trattitin epositotg. Wednesday, October 4,1885. UNION-STATE TICKET. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, OEN. JOHN F. HAFITILILISFF, gaMsratgomery FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, COL. JACOB N. CAWPRELL, of Cambria. UNION DISTRICT TICKET. FOR STATE SENATOR, DAVID N'CONAUGHT; of Adam• FOB ASSEMBLY, VOL. F. O. STIPRRAILGH. of Franklin. CAPT. GEORGE A. SHEMAIi, of UNION COUNTY- TICICE`T. FOR SHERIFF, CAPT. JOHN DIEHLF.H. Chambersburg. FOR TRE.UMBER, W. JOHN ELANSLER, St Tluotrau, FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. COL. D. WATSON ROWL,Antrim. FOR SURVEYOR ENIAIMEL Mani, Chamberabarg. FOR COMMISSONER, DANIEL SKINNER, Fa me% FOR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR, /AMEX H. CLAYTON, Washington. • s FOR AUDITOR, BARIUM W. NEVIN. Southampton. FOR CORONER, • D. CHARLES I'. ILMUIF.AIt, Green. A LAST APPEAL. CITIZENS OF FRANSLTN COUNTY ! An other and an important election is at hand; one which appeals to every voter for de liberate, intelligent, unprejudiced action. Indifference on the part of any citizen at such a time is criminal. The right of suf frage is an inestimable privilege, but it is a great error to suppose that it is a privi lege that the good citizen can exercise or not, as he feels inclined. The duty to ex ercise it whenever occasion offers is an imperative one, and that man who fails , to do so, through indifference or neglect, disregards an obligation he owes to his government. There has never been an election, under our present system of government, so un important as to release the citizen from this oblfgation. The interests of society or the State are always either to be pro : . moted or prejudiced by the election or de feat of one or other of the contending par ties. It is impossible in the .nature of things to have'suich matters so evenly bal anced that the citizen is left without a preference. If weighed in the balance one or other of the tickets will strike the beam. There is always sure ih be some congderation that will incline the balance. Never were parties farther from an equi poise than they are this Fall. The oppos ing candidates have not equal claims upon you, - nor can the sentiments of both com mend themselves to the honest judgment of the same mind. The issue is one made up of individual qualification and merit, vital principle and moral effect. You are familiar with the oppoSing parties and yen - ',mow their respective candidates. ' Yon know that one side is represented in this campaign by men who have been faithful to their country in her greatest trial, some of whom have deserved the .gratitude of their countrymen by services in the field and others by faithful adher ence to her cause at home; and yon know that the other side asks preferment for men whose course during the time of In ' tionaltroubles indicated a sympathy with our enemies, and whose efforts were given more to retard, than to help on the work -of conquering rebellion. Can you hesitate as to which of these you will give yiiur support? Would it not be base ingrati tude to open the doors of preferment to it men who turned their backs upon the go vernment when it was in datiger, and to close - it upon those who in that crisis ren dered her what assistance they could? The ticket the Union party presents to you is unexceptionable. The State ticket bears the names of two of our moskemi • nent soldiers, who have gathered their • honors where the danger was greatest, - : while the District and County tickets are composed of the names of men all of .Ivhom have given evidence of their patriotism . by services on the field or by faithful ad herence to their countiy's cause at home, and who are well quiilified to discharge the duties of the offices for which they are " candidates. Then again, have you the honor and credit of your STATE and NATION at; heart? If you bare, will you aid that party that seeks to establish them both on an endu 4ing basis of peace and' prosperity, by reaping the rich fruits of the nation's tri umph, that endeavors to maintain their honor and integrity by enabling them to redeem every pledge of citizens and sol diers, and that is pledged to advance the interests of labor everywhere ; or will you support that party whose whole purpose is to give victory to the conquered, to de stroy your national credit and bring you agaiuunder the power of the spirit of SLA vERVI You have to choose for yourselves. The Union party never made you a pledge that it has not faithfully redeemed. Your memories are treacherous indeed, if son have forgotten how often the Demo cratic party have broken the word of promise to your hope. The latter now seeks power through the aid of the very menwho were most active in inaugurating rebellion, and promises to restore them to the supremacy that Democratic sub serviency gave them before the war. Its sympathies are just as much with these men now as whet► your capital was be sieged or your State invaded ; and for a poor mess of official pottage it is willing to barter off the grand results of the war, which were purchased at such a fearful cost. and to .sigrendar, into.. the hands of; the vanquished'thi4l4idiss eon queror. Shall the4ower of this govern ment pasis into thei'hands'of men Who ac.:` Imowledged allegice to such a party I If you permit it, your troubles have only commenced. If you wish to secure peace and prosperity to the Republic Yon Masi commit its government into the hands of its friends, and exclude from place and power all who symyathize with its enemies. SOLDIERS ! OUT cause appeals to you for your active, undivided support. DE MOCRSCY has no cla' s upon son. It has merited your stern • rebuke. Remember how it attem=pted to disfranchise you when you were braving the dangers of the field, and how it used every means to Weaken you and stregthen your enemies. It nevelt°. joiced when you achieved a victory nor wept when disaster overtook you. It op posed every effovt, that was made to strengthen your ranks, and denounced you as hirelings and mercenaries. • You triunthed over your enemies with field and earned a nation's thanks. The price of that victory was the lives of your noble comrades, the ghastly wounds of others and the heroic labor of all. Will you now permit that enemy, aided by the cupidity and subservience of the DEMOC RACY, to reap the fruits of the victory yon gained I You saved the REPUBLIC by your bullets, assist it now with your ballots. You acted well your part as sol diers, let the same love of Country, and devotion to freedom characterize you as citizens. One and all, stand firm. UNION ' MEN OF FRANKLIN COUNTY ! You made for yourselves a glorious rec ord during the last four years of danger and trial to the Republic. You contri buted both blood and treasure in patriot ic abundance to the defence of your Gov ernment, and suffered uncomphin' ingly the fortunes of war, that the Government might live. You performed your entire duty with a fidelity which willbe remem bered and extolled by those who come after you. Will you falter now when there are no hardships to , be endured, no exactions are demanded / Will you, by supineness and indifference, permit the old enemy yon have so often van quished to triumph in this contest I We trust not. Victory is within your grasp. Exert yourselves to the end that a full vote may be polled and all will be well. A large majority of the voters of our County are pndeniably with us and noth ing but disgraceful lethergy on your part can give success to your enemy. We entreat you to do your whole duty as citizens, and to exert yourselves as men having a due regard for the honor of your Stati! and the general welfare of the people. UPON our friends in the various districts of the county, let us impress one matter importance : that, if their own district is disorganized, apathetic, or indifferent in its preparations for the campaign ; if they find themselves not prepared or not able to do as well this fall as formerly, they must not expect the balance Of the county to compensate their want - of ener gy and faithfulness. Generally speaking, you can judge of the condition of things elsewhere by the situation at home. If Your own district is well organized and thoroughly awake to the issues involved; if you know of several changes in it favor able to the cause, or of conversions, or reasons for an increase of. vote, you may safely presume that these are general in dications of popular sentiment, and•not confined to a single section. But if ..you hear that a neighboring district will do well, do not, upon any account, rely upon it to do your work. Emulate its gallantry, and perform achievements as great or greater. Let us urge it - upon you, fellow citizens, that you look at home, in your own districts, and prepare to do better this fall than ever before. . "The Colonel is as desponding in regard to the result in the State as he is in relation to the county."—: Spirit. JUST about as near the truth as the Spirit usually gets—that is just in direct antagonism with it. This journal has steadily urged the Union men not to be defeated by supineness. There are more' Union voters in-the State to-day than last year, but we want no doubtful Verdict when we, have an overwhelming majority of the, honest vote of the State. Davis and Linton will fall 20,000 to 30,000 below Welellan's vote. Give us a full vote and the last vestige of Democracy will be wiped out. LET it be remembered that the Demo crats of this State who are now 'bedaubing President, Johnson with fulsome praise, and who also through their late address to the people, claim that the only way to sustain hint is to vote the Democratic tick et, but a few short months since, denounc ed him as a "boorish tailor," and that in Slarch, 186-1, by a strict party vote, the Democratic members of the Legislature refused to grant him the Hall of the House of Representatives at Harrisburg, in which to tell the tale of his persecutions and suf. ferings, ' i t Tennessee, and to advocate the cause his country. WHEN tile rebels invaded Pennsylvania in 1863, Mr. McConanghy devoted his whole time and energies to aid the Union army. Mr. Duncan was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention, anti voted to condem\i his own - govtraent, but nod a word of denunciation was given toihe re,hels who then - occupied one-own soil. Vote for McConaughy. WnEN Col. Elder fell at Frederick:4- ,11,,0we led the cothmand: most herole4ly 4igam* at the enemy, and agaltr et Chaneellornille. Vote for Rove. - Clit franklin latpositorp, 414anibtroburg, REBELLION, treason, and-eivil war are siiinbltlinked-vith the name of De mocracy. Under Democratic ascendancy the conspiracy was conceived and matur ed. Under a Democratic administration it ripened. By Democratic chiefs it was directed. By Democratic politicians it was defended and excused. By a Demo &sale Contention was declared trium pliant—and by Democratic papers and speakers the theories -from which the re bellion sprang, are still justified and ad vocated. TEM Spirit says that "CoL McClure, a leader in the State, a man of character, position and influence, could not induce the Republicans in the legislature to pass a relief bill.", Well, if McClure, with all his "character, position and influence" could not do it, what sort of a figure would Duncan cut in managing a Republican leg islature t The Senate will be Republican in any_event. Could Duncan or McCon &Thy best control its action R. ALEX. STEW ART, of - SilippellSbllTg. is e Union candidate for Senator in the York aid Cumberland district. He is one of the mo,eintelligent and faithful Union ists in 916 section of Pennsylvania, and we trust the Union men of Cumberland and York will rally earnestly to the sup port of their ticket. They cannot hope to succeed, but let them do their whole duty by giving to DrStewart such a vote as will demonstrate Mc increasing power of the loyal sentiment of the district. THE Harrisburg Patriot is echoed as follows in relation to this journal. : So up - and be doing Democrats ! One of the West and shrewdest of your opponents admits as aboreaour power to carry the State." We do admit that if the Democrats poll their - whole vote, and the Union men poll but two-thirds of theirs, the State might be lost. If there is anything particularly able or shrewd in that, we are justly en titled to it. Carr. DCEBLE It fought gallantly at the ,head of his company until lie fell seriously wounded and disabled for life, and when at home he voted to enable his brave comrades to have a choice in their rulers. Where was Mr. Boyd. Ile neither fought with the soldiers nor voted for them.— Vote for ambler. FA_auzits! you who hold thousands of dollars of government securities, would you - have your government credit impair ed, and your bonds depreciated in value? If the Democrats A - the North and the re bels of the South attain power it will he the end orgoveruinent credit. Vote the Union ticket. "WE can't pay oiu• debt," say Demo cratic grumblers.• Why not then take the property of those who wantonly made the debt and let it fall upon those who created it ? The rebels made war and loaded us with debt—let it be theirs to pay! Then our governmpt credit will be free from peril. • Tim - vote of ever- wounded soldiery will have a great influence in deciding whether the pension he now receivs shall be continued to his death. lb Member wounded soldier, the Democratic leaders have bat one step more, to.insure the re pudiation of your pensions. Give them power and they will repudiate. TIIE Democrats hypocritically profess devotion to President Johnson to throw Union men off their guard, and persuade them that the issues are unimportant, so that they may win a victory by default. Let there be a full Tote Rolled. and it will be the death-knell of the Democracy. MR. STENGER did not vote to allow our soldiers the right to cast their ballots for civil rulers. Col. Rowe fought with them in the field and voted for them at home. Let the soldiers remember their friends, and their enemies on Tuesday next: NonTunra: Democrats and Southern rebels are seeking to regain power in the government. They had power in 1856-60 and gave us treason, secession, war and four thousand millions of debt. Vote the Union ticket. COLON - KJ, Silt;3rnAt - tin hastened to join Grant at'Shiloh and aided in taming the tide of victory on that blood. field' When at home he voted as he fought—for the soldiers and the Union. Vote for Stum baugh. McCoNAuunY has the character, the ability and the experience to command respect and success in defending the in terests of the border in the Senate. Vote for McCoMiughy. =IN not a single county in this State, as far as our observation goes, where the Democracy have "a sure thing of it," liar e they placed a soldier ou their local ticket. 864 the kS'pirit pronounce d President Johnson a "boorish tailor." Now it asks voters to vote the Democratic ticket be cause its friends support the President. Mn. M'CoNAtratrr voted to confer the right of suffrage upon our gallant solPers. Mr. Duncan did not. For whom will the soldiers and their friends vot for Senator THE Inge is not 'whether Negroe's shlla vote, kit:whether blood-stained rebels in the Southern States shall vote and rule. Vote the Unbin ticket. GEN HARTRANFT recaptured Fort Stf;adman last spring, and he will re-cap tute-the Auditor General's °Mee on Taes text. Vote for Illartranft.:_ COL. CAMPBELL gallantly led his regi ment or his brigade in nearly all the san guinary battles in Virginia. Vote for Campbell. Cot. ST,UMBAI:d4.I was among the first of Gen. Buell's troops to . reinforce Grant at Shiloh. Vote for Stumbaugh. ITl.nox men! vote early ALLL'HASSLER entered the service and won a commission by his soldierly quali ties. Vote for Hassler. CAPT. SnrarAN volunteered, as a private and won a captaincy by his heroism in the field. Vote for Shuman. CAPT. DCFAILER fell - while leading the fearful charge at Fredericksburg, and is disabled for life. Vote for Dcebler. 1.7-xtoN men, vote early, and see that the entire Union vote of your district is polled., _IV"oe the Union ticket. LET no sluggard Unionist forget to vote on Tuesday next. Vote the Union ticket. TUE National credit must be maintain - ed. Vote the Union ticket. UNION men! see that every Union vote is polled in your district. , • llNtox men! see thfit soar neighbors rote. POLL a full vote and the Union ticket is safe. SCANDAI. A few wegks ago a Mr. Robert M'Ganghy pub lished tr card in the Gettysburg Compiler, in which ho charged Mr. M'Conaughy, the Union candi date for Senator in this distrist, with professional dishonesty.iin withholding from him a patent deed, which he had employed Mr. M'Conanghy to pro cure for him. Below we publish a card from Mr.. M'Conaughy in reply. It needs no eminent from us. He stood in no need of a vindication' with men who are acquainted with his professional character. The charge brought against him may have been conceived in malice, or it may have been prompted by a misapprehension of the facts, resulting from Mr. M'Gaughy's own ignorance; and made public through Democratic lose of scandal and abuse. Mr. M'Conaughy has charity_ enough to ascribe it to the hitter. It is, not the first time that a kind action has been re-paid with base ingratitude : Mu. EIYITOR AND Tim RUC :—ln 1857, , at the request of Robert M'Gaughy, I,sent forward a Certificate of location of 1.20 acres of land in Case county, lowa, to responsible Laud Agents at Council Bluff's, with request to see after the title and,pay the tax for Mr. M'Gaughy. The Certifi cate, as the Agents informed me, was duly record ed in the County where the lands were; and they paid the taxes for 1857, and Mr. M'Gaughy re paid me $5,00, the amount of the taxes and the Agents' charges. More recently Mr. M'Gaughy inquired after the paper. I advised him that his title was perfectly good, and was on record ; and upon turning to my Agents' reports, I there found and so informed him. that the Agents had every year since 1857, paid his taxes forhiru on his land, out of my monies in their hands, which I desired him to repay me, but which he has not yet done. During the confused s ears of the war this matter (as also my own land matters) almost escaped my attention. But .dace, I wrote requesting - the Agents to see after and send forward Mr., Mo- Ganghy's Letters Patent, for which the Certifi cate had to be surrendered. It has been held, that the recording of the Certificate of location makes the title perfectly gooit'and I so informed Mr. M'Gaughy. I also, since, wrote the Agents to procure a certified copy of the Recorded Cer tificate, as an evidence of his title—than-which he need have no bette; and which he will no doubt receive, In all this matter thave not been compensated, but, on the other hand, taxes to the amount of between $3O and $4O have been advanced for Mr. M'Gaughy out of my funds. It is no fault of mine that the desired jumper has not been sent for_ ward. What I did. 1 regarded as a matter of accommodation to him. It luas well meant. He has fallen into had hands, and has been iniposed upon when not in a condition nf mind to fully un• derstand the objects and motives of the writer of his communication, and has been wade to attempt to do an injury to a friend, which will fall short of its math. and which he should, andl hope will, regret. D. WCONAuCtiY.. AN INSULT TO TILE lIEROES 01' GET• TYSBeRG It is admitted, on all sides, ttiat Maj: Gen. Meade's great victory at Gettysburg, saved Penn sylvania from utter devastation, and no doubt res• cued the other Middle and Eastern States from in vasion by au infuriated horde of drunken rebels. The battle of Gettysburg was one of the most brilliant achievements of the . age, and the glory which Meade won on that occasion was shared by every gallant soldier Who' fought under his command. Yet, in the facir .- of these !facts—con vinced that .Meade's victory had saved the homes , and firesides of Pennsylvania from' desolation, blood-stain arid polution—it was reserved for the Copperheads in the Pennsylvania Senate to oppose and defeat a resolution rendering thanks to Gen. Meade and his army, for their great service on the battle-field. The following extract from the Legislative Record for 1864, page 24, places the Copperheads in their true position of ingratitude to the soldiers : MM. GEN. GEO. 0. MEADE AND . THE ARMY OF TIIE POTOMAC. - Mr. M'Candless. I offer the following resolu tion : Res°lrcd. That the people' of Pennsylvania. through their representatives, tender their pro found and heartfelt thanks to Maj. Gen. George 0. Meade and the Army of the Potomac•, for re lieving our native Stato from the tread of the rebel hordes, and hurling them back from tho im mortal field of Gettysburg, and while we thus teuder our thanks to the noble living, we revere the memory of thu immortal dead who sacrificed their lives on the holy altar of their beloved coun try. On the question, Will the Senate proceed to a second reading of the resolution ? The yeas and nays were required by Mr. Don neon and Mr. Stark, and were'aft follows, viz: YEAsL—Messrs. Champneyg; Connell, Dunlap, Fleming, Graham , Hoge, I loureholder, Johnson, Lowry, Isl'C:undies's, Nichols, Ilidgt ay, Turret, Worthington and Penny, Speaker-16. NAYS—Messrs. Beardslee,- Bucher, Clymer, Donovan, Glatz, Hopkins, Kinsey, Lamberton, Latta, llPSfitrry, Montgomery, Reilly, Smith, Stark, Stine and ,‘Vallaee-16. So the question was determined in the nega tive. Can any soldier support the candidates of a party thus ungrateful for victories won by the sac rifice of many hundreds of noble lives ATTEM MED ASSASSINATION Deliberate and evidently Preeoncerted efforts were made to assassinate Gills. Grant and Sher man on the 27th ult. .While Gen. Grant was re turning from Indianapolis at an early Min r on that morning, a switch at the end_ of a curve at Guil ford had been turned intentionally . , and the car in which the General rode was thrown from_ the track, and dragged swine distance, but no one was injured. Abdut the same time a train on the Ohio and Mississippi road, carrying Geu. Sher man, was thrown from the track this 'side of Lawrenceburg. No Due Ns as injured. •The Philadelphia Etching Telegraph thus per tinently inquires where rebel savagery is to end and what is its true ihnedy : "We publish elso4 here a despatch from the As sociated Press which proclaims to the world the fact-that the day of assassination has not passed; that the ied hand of murder is not yet satisfied; that the great men of our nation are not yet 'nee, but that they hold their lives in their hands.= Yesterday two simultaneous attempts were made to effect the murder of Lieutenant-Gem Grant and Brevet Lieutenant-General Sherman. While they were travelling outwit different roads, two endeavors were made to secure their destruction) With them would have perished all the occupants of the trains, and hundreds of lives would have been sacrificed. "Will this diabolical spirit never be qUelled?— Willjustice never be administered? Thelalse leniency which is being shown encourage!' to acts of murder and mssnination the cowardly:ruffians who, defeated in open fight, nand -seek in dark ness their. revenge. - .Let - tho. scoundrels who made these attempts be captured, convicted, and hung at once, without the king tedium of legal technicality. If an eittunpb3 is made perhapslhe mania will be subdued. '•ln this connection we ask, Will any of the late Rebels be punished 1 A general forgiveness will endanger the life of every American whose talents have raised him to a position of fame. Shall the Venetian terror and the Venetian proverb, that with elevation comes assassination, become Amer ican Shall late Rebels become Borgias, and we tamely submit ?" WASHLNGTON The Werze Triail—Leading BebelsSmn= mooed to Appear before the Commis. Most—The Raab for Pa rdons—Rebeis Applying for Appointments—Complex ion of the next Congress—ProvostNar "hal Offices Abolished—Expiration of the time Probibittag theßemoval of Bodies---The Christian and Sanitary Commissions. Correspondence of the Firm:Win Repository. XLIL! WAEHINGTON CITY, September3l, Nothing new in the Werze trial has been brought to light during the past week. Though 'the defense have used all sorts of strategy and summoned all sorts of witnesses to their aid, no thing yet has been educed very favorable to the prisoner. Tbus far the main point of the defense has been to prove that Werze only acted as di rected by his superior officer, Gem Winder, and he is responsible and not 'Worse. This has been done to some extent, but not sufficient as yet to clear Werze of any of the inhuman cruelties prov ed against him. We learn that rebel official doc uments have been discovered of great importance, tending to give much light on the moduli operandi of working that diabolical prison pen. Letter' pre,sseopies of original letters and documents fix the crime of many of the worst cruelties there practised on high rebel officials. Yesterdiy sub poenas were issued and an officer dispatched to summon before the Court Gen. Lee, Joe John ston, Howell Cobb, Robert Ould,'ex-Governor Mown, of Georgia, and other noted rebel leaders. The testimony of these persons will'be looked for with interest, and will no doubt be very lengthy. Yesterday the White House was again besieged by applicants for pardon, both male and female. Such a vast:number of applications had accumu lated that the President ordered a stamp fac-sim ilie of his signature, by which means he can rush through pardons at the rate of a thousand per day should it be necessary, and it will undoubtedly he necessary if all applications and I., , ranted, which from present appearances is quite likely. These Febels fire generally all prepared to swear any and everything, first to get a pardon and then to get an office. Several rebeltoldiers' applications for clerkships in the Departments have been received and a few it is said have been appointed. Hun dreds of noted secesh women are seeking clerk ships in the treasury department i The complexion of the next Congress is a mat ter \of considerable gossip among the southeners now here. In the Senate 25 States are now rep resented by 33 Unionists and 11 Democrats. Ac cording to the.party division that existed before the war the House stands 140 Unionists to 41 Democrats. Should all the Southern States now without representation, whose Senators and mem bers are yet to be elected, choose candidates op posed to universal suffrage, and shduld they all be admitted, the Senate will stand 47 Union ists to 27 Democrats; and the House 150 Union ists to 92 Democrats. This is consoling Informa tion for the copperheads. Prominent Democrats who are here figuring with the southerners say that there will be a majority of' ten in favor of admitting the southern members who will come here prepared to take the test oath. It is very doubtful if any of them be admitted under any consideration whatever during its coming ses- The Provost Marshal officers of Alexandria, Fairfax Court House and Fort Albany have been abolished and the records of the same turn over to Col. Ingraham. To-day expires ty limitation the oer oP the Government antherities prohibiting the disinter ment and tetnoval North of the. bodies of the Union soldiers who are 'Mined in the different cemeteries in this vicinity. A great m'ny bodies null un denbtedly be removed by relatives and friends during the fall months. The Christian Commission closed business yes terday turning over to the Freedmen's Bureau the stock of goods remaining on hand. The Christian Comndssion has been a noble and,a great institution. With haudreds of thoUsands of dol lars less than the Sanitary Commission it has done much snore and efficent work. Itis held in much more esteem by the soldiers. The Sanita ry Commission is also about to close its labors.— It is not so liberal with the goods remaining on hand, preferring to sell them off at auction and raising a cash fund, It has now over $400,000 - in money. It is a query what will be — dtine 'with this surplus money on hand. As the war has en ded it is no use keeping up a lot of high salaried officers. The Secretary of the Treasury has gone to In diana on a two weeks leave. Our city is very dull. No trade or business of any kind in operatian. And yet the Hotels are as much crowded as if Congress was in session There is scarcely a room to be had. Four-fifths of all the guests are SoutlMmers and many of them 'have engaged rooms already for the whole winter. C. From the Perry Freeman COI. F. S. STUMBAtiGH This gentleman, one of the Union Legislative candidates of this (Perry and Franklin) district. made a flying visit to our Borough on last Satur day. Time did not permit him to visit many pla ces hi Perry. He caniTrom Harrisburg by Rail road. made a brief call at Duncannon, and passed through Newport, Bloomfield, and Landisburg on his return. lie would have been pleased to have rnade)t he acquaintance of our Perry people, in gen eral ,Aut it was considered that, between this and thesileetion, he could be of nowe - advantage to the _gduse by giving his personal attention to Franklin. Stambaugh has very agreeable manners, and a frank honest look, which win him the con fidence and respect of people where he is known. He is a good man. There is no mistake in that. He is a lawyer in good standing at the Chambers burg Ban He is not alaney soldier, or a paper officer. He has seen active service. in the field ; was one of the first in the field in defence of the Union, and only left the service when obliged to do so by ill health. As Colonel of the 77th Pa. Volunteers, ho was distinguished as an officer; and, as we recollect the report, commanded a Bri gade at the Battle of Pittsburg Lauding, in so skil ful a manner as to elict the highest praises of his superior officers. As a man, he is moral, honest and honorable ; as a soldier, he was brave and pa triotic: and as a politician, he comes up fully to the Jeffersonian test of qualifications. Thu Union ince of Perry will heartily give him their support; for his conduct and services, both civil and military, merit their support. Capt. Shuman, his colleague on the ticket, is so well known in this county, that it were superflu ous to make any extended remarks in relation to him. Cite Shuman and Stambaugh your firm support. L; Lancaster County, where the Democrats have not the remotest chance of election, they have eight colliers on their ticket; in Barks, where they are sure of electing, they have not nominated a singlemne! Snch hypocrisy towards the colliers is more insulting that the late Demo eras elflike of our gallant boys in blue. If the Democrats think the soldiers are such greenies pa to be caught by such miserable chaff, they will probably have their calculations spoiled on Tuesday next. - Soldiers will not sell themselves to Democrats at the cheap price of a nomina tion for an office where there no prospect for an election. , THE banks of Virginia are in anything but a satisft,ctory condition. They own too much rebel paper. The Exchange Bank of Virginia, which has branches all over the State, reports $150,000 in specie, and $6,700,000 in Confederate Bonds; the bank of Virginia, $ 300,000 in specie, and $ B ,- 000,000 Confederate bonds. HAVE DpERMIEA , ,iMn& TO, We give below: lewithy 7 itigument - from: - .,the pen of Mr. Cessna;Chiiitnan of Ihelliiort ben. tral committee; (iii de' cfflutitatfaait3' . " 44 the Act of Congress disfranchising deserters. The crowded state of our columns compels us to owit certain pc:Ail:36ot it, bat we have tried to pre sene the lint of the argument unbroken.. It is just itiett I p6per as 6 Would etOectrfrOmlifiable lawyer like Mr. Ce a, and ass fair examination and interpretation fa law that has too long been defied, it will commend itself to all impartial minas : , "On the subject of elections, the .Constitution of Pennsylvania provides : 1= "SECTION' L—ln elections, by the eitiress every white freeman, of the age of twenty-one years, hash* resided In this State one year, and in the election district where lie of ten, to vote ten days immediately preceding such election, and within ttro years paid a State or County tax, which shall have - been assessed at least ten days before the elec- Lien shall enjoy the rights of an elector; bar a citizen of the United Stfurco who had previously been a qualified vo ter of this State, and removed therefro. and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district, and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitl t atitafter zeal ding in the State six months ; Provided, t white free men, citi:eno of the United States, the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years, and having resided in the State one year, and in the election disteict ten days, as aforesaid,' shall be entitled to vote, although they shall not have paid taxes." It is important here - to observe that it is not all white men that are entitled to vote, but whitefree• men. Throughout the entire section the words " citizens of the United States" are used in the same connection, and it is apparent that the word " freemen" used in this section is equivalent to the word citizens. In the case of the State of Tennessee vs. Ain breve, 1 :Dleigs' 8..337, the Supreme Court of the_ United States held that the word " freemen" used in the Constitution of Tennessee was equivalent to the word citizen. This is, of course, conclu sive on. this point. Durin4 the progress of the war for the suppres sion of the rebellion, various laws were passed to raise au army sufficient for the purpose. It was found that some persons resorted to different dis reputable...ways to avoid the draft, and otheri serted the' service. To prevent a repetition of the former, and to punish the latter offence, Congress enacted a law partly as follows, viz; "An Aci to amend the several acts heretofore passed to proride for the enrolling and tolling oat of the national forces, and for other purposes." Approved March 3, 151i5. " SErr. 21. 'Tftat in addition to the other lawful penal ties of the crime of desertion from the military or naval service, all persons who have deserted the military or naval service of the United States. who shall not return to said service, or report themselves to a Provost Marshal within sixty days after the proclamation hereinafter mentioned, shall be deemed and taken to have voluntarily relinquish ed and forfeited MEM Ricans OF LT117.4.;%51111., and their rights to become citizens; and such Deserters shall be for ever incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under the United States, or of curcising any rights of citizens thcorof ; and all persons who shall hereafter desert the mil. laity or naval service, and all persons who, being duly en rolled. shall depart the jurisdiction of the district in which be is ebrolled, Or go beyond 'hell/ills of the United States, with intent to Avoid any draft into the military or naval set s ice duly ordered. shall be liable to the penalties of this section. And the President is hereby authorised and re quired forthwith, on the passage of this act, to Issue his proclamaticin setting forth the provisions of this section, in which proclamation the President is requested to notify all Deserters returning within sixty days as aforesaid, that they shall be- pandonßl on condition of returning to their regiments and companies, or blanch other organ- lions as they may be assigned to, until they shall have served for a period of time equal to their original term of enlistment.". In pursuance of:that Act of Congress, Presi dent Lincoln issued his Proclamation. If this Art of Congress fit, constitutional, and applies to those persons who; before its passage, had been citizeas of Pennsylvania, and are guilty of the offences described m the Act, then it is per fectly clear that such persons have forfeitedtheir rights of citizenship, and cannot vote. We hold that the Act of Congress is strictly constitution al. Prior to the passage of the Act of 1860 (Penal Code).a convict, who had served his time in pris on, could not vote. The first article, eigth section, of the Constitu tion of the United States, among other things, declares: • CongreAs shall have power—. "2. To ley-and collect taxes, duties, imposts and exci ses:to pay the debts, and provide for the casunan. defence and general wetfore of the United Staten. "3. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization. "19... To deClare war. 'l3. To raise and support armies. "15. To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval faeces. "16. To prdvide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, streettEss slienttnEctioss and re pel irtramione. "19. To make alt laws which shall be neeessary'and proper for carrying into Crtett62ll. the foregoing powers, end all other powers vested by this Constitution in the GoVernment of the United States, or In any department or °Mee thereof." Prior to the passage of the Act of 1865, which imposes the penalty of loss of citizenship upon Deserters, Congress had passed several Acts for the "raising of armies" and to "suppress insur rections," and had also made "-certain rules for the regulation of the land and naval forces."— Chief among these was the Act of March 3,1863, usually known as the "Conscription Act," a part of the provisions of which are hereinafter inset , . red. The constitutionaPpower of Congress to pass this Alt, and:their general power to raise armies, are fully vindicated and sustained by the SII -preme Courtier Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia cases reported in 9th Wright, 295 and following. In-these opinions the liability of drafted men to the rules and regulations of war are clearly set forth. The constitutionality of the law cannot be doubted. We are equally clear that it applies to citizens of Pennsylvania, and that a person can not lose his `'intizenship of the United States" and retain his citizenship of Pennsylvania. 'We find in the Constitution_ of the United States : , "ARTICLE FL "SErnON COI% - nruTioN, AND THE LANs OF THE UNITED STATES, WTEICH SHALL Dt SLADE LR POMO ANcE TILEREOF; sad all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, SHALL BE THE sUFRE.WE LAW OF THE LAND; and the Judges In eve ry State shall he bound thereby, anything in die Conati- Ittl101; or km.. of any State to the =lran , notritiattout. jog." The Supreme Court of the United States have ruled as follows: ';Since the adoption of the Constitution no State can, by any subsequent law, make a foreigner, er any other des minion of persons, citizens of the United States, nor enti tle them to the tights and privileges secured to citizens by that instrument" 19 Row., 393 - ; also, 9.1 Law Rep., It is a well _established fact, and indeed a con stitutional command, that the system of naturali zation shall be , general, and no State can regulate the subject to suit its own views. It it not pos sible that any person can be a citizen of the State in which he lives, and not be a citizen of the United States. Nor is it possible that he can be a citizen of the United States and not be a citizen of the State in which he lives. The opinion of Attorney General Bates, given November 29th, 1662, on the question of citizenship, sustains this position. He says : " The phrase ' a citizen of the United States,' without addition or qualification, means neither more nor less than a member of the nation. And all such are, politically and legally, equal—the child in the cradle and Its father In the Senate, ire equally citizens of the United States, And it needs no argument to prove that every citizen of a State is. necessarily, a citizen of the United States; and to me it is equally clear that every citizen of the United States is a citizen of the particular State In which he is domiciled " " Every citizen of the United States is a competent mem bei of the nation, with rights and duties ender the Consti tution and laws of the United States, which cannot be de stroyed or abridged by the laws of any particular State. The talcs of the Stale, if day conflict with the law of Cote Nation, are of no force. The Constitution Is plain beyond cavil on this point. Art. 6. ' This Constitution and the laws of the United States which shall be made in ppm. ance thereof, and all treaties, etc., shall be the supreme law or the land, and the Judges in suer, State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of arty Starr to the contrary notwithstanding.' And from this 1 assume thatevery person who is a citizen of the United Stater. whether by birth or naturalization, holds his great franchise by the /awe of the United States, and abate Cote control of any particular Rare. Citizenship of the United States is an integral thing, incapable of existence hi frac tional parts. Whoever, then, has that franchise, is a whole citizen, and a citizen of the whole finnan, and cannqt be (as the argument of my learned predecessor seems taSur pose) such citiren in one State and not in another." The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania agree with Judge Bates in his definition of the word " citi zen." in 1 Grant, p. 424, Judge Woodward says: "So Toi the wont citizen' well understood, as it is now und ers tood, to mean a human being—a natural person, ca pable of acting, contracting, suing and being sned without legislative aids—a person of whom allegiance is predica ble. and who may be guilty of treason." In 7 Penn. Law Journal, page 115, Van Metre rs. Mitchell, Judge Grier decides: " No State legisintion can interfere with the protisions of an net of Congress; or protect from punishment ant one who may incur a penalty prescribed by snoh act"- Let us now ascertain who are " Deserters" con templated by the act of Congress taking away the right of citizenship. The inquiry is rendered simple by a reference to the act itself and the law regulating the " military and naval services," from which desertions are alleged to be made. This act was known as the " Conscription Bill," and was in part as follows: "An Are for enrolling and calling out the notional force*, and for °can' purpreer, approved March 3d 1863. SE= a—That In each of said dishicts there duel ben beard of enrollment, to be composed of the Provost Mar shal. as President, and two other persons, to be appointed by the President of the Vetted States, one of whom shall be a licensed and practising physician ll, and entgemin„..." • SECT. l2..—After ordering a this section "And the persons so drawn shall be notlfted of litela - M - e within ten days thereafter, by a written or printed notice, to be served mmonally, or by leaving a coy at tie hut place of rertrakfairlartlesin to appear sti deft:gated. rendezvous to report for duty." October 4,,1865. " Szer. 13. • • t And at=susapre=towitho Mo utt after due service of notioe u foroishiog oubotitoie. or Paltrecthe required stun there. for MALL BE DEEMED A mums, and shall c r uetTecied by the Prcernst Marshal, sad sent ta the n muitary post for trial by curt-mut/al. unless upon proper Sowing that he is not liable todomlliwry duty, the beard of enrollment shall ro ll ers him from the draft." On the 24th of February, 1864, Congress passed another law, which reads as follows: SECT. 16.—" That copies of nay record 'of a provost Marshal, or board of enrolment, or of any part thereof, certified by the Provost Marshal, or a ma/anti of said board of enrolment, shall be donna and takes as evidence is any ciri/ or military court in like manner ea the otigi nal record; provided, that if any person shall knowingly >- certify any false copy.or copies of such record, to be used in any aivilar military court, he shall be subject to the pains and penalties of perjury." How are Deserters to be known? It will be seen from the 16th section of the Act above quo ted that copies of papers, duly certified by the Board of Enrolment or by the Provost Marshal, shall be evidence. Under the system regulating elections in Pennsylvania, the judges and inspec tors compose the tribunal by which must be de termined all questions (prima facie) touching the right to vote of all persons claiming the right of suffrage. From them an appeal lies to the tribu nals provided for the trial of contested elections. But the board of judges and inspectors must first decide. They must determine whether the ap plicant is over or under twenty.one years of age; whether he is white or black; whether he has or has not resided within the State or the election district a sufficient length of time to entitle him to vote. They must also-determine whether he is sane or an idiot or madman; whether he is a native or a foreigner, and. if &foreigner whethor he has been naturalized, and any other question which may arise _under the law. All this they' do by examining witnesses and hearing evidence, as directed by the law or as indicated by their own good sense. There is nothing in this new duty, growing out of questions of desertion, mary ' difficult than these duties. If the books of the Provost Marshal or enrolment board show an in dividual to be a Deserter, and he claims to be iint nocent of the charge, he will have no trouble in producing papers or witnesses to show that- at the time of the draft made in which he was drawn be was serving the country as a volunteer, or that having deserted he returned under the proc lamation of sixty days' amnesty and was pardon ed, or show some other legal defence. It will be observed that the person who left his district or his country to avoid the draft, and who was subse quently drawn, and had notice left at his last known plate of residence, is as much a deserter as he who ran away after having been duly mus tered into the service. The authorities already produced appear to be conclusive of the subject. But there is still an other view of the question which is equally deci sive. The right of expatriation has been recog nized by the laws of nations from a very early pe riod in history. It was regarded as one of the firmest foundations of Roman liberty, that the Roman citizen had the priiilege to stay or re nounce his residence in the State at pleasure. It is conceded that this doctrine has been different ly held by different nations. It has been definite ly and conclusively settled in the United States that the right of election (choice of allegiance), exists in every citizen. This view is taken by Chancellor Kent. 2 Kent; 39, &e. The doctrine is thoroughly discussed and fully established by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Inglis vs. Trustees of Sail ors' Snug harbor-3 Peters, 305 ; and also in the case of Shanks vs. Dupont—same book, 395. In these two cases all the authorities and decisions bearing upon this question are fully'cited and ex plained. Indeed, it is now the well-settled•and and undisputed law of the United States, that • the citizen may surrender his right of citizenship, orinay withdraw or change his allegiance. Oar naturalization laws are founded entirely upon the soundness of this position. Pennsylvania zulop- - ted this view of the law at an early period of her history. In the case ofJackson vs. Burns, 3Binn, 85, Chief Justice Tilghman, in delivering the opinion of the Supreme Court, said: " The prin ciple of the English law, that no man could, even for the most pressing reasons, divest himself of the allegiance under which he was born, is not compatible with the Constitution of Pennsylva nia.' By an examination of the authorities it will be seen that the only objection to the umversality of this doctrine of change of allegiance, arises from a want of consent in the Government. In the case now under consideration, the Congresiiof the United States having passed the act forfeiting the right of citizenship, consent of the Government is thereby given, and the question is rendered free from all doubt. In discussing the right and pow er of an individual to surrender his right of citi zenship, Senator Wallace, now Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, when 'op posing the extension of the right of suffrage to soldiers, declared: - "It Is a mid that so meritorious a data as volunteer sot. diery should not be disfranchised. TO this I answer that neither the Constitution of 1790 nor that of 1838, Mewled this privilege, eadthat the act of the soldier in taking upon himself duties that are from their nature, Incompatible with the right of suffrages, deprives him of this privilege. Ha DISFRANCHISES HIMSELF when he Mitt to bee either& and takes upon himself the duties of a soldier." Legisloe free Eecord-of 1864, p. 339. From this it would appear that all parties con cede the right and power of the individual, volnn. untarily, to surrender his right of citizenship.. If ha lost his right of voting by going into the service of his country, as here asserted by the Democra tic Chairman, it is contended that much more justly did he lose that right by-running away from that service. " • Nothing is better settled than the rule of law that when one party to a contract refuses to ful fill his 4:1pol - oboes, the other is not bound. The man who sells his neighbor a horse and refuses to deliver him has just as much right to colleel the price as the deserter, bounty-jumper, Western or Canadian refugee has to demand the right of suffrage, after refusing to obey the call of his coun try- in her time of need. A single objection to the views here presented needs to be briefly met. This Objection is raised by . the friends of Deserters—for even they have friends about election times. They argue that these persons cannot be deprived of the right of voting without:a teal- - without process of law, &e. In answer to this position, we say that the Act of Congress itself is "process of law." The conscription bills of 1863 and 1864 establish the board of enrollment as a tribunal to hear and determine all questions connected with the draft, exemption. &c. Their powers and duties are fully and clearly set forth, and carefully and ex tensively defined. There is much of the "process of law" embraced within their provisions. When a debtor is sued, the writ is often served by a co py left at his residence with some member of his family; judgment goes by default, and his property is seized and sold to satisfy the . demand. The conscription law provides the same method of giving notice, and the results of his failure to re port in time are clearly set forth, and fully made known to him by the law. It is however confidently maintained, that the terms of the Constitution, relied upon by those who sustain the cause of Deserters, such as "trial," "due process of law," &e., do not apply to cases of this kind. This defence could not be set up by the citizen against the Crown in England. nor will it avail him against his Government in this country. The very same section of the same ar ticle of the Constitution of the 'United States which authorizes Congress to raise armies and to provide rules for the regulation of the army and nary, authorized Congress to lay and collect tax es, duties, &c., "and to make all laws which may be accessary and proper for carrying into execu tion these powers." When the power is given •to COngress to lay and collect taxes and to raise ar mies, this power is not to be defeated by allowing to the citizen privileges which would effectually defeat the end proposed. The citizen cannot in terpose against the proceedings of Corigresa adop. ted for either of those purposes, his right of "trial," or the plea that his personal rights or his property are being taken from him without "due process of law." This appeals to have been the unanimous opinion of the supreme Court of the United States in 18 Howard, 272. The whole question is there fully examined and reviewed tiy the Court, and both the opinion and judgment fully sustain the view here taken. The decision .of this question must be conclusive of the pee tion. On this point Judge Woodward says: "I am to take the Instrument In the sense in which It is received by the majority of the Supreme Coaster' the Tini !al St aten. Among the Judicial tribunals of the country, if not in hater de eats and places, that Court is the eapretne and foal arbiter of questions under the Federal Cotutitution. The respect entertained for members of that bench makes that dutymf following them as a e°s* ent u thenni question, easy and pleasant, which the thear9 of the Goren:inlaid makes impmailye." 1 Orvit 42 4. The Constitution and laws of the United States and of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court , of the United States and of our own State; ioramon sense, common honesty and common justice seem. to agree in the power, the rightand justice of the ' Act disfranchising Deserters. Joan Cassia, Chairman Union State Central Committee. —The South Carolina convention *adjourn ed, after repealing the ordinance of secession equalizing representation and taztdioni giving elections to the peOple, endorsing the Adminis tration, and preparing to protect the negroes: A committee Was appointed to visit President John son about Jeff. Davin. The gubernabxlarand patine election•takes place onthe 15th of Oa Wart the ColigreuZlNGv,atabeT.. - Au ex tia meetajn 1 -