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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.—
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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
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