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COLUMBIA DEMO Gil AT,
SATURDAY MORNING, OOTOBHR 4, 1042.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
AUDITOII GENERAL,
ISAAC SLENKER,!
OP UNION COUNTV.
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
- JAMES P. BAR.R,
OF ALLKQHENY COUNTY.
D ISTaTcTTjiT
If Oil ASSEMBLY,
Geo. I. Jackson, of Sullivan,
Joint C. IE His, of Montour,
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE,
William lihvell. of Towanda.
' ' ' - TOR DISTBIOT ATTORNEY,
E. II. LITTLE,
OF 11LOOM,
FOR COMMISSIONER,
. BOHR Mo II E N 11 Y,
OF BENTON.
' FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR,
ISAAC A. DEW ITT,
OV GREENWOOD.
TOR AUDITOR,
ANDREW J. EVANS,
OP BLOOM.
Opinion! of Judge Douglas.
Republicans of our day, now that he Is no more, profess
implicit faith in the opinions of the late Hon. Ski-hen
A; Docolas. We call to the witness stand the Ihlng
li.tnrv fif that tried tintriot anil eminent KlnteKiiinn. In
EDlTf.D BY .LEVI I,. TATE, mOl'METOR.
iheUnltcdStotes Senate, upon the 3d of January, 18ai,!whonit 13 rClllCinbcrcd, that tho 'Luzcmo
Judse Dou-la, said: 0omU ffa! ,, an( th(J Slnl p ,
"I address tho inquiry to republicans nlonodrtie ria ,
tt in the Committtctf thirteen, a few daytajo, ccery both beOU postponed for the present VCar,
member f rem the South, intluding those from the cotton .... ., ,
ite (Messrs. Torubs and Davis) eipresttd their reaii- it 13 fair to presume, that great Will be the
mil to accept the proposition of m renerubl e friend from , , ., ,,,, , . .
Kentucky (Mr. Crittenden) ns a FINAL feETTLEWKN'T rush to-tllO "Columbia County Seventh.
nemlert. "HENCE, THE SOLE lti:Sl'ON!lUILITY
'J INI' bviiirsiiioifi t ifriutriu itniiiuoiuiiiin vy r I'" u( (t u ft
OF OUll DISAGREEMENT, AND THE ONLY DIP.
riCULTYINTIIF. WAY OF AMICA11I.K ADJUST
MENT, IS WITH THE REl'UULH.'AN PARTY."
Stephen Jt. Douglas.
"Itmld thmthis Government was made ontho white
Da-is by White Men for the benefit of White Men and
their Posterity rorcvcrl Setphen.1. Douglas.
JSSyWilniot and the Abolitionists arc
thoronghly alarmed at the rising of the
tieonlo nrrninst Landon and Do., in 7Jrn.il
ford, and. it is said arc trying to withdraw ct und e'ito "ot lc! an 1 iCOOjnajoritjr. (
him to put up some other man. Let it be c, Jlno vay, a pou of
understood that Democrats will voto for , Col. Urockway, of Salem, this county, and
Henry W. Tracy, agaiust any man the attached to te 1st Pennsylvania battery,
Abolitionists may put up. who was taken prisoner during the series
: IV, of battles before Washington, has through
' Fisliingcrceker," writes m eight , tho exertions of Gen. Dix, been paroled
pages, for publication. Too prolix by all wi.th tho ,ost of PoPc'B oflicors. 'J'hesd
odds. ' Will writers study brevity. i V owi,1K to thc bombastic orders
J J I of their pompous commaudcr, wore not
1 troatod as pmoncrs of war, but conCned
tSfFine Grapes. Nr. II. ZurriNQER, as crimnals, and tho hardships and iudig
tho Dloomsburg ScientiCc Horticulturist, nitics they suffered are desorcbed as intol
has our thanks for a Cno lot of his doli-: erablo. Lieut. Rrookway i3 a young man
eions crapes. of more than ordinary promise. Ho was
1 I lor some time a clerk in one of the depart-
fc-The entire Democratic Ticket, has : mcts al Hwriibnpg, when quite a lad,
. i j i it rr r .1. n i u- ant uPon '"0 appointment of Hon. C. K.
been printed at the office of the Columbia TJuckalew as Minister to Ecuador, that
Democrat, and is now ready for general gentleman proffered him his private sccro
distribution. taryship, which was accepted, and he ac
SSS'Buckwhcat. Our farirer3 are en-,
gaced in threshing their Buckwhoat crops.
i M
niu.f
1,110 01
Oh I delicious buokwheat Oakes.
our frionds wMl bring us an early grist of
Buckwheat.
IWiuammom .yppie. uonN iv. uin-
TON, ''Cheap John, tbo Hatter," has an
apple in tho window of his Storo, raised in
Lis garden, which weighs, li pounds, and i
measures 14 inches round. j
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jjQrWe regret tho temper of an artielo
in tho "Star,"' in relation to its temporary I
suspension, as noticed in the last issue of
tho Democrat. The publication was made I
- r ., n I -r if -I I
during our abseneo irom borne, to am in
repelling Invasion, and we havo reason
to believe, that the gentleman in charge of
titis journal, intended no injustice to tho
Star or its Editor. Wo aro howovcr hap- j
py to say, that it still "waves and shines.' ,
MSv-Wn nnlriw iif fcflt isfni-rinn . nftrr
I, v j uj t) ; - - -
Iho hazardous campaign of near two weoks '
down into Rebeldom, on resuming our du
ties and meeting our friends. Tho cam-
paign was a brilliant though bloodless one,
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adventures of our lifo, and wo hopo it so
proved to all our band of gallant soldiers
and bravo patriots.
C-Capt. William Silver, Commi3
pioner for tho enrollment of tho Columbia
Conuty Militia, and Br.NJ. I'. Fortneu,
lisa.. Internal Revenue Assessor, for thc
13th Collector's District, each, have a no-:
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tice in this week's Columbia. Democrat.
Thoir great importance will command at-
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tgntion.
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whom wo recently lorwarueu bills, navo i
promptly responded, for which they have
out hearty thanks, but many others havo
failed to remit. Friends, wont you como
to timo. Wo greatly need our just dues,
and judging from your past record, cannot
yet beliove you will provo derelict for tho
futuro.
itU i,flA
C-Ghag. A. Kline, of Berks ; Aaron
Hess, and D. II. Nciman. of Northampton,
T . Tr.1.-Ti.. Af SJn.it.nmliirlnnil nnil
U . 11 OUUS JUI1U,1 hjiiuuu.iiwiimm, nuw
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Abraham Potora, of Lanoastor, raorabers
of tbo last II, of K., havo all bcon nomi-j
natcd for re-election to tho Legislature.
They aro worthy democrats and will be
triumnhantlv re-elected, fcmob men and
tuch honekt morit, aro duly appreciated by 1
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ibtir intollionlconstltueuoy
Attend to tlio Election.
There nro nt least no Govccmnont pro
laniation'yct directed against the elective
Iranclilfie. That wo can Mill exorciso ' Oampiiell, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is
without fear of bonds, prisons or death. one of our best exchanges and is u truly
No Provost Marshal can intcrefoio with loyal and Iudcpondciit Republican Journ
us for saying wo prefer one eandidato to nl, It is no Negro-worshiper. Early in
another, says tho Patriot & Union, or ono this campaign, tho"Tiinos AUnion," hois
party to another, and ""expressing our ted tho flag of Geo. 1). McClellan, and
prctcrcnco through tho ballotbox. Fellow ( Win. Spraguc, for President and Vice
Democrats, wo admonish you bo active, President, but a fow months ago, when
be vigilant, bo firm. If ever your country Gov. iipraguc volunteered to raise and
nccd,cd your service it is now. If ever equip two Negro l.egimcnts, in Rhode
you had work to perform, upon tho sue-, Island, to disgraco our soldiers in tho Ar
ccss of which hangs tho safety of the n,V) tho "Times & Uuiou," dropped his
Kepublic, it is now now, when radical
Abolitionism, m every branch ol the l.ov-
eminent, threatens to overthrow of the
Constitution, tho disruption ol the Union,
a vast accumulation or public debt, and a j ja tUo last issue of tho "Times & Uni
radical change in the social and political 0U) we fiua tho following patriotic dccla-
cuiiumuu, uy cicvaung uio negro 10 cquar i ratiou :
ity with the white race. Ring it out.loml J Abolition Proclamation. Wo to
and clear, in every district, that this is dav publish the proclamation of Abraham
not onlv a contest for the preservation of
clear, 'indisputable, constitutional, civil
. . .
and political rights, but a fctrugglo toyo'ud tLo owcr of nny ,UI1 1)0W UvJlIg to
maintain the sacial and political supre- calculate. Humanity shudders at the
macy of tho white race over the black , bloody evonta just beibro us. Tho heart
of lhe white man over tho nmrm. IJnllv
v, itm c,r,,,.. r ,u t .L
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ticket, and let yoiu watchword at every
prccint he "Down with tho Abolitionists! Abolitionism has now dono its worst,
Democracy and White supremacy for- and untold millions of whites are to suffer
cvcrl" ibi ages to gratify that spirit.
- Now, those who have denied tho name
TllO Agricultural OountV Pair, 'of abolitioni!!t but have preached the doc
. . . . , , I trine, will have to unmask thctnsolvcs,
Attention is invited to tho ''List or Tuero aro but two cinSsca North aboli
Premiums." olscwhcro in the Columbia tionists and patriots wc never wcro an
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jjcmocnu, jliio l'rcmiums aro Jarec anu
very liberal, which will iuduco a general
attendance and insure good success. And
Annual Agricultural Fair."
Democrats to (he Rescue of the Union
A week from next Tuesday, and you arc
callod upon to save tho the Union and res
cue tho Government. Your main duty is
to voto tho Democratic Ticket. Wc
shall elect every eandidato upon our Tick-
companied him to South America. Upon
his -roturn homo he applied himself to the
"BtuJJ of lawi uut uPon &a breaking out of
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tho rebellion he abandoned Dlackstono and
n , j i i , .,
Coke and took up his gun in answer to the '
call of Us couutry. For nicvitoriou
con
duct ho was promoted to a Lieutenancy in
tho First Peusvlvania battcrv. in winch
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position bo also distinguished himself in
tho engagement in which he was taken
prisoner. Lusemo Uniod.
Liout- c- B. Riiockway, arrived in
Bloomsburg on last Monday. He is look-
ing pretty well, considering Lis Bufferings
in Seocssia. He is paroled by thc Rebel
maohino and has a furlough of 20 days
from our Government,
Ho is visitinir his Parents in Luzerne
county
i&All honor to the Ladies, Wc os
tcotn it a duty and a pleasure to return our
sincere thanks to the patriotic Ladies of
Suubury, for their liberality and genorous
treatment of our citizen soldiers, composing
. j 3 th Re t
10 . c&
P. M., both on passing and
returning through tho Borough of Sun-
bury. They treated U3 liberally with
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VU VUIIUI, UVU VIWkVQ kUU JJAU Ul
bury
CSrGen.Jcff. C.Davis, of Indiana, tftot
Gen. William Kelson, of Kentucky, at the
Gait House, Louisville, Monday morning,
killing him almost instantly. Gen. Davis
will probably bo tried for tho offonso by
court martial.
ter E. B. Chase, Ira Devenport, and
Goorce B. Kulp, of Luzcruo co., who were 1
arretted a few days sincc, at ilkoslmi ro, .
UP" . 1)9 mfonnation of some infamous
sneaking coundrcl, who daro not disclose
j his name, were, at last accounts
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t'USlOU Y Ol IUO OlieriU Ol IU,H OOUlllV. .1110.
Tho
charge against them,- is said to he the "dis-
DQmatll" of elllUt raorit,." though nothin, 1
.n.iDi.an.. i. ' 3r u
hasTub
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of Judgo Conynghain, Stanley Wood- j
ward, Jutlgo lleicuarU, U. U.i'lotts, Uapt. , tuu poopiu oi our naiivo couiuy, anu cspo
Mayer, Angolo Jackson, aud others which cially tho Editors of tho different county
unrwj vxwjupawa ...u. tium mo carps papers, woctor John, will hnd out ou our j Coubtitution by all tho moans in his pow
mado nxainst him. It is reported that ,... ;e t)...,!.i.. t... .i. . . , .
somo forty othefs in that countyamong
tlinm Him vlna Tftiiisiftn 1in liitn nn tn lift
them
eandidato for Concress havo been nut
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down by somo sneaking informer for a r.
rnst. I liov will 1111(1 that thin fntiin ol
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intimidttting democrats by imprisonment
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ject Intended, but will, in tho end, recoil
upon their own cnilty heads.
North Branch Democrat,
ItiV-Kossuth is dying with consumption
nnd will novor roalizo his dreams of Iiuu-
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garian freedom,
An liuU'liMKlctit .loinnnl.
Dawson's Weekly Times and Union,
published by J. W. Dawson and 1. W.
uamQt from its mast-head, like a hot po
talo. lt still floats tho name of Gen. Georgo
B. McClellan, ut its head, for President,
iu 1 8(J 1.
Lincoln emancipating slaves, and have but
jt room to say, that it is uuconstitution.
nl ntiu'Hiv n nil iirrmnolivn of evils tar lin-
'. of the patriot dies in him as all hopo of
restoring tlio Union as it was, and of main
i taiuing tho Coiutitutiou our fathers made
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i abo htiouist. as this paper evidences.
Army Correspondence.
McUlellan's AllMY. )
September J-'u, 1802. $
Eiliton Democrat: I notice by the Co
lumbia county papers, that old Democratic
Columbia has furnished two moro Compa
nies to assist iu crashing this mumuioih
rebellion. Among tho volunteers 1 ob
serve tlio nuiiioi 6f Col, Levi L. Tato,
Willinison II. .Taeoby, P. Hillnicyor, I).
Lowonburg, Robert F. Clark Esq., Ex
Judgo L. D. Rupert, and oilier prominent
men of your county. How is it that 1'atc
man John, the long-boautcd loyal Edi
tor of the Culum'jiu Count JleniLlicun,
remains at homo 1 Did ho not wiito a let
ter to one of the late War meetings, held
iu tbo Dloouiiburg Court lloino, ttatiug
thathoJfws ready for the draft, tome
when it would? Is his business more ur
gent, than those who have left their homes
and friends ? Or does ho think the Post
Office needs his personal assistance? It'
tlin is his excise for not volunteering, then
do wc prove htm to be a traitoious coward
and an unniitagatcd faUch'er. His assist
ant Poat Mistress could conveniently dis
charge all thc duties iucumherant upon
the office. He Fays in his issue, "the pub
l!.c interest compelling us to remain wc
too should have gone!" What, pray, tcfi
us volunteers, who have enlisted to defend
that old and glorious Star Spangled Ran
nor, tohut public interest in Columbia
county demands any able bodied mau, such
as the Editor of the Kcpubliean is, to re
main at homo, when Rebels are threatsn
ing its distruction I Ti's true, he is ex
ompt from draft by virtuo of his commis
sion as Post Master. Wa3 not tho Editor
of the Columbia Democrat, atao exempt?
I boliovo all men aro exempt from Military
duties, over thc ages of forty-livo years.
Col. Tate's ago is fifty-two, and yet wo
find him, as I understand, tho very firf-t
to enroll his name as a high prirato iu ono
of tho Columbia county companies. Does
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to bo, as L'uleman John has often called
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him through his paper, a "Bmmwmst,"
his country?" Also where is Widim
son II. Jacoby,tho Editor of the "Star of
the North 1" li he not in tlio Army, rea
dy and willing to do battle for tho preser-
Vfltlfin ftf liiu intttiti' nnrl li m- t n t Wn t ftiL ? '
You will answer '-yes !" Has not tins 'lho ordeal lhrou3h whiou wo are Pas3'
stout-hearty ttay-at-homc patriot abused 1 inK' dcma"1' sincerity, and unbiassed ac
Mi.Jacoby, wor.-c than ho has Jeff. Da. tion on tho PBrt of lho 1C0I)1- If tIley
vis? Or was all this abuse heaped upon ' unQ tl,oir Countr'V nro t0 bo 8avcdi tLcr
these Editor on nennnnt nf fl.rir nnUinn mUit do "lt tboinsclves. Unscrupulous and
'j j Th;a BUreiv u;ulUot L0 tl,0 pica.
Look at thc political complexion of tho
volunteers now in tho army from Columbia'
county, nnd you will find mx Democrats to ,
ono Republican. How is it with Lieut. I
A. B. Tate, of the lUllth Pcuusvlvaiiia '
Volunteers? ra? ho not abused and termed
a "traitor and receisionist" by this patri-
otio Republican Editor ! Whoro is ho now?
, Answer. In tho Army of tho Potomac,
under Gen. McClellan.
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I may do so in a .futuro letter. But ono :
ii.t
Q ww, w.w ,v,mwm iiivvm
r;1 r hyrllmo who nppro" amUupi,ork ffith
words, ihft trim nutrinf ism find ln-jnlft. nfi I. l...nM.... T ! i .
woru8 lU0 iruo Patous.u anu loyalty ot
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lnends, and who the traitors are. Re-
member tho soldier takes observations.
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Your obcdiont,.&o.
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Bfy-IIon. B. F. Harding, Deino,crat,
ha? bc.ii rlectrd United States Senator
front Ongfi, ai fiufcrsnir to Hon Benji.
min S'arke, who was appointed by tho
Governor of that Sotn bj fill tho vanancy ;
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occasioned by lho dca'h of Gen I5ak"r.
Froodoui of Political A ction.
Tho lollowiug remarks of tho Now
York World, drawn out by tho last pro
clnniation of tho President, wo most
cordially endorse. Thcro need bo no
fear that tho right of suffrage will bo bus-
pended at prosent. That part of thc
prog-aiiiinc has not been yet reached,
For tho present, in this respect, wo aro
sale hut that there is no danger oTfulurc
intcrference,wo are not prepared to vouch.
Judging from whol.has already transpired
in the way of ciicumscrihjng rights and
shackling personal liberty, wn havo just
reason to apprehend encroachments on
the right of sufl'rage; "aright incstima-
to us," and which wc should not fail to
exercise on tho second Tuesday of Octo
bcr in a way that will tcacli aspiring
usurpers that it is also a right ''formidable
to tyrants." Grave apprehensions, says
thc World, have arisen, within thc last
pay or two or nn attempt to stifle political
dietission and suppress thai perfect frccom
of political action which ilic people of this
country have always heretofore enjoyed,
and without which the form of popular
elections would bo a bitter anb degrading
tnjckcry. It is incredible that wc are
iu any such danger, It is incredible that
the government would meditate, or that si
manly and courageous people would for
a single day submit to any abridgement
ol tho freedom of elcctious or of tho free
canvassing necessary for placing tho
qestioiiH in issue fairly before tho people-
I Jin -American people would dishonor
their manhood and their lineage if they
were capable of supposing these rtghls in
serious danger. Wo all know, from sym
pathy with each other, that before these
rights can be crushed, among a people
trained as we have been, every street in
our towns, and ecry valley and hillside
cultivated by our hardy yeomanry, would
run with blood of determined men. It is
true tlicrc are Eotno few cravens and some
few presses among lis posessing no proper
sense of the inestimabc value of this right.
t iiose who would tolerate the suppression
of free speech, oven in a seditious fanatic
like Wendell Philips, arc not sufficiently
in sympathy with thc great American
heart to understand that the right about
whose infringement they talk with 'such
lliiqiancy can never be in any real danger
in this country. It is only men of feeble
sense of justice that can have any appre
hensions on this score. All other Amor
icaiicitianns know that they will exercise
this inalienable right. There is not hemp
enough nn the continent to hang half ol
inose who will always express their opin.
ions as lreely as they breathe tho air.
There need bo no fears that freedom of
political action in iu any real danger Irom
government interference.
Our Course.
Wc this week hoist tho uamcs of tho
candidates of tho People's Ticket, nomi
nated by an immense Mass Meeting, held
at the Court House on Monday evening tho
3th hist, Although tho call for it was
hastily got up, it was signed by more than
Five Hundred strong Republicans. The
meeting was harmonious and enthusiastic.
Tho opinion was expressed and conced
ed on all hands, that tho dictation of a
few men had been quite long cuough sub
mitted to by thc masses. Tho last crown
ing effort to force upon them for Con
gross, a man who knowingly and wickadly
disobeyed tho wishes and tho will of moro
than nine ten lhso( tho voters of the county
wa-j so glifring and bare-faced ns to pro
duce a feeling of iutonse indignation, and
to beget a determination not only not to
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th() Caltral j havQ ao j
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trolcil nnd who seek still to control tho
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Tho feeling existing and expressed by
so many of our Republican friends, is so !
strong wo could not, if we would, refuse
giving utteranco to their sentimonts, and
fcupporting heartily their cause.
llcl'at,Cf3 politioans havo had much to
'lo 111 lu8"B us where wo aro. It
timo for 1,10 1,!0Pl0 10 sPoak nnd
lo acl iopendcntly.
Wo rejoice that tboy havo inaugurated
tha niovemont aud throwing our colors
to tho breozo, frco aud fearless wo plcdgo
ourselves to go with them, regardless of!
denunciations from any quarter. Wo havo
o doubt that m this course wo shall bo
bustaincd by tho honest, the loyal and pa
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thc support of others,
uirim, ourooureo win uo saiiBiactorv
honest zeul, President Lincoln
..VUI, I RMUCUt lilUt'UlU UHU UIO
policy of his administration, in restoring
tho Union as it was, and maintaining tho
. or mo opmiwis ot tnoso wuo uo not
stand firm bv him in this our dav of noril.
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wliocvor or wJiarever thoy may bo, wo, ca.ro
net. JJradord Argus,
A Spaniaud, whtuovar lw eats apoajh
or n peav, makes a hole in the ground
und plants the seed ; thui by all tho way
sides in Spain there tiro fruit trees, of which
tho traveler may freely partako, Thoro
is a beautiful uiueluMinofiS about thjs that
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ia worthy of emulation.
PROCEEDINGS
Of THE
Congressional Conforouoo.
Tho Dotnocratio Conference met nt the
Exohango Hotel inBloomsburg,Sopt. 80th,
1802, agreeably to tho adjournment.
Tho soveral contorees'from tho entire dis
trict woro present.
Mr. JSnt, irom tho uomnntteo npponucu
to mako a report on tho existing Congress
ional apportionment undo tho following
report.
Tlio Committee appointed by tho Confer
ence to proparo a siaiemont on lho subject
ol tho existing Congressional apporilon
meat, make report as follow.:
That upon examination it will nppcar
thai the present arrangomont of Congres
sional districts in this Slate, is an unjust ono,
and tho authors of it are chargoablo with
tlio highest (legrco of partisan solfiMincts
and disrojiard of ilio rights of tlio people.
It is proposed lo show, briefly, thc lend
ing facta in relation to lho paspago of the
Inws'on this subject, liicliulin; n deslgna
lion of sotno of tnoso who sopportdd and
aro renponsiblo for them.
In thoSlalo Sennle, Feb. 2Gth, 18C1, on
motion of Mr. McChire, it was
Resolved, That a select cominitlco ol sev
en bo appointed to report to the Senate a
bill apportioning lho Slate into Congression
al districts,
It was ordered that Messrs. McCluro, Fin
ney, Gregi;, Schindol, Smith, LANDON and
Lawrence bo said Committee.
This Commilleo, composed of six He
publicans and one Democrat, on the !)'.h of
April 1801, reported a bill entitled, "an act
to divide tho hluto into Congressional dis
tricts for the election of Kcprcseiilativc in
tlio Congress of tho United States." The
next day, April 10th, lho Scualo resolved
itself into Committee of tho Whole upon
the bill, when, after porno lime, the bill was j
reported oaeK lo tlio senate Willi amend
ments, lt was thou Inked tip on second
leading, and agreed to with one unimport
ant ntnendment, oilier amendments propos
ed by Democratic Senators baim voted
down. Tho rule which prohibits the read
ing of bills twice on the same day was then
dispunsed with, and the bill was read a
third lime, and passed finally by the follow
ing vote :
Vkb Messrs. Rcnson, Uoughter, Hound,
Connoll, Finney, Fuller, Gregg, Hall, Ham
ilton, Iliesiand, linbric, Ketclinm, LAN
DON, Lawrence, McClure, Meredith, Par
ker, I'ennoy, Hobinsnn, Serrill, Smilh,
Vharon, Yardley, and Palmer, Speaker 24
Nays Messrs. Hlood, Clymer, Crawlord,
Moll, Nichols, Schmdel, Thompson and
Welsh 8.
1'he bill then went to tho House of Hop-rescntalivcF-,
where it was considered on
the 10th and 12th days of Apri.l Among
other amendments proposed to lho bill was
ono by Mr. Tracy, of Bradford, lo strike
out in the 25th line the words "Wayne and
Luzerno counties" aud insert in lien thereof
tho words, "Bradford, Tioga and Sullivan
counties," lho effect of which would have
been to place Ilia latter comities with Sus-
SuchaniiH county lo lurm a Congressional
istrict. This amendment was rejected by
a vote of yeas, 3C, nays 4G, and all oilier
amendments were also rejected excopt one
relating to a Philadelphia district,whicli was
subsequently concurred in by lhe Senate.
On the I3ih of April the bill pa-scd the
House, finally, by the following vote :
Ybs Messrs Abbott, Ael;er,Alexander,
Andoreon, Armstrong Ashcnm, llarnsloy,
Bariholomow, lisel,I5ixler, Blair, Brewster,
Bums, Cowan, Craig Douglas, Elliott Goeh
ring, Gnrdon,Orahain, Harvey, IlaycA, llill
mitn, Hood. Ilofius, lluhn, Irvin, Koch,
Lawrence, Lnwihor, Al'Gonigal Marshal,
Mullin, Patterson, l'eirco, PreMon, I'ngliu,
Itoily, iddgway, Uobinson, lioller, bellxar,
Shaffer, Slehmun, Stonebaul;,Taylor, Walk
er, Whito, Wildey, wilson andDavis, S)cui
tr 51.
Nays Messrs. Ausiin, Ball, Blanchard,
Bliss, Dover, Drodhead, Duller, (Carbon),
Duller (Crawford). Caldwell, Clark, Collins,
Cope, Dismnnt, rJivius, Donley, Diiffield,
Dutilop, Eileuberger, Frazier.Giisltillleck,
Hill, Lline, I.eisenring, Liichciiwallnor, M'
Donough, Mauilold, Moo rMnrriNon, My
ers, Octerheui, Randall, lieiff, Hhoad's,
Smith, Berk!. Smilh Pliiliidelphial Tell
er,Tracy and Williams 39
This bill, (which was subsequently feign
ed by lho Governor and became a law,)
uiviueil tlio state into twer.ty-tnree Longres
sional districts, that being tho number of
Congressmen which it was understood this
Slato was entitled to under tho United Stales
census ol 1800. R.u in formim. il,u .li..
tricts tho most unscrupulous and disgrace
ful partisanship and dishonesty were man
ifested. Doth Houses had large Republican
majorities, and lhe Governor being ol lhe
same partyr there was no check upon po
lilical passion and injustice.
At lhe election of Governor in I860, Mr.
Foster had 220,000 votes, and Mr. Cnrtin
262,000. The majority of the latter was
therefore 32,000, which, estimating voters
es one fifth of the whole peoplt;, would
represent a population of 1G0 000, somo
what but not largely iu oices of the num
ber necosary fur ono member of Congress.
A fair apportionment therefore would havo
Riven twelve Republican and eleven Demo
cratic districts, upon the basis of the guber
natorial voto nf 1800. Dui the bill was so
framed as to givn nineteen Republican aed
Uut four Democratic Districts, upon that
basis ot calculation. To accomplish this
result the natural connections of counties
wore disregarded , districts of very unequal
population were mado, nnd in rnme cases
comities wero divided and lho pans put in
different (listLots. Mover Mrice tho Sialo
was founded had such a bill been enacted
regulating the representation of the people,
nor any ouo oven approaching it iu dishon
esty. In effect il was to transfer no less than
seven Concessional votes from ono parly
to the other, making a difference of four
teen voles upon any political question in
the National Houso'ot Representatives.
It will bo observed that Senator Landnti,
of Bradford, tho present Republican candi
date for Congress, in this district, was otio
of tho Committee that reported this bill in
tho Senate, aud that ho subsequently sup
ported it by his voto.
The arrangement ol districts made by the
act of 1881, wns subjected to somo modifi
cation as to the eastern part of lhe Stale, bv
an act passed at tho last so-sion, but its
essential features were not disturbed. Sub.
Eoqueni lo Jbo passage ol lho act ol 1861, it
was awortainoJ from the corrected consns
returns that this Stato would bo entitled lo
twenty-four members ol Congress instead
of Iwenty-three, and hence u new appor
tionmeui became necessary. Dut in train
ing lho new act (approved icth April JS62)
cam was taken lo retain ns much ub pos
sible of the acl of J861, and thus continue
tlio parly injui-tictt established by it.
By tho new bill this Congressional dis
trict was mudo mow Wrongly Republican
than bofore, as Northumberland county was
taken from it. In 1800 lho voto for Govern
or in lho present district was as follows :
foster.
Curiin.
Bradford,
Wyoming,
Sullivan,
Columbia,
Montour,
2328
1316
5J3
2580
1220
OtiGt
1102
301
1848
983
11081
Committee.
8013
PETER ENT,
AH1RA GAY,
.J. C. AMMJf RMA.N,
On motion,
Resolved, That the report bo adopted;
agreed lo unanimously.
Tho following resolution was nlso
unanimously adopted,
Jlcsolvc'-l, That the report ot tho commit
vnnnmlin.,, ftf
loo bo published with tho
this conference.
On motion of V. E. Piollct seconded by
Mr. Amuicrman.
Itesilvcd, That in view of existing cir-
n !-..! n: ,.:i
cumsiaucos hi mis vjougiussiuuui ximiiij
this conferonco, will mako no formal nom
ination ot a eandidato for support by tho
Domouracy, which was adopted by every
voto iu tho conference.
Jksolvcd, That the members of this
Confercnco recommend tho support of
Henry W. Tracy, of Bradford, as an
independent oaudidato for Congress
against llcvorotid Georgo Landon, the
licpuuiicau uouuueu, tor iuu luuuwiuy
reasons :
1. Bccauso the former opposed lho iui-
quitous Congressional apportionment of
1801, while tho latter was ouo of thc un
scrupulous authors of that measure
2, Bccauso tho former as a member of
the House of Representatives at Harris
burg, opposed thoso recent bills of plunder
and outrage relating to .the PoLiisylvania
aud Suubury and Erie rail-roads, which
have deeply injured and disgraced the
Commonwealth, whilo the latlor supported
them by speech and vote in tho Seuato.
!). Bccauso the former at the lato sess
ion of tho Legislature earnestly supported
tho repeal of tho act commuting the ton
nage duties of the Pennsylvania rail road,
and is giving and will give his efforts and
influence to secure that just aud important
object hereafter.
1. Because, speaking generally, thc for
mer is a conservative gentleman whoso in
tegrity has been well-proved in public po1
sitiou, whila tlio latter is believed to be
fanatical in sentiment aud corrupt iu con
duct. Jlcsolucd, That iu view ofihe corruption
and profligacy that arc known to exist iu
our national affairs, it is of tho highest
iinportauco to select a Congressman whoso
integrity h,as borne the test of trial, and
who has shown independence and courage
in tho performance of publio duty. It is
believed that this is true of Mr. Tracy.
and that in his support of the War and thc
Government, he will labor in good faith to
restore tho Union of our fathers and to
preserve all the Constitutional rights of the
people.
Jlcsolved, That inasmuch as this1 district
was formed to smother the voice of the so
veral Democratic counties within it, aud
one of tho authors of that measure now pre
sents himself as a candidate, that he may
roap thc fruit of his iniquity, there is pe
culiar reason for junction of effort among
all honorable men to mark him with pub
lic reprobation and prevent him from re
peating his past misdeeds, or others like
unto them, in a position ol' increased influ
ence and power.
Adopted unanimously.
Resoled, That tho next Congressional
Conference ho held upon tho fiit Thurs
day iu September, IbU l-, at the Exchange
Hotel, in Bloonisbtng, at 12 o'clock, M.
Adjourned sine die.
PET1JR EXT. 1'resl.
V. E. P10LI.ET, ) ,
I I A '
Secretaries
Proclamation No 2-
The slaves are allowed three mouths
and a half before they are converted into
frosmon. Freemen have no such day of
grace: for Mr. Lincoln's Proclnm Uion
No. 2 goes into effect at once and every
where. It declares martial law through
out tho North, with a Provost Marshal and
his deputies in each State aud county. It
U!Tnus luo wnt 01 carpus, not in
' specified regions but cvorvwlipro. in dm
0. nf0,i,i :.vm i tm
ca- "f suspended individuals. If decrees
the trial of persons before "Military Com
misiions.'' Those are its chief provisions,
interesting to every man, woman, and child
iu tho Northern States.
Let us, iu a plain and direct way, re
duco these large sounding phrases and
niniiinninhnna in rim! Ji. iui...
does martial law mean ? Ii means, in plain
English, the supremacy of tho military to
tho civil authority. When they do not
come in conflict, the civil authority qossi
bly may act ; but when thoy do, the civil
. ... ....
authority must yield. Tho ooiumandinr
. '
general is tlio Federal Mayor, md tho
, . ., , . ...
provost marshal tho Federal high consta-
.! re M,. u - . ,
blO. It Mayor llcnrv IS Wlllmsr to dn
., .i , ,. ,
wnat tuo commanding general directs, then
tho
tr .....
-jyi .nay uuuiiuuu ma luneiinns !
hut if Mayor Henry demurs, then General
lrrtnf-rt.,,r. tt. i .
put the Mayor in custody. All constables
are subject to tho provost marshal, and
(so says tho ordor of the adjutant general)
must obey his order. If, during martial
law, the commanding general chooses, he!
may take possession of any housoin Phil-.
auoipuiaanu no what ho plcasos with it.
Iloisnot ausworablo to tho law, only to
his military suporiors, and they aro a hun
dred miles distant from Washington. Such
is martial law, whioh Mr. Lincoln's Proc
lamation says ox'tsts in Philadilphia.
Tho marshal, as au agout of tho War De
partment, claims the right to mako military
arrests; nudifJudgo Oadwallader dares
tosay lijj has no such right, the manual
will, by virtuo of martial law, exercise it in
spirit of tho denial. Such, wo repeat is
martial law.
.Wkat docs suspending tho writ of habeas
corpus mean ? Let us seo. It moans a
denial of the right to meet one's accuser
face to fuco ; a right to know why a citi
zon is deprived of his liberty and locked
uy in jail. A man is accused, on au ex
paitc affidavit, mado before somo magis
trate who neither knows nor cares for iu
contents, or, as b tho fashion, hcfora somo
man who has no right to administer an
oath or writton an affidavit. It is sent to
Washington, aud "L. 0. Tcrnor" sends
imado, and ho is hurried away to tLe(.a.,
tol piiion, or kept in cmlody ht.10 '''
M-linli lirt r, lud Virtlittj l.t.
Hiiuu uu yj i .1, ii.wuua ills wiTrt
oimurcn r.s.e wny ( wnat tho t!
tl.. .4 .1 M .
vi , il
v.ia-t
1 .
"b " fc is il ti,
his or ttioir business, bccauso tlw l. .
tieni nas suspenuou uio nu'jcit cot. t M
and they must submit. The su-
Of tho writ gives a glorious imniut,,,
spies nnd informers nnd detectors,
stool pigeons, mid all that brood ol , ,
bus vcruiino whioh tho stagnant p
irresponsible power created in ptout ,
Having secured tho citizen and c.,?, i
him off wli'oro ncithor wifo nor cki1'
nor friends nor relatives can doul! j
with nueslions, ho is bronwht I, r,.
'Military Commission" (so says pri
niation No. 2 iu so many words), a
of rrrntid ilntmlin.'id pnnrf mn.i: i
& in .iiu. m. ,ii
there hounds out what ho is a ecu J
Military Comuiisiious arc summary tu
na's, not niuoh restrained by teelirii.a.n.j
andhavingasuprc.no cotitpmpt for ij5.!
stitutions and laws and rules of cvij
General Hunter, who, we sec, is Pre
of one of them, might give a blue. !nn
fair trial, but will mako abort work v, .
whilo one. Tho poor utlu'ii ventur,
suggosti)n as to trial by jury, and i,
peers, and his vicinage, iiutl hu d, - (
witnesses ; bnt lie is pooii pooln J. u.
maybo he is told to prOvo his ini.ji ,
and, failing in that, is sentenced Id c
the lininan penalties of military 1-w ,
flogging, which ha? been abolish ,1, '
ball aud chain, or perhaps to bo eh j'
so thc matter ends.
Now, this is thophin En lU0fi r,
tial law suspension of the haUas n
and the establishment of military cim..,
sions. But something else remain, u
considered.
Who does the Proclamation say r
be arrested I Tl.o old fashioned m' . v
that a man was penally response
"illegal acts." Misdemeanor is tli.
term rising on, the scale of gra .
folony. Both mean ''illegal act,,' '
new Proclamation says men an- ti I. ,,.
rested and tiied for "disloyal pr- o
and tho postscript of tho Adjutant
says "disloyal persons" arc to be a r s
What exactly is incut, iiy a '-dL-loyi! f
tice," as dihlinguihhahk from an i.
act or a "disloyal person" from a rr,,,,
nfil, it is hard to Miy ; but ioiuu .,
meant, aud the public is left Id th in,
rious awe which thos-'o dark threat.
no one knowing what ho may ii jI uo ,
attract arrest, or what he nnywJ.
make him obnoxious to the new " V
fico.'1 It is, mis said of Mr I,
No. 1 , enough to innko ono thouj i ,
find whither we arc drafting, it
odjt'ct is to state, in plain m, 1 it,-,
teiins, the dreadful m?anin o
to these Exeeutivo niniufu.it.'c-.
Wheriier they will avail lo t , u li .
spirit of freedom which t.iil t,
not ineroly the l)a,o a iu p r y '.
American people, wo do not i ,
say, If ihey dp, thon wo mat
ready for No. H, whieh will b t
fie second Tuesday of Oer,.b , ih,- j
of Pennsylvania fhail i .t w ;!,,
vote, or, at least, thai the piiu' .
ho confined to those who are j
tho I'owcr that he. We hourly !-'' :
such a proelamalion. Ours i tho u
downward inogref, and wo sl.p uiu -lesslj
almost gayly.
Vons'itulional 1 1 1 .
rauilidjici'or i'ongrt.
Hon. IIjjsuy W. Tracy, of B.al
county, wc are authorized to' annou'iiv
Jan Independent Candidate for Co, -i
I "h. Zt , ' 1" T' t
'i, I.:... ...i, iv . .
. -i . ... J
uiing, Bradford aud Sullivan at tho
oral Election.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
K7-THOMAS W. MATTCON. Ilcc-iv .1 t
Medal nt tliu Vurll'B I-'air in Lnmlrm ifil, r, I ,
,' nj.iiu, Miui-9 iiyti 1,11111-1. 1. .
i"oiaro now iiiWcdio jmrtbeors ,r n
' Jrl'lJwucli tip largf.! Hock nf tr.
,Jjki vmircB.&c. in I'liiiaiti'iiiina vi-iy m . i
No. !).' Markot Strast. nao iluor aliov.. J-It, .
-
MiUTAuyUsiroBMs. Tliero In, perhaps, n
meut ofmiutary l.iisini'ts in wl.l, li in, I,
V.uii i.i iini.a, njoia, sum's aijil (,'min. (i ,ci ,
iuoiu iiiurk"iliiiiprnvi;mi,nt tlian in Hi noil i
' li,J".- Not many years inco Mint aim pn
n;ii in uarnici id nit n with f.liim.t ih,.
' v.-uro R'at nrr siociiii. uiiicii urn. ti-irti,. ni .
irorlli i
! KKKSKS
i ililOcuIiy. Juriii-' lliu nrc.'iit win
ill ; ululi' tn
niailu vnliimn u iu,iM
nt wur, mail nl
b&VKK
I Tm!,a1,!"f nallri "Wr'
matiing Military I'lntlinig, ami ilmr fauini -tin-in
tu llll tim laiucn unljr in tliu tli.ni..i
li ma.
uniformity of rn...i-a nw TZIi7r
clto ,
Hi' lit. 21. I?( I
nliovu tiixth, I'lilniilu'iilil.i.
In Uiltlilion to liuvlnn tlio lart- 'ft. moil
f.uliioniaio Etoil; nrcliULiiifjii rinlinlu niim. in.
pn'ssiy lor riuil .al,-i Lam cniuiiiutiii. , i
nvvu siili'hiiian.liy liawiif unirkpil in lijnns, , n
tlrlii nl tlioviry lom'.t prai. it clii In. e.mt lor . '
cannot pou-ilny viiy-nU muit buy nlikr.
TU eoinl. nro w.-ll siuii(i"il and pr' iiar, l
painsnaiHii with tin- mukini; so lli.n nil tan uu.
lull lusurunrcof g.-itiim u g(,od nriiclu nt ih i'
f it price. AUo, a larje .lock or pi c ir.imir w
tlin lalf nt fctylo and lust inalnli s, wlm li will
toorilcr, In tiio i.uiit larlilnnablo una hoi i 111
por cent., bt'lmv rrdlit prices.
JtMinuitiLier tlio Crescent, iu .Markel.nlion fm1' "
N'o.SJUl. jo-li i I. '
MAIIBI AGES-
At Town Will, on tho !21rt ul'., 1 "J
P.uv. E. Wadworth, .Mr. W.ii Ii'in.u
Fair Mount, lo Miss Siiul Doty, of U'"'
ton, Columbia county.
DBA T II S .
On lho 7th ult,, at his residence in C
tro, Mr. Thomas Co.wnuh, nged 00 yem'
In Salem twp,, Luz'. co., on lho 2i!i.
ult., I, UAii Janb daughter of John Sw
ly, aged 5 years aud 0 months.
In Bcrwiok, on tho S2iitl ult , M
Elizauutii 11. Hoffman, aged O lytai'
Tn this nlnr-n nn llio QRlli iilr . Tt01""t
llAnE.Miuut of tLo Forkj Hotel, nd,o?
num 10 arresi tno man, and tho nrru is years.