- . . - v -: TROSE-DEMO RA A. J. GERRITSON, Proprietor. i A Negro Government. There has been for many years a negro government "in full bloom" in the Island of Hayti. It was carried on for a time as a Republic, but some years ago au ambi tious and extremely ugly old nigger, named Faustin Soulongue, aided by a con siderable number of colored military offi cers of a Sickles and Sheridan turn of mind, suddenly converted it into:an em pire and proclaimed himself Emperor._ By " mildly confiscating" the property of the unfortunate niggers who grumbled a little at this change of affairs, and by im posing a rate of taxation almost as high as that imposed by the Radicali upon the people of the United States, Soulouque managed for some years to keep up a style of living nearly as sumptuous as that of a shoddy contractor. Santbo was pleased with the •show till its novelty wore off, and then he arose in his might and chased the Emperor, out of the coun try and set up the RepubliC again, with Geffrard, a better looking negro than Sonlouque, as President. But Geffra.rd had barely time to get warm in his eeat when the Haytien gers put in force the only system of pop. ular sovereignty that they appear capable of understanding, and ousted him too.— They assembled at the capital with guns, pistols, knives, axes, hoes, scythes, forks, and other formidable weapons, and noti fied their President that it would be we'l for him to leave those parts if he did not want to be shot into a sieve or chopped into mince meat. • It is needless to say that he left. Sal nave, who headed the outbreak against Geffrard, as the latter had done against Soulouque, assumed the Presidency. This was only a few months ago, and now we gel the following news from-the African ized Island of Hayti : HarANa, Ang. 3L According to a late correspondence re ceived from St. Domingo, we are assured that President Cabral was on the Ilayti ep frontier, where various towns bad ris en against the Salnave government, and proclaimed Cabral as President of Hayti. Up to this moment, says the writer, Ca bral has not thought fit to accept the call of the insurrectionims,whose object seems to be the union of Hayti to St. Domingo, under the Presidency of General Cabral. It is currently reported that Salnave is a fugitive. The negroes of Hayti had advantages of education which their brethren in the United States have not enjoyed. They have long been independent and have had ample time to learn the art of governing themselves ; and. yet the only law they ajo peal to when they wish to change thir chief magistrate, is the law of physical force ! We present these facts for the consid eration of the white people of Pennsylva nia. What reason have we to expect the Diggers of the Southern States, just emerged from slavery, to surpass those of Hayti, who have been free for genera tions, in the art of self-government ? Is it not plain that the Radicals, in sudden ly laing these ignorant negroes to the level of intelligent white people of the country, are making au experiment full of peril to our peace, prosperity and happi ness? If the negro character is so unsta ble and savage in Hayti that nothing short of revolution and bloodsbed every few months will satisfy it, can the ne groes of the United States be depended on to await the verdict of the ballot-box when they are desirous of a change of ru lers ? How to Reduce your Taxes. The increased taxation and reckless ex penditures consequent upon Radical rule are pressing heavily on the workingmen of this State. A large proportion of their wages is swallowed up by the growing demands of the War Department, the,ex penses of which are increased by the admission of the Southern States, and drafts made by the Freedmen's Bureau fur funds to support idle and worthless negroes. It the Radicals are continued in power, the expenses will be`auginented and the taxes increased. If workingmen wish to be relieved from the burdens imposed up on them, they must drive the Radicals from power. In that manner only can they bring back the good old times when taxes were low, and prices of articles of every-day use within the reach of labor ing men. Tell Us, Will You? " Judge Sbarswood proclaimed seces sion doctrines as early as 1834, and by his official decisions during the late rebellion, gave unmistakable evidence of sympathy with traitors."—c'entrul Press. If Judge Sherwood "proclaimed se cession doctrines as early as 1834," why did your party elect him to the Legisla ture as a Whig in 1840, '4l? And if his sympathies are " with traitors," why did your party support him for Judge.of the Distnct Court of Philadelphia during .the most critical period of the war ? Answer will ,ye, or hold _pin. peace ? • Why dick You support " soceosionists" " ee?" The Soldiers Voting. The Age eayS: That old lie about the the Democracy opposing the soldier vote is vamped up afresh for this occasion. It is contradicted by the records of the courts, by every memorial of the facts, by the personal knowledge of every man who knows the ,truth—but what of that ? It is a political maxim with some people that "a lie well stuck to is as good as the truth." " The Press, of Saturday, ended a piteous appeal to the soldiers with a reference to the now almost obsolete question of army voting—" the Democracy were opposed to your voting at all," seys the Preel. Now, We do not intend to discuss, at present, the question of camp voting; we merely ask the Radicals to state it truth fully. It was they who raised that ques tion against the soldier; their judges de cided it against him, both in the Quarter Sessions of this city, and in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The question was first raised to defeat the election of Rob ert Ewing,, the Democratic candidate, who had a majority for the office of Sher iff of Philadelphia, if the votes cast for him in the army could be counted. W. 13. Mann, the Republican District Attor ney, made up a case by indicting a Ger man soldier named Kuntsman, fbr fraudu lently voting at a camp in Virginia. It was in this case that Judge Allison, a Re publican, decided that no legal vote could be given by a soldier beyond the limits of his State. When the case came up before the Su preme Court of Pennsylvania, in the case of Chase and Miller, all the Republican judges on the bench joined in the decis ion that the absent soldier had no right to vote. Only one judge dissented from that judgment. Who was he—a Repub lican ? No, he :was the staunch Demo crat, Judge Thompson ; the same that vindicated the right of our citizens to the writ ot habeas corpus, which the Radicals were anxious to keep " suspended" after the Avar was over. Thus, as all men know, who know anything of the matter, it was .the Radicals who first raised and decided the question in the courts against the sol .diers' right to vote. Afterward an amend• ment waS made to the Constitution, giv ing to soldiers absent in the service the privilege ot sending home their votes. To this amendment no party onbosit ion was made. Many votes were cast against it, however, by men of all parties, on the ground that it afforded too wide an op portunity for frauds in elections: The Radicals made baste to prove the truth of this objection. We will refer now to facts beyond all doubt established by judicial proof, and undeniable in this community. They ex hibit the infamous frauds practiced against soldiers and citizens, by the Radical poli ticians, who made up their " soldier vote" from names on tombstones and the list of killed in battle. No one can yet have for gotten the electit4n of City Commissioner, in which the gallant Colonel Weaver was the Democratic candidate, and Mr. John Given was the fit representative of the Radicals. The citizens elected Colonel Weaver, and the result of the election Ras officially announced. Then was enacted a piece of Radical villainy which was without parallel in its insolent contempt of law and decency. A stream of "soldier votes" was poured in to the Prothouotary's office. "Soldier votes" of which none were for the gallant soldier, Colonel Weaver, but all for his Radical opponent, Mr. John Given ! The Radical Return Judges reassem bled in hot haste, and declared that these notoriously fraudulently manufactured votes had elected John Given. We need not rehearse all the particulars of a ease familiar to our readers. The courts re versed the action of the Return Judges, and gave the office to Colonel Weaver. Now, this was a specimen of the "sol dier voting" that the Radicals favor. The votes for real soldiers for Robert Ewing, they rejected ; but the spurious soldier votes manufactured for John Given they admitted, and did their best, by means of them, .to cheat the soldier of his office. Soldiers, think of these things ; they are thus, proved and known, and beyond denial. The Democracy in Motion. The good news of recent Democratic successes in different parts of the. coun try, has given much zeal and vigor to the Democratic ranks in this State. Cam paign clubs are being reorganized and new ones formed. The star of hope is seen at last, and with a new life all are pressing forward to the mark of triumph, Let the work go vigorously on, and the second Tuesday of October will be a day to be remembered by the lovers of liberty and constitutional law. —On the 18th inst. a negro presided on , the bench of the. First District Recorder's Court of New Orleans. This is Radical 44 reconstruction." White' men from the North who propose settling in the South will find a pretty, country to reside in in a year or two. They might as well go to Rork. Radioal C i reconstruction"' is fast "opoderia'g,the,Sohtlieo t;atViltininbabit. able Tor bath the natlVefwbites tad Nor. Owners who have settled there. MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, OCT. 1, 1867. The Negro Question. It is now the avowed determination of the Radical party to so alter, modify, and change the laws of the State and nation, as to force negroes upon a full social and political level with white men. The evi dence of this can be seen in the recorded acts of that organization. The late war between the States was so managed by Mr. Lincoln and his associates as to inure to the benefit of the negro. Their eman cipation and enfranchisement took prece dence of the union of the States under the Constitution, and the real interests of white men. Reconstruction has been im peded and delayed in order that the ele vation of the negro might be put upon a broader and more secure basis. In defi ance of the teachings of history, the igno rant and prejudiced negroes of the South have been elevated to the full rank of American citizens, and the welfare of three States of the Union placed entirely in their hands, while in seven others they hold the balance of power. This will en able them to eleot negroes as governors and members of Congress, to fill the legis latures with men of that race, and bend local laws in the direction of their inte rests and in opposition to those of white men. 'What has been done with reference to the South will be attempted in this section also. Mr. Wilson's bill enfranchising the negroes of the North, despite any imped iment that may exist in the Constitution of any one of the States in this section, distinctly marks the onward course of the current of negro equality. Mr. Sumner declared in his place in the Senate that it. was the intention of the Radical party to force negro suffrage into the Northern States. Such an act, he said, would "se cure the Radical party three thousand votes in Connecticut, and fifteen thousand in Pennsylvania. It was needed in New York and Indiana, and, in fact, in,.every State." The movement headed - iSy Mr. Wilson has the entire support of all the leading men of the Radical party. Sena tor Cameron, of this State, moved to pro ceed to the consideration of the bill in order that it might be passed at the close of the last session of Congress. Mr. Ste vens endorses it in a most hearty and en thusiastic manner, and no word of oppo sition to its passage has been beard from the Radical press in this Commonwealth. ph- be - be looked upon as endorsed and adopted by the dominant party in this State, to be carried out at the earliest possible mo ment. If the Radicals succeed at the coining election, negroes will vote in Pennsylvania, notwithstanding the prohi bition in tho Conotitutivn, and Judge Williams wi l decide that such a law is binding .because it is in " hartiaiiny with the political opinions of a majority of the people." This is the negro question from a na tional standpoint. But in our own State there are abundant evidences that the Radical party ara in favor of negro equal ity. Look at one instance. On the 22d of March, 1867, John W. Geary approved, the following bill: SscrtoN 1. That on and after the pass age of this act, any railroad or railway corporation, within this Commonwealth, that shall exclude or allow to be excluded, by their agents, conductors, or employes, from any of their passenger cars, any per son or persons, on account of color, or race, or that shall refuse to carry in any of their cars, thus set apart, any person or persons on account of color of race, or that shall, for such reason, compel or at tempt to compel, any person or persons, to occupy any particular part of any of their care, set apart for the accommodation of people as passengers, shall be liable in action of debt, to the person thereby in jured or aggrieved, in the sum of five hundred dollars, the same to be recovered in an action of debt, as like amounts are now by law recoverable. Sscriox 2. That any agent, conductor, or employe, or any railroad or railway corporation, within this Commonwealth, who shall exclude, allow to be excluded, or assist in the exclusion froutany of their cars, set apart for the accommodation of passengers, any person or persons, on ac count of color or race, or who — shall throw any car or cars from the track, thereby ,preventing persons from riding, shall be deemed guilty,pf misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine not ex ceeding five hundred dollars, or be im prisoned for a term not exceeding three months nor less than thirty days, or both at the discretion of the court. This bill was passed in the Senate by'a vote embracing all the Radical Senators, with a single exception. The Democratic vote in that body was solid against it. In the House every Radical voted for the bill; every Democrat against it. By the provisions of this act white men, women, and children are compelled to occupy the same seats with negroes in all public con veyances. 'No distinction can be made. Sleeping cars are also open to the en trance of negroes, and white ladies and gentlemen are compelled to accept the company of negroes, or deprive them selves of the enjoyments and comforts of thisiatest improvement in railroad .tray- Wog- In our city care the. operations of tbialaw oan be seen every dap Negroes occupy sate while aged white tabu sod invalid white ladies are compelled to stand. White girls going to and return ing from school are forced into close con tact with negroes, and insulted if they even express a preference for a seat by one of their own color. This is the man ner in which the law forcing negroes into the cars operates here. That law was passed by a Radical Legislature, approved by a Radical Governor, and that party should be held responsible for the outrage upon the rights of white men. But this bill will be followed by others of a like character if the Radical party is successful at the coming election. Ne groes will be forced into our public schools, into hotels, boarding-houses, the atres, into the opera, side by side with white men and women. Bills to carry forward these "progressive movements" are now being prepared, and the more honest of the dominant party do not hesi tate to declare that they will all be enact ed into laws if they carry the next Legis lature. With Buell issues involved in the contest the white men of Pennsylvania should labor to make the defeat. of the Radical party complete and overwhelm ing. There is no middle ground to oc cupy at this time. The Democratic party are for the white man and his interests. The Radical party are in favor of negro equality, both politically and socially.— IN bite men must choose between the two and vote accordingly.—Age. A Word to Foreigners. Of our Irish, German, and other citi zens of foreign birth, we would ask, have you your papers ready ? Are you ready to prove at the pollE4hat you are entitled to vote ? Yearly, we know that there are hund reds of honest voters cheated out of their votes because they have neglected hav ing their naturalization papers on hand.— Shall that be the case this fall ? Recol lect that many of the men you will vote against this fall are the men who burnt your churches, imprisoned your women, and endeavored to disfranchise you a few years ago. The leaders of the mongrel party, with Williams at its head, are the identical individuals who, during the reign of Know-nothingistn, did their best to prevent you having a say in the gov ernment of this country! Since they failedin i lk& t itireitrg s td [welcome, your ItILEU negroes. They boastingly assert that if they cannot "get you down one way, they will another." Is it not to your interest to go to some trouble, in order to prevent the success of tho par.,. that boo a/ ware bcrti your ene my ? It is but little trouble to hunt up your papers and have them ready. If you have left them in some other county or State, SEND FOR THEM IMMEDI ATELY. You have as much at stake as any of us. This is as much your country as it is oars. Do your duty then. Hunt up your papers AT ONCE. Lay them where you can get them. See that you are assessed, and when election day comes round, go the polls and adminster a fitting rebuke to the par ty that has attempted tc, put you beneath the negro. Vote for the best Zan! The Judgeship is not a political office, and the higher we can raise the Bench above the influences of party politics, the purer it will be. The Judges of our Courts are the sworn guardians of the life, liberty and property of suitors, and the people can have no security that these will be protected, unless they are always careful to place upon the Bench men who will be governed in their decisions by the fixed principles of law and equity, and not by the capricious will of the party that happens to be, for the moment, In the majority: Which of the two candidates for the Supreme Judgship of this State comes nearest to these essential requirements ? If any are in doubt, let, them refer to the testimony of impartial witnesses, such an one, for example, as the Hon. F. B. Pen niman, editor of the Pittsburg Gazette— who, although a Radical, is honest en ough to speak the truth. The conscien tious voter can desire no better endorse ment of Judge Sharswood, than the fol lowing: " In nominating Judge Sharswood as their candidate for the Supreme Bench, the Democrats have made a wise selec tion for themselves during the progress of the canvass, and for the people of the whole Commonwealth in case he should be elected. He is as -suitable a than for the place as they could have brought for ward. Naturally of sound and discrim inating judgment, his faculties have been matured by thorough study and a large and varied experience. His reputation as a man is unblemished. As a =gig trate, a suspicion of unfairness or partial has never been raised against him." The Democracy have made a sweep in California. The tide of Demo cratic triumphs rolls on. Pennsylvania will come next in the list of Democratic victories! Buirrirrii a s 'ana oat ana California, 'ana Montana. Democratic Organization. The drift of the popular tide in all por tions of the Union is decidedly in favor of the Democratit party. The people desire a change. They are oppoSed to the prin ciples and acts 'of the party in power. Legislating outside of the ,Constuntioa has alarmed those who have interests at stake in this country. They are afraid that frauds, peculations, robberies, in creased debt, and augmented taxation will be followed by repudiation and agra rian division of property. The business men are thinking over the past acts of the Radicals, and comparing them with what is promised in the future by Senator Wade s General Butler , and Thaddeus Stevens. The fast declining business of merchants, the stoppage of orders for manufactured goods, the closing of fac tories and quenching of fires in rolling mills, furnaces, and similar establish ments, are all circumstances of a character well calculated to make a deep impression on all classes of the community. That an impression has been produced is evident from the elections in Maine, California and other States. In California the Democrats have gained 26,000 votes; they have grained 5,000 votes in Vermont; 16,000 in Maine; 1,000 votes in Connec ticut; 20,000 in Kentucky;' 2,000 in Rhode Island; 5,000 in New Hampshire; and 1,000 in Montana—in seven States and one Territory, 86,000 votes. These are not mere accidental changes, result ing from local causes. They arise from a deep-seated conviction in the public mind tbat unless the party now in power is beaten the liberties of the people will be sacrificed on the altar of political ambition and partisan prejudice and hate. The same causes for discontent with the Radical party exist in this State. They have injured all the business inte rests of Pennsylvania and reduced the proud old Commonwealth to a mere bob tail for the New England kite. This fact is telling with great effect in all parts of the State. The masses are determined to banish from place and power the men now in authority, and pat in their posi tions individuals who will look after and take care of Pennsylvania, her honor, credit, character and material interests. This they will do through the agency of the Democratic party, and hence the im portance of having that organization in Mifillt"011etb11: 91 "1 air-wave - 1r litituthil tion is progressing in all parts of the State, and in this city with zeal and in dustry. But our motto on this occasion must be, "nothing is done while anything remains to be done." Victory is certain if a full Democratic vote is polled. The recruits will swell the majonty to such a figure as will cheer the hearts of the friends of the Union, and appal with dis may the enemies alike of the people, the States and the nation. Let all aid in this important matter of organization. Sharawood vs. Greenbacks. Judge Sharewood has been before the people of his native State three months,- as a candidate for a highly responsible office, and the only fault that his political opponents have been able to find in him, during all this time, is his decision in the case of Borie vs. +rott. The point he there affirmed was that an Act of Con gress, Cannot impair the obligation of a contract, and that, therefore, an agree ment, under seal, for the payment of money "in Spanish Milled Dollars,' binds the obligor to payo in that coin or its equivalent. This decision so clearly in accordance with law, justice and common sense, has been lately affirmed by the Su preme Cour‘of this State, in the case of Dutton vs., Pailaret et al., which will be found on page 109 of Set:pita Smith's Re ports. By a singular coincidence,, this case went up from the District Court of Philadelphia, (Judge Sbartiwood's Court) and the opinion in it—affirming the iden tical principle that was decided by Judge Sbarswood in the case of Borie vs. Trott —was delivered by Judge Hare, a Radi cal politician. The gist of the decision is that a bond conditioned for payment in gold of a certain fineness, cannot be liqui dated by payment in "greenbacks." Thus has Judge SbartiWbod's ruling been vindi cated,as sound law by the highest judicial authority of the State, and if there is any question of repudiation involved in these cases, the burden rests upon the Radicals, who, in a desperate strait to manufacture political capital, are taking exception to Judge Sharswood's decision For, is not the man who obligates himself to pay a debt in "Spanish Milled Dollars,' and then tenders depreciated paper currency instead, a would-be repudiator to the amount of the difference in value between coin and greenbacks . ? Judge Sharswood's interpretation . of the law is a shield for the people against repudiation, and not au thority for it.-- 7 #eading Gazette. Negro Comparisons. White workingmen who wish negroes to labor beside them in manufactories and workshops, who desire negroes to sit by their wives, in the cara t and their children in the public( sehobls, have only to. vote the Radiant ticket and they will, be tiOCOM• modated. ,11? e, party in pqwer ire pledge ed to ttime nem ot,evenieete• White men ring iniote4t thA)4OlO thtsielitatoid negro. antagoblian: IVOLUIVIE XXIV; NUMBER 40. Negro Equality. The "Border State Republican Con vention," held at' Baltimore on the 3d, made no distinction on account, of race or color: White men and black men met on its floors on terms of perfect equality, and, as we read in a Republican news paper printed in this State, "letters were read from white and colored distinguished politicians." That mean white Tennes seean, Horace Maynard, anted as Presi dent, and that mean white Yankee, Cbas. Sumner, wrote a letter to the ring•streaked and speckled assemblage, in which, after stating his inability to be present, he says; Congress will leave undone what it ought to do if it fails to provide promptly for the establishment of equal rights, whether political >or civil, everywhere throughout the Union. This is a solemn duty which cannot be shirked or post poned. The idea is intolerable that we may, tinder any pretension of State rights, set up a political oligarchy within its bor ders, and . then call itself a Republican government. I believe with all my soul that such a government must be rejected as inconsistent with the requirements of the declaration of independence. Frater nally' yours, •CHARLES SLIINER. Resolutions in accordance with the views expressed by Sumner,were adopted by the Convention. They declare it to be "the duty of Congress to protect the equal voting rights of al* .loyal American citizens, without regard to complexion," and suggest "the presentation to the States of a constitutional amendment providing that no State shall disfranchise any citizen because of race or color." The rank and file' of the Republican party of Pennsylvania are loth to believe that their readers intend to bind them Laud and foot with the negro. The pur pose to do so has been concealed and even denied. But what, let us ask them, will result from holding such black and White Conventions as the one that met in Balti more, if they do not pronounce at the polls against the Radical proposition to, break down all distinctions founded on color? They may rely on it that if Sum ner and his negro-loving associates are not rebuked by the popular voice of Penn sylvania in October next, Congress will do just what, Sumner says it ought to do, and the white men whose brains and muscle have elevated the "oid Keystone" isflAtteiligiLjank.slao,Ac.e.yiessmnotmlra. on the same level with negroes. It is time for all to look this question squarely in the face; and it is time for those Republicans who profess to be op posed to negro equality—who say they don't want to sit on juries with negroes, and don't want their children to have ne groes for companions at, school—we say it is time for all such to act up to their professions. The question of negro equal ity is upon us. Blacks and whites have met together in Convention on our very borders. Every member of that Conven tion is the friend of Judge Williams, and would hail his election with joy. Those who are determined never to submit to be put on a perfect level with negroes, have two courses open to them. One is to voTE against negro equality—the other is to submit to it hereafter. Brlieving the former mode of settling the question to be infinitely preferable to the latter, we exhort every white man who believes in and desires to maintain the superiority of his own race, to come out and vote for Judge Sharswood. Negroes in Office. The New - Orleans Times, a Ri'idical paper, thus pictures the effects of negro equality in that section of the Union : It is undeniable that a strong feeling of caste—of exclusiveness—is growing up in the breasts of the colored people, and that the tendency to ignore white men as coun sellors and leaders—even though they be ' of the most Radical type politically—is constantly on the increase. Even at this early day, long before tin election for new local governments can be held, there is scarcely a State or municipal office that can be named for which a negro candidate has not already been put forward, with strong and active supporters at his back. A colored man, now holding office by ap pointment of General Sheridan, boasted on a leading thoroughfare, in tones to be beard by passers, that be would be the next Sheriff elected, if it cost him fifty thousand dollars. He is confident of suc ceeding without any such liberal expendi ture; another is quite as confident of being the next Mayor. The negro member of Congress from theFirstDistrictisdecided upon, and so on to the end of the list. • . If the white ,men of this State are in favor of making• a Hayti of the United States, let them vote the Radical ticket at the coming election. —White men should recoollect that every vote east for Henry Williams the Mongrel . ' candidate for Supreme Judge, and for. the Mongrel district and county ticket, is a vote in favor of Sumners bill, making negroes voters in Pennsylvania. —Notwithstanding - William Richard son, of Paulding, Ohio, has been married six times, 'he still lives, and is one hundred and four years old. - - stir miles of the Union 'ac ° Rail roati (Clmiha branch) is eumpletie.