COLUMBIA
DEMOCRAT,
AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER,
LEVI L, TATE, EDITOR. to hold and tkim the torch op truth and wave it o'er tub darkened eaiitii." TERMS : $2 00 PER ANNUM.
VOL. 17. NO. 30. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PENN'A,, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1863, VOLUME 27.
POETRY-
lie Americans' Welcome to tticir King.
After Tennyson.
BY tSAiC 0 REED, JR.
Abraham Lincoln, wo bow Ilia knee.
Republican King;
Yankees, anil Yorkers, nnil Clunkers ere we,
Tha rightful liclrs of thu men onco free,
Uut all of us BiavuB In our worship of tlice,
Republican Kin;.
Welcome him gloom Ity, fort unit (loot I
Wclcomo him silently, crowded street I
U'clcoiua him men, in prisons niado mad.
Welcome him conscripts, reckless or sad.
Drupe with the symbol of deepest woe.
The banners that tell of tlu long ugol
Hcattcred the cypress whurevcrlie tread,
America1 King is slinmu tu lie r doadl
Blianm to tha BUtiismcn burled and gone,
ehunioto tha tiieiit'ry of Wnshlngton
Mourn, hapless land, thy dishonor and wrong I
Mock not her sorrow, U lardH by your songl
lie silent, O buglunid trumpet, w hoso blast
Inspired high deeds in tho'glorious past I
Uronp saaly, O flag, whose colors still blaze
With tlio light of glory they caught in ola daygl
All that ! linked with America's fame
Can fjcl no joy ut her iliitdrcu'a shame,
Republican King I
Ruler of us by no net of ilr own.
Treacherous King on n Tyrant's Thro fa,
o joy to tlRT in thy royal place
Tyrant King of n timid race;
1'or Yankees and Yorkers, and (Quakers arc we,
Tim rightful heirs of tha ancient lice,
But all of Ud slaves in uur worship of thoc,
Republican King.
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
UWIT.D BY LEVI I.. TATE, i'ROi'RIRTOR
15LOOMSMJRG, PA.
Saturday, September 26, 863
THE PROCLAMATION "
Of Martial faw i'th ongSinwt Hit Unite d
States," and its Object.
Tho President has issued a Proclama
tion, declaring the pilvilrgoof thw writ ol
llibcuit Corpus suspended in all parts of
tho United States during the rebellion.
Although our people have been accustomed
to astounding official acts at Washington,
for two years past, and were prepared for
almost anything, yet this proclamation, at
this time, and under present circumstance,
may be cuntidcred the moat startling act
of Lincoln's administration. The Union
arms have lately been unusually successful.
Tho friends of the Administration claim
that the Federal-cause is prospering great
ly, and that tho end of the rebellion is
very near at hand. Mr. Seward's diplo
matic circular, just made public, officially
and eloquently recounts recent Federal
victories in the Southwest, and anticipates
the speedy capture of Charleston, and the
certain and sudden overthrow of tho re
bellion. If we believe what tho organs of
tho Administration tell us, the rebel cause
is about to breathe its last. Yet, in the
face of theso reprcscnU'tions, Mr. Lincoln
has just proclaimed to tho public that he
has suspended tho privilege of the writ of
Habeas Corpus ''throughout tho -United
States," and that "this suspension will con
tinuo throughout the duration of tho .ro
hellion," unless it shall please him sooner
to modify or revoke it.
What possible necessity there in for sus
pending the writ in those parts of tho
country where no war and no cause ol war
exist, wc cannot imagine. Tho Constitu
tion docs not authorize its suspension
whero no invasion at insurrection exists;
but whero there is any possible pretext for
ploading ''military necessity," wc, of
course, do-not expect this Administration
to pay any regard to the Constitution.
Uut how can "milijory necessity" be sot
up as a plea for suspending tho writ of
Habeas Corpus in States, or portions of
the country whero peace and ''loyalty''
xcign ? where tho civil courts aro open, and
whore civil government, when not obstruc
ted in its operations by tho iiitcrferenco of
Mr. Lincoln's agents, is as powerful to
protect tho innocent and puuish tho guilty
as it was at any timo previous to tho re
bellion? If a man commit treason in Maino
or Pennsylvania, ho can bo tried in the
Courts, and if found guilty, executed ac
cording to the Constitution and thu law,
and so can tho perpetrator of any crimo,
just as though no rcbollion bad occurred.
Military law is only necessary whero mil
itary operations arc going on. There is
no moro nccossity for Mr. Lincoln's sus
peuding Habc is Corpus'iu the Loyal States
thanthero was for his prototype of England
to suspend it in Canada during iho first
American Rebellion; no moro than thero
was for Victoria to suspend it iu England
durin" tho rebellion iu India, Think of
Mmnnndinr. tbo Habeas Corvus writ iu Or-
egon Stato aud Washiugtou Territory be
oauso of robollion in the Southern States 1
If Mr. Lincoln's proclamation wcni not
bo serious a matter, in tlio tyranny whioh
it contemplates, and in its probable evil
consequences, its insurance would form a
fitting themo for ridicule
But, really, it is too serious a matter to
jest over. If its terms and apparent intent
bo fully executed, it completely overthrows
our Constitutional government, so long as
Mr. Lincoln may chooso to continue tho
war, and make his will tho supremo law
of the land. Under this assumption of
power, the liberty of every citizen i' en
tirely at tho mercy of tho President.
Any man whoffe enemies may chooso to
inform od him as a "spy. or an aider or
abetter of the enemy," no matter how in
nocont ho niaybool tho charge, is liable
to bo imprisoned wherever Mr. Lincoln
may plcac, "throughout the duration of
tho rebellion," lor not being allowed a
hearing, according to law, he can have no
opi ortunity to provo his innocence. Or,
any man whom Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Stan
ton may chooso or deem guilty or daugor
ous, or any man whom they may deem
injurious to their merely pnrtisan schemes,
may bo arrested aud imprisoned during
the President's sovereign will and pleasure.
Under this universal suspension ot Habeas
Corpus auy Democratic editor, orator, or
ovcu candidates for office, in auy State,
may bo incarcerated during the war. The
Proclamation is, in fact, a declaration of
martial law over every foot of territory
in tho United States, superseding, if not
finally ovcrikiowing, the civil authority
the bulwark aud guarantee of public lib
erty. It makes Mr. Lincoln military dic
tator, or Emperor, and seta up a new
Government over thejicopleof the United
States.
The time at which this proclamation
appears, suggests the object ol it. The
iuw England States and California having
eiecteu "union ' iiettets, it teems to nave
been decided that Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Iowa shall do likewise. The appearance
of this proclamation at this moment, sug
gests the suspicion that it is intended as a
cofJ tfctut to carry the elections in theso
Slates, a U Louis Napolcou. Wliat else
can be the purpose if it I There is no
possible necessity for it, for any other pur
pose. For this wc confers it s necessary
Tho Administration o. unot carry Penn
sylvania and Ohio by fair means nay,
not even by the ordinary r.ieaus of bribery
and fraud, Nothing short of the inaugu
ration of the policy pursued in Kentucky
can insure the triumph f) of the Admin
istiation party in these States, and that
policy, wo suspect, is inaugurated by tho
issuance of tkisproclamation. The feeling
in this State and Ohio is known at Wash
ington, and it is knowu by tho men in
office theie that a fair election would im
pel il the perpetuation of their power.
Hence the proclamation, else why should
it have been issued at this particular mo
ment of time ? Why was it not issued
three or six months ago ? The act of Con
gress by which the President says it was
authorized, was passed on. the 3d day of
March last. Why has hu so long delayed
to issueiit? Is there greater military ne
cessity for it now than thcro was when
Lea was invading Maryland aud "Pennsyl
vania and threatening Washington and
Baltimore ? than there was before the Fed
eral occupation ol Vicksburg, Port Hud
son, Chattauooga, Cumberland Gap ami
other important positions? than there was
before thu reduction of Sumter, the occu
pation of Wagner, aud tho reported sur
render of Fort Moultiio 1 If it bo true
that the rebellion is well nigh crushed, aud
the war drawing to a speedy close, why
should tho Habeas Corpus bo suspended
'throughout the United States," if it was
not deemed necessary to suspend it when
tho prestige of victory aud tho prospect of orhcr Governors" of this wo need not 0f the Uuited States and tho laws of Con
Hual success seemed to be on tho sido of speak, as thare is not much honor, truth, .,,.(, a C1S,C3 niado and provided.
the rebels .' sin man cau give a svituiac- 1 or decency anywueru among: tiiem.j
lory answer to theso questions, nor make j 7th. That the Governor pledged him
us believe that to carry the coming elec-1 self not to be & candidate, meaning to bo
tions is not the real object of this pro'cla- one and lastly these papers by many asscr
mation. This Administration intends to tions rcgaid his nomination as fatal, and
perpetuate its existence, and thu great his ro election as impossible. Thu pain
power, civil and military, as its command, phlct is lengthy and exposes rascality
has been, and will continue to be, cm
ployed for this purposo.
Democrats of Pennsylvania ! hold youc
peaco ; proceed properly iu tho path of
, i, J
duty. Do nothing wrong or rash, and let
us have a peaceable election, if potable,
1 Jhtt vole at all hazards. If you canuot
do this, thero will bo nothing left you
WOr,h living for, and a man who will not
risk his life to preserve his liberty, is uot
1 fit to live under a frco government. Hct-
ter leave your doad bodies at tho polls
' than to fail to loavc your votes in tlie
- ballot box.
A BLACK RECORD.
Curtin's Own Party Spoaka.
THE SOLDIERS GllEA T FRIEND,
The Toiiasc Tax Swindle.
VOTERS READ THE RECORD.
Tlio editorials of the Pittsburg Gazelle,
and Pittsburg Dispatch, two abolition pa
Pcrsi against Governor Curtin aro being
circulated in pamphlet form, Thoy nuke '
a truthful nnd damaging record
1st. That tho Governor was tho iuti
mato friend of Charles M. Neal and
Frownfield, who swindled tho soldiers in
shoddy and shoes, and that the committee
of investigation, were managed to cover
up and smooth the fraud.
2d. That tho Governor favored and
signed tlie bill repealing the "Tonago
Tax, " although he confessed it was
''atrociously wrong." That he signed tho
bill with ''indecent haste during a recess
of tho Legislature" notwithstanding "he
had given the most positive assurance
that it should ba vetoed," and notwith
standing ho "was solemnly and repeatedly
pledged to refuse it his assent."
3d. That he "signed" tbis touage tax
swiudlo ''immediately after these assur
ances were given" and that there was a
"privato agreement iu writing, made by
Thomas A. Scott, for tho company to pay
-the sum of $75,000 per annum into the
treasury, which agreement he (Curtin,)
conceited from the people, and afterwards
surrendered to the company, without even
preserving a copy of it." ''When inter
rogated at the next session upon this
point, he admitted the fact himself of the
agi cement, aud its surrender" and excus
ed himself on the ground that "tho com
pany wore paving more than that amount
in taxes." The record showed that 'they
had not been paying tho half of that
amount" aud the Governor's words were
"contradicted by tho icstimony of his own
Attorney General," who swore before the
Hopkins Committee that the paper was
given by Scott aud placed in his hands
as an official and public document.
4th. Tho Pittsburg Gazelle says in
view of tbeso things that the masses be
lieved that the Governor had "sold the
People, and betrayed the State, aud asks
if "anybody is weak enough to think that
these things are already forgiven and for
gotten. "
O. That when another attemjt was
made to investigate tho whole matter Col.
MoCluro hastened from the sick bed of a
friend to ad vise the appointment of the
committee, that a great struggle wasmado
to keep off all who "were bent on ruining
a Republican G ovcrnor."
That the committee "acU'd languidly"
that il was surrounded by the "companies
spies," ' who telegraphed to witnesses
about to be summoned, iu order to- keep
them out of tho way," and that the Presi-
dent aud Vice President of the company
evaded tho summous as witnesses one
by "absenting himself from the Stato" aud
il. ..I I . . .!. . . . Til
uiu oiuur oy a oerimcaie iroui a ruysi-
emu, mat uo was uuuergo.ug injections 0.
lunar caustic, auuougu ne was
the btrecis. The committee
found that tho bill was procured
walkiii"
I - !
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"by tho
ubo of fraudulent and improper means" to 1
wuicli bill the Governor, however against
his pledgo put iiis signature. Thus was
tho people of Pennsylvania robbed' of
many hundred thousand dollars.
Oth. Theso Abolition papers allege, that
Governor Curtin in our uatioual matters,
has not only fallen far short of the 00 -
casion, in every element of courage, truth-
fulness and ability," but has enacted tho
pait of a marplot, from the beginning,"
and '-created moro trouble at Washiugtou
j by his officious intermeddling than all the
which tho people should remember Gov
Cuitin for at tho ballot box. Northumber
JukU County Democrat.
,n ,.7, ,
Tub Soldiers' Vote. Tho peoplo
BbouU reul0inbl!r( tb.u tbo Bbomion!.. are
tbo Vcrv men who objected to tho soldiers'
vote. A democratio Sheriff vfas elected
in Philadelphia by the soldiers vote, aud
aTS
c.Jud -t accol-dil),,to tll0 Constitution, ond
ju accordance with tho wishes of tho aboli-
tiouists. Tho dcoisiou threw a Democrat
out of offieo, but now the abolilioni6ta try
. to niako capital out of their own act,
Vi hy is tho Draft Nocessary ?
In tho winter of 18G2, Mr. Fesscnden,
Republican Senator from Maine, in a
speech in the Senate said :
'In every State of the Union there are
men who aro paid from molith to month,
not called in thu Geld absolutely, for the
reason that Government has no occasion
to uso them, and jot no step is taken to
disband theso men. Why nut disband
them if they aro not wanted ? We have
250,000 wore than wo ever intended to
huvo. It is cxtravnganco of tho most
wanton kind. I offer a proposition to
stop all enlistments."
Senator Wilson, of Massichusctls, said :
"I have over and over again been to
tho War Office, aud urged upon the De
partment to stop recruiting in ovcry part
of tho country. Wo have had the promiso
that it should bo done. 1 believe to-day
100,000 more men under tho pay of the
Government than wo need or can well use
I think tho Department ought to issue per
emptory orders forbidding tho enlistment
of another soldier in tho volunteer force."
Tbat Was before tho Emancipation pro
clamation was issued. Thoy then had
moro men than they wautcd. They issued
that proclamation volunteering ceased
aud a forced conscription was -tho result I
.WfflwrpgrnfmL'j.Msiw its ii i ill' , f f 1 1 1 il MS
A Proclamation by the President.
Tho Writ of Liberty Suspended.
Whereas, the Constitution of tho United
States has ordained that the privilege of
(he writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus
pended unless in case of .rebellion or in
surrection the public safety may require
it, and whereas, a rebellion was existing
on the 3d day of March, 1503, which re
bellion is still existing.
And whereas, by a statute which was
approved on that day, it was enacted by
tho Senate and IIou.o of Representatives
of the United States in Congress assem
bled, that during tho present insurrection
the President of the United States, when
ever in his judgment the public safety may
require, he is authorized lo suspend the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in
any case throughout the Uuited States.
Aud, whereas, iu tho judgment of the
President, the public safety does requiro
that the privileges of the said writ shall
now be suspended throughout tho Uuited
States iu cases where, by the authority of
the President of tho Uuited States, mili
tary, naval or civil officers of the United
States, or any of them, hold persons under :
their command or in their custody, cither j
as prisoners of war, spies, or -aiders or
abetters of the enemy, or officers, soldiers I
or seamen enrolled, drafted, mustered or I
enlisted in or belonging to tho land or
naval forces of the United States or de-J
sorters therefrom, or other wise amenable
to law or to thu rules and articles, of war,
or the rules and regulations prescribed
for tho military or naval service, by auth-
aum-,
only of the President of the Uuited
si,. m fr fW. nr fr
othor Ojjenoe ugaiust the military or naval
"
1 service.
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln,
Prnt.lnt.t nf fliO ITtttt.wl fftfirl An frV
proclaim and make known to all whom it
may coucerll) tbat the privilc
.. .
;c ot tuo
wrU q IIaboas Col.pU3 h BU3neu(cd
throughout the United States, in tho scv-
j eraj caaes Defora mentioned, and that this
j gnsnenS;on wjH continue throughout tho
1 o
duration of the said rebellion, or until this
Proclamation shall by a subsequent one,
to bu issued by the President of tho United
States, bo modified and revoked.
And I do hereby require all magistrates,
attorueys -aud other civil officers within
' tlQ United States and
all officers and
1 otijers jn military and naval services
0f ti,u United States to take distinct notice
; 0f this suspension, and give it full effect,
' ami an citizens of tho Uuited States to
' .conduct and covorn themselves accord-
inalv iu conformity with tho Constitution
Iu testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand, aud caused the seal of tho
United States to bo affixed, this ICth day
of Scptembor, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
three, and of tho Independence of the Un
ited States of America tho Eighty-eighth.
(Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President :
W, II. Seward, Secretary of State.
The Demochatio Pakty, Let those
who now assail tho Democratic party, re
member always one fact that history bus
vindicated ovcry position and justified
every important act of that party from tho
organization of the Government down to
now. Discreet men who anticipate a fu
ture, and do not. object to tho enjoyment
of self-respect in time to coiuo, had better
ruminate a little on tbis jignifioant truth.
But You Don't 'Abuso tlio South.
'PLio !. .111.. ..... f tt.n nl.nliltnn
4.I1IO lit IvUU ouiy KikJ Jk tuu IIUWIIIIWU
clans, when speaking of tho Democrats ,
"You don't abuse tho South!" Why T
don't wo abuso tho South t Do wo not
hourly, and daily, and wcokly denounce
all sectionalism ? Have wo not denounced
it for years ; for a half century ? All our
troubles lie in that one great act of treason
against government and law, sectionalism. i
In denouncing that great political crime,
wo strike at tho root of tho disease wo !
strike at tho branches wo striko at tho
origin wo strike ot tho trunk, and
were our strokes powerful enough to striko
into the hearts of tbc guilty culprits who
havo brought ruin and death into the land,
wo would soon euro the patient and re
store health and cheerfulness to tho fam
ily circle.
If the abolitionists, or now "Union men"
par excellence, aro not guilty, then our
blows do not light on them ! If tbey aro
guilty, then we but do our duty in strik
ing them down with all others, wherever
found, guilty of tho same high treason
against States' rights, constitutional gov
ernment and the peace of society. If
these abolition agitatois, now ruling the
government iu its civil and military cap
acity, are alone the guilty ones, as thoy
would make it appear by such complaints
as the above, then our attacks aro con
fined to them and our strokes hit no one
else. Of this they can be tho judges as
well as wc. They have the same means
of information that we have, and it is their
fault not ours, if they are too ignorant or
too stubborn too understand.
We have for twonty years denounced all
that sort of politics which had a tendency
lo arraX ouu Puruou 01 lQU ollUBa
other portions. Wo have lor twenty
years .denounced Massachusetts and South
Carolina in turn, and together. If wc
over or always believed Massachusetts
more to blame than South Carolina, it was
a conclusion arrived at from tho facts as
they transpired aud were understood by us.
Living our whole life, or nearly so, hero
right in the midst of the Northern division
of this sectional contention, wc -may have
been a little bolter acquainted with it than
those at the South iu its personal offcu
siveness. So far it is possible our fee
ings may have been to some extent war
pod as would bo natural in most such
cases; but iu dealing with thu question as
..Anrt.: nn.w. n,l -.int.:i:, f .1...
. , . ,
fAimntiltinnl nA -itin it fl,n strxti a i n n nnm
UtkiUIIIVUl lUUrilU u l IUU UUtlDl.lU(JlllJtJ9 , WtJijw wuuuui w. 1 bll v A uv ,w
iu tho light of the saerifieo of a great na- ' plicated with those public thieves and rc
tion aud people to the Moloch of sectional ceives part of the plundcr,or he is guilty of
disorder, we havo neither personal nor appointing men to offieo who doservo tho
party feeling, other than those produced cxecratiou of all good citizens. He may
by reflection on tho sad and horrible con- tako which horn of tho dilemma he may
sequences to all of us, innoceut and guilty please. Tho position of affairs -renders
alike. Wo hare ever denounced we
, . . , .
, , , . ,
; stopped by death or the despotic force of
i ALr:lljam Lincoln, all men, of whatever
cast 07 section who continue to breed ill
blood ou geographical lines,. and thus ,pcr-
petuatc wars which a century will not
! bca!- and for wWul1 lhrco i wi
I nnf. nminrif. ninui-nintr nnil snrrnw
Why
! a
men among us aro wickcu enougu
to en
courage a condition of things which is just
as certain ruin to them and their children
as to anybody else, is what wo oannot
comprehend.
If they were ignorant two years ago
when thoy got it up as, "a mero three
months job," they certainly ought now to
be manly enough to acknowledge their
error and their want of sense, and not at
tempt to imposo upon tho peoplo by a new
set of predictions and hopes just as ridicu-
ous and futile as tho first. No men, no
people, uo government can prosper on a
basis of error error in tho eyes of all
nations aud proveu so by all past history
errors in o'timate, in practice, in prin
ciple. .False to truth false to tho en
lightenment of ages, aud to the philosophy
of nature aud God.
Now, if our denunciation of error, igno
rance, wrong aud outrage upou tho institu
tions under which wo live, aro more appli
cable to our political opp xicuts hero at
home than to anybody else, it is not any
business of ours, but against those whom
we cast our anthomas. Wo shall certainly
not ocase bcoauso tho guilty complain, let
thoso guilty be found whoro thoy may.
Columbus (Ohio) Crisis.
Oun Platform. "Mr. Lincoln is not
tho United States Government. Tho
Government is ours aud wc owo allcgianco
to it ; Mr. Lincoln is not ours, and wo do
uot owe allegiauco to him, Mr. Liucolu's
term of office is short uud fleeting; tho
Government, wo liopo will last forever."
A Northorn traitor on it mission of dis
uuiou to England. Who is he ? Conway,
editor of tlio Hotton Commonwealth.
Curtin' Picture, ns Drawn by a Political I
I1 NCIHl.
from tin Gettysburg Star and Ranner, (Republican,)
,'iay jisi iooi.j
''Pennsylvania has long been called tho j
Keystoiio Slate, and she has desorved tho
name. Any one not blinded by prejudico
must liavo accorded this to her, in the late
unhappy scenes through which our coun-,
try has boon call d to go. Tho rosolu-.
tions jf our Representatives, pledging tho
support and credit of tho State to the Fed-
eral Government, together with tho simul-
taneous uprising of tho people to furnish
an army to assert us commands, did more
to re-establish confidence in tho Union
and tho inhoront stability of our political
systom than tho action of ony State or pco-
pic. Pennsylvania has earned anew tho
right to hor proud tittle. Whilst all this
is so, and more whilst cities, counties
boroughs, volunteer organisations and pri-
vote individuals have pledged their credit,
and contributed most liberally to furnish
our bravo voluntoers with a complete
equipment, and place them in a position
ready to vindicate alike the Stato and Na-
tional Government, wo aro pained by the
report of official neglect and peculation. j
moro than this.wo ha.vc seen our comrades !
miserably clothed, and both badly and
scautily provisioned by those paid, and
well paid, to seo theso important consider-
ations. Wo held our peace when, recently
we were cognizant of the fact that tho
Quartermaster of our own company was
under the necessity of providing himielf tue Uovcrnor :
with a pair of scales to protect tho company I "For reasons which appeal to my self-
against the rapacity of an officer ,and when "sPcct ) oannot c?ns. continue any
7 i i .i , 3 , . . ,', , i longer in connection with your adminis
wc heard the loud complaints of tho Buck- ' trat1on. If tiwnlot0t toder you my resig-
tails on account of outrageous treatment, nation ol tho office of Attorney Goneral."
because, in tho one cose, wo thought it the j In commenting upon this action of Mr.
villiany of a mipor officer, and tho neces- Purvianco, tho Pittsburg Chronidep, black
sary delay, in the other, of an overtaxed Republioau journal, thus wroto :
Administration. All tbis, it seems, was We aro net informed yet what these
but the beginning of gigantic fraud, as reasons are j ; but enough is known to state
though tho nation and tho State had not that they arise tntt of the alleged complicitii
been so disgusted by tho perfidy of recent f i"t'memM?t
, , . . L 7: , , tract transactions through which the Stw
Administrations that it hurled them from has fan swindled out of immane tut
power moro for that cause than any other, money, and our brave volunteers ndt,t 'n
Tho man who makes the present effort of to a series cf hardships and inconveiueu
the people to preserve the liberties fought tvhki f.w but themsducs wouU tu.. ae
ior anu acnievea oy our turners an occa
sion to rob our soldiers and enrich him
self, is an enemy whom it would be
charity to Hang. We care not who is the
r . ....
' guilty party. He who defrauds our bravo
i soldiers is worse than a traitor
Wo do
not know who is immediately to blame,
lmf ll.ta vn 1'nr.irr ttmf ft At. nxn n .. P,.... I
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i"ntinilt nCOnnfl POnCtlPft H.lMlO It rt 1 C lilt-
official peculation doubly monstrous, nave
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from.onovilo Administration to another
, viler ? Many voted for Gov. Curtin to
avoid corruption and havo they linked
. themselves to rottenness ? If the interests
of this country ere bound up with the suc-
63. of f publican principle enunciated
-in the Chicago platform, as wo believe
thoy arc, it boconis the party to purge its
ranks of these vilo men, aud lit the stigma
of their villainy rest cn them alouo, aud
not ou the party. Away with traitors and
men who speculate on patriotism.
Tho Chain-Gangs of Glory.
Tho newspapers are full of items like the
following
"Tho file of conscripts and deserters,
were marched down the avenue to day,
chained together and handcuffed."
Deserters must of course be punished for
deserting; and conscripts, who arc inde
cent enough not to rejoice, as tho adminis
tration organs constantly assuro ua that
conscripts do rejoice, at being conscripted,
may perhaps bo handcuffed into a happier
frame of mind. Rut it must be admitted
that there is something rather grotesque
in tho spectacle of soldiers of tho Union
in arching in chains to liberate the slaves
of rebels. IV Y. World.
A Pregnant Thought. Gen. Sigel,
in a late speeoh beforo tho Teacher's As
sociation, at Reading, Pennsylvania, said,
among othor things of tho war.
"It will not bo ended when our soldiers
havo possession of tho enemy's country.
It is not enough to have the territory of
tho enemy. It is necessary to reorganize.
It is necccssary to mako thoso chauges
which wdl give a permanent foundation of
liberty, it is necessary to chango tho
miud ot tho pooplo who aro now opposing
us as cncmios. Do you believe that the
children of the South, when they look to
tho graves of their lathers, will lovo this
country J You must educate them in tho
public schools, and then loam them the
priuuiplci? of liberty, which tho grave can
inover claim. '
Tho Whito Conscript.
Tho Debuquo Herald says : "While men
aro forced from families dependent entirely
upon thorn for support; they aro driven
in chains and guarded by Federal soldiers
at tho point of tho bayonet to and from
thoitcrmini of railroads ; thoy arc flogged
0D 'uo barc back until thoy beg for mercy,
nd fJasP and faint under the still rapidly
applied lash; they aro placed in the foro-
lnost ot l"0 battle and treated with ovcry
indignity and every cruelty, and yet tho
,oeno excites no "special wonder." They
"1U negroes, uerc tuo
blacks so inhumanly treated, the pen of a
Stowc would bo bidden, write ; the,tilver-
voiced Phillips would hurl barbed analhc-
lnaa 'nto luo rmka of the oppressor, and
maudlin poets would distill their grief and
iQ it if'o song. But it is the whito mau
wuo suffers, and whose oppressors find a
thousand ready tongued apologists. It is
tuo w'tc nian's family that is scparatod,
tuc white man who is chained, tho whita
raaD w'' li flggcd tho white man who is
B living barrier to the bullets of the
enemy."
Shoddy Candidate,
The Hon. S. A. Purviauce was appointed
Attornoy General by Gov, Curtin at the
beginning of his administration. After
remaining in office a few months Mr.
Furviauco resigned, and in doing so he
used the following significant language to
Paving up an Old Suonu. Thu nar
risburg Patriot and Union says, as one
of the drafted men came out of the Pro
vost Marshal's office, day before yester
day, just threo hundred dollars shorter
than when ho went iu, he cast his glance
around upon the lugubuous faces of the
a
throng of expectants standing in the hall,
whoso hour bad not yet come, and soothed
bis kindred spirits thus : ".Roys, threo
years ago I was a gay "Vide Avake,' and
wore a glazed capo at my own expense
but the coal oil was said to be free. They
arc now settling that coal oil acbount;
I've paid niino, and here's a receipt in full.
Saying which he flourished his commuta
tion receipt.
Maj. Geoiicii: W. Woodward. Among
the Washington news itemi in the New
York News wo notico the following :
"The .camp of tho Invalid Corps, at
Meridian Hill, Washington, is under tho
-command of Major Gacrgo W. Woodward
tlie sou ot tho Democratic candidato for
Governor of Pennsylvania. Tho corps
now compromise nine thousand men. Ma
jor Woodward is engaged in forming tbeui
into regimonts."
Major Woodward, although ho has dis
tinguished himself in several battles with
tho rebels, isjnovertlieloss, like his distin
guished father,considered a '-Coppeihead''
by the Abolitionists.
Why is it? An Irishman by the name
of Faragan, and an American of ''African
descent," were both convicted in May la-it
in tho Philadelphia Court of Quarter Ses
sions of murder iu tho first degree, and
sentenced to be hung. The Lveuiii"
JounUil says that Gov. Curtin has signed
the death warrant of Faragan, whose ex
ecution is to take place on Friduy uext,
tho 18th. The negro h;s still a chanco
for his life, as no death warrant has yet
been issued. Is tbo superiority of tho ne
gro in the Abolition scale of civilization, to
be extended to capital caes of crime bj
the Jacobins of the i.'netecnth coutury I
No man blatnss tho Admiuistration
moro than tho soldiers returned from tbo
army. If thoy aro thus outspol;cn iu their
complaints why Bhould tho c'tizens falter
in hurling tho corrupt Government from
power?
The Difference. Negro slaves aro
driven by tho overseers at tho crack ot
the whip. Whito conscripts aro duyt,
at tho point of tho bayonet.
Since tho wnr commenced there L.
been more than four whito liiuu otut u,
their long homes for every u.a
Is tbis not "diicoursging ealUtjutroM.'
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