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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1868
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET I
FOR PRESIDENT
N. HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF NEW YORK
OR VICE PFLECSIDUN
FRANK P. BLAIR, Jr.,
OF MISSOURI,
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL
IffiLBLEB E. BOYLE, of Fayette county
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL:
GOILWELLINGTON H. ENT, of Columbia co
County Committee MeetloC.
The Democratic County Committee will
nieet at the Democratic Club Room, Centre
Square, in the city of Luncaatet, on WEDNES
DAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 1008, at 11 o'cloca. A.
M. The punctual attendance of every member
la requested. • R. R. TSHUDY, Chairman,
B. J. McGuANN, Secretary.
Meeting . of the Democratic Mate Central
Committee
The Democratic State Centi al Committee
will meet at the Bolton House, Harrisburg, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th, 1511, at P. M.
A full nt:emlnuce In desired,
WM• A. WALLACE,
Chairman
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
In pursuance of authority granted to the on.
d °reigned by action of the County Committee,
fat itgrecent meeting of August 15th, the Dole•
gate EICCHODS ordered to be held on SATUR
DAY, SEPTEMBER sth, are hereby postponed
until SATURDAY, the lllth day of SEPTEM•
J3EI3, and the Democratic County Convention,
ordered to assemble on WEDNESDAY, SEP
TEMBER Ilth, Is postponed until WEDNES
DAY, the 21st day of SEPTEMBER, 18144, when
It will meet at 11 o'clock, A. M., at Fulton Hall,
In the City of Lancaster, for the purpose of
nominating a ticket to be supported at the
ensuing October election, composed of the fol
lowing officers :
A Member of Congress.
Four Members of Douse of Represent:, Lives.
Assookto Judge.
District Attorney.
One County Commissioner.
Two Directors of the Poor.
Two Prison Inspectors.
One Auditor.
The township commit' tom an, requested to
give early notice In their respect - I to districts
of the time and plsre.tif meeting for the elee
floe of delegates.
11) order of the liemoeratle Couuty Com
mittee. It, It. TSHUDY,
11. J. blotittioiN, • Chairman.
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS
lion. S. 13,C...x will address the Democracy
of Le:inciter In the Court house on Monday
evening, September list.
A Mass Meeting of West Hauptleld and 40-
'010m; townships will 6c held at Edw. Hop.
ion's lintel, Slive: Springs, on Saturday after
anon,
September 1211. lion. 1. E. Illester, S.
ii, Reynolds, 1.14. q., and others will address the
meeting.
A MBAR mectine of the Democracy of Prnyl-
denee township will be held al Hickory (trove
Hotel, on Saturday, Se iqenda r 12th. S. tt
Reynolds, .1. W. F. Swift., and A. .1, Steinman, •
will address the meeting.
There will no a polo ritislug and Dernocratio
meeting at Cionlonville ou Saturday, Septem
ber 12th. C4co. Nauman, Esq., 11. U. Smith,
and others, will address the meeting.
There v7lll ben meeting at Henry Plasterer's
lintel In Penn township on Saturday evening,
September 1211,. Cleo. Amman, end A.
Frantz, Dos., will address the meeting.
The Democracy of Paradise and adjoining
townships will bold a meetia al Jos. Roop's
Hotel, Loudon Grove, on Saturday evening,
September 12111. 11. Cl. Smith, Ueu, Memnon,
Esajc„ and others will speak.
Also, a meeting at Nicholici Dituncr's Hotel,
Williamstown, on Tuesday evening, Seaton.
her 11'24, Acid. H. Frantz, Geo, Nauman, ENtis„
and others will speak,
The Democracy of Little lirltain and other
townships will ho 41 a meeting at Illarshhanit's
lintel, Oak 11111, on Thursday evening, Sep
tember 1001. Ueo. Nauman, H. (I. Smith,
OM% ,111111 of hers will addres. the meeting.
Circulate Political Truth
The campaign draws to a close. The
work which is to be done must be done
quickly. In no way can so much good
be effected a 4 by the systematic circula
tion of sound and reliable Democratic
newspapers. The INTELmoENcEn is
unsurpassed by any Journal In the
State. Spread it among all who will
read it. THE WEEK' x INTL:1,1,10 ENcmt
will be /limb:bed to eh& of fire or MOM
after the Prexhicetint ricrtion FOR
THIRTY CENTS.
No further reduction lu price will he
made. Then forward at once the names
of such persons as you desire to have
the paper seut to.
The cash must accompany the order.
Postponed Meeting In Little Britain
Township
Owing to the terrible storm of last
Thursday, the Democratic meeting at
Oak Hill, Little Britain twp., was post
poned until next Thursday evening,
the 10th inst. Tt is expected that there
will be a large gathering of the voters
of Little Britain and surrounding town
ships.
Democratic Meetings
The tide of political excitement Is
rising and Democratic meetings are the
order of the day. This is it should lie.
We have nothing to lose, but every
thing to gain by a tree and open discus
sion of the great issues of the present
campaign. Then let meetings be held
at every available point between this
and the October election, and the result
will be Seen in Democratic gains.
lion. S. S. Cox In LonelyOr
The time Bet for the address of Hon.
S. S. Cox Wore the Democracy of Lan
caster has been changed from the 18th
to Monday, September 21st. Keep the
day In mind and let there be an audi
ence worthy of the occasion. Mr. Cox
has no superior as a stump orator in the
country, and the speeches he hue been
making during the present campaign
are more able than any of his former
efforts.
Negro Rulers.
The people of Lancaster county had
the pleasure of seeing a few negro rulers
at • the funeral of Thaddeus Stevens.
They oleo saw the white councilmen of
Washington city walking arm In anti
with their black fellow•members. All
distinction between the races wee corn•
pletoly abolished. Many Republicans
were disgusted at the exhibition. How
then can they wish to force a worse con•
dition of aflldrs upon men of their own
race In ten States of the Union, The
election of Grant is urged by the Rad),
cats because it will make negro
supremacy In the South permanent and
lasting. The Democracy aro denounced
us rovolutiouary, because they Insist
upon giving the white men of that sue.
thin a fair ahem, by removing the
army and abolishing the Freedmen's
Bureau. Such a peaceful and desirable
revolution,as that would be, ought to be
sanctioned by every white man in
PenusYlvania. Any white man who
votes for negro suerernacy In the South
ought to feel that he had committed an
sot se mean and despicable as to sink
him beneath the dignity of a7gentleman.
SECRETARY' McCuLLouori is using
all. his Influence to secure. Seymour's
`'electioii.lute:always been a Repub.
leeri lterfitotore. ,
The Temper of the Southern People.
The Radicals scarcely make an at
tempt at dellbe'sate diseussion of any .of
the great issues now agitating . the
minds of the people of the United States.
They seem to shun allusion to the vital
political questions of the day, and ignor
ing the urgent necessities of the present,
and shutting their eyes. to the great
future of the nation, they grope about
blindly amid the wreckand ruin of the
battle-fields of a past conflict. Having
deliberately prevented a restoration of
,the Union, to preserve ,which three
million soldiers went forth to battle,
they have no decent excuse to offer for
their con4uct. They cannot prevent
the people of the North from seeing
most clearly that the course pursued by
Congress has been very of
to
all the material interests of both sections
of our country. The most ignorant
, citizen can see at a glance how the
South has been impoverished and
weakened by the policy which the Rad'.
eels have pursued since the war ; and
there is no one so stupid as not to know
that the North has suffered with her.
When the Republican party is charg
ed with having established. military
despotism in the South for the purpose
of propping up negro governments,
what is their reply ? They tell us that
the white people of that section are still
rebellious. When we ask them to point
to a single tangible proof of the asser
tions which constitute their sole stock
of political capital in the present cam
paign, they are unable to do so. All
this outcry about rebels is the emptiest
and most unmeaning twaddle that ever
vexed the ears of any people.
The truth is that from the day when
Lee surrendered to Grant,the behaviour
of the Southern people has been distin
guished for moderation and forbearance.
No armed bands have disturbed the
public peace. Not a single pistol shot
has been tired. No insult has been of
fered to the flag. From the moment
when hostilities ceased until now, the
best men of the South, the leaders of
that section, the generals of their armies
and the men who were rulers among
them, have, without exception, express
ed a complete willingness to comply
with every requirement of the Consti
tution. .And the people have been more
submissive under gross insults and re
peated outrages than any the world has
ever seen. They yielded to the galling
yoke of a military 4lespotism without
attempt at resistance, and consented to
have the negro made a ruler over them
without a sign of revolt. The his
tory of the whole world does not show
such au example of patient endurance.
They are a high spirited race. How
does It come then, that they have sub
mitted so quietly? There is but one
reason that can be given for it. They
have believed that the people of the
North would show themselves to he
manly and generous. 'Toy have wait
ed patiently for a subsidence of insen
sate passion and a return or the popu
lace to reason. They have expected to
seethe Radical destructionists repudiat
ed at the ballot-box.
Never was there greater or more tint.
blushing corruption exhibited than has
been openly displayed in the differen t.
branches of the State Government or
Pennsylvania since the Radicals have
been in power. It has been known and
recognized of all men, for more than five
years past, that the Legislature-has been
constantly for sale to the highest bidder.
At each recurring session a combination
has been formed of members of the
dominant party, - familiarly known as
"the ring," for the express purpose of
levying tribute upon every corporation
and other party applying for legislation.
So perfect have been the arrangements
that no bill could be passed to which
" the ring" objected, and they made it
a point to object to every bill out of
which money could be extracted until
their demands were satisfied.
Another game of the corrupt wretches
who have made up the Radical. majori
ties in our State Legislature for some
years, has been the getting up of bills
imposing restrictions upon wealthy cor
porations, or curtailing their franchises.
These bills were known in the jargon of
the legislative thieves as " pinchers," a
significant term, signifying that they
were intended to pinch or squeeze mo
ney out of the corporations against
which they werej directed. Whenever
the business of bribery grew dull " the
ring" would get up a " pincher " to
fill the pockets of the members.
So' perfectly mercenary and so utterly
corrupt have the RadlcaLmajority been,
that even the office of United States
Senator was put up at auction and
knocked down to Simon Cameron for
so much cash, he being the highest,
and, therefore, the best bidder, as they
say at country vendues. No one at
tempted to conceal this piece of infamy.
A large number of Republican papers
in the excitement of that period exposed
the systematic rascality of their own
party, and we could more than substan
tiate every word we have said by quo
tations which we then published from
Col. A. K. McClure's paper, the Cham
bersburg Repository, from the Pittsburg
Commercial, and other leading Radical
organs of the State.
But there are other, and numerous
evidences of the infamous conduct of
each succeeding Radical Legislature.
From time to time they have increased
the number of officials about the two
houses, until it has come to pass that
the clerks, doorkeepers, folders, pesters,
and other employeeslave become more
numerous than the members. Nor was
that all, or the worst. It has been India
! putably proven, on good Radical
authority, that of the Columbia Spy and
others, that one Illyus, of Mount Joy, in
this county, was paid out of the State
Treasury, by order of Elisha W. Davis,
Speaker of the House, and with the
sanction of Auditor General Hartranft,
over seven hundred dollars salary, be
sides mileage, for pretended services,
when he was not present at Harrisburg
for a day during the session, and did no
work of any description. It has, also,
been ascertained that there were other
cases of a similar character.
Every voter of Lancaster county must
remember the disgraceful affair, which
caused quite a noise at the time, when
certain Radical officials about the State
Capitol were detected in carting oft the
public documents by tons, and selling
them to paper manufacturers.
The records show that the expenses
of running the Legislature have been
more than doubled under Radical rule,
and that many thousands of dollars
are unlawfully appropriated annually
in a manner that is no better than open
I stealing. They also show that Adju
tant General Hartranft has paid out
I thousands of dollars to Committees ap
pointed by the Legislature in direct
violation of a law which was framed by
Hun. Charles E. Boyle, the Democratic
candidate, to correct such abuses.
The other day we called attention to
the significant article which appeared
in theHarrisburgState Guard, in which
some of the corruptions of the party
were exposed. That loyal paper openly
charges that there will be two promi
nent bidders for a seat In the United
States Senate, if there is a Radical ma
jority on joint ballot. Simon Cameron
and W. H. Kemble will bid against
each other, Kemble for himself, and
Simon for his son-i n-law. Messrs. Rel
noehl and Uodschalk were believed to
be ready to go with Kemble, and so
they were beaten at the Republican
primary elections in this county, and au
out and out Cameron delegation settled.
Between the two there was really no
choice. ItiWas entirely a question of
dollars and cents ou both sides. There
is not a Republican politician in Lau
' caster county who can truthfully deny
! what we have stated. They know it to
be all too true.
There was a time, and that within
, the remembrance of most of our readers,
! when such corruption as now stalks
openly abroad would have roused the
people of Lancaster county to a pitch
of intense and virtuous indignation.
Were the present generation of voters
as honest as their fathers were, not a
Almost $12,000,000a Month for the Army. man who Is running for the Legislature
The official report of the Secretary of on the Radical ticket in this county
the Treasury informs tiecould hope to be elected. They would that the cost of !
the army for the month of August was stand no more chance than a cat in
$11,800,000. That is at the rate of ! Tophet without claws.
nearly $150,000,000 a year. And what It is high time the people should
is this costly army of ours doing A wake up to the necessity which exists
few predatory bands of Indians are for n change. The blight of fraud and
overrunning the west, killing old and
official corruption has spread like a mll
young, and committing the most un-
dew over the whole face of public af
fairs since the Radicals have obtained
heard of outrages upon defenseless
women. Gen. Sheridan Is shut up in power. Congress and State Legislatures
Fort Dodge, and has to net upon the
have become alike venal and mercenary.
!
defensive against a few naked and half There can be no hope of any improve
'
armed savages. went while the people sanction the ras
num th; , 081
and
c.e.pemircarmil entity which prevails by keeping the
or' ours, and what is it doing
authors of it in power. If a purer ad
l)oes any one need to ask' ! ministration of the National and State
g
It is distributed through the Southernovernments Is desired, the Republican
Inlay must he defeated. So long us the
States—picketed out to propup the rule
of negroes over w hite men, people support It, they endorse the cor.
Reconstruction of States bottom up-
ruptiou of Its leaders, and offer a pre•
conduct.
wards, with the white man underneath intuit' for official mis
- •••• ...-
and the negro on top, is a costly expert. How the Negroes Were Ousted from the
intent. It takes more than twice as much Georgia Legislature.
When they abolished slavery by con
stitutional enactments in all the States,
they did it with a full understanding
that there could be no appeal from the
act, and they showed the full accep
tance of the situation by the passage of
laws giving to the black man all the
rights he enjoys in Pennsylvania.
When they repudiated the rebel debt
by solemn enactments, they knew they
blotted out forever every evidence of
such indebtedness. When they agreed
to pay their full share of the Federal
debt they assumed the burtheu with an
honest intention of discharging the
obligation they assumed.
In all respects and on every occasion
they have shown a spirit of honor, of
candor, rind of patriotism which ought
to put the Radicals of Congress to the
blush of shame. The men who are
now buoy howling the cry of rebel
through the North are only doing so to
cover up their infamous crimes against
the Constitution and against the peo
ple. They are for the most part thieves,
or the confidents and supporters of those
who have fattened upon public plunder.
Whenever a public speaker or a news
paper writer is heard dealing In anathe
&ins against the Southern people, and
endeavoring to excite animosities be
tween the white men of the two sec
tions, he may be safely set down as a
public enemy. This is the last resort of
the gang of thieves who have been
emptying the treasury of the many mil
lions of money which have been annu
ally wrung from the toll and sweat
of the working men of the nation.—
They are vampires who have fasten
ed upon the body politic, and
whose insatiate appetites will never
know satiety. They are the political
buzzards who have fattened upon offi
cial corruption, or the lean and hungry
cormorants whose maws have not yet
been filled. Prom the senseless bellow
lugs and Incendiary harangues of such
fellows sensible men of all parties
must turn away In complete disgust.
They deserve to be greeted with the
gibes and jeers of the populace wherever
they may go.
money for the army alone as the admin• The expulsion of the uegroes from the
istratlon of Mr. Buchanan cost In any Georgia Legislature wasmot exclusively
one year. the work of the Democrats. Taking the
Then there are all the expenses of ! white and black Radicals together, they
registeringnegroes; the tuillionsdevoted I have a decided majority. The native
to the Freedmen's Bureau; ' white Radicals did not relish compan.
more for the salaries of other useless' lonship with negroes, however, and they
officials; and other expenditures, of ! united with the Democrats to unseat
which the people know nothing. them. We do not see how any Repub.
Let the tax-payers all remember that I licau can complain of this. Congress
the Chicago Platform solemnly pledges , has made it a point to turn out one
the Republican party to a continuance Democrat after another; and that too
of this costly system. Let them re• when theßadical applicants had not the
member too that General Grant declares ! slightest claim to the seats to which they
that, he will have no policy of his own, I were admitted. On the motion of deny.
if elected. Ho has pledged himself that'' lug the rights of these negroes to sit in
he will be a mere dumb tool In the hands the Georgia Legislature, more than half
of the Radicals. A vote for him is a vote the white Radicals voted with the Dem-
for the continuance of all the extrava• aerate, As Democrats, opposed to negro
gene° and corruption now i revelling, rule, wo rejoice at the result, and thank
The Democrats pledge themselves to the white Radicals of Georgia for show
relieve the nation from all this infamous ing to the world that they have still
and expensive folly If Seymour Is elect• some sense of decency left. They have
ed. Lot the people make their choice knocked the last prop from under the
intelligently between him and the no Congressional pion for reconstructing
pulley candidate of the Radicals. States, bottom upwards, and the costly
. . .
,
scheme, which has been' so diligently
nom Worse W. Woodward. patched up from time to time, stands
Hon. George W. Woodward had been out before the world a confused and
renominated for Congress in the Lu• most ridiculous failure. When Seymour
come district. judge Woodward was and Blair aro elected there will be a
elected last year While abeeutin Europe
speedy and complete revolution, but It
to fill the unexpired form of Mr. Den- will boil
pcilecchiccin,
which
wil l bring
111 8 011, deceased. Immediately upon
lasting prosperity to the nation.
taking his seat he assumed the position
of a leader in the House, and hie in• THE Examiner bile th 6 following
flume was felt throughout the session. item in its editorial columns:
With his commanding abilities he will John Quincy Adams has boon nominated
be a tower of strength to the Demo. for Governor by the Republicans of Massa
,
°ratio party in the next Congress, and ohusetts.
the Constitution and the Union will I Now it so happens that John Quincy
have no abler defender than he. Adams is the Democratic candidate.
The Radicals of Massachusetts can
exhibit no such honored and historic
name on the ticket. They are repre
sented by a cockeyed beast, the spoon.
thief, Ben. Bunny,
SgORETARY SEWARD, who was ex
pected to announce himself in favor of
Grant is said to be fully convinced that
the in terests of the nation demand the
election, of Seymour and Blair.
THE LANCASTER WEEKLY iNri'VA . IIIAGEN'bRILW)NI)/NLY, SEPTEVI33ER 9, 1868.
Extravagance and Corruption of the
Radicals in Pennsylvania.
The People Against the Yankees.
The six New England States con*
blued do, not cailtiaa many votes as -
Pennisylvartia by atleast fifty thousand.
Yet they hive twelve
,United. States
Senators and.twenty-seven members of
Congress. :In the electoral college they
cast thirty-nine Votes to onr twenty-six.
Is that fair
This large representation in the Uni
ted States Senate gives to these small
Yankee States an undue influence in ,
legislation. During and since the war,
while ,the Southern States have been
unrepresented in Congress, this unequal
and improper preponderance of the
power of New England has been most
seriously felt. No measure which the
twelva Yankee Senators opposed has
become a law, and no act which they
united upon has failed to be forced
through Congress. The result has been
that New England has completely con
trolled legislation for the last eight
years. Every demand made by that
section has been complied with. Tha
tariff has been framed to suit the selfish
ends of Yankee manufacturers, and no
thought has been taken of the interests
of the working men of other sections of
the country, who, as consumers, have
to pay all costs and charges in the end.
I The internal revenue law has been so
framed and adjusted from time to time as
to give Yankee capitalists the opportuni
ty of making enormous profits on their
productions. When the tax was reduced
on certain classes of manufacturers and
repealed on others, it was done at the
dictation of New England, and care was
taken at the same time to keep up the
tariff to a prohibitory standard, so that
, there could be no competition. The
I result was that the Yankee sharpers
pocketed the amount which the gov
ernment lost by the reduction of reve
-1 nue, and the burthen of taxation fell
the more heavily upon the toiling
masses of the Middle and Western
States.
The Yankees have been doing re
markably well ever since they have
had control of the Government. They
do not want a change. They dread the
coming of the day when, under the
wise and beneficent rule of the Demo
cratic party, the interests 3f all sections
of the country shell be considered, and
the infamous system of legislating for
one class at the expense of others be
broken up.
It is not strange that the Yankees
should make the most desperate efforts
to maintain the supremacy of the Rad
ical Republican party. Ever since that
organization has had an existence it has
been run for their especial benefit. The
moment power passes into the hands of
the Democracy the control of New Eng.
laud will cease to be supreme. That the
Yankee capitalists know very well, and
I that it Is which nerves them with des
perate energy In the pending political
, campaign. They are fighting for a con
' tinuance of the unequal and unjust laws
i which have made the working men of
I the Middle and Western States their
bond slaves, compelling them to pay
tribute on almost every manufactured
, article which they purchase for wear or
for use in their families.
The people of Pennsylvania, and of
the Western and Border States under
stand how this system of class legisla
tion has been impoverishing them
from year to year, and even the ne
' groes of the South are beginning to get
their eyes opened to the danger of ad
,
I ding to the Yankee power by sending a
parcel of fugitive carpet-baggers from
New England to represent them in
Congress.
The fight in this campaign is against
the fanaticism, the proscriptive spirit,
the vindictiveness and the grasping cu
pidity of greedy Yankee monopolists.
The battle is to be even elsewhere than
in New England, and there can be no
doubt that the people of the great Mid•
die and Western States will unite with
the Democratic party to protect their
rights. This is a light of the people
against the Yankees,
The Bayonet Candidate
General Garfield, of Ohio, now a mem
ber •of Congress, recently n military
personage, and formerly a professed
minister of the gospel of peace, has been
interpreting Grant's exclamation, "let
us have peace." He made a speech the
other day in which he said that It was
the intention of General Grant, if elect
ed, and of the Radical majority in Con
gress to rule the country by the help of
" a little triangular piece of steel, ^ailed
a bayonet."
We believe Mr. Garfield. We have
no doubt he spoke out the real Intention
and fixed design of his party. Should
Grant be elected we expect to Bee the
bayonet made the ruling power in the
United States. That all opposition to
the Radical policy will be confronted
by military power we regard as certain.
If the people have any regard for the
form of government bequeathed to
them by their fathers, if they would
see their republican institutions pre
served, if they would preserve their lib
erties, if they would avoid despotism,
if they would not have a monarchy es
tablished In this couptry they must vote
for Seymour.
If they desire to see the goveanment
administered by "a little triangular
Piece of steel, callcil a bayonet " let them
vote for Grant. He is the bayonet can
didate.
Enormous Expenses of the Radical Con
Let taxpayers look at this significant
and startling fact, as a comment on the
professions of economy which are so
glibly made by Radical leaders. The
expenses of the House of Representa
tives for the year ending Juno - 110, 1804,
were $353,00, while the expenses for the
year ending Juue 30, 1808, reached the
enormous figure of $725,055, nearly
doubling In four years! What a mock
ery is it for such men to talk about
economical administration of public
affairs. The expenditures which aro
right under their own eye, and which
are more immediately under their con
trol, have absolutely doubled, though
the number of members wee not in
creased, and though prices were consid
erably higher in the last year of the war
than three yearn after I to close.
Every year since 1801 the expenses of
the House have overrun, by $lOO,OOO and
more, those of 1804, until they at last
reached this enormous advance. Place
men have been multiplied, small swin
dles covered up, petty robbery devel
oped, until it takes double the money to
meet the extravagant demands of this
economical House that it did in 1804,
There are more idle clerks of commit
tees, moro supernumeracy doorkeepers
engaged in keeping each other in coun
tenance, more well-dressed messengers,
who make the corridors vocal with their
laudations of this wonderful Congress
and their denunciations of Anrly John
son, than wore ever gathered In useless
attendance upon so large a body of ex
tremely economical public servants,
lion. Edgar Cowan.
Hon. Edgar Cowan has taken the
stump for Seymour and Blair. He left
the Republican party from honest eon-
Illations of public duty, at a time when
by adhering to it he might have secured
a reelection to the United States Senate
without tho slightest difficulty. That
act attests the purity of his patriotism.
Mr. Cowan is one of the most eilbotive
stump speakers in the country. We
hope to have the pleasure of hearing
him in Lancaster.
Bon.'John D. SUM.
Hon. John D.*Stiles" has been nomi
nated for Cobirees in . the Lehigh and
Montgomery districts. No better seleo.
Lion could have been made. Mr. Stiles
was an efficient member during a form er
term, and , with his ewperience will be
able to o make his influence felt still
more stOngly in the future deliberations
of that body #fie is a ready debater
And 1311:enelfent business man.
flow the People are Bobbed
, - ; ',The corruption of Congress is con t
fetsietA, open, patent and natienied- pot
whole country knOws that
of 'expenditure, reckless l3P P
'ion of public money, ' , waste of the!
lafided domain, disgraceful peculationa'
in the - House and Senate, and a' dispo
sition to make money for themselves in
all conceivable and dishonest ways has
been the distinguishing feature of Rad
ical Congressmeh for years past. Not
only have they doubled their own pay,
doubled the - ordinary_ expenses of both
branches of the legislative department,
doubled the number • of , all attendant
officials and added largely to their
salaries; but they have - descended to
stealing hundreds of pen knives, dozens
of costly kid gloves, many gold pens,
an indefinite amount of stationery, and
a multitude of other articles too numer
ous to mention, as they say in vendue
bills. A perfect carnival of rascality
has prevailed, and the slime of fraud
and corruption has been spread thick
over everything at Washington.
While Congress has been thus setting
the example of miscellaneous and
wholesale stealing, other United States
officials have followed suit. Commis
sioner Wells, the Radical who tried to
patch up the record of the extrava
gance of the Republican party, was
forced to admit that not more than
one-half the revenue assessed has ever
found its way into the public treasury.
Mr. Freeman Clarke, a prominent leader
among the New York Radicals, and a
man who has been Comptroller of the
Treasury of that State, recently wrote
and published a letter on the subject of
finance in which he says:
"It can be clearly demonstrated that
frauds and evasions are practiced lb such
an extent that not much more than half of
the amount is collected that should be, and
would be if the laws were enforced with
administrative ability and integrity. The
result is that the lowest taxpayers are now
paying upon the basis of revenue about
900,000,000 per annum, while not more than
half that sum finds its way into the Treas
ury. Statistics of the manufactures and
productions of the country will prove that
if the tax to which they are subject was
I fairly collected, and the same rule applied
to custom duties, the income of the revenue
would amount to about the sum named
above."
All these abuses the Democratic party
is pledged to correct as soon as it ob
tains control of the Government. It
expects not only to elect a President
and Vice President in November, but
to make a decided gain of Congressmen.
If the people of the North were fully
alive to their best interests they would
see to it that the Democrats had a ma
jority in the next Congress, and would
then hold them responsible for an
economical and judicious administra
tion of public affairs. Should they have
the sagacity to do so, they would have
no reason to regret the change.
The Roseerans Coriespondenee.
We publish elsewhere the correspon
dence between Gen. Roseerans and a
number of the most distinguished Gen
erals and statesmen of the South. The
declaration of these Southern leaders
contains nothing new. It is only a re•
iteration of the sentiments they have
constantly expressed from the end of
the war until now. There never has
been any reason to doubt that the peo
ple of the South were earnestly desir
ous of doing all in their power to main
tain the supremacy of the Constitution
of the United States, and to restore the
Union to its former power and glory.
They gave the best proofs of integrity of
purpose by abolishing slavery in all the
States by constitutional amendments,
by repudiating the rebel debt, by pledg
ing themselves to the payment of the
national debt, and by the passage of
laws giving to the negroes all the rights
they haVe in Pennsylvania. Profound
peace has prevailed since Lee surren
dered to Grant, and these leaders
and those whom they represent have
borne the pressure of a military
despotism and the attempt to establish
I negro rule over them with wonderful
patience. This they have done because
they believed that the hour of madness
would soon pass away, and that the
people of the North would be both just
and gmeroue in the end. They still
rely upon the good sense and the gener
osity of the men of their own race in
the Northern States. And we feel as
sured that the worn out cry about rebels
will never be heard In this country
again after the coming Presidential
election, but that under Seymour a peace
will be established which will last for
ever.
Vermont Agnin.
The Radicals are roosting lower in
Vermont. Their boasted majority
of 30,000 has dropped down several
thousand, and they now admit that the
Democrats have gained more largely in
proportion than they have. We have
elected twice as many members of the
Legislature as we had last year. The
Radical majority lu the State will be
about 26,000 when the official return
comes in. Extravagant reports of a ma.
jority of over 30,000 was spread abroad
for the purpose of cheet•kng up the
drooping spirits of the despondent sup•
porters of Grant. That sort of thing will
not effect the multitude of honest and
intelligent voters in Pennsylvania, who
have determined to break off their con
nection with the corrupt and extrava—
gant Radical party. They understand
the vital issues of the campaign and
will. vote for the change which is de
manded by all their interests.
Reconstructed South Carolina
The following is a seml•official report
of the cost of collecting, and, of what is
received for the District of Beaufort,
S. C.:
Ex penig) of eenltctlng interoal 10000-510,050 00
Proceeilo of the collection 402 50
Balance on wrong tilde of the ehee1,.....810.:37 GO
There are other districts as profitable
to Uncle Liam as this. We, Northern
dupes and blockheads, pay this differ
ence of $10,247 GO—and Carpet-Baggers
enjoy the fun.
Row the Radicals Raise Money for the
Campaign.
'The Lebanon Advertiser charges that
Henry L. Cake, the Radical candidate
for Congress lu the Schuylkill and
Lebanon District, has obtained from
Washington a large contract for coal, for
the government, at an advance of fifty
cents per ton over and above what any
one else would furnish it for. This nice
little arrangement was made to aid him
In securing a re.eleotfon. How long
will the people continue to support a
party which Is guilty of such Infamous
outrages?
Geary on the Stump.
That miserable milk-sop Cleary has
been making speeches out in the west
ern part of the State, In which he abuses
better and abler soldiers than himself,
because they support Seymour and
Blair. Cleary cannot speak ten consec
utive sentences of grammatical English
to save Lis life. He is an ignorant,
malignant and conceited ,ass, and his
own party areashamed of him wherever
he goes. They had bettor tie him up.
A Dig Thief Arrested.
'rho Radical-Revenue Commissioner
&Mins, who, Jibe Stanton, refuses to
resign a position ho is unfit to 911, has
beon arrested for conepiring with other
Radical thieves to defraud the Govern.
moot. Me political friends aro trying
to make light of the matter That le
the way they treat all such transactions.
Diabolical Crime.
In another column will be found an
account of one of the most diabolical
crimes ever committed by fiends incar-
nate. It is instructive to remember
that the principal villain was'a Radical
candidate for office. Is it any wonder
that the people of the South protest
against being put under the ruled such
creatures, and the infamous white
wretches win) are degraded enough to
associate with them, on intimate terms'
Was Colfax a Know-Nothing?
The Examiner and other Radical
liskivnippers are ,;endeavoring to cover
;riptlifiknqw-nothing record of Schuyler
'Clilf!,.tx.,.That they are ashamed of what
they once gloriid !iris a significant in
dicatton. They.quote a speech which
Mr: Colfax delivered ' immediately after
his arrival at his home a short time since,
as conclusive evidence that their candi
date for Vice President never was a
member of the infamous know-nothing
organization. We have read that speech,
and we are fully convinced that it is a
disingenuous trick ,gotten up to deceive.
It is a lie in terms if not in exact words.
Mr. Colfax says :
You here know that there has not , been an
election for the past twelve years that I have
not gone to the polls, not with a closed ballot,
but an open one, and voted for men of foreign
birth, and who worshipped at a different attar
from what Idid myself.
That is his defense. Mark now the
trick there is in it. " For the past
twelve years' is the.time he fixes, dur
ing which he has not refused to vote
for foreigners or Catholics. Twelve
years! That takes us back to the fall of
1856. It does not include 1854 and 1855,
the years when know-nothingism was
most rampant, nor the summer of 1856.
i His denial is only as to time, and the
limit is put in so as to save him from
being shown to have uttered a bare
faced falsehood. It is disingenuous, un
candid and unmanly, and stamps
Mr. Colfax as a man lacking in princi
ple and honor. A correspondent of the
N. Y. Freeman's Journal, speaking of
this matter says:
Mr. Colfax well knew that the newspa
pers of June, 1855, would show, and many
living witnesses can testify, that he was an
active antkprorninent member of the Know-
Nothing National Council, which met, in
secret session, in Philadelphia, about the
6th of June, 1855. It was well known, at
the time, that only the most trusted of the
secret order gained adthission to that Coun
cil ; that for several days, nothing was pub
licly known of its proceedings, or who were
delegates to it. A Philadelphia correspon
dent wrote " A large number of gentlemen
of distinction are here, and the general
impression seems to be that they are inti
mate acquaintances of the mysterious and
übiquitous Sam." About the llth June,the
organization was completed by the election
of the officers, and a Committee on a
Platform was announced. The second
name on that Committee was "Colfax, of
Indiana." The correspondent stated that
" Mr. Colfax, the member of Congress elect,
wants a platform to suit Northern Indiana "
The majority overruled Mr. Colfax, and
reported a platform that did not snit North
ern Indiana. Mr. Colfax and the minority
of the Committee made a minority report,
which being rejected, he and others subse
quently abandoned the American party, as
they then called themselves, (on account of
their views of the Slavery question,) went
off and joined the radical abolitionists, and
nominated Fremont. This is Mr. Colfax's
true record just anterior to "the past twelve
years." Will he, or his friends, now deny
that in 1855, he was a rabid Know-Nothing?
Ask George D. Prentice, of the Louisville
Journal, who was with Mr. Colfax in the
Philadelphia Convention in June, 1855.
And the editor of that journal says
editorially:
We have the evidence that Colfax witi in
the "Know-Nothing" party, and In the de
grees, "away up," in that infamous con
spiracy, and that he only differed from it
when "Sam"—the slang. phrase for all that
was proscriptive, did not accept the ad
junct, and become Bombe.
Our correspondent, whose letter Is on the
first page, may be right, lint, our casual
impression is that the year ho refers to is
1856, and not 1855. At the place, and mo
ment we write, we cannot verify this. But,
we are Certain of the fact that Colfax was
one of the leading Know-Nothings at the
Convention.
This fixes It that he was a Know-Nothing !
They did not their work negligently. They
put their own seal on their doings. a
Our own honest conclusion is that Colfax
is a sworn brother of the Know-Nothing or-
ganization, and that, while trying to fool
one other Frenchman, he is hostile to
Catholics, and plays the hypocrite when he
pretends to be their friends.
That the convention alluded to was
held in Philadelphia, and that Colfax
was a prominent member of it is mat
ter of political record. It cannot be
denied. How despicable then must the
Radical candidate for Vice President
seem in the eyes of all honest men,
'when he stands before the world, guilty
of framing such a sneaking falsehood
as that by which he attempted to escape
the deserved odium of having been a
leader in the infamous and proscriptive
Know-Nothing party. The truth Is Mr.
Colfax is a professional politician, and
a tricky and dishonest one at that. He
has boxed the political compass, and
has born in turn all the aliases by
which the opposition to the Democratic
party has been distinguished, from the
days of Whiggery down to the present
time. That he was a Know-Nothing
there can be no doubt, The proof is
beyond controversy, and his quibbling
speech at South Bend can only damage
him by showing how little regard lie
has for truth, and making it plain to
the people what a contemptible politi
cal trickster he is.
ARMS IssuEn.—We learn from the Har
risburg Slate Guard that a military com
pany of this city, called the Lancaster Piro
Zouaves, organized under the militia laws
of Pennsylvania, made a requisition upon
the Adjutant General for arms, which were
granted yesterday. The officers are, ca t.
Lawrence Boyle, first lieutenant Geo, W.
Brlntnall, second lieutenant John D. Mc-
Killips. This company, it is understood, Is
an offshoot of the Democratic Club of this
city. None are members except Democrats,
and it is asserted that prominent members
of that party propose to purchase the uni
forms for the company. Is it a ICu-Klux
movement? Who will answer I—Expresa.
We will inform the Exptcas that the
young men who compose the military
company to which it alludes, can nearly
all show honorable discharges as sol
diers in the late war. .Not a few of them
bear the scars of battle wounds on their
bodies. We believe not a man,on the
editorial corps of the Express eves melt
gun powder during the rebellion. They
were too busy smelling out treason at
home and abusing men who were more
patriotic than themselves.
How Is it about the Ilyus matter, the
little bill of $712, paid by " order " of
C4eu. Hartran ft for services not rendered?
How about the nine thousand five
hundred and odd dollars paid on the
" order " of the same officer for services
which the law says shall not be paid for?
Will somebody explain, or will the
Radicals withdraw their candidate?
Facts! Facts!
Facts! facts! shouted Mr. Gradgrind.
Here they are with reference to the
manner in which the Radicals are in
creasing the debt of the nation, and
consequently the taxation of the people.
From June to July the public debt in
creased at the rate of over $53,000,000 a
month!—Over $13,000,000 a week!—
Over $1,750.000 a day!—Over $70,000 an
hour i—Over sl,2ooaminute I—Over $2O
a second. How long will the resources
of the nation bear this strain ?
THE Radicals have been shouting
themselves hoarse because they did not
lose Vermont, Their majority in 1864
was over 29,000, and now it is several
thousand less. If they are so wonder•
fully jubilant over such a loss they
must have considered their party to be
lu a very desperate condition Indeed.
We expe4 thorn to carry most of the
Yankee States by reduced majorities,
but when it comes to the great Mid ile
and Western States they will have no
show.
CERTAIN negroes In this county have
received circulars from gentlemen who
aro candidates for the Radical nomina
tion for Congress in this District, and
we understand they expect to bo
allowed to vote at the primary election.
As this is a matter exclusively under
the control of.thb Radicals themselves
no Democrat can interpose any Alec
tin. In feet It would be a plop° of
glaring inconsistency If the nogroes of
Lancaster county should bo refused a
voice in the selection of a candidate to
succeed Thaddeus Stevens.
THE Radicals have had bad luck with
the negroes they have elevated to office.
The wife of a negro messenger in the
Treasury Department at Washington
has just been arrested for passing a $6O
note, one of a battili which her husband
stole from the vaults. Still they insist
upon the tight of Simbo to hold official
position equally with the white man.
What the Radical 000Petil, Spends for
Ratlegacy.
The facts in reiaid..to the extrava
gance of the present Congress are per
featly astounding. Takagi for instance,
the single , item of .stationery of the
House of Representatives. In 1864 this
amounted to $36,600, an enormous sum
to supply a hundred and eighty gentle
men with writing materials—upwards
of $2OO to each man: That sum, would
secure hundreds of reams of paper and
packages of envelopes. But large as it
is, it is nothing to compare with the bills
now, which have swollen up to $77,500,
though paper has decreased in price,
and the number of members is not sen
sibly increased. This doubles the
amount for each member, $4OO being
necessary to keep each honorable gen
tleman in writing materials.
It is true that honorable members are
now limited to a $l5O worth each by
law, which, for a House of two hundred
members, would require an expenditure
of $30,200.- But they are also privileged
to commute, and, instead of taking that
amount in stationery, to draw as much
of it as they think proper in money.—
In ISoel;the moat of the members took
their stationery, so that the commuta
tion of stationery amouted to but $2,000-
but in 1808 they became experts in pet,
ty swindling, and the large majority of
them drew money instead of writing
material, swelling the commutation up
to $22,150 ! In the meantime, how did
the members get their paper, pens, and
envelopes? The answer is simple. By
plundering the committeerooms. Sup
plies were drawn for each committee
room, and instead of paying for what
the law expressly contemplated they
should pay, these honorable gentlemen
of the party of high moral ideas cribbed
their writing material out of what was
furnished the committee rooms. Thus
the account stands :
Stationery fur 1868 $77,500
Commutation of stationery for 1868... 22,160
Against fur year 18G-1
Leaving an excess of 1868 over 1864 of 861,050
Thus the party, whose leaders sol
emnly resolve in favor of retrenchment,
has in four years nearly trebled the sta
tionery bills of the popular branch of
the Legislature. Let the voters remem
ber this outrageous increase of $61,050
when they come to pass upon the con
duct of these leaders of retrenchment
and reform.
Negro Egonllt3 In the North
Last year the Republicans of New
Jersey spoke out the honest sentiments
of the party. With great unanimity
their State Convention passed the fol
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That pledging ourselves to the
eradication of the word white from the Con
stitution of New Jersey, by every legal and
honorable means, we aiao call upon COlL
gress to take measures to induce or compel
all the States of the Union to establish a just
and uniform rule of suffrage, excluding all
distinction of class and race or color, so that
the citizens of each State shall be entitled to
all the privileges and immunities of citizens
in the several States ; and the United States
redeem its original promise to guarantee to
every State in the Tinton a republican form
of governmsn.t.
They have tried to establish the same
thing in every Northern State where
they have thought they had the slight
est chance of so doing. The creed of
their party demands such action. It is
a necessity with them. They only need
a little encouragement to adopt the act
which is still sleeping, not dead, in one
of the committees, enforcing negro suf
frage and negro equality on all the
States by act of Congress. If Grant
should be elected it will be put through,
and he will not veto It, because he is
pledged to have no policy. Let the peo
ple remember how the party has here
tofore acted in this matter.
Thieves at the State Capital
The Stale Guard can not conceal the
rascality of party. It boldly makes the
following charge against some of the
Radicals of Harrisburg :
"There aro men living in this city, pro
fessing to be Republicans, who were com
pelled in open daylight to carry tack to the
Treasury the money which they unlawfully
and dishonestly drew therefrom,
and who
were overwhelmingly convicted in the face of
the Legislature of sneaking to the Clerk's
desk of the House of Representatives, there
to alter the figures in the official document!"
The Slate Guard ought to know all
about the matter, and we have no doubt
It speaks the truth. If It should con
tinue its investigations it would be able
to make even more startling revelations.
Let It proceed.
Negro Candidates for• Congress.
We clip the following from the tele
graphic column of that "truly loll''
sheet the Harrisburg State Guard:
The negro Bradley is out as an independ
ent candidate for Congress from the First
(Georgia) district against Cliff, the,regular
nominee end the present representative to
Congress. It is believed that Bradley will
be elected if he runs. Turner, negro, is
spoken of for Congress, in the fourth.
These are signs of the Radical politi.
cal millenium which is to come if Grant
should be elected. " Let us have peace."
• THE Lowor House of the Georgia
Legislature has declared negroes inelig
ible, and ousted twenty-five of them.
What will he the fate of Georgia when
the Radical Congress reassembles? Will
the State be put out of the Union again,
or will Grant send au army down there
to re-Beat the unseated African leisla
tors ?
IT is reported on Radical authority
that Clem Grant declines to come East.
He says he does not want to be put in a
position where he will be forced to
attempt to -make speeches. He can
conceal his ignorance and stupidity In
the tanjaouse at Galena, but could not
do sonrWashington or New York. He
knows his own calibre and acts wisely.
Tin: Upper Dauphin Regißtcr repudi
ates a portion of the Radical county
ticket, and refuses to support the cor
rupt men who have sold their votes for
U. S. Senator In advance. What a
commentary on the purity of the "Clod
and morality party."
E=ll
The participation of Mr. A. Armstrong in
a fraudulent transaction, by which seven
hundred and twelve dollars worn abstracted
from the Treasury, as well as his outrage
ous for mileage, has given him a
political quietus torever in Lancaster coun
ty. But there are parties to this transac
tion more guilty than Armstrong and his
man, Ilyus. The Hon. Elishti W. Davis,
late ;Spanker of the House, fraudulently
gave II us a certificate for money to which
Davis knew he wee not entitled. Ile
know that Ilyus had not performed an
hour's service to the State; that he never
was elected a folder in tho House, and
that ho was borne on no pay rolls—in fact,
that he had been rejected. Yet, as a reward
for Armstrong's vote for him for Speaker,
in fulfillment of a promise, Davis .put his
arm into the Treasuryi and:clrewlout the
money. Auditor General Hartranit, whose
duty it is to carefully examine all accounts
that aro presented, approved of this Ilyus
account, when he. too, could have easily as
certained that there was no such person lu
public employment at thecapitol. He could
have discovered, also, that this cortificato
was the consummation of a corrupt bargain
between Davis and Armstrong. But in
gross violation of duty ho ordered its pny
mnnt. But whatever excuse ho may be
able to make for his official misconduct in
the Ilyus case (and he has as yet ventured
on nono,) what can ho say to tho mileage of
Armstrong P Ho knew that Armstrong
was entitled to no such sum, yet be passed
the account for three hundred and six dol
lars, when the Mount Joy member could
havo legally claimed but seven and a half.
A correspondent hits suggested that Arm
strong came to Harrisburg from Mt. Joy
via Philadelphia, Now York, Buffalo, Hall
fax, Niagara Falls and Scranton but tho
Auditor General had no right to follow him
in his oeoontrlo trip, when no know that the
law requires
_payment of mileago by the
direct traveled route.
Rumors arc rife that the case of Dyne fs
only ono of many instances of flagrant
official malpractice. Other names aro men
tioned which appear on the pay rolls and in
the State Treasurer's office, the owners of
which never hold any position under the
State government, anti never performed an
hour's duty . These abuses have crept in
under Radipal administration. The re
warding of favorite partisans and
tools, at the expense of the pub
lie treasury, has grown under Radloal
rule into a complete system, the enormities
of 6wlalakt will never be revealed until a
change of administration shall take place.
An unholy combination with its agents in
the Legislature. la the lobby, in the Auditor
General's O ffi ce, and In the State Treasury
have hitherto managed to balk all attempts
at• exposure and to defy the people. This
Dyne matter, small as it is, will furnish the
key by which many an. official prime will
he brought to light.—Prartoe.
THE 110810BANB MINION
THE CORRESPONDENCE
Letter from General Roseman' to Gen
eral Robert E. Lee.
THE REPLY
An F.xposltton of the Sentiment,' of the
Southern People•
General Itoseerane Letter
WRITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
WEST VIRGINIA, August 1868.
General—Full of solicitude for the future
of our country, I come with my heart in
my hand to learn the condition, wishes and
intentions of the people of the Southern
States, especially to ascertain the sentiments
of that body of bravo, energetic, and self
sacrificing men who, after sustaining the
Confederacy for four years, laid down their
arms and swore allegiance to the Govern
ment of the United States, whose trusted
and beloved leader you have been.
see that interpreting "State rights" to
conflict with national unity has produced a
reaction against them, which is drifting us
towards consolidation, and also that so great
a country as ours oven now is, certainly is
to be, must have State governments to at
tend to local details, or go farther and fare
wot se.
It is plain to us at the West and North
that the continuance of semi-anarchy such
as has existed for the last three years In ten
States of our Union, largely increases the
danger of centralism, swells our national
expenditures, diminishes our productions
and our revenue, inspires doubts of our
political and financial stability, depreciates
the value of our national bonds and cur
rency, and places the credit of the richest
below that of the poorest nation in Christ
endom.
We know that our currency must be de
preciated so long as our bonds are below
par, and that, therefore, the vast business
and commerce of the country must suffer
the terrible evil of a fluctuating standard of
value until we can remedy the evil condi
tion of things at the South. We also see
other mischief quite possible, if not probe- [
hie, to arise, such as from a failure of crops, . WABITINSITON, Sept. 7.
a local insurrection and many other unfor- PUBLIC, DEBT STATEMENT.
seen contingencies, which may still more The following public
depreciate statement of the
depreciate our credit and currency, provoke I debt of the United States on the Ist of Sop
discontent and disorder among our people I teMber, 1868' , has Just been lashed:
and bring demagogical a gitators,revol ution, I August. Septryntorr
repudiation and a thousand unnamed evils -
and villanies upon us. We know that the
interests of the people of the South aro for
law and order, and that they must hare
our fate of good and ill.
I believe—every one I know who reflects
believes—that if the people of the Southern
States could be at peace, and their energy
and goodwill heartily applied to repair the
wastes of war, reorganize their business, set
the freedmenipeaceably, prosperously and
contentedly at work, invite capital, enter
prise and labor from elsewhere to come free
ly amongst them, they would soon rebuild
their ruined fortunes, multiply many fold
the value of their lands, establish public con
fidence in our political stability, bring our
Government bonds to premium, our cur
rency to a gold standard, and assure for
themselves and the whole nation a happy
and prosperous future.
Seeing this, and how all Just interests con
, cur in the work, I ask the officers and sol
diers who fought for the Union, ask every
thinking man of the groat West and North,
why it cannot be done?
We aro told by those who have controlled
the Government for the last four years, that
the people of the South will not do it. That,
if ever done at all, it must be done by the
pour, simple, uneducated, landless freed
man and the few whites who, against the
I public opinion and sentiment of the Weill
' gent white people, are willing to attempt to
lead and make their living off of these Ig
norant, inexperienced colored people, most
ly men who must be needy adventurers, or
withont any of those attributes on which
reliance for good guidance or government
can be placed. We tire told that this kind
of government must be continued at the
South until six or eight millions of intelli
gent, energetic white people give into or
[ move out of the country.
Now, I think, the Union army thinks,
[ and people of the North and West dare
say believe, there must be, or there ought
[ to be a shorter, surer way to got good goy
! eminent for all at the South. We know
that they who organized and sustained the
Southern Confederacy for four years against
gigantic efforts ought to be able to give
peace, law, order and protection to the
whole people of the South. They have the
interest - and the power to employ, protect,
educate and elevatcsithe poor freedmen, and
to restore themselves and our country to
all the blessings of which I have Just
spoken. The question I want answered la
—"Are they willing to do it I"
I come down to find out what the people
of the South think of this, and to ask you
what the officers and soldiers who served
in the Confederate army, and the leading
[ people who sustained it, think of these
things 7
I come to ask more. I want to ask you,
lu whose purity and patriotism I here ex
press unqualified confidence, and as many
good men as you can conveniently consult,
to say what you think of it ; and, also, what
you are willing to dolabout it?
I want a written expression of views that
can be followed by a concurrence of action.
I want to know if you and the gentlemen
I who will Join in that written expression aro
I willing to pledge the people of the South to
[ a chivalrous and magnanimous dovotioa to
1 restoring peace and prosperity to our com
mon country. I want to carry that pledge
high above the level or party politics to the
late officers and soldiers of the Union army,
and to the people of the North and West,
and to ask them to consider it, and to take
the necessary action, confident that it will
meet with a response so warm, so generous
and confiding, that wo shall see in its sun
shine the rainbow of peace in our political
sky, now black with clouds and Impending
[ storm.
I I know you aro a representative man, in
reverence and regard for the Union, the
Constitution and the welfare of the country,
and that what you would say would be en
dorsed by nine-tenths of the whole people
of the South ; but I should like to have the
signatures of all the representative Southern
men here, who concur in your views, and
expressions of their concurrence from the
principal officers and representative men
throughout the South, when they can be
procured.
This concurrence of opinions and wills,
all tending to peace, order and stability,
will assure our Union soldiers and business
men, who want substantial and solid peace,
and cause thorn to rise above the level of
party politic and take such stops to meet
' yours as will Insure a lasting peace, with all
its countless blessings.
Very truly, your friend,
[Signed) W. S. ROSEORANS.
General R. E. Leo, White Sulphur Springs,
West Va.
'
The Reply
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINCIS, \V. Va., 1
August 26th, MS. J
General—l have had the honor to receive
your letter of this date. and in accordance
with your suggestion, I have conferred with
a number of gentlemen from the South, In
whose Judgment I have confided, and who
are well acquainted with the public senti
ment of their respective States. They have
kindly consented to unite with me in re•
plying to your communication, and their
names will bo found with my own append
ed to this answer.
With this explanation wo proceed lo give
to you a candid statement of what we be
lieve to bo the sentiment of tho Southern
people In regard to the subject to which
you refer.
Whatever opinions may have prevailed
In the past In regard to African slavery, or
the right of a State to secede from the Union,
we believe wo express the almost unani
mous Judgment of the Southern people
when we declare that they consider that
those questions were decided by the war,
and that It is their Intention In good faith to
abide by that decision. At the close of the
war the Southern porple laid down their
arms and sought to resume their former ru
Whine with the United States Clovornrnont.
Through their Stale Conventions they
abolished slavery, and annulled their ordi
nances ot secession ; and they returned to
their peaceful pursuits with a sincere pur
pose to fulll all their duties under the Con
stitution of the United States which they
have sworn to support. If thief!' action in
these particulars had been mot in a spirit
of frankness and cordiality, we believe that
ore this old irritations would have passed
away and the wounds Inflicted by the war
would have been in a groat measurehealed.
As far as wo aro advised, the people of the
South entertain no unfriendly feeling to
ward the Government of the United States,
but they complain that their rights under
the Constitution aro withheld from them In
the administration thereof.
The idea that the Southern people are
hostile to the negroes and would oppress
thorn if it wore In their power to do so, is
entirely unfounded. They havo grown up
in our midst, and we have been accustomed
from childhood to look upon them with
kindness. The change iu the relations of
the two races has wrought no change In
our feeling toward them, They still con
stitute the important part of our laboring
population. Without their labor the lands
of the South would bo compaartively un•
productive. Without the employment
which Southern agriculture affords they
would bo destitute of the means of subsist
ence, and become paupers, dependent on
public bounty.
Self Interest, even if t hero were no higher
motives, would therefore prompt the whites
of the South to extond to the nogroes care
and protection. The important feat that
the two races are, under existing circum
stances, necessary Meech other, isgradually
becoming apparent to both ; and we believe
that but for influencesexerted to stir up the
passions of the negroos, the relations of the
two races would soon adjust themselves on
basis of mutual kindness and advantage.
It is,truo that tho pooplo of the South, to
g_otlter. with tho pooplo of tho NOrth , and
West, are for obvious meow; opposed to
any system of laws which would place the
political power of tho country in the hands
of the negro race. But this opposition
springs from no feeling of ontnitY, but from
a deep•seated conviction that at present the
negroos have neither the, intelligortoo or
other qualifications which are neoessary to
maim them safe depositories of political
power. Thoy would inevitably become the
victims of demagogues, who for selfish pur
poses would misleadLthem, to the:serious
Injury of tho public.
The great want of the South is peace,.
Tho people earnestly desire tranquility and
the rostoration of the:Union. They dem
oate disorder and excitement *slime. most
serious obstacle to their prosperity.
They ash a restoration of their eights un
der the Constitution They desire relief,
from oppressive mis rule.i Above all they
would appeal to their countrymen it; the
re-establishment in the Southern States of
that which has justly been regarded as the
birth right of every American—the right of
self-government. Establish these on a firm
basis, and we can safely promise, on behalf
of the Southern people, that they will faith
fully obey the Constitution, and laws of the
United States, treat the negro with kind
ness and humanity, and fulfil every duty
incumbent on peaceful citizens, loyal to the
Constitution of their country.
We believe the above contains a succinct
reply to the general topics embraced In your
letter, and we venture to say, on behalf of
the Southern people, and of the officers and
soldiers of the late Confederate army, that
they will concur in all the sentiments which
we have expressed.
Appreciating the pi
have prompted your
ing your expression
have the honor to be,
tr
):'fee,
R.E. Lee, virglnia,
G. T. Beauregard, La.,
A. H. Stephens, Ga.,
A. H. H. Stuart, Va.,
C. H. Conrad, La.,
Linton Stephens Cs.,
A. T. Caperton, NV. Va,
V
John Echols, a.,
F. B. Stockdale, Texas,
F. W. Pickens, B. C.
Wm. J. Rontheon, Va.,
Jos. B. Anderson, Va.,
W. F. Turner, W. Vs.,
C. H. Rubes, S. C.,
Fontaine, Va.,
Jno. Letcher, Va.,
To Gen. W. S. ROsIORA
White Sulphur Sprin
atriotio motives which
letter, and reciprocal.-
a of kind regard, wo
, very respectfully and
B. G. Adams, Mias.,
W. J. Green, N. G.
Lewis E. Barvle, Va.,
P. V. Daniels, Jr., Va.,
W. T. Eintherlln,
A. B. James, La.,
T. Beauregard, Texas,
M.O.Norton, La.,
T. P. Brauce, Ga.,
FLT. Russell, Ga.,
8. J. Douglass, Fla., V
Jeremiah Morten, a..
J. B. Baldwin, Va.,
G. W. Bolling, Vs.,
Theo. Flournoy, Va.,
Jas. Lyons, Va.
B,l4.lnister to Mexico,
ge Va.
WHITE MEN, PAY YOUR TAIES I
MONTHLY DEBT STATEMENT
Inters sting Statistics for the Tstx•Pnyern
Expense■ of the War Departmeut Over
Eleven Ittllttons.
Tutu' Expenses for August User Thirty
seven Billions.
Debt bearing coin
Ottereat:
5 per cent. bonds. 8221,558,400 00 $221,558,400
t 3 per cent. bonds,
1881 283,077,300 00
0 per cent. 6 21.1
Londe 1,663,100,100 00 1,531,2V1.030 CO
Total
Debt bearing cur
rency infereat:
3 year compound
.112,05.4,371,b1k 00 $2,090,491,750 CO
Intyzeot. Dot._ 21,30 lOU 00 10.533 ; 110 00
3 per rout. certltl- •
cates 60,01A),(1,0 00 02,20304 X) 00
Navy pension
fund at 1 per -
cent.
13.0(0,000 UO 3,000,N0 00
Total
Matured debt not
presented J o r
payment:
3 ) ear 7-311 notes,
duo August 15,
18117, June and
July 15, 1808...,.
Compoundl n -
Latest not es
matured Juno
10, July 15, Au
gust 15, 0310-
bar 16 and Be.
bomber 15,1807,
and May 15, et
Aug lot, 18118...
Bonds,Texas In
aernulty
Treasury noire,
Rail or July 17,
1801, and prior
thereto
Bonds, April 15,
1812, Jan . ) , 28,
1847, and Mar.
31, 1818
Treasury notes,
March 3, 18'11...
Temporary loan
Cartllleates of In
debtedneks
48,133,500 00 4,1 , 50,000 00
11,01:1.910 Oo 503,490 00
151,511 1,1 15-1,111 114
IMDE:191:121
ii 103 Ull
711.0.11 00
1,30 J 00 1,3110,000 00
Total
Debt berithoy nu
intere.tl:
United S totes
notes
Fractional cur
rency
❑old certificates
of deposit
8'150,021,073 00 811.:11,021.1/73 00
I=l
8410.30'2 91 :7 $112,084,911 :17
Grand total 82,601,1178,750 81 2,007,912,25 i 01
II per rout. lawful
money bonds
leaned to the
Pacific Ftall•
road Com
panies
34210,M) GU 33,314,(00 UU
Total debt.
Am'nt In Treu.
miry coin 1.13,409,1117 U 9 02,570,1101 21
Currency 20,1144.2.58 21 15,071,070 77
8110.054,27 U 11 8107,011,071 Ds
Amount of Debt
I=MMI
Treasury 187,523,f34,480 N $2,635,(114,313
The foregoing le a correct statement of the
Public Daut, as appears from the books and
Treasurer's returns lu the Department, on
deotember 1, 18438,
HUGH McOUL• OOH,
Secretary at the Treasury.
The warrants Issued by the, Department
during August to meet the requirements of
the government amounted In round num
bers as follows, viz:
Civil,
ir
miscellaneous and foreign intercourse,
including the Masks purchase... sia,00000.(x)
Interest en public debt 4,8 0,000.00
War Department II 800,0 CO
Navy Department 1,601.000
Interior Department 0,54.0,000.0
The warrants issued for the redemption
of the public debt do not [wear in the
above.
By comparison of tho public debt state
of the let of September with that of the let
of August, the debt bearing currency Inter
est has increased 88,110,050 ; the debt bear
ing currency interest has increased $1,185,-
520; tho matured debt not presented for
payment hits decreased 88,435,001 80; the
debt bearing no interest has increased $2,-
082,020.
The bonds, lawful,money, Issued to the
Pacific Railroad Company have Increased
$3,104,000 making an increase In the total
public debt of $9,067,528 20.
The amount of coin on hand In the Treas
ury has Increased 50,160,083 28. The amount
of currency on hand has decreased $11,573,-
287 94, making the Increase of the whole
public debt, loss cash on hand, $12,070,832 30.
Another Gallant Soldier Abandons tho
Foul Party-Su-Attorney Gen. Itichard•
son of Ohlo, neelnres for Noy moor and
Blair.
A meeting of tho Democratic Club, of Ma
rietta, Ohio. was hold a few evenings since,
and among the events of the occasion wee a
speech from General W. P. Richardson, of
that place, In which he announced his sepa
ration from the 11,01)011mm party, and de
clared his purpose to give his support to Sey
mour and Blair. General Richardson was
Colonel of the 2lith Ohio regiment through
most of its service, and at the expiration of
his term was placed on the ticket and elected
Attorney General of Ohio. The Marietta
Times prints the General's speech in full,
and from which wo take the following:
11 He then said that, if in the coming con
test he had to choose simply between men,
without any regard to measures, ho would
certainly vote for Grant. But when he was
asked to sustain the radical measures of II
Radical Congress, which General Grant is
pledged to do, and all that soldiers would do
who voted for him, ho begged to bo ex
cused. Ho regarded the coming election KM
the most important that over took place iii
this country. He knew that the public
speakers generally talk of every election us
being one of the most importance; but
ho was not following their example in say
ing so, for he really did regard the coming
election as most important. For with dui
President deprived, us ho 1. , of nearly all
power; the restrictions which aro placed on
the Sujromo Court; the General of the
army having the almost unlimited powers
of a military Dictator, and lie the nomirde
of a great party for the highest Wilco in the
gift of the people; with two thirds of both
11011803 of Congress determined to so legis
late that their party shall rule or ruin, he
believed that graveconscquences would en
sue were the present,dominant party con
tinued in power ; affecting not merely the
rights of tho States, but threatening the des
truction of free government, and depriving
the people of their liberties.
General Richardson concluded by saying
that such were his reasons for leaving the
Republican party and advocating the elec
tion of Seymour and Blair. Flu believed
the best interests of the country require a
change In the administration of the Gov
ernment. No honest man could bo satisfied
with the oxistingetato of affairs. A cliango
he believed would be for the better—the
situation certainly could not be worse.
Therefore ho intended to do all in his power
to secure the success of the Democratic
ticket.
Death of Thomas IL Seymour, of Con.
neatlout
HARTFORD, Sup, 3.—Ex•Governor Thos.
ll—Seymour died at his residence in this
city, at 8.30 this evening, of typhoid favor,
agod 61 years. Ho was educated at the
Middletown Military Institute, studied law
and practiced the profession; was repro
aentativo In Congress from this State from
1843 to 1845. In 1840 he wont to Mexico as
a major in a New England regiment, and
was ;promoted to a colonoloy. In 1860 ho
wasiolectod Governor of Connecticut, and
was ro•elected Gime times I was Minister to
Russia during Piano's administration. Ho
was a prominent member of the Masonic
fraternity at the time able death.
Horrible Murders and Ontendve br
Plegroos.
Severitemt, September O,—A white boy,
who mysteriously disappeared, has boon
found murdered by pogrom' near the city.
Ills gun and clothing were gone,. and It Is
supposed ho was killed fbr thorn, An in
quest was held and a vprdiat rendered that
ho was killed by coma persons unknown.
Thorn is much excitement in the oily, and
parties bavo boon out three days hunting
the body. They met armed bddlos of no
groes, who belted thorn with military pro.
oision. Parties are now out poonring the
country In search of tho murderers. iob.
beries and assaults op white people by
negroes, on the roads ;palling idto the city,
are of hourly ocuurrence.
The negroes In and around this city are
thorougly organized, ' drilled and well
armed.
Judgo Wylie, of the 'Supremo court or
the Diatrot of Columbia, ham decided, that
the trials of Goeernent °Sims charged
with fraud mu 4 be h eld at the place where
the alleged fraud n al committed, The
'Rage arose out of an attempt by s' , Detg
,
oburt to,takejurisdlotidn of
D came df
kind arising In Washington; IL `l.•
, .
.41,x,300 00
555 el Oa
711,11 X l
$37 730 OW OU