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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1868.
National Union Republican Ticket.
NATIONAL.
President--lILY„SSES S. GRANT.
Vice President—,SCHUYLEß COLFAX
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
AT LARGE.
G. MORRISON COATES. of Philadelphia.
THOS. M. MARSHALL, of Pittsburgh.
Diefriet.
1. W. H. BARNES, 13. SAMUEL SNOW;
2. W. J. POLLOCK, 14. B. P. WAGON/DILLER
- 3. Rico /OLD - WILDEY, 15. CHAS. H. MILLER,
4. G. W. HILL,' 16. JOHN STEWART,
5. WATSON P. McGrLL, 17. GEORGE W. ELSER,
8. J. H. HRINGRURST, IS. A. G. - oLits7a4o,
7. FRANK C. HEATON, 19. JAMES SILL,
IL' ISAAC ECKERT, H. H. C. JOHNSON, •
9. MORRIS HOOFER, H. J. K. EWING,
10. DAVID M. RANK, H WM. FREW,-
' M. A. W. CRAWFORD,
12. W. W. liNrcuum, 24. J. S. ILUTAN.
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_Auditor Genera—T. F. HARTRANFT.
Surveyor General—j. M.-CAMPBELL
DISTRICT.
Congress, 22d Dist.—JAS. S. NEGLEY.
e 23d Dist.—DARWIN PHELPS.
couNTY.
State senate—JAmEs L. GRAHAM
ITE=S2I
GEORGE WILSON, M. S. HUMPHREYS,
GEO. F. MORGAN, IVINCENTMLLLER,
JAMES TAYLOR, SAMUEJ KERR.
District Attorney—A. L. PEARSON.
Ass!t District Attorney—J. B. FLACK.
Controller—HENßY LAMBERT.
Commissioner JONATHAN NEELY.
Surveyor—H. L. MCCULLY.
County Home Director—J. G. MURRAY.
CITY.
Mayor—JARED M. BRUSH.
Controtler—ROßT. J:MeGOWAN.
Treasurer—A.. J. COCHRAN.
Headquarte& Republican County Com
mittee, City Hall, Market- Street. Open
every day. County Committee meets every
Wednesday, at 2 P. M.
WE ritx.rir on the insido pages of this
morning's GAZETTE—Second page: Cam
paign Song (Original), The Anti-bondhold
ers; .Ep'.emeris. Third and- Sixth pages:
Commercial and River Arenas. Seventh page:
Letter from 'Europe, No. 8 of series.
GOLD closed in New York yesterday at
' Cemsronnis holds her State election
biennially. As it occurred last year, the
next will be in 1859. She will, however,
in Wovetaber. elect Congressmen on the
same - day with his. Presidential Electors.
THE Mass Convention, on the 24th inst.
is to be an assemblage worthy of our great
cause and of Western Pennsylvania. The.
Committee' of Arrangements are making
progress by the appointment of sub-com
mittees and otherwise, and hold another
meeting to-day for business connected there
with. • • • •
WE do not be believe that it will be pos
sible to repress the exultant gratification of
our Republican friends over the glorious
news from Vermont. Arrangements should
be made to-day, and early in the day, for a
suitable demonstration forthwith. We are
all minute-men and can move at any short
Iv: ng. •
TRE'new Democratic rebellion in Ar
kansas-was a little premature and resulted
in a failure, a few of the rebels being "wiped
out" by the authorities. As an abortive
treason it will rank in popular remem
brance with the Copperhead revolts of five
years ago in one of our own Northern coun
ties and in Holmes county, Ohio.
WE regret to announce-that "Old Rosey"
ie demoralized by the enemy's fire, and
disireetly postpones for the present his pro
posed flank movement in behalf of Anern
and the unreconstructed rebels. He falls
back upon his diplomatic dignity, and has
despatched an aid-de-camp to find out what
the firing means in. the direction of Ver
mont. ,
Tnn recent publication, by a journal of
this city, of,statements impugning the cor
rectnese of opinions generally entertained at
the North, as to the disturbed condition of
the South, and 'especially of Tennessee, so
daily and politically, has induced us to so
licit the testimony of a gentleman now in
the City. whose opportunities have been am
ple fOr a personal knowledge of the facta.
The writer (whose name is at the service` of
enquiring friends at this &lite) will be re-,
cognized by all who know him as a citizen
of great intelligence, and - of indisputable
veracity : , We invite for his article the care
ful perusal of his fellow•citizens.
THE DLITORALTY.
The Democrats know- full well that they,
have not the slightest chance of re-electing
- Mr. BLACKMOBE, either on his own merits
or on political issues. Hence they , are en
deavorini to prevail on Mr. JEnnlitt to ran
as an independent candidate, hoping in that
way to draw Republicans enough from the
support of Mr. BRnBR to let Mr. B rame _
Norm in. This is a very pretty game, if it
could only be managed, but there are insu
perable difficulties, in the way of the gen.
tlemen who are engaged in it.
In the first place, there are few or no . Re
publicans who are dissatisfied with the mu.
nicipal ticket. The ranks are as nearly solid
and impregnable as they ever were, and
nothing is likely to occur to creater,imfusion,
but much to strengthen the compactness of
the array.
In the next place, we take Mr. .TEnnint
to be a nian of honor, and aludl not be cold-
The first gun from GIANT'S right wing
thunders,the presage of his final victork:-
among the lofty hills and through all the
quiet valleys of that loyal State. As the
never-setting "star in. the East," Vermont
has been known, through all this genera
tion, as the home of intelligence, virtue and
patriotism. ,Never has she failed to meet
the popular expectations, or even to trans
cend the popular estimate of her loyal faith
to the most elevated prineiples of a free
Republican government. J Accepting now
the.defiant challenge of the Biala Democ
racy, the friends of the Union in Vermont,
under the ever-conquering banners of
GRANT, have met the ;evolutionary
issue like brave men, winning an unparal
leled success in behalf of the Union, the
Constitution and Peace. Much of this aus
picious result is due to the matchless popu
larity of our distinguished leader, and much
more to the unfaltering attachment of the
people to the Constitution and Laws which
afford for all of us the only sure guarantee
of out. liberties.
Ea
And nest comes Maine, on,the 14th inst.
Her voice will be the echo of Vermont's,
two days since. And four weeks after will
follow, among other States, our own Penn
sylvania. Let her people respond loyally
to the voices from her New England sisters,
The battle opens gloriously! Push on all
the columns and we shall have another Ap
pomatox, and with it Peace.
Gen. FORREST'S frank and explicit con
fession of the numbers, discipline and de
signs of the Ku-Klux, the secret Democratic
organization in the South, from which we
publish extracts from this morning, will ar-
rest the attention of our readers. It is seen
that he makes a full and defiant acknowl
edgementof the truth of all that has been
charged by the loyalsress against this rebel
organization, and,stating that it numbers a
half million of men and that he could him
self have forty thousand of them in the field
at five days' notice, he boldly admits its ob
jects to be a violent resistance to the laws.
Ilia declaration that its members "recog.
rake" the Federal - government, is to be tm
derstood as meaning Bich- a government as
JOHI(SON, 81,41110111 t or &ant would mi.
ministergbfeirrifitent which nullifies the
kgislatian'67Coirgress, ignores the ;
Judi
ciary, and propi3Ses to employ the army in
crushing tho'e gtate governments which ti
16yal people have ordained for the better
control of these rebels. His "recognition"
does not go the length of Supporting the
present or any other administration, in en
forcing the reconstruction laws, or in up
holding the State autheritiei in such lawful
measures as their judgment may 'suggest
for the repression of the rebel spirit among
their populations. That the Ku-Klux in:
tend to rebel gain at the loyal authorities of
Tennessee is 'plainly avowed by their great
leader.
That they are acting "of course, in s up-
port of the i , Democratic party," is also
avowed. Why and how the interests of
Sitruotm and Brags should require this se
cret and armed organization of half a mil
lion Southern Demooratato be kept up, Gen.
FORREST does not explicitly show. But it
is evident to the dispassionate reader of his
remarkable statements, that the Ku.4lux
contemplate a good deal more than the' or
derly and pacific support of their; political
opinions at the polls. Their secrecy, their
discipline, their armed preparations abund
antly prove their designs to be unlawful
and dangerous to the public 'peace. They
mean violence,,, outrage, proscription and
rebellion. They mean the exclusion of the
colored vote from the polls, and the ad
mission of every disfranchised rebel. And
they mean the forcible participation of
sissippi, Texas and Virginia in the• Preside
ntial election, from which, as disorganized
and still practically rebel Btatee„ the laws
of a loyal Union have shut them out.
'`;The facts,are thus fully disclosed to the
American.people. To the voters of Penn
sylvania, these revelations 'are especially
commended for their thoughtful considera
tion. .
SEYMOUR'S ACCEP rANCE OF NEGRO
The Democratic idea of "a white uu l
tn's
gnVerament" is at lastthorougblyexplo ded, l
the Jut l and finishing stroke being given by
the - timid of Horatio Seyinour, their cindidate
for the Presidency. He stands on record
committed to the principles of equal suf
frage,rfor the enfranchised freedmen. He
has another record, that hitherto known as
the official record of the New York Con
vention. which makes no mich acknowl
edgment. But another record ) , until now
);",
ly prevailed upon even to suspect the •con
trary. ,Before the primary election at which
he contested the nomination with Mr.
BnusEr,- he voluntarily gave a pledge in
writing to abide the result. After the result
of that election was announced he publicly
acquiesced in the popular verdict. He even
caued upon Mr. - BRUSH ft his resi
dence and expressed in the warmest
manner, his determination to aid in his elec
tion. It cannot be, after all this, that Mr.
JEREMY will consent to be made a tool of
by the Democrats, to his own dishonor.
The devise is creditable to the ingenuity of
our opponents; but it seems foreordained to
defeat.
VERMONT
The Green Mountain State gave LINCOLN,
in 1860, 26,959 majority, in _a poll of 42,-
844; in '64, lari'coL'N's majority was 29,098,
in a poll of 55,740; in '66, DILLINGHAM
(Rep.) for Governor, had 22,285 majority
in a poll of 45,401; in '67 she gave PAGE
(Rep..) for Governor, 20,184, in a total vote
of 43,226; But on Tuesday lust, in a vote
the heaviest ever cast, she re-elcts PAGE by
a majority of over 30,000. On her largest
vote, the Republicans have the most deci
sive majority ever known to the politics of
that State. It is a gain of over 10,000 on
the majority of last year, an increase of over
fifty per cent., and yet the Democratic press
try to dismiss the subject by saying that
"Vermont has gone about the same as be
fore."
THE KU-KLUX DEMOCRACY.
.SUFFRAGE 6
PITT
SBURGH GA kW • : ' w -0; t ;.;
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kepisecret, htui been given to the world,
and therein stands SEYIIOIII4 the present
candidate of a proscriptive platform and a
negro-hating party, the confessed and
avowed champion of suffrage for the black
race. This revelation sheds a clear, con
vincing light upon his political insincerity,
illustrates the honesty of Democratic leaders,
and will open I the eyes of hundreds of
thousands of honest Democrats who have
fondly imagined that they were i about to
vote "a white man's ticket." But tothe
facts:
, Abotit ten days ago, Col. WM. BROWN, of
Nichol'asville, Ky., made a very long and
able address at Frankfort, in which he ex
posed the participation of prominent Demo
brats, Seymour included, at New York, in
the scheme to nominate Judge Chase in'that
Convention. Col. BROWN showed by the
clearest testimony that HoRATro SEYMOUR
was a leading plotter in that scheme, and that
he acted throughout with a sincere inten
tionto secure its success ; that the scheme,
was ultimately defeated by the adroit man!'
agement of some Ohio politicians who, at
the right moment, stepped in and snatched
up SEYMOUR himself as a candidate, non ti=
him in spite of his feeble and whim
pering protestations, upon a platform of op
position to the negro, and that be had
weakly and treacherously yielded to their
violent demands, and thus betrayed his asso
ciates in their other intrigue in behalf of
Mr. °RARE. The statements of Col. B.
were impudently and imprudently contra
dicted by the Y. Y. World, the prominent
champion of Mr.e r Sziatoult, which now pre
sents that gentleman as the consistent can-
didate of the freedom-hating Democracy,
as a statesman who merits the
fullest confidence of every Democratic
advocate for a "white man's government,"
and as the inflexible opponent of equal suf
frage as it has been established by Congress in
ihe reconstructed. States. And so the World
demanded, the proof of Col. Buown's as
sertions. That gentleman takes the Worid
at its word, and submits to the public a
crushing-reply, of which a portion is copied
below. He declares himself able and will
ing to prove the truth of every statement
made by him, if the World dares to persist
in its denial. We submit this matter to, our
Democratib readers, recommending them to
consider well before they continue longer
in the support of a candidate whose dupli
city is so shameless, whose weakness of re
solution is so 'contemptible, and whose sur
render of the cardinal Democratic idea of
hostility to the negro is so clearly establish
ed. To our Republican friends we say:
When hereafter you hear a Democrat ar
raigning your party for its action confer
ring the suffrage-upon the freedmen, point
him to his own great exemplar, his- candi
date for the Presidency. .
Read the following:
The less the World says of Kr. Seyinour
the better. I can prove my every state
ment by good Democrats and gentlemen
whose social position is equal, if not -supe
rior, to that °fin:. Seymour. J I sgoke of
him as tenderly and gently as T could con
.sistently with the truth; for I pitied his mis
fortune, and WOuldis soon thinfrof malign
ing an inmate of one Institute for the care
of feeble minded persona. I can tell the
Wor/d_that I have in my possession a copy
of the platform submitted to the Chief Jus
tice by the progressionists of the Demo.
erotic party, and that said platform was
seen, read and approved by Horatio Sey
mour before the Convention met and that it
accepts negro su f frage, in,the following lan
guage: -
"The American Democracy, reposing their trust
i
under . God. in th e Intelligence , thepatriotiem , and
discriminating Justice of th them e ican people, de—
clare their Axed adhesion to reat principles of
,equal rights, and exact Justice for all men and
htates. • • • • •
That a wise regard to the altered circumstances
of the country, and impartial Justice to the millions
who have been enfranchised, demand tile adoption
of all iproper constitutional measures for the protec
tion improvement and elevation of this portion of
the American people.
"Thatin. a land of Democratic institutions. all
public and private interests ret:coe most securely on
she broadest basis of suffrage.,
This platform has fifteen planks, and is at
the sertace of the - World, if that paper will
publish it. The provisions are more liber
al than those of the Ohicago or New York
platform as adopted.
Mr. Seymour approved and urged Mr.;
Chase's nomination an the platform which I
have just quoted, and if he denies it I will
prove it on him. How does Mr. Seymour
reconcile his approval of this platform with
the declaration that the "reconstruction
acts of Congress are unconstitutional; revo
lutionary and void," with,theletter of Gen.
Blair to Colonel Brodhead, which.secured
his nomination, and with his own letter of
acceptance?
As a weeper I regard Mr Seymour as
fully the equal, of Job Trotteri - as a man of
moral courage he rivals Bob Acres; but I
do think that the attempt of l a few. design
ing politicians, in whose hands he has al
ways been a suppliant tool, Ito foist him
upon the American people as: in any sense
a statesman, is the grandest farce ever at
tempted in this country. -When our nation
so far forgets its pride, its admiration of
true courage, the martial , glory and warlike
spirit of our race, and the memory of the
dear heroes who died in the field of eattle
to make us what we are, as to elect such a
man SS Horatio Seymour President, then I
shall expect to'l see the eagles: meet in con
vention and elect a buzzard astheir kink,
Yours, most respectfully,
WILLIAM BROWN
THE MA'AM; 'Pres:says: "Few men are
accomplishing more for the Grant and Col
fax ticket than Generals Forrest and Pike.
The' earnestness with which they support
Seymour and Blair is "a good index of the
earnestness with which all patriotic men
who have been of late acting with the Dem
ocratic party will drop them. They did
not fight on the Forrest and Pike side dur
ing the war,
and they will not allow them
selves to be found upon that side in fighting
out the closing issues of that war. If For
rest. would only "toot his horn," as he
promises, the way such men would "git"
would throw , any skedaddling done in the
late war into the shade."
TIE Troy (N. Y.) Timer says " The
plum crop In this section is Immense. The
trees are loaded down with frult„ and many
are so overburdened as to be unable to stand
up under the load. The plums on some of
them hang almost •In clusters like grapes.
Not only is the crop abundant, but it is also
unusually choice in its character. The gar-
dent in Lanslagburgh, where plums appear
to be the etaplu production, are particularly
inviting Just MOW on account of the abun
dance of this fruit,"
Mn. PaspiarroN said, when speaking
recently : don't see where you all came
from." "Excuse me, your rlverance,"
promptly responded an individual in tha
crowd, "the most of us came from ould
Ireland." •
THE KU KLUX: DEMOCRACY.
They Number Half a Million—A Demo
cratic Organlzatlon--Prospect of a Civil
War—What Gen. Forrest says About It
—The Facts Given:
The' Northeni Democracy hive denied
the existence of,,i secret or'anization
among eir party in the late rebel States,
under t e name of "The Ku-Klux Klan',"
having or its object a violent resistance to
the law .. They have constantly declared
the stat ents of the loyal press, in relation
to this illegal and revolutionary organiza
tion, to be • Radical lies. Will -they deny
the facts as charged, in the face of the frank
admissions made by FORREST, the Fort Pil
,
low butcher, last week, to the correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial, who visited
him to ascertain the facts - concerning this
Ku-Klux Klan. The conversation is fully
reported in the Commercial of September 1,
and we extract as follows :
li i
EMPIIIS, TENN., August 28, 1868.
My rst visit to-day was to General For
rest, w om I found at his office at 8 o'clock
this morning, hard at work, although com
pLainir g of an _finess contracted at he New
York Convention. The New Yorkers must
be a hard set indeed, for I have not met a
single delegate from the Southern States
who has not been ill ever since he went there.
But to General Forrest. Now that the
Southern people have elevated him to the
position of their great leader and oracle it
may not be ,amisslo preface my conversa
tion with him with a brief sketch of the
gentleman. * * * *
Previous to the war—in 1852 ate left the
business of planter, and came to this city
and engaged in the business of "negro
trader," in which traffic he seems to have
been quite suecessful, for, by 1861, he had
become the owner of two plantations a few
miles below here, in Mississippi, on
which he produced about a thousand bales
of cotton each year, in the meantime carry
ing on the negro trading: In June, 1861,
he was authorized by, Governor Harris to
recruit a regiment of cavalry for the war,
which he did, and which was the nucleus
around which he gathered the army which
he commanded as a Lieutenant General at
the end of the war.
( After being seated in his office, tI said:
"General Forrest, I came especially to
learn your views in regard to -the condition
of your civil and political affairs in the State
of Tenn6see, and the South generally. I
desire them for publication in the Cincinna
ti Commercial. Ido not wish to misrepre
sent you in the slightest eg ee, and there
fore only ask for such vie a you are wil
ling I should publish."
"I have not now," he repli d, "and never
have had any opinion on any public or po
litical subject which I would object to hav
ing published. I mean what I say, honest
ly and earnestly, and only object to being
misrepresented. I dislike,to be placed be
fore the country in a false portion, espe
cially as I have not sought the reputation
-Which I have gained."
I replied : • 'Sir, I will publish only what
you say, and then you can- not possibly be
iffisrepresented. Our people desire toknow
your feeling toward the General Govern
ment, the State government of Tennessee,
the Radical, party, both in and out of the
State, -and upon the question of negro suf
frage:l, * , * * * *._
"In the °event of Go emor . Brownlow's•
calling out the militia, o you think there
-will be any resistance o ered to their acts ?"
I asked. -,
"That will depend on circumstances.
llf the militia are simpl called out, and do
not interfere with or in lest any one, Ido
not think.there will be y fight. If, on the
contrary, they do what I believe they will
do, commit outrages, o even one outrage,
upon the people, they a it Mr. Brownlow's
governntent will - be swept out of existence;
not'a /ladle-atoll/be leflative. If Ihe militia I
are called out, we cannot but Wok. upon it
as a declaration of war, becauseXr Broln
low has already issued his" prociimatien
directing them to shoot down the Nu-Klux
wherever they find them,. - and he calls all
Southern men 'Ku-Klitx." -:.
61°1 4tty, Geneial, we peoplehp North have
'regarded the Ku-Klux-Klan as an organiza
tion which. existed Only in the frightened
imeenations•oti few polltiebuw."
'Well, 814 there islonelnit organization,
not only in • Tennessee;' but : all over the
South, 'and its'nunibers 'halt' not been ex
werateci."
-"What are its numbers, General ? '
"In Tennessee there are over forty thou
sand ; in all Ili...Southern States they num
ber about five hundred and fifty thousand
men." .
_ "What is the character of the organiza
tion, may I enquire I" - -
"Yes sir. It is a protective, political,
military organization. . I am willing to
shinv any man the constitution of the . so
ciety. The members are sworn to recognize
the Government of the United States. It
does not say anything at all about the gov
ernment of . the State of Tennessee. Its
allicts originally were protection against
Loyal Leagues and the Grand Army of the
Republic, but after it became general it was
found that pcilitical matters and interests
could best be promoted within it, audit was
then made a political organization, giving
its support, of course, to the Democratic
party. "
"But is the organization connected
~
thrOughout the State?" •
"Yes, it is. In each voting precinct
there is a captain, who, in addition to his
other duties, is required th make out a list
of names of men in his p ecinct, giving all
the Radicals and all the D mocrats who are
positively known, and bowing all the
doubtful on both aides an of both colors.
The list of names is forwarded to the Grand
Commander of the State, who is thus ena
bled to know who are our friends and who
are not."
"Conlon, or are you at liberty to give
me the name of the commanding officer of
this State ?
. "No, it would be impoli ic."
"Then I suppose that there can be no
doubt of a conflict if the militia interfere
with the people; is that your view ?"
"Yes, sir; if they attempt to carry out
Governor Brownlow's proclamation, by
shooting down Ku-Klux—,for ho calls all
Southern men Ku-Klux—if they go to hunt
ing down and shooting down these men,
there will be war, and a bloodier one than
we have ever witnessed. I 4nive told these
Radicals here what they might expect in
such an event. I have no powder to burn
killing neuron. /intend to kill the Radicals.
I have told then this and more; there is not
a Radical leader in this town but is a mark
ed man, and if a trouble should bre4k out
not one of them would be left alive. I have
told them that they, were trying to create a
,disturbance and then slip out and leave the
consequences to fall upon the negro, but
they can't do it. Their houses are picketed,
and when the fight comes not ono of them
would ever get out of this town alive. We
don't intend they shall ever, get out of the
country. But I want It distinctly under
stood that I 'am opposed to any war, and
will only fight inrielf-deense. It the mili
tia attack ns, we will fight to the last, and
if necesstuT, / think /could raise forty thou
earittnune, wi Pe dap, ready for the Md."
~ , D o yon ,think,, General, that the Ett
.
Klux have been of any benefit to the
State?"
"No doubt of it. Since its organization
the Leagues have quit killing and murder
ing our people. There were some foolish
young men who put masks on their faces
and rode over the country, frightening ne
groes; but orders have been issued to stop
that, and it has ceased. You may say fur
ther, that three members of the Ku-Klux
have been court-martialed and shot for vio
lations of the orders not to disturb or molest
the people."
"What do you think, of General Grant ?"
I asked.
"I regard him as a great military com
mander, a good man, honest and liberal,
and if elected, will, I hope and believe, exe
cute the laws honestly and faithtully. And
by the way, a report has been — published in
some of the papers, stating that while Gen.
Grant and lady were at Corinth, in 1862,
they' took, and carried off, furniture and
other property. t I here brand the author as
a liar. I was at Corinth only a short time
ago, and I personally investigated the
whole matter, talked with the people with
whom he and his- lady staid while there,
and they say that their conduct was every
thing that could have been expected of a
gentleman and lady, and deserving the
highest pra.se. I am opposed to General
Grant in everything, but I would do him
justice."
The foregoing is the principal part of my
conversation with the General. I give the
conversation, and leave the reader to form
his own opinions as to what General For
rest means to do. I think that he has been
so plain in his talk that it cannot be misun
derstood.
CARD FROM SENA lOR GRAHAM
The non-appearance of the annexed card
in yesterday's GAZETTE resulted from an
oversight of our own :
MESSRS. EDITORS: Last evening's Chron
icle contains a note from Mr. A. W. Foster,
Democratic candidate for State Senator,
addressed to James L. Graham, Esq., Radi
cal candidate for State Senate:
"SlR—The Commercial of this morning
reports you as having charged the Demo
cratic party with being opposed to the pay
ment of the National debt, and with being
opposed to the payment ofpensions to the
wounded soldiers of the late Army of the
Union.
"I pronounce these charges severally false,
and challenge you to produce in joint discus
sion a title of evidence of their truth."
The reporter of the Commercial _is
slightly in error. What I- --tlid-liay
was, "That the Democratic platform
declared the reconstruction measures
of Congress 'unconstitutional, revolu
tionary and void,' and the fourth sec
tion of the fourteenth article, upon which
the reconstruction measures are based, and
the adoption of which the Deniocracy have
everywhere oppcsed, provides 'That the re
bel debt shall not be paid by the United
States, and that the debt of the United States
incurred in prosecuting the war shall be sa
cred and never repudiated.' "
The gentleman invites me to a joint dis
cussion of political questions. Those -dis
cussions have not been customary in• this
county. The press• reports speakers as
fully as may be desired. Any citizen who
wishes can hear either of the candidates at
any time. The introduction of a plan of
joint meetings would "accomplish no good
end for either party. I regard his proposi
tion, therefore, as indicating only a wish
to obtain cheap notoriety, and prefer to ad
liere to the usual mode of conducting politi
cal campaigns in this community.
A Letter to Mr. Burtt.
AIviDREW BURTT, Esq.—Dcar Sir: As
Workingmen, we have watched your,re
cent course with considerabla interest. The
tone of your speeches, from the one you
made before the Democratic Couventionon
the day yon were nominated, to the pres
ent, has been each as to give aid and com
fort to the party who tried to destroy our
country, and to lead them to believe that
you, are not only friendly to them, but that
you desire and will vote for the success of
their ticket. '
It is trim that you have used your “Da
masons sword,"-ctitting without mercy at
the leaders of both the Democratic and
Rspublican partieg. Admitting thole to
be some justice In your criticisms, the ques
tion arises, who shall-we trust as leaders in
the campaign now going on? Are you
quite sure that you merit such a position?
You say that Workingmen are intelligent
and have the right tolnow who and what
their leaders are, yet you have kept us in
the dark as to your opinion on the momen
tous question of who ought to be made Pres
ident for the next tbur years.
We strongly suspect that the cause of
your silence on that important question is
that you dare not (for fear of losing votes
for yourself) make an open declaration of
your views, and thereby we think you ex
hibit the same political craft that you so
boldly condemn in others.
No man knows better than yourself, that
the meetings which are now being held all
over the county• and country are for the
purpose of educating and shaping public
opinion for ah intelligent expression of
choice of a chief magistrate for the next
four years.
No high-minded, outspoken, patriotic
citizen, such as you lead ns to believe you
are, should in a time like this tin our
humble opinion,) occupy a negative or a
‘uestionable position, or allow his ambi
tion for an office to prevent him from a
manly avowal of his views on all proper
public occasions. You must not deceive
yourself with the idea that we think your
elevation to office is mere important than
all other political considerations. We de
sire to vote for the best interests of our
country, regardless of men. We cannot
help thinking that those who defended her
by_their money or muscle, when she need
ed help, are more worthy of our cond.
demo- and votes than those who declared
the war for her defence a failure.
Your position as candidate for the Work
ingmen was, in our opinion, consistent.
But yonr present political attitude as
merely a nominal candidate for the Labor
Reform party, while you are expecting and
receiving your principal support prom a
party who did their utmost to overturn our
free labor institutiony, country and all,
and to erect a new government found
ed on the aristocratic idea of capital own
ing itg laborers; is to our minds entirely
inconsistent and irreconcilable. Laboring
men have often been duped and mislead
by the sophistries of party leaders. In the
light of oar experience, we must give our
votes to men who occupy no equivocal , po
s;tio-s—men who are now Ideal Hied with
the Union party of the nation, and are not
afraid to speak out what they mean.
With respect, we are yours truly,
MANY WORKINGMEN.
SOUTH PITTEIBITROM, September 1, 1868.
CINcrriNATI papers repdrt that the whole
Johnson pa.rty In that city and county has
gone over to Grant and Colfax; its organ,
announces itself as Republican; and' the
leaders do the same.
MARRIED•
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HRMHELWRIGHT —ItoIiRAW.--On Tuesday,
Sept. Ist. by Rev. R. Hamilton, J. R. HEMBIEL-
WiIIORT, of Springdale. and IlLsa SADIE 8. tic-
GRAW., of Tarentum, Allegkeni no 4 inty; Fa.
DIED;
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FLEMING.
inn- Rattirday, August 29th. 1968,
_at
ht* residence 'Ceuta, Ohio, air. JOHN yr...EM
IN°, aged 12 years.
Mr. Pleating was a resident of this city far over
twenty-nye years. fovea years of this -thee he held
the position of General 'ticket Agent of the F. irt.
W. a C. B, It. Co.
Can be relied on for these purposes; they have a
ditect influence on the cells of the kidneys, assists
nature in relieving them of any foreign particles,
and mutates them to a healthy anti vigorous ac
tion
Contain nothing injurious. being composed of en
tirely vegetable remedies: they do not sicken nor
gript—on the contrary they act as a gentle tonic and
restores tone to the system. They are recommended
by all who who have tried them.
FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS. Sole proprietor,
GEORGE L. KELLY, Wholesale Druggist,
PHYSICAL EXIIAUSTION.
Worn out with the burning beats of Summer. the
human system requires to be reinforced and regen
erated at this season. Strength has literally been
steaming out of it under a temperature that neces
sarily produces exhaustion. Fall Is the season of
remittent l and intermittent fevers, and the weak ,
and enervated are always their first victims. NOW,
therefore, is the time for invigoration. Those who
have anleeted to tone and,regulate the digestive
and secretive organs during , the months of Jane and
July, can no longer continue to do so without im
minent peril to health and lifsf. Commence a course
of HOSTETTER'S BITTERS without delay. Of
all renovating; strength-sustaining preparations
this is the most wholesome and the most potent.
It does not undu* excite the most sensitive organi
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store. The tonic. anti-billous and aperient vegeta
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exact proportions necessary to put tbembole phy
sique into perfect working order. The perity of all
its ingredients is guaranteed. It rouses the languid
appetite, gives unwonted energy to the dlgeatiOn.
calms and bracesthe nerves. and replaces lassitude
and depression with energy and cheerfulness: be
sides being agreeable to the. palate and free from all
the objections urged against the adult rated stimu
lants and tonics, of which it is designed to supply
thepiace.
CHRONIC DISEASES O 1 THE EAR.
In observations and notes taken by Dr. KEYSER,
of this city, on the various diseases of the ear, he
says that nine out of ten cases could be cured in
their incipiency if application were made to some
responsible and competent aural surgeon... The•
Doctor quotes from the opinion of Wilde, a well
'mown aural surgeon, who days: "I fear not to re
iterate the astertlon whickl made on several for
mer occasions, that if the disease of the ear were as
well studied or tindcrstood by the generality of
practitioners, and as early attended to as those of
the eye, it would be foind that they were lust as
much within the pale of scientific treatment. • •
Deafness Is so common and so distressing an in- ,
firmity, and when of long standing so incurable,
that we Cannot too strongly urge all medical practi
tionerslo mate themseives familiar 'with the treat
ment of the diseases of the ear.'
The Doctor says that nearly all annoying Dis
charges, Buzztngs and Morbid Growths peculiar to
the organ of the hearing, some of which had lin
liered through a score or two Of years, can be cured
or ameliorated by proper treatment.
DR. KEYSER'S RESIDE ST - OFFICE for LUNG
RIA3IINATIONS AND THE_ TREATMENT OP
OBSTINATE WIRoNIO-DISEASES, 120 PENH
STREET. PITTSBURGH, PA. (Mice hours lc u m
9 A. u."UNTIL 3
August 15th. 18132.
A F ILEILAIKEN, UNDERTAKER, -
No. 166 FOURTH STREET, Pittsburgh, Pa.
G
INS Of all kinds, CRAPES, LOVES, and ev
ery descriptiou.of Funeral Furnishing Goods fur.
fished. Rooms open day and night. Hearse and •
Carriages furnished. •
Rx.rxhlENcits—Rev. David Kerr, D. D., Rev.
W. Jacobus, D. D., Thomas Ewing, Esq., Jacob H.•.•
Miller, Esc.
JAS. L.. GRAIIA3f
guutLEs &PEEBLESIINIIER. -
TAKERS AND LIVERY STABLES, corner of
S DUSKY STREET AND CHURCH AVENUE.
Allegheny City. where their COI.LIN ROOMS are
constantly supplied with real and imitation R 01313.
wood, Mahogany and Walnut Coffins, at prices va
rying from el- to .100. Bodies prepared for inter
meni. Hearses and Carringes furnished; also, all
/rinds of Mourning tloodS, required. Office *pee_
at all hours, day and night.
ROBERT T: RODNIII( I _ITNDEM.
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EET, Allegheny,' seeps constantly on band's
large assortment of ready-made Coffins of the fol
lowing kinds: First, the celebrated American Bu
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and Caskets, and Rosewood, Walnut and Rosewood.
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wards. Rosewood Imitation Coffin. from $5 up
wards, and no pains will be spared to give entire
satisfaction. Crape and Gloves furnished free of
charge. Best Hearses and Carriages furnished on
short notice. Carriages furnished to ihnerals.-$4.
W . :IIESPENHEIDE,
KEROHANT TAILOR,
Yo. 50 I fit._Clair Street, Pittsburgh,
.
Having just returned from the East with all the
latest styles of European Goods. Is now prepared to
make them up In the lattatiashlen and most dura
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PRICESr past favrsd hping for
new ones. at TO MDT E V ER YB ODY.
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HENRY Gr. lIALE;,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Corner of Penn and St. Mir-Streets,
9
Has now In stock one of the largest and most Varied
assortments of
Fall and Winter Goods
ever brought to thlCelly. Hie stock embraces lat
the latest French and itugllsh menet/sem:mu; of
Cloths, Casslmeres, Suitlngs, Orertoatiogs.
•
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This Soap has been, by a peculiar Process, tread
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even In the purest Soaps,
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re
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nary soaps causes so muck Inconvenience. It Is the
st agreeable Shaving Soap that can be used, tear.
Ins the skin soft and comfortable. The boapsuanallT •
sold as Glicerine beeps contain little or no °Utter..
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surface and the geuulno will be distinguished by the
sweet taste. Agent,
corner Smithfield and Fourth Streets.
Also, agent for BARG'S VIENNA. GLYCEI&ii
IS YOUR DISEASE RHEITMATIDI
Many Persons, supposing they are Metering from
this disease, have applied Idnaments, Plasters and
Other Rheumatic Remedies without obtaining any
relief, when in fact the cause of pain is a derange
ment of the Kidneys. These are small organs .
, but
very important, and any obstruction or interte fence
with its functions are indicated by pain in the back
and loins, languor and weakness, difficulty in avoid
ing and unnatural color of the urine. A Diuretic
should t once be resorted to.
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Dr. Sargent's Barkarhe pills
Price 50 Cents Per Box.
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