<EJit jOemocrat.
BICKLER, Editor.
TUNKHATiNQCK, PA
Wednesday, Oct. 26 , 1864.
': * J- K
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. GEO. B. McCLELLAN.
Or NEW JERSEY.
* a .- V.
v ' ' J r
• B FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
tips GEO. H. PENDLETON
OF OHIO.
OUR PLATFORM:
The Union—The C nstitution—
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Peace—Public Liberty—Private
Righta—Free Elections—A Free
Press-—Free Speech—Trial by
Jury—The Right of Asylum
Justice to cur soldiers.
. Resolved, That ill the future, a? in the past. wo
will adhere with unswerving fidelity tr> the I'nlon
vjnifer the Constitution as the otilv solid foundation
•four ltrength. security, and.happiress as a peo
pl., and as a frame work of government equally
fccoihicive to the welfare and prosperity of all the
States, both Northern and Southern.
Resolved, That this Convention does explletlv de
clare, as* the sense of the Atneri-an people, that af
ter frr r years ot failure to restore the Union by the
experiment of war, during tvhiuh. uuder the r re
tense of a military necessity or war tower higher
than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has
boea disregarl.Ki in every part, and public liberty
•nd private right alike trodden dow i. and fh c ma
terial prosperity ot t lie country essentially impaired
justice humanity, liberty, and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessa
tion of hostilities with a view t> an ultimate Con
vention of all the ?fates. or other pcacehle means.to
the en 1 that, at the earliest practicable moment,
peace may be restored on the basis ot the Federal
Union of the States.
Reiolved, That the direct interference of the mil
itary authority of the United States in the recent ,
elections held in KCTituckv. Maryland, Missouri!)
anl Pilewire* was a shameful violation of the
Constitution, and a reretition of Melt acts in the
approaching e ection will beheld as revolutionary
and resisted with all the meaus anl power under
cor Control
Resolved, That the aim and object of the Dem
ratio party i* to preserve the IVd- ral Union and
*"fhe right* of the States unimpaired : and they
hereby declare that thev consider the administrative
usurpation of extraordin iry and danger'.u powers
not granted by the Constitution, the subversion of
the civil by military arrest, imprisonment, trial.and
sentence of American citizens in States, where civil
law exists in 'all force, the suppression of freedom of
speech nnd of the press, the denial of the right of
asylum, the open and avowed disregard of stalo
rights, the employment of unusual test oaths, and
the interference with and the denial of the right of
the people to boar anna, as calculate I to prevent a
restoration of the Union and the perpetuation of a
government deriving its just.powers trorn the c>n
* tent of the governed.
Resolved, That the shameful disregard of the VI
mini stf.tU nto its duty in rrspct to our fellow >iu
sens who now and long h ive been prisoners of wi
in a suffering con lit ion. loservcs the severest rep
rebatioti on the score alike of public and common
: hun anitv.
Rcsolted, That the sympathv of the Democratic
* 'party is heartily and earnest 17 extended to the sol
diery of our ..rinv who are and have been, in the
ieJ'l. under the flag of our country, and in the
event of our attaining power they will receive all
* the CM*, protect ion, regard nr I kindness that the
brave soldiers of the Republic have so nobly earn
ed
To the Dcm icrary of Pennsylvania.
ROOMS OK THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL
CI MMITTK.K, No. CI2 CHK.STSVT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA, OCTOUKR 13, ISG3.
Re turns from the election heir? on Tuesday
o( last week have come lo hand, suffice to
provo beyond question, tint we hare triumph
in the State by a majority o! [about two
thousand) borne votes. Tlie votes ol the sol
diers in the hospitals and in the arnty, may,
or may not, reduce this aggregate.
IVe congratulate you on this glorious re
sult I All horror to tiie noble anl faithful
men who have achieved such a victory, in
spite of the frowns of power, the corruption
of money, ar.tl the influence of a blind and
remorseless fanaticism !
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Our victory, however, is but half complete.
We hold the vantago ground so gloriously
obtained, orly for one grand movement nrnre
—to reclaim in November the threatened
liberties of our c cuntry, and restore to it
the peace and prosperity of former times .
j We canjure you, then, by all that freemen
hold dear.to rail}* once mote f r 1 final strug
gle ! Org unize anew ! Shake off the creep
ing apathy which comes too often afrer a suc
ce#*lul contest j and let us hurl from power
the insolent contemners of the people's rights,
over throwing at the same time the band o'
public plunderers which follow* in their train
? Byroder of the Committee :
C. I. WARD. Chairman.
RoiEitT J. III:MI inr.r.. Secretary.
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LIVCO'IN'S LAND TAX.—This rear the farm
L * era and others have been called on by Lin
fc-'ht's'fax gathereis for 3 per cent, and 5 per
' ' tftHit.—total 8 per cent, on thtir rett earnings
*nd jTrofirs over in the year 18G3.
'liny wHI have the same tnx, and pethaps
another additional . r per cent, to pay for 1 SGI
Yf Lincoln is re-elected. In 1865. the Penn
sylvania farmers and real esiate owneis,
(whether of large farms or small lots.) will
find anothei Lincoln tax upon them, to the
am mot of ONE MILLION NINE HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.much great
• ■ .... .
r than the highest old fashioned Stale tax.—
R* c'ect Line .In. and the debt will rise logh
,. r and higher, and the taxt-s beeotne heavier
and heavier. If can't be otherwise under his
pohcy of continued war and wholesale plun
der. „
;£r* ~ : 1: A TIL,- - ,
Butter is ItielrrMtk per pound in
C-AII ala.
J&3ST Vote for McCUllan
;CIN|RAL McCLELLAN S LITIIII OF
J % m ANUR, _ ;
|
OIAMQX, Nr.tr JERSEY. >
inp : ember 8, 1804 j
GENTLEMEN: t have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt ot your 'etter informing me
l of my nommaii u n by the Democratic Nauon
i at Convention, rece ly assembled at Umcjgo,
as their candidate at the next election lot'
, President ol ihe Untied States.
It is unnecessary for me to nay to you that
- this comes unsought.
1 am happy t 1 know that when the noratn
- attoii wa- made, the record ot my public lile
was kept in view.
The effect of lon and varied service in the
arnty duVu.g war and peace, haa been to
* strengthen and make indelible in my mi.nl
r and hvart the love and reverence for tne Uu
1 on. Constitution, laws. a;:d Hag ot our couu
try, impressed upon ine in early youth,
j These feelings have thus far guided tne
course of mv Ida. and must continue to do ao
to 1 is end.
The existence of mora than one government
oVtr the tegion which once owned our is
incompatible with the peace, the power, and
ttie happiness of the people.
The preservation ot our Union was the sole
avowed object for which the war was coin
me iced. Itsh ul I have bfcen conducted lor
* ihm on Iv,l 1 d 111 accordance with those
7 j riuciples vrhioh I toyK occasion to declare
3 when in active service.
Thus conducted, tlie w>rk of reconciliation
would have been ea-y, and we might have
reaped the benefits of our many victories on
land and sea.
j | The Union was originally formed by the
exercise of a spirit of conciliation and com
promise. To restore ami preserve if, the
' same spirit must prevail in our councils, and
! in the hearts of the people.
. | The reetablishment of 'he Union in all its
in'.igrity is, and must continue to be, the
inJtspcnsibie condition in any settlement.—
So soon as 11 is clear, or even probable, that
our present adversaries are ready for peace
upon (lie bus.s of the Union, wo sh ul-l ex
hausi all the r.-sources of statesmanship prac
tised by civilized nations, and taught by -Die
traditions of the Auurcan pe' pie, consistent
w-th the honor and interests of the country,
to secure such peace, reestablish the Un'on.
and guarantee for the fu ure the c nstiiution
*ai lights of every State. The Union is the
one condition of peace —we ask no more.
Let me add what, 1 d <ubt not was, altho'
uoexore-sss l, the sent iment <.f the Convention
as it is .f the jcple they represent, that
when any one Suite is willing to return to 1
the Union, it should be received at once. 1
with a 'ull guarantee of all its con-titutional I
ligh's
ll a fiatfk, eSrnesU and persistent effut to
ob ain those ooj cts si ould fail, tlie responsi
bility for ul'er'or co'tsequetices will fall upon
ih'is.i who reiniin in arm-against tin* Union,
ffiit the Union must be preserved ai all haz
? a rds,
1 c.'iihl not 1 ok in the face of mv gallant
c uitades of the army and navy, who have
vutvived so manv bloody hatiles, and tell
them iiaf their labors and the .sacrifice of so
tn in}' of "tir sfatn and wounded brethren had
beer, in vain ; t 'at we had abandoned that
Union for which we have so otten periled our
lives.
A vast inaj -rity of our people, whether in
the army and nivv or at noine, would, as 1
w ul J, hail Willi unb >unded jy the perma
nent restoration of peace, cm the basis of the
Union under the Ocnstitution, without the
effu-ion of another drop of blood. Bat no
peace can be permanent without Union,
As to the other subjects presented 111 the
resolutions of thn Convention, I need only
' s.iv tbnt I should seek, iti the Constitution of
, the United Sia'es and the laws framed in
'' accordance therewith, the rule of my duty,
ar.d the limitations of executive power ; cn
< ' deavor to restore economy in public expendi
ture, reestablish the supremacy of law, and,
by the operation of k more national-
I ity, resume our commanding positions among
1 the nation- of the earth.
1 j The condition of our fi.iancAs, the deprecia •
1 tion of the piper in ney, and tit# burdens
thereby imposed ou labor and capital, show
~ tlie necessity of a return to aso inl financial
* ' system ; while the rijh'sof cttiz-us, and the
s r*ghts of States, and the b'nding authority of
I 1 law 1 >ver President, army, an i people, are
1 subjects of not less vnal importance in war,
than in peace.
! Bclievmg that the views here expressed are
th 'Se of the Cinveiition and the people you
represent, 1 accept the nominal ion.
I realize the weight of the responsibility
* ' to be b rn, should the people ratify your
! Choice.
5
,f Conscious of my own weakness, I can only
1 ' seek fervently t'nt* guidance of the Ruler of
j a
the universe, and, relying on IDs all powerful
1 aid, lo my best 'o restore union and p' Sce to
1 a sufl. ritfg people, and to estsli'iiah aud guard
Ihwir liberties and rights,
I am, gcntlemi t,
- , very respectfully,
r your obedient servant,
5 CJr.o. B MCCJ.ELI.AN.
- II m. 11 ratio Seymour.
< ' and others Committee.
History.
! SPEECH OF HON. HUSKY M. FILLKR, AT
THE UNION MEETING, PHILADELPHIA,
DECEMBER 1869.
e
. ! The history of this attempted insurrection
. di-eloses a remarkable fact, that John Brown,
_ a man of intelligence, of strong wi'l, great
- e .rne-tness of purpose, after a years prcpara
r tion, with a thouan l pikes in possesion,
s wifli amnnitidvt ai his command holding two
- days the GfWrnurent arsenal, could only in
duce to negroes -to join his standard, ami
1 tti£y fere' The first to surreiriicn There in
Virgmia, a Siaic witli 23,C>00 negro slaves
wtthiu a circuit of fifteen miles, to whom fib
eration and free Join were promised, only two
catne f .rwaid to accept this Does not
i
Chin prove that the staves as a mass are con
tentrd as they afe ? They want no change ;
I least of a change as John Brown
i could give them, (Tremendous choering.)—
t Wiser than John Brown, and wiser than
those who aided and abetted him. they aro
; content rather t<> bear the ills they have than
. %to ethers they KOOW not of, Certainly I
, the worst enemies a slave can have are they
r who disturb his quiet, and incite tnfn to re
bellion and insurrection. We adopt the lan
i guage of the great statesman of the West, of
i Henry Clay—"We prefer the liberty of our
-1 own country to that of evecy other country,
3 and the happiness of our own race to that ui
; every other race
Lincoln's Terms of Settlement,
>
I Extract from lion, G. T. Curtis' 1 Sfjccc.i,
Sept. SO th, 1864
. j Mr. Lincoln is a candidate for re-election ; ,
! and we have ujder his own hand, since he
• [ became a candidate for re election, a direct,
) ' authentic, and perfectly plain declaration of
j the conditions on which he will consent to
i, | receive the people of the South back into the
i ! Union. It is in 'hese words :
I ! EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASUINGT N, July 18, 1864.
> i To all to whom it may concern :
Any proposition which embraces toe res- ;
j toia:ion ol peace, the integrity of the whole j
• j Union, ami the udundonnient of slavery. and
: chL h. comes by, and with an authority (h-.t
i can control 'heart: i s now at war against !
i the L'mied Stairs, will be received and con - j
■ ridried by ehe executive government of the ;
\ L'nited Slates, and will be met by liberal
. terms OD other substantial and coilatorial
: points, and the bearer or bearers thereof
shall have save conduct both ways.
ABRAHAM LANCOTN.
I have no right to impute to Mr. Lincoln
j purposes which he has no', expressed, or res
i ervations which he has not made. I hvae
I v . i
seen a great many ingenius explanations
written by his political friends, to show how
ihe President did not say that be would not
receive and act upon oilier propositions which
he did not mention. But I think if I were
to read that paper to a jury of twelve intellt
gent men, who knew (be subject to which it
j relates, and were to ask thein to infer from
it thai Mr. Lincoln did not mean to nnke '■
j file abandonuieut of slavery one of three con- :
j dil.ons on winch he is willmg to have a resto j
: ration of the Union, I should provoke a very •
I significant smile. As plainly as ihe English !
language can speak. he couples together "the '
restoration ol peace," " the integrity of tiie i
. whole Union," and " the abandonment of
I slavery," as the three things which must be
j presented to him in one proposition, by the
i power that now controls the Southern armies,
j A proposi lion, he says, embracing these three
I things, will be met by tiie executive govern
| utenl id ue Untied StuU*- howl By: liberal !
| term, on those points ? Not at all ; they |
i will he met by liberal tt rms on "of/tcr" sub
! stantial and collateral poinis." The lan
i guage is carefully framed to exclude tf.e idea
! lliat lhere can be any unite iiteial'ly about
the joint o slavery, than about the restora
tion ol peace and the integrity of the Union. ;
fiie one is a> much a fixed purpose with Mr.
Lincoln as the two oih*rs. He knows that '
I both sections ol the country have so und r
stood him, and to this day he has never ut
! ftred a word to correct U.at impression
: We ate bound to believe that he docs not
i wish to correct it.
I Here, then, is a position which " goes
j whole bat's length beyond tiie reservation to
I the Supreme Court of the question what has >
become of slavery in the progress of the war. j
I Speakug in a paper addressed to every man
on earth, who can read English and has anv !
; concern in knowing his views, and di aling at I
i the same time with the restoration of peace i
: and the preservation of the integrity of the
Union. Mr. Lincoln makes a positive require
j uietit of the abandonment of slavery us an es
j sential feature of anv proposition on which he
will treat. lie did not mean to " palter in a
, double sense." He meant te be understood. !
j lie had been under food. The issue is made |
up between hun and the Democratic party,
jou tins point. If he changes tint issue he
c.nies over to us,so far as this matter is c >n
| cerued. For, my friends, let it be observed
tlia* the Democratic pariy, sp aking through
; General McClellan, its candidate, while it
" I demands the restoration of peace, and the
• I integrity of the Union has not made the con
ditton of the abandonment of slavery essen
| tial either to peace or Union. There can be
. j no mistake about General MtClellan's poi
--i , tion any more than about Mr. Lincoln's.—
We ask, says General MeCk-llan, nothing but
r 'ho Union. We, says Mr. Lincoln, demand
with the Union the abolition of slavery
I iou of the South, sujs the ne, can come *n
! jto the Union as you were before you left
[- I You can come into the Union, says the other,
1 ; but you must abandon slavery before your
, I proposition to return can be consider* d.
[ | Nw let us inquire calmly, which of these
, courses of action is likely to give peace to
j this country—present and leasting peace.
j For the attainment of Mr. Lincoln's object,
it is but rational to suppose that absolute and
Complete subjugation d the white raw is es
l sential. ]t n- not within tiie limits of prnba
j bdiiy that the people ol the Southern States
( will consent r.> ahohsh slavery at our dicta
; tion, mini the white r; ce there is so reduced
! that its consent will be practically uniiupor
' lait'.and will therefore cease to be necessary,
f | The cotiS" queue*; w ill he that you will have
j n your hands, for government, a country as
j large as Europe, in which the whites will be
j unwilling, if they are able,ami unable if they
1 are willing, toc-operate in Carrying on civil
, j govern iu* nt. You must govern the country
, ,by the sword until you can introduce a new
I white population, and ev< n then y< u must
constantly interfere to settle the question as
, to which race is to be the predominant one.
> The result inest be Mibstamally a state of
war for generations, or a reduction of vast
portions of our c tintry to a condition reseiti
tiling that of lit f*-r countries , n W |,i c j, A<riean
i slavery has been uuproridently and sum mar -
5 dy abolished. Toat we could make such a
country pay the Cost of governing it no
ralionul being can suppose : and that we our
-3 "elves can pay the taxea requisite is just as
1 far Irani being a rati' nal conjecture
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j TERRORISM IN INDIA'S A.
f
MILLITAHT DESPOTISM THROUGHOUT TUB
STATE—MCCLELLAN MEETING. BROEEN
t*p AND MCCLRI.LAN MEN ARRESTED
-—UNION MT:S F DRAGGED FROM
THEIR BEDS AT MIDNIGHT
BY SOI.Pir.R6.
I.NPIANAPOI.IS. October Jd.
Indiana is conceded to be the battle ground
jof the presidential election. Mr. Lincoln in
tends to carry Indiana at all hazards. So his
i friends say, and so appearances indicate. I
: M'litary subjugation holds—Military despo'-
lsin rules. This city is full ( farmed then, '
| and the Capitol grounds are crowded. They '
; warmed ai the corners of all the principle !
' streets They hold possession of the depot, j
i Aruied tnen stand on the platform a you en '
I ter the car at either door. You Lay your
| tickets watched by soldiers, with bayonets
fixed. The* guard the entrance to the pas
senger rooms. Thousands of them have
been sent home fn in the army. Mere of;
th( nt are desired an J expected.
If a fair vote is allowed the state is Demo
cratic by fifteen thousand. IIMW much chance
there is foi a fair vote facts will tell. In this i
city, the capital of the state, where '.he gov
j ernor lives, where the Lincoln men have a
wigwam built for their express accomodation, <
j and where they hold nightly tnueting, but one
, I einocratic meeting has been held since Mo '
| Clelan was ni initialed, and that was broken
1 up by drunken soldiers, and, rather than has
j ten civil war, the Union men have yielded to
! military force, h >!d no meetings and can hold
none. I' is believed here that it is designed ,
to so exasperate the people as to produce an :
outbreak ami justify martial law to control
the election by bayonets.
The people here are hushed to the verge of
desparation. The draft ts going on, and the
conscripts, instead of being allloWed ten Jars, '
jas is usual in other states,are hurried away at
once. A meeting was held in o*e of the ;
towns to petiiion Gov. Morton to all w the ;
draf'ed men the usual ten days. That night ;
a train of cars filled with soldiers was sent
i
out from the capital. In the middle of ihe
night they surrounded the home and arrest- 1
ed the chairman of the meeting, a yum g man j
; by the name of wolf, and hurried him off i*> a
■ military prison. At the depot near Torre !
I Haute, I saw a crowd of men I should think
j numbering two hundred, filled the depot '
i '
I Earnest, anxious, resolute h" king men as
j have gathered together snice the news of the
j battle of Lexington in 1170 vibrated on the
air. Their story was a short one. A neigh
bor of theirs, Mr. llninphieys, for the crime
of being a McClellan man, had been seized at
midnight by a inditaty force, sent from tiie i
capita), dragged from his bed, not allowed to 1
Communicate with family or stien Is, laughed ;
at when lie demanded for what he was arres- j
ted, and hurried away to confinement. The i
, J j
alarm spread from house to huu-e, and from :
place to place ; men gathered in c'usirrs, ;
some tilling fifty miles between midnight and j
morning, in hopes to intercept the train at
another station. They were an hour too la 1 j
I 0' her prominent m n had been arrested in !
| t lie same manner, with the inten t>n to strike
j tsiroroti all sides Mr. Bingham, one of the ;
stale committee, and editor of the Sentinel, '
was arrested in the same way.
A military train is kept *>n hand for these '
arrests. They are made usually in the :
I U'B't'.
It ts esti'ua'ed that a thousand spies, or j
de'ectives, as vy are called, in the pav ol 1
the government, arc abroad in ihe siair. j
They are spies on every man's utterance : !
j they foment, controversies, induce uu n to !
| speak against the government, and charge j
J them with treason, and become witnesses in |
j the east I was in the town of Hartford the
other day. The Democrats had erected a j
splendid McClellan pule of hickory. A train j
filled wiih Morion'* soldiers stopped while I j
was at the depot. The McClellan pole was
|in full sight, beating aloft the stars "nd j
j stripes. A portion of the soldiers g>t out of
| the car, cut the pole down with an nxe, tore j
iup the flag,end trampled it in the tn: r e, an-)
then proceeded on their journey to arrest .
somebody. The flag was rescued, cut up in- '
to bits and distributed among the friends of:
McClellan.
. .
An immense mass-meeting was held at
Vincennes. Yailandigham was invited to be
present, and accepted the invitation. It was
openly declared that if lie. caine he would be j
arres'ed. I heard an officer say that he
would shoot him with his own hand if he i
arose to speek. The result was that morel
than ten thousanl people were present ;
; Yailandigham was not there. Had he been
present, and a hair of his head been touched
civil war would have been inaugurated in ten
minutes.
' ANOTHER HERO AND SOLDIER FOR
MCCLELLAN.
1 Noble litler from Major General M'Cler-
Hand.
We beg to commend the following noble
! letter from Gen. M'Cleinand, written in re- i
j
sponse t letter signed bv a number of pro
■ minent citizens of Springfield, Illinois :
j SrtUNGFIELD. 11l , Oct. 4. .
; Gentlemen: Your communication, dau-d
i ihe 30 h September, mvi'ing me to address
j the public in a speech on the state of the
country and the impending Presidential elec
! tion is received.
I answer. I have to say that 1 have rcciv
i ed numerous communications of like charac
j ter. as well as man* private I.et ters, soj cit- ,
n* my views on the same subject, but from a 1
sense >f the proprieties of my position as a '
i military officer, havp b thetto !• rhorne to re- '
spopti to any of tliem. and jrqpld continue to
; do so to til requests but f..r the disrespect it
: would imply for their authors ani the contra-'
dietory statements that have been put forth
j by opposition pastisan newspapers, as to my |
j rhoice for PjcstdfJit. I' is. I repeat, only)
undvr tlu-c circiunttaricM that I undertake '
h >w, and in this instance. to depart (rmn ihe
rul I had prescribed for my§elf r and venture
to offer J'JU and ail corcerned 't!ie following
-hearty but sinCeTe dec! a reiki As to the*
Condition of the Country it i* obfiou? civil
war is on us tearing '.he vimts of the nation,
reddening our land with our best Mood, con
puining the substance of the people, and en
tailing on us and our posterity an onerous
public debt, and imperilively requires us to
put forth unitedly and dcUrtntu dly, ojr ut
most efforts to bring it to a speedy close, by
Crushing the rebellion.
Every man who tails in tins, fat Is in imper- t
ous duty. >, v t .
As io my choice for President, I atn for ■
George B. McClellan ; how. indeed, could i :
be otherwise ?Heis a life long Democrat * 1
so am 1. He is a War Democrat, and would !
continue the use of force, as long as necessary
to pur dow the rebellion ;so would I. Like .
Jackson, he would preserve the Union at all
hazards, even if blood should flow, treasure '
be expended, and slavery swept away ; o j
would I. Like Jackson, he is in favor of a
plain Government, void of pomp, protecting
all, and granting favors to none ;so atn f.— i
Like Jefferson and Douglas too, ho believes ,
in the sovereignity of the pe q>le and answer !
ing himself to their auihoniy, be would have j
all public lunctionariea as ihe servants of ttie
people to do the same ; so would I Thu* I
agreeing with htm in principle, in policy an i j
in patty as-ocia'ions, for me to oppose him \
would, in my judgment, be inconsistent and
in excusable. His distinguished and esteemed J
rival vvdl hardly ixpectit. This Lrict dec |
laranon seems to be incapable of br ing mis- !
ajiprehended or misrepresent et], yet in order !
to avoid such a re.-ult, I will add in negative
terms lhat lam opposed to aly policy that !
Compromise the unity and ct-gni'y of the |
country lor 'he sake of peace. With the
oliqe branch m one hand and t e sword in j
the o>her, lot us continue to <mite the rebel
lion hip and thigh until it succumbs to the
Cousinunoii and laws ; hence 1 absolutely ,
and unqualifiedly dissent f oil) all v. ho Would
court peace on the bus's of disunion, r.-gaid
less ol their party names aud profe ■si On*.— j
ltie-e ti'eu. Ifoin an antagonism of setu• fm nt j
on •b' point, opposed the nomination ol Gen
McCi.-iium ami from antagonism of sc.niuiu'ni
on the same point, I oppose them. We are ,
as wide apaf as the polls. li s nomination,!
am tn.ppy to believe, will put an end to tlieir
influence, and m other resp<-c's open a lu-v.
and inspiring future to the Democratic patty.
Under In- leadership 1 doubt not that put 'y
wilt again become itself. Emancipated hum
the shackles a timid and Unp i dosophic&i con ]
.St i va'tve, it w ill again b >und tlie intrepid
champion of tree inquiry, fearless innovation
and unsparing reform ; and ru-bn g on, hitch '
lit hand, w ill, a- it ought to. I, ad the inarch
jof events. For these reasons, an i on lin
iailh, I leperi thai 1 am in lavur uf Geo. Mc
Ciellan.
I an, gentlemen, with great respect, your
obedient seivatit,
'
John A. M'CLURNAND.
i Jo Messrs. Col. D. Wickei'sham, Capt.
Jul.n If .beris. James W. Siienam, Nil
Biilfiley, Col Wm M'.Mur'v and otii.*rs.
The editor of the Indianapolis "Daily Sen
tinel' Arrested,
i [From this ludfbnapolis (lud). Daily Seiitiue', Octo- 1
| bea,6 J
l 7 u the peu/jlc of Indiana :
\ luda , I was arrested by order >f M.j j
Gen. 11-vey, llie military g .vtrnor ol Indiana
and confined in a military pris m.
Upon what accusation I tnowr not. Fii ii- i
iully and earnestly, in a pub'ic and private
I life, i have endeavored, according to the c< n- i
i victions of my judgment and conscience, to 1
preserve peace aud maintain law and order. 1
am guilty of no crime, unless it fie criminal.to
differ with the principles and policy of the 1
party in power, I should have been laithless j
, to my own convictions of duty, and to the ,
I tiust reposed in me by the great party which
j as the editor of its organ, I have represented.
I d I had not oopoM d doctrines and measures,
persistently and zealously,which I conscieii- '
j tioiisly believed and bolr.ve must result, 'f
carried out,in the overthrow of popular rights
j and free governments. While occupying the I
! position ol Editor of the Sentinel I have cum
seled obedience to law. This is the dutvof
thocit'Zeit, hut it is no k-s a duty to labor
for the repeal or tuo lilicat km of laws abn >x
■ ions, or which he beiives to be detrimental to !
| the public welfare. This 1 have done, and 1
; should have been untrue to the obligations 1
owe to my country, to my sedf, and to those
who come after me, il I bad done otherwise,
The duty which citizenship and t! e alienable
rights of men impose upon me is iqualiy the
duty ol every citizen of Indiana.
I am cast down, out no? destroy, d a vic
| 'it" "f arbitrary power. lama u. .itarv prts
, oner. From ac< Il I urge every true man • f
i Indiana, as he values constitutional liberty,
i the freedom of thought, of conscience, of !
speech, and the press, and all the blesMiigs of
1 constitutional government, to return, in lie
• rapidly approaching elections, a cmserv i tive
! 1 artv to p >wer, as the only hope ol restating
and inaiiitai. tug oqr free instilutioiis—the
Constitution and the Luton. If such is not
l the verdict of the people at the ballot box
ni xt 1 urn-day, farewell to civil and robgi nig
"bri7y. J. j. BIXUIIA.m. "H
1 I'iigon, Oct. 5.
DEO UAr|t M|JET{XGS.
I Arrange meats ate being made to hold Dem
o era tic Meetings in ibis County at the places
and limes mentioned as follows:
I 41 FALLS —Saturday, October 29. 1 ul
- ck, P. M.
j ' I^ipbolhon—Tuesday, Novei,iber Ist, I
o'ctyck, P. M
i " Ipr.KUASj,o< k WejJnesdhy, November
2d, 1 o'clock \\ M.
CK.NTKRMOKti.AND—Thursday, N >v#m
' ber 3d, 1 o'clock, (in the Evening.)
The speakers will be uhl.ounced as soon as
, definitely ascertained.
HARVEY SICKLE a,
Ch'm Stand'g Ctci
Election Proclamation.
1 ll Red ANT to na act of tho General Assent
• JL- b!y of Die Commonwealth of l'eniisylvuiia,
emitted 'An Act relating to election* in this Com!
Sutwsalth, approved the second day of Jnfy, aaao
D mini one tboiettnd erghi hundred and thiry-oine
| Abira Gay, Sheriff of the county of Wyoming Peon
: sytvnnia. do hereby make known and give no tie*
, to the electors of the countv aforesaid, t hat an elec
tion will be held in the saidl countv of Wyoming on
the SECOND TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT,
nnno lb-mini, one thousand eight hundred ana six.'
I Lv-jour, (being the F.ighth day of November,)
T ALSO NKRFCUT MAKE KSOWS AJ(I> EIVG NOTICK
tint the place of holding the aforesaid General
Election, in the several wards, boroughs, district
! and townships within the county of Wyoming, are as
! follows, to wit :
Jlr.iintiitn, at the house eecupiei by T. D Fpnujr
I in LiiviiyviJie
Clinton, at the new school house, In fhc village of
i Factoryvilla.
Eaton, at the house of Peter Stroh, in Eaton town
| ship *
Exeter, at the house of Solomen Browu, in Exeter
| township.
Forkston, at the bause of Iliram Ilitchcock, now
j occupied by A P. Burgess, in Forkston township.
Falls, at the house of Levi Townsend in Fella
township.
Lemon, at the school house near H. G. Ely, in
Lemon township.
Afonroo. at tltehousc of John Phoenix, in Monrew
I t yTrr.chip.
! Mehoopany, at the house of Peter Condor, in Ms-
I lioopnny township.
Meshoppcn, at the house of Daniel Ilankinson, ia
| Me.-h'ijjpen township
j NorthmorcTjn<f; at the house ot TYinteis k How
; ard. at Ccmrcmoreland Corners in Northmorcland
I township.
I Nicholson, at the house ef E.N. Bacon, in Nich
i olson Township.
North Branch, at the school house near the store
ef J >hn Pfonts in North Branch Towwship.
Gvi-rf el 1 at the old school house near Lawrence
Ages's in Dverflcl 1 township.
luokb \nnoek Borough; at the Court House in
innkhannock.
I Tunkb iunock Township, at the Court Hour ~ in
T unkhannock*
Win lli im, at the house of David Fisk. iu Wind-
I hatn town.-hip.
Washington, at tho Baptist church on Russell Ilill
i in Washington township,
! T ul-o make known and give notice, as in and by
! tL • Uith section of the aforesaid act 1 am directed 1
. "(hat <".•( rv person, excepting justices of the peace,
who shall hob! any office or appointment of profit or
; tri .-t under the government of the Umtrd .States, or'
iof this &fate, or any city or iuce-porated district,
1 wh-ther o.moiissioned officer or otherwise, a subor
,l nate offi er or ag nts, wh • isor shall he employed
I under the legislative, judiciary or executive de-
I part meat of this State or the United States, or of
: 111 y city or in corpora! .i ilistrict and also that every
' member of Congress and tho .-tate Legislature, aud
t of t!.c select and cote toon coun il ofauy city, eoin
, luis.-iouer of any incorj>>rated district, is by law in
r pibleof holding o;' exercising at the same tirn.
the ctii;c or appointment -•!' judge, iti.-pector or elcrk
' f any election of this Couiumuweaitb, aud that no
: inspe.-tot or judge, or other officer of any such elec
' iion, shall- be eligible to ani office then to be rot—
| ed for "•
Alsa, that in (he fourth section of the Yet of Ai
sombly, cut it ltd "An Act rei-iling to execution*,
and for other purp-nscs.'' approved April ib, 1840,
it is <-;••• ted that th- aforesaid 13th section "shall
! not he so construed as to prevent any militia officer
a > borough officer trom serving as judge, inspector
>r c!"rk at any general or special oiecliun i i this
Commonwealth.
A!- >, th it ;n the (il-t section of said Act, it i*et
titled that " cveny general an-1 special election
1 hiM be <>| ine I between the hours ol eight and ten
lin the forenoon and shall continu/ without Inter
ruption or adjournment until seven o'eioca in the
' evening, when 'tic polls shall be closed"
Th- general, special, city, incorpo rated district
an I i wutbip elections shall I c held and conducted
by the in-pe tors and judges elected as aforesaid,,
an-t t.y dcrks appointeo as hereinafter provided.
' per.-on shall be permitted to vote at any elec
tion. as aion-n.i l, but a white freeman of the age
• of twentv- tie years or uiore, wiio shall have re
-1 in t tie ctate ul least one year, an j in the eW.*-
tion'district litre be offers to vote, at least teu
days iu iiicd atcly preceeding such election, an 1
within i -V" years paid a .State or county tax, whieb
■ ?h ill havo been assessed at least tea days befor*
theelci tiun Bit a citizen of the United State
who lias previously been a qualiticd v ter of ihi*
-talc, tn! removed thcrefroiu mil letuinei, and >
alio abiifl have resided in the o'.cctton district and.
paid taxes nt .rcsaiJ, shah be entitled to vote af
i.-rrc iJing in this Statu ix months: Puorisign,
Til t! the white freemen citizcut of the United States
between tho ages .if 21 ond 22 year*, ana hurt-r*-
' sided in the elc.-liou district ton days, as aforrsaad,
' shall be entitled to cote, although they aiiall not.
! have paid taxes.
"No ersnn sliall be admitted fo ruto who*# name'
. snot contained ill the list of taxable inhabitants
i furnished by the omni'sstoncrs, unless : Firt, he
preuitce- A receipt for the payment within two yar.rs
. of -i -t: tc or county tax assessed agreeably to the
j constitution, an I give satisfactory evidence on his
own oath or affirmation, or the oath or affirm; tion
! .-t another. tiiMi be has paid such a tax, or on fail
rue to pr>auee a receipt shal' make oa:h of tk
payment thereof, or, Second, if he claim a vote by
being an elector between the ages of 21 and 22
years, ho shall licjuoe an oath ot affirmation that ha
: bis resided in th 8t ite at least one year before hi*
! application, and make su-h proof of hi# residence in
the district as is required by this act. an I bathe
I does verily believe from ihe accounts given him
that he is of the age aforesaid, and give such other
evidence as is required by this act, whcreu{>on the
name of the peison so adraitteu to vote shall be in
| serte-1 in the alphabetical list Ov th.- inspectors,
: and a note made opposite thereto by writing the
| word ' tax" it lie shall be admitted to vsto by res
' son of having paid tax, or the word "age" il he
j sliall be admitted to vote by reason of such nge, and
shall he called out to the clerks, who shall make
the like notes in the list . f voters kept by them,
"In all cases where the name of the person claim
ing to Vote is not found on the list furnished by tho
commissioners and assessor?, or his right fo, vote,
! ivhcihot found tticicun or not is objected to by
qualified citizen, it shall be the duty of the
; tors to examine su m person on oath as to bis quality
• i aliens, tin lif lie claims to have resided within the
1 Sta'-j for one year or roort, his oath will bo suffi
cient proof" thereof, but shall uiiiko proof b* at
least one competent witness, who shall bo a quali
j fit-d elector that he has resided within the district
for more than ten days next immediately preeeed
! ing said elect"; n. nd shall also himself swear that
Lis bona ti-ie residence in pursuance ot his lawlul
I c llirig i within the district, uid that he did not
t emove into said district for the purpose ot voting
; therein.
Every person qu ilificd ns aforesaid, and who
shall m ike due proof, as is required, of hi? res
idence aud pay ment f taxes as aforesaid, shall be
admitted to vote in the township, wird or district ia
which ho shall reside.
"If any person shall prevent, or attempt to pre
vent any officer of any election under this act from
I holding such ileetion. or use or threaten any vio
lence to any suh officer, or shall interrupt or iin
! properly interfere with him in the execution of his
du'v.or shall M v'ti up tl.c wirdtwr or avenue to nnv
iviiuioiv or avenue where the sauie may be holding,
i or shall riotiously disturb the peace of tU'-h election.
• or Mi ill use or practice ititimiJilting threat*, force
or violence, with a design to influence unduly or
overawe any elector, or to prevent him lrotn voting,
or to restrain the freedom of choice, such a per
son mi aouviuikm shall iyj fined in any sum ret
ex -ee ting live hundred dollars, and linpri£,QCs i fo(
a-.iv tnue not less t'ua.. one month or more thsr.
i twelve months, aud if it shall be shown to tb
Court where tire trial of such offence shall he bad, ,
th't* the person so offending was rota resident
the city, ward or district, or township where the
1 said offence was committed, and not entitle ! to v ?e
, therein, then, on conviction, he shall be sentenced
to pay a fibofof nut less than one huo Ircd dollar* or
morn t an ope thousand dollars, and be imprison
ed not less tlan fix months or more than two year*
j "In ease tfie person who shall have received
secend b C le-t number of votes for inipecto;
\ not attend on the day of election, then tbo l* r
hho shall have received ihe next highest nuuibc' •
1 notes for judge at the next spring eiecti"! 1 . sh
;AS inspecter in his place And in ea" the pew"
who shall have recced highest sumber of veU*
t for inrpeeor shall not attend, the pcrsou
t judge shall appoiut uu inspector iu bis place, °^ #
i any vacancy shall continue in tho board
• space ot one hour alter the time fixed by U
the opening of the election, the qualified rot'f
| the township, ward or district for which S,,J ' y
sliall have ta-en elected, present "t tba P..." uc t
! election, shall select one of their number to
j vacancy -r|
ft shsll be the duty of the several
I respectively, to attend at the plaee of tk ,
general, special or township elect-on- rf
! time said clcctian is kept open, for the G
i giving irforT-' 4 .'! to (he on I iutr*