THE • . • - - • - - M OC I • + 'TR OSE A. J. GERRITSON, Prowietor,t ADDRESS OF THE DEDIOCRATIC STATE COIIEMITTE.E. DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE RoON! 8 CLEARFIELD, Pa., Aug. 7, 180. To the People of Pennsylvania : - The Democratic organization, devoted to the maintenance of its immortal princi ples ; conscious of its duly to them, and to the Republic; proud of its years, its triumphs, and its heroism in disaster, and remembering that in the face of- persecu cution, of official frowns, of corrupt appli ances and of successive defeats,its num bers have steadily increased again presents to you its candidate for your suf frages. The Republican party bas controlled the government for six years, and we ac cuse it before you, because : In the sacred natne of Union, it has per.: petuated disunion In the room of the blesSings of peace, it has given us hate, discord and misery; It has violated the plainest principles of free government, broken the Written Con stitution, and only yielded'obedipnce to the behests of party ; The people are denied the attribute of sovereignty ; the military subverts the civil power ; generals remove' governors elected by the people, and a despotism reigns in ten States ; Congress assumes the right to say that negroes shall vote in Pennsylvania, and denies to us the right to regulate our own rule of , suffrage; The negro is, by law, made the equal of the white man in all public places, and authorized to bold office and sit on juries in the Capital ; The destinies of ten States and of ten million of white people therein, are, by Congress and the military power, placed under the control of four millions of blacks ; Their reckless expenditure of the pub lic money in their conduct, of the govern ment, in the"support and organization of hundreds of thousands of idle negroes; in the employment of hordes of unnecessary spies and officials, and in maintaining mil itary power over the submissive South, endangers and delats....the-ika4eut.ptitla is pledged ; , Their gr 3ss mismanagement causes tax atioNto bear heavily upon the people. In 1560, one dollar and sixty cents per head were paid by the people through the cus toms ; in 1866, fourteen dollars per head were drawn, mainly from the consnmp •ion and business, of the poorer classes, :nruugh the customs and internal revenue. la IS6O, each individual, owed two dollars and six cents of the public debt; in 1867, Pact' owes seventy-nine dollars and fifty 'cents thereof. In 1860, the expenses of the government, were sixty-two millions , ; in 1867, the Treasury estimates them at ITO hundred and twenty-five millions, in dependent of the interest on the debt, loth be nip periods of peace. Pennsylvania's share of the public debt is two hundred and sev enty-five millions, her own debt thirty-five and a half millions, and her city and coun ty indebtedness will swell the total to tour -hundred millions. Twenty-five mil lions annually come from your earnings to pay the interest thereon. In 1860, R_ur Mate government cost you four hundred and two thousatid dollars ; whilst in 1866' :t cost you 4tix hundred and sixty-nine thousand dollars; The pressure of these exhausting bur; likens, and the suicidal policy of Congress, have caused uncertainty , and depression to pervade all branches of trade and -man ufactures ; Our commerce is suffering, the enter prise of our people is repressed and busi ness interests languish ; The revenues of the government are less than its interest and expenses, and the fi nancial officer foreshadows an increase of the public debt; They plot the destruction of our form of government, by destroying the hide -I,plidence of the Executive, attempting to , übordinate the judiciary and by concen trating all power in the, legislative branch; Robbing the people of sovereign „pow er, they have united it, with the govern ment in Congress, and dealt a fatal blow at our libetties, for tyranny may be as ab solute in a number of persons as in an in dividual. Unblushing corruption stalks through every department - of the governmental). der their control. For these and kindred wrongs we ar raign theta, and 88 the represeutative, of antagonism' to eaisb'of theni we - piesent to yGn our candidate for le Supreme Bench: GEORGE SnAuswoop—a Pennsylviug an, a man of pure morals, a profound think er, a sound lawyer and a jurist of nation al reputation: It has been the rule of his Official conduct to yield obedience to writ ten law, and neither party ~necessity nor, corrupting influence can sway him from; his duty to fearlessly proclaim it. His opponent, Henry W. Williams, is a native of New England, and is numpar alively unknown to our people. Prior to Ina nomination he was said to'be a: Wot thy gentleman and an "able lawyer. He has accepted a nomination upon . a-rplitte: furm by which he is pledged "To PLACE THE: SUPREME COURT IN HARMONY WITH THE POLITICAL. OPINIONS OF TILE MAJORITY OF TILE PEOPLE." This destroys his inde pendence andi" holds the Judge accoun " table to apolitical party for his con " struction of the law, and inevitably " tempts him' to sacrifice his integrity ; to " become the meanest of all creatures—a " sworn minister of justice obedient to " the dictates of politicians." The independent and fearless judge pro tects your life, your liberty and your pro perty. With which of these men will you trust them ? DF3IOCRA'43 OF PENNSVINANIi. : We call ution you to organi*in every section of tho State. Act for yeirselves, promptly and vigorously. Wait for no The government you love is in danger, its great cardinal doctrines are daily attacked, and " treason in peace may prove :more deadly than treason in war. Individual exertion is the duty of every man. Canvass your school districts. Form clubs. Circulate your local papers. Teach the people. Counsel with the aged. Encourage the timid. Arouse the sluggish. Stop talking and go to work. The enemy aye vulnerable at every point ; attack them Tor their misdeeds. Your Priuciples are Eternal and moat prevail. By order of the Denfocratic State Com mittee. IVILLIAM A. WAILACE, Chairman • Refleetions for August. FEXW .OF STORMS , 'At the season in which Nature presents to our view the most delightful scenery, and everything abroad conspires to pro cure us joy and felicity, there are some people who still murmur and complain. They say the 'summers would be very pleasant if storms did not so often disturb the harmony of nature, and stifle every sen4ment of joy in the heart. Ills fear 'of storms and thunder is prin cipally founded upon the opinion that they are the effects of the wrath of heav en, and the ministers of an offended God. For ii_ , 'spchipeople considered how much sul* ,s_korrP ;i:TOSintribitte_p_Aturify4.lte. „air mint if therdiil but einpley the neces sary precaution to". shelter themselves from the .dreadful effects of thunder; storms would lose their terrors and would be regarded as benefits, more calculated to inspire gratitude than terror. It may, however, he objected, that thunder and lighting often occasion great devastation ; that - have often 'struck men and animals, and destroyed towns and villages. o this we may reply, that in tbis, as in many other things, fear often increases the danger, and magnifies the To be convinced how rarely it, hap pens that pelvis 'are by lightning, we have only to be informed that out of 750,000 persons who died in Louden du ring the space of thirry years, only two were destroyed by lightning. We may also, observe that during a thunder-storm the generality of people prolong their fears without any real ne cessity. Ile who has time to fear and be alarmed at the effects of lightning, is al ready out of danger; for as that is the only thing which?can be fatal to us, the moment we have seen it, and remain un hurt, we are safe ; as the roar of the thunder which soon follows, whether roll ing at a distance, the peals break upon our ears, or bursrmg`With a squad that seems to, rend Asunder the concave of Heaven iw .maediately above our heads, is harmless as the echo that dies in the breeze. If by reflecting upon 'the cause of these phenoricetia-itonHear doednot subside, the surest means of preserving our firmness and strength of mind, is by endeavoring to acquire a good conscience. The soul that is jug, and pare, and firmly relies up -en the: merciful goodness of God, and calmly reposes amid the convulsions of nature- r he hears without dread, the thunder roll ; the Creator, the God whom he loves and adores; directs it ; and knows when to terrify, and when to strike with storms and' tempests. He sometimes visits Vie hardened Out of the impious wretch that dares to deny his power, and dishonor his attributes.—Sgurm's Reflec- Jima. —A "free love" society was discovered and broken up in Harrisburg, a short time since, which had drawn into its embraces many of the most promising and respect able young ,girls in the place. It com prised over'a hundred members, but was kept,a profound secret from all outsiders. Among_ the members were wives and children of State dignitaries, and all were persons -Wu" moved in -the - better class of society ". The ruin of fiev'eriil young girls, 7 , 00'.1'40.1ug aUfacr 'pt hem, led' co !MI stern demand for cOnfeisiou t and one of the girls told all. —ln Mexico nekrpes vote and possess equalll:7, and what, is the State of affairs ? —continual revolutions, conspiracies and wars. Neither property or life has been at any time secured in that country since enfranehisenient pf the. blacks. ,Mongrel isrlOnis-cutied Arctic° ad it will-eurse the Ti red, States. Weig 'the - 1 4didal party schemers shall be controverted, MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, AUG. 20, 18-67. Why It Was Left Out. Among the more outspoken of the mongrel papers in this State, there seems to be quite a' disposition to find fault with the proceedings of their State Convention, for not incorporating the negro suffrage plank in their platform. In explanation of why it was left out, the Village Record, a leading mongrel journal published at Westchester, says: "The subject was thoroughly discussed by the committee on resolutions, the mem ber of the committee from Bucks county making an argument in favor of the adop tion of such a resolution. The expediency of this action, however, was decidedly opposed by some of the delegates from the interior, who thought their constitu ents were not yet quite prepared to face the music. It was suggested that the subject would at any rate be acted upon by Con gress, as soon as the pending constitu tional amendmen;,s would be ratified, and that the States themselves would be re lieved of the responsibilities of fixing the qualifications of citizenship in this respect. Thus it came about that the suffrage plank was Omitted from our State plat form." Here is a very honest and candid con fession, and one, too, that should open the eyes of the thousands of white men, who have heretofore been voting with mongrelism, but have so often asserted that they will no longer vote for that party when they aro convinced, that it favors negro suffrage. It is not because they are not in favor of negroes voting, not becaMie they would keep the ballot out of his hand, and preserve the superi ority of the white. man, that - their . platform says nothing about it, but for the sitnple reason that they fear that the masses of . their party are not yet quite prepared to face the nuoic ! Not yet prepared to ac knowledge Sambo as their equal ; not prepared to give mine the reigns of gov ernment; not yet prepared to march arm in arm to the ballot-box, with these sweet scented "American citizens of Afridan de scent." And yet, knowing, feeling and acknowledging that even a majority of their own party, together with the hun dreds of thousands of noble democrats throughout the State, are bitterly opposed uesfr'e uht Aloff gT4girwirr'ntlfOte - file State of,fixing the qualifications of its citi zens," or in other words, force negro suf frage upon us, in opposition to the wishes of three-fourths of our white voters. It is to accomplish this that their candidate for Supreme Judge is pledged to make his decisions in accordance with the "wishes of those electing him." And if the white men of l'ennsylvania feel that they "are not ready to face the music," and march arm in arm to the polls with an ignorant and degraded race, they must vote for those who will oppose any interference by Congress, with our laws regulating the "qualification of citizens." 'WILLIAMS has pledged himself to decide that Congress has the right to make negroes voters in Pennsylvania in opposition to the wishes of our people. SitAnswoon will decide that it is a question that the white men of our State alone can` settle. Shameless Duplicity. The editor of a radical organ, the Pitts burgh Gazelle in referring to the bill passed by the Fortieth Congress author izing the negroes to hold office in the Dis trict of Columbia, admits the shameless duplicity of the Radical party in this and other Northern States upon the negro question, and continues: " Many Republicans seem inclined to pass laws for other people to observe, the spirit of which they are not willing to live up to in their own States, counties or cit ies. Thus, the civil rights act, declaring black to be citizens of the United States to as full a degree as whites, is forced upon the South„ while every application of the doctrine here in Pennsylvania is resisted by prominent Republicans who went into ccstacles when that bill was passed over the Presidential veto. We have not the profoundest respect for this sort of thing. If Republicans are not willing themselves to except the citizenship of the blacks they have no right for party purposes, to com pel the people of the South to accept it If they will stoutly profess one thing, while airing their rhetoric against' their opponents, and with no attempt at con cealment, put the very opposite into prac tice where they are individually con cerned, they ought to expect ultimately to reap .the wretched. consequences of . their SDAMELESS DUPLICITY. —Found at last, a remedy that not only relieves, but cares that enemy of mankind, Consumption, as welt as the numerous satellites which revolve around it in the shape of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Influenza, doe, The remedy we allude to is Dr. vristar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, prepared by Seth W. Fowle & Son, Boston. —Mears. Planketon & Armour, of Mil waukie, have been swindled to the amount oftwenty thousand dollars by a pork pack er, Who put sand and salt into barrels in stead of lard. —There now remain uudispeseri of 1,- 455,460,000 acres of U. S. public lama. Harper's Weekly," a journal of civiliza tion," (?) recently contained the subjoined "growl" on the.condition of the country. i This weekly belongs to the ultra Radical school, and helped as much as aus other journal in the Union to bribg about the tery deplorable state of things it now complains of. What does this " loyal " sheet mean by the startling announcement that the public "sooner or later will rebel against this load?" " We cannot help thinking, and saying, too, in strict confidence to the readers of this journal, that - stupid, imd — dull, and voiceless as the' public may be, he has some rights which politicians will sooner or later have to recognize. He is now paying tax at the rate of seven per cent. more than is paid by the most heavily taxed people in Europe, and at the same time he is payirig for commodities of all kinds and labor one hundred and fifty per cent. more than any other people in the world. In England the taxes are heavy, no doubt, but food, clothing, and rent are cheap. In Russia living is expensive, but the taxes are light; but here in the United States the public groans under the simul taneous burden of heavy taxes and high living. We have a notion that, sooner or later, he will rebel agairl this load, and that the party that laid it iOu his shoulders will itself be laid pretty loW." The quicker the radical party, which keeps up the high taxes, is laid low, the better! The Daily American Union, published at Chattanooga, Tennessee, gives the fol lowing account of the manner in which the late election was conducted in that place under the orders of Brownlow : "No opposition was made on the day of the election by the Conservative party to the manifestly fraudulent manner in which it was carried on. It is a noto rious fact that the negroes were imported from Georgia, furnished with certificates, voted, and seat home again. ' It is well known that the polls were opened nearly an hour before the time appointed by law. It was patent to all he' diter— LAIn/irtr -ivratnitrtil were taking from the negroes all tickets not stamped with the sign of John An derson, and cdmpelling them to vote the broad-axe ticket. The whitB men made no opposition, however. Previous demonstrations had convinced thorn that the column •of ne• groes standing before the polls, whofn the police were enfranchising by every means in their power, were like a powder maga zine, and needing only the slightest provo catkin to blaze forth in riot and bloodshed. Being peaceful citizens and having the Food of the city at heart, knowing the inevitable result of any interference with the well-laid plans of the Metropolitan Police, they preferred a peaceable defeat at the ballot-box, to incurring any danger of a disturbance. Nevertheless, the election was illegal and fraudulent, as can be proven by the poll-books. The same frauds were doubt loss committed elsewhere, and were pass ed over for similar reasons. We are powerless to resist, but we can, at least, publish abroad to the world how the boasted triumph of Browulow was se cured." Mr. Mc/lwland, well known to our people, and a highly respected citizen, formerly of this city and latterly of Texas, has arrived here. We believe he thinks Texas need up as a place for white men in the future. Before he came away he saw a jury in the court house composed of eleven negroes and one white man. This was now nothing uncommon. Mr. McAusland brings the correct ac count of the atrocities now practised upon the whites by the negroes, instigated by the troops. He gives the full particulars of the burning of the town of Brenham, in Washington county. The first trouble occurred at a private invitation, ball given by .a party of young men, who had taken their sisters and sweethearts to the hall hired for the purpose. In the midst of their enjoyment the officers of the troops stationed m the vicinity attempted to gain admission, and afterwards brought in five negro wenches, whom they insisted on baying admitted promiscuously in the dances. Of course this produced trouble. The young men protested, and declared the negro wenches must not only keep out of the,quadrilles but leave the room, as it, was a private ball. The officers de clared they, should keep their black part ners,,in the room, and also that they should. be, admitted indiscriminately to the dances. The white girls declined to dance quadrilles with the negro wenches, and were about to retire when they were insulted by the officers; this produced a rumpus—the,young men of the town ral lied, a fight commenced, and the result vFat3 that tha.nfficers and wenches were cleared out. Th,c next day ,the,tremis re turned, and, in . revenge burned up the business part of the place and gave the whites 'mice' to leave, as they would come back and finish the job. This they ®-- . Radical Growling. Tennessee Election. The Diming of Brenham, Texas. [From the Paterson (N. J.) Guardian, July 61 did, and burned up the court house and churches, again ordering all whites to leave. They next, aided by a drove of negroes, destroyed every building in the town. Not a single house was standing when Mr. McAusland left, to mark where stood so recently the flourishing and happy town of Brenham, Washington co., Texas. RadiCal Financiering. The Harrisburg Telegroph r a most un scrupulous Radical paper printed at the capital, recently published the following: Moreover, under Democratic adminis trations of former years, from 1841 to 1860, large amounts of the debts of the Commonwealth had been falling due from time to time, and no provision made for its renewal, much less for its payment. In 1866 the aggregate of these overdue loans of the State was some twenty-three millions of dollars. The present adminis tration promptly determined that this re proach should be taken away, and in Jan uary last advertised for the redemption of all these overdue obligations, and suc ceeded in effecting .an exchange of new securities for the whole at par. Upon which the Patriot and Union has the following to say : We are glad our 'Radical neighbor has ventured to notice this matter, And. we may on some future occasibn Ventilate one of the boldest swindles that has ever been practiced upon the tax-payers of the State. At present we would only say that the impression designedly conveyed to the reader by the _Geary_ organ that these overdue obligations had ceased to bear interest, and that the State- creditors ur gently demanded payment bf tho•tprin cipal, is wholly false. The time • had simply expired when the State bad: a right to pay, but the interest had not ceased, and as the security was ample, the creditors were abundantly content. The practice has for years uniformly been for the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to advertise for proposals from the holders of State loans, and to , use the sur plus money not otherwise required for the purchase of them, and thus save, many • times,- a large per eentage for the State. Now what was done by these .Radical - of"rtreseovtliiinkroang - r L c) :"'i. l h was no money to be made by that, besides the drippings from so large a sum in the Treasury would aid largely in electing another such handy Legislature as we had last winter. But what did they do? Wo will tell you, honest reader. They borrowed twenty-three millions of dollars at six PER CENT., and made the loin free from State and other lazes, to pay off a:loan of a simi lar amount at FIVE. PER CENT., tozahle! They merely enabled certain parties to put hundreds of thousands of dollars into their pockets at once, and made an ad dition to the State debt of at least $450,- 000 per annum! The names of the parties to this transaction are known to us, and may bo made the subject of a future article. If this is what the Radicals call finan ciering, then the sooner the State -can be relieved of such operators the better for the tax-payers. Negro Industry. In a late number of the Lynchburg Virginian, we,find the following: -- A friend who has been residing in the peninsula fdr some mouths past, informs us that, there are about; 28,000 negroes between Williamsburg and Hampton—a distance of thirty-six miles. These people are sustained with rations furnished by the government, at a cost of 460,000 monthly, while five companies of cavalry are required to patrol the country to pre vent depredations. Every effort has been made to induce a portion of ,them to re move to Florida, the ofiicera'of the gov ernment offering them free transportation. There is a standing offer of this nature made by General Armstrong, of the Freedmen's Bureau, to convey the men with their amilies, to any point they may select, with the view of engaging m use ful labor. But they have persistently re,- fused every offer of the kind and rejected every overture made to get them employ ment. Under the provisions of the civil rights bill it is impossible to do anything contrary to their wishes, and so tlic3r.re main huddled within Oki limited area and are a heavy tax upon the government.— Some of them have taken to highway robbery, and, but for the presence of a largo cavalry force, a residence in that country would be intolerable. How long, we wonder,aviH the people submit to this enormous tax to support such idle and worthless pets of the Black Republican party? Verily! Radicalism is a dear ex periment, taxing the patience and pockets of the people to a degree unprecedented in the history of any country. The facts speak for themielves; seven hundred and twenty thousand dollars taken every year, from our heavily-taxed peoPle, to support in idleness twenty-eight thou sand negroes, who will not, accept work when offered. And, if the people sustain the Radical policy, how many more thou sand idle negroes iu the Southern. States wi!l they be compelled to maintain, to furnish Radical voters ? VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER " Traitors " Ought in the Act. A number of prominent Conservatives of Itiobroono„Virginia, (some of. whom had 'bee& 'ades'stonists,) . went several Miles 'into"the country with their fatailtes on the Fourth'of July, and proceeded to the enjoyment of one of those old-fash ioned celebrations Which have become so rare, of late years. Their proceedings i hoWever, lied been carefully watched from the start by one of those vigilant military guardians of "reconstruction," a dapper little Lieutenant, who evidently smelled treason in the wind. Following unob served, be watched the preliminary pro ceedings from a neighboring thicket. Upon perceiving one of the suspected conspirators mounting a platform and commencing the delivery of what, of coarse Could be nothing but a trezulonable speech, ho quietly made his way toward the assemblage and listened. His sus picions were confirmed—more than con , firmed. 'The orator was declaiming froni a written sifeech in the following treason able strain, evidently leveled at the gene ral commanding the First Military De. partment : "He has made Judges dependent on his will- alone for the tenure ,of their offices, and, the amount and payment of their salaries. Ile has erected 3 multitude of neW offices and sent hither swarms of officers, to harrass our people and eat out their substance. JIO tas kept among uS, in times of peace, standing armies, without the con sent of our legishiture. He has laffbbted to render the military independent pf, and superior to the civil power: • - '" ' He, has combined with others, to sub ject us to 'a ljureidiction foreign to our Constitution, apd unacknowledged by our lawi; ?'giving his assent' td their acts of pretended .For quartering 'large : bodies of armed troorA .among us. i. For pS•otecting' l iliel'ri,' by mock trial, from, punishment for apy, murdnrs they shoUld 'commit in the inhabitants of these States. • • For impost!) taxes en IM with - out 'our consent., „ utu ,4•••••—.4t-, ne lie an utent co stand no,tuore of such unmitigated treason,, and, bursting into the crowd lika,abornbshell,heorder ed the - asselinblage to:disperse, threaten. every man; woman and child with court martial if not obeyed. Of course such .a sudden and violent military inter ruption , created mementary , confusion and nstoilistiMent arnonj the people, but,'ln a few minutes, the officer's misapprehension Was discovered and rectified. He had mistaken the Declaration of. Independence for a treasonable speech against his com mander and the Rump Congress! No amount *of persuasion stifficed duce the lieutenant to stay for dinner, and he went away, wondering , how .a document written warty a hitndrect years ago against a tyrannical foreign dynasty could,iit the present officers of .our gov ernment so exactly.—Pcitriot and, Union. Radical organs are howling now about a free railroad law just as they' did this 'limo last year, and for the self-same, pur pose—to hoodwink thgpeciple. 'rosy n:yule a parade' of a pleage Geary to sign free Railroad bill, but it was such, a pledge as •ciild be twisted' into' ani Shape:de sired,. and meant auything — tir nothing. 'Every Radical candidate for tile Legisla ture was also declared r to be in favor Of Buell - a raw, and some 'of them gave pledg es to that effect. But what came of it? A free Railroad bill was brought up, but was defeated by those very RadiCals who bad promised to support it. They had a majority of twelve in the Senate, and thir ty-four in the Rouse, and were thus en abled to put through just such a bill as they might desire or as the people might demand; yet they meted down , the pro posed lii11)_)y a decided majority and made no atteniftt to pass any:other,. Can the people trust the Radicals again upon this question? Apst certainly not. They cuungt truatsizelipelitieians, even if pledged upon the qi)etition, and they will not. - Evert Word True. • • Thefollowing trntbfal paragraph, cop ied into the Washington -name/ Intern genc4r, created a dgqided mensatioriamoug the members oOmposiog : the Radical ma jority' in either 'louse of , Congreaa, against whom the aisensation of nr,Lowe was aimed : "PIN Pcrullszo*_:o:7iTF,pomm Biro Fno4 CoNanlisS.-44. Time, in a recent discussion in,the Hone of Com mons," said 1 ' MY, honorable, friend" the M nieber fer.Readisg, said that a majority priericifliad: ,been blown to abuse its power., 1' will take opo insttuieli p which. is just as gcknl 'as a, thousand,., Cer. tain thinga became necessary for the Re publican party, Which could not be carried without,a. majority of two thirds of Con gress. ' Everybody knoeiti that'rnp"Stbers who are innaera men. mere xpegici from tb, Legislature in order to obtaM Republican majority: ft A Free Railroad LaNi.
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