jpHWKStW 3«trtHgHKl»> WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1869. DEMOCEATIC STATE TICKET. FOR GOVERNOR Hon. AS! FACKEB, of Carbon county. FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT: Hon. CTRFS I. FEBSIIING, of Cambria co. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. (For State Senate: MICHAEL MALONE, City. WM. H. EAGLE, Marietta. For Assembly: JOSEPH M. WATT*', Columbia. JOHN KOBB. Coney. GEORGE F. eHUoTZ, Sadsbury. JACOB ti. BAKER, Mount Joy Twp. For Sheriff: CHARLES GROVE, Columbia. For register 0/ Wills: GEORGE S. BOONE, Bart. For Prothonotary: A. G. KILLIAN, New Berlin. For Clerk of Quarter Sessions: THEODORE WHITAKER, Fulton. For Clerk of Orphans' Court: CHARLES J. RHOADS, Indiantown. For Treasurtf : S. W. SWISHER, Little Britain. For Commissioner EMANUEL SHOBER, City. For Directors of the Poor: JOHN L. LIGHTNER. Leacock. JOHN M. MILLER, West Lampeter. For .Prison Inspectors'.: GEORGE PIERCE, Mount Joy twp. JOHN SIGLE, Upper Leacock. For Auditor: WILLIAM McCOMBEY, City. •For Coroner : HENRY M. GEITER, City. Word? In Earnest Fellow-Democrats, of the rural dis tricts, readers of the Weekly Intelli gencer, remember that less than two weekß remain until the Gubernatorial election occurs. You are to decide whether you will have three years moPe of the corrupt rule of the imbecile Geary, and a con tinuation of the rascality which has made your State Legislature a bye word and a reproach. You can carry Pennaylvaniaand elect Packer and Pershing by a decided ma jority, if you poll your full vote. Will you do so? To accomplish that grand consumma tion all that is needed is a few days of intelligent, earnest and well-directed The registration Ibt can be amended Up to Saturduy evening nt-xi, the sec ond day of October, and voUth can be assessed up to that time, but not after ward. Bee to It at ouco that every Demo cratic voter in your neighborhood is duly registered and assessed ! Do this without fail! If thero Is a foreigner who can be naturalized, bring him to Lancaster on Monday before the election, when the Court will sit for that purpose! Have a list of tbo Democratic voters of your district carefully made out! When election niorniDg comes go’ to the polls early, with a tcam , and bepre fmred to give one ■whole day to v the cause of your country. Get the Democratic vote out before noon I That will enable you to pick up all dilatory stragglers in the afternoon, aud to insure a full jioll of your vote. licmcuibcr that a full vote is a cers TAIN VICTORY j To secure that, work aa becomes men who believe in the glorious principles of Democracy' Don't forget that there Were over twelvo hundred Democratic voters at home when Sharswood was elected.— Let every vote be polled this year and thero can be no doubt about the result. Attend to the Registration The registry lists can be corrected and amended up to theeveningofSaturday, the 2d day of October. The Assessor is bound to make such addition or correc tion when called upon. Let vote be lost through neglect to be registered and , assessed. Remember that the Radical Assessors will not hunt up Democrats. They must hunt him up and have themselves duly registered and assessed. Scan the list closely! See that your own name and those of your neighbors are on it’ Be vigilant and active, ami victory' is sure. Our Candidate for Mayor. By a free and very full expression of tbe will of the Democracy of Lancaster City, Hon. George Sanderson has been declared to be the choice of the party for the important oflice of Mayor. His nomination is equivalent to an election, and that by a large majority, He can not be beaten, and the. Radical politi cians know that just as well os we do. His eminent fitness for the office, and the faithful and impartial manner in he bus discharged all the duties thereof for a period of ten years, have endeared him to the people. The business men and the property holders of Lancaster ! know his worth as a man, and liL value , as a public officer, ami have always I given him a hearty support. Thry ; Will stand by him now as they have j done in the.past, and be will be ti l- | umphautly re-elected hy u wry large ; majoiity. \ Tbe votes given to Messrs Py fer and Westhaeflcr were decidedly lluiieiing, and if either of them hud been noini- i Dated we have no doubt he would have I been elected. They are both estimable gentlemen, of high character, and both very popular. The contest was ajvurm one, but the successful candidate will find no warmer supporters than .hose who were his competitors for the i omi nation. ( The Democracy of Lancaster city go into the coming contest certain|that their condidate lor Mayor willbe elbeted by a large majority. The only fight,so far as ibe municipal election is con cer.-cu, will he on the Councils. The Radicals will make a desperate effort to reap some fruit from their Infamous gerrymander of the city ; but they will be completely disappointed if the De mocracy of the different wards do their duty. We must nut be content with the certainty that our candidate for Mayor will be elected. Wemustcarry the City Councils. We can do so. All that is needed is a vigorous and united eflort. To that end let every Democrat bend all his energies Let the Farmers Vote For a Change. Why don’t the Radicals point the farmers to the high prices they are re ceiving for their products, as they have been doing for several years past ? That is not so nice au electioneering card' when wheat is worth less than a real dollar. The policy of the Radicals has borne it#full fruitatlast, and the far mers are reaping it. Everything they sell commands a very low price, while every article that they buy is ex horbitantly high. Let the farmers vote for a change. Walling for iheYcrdtct. '* Geary sut up until midnight to sign the unconstitutional Herdic act, which wiped a judicial district out of exist ence. On the night of the 12th of Octo ber he need not sit up until midnight to hear the verdict of the people. Long before the clock strikes twelve he will know-that the honest masses of Penn sylvania have repudiated the subservi ent tool of the corrupt legislative ring. Let him wait for the verdict! Geary, in his speeches in 1860 and 1868, pledged his word to the people that Negro Suffragewould notbe forced Upon them agatqst their will. He has deliberately violated that pledge. Vote OffCtinit ths Pledge breaker. THE LANOASTEB WIEKLY lIE^TELLIOEnSTCEB, SEPTEMBER 29. 18RQ address OF THE Democratic State Central Committee OF PENNSYLVANIA. Booms of the Democratic State OommiUee, ) 901 Arob street, Philadelphia. j The Democratic State Committee, duly impressed with the importance of the ap proaching eleotion, and desirous of dis charging the duties imposed upon them in all suitable ways, propose to address to you a few sincere, earnest words. We desire by tbeelectionofMr. Pershing, to the bench of the Supreme Court, to secure a Judge of ability and high character, who will be impartial in his great office, and will make the Constitution and the Laws the rule of his judgment and action. The election of Asa Packer, to the office of Governor, is recommended by many considerations of high moment, to some of which we propose to call your attention. Reform is needed in the State Govern* ment, and he is a fit man to introduce and uphold it. For he will come to the per formance of public duty, armed with in tegrity as with a garment, with a knowl edge of the business interests of our people, and % with an earnest purpose to do good and resist evil. What has been amiss in legislation and in Executive action at Harrisburg in recent years, will be rebuked by his election. For he Las had no concern and no sympathy with the mlsmanagment of the State finances and with the enactment of odious or improvident laws; he has been engaged in honorable enterprise of great public utility, and has given his sympathies al ways to honorable men, whether in busi ness or in political life. He has also much knowledge of public life and of public men. This is an indispensible qualification for the office of Governor, or of President. Without it, Executive service must be bad ly performed or neglected. Asa Packer represents well one practical effect of our free institutions. A penniless youth, and a man of humble position in the earlier years ol his manhood, he has achiey ed a prominent position among the busi- ! ness men of the country, and distinction as a political man. He now appears before you, not unsolicited, as a candidate for the highest office in the State Government, and holds as such the respect and confidence of his follow citizens, more truly und firmly than could a man of high rank and proud lineage in a country of despotic or aristo crutical institutions. In his case, popular confidence is bused entirely upon the solid foundation of real merit; tried throughout an eventful cnreer and manifested in hon orable, useful, and magnanimous action. Asa Packer, in the Gubernatorial chair, I will give to us what we greatly need ; a 1 strong pointof defence and security agaloßt 1 violent, unjust, ill-considered, selfish and |miiinuii laws, lie is above all baseness, nulrjiriulent of all cliques and "rings,” (so-cithi clj, and u« incapable of conscious n juMicu in political opponents as of un . worthy nubservieucy to political friends, i IJ«- will liu Just, firm, fuithful and tolerant [ in his great office, if fie shall be charged with Uh dinks, and will pursue therein no • selfish object, whether of ambition or of privute gain. Asa Pucker is a true representative of tho industrial interests of the Sluto and of our great public improvements. His relations with both are extensive, and his views re garding them liberal. Ho will fuvor and aid the development of tho former and all possiblo extensions of the latter, so that our people shall be prosper ous and bo enabled the better to bear tho great burden of their public debt. The present cunvass has not been one of excitement or of noisy effort. But wo be lievo that earnest thought has been directed by our people to tho issues involved in it, and to the respective claims of the candi dates before them. There is a disposition in the public mind (and a proper and timely one) to pass from sectional and adventi tious questions connected with the recent war, aud bestow attention upon financial, monetary and industrial ones, which ccme home to our peoplo in their every-day pur suits and avocations. Money is scarce for mnny legitimate and useful investments; our taxation is in many respects unequal, aud upgn some objects oppressive; the rates of interest upon public loans are im • provident; the expenses of government (both State and Federal) are excessive, if not profligate, and the relations between capital and labor are uneasy and disturbed ; and then there is unquestionably a general lowering of the moral tone of public life be low the level of former times. For remedy for these manifest evils > (which none can deny, aud, all good men must lament,) the people must act with en ergy and wisdom. They must call belter men than they now have to places of public trust, and they must breakup the monojioly of pou-cr by the Bepublican party. The election of Asa Packer will point to reform und improvement in our affairs, and will go a great way toward securing them. For it will mean that integrity and capacity,— high honor, spotless character, business ability, experience in affairs, and a chari table, tolorant und magnanimous spirit are appreciated by the people, and that men possessing them, will be secured whenever possible lor the public service; and it will mean also, that a party in possession of unchecked power for many years, whose performance in tho administration of gov ernment are unsatisfactory, will bo called upon to surrender its power, or to divide that power with another parly more faith ful or more competent,. Tho Harrisburg Convention claimed for our .Suite the right and privilege of deter mining lor herself the rules of popular suf frage within her limits. This right, which was roeognized in the Republican platform of ISCB, is one of vital importuuee, and should nevei be surrendered or waived. — for if the right to determine whether Afri cans, Asinstics or Indians shall bo electors of a State or not, be taken away from the States—no matter in what way—their char • ict.-r »s sovereign free States is clearlygone from tlu-in. "Wo aro not so directly inter '•-led in Mil* adjustment of suffrage in the j S 'Ui|i< rn Suites under the reconstruction ■ laws of Congress, us in the general qnes , lion of Suite power over the subject of suf , tr.'ge. Though we may acquiesce in the fur j iiu ras an accomplished fact—as an excep ! tional exercise of Federal power over so [ ceded States which is beyond recall—wo I must clifim for the latter an euduriug in [ terc-st and vitality. Our brethren of Cali fornia have declared at their recent election that they will not agree that Congress shall have power to create Jupanese and Chinese voters for that State. They claim for them selves entire jurisdiction over the subject of suffrage within their State, and will not surrender it. Nor will we surrender our similar right, if we shall be wisely instruct ed by history and by reason, and shall be regardful of our interests and our honor. The countrj’ desires not only peace, but all the fruits of peace—restored concord, re stored prosperity, and a complete restora tion of constitutional rule in nil the States. Wo seek for this ; we desire this with all our hearts. So tar then as national policy is concerned, our cause is the cause of peace and of good will among men ; of pure and just government conformed to fundamental law and Inspired by a humane and Christian spirit, and it is opposed only to mismanagement and wrong—to the rude rule of tho military iu time of peace and to the plunder of the people. By order of the Democratic Slate Commit' < tec. WM. MUTCULER, Chairman, , Insulting to Working Men Let working men remember that they are all registered as slaves were; that they are marked on the poll lists as the eervants of their employers. That reminds us of the old custom which prevailed in the early days of England, when the serfs wore an iron collar about their necks, with the name of their masters iuscribed upon it. It is a mean device. Let the working men of Pennsylvania remember that Geary signed that law, aud that Wil liams sat on the bench of the Supreme Court to decide it constitutional, when he had a direct interest In the matter. No Judge in Pennsylvania ever before sat to decide a case in which he had an interest. Williams is the first to vio late an old and proper rule of conduct. Shall such a man bo elected Jndge of the Supreme Court? Let working men of Pennsylvania answer! Pennsylvania Dutch On our outside will be found an ac count of the manners and customs of the Lancaster county Dutch, from the pen of Mrs. Harriet E. Gibbons, Ic is said by tbe best judges to be truthful as well as graphic. It was contributed to the Atlantic from which Jour nal we copy it. \ Things to he Remembered When Ton Go to the Polls. We ore disposed to regard the unnsaal calm which has prevailed throughout the present political campaign in this State as a favorable indication. We believe the people of Pennsylvania are quietly thinkiog ove£the issues of the day, and preparing to vote Intelligently and independently at the coming elec* tlon. They cannot be carried away by a whirlwind of passion, as they have too often been heretofore. They will not be forced to vote as party leaders may dictate; but will go to the polls in October as freemen should, prepared to break the ties of party, if they believe the best interests of the nation and the State demand it. Believing that to be the present temper of the people of this Commonwealth, we respectfully ask each voter to remember certain promi nent facts and political occurrences when be goes to the polls. ( Remember , that the Union is still divided ; that its restoration has been delayed for the sole purpose of continu ing certain persons in office ; that the material interests of the North and the South have been alike impaired by the partisan action of Congress; that the burthens of taxation have been thereby increased; that business in both sections has been prostrated; and that a com plication of evils has been produced which 'has disastrously affected every producer and consumer in the nation. Remember , that States which have complied with every demand of Con gress, UDjust and oppressive as many of them were, are still deprived of repre sentation in Che councils of the nation, not only in violation of the Constitution of the United States, but even in viola tion of the enactments of a Radical Con gress. Remember, that Grant was no sooner elected than a Radical Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment, in violation of the pledge given to the country in the second article ofthe Chicago Platform ; that an effort is now being made to force upon the people of this State, by fraud, negro suffrage and negro equality, which have been established in the South by military violence; and that John \V. Geary is responsible for the refusal of the Radical Legislature to permit that question to be submitted to a vote of the people, though thous ands of citizens without respect to party petitioned for that right. Remember , that a host of useless offi cials have been appointed to eat out the substance of the people, who swarm all over the laud, like the locusts of Egpy t, while the masses pay tithes of their toil to support them in luxurious idleness. Remember , that the Secretary of the Treasury has made false exhibits of the national indebtedness for a partisan purpose, declining to count the bonds given to the Pacific Railroad as part of it, and manipulating his monthly state ments in other respects to deceive the people. Remember, that a tariff has been so framed by Yankee monopolists as to greatly enhance the price of necessaries used by the masses, while luxuries for the rich are admitted at comparatively low rates of duty. Remember , that Grant has shown utter unfitness for the position that he occupies ; that he has disgraced the na tion by appointing to the highest offices men who gave him large presents ; that he has used his office to enrich his rela tions regardless of the public interests ; that he has spent his time iu idleness at fashionable resorts, and in “swinging round the circle ” of first-class hotels as a first class dead head, while crave questions demand the consideration of himself and his Cabinet. Remember , that the election of Geary and Williams will be regarded as an endorsement of all the acts of the Radi cal Congress and of the course of Grant. Remember, that the present contest involves the most important local issues, and that it ought rightly to be decided upon them. Remember, that the expenses of the State Government in all its departments have been vastly increased under Geary, and the money wrung from the tax payers recklessly squandered. Remember, that under Geary’s rule the grossest corruption and the most unblushing bribery have prevailed iu the State Legislature. The office of United States Senator, and that of State Treasurer has been openly put up at auction and knocked down to the high est bidder, $75,00U being the price paid for the latter oflice, the salary of which is only $2 500 per annum. Remember, that it has become impos sible, since Geary was made Governor, to get any bill through the Legislature without paying for it, and that almost the entire time of that body is devoted to passing the multitude of improper private acts which have swelled the volumes of our pamphlet laws to the i most ponderous proportions. | Remember, that Geary declined to ■ use the veto power to check the mighty ! and growing end of special legislation ; : that he signed the iufarfious and un constitutional Herdic act, by which a j judical district was summarily wiped out of existence ; that he appended his signature to a bid increasing the rate of tolls on the canals, which enabled the railroad companies to defy competition, ! and thus largely increased the cost of transporting graiu, coal, groceries, and ; all bulky commodities; that he ap-i proved the calamity bill, which fixes the maximum rate of damages for loss of limb by the negligence of railroads at $3,000, and for the loss of life at $5,000 ; aud remember that these are’ only a few of the more outrageous in- ! stances in which he prostituted the power conferred upon him, at the dic tation of wealthy men aud mammoth corporations. j Remember, that under his rule, aud unrebuked and unrestrained by him, an prmy of extra pasters and folders has been employed every winter, many of whom, like lUyus, of Mt. Joy, never did an hour’s work, and yet were paid out of the hard earnings of the toiling masses. Remember, that Geary confessed in his speech at Troy that he could not check the corruption of the Legislature, or lessen the waste of the public funds. Remember, that he has been openly charged by prominent Radical papers with being the corrupt tool of the legislative ring, and the candidate of the “roosters” and “pinchers.” Remember, that Geary has aoused the pardoning power so grossly, tba prominent Republican newspapers in different parts of the State, have been compelled to denounce hjm for turning many dangerous crimiuals loose upon the community. Remember, that Radical newspapers have characterized Geary as “a loafer, denounced him as “a liar,” declared him to be “a humbug,” and pronounced him to be “lacking in integrity,” “the willing tool of the ring,” and “wanting in all the requisite qualifications for so high an office.” Remember, that leading Republican newspapers have charged Geary with having packed the State Convention which renominated “him with the tools of the legislative thieves, and that at least one honest and distinguished mem ber of that body refused to vote for a resolution declaring him to be the unan imous choice of the party. Remember, that Geary has solicited admission Into every secret order, in hope that ho might thus make votes, aud for no other or moro worthy pur pose. Remember , that Geary made a laugh ing stock of himself duriDg the canvass of 1866 by a very silly toast which he proposed while drinking lager with the Germans of Erie, that he pledged him self In favor of a prohibitory liquor law when he joined the Good Templars in 1867, and that he then told those who initiated him that he had not tasted any intoxicating liquor since he was seven years old. . Remember , that there can be no hope of reform in the State Legislature if Geary should be re-elected, that the chiefs of the riDg which packed the State Convention have been renom inated, and that they expect to renew their carnival of plunder if their candi date for Governor should be chosen. Remember , that Asa Packer pledges his word that he will break up the leg islative ring if he is elected, that he is an honest and truthful man, whose word 1b as good as his bond, and that be will inaugurate an era of economy and reform. Remember , that Henry W. Williams, the Radical candidate for Supreme Judge, did not scruple to sit in a case where he had a direct personal interest in the decision, something never done before by any Pennsylvania Judge, and that he is pledged to administer the office of Judge in accordance with the views of his party, and not according to law and justice. Remember, that Cyrus L. Pershing adds to great ability the most inflexible integrity and the meet incorruptible honesty, and that he will administer justice without fear, favor, affection or partiality. Remember , that you are in duty bound to vote as sound judgment dic tates. regardless of party, and that, if you do so, you cannot conscientiously support John W. Geary and Henry W. Williams at the coming election. Commissioner, Constopher Columbus Some time ago Covode begged Mr. Commissioner, Christopher Columbus Delano, to let up on the whiskey ring in Pennsylvania, assuring him that Geary would be overwhelmingly de feated If ho didn’t. Delano was com pelled to publish a report that he had refused to comply with Covode’s re quest, but he is now stumping this State, not for Geary, but for Grant.— The whole effort of this salaried offi cial seems to be to white-wash a Presi dent who has fallen into disrepute with his part}'. This he attempts to do by an array of figures and a statement of matters connected with the Internal Revenue, which is so confused as to defy comprehension. His for he has but one, that he repeaSpherever he goes, is as full of absurdMlea and contradictions as are his dectyqons upon the revenue luwb which distract dealers aud puzzle the brains of lawyers. Hedeclded one day that liquor dealers of a certain class were rectifiers, and compelled them to pay a liceuso of two hundred dollurs; not a mouth afterward he reversed that decision, but the money Illegally paid was gone beyond hope of recovery. He decided that stand casks could be used if stamped, aud after they had been plastered over with the costly pictures he reversed thaUdecislon. His Inter pretation of the law relating to manu facturers aud dealers in cigars and to bacco have been equally silly, provoking aud oppressive. The truth is he is a man of very small capacity and utterly unfit for the position he occupies. His boasts about the increased reve nue from whiskey, which makes up so large a part of the speech he is now de livering, are all‘empty bosh. The in crease is entirely due to the reduction of the tax from two dollara,.to fifty cents a gallon. When the former rate pre vailed the temptations to engage in illicit distillation were enormous, and the in gonuity of llio rogues wan eo Weil re warded that they devised a thousaud ways to cheat. It does not pay now to run the multitude of little molasses stills, which were then kept in opera tion in small rooms in the large cities each producing its few gallons of illicit spirits daily. The consequence is that the business has been transferred back again to the hands of the larger distil lers, from whom the tax can be easily collected. Itis currently rumored that Shenk and Delano are now plotting to raise the revenue to two dollars again, and that i Radical Congressmen and their friends J are buyiDg up all tbe whiskey iu the ■ market, with the view of reaping the ! enormous profit which will follow the ] Budden rise. If half what is said of Delauo be true he is tbe grand head I ceutre of the whiskey riDg. j That he is capable of the most disrep , utable conduct fiie career has abund : antly proven. In IS GO lie was defeated ' for Cougress in the thirteeth district of i Ohio, by that gallaut Democratic sol dier, General Morgau ; but by a process : which is only too well known, he sue- I eeeded in getting his seat. Gen. Mor i gan was again nominated by the Demo : crate, aud he openly challenged Delauo I to another contest before tbe people.— | He declined, however, anu shrunk like ! a coward from the exposure of his ras ; cality which he knew would follow. A ! more popular man, who took Delano’s place on the radical ticket, was beaten by an overwhelming majority, the peo ple thus showing their appreciation of the gailaut General, who had been cheated out of his seat. Delauo being no longer serviceable as a Congressman, was picked up by a blundering Presi dent aud put at tbe bead of the Revenue Depart men t. His decisions upon ques tions of law have been eo ridiculously absurd that he lately started the story that his clerks had been making them, aud that he was not responsible for them. He is apoorsubterfuge, but there can be no excuse for his neglecting his official duties to give encourageraeut to the dying cause of that other humbug, John VV. Geary, who can guzzle beer with the Germans of Erie and then swear, while pledging himself to the Good Templars in favor of a prohibit ry liquor that he never drank a drop since he was aeveu years old. Mr. Delauo is wasting his time and bawling himself hoarse for nothing. Let him go hack to Washington, aud pay some lawyer to interpret the revenue acts for him, so that he may cease to make such an egregious ass of himself. An Interview with Asa Packer, J We give place to-day to a lengthy re port of an interview had by a reporter of the New York Sun. with Hon. Asa Packer. The people of Pennsylvania will read it with interest, and a large majority of them will be ready to agree in sentiment with the distinguished man who is the Democratic nominee for Governor. The Sun is a Radical pa per. It supported Grant and is.in full sympathy with tbe advance guard of the Republican party. Of course it does not endorse the views expressed by Mr. Packer. They ore entirely too conser vative to suit. But they do suit the people of Pennsylvania. The report of the conversations had is no doubt fairly given, and we commend the document to the careful perusal of the readers. Philadelphia will give a Democratic gain of at least 5,000 over last October’s election. This will leave but 4,677 to be overcome in the rural districts.— Democrats of the country ! Do not per mit your brethren in the city to outstrip you in gains for Packer. Make ar rangements to bring every Democratic voter to the polls, and you will exceed even the gain in Philadelphia. Governor Geary is speaking in all parts of the State, and although chal lenged to show what became of the seven millions of dollars diverted from the Sinking Fund, has failed to meet the issue. He cannot meet it, and the fact remains uncontroverted, thatsome body has misapplied seven millions of the funds of the Commonwealth duriDg the administration of John W. Geary. Democrats, bear in mind that the Radical Assessors will not bunt you up in order to register you. Hunt them up and get yourtelves regUtered, Jolm Scott’s Speech, John Scott’s speech made no votes for Geary and Williams. His commenda tions of Packer and Pershing gave the lie to all that the Radicals of Lancaster have heard from their own speakers, and to all that they have read in their newspapero. His labored argument in favor of negro suffrage was received with disfavor by many Republicans. An expression of disgust sat upon the coun tenances of the party-; and not a few seemed to be more pleased with the ex tracts which Mr. Scott read from the Democratic platform than with the comments of the speaker, and his enunciation of the creed of the Repub lican party. Many of them are still in the condition of Mr. Scott before he be came Senator. They do not believe that negro suffrage is likely to be productive of good, and they are not pleased to see the right of Pennsylvania to regulate suffrage surrendered to Congress. All the sophistry ofthegentlemen who was made Senator by tbe Pennsylvania rail road failed to convince them. Mr. Scott’s attempt to disguise the corruption and extravagance of Geary’s administration was very weak and un satisfactory. His assertion that such things can not be checked by a change of parties was a gratuitous assumption. The people are not yet prepared to be lieve that they must continue to bear with the rascality which is admitted to have prevailed at Harrisburg under Geary. They demand a chaDge, and they know it cannot be effected under the present administration. Mr. Scott’s speech was a confession of that. The people are ready to try whether a change of Governor wili not diminish corruption and extravagance. They will not consent to have things go on in ihe old way. They know that Geary has been the tool of the legislative ring, and those who heard Mr. Scott did not hear one word to disprove the great charges which have been made against him by reputable and leading Republi can newspapers. Geary confesses in bis speeches that he can not control the ring; but Packer in bis letter of accep tance boldly promises to break up special legislation, and to put an end to corruption and extravagance. The two candidates must Btand or fall on their own platforms. It is safe to predict that Geary will be overwhelmingly beaten ; and such speeches as that made by Senator Scotc will do DothiDg to save him from the merited defeat which awaits him. Geary and the Ring. Geary Is going about tbe Slate mak ing speeches, which ought to defeat him. In one breath he boasts thatonly in a single instance did an act of the Legislature become a law over his veto; and In the very next breath he declares that he has not power to control cor rupt legislation. For what purpose was the veto power given to the Governor, except to defeat improper legislation? Geary could have broken up the legis lative ring, but it did Dot suit film to do so. He was in league with the “roosters’’ and “piuchers.” There is good reason to believe that he shared the piUnder with them ; aud it is a no torious face, admitted by leading Re publican newspapers, that the legisla tive thieves packed the convention which nominated him with their wil ling tools. Geary dare not promise to use his influence, and to exercise the powers of his office against those who nominated him. He is depending upon the ring for a re-election. Let honest Republicans remember that! There cm be no hope of any reform in the Legislature if Geary should be elected. The riDg will control affairs as they have done iu the past; and Geary has declared that he will not use the veto power to check them. Remember that when you go to vote; and remember that Asa Packer has voluntarily pledged himself to effect a complete aud thor ough reform. Disrespectful to Geary We notice that his hirsute excellen cy, John W. Geary, is announced to speak at two remote rural poiuts in this county, and that by direction of the Radical County Committee. We re member well how acoupleof years ago, when Sharswood beat Williams, Geary insisted upon speaking in this city. Those who knew his stupidity aud ig norance tried to prevent his coming, but the vain egotist would not be re strained. He came and attempted to make a speech in the Court House. To this day the Radicals of Lancaster city have a very lively remembrance of the occasion. As he poured out a stream of silly talk in the most horrible gram mar they hung their heads, and, op pressed with a sense of shame, cursed the blatant ass for making bicnself the laughing stock of the Democrats who were present. The Radical County Committee has acted wisely in confining him to a couple of the more remote dis trict in this county. If the ignorant creature will pe-sist in getting off those harangues, which a leading Republican paper very properly styles “miracles of bosh and nothingness, even after his clerk has corrected them,” the Chair -2 an of the County Commitee is wise in providim: that the shall be heard by as few peo) o no j .ssible. Geary is so well known L.ut his re-election is impossi ble. If all the people in the State could see and hear him he would be beaten by at least fifty thousand. The action of the County Committee in this matter is far from being respectful to Geary, but it evidences a proper appreciation of his oratorical abilities. If he can not be altogether restrained from making a damaging exhibition of himself, the next best thing is to confine him to ob scure out of the waj’ places. We did hope he would be permitted to speak in this city; but it seems tbe Radical Couuty Committee are too sharp for that. ffbai Is thought or John Scott at Rome. Hon. John Scott, made United States Senator by tbe combined money of Simon Cameron and the Pennsylvania Railroad, is beiogsevcrely criticised by Republican newspapers in his own sec tion of the State. The Huntingdon Globe assails him for certain improper acts he has been guilty of in connection with local politics,and the Fulton Rejnibliccin says : John Scott has undoubtedly engaged in little Business, fir a Senator, but the opin ion is general in bis County, that He is paving bis way to return to the Democratic party. Ww can spare him. He will not smash the Republican puny if be leaves it. Tbe Republican party is composed of men, who are wiiliug to submit to tbe will of ike ma jority, and when a man dou’t want to do that, ue is welcome to leave. Perhaps these rumors had something to do with the extreme radicalism of Jno. Scott’s speech iu thiscity Iheotber night. Renegades always makeagreat show of zeal, to induce a belief in their sincerity. It is especially the case with political renegades when they change parties for the pakeof promotion. Jno. Scott does not seem to be an exception to the rule. Remember that a change of five votes in each election district in the State, from the Radical to the democratic side, will elect Packer by 15,000 majority.— There are 2.500 election districts in the State. Five votes taken from Geary and added to Packer make ten of a gain for the latter, and this gain at each poll in the State aggregates 25.000. Last Octo ber the Radical majority in the State was only 9,677. A change of five votes in each election district will overcome this and leave Packer a majority of 15,- 323. Now, will not every Democrat who reads this article, contribute his share toward bringing about this trifling change at his poll 9 The Radicals are driven to despera tion. Calls for meetings all over the State attest their affright. But windy speeches and brass horns will not avail them this time. Geary is doomed. How Ass Packer “Opposed the War! 9 ■ In spite of all the proof which has been heretofore given to the contrary, Radical newspapers and spouters per sist in representing Asa Packer as a friend of the rebellion, and a sympa thizer with BecessioD. This, like all the other stories which they are trying to keep afloat, is proved to be a gross falsehood. On the ]7th day of April, A. D., 1861, a meeting of the citizens of Mauch Chunk was held to give expres sion to their opinion upon the action of the South. A committee of fifteen was appointed to draft resolutions, Hon. Asa Packer being one of the number. The following are the resolutions as adopted: Whereas, Tbe treasonable conspiracy of a portion of the citizens of the American Uuion against our common country has at length culminated into an open and avowed act of warfare, commenced by the rebel forces at Charleston, under the direction of the usurpers of National authority at Mont gomery ; Aud whereas, an appeal has thus been made to arms for the overthrow ofthe Government to which we all owe allegiance not only by birth but also by every other obligation which ought to command tbe patriotism of the citizens of a free and hitherto prosperous aud happy country, therefore Resolved, Thai we recognize no political associaiionsinconsistent with ourobedience to tbe laws as administered by a Constuu tioually elected President, no matter to wbat party be may belong. Resolved, That this W a time for acts rather than words. The argument has been exhausted. The only question is whether we ahull continue to have a country; or whether tbe glorious nationality, which was our proud inheritance, shall go down to our posterity in weak and discordant fragments— a iHstmg memorial of the de generacy of our times! Resolved , That we, the citizens of Maucb Cbunck, in town meeting assembled, with out distinction of party, dosolemnly pledge ourselves to stand by xbe national flag, lor the Union, tbe Constitution, aud the en forcement of the law* everywhere. (South us well ns North, West us well as Eust.J Resolved, That we will furnish our full ratable proportion of the volunteers who may be culled into the field by tbe Admin istration ; and tout those of us who remain at home, will wuleh over and protect the families of iboscjwho go hence in the service ot their country. Resolved , That we feel well assured that the ciuzr-us of the entire county of Carbon, sympathize iu the movemeut here inaugu rated, and as prompt action Is required in the premises, we recommend that there be three persons appointed by the Chairman ot this meeting, tor each borough and town ship in ihe county, to make collections in bis respective borough or township towards a fund to be rait-eJ, and appropriated to the relief of the necessities ol the volunteers from this couuty and their families; und that K. G. Bowman of the borough of Mnuch Chunk, shall be Treasurer, into whose hands ail the moneys raised as afore said shall be paid by the several collectors, and who, together with Asa Packer, C. O. akeer, and Nutbau Barney, shall constitute a Board, who, or a majority ot whom, shHll have authority to make all appropriations iberefiom iu such proportions and with such discriminations as they may deem ad visable, und exercise a general control over the surne: their uctlou in the premises to be without appeal and conclusive against till parties. The above resolutions would certainly have been regarded as sufficiently loyal to suit tbe taste of the most rampant loyalist of that day, and do one can read them without being convinced of the reckless mendacity e of the supporters of that corrupt tool of the legislative ring, John W. Geary. uur Council Ticket The Democracy took care or Satur day night to select first rate men for City Councilmeu in the different wards. They are resolved that the majority shall rule in Lancaster, in spite of the infamous gerrymander and the out rageous special legislation of successive Radical Legislatures. They go into the pending municipal contest determined to win, aud will leave no honorable means unemployed to achieves deserv ed victory. The Radicals will make a desperate effort to hold on to the petty offices which they managed to secure year ago by trickery and fraud. The people of this city view with indig nation the rascally special legislation by which the Chief of the Thugs aud another Radical are continued in tbe Select Couucil, while Democrats are summarily ousted. Honest Republicans openly denounced the act of Assembly by which that tiling was done. It was too gross an outrage to be approved by deceut meu of any party. Democrats of Lancaster City, you have defeated every effort which the Radicals have hitherto made to over bear the will of the majority. You have*never been beaten by fair means. You can maintain your rightful control of the city govern ment. All you need do is to go into the municipal campaign with vigor, and your success is sure.; Is John C.Vudo a Negro? Devotion to the negro is the test of modern loyalty. It is seen iu every Republican newspaper and heard iu every Radical speech which is made from the stump. The Chairman of the Radical State Central Committee, ha 9 takeuastepin advance of any other man in Pennsylvania. In a speech made at Germantown the other night, he un dertook to prove that his grandfather was not only a negro, buta negro slave. We find the following report of his re marks in Forney’s Press. Mr. Covode said : It was the first time be had ever spoken in Germantown, and it was the first place from which hin ancestors bad emigrated. It was here that the first anti-slavery move ment way made. I inherited the principles of the anti-slavery party from my mother. At Walnut street wharf my grandfather was sold as a slave, and it was tbe captain of the vessel that gave him bis name—Go vode—which has since been changed to Co vode. Notwiths landing tbe fact that the Demo cratic parly opposed making tbe negroes free and enfruuebing them, yet now they seek their vote-'. — Pres*, September 23. None but Africaus were ever sold as “slaves” in Pennsylvania, and if grand father Govode was so disposed of at Walnut Street Wharf, he mint have been imported direct iu a Yankee slave cruiser from Congo or Guinea. John is pretty well bleached, but there are still existing evidences of his origia. He has not learned to speak the Euglish lan guage correctly, and in behavior and appearance is a perfect boor. The change of name, from Govode to Covode, in dicates that an attempt was made by some member of the family to cover up the ancestral stain ; but, iu his eager ness to show his devotion to the negro race, the Chairman of the Radical Htate I Central Committee ha 3 seen fit to un- | cover to public gaze a secret which i other members of his family tried to conceal under achange of name. There is uo accounting for t&3te3. Fashiona ble ladies crimp their hair a la African, and Geary’s friend and henchman, Covode boasts that his father was sold as a slave. Such are the results of the progress of great moral ideas. Tbe Fifteenth Amendment Can Not Be Repealed, if Once Adopted. John Scott admitted that be did Dot trust negro suffrage, tnat ho feared it would bring a train of gvilb with it; but he endeavored to calm the appre hensions he thus excited in the mindß of his hearers, by suggesting that the Fifteenth Amendment might be repeal ed if it was found to work badly. That was a disingenuous bit of special plead ing. No one knows better than Mr. Scott that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to repeal the odious measure if it should unfortunately be adopted. It requires thesamenunaberofStatea to repeal an amendment that it does to adopt one. Three-fourths of the States could repudiate negro suffrage, but one les3 than that number would render the majority powerless to do so. The De mocracy do not wish to bind the people by a tie which it will be almost impos sible to break. They claim that the question of suffrage belongs to the States, and that the right of each State to say who shall be voters within its limits ought never to be surrendered to Congress, They are right and the Radi cals are wrong. Let the people remem* ber that it will be almost impossible to repeal the Fifteenth Amendment if it should be adopted. Governor Walker, of Virginia, has taken ibe iron-clad oath, and been in stalled Provisional Governor by satrap Canby. fitao’s Abase of Ihe Fardonlae Power. Ho li Denonneea by a Leadlni BepnbU. can Bew.frapor. Wb»t tho Philadelphia TelegrapH Bay.. John W. Geary'a gross abuse of the pardoniog power haa called down upon him the maledictions of all honest men. Even prominent Bepublican newspa pers have been compelled to speak out in strong terms. The Philadelphia Eve ning Telegraph, having been taken to task for something it said by tbe Bulle tin, returns to the charge in a recent issue ob follows: A- few days ago, in disensaing the re markable succession of murders, suicides and murderoua assaults that have shocked tbi9 community the present month, we gave S 3 one reason for tnis lawlessness the abuse of the pardoning power, and remark ed in that connection that Gov Geary’s use of the pardoning power had not given aatis fection. For this we have been taken to task oy the Averting Bulletin, and in relutailun ot our charge it makes considerable parade oi the fact that Geary has pardoned fewer criminals than any oi bis predecessors, and further, that “every exercise of the power made during bis administration has been for good and sufficient reasons.” The Bui letin then goes on to say that “Themere publication of this list, with out a word of comment —without any at tempt to explain the character of the few pardons granted by Gov. Geary, is a suf ficient answer to the calumnies of his ene mies. But it can be demonstrated from official documents, the authenticity of the statements ol which it is impossible to ques Lion, that these pardons were grauied to persoos who were clearly entitled to them— who were included in me class for the relief of which this enormouß power was placed in the hands of the Executive.” | Oar contemporary is entirely correct in , its figures; it is entirely correct wbeu it ! says that these parduus were granted for ; ”gocd aud aufflcieut reasons”—to Governor j Geary, of course, ultbuugh we may be per* j muted to doubt whether the houeet, law i abiding poriiou of the community would be i exactly ot tbe same wuy of thinking 11 they : knew all the circumstances connected with i the granting of some of these pardons, ihe : article objeciea to by the Bulletin contained no political allusions whatever, it was a plain statement of a stale of affairs winch uugtn to receive the candid attention of every patriotic citizen. We eudeavored to lay a portion ot the blame where we be lieve that u justly belongs. Iu spue of the Bulletin s figures, we still remain of the same opinion us before, and our opinion is based upon exactly the same official record that our contemporary quotes so confident ly. The question is not whether Guveruor Geury has pardoned a less or greater uum ber ot criminals than his predecessors, but whether he has used it for the good of the community , and not from selfish motives and to gratify certain intriguing politicians; wheiber his Use of tbe pardoning power has not been such as to demand thut it shall be taken from tbe huuds of the exec utive iu the future uud entrusted to a prop erly organized court. We believe thut this is a muLier of vital Importance to tbe people ot this city and Stule, und we know ol no good reason why w<j should refralu from alluding to It now or at any other time To substantiate our position, we will quote a few cases from tbe pardon report fur the edification of tho Bulletin and all others in terested:— [Here follow quotations from Gov. Geary’s Pardon Report.] We have hero quoted butaßmall number of me purduns granted, but they will be »utQcieui to show the frivolous characters of the reasons assigned, und the class ot men upon whose upplicaliou the Governor was induced to interfere.’ Throughout the whole pardon list we find the names of well known local and estate politicians, each one of whom has his little axe to grind, each one of whom expects to obtain wjluence at primary elec tions, conventions and polls by using his in jlusnce in matters of this kind and the ernor t's ready to oblige Ihtm because they may do him a good or evil turn, as he wins their favor or enmity. We have here laid bare une of the secret wnes by which the poliucs of tho State are regulated ; aud the spectacle is edifying, if not altogether agree able. We know that the loyalty of our amiable contemporary is of a very severe aud an tique type, winch we cau scarcely expect to emulate, and us election day approaches it invariably mounts a very high aud pulri otic horse, that; we find u difficult to keep pace with. Our opinion of G.»v. Geary is tolerably well known; wedo not think any belter of him since his reuomluanon than we did before, but if the republicans of this .State choose to vote tor him ugaiu, that is their business and not ours. We venture, however, upon a piece of disinterested ad vice to the Bulletin —that is, if i? really wishes to see Geury re-elected, the best thing it can do is to discuss him as little as possible. We believe that our opinions on the lead ing moral, poinii.iil i.i.ii wkiiul topic** mi-.. sufficiently pronounced and sufficiently liberal to satisfy the moat udvauced reform era ol the day, if we except the Weudeli Phillips and Susan B. Authouy class, aud we have given as sturdy a support to the Republican party as has our contemporary. We believe however tba- if t .e Republican party is to retain the confidenceofthe coun try, it must be conducted on pure princi ples, by pure men. We hold firmly to Re publican principles, because we believe that me safety, hunorand weliare ol the country depend Upon tneir maintenance; but we will not support the corrupt meu who may manage to get upon tbe Republican ticket lor the sake of advancing their own selfish ends aud for the purpose of plundering the public. The lime bas now come wheu it is necessary for the patriotic meu of the State and country to make a decided stand against corrupt practices like those of the late State Legislature, which bring the party into disgrace aud contempt. If the party supports such men it ought to fail, lor, whatever its pretended principles may be, it has in reality fallen to the Democratic level, and party fealty represents a mere scramble for the loaves and fi-ffies. We have taken our position on this subject, and we do not intend to be frightened or silenced by the noise ol the big war drums that are being sounded as the day of election ap proaches. We have ample assurance that our course meets with the appiobation of the good men ofthe Republican party, the men who have given aud do give it all its real influence, and that our only opponents are those who make a trade of politics, who have no principles whatever except to ob tain office at all hazards, and a few timor ous, so called Republicans, who have no opinions ol their own, who follow blindly the profeosed party leaders, and who echo at every election the old Democratic war cry of “Vote the straight ticket.” There are Bourbons, who learn nothing und who iorget nothing, in the Republican as well ns the Democratic party, and it is the Republican Bourbous that give the most uid and comfort to the enemy. The most critical examination we can give to the pardon record of Goyernor Geary only confirms our conviction that the pardoning power ought to be taken out ol the bands of the Executive. 'J he majority of his pardons were granted for the most frivolous ; reasons, and at the instance of a class of men who had thiir own ends to serve by recommending criminals to his clemency—men who from Ihe frequency with which thcij appear upon the record, might not unjustly be entitled professional pardon brokers, and the reward of more than one engaged iu this disreputable busiaess may be seen in objectionable nominations made upon the Republican ticket, and which we have yet to see denounced by tbe Bulletin. Perhaps our contemporary will give us its opinion on the black sheep alter tbe elec tion. We prefer to denounce them belore. Jn order to show what were the opin. ions of the Teleyraph before the renom ination of the Radical candidate we furnish the following extract. On the i 17th of May last it said : | “Most of all, he has not that stern intcg | rity which should be as much a part of his ] office as his oalb, us his subserviency to the “Kiug” has uinply proved. Ho wants al together not uuly statesmanship, but even that leaser quality of intelligence which he should bring to the discharge of his respon stblo trusts. Ills selt-esteem is prepos terous, hia talents tawdry as the liusel of the stage, ills assumptions of capacity render him ridiculous, and what lie ihiuks are proofs of his wisdom only coutirin us in his iguorance. His dignity is as sham as that of the false duke in ike Honeymoon His associates, while they should be ui eucb a character as to hedge him übout with re sped, are of such origin as to lead the world to think them his jackuls, and uo more is office, in which ouly the grave affairs of state should be considered has been dese crated to the vilest purposes of brokerage and sale, and then, wbeu ha should alone , go to discharge bis solemn dunes, ne re tires ouly t> prey upon the “Ring” and | the seekers atier his ciemeDcy. With a I profundity of ignorance which nothing but his personal vanity equals, he makes speeches, which even alter his clerk has corrected their grammar, are miracles of bosb and nothingness. “ Without possessing a single qualifica tion lor the office, without having the re spect of any significant portion of the peo ple of the Commonwealth, and really lack ing evury quality which should recommend him for such a high position, the sublimny I of his impudence and his grasping need | alone induces him to thrust himself for ! ward as a candidate for Governor. The j slave* of the “Ring,” and their willing I coadjutor, he is lur them the most fitting instrument, and he will, it is feared, receive their nomination. But they and he must clearly understand that be is not, canuol be, the ohoice of the great Republican par ly, whom for one term he has already shamefully misrepresented. The small ward politicians may possibly foist him upon us, but just as certainly as they do, just so certainly will our party organization see in the nomination of John W. Geary the defeat ot its principles, and the State will, for one gubernatorial term at least, lose the benefits of Republican influence. The Re publican party is a great and .powerful or ganization, and it may not be lightly broken down ; but while it was sufficiently stroug to send to ti.e field scores upon scorces of regiments, to spend scores of millions ol dollars in;perpetuatiDg the Union,'yet it is not strong enough to stand another term oi the misrule ot the present Governor.” “The opposition see our weakness In John W. Geary, and are already taking ad vaptage of it. They will put forward in the ?? n . te f. t T> no haok-no creature of their Ring. They recognize the fact that the people are tired of Imbecility and want of character In their Chief Magistrate, and they mean to nominate a man of character. And with each a candidate arrayed against John W. Geary, thelrtaak will be an e°ev one. They will have the triumph, and the defeat.” And, in another article It said, speak ing of Geary: “Although corruption reeks at Harris. barg t ana the interests of the State are most ehatuelully neglected and betrayed, bis voice baa never been beard protesting in ibe clarion tongue that some men might have made ring throughout the common wealth against the carnival of folly and fraud.” J The Telegraph now boldly asserts that it has not cbaDged its opinion of Geary since he was nominated, and that it does not think any better of him now than it did before. There are maDy honest Republicans in the State, who without abandoning the party, will refuse to vote for Geary at the coming election. This they will do as independent citi zens from conscientious motives, and they will be only the more respected, even by the best men of their own party, for such action. Geary ought not to be re-elected, and wehave sufficient confi dence in the majority of the people of this State to believe that he will be overwhelmingly defeated. A Sound Political Platform. The Democracy of New York adopted the following sound political platform at their recent State Convention : The Democracy of New York, in cou veniion assembled, report and reaffirm the pledge they have given to the people in re gartl to questions of public policy, and they point to the history ol their oouuectiou with the government from the day of its foundation for the record of their devotion to its interests, their fidelity to its honor, their nationality and patriotism, and tbeir unswerving loyalty to the Constitution; that ms the party which derives its princi pies from Jefferson uud Jaeksou wu are ready to go oefore the couutry with the record of our conduct and our principles and demand to be judged by them, ’ Resolved, Thut in pursuance ol these principles and faithful to these traditions we demaud the restoration of all Suites to their rights in the Union under the*Consu tutiou, the amnesty of poiitcial offenders, the reduction of the standing artuv, the abolition of that hybrid institution, the Freedman’s Bureau, the restoration of the rightful authority ol the judiciury Hfd the subordination of the military to the civil power. Resolved. That we arraign the adminis tration ot President Grant as false to these principles und measures and to Its pledges to give the country peace. It husfor parti sun purposes prolonged the disunion ot the Stales, aud|by military dictation and arb - irury penalties is emleuvoriug to coerce communities uud states into assent to its measurer; it has failed t« protect the masses, and has given countenance ui.d support ol class Interests, and, turning its buck upon the people, has become In turn the pension er uud patron of accumulated wealth, and that while thus abuslug the standard ol'ud mlulstration at home, it bus lowered the tone of our diplomacy abroud by the char acter of Us uppoluuueiilr; by Us vacillations and hesitations in regard to our rights us a nation, its want of sympathy with the poo pie struggling for liberty und its lndlller ence to the fate of American citizens vic tims of foreign despotism. ’ Resolved , That the;proteollon of Amer leun citizeus,whether naturalized or nutlve born, in all their rights and wherever they may go, is a suored duly imposed upon the Uulled Slates government, which cannot be disregarded without incur ring nuiluuul, dishouor ; thut protection und ullegiauce are reciprocal duties, und whenever or wherever the rights or Arneri can citizens are assailed, duty und honor require thut this- government should promptly employ adequate means for the vindication of such rights; and that wo ihereiore denounce the recent tliigruut omis sion by the foe oral administration to per form its whole duty lowurd American citi zens Id Great Brituin und Cuba. Resolved, That the Democratic parly is now, as it ever has beeo, In favor of the ful lilment of all legitimate contracts made with the federal government, with ihoHurm* strictness and honesty that should attend the payment of contracts between man and man • und In case of loans made to the fed oral government by authority oi law it Is the right uot only of tho lender, hut of the American people, from the fruits of whoso labor such loaus must be paid, tbut such Obligations should be discharged when due in the manner provided for by the law in obedience to which they were created. Resolved , That the multiplication of taxes, their complexity and uncertainty, aud the inquisitorial process by which they are extorted from the people, and, still more, that unequal uud unjust system by whnii) R i/jon«>«d oJmrr ia eietiipl from the burdens of State and municipal govern mem and their share Imposed upon their neighbors is u coustunt'v lucreasiug abuse ; that it is the duty of the statesmen of the country to simplify our taxes, distribute idem upon the property ot the country re duce the tariff to a revenue bans, and thus release industry from its heaviest burden and give freedom to commerce. Resolved, That the course ot the execu tive uud administrative officers ol this Stale in enforcingeconomy and reformingubuses which have grown up under the fostering cure of our political opponents coratuends itsell to the approval of the people, and should be exteuded to all the d-purtments ot the government; that if the Registration aud hiXcise laws ure to be imposed upon ihe people they should at least be uniform in their operation throughout the State that the cuuuls of the State should remain the properly of its citizens; thut they should be improved by the enlargement of the channels and tne doubling of the locks where necessary ; that the tolls should be reduced to such an extent as to command the carrying trade, and that as soon as the existing canal debt (uow in process ol rapid liquidation) shall be paid,the cauula should be opened to the navigation of ibepeopleof I all the Stales, sutjrci only to a charge to defray the cost ol meir annual maintenance aud repair. Resolved, That the fifteenth amendment oftbe federal constitution, proposed by the Radical majority in Congress in u spirit of contempt of the people and of the right of the States to n-guJatu the elective franchise, and iu uuer disregard of the pledges of the party, aud attempted to be loroed upon ibe States us a condition of their restoration to civil government and to their representation to the national Levis lature is intended to pluce the quesliou of suffrage iu the hands of the central powers and by debusing to demoralize the repre sentative system. Governor Geary, in his speech in front of the PhiladeJphia League, said, ‘‘the Democratic party charge the Re publicans with having increased the debt seven millions, but the records at Harrisburg show that this statement is untrue, and that the finances have never been handled with more economy than during this administration.” Now, as the governor has appealed to the records at Harrisburg, let them speak upon this subject. ' The report of the Auditor General lor 1867 shows that on the 30th of November, the end of the fiscal year 1800, there was in the State Treasury an unexpended balance of 51,<41,033 27. The aggregate receipts from ail sources, exclusive of loans, for 18Gi- GS were 510,039,379 62; total receipts, $l2 380,412 SO ; deduct balance in treas ury November 30, 1868, $1,012,92-3 37; actual expenditures, $ll 307,487 52. How is this amount accounted for? What says the records? In the last annual message the Governor declares that $4,209,380 14 of this turn had been appropriated to the payment of the Slate debt. But what became of the balance ? $4,209,386 14 taken from j $11,367,487 52 leaves a difference of! $7,168,101 38. This is the amount in question and we challenge the Gover nor to show what has been done with it. Is ho afraid to open the issue ? The debt has been increased. Something wrong with Illinois — Radically speakiDg. In the first place, Governor Palmer of that Ilk, elected as a Republican, cannot abide the favorite moral idea of such a consolidation of au thority a 9 would render a State of lees avail in the republic than a city ward. In the second place, Illinois—home of the late lamented, and giving a Grant majority in November last of some fifty thousand odd—being about to order a new great seal, orders, in the year, 18G8, such seal to bear thereon the legend, “State Sovereignty.” In the third place, here is the Hon. O. H. Browning, Sec retary of the Interior under the late lamented, coming out to say that he prefers to be rather the Democratic than the Radicai candidate for delegate to the forthcoming Illinois Constitutional Convention,aDd likewise that he is “op posed—decidedly, heartily, and defiant ly oppooed—to striking the word * white' out of the Constitution,” of Illinois, and does not hesitate to Bay that tbtWif.eeDth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, if ratified, will be incon sistent with the other provisions, and with nearly all of them, to which it is an amendment, and necessarily, there fore, void—as much so as if it were a proposition to set aside and abolish the Constitution of the United States. Men and Brethren, save Illinois. Judge Packer and All 'faxes. To a modest man, like him whose Dame beads this article, the publication of Ihe fol lowing facta la mo-t distasteful, butthey are forced loto the light by the constant, malig nant and willful falsehoods of unscrupu lous Radical newspapers and Irresponsible Radical speakers. Faillug to find any as sailable point in Judge Packer’s private character, and conceding that his wealth Is the result of tolling, honest industry, they now resort to a most unjustiflaule and ma licious attack upon bis integrity as a tax payer. They do not stop to ask If the assertion u true, but upon the reckless charges of a small sheet, published iu the borough of Mauuh Chunk and one indi vidual of as little authority, they base this disgraceful and flagrant violation of truth. We will see “how plulu a tale shall put them down.” It is alleged that Judgo Packer sought to evade the payment of taxes, legally assessed against him, and that be only paid them on compulsion. Wo will now show that this allegation was conceived In falsehood, presented to t lie public in a spirit of p£ rtisan malignity, and adhered to with a persistency that flnds no purrallel save in the lowest depth of defa mation. Iu the winter of ISGG-G7, Judge Packer, being then the Vice President and largest stockholder of the Lehigh Valley Ruilroad n oin P an - v ’ determined to make the city of Philadelphia his residence, as tho duties of his position in the company, the HI health ot the President, aud his own private affairs made his presence a necessity—almost con tinuously—jii this city. The faci was well known at the time to many of his personal friends and business acquaintances. He made efforts to purchase a suitable'house during that winter and spring, but fiuding oone to suit him, he made his residence at tho Merchants’ Hotel, where lie hail, during the past ten years, spent much more than half his tiuie. Iu the spriug of ISG7, the assessor ut Muuch Chunk called on Judge Packer for a statement of hi- property for the purpose of assessment, aud was then informed of his change of residence, remarking that the luxe* on his personal estate would be paid in Philadelphia, but that tils real estate in Maueh Chunk would be assessed there us u.-ua!. The assessor, very properly, mudo his return, assessing only Ins nalestute; but the county commissioner-, without no tice to Judge Packer, udded his slock in the Lehigh Valley Railroad to the a^sessoi’a return. When the Collector called for tho pay ment of the taxes thus assessed, he whs in formed of Judge Packer's entire will logman 10 pay the amount duo on his real estate, hut objection wan made to the payment oi any tax assessed by the County Coumiis sioners on bis personal estate, ns he was a resideut of Philadelphia, ami was assessed there. At this point, llio Commissioners ol Carbon county consulted counsel, tiv did also Judge Packer. The latter conrihlted Hon. W A Porter, lately one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, and Furman Shep pard, now District Attorney of this cny. Both these gentlemen advised Judgo Packer thul he was not legally bound to pay the taxes assessed in Mumh Chunk on Ins persouul property ; that ho hud the suim/ i ight to choose hi* place of residence as all oilier citizens bad, and Philadelphia being his residence, ho could bo assessed lor taxes only on his real estate In Munch ChunK. After receiving thtsoplnlon, Judge Pack er staled to tho counsel of (ho Commission ers aud of the borough that ho proposes! to pay the taxes rather than endure the an noyance of a lawsuit, recti althouyh his counsel a-iviscd him (hut he could not be com pelled to pay. He proposed that if no <h[}l cutty arise m the future from this cun,-nr that he woul l pay the taxes for the year lhtl7. Tho counsel lur tho Com'missiouorn udvised them that they could not ussess Judgo Pucker lor another year, and that any at tempt orr their part to do so would bu lruil less, and they thou received the tuxes with thut understanding and upon thut agree men'. It Is, Indeed, strnngo that Judge Packer, rich us Hie Rautcul papers represent him to he, should not have the same right that the poorest man in Iho Mtuto has, to decide whether Mam-h Chunk shall be his rosl - deuce or some other place. Tho true secret of all this fuss is that Judgo Packer paid such immense taxes, hh the following stute mem wilt show, that the Mam-h Chunk uu thorlllos wore loih to loose him : Iu tho year IM>3 the tolal amount i f taxes levied tor tho of Muuch Chuuk wns 671.8(5 HS Of in I- arnouui Judge Packer paid .... f>u, iHi! is For lhtitj t lie tolal taxes uie Hit MU ~\ i>ftM Is amouut Judge Parkei paid.... II yo />7 For ISU7 he Lolnl i..xes were Mil .i .*> I Or linn amount J mige Packer paid... H.'t J 7.1 70 lotal amount Uviui for ll.e llneo years ending December tin, Ihi.s Total uim uuts paid by Jucgo Pucker for tie three year- om ingDceem b r 30, IH'K, nearlj U 7 100 and over V-3 ol til- whole Subsequently to these assessments, a Republican Legislature passed a bill i-x emptiug ihe slock of corporations, in tho hands of the individual stockholders, from taxation for the Stale, county or local pur poses. Under ibis act, approved by Gov ernor Geary, on the third day ofJammi), ISOS, Judgo Packer’s railmud and other stocks, iu common with the slocks oi all other citizens of the Commonwealth, be came non assessable und exempt from lux ation. Thus the revenue derived from Judge Packer’s personal properly, us well as that Irom every ottier citizen in tin- State, was returned by tne act ot a llepuhlirun Legislature, approved by u Republican Governor. Ami yet, one would suppnsi from the character ol the assaults mudo Judge Packer by the Radical press and Radical speakers, that lie is a dishonest man 'or not nulluying the act of Jauunry third, ’OB, ami forcing the Commissioners ol Carbon county or Philadelphia to accept whst is not do to them, and which a R.oii cal Legislature and Governor mild should not be assessed or collected. What difference, then, could his change of residence have made to the county und borough after the paasago of this law?— Very little. In isG-S Judge Packer was und could only huvu been assessed for his per sonal salary, moneys at interest and Homo other small items. This wan done in Phil adelphia, whero the Judge has since resid ed und voted. In Muuch Chuuk ho was ami is still assessed us u non-resident on his property tumble there. 'J bus it will be seen bow a simple siau-uient of fuels umus- Clllutes the liss io of Rudlcul falsehood of Us design, and viudicutes an honorablo uud worthy citizen. But this is not all upon this.subject ol taxation. On the representation ol Irre sponsible uiul subordinate revenue oflleers in tbiscily, Thnmua J. Bigblum, of Pitts burg, and the lion. John A. Bingham, ora tors* imported and hired by the Rudicul State Committee to cauvuss ibis Stute for Geary and Williams, knowingly concealed from the public the amount of State and national taxes paid by Judge Packer in the First Collection District in this city. They falsely and maliciously assert that the re cords >hnw tbe paymentof sB.r>o, and this is taken up and published throughout the length aud breadth <>f the Commonwealth as truth. Nothing can be more utterly and intentionally lalse, as all persons who pay lax on their incomes well know. Tim* very printed schedule furnished by the United Stales Revenue Department, upon which the return of incomes is made, shows to the credit of every stockholder Hie amount of lax w tbheld by a corporation on tbe dm dends declared, which amount would be udded to tbe dividend, if not withheld kh a lax of the corporation. Thus tbe lax m> withheld is paid on (he incomes from these dividends by the corporation, on the nutiire of a trustee lor the stockholder. Thu amount thus paid is part of the protlis due Judge Packer on tbe earningH of the Lehigh Valiev Railroad, and iT not paid by them, would ho returned und accounted for by him. What, then, is the amount paid by Judge Packer to the United States aud the Stute, on his income from his interest lu the Le high Valley Ruilroud, and the tuxes on tho tonnuge and gross receipts of his proportion of stock ? In t*>e year UWi It amounto-t to. id the year IH 7 it amounted to. In the year lets it umouoLui to. Making a lotnl In threo years of. 1 Alter refusing succinctly ami in deiail this base calumny ot the supporters of Gen : era! Geary, we ought to ea peel a measure 'of utouemeni of their ({real crime, by a ro • I traction of ibeir falsehoods, and tbepubii. i cation of tho truth uh it is. Public decency , . which has been shocked by the false «;ecU' sation—common lionesty, which has been j wantonly outraged— public character, which has been ruthlessly assailed, and the ! repuiation of the citizens so malignantly traduced, ail demand (hut this base umii 1 wanton deception should have a full urn) j public retraction in every Republican paper and from the mouth of every Republican speaker ; from Governor Geury und Duniel Kalblus down to John M. Dinghum and Columbus Delano, tho Imported orators from Ohio. Whether such magnanimity -vill be evinced or not. Judge Packer will .outlive all tho Blunders that have been heaped upon him, and tlud Ills triumphant vindication in tho Hull'ruge.s of the honest men of this Commonwealth —Philadelphia Age. Tho New York t eraocrntlc state Con vcutlun. Syracuse, Sept. 22.—The Democratic State Convention met this morning at Weiting Hull. S J. Tlldeu culled the Con vention to order, anti made an address of considerable length, criticising the Admin istration of Grunt; bis journeyings about tno country; tbo treatment oi the South; tbo Fifteenth Amendment, and strongly condemning tbo proposition to make voters without regard to race or color. Tbo Couvention elected Ferili C. Den ninoy temporary chairman, and appointed committees on permanent organization aud resolutions, after which a recess was taken. On reassembling, Hon. Allen C. Beach was chosen permanent president, and the committee on resolutions not being ready to report, the nomination of a State ticket wan proceeded with as follows: Secretary of Stute, Homer A. Nelson; Comptroller, Wm. F. Allen; Attorney General, M. B. Chamberlain ; Treasurer, Wheeler H. Bris tol ; Slate Engineer, Van R. Richmond ; Caual Commissioner. N . N Wright; State Prison Inspector, F. Lufin, ot Ulster ; Judges of the Court of Appeals, John A. Lott, of Kings, and Robert Earl, of Herk imer. It is considered that the State Fair, to bo held at Harrisburg, will eclipse all Its pre decessors. The entries* to this time are more numerous and varied than ever before in the history of the society. Several herds of the finest cattle in America are already registered, aud a number more are expect ed. The fruit department will be especially niagniticeut, and that of agricultural Im plements will beone of the greatest features, as extensive accommodationsjbave been provided for their display.
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