TEED PITAJF,Wripir..
TIM "WOVE= hi intblished emery Thum.
lay Morning, by B. o.'Cloonitau, at 12 per
annum, in advance..,
ADVDIVIIB3„ . exceeding Mean
Linos are inserted at Tim morn per line for
first insertion, and rrva am', per line for
subsequent insertions. Special notices in
serted before Marriages and Deaths, will
be charged rummot ma= recline for each
insertion. All resolutions of Associations ;
communications of limited or , individual
i nterest, and notices of Marriages or Deaths
exceeding live lines, are charged 2zu cuasssi
p sr line.
1 Year: 6 mo. 3 um.'
One Oolam.n, $lOO $OO $4O
MI
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Estray,Cantion, Lost and Found, andother
advertisements, not exceeding, 10 lines,
three weeks, or leas, $1 60
Administrator's &Executor's Notices.. 2 00
Anditor's Notices 2'60
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Merchants and others, advertisinjtheir
business, will be charged $25. They will
bs entitled to j column, confined exclusive
ly to their busines smith privilege of quarter
ly changes.
504-Advertising in all oases exclusive of
sub.cription to the paper.
• JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain
aa•t Fancy colors, done with neatness and
dispatch. Handbills,, Blanks, Cards, Pam
phlets, ace., of every variety and style, prin
ted at LEG shortest notice. The lizrotrint
Omox has just been re-fitted-with Power
Presses, and every thing in the Printing
ino can be executed in the most artistic
wanner and at the lowest rates. TERMS
INVARIABLY CASH. •
tgarbs.
VIEORGE D. IKONTA.NYE,
l_A 7WRNEY AT LA IV—Office corner of
1 , 1 iu and Pine streets, opposite Porter's Drug
Store.
al ISS E. H. BATES, M. D.
_l4l. (Grad uate e ct Woman's Medical C oPege,
Phi hide lis`da.Aka 1854.] Office mad residence
0.. 11 nark street - Owego. Particular atten
tion given to Diseases of Women. Patients
visited at their homes if requested.
May 28. 1868
V T. DAVIES, Attorney at Law,
7 •• Towanda,Pa. Office with Wm. Wat-
Esq. Particular attention paid to Or.
C,,ort business•and settlement of deco
efits estateS.
'r: li 1
at l t; R O aw, da R p R 0
enn , Attorneys
Me undersigned having associated themselves
her in the practice of Law, offer their pro-
I ...local services to the public.
ULYSSES MERCUR P. D. MORROW.
• Starch 9,1E65.
& PECK, irrosairra AT
Lew. offices :—ln Patton Block,Tovatida,
Patrick's block, Athens, Pa. They may be
, ulted at either place.
U. H. FATIMA. apll3 W. A. PECK.
B. McKEAN, A TTORNE Y &
I C 0 1.; SSE LLOR AT LA W, Towan
dA, Pa. Particular attention paid to business
I , : the Orphans' Court. July 20, 1866.
I_TENRY PEET, Attorney at Law,
'rowan ia, Pa. jan27, 66.
- 4. 2 IDWARD OVERNON . Jr., Attor-
ALA - nfy at La,r, Towanda, Pa. Office in the
s:ourt Liou se. July 13,
TWIN W. MiX, A TTO7EY AT
LA 11', Towanda, Bradford C Pa.
general insurance and Real tate Agent,_!
floonties and Pensions collected. N. B.—All
t.ncinets in the Orphan'• Conti attended to
Promptly and with cure. Office Bill-ear's new
! , lock north side l'ablin Square. Oct. 24, '67.
OLIN N. CIALIF,F, ATTORNEY
AT LA IV, Towanda, Pa. Particular at
t:on given to Orphans' Court business, Con
\ I.L.2EICing and Collections.
Ordce at the Register's and Recorder's
it;;c—so,.th of Court House. Dec. 1, 1864.
•
!.1 I'. KIMBALL, Licensed Atm-
LAL• tionear, Pottersville, Bradford Co.. Pa.
folders his services to the public. Satisfaction
i.tratiteed,or no pay required. All orders oy
til, addresi , ed as above, will receive pronipt
, Oct. 2, 1867.-em
FIR. C. P. GODFREY, PHYSICIAN
AND SrILGEON, hAS permanently located
At Wyatt] ilng, where be will be boned at all
times. ap1.1C68.6m."
1 R T. B. JOITNSON, TOWANDA,
I I's. Having permanently located, otters
..rotes.ional services to the public. Calls
r ouptly attended to in or out of town. Office
aI. DeWitt on Main vtmet. Residence at
li umphrey's on Second Street.
1 Prig 16, 1665,
IT HERSEY \VATKINS, Notary
• rutew is prepared to ta'so Deposi
. I,lthowleilire The Exeention of Deeds,
•_ rower- of Utornes, and all other
?:fidseits and other pipers 11,11
before
•h. r with G. 1). M corner Matti and
14, ilt4;i:
:).ARSONS & CARNUCHAN, AT
io UNEY:, AT I. SW, Troy, Bradford •'o
• i ein all the Corti of th- comity.
, mnei made And prmni.dy romttmi.
d 1.2 w. CARSOCEIAN.
PRATT has removed to SLAW
(first .c.ove Li. S. 'ln--se'. ACCo's
• A't rsuns trom a distance desirous
' 't m., will tie most likely to find hir' on
• 4 eroh week. Especial attention will
ea.ses, and the extraction of
or Eller administered !khan desired.
oy .1.66. I). S. PRATT., M. 4,.
wEsTos, DENTIST.-
• e en ratt,n's Btock, over Gore's Thug
Iral tit ors.
11;•i T. F..k. %IL A. MADILL,
if. ANti .S'URGEONS,
i Wysox. Pa. Dr. T.
I c okolted at Gore's Dra....• S tote
evt.ry saturday. hr. Wm. A.
•: . gni. , attention to <lkel , w,,
Eve. Eir, Thr9.it and 1.11:1gs, having
diielses for the
soft. 1..,8" . Th
io 11,1 h,.;.!
PECK, ArroRNEV AT LAW,
To,varida, Pa.. Ali basiness intrusted to
ar win receive prompt attentlon, Office
lately occupied by Meteor fr. stor
, v, kmtb of %Vara kicr4e ,up stairs.
,111;i• 11;,1s , ; , . •
f i l RS. MASON k ELY, Physicians
Norgeoriv.—Office on fine !treat, To.
:nda, at the residence of Dr. Mason.
t,clar at teati , n given to diseases of Wo
t•u, and disTates. et Eye. Ear and Throat.
nr.Npy OLIVER ELY, if. D
C. BARON. u. P
April J 14015._
tOrlj MEE KS—AUCTIONEER
All letters addressed to him at Sugar Rau
:rldiur Co. Pa., o 1;1 receive prompt attention
E. POST, Painter, Tow.
anda, Pa, with 10 years experience. is con
.; be can give the best satisfaction in Paint
, c,r lining, Staining„ Glazing, Papering, &c.
.....ri'a!tieular attention paid to Jobbing in the
April 9, 1866.
3 K. V A UGHAN —Architect and
• Vuthirr,—All kinds of-Architectural de
vtrui:,hed. Ornamental work, in Stone,
and Wood. Office on Main Went, over
A Co.'s Bank. Attention glien to Ito
'. I; teture, each as laying out of grounds,
"""" April 1, 1867,-Iy.
J. N EWELL,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
itradford Co. , Ya„ will promptly attend
:II business In his line. Particular attention
to running and establishing old or dispn
;iaes. Also to surveying of all unpattented
as warrants aro obtained. myl7
" FORD—Licensed Auctioneer,
TOWANDA, PA.,
s...,Nad promptly to all business entrusted
t 11. to Charges moderate. Feb. 13, 1868.
•s B. KELLY, Dentist. Office
over Wickham k Black's, Tomanda,Pa..
oie carious styles of work scientifically
'P. An 1 , warranted. Particular attention is
to the Aluminum Base for Artificial
which is egnally as good as Gold sad
superior to either Rubber or Silver. Please
• ' and examine specimens.
Ciloroform or Ether administered under di
'lon of a Physielin vibe° desired.
)EA I:.ESTATE AGENCY
ncIiEAN, REAL ESTATE AGENT,
1,11, followlag Farms, Coal and Timber
is ;71- sale :
Flee Timber lot, 3 milcs from !Towanda, c .11.
53 acres. Prico 51,325.
Farm is Asylum. containing 135 scree. Good
id.ogs. Under .t flee state of cultivation.
iaiproved. Price 56,000.
in West trlingtou—on the Creek.—
"" house and bum. Under &tine state of cul
. ,t,`P . 95 acres. Price $5.450.
C.lnni In Franklll. All under good cultiva
' Good haildituts. For sal. cheap.
iteveral .very . del Table litoncea and Lots in
E.,wanda.
A large tract of Ct /Lauda itt 7 toga county
Towanda, July 18, ttS7.
E. 0. 43100P1L1
VOLUME XXIX. ()5
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA.
On Main Street, D: the Court - lime.
C. . SMITH, Proprietor.
Oct. 8, 1866.
A MERICA
T OWAN
Having purchased
Bridge Street, I have
It with every cony .1
Lion of all who may pat
be spared to make all pl
May 3, '66.—tl. J. S.
E LWELL HOU
Having leaved this Hone ,is now reedy to an
commodate the Travel] g •public.' No pa •
nor expense will be viewed to give setisfaction
to tholse wilo may give him a call.-
411 - North side of the public ego ire, east of
Mercer's new block (now building). !
pußLic DRAY:
The subscriber having parchased the DRAY
tormrrly owned by 0. W. Delano.,respectlulky•
inform the public. that be is prepared to do all
kinds of work in his line and will attend promp
tip to all orders. Household goods' caretully
handled. Charges reasonable. • •
G. B.:411.17011D.
IVIYERS' MILL'I
Towanda, June 1 , 1668
Myer, Foster & Co., will deliver r 'bur, Feed,
Meal, Graham Flour, or any thing pile in their
line in any pa t of the village.
Customers will find an Order Book at the
store of Fox. Stevens, Mereur & C 6. All or
ders left in said book will be promptly atten d•
ed to.
Any inquiries in regard to Grinding, or other
business of the Mill, entered in said 13opk, will
be answered.
MYER, FOSTER, & CO.
Towanda, Jane-24, 1868.—tf.
„lOLOMON COOPER—Has , remov-
LJ ed from the Ward sense and haslopened
SULVING AND HAIR DRESSING4IALOON
Two doors south of the National lintel, and
adjoluing Patton's Block, ou Main: Street, in
the basement. This shop is open constantly_
from 6 a. m., to 9 p. m., to accommodate-all
that will favor him with a call. TWo
enced workmen in this saloon, always ready to
on customers to a satisfactory Manner.—
Gents and Ladies Bair Cutting in'the latest
fashionable style. Razors honed and het Peudy
for use and warm ted to suit. Qrnamental
flair Work . Switches, Waterfalls, 'and Curls,
made to order. Wigs made and repaired.
Towanda. Aug. 18, 1868:—U.
TILEN UNDERSIGNED AVE
opened a Banking, noose in Towanda, an
der the name c, G.:F. M &SON CO.&
They are prepart to draw Bills of Ex
change, and mike • llections in New York,
Philadelphia, and a portions of the United
States, as also England, Germany, and France.
To Loan money, receive deposits , and to do a
general Banking business.
G. F. Mason was one of the late' firm et
Laporte, Is son & Co., of Towanda, Pa:, and.
his knowk ge of the business men of Bradford
and adjoin,ng Counties,and having beta in the
banking business for about fifteen years. make
this house a desirable one, through which to
make collections.
G. F. MASON,
Towunds, Oct. 1, 1666.. A. G. MASON.
BRADFORD COUI4.TY
H. B. McKEAN, REAL ESTATE AGENT
Valuable Farms, ISUI Properties, City and
Town` Lots for sale.
Parties having property for sale sriil find It
to their advantage by .eaving a description of
the same. with terms of sale at this agency, as
parties are constantly enquiring for farths &e.,2
H. B. McKEAN.
Real Estate Agent.
Office Montanye's Block, Towanda, Pa.
Jan. 29, 1867.
HARDING & SMALLEY,
Having entered into a co-partnership for the
iiansaction of the PHOTOHIIAPEIIC business,
at the rooms formerly occupied by Wood and
Harding, would respectfully call the attention
of the. public to several styles of PicLores which
we make specialties, as: Soler Photographs,
Plain, Penciled and Colored, Opaitypes; Porce
lain Pictures. Bc., which we claim for art miens
and brilliancy of tone and Artistic finish. c an
eel he exert/ell: Weinvite all to examine them
as well as the more common kinds of Portraits
which we make, knowing full well that they
will bear the closest inspection. This liallery
claims the highest reputation for good work of
any in this section of country, and we are de-
!ermined by a strict attention to business and
!tie superior quality of our work, to not' only
ret.tin but increase its very rnniable repdfation.
We keep constantly on hand the best varier,
of Frames and at lower prices than atany other
es , ablitibmemt in town. Also Passepartoots
Card frames, Ca-d Easels, Holmes' Stereo.
scopes, Stereoscopic Vies, and verything else
nt importance pertaining to the business. Jive
us an early call, .
N. B.—Solar Printing for the tiude 1)a the
most reasomtble terms. D.' HARD N 1);
Aug. 29.167. P.-SM11;1.1-!;1*.
CARD.—Dr. VANneF.FIRK-iiits (113-
.7A. twined a License, as required, of the
Goodyear Vulcinate Company, to: Vulcanize
[tubber as a base for Artificial Tech, and bas
now a good selection of those beautiful Carved
Block Teeth. and a superior article of Black
English Rubber, which will enable him to sup
ply all those in want of sets of teeth, with
those unsurpassed for beauty and natural ap
pearauce, Filling, Cleaning, Correcting Irreg
ularities, Extracting, and all operatiopie be
longing to the Surgical Department skillfully
performed. Choloform administered for the
extraction of Teeth when desired, an article
being used for the purpose in. which he has
perfect confidence. baying administered it with
the most pleasing results during a practice of
fourteen years. I '
Being very grateful to the public for their
liberal patronage heretofore received, ho would
say that by strict attention to the stantauf his
patients, be would continue to merit the r con
fidence and approbation. Office in Seidl man's
Block, opposite the Means House, To ands,
Pa. Dec. 20,1867.—'m.
I=
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERI
ENCE IN DENTISTRY.
J. S. SMITH, M. D., would respectfully inform
the inhabitants of Bradford County that he is
permanently located in Towanda, Pa., Re
would say that from his long and successful
practice of TWENTY-FIVE YEARS duration
he is familiar with all the different styles of
work 41one in any and all Dental Establishments
in city or country, and is better prepared than
any other Dental operator in the vicinity to do
work the best adapted to the many and different
cases that present themselves oftentimes to the
Dentist, as be understands the art of making his
own artificial teeth, and has facilities for doing
the same. To those requiring tinder seta of
teeth he would call attention to his new kind of
work which consists of porcelain for both plate
and teeth, and forming a continuous gun.,, IS is
more durable, more natural in aparanctf, and
much better adapted to the gum ttshaann any other
kind of work, Those in need of the sa,he are
Invited to call 'and examine: specimens. Meath
filled to last for years and oftentimes for life.—
Chloroform, Ether, and " Nitrous Oxide" ad
ministered, with perfect safety, as over font hun
dred patients within the last four years can tes
tify.
Office in Patton's Block. Jan. 23, {BllB.
CARRIAGES - lI—CARRIAGES I 1
•AT THE
BURLINGTON CARRIAGE EMPORIUM
The saseriber would inform his friend and
the public generally, that he has now on hand,
and is prepared to - build to order,
OPEN AND TOP BUGGYS,'
Democrat and Lumber Wagons; at reduced
prices. I have enlarged my shop, by_ *Aiding a
superior Paint and Varnish room. The differ
ent departments are under the charge of
FIRST CLASS MECHANICSI
I would'inform the public that I hue seared
the services of Mr. JAS. W. TUNISON, formerly
of Waverly, who has charge of .the Pildting
Department, vi‘are . now prepared to do all
kinds of Painting, baying just received, the
largest and best selected stock of patntri and
varnishes ever brought - Into the . aminly. Ord
ers solicited and all work warrineed. Repair
ing done on the most ramousblirterma
.„1
UORTIMEIVVOSMIIROR;
April 23,18118.--03m4"..
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lIBOM. L
JOHN O.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
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Tux "Aar tiny orr'rzati WAR.„-
Once more cairctieliuglacalll -,
CmFte monitholkez,Aieft; •, - : :
Once more r are, g athering
. -
&Meath th Mittitun skieir-;
For treason ile its flnarlight "'•
Against tha.ftliiits of Ilan ! - ' ' • '
Brit.the flag Irvine, as in, other days, - -
Mid Grantile ftt,theaan 1
.. -.:
Went braid flitft irebel yell bedew • •,' •
, We've hand tbin_ traitor whinet». ~
When riot zoireilla the Bower; •
, i m i Lee hiia dolma Online.
Bat viebny iiitini4n a blaze of flame, ''",
That secielted iha rebel alai, - •
For the boys* blinewina stoutand.trite—
And Grant ins In -the van I-, , t _ ,
still ragedtilvisi ; and grim even' green
O'er many soldier fort.: . 1 - • • :.
*Till peace e, fair as a morning star,
After a nigh! °fix:term. ' ,
And shall wn'# 0 1 1 6the..4 1 04..9t Pf1a.416....4.
TO treason tamely yield f ,
Not *ldle a sotdief nisi& a vote, •
And Grant l inil,the' field! •
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So close up Nike find forward march?
'Till the eroindag,flght le Wont •
While the sweat old muenfilh: Qua:earn
With thes4l4baftles gone.
Our cane isll:4 we Cannot fail
• Who strive the Bights of lira I
The stare in the ir itornses fight for nil—
And Grant tuttherven I
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GRANT AN I SEYMOUR,
Grant's father t C moved from Penn.
sylvania into hie, where Grant was
riborn.; Seym nee father removed
from Connecticuti into New• York;
where Seymou'r wit s born. Both are
therefore the s'onslof carpet-baggers.
Grant wascincei defeated in an at
tempt to get, oit ce ; Seymour has
been several times defeated in simi- 1
lar attempts, and Commonly runs be
hind his ticket 't
Grant is a Isoldier ; Seymour is al
lawyer Grant has never served in
Congress, neithe* has Seymour ;
Grant' has hel y no civil office undei
the ederal' g ernmeut, neither hap
Seymour. Neither of the two men
was conspicnotts in national politics
before the war. Each • really began
in - 1861 the ca,lreet by - which he is
known to the ptiblic. Grant was
a bookkeeper iin a :Galena leather
'store,. and Seymour was travelling in
Wisconsin. Both Were democrats.
When the rebele fired on Sumter
Grant went tol SiTingfield to serve
in the state adjutant-general's office,
and help to eqdip troops • Seymour,
being at Milwaukee, refu sed to speak
for, the war ; and it is asserted and
not contradicte, e
cipressed his sym
pathy - with " he ;South." At this
point the cares of !the two men di
verge. It may be; useful to follow
them through il the I trying scenes of
the war Grapt'al weapon• was his
sword ; Seymenesi his tongue ; let
us see how each served his country.
Grant enters t..1i4 army as colonel;
Seymour remai ed silent. Bull Run
came. Grant q ietly drilled bis men;
Seymour quiet)y sucked his thumb.
Bet events called Seymour out first.
Of. the 28th of! October, 1861, SeY
rn; sir broke grout l at - Utica. Re
said : "If it is t ine that -slavery
:nest be abolished ti'S save - this Union,
then the people' of the South should
U. allowed to ssiittiqaw themselves."
Tie-re was at that time a general cry
that party lines should be brokeu
diiwil and all men i should unite, re
cordless of paqy, fer the defence of
the ghvernmeut, under the name of
a Union party. I For the end demo
crats land Repuplicans were nothina
ted together upon 4 ticket, aud .svar
democrats and Repeblicans joined in
its support. Bnt Mr. Seymour said :
" I appeal to the . conservative -and
patriotic men Who have joined - that
organization if 'xheylare acting wise
ly anti well ip affiliating with tit - nee
whose principle's acid purposes they'
detest; or in Owing in office men
whom they believe to have been in
strumental in eai.ssin./ this war."
While Seymour . was thus attack
leg the party wich by the choice of
1
the American p oplt" represented the
government, Gr nt Was. preparing to
attack the reb Is ;land on the first
of November, on days after Sep
Mour's Utica s eech, Grant ' leenin
troops to battle at I Belmont, where
he so crippled the enemy as to pre
vent an intended invasion of Ilia
seurlni. 1
February, 1862 Grant Captured
Fort Donelson, I which filled Union
men with joy, and caused consterna
tion in the rebel' rinks. Nashville
fell, Kentucky was relieved. from in
vasion, Columb u s, on the Mississippi
we , . evacuated, add ;the rebel armies
rapidly retreated tq Corinth. It is
not recorded that lA. Seymour took
part by voice in any of the joyful
demonstrations cobsnquent upon this
event. The official report of his
speeches is a blank ; I during this pi
riod. But `on the 10 of September;
1862, Seymour received the demo
cratic nomivatibn tor* Governor, in
New York. _.• Grant shad once more
beaten the rebels 14 Shiloh ; and
was now thinking 'of Tickebtkrg,
when Seymour Tose lin the Conven
tion at' Albany, and thanking the
delegates for hie noniintition, lament-,
ed 1 that no cgapr4mme bad -.been'
made with, rebels. ti ?LeGlellan had
been defeated, 1 .thel; country was
gloomy, and Se' monr- •thonght it a
proper .occasion lei ; what? for en:
cOuragement ?. f r c eering words?
for urging men . to s nd by the Igor
etnment T No il be l l said : . "Frimi
the dragon's teeth semen broadcast by
cbogress have leprting the " armies
which have driven tieck our force.,
sled; which now beleaguer the capital
(4 our 'cooptry. 1 Thel, actinf the . na
tional .legislature Wive ;given plea
sure to the. aboltilonits, victories to
the secessionists," 4 1, Those in power
have done such kijustify this rebellion
in the eyes of the world.' "Rebellion
is not necessarily wrung." _ 11.
!Rebel fonws, a. bsilsaid, 'were . "l* .
idagtierinctbe 1,041," Irberd'Con
gives was - in,sesquon. ISeyinour there
fore thought it at pr I ixmasion-to
4y - ""tad uses '_of Congress _
throws gloom' tier.he" nation ; its;
continuance braes& ' is afore diss.•
wi t .
; trouiltkan defeat :on the field.of.bale
tie. i It excites .sillkef alarm and die-
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guitlilLik added, l! this war. cannot,
be, l ?MiE4t4 l'..ftfketteltaful ccoPelueien
our scoutitry ,reaptered to stt benorr.
able ':`peace lutdee the, Republican
leiders:b- •"MilapPrebeittlems of the
ItlOrth with regard to the Heath , hive
.drenched.thslandwith bleodA. , and
then he came upon his favorite. theme
'the dreadful - and .unbearable burden
of - .taxation; " reptidiatien,!.diel.
• c , Meantime Grant was lit 'Work be.
joie Vicksburg. -Ther.conntry was
:impatient, -:lacked „confidence in -its
'generale; end wee: oast down at the
' slowness or military operatione.. It
watilhe pert of . Wise and tile etates- .
men twinspiretbe •people !with cone.
; age and, patience ; to show-them the
I necesaiti.a. firm, and determiSed
attitude towards. the enemy ;. to
urge them to uphold the authority of
the administration', regurdleas efrptir
! ties. —.What did 11.. Seymour , say
I about this time f He was then Gov.
ernor of New York and in his first
message he took occasion to steak
once more - of " rutorthern
to :complain that " the laws, courts
ald.officers of New' York had been
!' treated with marked and public
contempt " by, the ailminietration,
and that ite "Weilll order and sacred
rights had been.ifolated." He said:
"This war should have been averted;
bat when its floodgates were opened,
the administration could not grasp
its dimensions nor control its sweep'
Nowhere did he 'blame the rebels,
without at the same time blaming the
administration and the party in pow
er as equally disunionist&
While Seymour thus used his in
fluence as Governor to . 1 bring the
government 'into contempt, and i to
stir up the North hatred and suspi
cion towards it, Grant was seeking
to beat the enemy, and about this
time said : "1 Olen take no step
backward ; it would seem to the
country, now discouraged, like a re
treat. I have considered the plan,
and have determined to 'Carry it out.'
A crisis in the affairs of the-natibn
and of the war came on in July, 1803.
Grant had been for several months
beleaguering 'Vicksburg ; no one
knew with what hopes ooouccess.
Lee had invaded Pennsylvania, and
was opposed by the Army of the Po
tomac under, Meade. The people
were anxicui, excited, fearful of d's
aster. Seymour was then GoVernor;
and it wee in his power, by cheering
and hopeful words, to 'animate the
downcast, to rally the people for a
determined effort, to unite all men
for' he salvation of the Union. Is
that What he• did ? On the 4th of
July he addressed the people at the
Academy of Music, -in New York.—
He began with a sneer, well calcula
ted to delight the enemies of the
Unica. " When I accepted the invi
tation to speak with others ' at this
meeting,we were promised the down
fall of Vicksburg, the _opening of the
Mississippi, the probable captule of
the Confederate capital, and the ex
haustion oc the. rebellion. But in
the moment of _expected victory there
came the midnight cry for help from
Pennsylvania," &c. This was the
keynote, of his, speech. It was one
long and bitter philippic against the
administration. But while Seymour
was still raising and delighting,
.all who wished_ the war to fail and
Jeff. Davis to win, Grant was receiv
inglheNsurrender of Pemberton and
his army, and of Vicksburg, and,
Meade was defeating Lee iu a bloody
battle at Gettysburg.
No spotter had Vicksburg fallen
than Grant sent a force to overtake
uud defeat Johnston, and another to
help Banks against Port Hudson.—
Port Hudson fell, and Juknaton was
defeated, about the time the New
York riot broke out. That riot, the
result to a large extent of the 4th of
July speech of Seymour, was anima
-1 ted by the Most cruel and mean spir
it. Yet Seymour-addressed the men
who had burned au orphan asylUm
and killed defenceless and harthless
men and women and children, ip lan
guage which could not faitAlo en
courage them, . and persuade \them
that they were right. He said, ac
cording to the World's report, " On
Saturday last sent the Adjutant-
General of the state to Washington
for the purpose of requesting that ,
the drat might be postponed ; and.
I had every reason to believe that
the request would be complied with.'
be seen that he still spoke,
even to rioters, in a tone of com
plaint. Not only this ; he further
gratified the rioters by urging the
withdrawal of troops from one of the
most disorderly wards. The next
year, in pursuance of the same_poli
cy of gratifying the lawless, he sub
scribed to the Chicago platform,
which - urgedthe cessation of hostili
ties against the rebel rioters in the
South.
Seymour's language gave great
hopes to, therebels. His 4th of July
speech was reprinted' at Richmond ;
and regarded by all enemies of .the
;Union as a promise of help from the
North. But Grant's efforts and vic
tories cast down the rebels, and
broke the power of their riotous or
ganization.
, Rosman. was defeated at Chicka
mauga, and once more Seymour lift
ed up his voice on the hopelessness
of the war. On the 21st. of October,
1863, at -the Cooper Institute, he
spoke of the probable,exhatistion of
the country, of the enormous debts
of the hopelessness of- the struggle,
and urged "conciliation." -A few
days afterwards Grant defeated
Bragg at Lookout MOUntain.
In August, 1864, Seymour 'was.
president of that Chicago -Convention
which, under his inspiration and that
of Vallandigham, . again denounced
the war ae a failure, and demanded
an immediate cessation of hostilities.
llnlueltily,for him, who was so often
unlucky, Atlanta was captured by ,
Grant's lieutenant and Mend, Sher
man, only a few days after this plat- 1
form of submission to rebellien was
adopted.
It would serve no useful end to
carry the comparison further. !All
through we see baymour-advecaiing
a — pOlicy which would have divided
the North and given the victory to
Jett bavis ; all through, at the same
time; we see Grant carrying the lag
of hii otsmtty from ,victory to victor
ry,. Who was , the -wisest statesman
of ,the two ? Who .the most, patriot
to man ? •Whci the beat, 'moat useful
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TOWAN'DA,- BRAD 'ORD COUNTY, PA., OCTOBER 8,1868.
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7*,o4ivas:;o7 71M ANY (117 AIMIL
chime? He who from the begin
ning declared the war' a failure,
'and endeavored to stir up hatred and
Suspicion against the chosen govern
ment of the . People ? or he who - met
the rebels and defeated them In bat
tle after battle, till at last the rebel
leaders lied; and their armies were
disbanded't Who was the worthiest
kind- wisest—he who paltered with
rioters, and. .encouraged them with
promises that their" lawless demands
shOuldebe granted? or he who, in
the face, of 4 . -far'
,more ,
formidable
riot, required the "unconditional oar'
minder!' of wronrdoers f -
Who now most deserves the cui-
Media of the ;American people—he
.who from the beginning to end fore
tolkdefeat, dishonor and destruction?
of he who during the same period
carried the country's flag -to honor
and victory, add falsified every evil '
prophecy of his present competitor?
, Finally, who' _most -truly compre
hends the spirit of the American peo
pl,e, and is therefore most capable.of
expressing it in the Presidential chair
—he who, with faint heart, either hid
himself in silence, or in' the hour of
came-forth to foretell disaster
and ruin ? or he who with unfailing
courage struggled on to victory, and
saved the Union froth the disgrace
and dishonor which the other was so
ready meekly, to accept f—New .York
Evening Past.'
GOOD =Plan COUNTY COWEN-
TION.
In pursuance! of a call issued by Gen.
Parrolti D. D. G. W. 0. T., by request of
officers and members of the order, the
Good 'Templets of Bradford County met in
Convention at Temperance Hall, in Towan
da, on Saturday, Sept. 25th, 1868, to con
'suit upon matters of interest to the-tem
perance cause.
On motion of Rev.rDsvid Craft, Gen. W.
PA.TTON was elected Chairman, and S. W.
GamlN, Secretary.
The following persons ware admitted to
seats as delegates : Burlington Central
Lodge, Samuel Simpkins, Mason Long, S.
IL Will; Terrytimn Lodge, J. F. Dodge,
Rev. D. Craft, S. W. Gitlin; North Towan
da Lodge, C. E. White, Frederick Foster;
Towanda-Lodge, 0. G. Kellum, J. W. Iran
Amel Newell; Springhill Lodge, M.
Montgomery, Adin Lyon, Nancy Lyon,
Mrs. Stephen Lyon; East Troy Lodge, B.
S. Smiley, Miss Fanny Smiley; Borne Lodge
SSE Seeley, D. S. Maynard; Martha Wash
ington Lodge, N. Frazier; Franklindale
Lodge, J. O. Ridgway.
Oa motion of Dm. D. Craft, a committee
of three was appointed to draft resolutions
expresidve of the sense of,the cativentiOn.
Wheretil s " - x 11N1 sus. Craft, White and Smi
ley, were appointed said committee. '
• Daring the absence of the committee, by
request of the, chairman , Messrs. Dodge,
Kellum, Montgomery, Frazier,
Seeley, Ridgway, sister Smiley and others,
stated the condition of their respective
lodges, which were reported as generally
prosperous.
The committee on resolutions reported
the following resolutions, dm, which:, after
is, general dismission and interchange of
views, were adopted :
Resolved, By this Convention of Good
Templars, That the time has arrived when
the,fnends of, temperance should fake po
litical action, irrespective of political par
ties, so far as relates to elective public offi
cers who aid in enacting and administering
the laws affecting the cause of temperance;
and would recommend to the m-%mbers of
our order to vote only for knowii temper
ance men for Members of the State Legis
lature and for t county and township offices.
In presenting the Temperance question
as a subject t'or• legislative % action.. we do it
not simply on the, ground of its moral
character, but as a question'of economy ;
believing that we have the right to demand
of our legislature a release from the bur
densome taxation necessary to support the
liquor interest.
The following resolutions, also reported
by the committee, were unalimmialyadopt
, ed without discussion :
WEIEBEAR, A permanent temperance or
ganization is needed to give order and effi
ciency to the temperance movement, and to
devise plans of action for the extension of
the temperance cause, therefore,
Resolved, That we form a County
Lodge of Good Tempters which shall con
sist of representatives from toe subordinate
lodges throughout the county, so that each
Lodge shall be entitled to at least one vote,
one having fifty membeas ,to two votes and
one cote for every additional twenty-five
members.
2., That a committee of three be appoint
ed to draft a constitution for said Lodge. to
be reported to an adjourned meeting Of this
convention.
3, That when a constitution is adopted
it shall be by amajority of the Lodges rep
resented, each Lodge having one vote.
Messrs. Craft, White and Hill, were ap
pointed a committee to draft a Constitution
for a County' Lodge. ,
On motion of Mr. Craft,
Remitted, That when this Convention ad-
journ, it adjourn to meet in Temperance
Ball, at Towanda, on the 3d Wednesday in
October, at 1 o'clock, p. tit., and that To
wanda Lodge be requested to proems a
speaker to• deliver a public Temperance
Lecture on the evening of said day,
On motion of Mr. Kellum,
Residved, That the proceedings of this
convention be p_ablished in all the county
papers.
The convention then adjourned to meet
again on Wednesday, October 210868, at
1 o'clock, p. m., at which time it is hoped
every Lodge in the county will be fully rep
resented. .
_W. PATTON, Chairman.
S. W. GanTist, Secretary.
$5OO PAID TO SUPPRESS TESTIMONY.
!FATHER TRL9 ON THE STAND.
puocseric viucrioN FRAUDS
Ow page 139 of the Zegislafies Rec
ord we find the i testimony of Rev.
Thomas Tracy, corroborating the tes
timony of Michael O'Meara. The
proceedingi in the Record read as
follows :
Rev. Thomai Tracy, sworn—l paid
Michael O'Meara five hundred dollars
'a short time before this case com
menced '• I gave him the money in
his own boom in the evening, about
a week Or two before the assembling
of the Legislature ; he was to leave
the State and, , remain out three
months for the ve hundred dollars ;
Mr. Gorman, boss of Collins, gave me
the money to give him ; the man who
gave me the money was the Only one
who had any knowledge of the trans.
action, as far as , 'l know • I had cor
respondence with Mr. WI Ilae,e on the
(bject of O'Meara's- - leaving the
State ; -the only: stipulation 'ivas that
he rllioald remain away three *oaths ;
Funderstood iti was for hi & to be
gone until 'after! the trio:
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tion ineans. •
Iwoludo; Repastlon sad , illaner
We invite the attention of all Well
meaning Democrats to 'the following
extracts, compiled from authentic
sources by the Union Bepublioan
Coagreemonal Committee :
Private advices from our' moat
strenuous friends at the North re
quest that we should Protest against
the imprudent expressions that have
escaped • s ome: - Southern speakers
since 'the adjournMent of the Nation
al Democratic Conventiou.—Charks
ton Mercury.
WISO UGLY Tin WAS. '
tell you another fact, -which'
is enough for this time, that as the
late war was produced by, the-defeat
ed Democratic party in 1880, so we
shall never have peace till it is re
stored to power in'lB6B.—E.i. United
gates and ex-confederate States Senator
Toombs' spec?' al Atlanta, Ga., July 8,
1888.
WHAT 7116 Y 11;0IIII IT TOR.
- The new (confederate) constitution
has put at rest forever all the agita
ting questions relating to our pecu-
liar metitutions--African slavery—
as it exists• amongst us, the proper
status of the negro in our form of
civilization. 'This was the immediate
cause of the late rupture and present
revolution. * * * Our new ipv
ernment is founded upon exactly She
opposite id*a, (the idea of Mr. Jeffer
son, that "the enelavament of the
African was in violation of the laws
of nature, and wrong in principle,
socially, morally, and politically.)—
Its foundations are laid—its corner
sto us rests upon the great truth *
* * that slavery, subordination to
the superior race, is his (the negro's)
natural and normal condition.—Con
federate Vice President A. rf. Stephens'
speech -at Savannah, Ga., March 21,
1861.
WHAT JUSTIFICATION THEY HAD FOR IT
What right has the North assailed ?
What interest of the South has been
invaded ? What justice • has been
denied ? Or what claim founded in
justice and right has,been withheld ?
Can either of / you to=day name one
governmentalj act c f Wrong . deliber•
ately and purposely done by the
Government at Washington of_ which
the South has right to complain? I
challenge the answer. While, on the
other hand, let me, show the facts
which powstand as records in the
history
,of our 'country.
When we of the South demanded
the slave trade, did they not yield
the right for. twenty -years? When
we asked and dentanded a three-fifths.
representation' in Congress for our
slaves ; was it not granted ? When
we asked and demanded the return
of any fugitive from justice, or the
return of those persons owing labor
or allegiance, was it not incorporated
in the Constitution, and again ratified
and strengthened in thelugitive-slave
law of 1850 ?
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But do you reply, t Aat in many
instances they have violated this
compact, and have not been faithful
to their obligations ? As individuals
and local communities they may have
done so ; but not by the sanction of
the Government, for that has always
been true to Southern interests.
And I must declare here, as I have
often done before,and which has been
repeated by the greatest and wisest
statesmen and patriots in this and
other lands, that it is the best and
freest Government, the mist equal in
its rights, the most just in its decii
ione,the most lenient in its measures,
and the most inspiring in its princi
ples to elevate the race of. man, that
the sun of heaven ever shone upon.
Now, for you to attempt to over
throw snob a Government as this is
the height of madness,folly,and wick
edness, to which I can neither lend
my, sanction nor my vote.—A.
Stephens' address in the Georgia Con
vention, January, 1861.
J. BLAIR ON TIM DEMOCRACY.
The Democratic 'party of the pres
ent city is Democratic in name, and
nothing else. The old Jefferson and
Jackson principles have been aban
doned. The man who did not escape
the rope by three hours is the author
of all to which the Democratic party
of the present day" subilbribes. It
has not one scintilla of true- Democ
racy to animate its carcass.—F. P.
/3/air.
lIOTTTHERN HATRED FOR LABOR.
In 1836, in the House of Represen
tatives, Mr. Pickens, of south Caro
lina, (afterward Governor of that
State when, in 1800, she attempted
to secede,) said that there never was.
a society "where one class would not
practically and substantially own
another class in some shape or form.
* * * All society settles down
into capitalists and laborers. The
former will own the latter, either. Col
lectively through the government, or
individually through . * state of domes
tic servitude as exists in the Southern
States. The only contest in the
world is between the two systems."
LiHOMEI SHOULD BE SLAVES
Keitt, of South Carolina, a Demo.
cratic Representative in lengress,
and a rebel soldiei =daring the war,
declared "free society a failure,"
"The ordiz ance of God," ho said,
"condemns mankind to labor, and
certain menial occupations are in
compatible with menial cultivation."
Slavery, according to him, produced
a superior class of gentlemen, who
were "substitutes for an order of no
bility."
Ruffin, of Virginia, author of "The
Political Economy of Slavery," fired
the first gun is the recent war, and
the last also, for after the surrender
of the rebel armies he blew his - nun
brains out with a rebel musket ball.
Ruffin proposed in the book referred
to to reform the "hireling labor so•
ciety" of the. North. He wanted to
reduce the laboring class to "domes
tic bondage." ". .
lILLVIMY TR BASIS 07 DZIOCRACT.
Slavery is the basis of American
Democracy ; for the subordination of
an inferior race has secured, •and
slings will secure;the equality of
the superior race.—/Tow York Day
Book, January, 1856.
The South maintains that slavery
is right, natural, and necessary, and
does not depend on difference of cow
plezion, the laws , of the slave States
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justify the holding of white men in
botulage.—Riertemul Ezamisiw, 1850.
Fitzhngb, author of "Cannibals
All, or Who Shall be Masters, ". said
!lista negro male. slave wo uld "be
worth about $BOO ;. a ideite slave, tiy
reason of his harder working nature,
would be Werth $1,000." He sum
med up his system in these words :
"Liberty fcir the few—slavery in
every form for the muses."
The Democratic newinipecs in the
South denounces free society as .s
"monstrous abortion,"
Free society, as at present orga.•
nixed, is radically wrong and rotten
to the core. * * * Slavery is not
only natural of argon :and right, but
is essential to republicanism.--Nets
Orkans Delks, (Democratic.) ' •
History, both sacred arid . profane,
shows that slavery is natural and
normal that "the experience the
practice, and the history 6f mankind
vindicate 'shivery * * * u a
natural and conservative inatitn
tion."—Richmond ( Va.) Examiner,
(Demerol)
Slavery is. the corner-stone of our
republican institutions—the great
peacemaker between capital and
labor.—Lynchburg (Va.) Republican,
(Democrat.)
Master- and slave is a relation in
society as necessary as that of por
tent and child. * * a The Nor
thern States will have to introduce
it ; slavery is the natural aadnormal
condition of the laboring man,wheth
er white or black. * * * The
great evil of Northern free society
is, that it is burdened with a servile
class of mechanics and laborers, unfit
for self-government; yet clothed with
all the attributes and powers of cit
izens.-,-Cherletion (S. C.) Mereury,
(Democratic.)
Slavery ika moral, religions, and
natural inetitution. *. * * The
laws of all the Southern Statesjusti
fied the holding of white men in
very. * * * The principle of sla
very is in itself light, and aoes not
depend on difference of complexion,
* * and that is the doctrine
maintained by, the whole Southern
press.—.RichMild Enquirer, (Demo.
erotic.) •
• GLORIOUS ARISTOCRACY.
Hammond, of South Caroline, who,
later In life, denounced Northern me
chanics as the "incidents of society,"
at the beginning of his Democratic
career declared, in the same Thirty-
Fourth Congress, 'that slavery was
the greatest of all blessings which s
kind Providence had bestowed• upon
the South" and its "glorious aristoc
racy."
Governor McDnffic, of South Caro
lien, in the House of Rep
resentatives, in 1858, that when the,
masses stepped out of bondage "they
branched into four recurring subdivi
sions—the hireling, the begar, the
thief, and the prostitute — w hich have
no general - existence unless there
have been a commencement of eman
cipation."
In 1835 John C. Calhoun, the De-m
-ocratic apostle of the dianninnism,
declared that the protection of sla-.
very was a "higher law" than , the
Constitution and "the laws of the
General Government." s
Hammond, of South- Carolina, de
clared that the difference between
the white slave (i. e., our working
man, and the negro) was that "thy
negro is hired for life and well cow
pensated," and the "white slave im
hire 4 by tne day, not cared for, aid
scantily compensated."
Senator Mason e ot Virginia,dedareri
publicly that the " so-called fr,
States" would be More properly styli
"the servile States."
NO UNION WITH THE_ sem.
The Richmoud Diguiteit of the 101
of January, 1863, used this lan
guage
We warn the - Democrats and Con
,' strvativeii of the North to dismiss
Ifrom their minds at once the miser- ,
able delusion that the South can ever
consent to enter again upon any
terms, the old.. Union. If the North
would allow ns to write the Constiln
tion ourselves, and give us every
guarantee we would ask, we would,
sooner be under the. government of
England or France than under a
Union with men who have shown
that - they cannot act in good faith
and are the-most barbarous and in
fmman, as well as the most , treacher
ous of mankind.
Governor, Zebulon B. Vance, of
North Carolina, made an elaborate
speech at Wilkesborough, in that
State, in the fail Of 1884, in which he
declared that-- .
"There was no more possibility of
reconstructing the Qid Union, and
reconstructing things as
.they were
fear years ago, 'than exists foryou
to gather up the scattered bones of
your sons who have fallen in thi.
straggle from 'one end of the country
to the other, reclothe them with flesh,
fill their veins with the blood they
have so generously shed," &c.
WHAT THEY SAID DURING THE WAR.
On the : 17th' of August following,
Robert Toombi, of Georgia, said, in
a letter dated Washington, Geor
gia:
"I can conceive of no extremity to
Which my country could be reduced
in which would, fora single mo
ment, entertain
,any proposition for
any union with the North' on any
terms whatever. When all else is
-lost, I propose to unite withthe thou
sands of my own countrymen who
have found honorable deaths, if not
graves, on the battlefield.",
-In January, 1863, Jeffereon Davis
said, in a speech at Richmond, as re
p_orted in the Richmond 'Enquirer of
(limitary 7, of that year.; -
"Yon fight the ascontings of the
earth. If the question were proposed
to you whether : yeti would 'combine
with hyenas or Yankees,l trust every'
Virginian woold say, 'give me the
hyena'" (Cries of good," "good,"
and applause.]
NOTICE To Mg antocacerr.
The New Hampshire Democrats
having- ,proposedthat "if the South
Will come ae into the. Union the
Democracy of the Muth will do all
in their power to gain for them (the
Bentham State.). such guarantees as
will secure their safety," the Riah
mond Sentinel at the same time de-
"Do the New Hampehlre Democrats
reason (or one moment that we would
so muck as thinks[ reunion with such
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$2 per Aiintiin, i .Advance.
a people? Bather tell 'one to be wed
ded to a corpse, - rather join hands
with a fiend from the pit."
A. U. Stephens declared, July 23,
1888, in a speech at Oharleston,S. 0.,
after_ the battles of_.9ettyaburg and
Vicksburg :
"fie for reconskuction,suche thing
was Impossible= - =-such an idea mast
not be tolerated for a moment. The
terms'on which - we can obtain
perniazient .pesos is final Ind 'com
plete separation from the • North.
Rather thaikenhutitto•anything short
of that, let uu. all _resolve to die like
men worth,y of fireedom.".
1110171.411ME1 GIVILVA.II.
The treasonable letter of Frank
flair wakendonied by - . the New York
iatel convention; and is 'the key-note
of the Campaign.. Jels dated, ,June
80, and 'contains this &Vest of civil
war c
."11 - the : President eleiited by -the
Democracy enforces,or permits others
to enforce,, these reconstruction acts,
the Radicals, by the accession of
twenty spurious Senators and fifty
Representitives,-will control both
branches of Congress, and his admin.
istration will be as powerless as the
present one of Mr. Johnson.
"There is but one way to restore
the Government sad the Constitutithi,
and that is for the President elect to
declare these acts null( and void,
compel the army to undo its usurpa
tions at the Soutb,disperse the carpet
bag State governments, allow the
white people to reorganise their own
governments, and elect Senators and
Representatives.
"We must restore - the Constitution
before we can restore the finances,
and to do this we must have a Presi
dent who will execute the will of the
people by trampling into the dust the
usurpations of Congress, known as
the reconstruction acts."
APPROVED BY THL CONVENTION.
The New York Copperhead conven
tion, which did not contain a loyal
delegate from the South, nor one who
had not taken
. an active part against
the Government.' ,
' l .l2esolvect, That we. regard 'haze.
construction acts 2 (so called) of Con
gress as usurpations and unconstitu
tional, revolutionary, - and void."
" WHAT Till AtTHOR BAYS.
Here is General Hampton's own
construction,of the me suing of , this
resolution, delivered at a mass-meet
ing of the Copperhead and rebel
Democracy before he left New York :
"We can have no relief' until the
Democratic party will comb' out and
pledge itself that the white people of
the South shall vote. I want all to
register an
,oath that, when they do
vote, their votes shall be counted,and
if there is a majority of white votes
that you will place Seymour & Blair
in•the White House in spite of all the
bayonets that shall be brought against
them." ,
4 .T1111 P2EBIDENT BEGIN THE . WAR. -
-. the President, after expressing his
opinion that the rebel States were
legally "organized and restored" nn-,
der . his "policy," prior to March
1867, says in his electoral college
veto
" The only legitimate authority
under which the election for Presi
dent and Vice President can be held
therein must be derived from the
governments instituted before that
period. If-clearly follows that the
State governments organized in thos6
States, under act >f Congress for that
purpose, as under military coutr , l,
are illegitimate std of •no validity
• whatever ; and, is that view, toe
votes cast in those States for
dent and Vice President,in , putstianite
c•t acts passed since the 4th of March,
1867,and in obedience to the so call. •d
Acts of Congress, cannot be -legally
received and counted ; while the only
votes in those States that can be to
gaily cast arid , counted will be thuds
cast in ptirsuance of the laws in force
in thti several S tatenprior
_to the leg
Congress upon tlie subject
of reconstruction." ,
HAMPTON'S DEFINITION 01' THE PLATFORM.
General Wade 11,mptop said
his speech it the -first r4tificAti.ri
meeting he attended at Charleston :
"I yield to none in devotion to that
''Lost Cause' for which we fought.—
Never shall I adnxit that the • cause
itself failed, and that the principles
which 4ave it life were therefore
wrong. Never shall I brand the men
who upheld it so nobly as 'rebels' or
'traitors.' Never shalLl ignominons
ly seek safety or base promotion by
a dastardly denial or' treacherous be
trayal of it.
"Agree,arnong yourselves, and act
firmly on tide agreement, that you
will not employ any one who voted
the Radical ticket.. Use . all the
means'that -are placed in . your hands
to control this• element by which the
Radical party seek to degrade us
While "they secure success,
can turn their batteries against thetu
selves." " "
Frog—fire to last---from the so
called anti-slavery . t endment of the
Constitution to the. ; ;.. 'of trash for
all purposes, military,teivil, financial;
and commercial—all the reconstruc
tion laws of 'the whole peace period
fall. to ' , pieces if the Demoqicy suc
ceed in electing Mr. Seymour as their
standard-bearer. ' We can take part
in slush a conflict. We believe from
the depths of our understanding that
these Congressional miedoings . are
all, one like, the other, perfectly void.
West and fioj~tl
A PAIR . Oi NORMS= neuron..
On the 84 of November next the I
American *pie will endeavor to
restore those' States to ,their constitu
tional rights.'l Should this by,* pos:
ability fail, the white population of
those States may 'sticceed in' placing
themielves inimissession of theirgov
ernments otherwise, se nitre as the
Anglo• Saxon blood runs in the veins
of'Southern ‘,ltien, there will be an
upheaval of civil war,and thenishould
Congress suetain AC blacks, asties
will cover the ruins of the Republic.
—Chimera!: - 7bnt Baines /leech in
WaBhington.'l: -
Wzonca mink stumble over straws
in the wto heaven, but climb over kW
in She irßy to ilestrietion.
"Here, I eaa't pass you," said the
doorkeeper of s Wooten theatre. 'You
ra=t re toe." as do
whore be eddiesee4=ra
Mug whore you area fool rn pies ym."
An 4 be Palma *:
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NUMBER 20.
REHR! 7AITH IN BETHOU'it
THE NATIONAL DEBT.
nu aws-falg UL
.•
We see it oftirad by the eopp4r
head Oil* AS hear :it asserted lioy
their public speakers that ",slabs
the close of the war, While the coule•
try-hue been at peace, the black
publican party hiewrung out of- tiite
people by taxation ,over eight hrta•
dred millions of dollarW, Sad'received
into the , public Wessury - froM mat- •
toms and other sources, over seven
hundred thilliontimoir, making in all
over fifteen hundred' millions of dol
lar" received into the treasury ohmic
the close of the
,war Also Mit
"this enormous sum has been rect
lessiy squandered, and
_the national
debt increased over - $300,000,00'0
within the same. thm" Now let the
.pase be fairly and honestly state 4,
• finite:lo republar party is vindica
ted, and the cbsrge . of hiving bi
dewed the national indebtedne4
pro ien ~ false. The: actual receipti •
from 'April lst 1865, to Ist July 1860,
into the treasury arise follows :
Frost Customs 648,973,536
Internal Remus. ' 84336,178
Ylsoellsneoas Bourame 174744769
Total Booed*: ' .$1,540,055,583
The expenditure's were as follows:
&mug.. Snouted during
the 15 months intmedisto.
succeeding the close of the
war, for back pay, and 1
iransportstion of the low
and Navy discharged, and. • . • 1
for Pensions, lomiiy._ of - • i
loyal man destroyed. he.. $ 920,778,21$
The aggregate PeYmeete eel
firet_above,.ccmetitutio the's= to bei
added to the ;:amount of the asoer4
tamed and • reported amount nf" the{
national debt on the Bret day of
April, 1868, and should be adde(r
thereto, (or the reason that nearly
six months back pay was due to al4
most the entire, army at the close of
the war. • .
Ascertained Debt oh Ist of
April,. 1885, . 111,360,855,071
Payments as above for pur
poses not therein reported 920,718, 212
Actual zniximiun amount of
National Debt, $3,287;733,2801
Amount of National Debt at-
this ekee of present fiscal
year. SO June, 1868, 2,478,000,000,
Actual' amount paid of the t
var debt from Ist April, - l'
1865 to Jane 30, 1868,..... $ 811,733,289
The receipts into the treasury then;
have been expended as follows :
Amount paid on War Debt.. $ 811.333,289
Interest • 1 i• . : 433,484,883
Ordinarywspenses of Govern
..
meat since the close of the
,
war to 30th' June, 1868, - '
.3 years and 3 months ..... , 295,240,4111
The deception attempted to be'
palmed off by democratic leaders np
oft those not well informld al - to the
facts, will be readily djscovered by '
an examination of, their figures.—
They take the aa6ertained add re
'ported ametint of national debt on
the Ist day of April; 1865, nine days
before Lee's- surrender, when six
months Pay was due - the army, and 4
not reported upon the books of the;
Treatiury, as follows : $2,366,955,- 1 ,
077, and subtracting this . amount!:
fiota the amount of the reported debt ,
bn the:3oth of July last, in whichi
they.-include the bonds loaned to the
Pacific 4ailroad, making the - tots.l4
sum $4,552,000,000. Striking thei r
balance thus, $185,044,923; they at-'
tempt to show the national debt in 3-1
creased._
After this plain statement from the'
record, let no one be deceived.
V u
IGIIT IS WELL GIVE it
Ikw of the test re A nlt in Maine, we
have no doubt that the, reflecting
toi, , ols of the Democratic party feel /:
Li? they might as well give up all 1 .
of effecting anything ia the I
Pr . struggle, and that nofh- . 1
lug :emains hut to make a toler.sbto
fight iu every ;State to preierve their
local organization. This is a wino
conclusion, as will bo seen from-tho
past. In the Maine State election
1860. the Republican majority was a '
trifi. over 18,000: and yet Abraham
Lincoln two months 'afterward, was
chosen-President by s i dectrted siau 3
over his three Complititors. Again, in
'the State election of 1864, - the
'publicans elected Gov. Coney by 10,, 1
180 : majority ; in the November fol,
lowing President Lincoln was re-
electaby elettorial•votes; to 21
for .Gen. McClellan: Now, with a
Reptiblican majority in Maine of up-..
ward of 20,000, -we need not say
what the inevitelle infdreuce is .with` 1 i
regard to the Presidency.
- •
rtitsTortul IN OCTOBER.—Seep it
Before the People that .the contest on
the second Tuesday in October will
decidr the question whether General
U. S. Grant or Blair and Seymour
shall , be President-
Keep it Before the. People that he
who votes the Democratic ticket at
the Octobor election, while havre
tends to be a Republican, casts two
vote9lgainst Grant and. Colfax.
Keep it Before the . - People_ that a
triumph of the Democratic • State
ticket in Pennsylvania, .i 1 it is only
by-the smallest majority, will secure
.the State for Seymour , and Blair.
Keeep it Before- the' People that to
vote for any Democrat at the first
electicin, no matter' how small the
office may be, - it is giving aid and
comfort to the common enemy. .
Keep it Afore the People that he
who votes against any part of our
State or county, ticket is not a genu
ine friend of 'Grant itud, Colfax' or
Republican principles.
lizsusiLvstak ewes John Hartranft
says the Wilmington (Del.) Commer
dal, the gallant soldier and honest
man, at . least twenty , thousand ma
jority next month. Three yearn ago -
—the." off" year—when there was
no national ticket nor Congressional
election, she gave him twenty-two
thousand, and now /that Grant leads,
the celumni and the loyal and faith
' fel Congressmen are to be re chosen,
she ought to endorse the - fidelity of
his course an. Auditor General, by a
majority none less.
_John. Efartzauft
is one of the men we brag about ;As
he never blows for himself, it is ne
ceuary that his friends should do it
for him, and we do say that Pennsyl--
vitals has never had A more vigilant,
a more conscientious, or more effici
ent custodian of her finances than'
her present - Auditor General.. .-
Is. a game-of cards a good dwt do
= a ct: alagood NOW
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$1,540,058,583