EP El ...ta441,4, _lieptioitort Wedusday, July 20, 1864. UNION NATIONAL, TICKET , - FOR PRESIDENT, r • - • - ' ADRAILViI LINCOPi I OF ILLINOIS. - . , '• - ' FOR VICE.PRESIDENT, ANDREW JORNSONi . OF TENNESSEE. • CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. , - • fiIItRIGHT OF OUR SOLDIERS TO YOTF 0 - Special flectton Tuesday, August 2. • BM To Advertisers. TIM FRANKLIN' REPOSITORY has now - much ~the largest Circulation of any journal in the State, out. of the cities. It reaches not less than TWENTY Tootsexo readeis ' weekly, and circulates mainly . - among the most intelligent, enterprising and thrifty • .people of,Southern Pennsylvania, and presents pe :, cellar advantages to business men of all classes as an advirtising medium. Hitherto our rates for ad - irertislizghaVe been vastly below what-our large and increasing circulation demands, and henceforth we -shall charge FIFTEEN cENrs per line for the first in - aertion and 2 cesrs per line for each subsequent insertion. - Advertisements inserted by the quarter : . half-year and year, will be charged an advance of ,ibirty per cent, on old rates. Considering the in - 'grease in the circulation of the REPOSITORY during "the last year, the rates now adopted for advertising. . are very moderate indeed, and would be fully Ivarr r .ranted independent of the greatly - increased cost of paper, and everything used in the publication of a - newspaper. At the advanced rates now adopted for advertising, the REgosrrouy is still the cheapest - laid best advertising medium in Pennsylvania out (the eiti4sOf,Pittsburg and Philadelphia. SEND FOs TICKETS. - TiekoM ha favor of the several amend menu to the Constitution, to be voted ifor on Tuesc4y, the 2nd of August, are t DOW' ready for distribution. Apply to ,'';John Stewart, Esq., Chairman-. of the Union County Committe&., Let every district. be supplied in time, THE . SITUATION, The last feeble effort of traitors to in vade the NOrth has ended, and ended in utter failure; considered in any respect as a military movement. It failed in its prime object—to raise the siege of Rich :inond, and their plunder will but poor ly repay the exhausting march, the losses of battle and the th 'Tined ranks by deser tions. We give :in another part of this paper the full d&ails of the adva'nce and ,fruitlessassault upon Washington, and the rebel retreat. Gen. Sherman has driVen Johnston into Atlanta. and that last strong-hold is close ly invested, and must soon fall, when Shernian!s" campaign will be ended trium- Ther9are no indicationsof rebels any where on or near our border, and the troops of Hunter and Howe effectually cover all -approaches to our valley.. r For the piesent we are Safe. Let ns ice that henceforth we cannot be endangered We want every man enrolled, armed and organized for defence, and rebel raiding will be at an end. • WI. FOR 500,000 MEN. . , Loyal :ra' en will rejoice that the Presi dent has called for 500,080 additional troops, to serve ONE' year. Credits will be made, in accordanc43 . with the new law, -tor'all enlistments• in the naval and ma tine service. and for all excesses on quo tas in the sub-districts; and fifty days— , ending on the sth day of September next —are given for districts to raise their quo :tan by 'volunteers, and 'for individuals to put in substitutes. No exemptiOns from service can be procured under this call by the payment of commutation money. This call places beyond, the possibility of -doubt the early and complete success of the r, and as such it .Will be accepted by a loyal people with . confidence and patri _—iitiepride. The heroic Sherman now hari the rebel army of the South driven through -its strongest fortifiCations into its last de -feneei, and the invincible Grant closely ':hivests the rebel capital, with its last ar- arty unable to offer battle, its communi -talons periled, and its scanty stores well L"ulgh exhausted.* rt needs but one terri ble, overwhelming blow to end:this cause less, , unholy, rebellion, and restore to us 'honorable Peace and enduring Union. Let the People respond to this call with it degree of, promptness worthy of their sacred cause.. Let the arm of the gov- ernment be strengthened as its final vie i.l4m Epproaches, and let Copperhea,ds quake•and grumble as they will, for our imperiled Nationality must soon emerge from the cruel, wicked war of traitors, sand assign treason and its blotted and .tdoody record to history. Thu REPLIES _ LIC SHALL LIVE ! ' -4 • SEND THE OLD 1$ L4.G. to solemn 114 &dd.' It will be a most welcome visitor to the camps of our heroic sons and broth ere, and it will 'bring them the cheering news from home that they and their cause ere" not forgotten by a patriotic people. Every company should be favored with a club. Let Union men-move promptly in the matter. - Wnionr's gallant Sixth reinfloed Ash& before Washington. eaved.the; cnt : itia, and Made them retreat the Wasted donlinions of treason.. Yet cop herheatis wonla Ilepf our here defend ers the right : to vote for civil rulers. Shull they notivatel ..eaunver du Tuesday week •4/trtifi &Hid • - • 11011DEB' bEIFENCE. Had-Maryland been, favored with a ju dicious and-thorough militia system. by which the entire arms-bearing population of the State could have been called into service in twelve hours, organized, uni formed, armed and equipped, her pe - ople would be -sEvEuAL MILLIONS of dollars richer to-day. Most of the cattle, horses, and other Stock taken from' Maryland, were gathered by marauding parties of rebel cavalry from twenty to five hundred in number; and had,..they met organized and armed men every cross-road and found themselves liable to ambuicades in every cut, ravine ail 4 forest, their depre dations would have' been confined to the immediate section 'occupied by the main rebel force. Pennsylvania escaped the inn heel of the exacting, .free•booters mike by good luck than by any special foresight or wise legislation. l Her immediate border at this point was doubtless saved from spo liation by the Skill and ;energy of General Couch and the cordial support given his plans by the citizens generally ; but it was rather the weakness of the foe than the positive strqngth of our friends that has left-n:4 our harvests and stock, while our neighbors .of Maryland have beenae morselessly plundered of millions: There was rebel force enough within twentY-five miles of Chambersburg to have marched to Carlisle, and devastated the fairest valley of the State, swarming with valu able stock, and golden with the 'richest *nits of the husbandman. That they did it not, is our fortune—if they Stall be able. to-do it hereafter, we shall deserve it. - Already the border counties bare suffered to the amount of more than a million, of which nearly an equal division may be charged to friend and foe, and we submit to the legislature that we have had our share of wanton spoliation. The legislature will meet in few weeks, and, notwithstanding the stric tion of its business by the resell' o of adjournment, the defence of the State : 4 a question so vital to the people and so directly affecting the fame of a great, Corumonwealth, that all necessary mettsL ures for common safety should be consid ered by general coriseent. Our militia law should be perfected and put into practi cal operation; and a State Guard oi• Re- Serve, such as Ohio and New York have in existence, should be organized under such laws and regulations as could not fail to make a certain force of 30,000 available any day for State defence. It must be regularly and permanently or= garaged, uniformed, armed and complete in all its-appointments, or it will be val ueless for defence, wasteful of our means, ,and an infliction upon the people it pro poses to defend. The truth must be look ed squarely in the face, that raw, disor ganized and imperfectly appointed mili tia, however excellent the material of its composition, is a costly burlesque upon war, and dangerous only to friends. , The same men regularly and permanently or ganized, with' good officers and occasional drill, would be ready for service in a sin gle day' , and would be soldiers when call ed to the field. In addition to the general organization of the militia, or the fermation of a Re serve, there should be special legislation for the border counties. Without it there must be perpetual danger, and of course periodical panics and constant sense of insecurity. Journals quite 'beyond the possibility of danger can publish eloquent editorials calling upon the border people to rally to their .own defenCe, and resist the rebelmarauders;_ but such writers are wanting eltherin intelligence or eommon candor and honesty. ‘ A citizen captured with arms by such amiable rebel leaders as M'Causland, is summarily dispatched and his property destroyed; and to call upon. a peaceable agricultural people who seldom know whether there are five hun dredibr fifty thousand rebels on the bor der, to peril their lives and propeAy by a disorganized and most likely fruitless defence, is more than even a- New York Editor would be willing to respond to. When the same valiant men quell the next Irish riot withoutthe lad of the gen eral government and regiments of regu lar troops, the border may - seek to learn their system of successful self-defence. - The State owes something to the thrice plundered and ever threatened border, and it is asking but little that, in additton to the general measures adopted for com mon defence, the people:of the exposed counties be organized ender compulsory laws, reaching every able-bodied citizen from eighteen to fifty who is fit for home service. They should be formed into ; companies, regiments and brigades, and armedomiformed, munitioned and fully equipped for service by the State, so that th 4 would come'•under the established rules of war, and even guerrillas could' not find . a pretext for their butchery In case of disaster. They sbopld be required to drill it 'stated periodi, with heavy pen "Ades imposed in case of wilful neglect ; and they should be paidby the State when 4310 put .for special service. Such an .owaiggion effected in the counties of York, 4ams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford madCa,wherland, would be a certain pro tection; agatudyebel raids.' A marauding, party,,o,Nivo s,oootnen could nofhopeto gather FauullerAa the face of such a force - ;fr :: _fSi . l,Oititti4(:!4ii'qs . ***=i; . ; 7oan'ibi_Ottilifa,:'? 1)0. ever on its flanks and in its front and rear, as it would be put on the defensive and periled at every step. The State has arms and amintmition equipments for both cavalry and infantry, and has artillery and all that pertains thereto but horses. The cost of uniform ing the men and paying them when ac tually called into service, would be the whole tax upon the State, and that could probably be divided with the general go vernment. We submit to legislators and to the authorities, both State and Nation al, whether the protection of the:border people, already sorely despoiled, -and the fame of the Commonwealth, do not de mand the measure. Under- such a law Franklin county would have 4,000 men under arms, embracing artillery and cav alry, under General Couch's immediate call, and the adjoining counties could swell his defensive force to a deter sized army in a day. We have experienced and brave soldiers in abundance to ofker the whole force, and if the legislature Will but do its duty in the premises, we can safely answer for ,the people of the border performing their part promptly and effectually. - SIIALL'OUR SOLDIERS VOTES On Tuesday the 2nd of August—one week from Tuaday next,—the people of Pennsylvania will be called upon to ap prove or reject several important amend ments proposed to the Constitution of the State. The election will be held during the same hours, and governed by thesanie laws in all respects, as our general elec tions. Three distinct propositions or amendments are to be submitted to the popular vote, and separate ballots headed "First -Amendment," "Second Amend ment"- and "Third Amendment," with "For the Amendment vi or "Against the Amendment" below, must be cast. The sec, d -and third amendments relate to legislative restrictions which are essen tially just and expedient, and they will L. adopted without serious opposition. The following are the several amendments iu,full: Where shall be art additional section to, the third article of the Constitution, to be designa. ted as section four, as follows: "SECTION 4. Whenever any of the qualified electors .of this Commonwealth shall be :n any actual military service, under a requisition from the President pf the United States, or by the au thorit this-:Commonwealth, such electors may =mite the right of suffrage in all elections by the citizens, under such regulations as Ore, or shall be, prescribed by law, as fully as I,fthey were present at 'their usual place of election. " SECTION 3. There shall be two additional sections to the eleventh article of the Constitu tion, to be designated as sections eight, and nine, as follows : " SECTION 8. No bill shall be passed by the Legislature„coritaining more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in 'the title, except appropriation bills. " SECTION 9. No bills shall be passed by the Legislature granting any powers, or privileges, in any case, where the authority to grant such powers, or privileges, has been, or may here• after be, centered upon the courts of this com monwealth." The only contest will] be on the first proposition—that confermg the -right of suffrage upon our gallant soldiers in the field, and it becomes the friends of our heroes to be fully prepared for the issue. That the Democratic leaders will exhaust themselves by every means short of open, manly opposition, to defeat this amend ment we cannot doubt. Judge Wood ward delivered the decision of the Su preme Court of this State in 1862 disfran • chising them, after their vote had been counted during the Mexican war, and in the election . of 1861 without question; and` the Democrats of the legislature last win ter were prevented from defeating the proposition only because they were in a minority. Had they controlled either branch of the legislature, our soldiers would have been denied the right to vote solely because they are periling their lives to preserve our Nationality. True, the Democrats of the House did not vote di rectly against the amendment confering the right of suffrage upon soldiers; but they voted against the second and third propositions in a body, with the single ex ception of Mr. Marshall, of Adams, know ing well that to defeat one would defeat all. The Constitution of the State re quires in express terms that amendments must pass two consecutive legislature:4 without alteration, before they can be submitted to the people;; and had they been modified by the failure :to adopt all the propositions passed by the previous legislature, all the amendments—includ ing the inie giving the right of suffrage to soldiers—wonld have been, postponed for another yen, end the army vote would not have participated ie the coming Pres idential election. Thanks to a Union legislature, this unmanly effort to disfran, chise our soldiers 'failed, and a full vote now is only necessary :to enable the gal lant defenders of the Union to vote for the cause for which they have periled everything. We have closely observed the action of the Democratic press and politicians throughout the State-4m this vital ques tion ; and the first werd has yet td be given to the public fro& that party in' fa vor of allowing our soldiers to vote.— While the Union State Committee has earnestly advocated the measure in an elaborate and pointed address to the peo ple, of the State, and the • entire Union •press heartily , commends it to • voters, not a single , Democratic journal has yet Spa:6l,4)f% save to ridicule or denounce it. and the Democratic State Committee has thus far failed to call attention to the special election. In short the Democrat: is politicthis are appoied •to centering the right of suffrage upon our volunteers, believing as they do that SoldiersMl6 fight for a common Nationality will not vote with its foes. They have not dared to array themselves openly against it, for they fear the: honest of their own party ,cannot be driven to disfranchise the artuy;' but their hope is that the election may be neglected, and that with a (inlet organ ization they may succeed by defatilt of its friends. If any man doubts the hostility of the Democraey to the soldiers voting, let him wait until the vote• polled and compare the • returns from Allegheny or Lancaster with the returns froM such in , tensely_ copperhead counties as 13erks and Northampton, , —We appeal to Union men to be On their guard. They; owe it to the brave men wilt) are 'defending our homes and our sacred maw, to give one day to se cure-them their civil rights, and declare to our patriotic men Who are in ser vice, and who May hereafter enter it, that they shall 'not sacrifice. _their rights as citizens by_proteeting our government front murderous traitors. Let patriotic men of every party Make a common ef fort in behalf of our battle-scarred heroes, and declare in favor of their right to vote• by such an overwhelming majority as will make the , foes of our Nation's cause and of its defenders hide their treachery in sullen silence. • THE' OLD FLAG. We this week issue the first number of Tun OLD FLAG, an illustrated campaign paper, devoted to the cause of Union and Freedom to the election of Lincoln and Johnson, l and to the right of our he roic soldiers in the field to vote for- our rulers. It will wage uncompromising war upon every man Presented for public trust who is not faithful to the Union and a foe to treason and traitors ; and it will War upon every measure designed to strengthen the authors of this