- - . , j - MKINLEY NOW ASSAILED AS WASUNCOLN P.Grrj Moek, Candidate For Aud- itor General, a Typical Rep i resentativo of Democracy. IfS CSPPERBEfiD REGORD REIEI10L Mlninu Ikirunfiti 1 ..-.ml Trlt the story of BU rrl b I Tnlled. KllN Authorltlea oa I'dnri.' of IntiTfrrlBB WttB I nvufllnu f Troop Ills f" arrncL I in ilic Blartyred I dent In Lino With !. Hrf ; Policy of I ti f IV, sent Campu S (Special CV.rrcspnndcnce.) Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. J. The nttm ks of the RrTiinlt- DHiB eraey of today urxm Pmident Willi IfcKlnlcy In their "anti-tmperlallMn" aiiiii;iiini vividly recall the araaunw fmmW by the leaders of the same party mpon the martyred Pretldent Abrahas Uncoln. Sensational intert 1 attached an rtho discovery this week of rsi-tata alKli!g documents an ii other papers to a case in which the Democratic dldiite for mdltor general In this C palgn. P, Cray MoeK. was inT0l4. F. Gray Meek, durlnc the dark ta.f the reU'illoa. was one of the jUatant and bitter villllerH of PrnraV Mlftit Lincoln fine his adralnlstr&Uosi. fji way attested by the United St Irarthorltlae and had a Tery eloee rroiu yo'n xn Jali sor a nun non the eh(rR of Interfering stlie clruftint of men for the C anu anil ovher treasonable actios. Bet for the Intercession of tniluentias mends and. possibly throuish aaeaasi which It might be well not to eweU upon, he ene.iped punishment lor ha tr(aoiiable urrk. Meek wan then a Tnoraons oosjfsji head Demi crat His newspaper. Tho I W itt va tar Watchman, which he still publirras, fairly teujeil with abuse of liaeeto, tnemli'tr uf his sablnet and thoee a rwctly In charge of the suppression f the relielllou. In ulmoat every lncueoaa Ing the war. The attacks or the Bryanite Tsb cratic leaders of today upon Prei4e McKinley in connection with tfce criticism of the conduct of the aaaw palgn against the Insurgents to the Philippines nre mild In touei'n., natartla iin character compared with the abwns and defamation heaped upon Ltoouto hy the L)eiu)crary of his day nnd bmod of the type uf Meek. When V. 6my Meek was propmwe fur the uorc I nation for auditor getwwat this year there were those who itv called the i i. eumstances of his arree jji 1866 and of the terrible character it his editorial comments upon Liuoolnw administration and his work In trjruat; to Incite cltiieni of Pennsylvania to -! A the dra(u for troops to dufeud Use Hay uml the honor of his country. The Democratic leaders who weew thtn engaged in condemning PreaMeot McJCinley for hi policy in the Philif pine? evidently did not regard Iterk'e record oa inconsistent with the soli? of tho Pemoc.racy of today. TThew blajidly asserted that the voters would not be influenced by what Mr. Heat wrote or did 35 years ago, anyhow. Besides, U was stated that the a prrs in the case had all been abstracted Xmtu (he publlQ records and that the would bp no material other than das reiteration of a aga story with Which to direct tho attention ef taw ix'jj ! to the fact of the, arrest of Meek at the Instance of the Unktod titote:i authorities. Be viral cltlteas ot this place wise varo familiar with the circumstaaflae nS Mcek'a srrsst went to work to try gvt at the docuxnents in the eww. tVftsr diligent Inquiry tkey hare fsany ffuUen hold of tho copy of the lusie enemt against Meek and other fafsws of record, and thoy succeeded In irH tlng a copy ef hU newspaper, IV Onmocratlc Watchman, cf the issne eg ffuly 22. 1864. The leading editorial of this task rd as follows: SO'eoo MORS) Another edict has gone forth, and on the fttb of September the Wheel from which Is drawn the , order of death will be put in mo i tion again. King Abraham wanto r more victims, aaatlelsm demaa4a , more blood, and ire hundred thow- eand more men must offor up their i Uves on the bloody altar of lufldel abolitionism, ts there to be net ( Stop to this terrible work, no hill Cn the cry tor blood? Must toe "powers that be surfeit on it, be fore we can hope for an end to tale orrld butchery this flendiaJk, frightful war Already two millions of meet bnve been called for and respomeV ed. Where are they today? Lee the millions of graves that mark the soli of the southern state fe sickening hospitals tiled with elr suffering victims, and tbw ousands of men, disabled fa limbs, broken In health, who are pasting away the miserable re-sejant of their lives in pain and poverty around us, answer; aad then let the condition of our coun try today tell what these sarri 4ces have been for, and what good toa been accomplished by then. That Abraham Lincoln will be Idiotic enough to attempt to en for t f1a force another draft we have not e least doubt, notwithstanding e "signs of the times" Indicate alnly that It will be a dangerous ' ajdertahlng for hl and thoee I I i laav craven enengh to be his tools. And that the people of the north will again submit to conscription, when there Is no hope of exemption, we do not for a moment believe. On every hand we hear resolute and determined men declare that they will enter the army tinder no cir cumstances whatever; from every quarter we hear complaints and threats of open resistance to the enforcement of the coming draft, and If we are to judge by these signs there Is danger and dark ness ahead. So long ss there was a ehanco for escape so lonp as money would buy life. Just so long were our peo ple willing to wait nnd hope, to suffer and submit Hut now when that privilege is taken from them when the only road leading from this "door of death" is closed when this administration, that has butchered as many on tho battlf flelds of the south, as It received Votes at the polls, leaves them no alternative but to stand by each other at home or dlo In the "slaughter pens " along the borders It Is eaBy to imagine which they will choose, and what the effect of that choice will be. Anarchy nd confusion Is but little in the advance, destruction and deatk but await their time, and nothing but witholding the merciless hand of conscription ran turn them aside. Let Abraham Lincoln and his ad visers take warning. It Is no 'also elarm that is sounded, for the de termination of the people Is fixed and this bloody butchery must eease. If they are determined to force them to the point when for bearance ceases to be a vlrtun, apon their hesds will be the re sponsibility. Let them nwake. for the danger ks near as close as the Stb day of September end they alone can avert It Another editorial In the same Usue reed: a li. ron WHAT. This nation in the dsy of Its gret eet prosperity clamored for "a change." None knew why. It was peaceful, It was kappy, kt was great, but the denea spirit wblrk now rule the land sowed the seeds of discontent and waatod change. They mnde a change, end hundreds of thousands were runt ed to wsr. Rivers of blood beve been owing from that day to this. Hua dreds of thntisaads have been slaugh tered or cllppled. billions of debt have been created, tanneaee sun, have beea extorted, and all for what? The ad ministration is today stamping, tax ing, conrerliwing. dragging husbands from their wtve uml families to be slaughtered, and all for what? To gratify an iraorant admlntotration and to liberate the nimrer. This Valon never would have been destroyed but for their unconstitutional action. It might have been compromised but for their madaevs. Peace might today be acquired but for their fanaUcisen. How oag must the nation suffer to geatlfy the realty of a buffoon? MSKK AND HIS ALLIES. Not contest with his own treason able editorials in the Bellefonte Dem ocratic Watchman during the days of the rebellion, P. Gray Meek quoUid freely from the most rabid copperhead Democratic newspapers throughout tho country. The organs of ths Democ racy were in sympathy with the south ern rebels, and they undoubtedly pro longed tha war many mouths. In the Issue of Meek's paper of July 12, 1861, was quoted this editorial from tho Carbon County (1'a.) Democrat: THE TREASURY HAREM. Father Abraham deserves to be pit ted. It seems the Jokes are not all re served for him. Every now and then his pets and favorites will play the Joke upon him. Thus his contractors will steal, his custom house officials will engage in the blockade trade, In the south hla civil offlcera will engage In the cotton business, his electioneer ing schemes In Florida and South Carolina have come to grief, and, last but not least, the sanctified spot whore greenbacks are generated has been turned Into a harem. From evidence now before the coun try we learn that the treasury building the greenback room especially has ef late been the scene of such nightly orgies and moral defilement as will shock and shame humanity. The evl donco is that two of the pets of Secre tary Chase, superintendents of the greenback department, have been in the habit of getting young women em ployed under them In their private apartments late at night anfl there furnishing them with intoxicating drinks, through which they have man aged to commit deeds of the most out rageous and defiling character. A mere recital of the evidence as ad duced la too Indecent for public print It Is a burning shame that our public Mll9r.ee shomld be turned into dens of vice and that the authors of the Infamy should be retained in their positions. Where now aro our pious war clergy, who eee glory to confiscation and emancipation, la negro equality and the loaa of white men's rights? Will they not ask that the country may be delivered of the Aegean stable of the treasury department? Where, too, are owr virtuous aboli tion contemporaries with their hot blasts of fiery indignation They see steak of sin ic slavery. Do they see eery la the greenback room? Or will they excuse their doings as a military necessity or a Joke on Old Abe? If they be the honest patriots they repre sent themselves to be, let them ex pose these defilements, let them purge ths temple ef mammon, let them urge ths removal of these violators and de bauchers ef female virtue. We repeat The great Joker is to be pitied, tie has found himself in bad company. Ue may try to do the hon est thing, but the ruts are numerous and ravenous. Carbon County Demo crat LINCOLN CALLED A BLACKGUARD. In the same Issue of the Meek's Democratic Watchman this quotation from the Lewlsburg Argus appeared: "BLACKGUARDS." What Is Par son Brownlow, one of the delegates to the Baltimore convention, but a vile blasphemer and a "blackguard?" What Is Jim Lane, an abolition sen ator, but a filthy mouthed blasphemer, "blackguard" and habitue of dens ot prostitution and intemperance? What Is Thad Stevens, an abolition congressman, but a thing without character and principle? What Is Stanton, the abolition secre tary of war, but a bigoted blasphemer and "blackguard?" What is Lincoln, the abolition presi dent, a low Jester, an apish, vainglori ous "blackguard?" Who but a "black guard" would have converted Wash ington city Into a reeking, filthy, noxi ous, loathsome haunt of harlots, thieves, murderers and gamblers, as has Lincoln? Who but a "black guard" could Join a festive party of partisans and indulge In uncouth Jokes and merriment while the country Is clotted with its own blood and the air is filled with the shrieks of suffering and the moans of bereavement, as does Lincoln? Who but a "blackguard" would request another to sing rev eller's ditty amid the dead and suf fering, as did Lincoln at Antletam? Lewlsburg Argus. INDICTMENT AGAINST MEEK. This Is a copy of the Indictment found against Meek In the United States court: In the district court of the United States for the western district ot Pennsylvania. Western district of Pennsylvania, ss. : The grand Inquest of the United States of America now Inquiring In and for the western district of Pennsylvania upon their oaths and solemn affirmations respectively do present: That heretofore, to wit: On the 22d day of July, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, an enroll ment of the national forces under and In pursuance of an act of con gress of the United States, entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out tho national forces, and for other purposes, approved the third day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and the supple ments thereto, had been made In and for the Eighteenth enrollment district of the state aforesaid, and the president of the United Statos bad assigued to said Eighteenth enrollment district aforesaid tho number of men to be furnished by said district, and thereupon the on rolling board in and for said dis trict duly appointed were on tho day urid year aforesaid under the direction of the president of the United States engaged In making a draft for the required number of men und one hundred perrentnm la addition as required by the act of courc aforesaid. And Vhe in quest aforesaid, upon their oaths and affirmations, aforesaid do fur ther say 'hat one Peter Gray Meek, late of the district aforesaid, edi tor, on the twenty-second day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four, at the district aforesaid and within the Jurisdiction of their court In a certain public newspaper called "The Democratic Watch man," unlawfully did counsel the drafted men of the aaid Eighteenth enrollment district to resist said draft and unlawfully counseled the drafted men thereof not to appear at the appointed place of rendea vous, and did willfully dissuade the drafted men of said Eighteenth en rollment district from the perform ance of the military duty required of them by law contrary to the form of the act of congress In such case mado and provided and egalust the pence and dignity of the said United States. And the inquest aforesaid, upon their oaths and solemn affirma tions aforesaid, do further present that heretofore, to wit: On tho eighteenth day of July, In the year of our Iird one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, the presi dent of the United States, pursuant to the authority in him vested by the laws of the United States, had ordered a draft to be made of five hundred thousand men for the mil itary service of the United States, from those liable to do military duty, and enrolled under the pro visions of an act of the congress of tho United States, approved tho third day of March, In the year eighteen hundred and Blxty-three, and entitled "An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for otbor purposes," and the supplements thereto. And the In quest aforesaid, upon their oaths and affirmations aforesaid do fur ther present that one Peter Cray Meek, late of said district, editor, on the twenty-second day of July, In the year of our Ijord one thou sand eight hundred and sixty four, and on divers other days and times between that day and the day of taking of this inquisition at the district aforesaid and within the Jurisdiction of this court, contriv ing and Intending to incite those drafted Into the military service, pursuant to the authority and laws aforesaid, to resist said draft, and to Incite and procure suoh drafted men to assault and obstruct the of ficers of the United States, acting under the authority of the presi dent thereof, In the performance of their service In relation thereto, tn a certain public newspaper printed and published at Bellefonte, In the county of Centre, In the district aforesaid, called "The Democratic Watchman," with force and arms, unlawfully did counsel those draft ed Into the military service of the United States pursuant to the au thority and taws aforesaid, to re sist said draft and to assault and obstruct the officers of the United States engaged In making said draft, and did publicly, willfully and unlawfully by public and ad vised discourse In said public news paper dissuade those drafted Into the military service of the United States from performing the mili tary duty required of them by law, contrary to the form of the act of congress of the United States, In such case mado and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the said United States R. B. CARNAHAN. United States Attorney. United States of America) Western District of )ss Penna. ) I, S. C. McCandlees, clerk of the district coart of the United States for said district, do hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain a true correct copy of the Indictment In No. 18, May term. 1866. so full and entire as the same remains on file in this office. Witness my hand and the seal of said court at Pittsburg, this 24th day of May. A. D. 1865. S. C. M'CANDLESS. Clerk. THREE INTERESTING LETTERS. There were three important letters found among the papers Including the Meek Indictment They speak tor themselves. The first letter reads: Curwsnsvllle, July 14, 1865. Messrs. Alexander & Orvls. Gents: When I left your town I promised to write you concerning Mr. Meek's case. 1 am authorized by one of the parties prosecuting to ask you If Mr. M. would as soon pay three hun dred dollars as stand a trial. Let me know by return mail. If accepted I will not notlfv witnesses. Truly, B. HARTSHORN. The second letter reads: Bellefonte, Pa., July 26, 1865. Benjamin Hartshorn, Esq., Dear Sir: We are Instructed to an swer your question In the affirmative. When, where and to whom is the pay ment to be made? Would It not bo better for the sake of appearances for you to subpoena your witnesses? An swer by return mall. Respectfully, ORVIS & ALEXANDER The third letter Is as follows: Curwensville, July 81. 1863. Cyrus Alexander, Esq., Dear Sir: Mr. Meek's case is with drawn. The United States district at torney requested me to notify the wit nesses to that effect, which I have done. Yours respectfully, B. HARTSHORN. MEEK PROMISED TO BE GOOD. The case S gainst Mr. Meek was Anal ly disposed of by the district attorney moving a nolle prosse after there were absolute assurances that Meek would not repeat the offense. While he did not make us wild statements as before his arrest, Meek continued to show antipathy to the Union cause, and he to this day is looked upon as one of the most radical of Bourbon Democrats. The veterans of the civil war and the Sons of Veterans, who number many thousands in Pennsylvania, will, no doubt, take cam of Mr. Meek's case at the coming election. There were many patriotic Democratic soldiers In tho Unloh army who had no sympathy with the work of men like Meek, and In tho recent war with Spain and in the present insurrection In the Philippine! there are hundreds of Democrats serv ing In tho regular army who resent the nomination of a man who holds the views entertained by Candidate Moek. They are decidedly opposod to the policy of the present Bryan leadership of tho Democratic party and look upon tho so-called antl-lmperlallstlc cam paign as calculated to keep the Fili pinos Ighting in the hope that a Dem ocratic victory would mean the recog nition of thi lr claim to control the Philippines. MEEK HAS NOT CHANGED. Meek's attitude and sentiments re garding the McKiuley administration and the American troops in tho east are given In an editorial paragraph In last week's Issue of his newspaper, la which he said: The truth has finally becomo known. American soldiers have been guilty of looting ia China They seized 1400,000 In gold at Tien Tsln, which was looting, glnce we had no war with China end the seizure could not come under the head of confiscations al lowed under the rules of war. The leopard cannot change Its spots. Jl "Listen, K.y Democratic friends and neighbors, for I have friends and neighbors In this city, which Is my home; listen to what I am about to say. When the Democratic party antago nizes aud attacks the ad ministration of President McKlnley- upon Its policy in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands THIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS CAMPING IN THE ORAVE YARD OF DEAD ISSUES." From a speech delivered by the Hon. Webster DavU In October, 189S, to the Re publicans of Kansas City, Mo., when the first mooting (was held In the first Conven tion Hall that was only part ly completod. T Darlnii the "ininlnh war the Flea' r warn unit flovrn hr all pntrlotlc AmertciuiB. Let thciu ffrti and My It uon to BhOW they luteuil to up hold the uduiluiMlratlou U kueplaw Che traits of the war with Swaia. J El-Secretary Olney was tho man who advised President Cleveland to use federal troops against the strikers In Chicago during the term of the last Democratic adminis tration. What did ex-Secretary Ol ney do when he was attorney general to check the growth of trusts and monopolies? Noth ing. But he made an excuse for doing nothing. 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