DAILY POST. PITTSBURGH. MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. 28, 1863 The Union as it Was, the Constitution as ll Where there Is no law there no freedom. Democratic Nominations. 108 OOVBBKOB, George W. Woodward. FOB BTJTBBME JUDGE, Walter H. I*owrie. FOB PRESIDENT JUDGE OP DISTRICT COURT, John H- Bailey. assembly, JAMES BEMKY, Sr„ fHAS. P. WHINTON, Dr. A. G. HcQITAIRE. JOHN SUL, WM, WHIOHAH, SHERIFF, JAMES BLAOEMOBE. RECORDER. EDWARD P. KEAFXS. REGISTER, JAMES BAUBBIJRT FOR CLERK OF COURTS, ERNST HeIKLSBKBP TREASURER, JAMES IRVIN. COUNTY COMMISSION HR, JACOB KEIL. DIRECTOR OF THE POOR, w. H. WI(iHTMA\ democrats, be assessed. Democrats should not neglect their as sessment. They must attend to this be fore Friday, October Set, in person, or they will not have the opportunity of recording their votes. Taxes must be paid to the County Treasurer. Oar friends, particu larly in the country, should keep this in view. Every vote should be deposited on the Second Tuesday of October. Repub lican Assessors will not go afwir demo crats. You must attend to your own af fairs. __ B@F“*Judge Bliss, of Ohio, will certainly address the Democracy of Allegheny this evening at Market Square ; the Judge is one of the very ablest public speakers in the country, bo that those who are fond of nopnlar oratory will enjoy a treat by hear ing him. LEI TER FROM jVdGE WOODWARD -A NEW CALI’MNT NAILED. The following highly important correa pondence appeared in the Carlisle Tolun tcer , of the 24th inst : Carlisle, Sept. 18, 186 Hon Qeo. W. Woodward Dear Sir: —I have bBen informed that Hon Lemuel Todd, who presided over the Convention which re-nominated Hon. An drew G. Curtin, in addressing a ratifies tion meeting, held recently in this county, stated that he had been informed that a certain Judge Ball said, that in a recent conversation with him, you had avow ed yourself a believer in the doctrine of secession, and in favor of an immediate recognition of the South. While I am folly satisfied that you have never held or avowed those sentiments, I deem it important that your friends should have authority to contradict the statement. Will you, therefore, be kind enough to in form me whether you ever held Buch a conversation with Judge Hall? Very respectfully, RUFUS E. BHAPLEY, Chairman of Democratic Standing Com mittee of Cumberland County. Philadelphia, Sept. 21, 1803 Rcrua E. Shaplet, Esq.: Dear Sir: —Just retnrned from Essiod, where I went to attend the fnneral of our mnch lamented friend, the Hon. Richard Brcdhead, I find yonr favor of the 18th, informing me of a Btory which Mr. Todd produced at a pablic meeting, after obtain ing it through a channel which is not spe cified. There is not a word of truth in the story. I know no Judge Hall, Bnd cannot re member that I ever knew a man of that name. SO FAR FROM EVER AVOWING BELIEF IN SECESSION OR FAVOR ING RECOGNITION OFTHE SOUTH ERN CONFEDERACT, I AM, AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN OPPOSED TO BOTH, AND AM IN FAVOR OF SUP PRESSING THE REBELLION BY WHICH BOTH ARE SUPPORTED. My life has been spent, thus far, in up holding the Constitution of the United States as the Fathers framed it—the Union they formed —and the Constitution and laws of the State ; and whatever of life remains to me will be devoted to the same ends whether it be spent in public or pri vate station. NEITHER SECESSION NORTHE MALIGNANT FANATICISM THAT CAUSED IT WILL EVER FIND AN ADVOCATE IN ME. Trusting that this is a sufficient answer to the calumny you allude to, I remain, dear sir. Very truly, yours, GEO. W. WOODWARD. GOV. CI RTIN ASB THE SOLDIERS, Gov. Clrtin reproduces upon every oc casion he speaks, a statement which mast thrill a patriotic community with horror considering the situation of our two great armies, at the present moment, under Mvade and Rosecrans. He sayb he has extended his nlmost influence in having furloughed for thirty days, all the Penn sylvania troops it waß possible to reach for the purpose of voting at the October Elec tion. The lose of a battle,—the slaughter of thousands of brave men, are nothing compared with the election of Ci rtin. That must be secured though it cost the nation its life, and the country its glory This public boast of tk Governor who is known to be almost omnipotent in Wash ington, that he will deplete the army at the moment of its greatest peril, and for a space of time which will cover all the fighting weather of this year, ebonld be met es it deserves by a truly loyal and outraged people. Mb. Mason recently left London for « Dnblin with the probable intention of re turning home. The day before his depiir tnre from London, the rebel loan fell there to 30 per cent, disconnt. ; lit; WAR OtfßT AND THE WAR TAXIM. We subjoin some figures showing what the debt of each county in ( will be, supposing tho war debt of the Union at the close of the warf ?shall be 3,000,000,000 of dollars* We solemnly belieVo it would be that sum if the war ceased to-morrow. Because *the war has now lasted 880 days—and there is no prospect that it will be closed in 120 days more. The daily expense of the war —the current expense —is set down at thref.mil lions per day —this, of course, will amount to 3,000 millions in 1,000 days. Now, . Pennsylvania’s quota of men and money has been fixed (we believe official ly) at ONE-SIXTH of the whole, which is $500,000,0001 It is upon this that the following apportionment of debt and in terest is based. We ask. the attention OF ALL TAXPAYERS TO THIS FEARFUL EXHIR- Each coan-jValuation of ty’s share of ail proptrtjnn the interest Penn a ylvania of the vrar for 1863 by debt —year- R,ev«.mio 1 jy. B ard. $ _ 5.138,.'90 uu ■2f< i;z3.3Hii t»o 3 927,873 00 •1 1*13,151 0U r, -1M.223 00 23. O') 4.9tn.7-;s GO 5 492,938 03 19,293.126 00 4,344.806 CO 2,164.877 00 2 4M VR 00 4 450.800 OU 24. 09 2.241,952 00 l.tjio.O 0 00 8,060.478 00 3.260,27 1 OO 5.431 00 12 £85,564 00 12Lt-29 i 10 00 10,137 ixl 844.111 00 5,739.208 00 5,337,731 CO 175.213 00 Each county's share of tbeprin p&J of the war debt COUNTIES. $ 259.021 82 ' 1,844,497 92 369,425 04 ; 0H,724 80 •T.-i MS 82 9-8.201 76 187,1'.') 28 496 996 46 030.124 96 367,33'.’ 08! 300.879 60 217.060 50 278.040 I 0 709 590 96 257,870 16 194.1 W 8« 187,901 36 208 670 SO 419.358 00 413.811 3a 1 482,621 9:V 3':'. 779 W 00.04*2 80 010,138 20 411.860 88! 9,267 00 Adams .... Allog'ny.. Armstr’ng l Beaver ..... Bedford ... Berks Blair - Bradford.. Bucks ButUr Cambria ••• Carbon Centre Chester Clanon.... Clairfieid. Cl i:, ton Colombia Crawford .| Cumberl’d Dauphin... De aware.. Elk _... Frio Foyotto ... Forrest..— $ 4,817.032 i 0,741,632 (.U7.054 5,012.060 4 59s 592 16.13&690 4 756,568 8 233,24 \ 10,935,416 6.122 168 5 04 OOli 3 617,676 4 744.WH 12.826 516 4.297,936 3,236.648 3.048.356 4,311.180 6 939,800 6,896.856 8,072,032 5 262 984 1,017,3801 8.5032204 6 864 S4Bl 15->,4sfi ; 7 246 672 434,74032 12,674 963 00 1670.632 94.231 W: I.lB7Us7tfJ 4,186.996; fa 1.219 76 3,1*9 67! 0" 4.533.20 1 ' 1 289.992 00l 4.7*0 G-4 00 6 794 6641 347.679 81: 3.:P1.:3>2 UO 3 142 440 188/46 40 1 676/17 0«i 2,921,5921 Yi\\9S s*>* 2.9*3,964 UO 20,006 60S 1 v00,3* u 46 ;’,\863 165 0» 9,955 82Sl 2 *7,349 «» 3 631.692 U> 5,474.912: 328.495 42 y.47-1.4-V» UO 7/2v>l«V 4M.K'3 '.V, 10.464.9*2 00 16.511,9881 930.7 P 08 lu hi»5,224 Oi> 6.432,0281 385,9'.: os 4 898.298 00 1 423,648! 85.424 88- 758.64 M*) 6 3-*9,2321 n 50.063 92 4.906.317 00 2,810,48 U! 168.623 80 4.n1 ; . P»> >0 2 882,376 172.942 56. 1,.597..x>l oO 12.116,000' 7:6.960 :9.496.7N; I 0 i *> *>4s 11 O' P 4 7(6 96 1 1.916,432 00 I 5 1'39]488! 4 J 4,-i69 28: 13. MS a 3» oO 4,966624 299.197 41’ ; v !7f».3'*l *M> 3 920 79* 2 C 5,247 76 3.K.9N m) 97 , .271)’.98S a,736/P *Bj Pi.716.2-M 00 I j itfit’iOO; 7■',8.37 60 702 46> o* l 1*972 840: 11 «1.370 40 . 93H.598 oO ! 15*395 72U 923,713 2l»! U.219.U76 HO 1 2 556 020; 1.v.161 3*l 2 686 253 iS> ; 4 605,815| I*7.*. --Is U6i 2.1-95.976 10 1 969 564; .•*/:.; 84 {16,091 (0 I 4 237 924' T-i.-.’-S 44' 5296.111(1' 5,3-.9 568 os. 2 439.5 C-S UO | 2.432/40! 145/76 4»y6 2>- !1! 70' 19 0 060 nO : 3*3fXU>Bo' l‘.*B M4O 8": 1 7«*657 00 8,394,4601 ">0 .607 Ooi Hi 3.59.aiS '.*< : 5.545,1U5, SX2.7«Hi 4»: 174 4.5.86 t>» 9.242.594 554.556 5/ T.ltf-.VW . *2,156 B*o' i‘M 412 S 0: 1 009.01 40" 11.730 m\ 703/24 UOl 12915.5 60" Franklin _ * niton Oroene Hnndfrt’n. Indiana... Jefferson..[ J ani&ta ... iivnea&crr Lawrence Lebanon.. Lehigh .... Lmerne ... Lycoming M’Kean... Mercer waits Monroe, ...I Mongom’yl Montour ..I Ncrthat’n! Northrl'd. Perry Phil’a Pino Schuylkill! Snyder 1 Somerset-j SuT iran...| Susqueh'a; ' Tioga. 1 Coioa j Venango .. : Warren Wash’gto Wayne ...... W cstm’Jd Wyoming. York Let it be remembered, that this DOES SOT INVLUPE TH E PEN? 10K. J , }>Of K ties to honorably discharged soldiers, Ac., &c. 170,000 claims for pen sions were allowed at the Surgeon General's office to invalids, widows, Ac . up to September Ist, lsGil. The who!.- number of persiooers cannot be less than 200,000! And this, at per month for each, will be $21,000,000 per annum. We have preßonted these facts and tig urea because the people have a right to know wbat their burdens are or may br —they are about to vote upon the question whether those who have created this im mease debt—the powers at Washington and thoBB who have had so large a sbn r e <..! it —thecorrupt powers at Harrisburg, cf which A. G. Clktin u the head, should longer remain in places whero they can sap the substance of the State. And KK MEMBER ! evejty dollar of this money must be raised by TAX ATION I 1 TO NATURALIZED tITIZKXH AND THOSE WHO HOPE TO REt OMESO Judge WoonwAßD, the Democratic can didate for Governor, has been charged by his enemies with a desire to extend the legal period in which a toreigner can be come a citizen, and with general hostiliiy to naturalized citizens. Here is the refutation: the lullowing letter was received on Saturday last by n gentleman of this city : Philadbltui i, Kit, Dear Sir: You ask mo, “ Ar; yuu in favor of extending the period of naturaUxa*i<>n beyond the preeent logal term'of five years V'b I answer —I am not. 1 w uld not extend it one hour beyond the period now fixed by Uw. You may mako what UMi’of yonr question a r d answer that you please. Very truly yours. That, we think, is coucise and conclusive. Nothing more can be desired on that point. Bat let us see how the Harrisburg “jobber,” that is too corrupt for Stanton to associate with—let us see how he stands about the naturalization question : In 1853, he swore solemnly: “I wiu. not vote nor give. my influence for any man for ANY office in the gift of the feo PLE, UNLESS IIE BE AN AMKRIt'AN HORN CIT IZ E\ IN FAVOR OF AMERICANS RULIN' America, nor if he be a Roman Catbo The Know-Nothing party, into which Mr. Curtin thus swore himself,is now dead in name, but not in fact—they elected Mr. Pollock Governor, and Mr. Curtin wa* made his Secretary. Now rkmemuer the! Mr. CURTIN HAS NOT RK TRAC I'Ki> ONE SYLLABLE OF THAT OATH. He adheres to every word of it to this HOUR ! Curtin also swore, at the same time, that if elected to office he would “ RE MOVE ALL FOREIGNERS, alikxh, or ROMAN CATHOLICS from office or PLACE.” This oath he has promised to keep for ever “ sacred and inviolate!” He has not renounced ons letter of it to this day. —We leave the matter with naturalized citizens. CONSERVATIVE ESSAYS “Conservative Essays, Legal and Po litical” by S. S. Nicholas, of Louisville, Ky., is the title of an able work, receatly published by Ljpfincot A Co., of Phila delphia, and for sale by Kay A Co., of this city. After a hasty glance at this work, we can earnestly recopimeud to all who are desirous of acquiring Bound po litical information in relation to our sys tem of government. The work has been r endered necessary by the present lamen* table condition of the country, and is filled with matter worthy ofprofound meditation. A CALUMNY REFVTED. By reference to another colamn, it will be seen that Judge Woodward has been tempted to give a flat contradiction to one of the numerous slandera i n circulation against him. Hiß letter is a clincher to the falsehood of the unknown Judge Hall, and its endorser and retailer, Bon. Lem uel Todd. HOW I>ID THEY fiF.T THERE? The rebel array under 3en. Lee, ap pears to raft;, a- i?re about pretty much as they pleaße. When tired ot remaining in* active in \ irginia, they post themselves in some nice spot like Fredericksburg, which tempts such a General aa Hooker to an nounce that “he has ihem. M When they run short of provision and .forage they de liberately invade Pennsylvania* remain i upon cur soil a couple of weeks before our i Governor finds it out, who in a fit of des peration runs off to Washington to ask what is to be done. But their last enter prize iB the most remarkable of all. On Monday last, while the Administration or gan was informing us that Lee was about to Bgain assume the offensive, two of hiß principal Generals and their commands, opened the nttack upon Rosecrans away !in the interior of Georgia. Now the in teresting question arises, how were those rebel Generals and their troops carried from Richmond to Chattanooga? It is certain they did not pass through blast Tennessee. How, then, did they reach Bragg? If they were sent to him by railroad they were obliged to go first ‘-urn Richmond to Branchville, in South Carolina, and from that point to Dalton, in Georgia, If they took time to march a part of the way, then th£y may have been Bent by rail from Richmond to Charlotte* in North Carolina, or to Spartansburg, in South Carolina. In either of these cases the troops musi have marched at least two huudred miles, alter they left the railroad, to reach Brcgg ; and the whole movement conld not have been made by the rebels under fiueen days, if we assumo that th«y sent twenty-live thousand men Irom I ( oOt*—the yearly sum of our taxes for the war debt, and all other pur {'OSes, is about $- t«X*,l>oo !! ! It t« annually. should have b\*c.ti resisted ‘‘unto blgod," what shall we hay or do about paying two mmuoxsl Will the \bolit:on-UepudiutorB answer ? Important Iron* WiutiliiKlun ,»rm> In Motion—A 'lounn-ui of ’* r «»|»«» «u tbnt IMr*rllon ( ttadltiou of liirtimontl Th« In^t r uctlonH lo Uuritiii 1 Ibn Oov**rn iicut not Kntl«ll iu Hud tli«' north-western OelPSTotion. W amii :• oi un . Sept. Jo.—The Army of ‘he mar 1:1 in motion : transports are vs ah srent activity at Alexandria; !<.r.d it i-' expected that a considerable body of Krces will eaibark with as little delay as possible. Their destination can only be conjectured. Meantime Rur-i is an equal activity shown in the forwarding of troops in nuo ther direction. The Government has tak en of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and no more travel for civil pur poses is allowed upon it. Some import ant movement is contemplated on the line of this great thoroughfare. Lis currently safd here—and such, in fact, the purport of tho information that we receive from various sources —that the reinforcements sent off to the help ot Bragg against General Rosecrans have left Richmond almost defenceless. There is but a handful of troops remaining left for the security of the rebel capital. The lat: battle of Chattanooga would have had n different result if tho orders of the government had been more punctually obeyed. The government was aware ol 'he des'gus of the rebels in reinforcing Bragg, namely, to o erwhelm our army by superior numbers, and sent a message by telegraph to General Burnside ordering him to reinforce Rosecrans with the men under his command. Burnside replied that he was on his way to Joneßboroagh, and would join Rosecrans as soon ns he bad occupied that place. The government then repeated the order in a peremptory manner, ordering him to reinforce Koso cran3 immediately. Two days afterwards a telegraphic message was received here from Buri.si io to the effect that ho bad taken .1 onesburorigh, and should now pro ceed to the assistance of Rosecrans. At ihe Just advices the main body of the ;roona under Burnside were at Athens. ILs advance was at. Cleveland. The Government ia not satisfied with this proceeding of Burnside, and it is yet to be Been what necessity there was for his neglect to obey the order given in such ex press terms. Advices have been received from Gen nral Rosecrans representing that every thing is quiet. The President will have an interview at thre • .(‘clock this afternoon with the dele gation from Kansas and Missouri sent to Washington to protest against General Schofield's policy. IiLO. W WooDWj Ht>. Washington, September 2th —Advices havo been received from General Rose crane representing that every thing is quiet. Washington, September 2G. The President will Lave an interview at three o’clock this afternoon with the delegation from Kansas and Missouri sent to Wash ington to protest agaiuet General Scho field’s policy. Sapid Movements of Troops By the arrival of the steamship Cahaw ba from New Orleans, intelligence is re ceived that the troops which were engaged in the Sabine Pass expedition have been disembarked, and are to comprise a part of the expedition overland to Texas. The troops were, on the departure of the steamer, moving towards Brash ear City and Berwick Bay, as rapidly as by the railroad transportation between Algiers and those points they could be sent for ward. The force which originally was to go by that route will thuß be so much strengthened as to render the expedition a formidable one. It is stated on good authority that our forces were crossing Berwick Bay, with their trains, and that a part of the troops are already cn their march westward. The occupation of Texas by onr troops i 9 regarded in New Orleans as a fixed fact. Miss Altonia Ford, who betrayed Gen. Stoughton, of Vermont, into the hauds of the rebels, last spring, in Virgin ia, has been arrested within onr lines, and brought to prison in Washington, tom mii.i.ioxb! From ibo Tilt burgh (i,zttte, Monday, J ]y2o, More About tho Govornor. Vve have already suggested that -we would regard the re-nominai-ion of Gov ercor Curtin* as a great calamity to ike party and to the country, for..the double reason that we should expOße'onrsblvea to the imminent risk of a . defeat, if we did not even show thereby that We had deserv ed it, .and that we should render a very doubtful service to either, by electing him. We now proceed to assign some of the reasons for that opinion. It cannot be disputed, wg think, that , his administration has proved eminently disastrous to the party which brought hi!n into power. That it has been an unfortu nate one for the State, the present condi* 1 tion of her plundered sinking fund and i dilapidated revenues will abundantly at r test. He came irto office less than three years Bgo, with a huge msjority, and a Legislature of which nearly three fourths of both branches either wera, or claimed lobe, Republicans. At the end of one session he had throtnl all that majority away. Entrusted with the privUcga of expend ing the firßt appropriation made by the Legislature for the common defence, be gave to'his own creatures the power of making contracts, as his private agents in relation to articles with which they were entirely unfamiliar, tothe great injury of the soldier, Who was victimized, by their : unskiiltulness or fraud. This fact was found by a committee, aj'pointed by him self , under the pressure ot a public clam or, which grew out of the treatment of the volunteers who had assembled at Harris burg. Those brave young men who had responded so generously t.o the first call of their country, were in rags, with shod dy vestments, shoes whose soles were stuffed with shavings, and blankets al most as thin and transparent as a window pane. Fioin tho Pittsburgh < ; ay.ette, July 29. Popularity oftbe UoTfiuor It t 3 suggested, however, as a reason for the re-nomination of Gov. Curtin and the only one wo ever heard, that he is pop ular with the soldiery. If this were true it would make no difference. Bui it is not true, it we may trust the almost universal testimony from the army, so far as we have had an opportunity of hearing i:; and it would be strange , indeed , if it were, looking to the shoddy prodded for them by his agents, in the first place and bia whole subsequent conduct in re gard to commissions, with h l ’? well known preferences for in?n, whose loyalty has never been considered of the brightest. Our readers will remember tho time when it was publicly said, that hit person would •! jt Imvi* been safe in the camp of a Penn • ylvacia regiment. Wo are not one o! i ,ose who affect tobelieve that this feeling hat improved into popularity, notwithstand ing the newspaper reports of receptions, and flag presentations to which we have hten no often treated. Cheers on the from lb-mißylvaniu. rcglmeus. arc a cheap compliment, and not always r.A ba taken as evidences of admiration ior f'tr nan. A largo portion cf them night , -.ir!v !>»• set down to the account oi tho o/h’/v which ho bare &3 the «ucct-33i r i f bo m u;j bravo and well tried men. An ab sent soldier would naturally be glad to see any tolerably decent man from his naiivt Slate, who had c_me to v:s;t, and had th\ power of helping him: but an army pa nonage like that oi the Goverucr, in tho hands ot such a man as Curtin, is always a fatal gift to the holder. It is impossible, however, that with his faiJity of temper, and a desire to pleaB> everybody who approaches him, bo gref. as to result in infinite prodigality o! promises, forgotten os soon aa uttered, and never intended lo hs performed, he c.bould have been abb; cillu-r to acquire, or moinUun any permanent or well lour-.u ed popularity. Wo could poir.tont ease*, where hi- has even gone cut of his way to volunteer engagements tu lricnds, which were not sought by them, in the tirtn place, and which wero r.o sooner mad' than Gahited, na though it had been hi. studied purprwr to convert them into ev.o mice. It was Goldsmith, wobolieve, who said ot Edmund Burkr, that 'lip threw vff !.h f iend? a-* a koiLsmai. hi. I'.ir'r, For bo k new. when bo ph-n.-xl. he < i.ul 1 hi: t thorn Lao. '* Governor Curtin has dealt with hi.< % or such of them at leas*, as mere honest, iu about tho same way. Be is uot Burke, however,by any moans; and wo doubt much whether his whistle will bo as potent as even that of Roderick I)hu. From tho Pittsburgh Rat.. Wednesday, Ju!> J. Party Morality and Party Hnoewm, W e hear an occasional complaint from other parts of the Stale, of the freedom with winch we havu been dealing with the Governor. Tho objection is not that the facts stated by us are uot true, but that it 13 highly impolitic to stale them ; Rirsf, because he h a ie vn fut ctionary : secondly, because it is at !* a«u a pos sible case, that the Convenli -n about tj assemble here, might present him as a candidate lor rc election. To the first ol these objections we answer, that although elected by the party, wo are by no means sure that, looking to his tastes and surroundings, he isnot toon strongly incliucd io the pence Democracy, than to ourselves : and farther, that tf we are iu some sort responsible for his elec tion, it only imposes upon us the duty cf making amends by an honest confession, and endeavoring to prevent the recur rcnco of a like injury to the party here after. To it*# second, we reply that tcc do not regard his nomination as a possible con tingency, in the taco of such a record ns we have furnished. In ihe absence ot these statements it wight have happened. As tbo case stands now. it could not, with out supposing in the L’ui.ventien un abso lute want of consciej. and an niter recklessness M t There arc politicians w.- know, who would laugh at our simplicity iu taking i: for granted that moral ccueideratiors would b 8 allowed to have any weight in an assemblage of that kind, instructed, perhaps, in advance, iu favor of a partic ular individual, or engaged by the private interests of its members, to favor his pre tensions under all circumstances. * * * It is a great mistake to sup pose that the people ore as indifferent as the politicians, to the characters of their public servants. A reputation, at least, tor honesty, is always au essential element of buccgsb. Xo parly is strong enough to disregard it with impunity. Republi can Government will be confessedly n failure, when this shall come to be con sidered as immaterial. We are obliged, however, for the information that the nomination of Gover nor Curtin ia a “forgone conclusion.’' This assumes that the Convention will be packed with either knaves or ignoramuses, which we will not believe until we see it. We doubt, however, whether they can find a sufficient number bold enough and dee perat-e enough for such a venture. They will remember, we think, that it takes two parties to make a bargain ; that there is such a thing as “reckoning without one's host and that these "foregone conclu sions” men will run the risk of raining themselves, if they attempt to play off a game of that sort upon the people. The Crawford Journal also compliments us, though in a somewhat gentler style. It says that our present attitude towards Curtin iB certainly calculated to have a pernicious effect —that in the event of his nomination we are only furnishing am munition for the enemy— that the true policy is not to assail any of the numerous good candidates —that it may be to the interest of a knot of politicians here to disparage Gov, Curtin, but that his friends will not see him traduced with indiffer ence —that in that region, loyai men are nlmoit unanimous in his favor—that he Will bent any body t-tan—ihai it ig import ant to bvoid discoid —that tbe personal enemies of the Governor would do well to withhold their ofibae—end'that we can surely findl-koroe&oro creditable duty than to do: the Work of the Copperhead press in advance.. To all this we answer— First. That the effectof our policy may be pernicious to■ Cartin, hut must resolt, if successful, in the' ealvotiori of the party which he has betrayed and done so much to destroy. Second. That the ammunition which we havefarnished is from the public record, where i! has been p-lwaya equally accessi ble to the enemy, who will use it, of course, as soon as we furnish them with the occa sion. * ■ * * * Fourth. That the “knot of politicians” whose interest it U supposed to bo to as- Bail the Governor, is the whole people of Allegheny Onnnty t whose interest it is to save the country, by putting such men as him cut of ihenoay. Fifth. That, if telling unquestionable truths , that people ought to know about a candidate is traducing him, and his iriends cannot see it with indifference, we are sorry for his friends, as well as himself, and would rather that they would look up some other party more adapted to their tastes and morals than ours. Seventh, That we are not the personal enemies of the Governor, and would not feel at liberty to use our paper to abuse him .on such grounds, even it we were. When we assign sufficient public reasons for our course, it ought to be enough— even with those who do not seem to have any idea of a loftier motive than personal fty. But it telling the truth of the Gov* ernor is necessarily abuse , the fault ib with the doer , and not with the relato-r , unless on the principle that “the greater the truth he greater 'he libel, Eighth. 11 we are '‘doing the work of rbe Copperheads in advance,” is it not wise to foreatal them? Why wait until they shall do it themselves, to our preju dice, when wo can take the wind out of •.heir sails, by shelving the Governor ? There is no answer to them , ana there (•(in be none. Standingby themaelves, they male it morally impossible for us to sup port Gov Ocrtin under any circumstances. and equally impossible for any party to elect him, ?/ it should be so reckless as to try the experiment. We should dispiee the man, who, knowing these things, sboold seriously urge him under such circum stances, and resent his nomination as an impeachment of the public conscience, and an insult to the moral sense of the] community ; and we know that we should be oUitaiaed by the judgment of every 1 honest man in Pennsylvania, who is con* vereant with the facts, as we have stated th cm. Instead of deserving reproach, or meriting the charge of disorganizes, we have ft right to expect that every bonett Itepuhlican press in the State —which pre !ors the party, as it ought to do, to any , man however, exalted or blameless— should join hands with us, iu the endeavor 10 sure it from the disgrace and disaster which such a nomination must inevitably inflict. We have a right to demand of the politicians, or party managers, in the name < f a holy cause, and a bleeding country. that it shall not be made. While we arc [ort?c:ly willing to leave the selection Ol candidates io the discretion ol ihe usual organs, with iho largest latitude of choice, we have a rich*. at least to expect thai they shall give us one whose reputation is untainted and unassailable—who is alike "without fear aud without re proaeh.” There are men enough ol that kind, who are not only the equals, but greatly the superiors ot Governor Cur tin m knowledge, intellect, and adminis trative ability. Them can be no apology, therefore, for insUiicg on him, at the ex' pcr.se cl conscience, and the i:o minin', nub of defeat. The Ueaiocratf as th * still delight to call them selves- have stepped aside tor the first Cm** from the mere newspaper candidates v.ho are gonerally but the puny hacks tand sought "lit their ablest, anti, perhaps, stioiup-'it i/nni. There are great objections lo him, at.cl fco can be beaten easily, il we arc but true to ourselv.s, and do net (lui;.hc, tt* the sake of ode* justly obnox ious man, to throw our chances away. If, by any adverse fortune, it were possible that we should be doomed to defeat, with •hchoptsof the i c.'icn resting upon us, we would, at least, die in such a Way as not to ebame our past lives. Let us car ry no more weight thau the occasion itn : poses on us, and if it should be our fate let it not be caid, at all events, that we have dtso red it. From tho Unzetle, Tufcsoity, .Au<*. -Uh The Convention i\m! ltn Candidate. Tho Convention which meets hero to morrow, will h;ive a grave and delicate tat-k before iu It it represents the popu lar sentiment wi’h any reasonable (airness, it will endeavor to name a candidate who combines the eascuials to success, with an ability and honesty which will ensure a faiihtul and favorable administration of theaffaireof the-Siate. Wedo notespect, of course, from this or any other repre sentative body thoa selected, either the very ablest or most honest and courageous man in the State. This wonld bo looking for too mi eh i, the present condition of poor human nature. The lest man is seldom the available one, because he is generally cither a reserved or an outspoken mar, eschewing politrca nud courting no body, becau&e he defipiaes the arts which are supposed to be necessary to Becure *‘lke sweet voices of the people —or pro claiming on all occasion-] precisely what he thinks without fear or favor. We trust, however, that nobody in the Convention will allow himself to be mis led by the idea, that a man like Curtin, and with each a record as we have shown of him, can bo forced upon the people of this county, by putting him in nomina tion against their will. We know what we say, when we give notice to those who mny be templed to this view, that he is so unive; sally believed by the people here, to be co. rapt —to have sold the State and the ■party both and to be anything bat well affected to the National Administration or the truly loyal man at heme ; they know indeed bo well, tha sort of company he keeps, and the kind of influences that have governed him, that wo have butgiven shape and utterance, to their invincible repugnance to the man, and done what they desired, in endeavoring to save the party, by warning the managers, that they must neither touch, taste or handle any thing so unclean, if they considered the vote of the strongest Republican County in the State, or the nation, an import ant one. If they think that they can get along without it, “the wilful maun hae his way” we sappose, os thoold proverb says. We think decidedly otherwise, and we hope to be excused for thinking, moreover, that, the wisdom of our people—almost unanimOQs as they are on this question— are entitled not only to be consulted and respected, but even to exercise a control ling influence, where they are so moderate as to involve no dictation—to urge no par ticular candidate, and to profess a willing submission, in advance to whatever may be done, with the single proviso, that they shall not be asked to vote for a man whoße reputation is mildewed with the darkest suspicions, and whom they con scientiously believe to be dishonest —and in regard to whom, their only doabt— to put it in the plain vernacular —is whether ho can successfully plead that he is only a weakling—and irresponsible for all the mischief he has done. We have attacked the Governor because we kno-w that he is a candidate , though a stealthy one, notwithstanding his dis claimer, and bpcause tee are not willing that the party shall be sacrificed by the se lection of a man who has abused its confi dence t and cannot be elected. It was the only course, under the circumstances, for on honest man to take who thought as we did, and wished well to the country. With out going into his private character, as we hud a perfect right to do—we have shown a record of official acta which would con vict the man who urged him, in thetfnce of it, of disregarding tho interest of'tti§ ">ariy and the country, and cxWbtting’a contempt tor public opinion, andean indif ference to public morality, asireckless aud criminal as the worst ot the-inferences that could be drawn agairißfc th&\Gover' nor. Sr : From the Pittsburgh Gezette, Adg. sth. A Parting Word to tbe Convention. The delegates to the State Conventipn are now amongst ua. Before they proceed to do their dnty, we have a word to say to them. We have reason to believe that Gover nor Carlin, notwithstanding his ostensible withdrawal, was a candidate, for reoom ination, and confident that he would be successful. We felt assured that he could not be elected. We knew that he ought not. It became our duty, therefore, to Bound the alarm, and endeavor to save the party, it possible. ' ' We have endeavored to show that he imposed upon the soldiers , by farming themout to his triends, and theu. : denying that he had employed them. We have exhibited the record to es tablish the fact that he had approved a bill, acknowledged by him to be wrong, which robbed the Treasury of many mil lions of money—that as the condition of this approval, he bad taken an agreement for tho State, which he abstracted, and secretly surrendered to the parties who had given it —and that when interrogated by the Legislature, he confessed the fact, and offered as his BDology, a reason which is shown to havebeen untrue. And we have inferred from all this — without referring to other matters —that hi.** nomination would be disgraceful to ihp party, and hia election impossible— j%a the general desire of the Copperheads thst wa should take him as our candidate, proves it to be, in their judgment, as well as ours* All this we have been compelled, by the necessities of the case, to do. in order to save the cause from irretrievable ruin. When the same man was, however, pre sented to ns anew, as a candidate for a &econd term, it became our duty to speak, oat before the mischief was enacttd, and‘ we have done so in language as moderate as ihe facta would hear. Aud yet even : then we would rather have waived our; objections if it bad been possible, and taken the weakest man, and the wickedest, of our persoual enemiee, than run tho risk: ol disturbing the harmony of the party, at such a time. It was clear to ns, how- ; ever, that with such a. candidate, it was impossible for us to succeed. We. should be beaten at any rate, as oar pastj experience has demonstrated, and as it cmild not make matters worse, it was worth at least the trouble to endeavor to prevent it. The naeetion then cornea at last, whether there are any of the delegates inclined to the Bcpport of Curtin, who would consider a triumph uow as more important than a triumph at the election, and a sufficient compensation ior a detent at that time —or who would be willing to stake the result upon a doubt? If it be ■ true as charged, that he insists on play- I u;g the part ot the dog in the- manger, and sacrificing the parly ot which, it is said, he claims to be the builder, to himself, is there any man in the Convention who will allow himself to be used for such a pur pose? What ia to be gained by it for the advantage of anybody but the rebels aud their Northern sympathizers ? We have stated more than once —aud we canot repeat it too often —that what ever may be the opinion of the Conven tion, and whether right or wrong, the feel ing agairst Gov. Curtin in this county at least--growing out of his own acts and policy—ib so strong that we could no more control it, even if we were so dis posed, than we could stem the torrent of Niagara withour hands. We mightruip ourselves by advocating his election, but we couldn’t help him. It ia not we who are respotsibie lor the existence or orign of that feeling. We redact it only, and] have but thrown ouisclves into the cur- 1 rent, which was flowing as rapidly before we undertook to fathom or direct it. 1 There were good men in ISGO who doubted whether he could be trusted, and refused to vote fur him, yet this couty gave him a mrj Drily ot about G4OO votes. Less than a month afterward it gave Lincoln 10,000. VVilh a stronger man than Cur lia there should have been B,oooat least. With an unexceptionable candidate now we are as strong as ever. With Governor Curtin we doubt whether it could be car ried at ali, and those who reflect that his conduct at the session of 1861, brought iu a Democrat even here, at the election which lotlowed, will realize the mischief that such a nomination may inflict. It is not in this county ouly, however, in which it is important to make the ma chine run smooth. There will be like difficulties elsewhere, and particularly in those counties where the strength ot the Republican party lies. If he should be nominated, it will not be by the votes of those districts, which will be expected to elect him. It will bo counties like Berks, we suppose, that are to be cast as weights into the scale. Would it not become them to reflect, that if they want us to do the work, they must put U 9 into a condition to run without weights. Are not even the prejudices of oar people —if they choose to call them so— to be consulted ? If they can find a man who is free from objection, and we ore in a bad condition, indeed, if they cannot, what is their duty as men —as patriots—as lov ers of their couutry ? How can they ex cuse themselves for insisting—from mere pride or self-will—on one cf the opposite kind, who is known to be unpalatable to any respectable section of the party ? We shall guage their patriotism by the way in which they deal with the difficulty. With men of the heroic stamp, men suited to the times, it can prove no serious difficulty at all. Furloughs for Abolitionists—Fight ing for Democrats. It is very evident that the central des potism at Washington intends to nse the army, as far as it is possible to do so, to control the next election in Pennsylvania. Already the foot-prints of the political tricksters are plainly visible. Hundreds of soldiers have been sent home on for lough from Meade’s army, to electioneer for the Abolition State ticket. No Dem , crats are permitted to be absent from i their regiments—they must remain and bear the brant of the battle, while the more favored Abolitionists are allowed the privilege of spending “two or three weeks at home,” just before the election in this State. One instance recently came to our knowledge, where an officer in sound health had a furlough of three weeks granted him, including the second Tuesday of Nsxt October, when, at the same lime, bis regiment was hastily des patched, at a few hours’ notice, to join the main body of Meade’s forces. The fact that he is an ultra Abolitionist, and is supposed to wield considerable politi cal influence in his district, fully accounts for the favoritism exhibited. This game will be extensively played by the authori ties at Washington. The wicked men in power will not leave any means untried, fair or foul, to secure the success of their treasonable doctrines. They believe that “it is better to lose a battle in the field than an election.” Acting upon this in famous sentiment, they depleted the Army of the Cumberland to send political recruits to Ohio. By doing so. they ma terially assisted in the defeat ofßosecrans and his gallant army. They will not hes itate to peril Meade and his heroic com mand in the same manner. Their policy is to rule and min the free white men of the North, in order that they may elevate to social and political equality the African arid his race. The Press, of yesterday morning, advocated “; h- vigorous proa eggtitftfflftbo war" in this atjrlo s ‘‘The repulse at. Chattanooga would be a mere tSifle compared with the aaeceaa of the Democratic party in Ohio or Pennsylva nia;” .Of course, it the Washington authori ties believe this, they will send home ev ery eoldipr from those States who will vote their ticket; and as there are nearly two hundred thousand men in the field from those States, and as it is claimed that ft majority ot them are Republicans, such a policy would take away a greater number of men than Rosecrans haa in his whole army. The first fruits of this political strategy are? “ the losses of 1,?00 killed, 8,000 woanded, and- a loss in artillery which will not . fall short ,of fifty pieces, while our deficiency in transportation and baggage cannot be estimated.” Such is Abolition “friendship for the soldier.”— Phil a. Age. ■' Democracy. “Bat the Constitution cannot bo main * tained nor the Union preserved in oppo sition'to ptiblic feeling by the more exer- tion of the coercive powers confided- to the General Government. The founda tion mast be laid in the affections of,the people; in the security which it gives to life, liberty and property in every quarter of the country, and in the fraternal attach ments which the citizens of the several States bear one to another as members of one political family, mutually contributing to promote the happiness of each other* Hence the citizens ot each State should studiously avoid every thing calculated’to wound the sensibility or offend the just pride of the people of other States, and they should frown upon any proceedings within their own borders likely to disturb the tranquility of their political brethren in other portions of the Union.” Andrew Jackson.. “The hpiritof encroachments tends to consolidate the powers of all the depart ments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government a real despotism. The necesa'ty of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power by dividing and distributing it into different deposito ries, andzmnslUating each the guardian of the public weal against invasion by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern; some of them In onr own conntry and under our own eyes. Ifin the opinion of the people the distri bution or modification of the constitution al powers he in any particular wrong, let it Be corrected by an amendment in the way which t.he Constitution designates. @at let the e be no change by usurpation, tor though tnis in one instance may be tlu, instrument of good, it is the enstomary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent mUBt always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield.” George Washington. “I am in favor of an Administration of the Government iD strict conformity to the Constitution as understood by the Conven tion that produced and recommended it, and particularly by the State Convention that adopted it.” Thos. Jefferson. “Avoid the necessity of overgrown mil itary establishments, which under any form of Government, are inauspicious to liberty, and particularly Republican lib erty.’’ Geo. Washington. “I inteud for one to regard and main tain and carry out to the fullest extent, the_ Constitution of the United States, whioh I have sworn to support in all its parts und all its provisions.” “The object of abolition is to re duce the laboring,white man to the despis ed and degraded condition of the black man.” Henry Clay.H “Arouse the laboring classes in the Free Slates, the Irishman, the German, and the American against abolition.” “The agitation of the slavery question in the Free States will destroy all harmo- finally lead to disunion—perpet ual war -the extinction efthe Afrieanrace —ultimate military despotism.” Henry Clay. “Constitutional Union and Liberty, ac cording to American Law or else ex tinction of slave property—negro freedom —dissolution cf the Union—and anarchy and confasion.” Geo. W. Woodward. “The wisdom or morality of slavery are considerations that belong to the States themselves. What enriches a part en riches the whole ; and the Btates are the best jadgea of their particular interests.” Oliver Ellswor’H, of Conn. By following in the footsteps of the great Statesmen of the Republic, and by ,strict conformity to their counsel and patriotic teachings, cur country was united, pros perous and happy, and wpn a mighty name among the nations, and reached the very highest pinnacle ot national gieatness, such as was never achieved by any other nation. But in an evil hour the nation fell from her high estate the victim of brawling politicians and political mounte banks, “Oh what a fall was here, my countrymen.” How will America of to day compare with America of happier, brighter and better dayß ? Let the green grave of thousands upon thousands of our country’s slain answer, It remains for you to decide, my coun trymen, whether yon will inaugurate a new era in the history of our beloved country, by electing George W. 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