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Wedtteedity, September 27,1863.
' UNION STATE TICKET.
' FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
GEN. JOSH V. HARTRANFT, of Montgomery
#OR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
COL JACOB IN. CAMPBELL. of Cambria.
UNION DISTRICT TICKET.
FOB STATE sracvroß, -
DANIDIrCONAIIGarf, of Adam&
FOR, ASSEMBLY,
COL. F. R. lIMEBAUGH. of Franklin.
CA a PT. GEORGE A. SHIIMAII. of Perry.
UNION COUNTY TICKET.
FOR SHERIFF,
cALF.r. JOHN DIERLFAI, ChumberginErg.
FOR TREASVRRR,
W. JOHN HASSLER. St. Thomtut.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.,
1101 U V. WATSON ROB{ E, Antrim.
EMEIMIME!
EMANUEL KIIIIN t Charnbersbarg.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
sEmairEs, Fame%
POR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR,
LAMES CIATTON, WEohingtoo.
FOR AVDITOR,
MAXIM. W. NEVLIC, Southampton.
FOR CORONF:R,
DA. CIIABLES.T. BIACLAY, Green.
UNION MEN of Franklin, Adams and
Perry! the success of the local andilistrict
tickets depends upon the fidelity with
which you discharge your duty in your
respective counties and districts.
If systematic organization of the Tinian
men is promptly eifected in every ward
and toWnship, there can be no question as
to the success of our Senatorial, Legisla
tive and County ticket; but if the councils
of the sluggard prevail we may lose a por
tion or the whole of our ticket.
yire must - have earnest, systematic or
ganization, and it must be effected at once.
Every Ward and township should not be
without its local committee, a single day;
and t that committee should not rest until
there is an accurate list of the entire vote
of the district made, and efficient meas.
ures'perfected to poll the l- i full Union vote
=alb; stop all illegal votes.
There is not danger, that the :Union tick
et is in a minority with the people, either
in this county, district or State; bat it may
he outnumbered at the polls if the Union
men are indifferent while the enemy is
tireless and unscrupulous in its efforts for
STICCRBS
Complete organization and a full vote
is all the Union men need to achieve a
decisive victory. Let each - Union man
see for himself that his district will not
fail on election day. Forewarned, fore
armed! Union men of the Green spot!
Which do you choose l` Victory or dis
aster are in your own hands !
TruenE will be three clergymen return
ed to the Senate this fall. Rev. James
L. Graham, the Union nominee in Alle
gheny, is a local Methodist mini4er, a
most worthy gentleman, and made one of
the most efficient Senators In the body.
Rev. Geo. Landon, just nominated in the
Bradford district, is an old Methodist min
ister,,and was Presiding Elder for many
yeari. He was chosen to the Senate in
186, and will be returned this fall by an
overwhelming majority. He is one of the
ablest men of the North, and as fearless
and true as he is able. Rev. Robert A.
Browne, formerly pastor of the Second
Associate Reformed Church of Pittsburg,
and at present pastor of the same church
in
_New Castle, is the Union candidate for
Senator in the Lawrence, Butler and Arm
strong district. He entered the service
as Chaplain of the Roundhead Regiment,
and served until near the close of the war.
Re is.an able debater, an earnest Union
man and will make aliseful and credita
ble Senator.
How. DAVID McCowercar, the'Union
candidate for Senator, has addressed large
and enthusiastic meetings at Fayetteville,
Chambersburg and Afercersburg, and will
speak at -Greencastle to-night and at
Waynesboro' to-morrow night. Wher
ever he has spoken he has more thin vin
dicated his high reputation as an able,
dispissionate and effective popular speak
er, and he has rendered most essential
service to himself and the cause by his
canvass in this county.
He is discharging his duty in the contest
nobly, and the Union men of the district
haVe but to second his efforts heartily to
ensure his triumphant success. The' dis
trict is clOse, but on a fair presentation of
the issues to be decided and a fall vote
he cannot be beaten.
Let every Union man see that no slug
gish loyal vote Most for want of proper
effort. Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty
'Tat Carlisle Volunteer flagrantly dis
torts an article from this journal relative
to the probable diminution of the Union
vote of Philadelphia. We said .that
" thousands of govenunentemployees and
operatives on government : work of vari
ous kinds, have been scattered in other chan
nels of industry over the country," where-
upon the Volunteer Asserts that we con
cede the 4- discharged operatives to the De-
Nmbcracy, because they are no longer com
pelledy to vote the Union ticket. We do
no such a thing. The same men will gen
erally vote the Same ticket somewhere be
tween the Atlantic and. the Pacific, but
most of them are out of Philadelphia, em
ployed in other channels of industry, and
by.orir system of arithmetic their absence
will diminish our vote to that extent in
Philadelphia. Would it be possiblesfor
the Volunteer to state any case fairly
Try it once just for referen& ! .
Lynchburg (Va.) Republican says
that it has submitted "to the logic of
arms and acquiesced in the result," bat it
kauts it distinctly understood that it does
"not yield an iota of those great and fun
damental principles of strict construction
and State rights which we. have always
Maintained."
Pray what did the." laic of amts " de
termine ? If it. did not settle forever the
question that the States are subordinate
to the general. government-:that they
cannot fly off in revolt whenever some in
ordinate ambition or pampered vanity is
not gratified, what did the war settle ?
Row, and by what " logic," was Slavery
abolished? Will the Republican define
what it means to accept as the " logic of
arms ?"
ALL of the Gettysburg papers seem
. to
favor the election of Hon. David M'Con
aughy to the Senate. The Sentinel and
Star openly declare for him, but his most
effective champion is the Compiler, a pro
fessedly Democratic sheet, but manifestly
•in the interest of Mr. M'Conaughy. As its
praise is fatal to its friends, it renders the
Union candidate for Senator the only sub•
stantial aid it can by the most systematic
and senseless vituperation, and will con
tribute more to his election than . y
Union papera in the district. We trust
that the Compiler will not grow weary in
well doing until election day, for its ser
vices to Nsr. M'Conaughy are most invalu=
able.
WE give in to-day's paper a communi
cation from Gen. Jordan, the late com
mander of - he 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
„relative to Capt. Geo. A. Shuman, one of
the Union candidates for Assembly. It
will be seen that Capt. Shuman won his
honors welrbefore he wore them. and that
he was as gallant in the field as he is faith
ful at home in defence of true Union prin
ciples: The Union men of Ilmuklin coun
ty will most cordially support him with
Col. Stambaugh. who was with Capt.
Shumanin the Tennessee and Kentucky
campaidlis, and won his star at Shiloh,
where lie was among the first to reinforce
Grant.
WE give most, of our editorial space to
day to the able address of -Hon. John Ces
sna, Chairman of the Union State Com
mittee. We are compelled to abbreviate it
a little ; but the main issues are presented
in a manner so conclusive and so compre
hensive that no one wild reads can err as
to the vital issues to be decided. We ask
for the address the dispassionate consid
eration of all parties. It is the clearest
and most candid - e.vpoAtion of the present
status of paltieA we have seen from any
pen, and no loyal matt, can peruse it and
remain indifferent in the pending, con
test.
THE N6w York Tribune is hopeful of
Pennsylvania this fall, because it says a
United &Res Senator is to elect in place
of Cowan, and Cameron. Kelly and For
ney are actively enlisted in the contest.
Just when is Mr. Cowan to die ? The
term for which he was elected expireg 4th
March, 1867, and he must die to make a
vacancy. for such men don't resign.
HON. DAVID YINCONAUGHY
While the editor of the Compiler—the *slat
ent maligner of Mr. M'Conaughy—was in open
syaipathy with the rebellion, and was charged by
the loyal people' of Gettysburg with aiding and
abetting it, Hon. David M'Conaughy, the Union
l!andidate for Senator, was ever moat active and
;untiring in his efforts to aid the government.: The
following voluntary testimonials from 'Gene - rills
Meade and Conch, given at the time the Services
were rendered, show how earnest and self-sacri
ficing Mr. M'Conaughy was in times of danger to
the border:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
MIDDLEBURG, June 29„1863, 7 T. M.—D. Me-
Conaughy, Esq.. Gettysburg—My Dear Sir : The
General directs me to thank you for yours of to
day. You have grasped the information so well
in its directnesk • and minuteness, that it is very
valuable. I hope our frierida understand that in
the great game that is now being played every
thing in the way of advantage depends uporrwhich
side gets the best information. The rebels are
shortly_ in advance of us, but if through the dis
tricts they threaten our friends will organize and
send us hilorination, with the precision you hare
done, they May rest secure in the result, and we
hope a near one. The names of the generals, the
numbers of the forces, if possible, are very impor
tant to us, as they enable us to gauge the reports
with exactness.
The General begs, if in your power, that you
make such arrangements with intelligent-friends
in the country beyond you to this effect, and that
you continue your attention to us as much as your
convenience will permit.
Hoping at some future day to have the pleasuie
of meeting you, I am, dear sir, yours very tinly,
GEORGE H. SHARPE,
Col. and of Gen.'s Staff, Army of the Potomac.
IIEAPQUARTERS'DEPARTMENT OF THE SUS.
(iIEEHANNA, June 26. 18631—Special Orders No.
16.--[Extract]--6 Captain D. M'Conaughy is
hereby appointed Volunteer Aid-de-Camp r ta the
Major General Commanding.
By command of Major Gen. D. N. Couch.
JOHN S. ScrruL'rzE, Major and A. A. G.
Captain D. M'Conaughy.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE firs-
Qt EHANNA—Special Orders No . . 43—[Extract]
—l2. Captain D. M'Conau,gby, Volunteer Aid-de
Camp to the Major General Commanding, is here
by relieved from duty in this department.
The Major General Commanding tenders his
thanks to Captain M'Conaughy for services ren
dered him during the emergency through which
I% , 'e have just passed.
By command of Major General Couch.
Jolts S. SclitlirzF:, Ass't. Adjn'tGen.
Captain D. M'Conaughy.
WE have received from Bleloek & Co., pub
lishers, 19 Beekman Ft, New York, advance sheets
from Camp-Fire and Cotton. Field, by Thos. W.
Knox, special - correspondent of the New York
Herald. It will contain a comprehensive history
of the campaigns in the West and South-West ;
a history, of the' Indian difficulties: his graphic
description of the battle of Gettysburg; his prac
tical experience as a Louisiana planter; an anal.
pis of the free-lahorexperitnent thriling narra
tion of running rebel batteries on the Mississippi,
and various incidents connected with the war.
It will be sold only by subscription., Price $2,50.
THE Lewisburg Chronicle has added a new
power press to its office and vastly improved its
typographical appearance. The Clinton Republi-
can has been enlarged. It is the Union organ of
Clinton county, and is conducted With great vigor,
The Hagerstown Mail has appeared in a new
dress.
THE Cumberland County Fair Will eoitunence .
on the 11th of next month, and already hundreds
are visiting the Fair Grounds, where the.apeed of
the homes is tried in anticipation of the prizes to
be drawn.
Tne political condition of the lately seceded
States is as follows:
Virginia--Congressional and Legislative elec
tion, Thursday, October 12,
North Carolina—Delegate election September
21; Convention meets October 2.
South Carolina—Convention in session.
Georgia--Delegate election 'October 4 ; Con
vention meets October2s.
- .
Florida—Delegate election October 10; Con
vention meets October 25. '
Alabama—Ooncent!on in session.
Mississ l Pai—Election for all State officera and
members of Congress, October 2.
Loniaiana -- Coogresaional and Legislative elec•
Lion November 7.
Texas—Election not yet ordered.
Artansas--Coogreasional and Legislative elec
tion October 9.
4t . Sunidin Bipasitarp, ityunbetaburg, Pa.
THE BENALTOBLiL QEESTION
To tie Dtaaocrott of Adana and Fr mails Counties
According to the true theory of representative
governments every voter is entitled to consult his
individual interest in voting.
By so doing, it results that all interests are
:represented in the legislature, and the general in
" rest is consnited in the legislation of the coon..
try.
You will be required to mate the application
of this great principle of popular, government at
the approaching State election. imong the ques
tions affecting your interests which will come be
fore the next legislature, there is one which over
shadows all others. I refer to tbat,of compensa
tion for the losses which. you have sustained by
the rebel raids and invasions of the last few years.
So vitally does this question affect your interests,
that all parties and all candidates for office in
these counties have been obliged to declare in fa
vor of compensation. -
If the political parties and candidates for the
State legiSlature in other counties of this State
were equally favorable to this measure, it would
not.be necessary for you to coati:at any other in
terest in this election than that of your party
But unfortunately such is not the case..
The political parties in other counties of the
State have not declared in favor of this measure
of justice and generosity to their suffering fellow
citizens on the Southern border.
They are in fact interested in opposing it, and
certainly never will consent to it except in con
semience of.the most persevering and determined
efforts on the part of your representatives.
More will thereforedepend on the personal
character of the men whom yon are about to se
lect to represent you in the legislature . in procur
ing the allowance of these claims, than upon their
merits or upon any other cause whitever.
While the representatives from the other sec-
tions of the State will opposelhese Claims, party
leaders will endeavor to avoid the responsibility
of their rejection by doing indirectly and covertly
what they dare not do directly and openly.
And in this they will surely succeed if your
representatives do not possess' sufficient nerve
and ability to unmask their efforts arak to extort
from their fears what will be refused on an ap
pot to their sense of justice and magnanimity.
Fortunately it is in your power by sacrificing
pity to your individual interests to elect at least
one man of the requisite-ability to represent you
in the next legislature.
1 need not name the person to whom I refer.
It is only necessary to describe the man of ener
gy, of address, and of persistence required for
the occasion, and all who know him personally or
by reputation will instinctively pronounce the
name of David McConaughy. . I need not add
that he is a successful lawyer and advocate with
the experience of twenty years practice, and
earnestly - dt:voted to the cause of the Border
claims.
This gentleman has just been presented as a
candidate for Senator by the Union convention,
and will of• course be supported by Republicans
on political grounds. It is therefore only neces
sary for him to receive the voles of Democrats
who are interested in the compensation question
to be elected. These votes he must receive (at
any hazard) or you will he without a reptesenta-
tive in the Senate from the Border known to
be qualified to successfully advocate your cause
before that body.
If the Democratic party, or more properly
speaking its managers .and leaders, should suffer
rom this preference of youi . own interests to
th..ra, the fault is not yours. It is that of the
De ..ocratio State Convention which failed to en
donse the compensation proposition. It is that of
the Democratic district convention which nomi
nated Mr. Duncan instead of Mr. Sharpe, as its
candidate for Senator, I It is not my purpose to
disparage Mr. Dunchn, he is no doubt worthy of
the nomination which he has received, though it
was one under the circumstances, not expedient
to be made.
Mr. Sharpe was known to be man of mark and
ability, who possessed considerable influence to
the legislature, and had he received the nomina
tion instead of Mr. Duncan, the Democrats of
Franklin and Adams counties would have found
it to be their interest to sustain him, and he might,
even have received the votes of many Herbb
eans w ho knew him better than Mr. Jl*Conatighy.
But unfortunately different counsels prevailed
the convention. A gentleman comparative
!) unknown and wholly -untried and inexperienc
ed was nominated. Will it be said that he may
poses-es abilities superior in those of Mr. Sharpe,
and might, if elected, come to exercise as great
an influence in the legislature than the latter is
known to have - exerted r Surely this is no time
,to make experiments with new men, so far as the
suffering voters of Southern Pennsylvania are
concerned.
This was a matter for the consideration of the
nominating convention and it has been disregarded
by its members, who preferred selfish on personal
considerations to the general interest, they will
have no right to complain if the Democratic mas
ses prefer their own vital interests to those of
their would be leaders. But I apprehend the
party and the country will survive should you in
the exercise of yonev sovereign discretion prefer
your own interests to those of other people, as
you are entitled to do according to the principles
of }our party and of our government.
It has been urged by leading Republicans who
are deeply interested in the result, that it is the
true policy of the Democrats in the border coun
ties to vote for representatives who are in politi
cal communion with the party in power both at
Harrisburg and Washington, and which holds the
majority vote which can give success to your
Whether there is any force in this argument or
not it is not material to inquire, since - the folly of
the Democratic district convention has left the
Democrats of Franklin and Adams no other al
ternative than to adopt the course I have sug
gested.
These remarks are addressed to you by a Pe
inocrat_who is, like yourselves, deeply interested
in the speedy and satisfactory solution of the 14-
cal question which fur the time, so far as the
people of Adams and Franklin are concerned, su
persedes in vital importance all others of a gene
ral Tjattire. A DEMOCRAT.
CAPT. CEO. A. SHUMAN
To the Editors of the Franklin Repository
Having seen by the papers that Capt. Geo. A.
Shuman, of Perry county, has been nominated by
the Union Convention of your district for Assem
bly,l deem it proper to give you acondensed his
tory of his am-vices while in my regiment. After
serving in the three months campaign_ in the
Valley of Virginia, under Maj. Gen. Patterson,
on the 24th day of August, 1861, Capt. Shuman
joined the "Lochiel," afterwards known as the
9th Penna. Cavalry, as a private in Company C.
From time-to time he was promoted through the
non-commissioned grades - of his company, till in
July, 1e62, he was Orderly Sergeant. For his
gallantry in action and general good conduct, he
was commissioned a Lieutenant in the spring
of 1863, and in 1864 I recommended him and
he was commissioned Captain of Company H,
in which capacity he served till the war closed.
Serving from the commencement to the end of
the war, ho participated in all the battles of the
Army of the Cumberland except Stone River, at
which time, his regiment was =kir* the cele
brated " Carter Raid " into East Tennessee, by
which the nut Tennessee and Virginia Railroad
was destroyed and for a time rendered useless to
the enemy, thus cutting off Richmond from Chat
tannoga. Re participated in the battles of Leber-
non, Spring Creek, Thompson's Station, Frank
lin, Brentwood, Rover, Middleton, Shelbyville,
Mossy Creek, Dandridge, Reedyville and Fair
Garden, in Tennessee; at Crab Orchard, Rich
mond, Thompkinsville, Paris and Berryville, in
Kentucky; at New Market, in Alabama; at La
fayette, Chicamanga. Lovejoy's Station, Griswold,
Backbend Creek and Waynesborough. in Georgia;
at Blackville, Williston, Johnston's Station, Aiken
and the White House, in South Carolina, and at
Averiesborough, Bentonville, Raleigh, and with
his regiment fired the last . gun for the Union at
Morrisville, North Carolina, on the 13th day of
April, 1865. In all these engagementS, and in the
numerous smaller ones in which he participated,
be won for himself a reputation for gallantry,
determined bravery, and that rare capacity of
thinking cooly when under fire, that has fallen to
the lot of but few officers. From my intimate
acquaintance with him during our long service
together, I feel that I am not speaking at random
when. say, that for honesty of purpose, bravery,
tiflinching integrity, high moral worth and gen
eral capacity he had few equals its my command.
It is very gratifying to me to see that Capt. Sha
man is appreciated by the , people of his district.
If he is elected, they will 'never have cause to
blush for the confidence reposed in or the honor
conferred on bin. I am, gentlemen,
Your obedient servant, THOS. J. JORDAN,
- Late Brig. Gen. and Col. 9th Penna. Cay.
RATIRISEVRo, September 20, 1861
SOLDIEItS• CEIItETERY
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To the Editor/ of the Franklin Rep'isitory
MMIFREESIIOIIO, Tenn., August 9th, 1995.
yon please insert the following in your pa-
per. -
Numerous letters have reached me since the
appearance of my Card relating to the "Soldiers'
National Cemetery" on the Stone River Battle
field, inquiring whether I would disinter %lie re
mains of all those who died in the Hospitals at
this post.
In answer I will say that we intend to do so,
also those who fell at "Hoover's Gap,' "Guy's
Gap." and " Liberty Gap." • I will do - all in my
power to gather the slain braves from far and
near. EARNSHAW,
Chaplain U. S. A. Dad Supt. Sol. Nat. Com
POLITICAL ILNTEIJAGENCE
—The Demoerata of Erie have nominated-
Major HoAllinson and Col W. 0. Colt for
A.Asembly.
—The Union, men of the Clinton, Cameron and
McKean district have nominated John Hrook
for Assembly.
—Hon. John K. Ewing, of Fayette. has been
nominated as the Union candidate for President
Judge in the 14th judicial district.
—Lieut. Moore wing declined the Union nom
ination for AfweWSly in Montgomery, Capt. Wm.
Ritchie has been nominated to fill the vacancy.
—The Democrats of Northampton:a:aunty have
nominated Oliver H. Myers and Terrence D. Bar
rington for A asembly. Terrence will probably
be elected !
—The Union men of the Bradford, Susquehan
na and Wyoming district, hare norninated.lion;
Geo. Landon for Senator. He was Senator from
1860 to 1863.
—President Johnson has appointed J. Madison
Wells Provisional Gov,eraor'of Lousiana; and es- .
en him the same angority as that vested in Gov
ernor Sharkey.
—Dr. R. C. Early is running as an indepen
dent Democratic candidate for Assembly in the
Elk, Clearfield and Forrest district, against, Dr.
Thos. J. 13oyer;rergitlar nominee. The Elk con
ferees seceded from the conference and urge the
people - to vote for Early.
—Governor Perry has telegraphed to the Pres
ident that in the South Carolina Convention, the
Constitution Committee has reported in favor ok .
abolishing slavery, of equalizing - rtpresentation ,
of electing the Governor and Presidential electors
by the people, and of siva yore voting in the Leg
islature. All these measures, he says will pass.
—They have a triangular fight in Dauphin
county. An independent ticket in supported by
the True Republican—a campaign paper—made
up of a portion of Democratic nominees, some of
the Union nominees and carious independent can
didates. The main 'fight seems to be on Assem
bly—between Messrs. Seiler and Hoffman, the
Union nominees, and Col. H. C. Alleman, an in
dependent )3oldiers' candidate and Dr. Heck, reg
ular Democrat. Ns
—The Democrats of Lancaster' county have
nominated Lieut. J. S. Roath; Capt. Daniel Herr,
Lieut, Geo. P. Deichler and Lieut. Charles A.
.Lichtehthaler for Assembly. It is worthy of no
tice that in Allegheny, Lancaster, Erie and oth
er counties where a Democratic nominee has just
no chance at all for an election, they nominate all
soldiers, and in Beris,l Schuylkill, Northampton,
York and other counties where they can elect,
they nominate no soldiers at all !
—Rev. H. K. Hennich, .of Indiana, has an
nounced himself as an independent Republican
candidate for Senator in the Cambria, Indiana
and Jefferson district. . His platform is opposi
tion to fraud and corruption in politics and for
the enfranchisement of
_the African. He cannot
hope to be elected, and can effect i nothing by run
ning unless it be to promote the election of Mr.
Blood, the Democratic candidate, who will favor
no measures for the amelioration of the African
race. If Col. Harry White should be beaten, and
a radical Democrat chosen, Mr. Hennich may
congratulate himself that he has accomplished it.
We trust that the LTnion men of the district will
still be able to save it from being misrepresented
for three years in the Senate in this important
crisis en our political history.
—We notice, says the Buffalo Commercial, that
the Copperhead party is running wild in differ
ent sections of the country, and that it seems to
be going "on its own hook" in each of the States
that has thus far held its convention. In Wiscon
sin the brethren still harmonize with the past
In Ohio the party has had twins, one the legiti
mate offspring of the "resolutions of '98," and the
other born of the war which was so'great a fail
ure. The name dads last was "Expediency for
the sake of success." It is sickly. and cannot
live. In Maine the faithful have struck out with
the progress of events.&-They curl their hair, and
say "negro" instead of .liiigger." The Now Jer
sey and Pennsylvania wings of the party have
each taken a political path differing in some res
pects from the rest. And now the * New York
Democracy has pitched its voice upon a key
which the father of Democrats, himself, would
not recognize.
—Sterling Bowan has been nominated as an
independent Union candidate for Senator in the
2d district of Philadelphia. Hon Jacob E. Ridge
way is the regular Union nominee. We presume
that the Democrats are expected to withdraw
their candidate, Mr. Davis, and support Mr, Boo
sal; but the high contracting parties will find
themselves without the game when the votes are
counted. If Mr. Borman runs merely to enable
the cops to elect Mr. Davis, the Union men will
rally to the support of their nominet,:as they
can't afford to have a coppery Senator for three
years to amnia or gratify Mr. Hamill, and if the
Democrats adopt him as their candidate, Mr.
Ridgeway will take the bulk 3if both parties and
go in easily. Since either way will elect Ridge
way, we don't see that it makes much difference
jut how Mr. Bonsaltruns or whether he runs at
all or not. "He pays his money and takes hit
elmiee." - ,
PEELSIONAIM.
—Hon. Thaddeus Stevens in rusticating at car.
edonia Furnace. -
--I D. B. De Bow has been pardoned and in
tends reaming the publication of his Review.
McClure will deliver, the address at
the Union County Agrienitural Fair on the 6th of
October.
--General Beanregard took the oath of allegi
ance at New or ears on the lfith, preparatory to
seeking for pardon.
—The City of Boston brings news of the death
of Joseph Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano, who
died recently at Rome.
—Amistant Surgeon Gen. Lane came home on
a visit on Fridiy evening last. and returned to
Washington onVuesday.
—Joseph E. Johnston, late general of the rebel
army, it is stated, is about to take charge dime
of the most important railroads in Alabama. t
—David Shuler, of Blain, Perry county, was'
robbed on Sunday night week, while at church,
of $9,000 in government securities, and two
watches and wearing apparel and bed-clothing.
—A correspondent of the Washington Republi
can states that Maj. Gen. Hooker was married
on September 12, to Miss Groesbeck. of
sister of Judge W. S. - Groesbeck, ex-Mem
ber of Congress. Miss Groesbeck enjoys an in
come of $40,000 per annum.
—The friends of the rebel px-General Jabal A.
Early, of Virginia—the oftenest and worst whip
ped Officer of the war,,,,and whO knew better than
any other how fast Shemdpn's troopers could ride,
and how hard they could fight—are making_vig
orous efforts to secure for him a pardon. He is
now in Mexico awaiting the result of the appli
cation.
The Campaign in Pennsylvania.
ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL UNION
STATE COMMITTEE.
To the People of Pennsylvania.
plil VERDICT TN IMO.I.
FELLOW OMzEivs: In a short time you will
again be called upon to exereise the highest priv
ilege, and perform one of the most sacred duties
of Freemen. One year ago our State was deeply
agitated by a conflict of opinion which was em
phatically and unmistakably settled at the ballot
bOX. Then the public mind was thoroughly
aroused by the warmth and. ability of the contest.
Oa both sides were arrayed men who earnestly,
aid perhaps in most eases sincerely, endeavored
to pursuade theirlellow-citizens that the triumph
of their views was indispensable to the welfdre
had prosperity of the State, the peace and enjoy
ment of the people, and the duration and life of the
- Nation. After a long, it ell-contested and thorough
canvass, the people of Pennsylvania, by more
than twenty thousand, and the people of the Na
tion, by more than four hundred thousand majori
ty, rendered their verdict. The lines were plain
ly drawn, and the issue clearly and fully made up,
It is impossible for one to be mistaken as to the
character of the trial, or the nature of the ver
dict. The administration of Abraham Lincoln
was on trial. The American people were the
jurors. The couteat was waged by his friends,
under moat inauspicioui -circumstances. and in
the midst of unparalleled difficulties and trials.
No event, in the history of the human race. was
BO well calculated to test fully and cornpleNly the
capacity of man for self-governmennt. Tffeipeo
ple were called upon, voluntarily, to tax them
selves for the payment of an immense, and daily
increasing debt. They were asked to furnish
more men for the army : and on the very eve of
the election, President Lincoln proceeded - to en
force a draft to fill up the army at all hazards,
preferring - the suppression of the rebellion and
the life of the Republic, to his own success at the
polls, an example of disinterested patriotism and
of heroic action, never surpassed by any ruler
named in history.
The people of the United States proved them
selves worthy of such a ruler. Animated by a
lofty patriotism, rising above all considerations of
selfishness, and basing resolved upon their knees
and in their closets that the noble old Republic
of our fathers should not perish : in spite of all
our enemies at home and abroad, the tyrants and
aristocracies of Europe, the kings of the earth,
armed traitors in the South, their sympathizers
in the North, and all the enemies of human liberty,
everywhere, they heroically and courageously qe
eorded their verdict at the ballot-box. Both par
ties went into the contest with their principles
plainly inscribed Amon their banners, and it is im
possible to suppose that the people did not undir
stand the nature, extent and true eharacter - qt
the issues which they were trying. .
The Union Convention at Baltimore, which
,nominated Lineolu and Johnson, declared as fol
lows :
" Resnlred, That it is the highest duty of every Ameri
can citizen' to maintain against all their enemies the integ
rity of the Union, and the paramount authority of the
Constitution and laws of the United States ; and that, lay
ing aside all differences of political opinion, we pledge our
selves as Union men animated by a common sentiment'
and aiming at a common object, to do everything in our
perm' to aid the Government in quelling, by lorze of arms,
the rebellion now raging against its authority, and in
bringing to the punishment due to their crimes, the rebels
and traitors arrayed against it.
Resoled, That we approve the determination of the
Government of the United States not to compromise with
rebels, nor Wolfer any terms of peace except such as may
be bused upon an " unconditional surrender" of their hos
tility, and a return to their just allegiance to the Consti
tution and laws of the United States and that we call upon
the Government to maintain this position and to prosecute
the war with the utmost possible -vigor to the complete
suppression of the rebellion; in fulireliance upon the self
sae-dice, the patriotism, the heroic valor. and the undying
devotion of the American' people to their country and its
free institutions.
"Resoled, That ns Slavery was the cause, and now
constitutes the strength of this rebellion, and as it mast be
always and everywhere hostile to the principles of repub
lican government. justice and the natural safety demands
its utter and complete extirpation from the soil of the re
public; and that we ,uphold and maintain the arts nod
proclamations by which the Government, An its civil de
fence, has aimed a death-blow at this gigantic evil. We
are in favor, furthermore, of such an amendment to the
Constitution, to be mode by the people, in conformity
with its provisions, as Shall terminate and forever prohibit
the existence of Slavery within the limits of the jurisdic
tion of the United States.
Sn opposition to the views and principles thus
announced, the representatives of the party in
.opposition to the administration, met at Chicago,
nominated M'Clellan and Pendleton, and erected
a platform, which, among other things, contained
the' following :
" Rooked. That thin convention does explicitly declare.
as the seas° of the American] eople, that after four years
of failure to restore the Union hy the experiment of war,
during which, under the pretence of a military necessity of
war power higher than the Constitution. the Constitution
itself has been disregarded In every part,"and public liber
ty and private right alike trodden down, and the material
prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice. htt.
mantty. liberty-anti publie a Ware demand that immedi
ate efforts be made for n cessatom of hostilities, with a view
to an ultimate convention of all the Staten. or other peace
able means to the end that nt the earliest practicable mo
ment peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal
Union of the States.
FALSE AND TRUE PREDICTIONS OF TIM CAN-
VASE.
During the progress of the campaign of 1r , 64,
the speakers, writers and canvassers filled the
country with their hopes and fears, their opinions
Mid prophecies. In accordance with the platform
of the opposition, their leaders boldly denounced
the war as a Owe, openly proclaimed that the
South ever could he conquered. and that the re
election of Abraham Liacoln would certainly pro
long the war fun at least four years more, and - fill
the land with debt, with shame and disgrace, and
with untold horrors and woes, and finally destroy
the Republic of our fathers and rear a great mili
tary despotism on its ruins. On the other hand,
the friends of the Administration urged that there
could be no safety for the nation, except in a vig
orous prosecution of the war, and that the re elec
tion of Mr. Lincoln would go far and do much to
hasten the overthrow of the rebellion. The result
is before the world. The promises and pledges
of Union men made in 1864, have all been kept
and fulfilled. Those of our political adversaries
have all been dissipated and proved hollow, de
lusive and false. The ballot-Imx exhibited a ma
jority unprecedented in the history of the nation.
The' enemies of liberty in foreign lands stood ap
palled at the result. The friends of the Union
everywhere took new courage. The rebels trem
bled with fear, the heart of the rebellion grew sick
and sank in the bosom of treason, and the sympa
thizers with rebellion in the North hid themselves
away, from the piiblic gaze, and many of them to.
day (limy that they ever advocated the doctrines.
or made the prophecies which they then so earn
estly defended, and so confidently proclaimed.
Thanks to the heroism, courage and skill of
American soldiers; sailors and officers, and to the
God of battles, the war is over, oar nation saved,
and the goqd old Republic BP lives. Peace
has again spread her gentle wings over our once
happy and so beloved land.- The sound of trum
pets, the noise of cannon and muskery, the tread
of armies, the victorious cheers of our brave sol
diers, and the sickening groans of the wounded
and dying are no longer heard in our borders:
The nation, as in former times, comes out of the
fiery ordeal triumphant. and now redeemed and
.vindieated before the world, stands forth more
bright than ever before as a beaconto the down
trodden and oppressed of all lands, as a terror to
t
the tyrants of the h, as an asylum foIN the op
pressed of all nati s and as the wonder and ad
miration of the lo 113 of Freedom everywhere.
art
The grass whit we were told would grow in
the streets of No them cities in case of war,' is
now growing in t e streets where the prophecy
was made, The ruin, poverty and suffering
which were to overtake the people of the North
are resting upon the people who prayed for such
blessings upon our heads. The new paradise
which was tq be discovered to delight the saints
of the "Southern; Confederacy," is filled with
darkness and gloolu, with sorrow and woe. The
large and mighty armies of treason have been
overthrown and - scattered before the larger and
more powerful armies of the Republic. Traitors
and their friends everywhere have been compell
ed to yield to the-greatness: the power, the erier
ity, the resources of the nation, and the courage.
skill and endurance of her heroic sons.
SoMe of the leaders of the rebellion are buried
beneath 'the soil they attempted' to desecrate.
some are 'fugitives in foreign lands, and others
are swarming the National capitol and crawling
into the White House, begging pardons-from the
nom whom of all others in the land. tlM'y have
most fiercely denounced, and most bitterly hate.
The chief of the rebellion himself from his prison
at Fortress 31onroe, surveys the ruin he has
w rought among his own people. and silently and
sullenly awaits the action ut the Nation he vainly
attempted to destroy, to make known to him, in
its own good time, the doom he so richly merits.
In the North, we have prosperity and plenty,
all the evidences of increasjpg power and great
ness,-everywhere present, and the nation surely
and certainly advancing inure rapidly than ever
before in the path of progress. And, notwith
standing all the calamities and sacrifices of four
•years of bloody war—made, more destructive by
the inhumanity and barbarism of. our enemies—
we hare just welcomed to their Mattes more than
one million of brave men who have saved the na
tion and made their names immortal.
THE ISSUES 01' THE PRESENT (AMP
After the settlement of the issue; of thfsl, so
disastrously in the field. and so ON ervklithaingly
at,thi• ballot box against our adversaries, it would
seem most singular that the same questions
he again presented to the people of the Keystone
State. But they have selected their ground and
and gladly accept the challenge. At
the cons ration of their organization,. recently
held at Harrisburg, it was resolved,' that -the
men and the party administering the Govern
-meat since IS6I, have betrayed their trust. viola
ted their sacred obligations, disregarded the craw
mands of the fundamental law, corruptly squan
dered the public money. perverted the Whole
GoVernment from its migmal purposes, and there
by have brought untold calamities upon the coun
try." The measures of the administration of
Abraham Lincoln, so recently endorsed by so
large a majority •ot his countrymen. are here fool
ishly and wickedly denounced by the-members of
this convention, and the people of Pennsylvania
are gravely asked to sanction the act, reverse
their own judgment and repudiate the verdict of
the nation solemnly rendered at the ballot-box.
The Sic Stinger Tyrannis of the ever-to-be ex
ecrated Booth. uttered as he rushed from the
sc e ne of the great crime of the age, conveys no
greater insult to the memory bf Abraham Lin
cola, nor runs more directly counter to the feel
ings and sentiments of his countrymen than does
thi. utterance of the late so-called Democratic
Convention. Let the whole army of freemen
i‘ 'deli marched to victory iu 1664. under the ban
ner of Abraham Lincoln, be again called into the
field, and march to the polls in Octdher. lea:), to
resent the insult to his memory. Let there be
no absentees—no deserters—no stragglers—but
let all the old soldiers, officers and men with a
'host of new recruits be on hand, ready for the
fight.
But our •adversaries were not content to stop
with this resolution. They say in substance and
effect that "war existed as a fact upon the ad
vent of the successful party in ie6o to the scat
of power,"—that "slaughter, debt and disgrace
are the results of our late civil Wia,"—and that.
"no more persons shall he murdered by military
commissions." We had thought that it had been
pretty well settled by the American people that
the war was caused. commenced and forced up
on us by the actions and conduct of traitors. and
that the election of a President according to the
provisions of the Constitution and laws of the
cotmtry, was - no cause of war Whatever. We
'thought. too, that ,success, the glory, greatness
and renown of our common country—the death
of treason, slavery, State sovereignty, and. the
right of secession. and not simply, "dyht, disgrace,
and slaughter" - were results of the war. As the
action of the Military Commission had'cost only
the lives of a few of the assassins of President
Lincoln, and as only a few of the vilest of the
rebels were in danger from similar trials, it is
next to impossible divine a motive for..the hose.
tility of the late convention toward military Tom
missions. It would be uncharitable to intimate
that it originated in sympathy with such Mimi
nals as'Werze or Jefferson Davis.
In contrast with this remarkable platform of
our political opponents, we have that of our-own
representatives, which, among other things, 'con
tains the following:
"The Union Party of Pennsylvania. in State Cons cation
aroembled, deklare:
"1. That as representatives of the loyal people of the
Commonwealth, we reverently desire to offer ow gratitude
to Almighty God, whose favor has vouchsafed victory to
the natioen,Lanus enabled us to eradicate the eriine of sta•
very from mtr land. and to render treason against the Re
public inmetible forevermore; and next to Him, our thanks
are due ankare hereby tendered to our brave soldiers and
sailors. who' by their endnmnce, sacrifices, and illustrious
heroism, have secured to their country peace. and to the
doirretrodden everywhere an asylum of liberty; who have
shown that the war for the restoration of the Union is not
a failure, and whose valor has proven for all time - the fact
that this government of the people, by the people, for the
people, is as invincible in its strength as it is beueficeut in
its openitions."
The doctrine and principles of the party in
1664 have been re-asserted by the convention of
166.-1. It is confidently believed that they will
not be deserted nor abandoned by the people at
the polls in October next. .
CONDITION OF STATES LATELY IN REBELLION
There exists between the two parties, and in
deed among persons of the same political faith,
some difference of opinion in regard to the true
condition and standing of States lately in rebellion
again:it- the Government. It issnot proposed to
discuss the point of difference which mostly in
volves an answer to the question: "Are the States
now, and have they been during the war, within
the Union or not ?" If by •the States" is meant
the soil or territory embraced within their boun
daries, or the space occupied by them upon the
map, then we rejoice to believe that not one inch
has ever yet been or ever can be taken out of the
Union. But it would seem equally clear that the
Government of those States has been wholly and
utterly subverted, and for foneyears and More
have been violent!) hostile and antagonistic to the
Union. We find that on the 20th day of Novem
ber, 18.60, the Attorney General - of the-United
States, (Judge Black,) in an official opinion used
the following language :
"If it be true that war tlvnnot be declared, nor a system
of general horaility - carried on by the Central Government
animist a State then it seems to follow that an attempt to
do so would be ipso faun an avulsion of such State from
the Union, being treated as an alien and an enemy, she
would be compelled to act accordingly'. And if Cougtass
shalt Oink up the prestnt Union by unconditionally putting
strife and Imlay and armed hostility between- different
sections of the country, instead of the domestic trati inilitr.
which the Constitution was meant to insure, will nut all
the States be absolved from the Federal obligations t Is
any portion of the people bound to contribute their money
or their Wood to carry on a contest like that i It to aCksl
dance with this view "Chute States mere expeller] from the
Union" rind if -they mere absolred from their Federal ahli.
gations, it would seem to he pretty clear that they were
mat of the Union"
On the other side of the same question we have
the same authority. At the convention of August
I.4th, 186)5, Judge Black, Chairman or the Com
mittee on Resolutions, reported, among, other
things, the follms -
"That the Stott', could not aUtolre the people from them
Reim! oblwattons, that the State ordinances of &melon
were nullettee, and therefore when the attempted revolution
crone to an end by the submln , 4on of the insurgents, the
States were ns much a part of the Union as they had
been before."
It would seem from these views that when it
suited the convenience, the fancy or perhaps the
wishes of sonic persons to have the insurrection
ary States out of the Union, then they were out;
and when it ICU desirable to have them back
again, then they were iu and bad never been out!
We are sometimes told that the ordinances of
secession Were null and void. It is conceded
that they were illegal and unconstitutional. So
it is M commit murder. But you cannot restore
the life of the victim by 'declaring the illegal act
null and void. It is unlawful to steal ; yet if your
horse be stolen you Cannot bring him back by de
claring ever so earnestly that the act is null and
void..
Concede that the act - of secession was not only,
illegal and-unconstitutional, but also null and void.
them of course, all that followed in pursuance
thereof must be null and void. If the foundation
is removed the • superstructure must fall Itis
matter of history, however, to every one, that in
judges, legislatnres and officers chosen, and all the
September 27, 1865.
laws passed since the commencement of the, re
bellion, were chosen and passed in pursuance of
the ordtnances of secession. Of coarse these an-
Cons are all null and void. }fence we find these
States without Governors, without Judges, with
out Legislatures, and with their entire govern
ment subverted and overthrown. Being, how
ever, a part of the soil and territm7of the nation,
it is for the nation to provide it tJhwerament for
them until their people, freed fnim the odium of
treason, and taught to submit in good faith to the
issue of the contest through which they have just
passed, shall prepare and adopt for themselves a
truly Republican form of government, recognizing
all the great truths vindicated and established by
the blood and treasure of the nation. -.
But it matters hut little as to the opinions we
May entertain in regard to the abstract question,
whether these States are in or out of the .Union,
because it must be conceded, on all bands, that
they have been recognized as belligerents. Our
political adversaries were the first to insist that
these rights should be conceded to them. Foreign
nations seconded the demand, and oar Govern
ment yielded to it and treated them as such.
Lest some one, now that the war is over/Am:ld
insist that they were not in the position of bellig
erent:, let us examine what the highest legal tribu
nal of the country has declared upon the subject.
The Supreme Court of the United States, in
the prize cases recently decided, says:
Vence. in organizing this rebellion, they have arretiel
•State, claiming to be 'sovereign over all perilous and -
rwrty rv:thin their r e spectiverani averting a ri pro ght
tk, abcole their eitirens from their allegiance to the Fed
r,rt I Government.
It is no loose, unorganized insurrection, having nods
lined boundary ar possession. It has a boundary marked
by lines of bavonets, and which can be crossed rally by
force. South of this line Ls enemy's territory, because it Is
elainwil and held in posselosioa by an organized, hostile
nod bolligerant power."
,Had thgre been any doubt before, this would
clearly set the matter at rest. Having enjoyed
the rights of belligerents, shall they avoid the re
sponsibilities and duties and refuse to submit to
the treatment of belligerents 7 What are some
of the liabilities
" The conventions and treaties made with a nation art
broken or aanulled by a war arising between the contend.
leg parties.", Vattel, Book 3, Chap. 10, see.
In discussing the same point, and after Eluding
to a former custom which required a - formal de.
claratlim of war, Phillimore, page 662, says :
, " In the place of it has has arisen the general maxim
that war,,ipso facto, abrogates treaties between the bellig•
t hi the same subject Chancellor Bent says:
As a general rule, the obligations of trestles are dLo
limed. by hostility." 1 Kent, 175.
On this subject Prof. Lieber says, on page 8
“All municipal law of the gronnd on which the armies
stand or of the countries to which they belong Is silent and
of en effect between armies in the field.”
And Sergeant Wildman (page 8) save
•"Che primary effect of war to to extinguLsh all civil in
t..rvourse. and to place all subjects of belligerents In the
condition of enemies. This principle extends not only to
the natural-born subjects; bnt to all persons domiciled in
tip: enemies' territories; to all who come to ratite there
with knowledge of the war ; and who having come to t -
Side before the war continued their residence after the cons.
nieneenient of hostilities for a longer time than Is isecessa
, for their eons - enient departure."
For fear some one might contend that these
principles do-not apply. in cases of civil war, we
add an additional authority:
In considering this question, Vattal,in his Law
of Nations, on pages 424 agA425, uses thislan
gunge : •
When in a republic the nation is divided into two op
i,o,ite factions, and both sides take up arms, this is called
a civil war. - " The sovereign indeed never fails to be-
stun the appellation of rebels on all such of his subjects as
openly resist him; but when the latter have acquired a.
.ufacient strength to give him effectual opposition, and Ob•
life him to carry on the war against them according to
the established rules; he must necessarily submit to tbg
use of the term ' civil war.' On earth they have no ocins•
mon superior, they stand precisely in the raw preditasseat
or tics nations ?rho engage in is contest, and, bei ng unable
o.3ne to an agreement. hare recourse to arm,, "
It is therefore perfectly manifest that these
late rebels are now in a condition of conquered,
subdued belligerents, How may we lawfully
treat them ?
When the war has been unjust, Vattel says:
"The whole right of a conguerorifs derived from Justin•
able self-defence which comprehends the supportand jtra•
ecudon of his rights. When, therefore, het as subdued s
hostile nation, be undeniably may, in the first place, do
bonsai justice respecting the object which has given rise
to the war, and indemnify himself for the expenses and
damages ho has sustained by , it."
" We have a right to deprive our enemy of his posses.
Mon of everything which may augment his strength and
enable him to make war." [p 364. J
" Everything, therefore, which belongs to the nation, to
the state, to the sovereign. to the subject—everything of
that kind. I say, falls under the description of Minot be.
longing to the enemy:' [Page 1253
" A conqueror may with Justice lay burdens on the con.
queretl nation% both as a compensation for The expenses of
the woe and as a punishment." (page 389,)
On this subject one of our own hutheria;Chan
cellor Kent, says:
" But, however strong the of authority in favor
bf the modem and milder construction of the rule of no
fount law on this subject, the point seems to be unlooses
open fur discussion in this country; and It has become de
finitely settled in favor of the ancient and sterner rule by
the Supreme Court of the United States." Rent's Com.,
pap , . 59. Also see Brown r. The United States, 8 Creech
110. See also Ibid., "_.lB, 2'26. -
Kent, in the same ;connection, in referring to
the ease of the cargo of the ship Emulous, 1 Gat.
lison, 563, in the Circuit Court of the United
States, at Boston, says: -
When the case was brought np, on appeal, before the
Supreme Court of the United States, the broad principle
was assumed, that war gave to the sovereign full right to
titl.e the persons. and confiscate the property of the enemy
wherever found: and that the mitigstiona of this rigid
rule, which the wise and humane policy of modern times
kind introduced into practice, might, more or less, affect
the exercise of the right, but could not impair the light
TREATMENT OF REBELS
We have thus seen how we may legally treat
those lately in rebellion against us. How shoat(
we treat them ? All will admit that we desire to
act towards them in such a way as best to pro
mote the welfare of the people and add most to
the greatness and glory of our common country.
It will depend much upon our action whether the
war just closed, the most gigantic in the world's
history, shall produce substantial results, or
whether the blood and treasure of the nation have
been shed and expended in vain. We must be
merciful, but mercy must be tempered with jus
tice. Indiscriminate mercy to the enemy would
be danger and injustice to the nation. We mast
neither seek nor ask for 'vengeance. Whenever
our late adversaries come in a true spirit of sor
row and repentance, sheath the sword and agree
to obey the law, in the. future we will extend to
them the right hand of fellowship, and forgive
them thr the past. After they shall have given us
satisfactory security for the future, by a reason
ble probation, wo will then, hat not till then, re.
store them to the enjoyment of all the inestimable
rights and high priviltges which they so recently,
so defiantly, and so causelessly trampled under
their feet. For defiant and uhyieldingrebels; for
those who keep the sword still drawn, reeking
With the blood of our brothers ; for thoseitho re-
Case to accept and submit, in good faith, to the
results of the war; for those who glory in the
part they took in the rebellion, and all who insist
that they were right and the nation wrong, we
must have confiscation, loss of citizenship, and in
the end, banishment, or the halter. - Under the
law of nations, and by the laws of war, we have a
clear right to enforce the great objectaof afters
—indemnity for the past, and security for the fu
ture. This right extends to the coat Bastion of
the enemy's property after the war is over-
Even as a question of policy and expediency, or
upon the ground of humanity, it is by no meant
certain that some such measure is nut required
for the security of the futUre. This war is not
ended until the conquered party has fairly so.
opted all its results. As we have seen, we /Ad
the late rebel States by the power of war as con
quered belligerents, It is nut only the right, but
the solemn duty of the government to hold these
belligerents in the military grasp until all shall be
demanded and obtained which may be necessary
to secure the nation io the future, and render
another rebellion or another warimpossible. In
accomplishing these ends, who could reasonably
complain it it should be found necessary to confis
cate the property of the rich, influential and active
traitors. It the aristocratic elements of the South
will not be taught to obey the laws, let its power
and influence be taken from it by taking away its
wealth. What loyal man could object, that by
means of this fund, a few of comforts, if not the
luxuries of life, should be added to the tables of
those widows throughout the land whose firesides
have been made desolate by the war, or rather by
treason which caused it? Who would object,
that the bounties nod pensions of our soldiers, by
whom the victory was won and the nation saved,
should be increased, and a trifle added to the pe
cuniary compensation so justly due them fot the
sacrifices made 1 Who could object, that by
means of these funds, so justly forfeited, a large
portion of our national debt stMuld bo paid, and
the taxes of all classes of our people diminished,
and a part of the heavy load imposed upon the
shoulders of our people by treason, thus re mov ed
by treason itself? The rich men of the &la—
the aristocracy of the rebellious States, are almost
entirely responsible for the rebellion. For cen
turies they have been living in ease and luxurt,
sustained, supported and enriched by the sweat
and toil of the slave. Our so-called Democratic
adversaries tell us that the war was fur the negro,
and fur the abolition of slavery. If this be tun,
would it not seem to be a just judgment or decree
of an overruling Providenoe, that the fruits of the
negro's labor and toil should thus be wrested from
the hands of his master to purchase aid secure
his 'own freedom.