, , \ 4. gittstittO aapttt. PUBLIBEED BY lu ,REED & (*.Proprietors. B. PENNITLaN. JOSIdII I'. HOUSTON. Ir. 1 ) . REED. Baton and ProPrietnni. omoz: P I IIILDIIII, 84 AID 86 FIFTH L -.mom DE OFFICIAL PAPER *burg/4 Allesheiry and Alto' stieny counti. Dottlf slostt- HO's - „um Ame ye5r.152.50 E.115g101110P5, —WM nth 751 Six mos.. 1.150 5 coples,sarsb. L. 15 eek 15,Tbree ma 75 10 " - • 1.15 er.ll widows to lattit. E? moN imy,• T.ll, 1.015 lON REPUBLICAN 6TATE• GOVSBNOB • JOHN W. GEARY. Z7DICIAL . =DOE OF St PURSER COVRT: HENRY. Tr. WILLIAM'S. . ASSOCISX'S =DOR OF TILL DISTRICT COURT, JOHN Id. liIREPATRI CS. $ SMART JUDGE Or. L : 4 4 ., c0..0F CoXi[Of! FREDERICK H. COLLIES. Col: l lWrler % ---4P7—• - , I ~ 6INASOB. THOMAB HOWARD. • HOUSE OP BIPILYSIZST&TIVES. . , lILLESND 8. U MIIRLLAR. HMPREYr. ALEXA ER JOSEPH WALTON. . . - JAMEs TAYLDR. JOHNDAVID N. X. W ERR HITE, JO . =BM HUGH S. IFLEMDIG. T AZAIHDLAR— 1013. Y. DEXAMTON. CLEAR or Courati—HYSEPH BROWNE. BadoADza—CROMAB H. HI: ENTER. , Co plassioßsix-r IH/03:WET B. BO8TWICH; BionTsx.--JOSEPIL H. GRA.Y. ADS, CL ARE Mamas', Court—W, Diascroa. or Pooa—ABDIEL CLOSE. lic . A turi e."'• atAron or ALLEOursr, ALEXANDER. Y. CALLoVi r . DIRECTOR OF POOH. C0L..0F.00,0E Gr.BST. • -----"'"--7- WHEA-011,1T ARTEKS UNION REPUBLICAN EXEC,U IlVt - 00 kiIIIT TEE.i To the Union Repub li can, Vi ot*rs and , Vigilance Committees of Allegheny I Counq. ',tut one working day remains before the elec. lion. Every Republican should devote that day to active, didg Int wort. - I , The Local Vigilance Committees should meet 1 n ig •tly until election day, and thoroughiLex . amine and canvass their lists. If the names of any ' legal voters are not on theresistration ilst.they should nevertheless be brought.to the ovide pplls defter nd on making' the pro3fs by affliavit, pr by the registry law, they will be allowed to vote. , In every elecLon district there she cad, be Beg- CLAM COMMITTEES APPOINTED TO iIAII/L OPP the names of those who have voted,and in OA man' finer yen can. ascertain who has not. n i p to three ,o'clocko voted. A 'ETES. THAT lIOUIL BlilYD OUT for all such and hove them brought in. RAi"A CIIALLENGEBS APPOINTED in every elf ction d!s trict, of good, reliable is epnbl csns, rib° are well acquainted with the citizens of the district 2CC that the tickets a.e curr. ct and prayer, distrlb • rated. under the new Re gle_ry law, Bear in mind that, the Polls In city and county must be opened 1). twteirthe hours of sir and revels o'clock in the ramming, and closed at 1 o'clock is tbe eve.° lug. This wi I give an opportunity to many of the working and business men to vote b l e r fore going to their labors. I In another column of this paper you will. end the address of the Naturalization ccommltee, setting forth what constitute the reeuislte qual ifications of voters, and containing other in . formation, to Flitch your careful attention is invited. - 1 • ' must Remember that every naturalized !voter m present his certificate of naturaliz:ttlon to the Election Board,and should therefore ;c my it with to him on going the polls. ' Voters should be caret'si to examine their C ets and see OM they are right, is the opposition ' have flooded the County wits spurfons limes, in the main Republican, but hiving on'them names of certain of their Ca , did des. and mote eyed- . ally the name of Wild. IL hicGEE. Democratic 'nominee for Commissioner. Instead of that of . CHAITNOBY B. BOBTIVIC.E.ths regular asPILP• /Iran nominee. . It is to be hoped that every measure will be • adopted, by the earnest Republicans and the - . Vigilance Committees of this county, to bring oat on Tuesaay next A FULL REPUBLICAN eicyrz, and thus seetire a great Republico4ictory. BY order of the Executive Cociimittee. W. S. PIISVIANCE. chairman, WALTER 8. 151,CTINE i COL. GEO. F. lausuelk; secretariel• . -----. WS psiia2 orb - the inside Para of :this morningfa GAmini—Socond Page: Letters from - Kansas and S. Louis. Third and • Sizth pages: Finance and Trade, Markets,' imiorts, River Sews. Seventh page: State Items, Foreign ernes and Rumors,. kieeeitaneous, Address to the .13epublican Voters of Allegheng Coanty, Amusements: ." • . • ' • iirraoLtuu at Antsfeip, 581 f. Alow dosed la Nor York Satruday at IS6/. SPAIRIoItS TICKETS Will be plenty to morrow• Look out for them. BErnaricest §tate Conventions are to be held on the 13a, in Maryland and `Arkansas. OUR very full list of the municipal nom inations in tbe cities and boroughs will interest our local reziers. • Tar. western section of the Chess• penile and Ohio 'Railway,. from Charles• ton to Guyandotte, is to be put ander contract witldn twenty days. Woonvsn sae the savings of his in dustry invested in governmenj bonds, ought to vote for the ReonbDean, auldi. dates as a xneasure of seltprotection.• a Tun opposition ticket le headed by sato who stands convicted of the petty meanness of dodging hig 11111C8 1867, although his veaitix 18 se3atowiedged to •••••••••17.71•2...••7--- As o t.D rat 11:47 h o votes to-morrow for A.Sd PACSER blots out withhis ownhand the record he made in the var.- Who will do it? - _ Mu. Pact: u. says the bbseks were emancipated i a manner unknowiL to the Constitution. Does he maintain that, therefore, slavery ought to' he restored? - THAT levery Republican voter is brought out .43. morrow. To this end, make arrangements today. Victory may depend On a single vote, though we hope to have thousands to spare. StE TEE downfall of Republics has invari• ably commenced with the. elevation of rich men to office, simply because of their riches. Is that why the Democrats wish to elect Mr. Packer ? GEARY helped to give California a Constitution in which slavery was for bidden. Packer, when in Congress, voted to keep Kansas ont of the Union because she had a free Constitution. Viuomis has ratified the-XlNth and XVth Articles, with an almost unanimous vote of her new Legislature. Now for Ohio to-morrow—and Mississippi and Texas next month—and Gebrgia to folloyr tie time 1 opposition editOr at Altoona "be. ,ieves thit he has made a mistake in sup porting Packer In the Conventio he n." There is so little doubt of this, that t people will take warning from his Un haPpy eample. WHAT could be more humiliating than to have the Governorship bought with money. Mr. Packer has nothing else to give for it. Neither valuable public ser vices, nor the capacity to render such services. He has money, and nothing else. I,..vioonest Democratic journal, the New York Citizen, alluding to the want of any indications of true loyalty in the Harris burg platform on which 3lr. Asa Packer stands, frankly declares that it "neither expects nor wishes that such a party should carry Pennsylvania." Mn. H. W. WILLTAIts is an accom plished jurist, has been long on the bench, and is widely recognized as a learned and upright magistrate. In his election the rights of the people, by a faithful rendering of all constitutional questions, will be abundantly secured. OF the eve of elections the Democrats I ordinarily set all sorts of deceptive re ports in circulation. Bindt. deceived the by any of them. Every for which slightest show of proof can be adduced, was brought out early in the canvass. All late reports are designed to impose 11* II the voters. • TnE Lake Shore Railway Company seems to have been hit hare by the failure of their,Treasurer. A dispatch snys: It was understood that they have de - cided to issue V 2, , convertible sink ing fund bonds bearing seven per cent. interest, to meet the Immediate liabilities of the Company, and more especially to take up the Wabash stock falling duo on the 15th inst. Tag Republican party cannot afford to lose a single vote to-morrow. Let no citizen stay at home and pray for the suc cess of the ticket through his neighbors, votes and :exertions. Go to the polls early and deposit your vote, and then see to it that your Republican nelkhbetrs do NOTHING Can be more at variance in with the spirit of genuine Democracy than to make the possession of wealth a recommendation for public station. 'Mr. PACKER has nothing but money to distin gnishhim from theinaeses of his fellow citizens, and but for his money would never have been thought of In connec tion with the GlibernatOrial office. A commsroxmorr writes ns concern• lug a dirty little trick which has• been to. . sorted to, by a local opponent of Hon.. Hunruunis, a candidate on our legislative ticket. It has been exposed and can do nciharrn. to the prospects of Mr. IL Hislegislative record has trium phantly challenged the scrutiny of all his honestconstituents. RaI'I;BLICS, whenever true to element- 1 ark principles, endeavor to tunellorate the condition of the poor and oppressed ; to protect them in the enjoyment of equal political rights with their more prosper ous fellow-citizens, and to give them fair chances for bettering their circumstances., What Sympathy has Mr. Packer shown for poor men, since he left the ranks of that class ? A von; for Packer is a vote for the repeal of the railway tonnage.tax, which subjects the great coporation under his control to a : large contribution for the exat penses of the' Comraonivealth. R9Pef4 the tax and the people will have the amount to make good, in slime other form, from their own pockets: Shall we aid Ur. Packer in dodging this tax, as he has already dodged his personal obliga tions! Loos out for spurious natuialization papers tomorrow. The Regrstry law has a god in pickle for any man who at tempts to use that • kind of a document. Remember that high Demberatic authority confesses that ftesnigt-two thousaid. of them were iotedon last yeas,: Thesetcof - , fee-stained certiiiiates . of knavery are all extant, and some of them May ltiaup at the Potts ,tomorrcl 4 , -1 1 '0 41 4 1 fi g and sislithiir °wails PITISIIIIRGR GAZETTE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1869. Is 1862 this country shook under the tread - of armed hosts. The constituted authorities called loudly upon the people for help. Strong hands and brave hearts were wanted for duty on the field of bat tle. GE.XItY went himself, taking his son with Ulm; and the son was slain in one of the bloodiest fteldiof the war. Pecs , an staid at home intent only on doubling his millions. Which of them, in these times of peace, deserve the grateful rec ognitions of the men of Pennsylvania ? Ix 1861 the debt of this State wasa• - moat $38,000,000. Nearly $4,000,00 0 was added thereto by the _Republicans, after the war began, to arm and equip soldiers' for the work of putting down the Rebellion. November 30th, 1868, which was the date of the last official ex. hibit, 'the debt was reduced to less than $33,000,00 0 . f Nine millions and more paid off. The State Treasurer now pro. posep to cancel another million of the debt due July Ist, iB7O, and will accom plish it i . advance of that date. A VERY large audience listened, on Saturday evening, with sincere satisfac tion, to the speech of H. BUCRER Sworn, Esq. An open-air meeting, and held at one of the most conspicuous points in a crowded thoroughfare, the people gave careful attention, and constantly reiter ated the tokens of their appreciation. Mr. Sworn has notbeen half well enough known by the people of these cities. But he is now in a fair way to be better known and appreciated. His address on Satur day night was the gem of the canvass here, and will be so remembered: IT is clearly the better opinion now that the rirth Article does not apply to Chi nese immigration. . In his late speech at Cincinnati, this 'opinion was faithfully expressed by Senator 3lowrox, who spoke of the amendment thus: It provides that no citizen of the United States shall be debarred from the right of sdffrage on account of race or color or previousservitude. The Chinese are not citizens of the United States, and under the laws of the United States they cannot be. The laws of the United States do not permit hem to be naturalized. and un less naturalized and first made citizens of the . United States, they could not pos sibly come under the operation of the Fifteenth Amendment: HEBE are Asa Packer's views touch ing the African slave trade. Re voted first to lay on the table and, subsequently, on its final passage, against, the following resolution offered by Mr. Etheridge, Dec. 19, 185 G, on occasion of the landing of two slave cargoes on the Southern coast: Retolved, That this Hotlre g ards a sU suggestions and propositions e kind, by whomsoever made, for a revi val f the African slave trade, as shock ingo to the moral sentiment of the en lightened portion of mankind, and that any action on the part of Congress con niving at or legalizing that horrid traffic would justly subject the Goverment and citizens of the United States to the re proach and ezcration of all civilized Christian people in the world. and Yet he now asks fur the votes of the lee people of Pennsylvania! - _ VOTE for PACKER to-morrow and you say to the world that the patriotism of the days of '6l was a mistake; that the war was not constitutional; that the tens of thousands of brave Union lives were need lessly lost; that rebellion was warranted and treason found no resting place in the hearts of the Southern people. Vote* for Eloartv, and you re-assert your loyalty and renew your gratitude to the heroes of the war; you reassure the soldier President that you are with him in heart and spirit and have no occasion to regret his' eleva tion to office and heartily endorse his ad ministration of public affairs, Which course will you pursue ? With your country or against it? It requires but little time for the honest and patriotic citi zen to make up.his mind to vote the whole' Republican ticket. EOM Govitoicon :BIOMES delivers his ales• sage to the Tennessee Legislature to•day. He will urge the adbption of the Xllth Article, but without avail. The Legisla ture is violently reactionary, and will press through to the bitterest end. Even 'before the organization of one branch was completed, a bill was introduced to destroy a vital part of the free sehoollaw. The Democracy are everywhere hostile to popular hdacation. , And popular tion is always bad for throDemocraci. The sound Republicans of Tennessee find much reason for hope, in the revolu tioaary policy of die temporary majority. Their organization will be once more ani mated and. invigorated for an assured triumph. A sincerely pitriotic • Conser vatism holds the balance of power in Tent neasee, and current events tend power fully to Republicanize this class of citizens. • NO ONE looks to a wager for an toga ment, but it is usually indicative of the set of the current of popper opinion. For example, large bets have been stand. ih open for Democratic acceptance at 'Philadeliphiszduring the week past, that GuAny'f ma3ority would not be less than five thousand, with no takers among Mr. Packer's sporting friends. Indeed, it is understood that the Great Dodger himself surrendered his last hope of election a month ago. now, if any Democrat in this vicinity feels more sanguine than that, and thinks his opinion, 'that Mr. Packer will be elected, worth backing up, we're authorized to inform him, that he can be accommodated with- an thvest• meat of $l,OO or mora on, the avenh on application 'at the Gizrrn ,connting. mon, wheie the !broil resdy for that OPOset Iv the Pittsburgh Leader be not nentra4 it is certainly independent, and if neithef of these it would probably be Democratic. Although its managers may not care fo i r our certificate to their political impartial ity, yet we must frankly acknowledge tht they have held the balances most event throughout this canvass. Their article of yesterday, on the Republican admin istration of the national finances, merits our reprint in full, but space forbids. The Leader puts the case very forcibly. The restoration of popular eonfidence in the speedy payment of. the debt, now going on at the rate of one hundred and twelve millions per aunum, Its total ex: tinguishment In from fifteen to twenty. five years, and the offer of . European capitalists to take the whole debt now at four per cent-instead of six—thes e points are regarded by the, Leader as making a strong card for the Republican party. And very justly 1 ------•■■---- I Tim ELECTION Of GEARY and Win mom is of great importance to thri Qom monwealth. It Alin establish the pub lic prosperity on a basis from which it will not be possible to shake it. We urge every Republican to go to the polls to morrow arid vote for them. Do not wait. for solicitations to perform this duty. Go, whether your neighbors go rir not. Remember that the li-election of GEARY will continue the reduction of the pub lic debt, and secure an honest administra tion. Do not fail to recollect at the i issue of the present contest will ave an important bearing on the next Presiden tial election ; nay, will go far towards determining, in advance, into the hands of which party the next national "administration shall fall. GRANT is doing well for the whole peo ple. He is securing a prompt a d faithful I li ripidl execution of the law; is reduci g, y the national debt; has brought out offers of loans, at nearly half the pr4ent rates of interest, to take up the outstanding obligations; and is in a fair way to re store the Union, to obliterate old aliena tions, and to conduct the whole people into the paths of fresh concord, prosper ity and power. So vote tomorrow as to approve what he has done so well, and to encourage him in further efforts in the same direction.L_. LEFT Ills BED AND DoAND. - The Harrisburg Telegraph gives notice " that Mr. Asa Packer, without any just cause or provocation, left his wife and family in Mauch Chunk, .and took up a residence in a second•class tavern in Philadelphia. All persons are cautioned not to trust him. He is a Yansee sharper, won't pay his taxes, and hires a lawyer to do his fancy swearing." STAND LIT THE NOMINATIONS. The Republicans of the two cities and boroughs have put forward candidates for the minor offices, and we trust, in the in.: terest pertaining to the State and county tickets, none will forget to vote these tick t n ets. It is seldom wise or prver to bolt the straight ticket in favor of 5 , personal friend who finds place amon the opposi tion candidates. The party organizition is only kept strong and secure by close adherence to all put forward as its nomi nees from the highest to the lowest. If this assertion were untrue, the Democratic party would , long since havd \ been num bered among the things of the past. for they are conspiduous for their support of the whole, unbroken set of', candidates Abated by their party. ', LOOK our FOR TH E M= The Dembcracy are driven to the last ditch, and will adopt all sorts of dishon est practices to carry their ends. The latest form of trickery that has come under onr observation is a ticket bearing all the names of the Republican nominees to the Itt , Assembly with an addition made thereto of one Democratic c didate. If such a ticket shall be voted, all the names it bears, from Governor o Constable, will I ti have to be thrown out, under Section 50, of the Election Law o rennsylitinia, which reads as follows : I "If upan opening any cket, as afore said, there be found tiny more names writ- ten or printed on any of them than there ought to be, or if'any tlo or more such capers be folded together deceitfully, such tickets shall be rejected and not counted among the votes; but no ticket shall be rejected by reason of its containing fewer names than the proper number." The Lehigh . t Valley Railway Asa Packer's railway, the same concern whose money he is s'id to have pledged for the payment of wages to emploiees enlisting for the late war—repudiates its nonest taxes to the . State, and has been sued for ' *the delinquency. The sum in default is over $25,000. This is only a little more of Mr, Packer's dodging I Re succeeded so well by his carpet-bag flank movement upon - Philadelphia, in bilking the State and County Treasuries of the large taxes previonaly assessed upon Ids immense;, wealth, that his pocket railway concern now proposes to imitate his example! How much'of this sort of thing can the Democratic tax-payers stolid? If they want any more of lythey can be accom modated by, electing him for Governor Lorrow. THE ORIGINAL KNOW NOTHINGS. In Pennsylvania are leadere of the De ,mocracy now. Indeed, their candidete for Governor bolted a regular nomination of his party to support a &A-lantern nom inee. An body dudes this. !The IMO 'spirit of exclusiveness Wait now.op • pose a Oldness immigration sabittay, sal Iva thin =pant aping coaceasi 1 political rights to citizens of European birth. It was the Democracy of the Philadelphia riots and church burnings, and the same Democracy 'which faithfully clung to the aristocratic institution of negro slavery as long as the least vestige of that shameful blot rtmained to the dis honor of American liberty. Domocratic politicians here, who have _always , supported the Southern slave holding institution undet hic %wh four mil ilions of human beinge were held in forced servitude, with no liberty what ever, and with no compensation except heir beard and clothes, arid mighty little for these necessities, are in an agony of apprehension, because, as they say, the coming Chinese will work for $l2 per .month wages. They are a nice set of folks, to be jealous of such compeon with the labor of the white working-man. If they are sincere in these apprehensions , why has the Democratic party always upheld Southern slavery with[ its no wages at all ? • WHAT WAS THAT DIONEY FORt Two checks for $4,000 each, from the Packer Corruption Fund, have been re ceived, it is said, by the opposition leaders here, within the last ten days. Of this $B,OOO, contributed as it is by a "bloated bondholder" and railway mail lionaire, who'-ofiers himself now as a poor man's candidate, for the, corruption of the ballot-boxes to-morrow —the honest Democracy would do well to look sharply into the expenditure. They will probably find that a few hundreds are devoted to advertising, a hundred or two sent into adjoining counties to pay , the liquor bills Of impecunious candidates and commit tee-men, and the large balance is fobbed by "the corrupt and miserable clique of trading politicians" who, according to good Democratic authority—vide A l f Asa making a tool of Asa Packer, "and 41eek Democratic suc cess only as a stepping•stone to plunder and the filling of their own pockets at the expense of the honest, hardworking tax payers of this Commonwealth." This is now the interesting question with the rank and file of the opposition : 'Who -cabbed the $B,OOO ? NIOIIO.TAX .. DODGIN G. 1113 -- - (Fur the Pittsburgh Casette.] SIR Is9llGlit HOPISINa. HOPKINS—James H. Hopkins, Esq., not to put too fine a point on it, Sir Knight James Hopkins—Hopkins Attor ney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Grad Master of theßolls, and like his great protype Bingkley, Grand Commander of divers ancient and honorable fraternities, is a Patriot after our own heart. He has charge of the varied West interests of the Democracy in West ern /Yeunsylvania in the present politibal campaign, Headquarters "in the field"or which is much the same thing in his office No. 87 Grant street, up stairs. James having been born and tired in Washington county and sired by the Eider Hopkins, of olden time , fame as a Canal Commissioner of our State, in herits an hereditary dislike to all sorts of fraud upon the &Altai:is of the Com monwealth, as well as the antipathy common to "Cross Creek" Democrats, to the heroes of the late war dead or alive, and Republicanismco in any shape. thiHes is dreadfullyconcerned at writing about His Excellency GOvernor. Geary, o: to adopt his own familiar style of putting it, about "Geary Jack Geary, yon know I The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist when taken into Court vainly inquired, upon scanning the faces of his Judges, "Who are those old files on the bench"—so our Sir Knight, or Itiustriona Grand Commander, is wont to speak of the highest dignitaries of the State. Indeed he stands, not at all upon • ceremony, but pooh-pooh's in a highly magnificent way at the Governor of the Commonwealth! In his recent order of the day, speech, addressor whatever else the production may be termed, in dis coursing of "Geary's" unfitness„ Sir Knight James is pleased to say thualy "No man ever talked live minutes with him (Geary) without being dis gusted with his inordinate vanity, and annoyed at the shallowness -of his mind." This is really good, to say nothing of its modesty, and oonsidering the distill , guished claim of our valiant friend James to the public consideration and regard is in every way equal to th e inso lence of the Artfril Dodger, when placed in the criminal Dock. It is quite evident that the Governor on some occasion of audience has manifestly failed to signify his appreciation of the Hopkins a m and that the whole patrician have accordingly taken umbrage at his Exccellency. 'They are sadly chagrined not to much at the Governor's inordinate vani at the " shalss his mind ty ." T hat he should be low " ne vain" of may be pardoned, as it is a frailty of our common nature, from which even the Wow; of the great house of Hopkins are not entirely exempt, but that he should James cannot be "shallow-minded" forgive or forget. If there is anything delightful in a statesmen it is profand- illus ity—mental profundity—such. as trates the achievements of such neophytes in political warfare as Sir Knight James Hopkins. Let the Governor only be profound, and the Grand Commander will vote for him. Can't the matter be arranged in some way before Mx o'clock to-morrow? That our grand commander cannot con scientionsty or sport honor" vote for the Governor is humiliating enough, and is well calculated to excite alarm among those who have heretofore labore under 4 the pleasing illusion that he was d a mar velouely proper man for that high office: But it is further alleged that "Gent y be longs to the ring!' Ab! This, we ap prehend, is the main difficulty with , this Washington county knight-errantin the and his followers. Geary, it seems, is inside of the ring. bat all the Hopkinses, big and little. including the illustrious commander of the forces hereabouts', are decidedly on the mitside, and have been so since the demise of the tits David R. Porter, of blessed memory, and the clique who then controllealShe _Pennsyl vania canal. That a "ring? , of the po litical sort is, in a par:utile:sr 'isense,agood thing if one happens to be 1111 10 an ancient maxim of Demo- Oratio faith sanctioned by the traditions of Tammany and well understood byi the faithful, even in Washings county. But if once you are sown to - the but side thereof, it becomes a detestable ar rangement—a sort of infernai machine— to he broken up atkd destroyed at all tutiardie that you may get at;the no.. exOeoted btlance' t in timpnblietrosury., 'V" giost expritioder of 'Domooroef Western PetuesAyania evident not relish the present stc affairs. The "ring' must b ken—the machine be smashe we` rnay return to the haloyt of - the progenitor of Bir 1 when the Democracy ruled t and the pnielo funds were their legitimate plunder. Mu may feel disposed to oblige S we cannot, on this occasion, a readers to forego their con= vote for his candidates. On t "Geary" is quite as safe as Par cnlarly if there is a large unex , .. ance in the State treasury. In what we have said we d not wish to be understood as wishing detract from the fairfanie of Sir Jam , or to in timate that he is not apprecLat dbv us at his fall market value. in so e r oles he is admirable and striking.lawy er he is, to be sure, quite up to the average standard of young practitioners. As a , Sir Knight, on occasions of dress paradthe e, we esteem him as fully equal to late leir. Hamlet in court costume. Bat as Grand Commander of the Democratic i d forces in Western Pennsylvania he is not, in our humble judgment, a s cress. He has what Fowler would term t e faculty of ',invention" largely decelo unlimited.ut then his reasoning powers are not Be may improve with caret i training. particularly in matters of e lquette, to wards his superiors in age aid political. station. • ..x.., _-___—_....... TO THE VOTERS OF ALLE GHENY COUN After almost a year's ce; ; ation frout . political strife. the' citizens of Pennsyl- vents are again involved in a great con- test. Divided as heretofore into two great ; parties—Republican and Democratic— i ; there is yet, no question before • them of principle or of policy ; for all such were fully discussed and emphatically passed upon by the voters of the tate in the • triumphant election of the G ant and Col- . • 1 . . fax electors last year. The p ‘ oprlety and justice of the Fifteenth Amendment, so • much inveighed against by the Demoo racy of the present day, and the impro pardimetilnesistarnadtion, shortcomings wof he Johnson • only too glad. in their grea I desire for place and profit, to Miliiate are of the - ' past ; settled by the i n dictv o thei r p t, of the whole country l mlas and to their entire and great • tisfaction. . . No new issu es have arisen or uld since ', then arise, and in the canvass f this year ` • the voters of Tenneylvania are called upon only to reaffirm or isaffirm a . . former verdict. The Republicans of Allegh ny county • are not and have not been n willing the to open the old questions a ew. On , . con; rary, they nave invited and ehalleng- ed the Democratic party t ; free Lull discussion before the .ole of every • - • point of difference bet een the two parties, in the full faith nd confident -, t i belief that the inevita le repetition of' • : the vote of 1868 might. i measure tend •-, to impress upon it the f t that there are ~ questions which have .: :n finally de cided upon, and princip e; which, though good enough. in their d y,.t : . , ll .o e tth p itea ro tii in ints ess bruncan o li f nic... the country has now m . obsolete; bat. to day the canvass in t is county, now almost at an end, preSe as the strange • ' • , spectacle of a party in po • er, , and there fore necessarily to be ass; tied, willing to accord to its opponents, p. t only an inves tigation of its conduct - ;ce it has been in, but also a new trialf those princi ples upon :which the vot: a of tho nation decided it • should co ..e into power, and yet refused en -1. by its op-. • ponents, who have ; s ta. dared to call a single public 4. ding or in vite a single speaker to upport of what ever of principle or .. cy the Demo.' ' credo party may profe- to entertain, or in I n k d ag n o lo t 4r to tjt b ea ri YP remind rieuheainPel' `branch in the South= ; States, with a - , brethren, rebelled ._• • . t the authorities of the land, and, stri • g at the life of ; • , the nation, uecessitat : . the loss of life, to understand .• , them. It has cost etc itself with air- invitation (in print) to he people to for- ! . get its record for erg 1 t years; it has not inactive sympath ; om its Northern. so much to be dopier:all, and tne. creation of the great ; ebt under which -it -now says the count is groaning, and Ipresuming that the p: .ple of the county are as short of memo ! as it could desire • for everything which has done during. a four years' war, which spas .it invokes • the criticism of the • . era upon fi nan cial matters pertaining to his State alone and yearsestie machine • during„ the three of GOVertlor C : ry's administra-- • tion (on figures an., statements with a More comniendidsle ' ndnesa than accu racy, furnished the ol by its Chairman for • , Western Pennsylva ; a) It is not worth whi e, nor have we here • . the apace , to pass u. l n the statements or the Democratic Corn a tt • relative to the (household) scone. y f Republican es Legislatures and Go: erno as compared with that of similar to (I am relic officials. It is sufficient se that he oompar 186%. i son • ; made of Democratic ape !tures in before the cavil war I and f Republican • 1 expenditures hi 1: ;;! a ft er it shows that the latter is not qui ;'. double the former, and yet when the t . -payers of the State reflect that in 1858 ' new Gubernatorial • na Co n , belonging or an ime to corne to• i the Commonwealth, was lilt, and that i the increased de • lop ent of the re- ; sources of Pennsyl ',anis nce 1860 has necessarily quadru 'lied t e businesa of" t 3 i Governors and -._ t es, it cannot; but be their candid cone ado that either the party in power in,l w economical, or . " 1 the party in power i' 1 xtravagant, es. 1 pecially. too, when he inking men of the community ta e in consideration the act that in 18 or day, there was - and is hardly a sin le it mof expense to• either the private divi nal or the State the cost of which) not ore than double that of the same ar ide n 1860. wittaisreperoperuremrill g a t the raffia .31Ign'ttl'act'cr,----.1 the voters of West ri P nnsylvania_, and reluctantly lesvin for the time being the housewifery of the Capitol -and Ga. . bernatorial mansi ,n, he Chairman of ~„. . Abe Democratic Co 03 tee alleges as ex- ". travagance on the tart f the Republican . party . . that a Stat 'dht of 429,000,000, - bearing five per cent. terest only, was, • 0 ; 4 1 under a Repnbli ministration. re . n deemed and paid a w issue, in 1866 . 7, of certificates o in ebtedung aix per ess to the amount of 423, , beari cent. interest: . All of which is trn but disingenuous; in this: that he is eft er ignorant of or. Wilt - ally failed tos t the fact that the II indebtedness ;of 000, most of it ire• - • cured long before h war, when there \, was no preMlnmo a id. and all of it be fore the passage of el eiral tender act.: wasorers ins. and its accrued inter- eat: amounted to a t 523,000.000 at the e 4 31 time of its redampti 'by the Berm! ► n; authorities of Penns, )oasis , sad It: :-:•!,:e redemption effected y them" t ro:•s•I'.• d the debt into one pa able,' princl -4 ,t'. sr d interest, in currenc y at six tae race -„, 'la- - tereat per annum, in ead, of• as the our debt (under the d one of the 'United- States•SupremeCCOnit, then known to -the State an boiitilaugela a debt''rit: fi ee per,cent. fat g, Pa -principal' and ' 4 ..,, in g -.• ;;At the time of this 14,- demotion -gel was worth 51:40inentletw ey. and it havnrequired from' the Nit, of 1 'y does to of bro- ; —that 11 days I James. .e roast ted as , It as we rJarnes, vise oar tons and t e whole, er, Pad" nded tail- OE
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