L'',"h 4'l l / 4 r4+l, Putman NdelUgara. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15,1868. FOR PRIBIDIM HON. ROBITIO,tIETMOTB, of New York, )FOR VICE PRESIDENT: OM FRANK P. BLAIR, Jr., of Missouri. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL T. 011ABLE13 E. BOYLE, °Playoff° county. FOR SURVEYOR GEMYSAE Uen.WELLINGTON H. ENT, orColumbla co FOR THE CAMPAIGN! TILE LANCASTER INTELLIGENCES. VERY LOW RATES-GET VP CLUES 1 The publishers of the LANCASTER IN TELLIGENCER, persuaded of the importance of tho present political campaign, and of the necessity for the introduction of a Democratic newspaper , into every house hold, have determined to do their share towards securing this result, and will issue the WEEIELY,INTELLIGENCER for the Cau paign to Clubs at rates which will barely cover the cost of production. The importance of the pclitical contest in which we are about to engage cannot be over-estimated. Every principle which is worth preserving in our Government, is at stake in the coming elections; the people must be taught to moo the importance of the vote which they will be called upon to cast, and every effort must be made to thorough- ly Inform Worn us to the nature of,the issues which aro to bo decided. This can bo done in no other way so effectually as through the medium of a good newspaper, which will come weekly into the household, and every Democrit who has the welfare of his country at heart should use his utmost ex ertions to secure the constant reading of a Democratic newspaper by every voter be tween now and the election. We will aid them to the extent of our power by furnishing the WEENLY INTEL LIOENCER, a firsbclnss journal and ono of the largest In the country, for the campaign, at the following very low 'cites : It will be seen that when ordered in lists 017.1 copies, the price is but forty cents each. The Campaign INTELLIOENCEII will be pent weekly from now until after the November election as follows: For 1 copy... 5 copies 10 do .. 20 do .. • 30 do 50 do . 75 do , SEND ON TOUlt CLUBS AT ONCE, HS We cannot undertake to supply back copies printed before the order is received. The money.must necompavy the order. The Platform and the Candidates The minds of the entire people of the United States have been directed to the Democratic National Convention for weeks. When it assembled the whole nation listened attentively to every word of the reports which the telegraph sent to all parts of our widely extended country. As day after day was spent in careful deliberation, the public mind scanned anxiously all that was said and done. The platform laid down coin. mended itself at once to the approval of the masses. They saw In it a clear and distincVenunciation of those principles upon which our republican institutions rest, and an application of them to all the vital issues of the day. In it is no deception. The people can and do read In It a clear declaration in favor of such a conduct of the affairs of the nation as will restore perfect peace to all sections, and bring back speedily that material Prosperity which alone can relieve the tolling masses from the heavy burthens which Radical misrule has heaped upon their shoulders. The platform has al ready met the cordial approval of a great Majority of the people of the United States. They feel that they can stand upon it with the assurance that its adoption with bring speedy relief from the ills under which the nation has been laboring. The candidates who stand upon it are men of the greatest distinction. Hora tio Seymour is confessedly the foremost of our living Statesmen. No other man no completely combines within himself all the elements which should go to make up a President of the Cnited States. Upon all the great questions of the day lie lies distinct and decided opinions, which he has from time to time so clearly expressed that no one can misunderstand them. Being a man of the purest honor, and of the most in corruptible Integrity, all must feel that his administration will be honest and economical. Under him, while the Na tional credit will be fully maintained and every obligation of the Nation be met, we can safely promise a great re duction iu expenditure and a decided decrease in taxation. To pilot our ship of State through the dangers which now beset it, there is no man in the na tion so fit as Horatio Seymour. The peo ple already feel that, and the convic tion will continue to grow stronger un til by November it will be the prevail ing sentiment in almost every State in the Union. General Frank P. Blair served iu the Union army with great distinction, being a particular favorite with Presi dent Lincoln. When the war was over, acting as a true soldier should, he did not desire to perpetuate strife, and find ing the leaders of the Republican party acting in a most unwise and revolu tionary mauves, he deserted 'them 101 d denounced their mad designs in elo quent terms. General Blair's unim peachable record during the war, his acknowledged ability, and the purity of his private and public life will com mend him to the people In the strongest terms as the very man for the Vice Presidency. The action of the Natibual Conven tion was wise throughout, and every where both the platform and the candi dates are receiving the most enthusias tic support from the masses. That Seymour and Blair will be triumphantly elected we have no doubt. The people Want a change, and they feel that the election of the candidates of the Demo cratic party is absolutely necessary to ensure the return of peace and prosperi ty to the country. ouch being the case, the result cannot be doubtful, lion. I. E. Mester We are happy to see that our State Delegation to the New York Convention have recognized the claims of the gen tleman-whose name bends this article, by selecting him as the representative of Pennsylvania in the National Demo cratic Executive Committee. This po sition of honor and responsibility will be well filled by Mr. Hiester. He has long been the acknowledged leader of the Lancaster Democracy and has well deserved that position. In the prime of life and of great energy, gifted with high talents and known to be of the most sterling Integrity, Isaac E. Hiester is one of those men who should be in the van of all great political movements. We are pleased to find that the merits of the Lancaster County Democracy have at last met with some recognition. Fighting, the battle of principle in a hopeless minority, we have heretofore been too much neglected when positions of honor in the party were to be dis - Iributed. We hope, that with our dis tinguished representative, this is but a beginning, for we know of no position in the gift of the people that Mr. Hies ter would not fill with credit to himself and to hie native State. The General Enthusiasm ' 'From every city and town through out the Union come ,reports that the nominations of Seymour and Blair are received with the utmost enthusiasm. , The saitirinces of a glorious victory in the pending :contest are unmistakable stid.univereal. Organise! Organiser The caMiltlgn.openstwith 41;fuli as: aurance of victory.v e qw frer i lgur nominees are erithusiaki y hal as the recognized 'leaders of he nr!isties. The platform is - exactly what th,t4eo. pie demanded; nd theyrire reaq'to do vigorous battle for the principles there in enunciated. But unorganized bodies of men never win battles when opposed to well disciplined forces. The first, the one great necessity is close and ef ficient organizitinn.l IWe Amust have the great Deniocratio army so dis ciplined, that the strength of every in dividual man, asweLLas that of the en tire organization' in bulk, shall be made to tell with fullforce against the enemy. Without weakening the individual power of any member the whole party must be trained to act as a unit. This can only be done by a perfect organization in every election district; such an organization as will insure,the polling of every Conservative vote In October. No loose, half-way work will effect this great purpose ; and such or ganization can not be perfected in a month or two. It must be commenced at once, and there must be no cessation of effort until the great victory is won. We can carry Pennsylvania in Octo ber by a large majority, if we put forth all our strength. We must do so. This State Is to be the battle ground, and the Presidential Contest will be won or lost on the Second Tuesday of October. Let every Democrat realize that fully ! Not a day should be permitted to pass , without the commencement of a com plete and thorough organization of the party in every Election District. To work then ! Let every lover of his coun try do his level best ! Let all who are opposed to the infamous acts and the revolutionary designs of the Radicals, band themselves together so closely that they will move with all the precision of a well disciplined army. Such compact organization will add greatly to the ef ficiency of individual efforts, and while a component part of the great whole, each individual soldier in the ranks of the Democratic party can do battle As If himself Were lie On whose Hole arm bung victory ! Rejoicing of the People. Our exchanges state that the greai est enthusiasm is prevailing among the people over the recent nominations in New York. ;,The masses appear to recognize in Seymour and Blair their trusty friends, who standing upon a platform embodying principles which are just and equitable, will fitly lead them in the coming Presidential con test. The people all unite in stating that the ticket is the strongest that could possibly have been made. The Radicals appear to be so astounded at these demonstrations of joy that they have In many Instanees already eon ceeded the victory to the Conservatives $ 71) 3 23 6 00 11 00 . 15 00 . 22 r,O 30 00 and Democrats. (treat ratification meet logs will be held within a few days in all the principle towns and cities throughout the United States. The gallant soldiers of our country are especially delighted with the nomi nation of Gen. F. P. Blair, of Missouri, the friend and companion of Sherman, for Vice President. A distinguished statesman and gallant soldier he has not only rendered himself popular with those who were under, his command, but has endeared himself to the people of Missouri and the 'West by the many sacrifices he has made in support of the Constitution and the Uuiou. An oppressed people lAider the lead of a great statesman like Horatio Seymour and a brave soldier like General Frank P. Blair may again take hope. The onerous taxes inflicted upon them by a fanatical and domineering majority in Congress will be removed by the vigor ous policy of retrenchment and economy practiced under a Democratic adminis tration, and the Government will be administered in the future not for the base purpose of perpetuating a party, but for the noble purpose of ameliora• ting and improving the condition of all the people of all the States. The Rising of the Tide From the whole country there comes up but one voice,and that an expression of complete satisfaction with the action of the New York Convention. With both platform and candidates the peo ple are not only satisfied but highly delighted. The Western delegations nominated Seymour and Blair, and the enthusiastic supporters of Mr. Pendle ton are entirely satisfied with the result. Throughout Ohio the platform and the ticket are both regarded as the nest that could possibly have been put forward, and in Indiana and Illinois the same sentiment prevails universally. All our Western exchanges predict such an uprising of the masses in that section as was never before witnessed, There is no coldness, no heartburning, no jeal ousy, and no discord in the Democratic party. Everywhere, in every State of the Union, Seymour and Blair are re garded as the candidates of the people; and everywhere the masses are rallying to the support of the Democratic stand ard hearers, with a firm resolve that there shall be an end nut to the misrule of the Radicals. Never in the history of Presidential elections was the work of a National Convention so entirely satisfactory to the whole country. Everywhere the platform is regarded its the platform of the . people, and the candidates are claimed as the chosen leaders of the masses. We enter upon the campaign with the hearts ola large majority of the American people fully with us, and the tide of sentiment which is now rising in loud approval of our platform and our candidates, is destined to sweep over the country in November like a grand tornado, leaving scarcely a vestige of the Radical party behind it. Sailors and Soldiers Ts. Radicals The leaders of the Radical party have always asserted with great persistency and shameful misrepresentation that they were the Soldiers' party. Their newspapers throughout the country, will? a complacerrey and assurance which Is amusing to those who are familiar with the true sentiments of the Sailors and Soldiers, have repeatedly stated that Radical candidates would have the votes of all these bravo veterans at future State and National election. Radical demagogues, on all occasions, have also with brazen effrontery dared to claim that the Sailors and Soldiers who died in defense of " the Union and the Constitution," enlisted and fought for the purpose of giving the right of suffrage to the negro in the Southern States ; and that the surviving heroes of the war are now willing to place into the incompetent hands of the negroes the future guidance of the destinies of the fairest portion of our FederaWnion. The consternation of the Radical editors, therefore, at the entire harmony of the proceedings of " The Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention" with those of "The Democratic National Convention" can hardly be conceived. They have for so long stated to their readers that there never could be any unity of action or sentiment between the Conservatives and the Sailors and Soldiers, that they must feel no little vexation and dismay at finding published in the telegraphic despatches in the columns of their own leading papers that a committee from the Soldiers and Sailors Convention was received, and an address prepared by the Soldier/land Sailors' was read to the Democratic National Convention, and was cordially and enthusiastically approved. We hope that in justice to thegallant Sailors and SOldlers'and to the dietin , gulshed (peers; many of whom were among the: bravest and ablest the Union army, who impose the,Conven tioa of Sailors and" Soldiers in New York, that Radical editors will make haste to have the very apparent' diScie. TAE LANCASTER WEEKLY INTE tGFE 'OtR, WEDN.ESIDA."4 "`JULY 15, 1868. panoy between their past editorialeand Viroresegt news ii i kter reconciled. a ndigi to this sibs they:iivill ,not only do a eimple at oflusticti4 but Will Slip enlightin their readers riklect• ing the contradictory nstere ofAheir 1 editorials antiheir teleiMphic gence. What Pennsylvania Owes to Horatio Seymour. When Lee invaded Pennsylvania the wildest alarm prevailed all along the border. No one can ever forget the scene which was presented in Harris burgratr-Lancasterand -throughout •all , the southern tier of •counties. Every available means of locrimotiori was call ed into requisition.' The rallroadlovere crowded with a fleeing multitude, and burthened beyond precedent with the, goods and chattels which were being sent northward and eastward to plaCeS" of supposed safety, Every turnpike and bye•road was alive with horses and cat tle, which were being led and driven to the mountains or elsewhere out of reach of the enemy. In the most earnest terms Governor Curtin called upon the able bodied men of Pennsylvania to en list in the militia, and come to the res cue of the Commonwealth. 'The call met with a hearty response, but days elapsed before the unorganized yeomen of the State could be marshalled for her defence... In the meantime help, efficient help name from other quarters. The Democratic Governors of New York and New Jersey promptly sent the or ganiz.ed militia of those States to the front. No one can forget with what earnest cheers the New York militia were greeted as they passed through Lancaster to the defense of our State Capital. No one in Pennsylvania would have dared to impeach the loyalty of Horatio Seymour in those trying days, when thousands of the New York mi. litla, fully equipped and promptly sent forwar,d by the man who is now the Democratic candidate for President, were hailed with blessings by those to whose hearts the coming of the foe had stricken terror. Then, even the most malignant radicals blessed the name of Horatio Seymour, as in their flight they met the soldiers he had eent to defend their persons and property. man In Pennsylvania has a right to speak of Gov. Seymour except in terms of admiration and respect. .Gov ernor Curtin knew how to appreciate the loyal and patriotic action of Horatio Seymour of New York and Joel Parker of New Jersey, and in a speech in Phil adelphia he publicly thanked them for their promptness in responding to his call for aseletance. Before any Penn sylvanian dares to express a single doubt as to the perfect loyalty of Hera do Seymour, he should remember that nearly ten thousand of the troops sent by him to the defense of this State were iu Harrisburg, ready to meet the foe, before a single company raised in our State had left their homes. No man who has any regard for truth will dare to call in question the perfect loyalty and exalted patriotism of that great states• man, who is now the Presidential candi date of the Democraticparty. No Penn sylvanian could do so without standing before the world convicted of being at once an ingrate and a base and malig nant liar. When the State was invaded, when our homes and property were In danger, he promptly came to the rescue. For that Pennsylvania owes him a debt of gratitude which she will delight to repay with interest in November. llou , Small a Change Would Have Defeat. While all the Radical newspapers of the country are playing a huge game of brag, and boastingly declaring that Grant and Colfax are sure to be elected, Horace Greeley sounds a note of warn ing which ought to bring them to their senses. He makes an exhibit of how small a change in the popular vote would have defeated Lincoln and elect ed McClellan. Here is how he cyphers: Mr. Lincoln had over 400,000 Iplurality, with nearly all the Electoral votes. iu 1884 : vet mark how small a change in the popu lar vote would have defeated him? He carried cd Lincoln Electors. Connecticut by . 2,406 majority, 6 Indiana by '"6IS9 majority, 13 Maryland by 7,414 majority, 7 Nevada by 3,232 majority, 3 New Hampshire by 3,529 majority, 5 New York by 6,749 majority, 33 Oregon by 1,931 majority, 1 Pennsylvania by °0,075 majority, 26 Rhode Ldand by 5,631 majority, 4 Total 9 States, 70,650 majority.loo Add these to the votes of New Jersey, Delaware and Kentucky-21—and he would have had 121 ; leaving to Mr. Lincoln but 114. Thus a change of less than 36,000 in over 1,000,000 votes would have elected McClel lan over Lincoln. The above proves how easy it will be for the Democracy to elect Sey mour and Blair. It is known that many thousands of fraudulent votes were manufactured for Lincoln iu the camps of the army. That cannot be done now, and no one can doubt that the Democracy will effect a much greater change than 30,000 votes in the States named by Mr. Greeley. We can cer tainly win if we work as becomes men who Lave so much at stake. All that is necessary to ensure our success iS per fect organization and a vigorous can vass. Then let the great work be be gun at once and prOsecuted with full energy until the victory is achieved. No Extra Session of the Legislature Geary has decided not to call an extra session of the Legislature, for the pur pose of passing a new Registry Law, to take the place of the infamous concern which the Supreme Court denounced unconstitutional. He would gladly have done so, but that he feared to per mit the corrupt crowd of adventurors who constituted the majority to assem ble again. He evidently took the same view as the Slate Guard, which said : "Under all the circumstances, we believe an extra session of the Legislature would be more fatal to the Republican party than the opinion declaring the Registry Law un constitutional can now become, for the rea son that legislation could not be stopped with the passage of a Registry Law which would meet the views of the Court. Mea sures of every possible character would be introduced; expense and extravagance would follow, until the people would be come disgusted and the result be to injure the Republican cause." Governor Geary says In his letter: " The election laws remain substantially the same ns for years past, and in my judg• merit the facts do not present such au ex traordinary occasion as is contemplated by the Constitution•" That settles the vexed question, and relieves the different counties of the Slate from a heavy burthen of expense which the Registry Law would have entailed upon them if it had not been pronounced to be unconstitutional. Greeley Explains the Position of the Republican Party on Negro Suffrage. Ex-Governor Vance, of North Caro lina, in-a speech made at the great rati fication meeting In Union Square, New York city, after the nomination of Sey mour, in speaking of the negro suffrage plank in the Republican platform, ex • cited the laughter of the audience by the following language :, "To every Southern river shall NegrO Su Irrage come; 13ut not fold, New England, for that's too close to hunt." [Groat laughter and applause.] They preferred Negro Suffrage at. long range. If they could have the Negro to ivote in South Carolina all well; bnt In Michigan, New York, and the other Norther and Western States, they declined to grent him the favor. Whereupon the New York 2ribu . ne takes him to task very sharply, and de clares that the Republican party are in favor of establishing negro suffrage in every Northern State, It says: • Only leave the question , to be settled by the Republicans of those States, and, if We donq carry Impartial Suffrage by a vote of at least.four to one, we will agree never to name the subject again. The - people of the'Northetn °States do not intend to leave this questionto be settled: in! anyiluch way by the Repub. Heave. ; They; know. that theeteCtiOrt of Grant ickcild'llitlure the' elieddy nett° Ilaffrage in 'all , the 'States; 'and: rof't,iit, and for other very good aid' aufaelet reeagge. the',lwhite men Of the North' Intend to 'defeat; hltp. ...; lamtg With thiLitleetoral Colleges Th ItadjicalsartiolveMiot itp their holdmpon 4 powiitherhavit• omt nh aim*. They world retied ; roe *o defeat the will of the peOpe It 4hey)lared,and they Is g9l3d realon "bellaire thattheywfll endeavor telitince Grant to seize upon the Presidency by military force, if be should be defeated, as we believe he will be. Not wishing to uncover this, their last desperate de sign, too soon, and desiring to have some show of law_ for, p 9 psur i palion ! they) contemplate, they have devised f.OrStTeve4.4lPglbil.M.Q_Kehupsirt.. - . ant of.the Southern. States from , being cdulited'in the'Eleatoral College. The foll Owing. lesolutiOnt.has been pushed through both • 'Rouses. of Congress, against the earnest protest 'of some such Republicans iu3'Senator Trumbull : "BOOlved; none of the States whose inhabitants' were lately in rebellion shall be entitled to representation in the electoral college for the chores of President and Vice President of the United States; nor shall ahy electoral votes be received or counted from any of such States unless at the time prescribwl by law for the choice of electors ; the people of such state, pursuant to thane's of Congress in that behalf, shall have, since the 4th day of March,lBB7, adopted a con stitution of State government under which a State government shall have been organ ized and shall be in operation; nor unless such election of electors shall have been held under the authority of such constitu tion and government, and such State Mall have also become entitled to representation in Congress, pursuant to the acts of Con gress in that behalf: Provided, that noth ing herein contained shall be construed to apply to any State that was represented In Congress on the 4th of March, 1867. The late election in Mississippi has convinced the Radicals that they can not tarry the . negro vote against the earnest efforts of tho white men of the I Southern States, even with the military and the Freedmen's Bureau to back them. So they boldly declare their purpose of counting, or notcounting, the Electoral votes of ten States, es may suit their convenience. As matters now stand, under the above resolution, only - four States are entitled to repre sentation in Congress under the recon struction aMs—Arkansas (by a separate similar Florida, North Carolina and Louislana—but South Carolina soon will be, it is presumed, by the adoption of the fourteenth amendment; and as the democratic members are being weed ed out of the Georgia Legislature, that, also, may be brought right for the pur pose. With Alabama of course there will be no difficulty when the Radical Legislature meets. It is understood that Congress will not adjourn until the joint resolution " to regulate the repre. sentation of certain States in the Elec toral College" begomes a law. The resolution has already been sent to the President, and as he will undoubtedly veto it, Congress, it is presumed, will wait to repass it. Unless the people of the Northern States are prepared to encourage the Radicals iu schemes which must inev itably lead to a complete overthrow of our form of free government, and the destruction of all its principles, they must rise up cn masse and defeat the desperate and revolutionary partywhich thus boldly attempts to maintain its hold upon power by tampering with the Electoral vote of the States. The time has come when no sagacious and patri otic citizen can act any longer with the Republican party. It is the open foe of civil liberty, and if not checked, and that speedily, it will overthrow the Re public and establish a military despo tism on its ruins. Exploded Lies The N. Y. Sun, a leading Republican paper of New York, speaking of the shameless lies now being circulated by Radical journals in regard to Horatio Seymour, is forced to caution them that their falsehoods will be all exploded to the great ultimate damage of their party. It says: We trust that in common fairness they will not attempt to conceal the fact that dur ing the same period Governor Seymour promptly furnished all the troops called for from the State of New York, and even re ceived the special thanks of President Lin coln for this timely aid, and for the cordial feeling manifested in his communications to the national Government. The Radicals feel that they have no chance of electing Grant except by the most reckless lying; but before they get through with the campaign the people will see all their falsehoods ex• ploded, and the last prop knocked from under their sinking candidates. Wanted! A Negro in the United States Charles Sumner is the mouthpiece of the Radicals, and has just expressed their wishes in the following letter to one of the negro majority in the (eo called) South Carolina Legislature: SENATE CHAMBER, July 3, 1868. DEAF. Sin I have never given any opin ion in regard to the Senatorial question in your State, except to express a regret that the golden opportunity should be lost of making a colored citizen Senator from South Carolina. Such a Senator, if competent, would be a powerful support to the cause of equal rights. His presence alone would be a constant testi monyand argument, Nothing could do so much to settle the question of equal rights forever In the United States. The howl against the negro which is some times heard in the Senate would cease. A colored Senator would be as good as a con stitutional amendment, making all back ward steps impossible. I write now frankly in reply to your inquiry, and without any purpose of interfering in your election. You will pardon my anxiety for the cause I have so flitch at heart. . Accept my best wishes, and believe me, dear sir, faithfully yours, (Signed) CHARLES SUMNER. ' To Thaddeus K. Sasportas, Esq., Colum bia, S. C. Let Grant be elected, and the seats once occupied by Clay and Webster, will be speedily filled by Ignorant plan tation niggers, or conceited mulatto bar -1 bers. Mark the prediction, and remem ber the advance which has already been made in that direction. The ilex step is only a short one. The Rage of Impotency It is evident that the lessons of the past have no effect upon the fanatical and wicked mind of Thaddeus Stevens. Although he is fast approaching an age when the ordinary duties incident to public life must prove too great for him to discharge, yet, in direct opposition to the well known wishes of a majority of his own party he seeks to put the people to the expense and humiliation of another impeachment trial. Mr. Stevens is well aware of the vast outlay of time and money such a trial would occasion, and he, also, perfectly un derstands that the impeachment of the President cannot now be secured. The indifference with which the recent new articles of impeachment have been received by Congress and the Radical newspapers clearly shows that the elec tion of Grant in the minds of the Re publican leaders is too doubtful a matter to admit of a proceeding, so damaging to their political prospects, as another impeachment trial. It must be that Thaddeus Stevens is ambitious In his old age to figure as the Prince of agitators and revolutionists. Doubtless this selfish ambition on the part of this leader of the Radicals would induce him, if he could thereby secure greater personal notoriety for evil doing, to attempt the destruction of the Con stitution itself. \ He is ambitious to figure in history as the great conspire tor against the liberties of the American people. No deal:and this desperateeld man to the future. When. he dies he will leave behind him no legitimate children to suffer the diSistrous conse• quences of hie wicked and reckless public acts. He lives only for the present, acts only'for the Selfish purpose of personal aggrandizement; and to secure the:gratification of his perverted ambition, ,, he ;Would destroy that boy ernment'Which all true American citi zens piiiii'mOre than life itself. BO this last effort of Thaddeus Stevens revive the , question'of im peachment will no Aciubtproye sbortive. HA Cannot drive his adherents into the ad4tioh of*'uteastirli which' Wehld ' be I oath to all their &Meat hopes.':; fie present fury; therefore, of this faph. 'traitor is only the rage dfNitripidetiety,; . • . • Platform of the Working lien. 1 1, or Z7 .. _ , ughout the whole co , .... • .i ; g men are act% . a. • f , th the Democrat' Y. ey '; d feel that only by , speedy rl- ! int th barn their rights benissuredf: nd i V", burthens theirbear;Witted.' from theii shoulders. On - the evening of the 3d of July a Convention of working men assembled at-Cooper Institute, New York, which was presided over by J. C. C. Whaley, ' • th 4ftiticinti of Pi . kriio4o: o -1 1 1A4 1 :51 r Union, and addressed by Hon. Samuel S. Carey f ot•Ohio, E. H. , Heywood, of. MasElachusetia , And other distinguished advocates of the rights of the laboring classes. The following platform of principles was adopted, and a copy'pre sented to the Democratic National Con vention, in which-body the delevition presenting the platform were granted seats. It will be seen that in all Im portant particulars the platform adopted by the Democratic Convention agrees with that adopted by the Work) ng Men's ' Convention ; and such being the ease there can be no doubt that the Demo cratic candidates will be heartily sup ported by the working men of the Na tion. The platform adopted by them is as follows: " Resolved, The right to labor and its re ward is self•evident, and whereas, the ex cess or want of work is a fruitful sourco of ignorance, disease and crime; and wheresp, the tendency, of legislation and monopoly is to restrict the freedom, cripple theener gies, Arid purloin Clio earnings of industry' iherefOte; Resolved, That the producing classes, agricultural, mining, mechanical, Intellec tual, and moral, are the most impottant portion of all communities; and. that dis tributers, fitianciersiandstatesmen, togotb,. er with their aids, civil and military, are of secondary consequence, being simply ere- ated of the former to disseminate wealth, maintain order, conserve Justice, and'keep intact the integrity of the nation. Resolved, That the national honor must be preserved by paying the debts in good faith, and that every debt of the doVern meat not speoilically contracted to bo paid in coin should be paid in the lawful curreu cy of the United States; that the bonds when todeetnable, should be paid in legal tender notes, or exchanged for other bonds at three par cent, convertible into lawful money at thd'pleitturo of the holder. ,I?esoived, That 'the public interest de mands the withdraivat or the circulating notes of thwNational Banks, and the sub stitution of legal tender Treasury certifi cates in their stead. Resolved, That we demand equal taxa tion ;in, every gpocios of property, according to the, real mann). Resolvea, That ho more of the public do main should be granted to any corporation under any pretext whatever, and all the land not disposed of should be withdrawn from the market and granted only in small quantities to actual settlers. - Resolved, That we return ourithanks to the majorities in Congress and in such State Legislatures as have, in their wisdom, deemed\ it right and proper to pass the Eight•hour, law ; and we call upon the pro. per authotifies in the United States and. the States above mentioned to show their re spect for the same by enforcing the de mand, Resolved, That the low wages, long hours and damaging service to which thousands of working girls and women aro doomed, destroy health, imperil virtue, and are a standing reproach to civilization ; that we would urge them to learn trades, engage in business, Join our Labor Unions, or use any other honorable means to persuade or force men to render unto every woman accord ing to her works. Resolved, That We urge upon the Indus trial classes in every Congressional and State district, county, city or other town, to press these principles upon the public notice, and to support no man for Congress, for any State Legislature or any otber office of profit or trust who is not fully pledged to their suport. Resolved, That we commend to the peo ple throughout the nation to hold mass meetings to ratify the principles of the Na tional Labor Union, adopted at Chicago, August, 1867, and herein set forth, and to vote only for those candidates who endorse them; and unless these principles are adopted by one of the two great parties—lve care not which—we advise the National Labor Union, at its annual Convention, soon to be held in this city, to put in noml ination an independent labor candidate for the Presidency, and rally ]he masses to his support. Negro Delegates. The Inquirer has the assurance to as sert that a negro from. Tennessee was present as a delegate to the National Democra tic Convention. That is a bare faced lie, started for the sole purpose of breaking the damaging effect upon the Republican party of their admission of more than a dozen negro delegates to the Convention which nominated Grant. The delegation from Tennessee to the Democratic Convention was one of the ablest in that body of distin guished men, and any one of them was of as pure white blood as the members of the Pennsylvania delegation. It is only iu Republican National and State Conventions that negroes set down on a perfect eauality with white men.— The Democratic party has never sunk so low as that and it never will. It is only the Republican party which is willing so to:degrade itself. Every white man knows that. CarDet-Bag Wickersham Again We understand that the speech made at the Millersville State Normal School recently by the Carpet-Bagger Wicker sham, who aspires to represent the Mo bile district in Alabama, in Congress, was spoken before the "Page Literary Society," and that the Faculty of the Normal School had no power to pre vent its delivery. It is customary at the State Normal School, as at many other similar educational institutions, for those who have once been members of the Literary Societies to Jbe invited by the Society to which they formerly belonged, to make a few remarks ap propriate to the place and to the occasion, on their return on a visit to their Alma Mater. It seems, however, that on this usual civility being extended to Carpet- Bagger Wickersham, he employed his time in making a foolish and ultra rad ical speech, instead of saying something appropriate and sensible. - The harangue, therefore, of th isobtru sive carpet-bag adventurer is condemn •d by all who ate concerned in the man , agement of the State Normal School, and especially by the present able Prin cipal of the institution, Prof. Edward Brooks, who is very decided in his op position to the introduction of political peeches into any public Literary exer cises over which he has control. But, if a visitor from a distance, when asked to speak as a matter of courtesy, takes advantage of this opportunity to violate common decency and propriety by mak ing a violent political, speech, the au thorities of the Normal School cannot prevent it, and the empty pated twad dler is alone culpable. THERE were less than 200 people all told at the Grant ratification meeting. Not less than 1200 were present at the Seymour meeting on Saturday night. Yet the Express called the former, " a large and enthusiastic assemblage" and styles the latter "a fizzle." Well, we are perfectly satisfied with the contrast, and rest assured that the same differ ence lu favor of the Democracy will be maintained at the election. The Worklog Men For Seymour The Patriot has tho following special tel- ZANESVILLE, Ohio, July 10.—The work ingmen's meetiog held here to-night, gotten up under auspices of the Radicals, resulted in a complete triumph for Gen. litorgan, the Democratic nominee for Congress. The Resolutions passed tavOr Morgan far .Con gress, Seymour for President and Blairfor Vice President. The meeting was large and enthusiastic, and the• resolutions talk the Radicals by surprise. The last one di recting the Speaker,:Re% Mr. ,110,1aUton a Radical, to inform the._ people, of , nie Tthir teenth. district that, Morgruga,majority .would tie gqee thowuind. Baypao*,:Blair anddbreygan la the witetWOrd,, _• . . A Convert!On to Titiekrliielliles. The Ripon (Vi'ls.) Rep,resentatirc,i.hereto fore a Republican paper,, has become dls gustell, and. in ita issue of July DIV goes squarely over to the Democracy. It thus alludes to Grant: The nominate:Sr of General Grant for President by the hen Coni , ention htuisick °lied thousands of Republicans throughout the land. They-looked upon the nomina tion wart acknowledgment of the fact that the party dare not nominate its best men, for fear of ignominioui ,defeat,; which they will sustain, next NoyeMber as seire'se that time conies: TheY want to ride into power on thd '4oneral's 'military 'reputation; not caring Whether he knows anything or not. Whoever is nominated , by the Democratic Convention on thes.4th of July will receive 'our suppqrraubiAive announce:here that we "nrearom !hie hoer, tc, be found in the rind ! ccratier, fighting foi the Idgbtaofinert .—p4nel i w , truni,-weliope; that Aare jai& wplrpm br,143 Will find'our p.a. 04 retiAtire eel° ,s. tbe'eated bleading: tootratic NalionilAivoutioli! fels •%., isEyllovir t , 71 _ , OF W Rl c ~.; 1. , '.." `o I the Dele&ates a People ll I. New York Presents a Scene et the Wild• est Excitement and Enthusiasm! atnnon,9 Roaring and _Flags Flying, with Ft General Outburst of Joy! GEN. PRANK P. BLAIR, Jr., OF armors', Nominated for Vice President. At 8.80 the AConverstion AUjourneil Nine Dle. FOURTH RAT itallottngs Continued! No ,chotce Mader! NEW YORK, July B.—The Convention was called to order at half-past ten o'clock. Mr. Bayard, of Del., called attention to a mistake in the name of a member of the Executive Committee from that State, and asked that it be corrected. California named John Bigler, and New York'August Belmont. The Convention then , proceeded to the SEVENTH BALLOT. Pendleton 1374 Englieh Hancock 421 Church 33 Packer 23 Parker 7 A. Johnson 121 Hendricks 891 Doolittle 12 Blair _ . A rumor spread in the hall that Now would break on the, next ballot, casting part if not all her unto for Hendricks. EIGLiT/I BALLOT Pendleton Hancock Andrew Johnson Hendricks • Doolittlo Packer English Parker Blair . Whole number of votes cast 317. There having been occasional hissing in the galleries, the President announced they would be cleared if it Was repeated. Cries of " good," " good," and. applause. Onthe Bth ballot each vote was received with demonstrations of applause by the friends of. the candidates.in the galleries. Louisiana went Over from Hancock to Pendleton ; Mississippi also voted solid for Pendleton. At the conclusion of the roll call, Mr. Tilden, of New York, by unani mous vote of the delegation and consent of Mr. S. E. Church, withdrew the latter and cast thirty three for Hendricks. NINTH BALLOT. The 9th ballot being taken, resulted : English 6 Hancock 341 Pendleton 144 Parker 7 Packer 261 Andrew Johnson 51 Doolittle 12 Hendricks 801 Blair ' 1 TENTH BALLOT Hancock Pendleton Parker...... Packer Andrew Johnson Doolittle Hendricks F. P. Blair ELEVENTH BALLOT Hancock Pendleton Parker Packer Andrew Johnson Doolittle Ildndrlnks P. P. Blair Mr. Gibson, of Pa., offered a resolution proposing a nomination by acclamation. Mr. Price being in the chair ruled it out of order. A motion to adjourn was made and lost. The roll being called for the 12th ballot, when California led off with a half vote for Chase. There was great long-con tinued applause in the galleries. A scene of confusion ensued. Motions were made by several delegations to clear the galleries, which was mingled with hisses and cheers. Mississippi said, excitedly, that this-ap plause was from citizens of Now York in the galleries. A Wisconsin delegate was opposed to clearing the galleries, some of these man had come thousands of miles who were in the galleries. They were Demo crats and had the right to applaud when they please. [Great cheers After some further confusion the roll proceeded. , TWELFTH BALLOT. • Hancock 30 Pendleton 1431 Parker 7 Packer 26 Andrew Johnson 41 Doolittle 121 Hendricks 80 Blair McClellan 1 S. P. Chase When McClellan received one vote from Tennessee, the galleries applauded loudly, but not so long as when Chase's name was uttered by California. A motion was made for a recess of fifteen minutes. Mr. Vallandigham moved it be thirty minutes. Agreed to. THIRTEENTH ➢ALLOT. Was taken with the following result: Hancock 46/ Pendleton I}l4} Parker 7 Packer 26 A. Johnson 4} Doolittle' 13 Hendricks 81 Blair 12 Franklin Pierce Chase No choice. FOURTEENTH BALLOT Was taken at once, and resulted as fo lows: Hancock.. Pendleton. Parker Packer Doolittle... Hendricks Among the changes on this ballot was Nebraska, who went from Pendleton to Hendricks. Tennessee dropped Johnson, and gave Pendleton 51 and Hendricks 41. FIFTEENTH BALLOT. Hancock 891 Pendleton 1291 ,Packer 7 Andrew Johnson 51 Doolittle 12 Hendricks 89 Pennsylvania gave2B for Hancock. • SIXTEENTH BALLOT. Hancock 1131 Pendleton 1071 Parker 7 Andrew Johnson 51 Doolittle 12 Hendricks 701 SEVENTEENTH BALLOT. Hancock 1374 Hendricks 80 Pendleton 791 Doolittle 12 Parker 7 Andrew Johnson 6 EIGHTEENTH BALLOT. Hancock 1441 Pendleton 561 Hendricks 87 Parker 31 Andrew Johnson 10 DoolitUe 12 Holtman 3 Adjourned to meet at 101 o'clock to•mor row. FIFTH. DAY NEW YORK, July o.—The Convention Was called to order by President Seymour who retired, and the Chair was taken by Mr. Price, of Missouri. .'NINETEENTH BALLOT Hancock Hendricks Doolittle Packer Blair . . . Chase . Thos. H;Segmour " 4 Ohio went solidly for Packer, of Pennsyl vania; Delaware fdr Hanbockl Illinois for Hendricks. Pennsylvania withdrew for consultation. New York for Hendrieks. ' . TWANTLFZIII BALLOT. Hancock Hendricks • Doolittle Blair. . . ... ....,..... 13eytadtir English Field - • TWENTY-FIRST BALLOT, HaLodck Hendricks' .................. ........... Chase English Dgolittle ..... . ..... ....... . ' Andrew Johnson Harikari ' •'• • " TWENTY-saohrtn akr.tot. Nortt; Carolina goee over . 4o Hendricks; Ohio goes for Seymour o New York. , . At ttte, co:1101061m; of ktotteral :Biogeekt.e geeelk PciWilaittn.jr, PerP on!, aPO.Cifieglig hiogo vote ,for opt % the, . ap , ,9 140 q/1. atiotte;',eoreatittog,, vik mg" kLlArceg . " chief and hate,Tregeotett ?o,ttitt li g , .r) ;"?' „ ...... ever before witnesil ' congregation of humaztitv. i tzi: now Via again do: -- es' nominatio*,N 1 , r votes fitrl Seymour; u g o es ' 'l mr; g u- BolYlittoWitsmiit rntbaty- Achy ! tto:t) - r „,- moor hasaomituttegirtoAll the States li r /14 ithriDS He ' and "Hancobk'ipiends are going for him. I / Pennsylvania goes for Seymour. Everything is for Seymour whether he likes it or not. Illinois and Mississippi has gone for Seymour. The wildest excitement prevails. Seymour is nominated. I Seymour's nomination is made by accla mation, amid great excitement. Guns are -firing;the delegates allsrpialthireoagratu.. lotions, flags flying and, aving, and everyr thing i.e an pproar of joy and enthusiasm. AS State tarot State turned into line, end solidly cast their vote for the man whotn Indian hour previous was least thought of, the scene surpasses all description. When it became apparent that , each delegation wouldonatily cast their vote, for Seymour, men and women became frantic with joy. Their enthusiasm knew no bounds, and. as if, by. magic, the vast aseemblage;_in one spontaneous outburst of applause made the welkin ring with cheers. Hata went flying from "dome to pit andpit to dome." Three times' three resounded with a will most deafening. Bands, cannon, flags and all human demonstrations of joy were felt, heard and seen. The Convention took a re • cess for an hour. , , mszon NEW Yoa.n, July 9.—The Convention re assembled, when Gen. F. P. Blair, Jr., was nominated Tor Vice Pii , sldent, on the first ballot. NEW Yonu, July 9.—A,comrnittee of ono from each delegation was' appointed to wait upon Seymour, and formally announced his nomination: Cries of Seymour are heard in all direc tions, until the air is tilled with it, but Sey mour remains silent. Resolutions were unanimously adopted, thanking the citizens and praising the workmen, Ste. The Convention adjourned nt 8.80 P. M. Thus ends the prolopgod and exalting Con vention. THE PLATIOLLN The Democratic party in National Con vention assembled, reposing Its trust in the intelligence, patriotism, and discriminating justice of the people, standing upon the Constitution as the fouddntion and. limita tiou of the powers of the government, end the guaranty of the libertiee of the citizen t and recognizing the' questions, of slavery, and secession as havinglieen settled for all time to come by the War or the voluntary action of the Southerla•States in Constitu tional Convention assembled antitumor to be renewed or reagitated, do with the return of peace demand: Pira. Immediate restoration of all the States to their rights lq the Union under the Constitution, and of aril' government to the American people. Second. An:Welty for all past political offences, and the regulation of the elective franchise is the States byeklieir citizens. Third. Payment •of the public debt of the 'gaited, States as rapid as prac ticable ; monoyg p drawn from the people by taxation, except so Much as is requisite for the necessities of the govern ment, economically administered, being honestlyy applied to such payment, and where the obligations of the government do not expressly state upon their free, or the law under which they , were issued does not provide that they awl be paid in coin they ought, in right and injustice, bo paid in the lawful money of the United States. [Thun ders of applause.i Fourth. Equal taxation of every species of property according to its real value, in cluding government bonds, and other pub lic securities. [Renewed cheering and cries of "read it again."l Fifth. One currencyfor the government and the people, the, laborer and the office holder, the pensioner find the soldier, the producer and the bondholder. [Great cheering and cries of "read it again."] The fifth resolution wee again read, and again cheered. • ••- - . &IVA. Economy in the administration of the government; the reduction of the standing army and navy : the abolition of the Freedmen's Bureau; [Great cheering, and all political instrumentalities designed to secure qegro supremacy ; simplification of the system, and discontfnuance of inquis aortal assessing and collecting internal rev enue, so that the burden of taxation may be equalized and lessened, the credit of the government and the currency made good ; the repeal of all enactments for enrolling the State Militia into nationalforces in time of peace, and a tariff for revenue upon for eign imports, and such equal taxation un der the internal revenue laws as will afford Incidental protection to domestic manufac tures, and as will, without impairing the revenue, impose the least burden upon and best promote and encourage the groat in dustrial interests of the country. Seventh. Reform of abuses in the admin. istratlon, the expulsion of corrupt men from office, the abrogation of useless offi ces ; the restoration of rightful authority to, and the independence of, the Executive and Judicial departments of the Govern ment; the subordination of the military to the civil power, to the end that the usurpa tions of Congress and the despotism of the sword may cease. Eighth. Equal rights and protection for naturalized and native born citizens at home and abroad ; the assertion of Ameri can nationality which shall command the respect of foreign powers and furnish an example and encouragement to people struggling for national integrity, constitu tional liberty and individual rights; and the maintenance of the rights of naturalized citizens against the absolute doctrine of immutable allegiance, and the claims of foreign powers to punish-them for alleged crime committed beyond their jurisdiction. [Applause.] In demanding these measures and re forms we arraign the Radical party for its disregard of right, and the unparalleled op pression and tyranny which have mark ed its career. After the most solemn and unanimous pledge of both houses of Congress to pros ecute the war exclusively for the mainte nance of the government and the preserva tion of the Union under the Constitution, it has repeatedly violated that most sacred pledge under which alone was rallied that noble volunteer army which carried our flag to victory. Instead of restoring the Union, it has, so far as is in its power, dissolved it, and subjected ten States, in time of profound peace, to military despotism and negro su premacy. It has nullified there the right of trial by jury: it has abolished the habeas cor pus—that most sacred of writ liberty; it has overthrown the freedom of speech and the press ; it has substituted arbitrary seizures and arrests, and military trials, and secret star chamber inquisitions for the constitu tional tribunals; it has disregarded in time of peace the right of the people to be free from searches and seizures; it has entered the post and telegraph Offices, . and even the private rooms of individuals, and seized their private papers andletters without any specific charge or notice of affidavit, as re quired by the organic law ; it has convert ed the American Capitol into a hostile; it has established a system of spies and offi cial espionage to which no constitutional monarchy of Europe would now dare to resort; it has abolished the right of appeal on important constitutional ques tions to the supreme judicial tribunals, and threatens to curtail or destroy its original jurisdiction, which is irrevocably vested by the Constitution, while the learned Chief Justice has been subjected to the most atro cious-calumnies, merely because he would not prostitute his high ogice to the support of the false and partisan charges preferred against the President. Its corruption and extravagance have exceeded anything known in history, and by its frauds and monopolies:it has nearly doubled the bur den of the debt, created by the war. It has stripped the President of his constitutional power of appointment, even of his own cabinet, Under its repeated assaults the pil lars of the goternment are rocking on their base,andshouldit succeed in November next and Inaugurate its President, we will meet I as a subjected and conquered people amid the ruins of liberty and the scattered frag ments of the Constitution; and we do de clare and resolve that ever since the people of the United States threw off all subjection to the British crown the privilege and trust of suffrage have belonged to the several , States, and have been granted, regulated ' and controlled exclusively by the.political power of each State respectively, and that any attempt by Congress, on any pretext whatever, to deprive any State of this right or interfere with its exercise, is a flagrant usurpation of power which can find no warrant in the Constitution, and if sanc tioned by the people, will subvert our form of government, and can only end in a sin gle centralized and consolidated -govern ment, in which the separate existence of the States will be - entirely absorbed, and an unqualified despotism be established in place of a Federal Union of co-equal States; .and that We regard the reconstruc tion acts (so-called) of Congress, as such, are usurpations, and unconstitutional, rev olutionary and void. That our sonnets and sailors, who carried the flag of our country to victory against a Most gallant and determined the, must ever be gratefully remembered, and all the guaranties given in their favor must be faithfully carried into execution. That! the public lands should be distri buted ' , as widely as possible among , the people, and should be disposed , Of either -under the pre-emption or homestead laws, and sold. in reasonable quantities,' and to none but actual occupants, atthe minimum priceestabllshodby thegoyen_nnent. When grants of the public lands * A y bb .'Allowed necessary for the encooragaMelitnf im r taut publio imprOvementAlhO' ler 'the :sale or such landi,• ititdilot the lands therhselves, should-be so applied: • That the President. of the 'Milted' States, 'Andrew Johnson, (apPlatuie))'lit 'exerdising the power of his high once in resh3ting the aggressions of 'Congress Upon theconstitu- Ilona rights of the States and- he people, is ;entitled to the , gratitude of the whole American people, and in behalf of the Demo cratic party-we. tender him our thanks for Ina inttrnitio eficirta in, that', regard, [Great appauds.] Upon thin Plattbrin tbeDertiociatia per* , appealtoier e ldl4.iidt . g aLt st ri n t in n4 o e i:eimport the Colietitutiox and - reatori the -Union; ',forgetting , alf past , differeb* of - opinion;to unite with wil'int:thiepresent great stugghkfor thellbertteelof - the void° -end that to alraitob,l6lwhatevet•pArty,they. may have heretofdrtOrteloa ti rdt,i9rteettztend ,the right, lumd pf fellows 01111 , all wka.15.4 1 P.P.4 1 .•- 7 r Great MassiMeT amsnany ga attia Inside and Outside ot Minn. itaguttroaniAtecaptbra ofr i telr Candi. Maim by intro° Siegehie oir:AreeptanieeMt Governor i' Seymour lure Glenenranlalr. •Lastl'rldo evitd*O.ik 113/ten meeting, or rathertwo mass meetings were held at Tammany Hall to present formally to the Hon. Horatio Seymour, of Now York State, and Gen. Frank P. Blair, of Missouri, the nominations of the National Democratic Convention to the high offices of President and Vice President of the United Stales; and to ratify said, nomiliationalby the 'rice of the people. "The aniithigivrith One of the grandest of the grand scenes witnessed upon Shia met Jaen& aincelta disooltairat.l.R-ChdaT topher Columbus; the reception given to the candidates of the Democracy—or:let ml city rather , the people—of. these United Statesiwas an ovation of which they and theft-descendants may. well, be proud and boast till the crack of doom. Never, before in the history of our polities was a rittifiea . tion.meeting held which was so truly, so unmistakably a ratification meeting. The country, through all' its broad extent, 'had' that morning, in countless sheets, flung off from lightning presses in numberless tele grams, sent thrilling and quivering, as if with Joy, over the gladwirea, announced its ratification of the noble choice of its trusted delegates in solemn council assembled. And now the people, notonly of the Empire City and the Empire State, but of every State and Territory and city in the land, there represented by some of their worthy citizens, mot in the place where the glorious deed had been done, the happy choice made, to give palpable and enthusiastic expression to that ratification. • Tammany Hall wore an aspect precisely such as it wore when the Convention was deliberating within itaytalls, not one of its tasteful decorations having been removed. Outside, at the large wintloW to the loft of the door, a largo platform was erected, and was hung with the national ensign, while across the street wore hung numerous lan terns to give at once light and lightness to the spectacle. The meeting was announced fort o'clock, but, long before that hour the great Hall was filled to its utmost capacity, and a scene was presentedhn the floor and in the galleries like that which has so often been described during the past few days, On the outside the people who could not get in gathered in the Street in front of the stand, and before the , hour of mooting a dense throng extended from ono side of the street to the other, and from the Third ave• nue far up, to the Fourth avenue. At. about eight o'clenk.fireworke, supplied by S. G. dr, - .T. Edge, and managed by A. G. Greene, began to illuminate the heavens and the vast assemblage below them. If the object of these was to draw a crowd together It was a ridiculously unnecessary expedient ; if the object was to give the throng some thing to employ their eyes and kqep them from impatience while standing waiting for the speeches, it was a wise one. Such an assemblage was never before witnessed hero at a public mooting. The very lamp posts and the poets of the great arch were occupied by men and boys, and throughout the evening, from it to 18, street-oars were in the midst of the jam unable to move one way or the other. Some time after eight o'clock , Governor Seymour and General Blair appeared in ono of the reception rooms of the Tammany building, which they had reached quietly by the back entrance. After n few minutes' consultation the committee of one from each State and Territory, appointed by the Convention to make the formal tender of the nominations, proceeded to the piano= of the hall, escorting the two candidates. There the two latter remained unperceived In the recess at the back of the platform, while the committee took seats neon it, together with Messrs. August Belmont, Augustus Shell, Edw. Croswin, Sonata Murphy, and other distinguished gentle. men. -- - Mr. August Belmout came forward and Bald: GENTLEMEN:—I have to propose to you as Piesident of this meeting Hon. Samuel J, Tilden, of Now York. (Cheers.) Mr.iTilden, on coming forward, said: SPEECH OF HON. S. J. TILDEN. Fnm.ow-CrrtzeNs: I congratulate you on this spontaneous assemblage of the Democracy of our State. (Applause.) I did not myself know of this meeting until a few hours ago. There doge not seem to be any organization for the purpose of car rying it on and, therefore, I have been in vited to accept the duty of presiding on this occasion. As I came through the hall I saw a vast heap of people, many times more than are here assembled. (Applause.) I feel bow strangely this meeting in here and the meeting outside indicate the spontane ous uprising of the masses of the people, to increase theliberties of the people. (Cheers.) For my part I have not entertained any gloomy apprehensions on the result of the contest on which we are about uttering. [Applause.] I believe in God an in the people. I believe that we ato destined to preserve and restore this framework of American constitutional government. [Ap plause.] That we are to refound that gov ernment on the liberties of the people. [Applause.] And that we are to restore in every part of this continent over which we exercise dominion, local • self-government to every integral portion of the American people. [Cheers.] You know, my fellow citizens of Now York, that I am not very sanguine in the anticipations which I form of political results; but I volunteer to pre dict, and I call upon our adversaries to record that prediction, that if the Demo cratic party gather, as I believe they will gather, to this contest, they will bear our standard to a certain and assured victory. [Applause.] On the whole, I believe that we have made the strongest and the best nomination which we could make, after as much deliberation as we have had. (Cheers.) lam willing, myself, to notify all Conservatives to join with us in the movement to rescue our country. I am willing to accept the wager of battle that is given us. (Cheers.) I am willing, under the standards whom we have chosen, to go I forward and to place upon the chance of the day the destinies of the Democratic party, as also the destinies of our country and of mankind. [Cheers.] Aye, fellow-citizens, I say of mankind, because if this beautiful I and splendid specimen of constitutional government that our fathers regarded as an ' experiment—that wo afterwards made per fect—if it shall fail now, there is no hope for mankind of any' effective participation of the public masses in their own government. [Applause.] It will riot fall—it cannot fail ; and this contest in which we are now en gaging will give us, I verily believe( ii po litical revolution as great and as momentous In its results as that political revolution that occurred here, In this city of New • York, which brought Thomas Jefferson into the Presidential chair in 1801, and founded the Democratic party that prosperously governed the country for well-nigh sixty years. (Great ap plause.) It is our mission to restore its principles in the administration of the Gov ernment, to restore a liberal policy in the conducting of affairs, and to give to out people everywhere the assurance of com• plate peace after war .is over; of pacifica tion through every part of our beloved land,• of local self-government, of individual rights and individual safety, of the re-es tablishment of the great guarantees of per genet freedom,.constilutional rights every where upon this continent. [Prolonged cheering.] Fellow-citizens, I now present to you Gen. Morgan, of Ohio, the Chairman of the Committee appointed by the .t, a tional Convention to tender to Horatio Se ymour the nomination for. President of tee United States. And I present to you at the same time Horatio Seymour. Mr. Tilden would have added a few words to round up his sentenca, but the announce ment of the name of Seymour and his ap• penrance upon the front platform at the same time, was the signal for the whole body of people in the hall and gaiteries to rise to their feet end wave their hats, and their canes, and their parasols, while they cheered and cheered in one wild enthusias tic, indescribable uproar, exhibiting a scene only equalled by that which took place in the same room whoa the nomination of Governor Seymour became' known on Thursday. The sound was exciting, in spiring, almost terrific; now it rolled forth like a peal of thunder over the mountains and valleys of an Alpine solitude ; now it partially died away into a reverberating echo, and anon it broke forth again as if a volcano bad buret forth, or an earthquake was about to rock the earth to its centre.— This extraordinary scenecontinued for sev eral minutes, then someone called for three cheers, and cheer after cheer, and then three more and then another and another, and another was given, till the number reached more than a dozen. All this time Mr. Sey mour stood his dignified and noble self, yet seeming half abashed and more than half affected with emotion at the warmth of his roception,"and almost as if be would have to retire till the people could control them selyes. Order was, however, at last re stored, and General Morgan then addressed General Seymour In the' felleWing worda :: , SPEECH OF HENEHAL MORGAN. Governor Seymour—Oh behalf of the committee appointed for that purpose, I have the pleasure, sir, of presenting to you a communication anbooneing your unani mous nomination as the candidate for the office of the President of the United States, by the National Democratic Convention .• and on behalf, sir, of the Conservative and Demo,cratio people of the States whom we have the honor to represent, we here pledge their united and cordial elr .Hs In securing relief to the country from' the thraldom which now possesees it, and in placing you, sir, as the Chief Magistrate of the United States, in the Executive chair. , : ' Tremendous cheering , : followed this ad dress. When this had subsided; Governer fieymour replied as follows,: SPEECH ov Oov saymdtriz. 'Mr.' Chairman and , Gentlemen of ,the mines :, I thank you for the , courteous terms in Which YMI have communicated. to me the action atlas Pentooratig Natiouel Triven lion.. , neerlihave no words a equate to expeas iny, titttde ;far the,' good-will and kindnase `or eh that body :has shown to me.' Its iteinfeittion was nnsceight; and unexpecte& , It Wig My arribition , lo take an actiVe part.freett 'which , I.ton noW ex cluded, in the great attnggle going 'on tbr the restoratiod: laf plod 'government of Peace , and: litualtecit.• TO hoar , coUotiy. prest chcoring.l . lin I .W , e, Wei caught 1 4P )93' the WheltPhig,t( k*A'al?e,itli l 4 Wi _cu l t° ,e: gretitl>puticat chit and , l und anyeelf,Unable te,redWlts.pr tire., [pied ehtfetst3 'Yealialitiladgive `toMigattomy of the ratiointioda'phtlbrth:bitlie-1:7612Veu-. lion. showing ita petition upon ell OM gtelt questions which now agitate the country., As the :presiding Oilloar.Ofithat:Conviantionc .dam fautiMazwtik thskitame and: impost, .and Pi: i'ten 4 31. :,Iiiiii•Anetn„liere ~Xl, i .S, patty ~to i o tkeli ; t9r, Ilaßlor. , necorcy'tvith Ay . VITO, .R1P411119)el k , . a 1;/. ,r.:. ~~~'l3 x .• ~1: 3+' ~ ~f: them in the contest upon which we are now enterinit 1 and I *bent Wive . to carry them out in future wherever I may beTeed, in publlo or private life. [Cheers. I con gratulate you, and all conservat vo men, who seek to restore order, peace, prosperity, and good government to our land, upon the evidences everywhere shown, that we are to triumph at the next election. (Prolonged cheering.] Those who are politically op posed to us flattered themselves there would be discord in our councils; they mistook the uncertainties of our views as to the best methods of carrying out our purposes for difference of opinion with regard to those purposes. They mistook an intense anx iety to do no act which should not be wise and judicious for a spirit of discord, but during the lengthened proceedings and etrafet discussions of the Convention there has prevailed an entire harmony of inter course, a patient ihrbearance, and a self sacrificing spirit, which are the sure tokens of a coming victory. Accept for yourselves, gentlemen, my wishes for your future wel fare and happiness. (Cheers.] In a few days I will answer the communication you have Just banded me by letter, as is the customary form. (Tremendous and long continued cheering.] Mr. Tilden—l have now the honor to pre sent to this Meeting, Maier-General Francis P. Blair, Jr. The appearance of General Blair wan the signal for renewed enthusiasm, halo if at all inferior to that which had greeted Gov ernor Seymour, and which was continued at such length that the General became somewhat fatigued while waiting for a chance to speak. At length General Nor gnu took advantage of temporary quiet to speak as follows: LIEN. MORGAN TENDERS THE NOMINATION I=l DENF.nAt, BLAIR: The committee ap pointed by the Convention have 'mule it my pleasing duty, sir, to announce to you your unanimous nomination as the Demo cratic candidate for the Vice President of the United States—[applause]—and in tend ering to you, air, this nomination, I fuel sure that it will not only be balled with ae• ciamation by your fellow-citizens thiough out the United. Staten, but by thousands of your gallant comrades on many a well fought tield—fapplause]—and who will once again rally to the stars and stripes and the defence of free institutions. [Applause.] MAJOR GENERAL FRANCIS I'. lILAIR, JR., ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION POll VICE PIIESIDENT. General Blair, after the tumultuous ap plause which greeted him had subsided, said: Mr. Chairman—l accept tho platform of resolutions passed by the late Demo cratic Convention, and I accept their nomi nation—(great cheering)—with feelings of profound gratitude, and, sir, I thank you for the very kind manner in which you have already convoyed to me the decision of the Democratic Convention. I accept the nomination with the conviction that your nomination for the Presidency Is ono which will carry us to certain victory--(appinume) —and because I believe that the notrdnation is the =Pt proper nomination that could be made by the Democratic party. (Ap plause.) The contest which we wage is for the restoration of constitutional govern. ment—(cheers)—and it is proper that tea should mako this contest under the lead of ono who has given his life to tho maim e nano° of constitutional government. (Ap• pimple.) We tiro to make the contest tor the restoration of those great principles of govornmout which belong to our race.— [Great Applause.] And, my fellow citizens, it is most proper that wo should select for our loader a man not from military life, but one who has devoted himself to civil pursuits who hoe given himself to the study and the understanding of the Constitution and its maintenance with all tho force of reason and Judgment. [Applause.] My fel low citizens, I have said that the contest before us was one for the restoration of our government, It is also one fur the restore tion of our race. [Applause, long, comb, ued.] It is to prevent the people of our race from being exiled front their homes [cheered exiled from the government which they formed and created for them selves end their children, and to prevent them from being driven out of the country or trodden under foot by en Inferior end semi-barbarous race. [Applause.] In this country we shall have the sympathy of every men who ie worthy to holong to the while race. [Applause.] What civilized people on earth would refuse to immolate with themselves In till tho rights and hon ors and dignity of their country such men as Leo and Johnson? What civilized coun try on earth would fall to do honor to those who, lighting for on erroneous cause, yet distinguished themselves by gallantry in that service? (Applause.] in that contest for which they sought to be disfranchised and to be exiled from their homes—in that contest they have proved themselves worthy to be our peers. [Applause.] Nly fellow citizens, it is not my purpose to make any long address—[cries of "go on" I —but simply to express my gratitude for the great and distinguished honor which has been conferred upon me. A voice—" You aro worthy of it." General Blair—And front my heart to re iterate the words of thanks that fell front mp lips when I arose. [Renewed cheering, during which Gener al Blair retired.] The President then Introduced General Custer, who made an eloquent speech. lie was followed by General Clay Smith, of Kentucky, and General Morgan of Ohio, both of whom spoke for the soldier of the West. About the same time that the proceedings within the hall were commenced the meet ing outside was called to order by Senator Thomas 11. Creamer, who took the chair to preside. After a few introductory words, he introduced Colonel Carter, of North Carolina, who made an excellent address, reciting the grievances of the South, ap pealing to the North to be Just if not goner ous, and expressing his confidence in the integrity and fairness of the Democratic• party. S. S. Case followed, and while he was speaking, Mr. Seymour, who had fin ished his address in the hall above, made his appearance. Mr. Creamer, the Chairman, then intro • duced Gov. Seymour, amid all uproar and tumult or cheers that drowned all other voices throughout Fourteenth street, from Third to Fourth avenues. GOVERNOR SEVSIOUR AND GENERA!, BLAIR Governor Seymour stepping upon the highest board at the front of the platform spoke as follows: Fellow citizens—l am unable with my broken voice and exhausted frame to do more than return you my sincere thanks for the compliment which you now pay rue. May God bless you, and may be bless our country, and may he give nein the pending contest that triumph which will tend to secure constitutional law, good order, pence and prosperity to our land. I can say no more, but to bid you good night, and once more thank you for your kindness to me. [lmmense cheering.] Shortly afterwards, General Blair made his appearance, and the shining of the lesser lights was interrupted for a little while. Mr. Creamer introduced him to the uudi• ence amid deafening cheers, and he spoke as follows : General Blair said: Gentlemen—l return you my heartfelt thanks for the kindness with which you have received me hero this evening. I value, my follow.citizona, this unbounded enthusiasm, not because I con sider it any personal compliment to myself, but because I see in it what no man can mistake—that the people of this country have aroused themselves, and Intend to take back their Government in their own bands [applause], that they Intend to re doom themselves [applause] from the rule (a voice—" misrule") of this dynasty that has disgraced and degraded the country. [Great cheering and cries of "good, good."] That they intend to assert the rights or American citizens which have been taken away from them by the military power of the South [applause], and the rights of American citizens in foreign lands us well. (Enthusiastic cheering.) My fellow-citizens, the Radicals now in power (groans and hisses.) I wish I could groan as loud us all of you. (Laughter.) They have sought, fellow citizens, to make a new Ireland of America. (Groans). I know, fellow citizens, that it is impossible for me to speak so as to bo heard in this immense audience. (Cries of "Go on.") I know that standing in such a dense mass as you are now standing in, la not conducive to comfort, and that it will be better for me to desist. (Cries of go on.) I therefore again, fellow citizens, return you my heart felt thanks for your kindness, and beseech you to make your assaulhnpon the Radicals this fall with the same serried ranks us I now see here assembled before me. I lake my sent with the conviction that victory le snre. (Applause long and loud, during which General Blair retired') The Hon. A. J. Rogers, General Wil liam S. Miller, of Pennsylvania; General Thomas L. Price, of Missouri; Governor Green Clay Smith, and other gentlemen spoke ok i e m to me tb n o se m auter t i i e n e g li k i i l ro a k i e at u e p hou ai r t:o N r vlt.n In dulging their feelings In a few more rous ing cheers for the candidates: Sketebes of Mc Democratic Candidate,' 130RAT.10 SEYMOUR Horatio Seymour, the Democratic candi date for President of the United,States ' was Urn In Porn'icy, Onondaga. county, New York, In the your 1811, and is consequently 57 years of age. The family to which Mr. Seymour belongs Is descended from Rich ard Seymour, who was one of the original settlers of Hartford, Conn, Major Moses Seymour, the fourth lineal descendant, served in the Revolutionary. War, and sub , sequently represented _Litchfield In the Leg'Stature of Connecticut for seventeen years. Of his five sons, ,Henry Seymour, father of Horatio, was born in 1780. He re moved to Utica, in this State, served in the State Legislature with signal ability and was for many years Canal • Commissioner, occupying a prominent position In the polities and legislation of the State. One of his brothers was a distinguished member of the United States Senate from Vermont for twelve years. Hon. Origen S. Soy baour, for some time Representative in ongress from the LitchfieldDistrict, of Connecticut, was the son of another brother named Oates. The maternal grandfather :ofrMr. Seymour, Colonel Forman, served through theßevolutionary Werth the Now Jersey lino. ; Mr. Seymour received i s liberal and thorough education in the beet institutions of ibe State. His,inatinets and preferences 'naturally led him to the, study of the law, which he parte:Led With 'great vigor and in dustry. He wait admitted to the bar when only a-little more than twenty years of age, •an at one° commenced the practice ,of his protbsedon In the Oily of Utica. • • The Aeath of hixfattier, however, soon afterwards de volvedltpon him so great .reeponslbtlitlem i 4.; on with the settiamotworthe amiiy • - as to require. the. most ptAla -4 1E , 0 4i IrMki , ,944 13 141 - 4434 . ,Mti5h •
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