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' Campaign Song, No. 5.
' - BY RAVEN.' ' '
' Am 77i jBattfe 6Vy o Freedom.
"A battle now is coming boys,
. And it is near at hand,
The battle of truth against treason,
Let every loyal Democrat,
Each patriot take his stand, '
. Fighting for law and for reason.
Caotoe Oar country forerer.
Hurrah hoy Hurrah,
The l!nion thr-Vd tever.
" ' Ami thy tread riown the law
' ' But we'll rally "round the polls boys,
' 1 Well rallT oncp afn,
" Voting for Clyiucr and for Freedom.
There are no petty ouestions boys,
! Involved now in this war,
Bnt truths as broad as the creation,
' They arc pictured in each stripe,
And they glitter in each star,
" The Union's the glory of the nation.
CnouRS Our country forever, &c
, The issue now is formed, boys,
It, to you I declare,
- Shall the States be united ?
.lias the country's good old flag,
. Any stars or stripes to spare ?
, Or shall we break, the faith that we ve
. . plighted ? .
' Chorus Our country forever, Lc.
; Shall the South be driven off, boys,
They are standing at the dpor,
Asking and pleading for admission,
' They are pleading for their rights,
And they ask for nothing more,
Than to "abide by each Constitution.
i .: Chorus Our country forever, &c. ;
iWe want no bayonets now, boys, .? ,
Nor uniform of blue,
OrTbullets to murder ons another, do,
. : .- A littje paper ballot will, good execution
- But will not injure our brother.
" ' . Ciiorus Our country forever, &c.
We'll have no niggers now, boys,
; ' Our honor to steal, .
Or to insult a white man's bravery,
This is ft white man's war. -,.
And to white men we appeal,
. To save us from Abolition knavery. ;
CnoRUS Our country forever, Sec.
- The Union was the cry, boys, .
And touphold the law,
According to the old Constitutioo,
For this we fought and bled,
And we carry many a scar,-,
And strong is our present resolution.
' Chorus Our country forever, &c.
- Each State mret have its rights, boys,
Its our affairs to gnidc,
A right which cannot le disputed,
" On this the whole depends,
' And by thw we will abide,
. . For bo the fathera instituted.
Chorus Our country forever, &c.
. COMMUNICATIONS.
; - Epistolary.'
Messrs. Editors : Certainly radicals
must be admitted to be novel letter writers,
and their letters prove them to be lacking in
every requsitc of gentlemen. Ofxurse, no-
body who knew the latest Fost-Mastcr of
Bloomsburg, suspected him to be a gentle
man. He came iicre endorsed by the whole
crew of radicals. - He w3 by them nuartcr
ed upon our people as a public school teach
er. He acquired also, by some means, the
prefix of Rtccrn'd ; and how worthily he sus
tained both characters, the criminal records
of our court3 will answer. He was forced
upon our . people, against thc-petition of a
majority of them, as Tost-Ma-ter. lhat
duty he performed by telling stories, false or
true we know not, of which he could only
) have knowledge officially, and which no gen
. tlemcn' would 'pubUsh,- much, less a Bworn
' public officer. , : " . ' . , '
Having disgraced every position which he
occupiedamong us, he now tenders his res
ignation of the last, in a letter addressed to
' the Pos Master-General, the insolence of
which can neither be heightened nor excused.
We are glad to know that the late Post
' Master is not a native of Columbia County.
He ica imported. Wo are glad too, to know
'that his "political principles and " doctrines
belong to himself- ; and having recn and
know as much of them as we desire, we hum
bly trust- that when he leaves Columbia
County, he will take hi ''political principles
and doctrines" with him. -
r -.? . - Pro Bono Publico. ;
. . What They Mean. Many persons have
wondered what was the signification of the
different whistles of locomotives. The follow-
ing explains ' One whistle, " down brakes ;"
two whistles, "off brakes :". three whistles.
'back up;" continuous whisdes, "danger;"
a rapid succession of short whistles is the cat
:tle alarm, at which the brakers will always
be put down ; a sweeping parting of the
hands-on level of eye is a Bignal to "go
ahead:"a downward motion of one hand, with
extended arm, "to stop ;" a beckoning mo
tion of. one hand to back ;" a lantern raised
and lowered vertically is a signal for "start
Ing i" ewung at right angles or cross ways the
tract "to stop;" swung in a circle "back
tha tn-n : aredfa? waved upon the track
must be regarded as a rfgnal of danger; so of
other n glials given witn energy, coistea at a
cf atinn i a idiTnal for train to stop ; stuck
!m br the road side, it is a p'gnal of danger
' on the track ahead; earned unlarled upon
au end no is a warning that another engine
'or train is on its way.
JBLOOMSB URG, COLUMBIA
Bfmraenccsi
SPEECH OF
HON. REVERDY JOHNSON.
On 2resenttng an official copy of the pro
; ccedings of tlie PuilatMpkia Conven
tion, to the Presub'nt of the United
tStates, and the President" 8 reply.
Mr. President : We are before you as
a Committee of the National Union Conven
tion, which met in Philadelphia on Tues
day, the 14th instant, charged with the du
ty of presenting you with an authentic copy
of its proceedings.
Before plaaing it in vour hands, you will
permit us to congratulate you that on the
object for which the Convention was called,
in the enthusiasm with which, in every State
and Territory, the call was responded to, ia
the unbroken harmony of its deliberations,
in the unanimity with which the principles
it has declared were adopted, and more es
pecially in the patriotic and constitutional
character of the principles themselves, we
are confident that you and the country will
find gratifying and cheering evidence that
there exists amongst the people a public sen
timent which renders the earn andconiik t2
restoration of the Union as established by
the Constitution certain and inevitabls.
Party fiction, seeking the continuance of its
mismlc. may momentarily delay it, but the
principles of political liberty for which our
fathers succcss:u!ly contended, and to secure
which they adopted the Constitution are so
glaringly inconsistent wuu u;u conumon in
which the country has been placed by such
misrule, that it Mill not be permitted a much
longer duration. We wish, Mr. President,
you could have witnessed the spirit of con
cord and brotherly affection which animated
every member of the Convention. Great
as your confidence has been in the intelli
gence and patriotism of yqurfcllow-citizens,in
their present determination to reinstate and
maintain it, that confidence would have be
come a positive .conviction could have seen
and heard all that was done and said upon
the occasion. Every heart was evidently
full of joy, every eye beamed with patriotic
animation, despondency gave place to the as
surancfi that our late dreadful civil strife end
ed, the blisfu2 reign of peace, under the
protection, not of anus, but of the Consti
tution and laws, would have sway, and be in
every part of our land cheerfully acknowl
edged, and in perfect good faith obeyed.
You would not have doubted that the recur
rence of dangerous domestic insurrections
in the future arc not to be apprehended.
If you could have scon the men of Massa
chusetts and South Carolina coming into
the Convention on the first day of its meet
ing, hand in hand, amidst the rapturous ap
plause of the whole body, awakened by heart
felt gratification at the event, filling the
eyes of thousands with tears of joy, which
they neither could nor desired to repress,
you would have felt as every person present
felt that the time had arrived when all sec
tional or other crilous dissensions had ceas
ed, and that nothing should be heard in the
future but the voice of harmony proclaim
ing devotion to a common country, cf pride
in being bound together byacomiuon Luion,
existing and protected by forms" of govern
ment proved by experience to be eminently
fittod for the exigencies cf cither war or
peacj. In the principles announced by the
Convention, and the feeling there manifest
ed, we Lave every assurance that harmony
throughout our entire lahd will soon prevail.
We know that as in former days, as was elo
quently declared by Webster, the nation's
most triftcd statesman. Massachusetts and
nSouth Carolina went " shoulder to shoulder
through' the devolution," and stood hand
in hand around the administration of Wash
ington, and felt his own great arm Jean on
them for support, so will they again with
like magnanimity, devotion ami power, stand
round your administration and cause yon to
feel that you may also lean on them for sup
port. In the proceedings, Mr. IVe.-ident,
which we are to place in your hands, vou
will find that the Convention w?ffonucd the
grateful duty imposed upon them by their
knowledge of your " devotion and interests
of your country," as illustrated by your en
tire presidential career, of declaring that in
you they " recognize a chief magistrate
worthy of the nation and loyal to the great
crisis upon which our lot is ca-.t," and in
this declaration it gives us marked plcaasure
to add, we are confident that the Convention
has hit spoken the intelligent and patriotic
sentiment of the country. Ever inaccessi
ble to the low influences which often control
the mere partisan, and governing alone by
an honest opinion of constitutional obliga
tions and rights, and of the duty of looking
solely at the true interests, safety and honor
of the nation, such a class is incapable of
resorting to any bait for popularity at the
expense of the public good. In the meas
ures which you have adopted for the restora
tion of the Union, the Convention saw only
a continuance of the policy which for the
same purpose was inaugurated by your
immediate predecessor, in his re-election
by the pvple after that policy had been fully
indicated, and had been made one of the is
sues of the contest. Those of his political
friends who are now assailing you for sternly
pushing it, forgetful or regardless of the
opinions which their support for his re-election
neciysarih involved,' being upon the
same ticket with that much-lamented public
servant whose foul assassination touched the
heart of the civilized world with grief and
horror you would have been false to the
obvious duty if j'ou had not endeavored to
carry out the same policy ; and, judging now
by the opposite one which Congress has pur
sued, its wisdom and patriotism are indicat
ed by the fact that Congress has but continu
ed a broken Union by keeping ten of the
States in which atone time the insurrection
existed, as far as they could accomplish it,
in thecondition of subjugated province, de
nvinz the riaht to be represented whilst sub
jecting their people to every species of leg-
lsiauon, lnciuuing tuat ui wwu"n. .ua i.
such a state of things i3 at war with every
genius of our government' inconsistant
with every idea of political freedom, and
most perilous to the peace and safety of the
country, no reflecting man can fafl to be
lieve.., We"hope, Fir, that the proceedings of the
Convention will cause you to adhere, if pos
sible, with even greater firmness to the course
which you are pursuing by satisfying you
that the people are with you, and that the
wish which lies nearest to their heart is that
a perfect restoration of our Union at the
earliest moment be allowed, and a convic
tion that that result can only be accomplish
ed by the measures which you are pursuing.
And in the discharge of the duties which
these impose upon you,. we, as did every
member of the Convention, again for our
selves individually tender to you our pro
found respect ana assurance of our cordial
and sincere support. With a reunited Union,
with no foot hut freeman's treading or per
mitted to tread on out soil, with a nation's
iaun pieagea iorcver to a etnet .ooservancc
of all its obligations, with kindness and fra
ternal -love everywhere prevailing, the deso
lations of war will soon be removed ; its
sacrifices of lifo, sad as they have been, with
Christian resignation, be referred to a provi
dential purpose, of fixing our beloved coun
try on a firm and endurable basis which will
forever place our liberty and happiness be
yond the reach of human peril ; then, too,
and forever will our government challenge
the admiration and receive the respect of
the nations of the world, and be in no dan
ger of any efforts to impeach our honor.
And permit me, sir; in conclusion to add,
that great as our solicitude for the restora
tion of our domestic ieacc and your labors
to that end, you have also a watchful eye to
the rights of the nation, and that any at
tempt to be assumed or actual foreign pow
er to enforce an illegal blockade against the
government or citizens of the United States,
to use your own mild but expressive words,
" will be disregarded." In this determina
tion I am sure you will receive the unanimous
approval of your fellow-citizens.
N'ow, sir, as the Chairman of this Com
mittee, and in lehalf of the Convention, I
have the honor to present jou with an au
thentic copy of its proceedings.
REPLY of the president,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee: Language is inadequate to ex
press the emotions and feelings produced by
this occasion. Perhaps I could express
more by permitting rilence to speak, and
you to infer what 1 might and ought to say.
I confess that, notwithstanding the experi
ence I have had in public life, and the audi
ences I have addressed, this occasion and
this assemblage are well calculated to and do
overwhelm me. As I have said I have not
language -to convey adequately my present
feelings and emotions. In listening to the
address which youreloquent and distinguish
ed chairman has just delivered, the proceed
ings of the Convention, as they transpired
recurred tomy mind. Seemingly I partook
of the inspiration that prevailed in the Con
vention, when I received a despatch, sent
by two of its distinguished members, con
veying in tenns the scene which has just
been described of South Carolina and Mas
sachusetts, arm in arm, marching into that
vast assemblage, and thus giving evidence
that the 'two extremes had come together
again, and that, for the future, they were
united, as they had been in the past, for the
preservation of the Union.
When the dispatch informed me that, m
that vast body of men, distinguished for in
tellect and wisdom, every eye was suffused
with tears on beholding the scene, I could not
finish -reading the dispatch to one associated
with me in the office, for my own feelings
overcame me. Applause. 1 think we
may justly conclude that we are moving un
der a proper inspiration, and that we need
not be mistaken that the finger of an over
ruling and unerring Providence is in this
matter. We have just passed through a
mighty, a bloody, a momentous ordeal, and
do not yet find ourselves free from the difH
culties and dangers that at first surrounded
us.
While our brave men have performed
their duties both officers and men, (turning
to Gencrcd Grant, who stood at his right)
while they have won laurtds imperishable,
there are stiil greater and more important
duties to perform ; and while wo have had
their co-operation in the field, we now need
their support in our efforts to perpetuate
peace. Applause. So far as the execu
tive department of the government is con
cerned, the effort has been made to restore
the Union, to heal the breach, to pour oil
into the wounds which were consequent upon
the struggle,and,to speak in common phrase,
to prepare, as the learned and wi.e physi
cian would, a plaster healing in character
and coextensive with the wound. Applause.
We thought, and jet think, that we had
partially succeeded. But as the work pro
gressed, as reconciliation seemed to be ta
king its place, and the country becoming
united, we found a disturbing and marring
element opposing us. In alluding to that
clement, I shall go no farther than did your
Convention and the distinguished gentleman
who has delivered to me the report of its
proceedings. I shall make no reference to
it. That, 1 do not believe, the time and the
occasion justify. We have witnessed in one
department of the government every effort
as it were, to prevent the restorat ion of peace
and harmony in-the Union. We have seen
hanging upon the vsrge of government, as
it were, a body called, or which assumes to
be, the Congress of the United States, but
in fact a Congrces of only a part of the
States. We have ccn this Congress assume
aud pretend to be for the Union, when its
ever step and act tended to perpetuate dis
union ana make a disruption of the States
inevitable. Instead of promoting reconcili
ation and hannciry, its legislation has parta
ken of the character of penalties, retaliation
and revenge. This hashcen the course and
policy of one department. The humble in
dividual who is now addressing you stands
the representative of another department
of the government. The manner in which
he was called upon to occupy that position I
shall not allude to on this occasion ; suffice
it to say that he is here under the Constitu
tion of the country, and being here by vir
tue of its provisions, he takes hisstandupon
that charter of our liberties, as the great
rampart of civil and religious liberty. Pro
longed cheering. I Having been taught in
my early life to hold it sacred, and having
practised upon it during my whole public
career, I f-hall ever continue to reverence
the Constitution of my fathers, and to make
it my guide. 'Hearty applause.
1 know it has been said, and I must be
permitted to indulge in the remark, that the
Executive Department of the government
has been despotic and tyrannical. Let me
ask this audience of distinguished gentlemen
around me here to-day to jHint to a vote 1
never gave, to a speech I never made, to a
single act of my whole public life, that has
not been against tyranny and despotism.
What position have I ever occupied, what
ground have I ever assumed, where it can
be truthfully charged that I failed to advo
cate the amelioration and elevation of the
great mass of my countrymen ? Cries of
" Never," and great applause. So far as
charges of that kind are concerned, I will
siiv that thev are simply intended to deceive
and delude the public mind in the belief that
there is some one in power who is usurping
and tramnhncr unon the rtshts and pervert
ing the principles of the Constitution. It
is done by those who make such charges for
f .1 JL
the purpose ot covering tncir own acis.
f fVIes of " That's so." and appbuse.1 1
have felt it mv duty in vindication of prin
ciple and the Constitution of my country, to
call attention to those proceedings. ben
we come to examine who has been playing
the tvrant. bv whom do we find that despot
: l v :...i 9 Am Tvx-cnlf Ya
l-Ul 1IU9 UCCU tAl 1 -tJ3 JX1 J -!.., ww
elements of my nature, the pursuits of mv
l-if Viavo not. n.9i1(. t. oithrr in rnv feel
CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
ings or iriTffiy practice, aggressive.' My na
ture on the contrary, is rather defensive in
its character. "But I will pay that having
taken mv stand upon the broad principles
of liberty and the Constitution, there is not
power enough on cartli to drive me irom it.
Loud and prolonged applause. J Having
placed myself upon that broad platform, I
lave not been awed, dismayed or intimidat
ed by cither threats or encroachments, but
have stood there in conjunction with patri
otic spirits, soundinjr the tocsin of alarm
when I deemed the city in danger. Great
applause. I said on a previous occasion,
and repeat it now, that all that was necessa
ry in this great struggle against tyranny and
despotism was, that the struggle should be
sufficiently audible for the American people
to hear and understand. Thev did hear,
and looking on and seeing who the contest
ant were, and what that struggle was about,
they determined they would settle this ques-
tion on the onstitmion ana oi iiriiiciim;.
Cries of " That's so," and applause. I
proclaim here to-day, as I have on other oc
casions, that my faith is abiding in the great
mass of the people. In the darkest f.tmg
glc, when the clouds seemed the most lower
ing, my faith, instead of giving way. loom
ed up through the dark cloud far beyond,
and I saw that all would be safe iu the end.
Mv countrvmen. we all know that in the
language of Thomas Jefferson, tyranny and
despotism even can be exercised and exerted
more effectually by the many than by the
one. We have teen a Congress gradually en
croach step by stop upon constitutional
rights, and violate day alter day and month
alter month the fundamental principles of
the government JCries of "That's so,"
and applause. "VN e have seen a Congress
that fceemed to lorget that there was a Con
stitution of the United States that there
was a limit to the sphere and scope of legis
lation. We have seen a Congress in a mi
nority assume to exercise powers which, if
allowed to be carried out, would result in des
potism or monarchy itself. J'nthnsa.stie
applause. This is truth, and because oth
ers as wc-tl as myself have seen proper to ap
peal to the patriotism aud republican feeling
of the country, we have been denounced in
the severest tenns. Slander upon slander,
vituperation upon vituperation of the most
villainouscharacter, has rnSdc its-way through
the press. hat, gentleman, has been your
and mv sin ? What has been the cause of
our offending ? I will tell you. Daring to
i)roeec
more important than those of any conven
tion that ever assembled iu the United
States. TGreat applause. 1 W hen I look
with my mind's eye upon that collection of
citizens coming together voluntarily, and sit
ting in council, with ideas, with principles,
and views commensurate with all the rnatcs
and co-extensive with the whole people, and
contrast it with the collection or gentlemen
who are trying to destroy the country, I re
gard it as more important than an3r conven
tion that has sat. at last, since 177. Bc
newed applau?.e.J 1 think I inav also say,
that the declarations that were there made
are equal with the Declaration of Independ
ence itseif, and I here to-day pronounce it a
second Declaration of Independence. "Glo
rious,'and most enthusiastic and prolonged
applause.
lour address r.nl declarations arc nothing
more nor less than a reaffinnation of the
Constitution of the United States. Cries
of Good," and applause. Yes. I will go
farther, and say that the declarations you
have made, that the principles you have
enunciated in your address, a re a second proc
lamation of emancipation to the people of the
United States ; renewed applause ; for in
proclaiming and roproclaiming these great
truths you have laid down a constitutional
platform upon which all can make common
cause, and stand united tccethcr for the res
toration of the States and preservation of
the government without reference to partj
The query only is the Falvaticn of the coun
try, for our country rises aloyc nil partv
considerationsor influences. Cries of 'good,
and applause. How many are there in tho
United States that now require to be free?
They have the stack cs upon their limbs and
are bound as rigidly as though they were in
fact in slavery. 1 reiieat, then, that your dec
laration is the second proclamation of eman
cipation to the people of the United States,
aud offers a common ground upon which all
patriots can stand. Applause.
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, lot me in
this connection ask you what I have to gain
more than the advancement of the public
welfare ? I am as much opposed to the in
dulgence of egotism as any one, but here, in
a conversational manner, while formally re
ceiving the proceedings of this Convention,
I may be permitted again to ask, what have
I to gain consulting human ambition more
than I have gained, except one thing? My
race is nearly run. I have been placed in the
high office which I occupy under the Consti
tution of the country, and I may say that I
have held, from lowest to highest, almost
every portion to which a man may attain in
our government. I have passed through
every position, from alderman of a village to
the Presidency of the United States ; and
surely, gentlemen, this should be enough to
gratify a reasonable ambition. If 1 wanted
authority,-or if I wished to perpetuate my
own power, how easy would it have been to
hold and wield that which was placed in my
hands by the measure called the Frecdmcn's
Bureau 'Bill Laughter and applause.
With an army which it placed at my discre
tion, I could have remained at the capital of
the nation, and with fifty or sixty millions of
appropnations at my disposal, with the ma
chinery to be worked by my own hands, with
my satraps and dependents in even- town
and village, and then with the Civil Bights
Bill followine as an auxiiliary laughter,! in
connection with all the other appliances of
the government I could have proclaimed my
self dictator. 'That's true,' and applause.
But, gentlemen, my pride and my ambition
have been to occupy that position which re
tains all power in the hands of the people.
Great cuccring. It is upon that I have al
ways relied. It is upon that I rely now. A
voice "And the people will not disappoint
vou. And 1 repeat, that neither the
taunts nor jeers of Congress nor of a subsi
dized calumniating press can dnve me irom
mv purpose. Great applau.-c.l I acknowl
edge no superior except my God, the author
of mv existence, and the people of the Uni
ted States. Prolonced and enthusiastic
cheering. For the one, I try to obey all
His commands, as best I can, compatible
with mv poor humanity. For the otner, in
a political and representative sense, the high
benests of the people have always .been re
spected and obeyed by me. I Appiause. I
Mr. Chairman. I hav .paid more than I
had intended to say. For the kind allusions
to myself contained in your address, and in
tho resolutions . adopted by the Convention,
let me remark that in thb crisis and at this
period' of mv public life. I hold above all
stand by the Constitution ot our fathers I
Approaching Senator Johnson. 1 consider
the Drocecdinjrs of this Convention, sir, as
and shall ever recur, with feelings of
pnee,
i-ir. -fV.ll 11 d irrntification. to the last resolution,
containing the endorsement of a convention
emanating spontaneouslyfrom the great mass
of the people. I trust and hope that my fu
ture action may be sucn tnat you, anu uic
Convention! you represent, may not regret
the assurance of confidence you have ex
preyed. "We are aire of it."J
Before scoaratincr, my friends, one and all,
committee and strangers, please accept my
sincere thanks for the kind manifestat ions of
regard and respect you have exhibited on
this occasion. I repeat that I shall always
continue to be guided by a conscicntions con
viction of duty, and that always gives me
courage under the Constitution which 1 have
made my guide. .,,
At the conclusion ot tno i resiaent re
marks, three enthusiastic cheers were given
for Andrew Johnson, and tnrec more lor
General Grant. The President and General
Grant then retired arm in arm, and were im
mediately followed by the committee and au
dience. Address of the Democratic State
Committee.
Dfmocratic State Commttee
Booms, S28 Walnut Street,
Pnn.ADEi.rHiA, August CO, 18C6,
1
To the Pcupte of Pennsylvania :
The issues of the canvass are made up.
The restoration of the Union and the pres
ervation of your form of government arc the
vital questions that now confront you.
feccession is dead, but disunion still hvea.
Slavery is f-xtinct, bu-T fanaticism survives.
The rights of the white man arc submerg
ed in efforts to elevate the negro, and the
black man is sought to bemade a controlling
element in the politics ol the Kepublic.
Centralization seeks to rear its despotic
power upon the ruins of tho Constitution,
and foreshadows a war of races for its accom
plishment. !
Proscription and disfranchisement usurp
the places-of magnanimity and clemency,
and discord and hate combat Christian char
ity and national concord.
Congress rcf uses to nourish tae resources
neccessary for payment of the debt of the
llepublic, and loads with taxation the indus
trial interests ol the .North. Congressional
extravagance is the rule ; economy in publio
all airs, the exception.
A Convention of representative men from
each of the United States has met within the
past week: they have forecast the future
agreed in sentiment, aud dispersed to their
homes.
Their wcrk ba passed into history ; to the
impartial mind that work is a perfect answer
to the charge that the ixouth is not ready lor
restoration.
Composed of men of every rection, hold
ing every shade of political opinion, they
have re-enunciated the eternal principles
that he at the ha. oof our institutions, have
renewed their vows of fealty and of brother
hood, and have joined hands in an united
effort to restore tho Union and preserve the
government created by the Constitution.
No man need err in this contest :
Support Congress and you sustain
dis-
union, attack -vour government, and elevate
the negro at the expense of your own race.
Supiort the President and you restore
the Union, preserve your government and
protect the white man.
On the one side arc Stevens, Sumner, agi
tation and disunion.
On the other, tho President, the Union,
peace and order.
By order of Democratic State Committee,
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman.
Tho Political Situation.
As the season advances, the eoplc in all
Ecction.s of our State are becomiug more and
more interested in the political contest which
JU7 UUll A -LA jriUjil v.-". V- v. .msm.'. w 4 - v
vantige ground will be hotly contested ; the
i i r:j m tirnrrrncfi
faction that now rules the Commonwealth
will strive vigorously for a continuance of
its supremacy, and those whose highest
hopes are in the peace oii the State and the
prosperity of the nation will have ample op
portunity for activity and vigilance, lhosc
who calculate upon an easy victory do not '
correctly discern the signs of the times. It
is undeniable that in Pennsylvania the rol- J
id sentiment is Democratic. The mass of
her people have too much latent love for the
oil Union and for the prosperous time that !
accompanied its admimstation, to be duped
into support of a revolutionary faction, with
out the cxerci-e of fraud. Even this favor
able condition of the public mind docs not
necessarily indicate a successful termination
of the canvass, for that fraud will certainly
be brought into use. It is impossible for a
miserable faction, the child cf misrepresent
ation, led on by the worst men of the na
tion, to move itself in any direction without
carrying with it its native fetid atmosphere
ot conuption and disorder.
There is success ahead, but nothing other
tban the most thorough watchfulness and
vigilance can cause it to perch upon cither
standard. .
The people have had a thorough com
mencement of Abolition rule, with its reign
of terror, its taxation and its oppression.
If it seem savory to their nostrils let them
bow their necks, till the " fire-eaters" of the
nation saddls tho yoke upon them.
Not only has the contest in Pennsylvania
great interest to our own people, but the en
tire Union, from .Maine to California, stands
watching the conduct of Pennsylvania, and
in her action they wisely see the future des
tiny of our great Kepublie.
Pennsylvania must change her record, or
abandon her claim to precedence among the
States of tli2 Union, and she will change.
Mark that 1
How to Become Unhappy.
In the first place if you want to be miser
able, be selfish. Think all the time of your
self and of your own things. Don't care
about anybody else. Have no feeling for
any one but j-oursclf. Never think of enjoy
ing the satisfaction of seeing others happy,
but rather, if you fee a smiling face, be ical
ous, lest another should enjoy what you have
not. Envy all who are better off in any re
spect than yourself ; think unkindly toward
them. Be conftrntly afraid lest some should
encroach upon your rights ; be watchful
against it, and if any one comes near you.
snap at him like a mad dog. Contend earn
estly for everything that is your own, though
it be not worth a pin ; for your "rights" are
just as much concerned as if it were a pound
of gold. Never yield a point Be very sen
sitive, and take everything that is said to you
in plavfulncss in the most Ferioua manner.
Be jealous of your friends, lest they should
not think enough of you ; and if at any time
they should iwm to neglect you, put the
worst construction upon their conduct you
can.
29,1866.
Andrew Johnson on Tariffs.
The New York Evening Post quotes An
drew Johnson on tanlis as lollows. In a
speech against the tariff of 1842, Mr. John
son paid : .
"It is a departure from tho pnnciplcs ol
equity to tax the man' for the benefit of tho
few, under the plea of protecting American
labor, as is done by the tariti ol is-- in
sisted upon it, that while Congress was con
sidering the interests ot tho manufacturer it
had no right to neglect or forget those oi the
agriculturist, as high protectionists were
notoriously too apt to uo, anu rc-pneu
Andrew Stewart, of Pennsylvania, by a se
ries of circumstantial details, showing that
so far as protection applies to protecting
mechanics proper, there is no reality in it ;
for if all are protected alikej the protection
paralyzes itself and results in no protection
. f k t n.r.i-1 1 1 " fi
at all. Protection operates, said he, bene
ffcially to none, except those who can man
ufaclure in large quantities, and vend their
articles beyond tho limits of the immediate
manufacturing sphere." '
Opposing the Fame tariff cf 1842, In tho
House of Beprcsentativcs, he said :
"At the had of the taxing power stands
tho General Government
"It taxes almostcvcry thing vro cat, drink,
wear and use,
"These fcixcs, and almost numberless oth
ers, arc imposed on us through an instru
mentality of a tariff of duties on imported
products and merchandise. The whole
nmnrmf nni.P however, does not FO into the
treasury of the United States. The tariff of
duties increases not only the price of import
ed articles, but of articles of a pjinilar kind
manufactured or produced within our own
country; and while the Government obtains
revenue on imported articles, the favored
manufacturer and producer obtain an equal
revenue on their fabrics aud product. It is,
in effect, a partnership between them and
the Government to get money out of the peo
ple. "The time has now arrived when the peo
ple, the laboring people of the country, must
inquire into these things more minutely than
they have hitherto; the expenses of the
Government must be reduced; the people
must be relieved from their burdens; re
trenchment and rcfonn must be begun in
good earnest I, for one, though the hum
blest of tho people's representatives, will bc
found voting against and speaking against
this oppressive and nefarious system of plun
dering the great mass of the people for tho
benefit of the few
A Significant 'Straw,,-A Promi
nent Republican Defines
his Position.
The Bcpublican State Central Committee
of Illinois has receivod the following from
its late Chairman :
FitF.KroRT, HI., July 20th,
Gentlemen : After a careful review of the
political situation of the country, I feel that
justice alike to you and myself requires me
to resign the position as Chairman of the
Bepubliean Union State Central Committee.
Professional engagements rendered it im
practicable "for me to be present at your
Meeting held .May loth, when the call wan
made for a State Convention. Soon after
the call was published, I wrote Jas. P. Boot,
Esq., Secretary of the committee, pointing
out what I regarded as an objectionable re
striction, hereby a large portion of the Be
publiean voters of Illinois were excluded
from a participation in the Convention.
The manifest design of that call was to
exclude those who approved the President's
plan of restoration and to include only those
who approved the Congressional plan of re
construction. As between these two plans
I am entirely in favor of the President's and
r.gaitut the Congressional. The former ig
nores secession, and assumes-that a State
ones in the Union, cannot voluntarily go out,
nor le involuntarily thrust out by Congress ;
the latter denies the rights of States to se
cede, but assumes that Congress may ratify
secession by holding States as 'conquered
provinces.
1 was opposed to secession in Jt'Oinnal
am ju.-.t as much opposed to expulsion in
ISC.fi: therefore I cannot act harmoniously
with thac wing oi uio jvepuuneau party
which follows the lead of Congress.
With sincere gratitude for the kindly re
lation? which existed between u during the
campaign of lSf.4, and with the assurance
of my high esteem for each and all of you
personally, I respectlul'y tender my resigna
tion of the position of Chairman of your
committee.
I remain, very respectfully your obediant
sen-ant Thomas J. Turner,
To the Republican Uniou State Central
Committee of' Illinois.
The Louisville Journal and the
Democratic Party.
The Louisville Journal, for a third cf n
century the able and consistent opponent of
tho Democracy, now, in the present asj-ect
of affairs, mnkes the following confession of
Democratic faith. It says :
"Vc heartily indorse, so far as W3 have
seen' every platform laid down by tho De
mocracy in the North, Middle, "W cstern and
North-western States. We are for the ob
literation of the Freedman's Bureau Bill
evervwhere; we are for the disbanding of
the fa.'t negro soldier: we are for the cessa
tion of all military law and the universal
restoration of the great writ of freedom ;
we are for theannulmcnt of all confiscations:
we arc for the equal powers and rights and
trivc liges of the whole people of the old
Tninn : we arc for the unconditional pardon
of all the paroled Confederates who have
kept their faith ; we are for the immediate
unlocking of the prison doors of all prison
ers held in captivity upon the charge of trea
son : and we are for the re-establishment of
the Republic upon the plan which our noble
President has recommended and is exerting
all his energies to carry out If to be in fa
vor of all these things is to be a Democrat,
then we arc a Democrat, an earnest and
zealous Democrat, all the time a Democrat,
and ready to co-operate with all who are
willing to co-operate with us."
A Man living at a village near Mobile at
tempted to frighten some girls by wrapping
a white cloth around his lody and persona
ting a ghost. All ran but one, who pulled
oat a revolver and deliberately fired six balls
into his head and body. At the first shot the
ghost fell, but he continued firing. She
then went homo and related the circumstan
ces, and parties returning to tho spot found
life extinct two ball having ienetrated the
forehead and the other four the region of the
heart The sympathy of the people favored
the girl, and Ehehas not been arrested.
Tt is feard that the "copoerheads" will
J cat up tho "Thad-poles" iu October. '
j VQINCV 27. '
" Peace Democrate."
Nn rlnsa of men had to bear ruch bur
dens during the past five years, as that no
ble band of men, who wcro called Peace
Democrats. They 'believed that tne war
carried on the part of one ect of States
against another eet of States that had no "
warrant in the Constitution, and thnt there-
lore it was unjust and wrong, ana tnai it
was not the proper way to restore the Union
under the Constitution. Hard on two years
have pnssed away, and the Union as founded
upon tho principles of the revolutionary
lathers has not been restored. Their posi
tion has therefor been vindicated. They
knew of nothing and desired nothing but
the establishment of the Union upon the
principles of the Constitution. They loved all
the rights and guarantees of the Constitu
tion, and they held their opinions and made
their sacrifices in the face of threats and
mobs and every indignity, because they had
confidence in their faith, l'eace Democrats
then have been vindicated and tho course of
things has shown they were right.
l'eace Democrats have then but to hold
firm ground. They will have another trial
to pass through, for it h through their agen
cy that tho Union in the end will have to bo
restored.
Let then this class of men hold firm, and
not jicld now, when they are about again to
be tried, more severely perhaps than before,
and they will have tho sa tit-fiction of seeing
the success of their principles, and the res
toration of tnc Union as founded upon tho
freat principles of the American patriots,
'eacc Democrats do not be led astray, though
some who appeared to be of euch, now would
rather follow their path of expediency, than
remain true to their principles. Jlave a
little patience and all will be right Xorris
loicn Register.
Symbolic Meaning or Colors. White
was the emblem of light, religious rurity,
inocence, faith, joy and hie. In the Judgo
it indicates integnty ; in tho sick man, hu
mility ; in women, chastity.
Bed, the ruby, signified fire, divine love,
the Holy Spirit, heart of the Create pow
er and royalty. White and red roses ex
press love' and -wisdom, as in the garland,
with which the ancients crowned St Ceci
lia. In another sense, rod signifies blood,
war, hatred arid punishment Red and
black combined were the colors of purga
tory. Blue, or the sapphire, expressed heaven
and the firmament, truth, constancy and fidel
ity. Yellow, or gold, was the symbol of tho
sun, of tho goodness of God, of imitation or
marriage, faith or faithfulness. In the pic
ture of tho Apostles, St Peter wears a
yellow mantle over a blue tunic Yellow
also signifies inconstancy, jealouy, deceit ;
in this sense it was given to Judas, Mho is
generally habited in yellow.
urccn, the emerald, is the coior ol spring,
hope, particularly hope of immortality,
and of victory, as the color of palm ana
laurel.
Violet, the amethyst, signified love and
truth, or passion an J suffering. Hence, it
is the color often worn by the martyrs.
Black expressed the earth, darkness,
mourning, wickedref, negation, death :
and it was appropriate to the lVince of
Darkness, la some old illuminated manu
script; Jems, in the temptation wore a
black robe. White and black together sig
nify purity of life and mourning or humi
liation.
Sleep Walkish. A case is related of
an English clergvman who uscyl to get up in
the night, bght his candle, write sermons,
correct them with interlineations, and retire
to lcd again, being a'l the time asleep.
t The Archbishop of Bordeaux mention? a
similar case of a stu lent, who got tip to com
pose a sermon while asleep wrote it correctly, '
read it over from ere end to the other, or at
least appeared to read it, madt corrections
on it, scratched out lines ard substituted
others, put ia its place a word which had
beeft omitted, composed mu.de, wrote it ac
curately down, and jerfonicd other things
eqnaliy surprising.
Dr. Gall notices a miller who wns in the
habit of getting up every night and attend
ing to his usual avocations at the mill, then
returning to bed : on awakening in the morn
ing he recollected nothing of what had pass
ed luring the night.
Martinet speaks of a saddler who was ac
customed to rise in his sleep and work at his
tradj ; and Dr. Pritchard, of a farmer who
got out of bed, dressed himself, saddled his
horse, and rode to the market, bcinj all tho
while asleep.
Dr. Blacklock, cn one occasion, roso from
bed, to which he had retired at an early
hour, came into the room whero his family
were assembled, converse! with them, and
afterwards entertained them with a plea-ant
song, without any of them suspecting he was
asleep, and without his retaining, after ho
awoke, the least recollection of what he had
done.
It is a singular, yet well authenticated fact
that in the disastrous retreat of Sir John
Moore, many of the soldiers fell asleep, yet
continued to march along1 with their com
rades. Skating with tub Girls. A person
who has 'lived and suffered,' thinks that
skating with the girls, is far ahead of polkas
and cotillions. Bad place for lovers is tho
ice.
The lady employ? von to adjust the skato.
hold her in the right positiort, and Etand
ready with ojn arms if 6hc falls.
Just stop and think a minute. Think of
a lover fooling away an hour about the pretty
foot that belongs to the pretty eyes peeping
out from under the warm hood.
Think how nice of a moonlight night,
piping cold, to race that pretty one fax out
from the crowd, with an arm about her waist
to'keep her from foiling, and the gentle mo
tion on skates fairly intoxicating you with
heavenly rapture. Go away with your par
lor courting, when the house clock must bo
mufiled, and where tho old folks will keep
both ears open to catch the advance guard
of cupid the stolen kiss.
Give U3 tha ice, tho bracing air, and tho
embracing arm to guard us from danger.
As pipes the cold outside, so burns the lovo
within. . , . .
Away from the noiy crowd, with none
but tho moon to look down and smile ap
provalwho would not do their courting on
lee? -
Keet it beforo the people that the Aboli
tion Congress, passed a bill conferring the
right of suffrage on the negroes of tho Dis
trict of Columbia, by their full party vote,
under strict party drill. All tho Democrats
voted against it Keep this constantly be
fore tho people, don't allow the Abolitionist
to dod go it Force it upon them, they can' t
deny it
Benefits grow old, but injuries are long
livers.
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