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HS. COOPER, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
• Newton Centre, Lucerne County Pa.
R.R. LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Offiee on Tioga street, Tunkhannock Pa.
WM. M. PIATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of
ice in Stark'B Brick Block Tioga St., Tunk
hannock, Pa.
GEO 8. TUTTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Tnnkhonnock, Pa. Office in Stark's Brlc
eek, Tioga street.
1 >R. .T. C. BECKER .
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
Would respectfully announce to the citixenso'Wy
ming, that he has located at Tunkhannock where
he will promptly attend to all calls in the line of
his profession.
IT Will be found at home on Saturdays of
eaeh week
&{rs JtofJjlfc fjuuse,
HARRISHURG, PENNA.
The undersigned having lately purchased the
" BUKHLER HOUSE " property, has already com
menced such alterations and improvements as will
render this old and popular House equal, if not supe
rior, to any Hotel in the City of ILtrrisburg.
A continuance of the public patronage is refpect
fully solicited.
GEO. J. BOLTON
WALLS HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.
THIS establishment has recently been refitted an
furnished in the latest style Every attention
will he given to the comfort and convenience of those
who patronise the House.
T. B. WALL, Owner and Proprietor ;
Tunkhanneck, September 11, 1861.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA
Wm. H. CORTRIGHT, Prop'r
HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above
Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to
reader the house nn agreeable place ot sojourn for
all wbe may favor it with their custom
Wm II CORTRIGHT.
Jane, 3rd, 1863
stas IoM,
TOWANDA, PA.
D- B- BARTEET,
[Late of the Bbrairard lloi-sk, Elmira, X Y.
PROPRIETOR.
The MEANS HOTEL, i- one of the LARGEST
aad BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country —lt
is fitted up in the most modem and improved style,
aad ne pains are spared to make it a pleasant and
agreeable stopping-place for all,
3, r2l, ly.
CLARKE, KEENEY.& fO.,
MARDPACTCREES AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IE
LADIES', MISSES' & GENTS'
iilfeatttewimece §>at*
AND JOBBERS IN
HATS. CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS,
PARAGOIiI AND UMnRGLLAS.
BUFFALO AND FANCY ROBES,
849 BROADWAY,
CORNER OP LEONARD STREET,
HiSW¥££.
|. T CLARK, )
A C KEENET, (
LCBENEY. J
M. GILMAN~
OILMAN, has permanantlj located in Tunk
f" , * <>ck Boroogfa, and rospoct folly tnd*n hu
TrnSiai^SS;. 10 cUiIWU ofthis P 1 "* D
FACTION: WARR ANTED, TO OIVK SATIS
° W Tttlto,l,, Law °°*. MV *• ?0
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TO
HOUSE KEEPERS!
Frank M. Buck
Has just opened, at the stere house formerly oc
cupied by C T, Marsh, one Joor belew Baldwin'*
Hotel, in Tunkhanoock,
NEW GROCERY
AND
Provision Store,
where he is prepared to sell eve.ything in the line
ol Family Groceries at prioes far below those here
tofore asked for them
His stock was selected and purchased by
MR- A. G. STARK
in person, whose intimate acquaintance with the
trade, and dealers, enabled him to purchase at pricei
llltl Till Til Him.
Mr. Stark's services as salesman, also, hare been
secured.
In the line at Groceries and Provisions, I ear
sell
Good Molasses at $1 per Gal.
Good Brown Sugar at 12| cts per lb.
No, 1 Mackerel •' 12| " '• '
Cod Fish " 9 • * •
New Mess Pork " 17 " *' "
Chemical Soap •' 12j •' •' "
Saleratus '• 12j
Ground Coffee " 25 " " "
Fxtra Green Rio Coffee " 40 " " "
Lard 20 " " •
Rice " 15 " " "
Crackers " 10 " " '
And all other articles at correspondingly lov
prices.
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I In the article of Teas, both as to prices and
quality, I
GINGER, PEPPER. SPICE, CINAMON
CLOVES. NUTMEG, MUSTARD,
CREAM-TARTAR,
RAISINS,
FIGS,
POWDER, SHOT AND LEAD.
FPUS AID SITS Of ill KINS.
-ALSO
FLAVORING EXTRACTS FOR PUDDINGS
1 IRS, CUSTARD AND ICE CREAM,
0
SPICED SALMON & SARDINES
in boxes—a fine article for Pio-nic, fishing and
pleasure parties,
Ice Oreaxii
Constantly on hand, and furnished in any quanti
ty desired, on short notico-
MACARONI—
FOR SOUPS.
SMOKED HALIBUT.
0
A Urge and varied assortment of
LAMPS, LAMP CHIMNEYS
GLOBES AND WICKS,
ALSO
Kerosene Oil.
o
N. B.—WOOL, niDES, PURS, AND
SHEEP PELTS, purchased for cash or
trade, for which the highest cash prices
will be (Aid.
©all an)t f lamjne.
BUCK.
TukhiMMk, June 38, 186*
•♦TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "-Thome. Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4, 1865.
MASS CONVENTION.
In accordance with previous notice a Mass
Convention of the friends of tho Ntaional
Administration, in Bradford county,convened
at the Court House, in the boro. of Towanda,
on Monday eveuing, Sept. 11, 1865, and or
ganized by calling Hon. II W. TRACY, to
the Chair. Mr T. on taking the chair made a
few pertinent and appropriate remarks; when
on motion, Hon. J F. Long, Albert Newell,
Stephen Bullock, A B. Templeton and Ezek
iel Curry, were chosen Vice Presidents ; and
O H. Ames and E. A. Parsons, elected Sec
retaries.
Tbe organization being fully completed, S.
N. Blood, of Athens, moved, that, the chair
appoint a committee of thirteen, on nomina
tions. The following gentlemen were appoin
ted, vz :
S. N. Blood, Col. E Smith, S. H Newman,
B. L. Rockwell, P. Long, Dr. Geo P. Tracy,
L. M. Randall, D. Decker, J. M. Bishop, M.
, A. Case, Capt. J. B. Rteves, J. B. Thompson
and U. Terry.
On motion of James Bullock, of Columbia,
James Bullock, Geo. 0. Hill, Isaac Lyons,
Geo. C. G>re and £. A. Parsons, were ap
pointed by tbe chair a committee on resolu
tion.
During tbe absence of the committ n e, the
convention was ably addressed by tbe chair
man, Hon. H. Tracy.
The committee on nominations having re
turned, made the following R-purt, which,
after telling speeches by Col. E. Smith, and
other*, was unanimously adopted :
"Your Committee reccommend Doctor -SI
"LAS E. SIIEPARD, of Troy, as a candidate
"for State Senator ; and that 11. W. Tracv,
"J. F. Long, M. H. Case, D F, Park and G.
"H. Eaton, be Conferees, With power to sub
"siite, to confer with other counties as to the
"nomination of Senator, and to fill anv vacan
cy which may occur, by a majority of said
"Conferees.
The committee on Resolutions then made
the following report:
a
WHEREAS, The Republican County Con
vention which assembled at the Court House
in Towanda on Monday evening the 4'h inst.
recommended ihe nominal ion of Geo LA N DON
of Ilerrick for Senator, in defiance of ihe
known opposition, as we believe, of a majority
of the electors of thi Senatorial District who
support tbe Stale and National administra
tions, and
WHEREAS, The public record of Geo LAM
DON while a former Senator from this Dis
trict has rendered him justly obnoxious to
every intelligent elector who is no' so bound
up by partizau prejudice as to blind him to
the wrongs committed by unfaithful public
servants, bis culpability being apparent fmin
these facts, viz : Thai in the fall of 1860 and
previous thereto, he publicly warned the peo
pie from the stump, that they must send
honest men to represent them in the ap
preaching session of the Legislature for the
reason that he knew that lobbyists in the in
terest of the Penna. Rail Road Company
were coming to Harrisburg to bore through
the repeal of the tonnage tax, and that this
corrupt measure would bo passed unless men
were chosen who could not be corrupted, and
voluntarily pledging himself to oppose the
bill to the uttermost. That so far as his con
stituents were informed he maintained a po
sition of apparent hostility to the messuru
up to about the time tho hill came un for
action in the Senate at ihe session of 1861,
when afier holding confidential relations
with prominent lobbyists for the bill, his con
version to its support became suddenly man
ifest by his giving his yore in its favor; that
after having done this iniquitous act he set
up as a defence the doctrine that a Represen
tative is bound by the will of his constituents
only in local matters relating to his own
District, assuming' that upon questions of
genersl state policy, he, possessing superior
information, could judge of their merits bet
ter than they, thus presuming upon the ig
norance of his constituents to shield himself
from (he consequences of his wrong doing.
Therefore, in view of Mr. Landon's former
course as a Representative, be it
Resolved, That this Convention, composed
of Iriends of the State and National Admin
isrrations hold it to be the bounden dutv of
a Representative to represent the known will
of hw constituents upon general well
local questions, 'hat the doctrine set up by
Mr. Landon, is subversive of every principle
underlying a representative form ol G >vern
ment, and forms a con/enient excuse for un
faithful public servants to vila'e the trus'
reposed in them "by th-ir constituency, and
therefore a very pernicuus and dangrnii
doctrine, which can never receive our sup
port.
Resolved That in view of the known hos
tility which prevailed aeainst Mr. LANDON
for the foregoing reasons, and which wa
made manifest in the year of 1862, when he
was forced upon the 'icket for Congress ter
minating in an organized and sncces-folop
position of the friends of the State and Na
tional administration* against him, and re
sulting in the triumphant election of Hon H.
W. TRACT to the 38 Congress, the C nven
tion which has now recommended Mr, Lan
don for the Senate, should have had respect
to the divided sentiment which prevailed in
reference to him, and presented a candidate
who would have produced harmony, bui as
the former warning haa been unheeded, and
Mr. LANDON ia again thrust upon the ticket
for the Senate, we hereby declare that we
will not only interpose our strenunus oppo
sition to hi election, but we will in coming
elections hold the leaders of the repnblican
party in this c-unty responsible fur again
advising his nomination, and especially so
thoe holding official poaitions.
Resolved, That ii ia the duty of the people
to watch with a jealous eye the official con
duct of their public servants; .nd make an
examplo of every man who proves recreant,
by withholding from him further support.
Resolved, That the interest manifested by
Governor CDRTIN as the executive of our
S>ate Government in behalf ot ihe soldiers of
Pennsylvania who have so manfully battled
for the preservation of the Union cotumeuds
him U> the support of ail true patriots-
Resolved , That the administration of the
general government in the hands of ANDREW
JOHNSON, our chief executive, in his efforts to
preserve the Union and ihe liberties of the
country, meets with our hearty approval and
concurrence, and wo hereby pledge htm our
earnest support.
Resolved , That we deprecate, as an alarm
ing feature in onr government, the rapidly
growing tendency to high salaries and cor
ruption gererally, which inevitably results in
eroneous taxation ; aud that we pledge the
candidate here nominated to strict economy
in the discharge of his duties,and a rigorous
accountability on his part tothe people for
his stewardship. We view with extreme
distrust all extraordinary legislation—so
common of late—such as the conferring of
large sovereign powers on irresponsible bod
ies of men, who are not even required to act
under restraints of official oaths, as being
contrary to what has heietofore been conrid
ered as the well settled policy of our S't'e
subversive of good government and the
rights of the people, and breaking down all
the barriers of official corruption atid tend
ing fast toward- anarchy and confusion ; and
as such justly deserving our unqualified Gon
demna'ion.
Resolved, That to the Candida' e this night
named, we tender our cordial support, and
call upon all parties to rally to his standard
—pledging that he will m tinta n the rights
reputation and integrity of the State and the
pro-peri ty of our citizens
WHEREAS, The soldiers who volunteered
under the call oi the President, in 1861 and
1862. were actua'ed purely bv a sense of du
ty, and received mere nominal compensi tion
f r their services, whilst o'hers, who enlisted
at a more recent date, and have served but a
■hart period, have received large bounties ;
and,
WHEREAS, Many of those who abandoned
their occupations at the commencement f
the wur, have returned, many of them dis
abled, to find themselves and tbeir families
pecuniarily em harassed ; Therefore.
Resolved, That we urge upon Congress,and
especially upon our member, the importance
of adopting such measures as will secure for
the soldiers of 1861 and 1862, the same re
muneration as given to those who enlisted in
1864 and 1865
Resulted, That this c<>n vention, represent
ing the loyal people of Bradford County, re
cognize the claims of our citizen soldiers to
its confidence and gratitude ; that the gallant
defenoers of the Republic, who so nobly risa
ed their lives in defeuse of the Union and the
Conatitotion, merit and shall receive the un
dying gratitude of our people Living they
nhall have our war est aff c'ions, and dying
their memories shall be cherished for all time
•o come.
Re oleed, That the proceedings of this con
vention be signed by the officers, and publish
ed in all the payers in the Senatorial dis
trict.
M. H. CASE, of Canton, moved that a reso
lution endorsing the Republican Slate Ticket
be added to the resolutions, which was car
red when, on motion, they were adapted by
acclamation.
The Ulster and Towanda Brass Bands were
present, and enlivened the Convention with
soul stirring music.
After a resolution of thanks to the Bands
on motion,the Convention adjourned sine die.
H. W. TRACY, Ch'n
HON. J. F. LONG, ")
ALBERT NEWELL, |
STEPHEN BULL. >CE, Y. Prest's
A. B TEMPLETON,
EZEKIEL CURRT,
(. A. Ames, } c ,
E A. Parsons ) *'
Debt and Taxation.
Hon Thaddeus Steven-, Republican mem
ber of Congress from Pennsylvania, Chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means, and
Republican leader in the House, in his re
cent speech at Lancaster, said, 6peaking of
the public debt:
"it is generally estimated at four billions ;
in my opinion it will go far beyond tha.
figure. There is no use in belittling it. Ii
can only deceive the ignorant, and those only
lot a time. It cannot deceive financiers.
One half of it now bears interest, and /he
interest amounts to one hundred and twenty
millions per annutn. The ordinary expenses
of carrying on the government and the sums
required for the army and navy will swell
■ur annual expenditures to five hundred
millions of dollars. The amount derived
from internal revenue will diminish—taxation
must be double what it now is to meet
expenses. Can our people bear this? It
will be a curse from generation to generation.
iVe pity the tax ground Englishtaeu. In
reality we are worse off than he. Our debt
is only a trifle less, and it bears doubie the
rate of interest. In the future our burdens
must be double his
A debt exceeding §4,000,000,000!—An
annual expenditure of §500,000,000! Taxa
tion must be double! Under Republican
rule, who is to pay this immense tax ? The
fanner, the mechanic, the laborer, while the
rich bond holders, who own the debt and
draw the interest, sre to escape. If we are
to have taxation that "will be a curse from
generation to generation." let it be equal
Give us Democratic rule and equal taxation.
The seathern Churches—President John
son hss done nothing of late that we like bet
ter than his notification to certain Abolition
reverends, (who went down to New Orleans
wiih Butler, and oooly too* possession of such
churches as suited them.) that tnoymust give
up thoaechurches tothe rightful owners/These
(squatters) in the Southern pulpits are very
much astonished and very indignant at the
PiW'Kient'* summary notice to quit, but go
they must.
A ROMANTIC STORY OF STRATFORD
. CONNECTICUT.
That such a town as Stratford should af
ford anything ID the way of rmantic per
sonal histories was hardly to be expected,
but tbe subj <ined story is authentic as well
an interesting. At the commencement of
the present century, a young roan made bia
appearance in the village, and spent a few,
weeks at the tavern which then existed to
afford shelter to the stage-coach travelers.
Whence he came* and what bia business,
o'ine could guess. Direetly opposite the
tavern stood tbe small cottage and tbe forge
ola blacksmith named Folsotn. Ho bad a
dau hter who was ihe beauty of the village,
and it was her fortune to captivate the heart
of tbe young stranger. He told his love,
said he was traveling incog ., but in confi
dence gave her his real nauie, claiming that
he was heir to a large fortune. She retun.
Ed his love, and they were married. A few j
weeks thereafter the stranger told his wife
that he must visit New Orleans ; he did so
and the gossips of ttie town made the young
wife unappy by their disagreeable bints
and jeers. In a few months the husband re
turned, but before a week had elapsed he
received a large bundle of letters, and told
nis wife that he must at once return to Eng
land ,and must go alone. Hi took his de
parture, and the gossips had another glori
ous opportunity to make a conflling woman
wretcl-ed. To all but herself it was a clear
case of desertion ; the wife became a mother
and for two years lived on in silence and
hope. At ihe end of that time a letter was
received by the Stratford beauty from her
husband, directing her to go at once to New
York wiih her child, taking nothing but the
clothes she wore, and embark in a ship for
her home in Englard. On her arrival in
New York she fonnd a ship splendidly fur
nished with every convenience and luxury
for her comfort, and two servants ready to
obey every wish that she might express.
Ihe ship duly arrived in England, and tbe
Stratford girl became the mistress of a su
uerb mansion, aud, M the wife of a baronet
was saluted by tbe aristocracy as Liky Sam
uel Sterling. On the death of her husband,
ma. y years ago, the Stratford boy succeeded
to the title and wealth of his father, and in
ihe last edition ollbe ''Peerage and Parone
tage," he is spoken of as the issue of 1 Miss
F"lsnm, of Stratford, North America.''—
When 'he late Professor Sillimsn visited
England, some years since, he had the pleas
ure of meeting Lady Sterling at a dinner
party, aud Was delighted to answer her ma
ny questions about her birthplace in Connec
ticut.
MISCEGENATION.
Tho New York World quotes from a
discourse delivered by the President of the
Vassar Female College, recently endowed
and established near Poughkeepsie, showing
that the docirine of miscegenation is
advocated unmistakably.
It seems the President of the college hss
recently delivered a discourse, which he ha
printed, entitled, "G id, th Perpetual
Renewer," in which the doctrine and prac'ioe
of miscegenation, as understood by Tilt on A
Co., is advocated unmistakably and earnestly
The following will tell the story :
"God is gathering on this continent, in
this broad domain of liberty, the elements
of s new and glorious nationality, meaning
out of many races to mould one "new" race,
more rich and strong and admirably endowed
than any that have been ; and, among the
rest. He has brought the NEGRO !
"Then inußt we cease tofhht in opposition
to His purpose, cease to build our petty
dykes against ihe tidal current of His prov
idence, cease to demand the rejection of ONE
ingredient fioin the composition (chaste, is
it not fur a teacher of young ladies ?) because
we do not like or comprehend it. We must
give God and nature leave to work ; and we
must work with them, so far at least as the
laws of equal justice, impartial freedom, and
Christian fraternity require.
"But what does all this mean ? You ask.
It means this, at least, that in a free land
v>u ought to have no advantage of a negro
civil, political, or social—-imply because
vour skins are of a different complexion, or
because your ancestors came from different
quarters o't he globe,"
REPUBLICAN SPLIT IN WICON-IN. The
Wisconsin Radicals are so dissati-fied with
the action o r the late Republican convention,
in that state, ihtt they have decided to bolt
They have called a new convention to meet at
Jane-villeon the 27th. The Daily Wisconsin
the most Republican paper ot that Slate, says
this new convention is ca'led "by the friends
of universal suffrage"—which is its euphem
ism for neg-o suffrage.
JC3T The Abolitionists are very much dia
satisfied wiih the little word "white" in the
constitution ©f Pennsylvania, bat they ex
press no dissatisfaction with the word"male"
i mnedia'ely fallowing it. They wmt tbe
one strioken out, because it disfranchises the
niggers, than they do of their own flesh and
dood.—'Lebanon Advertiser. I
TBnMa, 98,00 PBA AionroM.
MATRIMONIAL INCOMTANCT.— A queer
instance in illustration of thia tic® baa
recently been brought to light in a neighbor
i,ig town. A married woman moring iq
high circle*, left her home one evening last
week, and taking a conveyance to a hotel in
the rural district*, was aoon joined by an
unfaithful husband, who ought to have been
at borne taking care of hie own family,
instead of engaging in intimate companionship
with those outside of hie own household.
The couple ordered a room together,
representing themselves as man and wife.
At a later hour the same night, a carriage
drove up to tho door of the hotel with another
couple, who engaged lodgings in an an joining
chamber. All passed off qaietly enough until
next morning, when the two couples were
summoned to the breakfast table. There
they met, when—lo and behold!—there was
a mere change of partners, each gentleman
having upon his arm the wife of the other !
Although there was mutual blushing, mental
cursing and recrimination, it was deemed
best, after a sober, second thought, to let the
metier rest as quietly as possible, but the
coincidence wae a too remarkablo one to
avoid the ear of the over curious.— Loteel
(Mam.) New.
C3T The Statee of Connecticut, Wiscon
sin ,Minnesota and lowa, all vote on negse
"uffisge this fall. Colorado has already voted
but the result is not yet knowu.
GOING UP —Everything that the farmer
and mechanic has to buy is going ad in price.
Taxes a-e going op !up ! up! Even the nig.
ger is getting up to the top of the heap. Bui
the Bond-hMti draw hit yold and payt ne
tax.
EST An extraordinary case has just been
brought to light at Coyltoo. in the Weat of
England. A man, who is generally looked
on as an eccentric character, ha* in bia
possession the unburied oorpse of his mother
who died five years before. When she died
h i had a leaden coffin made, with a glaee
plate let in. He deposited the coffin ia a
shed, and from time to time goes there be
look upon the face ef hie mother.
52C* Patience ia e great yirtqa, hut te ef
a very retired growth. It oomee to aaturi ty
much io the shade, and when the fruit ie
manifest ia much commanded, few
fifcedbe proosee of lie ripening.
VOL. 5 NO. 9
Tli* October Electlea.
Oar State-election is only three weeks die
font. The canvass most therefore neeeeeeri-
Ij be short, sod from present indications ft
will be equ iet one. There is nothing io this
to discourage the Democracy. The questions
at issue although important, are not of an ex
citing nature, end do not call for any great
display of effort in the way of speech-making
mass meetings and the like. The people are
simply asked to decide, by their rotes, wheth
er the Union shall be restored under the Ooi
"tituti.m, or whether its hsrmooy and integ
rity shall be destroyed by em nniewfa! us*
tinction of the separate ex istenee of the States
lately in rebellion; and whether the right of
•elf government continue to be exercised by
white freemen, or shared with the Inferior
race of black*, by their admission to a roiea
in political affairs, through tbs medium of the
ballot box. Upon tbeae qoeatious, fairly pre
sented, there should be no doubt as to their
decision. The people of Pennay lrania are no
revolutionists, or fanatical agitators for an im
impossible scheme of negro equality. AM
that is needed, to glre us victory at the poll*
is a full rote. To that end our efforts must
be directed—quietly but effectively. Last
year, in tbs face of the most powerful exer
tions of the opposition, backed by all the in
fluence of the Administration, we carried the
I 9
State by a clear mej*rity on the home vote,
and were only thrown in the minority by n
manufactured and to a great extant frauda
lent soldier's vote. This yesr tbs soldiers
will vote at home, and as otiaeas we believe
■ they will vote right. In former times, our
rallying cry was— 11 A full note is a demo
cratic victory /" Let it be now ; for tb re
sult will prove its truth— Valley Spirit.
A Dissolving Party.
The' Republican" party, now that slavery
is abolished and the war the abolitionista
made lor that object is ended, it rapidly go
ing to pieces, as was long ago predicted.—Tbs
"radicals," under the lead of Stevens and
Sumner, are dirretly opposed to the moder
ates, and both are in antagonism to the pres
ident. Mr. Johnson's recent off-hand and
manly speech to a number of Southern gen
tlemen, shows that be is for "the Union as
it was,(excepting slavery,)and the constitu
tion as it is." And at no considerable por
tion of the "Republicans" are for either, the
result must be a conflict'm which the exec
utive, backed by the conservative democracy
of the whole country, will oertafnly triumph.
All true patriots will rejcice to see the whole
some and judicious policy of Mr, Johnson
carried out to perfect conaumation, iu spite
even of tbe efforts of those who once held op
position to presidential views and measures
to be rank treason to the government, thoogh
they now practice the very same sort of dis
loyalty which they but reeeatly denounced.
—Sunday Mcrcnry.