The Tioga* County Agiti ;or:
BY M. fl. COBB, ■*
p.i’iliaheJevery Wednesday morning m Implied to
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catedia counties immeliately adjoining, -or conven
jiience
xiit Agitator is the OflloUl paper of Tioga .Co.,
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being on tbe'uivaucd.pay it circu
ities among a class most to the interest hr advertisers
to reach. Terms to advertisers a*, liberal is feh-osc of
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Pennsylvania, ‘ ■ , r" ‘j* . ■*’
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ne nee- * : :
,f AS. LOiyttEY;& 8. F. JYJLSOfI,
i TTORNEYS i- COUNSELLORS; at LAW,
.A. will atioad the. Courts of_ Tioga, ifotter and
Jlctean counties. [Wollsboro, Jan .1, 1853.]
DIGKmoS HOUSJ,
CORNING, N. T;, . --
Mil- A. FIELD,...- *.....;
aUESTS taken to and from the- Depot free
of charge.. ■ • [Jan, 1, 1863.] •
PEiIIfSILTAIIIA- HOUSE,
corner or main street and, the avenue,
Wollshoro, Pa. r ;
J. "W. BIGONY, ....Iroprietor.
THIS popular Hotel,-having beat'. re-fitted
and rd-furnlshed throughout, js now' ipen to the
public ae a fir St-class house. . [Jaul 1, 18630
I>. HART’S nOTCf u
JTELLSBOKO, TIOGA CO. 11KNA.
THE subscriber takea this method to inform
his old friends and customers that be ha 6 re
jumed the conduct of the old “ Crystal, Fountain
Borel,” and will hereafter give it his entire attention.
Taaahfal for past furors, he. solicits a renewal of the
*ame. ~ ©'AVID HART.
Wellsboro, Not. 4, 1863.-ljjr.
ISAAK WALTOM HOUSE,
Gaines, Tiogra County,
11. C. TERMILYEA, proprietor.
THIS is a new hotel located with* easy ac
cess of .the best fishing and hunting grounds’ in
Northern Pennsylvania, No pains will b ; glared for
the accommodation of pleasure"seekers an t the trav
elling public. [Jan_. 1,,1863-3
oq WiTCHEg, CLOCK) AKD
JEWELRY J.
Repaired at BULIiARITS- & CO'S. ST* 1 EE, fcj the
mbscriber, in the bestmahner, and at ab I'jwpriceaas
the »ume work can be dgpe for, by any SirVt rate prac
tical workman in the_ State.
Wellsboro, July 15,1865,
A- FOLEY,
Watches, Clocks; Jewelry, i c., &c.,
EEPAIBED AT OLD PEIC JS.
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
XO. 5, UNION' BLOdi.
WellsbonL May 20, 1863. *
J E. R. BLACK,
BARBER & HAIR-DR} iSSER,
SHOP OYER C. L. 'WILCOX’S S COKE, •
NO. 4, UNION Bli )CK. -
Hellebore, Jape 24, 1863. , - _
AGRICULTURAL IIffPEEtfEWTS.
I WOULD inform Dealers; in Agricnl-iral Imple
ments, that I have Horse Rakes ©f Lie, myt f ap
proved styles and BUperior quality* IhAlso, Hand
Bakes of a belter quality than any r»aj nfactured in
this section, which X will funaish in anyrquantity de
sired, to dealers in* the conn ties of Tio, n, Bradford,
and Lycoming. D.* DOUD.
Mainsburg, IToy-IB? .f , 1 ■
boakd-Tlahl* and gi at*s
CELEBRATED*. f •
patent improved
INSULATED IRON RTM, AN - FRAME
PIANO FORTES! *
Xbe?e pianos have the pure musics? tone of the
Wood, together with the strength of the Iron, and are
thus far superior lo nil others* The Strong
Scales, giving in connection with lron
Kim, full, round, powerful, and eweet lone. These
pianos will remain in tune a greater le iglh of time
than any other pianos known, and artf * wrranted lor
the time of five years. The underaigi.c'v, offers these
pianos at the same prices as at the rooms in
Albany or New York, saving the buyer Ue expense©?
going there to buy, and will keep them n tune for the
utiu of three years, without charges. For a general
description of these pianos send forra. circular, con
tinuing prices, styles, £c. I* '
Osceola, Tioga’ Jounty Pa,*
Osceola, Feb. 17,1864. ; -
DRUGS A ISIEDI.CI ffeS.
SO. 3, CNIOX BLOCK, TTELLSi ORO, PA.
P. K. WILLIAMS,
BEGS leave to announce to tho cith-sns of Wells
boro and vicinity, that ho keep? instantly on
hand all kind? of • . .
DRUGS AND MEDICIN' ? .S, > ,
Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, Soaps, Pctf unery, Glass,
Brushes. -Putty, Fancy Good?,' Pure Wi es, Brandies;
Gins, and all other kinks- of Liquor, of the best
quality. All kinds of / .
PATENT MEDICINES
itch as Jayne’s Expectorant, AUereUye’and.Pills;
Avcfg Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Helm
bJid’fc Extract Dacha, Sarsaparilla and.'.Hose Wash ;
Mrs. Window's Sothing Syrup; WVlghfa . Pills';
Clark’s anS Chceseman’SfPilU; Hail’s, 'Balsam ; Bin
lager's London I>ock Ginl; Herrick's and Plah
itrs; Brown’s Bronchial Troches, Ac., “dc.
May 25, 1864-ly. P.H.AyiLLTAMS.
REVENUE STAMPS.
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector‘of Mans
field, has just received s large lo* of Revenue
Status, of all denominations, froni up to $5
Any person wishing Stanp£ can get them at my office
in Mansfield, or of M, BULLARD, Assistant Assessor,
at Wellsboro, Pa. J. M.^PHELPS.
Mansfield, May 2, 1864. * , '
Wheeler’s Horse Powers and Thresh
ers and Cleaners,,
THE subscriber would respectfully 'announce to
to the Threshers.and Farmers oT Tioga and ad
fining counties, that he still continues- to sell the
cbov© named MACHINES, and tbafr I have the
pleasure of offering this season some' ’Valuable im
provement® on the old machines and a large addition
to the variety. I now have for sale Railroad Horse
Covers for one, two, and three hor»cs*>three different
*-2ei of Wheeler's Rake Cle'aners, sit horse, Lever
? cw ers, Howard’s Mowers and combined Mowers and
Reapers, Smith’s Green Mountain iSb’ ngle Machine,
Palmer’s self-sustaining Horse Forks, .•{lever Hullcr?,
? «d Cutters, Circular and Drag So fs, adapted to
bora® powers, Horse Rakes, Ac., Ac. 7 ,
AU of *bichwfl be sold strictly af the manufac-_
hirer’s prices, adding transportation, e. d will be war
r&Qted to give entire satisfaction or no sale. Extras
f-r repairing old machines kept on baud.
W&. T. MATHERS, of Welisboio, -and G. H.
RASTER &‘CO.,‘orNeUon,'af€ nay assistant agents
for Tioga County, where Forks will b > kepf on hand
& od orders left for other Machinery wi. Ibe promptly
attended to. Descriptive Circulars d ntaining price
l**Bt gent to all applicants. B S. TEARS.
Troy, Pc,, June 29, iS64-tf. - ’
HUGH YOUJVGs
BOOKSELLER & STATIOIfEBj
AND DEAIIB IS
Clocks, American, English, and Swiss
patches, Jewelry, Silver Plated Spectacles,
Pictaro Frames, Photographic Albums, .Stereoscopes,
Horoscopes, Perfumery, Yankee, potions. Fishing
Ift«kle and Flies, end Fancy .and leftist Articles,
98* SCHOOL BOOKS jof’«Very. kind used, in the
County, constantly on hand, and sent by mail or oth
erwise, to order. > /
#O, 5, VSIONBLQCK, WEiI§SOSO, PA.
THE
,1 ■- . JL. ..JL
VOL. XI.
Priace’f Metalle Paint, Pfizer & Co*s Chemicals, .
Thaddeus lnks, -Plaid Extracts; ~•.
Concentralcd Medicines, Rochester.Perfnm'ary and
Cincinnati and Extracts,
Brandy, Paints and Oils,
Whitewash Idm©,* Petroleum Oil,
Kjerosene Lamps, Drag*.and. Medicines,
Patent Medicines, School Books,
Stationery, Wall Paper,
Wyoming Mills Wrap- . Window Glass, *
ping Paper, " Dye Colors,
Furnished at Wholesale Prices by
■ W, D XEBBEEE ?
Coming, 21. T.
MUTE BRANDY & WINES.
‘ FOE
MEDICAL &■ COMMON lON PURPOSES.
THIS BRANDY has'bcen analysed by the Medi
ical Director of the Naval Labratory fit. Brooklyn,
and substituted for French Brandy, for use in the
United States Navy. It is also used and recommend
ed by D’r. Sattcrlee, Medical Purveyor in New York
of U. S. Army, in tbo Hospital of bis Department.
THIS "WINE has all the properties of Dry Sherry
Wine, ■ i.
SWEET CATAWBA WIIVE.
*THIS WINE for its mildness la adapted for Diva
lids and for communion purposes. • _
: A/TESSRS. ZtMMERMANN v& CO,, ;of Cindn
-IYI. nati and New York .bod formerly partnership
witn N. Longworth of Cincinnati xhe wealthy Natiye
Wine producer, and thereforeenabUs them to furnish
the-bost of American production, at.moderate prices.
Sold by W. D. TERBELL, at Wholesale and Re
tail, and by Druggists generally.
N. Y.J Jan. 20,1864-tf. - . I*
- A. R/aHASCT.
Farmer’s Cateclii§iu.
Question. What is the best kind cf Wooden beam
Plow?
Answer. The WIARD PLOW. ’ '
Qnes. Wherein does it excel all others?
Ac*. In 'ease of draft, in being less liable to clog,
aid In fact it excels in every particular.
Qoss. is this Plow to be found ?
Ans. At 'the KNOXVILLE -FOUNDRY,, where
they are made, and at various agencies around the
countrv.
Ques. Are there any ether plows made at that
Foundry £
An!. Tea! Biles makes various kinds of wooden
and-iron beam Plow's, both for fiat land and aidekill,
andbe -keeps ahead of all ether establishments by
getting .the, .BEST -PATTERNS, invented, without
regard to the COST. • ’ • • -
Qu«b. Arv Piuirr ail SUftCS I
Acs. By no means.. -He also mak«* HORSE
HOES; a superb article for Corn,* Potatoes; ?Ac.
ROAD SCRAPERS that .beat the world. Ca?t~Col
tivatcr .Teeth of a very superior pattern, ' Shovel
Plow Castings for new land, and indeed almost every
thing that is ever made at a Foundry* from a Root
Jack to a Steam Engine. • }
Qnes, Would you then advise me to buy there?
Ana. Most certainly would % for besides'making
the-best KIND of every thing, Biles makes those
that anMhe most DURABLE, and it Is a common ex*
presshm where his Plows have been introduced, that
they last as long aa from two* to four got at any other
shop; he Has always been at the business from a
small boy and ought to know how it is done, and if
you try Us wares once, you will be ready with me to
tell all wanting anything in that line to go, send, or
in some other way procure them of J. P. BILES, at
the Knoxville Foundry;
Knoxville,’ 1863-lf.
TIyTRS. A. J. SOFIELD desires to call theatten
-I*l tion of the Ladies of Wellsboro and vicinity,
to herKew Stock of Spring Millinery Goods, consist
ing of the latest styles.of Bonnets, Hats. Head Dress
es, Caps, Ac., and a variety of-Franch Flowers, Shell
and Straw Ornaments, the latest ,-novehies in. the-woy
of Trimjminga. Infant’s Hat? and Caps, Old Ladles’
Dress Caps, Grcnadein Veils‘of the ehatWa.
Mrjs. 6. feels,particularly grateful for the patronage
of per friends, and would say that she has engaged
one of the best Milliners for the season, and is pro*
pared to repair Straws in the best manner. .She'is.
receiving Goods constantly fromrNow York, and will
keep & good assortment. Her rooms will bo found
hereafter opposite Roy’s Drug Store, in the building
lately occupied by Miss Smith.
Wellsboro, April 1864-tf.
MISS PAULINE SMITH has removed to the*
house (late the reticence’ of Chas. Williams,)
opposite the United States. Hotel. I wish to inform
my customers that,l have just received my
and cun be found at the above place/ ready-to do work
in. the best manner for:all who m&y favor me with a
call. ' PAULINE SMITH:
* Wellsboro, ApriUS, 1864-tf -
I have started -a Millinery Shop at Malnsburg, to
which I invite tho attention of people in ihst section
of tho county. It will be under the management of
Miss Ellen Grpen, . *
THIS House which has been open for convenience
of the traveling public for a number of years,
has lately been newly farnisbedthrougbout and fitted
up in as good stylo aa can be found in any country-or
city Hotel. The Proprietor does not hesitate in say -
itig that there will be no pains spared to add to the
comfort of his guest®,.and make it a home v for them.
Tho best of stabling for teems ; and, a gopd.hosUer
always in attendance, all of which can he found
one mile-east of Knoxville, Pa.
M,'V. PURPLE, Proprietor,
Deerfield, May 26,.1884.-ly.
Robbed from the Sale of the Tioga Co. Bank.
ON Wednesday night, May 25, 1864, tbefollowing
described bonds and notes : .
1 li. S. i'-ty- coupon bond, 4th lories, letter V, No.
14,719-, for SSQO.
■3 IT. S. ,5-20 coupon bonds, 4th series, letter C, Nos.
36,180,81-82, each |5OO.
t 17 IT. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, 4th aeries, letter,E,
Nos. 78,879 to 73,695, each $lOO.
14 U. S. 5-20j:onpou bonds. 4th series, letter M,
Nos-19,824 to 19,837, each $5O. •" ... .
. 3 Ui S. 5-20 coupon bonds, Sd series, letter A, Nos.
5/804-5-6, each'SluOO'.- • r . . .
4-U. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, 8d series, letter. A, Hoi.
3,050-51-52*53, each $5OO. .
-. Tioga County Bank notes, bid issue, s’s, Ip’s and
20’s—iii.fAO. Signed by former officers of thehahk,
ail pirnchoi through centre -of vignette, and bad been
retired for three years. No other notes.,of this bank
had ever been punched. ■'The public are hereby cau
tioned against purchasing or taking spy’ of the said
bonds and notes. ~ A. B.' TURNER,
Tioga,.May2B,lB64. . -- --- -Cashier.
' > - Cxecntor’s Notice.
LETTERS testamentary having been granted to
the subscriber on the eatnte of Philander Baker,
late of Sullivan township,' dec r d, notice fs hereby given
to those indebtedto make immediate payment, and
those having jiaitas topresentthom properly authenti
cated for settlement to HENBx B. CARD, ‘
~ June 22,1864-6 1* . Exoeutor.
mehotca to the SytenaCou of the Uxta of JTmhom snh the Spread of healths Mefoem.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRTGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
WHOLESALE
DBUG STORE,
Zimmermann A Go’s.
CATAWBA BRANDY.'
DRY CATAWBA WI*E.
• New Millinery Goods.
REMOVAL.
SPRING AND SOMMER GOODS,
COWANESQUE MOUSE.
WELESBORQ, TIOGA COUNTY. PA., TfEDNESBAI MORNING, SEPTEMBER 81, 18M.
Srlrtt Jloctrs.
fFrom the Missouri Democrat.]
Take off thy Sword, MbOlellaa.
s Take. off thy sword McClellan,
' ‘' Jake off thy coart of bine;
Strip, quickly fssm thy shoulders
Those starry badges two; .
You are-no more u- soldier,- • -• •
, changed yotir bos© again;
On Peaces platform standing
■ The garb of war is rain.
When'first'we met,McClellan,
. ; You led abero hand; .
A grand devoted army*.
Was fben'et thy command.
The finest on the planet,. .
It-longed to meet the foe;
It needed bat a leader,
' To strike the crashing blow.
And then, how fall/ MoCUllan,' ■
Yea filled a nation's eyes ?
.WUfen e'er thy name was mentioned,./
• We felt onr courage rise.
Wo thonght you' jrere & savior
1 Sent to our country's aid.
To bring- us back the Upton, •
The same our fathers made.
Where ore they now> McClellan,
Those heroes whom, you led ?
A cry of acgdialTanswers,
u Alas, they're \?lth the dead.”
They sleep in peace eternal,
Those true devoted braves;
The only peace you conquered,
of soldiers' graves I
Alack, alack, McClellan,
Our foijh was hard to shake;
We trusted long your promise.
That yon would Richmond take:
Till hack you staggered, leading,
Toot hack towards the foe.
With columns tern and bleeding
And banners drooping low*
But now you hold, McClellan,
Another high command.
Again a force Is mustered,
AaC joa. toad -on the hand.
And is that force enlisted
To fight the Union’s wars,'
And plant on Richmond's hill tops
The-flag of stipes and stars ?
• Alas, felas, McClellan, 1
. _A craven erew you lead, , .
" Peaqe” glistens on their banners,
While yet our soldiers bleed,
xbayybasely cry “ surrender,”
" ' Eretho Union is restored.
They kiss the feet of traitors,
And throw away the sword.
. Have yoh no abame, McClellan ?
Have yon forgot the past ?
Have yon so long led freemen,
To herd with slaves at last 1
Alas, alas, McClellan,
It seetneth so to be,.
When yen raise the flag of traitors
• 1 And drop that of the free.
Take offrtby are**, McClellan,
yake off thy coat of bine.
Strip quickly from thy shoulders
Those starry badges two.
You are no more a soldier,
You’ve changed your base agaiu.
On Peace’s platform standing,
The garb of war is vain. ,
, ADDHESS '
O S’ th a ■
Union State Central Committee,
To the People of Pennsylvania.
' FEli.ow-Citizens : The risnlt of ■ the recent
election on the amendment to the Constitution
of the State,.allowing our soldiers in the field
to vote, is gratifying, inasmuch os it shows
that the great heart of the Commonwealth is
right in the fearful and bloody struggle now
going' on to preserve the Republic, and that
these brave men are worthy, to help govern the
country for which they mate so many sastifi- j
ccs and suffer so many privations,,, , |
The friends of the Union have brought about
this result, while the Opposition have used their
powerful organization 'to prevent it, with the
evident object of. weakening the Union armies,
by disfranchising the, soldier, and thereby
strengthening themselves at the approaching
Presidential election ; and in connection with
this election let us reason together.
The campaign of 1864 is now fairly opened.
The issue upon which the campaign is to. be
made is Clearly indicated. The enemies of the
Government have publicly and authoritatively
declared their, purpose in the contest. That
declaration places the duty of patriots in a light
■as broad and clear as that of noon. There is
no mistaking either the spirit or the .object of
our the same that impelled the
chiefs of armed".treason-to attempt the over
throw of free government on this continent in
1860-61. Neither time, nor refleotiob-; not re
gard for fhe pence of society in-the loyal States,
nor the desolations which have devoured" the
prosperity of .the - South in the grip of war,
have wrought any modification of their hatred
for a Government founded upon the Opinions
of the people expressed through tho ballot-hos.
It is the part of wisdom to anticipate evil,
and to prepare to destroy it before It grows too
formidable to overthrow. ' The attitude of the
parties to the Presidential contest gives rise to
a serious question—the most serious of any
which can-engage. 1 the' attention of a true pa
triot and good citizen. -That question is briefly
stated: j V Shall we have lasting peace, through
a vigorous prosecution of this war for National
life"; - or Interminable war, through a peace
based upon disunion J”
• 'The issuels sharply defined. The utterances
of the Baltimore Convention decisively declare
•for peace through effective war; thu utterances
of the Chicago Convention as decisively pro
nounce for the" alternative presented in the
question stated.- They mean that, dr they are;
without meaning. The opposition to Mr. Lin
coln contemplates disunion as a cure for the
i ills under which-we lie. His defeat would di
j vide the continent into factions States. Nor
} -is this mere assertion. The political history
t of the country for the last four years is a mass
j of overwhelming evidence in support of its en
] tire, its disgraceful truth.
And first* in evidence of its truth, we have
the declaration, informal, bat not less weighty
(because reiterated and unvarying), of the Re
bel chiefs, that the South' wifi not treat for
peace-save upon the basis of a recognition of
its independence. The press of the South
omits no opportunity to imprest upon ns, and
X
AGITATOR.
I U
Ppon tho world, that peace tiac. only* come
through recognition. Recognition is but an
other name for separation. And, finally, every
European nation has come to regard the result
of’this war as certain to be one of two’ things
—either subjugation, or disunion. It is the
•clear conviction which truth brings to every,
rational, enlightehed inind. It is, therefore,
entitled to great weight; second only to the re
sultant fact.
It.is due to the opponents of,Mr. Lincoln to
slate that they pretend to believe in the proba
bility of peace and Union through some com
promise, the tefina of which are not' clearly
stated. 1 -
It will be easy to show the futility pf snob
.hopes, if it,has not already been dene. It will
not be a difficult task to show that such a be-
does not take root in conviction. The lea
ders pf the Opposition are men of great ability
and more than ordinary sagacity. They can
not, therefore,.be ignorant of.the facta which
aroof public record. Those facts effectually
preoludethe possibility of peace and Union
through any compromise, unless the terms
•involve recognition, and that~wouidbfe disun
ion;
. B.ntlet let. ns thoroughly, consider this ques
tion of peace through compromise. It is rea
sonable to suppose that the chiefs of the re
bellion' wohld have accepted terms in the outset,
if atialli- It is alleged by our opponents that
, Mr. Lincoln hurried the nation into war, not
only without constitutional warrant, but even
agoinstthe wishes of the Rebel chiefs them
selves. . They reproach the Congress then in
session, with having refused to adopt the Crit
tenden compromise measure, and thus forced
the' South into rebellion in exercise of the
right of self-defence and self-preservation. It
is nnneeessary to pause to show that all this
transpired while the reins of power were held
by Southern men, most of whom are now in
arms against the Government. Let that pass.
The question binges upon the responsibility of
the rejection of the Crittenden compromise.—
It was rejected. By whom? Reference-to
page 109, part first, of the Congressional Globe
of the second session of the Thirty-sixth Con
gress, will place the responsibility. for _ the re
jection of that .compromise where it'properly
belongs. It Will be seen that the Crittenden
compromise was defeated by the substitution
(in effect) of what is known.as the ” Clark
amendment." The record shows that-the vjte
on the motion to substitute was—yeas 25, nays
30. The vote on the adoption of the Clark
proposition, taken directly afterward, was—
yeas 55, nays 23.
r The presumption would be. naturally, that if
,it>o naa votes enough to reject the sub
stitute, it would also have had enough to re
jeotthe proposition when offered independently.
There was a falling off in the negative vote bn
fhe proposition, as compared with that bn the
■first motion to substitute, of seven votes. This
is accounted for by the fact that Senators Ben
jamin and Slidell, of Louisiana ; Wigfall and
Hemphill, of Texas: Iverson, pf .Georgia, and
.Johnson, of Arkansas —six Southern Senators—
sat in their seats and reftised to vote. Had these
! six Southern men voted “ no," the Clark propo
sition would have been defeated by a majority
jof four votes, and the' Crittend|en compromise
could have been -taken up and carried by the
same majority. It appears of record, then,
that the Crittenden compromise was rejected
because six of the leading Senators of the
South virtually refused to vote for it. A mo
tion to reconsider-was carried some weeks later,
and'a direct vote upon the compromise was ta
ken. The proposition was lost by a-single
vqte, But one of the six Senators referred to
voted on that occasion, nearly all of them
baying withdrawn on the secession of their
respective States. Had.they remained, to yjote
for the compromise, it would have been adopt-
The chief object in alluding to this matter,
is to show that when, before the overt act of
war was committed, the South had the election
of compromise or war, she, through her high
est dignitaries, deliberately choose war.
The South -would not have compromise then.
Is it reasonable to suppose that it would accept
such an' accommodation now ? Her rulers
have the Southern-masses by the throat, and
can mould them to their imperious will, -They
; are, playing for: a.great stake. They conld not
draw from the .contest now. .unless forced into
withdrawal. Pride, love of power—both in
bred and fostered by the institution of slavery
'—would force them to elect, as they declare
they do elect, extermination rather than sub
mission and Union. .
: Early in the struggle, before the Government
had,taken the aggressive, President Lincoln
offered peace on most liberal terms. The
terms were, briefly, the laying down of arms
and the abandonment of their hostile attitude.
The world-knows how these terms were met.
It need hot be repeated here; The desolation
of Southern fields, the vacant seats ,in,thou
sands of homes, both North and South, bear
the record. Still, later, amnesty and. pardon
have been offered 'by the President; still the
chiefs of the rebellion abate not a tittle of. their
energy to maintain themselves in their wrong.
They demand~fecognition' and independence
of- a government they bate. Intimate knowl
edge of the directing minds of the rebellion
teaches that they will never abandon their
wicked scheme' until obliged to do so by the
sheer force of such iron as con
trol the results of war.
There ie no ground, then, for hope of peace
through compromise"; no hope of permanent
peace. There is no such discharge in this war.
Those who go before the country upon such
vicious pretests, are not deceived themselves,,
however much they may deceive the ignorant
and unsuspecting. To charge 'self-deception
upon them in ii matter so unmistakably clear
would be equivalent to charging them with
imbecility. They do not deceive themselves.
This pretest of seeking the defeat of Mr. Lin
coln that peace, may-return ta our borders cov
ers a sinister purpose. If they wish peace,
they can havo it in but two ways—in a coward
ly abandonment of the struggle, followed by
disunion, dr by d more vigorous (if possible)
prosecution of the wan- -- - ' ■ '
Thus the true issue upon which the cam-
paign is to be made becomes sharply defined.
None can deprecate the horrors of wsr or de
sire the, return of peace more than do the
warmest snpporters of the - National Union
nominees. Bat they ask for, and will acqni
esca in no peace that is not founded upon the
integrity of the Union; and established up
on the principles of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. They recognize greater evils than
such a. war as this in which the ■ nation is
plunged. Divide the nation geographically,
and to what end do wo inevitably gravitate f
With-the precedent and jnstice of Secession
established and acknowledged, who can pre
sume to say. that we shallnot repeat the hu
miliating history of Mexico and the South
American Spates? United, the common danger
was, and would continue, our common securi
ty. Divided, tho land would groan with the
wreaking out of individual vengeance. Divided;
the torch and brand would never be idle along
the line of division. The country would at
last awake to the bitter knowledge that open,
vigorous war, prosecuted with a ‘ high purpose,
is a thousand times less to he dreaded than an
armed peace.
As an example, a little more than a year
since, when Lee, with his Rebel army, invaded
Pennsylvania, andwhen the fate of the Repub
lic was decided by the battle of Gettysburg,
how prompt wicked and designing men were
to inaugurate the insurrection in New York
city, trusting in the hope that the (govern
ment was i not able to maintain the suprem
acy of the Constitution and the laws. It
will be. long before -the blackness i bf. the
crimes committed'by that conspiracy will be
obliterated.
As another example, take -the recent con
spiracy, discovered in the Northwest—the band
ing together in secret of a - large number of
men,, the concentration of thirty thousand
stand of arms and a large supply of amuni
tion- The papers of this conspiracy, which
were i seized, evince too clearly that their de
sign was, and is, the overthrow of the Repub
lic, trusting that division and anarchy would
shield them from harm,-bat in utter disregard
of the concomitant wrongs to ‘ the people
murder, robbery, arson-in a word, desolation
fortbe time.
Now, fellow-citizens, in these examples, the
moviug spirits are prominent men in.tbe Op
position, who controlled the nomination and
platform - at Chicago. -------naw_.
Yet it is to such a peace as this that our op
ponents invite you. They ask your suffrages
foreman who either is pledged to such a
peace, if elected, or who is determined on a
war grander in snala arid bloodier in Results
than the' world has yet witnessed. There can
be but two issues out of the present difficulty.
The intelligent freemen of Pennsylvania need
not be led like children. They will not fail to
comprehend the nature of these issues, and to
choose between them. In so choosing, they
choose for their children ■ and their children’s
children. They can do nothing of a public
nature 'in these pregnant times that shall not
cause coming generations either to revere or
despise .them.
The re-election of Mr. Lincoln, and the elec
tion of Andrew Johnson as his associate, will
indicate to the chiefs of the rebellion, that the
war for ¥uion and permanent peace must go
on until these ends shall be attained. It will
also signify to the nations of Europe that the
people of the whole United States will, soon
or late, become an and the Gov
ernment remain, as it has heretofore been, a
star of hope to all- tbs oppressed peoples of
the civilized world, and an everlasting monu
ment to the wisdom of the grand old heroes
who conceived it; If we could basely afford
to abandon the struggle now, the world, man
kind, could not afford the sacrifice. If tee
, could afford to hear the shame, and wear the
shackles of defeat so craftily invited, our chil
dren couldjnot stand erect under the deathless
reproaches of our behaviour. As men,-as free
men, os; patriots, we have no choice but to
stand by the Government as- administered.—
The alternative presented by our opponents
is. disunion and dishonor, which is national
death.' If a man recognizes the existence' of
the -principle of eternal justice he cannot de
spair of the Republic. There, may he some
in whom the principle of hope maintains but a
feeble existence, unless stimulated by uninter
rupted success. Such must he encouraged
and -sustained by the example of the more
hopeful and enduring. They must he assured
of what the philosophy of events tenches, that
danger lies in turning hack, as security lies
in pressing forward.
The desolations, and bereavements, ahe bur
dens of. war may be, nay, are, terrible, hqt the
tempest which' ravages forrest and field, de
stroying the -increase of labor, and even hu
man life, is also terrible. Yet it is henificenr.
with unvarying calm the atmosphere would
degenerate into putridity, and the earth would
revolve in endless night. So war involves na
tions in its fearful vertex that social and po-.
' litical renovation may follow; As a fire sweep
ing over the fields licks up the chaff and stub
ble, yet affects not the solid earth, so the fiery
trial which we are called open to endnre is
consuming the notorious crimes of society.—
The nation will issue out of this struggle
1 stronger and purer than before. Wrong, such
as confronts us, cannot drive right into ex
ile. ■ Craft and villany are not to be. the
subjugators of wisdom and virtue.- And what
ever crimes may have been, or may yet be
perpetrated in the nnmejof civilization, it is
-not now to be proved either a farce or a fail
ure. Bat these calamities are not to come up
on the American people, for the reason that
the masses are to remain true and steadfast
in this-great effort to'establish their liberties
■ upon a surer foundation than the anomalies
upon which they have hitherto rested.
, The victory is to he won by unremitting la
bor, and the watchfulnes that shall he proof
against' the* surprise planned by traitors at
home or abroad:- We are : to look for no for
. tuitous happenings, no miraculous interposi
tions. The friends of the Government, work
ing together, cannot be overthrown by any
combination possible among their opponents.
They may seek to ’divide and distract,-as they
have done, and they may partially succeed,
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NO. 5.
Bat not if the people remain firm, calm, and
self-contained. United,we are invincible against
any force that can be brought against us.—
Divided, we should invite defeat, and attack
to ourselves the name of having rejects!
the counsels of experience and enlighten*!
reason.
Our victorious armies are bravely doing
their duty in the field. What ia required of
the loyal men of Pennsylvania is a great vie*
tory at the polls in October and November.-
It is not only essential that the Federal Govern*
ment and the policy inaugurated to crash the
rebellion should be endorsed by the re-election
of Abraham Lincoln, but at the capiing
contest in October it is important that in
the election of Congressmen and members, of
the legislature, as many districts as poasibl*
should be carried by the loyal candidates now
in and to be pnt into the field. We want the
moral effect of overwhelming majorities aa
well as the prestige derived from military
power and force. We expect to oloee the war
as much by the influence of the ballot as the
bullet. Wo hope to stop the effusion of blood
by the unmistakable demonstration at the polU
that the war is to be waged till the rebellion is
ended, -and that hostilities will not cease -while
there is an armed traitor in the field. Such &
cessation of hostilities cannot be obtained by
compromise or negotiation.' It must be achie
ved by the stern influence of force ; by the un
mistakable, clear, and well'defined proofs of
the ability oj' the Government to cope with
and conquer all or any of its foes.
Men .of Pennsylvania, the issues are now
before you for consideration and decision.
You must abide the result,.aa yon establish it
for good or evil. We ask you to support
Abraham Lincoln because we believe jins re
election will fully vindicate the authority of
the National Government, and fully establish
the fact that the free men of the loyaj States
are able to sustain the existence of the Union,
and the Government against the hazard of all
opposition from abroad or at home. We ask
you. to assist not only in the re-election of
Abraham Lincoln, bat in the election of all
loyal candidates for State and Federal offices,
because their triumph will recognize pur na
tionality—a result which must contribute to
the maintenance of tbo National Government,
It needs no argument of our own to establish
this position, because our political opponent*
how antagonize ns to achieve entirely the op
posite results.
iCan we hesitate—can there he any trust or
confidence in men placed in nomination by
such men? Men of family, -hesitate;, men
of rrnnerty, Ucoltatc , ynnng .men., who hone
to enjoy both these blessings, hesitate before
yon oast your votes for nominees made by
such agencies. •
By order of the Union State Central Com
mittee. SIMON CAMEBON, President.
A. W. Benedict, 1 Secretari „
Wien Fosney, J Secretanes
Past and Future.— The first plank In ilia
Chicago platform declares " that in the future,
os in the fast, we will adhere with unswerving
fidelity to the Union," io. In the light of the
history of the past four years, this reads very
much like a joke. Pare the party refer to its
'* past" fidelity to the Union? The people
have not forgotten that the •* past" history of
the-Democratic party is associated with the
treason of Jeff. Davis, who prated much more
loudly than his modern disciples of his devotion*
to the Union, while he was plotting ita over-
The ” past" indeed I If we. are called
upon to judge of the •' future”’ of the Demo
cratic party by the “ past,” we shall have a
rebellion inaugurated upon Northern soil, if
the mechanics and men of toil do not, in No
vember, kne'el and lick the feet of Davis and
Lis arch conspirators, by, endorsing the Chicago
platform. Until the Democratic party can wipe
out of existence the treason of Breckinridge,
Mason, Slidell, Benjamin, and their co-laborera
in the cause of treason, it would be well to
avoid all allusions to the *' past.” We do not
desire a repetion of the Unionism of the “ post."
The people have hsd enough of the devotion to
the Union that finds its only expression in the
murder of our fathers, sons, and brothers upon
the battle-field, for no other offence than that
the Democratic party of the “past” was do?
mined to ignore the doctrine that the majority
shall rule.
, Musi Submit I— At-the opening of the new
Club House of the Keystone Club, Mr. Chae.
Ingersoll struck the key-note of the party for
the campaign. He deolared that if Mr. Lin
coln is elected, as ha most assuredly will be,
it will be Revolution I There can be but one
interpretation to such language. A. revolt is
the North is threatened if McClellan, is de
feated. In this the party is conistent. Jeff.
Davis declares that the majority should not
’-rule, and his Northern allies make baste to
endorse the doctrine. The issue is fairly rep
resented- If McClellan is elected we will
submit: but'it most) be distinctly understood
that, if Mr. Lincolnjia re-elected, the Copper
heads must and shall submit. The rule must
work both ways. '
The Peace Paktt.—On Monday last, at the
Meeting of tho Keystone Club in Philadelphia,
John Bell Robinson, a well known Copperhead,
publicly declared that he thanked God, that ha
had never since the commencement of the re*
hellion, said a word, written a word, or thought
a word in favor W the war ? His reason fop
this was, that the North and not the South waa
to blame for the present strife. And yet Mr.
Robinson supports McClellan, whose only repu
tation is to be found in his military record. la
this-not suspicious? .Will the friends of the
living and dead heroes of onr gallant army vote
for a candidate who is found in such company
as that of Yallandigham, Wood, Ingersoll and
Robinson 1
, \ " Pm afraid of the lightning," miitmered a
pretty young lady, during the storm. “ Well
yon may be/’ sighed her desparing lover,
" when your heart is steel.”
Never were' children dearer to their parent*
than at present, during the existing prices of
clothing and food.