E. B. HAW LEY, Proprietor.
ttoincris Othlo.
soirmAN d. VASE.
liarnrue and Trunk makup k Shop In C. Rage, no
Store Building, Brooklyn , Pa. Hammer, husky
and 113bt, =dell, order. •
Brooklyn. April 3. 1373.—m6
D. D. SMITH
Ravine locatod at StoNnehanna Dcpot, ManntartarrtOt
and dmler in light and heavy Ilarto-orro,Colltr.,Whlpa,
Trunk.. Faddlco, .lo.ping.by act at Witt lon to basi
l:m.7S and talc daallog, to bare a libmal shore of
Varch ne,el3:2.—nolo—rot
BURNS & NICHOLS,
MEAL-a:RS In Drug., Medicine., Chemical., Dye.
0: :Mk, Paint., Oil., Varnith, Liquor., Sidens.Fancy
irt.r.les, Patent Medicine., Perfnmery and Toilet
;Mr Preecription• carefully compounded.—
Mick Block, Mon [retie, Pa.
A. ft. Bunn.
Feb. 1:1.12.
DR. D. A. LATHROP.
administers gracrao Torun td. livrnA. at the Foot oF
chestnut street. Call and consult In all Chronic
M.ease,
Montrose. Jan. !T. 'l:.—no3.—tf.
3. F. SHOEMIKER.
Attorney at 1.1,v. Montrose. Pa. Omen next door below
the Tathell 'louse. Pnblir Avenue,
Monitory, Jan. 17. 1872.—n03—t9.
C. E. B.ILDWIN,
lirrnr,re, and Car...M.011 AT Law, Grext Den& Penn
I void.. 3M.
IL L. BALDWIN,
Arm... , •r Law. Montrose, Pa Wilco with dames
E. Cams): Erg.•
Ass./ SO, IRV. te,
LOOMIS &
Attorney al Lew'. OgiCC '.CO. R]l Lacknaanzut Avenue.
Scranton. Pa. Practice In the several Coatis ortn
:erne and Snriachnana Conntles.
F. K. Loosta. W. D. Ltsiz.
Sctantnn, Sept. Dd. 1.171.-0.
W. 1. CItOSS3IOI.II.
Attnfl it Lao. Office at the Conrt MU.% In tho
Cononlesioncew W. A. enosamos. •
31untrorr, Sept. Gth, LSII.--tf.
RJCKE%ZIE, & CO.
eaters In Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladles and Mines
ones Shoes. also, Keats for the great Amerlran
Tea and Coffee Company. [Montrose, July I:, "hl,l
DR. W. W. SMITH,
DEVTIrr. nooms at his dwelling, next door east of the
Itenahlicut prinitez °Mee. Wilco hours from 9•. ■.
to 4 r. n. Montrose. May a, Intl—lf
TILE BARBER—Ibt! Hal!
Charley Morrie is the barber. who an photo your face to
order: Cali brown, black and grlralcy hair, In Ms
office, jag up ?Ulm There you will end 111 m, over
(tern ~ score. below McKenzie:A—Jo:Let one door.
Moniro.e, Jane 7. 1571.—0 C. MORRIS.
J. B. A: A. 11. RIcEOLLUM,
Art"ncerr. AT Lam Witte over the Bank Monitore
P. Montros.c, lfay Iq ISM If
3. D. VAIL,
11011E0T ATM(' Pttnl ctan SLIZO CON. Has permanently
lomwlf in Montrose, Pa., where ho will prompt
), an end d n. all rads lu his proftnnkion with which he may
be favored. Odle, and residence weal of the Court
House, near Fitch S. Watson's olive.
Iroatru.c. February ISTI
LAW OFFICE•
}Trim .t WATSWI. Attorney.. at Law. at the old °SEIM
Montro,u,
r RTC... [Ann. 11. 114 W. W. WATNIN.
CRADLES N. STODD%RD.
Den`er In hoots and Shots, Hats and Cape. Leather and
Findinze, Men Street. let door below Lloyd's Store.
Work made to order, and repairing done neatly.
11.,.trone, Jan. 1, Is'lll.
LEWIS KNOLL,
SHAVING ANI) Li
Shop In the new Poetaßice linUdine. where he rin
I.e row.] ready to atto.lall who may eennt. nnYth‘ng
In hie Hoe. NolltrOde, Pe. Oct. 13. 1h49.
DR. S. W. DAITON,
PIITSICIAN & SCBGF.ON, tenders tia iwrclees
I he eitixer,h at Great Bend and vicinity. Office at lite
reeidence, opposite..Butiom Bowe, G . 1., Bend village.
ept. Ist, ISal.—tr
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY Ai • LAW. Bounty, Beek Pay. Pension
and Rzem ,• on Claims attended tb. Of fl•
...00r below Boyd's Store,' )dootrose.Ps. LAO. 1, 'CO
M. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
Asa Ott Prlendvvllle, Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
812.01M032.e.40r.,
Great. Bend, Pa
'Cr. 8.
an.l tail
A3lll ELY,
LT. ES. 813.43ticazimor.
Aar. 1, IrG9. Address, Brooklyn, Pa
JOEL% GROVES,
F t 8 ABLE T.41131t, Montrose, Pa. Sboy over
clditlier'e Store. AD orders Mitt in Itrat-rate style.
talc done on abort notice. and warranted to CI.
• W. W. 5:111111,
C EINET AND CILAIIt MANUFACTUBSRB,—Yaoi
of Main etrect, Moatrox, Ys 2113.7. 1. 1869.
BILLINGS STROUD.
FIRE AND LIPS INSURANCE AGENT. AC
ba, , itlefs attended to promptly, on fair term. Orate
4rot door north of , Montrose fowl," west aide of
Public A reline, Montrose, Pa. jAng.l,lBflS.
July 17. 1.571..3 BELLOW , STnotro,
ABEL TERRELL,
o .FLEE In Drugs, Patent 2dedlclitea, Chemicals
Llanore, Paints, ulls,Dye :Aare, Varnishes, in , 4s ,
Ghee, Groceries, Glass Ware, Wall and Window Pa,
per,Stonc-ware, Lampadterosene. Machinery Oils,
frasses, Guns, Ammunition, Knives. Spectac les
Washes, Palley Goods, Jewelry, Perth quyinc...-
beta; tune of the moat numerous, maxi:lWe, and
valuable collections of Goods In Susquehanna Co.—
EeLabllebed In 1548. illOnttoSC, Pa.
D. W. SEAULE,
TTOBNEY AT LAW, office over the Store of A.
Lathrop, In the Brick Block, moutrosa. Pt. Cenral
W. L. UICIIAUDSON,
ErniclAN SURGEON, tenders his prefesslonn
lervlces to the citizens at Montruso and vicinity.—
pmcs st his residence, on the corner east of Sayre I
Bros. Foundry. [Aug. I. ltdin.
DR. E. L. GAILDNEIL,
PHYSICIAN and titiIIGEON. Horitrcunes Pa. air "
especial attention to disc-ASCII of the Heart and
Lange and all Surgical diseases. Wiles over W. H.
Heise's Sunnis at ticariu's Hotel. fay:. 1. 18tH
11U1'..1T BROTHERS,
SCRANTON. PA
Waolcaale & Retail Dollen in
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, SPIKES, SHOVELS,
3 - JILDER'S HARD WARE,
BINE SAIL, OUNTERSUNK & T BAIL SPIKES
RAILROAD .t., MILTI.VO 817PPLIKS.
CABRIAGE SPRINGS, AXLES, SKEINS 'AWL
110.TES,-DOLTS. NUTS and WARMERS,
PLATED BANDS. MALLEABLE
PELLOE R ONATSDADEOKS.E B S
U - N E,
&& -
ANVILS, VICES, STOCKS and DIES, BELLOWS
lIARMERS;SLEDOES. PILES, ace. &e.
cIEcULAR AND XILLSAWS, BOLTING. PACKING
TACKLE BLOCKS, PLASTER PARIS
CEMENT. IIAIE A GRINDSTONES.
PROM WINDOW GUM LEATH ER& STSmrsas
ntranton. Much 4 M
FAIBLIANE'S SCALES,
EL IT
IMPROVIIO HUBBARD!
PAIEONME HOME VIANHPACITIEE I
•
eittANGE AZLE Speed and Double Drive Wheel, It
liald• the Great New York StataNstioualPrtml aut 1
Also the 6n2aS Ohio National Preughttue, held al ALuAs
field. lu 1870.
And therenlisYlssaltt, "garplasul And 'Omuta Stater
Premiums!
T he rule g: is el Ink. compact. removed entle4 trona
the dr ea wheels. and enclosed in Ina neat' care, In the
centre la the machine, enbanally securing It from grit
and cleat.
The aueracloocau be changed instantly :rem s high
ei.ed to gnu; third *lower, without stop, that adapt
ing Itself to had itiageshqd light iuul henry grata: •
-
Oneeuttin_appantustt cr-cfeut.ltohmtaand .m a
eaten knlfaltmd. It IS Impend &Mkt the stromart
machine in the wart& 4,1141 Toucan depco4 Rs% It l llattgi
Wa/ tellable In every gurticulgh, •
Nontsw-c. /lay 3.1811. DAUS BM* '
Speech .of Buckalew.
Hon:Charles It. linckalew, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Goiernor, addressed
one of the largest meetings ever assembl
ed in Lancaster, on Tuesday evening,
Augtiest 19th. _Fulton Hall was crowd
ed in every part, and the vast throng
manifested the deepest interest in thedis
course, which was in answer to the attacks
upon the Senatorial record of Mr. Bucka
lew during the late war. Every point
was met and refuted in the clearest and
most convincing manner, and hundreds
of Republicans present declared their in
tention to vote for Mr. Buckalew in op
position to General Hartran ft. The meet
ing was spirited and enthusiastic, and
Lancaster county will ran down Hart.
runft's majority to two thousand at the
highest figure. At the conclusion of Mr.
Buckalow's speech the vast assemblage
rose as one man and cheered for several
minutes. The following are Mr. Piucka
lews's remarks:
SPEECH OP MR..DUCKALEW.
Amos litenoui
Fellow-citizens of Lancaster County:
1 1 I appear before a Lancaster county audi
ence for the first time ; although I have
known many of your people many years,
it has never happened that I was with
you in your popular assemblagea in any
of the great election contests through
which we bare passed in the last twenty
five year& . But I am here to-night to
salute you all; I hope, as friends, and I
hope, also, as fellow co-workers with in
an enterprise in which we are jointly in
terested. It is not one peculiar to the
speaker who now addresses you. It is
one that goes home to each chit all of
you. The question is,"Can we in peace
ful times, undisturbe by the clangor of
war or any disturbing force from abroad,
can we secure to ourselves in this country
just, honest and successful governments
in our States and in the government of
the .Federal Union ?"
Gentlemen: I might say many pleas
ant things concerning your county as in
troductory to my remarks to-night. I
might sp•mk of its early as well as of its
recent history. I might go back to the
time when Benjamin Franklin appealed
to the farmers of Laumster county for
transportations and supplies for the ill
fated expedition of Bradock into the
wilderness, and when his appeal was
promptly met. I might go on and point
to successive periods of your history,
when your county exhibited her patriot-.
ism, her energy and her devotion to the
country in times of emergency and peril.
I might dilate also upon the peculiarties
ul character in your population, as set
tlements were originally, made and as
society grew up and increased in mapi
tilde, with a correspouling swollen volume
of various intemits, and an accompanying
prosperity such as is vouchsafed to few
sections of oar or n Commonwealth or of
other States. But, gentlemen, I shall not
dwell upon these points, however pleasant
it might be for us to pass somo time
speaking of them and listening to them.
Although my mother was an Irishwoman,
I never had my tongue upon the blarney
=tone and therefore you will excuse nie.
[Laupter.]
AN ELECTION CET
I pass on to matters that may be, if not
more interesting and pleasant, at least
more suitable to the occasion - . In a work
written by D'lsratil the younger, a work
of imagination, he depicts the trouble and
difficulty of a pair of English politicians
about a generation ago and early in the
reign of her present Majesty and Queen
of Great. Britain. They were named
Taper and Tadpole, and their difficulty
was to obtain an election cry. Now, it
would seem as important that an election
should have a cry as that a sermon should
have a text, or a newspaper a motto.—
Well, Mr. D'lsraeli's politicians after rack
ing their ingenuity finally settled upon
their election cry, which was this : "Our
young Queen and our old institutions."
'There was a pleasant collection of langu
age, vague and general in signification
suited to the necessities of the political
situation. In this election campaign there
was no difficulty in settling upon a cry
for Democrats and Reformers in this
State. It was plain matter. The langu
age lay before them. They could not
miss it. Therefore the cry was raised
early; it continues to this evening, and it
will be reiterated hereafter. Their election
cry is "Down with the Ring!" [Applause]
"Down with the piing!" Great Applause.]
THE REFOIIMEILS CRY
But what does this mean? Why, it
carries upon its face words significant to
every intelligent citizen of the Common.
wealth. It means that government has
gone wrong. It means that men in pub
lic station bare consulted their own in
terests instead of those of the public. It
means that there is odium, suspician, and
some measure of disgrace 'in pablic af
fairs in tht. State, and connected with
those who have been entrusted by the
people with the eieroise of their sovereign
powers. Our cry , was really made fur us
by onr opponents. They brought into ex
istence by the ivrongs out of which this
common watch-word arose, and I trust
that so effectual and complete will bo the
'decision of our people this year, that a
repetition of this cry, at least, in our
State, will never hereafter be required.—
[Applause.] That , the lesson now to be
administered by the people will not only
be wholesoine in character, but also en
during in its consequences, that public
men , hereafter will not transgress,--will
not reiiiler such popular action as we now
have necessary and proper to
.vindicate
republican institutions from reproach.—
[ftenewed applause.] •
-run "me" CRY.
•
But our opponents have been troubled
for an election pry, and they have gone
without one for about three sorry, weary
months, from early in April until a very
recent date. They knew not what to say
in some brief sentence in wbich to SUM
up their side of the issues of the cam
paign. Well, gentlemen, they- have as
certained that. this want must be supplied,
that it is-not predicable for hem to carry
on successfully, or- even respectably, a
campaign without grouping aronwl some
common expression or -watch-word, the
principles, or if you please, the passions
which Inspire them. . Jlv (I believe I say
Major,) Plat ? the Chairman of
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4;1872.
the "Ring" State Committee, in an address
ssued.Within a few days, informs those
who follow his guidence that they are no
longer to parry blows; they arc to give
them, and he proceeds to do what all good
teachers of doctrine do, or ought to
,do.
He proceeds to illustrate his advice by an
example; he proceeds to make an assault
himself. And what be does, and what he
proposes that others shall do, may be in
dicated by the watchword for which it
would seem that he has been seeking, and
which is a familiar one to all of you. He
proposes, substantialy, that the cry of his
reople shall be as it was in war times—
"loyality," and that charges against all
opposed to them of lack of patriotism
shall be freeley indulged in through all
the avenues through which a party can
speak—l mean its speakers, newspapers
and members.
In pursuance of the design and to re
vive if possible the passions of the war,
he proceeds in hiS address to make ari as
sault upon me, and he does it in terms
not usual in political 'controversies be
tween gentlemen. Ile proceeds to do it
without provocation, and with a wilful
and deliberate intention of stating what
lie himself knows to be untrue. This is
strong language, tut I do not utter it
unadvisedly. I shall proceed to prove
that it is just. He says to you, men of
Lancaster, and to • you, fellow-citiiens
throughout the State, in express terms,
that during the war, or at least during
the concluding years of the war, you were
represented in the United States Senate
by a disloyal man ; and he proceeds furth
er to assert that not only was this dis
loyality exhibited in Senatorial service,
but also in private intrigues and inter
course with the enemies of the United
States.
Now, gentlemen, this gross anti indecent
accusation. proceeding from the recogniz
ed head of the organization opposed to
us, justifies completely what I propose to
do to-night, and what, other circumstan
ces, might be supposed to be indelicate
or in some manner questionable. I pro
pose to speak to-night, and to speak
frankly, concerning myself, my views and
position early in the war, and during its
progress. Observe. and I beg you to car
ry this thought in your minds—ohserve,
I do not propose to spor.k because I con
ceive it to be necessary to me as an in
dividual, that I should defend myself
against this accusation, nor because I
suppose an answer from me is necessary
to the result in this election. But I do
this for the satiefiwtion of friends, especi
ally of many gentlemen Who have not
hitherto acted with me in political affairs,
bat who are disposed this year to vote for
me upon the issue which has been made
up by my nomination. [Applause.] I
propose to show them, and to so enable
them to show others, and, if necessary.
to thug it in the face of everycalumniator,
that the candidate nominated at Read
ing, and supported as I believe. by the
honest sentiment of a majority of the
freemen of this State, was patriotic during
the war. [cheers.], and upright and true
upon a ll questi;.is relating th,:reto. [Re
newed cheering.] -
I came home from a foreign country
in the latter part. of the summer of 80,
some. months after the war began. A
little over a year subsequent to my return,
I was chosen to the Senate of the United
States by the lygisluttire at Harrisburg,
by a majority of one vote, an event of
which doubtless yon heard at the time,
because there were circumstances con
nected with the event calculated to fix it
upon men's recollections.
DECLARATIONS OF POSITION
The war ended in April, 180, a little
more than two years afterward. Shortly
alter my election, in July, 1863, I pre
pared en essay upon the existing, political
situation in this country, and especially
with reference to the war which was then
pending, and it was published extensive
ly in Philadelphia and in my own and
adjoining counties, and was distributed
about iu the form of a slip sheet under
my name. I will read what I said then :
" That rebellion was against the laws
of the united States, and put the whole
body of them at defiance. Althow , h it
asserted for itself a legal ground of justi
fication, it is must manifest that it was
lawless and unauthorized. The compact
of Union being without limitation of
time, must be held, as intended by its
authors, to be perpetual ; and the provision
contained in it fur its own amendment
provides the only lawful mode by which
its obligation can be limited or changed.
Considering secession as a breach of the
public law, and in view of the immense
interests put in peril by it. this State con
curred in measures of hostility against the
South. But this was done to vindicate
the, broken laws, and to secure the objects
for which the government of the United
States was originally founded, and for no
purpose of conquest of oppression. Up
on this ground we may justify our con
duct, and submit it, without apprension
of censure, to the judgment of .future
time."
That was the substantial and solid
ground upon whicltearlyafter my election
to the Senate, I Plbed the war upon our
side before the people of this State.
I Avill proceed next to read a passage
from a speech delivered by me after the ,
war ended. In a speech delivered iu the
Senate on the 21st of July, 1866. I said:
"Returning from a foreign country
after the commencement of the war,
when it was iu full progress, and when
no human power. could avert the storm
which fell upon' us. I found myself, as
did most of the citizens of our country,
absolutely contrvilled by the circumstances
which surrounded us and which pressed
us forward upon a course of conduct
which we Could hot avoid. I thought
then,and I think now, that there was but
one thing to do.: We were engaged in a
contest which was as it has been often
described, a contest of life and death, and
there was nothing to he done except to
0. , 1tt - on, to pionlote or assist the collision
of forces which Werelhen arrayed against
each other until some ultimate result
should be reached.
"'As a member of the minority in this
Chamber, I gave my vote fur those =as
ures of the majority »hie!' ditectlypoint
e4 to the use of alie force of this 'govern
ment to nubjugUtithe insurrection which
TOW itti head against us. I was mond
to the -political policy of that majority,
and have ontinued to entertain and
evince that opposition down to this time
in a respectful, proper manner. But up
on the question of prosection of the war
to a ponclusion, I never had ans difficulty ;
I never had any hesitation. Upon an ex
amination of my record—and humble as
it may be, even it may by some persons
at some time be examined—it will be
found that from \the time I assumed
the seat to which my Statehtul as signed
me in this Chamber, mrcourso Was such
as I have indicated, and was in exact ac
cordance with the convictions that I held."
SUPPORT OF' APPROPRIATION. 't
So much for the declaration of state
ments of position. Now I come to the
Senatorial record in 1804. On the 15th
of July a Deficiency bill was pending in
the Senate, relating to the Civil Service.
The Military Committee of the Senate
reported an amendment appropriating
certain moneys for the War Department
to cover deficiencies for the current fiscal
year,which ended the3oofJune,lB64. The
items of appropriation in this amendment
amounted to *97;1104,010, and I have
them In the same bill was contain
ed appropiations to Navy Department of
*5,735,500. At that date, the 15th of
February, this amendment was agreed to
iu the Senate by a unanimous vote, the
record showing that I was present, and
again on the 17th of April, at a Subse
quent stage of the bill, another unani
mous vote covering these appropriations
was given, and on the 14th the bill was
passed finally iu the same manner, the
Globe showing that I was present at each
el the sessions, and immediately before
and after the pasmge of the bill. These
appropriatiiins for the army and navy
amounted to *100,239,530.
In the same spring an act making ap
proprations to the ndral-service for the
year ending June,lBos, and for other
purposes, approvd May 21, 1864, was
passed. That bill provided appropriations
to the iival4erviee amounting to $lOl,-
37 . 7,888, cover-141)v nineteen items of dp
propriation. Then to seven bureaus . ' m
the Natal Department the amount appro
priated was $3,281,500, and to the Marine
Corps an amount appropriated under the
Caine bill was *1,332,598 99; the aggro , -
gate of these appropriations being $106,-
192,917 99, besides large and liberal ap
propriations to the several navy-yards
along the Athmtic coast, which I have not
included. In that case, also, the bill
passed unanimously, the record showing
that I was present.
But I come to a more important bill,
the largest of all, tinder which expem.i
tures were made during the Ivan I mean
the Army Appropriation bill, signed by
the President on the 15th of June, 1864,
to be found in the Congrex9ional
session,3Bth Congressional Appendix,
117. u that bill there were fifty-three
items of appropriatiou 4 and the aggregake
amount was *029;323; .117 (Th. Twit bit,
was voted upon in the Senate on the 22d
of April, 1864, and the yeas and nays are
recorded at. page 1813 of the Globe. They
are as fellows':
Yeaz... , —Messrs f intlionv, Brown. Buck
alew, C'arliele, Chandler, Clark, CoHamer,
Conners, Cowan, Darts, Dixon, Doolittle,
Fesallen, Foot,- Poster, Grimes, Hale,
Harding. Ileuders6n, Hendricks. Howard,
Lane, of Indiana, Lone of Kansas, Ram
sey, Sherman, Stunner, Ten Eyck, Trum
bull, Wilkinson, Wiley and Wilson-36.
Nave.—Mr.
Of - the thirty-six Senators who voted
for that bill, eighteen are now supporters
of General Grant, eleven are supporters of
Mr. Greeley, and seven are dead.
Gentlemen, it has been truly said of the
Army Appropriation bill—it was for the
year commencing on, the Ist of July,
1801, and ending on the 30th of June,
186 a—that these moneys thus voted by
us with rareunanimity, sent . Sherman
triumphant ou his march to the sea. re
plenished, the thinned ranks of Grant
before Itickmond, and gave vigor and
success by our government in the closing
year of the war. It was that money that
brought the war to an end, and secured to
us, I trust, everlasting peace. [Cheersi
Yet a Chairman set up to manipulate aud
pollute elections has the face to send forth
his address branding Me and men like me
as disloyal, while he and his or many of his
associates in the emergency of the nation
were looking to ;:heir own pockets instead
of the interests of the country. [More
cheering.]
But this immense , appropnation bill
was not at first snecessfuL It passed the
Senate, but the two Houses got by the
ears on some amendments, in relation to
that everlasting subjeCt of Congressional
debate, the colored people. They mere at
issue, although both litr,gely Republican;
on the question about how and to what
extent certain colored troops were to be
paid, and it was necessary to have a Com
mittee of Conference: You will find the
report of the Committee on Conference
on that bill at page '3045 of the Globe,
for that session. I will read to you the
names of thoSe who signed this report,
which secured the final passage of the
bill, and gave its ultimate form. It was
signed on the part of the Senate, by T. 0.
Howe, L. M. Morrill and Charles IL .Buck
alew, and on the part; of the House, by
Thaddeus Stevens [cheers] and Thomas
T. Davis, and then foil some days after
wards I used to hearer rather strong dec
larations made by the i Chairman of the
House Committee, I Meau the late Thad
demi Stevens, [repeatt4l cheering] con
•ceruing what he allegifil to be the manli
ness and magnanimitY with which I had
agreed to pay liberally, the colonel troops
which we bad emptoyed, [great cheering.]
If you want to look iota declarations of
that sort (which perhaps are unimpor
tant) so made, you can inquire of Mr.
Haldeman,. Representative in Congress
from an adjoining district. Upon that
report from the Committee of COnfer
cuce when it was mile, the vote was
unanimous, so that I followed that bill to
its conclusion, and assisted in giving it to
its ultimate form. That finishes 1864,
with the exception or the Bounty bill,
about which I will imyl a word after awhile.
In 1865, all•the moue? voted were not
expended. While th bills were passed
we did not know thatithe war would end
before their expenditure would become
necessary. Of the date of the 2d. of March,
1805, you will gad wact makiug arpti2.
priations far the Naval service for the]
year ending June 30. 1866. The amount
appropriated was $121,486,928.05, and
that bill passed the Senate unanimously
on the 17th of July, the '
record showing
that I was present. At that same session,
on the 3d of March, 1866, you will find
another act among our statutes, "an act
making appropriations for the support of
the army for the year nudit ' ,. 30th of
June, 1866," that passed the Spate on
the 18th of February. the record showing
that I was present. The aggregate
amount of the appropriations made by
that bill in thirty-four items, was 8554,-
570,527.70, Here • are five successive
money bills, every ono of which by the
record is shown to have been passed with
my consent and approval, because they
were passed' unanimously with the one
exception of the army appropriation bill
of 1864, and for that I have read the vote.
They amount altogether to $1,427,822,-
881.30.
SOLDIERS' PA]
I come to another subject. I come to
the question of the pay of the soldiers.
On the 22d of December, 1863, the •rec
ord-shows that I was present when the
bill passed unanimously, appropriating
$20,000,000 to pay bounties to soldiers,
and it also shows tnat an amendment,, of
fered at that time, to reduce bounties from
$3OO to $lOO, or to compel the President
to pay no more than $lOO bounty to a
soldier was opposed and voted against by
me. Then, gentlemen, yon will find that
ou the 22d of April,lB64, Mr. Hendricks,
of Indiana, offered an amendment, pro
viding that the pay of soldiers in the ar
my should be increased 50 per. cent., pro
vided, however, that no commissioned of
titer should receive Mom than $22 per
month. That amendment was put to a
rote and I voted for it. I thought it but
just to the soldiers, whose pay was then
about $l3 a month. [Applause.] • That
increase would barb made their pay $10.50
which I thought was reasonable. Again,
you will find, on the I:111'0f May, 1864,
that an amendment was offered in the
ScHate, to pay the soldiers in gold. Their
wages then being low, itnd gold rising,
and they having families to support at
home, the proposition (Vas made to pay
them in gold, or its equivalent. For that
laso I voted. Then a bill was con
sidered in the Senate, and passed ou
the 16th of May, 1864, for an increase
in the pay of soldiers froM $l3 to $l6
a month, with sundry other rates run
ning up, in some cases, as high as $3l
per month for nou-commissioned officers
of the army, audit is shown that I was
present at the time the amendment was
agreed to unanimously, and also after
wards on two occasions, until final action
upon the bill.
You have, hitherto, in reference to that
subject the facts of the vote for the ap
propriation for soldiers' bounties of $20,-
000,000, the vote against reducing boun
ties nom 'too° to :too , the rote to In
crease the pay of soldiers 50 per amt.;
the vote to pay, them in gold and after
wards a support cheerfully given to the
increase from $l3 to $l6 per mouth for
private soldiers, and larger sums for non
commissioned officers.
THE PAY OF COLOR'ID TROOPS
I dismiss that and I; come to another
point, the:pay of colored troops, and for
this a very few words will answer. By an
net passed pith of July, 18G2, before I
was a membef of the Senate, the pay of
colored soldiers or persons employed in
the army Was ked at $lO per month, the
pay of white soldiers then being $l3.
The law remained iu force until ISO 4, a!-
though Mr. Lincoln in his message at the
be"innin" of the session of ISO 3-1
formed as that about 100,000 colored mini
were in the , üblic service, about half, of
them aetually in the ranks •of the army'!
and the other engaged in those pursuits
and employments connected with the ar
my
for which colored men were suited. I
Mr. Wilson, on the 22d of April, offered
an amendinent to the army bill against
which I voted, and that vote has been
misconstrued. The objections to his
amendment were several, and I mention
those I remember. One was that it. was
retrospective. It went back as to time.
When we came to increase the pay of
white soldiers in May we only increased it
from the time of the passage of the bill,
but Mr. Wilson, when he proposed his'.
amendment, proposee, that we should go
i
back to the beginning of the year and in
crease
colored soldiers from that time.
His amendment also provided for an al
lowance
to persons who secured the enlist-'
meat of colored soldiers, which many of
us understood was to be given to New
England agents Who went to the South
!ern States to procure colored soldiers to
fill up the quotas of the Eastern States;
and there was another feature which was
objected to. It looked to the payment of
certain South Carolina and Nfassaehusetts
regiments; two from each State, and then
giving them increased pay equal to that
of white soldiers, while all the remainder
of the colored troops were not increased.
This I thiught unjust and unequak., It
was alleged in behalf of these regiiiients
that some promises were made to them
I when they Were recruited that they should .
have higher wages, but the then existing
laws applied to them as well us others, and
it seemed unjust to change the law as to
them, and give them increased pay not
for the future but going hack to the tithe
of their ealistment. They had been in
service perhaps two yam. You perceive,
then, that there were apparently good, oh,
jealous to his amendment. But though
I voted against it, it was put info the bill:
and I afterward voted for ' the bill"- with
that in it, and yon will observe that iii
the Committee of Conference, of which_ I
have spoken,, we made a general adjust
ment of this payment to colored. troops,
both as regarded bounty and monthly pay,
and we did the best we conld. We agreed
that colored troops should be paid the
' same us white troops from 'the first. of
January, 18(14, and that all the colored
men who had, enlisted under :the Presi
dent's . proclamation of October, IStia,
should he paid the Same -amdunt, and We
agreed further thatihe Attorney-General
might determine whether there was .nnY
obligations upon the government , to ,pay
in suck cases as those, of . the Mastacku
setts and' South Clirolina" troops. This
was the general aajustmetit of which I
hue opoken i and with Nara to thatall 4
have now to say is that it was liberal.
[Applause.]
• I Inive spoken of these points, and I
dismiss them from, further notice. I come
to another point of my discourse.
TUE 110LCOMBE LETSED
I have shown you my • record in tlie
Senate upon the subject of voting appro
priations in the war; upon the subject of
the pay of white soldiers; upon the sub
ject of increased pay to dolored troops;
and you will see haw utterly unfounded
are the imputations I have answered. • I
come now to the second branch of the as
sault of Errett.' He says I was in cahoot
—I suppose that is a proper word to ex
press it—with men enouged in the rebel
lion, and he undoubtedly alludes to a re
port which was recently published, made
by Professor Holcombe to the Confeder
ate government on the 16th of November,
1864. • The Professor was ono of the two
men who were called Peace Commission
ers,-in the popular language of the day in
1864, and in his report ho says that
among other persons whom he saw in ad
dition to Governor Hunt, of New York;
sundry gentlemen from other States, he.
•aw Judge Black, Mr. Van Dyke and my
self, from this State. Now if the Profes
sor had found it worth while in making
his report to on and to state what was
the exact truth, that he saw Mrs. Bneka
lew and myself in the public reception'
room of a public house .at one of the
most public places on the continent in
the summer mouths, outside' of the great
cities, and that he talked to us Bra very
unimportant discourse for a period of per
haps eight or ten minutes; that we then
seperatedoud that' we never saw each
other before or sinee—if he had stated al
these details, I suppse Mr. grrett's patri
otic concern would have been Wholly pre
vented. "Laughter and applause.]
In that brief conversation which took
place as I have described it, thwonly thing
of consequence or of interest that occurr
ed was this: When we were about leaving,
the Professor said that he supposed Mr o
Lincoln would have difficulty in raising
s tile enormous number of troops , that he
had wiled for (five hundred thousand
men had been called on the 18th of July,)
and I said in reply that the troops would
be raised. Ife said he had been•told dif
ferently, and I responded that if any one
hail told lam so they had misinformed
Thereupon we separated.
I hail gone to Niagara at that time in
performance of duty under a resolution
of the Senate, proposed by Mr. Ramsey,
of Minnesota, and passed by the Senate on
the 2d of July, Mit By that resolution
the Committee on Indian Affairs were in
structed to investigate the administration
I of Indian Affairs by the Colonial and
penal authorities in the British North
American possessions.
We were informed. that in Canada the
government Was enabled to administer
the Idian Affairs without havinq their
inoney stolen.by their agents. 11e were
informed that they were able to mono e
their Indian affairs without having Indian 1
wars, and it was supposed that it might
be profitable for us to look into the details
of their system. We did nut suppose that
that government had acted upon our ex
ample, and had followed our methods of
dealing with the Indian tribes. We did
not suppose, for instance, that- they had
paid ludial4 - gratnites promised them by
treaty in Middletown Bank notes as was
'done to our Winnebagoes [applause and
laughter,] and it was, thought proper to
investigate their system. Mr. Harlin, of
lowa • 3lr. Doolittle, of Wisconsin; and
myself, three inembers of the Indian
Committee, were selected as a sub-Coin,
mittee to perform this duty during the
recess.
I was written to to meet the other gen
tleman on the 10th of August at Niagara
Yells, if tt would suit me. The letter sent
by me in answer was delayed in the mails
and consequently When I went with my
wife to the falls some days later, I found
that my colleagues Wad been there and
had just gone down the river. While en
deavoring to establish telegraphic com
munication with them, quite unexpected-.
ly I encountered Judge Meek. A later
written by that gentleman; I addressed to
General - Ilona:trod, of Ilarriabnrg, dated
"York, August 12th, 1,312,'! states what
took place baweemu.s, and explains his
journey to Canada at that time. I read
from it as it has been sent to me, and I
understand it is not confidential
TIIE BLACK LETTER.
After stating that it is true that he was
in Canada about the middle of August,
1804, and that ho did not go:there as a
government agent, the Jtulgo proceeds:
"But Mr. Stauttin knew ,before I left
Washington that I was going to the
Fulls, and that I expected to see Mr.
Thompson, and ho earnestly (ut least very
strongly) urged me to carryout my inten
tion, and made me promise ; that I
h. , Mr. wOuld,
tell him when I returned what wit
Tliumpson's views about veace, if he
should explain them to me. I was bound
to let Thompson know of the promise '1
had 'made to 'Mr: Stautou, so that he
might limit his Confidence accordingly I
saw Mr. Thompson (first at - Toronto;)
had long and leisurely conversations With
him, and was introduced by bun to Mr.
Holcombe. -Both spoke very freely of the
ague tit the conflict, and the terms upon
_Which it might . possibly' be ended by
agreement. I wrote Mr. Stanton on thi.
24th of August, the substance of : what
they-told me, together, With Some dom.
Mentaries and suggestions of my own, to
hu replied and I made a rejoinder."
The Judge after adding, that this cur.
respondence was not official, and that - he.
had at the time reason reason. Lo., tielive that the
Federal got - eminent wield icensent tu,a
peace upon the basis of reunion under 1
the Constitution, accordant with the res
olution of Congress of 221 of July, 1861,
continues: "This Holcombe, was to con.;
wince them that such a peade ought to be
accepted, - if they-could, get -it, and - that
they must forego all hupcof. maintaining
• a seperato government." ,
He concludes hiS'• letter as .follOWS:
"After this, I met Mr. and MrS. Buckalew
on , the American side of the, river. -lie
,was then?, as I underteed, waiting for-his
colleagues of a committee, who hat - op.
pointed to meet hiin, and he did riot know
tow long he might have to ;ship 1 told
him; uureservedly,'4lll know about Alto
gtituatioN awl all IthOught, Mpilljtoi
youumE.•XXIX, NUMBER 36.
if' he fell in with Mr. Holcombe or Mr.
Thompson, not to decline a conversation
with them, and to express as strongly al
possibly (what I knew to bo his opinion as
well as my own) that the reunion of all
the States was an indispensible condition
of peace."
I think the request Made to me by
the Judge related only to Holcombov but
in all substantial respects, his Statement
is exactly true. Ho left, lind subsequent
ly, upon request made by Holcombe. or at
his instance, the interview already men
tioned took place.' _
I agreed to it in the expectation that
there might be something added to bis
prior discussion or conference •with Judge
Black, which I would have communica
ted to tile latter. In our brief converse-
got), however, ho did introduce thlyintb
ject of peace negotiations, and I did not
care to enter upon it cir prolong our inter
view. „ -
Holcombe left Canada soon after and
returned South,„ and was not therefore,
connected with the odious proeeedingi of
Thompson and others in, the latter part of
the year. I will only add that I never
had a private conversation with a South
ern Confederate daring the war, nor any
intercourse with one, except upon, the oc
casion already mentioned.
I have now responded fully to the two
branches of assault made by the Chair
man of the State Committee, and I, shall
dismiss that assault from further examin
ation. These are simply matters intended
to divert attention from the real issues of
this State electibn.
What do we desire to accompljsh
our State? Why. for one thing we want
the election of State 'Treasurer taken out
of the Legislature. On the 'first day of
the session of 1870, I introduced into the
:tote Senate &joint resolution to take the
election of State Treasurer from the Leg
islature and give it to the people. I had
bad Inck with.my resolution. The Com
mittee did not report it for sometime af
terward and it was manifest that major- -
hies were hostile to it lathe two Houses.
At the session of 1871, it . was. again in
troduced by Mr.Billingfelt, ono of your
own Senator, (great applause), and then
you will remember that there was
,then
you
about the election bf,p State Treas
urer, between Mr. Mackey and Gen.lrvin.
Things were considerably broken utkaud
men got new ideas about this business,
and that resolution, in consequence. of
that breach in the majority of the two
Houses, passed both branches, and was
published in pursuance of the Constitu
tion. - Last winter it was re-introduced
and' passed again through both Houses
and was thus prepared for a submission
to the people of the State. You are to
pass upon it this Fall by your votes, and
you are to say now, with all the knowlege
you have acquired with reference to. the
election of State Treasurers in past Years
by the Leigislature, whether that, amend
ment to the Constitution of the State. of
Pennsylvania, introduced at these sessi
ons of mysif and Mr. Billingfelt, shill be
adopted. As a matter of emirs° you Will
blty yes. You will vote it into the- Con
stitution by your rotes at the October
election, and you will all think it was a
good thing, a great improvement and a
free reform. IVell, gentlemen, would - it
be very singular to expect of you that
while you are voting, the reform into -the
Constitution you should not entirely for
get to, vote fur the men who secured .it
!Cries of "nor and applause.] 0 '
Then we expect to obtain in the gov
ernment of our State, great, salutary, and
neccessiry reforms with regard' to the'
transaction of business by the Legisla
tura .We expect-to have. cut * Or from
the Legislature a large amount of juria;
dication which the two Houses have ab
nrvd, and what his been' productive of
evil to the State, and 'of scandal and rc.
proach. Large masses of - private legis
lation and large branches of junsdiettou
with reference to bills must' bo cut or
hereafter from the action of the legisla
tive department of our government.. Yon
can obtain this by two means. First and
mainly by the action of the Constituti
dual Convention which is to meet
November, but we will secure it also to a
great extent by election of proper men to
the Legislature and: by electing- - some
men with proper views upon the subject
to 1111 the Executive office. But there is
a greater question than all these—the
great question of electoral reform. Both
your primary and your legaLelections are
perverted. They are not us they ought
to be, free and open encounter between
opposing opinions I belimie in your
own county, for the purpose of despotio
managemenk in ' party affairs [applause] •
you have even in the management of your
primary 'eleetions tied up the mouths;
conscience and_judgment of candid,ates,•
[great applause,] Mid after a little this'
will extend to voters also. In local elm;
tions, not so much here as in other • and : .
greater cities of tile State, you know that'
'mud in increased volume is intraeting,
itself more and. more, year after year;
and it is poisoning the very fountains, of
power in this Stale. In Philailelphia'it
this moment boasts are publicly and open."
ly mudo of miscounting to the .extent of:
thousands of . votes ut the . approaching,
election, made unblushingly: by leading •
men in the political organization apposed
'to us. About five or ten thotimml votes .
are to . be- miscounted' or purchased Alie
perverted. Now, gentlemen, you 'myelin.'
individual interest in what is takingplaue
elsewhere in your State'. - Arolon men
in the rural districts, citizens of Lanetw
ter county, are son to be utterly potver..y.
less in government afuur& • Because yotiri
honest votes may be MOM than halanottV.
by false votes in Philadelphia ?This This is
not is local question, it is a Slate question,:
The false or frandtlet 'vote in Phibulel.
phia may kill a fair and limiest votW in
[ammeter, and if you do not sec to it but
let your elections net corrupt you will
find that this evil has became° so great
anorstartling atilt it can no longer Lo
mastered. or controlled.
-Well; we can reach that evil: With
good:men in the Le,lialature. who are not
anb'ret to Rings, and a man, in the .Eitirb.
entice ()Mee who will irconunend ,to the
legislature the retbrrnations necessary "to
purge the ballot it is possible to overthrow'
fraud and to secure fair and honest oleo. \
tions generally ihreu,shout the ectIMI4
STATE QUESTIONS.