i
The Spirit ofChristhuiity, tmnnw : Slavery
'• Slavery is allowed in the OldTeitament.and
nofforbidden In the New.; So is. Polygamy.
St. Pad! says: “Servants; obey your masters."
Ila said also, “Honor the Eng-" - when the
king was Nero, ' . ■»
Slavery in St. Paul’s lime,,vaa not so much,
of the blank as of the white: -j Not alone of bar
barians, but, of nil captives, bmbracing, some
times, whole- towns of oiviliied and refined
people, as Jerusalem. i ' , .
The Scripture- fben, for slavery, 1
proves too .nioch, find is as much a defioient ar
gumeut, as if it proved too little.
The jews were forbidden • to-take interest on
the loan of-money. Is thil-any reason for not
taking in terest now f Tbp Mosaic dispensation
was intended for semi-barbarians,, and all the
lawe wore not moral, unless Of general and eter
nal obligation." Slavery, in t|e age 6f-the apos
tle Paul, was so interwoven-|fith society, that
to have prekehed freedom, to the slave, would
liate produced a servile, wat.' The slaves
wouldjiavel embraced a rejigion that was to
set them free ; and their roasters would have op-'
posed i*. ,•’ ‘ ' ' , ■ ’
STlifi-Gospel teaches" to “do as you would be
done by.’’ Can it be neighborly to hold auoth
..i- in bondage ? Who would oonßsnt to be a
slave, or, if a elave, would not Ilia to bo fr»o ?
If life Almighty intended slavery to be.peipet
uatod. would he have given Jhe slave an inde
pendent wish ? Christianity was meant for all
time, and every people, to inculcate general
principles, and not specific rules; to_ root out
nil etil, and not to Strike at any parliculac.forra
uf u.
In the Gospel, men are related to each Other,
as men, and as creatures of God. It is on this
latter gro t und that the ajave is -commanded to
obey ; not becatlse i? is riyhl, like,ob?dience to
parents ; but because, like the" smitten on one
check, ha may cultivate the spirit of meekness
and forbearance.under injuries, whiebia pleas
ing to God. '1 _,
If the negro, be the weaker, he is the more
entitled to protection, than. deserving of op
pression. Christianity would have the bond,
everywhere, go' free; and if it does not con
demn slavery, ns slavery’ because such was
neither its purpose nor 1 its policy, its whole spir
it is against it. If one- man may be held as"
property, then any other man may:
•It is now piracy to steal or buy an African on
lis own shores. If the Original seizure be
wrong, can', the subsequent holding- be right ?
Webster onco-snid “that {personal servitude
< xisted nowhere on earth, but in the Southern
stales,” all the world beside, had lived it down.
But apart from this and .anything in the Bi
-I,lc, either way on thp subject, how can the Bi
ble,-' Old or Xew, be made : td support African
slavery, when African slavery did not exist un
til fifteen- centuries after Chfistdied? The Eu
ropean slave ti ado wqe begun by the Portuguese
in JiOB, and the savage tribes of Airies, were
icdpced to make war upon Aaoh other to supply
i lie slave market.’ , '-ti
Slavery had its origin in war, it is true ;-but
not the purpose of the war, and the
first disposition of captives in war, was to pat
them to death, from the difficulty of ,subsisting
them j but as society advanced, and luxuries
were introduced, it was found more profitable
to employ thau.to slay a 'captive. To make
early limes a standard -now, we should put to
death prisoners'of war,“of. make theta slaves
still. b . '
Wo might,tfrota jibs Bible, make tbs Almighty
a slave bolder, for in the war with Midian, his
tribute of priso'ners was thirly-two out of 16,-
POO taken captive.
Tbe best standard for us is,' the spirit of
Christianity. ■ If we have a right to make the
black man a slave, we have the right to make,
the white man ; and if we Say fee did the negro
n kindness in. brin|ing him from Africa, and
depriving him of bis freedom,-it may be said,
hUo, that the Almighty pUjbed.him in Africa,
and left him ht liberty. Vfq Call him a slave,
but be is getting tbe mastes.'y of us, by making
us quarrf) and ruin outsells about him. ,
One.opinion in the Norjjij, is, that tbe rebel
lion is'or\ in'g tq northern aggression upon
Goutliernilabor. , Stephen^Ehett, Yancey, sod
other leaders of that nothing that
ihe'Noitb had done', of that the General Gov
ernment bad done, had anything to do with
producing secession, Ilmiras due, altogether,
they, say, to the South its ilf. Like the snake
warmed into life In the som of the country
man, it turned open its bi uefaotor' when it did
not need him.’o.r though t-i'did not need him.
' Representation on their, ulavfcs, of their prop
erty, as they call them, conceded by the Con
stitution, as an equivalent | for direct taxation,
which except in tbe wapiof 1812, never was
resorted to, and therefore far which
no aotasl equivalent ynade. enabled
4 ’lhe South, having butoneporpose, tbe retention
and extention of elaveryp'by all ying itself to
that party in th§ North Which was willing to
aedept its terms, to make ;the country as they
„ themaelves-admit; and ill was because they
forssaw that they could n<jt continue to do so,
from the more rapid grcrflfc of, the North, that
they thought tlie time ha Ijcome to separate.'
: ■ .N' C.‘
A Con, hat.
Governor Curtin never paid “let tbe South go
peaceably." But GeorgH-TT. Woodward said
theke very words in December, 1860, when tbe
rabkUton was on tbe pdpt-of breaking out.—
Governor Curtin never Jsaid ; that “the time
moat come when slaveholders limy fall beck pn
their natural rights, and'Amploy, in defence of
their slave property, any means of protection
they possess or can command." But this his
opponent said-; and now the South, upon tbe
pretext that it defends i if slave property, does
employ all meaVs of promotion it possesses, and
tries, to command European intervention in ad
dition. What a record;-for .the candidate for
Xiovernor of n loyal State 1 Andrew G. Curtin
can well allbrd the .cpntlaet which the people
make, and bis election Will teach those who
weald-divide the that'subserviency to
Suathom-ttlivvelioldefs, «i id the bold declaration
thaV'slaVery is an inck-oulabU (we
quote Judge Wood ward again) db not'entitle a
man to tho suffrages and confidence of loyal
citizens. —The Vial , ~. j
■dWi " ' • * *
.y Tfc® ioldiers in the -Mexican M
lowed, to vole,because-that war was*waged to
bene at slavery. -The/soldiers in tbe war
agaibef Vetallion have.been diafranohised be
cftose the rebellion lioarried on-fbr the,benefit
of slavery. These are -tbs distinctions vrbiob
such men as Judge Woodward make in tbe ea
eroiM of.tbe frahcbi|e when the power is to be
■ wielded .by os soldier.
Tbs sf'.'.‘ : aw4K of Opt. Curtin, tbe Soldiers'
Jnend.giva general satisfaction everywhere,
end bis re-election is Regarded as certain.
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THE AGITATOR.
M, H. COBB, AND PROPRIETOR,
WEX.Z.SBOROCQB, PENUPAs
WEDNESDAY, : : : SEPTEMBER 9, 1863,
FOB ASSEMBLY-,
JOHN tv. GUERNSEY, of Tioga.
t .Subject to the decision of the Conference.)
We have searched diligently ; we have care
fully looked over the whole field of action and
effort; we have to the best of our ability,
traced out the minor efforts of human motives,
and marked their culmination in deeds, meas
ures, and policies ; —but notwithstanding nil,
have never yet discovered any half-way bouse
between Right and "Wrong, or any common
ground of meetiog, whereon these principles
may stand and make treaties.
But men love to “ dicker." They have a
passion for attempting difficult jobs. Like the
Irish coachman, they like to see how closely
they pan drive to the edge of a precipice with
out driving over it. And like him they some
times push the experiment once too often.
It is So in politics, in Business, in
conduct—in everything. Establish two facte
—one to man’s eternal honor, and one to his
eternal disgrace—and ere they are six boars
old some man will arise and
declare that both these autipodean facts are
exaggerations, and that the fact, like truth,
lies between the two. This man will declare
-that he is conservative.
Practically considered, truth does not lie be
tween the extremes of Right and wrong action.
Truth ever abides with the right—never with
the wrong.
So when we hear a man declare himself a
conservative in this great struggle for national
life,"we set him down atone who is to lazv to
move save-as the progress of the age drags him
on by the heels Show us an honest conserva-
tive and wo will show you a man who has more
of the property known as inertia than of force
and momentum.
Inertia, in such cases, is bet a nice, smooth
name for a cowardly selfishness. That’s all.
Now a man is, pure and simple a loyal man,
or ho is,-pure and simple, a traitor. For the
millionth time let it be said that there can be
but fwo parties iii this war—men wbo-are/or
the government, and those who are against it.
Grant if you please, that the Government is
not as perfect a machino.ua it might be : is this
a time to perfect it J Rather, is it not the part
of the statesman to narrowly observe Ihe work
ing of our system in this dire emergency—ob
serve it like a philosopher—and set about com
pounding a "remedy for its defects, to be ap
plied on the recurrence of quiet ?
No physician with a grain of common sense,
would try to force remedies down the throat of
a patient in tbe midst of a convulsion. Rather
he would study tbe nature of tbs case, and be
prepared -‘with a remedy to be administered
when the ?jstcm relapsed into quiet. Uis ob
ject would be.to prevent a return of the con
vulsions.
So patriots in this time of trial.
They will not stand disputing about “ loose
screws,’'or “ constitutional defects,” or evils
which are inseparable from the operation of
law and prerogative in seasons of great public
disturbance.
Suppose there m a screw loose somewhere ;
There is but one constitutional way to drive it
borne to its socket. It cannot be done--by jan
gling about " constitutions" and “ state rights,”
and the rights of political villains. It cannot
be done by thrusting new elements of discord
into the arena of disopssion and action.
Nor can it done by putting men in power in
theiStatee who have all along made no secret of
their hostility to the Government and sympathy
with the very men who are in arms to over
throw it.
It cannot be done by displacing snob a pa
triot as Andrew G. Curtis and substitoting
such an ioicular, pro-slavery, rebellion sympa
thizer as George W. Woodward.
Andrew G. Curtin has given tbe country
three years of almost superhuman labor ; 1. -
bor.iand care, and umiety. which have com
bined to age him, .in appearance, at least fen
years. During that period be has twicelalood
between the General Government and seeming
ruio. lie baa been its right arm, its elder
brother; and this day is nearer and dearer to
tbs people of tbe loyal States beyond and
around us, than any other State Executive.
But George W. Woodward—what has that
physical athlete and moral pigmy, done that
he should be preferred before Andrew G. Cnr
;tin by the people of Pennsylvania ? Done ?
He has pronounced Slavery “an incalculable
blessingHe read a speech in Independece
Square, Philadelphia,' in December, 1860, after
tbe Secession. of South Carolina, in which he
justified the resort to arms on the part of the 1
South against the Government; and he etands
.on a platform which gives unstinted abnse to
iht- Government wh.ich has made him ell he is
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UNION STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVEESOR,
ANDREW Gf- CURTIN.
FOR jonoE OF tble supreme court,
DANIEL] AG-NEW,
OF BEAVER COUNTY.
LOTAE COUNTY TICKET.
FOB PBOTHO.NOT.4By,
JOUN F. DONALDSON, of WclUoro.
TOR REUISTER AND RECORDER,
HENRY S. ARCHER, of Well,loro.
FOB TREASURES,
alonzo m. Spencer, of Richmond.
FOB COMMISSIONER,
MYRON ROCKWELL, of Sullivan.
FOB AUDITORS,
JUSTUS UKAKMAN, of Knoxville.
JAMES 1.. JACKSON, of Delmar.
NO HALF-WAY HOUSE,
THE TIO G A CO UNTY AGITATOR.
n« a citizen, and not one word Of sympathy;
which sends words of cheer and encouragement
to Vallandigham, who was sent across the line
for inciting the people of Ohio to take np arms
against the Government.' That is what he has
done to earn the favor of the people of Penn
sylvania.
No I the people of this Commonwealth will
not exchange Gov. Curtin for Judge Wood
ward, and thus endorse his decisfon disfranchi
sing the soldier who is fighting for the defence
of the • country and . the good of the race.
Never!
We have all read the story of the rout of the
Amalekiles by the Children of Israel. We all
remember how that so long ns Moses held up
his hands, Israel prevailed, and when bis bonds
“were heavy," Amalek prevailed. And we all
remember how Aaron and Hur stayed up the
heavy hands of Moses, until Amalek was de
stroyed.
Now there ore historic parallels ; this inci
dent has its parallel in our own times. The
General Government is, in a good sense, to the
citizens of this republic, what Moses was to
Israel. It is now conducting a great war against
the Modern Amalek. Without aid from the
constituents, Governments, nnd the people, its
hands woold become too heavy to hold np.
We all remember bow Amalek seemed about
to prevail after the first Bull Run. But the
hands of our Moses were stayed up. Who
stayed them up? Who performed the friendly
office of Aaron and Hur ?
Andrew G. Curtin. ;
Andrew G. Curiin, Governorof Pennsylva
nia, more than any other Stale Executive,
stayed up, and strengthened the hands of the
Government at Washington in that hour of tri
al. His was tho foresight that provided the
famous Reserves, 15,000 strong, whose deeds
have made them immortal, and who then made
themselves a wall of iron between Washington
and the rebel foe. But for that foresight,
Washington might have been a heap of ruins
to-day; even Philadelphia might have been
sacked and destroyed ; and the rebellion, which
now seems on tbe eve of death, would have
been ten times more formidable than it has ever
been.
Gov. Curtin, is to-day, a right arm of strength
to the Government. Freemeu, shall any neg
lect or apathy of onrs, suffer that right arm to
be struck down ?
If wo suffer such a calamity as the election
of Geo. W. Woodward ts fall upon the country,
by any neglect of duty, by connivance, by any
happening w hich might have been prevented,
we gan never look our children in the face
again.
If we suffer such an evil thing to happen on
the 18th day of October next, we shall bequeath
to posterity new troubles; and burnings, and
slaughter, and burdens, wbicb we shall have
proved ourselves too cowardly to bear.
But we shall not do Ibis base thing. Every
man who deserves the name of man, will do
hie whole duty in this emergency.
So, let ue up, and to tyork. Our enemies are
never idle. They work day and night, with a
vigor worthy of a good cause.
Gov. Curtin is the right arm of the Govern
ment. Geo. W. Woodward, stands, like Rru
tne, with a dagger aimed at the heart of our
liberties. 1 Up with Curtin ! Down with Wood
ward, and all the rebel crew !
Lor At Friend. ■ If you know of a Cuppor
bead who has denounced the fiendish outrages
committed by Quantrell and his assassins at
Lawrence, Kansas, or who, when others have
denounced those fearful murders and burnings
in his presence, does not seek in some way Ip
palliate tbe crimes, wiile bis name down on a
slip of paper and forward it to Mr. Barnum.
It is now some weeks since Lawrence was
saoked, and its unarmed and unresisting cit
izens put to tbe sword. Thq men who publish
Woodward papers in this State, where they
express any opinion, do so in tho interest of
Quantrell and bis pro-slavery assassins. Not
one, that we know of, does more than depre
cate the atrocities of war, in a general manner.
The reason for this is plain. Quantreii, and
bis assassins, were at bne time in the employ
of Pierce, Buchanan, & Co., in the work of
subjugating the free State men of Kansas.
They learned to shoot, burn, and destroy under
what was known, par courtesy, as the Demo
cratic party. The remnant of that organiza
tion is now a Peace party, and the beauties of
its pacific policy may be seen in the N'ew I’ork
riot, and the sack ot Lawrence.
The PEACE Democracy ! Weill
Rt£RiH FOR VERMONT!
THREE CHEERS FOR CALIFORNIA!
THREE MORE FOR DELAWARE'.
News of the following victories for the Union
at the ballot-boi, htis been received since last
issue
VERMONT.
- A Loyal Governor, John G. Sami/by 12 OOO’
majority. The Senate is solid Republican, and
the House, nil Republicans but two!- Three
members of Congress ; all Republicans !
CALIFORNIA.
Low, Union, for . Governor, over IWnev,
Copperhead, 20,000' majority!
Legislature Vverwhcltningly Union.
A Congressional delegation,oM-Union Re
publican!' _* .. “ "*T*r - 7 •/ -
Hurrah for the Gulden Stale.
Delaware.
Wilmington, the city of Delaware, has just
elected an Unconditional Union man to fill its
municipal offices from Mayor to assessors. The
“Copipers” haven’t a single representative aiy
■wbetjs. ■ TbeDniqn-men are enjojHng-tbarn
selves atnfle down there" ~ v ■"* -til
Hnrrab for Deldw !
.amh for Delaware i - .
0 kopr«rynnens 1 tbnu Proteus: flon't joo
see the band writing on the wall? Hove yon
carried a single election since you boldly pro
claimed your hostility to the Government?
Not one., Now have at you in Pennsylvania.
Clear the track!
The President’s Letter. —We eball publish
this admirable document next week. It woe
written in response to an invitation to attend
a mass meeting of unconditional Union men
at Springfield, 111., his old home., liko every
thing Mr, Lincoln writes, it is a calm, clear,
pointed appeal to the common sense of the
people, and incapable of two interpretations.
It reached us too late for our first page, and
bad to go over.
We are trying to make the Agitator valuable
as a Copperhead Eradicate! by publishing ar
ticles whose facts and arguments meet and
vanquish their stale assertions at every point.
Preserve the papers.
WAR NEWS.
There seems-to be no doubt but thatJJurn
-side has taken Knoxville, Tenn., and tbai East
ern Tennessee is redeemed from rebel rule.
Thank God for that.
It is also true that Gen. Steele has defeated
the rebel forces under Price and Marmaduke
in Arkansas, and cleared ail the country north
of the White river of rebels.
.From San Francisco we have dates from Ja
pan to tbo 24th of July. It seams that we are
to go shares England in a war with Japan,
which is already inaugurated. The 0. S. War
Steamer, Wyoming, attacked and sunk two Ja
panese steamers to punish the Japs, for firing
on an American vessel.
We have news from Charleston to the after
noon of Tuesday, Ist inst. Not much progress
had been made daring the week by our forces,
but they wore gradully closing upon Fort Wag
ner, having got within 100 yards. It was ex
pected that ”on Wednesday Gen. Gillmore’s
heaviest Parrots would be able to deliver a fire
at the djstance of 200 yards into every embra
sure commanding the, breach, and an eufilading
one upon every gun looking seward. Showers
of grape and canister will also bo poured upon
the gunners the moment they leave their bomb
proofs and commence working their pieces.—
The Rebels still keep their flag up on the ruins
of Fort. Sumpter, but the small garrison would
doubtless light their slow matches and leave
upon the approach of Union forces. On the
31st, the Monitors and Ironsides engaged the
Sullivan's Island batteries at a distance of 2,000
yards ; not mugjs damage was done. At the
same time our land batteries engaged Fort
Wagner, effecting so much injury that some
sanguine artillerists were of the opinion that
the fort would bo in our possession before the
next night. The Rebels in Wagner have much
difficulty in getting water and provisions, all
transportation being of course dune -at night.
As the operations on our side arc now exclu
sively of an engineering character, the people
must be content to wait for the inevitable result,
as they did in the case of Vicksburg.
Gen. Burnside telegraphs that he took Kings
ton on tho 2d inst., with but little serious oppo
sition. This relieves all Of Eastern Tennessee,
except the Chattanooga region from Rebel oc
cupation and rule.
The march over the Cumberland Mountains
was slow and exhausting, forage being scarce.
Burnside’s force is chiefly cavalry and mounted
artillery. A strong infantry column from Rose
crans was to join them in the Clinch Valley.
A Peace Democrat is one who believes -in
the doctrine of State Rights, as interpreted by
the South —that is, that Southern States have
rights while Northern States hare none. South
Carolina has a right to imprison citizens of
Massachusetts, but Massachusetts has no right
to remonstrate. A Southern State has a right
to array her citizens in arms against the Gov
ernment of tbe United State*, but the Northern
States may not call upon her sons to defend it.
He believes in the rights of men, but the most
sacred of these rights—indeed, tho only one
worth mentioning—is the right to lake from
other men their rights. He-Lelieves in main
taining the Constitution as it is interpreted
by rebels in arms, to destroy it. He believes
all men to be equal before the law—especially
he believes the poor man to be the equal of the
rich man, the laborer to be equal to the capi
talists ; yet he actively and cordially sympa
thizes with those who deluge his country in
blood, because they are too good gentlemen to
submit To tho election of a rail-splitter. lie
believes the Democratic party to have a divine
right to govern the country, whether it has a
majority of votes or not, he is convinced that
the question which is the “ Democratic” party
of the country at the present crisis,- is absolute
ly determined by tbe name which itself has as
sumed call a horse “ Spry” and you oan safely
bet upon him for speed, lie calls it fair play
to go to an election, and refuse to abide by its
clear result. lie likes tbe views of a two-fisted
countryman of Bob Roy, who played cards
with some Hebrews, 2nd lost- his money ; he at
once seized tbe “ pile,” and shook his fist at
his fellow-gamblers, saying, “Dom me, ye are
all enemies of our Lord 1” He thinks the
United States have a right to Cuba, and no
right to prevent Kentucky from being stolen
from ns. These several points of belief show
on what a solid basis of consistency and intell
igence the faith of the peace Democrat rests.
Boston Transcript.
A Falsehood.
Mr. Charles J. Biddle,. Ihe Ghairman'of Ihe
Democratic State Central Committe, has issued
an address to the people. It is filled with the
usual amount of partisan slang and slander.
Among the lies it contains we find the follow
ing;
“By Mr. Lincoln's election in November,
1800, the power to save or destroy the Union
was in the hands of his party.”"
Now, Mr. Biddle knows, as does every school
boy, that the power to save the Union was no I
in the hands of the party.who elected Abraham
Lincoln President, but that-South Carolina and
sis other States seceded and virtually declared
war, months before Lincoln’s inauguration—
That it was during the Democratic administra
tion of Buchanan that the arms hod ammuni
tion belonging the nation was smuggled to
the South, ships of war sent to the remotest
part of the glofje, and war commenced by fir
ing into tbe Star of the West, at Charleston.
And yet, whilst that grey headed old traitor,
Buchanan, was committing his damnable trea
son and "perjury, we are told by Mr. Biddle
•• tbavtbe. power to'save the Uniofrwas -in-the
hands - of Lincoln’s party R’— Blocnslurg , Re
publican.
The re-eleition‘‘of Governor Curtin- 5* de
manded by every consideration of gratitude;
it is demanded by every consideration of sdlf
interest; it is demanded by every consideration
ofj loyalty. ! When the rebel army, flashed,
with victory, attempted to penetrate our State,
he rolled back the tide of invasion. Such a
man as Seymour, in such a time of danger in*
of calling out tho citizens tn masts, would
have written! to the President upon the defects
of tbe State militia laws; with expressions of
feigned regret concerning the inefficiency of
the Army of the Potomac. Governor Curtin
saw that he had a higher duty to perform, and
be performed it. He eared the State, and in
saving the State very probably saved the na
tion. But lie did not consider bis duty at an
end when jhe equipped the troops and sent
them to the battle-field. He followed them ;
saw that all their wants were properly provided
for; cared for them when sick or wounded ;
and buried those of them who died as soldiers
die. Would Mr. Justice Woodward do any of
these things? Would he befriend the soldier?
Would he |h tbe time of peril come to the res
cue of a nation whose dissolution be admitted
in October 1860, within sight of Independence
Hall, to be right and proper?; If he would
not, then he is net a safe man to be entrusted
with tbe administration of tbe affairs of a great
and loyal like Pennsylvania. Every rote
cast for such a man is a blow at the life of the
natioir. Every such vote will tend to lengthen
tbe war ; it will tend to increase the weight of
taxation ; it will tend to increase tbe necessity
of another conscription ; it will tend to exalt
rebel credit abroad, and depreciate our own
credit at home; it will tend to diminish tbe
chances of re-union, and will postpone tbe day
of peace indefinitely. Unless wo_ wish to see
these things come to pass—unless we wish to
mock the memory of our heroic deed, and put
a gross insult on the intelligence of oar people,
therefore, we must not suffer such a dangerous
man as Mr. Justice Woodward to gaintbe mas
tery in this State foT if Pennsylvahia is suff
ered to turn against the Union, the Union mast
fall. The danger is not an imaginary one.
The party which Mr. Justice Wood ward repre
sents is still the party of Hughes! and Ingersoll
and Reed and Buchanan ; and if this party is
suffered to triumph, the theory qf Mr. Francis
W. Hughes, that the interests of Pennsylvania
should incline her to Unite her destinies with
the Southern Confederacy,'would speedily as
sume the shape of a real and tangible danger.
Yet this is the party which audaciously puts
forward the claim of conservation!—a party
which has never aimed to conserve anything
but tbe institution of slavery! To secure tbe
defeat of this party all fair and honorable
means must be employed. It is our duty, not
as Pennsylvanians merely, but as citizens of
the United States, to see that it la defeated ;
and for our own credit now, if not for our own
safety hereafter, we must make tho defeat an
overwhelming one.
A cotemporary makes note of thd singular
fact, that during the Mexican war, when the
parly to which Mr. Justice Woodward belongs
controlled the executive ind judicial powers
of our State, no attempt was made to declare
the soldiers' vote illegal. Yet, Mr.—Justice
Woodward, who last fall disfranchised the
brave men who chanced to be beyond the bor
ders of their native State, perilling their lives
for its defence, now ask those who have re
turned to give him their votes ! Will the sol
diers do it 1
It has'-been contended in all the Opposition
newspapers that more Democrats than Repub
licans have been drafted. If this is true, it is
unffirtuOate for the conscript Democracy, for
tho Government regards them as soldiers, and
being soldiers, they will, of course, be disfran
chised by their own party idol, Mr. Justice
Woodward., That he lacks the-inclination to
do it is disproved by his record, and whether
he remains upon the bench, or takes the Gub
ernatorial chair, ho will 1 not lack the power.—
Philadelphia Press.
NOTICE TO DRAFTED MEN.
rftHK time for the drafted men of Tioga county to
I appear has been extended as follows .-
22d sub.district, consisting of WelUboro, Delmar
and Charleston, to tho 26th day of September.
23d sale-district. consisting of Eloss, Ward, Liberty
and Union, to Sept. 2d.
24th sub-district, consisting of Middlebury, Rich
mond, Mansfield, Covington and Covington Boro, to
October 1.
2dth sub-district, consisting of Tioga, Tioga Boro,
Rutland, Sullivan aind Mainabarg, ts October 2.
261 h Eub-distnct.j consisting of Elklsnd, Oscbola,
Chatham, Deerfield, Knoxville and Eroukfleld to Oc
tober 3.
27th sub-district, r consisting of Westfield, Clymer,
Caines, Elk. Sliippcn and Morris, to October 6.
28th sub-dis-trict, consisting of Fartnington, Kelson,
Lawrence, Lawrcncevdle and Jackson, to October 6.
J. EMERY, Dep. Pro. Marshal fyr Tioga Co.
Wellsboro, ?ept. 2, !86.j-3t,
Madame porter's curative balsam
has long tested tbe truth that there arc first
principles in Medicine as there is in Seicrtec, and this
Medicine is compotinded on principles suited to the
manifold nature of Man ' The cure of Colds is in
keeping open the pbres, and in creating a gentle in
ternal warmth, and thisrfs caused by the use of this
Medicine. Its remedial qualities are based on its
power to assist the healthy and vigorous circulation
of blood through the lungs, it enlivens tbe muscles
and assists the skin to perform its jduties of regula
ting the heat of the system, and in gently throwing
off the waste substance from tho surface of the body,
It is not a violent remedy, but emollient, warming,
searching and effective. Sold by ail druggists at 13
and'2s cents per bottle. ’ Sept. 9, 1863.
jgmtrn MANHOOD;
How Lost I How Restored!
Just Published, in a Scaled Envelope, Price Six Cenlg.
A hectare onth© Nature,[Treatment and
Kadical Cure of [Spermatorrhoea. or Seminal Weak
ness, Sexual Debility, Nervousness, aud Involuntary
Emissions, inducing Impotency,; Consumption, and
Physical Debility. *
By ROB’T J CDLVBRWELL, HI, D.
The important fact that the aWful consequences of
Self-Abuse may be effectually removed without inter
nal medicines, or the dangerous application of caus
tics, instruments, medicated bougies, and othcr'em
pirical devices, is there clearly demonstrated, and the
entirely new and highly successful treatment,as
adopted by the celebrated author, fully explained, by
means of which every one is enabled to cure himself
perfectly, and at the least possible cost, thereby
avoiding ail the; advertised nostrums of the day.
This lecture willl prove a boon- to thousands and
thousands. J •
Sent under scat > D * plain envelope, to any address,
po«f paid on receipt of two postage stamps, by adn
dressing the publishers, j J |
j CHAB. & d KLINE & CO..
127 Bowery,iNew York, Post Ofioe Box, 458 G.
Sept. 9, 18C3-30. ! :
f i ■- «
ADMItfrSTBjATOR’S NOTlCE.— Letters of Ad
ministration having been granted to the-uoder>
signed upon the bßtate of Harmon C. StUwfell, late of
Jackson township, deceased, notice is hereby given
to lndebted to said estate'.to I make immediate
payment, and those having claims I against the same
-areTcijuesied to present.them duly authenticated for
settlement, to thb subscriber, • |
' CLAKK STIIiWELL, Adm’r.
Jackson, S&ptl 9, l&iiS-Ot.* {J;
r~~' m
Penn*yhranla’« Danger.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
NOT A KUM DRINK:
A HIGHLY CONCENTRATED
VEGETABLE EXTMGT.
A PURE TONIC,
THAT Witt BELIEVE THE AFFLICTED, ASB
NOT MAKE DRUNKARDS,
DR. HOOFLAND’B
GERMAN BITTEHS,
PREPARED BY
DB- C. M. JACKSON,
PHILADELPHIA, FA.
WILL EFFECTUALLY AND MOST CERTAINLY
CURE ALU DISEASES
; ARISING FROM A
DISORDERED '
DIVER, i
STOMACH,
or KIDNEYS.
EOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS -
WILL CURE EVEBT CASE OF
Chronic or Seimni Debllltr, Dis
ease of Ibe Kidney*, and Disea
ses arising from a Disordered
Stomach.
. OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS ,r;
Resulting from Disorders of. the Digestive
■ Organs ;
Constipation, Inward Piles, fulness* or Blood to (he Head,
Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust
for Food, Fulness or Weight in the Stomach
Sour Eructations, Slaking or Flutter
tcring at the Pit of the Stomach,
Switamingof the Head,Hnr-
Hurried and DU&cult
‘Breathing. Flutter*
ingat the Heart;
, Choking or
Suffocating Sen
sation* when In a lying
posture, Dimness of.
Viaion, Dots or
Webs be
fore the Sight, n
. Fever and Dull Pain
Pain in the Head, De
ficiency of Perspiration, Yel
lowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain
in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs. 4c., Sud
den Flushes of Heat, Burning la the Fiesta; Con
stant Imaginations of JBrtl, and great Depression of Spirits.
GERMAN BITTERS
WILL GIVE YOU
A GOOD APPETITE,
TVILL GIVE YOU
4 C
Strong Healthy Nerves,
WILL GIVE TOD
BRISK AND ENERGETIC FEELINGS,
WILL EN'ABLE YOU TO
SLEEP WELL,
and will posurmr prevent
YELLOW FEVER, BILIOUS FEVER, ic.
Those Snfferlu? from
Broken down and Delicate Con*titntioE»,
From whatever cause, either in
MALE OR-FEMAEE , k
will find in
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
A REMEDY
That a ill restore them to their usual health. Such h* been
the case in thousands of a fair trislubo4
required to prove the assertion.
From Rev. J. Nowton Brown, D. D., Editor of theEncycfo
/ pedia of Religions Knowledge,
Although not disposed to favor or recommend Patent Med*
retries in general, tbr< ugh distrust of their ingredients'sod
effects, 1 yut know of no sufficient reaaone why a man may
not testify to the benefits he believes himself to have re
ceived from any simple preparation, in the hope that be may
thusicoDtnbute to the benefit of other*.
I do this the more readily in regard to Uooflands German
Bitters, prepared by Dr.C M. Jackson, of this city, because
I was prejudiced against them for many years, under tb*
impression that they were chiefly an alcoholic mixture. I
am indebted to my friend Robert Shoemaker, Ksq., for the
removal of this prejudice by proper tests, and for encour
agement to try them, when suffering from great and long
(ontinued debility. Jibe use of three bottles of these Bit
ters, nt the beginning of the present year, was followed
by ovideut relief, and restoration to a degree of bodily and
mental vigor which I had not felt for six months before,and
had almost despaired ofiregaining. I therefore thank God
and my friend for directing me to the use of them.
Phiiai>xi.pdu, Jcnc 20, 1861. J. NEWTON BROWN.
DISEASES OF KIDNEYS AND BLADDER
In Young or Aged, Male or Female'
' f
Are speedily removed, and the patient restored to health.
DELICATE CHILDREN,
Those suffering from MARASMUS, wasting away, with
scarcely any flesh on their bones, are cured in a very short
time: one bottle in such cases, will have a most surprising
effect.
PARENTS
Having suffering children as above, and wishing to ralw
them, will never regret the day they commenced with these
Bitters. r '
I LITERARY MEN, STUDENTS,
And ItboM working hard with their brains, should always
keep!a bottle of HOOFLAND’S BITTERS near them, as tVy
will |find much benefit from its use, to both mind and body,
invigorating and not depressing.
■IT IS NOT A LIQUOR STIMULANT*
And leave, no prostration.
1
ATTENTION, SOEDIEBS.' ,
AiND THE FRIENDS OF SODDIEK&
Vfe cull the attention of all having relations or friend* in
the arroy to the fact that <♦ UOOFLAND’S German Bitten'’
will cure nine tenth* of thq diseases induced by exposures
and privations incident to camp life. In the lifts, pub
lished almost daily in the newspapers, on the arrival of lbs
sick, it will be noticed that n very large proportion are suf
fering from debility. Every case of that kind can be readily
cured by Hooflands German Bitters, We have bo hesitation
in stating that, it these Bitters were freely n*ed among out
soljdior*, of lives might be saved that otherwise
would be lost.
The proprietors are daily receiving tha»kfol letters from
sufferers iu the army and hospitals, who bar thee n restored
to health by the use of these Bitters, seat to them by thfir
friends.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS I
See that the Signature ef “C. M.
- JACKSON” I, on Ibo WRAP*
> PER of cadi Bottle.
PRICE PER ROTTER 78 CTS.
1 OR HAEF DOZ. FOR S 4 00.
i Should yoar nearest driiggist not have the article, do s o *
tie pot off- by any of the intoxicating preparations that aaT
bo offered In Its place, bot send to ns, aa<Pwe will forw»Mj
securely packed by express,
Principal Office & BannlUcloUi
NO. 631 ARCH STREET,
JONES 8l EVANS-
J (Successors to C. M. JACKSON A C 0.,) '
! Proprlelof**
j 9Br FOR SAtE by Druggists and Dealers in etery
on .the United States.
! September 9, lS£3-Iy.