The WgVOoiffitf - BT M. H. COBB. Published every Wednesday morning and maf Id to nb.cribers at ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY O] NTS *er year, always IN ADVANCE. , '-r The paper is seat postage frde to county . BU«cri- - bers, though they may-receive-Xheir mail at poa*.rffifce« l in counties immediately attaining, forc iujve- ; Agitatob is the Official paper of Co., aD .i circnlate* in fevery-' neighborhood-therein.. .Bui* jcript*""'’ bting on the advance pay system, it circa *iauug a A*U*s.mogtct« the intercsjUif advarisers . rt , 1( ii. Terms to advertisers as liberal as teos,e*of- * lerc I h V •*'*>' |> :l po r .n | e<iual circulation in Northern* 5-A, £$- a i'ioss mi the margin of a paper, denotes that the -ul). J « , ri|itio j u is about jo expire. , fjf Papers will be stopptfU subscription time expires, unless the agent orders their coutinu i“L's - --—L-— ihT"..*. 1,4*. LOVVREV & S. F. WILSdn, i r L'Ol-VNE YS'& COONSELLOKSa* IjAW, j\. will attend the Courts of Tioga, Pottf* And jj(.i;c,in.couatie>;. u.; [, [.Wel.Ubogo{ Jyn. I, if JOHN 1* HIITCHELX, r ATTORSE Y AND ' COiJtfSELLOR A T-, LA W Tioga Village, Tioga County, Petm’a. prompt attention to Goilecticms. ' > March 1, 1806.-ly. JEROIHE B. KILEB, attorney d- counsellor at i'xff. ' H'ellvboro, Tioga, poant'F, Pa-, Having bean by the TimOejL.Stales fur Prosecution of Claims for Pension*?.Back v g j and Bounties- ***' PerlicoUr gtteEtiooimU bejriveftT Wf tb« elate (if bnsine.=s. f 'J. B. NILE6', *' WeiL-boro, Feb. Ij, ___ ' /‘ P£KNSILTANIA HOliSS^ cVRNfiH- OF- MAP §IEJSRI_AND. THE TUfiHUE, WonrtortiT Pa.' *'• - ■ A jj j, \y. BIQONY, Proprietor T{{{S popular Hotel,' having -been refitted ,ia i re-furoished throughout, is now open to the public as a fif6t,clp»a house. , [Jan.^^lSGS.] D. HART’S HOTEL.: ■ W.ELLSBOBO, TWO j. CO. TEh rPA rpHE subscriberiakeSTthis .method to inform I hia old friends and easterners that die baa re amed the conduct of lie old “ Crystal Fountain Hotel,” and will hereaftergive if his en tire attention. Thankful for past favors, he solicits a renewsl of the same. DAVIDfIART. Wellsboro, Not. 4, 1863.-ly. i IZAAft WALTOS HOC«¥, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. H. C. VBB.MILTEA, Tills is a new hotel located within easv ao cesa of the beat bating and hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania. No pains will be. spared for ihe accommodation of pleasure seekers and the trav ~-elling public. - l,-1863.J- A. POIEY, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &,6,,^tci, BJEPAIBED, AT OLD PRICES.- POST OFFICE BUILDING, no. 5, umoN block: : : . Wellsboro, May 20, 1863. ] r ' H. W. Williams, WILLIAMS & SMITH, : ATTORNEYS and-. OOUiSBLORs'Ait IA w, BOUNTY &. PENSION AGENCY. Main Street, WeUsboro, Pa. r January 4, 1865-ly. /• , 8., IF. SHAIBEIN, i. BARKER 6z HAIR-DRESNER, Shop Ovek C. L. Wilcox’s S-njiieT v WelUboro, Dec 7, 18G4.L-. ' WESTERN EXCHANGE HOTEE. KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, PJJ. THE underaTgned having leased the' ahcve Hotel for a term of years would ■ respccllullb inform the traveling public thahhe huh put yji° cU-.= order for the reception ol guests and £n paine will be spared Ja the .accommodation of travelers and as far as the situation Will allow, a li r, to class Hotel, in all things, except piiegj, n&.ch wijp be model ate. Please try us afld-judgojbr youi-elver. Enoxiillo, Oct*lllh , -J- H. MAETIN. REVENUE STAMPS. _ _ JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector i|J‘ Mans field, has just revived largo lot of . Revenue Stams, of all denominations, Iroih one cent up to $5. Any person wishing Stanps can get them nt ; '|ny office in Mansfield, or of ill. BULLARD, Assistant Assessor, at Wellslioro. Pa. *1 M. PHELPS. Mansfield, May 3; 18ti4. ■' i ‘ , P. NEWELL, DENTIST, . MANSFIELD, TIOGA COU^TY.FA., Id prepared-to operate in all the improvements in the various departments of iilUn&, extracting, in serting artificial dentures, <fcc. > . ' Mnogfield, August 10, 18fi4-ly« WELLSBORO HOTEL' (Corner Jfatn Street nil d ike Avenue.) ”, Wells bobo, Pa. ( B. B. HOX.IDAY. Proprietor. One of the most popular Houses in the,. cimnly. This Hotel is the principal Stage-honsem WelUboro. Stages leare daily as follow*!: ~i For Tioga, at 1) a, m.; For. Iroy, at 8 n.ja.; For Jersey Shore ©very. Tuesday and Friday at 2 p. m-; For Coudersport, every Monday and Thursday at 2 Stages Arrive— From Tioga, at .12 t» clock p. in.: From Troy, at 6 o’clock p. From Jersey Shore, Tuesday and Priday r Jl a. m~ From Comers, port, Monday and Thursday II a. m. , , I N. C.—Jimmy the well-known ’hcsUer, will be found on «and. - •!.*/•■ • *•*: Wellshoro. OctT 5, 1864— lya. | . -' , ' HUGH BOOKSELLER & "sfATtOWI^R, and deader in - American Clocks, American, English, aipl Swiss Watches, Jewelry, Silver Plated-Ware, Spectacles, Picture Frames, Photographic Albums,-. Stereoscopes, Horoscopes, Perfumery, Yankee Notions,• Fishing Tackle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Articles, SCHOOL BOOKS of every ddpd-iised m the County, constantly and sent by /mail or-oth ereriao, to ordeyl . ‘-I V ■ NO. 5, UNION SLOCK, WELLSBORO, PA. FOR SALB.—HOUSE * X6T- on Slain S&cdt, adjoining Wright & Bailey’s Store. -2(T oeres ol Und in Delm&r, betweoja Gray and House and Lot on CdVin 2tan Street; 'J* For terms, apply to HENRY. Esq. Wallsboro, May Rl, , . > Flour and feed, buck wheat flour. Meal, Pork and Salt, Tea, Coffee, SSgar, 8oai«. Candles, Saleratua, Xohaceo and JKoro«eng2ib_ Also, Mackerel, White Fish, and TrcsT -by- the PMkage ° r .TaV A h: VA if VATU . ICcUsborOj Jiine 2P, 1565. - . • - v Protective wajli claim X AGENCY OF THE U. S. CO MMISSION.—AIIthe paper* .And re quired to procure- Pensions, Bounty,apdilwojl Pay. and Prise Money for discharged 'SOLyIxiRS. and SAILORS, and for-the RELATIVES of ;iud Sailors dying in the.‘«etvice of the United otateg. Prepared forwarded, and the .pnrcfcedsj'of all claiois, when collected,.remitted to_the parties i'REh OF CHA'RQE-' * • > r ■ ” 'i l - Office 1307 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia. ; Or Cor lorther information or assistance, apply to , Lucy Moose Hotchkiss, TYeHatoro,. S. E. Mokbis, Mansfield, t ~ T ■ Associate Managers for Ticlga County J)UKE ’GINGER at BOY’S DfcTr&fiTOßß. * *- v- ’L - ~. { IZ3 THE AGITATOR VOL. XII. ' “ ©oVftltat. ADDRESS OF THE UNION STATE FELnow-'ciTlzENEsi- ffl a ehtfrt, iiioe) again be called upon -to exercise the highest privilege, and perform one most sacred duties of freemen. One year ago our State won deeply agitated by a conflict of opinion which -was emphatically and unmistakably settled ut the ballot box., Then; the public mind was thoroughly aroused by the warmth and ability of the contest. On both sides were arrayed tijen who earnestly, and perhaps, in most cases, sincerely, endeavored to persuade their fellow citizens that the triumph of their views was the welfare And .prosperity uf 'the SlaTe^flie^peace'ah% 'enjoyment bfUfepen 1 ' pie, and the duration and life of the nation. After a long, well-contested and thorough can vass, the people of Pennsylvania, by more than twenty thousand, and the people of the nation, by more than fpur hundred thousand majority, rendered their vefdictT 'TbeTfhes were plainly drawn, and the issue clearly and fully made up. It is impossible for any one to be mista. ken as to the character of the trial, or the nature of the verdict. Administration of Abra ham-Lincoln was on Inal" ‘The American peo pie were the jurors. The contest was waged by bis frierfda, under most I'inauspicious cr eumstances, and in the midst of unparalleled difficulties.npd/triftls.}; No event, .inythe history of the human race, was so well calculated to test fully ond.coropietely, the, capacity of man for self government. The people were' called upon, voluntarily, to tax themselves for the payment of an immense, find daily Tncrea-ing debt. They were asked to furnish more men for the army-; and on] the very eve of the elec tion, President Lincoln proceeded to enforce a draft to fill op, the army at all hazards, pro ' furring the suppression of the rebellion and the life of the Republic, to hie own success at the polls, an example dfdisinterest d patriotism and of heroic action, never surpassed by any : ulcr named in bistory. The people of the United States proved them selves worthy of .sqphA rule.- Animated by a lofty patriotism, rising above all considerations of selfishness, and having resolved upon their knees and in their closets that the noble old Republic of our fathers should not perish - r in spite of all'our enemies at tome and abma'd, the tyrants and aristocracies of Europe, the kings of the earth, armed traitors in the South, their sympathizers in the North, and all the enemies of human liberty everywhere, thej he rnieally and courageously recorded theii 1 ver dict, at the ballot-box. Both parties wejif into the-contest-wjlh rbeir princdplSa'Aplaftay in sclibed upon their banners, and it is impossible to suppose that tbe people did not understand the nature, extent, and true character -of the issues which they were trying. - - - The Dnion Convention -ftt Baltimore, whit 1 1 1 nominated Lincoln and Johnson, deel ifed aa follows'; " " .! -I-' Tt- .Proprietor. Wm. U.jSmith, Resolved, That it is the highest duty of evety Aiherica'n citizen to 'maintain against all their enemies i the integrity, nf the Union,' and the parann/utU autlioiily of„itUa Constitution and the lawn h£ the-.UnUed States; and:that laying , aside'all diffeiences.: at . politico)'.opinion, we pledge ourselves a? Up ion men, animated hy a common sentiment, and aiming at’’a cnmhipn f object, to do everything ip our .potjet to kid the i Government in quelling, by force of arms, the 1 rebellion now raging ngainst its authority,' and j in bringing, to the punishment. due tt( their J crimes, the rebels and traitors (arrayed against 1 u *■ ■ * > tt. - . - ..... i , Resolved, That We approve ipe determination of the Government of the United Stales hot to ; compromise with rebels, nor to offer any terms of peace- except such as may be based upon an " unconditional surrender" of their hostility, j, and a return to their just allegiance "to the Constitution and laws of the 'United States,’ ' apd that we call upon the Government to main tain this position and to prosecute‘the war with the utmost possible vigor to tbs complete, sup pression of the rebellion, in’ full reliance upon the self-sgorilioe, tha.pattiotis(n^ihe i heroic val or,tend tfie v te*American. people Ito their country and tts free institutions.’ ’ Resolved,. That as slavery was the cause, and now constitutes the strength, of this rebellion, and ,asjt,mpBt.be always and everywhere hos tile' W tlie pnrreiplcs of'repuhlfcarKgoVernnient,-. justice and the natiopal ,safety demands its ut ter and complete extirpation from the soil of ghe Bypublic; anJ-'tipat we •ophold.fmd-msin* ’tainShe kefs *and proclamations by whldßrthe Government, in its own defeppe, hoe filled a death-blow at this gigantic, eyi j. , "Vie are in. favor, furthermore, of such ’‘ah 'amendment to the Constitution, to be mad.e'tty the people, in' conformity with-ifs provisions, as shall lermi ; nate,- and .‘fof’evdf prohobit, the existence nf slavery within the limit? of tjie jurisdiction of the United JStates. f r •’ In opposition to thefviews a’tid principles thu? announced, the representatives nf J (hb s par l ty in opposition to the Ad mirdstettuftt €qtca : ’ go, nominated McClellan and Pendletoir, and erected’a piktforin Which, simehg v r otber things,' contained, the following: , .. Resolved, That this conventioh'aoeo’expljcitly declare,; as, fliSjeenefc-bf thp” American j people, that after four years of failure To restore t(iO' Union, by, wap r dt»Hng wpi cK,’ under itbe tpratenqs/if necessity 'of. war.power higher than the Conslituti. n, tbp Qta^tita.titaelf bqs been; jSJisreaafftodin ev ery part, and public liberty and private rights alike trodden do« n, and the materiatproSparitijr of the country, essentially impaired, justice, Hu-; 1 inanity, liberty and pubho’welfase demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation Of .hostilities with a view to an ultimate ■ conven tion of the Stages, orTttTTer pekceUdejncaoe, to the end-that at.the earliest practjeklllaiinanent .peace may beej-estored on the basis'of ihe-Ted- Lu al Union .of the States. - - ; ril . : *»- ... FALSE AND :TBOE EBSJ>ICTIONB-oV THE C^HTissJ Daririg the. prbgfess of of’-1fj64,. the ppeakejSj .writeje, aps, filled the ■WMH»tfy-with their .hopes and fears, their opiti'-' ions and prophecies. the Befrotrtt to tfte SgytMTgton of tfre area of iJrm&oini ana tfce Spreafc of ©ealt&g SUform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WjtONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE,'AGITATION MUST CONTINUE WELLSB’QTM), TIOGA' COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 18(55. COmmiTTEE. TBE VERDICT IN 1864. platform of tbo opposition, their leaders baldly denounced.the war as a failure, openly pro claimed that tbe.Smith never could he conquer-, ed;und thiu the election,of Abraham Lincoln would certainly prolong, the-, wnr for at least I four years more, .nnd fill the land with debt, with shame, aud disgrace, nnd with untold hor rors and woes, and finally destroy the Republic ■of our fathers and rear, a great-mill Ury despci tism on its rains. On the other hand, the friends' of the Adoiini-tration urged that there could bs no.-safety for ;the nation except in a vigorous ' prosecution of the war, andthat the re-election of Mr. Lincoln would go far .and do .-much to hasten the,overthrew ot' the rebellioro .The re sult ii.before the, world. , The -promises,, and pledges of Union men made .in 1864,.bare,a1l been kept and fulfilled. Those pf our.pplitioal adversaries-have all been,dissipated and proved hollow, delusive and. false. The ballot-box ex bibitedia majority unprecedented in the history of-the, nation.:-r.The enemies of liberty in for eign lands . stubd .appalled ,&t the result. The friends of,. the - Union? every where .took new eouiuge. The;, rebels .trembled tyitb fear,, the heart of tbo-rebellion grew sick and sank in the. bosom of treason; and the .sympathizers witKrebellionrin.lUe North hid themselves away from the public gaze, and many of-them to-,day deny that they ever advocated jhe. doctrines or made the propheeiep which they -then eo earn estly defended, and so confidently, proclaimed, t Thanks to.the heroism, courage, and skill of j American,soldiers, sailors and officers, and ,to the God of battles, the war is over, our nation saved; and the gpod old Republic still lives.— Pcitce.-has again spread her gentle, wings, oyer our once happy and beloved land. The sound of trumpets, the noiaegf. cannon and musketry, the trend ot armies, the victorious ch.eers of onr brave soldiers and the ai.-kening groaus of the, wounded and dying are no longer beard in our ,bonders., ~The nation, as in former times, comes j out of the fiery ordeal triumphant, and now | redeemed and vindicated before the world, i stands forth more, bright than ever before as a ■ beacon to. tbe down-trodden and oppressed of | .all lands,- as a terror to the tyrants of the earth, jus an asylum'for the oppressed of all nations and as the wonder nnd admiration of tbo lovers of Freedom everywhere. ■ , -The grass which we were told would grow in the streets of Northern cities in the case of war, is now-growing in the -treats wherg the prp .phesy was made. Tbe ruin, poverty and suf fering which were to overtake the people of the. North are re-ting upon the people who prayed for such blessings upon our heads. The new pm-adise which was to be discovered to delight the mints ot the "Southern Confeder acy,” is tilled witli darkness and gloom, with sorrow and woe. - - The large nnd mighty armies of treason‘have been.-ovenhrown arol -scattered before tbe Jar gev and more pm». rfol armies of the Republic. Traitors .and . their friends, every-wherc, have been .cciii polled to ...vie Id _ fo. .the,greatness, the power, the energy, the resources of the nation, and tb- courage, skill and .endurance of her he roic sona-i - - Some ut .the leaders, of the rebellion are bur ; ied beneath (he snil.they attempt to desecrate, egni'i are fugitives in fore ign hinds, and-others are swarming the National capital and crawl ing into the .VV'lJte_House,ljeggiug- pardons -fcpm.Uie man wb«m, of, all others 'in'the lind, Riey have most fiercely 7 denounced and- most . bitterly bate.’' Tbs'chief of the r ebellionhi ni sei f, from,bis prison at Fortress .Moiiroe, sur vey sthe ruin .he has wrought among hie own people, and silently and bullenlv awaits-the action of the nation ha vainly attemptccldoJdes tfoy, to make known to .him, in itd own |jaod tipde r the .doom he so .richly rijerits. In the North we hnve prosperity and plenty, all the evidence of increa-ing power end great ness', everywhere present, and the nation surely certainly. advancing more lupidly than eye’f before in thepalh of" f progreit3l ‘ i.nd, not i withstanding all'the cdlatnities arid sacrifices .of fouryeafs of Bloody war (made mu is des tructive by the humanity and barbarism of our enemies), we have just welcomedlo their homes more than one million of brave men, who have saved the nation.and made their.riamcs immor tal fHE ISSUES OF THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN. After the settlement of the issues of 1,864, so -disastrously in the field and eo overwhelmingly at the baliotbox.against our adversaries, it would seem most that the same ques -tmtfi should be. again presented to_ the peopte. of the Keystone.State.o-But they have.selected their ground, and we_ willingly arid gladjyac pept..the challenge. At the convention of their organization, recently- held , at Harrisburg, it was resolvedi that “ the men and --the party administering the Government si ncc 1861 have betrayed their tryst, violate! ’ thefe- sacred obli gations, disregarded the commands of the funda mental law,- corruptly squandered the public money, perverted the whole Government from, if B original purpose, and hereby have brought untold calamities , upon the country.’’’ The, -’measures of the administration of Abraham :> Lsncoln,-so recently endorsed by so large a : Utajonty of his countfyrnen, are here foolishly., and wickedly denounced .by, the members of, ■this- convention, and the people of are gravely 1 asked to sanction - tho aot, ; reverse their own judgement, and repudiate the ver dict of- the-nation solemnly .rendered at the ballot box. I " - ( - V. ' ” **l » V»» . - , u J _ ' Tfie '‘ Sic, eetnpcr tyrsnnhf” of the crer-tri-be, which caused if. Who would object, that the exepratej Sooth, uttered as ho rushed from the i bounties and pensions of our soldiers, by whom scene oft he grenticriraoof theage;; conveys no . the victory; was won and. the nation . sated, greater insult to"the memory of Abraham-Lin- i should be increased, and a trifle added to the cqTd, nor. runs niofe' directly counter to 1 the pecuniary compensation lap justly due them feelings and sept i meats of, his- couplcy-men.-ior the sacrifices made?. Who could object, ■ that does -this utterance* of the liito so-Cftbod - that by means of these funds, so justly for j Democratic toriventibn. Let the -whole aTmy. 'feitcd. a large portion of our national debt of freemcn which':, marched to victory in 1?6f,. ■should bo paid, and, thereby -the taxes of all under the banner, ol- Abraham Lincoln, be classes of.our peuplodinilnlshed, aud a part of called in to- the field, and march to- the- .tbe.heayy imposed upon the shoulders of pplls in- October, 1865, to 'tesont ‘the~insnU to, our people* by treason, tiiuaremoved by treason his memory.. Let there.~be no uijsentee.i—.no, itself. The rich jnempf the Sooth—fbearis*' atn-gglers—bu t Jet-the ; old" aol- .. -tooraoja uf. the -rebellious .States—are almost di'ers',-officers, with a host of roe w .entirely responsible fortbe rebellion. For cen ..croft?,, be on hanifi'r cudy fur the: fight,*,: i -- ' . turies they bare been living in eascand luxury, i. But our aifversartes were, not content to stop. supported, and enriched by the sweat vwith this-resultoiop. Theyosay jEvvaubstmoe, andtoir.oftheslave.■ Our-so-called Democratic asa fact tipoo thV.]A d . that; the-lwai; waa for the wdventof' tgopefelul party iu 1860 *to the- r insgro, and for: tjbe; abolition yf slavery. If tbie -i- •» ''.J seat of power”—that “ slaughter, debt and dis grace are the results of pur late civil war,” and that V no more persons shall bs murdered by military commissions.” We had thought that it-had been r pretty well settled by the' American people that the war Was caused, com menced and forced upon us by the actions and’ conduct of traitors, and that the election of a'J President according - to the provisions of the : Constitution and Ijiws of the country, was no , cause of war whatever. We thought, too,' that j success, the glory, greatness and renown of our common Country—the death of treason,, slavery; State sovereignty, and the right of se- p cession, and no|t simply “ d#bt; .disgrace and; slaughter” were reauitp.ML.the war.., .As the I action of the n\i]i&ryiiSSunS&'l\T, had Coat Only - the.jives pfya.fejv.of'tbe assassins of-Preaident ] Lincoln,and%9-only a few pf the vilestof the rebels were in ’danger from similar trials, it is next'to impossible to'divine a motive for'the' bost-ftity-of the late convention toward military commissions. 11 .would be uncharitable to in tioiato that it paginated in sympathy with such criminals as Wirz or Jefferson Davis. _ In contrast with this remarkable platform of bur political opponents, we-have that of our own representatives, which, among other things, contains the following: “The Union party of Pennsylvania, in State convention assembled, declare: 1. That as representatives of the loyal peo ple of the Common wealth; we reverently desire to offer ourgratitude to Almighty God, whose favor has • vouchsafed - victory to the national arms, enabled us. to eradicate tbe crime of slavery from our land, and to render treason against the Republic impossible forevermore ; and next to him our thanks are due and are hereby tendered Jo our brave soldiers and sail ors, who, by‘ their endurance, sacrifices, and illustrious heroism, have secured to their coun try peace, and to the down-trodden everywhere an asylum of liberty ; who have shown that the war for the restoration of the Union is not a failure, ppd whose valor has proven for all time the fact that this Government of the peo ple, by tbe people, for the people, is as invinci ble in its strength as it is beneficent in its operations.”, i The-dootripe*nd principles of the party! in 1864 have been re-averted by the convention of 1865. It is . confidently believed that they will not be deserted nor abandoned by thfe peo ple at the polls in October next. TREATBENT TO REBELS We'have 'thus seen how we may legally treat those lately in rebellion Against us. How should we treat them'? All will admit that we should desire to ant towards them in such a way as beat to promote the welfare of the people, and add most to the greatness and glory of our common country. It will depend much upon our action whether the war just closed, the most gigantic in the world’s history, shall pro duce substantial results, or whether the blood and treasure.of the nation have been sbed and expanded in vain. We must be merciful, but mercy must be tempered.-with justice. Indis orimibato:mercy to .the enemy would.be dan ger and-injustice .to. the nation.. We must neither seek nor ask for~vengeance. Whenever our late adversaries coine in a true spirit of -sorrow and repentance, sheath the sword and agree to obeydhe law, in the future wa will ex tend to them tho right hand-of fellowship, and forgive them for the past. . After they shall ■have given tia,satisfactory seonrity*for the fu ture. by a reasonable ■probation, we will then, but not till then, restore them to the enjoyment of all the inestimable rights and high privileges which they so recently, so defiantly, and so causelessly trampled under their feetr. For de-. iiant and unyielding rebels; for those who keep the sword still drawn, reeking with the blood of our brothers; for' those who refuse to accept and submit, in good faith, to the results of the-war; for all who glory itr the part they took in’the rebellion, and who still insist that they were right and the nation wrong, we must have confiscation, loss of citizenship, and in , the end banishment.or the .halter. Under the law of nations, and by ■ the laves of war, we have a clear right to enforce the great objects of all wars—indemnity for the past, and secu rity for .the future. This right, extends to the confiscation of the epemy’a property after the war is over. Even as a question of policy and expediency, or upon thle ground of humanity, it is by no. means,certain, that some such meas ures is not required fo'if the security of the fu ture. The war is not elided until the conquered party has fairly accepted all its results. As we, have seen, vra bold the late rebel States.by' the power of war as conquered belligerents. It is not only.the right, hut the solemn duty of .-the Government to hold these belligereute.-in. t the military grasp until all shall be demanded and obtained which may, be necessary to secure* the nation iq tho future,and render another re bellion or another war impossible. In accpm-, plisbing these ends, who could reasonably com plain if it should be found necessary to .confis cate the property of the rich, influential, and active traitors. If the aristorcratio element of the South -will not be taught to obey the law, let its power and influence be taken from, it by -taking away . its wealth. , What loyal man' could object, ,thqt by means of, this fund a few of, the comforts, if.not the luxuries of life, should be added tp_the tables of those widows through out the land whopa firesides have been made desolate by the, war, or rather by the treason tli~t C?!3 SCSt-T V? ;V/ be trne, would it not seem to be a just judg ment or-decree of an overruling Providence, that the fruits of the negro’s labor and toil should thus be wrested from the bands of his master to purchase and secure his own free dom-? It is absolutely indispensable to the future peace of the country that the world shall be made to understand that treason is a great crime, and must be punished, Tet, in the set tlement's! these questions, the rebels shall re ceive at our hands all that justice and safety will permit us to grant.- Our "them shall be greatly influenced by i con duct and actions towards the 'nation. And ln shaping these, it would Jbe' well for them to re member that the war of their own seeking, and of their own making, and that no one is so completely bound by a verdict as the man who sought the advantages of the trial. TUE SOLDIERS. Extraordinary efforts are being made by our .opponents to obtain the votes of our fellow citizens, recently returned from the service of the country in the army of the nation. In these efforts they should, and it i» confidently believed, that will fail: 1. Because a vijgorous prosecution of the war forlthe suppression of the rebellion has ever been’urged by Union party of the ooun 2. Because the war has never been sustained or advocated by tbe leaders of the party op posed to the Administration. 3. Because tbe friends of the Union cause have always sustained and supported the sol-- diers in tbe field, and the leaders of pretended; Democracy hove ridiculed and derided the sol diers of tbe Union, calling them “ Lincoln’s hirelings,” “ robbers,” “ plunderers,” and other epithets unfit for repetition. 4. Because when volunteers were called for, , they demanded a draft. i_ 5. Because when the draft came, they op posed, tbe commutation clause, and declared it was a discrimination against the poor man. 6. Because when that danse was repealed they complained that the only hope of the poor man was gone. 7. Because they denounced the war as a ne gro war, and did nothing to aid or assist in carrying it on. 8. Because they became highly indignant when negro troops were called for, and threw the . benefit of • all their sympathies with the South. 9. Becausdi they opposed every measure tbe Government found it necesaalry to adopt forthe suppression iif the rebellion. 10. Because they magnified every rebel sac cess, and deprecated every Union victory. 11. Because, in 1864, they declared tbe war a failure. 12. Because, in 1865, they declare that tbe fruits of the war are “ debt, disgrace, and slaughter.” 13. Because they tried to prevent the exten sion of the right of suffrage to soldiers in ser vice. Their leaders opposed.it in almost every form. .Senator Wallace, now Chairman of their State Central Committee, said (see Re cord of 1864,-pages 335,-330): “I vote against this bill upon principle, as well as for form.— It is said that so meritorious a class us volun teer soldiers should not be disfranchised. To this I answer, that neither the constitution - of 1790, nor that of 1838, conferred this privilege, and the act of the soldier in taking upon him self duties that are from their nature incom patible with the right of suffrage, deprives him of 1 this privilege. He disfranchises himself when he ceases to be a citizen, and takes upon himself the duties of a soldier.” When the amendment of the constitution was submitted to a vote of the people, many of the so-called Democratic counties gave majorities against it, while every county in the State (and it is be lieved every election precinct) which gave Abrah.am Lincoln a majority of its votes, gave a majority in favor of the amendment. 14. Their leaders almost invariably opposed giving bounties to’volunteers, while tho friends of the Union party always sustained and sup ported these measures. 15. Even since the war is over, they employ ed their ablest lawyers in an effort to declare the, bounty laws unconstitutional, and really persuaded their.two friends on the Bench of tho Supreme Court so to hold. 16. When men were greatly needed to 311 up the ranks, and the Government ordered a draft, they resisted, and all of their represent atives upon the bench of the Supreme Court declared the law authorizing the National Gov ernment to take men out of the State by draft was unconstitutional and void. ~ 17. Because they have tried to injure the credit and disparage the currency of the coan try, by- means of which the pay, bounties, and pensions of the soldier can alone be paid. This point they pressed before the Supreme Court of the State, and failed by a division of three ta two. And because, when the rebels were- starving our brave soldiere-by-tbe- hundred at Libby, Belle Island, Andersonville, and Salisbury, these same leaders excused or mitigated the crime by declaring that “ they fed our prison ers as well as they did their own men ;’ r that “ owing to the unconstitutional blockade of the tyrant Lincoln,“they could tint obtain a suffi ciency of food." And this in the face of their constant sneers that “ the North could never starve the rebellion out, because the South bad more to eat than we bad in tbe North." PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND THE OPPOSITION. ‘The opposition has not been so consistent in their course towards President Johnson as they have on the subject of the war. Prior to his they abused, vilified and de nounced him. From the time of his nomina tion until the election, no epithets were too coarse. From the inauguration'until the death of President Lincoln, they continued in the same strain. . After that they began to flatter, then to . approach. When he ordered the exe cution of the assassins, they sent forth a loud howl of indignation. When he. ordered a trial hr - the Andersonville wholesale murderer, and -talked of trying Jefferson Davis, they were shoot to give him up in-, .despair.. But pow Jhey profess; to grow a little more confident.— AdvsrtiMinsnts will be charged $1 p«r square of 1* linei, od* iraartioD, and $1.90 for three Insertion*. Advertisements of less than 10 lines conaidered a* a square. The subjoined rates will ba charged foe Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yeafly advertisements: 3 months. 6 months. 13 months. 1 Square, $4.00 $5.75 $7.58 2 do. 6.00 8.29 10.00 8 do 8.75 10.75 13.50 i Column „10.00 12.00 15.75 1 do ] 18.75 25.00 31.60 1 do 30.00 42.00 60,00 Advertisements not naving the number of inser tions desired marked upon them, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all hinds of Jobbing done! in country executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constables and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 7. They endorse him in Maine and New York.— Theyendorae him (provided he will do U they wish) in Pennsylvania. In 1863, they spoke of him thus; Senator Lamberton, Record of 1863, page of 369 : “But then he wjm. Andrew John son the Democrat. Now, however, he faae de serted his, post of duty in Tennessee; he ie stultifying his past record; he hat become a pensioner of poicer, and a defender of {he usur pations of Abraham Lincoln; and he appears among vs to day as an itinerant peddler of abo litionism.” Senator Wallace, page 374: “Du ring all the existence of the rebellion, where is Andrew Johnson? In the Senate of-the Uni ted States, seeking protection for himself and bis fellows under the bayonets of the soldiers of McClellan, Heia never found in anas In defence of bis State, or valiantly fighting in de fence of the libertie3_of, jij9 people, against the armed cohorts of the rebellion. Never I never I* Senator Clymer, page 377: “ I say, sir, that his” (Johnson's) “ appointment, by the Presi dent of the United States, to that position, wae a usurpation ofpower on the part of the Presi cent. * * * * That is my position, so fat as concerns this pretended Governor of Ten* nesse. But, without regard to any question of his official pesition, take Andrew Johnson as an individual. * * * I never, by my vote, will allow a man to come into these balls and from this place speak to tbs people of the great State, in support of what I know to be illegal, unconstitutional, and tyranical acts of the Fed eral Government. I know, sir, that Andrew Johnson has gone as far as the fartherest, and is ready to go still further to destroy, to uproot to upturn every principle upon which this great and good Government of oars was founded. I know that he has bent with suppliant knee be fore the throne of power; I know that, for-pelf or some other consideration, he has succumbed to every measure presented to him for approv al or disapproval.” These political leaders now are simply watch ing their chances, hoping that something may turn up which may enable them to return to power. In New York they adopted a platform at variance with all their past professions, and actually refused to condemn negro suffrage I They hope to use President Johnson to subserve their selfish purposes. - For many years our political opponents seem to bare a large investment in slavery and tbs negro. Now that slavery is pretty generally admitted to be dead, it was thought that they might allow the old subject to rest. But not so. They return to the question with as much apparent zeal and warmth as ever. With a full knowledge of the fact that negro suffrage and negro equality are not, and could not pos sibly be an issue, in the October contest, they are making extraordinary efforts to mislead and deceive their fellow-oitizensfinto a contrary be lief. They think that our hostility and preju dices against the negro are so great, and that they have so often appealed to these with some show of success, that it is only necessary to repeat the effort in order to accomplish their dpsigns. They tell you that efforts are being made to elevate the negro, and to place the two races on an equality. They seem to be very much afraid that some poor degraded negro may outstrip them in the race of life. They fell us that these negroes are weak', ignorant, and inferior to the whites. If so,-it would seem that they needed our help and assistance to educate and instruct them. The only dan ger of equality we can see is, that some white men, by eoniinuing longer in such a course of argument, in utter disregard of truth, excell ence, and history, for the base purpose of reach ing the prejudices of the thoughtless, may at last succeed in bringing themselves down to qt beneath the level of the negro. The time wall when they confidently declared that the de struction of slavery would send swarms of ne groes into our midst to drive away white, labo rers. Experience has shown that the few we had here ran away from slavery im tbe South, and-that bad there been no slavery there these negroes in the North woold have long since moved South. They told os, too, that in ease of war, the slaves would fight for their masters. Neither Southern masters nor their Northern allies have any faith in this doctrine now. But these politicians cannot live without the negro. He comprises nearly their whole stock in trade. One year it is one phase of the negro question ; another year it is something else. The great work of Bishop Hopkins was once their stand ard work. It is rather dull, sale this year. The conduct of these politicians toward the poi r negro would" he past all comprehension, had we not a memorable example of the same kind in the early history of the- human race. All the troublesome and deadly plagues of Egypt, including the death of the first-born of the land, were not sufficient to reach the heart of Pharaoh, nor to persuade the Egyptians of the errors and sins of slavery. So that, oven after the slaves bad left the country, the ruler and his fiosts followed them even into the Bed Sea. Our nation has suffered more than all the plagues of Egypt. As toe law of primogeni ture has been abolished among ns, the deaths were not all of our firstthanf, bnt nearly one of • every household ; yet these deluded hosts, led on by hard-hearted and wicked Pharaohs, are still pursuing even into the midst of the Red Sea. Will not the “waters -standing as walls of safety" to the slaves, return again and cov er Pharaoh and his hosts, and all that come in to the sea after them, until there shall remain not so much as oire of thenrf For Aaditor General, we have presented the name of Maj. Oen. JOHN F. HAKTRANFT, of Montgomery; and for Surveyor General, Coi. Jacob m. Campbell, of Cambria. As biographies of these gentlemen have bees lately circulated among the people, it is unnec essary to say more in this place than that both are gallant soldiers, and especially qualified f'S the satisfactory discharge of the duties of the office* for which tbey are named. It is not to be disguised that there ie a large number of persons at the North and at the South, who' have not finally abandoned the hope of the ultimate triumph of the principles of the late rebellion. They hope to wqaxt fay Bates of Advertising, THE CHAEOE OF NEGRO EQUALITY. ora caxstDAixe. IaroBTAKCE or -thi issrt.
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