The BY AL H. .COBB. Pnblishodevery Wadn««d»ymM^i^mgmaUMU» postagefreeto county subscribers, thoagk'they ntayireceivetheir ieailat-post-officos lo cated U OOuntttainiMdiEUly adjoining, for eonven ''iriß AaitATilit isthe Official paper, of Tioga Co., ande&euUtoa to every neighborhood therein. Sub scriptions beipg oathe adyauoo-pay.sfstem, it circu lates among a claw most to tba intercslof advertisers to roach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as those of fered by any of equal eitonlation in Northern Pennsylvania. , . ■ . A cross on .margin of a'paper, denotes that the subscription is abbot to expire. Papers will be stopped when the subscription time expires, unless the agent orders their oontinn. anoe. ’ . ..... JAS. LOWBET A S- F. WILSOJI, A TTOBNE YS & COUNSELLORS at LAW, f\ avill attend the Courts of Tioga, Potter and MoKoau counties, . [Wellshoro. JaD. 1,1863.] JOHS 8. MAJIIVe Attorney & counsellor at law, Coudftriport, Pa.7wiU attend the several Courts in Potter and McKean counties. All bOsiness en trusted to'his eare wili receive prompt attention. He has the agency of large tracts of.gpod settling land and .will attend to the.payment of taxes on any lends in-said counties.'- . ■ don. 28,1863.* HOUSE, COEH-IH«,. N. T. - Mas. A. F1EL&;.. v ...... Proprietor. V"1 PESTS taken to and from tha Depot free vX;ef.eharg». [Jan. 1, 1863.] PBSSSILTAJfIA HOUSE, CORNER OP MAIN; STREET, ANO THE AVENUE, Pa. J. W. 81G0NY,...'. Proprietor. THIS popdlaf Hotel, having been re-fltteJ and re-furnished throughout, is now open to the public as a first-class house., ‘ [Jan. 1, 1863.] IZAAK WiXTWT HOUSE, Gaines, Tioya County, Pa. H.*C, VEEMIL¥E,A v „..c THIS is a new hotel located within easy ac cess ot tie,best fishing end hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania". No paina will be spared for the accommodation-of pleasure seeker* and, the trav elling public. 1 , [Jan. 1, 1863.] jro WATCHES,- CLOCKS AND |p%u JEWELRY! Repaired at BULI/ARD’.S A CO’S. STORE, by the subscriber, in the beet manner, and at ns low prices ns the same work oan.hold.ono for, by any first rate prac tical worknrtn in thoiStato. Wellsboro, July 15jf 1863. WELtSBOBO HOTEI. B. B. HOLIDAY-!,,..... ;....Proprietor. THE Proprietor having again taken possession of .the above HotelJ will spare no pains to insure the aonifort of gnestrond.the traveling public. At tentive waiters always ready. Terms reasonable. Wellsboro, Jan! 21 s 1863.-tf, a. iroLEi, Watches, -Clocks, Jewelry, fee., &c., . REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES. POST OFFICE BUILDING, . NO: 5, UNION BLOCg. “Wellsboro, May 20; 1&63.- E; R. BLACK, BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER, - f SHOP OV&R WILCOX'S ST,OEE, .no:-4., -U1SSIO& BLOCK. Wellßboro, J,une 24,‘ JB63* V / . FIiOUR AlfD STOKE. WRIGHT & .BAILER '■ HA AT! had their mill thoroughly repaired and are receiving fresh ground feed, meal, Ac., every day tbeir store in town. »> Cash paid for all kknfla of grain; ,i 4 ■ WRIGHT A BAILEY. Wellaboro, April 2s, 3863, Wool Carding and Cloth Dressing. THE subscriber; .informs bis old customers and the public generally that he fs prepared to. card wool and drew Cloth at the old stand, the coming season, having secdrtdithe flervices of Mr. J. PEET, a competent.and .exjjerfenced 'workman, and also in. lending to givetis attention to the business, he Will warrant all done at his shop. Wool carded at five- cefcts per pound, and Cloth dressed at Trqm ten ;tO; twenty cents per yard as per color and finish. 1 4. I. JACKSON. Wellsboro, May 6 ' babble shop. I AM now receiving a STOCK bf ITALIAN and RUTLAND; MARBLE, (bought with cash) and am prepared l all kinds of TOMB-STONES and MONUMENTS at the lowest prices. HABVBY ADAMS U tny -authorized agent and win. seU Stone at the same prices as at the shop. WE SAVE BUT ONE- PRICE. Tioga, May 20, 1863-ly. ' A. D. COLE. JOM A. ROY, DEALER IN pRUGS AND MEDICINES, Chemicals, Varnish, Piints, Dyes. Soups, Per fumery, Brushes, Putty, Toys, Fancy Goods, Pure Wines, Brandies, Gins, and other Liquors for medical use. AgenCforl.be ?nlo of all the test Pat ■ent Medicines of ihgjd'ay. Medicines warranted gen- 1 -nine and of the 'i L EES’!* (QUALITY. PhjBiciaa;V Prescription* accurately compounded. The best Petroleum which is superior to any other for bqniing in Kerofhie Lamp& Also, all other kinds of Oils usually keptjn a first class Drug Store. FANCY DYjl CGLOES",in packages all ready compounded, fo/the use of 'private families. Also, Pure Loaf Sugar forf.medlcal compounds. Wellsboro, June 2s; Q. W. WfiLLirIOTON & GO’S. BANK, N. Y., (TjOCatsd iji :t£e DicKissofr House.) ..American Gold.’agd [Silver CoLq bought and sold, f Now York - . ' do. ' Moneys • do. Halted States Begaffd Notes <f old issue" bought. Collections made%'nll’ports of the Union at Car* •cent rates of Exchange.. * Particular pains will? be taken to accommodate our patrons from the Tioga Valley. Our Office will* be open at 7 A. M., and close at 7 P. M., giving parties passing ever the Tipgs Rail Road ample time to Ir&neaet their business beford* the departure of tbe * train in tbe morningyand after its arrival in the evening. , MpWBLLtNGTON, President. Corning, N.*Y.„NW; 12,1862. B^ESTEID. A Hew stoYe'and, tin shop has Just bees opjhed in Tioga, Fenna., where may %e found s good assortment of Cooking, Parlor and Box Stoves, of the most, approved patterns 1 , and from tha best manafactafers. The HOMESTEAD is adJ Jnitted to b* th* lt,st Elevated Oven Stova in the market,' The' A , 1 r I ' “ GOLDEN GOOD HOPE,” are square, flat top ilk 1 tight Itoves, with large ovens, with many advantages Over'any other stove before made. Parlor Stovfts. 1 ’The Signet and Caspion are both very neat and'ranerior stoves. Also Tin, Copper, and Sheet Iron ware, kept con etantiy on hand tflade to order of tho best mate rial and workmanship, »11 of. Which will bet sold at toe lowest’fignre fof cash.or ready pay. Job work or all kinds attended to on call. -Tioga, Jan. Id, 1363. GUERNSEY i SMEATL. EtMUfttK’l* NOTICE. T ETTERS Terfamentary having been gran- A* 't*d to tkesqbtbnberoo tho estate of Thomas J. ~V*f> iste af Tlogi, dec’d., those indebted to the said ,^ t *' , *t e .tH Be ate4"to niake Immediate payment, and toose having claustagainst the same, will present mem duly authenticated to tho nndereigned for set tUmaat ' j B.a WICKHAM,! Tioga, July 29, Ig«3. «t JOS. AIKEN, f Extt - THE AGITATOR. YOI. X. ABDHESS ’ OF THE Union State Central Committee. To the People of 'Pennsylvania The day is rapidly approaching upon .which yon will be called to choose between rival can didates for the high offices of Governor of the Commonwealth, and-‘Judge of its Supreme Ju dicial tribunal. To the one is to be committed the executive power of your great and noble State, and to. the other a weighty voice in de ciding-questions closely affecting your most sacred’right of person and property. To an intelligent exercise of your right of suffrage, it is very neccessary that yon should clearly understand the difference between the .party whose nominees are Andrew O. Carlin, and Daniel H. Agnew, and the party whose nominees are,George W. Woodward, and Wal ter H. Lowrie. It is, therefore, in obedience to - a custom, wise and time honored, that yon are addressed by the official representative of each organization in behalf of their respective prin ciples and candidates. ' t It is not vague commonplace but solemn truth to say, that there never was a political contest America whose issues were so important and so vital to the life of tbeßepublio as ate those involved in . the pending canvass. Jo other days we prudently occupied our minds with questions of State policy, local alike in their interest and their influence'; but today the citizens of Pennsylvania ascend to the higher and broader ground whereon the nation struggles for its life, and-<tbe ballots of freemen were never more weighty with great conse quences than those now resting in their bands, containing, as they probably do, not only the question of civil war at our own homos, not only the fate of our Constitution and Union, but the destiny of free government throughout the world. t It is. a- source, therefore, of profound grat itude with all reflecting men, that; while all the gentlemen in nomination bear characters alike honorable and without stain, thus entitling them to the fullest presumption of honest mo tives and conscientious convictions, yet the. lines of division are drawn with such distinct ness, the policy proposed is so plainly different and the principles so radically hostile, that no one of ordinary intelligence need hesitate in his choice. The history of America before our civil war began is read and known of all men. In the years of our colonization we were obedient to tbtl plain purpose of God in reserving this con tinent whereon the capacity of the human race for self-government should be fully and fairly tested; and the men to whom was entrusted the great experiment in civilization fitly builded their infant States upon the principles of civil | and religious liberty. ] ■When tire condition of colonial dependency ceased to protect these principles, the scattered settlements came together in'the presence of a common danger, and the interest of human freedom, declared their independence. Joseph Warren, proto-martyr of the Revolution, wri ting, just before his death, to Quincy, saysf “ I am convinced that the true spirit of liberty was never so universally diffused through all ranks and conditions of men on the face of the earth as it now is through all North America.” In this spirit and for this cause our fathers ■ endured seven woary years of unequal warfare, and that their children to the third and fourth generation shonld understand the purpose of the great struggle in the calm peace which fol lowed victory, they solemnly engraved it above the entrance to the sources of the fundamental law, declaring it to be, “To secure tbe bless ings of liberty to the people and to their pos terity.” The Government of the United States, thus plainly established to preserve the liberties of its people, contained an element of weakness and discord in tbeTegal recognition of tbe ex istence of slavery. It was believed, however, that this evil would soon disappear, and Jeffer son vied with Franklin in bis efforts to seenre a result earnestly desired by all good men. In the course of a few years it was confined nomi nally, as it bad long really been, to tbe States lying south of tbe line of Mason and Dixon , and patriots of all parties rejoiced in the hope of its speedy and total disappearance. This reasonable hope was destined to disap pointment. In 1820, the first great concession was demanded by the slavefaolding interest at { the bands of tbe National Legislature, and for tbe sake of harmony Missouri was admitted into the Union os a slave State. Then followed other and greater demands in favor of slavery, urged with increasing arrogance; and not withstanding the-.wonderful prosperity which, like a benediction, attended the North, and |he stagnation and decay which began to cover and cling like a curse to the lands tilled by enforced and unpaid labor, a party, small in numbers but great in the intellectual powers of its leaders and devoted tp the defence and pro pagandises of American slavery, by the free and alternate use of flattery and threats, wrung .obedience to its requirements from the unwiU. ling hands of American statesmen. What followed is a thrice-told tale. The ad mission of new slave States ; the annexation of Texas, the war with Mexico; the consequent accession of great territories in the Southwest; the compromise Legislation of 1850, including I -the Fugitive slave law; tho repeal of the Mis souri Compromise ; the lawless invasion of Kansas^by thcruffians of tbe Southern border, with its attendant slaughter of peaceful North-1 erd settlers; and llie culminating efforts of the Administration of Mr. Buchanan, to force by tbs bayonet a pro-slavery Constitution, whose provisions were disgraceful to civilized human nature, upon tbs heroic'people of that devoted Territory. What were oil these but the suc cessive steps in the long and painful descent, whereby tho conservative, law abiding people of the North- vajnly endeavored to appease and even to satisfyflSs'conatant aggresaions of their slaveholding brethren ? . The political; history of America for forty yean is written in-this brief statement of con cessions- to slavery. W» bad- dons much to pleas# its friends; We bad surrendered, almost .Proprietor. A. R. HASCY. SeOotrO totDe sgytenaiott of larea of iTmOoin a ntt tfce SjmaO of n&ovm. WHILE THEBE SHALL BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, ITELLSBOEOj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1803. froimcal. without the forma of protest, the chief execu tive offices of tbe nation to their keeping. They werri filled either by themselves, or by those Northern gentlemen whom "they gra ciously selected for the merit of prompt and unquestionable obedience to their commands. Tbe judicial branch of tbe Government, en trusted with the ■ construction of, tbe Federal charier, and the consequent abrogation, when necessary, of alt laws, State and national, was composed ojf judges of their choice. The rep resentatives of the nation at .the Courts of Europe had been trailed with tbeir trainings. The conservative branch of the National Leg islature was unquestionably under their con trol. 1, We had parted with many plain rights to sat-' isfy them. We endured the otter denial of free and even Af unmolested travel in the Southern States. We waived the protect ion of the, Federal law, winch should have covercd tis with a. shield, everywhere beneath the Federal flag; and consented to receive in stead the jurisdiction of ruffianly mobs, bred and fostered in slavery. We saw without com plaint tbe North made a vast hunting ground for fugitives from’ bondage. We accepted with meekness the constant taunts of our social and political inferiority. We permitted our repre sentatives to he threatened with personal vio lence in the streets of the capital. We stifled our just and sacred wrath when a Northern Senator, graced with all generous culture, and bearing tbe commission of a free Common wealth, waa beaten by slaveholders to the verge of death on the floor of the Senate, for words spoken for liberty in debate. Enduring all in patience, for tbe sake of peace and union we sat in quiet obedience to tbe law, unwilling but submissive pupils, receiving lessons of chivalrio honor from Mr. Brooks, and of chivalric man ners from Mr. Wigfall, of loyalty from Mr Davis, and of honesty from Mr. Floyd. At last, in tbe year of grace 1860, tbe Con stitution afforded to the citizens of the land the privilege of again expressing by their votes tbeir choice of national rulers. They exer cised that right, quietly, peaceably, and in per fect obedience to the form and spirit of all our laws. The lawful discharge o£_tbis high duty, im posed upon all good men by their country, was declared by a few had, bold men to be just cause of civil war. This proposition involved, of course, the startling doctrine that Northern men must vote in the interest of slavery, or its friends would appeal from the ballot box to the bullet, destroy the Constitution, dissolve the Union, and deluge all the land with its most precious blood. It mnst be remembered that the Senate, without whose consent no law can-be enacted, was pro-slavery. Tha Supreme Court, against whose judgement no law, if enacted, could 1 avail, was pro-slavery. There was, therefore, I no danger possible to tho institution ; and it was simply because once in forty years the peo ple had lawfully chosen a President who was believed to be opposed to further concessions to slavery, that an embittered and malignant friction, who bad been long nursing their trea son, declared tbeir purpose to pause to flow all terrible evils following in the train of this 1 cruel war, which has wasted our substance, | and placed our chiefest treasures beneath tbe I seals of clay. The utter groundlessness of I tbeir complaints, and the want ,of even a 1 decent pretext for their threatened crime against their country, was plaoed in full light before the wgjrld when Alexander H. Stephens epoke to tbsfpeople of Georgia those memora ble words, which history will always remem ber, sealing with the seal of lasting condem nation this wicked and causeless rebellion : ■“ Wdat right has the North assailed ? What interest of the Sooth has been inva ded? What justice has been denied? or what claim founded on justice or bight has BEEN WIIHELD ? Can EITHER OP YOU NAME ONE GOVERNMENTAL ACT OF WRONG DELIBERATELY AND PURPOSELY DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT AT Washinctun-of which the South has a eight, TO COMPLAIN ? I CHALLENGE AN ANSWER !” While the ablest statesman of the South were endeavoring with words like these to stay tbe bands of traitors raised to dishonor our flag, to destroy oar Government, and to afflict ns with the awfnl sufferings of civil strife, tbe Honorable" George W. Woodward, then and now a Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl vania, deliberately disrobed himself of his er mine, and walking from the seat of judgment to the platform of a great meeting assembled in Independence Square, ground sacred to freedom, spokeiand over and b.eyond his audi ence to the maddened partisans of slavery, ripe for revolt and battle, theaa words of sym pathy with their baseless and pretended wrongs: “ Everywhere in the South the PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK OUT FOB THE MEANS OP SELF DEFENCE. CoULD IT BE EXPEOT EB THAT THEY WOULD BE INDIFFERENT TO SUCH SCENES AS HATE OCCURRED ?—THAT THEY WOULD STAND IDLE AND SEE SUCH MEASURES CONCERTED AND CARRIED FORWARD FOB THE ANNIHILATION, SOONER OR LATER, OF THEIR PROPERTY IN. SLAVES. Such expectations, if indulged, are not -REASONABLE.” And these words of encouragement exagger ating- the source of strength of which tb«y boasted most; “ When you combine all in one glowing picture of national prosperity, remem ber that cotton, the product of elate labor, has been one of the indispensable elements of all this prosperity—it must be an indispensable dement •t» all our future prosperity. Isay it must be." '■ And these words, sounding like an invitation to treason; “ The lam of self-defence includes rights of property as,welt as person, and it appears to ms there must be a time in the progress of this con flict if it indeed it irrepressible, when slate holders may lawfully fall back on their natural rights, and employ in defence of their property whatever means of protection they possess or can command. They who push on this conflict have convinced one or more Southern States that it has already come.” And these sadder words of attempted conse cration of that fearful combining of crimes against God and. all his creatures which is called American slavery"; “ The providence of that good Being who hot Matched over uefrom the le ginning and eaved «• from external fore, hae eo or dered our internal relatione at to make negro tlavtry an incalculable blessing to us 7 Whoever mill study the Patriarchal nad Levitieal institution, will tee theprin eipleof human bondage divinely sanctioned, if no! di vinelg-ordained.” The address thus- delivered went forth with tbe added weight of judicial sanction, and, aided by many others of kindred import, pro duced its legitimate effect in convincing the traitors who had hesitated that a large and in -fluential portion of the Northern people were with them in spirit, and only awaited fitting opportunity to become active accomplices in their treason. Then followed in necessary se quence the bombardment of .Fort Somter, and --thwopening of that great historic drama whose shadow, after two weary ycars~of sacrifice of treasure and of life, still darkens all our land; whose sorrows have reached all our hearts, and whose terrible consequences to the' cause of American democracy, and of Christian civili zation itself, yet wo very dimly comprehend. For those words, and only for those words, thus early, publicly and distinctly spoken, ten dering sympathy, encouragement, invitation, consecration even to the cause of the rebellion, Judge Woodward has been played in nomina tion aa candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, and the opinions there expressed have been distinctly reaffirmed, and made the present platform of his supporters; the Hon. Charles J. Biddle, their official representative, in the recent address to the people of the State, de claring “ this speech to have been vindicated by subsequent events as a signal exhibition of state manlike sagacity." The faction in Pennsylvania wearing the livery of-the good old Democratic party to aid rebellion waged in the interest of on aristoc racy of slaveholders, thus, openly avows its opinions, and in manifold ways, by speech and press—by the secret oaths of a treasonable con spiracy—by appeals to the prejudices of igno rant men—by calumnies against our brave sol diers and Sailors—by denial of their rights of suffrage, and by constant misrepresentations of tbe aims and results of the war, endeavors to attain its purpose of assisting the armed trai tors who are striking deadly blows at the heart of the Republic, Our opponents -well know that the only strength of the rebellion consists in its military power. Therefore, they oppose every measure which tends to strengthen the national armies, and they support every measure which tends to weaken them. If the General Government proposes to require white men to render milita ry service, they oppose it as unconstitutional and oppressive. If the General Government proposes to require block men to render mili tary service, they oppose it as unconstitutional, Bind favoring negro equality. If the General Government proposes to require red men to render military service, thsy oppose it as un constitutional and contrary to the usages of; civilized warfare; amfthey have thus far failed | to discover among tbe races of mankind any ! whose skin is of the proper constitutional color to permit the Government to use them to shoot rebels and traitors. Our opponents denounce tho arrest of disloy al persons as violating personal liberty. They denounce the suppression of disloyal practices as indicating military tyranny. They thwart tbe needed reinforcements of onr wasted ar mies, and the collection of tbe national revenue by base appeals to the basest impulses oilmen, and the inauguration of riot, rapine, and mur der, bringing the terrors of civil war to our very hearthstones. Thus, by paralyzing tbe strength? and vigor of the mailed hand of the nation, they give essential aid and comfort to the nation's enemies. Tbeir cardinal principle is to embarrass the Federal Administration in all its measure for the vigorous prosecution of the conflict, for tbe prompt suppression of the rebellion, and the swift punishment sf traitors. It is needless to say that their triumph in the pending canvass would prolong (he war. — It is confessed at Richmond that the only relief afforded to the dajkness and disasters which enshroud the rebel capital, and the only en couragement to continue a hopeless contest, comes with the occasional gleams of successes of their Northern allies. On.all other sides despair awaits them. They see two thirds of their territory conquered and held in subjection ; New Orleans returned to its allegiance ; the Mississippi open ; all their harbors blockaded ; Charleston assailed ; Rose crans and Burnside moving in triumph, and the great struggle which embraced more than half the Union narrowing to Georgia, Sooth Carolina, and portions of North Carolina and Virginia. , The end is not distant. It can only be delayed, and tho way to it piled with the bodies of the brave men who willingly taste death for their country, by the triumph, of Northern sympathizers with treason at the ap proaching elections. Such triumph would re vive the desperate and drooping fortunes of the rebefs, inspirit their demoralized and de serting armies, and persuade their rulers to renewed efforts to gather and hurl now levies upon our defenders in the field. It follows necessarily that the triumph of our opponents, by prolonging the war, will render necessary renetetd conscriptions and in crease the burdens of taxation. One way only leadsto a short war and a lasting peace, and that is the glorious path along which Rosecrans is marching, and Banks, and Grant, and Meade, Everything whioh tends directly or indirectly | to weaken or embarrass these blessed peace 1 makers is comforting to the enemy,, inducing them to refuse submission to the laws, and to, continue to. waste more o£ our treasure and j murder other of. onr sons. The future wiH lay the responsibility of lengthening this horrible j conflict, with whatever of sacrifice its continu ance involves, upon those Northern men who, supply its want of bullets by their ballots, and by their sympathy nerve its arm for further blows. To these principles, to this policy, to tbe results they so plainly involve, of a long war, of other drafts, and of more heavy taxer, as well as to the candidates who represent them, the loyal men of Pennsylvania are irreconcila bly opposed. - <sur platform ia- brief and plain and compre hensive;' We belifeve that the will of the peb- pie lawful); expressed, is the supreme law; that no appeal can be permitted from votes to bayonets, and that wben’euch appeal is made, the only hope for the Republic is to crush it by force of arms. We therefore support' the war without limitations or conditions, as the Only means of preservingithe National integrity. We honor and snstain bnr heroic brethren in arms on land: and set, the. unselfish heroism of whose daily lives surpasses all that is written in the knightly romance of the middle age. They deserve well of: their country, and we de sire that the banner of the Union shall carry to its defenders, wherever they may be, the right of suffrage—the inestimable privileges of free roen. 1 k We heartily .sustain Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, in his efforts to suppress this wicked revolt against the laws he has sworn to enforce.! For the vigoronanse oflall men and all means permitted by the usages of civilized nations, to reach peace ihrougn Victory; for the une qualled maintenance! of; the national credit, without parallel in history ; ‘for the admirable frankness with which the President counsels with the people, and |for| the successes which are everywhere, crowning our arms, the Fede ral Government deserves and receives the grat itude.of all who love their country. It alone, with the help of Providence, can save the life of the Republic. It alone, with the same aid, ean preserve us as a natidn. If, therefore, any thing is left undone, which some, think ought to have been done, op anything has been done which some think should have been left undone, we reserve these matters for more opportune discussion in the calmer days of To day, while armed rebels! threaten the Federal capital, and trample dag and law and Consti tution under their feet, wa come together with out distinction of party, in loyal union, and pledge to the Administration, which represents the Government of our fathers, our earnest and unconditional support. These are the principles and tbit is the poli cy of the loyal men of Pennsylvania. To rep resent it they offer to your suffrages our present Governor, Andrew Gi Curtin. He needs no eulogy, for he has so borne himself in his high office that his name; is known add honored through all the land, winning thajiove of the soldiers and the respect and confidence of a patriot constituency. His great services to the cause of the Union id its most deadly peril, bis constant solicitude and care for the brave men he sent to battle, hie foresight, his energy, his foithfulness in the discharge of every duty, impelled a grateful people to disregard his dec lination, and place once more the banner of the Union in bis tried apd. trusty .hands. In the Honorable Daniel H. Agnew a candi date is presented worthy of the support of all men who desire to maintain the high character for ripe and varied learning, for 'unsuspected loyalty to the Government, and for adherence to the duty of declaring, not making, the law which our supreme judicial tribunal won and wore in other days. Judge Agnew is an ac complished lawyer, is now the presiding judge of hie district, and his elevation to the bench of the Supreme Court will give additional seou rity to the rights ol persons and property. Freemen of Pennsylvania : The issue is thus distinctly presented in which the single ques tion is that of loyalty to;the Government under which you live, and the triumph of whose arms alone ean give you peace, and again open to you the avenues to that almost miraculous prosperity which attracted the wondering gaze of the nations. 1 It only remains for i all -good men te perfect the local organizations of friends of the Union, tfi seonre full discussion of the questions in dispute, to bring J every Jloyal vote td the polls, and to use all proper efforts in tbeir power to secure our lf this is done, Pennsyl vania is saved to the Union, and the Union is saved to us and to our posterity. Thus we gather for the contest around wor thy bearers of a worthy standard, written all over with unconditional loyalty; and under tbeir good leadership we. .march foward with the faith and hope of ,Christian men, to the victory which awaits the cause of justice and of freedom. ■ In behalf of the Unidh State Central Com mittee. Wayne McTeagh, Chairman. , A. LETTER PBOII THE PRESIDENT. WIIAT IS THE DUTY OF LOYAL MEN. The following ia President Lincoln’s letter to .the Springfield Mass Meeting: Executive Mansion,! Washington, I August 26, 1860, j Hon. Jakes C. Conkling— 3fy Dear Sir: — Your letter inviting me to! attend a mass meet ing of unconditional Union men, to be held at the capital of Illinois, on the 3d day of Septem ber, has been received. It would be very agreeable to me thus to meat my old friends at my own home, but I cannot just now be absent from this city so long as a visit there would require. The meeting is to be of all those who maintain unconditional devotion to the Union, and I am sure that mjr old political friends will thank we for tendering, aa I do, tbe nation’s gratitude to those other noble men whom no ‘partisan malice or partisan hope con make false to the nation’s life. There are those who are dissatisfied with me. To such I would say, “You desire peace, and yon blame mu that we do not have it. But how cam we attain it ? There are but three conceiv able ways; First. To suppress tbe rebellion by force qf Arms. This lam trying to do. Are you fbfrit? If you ‘are. jso far we are agreed. ATaecobd way is to give! up the Union. lam against this. If yon arri,, you should say so -plainly. If you are not for force, nor yet for dissolution, there only remains some imaginary compromise. Ido not] believe that any com promise embracing the, maintenance of the Onion, is now possible. 1 . All that I learn leads to a directly opposite belief. The strength of the rebellion, is its military—its- army. That army -dominates all the; country and all the people within its range. | Any pffer of terms; made by any man or men within that range, in opposition to that array! v> simply, nothing fori the present, because snob mauf or men have ad Rates of Advertising. Advertisements will bo charged $1 per square of I# lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered -as a square. 1 The subjoined rates will be charged for Quarterly,Half-YcarlyandVearly advertisements: 3 MONTES. 6 MOUTHS." 12 MOHTBB. 1 Square, .' $3,00 . $4,60 $6,00 2'. do 5,00 6,50 8,00 3 do 7,00 8,50 10,00- i Column, 8,00 9,50 12,50 4 do 15,00 20,00 26,00 1 do, 26,00 36,00 40,00 Advertisements not, having the number of inser tions desired marked upon them, win be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable’s and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 4, power whatever to enforce their side of a com promise, if one were made with them. To il lustrate—suppose a refugee from the South and the peace men of the North get together in Convention, and frame and proclaim a compro mise embracing a restoration of the Union, in what way can that compromise be nsed to keep General Lee’s army out of Pennsylvania ? Gen. Meade’s army can keep Lee’s army ont of Penn sylvania, and I think, can ultimately drive it ont of existence ; but no paper compromise, to i which the controllers of General Lee’s army are not agreed, can at all effect that army. In an effort at such compromise, we would waste the time which the enemy would improve to onr dis advantage, and-that .would bo all. A comprdmlsb; to- bn effective, mast bo mads either with those who control the rebel army; or with the people, first liberated from-the dom ination of that army by the success of our army. Now, allow me to assure you that no word or y intimation from the rebel army or from any of the men controlling it in relation to any peace compromise, has ever come to my knowledge or belief. All-charges and intimations . to the con trary, are deceptive and. groundless; and I promise you, that if any such proposition shall hereafter come, it shall not be rqecied and kept secret from you. I freely acknowledge myself to be tbe servant of the people, according to the bond of service, tbe United States Constitution, and that as such I am responsible tothem. But, to be plain, you are dissatisfied with me about the negro. Quito likely there is a differ ence, of opinion between you and myself upon that subject. I certainly wish that all men conld be free, while yon, I suppose, do not.— Yet I have neither adopted nor proposed any measure which is not consistent with even your views, provided you are for the Union. I sug gested compensated emancipation ; to which you| replied that you wished not=to be (axed to buy negroes. But I had not asked you tuba taxed to buy negroes, except in .such a way as to save you from greater taxation to save tba Union-exclusivcly by other means. Yon dislike the emancipation proclamation, and perhaps you want to have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional. - I think differently.. I think that the Constitution invests its Commander-in chief with the law of war in time of war. Tha most that can be said, if so muob, is, that tbe slaves ‘are property. Is there, bas there ever been, any question that by the law of war the property, both of ene mies and friends, may be taken when needed, and is it not needed, if, whenever taken, it belpe us or, hurts the enemy ? Armies, the world over,'destroy enemies’ property when they can not use it, and even destroy their own to keep it from tbe enemy, Civillized beligerente do all in their power to help themselves or hurt the enemy, except a few things barba rous or cruel. Among the exceptions are the massacre of vanquished .foes and non-combat ants, male and female. But the proclamation, as law, is valid omol valid. If it is not valid, it cannot be retracted any more than the dead can be brought to life. Some of you profess to think that its retraction would operate favora bly for the Union. Why better after the re traction than before the issue ? There was more than a year and a half for trial to suppress the rebellion before the proe-' tarnation was issued; the last one hundred diy* of which passed-under an explicit notice that it was coming unless averted bythose id revolt returning to their allegiance. The-war has certainty progressed as favorably forv us tines' the issue of the proclamation as before, I know as folly as one can know tbo opiniong of others, that some of the commanders of onr armies in the field wbo have'given osonf most important victories, believe the emancipation'polio/ and the aid of colored troops constitute the heav iest blows yet dealt to the rebellion ; and that at hast one of those important successes could not hate been achieved when it was, but for the aid of black soldiers. Atftong the commanders holding these views, are some who have never bad any affinity with what is called Abolition ism, or with the Republican party politics, but who hold them purely as military opinions. I submit their opinions as being entitled to soma weight against the objections often urged that emancipation and the arming of the blacks.-are nnwise, as military measures, and were not adopted as such in good faith. You say Unit you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem to be willing to fight for yon ; but no matter—fight you, then, exclusively, to save iho Union. I issued the proclamation on purpose to aid you in saving the Union. Whenever you shall have conquered all resistance to the Union, if I shall urge gov. to continue fighting, it will he on apt time then for you to declare that, you will not fight to free negroes. I t|iat, in your struggle for tho Union, to whatever extent the negroes should cease helping the enemy, to that extent it weakens the enemy in his resistance to’you. Do you think different ly? I thought that whatever negroes can ha got to do as soldiers, leaves just so much less for White soldiers to do in saving the Union.-- Does it appearotherwise to you 7 But negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us, if vra will do nothing for them ? If they stake their live; for us, they must be prompted by the strongest mo tives—even the proms* 'of freedom; ank the promise being made, must be kept. The signs look better. Tbo Father of VTs i«rs again goes ut.vvsed to the sea; thanks to Northwesfc'for it.; nor yet wholly to them* Three.hundred mQes up-they met Sew England, the Empire, the Keystone, and New Jersey, hewing their way right andjeft. TKa sonny South, too, in more-colors than one, also lept a hspd, on the,spot;*their part of the his tory was jotted down in black and while. The job was a great national one; and Jet none he banned who bote an honorable part in It, whits those who have cleared the great river, may. well be-proud. Even, that is net all. It ie bard to cay that anything has been mors bravely and batten donsthan at .Antietatp- Gettys burg. and ea many of lees note. Nor must Uncle Sam’s, Jja forgotten. At all tbe water roarginalhoyhovybesh pressp*. not only on the dasp' ees, the broad bay, and.
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