II riVEY Ciirletor.l NEW SERIES, EETTEK FROM HOBi. REVERDY JOHNSON, Scathing Review of Mr. Lincoln's Adminis tration . McCLELLAN TIIE HOPE OF THE NA tion. WHY SENATOR JOHNSON OPPOSED] LINCOLN'S ELECTION IN 1860, AND WHY IIEOPPOSSES IT IN 1864. WE MUST SWAP HORSES WTIAT]THE UNION HAS SUFFERED EROM THE PR ESENT ADM I N ISTRATION. WASHINGTON. Sept. 19. HON. REVERDY JOHNSON FOR M'CLELLAN. Washington was electrified to day by the j publication of the following letter from Sen ator Revcrdy Johnson, of Maryland,who was elected by bis state Legislature apposed lo the Democratic party, and who in the Senate acted not unfrequontly with the Republican portion of that body. Let him sneakier him self, a* the oldest Senator in Congress : SARATOGA SPRINGS, September 14 GENTLEMEN : Your invitation to the meet ing to be held in Washington on the 17th inst to ratify the ifomir.ation of McClellan and Pendleton is but just received. It will be out of my power to be with you my stay here for some days longer being un avoidable. Opposed as I was to the original election oi Mi. Lincoln to the station be now occupies, from a conviction of his being une qual to its duties,the manner in which he has met thtin.has but cr nfiimed me in that opin ion. With more than two millions of sol diers placed in his hands and an unlimited amount of treasure, his policy and his man ner of using bis power, instead of putting the rebellion down and bringing to our ranks the thousands of Union men who were then each of the si ceded states, and who, in some, are Believed to outnumber the rebels, have but served the d< üble purpose of uniting them against us and of dividing the public r>pinion of the loyal states. The elect, of course, is that notwithstanding the gallant deeds of our army and navy, and the manifest justice of our cause the Union is even more effectually broken now than it was when his admmisi ration commenced. Whatever of honesty of purpose may belong to him, and I am willing to admit that he has had it, hi c vascillation, his policy now conservative, now radical,his selection of military officers gross ly incompetent, his treatment o. those who were evidently competent, his yielding tn this to what he has himself been often heard to suy as an excuse, was, "outside pressure" his Jiaving not only not punished, but as far as the public know, unrcbuked the vandal ex cesses of military officers of his special selec tion, shocking the sentiment of the world.and disgracing us in the view of Christendom by trie burning of private dwellings, and depriv ing their often exclusively female occupants of home and means of livelihood—all demon strate that he incompetent to gov rn <he country in this crisis of its fate, Ilow can an honorable man believe that one who has so signally failed for almost four entire years, can be successful if another four voars be granted him ? No one in Congress, certainly. Not twenty members believe him equal or at all equal to the mighty task. He has been tried and found wanting. Let us have a change, none, if loyal, can be for the worse. It is not that we wish to use his own classic figure to swap horses in the midst of a stream, but that when we are on a journey and safety depends on making our destina tion at the earliest moment, we should cast aside a spavined and thin horse, and secure a sound and active one. In General McClellan we are furnished—in the history lif h.s life, in the purity of his character, his refinement, his attainments, civil and military and, above all in his per fect loyalty—every asurance that, under his executive guidance, the war, now so cxhaus live of treasure and blood, will be soon brought to a triumphant termination, and this Union which "at at all hazards ' he wi'l never agree to surrender, will be restored. With regard, Your obedient servant, REVERDY JOHNSON. C'sr The workingwotnen have been par ticularly blessed by Mr. Lincoln's Adtninis taation! While the price of all the necessv ries of life has increased to a fearfal extent the wages paid them for labor by Mr. Liu coin's contractors have been greatly dimin isbed. Before Mr. Lincoln became Presi ded they received seventeen and a half cents for making an army shirt—now the conlrac tors pay S them eight cents ; they received forty two Mid a i, a if cents for making infant r) jiauis—now the contractor pays from seventeen to twenty cents; they re ceived fnily cents for unhned blouses—now coi tiaco.r pays them from fifteen to twenty cents; and so on to the end of the ana drrnrj- chapter. Oh (i, d! that bread should be sc dear j And flesh and blood so cheap ; ADMINISTRATION GIVING EVI. DENCE IN FAVOR OF GEE.NRAL McCEEI.I.AN. In view of the attempts of the Republican papers to circulate slanders against General McClellan, we give the following testimony respecting his abilities and services from va rious members of the administration : WASHINGTON, July 2, 1862. MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE B MCCLELLAN : 1 am satisfied that yourself, officers, and men have done the best you could. All ac- j counts say better fighting was never done - j Ten thousand thanks for it. A. LINCOLN TWO days afterward', when Mr. Lincoln ! had fuller information, General McClellan received the following : WASHINGTON, July 5. 1862. MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE B MCCLELLAN COMMANDING ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. A thousand thanks for the re lief your two dispatches of 12 and 1 P. M. yesterday gave ive. Be assured the heroism of yourself, officers, and men is, and forever will be ap preciated. A, LINCOLN. In August, 1802, Mr. Lincoln made' a speech at the White House, in which he said: There has been a very wile-spread attempt to have a quarrel between General McClel lan and the Secretary of War. * * Gen. McClellan's attitude is such that in the very selfishness of his nature he cannot bu wish to be successful, and I hope he wil * * I know Gen. McClellan's wishes to he successful- * * General McC/eltan is not fo blame for asking what he wanted und nee ded. * * I believe he is a brave and able man and I stand here, as justice requires me to do, to take upon myself what has been chain ed on the Secretary of War as withholding from him, Here is Gen. II Aleck's testimony : WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 1862. MAJ. GEN. Geo. B. MCCLELLAN : I beg of you to assist rne in this crisis with your ability and experience, lam entirely tired out. 11. W. II ALLETE, Generul in chief. WASHINGTON, 1). C. Sept 30. MAI. GEN. MC CLELLAN, COMMANDING, etc GENERAL : Yuur report of yesterday, g v mg the results of the battles of South Moun tain and Antiefaui, has been received and submitted to the President. They were not only hard fought battles, but well armed and decided victories. The valor and endurance of your army in the several conflicts which terminated in the expulsion of the enemy from the loyal S'ate of Maryland, are credited alike to the troop and to the officers who commanded them. A grateful countiy, while mourning the lamented dead, will not be unmindful of tin honors due to the living. U. W. HALLKCK, General in Chief. Says Mr. Lincoln, referring to Antietam: WAR DEPARTMENT* F WASHINGTON, Sept. 15,1802. $ Your despatch of to-day received. G"d biess you and all with you. Destroy the rebel army, if possible. A. LINCOLN. To MAJ GEN. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN. But the Republican Congress also gives its testimony. On the 16th day of July, Mr. Edwards (Rep.) ofN-w Hampshire, offered the following resolution in the House of Representatives, and it was unanimous!', adopted : Resolved, That the thanks of this House, be presented to Major General George B McClellan and the officers and soldiers of Li command, f>r the series of brilliant anc de ci-ive victories which by thoir skill and ora very they have achieved over rebels and traitois m arms on the battle fields of Wes tern Virginia. On the 9th cf May, 1862, after the victo. ries of Yops town, Williamsburg, and Wes i Point. Owen Lovejoy, the most ultra radical in the House of Representatives offered the following resolutions, which were unanimous ly adopted. Resolved. That it is with feelings of de vont gratiuude Almighty God that the Iluuse of Representatives, from time to time, hears of the triumphs of the Union army in the great struggle for the supremacy of the Con, stHuiion and the integrity of the Union. Resolved, That we receive with profound satisfaction intelligence of the recent victo. ries achieved by the armies of the Potouiao, associated from their localities with those of the Revolution, and that the sincere thanks of this House are hereby tendered to Major General George B. McClellan tor she display of those high military qualities which secure important results with but little sacrifice of human life, Let Democrats bear this testimony in mip.d,and wnen efforts are made *o belittle Gen. McClellan's great services to the State, iet thir significant testimony of Mr. Lincoln, I Gen. Aalleck, and the Republican Congress,' be produced, — yy The following named 6ocietms of tradesmen arc getting up addaesses Lincoln, thanking him f r his ' ~\\ horn it may concern" letter.beseeching him to stand by it ,and assuring him of their cordial support : The Embalmers, the Artificial Limb Makers, the Surgical Instrument Makers, the Coffin Makers, the Mourning Store Keepers, and the Grave Triggers. "TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jefferson. TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEP T. 28. 1864. THE CASE STATED, As the canvass progresses, discussion clari fies the issues, Ihe speech of one able man, on either side, d < es much to hasten the pro cess. The recent elT>rt of Mr. GREELEY, be fore a campaign ciub in this city, has elimi nated from the record upon which popular judgment is to be pronounced in November much of useless chaff. He states the issue to be, "Union, peace, and slavery," on one side; "Union, peace, and liberty," on the | other side. The fotiner ho declares to bo j expres-ive of Democratic, and the latter of i Republican faith. We quote Mr. GREELEY'S words, as reporel in his own journal. The only difference between MCCJ.ELLAN and LINC LN is declared by the leading elector on the New York national ticket to grow out of slave holder. B >th candidates and both parties are for Union first ; IVace af terward Mr. Greeley misstated the formula of Re publican faith as annotiuccd by Mr. Lincoln The latter proclaims it to be "Abandonment of Slaverv, Union anu Peace;" not "Union, Peace, Liberty." To the laUar formula tak en .iu its broadest sense, ail Democrats, would, and do, unhesitatingly subscribe. If we were a*ked to state, in briefest phrase the general Democratic doctrine in respect to the issues of the hour, we should say ; Con stitute.., Union, Peace. It asked for the republican dogma, we should say ; Aban donment of Slavery. New Union. Peace. Tn a word, the Democratic party propose to make peace, if the rebels will submit to the <' imitation, as exp mnded by the high est judicial tribunals of the land. The Re publican party says. No pi ace, unless the robe's consent to give up slave-labor forever. Mr. GREELEY will not, in a speech or w rip en hffer, deny to it w<- sta'cthe issue between MCCLELLAN and LINCOLN fairly, when we say that the former is willing to make peace with the rebels upon the basis of the Constitution as it stands, leaving the (ate of slave-labor and all minor questions to the courts, an I that that the I itter is not. Mr. LINCOLN'S purpose is fixed by his Niagara letter. Poalma-ter-General BLAIR, in his speech at Cleveland, confirms the fact 11 at destruction of slavery is, villi the Re publican leaders, a condition precedent to Union and peace. He says : The people once slaves in the lebel states can nt ver again be rec -gnized as such by the United Slates. No JUDICAL DECISION, NO LEGISLATIVE ACTION, STATE OR NATIONAL, can lie admitted to re enslave a people tyho are associated with pur own destinies in this war oi defense to save the government, and whose manumission was deemed e-senlial to tne restoration and preservation of ihe Union and fo its /termantnt peace. Mr. GREELEY declares, in substance, that, as between MCCLELLAN and LINCOLN, there is no war issue, ixcipi that the former will onh fight to enforce the Constitution, and tiit- laws duly enacted thereunder; while the I liter doems it his duty to c mtmue the fight ing till sl.veey is abandoned. LINCOLN pro poses to usurp the power of the Lni m, and use it to control the domestic relations oi the states, and thus not vindicate, but violate the Conslikwtion. Mr GREELEY is distinct in his statements. "We have," he says,' " resolved to put down slavery and restore "the L'nion, On that platform we stand, "by that wt- act, and, ij there is ever a re stored Uuion , it will be a Jrce Union from •'ihe Aroostook down to the Rio Grande.— "To this consummation every Union man "is pledged.'' MCCLELLAN is pledged to restore the Uu ion, and stop the war when that blessed con summation is attained ! 'As to slave-labor, northern Democrats have no interest in protecting that, any more than any other interest declared by the Su preme Court to be under the shelter of the fundamental law. Democrats may regret that there is a slave to be free, or a tnastert to pursue ; but yet they know and feel thai to use the power of the Union to put down an interest protected by the Constitution is not right, but is flagrantly wrong. D mo erats know and feel that to take an oath to support the Constitution and then destroy an interest which the Supreme Court has declared cannot be lawfully destroyed by the federal arm, is peijury, and nothing less.— They know and feel that, under the Con stitution, there is no power of authority giv en to presidents or cabinets to carry on a war to compel the people of a Aate, willing to submit to the fundamental law on all £ th~ er points, to Such is Dem ocratic opinion, and upon it Democrats must act. They follow the flag and keep step to the music of the Union !— World. A CRUEL JKE,— As President Lincoln was proceeding up Seventh street yesterday J evening, escorted by his body guard, he met ; si me distance above the Norm- rn Market, a | squad of -ivairy coming down tho street. Perceiving His Illustrious Highness, and rec. his fani'har eatures the cavalry men rose in their stirrups and gave three hearty cheers for " Little Mac." The commander of the Faithful, had fool for reflection in this little incident. — The beautiful residence of the wid ow of John Sehlon near Richmond was late- I h' burned by order of Ben Better it aha i mn THE TRUTH OF HISTORY It is a well known fact that General Mc- Clehan opposed the withdrawal of the /rtny of the Potomac from the front of Richmond, in the campaign of 1862, in the most earnest manner. When, jon the 3d of August, th£ order to withdraw it from its position on the James River to Acquia Creek, was mads, he, in a manly and earnest protest, opposed it, — His views were given at length, and no roan familiar with the position of affairs can fail to See their soldierly sajacity. Said he: "Clear in my convictions of right, strong in the con sciousness that I have ever been, an d still am, actuated solely by the love of my coun try, knowing that no ambitious or selfish motives have influenced me, from the coin mcnoement of this war, I do now what I nev erdid in my life before, I entreat that this order may be rescinded What were some of the reasons given by General Halleck for the withdrawal of thc- Armv from James River to Acquia Creek ? First and foremost, was the very cogent one, that the enemy's forces in and arcund Richmond were estimated at two hundred thousand, while tue effective Lrce of this Ar my of the Peninsula was only ninety thous and- This is not mere assertion. The ofll cial correspondence between General Hal— leck and General McClellan clearly prove® it And jet the Abolitionists, who are fiendishly as-ailing General McClellan, unblushingly declare that he nt I aore than enough men then were revuirod to accomplish the pur puses of the campaign. It is not necessary to give, in detail, the masterly manner in which the order of with drawal was executed. It stands without a parallel in the history of warfare. Neither is it necessary to refer to the disasters which followed t e policy of th, Administration,— The complete overthrow of the braggart P >pe the demoralization of the grand Army of ihe Potomac, the threatened capture of Wash ington, the terror of the Administration, the invasions of Marylaud, the tamest beseech ings and entreaties of Mr. Lincoln that Gen. McClellar Would again assume the Command of the army the almost m.raculous re organi zation of our defeated and disheartened troops, the victory at S <uth Mountain, the great victory of Antietam, and tho shameful removal o( G-n. McClellan bv the very men . who.less than two months before, were in debted t' him for the preservation of the ar my and the capital of the nation—are all matters of painful record. Thread by thread history is unravelling the tangled meshes of Abolition duplicity, and a deceived people are beginuing to fully comprehend the gross im positions that are attempted to be practiced upon them by wicxed and unscrupulous par' tisans.-Age, JOHN VAN BUREN FOR MCCLELLAN AND PENNOETON* —At an immense ratification meeting At Albany on Wednesday evening, a letter was read from John Van Bureu in which lie says : " There are two men who obviously can never make a peace that will receive the sanction of the American people They are Abraham Lincoln and Jcflerson Davis : and unless we are prepared for an eternal wtr. and the slaughter, debt, taxation and suspenpion of constitutional liberty at-* tend it. Abraham Lincoln must be made to retire on the -4th ol March next, and a Presi dent must be chosen in his stead who will consent to peace on the basis of the Union and Constituti on. Such a man is General McClellan, and I cannot lillow myself lo doubt that the loyal people of the United States will call Jjim to the discharge of this as well the other grave duties that belong to the chief magistracy. Tom Thumb and wife has rcaly got a baby The Releajo of Howard, From tho New York Evening Post. We learn thar Mr. Howard, father of the forger of the President's Proclamation, ob tained the order for his son's release yester day. lie t..ok it down to Fort Lafayettu.and the forger reached Brooklyn during toe after noon. Muli®on,the man who acted as amanu ensis for Howard, is sull in con-nemeut, having no powenul friends to secure his re lease, . This is a fair iljustratian of the way jus lice is administered by the system of milita rests, which is a part of too policy of this ad ministration. The chief offender is set at lib erty, simply because he has powerful friends who can bring a "pressure" to bear on the President, while the subordinate, the mere amanuensis, is lef' to rot in one of the G v eminent Basfiies. Shame on the men who perpetuate such oat rages, and if the people hating ihe opportunity to ntrip them of tin power have abused, neglect to do so, then shame on the people. • • " 0 HOLD llt.u TO His YV'ORD. —The friends o jßA'nion must remember that Mr. Lincoln hWcfistinctly announced that he will enter %iti no propositions for peace and restora lion that do not embrace the "abandonment of slavery " This is bis ultimatum. What right has he to call himself a Union candi date, when he refuses even to discuss the question of reconstruction, gnless tho rights of the States, under the Constitution, are yiefdod by the peoplo thereof to the central 1 at Washington 7 GREELEY GIVES IT UP ! —The New Yfk, Tribune of Monday last contained an artlcf/ on "Gen. McClellan's position," wnich ia re markable for the candor with which it con fesses that Gen, McClellan's Letter of Ac ceptance has greatly strengthened his pros pects of election. Indeed, in the following paragraph, which comprises the substance of the Tribunes remarks, it virtually gives up the contest and conceeds McClellan's elec tion : ''Running on his Letter ss'a platform^; if ill poll a good vote in nearly every State' and probably carry five or six" The States are not named ; but the Tri bune doubtless meant New York, Pennsyl vania, Ohio, Illinois,lndiana and Kentucky six Stales that are more than enough to elect McClellan, to wit : New Y. rk 33 1 Illinois 16 Pennsylvania 2b ! Indiana 13 Ohio 21 j Kentucky 11 Tola' 120 Only 116 electorial votes will be required to make ''Little Mac" the nest President ; so that, when the Tribune gives him six States, t makes his election as sure as anything in the future can be mado. When our opp£ nenis are thus compelled to admit McClell tH s strength, what should d'scourage our friends ? "LITLLE MAC. —Everywhere the name "Little Mac" is creating an enthusiasm never before witnessed in the history of American politics. The re üblican press are forced io admit that the Chicago Convention made the best possible nomination. Forney's press says : "He is the uiogt popular candidate the convention could have chosen," and although Forney is in the habit of lying, he for once in hi- life unwittingly told the truth, but be couldn't help it, whilst the glad shouts ofjoy were being heard from hundreds of thousands of throats all over the land. " Little Mac" siamis vindicated from base aspersions and calumnies of his foes, and if he lives to the 4th day of March he will be duly in* stalled as President of the United States, aud | Peace and t Dion will again bless this War weary-tax ridden as oppressed people. . Under Democratic Administration the laboring man could afford to driuk tea and coffee and use sugar in bis family. Since Mr. Lincoln came into power,thousands have been competed to give up their use, on ac count of their enormous price. But the ' laboring man should not grumble. While he and his dear little ones are naked and starving, Mr. Lincoln is setting the negro tree and placing him upon an equality wi'b the white man. The Baltimore Abolition platform sanctions all the crimes and follies of the pre sent Administration. It approves of arbitra ry arrests— the suppression of free speech and free press—and mil'tary interference in elections. It makes slavery, not the Union, the only real issue before the people. It does not extend any sympathy to our brave soldiers now in Southern prisons. Can •he L niomsts of the country conscientiously give their support to the candidates who stand upon such a platform ? IION, C. L VALLANDICHAM The Cincin nati Enquirer of the 13th inst.,say* : "As the Lincoln papers appear to be somewhat con cerned as to Mr. Vallandigham's position since the letter of acceptance, we will relieve them by stating that we have good authority lor saying that he will vote for McClellan and Pendleton. - ■ The Democratic State Convention of New York, which assembled at Albany on Wednesday last, nominated yesterday Gov ernor Seymour as a candidate for re-election to the office he now holds. After the trans action of other business of a similar character he Convention adjourned sine die, DOES IT MEAN ?—A telegram from St. Louis, uuder date of September 10, says "The gallows on which the alleged guerril- : las Moore and Smith were hung yesterday was of uew invention, and designed to maae short and sure work of all who are made to mount it. Ihe name of the invention is not known, but it is understood that government hop adopted the machine for purges of rail nary executions, after the example of the lerronsis who adopted the guillotine in tho French revolution." This is suggesitive. It shows what we have to expect in the event of Mr. Lincoln's re-election. After Mr. Seward'* "bell," nat urally enough, will come the "guillotine." Every man who agrees with the following sentiment, uttered on the Moorof the Connecticut House of Representatives, by Rev. Mr. Gilbert, an Abolition member, Jan. 15. 1864. will vote for Lincoln : For one, I am uot afraid to say, that I bad rather iw down and die io mv tracks to-dhj, iban to see any restoration of the Uuion aa it was. This Reverend gentleman supports Mr. L ncoln, because he is opposod to tho old Union, and refuses to negotiate unless upon thy basis of "abandonment of slavery } n and '6, of cou rsr, opposod to Gen. 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