WEDNESDAY,. SEPT. 19, 1866. THo prlritingpiesses Brian Be tree to every person who undertakes to examine the pro ceedings of the legislature, or any branch or. government; and no law shell ever be maag to restrain the right thereot Thotreeoommn KSSSeSrSS fltwrty To proseoatlons for th° pnbUcattnn ol papers Investigating the whe° e°ffie cers. or men In public capa£tlesL°rvvhbrethe matter published Is proper for.public Informa tion, the truth thereof nay be given In evi dence.” FOR GOVERNOR: Hon. HIESTEB CLTMEB, of Berks Co. Democratic-Conservative Ticket. Congress. SAMUEL H. REYNOLDS, City. Senators. ABRAHAM COLLINS, Conoy, Be»q't'W. HAYES GRIER, Columbia. Assembly. LEWIS HOUSEAL, Marietta, JOHN C. MARTIN, Earl, CHARLES J. RHODES, Manor, THOMAS COULSON, Drumore. Associate Judge. SAMUEL P. BOWER, Strasburg Bor. Sheriff. CAPT. HENRY B.WALTMAN. Mt. Joy Bor. Prothonotary. WILLIAM S. BARR, East Donegal. Register. HENRY STAUFFER, Brecknock. Recorder. JAMES MCMULLEN, Penn. Clerk of the Quarter Sessions. J. H. HEGENER, City. County Commissioner JACOB YOHN, Ccernarvon. Directors of the Poor. DR. BENJAMIN MISHLER, City, DAVID SHOFF, Manor. Prison Jnsjwctors. JOHN M. MILLER, West Lampeter. J. C. BUCHER, Columbia. , Coroner. ADAM DITLOW, City. Auditor. DANIEL LEFEVRE, (Farmer,) Drumore. A CONSERVATIVE MASS MEETING. A Conservative Mass Meeting of the citizens of Lancaster county will be held IN TRE CITY OF LANCASTER ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2oTH, ISM, and will be addressed by tbe Hon. HIESTER CLYMER, Hon. j. R. DOOLITTLE, Hon. WiM. F. JOHNSTON Hon. F. J. BETTS, Hon. C. W. CARRIGAN, T. W. EGAN, Capt. C. B. BROCKWAY and other distinguished statesmen. Friends of tbe Union and the Constitution, turnout. By order ot the Democratic County Com mittee. A. J. STEINMAN, Chr’n. B. J. McGrann, Sec’y. Democratic City Meetings. Tuesday evening, Sept. 18tb, at 7£ o’clock, Soldiers’ and Seamen’s Club meet at their rooms, Centre Square. Wednesday evening, Sept. 19Lb, at 7 o’clock, at Senn’sSaloon, (late Witlingor’s, head of West King street. Thursday evening, Sept, doth at 7* o’clock, at J. C. Bryan’s Hotel, (late Plitl’s,) South Queen street. Friday evening, Sept, dial, at 1\ o clock, at Ditlow’s Saloon, corner North Prince and Walnut streets. Saturday evening, at 7t o'clock, in the Hall of the Young Men’s Democratic As sociation. By order of the City Executive Committee. Democratic Meetings. Democratic meetings will be l}eld as fol Kirkwood, Thursday, Sept, doth 10 A. M. Pennville, Friday evening Sept. 21st. At Harmer'a Woods, near Bethosda, Mur tic twp., on Saturday, Sept, ddd, at 1 o’clock P.M. , ~, . Gordonville, Saturday, September ddd, at 7 o’clock, P. M. Penn Hill, Fulton township, on 1- rulay, evening, September 28th. At Bucher’s Tavern, Reinholdsvillc, on Saturdajq September 29th. Hoffman’s Hotel, Chieques, Saturday Sept. 29, 1 o’clock. Ephrata, Wednesday Oct. 4. At Little Britain twp. on Friday, October 5, at 12 o’clock. Maytown, Suturduy Oct. ti. Appointments of the Union Candidate lor j Congress. S. H. Reynolds, Esq., Candidate-of the Con servative Union Men of Lancaster County for Congress, will speak as follows: Kirkwood, Thursday, September 20, at 10 A. M. , ~ . , Bethesdn, Saturday, September 22, at 1 P. M. , Lancaster City, Tuesday, September _o, at 1 P7M. Reinholdsville, Saturday, September 29, at 2P. M. „ , , , Columbia, Monday evening, October 1, at 7 o'clock. Bpbrata, Wednesday, October 3. Maytown, Saturday, October U. Lancaster, Monday evening, < ictober S, at 7 o'clock. ' By order or the Democratic County Com mittee. A. J. Steinman, Chairman. B. J. McGrann, Secretary. Our County Ticket, The ticket presented to the Conserva tive voters of Lancaster county by the Convention which assembled yesterday, is in all respects worthy the support of the people. It possesses more than ordi naiy strength, being composed of Demo crats and Conservative Republicans — soldiers and civilians. The candidates are men of influence and tried integrity, and of the most unexceptionable char acter. Four of the gentlemen on the ticket were brave and gallant soldiers during the war, and no less than five of them have heretofore acted with the Republican party. Our candidate for Congress, S. H. Reynolds, Esq., is so well known to the people of Lancaster county that praise from us would be superfluous. By his energy and his fine abilities as a law yer he has speedily elevated himself to front rank in the legal profession. AA’ith winning eloquence he has not only gained causes in court, but has ably defended those great principles of right to which he is so earnestly and devoted ly attached. In Mr. Reynolds the cause of the Union and the Constitution will find an able and fearless champion, and, if the white men of Lancaster county are capable of appreciating then own interests, he will be triumphantly elected over Thaddeuß Stevens. Wehave not time-to-day to notice each of the candidates personally, but we shall do so from time to time hereafter. Let the Democrats and the Conserva tive citizens of Lancaster county go to work with the resolve that every vote which th ey can comm and shall be polled at the coming important election for the County Ticket and for Clymer. I f they, do all will be well. Be Assessed. Be sure lhat you are assessed ! Do not take it for granted, but see to it in per son! We lose votes every year by carelessness in this matter. The elec tion comes on Tuesday, October 9th. See to it that every Democratic voter is assessed at least ten days before that time. Do not wait until the last day. Attend to this important matter at once. Naturalization, No foreigner who is entitled to natu ralization. should fail to attend to the matter before the election. The court will act upon such cases at any time when it is In session, and will hold a special session for that purpose on the day preceding the election. An alien _of the age of 21 years, or upwards, who .may have served a term in the army, .cither regular or volunteer, can be ad mitted as a citizen without having pre viously declared his Intention. Let the . matter of naturalization be carefully at . tended to. IWW^emo^ of Lancaster Conntyl I Democrats! Conservative Men ! Vic ‘ tory, a glorious victory is grasp. '' , . • I I You have right ? ixptji andjon I your side. Y-j \ % i$ I The cohorts offghe iM j-1 unionists, blijs of siffijp, I traitors as Steyejis,' ar§.'in. / A x I minority in fcennsylv&iia "id-day: A full poll of the Democratic vote of I the old Keystone State, with the aid to j be derived v from those true friends of I the country who ; have shown their { readiness to abandon party for the sake of principle, will elect Hi ester Glymer by a large majority, and overthrow the •Radical revolutionists forever. Shall this glorious consummation be achieved ? Never had men greater incentives to exertion than you have in the present contest. Your opponents declare that the Union, to save which Pennsylvania so freely gave the blood of her bravest and best, shall not be restored. They are ready to mutilate, annul and destroy the Constitution framed by your fathers, and to overturn the form of free government bequeathed to you by the patriots and sages of the Revolution. They are laboring to arouse a perma nent war of races, and are ready to pre cipitate the country into another civil war, in order that they may maintain their hold on the power they have so much abused. They unhesitatingly declare their purpose of making the negro the politi cal and social equal of the white man, and. if they succeed in carrying the coming elections, they will claim that the people of the North have endorsed that odiouß proposition. All conservative men desire to see the Union speedily and perfectly re stored. They wish to see the Constitution sacredly preserved. They desire peace, lasting and per manent peace. They are resolved that the supremacy of the white race shall be maintained. Huch are the vital issues in the pres ent all important political contest. John W. Geary is the candidate of-the Radicals, and he boasts that he endorses all their-viewsas fully as ever Thaddeus Stevens did. Hiester Clymer, one of the purest pa triots and most accomplished statesmen of the Republic, is the Conservative candidate.* Which of these men shall be the next | Governor of the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania? It is for you, the Democrats and Con servative men of Lancaster county, in I connection with your fellow-citizens of Pennsylvania to say. We are perfectly sure that a full poll of theDemocraticandConservativevote I will overwhelm the Radicals with de feat. This we say knowingly, and not for the purpose of political effect. If we are beaten in the present con test we will have no one to blame but ourselves. Through ourownapathy and indolence the enemies of the country will have triumphed over us, and we shall live to curse ourselves for neglect of duty when it will be too late to repair the injury done. Democrats of Lancaster county! You polled KIUHT THOUSAND FOUR HUN- DRED AND FORTY EIGHT VOTES for George R. McClellan, in the face of the fiercest opposition any party ever en countered. You can and will do better than that for Hiester Clymer. But, yqu must work as you never did in all your lives before to swell your vote. Not a single man who will vote the Conser vative ticket must be left at home. In this contest every citizen must labor with all the might that is in him, and there is no one who cannot help forward ie great cause. tin to work, then, with the resolute determination that should characterize freemen in sueli a struggle. Remember that the best and dearest interests of your country are at stake, and that the result of thd present contest will tell for weal or woe upon yourself and upon your posterity after you. See your neighbor —talk to him —try to con vince him of the error of his ways, if he be not already firm in the true faith. Organize fully for the contest. See that ways are provided to convey every voter to the polls. Have vigilance committees of your best men appointed who will see to it that no frauds are perpetrated and no impositions prac ticed. Organize perfectly—-work earn estly and unceasingly until the last vote is polled; and then see that there is a fair and honest count of the ballots. We speak to you thus plainly, thus earnestly and thus early because it is necessary that you should do your whole duty. The time for action has come. Improve every hour that re mains. Remember that upon you, reader, the responsibility of maintain ing the right rests, as much as upon any other man in the commonwealth. The political sky is bright. When we tell you that victory is within your grasp we tell you but the truth. With a FULL TOLL OF THE DEMOCRATIC AND Conservative vote we cannot be DEFEATED. Let this assurance cheer you and en courage you to discharge your whole duly. AVith earnest and unceasing work, A’ictory is sure. Grand Mass Meeting. The mass meeting of the Conservative citizens of Lancaster county, to be held in this city, on Tuesday the 25th inst., promises to be a monster demonstra- tion. The people will lay aside their ordinary business for a day, and turn out to hear the vital issues flow agi tatiug this nation discussed, by the able and distinguished statesmen who will be present. Ourgallantstandard bearer, Hon. Hiestek Clymek, Hon. J. R. Doolittle, Kx-Gov. \V. F. Johnston, Hon. F. J. Betts, Hon. 0. AV. Carrioan, (iFN. T. AV. Khan, Cart. C. B. Brockway, and oilier eminent speakers will cer tainly be present. Let therebe agrand rally of the conservative citizens of Lancastercity and county. Delegations from abroad are expected in considera ble force, and the occasion will be one of more than ordinary significance and importance. Rally then for the cause of the Union and the Constitution ! They are both in danger and you must save them by prompt, vigorous and sagacious action. Let the turn-out on the 25th be worthy of the occasion. Infamous. Forney's JPr.css of yesterday tries to make political capital out of the terrible accident at Johnstown. It publishes a letter from a correspondent at that place reflecting severely upon President John son, and abusing him because the train was not delayed in its departure. It mattered not to this infamous slanderer that the schedule on a railroad has to be promptly carried out to prevent collis sions. Of course, he knew that. But here was a chance to vilify and abuse the chief magistrate, and itwas prompt ly seized upon. Thej-e is no journal ex cept the Press sufficiently. lost to de cency to do such a .thing—or we have seennone at least, No man nqt utterly lost to self-respect would permit the publication of such an infamous article. Tke CreatTssne. “As I said li-Tore, the great issue to be met at this election is the question of negro , rights The above extract we make from a ' apejech delivered byThadcleus Stevettf, ; atlß'eafoixr, dp F fnS't., thag*e mriy n<sbe aceu|;|l heteaafter|f mi||p rpentipi the miui, w^,^opy||froiiMie this|ij»y, . < vThaMeus Stevens i§* 6&'d nhtflftuuT * has a habit of speaking hia.sentiments openly and fearlessly. The-Democrats have all along contended that the ques tion of negro equality, negro suffrage, negro eligibility! which are .included in the somewhat _ comprehensive term of “ npgrej rights,’’ was one-of-tlie : leading' issued of"the' present campaign, and, next to the question' of "Union or ' Disunion', ’the( j most important that ever Was presented to the people of Pennsylvania for .their decision. This has been denied by a portion of the Radical press, and the effort has been perseveringly made to throw dust in the eyes of the honest and unsuspecting portion oi the com munity, by representing it as a “Cop perhead Die,” a “ Vile Blander,” etc. But this dodge will no longer take, after the bold avowal of Thaddeus Btevens. Negro rights, lie says in plain Anglo-Saxon, is the great issue to be met at the polls on tbe second Tuesday of October. All other issues, in his opinion, dwarf into insignificance com pared with it. The negro must have his rights, according to Mr. Btevens. They must be permitted to mingle in society witli the white race, to vote at all elections, to sit in the jury boxes and on the Judicial bench, to lie eligible to seats in the State Legislature and in Congress; in fact to have all the rights, social and political, accorded to the whites. This is his doctrine, boldly an nounced, and to this low and degrading lpvel are the white men and women of tjie Northern States to be brought un ■ der his tyrannical rule. ; Every vote cast for Stevens is an en dorsement of this policy. The issue is now fairly and squarely joined between the contending parties, and the result of the election in Pennsylvania will determine whether the white race is to continue to rule the nation, or whether the negro is to be elevated to a political equality with the whites in the administration of the Government. A Yankee Anvil and a Negro Hammer. Jack Hamilton and the blackguard Brownlow made characteristic speeches before the recent Massachusetts State Convention. After they had sufficient ly lauded the negro, Wendell Phillips was called on for a speech, and spoke as KELl.ow-Cn i/.i:ns:—l lmvo no speech, you will allow that my Radicalism is out rivalled. [Applause.] Tennessee and Yir finia have gone before me, and all Faneuil lull has to sav is, “Amen, and nil hail!" New England clasps her right hand with Texas and the (1 ulf States lor impartial suf frage for overv man under the flag of the Union. The"anvil and the hammer are agreed. Let the Middle States tako warn ing. [Great applause.] Is it not high time the white men of Pennsylvania shuuld take warning, when the arch agitator Phillips dares to threaten them in such true bullying style? Tlie Yankee fanatics of New England are the anvil and the negroes, moved and controlled by such mean white men as Brownlow and Jack Ham- ilton, are the hammer. Between them the Middle States are to he hammered until they accept fully tile doctrine of negro equality Every vote for Geary, oraltadical Con- gressman, or Representative is a vote to keep Pennsylvania in the degraded position to which she lias been reduced >y the fanatics who have controlled lie politics for some years. If her people .have any manhood left in them they will rise up in their might and put an end to the present state of affairs. Should deary he elected Governu •ennsylvania will contiiiuetobeahe less mass, laid on Llie Yankee anvil to be sledged by the negro hammer into such shape as may suit the fancy of a set of crazy fanalics. All decency and manhood will be beaten out of her and her people will be made beasts of burth en for Yankees and Negroes. Tile Difference Between Radical Congress men and tlie Boys in Blue. “He that provideth not foi his own household is worse than an infidel." So thought the Radical Congress when it voted its members $4,000 extra pay and appropriated tin: money io pay It, It took good care to do the latter part. It found time euoiigh for that. They voted the “boys in blue" some £5O, and some $lOO extra bounty pay, but hadn’t time, or was too careless, to make the necessary appropriation to pay The consequence is, that Congress men got their extra pay, while the “boys in blue” don’t get theirs, butwill have to wait until Congress again meets and makes the necessary appropriation. As the old cat with her mouth over the cream pan said to the kittens; “ honeys, your turn will come by and by," so say the Radicals to the “ boys in blue.” Monster Meetings, The meetings held by the Conserva tive men, for the discussion of the vital issues now presented to the people, are more numerously attended than politi cal gatherings ever have been in Penn sylvania in any former campaign. The masses are fully aroused to the impor tance of the great issues involved in the pending contest, and firmly resolved to hurl the Radical revolutionists from power. AVherever Hiester Clymer, our noble standard bearer, goes, he is greeted by assembled thousands of earnest and thoughtful freemen, 'l'he political sky is bright, and there is abundant prom ise of a glorious and crowning victory. Wliat the 5‘2,000 Extra Pay is For, The Rump Congress, in their deter mination to continue the exercise of their usurped powers, have shown that they will hesitate at nothing. An extra £2,0U0 was needed to secure their re election, and they unscrupulously ap propriated that amount extra to eacli member for electioneering purposes. The Radical members are thus put in possession of a grand corruption fund, amounting in the aggregate to $300,000. That amount of money was taken di rectly out of the public treasury and distributed among the members. If the tax-payers endorse such barefaced rob bery they will not hesitate to take double or five times that amount to carry future elections. AVhat say you who pay the taxes? 'Will you re-elect these barefaced and unblushing robbers, and offer apre mium for more gigantic thefts? Record your answer at the ballot-box on the 9th day of October. Gallant ColonelB! Col. McClure, Col. Jordan and Col. Forney are stumping Pennsylvania for Geary. They fought valiantly in the “Bread and Butter Brigade!' during the war, and the two last-named draw pay and rations still. Not one of them ever was near a field of battle while a fight was going on, and yet they sport their military titles as proudly as a conquer or, and turn up their noses at “copper heads" as if they themselves had pot Btayed at home and suoked the blood of the Government when It was struggling with the Rebellion. The Titusville Club, edited by Jerome B. Close, and heretofore a Radical sheet, has changed its name to that of Evening Journal, and, more Important still, has changed its politics from Radicalism to Democracy. Iu the olden times, when suchstates tofen a&Webster and Clay, Wright and,- Cass Benton’ j My hsg been|nicreafl|d toplO,OOTfor| Mth scions Jjqr an Javeragd of flout ( * Have the masses of the people —the hard-working farmers, mechanics and laboring men of the country—reflected on this matter? They have to toil hard from,- flay Jo flay /in o/defto pay tiysij ii&xes 1 ieVied -hpoh them ! by Congress, 'and s scanty- subsistence 1 for themselves and families, ( yvhilst their servants, -who haVe in reality become itheir cruel and inexorable Taskmasters, ‘are reveling in luxury and adding to' their own income from tbejrablic treas ury. And $5,000 a session is only the beginning of this extravagance. If these men and this party are con tinued in power, they will consider it an endorsement of their conduct by the people, and the next Congress may raise the salary of its members to $lO,- 000 a session, and compel the people to foot the bill. The working classes of the country will soon have an opportunity of setting tiie seal of their disapprobation upon the conduct of their representatives. Will they do it? If they want to intro duce economy and reform into the halls of Congress, it is absolutely necessary for them to elect honest and conscien tious men to make their laws. They must, by their votes, drive the corrupt scoundrels from Congress and the State Legislatures, and bring hack the Gov ernment to what it was in the purer and palmy days of our fathers. Negro Suffrage. The Union State Central Committee in an address lately issued says: “The Constitu tion of Pennsylvania permits only white men to vote. By its terms it can be amended only ouee in everv live years, and having been amended in*lB64, allowing the soldiers the right to vote, it cannot, in cori'ormity with its own provisions, be amended again until 1869. It is hoped , therefore , our Dem ocratic friends will restrain themselves, and not press negro suffrage upon us be fore authorized by the Constitution of the State. Will the Intelligencer take notice ! —Exam If our friends of the Examiner had lived in the days of Noah they would certainly have been drowned. The fa mous rain-storm of that period would have caught them without so much as a “ dug-out” to float them on the sur face of the rising water. The Intelligencer does not intend to follow the foolish example of those who laughed at Noah for building his Ark before the rain fell. It sees “ black clouds ” gathering in the political sky, and as in duty bound it warns the pub lic of the coming storm. If the people neglect the warning, they will rue their indifference to it when the Negro Deluge overtakes them. The Examiner and its Radical State Committee want to fix Negro Suffrage upon Pennsylvania by stealth. They know very well that although the State Constitution may not be amendable till 1869, yet the election of Geary would be a step in the direction of its amend ment so as to admit of Negro Suffrage. The next gubernatorial term covers the whole year 1869 and runs into 1870. Geary, if elected, would therefore be Governor when the Constitution again becomes amendable “in conformity with its own provisions.'’ And as he is known to be in favor of Negro Suf frage —as his personal and official influ ence would be given to an amendment to strike out the word white , which Thaddeus Stevens struggled to prevent the Convention of ISOS from putting into the Constitution —it is not now a day or an hour too soon to press the Negro Suffrage question upon the atten tion of our people. The Examiner aud its State Commit- tee fight off this question because they know that a large majority of the voters of Pennsylvania are opposed to admit ting negroes to the ballot-box. They know the opinion expressed by the Ra dical Governors, at their late caucus in hiladelphia, that “ the people are not yet educated up to this point,” is correct. They want more time. They think, from the stride the Negro has made towards equality with the AVhite Man in the last few years, that in two or three more a majority of the people will ‘be “ educa- ted up to the point” of conferring upon him the right to vote. Let the people be warned in time, and let them make haste to build their Ark against the Negro Deluge with which they are threatened. Attempt to dis guise it as they may, the Radicals mean to force Negro Suffrage upon us when ever they can do it with safety to them selves, and nothing would give such an impetus to this detestable scheme of theirs as John AV. Geary’s election to the Governorship. Facts for Foreigners, AVho fought that gigantic conspiracy called the Know-Nothing movement? Andrew Johnson. AA!ho made that eloquent speech, in defense of the Catholics, against Cling man? Andrew Johnson. AVho refused to tax the Irish and Ger mans, in order to make a grand pauper house for negroes, by vetoing the infa mous Freedmen’s Bureau Bill? An drew Johnson. Irishmen and Germans! You have a life-long friend in Andrew Johnson, one who has always stood by your rights. AVill you now desert him, and sustain Thaddeus Stevens and the men who have always been your deadly enemies, and who even now claim that the negro unght tu be placed on an equality with you, or even a little higher in social and political rights ! AA’e cannot believe that you will com. mit so suicidal an act. Where Massachusetts Stands The Radicals in Pennsylaniaare busy denying that they favor negro suffrage. Many of them persist in that lie in spite of the immense accumulation of evi dence against the party which is urging the election of John AV. Geary, who declares that he can see no objection to it. In Massachusetts the party leaders speak out boldly and honestly. At the State Convention which has just ad journed they adopted an address in which appeared the following declara tion: We approve the amendment to the Con stitution proposed by Congress and now ponding before the States, and that we are fully prepared to believe the declaration of the Southern Unionists, made at Philadel phia, that there can be no safety to the country until the national birthright of im partial suffrage and equality before the law be conferred upon every citizen of the States they represent. The principles and tradi tions of the Commonwealth impel her to second this demand so solemnly made for the complete enfranchisement ol a long op pressed race, and the establishment of an American and Democratic policy of govern ment. “An American and Democratic pol icy of government.” AVe often hear the Radicals boast that they are the true Democrats. From the above declara tion the dullest men may see what they mean. In their estimation negro equal ity 1b Democracy. From such democ racy may the good Lord deliver us. Let every voter remember that It is In Massachusetts the Radicals speak the tr\je sentiment? of their party. There they do not quibble and lie as in Penn sylvania. _ Op theseven leading New York dallies five supported the re-election of Mr. Lin coln. six ofthese journals now support the restoration policy of President John* son.'. That the Radicals are looking forward laSotfier civil war there is every reason BiVe. The more,indiscreet men them give expression to-this g 4 They are deteSnjg&» lgK' to * j the power they havfeßo villa© jused without tlie mo|||lesperd?f j. Forney advocatesaiming the eStthe South. Ih oser lie says : J “-Xtjsinnot be expected that the State gov ernments (South) will organize on any basis the loyal black militia. Congress must therefore take the matter in hand. The .black tnilitia. ean~be organis'd intpsrpmfote ; ,cpmjii£iias kitclieffittiente.? . t .Jill 1 ~Tht&pfoJ?Psed. arming- of.-thenegroeSi, is part aud parcel of a deep .laid schenre L to precipitate the country .into another; war whichi will be infinitely more ter rible than that through which the cqiinT try has passed. The orily safety for this country is to besought In the overthrow f thp Radical fanatics who are.thusen deavoring to precipitate a war of races. The arming of the negroes of the South would inevitably lead to a collision and to the enactment of scenes of horror from which every friend of humanity would turn away with loathing and ter ror. The people must exert their whole power in this coming election if they would save the Country from renewed disaster. Every radical elected to Con gress will be fuel added to the lire of revolution now smouldering, and the election of General Geary would prove a national calamity which could not be repaired. We beseech all thoughtful men to pause on the brink of the preci pice, and to lend their aid to save the nation from the peril which is Impend ing. If the Radicals succeed in their designs they will give the uegroes the right to vote, and will put arms in their hands to enable them to domineer over the white race. Are the people of Penn sylvania ready to aid in such a scheme? If they are, let them vole for Geary and for Radical candidates for Congress and lie State Legislature. A Radical Patriot! It is, perhaps, not generally known that Frank Jordan, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, ia tie same individual who was appoint ed by Governor Curtin to act as Mili tary State Agent, at Washington, at a salary of $3,000 per annum. This man draws his pay for the ostensible pur pose of attending to the wants of onr gallant soldiers in the settlement of their claims against the National Gov ernment, but virtually for the purpose of waging a fierce and vindictive war against the President and all soldiers who agree with and defend him. But, iustead of giving his time and attention to the legitimate duties of his office at Washington, he has been absent from his post for about three months, and is located in Philadelphia for the purpose of running the Radical machine in this State, and yet he does not fail to draw his salary regularly from the Treasury of the Commonwealth, tio says the Philadelphia News. This is one of the ways that the tax ridden people of Pennsylvania are fleeced by an unprincipled set of cormo rants who, for the last five or six years, have fastened themselves upon the pub lic treasury, and have become bloated with wealth at the expense of the hard working people. And they will con tinue to drain the pockets of the tax- payers so long as the present dominant party is continued in power. If the people want retrenchment and reform —if they desire to see a proper economy practised in all departments of the State government —let them go to the polls and cast their ballots for that pure and incorruptible statesman, Hi ester Cnv mer, for Governor. Where Is Geary? Hiester Clymer is still traversing the State and speaking to his fellow-citizens every day. He has spoken almost daily' for the last month, and he will continue to speak down to the» very eve of the election. Where is Geary? He came out some weeks ago with drums beating and colors flying, but after attempting a few remarks at one or two meetings, and failing miserably, he subsided. So far as mental capacity is concerned, his friends have found him what dairymen call “a stripper.” A few pulls “milked him dry,” and he was immediately “sent to grass” for the rejuvenation of his intellectual udder. We regret Gen. Geary’s withdrawal from the canvass. If he could have shown himself in every county, so that the people might have had an opportu nity to see for themselves what a vain and shallow-headed fellow he is, some thousands would have been added to Clymer’s majority. Toting Tor Principles, “I would vote for Geary if X could sustain his political principles,” said a soldier who had always been a Repub lican to a.Radical. That soldier’s head was level. He had sense enough to see that Geary was fully committed to negro suffrage and all the infamous schemes of the Radicals, and so he repudiated him with scorn and contempt. When soldiers are appealed to to sup port Geary, let them reflect that they cannot do so without endorsing princi ples of the most odious and baneful character. Geary is figuring in politics now and not in war, and is to be judgod by a political and not by a military standard. The man who votes for him endorses the principles and the policy of the most extreme radicals. The sol diers have sense enough to see that, and thousands of them will vote against Geary who never voted a Democratic ticket before. P.adital Lawlessness, Tlie teachings of John W. Forney, Adjutant-General, and other warriors of the Bread and Butter Brigade, are having their effect in this county. We all know that Forney did his best to raise a row and insult the late Consti tutional Union Conventionheldatl’hil adelphia. .Since then instructions have gone out from the headquarters of Rad icalism to follow up the President and his party, and on all occasions to offer them deliberate insults. Witness the scenes at Indianapolis and other places. The people are no longer willing to permit this course of action. TheDein ocratie party has ever been law-abiding and conservative in its actions ; but the cowardly whelps Who have taken ad vantage of this fact to commit violence upon its members when peaceably as sembled in public meeting, may learn from last night’s occurrences at Mari etta that their misconduct will hence forth be punished as it deserves. Wk publish on onr first page some extracts from a letter written by Hon. Herschel V. Johnson, of Georgia, in commendation of the action of the Phil adelphia National Union Convention. It will be remembered that Mr. John son was the candidate for Vice I’resi-, dent on the Douglas tioket in 1860. The Two Conventions. After reviewing the proceedings of the two Philadelphia Conventions—the National Union Convention of August 14, and the Radical Convention of Sep tember 13, the New York Sun, an in dependent sheet,.thus givesits, opinion of them : „ , ~ “Taking the proceedings of the two conventions together, and banishing all political prejudices, fee pnly conclusion to which a pandid man can conic to is this : The Conservative convention iy nored party for the sake of the Union; and that the other party ignored the Union for the sakeof party. Elections have been held in New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, California, Oregon, ln. ljuccbeded by relicti(|h in Co®(nectt| #iang so greats to avM crease in the Republican majority, owing to .a cause which is not likely to affect the result in any other quarter of the country. In Kentucky the Demo tcraqjrtriumphed by an astounding ma jotifvy hntt they have also been success- Call-' fornia, Oregon,- Colorado; ‘ -Washington and Idaho. The municipal elections held in.the Middle States havolikewise resii|ted —as in liancasterj Harrißburgand Read ing, where the Republicans were- com* pletely routed; and in Wilrilington, Delaware, where they lost 266 since last year and nearly 700 since 1864. We said about the time the New Hampshire election took place, that we expected no good to come out of New England, but that we relied on thegreat Middle States to put down the Radicals; and just before the elections occurred in Vermont and Maine, we said the Radi cals would carry those States. The elec tions of 1866, therefore, so far os they liave taken place, have caused ma no disappointment. On the contrary, they have resulted more favorably than we could have expected. The result in Connecticut, and in the States and Ter ritories of the far West, as well as in the Cities and Towns of the Middle States, proves that the Democratic column is increasing and the Radical strength diminishing every where outside of the more easterly portion of New England. We entertain no doubt but that the Democratic and Conservative Republi can voters will carry New York, Penn sylvania, Delaware, Maryland and In diana, and we regard our chance as very fair in Wisconsin, Illinois, lowa and Missouri. To sustain themselves, the Radicals must carry all or very nearly all of the leading Northern States, and this it is quite impossible for them to do. The loss of New York alone, or of Pennsylvania and Indiana, would be fatal to them ; and as they are certain to lose all of these States and others be sides, their defeat is beyond question and without remedy. The Soldiers’ National Union Convention, The great Convention of Union Sol diers’ now in session at Cleveland, will be looked to by the Boys in Blue as the body which will authoritatively speak for them. There will be assembled a large majority of the officers who won renown in the war for the Union. It is a fact that almost every leading officer of the army and navy sanc tions and sustains the restoration policy of the President. There are Grant, Sherman, Hancock, Sheridan, Mc- Cook, Custer, Slocum, Wool, Dix, Thomas, Ave.dl, Williams, Torbut, Stedman and scores of others of similar character in the army, with Farragut, Porter, Worden and nearly every dis tinguished officer in the navy; every one of whom is in favor of the imme diate and complete restoration of the Southern States to their proper places in the Union upon the plan proposed by the President. These are the men who will speak to the country, and especially to the sol diers through the Cleveland Conven tion. A month ago there were append ed to the call for this Convention the names of 43 Major Generals, 60 Briga dier Generals, 70Colonels, 21 Lieutenant Colonels, 42 Majors, 62 Captains and 16 Lieutenants. Since that time the num ber of signers has been increased to enormous proportions by the addition of nearly the eutire list of the promi nent officers of the army and navy. All these will not be present at the great Convention at Cleveland in person, but they will be represented there by dele gates properly chosen. We will give full reports of this great gathering of the best and bravest of the men who led in the gigantic struggle for the preservation of the Union. Having saved the Union from the as- saults of the secessionists of the South they are resolved that it Bhail not be destroyed by the Radical Disunionists of the Xorth ; and they will utter that resolve in unmistakable terms at Cleve land. Parson Brownlow In Proper Company. Parson Brownlow has found his level at last. He is now traveling with a ne gro and speaking from the same plat form. The darky is a professional man, a Dr. Randolph, from New Orleans. They are both members of the Com mittee appointed by the Mulatto Con vention, to which John W. Geary was a regularly accredited delegate, for the purpose of following in the track of President Johnson and effacing the deep impression made on the the masses by his speeches. We want it understood that we do not mean that Brownlow has in anyway let himself down by thus associating with a negro. If Dr. Randolph is a respectable darkey, he ought to feel de graded by intimate association with the Brimstone parson. They both spoke at Boston a day or two since, and the speech of the negro was more decent than that of the white blackguard who preceded him. We would suggest to the Republican State Central Committee the propriety of their employing this Sable Dr. Ran dolph to take the stump for Geary. He is not one whit more in favor of negro equality than are Thad. Stevens, John W. Forney, and the rest of the mep. whose pliant tool John W. Geary is. By all means let us have a few speeches from one of the negro race for whose benefit the Radicals are laboring so zealously. Let us hear what the negro has to say in his own behalf. It is not fair to keep him in the background. Let them trot out a few representatives ofthe “race that bears the palm.” Weklo not want to see the negro members of the Committee kept in the background when it visits Pennsylvania. If they are good enough orators for an audience of Massachusetts Radicals they ought to be good enough to address any Re publican Mass Meeting in the Keystone State. Beast Butler Still for War. The “ bottled up hero,” who will be the chief warrior at the Radical Con vention of so-called soldiers at Pitts burg, still cries aloud for war. At the Mulatto Convention in Philadelphia he used the following language : As a matter of self-protection, as a matter of economy, THE NEGRO MUST HAVE A VOTE. * - * We pledge that if it is in the power of Congress, that if it bo in the power of the nation, the loyal black and the loyhl white of the South shall hnve such protection as is necessary to secure them in their rights, and those rights shall be given to them,, if the whole military pdwer of the North is necessary to secure it! Thad. Stevens, John W. Forney, and their tool, John W; Geary, all respond in sentiment to that utterance. Let every voter remember that "when he deposits his ballot. “The Xegro Bears the Palm.” The Rump Congress voted NEGRO SOLDIERS who served TWO years! THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS BOUNTY. ■ se^dffil years? ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS BOUNTY.,: The-Best'intemtaorPenmjlTanls'De-’ mand the Immediate Restoration or the Union. The Radicals injtheir, appeals'to the people endeavor to keep alive the feel , mgtff aniilipsitytowaidtheSoiith which byj^ktf; They represent thiswise tnid £satesnianlike policy of President Johhsoij as aseheme devised^'he^mt'y»^6^i6®;'ie centl y in reijellfon, afcfhe expense of Pennsyl vania and the North in general. We do not believe the voters of the Keystone State are such stupid fools as to be gulled by so transparent-a false hood. No sensible’manl &an fail to see . that the-best interests of- Pennsylvania imperatively demand a, speedy , and complete restoration of the Union. In the social Btrtfcture of a nation suoh as ours; if any itnportantpartof thesystem be injured or paralyzed, the whole body must suffer with it. All the material interests of this great State are to no small'extent dependent for their pros perity upon the speedy and com f plete restoration of the Southern States to their *former relation to 1 the Union. If they are to remain i in their present condition, with their energiesimpaired, theirfields laid waste, their great staples unplanted, their rights denied them, and their people discon tented and impoverished, Pennsylvania must suffer with them in all her great material interests. In commerce, in manufactures, and iu our agricultural l pursuits, we must be disastrously affect- I ed if the disunion policy of the Radical fanatics is longer permitted to prevail. ! We need that the Southern States be speedily and completely restored to the Union. The men in Pennsylvania who Support tne Radical policy of Thaddeus Stevens are striking a direct and dis astrous blow at the prosperity of our people. They are sacrificing the best interests of the masses to their unrea soning hate and unholy ambition. To their selfish lust for power all other ob jects must be made to bend, and they are ready to precipitate ruin upon the people of the whole Union rather than yield their hold upon office. There is not a working man in Penn sylvania who is not directly and even pecuniarily interested in having the Union speedily and perfectly restored. We would urge all such to look at the matter calmly, if but for a moment. How does it stand? Let us see. The war has left us as a legacy a debt of four thousand millions of dollars. To pay the interest on that at six per cent, demands an annual expenditure of two 'hundred and forty millions of dollars. That enormous amount of money, over and above all that is needed to pay the ordinary and theextraordinary expenses incurred through legislation of the Ra dical Congress, sucli as from twelve to fifty millions a year for the Freed men’s Bureau, and three hundred thousand dollars extra pay voted as a corruption fund for the purpose of carrying the elections, all has to be raised by taxation. Whopay the taxes ? Is it the rich capitalist ? If he has his .money invested in United States bonds it is exempted by law; if in lands or houses the renter pays the taxes ; if in manufactures the consumer must pay them. By a nicely arraugedlaw, which never ceases to act and is never inter rupted, the workingmen of the country pay almost the entire amount of the taxes. Things are so adjusted that they cannot live without doing so. .Every thing the masses eaf, or drink, or wear, or use in any way is taxed time and again, until its difficult for them to sup ply the wants of themselves and fam- Uies. To-day the masses of the North are paying almost the entire taxes of this nation. It is your toil, your sweat, labor ing men of Pennsylvania, from which a very large proportion of the money is wrung which is so profusely lavished on negroes and on themselves by the Radicals in Congress. By theirinfamous schemes the Southern States are kept in a position which prevents their peo ple from paying any considerable amount of the enormous sums which must be annually raised. The people of the South are purposely kept in an impoverished condition, their industry is destroyed, the negroes on whom they depend for labor are kept in au excited condition, encouraged in idleness and supported in indolence by the Freed* men’s Bureau. More than half the rich lands of the South are growing up in weeds, and an uncultivated waste4s seen where the richest harvests of the great staples were once gathered. The South cannot pay its share of the taxes, and an increased burthen of very many millions of dollars is thereby thrown upon the shoulders of the working men of Pennsylvania. Voters, tax-payers, laboring white men of Pennsylvania, bow long do you intend to stand this? In all seriousness we ask you the question ? How much longer do you intend to be the blind dupes of such men as Thad. Stevens? Are you not almost tired being made bond slaves and beasts of burthen in order that these men may carry out their mad schemes for ensuring their continuance in power. They will not go out of office until they are thrust out by your votes. To per petuate their rule they have prevent ed the restoration of the Union, have stolen large sums of mouey from the public treasury to corrupt the ballot have heaped the most enormous bur thens upou you, and have voted away millions wrung from your sweat and toil to support in idleness the negroes whom they propose to make your social and political equals. Your interests, the interests of every man in Pennsyl vania who is noL a Radical politician or in some way an enemy of the people, demand that the Southern States be speedily and perfectly restored to the Union. The masses must take this matter in their own haudsaud repudiate the entire Radical crew, including John W. Geary and the various candidates forC’ongressandthe Legislature. Ifthey are not entirely blinded by passion and prejudice they will do so. Secretary Stanton The Secretary of War is preparing to meet the charges laid against him by Mr. Smithson, and the trial is expected to come oil'within the next two months. Should the verdict by any possibility be against Mr. Stanton, he will probably be troubled with lawsuits during the remainder of his life, judging from the number that have been rumored as on the tapis since that of Smithßon’s was instituted. Mr. Stanton's chief defence will be that he acted as an officer of the Government, and that he is not there fore personally responsible for the extra functions he may have assumed during the war. Grant’s Repulse of the Radical Pol clans Confirmed. Mr. T. F. Baker, of Cincinnati, who was so rudely repulsed by Gen. Grant, is the commander of a poor imitation of the “Wide-Awakes” in that city. He has since come out in a card whicl} show that the rebuke administered to him by Gen. Grant at Wood’s Theatre, was even more decided than reported by the telegraph. The Radical leaders of Cincinnati are cursing him for his folly in thus rushing into print. His case ip only another illustration pf the temerity of fpols. The Troy Press says that Thurlow Weed has knooked Mr. Greeley’s hat so for over his eyes that only the philoso pher’s bootß are visible. 1 Brutal iKortmant ttf fllirte** ifrUiWlty djt John W. Gear/. Joiln ~WI Harrow /n - bigoted nature, no doubt, made a most acceptable member of that‘ : infkmona political (ifganlzatlon Which proscribed men on account of iheir birth or religious,,belief.. ..His, hatred of Catholics did not end with ihe short-lived triumph of the Know- nothing party. It adhered to him, and yas afterwards displayed in the most offensive manner possible* - 1 One of the most intelligent, wealthy and respectable citizens ’ofFrederick, Maryland, sender us,thefollowing state ment of an occurrence, which shows in its true light the bigoted and tyranni cal character oFthe vain upstart who is the Radical candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. We give*th’a*£acta in his own language: To the Editors of the Intelligencer: Dear Sirs:—lt occurs to me that justice demands that the rude and brutal munaer in which some Sisters of Charity wero treat ed by John W. Geary, should be known, in order that the Catholic citizens,of Pennsyl vania muy understand the character and the spirit of the man who appeals to them for support at the coming gubernatorial election. The facts will be sufficient With out any comment, though you are of coarse at liberty to use them as you see fit. In the fall of 1881, under protection of a pass from General Soott, some four or live Sisters of Charity left the St. Joseph’s House at Emrnits burg on their mission to nurse the sick and wounded soldiers of both armies. They had permission to visit any point along the line of contest from Winchester to Richmond, as their services might be needed. While traveling on the cars of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, under permission from the commander in chief at Wastington to go where they pleased in discharge of the du ties of their sacred mission, they wero ar rested at Point of Rocks by Col. John W. Geary. In a rude manner tliey with their baggage were removed from iho cars and left among crowds of soldiers and rough camp followers, sitting without shelter on their trunks by the roadside. It was not until after repeated solicitations that,Col. Geary consented to grant an interview to the principal sister, a lady of education and refinement, as were her associates. Finally this military dignitary gave orders to have her led into his august presence by a guard. In vain did she explain fully tne charita ble character of her noly mission; in vain did she exhibit the general and unrestricted pass given her by tho Commandor-in-Chief at Washington, authorizing her to go, with her associates, wherever their holy mission might call them, or wherever they might be needed to nurse the wounded and console the dying; in vain did she beg to beullowed it) proceed as several parties of Sisters had been allowed to do unmolested before, over the samo route; in vain did she speak of the erviug wants of the' wounded, the sick, the dying soldiers of the-Union army, to relieve and succor whom was a great part of her mission; in vain did she assure this petty tyrant (Gearv) that she had nursed the sick and wounded soldiers of all pai ties in the Crimean war, without molestation or hindrance, receiving from Turk aud Rus sian no less courtesy and kindness than she did from Frenchman or Englishman; in vain did she protest with tearful entreaties against such usage in her native land, after having traveled on a similar mission all over Fiiirono Unmolested. John W. Geary, a bigot by‘nature and a petty tyrant in his position,‘thrust her and her companions iuto the cars aud sent them back to Fred erick City, on their way to the House of St. Joseph, from which they came. Tbo Surgeon General at Frederick, a high toned gentleman, and n native of*Phi]nael phia, hearing or the manner in which the Sisters of l-ha rity had been treated by Geary, and fearing the damaging effect which such brutal conduct would have upon the many thousands of Catholic soldiers who were lighting in the front ranks of the army, at once despatched an orderly to Gen. Banks, at headquarters Dear Poolsvillo, with a let ter containing u statement of tbo con duct of General Geary, which letter will bo found officially recorded on the books of the Medical Director. Tho Adjutant, after riding all night, returned to Frederick withan imperative order, com manding General Geary to escort in person and place safely on the Southern side of the Potomac Lhesakl Sisters of Charity, arid to givo to them every assistance to aid them in the discharge of their sacred mission of mercy. With what graco ho ecukl after his brutal conduct, Geary did escort them beyond the Potomac after having endeavor ed to set himself up as superior to the Com mander-in-Chief. Any soldier who was under Geary at Point of Rocks at the time alluded to will remember his treatment ol these Sisters of Charity. He will notdare to deny one word, of thy above statement. If he should the Medical Director and the Sisters will testify to tho entire truthfulness of what is here written. The above facts have been furnished in the shape in which they appear, as we have stated, by one of the wealthiest, most intelligent and honorable men in the City of Frederick. They show wha t a mean and miserable bigot John W . Geary is. We hope our cotemporaries will give the statement a wide clrcula iion. Is Hegro Suffrage an Issue t Thad. Stevens, who is claimed by his supporters as the leading representative Republican in Pennsylvania, said in his speech at Bedford : The great issue to be met at this election is the question of negro rights. 1 shall not deuy, but admit, thut a fundamental prin ciple of the Republican creed is that every being possessing an Immortal soul Is equal before the law. They are not and cannot bo eqnnl in strength, height, beauty, intel lectual and moral culture, or soolal ac quirement; these are accidents which must govern their conditionaccordlngto circum stances. But in this Republic, the same laws must and shall apply to every mortal, Americau, Irishman, African, .German or Turk. John W. Porney, the recognized lead er ofthe Republican newspaper press of Pennsylvania, said in a speech made at Ridgeway on the 14th instant: The thunder storm is gathering—tbo star m may soou break—and tho sooner the rebels accept tho terms offered by Congress, tho better for their guilty lives. The colored 7/ian will be clothed with therightof ftuff'rage. John W. Geary, the Radical candi date for Governor, said in his speech at the Loehiel Iron Works near Harris burg : WHEN THE QUESTION OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE COMES UR, AS IT WILL PROBABLY IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS, I SHALL BE READY.TO MEET IT, AND I WILL SAY'THAT I AM NOT PREPARED TO DENY THE RIGHT OR VOTING TO TIIE COLORED MAN. If you hear any man deny that uegro suffrage is a direct issue in the present contest in Pennsylvania, read to him the above quotations from Stevens, For ney and Geary. They will shut him u p iustanter. Upholding 31ob Violence. The Radicals of the House of Assem bly, of New Jersey, on Tuesday last, voted down the following resolution, offered by Mr. White, of Morriscounty, thereby sustaining the intolerance and violence oi the Indianapolis mob : Jlexolvctl, That os friends of the right of free spm:h, we have read with sorrow that the President of the United Stutcs was un duly assailed by'a mob incited by partisan opposition at Indianapolis* and prevented from addressing peaceable and orderly citi zens who had there assembled to pay him tho hopor duo to bis high office. Thut such outrages upon the freedom of speech de mand the reprobation, of all good citizens. Will the people of Pennsylvania vote to keep in power men who thus openly encourage disrespect for the President of the United States, and offer a pre mium for mob, violence and murder? Let them answer at the ballot-box. General Grant’s Father. The iDdorsementby the father of Gen eral Grant of tlie policy of President Johnson is cheering to the friends of Constitutional liberty. General Grant had Bpent the day previous to the one on which the President arrived, with his parents. The next morning Mr. Grant went with the committees tp re ceive Mr. Johnson, and, when he. was introduced to tho-Prealdent on the boat, he took the occasloh—a very appropri ate to indorse 'hk* 'restyfation policy. There be ffo .doubt 4 that General the father. J, A. J. Bucuanan, one Of- the most prominent lawyers of Greene county, and for several years the leading Re publican orator of that coufcty, ty how laboring earnestly for Clymer and the reconstruction policy of the President, =PBnmy!r«is“
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