« !WEDNESDAY, JUliVn,. 1868. The printing presses snail be tree to every person who undertakes to examine the pro ceedings of the legislature, or any branch of Sovemment; and no. law ever be made o restrain the right thereot The free commu nication of thonght 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 abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of offi cers, or men in public capacities, or where the matter published is proper for publio informa tion, thertruth thereof may be given in evi dence.” FOR GOVERNOR: Hon. HIESTER CITHER, of Berks Co. The Lancaster County Headquar ters at the Reading Mass Convention on the 18th of July, will be at Mishler’s Hotel in that city, where the Marshals of the dif ferent delegations will report to the Chief Marshals of the county immediately upon their .arrival. Arrangements have been made with the Reading and Columbia Railroad to run Ex cursion Trains over their Road on the 18th of July as follows: Leave Columbia Ist Train at “ Lancaster lßt ** Arrive at Reading at. RETURNING. Leave Reading at Arrlvo at Columbia at. Lancaster at. The Democratic Clubs are requested to make the necessary arrangements to secure a full turn out of the Democracy of their districts. Those located near the line ofthe li. and C. K. K., )vill take the cars at the most convenient station; all others will concentrate at Lancaster. Excursion tickets will be for sale in this city and at all the offices on the line ofthe itkilroad. By order of the Democratic County Com initteo. ANDREW J. STEINMAN, B. J.'McGkann, Secretary JOHNSON, CLYHEIt AND THE UNION CALL FOR A BTATE CONVENTION OK HONOKAHLY I)I.SCIIAKGED OFFICERS, SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN OF TEN NSV LVANIA The Soldiers' Convention which met in Pittsburg on thofilh of .June last, and which pledged their comrades in this State to the support of thoraclieal measures of Congress, in opposition to the just and constitutional policy of President Johnson, and which promised their voles lo John W. Geary, Ihe radical candidate for Governor, misrepre sented the sentiments of the groat mass of the officers ahd soldiers of Pennsylvania* In order that u true expression of opinion might be hud from the late defenders of the government in the lield, and to counteract the injury attempted to he done to the cause of Hie I'nion, it was deemed advisable by the late olficors and soldiers of the Federal army in this Stale to hold another Conven tion. A preliminary meeting of returned o I beers and soldiers, with'this object in view, was Jiolden on Thursday, the-Mh of June, when it was resolved lo hold A State Convention at Harrisburg, on Wednesday, August Ist, Ittfltl, at Id o'clock, A. M., lo Ik* composed of such honorably discharged olllcurs, soldiers and seamen of Pennsylvania, as subscribe to Iho following doctrine, viz: 1. Who uru in luvor of carrying out, In good faith, the joint resolution of Congress, adopted .J illy lilid, ISO), which deoluml tlmt, “ This war is not prosecpted on our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any pur er subjugation, but to do idn the supremacy of the [ to preserve the I’nion, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several Slates unimpaired.” These were the conditions of the bowl the soldiers signed and sealed in blood with thogovorn meat, and a refusal now to carry them out is a gross violation of a solemn agreement; 2. Whouroin favor of restoringtho Slates lately in rebellion to all their constitutional relations with the Federal t'nion as they Htood before the war broke out, according to the humane and constitutional policy laid down by President Johnson; 11. Who are in favor of representatives from tho South, loyal to the Constitution and the laws, being immediately received by Congress; ; l. Wiio npprovo President .Johnson's ve toes of the Freedman's bureau and Civil KightH Pills; f>. Who uru opposed to any interference, by Congress, with Iho rights of the States reserved by the Constitution, and who are opposed to the right of sullrage being con ferred upon Iho negro; (>, And who uro in favor of tho election of Jllo.stor Clymer, Domocrntk: oundidiUo for Govoriior of PoniiHylvuniu, tho roproHonta tivo of the constitutional and conservative doctrino stated above. Each county will be entitled to send woven dologates to tho Convention;« and whero a county has more than one member in the House of Hopruseutatives, such county will be entitled to seven delegates for each ad ditional member. The delegates are to be selected by the honorably discharged officers, soldiers and seamen of tho counties roßpootivuly. In addition to tho delegutos selected, all other honorably discharged officers, soldiers and seamen who sympathize with tho object •in viow, are invited to meet at Harrisburg on that occasion. W. W. H. DAVIS, J. WESLEY AWL, Col. lOUli I*. V. Lt, Col. 201st I*. V. oWE>i jon eh, r. p. McWilliams, Col. Ist Pa. Cavalry. Captain imh P. V. JOHN P. LINTUN, C. B. IiHOCKWAY, Lt. Col. 64 th P. V. Cupt. Ist Pa. Art. Pctor Lyle, Col, 90) h P. V., and Brovot Hriga dler-Genurai. Win. MeCaudletw, Col. 2d P. li. C. Jus. F. Weaver, Colouol 148lh Heat,, P. V. F. Mullen, Ist Lieut, Co. M., Ist P 11. 8., I. V. Ham Llpton, Ist Lieut. Co. E, Ihi Pa. Cavalry. J. (\ P. Jones,lst Lieut. Co. li, 118th Hog. P. V. Hlmon Harper, Major, 3d Pa. V. Jl, c. J. M. Kephcart, t'apt. and A. Q. M.. U. H. Vol. (leorae Carman, Color Hearer, Co. D. 12th Pa. K. V. C. Win. Harper, Herat. Co. A. UBlh P. V. John 11. Thomas, Corporal, Co. C', 210th P. V. Nelson A, Luens, Corporal, Co. D, 45th P. V. Josoph L. Thomas, Prlvato, Co. G, IH-Hh P. V. John T. Lueas, Prlvato, Co. D. 45th P. V. Joseph Murray, Prlvato, Co. E, stli P. V. Miles H. Uroen, Prlvato, Co. F, 57th P. V. James Dolan, Prlvato, Co. G, 51st P. V. Win, P. Coufor, Private, Co. L. 11th Pa. Cav. Win. McCatnmon, Private, Co. D, 6lh 11. C. John M. Lucas, Private, Co. A, 15th P. V. Wm. Hamilton. I’rivate, Co. D, 2d I’. K. V. C. Audrow Lucas, Corporal, Co, K, 1811,h*I\ V, M. D. McLonghlln, Corporal, c ()l 13 .nftli P. V Win, Hlrwoll, Colonel, 78th I'. V. Samuel Lee, Cuptuln, 78th P. V, Jloyd Fleming, Captain, 78th P. V, U, 11. Gillespie, Captain, 78Mi p. V, I, C. Golden, Major, Hlh Pa. Cavalry, Hainuol MuUanuloss, Uaplaln, «th i’n, V, j* Felix MoMuuiiub, Lieutenant, Bth Pa. V, u John MoMuhmuh, Private, hih Pn, V. It, J, .1, Conway, Captain, ninth P, V, Jitolcuoii Hougs, Jdmitunant 1111)1111’, V, Hhlpmun N. Duulhlll.Hormmnl, looth I’, V, ThomiiH Clarlc, (Jorpnml, Until !\ V, W, H. Powers, Adjutant looth P. V, Goorue smith, private, uih P. V. T. M, Anderson, Private, Moth P. V, Alexamlor Flanigan, Private, noth I’, V, W.H. Taylor, 4<ith Ohio, ,1. H. Odell, Adjutant, ilOth Ohio. .11, H, Htephens, Captain. ITDllj j’. V, F, W. Gager, Lieutenant, 1791 h P, V, H, D. Bonnen, Lieutenant, JTllth P. V. (J, F. Kldrtd, Lieutenant L. H. Veteran Cav, J. H, Douoy, Lieut. Bth U. 8, C. Heavy Art. H, H. Woodward, Corporal, 17th Pa. Cav. 0, W. Star, Private, Ist New Jersey Vols. William H, Flonoy, Captain. lOBUI P. V. Lewis Trenest, Private. 108th P. V. William Oepllnger, Private, lUBth P. V. Charles Garlng, Private, 170th P. V. George H. Drener, Sergeant Major 170th P. V. Hlmon FJiney. Sorgeaut, I7oth P. V. James Stoclcsaale, Private, I.3th N. J. Vols. Levi Marsh, Colonel, 130th P. V. Julius Meredith, Private, 7th Pa. Cavalry. J, N. Norris, Captain, 91st P. V. Milton H. Krone, Private, 200th P. V. Frank J. McGee, Captain, 70th P. V. Jonas Deokraan, Prfvate, 19th U. S. Infantry. Win. J. Reislngor. Captuin. 11th Pa. Cavalry. "Leo Gleason, Private, 6th U. 8. Artillery. J. A. Matthews, Brevet Brlg.-General Vols. F, B. McC enehan, Brevet Major. 205th P. V. Wm. B. Weber, Captain, Co. A, 40th P. V. John Flcbthoru, Horgoant. Co C, 7th V. R. C. A. B. belheliner, Captain, Co. C, 78lh P. V. Homer Sample, Private, 3a Par Artillery John Hoffman, Private. Ist Pa. Cavalry •John F. Young, Lleut.-Colonel, U7th P V Hannibal IX Hloan, Captain, litn p. «' p‘ John Gordon, Prlvato, 78th P, V. ' ' 21, H. McCormick, Captain. 78th P. v. .Wm. Fleming, Sergeant, 200th P. v. John Wagoner. Cofß, 11th P. H. C, F. F. Young, Lieutenant, 07th P. V. James E, Lant, Private, P. li. c. Wilson Bonnor, oth Heavy Artlllory. Wm, Helljoflnger, 14th Pa. Cavalry, Geo. Hamilton, U. 8. Gunboat service, Xu 8, Cantwell, Oapt, Hth Pa. Reserves. William Gordon,Piivate,s4thP. V. Jacob For, Private, 109th P. V. Wm. Barry, Private, Ist U. 8. Infantry. Wm. Gunsdules, Private, 132 d P. V. Charles 8. Deitrlch, Private, 142 d P. V. John 23 Emb[oh,Colonel, 48th P. M. W. W. Murray, Captain, 98d P.' V. Jeremiah Hoffman, Captain, 142 d P. V. JacoblWeldal, Captaln;2()flth P. V. W. J. 0. Smith, Captain, 2(btu p. V. A. H. Light, Asst. Bur-eon, 2-th P, V. Geo. H. spang, Private, 88th Pa. H. 'Artillery. Wm. IX Thoma*, P.lvate. 03d P, v, Wm. Uhriob, Sergeant, 12th Pa. Cavalry. Geo, Fink, Private, Co, A, Ist Pa. Cavalry, John P. McWilliams, Corp. Co, c.uth Pa. Cav Tjavld Louden, Corporal. Co. A. 49th p. V. Wm. B. Roucb, Sergeant, Co. F. 120th P. V, H. W. Kuhn, Captain, 209th P, v. <Geo. W. Welsh, Ist Lieutenant, 120th P, V. Wm. Eakqr, let 77th P, V, Menaces Htunmelslne, Color Sergt. 210th P V. Wm. Miller. Sergeant. Co. A,lBt Pa. Cavalry. J«mes Burcljfleld, Co. A, Ist Pa. Cavalry. John Metlln, Lieutenant. 101st P. V. ■ Edward L. Dana, late Col. 143 d, and Brevet Brigadier-General. Geo. N. Reichard, Lieut.-Col. 143 d P. V. Charles M. Conyngham, Major, 143 P. V. O. Plattz. Captain,l43 pTv. • E. W. Wandeli; 143dP. V. P. DeLacey, Lieutenant, 143 d P, V. C. K. Hughes, Major, 143 d P. V. R. P. Crockett, Lieutenant, 143 d P. Y. C. H. Campbell, Adjutant. 143 d P.V. * Max Buskark, Lieutenant 143 d P. V. James B. Freewell, Major, 85th P. V. James M. Marshall, Sergeant, 10th P. R. C. J. N. Fichtner, Sergeant, Co. G, 54th P. V. C. P. Ueffly, Lieutenant, Co. F, 142 d P. V. N. B. Ream, Lieutenant. 85th P. V. Solomon Uni, Private, Co. B, 54th P. V. Robert Anderson, Colonel, 9th Reserves. Robert Taggart, Captain, 9th Reserves. John Young, Sergeant, 9th Reserves. D. F. Blood, Private, 9th Reserves. M. Brenner, Captain, 102 d P. V. Frank McClure, Sergeant. 102 d P. V. Jacob B. Sweitzer, late Colonel 62d P. V., and Brevet Brig. Gen. E. Timmony, Captain, 112th P. V. Henry B. McCurry, Sergeant, 112th P. V. Wm. Black, Private, 112th P. V. Capt. George Gilmore. Lieut. James Hus Lead. Lieut. R. R. Roddy. , Lieut. William A. McDowell. 8. C. Simon ion, Major, 57th P. V. McLean Thorn, Lieutenant, 139th P. V. Geo. Tanner, Lieutenant, 101 th P. V. Geo. Graham, Private, loth Reserves. S. C. Wood, Private, 100th P. V. Joseph Shlpler, Private, lOtu Reserves. B. McDermit, Lleut.-Col., 51th P. V. John C. Murray, Lieut. Co. G, 11th Pa. Cav. E. Brallier, Sergeant, Co. D, 110th P. V. James Murray. Captain, Co, D, 115th P. V. Philip Shlro, Private, Co. L, 19th Pa. Cavalry. Geo. Gurley, Private, Co. E, 77Lh P. V. James J. OaLman, Corp. Co. B, 11th P. R. C. Philip Dolan, Private, Co. E, 77th P. V. Thomas Mcßreen, Corp. Co. B, 192 d P. V. Robert E. Taylor, Major, 51st P. V. Wm. Lltzenberg, Captain, Ist Pa. Cavalry. Wm. Auchenbach, Captain, 68tli P. V. Adam Kiouel, Captain. 121st P. V. F. I. Beerer, Sergeant, Mth P. V. Osmun Orlllp, Sergeant,slst P. V. Wm. H. Deal, Corporal, 26th P. V. Michael Murphy, Private. 138th P. V. John F. Devlin, Private, 121st P. V. William M. Smith, Private, 18th Penna. Cav. Alexander M. Derr, Pr.vate 68th P. V. Thomas Quinl in, Unhed States Navy. Isaac T. Brannon. Colonel, IHlh P. V. John M. Wetherill, Lieut.-Col. 82d P. V. Levi Huber, Major 96th P. V. James Ell s .Major, 53d P. V. Bernard Reilly, Ist Lieut. 7th Penna. Cav. William Frit/., Corporal, 9Uth P. V. J. Warren I’otinarcl, Private, 3d U. S. Art. Joseph Jack, Colonel, 168th P. V. Henry B. Pelper, Captain, 11th P. V. Lewis A. Johnslon, Captain, 11th P. R. C. Aaron T. Mechllng, Sergeant, Knapp’s Bat. Archibald Douglas, Lieut, Kith P. V. Daniel Ketteniug, Private, Signal Corps. Allred Robertson, Lieut. 28th I’. V., (Geary's Old Regt.) Geo. W. Keller, Private, 28th P. V., (Geary’s Old Kegt.) Charh'S S. Goodman, Private, 28th, P. V., (Geary's Old Regt.) John Briar, Private, 28th P. V., (Geary’s Old Regiment.) John S. Ghriek, Private, 28th P. Y. t (Geary’s Old Regt.) r- Thomas Mcttouough, (’aptain, 28th P. V. {Geary's Old Regt.) Jacob J. Blerer, Captain, 11th P. V’. H. (’. Johnson, Captain, Co. I. 2d Cav. L. Stephens, Captain, Co. G, 35th P. V. H. J. Pitcher, Corporal, Co. H, 150th P. V. Jacob Kiser, private, Co. K, loOth P. V, H. S. Benner, Major, 101st P. V. J. H. White, Adjutant, 105th P. V. W. .1. Martin, Captain, 87th I*. V. s. 11. Kleholtz, Lieutenant, lOist I*. Y. W. D. Holtzwortli, Sergeant., 87th P. V. A. D. Mark, 3d Penn. Heavy Artillery. I. J. Myers, Ist p. R. V. (,\ Captain Dursheimer, 107th P. V. T. T. Glonsiser, Captain, 20th Pa. Cavalry. J. H. Graham, Captain, Ist P. R. V. C. .1. A. Graham, Captain 13th Pa. Cav. James Metzger, Colonel, 55th P. V. A. B. Brongher, Private, 130th P. V. Samuel Wagoner, Lieut. 3d Penn. Cav, John G. Illser. A. s. Woodburn, Capt, 3d Pa. Cavalry, A. R. Bowman, Sergt. 20th Pa. Cavalry. .1. B. Dock, Sergt, 13th Pa. Cavalry. W. H. Enl, Colonel, ULh P. K. V. C. C. B. ltocUuway, Capt. Ist Pa. Light Art. George W. Ul% Captain 112th P v, K. Thornton, Captain, Kith P. V. R. J. Ml lard, Captain, 2d l*a. Artillery, Geo. L. Kramer, Sergeant, 2t)9Lli P. V. Henry F. Nuss, Ist Pa. Light Artillery. George Whiteside, (it ti P. R. V. C. ' Iheri. ilcrucin, Ist Pa. Light Artillery. !•’. P. Broekwa.v Lieut. Ist Pa. Light Art, K, R. iMinncgan, filth P. V. William 11. Rose, 51th P. V. John B. Frnnmkl, ij,. M. Sergeant, 112 d P. V, Casper Early, Private, 133 d P. V. J. E, Penrod. Private, isth Pa. Cavalry. Albert Brindle, Private, 6th Pa. 11. Artillery, ,1. S. Unborn, Private, 133 d P. V, Peter McDermit, Private, sth P. V. John E. Meerlnger, Private, Ist Pu. Arllllory, Daniel M. Jleller. Private, 10 th Pa. Vet Volm, Dr W. Althouse, Private, DuroU's Battery. David Buehter, Private, 7th Pa. Cavalry. Levi Ilntl'miisler, Sergt. 3d Pu. Reserves. A. E. Beriolel, Lieut. 6th l’a. Cavalry. Washington Richards, Capt. 3d Pa. Reserves, M. P. Boyer, Lieutenant, 128th P, V. Levi Gehret, Captain, 151st P. V. Samuel Montgomery, Captain Co. A, 18th Pa, Cavalry. J. J. I’urman, Sergeant Co. A, 1 lOlli P. V. D. D. Taylor, Lieut. Co. A, IU-ith P. V; N. N. Purmau, Sergeant, Co. A, 101 th I’. V. Charles (Berryhill, Private, 123 d P. V. Samuel s\. Porter, Private, 123 d I*. V. Joseph Arvercost. Prlvrto, 15th Pa. Cavalry, Josluh Turner. Private, 15th Pa. Cavalry. Abel Turner. Private, 15th Pu Cavalry. H.J, Rolur, Private, Bth Reserves. John W. Hays, Private, Sth Reserves. James Hays, Private, loath P. V. James Deogun, Captain, Co. C, 107th P. V. Jeremiah .Mooney, Lieut. Co. C, 107th P. V. Jerry Doegun, Co. C, li)7Lh P. V. Hiram Klsner, Private, Co. K, 141st P. V, John H. Iloir, Lieutenant, Co. K, 68th P, V. B. R. Weans, Captain, o'2d P. V. W. W. Corbet, Colonel, 105th P. V. John Hustings, Captain, li)6th P. V. Wm Slagle, Co. G, 105lh P. V. Peter Emerlelc, Co. B, 2121 h P. V. Thomas Anderson, < \».!, li2d P. GeorgeT. Harvey, Captain, 101 th P. V. John E. CoreotMii, Captain, 101 th P. V, Jacob Swart/landor, Captain, lOlili P. V’, • David V. Funster, Captain, 3d P. R, C. John H Crothers, Lieutenant, 3d J\ R. Francis L. (Jour, Sergeant, 101 th P. V. Jacob Oberboclc, Corporal, 104th P. V. Wm. Klgafoos, Sergeant, 104th P. V. John Hays, Sergeant, tllsth P. V. John R. Mclntyre, Private, 108th P. V. Edward Ronsuner, Private 71th I’. V. James Feeley, Private, 97th P. V. John Louduuslone, 3d P. It. Henry Linn, Captain, lolst P. A'. James Wishart, Lieutenant 77th P. V. W. F, Shearer, Lieutenant, 22d Cuvulry, M. M. Horton, 77th P. V. Z. P. Ilorton, Bth P. R. William Jones, SergeuuL, 63d P. V. A. B. McCalinont, Brigadier General. J. S. McCalinont, Colonel, 10th P. R. J. Phipps, Brevet Colonel, 4th P. Cav, S, T. Kennedy, Major, 16th P. Cavalry, J. B. McAllister, Colonel, 14th P. Cavalry. J. A. Pennell, Captain. 4th P. Cavalry. G. it Snowden, Cuptuin, lJd P. V. William Hasson, Captain, 42d P. V. A. A. Plumoij Llcutt-uunl, 4th P. Cuvulry. R. Houston, Lieutenant, 63d P. V. John S. May. Private, 10th P. V. Wm. Gates, Prlvuto, <Hd I'. V. Wm. Horton, Private. loth P, V, John C. Lutz, 71lth P. V. V. Henry M. Goiter, Corporal, Co. 1,79ih P. V. V Frank Frledeustlne, i9sth p. V, J. D. McMahon, Mujor, 13th P.V, John Dellrleh, 20th P. V. John Sellers, soth P. V. Henry Lutz, 7ath P. V. John H. Hughes. 192 U P. V. Francis S. Gruger. Hospital Steward, U.S. A. Samuel W. Kirk, 122 d P. V. Emanuel Glpple.fiJd P. V. Charles Cllugor, 93tl P. V. John Breen, 3d Heavy Artillery. Jumcs Donnelley, 79th P. V. Samuel Gruel, 7i>th P. V. Josinh Shuman, Private, HWlh V. V. William Stahl. Private, 21sL l*. Cavalry. Daniel Gelwlcks, Prlvuto, 112th Heavy Art, . 8:15 A. M. .10;00 “ . 8:15 “ 10:00 “ .10:00 and 12:00 " Chairman The Soldiers’ Convention. The call for u Soldiers’ Convention to be held in Hurdsburg on the first day of August, will meet with a hearty re sponse from tho returned veterans throughout the State of Pennsylvania. These men are as Intelligent as they are loyal. They read and think for them selves, and they cannot be misled by blind appeals to their passions and their prejudices. They fully understand the position of parties on the great questions now agitating the country, and will make their ballots tho medium of expressing their honest convictions. To tell them that their heroic endeav ors to restore tho glorious old Union woro unavailing, is to Insult their Intelligence. To ask them to aid a Kurt leul and revolutionary Hutof fanatics in beeping the Houthorii Hinton out of tho I'ulon ilntll negro equality Is made tho law of tho Jatid and universal negro suil'nigu I'uHtenud upon the States, is to makoa demand to which they eun never be expected to respond, Tho cull is signed by nmny of the best and bravest *oldiersofPennsylvania, and embraces representatives from every county in tho fttnte. The Convention will be large aud Its deliberations will be of great importance. Of course Lancaster county will be fully represented. The Reading Musa Meeting. The Muss Meeting at Heading, on the 18th, promises to be an immense gather ing. From all parts of the State the people are comiDg. The attendance from the surrounding counties will be vast. Lancaster county will be largely represented. Several fine bands will accompany our delegations. All Lan casterlans lt is hoped will report at Headqqarters, Mißhler’s Hotel. Excur sion tickets will be issued at low rate, by the Columbiaandßeadingßailroads which will be good for three days. Let there be a general turn out. Geary attempted to “speak a little piece” at the celebration of the 4th In Philadelphia ; but If report say true, he stammered, stuttered and subsided.— Over at York, where he was surrounded by a pack of sympathizing and congenial blackguards, he was perfectly fluent in denouncing all the soldiers who refused to support him as “Hessians aud cow ards," There he was among men of his own stamp. At Philadelphia he was expected to speak like a gentleman, Bo he fizzled, Making Labor the glare of Capital. crew of unprincipled Radical fa natics who make up the majority of the present Congress have bub a single object in -view. They are intent upon perpetuating their misrule. To accom plish that Bingle selfish end they wbuld resort to any means, no odds how dan . gerous or revolutionary.‘They have shown that they do not care what evil eventually falls upon the country so that they may continue in power for a while longer. To this end and with no other object or design in view they have persistently refased to permit a restoration of the Union; All their legislation is of a partisan character, and moulded for partisan effect. From the very first they have labored assidu ously to array the influence of the en tire capital of the country upon their side, hoping through the agency of the employers to control the votes of the workingmen. In other words they have been building up a system by which the laboring men of the country are to be made the bond slaves of bloat ed capitalists. The National Banking system, the exemption of Government bonds from taxation, and the proposed outrageous tariff are all parts of the same infamous system of legislation The rich are to be bribed to support the infamous crew of Radicals in Congress, while the laboring classes are to be forced to vote as their masters dictate. Last year the revenue from Customs reached the enormous sum of one hun dred and seventy millions of dollars. It was estimated that it would only pro duce seventy millions. That is what ? the people were told in order that they might be reconciled to the heavy bur thens imposed upon them by the enact ment. There is good reason to believe that the low estimate was made with the deliberate intention of deceiving the people. Undersuch a tariff, of course the profitsof manufacturers were enormous. The publication of the dividends of New England Cotton Millsand other Yankee enterprises show thut they have been steadily realizing a cleau net profit of from twenty-five to one hundred per cent. , and in some cases higher. Of course there is no mania thelandsostupid that he cannot see how dearly he is paying for the exclusive privllegesgranted to these greedy monopolists. Are these harpies satisfied with the exorbitant tariff now in operation? Not they. They want still more grievous burthens laid upon consumers, and the recreant and merce nary majority in Congress Is ready to do their bidding. The tariff bill now before Congress is one of the most infamous pieces of leg islation ever proposed. It is estimated that if it shtmld become, a lair, it would at once put five, hundred millions of dol lars info the hands of those who hold stocks of goods and of the forestalled. Who will pay this enormous sum ? Can any laboring man need to be toldj livery cent of it will come out of the pockets of the consumers, the mechan ics, the farmer, the laboring man, and the industrious of all classes. They will pay for It all out of their hard eafnlngs, for the purpose of enriching bloated monopolists, who will attempt to con trol the votes of those they employ. Thus are the masses taxed for the bene fit of the few, and the Radical and most corrupt Republican Congress is the sole cause of such an infamous state of things. A revenue tariff* with incidental pro tection sufficient to enable our Pennsyl vania manufacturers to secure a remu nerative return for their capital, is an other and entirely different thing from such an infamous ami oppressive mo nopoly as is being created for the benefit of the selfish and rapacious capitalists of New England. The present Con gress is completely under the domina tion of Yankee fanatics and Yankee capitalists, and the country will bo a prey to their malignity and raplcity, until the people of the Middle, Western and Southern States assume Lhe control which rightfully belongs to them. It is high time for the masses to assert their rights. How long will the labor ing men of Pennsylvania suffer them selves to be made the willing dupes of Yankee fanaticism? How long will they bow their backs to the burthens imposed bp a recieunt Congress for the benefit of Yankee capitalists? The Four Radical Candidates for United Stales Senator. As preparatory to the flattering and authoritative announcement of Mr. Stevens us a candidate for the United Stutes Senate which appeared in the Express last night, the X. Y. Tribune of yesterday morning had the following: Senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania, will retiro on the -llh of March next—his re-elec tion not being contemplated by any party. Tho Union candidates for his seat nlreaay suggested are General Simon Cameron, John W. Forney, and Galusha A. Grow. We learn that Thaddeus Stevens has beon widely and urijcntly solicited to be also a candidate , but has not yet consented. Should the stale of his health permit him to outer tho lists, he will prove u formidable competitor. A word in regard to these candidates. .Simon Cameron was a Democrut, and not honest while in the ranks of that party. Hlh status in tho Republican organization we cannot better describe than in the language of Thaddeus Stevens. “Sir,” said Mr, Stevens to a friend, “J do not believe Simon Cam* eron would steal a reel hot stove." John W. Forney, when he left the Democratic party, said to a friend. “I have been poor long enough, I intend to make money now, out of my paper and my position.” And lie has done it. Galusha A. Grow changed from a Democrat to a rndical, in order that he might better his condition. Of all four candidates, thus prominen tly before the Republican party, Thud. Stevens is tho only one who has not been bought over from tho Democracy by a desire for plunder. He Isa repro suntuMvo radical und they ought to ciuet him if they huvo the Legislature. Wo charge Mr. Stevens nothing for this no tleo. Hlmon Hays Wiggle Waggle. luan obscure corner of lost night’s Express, unaccompanied by a word of editoriul comment or any notice what ever, appeared the following: Our Next United States Senator.— Mr. Editor: Those politicians who regurd the Senatorial contest as .solely between Messrs. Cameron. Forney, Williams and Curtin, have entirely forgotten that we have a candidate in Lancaster, Hon. Thad deus Stevens, who appears to mo to be, in every respect, more deserving than any of those I have named. This would be but a small tribute to the genius and reward for the great services rendered to mankind by tho glorious old statesman nnmod. Columbian. We do not kn(j,w whether the friend of Mr. Stevens from Columbia paid for the privilege of having the above notice Inserted, but it looks as if he had. “Is lt in such a shabby way that Thaddeus Stevens, the great leader of the Radi cals, is to be announced as a candidate for United States Senator at hiß own home ? If report be true he might fair ly be considered as a principal proprie tor of the very newspaper by which he is treated thus scurvily. There Is a rumor abroad that Simon Cameron has bought up the Express. The last pur chaser we suppose is regarded as hav ing the best right to whatever brains and influence the concern has at its dis posal. “Simon says wiggle waggle” and the Express wiggles or waggles ac cording to orders. The Alabama State University is try lng to raise means to restore its build ings—Which were burned by Gen. WIN son—by a lottery, the prizes in which amount to 550,000. Engrafting Negro Suffrage on the Con- stltntioo. , Forney's Washington Chronicle is the recognized organ of ttmiadical majority In Congress As Clerifof the Senate* he has a than.: any man in' the country of knowingthe exact pqrposesknd the, real object and deaign of all their movements. His ex position of any radical measures inay be safely taken as the true one, and we may be sure that he will not put any act of Congress in such a light as to .render it more, odius to the people than he can help. An attempt will be made to mistify the voters of Pennsylvania as to therealintentof the amend ment to the Constitution of the United States. They will be told that it does not mean negro suffrage. We would therefore respectfully call the attention of the honest masses to John W, For ney’s authoritative and official exposi tion of that most infamous enactment. In a long and carefully prepared article in the Chronicle he says: The feature of the proposed constitutional amendment which is of essential and perma nent value is that which bases representa tion in Congress and in the electoral colleges on the voting population. Nothing can be fairer than this denial to the South of a right to represent a class to which it denies the right of suffrage. So long us the right to vote is withheld from tbe negro by the Southern States, his truest representatives will be found in the Northern delegations. Every additional Southern representative based on the negro population stands in tbe wav of the negro’s right to life and liberty; and to count him in the basis of representa tion while he is excluded from the polls is to mock him cruelly. He is made to bear about nis own chains, under the false pre tence that they are the muniments of his liberty; and his unfortunate condition is not unlike that ot the turtle which is per mitted to crawl about tbe pavement with an advertisement of “soup” painted on his back. The most careless reader will see that Forney scorns to set up the pretense that the proposed change in the basis of representation is designed to keep the rebels from voting, or to lessen the numberof Congressmen from the South ern States. It is true that is proposed to be done, provided the negroes are not allowed to vote, not because it is right, not because the interests of the white race demand it; but solely and exclu sively for the purpose of forcing the odious condition of negro suffrage upon tiie South, and eventually upon every State in the Union. As further proof of the real object, intent and meaning of the proposed amendment, take the fol lowing further extract from the same article: The question for the loyul Stales to con sider, thoiefore, is, whether they will reward the Southern States for their treason, by giving them a dozen representatives more than they hud before they rebelled, or whether they will take from them entirely an odious privilege of basing representation on a prescribed class to whom they would deny all civil, as w’oll as political, rights, if they were free to act out their feelings. Forney expects to see this amendment hurried through the Legislatures of the Northern Slutes, and a sufficient num ber of Southern and Border States to make it the fundamental law of the land. That once done, he regards the establishment of universal Negro Suf frage as sure beyond a peradventure. Reviewing the whole question ho says in the same carefully prepared editorial: Here arc strong motives addressed to the •Southern people, calculated to bring about an abatement of their unjust prejudices against the negroes; audit cannot be doubted that the exigencies of parties will in a few years cause one or all of them to espouse the cause of universal suffrage. After that authoritative and official exposition of the true intent and mean ing of the amendment to the Constitu tion, no man can for a moment longer doubt that the Republican party is fully committed and pledged to use all its in fluence to force negro sufi’rage upon every State in the Union. They will succeed in doing so just so surely as Lhe masses do not rise up in their might against them. The time for action has fully come. The full campaign is upon us. In Lhe coming elections for Gover nors, Congressmen and Legislatures In the Northern States, every vote oust will be a square vote for or against negro suffrage. There can he no dodging the question. The issue is fully made up. The election of Geary will be loudly claimed as the triumph of the odious doctrine of negro suflrage in Pennsyl vania. The election of u Radical legis lature will ensure the ratification of the negro suffrage amendment to the Con stitution of the United States, and the choice of n United States Senator pledged to enforce negro suflrage by Congres sional legislation. If the tide of fanati cism Is not checked at the coming elec tion in Pennsylvania, it will be too late. The masses will have bound themselves hand and foot, and by their indolence and want of thought will have degraded themselves and have taken the most effectual steps to make the negro their equal in the jury box, ut the ballot box, and elsewhere. It is high time for the white men of Pennsylvania to strike a blow for their rights which will be felt. If they allow prejudice and passion to rule them now, they and their children after them will regret it as long as life shall last. Forney an Endorser of “My Policy.” John W. Kouney bus encountered an exposure under which be squirms like a “gigged” eel. President John son lias not exercised towards this hypo critical ingrato the forbearance that lie has experienced at the hands of other eminent men whom he has betrayed and maligned. Suddenly aud unexpect edly, in the midst of his 11 loud roar of foaming calumny,” Forney finds him self confronted by a characteristic letter of his to the President, bearing date just four weeks previous to the delivery of the famous speech In which the flunky wns tarred ns n traitor and feathered as a dead duck. This letter shows that Up to ItH date Forney prutended to bo a sup porter of President Johnson’s polloy. if ho hud succeeded In wheedling tho President Into the appointment of hU candidate for Collector of the Port of Now York, we should never have hoard from him In denunciation of what ho now sneorlngly terms "my policy.” The reader will not fail to mark the fact that Forney recommended his candlduto for “an Andrew Johnson Democrat.” Thlß was his clincher. Openly, In his newspapers, which are patronized by Radical Abolitionists, he was doing all that he could to bring reproach upon the name “Democrat;" but In a secret letter, which he supposed would never see the light, he commended his can didate as a Democrat! If this does not disgust Ills Radical friends, we don't know what would or could disgust them. This letter will surprise nobody who knows John W. Forney. His old ac quaintances might have recognized Its author If his name had been omitted. Wheedling flunkeylsm betrayß its ori gin. Read it. Equal Bights. Under the above caption the Express has an editorial of a column, in which lt attempts to prove that there is gross inequality in the matter of representa tion in Congress. As matters now stand, three out of five of the late Slaves of the South are counted. If the proposed amendment to the Constitution should be ratified the negtoes would all vote aud all be counted. In that case the Southern States would gain twelve Representatives and twelve electoral votes, while Pennsylvania would lose one of each, unless she allowed the ne groes to vote. That is the kind of equal righto the Express favors—her soelal and political equality of the negroes in every State in the Union, The Dissolution ortho Republican Party. While the Republican newspapers of 'Pennsylvania are to a great extent ig noring all the vital issues of the. day and-nontenting themselves with, heap ing stale slang abuse upon the Demo cratic party and its candidates, they .follow the’lead of Thad. Stevens and (if John.W. Forney with a blind infatua tion that is wonderful. We admire their stolid stupidity and would not have them change their tactics. They do not see that their party is in the ■very : throes of dissolution; Whether they will wake up to a realization of their true situation before the coming election, we neither know nor care. Their destiny is sealed. The hand writing is on the wall and it cannot be erased. Here and there a Republican editor is to be found who has political wisdom sufficient to enable him to fore tell the impending destruction that must follow in the way they are pur suing. The Pittsburg Commercial ex hibits some strong symptoms of alarm, but we know no other paper in this State which is not content to have its eyes bandaged so that it cannot see. In vain does the New York Times urge the adoption of a wiser policy. Those who follow the lead of Stevens and Greeley dare not break loose from the traces in which they are securely har nessed. We do not suppose they will heed the following plain warning. The Times says: The Union party is not united. The present condition of the party exhibits strong and dangerous dissensions rather than harmony. And in the tegular ar rangements of the party no provision has been made for eliciting the prevalent opinion in regard to questions that have arisen since the last Presidential election as well as since the election of the members now in Congress. . On the principle that that should be hid den whicli is not pleasant, and thut that whicli we would fain not believe should be concealed, perhaps, there is gross wrong in these confessions touching tho position of the Union party. It may perchance bo criminal to disturb tho hosannas of those who cry peace when there is no peace, and who write about tho party us though no diflerenco of opinion existed in its ranks. But wo confess our inability to discover Hither wisdom or honesty in this course. Disguise it as wo may, the unpleusunt fact does not udmit of mistake. The Union party is divided—so divided anti distracted that its defeat will tie inevitable unless st/mc thimj be meanwhile done to determine au thoritatively its course on the question of res toration, its conditions and consequences, ■ After such a bold and authoritative exposition of the true condition of the Republican party the Democracy of Pennsylvania can afford to laugh at all the little gibes, the many querulous complaints and the infinitude of mean and meaningless lies which Re publican newspapers are constantly filled. They can safely refuse to deign any reply to these pointless barbs, be ing content in the meantime with standing firmly by the great principles which are dally commending them selves to all thoughtful men. When tlie Convention which nominated Gen eral Geary committed the Republican party of this ,State to all.the epude schemes of the fanatics in Congress, tlie futo of tlie organization and of Its weak and vulgar candidate was scaled. Our Candidate for l. S. Benator, The ambition of the great Congres sional whipper-in of the Rump Con gress seems to be hard to satisfy. He not only intends to run for Congress In this district, but lie has announced hlm- Helf us a candidate for United States Senator. That he is in earnest about tiie matter, cannot admit of a doubt. He has had himself formally announced in the.Erprtwj and the fact telegraphed from here to all parts of the State and the Country. The are people who are uncharitable enough to believe the thing is only a dodge to secure control of the six Representatives from Lan caster county. There wiseacres do not seem to know how Old Thad. proposes to dispose of these six votes, after he gets them safely in Ills pocket. They assert,'.however, that there is no doubt he will trade them off to advantage. Such people nre uncharitable and given to thinking and speaking evil of their neighbors. They ought to attend upon the ministration of some of our Radical preachers ? The National Union Convention The response of the people and of tile Press of the country to the call for a National Union Convention Is general, and the gathering will be tho largest and most Important that the country has seen since the war began. Southern papers exhibit a very gener al disposition on the part of the people to.respond to the call ami State and dis trict Conventions are being called throughout the Soutli to nominate dele gates. Governor Orr bus issued an address to the people of South Carolina, in which lie heartily approves of tho objects of the Philadelphia convention, and urges upon them the duty of immediately electing delegates to the State conven tion which meets at Columbia on the first of August to appoint delegates to the uatlonalconyentlon. The Governor says: “There is not one principal of this address to which this State cannot subscribe in honor and with sincerity.” The radicals may rago as they please In regard to tills Convention. Many of tho best men of the Republican party will be there, the whole country will be represented, and In all respects it will bo one of the most influential and lm portantpollticalgatherlugs the country lias ever seen. Congress and the Hot Weather. Forney was out yesterday in a frantic appeal to Congress not to adjourn, but to sit still and roast alive In the Capitol, If needs be, rather than allow Andrew lohnson to iiso Ills patronage agnlnst the radicals. That the soldiers aro suf fering seriously there Is good reason to believe. A special despatch to tho .V. y. Trtlmnn says, thoro arc nearly forty members absent, a majority of whom arc sick. Another despatch to tho same paper says, In tho Hunuto, on Saturday, tho heat was so Inteuso as to forco an adjournment at Ij o’clock. Mr. Grimes, who made the motion, stated that several Senators wore now sick on ac count of the heat, and others were now In danger of becoming sick. It is to be hoped that something may happen to compel at least a temporury dispersion of this Rump Congress They have already done evil enough to damn any legislative body to eternal infamy A Tariff for Sambo. The last argument which we have seen in favor of granting unbounded privileges to Yankoe monopolists at the expense of the poor white man, comes from that expounder of Republican faith, John W. I-'orney. Says the “dead duck Congress, if it wishes to sco the freedmen reduced to the most abject and pitiable con dition possible, has only to neglect passing a tarifl that will not only maintain the in dustries wo already possess, but bring forth multitudes of others which only wnft such an oncouragernont. That will prove to be an Irresistible argument. A bare suspicion that the negro will be benefltted as well as the Yankee capitalists, will suffice to put any infamous scheme through the pres ent Congress. The Yankees own the concern and run it for the benefit of Sambo. The N. Y. Herald says: It has leaked out that the recent flog pre sentation at Philadelphia was part of a po litical device to elect General Geary Gov ernor of Pennsylvania. A mosl ridiculous feature of the political entertainment was the display of fireworks, with the names of Washington, Lincoln and Geary, at the Union League Club headquarters. Wien Kvery Jfeero Is to Tote. The Philadelphia Press Is everywhere recognized as the leading Republican newspaper in Pennsylvania. It is more read and more quoted from'than any! other. It speaks by and with authority. Its expositions of the platform of the party are accepted as ex'eathedra, and its enunciation of the ulterior objects, aims and ends' of the organization are received by the faithful as the true po litical gospel, to dissent from which is to be worse than an infidel. It does not shirk the real issue or endeavor to cover up the designs of the Republican party leaders. It recognizes negro suffrage as the great cardinal -doctrine, to be ac cepted, cherished, fought for and forced upon the people. Of its ultimate ac ceptance and adoption it does not enter tain a shadow of doubt. In Sunday’s issue we have the following bold edito rial prediction: “Tenyears hence, when we thank God on the hundredth anniversary of the nation’s birthday—and ten years is not a long period in the life of a nation so progressive as ours—there will not be be tween the two oceans a single political slave. Every intelligent citizen will be a voter, and men will stand in amazement that should have opposed impartial suf frage as they now wonder that they should have opposed unconditional emancipa tion.” Will the white votersof Pennsylvania please to take notice? The short period of ten years is to see the last barrier to negro equality completely broken down. On the 4th of July, 1876, “impartial (negro) suffrage’’is to be the law of the whole land —of Pennsylvania as well as Massachusetts. The agency through which this result is to be secured is tlie Republican party. Its triumph is to bring about a grand negro millenium, which is to be celebrated with ecstatic rejoicings or the centenary anniversary of tile Declaration of Independence— just ten years from last Wednesday. Tlie time is short. Very many who read this article will live to see it. 'To each oneof these weput this plaiuques tion : Do you intend to register your sole this fall, and at each succeeding election which shall occur within the next ten years, in favor of unrestricted negro equality and universal negro suffrage t If you do not you must repudiate tlie Republican party from tills time, hence forth and forever. Every vote cast for Geary will be a vote to make the Cen tenary Anniversary of our Independ ence a negro jubilee. Every triumph of the party to which lie belongs will be a step toward tlie event which is in Radical estimation, to be tlie crowning glory of that occasion. Do not deceive yourself into tho believe that you can tamper witli this infamous political heresy. So surely as tlie rule of the Re publican party Is not speedily broken down, so surely will the bold prophecy of Forney be fulfilled to the very letter. A radical victory In Pennsylvania this fail will be rightly claimed as a great triumph, and the election of Geary will bo heralded as an endorsement of uni versal negro suffrage. Let every voter reflect seriously before depositing ills ballot. It will be a square vote for or against negro equality. Reader, how do you intend your vote shall count? The National Inton Convention. We publish elsewhere with unquali fied approval tho address from the Democratic .Senators and Representa tives in Congress to the people. The times demand that all good and true men throughout the whole country should come together for the purpose of deliberation and of ultimate combined action. Those who are attempting to control tlie Republican party have shown that they are bent upon keeping tho Union dissevered in order that they may perpetuate tlie rule of u purely sectlonul organization. Against such an organization every true patriot should sternly set Ills face. Tlie Union must be speedily and completely re stored, the Constitution must be pre served from the assaults being made upon it, tlie States recently ill revolt must be reinstated in tlie position they occupied before the war began, and a dissevered people must be brought to gether and united in tlie bonds of friendly feeling. To accomplish these purposes the National Union Conven tion, to be held in August, will, we be lieve, honestly labor. Radical politici ans may endeavor to prevent the suc cess of this movement, but the great popular heart will respond to it most heartily. We hope to see every Con gressional district of I’enuHylvunlu repre sented by itH best men, irrespective of former political associations. / Keystone Club of l’onns) ivanla. This gallant Democratic association met for the purpose of organizing for the campaign, last {Saturday evening, at the Wetherill House, Philadelphia Hon. Richard Vaux, the President, called the meeting to order. Acommltteeofnlneporsons, President and Secretaries, being ex-oflleio mem bers, were appointed for the purposes of the campaign. On motion ol Mr. Robert l'alethorp, the committee were Instructed to make arrangements for the club to attend the grand Democratic and Conservative Mass Convention atßeadingou the lsth Inst. The proceedings werecharteri/.ed will: unanimity and enthusiasm. The Keystone Club will render glorb ous and elllclent service to the cause o the country at the approaching all Inn portnnt election. rutting the Fourth'of July In Oeurj’s Pocket. Tipi cdilol' of tln» /■, \rprrn« inu.-t havo spent lilh Fourth of July In trying to decypher tho Chinese elmmcters on a hull l of flro cruckerH. Wo do not know how olho to uooount for tho loading edi torial In yesterday's Ishuo of that paper. Tho (Wdostlals who muko Uioho pestl lont llttlo toyH ntylo tholr rulor tho hrothorof tho Hun and Moon, Huoh t«rmn applied to a plg-oyod mortal aro not moro out of plueo and tusto than tho Hilly and proHumptuoun assertion of the Kxprc.Hn that the Fourth of July, with all Its glories, Its memories, Its bells, Its music, Its bon-flres, Its Illumi nations, its cannon, Us rockets, its fire crackers, its drums, Its parades, Its ora tions and allthe paraphrenalia that dis tinguishes It belongs, to whom or what think you, reader?—Why, to the won derful military hero whose chiefex plolt was the capture of an old cannon at Harper’s Ferry, which occupied a position similar to the piece of ordnance which stands muzzle downward in front of Anderson’s Oyster Cellar. The Express has been saying some very foolish things ot late in Its editorial columns, but the stupidest and silliest article we have yet seen wus its leader of yesterday. If It cannotget up better original matter, It would do well to re sort to Its former habit of stealing its editorials from Its cotemporaries, Tunneling the Mississippi. J. Edgar Thompson, Col. T. A. Scott, and other leading railroad engineers whose roads centre at or pass through St. Louis have Indorsed a plan drawn by Mr. Palmer of the Union Pacific Rail road for tunnelling the Mississippi river at St. Louis instead of- bridging at the point. Consent is asked of Congress to con struct the work, which, it is estimated, can be completed in three years, at a cost not to exceed $8,000,000. If consent is given, the work will be proceeded with at once. Wooing the Irish. Day before yesterday the resolution which Mr. Clarke, of Ohio, had offered In regard to the Fenlaii' movement, came up in Congress and was, In the language of the telegraph, “ rejected without.discussion.” It never meant anything.except '■ buncombe ” from the first. It was a dodge of the fanatical crew In Congress to catch, if possible, a few Irish votes. The Republican party, when it met at Chicago in the conven tion which nominated Abraham Lin coln, was chiefly composed of the old Know-Nothing leaders. In their op position to foreigners most of them had been more heartily in earnest and more bitterly active than ever they had been in the anti-slavery agitation. It was only at the bidding of the red Republi can German infidel, Carl Schurz, that thq Know-Nothing plank was stricken from the platform on which they placed their candidate Abraham Lincoln. When Schurz told the Convention that unless that chief plank was rejected three hundred thousand German votes would be lost in the Northwest, it was promptly thrown overboard. The set of greedy and unprincipled politicians there assembled were ready to make any sacrifice of what they called princi ple for the sake of success, and they showed their pliability by promptly agreeing to hide away the hideous dog mas to which they had sworn the fond est and most devoted attachment. Afterwards, when the war which they precipitated upon the country de manded countless victims to be furnished for slaughter, they began to cajole and flatter the foreign element. Then they were glad to "honeyfugle” the Irish and the Germans in order that they might be pushed into the ranks to take the places of those who had been their most persistent vilifiers and abusers. But, during all this time their news papers have shown that the old leaven of Know-Nothingism was still at work. There is not ußepubiican journal from the N. Y. Tribune down to the scurviest little sheet published, whicli has not indulged in flings and inuendoesagainst “tlie ignorant Irish” and "the low Dutch.” They have not forgotten their hatred of these people. Having engaged for a long time in a crusade against the rights and tlie religious belief of the foreign born citizen they could not be expected to do justice to them. Yet, with an impudence that is un paralleled, the Republican newspaper press is now appealing to the Irish ele ment in this country for support, and that on the strength of u buncombe reso lution whicli the Radical mujorlty in Congress has rejected, without so much as deigning to discuss It for a moment. Was there ever such an exhibition of brazen Impudence? The Democratic party does not need to call witnesses to prove that It has al ways dealt justly by the Irish. There is not u naturalized Irishman on tills continent who does not know and feel that tlie Democratic party has been tlie steadfast friend of him and Ills country, It has fought ills bailies constantly and successfully, To suppose that this peo ple can now be cajoled into the support of the men and tlie party which has al ways been their bitter enemy, is to offer them un insult which no Intelligent Irishman can ever forget or forgive. Address to the People, Tin* .Conservative .MoinliorH of ConifrcHN Approve of the Call Toro National Union Convention. Equality of the Ntntes. Tlie Count It ti (lon tube Maintained and JPcireo to IlloMM the Whole Country. The People MtiNt Come to the ReMetie, To the People of the United .Slate,s: Dangers threaten tho Constitution. Thu citadel of our liberties is directly assailed. Thofuturo is dark unless tin* people will coino to tho rescue. In this hour of peril, National t’nlon should be thu watchword of every true man. Asessenlial to Nation al Union, we must maintain unimpaired tho rights, the dignity, and the equality of tlie-States, including tho right of represen tation in ('ongress, and the exclusive right of each State to control its own domestic concerns, subject only to the Constitution of the United Slates. After a uniform construction of the ('onslitution for more than a half a century, tho assumption of new and arbitrary powers in the Fcdurul government is subversive of our system and destructive of liberty. A frou Inter chnngn of opinion and kind feeling between tho citizens of ail of the States is necessary to the perpetuity of tho Union. At present, eleven States are excluded from the National Councils. For seven long months tho pres ent Congress has persistently denied any right of representation to the people of these Slates. Daws affecting their highest and dearest interest have been passed without, their consent, and in disregard of tho fun damental principles of freo govermenl.,— This donial of representation has been made to ull tho members from a Slate, uithough tho State, in tlie language of tlie President. “ presents itself not only in the attitude o loyalty and harmony, fiul in tho pcrisoiiH of rupri’*ontntivo.s wliohu loyally rannol bo questioned under any existing ronsLitulionnl or legal lest.” Tho representatives of near ly one-third of the States have not been consulted with reference to the grout ques tions of tho day. There has boon no nation ality surrounding the present Congress,— Thero has been no Intoreourso botweon tho representatives of Lho two sections producing muluul eonlhloneu and respect. In tho lan guage of the distinguished Uoutenimt-f fun eral, "it Is to ho rogrottod that at this tlmo there cannot bn a greater commingling bo weon the citizens of tho two sections, and particularly of those interested in the law making power.” This stnto of things should bo removed at onoo and forever,— Therefore, to proservo the National Union ; to vindicate the sutlloioncy of an admirable Constitution; to guurd tho States from a eovort attempt to deprive them of their true position in the Union, and to bring together those who aro unavoidably separate, and for these great national purposes only, >vo cordially approve the call for a Nutloilai Union Convention, to ho held In the City of Philadelphia on tho second Tuesday (14th) of August noxt, and Indorse the principles therein set forth. We therefore, respuet fully but earnestly urge upon our fellow citizens in each State and Congressional District of tho United States, and In the in terest of union and In a spirit of lmnnony, and with a direct rofi'ivnce to the principles contained In said .-nil, promptly In the selection of wise, modern te,a ml Conner vat IVo men to represent them in said convention, to the end that all the States shall at once be restored to their practical relat ions to Hie l nlon, and the Constitution be inulnlnlned, ami peace bless the wlwle comitry. (Signed,) Jtovordy Johnson, U, S. Trimble, Thus, A, Hendricks, .John 1,. Dawson, William Wright, Win. <i. Nibluok, , James Uulhriu, Anthony Thornton; J. A. MoDougnll, Michael' U. Kerr, i Uarrott Davis, boo. S. Shanklin, , Win, Itadfurd, Henry Crider, i H. H. MjirHliull, Thomas K Nooll, ! Myor Htrouso, Samuel J. Kumlall: CkuH. SltgrenveH, Lewis \V. Kohh, H. E. Ancona. Stephen Tuber, L» A- liubboll, John Humphrey. li. C. Hitter, John Hogan, I A. Harding, It. M. Uoyer, j A. .J. (llossbrenner, Tbiiiilm (j. liergen, Is* t,' bright, ChurluH Goodyear, w “°Pi ers ’ Elias. H. Winllold, 11. McCulloch, A. H. Coffroth, f.'r 9,', 'bond, Lovell 11. llousseaU, William E. Finch, Philip Johnson. What a Flro Cracker did, The celebration of the -Ith of July seems to be nothing to thejuvenllea of the United States without their pistols and flre-eraekers. It Is a day set apart for the explosion of powder In a thou sand different shapes. There Is a uni versal license for such things, and all municipal regulations aro for one day set at naught. On lust Wednesday a Chinese cracker exploded In a heap of shavings behind a Cooper’s shop In the City of Portland. The greater part of the city was burned and thousands of people were left with out shelter. On the same day there were many fires throughout the coun try. How many of these were from the cauee which led to the destruction of Portland may not be accurately known, but 11 is su re that not a few of them were. There ought to be a reform In thlb matter. There is not a city or a tow 4 In the country which Is not annually endangered by this very agency. Let the municipal regulations be enforced for the future, and If they be not strln-j gent enough let them be made so, •Ike Fourth at Tammasy Hall. The Demooraoy of New .York .City celebrated the National Anniversay most appropriately and spiritedly at lammanyHall. The old Wigwam was crowded, and the celebration was a most decided success. Richard O’Gorman and S. 8. Cox were the orators of the day, and they delivered most eloquent, hopeful and stirring addresses. Letters from numerous distinguished men were read, among others the following from President .Johnson, Secretary Seward and Secretary Welles: FROM THE PRESIDENT of the united STATES. Executive Mansion, i Washington, D. C., July 2 isoti i Sir ; I thank you for the cordial invitation of the time-honored Society or Tummanv to participate with them in the celebration of the approaching anniversary of our Na tional Independence. The nntional tone and patriotic spirit of the invitation meet my hearty approval. They are indications of a growing public sentiment, which, now that the bitter strife of civil war has ceased, requires a renewal of tlie pursuits of peace, n return to the Con stitution ol our Aithors, rigid ndherence to /its principles, increased reverence for its obligations; a restored, invigorated and permanent t nlon ; and n fraternity of feel ing that Shall make us, os a people, one mid indissoluble. There can bo, for tlie patriot, no higher duty, no nobler work, than the obliteration ot the passions and prejudices which, resulting lroni our late siinguinarv conflict, have retarded reconciliation, anil prevented thut complete restoration of nil -Alio Slates to their constitutional relations With thu l'ederal Government, which is essential to the peace, unity, strength and prosperity ol the nation. Regretting thut my public duties will not penult me to be present at your celebration I tun, very respectfully, yours, ANDREW JOHNSON. To the lion. John t. Hoffman, Ac. Ac City-Hall, New York. ” I'llOM HKCIIKTAHY SKWARD. I) HI’AIITM KNT OK STATK. } Washington, June 2d, lsoti: J T, the Hun. John T. Huffman, Citv Hall, Xae York: Sir. —I have hml tlie honor to receive tho invitation of the Tammany Society for the celebration of the approaching fourth of .July. I am highly pleased with the form of tlie invitation. I like tho motto which is placed at its head, "Tlie Union must and ahull bo preserved." I like the vignette which il■ luHtrules ii. 1 like tho associated hues with wnirh it is colored, namely—the rod white and bine. I like tho temple of liberty baaed upon the rock of tho Constitution, uiul pro (erlod by thu eagle of the American con tinent. I like the ships and railroads, In dicative of proapority and progress. I like thu significant conjunction of dates, 177(> and a period of ninety yours. Whv, in looking at these figures, wo almost foul usHured’ that our Republic has a life of at least one century. Alas! how many Re publics have been shorter lived ! I would have had the flag of tho Union, which is on the right, present in its uzuru Hold, only the thirteen original. States; bull imperially delight in the ling which is on the left hand, and in whose enlarged Held twenty three stars are blazing whicli haVe come out from the deep cerulean within the past ninety years, while tho original thirteen Htars yet remain in their ancient place, ull their morning lustre nndlmlnished. I have hud some differences, in my lime, with the Tummuny Society, bill I long ago fnrgot them all, when I recalled the fact that the Society lias never once failed to ob serve ami honor the anniversary of National Independence; and the furtfior tad that during the recent civil war tho Tammany Society sent its sons to fight for the Union, and with unswerving lidolily, heartily sup ported the Federal (lovermuont In its strug gle with sedition. In view of those fuels, and of liie noble principles now avowed, 1 hail the Tummuny Society as a true Union League. I rejoice with the Society that tho conflict of arms has ceased ; that the rebellion lias been crushed; that tlie authority of the < Joverinuont hushed) vindicated, and that tlie flag of the Union now flouts trium phantly over every foot of national domain. On the other hand,l mourn with the Society that the perfect Union given to us by our patriotic forefathers has not yet been en tirely restored; that eleven sovereign Mtules are denied representation in tlie Federal Congress, and are not recognized as co ordinate parts In tho National Legislature. How strange all this ! Wo have killed dis union outright, ami have killed African Slavery with It, and vet we are not com pletely reunited. If 1 did not fuel assured thut thu Ameri can poonio cannot suffer so great and fatal u solecism to continue, I should say, ns many olhors do, that we are at n crisis. Rut 1 Imvo unbounded confidence in the wisdom and virtue ol the American people. It Is said in excuse of thu denial or repre sentation, thut tho States and tholr chosen representatives still continue to be seditious and disloyal. I ask, is Tennessee disloyal? Is Arkansas seditious? Are the Henntors und Representatives of either of those States disloyal? 1 desire. In this respect, that each of (lie two Houses of Congress will apply the constitutional test, with all tho Improvements of legislation upon It, aud thus admit those States und representatives who are loyal, and reject only those against whom tho crime of disloyulty shall bo es tablished. I believe with I lie Tuimnnny Society, that tlie Union was created to bu perpetual, tlml tho States are equal under the Constitution, thuL the restoration of tho Union by thu re cent war ought to be acknowledged and recognized by all tho departments of the 1-ederal (foveniment ; that a spirit of mag nanimity and fraternity should prevail In all our councils, and thut thu Soutii, having accepted of tlie lessons of the wur, and re linquished tin* heresies of secession, should, just so lar and ho fust as she coines In the altitude oi loyally, and in the persons o loyal and qualified representatives, bo ad mitted to her count notional representation. I want, heuc-’lbrili and forever, no North, no South, no Fust, no West, no divisions, and no sections and no classes, but ono uni ted and harmonious people. It will bo impossible fur mo to uttend tho celebration personally. What I huVo writ ten I trust will satisfy the Society that, In spirit, I shall always bo with thorn when they shall boongugodin renewing und forti fying Lho National Union. I have the honor to bo, Sir, your very obedient servant, WYi.i.iam H. Skwakd, IIIO.M HUriIKTAIIY WHI.I.H. Navy IJki'autmknt 1 July Z, 18(111. J U knti.kmkn : I have received your In vitation, mid should he happy to participate with the Tammany fSouloty or Columbian Order In eeluhrutlng the approaching nn lilversury of our .Vatlonal Independence, were I not prevented by public duties, To tho honor of your Society, it liuh in all limes anil under all clreumslances, In war and In peace, been faithful to tho Union nf the. States and the rights or tho Stales. At no period since Its organization bavu Its teachings mid services been moro required than at the present, when, the victorious arms of tho Hepiibllc huvlng suppressed tho false theory thuttlio Union can ho di vided by Heeesslon, or the voluntary with drawal of a Slate from Its Federal relations and obligations, we are compelled to en eounlor die opposite extreme of compul sory exclusion, by which the cenirallsls deny lo eleven Shiies Hie rcprcscntiillon in ( oiiuress Which Is giinruntood to them by llm t'oiistllullen. Tills duel rlne of compulsory exclusion la scarcely less offensive than Ih'iiLof voluntary secession. Each Is futal to tha perpetuity ol the Union, Al'ler a long und exhuuslhig war, which has cost us so much blood and tmisiirn, tho country needs repose, that Industry, e»m meree and the arts of peace may ravlve, anil friendly rehitliais between tlio States and people may here-oslahllshoil, Frlondly conltdenco among the people Ih to bo on cournged, and must supersede hatred and levenge, N'o portion of tho States or people can he deprived of their Just rights w ithout producing estrangement. I respond most sincerely to the correct and patriotic views expressed In your In vitation, and regretting my Inability to he present with you, I respectfully submit the followdng sentiment: Tho Union of the States, only to bo main tained by a faithful olwurvnnceof tho rights of tho States, Vory respectfully, GIDEON WEI.LES. John T. Horn, man, Esq., City Hall, Now York. Soldiers of the War of 1812. Hon. A. H. CoflYoth’s bill granting pensions to the soldiers of the war of 1812 and their widows came up In the House yesterday morning, and after some discussion a motion was mudo to. lay It on the tablo. This being votes* down, Kelly, of Philadelphia, moved to recommit to the Committee on Invalid. Pensions, which was agreed to. All the Ponosylvanla Badlcals voted In the. affirmative, and all the Demoorats In. the negative. Mr. Coffroth haaworked hard for this bill, both In commlttaeandi In the House, and after having been, authorized to report In Its favor, It was, thus unceremoniously sent book to the committee for the manifest purpose off defeating It, this session, at least. The conduct of tho radloal majority, in denying this simple aot of Justice to the veterans .of 181,2, oan, only be ac counted for by the fact that It was in tended solely for the benefit of white people, whloh, of course made It obnox ious to the present Rump of a House,
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