WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1866,
The prlnung presses shall Be iree to evig
person who undertakes to ekamtne the groj
oeedlngs of the legislature, or; anybrononoi
government! and no law shall ever bo maoe
fo restrain the right, thereof. Thefreoco
nloatlon of thought and opinions_ls ono
invaluable rlghta jrtmen on any Bub
may freely speak, wrtte and print on a
leeti being responsible for the ?£ blloat i on Qt
liberty. InprosMuUonsforthe^uouoawono.
papers or where the
oers.ormenlh pubuo capngj' ’ bUo i n f ormtt .
t^hb P e^“^Ky r b P o given In evl
donee." . ■
r .poR GOVERNOR:
Hon. HIRSTKB CLYMKR, of DorKu Co.
Ucetlne oflbe Democratic County Com-
Tho Democratic County Committee will
raootin this city at tho Democrutlo Club
Rooms, on Saturduy tho sth day of August i
nt.ll.o'olook A. M
A. J. Stbinman,
Cliolrmun,
B. J. McQiiann, Secretary.
Lancaster July 24, 1800.
Soldiers’ Union Convention.
Johnson, ( lyim r anil Ilia Constitution,
A Convention of the honorably discharged
officers, soldiers ami Noainun of l’unimylva
nla, will bo hold AT II AltltlfdHtJltO, <>■
WKDNIOBIJAY, AUGUST Imt, IKOiI, at lo
o'clock, A. M.
All who uru In fnvor of thu wlhu and von-
Htllulinniil rontonitlon pulley of BroHltkMil
JohiiHou, und wiHh to hud thu ConHiluuhm
and Union of our UathorH proHorvuil In their
purity und Intugrlty;
Who aru In favor of roproH-ntatlWH from
tho South, loyal to tho ConHtlUillon and the*
lawH, bolny iininudiulely udmUlvd into Cmi-
groan;
Who upprovo VroHldont .lohnson’H v.-tou*
of tho Froodmon’H llurcuu and Civil HightH
UHIh ; .
Who are in favor of tho oloetiou 1,1 1,10
Hon. llloHtor Clymor, luanovratif ramll
dato for (iovurnor of IVnnaylvanla; and
who aro opponud to nogro HUllrago, art* in
vltod to attoml.
DlHtlngulahnd Hpoakorn will ho pro.sont to
uddroHH the Convonllon,
W. W. 11. DAVH, j.l. A 'V, v
OWI'JN JoNKH, It. !'• M‘‘W I
Col. I«L Pa. Cavalry. t ‘.‘A’ o• vv lv' ' '
JOHN I*. MNTON, <• h. HUULKW Ai.
1.t.C01. 6111 1 i\ V.| Cujil. Ihl la. Ail.
fiohllerK 1 and Sailors’ County Convention.
By a roKolulion of tho Soldlorb' and Son
nmii’H .lohiiHon and Clymor Club ol thu < ity
nf LunniHtur, l*a., thu ProbidunL of tho Club
wuh roquuMtod to Imhuo a call for all honora
bly dibchargod Holdlurs and Hoanionul Lun
caHtor county to moot In tho City ofLanca.s
tor, for tho purpose of electing delegates to
tlio Soldiers’ Union Convention at Harris
burg, August Ist, 1 Hfil J.
Agreeably to tho above resolution, Iho
honorably discharged ollleers, Holdiers and
Hoamori of Lancaster county, lavorable to
the above principles,arerespectlully Invited
to asseinblo iji-convonlion in the (-lly ol
Lancaster, on SATCKDAY, JLL’i -Slh,
IHUi), at II o’clock, A. M., for thepurposeof
electing LiH delegates to attend llte Harris
burg Convuntlon, August Ist, next.
Union. S. UyJ'HU,
President ofSoldlers’ and Seamen’s .lohm
son and Clymor (.’lub of Lancaster <lily.
Tho Campaign Opened.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania
opened the political campaign of lHitfi
to-day with a grand muHsconventlon at
Heading, the homo of the rising young
statesman they have chosen to hear
Iholrstandard through the contest. Al
though the Intense heat of the weather
has doubtless restrained thousands from
going who had Intended to he present',
yet we aresure thatall truthfulaccoutils
of this convention will represent II as
one of the largest political gatherings
overseen in Pennsylvania.
Wo trust Mils Initiatory demonstration
will speedily be followed by at least a
score of grand mass conventions at as
many dlflurent ami important points
in tho Hlute. 'Che Democratic nniHses
are ripe for action, ami the, calling of
them together in large bodies, where
they can be addressed by our ablest
speakers, Is all that Is needed to arouse
their enthusiasm to a pitch that will
render them irresistablo at the polls.
The Democracy ol'Pennsylvunla never
were In belter spirits than they are now,
and they never hud better reasons for
belL'g so. Their candidate for (lovernor
Is personally one of tho most popular
men ever put up for that olllce in any
State in the Union, and thousands of
votes will be cast for him from personal
considerations by men who never be
fore voted for a Democrat. His great
personal popularity is duo to his high
public and private character, his en
gaging manners and his liberal spirit,
which are widely known and appreci
ated.
But in addition to these personal ad
vantages, which result from his own
good conduct as a private citizen and as
a public man, Hlester Clymer has had
tens of .thousands of votes added to Ills
own and ills party's strength by the un
patriotic and wicked course of ilia Kadl
cal opponents. 'Whilst it grieves us to
see the great body of the Republican
party belying all its professions of de
votion to the Union, and insisting with
Thaddeus Stevens that the Union isjind
must indefinitely lemain dissolved, we
rejoice to find a respectable portion of
the members of that party holding fast
to the declared objects of the war, and
honestly sustaining the President's pa
triotic efforts to restore the peace and
harmony of the country, which have
already been too long interrupted. These
will vote for Mr. Clymer, because his
views on the great and overshadowing
question of Restoration are identical
with theirs, whilst Mr. Geary is com
mitted to the dilatory and obstructive
policy of the Radicals.
It is well that Glymer’s election and
Geary's defeat are so certain. The
country needs rest, and this' can be ob
tained only by the complete overthrow
of the disturbing Radical elements.
The conservative ball set in motion at
Reading to-day will, we feel well as
sured, roll on with daily increasing
momentum till the second Tuesday of
October, when it will crush out forever
the fell spirit of disunionism that now
seeks the separation of these United
States.
The Admission of Tennessee.
The Senate on Saturday, after a long
debate, refused to adopt the House pre
amble and resolution relating to the ad
mission of Tennessee. The substitute
reported by Mr. Trumbull, from the Ju
diciary Committee, for the preamble,
was (after some amendment) agreed to
by a vote of 23 to 20, and the resolution
by a vote of 28 to 4. The nays on the
latter were Messrs. Brown of Missouri,
Buckalew of Pennsylvania, McDougall
of California, and Sumner of Massachu
setts. The preamble adopted by the
Senate is much strongerandmuch more
radical than that which passed the
House, and is, in fact, a re-iteration of
the Radical party platform, that the
States formerly in rebellion are now out
of the Union, and “ can only be restored
to their proper relations therein by the
consent of the law-making power of the
United States.” It was no doubt put in
for the purpose of compelling the Pres
ident to veto it, or else stultify himself
by approving a measure directly antag
onistic to his well-matured views on the
subject of restoration. If the House
concur in this substitute, it is difficult to
see how the President can do otherwise
than reject it.
The Express lias been trying to Bcold
Itself into public notice. We rAlly
can’t gratify it. Its editorials are too
puny and stupid to demand any re
.mark.
Stevens, Forney & Co.
The Radicals of this State have pick
and choice among a lot of beautiful
specimens out of which to manufacture
a United States Senator, in case they
should have a majority In the next Leg
islature. Thaddeus Stevens is too well
known to need any notice atour handß.
His qualifications as a statesman have
been abundantly evinced in his gold bill
and other attempted legislation. Not a
single scheme has he proposed whlph
has not eventually been repudiated, on
account of Its Impracticability. He will
be re-nomlnated for Congress In tbls
district, and there 1b little reason to be
lieve that enough of honest and patri
otic Republicans can be found to defeat
him. It Is a disgrace to be represented
by such a fanatical old creature, but a
majority of the Republicans here seem to
court that dlßgrace rather than shun It.
Old Thad's setting up for the Senate
has puzzled many people. Hero It has
generally been regarded as a Cameron
blind. Tho programme Is believed to
be that Stevens Is to carry the six dele
gates from Lancaster comity safely In
ills breeches pocket, said delegates to
lie delivered tip to Simon Cameron
whenever they may bo demanded and
] >ll Id for, The letter of thu old Anml
ganiatlonlst, announcing his willing
ness to run, lmd a hard hit In It, which
was universally applied to tho paid
libeller, Korney. No doubt the public
were right In tliclr conjecture. Hut by
some meanH Korney lias succeeded In
convincing Old Thud that lie Is par
ticularly sound on the black goose.
Thereupon, at the earnest solicitation
ol'thc Dead Duck, our Congressman
writes as follows;
Wasminoton, July 21, lsmi.
11 i-,a aSi aI see von r Copperhead papers
suppose 1 1ml some remarks in my luttorhad
reforonec to I 'olonel Korney. Tills Ih a mis
lake. I know of no act ol tils 111 reference to
llml olheo which was Improper under thu
eiieumstanees. There Is no man In whose
hands I would more willingly trust thu
euuse ol' human freedom,
TiiAhiinus Stkvknn,
J. M. \V, 11 hist, I4sq., editor
(lelst Is the editor of tho Lancaster
Ks/imui. \Vc shall expcctshortly to see
another letter from Stevens saying that
Cameron immLtl steal a red hot stove, —;
Old Thad's remark that ho would not,
demands explanation. By all means
let us lmve a whitewashing of Cameron.
Surely “ tho cause of human freedom ”
can he as safely entrusted to him as to
such ail uncertain scamp as John W.
Korney. Korney has always betrayed
his best friends. The negro is his best
friend now—ergo, he will surely betray
the negro.
(icary Favors Negro Equality
Uver since the nomination of Goaryjthe
Democratic Press of Pennsylvania has
boldly, openly und persistently charged
that lie is fully committed tothe odious
doctrlncH of negro suffrage and negro
equality. The charge thus made has
never been dunlud. Neither deary
nor any Republican newspaper lias
dared to attempt a refutation of the al
legation. . When we avowed that the
platform on which deary said ho was
proud to take Ills staud meant nothing
If It'(iiil not moan negro BLill'rage and
negro equality, no Republican news
paper In this county hail the hardihood
to deny It. Knowing that they could
not disprove what we asserted they re
mained slletU upon tho subject. We
would call attention to this fact. Let
every voter remember that neither
doncral deary himself nor any Republi
can newspaper on his behalf has dared
to deny that ho Is fully committed to
the Infamous doctrine of nogro stifl'nigo
and nogro equality,
Not only Is this ho, hut an effort Is
being made to prove that lie has boon a
hitter Radical for years past.
The Harrisburg TcU-j/raph liaH au ar
ticle Intended to do away with the pre
valent belief that deary only left the
Democratic party because he thought
lie could secure a nomination for dov
ernor from tho Republicans. That lie
did so, many honest Republicans be
lieve, and nntu few despise him on that
account. The Radicals fear to trust
men of Democratic antecedents, and
some of them fear that deary might
prove a traitor. To allay tho appre
hensions of all such, tho Tdrfjyajili thus
speaks of thu “life long Democrat’ 1
deary :
Long before Mr. Lincoln hint resolved lo
Issue his emunulputUm proclamation, long
luluro wliuL nru now culled the radicals,
were convinced that slavery must fall in
order to save tho Republic, John W. Deary
appreciated thu necessities of tho situation
ami calmly urged a policy which wuh af
terwards adopted by tho ablest statesmen
and purest patriots in the land. In view
of Lheso facts, it Is not very likoly IhatJohn
tV. tleary will emulate the treachery ot
Andrew Johnson.
The above paragraph isdecidedly sig
nificant. If what the Telegraph asserts
be true, Geary was far in advance of
most Radical politicians on the negro
question. But there is another thing
proven by tho extract which we have
given, it shows clearly how fully the
Republican party of Pennsylvania Is
committed against the interests of the
white race. When the Telegraph deems
it necessary thus to attempt to prove
Geary’s devotion to the negro, every
white man may draw his own infer
ences. The truth is, Geary and the
whole party', as ail organization, are
fully committed to negro suffrage and
negro equality. They cannot and dare
not deny that such is the case.
Political Stinkpots.
The Chinese are wonderful warriors
in their way. They dress up in paste
board and buckram and arm them
selves with gongs and stinkpots. When
an enemy is seen to approach they set
up a deafening racket by furiously beat
ing their thousands of gongs. If the
infernal din of these machines should
not frighten the foe uway, a division is
sent forward armed with stinkpots.
These consist of earthen jars filled with
the foulest and most noxious materials,
and the valiant soldiers who hurt them
at their adversaries are said to have
considerable confidence in their efficacy.
If neither tlie gongs nor the stinkpots
avail, the army in pasteboard and buck
ram is utterly routed.
The Radicals who are desirous of elect
ing Geary, and returning some traitor
like Tluul. Stevens, or some political
thief like Simon Cameron or John W.
Korney to the United States Senate
from Pennsylvania, are lighting the
political battle in this State after the
Chinese method of warfare. Their
only weapons are sounding gongs and
foul-smellingstinkpots. The noisy ora
tors of the party sound the gongs, and
their newspapers throw stinkpots.
• The stinkpot corps is now the most
active. They are hurling whole columns
of the vilest abuse and the most unadul
terated billingsgate at the heads of all
true Union men. From Andrew John
son down there is not a friend of the
Constitution and the Union who is not
made the object of the foulest slanders
and the most unparalleled falsehoods.
Our opponents will be forced to rely
during the present campaign entirely
upon their gongs and stinkpots. They
have no more effective weapons. With
such au armament it is impossible they
should win. The second of October will
see this imitation of a Chinese army ut
terly routed.
John W. Forney leads the stinkpot
brigade, and far in the rear, feeble but
most foully dirty, comes the Lancaster
Express. It never dares to argue any
of the great questions now engrossing
the thoughts of the people. It does
nothing but fling filthy epithets which
would put a flshwoman to the blush. It
has exhausted Bailey’s old Dictionary
of cant, slang and low terms, and Is now
reduced to the pitiable strait of con
stantly repeating Itself. We have taken
the precaution of providing ourselves
with a long pair of tongs In which
to hold It while reading It. It is only
a small stinkpot, but of late has grown
to be a very nasty one.
Dastardly Outrage Upon thcllnlted States
Flag—The Saturnalia of Hobs—Geary-
Ism Rampant.
Wednesday, In company with a large
number of their fellow-citizens, a dele
gation of tho Soldiers' and Sallora’
Johnson and Clyrner Club of Lancaster
attended the mass convention ut Read
ing. They carried with them the flag
presented to the Lancaster Kenoibleß
by the ladleß of this city.
During the day numerous assaults
were made upou detached parties of
them, by citizens of Rending, who ac
companied their assaults with cheors
for Geary and vollles of Bolect Blaok
Republican expletives. Toward eve
ning, thcOearyltcs having been worsted
In numerous encounters, rallied in force
and prepared an arniument of clubs
which they hid ut various points along
l’unu street. The appearance of n Sol
diers' and Sailors’ Johnson and Clymor
budge was, after this, the ouuso of uu
aggravated assault, In many Instances
upon unsuspecting Individuals.
'Just before leaving the city, howovur,
the outrage culminated In a most <lus
tardly assault upon the flag. The club
had assembled ut Mlsliler'H Hotel,, to
ho marched to thu dupot, and tho flag
had boon brought out, when n cowardly
mob, cheering for Geary and with loud
shouts of “ take the flag,” attacked the
club. But the hoys, trained In the ser
vice of their country to tne defence of
the flag, would notpermitthat cherished
symbol of the white mau'sTlglits and
liberties to bo trailed In tho dust and
trampled upon by recreants, The as
sault wuh promptly met and vigorously
repulsed, many uGcuryltocxpcrlenclug
how true American huarts love the flag
of their eonntry. Three several times
wos'tho uhhuuß renewed, und thrloe re
pollod. Thu Hug wus horn hack to tlio
depot, unharmed und unsollud by tho
cowardly wretches who dared thus lo
assail it.
Tho above Is a statement of the facts
in this case of dastardly outrage us de
tailed to us by an Intelligent and highly
respectable member of the Soldiers'and
Sallorq’ Club, who was present and wit
nessed the transactions. The organized
ruffianism of these rowdleH did not end
with the departure of the different del
egations. Kmboldened by night, which
offered a cloak to their cowardly as
saults, they made the usually quiet
streets of Heading hideous with their
revelry und brutality. Assembling In
force, after nearly all strangers had left
the town, tlu-y visited the different ho
tels of the city, Insulting and abusing
those who remained.
Kor five years past the Hepublleau
party has educated Its followers to re
gard the mobbing and multreatlng of
political opponents as right and proper.
During the uetivu eontliniunee of the
war bayonets were used to coerce public
opinion, and, when needed, force wbh
employed to prevent Democrats from
voting. Ih that state of things to con
tinue? Has It come to pass that the
American flag Is to be Insulted and torn
when carried by Democratic Boldlors?
What say the soldiers of l’onusylvnnla
to that'.’ Has not the flag been sulfiel
cntly assailed hv Southern secessionlsts'.'
Must It now he torn by street mobs'.’ In
the name of the white soldiers of Lan
caster wo protest against tills outrage
oil the Slurs anil Stripes.
- • —♦ ♦- ——
The New Attorney (lenentl.
The President nominated to the Sen
ate Henry Stunshury, of Kentucky, to
he Attorney General of the United
States, in place of Mr. Speed, resigned,
Tho Senate, In executive session, refer
red tho nomination to the Committee
on the Judiciary.
Henry Stanshury was horn at Zanes
ville, Ohio ; graduated at the Ohio Uni
versity, at Athens, Ohio; was admitted
to tho bar in 1824, and commenced
praetlee at Lancaster, Ohio, hooii ul'ter,
and Is at present about sixty years of
age. He studied law Hevon years before
commencing to practice, und took higher
rank among jurists at-the outset thun
any lawyer of the present generation.
He wus Attorney General nf Ohiounder
a portion of the administrations of Gov.
Bartley and Bebb, from about 1845 to
184 S, und resumed his profession in
Columbus, Ohio, until 18.54, and then
moved to* Cincinnati, where he has
been ever since, though nominally resi
ding in Covington, Ky. In politics he
was first a whig, then a republican, and
finally a staunch member of the Union
party that elected Mr. Lincoln and Mr.
Johnson, to the platform of which he
still adheres. He Is certainly one of the
most accomplished lawyers in the Uni
ted States. His confirmation is consid
ered certain.
The Supreme Court.
The uuscrupulousnessof the Radicals
in Congress is fairly illustrated by their
legislation in relation to the Supreme
Court of the United States. During
Lincoln’s administration they increased
the number of Judges to nine, in order
to assure themselves a majority of their
own partizans on the bench. Two of
these Judgeships are now vacant. Pres
ident Johnson some time ago made a
nomination to one of them. But in
stead of confirming this nomination, as
they would have done very promptly
if the nominee had been one of their
own stripe, the Radical majority in the
Senate passed a bill providing that “ no
vacancy in tlie office of Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court shall be filled
by appointment until the number of
Associate Justices shall be reduced to
six, and that thereafter the Supreme
Court shall consist of the Chief Justice
and six Associate Justices.” This bill
was concurred in by the House on Wed
nesday last. Mr. Wentworth, of Illi
nois, inquired whether it abolished the
Judgeship to which the President had
some time since sent in an appoint
ment? Mr. Wilson, of lowa, replied
that it did. The Radicals in the House
being thus assured that the Senate bill
would prevent President Johnson from
adding to the number of conservative
Judges on the Supreme Bench, passed
it in haste under the operation of the
previous question—yeas 78, nays 41.
The increase in the number of the
Judges was made solely from partizan
considerations. The reduction has been
made for no higher reasons. And jusb
Buchbase motives as these will animate
Congress and control its legislation so
long as the Radicals have a majority in
that body.
The old Jacksonian test of fitness for
office was, “ is the candidate honest? is
he capable?” It is so no longer. The
party now in powerdoes not want honest
or capable men. Even the Governors
of the Northern States are, as a general
rule, the mere tools of a Bet of designing
partisans who use them to further their
purposes. Should Geary be elected he
would only be the cats paw of Simon
Cameron and a few men of his stamp.
They own the hero of Snickersville body
and breeches, all there is of him.
The great Democratic Mass Meeting
at Reading has furnished the Express a
chance to tell inumerable lies and to get
off a good deal of very Billy writing.—
In a day or so we may expect to hear
the old rub-a-dub-dub. Meantime the
brigade which intends to vote for Geary
and the negro will stand at ease.
Another Civil War Threatened.
The Radicals are resolved to maintain
their hold on power. No sooner were
they folrly seated in the high places of
this Nation than they began to devise
ways and means for perpetuating their
rule. There Is abundant reason for be
lieving that the .war, which cost so
many precious lives and an amount of
treasure to repay which must burthen
every laboring man In the country for
genenftlons to come, might have been
averted but for the conviction of radi
cal politicians that without a war their
hold upon office would be of very short
duration. They know enough to know
that the reign of a, radical seotlonal
party must necessarily be extremely
brief, If the different States of the Union
continued to maintain their harmonious
relations under the Constitution.—
Hence their bitter opposition to every
proposition which promised to end In a
compromise. This It was whloh induced
Chandler of Michigan to urge the send
ing of the most radical delegates to the
l’eaoe Confereuee. His brutal declara
tion that “ without a little blood letting
tho Union would not be worth a rush,"
meant In plain terms tliut without a
sanguinary civil war thu hold of tho
Republican party on power could not
be maintained. .
No sooner hud tlio war boon precipi
tated upon the country than thu Radi
cals begun to provort It to partisan pur
poses. Democratic newspapers were
denied elreulutlon through the mulls,
and tholr otfiees mobbed. Prominent
Democrats were arrested without war
rant of law, thrown Into prison, kept
there as long us It suited the pleasure of
their captors and then released without
any charge having been preferred against
them. To speak ngatUHt the President
or to denounce any act of the party In
power was to commit high treason. —
Provost Marshals assumed to dletato
what should be written, published und
spoken In Pennsylvania und elsewhere.
These things were done with the design
of crushing out all opposition to the
dominant political purty,
Another Infamous sehemo sutured
upon and curried out In furtherance of
the same desperate design wus the as
sumption of complete military control
In all the Border States. The eleotlons
In all these States wore carried ut the
point of tlio bayonot. No man could
vote or be voted for unless he was en
dorsed by the radical revolutionists.—
To perpetuate a condition of affairs so
completely at variance with every prin
ciple of free government they Induced
the legislatures which they had elected
by bayonets in Maryland, Missouri and
Tennessee to remodel the Constitutions
of those StuteH In such a manner as to
deprive a largo majority of the best
citizens of the right to vote. Being
unable to control the whole of Virginia,
they did not scruple to divide tho State
in order to establish n condition of
ufl'alrH In the part they held similar to
tliut which they hud Inaugurated In all
the other Border Stateß except Ken
tucky. Registration laws which pre
vented any man from voting who was
unwilling to become the Hupplo slave of
the party in power were passed, and a
system of tho most oppressive tyranny
Inaugurated. Infamouß test oaths were
exacted, and outrages of efrery possible
character were perpetrated upon a peo
ple borne down by military violence and
trodden under foot by tho minions of a
usurping despotism.
Such wuh the course of conduct do
llhorntely adopted and persistently prac
ticed hy tho Radicals during tho con
tinuance of tho war. While tho people
of tho North mourned over their per
versions of tho power .they had granted,
and were outto the heart when they saw
the Constitution rudely trampled under
foot and laws the most ancient and
sacred utterly disregarded, they still
endured the evils which existed rather
than destroy the last hope |of restoring
the Union, to save which they had al
ready sacrificed so much.
When the war ended the people of
the whole country expected to hoc the
Union speedily and perfectly restored.
How sincere and earnest were their re
joicings when tlie news of Lee’s sur
render spread with electric rupldlty
throughout tlie length and breudth of
the whole land; how heartily tlie masses
thanked God that tiro war was over ;
how Joyously tho bells pealed out tlieir
glad notes, which announced tliat the
Union, the sacred, holy und revered
Union of the fathers, was saved.
Throughout the country the only hearts
which were not filled with rapturewere
those of the Radical politicians, the
thieves and plunderers, miserable and
loathsome harpies who had grown rich
on the blood and treasure of a bleed
ing and Impoverished people.
Tho people of the North expected a
speedy restoration of the Union. The
Southern armies were completely de
feated, and the whole military power of
the South utterly broken down. The
generals who had commanded the rebel
forces accepted the situation with all Its
consequences and responsibilities; tlie
leaders of the rebellion were ready and
willing to acknowledge their utter de
feat, and to submit peaceably to the de
cree of fate; the soldiers who had
struggled so long and so desperately,
returned to their homes, willing to live
henceforth the lives of peaceable citi
zens of the United. States ; the whole
mass of the Southern people were will
ing and anxious to return to the fold
of tlie Union, and to live and die under
the protecting shelter of tlie Constitu
tion. No obstacles to a complete resto
ration of the Union existed anywhere
in the States recently in rebellion. The
representative men of the South aided
President Johnson in his efforts to reap
the precious fruits of peace. Cheerfully
and in good faith they accepted the con
ditions imposed upon them and their
people. They abolished slavery by con
stitutional enactments, though by so
doing many of them were utterly im
poverished.
What were the Radical office-holders
and fanatics doing meantime ? Thad
deus Stevens speedily laid down a pro
gramme which they all followed. In a
Bpeech delivered here in Lancaster he
denounced the wise and j udicious policy
of President Johnson as sure to destroy
the ascendency of the Republican party.
His warning alarmed the many thous
ands who were living on public plunder.
They had possession of all the State
Governments of the Northern States
and held all the innumerable profitable
offices under the General Government.
They were unwilling to abandon their
hold on such power without a desperate
struggle. Stevens’ speech stirred every
man of them up to fierce opposition to
the President’s wise and conciliatory
policy. They saw that with a restora
tion of the Union they would speedily
be hurled from power. They resolved,
therefore, to keep thecountry disunited
until they could confer the rifeht to vote
upon the negroes of the South. If this
continued to be a white man’s Govern
ment, they knew very well that decent
conservative men would soon control
its destinies. Their ' only hope for a
continuance in power was in making
the negro the political equal of the white
man. They vowed that the Union
should not be restored until this infamy
was perpetrated, and up to this time
they have kept their vow.
When Congress assembled, on the
very first day of the session, before the
President had ttme to send in his an
nual message, Thaddeus Stevens, the
dictator and leaderof the House, had the
Committee of Fifteen appointed, to
whom was referred the whole question
of reconstruction, with the deliberate
design and the confident assurance that
no restoration of the Union would be
allowed until the continued rule of the
Radicals was made sure, by forcing the
different States of the South to confer
the right of suffrage upon the negroes.
An enumeration of a to of the reso
lutions offered, and the bills passed at
the very commencement of the session,
will show with what Intensity of pur
pose the Radicals entered upon their
revolutionary designs.
Senator Wade, of Ohio, on Monday,
the flrstday, Introduced ablll conferring
the right of suffrage on the negroes In
the District of Columbia, and Imposing
severe penalties on any one who should
Impede them In the exercise of that
right.
Senator Sumner introduced a bill pro
viding that juries should be composed
of one-half negroes and one-half white
men.
The same Senator proposed u new
test oath, requiring every man In the
South to swear that he would discoun
tenance and resist all laws making any
or social distinction on aocount
of rnco or color, under sovoro pains and
penultlos.
Ho ulso Introduced a serloH of resolu
tions, one of which provided that thero
should be no State restored to the Union,
except upon “ the complete enfranchise
mail of all citizens, so that there shall
he no denial of rights on account of race
or color, and allbccqualbcforc the law.”
Senator Wilson Introduced a bill con
ferring the right of suffrage on all the
negroes of the South.
On the same day, In tho House, Wm.
D. Kelley introduced a bill conferring
the right of sufrrugo on the negroes of
the South.
On Tuesday, the second day of the
session. Senator Foot, of Vermont, of
fered a series of resolutions, urging tho
conferlng of the right of suffrage on tho
negroes of the South.
Mr, Morrill, of Vermont, Introduced
a bill repealing all luws of tho District
of Columbia, which made any distinc
tion on account of color, and extending
the samo to all territories of tho United
States.
The determined purpose of thus forc
ing negro suffrage upon the country,
with the design of maintaining them
selves In power, was persistently follow
ed up by the Radicals.
The Civil Rights BUI, by which the
negro is to be mado the equal of the
white man, has been passed over the
President’s veto.
The Freedmen's Bureau Bill, by
which millions of money are to bo
squandered to support negroes In Idle
ness, and an army of Radical offlolals
kept up with tho design of eontrollng
tho Southern States, has ulso been pass
ed over the veto.
Tho Constitutional amendment, de
signed to force negro sull'rage upon the
whole country, and passed In Congress
by a two-tblrds vote, has been put
through the Legislature of Tennessee
by the strong hand.
The Radicals who compose the Con
gress have resolved themselves Into a
Central Directory, and have not scru
pled to usurp powers not conferred on
them by the Constitution. After hav
ing granted the most unlimited powers
to Mr. Lincoln, and encouraged him
to extond the functions of his office fur
beyond Constitutional limits, they are
now engugod In a deliberate attempt to
degrade tho present Executive, and to
deprive him of the power properly
conferred upon him by the Constitution.
Having denied tho dootrlne of State
rights and done all they could to de
stroy the legitimate powers of the States,
they now propose to put arms and am
munition In the hands of the Radical
Governors of tho Northern States, with
the deliberate purpose of having them
used against the people should they re
fuse to submit to a continuance of their
corrupt and tyrannical rule. This thing
has been deliberately proposed In Con
gress. Mr. Raymond exposes the pro
ject In all Its infamous nudnclty, That
tho Radlculs will dare to go that far no
onu who knows them will doubt. Hav
ing plunged the country into one wnr
In order to maintain power aud plunder
the public treasury, they would not hesi
tate/or a moment to venture again on
a similar experiment.
When we say another civil war Is
threatened we do not sound a false
alarm. The Radicals may deny that
they have any such intentions and en
deavor to cover up their revolutionary
designs, but the people should not for
get that they acted asimllarpartdurlng
the excitement which preceded the war
through which we have just passed.
The honest masses must rise up in their
might and hurl these Radical revolu
tionists from power. The coming Gu
bernatorial, Legislative and Congres
sional elections are equally Important.
The election of a conservative Governor
in Pennsylvania will ensure that the
Ktute administration will side with the
people and the President; the election
of conservative members of the Legis
lature will prevent the return of the
Jacobin leader Thad. Stevens, orßOitie
subh corrupt scoundrel as Forney, or
Cameron to the United States Senate ;
the election of a majority of conserva
tive Congressmen will check the power
of the Radical Revolutionists who are
ready and willing to precipitate the
country into another civil war in order
that they may maintain their hold on
power. The people can avert the Im
pending danger, and we believe they
will do so.
The Xcw Postmaster General.
Alexander Williams Randall, whom
the President has just nominated to the
Senate as the successor of ex-Postmas
ter General Dennison, was born In
Montgomery county, New York, in
1819, and is forty-seven years of age.
When very young his parents emigra
ted to Wisconsin, where he afterwards
Btudied law and was admitted to practice.
In 1847 he was a member of the Terri
torial Convention that framed a State
Constitution for Wisconsin, and in 1856
was elected Governor of that State,
being the nominee of the Democratic
party. He continued in office as Gov
ernor until 1861, and having joined his
fortunes with the Republican party,
was soon afterwards appointed by Presi
dent Lincoln American Minister to
Rome, whither he went in 1862, and
held the position for a short time.
Returning home in 1864. he was appoint
ed First Assistant Postmaster General,
which position he now fills. If not
confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Randall
will still, by virtue of his presentofflce,
be the acting Postmaster General.
A Murderer Caught.
Campbell, the desperado who shot
Constable Bear three or four weeks ago
at Smith’s store, in Potter township,
Centre county, killing him dead on the
spot, was arrested in Clearfield county,
about two weeks ago and brought to
Bellefonte, where it is to be hoped he
will be securely kept till the gallows
claims and receives him. After com
mitting the murder, he fled to the house
of a brother-in-law of his, in Clearfield
county. The Sheriff of Centre county
went there to arrest him and surrounded
the house at night. Campbell jumped
out of a window and fired at one of the
Sheriff’s posse, wounding him severely,
and escaped to the woods. He was
captured in the woods next day, by a
party of three or four persons, among
whom was Martin Gladfelter, of Mari
etta, in this county, who put a bullet
through the upper part of the villain’s
arm as he was attempting to escape,
CLIMEB AND THE UNION.
Formal Opening of the Gubernatorial
Campaign in Pennsylvania.
90,000 Freemen la Connell.
Grand Vprlilat of the People.
The Union Hnit be Immediately Re
stored and the Constitution preserved.
President Johnson and Bis Policy En
thusiastically Endorsed.
Speeches by Bon. Blester Clymer, Bon.
wm. A. Wallace, Bon. George H. Pen
dleton, Bon. Montgomery Blair,
Bon. Richard Tanx and Other
Distinguished Gentlemen.
The Gubernatorial campaign In Pennsyl
vania was formally opened Ay the Demo
cracy at the immense Mass Meeting at Read
ing yesterday. This assemblage, oonvened
at the call of the State Central Committee,
for the purpose of bringing together the
Democracy of the Eastern Counties of
Pennsylvania in Mass Convention and of
assembling representative men of tho party
from all sections of the State, was a magni
ficent success, The Intense heat which
provallod for a week previous to the meet,
lng, and of which there was no abatement
until ufter It had udjourned, led muny to
fear that It would be but allmly attondod,
Doubtless many thousands woro kept
away on this account and thousands
of furmurs who were busily ongugod
In harvesting thoir crops woro provont
cd from being prosunt. In splto of all those
drawbacks tho nssomblago was onu of the
largost over wltucssod In Ponnsylvanlu. A
careful osllmuto gulherod for us by u gon
tluman connected with tho Heading Hall
road shows that noarly twonty thousand
persons were transported to Heading ovor
tho different railroads centering there. Be
sides this large number of persons, who
went principally In delegations from the
surrounding counties, thoro wore other
thousunds from Burks and Lancaster who
wont In their own couveyunces. When we
put down the number presont at
at twenty-live thousand, wo feel sUro that
our estimate is below rather than above the
mark.
It must have been evident to every mull
who witnessed tho immense gathering at
Roudlngyostorday, that tho masses ofl’onn
sylvanln are heartily tired of tho rule of tho
Infamous urow of Hadlculs who compose
the mujority of the Hump Congress now hi
session at Washington, mid rosolvud that
thoro shall be a speedy and complete uhnngu.
A puroly suctiouul party cunnot long oon
tlnuo to rulo In this nation. Tho interests
aud tho feelings of tho people are alike op
posed to It. Tho mussos are rising In thoir
might. Tho first great wave of popular
emotion was felt at Heading yesterday, and
tho tide will sweep on from this hour until
the election in October, when the Radicals
will be completely overwhelmed and burled
beneath the righteous Indignation and the
avenging scorn of tho thoughtful voters of
this great Commonwealth.
After the arrival of the different trains of
cars, which roached Heading nlmosl slmul
tunoouslyat about 11 o’clock In tho morning,
the wide streots aud immense public square
of thnt city presented a stirring and inspirit
ing seeno. Delegations numbering three
thousand, bearing banners and Hugs with
appropriate mottoes und watchwords
poured into tho heart of tho town, cheering
with lusty lungs, while from the assembled
thousands who lined evory sidewalk and
filled every window and uvalluble stand
point, a glud shout of greeting and welcome
wont up. The many magnificent bands of
music which accompanied tho different
delegations mingled thoir shrill notes with
the music of rejoicing human voices, and n
cannon presented to tho Keystono Club of
Philadelphia by tho lumonted DougliiS,
addod Its thunders to uid In the generul re
joicing of tho many thousands of Democrats
assembled ill the homo of thoir chosen
standard boaror, tho gallant and gifted son
of "Old Berks," II tester Clymer.
Tills great meeting was remarkable in
ouo rospuct. Among tho thousands assem
bled wero many moil who had never beforo
uctod with tho Democratic party, but who
wero ready to join hands with thoso whom
they found ready to afford substantial aid
to President Johnson In hlB offorts to re
store the Union and to rescue tho Constltu
tutlon of tho United States from the hands
of the rockless radicals whosuom bent upon
destroying it. Anothor choorlng sight was
tho presence of numerous largo delegations
composed exclusively of tho brave defend
ers of tho Union. Tho soldiers thus show
od thoir appreciation of thoso men who
would now prevent tho porfect restoration
of the old Union which they fought to pru
sorvo and maintain.
Besides tho vast crowd from two-thirds of
all tho countiosof Pennsylvania, thoro woro
delegations from New York, Now Jorsoy,
Delawaro, Maryland and Washington city.
Lancaster county wns largely ropresont
od, ami tile number of excursion tickets
sold shows that not loss than d,OOO voters
wore present from this county alone.
Among other organized bodies woro tho
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club of Lancaster
city, a similar club from Columbia, tho
Young Men's Democratic Association of
Lancaster City, tho Warwick Democratic
Club, tho Columbia Club, tho Marietta
Club and others. Tho different delegations
frotn this county were accompanied by
bands of music. The Domocrncy of Lan
caster alwuys fight ns if they had the whole
patronage of this groat county at their dis
posal. Their dovollou to principle Is pro
verbial, and they well deserve the enco
miums which were so freely passod upon
them yesterday.
The mooting was organized at the differ
ent standH about 1! o'clock. So vast was the
throng that in add Ition to tho regular stands,
speaking was going on at the same time
from the balconies of the different hotels
and at oLhor remote points. Everywhere
the eager, earnest crowds listened with
mnrkod attention to the exposition of the
great principles involved in the pending
contest.
At the main stand the proceedings com
menced with a short but üble address from
Hon. William A. Wallace, Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee. He
made a briefstatemontof the issues involved
in the present all important campaign, and
noticed as most prominent the admission of
the South to representation in Congress as
necessary to a restoration of the Union.
At the conclusion of Mr. Wallace’s spoech,
Hon. Richard Vaux, of Philadelphia, was
elected Chairman of the Convention. Mr.
Vaux on taking the chair, made a some*
what lengthy and most oarnest speech,
during the delivery of which it commenced
to rain heavily,but a large crowd continued
to stand listening in spite of the shower.
Before Mr. Vaux had concluded, the rain
ceased.
On motion of J. D. Davis, of Berkß, the
Convention was further organized by the
appointment of the foliowing gentlemen?
Vice Presidents.—Colonel Jacob Zeigler
Butler; Gon. W. W. H. Davis, Capt. Geo!
F. Harvey, Bucks; Williamson H. Jacoby
Peter Ent,S. Snyder, Columbia; Hon. Jno!
D. Stiles, Hon. S. A. Bridges, Hon. S. A.
Schall, Lehigh; C. R. Painter, Hon. John
Latta, Westmoreland ; R. Bruce Petriken
John S. Miller, Huntingdon; A. J. Keenan’
Venango; Wm. Kennedy, 8. M. Wherry’
Cumberland; Hon. Win. Hopkins, W. W!
Smith, Washington; Hon. A. H. Glatz, J*
W. Bittinger, York; Hon. J. V. Smith’
Wyoming; Jasper B. Stark, Col. M. Han
num, M. Philbin. Luzerne; H. J. Stahle
Samuel Wolf, Adams; Major John Cum
mings, Dr.lsaacHottenatein,Snyder; Hon
George Weis. Hon. E. C. Schultz, Elk ; Jas*
Stevens. Blair; Hon. Owen Jones, Hon A*
D. Markley, Hon. Rufus D. Longnecker
Montgomery; H. G. Smith, Henry Hou
seal, Lancaster; Hon. A. H. Coffroth Som
erset ; Hon. Myer Strouse, Hon. Bernard
Reilly, Hon. Wm. M. Randall, Colonel M
Wetherill, Schuylkill; Charles M. Mayer’
Clinton; JacobLeisenring, Gen. Wm Case’
Northumberland; Thomas Chalfant, Mon
tour; Gen. J. A. Matthews, W. H. Weber
Mifflin; Lieut. J. P. McWilliams, Dr s’
Crawford, Juniata; J. H. Orvis, Jas Sip
ton, Centre; Anthony Drexel, Hon. D M
Fox, James McCutcheon. Tatlow Jackson*
Wm. McMullen, Philadelphia; Robert Mc-
Cormick. Charles T. Huston, Lycoming*
Hon. Oliver Edwards, Dauphin • P Kerr*
Allegheny ; Hon. George W. Stein, Colonei
W- Hutter George H. Goundie, Thos.
W. Linn, Northampton; Jas. Place, Mon
roe; A. G. Brodhead, George Feaelv Car
bon ; B. F. filler, Samuel Willom, Ches
ter; Dr. Gioninger, Lebanon; Hon Wm.
H. Miller, Daupfiin ; Hon. J Glancy Jones,
Wm. Knabb, Michael T. Leibert, David
Fistes, David Wenrick, Dr. Wm. Herbst,
James Haley, Frederick Lauer, Captain
Jacob Leckhart, James McCarty, John C.
Evans, Amos Wisler, Berks.
Secretaries.— Edw. H. Shearer, Berks;
Nelson Weiser, Lehigh; E. A. Banks,
Montgomery; George W. Crabb, Dauphin;
Alfred Sanderson, Lancaster,
SPEECH OF HON. HIESTEH CEYMER.
Hon. Hiester Clymer of Berks, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor, then ad
dressed the assemblage. He said theirpre
vloua kindness bad hardly left life enough:
in him to enable him to address them
longth. He was suro that tho men who had
come here from aU sections of the State
would not be disappointed if he addressed
them briefly. The harvest was over, and
for its abundance they should thank God.
Bat there was another harvest to be reaped
amid the frosts of October, when they wore
to be tbe reapers, and it would then do soon
whether they haa strength enough to cut
down the weeds of secession and rebellion
everywhere growing around them. (Cheers.)
Were they prepared to enter upon a canvass
like that now opening? He could ask the
whole State this question, as every section
of it was represented in those he saw around
this Democratic altar. Had thoy come bora
swayed by one purpose, that alter nil that
bad been expended In war, tho Constitution
and the Union should be restored? (Cries
of “ yes M and cheers.) The war la over.—
The armies of tho South bad melted away
like snow before the sun. There ought to
be peace, but why was It that when opon
war was over, peaco had not followed?—
Tbe South boa been obedient to tho Consti
tution since, had chosen representatives
and wished for peaco, but because thoy
would not bow the knee to Now England
fanaticism, they woro keptundortho heel of
despotism. (Groans for the Radicals. A
voioo, '* They never will.")
No, tho spoukor said, und they novor
ought. (Cheors.) It was not tho Democracy
who kept the Union divided, but u Radical
fuctlon In Congross, who proposed terms
which honorable mon could not accept.
Tho consorvutlve mon of all parties were
united against this faction, and in fuvor of
a restored Union. (Loud cheers,! Tho
nuostlun to be docldod this fall was, whether
thoro should bo pouco or perpetual war.
Tho Democracy had throughout Its eutlro
history been u party eminently catholic, for
Its sympathies extended over every inch of
lantf covorod by tho flugofa common Union,
This being so, tho party would bo reeroant
to every Bouse of duty, If In this, the direst
hour or tho nation's necessity, It was not
willing to strike hands und make plighted
faith ovor tho common labor of a common
country with any man or set of men who
woro willing to preserve it. Thnt hud been
tho mission of tho Democratic party, und
tho principle upon which it was fouuded.
and on that prmciplo, by the grace of God
and tho virtuoo! tho people, it would con
tinue to exist.
The Speaker said, further, that the posi
tion ho occupied, oy tho voice of tho De
mocracy of tuo Stuto. was one so full of
responsibility and caro that, did ho not
know that throughout tho length and
breadth of this UoinmonwuuUh there was
not the heart of a single Domoerut which
did not beat In unison with his own, and
who would not, in the hour of trial and dun
gor, stand him to the hitter end. he would
shrink from the place. Hut he had been
made tho candidate by tho uubought, un
solicited, and freo, und almost unanimous
choice of tho Democracy of the State. Ho
had no political history thut was not re
corded ; nis history as a politician was tho
history of tho Stuto for tho lust six yours,
und ho would not to-day alter u lino or blot
out a purticle of It. (Loud cheors.) lie
might nave boon mistaken, but If so It was
an nonest mistake, und bo challenged any
one who did not believe In his course to
moot him beforo tho people and discuss it.
(CboerB.) It was true ho hud novor bont
tho knee to power, and that in tho Senate
of Pennsylvania he bad never quailed be
fore tho Abolition mujority (loud cheers);
and for this ho behoved- tho people woro
supporting him to-duy. lie hud not in
tended to speak at length, however, and
would give way for others.
Mr. Clyinor, amid groat enthusiasm, ro
tlrod.
After Hiestor Clymerbad concludod, Hon.
Montgomery I3lalr was introduced by Mr.
Vuux as “u man In whoso futhor Andrew
Jackson reposed eonfldonco, as Andrew
Johnson now conlldos in tho son.” Mr.
Hlalr was rocoivod with groat applause. A M
wo Intend to publish his speech in full wo
will not attempt u synopsis of his remarks
in this report. It was a most admirublo ex
posure of tho Infamous doings und the dan
gerous designs of tho radicals, and was fre
quently Interrupted by loud uppluuse
While Mr. Blair was speaking from tho
main Htand, tho ohiof outsldeuttraction was
a German mooting lu front of tho Keystone
llotol, where u number of lino speeches
woro mado. When Mr. Blair concludod,
Hon, Goorgo 11. Pondlotou uddrussed tho
mass from tho porch of tho Keystone Hotel,
Wo will publish Mr. Pendleton's great
speech In full horoaftor. When Mr, Pen
dleton had concludod, tho crowd slowly dis
persed. It was expected that a mooting
would bo held In tho evening, but it heavy
rain storm sot In, which provonted,
Upon tho conclusion of Mr. Blair’s re
marks, tho following sorlos of resolutions
was rond aud unanimously adopted.
resolutions,
Resolved , By tho Democracy of Enstorn
und ContruJ Pennsylvania, In Mush Conven
tion assembled: That tho contest upon
which wo are now ontorlng Is simply,
whether the Federal Union undor the Con
stitution as ndopted and construed by Its Il
lustrious authors, with tho reserved rights
of tho States unlmpalrod, shall continue to
be our form of governmont, or whether wo
shall havo forced upon us by Congressional
usurpation and revolutionary action a con
trai consolidated government, bound by no
constitutional restraints, In which tho liber
ties of tho people would bo at tho moroy of
a bare majority of Congress, controlled by
a solf-constitutod and Irresponsible central
diroetory.
Resolved, That tho Domocratlc parly are
now, as ovor, the only true Union purty of
the land; that wo point with pride to tho
unsoltlsh and untiring ofl’orts mado by all
Democrats aud Conservatives in and out of
Congross to preserve tho Union before tho
war commenced by conoillation and com
promise, tho only moans by which it was
formed and without which It will never bo
more than a name 5 that the refusal of tho
Republican party to yield (heir nurtizun
prejudices for tho sake of Peace and Union,
was the immediate cause of the war, and
posterity will hold them responsible.
Resolved , That we will hold all tho depart
ments of tho governmont of tho United
States to its official and solemn declaration,
that tho war was not prosecuted for any
purpose of conquest or subjugution, but to
maintain the supremacy of tho Constitution,
and to preserve tho Union, with all tho
dignity, equality and rights of the sovoral
Slutes unimpaired; that tho war having
ended by the surrender of the rebel armies
the peoplo of tho South are subject only to
such penalties as the Constitution of our
common country aud the laws passed in
pursuance of it may proscribe, and are en
titled to all the rights which that Constitu
tion ensures to all tho people of all the
States.
Resolved , That the Federal Union is com
posed of thirty-six States; that under the
Constitution each State is entitled to an
equal representation in the Semite and to
its properrepresentation to the lower House;
that the Constitution is the supreme law of
the land; that the President is sworn to en
force the laws, and that wo call upon him,
in the name of an outruged ana violated
Constitution and an imperilled Union, to
make the Congress what the Constitution
requires it to be—the representative body
of the whole people.
Resolved , That we denounce the proceed
ings of the Radical majority in the so-called
Congress as lawless and revolutionary, and
intended by Us loaders to utterly subvert
and destroy our wise and benificent system
of government, and to establish in its placo
a consolidated despotism, controlled by the
worst spirit of New England fanaticism.
Resolved , That we tender to President
Johnson our hearty thanks for his bold and
steadfast determination to restore the Union
of our fathers, “in its original purity,” and
we adjure him by the memory of the im
mortal Jackson, to convince the Radical
disunlonists by word and deed, that the
“ Federal Union must and shall be pre
served.”
Resolved , That we are opposed to negro
suffrage, believing that the whito men of
America are able to govern themselves,
without the aid of an inferior race, aud that
we disapprove of the amendment to the
Constitution, lately pronosed by the so
called Congress, it being nothing but the
offer of a reward to the States for granting
negro suffrage, and the threat of a punish
ment in case of refusal.
Resolved , That the soldiers who fought
for the Union and the Constitution deserve
well of the country, and that the repeated
declaration by the Radicals that the rebel
lion could not have been subdued without
the aid of black troops is a gross and wan
ton insult to the brave and gallant white
soldiers of America, which they well know
how to resent at the polls.
Resolved , That the sympathies of the
Democracy are now, as they have ever been,
with our brave brothers of the Emerald
Isle in their gallant efforts to free their
native land from the foul tyranny of Eng
land ; and that we owe nothing to the
English government which should prevent
us Irom repealing or modifying the neu
trality laws so as to give the Irish fair play,
which is all they ask.
Resolved , That we endorse and reaffirm
the platform of principles adopted by the
Democratic State Convention, at Harris
burg, on the sth of March last; and we pre
sent with pride to the Democratic and Con
servative citizens of Pennsylvania, our
worthy candidate for Governor, Hon. Hies
ter Clymer. He answers, in an eminent
degree, the requirements of Jefferson; he
is honest, he is capable and he is faithful.—
The most malignant ofhis political enemies
can find no spot on his fair fame; and to the
slanders and misrepresentations of Radical
disunionists, we answer that he is now, as
he has always been and under all circum
stances, in favor of the Union of our fath
ers—a union of white men.
Resolved , That the Tariff men of Penn
sylvania may see by the votes of Senators
Sumner and Wilson of Massachusetts, and
Foster of Connecticut, that the professions
of friendship for Pennsylvania by the Rad
icals of New England, are as sincere as
their professions of regard for the Union of
the States.
Resolved , That we approve of the call for
a National Union Convention of ail the
S tates, to meet In Philadelphia on tbe Hth
?( Au B“, ,t ,P ex V*° ■ustalnthe President In
bis patrlotio polloy of restoration and w?
recommend the State Central Commltweto
jfurposeof the call?* WUI
Tho proceedings upon the main stand bad
boon brought to a conclusion, after the able
address at Hon. Montgomery Blair, owing
to tho inteuso heat, whloh warned the ofil
cere of tho mooting that it would bo safer to
adjourn t 0 soino cooler placo. Tho balcony
of tho Koystono House was selected, Ora
tors woro holding forth to vast multitudes
from this location tho ontlro afternoonj but
when It was announced thut Mr. Pendleton
had arrlvod, thoy olosod thoir spoeohes.
Shortly after, I ho distinguished Ohloun ap
peared, He was grootod with prolongod
enthusiasm. Choer after ehoor ront tho air,
hats and handkorchlofs woro wavod, tho
bonds uddod Inspiring rausle, andfor'sov
eral minutos the scene was most remarka
ble. Finally, sllenco boing restorod, Mr.
Fondloton spoko as follows:
SPEECH OP HON. QEOROH H, PENDLETON.
Fellow-citizens:—Whon Irocelved tho
Invitation of your committoo to bo prosont
with you to-day, I wns Impelled by an
almost Irresistible Impulse to accent It. 1
had onjoyod tho hospitality of your bounti
ful city. I had snt side by side in Congress
with your falthtul and üblo Ucpresontu Ivom
for muny yours in dark and perilous tlmos
—with Jones, ami MeKontick, ami Ancona,
I hud known most agreeably your worthy
candidate for Governor. I doslre onco more
to rocow those agreeable associations. But
far more did I desire to seo the.Demouruts
of Berks county—those Democrats whose
renown is as oxtonslvo ns tho Union—thoso
Democrats who have boon euubiod, through
out a storm of obllmiy and contumely and
reproach unparalleled in political warfare,
lo adhore with unfultoring fidelity and im
blenching courage to a party whoso princi
ples they believed would secure Hfu to tho
government and liberty to the peoplo.
(Loud ohoora). I hud attondod a thousand
Doufforutlc mootings in the West. I knew
thu time and tompor and spirit of tho party
thero. I wishod to know It as well here. I
love the Domocratlc party; I admire Us dis
cipline and organization ; 1 honor tho niuno
and fame of its founders. I ruvoro its prin
ciples so broad in thoir application, so benefi
cent In their inlluonco, that iu all this broad
land, dissevered un thu Slates havo been, us
they still are, there Is not a Htate, nor coun
ty, nor township, nor town, nor neighbor
hood, nor family, nor house In which it has
not a representative and member, (Cheors.)
1 knew l would find here disciples of the
same faith—believing In tho same creed
ami 1 desired, with you, to worship at a
common altar, that 1 might catch the Inspi
ration of your pure faith, and be warmed
by tho fervor of your onklndlod zeal. And
so I accepted the invitation; and I camo to
day, though to do so I was obliged to leave
Homo true Now England Democrats In
Boston last night. lam glad I have ooino.
This meeting shows that your zoul, and
vigor, and courage are unimpaired; and
fills mo with renewed hopo for tho future.
It showN that whoever else may fall, Berks
county will do her duty to the country.
(Cheers.)
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOT DEAD,
In my own Stuto, In my own city, wo
havo sovoral Ropubllcun newspapers, which
delight to toll us thut tho Domocratlc party
is dead. Wo try to convlnco them to tho
contrary ; wo hold our convontinns, make
our nominations, conduct campaigns, poll
two hundred thousand volus, scare them
always, (laughter), boat them sometimes,
and vet each day more positively than thu
day before, they toll us that tho Democratic
party Is dead, and tho disease of which It
diod. Thoy will learn, if they live long
enough, that it can novor absolutely die so
long as government shall lust; that in this
country it will maintain Its vigor so long as
tho States shall havo free governments,ami
tho Union shall bo a confederation ; for In
tho States, It lsthotmrtyofthopooplougttlnsl
powor , in tho Union It Is the party of con
federation against consolidation. It Ims
always been so.
CONFEDERATION VH. CONSOLIDATION.
In the discussion which preceded tho con
vention to form tho Constitution in thut
convention Itself, in tho conventions in tho
sovernl States, in the early administrations,
two dltluront and opposing theories woro
advocated by able ami patriotic men. The
onu insisted that tho country should bo
a unity and that the government should be
strong and centralized—theothor maintain
ed that the general offices of government
should bu performed by thu Htutos, and as
little duty and power as possible should bo
confided to (he federal Union. In tho con
vention, thoro were extreme views and ex
treme men on both sides, Tile extreme men
gave up the work —Hamilton left tho con
volition, Luther Martin rufusod to sign the
Constitution—tho extreme views woro toned
down by tho nrudonco and moderation of
Washington, Franklin and Madison, and
the Constitution was tho result—that Consti
tution which has given us for seventy years
prosperity and liborty; that Constitution
which, by Its origin at tho hundsof tho moit
who 1 have named, by Its bonollcentlnflu
ences, became sacred to all American citi
zens, till tho fanatics of our duy dragged It
from Its high placo and degradod It in tho
mire of their purtizun schemes. [Loud
cheers.]
THE EARLY HTIIUCKILE OK DEMOCRACY.
The opposing forces woro gathering
strength during thu administration of Wash
ington, but they wero hold In chuck by the
powur which no possessed, Thoy mot in
fierce collision In the term of Mr. Adnins.
Tho Democratic sentiment could not be
neutral in that struggle. It was Indeed the
chief combatant. It emerged victorious in
tho election of Mr. Jetrorson, and brought
with It a compact, vigorous, disciplined
organization to support its policy and opin
ions. Our Democratic party Is that party,
and It insists to day as it insisted thou thut
these fundamental maxims of political sci
ence are applicable to our government at
all times, in evory emergency, and novor
more applicable than to auy in this crisis o
our history—that governmont la boat which
governs the least—that con fedorntlon is host
which leaves ibe greatest possible amount
of powur with the constituent States, and
confides the least possible power to the
fedcrul head—that all just govornmont
derives Its power from the consent of tho
governed—that tuxation without represen
tation is tyranny— thut all the States In the
Union are equal—notin territory and popu
lation nor wealth, but in duties, in rights,
in powers granted and powers reserved—
and that therefore Massachusetts und Ponn
sylvunla havo no moro constitutional powor
or moral right to govern Georgia and Mis
sissippi thun have Goorgla und Mississippi
to govern Massachusetts and Pennsylva
nia. (Cheors). Yet this is tho claim matin
mado to-duy. It Is no less than this—it
touches the very foundation and organiza
tion of the government. It goes to its es
sence und spirit.
THE (iREAT QUESTION,
What is the grout question, 1 do not say
principle, of to-day? Shall the Southern
States bo roprosented in Congress? Around
this question is grouped every other ques
tion which the war has raised—and by the
principle on which it is decided will every
other question be determined. The Presi
dent says that they are entitled to represen
tation— that they have resumed theirnormal
and harmonious relation to the Union. Tho
Democratic party asserts the same position.
Tho Republican party, speaking by Its
leaders in Congress, Hays that although they
are at peaco with the Union, they ahull not
be represented till they buy tho enjoyment
of thut right by consenting to umendmenUi
of tho constitution, which tho Southern
people loathe from tho bottom of their
hearts, and will never yield to except by
coercion. (Cheers.) This is the question
remitted to the people for decision—and
'Upon their decision depend peaco and order,
and tho perpetuation of the government, or
discontent, disorder, revolution und anar
chy-despotism. Is notthistrue? Iftheso
States are not entitled to representation in
Congress, they are not entitled to vote in
the electoral colleges. If they are not per
mitted to vote in 1808, and their vote com
bined with that of either party at the North
would elect a president, will that party
submit to the decision? Will it consent
that tho will of the whole country should bo
defeated by a known and acknowledged
minority, and if it will not submit, will
there not bo disorder, turbulence, probably
war?
WHY SHOULD THE.SOUTH UE DENIED REPRE-
SENTATION.
Why should not these States berepresentedf
Pennsylvania and Ohio are represented.
Why not Virginia? Ohio recognizes tho
supremacy of the federal government within
the tonstitutlon; so does Virginia. Ohio
obeys the federal laws; so does Virginia.
There is not an armed enemy in all tho
confederate States. There is not a show of
opposition to federal authority; not eveu
so much as a shadow when it declineth.
The confederate government is dissolved ;
the ordinances ofsecession are abrogated ;
the old constitutions are set asido, new ones
are established; the old State governments
are displaced; now ones are In their stead.
The old officers have been expelled; new
ones have been elected. Tho States are per
forming all the functions necessary to the
maintenance of civil BocJety; they preserve
order, punish crime, protect life and prop
erty, collect debts, enforce contracts, regu
lnte the relations of husband and wife,
father and child, guardian and ward; they
regulate the descent and distribution of real
and personal estate; they charter cities and
colleges; they exercise the right ofeininont
domain, build railroads, and establish com-.
mon schools. Why should they not be rep
resented * Ohio pays federal taxes; so does
Virginia. A tax gatherer rides every coun
ty ; a custom house officer is at every port*
Virginia took up arms against the fed
eral government; alaal she did* Seduced
by the advice of fanatics at South;;
goaded by the acts of not less wicked fanat
ics at the North; unwisely she took up
arms to resist the execution of federal laws*
But when vou sounded the tocsin of war*
and called upon the people to maintain their
constitution, their government, you told
them that so soon as federal lawa were
obeyed the war should cease, and it should
leave the States with their rights, their pow
ers, their equality unimpaired. (Chews.)
Ohio is a free State, so fe Virginia ; C(hio
protects aegroea in every civil right, so doe*