last the acknowledged leader of the Demo cratic party in this State. THE OTHER NOMINATIONS. The minor nominations on the ticket are very judiciously tilled. Colonel Mc- Nett, as State Prison Inspector, will in stance the case of a brave soldier, origi nally from the ranks, now disabled by the loss of his arm and other wounds, recognized and provided for. The posi tion of State Treasurer was accorded by acclamation to General Patrick for the staunch fidelity with which he stood by the democracy last year on the soldier's vote—a service which his position as Provost Marshal General enabled him to render with timely and serviceable effect. The nominees for the Court of Ap peals are entitled to every credit. The name of Martin Grover is well identi fied with the old days of, the Democrady, although more recently he was detach ed from the party on the slavery issue. His nomination is a pledge to others who have left the organization that every obstacle to their return is now re moved. ! he renomination of Gen. Talmadge as Clerk of the Court of Appeals was opposed principally by members of the faction to which he claims to belong— the old Whig or American interest. E. 0. Perin, who is named in his place, be belongs to the Constitutional Union Brooks-Brothers-Bell-Everett old Whig fossils. THE ENTHUSIASM AT THE CLOSE. The adjournment and breaking up of the assemblage presented the utmost rejoicing and satisfaction. The dinner hour at the Delevan House presented a perfect jubilee. The New York dele gation was especially gratified with its unusual career at this Convention. Tammany Hall was admitted without question, and all but without contest. The seventeen votes of the delegation were cast by one man on every question and every candidate, and exhibited a result in influence and consequences which threw a new light upon what could be done with a united front on such occasions. Confederate Money As a matter of curiosity we cut from a Southern paper the following table, showing the prices of Confederate cur rency in Augusta, Ga., at various times from the beginning to the close of the war. The record was kept by a broker doing business in that city 1851. Gold Premium, January 1.... July 1 October 1..... October 15._ December 1... December 15. For S .December 15.....5 old 7 ( , : 100 . 1864. ) January 1 21 00 ) January 15 20 00 ) February 1 20 00 February 15 21 00 March 1 26 00 I / Alarch 15 .W 00 • lApril 1 19 00 Aprills 21 00 I iiilay 1 20 00 May 15 1500 I June 1 to July 15 18 00 • July 15 to Ang,. 15 20 00 August 15. . 22 00 ('September I 20 50 • ISeptember 15 22 50 October 1 27 00 October 15 25 00 November 1 20 00 I.l , l'ovember 15 28 00 December 1.. 32 00 December 15 3.5 00 December 31 50 00 1065 • !January 1 60 00 !January 15 65 00 February 1 50 00 February 15 40 00 March 1 55 00 March 15 57 00 April 1 70 00 Aprills 80 00 Aprll2o 100 00 April 26 21.0 00 Aprll27 300 00 Aprll2B 500 00 April 20 800 00 April 30 1000 00 ' May 1 1200 00 1862. January 1... January 15.. February 1.. February 15. March 1.... ._. March April 1 April 15 May 1 May 15 June 1 For $1 il4 Jurte 15 $2 00 August 1 2 20 September 1...........2 50 November 1 3 00 • • 18613. February 1 3 10 March 1 3 251 March 15 5 001 May 15 600' June 1 650 June 15 750 July 1 300 July 15 10 00 August 1 14 00 August 15 15 00 September 1 14 00 September to 14 CO October 1 13 00 October 15 12 50 November F 13 00 November 15 15 50 December 1 20 00 On May 1, 1865, the Confederate notes w' le last actual sale of 'as made. THE Abolition-Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio, after having dodged the issue as long as he could, has acknowledged at a public meeting, in answer to a question put to him, that he is favorable to negro suffrage. This is the sentiment of Republican leaders who control the party, and their candi dates, though they may in some locali ties ignore the question in order to de-. ceive the people, are allsecretly in favor of the new Republican Plank, and go for making the negro a voter.. - tdditiiii - oftlieliiiiitelftite Ceittral coEukitkee• . 2b the tooPeopf Pel,, 'snia: . AittEOrcance with its tint*.conared an - ... .m, the Dei=e t watlirms .' • - '-s•ltmi :.d . dida [ ,;i, yours' - : -- , 7= f those p Ciples and' - - p .."...nrpose now to apeidr. f.. 4 ~ ...I. ,', 4 .. _,. ty (ad, the patriothith le and L. e par of , #ur aid- . .' • . '-':. di - , the , :hie; r that - Tor frillr ears , , - 4. : ,•• , . '0,14. eeuutfinr - enct le 'pealedly aid was our dwntaii`falleys has ended. The Confederate Government, its armies'and its animating doctrine, seces sion, lie prostrate at the feet of the people of the Union.. The tramp of armed men and the crash of battle are no longer heard, and thirecoperative energies of the people will speedily fill the air with the sound of the buSTM•fa"iiflidat' , e: -u ltie - SolittafyieldS•placo to the citi7 , n, the compandergives way to the statesman: : The POWer or force is suc ceeded bythe power of reason, justice and law. - The soldier's duty of unquestioning obediende to the orders of a superior is sup. planted 'by the, wore nitional but not less imperative obligation of obedience to law. THE . 9 . I7PHEMACY OF THE LAW . . Whether we. be citizen or soldief °Meer of statesman, ruler or ruled, this obligation rests with equal weight upon each and all of us. The doctrine of implicit and un qualified obedience to the Constitution and laws of our country is itow;and in all time past has been, a prinninent tenet in the faith of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, and they have invariably been found denounc ing by voice and opposing by act those traitorousyrinciples which seek to weaken the binding force of the Constitution, at tempt to nullify the plainest provisions thereof, or actuate those who aim to subvert it by force of arms. The Federal Constitu tion had power enough, had its mandates been observed in the spirit in which they were framed, and the warnings of the Democratic party been heeded, to haveitre served us front the war through which we have just passed, and to have saved the na tion from the stupendous sacrifices of the blood of her slaughtered sons, the waste of her national power and prestige, and the fearful load of debt and taxation that now encumbers her. When the nation was pre cipitated into war, obedience to the plainest provisions of that Constitution would have protected the most precious privileges of a free people, and preserved to the patriotic people of the country both the form and substance of the national bill of rights; and now that " arms are silent and the laws re sume their sway," a strict observance of its requirements, a rigid enforcement of its obligations in all the States, and fealty to their official oaths by those in power, are the indices which point the way to harmo nious unity, permanent peace and a speedy resumption of our career of prosperity and progress. The arbitrary and uncontrolled will of the temporary incumbent-of place ought not to be the rule of our government, and we hold " that the Constitution estab lished by our (revolutionary) fathers is en titled to our unqualified respect and obedi ence, the oath to support it is binding, reli giously, morally and legally, at all times, under all circumstances, and in every part of the country, upon all public officers, from the highest to the lowest, as well as upon private citizens." The Democracy of Penn sylvania are for the supremacy of the law. The great central objects round which are grouped the materials, and for which was constructed the simple and harmonious ma chinery of our system of government are "the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity." They who formed it, cre ated no government to administer theories, or to protect imaginary rights from imagi nary enemies, but as brave and practical men, deeply imbued with the spirit of lib erty, and fresh front the bloody civil strug. gle of the Revolution, they knew from bitter experience the value of those blessings and in the light of that experience they framed a government of law, and not of ar bitrary power, a government to guard their civil liberties, and not to overthrow them. The fundamental principles of free govern , ment guarantie.l to us by the plain words of the Constitu:.em distinctly reserved, and to be forever held as inviolable, habeas cor pus, trial by jury, the subordination of the military to the civil authority, free speech, and a free press, from the very essence of our institutions ; and when they who ad minister the government fail to protect us in the exercise of these rights; when they who have carried on a gigantic war in the name of the Constitution, not only fail to maintain its fundamental principles, but are habitually guilty of their violation, is it not our duty to turn them front the seats of power they so shamefully misuse, and to require at their hands reparation for the many wrongs unnecessarily inflicted? " From the day that Runnymede had its nitrite linked with human freedom to this hour every man of Anglo-Saxon blood has lifted his head more proudly when he heard the great text of manhood repeated. No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned or dis possessed qj his free tenements or liberties, or outlawed Or banished, or in anywise hurt or injured unless by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. Dearer than dynasties, dearer than forms of govern ment, dearer than the inborn sentiment of loyalty to the Ent, It heart, has always been the right of trial by jury. For two hundred years it has been more than his crown was worth for an English King to deny this right to an English subject." Yet these principles, inwrought with the vitals of our system, baptized by the blood of patriots dining six hundred and fifty years, and wrenched front the hand of tyranny for our benefit, we have basely yielded to the unquestioned control of those in; power. And during the past four years, again and again, have freemen, American freemen, freemen of Pennsylvania, been " taken and imprisoned, dispossessedof their free tene ments and liberties," and " outlawed and banished," and " hurt and injured," with out " the legal judgment of their peers," and contrary to "the:law of the land." And this too within our own CZninnonwealth, at a time when no hostile drum-beat was heard and no armed soldier lifted his hand against the government within all our borders. At this hour, when military necessity can no longer be made the pretext for their con tinuance, when the authority of the Federal Government is admitted and recognized in all the land, these abuses still exist. The courts created by law are in abeyance, and tribunals unknown to the Constitution and laws usurp their power over life, liberty and property. The great writ of Heedom that assures every individual the protection of civil authority is fettered by the hand of arbitrary power, and the citizen is denied the right of trial by a jury of his peers. The Democratic party of 'Pennsylvania believe that THE not:l2 HAS COME in which murders by military commissions should cease; the right of trial by twelve calm, impartial sworn citizens, should be restored, and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus be free as the air. THE RIGHTS OF THE STATES Aside from these great cardinal doctrines, the supremacy of the law and the inviola bility of the fundamental principles of free government, there is no subject more closely allied with the preservation of our form of government and the protection of our lib erties, than that of the relations of the States to the Federal Government. Both were created fin- the benefit of the people, and within the spheres of power granted or re served to each, each is supreme. The obligation of the citizen to the Fed eral Government within the scope of the powers granted to it is binding and imper ative, and no one can absolve him from his duty thereto. So, also, the power of the States over those matters not expressly granted to the Federal Government or re served to the people, is equally clear, and the duty of the citizen thereto is equally im perative and binding. I 'pun the one hand, in their attempt to interfere with the pow ers granted to the Federal Government by the people, all ordinances of secession were utterly void, and (be insurrection being suppressed, the States resume their place in the Union and the penalties incurred fall upon the individuals engaged in the rebel lion. So too upon the other hand it is the right of each State to determine for itself the qualifications of its electors without in terference by other States or by the Federal Government. Such is the doctrine of the Dernocracy,and such appears to be the policy or the Presi dent, and yet, sectional prejudice the love of gain, increasing wrath and deeply Masked political purposes, seriously ob struct the process of reconstruction and re conciliation ; and they who should be fore most in attempting to restore the harmoni ous unity of the nation are loudest in de nunciation and most zealous in pursuit of a conquered foe. As between the Federal Government and the States in which the people have been in rebel lion against its authority, the only is sue during the war was, how should be the restoration of that authority. The tread of no hostile soldiery presses the soil of one of thorn now. In no one of them is there aught of objection now to the assess ment and collection of Federal taxes, to the creation of Federal custom houses, courts, and post offices, or to the peaceful transitof munitions of war and troops. The wonder ful exhibition of a devastated country, of defeated armies, of a humiliated people and , of emancipated slaves, oughtjto be sufficient to arouse the sympathies and engage the purest devotion of the Christian and the Statesman ; but unconcerned at the condi tion of the white people of the States, desir ous only to perpetuate their political power regardless of the vital interests of six mil lions of their own race, and of the import ance of their rehabilitation in the Union, the leaders of the Republican party, as a condition precedent to their restoration and to the release of the reign ofmilitary author ity over a conquered and submissive peo ple, demand that the negro shall be placed upon a political equality with the white man, and they insist upon the use of the arm of the Federal Government to . effect it, and are moving for an amendment of the Federal Constitution to perpetuate it. Such a practical interference would be a palpable infraction of the Constitution, a gross and unauthorized increase of central power, and a wanton overthrow of the rights of the States. This doctrine gives to the citizen of Massachusetts the righth to aid in prescribing the qamliflcation- and color of the voter in North Carolina, and in. practice will give to the black man the control of the great States of Lenisktim - - and &inliCtirolitik Midi:rillsend six black men to the Senate of the United States. This, in all its breadth and-with a full understanding of itieriltai iiitlWdoetrine of the Republican partylofFennsylvania, for the 4th.resolution adopted bythellepub .l4StatiConventiori,lieldlit Harrisburg, atllk e nth otAagast,al36s;diatinetly so as skrta; kis a*.fauows: Ttfak, haviii€LconOnred the rebel noes _Stares .theylihotild heidinenbingation, aPPL the treatment theyare to - receive, and the lewit whichninto goyerwthcam-thonld be re ferred to the law-making power the nation, to which they legitimately belong. . With this doctrine we take distinct issue, The States of the South are in the Union. and the people thereof, except those on whom the penalties for rebellion fall,are en titled to all their politiMl. privileges, and we affirm that these States are entitled to 211thexeserved rights of the States under. the Federal Constitution, and within the sphere of these reserved rights, they, and they alone, have the powerto make and un make the laws that are to govern them. NEGRO EQUALITY AND NEGRO SUFFRAGE. Negro equality and negro suffrage are no longer - a mythical issue, but are part of the vital, practical realities of the present hour. They are demanded by the black man ; they are advocated by white men high in power in the National Government, AND WE CHARGE TEAT they are endorsed and sanc tioned by a large majority of the Republican party of the North, including those who govern and control that party in Pennsyl vania. Let us examine some of the evi dences upon which we found this charge. The States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, by constitutional provision, give to the black man the unrestricted right of suffrage. These States are all under Republican con trol, and their politicians lead the van in the crusade they hope is to result in the degradation of the white race to the level of the black. The Senate of the United States, on the 31st of March, 1864 (see Congressional Globe, p. 1361), had before it a bill for the construe don of the territory of Montana. Mr. Wil kinson moved to strike from the second line of the fifth section (which defined the quali fication of voters) the words, "white male inhabitant," and insert the words, "male citizen of the United States," Se., which was agreedto as follows: YEAs : Messrs. Brown Chandler, Clark, Col lamer, ()Juncos. Dixon, Fessenden Foot, Fos ter, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, Morgan. Morrill, Pomeroy, Stunner, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson-72. NAYS: Messrs. Buckalew, Cathie, Cowan, Davis Harding, Henderson, Johnson, Lane, Nesmith, Poweil, Riddle, Saulsbury, Sherman, Tea Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey-17. Those who thus voted to place the black man on an equality with the white in one of the richest territories of the Union, will readily be recognized as the leaders of the Republican party in the Senate. " This subject came up in the House of Representatives on the 15th April, 1861, (Congressional Globe, page 1652), the motion pending being the appointment of a Com mittee of Conference on the disagreement between the Senate and House on. striking out the word "white." Mr. Webster moved "that said committee be instructed to agree to no report that authorizes any other than free white male citizens to vote." On the question of the adoption of these instruc tions, the following -named Republican Congressmen from Pennsylvania voted nay: Messrs. Broomall, Kelley, Myers, O'Neill, Stevens, Thayer and Williams. No Pennsylvania Republican voted yea. The Republican State Convention of Maine, lately in session, in the Bth resolu tion, declares in favor of negro suffrage, as follows: "That the emancipation procla mation of President Lincoln, the enlist ment of over 100,000 colored. troops, the good faith of the colored race amid treason, and their being paid like whites and placed in the most dangerous places, has pledged the national honor that these people shall have in fact, as well as name, conferred on them all the political rights of freedom, arid that' the people of the United States will redeem this pledge." The Republican Conventions of the States of lowa and Vermont have emphatically endorsed the doctrines of negro equality and negro suffrage, and placed their candi dates squarely upon that platform. 11. Winter Davis of Maryland, at Chica go, said: lie need the votes of the colored people; it is numbers, not intelligence, that counts at the ballot box—it is the right intention, and not philosophic judgment, that casts the rote. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in the Inde pendent of recent date, says: We are pleading earnestly with the State to abolish the distinction of caste by universal suffrage. We see that this will inevitably lead, not to the end the present Governor of Louis iana declares—the surrender of that country to the black man—but to the equality of black with the white; the occupancy of office without regard to color; the clecatton of the negro to the governor. ship, the senatorship, the judgship, by the side of his whiter kindred; the obliteration of all marks of distinction and separation between men and men. These are representative men of the Re publican party, and they have wielded a powerful influence in its ranks. In our own State a number of Republi can county conventions have fully endorsed this doctrine. Crawford county, at her con vention held of Meadville, June 27, 1865, resolved that Loyalty to the Government should be the only test of the right of suffrage—those who have fought to presetve the Union on the field of battle, whether white or black, are certainly worthy and tit to protect it through the ballot box—it is unworthy the age in which we live to deprive meta of voting who sustain the govern ment by their treasure and blood. The Republican County Conventions of Northampton, Union and Alleghany have also broadly endorsed these doctrines. The question of the right of the negro to social equality was before the Legislature of Pennsylvania at its last session. On the Bth day of Feb.,:1865, the bill to prevent any passenger railway company from excluding colored people from their cars came up in the Senate, and finally passed that body. Seventeen Republicans (all who voted) voted for the hill, and fourteen Democrats against it. It was sent to the House for concurrence ; and on 23d March, 1865, it came up in the House on a motion to dis charge the committee. Forty-six Republi cans voted yea, and twenty-eight Democrats voted nay. .See Leg. Rec., pages 210 and 712.) Nearly all the prominent Republican newspapers of the State have also avowed themselves favorable to negro suffrage and negro equality, and yet, strange to say, the Republican State Convention failed to meet the issue, and seek to conceal their true sentiments beneath the ambiguous word ing of a resolution. Their third resolution declares that the Southern people "cannot safely be entrusted with the political rights which they forfeited by their treason, until they have proven their acceptance of the results of the war by incorporating them in constitutional provisions, and securing to all men within their borders their inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap piness." Who so blind as not to see that this may or may not be a declaration in favor of ne- gro suffrage? Can any man doubt, what this means when he remembers that 'Thad deus Stevens, the radical leader of the last National House of Representatives, was a prominent member of that Convention? Can any man doubt what Henry C. Johnson, the President of that convention, meant and expressed when he declared the passage of this two-faced resolution, if he remembers that Mr. Johnson received his credentials fioni that very convention in Crawford county which declared that" loyalty should be the only test of the right of suffrage?" Pennsylvanians, the serious importance of the issue involved, and a just regard for your intelligence, demanded a manly dec laration of opinion upon this subject; but the leaders of the Republican party know your detestation of their degrading doc trines, and they seek to obtain by double dealing your support to sentiments they dare not avow. The problem of the capacity of man, the white man, for self-government is being solved in the history of the American Re public, and in the face of the recent exhi bition of the physical and mental qualities of the Caucasian race, in view of the mighty power of the nation as displayed in the heroism, endurance and indomitable energy of the white soldier of our armies, and in the stupendous sacrifice of the blood and treasure of the people, the Democracy of Pennsylvania unhesitatingly announce their belief in its successful result. "We will not acknowledge the incapacity of our own race to govern itself, nor surrender the destiny of the country into the hands of ne groes, nor put ourselves under the guardian ship, nor give up to them the political privileges which we inherited from our fathers." Whether the, blood of the Anglo- Saxon, the Celt or the Teuton flows in our veins, there are but few among us who do not feel it tingle with a thrill of just shame when is pronounced to be only She equal of the negro of Dahomey or Congo. Call this prejudice, or what you may, it exists, and the statesman who desires the peace, the happiness and the prosperity of both races can not ignore it. Give the black man equal political rights in our country and you give him equal social rights. Give him equal political rights and you multiply the points of contfast between the races, and the weak er and inferior must yield place to the stronger and superior. The law must re cognize his equality or his inferiority; there is no middle ground. We believe in the superiority of our race. and we are unwill ing to degrade ourselves either socially or politically. RETRENCHMENT The Democratic party have ever been zealous for the preservation of the national credit, and this hour demand rigid economy in the expenditure of the public money and a prompt revision of our cumbrous and in quisitorial system of taxation; a justregard for an already burthened people demands that a hordeof Federal office-holders, asses sors and tax-collectors be dispensed with, and the machinery of the State Govern ments used in their room. The retention by the Federal Government of large num bers of officers of the army, - whilst the pri vate soldier is discharged and sent to his home, also imposes additional and unneces sary burdens upon the people. Can the people; expect these reforms to come whilst the men who created the abuses remain in power? The Democracy of Pennsylvania have no reply to make to denunciation orinvective. They refer with pride to their record during the past ism years. Like the bistoriC People of the Scriptures,,,whilst,engaged- itithe,re paiiilif the welhgthat .td.aluilr Irak City, they have with one hand engaged in earnest tOilln protecting and preserving the Constitution_ and laws_ of their .country,: Whilst the 'other' grasped tits sword that' aided in-destroying those who violently as sailed them. Amid the blandishments of power, the persecutions of official tyranny and the corrupt and recklesd rise of the public money, they have been ever bold in the expression of their opinions, .and have unswervingly maintained their principles and their integrity. During.that time they have once elected their ticket, twice carried the State on the home vote, and at the last election polled over 276,000 votes for the candidate of their choice. - - - • - Such a body of men, tried, determined, and organized, a unit in support of their glorious principles, must ever bea power the State, and:will be feared by its ene mies, and respected by all. OUR STANDARD. BEARERS - - For Auditor General, Colonel W. W. H. Davis, of Bucks county, heads the ticket. Col. Davis is a sound, practical man, well qualified for the position, and of that stern integrity of character so much needed in this day of official prostitution and degen-; eracy. As a soldier, his record stands equal to that of the best and purest. When the war broke out, he raised a company and served for a term of three months. At the expiration of that term of service he raised a regiment—the 104th Pennsylvania—and as colonel of that regiment went through the war. He was in many of the most se vere battles; was wounded severely at the desperate affair at Seven Oaks, before Rich- mond, and lost a hand in the neighborhood . of Charleston, South Carolina. 'Maimed as he was, Colonel Davis remained in the field until the three years for which his regiment was raised had expired, when, as the war was then virtually at an end, he returned to private life. Such is the record of the honest man and brave soldier who heads the State ticket of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania. The nominee for Surveyor General is Lieut. Col. John P. Linton, of Cambria county. Like Col. Davis, this gentleman is an honest, intelligent, lipright citizen, and a brave soldier. He was chosen Major of the 34th regiment, P. V., in 1861, and Lieut. ('ol. of the same 'regiment, in Pe12, 7 ruary, 1863. He was constantly in the field', and bears upon his person numerous sears as testimonials of his gallantry. Col. Lin 7 ton had the honor of leading the 54th in the battles of Newmarket and Piedmont. And most gallantly and bravely he led his regi ment on those disastrous fields. In both these battles he was severely wounded, but although for a time compelled to go home for treatment, he scarcely remained long enough from his post to fully recover—so wedded was he to his regithent, his duty and the serious work required of him. This gentleman is well worthy of the nomina tion he has received, and of the suffrages of the citizens of his native State. As our standard has inscribed upon it the true principles of the Democratic party, and its chosen bearers are brave, honest men, the Democracy of the State must and will rally to its support with a zeal and determi nation that will prove irresistible. Men of Pennsylvania ! the issues are be fore you, fraught with the greatest conse quences to yourselves, your Country, and your race. Weigh well your action, and de cide as white freemen should. By order of the Democratic State Central. Committee. • WILLIAM A. WALLACE; September 8, 1883. Chairman., The Triennial Episcopal Convention The Triennial Convention of the. Episcopal Church, which will meet in Philadelaphia in October next, is com posed of the House of Bishops, which embraces the diocesan and missionary prelates throughout the United States, and the House of Lay and Clerical Deputies, consisting of four-laymen and four clergymen from each diocese. Its powers are limited, and its late sessions have been principally devoted to the pro gress of the church. It can make no alteration in the constitution or in the liturgy and offices, unless they have been adopted in one convention, sub mitted to the dioceses, and afterwards adopted by another convention—a work which would occupy at least four years. THE HOUSE OF BISHOPS is composed of the following prelates;. whom we give in the order of their con secration : Bishop Hopkins, Vermont ....couti'd 11381' Bishop B Smith Kentucky...ctine'd 1831 Bishop Mclllwilue Ohio coned i 832: Bishop Kemper.. Wisconsin..coi3e'd 1835. Bishop McCrosky. ........ ...cone'd 1836 Bishop Whlttingham....Maryland...cone'd 1841• Bishop Elliot Georgia coned 1841 Bishop Lee Delaware....cone'd 1841 Bishop Johns Virginia coned 1842 Bishop Easthurn Mass cone'd 1812 Bishop Cliese N. II amp ....cons'd 1814 Bishop Hawks Missouri .....coned 1844 Bishop Southgate (No Diocese)cone'd. 1844 Bishop Burgess Maine coned 1847 Bishop Upfold Indiana.......cone'd 1840 Bishop Green Miss coned 1850 Bishoo Payne C Palmas.....cone'd 1851 Bishop Rutledge Florida cone'd.4Bsl Bishop Williams Conn cone'd 1851 Bishop Whitehouse Illinois ..... cone'd 1851 13:shop Davis S. Carolina..cons'd 1854 Bishop Atkinson N:Carolina.cons'd 1853 Bishop Kipp Callfornia...cone'd 1853 Bishop Scott Oregon.. cone'd 1854 Bishop Potter New York...cone'd 1854 Bishop Gregg Texas coned 1859 Bishop Odenhelmer N. Jersey....cone'd 1859 Bishop Bedell Ohio cons'd 1859 Bishop Whipple Minnesota .cons'd 1859 Bishop Las Arkansas ...cone'd 1859 Bishop Talbot Northwest .cone'd 1859 Bishop Stevens Penna. coned 1862 Bishop Wilmer... Alabaina.....conied 1862 Bishop Vail Kansas cone'd 1864 Bishop Coxe W. N. Y coned 1865 It will be thus seen that the House of Bishops is composed of thirti-five pre lates. The war, however, prevented the Southern bishops being present at the last triennial convention. THE HOUSE OF LAY AND CLERICAL DEPUTIES is composed of nearly three hundred members, who are sent to represent each diocese. The desire for unity among' New York churchmen Is amply shown in the selection of Governor Seymour as a delegate. The Rights of Pensioners—Correction A verbal error, which has appeared in some of the newspapers, has been deemed of sufficient importance for of ficial correction. The Secretary says the section in which it occurs as fol lows : And be it further enacted, That alt persons, now by law entitled to a less pension than heretofore specified, who shall have lost one foot and one hand in the military service of the United States, and in the line of his [their] duty, shall be entitled to twenty dollars per month. This section, the Secretary of State says, is printed in pamphlet edition of the laws of the last session of Congress precisely according to the original roll, with the exception that the word "his" is underscored—i. c., put in italics—and the word " their" placed in brackets, the reason for which isobvious. The error is that newspapers have printed the word "or" instead of the word "and" between the. words " foot" and "hand." The Acting Commissioner of Pensions say without this correction the business of the bureau would be useless.. ly increased without benefit to any one. The Maine Electieri: PORTLAND, Sept. 11.—The State elec tion to-day passed off quietly. Up to this hour, six o'clock P. M., very few returns have been received, but they indicate that the State vote will proba bly not exceed 75,000, against 112,000 polled last year, and that the Republi can majority will be about 15,000, against 19,000 last year. The official vote of Portland foots up as follows; For Governor, Cony, (Republican,).....l,7ll Do. Howard, (Democrat,)..... 768 Last year Portland gave Cony 2,769, and Howard 1,786. VOTE TUN YEAR. VOTE LAST YEAR. Cony, (Rep.) Howard (Dem.) Rep. Dem. Bangor, 668 97 1868 791 Bath, 791 177 945 334 Saco, 567 306 Biddeford, 368 672 Eastport, 304 16-1 Ellsworth, 588 193 Seventy-three towns give Cony 17,248, and Howard 9,313. Last year the vote stood for Cony 22,518, and for Howard 15 879. The Real Foes to a Restored talon Not a Republican State Convention has yet fully and fairly endorsed Presi dent Johnson's policy, while every De mocratic State Convention has. One Republican State Convention (Minne sota) has directly condemned and de nounced he President's policy, and the rest of them have taken exception to and by inuendo condemned his " mild and generous method of reconstruction." Not one Democratic Convention has done so. Some of the Republican Con-. ventions have set Stanton above the President, and four others have endorsed negro suffrage, to which Johnson is op posed. No Democratic Convention has thus "opposed the Government." Tak ing all these facts together, we find that the only true and efficient support which is accorded the President, in his arduous labors at a restoration of the Oniori, comes from the Democratic party! We find, also, that the only obstacle to a restoration of the Union, North or South, is the radical wing of the .?epublican. party/--21 - arriemrg :eatrit24- 2
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