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Wednesday morning, Sept. 30,1863.
UNION STATE TICKET.
• FOR GOVERNOR.
ANDREW G. CURTIN,,Centre
FOR SUPREME. JUDO E.
DANIEL AGNEW, Beaver.
UNIONCOUNTY TICKET.
FOR .ASSEMBLY,
T. JEFFERSON 10TILL. Clinmbereburg.
WIA.LIA3I A. GRAY. Fulton. .
- J FOR PROTHONOTARY,
, R.' fiIIANIVON TATLOII, - Chamb'g.
OP. REGISTER ARD RECORDER,
HENRY ISTRIMLER; Antrim.
FOE CLERK OF THE COURTS, -
WEL G. MITCHELL, Southampton.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER. •
•
JAMES G., ELDER, St. Themes.
, FOR COMMInSIONER.
HENRY GOOD, Quincy.
FOR DIRECTOR OF HE POOR.
JOHN AMBLER, amberebtas.
' FOR A ITOR,
W. S. A • ON, Washington
, WM. MCCLELLAN Esq., will speak for
the Union ticket at the following named
plaees - : • --.,
,
• WELSH RUN, ' Tuesday ev'ng Oct., 6th.
' GREENCASTLE, Wedn'y " " ' 7th.
N: E W FRANKLIN, Friday " '', 9th.
- SCOTLAND, Saturday . " ' ," 10th.
HON. FRANKLIN BOUND,
most
from
Northumberland, and a. most able and elo
ttuent advocate' of the Union cause, will
speak at the following places in Franklin
county :
:WAY.NES)3ORO, .Thesday cr'ng Oct. tith
GREENCASTLE, Wedn'y " . " 7th.
ItiERCERSBMG; Thursday " " Bth
LOUDON, Friday " " 9th.
CHAMBERSBUBG, Sat'day " 10th
AL:Ex. It. McCrum will speak at the
following places in Franklin county :
'GREENVILLAGE, Friday ev'ngt Oct. 2d
ORRSTOWN, Saturday " " 3d
FUNKS.TOWN, Monday " " sth
WAYNESBORO, Tuesday " " 6th.
• GREENCASTLE, Wedn'y " " 7th
MERCERSBURG, Thursday " Bth
' LOUDON, Friday ". 9th
CHAMBERSRURG, Sat'day " " lath
QUINCY, Monday 41 12th
EVERY lover - of loyalty and foe of treason
should attend aid hear Col. Montgomery,
of Vicksburg, Miss., in Chambersburg this
(Wednesday) evening. lie is from the
south—was editor of the Vicksburg Whig
when treason culminated in fratticidal war-;
- - was imprisoned for the single crime of de
votion to his country; was visited by Jeff.
Davis in prison to induce him to _espouse
-the traitor's cause, and finally he blessed
.- the Old Flag 'on the Fourth 'of July last,
when its protecting folds waved over him
in Vicksburg. Let 'men of all parties sear
- -Lim. • V
ARE YOII ASSESSED?
UNION MEN, see that.you
_are certainly
assessed. Many votes are often lost by
want of attention to assessments in season.
. The Union. Committees of each district
should see at once that the name of every
'Union voter is on the assessor's list unless
they are to• vote on age. Funw NEXT,
the 2d day of Octoberis the last day fur
assessing, as the law requires it to be done
at least ten days before the Election
Every Union man should make it his indi
yidual duty to see to this important matter
NILITARY DANA.GES.
The people of Franklin county have suf-
: fered to the extent of not less than two
hundred Thousand dollars:by invasion and
military'occupation of the county. Twice
have rebel bands : of plunderers penetrated
into the 'most wealthy portions of the court-.
ty, and the 'rebel army of Lee covered the
entire county in its march and stripped the
• people of everything that could in any way
contribute to the, necessities of our foes.
Maio of our citizens, who are renters of
farms, have been almost - utterly ruined by
the loss of their] crops and stock, and all
glasses have suffered more than the people
•fa great State should be called upon
vidually,to bear.
It is not to be hoped - that the National
, Government can make restitution fof these
bases at'pres,ent. Possibly an early termi
nation of the war and. he restoration of the
Union to peace and prosperity, might bring
an early and equitable adjustment of these
. ,
claims;- but at present it is, impossible.—
Much as Pennsylvania has suffered ? our
losses are not a tithe of the losses sustained
by loyal men in Virginia, Kentucky, Mis
souri, North Carolina, Arkansas and Loui
ssiana. In all these States there are men
, who have never been faithless to the Gov
ernment, but who have waited and longed
• for the coming of the Old Flag - to testore,
them to freedom. They have suffered ev
' • erything but death, and many of their de-
Toted comrades have fallen =victims to the
brutality of treason rather thin espouse the
eause of traitors. Missotiri, part of Ken
tucky, 'W,estern Virginia and East Terme&
see, where the
,people have, as arule, been
loyal all the varying vicissitudes of
the war; are but vast fields ,of desolation ;
, and if the National Government`
adopt the principle of, making immediate
restitn i tion to its loyal people, our finances
.would be so crippled that the war could
..notbeiproseented. Until there can be some
senerq plan of compensation adopted by
..the government, we-cannot hope to receive
• payment from that sourceSor the losses we
have sustained.
' But there is a source to which the plun
dered people of the border c,onnties can
11=
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justly and confidently look for restitution
for damages inflicted upon them, alike b.*
foes d friendly troops.. The State of
Pennsylv is is a mighty Commonwealth,
and has vas eans and boundless credit.
She could enter he market to-day, and com
mand credit for to or twenty nzilliona at
the highest premium iveu for any securi
ties, and her vast res4iurees and faithful
people could bear the additional burden
without serious embarassment. .The losses,
amounting in all to a quarter of a million
in the counties of Franklin; Adams, FultOn,
York and Cumberland, while they fall with
a heavy hand upon all the . individual suf
ferers, and with the crushing blow of bank
ruptcy upon many, would be imperceptible
if charged to the people of the whole State.
During the last year. Gov. Curtin has paid
I over $1,200,000 of the publicdebt, and if
his economical and successful administra
tion
our
continued, as, it certainly will
be, our great State-will be entirely free from
debt during the present generation. The
aggregate amount of losses sustained , by
our people could be,,paid during the next
fiscal year, if authorized by the legislature,
out of the ordinary revenues of the State,
without even resorting to a loan, and prob
ably a million of the old debt still be liqui
dated. For the State to make fair restitu
tion to our sufferers on the border is but
the simplest justice, and especially - should
it be done, when the State is fully equal to
it-without resorting to its credit for means
to do so.
A State is as its accepted title fitly im
ports, a commonwealth. It assumes to
confer upon its people certain privileges
—among them protection in - person and'
Property and in all civil and religious rights.
It does this upon the strength of the peo
ple, who are the fountain of power, and
who in - the organization of their common
wealth, pledge to each other -and to all • the
blessings of free government. In return it
is empowered to demand from all obedience
to its laws,for mutual protection or common
advancement; to share alike of the burdens;
to make every constituent part ckf, the
great State alike sacred in all his rights ;
and if a foreign or domestic foe lays waste
a portion of the commonwealth, each iciti
ien is solemnly pledged to tharseseto make
restitution for that - which the State , has
failed to protect. In principle, in policy,
in justice therefore,• compensation by,. the
State is eminently right, and our legisla
ture cannot disregard the claim of our peo
ple when it is properly presented for their
consideration. Last winter, when the ques
tion was hastily andiimperfectly laid before
the legislature, there was gloom throughout
the whole land. The murderous - foes of
the, government had been successful at al
most every point, and the truest-hearted
patriots almost despaired of the Republic.
Our finances were .deranged—our National
securities were banging heavily on the mar
ket, and there was little, save the undying
love for our Nationality that clung to loyal
hearts as the green ivy to the shattered
wall, to inspire the people of the State to
assume new burdens. But now the cause of
the Union has reached the noon tide of tri
umph—has recovered more than half the
territory from the - dominions of treason, and
it is clear , to even the timid and doubting
that the Republic must live. Our next
legislature, therefore, cannot hesitate, with
our fresh hopes and established - finances, to
be just to the border counties; and we feel
no hesitation in assuring the people ',of
Franklin and adjoining counties, that a
Union legislature and Union Governor will
recognize their claims and make ample res
titution.
—The Union Conventions of-Franklin
•
and Fulton - counties passed resolutions de
claring in the strongest terms in fnvor of
this principle, and Liutenant Mu, and Mr.
GRAY, the Union:candidates for the Legis
lature, are positively pledged:to giVe their
best energies to secure coinpensation;to our
suffering citizena They will be elected we
doubt not, and with their success will come
an equitable adjustment of all the losses we
have sustained from military occupation of
our territory. • •
A WORD TO HIMDIEIRS.
There are now,from ten to twelve hund
red soldiers in Franklin county, who have
served the cause of their country with cred
it and been honorably discharged: They
have braved disease and the perils of battle
in their devotion to the Flag of thel Repub
lief and many; bear honorable wounds to
attest their heroism against the mendacious
hosts of treason, while others of their com
rades sleep in untimely graves as martyrs
to,the preservation of our liberties and the
peace of our homes. Eight companies of
'the gallant 126th, which won for itself im
perishable fame alike at Fredericksburg. and
Chancellorsville, have returned to us, save
the lamented dead, whose memories are
cherished in unfading gratitude in every
loyal heart; and five companis of the
158th, after a term of arduous and often
perilous service, are also at their homes to
discharge their duties as citizens.
On the 13th of October next, thee brave
defenders of our common Nationality will
be called upon to cast their votes for the
first office in the gift of the people of Penn
sylvania. They know, by actual and often
sad experience, how desperate, hoW deadly
are the minions of treason in. their purpose
to overthrow this government. They know
how the brave. soldiers in the field turn
with imploring hearts to the people'at home
for approval, for sympathy, for earnest sup
pori. They
,know how it would chill the
soul of the army; how it would shadow its
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high hopes ; how it would paralyze, its
strength; how it would east a_ wide-spread
gloom over the defenders of the Flag, while
it would inspire the fading hopes and nerve
the wasting strength of their rebel foes,
should the great Keystone State declare for
Peace by dishonorable comprOmise . with re
lentlesp treason., They ,cannot; therefore,
be indifferent spectators in this great, this
vital struggle. With them indifference
would be airline against the cause for which
they periled their lives, and a crime against
the brave men who remain in the field to
complete what they so nobly began. They
will vote, we doubt not, and they of all
others, will want"to vote so as to give re
'newed life and hope to the Republic. They
cannot vote to bring dishonor upon the
graves of their fallen comrades; to bring
infamy upon, the wounds borne by their
brave companions, and to bring disaster
upon the noble veterans they left behind
them still rallying around the Flag and con
' fronting the foe. They cannot vote a tick
et whose success would give joy to every
traitor in' mils against the government,
from the arch-fiend of treason down to the
humblest of his followers. They cannot
vote, as instructed by the Richmond Engin
rer, which appeals to Lee to "drive Meade
into Washington and he will again raise the
spirits of the Democrats, confirm the timid,
and give confidence to the wavering;" They
cannot vote for a candidate for Governor
who has judicially proscribed every soldier
in the sacred cause of his country, and de
nied to him a voice in the selection of his
rulers, nor for a party that, in i 6 platform,
has not a word of hope for the soldier that
the right to vote shall be guaranteed_ him.
For soldiers, who have braved the bloody
foes of the government in the field, to vote
for them at home would be to turn with su
icidal hands upon their own honor, and upon
their country's cause.
The tickets presented by the two parties
in Franklin county make the Issue so plain
to soldiers that he who runs may read. On
the Union ticket, the candidate for the leg
islature is a faithful and honored LieutenL
ant who served with untarnished credit.
The candidate candidate for Prothonotary rose 'from
the ranks in the three month's service to a
commission, ands was honorably discharged
at the end of his term of enlistment. The
candidate for Register and Recorder fell at
Fredericksburg with his arm so shattered
thaWrmputation was necessary. ' The can
'didate for Treasurer commanded the 126th
at Fredericksburg, and fell so severely
wounded that he must be crippled for life,,
and the candidate for Director of the Poor
also fill in the same sanguinary engage
ment, and has not yet recovered from his
wounds. Thus is almost every office of
honor or profit conceded to the noble vol
unteers who gave their lives td the fortune
of war to preserve our honored Nationality.
On the other hand, the Democratic ticket
is withouta veteran soldier's name, save that
of Captain McKesson, who was dismissed
from the service. Can the returned sol
diers doubt which of the two parties is in
earnest sympathy with the brave men who
voluntarily periled everything that the - Re
public mighQive?
Of the twocandidates for Governor, Judge
Woodward is not the friend of the Govern
ment. He denounces every measure of the
'administration to strengthen our armies in
the field, to pro - Vide means for their pay,
tnent, and to weaken our deadly foe; and'
his voice has yet- to be raised to givelrope
and strength to the gallant sons of the
North, who have won for' themselves, for
their Flag, and for their country the most
brilliant achievements in the hiStory of war
fare. Gov. Curtin, -the Union candidate,
has devoted his whole energies to the cause
of the government and its defenders. He
has answered every demand made upon the
State, and when his brave Pennsylvanians
: were once in the field his cares' have just
begun. In health he has multiplied their
comforts; in sickness he has solaced and
ministered 'to them, and in death he has
found them graves with their kindred: He
has made their cause his cause—their inte
rests, his interests - -their success his suc
cess—and there is scarcely a soldier whose
heart does not leap with emotion and• whose
eye does'not quicken with gratitude, at the
mention of the honored name of ANDREW
G. CURTIN.
-SOLDIERS of Franklin county Your
cause and your country's cause, are upon
trial before the People. Shall your com
patriots on the county ticket, and your pa
triotic and devoted Executive, receive your
approval or your condemnation atthe polls?
Will you bring honor or dishonor upon the
veterans of the Republie and its sacred
Flag ? Will you give joy to the loyal hearts
at home and the heroes of loyalty in the
field? or will you give fresh_heart and hope
to now despairing treason?
Soldiers, and soldiers'. friends, answer at
the polls I
WOODWAIID AND FOREIGNERS.
We give in to day's paper,', in German
type, the platform of Judge WOodward as
to the rights of foreigners. and commend it
to every German in our county. It is a
correct statement from the official records,
and can be implicitly relied upon as repre
senting correctly the position taken by Judge
Woodward. He boldly declared that no
foreigner should be allowed to vote or hold
office in Pennsylvania after 1841, and gave
as a reason for his motion, that they were
unfitted to enjoy the privileges of citizen
ship. If in the face of this declaration,
Germans can vote for Judge Woodward,
they must show a poor appreciation indeed
of the priceless blessings they: enjoy. Let
no German in Franklin 'county deposit 'his
ballot without first seein,i Judge Wood
ward's record. Look to it Union men, that
they are faithfully advised of it.. We have
the official debatesfor the inspection of any
one who disputes the correctness of our.
report.
There are hundreds of German voters in
Franklin county. Will they vote for a man
who declares that they are unfitted. to bold
office or enjoy the right of-suffrage? Will
they vote for a man who, when revising the
Constitution of onr State, demanded that
it should, positively deny to them forever
the rights of citizenship ?
THE BATTLES ni GEORGIA.
At length the reports from Gen. Rose-'
trans have assumed a definite character, and
it is clear that the Union army has been
Overwhelmed by superior numbers, and
`sought safety in the fortifications at Chatta
nooga. It is no longer, a matter of doubt
that Gen. Lee's two best.Lientenants, Gens.
Longstreet and Hill, were with Gen. Bragg
and had portion's of their commands there;
but the main reinforcements received by
Bragg were from Johnston's and Pember
ton's armies - and from: Mobile. Lee May
have been weakened tq the extent ofl 5,000
to make the demonstration against Rose=
trans, but we think not more.
Rosecrans had probably 60,0 . 00 available
men. His lines of communication are very
long and must be kept open at all hazards,
and his advance from Chattanooga, which ev
idently was designed as an offensive move
ment'against Atlanta, Georgia, necessarily
lengthened- his lines to guard against being
flanked. Bragg marshaled 'against hit
scarcely less than:l6o,ooo-Imm tnostof them
veterans in the rebel service ; land had the
advantage of being .able to concentrate his
columns against any weak point General
Rosecrans .might present. Thus he first
assailed Roseerans left in immense force
on Saturday, and failing to turn-that, mass
ed his columns against our centre. In this
he failed also, and the first day closed, after
a most obstinate and deadly struggle, with
perhaps nearly an equal number of killed
and wounded on each side, and no substan
tial advantage attained. Rosecrans had re
pelled Bragg's fearful assaults, but was so
crippled in the effort, that he bad to reform
and shorten his lines and prepare for the
safe retirement of his army to Chattanooga..
On Sunday Bragg renewed the. attack, and
after varying fbrtunes, Rosecran's centre
was broken and his army divided. By / 116
personal prowess, aided by the unflinching
heroism of Gen. Thomas, his army was saved,
and retired upon' ;Chattanooga with the
loss of twenty-five guns and about 2,500
prisoners. He took, however, nearly an
equal number-of prisoners, but, has doubt
less lost seriously in material of war.
The intense anxiety felt by the loyal peo
ple for the safety of the Army- of the Cum
berland may now give way to confidence.
Although defeated in a pitched battle by
the vastly superior numerical strength of
the enemy, Gem Rosecrans is now hnpreg
ruble at Chattanooga. He has already
been reinforced by Gen. - Sberman's-eom
mand from Grant's army, and Burnside has
doubtless joined him also. Certain it is
that Bragg felt unwilling to renew the attack
after Sunday, and 'on - Thursday Rosecrans
moved out and reconnoitered the lines to
find his adversary. The loss is estimated at
about 10,000 on each side in killed: and
wounded, and with Rosecrans' fresh troops,
'the hostile armies, are now perhaps about
equal in strength. We 'doubt not that in
a little time Rosecrans will'regew his move
ment and strike a' vital° part" of treason in
Georgia.
—We do not accept the theory that Lee
has been seriously reduced in numbers to
reinforce Bragg. He is
- still :some 50,000
'strong and a dangerous fire to assail in a
chosen positimi. Meade 'has forced him
south' of the Rapidan, but we do not look
for• a general engigement between Meade
and Lee at present. Meade will doubtless
compell Lee to keep his army well together
until the campaign in Tennessee and 'Geor
gia is determined, but until then we do not
look for decisive operations by the Army o
the Potomac. -
--TheßichniOnd Whig of the 23d admits
that the victory of Bragg is indecisive. It
says:
, "We suppress exultation at the thought of
what yet remains to be done, and the possi
bility of losing all that has been gained by
failing to complete the work.
"Situated us Roicerans is, the victory that
does not disperse or capture his whole army
is a lost opportunity. If he is permitted to
hold Chattanooga, then our victory 'will be
without profit, . and we have only to: mourn
that - so many brave men have died in vain,
and chiefly that the gallant Hood haS sealed
his faith with his blood.
' "Rosecrans must not- only be beaten in
battle, but he must be destroyed or driven
from East Tennessee ; otherwise the battle had.
as well nat been fought. If this stronghold
is not wrenehed from him now, it will hardly
be hereafter. If heholds it,he holds_ a' point d'
appal. from - which he may at any moment
strike at the very vitals of the Confederacy.
He holds a region pestilent with disaffection,
that needs only thepresenceofttYankee army
to ripen into full-blown treason. '
-"He holds the country that must supply
meat for our army, niter for our_ powder
mills, and toal and iron for many of <Yur
manufacturing establishments. The possess
ion of that country is of indispeniable ne
cessity to us. It is the prize for which Bragg
is contending. Until he has won it, we Can
but rejoice with fear and trembling over what
he has Acme. Should ho win, it will be the
superheat achievement of the war." -
IT is a common error that 'Judge Wood
ward, in his decision disfranchising soldiers,
decided that they - could not vote in the
State. Any soldier qualified by age and
citizenship, can vote it' ten days in the dis
trict and duly assessed.
• _
DEMOCRATIC TESTIMONT.
Scarcely an issue' of the - Spirit fails to
,revamp the' falsehood that - Gov. Curtin
speculated off the soldiers by Tarnishing
them shoddy clothing and 'unwholesome
food. We have heretofore exposed this
persistent defamation ; but' in order that
every.yoter may justly appreciate the gross
character of those misrepresentations, we
give the verdict of those, of adverse politics,
who made a - sworn report on the subject
after a full examination. 'When theeharge
was first made, Gov. Curtin at one' called
upon Win. Heywood, Caleb Cope and
Jacob Fry, the last named the late Demo
cratic Auditor General, and justly famed
for his integrity, to make a patient and fear-2-i
less investigation. - They did so, and fully
exonerated the Governor. But the next I
legislature, hoping to find some cause of 1
complaint against PM Curtin, raised a
special. committee headed by Mr. Rex,
Democrat from Montgomery_ (and now a
candidate for re-election), and Mr. Green..
bank, of Philadelphia," also a radical Dem
ocrat; .and they were sworn and made a
most exhausting examination of 'all the
newspaper charges , against Gov. Curtin.
The result wasthat - they found him clear in
his great office, and were compelled to pro
nounce him faithful to all the duties im
posed upon him.. In the Legislative Re
cord for 1862, page - 909, the official report
may be found, unanimously signed by the
Committee, and, in it they tbnia testify to
the zeal, patriotism and integrity of Gov.
Curtin and his subordinates :
' "There is no evidence, which, in any way,
involves an officer of the government in impro
per conduct in the disbursement of the funds
of the. Commonwealth, or in providing for the
soldiers. On the contrary, the evidence sat
isfied the committee, that, in every instance
where . any wrong was brought to the knowl
edge of the Executire, j?ronzpt measures were
taken for its correction. The committee feel
it their duty, as 'well as in justice to the Er
eciatire, as in honor to' our whole Common
wealth, to state that, notwithstanding she has
placed more men in the field than any other
State in the Union, she has put them more
promptly, and at a less expense per man, than
either-the national government, or any indi
vidual State, of whose expenditure th e y h av e
any information ; and the committee hesi—
tate not to express their clear judgment that
the thanks of the citizens of the Common
wealth ai•e due to her Executive officers for
their self-denyingand persevering efforts to
maintain ber - henor ; and from the citizens
of the United States, that, by such efforts, the
Capital of the country was saved from cap
ture by traitors, and the whole country from
disgrace."
The Spirit will not retract of course, nor
will it allow its readers to see the truth.—
In the face of the overwhelming testimony
of its own party men, who have some re
spect for truth, it will persist in spreading
its falsehoods before the people.
*POODWARR ON SLAVERY.
n 1837, when Judge Woodward was a
member of the Constitutional Convention,
he entertained views respecting Slavery
which accorded with justice and humanity ;
but now, when the champions of Slavery
have drenched a continent in blood and
sought to overthrow this fitir fabric of Free
dom, he truckles - to it with a degree of self
abatement that is humiliating in the-ex
treme. Hear him in 1837, as his speech is
recorded in Vol. 10 page 25 of the debates:
The act of I7Bo„which abolished slavery
in Pennsylvania, has already been referred,
to. That act was a proud monument to the
humane policy of the State, and presents a
Contrast with the course of England - on the
subject of slavery which no Pennsylvanian
need blush tp look A. It iviped out the
stain of Slavery, and conferred on the negro
what he had not before enjoyed, civil free
dom. It secured to him those civil rights to
which he, in common with all other human
beings of whatever clime or complexion, had
an inalienable right". -
And on page 24 may be found the follow
ing confession :
"I believe the negro race to be capable of
self-government, and if care be taken to ed
&ate them they may, in our day, present
the delightful spectacle of. a great, free, and
prosperous people. - Undoubtedly they de
serve civil and religious freedom, and with
proper culture are capable of enjoying it. * *"
Verily do I believe that the much wronged
people of the South would add to the tide of .
emigration by gradually abolishing slavery.
and sending their blacks to Africa. so - that
we might hope that'our country might see the
day, when slavery on her soil , thoulti he extinct.y
Thus did Judge Woodward speak in
1837. In 1861, when treason, impelled by
Slavery, had already hauled half a dozen
States out of the Union, robbed our mints
and arsenals and besieged our forts, he de-'
dared in Independence Square, that "negro
slavery is an incalculable blessing," mid
again in-the same speech he said : '
"Human bondage and - property in man is
divinelysanctioned, if not divinely ordained.?'
In the same speech be said that if the
South wanted to dissolve this Union, "14
them go in peace !"
Men who had adhered to the manly,
patriotic convictions expressed by Judge
Woodward in 1837 are now contemptuously
termed by him and his "friends;" North
'and South, as "Abolitioniits." Southern
rebels so denominate us,.. and Northern
sympathisers echo it throughout the .land.
Was Judge Woodward wrong or fight in
1837 ? If he was right then, before slavery
had culminated in murderous treason, how
Much more are Union men right now when
slavery and treason 'are the great twin' sis
ters of crime.
TUE SOLDIER VOTE.
We earnestly urge Union men to see to
the _assessment of every soldier in the ser•
vice, who is likely to be in their respective
districts ten days before the election. As
sess them 'without regard to their political
opinions, for their right to vote is ungnes , r
tionable if they are ten days in the district:
and, dulyassem` et!. The Union pariy
on all occasions demanded the right of suf
frage for our gallant defenders'of the Flag ;
while the Democrats have steadily and
earnestly labored to keep them .from the
Let them, therefore, all be assessed, and
if any of them choose-to vote against the
cause for which they peril their lives, let
them 'do so—it is.their right. They (intuit
and should not forfeit the right of suffrage
by fighting our country's, battles, and whert
they have the ten days residence_in any dis
trict, and are assessed, none bat a traitor
would objeet,to their voting. It is alike ,
lawful and just, and let the Union men af
ford them every opportunity to cast their
votes at the next election.
_THE OTUER SIDE.
A"few weeks ago the Spirit devoted a
page to extracts from the Pittsburg Gazette
protesting against the re-nomination r: or
Gov., Curtin. Will it now be "honest and
d
fair - enottgb to give the other side, and show ,
to its readers,why the Gazette with all it
objectionslo Gov. Curtin, prefers'his - eke
tion to that ofJudge Woodward? , It rea
sons thus on the Subject :
“If our objections to the re-nomination of
Governor Curtin had• been ten-fold greater.
we would rather have taken him, with' all _
his faults, - than thfit, undisguised apologist of
the rebellion, whose success would not only
imperil the Republic, but perhaps involve,
us in a bloody war at home, like that blau,-
. gurated by Gov. Seymour in New York, and
so happily checked at.the outset by the valor
of a loyal Police, and the armed intervention
of the Government troops. A merely local
Adminikration the most unsatisfactory in
its economic conduct and policy, if uncondi-;
tionally pledged to contribute , its aid to the
active and earnest prosecution of the at,
withmit use or respite, or negotia :n, t.o
long as there was a rebelfin arms wi in our -
territory-would.be a small evil in t e coin
parison, with one Prepared, like Br buft s
the Copperhead candidatc inllnine, tO with
draw our troops from the field, so soon i as-the
Governor of Ncw York Anil be prepared to
set the example - . The great point just now
is fidelity to the National Government, and
to the cause of the' Union: It is in that 4i- _
i reetion only that our peace and liberties cab
be endangered at present. Other errors mts
be tolerated, or corrected and punished, if
.necessary, but this is one that may convulse
us with anarchy at home, and place us - under
the feet of that scoundrel despotism, which
- has flooded the land with blood, and' seeks
to found. 'a new empire on the ruins 'of pri- ,
rate and popular liberty. We wouldahout
as so'n see Benedict Arnold himself—if he
could reappear on earth elected to the Gov
ernorship of this State, as the Jude who- has
publicly declared, in a premeditated and
earefußt studied harafive, that the South iit
all - right, and the North all wrong ; and it
is rtreisely because we would dread this. re- .
suit, - as the worst and greatest of human ca
lamities, that. we were anxious to avoid , all
I risks, and desirous to secure a candidate who
Iwas entirely free from local involvethent, or
State objections of any sort whatever." ••
GREAT minds often utter the same senti
ments, although . thousands of miles apart
and as widely different in their situation. ,
Thus the itichmond Enquirer, the rebel
organ of Jeff. Davis, and Judge Wood
ward, the Democratic candidate for Gover
nor, although separated by hostile lines, al
most simultaneously utter the same senti
ments in behalf ctf the cause of armed
traitors. Here they are :9. 4 -
"The successor the Democratic party Afbul d •
be no longer doubtful, should Gen. Lee ont
more advance on' Mende. Let him drive
_Meade into Washington- and :he will again
raise the spirits of the Democrats, confirm
their timid and give confidence to their we
vering."—liichmohd Enquirer. -
"We must arouse ourselves, and reassert
the rights ,of the slaveholdera, and add such
guaranties to our Constitution as will protect%
'his property from the spoliation of= religions
bigotry or persecution, .or else we must give
up our Constitution and Union.':4 7 Georgs
W. Woodward. =
"Givrs. the Democratic party power and
they wilt restore the Union," say Detnp
credo' orators in their appeals to the people;
Will they explain how it is that every State
that has seceded and joined the war in be
half of traitors had a Democratic Governor
and legislature? The Democrats have con
trol of every seceded State—why dorefthey
show the beneficent fruits they claim for
Democratic 'successes by restoring tho!,e,,
States to the Union ?
UNION% MEN of Franklin county, if there
is a single district tliat has` mithecti_ thor
oughly organized, let the work be done at
once. It is not yet 'too late to perform a
work so patriotic. See that no votes are
lost for want of assessment, or for want of
opportunitieste reach the polls. Our
is the sacred cause of our country, and we
owe it our best energies in this 'hour_ of
trial. Forward. Union Men, forward !
• TUE Union Meetings in every part of the
county have been largely attended. The
camp fires burn brightly throughout the
Green Spot; the loyal men are earnest in
the sacred cause of the government, and we
feel well assured of a decisive victory=.
Rally around the Flag, boysi\lt is- the
only emblem of human freedoM in the
world, and those who:mould themselves be
free must sustain it.
TOE senior Editor of the % ,REPosrrottv
must crave the indulgence of many private
correspondents whose favors have been no
cessarily neglected. Many have written
askilag as to the condition_ of the State. To
all such we can answer, once for all, that
all signs must prove deceptive if Governor
Curtin shall not have from 25,000 to 50,000
majority in the State.
Nsw POSTAL CTIRRENcy.—The new pos
tal currency *ill -soon be issued from the
Treasury at Washington. - The new issue
will be of the same denominations as at pre
sent, lint of one color and of uniform size.
The paper, well be thinner and stronger, amt
bear washing like:cloth.