Bke ") tootugte. B. W. JONA& JAL 8. JWAYINAC /1"4" ~~~~~t~~~~a ~~m IFIDUIDIT, JO. 27, WA. 1,011 PR/EBIDEST IN 1884, GB. GEORGE B. MCLELLAN, isuisfice to the Decision of the Democratic Na- goof Campoldiots.] oflnlille the army is fighting, you as cit. tkikat tki liar Is prooftuted for the reseryillon - of the Union and the t)anrilsi; avid of your nationality avid your AO* Ago cittsens.tv PfeAl• IIgPI•RU4Aig• 44The CotioUtution and the Union I I place then together. if they stead, they Mast Masi together; if .they' they WWI together.".-Daniel Webster. “Mostinger.“ 1110 46 1tesse n' iwy n lainever, ' v since its estab lishment over rimr inns AGO, had as large a &Motion as it has * at this time ; nor any tang lie as many ii oo 4 prompt, Paying Viet and subscri bars of ma clutrac are, after all, the only mtu. suppor tenet the puma. We feel grateful to the alutling Democracy of the county for these via clog substantial evidences of their ap proval of the mune of the paper, and their toldesnce in those who, however humbly, istiocats and vindicate their time-honored princiPlie. Notwithstanding the large circu lation of the paper, its list might be consider ably !niirsainwl, and the interests of the corm- Y4i r . 04aullaatrea, by a litik , ofrort each township. Win) will be , the 4ret to pot the ball in motion The "Dead Look" in the Senate. Oer raiders are aware that parties are a nu in the aerate of this State, and there is Ettle likelihood of the early organization of that body. e liinch .s the greed of the Abolition ists Arposition and plunder, they refuse to Suede the Cillopi, insisting that the Dem oa*ts shall give thee; 444 which the lat ter very properly refuse g do, These same Abollibmkts show their march lest and revolcitionari fOrip by persisting that the Speaker they elbcted at the *se o r the last mike is Speaker THIS, or in other words thitt. the Senate is a 'lmp*/ %pain ihn6"--something that is - wet only Onpidly elnesil, but a pretension without a pitraliel in our legkistive history. We are glad to see the Democratic Senators resisting the rev cilatistiosy praetiaes end usurpations of their opponents, and Sredy planting themselves On plain constitutional provisions and re :mei* and immemorial legislative ns • At s meeting of the Democratic members of the Home of Itelmwentatives, held in 4erzishem, on Wednes&y evening, Janua ry 111, 410364, the golkming resolution was ithatib• Democratic members ettbe Bow of lietwpontatives, represen- Vett urnotie of 2154,009 pemocrats of the State, approviAliPthe come pf the Demo 43,106riptitaises is their vindication of their 4;9 ~nglisa_Outti.alirgights, against the usurpations 91 TIM „Itgetacan Senators, and that they that-tasty adhere to their course until Ithalismatts s ?menu' a in a corstitutional manner, and ie accordance :With the Prece dents of the t3innite for seventy years. As Act of &Aloe. In the House of Reireientatives on the nth 4nm., Gen. Lazear offered a resolution, which was read, considered, and agreed to, instrvithig the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire into the expediency of amending the act of Muth 3, 1863, for enrolling and colt* oat the national forces, so s k j to re quire that in assigning the quotas of iznops hereafter to be raised by conscription, nrieljt shall be given to States and counties for such of their citizens as may have enlisted In the 1 . 2 . 1 4M817 tirrinhations of other States. if altboately 'adopted, this proposition will , gips Jitieene amity credit for ail the nom she has sent into service in Virginia regizoenta site* Ihe bejaphag of the war. Aceadonally a subscriber turns up who stop thh paper under the im pression that "it is all over" Wl . * it when he quits, and is surprised to &a it "still living " weeks or months after- Wards. Then, again, there are others who imagine that, because they take the paper, they own the Editor, and that he is bound to think just as they do and swear in their words; and if he shouldn't . happen t o do it, quit in a "huff" and t - nake wrilaged at 'him ever after.— Need wee say both these wall classes (wad t hey re =small in more-respects than oncs l 6 rigs taken" ~viel 'in their notions is . their' ealeuliqonay and are grostiohn.dc;nkeyel .aa-A_84141 swot* tlivit. Wies a at-- L.-tic:Ai** Vilmoiqr.-414. - 4) LaLie, it *twirl* 4110 lettere 8. P . which , "lam" " W. 112 "The Soldiers' Mint" The "Grime County Republican," of lag week, styles the attempt of the f:Pemearatiks martbers of Congress to in crease "THE PRIVATE SOLDIERS PAY"' YROM $l3 TO $3O PER MONTH," AN "EXTRAVAGANT MOVEMENT TO FAVOR THE SOL DIERS AT THE EXPENSE OF A BANKRUPT GOVERNMENT."-- Though it professes to be friendly to some increase of the private's pay, it is opposed to giving him a DOLLAR A DAY, even though that dollar is a greenback, and worth only 48 or 50 cents in gold or silver. Neighbor Evans, we suppose, thinks it all right enough to pay Lieu tuiants $ll5 per month, or Captains $l3O, or Provost Marshals as much or more, and other military or civil officers in proportion, for light and easy service, but the poor private, who bears the heat and burden of the day and the brunt of the fight, would be "extravagantly" compensated for his toils and hardships if allowed a paltry DOLLAR A DAY, which is considerably less than any good mechanic earns at home. What will our brave lads in the army, and their destitute and suffering families at home, say to such an exhibition of regard,-and to such an estimate of the value of their services on the part of a paper which elaino to be their friend I If any man under heaven earns a DOLLAR A DAY, it lie the gallant and self sacrificing private in the ranks, who encounters above all others the perils of the fight, the wintry sleet and storm, and disease in a thou sand forms. The hard fare is always for him, and the exposure and hard usage. Yet the „"Republican" denounces the proposition to increase his pay to $3O a month as "taineAsoNantie and an attempt to "ABET THE REBELS !" Well, it may be "abetting the rebels" to en courage the soldier, but we "can't see it," nor can our brave boys in the field, and they will not soon forget the Abo lition fanatics in Congress who showed their love for soldiers by defeating it, and leaving their wives and children to suf fer or perish for fuel, raiment and bread, while these same nigger-bit patriots at the same time lavishly appropriate the pub lic monies to the purchase of slaves and the feeding and clothing of contrabands ! ibr the nigger, but not a dol lar for the soldier," would seem to be their motto. We are free VS admit there are no noiser or more pretentious friends to the soldiers about election times than Republi can prints and politicians, but when it comes to increasing their monthly pay a few dollars, these same chaps are the only opponents of the just and righteous measure; or "when," as the Harrisburg Union says, "some office is vacant that might as well be filled by some invalid soldier, it must be'given to some stay at home patriot—some loyal civilian, who will toady to the ruling powers, and do the dirty political work of his partizan masters." If the "Government" is "bankrupt," as neighbor Evans says it is, he should remember it has been made so by the un blushing frauds and enormous stealings of Abolition demagogues, contractors and officials, and by the reckless expen diture of the public treasure for unne cessary, unconstitutional and partizan objects. "That's what's the matter," neighbor, and it is about time you should have learned it. Will you par don us for reminding you of what, less than a year ago, one of your own politi cal friends said in his place in the Uni ted States Senate I "I declare, upon my responsibility as a Senator, that the liberties of the coup,- try are in greater danger to-day from the corruptions and from the profligacy practiced in the various departments of the Government than they are from the enemy in the open field." Voting vs. Starving. If the Abolitionists were half as much concerned about the comfort of the soldieros family, as they are about his vans°, they wouldn't oppose and defeat the laudable ef forts to increase his pay, as they have.— They have been suddenly seized of a fit of economy, end seem terribly exercised about the direction i4ie public treasure shall take. They are afraid enough of it won't reach their pockets, we suppose, or that the Gov ernment will become too POOR TO 808 and at the rate they have been stealing the last year or two, it is very likely "Uncle Sam" WILLwn. soon be on = 'os last *Wiling. The New Ooneoriptien ßill. The Gimanription bill, as it passed the U. S. Senate last week, consolidates the classes, raises the comtnntation fee to s4oe, and on ly exempts the Vice President of thn United States, the heads of Departmenta l dodges of the TL S. Courts, Governors of States, and persons of imbecile mind. (Under this last head, Seth Hurd and other suppoiters of Lin coln's re-election are safe "as 4 bug in it rug`) im.Hon. John P. Hale, a kw dim ago, in the Senate, when speaking of tie ]ivy Department, said "that the vessels cowtrue, ted by the present mode are failures, anOnt one hundred and seventy nations is being spent Ames neelenelY-" This is the "economical aihniaistnaim ef *0 governmeut" preedesd WNW- >"'4 ,r-w • sirA tqs cens.ggalivipoil isemavitas,. in !NO icor ViWeadiabam aactlipiaampik br, woo are said to beia Ocuriaryneed. Wit. Democrats and Pape Demo era* We bayp heretofore depreeeted th e em _ pigment of the above deeigentions among Demos rate and toward Democrats, regarding the introduction of them into the party as inlculated to. breed bad feeling and foment visions. Nor are we alone in this view.— The "Ohio Statesman," in an article on this subject, remarks : "We have a small body of men in Ohio and other States, who call themselves "War Democrats ;" and another select body of men who call themselves "Peace Democrats."— This latter body has tonna out that it is in consistent with the dignity and rights of the States to put down a rebellion by force, and unconstitutional to "coerce a State ;" and they have learned from the Bible that the mission of the Peace Maker is a blessed one, and therefore they will follow that injunction of the Good Book, though they disregard all others. The Democracy which in all times past has been the fighting element, is, by these men, to be converted into a missionary society, and its leaders are to go forth preach ing "peace on earth and good will to men." The "War Democracy" have their quirks also ; but it is not necessary to specify them here. Now we have to repeat on this occasion what we have heretofore said, and' that is : A faithful, honest Democrat needs no handle to his name. It is sufficient for him to say that he is a, Democrat without qualification, and to assert that his party is neither a "War" nor a "Peace Party." When in power, in times past, the Democratic party has shown sufficient ability and statesman ship to grapple successfully with all great qnealions as they have presented themselves, and to employ conciliation or force, negotia tion or the sword, as the exigencies of the case require& Bo it will be in the future.— And men who seek to introduce among Dem ocrats the appellations of "War Democrat" and "Peace Democrat" commit a great mis take. Divisions of that kind can only do harm, and, if persisted in, must create a rupture that will prove fatal to success.— Every motive that governs the action of a true patriot and lover of his country, should induce sensible men to frown upon the at tempt now diligently made, by a few reck less and restless persons to split the Demo cratic party into fractions. What is needed le unity, and a line of conduct that will ena ble all conservative men to join in with the Democracy in a determined effort to wrest the political power from those who now ad minister it, and who by their folly, madness and corruption combined, are putting every interest dear to freemen in peril, Let Democrats abandon all their caviling and disputing, and join together in a policy such as that above indicated, and they will have the co-operation of all the conservative men of the country, and be enabled to take the administration of the Government from its present incompetent hands, and thus put the Democratic party in a position to deal effectively with this terrible civil war,-and in such manner as sound policy, patriotism and true statesmanship shall demand," Conduct of the War—Resolutions of Hon. John L. Dawson. In the House of Representatives, on the 18th inst., Mr. Dawson, of Pa., submitted the following preamble and resolution, upon which he demanded the previous question : WrttnE4s, a great civil war like that which now afflicts the United States is the most grievions of all national calamities, producing, as it does, spoiliation, bloodshed, anarchy, public debt, official corruption, and private immorality, the American Government can not rightfully wage such a war upon any por tion of its people except for the sole purpose of vindicating the Constitution and laws and restoring both to their just supremacy ; and whereas this House, on the 22nd day of July, 1861, speaking in the name of the American people, in the face of the world, solemnly and truly declared that it was waged for no purpose of conquest or op pression, but solely to restore the Union with all the rights of the people and of the States unimpaired ; and whereas, in every war, especially in every war of invasion, and most particularly if it be a civil war between portions of the same country, the object of it ought to be clearly defined and the terms distinctly stated upon which hostilities will cease, and the advancing armies of the Gov ernment should carry the Constitution and laws in one hand while they hold the sword in the other, so that the invaded party may have its choice between the two : Therefore, fiesnreun That the President be required to make known, by public proclamation or otherwise, to all the country that whenever, any State now in insurrection shall submit herself to the authority of the Federal Gov ernment as - defined in the Constitution, all hostilities against her shall cease, and each State shall be protected from all external in terference with her local laws and institn, tions, and her people shall be guarantied in the full enjoyment of all those rights which the Federal Constitution gave them. Mr, STEVENG moved to lay the preamble and pesolution upon the table. Mr. DAWSON . domanded the yeas and nays, - The yeas and nays were ordered. Tha question was taken; and it was de cided in the affirmative—yeas 79, nays G. In view of the defeat of these Resolutions by the Abolitionists, the Philadelphia Age pays: l'The mask is now torn off. The object of the Administration in the prosecution of this war now stands revealed. He who now hesitates to oppose such a policy is iut ene my to all that is worth preserving in our sys tem of Government; nay, is ;In enemy to tree Government itself. No right thinking, Clonstitntion-loving man can longer hesitate. To support the tplicy now avowed, is to be guilty of treason to the highest interests of man. By voting against the propositions of Mr, Dawson, the Abolitionists of the House affirm : That the present civil war, hortoNtd of be ing a calamity, is a blaming : That the war is not waged for the purpose of vindicating the Constitution and the laws, and restoring both to their just supremacy : That the war is waged for the purposes or conquest and oppression, and not to restore Union, with the rights of the States and the people unimpaired : That it is not the duty of the Administra tion to state the terms upon which hostilities will cease : That the armies of the government should not carry the Constitution in on heed and the sword in the other, offering the rebels their choice : That no state now in insurrection, though It might submit itself to the authority of the Federal Government, as defined in the Con stitution, should thereby be entitled to peace and protection That by ouch onlotosokot to constitutional autissiszy, war Nos shag not be roiled from all sidereal luterferame with 1001 laws and institutions: That by as . ~' *.,, to constitutiouil e erimtetf *divinity, ; ' stop d o ll no t 1 4 1 ' ' o r all Tlightt ' fie: - ' ' seem to.them. 0 dm madness and folly go further ? Blond by Your Party Papers. We appropriate' for the benefit of our readers the following very sensible remarks from the Des moinea Statesman, and com mend them to the‘careful perusal of every intelligent Democrat : "A solemn duty, but one imperfectly dis charged, devolves Ain Democrats, to stand by their papers. In the general wreck of personal and political rights, about all the liberty that a citizen retains is the privilege of reading Democratic'. papers and paying abo lition taxes. How long he will enjoy the first is uncertain. His lease of the last will never be disturbed. But while he claims the priv:. ilege of reading the paper of his choice, he owes it to himself, to the editor, his party, and his country, to give such a paper a living support. "Without Government or State, and, in many instances, County patronage, pro scribed oy an intolerant party, confronted by a secret organization, whose only pur pose is to pull down the Democratic party, and hunted by the paid minions of power, Democratic publishers have nothing to rely upon but their energy and the fidelity and the liberality of their political friends. " Without newspapers, the Democracy would be without an organization and at the mercy of their enemies. With newspapers they can preserve their organization, and regain both their political ascendency and their liberties. "It is a fact which cannot be successfully controverted, that Republicans give a more zealous support to their party organs, than do Democrats. Just so long as this state of things continues, the ballot-box will be pow erless for our relief. The press is a potent engine for shaping the opinions of a people and controlling the destinies of a country ; and it would be well if the Democracy learns this last in time to save their party and the government. No fact is clearer to the mind of an attentive observer, than that we lost the state by extraordinary zeal displayed in giving circulation to Republican papers and the prevailing apathy of Democrats in sus taining and enlarging the circulation of Democratic papers and documents. It is this zeal on the one hand and apathy on the other, that has continued radicalism in power. It will contiue in power until Dem ocrats learn to feel and take an interest in the circulation of the Democratic papers. * * * * * "A.new year is about to dawn upon us and is a good time to renew your Demo °rade faith and laber for the great cause.— Send for the paper, if you are not already receiving it, and see that your neighbor does likewise. A little exertion on the part of our friends will be' of incalculable service to us, and render it a permanent institutions— The more sullscriNrs we have, the better it pays, the more time we can devote to its editorial management and the greater inter est will be given to its columns. "Send in your names and show by your acts that you still feel an interest in the work of your fathers, the promotion of Dem ooratic principles and measures, and the perpetuation of your liberties." Sound doctrine, in the foregoing ; and to all Democrats whose names are not already on our list, we say, put it in practice at once, and forward your names and money to the MESSENGER, Waynesburg, Pa. Reconstruction in Congress. A Washington City correspondent says : The special Rouse Committee on Reconstruc tion will, at the earliest opportunity, report a bill. It will be substantially Mr. Ashley's bill for reconstruction, with changes in two or three particulars, as follows :—The Gover nor is to have the pay and emoluments of a Brigadier General of Volunteers, but it is not expressly stated that he shall be a military officer at all. The President can, if he chooses, select him from civil life, Soldiers in the service from said States are authorized to vote. Before calling the convention the enumeration of white inhabitants must be had, and the Convention cannot be held un less one-tenth are of approved loyalty. The committee is underitood, with these excep tions, to adopt 'Ashley's bill as a basis,— Meanwhile a reconstruction is about to be brought before Congress in another shape from an unexpected quarter. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Elections, is under stood to have a bill providing at once for re newing the representation from rebel States as fast as a sufficient number of loyal men can be found to elect them. The Right Spirit. The followingfrom the Perry County Dem ocrat, shows the. determined and patriotic feeling aoimating the Democracy in that sec tion of the Mate The Democrats of Liverpool township and borough appear tis 'lse wide awake all the time. On Monday their Demooratic club met and elected officers for the current year. There was no boisterous enthusiasm, but the "unterrified" present at the meeting evinced an antagonism to the outrages of the domi nant party not to be mistaken. On the state ment being made that the "signers of our Club Constitution might be signing their own death warrants," many asserted that, "in that case they wanted their names in JOIN HANCOCK style." We hope the Democracy of the other dis trict,s in the county will not be slow in fol lowing the env& 9f their Liverpool breth Fen. "Or nine" is the word. Message of Gov. Parker. The message of Governor Parker, of New Jersey, delivered on Wednesday last, discuss es the question of pacification. He says the war should be prosecuted by all constitution al means to destroy the power of the rebel lion, end secure the re-establishment of the national authority over the whole con ntry. He disapproves of the plan of the President's amnestyproclamation, arguing for concilia tory measures and a restoration of State gov ernments as they existed before the rebellion. He also disapproves of the emancipation proc kmation as an obstacle in the way of peace. The Easton ; Argns says :—The other dikv we saw five respectable loeking white pp. who had been arrested as deserters, marched up town to the office of the Provost Manthai, chained together like so many gal ley slaves. Marching along with them wee a colored conscript. If any man had predic ted three years ago that such scenes Nvould be witnessed in the streets of Festal; in the Year 1868, he would have been calle4 a fool, if not worse. krThe Bedford Gazette, voiting of the President's late Proclarcustkip, well sip: -‘lle now attnee„ this; Ip restore the Union is to save nay) th e therefore Abrahma Linooln, pesferridg freedmen tett tesp;ro lo the resteratkontf the thaw; witispees meek- esimilkikeietiptm these pest. the mrseltel fkries! who merle to return to their diew, argil them back into the arms of Semnon." Organize. What the Democracy need, says the Day ton Empire, and needed in the last cam paign, is not enthusiasm, for they have abun dance of that ; ; nor determination, for they are resolved to vindicate their cause by suc cess ; nor fortitude, for they have borne for the sake of law and order insult and outrage enough to "stir a fever in the blood of age." What they need is oneextzvriox. The State at large, every county, every township, every school district, ought to be promptly and efficiently organized for the spring election, and for the greater election, afterward to fol low. Opposed to the Democracy is a league, sworn and secret, dangerous and devilish, working by bribes, by threats, by burnings, by mobs, by spies and eaves-droppers, and backed by a power which imprisons awl ex lies in conformity solely with the inspirations of despotic will. To meet and baffle this in fernal enginery, let us unite in Democratic clubs, enrol our voters, circulate documents, charge upon the party in power its cruel op pressions, its perjured violations of law ; its prodigal waste of public money, and all the crimes of which a full catalogue would fill a volume, which it has committed since its fatal accession to power. At the ballot-box, through the means and in the modes appoint ed by the law, the people will some day sweep away the present abominable rule with the force and fury of a tornado. Another "Loyal" Traitor. The private secretary of Hiram Barney,col lector of the port of New-York, was arrested last Thursday under orders from General Dix, and sent to Fort Lafayette, charged, on evidence found in his own handwriting, with complicity in'the shipment of goods in tended for rebels. He is a prominent Re publican politician, a member of the Repub lican State Central Committee, of New-York and the head of the "loyal league" in that city. These facts will demonstrate, beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt, that the "aid and comfort," which have been given so constantly through the custom-house of New- York to the rebels in arms against the gov ernment, have been given, not in spite of all the vigilance of the custom-house Republican officials, but by their organized assistance, and to their pecuniary profit. It is to the desks of the custom-house that the vigilant officer baa gone who has unearthed these cot ruptions ;itis to the private apartments of Collector Barney himself that he has tracked the scoundrels who, paid liberally to save their country in a peaceful and honorable occupation, have been assisting the rebel!! with the means of resistance against- the government, with the power to cost and ex tort from the nation more of its treasure, and from our soldiers more of their blood, While an earnest and patriotic people were duped with the loud-mouthed bigotry and the pol itical intolerance which passed for loyalty and patriotism a few months ago ; while honest Democrats, whose hearts are in a war for the Union, were being so virulently denounc ed as traitors for not approving a war of ex termination and abolition, these Republican politicians were alreadly laying their plans for sending arms and supplies to the rebels. With one breath they dealt out damnation to Democrats and told the fools who listened to them of the rejoicings in Richmond over our political triumphs ; the next breath was spent in arranging the price of a treachery to the nation's cause more dastardly than civil crimes which we punish by the State's prison for life, more traitorous than the worst offense of any soldier who in any of our armies has been court-martialed and shot. This is the way these Abolition scoundrels humbug the people and fill their pockets ! How long is this to last ? inquires the Elks. ton Argus, Suited at Last. The abolitionists ought to feel well that they can for once in their long, dreary lives, support the government. It is the first time they ever did it. They have hated the gov ernment, its power and its laws, all their lives. They have prayed for its destruction. In all their wars with other nations they have sympathized with its enemies. They have resisted the officers of the government, tram pled on its laws and got up insurrections to thwart the execution of law. They,hava set up state authority to r*lbfy the •enactments of the federal goviekitint. It is sufficient proof that the govemairent is not what it was when they are in favor of it: It has changed to suit them, and for the first time they are for it, They must feel better than they ever 4i4 before.—rLonisville Democrat. Ths Second Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Winfield F. Hancock, command ing the Second army corps, is now in liarris burg, having been detailed to recruit his corps to 50,000 men for special service.— The regiments of his corps are the 81st,14011], 116th, (battalion) 148th, 53c1, 145th, 71st, 72d, 69th and 106th Pennsylvania regiments of infantry, and batteries C and F independ ent Pennsylvania artillery, F and Glst Penn sylvania artillery.. Until the Ist of March next, the following bounties will be paid by the General Government i Far veterans $403 ; for others, $302. All volunteers en lifted for this organisation will be accredited to the city, county, town, township or ward which they may elect as the place to which they desire the credit given. When no such election is made the enlisting officer will give credit to the place of enlistsitent. e Sherman, Administration Senator from Ohio, in supporting his amoodaurnt to tho conscription act, providing tor a emlunuta tion fee of 000, with a liability to another draft at the expiration of the present enroll ment, laid, in hie renutrks ; "We should not consider popular chimer on this subject"— No matter what the people may demand item t,hei Demooratio State Central Committee. PHILADELPSLi, Jean. 13, 1864. —The Com mittee met pursuant to the call of the chair man. Bon. C. J. Biddle in the chair. A counmittpe from Chester county was admit ted to confer with the State Central Com mittee. On motion of Cul. T. B. Searight, of Fay ette county, a committee on resolutions was appointed to report to an adjourned meeting. Messrs. Bigler, Cass, Sanderson, Packer and Evans were appointed on this Commit tee, to which, on motion, of Hon. C. J. Bid dle, Chairman, was added. On motion, Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of March meet, at 12 M., was fixed for the meeting of the State Convention at Phil adelphia. The Committee, after the trans action of further business, adjourned to meet on Thursday, Jan. 14th, at 12 M. TRUP-SDAY, Jan. 14.—The Committee met. The Committee met. The Sub-Committee on Resolutions reported the following : Resolved, That notwithstanding the ap parent result of the late election in this . State, the consequence, as we believe, of an unfair use of the military power and the practice of gross frauds on the ballot by our opponents, we are still firm in the belief of the ultimate triumph of Democratic principles and policy, and that their ascendency is the surest means of redeeming our conntry from its present afflictions ; and to that end we earnestly in vite and entreat Democrats and all conserv ative citizens, in the several counties, wards, townships and districts of the State, to unite themselves together in more perfect and complete organization, as the best means to re-establish the purity of the ballot, maintain personal and public liberty, and to provide fur a final &Fort, at the next election, to dis place the men now in authority at Washing ton, whose policy and measures have proved so prejudicial to the cause of the Union, sub versivo, of the rights of the citizens and op pressive to the people: Resolved, That we deplore the enunciation of the schemes and purposes embodied in the late Proclamation of the President, append ed to his Message, the inevitable effect of which must be to prolong and extend the bloody strife now raging among the people of the United States ; and to furnish an addi tional verification of the worst apprehensions entertained as to the purpose of his adminis tration, to wit : the intention to subordinate the cause of the Union to the cause of Aboli tion. Resolved, That no State can withdraw from the Union by its own action ; and that the assumption of Mr. Lincoln, as indicated in his late message and proclamation, that the revolted States are now out of the Union and are no longer States, and that they can be reconstructed as States and re-admitted into the Union by a mere fractional vote of one tenth of their people cast within the lim its of each, is a proposition at once revolu tionary and preposterous, manifesting an as tounding inclination on his part to act in ut ter disregard of the Constitution and the elementary principles of our republican form of government, and at the same time fore shadowing a scheme through which stupen dous frauds may be practiced upon the ballot at the nest election, and a still mere stu pendous fraud upon sovereign States that have furnished without limit of their blood and treasure to put down rebels and rebel lions States, by admitting into the Electoral College men who would have no legal or constitutional right to seats in that body; the consummation of which scheme would be so gross an outrage upon the rights of the people and the States, as might fully war rant resistance on their part by all the means which God and nature have placed within their reach. Resolved, That it is our deliberate judg ment, that the enunciation of a wise and judicious political policy, at this time, on the part of the Administration at Washington, to the effect that any State heretofore in revolt within which resistance to the authority of the Government shall cease, should be al lowed, through the vote of a majorfty of ite electors, to assume its former status and functions in the Union, would promptly draw to the cause of the Union thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of citizens of the re volted States, thereby hastening the restora tion of peace and union among the States, and saving the lives of thousands of our fellow citizens now in the field. Resolved, That the Democratic party will continue their efforts to uphold the Constitu tion of the United States, and to re-establish its supremacy both at the North and _At.the South ; so that neither ,the revollitionary schemes of the Abolitionists nor of the Seces sionists shall avail against it. The resolutions were unanimously adopt ed. On motion of the Hon. George Sanderson, of Lancaster Co., it was unanimously Resolved, That the thanks of this Com mittee be tendered to the Hon. Charles J. Bid dle for the able and efficient manner in which he has discharged the duties of Chairman of the Committee. The Committee then adjourned. CHARLES J. BIDDLE, Chairman Ronan J. HEMPHILL, Secretary. A Reliable Safeguard against Coun terfeit Money and Bank Frauds. The National Bank Note Reporter, pub lished by Field & Lare, Pittsburgh, Pa., one dollar and twenty-five cents a year, in advance, has been entirely re set with new and beautiful type. The manner of its arrangement differs from most publications of its kind, and will no doubt, meet with favor among those that handle bank notes. Besides noting all the counterfeits and frauds, it describes the genuine notes issued by each bank.— This will enable any one to detect an al tered or spurious note at a glance by comparing it with the genuine descrip tion. The lists of Broken, Closed and worthless Banks are arranged alphabeti cally at the commencement of the State in which the institution was Incased, as also the new National Banks. The rates of discount for Pittsburgh, New York and Cleveland are given, which combines the advantages of an eastern and western detector in one. We believe the "National" to be the largest and best publication of its kind in the onuntry, and as such take pleas we in recommending it to our friends and all those who wish a reliable detec tor. Cavalf Raid. A large WilY of Union tmOrkbetik mv ah7 an d Autry, made a raid fro* Pant Unkent into Weetmorehmd, Northmaimalamt sad: Richmond alma Horrors of So Late Storm. [From the Mattoon Gazette.] Twelve Persons frozen to Death in Illinois. A most distressing case of suffering from the late terrible snow storm occur red at,Whitley's Point, Moultrie coun ty, about seven miles from this place, on Thursday night last. Three boys, sons of Mr. W. M. 'klub-les, in attempting to return home from school, about one mile from their fathers house, were fro zen, the two young es t, aged nine and eleven years, to death, and the oldest, fifteen years of age, so badly that w@ understand, he has since died. When school was dismissed the three started for home, but becoming blinded and benumbed by the intense cold of the stinging wind and snow, soon returned . to the school house, where they remain ed until two or three o'clock in the, morning, when they again attempted to make their way home. When with- in sight of the light at home, made by. the family, who were up by 4 o'clock, the two smallest boys were no longer able to walk, and leaned up against a corn shock to keep off the wind, while the oldest went home for assistance.— When he reached the house his face was badly frozen, and his limbs, so thoroughly frozen that he could scarcely move. As soon as he could make known the whereabouts of the. brothers, assistance was sent them.— But, alas ! it was too late. They were. both dead—frozen stiff—and that, too,'' in sight of home. We learn from a private letter that a man was frozen on the road from Charles ton to Embarrass, about three mike from the former place, on Friday even ing last. [From the Pittsfield (Ill.,) Flag.) Almirah Cannon, aged about thirty years, and her child, • about twelve months, living in Spring Creek tp., in this county, were frozen to death on Wednesday night, December 16th, 1863. Mrs. Cannon, who had been divorced from her husband, was living alone—except her child—and keeping house some distance from any neighbor, and was taken sick. Report had it that she had the small pox, which was known to be prevalent in the neighbor-. hood. On the 16th or 17th of Decem ber, a very cold day, she and her child were found dead—the woman leaning against the fire iamb, in a sitting pos ture, and the child lying in • the middle of the room on its face—both frozen to death. [From the St. Louis Democrat.] A gentleman who came from Shel byville, Illinois, on Sunday, informs us that the day previous a gentleman, his wife and child, left that place in a light wagon for their home, ten or twelve miles distant. After roceeding a few miles the horse become chilled and re fused to go farther, and the whole family were found the next day frozen to death. The Cost. John•Brongb, Governor elect of Ohio, in his speech at Lancaster before the election, as reported in the Cincinnati. Commercial, said : ."Slavery must be put down, rooted out,. if every wife has to be made a widow, and every child to be made fatherless." "Every wife" here means the wife of every poor man, not John Brough's wife, nor Hor ace Greely's wife, nor Henry Ward Beecher's wife, nor Owen Lovejoy's wife, nor the wife of any shoddy patriot, but the wife of every man who connot raise three hundred dollars or who has riot money enough to buy a sub stitute. tifirllontgomery Sherry, an old Democrat. of Wayne township, Indiana, has pledged himself to the presentation of a fresh milch cow, next spring, to each of the soldiers' wives in that township. ,`Gayety is rife in Washington—dinners, levees, dress, diamonds and extravagance everywhere. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. a-The monthly meeting of the man agers of the American Bible Socety was a very interesting meeting, Thursday of last week, Francis Hall, Esq., in the chair. Reports of a cheering character came in from different sources. The grants of Bibles, Testaments, and por tions of the Bible amounted to 123,910 volumes. They were in various lan guages—English, French, German, Spanish, and Danish. Grants in money were made to the amount of $12,970,22 u-In an article on "Church Debts," in the German Reformed Messenger, the following propositions are given : 1. Church bts ousht to be paid. 2. Church debts can be paid,. 3. Church debts will be paid when all are willing. 4. A congregation feels goo 4 when its church debt is paid. 5. A congrega tion feels badly when its church debts is not paid. 6. Finally, a church debt s will not pay itself a-It is plesant to record such generes ity as that manifested by Mr. Sung Wil liston, of Southampton, Mass. who has recently added $lO,OOO to the prema net fund of Williston Seminary, making in all not less than $ll,OOO which he has given to this institution, besides liberal contributions to several others.— May his generosity prompt- others who are blessed with abundant means to do Sirßecent statistics on Methodisin in Baltimore show that in 1800, popalaticra 26,114, there were 1,040 members; proportion of 1 to 26. In 1860 there were 14,645 members to a population of 231,000, being equal to 1 to 14. Dur ing this period there has been a steady growth as the pepnlatian increased. 4irThe Baptists we going on with their new version efthe Bible. Winne second of the New Testament, Lest ism 4 2 1 1S tsP i r it*Ila t4e " %11 1414"' *Mit ' fill litleellitrOnnt The variations from the cOMMOP version are quite frequent, indeed, in some pams, as in the Acts, they etreet wetly every line. Afir,The Glamor legiedist .PaPers , Wished NI hair Shia go! of about * s r thetteiu' id. which is two those* wet than the entire membership of the German churches.
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