ontrost Portal. A. GERRITSON, • - TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1868. FOR GOVERNOR: gIESTER CLYMER, OF BEERS COUNTY. Organization. There never was a time when the De mocracy of Pennsylvania needed more thorough organization than now. The Chairman of the Democratic State Com mittee is a gentleman of great ability and indomitable industry, and is doing all in his power to marshal the whole Demo cratic and conservative army into line.— Pertiape no one could be found in the State who is more competent to direct the business he has undertaken than Mr. Wallace, and we feel confident that no thing will be left undone by him to se cure the object so much to be desired.— But there is something more needed than . vigor and capacity on the part of the Chairman. There must be hearty co-op eration among thc masses. The people must work in their own immediate locali ties. Every man must. consider himself enlisted fot the campaign from this day until the battle has been fought in' Octo ber next. Are our friends awake to the importance of complete organization? If the masses arouse themselves and do their duty in the pending contest, the Diann ionists, with Geary at their bead, will be swept like chaff before the wind in the October gale which is to overwhelm the Rumps with utter destruction.—Age. The Issue—Negro Suffrage. The disunionists have at length shown their hands on the subject of negro suf frage. They have met the question fairly at last, and have boldly committed them selves in its favor. There can be no lon ger any doubt about the matter, and the political leaders in this State who are cunningly attempting to evade the issue in the hope of deceiving the masses have been signally foiled in their schemes by the bolder and more reckless of their own partisans. In the Rouse of Representa tives on Tuesday last, the bill to amend the organic acts of the Territories of Ne braska, Colorado, Daeztah, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Arizona,- Utah, and New Mexico, was considered •and finally passed. The ninth section of the bill reads as follows : "That within the Territories aforesaid there shall be no denial of the elective franchise to citizens of the United States becansfrof race or color, and all persons shall be equal beforEr the law; and all acts or parts of acts either of Congress or of the legislative assemblies of the Territo ries aforesaid inconsistent with the pro visions of this act are hereby declared null and void." Mr..Leßlond, of Ohio, moved to strike out the above, but his motion was lost by a strict party vote, and the bill passed by the same vote—the Radicals voting di rectly in favor of negro suffrage, and the Democrats recording their votes in the negative ! The issue is now fairly made up and is before the country. The radicals recog nize " Congress" as the bead and tail of their party. All that is done by that body is accepted as their party creed. Their representatives in the House have refused to dodge the question and now stand squarely on the record. This is General Geary's platform, and every vote cast for him in October next will be a ballot, di rectly and unequivocally, in favor of ne gro suffrage. Republican Dictionary. Under Lincoln, the following was the abolition test of loyalty : Lovm.--To approve of everything the President, who is the government, says or ddb, right or wrong.• Under Johnson it, varies materially, tbae : Low.--Toilisapprove of everything the President; who is noktbe government, says or does, right or,Arrong, and to de nounce him in the vilest terms. What, will it be next ? South Carolina Post-Offices. The Postoffice _Department has issued orders to discontinue the delivery of the mails at an early day at all offiemin South Carolina, and perhaps in other States where there are no regularly appointed and commissioned postmasters. This or der will, the Governor of South Carolina says, subject the press and the business" community -to very serious embarrass ment unless steps are promptly taken to secure.the services at each post etEce of such persons as cats take the requisite oath as prescribed by Congress. lie therefore recommends that some person_ be selected at each office who can take the oath and give bond. . —The Mobile Register denies baying announced Gen. R. E. Lee u, a candidate for ?real4euti animated by negcroyssiit, Cloacil. - On Tuesday, the Bth of May, the Amer ican Anti-Slavery Society held its thirty third anniversary in New York city.— Among the prominent - melt invited to be present and was not, was Chief Justice Chase,who delights in such gatherings. Instea of bodily presence he was there in spirit through a iettei, in which be takes strong ground in favor of negto suffrage. His conoluding paragraph gives timely notice that the negro agitation, which has plunged the country into one civil war, will be continued until the ne grO is enfranchised entirely- and made the social and political equal of the white man. He says ; • "However these things may be , _ this at least seems clear. The men who so long contended for justice to the enslaved and now contend for justice to the eman cipated, will not, cannot, must not cease their efforts till justice prevails." Editor. The resolutions were reported by Wen dell Phillips. They advocate negro equal ity. Two of them read as follows: Resolved, That the Southern States may see the history and future of the pol icy they are initiating in the glass of Ja maica, and find that every attempt to cheat the emancipated negro out of sub stantial freedom, incurs bankruptcy, wrecks property, and ends in bloodshed. Resolved, That the rebellion has not ceased, it has only changed its weapons ; once it fought, now it intrigues; once it followed Lee in arms, now it follows President Johnson in guile and chicane ry ; once it had its head quarters in Rich mond, now it encamps in the White House. One threatens an insurrection if the negroes are not allowed to vote, while the other charges President Johnson with heading the rebellion, which is declared to be not at an end. Among 4he speakers was Charles Len nox -Remond, a negro from Massachu setts, who told his audience that he was " not ashamed of the white men ; he had no prejudice against th•;m !" The last, and by far the ablest speaker was Wen dell Phillips, who sustained the 'resolu tions and advocated negro suffrage and equality. We reprint the following par agraph, which is full of meaning, coming from the father of the radical party : " The South does not dread. negrn.suf frage as the greatest evil.. That is not where the bite comes. Negro suffrage means a score of negro Congressmen sit- ting in the House of Representatives. It means colored merchants in New Or leans and colored Senators in Columbia. It: means negro representatives sharing in making railroad laws and other laws. It meant social equality, and that was where the Southerner met the question. Social equality follows hard on the heel of the ballot-box, and the South knows it, and she resists negro suffrage for what must follow it. The negro in Maryland in the Legislature is as good as John Hancock signing the Declaration.of Independence, and this was a principle which the South would not admit. Nor would the North clink it. She gropes toward it, bat does not travel very rapidly in the right direc tion." The country ought to be much obliged to Mr. Phillips for this outspoken truth. He knows " where the bite comes," and is frank enough to tell us. Negro suf frage does mean "a score of negro Con gressmen sitting in the House of Repre sentatives," it means "colored Senators in Columbii." He says it means "social equality," which "follows hard on the heel of the ballot-box." This is the re ality of the question of universal suffrage. S And this is the real issue in the Govern or's election this fall—to determine whe ther we shall have white or black Con gressmen—to be followed by negro social equality. National Bank Failures. The recent failure of the Merchants' National Bank of the City of Washing. ton has satisfied people that these insti tutions are not exempt from the objec tions urged against State banks—a liabil ity to burst up. The failure in this case amounts to about $1,000.000, which falls upon the de pissitors. The note holders are secured by government securities, but those who bad deposited money in the bank lose it. Among tke losers is the government to the amota of $500,000, which a paymas ter in the army bad deposited. One of the main causes of the failure is the lend ing of half a million of dollars to one of the Directors in direct violation of law. When the National Banks were created, their especial friends claimed for them ab solute safety from failure and fraud against the 'patrons.' But after the exam ' ple of the oil region banks and the one in Washington, we'fied that loon eywherever is handled for banking purposes there may be rascality. In the bill that 'created the national banking system, that. clause of the lode pendetit Treasury bill 'which prohibits the deposit of public money in private banks, was repealed. The national -banks were made. the , depositories of government funds in-face of the danger of the system and the losses sustained: By reason of this-r.lause the treasury sustains, a loss of half-a million MI onestroke. 'Fbe bide pendent-Treasucy bad .worked well, and under it there could be no losses to the government. - We never-epald see any cause to . change from a good and safe systenfi unless Merely through a desire to permit theganks to 'have the government funds to trades 'upon. - s --Generals Steadman and Fullerton, in their- report of affairs in 'Virginia • and. North Carolina, censure - the conduct of the Freedmen's Bureau agents in those State,, and . recommend thfir VETO OF WE ;i COLOUDO BILL. Weal:ariaToN, May 16. The following is the- President's mes sage on the Colorado bill : To the Senate of the United States: I return to the Senate, in which House it originated, the bill which has passed both Houses of Congress, entitled "An act for the admission of Colorado into the Union," with roy_objections to its becom ing a law at this time. First. From the best information which I have been able to obtain, I de not et:in sider the establishment of a State Gov ernment at present necessary for the wel fare of the people of Colorado. Under the existing territorial Government .all the rights, privileges and interests of the citi zeus are protected and secured. The qual ified voters choose their own legislators and their own local officers, and are rep resented in Congress by a delegate of their own selection. They make and ex ecute their own municipal Jaws, subject only to revision by Congress, an authority not likely to be exercised unless in ex treme or extraordinary cases. , The popu lation is small, some estimating it as low as twenty-five thousand, while advocates of the bill reckon the number at from 30,- 000 to 40,000 souls. The people are principally recent set tlers, many of whom are understood to be ready for removal to other mining dis tricts beyond the limits of the territory, if circumstances shall render them more inviting. Sueh a population cannot but find relief from excessive taxation. If the territorial system, which devolves the expenses of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial departments upon the Uni ted States, is for the present :continued, they cannot but find the security of per son and property increased by their reli anceupon the National Fjecutive power for the maintenance of law and order against the disturbances necessarily inci dent to all newly organized commuui tis. Second. It is not satisfactorily estab lished that a majority of the citizens of Colorado desire, or are prepared for au exchange of a territorial for a Sate Gov ernment. In. September, 1864, under the authority of Congress, au election was lawfully appointed and held for the pur pose of ascertaining the views of the peo ple upon this particular question. 6192 votes were cast, and of this number a ma jority of 3152 was given against the pro posed change. In September, 1865, without any legal authority, the question was again presented to the people of the Terrify with the view of obtaining a reconsideration of the result of the elec tion held in compliance with the act of Congress approved March 21, 1864. At this second election, 5905 votes were polled, and a majority.of 155 was 'given in favor of a State organization. It does not seem to me entirely safe to receive this last mentioned result, FO irregularly obtained, as sufficient to overweigh the one which had been legally obtainrci in the first election. Regularity and con formity to law are essential to the pres ervation of order and a stable Govern ment, and should, as far as practicable, al ways be observed in the formation ofnew States. Third. The admission of Colorado at this time as a State into the Federal Un ion appears to me to be incompatible with the public interest of the country, nod while it is desirable that Territories,when sufficiently matured, should be organized as States, yet the spirit of the Constitu tion seems to require that there should be an approximation towards equality among the several States comprising the Union. No State can have less or more than two Senators in Congress. The largest State has a population of four millions ; several of the States have a population exceeding two millions, and many others have a population exceeding one million. If this bill should become a law, the people of Colorado, thirty thousand in number, would have in the House of Rep resentatives one member, while New York, with a population of four millions, has but thirty-one, Colorado would have in the Electoral College three votes,while New York has only thirty-three. Color ado would have in the Senate two votes, while New York has no more. Inequalities of this character have al ready occurred, but it is believed that none have happened where the inequality was so great,. When such inequality has been allowed, Congress is supposed to have permitted it on the ground of some high public ne cessity, and under circurnstaaces which promised that it would rapidly disappear through the growth and development of the newly admitted State. Thus, in re gard to the several States in what was formerly called the "Northwest Territo. ry," lying west of the Mississippi, their rapid advancement in population rendered it certain that States admitted with only one or two representatives in Congress, would is a very•short period be-entitled to a great increase of representation. So, when California was admitted on the ground of commercial and political exi gencies, it was well foreseen that that State was rapidly ta become a great,pros perous, and important-commercial com munity. In the case of Colorado I am not aware that any National exigency, ei ther of a political'ora commercial nature, requires a departuri3 from the law of equality which bas been `so generally ad hered to in our history. • • If information submitted with this bill is reliable, Colorado, instead of increasing has declined in population. At an elec tion for members of a Territorial Legiela, tare, held in 1861, 10,580 votes were cast. .At t he election before mentioned in 1864, the number of votes cast was 6192, while a irregular . election in .1884 MIME= itte;i6 — whichls - at - Wniiiettas a basis Tor legislative action at this time, the aggregate of votes cast was 5905. Sincerely anxious for the welfare and prosperity of every \Terlitory and State, as well as for the welfte and prOsperity of the whole Union, I regret this appa rent decline of population in Colorado ; but it is manifest that it is due to. emigra tion, which is going on from that Territo ry into other regions within the United States, which either are in fact, or are be lieved by the inhabitants of Colorado to be. richer in ruineial ,wealth and agricultu ral, resources. _ If, however, Colorado bas not really de clined in population, another census, or another election under tho authority of Congress, would place the election be yond doubt, and cause but little delay in the ultimate admisSion of' the Territory as a State, if desired by the people. The tenor of these objections furnishes the reply which may be expected to an . argument in favor of the measure derived from the Enabling act, which was passed by,...C‹ . ingreas on the 21st day of March, /864, akkbough Congress then supposed that, the; condition of the Territory was such as to warrant its admission as a State. The result of the two years' ex perience shows that every reason which existed for the institution of a Territorial instead of a State government in Colora-, do at its first organization still continues in force. The condition of the Union at, the present moment is calculated to in spire caution in regard,to the admission of new States. Eleven of the old States have been for some time, and still remain unrepresented in Congress. It is a common interest of all the States as well those represented as those Iver,. resented, that. the integrity and harmony of' the Union should be restored as com pletely as possible, so that, all those who are expected to bear the burdens of the Federal Government shall be consulted concerning the admission of new States that, in the meantime no State shall be prematurely and unnecessarily admitted to participation in the political power which the Federal Government wields, not for the benefit of any individual State or section, but for the common safety, welfare and happiness of the whole coun try. A NDREW JOHNSON. Washington, May 15, 1866. Austrian Troops for Mexico. It is now certain that the first regiment of Austrian troops has sailed from Trieste for Vera Cruz. Two other regiments will shortly follow. These troops,. the Austrian Minister declares, are only to be used in filling up the gaps made in the ranks of the forces now in Mexico by bat tle, sickness;and other casualties. This will hardly be accepted by our govern ment as a compliance with the demand made by the Secretary of State in his dis patch to Mr. Motely at Vienna. It is cer tainly in open conflict with the Monroe doctrine and the position of Napoleon in his address, by which he is committed to the idea of allowing the Mexicans to de termine for themselves whether or not the government of Maximilian shall be permanent when once the French troops are removed. Austrian troops will as ef fectually prevent the people of Mexico from exercising their right as freemen as those of France, and the transfer of the authority from one class of foreign bay onets to another is a mere trick and de serves the reprobation of our government and people. 1=1:=1 Attack on Colored Men. As a specimen of the fforts being made in certain quarters to influence Congress in reference to matters in this District, we subjoin the following " special dis patch" tram this city, printed in the Phi'- adelphia Inquirer under the above head ing "An assault was made to day on a force of colored laborers set to work to clean out the canal which runs through the city, by the Irish laborers, who had struck for higher wages, although they were only required. to work eight hours per diem After the colored men had been pelted with stones, and were nearly driven away the police appeared and arrested the ring leaders of the rioters.- As the latter can vote at the coming municipal election, they will ,probably be released and set to work again." The facts are that there were no white men engaged in the riot, and very few, if any, looking on beside the contractors and overseers. The assailants were colored men, who struck for $2 per diem, and the assailed were colored men, who were working for $1,50 per diem,— Wash. Star. rgg" Sterling King, 'the horse thief, who accused himself, a short time since, of being the man who 'murdered Presi dent Lincoln and attempted the murder of Secretary Seward, has committed sui cide by starvation. —Peter A. Burley, formerly a member of the Metropolitan police, of New York, entered his father's store on Monday eve ning, and, drawing a pistol on him, pulled the trigger; but it missed fire. A strug gle ensued between - father and son, when the former secured the pistol and gave his son in-charge of the police. Er The disnnionists in Congress vo ted to censure Mr. Chanler, of New York, for offering a resolution -sustaining the President of she.. United States.,, Mr. Chanler L 4 . a fortunate man. That vote is the best,recommendation_of character he will ever need as a faithful public servant! —lt was. admitted . in debate in 'the Rump House, a few days ago, that many of the -school houses now used at the South for negro children had been taken from ,the white children. It was main taind that if the whites wanted their Children eduCated they could send, then try the negro schools. This plan . Might .work Weil in the North. • Soppnie 4ha Disiiiii6biete try it. The - Ceinnecticni Elonatonbig: A telegram elsewhere states that the election for United States Senator has been postponed in the Connecticut L . egis- I.ainre , for one week.' It itt understood that the Foster men and Democrats found themselves strong enough 'united to post pone the election, Whereby the :election of Ferry w4l probably be defeated and 'Foster or some Conservative elected. It is reported that three Republican members of the State Senate voted against going into joint Convention for the purpose of electing a United States .Senator_..in_ place: of Mt._ roster. Their votes give the opposition a majority, and if adhered'to will prevent an election by the present Legislature. Medsage from the President. WASHINGTON, May 17. The President sent to the House to day.a message, accompanied by a com munication from Lieutenant-Gen. Grant, relative to the necessity of the speedy passage of an army bill. The Lieutenant- General says that a large number of troops are needed in the country between the Missouri River and the Pacific co.ast, and a small number in the Southern States.— He also says that the volunteers now in service are practically useless, on account of dissatisfaction at being retained after the expiration of their term of enlistment. —Mr. French, the Superintendent of the San Antonio (Texas) and Mexican Gulf Railroad, was set upon and badly beatim a few days ago by a gang of ne groes, because be ordered them to desist smoking in the care. —lt has been, ascertained that the gov ernment will lose between $200,000 and $300,000 by the failure of.Culyer, Penn da Co., the New York bankers. —A prominent official in the Treasury Agent's Department at, Mobile, Alabama, has been arrested and his books and pa pers seized. Cause—frauds on Govern ment to the extent of one rnilli. , n dollars, it, is stale I. Another " loyal" fellow come to grief—it isjeared. —The President hls approved the bill amending " An.act relating to the habeas corpus, and regulating judicial proceed ings,in certain cases." —The body ,of the lamented Preston King, late Collector of Customs for the port of New York, was found floating in the Atlantic basin early on Monday mor ning, and identified beyond doubt. —The Florence (Alabama) Journal rel. ports that while negro troops were pass ing by rail they behaved in a most outra geous manner,.firing guns and exhibiting other barbarous conduct. .Mrs. .oswald King, w►iile standing at her door, was shot, in the hand.and Arm. —Mrs. John Libby, of Bradford, Mas sachusetts sewed, five hundred dollars in to her dress - on Monday, and went to Bokton to invest it, but somebody stole:it all from her as.she was riding in a horse car. —A negro man named Anderson is un der arrest in Richmond fordiscarding the sable partnerof his bosom and taking up with a white woman. He claims his right to do so under the " civil rights" bill. —The record of the commission appoin ted to investigate the alleged •mal admin istration of Bottled•Birler and others at New Orleans, is said to dic'oset such an awful state of facts that it will not be giv en to the publio,at present. —The Philadelphia plews, (Repub.) asks: " Can the Disunionists tell why an untaxed Indian has not as good a right to representation in Congress its an un taxed negro ?" Now, answer that, will ye? - —Henry Ward Bei c'ier :compares the Disunionists in Congress to,Monkeys in a cocoanut tree—peltine: the President at a safe distance. That's - hard on the monk ies. —During the.war, an excited oratoron the stump said that the women of the country would churn out the, publio . debt in a few years. Judging from the price of bitter they have commenced upon the business already., —Different sounds travel with different degrees of velocity. Call to Omer will run over a, ten acre lot in.a minute and a half, while summons to work will take from five to ten minutes. —The TreaSurer of the United States has designated the Merchants' Exchange Bank of New Yotic city a depository of public money. It is to be hoped the pub lic money deposited in this bank won't go the way of that, deposited in the 31er chants' Bank of Washington. —The President has issned an order directing tile arrest of all oflicers`of the Freedmen's Bureau interest ed, directly or indirectly, TM the cultivation of farms in the Southern States. —Why don't our faraiers keep their trees clear of Caterpillars ? In taking a short ride through the country, a few days since, we were greatly surprised to see apple and other fijuit trees, full of the nests of these destructive pests. They are very hurtful to trees and unless our farmers will take the trouble to deetroy them they will ruin their orchards. They are becoming more numerous every year, in consequence of the neglect of the peo ple, and unless they ' do something speedi y to eradicate them we need not expect to raise any fruit in this region. —A spirited fight is yet going on, over the nomination of Colonel Purnell as Postmaster at Baltimore: He tk opposed . by Senator Creswell, of Maryland, who commanded a Secession company at Elk ton, just before the war, but now profess es to be as Radical as Sumner himself. Colonel Purnell commanded a Union re giment during the - war, and is admitted to baveirendered very efficient'service to the government inthat and other capaci ties. .I:he impression is, that 'Croswell will- niapage to'defestz him.' —The Red River country is in danger of overflow. Crops from Shreveport down will probably prove a failure. There are ;no hopes of repairing the levees. Nine parishes are expected to be submerged. Secretary Stanton has directed Paymas ter Price to arrest and immediately put on trial all the Paymasters in connection with the recent bank failure in Washing ton. —We notice quite a number of our Democratic exchanges are continually advertising and puffingsuch abominable, -detestitble, abolitions negro doctrine insti tutions as Harper's , Weekly; Greely's American Conflict, etc. We thought Democrats had seen enough of the teach ings of these publications to eatisfy them. —A despatch dated Norfolk; May 11th, says, that late on the preceding afternoon the grand jury of the :United States Cir cuit Court, in session there, brought in a true bill against Jeff. Davis for treason, and adjourned until the first Tuesday in June, to meet in Richmond. —Antoine Probst, the murderer of the Dearing family, is to be executed on Fri day, the Bth of June next, between the hours. of 10 o'clock, A. n. and 3p. M. So reads the death warrant signed by the Governor. 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Kid, Lasting and Goat Balmer • ale and Gaiters, Alen's, Brogans, Boy's BalmonslA Yontles Congress Gaiter*, Baby Shoes, etc. etc, all of which will be sold AT SMALL PROFITS! N. 13.—Al kinds of work made to orderotod repatriat doua neatly. o. yonDnex. Montrose, May 8, 1866. tf DAYTON HOUSE, NEAR THE R. R. DEPOT. GREAT BEND, PA. N. B.—The House la open at all boars of the night fat the accommodation of )Passenger,. DAVID THOZAS,. proprietor. May El, 1866 Auditor's Notice. MHE undersigned. an auditor_ appointed byt the Court & of Common Pleas of Susquehanna county to make distribution of 1 be fond now in the bands of the Shedder said county, arising from the sale of the real estate of Miles Creegan. wilt attend to the dutiesof said appoint ment at the office of Fraser & Case o ln Montrose; on flat urday the feth da ofJuce next, at oUto'dock In the afternoon, at wh ic h ' time and place all persons interest ed will present their claims or be fotount butyl hum coming in upon said food. FRANZIA6T MASER. lirdttot. Menem% Way I, 18111. 4w . • L. C. LKELER.