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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.