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"THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1864.
NATIONAL UNION NOMINATIONS.
TOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE.
Uniea Electoral Ticket.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
MORTON M'MICHAEL, of Philadelphia
THOMAS CuiNNllNuHAM, of Beaver.
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTORS.
1 Robert P. King,
13 Elias W. Hall,
2 G. Morrison Coates,;14 C. H. Shriner,
3 Henry Bumm, ;15John Wistcr,
4 "William II. Kern, .16 D. M'Conaughy,
5 Bartin II. Jenks, 17 David AV. Woods,
G Charles M. Runk, :18 Isaac Benson,
7 Robert Parke, ;19John Patton,
8 Aaron Mull, 20 Samuel B. Dick,
9 John A. Hiestand, 21 Everard Bierer,
10 Richard H. Coryell, 22 John P. Penney,
11 Edward Holliday, ,23EbenczerM'Junkin
13 Charles F. Reed, 24 J. W. Blanchard,
WLL1 LL.J1.L. . .. , , !!"
FOR CONGRESS.
Col. James L. Selfridge,
OF NORTHAMPTON CO.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
William H. Stroll,
OF CARBON CO.
Union Meeting.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the
friends of the Union was held at the
Court House, in this borough, on Thurs
day Evening last. Although the notice
given was short, the meeting, in point of
numbers, was but little if anything behind
that of the copperhead affair, on Monday
eveuing, with ample notice and the rush
of Court week to swell its numbers.
Geo. II. Miller, Esq., presided, assisted
by Melchoir Drehcr, and Frederick Kiser,
as Vice Presidents, and Edward L. Wolf,
Secretary. After a few remarks by Mr.
Davis, in which that gentlemen, we think,
eclipsed all his former efforts as apolitical
speaker, and in which he clearly showed
Up the paltroonry of the pretended Dcni
ocracy. by a comparison of their profes
sione now with what they were at the
commencement of the rebellion, he intro
duccd Samuel L. Cooley, Esq., to the au
dience. Mr. C, though laboring undo
severe indisposition, in a speech of an
hour's length, contrasted the course
the true friends of the Union with that
of the latter day men in the difficulties
which have been forced upon the country.
His speech, which was a paragon of polit
ical honesty and courtesy, proved conclu
eivcly that the war was forced upon us by
the South, and that in all the efforts
the administration to suppress it, nothing
could be seen but an earnest desire, to re
Btore the Union, the Constitution and the
laws. In reply to the assertion of the
Chicago rebels that the war had been
thus far a failure, he conjured every one
present to examine the maps of the coun
try in connection with the march of our
armies, and assured them that they could
pee for themselves that, whereas, tbe re
bclhon commenced with fifteen claimed
States, the rebels had now but two Slates
and a half under their control, and even
these were tottering. The fruits of that
sp.ech, which was frequently interrupted
with enthusiastic applause, are already
beginning to manifest themselves. The
people are disposed to take the speaker's
advice, to read and judge intelligently
upon their duty in the campaign ; aud
when they once begin to do this, good-by
to the power of as en who have substituted
toan-worshipjfor the support of principle,
and who widk sell their very souls, if
that was suggested to them as the only
means by which they could secure politi
es! pottage and who even now are urg
ing their fellows to vote for a platform
hieh was erected by its builders solely
to place the country and government into
the hands of traitors. At the conclusion
of JUr. Cooley s speech the meeting ad
journed with "three times three' for
those eminent peace makers, Grant, Sber
aan, Farragut, Sherridan, Lincoln and
Johseon.
The TJnkra Nominees.
'he conference which met at the A
erican Hotel ob Thursday last, (the
proceedings of which will be found in an
ether column,) have given us a candidate
for Congress eminently worthy the sup
port of every true friend of his country
the gallant Col. James L. Selfridge, of
the 46th Pennsylvania Veteran Volun
teera. While bis opponent, PJbii. John
son, has been enjoyiag the emoluments
f his Congressional career in, ease, and
ly his votes and speeches endeavoring to
tlog the actional administration, and thus
sad Jeff Davis and his Southern political
Iretken in their accursed rebellion, Col.
Selfridge has been suffering the hardships
of a soldier's life and .gallantly doing "a
soldiers duty In the defence of right and
in maintaining our glorious government,
on the firm foundation erected by the pa
triot fathers of the revolution. "While
Phil. Johnson has refused from the com
mencement to go forth to battle for the
country in a war brought about by the
leaders of his party, Col. Selfridge was a-
mong the first to bare his breast to the bul
lets aud bayonets of the rebels, under the
first call of the President for 75,000 men,
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ana nas continued in. ine Eervico ui
since, and has heroically participated in
nearly every hard fought battle for last
ing peace, and for the supremacy of the
laws. While Phil Johnson is emphati
cally a pot house politician, and has exhi
bited a talent for but the dirt of party, Col.
Selfridge, in private life, has always pro
ven to be an unassuming citizen, and
when business tact was required, has
shown himself possessed of talents which
cannot but shine brightly iu whatever po
sition he may be placed. We might
go on piling contrast upon contrast, did
we deem it necessary. But it is not.
The honorable highuiinded voter, no mat
ter to what party he may have heretofore
belonged, the man who loves country a-
bove party, will have no hesitancy in ma
king his choice, and that choice will be
for CoL Selfridge. Push on the column
let the ngnt begin. In Col. beltndge
we have a leader worthy our warmest con
fidence. Let us then go to work in earn
est, and see whether we cannot do some
thing to seriously alarm, if wo cannot o
verwhelm the Phillistincs of Democracy
m utter rout and confusiou.
For Representative in opposition to our
former non-entity Gilbert, wc have Wra
II. Stroh, of Carbon County. Men who
kuow him intimately speak in the high
est terms of Mr. Stroh, and our Union
brethren or Uaroon present mm to us as
a gentleman in every respect, worth' the
earnest support, of the Union men ol the
District.
Alas ! Poor Pike, &c.
As we prophesied would be the case,
some months ago, little Pike and her su
premely Copperhead politicians arc left
out iu the cold for another two years, un
der promise, no doubt, that her time will
come next. The Congressional Confer
ence at Mauch Chunk has come and gone
but our friend George is not, while
Phil. Johnson is, the party nominee for
Congress. With all the weight of evi
dence in favor of her claim to the succes
sion, little Pike has thus been cut down
in the flower of her manhood, and her
sons mourn as though they would not be
comforted. Alas ! how sad ! What will
George do now ? What will stiff-backed
Cotter and the Herald do ? We know
what they would like to do, but dare not.
The whip of party will be used to a pur
pose, and they will march to the polls ap
parently as tickled as though they thought
of nothing but Johnson from the first, aud
didn't want George at all.
And the ambitious aspirations of Mon
roe too have been rudely blasted. Her
democracy felt that Burnet should be the
man, and presented him as the most fit
ting war horse of this region. Previous
to the meeting of the Conference things
looked propitious for the success of the
General. Carbon, Monroe, Pike and
Wayne, were all pronounced dead-set a
gaiust thedesiresaud men of the mother of
counties, and her candidates were sure to
find themselves no where, while Monroe's
chance stood No. 1 in the conference.
But alack aud alas for the frailty of hu
man calculations ! As with Pike, so with
Monroe. She didn't have votes,cnough,
and so her choice was swamped.
And Carbon too. She was on the course
with her Brodhead ! (Who can tell the
time to which the mind of man runneth
to the contrary, in which a Brodhead could
not be found willing to take the loaves
and fishes under his charge'). And she
was certain too.
But she too experienced
the folly of trusting to sublunary affairs,
Brodhead was no where, and Carbon
formed in line with Monroe and Pike.
laking it altogether it was a beautiful
fight for out-siders to witness. Each as
T) 1 r?l n t Wflfl hllQV infl nm-nnof in Ut I
deavor to head tho nilipr W mnM
Hpnr fn ho-, A hn ,.fi. I
cially, to head off Johnson, against whom
vw.j wmwj u-vrs v Wi" I
all were arrayed; but, when the curtain
.uv tuuuo onvjjii unajr, ii. u us i
lound that each one had headed himself,
and left Johnson standing high and snii-
ling on his way to tike his three thous-
and per annum and the CnncrrpSKinn.il
nonors ior the next two years. There were
a w v-q wwwtwuwi i
heart burnings at the result, but there is
no doubt but that these are squelched for
ine present
that each
the possession
success
become tired
noTnnMfi rirotn-rr
rru w e r n . . I
lhe citizens of Monroe County, in
w1,w viavuij. i
tendance of the present term of Court,
had a rare treat on Monday last, in listen-
mg to the speeches ot those mat Demo-
cratic lights, Dr. Leonard, of Mauch
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Chunk, and Hon. Phil. Johuson. The
Doctor's oration was particularly spicy,
being devoted, not to a discussion of the
causes of the wicked rebellion which has
filled our land w;a .M.
mnnrnlnn inf1 fbrnif
enedto destrov onr Kfc n. nf
Atrr ... "1 i-r. ...
-..u.ua,uuu .u.vu-
muiuiuL.auu imtau-
""'"J uur national ine, or 01 .
tha Uf f .. , ..
vw uow ouppressiDg it : but to
a paltry and despicable tirade against the
great Union Party of the nation aud an
attempt to show that its real cAA.m :
accomnlish a general intermiTf, c .
o vi mu 1
v I
He read larn-elv
nunc auu uiauxacesJ xie read Jarp'elv
from an anonymous pamphlet, published
in W York, entitled,. "Miscegenation"
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1... v. . . , , , Al.
unh ho iiflirmaH -tn hn- i-Un rim-l- .fl i:
. uauu ui, uuiiu.u w iuu ' iu 1. til 1
tooetne worK ot
jjiummeni ivepupncans, ana expressive ot
j Tt 1 1 - . - I ,
, nor is there a mite of doubt "lose opposed to the war under all cir- M "g - mond WaV.onc of the most nrominent Reb- Vnrfb.mntnn
nnfi nf tlio .ffl;taj mimsfnrif.no Tin ;n f ua i. rccini nor as an oDiect. but it is nrosecu- , . ., r
of a politicians pledge of of those most indignant on the score of C"1Q interest ot the white man, of - . ' ' ' n , J" rT.'
after mother Northampton has arbitrary arrests, yet he committed to iail umon ana .r Perm"nent peace. This is . - x, indge, ohn w .
of the fionrrftssinnn,n,iW the entire Marvlnnd Ui,!,!,,-, nf a a DCgro war Decause we are trying to take ueau aeau ueyonu Monroe
the Sentiments of that party : but failed
of course, to prove any connection be
tween the two ',ot anything else, 'savehis
own devotion to the slave-drivers inter
estsand the' ignorant malignity' Of his
hatred to the Union cause. We have no
hesitation in saying, that among intelli
gent men, the Doctor will do far more to
elect the Union nominees, than he will
accomplish for the cause of Gfen. McClel-lan.
The facts with regard to amalgamation
in the free States, are simply these: that
In few localities where promiscuous inter
course of the races does exist instance,
the Five Points in 6th Ward New York,
and Bedford and Small sts, in 4th Ward,
Philadelphia : the vote is almost unani
mously Democratic ; in fact, it is doubt
ful whether one vote for Abraham Lincoln
will be polled from the loathsome dens
or corruption anu miamy which iestcr in
those localities, and which annually roll
up their hundreds of ballots iu favor of
the Democratic ticket. And tneonly in
stance of practical amalgamation that has
been brought prominently iuto view du
ring the war, iu the free States, is that of
Gov. Seymour's "friend, the leader of
New York Copperhead riots "Mr. An
drews, of Virginia who was dragged
from the arms of his black mistress to the
halls of justice.
Mr. Johnson's address was less viru
lent, aud far more decent, than the Doc
tor's, but was destitute of force or point
The most striking portion of it was hi
is
description of the Chicago Convention
where, he informed us, among the count
less thousands of enthusiastic Democrats
not a drunken man was to be seen, nor i
profane word heard ! Certainty, the Mil
lcnium must be near!
Philip held iu his hand, what he said
was the Democratic Platform not that
adopted at Chicago, however, but McClcl
(an s Jteport ! lie endeavored to con
viucc his audience that the war would
have been ended longsince, had McClel
bin's plan been pursued : singularly for
getting, that the little hero of
lame was only removed lroui command
after eighteen mouths experience had
j -
shown the utter incompetency alike o
the plan and its author. The reference
to West Virginia was unfortunate for our
honorable Philip : Since West V
lrginia
lias repudiated the darling institution
which our copperhead friends love so
dearly, and with Missouri aud Maryland,
joined the phalanx of free states ! and
with Missouri and Maryland, her gallant
people will give their hearty support to
the re-election of Abraham Lincoln !
Want of space forbids us to pursue the
subject further at this time. Wc may re
cur to it agaiu. Meanwhile remember the
words of Webster "Liberty and Union,
now aud forever, one and iuseparablc I"
The Next Presidency.
From the Trenton (N. J.) Monitor
j.nc next election is tne late oi tuc na
tion. Upou its result depends the res
toration or the destruction of the. Uuiou.
JSo question has ever before been preseu-
ted to the people upon whose solution
hung the momentous results which attend Phil was against everything that the admin
their verdict upon the next Presidency, istration had donp. But this was the most
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imoT: 10 uu -a , uumuauy
rcprcseui; n peace or war. jlo is me
nature of the peace. The destruction of
the rebelliou is no longer doubtful. The
t ki .v,r-
doAont in the honfis that the shmiwr of fim.
J -"v 1-"v-' lv ut"-'
tion in rhn Vnrth mnr mvn flmin tho nU.
iects for which thev have been striving,
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This a democratic triumph would do.
The strife is not as to the man who shall
. . 1
fill the Presidential chair for the next four
ye
rir.v nnif nrov
possibillity of future secession : or upon a
k av MUV
basis which surrenders to the conquered
all we have wrested from their grasp and
wuenever inev ian to maintain ineir sun.
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1, , " , '
nnoion sbnll bn ilnni.ln.l ? Cn.,mni,r
doubtful
doubtful.
IWt. if thn nn,lQ nP thn Anmnnn,r J
bas
r,n i i u i t, '
, the means which they have adopted
to advance them are equally so. They
themselves kuow that their motives are
themselves kuow that their motives are
111'Jinlnr no flirt TiirfVrtii rriiTi fViiir nut
f'nrfh .a tbn nvnnoItJnn nf tho', 7;n-, ia
c.iU c
such that a member of their own conven
kiui.ivu vs. -iti-il Tl.lio l
i, ... l r i.:
tion says it "might mean anything." E-
j wuicuijiuuiu ia iiiuir uuurne as 10
the nominations. The onlv irround. bv
their own avowal, upon which General
McClellan was selected is his oooularitv.
Statesmanshin ho. has nnnrv nor lma nnv
portion of his party claimed it for him.
f ..w "-J .w.
The one recommendation advanced is his
generalship, yet he is to be sustained by
iryiand legislature of his
own accord and with no warrant of law.
and with no warrant of law.K".
rni - .
J - I11S DOasted warrior Who is onnnsod fn
war is proposed as tne recipient o the
nrf nU wlin nns;,iAr Vi, ak :i a
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legal, outrageous and despotic, yet he was
the first-military man who urged upon
tuc -o-ummiBirauon tue necessity oi the
connp"on.
Ll,n!.rnnnMnj u m: ...
We have, but little doubt as to the result.
Their defeat will be accomplished bv a
the country has never
before given, 'lhe defeat of the copper-
i". L" ui iue ia8. ;
l,j k ..,-, .
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. uuiiucuubw meiast
hone of the rehe fon unA fiMf otn
l.r7, ; , . )n
toward a speedy and lasting peace.
t -r r
qi -a t r
r Tu ' ' II j 1 . i
ars. It is whether the peace shall be . f, . ' ' L, ra 'u 'P n , . m
maue upon grounds wnicn restore the U- o -o-
nion in all im intp.rrii.v nn.l nrnvnnf tl,0 the whole Union party deserve hanging for 1 endleton, for nearly all of them served
1 1 11 .1 TT I I11L' LliaL 11 LUC Illlll. I llll. IVM1I! I III 111. L1 Ui lr 11.1 Ull Ul IJU11"! Ut It II II I till.
such as will not bear scrutiny, that the , a-,fn ? lxJcca tne royal lamuics lor iut let us pass on to the consideration,
expression of the desires of one section of 'Jeinglisn Crown, and is commonly called more particularly, of the peculiar merits
tlmir rf,. n.i Ka rnnuin- u tue "Wars of the Roses. of the candidate for the first office on the
iun.Mii iciuivua iu i nv- ij uo tuu uauiuiuui . , . .. . - ' . . i ei lniirnms snvn Anrn -'iitif ini.n t
.vv.v la wrUJJUY vi iuu uucuauuuuu ia uumnmm nnn
nolmin,, n rn. itlKI , v ' A Z
v. . . ...--"o-
the enemy from
v.. ! 6. vu j uc uiuhj
uucuv 1IUU1 -fiauera xaiii. capturing
18 Suns and roany artillery horses. The
2jfi? arerfl;Ug hf $ iu ""t con-
IUSlnn llnll nnH 111 nl ' In I lo n otnnl- inn
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the
that
rhn I
fusion. Gold' and MnClrdlnn stonl- nnn.
tinue to fa nndnr tho nnnA ow0 fmn
w ' " -w w . wwwu. ll-
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Liniin rn t. 1 1 ,,rri-. (h
the armies of the UnioiL.
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The Democratic Meeting.
Tho Democracy, fearful that they could
not on their own merits get out a respectable
crowd, siezed upon, the first day- of Court
week, and held a Democratic pow wow at
the expense of the county. The turn out, as
it was,was very moderate, there not being a
any time over 450 present. A small shine
for a Democratic Mass Meeting, advertised
wpeks "before, with names of noted speakers
prominently displayed. The first speaker
was a Doctor Leonard, of Mauch Chunk : and
we will say for him, that if he is not more
decent, honest, intelligent and upright as a
Doctor than he is as a political speaker, then
may God have mercy on his patients.
He eet out, in the first instance, to show
that the Republicans were Abolitiouists, and
the inference was that Jeff. Davis & Co
were, therefore, justified on their advent in
to office, to leave the Union. The absurd
folly of such a position is sufficient to render
its meanness and rascality harmless. For
every one knows that the Republican party
never were Abolitionists, but always denied
the right of the national government, in time
of peace, to interfere with slavery in any o
the States were it existed by virtue of posi
tive law. They did, however, object to its
extension, and nothing more. But Jeff. Da
vis rules the learned Doctor out of Court, for
Jeff, said, at the Kirk & Jaques interview
that "slavery is no longer an element in the
contest, and never was an essential clement,
It was only a means of bringing other con
flicting elements to an earlier culmination
This truthful Doctor next tried to establish
the fact that the Unionists were ansalgama
tionists. To do this he knavishly quoted
from Wendle Phillips and other amalgama
tionisfs, who have always been opposed to
our party. Therefore what they say and
write the Unionists are no more responsible
for than they are for what George B. Mc
Clellan says and writes. We will state
however, since the question is up, for the
benefit of this learned Doctor and others o
his way of talking, that it is a notorious fact
that the Southern States without exception
(where the Republicans have not until re
cently lived,) for years back, as the census
show, have had at least one mulatto for eve
ry Democratic vote cast at any election.
Besides this, the Democratic party has sane
tioncd and approved of amalgamation in the
most unmistakable manner, by electing Rich
ard M. Johnson to the Vice Presidency
whose wife was a full blood negro woman
by whom he had several children, aud every
one of whom was half Democrat and half ne-
gro,
In the hope that these pills will
re
Iievc the Doctor from the negrophobia, and
all others who have taken it from him, we
pass on. We cannot refrain from remarking
for the Doctor s encoungement, that he sue-
ceeded eminently m disgusting the intelh-
rrn 11 1 rvnrtinn nt hia nfirtv if.hrt liinnmmrl
tr nrocnnf
" r""
Tho Tf n,l W .nW,., Pi,;n;n
a saw a v-rt v uuu juj iivitiivi ituu A uillili
Tnhnn nrp.ntnn wi, lcrirrnnrc
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100 many
m
congress, anu wno is now a
candidate for two
years more. The Hon.
Iialurai lUing ,n lbe worldf for Mr. Lincoln
is against Jeff. Davis with all his might, and
Hon. Phil, no more so than circumstances
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comnei mm to he. ills snnnr.h was nr-
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winded and necessarily illogical and untruth-
fill. Tt iH not onr intnntinn to fl.llnw him
- - -
through all the tivfetinm, and ,n,rnm,
his .snlattnnln.h f,nr,nm,n W n sh.ll nn.
o a l v'
. . WMV .
Iy glance at the prominent points made by
not handing the government over to Jeff. Da
vis CfcCo. Phil, did not say this in so many
words, but his logic pointed there witb un
errinor certaintv,
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tt. -m.?i .v -i . , , , ,
aiou jL-iiu. snowcu that his Knowledge
01 "'Story is no Dctter that his knowledge
f pontics. For instance, he informed a
punucs. i'or instance, no lniormcd a
surPr,scu audience that the Thirty Years
surprised audience that the Thirty Years
War was to regain nossession of the flolv
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.... iiiui. vu iiiiifiiL sun uie lunLicr n nv snv-i i (innins. rtrnnnons nun nnnr v -i Mm Koh.
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17- i . - ,....,1.1 .
T'1 . re ,
p ll, '
Jiut historians tell us that
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l"e y.--eare ar was in consequence
no,uinS alone lor the negro: and the
"gli ting alone for the
i - t . t- lf i I
nones or our soldiers that lie bleaching on
S0?,
hern soil, ho there because Mr. Lm-
is prosecuting an unconstitutional
war. All nnr sn mors thnt. hnri tnllnn in
i.: .i:.wi ...i i r.
Twentv-three hundred thousand had
called into the field, and not more that
one million slaves had been freed. This
xuiisucincu to minic was a clincher.
.. I
l'hii. asserted that Mr. .Lincoln was
t . , .. .1
" -"-o- ----. . t.jxug
i r nn nnm t - i u n i . i
?.c.. ne?.r.. irom the Rebels, says Hon.
.. . . "UU1. tuu UOD.
JL nil. lhis war is uo more, nor as much.
I'll 'I'hio 1. I
"'a 10 I1W '""i uuu,
. .
, uo 10 u wmw uiau a ui,
"orse and mule war, a gun and ammu-
ltl0 ar' a territory and provision war.
i",16 1S ine P011C an,a sP.ecial endeavor
ot the government to deprive the traitors
of ail means of carrying on the war to de-
7, " . r"? ""iui
their white soldiers, their h nnrl
r""108' g.u.ns and ammunitin, territory
ana Prov.Islons -nd their ..negroes too, for
L8?? S down the
"Ul lut iieueis..aDU restoring
Deace ana narmnnv to nnr riiatrnntaJ
ucuuu auu narmonv tn nnr niBr.rnntnii nnn i
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Tl. . ; -
"is in no respect unconstitutional
w on j tL
r.u.u t.. awvea 01 traitors, ior
fne 1Kwe"8 lo.dSed oJusi vely in the
- ""0"1 LUU,r rff aenc an- ne would be
"Z u " Y tu reiU8r 50
ktuuiwcu tuts wsic nnwpr nt t.iin nnam,r ,n
wn ,n :5 1 rZ xu L
v'"7 nuj juukukbu uv uivii ZBQ wiir urn.
10 tue euecc or lreeino- and nrm nn m
the slaves ? We believe it is ennfiodnd
. - , M t S
we have nearlv 200 000 ne.rnna ?n
the G
invnmn,n vr.
" 1 v..jtuuU OwlVlUU. I1IIW
. -lwir
If those I T
Ducwuat are the tacts, lhe war is itoHnninmn nfhim. nnri n.nni;.,i.. k t:i.
neeroes were tr.mfifprrprl frnm wm-n cnuuu bu nurnoiy, aild be- ion, uy tv.-uj uunon,, ini. xjiiHiRiu
o.ur "cro irausierretl irom our service m,mi,n,i i,;m ,,,;ti, r-;u .1 . a i!i ...,1 -vt.- i?i.i T.i.n.-.i t.ii..
to the Rebel' servien .f.bnn ma 1.1
"v, .tuuju u
compelled to call into our service 400,000
more white men to make our army rela-
ivelv as strong as it now is. Then the
Dolicv of the administrationof freeing and
arming the slaves has saved to us almost
400.000 white men. For Had we not ta
cen them into our service, the rebels
would have had the most of them in their
service if not in their army, then in the
fields, &c, doing that which their white
men now are compelled to do. And they
would not have come to us without the
promise of freedom. That brought them
to our side. This is fighting lor tne ne-
ro is it? Not a bit of it, non. Phil.: but
it is the negroes fighting that near 400,
000 white men may not be called irom
their homes and ordinary vocations to take
up arms to put down the rebellion; and
none can lau to rejoice tnat it was nnauy
inaugurated except a rebel at heart. Says
Hon. Phil we must and will have peace,
and if the lankccs, who are responsible
for this war, do not behave themselves,
they, like Hainan of old, would yet hang
on the gallows that they had erected to
hang secessionists on. Thus this Demo
cratic candidate for Congress would res
tore "the Uniou as it was," to Jeff Davis
& Co., by hanging the real Unionists
- -v r " t
But what becomes or l'nu s negroism
when wc remember that Jeff Davis and
A. H. Stephens have said that slavery
has nothing to do with the contest that
it is only a means to an end. The Rebe
Vice President contradicts Phil again
for he has boldly declared that the Soutl
was aloue responsible for the war. Phil
says wc must have peace, and Jeff Davis
says we cannot have peace till we gran
them their independence or exterminate
them. Phil cries for peace before the
rebels are thoroughly whipped, and there
fore favors Disunion. Hence his desire
to haug Unionists.
Ah ! but says Hon. Phil, this war woul
long since have been brought to a close
had it been couductcd according to the
policy Gen. McClcllan laid down when he
first entered est Virginia namely not
to interfere with slavery in any respect
nor have anything to do with them.
It
was owing to this policy that West Vir
ginia was now a loyal State in the Lniou
Here Phil, shows his knowledge and wis
dora again. This same McClcllan policy
prevailed all over the States for about 18
to 20 months. McClcllan was less than
three months in West Virginia. And he
had the pleasure of testing his policy for
about 12 months in East Virginia and du
ring this time got his army nearly demol
ished and the remnant chased back to
Washington. Hon. Phil's idea of this
matter is nonsense. West Virginia is now
a loyal State iu the Union because she
had but few slaves within her borders. The
other seceded States arc not fully repre
sented because the residents thereof
ire
in the rcuci army. with lUcUletlan s
policy prevailing we were rapidly running
.1 11 1iT 1 ir ni ti
down hill. So after the battle of Antic-1
tarn the Emancipation policy was declared,
and which was to take place on the first
tiU.i? Inn,,...,. tH h..f K..fl.n
lfllf frniinr.il Jinn inif of c;l.'ivnj illil nnf.
o 3
oace t the snrinsr fo low nir. Sim
I r A r O O
that time our greatest achivemcnta have
It t-i i mi in.
ucen accompiisiicu. inc rcDcmon is now
legs, and bids fair to
soon tall into a grave long siuce merited
together with its idol slavery And we
predict that such apologists lor slavery
and rcbcldom as Hon.
Phil, will soon
be following after.
George H. Pendleton, the Copperhead
ndidate for Vice President, was evident-
I rr r t
uul
1 o nrl o:.l lK:i 1 ,
J a,J' uu, wuiusc
bPcak.e" 0r?w. aai1 t ollax llad each
nrWrt u,, ritl
i i u:... i. n r t.
I MH'inrr i rul nt V ic tirt A I hmmo 'I Inn t
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jgical conclusion would make Jeff. Davis,
on committees at the instance of Union
speakers. But Mr. Pendleton, it is very
well known, voted against every bill aud
measure calculated to strengtlicu the L
niou cause not excepting such as were
liitnnrlnit fn ri ,r nttrl ntrttlw. c-tl'lsi..-.
..vui. "j r j viwhib uui suiuiuii,
aud to procuro arms and ammunition.
Need more be said as t
-Need more nc said as to his political char-
1 a
actor? Docs his public record show him
actor f Docs his public record show him
to be in anv resnect different from .TnfF.
mi 1 f
Davis, except as to location and eircuui-
stance :
Copperhead ticket.-
When McClellan commanded our arminu
.
th i?nh..i ni. inffS find I'nnrn In nfnfnM.ln.1 I
t0 think him a t commander ThovafJbe allowed five, Carbon three. Monroe
fected to fear him, declaring him to be the
only General thev feared. But what fool is
enough to believe they would have said
this had they really thought what they asser-
ted 1 But when he lost his command thev
had no further obiectm concealing thnlrm.l
j i
O " .. .
I l J w.u...gtjr , ll.u 1V1LU
' " .7
r uy wuik w.
i rsiirri'ri inn in inn tin.i, in . ii. ii. i
of I. I.... . I -a, r . .t i l
UUu ,u u.i, iu wwct, iu uie nope oi I
giury ne is aciunct. a review or his carcwr
fim thn (;i,nin;mn,i t.. i ,J
in the lktle aff . p.. Alountain down J
the battle of Antietam, would be instructive
to the nation of liars whoacceptcd him at his
own lying valuation, and discarded him be-
io me nation or liars wiioj
broduced no visihl imnrMsinn ..nnn th
bellion, Nothing is easier to prove,
luai "JLe elevation oi Mcuiellan to tho
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pendence. The recital of a few facts
pendence. The recital nf n fnW fnntD , ,:u
r w. ..u outuiu uur inuc-
. -- uv"-u "i muu-i
;i.. , r ' r
w gruuuy we ore indebted to him.
Tn Octoher iflni. . i,.i ion nnn
and the most overwhelming armv of fie l arl
tillery that had ever been seen on this conti-
r"u lor.e nim was nn my of 40,000
men fyrnnnirinn- Mot t . Tt;h i
' , - ai u JU 8 i1"1'
uouuiiuy uuniifr mm to come out nt ik j
- iuii - uuoiih. ne did not want to
. "e sought merely to push us from one
. . . -
P08K,on 10 another by dint ot enormous num
oers hencetho flank
movement by way of
t ... 1. :k .i.i 1 mi- , .
V""" "r "V" " " ""ul monms.
driven uy an imperative order to-advance
again in spite of the winter mud, he entered
the entrenched' camp at Manasses only td
nna it a mass or smouiuenng ruins.
He-shipped round to the Peninsula, taking
112,000 men with him. McGruder opposed
with 7,500 men, kept him in check and fore-
ea mm to tne use of the spade and pick, hi
favorite weapons.' He made sieire. and in
due time occupied our deserted lines.
bpace will not oermit us to follow-.
Young Napoleon through the narrative of his
career. The Yankees might have taken
Richmond after the battle of the Seven Pines
when our forces were in confusion. After
the battle of Hanover Court House he might
have done the same thing. After the battle
of Antietam the same. His bombas
tic dispatches from Western Virginia secured
his elevation. His reputation was foanded
on lies. In lies he towered and underlies he
is lost crushed. How fortunate for us thaf
he was chosen Chief of the Yanke Armyf
With an immense number at his command?
an officer of truth, enterprise and daring
would have pushed us sorely ; but McClcl
lan was in awe of his reputation. His Kef
made him a cowardi arid fforri the first day;
to the last of his military career, he did not,
dare, on a single occasion, to expose himself
to fire.
Such is the disinterested judgment of tho'
Rebels of McClellan as a General. And bo
cause he came so near achieving their inde
pendence as a General, they now desire him
to be made President, in order that they may
fully obtain their independence. To this end
they now begin to affect to fear him as Pres
ident, with the same sincerity, undoubtedly,
that they did when he was commander ef
our armies.
lie was put in nomination in the interest
of the Rebellion. For why is it that Union
victories cast the McClellan party down,
while our defeats make them loud and hap
py 1 And what signifies the great desire ox
pressed by the Rebel prisoners for his elec
tion 1 And what means the long and loud
cheering all along the Rebel lines in front of
Petersburg, when the news came to them
that McClellan was nominated at Chicago,
by the Copperhead, pcacc-at-any-price Dc
mocracy I
The London Times, a strong Rebel sym
pathizing sheet, of Sept 8th, says that mere
private diupatches to the effect that McClel
lan was certain to get the nomination caus
ed an advance on the Confederate loan of
three per cent. Why do they consider the
Rebel loan worth more with McClellan Pres
ident than Mr. Lincoln 1 Simply because
they look upon such a result as certain to
culminate in the Rebels achieving their in
dependence, for in no other event ia the Con
federate loan worth any thing. Why did
the Rebel Confederate politicians take such
an active part in the getting up of the Dem
ocratic platform and in selecting a candidate,
I f . I i i li Mil
wnom tncy nopcu wouiu prove available, to
stand upon it, if they had not a deep interest
tiall lhe pkronn they ueaircd . and u
Atll :n , ,
0
t?il-nlP ' '
r . .. ,C;
ulraild 1 " "I' mmauii in orucr
1 , , .
lu " J"ua
"up- w vntty ujuh yumi uy irauu anu ucccp
It .!.:..: i... c i i j
tion.
Jeff Davis 1ms snid lm will
except lie has independence with it. The
chicarroim., m.nlvod tW tW nw sfi
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of peace. Hence the so-called Democracy
have declared themselves in favor of disn-
n ion.
IMlinni.fc rTl I l,n nvt ,7 TJ
-
are and can be but Uvo parties. One, how-
i , . .. .. .
ever noncst many ol the masses may be, is
Moen by reuci sympathisers rnnmn
in the interest of the Rebellion ; while the
other, led by Mr. Lincoln, is unqualifiedly
in favor of the Union and a lasting peace.
Choose which you will serve.
Union Conference,
Pursuant to previous notice, the Union
Congressional Conferees of the 11th Dis-
tnct met
at the American Hotel, in
rr nn lin ,! Ir.
I r. t ,
i oirouusDur0
Conference organized by the appoint-
u,enfc 01 " n- u LI'LIIX. h, of or-
thanipton. Prcsideut. and Edwaiid L.
Wolf, of Monroe, Secretary
The Question of renresentntion W?n
f -"ft
suggested itself to the Conference, it was,
on motiou,
Jiesohed, That in the present Confer
ence. and in future r'nnnr.ccmn.l f!nnf..
j vcciuiimi vruu l - A -
O H PAC fF f V ffc mi if f V,tMltik,H4Ak. ..!.,
Uiree. ayQe three, and Pike two repre-
iseutativcs.
A,,c lollow'ng named gentlemen then
Preaente(1 their credentials and took their
seats as Conferees:
Carbon fieore V. w helm .T a
n,i..i.: n. ti. cl- m.
- D J " v.
UUbUIIUIUIUl) V.lib. Willi UUIUIUB.
Samuel Cooley, Lew-
Lehman, Wm. W. Sfr)
Rrown. ionro iienry Shoemaker, Charles.
T-V r-m
watcr Edward L Wolf
J " w-
Tim..
-Hon. John Shousc, Dr. E. Hal-
. ,
ldny-
Wayne-Robert Doran, A. B. WralKer.
On motion of Mr. Cooley, Conference
proceeded to make a nomination for Cou
pr0Ce(Kletl 10 maL a nomin-ton lor Con-
Mr. Cooley nominated Col. Jaraos L.-
Selfridge. of Northampton.
Mr. Walker nominated Hon. John Tor
ry, of Wayne.
On motion the nominations were closed.
n f .t .11
-oniorenoo iuea proceaea- to vote
rnl Q1P.: M-: 11
" 4Ufcu "
and Judere Torrv S votes.
On motion of Dr. Haft
tion of Col. Selfridgo was declared to be
unanimous
.. , ,. .
un motion uonterenco aojournea sine-
At the Lutheran Parsonage, in Hamil--
t TTn-w 0lfr,t !M "P::m.
muuw, auu mwiiauuui n viwuwvj. uxnut
of lloss.