EDITI'D BY LEVI I.. TATE, PHOPRIETOn.
" Onr Oonitltutlon guard It evar I
Our tlorlotta Union hold It dear I
Onr marry nag rorsaka It nsvarl
Tht proud Oaucaaalan our only pearl
BLOOM8BUBG :
Saturday Morning, Sep. 17,1064.
Democratic Nominations
FOll FUEsIdENT,
GEN. GEO. B. McCLELLAN.
OF NEW JEEBEY.
FOR, VICE PRESIDENT,'
HON. GEO. H. PENDLETON,
, OF OHIO.
D1&TA1CT TICKET.
FOR CONGRESS,
COL. V. E. PIOLLET,
07 BRADFORD.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
W ILLIA3IS0.V II. JACOB?,
OF BLOONSBUIirj,
COUKTI TICKET,
FOR SHERIFF,
SAMUEL SNYDEIt, of Mifflin.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
ALLEN fllAXN, of Beavtr.
FOR AUDITOR,
DANIEL SNYDEIt, of Scott.
Col. Victor E. Piollejt.
Oiir candidato for Congress is so well
known to the peoplo of this District, as to
make It unnecessary for us to introduce
him by any extended notice. His largo
experienco in public affairs pointed hiin
out as tbo very man for the times : as
Fuperintondent of Publio Works, as Pay
master in the army in the war with Mex
ico, and cs a member of tho State Legis
lature, ho has proved himsalf to be an
honest as well as capable publio servant.
Tho corrupt eohemes of ambitious or ve
nal men havo always when known by him,
been exposed and denounced in bold and
fearless terms schemes to rob tho publio
Treasury, uch as tho act to repeal the
tonago tax, and all similar legislation
have been so fiercely attacked and so ful
ly ventilated by him as to make him an
object of hate to all that class of raon who
ara held together by the oohesivo power
of publio plunder,
He is a farmer and large tax payer,
haviDg a deep interest in common with his
fellow-citizens in reducing tho publio ex
penditures to the lowest possible point
For years he has urged tho great dispari
ty botweon tbo salaried of officers and tho
pay awarded to mechanics and other la
borers, as a reason for reduction of the
former. In short ho is a Democrat who
sympathises with tho people in their wants
and wishes, who above all desires a rcsto
raton of peace and tho integrity" of the
Union, and who would lend every energy
to tho accomplishment of thoso deeirublo
ends, in the shortest possible time.
Wo bespeak for him; tho votes of all
who aro willing to have peaooupon the
basis of tho Constitution and the Union
"We do not expect thai those who have set
up the negro as their God will give him
their support Every other Eleotor we
hope will.
Luzerne Democratic Nomina
tions. Tho Democracy of Luzerne, hold their
Count? Convention on Tuesday last at
Wilkesbarro, and nominated the following
excellent Ticket.
Omgresi, Hon. Giubwei Denison, by
acclamation.
Assembly, Br. Harry Hakes, of nan
over, Daniel F. Soybort, of Salem, and
Hon. Anthony Grady, of Carbondale.
Prolhonolory, Michael J. Philbiu.
Clerk of the Courts, E. B. Collinga.
District Attorney,!). R. Randall.
Surveyor, John Sturdcvant
Commissioner, W. Wolf, Blaekcrcck.
A large and very enthusiastic Demo
cratic Mass Meeting was held in tho eve
ning in tho Court House. Judge Merri
field, in the chair, Addressos wcro de
livered by tho President, Stanley Wood
ward, Harry Hakes, Charles Denison,
Levi L. Tatft, A. B. Dunning, Theorin
Finn, S. S. Winchester, and others. It
was a grand McClellan and Pendleton
Democratic Ratification and speaks well
for the noble Democracy ol Luzerne,
Bruits County Nominations. The
iBerks county Democraoy, in County Con
vention, on Tuesday last, re-nominated
Hon. S. E. Ancona, for Congress, and
non. Heister Olyrner, for State Snator.
This is the third timo these gentlemou
havo boon thus honored by their constitu
ency. Ttnnwarn, T.m,,.t, fl.n...1 Tl..
tide has been dishonorably dismissed from !
th. army, and relumed to his home in ' r 7 . "ou",u 1UU We a sound fiuanioal system, while tho rights
Rhode Wand. This i, another of Lin-! J T " hat the war .l0rcltizeD8 and ,ha ri hta of 6lM band
coin's pet. Kon.l Pity that ba had not ! it (o "U B nTr," iT ''11" biuDS athoTh' of law 'er tho
been dismissed beforo the battle of Fred-j pem" " ,0 aj2Lbol,t,on 18 effeole,1 j Pre.ideut.tl.o ormyjand the pople.aro sub
orioksburg and the arrest of Vallandig-' AST A OiLEnHATKU Cook who died rc. jects of not less vital importance in war
bam, it would havo saved national dis- oently, has had his opitaph written by than in peaee.
' litoa cfebk fifty. lPetwp to his hab.B" ( Believing tkst th vlswtr hor exptensed
Congreulotinl Conference.
At a meeting of the Confereea ol the 13th
Congressional District, held In liloonubnrg
on the )3ih ol September, 1881, by order ol
adjournment :
Hon . JOHN MtHKYNOI.DS, of Columbia
county, was olccted to I tie Chnlr ; and VV,
W. Pisneo, of Montour county, wan chosen
Secretary.
Tho following wsro the Conferee frorn
tho five counties comprising the District :
BRADFORD COUNTY.
II. C Rockwell j Coff6
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
a,&0,l," Conferees.
MONTOUR COUNTY.
John W Mile, 1
SULLIVAN COUNTY.
Gen. D. Jackson, ) , .
Jamea Deeau, (-0,'fo"ie-
WYOMING COUNTY.
John Jackson,
0. L. I'arnsh,
Confeteea.
Ihero beinij but one Conferee preieiil
from Bradford county, on motion it wan
agreed upon that he have ihu privilege of
casting; '.wo voter,
Tho Conference bnina fullv organized.
candidate. werrt nomina.eJ by their
reapeeiivo countlr, after which ihn
Conference proceeded in ballot, nml on the
fifth ballni Onl Vir-rnn W Pmiirr hnir,.T
reeelved Ihe ife-of Vhe ' vo"., it was
moved uiai uie uominaiion tio mane unan
imous, whtch was carried.
Citorrn t). Juckflnn. nhftirmtin nf rnmtnll.
" , ' -
tee on reso utiom. reno'i'.eJ the fnl Inwim-. 1
which were unanimously adoptfd, viz:
, Of
Htsolvtd, That in behalf ol the Democracy
of tho 13th Congressional District we heart
ily concur in the nomination of Gen. Georue
B McClellan as the Democratic candidate
for President, und George H I'emlloiou for
Vice 1'reaitlorit. That iu Gen. Ueoriio B.
McClellan we havo presented ions for otir
uffraRea.one whoso "love lor the 1 ninn, ,
and whose reverence for thu CouMitutinn
and Ihe laws," entitle him to our fullest
confidence ; a true nnlriol. a slatoman. a
scholar, a sound Democrat, a worthy citi-
zen, anu a nravo tinu cailntit linncr.il : one
who we confidentlv believe will "rei'.ore
Union anil I'eacu to a sullenni; people, and
yuard and deiend Iheir rtglils'aud their lib
erties "
Resolved, Tlint In Ihe nomination of lion.
Georue H. Pendleton lor Vtco President, the
Convention have selected an able nnd p-
iriuiiL-hia.hpiiihii, onu every vTfiy wortny Ol
the confidence and fuppnrl of the oeonlo t
of (hose Untied States lor the second olOce
in their uift
Resolved, That wo are for constitutional
liberty and Union, and for iuoIi policy in
public affair as will speedily reloru lo Ihe
country the supremo blessings of n jus; and
durable peace; objects which we believe will
be obtained by ihu election ot thu Demo
crmic candidates.
Resolved, That Ilio recent arrems of sun
dry respectable citizens of Columbia coun
ty under an order (u nlleyeJj ol the Pro
vost Marih.il General and upon unknown
charges, mid Iheir transportation to a re
mote prison, ihe said citizens not being in
tho military or naval service of the United
Slates, and therefore not subjict lo military
law, has been viewed with deep sensibility
by Ihe people of this section of Ihe Stale,
and prove, the necessity ol changing our
rulers in order to secure individual rights,
and the constitutional und jui acton of
Government. ,
Resnlml, Thai we present the name of
Col. Victor B. Piollel, thi day nominated
by us, for ihe position ol Representative in
Congross with lull confidence in his capac
ity and integrity, and cordially recntntnend
him to the earnest and undivided support
ol the peoplo ol this Congressional District.
Resolved, Thai ilio next regular confer
ence lor llii Congressional District be held
at Danville on the first Thursday niter ihe
first .Monday of September, I860.
Resolved, 'J'ltnt iho proceeding of this Con
ference be pbbliklied iu all the Democratic
papers of tho District.
On motion the Conference adjourned sine
die.
JOHN McKEYNOl.DS, Pres't.
W. W. PiMNto, Sec'y.
Tuhn Him Our In tho month of Feb
ruary, 1861, Mr. Lincoln said :
"If I adopt a wrou'd policy, tho oppor
tunity, for condemnation will occur in lour
years timo. Then I can be turned out
aud a better man, with belter views, put
in my placo."
That Mr. Linootn has adopted a 'wrong
policy' is not doubted by men of either the
Republican or Democratic parties, lie
publioan8 aro eevcro in their denunciations
of his "reconstruction policy," his "for
eign polioy." his "negro policy," and his
"uncertain policy,"' on almost every pub-
lij question, us Democrats arc. There
fore, if the people aro wife, they will not
fail to take Mr. Lincoln's own advioe, and
"turn Atwi out."
Obey the Laws.
We frcquontly hear Lincoln' friondj
urging individuals to obey the laws. By
this they mean not the laws as they found
them upon tho statuto books at tho time of
the inauguration o( Abraham Lincoln, but
his proclamations and edicts of emanci
pation, confiscation and the will of totuc
ignorant military tyrant. These ssme
men havo forgotten the examples of diso
bedienoe they havo given the South in tho
passage of the infamous (so-oalled) person
al liberty bills, whioh mado it an offence
for a citizen to obey the requirements of
tho Fugitive slave law 1 Tho punishment
in tho ssveral States were as follows :
Imprisonmont,
Fines.
SI, OUO
1 ,000
6,000
5,000
1,1101)
1,000
1,000
Pennsylvania 3 months
Michigan
It) years
14 yeara
5 years
2 years
6 years
5 yeais
5 years
'15 years
Indiana
Massachusetts
Wisconsin ,
Iowa
Maine
Connecticut
Vermont
5.000 i
i
Sr Lincoln's rejection, of peaco over-
tare, has amazed tho whole country. Tho
",UHU,U Plc" " "nUg "early ail Us
T , 8 0P8,es aD,d PlaDa
t ?
Gen. Mctltilnu's Letter of Acceptance.
TUB
UNION MUST BB rilESEttVED AT ALL
HAZARDS I
hi Integrity the Conditions of Alt Ntgo
tiattont,
Two Scpni'atc
finvi-i-niMPiits
Impracticable
.
Tho Union tho Only Condition
of Peace.
States in Rebellion may ITcturn
r; cparatcly.
Economy in Public Expenditure.
H.t.i.ItT for a mora Vlgorona Watlonalllr.
A eouud Financial System Rec
ommended. New Youu, Sept. 8. -The following is
thu lettor of General McGlem.an accept
ing tho Chicago nomination :
ORAN'ne. N. J.. Scnl. 8. 1B(M. Gnu.
tlfuicu : I havo the honor to
cdrn tbo recoinl of vonr ltter informing
mef my nomination by. ll.o Democratic
Kalionaf Convention reocntlv aaaembled
,nl' 1 uonvcm ?n reoc", y. BSS0,nD
nt Chicago, as their candidato at tho
oxt election for Pre.ide.t of ll.o United
Status.
! It is unwary for mo to say to jou'
that this nomination eoinra to mo un-'
inat tun nomination comes to mo un-'
. 1
i sought.
1 I inn happy to know that when
' nomination was mado tho record of
Bn111.1l
I
the
ni' -
i publiclife was kept in view.
I The off ct of long and varied service in
the nnnV dllrinc I lie war anil ni-nnn ln
, .., ,". ,1 ., , , . , .
beo" l. """'Kti & mko uidell.blo 111
my minu auu nart uio love onu reverence
or tho Union, Uonstilutton.laws and flag
of our country imprc.-.scd upon tne in early
youth.
These feeling' havo ibm f.ir guided tho'
oourse of my life, and must oontii.uu to do I
so to it." end
j Tho cxintenco of moro than ono Gov
ernment over the region whioh onoo own-
,i . .,
cd 0ur !,?," moonipatiblo wuh the peace,
the power and thv liappiuosi of the peo-
pie .
Tho preservation of our Uniou was tho
sole avowed object for which tho war was
oommenced, and it should havo beon con
ducted in nccordanco with those principles,
whioh I took occasion to dsolaro whon in
active service. Thus conductcd,thc work
of rccouoiliation would havo been eajy,
and we might have reaped tho benefits of
our many victories on tho land and tho
sea.
Tho Union was originally formed by the
exerciso of a spirit of conciliation and
compromise, and to restore and preserve
it the same spirit mustprovail in our coun
cils aud iu the hearts of tho peoplo. Tho
re-establismcnt ol tho Union in all its in
tegrity is and mutt continuo to bo tho in
dispeusablo coudition iu any settlement
So soon a it is clear, or even probablo,
that our present adversaries aro ready
for pcaeo upon tho basis of thu Union, we
thould exhibit all the resources ol'sdates
manship practiced by civilized nations
and taught by tho traditions oftho Amer
ican people, consistent with tho honor and
interests of tho oouutry, to secure such
peace, re establish the Uniou and guaran
tee for the future the conditional rights of
every Stato. The Uniorj is tbo one condi
tion of peace, aud we ask uo more.
T 1 1 . . T 1 . .
Tiie Presidency
ai mo auu wnat i uouot not was, a!- Gmi aml i Mie you 0 a 00,oncl in (he
though unexpressed, tho sentirneut of the regular army. Do you imagine that ouch
Convention as it is of the peoplo thoy rep-: a fl(!t a ,-obbing "private drawers, nnd
resent, that when any one State is willing publishing private letters, will bring honor
to return to tho Union it ebould bo receiv- ( to your rank in tho estimation of gontlo
ed at once with a full guaranty of all its ,U(,nj avo yon ever read here and there
constitutional rights. If a frank, earnest , a 6cr2P 0f history ! Do you know iu what
and pcrs Utent effort to obtain these oh-' light tho slimy informer, tho eavesdropper,
jacts should fail, the responsibility for ul- j tho pitilul spy upon the affairs of domestic
teiior consequences will fall upon thoso and private life, havo always been rogard
who remain in arms againtt tho Union, ed by honorable men? Did you ever
but the Union must be preserved at all rcad tho invectives of Gurran before the
hazards. juries of Ireland against such conduct as
I could not look in tho faoo of my gall- yours! If you have not I advise you to
ant oomrado.i of tho army and navy, who do to, and you will thore 620 yourself in a
havo survived so many bloody battles, nnd mirror as others see you at all times. Ti
toll them that their labors and the saori- tus Cites pretended lo disoover plots, con
fice of so many of our ilainand wounded piracies and treasons just as you protend
brethrou hod boen in vain that we ha'd that jou aro doing. He got rich at it, as
abandoned that Union for which wo havo I prehunio you are doing. He sacrificed
bo often perilled our live?. the livos It many of tho best citizens of
A vast majority of our peple, whether England. You may do tho same in this
in the army aud navy or at home, would, country by yonr sensatioual falsehoods
as I would, hail with unbounded joy tho and reckless disregard uf tho public peace,
permanent rc6tortion of peace, on the ba- But the paralle may go furthor. A healthy
sis of the Union under tho Constitution, reaction took plaoe, and Titus Oatcs, tho
without tbo effusion f another drop of plotfinder of England, stood in thoj stooks
blood, but no peaco can be permanent and was pelted by the multitude His
without Uuion.
Ab to the other subjects presented iu
the resolutions of tho Convention, 1 need
only soy that I should eek in tho Consti -
tution ef tho United States, and tho laws
framed' in accordauoo therewith, tho rule
of my duty and the limitations of execu
tive power, endeavoring to restore eoono
my iu publio expenditure, ru establish tho
supremacy of law, and by tba operation
of a more vigorous uationalitv. resume
15,000 ur conimanuing position among the na
I tions of tlin Mr th
i ...
Thc conditioD of 0lK C(la
prcoiation of tho paper money, and the
burden tliorihv in,nn.l on .n
cpital, show the necessity of a return to
are thoso of the Convention and the pco- j
plo you Mprescnt,I aooept tho nominator,
1 roalito the weight or the responsibility
to be borne, should the people ratify your(
choice,
!'....!... ... ...... l.., T
onlv seek forvently thu irtiidauco of tho
Rulnr of ilio Universe and rclvlncr on His
------ - o
all-powerful aid, do my best to restore
llulnn mid neaco to a suffering neonlu.nnd
- uT.i.r....i .7,' .i" ' .1
iu UBi luiian u Liu uua u kiicii iiuuil uj auu
rinhls
I am, gentlemen, vory respectfully,
Your obedient Fervent,
Gkohue B McOi.ELiaN.
Tho Indiana Contapiraoy Story
The Q 11 in Exposed.
Letter from Hon. D. W. Voor
hc"CB to Brig. Gen. Henry B.
Carrington.
General Henry U. Girrington, Indian
upolts, Indiana :
Sni-Your fovor of the 10th is at hand,
in which I an. informed that eeiOln lct -
ters bclohcinir to mo havo been stolen. -
Vau An not dlrretlv nlntc whether vou
acknowl-L,,:i.,i ,1,. tlmlt vnnrsnlf nr rllirr
1 . . " 1 ...
0U Wa Bomo on 019 ' "ul 1D a"
, ""0" as yu aavo possession of the stolen
' ' . , .
property, and avow it as u yon have tiono
' Lmcthing to be proud of.you will ofcourso
',: ,.nni,t,.r,l 1,., hfin,:.
j in thIB net of potty larceny and lock'
!- tin . .
nii,:n
"-"'J,
I. ... ....
tion wniou you claim, anil wutcti aro not,
, I hnlinrn. trrtmrnllv ounceded to vnn liv
tho nublic.
1N0 finn. UQwaver. win niRnme
your right to this.
You tako great pains in your communi
cation to convey a (also impression in re
gard to circumstances under which you
examined and purloined my private cor
respondence. In November, 180U, I lock
d ray desks, my drawors nnd my office in
tho usual manner, aud left for Washington
- Jiv I did not roturn to 'LVrrc Haute
until tho 10th of luno 1801.
Durinc: my absonco
I authorized the
ower of the property to rtmt it and take
ohargo of ray books and papers, Ho rent
ed it sometime in the spring to a man by
the name of Muzzy, and, with a mistaken
codfidence, suffered everything belonging
to me to remain under his control. Here,
General was your easy opportunity I
was nearly a thousand miles away, a po
litical enemy had possession of my desk
and drawers, and all you had to do was
to ply thu burglar's art, prepare fal.a
keys, pick my loeks, and ou at onco had
access to my private, confidential corre
poudence, embracing a period of Foven
years. 1 havo every reason to believe that
you read it all, letter by letter. You took
your time, and liko the furtive, thieving j
magpie, natrowly inpi-ctfid each lino and I
word, to find, if pocsiblc, norae expression I
of opinion which your .jarvilo poliiio.il creed
holds to be disloyal. Thro
wcro mnoj 1
letter there from chcriihud fiiunds
Willi
are dead. There was a bundle also frnio
my wife in ri'c;-rd to uur domestic affair.
It i-fiti li'.it.. wlj.Ii.t thMu.. nlcin iLlnmiii ts
turn them, as they can he of no value ex
ceptto the owner. I havo heard of gen- I
crous hoitso breakers and pick poo'icta do
ing as much as that.
I confess to ono very disagreeable peti
sation in regard lo this affair, It is the
thought that the evidences ol long years ol
. triuadship aud affection should be autjeot
ed to the security of auch an eye as yours.
You wear tho, uniform of a brigadier
I curs were cropped close to h's head; he
was whipped at tho tail of a oart a dozen
times through tho streets of London
j Those acts of vengeance against liitn wero
only exprossivo of tho feelings which vir
tuous mankind everywhere entertains to
wards tho wretch who turus univorsal
witness against bis fellow men who, in
times of great publio excitomont and troub
le, seeks to aggrevato thu publio distress
pretending to find ovprybody guilty but
himself and his follow : who crawl into
bed rooms, who ransuiks bureaus, who
picks locks, and pilfers tro private thoughts
of friends. You have ntudiod this great
English informer as voit example ; would
you not do well to study bis fate ? Pop
ular delusions do not Inst always, and tho
day is evon now at hand when your pros
once amoug gentlemen will bo regarded as
tho signal to cease conversation for fear
you will botray it -when your presence "uu UU,,UJUU- uueo "uro aimpiu mem
in a room wiil cause its ocoupant to seoura brs f the Republioan party ,and tho guns
overy looia letter or paijor that may bo in whioh they oarried had beon given them
right for fearou iteal i' i and tvien jow' by dovorwt Morton by your advioo,C
pruenoe in & town will oausa everybody
to look their offiocs or remain in them to
jmard against your approaob.
j am M llia, you , bccn Oflon or-
1 dercd to tho Geld to meet tho armed cno-
cs of your country. I havo formerly
oxnrossod niv suroriso that vou did not
I 4 1
'go, You wcro eduealed.if I nm.uot uilsta
. itc.i i. ri
"n 01 UJ """
and my cxpcrietioo among army officers
ihas been that as a class they wero men of
t courage, hlch broodinc and honof. Thoy
I have gancrally citecmed it their duty to be
. in tho front iu time of war. But all gen
crul rules aro proven by thoir exceptions,
and you aro tho exception in this instance,
I shall 110 longct wonder that you romam
in Indiana,nor (hall I be furprbed if upon
another invasion of our Stato, you are
again put under arrest find relieved of
your command, Your vocation is certainly
... 4 -.r I II I !i .. -! .1
not tho sword. iou suou.a lay . .u.
i'00 onorauio .or you to wear, u,,u ...
, 113 P'ace)as J". u" "
t .1 . t .1 - V. .. n I, f fntn I' t-a ntwl n
UUU1U VTUMI U UUUVU l. inlaw
. t of burglar's tools.
Noi should you
ttpn llin uniform of tho soldier anv lonuor
1 j , should bo supplied by the usual
113 Po " "o suppiica uy u u-.
. j 9gUses, fa so faces, wigs and gum-olas-
H e
"cs, which mght prowlers and house
I breaker usually wear
Hut a word or two, General, in regard
to the letters themselves. 1 ou havo raked
a dragnet over many ycais of
private correspondence. What
my most
did you
nil your
(ret after nil vaur kindness and
-
labor Tho result will hardly puy you
for tbo universal ' detestation which will
always cling to .Vvur conduct. Let us tee.
Ono of my Irictids writes to mc that he
fears our liberties will be destroyed in the
hands of thoso who are now in power
110 predicts that Mr. Liucoln aided by
"""" "u....i.,n .
1 totnpt to erect a dosp6tiu on the ruins of
'tlle lopublic. Hii fours aud his prodic-
ttons tnus exprceu in June too., nave
been fully var.fcd. Ho says a peaceable
separation would havo been better than
this It is not for you to complain of such
a sentiment. I have heard you publicly
express your great admiration for Mr.
Ghaso. Ho held tba same doctrino rx
pressed by Mr. Histine, and at a Inter datoj
than Mr. llislinc's letter. I refer vou to
the speeoh of Gen. Blair on that point. drawers or something of that kind,
But tho Indianapolis Jounud said tha i I conclusion, permit mo, in all kindness,
samo thing, only in stronger teran. So to suggest, that if you could persuade your
did tno Cincinati Commercial', the N. Y. 'lf to mind your own biuincsi, make a
Tribune, aud many other leading Hcpub- grt deal vtr fuss about uothing, trust
lioan organs, what inportunco then cau
you attach to such an expression of opin-
ion 1
But you found an old letter from my
good old uuole iu Virginia. Poor scandal
monger as you arc, I cannot even permit
you much enjoyment in that. I was in
Harrionburg in Juno 1800 Mr. Lincoln
tin' rlnnturl. Then! wit 111) ta.k (if
r: r . 1. ......, ...
si-cession in r irgium. jh um vuutmi;,
!the feeliiiK in behalf of the Union was
the Union was
overwhelming, Bui there wn u derp ir
ritatiou yet in the popular miud in regard
niti llni ittpr.. tun.4 n dem ir-
I '
to the Johu Brown rait! which had but re
cently occurred. I was serenaded at my
uucle'a house, and madu a short speech.
Alluding to the murderous nivajiou ol tier
soil by Johu Brown, I stated that cuoh
deeds were condemned in the Stato where
I lived, and if needs bo, a hundred thous-
aud men from Indiana would march to ppiraois, and invcr hire been- Wht I
protect the oitiztus of Firginia against any have done has been iu the open dy
future Abolition raid In February, 1801 , what I shall do in thu future nil be done
when war became immiueut, I suppose it in the same manner. Bit it is of itmil
looked to Mr. llaidcaly as if it would be moment lo uiu wlit you think on thai
an Abolition war, and he simply reminded suhj-sct It U out of respn-t to a very
me of what I had said on his door stops different class o! men that 1 luve thus
to thc citizens of Harrixonburg. Do you taken notice to your larceny of my prop
think thu publication of thin bit of stolen crty, and your assault upon my clwrctsr.
itilormatiou will materially affect the ro- Your obedient aervant.
suit of i ho Presidential election! Littlo,'
mind? catch at littlo things. i
Bui we louud a letter from Senator '
Wall, of New Jirscy, i,nolo.ii)R one to him
from a geutlciujit by thu name of Uarr on '
the subject of guns. This seems to be tho I
dosneratt-t.oiiit. I know nothing of Mr.
Oarr. 1 never answered this letter. I am
not much of a trader, and such matters as
this I rarely ftud time to attend to. But
on this point I do not mean to bo miaun-' ' Ul '"uu UI '""raay a "
dcrstood. I fully endorse tho constitu- " arr' '5?" 10 tUo P"'
tional right of the peoplo to boar arms for P0"11 bua of aruls IU Ilin. I should
their self defense. The value of this right ' not havo taken ,Lo troublB ' tho
is greatly enhanced when ono political ujUsl ei"ua"" embodied in your edi
party in armed by thc Admiuistration, at ! torial of Tl,ur8tl lait iu "fereoo to
tho common cxpenee.to overawe tho other
You, of course, will not deny that tho Re
publican party has been armed with Gov
ernment arms for noatly two years. It is
true that this organization h known as the
"Home Guards," but guns aro distributed
by Government officials to their political
adherents who do not pretend to belong to
any military organization whatever. And
when compauies have been formed accord
ing to law, and asked for arms, they havo
been refused because thoy wcro Democrats.
Why is all this? From tho onnduot of
many of these so called "Home Huards,"
and the conduct of such officers as you
tho Democratic party has been led to tho
firm belief that theao warlike preparations
have moro reference to carrying elcotious
and subduing the frcodoui ot speeoh and
of opinion in tho North, than thoy havo to
the supprosBion of armed rebellion in the
South. They have paraded in front of
my house, in my absence, and with United
States muskets iu their hands, in lnrco
numbers, insulted and terrified my wife
I ... , m, "- "
prciumo,and oonsent. What has oeourrcd
to mo has occurred to thousand of others.
Do you suppose that you can arm our
neighbors to outrsgo and insult us without
any disisterous result 1 Do you think
we will lick tho hand that strikes us I Do
yu imaginothol tho Deniocr.atio' party
will submit to be trampled and t it upon 7
We havo borne muoh, very muoh, and
perhaps you think we will bear all, and
overjlhlng. If you do, allow mo, for tho
sake of tho peaco and welfare oftho Stato,
to assuro you of your error. Wo will
obey the laws of tho land. We havo al
waya doboso,butwo havo mado up.onr
minds that others shall do tho same. That
is a fair proposition, and thoso who arc un
willing to embraco it oau tako the consc-
quonoes. Democrats have nil tin rights
which llepublloaus have, and among those
whioh they share in common is tho right
to bear, arms for their defenso und protco
tiou.
Now, General, but a fow words morn
and I will Icavo you to tho uninterrupted
enjoyment of tho glory which ou have
achieved in this misserablc affair. There
is one lettor of mine iu your possesion
which you did not stoal, and which I am
willing you should publish. Vou will re
raomber an interview about a year ago bo
tween us at tho Torre Ilautu House, in
tho presence of Judco Key. You had
opened your ears to talu bearers and' slan
derers, and you came down from Indian
apolis iu great excitement to quell the ter
rible outbreak which you imagined was
about to take place in this DUtrioi. Vou
wanted to go to Sullivan county, and, at
your request, I gave you a note iu the
shapo of a pas?, stating that tho bearer
was Goneral (Jnrringtoti, and ask d for
him respectable treatment. You did not
need any such protection from we, but you
thought you did, aud (.bowed it to my
friends for that purpose in the towu of
Sullivan.
Vou seem to bo of. late inasuiilar psu
ic and under a similar delusion. There is
really, however, no danger of disturbance
among tho people except such as your orru
folly and wickvdhesa may create. You
do not need a pass to travel throagh here
unless it might bo that the peoplo should
fear that you came to ransack their
tho honesty and intelligence ot the ptopl
somewhat, keep your hands away from
', what i not your owu, speak tho tru'.h.givn
up the trade of common informer, and
abandon all idea that you can scare any-
body, every thing will go well :nd peaca
and go -d order will even hro prevail
If j on cannot do thr.-o ihttij. bo ever,
wtnr.li 1 .nfii i I... An I
., , , .. ., . .
men ny an means sees sums oiasr u.iu 01
j.ibor and let' a izeutlouaan .d ni yl
l.n,.n ..I.,
-
It is, perhaps, proper for ini ti i by
way of upoloiry for thi letter, that I havo
written it moiu to nifol thi interostt or tha
public tbau from any rgarJ which 1 hive
lor your goon or bau opinion iwi.tianiug
me or uy friends Your eouduui has
placed you beyond tho notice of tfto'.e-
men I atn engaged iu no plots or u jii
I). W. Voouuuits.
Torre Haute, Aug. US, I St', i.
Letters from Hon. D. W. Voor
heea, and Hon. Jas. W. Wall.
Buhli.noion, N. J., August 27.
To Messrs. Win. M. Siuuin d Co., Pro
pnetors of the Public Ledgtr, Phxladtl
plna :
Gentlemun I noticed a communics-
l..i in : f O. . 1 t . e
! mmt UM not u"8 leUcr aPPecd, m.k
ing u dircot appeal upon mc to substanti
aiu certain statements coutuiucu in it.
Those statements aro correct, with'tho ex
ception that tho call ho refers to was not
mado upon tho Governor of Now Jersey,
but upon Quartermaster-General Perrino,
although I think I had written to the Gov
ernor upon the subject of theio arms pre
vious to this interview. It is also true
that in a letter I received from Mr. Oarr,
now mislaid, ho distinctly states Hhat tJiese
arms will be disposed of to none but those
who are loyal." Shortly after our inter
views with General Perrino, who declined
purchasing tho arms upon the ground that
ho was already supplied with the Spring
field rifle, I received a letter from a gen
tleman in Indiana, stating (hat thoy wero
about organizing volunteer companies tot
der a recent tetter of that Utate, and in
quiring of mo if I know whero any arms
could be purchased, rifles proforrcd, and
if so, to communicate with Hon. Daniel
Voorhces, upon tho subjact. I imraedi
ately addressed a letter to that gentleman,
and it. was tiis letter that formed part of
tho batoh captured by that puissant hero,
Central 0 a rrington of tb fitmt Hrj-
gade, when ho mado his daring raid on th
law olfico of Mr. Voorhcei. This Tituj
Oatcs In epaulettoa, had ho lived in tho
days of James II, could have surpassed
that icnsalio'i mongsr himself, and, I luv,
not llif sllghtost doubt) would have beon
as thotoogbly and deservedly wbtpnod
"from Aldgate to old Bailey," whllo hl
bellowing as the scourgo was woll laid
on, would have bocu louder and more
frightful to hear than thoso of tho wrctah
whose example ho so closely hnitatos,
This, then, is tho statement of the m.
tire transaction; nnd yet upon such a tlluj.
sy basis as this you did not hesitate to in.
sinuato in your editorial' columns thst I
was engaged in an insurrcotionary plot ty
overturn tho government, Thoro seems
bo an nlarnitug proolivity iu the war jour
hals to indulge in this kind of abuse. 'J'l(
haractor and good name of a citizon arv
never allowed to ftand iu the wty of lbs
insertion of a notisutioc purngraph, pro
vided that citizen docs riot harmonize in
hiii political views with the pt&sen? Ad.t'u-
istr.tion. Now permit mo lo call youj
attention to tho (xtreute ab'urdity of such'
a charge, based upon the evidence you'pre
sented lo suppoit it. Tl.o most ordirJsry
sugacity, not distorted by the mad f tutl.
cisin of tho hour, would luvo detected it.
The vory arms that were to bo furnisLod
to insurrectionary sp rits of Irtclia,ta,xitti
stated in Mr. Carr'u letter enclosed to Ms
Voorhces 'Ho is f. bawl," iu tho etietoo!
of the ofdeers oflhe Fedornl GoverutneL't.
Truly this would have becu n most fortoU
able coiifpirooy to Incite civil insurrection
aga'titt tbo Government that referred -.
co-eouspirator to the Federal author tit j,
thotiidel vo, to furnish lha nieaos lor its
'overthrow. It wou'd havo bed! about u
iihrewd ns if Guy Ftwkes had sent 'j'at
csby to the keeper of the Tower of L)a.
don for barre'a of gunpowder, with whiofi
to blow up Parliniut-nt Houso. The faot
Ij, the uuttasiuess und reftlossuejs that
stems lo be felt Ly the Administration ami
its supporters in regard to plots and coo
epiraci.-s neems to indicate a uonsJousn?s.
of that guilt whioh aforetime has provoL
ed the jut unger of an 4utraed aud iii
suited people. Dfes despotism interpret
the baud-writiug on the wall uud hear tha
footsteps of tbo arengur I 'f'he peculisr
sntitivenes of the Northern wsr Jour
nils iu regard to traaon and treasonubla
practices is only equalled by "Zero,"' is
Douglas Jerrold' free of "Dorothey's
,' Fortune," 'u,'.o tnijfs treusonin a do!l.
maker's invoice, un I powder itintiurJer
jor Scotch snvff." Now, it is hich lira.
ihese journal n threw off tho ititlneticj ,'
the Uughing gas of moak piiriathm.
What has induced thum to cut so uisuy
antics and mkn themselves so ridiculous '
Lot tlitm rcturu to the nijrc n.'iblo aud
'sober ways lo which tln-y wnu aecu torn
d, before- thoy iuhiled iho uitros cziiic
of finaticism , which has eompeiioil tLom
to Imagine thai thoV'Were in pui..irsion it
! h Btipcrior patriotism uud greater devotim
than ihe rr.t of the world tbout them.
But while giving jou this explcnutiMi
I isL ou to distinctly uudetstand thut I
' claim and a.sert ihu right to snll or diV
pose of arms to any citusu or citij itn r-.-idcot
in the Slates now iu the sj it.it, vh
. recognise the ohltgitiom ot th Cun.m-i.
, tion. In thu Seooud Amtndnicut of tin
Con stitutiuti I read, " 1'he riid f ihe ya.
pie to keqi and tear units sh ut w t tie -frineei
''
Lincoln loyally would interpret this lo
mean such people only us f.inuoln pleum
upeimtt. i do not subsn n o to this in
terpretation, nrvcr hau.'g ieioni;ed lo s
! Loyal League or burcd ihu profit) ef a
' war oontraet. . The rignt '-ro ki-p cttd
j tear ur in, ' I ukc it, catries with it, llw
(right toicll aud to purchase.
Uur rnthorj softo to luve hot gnat
store Ly thc amendment, tor thoy place it
among. the first of those not u.ir.ti ami
ed, "Tbo Ton 'oiuuiaudiumt of Amen
can Freemen." It stands nest to tho :i;lu
of an unmolfftod religion, a free prof,
free tipt cch, aud the right lo it it tub t to
petition for redress of gti-vaneu I then
ttc.o not written upon tablets of j-tuo,
and dulivtrcd mid iho lif hiitii ol Sim.
they were traced by the linger of the
mighty on the hearts of frewumn : aril tho
1 loan nho would deprive the ritircii of lUra
is a tyrant,and tho pooplo who would nat
tnit to fuch. deprivation without a strugn
only fit to be slave.
Yours, roi-pcct'iilly,
JAMK8 W- U'A!.l
i&T A little Mc JltflUii po.vdur ws
burupd hero ou on Friday evonin lift -Tho
Liocoinitei didn't l.ke the cci" l
all.
Wo learn that salutes were aico fin'l 'I
Oarbondalo and Wilkcsbarro on riiutsd;-
A meeliug was called at Viikobarr
for tho samo evening, ami organiicd ij
tho appointment of tho following officer!-
Geurgo M. Ifollenbnck, Prosideut
Nathan Kooker, Lake ; Johu M- b
ler, Hollcnback j Benj, E. Flouts, Han
over W. Wolf, Blaok Uieek, Vice I'roii
dents. George B Kulp, Wilktiharrn ; Stoubes
Jenkins, Kingston ; M. J. Philbiu, J'
kins, Su oretaiies.
Hon. Hendrick B. Wright preseDtcu rt
following resolution, which was Ddojl"
unanimously :
ItrsoiiVEU, That tho Domooracy
Wilkosbarro and Luzeruo county, hereM
rnot heartily ondorso tho noininatio" o'
McClollan and Pendleton, for PresiJe"1
and Vice President of tho United State",
and approvo tho platform adopted tyli"
Chicago Convention.
This wealing wai addressed by CM'
Wripht aud othM. Tim niaatest lsl
siasm prevailed, atrikiug terror to tba f
remaining friends'of. Liouola.