flit Democrat. IIARVEY SICKI.ER, F.ditor. TUNKHANNOCK, PA. Wednesday, y An?, 5 1863., S*. M.Pettenglll & Co.— No. 37 PARK ROW j NEW YORK, A 6 STATE ST. BOSTON, are our Agents ' for the N. B. Democrat, in thnse eities, and are author- j izeftotake Advertisements and Subscriptions j us at our lowest Rales. DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS. FOR GOVERNOR, HON. Cr. W. WOODWARD, j OF PHILADELPHIA. -FOR JUDGE OF TIIE SUPREME COURT j WALTER 11. LOWRIE. OF ALLEGHENY rot'NT Y. Close ol" the Year. This number c!o=es the second year of the publication of the New series of the AW/A , Branch Democrat. There are but fifty ; numbers in the present volume—the number j which we shall hereafter adopt to fill the volume. By a mistake made in numbering at the omission of a number on the week of christmas, there appears to bo fifty-one.— The year having closed wc have concluded to close the volume with it ; and to adopt the almost universal custom among printers of taking a respite of a week during the Holliaday3, and also or.e on the 4th of July as long as we continue to publish a paper— as long as wo have any liberties which were secured to us by the Declaration of the pa triots of the revolution. When the 4th of Julj 1776 ; the Declaration of Independence and the teachings of Jefferson entirely give way to Jan. Ist 1863, and the nigger proc lamation of Abe Liucoln we will not, in all probability, be allowed to publish a paper, advocating the rights of white men. We shall publish no other. Billy Button and the Dralt. Every week or two we are favored by Bil j ly of the Republican with a homily on our j duty to support the govern.nen( Abe Lincoln) and the laws. (Abe's aibitrary edicts and nigger proc'ama'ions) What would bo thought of a General who —. Jiad i fortification to take, who should exhort his men to ro>(i on tlie enemy's works and into the deadly breach while he tuck to hi s heels and ran away from them } What world be thought of the h nesty and sincerity, a minister who preached about hon esty and temperance, in the pulpit, while he timed his sermon by a stolen watch, and ex haled the fumes of whiskey at every breath ? Would not one be called a coward ; and the other a thief and hyppocrite ? Iset us examine the precepts and practices of this brawling, wile mouthed self-styled, patriot by these rulers. lie is exhorting men to rush into the war, to " support the government and the laws" and yet he never had the remotest idea of getting within smelling distance of burning salt-petre and charcoal, himself 1 Totnake tbe case a little plainer to Billy who seems rather thick skulled on this point. Suppose one of these " ven >raom copperheads" as he styles them, of Falls— a farmer—.should be drafted, after he had sold his farm and " made his arrangements'' to abandon the business entirely—he pleads —not that farmers are exempt by law, but that the cause of agriculture would sulfbr by his absence. The authorities accept this as an excuse and he goes free. To carry the KTtnileo a little further, suppose be were to go as he ha l intended, to Millviile, in Co lumbia Co., aud set up a grog-shop (Billy aavs the Falls people all love to deal in li newspaper, like Billy's, and ironest dutch farmers fur their disloyalty, their want of patriotism &c wodd'nt he make them stare ? What a" L >yu\ '* chap they would take him to be ? Now, Billy was appointed to a vacant su pcnntcndeucy in Columpia Co- Not daring hope that he would be reflected, he ten dered his resignrtion and made his aarango ments" to come to this county. U e was drafted. 110 was not exempt bv law. He and his abolition friends, thought the cau<=e of education-might suffer. He was released, he alleges, on that ground. He came immei %tety to this county, and fakes to teaching Jin their duty to the Government, obedi ence to laws. Ac lie tells us the laws must ' be observed and obeyed. ll e pours out the rials of his wrath on men who dare to speak i oftheir unconstitutionality. 11, scents trea-! son afar off, and sounds the alarm. He al- | mo.t goes into fits and calls Ufi a ll kinds of vile epithet, because we—adopting the com- ! • tnon sentiment of the country—called this • infamous one." Doubt 'ess t!xis man has some readers, who think him honest and. sincere. %Ueso very conta in* readers will not allow lht-mj!ves, to re it upon Billy as a man drafted under a A w—the constitutionality of which no one questions. They do not think that by a' trickery, lying, deception, and in violation of law and solemn official oaths, this man, for ! political reasons, was allowed to evade the lair and his duty to his country. What a specimen is this pimp to talk to hon- ! t . ft law;abidin g met.; about observing the j t'n? Crovern'oenr," wru. bf nWre ak'iXfi-Otidflgac * **r Lssr The news from the seat of war is comparatively unimportant. The army of the Potomac is at a standstill now, though they have done considerable marching with in the past few days. Quite a desperate cavalry fight occurred at Culpepper on Satur day last in which our forces under Gen. Bu fort, were repulsed by Gen. Stuart. At Charleston, the siege of Fort Wagner has been suspended, and the rebels are bom barding Morris Island which was taken by our forces. We call particular attention to The Bible view of S'avery published on our first page. The article will be concluded in our next. We regard it as a most convincing and irrefutate article on the subject—read it. jcsr One week from next Monday, the 17th inst., court commences at this place.— We hope no uian who is in arrears for the Democrat , will fail to pay up at or before that time. The N. Y. Copperhead is the title ! of a new, neat and spicy paper, published weekly at No. CO, Courtland St. N. Y. City j —Price §>1,50 per annum. At the head of ! this paper is a fac-similee of the head of the ! Goddess of liberty, as appeared on the cop i per coin formerly quite common in this coun -1 try, whose place in the pockets of the peo ple has been supplied by a little oblong piece !of blue paper with a kind of sticking salve jon the reverse side. We would remind our 1 readers, who may have forgotten how the head of the fair Goddess looks, that it does : not, in the least resemble a nigger; aud that i the newspaper of, is in the interests of I white men exclusively. [Fnora tho Philadelphia Ago. J How the C'oiiscrtpts Dove ThingB-THc j Truth About the Conscript! >n. One who reads the accounts that are puh- | lished in somo of the daily journals of this j city, in reference to the conscription, would | bo led to believe the sensation of being drawn" is one of the most delightful that 1 can possibly be imagined. Instead of anybody being at all discom posed by the operation, it would seem that the parties "conscripted" are the happiest of mortals ; while those who fail to draw a prize are the only ones who are disapointed ; the utmost good humor, we arc informed, j 1 prevails at all the drafting stations—great ' enthusiasm and inimenso cheering always j wind up the entertainment—and, on monday j ! last at the conclusion of a drawing in por \ tion ofthe First Congressional Distiict, Mr.; Parvin sang the Star Spangled Banner in fine stylo, the crowd joining in the chorus, and theassemblage finally dispersing with cheeis!" If these singular demonstrations were real, and cme (mm those who are torn Pom their homes by the titration of .he fatal wheel, tloy might furnish material for strange and serious reflection- But the public can not be made to believe that the masses o! this great city- -parlicuUrly those living in the '* stews," as depicted by the North American—in place of forcibly resisting the conscr'ption, hail it with the same manifesta tions of pleasure that would be exhibited upon the return of peace and prosperity in the country. Those who eheer at the result are the men who have three hundred dollars in their pockets ;theCr wd of Administration claque rs who are employed especially for these interesting occasions ; and the throng of idle spectators who are led - to the seeue by mere curiosity, and have no interest what ever in the result of the blind man's manipulations. No sensible man will assert that the conscription is popular. It is not a public blessing which is greeted with the earnest applause r.f the admiring masses.— Men, who attempt to convey the impression that it is not an odious measure, are false teachers, and ars assuming a fact which does not exist. The constitutionality of the act will be thoroughly tested before the courts , and when a decision is rendered upon that point, it will then bo seen how many will still approve the measure, if the opinion of the should be adverse to thd bill. Although our city haiW^l tie r ' a ;; lcl^-";:^ fa turbu " lent resisttuiolo the law. there is no place where the conscription act has been more severely criticised by tho people. Let us i about the rapturous to the law, uutil its constitutionality is pro nounced upon by the proper legal tribunals ! j £2f Soma t delegated to the United States, nor prohibit ed by it to the Sla'es, are reserved to tho States respectively, or to the people." The questicn then arises, is : " lias this power of each State over its militia ever been delegated to the United States ? " All pow ers that have been delegated to the United States by the S'ates are contained in the Constitution. X"W, the only clauses in the Constitution in relation to the militia are as follows : SfCT'ON VIII. C .■ncresc SHALL have power "To pnwiie for organizing, nrminjj ml disciplin ing the tni'iii i finr! fnr goirrning such part of them as inav be employe-! in the service of the raited St miM he | organized, arm-d and disciplined. And the i reason for the adoption of this clause is ap- 1 parent. When the deputies from the sever ! al States met in joint C invention to adopt a Constitution, they knew that when an exi- | gency should happen so that it should he j necessary that the militia should be called out, the effic ency of the militia would be ! considerably increased if they were all or- j ganized, aimed and disciplined under'he same plan or laws, and they knew that* the onlj' way to have a uniform law, was to del egate to Congress the right to pass laws pro- i viding how the inilitia of the several States should be organized, armed and disciplined, but they did not give up the right of each State to organize, arm and discipline its mi litia, according to the plan or law of Con gress. The l<6t elaue gives Congress the power "to provide frcalling forth the inil tia that its, tiro power to say when, in what manner, and under what circumstances tho y?,\\itia. which is organized, disciplined and - nd again, the Constitution provides, Sec tion II: •If fh ° Pre " t,eot sh * be Commander-, n-Chio of the Army d W^ of the ! militia of tho several States nhen called ir, ! actual service of the United State,/' Now this clause shows by implication tha lil wh? * Pight t0 rai ' e 118 Wn ,nili which f L Carr,e ' WUhitthe 'ight to eaj Which of rts citizens shall be exempt fro., military duty and which shall not, ft nd the tin ! ,a f so p ° ww over this mil,tia tl it i called into the actual service of th, United states. Wo have seen before, (Sec Bth,) that Congress only has power to gov ■ern the militia " when employed in the scr vice of the United States." ft ie, therefore clear that no power ,s given by ahy dans, in the Constitution to the President or C 0,,, gross to enroll the militia, or to say whicf citizens shall he to do military BeNrie and whtch shall not, or to do any act what cter until they are mustered into the service of the United States, It might also be mentioned that every | aw of Congress enacted up , c f!ie lio , e of passaee of this conscription bill, (0 provide for calling f„rth the min.ia to *„p preM in . sunvctmn arH repel inr.si.,,,/' h „< ncknowl edged this right of each State to h e ajnd, e ofwhut citizens are liable to do military sen- The act of 1732, a'ter providing that cer tain per*™ should be exempt, says. amJ ill persons who a e now or hereafter mat be ■xernpt by the taws of any State.' 3 Socovd, The present conscription bill , s unconstitutional, inasmuch as it takes out of the power of the States the appointment of the officers to command its own militia in vi olation of Section Bth, ah >ve quoted, which reset ves to each State the right of appoint ment of the offiiers to corn nan 1 its own mi litia. The eighty-fourth section of the con scription bill gives the President power to asigtf any person drifted under the provis ions of the act to d military du'y in such corps, regiment, or other branch of the ser- vice as the exigency of the service may re q tire. The Presid-'ut in iy, under this sec tion, place every PennsylVanian thjt is draft ed in New York or other State regiment, or companies commanded by New York or oth er State officers. It is plain the object of this provision in the Constitution was to keep the militia of each State together, each company, regiment, battalion brigade, or di vision com inau led by an officer appiinted and acting under State authority . Third. The present Conscription Bill is I unconstitutional, inasmuch as it places the whole ra'iitary power of the country in the hands of the General Government, thus de feating the right of each State to have any ; militia at all, and the Constitution declares that *' a well regulated militia is necessary to the security of a fieo State. 5 ' Fourth. We come to the fourth, last and most important reason why the conscription j bill is unconstitutional, and that is that it places in the hands of the President a power not contemplated by the powers of the Con i stitution, not enumerated in his duties, and ; a power too dangerous to entrust in the hands of oue man, threatening, as it doe 3 the liberty of a free Republic. The powers given to the President by the Constitution are great and plenary. He has the power of j appointment of hosts of officers, both in the i civil an 1 military de;irtmants of the gov -1 eminent. Ha appoints ambassadors and ■ other public ministers, Judges of the Su preme Court, and c immissions every officer 'of the United States. lis has tho power of ! pardon. llj has the power of jfoto. II >is the supreme executive officer. But although ! the powers of tho President are large, our ' forefathers wisely seeing that men might be ; elevated to that office who, from motives of ambition, self interest, or political prejudice, ; might be tempted to exceed their authority, i limited the powers of the President, and 1 have in the Constitution so fully and explic ! itly set forth his duties, that it is impossible I for hiin to exceed his powers without the i • knowledge of every American citizen who is i able to real the Constitution of his country. • Now, let us for a moment, look at this con ' script-.m bill, and see whether the powers j therein given to the President are not dan i gorous to the liberty <>l the pe 'pie of the ro- J p'lbliC. 1. If gives the President power to divi le th" whole f'iiiu rv up into ni 1 arv d sfnc s, ! and to app nut a provo-t vlirsiial in in if di> trict. whose p ww ov r tne oitiz-ns is union 1 ite l. evi-rr tn ui li ib'e t in lit in* ilu'v, be n; i * | under I be act, considered as belonging to the I noti'.rn 1 fi tre. 2. It gives hiin power to appoint the en ; rolling officers, who are removable at his i pleasure. 3. It gvcs him power, whenever he deem* j it necessary, to call out any number <>f citi zens, an l if those who re draften do not ap" pear within arc ain tun ', they flhill b • ar rested bv the Pr>v<.st M?rha', an offi vr ap pointed by l.itn,an them when lha c „„ stitution was adopted ; t„ break op, petty lasting.,., 0 „ r s , a , e inJ Go™,,™,, d our Court,, every ,J C SU,e '"'bomies, except o„r Gove, „ ur being amenable to tic g vernruents of Europe, but we did not expect it w .uld or could be done tn ttre froe republic of A ner ica. The *•<4lory" of Our Arms. On this subject an exchange paper says; The so-called Onion armes, are now, no doubt, gathering up a few victories at the fag end of a series of campaigns involving two years (and over) of terrible bloodshed, im mense expenditure of treasure, and immeas urable lying. The great valley of the Missis sippi is temporarily at our mercy, and the navigation of the father of waters is unob stmeted from its one end to the other. But what of all this? If, in addition to the splen did "victories" of Vicksburg, Jackso ti, Pur Hudson, Ac, which have cost us thous. amis of lives, and millions of dollars, we tak d Charlstown, Mobile, Savannah, Ac—whr| then ? Will the rebels be "crushed" ? Ni much ! Like ourselves, during twenty-thnJ months of unvarying disaster, they may li depressed, but not dismayed. We may coJ, quer every city they possess; but, in doit so, we do nothing towards a satisfacto! conclusion of the war, beciuse the admit! tration persists in turning a deaf ear to # propositions for peace untill the rebels J down their arms. This they will never I' while a man with a nt'iscet and biyonMs stationed to oppose them, and they hanme similarly armed of whom to make an The glory of which we are boasting, lM"- fore, is the gloiy of the inglori .us slig over the honest weak. It is the gl#ol despotic injustice, autocratically on fad, over Democratic weakness sustained, thMeh principle, against any and every mis Take every city and town in the Southiar rison it as strongly as you please, ulyet these people cannot be subjugated. Iter mi nation will conquer them—and real and compromise will conquer them also, fhich is your choice, dear reader ? —— Northern War Men and Bouthern*eace Men. The Philadelphia Evening J,un fives the following list of war and peace trt Peace Men. Jefferson Davis. Msfippi J. C. Breckenridge, Kentucky ; jbert T".inib, Georgil ; John Shdell and h'h lienj.inin, Louisiana ;T. C. II1 ; diijA'h. r* Kui. of Arkansas ; L O. It Brail' d Z ft. Vance, of North Carolina; he* M. Qoarle*, Tennessee : M R II G it't and Ahx. II it lr, of Virginia, w. rt* P ' lnun.'iit peace men in the C ';gi'i*f I&bl win. ai" now in arms against United States, liar men.—Charles Sum'Henrv WiUt Wiscon-were the most prominent war men who arf rm against the rebellion, bu' office "" l® : | the U S. Government, are opn even yei j to peace. The Pubic Deb The portion of the National which is reprcstm'ed bv bonds and not telegraph cd from Washing?on to on the first of July, within a SIT fraction •( ELEVEN HUNDRED yfOSS OF DOLLARS ! Rut this d®"' embrace any of the claims f>r which cert.fica'es of indebtedness have been nor an}' part of the very laige am >u' ee ' n every variety of claims against (Government, adjusted and unadjusted, maturing. AU these doubtless amoun feveral hun dred millions more, and, Jether, they form anything else than J! " reflection to the tax payers of tint cJ - 1' 'he war continues another year, th;ic debt will be at least '1 wo I ho>iSarM^ loua °f Dol lars ! Who can begin tof fi immens ity of this sum, and ho. R eVtl * to be paid ?— LancasterIInte r The Abolitio eats > The abolitionists don# te argue the of Lincoln to enh 1 * 1 Conscription, but say that it will ® forced by the whole military power e Federal Gov ernment. We didn't i f lbe admiujstra tioo had so inauy s* to spare while Lee was in Nirgima ; what do they want of a Oonscnptii Nor is thatjali. Irj no means certain that one half the solJ" Federal ar my would consent "o-'t against New iork. During the .f ut 01,0 sulJiur at ihearceaal underto.J' J ' u the rioters and called on his coinpa follow. He was immediately shot d b y his officer. In case of a civil war* "shooting down'' may be on the oth^ e priyato BOl diers and non-cooi# une d officers by tens of thousands, tnay ouse the came of Lib erty and the the autocratic government at Y\"gtn. •But the aboli-tf ts aro in too great a hurry, and the "fe try.i.pg to hurry the autocracy jjrsiubie wirhotn jnat cause IV here the ball '® free, there is nn uec essify f,r and all disputed qi s tions can bo by our Courts. W hen they . UB > and not before,, it wiij bo tune Q.n Hndn. ltry Come,"' ding. A eorretpond,' i Mr. Vallandighain confined his remark. I U-general principles of l.bertr, law, lllSKl)a tiarta, habeas corpu, without any personal frpph cations to Ins own case, and dwelt upon ilow much tl- framers or our Constita llon 1 Trr A? barur " of Rmny ; mede-™". """ "i I'T" ljlu, v. 0 , 1 . , ?* U * U " T A I J? TN * D ; <'"• BAK.AI'AIU;. LA j right „nS.'h>ro, l , C |, tr| ""'"S •"rgy rli.t drew that BrUUh *nt f liber,y, ih h.bea, c ..rp„ s , & c „ "ein.rks were admirable and d,d honor,, the American nana. Tho people jent that the demons iration should be nnS he, but Afr. V. would not con,ent to it. M jCanada would have turned out, if there had been tune to testify through him to magna chart a and hebcas corpus. At 11 p. in. he went off on an extra train which Mr. Bridges had provided for hi m __ | Our Montreal gentlemen were delighted with j Mr. V allandigham's understanding of and comprehension of, the great struggle', we had in England to preserve British liberty-, which had cost our fathers two revolutions una of blood and one of peace, in which w bad dethroned a king and taken a queen (Wi iliam and Mary.) One of the speakers —.Mr. R—said, iri compliment, the pleasure o. meeting Mr. • allandighain would fully re pay his voyage across the Atlantic. Day ot Thanks giving and Prayer. 3 , President Lincoln, in a proclamation ap | pointing a dav of thanksgiving and prayer, in j acknowledgement of the recent successes of the National arms, says j £ ' It his pleaded Almighty God to hearken |to lhe supplications and prayers of an afflict ; ed [,.■■ Jl.', and to v .ucusife to the Army and j the Navy o. the United Slates victories on , land or the sea s .signal and effective as to lurnith reasonable grminls f„r augments! . confidence thai the Union of the Males toil . be snsfaiac >, t cir Conitituticn shall be pre ' >errtd <,nd peace a dposterity permanently ; restored. hat d >cs Mr Lincoln mean when when he talks of'thc Union f these .States."— 1 Dues he forget. as soon, his recent refusal to j all w the S ate of Louisiana to resume her I ps turn iu the Union, under her estabiishod' ; constitution ? flrr at Scranton, p a . St ranton, Pa. July 31. A lire broke out in tie cellar of Matthew j and G Injure'* drug M. re. on Lackiwauna av.-i.ue, at 'j o'clo ;fe last rnghr The fire ex tended to the fur story budding en the j .1 "tii, owueo' hy John K : v, an J from thence j •<> tiie banking house of George Sanders m jon the south. Koch'* budding was badly ; ia .1 ig J. George Fuilci s and Sand ••rami's ! buildings were totally destroyed with their ; contents. (. A 4J. f, Fuller, and Mat , thews &- G.linore, and the " Union"' and . I'etur W iiliauiscu" masonic lodges lost ev |en thing. Ti.e fire originated from beuzoind oih WU is the Traitor? A few months ago the Mow Y irk Tribane t •>aid : '• i 1 ..r the old I nion wo have iu regrets, and we do not wish to sea it restored." About the same time ii.e editor of the Old Guard wrote: 4; Give us back the old Un ion, under the Cons.itution framed by our tattler*—we want tin other, and will never c uisent to anything less." Now the tribune den. unces us as a traitor and a syi| aihiztr wi-h rebellion.' If the editor of this journal is a traitor for wishing to save toe Union what tiia edito? of the tribune fur wishing to destroy it Old Guard. S*D£T Wo i HY CLASSMA i F.S. — IJoratio Sey mour, now Governor of New York, and Geo, VV. Woodward, the next Governor ofPetin splvania, graduated in the same class at Gene v a, N Y., and between them there lias ever existed the truest friendship. Ltt the peo ple do their duly, as we havo no dobt they will and we will after next Fall have what New York now has, a Governor worthy of tho great State over which he presides. THREE lICNDKED DOLLARS, OR YOUR Lift. I The Republican party tax every man who can raise it §3OO to set negroes free, and it proposes to take the life of every man who lias not the ready cash. It is a highwayman who says to every citizen, " Three hundred dollars, or your life !" EST A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial savs that t: Mrs. Lincoln is quits ' unhappy because she won't bo abb to travel J this summer." Old Abe ought to be asham ed of himself, to run alter negroes., and neg lect his own family in this matter Song of the " Loyal " Leaguers. Ue're going to fight for darkies now, Glory hallelujah I At Lincoln's negro altars bow, Glory hallelujah ! Come, jolly white men, come along, Glory hallelujah ! Fall in, and sing this merry song. Glory hallelujah ! O, when We g t the negroes free, Glory hallelujah ! Ae good a iiegroe* we shall be, Glory hallelujah ! l-> l<. .1. C HKLKFR A- Co., PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS, Would respectfully announce to tbe oitixon- o f Wv ming that they havo located at I'unkhanoock "b*' bey will promptly attend to all