: r , - a !et. djAll VOLUME . e Ittigt gegisttr Is published evelfielswhyrllupv t—No. 20 East Ileuiptqu Street. (Lion E. MOSS a i1?.1 6 9 . 30‘3 3 0T0 , Editors and Proprietors TiRllB 07, AVO8ORR/1 024 : Pe - i+°"Annum, No deviation raefk, ( Srppl olip„RV!,4 l led; 8, and no paper dimorittnoria, arreir= are pstd,exoept st the option dills publishers. RAVES OP ADTERTISIDT • jr. 8 tim911.,; s 2 ll t . , .$B.OO 51111:T• . $1. 50 .: Wo w 3. 0 01,1: 4.60 10.00 ' !El Twelve lines (Minion) constitute a_equare. er advertisements in proportion,with a reabon deduction to those adv arts by the year. fl essional Oards per yea ~ e ' - ' • $3.00 tinistratore and Audit thus -- : . , 00, 31e-Displayedadv n willimobiriedlcir , It vb\ mace they occupy. ,. , , _ -: !_ ...Resolutions, b' of sespeet, end 47411 - , notices will be o r ;lifelines per. squarm -31,-,Business notio the 1$ °oil -Repartment into per line. c i .... •,.. , .. . . 1 .: • allil 4±..1P,A 1337 tit Pllllll2ll fllll@ 7, K D ll‘, l il._. 4: . E it s sliortitai l no. .1$ i 13 . 1' itticik,a;:. OF ALI :laid In the BEST tice, and at tha, BUSI N ES,f ui.i.Y.'4i4iatiiis. ,4 l4, A ttoririgy,...,#o„,.l o w,., . TASAUQUA, .911.10 t, arch 6. 1866. 47!.v JAOOI3 8..4iE1t -- A.ttorri - ;''`,.. ,, •at Law, of Easelton . St. and Law Ailey, ALLENTWATN, PA; . . • .11 15. 1 APES. act ly A ttortrey ALLENTOWN, PA. - •••- - • OFFICE on the Boutsl W,orlFt4iirtotf stiet o doors wait of BliltoV:Mitthefigterecand mite the Eagle Hotel. (nul9-641 gititittt, ME Attar Mt Boone Dr ons 7 Aibvn itis' Collar Iluirsz t LLENTOWIV, ;p:F t HlciLf ; iGYO„ P.A. Feb. 13. 1868 —ly ELIStIA••FORENST, Attorney an ill COnneellor at Law, r Feb. 20 IF6O. WILLIAM. It SOWDE4I. Attorney and Commllor at. Law, Moe East Hamilton Street,. t dootie'nbove Laid Hey, ALLENTOWN, PA. Fob. 20: 1866.-7 y }M MID Attotiii*at Law, A 1944T0 VY,N, PA. Oman with Hon qleito‘tisliA.;lltidicite. 41tE1tyl-1y 0 N It V . l" P . ' A TTO RAM 'n AT 14:kW • ALLENTOWN PA. Oirrrou with A.4ooleyer, Esq., opposite the Court Goose. Can be consulted in German. (mayl..ly ADAMWOOLEVER, • ATTOII,I4EYAT LAW, ~ .ALLUNTOIIrff, PA. On oppoeltA b Coitrt 'House. ' [mayl-1y THumA§IOI I 4NY 2 9A ;: ATTO.RNEY AT LAW, nwx PA. Orrics e. No. 62 ir.pai. uamiltost . BCreet. May 29, 1866T•' . j 0 .EIN L E ATTSIII,I4 , I; AT LAW, AitstiTotN., PA. Orricz: Seoond door above thaVourt House. May 29, 1865. ' —6m G Oltlt'!r'li. SOHALL. A 7..r0,P. N. E .A TLA W , ii , . Ausrov, . • Orribt First door Am law Alley. May 29, - - PAUL BAI .- 1 1 NDEATAER,..4.FURNISHER, Seventh Sit*, beim Oalmit, *eat Side, AIXENTOWSr, PA. • April II ,1865.,-, Gross Palace of Art Photographs Iv Oil, Water C ol ors,s India Ink or Plain, from Miniatures op to Life Piss. Cards 12 per down. Oder Print 'Rosana' ot.re, cower of 6th and HIM , ikon For., AltentiosSe Mar. 20, 1n66. GeIADIN & ORNASENIER, 1-VIAtIt Oa oinci,: No. 6 East Hamilton Street, Allentown. Ps. One oor below H. Guth ih Co l o. store. Aoo R. lAil I pmyrwora LIFE`ME . TICTIMES. Cartes 4 Visifies, $2 per Dozen. NEGATIVZS REGIMERED. S W. BttUAW, No.lEast, Hamilton St. ILIOTOWN, PA. - Allento • , Sept. IS. --t} IN": KINSEY, =L CHEMIST, ANA AT NO. 35 EAST HAMILTON ST., ADJOINING ICERNAUEN'S 0111 iiikhw na Store , where be offers to all who will give him a call, the very best and moat fashloriable goods ever offered to the Siti lens of Allentown, at the following low cash prices! Men'a calf boots, line, $5 00 to $9 00 11 kip, double sole, 375 " 575 Boys °Wide' boots, 175 " 476 Men's glove Kid, Congress, &c. 250 " 675 .. " Bul. shoes 190 " 800 Men's. women'., boy's and misses glove kid, lasting gotten., 175 " 575 Women's glove kid, very fine, 826 " 675 " fine goat morocco bale., 250 " 400 •' men's mozoo:o and calf . shoat, 1 75 -11 280 " common shoes, 160 " 2.60 191421r190L1110-c., Mese? and child's shoes, 25 "1 60 17. ors, T • lid- otreet, ' - AND Men's, women's, misses', boy's and WININOW SHADES, child's ell err . 25 " 100 Betuehiltaiiise'and; Viliti 4 1,1 !, No attrition goods in my store, but from the beat PHILADELPHIA. CORNER of FOURTH and M f ' ARKET Streets. maxastesles. I also have all hinds of i a ens elan I. otel, iotia tot lii thi center I PHILADELPItIA. TB OAPS and BTRAW GWODB ' A u sbeim, i t tatiltapla sad excellent segos. .N. 11,—Always on hand a Large Stoat of LINEN of city land) et the lowest onsitirlets. Oelt.stsd ie. t 1 !Mak 11111111111,14) nregthetilf . . wed 011. BRAM , 11. \ see toPpanolne. W/LLIAM IL SINN n 7111INI ' 600 'Mint 14 111.1 b. , 6.11 , . 1E April SIN . isIO U , NDE AKES the 4alysiti of Oren, Clays, Coals. Linttone, Selby. or any, kind '4l,' minerals whatever, t rer ti onable charge ... a. Persons wishing previous( urn certpin the ohargo , may send small sample b Oa i 1 3 eratsbilbe tui.l nearly as Choi pan, and will (Rive a prompt reply. [July3-3m --- t ifi it O ' t P.. 1..141 i3llb)a 410 1 : I V. :P., 11l IDEOPATHIC PIIYSICIAN, M 1 LLE RSTOW N, PA., TA 11. BSi thtet.mirdik.of informing the "people of the forrOnnding neighborhood, that he has located himself I _ Arici'VrXrinitie 'Ho tet - Milte roomy, I'll4:may to serve the peiiiilrridttiar day or [apria-ty where he night. 11 Ting of Ia = WATCHES St' JEWELRY. IfittillE ß ,V 6 l,l 3 l9lESl JEWELRY STORE. A SPLENDID STOOK OF GOODS'SETTAELE •41. Tor Bridal or Birthday 'Presents. Now is' the time to make your purchases. The stook to entirely 110 W. 'LADIHS'&GENT'S.GOLD WATCHES. We have the finest assortment of Ladles' end dents' Gold Watches ever brought in this oily. OF SILVER WATCHES We hair' theism:lst stock that has over been brought to Allentown. We have also the celebrated Arnett. can Watch, and all styles • f English and Elwin Watches suitable fur ladies and boys. •_ - JEWELRY. • . We Weed to quantity and variety of thejlatest styles. 10Sir and beautiful styles 1.. f Ladia fall sets -- Pins; .- Eirdr9ps and Brace te r - , and Gents' mist GOLD cue.lN Gels' Silver Criarns. dents' Scarf Pins, Ladies' Gold Thimbles, and a very large variety of Silver Thimbles, Nook. laces,. Belt Buckles, .obarme, Rings of rare and beadtlfiil assigns, and also the Plain Ring suitable for efgaigonionts, end a large variety of other things too uumarous to mention. GOLD PENS bate a vory large assortment. Also Gold and Silver Bolder," ' of; all'okylos suitable fOr Ladies and Gents. BILIVE.R /ARE. In this line our Stook exeteds in , quantity and variety of stylos, anything over offered for sale In ;this pity, and cannot fail to please the mt.st fastidious. FULL SETS OF TEA SETS, CAKE BASKETS, FRUIT BASKETS, CASTORS, • SILVER CARD STANDS, SILVER PITC CREAM CUPS, • SYRUP CANS, SALT CELLARS, (31014 D AND RUBY LINED OYSTER LADLES, PICKLE FORKS, . , BUTTER KNIVES, TEA, DESSERT AND . TABLE SPOONS, Eto. MO 'AND SILVER SPECTACLES, we have a, very large assortment; persons cannot tell to Bait themselves, and all of the moat fashion able [Oleo. CLOCKS! CLOCKS! We have the largest assortment f Cloaks that has ever_ helm offered here for sale. Persons desir ing a good' Clock, cannot help but suit themse:ves. All new and all of the latest styles. We itavi,also a large assortment of FANCY GOODS too numerous to mention. zunquatorce. AU kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry oare fally repaired and warranted KELLER & BRO. Remembrr tbo Place, Newbard's Old Stand, No. 37 West Hamilton street, Allentown, Pa. E. KELLER. ' S. S. KELLER. • dectl-ly VAT 5.41384 WATCHES! WrICHESI Clocks! Clocks! .11WILItY 1315Y11 H $15,000 WORTH OF locks, Wa tches & Jewelry TO BE SOLI at the LOWEST CASH PRICES. The'largest and beet selected assortment of Watches, Mocks and Jewelry; in Lehigh county, is to be found at CHAS,...IVIASSEY'S, ..-exia 'No. 23 EAST N STREET, Allentown Pa: We have no desire to boast, and we speak ad visedly when we say that our stook Is larger and more ounplete than qll the Jewelry establishments In the county put together. Just received a very choice and elegant assortment. .f WATCHES, JEWELRY,t SILVER WARE. Comprising Wier? Gold .-Am HUNTING WATCHES. GOTS' GOLD &SILVER HUNTING %ttitritan eingliol) Duero, GOLD, SILVER it PLATED DRAINS, SILVER AND PLATED SPOONS, FORKS, NAPKIN KINGS, FRUIT RR IVES, ate., With an endless variety of the latest style of Liwelry. Also, a large and complete aesortment of armomorms, in Gold, Silver: Steel and Plated cases. We desire to oall attention to our stook of MELODEONS. We have constantly on hand a full assortment of G. A. PRINCE'S Celebrated Melodeons, of sizes suitable for churches or parlors. • L P.—Particular attention paid to C. ,e Repairing of Watches. Clock" and Jewelry. All work war ranted. We desire to inform forties living In the country, that any Clock repairing they wish done at their homes will be promptly atteuded to. cub% 8. MASSEY, No. 23 East Hamilton street, ALLESTOWIII. PA. doVels.ly EDWIN 132EGER, Agent. No, 11 East Hamilton street, in the basement under the office of Dr. William J. Romig, ALLENTOWN, PA. A lot of splendid Portfolios, at surprisingly low ,prioas. A lot of stationery. A lot of books suitable for HOLIDAY PREB CNTS. ' A lot of Games, Chessmen, Checkerboards, ,te. A lot of Novels and Other Books. This is the time to subooribe for dallies, weeklies, and monthlies, from Jsnury 1, 1860. AU orders will be attended to by lightning rail road speed. He has also on hand a lot of Needles, Knitting Needles, Crotchets. eta. Call and examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. angBlls4f EDWIN 8.110118. 18.66 , PHILADELPHIA WALL PAPERS 1 1 NEW FALL STYLES! HOWELL & BOURKE ) MANUFACTURERS OF PAPER EttOMINGB) V .", .i.V....1".. .... .. . ... -..7- r..,. _!Y ( -4-- II : ~.,. .• ~. . . _,,. • • ,IP 1.. ' , . . I - f• t . . , . . , . . . . . . • • • .., . . . . . .. t . . . • • Published Weekly by Noss & Forrest Terms $2,00 per Alum. ALLENTOWN, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1866. EYE THIS WAY CABINET WARE ROOM IN ALLENTOWN, LEI - 11011 COUNTY. TIMM ISIALESUItd takes this method to intbrm ti Me fri .ado, customers, and the public in general, thao he is .ow carrying on the business on hie own acOmant. AI. wilding, NO 52 Wt.t.l HAMILTON STREET, opposite qageni uch's Hotel, whore he Is now pre pa el to 5.....5fy .11 - eh" may give him a oall. His proms -it stook • • -tot t, u. surpassed, and consists in part of ‘no foil .w nit &sautes: Bureaus, Side Dolt. Is, Pier, Centre, Card, Dining, and Breav fast Tables, Book Cases, Cupboards, Whatnot and Sofa ,Tables, Par lor Tables, SLlas, Piano Stools, Spring Seat Rocking Chairs, Bedsteads of every variety, and in general every article vrhioh is kept in a well regulated establishment. Ho manufactures also every variety of Furniture to orler, after the latest style, and every article sold by him must be as represented, and must be oath lactory. House-keepers and especially young persona in tending to engage in keeping house, should not neg lect to call on him before purohaeing elsewhere, as he fools satisfied that he can offer bargains that can not be surpassed anywhere outside of Philadelphia. For the liberal patronage already received he if very thankful, and will still endeavor through lib. oral prices and fair dealings to increase the same. PErDOI2% forgot tho place, No. 52 West 'lanai. ton Street, where you can ca I and satisfy yourseh of the truth which is hereinstated. JOHN MALBURG. Allentown. July 2, 1885. • IMPORTANT NEWS: lIELFRICII & CO., CAMENHEIS Mtl MERTAIR' .ALLEIV7OIOI; PA. THE undersigned take this method of informing Their friends, and the public generally, that they have constantly on hand a fall supply of 41114.. rIIRNITTEREI SUCH AS • FURNITURE TO TILE GREAT OR John' Makburg, No. 28 West Mimiltoe SU e at. Bureaus, Sideboards, Dining and Breakfast Tables, Whatnot and Sofa Tables, Book Cases, Sofas, Bedsteads, Washstands, &0., &0., &0., &o. and in general every article which is kept in their line of business. • House-keepers and persons intending to engage in keeping house, should give us a oall before pur chasing elsewhere. They manufuoture also every kind of turniAre to order at the shortest notice. • lINDEIRTILICENG will be promptly attended to. They, will furnish Mahogany and Walnut Coffins; also Coffins covered with cloth. B. F. HEIMBACH, BOL. HELFRICH. . GEO. HEIMBeCH. Jan. 8, 1865. ly, BOOTS AND SHOES. Boot and Shoe Store. New Firm, New 4 tore and New Goods. ODENFIEIMER & SHIP u AVING pat taken the extensive Il store room in Ran's Building. noit door to the Allen House, would respectfully invite the attention of the people of Al lentown and eurrounding country, to their forge, varied, end well made up stock of BOOTS AND SHOES. , They will Bell you a better article la tle way of BOOTS AND SLOES, for less money then you can buy them for elsewhere). The most soepttbat can be rati•fled by an exami nation of the stook they offer fur sale. Their he anufaeturing Department being under the supervision of one o: the firm, who has bad . much experience in the business, they are confident that PERFECT SATISFACTION can be given in every instance where work of any description Is o• dared. There is nothing in the . line of wear for the feet that cannot be found at this BOOT AND SHOE STORE ! AT PRICES RANGING AS FOLLOWS: Infant Shoes, all Styles, from 10 etc. to $2 per pair. , Children's Shoes, all Styles, from 25 cte . to $2 par pair. Misses' Shoes, all styles, from 75 ote to $2,50 per pair. Youths Shoes, all styles, f om 60 eta. to $3 per pair. Boys' Shoos, all styles, from 75 eta. to $9 per pair. Ladies' Shoes, all styles, from SI to $5 per pair. Gents' Shoes, all styles, from $1.60 to $4.50 per pair. Youths' Boots, all styles, from $1.50 to $2.50 per pair . Boys' Boots, all styles, from $2 to $5 per pair. Mene Boots, all styles, from $3.50 to slb per Fair. Country Mr - chants and Dealers Sap pliod at City Fobbing Rate& ts.. The FAH° me invited to give a call before purohosns are made elsewhere. J. G. Onntrntimen, WALTIM IL BLIP. April 17, 1866 —ly Wins H. Seip HAS OPENED HIS BOOT, SHOE, HAT AND CAP STORE 1866 • Biery & Mertz HAVE JUST OPENED A Boot 8 Shoe Store - , At No, 85 West Hamilton St., "0 DOORS BELOW NINTH, WIIERE they will keep constantly on hand s well assort° i stook .4 all kinds of i1e4 13 944 06 ReaotS 00 S hoes, of E .steru, Cety aml hem-manufacture, which they will sell CIIIAPER than the same can be bought elsewhere, because they sell Exclusively for CASH. They invite all to cal and examine their stoolt bo fere purchasing elsewhere,"aw they feel confident tliat customers can suit themselves, both as to prig and quality. • Al. kinds of CUSTOM WORK and REP AIRING receive prompt attention. ' • They employ none but the best workmen and are therefore prepared to manufacture Boots anti Shoes unsurpassed by any other o•tablishment. Particular attention is given to the manufacture of French Caa' and Patent Leather Mote. ,gglrShoomakers can be supplied with stook and findings, at reasonable prices. J. S. BIBRY, May 8, 1808 REMOVAL I J. F. liohlinger's 800 arid SHOE STORE OTAs been retnovi d to Bast admit ton street, opposite the German Reformed church, Allentown Pa., where he keeps constantly on bona, of his own manufacture, and also of Philadelphia, Now York and Fastinn manufacture, nlirgostock of Poets and Shoes, which he is disposed to offer to the public at a small advance ati.wo cost. He also will make to order alt kinds of floe v,otk for Ladies and Chilthen, having competent workmen especially in that branch Feeling determined to make It an object for persons In want 01 A GOOD A RTCOLR to call and examine for themselves and learn his prices, which will be as low as any other houbo in town or country. Measured wori n t and repairing promptly nttondod In furr 0-tf 1 .T. F. :Fin Fl LINGER. IHE CHEAP ILLENTOWN . B3OI( SIOIII. Artr T. V, iIIIOADS, Agent, No. 31 West Hamilton Sti eet, AT the Store (Atha subscriber will be kept con stantly on hand, at the very lowest micas, in the most elegant and also in common binding. ALL KINDS OF SUHOOL BOOKS, Stich as complete aeries of Sander's Reading and Spelling Boo k., Wile .n's • " 66 McGuffies' " 41 Greenleat's Arithmetic., Algebras, Monteith's Geography, Colton's Mitchell's Geography and Atlas, Brown's Grammars, Weld's Grammar and . Geometry, Brook's Normal Arithmetic, " Mental 4. Specimen Copy Books, Potter & ilaramond's Books, ALL KINDS OF EXERCISE BOOKS. All kinds of Inks, Inkstands, Sind Boxes, Writing sand, Steel Pens, Quills, Lead PeLoila, Slates and Pencils, Slate Rub bers, Pen Holders,. Gold Pens. and Pencils, Drawing Pencils, Gum- Rubbers, Sealing Wax, Water Colors, rape aleasures,lndelible Ink,Pocket ICnives, Collar Pum,t,rochet Needles,Toothpicks,ete Also a spl.ndid lot of Pocket Books, including every kind des red—all of the very best quality and at the lowest prices. Also a largo selection of ENGLISH AND GERMAN BIBLES, Testaments, Reformed and Lutheran Liturgies, as well as all kinds of Hymn and Prayer Books Also all kinds of Music Books; such as the Gold en Chain. h noddy School Bell, No. 1 and 2, Day School Bell, Choral Harp; also Smauk's Weber's Gerthan Church Music Books. All kinds of Foreign Books. Such as Latin Bawling Books, Latin Grammars, Greek Grammars, Bullion's, Anthon's Comm, Lo. BIINTIAN BOECOOL BOOMS. A .full assortment of tinaday School Books, in cluding ell the publications of the American Tract Society: the American Sunday tiabool "Union" and the "Pennsylvania Bible Society." Particularly doe be wish to say that he has splendid Libraries and Reward Tickets on bawl, sun as bay, never been kept on sale'in ibis town before. BLANK BOOKS. Ile has a splendid lot, and of the veribest qual ity. They are of all sizes, and can be obtained full or half-bound. MEMORANDUM BOOKS• No one will deny that be bee the most splendid assortment of Memorandum Books of every descrip tion on band, that can be found at any place except New York and Philadelphia. ALBUMS I ALBUMS 1• The largest stock of Photograph Albums that hai ever been Been In Allentotin, oan be foundat Rhoads' Cheap Book Store. To describe them is impostible —they must be Been. and if so, every one will at once say that they are the sumer and CIIIVALPHIIT they ever caw. At the same place there are also over 600 Photographs, and also frames and _a aplendid assortment of large Pictures fur sale. WALL PAPER Over 200 dlff•rent patterns of Wall Paper and Bordere are also at this Cheap Book store. as well as hundreds of other artlo es too nun crone to men- don. A very large variety of WINDOW CURTAINS Ober 200 different pattern,. BRUSHES! BRUSHES! ! A large variety of Hair Brushes. Tooth Brushes, and Combs of every description. By strict 'Mention to his business, low prime and gni d goods, he hopes to merit his Aare of publlo patronage, whloh he will always keep in grateful remembentnce. T. V. RUOADS, Ag't. April 24, 1.866 KEEP AN EYE ON THIS! COME AND FOLLOW THE CROWD! Great Rush —TO THE— • "PRIEDENSBOTE" 8008 STORE! —FOR— PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS Raving just repaired an immense Ito .It at a low price, we venture to say that we can sell the cheap est albums that have yet been offered for sale in this section. Come one come all, and examine our stock as it defies competition. Remember that now is the time to buy acheap al bum, as the assortment is large and good, at the Friedenshoto Book Store of E. D. JARTSENRINO .t CO. aug.2l-113 ' UMW'S INDIGO BLUE. PUT UP AT WILTBERGER'S DRUG BTORF, No. 223 NORTH SECOND STRUT, PRILADILPIII.4. Will °Mot more water Qom four Unita the mak gustily of ordinary Indigo It le tectritustell kg sqt4jholieno. • 11Pd Is rouged at IWO ptIO as tiSis Issitssissit est %Ito s#: Ostia r. =lll OF TOE NATIONAL UNION COMMITTTEE TO THE FsPow-Citizens :-Very grave dinrences havin4 arisen between your immediate :epre sentattves in Congress and the President who owes his position to your votes, we ar.s. impelled to ask your attention thereto, and to suggest the duties to your, country which they realer imperative. We shall avoid the use of hard words. Of these there have already been too many. Ana that the matters in issue may be brought within the narrowest compass, let us first eliminate from the controversy that has already been set tled or never was in dispute. The republic has been desperately assailed from within, and its very existence seriously imperilled. Thirteen States were claimed as having withdrawn from the Union, and were repre,ented for years in a hostile Congress meeting at Richmond. Ten of these States were, tor a time, wholly in the power of a hos tile Confederacy; the other three pa:- ially so. The undoubtedly loyal States were repeatedly and formidably invaded by rebel armies, which were only expelled after obstinate and bloody battles. Through for years of arduous, despe rate civil strife the hosts of the :ebel Confede racy withstood those of the Union. Agents for that Con:ederaey traversed the civilized world, seeking allies in their war agains . the republic, and inciting the rapacious and unprincipled to fit out armed corsairs to prey upon her com merce. By State authority, and in the pervert ed names of patriotism and loyalty, hundreds of thousands of our muntrymen were conscripted into rebel armies and m.sde to fight desperately for our national disruption and ruin. And though, by tha blessing of God and the valor and constancy of our loyal people, the rebellioi was finally and. utterly crushed, it did pot suc cumb until it had caused the destruction of more than half a millicn of precious human lives, not to speak of property to the value of at least five billions of dollars. At length the rebel armies sttrren 'eyed and the rebel power utterly collapsed and vanished. What then ? . The claim of the insurgents that they either now reacquired or had never forfeited their Constitutional rights in the Union, including that of representation in Congtess, stands in pointed antagonism alike to the requirements of Congress and to those of the acting Presi dent. It was the Executive • alone who, after the rebellion was no more, appointed Provision al Governors for the now salnissive, unarmed Southern States, on the a a imption that the re bellion had been "revolutionary," and had de. prived the people under its sway of all civil government, and Who required the assembling of a "convention, composed of delegates to be chosen by that portion of the people of said State who are loyal to the United States, and an others, for the purpose of altering and amending the constitution of said State." It was President Johnson who, so late as October last—when all shadow of overt resistance to the Union had long since disappeared—insisted that it was not enough that a State which had revolted must recognize her ordinance of seces. sion as null and void from the beginning, and ratify the Constitutional amendment prohibiting slavery evermore, but she must also repudiate "every dollar of indebtedness c:eated in carry ing on the rebellion." It is he who ordered the dispersion by military force of any Legisla ture chosen under the rebellion which should assume power to make Ims after that rebellion bad fallen. It was he who referred to Congress all inquirers as to the probability of Represen tatives from the States lately in revolt being ad mi.te 1 to seats in either house, and suggested that they should present their credentials, not at the organization of CongresS, but afterward. And finally, it was lie, and not Congress, who suggested to his Governor Sharkey of Mississip pi, that "If you could extend the elective franchise to all persons of color who can read the Consti-, tution of the United States in English and write their names, and to all persons of color who own real estate valued at not less than $250 and pay taxes thereon, you would completely disarm the adversary and set an example that other States will tbllow." If, then, there be any controversy as to the right of the loyal States to exact conditions and rectuiregtiarantees of those which plunged mad ly into secession and rebellion, the supporters respectively of Andrew Johnson and of Con gress cannot be antagonistic parties to that con- , test, since their record places them on the same side. . . .. It being thus agreed that conditions of resto ration and guarantees against future rebellion may be exacted of the States lately in revolt, the right of Congress to a voice in prescrib ing those conditions and in shaping those guarantees is •plainly incontestible. . Whether it take the shape of law or of a constitutional amendment, the action of Cone•ress is vital.--- Even if they were to be settled by treaty the ra tification of the Senate bv a two-thirds vote would be indispensible. There is nothing in the Federal Constitution nor in the naturemt the case that countenances an Executive mon opoly of this power. ' What, then; is the ground olcomplaint against Congress ? It is charged that the action of the two hous 7 es was tardy and hesitating? Consider how momentous were the questions involved, the is sues depending. Consider how novel and ex traordinary was the situation. Consider how utterly scent and blank is the Federal Consti t :don touching the treatment -of insurgent States, whether during their flagrant hostility to the Union or after their discomfiture. Con sider with what embarrassments and difficul ties the problem is beset, and you will not won der that months ,were required to devise, per feet, and pass, by a two-thirds vote in either house, a just and safe plan of reconstruction. Yet that plan has been matured: It has passed the Senate by 413 to 11, and the House by 138 to 36. , It is now fairly before the coun try, having already been ratified by the Legis latures of several States and rejected by none. Under it the State of Tennessee has been for mally restored VI all the privileges forfeited by her in rebellion, including • representation in either house of Congress ; and the door thus passed through stands invitingly op :n to all who linger without. Are the conditions thus prescribed intolerable or even humiliating? They are, in substance, these : I. All persons born or naturalized in this country, are henceforth citizens of the United States, and shall enjoy all the rights of citizens evermore ; and no State shall have power to contravene this most righteous and necessary provision. 11. While the States claim and exercise the power of denying the elective franchise to a part of their people, the weight of each State in the Union shall be measured by and based upon its enfranchised population. If any State shall choose for no crime, to deny political rights to any race or caste, it must no longer count that race or caste as a basis of political power in the Union. 111. He who has once held office on the strength of his solemn oath to support the Fed eral Constitution; and has never heless forsworn' himself and treasonably plotted to subvert that Constitution, shall henceforth hold no political office till Congress, by a two-thirds vote, shall remove or modify the disability. IV. The national debt shall nowise be repu diated nor invalidated ; and no debt incurred in support of the rebellion shall ever be assum ed Cr paid by any State; nor shall payment be made for the loss or emancipation of any slave. V. Congress shall have power to enforce these guarantees by appropriate legislation: Such, fellow-citizens, are the conditions of re.' construction proed by Congress and already accepted by th Oy ir el Legislature of Tennessee. Are they hap or degrading? t Do yon discern prostrate,:lllllalsVia-rirleaaitnktagn.te°toniralenottnethrmeos o itisy. embody might of vengeance ) or any @obeli. B. E. MERTZ. A-1y c • • . . . ADDRESS AMERICAN PEOPLE cation ut that of slarebt? We solicit your candid,impartiai judzement. What is intended by the third section is sim ply to giro loyalty a fair start in the reconstruct• ed States. Under the Johnson poliev, the reb• els monopolize power and place even in colatitu des where they are decidedly outnumbered.— Their generals are governors and members elect of Congress ; their colonels and majors fill the Legishitures and officiate as sheriln. Not only ure the steadfastly loyal proscribed, but even stay-at-home rebels have little chance in com petition with those who linight to subvert the Union. Wil2Ll this rebel monopoly of office shall have been broken up, and loyalty to the Union shall ,have become general and hearty, Congress may remove the disability, and will doubtless make haste to do so. We do not pereeiyo that the justice or fitne-t , of the fourth tteetion7—preieribing that the I,ni• on public debt sludl be promptly met, but that of the rebel Confetleracy noter—is serioasl., contented. .'here remains, then, but the second section. ,ch prescribes in subsume° that political pow the Linion.shall henceforth be based only _._ —at portion or the people or each State who are deemed by its COnAtittitiOil lit depositaries of such power. In ether words; A State which chooses to bold part of its population in.:igno rance and vassalage—powerless, uneducated, unfranehised—shall not count that pillion to balance the educated, intelligent, and chiral' chized citizens or other States. 1319 We do not ; propose t argue the justice o this provision. As well argue the shape of cube or the correctness of the multipticatioa table. He who does not led that this is simply and mildly just would not, be persuaded though one rose from the dead to convince him. That there are those among us who would not have it_ refill, a sad:y demonstrates that. th 3. good work or e.nancip Won is not yet complete. "B It," say some, •tthis section is designed to coe , ce the South into according suffrage to her blacks." Not so, we reply ; but only to. noti fy her ruling caste that we will no longerbribe them to keep their blacks in serfdom. Au ar istocracy rarely , surrenders its privileges, no twitter how oppressive, from abstract devotion to justice and right. It must have cogent, pal pable reasons for so doing. We say, therefore to South Carolina, "If you persistently restrict all power to your 300,000 whites, we must in sist that the. e no longer ba'ance, in Congress, and in the choice et' President, 700,000 North ern white freemen, but only 300,000. If you k !ep your blacks evermore in serfdom, it must n it be because we tempted you so to do and re warded you for so doing." Fellow citizens of every State. but especially of these soon' to hold elections, we entreat yout earnest, constant heed to the grave , questions now at issues. If those who so wantonly plung ed the Union into civil war shell be allowed to dictate the terms oirceonstruetiert,yon will have heedlessly sown the bitter seedsot future rebell ion Mid bloody strife. Already you are threat ened With, the recognition, by the President, rt a sham Congress, made up of the factions which recently coalesced at Philadelphia on a plat form ofJohnsonism—a : Congress nullifying and overriding a plain law of the land—a Congress Wholly inspired from the White House, and ap pealing to the sword alone for support. So glaring an attempt at usurpation would be even more criminal than absurd. Happily, the peo ple, by electing an overwhelming majority . of thoroughly loyal representatives, are rendering its initiation iropessib'e. We cannot close without a moat deserved tri bute to the general fidelitf wherewith, in view of the President's defection, the great body of the people, and even the federal office-holders, stand fast by their convictions and their princi ples. The boundless patronage of the execu tive, though most nuserupously wielded against those to whose votes he owes it, has corrupted very few, either of those who shared or of those who would gladly share in its enjoyment. Not one of the twenty-two States which voted to reelect Abraham Lincoln hasgivertin its adhe sion to the President's policymbile New Jersey, the only free State th3.t voted against him—has added herself to that. number: Our great war ; has taught impressiv,ely, the peril' of injustice , and the' -lesson' has sunk deep into millions of hearts. The American people, chastened by sutfering, are wiser and nobler than they were, with a quicker and more open car for every generous suggestion. The fearful lessons of Memphis and New Orleans have not been lost on them, as it proved' in the recent elections in Vermont and Mait.e. We cherish no shadow of doubt that Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and lowa first, then New York, New ' Jersey Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Kansas, and . Minnesota will do likewise, and that a true restoration, a genuine, abiding peace will thus be secured to our country—a peace that will endure, because based on thn everlast ing foundations of humanity, justice, and free. dom. _ Yours, Marcus L. Ward, New Jersey, Chairman John D. Defrees, Indiana, Secretary. Horace Greely, New York. S. A. Purviance, Pennsylvania. William Claflin, Massachusetts. N. B. Smithers,Delaware. H. W. Hoffman, Maryland. A. H. Starkwent her, Connecticut. R. B. Cowen, Ohio, John B. Clarke, New Hampshire. Samuel F. Hussey, Maine. Abraham B. Gardner, Vermont. J. S. Fowler, Tennessee: . Burton C. Cook, Illinois. Marsh Giddings, Michigan.. D. B. Stubbs, lowa. • • ' ' A. W. Campbell, West Virginia. . S. Judd, Wisconsin. D. R. Goodloe, North Carolina. S. H. Boyd, Missouri. W. J. Cowing, Virginia. Thos. Simpson; Minnesota. C. L. Robinson, Florida. Newton Edmunds, Dakota. BLOTS FOB GOVERNMENT' BOND RiVt3l.B. READ AND BEPI4OT-.-THEA PELLYOI7I . I. BONDS OR BOY MORE. In 18G1 eleven States seceded; •and twenty three only since that time,•have been. repre7 vented in Congress. All the United States 80m15..-5 1:0 1 1, 7.30's and 1040's—were created by this Congress of tvrenty-threeStates. President Johnson says it is an "assumed 6•o o4 , reB .l....tberefore not legal. His support• ers and friends call it a "rump Congress," a "usurping Canprese." therefore not a lawful Congress : and they are trying to elect Con gressmen in the North, and atimitenough from the rebel States to enforce this " alley." If a Congress of twenty-three States is not a lawful Congress ' ever)! United States Bond you own is not worth a dollar • bemuse an tuatara. ful Congress could not ma ke a lawful Bond. Bondholders. remember. this 6 . Policy." de• stroys the United States Bonds, and makes them as tonrthlesi as rebel Binds. If Johnson's "Policy" succeeds, it brings in- to Congress ninety-four Congre Knell from the Rebel States, instead of eighty-five—as before the war—thus they gain nine Congressman by their treason. The Northern States lose rune Congressmen by their ,victory over traitors. If the rebels got their ninety-four Congress men, rind the Johnson "Pts'icy" men elect enough in the North to give them a majority, United States Bonds will be held Mega:, and United States Bondholders will lose principal and interest. - If you want to prove Congress illegal. and the Bonds illegal, vote toelect Copper-Johnson- National-Rebel-Union -Congressmen, but be mare to sell all your Bonds first, for there will be no market /or le%ns afei wurd:e. If you want to ptove Congress legal vo le to sustain it—the patty that c , eotrdthe Bonds— the party •that fought a'd won Me par—that says that Congress represents the people—that is pledged to ke.p fail* with • the Bondholders .6.4letbsy on Ms Bond. we *em i gre!. • (NUMBER 4 Gen. "Hiram Walbridge of New Yorki democrat, writes the following letter to the wa democrats The political 'contest now imminent compels is to review our position, and 'decide on our ac• ion in the light of the past. Let me entreat you to answer to ycureclves hese qusstious : Were we right or wrong :flour eterannattott o stand by our country and its flag, when, , or 3 desperately struggled to divide AO' forthet' ' Ind strike down the latter. Were we right or wrung in our determination to sparn all party ties that threatened to weak en the efficiency or trammel the freedom of our enrts to tnairitain the integrity of our Union? Were they right or wrong whoa sought to paralyze the National arm upraired in self. de ti against secession and disunion who pro. claimed the war for the Union a fitilare atter doing the hest they could to make it so, and whose partial, short-lived successes were hailed • with heady cheers along the lines of the rebel, armies? Is there a rightful difference in your regard - ' for the s tidier who died lighting, to preserver-, our nationality, and him who poured out:. life-blood while battling for the rebel' Cause My questions sufficiently indicate the an swers I deem prompted by the instincts of tree patriotism. Haling none. • enouneing, , none, wishing ill to none , I yet love and honor those who struggled and fought to uphold the:Union4..., as I do nut those who did their worec•tcy orig. throw it. Have we, thor,_ who' stood by the old flit , ~,., trained nothing by its triumph, but. the.pov ... . , !ege of tieing ruled by those who fouglit tor I •• • prostration r Do the beaten rebels return to • dubious lcyalty, With all the rights thicyenjOyia. before they plunged into tree: on ?• - • • .. . -- I think nor. l hold that the loyal states and people acnieved by their successful Struggle- a . ight to complete security -agains..; flatire• re, 1. :, ') hellions on such grounds and with such impuls es as were held to justify Qua of 1861. • - . . • si. I hold that the present Congress's is elnlaifi*l . ; cally tight in demanding that the states lately in rebellion shall no longer enjoy a factitious .mud exceptional power in our.conneilisbaiedOlS lour millions of their pOciple;'whoiti they obstisi;'; nattily refuse to educate - or enfranchise - , sziA I ,vhoin they divest of the arms and denv the mil- . ~ , . itary organization and dicipline respired ; tp• ,. make them efficient in o r national defilse. • '. Itt short, I bold that Congress is'eubstantiali. .t , ly right, the President generally wrong, in ANS..' . -,..:. •centest which has alienated theta; .and I' pro, :. ,r.:, iese to aid and act. with those, who isostsis ~., , ' Congress and oppose the President, until - the' •. , controversy which now convulses the 'republic ' . ''' ••f . i• shall have been brotight,to a final Wise.. - Never doubting that such isdiw wil Lt* 1414 . II T logical consinumation °file victories aOhleiit• by Grant, Sherman, Themas ant Sheridan,i • respectfully solicit your concurrt ncei.in securing it. Yours,.trulv.- .....,:•• . ' ,-,..-• , ::;.=:“: 7 'SV:::1 1,1 ' ',,,..- • HIBAXInt*InCIL -" ••''' New York, Aug. 2R, 1866. ' '-'••.- . ; diry We want to do Mr. Clymer the lust :to 'li e that he entered the campaign ro 9 ovOliiiri; pri Ali TRY! ,ill the ardor of a man deeply tinpreshid.. uliri the sanguine feellnp of euceetis, : He' , W4l. ' 4 : '"''' ..'r claimed by the Democracy' as "the gayest ," : " . 1 ; - • 2 ! standard hearer that ever took up their Ow tti carry it in the van of a fight. But. kingbefore mat tight is over. Mr. Clymer has become die' 4.. mayed, disheartened, sickened, and .ready to.: give up in despair. to day Mester Chimer-in IJa mildest titan in Pentatytoania! Ile. has .. met the people, and now confesses that he is ii • whipped man. He gives np the election . byttlet';''fault. He has confessed to his fri.:ndit thttt• he ... ;'':.' L ', ' ' will receive the . smallest vote ever polled •1iii'..:,.,;:. 7 . ;;;.: : :.' any candidate for Governor . He. advisee: ell •,,,;?:.,,.: ~_,.;. his personal acrynkintances to make no bets GU!, .!..:94iX , ) t., the general result, as in doing so they ntighte•-• well make the stakes n•present thißeptatlidiuli cr.?;?.:1 file um adage that straws show which way the ' wind blows, is illustrated in Clymeths Case,•with: .tt4 ..; ~ ,L f ,the ditleretteeihat Hiester is the 1101441a:4%. ..,,,,,,,, ~,,: ever shouldered by the ,Copperhead leaders.-.-... : ' . " 1 He is is worse load to carry , than Andy John.:" . .'' ''. son, and approaches Jeff' 'Daviti - nearest, in/ibe - ' : ' ''" H'. ,,, political odium in which he ii3:.held 'by the . '', `=l' ..-: . masses ,of. the people.--ffar. 21.1.. . , ... .. H. --t. t . WEE very man who was disloyal during the • • war to suppress the rebellion, is • now opposed"' to the plan otreraby Congress forroconatinet- • , ing the Union. We desire no better evidepc, than this, that Congress is right. The motto of the Democratic party, while the rebelliotit'.. was in progress, was as follows , "Sonthiiin ", 14 . 4 defeats give us no joy, and Northern diltastero - L.lt.• no r•orrow." Is it any wonder, then,,thst:ths ,14 Democratic party opposes Congress? . er• „ t r gress, it motet be borne in mind, demands G em 2 dences of loyally from Southern re . preSentatiiiit` : ''' previous to granting them admisstoryintO ihst.odE' , body. Here is Aihere the shoe. pinches. Tri.i :.n., Congress would immediately admit avgy,mlra handed traitor and blatant rebel, thelleracts . , is party would be satisfied. They would - bOY no objections to reconstruction of that , ltliidow:l:', l 0.11 1, It is simply because Congrelts , rev:ooo4n I members to be true to the government,dad4s . . Democratic party , finds fault. • Dar One of ohi exchanges tnqii; Wo put the , policy of. Andrew . Johnson. on pecopt, - / itruction • algebraically, with the followill cult: BE9. A few tetnith.i oetore 'the Anidivset:3 ; our noble President, Abraham `Linotobsidietteozat w.:11 Crosse Demnerat istiblishef the folleithigvitrz:.!,o3l,l.. citeinent to hit Issassinatioisi..: li Linfais fie Grad yM'Auett.rllwe imiveLinacyce.;:i. nil anon bold hatiti evi?4 . 1 1 44 ' 11 0.11 - :: daggerp iittforth!publtogood Pomeroy, the edito r of the.lennkAft4. l ..: published this murderous pluiragraph.ll6. tees invited by the. Copperhead Central C041,10,!! .1 taw of Indiana to canvass the, tae. for die, ,70100,, ,J! son party. Comment is unnecessary. 110.. The New Orleans-Advedatemiii ;,, "Since the riot we haveheard ofmsoy es of colored people being entered , by, o p:" police and searched, and tbe occipapta ened out of their housed in the tught,iindi some cases threatened with - death if:they not immediately bring forth any arms INP3I. •:d might have in their, ,Tiosseksioit. nudity. a t " stand that soldiers who have served in e Union 'arrniel, dud when midtered ont inibitbdt"- 1: * Lib United States for their guns, have lieenleptivv dc' of these by evrebel soldiers, who WAN Rint) :. c) Atitute our police. xparCan the President manes lit*? , ;011Psl vod he decide whe her a law is Constitution Alter. He can do neither. 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