. they know the curses, the c',damitiea and the miseries which would come upon the country if that Union was once broken'. and they have no desire to be separated from us. They desire to be sharers with us in a corn-lion destiny, a common come try and a common future. They pledge them s elves in every •conceivable way by whi c h men can bind themselves, and I say that their interests, if nothing else, would impel them to stand by the Union and to be a part of it. But, gentlemen, - let me warn you. I told you before they were of our blood, of our 4 race, the same Manner of,men as we are, and they have _never been - known to wear a yoke any longer than he who put it on- had strength to keep it there. It we deny them the _right to be beard in the national councils, they will be right and we will. be wrong ; and they will have plenty. of friends to ' espouse their cause, just as we had before the war. (Applause.) Doyen know that France proposed to England to recognize the Southerri Confederacy ? Suppose they had, what then would have been the re sult of the war, with all our means and all our resources and the bravery and skill of our armies? If the blockade could have been broken i the result of that .contest would have been exceedingly_ doubtful, end I think the better opinion now is that we would have failed.. Did see succeed. un til we got New Orleans and Charleston. and until our blockade was perkot and complete? England refused to.acknowl edge the independence of the Confeder acy. Why? Because they made the cor-- ner stone of it eirossy, and the English -people were to.a man opposed to slavery, and they would not' permit t heir govern ment to jhin in any enterprise which " would perpetuate that institution. Slavery has gone— t does not exist now. There can be no retence of that kind ndw for avoiding a - entry upon an enterprise of that kind And do. you know that Eng• land, duri 'it the war, paid fifty millions to keep her Lancashire poor from story- 1 ing, because she could not run her 'mills, and by charity she raised that money to save her suffering poor. Hence it- is a great matter for England to get cotton— it is a reat matter for France to get cot ton. Cotton is_ one jof the commodities the world must have, 'and when that cot ton field is shut up down there it is felt everywhere. There is-no spot upon the earth 10 much coveted- as thcsa cotton fields of the South by Eutor estn nations. The South appeal to us for common . justice and common rights. They appeal - to us for their rights under the Constitu tion and laws, and we deny- them. The governments of the states of the-South are noir as perfect as the government of Pennsylvan.a. They are -perfectly able to - run alone outside of the Union: • If Penn sylvania was out of - the rchan her State government is as - perfect as the govern ment- of Great Britain. - The general gov ernirtent only affects our foreign relations and our relations with the other States ; if the had no relations with the other States, her government_ is yet complete, and if sh was thrown out there would be --- iRi nring_to prevent her from sending am bassadors abroad end exercising all the rights of sovereignty. • • These'States are distinct, Independent governments now; able to make treaties,, stud if you persist in this treatment of them there is nothing to.prevent them from making an alliance with England or France, offensive. and defensive, and then instead of letting them come it, they would reluseio come, and then you would be compelled to get an &men:ln:lent to the Constitutiop cotopelling them to send members to Con'ress. You have shut the doors in their a ces , you have refused them admissie nd they have accepted ri c your-•terms. andlhey,bave stood out, and what then ?. You are put to the necessity of another war, - and what fOr ? Would that be_a . war' to compel them to come Sack into the 'Union ? How would you , ask your soldiers to go into another war ? I would like to See a Radical look a set 'did. in *the face and ask him to go down and whip them over again. He would say, Wile l• spend two or three years of my life in fighting them, and when they come in and are willing to come inito abide by the lawrij yet yoti will not let them to come - in, and I must go and whip . them hick again I and, would' like ••to,know when it is going tO end; for you do not want to ex terminate them. When,we made this war we did it to restore the Union, yet you will not allow it to be restored. (Ap- . plsuse.) , , There aro two great parties in the , -North. and I believe there is but' one in the South, and that one is the,party that , was represented at the Philadelphia Con. , vention the other day; (applause,) a party of earnest, Sorrowful, serious men who had. lost all their Elie, All their vivacity; and, `lciest strange to say, in that Convention ' all were &silents of _dispensing with ~,veechifying. liTo have assembled a con' -, tiltion of thitt kind ten years at any irt, on this cionthaeni, filled. with such eloquent men, men of such distinction, , such ambition, such desire to show before the public, you could not hate adjourned it before ten weeks. There would-have been ten thousand speeches, but 'ln mat convention where' everything was solemn ',find still as a church, there was no display of 'that which is called oratory. - There was a far greater inclination to tears, and tears ~ O f joy, .than there was to any es pecial Persotial jubilation. And,.as the President of that convention most elo quently said of a subject which- is made ono of ridicule and acorn by unthinking people on the other side.—the President said 'if the people of the United-States Could have all looked on 'that boy on , the first day, • hen South Carolina and Massachusetts . came in linked arm-in-arm in that convention, (applause.) why, said he, I 4o not think that there is a, human being but that-would have been willing to have laid down his differences, to have brought all the causes of his animosity and laid them upon the altar of a common country.' A thousand strong men wept on that occasion as children weep ; silent,. hardly a word said, but the tAought was there, that great and glorious thought, after so tong a separatbin, aft,- r such scenes of blood, atter m teting ;in the fierce conflict of battle, we were again brothem (applause) all brought into a common sympathy wi;ll' the Union.— (Great applause.) It wee not a thing for scorn, but it was a thing of which our common humanity had aright to be proud —it was God-like It was in the spirit of our religion, we had forgiven one another. That convention put. forth a platform Is it objectionable? Has it been assailed? Does it contain a single principle that it not found and 'embodied not only ,in the few of this country but in the law Of than country from whence we derive our laws, and is imbedded in the hearts 'of the American people , (Tremendeus ap plause.) County CenvenUon. The voters of Erie county, without distinc tion of party, who desire the preservation of the Union-under the policy of President Johnson's Administration—rho sustain the • constitution and oppose the measures of Con gress to maintain the radical party in power at the expense of the public interests— who are in favor of a return to en economical manage ment of the Government, and epossd to negro emffrage and social equality,—are re quested to meet in their respective erection precincts, at the usual places, on Saturday - September Bth, 1866, (in the - wards ankhor— oughs at 8 o'clock. p. m., and in the townships 1 between the hours of 1 and 8 o'clock, p. ..) for the purpose of choosing delegates to t tend.a Conn . y Convention to be held in he C ou rt House, in the city of Erie, on Monday, September 10th, 1886, at 3 o'oloot p. nt., to nominate candidates for the various district • and county offices. The following table exhibits the number of .delegates les which each election district is r entitied: ir , gete, le. Milted 2 Ind " ' 2 22 " 2 4th " 2 - Noath do - 2 Nast m E ueroik 3 West Itukreek ' 31 Hartomemek" 41 North Swot To 3 NorteNorth fiat Eloro wn i s t i t 9 2 2 Wartsbar Volans° S g W Ami ayne ty 8 Coasted a Oily • 4 Uolos Township . S laths 1 AneNi • . 2 y sada or the Os - E. CAMP," I tatatrell 'tamable I (beanoWaterfard Boren& 2 • a fkubmlt $ McKean ' a mideadiewo 1. wmaiaatea a I 341nbere 2 I rran &mea klin - a eprtagesla nt SkCreek ' 3 . 9 Albion a 1311 m 4 2 To waship 3 algid Bonsigh 3 4 • -Cy COnntatak • 1:18N;` 0144 nm. [IIIE TIIIRD OF SEPTEMBER ! A MEMORABLE DAY INi PiRIE! THE LARGEST At3SEMBLAGE - EVER BEEN IN THE NORTH-WEST. Speeches by Hiester Clymer, Pres ident Johnson and Others. GRANT SUSTAINS THE PRESIDENT. A Glorious Prospect for au te trytailmitur - Success. v . The Observer was not: relatiken in its opinion expressed last Week, that it the weather was favorable, we should have one of the largest asserablapit:ever convened in Erie, on Ittoiaday. It tias not merely one of the greataat--it was the greatest. We had wh.114 - ree thought immense crowds here during the, memorable campaign of 1864, ivizotla party conventions, but they are net to.be compared to that of Mon day. The whole surrounding country_ ,seemed to have turned out essurne—men, women and children;—not Erie county 'alone.•but, from points fifty - to a hundred milers distant. They came in on foot and horseback ; by rail and every conceivable 'mode of conveyance. Young men and old men ; the enthusiastic youth, and the veterans of Jackson's time, with their wives and daughters and lisps ones, poured into the city by, thousands, from every direction and by every avenue. It was an occasion long to be remembered, and - has done more to rekindle the vigcr of our friends, and discourage our ene mies than any event of tha kind within our recollection. The morning , opened cloudy, and gave indications of a had day, but else patriotic masses were too strong in their determin ation to be present, to be deterred by the ominous state of the Weather. It was plain frost the start that the • meeting was cer tain to. be a success. The people corn ' menoed coming in at atry early hour, And by noon there was a upon. the streets that would have put Broadway to the blush. 'Previous to the hour for the commencement of the meeting many of our staunch friends took occasion to call at the Observer office to renew their sub- Scriptiona, and for a time our establish ment resembled a prosperous bank in its financial operations. At various points in the city flags were, displayed, though we regret to say, that our city Democrats did not evince the zeal and courage in this respect that they should. Some of our country friends expressed' considerable disappointment on this subject, and, we are bound in truth to admit, not without cause. The general expectationthat there would be a vast meeting bad encouraged hosts of speculators to - visit the city, and at'nearly every corner could helmet' some specimens of this dais, actively engaged in trying to "make the dimes." Two_ or three loud voiced individuals did a pros perous bushiesq in selling Clymer portraits and badges. Mr. Clymer reached the city on Satur day evening, by special train from New Castle. He was greatly fatigued. by his past active labors, end having expressed a desire to secure some quiet, was taken-to the residence of Wm. A. Gebraith, Esq., whose Guest he remained while in the city. Oh Sabbath he attended the Epis copal church, of which denomination be is a', member. - On Monday Morning be was ;escorted to the balcony of Brown's Hotel, where be reviewed the procession, and Was vociferously cheered by those in the line. In the evening be gave a public reception in the parlors of thilotel, and was waited upon by a large number •of persons. _ His graceful mianers'and unas suming address charmed all met him Among the most enthusiastic of his Yid' 10i8 was Senator Lowry, who' greeted him with a cordiality that "fully corresponded with his oft expressed adritiration of the man. Mr. Lowry bais always -been a very warm eulogist of Mr. Clymer'stharecter. They have served i together in the Senate 'many year's, and notwithstanding their extreme political 'differences, their per sonal relations have never been anything bet kindly. The Senator's usual mode of speaking of' Mr. Clymer is in this strain : "He is a noble fellow personally, an hole eat man, the ablest Democrat in Pennsyl but his ixoitica-are horrible." Dar ing the evening some of the leading Re publicans of the city were introduced by Mr. Lowry, and were highly delighted .with their reception. About ten o'clock Mr. Clymer retired to procure.some rest, and in the morning he left upon the early train for Warren. He made hosts of warm personal friends while hero, and-Gen rely upon always receiving a het*Welceme upon any future visit. :"•• At 'it o'clock, on Monday, the. proces sion was formed upon Buffalo street, un der the direction of Col. Grant as Mar shal, and Captain Hutchinson and Dr. Thayer as Assistants. This feature of the day exceeded by far our exPeetations,and was creditable, , undeethe circumstances, to the highest degree. B t little peeper atlork had' been made for it, and yet in length and appearance it was equal if not superior -to the great McClellan rrocesaion of 1864.' It stretched up State street as far as the eye could reach, and could not have been under a mile and a-half or two miles in extent. There were not many emblems, as the time was too brief to prepare them, but the few that were to be seen were expressive and creditahle. Many of the conveyances were handsome ly trimmed with evergreen, and the num ber of flags would have supplied the Army of the Potomac. The Republicans had evi dently not anticipated this feature of the day, and several of them expressed their surpris.t to tis at its eucdess. We should take pleasure in giving a full report of its leading features,but our time was so much occupied with other duties that we found it impossihle.to make the-necessary notes. Three bands were in the line—Hehl's, the College, and Gulliford's, of Girard. After marching through the principal streets, the procession halted at - the East Park, and the participants adjourned to dinner. Soon after one o'clock the meeting was organised. An immense crowd of people were in attendance. Tito stand used for the officers c and speakers is one that has been built by both parties in common, to remain until after election. Some dissp• pointy:lent was ; felt because no more speakers from abroad were present, but we are assured that the absence of those expected was unavoidable. Mr. Carrigan, who had been 'promised, to us, got as far as ,Tohnstown,when he was called back by illness in his family. The other gentlemen who were desired to have been present, we presume have good reasons for their absence. The number of people was large enough to have. supplied half-a-dozen Manta with attendants, and as two thirds of them were unable to bear Mr. Clymer, they employed themselves in wandering about the citywhich prevented the meeting froin inalsng as imposing an ap• pesrance as it would otherwise have done. Wilson 'Moore,, Esq.. of Waterford, was chosen President, with the following Y ice Presidents and Secretaries: Vice Presidents—C M Tihbala, P A Becker, A . W Vsn Tame% David Shirk, John Burton, II &Mural. General- Jahn Kilpatrick. M Smiley, P G Stratehes, J. L Brookins, Joel Loomis, Captain John .0 Grahatn,i Id White, W B Lloyd, A A Hammond, Amos Heath. It D Francis, J Id Finn, H L Pinney, X Saley, I It Tay lor, E Pinney, Robert Brown, Alden Pomeroy, Dr Skeels, L W Savage, J C Coffman ; George Gallowhur. Capt D. W Hutchinson. D Olin, E Boyer, W C Ford. Secretaries—B Whitman, Erie Observer; C L Phelptr, Girard Spectatctr; C Dickin son, Cow , / Demers . • Mr. Clymer waseived wit h a heirty round of applause. His speech, laying ill political prejudice side. must be admit tedii one of the finest ever delivered in Erie. It was clear,argumentative and Out- Spoken, entirely free from,-objectionable personalities. and was listened to with an interest teldom witnessed. As a.speaker Mr. Clymer has fewsuper4ors.. He has a genial presence, and possesses a firm. ring log voice, which is peculiarly pleasing in its effect. Below we give an abstract of 1 his remarks, which by ne means does bim justice. He spoke about two hours, and kept the attention of all Within hearing distance during the entire period ; ; , mt. csausii's . SPEWS MI PILLOW CHUM 01 Near= WILITSIII Paasevtveate :—IL is a source of prefOund happiness for me to be with you to-day. It has long been my desire to meet the conserve- Hie citizens of this portion of- the State -in council assembled; and here, in this lovely city which site upon the shore -of an inland sea, like a jewelled, queen, to arrive with them at some conclusions which will be to the bene fit of sus and our-common country. I had hiped that it would-be my privilege to speak to a fesitundredo, but when I see around-me thousands in a district where the Democrats have no power, and where it is esolusion from office, almost 'from society, to be a Democrat, I Am , truly surprised and g ate fut. In the county where I come from, Berke, it is almost impossible not folio a Democrat. A man there is born a Democrat, lives a Demo crat and dies a Democrat. It is his interest to be a Demoora*.- But here. whore it is ex clusion to be a Democrat, it is far nobler to be a Democrat. And as here. ms fellow-citirens, so everywhere through thia ;broad Common• wealth, Isere is each an uprising of the peo. ple as has net been dorm 1861—einee that shot was fired which caused-the blood which 'flowed in the national heart tfiltlow fester than it ever Bowed before, becattee It was the shot which announced that We nation was about to be destroyed.' Now It is because the people are gathered to oppcfse the - lame principles which threatened the destruction of the Union when tbi: first `rebel shot was fired in Charleston Harbor. It i t mot neon sary for me to refer to the many questions agitating the popular mind prior to 1861 There were, prior to that theories not vital to the existence of the government—a difference of policies merely. Thome were wide differences of opinion between the great minds of the country, North and Elontli,:in re gard to the ••peculiar institution" which produced the conflict • which deluged the land in blood. It produced a. war of opinion—l bad almost said a war of races.— The North ,went into the war to - do -three things': - let. To restore & broken Union. 2d. To vindicate the Constitution. 3rd. To resto-o the laws over all the Union. The war ceased. Lee surrendered to Grant., and Johotion to Sherman. The armies of the rebellion melted away like frosts before the summer sun. Not a rebel remained in arms. No jarring of the implements of war was heard from the Penobscot to the Gulf. Re bel,ion played fora high slake and lost all, while its supporters slunk into the obscurity they d d. Would you not have sup posed, that when armed rebellion ceased. Peace, blessed Peace, would have come? Had yen not been promised that. Why has it not been performed? With the surrender of Lee and Johnson, the objects of the war were accomplished. Bat just at the' close of the contest, one cf those rare and horrid °flutes occurred, around which gather in history the circling events of centuries. By the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became President of the United States. lf, under his adminis tration, bermonyahould again come to the land, who will not see in the auspicious event the spirit of God moving over the troubled waters. Educated in the faith of Jefferson, and brought up at the feet of Jackson, An.' drew Johnson when he toos an oath to sup. port the Constitution, and enforce the laws, meant to keep that oath, and most nobly has he doneso. Dating all the long weary yiers of ' blood shed thrciugh which we have passed, the Dem ocratic Tarty has known only its ancient creed. In the distant past, throughout the war and to this day, its doctrine ever has been end still is, that every man everywhere must submit•to the requirements of the Con stitution and render implicit obedience to the laws. Believing this, the Democratic party of the North sustained the tear for the Union both by men and means. only claiming the" right of demanding that 1t should not be per verted from thatavowed and most holy pur pose. The man who says that the Democracy of Pennsylvania did not honestly and heartily sustain the War for the Union. slanders thousands of brave men now deed, and the entire mess of that great party now living, of which - we, whotare hero to-day, are a coin ponent part. No one has been more misrep resented in this respect than I have. Yet ;early in the struggle I laid dose my platform lin Vein terms and on that I have always Irmly stood.. In almost tie very first speech f ever made in la deliberative body,in the Sen ate of Pennsylvania, speaking for my consti tuency Ind to some extent for the Democracy of Pennsylvania; I made nee of the following language, which may be found ,on page 73 of the Legislative Record of 1861: • "lam hcri to-day -to deny for myself, and I believe for the great body of the Democratic party of this State, that they recognise anything lib the right of. secusion of any Slate. I deny, I say, the right of any State to secede, and /go further, I tell you that the Democracy of this State, with 0011 : hort and ferling, applaud the gallant _All. ,dirson for hie *fence of the property of the lot ted Sysila.. If he should go farther still and al to tray but the Blois- and Strips to float within the range of his guns. I for one would say amen to his deeds. There./ stand. I say that South Caroline hoe no cause for seassion or re bellion, and that it should he put down by the strong arm of the government." Koch was the platform which I laid down for myself as early as the eleventh day of January, in the year 1861, and before Go& as I know my own heart, I have never swerved from it to the distance of one hair. breadth. It was my position during the war, and, to so now. He who asserts otherwise is either- Ignorant or a wilful falsifier. - And now let assist whet was the object of the war? For what purpose was it prose cuted? Did not every Republican orator and newspaper declare it was a war for the Unica —purely and ;simply snob f Were not we, who were ridiculed as ' , Union savers" in the campaign which resulted in the election of Mr. Lincoln, denounced as enemies of the Union whenever we dared to call Into question any single act of his administration? The soldiers, the many thousand, of Democratic soldiers; who went from Pennsylvania. all be lieved the war to be a war for the„thtion. - I ask you if this was not the great obj Act of the war. Is there any man who dare dept' it ? ' Will any man, be ho radical or not, dare to deny it? Would any man iilB6l have dared to have said it was to enfranchise the Depots of 'the South; would be have -dared to say it was to preserve radicalism? Carr. :allay not. He would have been -justly de nounoed. and any party which advanced nob" an ides consigned to eternal infamy.— The war was waged to maintain the law and perpetuate, not destroy the Union. I ask whether you have not gathered.- to represetdp the trails of the victory I ask every man in the sound of my voice, no clatter of what political shade of belief, why are we not in unity to-day? Wby is it that Then you go to the national Capital you find ten States un represented in the councils of the nation. I will ask who are the Uolori men to day ? Is it thet men who .deny these Stales representa tion or those who' declare them entitled to at? I will ask who have Changed places with Jefferson Davis sad Ms colleagues in this war on the government? - Andrew Johnson, when he became Prost• dent; found eleven Stales without laws, with out Governors,' without Legislatures. He wail not - the -President of- the fikirth; bat et the ' • whole Union., lie iris the Executive Oleo of the. eleven disorganised Commonwealths as well as of the tiorthArn Slates, was the head of the government.' What was he to do? Should he permit riot and confusion to reign in those States, or dispense law and Order.— Who else was there to do it ? Who else. In. deed, if the bead of the government had not the power to do it? Did he proceed to treat them as conquered provinces? Did he pro ceed to treat them is States that had lost their rights and were dependencies? Or did ho treat them according to that law which lies at the foundatiOn of the government— that the people should govern themselves? That they are governed best who are govern ed least? wit was necessary that, trete should be some means of - communicsnou between these States in,i the Feiniirel government. How would any man -have _proceeded? He appointed Provision4l Governors-for those States. They were only provisional, and in hie iustruistions to them be laid down clearly the line of duty. They were instructed to encourage the telling of conventions by the people, the source of ell power, in order that by them the defects in existing institutions might be retuedie&Shia was done, sad speedily all began to assume the appearance of good order. The Secretary of the Treasury sprint/led his officials to take charge of the reset nes, the Postmaster Gen eral re-established mail routes, the Attorney General put the Courts of the United States in operation, and again the life bleat of good government began to course' freely through the parented members of the wounded politi cal-bodies. ,The speaker then:traced the,reconstniatien policy of PrissidentJohnson, and showed its identity, in the forniation of provisional gov ernments for the late rebellious Statel, with the polio, inaugurated by President Lincoln in the cases of Louisiana and Tennessee. Was not that hie duty ? What else could -be do? Wan he not bound, ias the Executive of the nation, to reconstruct the State governments :AU establish kw and order among the peo ple? But he even. Vent beyond this : he re quired of the reconitracted States thatAhey should ratify the Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, and repudiate the rebel debt. The States acceded to these conditionr: and no one at the North gainsayed the sots of the President at this time last year, when his policy had been fully developed. Every one —Democrat and Republican united , in /ray ing that he had dope his-duty, and done it patriotically ancljndiaiently.. The Democrats not only earnestly endorsed him, but.went farther and proclaimed from every stump in the State !bat the Republican endorsement of the Fresident .was, a sham= and a fraud.— We were deiounced by the opposition for pointing out their deceit; -and that party went into power a year ago upon their endorsement of the President's tolioy.—.They von the October elections in this /State by a clear case of false pretences. It was not the first lima they had carried elections that way, but be trusted in Ood it would be the last.— They were no sooner seated in power, than the Radical leaderisfaleified their pledges,and declared that the President's reconstruction plan would not suit. them. The only reason in tits world for this _change of their view was this a If the Southern Stales were admitted to theirjust and constitutional share in the gov ernment, the Republican party would be driven from power.' The Radical leaders see ing this, determined that the States_ should not be admitted until they effected a perpetual insurance on their own retention of power and ;at renege. Ia what does Mr. Johnson's policy differ to-day from that of a year ago? Upon what line of his policy can you lay,your finger to day, differing from; that of to-day ? I want any honest men toianswer me. Where is,,ii? My fellow-eitizeni, the great conservative party of the North said one year ago„fand subsequent events nave proved it to be tine, that the Radicals were not tens in their en dorsement of the ;President's policy. It is unnecessary to prove the.oharge now, for they stand convicted. We said then that they only. intended to deceive the p S ople, and when the people had given ; them I power they would use it ; against thePrisident. How were these predictions fulfilled-? I refer yen to the party records for their; truth. Immediately after, the October elections, when the people had trusted to their :protestations, arid again trusted them with power, they commenced planning their wet upon the Executive. In the latter past of November the Inman , vas startled by a speech from Sahuyier Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives, from the steps of his house in Washington. in which he gave the plan which the Radicals have since carried out to the letter. In De cember Congress assembled. Thiy were in Inch baste to start on their plan of disruption and dietician that they had hot the courtesy, to wait for the before they elected, their officers. They had net the common 'de-, (tens, to hear his explinition of his policy.-4 Oa that Mender: morning, before the sun' went down, a resolution was adopted which' sent this whole Subject to a committee of fif teen, composed of members of both Houses, to which all questions were to be referred without debate,—a course which has never found its parallel except in the Central Direct= tory of the French Revolution. Thu e, my fellow citizens, did Congress shot out from the ring of debate the greatest questit as which it has ever bad to, deal with since its foundation of the Republic. The Radicals began to, show their true colors.— They showed their position towards the Pre sident's policy. • They knew that the Prat: dent's policy was the death blow to Radical ism ; tbey knew that if the whole people were represented in Contrails the radical element would no-longer rule; and they knew thit there were millions of majcrity against thiem. So they tried to devise setae plan by which they might continue to- govern. And they proceeded, day after day, during many months, to develops their plans. They pro ceeded to legislate for one color and against another. Tiler passed that bill which de serves the execration of every white man-• the Freedriten's ' Bureau bill. The President vetoed it. They ; passed it over his veto.-6 They passed the Civil • Right'e bill. The President vetoed it and they passed it over his veto. „. Every week the country was startled to bear of some proposed; amendment to the Constitu. lion of Washington, _the instrument,- which was considered as nealy perfect as could be obtained by human judgment. Such an in atm-merit as thisi these gentlemen were un willing to live under. any- longer. because it was not intended fora party bat for a whets country. That tau its "Radical” defect, in the opinion of these "tinkers." Long months passed away, the summer was nearly over. the dog day's came and it was es hot that these gentlemen could stand it no longer.— The heats of suremer had come upon them and they knew i that they might not much longer delay. They knew they - must soon meet their constituents and show why it was that" they had turned &unionists. , They Must answer their constituents how it was they were doing` today by exo!usion, whit' the rebellion had not done by force. Their con science told them that they must give some excuse. . They made a plan in opposition to the Constitutional plan of the PresMent to go 4 ,4,4 a. before the masses of the nation. I will at tempt to disuse' that plan ; sho yon its gual.tier; show you that it is no plan ut • trick and intended to deceive the people; that it is • plan to, cover universil confiscation and negro suffrage.. - 1,.. The first is an attempt to make .constitu (local their infamous Civil Rights Bill, which had been property vetoed by the President, because of its glaring violations of the funda mental law of the land. Their attempt thus to re-enact it in'the shape of • constitutional amendment. obesre that they kogw that -the very law which; they passed over . President Johnson's Veto by a two-thirds vote was un constitutional. !I assert fearlessly that by 'that set they were guilty of that, to nee • moderate term, I will call political _perjury ; for. having taken an oath to support the Con stitution of the United Sisk% they °eat , ' not without perjury,pass a 111 W contravening it. That they know the Civil Right's Dill was un constitutional. it proven by their attempt to remedy the defects of the sot by re-enacting it In the shape of the first clause of the pro posed series of amendments. The secant' clime Is meant: to force negro suffrage upon all the States by mean* of intimidation and bribery. The Southern States are to be kept out until it is adopted, and by it Pennsylva nia Is to be dePr i lved ors member of Congress unless she confers the right of suffrage upon the migrate within her borders. It wee de signed to especlidly benefit the Sew England States, In whiehithere is no negro popubitiou, by cutting down the representation of States like Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky New Jersey. with a large negro populatio . In regard to the third proposition, forbiddi those who had taken the.eath as members f Congress, Judges, &c., from again holding 1111011 offices, he said that a more damning proposition was never made to a generous na tion. It is a blow aimed al the brain, the heart, the life of the whole Southern land. It is an, ungenerous sot. I know that none of you who met ?them in the carnage of death but made digit your friend and brother. Wet know that these men who engaged irt the re bottles ltitiglit and voted against it to the last. Whin ads/Ulla want oat what *eke they to do? lied the Federal Government power to protect them? Is it generous or right to treat theta so ?' Why,: they would be in the position of the Iran who was damned if .he did, and damned if he' didn't. •They would have been hanged by the Confederate Gitv ernment ii.they didn't, and now they were,to be ; more than hung by the Fedetal Govern ment because they did. : The fourth proposi tion of Congress, compellieg the States lately in rebellion to repudiate the rebel debt and acknowledge the National debt as a sainted ob ligation, be denounced .as absurd. Who,.he asked, questioned the validity of the National debt? Every mas.almost in the United States was interested la it. Scarcely a man is so 'pour that he does not own one or more of the Government bonds, and the party that would pfoposp such thing as repudiation would be swept into obscurity. He would not insult thb intelligence of the audience by discueeing it.l, The rebel debt was promised to be raid six months after the ratifteatiooof a treaty of peace with the trotted States. Na suoh treaty ever has been made ea by their own ft ce are they shown to be dead. The States by adopt ing new Coostiintions repudiated the whole Of the rebel.debt. Tbt4 killed it "deader.", what need then for that ? - • Mr. Clymer then quoted, at length from Wendell Phillips' speech at Framingtoo, Mas sachusetts, In Jtily last, to shove that after all the amendments were nothing but a cheat and she, to "bridge over" the October elections. When the people had been again humbugged the real purpose of the Radicals 'will be ex prised. Their plan hi, if possible, a larger majority than they now have in Congress, when a constitutional amendment. granting universal euffrage to the negro!' and dietrib 'citing the lands of, the South among them, would be adopted. Mr. Clymer ah , ..wed what would be the consequences of suchA move, and painted in glowing, colors the despicable condition of the Middle States, when they Ith-luld be thus giound between the upper millstone of 'flukes fanaticism and selfish cupidity, and the nether one of whole States controlled by negro votes. Mr. Clymer referred to his, opponent -Gen. Geary, prefacing his remarks by deolaring that he would not disgrace himself nor, dis credit the party which . nominated him by say ing one harsh word againet his private char acter. Hie public and political sets were -public property. With them alone be should deal. He was running as a soldier. Of him in that capacity be, allowed these who had served with him to judge if he had won laurels not one, Vpat would he pluck from his brow. Of his political career Mr. 'Clymer said there reutilized little record. Mr. Clymer proceeded to read his letter' to Samuel Mc- Guire; in which Gan Cleary announced _him self a 'life-long Democrat in the broadest sense of the term, without affix or prefix " This produced roars of laughter. M r. Cly late then read nearly the whole of Gen. Geary's speech, recently made et York. com ments on the General's allusion to Bank's report on the neutrality' lairs led natural) to a review of the coarse of the party which was once the Know-Nothing organization. In fittirg terms be -exposed their 'former infamy nod their present shame and arrogant pre sumption. The unmanly-attack of Gen. Geary upon the men who composed the &idler' Convention which assembled at 'Harrisburg, which he denounced them •As.- - Jlenesits, ektdkere, cowards , and hospital &tamers," :gave Mr. Clyriter • chance toleal 'with him 'in that' keen invective of which he is so corn plate a toaster. He `Said he supposed soldiers would Tote against as welt as for him, but he hoped to God his - tongue would be palsied wheneverhe stigmatized the armless and-leg less veterans of the war, or any one who ever wore toe blue, by such false. and calumnious epithets. Mr.: Clymer then clearly and elo ,quently referred to the charges of the Repub licans that he has been hostile to the soldiers and the Union. ,fle showed by 'conclusive proof that he had always been a sincere friend of the soldier; both in private, end public lite, and that the professed extracts from his record in therSenattrwere gathled and intended to give a false IrOprecrion. As to hie love for the Union,.he : thought no man who knew him, and was present, would question-it. Mr. Clymer said by the will of the Demo eratiostarty of Pennsylvania he had been put fcrward ae the exponent of their prin ciples. II • had nothing to conceal, but would frankly state, his priaciples. Ha had • been nominated became° he was supposed to have illinstrated by his life his devotion to the principles of the Democratic party. • He did not ask the support of any man on personal grounds, btit ,'aimed only the votes of tho-e who tweed with him in principle. Men die, but nrieciplest are eternal. He then exam ined the platform of- the Republican .State Convention, end showed that it contained the' doctrine of negro stiftrage, sugar-ended, en that Inelpient.Redicals could swallow it. He also referred to the statement made by Mr. T. M. Marshall, of Pittsburgh. that Gen. Geary had expressed to him his hearty concurrence in the policy and principles of Thaddeus Stevens, the disunionist. Bet decidedly the richest part of Mi.-Clymer' speech was his withering ridicule of the attempt,being made by the old Know Nothing leaders to wheedle and blarney the Irish into the support of the Radical ticket, by a professed desire that the neutrality lava should be repealed.- Th. cheering at the speaker's hits was tremendous and one had no ditßoulty in , recognizing the "rich Irish brogue" in the shouts that went up from the meeting. At the close of Mr. Clymer's remarks, Col. Dm. Rice, who was upon i the stand,. was lonaly called for. AlvirayS willing to oblige the people, be stepped forward and delivered ina extemporaneous speech, which was so good that we kave to doubt many in the audience felt as we - did, that -a first class statesmen was spoiled when the Colonel went into the show bus iness. fie said he was. knoWn to be a warm friend of the 'soldiers, and at first 'the cry against Idt. l Clymer bad excited some prejddice against that gentleman. 11 He had fully investigated the matter, and ievras siitiefied lbei soldier had' no better friend in Pennsylvania than ,Hiester %Y -. mer. The paragraphs going the rounds of the ..Republican press; pretending to be extracts from the Democratic candidate's . record,' were perversions in most cases, and falsehoods in other?. He had consul ted with his personal friend, Guy. Curtin.- about Clymer, and believed, .from what -Curtin told him, that he (Curtin) would iota for Clymer if be could do it on the sly. He bid reluctantly consented now and then to speak of politics; but politi climb generally, and especially those of the Radical party, were .; two hundred thouard per cent; worse than a show man, and . he_ disliked to kite - Maw with them. Some of his friends,ln . the kind. nese Of their hearts, had urged him for Cdongr ,3. It was objected to,. by .certain' parties lon the ground that he 'amid not' appear- well without his mules. If be isent.people would discoier-that be knew 1 how to manage jackasses. He, threw sem- mersaults to amuse the , people—a legiti mite pursuit ; and ati . hanorable one; but if any one could be found who could throw sommersaults like the' Radical par ty, then he was sick.; The Colonel spoke at some , length, alternately Causing his audience to roar with laughter, and stir ring them "to a print of uncontrollable en thusiasm by. his eloquence. Al as. effeo rive stump orator, toe . certainly has few equals. At the close 'cf - Colonel Rice's re marks; the, meeting adjourned, to enable the people to visit the depot, and see the- Presidential party. Directly after, thevol; diers and marines stationed here marched to'the same point, and they were soon followed by thousands of citizens'. The Commitibe of Arrangements and the people In the vicinity of the depot are entitled to much credit, for their proper'. 'tions for the arrival of thedistinguished visitors. A capacious stand wes erected in front of the depot building, before which the people, gathered 'in numbers exceeding anything ever before seen in Erie. The' entire space in front of this. clear Out to the Cl* Mills, wait a compact mue of people, in some places so crowded together as to render it airiest impossible to breathe. The buildings around were !dive with spectators, wails' the* crowd extended fax up and down Peach street: We have heard many' estimates, of the number' present, but as any figures we might mats **old only give riea to cone. troversy, we content ourselves with saying, what few will dare to deny, that more people were present than ever assembled before in Erie. The depot building was handsomely trimmed for the cecasieri:— . Snepended upon its front was a banner painted in . Chevalter's best s'yle, and tastefully bordered with ; evergreen 'through the industry of some_our second ward ladies, with , the following- inicrip. Lions : Welcome President. • Picture of a dqve besting' the Olive Branch.) The Union—lt Must be Preserved. One Country, One Constitution, Ooe bediny. We'll . Fight it Out on This Line.- The buildings in the vicinity displayed numerous flags, and the whole ii.pect of that portion of the city was decidedly cirditsble. Under Mayor 'Scott's super. vision, the arrangercients for the reception of the party were complete in all parties• lars. The east room of the depot had been set apart for the committee, into which none were admitted except those who had tickets. A goard was placed at each door, by means of which the visitors were afforded a free exit froth the cars to the stage; and an uudisturbed return. At the expected time the train arrived, and lif3 crowd sent up a shout of welcome that must have born very gratifying to those in whose honor it was given. The train seemed scarcely,to have stopped untiitbe President and party appeared on the 'stage erects I for their accommodation,- attended by the Committee of Reception, and numbers of our leading.citizms.- 7. -When the applause which greeted theni had subsided, Mayor Scott stepped for ward and delivered the following mere than ordinarily nest, address of wel come : It itYOII SCOTT'S ADDRISS Mr. Presi.lent.--In the acme and on belie f of the-people of Erie I, give to you and to dui distinguished gentlemen who are, with you, a most hearty and . cordial welcome to the Lake City of the Keystone State. North-western Pennsylvania U-day does itself . honor in do ing honor to the Chief Magistrate and chief men of this great nation The people well know and rememl se the debt of gratitude they owe to you and to those who stood by ,the country and the old . flag in the hour of danger and trial, and whatever the so-called leaders antlXpoliticians may say or do, the Jelling muses, the genets' people, will neier forget how; in the darkeet hours of the na tion's struegle for Pi life, you, air,living in the midst of treason; stood firm and faithful among the faithless.. And now that the rave, gas of fratricidal War are over, and blessed peace visits us, the people look for a recon struction of the Union. I hey desire above ell things the renewal and perpetet :Con of inch s Union of these States as shall be based upon s permanent harmony and common; ty of feel ing and interests between all sections of our common country. We 'want a Union which Wall not be a mere empty_name, a vain delu eion,lut a real, actual and harmonious Union, to continue to ourselvii and to be perpetuated to our posterity forever. We desire aboie all things the preservation of our common birth right and heritage—the government of the UnitedEtates on all its integrity tind.er the Constitution made and handel down t.o us by. our fathers. I am not an 'orator, and have neither the ability nor the inclination to'det tails you with a set address or , long speech, and the few words I have felt impelled to sty are spoken In behalf of no party dr faction, bat :4e, one of the people, spearing in behalf of the people. Their prayers and good wishes wilt go with you, sir, in yournoble errand to the tomb of Douglas, in that State where re pose the remains of Abrahvm 'Lincoln. We _wish peg and your illustrious *on, mos heartily :a pleasant journey, and a Vain rein to the National Capital. The Mayor thets introduced to the people in encomia:2 President Johnson, Secretary Seward, Gen:' Griot, Admiral Fatragut, See retry yfelles, and Postmaster General Ran dall, each of whom was roceire4 With hearty cheers. Aftet dui formal ceremony of intro d,uction had beau concluded, the Preside it spoke as follbwa PAISiDXSTJOU39Oe9 SPEiCH Fellow-Citizens —I do not come among,,yon for the purpose of making a speech, but sim ply to tender you, through your representa-: tive, my sincere thanks for the reception you have given me on my journey to the Weet: If I were disposed to make a epeech, time would o-t permit it, and my voice is chattered from frequent addressee. But let me ray to those who are here to-day that I have ever acted in such a manner as would restore the Union. It •has ever been the highest ambition of my soul to administer the government In such a manner as would preserve it. I do not come here as a partizan. I do not come before you to-day as an Exiseutile having - ideas co-exten sive only with twenty-six States. but with principles co extensive with thirty-sixStatea. 1 some bare to-day asking your attention to the 'Constitution which our fathers formed an ! handed', down to ns—the most of us—as a' pri.lelets legacy. In entering upqn the dis charge of my duties, the people required that I ehould take a solemn oath that tho Consti tution of my country should' be fully execu ted, sad I have tried to see-it done. notwith standing. factions. A certain department of our government, representing only a part of the States, have tried to drive me from the discharge of my duties. I tell them that all the powers of bell, and all the agencies of earth cannot turn me from my purpose. If it is my life they want, it is ready to be poured out as i libation upon the altar of our com mon country. If it is my life .they, want, I tell them to come and take it. Mr. Seward and myself have been denounced as "traitors," because we would not retard party: - Party, when your country' is imperilled! Party, when the Union is in danger! In such a cri sis as this, I. ask where 'should men be sent . who.plece the existence of party over that of National existence? On Saturday, when I asked this question, one answered "to the Devil," and atiother."over the Falls of Niag ara." Tram disposed to be an orator—if I were disposed to play the roil cf Hark An thony, who made a speech' near the dead body of Julins`Caesar—l would point you to my countzyinan front New 'York. rpoi4ting . with his right band to Secretary Seward] who stands , before you untried by the assassin's knife and were I so disposed I could dont you his gory garments. AO yet he, and I, who perilled my all; are deboaneed as trai tors.! Then being here in-day, passing through, as it were, on telegraph wires, I bid you 'farewell . . And let me say to you, take your flag of thirty six stars, preserve it, and keep it ever a sacred trust, 'Then let me say to you all—farewell. And let me say to you, the people or the-Keystone State, are you Bo= ing,to be recreant to your country to•day ? 'Recreant alike to your conntry, and the prin ciples yeti havemaintained so long, and .so *ell? Will yob longer follow the blind lead of the partizintwhose shackles are now' upon tour limbs? May the blessings of Heaven I rest upon you and tind you in close unity to your country.. I see many ladies before me. Were I disposed to make -a speech, there! much I have to say to them. They are pu —pure as angels. Bat I must bid you fare well. To you I return my sincere thanks for this reception. "[Cheers:l During ' the President's remarks; , Mr. Seward stood by his side. General Grant, Admiral Farragut,' Weller, Randall, and the other prominent gentlemen, were a portion of the tium.direetly behind the President, but Grant. secl Farragut were soon called into the eas.. to receive the salutations of the ladies. The General was overwhelmed with billies, to the in tense disgust of several inlay bachelors and benedicts present. Re was appai sully "tinder the weather," end received all the favors extended to bim in a listless. sort of ;manner; that seemed to say : " . I am used to all this, and Would , as leave it were dispersed with as not," A gentle. man who rode from Buffalo with the party, says he had a long conversation with the General. in which he expressed himself as heartily coinciding with the President's policy, in all ita essential fee; tines. _ Mr. • Johnson commended lilt speech in-a low, husky_ talent Telco. but soon roused tin, so acto ber heard a con siderable diitsnoe.• He lOoked Solemn and tiiunian"fiziOnat • as he, spoke his countenance riastimed a pleasant but earnest .expression , . The main points of his remarks were delivered with an em phasis which plainly exhibited that they came from the . heart. 31r. Seward, throughout the proceedines, was as cold and . Unruffled as an kick.. Being called on be responded as follows. The tones of bis voice were too inw to be heard by any except those in his immediate vicinity : . ua. ssWARD'a maw. It will be impossible to wake you hear me, I and I will not try. I understand that you have two conventions in session in your city to-day. .They ore of opposite politics, and what are they called? One is called Union, ie it nat . [A voice—Yes, Dee is county con vention.] A county cmvention is it ? Well, 'what is the other? It also claims to he Union; does it not ? Ido not know which is which, but doe; not this .fact ehow that the great question is •then,. Which is for the Union ? All I have to say is, ask which is the more for the Union, and give that 'one yrur vote. But let me ask you. did you ever hear An drew Jell-neon, or myeelf, propose to strike One star from that flag ? [Pointing to a large flag over the Morton House ] - -:D.d you ever bter•ary man who followed through fire and blood, and through the horrors of a battle field, where del' h.was met nnflinchingly and blood poured cot like weter•to rave it from shame and pollution, propose: such a thing? And yet, who is. it that is now working to preserve it in its unity and en•irely ? Is it. the bud Congress, or the present Congress? What slaw Congress done to recognize them? liar it done anything? - The President has done evet•ything,that has been dune trward restoring a broken 'nd di.eevered Union It only remains for the Southern 8 wea now to have representation, and the whole •-roblem isetalved. But Cowies h-lieves that they are dis'oyal, andprofe. , es to he nfruid t giv init hem representation. Afraid of ler; poor, broken, spiritless States, crushed down by the ',misfortunes of tiniest merci'e s a_d pi- Weill war, ending in their total defeat and almost annihihtlion They tell me :,tolt we cantMt have the votes of Pennsylvania this year. I tell you to try. I have been. behind the scenes and F know that they (the Radi cals]. will not have the votes of the Sate of New Totk. While Ur. 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