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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*