■WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6,1869. DEMOCBATIC STATE TICKET. FOR GOVERNOR Hon. ASI PACKEE, or Carton county. FOR JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT: Hon. CYRUS I. FEBsHllte, of Cambria co. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For State tenale : MICHAEL MALONE, City. WM. H. EAGLE, Marietta. For Assembly: JOSEPH M. WATT-*, Colombia. JOHN KOBB, Conoy. _ _ _ . GEORGE F. HHUniZ, Sadsbury.l JACOBS. BAKER, Mount Joy Twp. For Sheriff: CHARLES GROVE, Columbia. For I egister of TFiits : 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, Indlantown, For Treasure?'' S. W. SWISHER, Little Britain. For Commissioner: EMANUEL BHOBER, City. For Directors of the Poor: JOHN L. LIGHTNER, Leacock. JOHN M. MILLER, Weal Lampeter. For Prison Inspectors : GEORGE PIERCE, Mount Joy twp. JOHN SIGLE, Upper Leacock. For Auditor: WILLIAM McCOMSEY, City. For Coroner : HENRY M. GKITER. City. A Few Last Earnest Words. We appeal to the Democrats of the rural districts .of Lancaster for what may be the last time before the all portant election which takes place on Tuesday next. The campaign is almost at an end Less than a week remains for the com* pletion of the great work before you ; but, short as the time is, it is long enough forenergetic men to accomplish all that remains to be done. The time for argument is past, \yhat is needed now is active, energetic work, so directed as to insure a full poll of the Democratic vole in every election dis trict. Have a complete list of the Demo cratic voters in your district made out, if not already done, and have a per fectly reliable man to take charge of it at the window, who will check off the name of every Democrat os he votes. Let it ;be generally understood that all reliable Democrats aro expected to vote early in the day. That will eu* able you to tell who are absent and to send for them early in the afternoon. Take plenty of teams to the polls, so that not a vote shall be lost which can be secured. Work as becomes freemen ! Work as the gallautaud indomitable Democracy of Lancaster county have heretofore done; and you will do your full share in securing the great victory which we "believe is surely to come with the set ting of next Tuesday’s sun. •Remember thai with a full poll of the Democratic vote, Packer and Pershing will certainly be triumphantly elected. They can only be beaten by the most inexcusable apathy in our ranks. Work then, and make the victory sure, the triumph overwhelming! Our .Next Issue The next, isuut. of the Weekly In- GENCEH willbemailed on Friday eve ning. It will reach most Post Offices in thecounty on .Saturday. As it wiil con tain valuable political matter our read ers should make a point to secure it early. On Wednesday morning, after the election we will mail an £x(ra to all the subscribers of the Weekly In telligencer, with‘‘Tull election re turns. Let them look out for good news. The I’rospcct in the State. From all parts of the State come as surances that Packer and Pershing will be triumphantly elected. In Allegheny county Geary’s abuse of the pardoning power has disgusted multitudes of law abiding Republicans, while the Ger mans of Pittsburg, Erie and other cities and towns utterly repudiate him. In Philadelphia the Radicals are disgusted with the result of the Registry, and some Republicans predict that Packer will have from eight to ten thousand majority in that city. Berks will roll up an old fashioned vote, and the Tenth Legion will speak in tones of thunder. In the Radical counties of Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga and others along the northern border, Pucker will re ceive the support of very many Repub licans. All that is needed to insure a great and crowning victory is a full poll of the Democratic vote. Let us do our full share to Lancaster county! Let every Democratic vote be polled next Tuesday." Dentil of our Candidate lbr County lUmmlsslomT. The sudden death of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Emanuel Shober, Esq., causes a vacancy in the Democratic ticket, which must be filled by the County Committee at their meeting on Thursday. Mr. Shober deservedly stood high in the estimation ol the com munity and of his parly. A man of in flexible integrity and high character, lie was a model citizen, whose loss will be felt by thtfpublic at large. Stand at the Tolls. Let the best and most prominent Democrats of election district stand at the polls, from morning until night, on election day. There has been too much neglect of this important matter. The presence of well-known citizens at the voting places is a source of power (hat is always felt. We hope tosee a new ostler of allairs at the coin iug election. Good citizens should feel bound, at least, to give the countenance of their presence to those who labor for thesuccessof theprinciplesof the party. Let such be the first at the polls next Tuesday, and the last to leave. Democratic Meeting in Fulton Township There will be a Grand Democratic Rally at New' Texas, Fulton Township, on Friday next, October Bth. As this will be the only meeting held in 'the southern end of the County there ought to be a full turn out.' v 'II. G. Smith, J. "W. F. Swift, and George Xauroau, ©3q 1 speak. Geary Fledged Against Economy and Kc- Remember that the tools of the legis lative thieves, who made up the con vention which nominated John W. Geary, voted down a resolution pledg ing the Republicans to economy and reform in the State Government. The “roosters” and “pinchers,” with Davis, Strang, Josephs & Co., are going back next winter in full force, and, if their tool should be re elected Governor there will be such a carnival of fraud and corruption as was never seen before in our State Capitol. What Pennsylvania Farmers Think. The farmers of Pennsylvania are not “Satisfied with the way things are going. Every thing they have to sell has been reduced to a price that does not pay for raising it, while every article which they have to buy commands exorbi tant rates. They know these things ought not to be so, and they command a change. With true wisdom they in tend to begin the work of reform by electing honest Asa Packer, Governor. They are convinced that he will put an end to extravagance and corruption in the State, and that they intend shall be the first step forward in a new era of national politics. Look out for a great phange in the rural districts. The Boosters Going Back. Theleeislatlve “roosters” and “pinch ers” are going back to Harrisburg in force. Here, In Lancaster county, they were beaten, but almost everywhere else they were successful. The leaders of the ring, Davis, Strang & Co., have counted noses and they confidently cal culate upon a large majority in the next Legislature. With shame we confess that they cannot be easily beaten. They can be heard crowing all over the Statft. In anticipation of another carnival of fraud and corruption. All they now dread is the defeat of Geary. They nominated him against the earnest pro test of the best men In the Republican party, and they are working like beaverß to secure his re-election. Meanwhile'he has been preparing the public mind for a continuation of the infamous corrup- tion for which his administration has been distinguished, by declaring in his public speeches that he “c annot'control the ring." The people know he has the power lo do so, and they see in his shameful con ession only au open avowal of his su serviency to the ring which uominate him, and his indisposition to interfere with their foul schemes for plundering the State Treasury and plucking the peo ple. Geary is admitted by leading Re publican newspapers to be thesuppletool of the" roosters” and “pinchers,” the candidate of a set of infamous scoun drels, the prop and stay of their rascality, the partner of their infamous gains, their pal and protector, and the pillar which supports the fabric of legislative corruption. His election would be alike disastrous and disgraceful to the great Htate of Pennsylvania. The honest masses of both political parties see this and they will unite to secure his defeat. The election of honest Asa Packer will not be a mere partisan triumph. Much of the credit will be due to conscientious Republicans, and we shall not fail to give them full credit for their share in the good work. Bgy* If you know a Democratic voter who is not registered, take him before a Justice of the Peace and have the neces sary affidavits made. Blanks will be furnished the members of the County Committee, from whom they can be obtained. See directions elsewhere un der head of “How to vote if not regis tered.” The Radical lity Meeting. The nomination of that inveterate punster, William Augustus Atlee, for Mayor by the Radicals, can only be re garded as a joke. They have not the slightest expectation of electing him, and the announcement of their candi date is equivalent to an abandonment of the contest for Mayor. They intend to devote all their energies to secure a majority in the City Councils. I or that sole purpose they have had the city charter amended two or three times each winter for several years past, bo far they have failed at every election.— Treachery and fraud in a Democratic Ward, gave them-a chance to reward the impecunious carpet-bagger, Chin quapin Johnson, and to give jobs to a few needy fellows ; but they have been beaten at the polls every time, in spile of their infamous gerrymanders. That they will be again defeated in their at tempt to gain control of the City Coun cils, we have no doubt. AU that is ueeded is a vigorous’effort on the part of the Democracy, and a full poll of their vote. That will be had ; and Mr. William Augustus Atlee can indulge hia wit in jokes upon bis partners in misfortune. Wliat Five Votes In Each Election Fls- trlct Amount To. There are nearly twenty-five hundred election districts in Pennsylvania. A reduction of Jive votes only in the Rad ical majority, or a gain of the same number in the Democratic majority, of each district, will give the State to the Democracy by several thousand ma jority. Here is a means by which the Democrats of every district can meas ure the special object for them to labor for. Let the poll committees start out on the morning of election with a de termination of making a gain of five votes at least in their immediate dis tricts, and if theplan is adopted th rough out the State, the election of Packer and Pershing by a large majority will be absolutely certain. If you are not registered make the necessary affidavits before a Justice of the Peace and thus make certain of your vote. See directions for doing so elsewhere in this paper. The Lesson of the Late Election The late elections all point one way and all presage the overwhelming de feat of Geary, and the election of honest Asa Packer. California gave Grant a majority. It now elects the Democratic Btate officers by a majority of 12,000, and the-Radicals have hardly a corporal’s guard in the Legislature. In Maine Grant had a majority of 28,000. Now the twenty is lopped oil', and a meagre majority is all the Jacobins can boast of, while the Democrats make decided gains in the Legislature. In Teunesaee Grant bad 30,000 majority. Xow the Democrats sweep the State like a whirl wind ; annihilating the Radical party in the home of Old Hickory, aDd bury ing it so deep that it will never be resur rected. Every Radical newspaper in the State has suspended since the election, and not one is left to defend the cause of corruption and political intolerance. Virginia was not allowed to vote last, fall, but the Democrats and Conserva tives have now carried it by a majority of 20,000, and that in spite of Grant’s Cabinet, and all the Radicals of the North. Like causes produce like effects, and there can be no doubt about the result in Pennsylvania if Democrats do their duty. A full poll of our vote will elect Packer and Pershiugby an overwhelm ing majority. Remember that, and see to it that not a vote is lost. Defeat or Victory The Democracy of Pennsylvania can have either defeat or victory next Tues day. They can carry the State by ten thousand majority, or they can allow themselves to be defeated by as large a one. Mere sighiDg and hoping for a victory will notwin it. What is Deeded is a few days of active, energetic work. A full poll of the Democratic vote is certain victory. Let that be kept stead ily in mind. Let every Democrat de termine tp give a little of his time, and, if need be, a little of his money to get out the vote, and all will be well. — Which will you have—defeat or vic tory? It is for you to say—for you who are now reading this Item. Let your answer be victory! And be sure you make that answer effective by by working for it as if all depended up on yourself. Work until the election to influence votes. Work on the day of the election to get the voters out—and make the victory sure! The Ghicago-Grant platform pledged the Radical party to leave the suffrage question with the people in the loyal States. The authors and supporters of the Fifteenth Amendment have broken this solemn coveuaut with the people. Down with the Pledge Breakers ! If you desire economy, retrenchment and reform in the State Government you must vote for Asa Packer. Geary is the nominee of the legisla tive thieves, and he openly confesses in hisspeeches that he can not control the ring. If he should be re-elected things must go on from bad to worse. Vote for Packer, who pledges himself to break up the ring! He will keep his promise. His word is as good as his bond. Geary fixes the valde of any man’s life, lost on a railroad, at five thousand dollars. He receives that much for one year’s sa\ary as Governor, to say noth ing of his share of the stealings of’the ring. Why Don’t Major A. R. Calhoun Fay the Soldier’s Widows and Orphans. Major A. R. Calhoun, who is .now apenAig his time in a vain effort to bolster up the failing fortunes of that buckram hero, John W. Geary; is the regularly appointed 'agent for payingr pensions to the widows and orphans’ or deceived soldiers in title Eastern District of Pennsylvania. TJtfe claims of this deserving and needy class were due on the 4th day of last month, bat they have not yet been paid. Iq vain have at torneys of this city appealed to Major Calhoan for an adjustment of these ac counts. Day by day their offices are besieged by the suffering widows and orphans of the gallant dead. The petty sums which they are entitled to receive are not forthcoming. Major Calhoun is either too busy making speeches in favor of the renominatiou of Grant and the re-election of Geary to attend to his business, or he is purposely withhold ing the money appropriated for the purpose of paying pensions. In this city and county of Lancaster, there are several hundred such claims unpaid to-day, all of which were due at the commencement of last month. Is not this a gross and shameful outrage ?. How can this man show his face where the faded garments of the soldiere’ wid ows and the pinched faces of their orphans are to be seen ? One would think that a sense of honest shame would compel him to Btay at home, and to work in his office all night loDg, if need be, in order that these needy ones might promptly receive the little pit tance that the Government gives them. One of two things is certain. Either Major Calhoun is wrongfully with holding the money due the widows and orphans and, it may be,speculating up on it, or Secretary Boutwell is keeping «teack the amount due a month ago in order that ho may be able to make a falsely favorable return of the national indebtedness, just previous to the Octo ber election. A gross wrong is being perpetrated by one or the other of these loyal office-holders. If the widows and orphans had votes they would, no doubt, have been promptly paid. Then their cries would be heard and their tears be heeded. They would not have to goto their attor neys day after day for a whole month, only to be told the same sad story, that their claims have not been attended to by the Radical spouter, Major A. R. Calhoun, and there is no money to relieve their pressing necessities —to buy them bread, and coal and clothing. We saw among theKjnen who stood in the entrance to the room where Major Calhoun was speaking on Thursday, a poorly dressed but respectable looking woman. Front seats were advertised to be reserved for ladies, but no one seemed to notice this one. On inquiry we learned that she was the widow of a soldier who had been killed in battle. — She had applied time and again to her Attorney in this city for the little pit tance due her, but had invariably been met by the assurance that no money had been received from the pension agent, Major A. It. Calhoun. She had come to the Court House, hearing he was to be present, in the vain hope of securing a personal interview with him. We left her standing here and we have no doubt that she finally went to her hum ble home, weary and distressed, while the gallant Major retired by the back ■ stairs to bo handsomely entertained by some of the very loyal citizens of Lan , caster. Whether Major Calhoun is speculat ing on the money due the soldiers’ mi iA omfi nqn 9*■ wlioibor U crxx fc well is keeping it back to enable him to make a false report in regard to the na tional debt we cannot determine. One or the other of thtse must bethereason for the non-payment of the claims now long overdue. We can con ceive of no other cause for this unwarrantable delay. In either case the widows and orphans of the sol diers are being most foully wronged, and, could the gallant deadspeak, they would not have had a single cheer for the windy orator of last ninht, but bitter and well-deserved curses instead. Let Major Calhoun go to his office in Philadelphia, and let him stay there until the la3t dollar due the widows and orphans of the soldiers of Eastern Penn sylvania is paid. His presence at a Radical meeting under existingicircum* stances is an outrage upon those who laid down their lives for the Union, which the Radicals refuse to restore, and an insult to those they left behind them as the wards of the nation. Kadtcal candidates Defusing to Pay Cp. It seems that some of the Radical candidates for County office- have de clined to pay the assessment laid upon them by the County Committee. The following spicy correspondence will ex plain itself: Union Republican County Committee Rooms, Lancaster, Sept. 27tb, 1569. Dear .Sir: At a meeting of the Commit tee held at iheir Ileariquariersibismorning, it was ordered that tue Candidates for the various offices should be notified that, un less the full amount of their assessments be paid by /Saturday, (jetober 2. 1869, their names will be dropped, and the candidate who received the next hi«hest number of voles at the lute Primary Flection will have his name substituted for that of the delin quent. By order of the Committee. A. J. Kaufman, Chairman. Tu Goo. W. House), e?>q., Quarry ville, Lan caster county, Pa. fyUARHYViLLE, Sept. 29,1869, A. J. Kauffman, ksu , Chairman Republi can County Committee: Dear Sir: The County Committee have taken upou themselves the right to lax the candidates for office in a most outrageous manner. The nominees for Clerks of Courts each 5350, the Sheriff, Prothonotary and Ragislpr eacn 5500, and even the Audi tor ?5, Thy latter-named office has never beforo been taxed at all. Now, I deny the necessity of levying such taxes at this time, and I feel satisfied from what I see and hear that the money is in great part to be divided round among the cliques and favorites of certain newspapers, and, for oue, I tuiuk it is about time to stop this system of imposition. I care nothing about the 55.00, nor five times that sum, if it were needed for legitimate purposes, or if it would be honestly appropriated. But, to bo coerced into the payment by such a document as your circular, I am not quite ready or willing. I have received my nomination as the free will offering from the Republican peo ple, without solicitation and without any stipulation for the payment of a tax, and I think I can afford to lest the sincerity of the Committee in their threat to drop my name, m case of my refusal to comply with their demand. My appeal is to the public—the same Republican voters who made me their candidate. If you think fit to drop my name because I will not submit to a system of taxation which I consider extortionate and unreasonable, then be it so. I may not be elected to the office—you may use your posit.on to deleat me, but I will have the .satisfaction to know that I have not com promised myself by submitting to the out rage. Yours, A*c,, oeo. w. hensel. la the Chairman to be thus- defied? Let him put Mr. Hensel off the ticket at once. JSST If you know a Democratic voter who is not registered, take him before a Justice of the Peace and have the neces sary affidavits made. Blanks will be furnished the members of the County Committee, from whom they can be obtained. See directions elsewhere, under head of “How to vote if not regis tered.” Forney’s Press aßks What are the Irish Republicans doing? Their organizations promised great things, and for the sake of the Irishmen themselves we should be glad to have their words made good. At Altoona, Johnstown, Phoenix villo, and all along the railroads, there, is rnnch ground for missionary labor, and the field should be occupied. The vaunted association of Irish Re publicans was fraud from the beginning The leader of it hoped to make some money out of it, but the thing would not work. The Irish are now, where they always have been, in full accord with that great and liberal organization, the Democratic party. They do not need to be taught by Buch emissaries as Forney’s “missionaries.” ! Hbw td Tote IT Sot Registered, We have earnestly urged every Deni jberat to Bee to it tfiat tered, "because it ta'pre-' vent trouble in securing his : vote.« The ’.time for registration: has now passed, and some yfho neglected to take dae precaution -will no doubt findvtheir namesomittedfromthe lists which have been made up by the Assessors. This is, however, not an irretrievable misfor tune. The.truth is the fourth section of tb© act does away with all actual neces sity for the registration offtny voter. It reads as followt: “ Sko. 4.- On the day of election any per son whose name is not on the said list, and claiming the right to vote at said election, shall psodace at least one qualified voter of the district as a witness to the residence of the claimant in the district in which he claims to be a voter, for tbeperiod of at least i ten days next preceding safa election, which witness shall take and subscribe written, or partly written and partly printed, affi davit to the facts slated by him, which affi davit shall define clearly where the resi dence is of the person so claiming to bq a voter; and the person so claiming the right to vote shall also take and subscribe a writ ten, or partly written and partly printed, affidavit, stating, to the best of his knowl edge and belief, where aud when be was born ; that he is a citizen of the common wealth of Pennsylvania and of the United States; that he has resided in the common wealth one year, or if formerly a citizen therein and has movid therefrom, that he has resided therein six months next pre ceding said election ; that he has not moved into the district for the purpose of voting therein ; that he baa paid a state or connty tax within two years, which was assessed at least ten days before said election ; and, if a naturalized citizen, shall also state when, where and by what court he was naturalized, and shall also produce his cer tificate of naturalization for examination ; the said affidavit shall also state when and where the tax claimed to be paid by the affiant was assessed, and wben, where and to whowpSTd; and the tax receipt therefor shall be produced for examination, unless the affiant shall state in his affidavit that it has been lost or destroyed, or that he never received any; but if the person so claiming the right to vote shall take and subscribe an affidavit, that be is a native born citizen of the United States, if born elsewhere, shall state that fact in his affidavit, and shall produce evidence that he has been naturalized, or that be is entiUed to citizen ship by reason of his father’s naturalization) and shall farther state in his affidavit that he is, at the timeof taking the affidavit, be tween the ages of twenty-one and twenty two years ; that he has resided in the State one year and in the election district ten days next preceding snch election, be Bhall be entitled to vote, although he shall not have paid taxes; the said affidavits of all persons making such claims, aud the affi davits of the witnesses to their residence, shall be preserved by the election board, and at tbe close of the election they shall be enclosed with the list of voters, tally list 1 and other papers required by law to be filed by the return judge with tbe prothonotary, and shall remain on file therewith in the prothonotary's office, subject to examina tion, as other election papers are; if the election officers shall find that the applicant or applicants possess all the legal qualifica tions of voters, he or they shall be permitted to vote, and tbe name or names shall be added to the list of taxables by the election officers, the word “tax” being added where the claimant claims to vote on tax, and the word “age” where he claims to vote on age; the same words being added by the clerks in each case respectively, on the lists of persons voting at such election.” Section 9th of the registry law em poweis and directs the election officers, as part of their sworn duty, to admin ister the oaths, and receivethe affidavits of non-registcred citizens, who may be entitled to vote under the provisions of the 4th section of the act. The Secretary of the Commonwealth sent out to the County Commissioners a copy for forms of the affidavits required to be made by non registered voters, and it is expected that the County Commissioners will furnish them to the election officers. These forms read as follows : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. 33. Election Listrict. Personally appeared a qualified voter of said Election District, who being duly sworn, depoeeth and sayeth, that who claims the right to vote, has been t • him known as a resident oi this district for ten dajs next pre residence Is Sworn to and subscribed ihls ) day of 18—- V COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. Lancaster County, tit 1 . Election District. Personally appeared who claims the rigut to vote In baid district, and beng ouly swo’D, deposes and says, that to the best of his knowledge and belief, he was born In , County of ■ , State of la the year , month of and day; that he is a cltizm of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; • that he has resided in the State next preceding this election, lhai he has not, moved into the district for the purpose of voitug therein; toat he has paid a Mate or County tax within two years, which was assessed at least ten days before the elec* lion in on or about the anil paid to in on or about the day of 18 , —receipt having been taken tnerefo , (This part only for Naturalized Citizens.) Deponent further says that be was natural ized in the Courtof in the of , County, of ——, Mate of on the day oi 18 Sworn and subscrihed tbU } day of its f- The terms of the 4th section of the registry law are explicit, aud its pro visions are imperatively binding upon the election officers. Should any one of them refuse to receive tne ballot of a voter who comes prepared to make the necessary affidavits, he wih besubjected to severe penalties ; but, to save all un necessary delay, it would be as well, when it can be conveniently done, for every non-registwed voter to make the necessary affidavits before some justice of the peace previous to the day of elec tion. Affidavits can be written out from the forms we give when printed ones cannot be conveniently obtained. Every man who could vote if the registry did not exist can still vote by making the necessary affidavits before a justice of the peace previous to the election, or before the election officers od the day of the election. The truth is this law was designed by the Radicals to place obstacles in the way of laboring men and naturalized citizens, so as to disgust them, and, if possible to keep them away from the polls. The Radical party looks upon this class of citizens with contempt, and hedges them about with requirements bristling with suspicion. It would de grade laboriug men, whether native born or naturalized, by requiring them to mark the name of their employer op posite to the*r own on the Registry lists. This attempt to revive one of the most obnoxious features of vassalage, or to indicate that laboring men have mas ters or owners on election day , is one of the most infamous features of this dis graceful law Laboring men! Naturalized citizens ! Comply with every requirement of this odious law for once. Do not fail to vote at the coming elec tion, even if some Radical assessor has purposely omitted your name from the list. Resent the affront as a freeman should, and make sure of the repeal of this op pressive and useless law by voting the Democratic ticket. Why Grant Didn’t Come to the Rescue or Geary. The reason why Grant “went back on” Covode and Geary is explained by the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette. It seems that Ulysses the Silent was quite ready to be paraded about at the Agricultural Fairs now being held in Pennsylvania. He is as insensible to shame, and has as little notion of propriety as any of the cattle in the stalls; but Wilson, of Massachusetts, and Secretary Fish know the habits and the failings of the present occupant of the White House. It is not always safe to exhibit him. He has a weakness for good liquor, and is sometimes in a very unpresentable con dition. Covode, in his desperation was willing to take the risk, and Grant was willing to come; but Wilson and Fish said nay. So the people who visit the County Fairs which occur between this and the election, will not see Ulysses drunk or sober. He is cooped up in the White House for the present, and Co vode and Geary are plunged into utter despair. Their last hope has failed them, and they now concede the elec tion of Packer and Pershing by a large majority. -&£ y ' \ A lively Corpse., a terrible nine-lived sat> tills party is, to be sore. , It has boor 1 many times?; : 'liet us see k' lt was dead in 1861—the Charles ton Convention broke its back entirely; it .was dead in 1862, dead in 1863, dead 1864; -in 1865 it was too dead to talk about; in 1866 the cunningly Contrived bloodshed of Memphifl and New Or leans laid it out again; throughout 1867 it slept, so said the loil, in the sifent tomb; but somehow in 1863 it came to life again,'and pushed Grant so hard that he only escaped defeat by the atin of his .teeth, slipping in by but some 350,000 majority ina v0te0f5,600,- 000, and that majority made np by ne gro votes. And now, here in 1§69, this extremely dead party is so uncommon brisk that Asa Packer is sure to be the next Governor of Pennsylvania, and Pendleton's chance of election in Ohio is almost as good. Verily that sagacious Radical, Don Piatt, understood the Democratic party when he avowed his belief that “at the Bounding of Gabriel’s horn on the last day, Democrats would come up from the sleep of ages, huzza ing for some favorite candidate, and vowing they would vote the ticket, the whole ticket, andnothing but theiicket .” Its vitality is truly wonderful, and with its army of voters marshaled and fully equipped, it only waits for the dawning of the second Tuesday of October to overwhelm the cohorts of Radicalism in irretrievable defeat. UST* If you know a Democratic voter who is not registered, take him before a Justice of the Peace and have the neces sary affidavits made. Blanks will be furnished the members of the County Committee, from whom they can be obtained. See directions elsewhere, un der head of “ How to vote if not regis tered.” The Interest on the State Debt. During the years of Democratic rule ; in Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth paid 4A and 5 per cent, interest on its loans. These rates were maintained until 18G7, when on the recommenda tion of Gov. Geary and State Treasurer Kemble, a new loan was negotiated to replace the old, and this new loan was made at 0 per cent, interest. Now, there was no necessity for this movement; none in the world except that of the pockets of the State Treasurer and other Radical officials. The old loans could have been continued, withoutany diffi culty, at the old rates of interest. But the placing of the new loan offered an opportunity to plunder the treasury and that was enough to recommend it' to those in power. It woule enable the State Treasurer to keep on hand a large monthly balance, which he could loan out to his favorites, to the incalculable advantage of himself and his friends. Some of the interest on this heavy bal ance will beneeded as a corruption fund to elect United States Senators and State Treasurers, and to re-elect Gov. Geary. Hence the scheme was put through ; Twenty three millions were borrowed at six per cent, and at a cost of placiDg the loan of $90,000. We now have the effect of this ad mirable stroke of Radical financeering. In ISG7 the commonwealth paid $94,063 more interest than ISGG, and in ISGS, it paid $172,554 more than in 18GG. Here is shown a loss to the people, by the operation of this new Radical loan, of S26G,GIS in two years! A vote for Geary and the Radical candidates for the Leg- 1 islature, is a vote to endorse and en courage such frauds upon the people. “ Were you at the meeting in the Court House last night,” we heard one Republican say to another who had al ways voted the ticket. was the reply. “Why not?” asked the interrogator. “Why not!” said No. 2, “ because I am tired hearing paid orators. There has not been a speech made in this city, or in the State, during this campaign, except by fellows who are office holders. I would like to put some of them under oath and ask them how many thousand dollars of the money wrung from the taxpayers they get for perambulating the State and re tailing sophistries todeceive thoughtless and ignorant people.” “Ah ! you have turned Copperhead, have you?” said No. 1. “You will think the whole State has turned Copperhead when the returns of the election come in,” was the telling retort of No. 2. We passed on, convinced that the speeches of Scott, Delano, Allison, Calhoun and other Radical office holders had done little to aid the sinking cause of Geary in Lancaster city. If you are not registered make the necessary affidavits before a Justice of the Peace and thus make certain of your vote. See directions for doing eo elsewnere in this paper. The Express is an adept at figuring out a Republican victory in this city at the election, because, forsooth, the Democratic vote polled at the primary meetings on Saturday evening only ag gregated some 1500, whilst the Radicals, at their primary election for County officers, polled about ISOO. The Express forgets t's state, however, that the Dem ocratic v tp wu-, an honest one, and cast exclusively by Democratic voters ; whilst the other was made up of all po litical parties and factions of every hue and grade. This is the marked differ ence between the two parties at their primary elections, as everybody will be ready to admit who has the least regard for truth—a virtue which we are sorry to say does not belong to our neighbor. But if the Exjircss penuy-a liner flat ters himself with a Republican victory in this City on the Second Tuesday of October, he will be egregiously mis taken. He will find that the Demo cratic vote on that day will be at least fifty per cent, more than it was on last Saturday evening, and that we will tri umphantly elect not only the Mayor, but also a working majority of the Coun cils, notwithstanding the infamous gerrymander of the Wards by an un scrupulous Radical Legislature, and a no less unscrupulous Radical Executive. Tbe Rlebt Spirit. A plucky old Democrat, over seventy years of age had bis leg broken by a kick from a horse a few days ago. When the doctor arrived, though suffering intense pain, the first question he asked was, “Will I be able to go to the polls and vote for Packer and Pershing?” That shows the indomitable spirit that ani mates individual members of the Demo cratic party, and accounts for the energy and vitality which makes up for all lack of organization. It is that spirit which has kept the party alive ana sound through all the reverses it has encoun tered, and which will insure a great and crowning victory in October. Forney’s Dress contained the fol lowing stirring appeal to Radical .voters the other day: •‘Citizens of Pennsylvania, if another war were to fall upon the Commonwealth, would yon feel safe with John W. Geary or Asa Packer in the chair, in view of their past records.” “Oh mother!” cried a frantic maiden, as she stood before a blazing bake-oven, and gazed into it, wringing her lilly white hands in agony. “Oh mother! just think how dreadful it would be if I should marry William Henry, and have a little baby, and the darling should climb up on a chair aDd crawl into that bake-oven, and be roasted alive! What would I do? Oh mother! What would I do? Wouldn’t Bland It. Mr. George William Curtis, the Re publican nominee for Secretary of State of New York, declines to run on the ticket. He knows there hr no hope of an election. After this year it will be hard for the Radicals to get candidates to run on their ticket in Pennsylvania. GoYode Admits Geary’s Derear. s ATtier chucking Mister Commissioner Christopher ColombußjDelano into the aras'of that howling d imderhead, Df. Hower, John Govode, Chairman of the Radicalstate Central Committee, made a quick dart for the cars, mounted the platform with a fierceoath in ||is mouth, and neither stopped nor stayed uniil he arrived at the National Capital. Once there, he took with him Wilson, of Massachusetts, and two other promi nent Radical politicians, and marched straight to the White House. Grant reasonably sober,he proceeded to inform him that Geary wmrdoomed to certain defeat,unlessßomethingcould be done at once to turn the tide of popular feeling in Pennsylvania. The meetings held at different points have been fail ures in point of numbers and enthusi asm, or both. Geary’s vanity, stupidity; ignorance,' want of capacity, want of integrity, want of truthfalness, and want of common honesty have disgusted thousands of decent Republicans. His close connection with all the rascality of the most rascally Legislatures ever assembled has turned consci entious Republicans against him.— His gross abuse of the pardoning power has alarmed law abidiog Republicans. His constant support and countenance of all the corrupt legislation of the riDg has satisfied honest Republicans that his re-election would be a great public calamity. He was doomed to defeat from the moment that it was as certained that the Republican State Convention had been packed full of the tools of the legislative thieves, for the express purpose of crowding off aDy more reputable candidate, and re-nomi nating the man who had been the pa tron and fast friend of the “ roosters ” and “ pinchers.” Covode and the Ring thought they would be able to drive the party into the support of Geary, in spite of his ignorance, his incompetence and his want of honesty. The uneducated boor, who boasts that his grandfather was sold as a slave, finds himself mistaken. The miserable creature who attempted to falsify a record to help Covode’ to a seat in Congress is now hanging like a millstone about the neck of that desper ate political trickster: Geary’s supple mentary proclamation did not help Co vode, though he appended the broad seal of the Commonwealth to what was in reality only a private letter, and the arts of petty rascality which Covode has systematically practiced on a small Beale, it is now discovered, Gear/ from an overwhelming defeat. — Covode sees that Packer is bound to be elected, unless some desperate means are at once resorted to. Bo he appeals in frantic terms to Grant. Forney's Press tells the story of the interview as follows: JHou. Jobn Covode. ■Washington, Sept. 28.1809.— H0n. John Covode, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee ofPennsyivania, arrived here to day and had a long interview with the President relative to the approaching election in that Slate. While Mr. Covode expressed the opinion that Governor Geary would be re-elected, he admitted that the contest would be a close one, and that It would require all the influence of the Ad ministration to aid in securing success. He told President Grant that his recent visit to the western part of the State had been very beneficial, and he hoped he would now pay a_visit to ihe eastern part. A large fair he said was to be held at Allentown this week, and he thought the President should attend it. The President replied that he would do so if be coaid arrange bis business, and be promised to telegraph Mr. Covode definitely on the subject to-morrow. If Geary was Certain of election, whence the need of this despairing ap peal? whence the necessity of dragging Grant around to agricultural fairs, and cxhibitSng him like an imported Per cheron stallion or a belted Dutch bull? Grant cannot speak three consecutive sentences of correct English from a public stand, and can only show a thick set form and heavy face to a gaping crowd. Such exhibitions do not stir the popular heart or help a sinking candidate for office. Grant showed himself in Lancaster city, and the feel ing among the Republicans was one of mortification and shame. He is not the man to excite enthusiasm in a dis pirited party. His awkwardness, and his inability to say a word, fall like a wet blanket on those who voted for him, and lead them to believe that the sea side lounger and hotel dead head is utterly unfit to discharge aright the duties of the high office which has de volved upon him. We hope Covode will succeed in bringing Grant to Pennsylvania. The thinking people of this State will be so thoroughly disgusted with the exhibi tion that many Republicans who have reluctantly concluded to support Geary will vote for Asa Packer. Let the show ox be paraded with garlands on his horns, that the masses may see what kind of a creature he is. His coming may gratify idle curiosity, but cannot help Geary. He is doomed to defeat. BST' If you know a Democratic voter who is registered, take him before a Justice of ti. » Peaceandhave the neces sary affidavits made. Blanks will be urnisfied the members of the County Committee, from whom they can be obtained. See directions elsewhere, under head of “How to voteif not regis tered.” Xcgroes In Government Employ. The Radicals have been turning out white laborers and putting negroes in their place. This thing has been done in many instances by Government offi cials in Washington, not a few of those who are ousted being deserving and even crippled soldiers. In the Government Printing Office negroes have been en gaged to set type, and white printers insolently iuformed that they could leave if they did not like the association. In the navy yards white laborers have been turned adrift to make room for the sable sovereigns who control the mu nicipal governmentof the national cap ital. And now, in view of the fact that the Radicals expect negroes to be made voters in Pennsylvania before long, the black element is flattered by being em ployed in thenavy yard of Philadelphia. The white workmen are naturally ex cited over the matter, but the Secretary of the Navy is bound to carry out the views of the Administration. The lead ers of the Radical party are not content with giviDg the negro a vote. They openly declare that the mission of the Republican party is to break down every barrier between the two races, and toput them upon a plane of perfect equality. We hear that boldly an nounced in nearly every speech that is made by the paid orators who are now stumping this State for Geary. Let the white men of Pennsylvania remember that a vote for Geary is a vote for negro equality. ißSflfyou are not registered make the necessary affidavits before a Justice of the Peace and thus make certain of your vote. See directions for doing so elsewhere in this paper. 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, that some body has misapplied seven millions of the funds of the Commonwealth during the administration of John W. Geary. John W. Geary solemnly promised in his "Regulations for Pardons” issued from the Executive Office, Jan. 31,1867, that he would grant no pardons unless notice of-application therefor should be given in the newspapers, &c., but this promise he has violated in many instan ces. Rebuke this Pledge Breaker ! SSF" If you are not registered make the necessary affidavits before a Justice of the Peace and thus make certain of your vote. See directions for doing so elsewhere in this paper. THE BALL IS BOLLISQ. BejpnbUeu Abandoning Geary. 1 \ ! The Heading Ulspateb for Packer* . UieVoldfev* of Berks Say. The Reading Daily Dispatch has al ways been a strong Republican* news paper, but can not go Geary. He is so completely the tool of the Legislative ring, the nominee of a corrupt faction in the Republican party, that the Dig* patch openly and freely«denounces him. In this it does not standalone. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, The Philadelphia City Item, the Pitts burg Yolkblatte, the organ of the Ger man Republicans, and other Republi can papers throughout the State have i either openly abandoned Geary, or are giving him a weak support. The only newspaper in the State which seems to be really earnest in its support of the corrupt candidate of the 44 roosters and pinchers” is the Harrisburg Telegraph ; and the animus of that sheet is»-well known. Bergnerisfighting fora chance to continue his wholesale plundering of the State Treasury. Here is what the Republican soldiers of Berks county say through their or gan, (the Daily Dispatch : p||(T {T f f a % Messrs Editors:— I The Republican sol diers of Berks county and their friends have been cruelly deceived by the Admin istration they were chiefly inatrnmentai in electing. Their claims and preferences in the matter of Federal appointments have been disregarded, and given to undeserving civilians, (men who were never known to give a single dollar to the election of General Grant,) at the in stance and dictation of parlor politicians who never shouldered a musket during the war, but stayed at home to make money out of the necessities of the country. The remonstrances of these soldiers have not been heeded. They are still left out in the cold and treated as the serfs of those whom they elevated to power." What remains for them to do, to assert their insulted man hood? Shall ihoy cravenlv submit to the waong they have suffered and kiss the hand that have smitten them?— Honor and justice forbid. Let us make ourselves be beard aud felt at the polls, where we have a right to speak. Let us strike at the bead and front of our otfenders, and cast our votes lor no man or set of men who are identified with the faction that has outraged us. Let us not attempt to “ eat soup with a fork,” but use a “ ladle.” The soldiers must make their power felt at Washington, and they can do this only by refusing to vote for Gov. Geary, that was nominated by the men who have cheated us. The county ticket is nothing, whether it secures a few hundred votes more or less is of no account. Lei us make our mark here in the city of Beading, and if we are possessed of the proper spirit we will beat-Geary seven hundred in the city- This is whut wo ihould do. If we vote for him, onr enemies, such as Knabb, Wallace, Levi B. Smith, Baird and Valentine, will laugh at us, and their sateliies will continue to jeer the soldier element and belieye in what one of them told us in the Court House, that the "Sol dier was played out.” To simply cut the county ticket that was nominated by the As sessor and his assistants in the county is pure nonsense, no one outside Berks ooun ty looks at the returns of a Republican county ticket. Geary the tool of the faction tnut has despised the soldier’s iulluence, has no claim upon our votes and should not receive the vote of a single Boldier or sol dier’s friend, who were promised bread and have been given only stones. A Republican Soldier. Reading, Sept. 28tb, ISG9. % f f $ % $ % S % J % Geary’s Position on the Temperance Question. Inasmuch as that prince ofhumbugs, John W. Geary, is now being exhibited for the delectation of very small crowds at some of the cross-road taverns of Lan caster county, the Chairman of the Re publican County Committee having very wisely refused to permit him to speak in this city, it would be well to inquire into the position which he occu pies upon the temperance question. Some two years since Mr. James Black, lately heralded to the country as Judge Black, the President of the Convention Which Instituted a national temperance party, said in our Court House that Geary would be the candidate of the prohibitionists this year. If he had any hearty supporters for a renomination besides the legislative thieves, they must have been Judge Black and his friends. In the Western part of Pennsylvania the Germans are raking up Geary’s toasts and speeches made with lager glass in hand in 1566 ; and they wantto know where he stands now. A promi nent German citizen of Erie, one who has loDg been a leading man in all the proceedings of the Radical party in that vicinity, has recently addressed a letter to the German voters of Erie county which we find in the Observer. He tells some very plain truths, as will be seen from the following passages : “Years ago, when;l came to this coun try, the Republican party was just rising into power. It was opposed to slavery, and I was too. I joined it, as many of my coun trymen My first vote was for Abra ham Liucofn. I voted for him the second time, and iD ISUS for Gen. Grant. In 1866 supposing Gov. Geary to be a friend to the Germans, I ga\ o him my vote for Gover nor. I was one of the number who at tended him in IJluzier’s Hall, where he drank beer with us, and made great pro fessions of friendship for his German fel low cilizens.’’ “ We Germans have all been educated to believe that there is no harm, either mor ally or physically, in taking an occasional glass of beer or wine. We are opposed to the legislation known as prohibitory liquor laws. We believe it is not needea by the imerests of the people, and never was at tended by any good result. As a proof of this, we point to Massachusetts, where a prohibitory law has been in force for the past year, and the papers agree in saying more drunkenness exists than ever before. Men’s instinct cannot be quenched by law. As well try to restrict them in eating and drinkiog.” “Now, how does the Republican-party stand on this question—as a party, I meun, not as individuals. Let the facts show. Forgettmg the broad principles upon which it was established, it has become a petty, meddlesome and proscriptive concern. In New York, where it has had control of the Legislature for years, it has passed an odi ous and uncalled for excise law, which has driven all our countrymen in that mate to the Democratic party for self defence. In Maine, where it has twenty thousand ma jority, a prohibitory law has been in force for years. In Vermont, another Republi can State, Ihesame condition of affairs ex ists. Lust, but not least, comes Mussachn setts, where the Republicans have nearly a unanimous vote. Wherever they have a majority, prohibitory laws have either been passed or proposed, and their leading ad vocates are invariably Republicans.” “ How stands it here, in our own adopted Stale? Little did we think, when Governor Geary was toasting U 3 so nicely in ISG6, tbut he would deny it afterwards. Yet such is the fact. It is currently reported, and has never been denied, that he made a speech to the Good Templars, when he joined them, Baying that he had not drank anything ex cept elder since he was a boy. Would it be believed? That after dunking beer in a public place, where hundreds saw him, he could have so little shame as to affirm that he bad been a tee to-iuller since be was a boy. Ob, craven-hearted falsifier!” “ Only two weeks ago, the Erie Gazette said it had no doubt the Republicans of Pennsylvania would eventually follow the example of their brethren in other States. What does this mean but that they will soon pass a prohibitory law, such as they have in Maine and Massachusetts? Already, it is charged against Gov. Geary that he is pledged to prohibition. The Governor dare not deny it, for he knows it to be true ! He is trying to paylaver us Germans, as be did before, and when he is elected, will turn about and kick up in the rear!" The Pittsburg Volksblatt, a German Republican newspaper, hauls Geary over the coals as follows. It says : “ Where stands Geary on the Temperance question? Right or left? “ Three years ago, when a candidate for Governor, he imbibed freely at Erie with our brethren of the 1 Liedertafel,’ and was second to none of the Germans present in exemplifying his appreciation of their fa vorite beverage. “ These are undeniable facts. “Now Geary is again a candidate for Governor, and when one is asked to give him bis vote, one has a right to ask on which sideof the Temperance question does he stand. “The Gazette, the Republican and tem cerance organ of Erie, assures the temper ance men of that city that Geary is on their side, also in other places of this State Is he strongly recommended by the temperance men as the ‘ true Jacob.’ “ Which now is the fact? Are the tem perance men beiog deceived or the oppo sition? Will Geary, while making speeches to small crowds from tavern porches In Lancaster county, be good enough tp tell the landlords where he stands. He has a right to be for or against prohibition, but those who vote for him have aright to know where to find him. Let some body ask him at New Holland ? - A STUUUSG ADDRESS, Ihe True Issues of tke Campaign. Tke Extravagance of Geary’s Admlnia- tratlon. Increase or interest on tke Public Debt. Special I*. gUlatloD, Abuse of ibe Pardoning Power. treasons Why Packer and Pershing' Should be Elected. 7b the Voters of Pennsylvania The time is rapidly approaching whon you must give expression, by your ballots, to the views you entertain of the manner in which your servant?, the public officers have discharged the trust reposed in them! Having full confidence in the virtue and integrity of the masses of the people, and trusting that this campaign has been so conducted as not to arouse partisan bitter ■ness, we feel authorized to make a calm appeal to your better judgment. We in* vite your candid and careful examination of a few matters- disclosed by the public, officials records, in order that yon may de termine whether the same men shall con tinue in offioe, and perpetuate the present practices, so wastefully extravagant, if not shamefully corrupt. THE “PASTERS AND FOLDERS ” SWINDLE is bot a mild type of tbe corruption epi demic. In order to pension idle partisans upon the publio Treasury, usele>s offices were created by the Legislature, and out of tbe people's money a swarm of loafers were supported. 1$ 1868 the number of officials and employee-), including •• pasters an-1 foMers,” of tne two Houses was one hundred and twenty, at a cost ol .. .. 8118,363 00 In 1860 th»- total number employed wa B forty, at a cost of_ 28,654 00 Making an increase of. Id order that a fair comparison may be instituted, we have taken two years, when there cur be *no pretext that the war was raging, and increased expenditure was nec essary. During the two years referred to, the number of Senators and Representa tives was precisely tbe same; y« in 1868 it is pretended that three Hints as many officers were needed, and more than four times as much money is takeu from the 'Treasury, as sufficed in IS6O. In 1K63 tho public prluttag cost- ...9134.968 In lStiJ 30,041 Making an lncreaso for the bene/il of the ring of 8104,327 Auy one having ucoeas to the public docu ments can find a detailed statement of THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE. We present but tho aggregate, which shows, that, In 1865 the expenses of tho Legis lature were 8353,22-1 56 In IbOO 177,284 05 Showing an increase (nearly double; or The same systematic squandering of the public funds has been practiced in ull the departments of Government. EXE UTtVE EXTRAVAUANCE. In 1868 the cost of tho Executive De partment was I Iu 1-60 Showingthat it requires each year 888,377 More for Guv. Geary to administer the Government than Guv. Pucker needed in 1860. THE TREASURY RING has become so bold and unscrupulous in its operations and so far reaching in its machinations as to startle all relit cling men. A Bill was passed in the interest of these Ring-masters authorizing the borrowing of $23,000,000 upon Bonds bearing six per cent. tor the purpose of paying a debt oi §20,900,- 000 beariug/i’e per cent, interest. Two fucts atauds out prominently in this plain statement which should brand forever all connected with tho swindle. First. Why borrow at six percent, when the holders of the Bonds wero willing to continue tbe loan ut live per ceol ? Second. Why borrow §23,000,000, when only §20,000,000 were needed ? The rea-ou is manifest, upon a moments reflection. First. The loan must bo placed at a high interest for the benelit of tbe operators. Second. There must be a largo surplus in the Treasury for the same Ring to use. The effect of this corrupt scheme may be realized by tho tax payers when they learn that the State was charged about §90,000 for negotiating the new loan ; and that the an nual interest paid in 1868 after this was cansummated—was $172,641,00 more than in 1866. lu addition to this tho Ring have had the use of the surplus fund iu the Treasury, which amounted in 1807 to on average of more tbau three aud a hulf millions of dol • lars ; and in 1861, to an uverageof $2,300,000. This unexpended balance was not idle ; but was loaned to various Banks and Bankers, and the interest received therefore did not go into tbe Treasury, but into the pockets of tbe ring masters. An uitompt was made to compel the State Treasurer to apply this surplus fund to tbe payment of debts of the Commonwealth ; or to invest It for the public benefit. But the measure was defeated by tho powerful combination which surrounds Governor Geary. THE STATE DEBT. The neople have heard considerable gas conade' from Governor Geary relative to the reduction of the Slate debt. This, like the rest of his capital, is a sham aud cheat. Let any voter turn to Purdon's Digest pHge 914 and he will tiud a la w setting apart cer tain revenues for asiuking fund with which to pay tbe State debt. Then let him turn to the reports of the Auditor General for the past eight years, and be will find that tho receipts from the sources enumerated in said act have amouuied to $27,996,227 68. If this fund had been applied to the purpose for which it was sacredly set apart (be debt would have been reduced t 0519,063,619 92 aDd yet it amounts to over $33,900,990 What has become of the taxes which the law said should go into* the uinlcing fund! and what shall be thought of this boaster— Geary—who blusters about n reduction of $4,000,000, when, had he and his co opera tors pertormed tbeir duty, the reduction wouid have been $27,000,000. In addition to this most glaring misman agement of tbe finances, there are many other undisputed facts which clearly snow. UEAKY'S UNFITNESS. No man ever talked five minutes with him without being disgueted-with his inor dinate vanity, and amazed at the shallow ness of his mind. Such speeches as ho makes but sound his own fulsome adula tion, like a peacock spreading its plumage to excite ils own admiration. This might be harmless, but that it Indicates the weak ness of the man. He has no positive strength of character, but is pliable aud vacillating. His own party friends denounce him us un truthful. He has become notorious through out the State as the Great Pledge Breaker. He belongs to the Ring, and readily ap proves all the Infamous special legislation in the interest of the cliques. He has re cently visited the oil regioas. Did he sat isfy his constituents as to the fairness aud honesty of the oil-pipe monopoly swindle f (.’an he explain the Philadelphia “stock yard” bill saliafactority ? What defence can he make of the infamous attempt to abolisha Judicial District because the Judge was obnoxious to u millionaire residing in Williamsport? a bill which was rushod through with indecent haste; the Governor remaining in his chamber late at night to sign it before its abominations could be made known, and which bill has since been declared unconstitutional by the unanimous opinion of the Supreme Court. HIS HYPOCRISY ON THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION. very properly prevents any person from placing confidence in him. Like a thorough demagogue ho drinks lager with the Ger mans ot Erie, and then hurries east to be come Vice President of the National Tern peranceSociety, aud to declaro that be never drank anything stronger thun cider. oeary’s indiscriminate pardoning of ROBBERS AND CUT-TII BOATS. has excited the alarm of aij who value the security of property or the safety of person. Shortly after his inauguration he published a series of Rules to be observed In appli cations for pardons. But he has continu ously, persistently, violated hia own Rules in ins eager haste to turn his partlzaD, con victs loose upon the community. In sevirui. cases the public have scarcely heaved a sigh of relief upon the incarceration of condemn ed ruffians, before Gov. Geary has thrown open the prison doors, and let these despe rudoes out to terrify, shoot and stab aguin in a very few weeks. These pardons have been granted upon the lowest promptings of petty politics. Geary’s abuse of this power has been so glaring as to cause an indignant protest from the same leading organs of his own party. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph says: The present Governor of Pennsylvania baa scarcely been behind the “greatest criminal of the age” in this respect; be has used the pardoning power, not for the pur pose of rectifying mistakes made by the courts, not for doing justice when the law had been too severe, but to make himself popular with a class that makes it a busi ness to prey upon the community. The Pittsburg Commercial demands : Will Governor Geary give the public of Allegheny county the reasons that Induced him to grant a recent pardon? • • • • • * * Let us have the reasons ; whether they were humanitarian, Politic!!., social, sympathetic or otherwise. The Pittsburg Dispatch ironically an nounced : He has pardoned , who a couple of weeks since was sent to the penitentiary because of a little “ onpleasaotness” with , and we suppose be considers himself certain now of receiving the “ un divided support ” of Allegheny county in the coming State Convention ; for, after such a use and judicious exercise of the pardoning power, who will pretend to say ibat he is not ** the right man iu the right place,” • * • • We pity the party that must carry him in the comiDgcampaign. No man will wonder at these open de nunciations by Republican papers, after examining a list of the pardons granted by •Governor Gearv in a single year. In 18GS he pardoned thirty-five who ha! been con victed of the various grades of felonious as sanlts, manslaughter and murder in the second degree, and most of whose sentences ranged from three to twelve years in the Penitentiary. Of thieves, robbers and burglars fifty-one received the executive warrant to commit fresh depredations. The complete list embraces allfgrades of crime. The reason given by his Excellen cy granting some of these pardons would be amusing, if the subject was not so seri ous. Of one sentenced twelve years impris onment, he says “ the offences charged agalußt him were “ of a trivial character another he says was, “ a monomaniac on the subject of horsestealing.” Another who re ceired a three year sentence, the Govern c says, was guilty of indiscretion rather than criminal intent. The crime of another ia pronounced 44 more the result of error than criminality.” Several are declared to have been 44 the dopes of othersseveral 44 sin cerely penitent ;” and in quite a number of cases the Governor states that the stupid courts and ignorant juries convicted the wrong man. * Surely a knowledge of the man, and of the manner in which he has administered the office is enough to condemn this candi date in the minds of all intelligent and pure men! His opponent, HON. 43a. PACKER, Is a gentleman of unblemished private life, and spdtleas publio record; a man of keen sagacity, of sound practical Bense, of won derful energy and decision oi character, of unflinching integrity, and of'a humane, benevolent, Christian disposition. He is a man of great wealth and great liberality, whose fortune was gained in adding to tho resources and prosperity of the Slate; and which is used to educate, elevate and make " happy those less fortunate. Never having been associated with “rings,” or engaged in speculation, he is the very man to clean out tne Augean stables at Harrisburg; to check corruption, stop special legislation, honestly upply tho revenues of tbe stuto to the liquidation of its debt, enforce, a rigid economy, and thus restore our good old commonwealth to her early days of purity and prosperity, and so lessen the burdens of taxation which oppress tbe poorer classes for whom the warmest sympathies of Judge Packer are always manifested. Without making a single disparaging re mark about JudgeWilliama wboseintegrity aud ability we cheerfully concede. We confidently point to Hon. C. L Pershing as un upright incorrup ible mun ; dear beaded aud an able lawyer ; one who bus power himself, worthy of public confidence and who will adoru the high station of the Supreme Beuch. The candidates, their characters and re cords are before you, choose betweeu them deliberately and conscientiously. James 11. Hopkins, Chairman of State Commitieo Tor West ern Pennsylvania. 989,708 OO GEAUYANDTIIEPAHDU.NI.NG I’OH'KU How I?Is Excellency Keeps Ills 9 ord THE CASE OF HENRY SENIOR. When John W. Geary first .assumed tin* duties of the executive office, he announced to the people of tho State, in a proelamatory paper published in ull tho journals of his party from tbe Delaware to Luke Erie, that he would grant pardons only on certain conditions. The public breathed freer as this announcement camo to their knowl edge,-and the friends of law anil order w»*re greatly encouraged. Tho requirements named in this pronunciameuto as neces sary to the securing of pardons, were realty such as gave hope to tlioso who longed for the approach of that belter era in the ml* minis! ration of our State govern ment, which should bo distinguished by tbe rigid cn forcement of the penal code ami a special care for the good order of society. We copy them literally, as follows: .8173,939 91 REGULATIONS FOR PARDONS. "'First. No pardou will be granted until notice of the application thereof shall lmvo beeD given by publication onco a week for, two consecutive weeks, In a newspaper printed in tbe couutj in which tho convic tion was had. ""Second. No pardon will be grunted un less notice of the application shuil have been given to the judge who tried tho case, to the district attorney or to the attorney who prosecuted. Proof of which notlco'shull bo furnished this department '"Third. All application for pardon must have with them tho following papers, writ ten in a clear and distinct hand : “1. A certified copy of tho whole record, including docket entries, minutes of court, copy of indictment, picas, and all other pa pers on lilo in tho court reluting to the case. “J. A full statement of tho reasons upon which tho application is bused, setting forth all tho facts; tho uotesofevideuce taken on trial; letters from responsible persons in tho community where the eritno was com mitted ; a recommendation from thejurors who Bat on the trial, and If any of them re fuse to recommend a pardon, reasons given for such refusal; letters from the District Attorney or Counsel who tried the case; and a totter from the Judge selling forth his views upon the subject of tho up plication. “ Fourth . Recommendations for pardons for the unexpired terms of sentenco must have a copy of the whole recurd, as before required. Also copy of commitment; peti tion from prisoner setting forth reasons; and atatemwit fram warden and inspectors of prison. “Fifth. permitted “Sixth. All the übovo papers, when sub mttted, must bo accompanied by a printed copy of the same in pamphlet form, twelve copies of which, at least, must bo sent to this Department. If Uic parlies are too poor, the Paper Book need not be prinlnl. “Seventh. As these rules arc xnlended to subserve the administration of justice, they will be strictly enforced , and relaxed only when good j-caaon shall be furnished for so cfot7i<7- John \V. Ueauy." _Executive Cuambek, No personal application will be Hnrrisburc, January 31, 18(57. Bat tue high expectations excited by this promising proclamation, were doomed to disappointment. In a few instances were any of the requirements above set forth ob served by the Governor. Numerous crim inals have been let loose by Gov. Geury to repeat their offences againsttheluwH, with out regard to any of the provisions em braced in tbo “ regulations for pardon*” issued from tbe Executive Chamber, over the signature of the Governor, under the date of January 31, 1567. This cannot and will not be denied by any of Geary’s parti sans. A hundred instuuces of violation of bis own “pardon regulators” by Governor Geary, might be hero quoted, but a siuglu case In poiat will Illustrate the whole. Ex uno discc annex. At the January Quarter Sessions for Dau phin county, for 1868, was tri«*d the cam* of the Commonwealth vs Samuel Miller, Adul tery, on oath of Henry Senior. The facts in the case were these; Henry Senior, ail Englishman by birth, of respectable an cestry, came to this country some eighteen years ago, aud married a lady in Chester county, with whom he lived until tipi year 18/37. There were born to this pair five children, and the Intnlly wero happy aud content. The husband, strong in his faith iu the wife’s fidelity, purchased, in her name, with remittances he received from England, a borne for his family. Butn dark shadow fell upon the household of Henry Senior. When her youngest child was but u few months old, the wife and mother, made faithless and unnatural by tho arts of tier seducer, was beguiled from her family, to bring shame upon herßelfund ruin to those she donerted. She lied with her paramour, Samuel Miller, the dof**ncianl in the case referred to, and alterward sold tho home which an affectionate husbund hud pur chased for her with his own money, leaving her children houseless and penniloss. To day Henry Senior is dependent on thuchar ity of a few friends for his support. The caso was tried at Junuary sessions, JH6S, and Samuel Miller, tho seducer of Mrs. Senior, was convicted of Adultery. A new trial was granted, and at April sessions following Miller tried, on the same charge, ugain convicted, and sentenced to nlDe months imprisonment. Application was made to Gov. Geary lor a pardon. R. L. Muencb, Esq., counsel for tee Commonwealth, called on Bis Excollen cy to protest ngaiDst the granting of ihe par don, and was assured by the Governor, on his word of honor, tbut Miller should not bo pardoned excopt ‘in compliance with tho published “ reg ulations for pardons,” and after due notice to Mr. Mucnch. in July, 1868, Miller was pardoned by Governor Geary, without the observance of tho “regulation* for pardons” and without any notice whatev cr of Mr. Mucnch, of counsel fur the Com monwealth. No sooner was he released from prison, than tho lormer illicit relations be tween Mrs. Senior, and himself was return ed. The violator of tho law, the destroyer of a happy household, the man who wrought the financial und domestic ruin of Henry Senior, was thus ©oa» bled, by the intervention of Governor Geary, to escapo the punishment ho so richly deserved. Bud And indeletisiblo u» are all pardons In cuseH of this sort, the one under consideration is doubly disgraceful to Gov. Geary becauao ho granted it in ut ter disregard of bis solemn promises to tho public aud bis word of honor to Attorney Muench. The pardon In the caso of* tbo Commonwealth vs. Samuel Milter, will stick to Geary like the shirt ofNesaus, and the popular verdict at the ballot box will bo the Nemesis of the deeply wronged and desolato Henry Senior. Tax Catechism, Who paid over sixty-seven per cent, of all the expenses of the borough of Muuch Chunk for the years 1865, 1866 and 1867? Asa Packer, the accumulations of whose industry enabled him to pay for such pur poses during those years, the sum of $23,- 618.64. Who paid over sixty seven per cent, of all the taxes levied for the expenses of Car bon county, during the year# 1865, 1866 and 1868? Asa Packer, whose honestly earned means enabled biro to pay during those years tho sum of $26,048.96. Who paid over sixty-seven per cent, of the whole amount levied for the support of the honest poor of Carbon county daring the years 1865, 1866 and 1867? Asa Packer, who, by the sweat of bis brow, grew to be a man of wealth, and the tax revenue derived from which, and dedi cated to the poor, amounted in those years \o the sum or $16,844 73. Who paid over sixty-seven per cent, of the amount rAised for the education of the children of Mauch chunk in the yoar 1805- ’66 and ’67 ? Asa Packer, from the bounty that blessed a life of toiling industry, he was enabled to pay in those three years the sum of S2G,- 938 10 for the education of the youth of that borongh. In one year, from his taxes, 371 out of 621 children were educated, and more than six thousand dollars of a debt of ten thousand for school purposes, was paid. Who paid over sixty seven per cent, of all the money raised for bounties in the bor ough of Mauch Chunk when the govern ment was assailed, and our brave soldiers went forth to battle ? Asa Packer, from hie wealth unstainod by fraudulent gains from f* shoddy ” con tracts, rotten commissary stores, or wretch ed hospital supplies,assisted in the mainte nance of our brave soldiers' parents, wives and children, by the payment In two years alone of $22,728 29.— Age. John W, Moore, who killed Mr. MoAd ams at Greenville, 111., In Jolv, has been sentenced to be hanged on Ootober 22d.
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