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»<t ;<.»7U 4:19 «t»
! 4 (C •>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 <X>
. *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<ee
to Braou.
A HINT TO LOAtINfi liltltJ AIMERS
While our army was struggling with
overwhelming numbers of rebels at Chat
tanorga, cur ciliesand towns were crowd
ed with soldiers home upon furlough.
Such Generals rsßkx. Butler and Carl
Suiiriw were making partizan speeches
wbeti they should have been in active ser
vice. There are almost enough of these
political Generals about to form a regi
ment, and they cost the country some
thing--!, ot a small sum, either. If there
ar*- not enough commands for them, let
tlu m bo formed into a special corps and
do duty as cavalry—at any rate lot them
do something but live on the public money
and Bpont politics for the administration
If a ccuu'.y, pay Allegheny county, for
instance, cam ot pay the interest on four
m i uuNfl ck Doi.iAK-, nt b per cent,,
how can ihr =i\me chanty pay $-,000,001*
yearly in taxes of various kinds. T&p in |
*robt 1.1 h.ur millions at *'» per cent, a
ia t«u P> ( oOt*—the yearly sum of our
taxes for the war debt, and all other pur
{'OSes, is about $- t«X*,l>oo !! ! It t«<j
hundred and. forty thousand dollars o!
if.ro> 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<Ml with tils
I'rof-f-from lto*«* ran*** Ar*
my-Kv*»r.vthln*f tjnlet *i’o Dnj — Tbf
l*re«l(h > 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. Woodward,
when the Constitution and the Ibwb passed
in pursuance thereof shall be the Bnpreme
law of the land, and when the brilliant ex
ample, and wise and good counsel of
the departed statesmen of America shall
be our guide through the dark hour of ad.
versity to brighter, happier and better
days in the uncertain future when we
shall be once more a happy, prosperous
and united people ; or whether you will
continue to follow in the wake of the
Pittsburgh Gazette and Commercial , and
listen to the frothy deciamationsof a set of
political Jagoß, who dare not breathe the
sacred name of Washington in defence of
their damnable doctrines, and who are
not slow in following the advice of their
great predecessor, “Pot money in thy
purse.” Ashland.
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