Jim II. II. WILSO?, THI COXSTlTUTtOB TBI FK10S TB BVIOBOIIIIIT Of TBI LAWS. EDITOR AXD rVBUSIIER VOLUME "XXI, NO. 26. TERMS OF PUBLICATION. MIFFLUYiWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, FENN'A., OCTOBER 2. 1867. WHOLE NUMBER 1066 'I TDK jtxiat praTisci is pumisoea every W.dncsdav mornine. on bridi streei. bv u ii uiienu H. M. WILSON. . The aiTnrrKll'TlOX PRICE nf the paper :n ... TlVil lllll.l A1IS ncrtfir in advance. m. . - - r-- ------- -. nil a2.5t if nut paid within the first three inontlis. PU So paper discontinued until all ar rearages are raid except at the option of the til it or. 1 AiveeTi.i!ii. The rates of ADVERTIS ING! are (or one square, of liioitT Iii.es or less.. onp insertion, 7o cents three, $1 6o : mi I "o cts or each sutisj'Uent insertion. Ad.uinistra- or's. Executor's iir.J Auditor s Natives 3.,on. Professional and Fouincss Cards, not exec t- 111 H 23 lines, ami iiicliiiiij? copy of paper. $s.oo j'cr year. Merchants advertising (changeable quarterly) $ lr per year, includ- iiift paper at their Stores. Notices in reading columns, ten c. nts per line. Juii Wfins. The prices of JOB WOKK, for thirty Hills, one-eighi sheet, $1,25 ; one- fourth. 2,oo; one-half, Sl.no; and addition - al nuinlser. half pnoi and foi Itlauks, L2,oo per quire. justness JEUEMLVU LYONS, iitHiiitown, .Taniata CiMinty. Ta.. flliice on Main street South of I'.vidge street. S. (J. DI! .li. I'urrru'ir awl Con- rrtftiwcr, Sy. Iiantiit I mriifhij, "T71I.I. attend prmnptly t :H h,i"iiiess en t trusteil lo his rare llceds and other heiiveiiinc dune on the shortest uotiee and on the moat reasonable 1. nub. rarticiiUraiien tion paid to laud surveying. may 1, Cm. JOHN T.L.SAI1M. ttorncg-at-aw, WIFFUNTOWS, JUNIATA COUXTV, PA. OKFEKS his professional services to the public. Prompt alieiiliou given to the prosecution of claims against the (ioverniiieiit, collections snd till other btisine8 entrusted to his car- Othue iu the Sheriff's otbee, iu the Court Iiuu'c. Sept. 2o, UTEXDUE CRIES? W AUCTIONEKIl A The undersiiiie l offers his services to the public as Vendue fryer and Auctioneer. He baa had a very taru experience, and feels confident that he can give satisfaction to all who may employ liitn. He may lie addressed at Mitiiiutovu, or toiinJ at his home in Fer managh township. Orders may also be left at Mr. Will s Hotel. Jan. 20, Wi. WILLIAM GIVEN. MILITARY CLAIMS. T rMIE undersigned will promptly attend to the cii.'.t'i.-iieu of claims against eitherthe Ptats or National tioverument. Pensions, Hack Pay, Douuty, Extra Pay, and all other ciaims arising out of the present or any other war, collected. JECEMIAH LVON?, AMorucj ai-L iw. klilflintown, Juniata Co., l'a. febl JOSEPH S. DEM-. CLOTHIER KO. 13 NORTH TIIiUDSTIiEET, I'HILAU A Clothing supeiior to any other establis menl in the Ciiy and at lower prices. Mer chants will tind it. to their advantage to call. All goods warranted. Presented by J. K. hwoyer. nov. J-ly. TVTEW TOIJACCO STOI! E. Ju-il received IN at Ituriies' Cigar and Tobacco Store, a fresh supply of pure l'ara Cigars and Tobaccos. Kent 'avy ?I.0 per lb 2nd i'ilc." " ' BrJ " 5"e. " " Tases Gold Bar 1.10 " " Oranoke 1,40 " " The best brands Fine Cut loose and in foil. ml all kinds of llright Tobacco at rcduc ! d prices. The lovers of gooJ chewintr and smoking tobacco are respectfully li-viiod to ! voted lor, including office of senator, mem call aud examine my stock. 1 ber, and members of assembly, il voted for, June 20-tf. 4. T BARNES, land members of congress, il voted for, and lie labelled, "count' ;" one ticket shall em- PENNSYLVANIA IlOl'SE brace the namesof all townsiiip officers voted I T T y . V f) V P t ' ! CpPOSllC Milllin Vauon, OS rcan l- liailruaa The undersigned would respectfully inform bis friends aud the public generally, that he lias taken charge of the aliove named house. The house is large and commodious, and well ventilated, and is fitted up in single rooms and rooms for families, and is open dy am1 night. Persous wakened for any train. The best attendance given terms as reason able as the times will admit. F, M. MICKEY, jan. 30-tf, Owner and Proprietor. DEjYTISTAW! tn en - I 13 3 3 ;' - S3 S3 I i y i-i t-5 DR. S. G. M'LACGHUn OFFEUS his professional services lo the citizens of Juniata and adjoining coun ties, lieing iu possession of all late improve ments he flatters h niself that he can giveen- t ire satisfaction to those who msy need his services. Having had twe'.ve years experi- j thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and it rnce, he is prepared to do all work in his pro- ' shall be unlawful for any such person to offer fevsion, either in gold, silver or vulcanite. to vote any ballot or ballots. The best of references given. Charges mod- j Section 2. That if any such judge or in emie to suit the titnea. tithe in rooms for- j spectors or election, or any one of them shall im-rly occupied hy T R. McCIelUn as a jew- : receive or consent to receive, any such un elty kiure. Main Str?et, Mifiintown. .lawful ballot or ballots from any such dis- jau 13, WsT-ly. t iti i!ii;.! person, he, or U". oudini:, PHOXA.TI.t- : vm?l?t? w ;n ....1 i. i . .J? l?...!Jr j - sylvania, enlitleil, "An Act relating to the . lections f this Com nwcnllh," paVsied the .! ,1 -..I' Ji.lv ., I vein ;, ; .' Y. - j -. w I -"j-, it- i .t.iii.i. i.ic nil- j ... ...e n..u 1 1 o! everj county witlim the . .. , . - - l.eucral h..-ctioiis, and iu such notices to en- .iuiii.ni.i,wii iu am mimic nm ce oi me migrate: 1. The officers to lie elected. 2. Designate the place at which the elec tion is to .e he'd I H Ml'l'l II T nrnrtv it 1 1, SAJlfcL li. I,OU0, High Mienll of the county ol Juniata, dohcrcby make known 1... 1 and mve tins public notice to the electors of Hie county ol Juniata, that on the SECOND ! TL'KSDAY OF OCTOREH next, (lieiuu the iStli day of the month,) a General Election j will be held tit the several election districts ; established by law in said county, at which j time tliey will vote by bailot for the several , ollioers hereafter mentioned, viz: One person to till the ollicc of Judge of the i Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of reiinsylvauia. . in. j.i iii.ii.i in r.-preseni me rnunties oi Jutna'a, I'crrv, AIilllui. Hlair. lluntinedon and Centre, iu the Senate of the State ol Penn sylvania. I wo persons ti. represent the counties of Juniata, Milllin ami lluutiiiiiclon. in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of. 1 .unviiiia. Due person to fill the office of County Com missioner nl Jinn..! county. One jiesou to till the oillee of Sheriff of Juniata . otinty. One per si in id fill the oflice of Ilcgister A Hei order, iVc, ol Juiii ita county. One pei: on (o fill the ollice ot Tresurcr of Juniata couuty. 1 wo persons to fill the ollice of Jury Com missioner of Juniata county, tine person to till the ollice of County An of Juniata county. 1 ALSO IIEKEBY MAKE KNOWN and ve notice, that Hie places of holding the ntiiresaiil l.eneral t,lcctlon in the several dis tricts uud townships in the county of Juniata are ua loiio.-. s, lo wit : At the Court House in the borough of .Millluitowu, lor the borough of .Mill!. mow n At the Court House in the Uirough of .Mil Hintown, lor r ermiiniigli townsiun. Al tlie School House iu Mexico, for AValk er townsiiip. At the Academy in Thompsontown, for liclawarc township. Al the Public House of Thomas Cox, fur Urt-eowooa townsiiip, At the School House iu Iiichtield, for Mon roe township. At Kimuse's School Mouse, for Susquehan n a townslni). At the School Utilise in McAUUtersville for Kavette township. At tlie School House in Patterson, for the bo:oui:h ol Patterson. At the School House in Perrysvillc, for the linriiii''li oi rerrvsville Al the Locust tlrove School House, near the n-sidence ot John Metlm, for Mnlurd tp. At the Spruce Hill School House, tor Spiuce Hill township. At the School House at Acadcmin, for ISeale township. At the School House near McCiilloch's Mills, lor Tuscarora township, except that IKii iion of it Iyin north westward of the simimit of the Shade .Mountain. At the Lick School House near the rcsi deuce of Benjamin Walls, dee'd., lor Lack town-hip, except that portion of it lying north wcstwari.lv of the summit ol tlie Shade Mountain. At the Centre School House, for fco much of the townships of Lack and Tuscarora ly in north we--twaidly of the summit ol the Miade Mountain. At the Church Hill School House in Tur belt li nsliiii. for Turlictl township. I al-oinakc known and give notice that an Act of Asscnilily, approved M.ircti JUili, : l i'.'-i, provides us follows: 1 Skitiov 1. Rr U enarled by the fvnatf anl y''w ot ii irtfitiiitrx of the t.uinnvintreaHh I of n nglcii:ti't in Uenrritl .1iw.'.V niety owl I it is htretiii tinflnl by the authoni y of thrxtme. That the tpiabfied voters of the several coun lies of this Commonwealth, at all general, township, borough and special elections, arc hereby, hereafter, authorized and required to vote, by tickets, printed, or wtitlcn, or partly pi it. 'ed and partly written, severally clssai nc.l as follows: One ticket shall embrace the names of all Judges of courts voted for, ami to be labrllcd, outside, "judiciary ;" one ticket shall embrace the names of nil Slate officers. vitcd fur, and be labelled, State;" one ticket s'"iH emlirace the names ol all county olliccts tor, and be hilicllcd, "township;" one ticket shall embrace the names of all borough olli jeers voted for, and lie labelled, "borough ; and each class shall be deposited in separate Uallol-uoxes. And WittittKAs, By the act of the Congress of the Lulled Slates, entitled "An act to amend the several acts heretofore passed to provide for the enrolling aud calling out ot the national forces, and for other purposes," and approved March third, one thousand eight hundred uud sixty-five, all persons who have desertkd the military or naval service of the t inted Mates, and who have not been discharged, or relieved from the penalty, or disability therein provided, are deemed, and taken, t have voluntarily relinquished aud forfeited their rights of citizenship, and their rights to become citizens, aud are deprived ol exercising any rights of citizens thereof: Aso A itEHKAs, Pusons, not citizens of the I'niied States, are not under the Constitution and laws of I'diiisylvania, qualified electors common weaiiu: Be it enacled by the Senate aud House of Ue wealth of Pel Representatives of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania in CSencrnl Assembly met, and il is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That iu all elections hereafter to beheld In this Common wealth, it shall be un lawful tor the judge or inspectors ot any such election lo receive ballot, or ballots, from any person or neiyms embraced in the provisions, and subject to the disability, imposed by said net of Consrress, approved March third, one KXKOTIOM '.lJO.-. shall be miillv ol n misdemeanor, ami iinon conviction thereof in any court ol quarter sessions of (his Commonwealth, be shall loc " wiium., ! f1 ",runc" l W "ne of no. less llian one luinured Uollnrs, an.l ,,,, ,, imprisonment in the i iil of il " 1 r m t ss U " sivtv d vL M III Ur not I SS llmll M.ly tl.y 8. !J-l'TIOV H 'I lull. II mi any person ileprivcd of etizenshin. and disqualified asaforesnid. shall ... ...... ..i.....;..., ...-...... ... .... ...i.i ... .i,; ii otij vivviniu uLii.aiiii .if in; .1111. in linn Commonwealth, vote, or lender to the officers thereof, and offer to vote, a halla' or ballots, any person so ollcndni'' shall be deemed l'uiIH of a misdeiiHiiror, and on.convic lion thereof 111 aIIJ e.uii o. 41.1.11. sesMiuis 0. una vmie I monwealth. shall, for eacliolfenee. beounisli- . . . . ed in like manner as is provided in the pro ceding section of ibis act, iu the case of olll ccrs of election receiving tuch unlawful bid lot or lialiots. Suction 4. That 5f any person shall per siiade or advise any periioii or persons, depri ved of citizenship, and disqualified as afore said, to offer any ballot or ballots, to the offi cers of any election herealter lo be held in this Commonwealth, or shall H-rsuade, or ad vise, any such officer to receive any ballot or ballots from any person deprived of citizen ship, and disqualified as aforesaid, such per son so offending shall be guilty of a niisde meanor, aud upon conviction thereof, in any court of quarter sessions o! this Com ncui weallb, shall be punished in like mmur as is provided ill the second section of thi act, in the case of officers ot such election receiv ing such unla a fill ballot or ballots. Pursuant to the provisions contained in tlie C7lh seiiii.u of the Act first aforesuid the judges of the aloresaid districts shall respect ively take charge of tlie certificate ol return of the election of their respective districts and produce lliem at a meeting ot the Judg es from each district, at the Court House in the borough of Mifllintown, on the third day alter the day of the election, being for the present year on Friday the 1 1 ill day of Octo- ocr, men ami there fo iionmi pcrlorui the du ties required by law of said Judges. Also, that were a Judge by sickness or unavoida ble aei'Dteul is unatile to attend said mcetim oi .iifcigi s, men the cet titicalo ot return afore said, shall lie taken chargo of by one of the Inspecting or Clerks of the election of said district, who shall do and perform I lie duties lequitedof said Judges unable to attend. I also make known and give notice, as in and by the Pith section of the aforesaid act I am directed, "that every person excepting justices of the peace, who shall hold any ol lice or appointment of office or trust under the I'niied States, or this State, or any city or incorporated district, whether a commis sioned officer or other wise, a subordinate of ficer or agent who is or shall be employed under the legislative, executive or judiciary department of this Slate, or of the United States, or of nuy incorporated city oi district, and also that everv member of Congress anil of the State Legislature, and of the select or common council of any city, or commissioner of any incorporated district, is by law, Inca pable of holding or exercising at the same lime the office or appointment of judge, in spector or clerk of any elections of this Com monwealth, ami no judge, iii-pcetor or other ,...!...., ..r '....i. .a..... .. ..? 1 1 iT.V ..i-: il, any office then to be. voted tor." Als-i, that in the 4th section of the Act of Assembly, entitled, "An Act lelating to exe cutions ami lor other purposes," approved April lS;h, 18 lit, it is enacted that the afore said l-'Sth section "shall uot be construed so as to prevent any military officer or borough officer from serving as j idge, inspector or clerk of any general or special election of this Commonwealth." Also, that an net of Assenibly.entith il "An Act relating to elections of this Common wealth," passed July 2, lsWtf, further provides as follows, to wit : "That the Inspectors nnd Judges shall meet at the respective places appointed for holding the election in Hie district to which they respectively belong, before 8 o'clock in the morning of the 2d Tuesday of October, ind each of said Inspector shall appoint tine clcik who shall b.- a qualified voter of such districts." Tiie Return Judges for this Senatorial Dis- tiiet will meet at Lewistown, on Tuesday, Oc tober 15th isii7. The Return Judges for this Representative District will meet m Lew istotvn, on TiD'sdny. October 15th I'.T, tli. n and there to do ami perform such duties as are required bv law of said Judges. Aereeably to the provisions of tho 01st sec ton of said act, every General nnd Special Klection shall be opened between the hours of eight and ten o'clock in the forenoon, and shall continue without interruption or ad journment until seven o'clock iu the evening when the pollsshnll he closed. Uiven under my hand al mv office, in the borough ot Mifllintown, this l'jlh day ofbep tember, A. D. 1307. S. IS. I.OCDO.amir. Sheriff's Office, Mifllintown, Sept. llith, mt. J fire; insurance Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Com pany. Dickinson twp., Cumberland coun ty, la. Insures on as good terms as any other reliable Company. Capital over $700,000 u. U. Mt'LLEM, I res I. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Office East Main street, York, Pa. Ac cumulated capital over $520,000. II. Kbabf.b, Pres t. Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia. Capital $5H0,0'K), (oldest Stock Insurance Company iu the United States) Incorporated in 1701. 19,000,000 losses, paid in curb. Assesls January 1, 1807, $1,703,207,23. Aiithcr G. Coffin, Pres t. Horse Thief Detecting and Insurance Com pany of Voi k, Pa. lUviu Stbicklbb, Sec'y. JOHN McLAUGHLIN, of Port Koyal, Ju niata county. Pa., is the Agent of ull of the ibove Companies. may 2 1, lrlh-tr. BCY TIIE BEST Samuel Strayer, of Pat terson, is the authorized Aeent for the sale of the EAiriRE mvm MACIME, aud also for WILCOX & GIBS. THE Tncsj are the two best Machines manufac tured. Persons wishing to purchase 6houM ca'l at Ilecht & Strayer's Store, in Patterson, aud examine for themselves. SAMUEL STRAYER, Agent Jan X 1807 , Uliscdlanf ous ItabhijT. We are in the midst of a crisis, on the event of which depend the future peace aud prosperity of the nation. Hardened me uciue vicissuuues oi tne last six years, we look on apathetically while the republican institutions in which we glory are endangered, and we watch with lan. guid curiosity a condition of affairs whi'.-h, ten years since, would have convulsed the whole country with the wildest agitation. The co ordinate branches of our Govern ment are at variance. IJy a fatal error, the National Legislature has left the field, for the time, in the power of the Execu tive, and a faithless 1'iesideut is making the most of the opportunity. The laws of the hud are left unexecuted, or are boldly set aside at the despotic will of a siDgle man, who, blinded by ambition, and surrounded by such satellites as Diuekley, Jeremiah Black, and Montgomery Blair, seeks to convert representative govern ment into a dictatorship, and who scarcely veils his purpose to rule or ruin. Eager to reap the full benefit of his apostasy, the Democratic party is straining every nerve 1 1 get once more into power, that it may renew its old alliance with Southern reb els, and reconstruct the Union as nearly alter the old pattern as is possible. All the burdens lei t us by the war are skil fully taken advantage of to persuade the unthiukiug that Democratic rule alone can restore the blessings of light txes, low prices, aud specie currency. Every local question is turned lo accouut, where passiou or prejudice can be worked upon. Every art, which the furious lust of pw er aud of the spoilt of office can suggest, is eagerly put in practice to gain votes on specious pretexts. The results we see iu Maine and California. What, then, arc we doing in this peril ous conjuncture 1 Exhausted by the la burs and the sacrifices of the last six years, serenely confident in the justice of nur cause and the triumph of our arms, wo su pinely wait to see power pass into tho hands of the enemies of our great caus, that they may nullify all the results ot our triumph. Petty local questions, of infinitesimal importance, ars sufficient to divert us from considering the overwhelm ing issues at statue. He pause to think whether an individual is all that we would have him to be, before we can bring our- cives clves to vote for him, when that iudivid- ual 13 as nothing hiaise.f, and we would only look upon lum, whether worthy or unworthy, as personifying, for the mo ment, the great principles for which we have williugly sacrificed half a million of lives and countless millions of money. In these supreme crises of a nation's fate, individuals are nothiug but the instru ments with which we wuik ; aud a bad instrument, used to a good end, may be a thousand times preferable to a good in strument used to a bad end. Let nut ap athy or passing disgust paralyze us in the hour of our triumph, until the fruits of suc-ess turn to ashes ou our lips. I'or let us calmly consider what it is that lies before us in the immediate fu ture. We have a Congress which has been gallantly struggling lor a double pur pose to secure the results of the war iu a durable peace aud permanent unification of the country, and, at the same tiir.c, to preserve the legislative power of the peo ple through their chosen representatives. Ou the other hand we have a Pres;, lent whose native subserviency to the old oli garchic and rebel clement of the South has led him to quarrel with the party which placed him in power; whose vio lent passions and narrow iniud made him the tool of adroit and reckless schemers ; who gathers around him, by a natural af finity, the worst elements from every sec tion ; and whose tumper, inflamed by the opposition of Congress to his will, is evi dently prepared to commit any actiou which would give him a temporary ad van tage over his antagonists, at the cost of plungingthe whole country iuto cou fusion. These differences between the Execu tive and the Legislature, iuvolving not only the policy of the country, but the fundamental structure of its government, are rapidly approaching a crisis. Twelve months siucQ, Mr- Johnson cou'.en'td him self with stigmatizing Congress as a body 'hangiug upon the verge of the govern ment." Six months ago, when vetoed bills were passed by the constitutional two thirds, he pledged himself to carry them iuto execution. Now, he is no longer con tent with nullifying the laws by indirec tion and by sophi&tically arguing away their plain iutent and purpose, but he boldly sets them at naught, and exercises powers which have been specifically with held from him. Congress has earnestly sought to avoid the issue which he is forcing upon us. but no ingenuity can longer delay it. Mr. Johnson and his Democratic and rebel allies see this aud are prepared for it. Already his friends are circulating mysterious whispers of a aiup-iCtlat ; his leading organ of the press presumes to doubt whether the fortieth Cougresg will ever reassemble ; the air is thick with threatening rumors; the gold market, that sensitive barometer, presages the comincr storm: stacrnaiion in trade bluws Low tjeitjy mcu's minds are moved by tho fearful eventualities of the next three mouths. What is ueeied to realize the worst of these forebodings t Only democratic success in the full elections 1 If the ever-loyal city of Philadelphia. tlia rock aerainst which the temtjests of re- ; Lellious Democracy have epeat their force j in vain, should prove recreaut to her well - ( earned glory it the great fctate ot 1 con- sylvauia should belie her splendid record what fearful encouragement would it not giro to the miserable baud who are plotting and scheming fur the overthrow of our institutions'? Pennsylvania is again the battle-ground of the L'uion, and not at Gettysburg were . the lines more closely drawn or the issues more distinctly balanced. As Meade and Lee then led the opposing armies, so now are Williams and Sjharswood, Thayer aud Ludlow, Co well and Lyle the leaders of their respec tive parties. Iu such a contest, for ends so momentous, personal preferences are as naught. The man disappears in the cause, aud the country claims the devotion of every citizen at the bai lot-box, asfche once claimed his services in the field. Should we, through fatal apathy and shortsightedness, permit the enemy to carry Pennsylvania, what hopes cau we have of New York aud New Jersey ? Our example would be contagious, aud we mav well look forward with unaffected drcail at the results if the great Middle States should appear to raliy to the sup pott of Johnsouism. Who can predict the mad career of a President thus en couraged by the appareut applause of the people of a Provident who has so obsti uately misused and tr-n?cended his pow ers even when the adverse verdicts of election have warned him to desist ? In toxicated with success, there is scarcely a crime against the State which may not in advance be imputed to him on the testi mony of his own adherents. Even should Heaven avert from us these unrnauigable evils which wo should have iuvitcd, hardly less disastrous would he the result upon the settlement of all the great questions arising from the war. Congre9 is the representative of the peo ple ; politicians there are in it. quick to discern aud apt to magnify the evidences of apprehended popular reaction. Sup ported by the people, Congress has brave ly withstood the assaults of the Execu tive, and has laid the foundations of re construction based upon broad and endur ing ptinciplcs. Abandoned by the peo ple, the moral force of Congress would be gone. Doubt and indecision would take the place of firmucss aud well-considered letion. Every rebel would spurn anew the idea of submission. Every hostile el ement would unite for co-operation. An ticipated triumph would draw around the in the venal, the unpriucipled, and the thoughtless, and with aggregate strength they would control the petition. Forcing their way into Congress, al! possibilities of evil would be open to them. Assump tion of the Confederate debt, repudiation of the national obligations, free trade, desperate tiukering with the fiuanexs, slavery revived under guise of peonage 6uch would be the programme before us, and it is worse than useless t shut our eyes to its probability when a change in a little over one per cent, of the voters in Pennsylvania and New York would give the prestige of success to those whose p uteiples and whose policy would bring about such a catastrophe. It matters little to us w.hih of two em inent jurists shall stt upon the bench. It is absolutely uuituportant to us which of two men, both equally indifferent to ns in dividually, shall collect the foes of the Sheriff's office or shall draw the salary of the City Treasurer. But, by the sport of) circumstances, questions of the highest significance that can anect tne cxtsience of a great people underlie these local and trivial issues. When Pennsylvania rpeaks, her voice is heard throughout the nation ; and when she speaks in October, U will not be merely to decide as to the incum bents of local offices. It is Andrew John son who is upon trial, and it is her voice which will then prouounee the verdict. PREAMBLE ANu RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BT TIIE UXIOX LEAGUE OF FHILADELrilU. In General Meeting, Se-p't. IS, 1807. WiiEitEAS, This League was organized for the purpose of sustaining the Nation al (j'ovuiumc-ut, aud the measures adopted by its authority for the suppression cf the rebellion, aud ot discouutduaiicing by ull proper means and influences that disloyal spirit which wa6 in sympathy with slavery aud treason, and animated all the conven tions aud councils of the Democratic party. And Whereas, The efforts of the Dem ocratic party, now led by a weak arid faithless man in the accidental exercise of the Presidential office, to keep alive the spirit of rebellion by a war upon Con gress, by the nullification of the laws, by insidious attacks upon the public credit and by their apparent sympathy with prominent traitors, prove that the work of loyalty is not yet accomplished, aud ad monish us of serious daugeis to the pub lic peace, which would be greatly enhanc ed by the success of that party in the popular elections now at hand 1. There fui-e lirtol oetl, lhat we do mnt earnest tv invoke the l"Val citizens nf ' Pennsylvania to a serious consideration of , ' our present political condition, and to the importance of a united and vigorous ef fort to hasten the reconstruction of the Union, and tranqailize the country by the deftat ol the Democratic party and all ita I candidates at the approachiug election, ! 2. That the laws passed by Congress Having lor ineir onjeui ins reconstruction ; oi the union on tne oasis oi uttrty ani 'justice to alt men, reflecting as they do the loyal sentiment of the country, offer to the- people of the South the most fav orable terms, upon which they can rea sonably hope to be reinvested with the rights tbey voluntarily relinquished, in their m id attempt to destroy the govern ment which conferred them. 3. That the public acts of Congress under the Constitution are the supreme, laws of the land ; that it is no le.-i the duty of the President to see that they arc faithfully executed, that it is of the peo ple to obey then. ; that whether those . laws relate to the reconstruction of tho IJui.in or to other subjects, every attempt . of the President to frustrate or delay the execution of them, L a violation of his trust and an abuse of the power of hLt office. . 4. Resolved, That impeachment is tlta tnlc defence of the people u$ a -nst lit in- . rrtjiarifg, neijliijnice, or J'trftilif of the Chief Magistrate. (Madison ) 77ei with a vine to the exercite of the power of inijieuchment, the House of Rep resentative! Aace a right to incetigzle the conduct of all public officers under the Government, and in such a case, TIIE SAFETY OF TIIE REPUBLIC Is THE SU PREME law; and the power of the House in pursuit of this object, reaches the most secret recesses of the Executice depart ment (James. K. Polk.) That the ahuse of power conferred up on the President mat be as criminal as the usurpation of power tciicA has not been granted, and would justify the House of Representatives in voting an impeach ment. (James Bucuasan.) 7'i(i a wanton removal of meritorious officers by the President u an abuse of power which subjects him to impeachment and removal from his otc.l hio.lt, trust. (Madison.) ... 5. Resolved, That the prompt and in discriminate pardon of persons duly con victed and sentenced in the courts of tho United States, for counterfeiting the Na tional currency ; The attempt to nullify the act pasei by Congress over the executive veto, ct' the reconstruction of the Union; The suspension of Edwin M. Stanton from the office of Secretary of War, the duties ot which he had performed, uot only with fidelity to the cD'.rj, but with distipgisbed ability ; Thjj removal of Gen. Sheridan, an ac complithud and illustrious officer, froni his command, at the instance of promi nent traitors whom he had offended by his laithi'ul execution of the laws ; Aud ths recent proclamation of amnesty issued as wo belil?e without authority, and for the purpose of restoring lo influence aud power persons who incited the Souttf to rebellion, and who are yet under an oath of allegiance to a government un known to the constitution, which they hope to re-establish, are acts which con stitute prima facia, such abuses and uut- patious of power, as to demand the im peachment and trial of the offender, in or der that the coustituliou may be vindicat ed and tho National Government prescrv ed it its integrity. 6. That in the prcsenl alaraiing crii of tba couutry, we conceive it to be our duty to use all proper nieaus to exclude the political influence and patronage of the Democratic party from all offices with-' in the gift of the people ; and to that euej we appeal to the loyal citizens of Phila delphia and of the Commonwealth, to at teud the polls at the approaching election, and cast theii votes for the candidates pre-' sented by the Kepublicaa nominating con ventions. 7. Resolved. That we do most especially and earnestly recommend tba election of IlE.NRV VV. WILLIAMS, Of 1 ittshurg, to the Bench of the Supreme Court, as a learned and accomplished jurist anU tru ly upright aud loyal citizeu. And in Lke unauer po rccommenu to .. ,. - t i, i:.. i..t. .i.:.. our ie low-cttizens Ol I i;::aueipuia m-. election of M Russell Thayer as Jmfg of the Court of Common Picas; assuring them that in Mr. Thayer tbty have a can didate of the highest iegai ability bbJ of the purest character, and one wheae loy alty is inborn and abovo suspicion. 8. That a committee of fifty members af thp League be appointed by the Chair man nf this meeting to carry into iffeot the 6th of these resolutions. i A couple of neighbors became so inimical that th?y would not speak to'eacK other; but One, having been converted at a camp meeting, on seeing Lis former en emy, held out his hand, aj iug ; "How d'ye do, Kemp? 1 am humble enough to shake hands with a dog." j- Vhen the Ifindoo priest is about to baptiae an iufint', ho utters the fallow ing beautiful sentiments: "Little bap, thou ent'erest tlie world weeping while all aroand thee smile. Contrive to live that you may depart io'suiilcs while all around, von wen."
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