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the Union as it Was, the Constitution as it Is.
49* Where there is no law there Is
no freedom.
MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. 14.
Democratic State Ticket.
FOR GOVERNOR,
GEOBOK W- WOODWARD,
FOR SUPREME JUDGE,
WAXTEB 11. LOWBIE.
Democratic Counly Ticke
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE OF DISTRICT COURT,
JOHN H. BAILEY.
ASSEMBLY,
JAMES BESXY, Sr.,
€SAS. P. WHISTON,
Dr. A. G.
JOlOf SILL,
WM. WHIGHAM,
SHERIFF,
JAMES BLACKMOBE,
RECORDER,
EDWARD P. KEARNS.
REGISTER,
JAMES SAISBURY.
FOR CLERK OF COURT 3,
E. lIEIDLEBERS.
TREASURER,
JAMES IRVIN.
COUSTY COMMISSION’KB,
JACOB KKIL.
DIP.KCTOR OF THE POOR,
W. SI. WIGHTMaH.
rS*NOTICE -THE SEVERAL
Count? Committees of Sutorintendenco
aro reque-itta to communicate the names and
Postoffice address of their members to the Chair*
man of the State Central Committee. Editors of
l>emocratio papers in Pennsylvania are requested
to forward copies to him.
CHARLES J. BIDDLE, Chairman,
Philadelphia. Pa.. July 22d, 1863.
jß*§F** W e have a communication from T,
•T. Bigham, in reply to a note signed “Old
Line Whig,” published in Saturday’s
Post. Mr. Bigham shall have a hearing
to-morrow.
Democratic Meeting.
There will be a meeting of the Democ
racy of Allegheny this, Monday, evening,
in the Diamond Market Square, Allegheny
City. Several eloquent speakers have
been invited and will be on hand. There
is no trouble in gathering the Democracy
this year by thousands, upon the merest
hint. We expect a rousing crowd to night.
GEORGIA KECONSTBTTCTIOE
The State of Georgia was always ex
ceedingly pro-southern, being excelled in
her zeal for Southern advancement
by no other commonwealth, Bave South
Carolina. Like Louisiana, Georgia was,
in old times, usually Whig in its politics ;
John M. Berrien, U. S, Senator from that
State, being the brightest leader. The
slavery question, however, from the
Texas annexation agitation, up to the
death of the old Whig organization, goo
wrntty conn utted her popular elections.
In 1840 Georgia went with the current and
voted for Gen. Harrison ; four years after
she repudiated her and the Whig party’s
idol, Henry Clay, and voted for Polk and
Texas. In 1848 she voted for Gen. Tay
lor, the Whig candidate who owned three
hundred negro slaves, against Gen. Cass,
who did not own any, and four years after
she contributed to the election of Geu.
Pierce, over Gen. Scott, both being non
slaveholders. Mr. Berrien, the great
Whig leader already alluded to, was as
thorough a proslavery man as there was
in the South ; in fact the State was only
second to South Carolina in her advocacy
of any ~ extreme measure intended to
strengthen and perpetuate the peculiar
institution. Senator Toombs followed in
Berrien s footsteps, until the organization
of the Republican sectional organization
m 1856, when he was, like others, com
pelled to join the only national party to
avert the threatened encroachments of
Abolitionism.
This Toombs, the “representative man”
of Georgia, Utthe present time, we see is
out in a brief., letter declaring that he
would rather die several times than agree
to a “reconstruction of the States.” He,
doubtless, would rather keep on in rebel
lion a while longer than see the States re
united, for the very cogent reason that re
union would place his neck in danger.
He is one of the daring leaders of the re
bellion, who should never be forgiven for
forcing the people of the South into rebel
hellion. He feels his guilt, and hence his
aversion to a reunion, which would al
least drive him into involuntary retire*
ment.
But, notwithstanding Georgia’s firm ad
herence, for so lbng a time, to the extreme
of pro-southern and slavery opinions, and
in the face of Robert Toombs’ example
and admonition, the feeling among the
people for a reunion of the States is grow
ing with amazing rapidity. This fact is,
doubtless, the cause of Toombs’ letter.—
The Savanah Republican, of a recent date,
copies from the Macon Telegraph an arti
ole lamenting bitterly the fall of Vicks
burg and Port Hudson, and testifying to
the rapidly increasing feeling for a reunion
of the States, pervading the masses of the
people. Commenting upon this, the Re.
publican indignantly remarks as follows :
“ To-day, and in the heart of Georgia, may be
found men reidy to discuss a reconstruction ol
these dissevered Union. Men willing to degrade
themselves, to enslave th-ir wives and children
—to insult our dead in thei-soldiers’ graves—to
makef r their oonntry a history of shame and
lDlimy— to bo the mock of atl men lor all time to
come, by voluntary reunion with our vile, our
despicable enemies. Reconstruction means bnt
subjugation. To ask for readmis-tion to the Uni
ted SUtes would be to petition fcr our own sla
very and degradation.”
Under such a state of circumstances, as
is here’ admitted to exist, even “in the
heart of Georgia,” what ought to be the
polity ol onr Administration? It should
do everything in its power to foster and
strengthen the Union men of Georgia who
are bold enongh to speak for the old
Union; but, instead of that; we have our
p resident writing Abolition letters, in
'h he foreshadows the very condition
' to which the Macon Rupublican
’late letter looks to an inter
<>outhem subjugation and
which is- not calcu
' feeling in Geor*
''nth.
GOV. CUKTIN
, In reply to our allusions,-in Friday’s
Fost, on the disreputable character ofGov.
Cartia’s condnct. his organ, the Commer
dal, of Saturday remarked :
jeieverneiehbor of the Post Area not half
. s . h &
over he «““»“•'»». andirher
orons rliaff^f a S°, bt -*u ffoc^ aIly diFposo-* ol tho-trait
wSdse^tahJ whicil the frieeds of Wood
oek to hoodwink runaway Democrat/,
The “issues” involved in thiacampaign,
to which Gov. Curtin should directhis par
ticular attention, are his duplicity ’ in de
clining a nomination, which he afterwards
intrigued to secure ; and the clearing np
of the record for dishonesty, preferred
against him by his own party. Since the
Governor has taken the stump, in his own
behalf, we trust that he will turn his atten-
I tion to the discussion of the points Blind
ed, and not confine himself altogether to
empty declamation about his own loyalty.
He certainly understands these issues, but
will he discuss them V
AH ANSWEB.
The Commercial invites us to publish a
speech made by Judge Woodward at a
pdblic meeting in Philadelphia, some
months before the rebellion broke out,
and it will insert one recently made by
Goy. Curtin in favor of his own re-election.
We always knew that the leading editor of
the Commercial was fond of humor, but
we had no idcaof his being so great a wag.
The speech of Judge Woodward alluded
to has no possible connection with the
present; but, in order to be obliging, we
will publish it if the Commercial will give
itß readers the portrait of Andrew G, Car
tin, drawn in several nambers of the Pitta -
bnrgh Gazette, What says our neighbor
to this liberal proposition ? ■
A POLITICAL DODGE
A few of the leading Republicans of this
county finding their cause rapidly sinking,
have undertaken to ■manufacture a little
capital by instituting a prosecution against
some gentlemen in the 23d Congressional
district, for a conspiracy to defraud the
United States out of something. This is
initiated for the purpose of affecting the
election of a member ol the Legislature in
Butler and one in Allegheny. This is a
mere political dodge, which will bo made
manifest upon trial and recoil upon the
authors in a manner they are not perhaps
prepared to feel. We hear of a few itemß
of a very interesting nature now in pos
session of the parties prosecuted.
COUNTY COMMITTEE.
The Democratic County Committee,
consisting of about seventy members, met
on Saturday at the St. Chdrles Hotel—the
venerable Charles Shaler in the Chair—
every man present, giving it more the
appearance of a convention than a com-
I mittee meeting. The utmost harmony
pervaded its deliberations. It is now
fairly organized for business, and will
meat every Wednesday and Saturday
until the second Tuesday of October, for
the transaction of all matters connected
with the campaign in this county, which
promises to be one of unusual vigor and
activity.
Suspension of Business
I A correspondent writes" Would it not bo
well tor oar business men and manufacturers to
BU»D©!>d sll business ar-d work on Woinesd*y
atnoon to gi©A every one an opportunity to at
tend ibe meotin?. i ho importanoa oitao eon*
mg election to all, and to our manufioturora in
partnmlar, cannot be orer estimated. I merely
offer thiaaaa suggestion
We clip the above from the Chronicle
jof Saturday. Of course it comes in the
way of a suggestion. Is it proposed to
pay the workmen for the time lost, or will
the manufacturer or business man be con
sidered disloyal who refuses to close his
establishment to hear Andrew G. Cnrtin
disproving the charges of the Qazette f
This is a mere suggestion.
Besigned.
Gen. Burnside finding hi in self interfer
ed with at Washington, has quit, resigned
and gone home.
I The -Democracy are holding mass
meetings throughout the county nearly
I every day in the week, which are attended
by large and attentive crowds. The peo
ple are thoroughly aroused and will vin
dicate the faith that is in them on the 2d
Tuesday of October.
Hit him Again*
Will the Commercial be good enough to
inform its readers if there is any truth in
certain serious charges made against Andy
Curtin by the Gazette , such as thief,
swindler, detrauder of the soldiers, pnblic
plunderer, truckling politician, Ac. As
the Commercial has never proved t’pe falsi
ty of said outrageous accusations, and as
the character of the Gazette for truth and i
veracity has never been impeached, I take
it for granted they must be true. No
man, free from prejudice, can arrive at
any other conclusion. The Commercial
mußt place a very low estimate upon the
character of the people of this county to
suppose for one moment that they will
elevate, by their , votes, to the Guberna
torial chair ot Pennsylvania, a man ac
cused of robbery and swindling by one of
his own party, which accusations the
Commercial dare not deny. I hope the
people of this county will sustain their es
tablished reputation as friends and ardent
admirers of honesty, purity, and integrity,
and with the words of the Gazette ringing
in their earn (“It is morally impossible for
us to support Gov. Curtin under any cir
cumstances, and equally impossible for
any party to elect him if it should be reck
leßs enough as to try the experiment.”)
vote tor George W. Woodward, whose
reputation is pure and unsullied, and
whose elevation to the Gubernatorial
chair will inaugurate a new era in the
history of our beloved old Commonwealth
ANTI CURTIN
Canada Hus Defend or American*
ize Herself.
Quebec, September 12.— 1 n the Cana
dian Parliament the militia bills have
passed to a second reading.
D’Arcy McGee made another Bpeech
last night, and in alluding to the military
preparations of the federal Government
at Kennebec, Eduse'B Point and Cleve
land, declared that Canada most immedi
ately prepare l or defense or deliberately
prepare to Americanise herself.
The President Befuses to Accept
Burnside’s Besignation.
Washington, September 12. The
President has received the resignation of
General Burnside, but refuses to accept it
and requests him to remain in command
inEastTennesBee, which he has liberated
from : the : rebel control;,
£ OLDIES SUFFRAGE.
... Bloomsbdkg, Sept,-4. 1863.
“ l T: . In re P>7 t( > yonir letter of
the 22d of August, in relation to soldier
voting, i have prepared and now transmit
you a paper which contains the informa
tion requested.
I am, dear sir, very truly yours;
C. R. Bockalew.
Hon. Geo, Scott, Catawissa.
An cxammcitiixii of the Statutes, Decision
of the Supreme Court, and proposed
-Amendment to the Constitution, upon
the subject of Civil Suffrage by Citizens
of Pennsylvania in Military Service.
By an act of the General Assembly,
passed 29th March, 1813, it was provided:
“ That whenever any of the citizens of this
Commonwealth, having a right to vote at
a general election, shall be in actual mili
tary service under a requisition from the
President of the United States, or other
wise, on the days appointed by law for
holding gene;al elections within thiß Com ;
monwealth, each and every such citizen
shall be entitled to exercise the right of
suffrage at such place as may be prescribed
by the commanding officer of the compa
ny, or trooo, to which he or they shall re
spectively belong, os fully as if he or thev
were present at the usual place of election,
any provision in any act or acts now in
force to the contrary notwithstanding;
Irovided, however, that no such election
8 i. • i. De 11 the company or troop to
which such person or persons shall be at
tached shall be within two miles of the
usual place of holding elections, at the
ll “ e of holding such elections.”
By the second section, “ the captain or
commanding officer of each company, or
troop, shall act as judge, and the first lien
t?Dnnt ’ or . secoud officer in command,
shall act as inspector, at such election, so
far as shal 1 relate to the proper company
or troop to which such officer shall be
long.” There are other sections regula
ting returns, Ae.
This old statute was superceded by the
forty-third and some of the following sec
tions, of the general election law of 2d
July, lfci'.i. % The 43d section of this law
reads as follows:
“ Whenever any of the citizens of this
Commonwealth, qualified as hereinbefore
provided, shall be in any actual military
service in any detachment of the militia
or corps of volunteers, under a requisition
/torn the President of the United States,
or by the authority of thin Commonwealth.
on the day of the general election as afore
aaid, such citizens may exercise the right
of suffrage at such place as may bo ap
pointed by the commanding officer of the
troop or company to which they Bhall re
spectively belong, bb folly as if they were
present at the usual place ot election :
Irovided, that no member of any such
troop or company, shall be permitted to
vote at the place oo appointed, if at the
time of Buch election he shall be within
ten miles of the place at which he would
bo euiitled to vote, if not in service as
aferesaid.’'
The forty-fourth section is similar to the
3econdon6 of the act of 1813 above men
tioned, except in the new provision it con-
I * n caa © of the neglect or refusal
| of the officers designated to serve at such
i election, the officers “next in command”
in companies or troops, shall act as judges
j and inspectors. The proceedings for cou
| ducting such elections shall, ns far as prac
ticable, be the same ns those at ordinary
general elections. By the forty-fifth Bee
tion the manner iu which the officers
holding such elections shall be sworn, is
directed. The forty-sixth expressly de
clares that aU penalties unon officers and
electors tor violation of law at ordinary
elections, shall extend to these provided
lor by the act. The four sections next fol
lowing, relate to returns and to the enu
meration of votes by return judges. It is
to be remarked, that all the returns direct
ed to be made are to be transmitted thro’
the mails.
Under these acts, or rather under that
of 1839, which stands in place of the older
statute, it is plain, that persons drawn for
military service of Ihe United States un
der the conscription act of Congress of
3a March, 180*5, are jiot authorized to
vote. For the act of 1839 applies onU t 0
detachments of militia " and to “t ,-.u
of volunteers ”in service under Slate V
thority. or under a requisition upon ' '
Slate from the President of the Ulz-.J
Slates. In 1839, and always previous f •
conscription by the United States v.l
qaite unknown, and no provision
made for persons who might be drr>u
into service by it. Therefore, even if this
law should be held valid, conscripts could
not vote under it. They like citizens in
j Cl7ji »fe, would be obliged to vote, if they
I voted at all. in their proper home election
I districts and not elsewhere,
t Again, the act of 1839, following the
example of the act of 1813, provides only
for votes to be given at the general elec
hona, which, by oar Constitution, are
faxed on the second Tuesday of October
of each year.
It follows, that there eoqld be no voting
under this law at Presidential elections,
at the annual spring elections, or at moni
cipal or special elections fixed at other
times within the year than the second
Tuesday of October. At none, of these
can the right o l suffrage be exercised “on
the day of the general electiop, as afore
said,” to which ocoasion the privileges
conferred by the act are limited.
Nor does it seem contemplated, or rea
sonably possible, that elections should be
held under this act, except in companies
of troops under complete State organiza
tion, with citizen officers. The command
ing officer of the troop or company ja to
fix the place of election, and the officers
are to hold it, to be Bworn, and to make
returns. Only citizens of the State, or
persons owing allegiance to her laws, can
be directed by her to perform snch duties.
Ground has already been shown for hold
ing that citizens ol this State who vol
unteer into companies raised by other
States, or directly into the service oi the
United States, independent of State or
ganization cannot vote ; for the same rea
son of exclusion applies to them that ap
plies to United States conscripts, to wit:
that they are not included in the terms of
the act of 1835. But beyond this, where
the officers of any troop or company, the
members of which are qualified to vote,
shall neglect or refuse to appoint, to hold,
?' tO , T ake return - of an election!
tne whole proceeding must tail ; and'
Where snch officers are not citizens of this
State (which may be often the case,) they
cannot be punished. There can be no
pretence of power on behalf of oar State
to extend her laws, civil or criminal, over
persons beyond her borders in the United
States service, and who owe her none of
the duties of citizenship.
I assume that the act was intended to
aa n 6 i. 0 l ,era * 10Q authorize voting as
well beyond as within the State limits.
Notwithstanding respectable professional
opinion to the contrary, this oonclnsion
may be drawn from the following points :
Ist. That all the election returns are to
be made through the United States mails,
which cap convey them from remote
points. 2d. That military service render
ed the United States by our citizens, will
usually be service beyond the Btate boun
ty- 3d - The practice under the act in
1847 daring the Mexioan war, and J 861.—
4 i-uu inequality of allowing some
qualified soldiers to vote and excluding
others; the enjoyment of the right de
pendmg npon the circumstance of place
at the time of the election over which the
e i ng 6ab j ect t 0 military orders,
can exercise no control. Lastly may be
considered the situation of the State and
country when the act of March 29, 1813,
P“? e n L , Ia the , s Pring of that year the im
vasion of Canada wa3 intended. Strong
efforts were to be made to obtain control
of the lakes and of the country beyond
them ; to retrieve the Hell disaster ; to
chastise the savages, and secure onrselves
againßt insult and danger along the entire
border. Pennsylvania soldiers were then
m the army ot Gen. Harrison in Northern
For the Posl
Ohio, and at other places bftyVmd the State
• ’ and t , he mil, . to . r 7 which
they were to participate wSfe' aljo to be
conducted beyond them. Under these cir
cumstances this act to authorise soldier •
voting was passed. It wad nrobahlv fn.
tended to encourage hhh'stthents-an/vol
unteenng, and to operate extra-t^ritori
ally, .at Places outside the State, to whi-h
militia and volunteers weredo be sent ”
Z Sh i 0?1 1 * I ' B ,erms and-extent
in military resa ! atlD 8 suffrage by persons
examine tL. BerVlC - e ’ wo majr rroeeed to
thaMiof 1“ queatlon of its validity. For
' -bef?e f? ? S3ailed and jsdgment has
tfce hi S hest conr t of the
ced ITZr lth - V T H statute is pronoun
-7 that conn to be no law and void
1 thZifo'Z co . at , radiets th ® first section of
1 P,,™ o a " lcle of the Cocstitation of
rennsylvama. The section reads:
* » dcctions by the citizens every
white freeman of the age of twenty-one
. yearß, having resided in this State one
ywr, andin the election district where he
otters to vote ten oays immediately pre
■ ceding such election; and within two years
paid a State or county tax, which shall
have been assessed at least ten days be
fore the election, shall enjoy the rights of
an elector, n <fcc. “ ®
,1 li, th ® fQQdatneD tallaw which ex
®?? 8 ™ other inconßisient there
with. The man who falls within this ex
act description of an elector, has a com
plete right to vote of which no Legisla
tore can deprive him, and upon the man
ho is deficient in any one particular here
mentioned, no Legislature can confer the
nght. it is not in the power of Judge or
Governor, or Legislator, to change one
hairsbreadth the electoral requirements
here recited, and they are each bound by
solemn oath to snppqrt the Constitution
which contains them. I
Let the words relating to residence in an
election district be taken according to their
plain meaning, and as they must have been I
understood by the people when adopted I
by them as part of the Constitution, and
what do they import V Clearly, in any I
given case, these three things . i a t, the I
existence of an election district ; 2nd, res
idence therein for ten days, and 3d, an
vjfer tovQU there. Bat the act of I
utterly disregards all these conditions up-1
on which suffrage is made to depend, and
attempts to authorize elections without I
them. It establishes no election districts; 1
it adopts for its purposes none already I
formed ; and it neither requires cor con-1
templates any fixed residence, or any offer
to vote, wuhm a district. The word din
iTict includes the ideas of territory and I
boundary, and the term election district,
as used and perfectly familiiar i D this
state, means a limited portion of territory I
within which the right of suffrage may be
exercised by qualified residents t-bereo*, I
and to whicu, a* to them, that right ia re
strained. I
Ihe net of lb-h.i, like that of lhl;f, uu-I
thorites “the coinmar.ding ofiictr of the I
troop orcompuny'; lo appoint the place
of election, bat If-; ; ime nothiag to do with I
the formation of districts, and none are.
in fact, lo be formei or established Fix-1
ing places of eli.ttior —M-lectirg the pre- !
else spots, within ditarn;.-!. where voting,!
is to take plac- is s thing
from establishing dhtrii-.r, t; ,d if it wer J
Qot, the Legis.a- arc <. oald not delegate its I ;
powerß for such purposes to military of
ffeer. J I :
Bat the non irquirciUtTit of a fixed res
ideoce of the voter at ihe place of voting
iOr tae purpose of snff-sge under this law
qniie as clearly cord-tuiis it. ‘'Haring
resided * * * ten days immediately
preceding such election, to., he shall en
joy the rights of an elector:” an says the
Constitution. "Being in actual military
service on Ihe day of election, he shall
enjoy the right of Bnffrage,'’ Ac., says the
statute. No previous residence whatever
is required at the place "where he offers
a vote ■ at the place "appointed by the
commanding officer of the troop or com
pany —even if such place couid, bv some
strange use of language, be called “an
election district." He may see this place
and the region about it, far the first time,
on the very d«y or the very hour when he
votes, and may- leave it forever a moment
I nl|Or Lis vote givep,.
But it may he said (and rotuiug else ran
be said) taut he votes by virtue of his con
tiuued residence in hie proper election dis
trict at home, that such constructive home
residence fulfils the requirement of the
Constitution, and enables him to vote at
the "place" where he may happen to be.
But this argument is utterly shatiered and
destroyed by citing against it the strong
clear words of the Constitution itself:
“resided' ’ “tendays' ’- inthe election dis
tnct WHERE HE ch eers To VOTE !’’ India
pntably, by these words, the place where
a citizen may vote is constitutionally de
clared to be within the verv election dis
trict of his residence, or, as said by the
Supreme Court—“construing the words
according to their plain and litarally im-
P° rt * * they mean, undoubtedly,
that the citizen, possessing the other req
uisite qualifications, is to have a ten days'
residence in an election district, and is to
offer his ballot in that district."
This provision relating to Ihe district
residence of voters was not in existence
when the act of 1813 wao passed, ft was
one of the amendments made to the Con
stitution in 1838, prior to which time only
a State residence of two years was requir
ed. An examination of ihe debates of the
Convention which framed it, will show
that it was intended to secure elections
against fraud, and to bear the construction
now given, and which is required by its
verv language. 1
If persons having a fiistriot residence
were allowed to vote beyond their districts
—beyond the neighborhoods where they
are known—and even (as in cases under
this act of 183<j) beyond the limits of the
Commonwealth—the very frauds, irregu
lari ties and confnsiop which the amend
ment was intended to prevent, would come
into existence, to degrade th e elections
and afflict the peopje. But if the act of
1889 were held to be good law. the Legis
lature conld authorize, not soldiers mere
ly bnt other citizens, to vote outside their
er < “? tnct(S audat remote points, with
all the evil consequences just stated.
Untenable, however, as is this position
that home residence may be made to sup
port voting abroad—condemned ns it may
be by the fundamental law and by reason
it points to an important doctrine or
sidered ol law whioh is next to be con
The citizens who compose the detach
ments of militia and corps of volunteers
mentioned in the act of 1839. do not lose
theirclaims to be considered residents of
dhftrin?! i QDd theu res P ec .tive electi on
districts, by entering into military service
for temporary periods, and under- the or
ders or at the instance of their State gov
ernment. They are justly considered 8 as
temporarily absent upon the public bus?
neßs, without such surrender or waiver of
their citizen-rights as would follow an or
dinary removaFofa citizen into another
,?° Untry '. Thla moBt reasonable
andjaat doctrine is completely supported
by authority and stands sr.ro. PP
Residence within the State or disrtict
does not require for its maintenance the
constant bodily presence therein of the in
div'dual who claims it. He resides there
ir he have there his domicile, or (borrow
ing a good word from a Saxon instead of a
abode ° fais Permanent place of
If he go forth at the command of his
otate, to breast in its behalf the shock of
war, he does not loosen his grasp upon his
home, and when he returns to that home
perhaps scarred and broken, he resumes
the exerciße of his electoral rights os if he
Thlf n / lwayß tb ? r ” cor P ora lly present,
noon hn° etrln V f home - Vot,n '? resting
eo P “ bome - reB,denoe ’ ’? Bu PPOrted by
common usuage at onr elections, and bv
not Te 7 aeciB i on of ,hB Supreme Court
aud s nD f der i reT,ew ' Hundreds of thous
ands of volunteers and militiamen have so
the e tlT ttl9 i 3^ 0 81BC / the outbreak of
the war, and thousands will so vote at
Lhe general election now approaching.—
law fulness of voting abroad, and must
advocate of the latter to main
tain, that an elector can have two legal
residences at one time, or that he can vote
at eitherof two different places of election
on the same day. r-; ,
It remains"to say, in'this, place, that
-he Snprema Court has not decided that
soldiers cannot vote, but e'ihrply that all
mizens whether soldiers or civilians,
accordance with the Consti
tution of the Commonwealth. The otiin
ion Of the Court, which will be found in
the 6th voiumeof Wright's-Reports, page
403 is most full, forcible, and satisfactory,
? rl Eh t 0n r be read by any one who dn
sires to form an intelligent and final
— n “ P ° D thß 8ub J ect to which it re-
In consequence of the decision that
was unTonst^n?^ 6^ 3 ° f pr - oper
proposing an amend’mentTo 1 the^Con"
sessiono’fThe 8 for ™ d
session ot the Legislature, and was naqflAd
by an unanimous vote in both houses
Tba riF rO P°, Bltlon 18 afl follows:
l sbal * be an additional section to
the third article of the Constitution to £
liesignated as section four, as &.*?
, T 7 4 ‘ Whenever any of ihe analifi
d. electors of this Commonwealth ehali
be m any actnal military service under a
fr ° m the PrBB ident of the
nited States or by the authority of this
Commonwealth, such electors may exei
by tlm cit!zens°^nnd^erßnch'regnlat BCti ° nfl
as e iahe h y a we be proBcribed b ? I»®, ns°ful“
of election ” PrMen ‘ atthoir QBaal P< aBB
If this proposition should be Bgain bd
pr °J Bd ° r pa T d by tbenext Legislature,
it can then, after a notice of three months
be submitted to a vote of the people for
their adoption or rejection, and P upon
, tat wouid bec ° me a pMt ° f
It wiil be observed that this proposed
ST I f 0 |OW9 \ D part only P«
cuaar phraseology of the act 0f!839 in
designating the persons in m ita y ser^e
en Wbom ‘f c extonds - U speaks ™
bmgnage of that act, of persona "in any
actua. military service," and then, dropl
P “ g ‘ !f; 7 0rda ’ “ in a “y detachment of
tne militia or corps of volunteers," con
unuer - under a requisition from the
President of the United States op Kw
authonty of this Commonwealth." 7 The
i ° l he Bn PP reB sion of the words
stated, is notperfectly clear. The word
requisition, in the act of 1839, means
□ non th r c?“ and J nade b ? th « President
□ pon the State. If lt , s intended to have
the same meaning in this amendment
dnce1 P hvW ere,an ° chaD 2® of sense pro-’
dnced by the suppression, as such reoni
sit'cns would at all events be filled by
- meD H ,° u m,liti . a or cor P 8 of vol
untcerc. Bnt the writer of the amend
ment may have intended to give this word.
-requisition . 8 “ora extensive meaning -
so as to melnde any demand or order for
w thT Smte t a l ’,\ S,a - C ' whetber directed
to tne State authorities or not. It is one
[ ) hat h t i hl nr,perfeCtion r S . of tbis amendment,
t should 11 ? "‘ Dg ° f thiß ‘ m P° rtaa ‘ part of
it should bo open to dispute. If ron
■renl a n r dL° ' nch,ded “ the amend
•ncnt, and to exercise the right of suffer
■f .h; 11 1 , Wi “ b ! ; “Po* tanlto tn™
a ° et l A'l n' M ,cU ? n ‘be conscription,
act a d o. March, 186J5, which provides
lh.u all persons drafted nnder the
.iro.isjons cf tin* act shall be assigned by
the 1 resident to miiitnry duty fn such
etc,.,, regiments, or other wjhes of the
require.’' 3 106 “' £eUCy °* tb “ B «vice may
•c: ss&ftssws ,iu f
s^S?R«!!rsfts
±ti»3suß«ra
lub^uT 1 "' 01 - elß ' ai0 ' J 9 il "buld
aid of f Pr“ • , convtulent and effective in
r
Aa Command.r m-Chief of all in
ceedine h p r C rf U u CODtrol the whole pro*
&£■
™Ch??r^ e tesr characteriz^
in tfce he
winch it contains and its 1
lion and effect in f-,Jio P j 6 °PBra
-1 S^skp i **'sS®
fiaxt: gis '<•’/• oW
lion, which (as already guted H ?nBCrlp '
wnh calls or l t P S^e 8
lion between the citizens of t“e StSeld
«. T":s4 n
hove such form that il l
amending the Constitution pked 1D
Appeals are new made to v
newspapers and orators to « b?
kludge Woodward at tlm n* •’ ®PP° Be
- w?
the Constitution. They^w er e ‘ u hSDge
men, bound to declared as they found!?'
-U t 0 the CIWe beforB th em. That
tneir decision was correct and a t AM .j iDai
Bound, honest reasons hL been pt^' sll
the foregoing examination of £ tdwi’n
Still more clearly annpnr nnnn •*
nation of their
conclusion is therefore clear, that wT*!
which milita?y R sLt i tfated
spire m any manly breast d t 0 w '
The Provincial Bank of Canada.
Tohokto, September 12.-The Previn-
Bank of Canada is about winding up. I ta
notes will be redeemed at Mnnti-00l
Stanstead until the Ist of Oetohw 01
they will cease to be secured hv ih j 6n
posit of provincial securities. 7 @ de ‘
mva 5108 * 5 ’ Septemher n, ’6B—R tt
bod, mdltephen J S Jo 0 ”’ Frank ? ichard '
ventint fh J °P 1 ? r 01 , Gen - Sehenck, for
thpii^Jr' eirdls >oyalty by publishing in
entitled P6 “TK 7e s terda y a P ieee o{ P°etry
entitled. The Sonthern Cross.” They
were ordered South, and the three went
across our lines this evening.
Fortress Monroe, September 11
rive deserters arrived in Norfolk W
evening from the 2d LouisianareriLi«ls
stationed on the Blackwater TW 6 *’
r b s"f
Trade Between Wow Orleans and'
the West .Declared Dree.
The following important otcier regarding
trade has been issued by. Gen. Banka:
HEADQUARTERS DsPABTMtIH.T OF THE)
Golf, New Orleans, Soisfe 3, 1868. /
General Orders, NoJii 66.--1. The.
trade Of the City of New' Orleans with
f a !'°’rr an d the cities add towns
ot me Upper Mississippi, the Missouri and
Utno Rivers, is herebr declared freedom
any military restriction whatever. The
trade of the Mississippi at intermediate
points within the Department of the Gull
is held subject only to such limited ins as
may be necessary to prevent the supply of
provisions and munitions of war to the en -
emies of the country.
2. The products of the country intended
for general market maybe brought into
the military posts on the line of the Mis
sissippi within the Department of the Gulf
without restraint, viz.: at New Orleans,
Carrollton, Donaldsonville, Baton Rouge
and Port Hudson.
3. Officers and soldiers of the army are
hereby directed to transfer to Hon. B. F.
slanders, AgeDt of the Treasury Depart,
meat of the United States, or his deputies,
taking receipts therefor, all captured,
abandoned or sequestrated property not
required for military purposes, in accord
ance-with General Orders No. 88 of the
Department of War.
4. The Military Court of this Depart
ment is hereby invested with exclusive
jurisdiction in all cases of extortion, ex
cessive or unreasonable charges, or uDinst
treatment of officers and soldiers of the
army of the United Btates by proprietors
or agents of steamboats or other vessels
in the navigation of the Mississippi or the
Gulf; and upon conviction of any of the
offences herein described, the offender
shall be held liable to fine, imprisonment,
or confiscation of property.
By command of Mnj. Gen, BANKS.
G. Norman Lieder, A. A. A. Gen.
THE GHEATEST PAI> CITBEB
r, „„ OF THE AGE I
Try Seed s Magnetic OH.
Try Heed’s Magnetic Oil.
Try Heed's Magnetic Oil.
Try Heed’s Magnetic Oil.
For Rheumatism, Sprains, Brains, Pains
in the Limbs, Stiff Joints, &c,
Itneve*fails, if used as directed
Sold by tIMON JOHNSTON. Dru-eiatl
ael4 eorcor OKkthfield and Fourth streai
POLISH. "
Reasons why it is better than dry Poli-h •
!• it is already mixed. ' *
o' J'-kasno smell whatever,
u. it produces no dirt or dust.
4. It stands tie mo3t intense heat.
. I 1 preserves from rust
6- It is the most economical polish
• • At is not one-fourth the labor.
For silo by SIMON JOHNSTON
sel4 corner Smith field and Fourth 8t
nkiitkai. sulphite 8f
JiEITTRAt, SULPHITE «p rJSw’
, seitbae sulphite or
a,ED T A J‘ S"™** " MME.
"■‘l Preserve a harrel of Cider
O_o bottle will preserve a barrel of Cider
2“ 0 »! preserto a barrel of Cider'
°° o KaSl preserve a barrel rf Cider'
0.1 l v?l1 ! Preserve a barrel of Cider'
Call and get the senu.ne artielo. ■
Call and get the genuine article,
J, a pet the genuine artiole,
CaJJ and get the genuine article
Call and get tho genuine artielo]
At Joseph Fleming’s Drug Store,
At .Joseph Fleming’s Drue Store
At Joseph F.m’nx’a Dro* Store!
At "iafJSh t. 0IE ; n e: 8 gnur Store.
C^ereftboD^o^nV&tte 6 *^
Corner or the Diamond and ?.ia>.ket Street.
' orner of the Diamond and Market Street
Lorner ol he Diamond and Market Street ’
Corner of the Diamond and Market Strtet’
TVrOTICE-AarDKEW KI.OH.VS,. OF
s« ;ff'°th E 6
midor the Aim name of KI.OMAN * PHIPPS
ai, oman^ d .S? cr3 ' Phin ' 8 Jras Gen'
the I horn as N. Wilier as Special Partner,
the partnership to continue entil the Ist day of
January, 1870. /TNDREW KLUWAN
bENHY PHIP S. jY
U’HOS. N- MILLEK,
selO lawfiw
uK LUMA ‘'v Thomas N. Miller,
Jr ’ £i>;cial Partner*
ucneml Partners.
JKOS CITY FOBGE,
KLOMM <&
NinTh Ward,
?? r a ’ General Bailway and
Pnssecser ' F«ieht and Lo-
ftew Fall ftoods,
HUGUS & HACKE’S,
Corner Fi.'th and Market streets*
Figured Delaines,
I Colored ILustcrs,
Plain Fr. Meriuoes,
Plain Fr. Repjra,
Empress Cloth,
I Broche Velours,
Turin Cloths
I Printed Merinoes,
Ottoman Cloths.
I Figured Voleneias,
Stripped Mohairs,
Pointille Worsteds,
Brocade Mohairs,
Drap de JLnccas,
Saxony Plaids,
Check Poplins.
Paris Koyals,
Bob Boy Plaids.
Poil de Chevres,
Plaid Bepps,
Plain Delaines,
Canton Clotlis,
Scotch Plaids,
SMITH, PARK & CO.
Siintli Ward Foundry
„ . PITTSBURGH. ■’
War eh 003 Jo. 140 First and 120 Second sis
i®£3fc»XSSd-oYsSj , “ , » >a^“o » lri
tio A n k mad o etl D o g r“r d ™ry dosorip-
JJAXEY FOE THE C’ONSTITITIO X
-Jj;j? frjsuds of tho Union and tho Constitution,
Western Pennsylvania, will
noia a Grand Mass Meeting: at Uniontown.
rayotte County, on Wednesday, Sept, 30th
Hon. Wm Bigler, Hon- Heister Clymer, Judee
Block, Judge Shaler, Gen. Fo3ter. Hon Wm
Montgomery, and other old and distinguished
men. have eignifiodiheir intention to be present
and address the meeting. The
Connellsville Eailroad Company will i«ra£ w d
COESION Tickets for the oecatSn
extra cars for the ac c omm s d at; o a Vif’ta ~5° V u !"
aloes its line. Turn out P m P - 1c
making this the grandest DUlitSii al jL ln
tion ever witnessed in Bennsyl^u. 4 Mtra '
'JIO BCTUJEKS iBB OOJSTEArooas
Wa Ee * namn&otnr!a« a -ape-dor arisen of
LIMs;,
WUch p 0 are prepared to deliver from 052 j «,AA
"A®®. 80S HBEBTTanjEß
ban"™?« Coal ihrwf cs
- W< ys°g. m, «s co .
OAK Will PAPER
TvTP. AIAB?HALL.
L^^ E ? ®#WB ASD GOLD PA-
W* Han gin gj. For <>lo by
W. P. MABSHALX,.
,eU 07 Wood it. .
New Advertisements,
store JVew Goods.
ANOTHER ARRIVAL!
OH ao.VDiT, SEPTEHBEB Util,
Will bo opened a lar*e and carefully .elected
FRENCH MERINOS,
NEW COLORED ALPACCAS,
GINGHAMS.
CLOAKS,
HOOP SKIRTS,
To whioh the attention t f
WHOLESALE & RETAIL BUYERS,
Isr respectfully invited, confident that
OUM PRICED
Will be found ns low, if not lower than any
in the city, at
WILLIAM SEMPLE’S,
Ncs. ISO & 182 PEDEHAT. ST.,
ALLEGHENY, PA.
TW If >ETEEK YEAKS I.EASE -TUBES
and 8 a $ we,m 4° f th^rodn^ml
5? a bSS b Apply at 4 lt WiUbe’“ld'
self #,CTIHBEBT*BOHB,
5l Market Bt ?
IF GEOBfiB SURBIEI IS IN THE
iStffe 11 * 8 at tho et - «■»£ *E2:
. sel4
‘RNIA OR RUPTURE
CUBED,
VHf E ABE raETABED TO TBEAT
Pora i nrm«t fa^ef i inSl^ re^ d y ”“S
Improved Trusses and Supporters.
Biyfe oftrnV/rS 505 w j* ere Persons desire any
rtef* S a ® r ‘ ot , cu band tro will mannf&etnre to
soppis,°&o%o! the aP '
stSi of “ OWn have a largo
H n" s & Peiifield’a Celebrated Trasses,
w B V S ; £ ltch 8 Celebrated Trasses,
Pre^lf 8 r* r°u 8, Celebrated Trasses,
French. English and German Trasses,
Supporters, all kinds, Elastic
Stockings, Bandages, &c.
At the Pittsburgh Drag House
TOBBENCE & M’GABB,
so™T TJ F r rtll an<i Market
•om England & Ireland
#25 00.
:UROPEAN asemcv.
rgmoHAB BATneAK, EUBOJPKAS
s Monongahma House, pSta
unrgh. Pa* is prepared to brin* oat or send b&alc
pltof'aiStf TS . SOE aA “' tsnW “' la “*
fis and Cincinnati Reft.
-AJeo, Agent for the old Black Star Line of
Sailing Psoiretfl, for the Steamer Great p»a«
VrS’ Bnca of S t£S£ aSwbe??S^
v<irpc ' c, ‘ &lSg cowandQalwap.
CCJOsSißgggjl MB®,
fetim to Queenstown and LmrpooL
Tho firßt class powerful Steamships
ffIABATHOS, I THIPOIjI,
'STEW TOBH
pool
town every alternate Wednesday. Qneens
toralffi 6 - J‘ h S, rp ?° l 01 Qheess-
Q ol‘i'or.'ts oquivalont in cSVeS^ 50 ’ payabl " ta
.SSSSK-Stafevauim*.
Hon. Wilson McCandle's. Judge of the United
States Circuit Court. President.
Corner of Penn & st. Clair St., PltU
. bnrgrli Pena’a,
finHE LARGEST, CHEAPEST im.
«£*•*• 530 pays for
Stndento en
ic^w^ffTOrtffS 4 2&g n &, f “n rien “ d
pare young menKilobSfnt ?£“ , p ™:
gtaattaa^tag.aw
bS“® wS 1 competitors, teaches iu“d
n-^en^daafe 8 * e S ° M and of bnii
coSeie^S-^n 3 ' °/ P«nnianjliip. and Catalogue
e OT '' t,ro!lty - fiTB
JEHKIHS A SMITH,
IKE supbeiob coppeb MIMES
-AND
SmSLTIM@ WOBKS.
Park, M’Curdy & Co
Manufacturers of ■ *
6heath. jnrazie*B’ and Beit rw _
Copper- Bottom* RaiaeT Sta^SSffJE” 8 ” 4
Spelter Sodder, &c.' Also
Xm T-ate. Sheet Iron,
„ „ Tiro, Ac.
andTS°^^.v 0 »?«d, Tinmen,' Machine.
fL RST “4 130
Patten? or^ors CopP«r cut to any desired,
fe2l:lydJkw
-DELAINES}
PRINTS,
SHAWLS,
BALMORAL SKIRTS,
&e., Ac.