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Wednesday, September 14,11184.
lUNION NATIONAL TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ilirDßEw JOHNSON,
1 UNION DISTRICT TICKET.
FOR CONGRES,
WILLIAM H. KOONTZ. of Somerset
POR tRESIGF_NT JUDGE,
ALEXANDER KING, of Bedford.
FOR AMEMBLY,
ALEX. K. 3('(4 TRE E of Franklin.
4141MVEL ROATII, of Perry.
i UNION COUNTY TICKET.
FOR COMMIASIONEIt,,
nron B. DAVIDSON, of Chambenburg.
II FOR DMECTOR OF TIIE POOR,
JOHN H. t'RISWELL, of Green.
FOR AUDITOR,
MORROW R. SKINNER, of Lurgart
FOR CORONER,
• RAM E. WERTZ, of Quin
The Old Flag
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We believe that in no way canon useful antfueceptable
a campaign document be distributed at the same 400, as
by circulating THE OLD FL.su. Each number is illus
trated, and its reading contents are devoted wholly to the
vindication of our Country's Cause in its deadly struggl t
with traitors in arms.
The Union men in every totntship s bould see thief:ill
supply of THE OLD FLAG logliDnished to our brave sol
dierit inae field. It Is a moot welcome visitor to the
otrape' Azov gallant defenders, as it makes their cause its
cause, and earnestly resists the platform and candidates
which would close the war, when on the threshold of final
viclory, by a peace that would degrade our soldier:, and
give anarchy to the fairest Continent of the World.
All orders should be addressed to
3PCLERE & STOKER, Publishem.
I 'Eli, Wu. H. RooNTz, of Somerset, the
Union nominee for Congress, spoke here
•last evening to a large and enthusiastic
audience. and goes to Adams county to
day. He will return to this county on
Saturday; and will speak at the following
.
named places:
I WAYNESBORO', Saturdiy evening Sept. 17th.
GREENCASTLE, Maday " " 18th.
MERCERSBLRG, Tuesday " War:
1- We presume that Gen. Koontz can give
n - -
o More time to,this county than is re-
tittired to fill the above appointments, as
he has the three western counties to can-;
sass, including Somerset, which will de-
Mand a liberal share of his brief time. We
ask men of all parties to attend and hear
Gen. Koontz and also Gen. Coffroth, when
he shl address our people, and judge
between them. Gen. Koontz will advocate
a vigorous and ceaseless prosecution of
the war until traitors in arms propose
submission to the power they have wan
:tonly, insolently and murderously defied,
. while Gen. Colfroth will declare the war a
"failure," and demand an "immediate
cessation of hostilities" to enable treason
to recover from the triumphs of our gal
kat armies, and renew its desolating,
fiendish war. Let the people hear pa
tiently, impartially, and judge between
them.
GEN. 11PCLELLA.VS ACCEPTANCE.
We give in to-day's paper the letter of
General WClellan formally accepting the
Chicago nomination for the Presidency.
It is a virtual confession that the declara
tion of principles adopted by th&Demo-
emtie National Convention is at.vatiance
with the interests of the goverinnent, and
needs to be modified, charitably el--plained.
and elaborately apologized for, to rescue
him from open, undisguised complicity
withthe traitors in arms against the Union.
This is a most herculean task, and no sin
cere, earnest and honest patriot would
have attempted it; but Gen. M'Clellan
has undertaken the hopeless enterprise,.
and has wasted every element of strrigth
he possessed with many loyal Democrats
because of his presumed manliness and
. unfaltering devotion to the government
and its faithful soldiers and supporters.
The letter of Gen. M'Clellan will, when
'he shalt have been rejected: by a loyal
people by an overwhelming vote, stand
out as the- culminating point of his sacri
fice of all the qualities of a true soldier
and zealous patriot at the feet of a conclave
of treacherous politicians. Their aim is
well understood. Traitor and loyalist
alike read their platforni and appreciate
their purposes; and Gen. 31'qlellan, in
stead of spurning their treachery and giv
ing heart and hope to loyal men by man
fully espousing the cause of the imperiled
Republic, 'tremblingly approaches the
traitor's creed—sugar-coats it with gentle
apologies; dilutes it with a finely prepared
imitation of fidelity to' our Nationality,
and then swallows the dose down and
seems to congratulate himself that lie has
concealed the cloven foot of his friends
and expoiAnts, and hopes to defraud a
Nation, just about to triumph decisively
over relentless treason, into colossal su
icide. - •
Gen. 14'Clellan's letter is unworthy of
either i a soldier or a statesman. It has
- neither the frankness of the one, nor the
ingenuity of the - other. It-is miserably
jesuitical, serpentine and treacherous;
and if inspired by the genius of Treason
itself, could not be more hollciw, hypo
critical and deceptive in its aim. There
is not a word in it that would offend the
most earnest devotee of Jeff. Davis. All
his rethorical repetitions about - preserving
'the Union can bring no terror to traitors as
long as he is bound hand and foot by men
whO favor his election solely because they
know that .his adntinistration would bring
no evil to the authors of this wicked, des
olating war. They know. tlutt4lement
`Vallandigham nominated him') they
.know that the business of that Copilention
was arranged in council at Niagara ,be
tween the Thompsous, the Holcomhs, the,
Sanders, and the Chtys on the part of
Davis, and the Vallandighams, the SO
monrs, the Longs, the Biglers and the
Woods on the part of WClellan, and they
have no fears for the cunning sophistries
which he has assumed to weave about their
fabric :of treason, since , it can accomplish
nothing beyond deeeieving honest men
into the embrace of their Country's foes.
They know thatwith him on the ticket is
Geo. H. Pendleton, who, while M'Cleßan
was in the field, "thanked God that lie hhd
never voted or given a dollar in support of
the scar, or in payment of Abolition sol
diers !" and well do they kndw that with
the triumph of that party all vindication
of the majesty of the laws and all hopea of
the stability of Republican government
must end. With an Executive to control
the destinies of the Nation who declares as
an additional article of the Democratic
fnjth, "that when any one State-is willing
to return to the Union, it should be
ceived at once, with a full guarantee of
all of its constitutional rights," 'what has
treason to fear? It is without penalty. It
may drench this fair land in fraternal
blood at pleasure, and forfeit no rights;
suffer ne pmdslunent, and resume its place
and honors in the family of States whin.:
ever it grows weary of desolation and
slaughter. Already treason has sacrificed
half a million lives; has shadowed the
whole laud in mounting; has spread the.
dark pill i - tf sorrow °vet-almost every
.fam
ily circle ; has staggered us with debt—all
by {a war the most causeless, the most
wicked in the history of crime; and yet
the Democratic candidate for the Presi
dency, lest his meaningless flourishes on
the side of war should offend some faithless
luau, hastens to declare that traitors must
be wl , lcomed to the fandly fold, and the
highest honors and Prerogatives lavished
11p4them. And this from one, too. under
4. - litt military lead, full fifty thousand
intive soldiers found untimely graves as
sa4ifices to the fiendish ferocity, of trai
tors! Is there no avenging hand this
side of the Eternal bar for such wanton
murder t Are there no violated laws—no
sacred principle 'of order and goventnimit
to xindicatel - Is the power of justice 'so
paralyzed in this great Republic that it
can have no terrors in its sweep to
the arms of future traitors? Alati"! for the
warrior of the Peninsula and of Antie
tam, for what did he
_draw his swerd—for
what sacrifice thousands A. brave men in
sanguinary war, if treason is no crime;
Hit be a crime such as will justitlv the
terrible arbiter of the sword, must it be
crowned with honor in its dying hours, and
exalted - to the highest trusts .(4 . the
Nation when it is wasted in power; unable
longer to glut . its infernal appetites, and
seeks to be rescued faint the damning his T
tory its crimsoned infamy merits? "If so,
then is . treason a virtue — . then are
mtuderers heroes—its desolation records
of national prowess anti heroism ;And
patriotism, lmmanity and justice, are
but cunningly devised fictions and frauds
upon mankind!
'We pass hastily over, Gen. M'Clellan's
war upon himself. , The weakness that
dwarfed him from the soldier and patriot
to the awkward and mousing politician,
explains it all. The first to order and en
'force arbitrary arrests and summary pun
islunent, he now, in obedience to his man
agers, pledges himself to maintain the
"rights of eitizens"! inviolate "See that
none escape.' were his peremptory in
structions to Gen. Banks when he oil-Jere(
he summary arrest and incarceration 0
the Maryland legislature ; but Vallandig
ham had not been schooled in Chattanooga.
and Richmond, to teach Presidential can
didates how to attempt to give a crowning
triumph to treason by systematic perfidy.
The first to advise and enforce the liber
ation of they slaves of rebels by military
law, to° weaken the resources of, the en
emy, he now reciter in faultless style 'the
new lessons given him which 'call for a
"full guarantee" of "all constitutional
rights" to rebels whenever they will (yrign
to accept them—slaves mid all!, The first
to 'counsel war' until the insurgents sub
mit to the authority of the government,
he ni'iw pours the oil of joy into the deadly
wounds our biiive armies .have given to
teaso4.by donanding that they be in
dunnified for,the 'past, and honored and
secured for the futUre, until it shall be
theirideasure to resort to rebellion, mur
der and free-booting again. The first to
demand it conscription of men to fill up
the armies, he is now silent as the grave
as to the shattered ranks of our heroic and
still unfaltering soldiers, while every ri
oter who abstracts men from the field to
preserve :order at honie,. is -vociferous for
the triumph of M'Clellan in November
next. Notwithstanding .his rhetorical
flourishes in favor of the preservation of
the Union, he well knoWs that there is not
an - ont-right traitor, nor a semi-traitor,
nor a rebel sympathizer, nor a foe of the
government of any stamp or persuasion,
who will not most entlmsiastically vote
for him ; and there is not a rebel in arms
to-day from the. arch-fiend who presides
over the withered wake of treason, down
to the humblest of- his satellitesli crime,
who will not watch every pulsation of the
North with ardent aspirations for his suc
cess!
—Such' is the posit low of Gen. M'Clellar
as voluntarih• made for himself. Who
the 'free people of the North forget tlu
claims of their sacred N'ationality ; whet
they cease to mourn their martyrs in tla
cause of Civil Liberty; when they fail ti
rejoice at the triumph of the UniMi armies
when,they accept treason as a virtue—or
der and government tai a crime—then, ani
pot till then, can Gen. Geo. IL M'Clellai
be chosen their President ! °
WHAT OF PEACEI'.!'
The e»entilm of the government are now
exhausting themselves in the effort to se
duce the people from fidelity to our noble
Arnliek and our sacred Nationality, by the
syren song of Peace_ - They appeal to
every prejudice; to every a 1 of cupid
ity; to every real or imaginary evil that
can be traced to war, and hold out the
delusive hope 'of Peace to inspire men
with devotion to a platform and candi
dates for whose success every traitor in
arms is most solicitthts. How, on what
terms. or with whom negotiations are to
he made and Peace secured, they do not
deign to state. They clamor for Peace
ill and out of season, hoping that it may
blind faithful men to their own best inte
rests and holiest duties, and in the end
give us universal anarchy as the legitimate
fruits of the triumph of treason.
We grant that the prosecution of this
war one day longer than is necessary to"
an honorable and enduring restoration of
the 'Union, would be a wanton, - wicked
sacrifice of precious blood iind treasure;
but it is a truth to which no patriotic cit
izen can close his eyes, that a failure to
prosecute the war with earnest, ceaseless
vigor, until traitors in arms conSeut to the
re-union of the States under Cone-benefi
cent government, Would be a fatal, crown
ing suicide. The people of the North, and
doubtless. the -masses of the South also,
sincerely d4ire peace. There is not a
loyal man lam does not de'site it above
all things, save the honor and unity of the
Republic ; and the moment that the war'
\Can ik ended by , a recognitionthe ma
jesty of, the law, So long and so desperately
defied by traitors, this bloody drama of
treason will be gladly closed by the gov
eminent. ,
- -BUt will the rebels assent to: rterths\
based tine - n - 111e unity of the Eittiteff mat
the luasses of the people fu tlte revolted
Stoles would do so with alaerity had they
an opportunity, we do not Illoubt ; but
would Jeff. Davis and the other leaders
and officials in the rebel government'.
What-have they to gain by, s4ch a peace?.
Now Mr. Davis is one of the tillers of the
World—a despot before \chime absolute
prerogatives legitimate despots orVe Old'
World seem liberal and Ddnocratic.
matters not that his throne is crimsoned
with the blood of hundreds td thousands
of his fellows; that be rules over a land
made a withered NVaste by his fiendish
ambition; that he has exchfinged peace
for war : plenty for abject waid ; and made
his dominions one vast cdnetery for his
wanton sacrifices: still he bi a ruler—one
of the potentates of the Wkld, and will
he consent to peace on thi. basis of re
union I If 'successful in 4kt:titling his
power, he may measnasbly j etlitce the in - -
finny with which impartiali history must
charge him ; bat if he shalli surrender his
bloody, wasting Novo-, lie funst be shun
ned of all men Wliil7;livingt and his name
-go down to posterity as thdeollossal 11101I
ster of the human race. Will he consent
at once to-..surrender his scleptre and con
sign his name to perpetual ;;Hominy' Be
wlnralleges that the rebel elders are pre
pared for peace and re-un,ion, are either
sadly deceived, or deliberakely ; dui to de
fraud the people.
On this point we do n t conjectute,
While Democratic oratt and journals
clamor for peace, they are most carefid to
withhold the persistent tbiclarations of re
bel officials and journals tibat there ran be
no peace eieepting by di+tion! (hi this
)(whion stands Jeffi 1);)
vsolution and desperati(
aeterize endangered eV
Min :Amid the rebel pre
waive:: of the several
Legiz.lature,,; the relai
very °filer element o
power. Differ as they
desolation and bere:tlements they have
wrought. they neverthtless have one point
of eommon unity—that they will prose
elite the - war while they can tied men to
oiler as sacrifices upon the altar of their
ambition, with the hope of subverting the
government and dismembering the Union.
The rebel Secretary of State, Mr. J.,l'.
Benjamin, in an official letter dated on the
25th ult.. gives the following as the dec
laration. of Jeff. Davis to Messrs. Jacques
and Gillmore, who proposed peace on the
basis of re-union, and we commend it to
the carefuh_candid attention of men who
are clamoring or hoping for peace by nc
gociation. Hear what Davis says:
"Tlie separation of thi States is a n arrompliilted
fart ; that he had no iiiithorit Neel% e propos
als for nvgiwiatlim eirept rirtue of his Offirl as
_President qj an Is DEPENDENT t'oNttyi:lev c:
and on this basis alone' must prapysats Ile made to
him !" •
Remember that such was the &Aga
tion of Davis to men who. earnely
desiring peace, went to Richmond to learn
what terms, if any, would be entertained
by treason to preserve the Union; and they
area answered that the government of trai
tors is "an accomplished fact," and that
he could receive no proposals for peace,
excepting as the Executive of an "Inde
pendent Confederacy."
Nor is Mr. Davis singular in his deter
mination. He :is sustained, as we have
already stated, by the whole power of the
rebel 'local. governments, and . by the rebel
press. The Richmond... Era miner, one of
the leading rebel journals, tlnurresents the
propositions fen• re-anion. It says: .
"Let its get rid of the whole vile cant, and say
at onre -we are for war, and nothing but ,ear, until
as Davis is said to hare said , !the last of this gem r
ation falls in his track,' and then that we mean to
pass it to the nett as an inheritance. It is for
those who have unjustly and wantonly - invaded
our country to Mier us peace; and whit they do,
they will still offer it in rain until their armed men
are withdrawn from the sod of these Confederate
Stares, and th, felon fleuz of stripes is hauled down
from every fart within our borders. After that, it
will be time enough to prate about peace. Now,
the very word is nonsense.
The Atlanta Register, then published
within the sound of Sherman's guns, said:
"Lire with them under the same aovernment tee
never will, But in the meannhile, if they use
the hallot-box against Mr. Lincoln, while we use
the cartridge-hoc, each sale will hen. helper to the
other, and both co-operate it) accomplishing the
'greatest work which the rountry and this conti
nent have witnessed:"
The Richmond Sentinel first congratu
lates despairing rebels that the disloyal
men in the North are shout to interpose
in behalf of treason. After predicting
that their allies of the copperhead stripe
would give us "mobs, riots, revolutionary.
out-breaks and civil war" when the draft
is to he made, it assures its readers that—
"At rib time during the war hate we stood un
such high vantage ground.' At no time hare we
had so good reason to insist on all tee hare ever ask
ed; untramMelled, unconditional independence."
The Richmond Dispatch in a recent ar
ticle, speaking of the rebel govertnnent
meeting the propositions for peace, say's:
"It can make peace on no other terms Ito far as
we call see, than those upon which it hai more
than once pledged itself—absolute independence,
and the complete integrity of till the States."
The Richmond _Enquirer in'a late semi
official-declaration of the position- of the
rebel authorities, declares—
" Sate on our men terms ire can accept no, peace
whatever, and must fight till doomsday rather than
yield an iota of them, and our terms are _
" Becognition by the cnemyof the independence of
,the Confederate States.
"Withdrawal of the Yankee forces from every
foot of Confederate ground, including Kentucky and
Missouri.
- "Withdrawal of the Yankee soldiers from Mary,
land until the State shall decide by a free vote
whether she shall remain in the old Uniou'or ask
admission into the Confederacy.
"Consent on the part of the Federal Government
the iranklin Ittpositoin, trip,
•
to given? to the Confederacy its preportioti of Mt
nargas it stood at the time of secession, or f'opayfot
the same.
'Yielding up of all pretensions on. the' partof
the Federal Government to that portion of the old
Territories which lies west of the Confederate,
States.
"An equitable settlement on the basis pf our ab
solute independence and equal rights of AU ac
counts of the public debt and public lands, and
the advantages accruing from foreign treatiee."
• The Diezjiatok in a quite /we* article
reviewing the peace questiop
"Then the Only thing we ennAis tii' ; keep : on
beating his armies until event/whether Occurinff
here, or within his own Ten:Varies, force him to
make proposals. Then we OM meet him with the
only answer it is possible fume to give: Withdraw
your fleets and armies, treat on the basis of inde
pendence and integrity of boundaries, and we are
ready to send Commissioners to seltlc all matters of
minor consideration." +
—We have given no ga'rbled extracts,
nor have we selected excepthmal arikcles.
We have taken the latest and mor,
an
thorltative testimony of 31r. Davis: him
self, and his ablest journals. and they
breath but one sentiment—that of cease
less, relentless:War-until we either utterly
destroy their militiry power' and disperse,
tl teir government, :or submit to a base,
cowardly severence of the Union of the
States. Snell is -the el nel necessity ha
.
posed upon us by ,
treason, and we inust
meet it in a spirit Svorthy of a fh.e, people
' , :ttruggling for the perpetuation of their
own freedom. We - &inot hesitate as to
the choice. Our thousands of sacred lives
sacrificed to defend our Nationality; the
millions of Money expended; the noble
achievements of our gallant armies, and
above all, the high and holy duty of pre
serving to ourselves and — to posterity the
great fabric of 'lnman Libel CS reared in a
terrible baptism of blood by our fathers±-
all demand that the tz ar must be prose-
cured until Treason hides its horrid de
formities and traitors it, ;ions sithmit to
the majesty of the laws!
Ourlll - VC hi/11111.PS Call not, tight Wing.
in the tiehl and at the• same time• 'attem
to having thrm.e•lreh :ISSVS:f4.II at ante, s(
as to s•enrc their votes at tht• next"clef
tion. Every hol dittr who has not Been 11 . 6
sessed must In as eyed iu the• &strip,
where be resides Nrhpu at home, alidnins
pay a comity tax of ten cents to give him
the right to vote. Commissioned officer
must pay the mine taxes imposed apoi
citizens.
Any citizen. V 41.11 present' the 'trunks of
soldiers to the .assessor of the proper dis
trict. and he nntAt as.:es:: thou. - and collet.-
tin., tequirvel to receive flit tax and
give a certificate of payinent when the a,
ses:Anent is made. ~asst ssorzi who ietlist
to assess names of soldiers presented to
Idiot by any citizen, art- lialile . to a sever(
penalty.
-is with all the
I that- ever char-
ninals, and With
t 1 rebel Ex-
States; the rebel
—We entreat the .I'Mon men of every
district to ..:re that ore,r . l'i soldier in thv'ser
vice front their respective Wald's or tots n-.
ships is properly a-zseAsed. ,The Deloo- -
crats will not assess the soldiers; and die
Union men should do-the work thoroughly.
Exclude no .soldiei because. hi nary have
been Or still is a Democrat--let all our sol
diers in the field have the privilege of vo
ting for such rulers as tlWy deem bi , st.
There art few who will V(he to' bring M:4-
honor upon the war, to which they have
devoted their lives, by declarilfg it but
"four years of failure," and endorsing a
platform and candidate in - favor of 1M
"immediate cessation of hostilities." No
matter holy:they will vote—let the Union
men see that till of them have the privi
lege. We are willing to trust the destiny
of the Republic to the suffrages of those
who peril \eQ thing to di•fend it. - •
Congren.q. and
branch of rebel
may over the satl
The following letter, written by Gen.
Grant to lion. Mr. 11'ashburne._shinthl be
printed in letters of gold. It gives' not•
only an encouraging view of the military
situation, but is a most effekive argument
foi'a vigorous prosecution id the 3vat. and"
the re-election of the presept Administra
tion, which is alone pledged to such a
course. No higher authority in military
matters can be consulted,':ind wheit such
a clear statement is made tif our good
prospects should riot one more uprising of
the North take place I : '
!MANI_ ARTEES AlLMEs...iir TILE t*lirrim nrArks,
City Point, Vu.., Aog. tt. .1.Ne.4. 5
To Hon. E. B. Washburne.—Dear
state to all citizens who visit the that all we want
now to insure au early restoration of the Union
is a determined unity of sentiaent North. The
Rebels have now in their ranks their listinan,--
The little Inns and old men are gatiriling prisun
ers, railroad bridges, and funning jlgood
part of their garrisons for intrenelted positions.--
A man lost by them cannot be replaced. They
have robbed the c‘radle and the grave ivally to
get their pre,ent tome. Besides What they lose
in frequent skirmishes and battles, they are now
losing front 'desert him, and other gauges at Iruint
one regiment per day. •
With this drain upon them tint is not far
distant if we • Will be only true to ounwfves.—
Their 01115 lope now is inn CBS Met) North. This
might give them reinforeements fq,m TeallessVe,
Kentucky, Maryland and Misirtri,:while it would
NNeaken us. With the draft quirk 4 entbreed the
enems would become despondent, and would make
but little resigtanee. I have no' doubt but the
eueutt are exceedingly anxious tit hold out until
otter the Presidential electhin. They lute man)
hopes from its effects. t
They hope a counter niolution ; they hope the
eleetion of the Peave,v 4 andidate'2 In filet, like
" MieaWber, " tttey hope for Soznellibig to " turn !
up." Our Pellee friends, if theY export peace
front sepanniou, are nitwit niktithen. It would
but be the beginning of 'war With thousand of
Northern men joining the South 'because of our
disgrace in allowing separation. 'lit have," peace
011 nor terms" the South tvould -demand theirs,
toration of their slat es alreads freed; titer would
deniandindennity-tbr hisses sustained, and they
V.oold 'Armand n treaty which would 'make the
North slate-hinters for the Smith. They would
demand pay or the reBtOratlon Of every Slane es
caping to the North.
Yours, truly,„ t • U. S. GRANT.
HON. THADDEUS STFA'ENs Wits MlaIA
-mom:ly nominated for ri;-election to Con
gress by the Union men of the Old Guard
on Wednesday last, =lle will of course
be triumphantly re-elected. lle first en
tered ,Congress in 1849 whet! the Slane
power was tanking ifs exhausting struggle
for the possession of Califoknia and ,the
Territories, wherein to spread 'the-with
ering blight of human bondage ; and he
grappled with it then with alb the Inas :
terly ability he possessed, but it neverthe . -
less triumphed by a compromise. in which
Bight suffered, as it ever unjust in concession
to Wrong. lic was re-elected in 1850,,
and after serving two terms retired. Again
in 1858, when the same insatiate poWer
had ruthlessly trampled under foot ,the
solemnly plighted faith of our fathers, by
the -repeal of the Missouri compact, Mid
had culminated in Alto l..ecomPton ittt
INANE SOLDIERS .ASSESSED
\
EETrtat tacom GEN. GIIA:T
btr6bilrg„pa.
famy. he. consented to return to our Nu
tido:ll councils. and he has been sneces:
sively chosen. in 1860 and. 1862, and will
soon' be called to his sixth 'Om. where, if
he shall ue spared to fiat l e is trust, he
must witness the final tridmph of the go
vernment over remorseless' Treaiou, and
the great Republic of the world Free na
the genius of its authors, founded it. He
has already reached the period allotted to
• mortar. but his eye is still undiumed, and ;
hislieart still strong,as when fired by the
energy of youth, i❑ the-mighty work of
disenthralling a continent froni the deso
lation of Treason and the brutalizing waste
-of Slavery. -
•
He appeared before the nominating con
vention and made the following pnngent
and pointed remarks:
He ;aid there are two classes of men who busy
fhemselvtAt, its clamoring for peace, who greatly
but in very unequal degrees. ,The one' class
urge the President to €icek negotiations - with the
:traitors on the basis 'of the integritt• of the Union.
These are well-meaning' but foolish counselora.
The conduct of •them MOO does great mischief:
ft discourages our loyal men, who are• led• to be
that there is' an urgent 11P004 , 4t) for so
,lOl
unhating a einwse. It is to he - Loped th at
acids their di.ffro•rl'ul trei tbling.
seek moral courage for "the•utnehes, and inspire
courage into Ott.' a. There is another coin
moldy known as Copperheads, whose 'representa
tives assemble at Chicago, whose clamor for peace
is a moral rime and political treason. Thew
cnen•ll+k you to elect a,peaceable warrior. 'He is
to bring peace about by allowing the• rebels to
have their own way. -Elect 11PCIellan, and the
Republic has ;ceased to exist. On it„ ruins will
spring up nutheron. petty empires, w•to,e•future•
condition wilkbe OOP o f perpetual wars and grind
ing Klarery. Reeleet the Balm statesman who
now pre•sldea OV,Or the nation, and he• will lead
you to an honorable prate and to, pelmanent'lib-
platform adopted Lc the llemoi•niey
at Chicago .f 0411110 We, tllll,—,
"Respired, ; That in the (cure, ac' in the past,
we will adhere with unswerving fidelity - to Me
rnion under the Comititution."
don't doubt it! The-"unsi'verving
fidelity" of the 'Democrat - h.:party iii
, the
" Past," is ipost consoling to Union Dent
oOratS'for,trie-friture. The DeuioeratB were
in pony): in (Term State Mat xeceded front
11!e rnion ander Daris. I;,ve*: thith
less Govhoor was of the Democratic filth,
and every State government that arrayed
itself in °ru t . insolent, 'wanton hostility to
tin , government. did its , murderous lyork
in the name :null. under the mantle of
Democracy.
Do the people wa»t Dem ocratic , "fidelity
to the
,i`iiion" in the future. ' as in*the
If so, let - the platform and candi
date, of Vallandighain triumph at the
puffs.: llow many States-would be in the
Union aft!, , r finir years of Dyntoeratie rule -
if they should keep on preNerving the
.Uniim as they did .durin g the last four
yeast If thirteen Democratic (..-i - einors
a ndlegislatnres in their fidelity!' of
best," took thirteen State,out of the Union
Until. one yeas. how long would it
require the same "piswervin4tillelitY" to
get all the States into the dominions of
Jety. Davis if they should attain supreme
powi.4. of tliei.Mvernmelit t A very simple
rule of simple arithmetic will solve the
problem. Will some of our Denioeratie
friends, win) honestly want the government.
preserve'd. work it out, and let us - know
how they like tile result t
VLILIIONT, flee glorious star that
pales in fidelity to Nationality and Free
dom, was the first State to respond to the
Chicago platform demanding "immediate
cessation of hostilities," and declaring the
war, a " failure:f • Her State election.wmi
helii on Tuesday. the - tith 4 , iiist.. and the
largest vote ey'er polled at an ordinary
eleafon gusts ti,, largely ihcreaSed - Union
'majority. ei-fov. Smith is re-elected by
over .2.2,ooo.l n ajority—anincrease of 5,000
over last ; not one Denmerativ .
tor has la.eirchosl.l . l and fun HOlnze is air
most uhaninfimsly ridom Does' General
, •
hkar f
f.
tni the Sallie day Wilmington. the chief'
citroflaWare, held ,a Municipal flee.
Lion, and dig 714 mi catulitlates were chosen
by over 4514,majorityand :every Union
-Ward-can4late elected: Thus does Lit
tle:Del:twat+, just redeemed from Slavery;
shake hands with Vermont, to protest
ag,ainst the humiliating surrender of the
government to despairing traitors. 'MO
PEOPLF: 'newt that there shall be' peace
and cessation of hostilities just whentrtii
tors'in arms submit to the lawful-authori
ties of the government they have wantonly
and murdeionsly defied! Be'patientVal
landigham fi. CO Wait till the Army
answers the proptiSition to bring dishonor
on their crimsoned battle-fields!
TUE REBEL PRESS ON ATLANTA
The capture of Atlanta, the objective point o
Gen. Sherman'x grand campaign,. and r the most
stubbornWdefended inlaiulciq of the South, alike
because oitjts. strategic importance, its vast man
nliietorie and railroad connections, has dealt a
staggering blow to traitors. The rebel command
er, (Wu, Hood, thus officiallynnuounces the aban
donment of his strong:kola :
. On the evening of the 30th of August the ene
my made u lodgement across Pint river, near
- Jonesboro. We :a - tucked them there on the even
inf of the 31st with tc..o corps but foiled to
Wit them.
made it ne'eessnry to abandon Atlanta;_
which was doni , si the night of the lst of Septem
ber.
Our lusg on 60 rvi fling of. the .31st
On the eveninF of the Ist of September Gen.
Hardmoit corps, in rosition at Jonesboro, Wallah.;
milled ity a superior force of the enemy, and be
ing mittliinked, was compelled to withdraw during
the nighti with the toss f eight guns.'
The epetny's prismwes report their toss very"
severe., b, J. Hoop, General.
The 4nnments of the rebel press show how
deadly i the blow delivered by the victorions'ar
tny of Sherman The Iliehmond Examiner!de
nouncesilliaxlifor sacrificing his men fruitlessly, -
and for want of generalship. It , admits that
Sherman's plans were devised and executed iu
such t skilful manner as to sever Howl's army,
and gain a comparatively bloodless but most im
portant vicbiry. It says'that "this abandonment
of Atlanta, tinder the circumstances, is not agood
Ming," but it adds; "the loss of the army, w o uld
jthve been,withoul a remedy!"
, lint greVions us ii the loss of Atlanta to the ye
brls in a military point of view, theExamincr
stricken with sorrow because it Clouds the pros
pects of the ,Chicago nominations. It says that
"the - Imo& 124 disaster at Atlanta, in the Very nick
of time when such a victory alone could save she
party of Lincoln from irretrierahle ruin!"—and for
this result Gen. Hood in unsparingly denounced as
"notoriously Melt Wile of managing any thing-tar
gcr thttn a dtvigium"
As the pronjOTts ,f the bogus confederacy 'gen-
eralli• are fading out since Atlanta has fallen, the
Eraininer gives Davis a kick along with the rest.
aSpeakink of the military management 4.1.1 P-
via aadeveloped by the logs of Atlanta, the eaui
paper says:
"sow, is itnot hard—is it not; cruelly hard
that the struggle of eight millions, who sacrithe
their Money, sacrifice their lives, who groan in
'the excess of exertion, who wrench terry muscle
till the blood starts With the sweat—should come to
row/a—should end in the ruin of uiall—that the
'predilection and antipathies, the pitiful personal
frelings of a single man maybe indulged.
The lamentations of the Examiner cOnclude by_
declaring that `!the morals -effect of its (Atlanta's)
loss, though it may be timporary,trill be great.
It will obscure the prospeeta.of peace, late so
bright. ,It may render incalculable assistance to
the party of-Lincoln, and -enable: him to execute
the draft. It will also diffuse gloOm over the
South." And now that it is needless longer to in
sist that Atlanta 'cannot be taken; that Sherman
is nbmit to he cut to pieces, and that Wheeler is
destroying all the railroad bridges, we have the
truth of Wheeler's operations, mid they amount
to a gigantic failure, as the rebel jotITIMIA now
confess. Shenntasihies are not even impaired,
and it is virtually confessed that-they cannot be
'seriously interrupted. _ Atter publishing from day
to day glowing accounts of Wheeler's operations
before the fall of Atlanta, the Examiner now gives
the friith of his movements as follows:
" W.. .just nothing ihrther front Wheeler's
wkly.-Incas in East 'fennessec. The general (Ta
hiti here is that he i.; makialtier, NaShrille.
late Bristol parr says it is all a lie about his har
ing destroyed the great bridge orer the Tennessee
at Loudon. The KIHIV paper saywbe seeme studi
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rinFly to avoid the e vais'g bridges and limo of
elmanuaieation, , an de,rotes himself to runi r ting
about abo the country pie 1 ;ing up small hits offirisoners."
—.Such are the rebel 'ebnlbsaions touching the:
fill Atlanta. It is confessed Lc; a most &num
lug blow to treasonlu a , yital point, not only be
eanse the rebel stronahold of the (cotton Btatem is
surrendered, but abm heMlustras for Examiner
Kap:, it styes the Liticohn party from ruin, secures
the era a-cement al the draft, :ind must make the
rdlaudighams and their 00-lborers at Chicago
- powerless to carry a niagle Northern State in fit
cur of submission to rebels either by diplomacy
or otherwise. Well do the despairing rebels on
derstand that the xeecceas of our brhie :willies de
feats their cowardly sympathizers-in the North
and insures-flee vigorous prth.ecuction id the w ets
until traitors bow to the lawMl authority of the
government.
IION. LOUIS' W. HALL, of Blair, and Hint.
KIRK HAISES of fern y , wen , on 'the Ott
nomiliated as the Union'eandidates for SenatOrn
in the 21st district, composed of the counties; of
l'err, Juniata, 31ifilin, Centre; Huntingdon and
Mr. Hall 'is one of the most pronlising
if cam: turn in the State, and the
~Dnion party
rejoice that he is about to enter the Senate ugain.
was elitism' in a decidedlY Deniorratit:
trict in 1859, and served with great credit Huth
as Senator and presiding officer. In 1862 lie was
again a candidate, hut:although Carrying his own
cloudy by nearly 1800, was defeated by CU-at:field
:Ind Cambria. lie will at once take the highest
auk iu the,Senate when he r.turns to it in Jan
:. Slr. Haioes is a most meritorious
gentleman, an expi:rienc'ed legislator, and a moot
'upright and fitithink 'man. ;He originally acted
with the Dernocrati4artyjudil the repeal of the
'Mhtsouri compromise, when he ran as an inde
pendent candidate for the legitiature and tito tri- .
umphantly elected. Be Ni an again a candidate in
1855, autt MIS re-elected over Wm. S.,Mitellell,
now - Democratic candidate in thin dictlict, by
200 majority. Ile will bring fn the Senate
iu
dustrp, t•xperieuee and fidelity. and will do credit
to himself and the district. 1 - pion men of the
21st district! there should be nu sort of doubt of
the s'necess of 3our ticket by 1000 majority. Your
verdict will _determine Whether the next Senate
shall he for the government or, against it: .
MEM!
GEN. BuTLER, in a late letter to Judge Ouhi,
the rebel ctuninissioner of exchange of prisoners,
thoroughly eXposes the thlsehood and hypocracy
'of the rebels on the question. of exchanges. It
seems that they have now accepted the proposi,-
tionsmade by Gen. Butler eight months ago, to
ese . hatige officer for officer and' man for man until
one 6nle is CfX11:111Stell. In reply to this proposi
tion ofJudge Otald, Gen. Butler says:
" I unite with you must cordially, sir, in de
siring a speedy settlement of all these questions,
in view of fine great suffering endured bv our pris
oners in the hands of your authorities, of which
3 till eo IMdingly speak. Let toe ask, M view of
that ..uttering,, why you hare delayed eight months
to answer a proposition which by nose accepting you
admit to be right, jest, acid humane, allowing that
suffering to ronthate.so long One cannot help
thinking, then at the risk of being deemed un
effaritabW, that the benevolent'sympathizes of the
Contitderate authorities have been lately Stirred by
the depleted condition of their armies, and a desire
to get into the field to a f fect the present campaign
the hale, hearty, and well fed prisoners,, held by the
u n it e d States in ex rhangefor the half-starred, s irk
emaciated, and unserviceable soldiers ofthe United
States now languishing in your prisons. The
events of this war, •if we did not know it before,
have taught us that it is not the Northern portion
of the American people alone who know how to
drive sharp bargains.'
THE Union men of •Bedford county had an nn'-
mense meeting in the court hbuse on Tuesday of
last week, at which lion. S. L. Russell preeided,
and Gen. Koontz and Col. Jordan delivered elo
quent speeches. A number of ladies were in at
tendance. The Inquirer says "the meeting was
The largest in.point of numbers ever assembled in
the court house." , Resolutious eudorsipg the na
tional and_loeal noininntions:were unanimously
-iidopted, aue atnoinrothers thJ followitg
===
!. "Of Mr. Pendleton's position there is no uncer
' taintv He is an ardent peace man. The fart that
such a man was nominated is a strong proof that
Milan's position cannot hcicidely rancni. The
contest- which now commences will be brief, but
it will be violent."
Rrso/red, 'That we are higily gratified at the
unanimity 'with which our political friends have
presented the name of our distinguished fellow
citizen, Hon. Alex. King, as a l candidate for Pres
ident Judge of this Judicial District; we regard
this as but a just tribute to his qualifications and
character, and pledge him our united and enthu
siastic support. •
Resolved, That while we regard our honored
fellow citizen, Col. Francis Jordan, as eminently
entitled by his integrity and ability to have re
ceived the nomination for Congress, and regret
that the: choice of the convention did not make
him our standard-bearer, - ive cordially endorse the
nomination of Gen. W. H. Koontz, of Somerset;
as a gentleinau-well worthy "to represent with
dignity, ability and zeal the interest of his constit
uents, and to take cap• of our National welfare,
and we pledge him our earnest support.
THE rebel journals understand the Chigo nom
inations. Prior to the meetink of th 4 Convention
the Richmond Sentinel urged' that. Gen. Weans
land lay the Cumberland Valley waste with sword
and. torch,-as the best means of recovering a
Peace platform at Chicago., Gen. 3PCausland
tried his hand on Chambersburg by way of fulfil-
Mg his part of the play, and how far Chicago re,
;Totaled, let the Sentinel explain. Speaking of
the action at Chicago the 'orgati of Jeff. Davis
says:
' "Of the candidates, M'Clellan, who was form
erly a derided war man, is ,represented to have
greatly modified, if not, indeed, abandoned, his
belligerent sentiments. The support given him by
the many decided peace men, lends strong con
firmation to the report; and nothing would Le
easier than for M'Clellan to reconcile adeclarcition
for peace in the present state of thrquestion, due, as
one May suppose, to Lincoln's management of the
war.
EVRItY man of business should have the Amer•
Iran BankVate Reporter, published weekly, semi.
monthly and monthly, E. Cohen, Philadel.
phia. It contains the official list of the National
flanks; reports - of discounts in eighteen cities,
regular quotations from the ;four leading cities,
and Pa generally as complete in all departments
as iv possible to make such a. patient - ion. ,
September 14, 1864.
- THE New York Herald, speaking of, the Ver
mont election, demands that The Chicago conven
tion be re-called to put itself- on an honest and
loyal platform. It thus acoepts the lesson of the
"star that never sets:" • - -^ r
It means that the personal popularity of Gen.
3VClellan; as the war is now going, will be l es t
upon that platform; that the. people of the loyal
States will soon adhere, to the idea that Grant,
Sherman and Farragno are_ on the rigid road to
peace, and that they mnsthe supported, whatever
may be the delinquencies of the administration.
A few days hence the State election in Ilaine;we
guess, will go the same way as this of Vermiint,
and early in October, , from -all the signs of-the
times, we may look for similar results from the
State elections of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indian.
..4s they go so will the Presidential elation so in
November. If there - were any positive reaction at
work in the popular mind in favor of the Chicago
democricy, on their equivocal peace platform.we
should have had some' manifestations of it even
from Vermont vfor a popular political reaction is
spontaneous and general, and operates with re
markable uniformity upon a Presidential istrae in
all the participating States.
Ir is a fact that not one single man has Telma
torily enlistq since old lascots issued his Eman
cipation Proclamation. All who have gone in
since have been paid large bounties., and have no
heart in Ltscouies treasonable designs.—Carlisle
'Untunteen
Thus dues the leading M'Clellan organ of Cum- -
herland county libel the brave soldiers in the field.
We (mote the article just as we found it, italics
and all; and commend it to the hundreds of gal
lant none of Cumberland - who are now periling
their lives to preserve the blessings of Free Gov
ernment to all. How many votes will the VoluM
•teer's peace ticket secure from the army this fall?
We hope that the Union County Committee=of
Cumberland will. circulate si'Clellan's Carlisle
organ freely in the army. It‘__its hatred of the
defenders of the liep r iiblic it tells the truth most
inopportunely for its friends and candidates some
times. -
GEN. GILLEM, of Tenn., seems to be kicking
awfully out of the Chicago traces: He BO far for
got that the war" is a "failure," and that there
should he . an "htuairdiate cessation of hoitilities,"
as to attack, defeat and kill the rebel raider Gen.
John Morgan on the 6th ult., and eapture his
staff; artillery an destroy his command. The
following is his - Official report!:
811.01 GAP, TENN.... gt. G.
GEN. Purprised, defeatedand
killed John Morgan ut Greenville this morning.
The killed-are scattered for miles and have not
yet been counted. They probably number 50 or
100. About 75 prisoners were captured, and
among them were Morgan's staff, also one-piece
of artillery and it caisson.
The enemy's force outnumbered mine, but the
surprise was complete.
- ALVAN C. Gru.Em, Brig. Gen.
WIIES ' Vol. Hood abandoned Atlanta, after
sacrificing thousands of lives ,to raise-le siege,
the Mayor and Sheriff of the -place forrrally sur
rendered the city to Hen. Sherman, ;islet that
'non-combatants and prirate property be respected."
) city - captured after bluely resistance, is at the
mercy of the conqueror; but Gemm. Sherman is as
humane as he is brave, and he illustrated the high
est type of the humanities of war. The request
was promptly acceded to audlitithfaliy observed,
althotigh among the gallant soldiers in that army
who marched into Atlanta as victors, were a. num
ber from Chambersburg, whose homes-are now
but blackened, shapeless walls because of rebel
vandalism in a town that was utterly defenceless.
Thus do lJniou armies wage war, persistently as
rebel and copperhead journals defame them.
THE Judicial Conference for this district met at
Bedford on the 30th pit. As all the counties were
instructed for Judge,King, conferees from Fulton
and Franklin did not attend; but authorized by
telegraph their votei to be cast for King. Tho'
following conferees were present:
SOMERSET=—Johri W.- Parker, Geo. M. Neff,
Harman G, Cunningham. •
Benronti----Jereminh Bowles, Sam'l L.:Russell,
'Thomas Hughes.
Mr. Hughei was; chosen President and Mrs
.ceff'Secretary, after which Hon. AlexandeeKing
was unanimously nominated as the Union candi
date for Judge of this district.
WE have several numbers of the Lancaster In
telligeneer, a spicy and ably edited Democratic
daily published by Cooper, Sanderson & Co. It
wears - a very clean face, and in all but its politics
is highly commendable. Mr. Cooper was form
erly editor of the Spirit of this place, and was the
owner of the Spirit building burned by M'Caus
land. His loss is some • $12,000. When he gets
to fraternal harmony with Early and M'Causland,
we hope that he may square the account in some
way or other. He is a vigorous writer, and will
give the Examiner and Express a foeman worthy
of their steel.
WE were made to say, by a typographicol blun
der in last week's issue, that Gen. Coffroth, when
called upon to vote men or means to prosecute
the war, "invariably votes no, or in any way to
favor war, against treason." Of course it shbuld
have read "or in no way to favor war against
treason." However, that an article about so un
intelligible a subject as Gen. COffroth Should tan
gle the types unintelligibly is moat natural, and it
is hardly worth the correction; but in justice to
the general we make it freely.
THE Palley Spirit sprung from the ashes on
Monday of list week, and loOlta as gay and bright
as if nothing had happened to nobody. We wish
it abundant success in all but its politics; but of
that there's no particular danger since the Chi
cago Convention annexed the Democracy to
humiliating peace.
11-r}: German Reformed publiostions---theMu
senger, the Guardian, and the Kircher:6,4mi
will be re-issued at an early day in phlulelphis,
A double number of the Guardian will be issued
this month. Correspondents will address B. R.
Fisher & Co., Publishers, care Jas. B. Rodgers,
54 North 6th Street, Philadelphia.
THE Union men of FultcinleountY nominated
James Pott for Assembly; Benjamin A. Lyon for
Commissioner, and Alex. Mayne for Treasurer.
The legislative'conferenee has since met and nom
inated Gen. Moses Ross, of Somerset, and D.
B. Armstrong, of Bedford, fol. Assembly.
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