r==r 9 ....,.... , ~ A... .... i . L.., ;.. ~. i . RAE _RtJBQEG-.:,PL. FENT EVENING. MEMBER 9, Ifni NATIONAL ITME9NTICKgT. FOR e assotw, Abraham .OF ILLEIAWIL POE vton PRESIDENT. Airdrevr = Johnson, or MIVMSEINIL • COUNTY TICKET. coNGREss, CoL A. J.,HEUR, of Dauphin County, Cogulajeqa to the decision of MA. District conference.] ASSEMBLY, 001. ALLEIax, Harrisburg DANIEL KAISER, Wiconisco. PROTHOTABY, ,TOSIAH C. YOUNG, Harrisburg - REGISTER, GEORGE MARKS, Union Deposit. COSINTY COMMISSIONER, HENRY HARTMAN, Washington, DIRECTOR Ol' THE POOB, PHILIP M9YER, Upper Paxton. AITDITOR, ALFRED SLENTZ, Harrisburg. ladreel of the VolOtt State Central. Com- mittte. We give up a large portion of our space to-day, to the very able address of the Chair man of the Union State Central Committee. The - address shirks none of the great issues i evolved in the contest fOr the election of State and national officers, nor does it feign questions foreign to the struggle. It is, frankly., a straight-forward statement of the great interests at stake, and an argument in favor of the cause of, the country, which will shake the error from the head of every luke warm man who peruses it, and afford strength 'and courage to that noble band in.whose be half' it was prepared and publiabed.' We earnestly commend the document to the care; Sul perusal of our readers. A Word to the ehnit men efLoyal Co u nty Coennutiees While the Union State . Central Committee Will 'devote itself to the organization of the State at large, and while those forming that committee are men of unqUestionableitbility. who will devote themselves exclusively, to the great work of the campaign, it must not be oTlerlooked or treated lightly, that, the differ ent county committees will have thedetails of theintttle to, manage. The members of county committee come directly in contact with the people. The chairmen of these com= mittees have opportunities' of understanding the essential. requirements to make victors certain, much better than the Chairman of the State Central Commitwe. _ Hence it is to the county. committees, and,through these to the VigilaaCe committees toirnithips and wards, that we must look for that thorough organization which Will not only' ensure sue cess at the coining important elections, but' which will pave the way to that perman,tent rule of the right, necessary to th* perpetuit3 . of the Union and safe operation of the Got ernment. In view of these facts, we ,earnestly tOrge . on our eotemporaries the importance of properly presenting this subject to the county committees in their various localities. If we can ' win a great victory in Pennsylvania in October, on the popular vote of the State—if we can elect large majorities in bath branches of the Legislature, and so reform the Congressional delegation as to purge it of its present corrup tion and debasement. the political effect will be felt in every State in the Union, while its moral influence will place it stigma upon home traitors which will shame many of such ir4s- Indents from the polls in November. Will the' different loyal county committees reflect and act upon these suggestions ? Welt)Han Accepts. mud thus the Idfamy Completed. _Com. Parragut, in his dispatch, says that after the rebel commander of Fort Morgan had raised the white flag, the officers in the fort busied themselves in destroying their swords and spiking their guns. There is a parallel to this duplicity and meanness in the acceptance, by Maj. Gen. George B. M'Clellan, of the nomination for the Presidency by the peace cravens of the country. Before accept ing the candidacy for the Presidency, Gen. M'Clellan doubtless paused to destroy the swords presented to him by different corpo rations and cities, and spike the big gun he, had manufactured recently in the shape of a war ora ion at West Point. He swallowed peace, secret treason, cowardice, slander 01 the Government and insult to the soldiers, when he accepted the Chicago platform. • He now stands before the world a nullifier of truth and history, the tool of the worst men that ever oonspired to destroy a good Govern ment. HON. THADDEUS STEVENS has been re-nom inated for Congress, by the Union men of Lancaster county. Of course there is noth ing surprising in this renewal of confidence. In congress, Mr. Stevens gives to his district an importance equal to that enjoyed by rrian . States, from the representation of their delega tions in both branches of that body; and hence, while the - veteran statesman d• es and is wit ling to forego , his own repose and personal in Wrests to (wimpy, Etstnit in Congress, the peo pie of Lancsater county will, of course, insist upon hisodistinguished services.. We do a flOt believe that there is a pure Union man or a clean "Democrat" in his district who will vote agaiiittt Mr. Stevens at the October elec tion. " MERE id I.lot a Ward of cheer in the Chicago '. platform tor the ttne .. qualeil Successes of Far. raga! and We day miequalidi #ll - smog adoptif4rta,A4 none such as WS:N.IO; time • tWlttitarssue" DOMCIOraea u r SSA.. ADDRESS OF nig IN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, To the,44 le f,WPennspluctnia I KO4iTihnik: --The resultof the recent electionoothihnbudnient. , to the Co/A = ta ri OfthriiSta, Wkig our soldiers iethe nerd to vote, is gratifying, inasmuch: as it shows that the great heart of the 'Common wealth is right in the fearful and bloody strug glenowgoing on to preserve the Republic, end that these brave men are worthy to help govern the country for which they make so many sacrifices and stifferho 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, ofNeakening 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 to- gether. 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 authori tiiely declared their purpose in the contest. friar 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 opponents; it is the same that =pelted the ewers of armed treason to at tempt the' overthrow - of free government on this continent in Iseo-61. Neithee time, nor reflection, no regard for the peace of society iu`the loyal Suites, nor the desolations which have devoured the prosperity of the South in the g ip of war, have wrought any modifica tion or their hatred for a Clovenuntint founded upon the opinions of the people exp eased through the ballot-box. It is the part of wisdom to anticipate evil, and to prepare to destroy it before it grows too iormunible to overthrow. The attitude or [he . parties to the Presidential contest gives rise to a serious question—the most serious of any which can engage the attention of the true patriot and good citizen. That question is briefly stated " we have lasting peace, tnroug,h a vigorous prosecution of this war for national life, or interminable war, through a peace based upon tlisunion?" The issue is sharply defined. The utter .uCes of- the Baltimore Convention decisively declare for peace through effective war; the utterance.s of the Chicago Convention as decisively pronounce for the alternative pre sented in the question stated. They mean that, or they are without meaning. The op position to Mr. Lincoln coutemplaies din niOn as a cure for the ills under which we lie Nis defeat would divide the continent into ,aotitais 6tates. Nor is tins mere assertion the political history of the couutry fur the' ,ast four years is a mass of overwhelming evi lenee in support of its entire, its disgraceful truth. ALA first, in evidence of its truth, we have die declarathni; iutbruull but uut less weight.) uecau'..e reiterated and :uuvatrying,) of tilt ecbel ulnas, that the 6o,uth will uut treat icor t ioaue save upon the• basis of a recogaitaOu 01 iudelpenuteUce. •The press of the ,Suutti Jintuatts oppeosuity to impress upou us, and ,i k .uu toe world, that peace can only court .urough recognition. .titeUgUltlOn is bui Alit/Wel' /MUM tor separation. a crd tiatiii), ,vary.Eurupean nation has come to regard tht cusuit of ttua'war as certain to be one of two wings— eit,At r subjugation or disunion. It lb .110 clear conviction which truth brings to every rational, enlightened mind. It is, tharefore,• entitled to great • weight, secured only to the resultant fact. It is due to the opponents of Mr. Lincoln to state that they pretend to believe in ttie orobability of tieace•and union throng . sou.* comproinute, the terms of which arenot clear It will be easy to show the futility , of such hopes, if it has not already been done. It will not be .a difficult task to show that such a belief does not take root in conviction. The Leaders of the opposition are men •of great ability, and more than 'ordinary sagacity. They cannot, therefore, be ignorant of the facts which are of public record. Those facts eitectually preclude the . possibility of peace and Union through - any - compromise, unless the terms involve recognition, and that would be disunion. • But let us thoroughly consider this question of peaoe through compromise. It is reason able to suppose that the chiefs of the rebellion would have accepted terms in the outset, if at all. It is alleged by our opponents that Hr. Lincoln hurried the nation into war, not only without eonstitational warrant, but even against the'vrithes of the rebel chieteAliem selves. They reproach the Congress then in session with having refused to adopt the Grit teeden compromiim measure, and thus forced the'Smith into rebellion in exercise Of the. right of self-defence and self-preservation.— It is unnecessary to _pause to show that all this transpired while the reins of power were held by Southern Men, most of whom are now m arms against the Governmeht. Let that pass. The qttestibti - hinges Upon the reapon sibility of the rejection of the Crittenden compromise. It was rejected. By whom ? Reference to Page lu9, part first, ot the Con yre Globe of the second seszion Of the flinty-sixth Congress will place the re sponsibility for the rejection of that com promise where it properly belongs. It will be seen that the Crittenden compro mise was defeated by the substitution (in effect) of what is known as the "Clark amendment." L'he record shows that the vote on the motion to substitute was—yeas 25, nays 30. The - vote on the adoption of the Clark, proposition, ta ken directly afterward, was—yeas 55, nays 23 "Phe presumption would be, naturally, that ii the south had votes enough to reject the sub stitute, it would also have had enough to reject the proposition when offered independently. There was a falling off in the I negative vote on the proposition,' as compared with that on the first motion - to substitute, of sevn.s votes. This is accounted for by the fact that Senators Benjamin and Slidell, of Lou isiana; Wigfall and Hemphill, of Texas; Iver son, of Georgia, and Johnson, of Arkansas— six Southern. Senators—sat in their seats awl refused to vim. Had these six southern men voted "no," the Clark proposition would have been defeated by a majority of four votes, and the Crittenden compromise could have been taken up and carried by the same majority. ft appears of record, then, that the (kitten ten compromise was rejected beclau-e six of the leading Senators from the south virtually eetn-ed to vote for it. A motion to reconsider ass carried some weeks later, and a direct tote upon - the compromise was taken. The pro ousition was lost by a single vote. But one the six Senators referred to voted on that occasion, nearly all of them having withdrawn on the secession of their respective States. Had they remained to vote for the compromise, it would have been adopted. 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 highest dignitaries, deliberately chose war. Ihe South' would not have compromise .hen. Is it reasonable to suppose that it would accept such an accommodation now? t ier rulers have the Southern masses by the throat .*md_cati mould thein_to their imperi one:*iilee,,Thei. lilxv - PiikTiiiii% l 94 great stake. ay I gagalnet, vitharp4ozonx .the pootest -wit atlas: tz - fr44,Atits srlitey#4ej. :lore of pnitoi-raotiCixibtoA And , fostered'. by slefust#o4*.osbolf.7,9o4,*... *IA ,e17 , -- • -,_- - • BM to eleot, as they declare they do elecCer.lier initiation rather than submission and Union. Early in the struggle, before the Govern ment had taken_ the aggressive, Pri,sident Lincoln offered peace on most liberal•tem's The terms were, briefly, the laying dotiii . of armsand the abandonment of their hostileat stude. The world knows how these teria.s werd:met. It need not, be repeated here. The desolation of Southern ,fields, and the vacant seats'in thousands npon thousands of hoines. both North and South, bear the record: ' Still later, amnesty and pardon have been offered by the President;,still the chiefs of the rebel lion abate not a tittle of their energy to main tainthemselves in their wrong. They deiaand . . recognition and independence of a Govern , ment they hate. Intimate knowledge of the directing minds of the rebellion teaches that they wilt never abandon their wicked scheme until obliged to do so by the sheer force of such iron circumstances as control the results Ciii=i There is no ground, then, ,for hope or peace through compromise; no hepe CA permanent peace. There is no such discharge in this war. Those who go before the country upon such vicious pretexts are not deceived them selves, however much they may deceive. the ignorant and unsuspecting. To charge self deception upon them in a matter so unmis takably clear would be equivalent to charg ing them with imbecility. They do not de ceive themselves. This pretext of seeking the defeat of Mr. Lincoln that peace may re turn to our borders covers a sinister purpose. If they wish. peace they can have it but in two ways—in a cowardly abandonment of the struggle, followed by disunion, or by a more vigorous (if possible) prosecution of the war. Thus the true issue upon which the cam paign is to be made becomes sharply defined. None can . deprecate the horrors of war or de'-' sire the return of peace more than do the warmest supporters of the National Union nominees. But they ask for and will acqui esce in no peace that is not founded upon the integrity of the Union, and established upon the principles of the Declaration of Independ ence. They recognize greater evils. than war, Such as this is in Which the nation is plunged. Divide the nation geographically, and to what end do we inevitably 'gravitate? With the precedent and justice of secession established and acknowledged, , who • can pre sume to say that -we shall not repeat the hu miliating history of Mexico and the South American States ? United, the common dan- ger was, and would continue to be, our com mon security. Divided, the land, would groan with the wreaking out of individual vengeance. Divided, the torch and brand would never be idle along the ling of division. Che country would at last awake to the bitter knowledge that open, vigorous war, prosecit ted with a high purpose, is .'a thousand times less to be dreaded than an armed pettee. As an example, a little more . than a year since, when Lee, with his rebel army, invaded Pennsylvania, and, when the- fate of the Ile-, public was decided by the battle of Gettys: ourg, how prompt wicked and designing men were to inaugurate the insurrection in Neu York city, trustiug in the hope that the Gov erument was not able to maintain the supra-, many of - the Constitution - and the laws. *ill be long before the blackness of the crimes committed bythat conspiracy will be oblite rated. As another eadmple, take the recent con -.piracy discovered in the . Northirest —the oandiug togetherin secret of a large numbe4 if men, the concentration of thirty thousand ,tand of arms and a large supply ..of antrauni don. The papers of this conspiracy,'which were seized, evidence too clearly that theii design was, and is, the overthrow of the Be public, trusting ; that division and anarelly would shield them from harm, but in uttei disregard - OT the auwAyantarit, Trongi_st a . people---murder,,robbery, arson—in. a word, desolation for tlO time. Now, fellow-citizens, in both, these ei amples, the moving spirits are prominent men in the opposition, and controlled.the nomina don and platform .at" Chicago. Can we hesitate ~ - can there be any trust dx conlidenee in men placed in nomination such men ?Men Men of . -family, hesitate; men ot property.' hesitate';' , young men; who hope to enjoy both these blesaings, hesitate before you cast your votes' for nominees made by such. agencies. , Yet it is to Suclrispeace as this that, our op ponents invite you. , They ask yoni iauffrages for a man who either, is :'pledged_to:such a' peace, if elected, er Who is' deterMiried.on a war grander ia scale and 'bloodier in results than the world has, yet witnessed: 'There can be but 'tea issues 9.4 of' the presen difficulty. The intelligent freemen of Pennsyl vania need not to be led like children. They will not fail to comprehend the nature of thepe issues, and to choose between them. In so choosing they choose for their children and their children's children. They . can do noth ing of a public nature in these pregnant times chat shell not cause . coming generations either to revere or despise them. The re-elec tion of Mr. Lincoln and the election . of Andrew Johnson as his associate., will indi cate to the chiefi of the rebellion that the war for Union 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 united people, and the Government remain, as it hashereteforebeen, a star of hope to all the oppresSedpeoplei of the civilized world, and an everlasting-monu ment to the wisdom of the grand old kerdes who conceived it. If we could basely,affOrd to abandon the struggle now, the world, man kind, could not afford the sacrifice. If to• could afford to bear the shame, and weer the shackles of defeat so craftily invited, our children could not stand erect nude the deathless reproach of our behaviour. As men, as "freemen, as patriolm, we have no choice but to stand by , the Government as 'administered. The aherna-,. tive presented by our Opponents is dfianion and dishonor, which is national death. 1 If a man recognizes the existence of the p,' ciple of eternal Justice he, cannot 'despair f the Republic. There may be sonie, in who the principle of hope maintains but -a .feeti ex zl2 fitence, unless - stimulated ' by - unirttePtpd , success. Such must be encouraged an sus tained by, the example of the more h ful l i and enduring. They must be assur of what.the philosophy of history and of eOuts teaches, that danger lies in turning bac , as Aecurity lies in ptessing forward. The deso lations,. Lations, and bete pvements, and hardenswar m ay be, nay. are, terrible, but the to pest .i i which ravages Evert, and field, destroyi the increase of labor, and even human life, i also terrible. Yet it is beneficent. With nu ; ry iug calm the atmosphere would degen rate into putridity and the earth would revolr,s in endless night. So war involves nations 31a its tearful vortex that social and political re ova tion may follow. As a fire sweeping ove the fields licks up the chaff and stubble, yet affects not the solid earth, so the fiery 'trial which we are called upop. to endure: is con suming the notorious orimes of society. The nation will issue out Of this struggle stronger and purer than before. Wrong. - such- Bacon fronts us, cannot drive right into exile: raft and villainy are not to belhe Subjugate of wisdom aud , yirtue. And whateverclimes play have Well, or may yet bel perpetrate, in the name of oiviliziition, It is no t now , I. ,prosa *494 farce,or a failure. Out /AL; ealimities'are 1 :10 to comae '3*?? 2, iti ar- 1 Zan people for tlie,r4P,Poh4„thi?! - 41 - ' ate to remain true ligid,..litol4tat - Willi t talail todatablish t W il iotiv,tivefeli *: at foundation than the ertorCAleit uPen - Wiar they have hitherto ested. The victory is to be won by unremitting la hor,-and a watchfulness that. shall be proof agitiriSt