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JOHN W. GEARY.
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HENRY. Tr. WILLIAM'S. .
ASSOCISX'S =DOR OF TILL DISTRICT COURT,
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JOSEPH WALTON.
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CLEAR or Courati—HYSEPH BROWNE.
BadoADza—CROMAB H. HI: ENTER. ,
Co plassioßsix-r IH/03:WET B. BO8TWICH;
BionTsx.--JOSEPIL H. GRA.Y.
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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•
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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
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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?
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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?
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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.
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(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-
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