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ROBRRt IREDELL, JR., PUBLISHER;
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P ROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITU
TION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
JOINT IIESOLUTION
Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution, of
Pennsylvania.
Be it resolved by Me Senate and House of Representa
tives of the Commonwealth of Penn:tit/co:tin in Gener
al Assembly met, That the hollowing amendment of the
Constitntion of this Commonwealth ho proposed to the
people for their adoption or rejection. pursuant to the
provisions of the tenth article thereof, to wit
AMENDMENT :
Strike out the sixth sestina of tho sixth article of the
Constitution, and Insert In lien thereof the following:
.. 1 State Treasurer shad bo chosen by the qualified elec
tors of the State, and at much times and for such term of
service as shall be prescrlbed by law."
WILLIAM ELLIOTT,
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Speaker of thellonee of Repiesentativee.
JAMES B. RUTAN.
Speaker of the Sonata.
Arrnoven—The twonly•eecond day of March. Anne
Domini one thoueand eight hundred nod seventy-two.
JNO. W. GEARY.
Prepared and certified ror publication pursuant to the
Tenth Article of the Conetitution.
FRANCIS JORDAN,
Secretary of the Commontroalth.
OPTIOPI BIiCRSTART OP TIM COMIWITTEALTIT.
lIARRIPHOIM. Juno 26th. 1672. UYl•9mdbw
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boites are not destroyed by mineral poson or lIIIIEr
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair.
Dyspepela or Indigestion. Headache, Pain
in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dissi.
nets, Sew Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the
Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, In
flammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kid
neys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the off.
springs of Dyspepsia. In these complaints it has no
equal, and one bottle will prove a Letter guarantee of its
meinw than a lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints, in young or old, mar•
tied or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn
of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an influence
that a marked improvement is soon perceptible.
For Inflammatory anal Chronic, Risen.
tameless, and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Intermit.
tent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder, these Bitters have 210 equal. Such Diseases
are caused by Vitiated Blood, which to generally produced
by derangement of the Digestive Organs.
They ars a'Gentle Purgative as well as
a Tonle, 114.sming siso the peculiar merit of acting as
apowerful agent in ralieving Congestion or Inflammation
of the L iver and Vie:evil Organs, and in Bilious Diseases.
For Skin 'Diseases, Eruptions, Teller, Salt
Rheum, Blotches:Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, Ring.worriet,Smild•Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas,
Itch, Scurfs, Discialoraticred of the Skin, Humors and Dis
eases of the Skin: of whatever name or nature, are lit
erally dug up en 4 °pitied out of the system in a short
time by Ille IMP or these Bitters.
'rise properties of DR. WALKER'S VINEGAR
iltirruns are Aperient, Diaphoretic and Carminative,
Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter•lrri•
rant, Sudorific, Alterative, .d Anti.ltilious.
Gratefni thousands proclaim Vinecnn BIT
TERS the most wonderful Invigurant that ever sustained
le sinking system.
5. WALKER, Prop r. R. 11. PIeDONAIAD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts, San Francisco, Cal.,
anal corner of Washington and Charlton Sta., New York
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
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1872 FALL SEASON. 1872
WALRA_YEN,
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PHILADELPHIA'
Respectfully calls the attention of his numerous patrons
to his well•selected sleek of
CURTAIN MATERIALS and FUR
° NITURE COVERINGS,
Selected Personally during the susnuier mouths from the
most celebrated manufacturers in Europe, and are now
arriving by every steam r and being Illioned fur lunpec
lion Immediately. These 000 d. Ca 11 0 ,1( lie excelled fu
beauty of design, color , a d teolity IN A LI, SI i K,
AND WOlluThD, ALL WORnTED AND COTTON Fall
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CZEIZEI
Au 1T011.14 NOTICE.
in the Orphnne' ,florerf of Lehigh egiott p
fp the ro.tt,r of the meant of Jtt J. WISHING •
Adrolutstrator oJohn Bohlen. late Of Upper s a op o ;
township. Lehigh countt • ecessed.
/Lod now. Jane 11. Mt Itforrnt L. Kauffman, Esq was
A ppototed Auditor. to female and rtiettle, necessary,
the above cronut and make dietrlbutlon-
From the lie:ords,
A. L Rune, Clerk.
The Auditor above nenool WRI r (teed to the eoil-e
hb eppolotineut on vitt it, DAY . OKP r. Ai HER 2611, a'
30 o'elork. eau., at his once. Runllton cireet. over Flit
National Bans, Allentown. when end where all person!
Interested may attend If nor thlnh nror hA tr•
MORRIS L, UFIIpAN .„
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VOL. XXVT
Non at , crtisrmento.
Pennsylvania M litary Academy,
At Cheeter, Delaware Corlett', Po. (For Resident Wets
Only ) The elevo..th an nal session commences Wed•
Sept. 4. boron, . Wart:talon Betel s Reel
neerine, the Mathematical and Netnrat en. The
Classics and b. - elleh In Imparted by West Point xrednates
tabled er comoJtent professor. Circnisre may be oh.
of Cul. TilEo. lIT TT ores". Y. fkl.
EATON FEMALE INSTITUTE
Du Philo St Dalt. Central R. R., Kennett Square, Chester
Co., Pa., offers all the inducements that coontlt.tte a home
In eoanertion NVI r, a tbororonah English Education, at
tip per school year. No atm. exce Paintingott ructloo is
ex, Music. Latin. Fre ch tier.. and Drew.
log Pastern teacher., g.adn.leo of our hest New Eng•
land schools . , have beep employed for several yearn in
quire of E% Ap T. SWAYNE or BALLIE W. B's, AYNF,
Principals.
11Q01RUFNTOIVN (N. J.) FEMALE
Iv CO LLEO —Thornuch lintel:Aloe. Healthful and
bearl location. Ono of the inont cm...ruby conducted
and boat suntamed iro.th thing in tho Slate. For term
ele.. addrenti Heir . JOHN H. BHA bt.EY, Melt.
A DV 14:ATI SI N
AT 1 OW RATES
FOR lan PER INCH PER MONTH wo will I.leterl au
advortinotoont In ID FiRET CLASP vAPEntI In Penna.
L of rent on oppllrmion to OEO. P. RONVO.LL & CO., Ad
vortlolog Agentn, 41 Pork Row. N. Y.
Campaign Goods for 1872.
Agents wanted for our Campaign pool, BRI.I. AT Stour
once
NO ran CENT PROF , Now ri ce Bead at
once for Peserlp.lve Circulars and PMats& our Fine
Steel Enuravinga or all the Claudio' Mex. Campaign Blall•
roobloo. Charts Photograph,. Haag.. Pins, Pl. go. and
over' thing nutted to toe timer Ten DePars per any
earthy mad. ' man:pies neat for 4.1. Address Moons
& GOoDePfiED. 37 Park Itow, Now York.
AOHNTEI WANTCII for Chamberlin's Great
Campaign li. ok, Tun
STRUGGLE OF '72.
A Novelty it, Political and Popular ifferafure.
A On•PHICWary of 1. o Repolilino and Democratic
Purlieu; n racy sketch of the ao•oullial Liberal Repolill
Clitl • arty; inakferfemor the Cincinnati COOTOUti.
The minor ticket. or style chow of the campaluo. The
Bt
Illustretcd 11. ok l'uralohod. A 800. wanted by
eve , y Antiulcer , citizen. To secure territory et once,send
al for outfit. dirt UNPI3II Pitt INO CO., Chicago, 111.,
Phila., Pa., or !Springfield, Musa
POLITICAL GOODS
OF ALL KINDS.
FIREWORKS, FLAGS, LANTERNS,
TORCHES, BADGES, usiFoßms, &e.
JOSEPH B.kPURDY,
32 AND 84 MAIDEN LANE,
ESTABLISHED IBL7. NEW YORK.
r71 4. 1tS
A SURE ODDS for this dletroselssg complaint is now
made known la a Teen lee tor 48 inlayo rages) on Foreign
and Nntive Herbal nisei - mations. publlabod by Dr. O.
"R•'LPN BROWN. Tnowto.crlption woe discovered by
him In such ft prnvtdes•lsl m-nnor that ho cannot conect
ontiously reface to took It known. as It cur.d every.
boil. who has oe d It for Fits, never having fall d in a
elnglo case. Tbo ingrodlents twiy tin "bullied friiut any
drugrist. A copy soon free to all applicants by MAIL
Addy,. Dr. 0. iitiELT'S BROWN. 21 Urand tis, Jersey
My, N. J.
Tictiler's Recipes for Liquors
Contain tho Intent Improved inetructlons for mining Bran
dies. Whiskeys Rains, aloe, Bit.era. Fancy Cordials ,
Fruit Syrup s.)Say Nom. &c. tic No one en/fairs , ' in
the Liquor Businese ran affor d to do without them Ask
for them an exam!oa shim at the book et r• a. Delivered
by mall, ou rerelot of h 2, by ASCIiEN BACH & MILLER.
N. W. car. 'Third and Callowhill Sta. Philedellibis. Ps.
ludcir and maniple sheets soot free.
IMMO
Itt; ' ,11:1;11O1011. t foii,WCWcli.
lotion, 1 , perept....__ medi
cine. a atomachic. adierellc awl 'ea admirable a cern]
alterative Ouch are the ark otterledgnd and daily Pray a
properties of TAlllteNT'a tYPERVINCENT SZI.TZtIa
FOLD BY ALL DROOOISTS
BA R L() NV 'S IN Dl(' 0 BLUE.
In thn cheapont and hoot artlnloln the market for BLVEIPIn
CLoTITIO. 2h., igunVto Lon both Outlaw , a sod W Moe,
nlrm'• name on the la, al. and la vat on at WU. hornet's
Drug Store, o. 233 ttortb. th;condjit.. Phlladeloh D
rod rOnrlo.or7 ret — nuragvg 10 - ruggleus
nd ‘Jrocore -
Xl,OOO
REWARD
Por any caserOr blind, Blood-
Itching "Petflttaral" PII°.
tliat. Da Pita R63,13DT
foils to cure. ..ItlD prepa,ed 00.
proud) to corn the Pllea, and nottium olio.. Bold by all
Drill/glom Price la 00
A GENTS W NTED.—Agente make more
A - A. manor at Work for us than at anything also. Boni
n!ss light owl porrnaornt. Particulars frees , U. STIN•
NO NE CO., Fine Art Pal Portland. Mins •
ITIMEIR 3 LIAIRER
WIJOLEHALE AN]) RETAIL
HOFFMAN
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STEAM. SAW MILL
LUMBER YARD!
KIN IDLING!
BILLS OUT TO ORDER
OFFICE AT THE MILL,
FRONT AND LINDEN STS
WRITS AND BLACK OAR BAW LOOS wanted, far
hlch the hlgheet market price will be paid et ,r 1 dolly
d-w in 712-17
NOTICE
CITY TAX for 1872.
By a enppiem•nt to the City ("barter of Allentown. ap
proved the 221 day of March. WO. the City Treasarer Is
made the receiver of all city loxes. All of said Lily tax
remaining unpaid un the firm day of August next. dye
per cent. shall be added; all of maid tax remaining unpaid
on the drat day of October next ten per cent. shall be
added. •
Notice le hereby given that the nit, tax for 1872 will
received at my taco. No. 699 Ilamlltoo street, Allentown.
lell.emtlevr] JONATHAN REICHARD. Treas.
OUR NEW. GOODS I
EN'S WEAL
vAIL
DRENS GOODS.
SHAWLS
SHINfe
BLAIIKHIB,
FLANNHLR,
ADs
VAR NiL
UNDERWEAR.
AU.. AC., A.O
C. LEWIS Hoses
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111 In good variety. J uat received end for sale at orh
nanal moderate ..ricee. The public is reapertfullY In
cited to an en inlaatzon of our stock and price. before
Ourchualog ellievrbere.
JUS'I'US EVAN'S,
730 HAMILTON STREET
A cli oleo line of GROCERIES. TEAS. SPICES. /Et
alsvet aon baud
HATSUPI,
The grant remedy for bet., colic, and ell diseases of the
.tornech and bowel. In horses. Cures every Case.
011100LD BRIX EVERY ATAIMR.
Bunt free by mil for Fifty Cent..
AOHNTS lyßuled oyeryvrbAre A. BW9 r All
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HAYES, .COULTER, & CO
Heaters, Ranges, Low .Grates
• AND •
MARBLEIZED PLATE MANTELS.
No. 1305 Chestnut St.,
PHILADELiFITA,
113.8ead for catalogue
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Succemors to W. A. Arnold
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ittebtetnal.
NO CURE, NO PAY.
DR. H. D. LONGAKER,
Oraduate of the Uulvorolly of Penusyloanlo, at Philadel
poi. has been In successful practice fora number of years
In various parts of tho United Status;
will promptly at
tend to all branches of his profession at his rooms.
East olds of @Wit street. bet. Hamilton and Walnut,
ALLENTOWN, PA
No Patent Medicine, aroused or recommended ; therm
edies adtninletered aro those which will not break down
the constitution, but ronovnte the system from all injuries
It has sustained from mineral medicine., and leave It in •
healthy and perfectly cured condition.
CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, DYSPEPSIA,
and all dines., of the Longs, Throat, Stomach, and Liv
er, which yearly carry thousand, to untimely grave,, can
undoubtedly be cured.
MELANCHOLY ABERRATION,
that state of alienation and aberration of mind which ron
dere persona Incapable of enjoying the plow:tree of per
forming the dune, of life.
RHEUMATISM AND PARALYSIS,
in any rirm or condition. chronic or acute, warranted cur
able. Epilepsy, or falling sickness, and chronic or stub
born caeca of FEMALE DISEASES speedily and radically
removed; Salt Rheum, Skin Dine.. (or years' standing )
every description of Ulcerations, Piles and Scrotal°us din
eases, warranted cured.
afirParticalar attention given to private diseases of
every deacription of bulb sexes.
Ladies suffering from any complaint incidental to their
sex, can coneult the doctor with asaurance of roller.
Cancer eared, and Tumors anti kind, removed without
the knit° or drawing blood. Diseases of the
EYE AND EAR
dneceaefully and effectually removed.
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r a . o L l ' e n fed ` r e ,;,:. ' ,l l b m y at t ie v r i tc l o " nfiTe y ritll l l . 47;gd i m r e d it
lathe rent will proper direction. to any part or t P county.
Orrice: Ennt nide ollilxth.treat, betwnor, Hamilton and
Walnut Allentown. P. may 28-ly
PILES OR lIIIMIORRIIIOIII3I9.
PILES OP ALL FUNDS perfectly and permanently
CURED. without pain. ding. r, caustic. or instrument., by
WM. A. SIOCANDLESh. It. D.,
2001 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA,
Who can refer
_you to over MO eases cured In Philadel
phia alone. We desire to stay to those agllcted,lbere is
positively no deception to the cure of these Diag•Bes, it
maters not how long or bow Reveres, you aye been
Rgtfcfcd, we can cure you. We also cure Finials, Plenum
Prolapse., Strictures and Ulceration of the lower bowel.
Come you that are aulfeting, wo will not deceive vou.
We have patients from almost every State In the Union
and from Europa. Have treated these diseases for twenty
vents without a failure. apr 26.1 y
IDOILONOPIFIV OP NIARIRIAGE.—A
A.
New COOMBS or LBOTITRIOL as delivered at the Penns
Polytechnic and Anatomical hiuseum, 1205 Chestnut St.,
three doors above Twelfth Philadelphia embracing the
anbjecta: How to Live and ' What to Live ion Youth, Ma
tartly and Old Age; Manhood Generally Rev lowed t• The
cause of Indigestion; Flatnlence and nervous Diseases
accounted for; Marriage Philosophically conaldered.
Those beeline, will be forwarded on receipt of 25 cents by
addressing: Secretary of the Penna. POLTTVICIINIC •ND
ANATOMICAL 3100 NON 1205 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
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WI LTBERGER'S
FLAVORING EXTRACTS
Aro warranted equal to any made. They are prepared
from thafrutte, and will be found much better than many
of the Extract.. that are eold
. . . . .
ir dek your Grocer or Druggist for Willberger's
Extracts.
BARLOW'S INDIGO BLUE
is, without doubt. the beat article 111 the market, for
blueing clothes. It will color mare water 1h n four
times the meno weight of Indigo, and mach morn than
any oth.r wash blue In the maraet. The only genuine
Is that put up at
ALFRED WILTBERGEIVB DRUG ETORE,
N0..293 NORTH SECOND STREET, PHILAD'A., PA
The LABRLS liavn both WILTFIRROIM'S and B•ncow's
name, no Thom. alt others are counterfeits. For sate by
most Grocer, and Druggists.
WILTBERGER'S INDELIBLE INK
Will be found on /Ha/ to be a superforarticfe. Always
on hand for sate st rags •n+bterite,. Poe Ground
B ICES, Genuine MEDICINE, Chamois Shim Sponges.
Tapioca, Peal. Sago, a d all artlolos In the drug lino, at
ALFRED WILTBERGER'E DRUG STORE,
Inge'Cl•ly N 0.231 North Second at., Phila., Pa.
IA ES
VEGETABLE SICILIAN
HAIR
!,• •
ENEWER
Ever,- yea, increases the populari
t y valuable Hair Preparation;
which is due to merit alone. We
can assure oar old patrons that it is
kept fully up to its high standard;
and it i the only reliable and perfect
ed preparation for restoring GRAY
on FADED HAIR to its youthful color,
making it soft, lustrous, and silken.
The scalp, by its use, becomes white
and clean. It removes all eruptions
and dandruff, and, by its tonic prop
erties,
prevents the hair from falling
nut, as IL St litialutun
he hair-glands. its use, the hair
!r rows thicker and stronger. In
baldness, it restores the capillary
! dam's to their normal vigor, and
will create a new growth, except in
extreme old age. It is the most Cell-
Doillittal h Au l HanssiNo ever used,
as it requires fewer applications,
and - gives the hair a splendid, glossy
appearance. A. A. Hayes, M.D.,
St ate Assayer of Massachusetts, says,
-The constituents are pure, and care
t. illy selected for excellent quality;
and I consider it the BEST PREPA
ii ATi N for its intended purposes."
s,,bl lu ill Druggists, ruts: Dealers in Medicines.
Prion One Dollar
Buckingham's Dye.
FOR THE WHISKERS
As our Renewer in many cases
requires too long a time, and too
touch care, to restore gray or faded
Whiskers, we have prepared this
dye, in one preparation; which will
quickly and effectually accomplish
this result. It is easily applied,
and produces a color which will
neither rub nor wash off. Sold by
all Druggists. Price Fifty Cents.
Manufactured by R. P. HALL, & CO.,
NASHUA, N.H.
SOLD IN ALLGII e OWN UT
W. E. BARNES & BON
Ayer's
Sarsaparilla
Is widely known
as one of the most
effectual remedies
ever discovered for
cleansing the sys
tem and purifying
the blood. It has
stood the test of
years, with a con
stantly growing rep
utation, based on its
intrinsic virtues, and sustained by its re
markable cures. So mild as to be safe and
beneficial to children, and yet so searching
as to effectually purge out the great cor
ruptions of the blood, such no the scrofulous
and syphilitic contamination. Impurities,
or diseases that have lurked in the system
for years, soon yield to this powerful anti
dote, and disappear. Hence its wonderful
cures, nutty of which are publicly known,
of Scrofula, and all scrofulous diseases,
Ulcers, Eruptions and eruptive dis
orders of the skin, T umors, Blotches,
Boils, Pimples, Pustules, Sores. St.
Anthony's Fire, Rose or Erysipe
las, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, Ringworm, and internal Ul
cerations of the Uterus, Stomach,
and Liver. It 'also cures other com
plaints, to which it would not seem especi
ally adapted, such as Dropsy, Dyspep
sia, Fits, Neuralgia, Heart Disease,
Female Weakness, Debility, and
Leucorrhtea, when they are manifesta
tions of the scrofulous poisons.
IC is an excellent restorer of health and
strength in the Spring. By, renewing the
appetite and vigor of the digestive organs,
it dissipates the depression and listless lan
guor& the season. Even where no disorder
appears, people feel better, and live longer,
for cleansing the blood. he system moves
on with renewed vigor and a new lease of
life.
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Dr. I. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
COLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWIIERE.
BOLD IN ALLENToWN I Y
W. E. BARNES & SON
Preeklentka Campaign
Q i iaMPA/4 , 4 ,
CAPES &
CAPS.
CAPB,CAPEB& TORCHES
Bond for ILLUOTRATBD Cltt
CULAII and PRICI Liar.
CUNNINGHAM HILL.
MANCF4OTORSI2II.
No. 204 Church St..
- • PhandelpAta
Juarl3.4mw
ALLENTOWN, PA., 'WEDNESDA Y AI I NG. ( BER '2, 1872
AN E. OQUENI' SPEECH
Address of General Hawley at the
Pittsburgh Convention.
Comrades and fellow-citizens—l Judge from
ho aspect of the great city—from the multi
udes that throng its streets, and the continu•
nue roll of drums and these great cheers, that
a certain statesman of the land is slightly mis•
taken. The time for the soldier has come.
[Applause.] The time for the soldier is now
and always will be in this land.(erres of that's
so) not to be called to battle-field ; I trust,
perhaps, never again. I hope this may al
ways be the land of peace and there will al
ways be occasion here for that spirit of patri
otism and self sacrificing loyalty to the coun
try ; that devoted attachment to Republican
principles that love of order,and civil law and
peace that distinguishes the American soldiet.
'I he spirit of the army that we are thinking of,
not the army organization. This distinguish
ed statesman has told us the time for the sol
dier has passed. I think, judging by the
slanders and these malignant attacks on Gen
eral Grant that the spirit of the rebellion is
still rife. They say that the doctrine of seces
sion is now at rest, and that the policy of the
nation is unduly severe and harsh towards the
men who were engaged in the late rebellion.
That the time for the soldier to appear as a
. .
patriot and voter has come again. We have
heard " that the pen is mightier than the
sword ;" so it is in the long run, Charles
Sumner has been an eloquent and powerful
advocate of the principles over which this
great contest was fought. The sword was
merely used as a last resort in deciding this
contest of ideas.
. .
Half a generation has passed over our hcada
in discussing this question. The contest was
as tierce in the Senate chamber, and on the
field of politics as it was on the battle-field.
Now, then, to remove this presence of the
soldier is an offence to those who were defeat
ed. What shall we say in the presence of his
assertion, and in the presence of an orator
who is no less distinguished for his part m the
Grant campaign, and loose men who are cry
ing and lamenting as Horace Greeley laments
in his letter or acceptance to the Bnitimoru
Convention, and that where the spirit of re
bel, ion is unable to send to places of Palmer,
Davis, Brecklnrldge, every man of them reb•
This same Horace Greeley is the man who
desires Jefferson Davis and Breckinridge to
be returned to the G. S. Senate. I want to
know which is the greatest offence, the pres
ence of Grant or Sumner To have a regi-
mental flag with its inscription, is out of place
as Sumner says. If it be out of place then
Grant is the flag bearing the odious inscrip
tion, Wen if we have to remove Grant, then
let us remove Sumner and Ilia ten volumes of
orattions, also you must level every grave.
That will furnish a reminder of their van
(wished enemy. Thle Is what &raper speaks
to us : You must remove every monument of
the Old contest
These men who ten years ago went to the
front and perrilled their lives In the defence of
the country, are to be told, It is sap, to take
back seats—go to the rear, least, indeed, their
presence may be offensive to those who were
loyal in the rebellion. Of all the charges that
this combination make against us, none is to
me more offensive than that. That we are
actuated by Some spirit of hate, and by a pol•
icy of revenge. Now we may safely say that
wo challenge the history of any country to
produce such a record as ours. Such a record
of magnanimity expressed to this Union.
Wherever we went in the South we ted the
women and children, whose husbands and
brothers were engaged in rebellion against the
Government.
I remember well a little chapter in . my own
experience In the Wilmington, North Caroli
na, of ree.dvlug ten thousand men from An
dersonville whom we fed, and µleo fed 7,000
white women, a majority of whom had relit
dons In the rebellion. Was that the spirit of
hate, or the policy of revenge P And when
the last day of the contest came, and General
Grant went modestly under the apple tree ut
Appomatox and conducted the services of sur-
render, what did this nati on Al.• throush its
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sacrificed five thousand millions of dollars and
a halt a million 01 lives—this Union that then
had within Its grasp the last of the rebellion—
what did It do ? What did It say to thoSe
men ? It let them go to their homes, not to
be molested by the United States authorities,
so long as they obeyed the laws. Wits that
the spirit of hate? [cheers.] Was that tile
spirit of revenge ? [cries 01 no luu I] And
the great soldier of the land bald this to the
civilians of the land. Many of them were
clamorous for revenge, and men reproached
him, and rebuked him for his excessive etc-
m,ney.
After Ili{ papers were signed, Ore. Lee
turned to Ole. Grant and said ; Gen. Grant,
there Is one thing I had forgotten ; the papers
arc signed ; it Is perhaps too late now ; it is
this : I was about to ohserve that many of
our men in the ranks own their horses, both
n the artillery and c ivalry. I would ask that
hey might have them, as you 'lave permitted
he officers to take their side arms.
. .
No matter about the papers, said Gen.
Grant, I will give orders to the officers to let
these men take their horses home with them ;
they will need them -in the spring ploughing.
[Cheers.]
There was a great army victorious and
triumphant, the army of the United States,
and these men would have us bilieve that our
spirit was the same then us it is to-day, and
the same to-day us It was then:—That they
are animated by a spirit of hatred and revenge ;
was this , saying to these men who were en
gaged in the war go home, rest at peace, just
0,43 y the laws, and take your horses with you
and feeding iem'too, the-men dividing their
haversacks with themlcheers] —and that too
by the thousands—these same rebel soldiers
had been taught to hate the Yankees, but this
act caused the tears to pour down their cheeks.
This was an inexpressiole magnanimity. Was
Ulla a policy of bate or revenge ? No ;we are
the same to diy as then. Did we confiscate.
property No. Did we banish them ? Never
a luau of them. Several thousand of then,
felt a bitter hatred to the old fig, and swore
they would never live under its folds. The
banished themselves to South America. In it
short time many of these men were hungry,
ragged and home-sick, and Uncle Sam brought
them home free by the hundreds. Was this,
twain, the policy of hate or revenge ?
Yes, comrades, this was our Government.
This was our Republican party governing the
Union then, and when a greivous visitation of
Providence brought salvation to the South, our
Congress, by our own tree will, voted one ses
sion five millions of dollars to Iced them. The
purses of the North were opened, and the
grainerles dis Charged of their benefits. This
indeed was not the policy of have and of re
venge.
W e have one request indeed to make of these
men. We have but one disability, ongjink of
approval remaining. Only one statute rTm tins.
One act of legislation to show the sense of this
nation that this great rebellion was a crime.
That is the temporary seclusion from office 01
few, a very few of the guilty superior , the
terribly guilty leaders who drugged their peo
ple into this awful slaughter. We say to some
of them,—less than three hundred remain,
now—you cannot hold office again, until Con
gre.s permits. We have one thing to say to
these men. We had at the close 01 the war
really but one thing to ask of them. Every
step of reconstructed legislature, every eel
taken by the Republican Cormieas every act.
and every °Hi rof General Grant hits had iii
slew this,—the safety of the lines and the per
sons and the property of our loyal brotuers ut
the South.
We have confiscated no property and ban
ished-nobody. We whipped no one, drowned
no one, we have hanged nndentlemen,
men who were in rebellion, can you say in.
much tor yourselves during the war? [Cries
or "No, no.": 1 Have von done none ot them
itint.ts to our Wends down there? If you
twee ever been angry it is, these which too
filbd is with lighteous Indignation after the
dog itt oc in triumph over every foot ut
S'mho in sett. After you have professed
have surrendered in good Nth, and u. h lVe
accepted,the situatiwi. Week atb r week and
' month after month the cry cone up, and wits
l'rolls many 01 the white regions 0 the S
'bat the loyal white men and 11b . Limor black
men were taken from their homes wer.
scourged—were sometimes drowned, sum ,-
times banished, sometimes hanged—that Se y
could not enjoy their homes or raise Met
crops In peace; that they could nut hold Re
publican meetings or any meetings In honor
ol the flag. This has been the complaint from
mouth to month and year to year. If wt
have some harshness in our legislation, it was
'hat this might be prevented. Why in tit,
name or God and humanity, was this just and
lair to these men, and why do they coon.
. us with the pretense ol shaking hands awns,.
the bloodier chasm, es hen their is a chasm and
a bloodly chasm at their own door ; ha tll3lll
of their own making which we shalle to
bridge over. Do mat nrst and you ww had
the great heart of the North, where it has Limn
aching to have . all men, praying for the day
when justice and peace may prevail every
'where; and the answer to all the appeals of
these men ; is answer to all their cries I have
but one thimr to say, I would placard It upon
all cross-roads. I would put It upon every
court house. I would print it upon every door
In the South. I would have it where every
one might read it, " Do unto others as you
would have others do unto you." [Great
cheers.]
I say I shall not thing of eulogizing here
Ulysses H. Grant bilore these soldiers
(;beers.] There is not sn audience in 11119
and that need it less. There are people, how-
ever, that ought to be reminded of what he
has done for the country. [Litughter.] There
are men who are famous as defenders of the
land whose speeches are daily tilled and pa-
==l=l
[nation of the mil
They look in at the back door of his house,
tiny peep Into his cellar, they smell about his
stables, they hunt for the little deeds of his
lands, they search through the certificates of
stock that he may hold, tney suffer no relation
i4lllO to be met without putting upon It the
venomous stain of their slander. There never
has been a Presidential candidate since the
orgrnization of the government so venomous
ly unceasingly and uuforgivingly pursued. I
beg for him in the name of the memories of the
past,l beg for General Grant something of that
universal amnesty of which they are talking.
[Cheers.] Forgive hint Forgive him I
[Cheers and Inushti.r.] Ile may sometimes
nave cried. Ile may have made n mistake.
Ge may not be absolutely beautiful or sub.
timely perfect. [Laughter.] There never
was but one man who was perfect. General
tiritot may have erred sometimes in the ap
pointments he has made. Alas, I know that
the cry of his enemies is that he did make
many mistakes, but I say we can afford to
overlook some things, and we must remind
these men of some things also that he hat done'
for the hand. They say he Is a man of no ca.
pacity. There are several thousand of us who
started early in the war as captains and as col-
onels. One of them went up and up and up,
and again by the unanimous cry of his party
he was sent up again until he was called to
shington, and the little man as he gave
him his commission said, take this; as the
people now trust you so under God they will
sustain you," and then every loyal heart in
this land prayed God that his little man
who seemed to have been brought from
obscurity to save us, and leave us to triumph
would succeed, and when he went down to
the wilderness we knew there was fighting
to be done. Then my comrades you of the
western armies know that there was a soldier
over the Army of the Potomac, and that there
was a man at the head who meant work. [Cries
of "good" and cheers.] There was a little
man who meant victory and we all knew that
if ever this country was to be saved it was to
be si.ved in those months. Ob the first, sec•
and and third of May, 1861, we hastily per
fected our muster rolls, we gathered our cloth
Ing and provisions and sou; back surplus bag
gage. We hurried off the long roll. flow
many gallant boys heard their names called for
tile last tune that night. Next morning all
atoll; the great circle we started forward and
fougnt in the wilderness over miles of broken
land, where a man could no more than see his
comrade. We were slaughtered that day and
noxt (lay, and the next. The fourth day and
the fifth day.w•e fought until the darkness tell
upon us. they did not know what we were
doing or what we might do. Able men came
to Grant and Bald : " General we must stop a
day or two. Vie must indeed bury these dead
men, we must indeed, really we cannot go on..
We need more clothing. We must halt."
Said the great General, " You have done very
well so far,—very well under all the circum
stances. Tomorrow morning at half past 3
the army goes forward," [great cheering] and
terriole us the slaughter was as yon answer
now to the memory of it, so the great heart of
the nation answered, "go on," and on the
night of the sixth day, he wrote a little dis
patch "our losses have' been severe, we have
captured Johnson's division and two brigades
beside, and we have taken about thirty pieces
of artillery, and it seems to be with us. I shall
lit it out 6n this hne if it takes all summer."
enewed cheering.]
. _
member how they telt in ilibej . days ; IZi
him through the Wilderness to the Appo
mattox, of which we have spoken. As a sol
dier he was everything the crisis demanded ;
as a victor atter dictating terms, never equall
ed tiff magnanimity, Instead of affording him
triumph or even time to rest, he started right
from Richmond and took his bag and started
for W ashington. (Cheers.) He started for
Wasbingtou and telegraph to stop expenses,
and whatever his course has been, it has been
marked throughout with forbearance ; what-
ever has been done has been done for pence,
life and prosperity throughout the land. Now
a single word and lam done. (. ries of "go
on.") The election of a, cans date in the
field against General Grant would have sever
al meantngs. I give as the first of them, It
would be the triumph of a man who believes
in the theoretical meaning of secession. Now
I appeal to the files of the Tribune for the
inter of 1860 and 1861 for the countless dec
larations to that effect. They are known to
the people of the land. [A voice, "And the
year '63 also."] You are right ; all along
through the war. And if it be said that these
declarations of the newspaper press ma) not
be directly authorized by him ; if it be wild
said these were the sentiments then entertain
ed, and since laid aside, I appeal to the of the
"American Conflict," wrltted since the great
struggle was over—deliberately written in re
view of the principles and acts of the great
struggle—many years back ; in the first vol
ume, on the 39th page of the book, If I re
memember rightly, he says in substance, •'if
Any considerable number of States desire to
go out, let them co, anti 1 would resist all
measures devised to keep them in by force."
Cries of "never," and hisses.] This was
'he sentiment of Horace Greeley, and with a
full kdowledge of what lam saying, and I
feel the consciousness of the presence here,
and am fully aware, of these busy pens and
these wires. I say to you here, that whatever
there be left of the spirit of rebellion in this
land to-day, these are thessentientsm e nts of Hor
ace Greeley, ar.d if he be elected there will be
a man in the Presidential chair, entertaining
in substance the sentiments of James Buchan
an, and with these declarations to view, in
the event of another insurrection, Horace
Greeley would say the same thing as Janice
Buchanan. It is impossible to see how we
could call upon him at the first symptoms of
insurrection to put it down. It has another
sign fleance now. We may differ about the
details o I amnesty. We are all well agreed
in this that if entire perfect peace and justice
would really and thoroughly be established
in the South it would bring very soon an en
tire atun:sty. And we are also perfectly
aware that the day has not come for that state
of affairs. Horace. Greeley, by his letter of
acceptance, addressed to the. Baltimore Con
vention, dwells at some length upon the
harshness of forbidding the people of the
South to chose its men to rule over them—
there being only three hundred so excluded.
According to Horace Greeley there is a desire
to elect these three hundred with Jeff. Davis
at their bead. Ile stands as tile peculiar re
presentative of that sentiment, and the elec
tion of Horace Greeley will be to say that we
”rc ailing for Bone men to come back to
places of power. [Cries 01 "no," "no."]
Thirdly, the elevation of Horace Greeley
would mean this, that the nation has been un
duly harsh and unjustly severe in dealing
with the rebels. That is one of the great points,
oerhaps the chief point made by them against
us. if we are unduly harsh and unjustly se
vere in dealing with the rebellon, it is not the
Republican party alone, butt the nation ' • for
the policy of the Union has been during those
eleven years not to confiscate or take away
their property ; they have not hanged a man
or tried a man for treason. Has this great
nation been severs in dealing w ith them? Is
.hat the judgment of the past eleven years?
rhe nation is asked as itjury to send in a ver
dict that this party Is tiled. iind is found too
cruel to combine in power. Will the people
of this cottony give I l;t vet diet? [Cries of
..en," "n I." 1
But .11111 er, there is 44ne other point that the
mece , a .1 oor 4.11, tni , s would decide. One
ether pflril,jlllll in the verdict of the eleva
111111 of Greeley would be to say that Genera
(Irani is hand pertontily unworthy of 111
oigli position. is MA that so? Do not it
.heir writers and their presses dwell largely
~, the exclusion, I might say, of other things
mum the personal unfitness and personal Mt
worthiness of General Grant ? Then the tri
umph of our opponents would be the decision
of these few points.
Now, gentleman, it is entirely competent
and proper for us who have been soldiers to
have soldiers rule over the American people.
We are not seeking to inaugurate a civil war,
std we are not:seeking to Inaugurate a policy
0' hate and revenge ; but we have coma here
o ask for those rights for which our brothers
Sled, and that they shall not be periled by
the wiles of. scheming and corrupt politicians,
Now, M. have entertained you too long itlreudy,
and we will proceed to the deliberations of
the Convention.
.THE DEMOCRACY.'D CONGRESS.
Meeting or the . eligl► :n►d Montgom
ery Joint Convent.on at
NorriNtim orri.tom►.
FIRST-CLASS POLITI.:AL ROW.
Hon Wm. H. WOW, of Montgomery
County, Nominated for Congress.
The Now inatiol Sub , ;equently Repu
diated by Convention.
The Lehigh Dek•Wnlcw !Licked On of Con
. uud Dr. E. 1.. Acker declared
the Nun. Ince by 711 my.
From the Nunistosre herald of Tuesday
Yesterday marked an important epoch in
the political history of this county. Lehigh
and l'allutgoinery joined in a hand-shaking
"over the bloody Comm" that ended rather
disastrously to certain political aspire: is mud
which has no doubt caused a breach in the
Democratic -party that neither time nor the
efforts of a State Committee will be able to close
very soon.
Delegates to the number of 411 from Lehigh
county met a like number representing this
county in the Court. House at 1 o'clock, p.
The meeting was an adjourned joint convert.
Lion, the first session of which was hvid at
Allentown on Friday last, Inc the purpose of
nominating a Democratic candidate fcir Con
gress. 'I he meeting at Allentown adjourned
after twenty two ineffectual ballots, the Mont
gomery delegates having gone solid for Acker
and the Lebig.i men (livid ing. their forces be
tween Messrs. Horn, Schnli, Stiles, Bridges,
and' others of their own county.
At the second attempt, yesterday, Enos
Erdman 01 Lehigh, the President of the Con.
ventiou called the delegates tr. order. D. D.
Roper of Lehigh and Jonathan M. Hart of
Montgomery acted as secretaries. The roll
was called and the convention proceeded at
once to business, i. e., balloting ibr a candi
date. The first ballot of the adjourned meet
ing, being the twenty-third of the joint con•
vention, resulted in Lehigh casting her 40
votes for the several candidates and Mont.
gomery being solid for E. L. Acker. The
balloting then proceeded—interlarded by a
number of unsuccessful motions for an inter-
mission—until arriving at the thirty•fourth
ballot, which resulted in Montgomery's 46
votes being cast fur Acker and Lehigh's 40 for
Horn. The next seven ballots resulted as
follows :
36th—Acker and Schutt each
• tit .—Acker cud Stiles each.
37tn—Acker and 61-Ickes each ..... . ...... .....46 votes
Mtn—Acker and Ifolben each. ....... votes
39.91—Acker cud McDowell each 96 vote•
90th—Acker and Dr. M. Newberry each.. 46 votes
4lst—Acker and W. 11. Witte each......... 46 votes
An intermission was again proposed by Le-
high, but Mr. Boyd, chairman of the Mont
goinery delegation. vehemently objected,
charging that Lehigh bad put her request in
the shape of a threat. Subsequently,' how.
ever, the speaker yielded, and the convention
took a recess of fifteen minutes.
The convention reconvened after half an
hour recess. After roll call the chair announc
ed that the convention would proceed -with
thy 42.1 ballot. The names of the Lehigh
deh•gates were called and they all responded
in favor of William IL Witte, of Whitemarsh,
this county. The secretary then called the
Montgomery delegates, who voted, as before,
for E. L. Acker, until the name of Jacob M.
Weber, of North Wales, was called, who vot
ad for Witte, giving that gentleman 47 votes
and making him the nominee of the Conven
tion. As soon as Mr. Weber repeated the
name of Witte he abruptly left the Court-
Emai aassitlF Dr. Acker, who immediately
get for his votiri
stately followed it is impossible to describe.
The Montgomery delegates to a man rose to
their feet and the next half hour was exhaust
ed in curs-s so loud and deep that people from
all quarters rushed Into the Court house. The
mob. spirit got to so high a pitch that Sheriff
Larzelere mount, d a table and commandeu
silence, but there was "no peace." Threats .
were made and charges openly declared
against persons suppost4 to have bribed We
ber to vote for %Vote. The hyena-like howls
continuing the brass baud was called into re• .
quisition ' imp when the hand stopped playing
Mr. Boyd, mounting a chair, succeeded in
malting himsell heard. He demanded a sub.
stitute iu Mr. %Veber's seat, who had left the
convention without asking permission and in
such a way as to brand him a corrupt man—
one who had the price of his infamy in his
p 'chin. Mr. Boyd's demand was not tweed
ed to and the noise and confusion continued.
Messrs. Wilson and Good of Lehigh, on be
half of the Lehigh delegation, said that Dr.
Acker was objectionable to the party in their
county--that any other man Montgomery
would produce would be accepted. Tney fi
nally agreed and so stated that Mr. Boyd
would be acceptable to them. Mr. B replied
that under the circumstances he could not
think of being the candidate, and asked that
Lehigh ogre to an adjournment, with a view
of r,,concillng matters. Finally an adjourn
went uuul.7 p. m., was agreed upon, the rec
ord to stand as it was.
EVENING SESSION
At 7 o'clock promptly the court-Louse b'-
gnu to be filled with an excited audience. Tlt.•
chairman - took his seat, but the roll was not
called. The delegates were in their places.
wnen Dr. Bigony, one of the Montgomery
delegates, asked his colleagues to retire for
consultation, which they did, and In half an
hour returned. It. was soon whispered
around that Acker had backed down to Le-
high and that the Montgomery delegation, at
Acker's request, had concentrated ou John U:
Smith, of Pottstown. Albs!' the chairman of
the Montgomery delegation communicated
the result to Lehigh that delegation with
drew I'or consultation, and in half au hour
returned with their decision, rejecting Mr.
Smith.
It was very evident now that another ex
citing scene was to take place. Mr. Boyd
arose and said that Lehigh had agreed to ac
cept any man but Acker that Montgomery
would name. Accordingly r in a spirit ()Icon"
cession, they had.presented the name ofJohn
C. Smith. In violation of the agreement,
_ .
however, Lehigh now refuses to accept Mr.
Smith. Mr. Boyd then proceeded In very
violent language to denounce the action ot
the Lehigh delegates. The storm of applause
was dealeidug, and the speaker continued in
explanation of the attitude things had as
mimed, Lehigh, in the mean time, vainly at
tempting to be heard. Mr. Boyd concluijed
his speech by asking the audience to imagine
dientselves in independence Hall, declaring
their rights. and violently commanding the
Lehigh chairman to vacate his seat, nomi
lsted, amid the wildest enthusiasm, Hon. 13.
M. Boyer as Presieent of the meeting. The
mutton was carried with a howl that sent the
Lehigh men, chairman and all, out of the
court-house.
Mr. Boyer advanced and said substantially
that he lett justified in assuming tae position
to which he had been assigned, the chair hav
ing been vacated. He had hoped that Lehigh
would have remained and that matters i would
have been amicably settled. They were in a
position very much_ to be regretted. The re•
erimination that had been heard would be re
peated in the newspapers. Dr. Acker had
made sacrifice In order to secure harmony
rho ii maul' had been a silent spectator. When
Lehigh said Acker was ohjectionable the lat
ter tetited mall offered wind was fair. The
speaker reheats the manner ..1 auhstilatiug
Stilith for Acker. Notwititswooing a hat had
been done —that Dr. Acker had n sold id Pha
lanx ul th legates fur him—he was willing to
retire and give op what he tioashleteil hia Plat
chum. Yet Lehigh r. win's. Wits this tott;i,
nanimou.d . Mr. Smith watt a Wan tint EC -ption
ai.le ia character. Ihe Lehigh delegates had
gone hack au their word by rt jetting the set
tlement. lint the Montgomery delegates
were still willing to make a further a wrifice,
by presenting another individual. One of
the Lehigh delegates, however, Wits Neared to
say in his place that Mr. Boyd, who was sug
gested, was the last mail they were were a
li
lung to vote for: Thus when we offer them
other candidates they refuse and insist upon
the ballot proceeding. Although William
Witte received 47 votes he was not the nond•
nee of the convention. The titan who had
voted last fled like a ciimiw 1 trout the hat',
Lt high should have said tuts was a pslimble
fraud. She refused to do so. The speaker
proceeded at length to show the fairness of
Dr. Acker in yielding the nomination and the
unjustifiable course In Lehigh refusing to en
cept him as a candidate, and against whose
Congressional record they could say nothing.
If be was worthy their suffrages two years ago
he is worthy of them to-day. The election
was near at hand. It may be that the act ion
to-day will lose us the district. It was their
duty, however, to do - what they could to pro
mote his election.
Chas. Hunsicker,Esq., followed Mr. Boyer,
denouncing the treachery of the Montgomery
delegate in voting for Mr. Witte and fleeing
with the price of his treason In his pocket. lie
was sorry Mr. Witte had not appeared, and
with his clear ringing voice, repudiated the
manner of his nomination. Not to do so was
very un like him.
,Mr. Boyd referred to the conduct of the del
egates who at the previous convention refused
to vote for Dr. Acker, and wa,f very severe In
his denunciation of Mr. Witte.. He pitied the
poor devils, who, having a candidate, yet
were afraid to declare their choice. Was Mr.
Witte at the bottom of the whole trouble?
Let him come forward and explain this thing.
What was to be thought of the refusal of the
Lehigh delegates to permit an honest man to
be substituted iu Weber's plaae ? Better suf
fer defeat and - preserve their Integrity. He
looked to the people to sustain the nomination
of Dr. Acker.
George W. Rogers was the next speaker.
This was the proudest day he had spent for
twenty years. They had offered the olive
breach to Lehigh and she had rejected It. Dr.
Acker had been declared the nominee for
Congress by the unanimous voice of the Du
mucracy of Montgomery county, and they
would stand by him. This speaker conclud
ed by calling for three cheers for the nominee.
Patrick Tierney was asked by Mr. Boyd to
take the stand. lie did so and stated that be
fore the oraanization of the convention he
was approached with a check to vote against
Dr. Aker. He refused. A second offer was
refused. He would mention no name, because
he thought the parties were but the tools of
other persons.
The meeting adjourned with cheers for
Acker.
The excitement during all yesterday after
noon and evening was intense. Such a row
at a political convention was never before
witnessed in Montgomery county. Weber,
the run-away delegate, had lie not left the
convention and tied the town,would probably
have been severely handled. Whether or not
be Is guilty of selling out his party we can
not Say.
Hon. Lin Birth()lamely oa the State
Ticket.
On Saturday evening a very largo Republi
can mass meeting was held in the "Wigwam,"
Philadelphia, Col. Wm. B. Mann presiding.
Lin Bartholomew, Esq., was the first
speaker, and was Introduced amidst much ap
plause.
Ile said that he wished the gentlemen pres
ent to believe that he was in earnest in the
advocacy of Republican principles. He was
not going to give a history of the war ; what
he intended to do was to notice the parties in
existence, and their claims upon the people
Mr their support. The Republican party was
based upon a great truth ; It had come into
power with Its great representative man—
Abraham Lincoln at Its head. [Applause.]
When the party that had ruled the country for
forty years saw that their power was going
to pass away, they resolved to either rule or
ruin the country ; and, In the war which fol
lowed, the country came near being destroyed.
The man who killed Abraham Lincoln was
not a rebel soldier, but he did his work at the
bidding of Northern Copperheads The first
man in he great struggle who gave to the
contest the stamp of victory was Ulysses S.
Grant. [Api euse.]
In alluding to Copperheads the speaker did
not wish to include all who bore the name of
Democrats, because many who bad been al
lied with that party went forth to fight for the
Union, and did fight manfully. But It was
not to be disguised that the rebels found sym
pathy and encouragement In the Democratic
party. And the man who struck down trai-
G votes
.9G votes
tors and made treason odious was General
Grant. And now we find the old rebel ele
ment again raising its head. It has selected
as its standard-bearer the good old Horace
Greeley. Tweed is among them, and the
met his reward; NVelreptribb ;SW
time. We dont hate those who rose in rebel
lion against the ciiuntry and Bought to sunder
it, but we can never forget what they did.
l'hey may repose on the bosom of the venerm
Me Horace, and seek to get into power
through him, but we are not going to pin our
'Milt to a man who has for selfish purposes al
lowed his name to be used by his life-long po
litical enemies. lam not going to speak of
me Administration of General Grant. All I
need say is what Alexander tin:Miens has
said tit it, and that Is that it has been success
ful iu many things, especially In the reduc
tion of the national debt. I 'would ask you
where Horace Greeley was in the days of the
rebellion, when hundreds of your sons were
going forth to do battle, never to return? He
was for peace. He put on his cocked hat, be
girded on his sword, and lie went forth to
iiiipress the rebellion ; but no din not go out
of New York. [Laughter.] Whea five hun
dred thousand wen were called for, and the
additional tax was levied, Horace Greeley
sung up his sword, unstained as it was, and
shouted, " Peace I peace I" And later, when
Grant was driving Lee from Richmond, where
was Horace Greeley then? He turned his
lace towards Canada I [Laughtt.r.] He again
cried out peace, and he was willing to unite
with the worst men to accomplish it that the
country has ever known. Horace Greeley
cannot check tile car of progress, nor Charles
Sumner, nor a hundred such men ; and the
result wilt be that the car will roll over them
and crush them to powder I [Applause.] It
Is not for to-day nor tomorrow that We are
making history. The men that are true to
themselves and to the noble cause they have
espoused w 111 be remembered ; those who are
false to themselves and to their principles will
ite either forgotten or remembered with de
testation I [Applause.] Now let us look for
a moment at this question of Liberal Republi
canism. If you go into Lancaster county you
will tied that It is all Liberal Republican, be
cause the county is Republican. but If you go
into Serbs or Schuylkill county you will find
it all Democratic and nothing else. In Schuyl-
kill county, where I came from, there are
only two Liberal Republicans and one of
'them is going to leave it very soon. But let
us look a little closer at this Liberal, so called
Reform movement. What do they propose to
reform—what can they reform with ten Demo
crats to one Republican? [Laughter.] When
did the Democrats ever eater upon the work
of reform ? Answer me that. And so far as
tile Liberal Republicans are concerned, the
only reform they have attempted is In leaving
tee Republican party, by whiz"' the'party is
benefited. Iu Pennsylvania the standard
bearer of General Grant—the foremost in the
tight la—you know hint well—General Bart
ranit, the gallant soldier who Is going to be
your next Governor. [Prolonged applause ]
l'he speaker then said that Colonel Fort ey
had expressed himself favorably to Ho ace
Greeley on more than one occasion, and op
posed to General Grant, and he thought that
Colonel Forney ought to avow his preference
openly and boldly. He does not Mons out lu
opposition to General Grant, but he does it by
attacking General Hamann. If he has any
private grievance to settle, lie ought not to do
It over the back of a gallant soldier. I I h.
and Simon Cameron cannot live in harmony
together, let him fight S'mou, and let the
man who has been in seventeen batiks win
another battle at the polls in October. So far
as the Evans business is concerned, the
speaker was not going s Ir it up ; but he
would say that the charges made against Gen.
flartranit cannot be sustained by testimony
that would have any weight with any grand
jury in the land. Who would tney have us
to vote for, II nut for Gen !rid Bunn oft?
Only tier Charles it. Bu ekttlew, a man who
bas been in publte tile a considerable perioo
"t . hie, tad has never obtained any p isi
tip n in . statesnianshim l live In u county ad
joining the one_ in which he lives, anti I tell
you he will get smallest vote there.that
he will to any portion of the State. He had
declared that he ought to have the soldiers'
vole, bec.ins! he voted w p.ty the S tillers in
gold. Anil wily did to do so? Was it be
cause lie loved the s diner 1 Oh, no I He
dill it to cripple. the Government,.as his acts
well shoaled. Mr. 11.irtuolo.new closed by
saying t h at the people in the northwestern
portion of the State Intended to do their part
in the coming contest, And all he asked was
that the voters In the other part of the Com•
numwealth would do likewise. [Applause.]
A tnoven.ent is on foot In New York to an
early abolition of the usury laws in that State.
As preventives of usury these laws have bee
tlturouglily tested, and have proved not onl
uselesi, but positively inluriOus to the business
interests of the community. .
El
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On Friday evening, of a fell meeting of the
National Campaign Committee of the Union
League of Philadelphia, to whom that Influ
ential body delegated the power to express
its sentiments upon the issue of the present
canvass, the following resolutions were unan
imously adopted :
Resolved, By the General Campaign Com
mittee of the Union League of Philadelphia.
Tdat now as during the rebellion, we have
Implicit confidence In the patriotism, Judg
ment and ability of General Ulysses S. Grant.
As the legitimate fruits of his generalship, as
well as of his wise and firm Administration,
we point, with pride, to a country saved ;
peace restored and secured : laws faithfully
administered •, honor maintained ; the nation
al aebt diminished and diminishing ; a reduc
tion of taxation, and all the necessaries of life
free from taxation, while protection to Amer
ican Industry is carefully preserved ; a great
Republic, with political equality of all races
and colors—prosperous at home and respected
abroad. In recognition of these benefits, the
sound patriotism and enlightened judgment
of the people guarantee to Gen. Grant a tri
umphant re-election.
IL Resolved, That In John F. Ilartranft,
selected by. the unanimous voice of the Repub
lican party of Pennsylvania as our caudidato
for the Chief Idagiat.acy of the Mate, we re
recognize the tried, true and faithful citizen,
soldier and honest man—the soldier, who
sprang to arms to defend an imperilled coun
try, and the honest man, who In every posi
tion, private or official, has acquitted himself
with honor and fidelity to each trust reposed
in him. His calumniators have basely and
,falsely endeavored to destroy the esteem In
which he is hold by his fellow-citizens ; but
the people, who know the man, his unsullied
reputation and spotless integrity, will 'con
sign his detractors to the obscurity' they de
serve, when the grand Inquest of PennsylVa
nia shall render its verdict on the second
Tuesday of October next.
111. Resolved, That we recognize no half
way men in times of great political exigency,
and that those who aro not with us in Vl° sup
port of the principles wo advocate '
and the
standard-bearers regularly selected, are against
us, and that we will give to the Republican
ticket a united and hearty support.
Jaues.ll. CAMPBELL, Chairman.
Attest : R. P. Otuallounu, Bec'y.
BURNSIDE ON HARTRA.NFr.
General Burnside, In the course of his ad
dress before the veterans at the Pittsburgh
Convention, spoke of General Hartranft as
EIMEI
General Hartranft, your candidate for Goy
ernor, la my old comrade and tried friend.
He went Into the field with us at the first bat
tie of the war, and joined the North Carolina
expedition at Annapolis. From that time un
it the end of the war we were together on
the fields of Roanoke,Newberne,Snutk sloun
tain, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Vicksburg,
Knoxville, Campbell's Station, Blue Spring,
the Rapidan campaign, from the Wildernesi'%
to Appomattox Court HOlll3O. He proved
himself an efficient and gallant soldier. Com
rades of Pennsylvania, it is clearly your duty,
without reference to politics, to see that so
gallant and true a commander Is not harmed
by the malicious slanders of designing politl
clans. You have but for a moment to think
of the course pursued during the war by his
opponent, Mr. Buckalew, In order to find
the strongest reasons for a firm support of
General Hartranft. Comrades, my personal
duties require me to leave you before the de
liberations of our meeting are concluded. As
you all know, I have never in my Ills solicit.
ed an office, and never expect to do so. lam
therefore, speaking unbiased sentiments. I
beg of you to make every honest effort to re
elect General Grant, and to elect General
Hartman to the office of Governor of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania. It gives me
great pleasure to announce that tho National
gBPLffil/iTA eumpaaJozwp ranc,xliakrciltipc
soldier in the land, General Hawley, of ' Con
necticut. And now, comrades, let us join In
an appeal to our late enemies in the field, the •
confederate soldiers, to step in frodi to oblit
erate the great wrong therhave done their
country.
BUCKALEW.
For an open, avowed, manly, honorable
opponent all men have a respect. In case or
triumph the victor always treats his vanquished
foe with a certain amount of generous esteem.
But for the foe in his own ranks, who pro
fesses to be with him and yet Is scarcely in
league with the enemy, no ono has or even
can have any esteem. By all the laws of war
a spy is a doomed man, and no Intervention
can or should save him. Yet we have now
in the field as a candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania a man proven by the rebel ar
chleves to have been in secret conference
with duly commissioned rebel emissaries In
Canada, at a time when he was himself bound
by the oath he had taken as United States
Senator to support, maintain, defend and ad
here to the Constitution, government, laws
and national arms of the United States gov
ernment.
,That such a person should have the impu
dence now to present himself as a condidato
for Governor of a Commonwealth that throe
hundred thousand Pennsylvanians enlisted in
the army to defend, surpasses belief and defies
explanation.. For be cannot deny that the
rebel archives :are -correct In recording the
fact of his conference, since the witnesses are
still living to testify to the accuracy of the
statement, What did he go to that confer
ence for? What did-be do there? What did
he engage to do? 'What was the programme
of action to which ho assented? What part
of it did he carry out, or attempt to carry out
in Pennsylvania? What was the object of
the programme thus arranged ? Why confer
at all with rebel emissaries? 'these are
queries that Mr. Buckalew has not attempted
to answer, nor can ho with any safety to
himself.
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.
The Congress of old Catholics has convened
in session at Cologne. The attendance of
delegates is, quite numerous, and the opening
proceedings, which were witnessed and as.
slated by dignitaries of the Protestant churches
~t England and the United Stars, were of a
very animated character. The most important
consequences may result to the civilizations
of the world from this congregation of the
modern Council of Cologne.
Boston's highest judicial tribunal has decid
ed that it is not burglary to enter a house
through a window which Is left unfastened,
forasmuch as it is the duty of citizens to make
their abodes secure.
A German In New York drove a long nail
to the head In his skull, but failed to lilt any.
thing inside, and the spike was withdrawn
without injury.
A citizens' committee of twenty-five has
been created in Chicago to aid the city au.
tiler Wes in the prompt arrest, speedy trial and
sure punishment of criminals, lawlessness,
rol be y, and even murder, having become
. alarm ugly frequent in that city; and the po
.ice and courts having proved powerless to
stay the evil.
We are said t be too practical and prosaic
ov, r here; but what shall we say of tho , prat.
tical nature shown by our-foreign friends,
who recently knocked down the chateau of
William the t onqueror, on the west of Nor
mandy, to be used for kindling wood This
chateau was not only the home of William,
but it was once the prison of Richard Conn do
Lean.
Ban Francisco is In a aliment nonce rning
railroad subsidies. Thu rrlor. ty of tho voters
of the.city petitioned for a grant of ton mil.
Boos of dollars to the prop ct Id Atlantic and
Pacific road, but the city Council refused to
entertain the proposition ; In lieu thereof, they,
have passed an order to submit to vote a
proposition to grant subsidif sof two and a-half
mflllone to the Central PBC Be, ten millions to
the Ban Francisco and Colorado road, and
other amounts to the Northern Pacific and
Banta Cruz railroads.