WEDNESDAY, SEPT..-28,. 1868. Tfce printing presses shall be free to ) person who undertakes to- examlpe oeedlngß of the legislature, or aiiy, pw*W»» government; and no law shall ever beflLade to restrain the right thereof The free oouunu nlcatlon of thou Sit md opinions is ° ae or-the invaluable righto of men; and everyv ojtifcen may freely speak, write and*prlnt<VV;any-sub ject; being responsible for me of that ilberty. In prosecutions tor th©j?hplMation ot papers investigating the official o^offi cers, or men in public capaeitles,orwhere the matter published Is proper ior public informa tion, the truth thereof may be given In evi dence.'* ■ . FOR GOVERNOR; Hon. HIESTEB CLYMER, of Berks Co, Democratic-Conservative Ticket. [Congress, SAMUEL H. REYNOLDS, City. Senators, ABRAHAM COLLINS, Conoy, Serg’t w. HAYES GRIER, Columbia. Assembly. LEWIS HOUSEAL, Marietta, JOHN C. MARTIN, Earl, CHARLES J. RHODES, Manor, THOMAS M. COUL&ON, Drumore. Associate Judge. SAMUEL P. BOWER, Straaburg Bor. Sheriff. Oapt. HENRY B. W ALTMAN, Mt. Joy Bor. Prothonotary. WILLIAM 8. BARR, East Donegal. RcoUtcr. HENRY STAUFFER, Brecknock. Recorder. tIAMES McMULLEN, Penn, Clerk of the Quarter Sessions. J. H. HEGENER, City. County Commissioner. JACOB YOHN, Caernarvon. Directors of the Poor. Dr. BENJAMIN MIBHLER, City, DAVID SHOFF, Manor. Prison Inspectors. JOHN M. MILLER, West Lampeter. J. C. BUCHER, Columbia. Coroner ADAM DITLOW, City. DANIEL LEFEVRE, (Farmer,) Drumore. Democratic Meetings. Democratic meetings will bo bold us fol lows : * Ponn Hill, Fulton township, on Friday, ovouing, Hoptoinbor 2Hth. At Rucliur'H Tnvurn, ltoinlioldsvillo, on Sularduv, September 2btb. lloil'nmn'H Hotel, Chicquos, Saturday Sept. lit), 1 o'clock. Fphrutu, Thursday Oct. 4. At. Little Britain twp. on Friday, October fi, at 111 o’clock. Muytown, {Saturday Oct. U. liy order of the Democratic County Com mittee. A. .J. Nri:INMAN, Clmirmim. 13. J. MrfiiiANN, Secretary. Appointments of the Union Candidate for Congress. S. 11. Rf. y noi. ns,Hsq.,Candidate of the Pon servativo Union Men of Lancaster County lor Congress, wiilspoak as follows: Reinhnldsvill■*, Saturduv, September lit*, alllP.'M. Columbia, Monday evening, Uctobor l,al 7 o’clock. Marietta, Wednesday October John Ammon's, Salisbury twp., Thurs day October 4. Maytown, Saturday, October (i. liinicastcr, Monday evening, i kitutihr a, at 7 o'clock. A PUBLIC MEETING of Democratic and oilier Conservative voters will bo held at TIIK tiAlt, in Lancaster county, on Saturday, Hep tember 20, at one o’clock in the after- Hon\ J. (JLANCY JONES, and other distinguished speakers will be present to midfess the meeting. Address of the Democratic State Com mittec. ])KMocitATje State Committee Rooms, l S2S Walnut Street, Philadelphia. / To the J’coplc of Pi'Hii-'ii/Icniin : The Democratic party in its platform of principles, adopted at Harrisburg, on the sth day of March, ISOfJ, among other things resolved 1. That tlie States whereof the people weredalely in rebellion are integral parts of the Union, and are entitled to represen tation in Congress, by men duly elected, who bear true faith to tho Constitution and laws, and in order to vindicate tho maxim that taxation without representation is tyranny, such representatives should he forthwith admitted. 2. That the iaith of the republic is pledged to Lho payment of the national debt, ami Congress should pass all laws necessary for that purpose. 3. That the white race alone is entitled to the control of tbo government of the repub lic, and we are unwilling to grant to negroes the right to vote. Upon this platform we plueed our candi date for Governor, and with these princi ples we confidently look for success in the contest. Our opponents in their Convention, held at Harrisburg on the 7th day ol' March, IStili, also, adopted a platl'orm, and nomina ted a candidate. The principles they enun ciated appear to be lost sight of, and the proposed constitutional amendment takes their place as the rule of .Radical orthodoxy, and to it their candidate gives his unhesita ting support. Negro equality and negro suffrage are the essential elements in that amendment. 2»y it the negro is made the equal of the white man in nil bis “ privileges and immunities.’’ The right of Pennsylvania to make laws to regulate tho migration of negroes into the State is denied, and she is deprived of her just share of representation in Congress un less her Constitution ho amended,'.and tho negro allowed to vote. The Radical candidates for Governor and for United Stales Senator ; their leaders of public suntimeui: their speakers and their newspapers aro open advocates of this amendment, and theirpracticeaccordswith their profession, for they mingle with tho negro in social intercourse, political con ventions and in public processions. hold that the negro is not the equal of the white man, and, whilst wo accord to him freedom and protection of person, with the right to enjoyment of the fruits of his labor and aid in intellectual advancement, wo affirm that our own race is entitled to control the entire machinery of the govern ment. Sustain this amendment, and you give the negro tho right to aid in governing you ; defeat it, and you maintain your own right of sovereignty. Every man who votes for Gkary or for a Radical candidate for Conoris-sm VOTES AS DISTINCTLY FOR NEGRO SUFFRAGE AND NEGRO EQUALITY AS IF THEY WERE PRINTED ON HIS HALLO I’ Democrats of Pennsylvania! Power is no longer against* you, but ranges itself upon your side. Opportunities for fraud do not exist. Aid comes to you from the ranks of the enemy. No Demo crat who voted for McClellan votes against you now; your brethren are aroused from the lakes to the Delaware. A change of five per cent, upon the vote of 1864 will sweep your opponents out of existence. You can count it in every election district in the Commonwealth; and if you will but execute the details of your organization, success is certain. Faith in your principles, courage for the contest, and a determination to poll every Conservative vote, are the only requisites to an assured victory. By order of the Democratic State Com jndteo. Wm. A. Wallace, The Mass Meeting. Democrats and Conservative men of Lancaster county! Your Mass Meet ing was a perfect and most magnificent success. Most of you will read our ac count of it at your homes. As you do go resolve to go to work with renewed diligence. Work, work,' work ; and victory is sure . Negro superiority, not negro equali ty, is the-Torch-and-Turpentineparty’s motto. Their Rump Congress gives negro soldiers, who served two years $3OO bounty, and white soldiers who served three years only $lOO bounty. The soldiers will remember ft at the polls this fall. ; A Philadelphia paper, announces the < admission to the bar of J. fright, a full-blooded negro. Beynolds ts. Stevens. Mr. Stevens* the disunion candidate 'f>r Congress^says': f ,h Among whicliSfe ami hWfollov|fe» declare neqro be She Ts! H. R^n't^t^e'tJ^',^<^ser^ vative candidate for Congress, accepts tjiis as the issue, and with convincing eloquence on the stump is showing the people that the election of Geary and Stevens will-be regarded a? 'a verdict of the people ih fdvor of 'the' equality of the races; a■ virtual• surrenderW the destiny of the, equntiy, into, ; hands of negroes; an acknowledgment that we are willing to share with them the political privileges we inherited from our fathers, who fought to establish a white man’s government. As the eyes of the people are opened to the serious importance of the issue, so long concealed by double dealing, every instinct of their nature rebels against the scheme of the Radicals, and they will show at the polls their utter detestation of these degrading doctrines by voting for the Union, Conservative white man’s ticket. Save the Republic. A Radical triumph at this fall’s elec tions in the great Middle and Western States, would be followed by the im peachment of President Johnson at the next meeting of Congress. This would be hailed by the Kings, Princes and Ar istocracy of Europe as the first step to wards the downfall of Republican gov ernment. The Emperor of France would find some fresh excuse for keep ing his troops in Mexico, whence they could readily bo moved into Texas and other Southwestern States; and Eng land would embrace the favorable op portunity to give us trouble on our Northern border. With our Chief Magistrate a prisoner in the hands of malignant Radicals who were intent only upon his destruction, our position would be deplorable beyond description. We could neither repel invasion from without nor put down disorder We should be torn anew by civil war, and be exposed to aggressions from Foreign Powers who would gladly avail themselveH of the opportunity to strike the name of this Great Republic from the list of nations. The Conservative voters have it in their power to save the Republic. Let every man of them in Pennsylvania vote for PI tester Clymer, and it will be saved. Items for Tax-Payers, The Internalßevenueylelds,iuround numbers, $250,(100,000 per annum. There nro more than 200 Senators and Represeii tatives i n Congress whopocket S2,(JUU extra pay a piece, per annum; mukiug $500,000 a year. Dividing the whole Internnl Revenue by this amount shows that twenty CENTS OUT OF EVERY HUNDRED DOL LARS of Government tax have been ap propriated by Congress to their own use, over and ahovc what they agreed to serve I'or when elected. I n brief, this propor tion of every man’s tax has been stolen by Congress. One cent of every live dollars tax paid into the National Treasury is stolen by Congress. Merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, laborers, professional men, license pay ers and stamp consumers of all sorts, remem her that Congress has helped itself to one-fifth of one per cent of the pro ceeds of all your taxes. More than two-thirdsof both branches of the Congress that, committed this outrage are Radicals. Tliaddeus Stevens voted for the Re port of the Conference Committee con taining this provision, and defied the responsibility. Every member of Congress has taken this extra pug ; and the receiver of stolen goods is no better than the thief. John \V. Forney is notonly the edi tor of the leading Republican news paper of Pennsylvania, he is acandidate for the United States Senate and expects the votes of that party to elect him. His utterances in the present campaign are therefore to be regarded as authorita tive expositions of the creed of the party to which he belongs. In his speech at Lebanon, early in the cam paign, Forney said: “EnlerUuniug very clear and definite opinions on this subject, I do not hesitate to state that I believe the true solution of all our complications and the lusting protec tion of our free institutions, is to confer im partial suffrage upon American citizens of whatever creed, color or nativity. If this makes me a radical, I am a radical, and I glory in the name.” He is now traversing tile Northern part of the State and making speeches in behalf of Geary, in which, from day to day, lie urges the doctrine of negro suffrage, as the great ißsue before the people. (healing in the Assessment. From the list of voters prepared by the Assessor of the N. E. AVard in this city more than one hundred names of Democrats arc omitted. It is scarcely possible that this could occur without design. There is reason to believe that in this way a deliberate attempt may bo made to defraud Democrats out of their votes. AVe are also informed that this official has declined to put the' names of Democrats on the assessor’s book unless they appearedanddemand ed it in person. Let every Democratic voter see to it that his name is down.: There ,is but little time to attend to the matter.'. Next Friday is the last day., Be sure that you arc assessed before 1 that time. To make the thing doubly sure, go and attend to it at once. The Extra Bounty. The Express tries hard to excuse the, Radical Congress for their negligent and shameful treatment of the white soldiers. It intimates that the Pay De partment at Washington, is responsible for the delay in the payment of the pitiful sum of extra bounty granted. Thatwou’tdo. It is the law of Con gress which is defective, and the radical framers of it who are to blame. They took good care to make $3OO sure for the negro and $-1,000 extra for themselves, but the white soldiers were left to Whistle for their $5O. Such is radical love for the Boys in Blue. The legislature of this State passed a law last session, which somewhat changes the manner of voting, in county—we now vote three tickets in-! stead of two as heretofore. That is a ticket headed “ State,” which this year contains only the name of the candidate for Governor; a ticket headed “Judi ciary,” which contains thenamesof the candidates for Associate Judges, and a ticket headed “ County,” which em braces the county ticket. Chairman. Gives lip the Contest. John W. Forney, the big gun of thi Geary Disunion party, givesup the conf. test in despair. He nas been traveling through the different sections of thfe State making speeches for Gen. Geary, but he has seen the hand-writing on thfc wall, and knows that no earthly power can prevent Hon. Hiester Clymer from being the next Governor of Pennsyl vania. Seeing this Forney backs out of the contest, and in to-day’BPri2ss makes the following announcement t Unexpectedly pressing engagements at home, and the alarming iiinaafl ,of a very near relative, have constrained AV. Forney to forego his engagements to 'speak in the counties of Tioga, Susquehanna, Bradford, Luzerne and AVayne. How we Vote. The Masses are Not Madmen? That great dangers threaten tlon is admitted by the wisest men in eyery sectiopfof the.eouptry- In Met, thtereJk.'nota sjnglej'@tata4|Norfflffor south; In wblclj the leadinfjH itatejnen grid thij most thoughtful it en ajSall masses are not alp’rmed bv Jlarq peijtu)UB_ Sspectof our public. (fjthlSt rawow of the midnight the un reasoning fanaticism oßMaSbachusetts the voice of an Adams is heard appeal ing to the people, and entreating them to use all their Ip^irgncq}tp JtadJcal revglu tionisitsjjf JJpngress ,14,, 'tfi'efi'm'ad e^reer^'As^i"isthere, so ls it elsewhere? : 'Mxny : such fneh da 1 Henry Ward Beecher, men long distinguished for their extreme views, are earnestly urging the’ masses ; to "cast thelrvotek. and influence for Conservative candi dates. Are the people'so completely blinded by passion and prejudice as to be un-’ able to recognize tlie' great significance of these remarkable changes in the views of men who have always hereto fore been noted Os extremists? When such men risk personal popularity and willingly iucurtheodium of those whom! they have heretofore led, in order to sound the alarm.against the very lead ers with whom they have acted In the past, it is higli time for the people to be gin to think seriously. Will the masses still fold their arms and allow the beßt interests of the nation to be sacrificed at the shrine of party? Does not the past furnish a sufficient warning ? Was the character, the temper and the aotion of Congress during last winters such as to incline the people to encourage that body to persevere in the course upon which it so boldly and recklessly en tered ? We ask these questions in all serious ness, and with a mind Impressed with tho momentoub importance of the pres ent great political crisis. Whole com munities do not go crazy in the ordi nary sense of the term, whole masses of people do not exhibit the repulsive character of madmen simultaneously; but history furnishes plenty of in stances in whioh the most extraordinary phantasies have possessed the minds of an entire people, leading them to the commission of the grossest and most revolting excesses. Does any one sup pose that the P’reucb people would have enacted the infamous scenes of the revolution except under the influence of political monomania? Is it possible that this nation is des tined to furnish to the world a second instance of a similarly insane folly? Will the people of the North by their votes encourage such fanatics as Stevens and Sumner to carry out the maddest schemes which ever entered into their crotchety bruins? Will the voters of Pennsylvania help to till the balls of Congress with men who will be but tools of mischief in the hands of such fanatical ami revengeful leaders ? Will they endorse all the follies and crimes of the lust session of Congress, and offer a premium for such revolutionary acts as,will endauger tlie form of free gov vernment under which we live, and leave uh no chance of escape except through tlie blond and the horrors of a new civil wur? We do not believe the people of this State will. We have too much confi dence in the good sense and the integ rity of the masses. We cannot be con vinced in advance of the election that the voters of Pennsylvania will be led blindfolded by passion and induced to barter away all they hold most dear for the sake of party. We fully expect to, see the votes of the quiet, thoughtful men of this gjeut State turn hack tlie tide of radical folly and crime which threatens to sweep over the land, carry ing destruction and desolation in its dreadful advance. The signs of the times are such us to fill us with hope. While fanatics are shreikiug and thoughtless fools are exulting in the fancied approach of what would prove to be the greatest national disaster, we still confidently trust the people. We believe firmly that the election in Penn sylvania will result in a grand triumph in favor of the Conservativecandidates, and in tlie election of Heister Clymer for Governor. We could not doubt that without doubting tho intelligence and patriotism of the people of the Keystone State. To do that we are not as yet pre pared. The masses are not madmen. They have not gone crazy. H e tan and Will Win, Democrats and Conservative men of Lancaster county ; we only express our honest conviclion, deliberately made up from a very full knowledge of the condition of the political canvass in Pennsylvania, when we tell you that never before was the prospect of a great and crowning victory, brighter than it is to-day. Everywhere, throughout the entire Commonwealth, the friends of the Union and the supporters of the Constitution are laboring with an earnestness and a zeal such as they never displayed before. The Democracy are a solid phalanx, and they are resolved to poll a much larger vote for Hiester Clymer, than they ever gave to any can didate in any previous election. They feelandknowthatthey can do this from their own ranks, and they have solemnly sworn that it shall be done. They will make good the promise thus given to the nation. Happily,inthiscontestthey have added thousands of new recruits to their powerful organization. Every where throughout the State, a very con siderable per ceutage of those who have heretofore acted with the Republicans, refuse tofollowtlierevolutionary leaders who now have charge of it, any urther in thier ruinous career. They are out spoken in behalf of what they know to be the right. The elements which thus stand in opposition to the Radicals, comprise a large majority of the voters of the Key stone State. All that remains to be done is to poll this entire vote. That must be done. If done, all will be well, and Hiester Clyiner will be elected Gov ernor of Pennsylvania by a large ma jority, so surely as the Sun shall rise on the Dth day of October. Democrats, Conservative men of Lan caster county, are you fully prepared to do the part of the work assigned to you. A vote here tells as much in the great contest as elsewhere. You cannot elect your county ticket, but you can re duce the Radical majority, and swell that which your candidate for Gover J nor is sure to receive. The great work before you is plain; You must poll eVery Democratic and Conservative vote in each election dis trict. That is the" work toward which you must direct your earnest attention; The Democracy throughout the State are resolved that it shall be done. It tnuet be as thoroughly done in Lanpas; ter county as elsewhere. Are,you prepared to do your part in this grekt contest on which So much depends ? . -Have you made' arrange ments fur ensuring the attendance of every voter at the polls'? If your work is- not well ..and effectually done, lose not a single hour in perfecting it. Wot or dry, there must be a poll oftheentire vote. With that the victory 1 ’ With TH.vrIITESTfcR Clymeb cannot POSSIBLY BE DEFEATED, • - : ! The. telegraph placed Secretary Seward at tlj.e point ,qf death Friday' niglit, gnd located him .Saturday after noon lathe .White House, where he was’ making a friendly call upon the Presi dent. [Why we Hare Neil VhW this natii reuni^ false pretenses. When by the surrender of Lee to Grant the armed conflict ceased, the heart of the nation thrilled with rup 'wiia tliejoyous' cry^iffi/jKple!' •Sfc rejoicedln tfie belie/thatTthe grea?o!>- ject was gained 1 ifoV wbich they had striven and suffered, and expected to see peaddflp'eedilj'' prgVail througheufc the length 'stored Uni0n,.,,.!« i Why have the people been disap pointed ; how comes it; that the Union is not .restored.; what- keeps alive the old spirit of sectional.hate and fans,the fires of baleful passion ? The people are asking these questions. In seriousness and sadness' they look at the unfortunate condition of their country. They Bee that some party is at fault. Who and what is it? Is it the people of the South tyho stand in the way of peace and restora tion? Not if General Grant and the best and bravest leaders of the Union armies are to be believed. Grant de clared his opinion in the report made by him early last winter, and submitted by the President to Congress. The fol lowing language is too plain to be mis taken. Said the Chief of the Union armie: Both in traveling and whilo stopping I saw much and conversed freely with the citizens of those States.. (North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia), as well as with officers of the army who have been among them. The following are the con clusions come to by me: I am satisfied that the mass of thinking mm of thk south accept the presmt situa tion of ap'airs in good FAITH. The ques tions which havo heretofore divided thd sentiments of the peop»e of the two sections —Slavery and State Rights, or the right of a State to secede from the Union— they regard as having hem settled forever by the highest triounal-^arms—that man can resort to, I was pleased to learn from the leading men whom I met that they not only accepted the decision arrived at as final, but thut now the smoke of battle has clearod away, and time lias been given for reflec tion, that this decision has been a fortunate one for the whole country, they receiving the like benefits from it with those who opposed them in the field and in the cabinet. My observations led me to the conclusion that the citizens of the Southern States are anxious to return to self-government within the union as soon as possible; that while reconstructing they wunt and require pro tection from tue government; that they are in earned in wishing to do what they think is required by the govemmmt not humiliating to them as citizens , and that if such a course was pointed out they would pursue it in good faith. It -is to oe regretted that there cannot be a grcatei' commingling at this time between the citizens of the two sections , and particularly those entrusted with the law making 2>ower. If that was the feeling and the con dition of the South after the meeting of Congress last winter, why has the Union been kept divided, and why are all pos sible means being now employed to re k indie th e old feelings of sectional hatred in the country? Does any man of intelligence need to ask? Is it not so plain that every one can see at a glance the single cause of our troubles ? No one not wilfully blinded by preju dice can shut his eyes to the fact that the Union is kept divided, and the pas sions of the people excited by the dom inant party in Congress for the basest partisan purposes. They know that with a restored Union there would at once be an end of their rule. Rather than yield their hold upon power they have deliberately resolved to prevent any restoration of the Union, and any return to peace. This we say not from partizan mo tives, but, from an honest and abiding conviction of the entire truthfulness of what we utter. Nothing stands in th e way of a complete and speedy restora ion of the Union, or prevents the people of this great nation from living in entire peace with each other, expect theambitious designs amUhe utterly sel fish purposes of the leaders of the Radi cal party. To maintain themselves in power, these Northern Disunionistsare willing and ready to sacrifice all the best inter ests of the nation. They keep the Southern States out of the Union, because they fear the white people of that section will vote against them. They clamor for negro suffrage, be cause they believe there will be a speedy end of their rule unless negroes are allowed to vote at coming elections. They urge Amendments to the Con stitution, framed for the purpose of de stroying the supremacy of the white race in this government, because they know that with the continued supre macy of that race they will be hurled from power. The Radical party is all that stands in the way of peace and Union. John W. Geary is the candidate of the Radi cals. A vote for him is a vote against the Union and in favor of a continu ance of strife. Let the people remem ber this when they go to the polls. Keep It Before the People. Samuel H. Reynolds says—this gov ernment of ours was made by white men, for white men and their posterity —that to place the negro upon a social and political equality with tfie white man, would not elevate the former, but inevitably degrade the latter. That the 'white race alone must govern and con trol the destiny of this country. Mr. Stevens says, that the white man and the negro are equal before the law. That the same lawß must and shall ap ply to both. The one is the ohampion of the white man’s rights—the other of negro rights. Voters.ohoose between them. Geary as a Democrat. John W. Geary, when the appointee of President Pierce as Governor of Kan sas, used the following language in his address to the Legislative Assembly, on January 13th, 1857 : THAT SOLDIER PRESIDENT, WHOSE EXPLOITS IN THE FIELD WERE ONLY EQUALLED BY HIS WISDOM IN THE CABINET. WITH THAT SINGULAR SA GACITY WHICH HAS STAMPED WITH THE SEAL OF PROPHECY ALL HIS FORE SHADOWINGS, HAS REPUDIATED, .AS MORBID AND UNWISE, THE PHILAN THROPH WHICH LOOKS TO THE AMAL GAMATION OF THE AMERICAN WITH ANY INFERIOR RACE. THE WHITEMAN, WITH HIS INTELLECTUAL ENERGY, FAR REACHING SCIENCE AND INDOMITABLE PERSEVERANCE. IS THE PECULIAR OB JECTS OF MY SYMPATHY, AND SHOULD RECEIVE THE ESPECIAL PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT. That was what Geary said when he was a Democrat and an honest man. GEARY A3“A-RADICAL. Geary,' 'at ' a’’ Radical meeting in the present campaign, said: .WHEN THE:QUESTION OF NEGRO SUF FRAGE .COMES UP, AS IT WILL PROBA BLY IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS, I SHALL BE READY ’TO MEET IT, AND I WILL SAY THAT ! AM, MOT PREPARED TO DE NY:. THE RIGHT OF, VOTING TO THE COLORED MAN.'. , ' That is tile difference between Geary a DsmQOi at.apd Geary as a Radical. Be Sure to Tote. Every Democrat and every Conserva tive RepiibiifcanV'wlthout one solitary exception,! should be atdhe polls on elec tion day.' Whoeverfails to go will fail ' l ti> allhiM he, ovrj& to fiis t eoßßtiyr i ■ This ia no time to stay at tiomei iftomrlight and .trifling causes. 'The. 'political' situation>is • one of great ‘‘gravity,' antltiiOtibtise'rvativp Vot&r who ’,CtajlB 'P°V® will Incur > .responsibility: of po ordinary weight. haa ratifiecj’ the Gohstitutlohal Amend ment by a vote of 26 to 22, Amendments Deflned by lean National Committee. that Congrau shall En- Xbtto Bjiiuditx. . lean narraShf jat the propdfipameiM- Constitution, SglpresenfMl constitute thefijplatform! sffort in the campaign'raw ias been to induce the rnis State to believe that it is for their interest to vote to keep the Southern States out of the Union until WUEST.rrmr*. amendments?!! What ido theymsanin; plain English?< What will be the effect of their adoption. >: These are questions now being askedby the masses. l Here in; Pennsylvania an attempt has been made h> deceive the people. Republican orators and newspapera have interpret ed .them' wrongly. have denied that they mean negro suffrage and ne gro equality. Fortunately all such assertions have been proved to be naked lies by the very highest' Republican- authority. The National Republican Comtnittee has issued an address to the American people. We presume It will be published by every Republican pewspaper in the State. If it Is, the masses will have no longer any difficulty in determining the exact meaning, purpose and intent of the proposedamendments. They are defined by this, the highest Republican authority known, in the following lan- guage : I. ALL PERSONS BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THIS COUNTRY ARE HENCEFORTH CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND SHALL ENJOY ALL THE RIGHTS OF CITI- Z ENH EVERMORE: AND NO STATE 8H ALL HAVE POWER TO CONTRAVENE THIS MOST RIGHTEOUS AND NECESSARY PRO VISION. '2. WHILE THE HTATES.OLAIM AN D EXE R CIHE THE POWEROF DENYING ELECTIVE FRANCHISE TO A PART OF THEIR PEO PLE, THE WEIGHT OF EACH STATE IN THE UNION SHALL BE MEASURED BY AND BASED UPON ITS ENFRANCHISED POPULATION. IF ANY STATE SHALL CHOOSE, FOR NO CRIME, TO DENY POLIT ICAL RIGHTS To ANY RACE OR CASTE, IT MUST NO LONGER COUNT THAT RACE OR CASTE AS A BASIS OF POLITICAL POWER IN THE UNION. CONGRESS SHALL HAVE POWERTO EN FORCE THESE GUARANTEES BY APPRO PRIATE LEGISLATION. Such in plain English, and in the ex act language of the Republican National Committee, are the proposed Amend ments to the Constitution of the United States. The first declares that "all persona bom or naturalized in this country are hence forth citizens of the United States, AND SHALL ENJOY ALL THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS EVERMORE.” The other clauses Impose penalties on any State which does not immediately confer upon the negroes, "all rights of citizens for evermore. ’' Such are these amendments as com pressed into a nut shell by the highest authority known to the Republican party. Are they sufficiently plain now ? Do the people need more light? Can any man deny that negro sufiVage is an issue in the present cumpalge in Penn sylvania, and that the Radical leaders are resolved to force the people to ac cept the odious doctrine of entire and perfect negro equality? The result of the elections in Ver mont and Maine has emboldened the Radical leaders. They nave thrown off the last of their disguise and now plainly avow their real intentitions. They believe they have the power by means of fraud and corruption to carry the election in Pennsylvania. They rely upon the passions and prejudices of those who have heretofore acted with them, and expect them to vote blindly for Geary and the entire Radi cal ticket. In this they will be disap pointed. The great mass of the citizens of this State are conservative. The white men of Pennsylvania will not vote to make the negro their equal, and to confer the power on Congress to enforce such an odi ous condition. Multitudes have al ready repudiated these infamous fa natics, and now that they have com pletely thrown off the mask, the deser-' tions from their ranks will be more nu merous than ever. This authoritative statement of their designs comes in good time. Let it be spread broadcast among the people, and the result will be such a rebuke to the Radicals as was never administered to any political party. First Gun from Illinois, We said some weeks ago that whilst we expected nothing from the fanatical New England section of our country, we did expect the Middle and Western States to arrest the progress of Radical Disunionism. The first reply to this expression of our confidence in the con servatism of the Middle and Western States, comes from Springfield, Illi nois, the home and burial-place of the late President Lincoln. A despatch from Springfield, states that at a municipal election held in that city on the doth instant, the conservatives carried Congressman Cullum’s ward by 64 majority. Last spring the Radicals carried this ward by 17 majority. The city council elected on Thursday is democratic, which, the writer of the despatch says, Is a just rebuke to the present council for its refusal to receive the President on his late tour. A change of eighty-one in a single ward of a little city like Springfield, togelher with a revolution in the politi. cal complexion of the City Council, are facts of great significance. Courage, Democrats and Conservative Republi cans ! When the clouds lift In the West, sunshine is sure to follow. Who Caused the War ? At last this question is decided—we trust finally. The following is an ex tract from the speeoh of Gov. Curtin, at Erie, on the 12th instant: “ Slavery ever had been the centre around which they (the Democraticlparty) revolved. They had kept it before the public for poli tical purposes, and it was the cuase of their split in 1860, and consequent defeat. Their Split was the Cause of the War, and not the poor, passive negro.” Here we have it by the “authority of the Commonwealth.” The split in the Democratic parts secured the success of the Republican party, and placed them in power. Hence the war. Ergo , had there been no split—had the Democrats been successful —there would have been no war ! A HU! A Palpable nit! We are indebted to President John son for the most terse and truthful ex planation of the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill. Said the President at New York: ■ " What is that In [if Nothing more or less than the transferring, of four millions of slaves from their original owners to a new set of lashmasters, with the United. States to pay all the Expenses, and the Taskmasters under the Government to reap all the Profiis. Brown tow indulges in the luxury of a secretary , who accompanies him on the 11 tour.’,' Fletcher is the secre tary, and the Tennessee papers say that he took the oath' of allegiance to Jeff. Day is, and applied to the rebel authori ties to ralse and ofgapiße a rebel; Regi ment. Of course, he is a “Southern loyalist of the Jack. Hamilton ,breed Another Geary Paper Strikes Its Flag " We notice that the Juniata Eepubli ean puplished at .Mifflintown, Pa., by W. M. Allison & Co., has taken down oeary’snamej&Omijß masthead. Surely Satan’s kingdom la tumbling dpwp ! Every day weakens the Geary forces and adds to the number who will vote for the patriot and statesman, Hiester Cly mer. Has Not Enough Been Done Tor the Negro? tGoyernop Orr, of South'" Carolina, th©"^sfeij^^rithoufc distinction ofSiolorCijhould be pladgfi utxjik ftfildiSfmcUonltßtill mkde between tsi fjjjthls raipect'jire^d|^to^^^piri^ot ahoald also disappear.’’ 1 The language that Governor Orr holds, says the Louisville Journal, al ways a strong Union paper, Is similar to ! thaLheld By the most influential and enlightened gentlemen in the South FieexpresseslHe conviction? 1 and aentilnleittelof the persons fiWe been elected to Congress from the South erri wlll'yentureiosayt^it' : there Is not one of them who would dissent from them. The same senti ments have been inoulcated by the Gov ernors' of the Southern States almost without exception. The last one elected, Gpy. Throckmorton, of Texas, says In , his inaugural address: In the administration of the affairs of tho State, it Bhall be my constant endeavor to recommend and in carrying out suqhmeas ures as will insure (tract justice to all classes of men, of every political faith, religious oreed, race and color. The changed rela tions', suddenly brought about, of the white and black races, ■mil require of us much thoughtful consideration. It is a duly we owe alike to ourselves and to humanity to enact laws that will secure the freed people the full protection 0/all the rights 0/person and property guaranteed them by our amend ed Constitution. The day is not far distant, in my judgment, when the black peopio will be convinced that their truest friends are those with whom they have sported in youth, and who have cared for them from their infancy. The Legislatures of every one of the States recently in rebellion have passed just and humane laws in reference to the freedmen, granting them full and complete protection In all their rights of person and property. There is no State in all the South where the negro does not now enjoy all the rights and privileges to which he is entitled by the laws of Pennsylvania. What more Is needed? Shall the people of the North prevent a restoration of the Union, and endanger all the great ma terial interests of the nation for the purpose of forcing the adoption of a set of amendments to the Constitution, which, according to the interpretation of the Republican National Committee, are designed to place the negro upon a social and political equality with the white man ? The negro has been Bet free; he is protected by wise and humane laws in all the States; he lias a right to the proceeds of his own labor, and achance to rise in the scale of being. His civil rights are all secured and guaranteed to him, as they should be. To confer these upon him cost this nation the blood of many thousands of its best and bravest, and entailed upon it a debt which is grinding the face of every laboring white man with taxation. Are we bound to do more than this? Does justice demand that we shall make him our social and political equal? The Radicals declare that until this be done the war must be considered a failure. po the white soldiers believe that? Is it not enough that the negroes of the entire South are as well protected by law as they are in Pennsylvania? Let every voter ponder these ques tions, and give his answer at the polls on the Oth of October. An Attempt to Gall Cathollcß. The Express endeavors to impress its readers with the idea that Right Rev. Augustin Verot, Catholic Bishop of Savannah, favors - the infamous and odious doctrines of the Radicals. It is true that the Bishop has issued an ad dress to the people of Georgia and Flor ida in regard to the negro race, urging the whites to care for their religious welfare, but at the same time he bitterly denounces the insane fanatics of the North, who have already wrought so much injury to both race 3 in the South, in the following Btrong language: In advocating this course to be followed with regard to the colored race, lot no one imagine that we embrace and adopt the doctrine of those false philosophers and hypocritical philanthropists, who, undor the name ofauolitionislb, have done so much mischief setting aside altogether the sacred rule “non sunt facienda mala ut cveniant bona." We hold those men, not the people of the North at large, to be the true authors of tho contest which has deluged the land in blood; they have been the true aggres sors of the South and the unjust authors of all the evils that have accrued to the country, bound, consequently, to repair all the damages and losses which the war has indicted on the nation. When the Apostles spread themselves over the world, they found Slavery established everywhere, and they did not tench servants to shake the yoke of their master, or masters to give up their pretended usurpation, but they taught masters and servants that they had one common master to whom they were ac countable, and by teaching kindness and charity to masters and obedience to ser vants, they established peace everywhere and Slavery was abolisued, although, after the lapse of many centuries by the slow action of Christian principles on Christian hearts, not because Slavery was considered as bad in itself and absolutely immoral iu all cases, but because Christians wished to give civil and social equality to those whose souls they considered as precious us their own. This is a rational and highly Chris tian victory, very different from that in which, in the rapid lapse of four years, more than two millions of men have lost their lives in order to free four millions of them. There is not a sensible Catholic in the laud who can fail to see where the Bishop stands on the great questions now agitating the people. The attempt of the Express to garble his able address into an endorsement of negro equality Is just of a piece with its untruthfuluess in everything relating to politics. The Catholics of Pennsylvania can never be brought to endorse negro equality, and they will not touch John W. Geary, the candidate, and once a member of that party which burned their churches in Philadelphia, and undertook to deny them the rights of citizenship on ac count of their religious belief. The Ex press and its party are surely well nigh reduced to a state of desperation when they attempt to bolster up a sinking cause by such scurvy means. Handsome Compliment. We clip the following handsome com pliment to Bamuel H. Reynolds, Esq., our candidate for Congress, from the Democratic Watchman , a paper pub lished in Bellefonte, Centre county, where Mr. R. spent the greater part of his life, and where he seems to be as much appreciated as he is here by the Democracy and Conservative men : W e are glad to see that the sturdy Democracy of Lancaster county have nominated for Congress, against that old amalgamationist and leader of abo- litionism—Thad. Bteveus,—Samuel H. Reynolds, a gallant young Democrat, whom many of the readers of the Watch man are personally acquainted with. No man perhaps that the Democracy of that section could have placed upon the track, is more deserving —better quali fied for the position—or would poll a larger vote than Mr. Reynolds. He Is an eloquent speaker, an able debater, and would be an honor to the constitu ency that would choose him as their representative. In this, his native county, Mr. Reynolds has many warm friends in both parties who would deem it an honor to vote for him as One of the Pennsylvania delegation to Congress. His fine abilities, his sterling worth as a man, his undoubted integrity, fit him especially for that position, and if the white men of 'Lancaster county do not choose him as -their representative, in place of the hoary-headed old traitor— Stevens—they vrlll deserve to be rep resented just as Stevens represents them —as if they were niggers and nothing more. A newspaper correspondent has dis covered in Suffolk, Virginia, two negro children, a brother and sister, who have five perfect flngerS and a thumb on hand. Had nature similarly favored Butler, how he would have extended and enlarged upon his 11 opportunities! ’ An ImpendlngßeTOlatlon. That the a revolution there is eviw Wasom to be lieve. Abundant evidende qt'ithelr de tejininaiioS to force, odious doc trimes upon the counity jtifacf ito break down alf'OpptShlon to*th elrcontinuance itfpowath found-in'the speeches of r thSfir leaders. people of the North-must, at the approaching elec tions, decide against the present Con gress and return to the next Congress men who will agree with the President on the great questipn' pfi festpratldn'/lf they would avoid all the horrors of an other civil war. They must signally rebuke thh Radical' DisunlonlstS who follow the lead of Stevens, Sumner and Forney, if they would save the nation from woes worse than any which have yet fallen upon it. The signs of the times are ominous of evil, and the de signs of the enemies of the country are no longer concealed. The fanatical blaokguard Brownlow laid down their platform at the Mulatto Convention In Philadelphia, when he deolared that an other civil war must be inaugurated. Speaking of the manner in which it would be conducted this Infamous crea ture said: ■ “I want to have something to say abou tho division of your forces the next time. I would divide your great army into three grand divisions. Let the first go armed and equipped as the laws of the army re quire, with smull arms and artillery. Let that be the largest division, and let them do the killing. Let the second division be armed with pine torches and spirits of turpentine, and let them do the burning. Let tho third and last division be supplied with survey ors’ compasses and chains, and we will survey out the land and settle it. One would suppose such sentiments Would fail to find a response in the breast of any citizen of the Uuited States. Yet they have been adopted and endorsed by the leaders of the Re publican party In Pennsylvania. John \V. Geary said at Westchester, a few days since, speaking of the white people of the South: “They have forfeited their rights und prop erty, and, in tho language of Governor Brownlow, their crime is deserving of pun ishment to the last extremity.” Here we have the Republican candi date for Governor placing himself squarely upon the platform of the des perado Brownlow, and pledging him self, in case he Bhould be elected, to fur ther the inauguration of a reign of mur der, burning and plunder, such as was never equalled in any war among barbarous races. John W. Forney, the ohief defender and eulogist of Geary, his especial champion both in his newspapers and on the stump, said in a speech at Laok awanna: If the Southern people do not ratify this [negro equalization] amendment, or if they defeat it, whut then? I think I soo by tho glitter of your oves, and I know by tho throbbing of my heart, that if they should ever bo guilty of this new infatuation, the war that would ensue would establish this fact, that that which has passed was but a child’s play oras apio nlc to that whlchwill come. The army that will go to the South ern country will go there to stay; it will not bo un army ot invasion, but an urmy of migrution; it will not go there to revenge, but to extirpate. Brownlow's remedy will indeed be tried; there will be three columns —the one to kill, the second to burn, the third to divide the plantations among the men that go down the second time toavenge the insulted flag of our country. I see this sublime resolve iu tho glitter of your eyes, add 1 feel it in the throbbing of my heart— I feel it everywhere—l hear it in the trum pet voice of destiny. That we shall not prevail against these men is to expect that God is dead. Do the people of Pennsylvania need any further proof of the imminence of a new and most terrible revolution? Are not the designs of the Radicals suffi ciently plain? Seeing these things, will the masses refuse to take warning? If they do not; if they permit this State to endorse the bloody designs of theße men, they will live to curse their own blind folly when it will be too late to prevent the great evils, which may row be so readily avoided by proper effort in the coming election. The Prospect in Pennsylvania. If there is a faint-hearted Democrat in Lancaster, and we think they are scarce, let him read the following from the Philadelphia Age. This maybe re garded as a truthful and authoritative statement of the condition of the can vass. Let every Democrat read it and go to work with a will: The Work Before Us.—A careful examination of the political situation in Pennsylvania enables us to Bpeak to day of the prospects of a Democratic and Conservative victory in this Com monwealth with a confidence that we never before felt in any Gubernatorial canvass. Information from nearly every county in the State, furnishes us with the means of talking plainly upon this cheering topic. Everywhere the Dem ocratic party is thoroughly aroused. It was never more enthusiastic. It never worked with more zeal and energy. There is not an election district which shows any lukewarmness or lethargy in the good old cause. From the Dela ware to the Alleghenies, from the Mary land line to the New York border, but one spirit animates our political breth ren, and there is not a single break In the advancing column. Wherever our candidate goes, he is received by thousands of freemen who have devoted themselves to the great work before us. Heister Cly mer is recognized as the live cham pion of Union, Restoration, and Con stitutional Liberty. His private char acter is without spot or blemish. His floptical record Is pure and Btain ess. His earnest eloquence and commanding talents are attracting to his banner hundreds who never be fore voted the Democratic ticket, and who have now resolved to cast their ballots for the first time for a Demo cratic candidate. The people want a pure and honest man, as well as an able and accomplished statesman, at the head of affairs In the old Keystone, and, viewing the two candidates and the two platforms, they are laboring with unparalleled energy to promote the success of those principles whose triumph will assuredly bring peace and prosperity to the distracted nation. In this crisis of our country’s history, it is well that every patriot should work unceasingly until the great battle is fought and won. No true man should be idle. There are issues involved in this contest which should nerve every one to the solemn task before him. We speak earnestly to-day. Hear us for our cause ! Do not let a vote be lost. If the full Democratic strength Is polled, the victory is as certain as that light follows darkness. This (fact is well understood by our opponents, and they are en deavoring to counteract its ellect by all the arts and machinations they can bring to bear upon the contest. They are manufacturing the grossest slanders against the Democratic nominee. They are putting words into General Grant’s month that he never used, and, not withstanding his fearful rebuke to the Radical managers, they are attempting, by tlie most wilful falsehoods, to make the people believe he is In favor of the negro-suffrage candidates. To our brethren, everywhere, we say to-day, be of good cheer! The day of yoifr redemption draweth nigh! All you have to do, is to work for the victory now within your grasp. Union men of Pennsylvania! Your duty is plain. The whole lesson lies In a single word — work! work! work ! Allis union Flag. General Joshua T. Owen, who was sentenced to be dismissed from the army for drunkenness and conduot unbecom ing a gentleman, the Bame individual who figured at a flag presentation in our city a few nights Bince, and who presided over the so-called Soldiers’ Coni ventlqn at Pittsburg Is running as a can didate for Recorder of Deeds In Phila delphia!, The Herald says he has sym bolized the views of his faction by issuing an electioneering placard bear ing a flag with only twenty-six stars upon it l The ten Southern States are counted out. What more do the people want to prove the disunion tendency of the Geary party ? He Decfere* that tKe'M-tooaeff Coniu- Sst-SSEasaffi&wfis «%S!Sfe53S SSJoJSSJn! n,d • w«» Forney 'b/Vesshas a report ofa speech made by j ohn W. Geary at West Chester on last Wednesday. In poinit of style “r* 8 speech exhibits the weakness which characterizes his efforts, and all the ° f , ltl ® reporter employed could not make It read Well, But In it, we ffnd some remarkable passages* . Speak* lng of the Constitutional Amendments proposed by Congress, General Geary said: Of till) proposed Constitutional amend ments, us a whole, the speaker said that while they did not go as far as ho would have them go had he exercised the power to originate them, yet he belleyed that their adoption throughout all the States would bo a benefit to the Government, Geary was on the same platform In the Mulatto Disunion Convention at Philadelphia with Fred. Douglass, the negro, and Brownlow, the brim stone parson. He there heard Doug lass and others assert that the Con stitutional amendments did not go far enough, because they did not directly deolare that no State should be admitted to the Union until the negroes were allowed to vote, and granted per fect political and social equality. At West Chester, where the Republican party has always been ultra Radical Geary takes up this utterance of Fred. Douglass, and repeats it. Let every voter remember that Geary said In a speech at the Lochlel Iron Works, near Harrisburg: "WHEN THE QUESTION OP NEGRO SUF FRAGE COMES UP, AS IT WILL PROBABLY IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS. I HHALL BE READY TO MEET IT, AND I tyILL BAY I AM NOT PREPARED TO DENY THAT RIGHT OF VOTING TO THE COLORED MAN. He now declares, at West Chester, that the proposed amendments to the Constitution “do not go as far as he would have had them go had he exer cised the power to originate them;" and that too 111 the face of the faot that the Nutional Republican Committee, in their address to the people, havedeflued the first one in the following plain language: 1. All persoiiH born or naturullzud in this country ure henceforth citizens of the Unltod Stales, and shall enjoy all the rights of citi zens evermore; uud no State ahull have power to contravene this most righteous and necessary provision. How muoh further would Geary have gone if he had been framing these amendments. We hope some one will ask him when he comes to Lancaster to speak on next Wednesday. But Geary, in thisW eat Chesterspeech, notonly endorsed the demands of Fred. Douglass for entire equality. He show ed his hatred of the white race of the South by approving the Infamous pro position of Brownlow to open up an other war, and to “send three armies into the South ; one armed with cannon and muskets to do the killing , another to follow with torches and turpentine to burn all before them , and another with surveyor’s .implements to parcel out the lands among the negroes !" Speaking of the white people of the South this man, Geary, said: “They had forfeited their rights and prop erty, and, in the language of Governor Brownlow, their crimo was deserving of punishment to the last extremity.” We hope for the fair fame of Chester county that no applause followed that most Infamous and brutal utterance. Coming from Brownlow’s filthy lips It was regarded as the expression of an utterly depraved and vitiated nature. To have it endorsed by a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania Is a disgrace to this Commonwealth. There was one other remark made by Geary at West Chester to whloh we would direot the attention of the masses. The Press says: He pledged that, if elected, he would see that there should be, so furas Pennsylvania is concerned, a full and hearty support of our CongresH. Henry J. Raymond and other Repub licans have declared that the Radicals in Congress intend to inaugurate a new revolution. The charge has not only been boldly made; it has been sufficient ly well substantiated to leave no doubt of the infamous Intention. There is every reason to believe that they will impeach the President, put a tool of their own in his place, and take meas ures to destroy our free Institutions and to perpetuate their misrule. John W. Geary pledges himself to give them the full and hearty support of Pennsylva nia if he should be elected Governor. Will the people be warned In time? They may trifle away their liberties, and suffer themselves to be led to ruin by passion and prejudice. Never was there a orisis more fraught with danger than the present. It is imminent and threatening. Let the masses rise up in their might and avert it by hurling the Radical revolutionists from power. All their best Interests demand that they should prevent the eletion of John W. Geary. The Prospect Along the Jnnlata. The Huntingdon Globe, one of the most ably conducted newspapers In the interior of the State, which after sup porting the Republican party through out the war has repudiated the Radical Disunlonists, who control it now, their candidates and their platforms says: Out of the ten newspapers In this Representative District, seven support the Union nominees—Willis and Miller,, and maintain the policy of the Presi dent to speedily restore the Union. They are the Juniata Republican Juni ata Register, Juniata Democrat, Lewis town Democrat, Shirleysburg Herald Huntingdon Monitor, and Huntingdon Globe. The three which support the Radical nominees—Brown and Whar ton—are the Lewistown Gazette, Juni ata Sentinel, and Huntingdon American, This shows which way the wind blows, and we can feel sure that our candidates —Willis and Miller—will be eleted by a triumphant majority. , Sir Morton Peto, the grandiose Englishman who visited Pennsylvania a year ago, and made many of our peo ple believe that he was going to belt the State allover with Railroads, and whose banking house failed soon after his re turn to England, has again oosae to grief. At a meeting of the shareholders, and bondholders of the London, Chat ham, and Dover Railroad, it was stated that there had been an over-issue of the company’s bonds to the extent of £128,- 000, equal to nearly one-third of the whole sum authorized. The directors all declared that they knew nothing about it, and colled on their constructor, Sir M. Peto, to explain. Sir M. Peto acknowledged that he had been Instru mental in thus'disposlng of dochments, which were In their nature really as fraudulent as forgery; but said that if he had not done so,(he and the company must have both stopped together—which both have done since. Of course the affair excited great dissatisfaction, es pecially among the holders of the worth less bonds. Two years ago Dr. Bellows, of New York city In one of his political sermons Insisted, upon the following: To rally round the President—without question or dispute—is the first and most sacred duty of loyal citizens, when he an nounces that the national life la in peril He is the offlidal judge of this, arid if we do. not accept his testimony wehavenothing to trust to. Well; president Johnson declares that the nationallife was never In geeate peril, and where la Dx. Bellows ? If he is u rallying round the President,”' it la. so far around him and behind him that the Doctor is dear out of sight.
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