RATES OF ADVERTISING.
Four lines or less sonstitute half *square. Bight lines
or more than four, constitute a equate.
Half sq., one &1.. $0 30 One eq., one day. 8 0 6 0
" one week.... 120 " one week.... 200
66 one month.. 300 66 one month. • 000
6 " three months 500 66 three months 10 00
" Biz months.. 800 4 , 66 six months.. 16 00
' one year. —.12 00 cc one year ........ 20 00
itr Business notices inserted in the Loosi 00L17301,
or before marriages and deaths, TES CENTS PER LINE for
asn msertion. Ta merchants and others advertising
OJAI, year, 110.53111 141.1E1S Will be offered.
...unarm of insertions must be designated on
e adverumement.
Ur' Marriages and Deaths will be inserted at the same
rates as regular advertisements.
3u9iness (Earbs.
R OBERT SNODGRASS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office North Third street, third door above Mar
ket, Harrisburg, Pa.
N. B.—Pension, Bounty and Military claims of all
kinds prosecuted and collected.
Refer to Rona. John 0. Kunkel, David Mumma, Jr.,
and IL A. Lamberton. myll.4&w6m
WM. H. MILLER,
AND
R. E. FERGUSON ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
OFFICE IN
SHOEMAKER'S BUILDINGS
SECOND STREET,
BETWEEN WALNUT and MARKET SQUARE,
ap-29w&d Nearly opposite the linelalerNOUSe.
THOS. C. IVIAcDOWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MILITARY CLAIM AID PATENT AGENT.
Office in the Exchange, Walnut st., (Up Stairs.)
Having formed a connection with parties in Wash
ington City, wno are reliable business men, any busi
ness connected with any of the Departments will meet
with immediate and careful attention. mti-y
R. 0. WEICHEL,
SURGEON AND OCULIST,
RESIDENCE THIRD NEAR NORTH STREET.
He is now fully prepared to attend promptly to the
duties of profession in all its branches.
A LONG AND T3llllr 8170171313117 L 1111DICAL. 71P550.11101
justifies him in promising full and ample satisfaction to
all who mayfalor him with a call, be the disease (Aron!'
or any other nature. mlB-d&arly
ILITARY CLATMS AND PEN
SIONS.
The undersigned have entered into an association for
the collection of Military Claims and the securing of
Pensions for wounded and disabled soldiers.
Muster-in and Muster-out Rolls, officers' Pay Rolls,
Ordnance and Clothing returns, and all papers pertain
ing to the military service will be made out properly
and expeditiously. -
Office in the Exchange Buildings, Walnut between
Second and - Third streets, near Omit's Hotel. Harris
burg, Pa. THOS. C. MACDOWELL„
je2s-dtf THOMAS A. MAGUIRE.
SILAS WARD.
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210. 11, NORTH THIRD ST., HARRISBURG.
STEINWAY'S PIANOS i
MELODEONS, VIOLINS, GUITARS,
Banjos, Flutes, Fifes, Drums, Accordeow,
STRINGS, SHEET AND BOOK GUSTO, &c.„
PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. ALBUMS,
Large Pier and Mantle Mirrors, Square and Oval Framer
of every description made to order. Rey:aiding done.
Agency for Rowe's Sewing Machines.
lig- Sheet Music sent by Mail. octl-I
SOHN W. GLOVER,
MERCHANT TAILOR I
Ras just received from New York, an assort.
ment of
SEASONABLE GOODS,
which he offers to his customers and the public et
nov22) MODERATE PRICES. Of
COOK, Merchant Tailor,
. 27 CH_EBNUT ST, between Second and Front,
Has just returned from the city with an assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VESTINGS,
Which will be sold at moderate prices and _made np to
order; and, also, an assortment of READY MADE
Clothing and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods.
nov2l-Iyd
DENTISTRY.
L GILDA D. D. S.,
1 447,17f,i' 1V o . 119 MARKET STREET,
EBY & KUNKEL'S BUILDING, UP STAIRS.
janB-tf
R ELIGIOUS BOOK STORE,
rE.A.Cri." AND SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPOSITORY,
E. S. GERMAN,
SOUTH BACOND STRANT, ABOVA OHABNIFT,
ILLIMEIBIIiti, PA.
Depot for the sale of Btereoscopes,BtereoscopioTieirl,
Music and Musical Instruments. Also, subscriptions
taken for religions publicatierui. noBo-d7
JOHN G. W. MARTIN I
FASHIONABLE
CARD WRITER,
HERR'S HOTEL, HARRISBURG - , PA.
All manner of VISITING, WEDDING AND BUSI
NESS CARDS executed in the most artistic styles and
most reasonable terms. decl4-dtf
UNION HOTEL,
Ridge Avenue, corner of Broad street,
HARRISBURG, PA.
The undersigned informs the public that he has re
cently renovated and refitted his well-known Union
Hotel" on Ridge avenue, near the Round House, and is
prepared to accommodate citizens, strangers and travel
ere in the beat style, at moderate rates.
His table will be supplied with the best the inaskets
afford, and at his bar will be found superior brands of
liquors and matt beverages. The very beat accommo
dations for railroaders employed at the shops in this
victuity. 1a1.4 dtfl HENRY EOSTGEN.
FRANKLIN HOUSE;
BALTIMORE, MD.
This pleasant and commodionsHotel has been tho
roughly re-fitted and re-furnished. It is pleasantly
situated on North-West corner of Howard and Franklin
streets, a few doors west of the Northern Central Rail
way Depot. Every attention paid to the comfort of his .
guests. G. LEISENRING, Proprietor,
jel2-tf (Late of Saline Grove, Pa.)
T O. F. SCHEFFER,
BOOK CARD AND JOB PRINTER,
NO. IS MARKET STREET, HARRISBURG.
Particular attentioa paid to printing, ruling and
binding of Railroad Blanks, Manifests, Insurance Poli
cies, Checks, Bill-Reads, &e.
Wedding, Visiting and Business Cards printed at very
low prices and in the best style. jan..9l
TAILORING.
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The subscriber is ready at lco. 94, MARKET OT.,
four doors below Fourth street , to make
MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING
In any desired style, and with skill and promptness.
Persons wishing cutting done can have it done at the
shortest notice. ap27-41.
CHARLES F. VOLLMEB,
UPHOLSTERER,
Chestnut street, _ four doors above Second,
(OPPOSITIC WASHINGTON Ross Hotris,)
Is prepared to furnish to order, in the very best style of
workmanship, Spring and Hair Mattresses, Window Cur
tains, Lounges, and all other articles of Furniture in his
line, on short notice and moderate terms. Having ex
perience in the business, he feels warranted in asking a
share of public patronage, confident of his ability to give
satisfaction. janl7-dtf
(1 . 0 0 P R'S GELATINE.—The best
VV article in the rasiket, just received and for sale by
marl4-tf vi!M. DOME I.
MOTIONS.—Quite a variety of useful
..11 and entertaining articles—cheap—at
80HICITER'8 BOOKBTOR,II.
JEBSTER'S ARMY AND NAVY
POCKET DICTIONARY.
Jostreceiv.ed and for sale at
WHIMPER'S BOOKSTORE'
NRWORLEANS SUGAR !—FrasT iN
IRE MARKET sae by F;••/Y . " - WM. DOCK & CO.
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PENNSILVAN
STEAM DYEING ESTABLISHMENT,
104 MAERBT STRZIIT,
SETWEEN FO DR 2 H AND FIFTH,
HARRISBURG PA.,
Where every description of Lad les' and Gentlemen's
drannents, Piece Goode, &0., are Dyed, Cleansed, and
Dashed in the bast manner and at the shortest notice.
no9-d&wly DODGE & CO.. Proprietors.
T F. WATSON,
MASTIC WORKER
ND
PRACTICAL CEMENTER,
Is prepared to Cement the exterior of Buildings with
he New York Improved • .
Water-Proof Mastic Cement.
This Material is different tom all other Cements.
It forms a solid, durable adhesiveness to any surface,
imperishable by the action of water or frost. Every
good building should be coated with this Cement; it is
a perfect preserver to the walls, and makes a beautiful,
fine finish, equal to Eastern brown sandstone, or any
color desired.
Among others for whom I have applied the Mastic
Cement, I refer to the following gentlemen :
J. Bissell, residence, Penn street, Pittsburg, finished
five years.
J. H. Shoenberger, residence, Lawrenceville, finished
five years.
James M'Candlass, residence, Allegheny City,finished
Cve years.
Calvin Adams, residence, Third street, finished four
years.
A. Hoeveler, residence, Lawrenceville, finished four
years.
J. D. M'Cord, Penn street, finished four years.
Hon. Thomas Irwin, Diamond street, finished four
years.
St Charles Hotel and Girard House, finished five
years.
Hittanning Court. House and Bank, for Barr & Moser,
Architects, Pittsburg, finished five years.
Orders received at the office of R. M , Bidowney, Paint
Shop, 20 Seventh street, or please address
T. F . WATSON,
mayl6-tf P. O. Box 131:6. Pittsburg, Pa.
HAMS!I!
20,000, lbs. Composed of the following,Brands
just received:
NEWBOLD'S—Celebrate&
NEW JERSEY—SeIect.
EVANS it SWlFT'S—Superior.
MICHLNER'S EXCELSlOR—Canvassed.
MICRINER'S EXCELSIOR—Not canvassed.
IRON ClTY—Canvassed.
IRON CITY—Not canvassed.
PLAIN HAMS—Strictly prime. ,
ORDINARY HAMS—Very void.
U Every Ham sold will be gn ar anteed as represen
ted. WM. DOCK, Jr., & CO.
KUPERIOR STOCK OF _LIQUORS.-
WM. DOCK, JR., ec 00., are now able to offer to
their customers and the public at large, a stock of the
purest liquors ever imported into this market, compri
sing in part the following varieties :
WHISK x —IRISH, SCOTCH,OLD BOURBON.
WINE—PORT, SHERRY, OLD MADEIRA.
OTARD, DUPEY & CO. PALE BRANDY.
JAMICA SPIRITS.
PRIME NEW ENGLAND RUM.,
DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS.
These liquors can all be warranted; and in addition to
these, Dock & Co. have on hand a large variety of
Wines, Whisky and Brandy, to which they invite the
particular attention of the public.
MESSRS. CHICKERING & CO.
HAVE AGAIN OBTAINED THE
GOLD MEDAL!
AT TIM
MECHANICS' FAIR, BOSTON,
MELD TIM PZECIEDINO WIRE,
OVER .81IrY COMPETITORS!
Wareroora for the 011IOICABING PIANOS, at Harris
burg, at 92 Market street,
0c23-tf W. KNOONWS MUSIC STOBA.
WAR ! WAR I —BRADY, No. 62
Market street, below Third, has received a large
assortment of SWORDB, BASHES and BZLTS, which he
wlll sell very low. auko dti
EXCELSIOR ! ! !-SUGAR CURED
HAMS !—A Delicious Ham, cured expressly for
family use. They are superior to any now in the mar
ket. 1uY 24 .1 WM. MOON, Ts., & 00.
EtARRISBEIRG. PA:, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1863..
T H E
Weekly "Patriot Sr. Union,"
THE CHEAPEST PAPER PUBLISHED IN
• PENNSYLVANIA!
AND
THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC PAPER PUBLISHED AT
THE BRAT OF GOVERNMENT !
FORTY-FOUR COLUMNS OF READING MAT
;MR EACH WEEK I
AT TAB LOW PRICE OF ONE DOLLAR
AND FIFTY CENTS!
WHEN
SUBSCRIBED FOR IN CLUBS OF NOT LESS
THAN TEN COPIES TO ONE ADDRESS!
We have been compelled to raise the club subscription
price to one dollar and fifty cents in order to save our
selves from actual loss. Paper has risen, including
taxes, about twenty-five per cent., and is still rising ;
and when we tell our Democratic friends, candidly, that
we can no longer afford to sell the Weakly PATRIOT Ann
UNION at one dollar a year. and must add fifty cents or
stop the publication, we trust they will appreciate our
position, and, instead of, withdrawing their subscrip
tions, go to work with a will to increase our list in every
county in the State. We have endeavored, and shall
continue our efforts, to make the paper useful as a party
organ, and welcome as a news messenger to every fam
ily. We flatter ourselves that it has not been without
some influence in producing the glorious revolution in
the politics of the State achieved at the late election;
and if fearlessness in the discharge of duty, fidelity to
the principles of the party, ail an anxious desire to pro
mote its interests, with some experience and a moderate
degree of ability, can be made serviceable hereafter, the
Weekly PATRIOT AND UNION wits not be less useful to
the party or lees welcome to the Lamily circle In the fu
ture than it has been in the past. We confidently look
for increased encouragement in this great enterprise,
and appeal to every influential Democrat in the State to
lend us his aid in running our supscription list up to
twenty or thirty thousand. The expense to each indi
vidual is trifling, the benefit to the party may be great.
Believing that the Democracy of the State feel the ne
cessity of sustaining a fearless central organ, we make
this appeal to them for assistance with the fullest confi
dence of success.
The same reasons which induce us to raise the price
of the Weekly, operate in regard to the Daily paper, the
price of which is also increased. The additional cost to
each subscriber will be but trifling; and, while we can
not persuade ourselves that the change necessarily made
will result in any diminution of our daily circulation,
yet, were we certain that such would be the • conse
quence, we should still be compelled to make it, or suf
fer a ruinous loss. 'Under these circumstances we must
throw ourselves upon the generosity, or, rather, the
justice of the public, and abide their verdict, whatever
it may be.
The period for which many of our subscribers have
paid for their paper being on the eve of expiring, we
take the liberty of issuing this notice, reminding them
of the same, in order that they may
RENEW THEIR CLUBS.
We shall also take It as an especial favor if our present
subscribers will urge upon their neighbors the fact that
the PATRIOT AND UNION is the only Democratic paper
printed in Harrisburg, and considering the large amount
of reading matter, embracing all the current news of
the day, and
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES
Prom everywbere up to the moment the paper goes to
Press, political, iniscellaneons, general and local news
market reports, is decidedly the " •
CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN
THE STATE!
There is scarcely a village or town in the State In
which a club cannot be raised if the proper exertion be
made, and surely there are few places in which one or
more energetic men cannot be found who are in favor of
the dissemination of sound Democratic doctrines, who
would be willing to make the effort to raise a club.
DEMOCRATS OF THE INTERIOR I
Let us hear from you. The existing war, and the ap
preaching sessions of Congress and the State Legisla
ture, are invested with unusual interest, and every man
should have the news.
TERMS.
DAILY PATRIOT AND 'UNION.
Single copy for one year, in advance $5 00
Single copy during the session of the Legislature.. 2 00
City subscribers ten cents per week.
Copies supplied to agents at the rate of $l. 50 per hun
dred.
WEEKLY PATRIOT AND UNION,
Published every Thursday.
Single copy one year, in advance $2 00
Ten copies to one address 15 00
Subscriptions may commence at any time. PAY AL.
WAYS IN ADVAII OE. We are obliged to make, this
imperative. In every instance caste must accompany
subscription. Any person sending us a club of twenty
subscribers to the Weekly will be entitled to a copy for
his services. The price, even at the advanced rate is
so law that we cannot offer greater inducements than
this. Additions maybe made at any time to a club of
subscribers by remitting one dollar and fifty cents
for 'each additional name. It is not necessary to Rend
as the names of those constituting a club, as we cannot
undertake to address each paper to club subscribers
Separately. Specimencepies of the Weekly will be sent
to all who desire it.
0. BARRETT & CO., Harrisburg, Ps
N. B.—The following law, passed by Congress in 1860,
defines the duty of Postmasters in relation to the de
livery of newspapers to club subscribers :
(Bee Little, Brown 4. Co.'s edition of the Laws of 1880,
page 38, chapter 131, sectionl..)
"Provided, however, that where packages of new pa.
pers or periodicals are received at any post office directed
to one address, and the names of the club subscribers to
which •hey belong, with the postage.for a quarter in ad
vance, shall be handed to the postmaster, he shall de
liver the same to their respective owners."
To enable the Postmaster to comply with this regula
tion, it will be necessary that be be furnished with the
list of names composing the club, and paid a quarter's
(or year's) postage in advance. The uniform courtesy
of Postmasters, affords the assurance that they will
eheerfuliyaccommoaate club subscribers, and the latter
should take care that the postage, which is but a trifle
each case, be paid in advance. Bend on the clubs.
INDEPENDENCE ISLAND.
Messrs. BECKER FALK, Proprietors, announce to .
the citizens of Harrisburg that this cool and. delightful
Bummer retreat is now open for visitors. Accommoda
tions will be furnished to parties and pic-nice at reason
able terms, &dancing platform having been erected f.r.
their special use. Season tickets for families, good for
one year, $l.OO
No improper characters admitted, and no intoxicated
person will be permitted to visit the Island.
A Ferry Boat plies constantly between the Island and
the foot of Broad street, West Harrisburg. jel3-Sin
p, AS K ET ft!
-LA LAMES TRAVELING,
MARKET,
BBHOOL,
' - PAPER,
KNIFE,
CLOTHES,`
ROUND,
CHILDREN'S,
CAKE
For sale low, by
jell
ERELI
MACKEREL, Noy. 1, 2 and 3, in all sized package's—
new, end each package warranted. Just received, and
for sale low by WM. DOCK Jr.. k. CO.
BLACKING I !-MASON'S "OHALIAN OII
EttatutiNo."-100 Elaoss, assorted size , just 1 ,
calved and for sale, wholesale asid retail.
deol WM. DOCK. Ja.. & 00.
151110TOGRAPH ALBUMS.—A large
L and beautiful assortment of Photograph Albums
just received and for sale cheap, at KNOOME'S,
i 99. 93 Market street•
WM. DOCK, Jr., & Co
Cie atriot a Rim
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 19, 1868.
GRAND DEMOCRATIC MASS MEET
ING AT LANCASTER.
Twenty Thousand Conservative
Men in Council.
Speeches by Ex-Governor Porter,
Judge Woodward, Hon. Jere
nilab S. Black, J. Glancy Jones,
Judge Wm. A. Porter, Henry
Clay Dean, and others. .
The great Democratic Mass Meeting held at
Lancaster on the 17th was a grand and enthu
siastic gathering.
The Harrisburg delegation were met at the
Lancaster depot by the city delegation, headed
by Capt. Alfred Sanderson, with Field Mar
shals Barney M'Gratin and Col. ill!Govern.
The meeting was organized as follows :
-President—Ex-Gov. DAVID R. PORTER.
Vice Presidents—Hamilton Alricks, of Dau
phin ; Thos. Early, of Allegheny ; Gen. Isaac
Winters, Dr. Samuel Parker, Dr. E. Heideman,
Wm. Carpenter, Gen. Geo. M. Steinman, P.
M'Evoy,Sanders M'Cullough,Jeremiah Brown,
Henry A. Wade, Henry Shaffner, B. M'Grann,
and Col. M'Govern, of Lancaster ; Geo. Bailey,
and Geo. Prince, of Harrisburg.
Secretaries—Dr. J. P. Andrews, Dr. John
Martin, John M. Heyberger, Alfred P. San
derson, Abram Shank, of Lancaster ; James B.
Sansom, of Indiana ; John M. Co3per, of Frank
lin;and John A.•Bigler, of Dauphin,
Gov. PortTEE was then introduced by the
Hon. Isaac E. Hiester, of Lancaster, and pro
ceeded to address a few observations to his
fellow citizens assembled before him. He said
they had been called together on one of the
most important occasions within the memory
of the oldest man then present. They had
come together to consult upon the great crisis
which had been forced upon the country by the
temporary ascendency of bad principles and
unpatriotic men, and to endeavor to find some
way of rescuing our beloved country from the
extreme perils that encompass her on every
hand. Speakers, he said, were present to dis
cuss the great questions at issue, but before
introducing them he would beg leave to pre
sent Judge Woodward to the assemblage.—
Tremendous cheering followed this announce
ment and was kept up for some time after
Judge Woodward stepped forward to the front
of the stand.
SPEECH OF JUDGE WOODWARD
Judge WOODWARD said : My fellow citizens,
it is with sentiments of extreme satisfaction
that I am able to meet you in the county of
Lancaster. I came here for the purpose of
exchanging salutations with you, but, gentle
men, it is understood that I am to go through
this campaign without discussing the political
questions of the day. Such was the determi
nation of the convention which nominated me
at r Harrisburg.
.kiever, since I have held a judicial commis
sion, the first of which was conferred by my
venerable friend whom you have selected to
preside ou this occasion, have I made a politi
cal speech. lem one of those who think that
the judicial office should be held aloft above
all partisan passions and appeals. lam not
here to depart from this rule of my judicial
life.
But I am not unwilling to meet my fellow
citizens anywhere and everywhere, and to ex
change friendly salutations with them. Nor
will you loseanything by my leaving political
questions to be discussed by the able gentle
men who will address you, for they are more
capable to entertain and instruct you than I
am.
If I should be elected your Governor, it will
become my duty to discuss these questions,
and I promise you it shall be done at the pro
per time, with great plainness of speech. (Im
mense applause.) With these few words of
explanation as apology, I will now retire and
give place to others.
SPEECH OE HON. J. GLANCY JONES.
Judge Woodward was followed by the Hon.
J. Glanoy Jones, of Berks county.
On being introduced Mr, Jones said that as
he merely intended to say a few words by. way
of introduction to the other gentlemen that
were to follow, he would not detain them by
any long, fine drawn argument on constitu
tional liberty or written law. Our Constitu
tion was adoptei in 1789. That settled the
question of sovereignty in the people. Loyalty
in all future time was to be fidelity to that
Constitution; But this is the day of popular
delusions, and one of these chief delusions is
that words 'as well as meanings have changed.
The old Saxon words which he and they had
been accustomed to use had . changed. The
word loyalty had almost ceased to have any
meaning.
But there was no other loyalty in his and
every other Democratic mind but fidelity to the
Constitution.
He then went into an explanation of seces
sion. Secession is not to be tested by taking
up arms alone. There are various forms of
secession. Legislative secession or conven
tional secession are equally traitorous. We
have had secession by force of arms in South
Carolina, and we have had legislative secession
in Massachusetts and in other States; we have
also had conventional secession. in Chicago.
The first act of secession was by the party of
the administration. They led the way by nulli
fying the Constitution. The personal liberty
bills were acts of secession, and in all future.
history they will be known as the sec , ssion
party. The Chicago convention committed
high treason in resolving to ignore the Consti
tution, and will be known as the disloyal party
or traitors.
The South rose up in arms, and are conse
quently the secession party number two. Be
tween both these parties, both in arms, the
Constitution and the sovereign people are both
ignored. The people would have rectified these
immediately, or at any time since the com
mencement of the rebellion, if submitted to
their vote. They would have settled it by the
adoption of the Crittenden compromise. If the
war had been strictly confined to the question
of resistance, under the Constitution, they
would 3 have furnished a million of voluteers
twice told to crush out rebellion. Both have
been refused by the administration. The voice
of the people has been silenced by a refusal to
take a vote, and their military ardor has been
chilled by converting the objects of the war:from
a restoration of the Union to a war to recon
struct the ConstitutiOn. We were all war
Democrats as long as the war was conducted
under the Constitution. If we have changed,
it is only because the whole objects of the war
have changed. Let the administration retrace
its steps, and they can have soldiers enough
without drafting. Let the people of Pennsyl
vania elect Judge Woodward, and let the ad
ministration obey that voice, and the North
will be a unit again in a war, if necessary.—
Let the administration first suppress by pro
PRICE TWO CENTS
clamation the Massachn3etts-lesislative-seces
sion, and the Chicago-platform-secession, and
then call on the whole Northifor men and arms,
and the whole North will obey the call of Pre
sident Linboln, and Congress may again have
to resolve to "stop volunteering."
The Constitution is embalmed in the hearts
of the Democracy. They have shown it in
nominating for their candidate a gentleman
whose whole life has been spent—not in legis
lating—but in expounding law. Judicial quali
fications overcame all others tit. the great pur
pose of showing to the world their love of law
and order, and, their devotion to the Constitu
tion of their country. [His speech was received
with close attention and was frequently inter
rupted by, long and continuous applause.]
SPEECH OF JUDGE BLACK.
J. S BLACK followed in it powerful
speech on the vital questions at issue in the pre
sent contest. We hope to be able to lay a com
plete report of this admirable production before
our readers in our neat issue. Judge Black has a
tongue like a rapier and a sneer like an adder.
His biting sarcasms on the Abolition Admini
stration were received with loud applause. He
said there was no danger of them ever having to
send Judge Woodward «to cool his guilty
blushes amid the snows of Russia, or harden
the bronze on his cheek in the hot sun of
Spain." '
SPEECH -0F JUDGE Wilt. A. PORTER
Hon. Wm. A. Ponrea followed and concluded
the speaking at the principal stand. He said
that when he came here to-day two inquiries
arose in his mind. First, where all these
people came from. He bad supposed that
Lancaster was a Republican county, but the
spectacle before him wore a decidedly Demo
cratic look and seemed to inchoate that the
days of Black Republicanism were numbered
even in old Lancaster county. Second, what
brought all these people here ? Ile had sup
posed. they had come because they all felt
as he did, that the issues involved in this
campaign were more momentous than any
that had arisen in any other campaign through
which the present generation of men had
passed. They were issues of life or death of
the Republic.
Three years ago we were a united and hap
py people. We were prosperous at home and
respected abroad. We knew nothing of taxa
tion or national debt Now we are a divided
people—a warlike people—engaged in a most
gigantic war and ground down by a national
debt which is every day increasing. V are,
too, despised and insulted abroad, and our
name no longer commands respect in foreign
countries. Who brought all this on ? It was
the Abolitionists, headed by the famous joker,
Father Abraham. [Laughter and applause.]
If Woodward is elected something will be
done for the redemption of our lost character,
and the country may be saved from the fate
that. Abolitionism has prepared for it. Penn
sylvania will then stand with her great and
patriotic sister, New York. Though governed
by a chief magistrate upon whom the rancor
of government plunderers has bestowed the
senseless epithet of "Copperhead," New York
has doue nothing to destroy the country. It will
not soon be forgotten here that when the soil
of Pennsylvania was invaded by the armed
enemies of the government of the United States
the "Copperhead" State of New York sent
many regiments of well-equipped troops to
our assistance; and it may be remembered that
at that critical period not one of the Abolition
States of New England sent a single armed
man to - our aid.
If the Democratic party should be restored
to power a barrier would be erected' between
both the classes of madmen now engaged in
tearing the Union to pieces. We could keep the
New England traitors, as well as the Southern
traitors at bay, and revive the glorious old
Union feeling that once made the country the
joy of every patriot's heart. But if the great
Presidentialjoker goes on to crack his jokes
a few years longer, whilst his Abolition rulers
continue to make peace impossible, what will
become of us ? We shall settle down to that
most wretched of all stages of natural exist
ence, a state of chronic civil war, in which no
man or woman's life will be safe for an hour,
and no man's property will be worth a far
thing.
All our troubles, the speaker said, were
brought on by the Abolitionivts, through their
traveling lecturers, whose eipenses were paid
by British gold, and through their newspapers,
which were scattered broadcast over the land
by the same potent agency. They undermined
public regard for the Constitution and for those
functionaries who derived their authority from
it, and thus taught treason and rebellion to the
people of the South. Abolitionism having
brought on rebellion, it must be put down as
the first step towards ending the rebellion.—
The election of Geo. W. Woodward will be a
death blow to Abolition and its legitimate off
spring, secession ; and under his wise, honest
and patriotic rule, we may have the proud sat
isfaction of seeing Pennsylvania resume her
place as the honored keystone of the re-united
Federal arch. [Judge Porter was loudly
applauded during the delivery of his speech.]
HENRY CLAY DEAN and ROBERT MONE
GLEAN; Esqs., spoke at a different - stand, and
held a large audience for over two hours.
THE WRIT FOR TEE SECURITY OF IN-
NOCENCE.
From the New York World
The veneration which has for ages been paid
to the writ of habeas corpus as the main bul
wark of personal freedom, and the eulogies of
which that great writ has for ages been the
theme by all enlightened friends of liberty,
naturally impresses the popular mind with the
idea. that it must be attended with important
advantages. What is supported by so much
authority ought to be founded in reason ; and
we conceive that the simplest explanation of
the object of, the writ is the strongest argu
meat for its inviolability. = Its Latin name,
though a household word wherever the English
tongue is spoken, tends rather to obscure than
elucidate its purpose. rhe phrase which we
have put at the head of this article, though no
translation of the Latin words, is a complete
and perfectly accurate definition of the object
of the writ. It is nothing more nor less than
a judicial mandate for the protection of inno
cence. There is no dictate of reason which is
plainer or more elementary than that the in
nocent should not be subjected to the restraints
and penalties which are the just punishment of
the guilty. For the purpose of securing this
exemption to innocence, the law ordains that
no person shall be restrained of his liberty ex
cept upon a warrant, issued by a magistrate on
the sworn testimony of a complainant, making
it probable that the person arrested has viola
ted some laW. If the law were otherwise, the
most innocent and 'upright person in the corn*
munity might be thrown into prison and de
tained there at the mere caprice of public offi
cers. But the law does not atop here. It
would be to little purpose that it forbade the
arrest of persons against whom there were no
reasonable grounds of suspicion, if it did not
provide for a review of the proceedings, and
the rectification of the errors, of the arresting
officer or committing magistrate. Habeas cor
pue—"thon mayeet have the body"—the first
words of the old Latin writ (for it originated
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at a time when Latin was the language of the
English law,) is a judicial mandate for bring
ing the prisoners in whose favor it >is issued
personally before the judge—for what purpose?
To discharge him if there are, proofs of his
guilt ? No !, nothing of the - sort. The object
of bringing, the prisoner before a judge is
eimply to ascertain whether he has been arres
ted on charges made against him on oath, and
whether those charges, if sustained, constitute
a violation of any existing law. If there is no
accuser, or if the matter of accusation is no
violation of the law, the prisoner is deemed
innocent and discharged ; otherwise, he is re
manded info custody to await his trial.
It will thus be seen that the writ of habeas
corpusis a simple and j ust proceeding for the
protection of innocence. Guilt has nothing to
hope from it ; for it is as careful to hand over
the guilty to be dealt with by justice as it. is
to set free the innocent. The writ follows and
obeys the law; binding those whom the law
has bound, and loosing those only whom the
law looses.
A suspension of the writ of hebeas corpus, there
fore, is a declaration that innocence is no longer
under the protection of law.
Perhaps it may be said that this reasoning
goes to prove that the writ ought never, in any
case, be .suspended at all. We can only say
that we haTe given a true description of the
writ It is only for the protection of inno
cence, and when it is suspended innocence has
no protector. Let any person confute this
statement if they can. That must, of course,
be a strong reason which has for many centu
ries, int renched this celebrated writ so strongly
la the venerations and affections of the Anglo
Saxon race. That reason we have stated, and
if there be any apologists for taking away the
securities with which the law hedges in inno
cence, let them stand forth ! Jefferson thought
the clause relating to its suspension a grave
blemish in'our Constitution, which ought to be
annulled by amendment. He wrote to Madison
from Paris, July 31, 1788:
Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrec
tiona and rebellions ? The parties who may
be arrested may be instantly charged with a
well defined crime ; of course, the judge will
remand them. * * T * Examine the his
tory of England. See how few of the eases of
the suspension of the habeas corpus law have
been worthy of that suspension. They have
been either real treason, where the parties
might as well have been charged at once, or
sham plots where it was shameful that they
should ever have been suspected."
Jefferson advised, however, that the Consti
tution should be adopted as it stood, and im
mediately amended by subjoining what he cal
led a "declaration of rights ;" which is what
was in fact done. "By a declaration of rights,"
he wrote to:Donald, “I mean one ,which shall
stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the
press, freedom of commerce against monopo
lies, trials by jury in all cases, no suspension of
the habeas corpus, no standing armies. These
are fetters against doing evil whie,h no honest
government should decline." Jefferson's ideas
were not in all respects fully carried out in the
amended articles; though it may fairly' be
questioned whether the habeas corpus provision
is not virtually annulled by the fourth, fifth
and sixth amendments, which positively and
absolutely forbid arrests without a warrant
supported by oath, declare that no person
shall be deprived of his liberty without due
proces l 3 of law, and guarantee to the accused
a speedy and public trial by jury in the pre
viously defined district where the crime is al
leged to have . been committed. At any rate,
Jefferson was as staunchly opposed to suspen
sions of the writ of habeas corpus when himself
at the head of the government, as he had been
before the adoption of the Constitution. In.
the excitement of the
_Burr conspiracy a bill
was passed by the Senate, in secret session,
suspending the writ for three months, and sent
in a conftdentitil message to the House. Be
fore describing the contempt it encountered
there at the instigation of the President, it
may be instructive to look at the provisions of
the bill. We copy it verbatim:
A BILL TO SUSPEND THE WRIT OF . HABEAS COR-
PUS IN. CERTAIN CASES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives of the. United States in Congress as
sembled : That in all cases where any person
or persons CHARGED ON OATH,with treason,
misprison of treason, or other high crime or
misdemeanor, endangering the peace, safety,
or neutrality of the United States, have been,
or shall be, arrested or imprisoned, by virtue
of and warrant or authority of the President
of the United States, or from the chief execu
tive magistrate of any State or Territorial
government, or from any, person acting under
the direction or authority of the President of
the United States, the privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus shall be, and the same hereby is
suspended, for and during the term of three months,
from and after the passage of this act, and no
longer.
This bill was prepared by a committee, con
sisting of John Quincy Adams, Wm. B. Giles,
and Smith of Maryland, three of the ablest
men in the Senate. It shows on its face that
there was no thought, at thit day, of putting
it in the power of the President to arrest any
body he pleased. The person must be charged,
on oath, with a high crime or misdemeanor.
Nor did the bill propose to delegate the legis
lative power of suspending the writ to the
PresidenL It was proposed to be suspended
by the act itself and from its date. Besides,
it applied only to a very limited class of cases,
and was to be in force only for a brief and
perfectly definite period. Now let us see what
reception even this bill met at the hands of a
House which had received its cue from that
staunch and ever true champion of liberty, the
greatest of our Democratic Presidents, Thomas
Jefferson. The bill we have remarked, was
sent as a confidential message to the House.--
The first blow it got was the immediate and
contemptuous passage of a resolution that it
"ought not to be kept secret" by a nearly un
animous vote—one hundred and twenty-three
ayes to three noes. Thereupon, John W. Eppes,
the son-in-law of the President and a leading
member of, the House, moved that the bill be
"rejected," an expression of parliamentary
contempt which is thus explained by Colonel
Benton in a foot-note to the Debates :
";The motion to 'reject' a bill is one of in
dignity, to it It is equivalent to declaring
that it is unworthy of consideration, and,
therefore, to be driven out of the House on
learning what it is from the first reading,
(which is only for.information) without going
to the sec Dnd reading, which is for considera
tion."
That bill thus received the fate it deserved,
in being kicked out of the House with the no
ble scorn of freemen and patriots. The bill of
the 3d of March last, under which the Presi
dent now professes to act, is clearly unconsti
tutional. The suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus is an act of legislation, censisting in the
repeal, for the time being, of the laws of Con
gress requiring judges to grant the writ The
legislative power cannot be 'delegated, the Con
stitution having carefully 'defined the limits of •
the legislative, executive and jadicial depart
ments of the government, and distributed their
duties in a manner which does not admit of
transfer.