COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
EDITED BY LEVI L. TATE, rHOriUETOtl
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Saturday, July 25, 1SGK.
tn-"ni,INO TO THE-CONSTITUTION, AS TUB
fcllinVRKCKr.il MAR IN nil (M.INflSTOTItE IjAST
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DBJIOCKATIC STATU NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR,
GliORCCW, WOODWARD,
OP LUZERNE COUNTY.
JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT
WALTER II. LOWIIIE,
OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
Movements of llio Domooraoy
A Hickory Pole was raised, on Sat
urday afternoon last, on tbo farm of Ceo.
Miller, on Raven Creek, in the township
pi Benton. It was attended by a respect
ablo number of Democrats. Groat ani
mation pervades the Democracy of Colum
bia. A Mass Meeting was held on last
Saturday evening, at Moore's school houso,
in Sugarloaf township. Several hundred
Democrats many of whom came from
adjacent townships woro in attendanco
and very many were unable to obtain
admission into tbo house. The meeting
was addressed by tho Editor of this Jour
nal. A Club Meltino, of tho Fishingcrcck
democracy, was held on last Monday eve
ning, in Asbury. M. A. Ammcrman
President. The houso was crowded to
overflowing, and tho meeting was also ad
dressed by the Editcr of this Journal.
Wo havo never seen tho Democrats of
Columbia in greater earnest, and never
woro they before equally as united and
determined in support of Democratic doc
trine and constitutional principles, Even
the ladies, of almost all ages, graeo these
meetings with their presence. These in
dications arc omnioas ol overwhelming
Democratio victories.
CST" Peo Johu is expected to resume
shortly, a branch of tho business ho was
following with so much eclat and success,
before ho became Lick Spittle General to
Abo Lincoln ; to wit "Middle States Re
former." It is truo he failed somcwhat,ridi-
culously in tho medical reformation he
attempted, owing to a plentiful lack of
brains; but it is thought ho will succeed
bolter in his present projected undertak
ing, because ho has Wendell Phi Hips to
steer the machine ; and because also, hay
ing educated tho Republican party up to
tho point of abolitionists, the next step
amalgamation, will bo comparatively
easy.
The census of tho United States tells
us, that ''whilst nearly half of the colored
in the non slave holding States aro mitfal
to, only about one ninth in tho slave hold
ing states arc mulatto, excluding New
Jersey," in which thero aro yet a few
slaves. It shows that John's friends havo
been quietly and patiently, but to a con
eiderablo ''extent," carrying on what is
now tho publicly proclaimed doctrine of
his party. So when tho abolitionists go
into tho cmalgamation business "to the
fullest extent," American citizens of a
"Copperish tinge" will incroaso and mul
tiply exceedingly.
Wonder how long it will tako Dr. Pec
John and Wendell Philips to Reform the
Jliddlo States, and get tbeir favorito
theory into good working order ? There
is a beginning, where wijl bo tho end ?
C7"Tliere liai been no trouble with the enrollment
in this county, except in some of t'na townships where
the people do not rcaclr-wherc they are ignorant
ivheretliey roll upovcrwhclmin; Democratic majorities.
&mut Machine.
Peoplo of Columbia, loyal Democrats,
and rcspcctablo citizens, above you aro
again slandered by Pea John. ''Do not
Tho Draft in Columbia County.
Wo caution our readers, and all por
sons at a tlistanod, against believing any
storios about rosislnnco to tho draft or
abandonment, in Columbia county j and
most especially as to any report that may
appear in tho columns of tho Ilepublican
publishod at thisplaco ; tho Editor of that
sheet being so lost to "manhood," and so
anxious to inaugurate civil war in our
midst, a9 to publish tho most extravagant
rumors without rcfcrcnco to their truth or
falsity..
'I ho last report was about trouble in
Miillin, and scarcely an incident was true.
Wo aro assured by citizens of tho town
ship, as well as tho Lieut, commanding
tho Provost Guard, that tho following aro
tho facts in tho caso :
Tho Hoard sent into tho township to on
roll it, a boy scarcely twenty years of
ago, instead of giving it to a man and citi
zen of tho township ; and wa aro informed
that a prominent republican told the Dopu
ty Provost Marshall, that if ho would ap
point a man that would not abuso tho wo
men and children, tho township would bo
properly enrolled ; but that ho declined to
do. Well, the Lieutenant informed us
that a man under tho influence of li
quor, fired his guu at tho cnrollor, which
Brightened tho boy off ; a few of the sol
diers say three or four guns woro fired.
Hut this did not induce tho Guards to with
draw. Thuy came on tL is side of tho riv
cr merely for accommodations and rations
The Lieut, feels mortified that a story of
such magnitude in falsehood is in circula
tion, in reference to himself and men.
On the following morning, a committco
of tho citizens of Mifflin, headed by Mr.
Theodore Craig, repaired to this sido of
ho river, and informed tho Lieut, that if
he would send a rcspcetablo man, ho could
enroll tbo township ; and tho citizens
would assist him. Charles S. Hardeu,
a returned voluntoar, accompanied Mr.
Craig, and tho township was completely
enrolled in a short time, without tho as
sistance of the Provost Guard ; who re
mained on this sido of tho rivor while tho
township was enrolled.
Wo aro informed also, that, such being
the state of tho facts ; neither armed nor
conecrtcd resistance, and all the county
but one township, wo believe enrolled ;
the Deputy Provost Marshall has tele
graphed for 500 or 1000 thousand men to
be sent him to quell tho Columbia county
riot. Wo trust this may not be true We
believe instead of quenching, it will pro
voke trouble, and wc aro inclined to the
opinion there will be no difficulty in the
draft, unless they make it by useless dis
trust of tho people.
Wo havo said before, and wc repeat,
Founsylvrtuia Insulted.
Prominont Pennsylvania!) say that
Governor Ourtin, forcsooing the Invasion
from whioli tho Koystono Stato is suffer
ing, asked authority weeks ago, to call
for fifty thousand men to defend the State,
as ho litis sinco, for sixty thousand ; and
that his request was refused by tho Secre
tary of War who coupled his refusal with
a itflcction upon Pennsylvania ot sucli a
character that her chief magistrato turned
upon his heels and left tho disnortcous
presence without a word. -aim xorlt iri
bunt.
Tho abovo is of a picco with Lincoln's sub
sequent telegram, that "Pennsylvania must
take caro of horscll :" And all that when
Pennsylvania has sent into tho service
over 200,000 men. Of all tho states re
maining truo to tho government at Wash
ington, wo havo suffered tho most in men
and money and property destroyed ; and
A Parnllol.
Pope had jaslbeou defeated and routod
at tho second battlo of Dull Run, August
aoth on tho 7th of Sept. McOlollad was
put in command of tho army i on tbd 8tli
ho fought at Poolcsvillo ; on the 0th tho
rebels ovacuto Fradorick City ; on tho
12th skirmish at Maryland Heights; on
tho lUlli chargo on tho rebels at Middle
town, Md ; on tho 14th battlo of South
Mountain ; on tho 17th battlo of Antic
tarn ; 16th Rebels rccross tho Potomao.
Thus in ten days from tho timo Mc
Clcllan got command of a defeated and
Bhaltcrctl army, ho fought thrco sovoro
skirmishes, and two tcrrifio battles; and
within thirty six hours of tho last one,
Leo left Maryland and Pennsylvania.
A more sueccsjful and brilliant campaign
was novor mado by any man, in ancient
From tlio Susquoliannn.
RETREAT PROM MIFFLINVILLE.
yet the administration refusing to assist or modern times. In nine days thereafter
Pennsylvania couples its rcpulso with an ho began his advance, and when ho had
insulting reflection upon Pennsylvania. i reached Warrcnton, Va in pursuit of
Once tho proud old Kuystono of tho fed- Leo, ho was relieved of his command,
erul arch, now degraded to a Provinco Gen. Meade took command of tho largest
and insulted by a man like Stanton and i and host appointed army the United States
an administration liko Lincoln's. Great over had in tho field, Juno 2Sth ; tho bat
Iloavcn 1 has it cooio to this ? ties in and about Gettysburg wcro fought
What business had Andy Curtin to go on the 1st, 2nd and 3nd days of July.
begging to Stanton or Lincoln, for power ' After which Leo fell back to the fastnesses
to call troops to defend our stato from in-' of tho Maryland hills, and the fords of tho
vasiou! Nono whatever. Pennsylvania Pctomac.
never relinquished her right to defend j Prom that day forward, tho abolition
herself from invasion by her own troops. papers daily brought us word, that "Leo
It is a sovereign right she always had and , was bagged," that ho could never ro-cross
never yielded. Gov. Curtin.knew this ho j tb0 l'0tomao, that the great battlo would
afterward acted upon that knowlcgc; but he bo fought to-morrow, and various other
was so very anxious lor that foreign mis-, icnaation stories equally false, and got up
sion which Lincoln promised him, if ho' for ti10 purpose of amusing and deceiving
would bo a good boy until after his term the peoplo. lu that way things went on
was out, that ha would lick tho dust from for tcu days, tho two armies lying within
tho feet of Stanton, and let "Pennsylvania striking distanco ; Meade's flushed and
tako care of herself.'"
Has there not been enough of this
toadying to Federal power enough of
this degrading of sovereign States inloj
petty nroviuocs ? Has thcro not been
i - h
I victorious, Loo's routed and demoralized;
tlfc peoplo waiting in breathless anxiety
for tho expected decisive engagement
which should put an end to tho war ; when
lo 1 and behold I wo arc told by these
enough disregard for Constitution, law and ' samo sensation papers, in .the meekest pos-
order? Let us then with one accord, one ( fjble manner, and in the smallest sized
heart, and ono mind, return to and abido tyoc, that Leo and his whole army, horse,
by all thoso obligations which havo been foot, and dragoons, bag and baggac, had
deserted and unheeded ; elect a Governor escaped 1
who knows the Constitution and tho laws, j Meade's dispatch is dated on tho 11th,
tho rights of States and of citizons under olcvon days after tho battle ; and yet up
them, and knowing, dares maintain them, j to that timo,; ho had notmadc a step
So that every man shall bo protected by in advance though tho President or
the law aud bo amenable to it. aud wronn deied McClcllan to advance at tho end
and outrage shall cease
ward, Governor, and the
will onco more return.
OCCUPATION OP WILLOW SNUKGS.
Special Correspondence bt tlio Democrat.
tltadquarlers sl Mi 011 Jinny Corps, )
MlFFLINVlLLE, July 18, 1803. . $
Col. Tate
Dear Si) : Mifllinvlllc is ours. Tho
towu was unconditionally surrendered to
our forces this morning. Dr. Ritroy met
our forces on tho banks of tho Susque
hanna river, and surrendered the town.
Further capitulation? were effected on the
part of tho town by Mayor Jacob Tcets.
Our Commander made a levy on tho
inhabitants for thrco drinks of ml eye, ono
for himself and one for tho Mayor, two
cold potatoes, and six apples as nearly
ripo as possible ; if not filled in ono week,
tho town is to bo handed over to our forces
to bo pillaged. Our entiro forco entered
tho town on the samo day, tho roar being
brought up by Capt. Jacob D .
Tho Union sentiment in this town is not
very generally developed, but is very
strong wlioro it docs exist j from tho fact
that our soldiers had nothing to cat until
the wagon train carao up, and tho Union
ists very kindly let tlicin wait until thoy
did come.
There aro now only twomoro important
points to capture, and the campaign will
bo over in this military district. Tho one
is tho Speck Barrig and tho othor is tho
Hcvcr liairig. Our commandcr,by a very
ingenious stragctio movement, (that no
body understood nor hss any business to
understand,) has cut off all communication
between tho Spcek Barrig and tho Revor
Barrig, also by the same movement be
tween tho Rover Rarrig and tho Speck
Barrig. Correspondent thinks this was
effected by taking possession of Keller's
Tavern 1 Our forces consist in total of
31 privates, 1 Gigadicr-Briudlo, 1 Captain
1 Lieutenant, and 28 Serccants. Of the
cavalry and artillery forces I am not al
lowed to speak, only to say that wo havo
nono of them.
Wo expect a hoavy battle on the Sped
Barrig or on tho Kovcr Barrig in which
our loss may reach 200 men, and that of
the insurgents about a 1,000, and tho rest
can then bo easily routed or captured and
then tho glorious Stars and Stripes will
I will wave once more triumphantly over
1 20th District-Wm Biglor, Cloa.fiold Military orders supercede tho Constitution
& ' and military oominissioiis usurp tho phea
2 1st District T B. Scariglit, rayolto co,
23d District W T H Fauloy, Green
. ... I , a 1 1 I.. . r,
JSIcot Wood-, oi Li uays ; am. wuun ..u , g Barri? and lleyor jjarringi y
Halcyon clays , ing, rcmoveu una ior uui uuvuuun.y. , . f .,,.
w w I .... n III U. U' i llM li vmwi j tj w H -"- -
Wc trust that wo sliai near no more oi . . . -
, , . . insurgents aro reported to have more am
the tardiness of McClcllan no more about ., ,,r ,L ... .
his not bagging Gen. Lee no more about
E very-
Retreat of Lee-
General Lee crossed the Potomao on .his not advancing after a fight.
Monday and Tuesday of last week, taking thing since his removal has demonstrated
that it is the folly and the fours of the ad
ministration which bred the trouble.
They dare not rely upon tho people whom
they have Outraged, and they flounder on,
because they havo too littlo magnanimity
to retrace their wandering footsteps. Wo
have always councclled obedicnac to tho
Constitution and the Taws, wo counsel that
now; but that obedienco is duo from the
rules as well as from tho citizen, from tho
servant of tho people as well as tho peo
plo themselves. If all obey tho law, all
will go well.
Words of Reason.
The kUitor of tho Itcpublican, very re
cently, printed tho letter of Mr. Lincoln,
in reply to the Congressional Committco of
Ohio, demanding tho releaso of Mr. Val
landigham, and pronouncod it unanswer
able.'" Now, will Dr. John do the public,
and the Ohio Committee, tho sheer justice
to also print their rejoinder to Mr, Lin
coln's letter ? Ho has pronounced Mr
L.'s letter unanswerable, and wo believe
that the said Committee have not only an
swered itincontrovcrtibly and satisfactorily
to all honest minds, but by cvory priociple
of truth and logic, havo given it, its total
annihilation.
If Pee John beliovcs what he says, he
certainly cannot hesitato one moment, to
let his readers judge of the truth of his
all his guns, ammunition and supplies with
him. It docs not appear that General
Meade was awaro of it until the Confed
erate army had crossed, supposing all the
time that Lee was in his front ready to give
that there was not a particlo ot reason
for those changes ; or if so, that olhcrj
could commit tho same faults with impu
nity. For Burnsidcs did not fight tho
battle of Fredericksburg until Deo. 13th,
him battle. Thus has this able and wily and Hooker fought at Chancellorville, and
General again accomplished his purpose, ' wo bolievo, according to tho abolition pa
ns he did after the battlo of Antictcm, and ' pcrs, "bagged Lee," tho Cth or 7th of
returned to Yircinia with tho immense! May.
, , , i i) , i J McClcl au's Campaigns can bo favora-
plunder ho secured in Pennsvlvauia but i . . . , i
f. c L blv compared with t hoso of any Gcnoral
this timo after a retreat of some forty ' 1 " ... : ,
miles and with a swollen river before him. I of a,1' aS0' Hon "0VCr "fl10 ,hJn
The bird has again flown from tho coil in command by Lincoln and his abolition
which was supposed to havo been wound i adv5sor3 ! had ralhor fa' ,?llh
around him by the Army of the Potomac. mont ,uau win with McClcllan : Rut
Where tc will next tarn up remains to be
when tho peoplo put Horatio Seymour in-
munition than they want, it will bo an
easy matter to borrow all wc may need
for ihc occasion. When the fight takes
placo I will inform you immediately.
Yours respectfully,
Union Courespondent.
SPECIAL.
One hour later. All quiet on Speck
Barrig. No fighting on Rever Barrig.
U. C.
STILL LATER.
Picket firing is distincly hear on tho
Rever Barrig. A great battlo imminent.
Our forces retreating in good order across
the Susquehanna, U. C.
VERY LATEST.
Willow Spiings occupied by our forces
without resistance, Nothing to bo heard
from the enemy. Our pickets report the
of tho ordinary courts of justice in tK
land, Nor arc thcSo nlero idlo claitn.
twoyears and moro.by rirmshoy huve b du
enforced. It was tho mission of tlio weak
but presumptuous Burnsidc a namo ji,.
famous forever in tho oars of all lovers of
constitutional liberty to try the expori4
mcnt in Ohio, aided by a judgo whom I
name not, becauso ho has brought foul dis
honor upon tho judiciary of my country.
In your hands now, men of Ohio, 3
tho final issuo of tho experiment. The
party of tho Administration have accepted
it. By pledging support to tho Prctidctit
thoy have justified his outrages upon lib.
crty nnd tho Constitution ; nnd whoever
county. . , . ,,
24th Dittrict-Geo "W Cnss, Jaiilcs P
Barr, Allegheny county.
25tli District Jas U Campbell, Butler
do.
20th District David S Mortis, Law
rence county.
27th District Thos W Grayson, Craw
ford CO;
28th District Konnedy L Blood, Jcf-
forson co,
HON. O. L. VALLANDIGHAM.
His Second Address to the People of Ohio, gives his voto to tho candidates of thai
He accepts the nomination or uover- party, cuunnus tumauu u every aci oi vio
aor, and defines his position, , lenco and wrong on tho part of the Adniinit
ration which ho upholds ; and thus,by tlio
Niagara Falls, Canada West, ? .law of retaliation, whioh is tlio law of
July 17, 1803. i might, would forfeit,his own right to liber
Arrested and confined for three weeks ty personal and I political, whensoever other
in tho United States a prisoner of Stato ; men uim uiiuh.. p-u j ihu ho ? u,0
banished thence to tho Confederate States power. Much more, do the candidate
and thoro hold as an alien enemy una ' J
IU UVUV10 IUU 1UU, UIIU uv uiu juugnicui
of tho peoplo wo will abide.
And now, unaliy,lct ino ask what is tho
pretext lor all tbo monstrous acts and
claims of atbitary power which you have
so nobly denounced! "Military necessity."
But if, indeed, all these bo demanded by
military necessity, tliou bcuovo me your
liberties aro gone, and tyranny is perpet
ual. For if this civil war is to terminate
only by tho subjugation or submission of
tho South to forco anil at ins, tho infant of
to-day will not live to sec tho ond of it. No,
in another way only can it bo brought to a
close. Traveling a thousand miles and
tnoro, through nearly ono half of the Oou-
lederato States, and sojourning lor a tunc
fccn.
nssrtrrtnn. Uv enninr .bn nneu-or in flin
road," and arc "ignomnl " How long is , coluQjns of tiQ R Mca)U Thig an uocst
tlm decendant ofa Jury lo continue woulj cueerftxy do. Wc daro him
Bu,ug jru .uW.b..uu uuu ,,.,... ,0 vindicatQ L;g ayM,. assortion bjP ro.
V7 As win to be expected, tho editor of the Jew. forriug it3 decision to tllO people,
eerathai jialil his compliments to tlio Itcv, Mr. IIisik, . ,.
by devoting a half column to niirprcscMlng hit ablo 1 WO WCCks ago, this Samo DUlSSant Ed
nml rtntrintli n.lilreta l.fiTnm h(-Iliiinn f.pni'tia IVo
understand that tho itev. gontleuiiii feels very much itor, attempted to decoivo his readers bv
'.hlivn.l ,n him fnr nnt in i arf nrnaii N I i n it film nnir icitran ' r
than hohas. uut ono statement we care about stop, misrepresenting Judgo Woodward. Wc
ting to correct. Mr. Dim h made tho assertion, anil lio , , . ... , , , , , ,
repented it, that "Mr. Lincoln was elected by a comli- proved 111 111 a Wilful falsifier and demanded
I Mni.:... it Ti.n.,.i:i.nr ... i
him say "n majority," and prnnnunei's the stateiui-nt a correction Ot tllO grOSS misrepresentation
iiutc. oucu i mib a, mi ui ciiiicisiu iiiuuiueu in uy ma rr ii i . j ii v t i
editor of that siieet.-sit Machine. I He quietly pocketed tho soft impeachment,
Dr. John, appears as tho defender of, prcforing to deceive many of his readers
tho Roy, Mr, Dimin, as will bo seen by who get no other paper rather than rcc-
tho foregoing attempted falsification. Wo ttfy an error, or own that ho had misquo
assorted last week, that Mr. D,, said, ted, nay, perverted, tho language of Judge
'Abraham Lonooln was elected by a Ma
jority of tho voters of tho United States."
Ho did not use tho term, ''constitutional
majority." And this can bo provon by
all candid men who heard him. This is
incontrovertible,
Mr. Dimm may well "feel muoh oblig
ed' that we dealt with him and his spceoh
as wo intended, so leuiontly. Wo tell tho
Rev. gentleman, most frankly, that Dr.
Pco John, has ruined tho fortunes of about
all tho men ho has ever espoused in Col
umbia county, and if ho has chattered his
services, in this instance, it will cnuro
to his aorious injury In this community.
Lot him call off his dog.
Tho Presbyterian Church of Blooms
burg, having been rejuvinatcd and improv
ed, will bo rc-opcucd for scrvico, at 10
o'olock, to-morrow morning.
Woodward
What Pco John has done In ono oaso,
may bo expeoted in another. Ho is bound
in honor, to lay tho letter of tho Commit
tco, and tho Speech of Judge Woodward,
beforo tho pooplo. Thoy aro capable of
deciding, and wo challenge him, to submit
the in to thoir judgment and decision.
CSaF" Tho "Cow-Doctor of tho Danvillo
Smut .Machine, is again smelling after
us for notoriety. Browcr 13 a dead-match
for the Bloomsburg Smut Machine grinder
and they aro as muoh aliko as two black
hogs, It would bo ungonerous to disturb
tho iiskunk quarrel," as they havo proven
caeh other quack and cowards,
ifiy-A loyal Leaguer is ono who is wil
ling to eaorifico anybody's lifo, cither in
the war or anywhere clso, except his own.
BJiy Pee John, who signed a lying Pe
tition to Curtin to havo the Bloomsburg
Abolition rioters pnrdoncd,ntii through tho
partizanship of the Free Nigger Governor,
succeeded; is now most desperately anx
ious that the Now York Rioters, whom
it calls "Copperheads," should bo severe
ly punished for thoir fault, Wo would
recommend to this hypocritical lover of
equality, (at loast when tlio subject is
"an American citizen of African descent,")
tho perusal and study and application of
tho following fable.
"A Farmer came to neigV boring lawyer,
expressing great concern lor an accident
which he said had just happened. One
of your oxen, continuod he, has bcon gor-
cu ty an uniucuy null ot mine, and 1
should bo glad to know how I am to
mako you reparation. Thou art a very
honest follow, replied tho lawyer, and
will not think it unreasonable that I ex
pect ono of thy oxen in return. It is no
moro than justice, quoth tho farmer, tobe
sure ; but what did I say ? I mistake
It is your bull that has killed ono of my
oxen. Indeed I says the lawyer, that al
ters the caso : I must inquiro into tho af
fair ; and if And if! said tho farmer, the
business I Gnd would have boon conclu
ded without an if, had you been ai ready
to do justice to others as to exact it from
them."
to tho Presidential Chair, as thev will in enemy retreating greaily demoralized.
1804, doing justice to military merit and Our pickets occupy Rover Barriug. The
capacity, ho having a regard to tho-oldest enemy all gone. The campaign !b over.
commission in tho service will put
McClcllan again
At the head of his men.
U. C.
NOTICE.
Tbo Estate uentrat uommitteo aro re
quested to meet at tho Merchant's Hotel,
n the City of Philadelphia, on Tuesday
tho 11th day of August next, at four
o'clock, P. M,
CHAS. J. BIDDLE, Chairman.
Philadelphia, July 18, 1803.
State Editorial Convention.
Lancaster, Pa, July 10, 1803.
Tho Democratio Editorial Convention
met, accordiug to the call of the Presi
dent, in the room of the Democratic Cen
tral Club of Lancaster City, at 2 .o'clock,
r Tr rri.. n n.i . .1
i , iu. xuo uuutuutiuu was uanuu iu uruer DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL
by the President, and, on motion of J. M. 1 COMMITTEE.
Laird, Esq., of tho Grecnsburg Argus, J . Tho f0nowjng a tuc stat0 Central Corn
Alexander Fulton, Esq., of Kittaning ,n;Uoo as appointed by Hon. Findley Pat
Mentor, was appointed Secretary. j torson, of Washington county, who, as
A. E, Lewi-, Esq., of tho Philadelphia President of the lato Dcmoeralio Conven
Evening Journal, offered tho following ; tion, was authorized by a resolution of tho
resolution, which was adoptod : j body to announce tho Committco. It con-
Kcsolvc'l, J hat tho Democratic ehtors 8ist3 0f a Chairman, and Representatives
A Voice rnoM tub Exile. Our read
ers will fiud in our columns to-day a letter
from tho distinguished exile, Clument L.
Vallandinoham, addressed to tho peo
ple of Ohio, and accepting the nomination
for Governor by tho Dcmocraoy of that
State. Tho letter i? bold and manly,
and speaks in proper terms ol scorn and
derision of tho tyrannical conduct of Mr.
Lincoln nnd his ratcllitus. Every turo
friend of liberty and law will read this
letter with pleasure, and rejoice that thcro
lives, oven in cxilo, as bravo and heroic a
spirit. Hurrah f.:r tho next Democratic
Governor of Ohio.
TlIARKSaiVINCI AND PilAYEU. Th
President of tho United Slates has appoint
ed Thursday, the Glh day of August, as
a day of thauksgiving and prayer to Al
mighty God for tho recent viotorica achiev
ed by tho armies of tho Union,
of tho Stato of Pcnusplvania bo reccom
mended to meet in counsel upon tho samo
day, and at tho samo place with tho first
meeting of tho Democratic Stato Central
Committee.
Col. John Hodgson, of tho West Ches
ter Jrjfcrsonian, offered the following,
which was also adopted :
Revived, That tho President of this
Convention bo requested to confer with
tho Chairman of tho Democratio Stato
Central Committco with rcferenco lo the
timo aud pluco of holding said meetings,
Tho Convention then adjourned,
DEMOCRATIC EDITORIAL CON
VENTION. Agreeably to tho resolution passed at tho
meeting of tho 10th inst., tho Democratic
Editorial Convention will moot at tho Mer
chant's Hotel, iu Philadelphia, on Tues
day the Wth of August next, at 3 o'olook,
P. M.
GEO. SANDERSON, President.
Lanoasxeii, July 21, 1803.
Districts into
-Thos Hcckman, North-
SOLDIM18, TO THE RilSOUE ! Yoitllg
men, rushing into tho oxposurcs and dan
gers o( a Soldier's lifo, should preparo
themselves for tho fatal Fevers, tho Dys
entery, the Soros and Sourvy, which aro
almost certain tojfollow. HOLLOWAY'S
PILLS, used occasionally during tho
campaign, will insure sound health to ev
ery man'. Cnloy 35 cents per box,
of tho scvercl Senatorial
which tho Stale is divided :
Hon. Charles J. Diddle, Chairman
1st District Theodore Cuyler, Robert
J. Hemphill, John Futlcrton, Jr., Isaao
' Leech, I'liiladelplna.
1 2d District John D. Evans, Chester
icunty.
J 3d District Win II Witto, Mont
gomery uouuiy.
4th District Win T Rogers, Bucks co,
oth Distnct
ampton county
0th District Hiestor Clymcr, Berks co.
7th District William Haudall, Schuyl
kill county.
8lh District Asa Packer, Carbon co.
0th District Miohaol Mylcrt, Sullivan
ceunty.
10th District SS Winchester, Luzerne
co.
11th District Mortimer F Elliot, Tio
ga county.
12th District John II Humes, Lycom
ing county.
13th District Wm Elliot, Northum
berland county.
14th District Samuel Hepburn, Cum
berland county.
15th District Wm M Urcslin, Lob
anon county.
10th District Goo Sanderson, James
Patterson, Lancaster county.
17th DUtriot John F Spangler, York
county.
18th DiBlrict-Henry G Smith, Fulton
00,
prisoner ol war, tnougu on paruiu ,
airly anu uouorauiy ucait whii ami yivcu
navo to deDart. an act possible only by
running the blockado at tho hazard of
being fired upon by ships flying tho flag of
my country,! lounu lnyseu ursi a irecmau
when on British soil. And to-day under
protection of tho British flag, I am hero
to enjoy and in part to excreiio the privil
eges and rights which usurpers insolently
deny mo at home. The shallow oontri
vanco of the weak despots at Washington,
and their advisers, has been Ucteatcu.
Nay, it has been turned against them ; and
I, who for two years was maligned as in
secret leaguo with the Confederates, hav
ing rcluscu wneu in tlicir miust, uuticr cir
cumstances the most favorable, cither to
identify myself with tlicir cause or even so
much as to remain, prcterring ratucr exile
in a foreign land, raturn now with allegi
ance to my own Stato aud Government,
unbroken in word, thought or ileeu, nnu
with every declaration anu plcilgo to you
while at home, and before I was stolen
away, mado good in spirit and to tuc very
letter.
Six weeks ago, when just going Into
banishment becauso an audacious but most
cowardly despotism caused it, I addressed
you 33 a fellow-citizen. To-day, anil
Irom tho very place then selected by rac,
but after wcarisomo and most perilous
journcyings for moro than four thousand
miles by land and upon tlio sea. still in
exile, though almost in sight of my native
State, erect you as your representative.
Grateful certainly I am for the confidence
in my integrity and patriotism implied by
the unanimous nomination as a candidate
for Govornar of Ohio, which you gave mo
while I wa yet in the Confederate otatcs,
It was not misplaced ; it shall never be
abused. But this is tbo last of all consid
erations in times liko these. I ask no
personal sympathy for the porssnal wrong.
No: it is the causo of constitutional liber
ty and private right, cruelly outraged be
yond example in a freo country, by the
President and his servants, which gives
public significanoy to the action of 'your
convention. Yours was, iudoed, an act of
justice to States and the liberties of the
people, had been marked for destruction
by the hand of arbitrary power. But it
was moro. It was an example of courage
worthy of the heroic ages of tho world;
aud it was a spectacle and a rebuke to the
usurping tyrants who, having broken up
the Union, would now strike down tho
Constitution, subvert your present Govern
ment, and establish a formal and pro
claimed despotism in its stead. You arc
the restorers and defenders of constitution
al liberty, and by that proud title history
will saluto you.
I congratulate you upon your nomina
tions. They whom you have placed upon
the ticket with mo aro gentlemen of char
acter, ability, integrity and tried fidelity
to tho Constitution, tho Union, and to lib
erty. Their moral and political courage
a quality always rare, and now the
most valuable of public virtues is beyond
question. Every way all these were nom
inations lit to be made. Aud even jealousy
I am sure, will now be hushed, if I espe
cially rcjoica with you in (ho nomination
of Pugh your candidate for Lieutenant
Governor and President of the Senate. A
scholar and a gentleman, a soldier in a
foreign war, aud always a patriot ; emi
nent as a lawyer, and distinguished as an
orator and a statesman. 1 hail his accep
tance as an omen of the return of tho bet
ter and more virtuous days of the Repub
lic. I endorse your noble platform elegant
in style, admirable .in sentiment. You
present tho true issue,and commit yourself
to tho great mission just now of tho Dem
ocratic party to restore and make sure
first tho rights and liberties doclared
ycurs by your constitutions, it is vain to
invito the States and people of tho South
to return to a Union without a Constitution
at widely different point, I met not 0110
man, woman, or child who was not resolved
to perish rather than yield to the pressure
of arms oveu in tho most doaporato extrem
ity. And whatever may and must bo tho
varying fortuuo of thc,in all which I reeoc
nizo the hand of Providence pointing visi
bly to the ultimate issuo of this great trial
of tlio btatos and peoplo oi America, they
arc better prepared now every way lo
make good their inexorable purposo than
at any period sinco the beginning of thf
struggle. These may indeed bo uuwr'
eomu ttuths, but thoy arc addressed our'
to candid and honest men. Neither, ho
over, let 1110 add, did 1 meet any 0,1c
whatever his opinions or his station, clit
cal or private, who did not tic la r his
readiness, when tho war shall have cea
and invading armies been withdra" u, t
consider and discuss tho question of i
union. And who shall doubt the issu r
the argument? I return, thcreforo, with,
my opinions ami convictions as to war
peace, and my faith as to final results t:
sound policy aud wise statesmanship,
only unchanged, but confirmed and
s'rengthencd. And may tho God of heav
en aud earth so rule tho hearts a.vd minds
of Americans everywhere, that v.';'1 a
Constitution maintained, a Union i-tstfr-d
and liberty henceforth mado secure . a
grander and nobler destiny shall yet be
ours than that even which blessed our
fathers in the first two ages of tlw Repub
lic C. L. Vallanuicuiam.
I' he Coiiscriplioii Act Chief JEarsluiJ
Fry's Decisions.
It will bo found, wo think, when fina'
decisions from the right quarter shall have
been obtained, that wc have boon correct
from first to last in our construction of the
most important sections of tho Conscrip
tion Act, notwthstanding tho profound
disquisitions of tho Telegraph, always ea
ger to sanction every folly and outrage cf
the administration and its subordinates.
The Chief Marshal has already, under
instructions from tho Solicitor of tho War
Department modified ono of his absurd
decisions, and ho will bo compelled to
modify others.
He has decided that a man now drafted,
although ho comply with the terms of the
law and pay 300 or furnish a substitute,
is nevertheless liable to tho next draft,
should it occur within a week, a mouth,
or a year.
He has also decided thaf'a negro is not
a military equivalent for a white man."
Wc have held that these decisions aro
not merely absurd, but a clear violation of
the plain letter of tho law. In fact they
aro laws mado by tho Provost Marshal
General, or tho War Department, and not
by Congress. As an offset to these ridic
ulous constructions, aud in support of our
own views heretofore fully expressed, aud
now reiterated, wo subjoin from the Lan
caster Inquirer of tho 20th, tho opinion of
10th District J S
county,
Africa, Huntingdon
llUllOU rnt..i.i Ci .t. -..1
and dishonored and polluted by repeated ' ... . ' , . ' mu
and most aggravated exactions of tyrannio Princ,Pal octor lQ tll gcttlBg UP Iia3
power. It is baso in yourselves, and trea- j sings of tho low, but is conceded to bo a
sonablo to your posterity, to surrender, sound and ab!o lawyer. Tho JnquLcr
these libertio and rights to tho creatures Lr;vcs following as the opinion of Mr.
whom your own breath created and cau o(
destroy. Shall thcro bo freo speech, a free atoveDs:
press, peaceable assemblage of tho people, I "Everywhere wc hoar tho greatest dis
and a freo ballot any longer in Ohio I satisfaction cxprcsssed concerning tho do
Shall tho peoplo hereafter, as hitherto, cisious of Provost Marshal General Fry.
havo tho right to discuss and condemn His decision concerning the S300 cxemp
tho principles and polioy of tho party',. . . , - 1
tho ministry tho men who, for tho timo " c,umentod on E0rc tonus.
conduct tho Government to demand of Pa'n meaning of tho law is, that
their public servants a recokoning of their when a drafted man pays 8300 to tho
stewardship, and to placo other men and government, it is equivalent to giviiwhii
eight or tho Constitution bo tho supremo 11 13 also accu,od h as'ut llint n
law of tho land ? And shall tho tho citi- colored man cannot be accepted as u sub
zen any moro bo arrested by an armed stituto. Upon what cluso of tho act lo
soldiery at midnight, dragged from wife bases this decision is moro than wo can
and child and homo to a military prison ; discover. Section 17 says, that any per
thence to mock military trial ; thence con- son enrolled and drafted who shall furnish
demned, and then banished as a felon lor an ucceplallc substitute, shall bo exempted
tho exercise of his rights ? This is thq is- from military duly. Tho law it will bo
suo, aud nobly havo you met it. It is tho seen, docs not say whathor tho substitute
very queshou of free, popular government must bo white or colored, but merely an
ltsolf. It into wholo question 5 upon tho acceptable substitute Asoolorod mon have
one sido liberty, on tho other despotism, been enrolled and a number drafted, wo
Iho 1 resident, as tho recognized head of cannot imagino why a man of color
las party, accepts tho issuo. Whatever ho nhould not bo accepted as a substitute
wills, that, that is law. Constitutions, Wo hopo that thoso matters will soon ho
Stale and Federal, aro nothing; acts of settled by tho courts, so that ovory ouu
legislation nothing j the judiciary less than may know whether the aot as it passed
nothing. In timo of war, there is butono Congress, is tholqw (f the land, or wheth
will supreme his will: but ono law er a man pumod Fry is tho solo law ma
military necessity, and he the solo judge, ker wa have."