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,
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