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A continuance of the public patronage is refpeet- Mi, „iiurtofthe State having decided, in effect, that ALL MEN, OF LAWFUL AGE, WHO H AVE A RESIDENCE IN THE STATE, AND PAID THEIR TAXES ACCORDING TO LAW, SHALL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE, (any Fed eral or State law t. the contrary notwith standing,) it is tlie duty of the party of the Union and Constitution to protect in and assure to every citizen of Pennsylvania his just CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. Men who have deserted from the military service, or who have neglected or i'efused to perform service when drafted, are certainly liable to punishment, but NO MAN can be depriv ed of his VOTE or of any civil ot political Right until tried by Court Martial, und r the Rules, and Regulations of the Army, found guilty, sentenced, and sentence ap proved. We hope, therefore,' that meas ures will be at once taken to bring to pan ishment any and every eh clion officer mho assumes judicial powers and dares to rrj> et the ballol< of the men whose names appear upon those lists, unl -. they have been fried by court martial, found guilty, sentenced,and sentence approved.—Pat. &c Un'ton. SOLDIERS MONUMENT: 82.800 IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE'S TRUSTEE! WILL HE AP PROPRIATE IT I It is claimed that Mr. MKRCUR voted against the soldiers bounty bill, because lie could not do so without at the same time voting to increase his own pay—the two measures coming together from joint com mittee. Still lie took the money. By his vote he said he was not entitled to it, and is presumed to have said so very emphati cally, a-he al the same time was obliged to vote against an increase of pay to the s ddiers. Certainly he has no fair right to the money. He may claim to hold it a> tru-tee for his constituents. And one mem her may say that if tlmother representatives lake theirs, his constituents, should be en titled to take the same amount from the treasury. The people of a particular dis trust may be equitably entitled to the money ; but their represeHtative to no more o! it than any other tax-payer. We have this proposition, theiefore, to sngge-t to Mr. MKRCUR. That he donate the 52.800 extra pay he to. >k to Ihe erec tion of a monuent to t'e memory of our soldiers who have fallen in the war. This is a tiuly laudable and patriotic enterprise, in which all have a common interest. Such a monument, on our public square would be but a just testimonial of regard for the irallant dead. It would be a credit to our county and to our people. We await a re ply. We will add, that this will be in accord ance with the course pursued bv Mr. CLY MER, candidate for Governor, when the legislature increased his pay, in opposition to his own vote. He donated the money to a charitable institution in his own dis trict. Will Mr. MERCUR show H imself equally just, when such a patriotic enter prise appeals to his sympathy ?— Brad. Argus. Major General Wool Endorses tlie Presi dent's Policy, A delegation f>ora Troy. N Y , bended by Hon. Geo. Vail, on Thursday visited the President at Albany, and extended to him an invitation to visit that c tv, and al so handed him the following letter from Maj. Gen. John K. Wood : TROT, Aug. 21, 180 G. To An Ireiv Johnson, President of the United States: My Dear Sir: Tlie Hon. George Vail, of the city of Troy, will hand ( vou this note. As one of our most re spectable and worthy citizens, I would commend bun to your kind attention.— rie is an old Jackson Democrat, and your political friend, who wants nothing and seeks for nothing but his country's good. He, as Weil as mys If, is exceedingly anx ious, deeming it ess. utial to the welfare and prosperity of the country, that you j should succeed in your policy of recon- j strueting the Union. We fully concur with von in the .decla- ! ration that "we have had war enough, let , there be peace." Another civil war is indicated by those who declare the Union j dissolved,it would rend the United States in- j to fragments,followed by pestilence.faraine,! and desolation thnugh ut the land, and j would overturn the best government ever devised by man, and ruin the finest coun try or. the face of the glebe. That von may succeed in your r.oblcand i generous efforts to bring back into the folds of the Union a brave people, and make u< what we ought to be, a united, great, and prosperous nation, should be the earnest and anxious desire of all true patriots and lovers of their country. I greatly regret that important business deprives me of the pleasure it would afford me to accompany the Mayor, Common Council, Mr. Vail, and other citizens <>f Troy, who intend to pay their respects to vou, on the morrow, while en route for Chicago, to celebrate the erection ot a mon ument in commemoration of the late la mented Douglas. I have the honor to be, with considera tion of the highest respect, your obedient [servant, JOHN E. WOOL, I Major General, U. S. A. WHO JACK HAMILTON IS Every one knows that "piler up of blas phemous adjectives,'' Parson Brownlow, but that other shining light of the bogus loyal Southerners, Jack Hamilton, is not so well known, lUe give a memorable act of bis public career, for the especial benefit of his present party friends : At a meeting of the citizens of Travis County, assembled on the 16th of June, in the city of Austin, to express their appro bation of the late spirited conduct of Hon. Preston S. Brooks, ot South Carolina, the Hon, A. J. Hamilton was called to the chair, and A. J Lott appointed Secretary On motion ol \\ in Byrd, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted, viz: Whereas,, We have learned with sincere pleasure of the prompt and merited castiga tion inflicted by the Hon. Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina, upon the person of Senator Sumner; therefore Resolved, That the Hon. Preston S Brooks is entitled to the earnest thanks of the whole South for the energy and hearty will with which he struck down her infa mous em mv, on the spot where the honor able ruffian poured forth, for four consecu tive fours, unmerited abuse of her institu lions and favoiite sons. Risolved, That in testimony of our ap preciation of tlie patriotic conduct of Colo nel Brooks, we w ill present to him a cane made of the toughest wood which grows on the soil ot T< xas, and which, therefore, with manifest propriety, should be applied with the full force of a stout Southern arm upon the backs ut our hypocritical ind slan dermis enemies. Risolved, That a committee of ten be appointed by the Chair to carry out the objecis of the preceding resolutions. Resolved, That the proceeding-, of this meeting be publi.-hcd in the Austin city papers. A.J. HAMILTON, Chairman. A. J. LoTr, Secretary. It happens, cur ously enough, that the then "hypocritical and slanderous enemies" of the South, whom lie was tl en willing to whip with the full force of his arm, are his present friends and backers. Here is ar.other episode in Hamilton's career, which we find in the Houston Jour nal; CKNTRKMLLE, Leon Co., Aug. 19. Editors Journal : Seeing thai you have been performing "a labor of love" for the redoubtable and Provisional Governor, Jack Hamilton, in justice to him and the country, every fact and incident tending to illustrate his eventful career should be plac ed before the public. If you will commun icate with Mr. Webb Kidd, Senior, who was late a resident of this county, but now resides near Eutaw, in Robertson county, he can furnish you an interesting chapter, tending lo illustrate the ruling passion of the hero's career. Mr. Kidd knew Hamil ton in liis ir.cipiency in North Alabama. They both resided, I believe, in the same county. Mr. Kidd employed him as agent to sell a tract of land. Hamilton sold it. embezzled the money, and decamped to TexHN. It was the money that paid the hero's way to the Lone Star State. Mr. Kidd informs file that he has never been able to get a cent of his money. Mr. Kidl is a reliable man, and will give vou, sho'd you desire it, the details of this transaction, besides various other circumstances of an lnierestiug nature, tending to show up the achievements of the giant in his younger days, all of which will be inst uctive and necessary to the truth of history, Respectfully, * * * * THEY W ILL STEAL. We understand that the bill to increase the pay of members of Congress, originated in the Senate, and was, at first unanimously voted down in the House. A committee of conference was appointed.— Thad Stevens was on the House commit tee. He suggested that, the conference agree to incorporate this bill with the boun ty bill. The Senate committee said of, course you cannot carry this measure ag'nst the unanimous vote of the house. Stevens said put them together and try it. The hint was sufficient, and it was done. L"n d< r the pretext of giving the soldier SSO for three years service, they took S2OOO each for nothing. Tins certainly was patriotic stealing ; and illustrates the saying of Dr. Johnson, that "patriotism is the last resort of knaves." The object of this legislative legerdemain was this : the republicans have the speak er and the appointment of the committees They knew their man when Thad Stevens was appointed as chairman of the House Committee. The two bills were joined to gether, so that if a man voted against in creasing his pay, he must vote against the soldiers bill. This was intended to embar rass democrats. W hat a hue and crv. they would have raised if a deinociat had voted against increasing the soldiers pay, or giv ing him a bounty ? Stevens would have consigned them to the "penitentiary of hell" with the people of the South. The demo crats therefore very properly refused to vote at all. They would not touch this pi>-ce of . infamy. Such is the sincerity of Radical cant about justice to the soldier. They would run the rUk of defeating the bounty bill, by i' Corporating with it a bill to increase their own pay. They give tlie soldier SSO or a SIOO and take S2UOO themselves. — Brad. Aryus, VBHMS, B2 00 PER AIVNDM FORNEY'S OPINION OF STEVENS, Thad. Stevens recently made a speech in Lancaster. Pa., in which he said he consid ered the Lord was inflicting vengtance up on us for our injustice. He said : "You all remember that in Egypt He sent f rogs, locusts, murrain, and lice, and finally demanded the blood of the first born of every one of the oppressors. Almost all of these have been sent upon us. More than the first born have been taken from us. We have been oppressed with taxes ■ arid debts, and be has sent us worse than lice, and lias afflicted us with an Andrew Johnson.' He also paid bis respects to the Fenians in the following slur, equalizing f hem with negroes. "We are influenced to much by those persons from foreign lands, who while in search ot freedom, deny that blessed boon to those who are their equals." The Philadelphia Forney's paper) in publishing the speech calls Stevens a "veteran patriot," In 1838, Forney enter tained a different opinion of Stevens, and in the Lancaster Intelligencer, which he then published, thus alluded to his Yankee ori gin and his disorganizing tendencies : "Thaddeus Stevens, and we are glad to say it, is not a Pennylvanian. llis own history proves that he came hither a stran ger to her people, and has continued, at all times, consistently adverse to her interests, lie has been, since his unfortunate presene in the Legislature, Pennsylvania's evil ge nius, and if she has degenerated at all—and the three past years ot her life prove that she has—lie planed the misfortune. We will not repeat here his utter destitution of reputation—for his career is one of that kind which could only have been run by m v.Man at heart. Pennsylvania has three blemishes on her escutcheon ; the Masonic inquisition, the chartering of the Uniu-d Siaies Bank, and the present outrageous condition of affairs. The first, it is not re qu.Site to say, he originated and completed. The second was the fittmg offspring of his brain, for he read that infamous bill before the llitner House of Representatives. The last (the buckshot war)is his own bv every law of light. He began the anarchy— it is the sad consequences of his own plans. He dissolved the government. He is now urg ing the Senate to go on in its path of de struction. lie is emphatically 'the power belli nd the throne.' The last desperate and final plunge. It will either make or un make him. If it is successful, he can cov er up the fostering infamy of his life, an-1 save himself and companions from impend ing ruin. If it is unsuccessful, he w ill be spurned, not only from the hall of the Leg is lature, but from the very State — if the laws permit his escape THE WAR WAS FOB THE NEGRO, In a recent speech Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, made the following candid avowal of the designs and plots of the Ab olitionists who governed the Republican party during the war : "And where is slavery to-day? It is utterly annihilated—ground to power— and the bond-men of the country stand up to-day secured to their civil rights by the laws of the United States, Step by step.by a slow course, but sure and certain, we moved on to the accomplishment of the great purpose that we had in view—the emancipation of this race ; and th"y are free, free by the Constitution of the United States, and free Jorevermorcf In commenting upon this, the Philadel phia News ( Conservative Republican ) says : "If this be true—and Senator Wilson is one of the acknowledged organs of the Radical party —the war and its terrible ex penditure of blood and treasure were but a part of the programme they had marked out l<>ng before the rebellion commenced, and what has been called a rebellion by southern traitors was in fact an illegal cru sade againgt negro slavery. It is probable that t'>e Radical party will gain popularity by endeavoring to establish the truth of such an assertion ? It is just what the reb els said during the war, and what we and all other honest Union men persistently de nied. but it is most curious to see leading Radicals presenting the same excuse for the Southern disunionists which they made for themselves." The News might have said, also, that for simply declaring what Wilson now avows as the design of the war, on the part of those who conti oiled the Republican party, hundreds of Democrats were perse cuted. imprisoned, and butchered,and doz ens of Democratic printing offices were mobbed and destroyed. But, it is not ne cessary for Wilson now to declare that the war was waged solely and entirely for the j African and his race. The daily speeches of the Disunion leaders in Pennsylvania and elsewhere show that the re-establish ment of the Union was not the object of thoe who controlled the Federal armies,but that negro freedom, negro suffrage,plunder I the overthrow of the Constitution, the es tablishment of a central despotism, and the perpetuation of their political power were the primary and controlling measures of ' their Unionism. Can the people ( yet remain blind to these sell -evident facte? VOL. 6 NO. 7. THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH AT DE TROIT. The Mayor of Detroit warmly received the President winch was responded to by Mr. Johnscn as follows : After referring to the action of Con gress on the Freedmen's Bureau bill, and their opposition to the executive depart ment of the Government, he said he would like to meet the whole phalanx of the men opposed to his principles. He would like to see the legislative depart.uent of the Government that is making charges against the Executive go before the Araericafi peo ple and test the question at issue ; humble individual as he was, he would like to take the entire Congress entertaining these doc trines before the people, and he would soon show who it was that was trving to absorb the liberty of the people. [Cheers] lie had stood as the Tribune of the peo ple in defence of the people's rights, and he would continue theii defender. Have I not, he said, been elected Presi dent by you ? [A voice—"That $25,000 a year."] Oh, indeed! That is what you give jour Tribune, is it ? [Cheers.] Let me call your attention so this. I am not afraid to talk to the American people, and all the little fellows they put into crowds to call out catchwords with a view to cre ating disrespect: I care nut for them.— The whole kennel has been turned loose upon me long since —their little dogs Tray and Blanche and Sweetheart—all have been let loose yelping at my heels for the last eight months. [Cheers.] The whole pack of slanderers and calumniators had better get out of mv way. [Great cheer ing ] I tell them that the American peo ple are taking hold of the questions at is sue, and when they begin to consider them these usurpets and tyrants - because tyran ny can be exercised more effectually by two hundred and forty-two men than by one single man—[Cheers] —l tell them it will be better for them to keep their -mall boats near shore. [Continued cheer ing.] The people are being waked up, and when the honest, inte"igent and pa triotic masses come to the rescue the whole set of them will be destroyed. But it i p said here that 1, the Tribune of the p ople, was getting $25,000 a year ; but I a.-k this question, has it been in creased since I came into office? [Cheers and cries of "No, no!] But let mc tell you what Congress has done. They changed their pay since they came into power. Yes, ths Congress that has as sailed and attacked me for the faithful dis charge of my duty when the citadel of | freedom was attacked. [Cheers.] Yes, | this immaculate, this pure, this people-lov ing, this devoted Congress finds it conven ient while they had the chauce, while they were in power, to increase their pay near liy double. [Great cheering and hisses.] Those who live in glass houses should nev er throw stones. [Cheers.] Yes, this im maculate Congress increased their pay nearly double, while at the same time they were magnanimous to vote SSO for the brave two-year veterans of the war ; SSO bounty for the men who shed their blood and iost their limbs in the defence of the country. For men mutilated and disabled from wot k forever this immaculate Con gress gives SSO, while they double their own emoluments, [cries of "Shame!"] receiving $5,0c0 a year. Just pocket that as you go along. [Cheers and laughter.] They reckoned with some sagacity in the premises; they feared that this would be the very last grab they would have at the public purse. [Cheers.] 1 trusf in you, and trusting in you, I say let the whole Congress come. Relying on you I will meet them single-handed and alone. In the words of the poet I exclaim: "Come one, come all, thin rock shall fly From iu firm base as soon as I." [Cheers. J REPUBLICAN FALSEHOOD. —Among a long list of other falsehoods and slanders about Heister Clymer, the Montrose Republican has this : "Mr. Clymer declared that "if Wood ward and Valandigliam were elected Gov ernors of Pennsylvania and Ohio, they, with Seymour of New York, and Parker of New Jersey, would unite in calling from the army the troops of their respective States, lor the purpose of compelling the Administration to invite a convention of the States to adjust our difficulties," The editor knows this to have been an old exploded electioneering story, without . truth or probability. The principle motto over the speak er 's stand, in the Donglass-Geary-Brown - low convention, is— "LIBERTY, EQUALITY and FRATERNITY." There's negro suffrage, negro equality, miscegenation or mongrel ism in a nutshell. After that, and the presence of Fred Douglass, will the Geary faction pretend to d.ny their negro "prin [ ciples ?" The soldiers should remember that Congress, professing so much LOVB for them, voted live thousand dollars bounty to the nt gro soldiers and ONE hundred dol lars to the whites. White soldiers will please make a note of this and remember thei" Congressional friends at the ballot box. True merit should never go unre warded. About a year ago the Disunionists declared that "Providence gave us Andrew Johnson as President, for a wise purpose.", ' Now we begin to believe it *'