« !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,
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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,