, v , glailwifftw »WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7i lB6oi “The printing presses shall be free.to every ! person who undertakes to' examine the pro Seedlngs of the legislature, or any branch of \ government; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The freb 001119m nlcation of thought and opinions Is one of the Invaluable rights of men; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any sub ject; being responsible for the abase of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of offi cers, or men In publlo capacities, or where the matter published is proper for-paollo informa tion, the truth thereof may be given in evi ence.” FOR GOVERNOR: % Hon. HIESTER CLTMER, of Berks Co, The Detaocrntlc State Convention. The result of the deliberations of the Democratic State Convention, which assembled inHarrisburgyesterday, will be hailed by all conservative men as a sure augury of the speedy triumph of those principles upon which the Con stitution rests, and by which the Union must be preserved. The platform laid down is one on which every true pa triot can stand safely and securely.— Ignoring dead issues, and coming up squarely to the demands of the present hour, it asserts cardinal doctrines upon which there can be no disagreement ainoDg the true friends of the country It is bold and outspoken. There is not an unworthy dodge or aconcealed false hood in it from beginning to end. It is honest, manly and true. In it the Convention speaks to the people in words which can neither be mistakeu nor misunderstood. Short and positive in terms, it is precisely what the crisis demanded. Every man in Pennsyl vania will read it, and an overwhelm ing majority of the people will hearti ly approve of the principles therein laid down. In it the real living issues be tween the Democratic party and its op ponents are so clearly set out, that no amount of crafty cunning will enable the Republicanstoevadethem. They must meet these issues as they are now made up. What the result of such a contest will be no sane man can for a moment doubt. Hiester Clymer will be triumphantly elected Governor of the great State of Pennsylvania. That is reordered sure by the action of the Convention. He who doubts it cannot read aright the signs of the times. We need not undertake to eulogise our standard-bearer. The people of Pennsylvania know him. Descended from one of. the signers of the Declara tion of Independence, a representative of the grpat German element of his na tive State, a man of the highest and purest principles, a linished scholar, a statesman, a patriot and a man of the people, he is of all others the man to carry us forward to assured victory. Under his lead the Democracy of Penn- sylvania will rally with the invincible energy which distinguished them in the days when a nomination by a Dem ocratic State Convention was equivalent to an election. Rut, to secure this, if is’necessary that every' conservative, right thinking man should go to work in earnest. The com ing contest will be no holiday affair.— It will be one of the fiercest political lights ever made in Pennsylvania. The Democracy occupyAhe vantage ground. They are not only first iu the Held, but they hold a position from which to make an assault which their opponents can- not withstand for a moment. The battle lines are already drawn. Until the Second Tuesday of October, there will not bean hour for idle dalliance. Every day must be devoted to earnest labor. — In this greatstruggleevery manmustdo his duty, and his whole duty ; he who would stand by country rather than by party, must range himself under our banner. We cordially invite all such to unite with us iu support of the wise and statesmanlike policy of President J.ohnson. Ry that we will stand. We endorse it because it is right; it is true democratic doctrine. The future is abundantly full of prom- ise. A sure and glorious triumph " awaits us if we labor as men should in such a cause. All that we hold most dear is at stake. Let us work then as we never did before. Hon. William Hopkins. Our State Convention conferred upon this distinguished gentleman' the well deserved compliment of selecting him to preside over their deliberations. — They could not have conferred this po sition upon one more worthy to occupy it. William Hopkins has for a long course of years filled a large space in the public eye of I’ennsylvania, and he has won for himself an enviable and endur ing reputation for soundness of mind and purity of heart. Twenty-seven years ago, when Thad deus Stevens disgraced his adopLed State and attempted to override her consti tution and laws in order tokeep himself and his party in power, as he is now disgracing the whole country and trying to divide it for the same unworthy pur pose, William Hopkins was summoned by the legally-elected majority of the loWer house of the Legislature to take the same chair that he yesterday occu pied. When he assumed it, the plaudits that rang out from the free citizens who had assembled there with astern deter mination to maintain their rights, struck terror to the hearts of Stevens and his guilty associates, and sent thhnr flying out of the back window for ''Safety. It was a happy thought to call the noble old Senator from Washington to the Presidency of this Convention. The mention of his name carries the mind back to the perilous time of which we have just spoken; and the-present generation, recalling the trials and the triumphs of that period, will strive to emulate the glorious deeds of William Hopkins and those who sustained him in the contest of 1888. The County Convention The Democratic Couuty Convention which assembled in this city last week, was one of the largest and most enthu siastic ever held in Lancaster county.— Heady every district was fully repre sented, by their best and most intelli gent and influential men. The spirit shown was such as to convince any one that the coming campaign was properly regarded as one of no ordinary impor tance. The gallant Democracy of Lan caster county are buckling on their ar mor fur the contest. They will go to work determined to leave no effort un employed by which the majority against them can be diminished. Though al ways in a minority they battle just as gallantly us if sure of winning, and are as proud of their ability to poll nine thousand votes as if that number were sufficient to carry aIJ local oflices. They have always fought on principle and are willing to do ho still, fn the coming important campaign they will be found where they have always |,h*h, doing battle manfully for the great cause of the Constitution and the Union. Gen. Hawley, Republican candidate for Governor of Connecticut,defined his position in a speech to the returned col ored regiment, in Hartford, November, 24, 1805. He said: . , “ Thank God, one thing has been settled by the war. It is settled that the black man is entitled to all rights and privileges of the white man ! [Cheers.] ' And with the help of Qod they shall baye them.” [Cheers.] “ All the privileges” of the whiteman include voting, marrying white women, jand a good many other things. The Federal Office Holders. We hear the question asked every day ( how do the Federal office-holders in this city stand in relation to the President? Do they or do they fljft endorse his veto ; of the Freedmen’s' fiunjau biii? We have a Postmaster, an Assessor; and a Collector of Revenue, togethefvjvith a host of.assistants in thecity and county, all of whom are intensely “ loyal,” and hold their positions at the pleasure of the President. These men should be on the side of Andrew Johnson; but are they? If they are his sincere friends, it would be proper for them to get up some demonstration of endorsement, in which men of all parties should be in vited to take part. Democrats,.of course, rejoice over the bold and impregnable position the Pres ident has taken against Thaddeus Ste vens and the Radical Abolitionists, and in favor of the prompt admission of the Southern Congressmen tp their seats in the National Legislature. The Democ racy are unanimous in his support upon this and several other questions of great national import. But itis not their business to take the lead in his defence. Itbelongsmore especially to that branch of the Republicans who endorse him and the leaders who are willing to hold office by Jiis appointment. No doubt that Postmaster Cochran, Assessor Al exander, Collector Hood, and their nu merous deputies could get up a demon stration of approval which would enlist the cordial sympathies of a large ma jority of the peopleof Lancastercounty, ami at the same time counteract the bitter and ‘'disloyal ” mutterings of the Radicals in our midst. Then, why do they not take the initiative? Let the Conservative Republicans, as those are pleased to be known who en dorse the President, call a meeting —let the doors be open to all—let resolutions be offered and other evidences of appro bation given—let the proceedings be forwarded to Mr. Stevens, our represen tative in Congress, and there will be no necessity for the enquiry, now so com mon, “ How stand the office-holders?” What say you, gentlemen, to the prop osition? Unless you do something of the kind very soon your “loyalty” will be seriously questioned, and you may lose your official heads. The readers of the Press must by this time be pretty well sickened by Forney’s twaddle about “ the earnest men in Congress” and “ the earnest men of tlie country.” Whoever supports the disunion schemes of Steavens and Sum ner is an “ earnest man” and conse quently a great patriot, and whoever supports the Union policy of President Johnson is not an “ earnest man” and thereforeasecessionist! This “earnest” test is Yankee all over, and Forney’s constant app.eal to it shows how “ earn estly” lie has studied the “sclioolmarm” literature of New England. • We take the liberty of suggesting that earnest ncssis to be ad mi red and applaud ed ouly when it takes therightdirection. John Brown was just as earnest as any of Forney’s “ earnest men in Congress” when he committed murder at Harper’s Ferry, but he was a great scoundrel for all that. Wilkes Booth was a terribly “ earnest mau” when lie blew out Lin coln’s brains ; but in spite of the eulogies indirectly pronounced on him by the Radicals, who thought Lincoln too tender-hearted to hang as many Rebels as they desired to see hung, we must re gard him as a diabolical murderer not withstanding his earnestness. Payne was an “ earnest man” when he at tempted to hack Seward to pieces on his sick bed ; but if our recollection serves us, he got hanged for his earnestness. We commend these reminiscences to the earnest consideration of Forney and his “ earnest men,” both in and out of Congress. If he aud they go on as they have begun, they mayyet be made to realize that it is not well to be too earnest. The Johnstown Murderer Hanged The readers of the Telegraph doubtless remember the tragedy committed in Johns town, some two years ago, when a man named Marbourg was killed by Joseph Moore, for improper intimacy with the wife of the latter. Moore was tried and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment, but was afterwards pardoned. It will also be remembered that, after his restoration to freedom, he hastened to again embrace his wife, who was the guilty cause of all his troubles, and that together the two removed to lowa. The story goes that this unfortu nate woman, whom surely the devil must have instigated, again ueserted her hus band, who hud sunk his hopes almost of heaven for her smiles, and eloped with a minister of the Disciples’ Church. Moore followed the twain, and meeting his wife’s paramour in the street, his hand was once more dyed in human blood. He was tried for the crime, convicted, and recently hung for the second murder committed by’him.— Harrisburg 'Telegraph. This is the second murder that has been committed through the clemency of Gov..Curtin in cases where the sen tence of the law should have been exe cuted. Only a week or two ago Dr Hughes, who had previously been par doned out of the Penitentiary by Gov. Curtin, was hung in Ohio for murder ing a young woman who had been in duced to marry him, but who refused to live with him whenit was discovered that he had another wife. And now we are informed that the Johnstown mur derer, who should have been hanged for killing Marbourg, has again imbued his hands in human blood. This time, fortunately for the cause of public jus tice, he has paid the penalty of his crimes. This man Moore was a “returned soldier,” and Jordan Marbourg, whom he killed in Johnstown, was a Democrat of some local prominence. At that time it was considered by the superla tively loyal portion of the public who urged everybody else to go to war whilst they themselves stayed at home most valorously, as rather a praiseworthy act to kill a Only a cop perhead killed !” was the common ob servation in Johnstown “loyal” circles when Moore killed Marbourg. The verdict of the jury, which consigned the murderer to the penitentiary instead of the scaffold, was evidently a compro mise one, and the prisoner had abun dant reason to be thankful for it and to be satisfied with it. But Gov. Curtin was busy establishing his reputation as the “ soldier’s friend ” at that time, and as Marbourg was “only a copperhead ” and Moore a “returned soldier,” the Governor promptly opened the prison door and let the tiger sally forth to seek other prey. “ The Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of the Church.” Mr. Thomas N. Palmer, of Concord, New Hampshire, died on the 26th ult., after a little more than four years of suf fering from injuries received ip the breast in August, 1861, at the hands of the “ loyal” rioters who destroyed his brother’s printfngofftce, the Democratic Standard. If the leaders’ consciences who pushed on the mob are not “ seared as with a red hot iron,” then must they keenly feel that the blood of poor Pal mer rests on their skirts. “Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, salth the Lord,” and terrible will it be when it Ib meted out to the “ loyal” scoundrels who have held high carnival of blood and plunder these last ■live years. Jujjof Kino, of Bedford, Judge Der* rickson, of Crawford, Republicans ; and Judge 10! well, Democrat, have all deci ded that Election Boards hayg no pow er under the law, to rofuse the right of suffrage to any person otherwise quali fied, on account of his notreporting un der th.e of the Enrollment Law. A burnt child dreads the fire, as well he may. Our fellow citizens of t£e Radical persuasion arejust now to exercise a little of the burnt chiles caution. A purely sectional and wretch edly unpatfiptic party,- they Bought to give the appearance of nationality and patriotism r to their organization, by nominating a Southern Democrat for the Vice Presidency; A wise Provi dence, as they at the time declared, having advanced this Southern Demo crat to the Presidency, they now find themselves with the worst burnt fingers that ever afflicted poor mortality in “ this vale of tears. For the President, instead of following the revolution ary and agrarian teachings of Stevens and his Congressional mob, has remem bered what he learned in the school of Democracy and fallen back on the Con stitution which formed the Union to guide him in restoring it. The result of this contact between their fingers and the live coal of Demo cratic principles, has been to endow them with a wholesome dread of the class of politicians known as “ War Democrats.” Their positiou is embar rassing. Nearly every candidate here tofore proposed by them for their nom ination for Governor is a renegade Democrat. James Iv. Moorhead, John W. Geary, John Cessna aud John Scott, four of the five persons who have beeu named for the Republican nomination, are recenl converts to the disunion the ories of Thaddeus Elevens. Whether the fifth, Mr. Ketchum, ever belonged to the Democratic party, is more than we are able to say. We presume he did not; and our principal reason for think ing so, is because he had very few friends before the late veto message was delivered, whilst he has been gaining ground ever since. Now we don't want to see Geary aban doned, and in order to encourage his friends to stick to him, we give itas our opinion that there is not the least danger of his falling back on constitutional principles after his election—(supposing him to be successful at the polls, which does not now look much like asupposa ble case.) He is quite too shallow to comprehend the principles that lie at the foundation of our government, and he would find too much satisfaction and spend too much time surveying himself in the Executive glass to think of them even if he understood them better. The “Plug Uglics” Down on tlie Prest- It is well known to the world that the great majority of the property-holders of Baltimore city audof the whole State of Maryland have been disfranchised. A set of political scoundrels managed to get a convention to amend the Consti tution of the State elected by force of bayonets. Thus Plug Uglyism, which disgraced Baltimore city in the days of Know-Xothingism, was made domi nant in the whole State; and securely seated in power by one of the most infamous registration laws ever passed. These radicals are down on Andy Johnson. Fearing the effect of his wise policy, which was fully en dorsed at the gigantic mass meeting held at the Maryland institute, they got up a counter demonstration. The affair came offlast night in the Front street Theatre. A special despatch says, Sen ator Cresswell, of Maryland; Trumbull, of Illinois; McKee, of Kentucky; Nye, ofNeyada; and Messrs. F. Thomas and J. L. Thomas, of Maryland, and others, spoke. Senator Trumbull reviewed the recent speech of Secretary Seward at New York. The only support Stevens, Sunnier & Co., can find In the State of Maryland must come from the infamous men who have made arrangements to coutinue themselves in power, by disfranchising a large majority of the best men of the State. The radical disunionists are fit associates of the “ Plug Uglies.” A Proper Move. Hon. A. H. Coffroth, theeftieientrep resentative from that district, has of fered a resolution instructing the Com mittee on Ways and Means to report an act refunding to citizens of Cliambers burg, Pa., whose property was burned, or business suspended or destroyed by the Rebels, commanded by the notorious and fiendish General McCausland, the amount of internal tax paid by them for the year 1864. That is eminently fit and proper. The relief afforded by the appropriation made by the Legislature of this State will not cover more than one-fourth of the actual loss to the people of Cham bersburg. Of course the heaviest losers were the business men of the town.— The State of Pennsylvania relieved the people of Gnambersburg from State tax ation for a period. The United States can afford to be equally generous. We hope the Committee of Ways and Means will at once report favorably on Mr. Coflroth’s resolution. They Wont Keslgn, Forney’s Press says notwithstanding the oft-repeated assertion, Secretaries Stanton and Harlan, and Attorney General Speed, have not tendered their resignations. It is generally believed that they will remain in the Cabinet, as faithful sentinels of the nation’s inter est, until the Executive axe, now being sharpened, Is brought into requisition. The pretended friends of Andrew John son assert that in the event of a break in the Cabinet, in order to nationalize the new one, there will be appointed one or more of the reconstructionists. If President Johnson wants to get rid of Stanton A Co., he will have to kick them out. The )eto —How Hie People Stand on the ((uesUon, The following shows how the people of the United States stand on the ques tion of President Johnson’s veto: For it —The Democracy of the free States, 1,800,000 in number; the conservative Republicans of the free States, 400,000 in number; the voters of the Southern States, 1,500,000 in number—total for, 3,700,000 voters. Againstit-Disunion radicals 1,800,000 j Majority for the veto—l,9oo,ooo. The popular vote for the veto is more than two to one. Lazy negroes, living at white peo ple’s expense, still throng the sittings of the National Legislature. The Wash ington correspondent of the World writes to that paper of Saturday, that 11 the Senate gallery is dark, dense, every day, with well-dressed darkies, who are fairly greasy with government rations, and one cannot; tyajk a block on Penn sylvania avenue without encountering some poor soldier, minus an arm cr leg, who begs for a dime to get something to eat—or, perhaps, to drink—it matters riot; It shows be is in need of so small a sum as one dime. Let bin) take the ‘thanks' so generously bestowed upon him’by the Senate, and leave such tri fles as land and money to the black saviors of the republic.” The New York Tribune of Satur day says; “It is reported that a dele gation of leading Democrats from this city, amongtbemMayorHoffmun, pen, Dix and Judge Pierrepont, go to Wash, ington to-day to wait upon President Johnson and to asßure him of their sup. port.” The Republican Committees of New Hampshire and Connecticut are seeking to obtain furloughs for clarfeg in the de partment from those States to enable them to go home to vote against the Ad ministration. Those from the former State have been assessed U per cent, on their salaries to defray the expenses of the canvass, McClure on Johnson. Colonel McClure is one of the most prominent, as he is certainly one of the veiy ablest, Republican politicians [in Pennsylvania. His paper, the Cham bersburg Repository, is a journal lof marked ability, and its utterances are of decided significance. It takes most decided ground against President John son and we have no doubt it speaks the real sentiments of the great mass of the Republican leaders in this State.- Whether the Convention which is to meet on the 7th will be as honest as the editor of tho Repository remains to'be seen. Colonel McClure says: No intelligent reader of this journal for six months past, will expect us to manifest surprised because President Johnson has formally separated himself from the Union organization, as he did on the 18th inst., by his veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau bill. While earnest ly desiring to sustain him to the very verge of the sacrifice of principle and truth, we could but illy conceal our wellsettled conviction that his complete apostacy was predetermined and but a question of time. While professing to be within the pale of the Union party, he was laboring untiringly, not to pro mote its success and thereby the peadfe and saiety of theNatiou, but to demoral ize its ranks, corrupt its leaders and de stroy its vitality. He would have done as he did last week in the fall of 1860, had he felt assured that bis perfidy was appreciated and his power for evil with in its ranks at an end; but blinded as he was by his inordinate ambition, he was no less infatuated with the hope of dividing the party thatcrowned him with honors he knows not how to wear, and for months we have seen his persistent efforts within our ranks to capture as many camp-followers andas much bag gage as possible to carry off'to the com mon enemy. His perfidy to his country and to the loyal men who sustained him in the dark days of trial, is now history. His message to Congress on its meeting in December was carefully prepared to ex press everything and nothing—he em ployed language but to conceal ideas, not to express them. In the face of his accepted wishes for a different result, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, aud Ohio had voted overwhelmingly against the principles he meant to en force upon Congress, and he recoiled from his own wrong for a season ; but at last treason became impatient and loyal men had ceased to trust, and lie plunged into political suicide as if he were ambitious to make the name of Tyler respected. The Freedmen’s Bureau bill was but the pretext, not the cause, for his sweeping deliverance in behalf of traitors. —President Johnson vetoed the Freed men's Bureau bill because the Traitors demanded it. This is thesimple, unvar nished truth, and the whole truth, and the Nation must look it in the face.— The writer hereof was his sincere and earnest triend in the Convention that nominated him for the Vice Presidency. We felt that if any man could be trust ed it was Andrew Johnson—the man who had braved treason in the Senate, himself a Southern Senator, and who had been hunted like a stag with a price 011 his head by every traitor in Tennes see. and had stood unscathed in the ter rible struggle. But the sequel shows bow sadly were theloyal men mistaken, ami in deepest sorrow, but never in anger or disappointment, we have been compelled to complain of his fidelity and fitness for the responsi ble trust to which he was chosen. We lamented his bitter, reveugeful hate of conquered traitors immediately after his succession to the Presidency, as was manifested in his daily speechesto every individual or delegation that would af ford him the opportunity,and trembled for the redeemed Republic ruler should blot it out in blood; and next we see the traitor, whose life and property and citizenship he seemed to seek with relentless vengeance, sweep ing off his pardons, gradually becoming his tremblingcounselor, next his friend, and then his master; and at last the same men who inaugurated causeless war and ridged our whole fair land with the graves of our martyrs, become the ouly people for whom he pleads or whose interests he would promote, lie distinctly announces in his veto message, that there can be no legislation affecting the rebel States, until they have full rep resentation and participate in the enact - ment of such laws , and this is the whole sum and substance of his veto. Hon. John L. Dawson On tile 31st of January, John L. Daw son, of Pen nsy lvauia, delivered aspeecli in tile House of Representatives to which we regret that we have not call ed tlie attention of our readers before. If our owu space permitted us we should lay it before them in full. Addressed to the minds and not to the prejudices of men, it is a clear, logical and passion less review of all the great issues now pressing upon public attention. It was spoKen before tile veto message, before the Presidential speech oo the 22U of February, before any of the stirring events of the last few weeks, yet here we find the subsequent course of An drew Johnson vindicated and upheld by a line of reasoning, dignified and calm, as it is powerful and effective. Tlie fanatic and revolutionary’ ap peals of the “ Central Direc tory,” have now so aroused cTind embittered the passious of men that it is very well to read and digest a species of political literature which was produced before the tumult began. In this category is Mr Dawson’s speech, thougli it seizes, argues and settles with peculiar power all the great questions which have assumed pre-eminent im portance in the courseof the President’s conflict with the Radical Disunionists, Restoration of tlie Union, the speedy admission of the Southern members, negro suffrage, the finances, the Monroe doctrine—none of these escape the trenchant and searching investigation which popularintelligenee instinctively demands for them. Any attempt, how ever, to condense tlie points of the speech, or to analyze its logic, would do it the grossest injustice. We see by our exchanges, that it has been extensive ly circulated, and we advise those of readers who can get it, to read and study it. Horace Greely says the Republican party was founded on a single idea—Re sistance to the territorial extension or expansion of Slavery iu our Union. On that idea, it struggled through weakness and defeat up to strength and triumph. Slavery thereupon precipitated a con flict of arms, which necessitated and re sulted in its own destruction. In the progress of that conflict, it became necessary .to invoke the assistance of tlie enslaved, and to promise not only to establish but to maintain their freedom. That pledge we are now bound to fulfill to the extent of opr ability. If this subjects us to unpopularity and defeat, we shall confront them as serenly as, and far less anxiously than, we assumed the responsibilities of success and power. The World remarks that the Presi dent, in calling Forney a dead duck, seems to have made the same mistake as the English traveler, who was dining at a Chinese inn. Having partaken of a dish, the taste of which he did not recognize, he beckoned to his host, and pointing to the meat on his plate, asked, inquiringly, “ Quack, quaok, quack ?” The Chinaman shook his head tosignify no, and, replied significantly in the same phonetic language, “ Bow, wow, wow.” Loyal men must be wonderfully Scarce in Alabama. A despatch from Washington says, the Government not finding a loyal man in Alabama who would take the test oath, and become a mail agent over the route from Mobile to the Mississippi, Imported a Philadel phian there. General J. E. Johnston, late of the confederate army, arrived at Washing ton yesterday, having been summoned to appear as a witness' before the Re construction Committee.' ■ DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. 6r€U Enthusiasm—-Harmonious Action. Nomination oCHlester Clymer. Tbe Platform. Speech of Hon. II lea ter Clymer. Harrisburg, March 5,1860. Pursuant to call, the delegates to the Democratic State Convention to nominate a Governor, met in the Hall of the House of Representatives. Precisely at three o’clock, Hon. William A. Wallace, Chair man of. the State Central Committee, called the Convention to order, and said he was ready to receive nominations for temporary Chairman of the Convention. Bernard Reilly, seconded by William H. Miller, nominated Hon. John Latta, of Westmoreland county, as temporary Presi dent ; who was chosen by acclamation. SPEECH OF MR. LATTA, Mr. Latta said: Gentlemen of the Conven tion : I would be destitute of all feeling if I were not touched by this evidence of your kindly consideration in choosing me to pre side over your deliberations. For all this I thank you. I congratulate you, gentlemen on the brightness of the signs of the times, on the future prosperity which is in store for you—for all the friends of this country, and for the white race in particular, [cheers,] on having at the head of your national government a patriot and a lover of his country [applause]—a man who is determin ed to do his duty.—[Cheers.] It is not for me to mark out the line of policy for this Convention to pursue; but I can read your feelings too well not to know that the’man you nominate in this Convention will be the choice of the white men of Pennsylvania [applause;] that the platform you will adopt will be the embodiment of the principles which inspire you, and which the patriotic men of Pennsylvania will come up, on the second Tuesday of October next, and sup port with a unanimity and enthusiasm un precedented. Let the nominee be who he may; let him belong to whatever party he may, only let him stand upon the broad principles of the Constitution and theJUnion —not a portion of the Union, but the entire Union—and every man in favor ot the flag of his country, every man with patriotic sentiments in his bosom, will come up and say that that man and those principles must be maintained ; and in that you, and every white man in Pennsylvania, should agree. [Cheers.] I again thank you for the honor you have conferred upon me. ORGANIZATION F. M. Hutchinson, of Pittsburg; Geo. B. Culp, of Luzerne; Charles W. Carrigau, of Philadelphia; P. G. Meek -1 , of Centre : and S. P. Auchmuty, of Dauphin, were chosen temporary Secretaries. Bernard Reilly, of Schuylkill, moved that a committee of one from each senato rial district be appointed by the various delegations, on permanent organization.— Agreed to. The various delegations selected the fol lowing gentlemen ou the committeeon per manent officers: COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT OFFICERS. I District—Dr. Kammerly. II “ James M’Laughlin. 111 “ Anthony Campbell. IV “ George Sanderson. V “ 11. B. Wilcox, F. Kile, VI “ Elias Hogland. VII J. P. Gross. VIII “ George K. Lora. IX “ Bernard Reilly. X “ A. G. Brodheud. XI “ John P. Smith. XII “ J. B. Stark. XIII “ S. C. Hite. XIV “ John Cummings. XV ' “ William Leuman. XVI •' “ A. Wilhelm. XVII “ B. J. M’Grann, R. Crane. XVIII “ Daniel Reiffi XIX “ H. G. Myers. “ John O. Ximmell XXI “ J. A. M’Gee, Dr. S. B. Craw ford. XXII u John lleastings. XXIII “ S. R. Beal. XXIV “ Wesley Frost. XX\ “ Geo. S. Hays, F. Bailey, XXVI “ Samuel B." Wilson. XXVII “ John Kennerdell. XXVIII “ George R. Snowdon. XXIX “ Lyman Hall. The committee then retired. During their absence the interval was agreeably occupied with spirited speeches from lead ing gentlemen. SPEECHES DURING RECESS. Loud calls were made for Senator Wal lace. He finally rose and said: I see in your faces an indication of good times com ing. There was hope for the country, and when there was hope for the country" there was hope for' the Democratic party. The Constitution was about to be vindicated. Success was about to crown the principles of the Democracy. He invoked a spirit of harmony ami of concord, by everything they hold dear. He invoked tlieCoiiveiition and the people to form such a solid and per manent front as must carry the party stan dard through the terrific canvass that was about to open. Calls were made for Mr. Carrigan, of Philadelphia who said: That if the great hero of the buckshot war was in the Con vention to-day he would feel the throes of a political earthquake. He never said any thing truer than when he said in Congress, that he trembled as if an earthquake were surroundinghim. [Laughter.] Discerning for such men as Sumner and Stevens, who the President says are traitors! [Cheers.] [A voice: What about Fornev?] Gentle men I have nothing to say about John W. Forney, and in that I follow an illustrious example. [Applause.] lie referred, with eloquence, to our revolutionary fathers, who he said had fought for constitutional liberty and a Union undivided, and when General George B. McClellan fought at the head of our armies it was in behalfofconstitutional liberty. [lmmense cheering.] Phil Sheri dan, Gen. Grant, and all the heroes of the war had fought lor constitutional liberty and a Union for white men. [Cheers.] He asserted that abolitionism would never lift its head again in Pennsylvania after the October election. Colonel J. K. Kerr, of Pittsburg, ad dressed the Convention at length, praising the course of Andrew Johnson. The De mocracy must light the party that would subvert the Constitution, deny the States an existence and form such a central des potism as would rule in defiance of the majority. God had raised up a man who is destined to lead the people, and make the Rump Congress hold their heads in shame from an outraged people. Hon. H. P. Ross, of Poylestown, said that the party had existed throughout a period unprecedented in its tyrannies and outrages upon the rights of the people, and now “ truth crushed to earth ” has at last been proclaimed by the President of the United States. [Cheers.] We are marching forward to Uuion with one heart and united hands. Geo. W. Brewer, of Franklin, said the record of the pemoeratic party was a noble one; tho long and equally grand history of tho country was the history of the Demo cratic party. That party had fought the open enemios of the South and the covert enemies of the North. The radicals in Con gress were trampling upon the Constitution and must be rebuked. But a few months ago the opposition said the Administration was the Government, and as such must be obeyed ; but now there are none of them so poor as to do Andrew Johnson reverence. We will encircle him with a wall of strong arms and stout hearts to sustain him. [Cheers.] Tho Union and the Constitution must and shall be preserved. Andrew Johnson, inthe post of honor and of danger, stands there the bold and able champion in his defence of the Constitution. He offered three cheers for the three J’s—Jefferson, Jackson and Johnson. Jle proposed to write this epitaph over his opponents’ graves: “All’s well that ends well!” [Cheers.] Gen. William H. Miller, being loudly called for, said he was glad it had been left for the Republican party to demonstrate that tor a man to be a patriot he must have been educated in that party. Andrew Johnson had been true to the Constitution and the party’ 1 in which he was educated He stood by the old land-rnarks. He be lieved that by a resolution of this Conven tion endorsing Andrew Johnson the party would be true to its antecedents. The committee on permanent organiza tion now returned to the chamber when their chairman, Mr. Reilly, of Schuylkill made the following report of officers. It was unanimously adopted: PERMANENT OFFICERS. President—Hon. William Hopkins of Washington. Vice Presidents— l, Qeo. W. Nobincer 2, Stephen D. Anderson; 3, Cbas. R. Wolf-’ 4, Tatlow Jackson ; 5, J. li. Brinton ; (), Paul Appelbaugh; 7, Herman Rupp; 8, I) 1,. Batdorf; 9, Thomas H. Walker; 10, j’ohri .S. Fisher; 11, Stephen Wilber; 12 A B Dunning; 13, F. W. Knox; 14, Dr. H ll’ Martin; 15, Geo. D. Jackson; 1(S, Wm. H Miller; 17, Dr. John Martin; 18, Thomas Kerr: 19, G. W. Brewer; 20, John Palmer -21, D. B. Milliken; 22, John S: Miller- 2j’ James B. Sansom; 24, E. B. Eldred • 2o’ John George; 20, James Salisbury;' 27’ Wm. M, Stewart; 28, E.B.Doughterty: Samuel Marshall; 30, M. C. Trout, 31 Wm’ L. Scott. Secretaries—F. M. Hutchinson, E. R. Helmbold, Jacob Ziegler, George B. Culp George W. Ryan, R. M. Speer, A. H. Dill! M r. Hopkins, on taking the chair, said i Gentlemen of the Oqjipention .’—Perhaps the best assurance I could give you of my high appreciation of the distinguished honor your partiality has so unexpectedly confer red upop me, wotfld be to announce my readiness te proceed at opee to the discharge of the duty for which we hav6 met. But, in view of the peculiar circumstances by which we are surrounded, I trust that it will not be deemed obtrusive if I venture a remark or two ip regard to t{je present posture of public affairs, This is the first Democratic State Conven tion that has assembled ip this Common wealth since<the termination of the terrible fratricidal war which has waged with Buch fury for the'past four years. And first of all, may I not ask that the Convention shall reverently unite in humble and earnest gratitude to God for His merci ful interposition in staying the further effußion of blood, and formalizing the hearts of our “erring brethren” to lay down their arms and return to their allegiance to the Federal Union? It is not iny province, gentlemen, either to suggest a platform of principles, or to indicate who should be our standard-bearer. These are matters which belong to the Convention as a whole, rather than to any individual member, and the work will, I doubt not, be well performed. In regard to the latter, you will allow me to say that an improper selection can hardly be made out of the excellent material pre sented for vour consideration. Whoever the successful gentleman may be, let us, each and all, claim him as our candidate. With harmonious action on our part, and a zealous support of the nominee on the part of those whose representatives we are, the result cannot be doubtful. The signs of the times indicate with un erring certainty that the day of our deliver ance is at hand. The Democracy- have never been more firinly united than now, and I verily believe that there are thou sands of conservative Republicans who have had such a surfeit of “ negro equality” and “ negro suffrage,” a policy to which their party is so fully committed, that they will be glad of the opportunity to co-operate with us. Let us extend to all such the right band of fellowship. Let us assure them that the paramount consideration with us, in the present struggle, is to main tain the supremacy of the Constitution of the United States inviolate, and the ascen dancy of the white race against the bold attempts of the Republican party todegrade them to a level with the blacks. Let us as sure them that to accomplish those desirable ends we are willing, tor the time being, at least, to ignore all other issues. The noHlestand taken by President John son in favor of a speedy restoration of the States whose people were lately in rebellion, to their former relationsto the Federal Union, and the enlightened and magnanimous policy he has adopted for the accomplish ment of this truly patriotic purpose, deserves the highest commendation. His action in this respect has demonstrated that he is a statesman of enlarged views, one whose deedsure worthy to bo handed down’to future generations with those of the immortal Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Clay, and their compatriots. His veto, too, of that iniquitous measure, the “Freedmen’s Bureau bill, should chal lenge the admiration of all who wish to see law and order restored, and military despo tism give place to civilgovernment. That message exhibits, in a remarkable degree, the rare quality of self-denial, in refuging the allurements of power and pa tronage so lavishly proffered the Executive by the bill in question, which is worthy of all praise. Should his hands not be held up by every man, without distinction of party, who desires tosee the Union restored ” with all tbe dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired?” But I must not trespass. I again thank you, gentlemen, forthis renewed expression of generous confidence. * A motion to appoint a committee of one from each Senatorial district, on resolu tions, was then adopted. The districts were then called and names suggested as follows: COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. Hon. W. V. M’Grath, S. D. Anderson,L. C. Cassidy, H. M.Deckert, R. B. Longaker, Hon. Nimrod Strickland, Hon. P. Ross, W. H. Hutter, J. Hegenman, J M. Wether ill, A. G. Brodhead, A. J. Gerritson, A. B. Dunning, F. W. Knox, Joseph C. Bucher, Win. Elliott, Win. K. Wilson, Dr. Henry Carpenter, S. H. Reynold, J. H. Criswell, Geo, W. Brewer, Geo. A. Smith, R. M. Speer, P. GravMeok, Joseph M, Thompson, T. R. Beale, S. B. Sweitzer, James K.Kerr, E. B. Dougherty, Wm. Newell. Geo. R. Snowden, B. F."sioan. A motion to reter all resolutions to com mittee, without debate, was adopted. On motion, that when this Convention adjourns, it adjourns to meet at 7 o’clock this evening. Adopted. The committee then retired, and the Con vention adjourned to meet this evening at 7 o’clock. EVENING SESSION The President called the Convention to order at 7 o'clock. Mr. Latta inquired if the committeeon resolutions was ready to report. The Seargri.t at-Arms was instructed to see the committee and ascertain how soon they would report. After some time had elapsed, he reported that the committee would be ready to report at 8 o’clock. Tliev had agreed upon resolutions, but wanted to get their suppers before reporting. Gen. Miller suggested that if anv mem ber ot the committee was present,"the re port might as well be handed in. A proposition for a recess until 8 o’clock was voted down. Mr. Ziegler said we are bound in courtesy to wait until the committee was ready to re port. [Applause.] Mr. Ziegler was then called on for a speech. Ho said he would much rather hear others, than speak himself. He had remained quiet and silent in his seat and enjoyed the proceedings immensely. See all these Democrats, who have come out from over hills and vales, and then say the Democracy are dead—Great Lord ! [Laugh ter.] Notwithstanding the Democracy was put in prison by provost marshals, lick spittles and satraps, she still lives! There is one thing that should wed Andrew John son to the Democratic party, and that was economy. The Democratic party had al ways tuvored economy in the disposition ot public funds. He said Andrew Johnson was economical, because he has said he would not waste his ammunition on—dead ducks. [Laughter.] Hon. Myer Strouse, in obedience to loud calls, proceeded to address'the Convention. He said the Democracy were here to-night representing the htjart of- the Common wealth. Coming direct from the Capital of tho Nation, he was able to report that the skies looked clearer there. That eminent man, the President of the United States, Andrew Johnson, had taken decided ground in favor of the Constitution and the Union. He counseled harmonv. Let the nominee be from the East or from the West; let him be from the North or the South ; let him have railroad influence or not; he trusted every Democrat would put his shoulder to 1 the wheel and elect the nominee of this Convention. [Applause.] He had the honor of several private inter views with the President, in which Mr. Johnson had said that he was a Democrat m the House ; he bad been a Democrat in the and he was now a Democrat in Die Executive chair. [Cheers.] This is a Democratic Government—free for white men, the negroes in their place. Whatever has “ negro” in it, I tell you, will be vetoed by the President. [Cheers.] This State was always Democratic. She was even Democratic when GovernorCurtin wassun posed to have been elected. Stand by your nominee to-night, and you will stand by the President and the people. [Applause.] Mr. Lewis C. Cassidy alluding to the im mense crowd in the hall, moved that tbe Sergeant-at-Arms be directed to exclude every man from the Chamber who was not a delegate. A gentleman remarked that it was not in accordance with Democratic principles to , exclude the people; which was greeted with applause. Mr. Zeigler said, if there were an}' Re publicans here he was glad to have them here; but he did not want them to take the front seats in the church. They should take seats near the door, so that when they go out they might not disturb the congrega tion. [Laughter.] . THE RESOLUTIONS. Col. J. K. Kerr, of Ailegbenj r , chairman of the committee on resolutions, reported as follows I The Democracy of Pennsylvania in Con vention met, recognizing a crisis in the af fairs ot tho Republic, and esteeming the immediate restoration of the Union para mount to all other issues, do resolve : 1. That the. States, whereofthe people were lately in rebellion, are integral parts of the l nion and are entitled to representation in Congress by men duly elected who bear true faith to the Constitution and laws, and in order to vindicate the maxim that taxa tion withou t representation is tyranny, such representative should be forthwith admit ted. That the faith of the Republic is pledg ed to the payment of the National debt and Congress should pass all laws necessary for that purpose. 3. That we owe obedience to the Consti tution of the United States (including the amendment prohibiting siuvery,) and un der its provisions will accord to those eman cipated all their rights of person and prop erty. 4. That each State has the exclusive right to regulate the qualifications of its own elec tors. o. That the white race alone is entitled to the control of the Govorninent of the Re public, and \ve are unwilling to grant to negroes the right to vote. fl. That the bold enunciation of the prin ciples of the Constitution and the policy of restoration contained in the recent annual message and Freedmen’s Bureau veto mes sage of President Johnson entitle him to the confidence and support of all who respect the Constitution and love their country. 7. That the nation owes to the brave men of our armies and navy a debt of lasting gratitude for their heroic services in de fence of the Constitution and the Union: and that while we cherish with a tender af fection the memories of the fallen, we pledge to their widows und orphans the nation’s care and protection. 8. That we urge upon Congress the duty of equalizing the hounties of our soldiers and sailors. The resolutions, as they were read, were frequently greeted with? applause. Thev wer'e unanimously adopted. J NOMINATIONS. John S. M’Calmont moved that the Con thT^veSn^eT,o KeaUemen f ° r W^^ofAnegheny. 111111611 Gen ' oeor S e ? I ° n !e°WO'y, of Northumberland, nominated the Hon. Heister Clymer, of the „ V r : Engleman, of Philadelphia, noml- Afr M :, Fox > of Philadelphia. H™nfiu IC j ' of Chester, nominated R'chard Vaujt, of Philadelphia. ' ite nomi ” aM ohariea cen brait r h,o 1 r E Il rie nOlnlnate(l WUUaI » °al of I Cari»n° dhead nomltmted A®» Paoker, Mr. Hastings nominated W. B. Jenks, of Jefferson. The nominations then closed, and the Convention proceeded to the first ballot, as . ollow8: FIRST BALLOT. Clymer... Cass Vanx Fox ; Packer..., Stiles Galbraith Dennison Jenks The names of Messrs. Jenks and Denni son were then withdrawn. There being no nomination the Conven tion then proceeded to a SECOND BALLOT. ' Clymer Cass Vaux... Fox Packer Stiles.... Galbraith j The name of Mr. Stiles was then with drawn, and there being no choice the Con vention proceeded to the THIRD BALLOT. Clymer F0x..... Cass Vuux *[“*’* Gulbraith Packer Neither of the gentlemen having received a majority of the whole number of votes the Convention proceeded to a FOURTH nALLOT. Hiester Clymer having received a ma jority of the whole number of votes cast was declared by the Chair to be the nomi nee of the Democracy of Pennsylvania for Governor. Wild enthusiasm greeted this announce .ment, aud a salute was tired from the Cani tol Hill. * Mr. Thompson, of Indiana, moved that the nomination be made unanimous. Mr. Kerr, of Pittsburg, seconded the mo tion, amid intense enthusiasm. The motion was agreed to. Gen. Wui. H. Miller, of Dauphin, moved that a committee of three be appointed to wa ' t Mr - Clymer, and such gentlemen as had been voted for for Governor and in vite their attendance. Agreed to. Gen. Miller, of Dauphin, Mr. Reillv of Schuylkill, and Mr. Kerr, of Pittsburg were appointed to this dutv. Considerable discussion was then had in reference to the appointment of a Stale Central Committee for IS<>7. It was tinallv agreed upon, the motion of Mr. Spear, who moved that the present State Central Com mittee bo continued until the next Conven tion. Agreed to. Mr. Zeigler said that he believed the Committee on Resolutions had forgotten to endorse the action of such of our Congress men who had sustained the Presidents restoration policy. He therefore ottered the following: Resolved, That the thanks of the Democ racy of Pennsylvania be tendered to the Hon. Charles R. Buckalew and Hon. Fil gar Cowan, for their patriotic support ol the I resident’s restoration policy; and that such thanks are duo to all the Democratic members ol Congress for their advocacy of the restoration policy of President Johnson. Agreed to unanimously. A motion ot a similar tenor, returning thanks to all the members of Congress who supported President Johnson, was also adopted. At this juncturo, the committee appointed to wait upon Mr. Clymerand the gentlemen who were before the Convention as candidates appeared in the hall, escorted by the City Cornet Band of this city. The party were enthusiastically received by the Convention, when Mr. “clymer, being conducted,to the Speaker’s chair, proceeded to address the assemblage as follows. My Honored Friends : To you, Mr. Pres ident, to you gentlemen of the Convention and through you totho'Democracy ofl’enn sylvuma, 1 return mv profound thanks for the honor you have done me. I teel that it comes laden with vast responsibilities; that to discharge them properly demands faith, hope, firm reliance upon the enduring prin ciples of our creed and unyielding devotion to the rights and liberties of the people. He who would lead you to success should stand unawed by the presence of usurped power, uninfluenced by the blandishments of pat ronage. He should be the stern advocate of civil liberty; the bold defender of constitu tional right and privilege; the uncompro mising opponent of official and legislative corruption ; the hearty supporter of ail that tends to promote the welfare and happiness of our whole people, to develop the bound less resources of the State and advance her material und social prosperity. Then too he should stand the avowed and undoubted champion of the Union of these States in its original purity, ready and willing if need be, to sacrifice life itself in defending Irorn the assaults of all enemies, be they Southern rebels or Northern disunionists be they the bad, bold men who dared bare the sword, and proclaim their treason by deeds, or the dastardly miscreants who, under the garb of loyalty and the guise of friendship, would undermine and destroy it. These, I humbly conceive, should be among the elements in the composition of him who would lead you in the impending civil contest. I am painfully conscious of my own inability to approach this standard of personal and political excellence. A true desire to do right may in some measure compensate for the lack of ability to achieve it; if a sincere purpose to be guided in every act by the supreme law of the land and in all things to be governed by the views and teachings of the sainted heroes and patriots who framed it, may challenge the conti dence and support of the good men of this Commonwealth, then to them and their verdict do I appeal with unshaken confi dence, and through you, gentlemen of the Convention, who represent such goodly numbers of them, I make that appeal. Tell them I know no higher law than the Con stitution of which Jefferson and Madison were the founders, Jackson the defender, Webster the expounder, and of which Johnson is the upholder. Tell them that I know no other standard of political action than equal and exact justice to all, special to none; that I have no other po litical ci*eed than that given to us by Wash ington and Jefferson ; thut I believe in the sociul superiority and will ever maintain the political supremacy of the white race • that I worship at no political altar whose foundations are not based upon the sacred Union of these immortal States. Tell them in advance, for me, of Its peril, and conjure them, by the love of past memories, by the blood and carnage of our civil strife, by the dangers of the present und by all hopes of the future, to rally to the sup port of him who in this crisis of our country’s fate, by a mysterious providence off rod has been entrusted with the helm of Slate. To them he has appealed in terms of patri otic devotion to his whole country. Above the wild storm of prejudice, fanaticism and treason now raging in the national Capitol, clear and lounu are heard the words of the first Andrew re-echoed by the second, ‘‘The Federal Union itmust.bepreserved.’’ They are the two watchwords of national safety. They embody the holiest aspirations of every true patriot and afford a platform broad and strong enough for good men of all parties, no matter how wide their dif ferences of opinion may heretofore Imve been. Let us dedicate ourselves to this great purpose in the unselfish and unsha ken faith that its accomplishment will be its greatest reward. Let us go forth bear ing aloft the banner of our country, em blazoned with the words, “The Constitution, the Federal Union." Let us uppoul to the \Yholy people, from the Northern border to the Maryland line, from our inland sea to the Delaware, and if public virtue be not dead, if patriots l?e not extinct, ir devotion to principle still lives, if treason is still ab horred, then indeed in Gctobernext will vic tory, thrice blessed victory, crown our efforts, bringing with it u Constitution pre served, a Union restored, a laud redeemed from the madness and folly which now threaten to destroy it. That in some measure I may be of assist, ance in producing such results, I humbly pray. Upon you, gentlemen, and tho/e whom you represent, I shall lean for sup port and guidance; and appealing to the God of our fathers to prosper us in all our efforts for the redemption und salvation of our country, I may not doubt that tri umphant success will surely crown our labors. Mr. Clyiner was followed by (ien. Cass Richard Vaus and Daniel M. Fox of Phila delphia and, Mr. Stiles of Lehigh, all prom ising a hearty support to the nominee of the Convention. The Convention then adjourned sine die. The biggest bullock ever killed in this country was recently slaughtered by William Lalor, of Centre Market, NYY. He was the -‘Reunion” steer, raised und fed by T. H. Tripp of Stanford, Dutch ess county, N\ Y. a grade of Durham of mammoth proportions, measuring 10 feet 2 inches in length, 10 feet 8 inohes girth, and stood 5 feet 9i inches high at the fore shoulders. He weighed 3,975 pounds at home, 3,732 pounds aj the yards, and was bought by JjLr. Lalor for the snug little sum of $1,500. The quarters were weighed, a very large crowd collecting to see the result of a vast deal of speculation and betting. He weighed as follows: Fore quarters, 709 and 707 pounds; hind quarters, 53G and 523 pounds; total, 2,475 pounds, making him two pounds heavier than the famous ox "Constantine.” It is reported that the government has deoided not to prooeed with the trial of Capt. Semmes, on the ground that his parole under Johnson was valM. He will probably be released immedi ately. Anothe? : Bpeeeh fjqiji, .President .;iyhn. President Johnsonbelng waited upon by a Committee appointedat the great meeting recently held in Baltimore in reply to an address from the Chairman of that meeting, made the following admirable speech: Gentlemen :—I cannot ma'ke any speech m reply, but in response to what has been said 1 will simply remark that my policy to which you have alluded as before tho country, was not announced as tho result of impulse, nor was it thrown out for any ad captundum purposes. It was announokl us the result of conviction, of maturo consid eration us a necessary consequence of the pnnciples upon which this Govornmont That policy which I heartily regard as being the best for the country, will continue before the people without the slightest de viation, and without being swerved from on my park Ido not Bay this in a spirit of menace or threat to anybody, butsimply to give assurance thut there will he no übun donment of nor shrinking from that policy, because it is believed that the very existence al ' d Perpetuity ol the Government depend T" 1 , I** 1 ** maintenance of the principles \Wueh have been enunciated. I am not insensible to the remarks which taiion b ,!r‘.‘t ""“ ie accom P Hn ying the preseu la on ol these resolutions. The mind and less ilni‘T n i Wh ? " ould not reel more or , a '“spirited and impressed by wliat vim have said must bo extremely d ~ d barren. I fel the full force of ,vhat you S ; aad } “>ink I know how to Ai, Win, the l; u, !‘ l ’. ao feeling, I am impressed , r ,rm 7 uv,c , Llon thal »'.v duty must he *?oir n l *’ W,tboUt rL, S" ril '"'•ooseqi.eucos. ti n. s,. , ‘ S r nCll ‘ at lhi “ particular time seems peculiarly appropriate Your dcr'the' "A* 1 P ro,li ssiolls of support un •l , -n ‘••'«m...st„..ees inspire mo will, ionlnleneo and strength, and a hone andt ios" n,ntry " m ulli '" al ''lv triumph, bose great principles will busiest,lined. Urn 1. ! riT 1 ' 1 ' '" r " K ' l " r ''"' a ''>' to you that I in used this contest at its very ttu'ip hree-VA"',- ' " m deviated a single Inur s own r 7" “' B uf pnbey 1 then laid Lround ! i "°' v P'eetsoly on tho same m, I m 1, 1 ? ul 7V" 1 lha Kunatu «m 'he IfUh n u I 'i‘ ys ° r eeemher, I,Slit). I know that n has been* said, and, no doubt by many designedly, that here is a President ,<,i by a P ar, y. a “d who, on V,“" S lh “.’„f, >0 ,' ver abandoned that party; a lie lias lylerizeil" his Administration; UhogAof U, “ “Werbe.uk., an* 110 Indnence upon me. •cl ,r |UI ." bolly to drive me from the dis fe V ln y, du ‘y. hut if you and I, with Olliers, have been employed for four years til res,sting a separation', mil dissolution of the l moil, and now imve readied a nia.it where resistance has ceased, if we call be instrumental in conciliating and bringing ind'il'n llK ' people to an honest and loyal it swms ? UK s "lT"rt <>f the Government, AndAi t ’ Wt ‘ ari ‘ doing a great deal, undertook. 1 ’ the work we In happens sometimes in the best offum nes it I may be permitted to use the illus trution, that there are difference* and feuds ; but when liaise (Inferences are understood and urranged, and when the feuds subside the parties cun approach each other, leeling more friendly towards those from whom they had been estranged lliey|than didbefore. Inen, I do not think we uredoing wrong, if, while maintaining principles, while trv ltig to preserve the Government, wo have succeeded m convincing of Iheirerrors, and bringing back to tho fold of their fathers those who strayed. I think this is a result ol which all should be proud, and [or which we should not be taunted. If I know myself, my only object is to preserve the Government. I want it to continue in Loyal hands and none others. I hope that the time will soon come when the country will be thoroughly reconciled, but to secure all that is necessary for this purpose will require a severe ytrugle, for I am tree to say to you it is not wortli while to disguise it, that the very same .spirit winch animated tho Rebellion at one end of the line now exists at the other to some ex tent. Before the recent Rebellion there were one set of men who were Irving to dissolve and break up tla? Government for the pur pose of preserving the institution of slavery and another net ol gentlemen were- willing to break up the Government for/the pur pose of destroying slaverv, aiffl they so avowed. * >, I hough these respective parties succeeded in the object they wished to uc romplish they agreed in one tiling, ami that was the destruction of the Government; and so far as that point is concerned, the one was as culpable as the other. Tho blow was lirst struck at the south ern end ot the line. It being struck there, the spirit which was making war upon tin* principles of the Government must have something to vent itself upon, and it joined \\ i tli those who were for the Union against those who were for Rebellion. But now, when Rebellion is put down, if we find an uttempt to change tho character'of'the Gov ernment we must equally resist it. 'l’iu* at tempt now is to consolidate, to concentrate absolute power here. It is destructive of the Government, and it is a manifestation ot the same spirit which attempted to break, up the Government. I stand opposed to both. 1 stand with 3-011 for the < iovcrnmonl, for the (. onstitution, for the supremaev’ of tho law, ami tor obedience to the law and tho Constitution. Lei it be understood thut so tar as making candidates for the future is concerned I have nothing to do with it.. If I can be instrumental in accomplishing the great work we have undertaken, to bring about peace and harmony and reconcilia tion among all/mr people, and again phe-o thin Government upon its former busis, I shall feel that I have reuchcd the summU’of my ainbitiou. I have no other object in view, if I know my own heart and my own feelings. Gentlemen, permit me to thunk 3'ou most sincerely lbr the encouragement, you have given me, and for the countenance you have shown by timely coming forward in this great struggle for fho first principles ol free government. We seldom have occasion to copy articles from the Richmond Times, but since Gen. Grant issued his order in re gard to “disloyal" papers.the Times] has contained some very line loyal reading. The following is a specimen: The President, on Thursday last, usurped one of the principal prerogatives of the learned universities, to the great delight of all respectable people. He conferred the degree of “11. D.” upon Forney. Notthuthe declared that most unscrupulous “artful dodger" of the press a “Doctor of Divinity," but he dubbed him a “Dead Duck ," and as Forney happens to be the first man ever thus solemnly proclaimed by a President of the United States to he a defunct water fowl, the epithet has made him famous. Since the publication of his celebrated letter recommending the de liberate intoxication of a certain theat rical “Star" for the purpose of extract ing secrets from him which he hoped would blast the honor of a defenceless woman, he bus well merited the title of “D. D." as the abbreviation of “Dirty Dog;" but having been formally, upon a solemn anniversary occasion, invested with the honorary degree of “Dead Duck," by that title he will hereafter U> popularly and historically known. We say “historically," for history does sometimes hung such characters in chains, as all will remember who have read of the Vicar of Bray. 4 The President having handed Forney down to posterity as a dead duck, tiie question most difficult of solution is to determine to what species of the great family of web-footed waterfowls does -Forney belong. We think the mystery one of very easy solution. We enter tain too profound a respect for “canvass backs,” “ mallard," “ red necks " “ sprig tails," “ black backs," and teal and summer ducks,tociasssucli a fishy greedv bird as Forney with any of the excellent species. Forney is a “ dead didapper,” and our admiration of the President's skill as a quick shot is intensiiled when we recol lect that it is next to impossible to kill this fishiest and most artful of dUcks with an ordinary gun. f Of all the family of “ divers,'/ the " didapper” is the most dexterdus at dodging and turning somersaults in the water. He is a voracious and exceed ingly fishy little fellow, and hears the Same relation to the great family of ducks os Forney does to the editorial fraternity. He is perpetually diving, and when he goes under no one can make the slightest calculation as to the exact spot or moment when he will come to the surface. Having, in our younger days, paddled hours in pursuit of, and expended pounds of ammunition upon this wary and active diver, we cannot too much commend that Bpleudid shot from the portico of the White House which “ keeled” the political “ didap per” over. As this bird can never be killed when his eye is upon the sports man, Forney, the " didapper,” undoubt edly met his fate when he was looking intently at Thad. Btevens, and did not think that “ the man at the other end of the avenue” keptaguh and shot fishy ducks upon national anniversaries. But the divings and somersaults of Forney, the faithless, are now at an end. The blind rage and insane abuse of the President which defiles the pages of the ’'Chronicle and Press, remind us of the spasmodic flutterings of (he ” dyipg dl dapber” as he flaps and quivers convul sively upon the surface, with a heavy oharge of Executive duck shot In his brain. Years hence the old men of ■Washing ton will tell their grandohlldrea how,
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