M'Kean County Democrat. (Smethport, M'Kean County, Pa.) 1858-186?, October 10, 1863, Image 2

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paULM AITORNIT;
' JOHN BACKUS.
.The Tickets.
We 'deem it oanectes aa yy to say but little in
Phenol .of thoae, who are before
`terPeople 'for that' iiigrages at the election
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•int 'T a lei da y The 'stake to . be lost Or won
this (ill ,
n far above the mere scramble for of—
limkrkeing no more 'or less than the integrity
item Constitution, and the preservation of our
tight.' Old liberty, as a people. And we be
lie**, as.wido our' exithenee, if the election is
canvassed :agaiost
: the people, and in- fnvor of
the letild.be tyrants' at
.Washington, the ays
- tem of -free elections ceases, and the white pen:.
pla.'ol.the,narth, will have to choose between
slavery Mid.sinarcky. • .
n ? 1, Chief Magistrate,. in Judge Wonowann
lioie in upright man, .of whem.h is politi c ol
enemies dareriot whisper a word of reproach.
Oa the contraiy,.ol the people believe the pie
torsof ; Gov. rt
would
as drawn by his polltieal
(rinds; :, they would not date entrust him with
a farther term of the, power he ins io abused.
Tor lidgi
. 6( the Supreme Court we hive a
jariit of tekiloviiedged ability and abov!i suspi
4tion Mr : honesty of purpme...;.
A. Or. 131 wring and Berea have before
.erred the /tote in the Hill of Representatives
With, 'satisfaction to their constituents, who
have satire coisfidenee . io.their ability and in
*pity. Of their opponents we knew but
Mr." blallat4sr is a citizen of Clearfield
'lsunty,.and Capt.'asr r. rigidas in the State of
Ifew 'York. We shall only tours( them - that
they"unconditional- irrepressibleisti"--
ie level, of thcfreedorn of the black, and the
etslarensent, of the White. One remark , of
Raiz, which was motile in this town will shOW'
,!i ley. ity,r 9 thit , r if ordered, be' would
"Oberst Ifikiaavio iILYIIISIUR, GOVIBIIIOr of the State
of Nis* York, ands should do so with pleasure."
R.filoosuc, of Liberty is a Young.rnao
of energy and enterprise,thorough in his busines a
habit. Left to hit own resources, at' an ear—
ly age, he, bah by , his iedustiy, assisted hist ,
mother. Jo bringing up a family of 'yOunger
brotbers.and sisterhood has always maintained
llia.haisse and rejsutation.se ad honest man. The
peopja wulltooc fair , ire think, in choosing.. him
fet;the important office of Sheriff the emitting
4 1 1?.. N.. Ltztstairocur, 'fellow townsman,
bihoPponentl•
Yar.Yrotboaotory,:the editor of the Dermoereift"
Ii is biaO,selocted.bytbe Democracy, and J. R.
fistaDviroi, by the *public:irs.
,Dur opponent,
the prosent - Occupaiit . of , tho ollicei is .11 gentle—
, mini.and well qualified to discharge lir duties;
keying spent ghi'greiter par/ of his life in the
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ofiee.. For.: ourself , we Can only say, if the
people choose,..wi will'strivs to serve , them in
that cartanity. : : to the best Of! our . ab il ity. Of
,
.osoras we *lin • to bit mitirely competent.
•
• Anisason,, hive
been the ,Democ raer as" their candi—
dates fee County. commisitoncri. The first
Mated. gentlemen., resides., at Cares, and is a
man of hist, nite ability, deservedly popular,
and admitted.by, allstrYbe.an 'excellent choice..
litr: . fiitimaletyresides ; in', Hamilton township, '
wbich'bas never been litallored with a' county
04ausilniotter. Mr. &Vs a shrewd; energetic.
- 'bosh/OM malls and from his known•fearlessness,
is Mae** niavYto guard•the• interests' of • the
sunny; withwit.regardio fear or favor. .
• Tim Ropublican nominees are St BAVDWIN.
I: C.
` . ;.(iitoloilifAiiiirwer.i. is *mails* Of Wrenn
adsemty;ie Wall:educated, and entirely .qualified
tir discliargithedatieeof• the office of Register
:semi Reeorder.,',,l.l.ii.stillin.undecided question.
spbother hi. Opponent will ' considered enough,
4ga: s eitlien" tO;be ontitleskto•vote acti, coming
Dr 13, R: Wietreni the Y:fremocratie nominee
for z tswatser,lo Praeticing,phyeisiin Ind.sur—
ge naiwhieb is irnpOrtint in that office.
ihiceitai.the nominee for District Atter-
.ney,:boi.bett that office, an With entire satil-.
fiction:.:: It is acknowledged by ell .that the dtt
,tipief thet;:sidlite; have not been so. well dis
abatgaitlyilY other incumbent. •
Jameson and- Sus
' twatoito — >iltief both excellint secountents, which
IS ettatatelt .441•itanee in:that office. erpecial•
" .1 / 7 :4'tilli.,tinti 'When seek cinitasioin reigns.' in
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Governor Curtin counta quite confidently on
4e vote ottha ~Pennayiyania soldiers. We
have Ids'esiirt worittfoi this.' In a late speech
, tasau. „
at HaTia, Laisieh.tOuntY, ha said :... ••
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} ass ! certain of esug .n tete d . I' HAVF'
M :'ARRANGEMENTS • WITH THE
GENERAL': COVERN4ENT TO SEND
HONE THE - PENNSYLVANIA VOLUM ,
VEERS, AND THE ••SDLDIERS 'WILL
op mei
itmay•torn out that lie is , 'punting . without
his -h00t.,. : The soldiers whose friend he Claims
to be, maY:not see" him td in that light",— .
Ther are neithealoolsnoralayea. lbw . / are .
sivnirt enough • to. know whether they were well
Or ill treated by the; m an .whose, special thity
it'Was to have them . 'cOmfortably equipped and
properlY fed, and if the•fact. is that they were
parody. supplied ,with food and , s furnishad with.
Worthlest•clathing, they:. are brave enough' to
Vete. 'against the
.faithless'S.OhieV.MigiStrate
whe allowed a aet.of mecallyeontraetors to rob
them ~.in c.Orteideration: of - getting part of the
money out which' those barpies have ch ated
the 'gayernitent and its gallant defeneers; • As,
hoWeyer, evidence on this,- point, coming from .
'the political.opponents of Cortipi might be &is
trusted,'We shall quote -the testimOny of. his
political !supporters.' The 'Pittsburgh Gaiate,
a leading.. Abolition piper au this State, .and'
nowearnestly„ adiocsting the'electiori of-Cur
tin, opposed his nomination on themary ground
that hiCotild •not obtain the soldiers' vote, be=
causeof.his corrupt complicity with artily con
tractors to swindle thasOldiers,•hy serving out
shoddy blankets, shoddy clothing, shoes with
Papni• soles,,,.rotten• meat, and Worthy gt hard .
tack," and 'then charging three prices for it!
In aleading editorial iaitaedition of.. the 29th
•Tol.V,lB6 . 3,;the•Ga.zeria said :„
suggested. as a' reason forthe reabmi-:
nation of ,
.CUrtin, and .the only onawe . evir
heard, that he. is..popular Wittrthe
But it is not true, if we ,may trust tile almost
universal testimony from the army, solar as
we have harm opportunity of hearing it ; and
it_would 'be strange,indeed'i if .it were looking
tathe.shoddy., proyided . for them bybis agents,
in the first place; -and.his his, subsequent
conduct.. in.. regard to eommissiona Our reM
data will remember thc;time when it . wall pub.
linty zaid, that.bis person would not finite been
sale .in the camp of a Penhaylvatiia 'regiment.,
We are riot of those' who l aliect•to believe that
this feeling hai -been improved in popularity,
notwithstanding: the newspaper reports .of ie
cePtions and. flag presbntations, to
.which'' which we
'have been so, often treated. Cheers on the Po
tomac from Pennsylvania regiments, are, a
,eheap complithent,.an.d not alway s to be taken
aievidencaof admiration for, the man." . .
When the editors and journalists of Curtin's
owri,party•thua speak of his conduct to the.sol
diets,
as
votes he now talks.of getting
with as much assuran ce' as if they were his
own privati.retainers and vassais-;- his cenie 7
.gers "—we 'should like to know whetherthe
soldiers Will snort; themselves , to be used by a
base hypocrite' Who' has atolen,the very bread
out - of their months, end the• blankets 'from
their We shall . • .
.
How STANDS'THR CABo—The war has now
bruin prosecuted with the• Whole strength ef the
9overnment, for morethan two years; and whe t
have we accomplished toward restoration - of 1
the Union?. Absolutely nothing. The polio) ,
of the Government has almost entirely stopped
voluntary onlistMent, and the -conscription
,ha s
failed tolurniah men as fast as wasted by the .
war. Still we have too few men in the field, to
even hold , the advantage we had
,a few months
ago.' In addition, it ii now evident* to every
One that'we are drifting into ewer...with France,
And probably. England. • In this emir gency—
when the future looks black, and the "boldest
holds his brerith;" what word of comfort, or
hope doer the Administration . give the' people.
We have been promised the war would•he and
ad in thirtythen sixty—then ninety , daYa.—,
We arinow told by' 'the president- not to be
sanguine of early_ peace—that we have no' way
but to keep on fighting;' or to use his words:—
"heep pegging awar" How long. must,' how
long eon state.ofthings- , continue? e'
Th
debt %of 'the country , already equals the value
'of its property real and personal.' To place our
armies in an effective condition will requite--
taking the recent, draft for example—everyman
at the lierth fit for Cluty.,, It 'seems fo.lie con—
Ceded that another draft, fdr eix hundred thous
and men is contemplated—certainly necessary .
—which will 'exhaust the entire entollment.— . l
This, without foreign Interference, will but last
a year Whet 'then. Who can- answer.
•, 'lt is not much wonder that the Administra
tion deem it necessary to stifle the expression,
of thismuch abused, long euffering•people , by
declaring martial law, throughout the land.
The President said, in his inaugural, the
eountrrbelongs :n the people who inhabit it."
Instead of that being the case, we find the prop
erty of the people already wasted, tile country
.draiied of its able—bodied male , population, anJ
the liberty of the citizen taken away;, and fur
ther we are informed thatit is treason to ques
tion the acts of the Administration, and spb
jects the citizen so doing to I?afiishment, im
prisonment and death, as slay please the humor
of gi the Government." . .
The Abolitionist. claim•to• be great friends
General Jackson. We object to- this slander of
the 'dead patriot. It makes our hlood boil to
hear men who have, almost to the present mo.
.ment,. called him •an se old Tyrant,' who ought
to have been hung;" now .claim to be "Jack—
aon men." We , can not better defend hisinem
oryabeh by,giving hie .owe opinion of his wo'd
be admirers.
,•, • ' . •
ABOLITION,' PARTY IS A
DISLOYAL. ORGANIZATION, ITS PRE.
TENDED . LOVE FOR -FREEDOM MEANS
NOTHING MORE OR - LESS THAN CIVIL
WAR AND A,DISSOLUTION,OFTIJE
lON.. HONEST MEN OF ALL PARTIES
SHOULD' UNTE TO EXPOSE THEIR IN;
TENTIONS AND. ARREST THEIR .PRO.
OSESS.-.' 7 .tAn4ev Jucknon: • ,
-
,17V . ir# tape S.ldier.:
Traci 'Patriotism. and .1i 'a.
. Coppeifieati." '•
'Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees ; - one of-the-Most
elciqueni champions: of Constitutional liberty in
.
the ceuntry, and • who ;advocas.
.14:the 'election of the DeniorcraticAlcket, de
livered, a'' :Beec h in Columbus on September
. .
21st, in the course of which he uttered these
.
noble.ancliestrioti sentierientss
.
et.l have stood:6y the people, arid I. intend to
•estand; by thems intendto stand, by. my
Gevernment; and ,an
My Government's the Gov.
tirriment' Of this people ; • aril, when this people
govern no longer; then collie kings,.and crowns,.
and Sceptres, and. the ravens of office, and that
is net my Government and I- shall never:owe
allegiance—never • [Tremendous cheering.]
When'it comes that the seeptre.shall pass .from
the hands ofthe people—When' the-hour comes
that the Constitution : shall-be laid aWay—when
the•heur cornea that . yoU 'can no longer read the
first lama the Consiltution:.saying that this
people'make this Government—When that hour
comes,.l Want no other Gevernment;llo other
country to reside in, except that silent place,.to
whiclvws are all hastening, and where all will
at last lie down to ease our 'aching hearts.
4i . Wheriever and. Wherever in.the wide , page
of hiatery,.a nanili•found to have arisen, who
Was . afraid to trast_ the people, that,snen was
made to 'be .the '.44antof his day. .Wherever
'you find a man.to,day that is trying' to change
the source of authority, du...great river of sov
ereliinty, from the hands of ihe:rnany'—of the
paWerful many—to •the -
.few at ...Washington,
that min is istraitor. [Cri e s , of cc that's so,'"'
and cheers.] That is the' disloyal man,-.and.l
Shall deminrice'him, Whenever. you find a pei..
asite . . - that'comes to , you, and.justilles . the en
croachments en the rights and liberties of-the.
.peopfeysupporting a grisping.spirit of tyrran
ny, that mans-when he talks of. traitors,
g thou art the•man,"'. . ••
Werisle.the:people of M'Kean.county to note
the character olthe men, who are for tfist'•un,
:conditional war policy—the jeaders. Are they
not those who are making money by it. Pick
them'out;' they. will be foundlo . ire. Collectors,
Assessors of the tax, :Provost Marshals and
their assistants; holders Or . expectents Of office,
or they' have the money in their • pockets ? re—
ceived:from the G?vernment, lot the purPose . of
buying theirciLojalty . .”..,Sydney Smith truly
said of this 'class Of .shodtly - patriots: ,
.• •
"'God save . my king,' in these 'thres; too of 7
ten means,.God save my pension and my place;
God give•my sisters an allowances out of - the
privy Durso, make me . clerk—of • the irons, 'a:,id
let me'survey the meltings; let me l ire upon the
fruits other'Malee inditStry, ,a/Id` 'fiztien. ti
the plunder of' the public,"'. • ,
The interest of the 1101 . 189 of the people—the .
working men of .the county—'should'cause them
telpaire 'common cause, against these 'corrupt
vulturesvrho prey on the.vitaleof the nation.--- ,
With.them every drop Of blood shed, is coined
into money to Satisfy their greediness; every
groan of thedying soldier; every tear of the
widow end orphan has itkprice.. •
A Sot.asiSl.Tairrir Firmr Sroicasi.----No solemn
and awful truth was ever told•in vvords.of deep-,
et •in dness' end' impassioned . eloquenee than
that contained in this little 'paragraph, which
hat fallen from ihe 'Pen •of Will A. Stokes, of
the Westmoreland Reiiiiblicar.: It draws aWay
the veil of tinielry and'pageatifry and lies Which
they have spread over
. otir' bleeding country,
and reveals the depth and dalknesii of the .un—
iversal misery into which she daily sinks , deep-
er and deeper through the downward t"ges.
• . •
of a Mismanaged.and perverted war:
.
wyo-day Some women are - wives, to-morrow,
after .the.battle, they ere bereaved widows.
Today your children rejoice ' in the Hope df
soon seeing a returning father; tomorrow, af
ter the battle, theY are fatherless_ orphan. To
day the bntrcitked maiden has ,her
. hopes'fixed .
upon the deaaest Object of her aflections;' to-
morrow, after the battle, she bewails a fallen
lover.who , sleeps the sleep of death on. the •fur
rowed sind gory field. To-day the mothnr still
revels in. fearless , hope for the safety otlfer ion
to-morrow, after the battle, she is bereft of her
of her last hope and help on* earth. Each has
misfoitune, yet we-all gravitate to
.
one- 7 the general ruin of our country! • All , these
are tins fruits of .4icked men in power, .w,ho
rule over the people with the rigor'of despotism
whilst he who is .the real.friend..of man is fal-.
sely andmailciously - defamed as .an enemy to
No luterteionce the Ballet,
" Curtin and . Stanton 'are - in contpiracy to
prevent,' by •rnilitary fOrce; a fait election in
Pennsylvania'.',Let every man' who lo'ves lib
erty be prepared to prove that. he.is worthy of
it, by defending his rights at all hazzards .and
to theiast extrerriity : :".--Exchattga. • -
the military
. have been . used. in Dela Ware,
'Maryland, and other States, to
.prevent freie
election, and the aanie power may be,initoked•
again for the same base.putpose. rorney, in
his Washington• Chronicle, referring • recently:
to an election in Marylaad, which. Was then ap-
Proaching,• said truth, the Thyalisis. of
the city of Baltimore will notiernyt DOI:11T 7 -
FUL men to . appear at' the .polls,' and we antici
pate that the coming election will show 'that in
that State .(Maryland) a' number avowed Ile.
publicans have been chosen to office."
It is, of douse, an easy matter : to carry an ,
- election where . every man who will not vote
the Administration ticket is regarded is dis
loyal, and kept from, voting by Federal Bayo
nets.. But it will not be safe to practice that
game irt - this State this fall. • •
ANOTItEn F ALSEMOD ED . --The Cham
bersburg Repositoryoind . other Abolition jour—
nals .have charged Senator_Clymer with declar
ing, in Ms speech at Somerset, that—
cc If Woodward and Veilandigham:were elect-.
ell, - with Seymour and • Parker, they" would
Unite-in . calling from the.army-the troops from
their'reepective Statesu:for the purpose of com
pelling, the 4dministration to, invite a cpnveii
thin 'Alba States to adjust our...difficulties."
• The Reading • Orizetre, On the, authority of
. .
Senator . pronou nces the• charge false.
Hi used no suchlangeage, or, anything like it;
at Somerset or elsewhere. We were so well
satisfied that it was untrue when wefirst"reacl
it, that we deeme,l it , unworthy of notice.. It
is safe to set ildwit every charge made in the .
Abolition Tapers againpt• Democcart as false•
hoods. 1 Their. only weapon is
,calumhy..
E:S..ll , laiowis:aaaia 'host," at the
'Bennett:House. . This House'vras well kept
.hotel tinder his administration', can as
sure the public. that it .will continue to be the
House of Smathport.' ,
• ' G6f• MOCLELLAN FOR cURTIPI:-.1t.14 said by
those who ere' infoirned upon the .'subject, that.
Gen. Matfellan has openly declared ,himself in
favor of t re-election of Gov: Irthis
is'so; we - reatt.hirn out Of the Detnoetatic party
at once.-4.111c1 eranMiner. • ' •
h e abeve libel owthe brave soldier and pat
.
riot.is but aspeciinen °Pile titter recklesnees
of ' the - •AbolitiOnists • in • condueting; this camj
~ •
paign, Of course there is net it,rivOrd of truth
in it,. but• has been:published at thislate day;
hoping to,have seine influence in the. election,,
. • .
and tool.ste-to be contradicted.
irything•was wanted-to piove,the
effect of Abolition dOctrinei on men that
'come. yithin influence, it is 'exemplified in
the perecin of Col.. q. B. curtil, who is an Uni
.yersal favorite with'our citizens:
,Let any one
who has heard liiiieloquence.ip:defense of Dem
ocratic prinelples,,Contrast' those efforts with
bis speech at theCourtHOuse last week.' His
personal friends were pnined and,disgasted With
the entire -.lack, or even attempt at argument;
and the !OW liillingsgate of the whole'sp'eech.
How ate the mighty fallen. •
From tlte . Army of ttia Potomac.
'CAKP NCIC 61.1LPFIC!.:11 0011111' TIOUSH,
Sept. .00t4,
Edo. 7111trptry:--Voll have no denbt seen; • by
'the papers; what they are doing with us "Vets,'.!
sending . reinforcements dom to .goseCiani; .but
What they are doing, ort 7 iNiii - what their 'are
going to do. with this Corps (the Sixth,) is more.
,thnul or any °Nis can say. Though We. are
notwanting for: ; rumors, the — /a4t'
that our : Major General . :(Sedgwiek). has been
appointed Military GOVernor of. the District bf
Columbia, and that we are going back. . to take
charge of the defences of. Washington. I only
hope that this may' so; bit we don't place
any, dependence : on rurnors;* they, are "played
They.hed 'a sort of a (iolitjcal meeting in the
'regiment; 'though they, that is,. the officers,
would not call it by . that name, but said .that'it
was 4 call, 'merely to find out the state of feel
log towards the candidates in the - aPproaohing•
election, and this is the Way . they., went about
Captain CrOsby, of Company'C,'was Made
Chairman, two .other officers Vice Presid'eafs,
two more t Secretaries, and the meeting was or-:
ganized. .ASet of resolutions, drawn up in
. the
afternoon, endorsing and approving An wdreG , .
Curtin fo . r.Coverrior were read and adopted,and
another added by the Chairrn'an,:approving the
said resolutions unanimously, was put and car
rind,' About. one-third' of the regiment was
present. They . may say :What 'they like, but
more than one-half Of'the regiment isdernocrat
ie.- You no doubt' will see the' whole of the
proceedings in some of the pipers, as they are
going to publish.them.'• I want to give you an
idea of the thing. I think, aritl therenre more
of the same opinion) that the' Whole thing has
been done for the sal - lf grEa
glee" on .Lieutehani
and giving 'a lift to at the'
sametinie,
I send you enelosei
mosses,' with' ou'r. ter
TIik:'FILVITS OF AM trim. to
1860, how[wonderfu ing..all
the physical, moral, Js of a
great nation.,..Wha. s hat se-.
ciirity for . liberty and proPertr. What , a .mag
.nificent vista ahead of us'. -Now how. changed.
The'Republican party gas been in power in the
"Federal Government not . three years.. What is
the picture?-. That scene:which the great yileb,
,ster.Prayed dying eyes Might never rest up..
- on, has come tp'.pass. States are .tent With
fraternal feuds, and., drenched , with fraternal
blood. Discord has come instead of peace. The .
Land is full of mourning for the loss of the.first:
horn; children are weeping far their fathers, and
gray.heired men-are, cowed down'with grief for:
the loss• of their boys, Families are' severed—
cripples, tottering, along our. streets, mute
monoments of a bloody Strife.. Debt, too, has
'come upon:us in gigantic , shape, and taxation
has laid.its heavy hand upon us.:Everything
Material: feels • it. Everything 'that we eat,
drink, or handle; from the swaddling. clothes of
'the infant 'to the shround of , the parent.... The
Secretary•of the ,Treasurrsayi the debt is but
eleven hundred millions; It is
. twice 't hat, and
is.growing daily larger. -The G overnment; too,
has substituted a . Federal Currency tor 'the old
state currency.: 'lt has, in fact.' substituted
the old French banking system. It has, forced
upon Ori money which, Outside of the
.country,
is not worth the'Paper it is printed On., and - in
the country it is 40 per, cent. discount,.while the
tax is , equal to $4O Upon every'..man, ..vvoman,.
and-child in the.country. But ascending to mat
ter's of higher coasideration—if it is possible to
do se--we•see ail the rights, safe-guards,, and
immunities'Of the citizen--the trial by jUry, the
habeas carpzi.t, the right of free speech, and free
press; indeed, the whole ; glorious panoplir of the'
Bill of Rights—our amendinents to the Federal
donstitution—swept,, remOrselessly away by
this Administration. •
INIMiEM
We have quoted the Pittsburg Gazette and
Dispatch in proof of the charge. Of fraud against
Governor Curtin. Here is another bit of dam—
ning evidence.. The' Philadelphia Inquirer of
the 21st of July last said: •..
“It is a sad commentary that, while Aotis—
ands of brave men rushed to arms to defend the
State from invasion, and while the Governor
was,tickling them' with honeyed words, his
minfons . and- followers were permitted, like liar
--
pies; to deprive them of food, and to compel
them - to make long and weary marches without
even-.the poOr ltixury of crackers.and pork. .It
is a. matter of record.that, while these contrac—
tore were receiving enormous sures, the Phila
delphia-soldiers were placed on an allowance of
a cracker a' day, for . several days together,
thanks to the neglect and, corruption 'of the Ex
ecutive Department of Pennsylvania.". • ' •
. . . .
CIMTIN AND TIM GERMANS.—Gurtin'o motto
—the . words .he ..u.sed on the stump in . 18.54.-
must . not be':forgotten bronr German fellow—
citizens.• itA. Dutchman is not like,
another - person ; ,he has two,. skulls,.and in or
der to get an idea into his head, you must first
smash one of hii: skulls'!" . he: used thislan
page .a time when vote s be made by
abusing the German's and Irish. 'Now that the
tables.,are turned, tifp seeks to . elaim these same
Germans and ;rish:as his friends.,
• . . . , .
'" SLAVERY I 9 THE CAUSE OF Tile. WAlt-
TIIEftEFORE'S . LNERY 910ULD EXTIRPATgD."
—'This!S Curtireadoctrine;.and it is the 'doe:-
trine, and •it is ;the doctrine of the, Abolition
perty.••lt is iepeated with an air•of great wig=
dom all over, this State. • It is the silliest piece:
of humbueever Started. Hon ! Wm. Allen, of
Ohio; . • in a' recent speech, in that . State, said:*
"Slavery, is not -the .cause Of .the:war.: 'The
cause of the , war is tliie iritertneddling of men
with other • men's . business. If any fellows,
shouldcome here and undertake to-disperse this
,crowd 'this-evening, Anil &h
. 011111 happen to get.
,hUrt; they'could not say, that this meeting was
the eaa . se of it. ,The,cause of it 'would be that
they tried to,,break the . meeting • up. •
'lf slavery was the cause
,of thei war,. It would
'not have . required ad Abolition party. to - bring
it - abon't: • •• "'• Every man know& there' have
been great wars about religion.- Not long since
there -was- a 'thirty years' war • in: Europe.-L
About:what-9 About religiOn., ' Well now;ec.
cording:. to the Abelitionists',. - religion. ought to :
have been exterminated.in 'order to:get rid of
the War. " • ! That.i'r unjust. Religion has
. .
bean the cause of war . in sense than that it
has afforded a pretext for one.set.of- men to in-,'
ter pose in the religion; opinion's of another.—
'• • • There has been no War . in .the. United
States about religion. Why so P. 'Oily fathers
did not declare that there should be no religkon
here.. What they did was to insert , a clause of
religioUi tolerance to 'all sects in .the organic
law; :4rc." This sort of plain.sense.etterly de.
molishei.the flimsy sophistry by which Curtin'
nd his . party are trying to reconcile the people
to their levolutiOnary dogmas. .l
MCCLELLAN AND HIS rERSECETORS. - -LET-TISE
SOLDIERS REVENGE Tama OLD CO:RiIiANDER;
Let.. the soldiers who ..maylhe at'home on.the
day 'of the electiOn, remember that Andrew G.
Curtin; the shoddy candidate for Governor, was
in the conspiracy against Gen. McClellan, 'and
that it was his infruence . as much as any other
cause that induced the President toTembve'Mc-
Clellan. from ihe command of the army.
Clellari is the c soldiers' friend,°': andthe•sol
diers.nre hiS friends, and they- owe it to them=
selves to strike down the enemies of their he.:
rOic commander.
DIED
'ln this village, on the Bth inst., of Typhoid
Fever, SARAIV E., only daughter of 3 L. and
Ptunba A. WorAen, aged 6 years 5 months and
.' in Bradford Township, on the 3d inst., FREE
MAN son , of P.M..and Cornelia Full'ei,•aged
3 . years 2 month: and 21 days.. . •
EGGS.
. . .
IWILL PAY '..CASII . for. 'any quantity ; of
g;gs delivered at my Store in Smetliport.,
* 1 also wish,. to 'contract' for. one tmuSand.
bushels pf P.otatoes, for whicli-1 wili , pay cash..
% ' Sept. 12, . . - • L. 'W. MASON.
• •
• • .-• - Ele ction:Procl4.txtation.: •
'WHEREAS ,and -the I Rh' section
• of the Act, of Gcneral.Asseinbly.Of Penn-,
sylYania; passed Ju1y'N,..1859; efittiled An
Act rplatini , to the. elections of the Potomiln . .
wealtlo it is enjoined'on the Sheriff 'of every
eon nty• to give entice rd' such elections :to be
held and enumerate in such notice:What. of 7
fibers are to ho elected. In purShahea. thereof,.
.1, J'aines E. Blair, High : Sheriff of .the county.
of MaKdan,AO therefore make known, and give
this public notico.to.ihe'electors.of said county.
of McKean, that a-general election, will- be held.
in :said, county'. on Tuesday, the 13th day of
October, 063; (it being the second. Tuesdarin
the month) Tor the election tif the fullewingof-,,
fcers; to-wit : , • •' *,, • . •
Ne•persokfor Governor of the Stole
'
of
PennSYlvanig. • : •• •
One person for :Judge .of t he • Supreme
Conrt•of (Pennsylvania. • • •
Two persons for Assembly;' to 'repre . -
ient ,the'eounties ',Clearfield; Elk if- .
C 7 1 ,011 and jile:ffeani in' the Muse . •of 're
prose ntdti vet of .1 3 enns . ylvani , • • y
• One piii•siin for Prothonotary, of 'Ali:Kean
county . ., . •
Otie person for Sheriff 'Of McKean county': .
-One person 'fur Rigister and Recorder of Mc , :
'Kean county. • •• •
. TWo persona for County clominissioner. • .
• 'Two persons for Cow.) , Auditor.
Ono person for•Cortiner.... •.' •
One person for District Atiorney.• . • • .
And he qtialified electors of' the 'county of
• McKean, will hold their elections. in the say
eral Districts ••• . •
• The township of.Annin at the fiver seliooh
house.
Plie BorOugli of Smotp.port cit the Court house
in Smotivort. • : • .
• The township of Bradford a . , the 8011001 house
'Littleton ..• : .
The township of Ceres At, the house of E, J,
The township of COryddnutthe salvia house
near Thomas Conoter. . . ' ' • •
The,to*tiship of Eldred at the Eldred :Hotel: .
The lowhship of Haolliu at ' , the .Aldrich
school heuie. • • • • •
The township of lianilltoo at the sehool:bouse
near Isaiali,nlorrison.. •
The. township of Rattling at the Court. House
in Stnethport.
• The township of Liberty at the school house
in 'Port Allegany. • • •
The township. of Lafayette at the Sehool
house near the publie house of. Luther Davh.
The township of Norwich at thehouse of, 0.
Purdick.
The township of Otto at the school house in
Pientiss Yale. • . .
.
The township of Sergeant Opp house of.Jo
said' Lucas.
• The township .of Wetmore •at'Utehouse of
Win. Toby..
• And I also giVe notice, that 'every person,
excepting the Justices of the Peace;who shall
hold any office or appointment of ,Profits ,or•
trust .under the • Government••of .the United'
States, or of. the State, or of any city or incor
porated district, whether a commissoned officer.
or otherwise, 'subordinate officer or agent, who •
is or, shall be employed under, the. Legislative;,
Exective or Judiciary.department of this State
°rot the United States, of any incorporated
district; and also, that every member of Con-.
gress; of.tla. S tate.Legislat ore Mid .of the select •
and common .Council of aiiy city, -or Commis
sioner.of any ;incorporated.district, is by law
incapable of exorcising at the. same time, 'the
office of Judge, Irispetr or . Clerk of an eke-.
timi in this •Oommon*ealth arid that •no • In-.,
Spector, Judge or other office of any:Such elec
tion, shall tie eligible. to any. office then• to .be
voted for.. • . • . • " • • •: •
' And in . and by the 4th section ofan Act, - ap-,•
provvd 411015 clay of April, 1810, it is enacted,'
that the 18th section of an Act passed: Jiffy
d, 1t,459; entitled anAct ,relating- to thifelec-.
tionsin this Comnionwealth;shitll.not be 'con.'
strued as to prevent any military or 'bovine&
officer, from serving.' as Judge, Irispecter, or •
Oterle any uny general or special: election ,of
this Coalmen wealth:. • •••
And.the'Anid act relating to.the elections of this
monwealth, paesed•July adi 1839; provides as follows:
That the Judges and Itopnctors chosen - as-aforesaid',"
Shalt meet at the respective places tiprolatel for holding
•
. .
the election in the'distrlet to which they - veapectlvely
belong, before Wo'cluck on the 'morning - of the second
Tuesday of October In each and every year, and'sacti of
aid Inspectors shall appoint one alerk, who shall be:
quelitied voter of said district. . • i
, In nese the person who Shall have, received;the sec—.
and highest. nuoaber.of votes.fer Inspector shall not at..
tend at the day ()I:election, then the • person who Shall
.have'received the Second higliestnutnber.,of votes 'foe
•n
Judge et theext Preceding election Shall act as Inepec ,
jot. in his place, and • in case the person who shall have
received the bigheat number et ; rates for Inspector
Shall nut attend, the present elected 'Judge 011311 :ap
point an,lnspector his . .place;. and' if any - vacancy:
shall continue in the board for.the .apaCe .of one hour
after the time sed7by law for the opening of, the elec. •
ths, the:qualified 'voters of the township, went or dis
trict for which the' officers shall .have been elected,
present tit , the-election,', shell ele,ctione of their :member
'to fill such 'vacancy. " •
•-,
It shall be the duty 'of the sever- Aleesinirit, respec
tively It, attenitat tho place of holding. everr.generel,
special, top:nal - kip . election, during the 'time 'eald'
election is kept open, for'the purpose •or giving furor
matipn tolteepecters.and Judges, - when called onto re.
ration to the rlglits of any person assessed by :them to
Vete at such eleetions; or such Other 'natters In rela,
• tion to:the assessment ()rioters as the - Said Inspector,
or the Bahl Inspectors or•Juqgcs, Or either Of. them may,
. .
No person ouch bo permitted to vote it any election;
as aforesaid, other than a.White.free man of the aye of
twenty-ono, yerers,*or ,More, who 'has resideiLfn this
State at", least. Quo' year, - and. in the electien• district
wherelie offers.te vote at least ten. days 'immediately
- preceeding,snch election, and within two•years paid - a
State or county tax; and shall been assessed 'at
least ten•days liefere'•election: lint' a citiken• of the
United States, who bee been a qualified': voter' of thin
State and removed therefrom and 'returned, and who
haie resided in the election district and, paid tax-'•
es es aforesaid, shall be entitled. to vote, - ,after• residing'
in the'Stafe six months. • • • .
_ •
Provided, that the white freeineni . citizens of the Uni
ted States,-between-the 'ages of twentpone and twenty: .
two years, andhaving•resided in, this State,,,Lne ytnte
and in the, eloction.district ten days asafordatild, shall
be entitled to-vote althetigh they have nrt . Pald taxes.'_
- No persons aball-be adinitted to vote whose utiine ,la
mot contained to the !let' of taxable inhabitants furnieh,.
M
ed by theComissioners,, unless first he produces a re,
eqipt for-the payment within two years, of 'a ,State or
'county tax assessed, agreeable to the Constitution,' and
gives satisfactory evidence, either on his own oath or
adirmation_of another, that he has 'paid 'such. tax; or '
tailing to precure.a receipt, shall make oath of the pay,'
Merit thereof ; nr second, if he claim to havea . right to
vote by being eleetor between-the ages- of -twenty-one.
and twenty-4m" years, he shall make ailirmetion that
lie has - resided in. the State at least one 'year- befoie • Ida. ;
application',.aud make ouch prdof of his residericetn,the.
district alt is renbired-by this 'act; Whereupon the cisme
of thoperson"so admitted to vote by .reason 41f having •
paid tax, or the word'!'age,” if he shall he admitted
account of'his , .age, and in either case'the reason Of aitCh.-',.
'vote shall be called 'out by the'clerks,.who ehall.
the like notes in the list of voters by, them.
mall cases where:the Jlame' of the perecin .
elfairningnr
right tevnte is net found on the list furnished by . the •
commissioners and asseisore, or-his right to vote, who
tiler there nr not, is objected to by any, ualified citizen
.itshall be the duty of the luspectorto examine him on •
oath meth the qualificatibri, and if heclaim to have.re-•
sided within the State one year or more, his oath - shell
be sulliCient, Proof tliereof,•bat lie shell make ;proof by',
at tenet one competent witness, who shall be a nualilled,
elector, that he has resided within the distrintfor more
than ten days innuediateti proceeding said. election, and
shall ales himself Swear that hiebnitn fide residence In •
pursuance of his lawful calling,. is within the district,
not fer the purpose of voting therein. , • .l• •• • '
Tinny person shall prevent or attempt to prevent any •
officer of an election, or use by.. threaten any-,violence ,
to any such officer,..or shalt interrupt or' improperly .
Interfere with him in the execution of his duty,.or shalt -
block utter attempt to block up the•windoi , or 'avenue •
to any. window• where.theatme maybe holden, or shall
riotously disturb the peace of such •eleetioni er shall •
mieor practice any'torce any intimidation, throats force
'brviolence with•deeign to influence unduly, or over-'.
power any'Clector, or present . him from' voting, or to
restrain the freedom in 'ltis;choice, Mich person, on.
conviction, • shall' be fined in suet not' exceeding fir,*
hundred, dollare, and be imprisoned for any time not
more than twelve month.; and if it shall-be shown be
'fora the court whore the trial of such offence shall be'
had, that the person offending was note reeldaotef the
•city,.ward, , districter township where the offence was
.committed, and nut entitled to vote therein, then , on
co nviction, - he.shall be sentenced to pay a tine of • net'
- less than one hundred Der more than ono thotisand
dollars and-be imprisoned not less than-six months nor'
more than two years... ' ••, '• • • • '
Many person or persona, shall 'make any bet orwager
upon the result of any election' within this Common- -
wealth. or shall slier to make nay ouch 'bet or wager, •
either by verbal 'proclamation thereof, or, by any writ- •
ten br printed advertisement,. challenge or invite any'"
peninn or pOnsena to make a bet or wager upon convict- •
tiowthereof lie or they. Shall forfeit three times the ,
amount bet nr seofferod to bebet. ' •
It Shall be the duty of the Inspectois aed Jtidge of..
the election' to reject the votes of those or arilof them, .
who shall knower who shall be proven before. them', to .•
-have made,or who are in any manner interested in any
*manner interested in any bet or wager on the result. of
Paidolection, and on the request of any qualified' •elic-,
tor, said InspeCtOrs and Judge shall receive -proof ,to
show the person offering to vote has'or has not' made
any - such het or wager, or is' or-not interested therein.,
• if , ao . v person not . by law qualified shall fraudulently -
"vote at any'electlon Commonwealth, ar be-
Ibg otherw:se qualified shall vote out of his proper dis
trict, or if any person-knowing the Went
o f such '
fioation shall aid orprocure' such person .to vote, the
persons on offending' shall, on conviction, be fined In
-any sum not exceeding two hundred dollars and be im - -;-
- prlemed for any . term, -not - exceeding three months: .
If any perion shall vote at more than one' eleellon
District, or otherwise fraudulently fold and. deliver, to
the Inspectors two tickets together, with the intention
to illegally vete,..or shall ynte the slime; or if .any per
son shall advisworp•neure another to do so, he or they',
so - offendintrehall on conviction-be fined in any seta not ,
aces than fifty-Or more than Ilve hundred dollars, and be:
Imprisoned for.any term not toils than thra e nor -mere
than twelve months. . •
.
any person net qualified io•vOte Sn this Comnion
"Wealth agreeable.to lap, (except - the cone of qualified
voters) shall appear' at.any place 'of eleclion, for the
"purpose of issuing tickets, or of influencing - the citizens
+qualified teisne, Olen ennviatiou, forfeit and pey.
'any sum not exceeding - one hundred dollars for every
such offence, and be Imprisoned for any term: hot ex- ,
needing three menthe; •
.. . •
. .
Atet :the Return Judges 'al the respective
districts aforesaid, are . reqtiired to' meet hi
Smethport. 'enmity: seat of said county, on:
Triday after the second Tuesday of ..octOber
next, then.and. there to .discharge' the. 'duties .
required bylaw. . .• ••
Pursunnt to the provisions of the 61st section ,
of the Act, "every - general and.Special . election
shall be opened between the hours of 8' and •ICI
iii the forenoon ;. and shall continue withent'in,
.te !minion or adjcinronient. until ? o'clock in'the•
evening, when tile polls shall be cloSed. " •
Given under tny hand at Btnethport; this; the
day'of Seteenaher, A. D., 1863, and of the.
Independence of the -United States the eighty
eighth. - .
JAMES E. BLAIR; Sheriff.
A JOIN` RESOIIITIOM
PROPOSING' CERTAIN* AMENDMENTS' TO
. TUE -CONSTITUTION.
Be it resolved by the Senate and Halide of Rpm
sentatives of the 'Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General .46701161 y met, That the following amend
menti be proposed to the... Constitution or:the
Commonwealth, inaccordance with" the provie
lona of.the tenth article thereof:, , • .
'There shall be an additional section to
.thq.
thiNtartiele:of the Constitution, to 'be .designe
ted as sectiodfour, as follows: ' ,
• SECTION 4. Whenever any of the qualified ,
electors - of this Commonwealth shall .be in any
actual military service, under a requisition from
the President of the Hnited States, •or by tho
atithoai ty of this•Cortimonwealth,such electors •
may exercise the right.ofsu i
ffrage n all elections:
by o,e,citizens, under such' regulations ai are;
or shall be, prescsibed by law, as fully as if they •
were present-at their usual pled° of election.•
• There shell be two additional sections to thot
eleventh article of the Constitution, to be desigc.•
noted as sections eight, and nine, as folloivs:. • .
SECTION 8. No bill shall be' passed by the,
Legislature, centainiag more than one subjects,..
which shall be clearly expresied in the title, ex 7
emit appropriation bills.: •• • ,
SECTIONS.,No bill shall be .passed by the.
Legislature, grnting 'any powers, or. privileges,,
.in.anycase, where the authority to grant. such
Powers, or privileges, lies been, or may hereafter!
be, Conferred upon the courts or this COMMonr..
we Big' s .
pea '
r * fie Norse of Representßepresentatives,
. • . ' JOHN P. PENNEY,
. . • • Sikaker of the Senate.
OFFICE OR THE SECRETARY OR TUE
• ' . • WEMIFEL,..FIARRIIIIIIIEU,
• PENNSYLVANIA, SS:, • • '' • ' :
dimf do berohy , certify that the foregoingpil
annexed is a full, turn and correct' copy
4151111 , 1 " of the Original Joint - ResOlutlon of the .
General Assembly,.entitted o,A Joint, Resolution '
proposing ,e,ertain'Amendments to tha'Constitii,
tion,"•as the same remains csille in, this. Mee,'
IN TESTUIONY whereOf, I have berm unto set my
bend, and caused 'the seal' of the' Secretary's • of—
lice. to, b.d'affiked, the dayand •Yetir above *kW
ten. • . ; • ..• • , • ELI SLIFER;
• 2 aecretwry4 th,e .Cevrsonoeolth, .