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NEW SERIES—VOL. XVIH, NO. I.

BUSINESS CARDS.

MEDICAL.

MIIS. M. HOOVER,

S I I A

v«sr ih.».iimwo\-

to lite practice to il.iv tr»*siun.

\\'n

en and ^ii. A sh}tr. i, rc-peetlully .sohi-ijcjl.

the patroiinueMay

DR. J. C. SINMARD,

HOMEOPATHBSY!

OHM

hi- professional services to the people *4* Crawfordi-villc anil vicinity.

Mi'aured by the proper andanl—SU$ '.SSI I I*. 'PKKATMKNT—ih« Homeopathic Sysli* r» d"*ervonil ihti praise which hufbeen siven it.

ONK KS

\uri.K—

ln 1P40, twelvo Homeopathic I'hy-

«ieian« in Cincinnati, trwnled 2410 eases of cholera— recoveries 'JIW.)—deaths CW»— mortality nbout per iMMlt.

OFFICE WITH TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE,

iun3ir0«i Ckav, l-ililisvil.l.l:, .tsii. (wo3m)

Physidau ami Sm^coii.

IM. .3. BOKSKY,:

'llc^PccUullv tontli-r« norvi M.^t 1\ ni'

in wfuM-

In profoi-i in Olllvruud KM1IU*, M:i of

MACHINERY.

[|.

.\Li'(iH.VT!l i- Ci»..

MACHINISTS,

fihi

(urn ut'f Nt-jimr II tirkiii a Ji a li'.'it.

shop on Sr St.. south ontraml)lt' ttoiisi'.

LaFayettc, Ind.

.'••/ innlCI-.v.'lIyw.4."ip."liUl.l.

CLAIM AGENCY.

l^XTRA BOUNTY!!

Extra Pay! Extra Pension!

tjrawtetl hy to .//- fb''ir irnbifs, nth*or rhUthun or 7"/V7l'S,

LMSONRRI.V ROIIMCCRRW HY

W, 11.

Galloway, Allorncv. -ANI

Government Claim Agent,

Offirr on-r

(.'onter of}},-,

Bunk Shn Crmrftii

fit

M!,

ih'ttiiti.

,t,hior S!lc. In-

tlio rank of Uri::-^

the -ri'viCM March 3d, mustered out or honorably

Kver.v 0'MmtSM"iicil nIVicor b.'l ndicr who wa.- in the lNtf. and roMKiied. wiu musten .Hel»nra»il after that dute, entitled to extra p.». Tho^e who reeoivt'd non«* can n«»w rcot-no. 1 no?ft who received three mouth? pns* pnmcr can now rocovor the difference, under the Act of loniirc.«s, .1 1-i. Infill. ...

Soldiers enlisted for three year.- di.-ch«rscd niter March 'M, 1HW, or on account of disability, uro tlcl to hiiUTity, enlisted for lea^ period

''willow- of diseased soldier ei.till«-d t.. an •of pension of per month for ea-di child under 1» yi-iir of njju. ,i..

All claims i„,

JK A

YW W AT"

REAL ESTATE.

Hoal Estalo- \spiw)! -pilK un.lcr«?ncd will soil or l. Honl Kjtnt«. 1 Anv porsim liuvinx l'nrmsiir 1mm l."t- l"i -n will do welt to lfftvo thorn with us.

F"or Snli

or Good Farm' j.

*35 Town huts. !i Uc«idcnces. Brick Store Room

,, "ri.k *r Kl'l1 Kuniiire lit Ih.'V.i'i'iirilfr's Olli.v.,

CID--1 l»KK VKAK! ^75 1. affents everywhere to sfMl our tMl'HOVKP S-N Sowing Machine*. Three new kiml". Under and upper feed. Warranted live venrs. Almve s.xlary or largo commissions paid. I he OM.Y machines snld in the United Stntos for ss than *10. which are Ft'iii.v t.U'KS.^KP r.Y HOWK. W UKKI.I'k A' Wn.SOS-.llKOVKlut li.VKKU, SlNtiKUA (-"..ASP

ALL

MM?*

AItor.

HAOI-

other cheap machines are ixrittsci:-

Mai di'i,J:lV».V. ti»lwe

U' GROCERIES,

•4

BHOTIII:K

NEW GROCERY STORE.

pilIS establishment i.« now flocked with a Inrge a«» sortment of plain nml fancy (Jrocencs: which will lie sold for cash or produce. Karmers of Mouttfomoi-.v county call in and examine our stock belore purcha--ng elsewhere.

tlio orncr Hook Store large lot of »p. Li-t Commercial Note. Hill and other M/I* "t I'npcr.

same

LINES

Also the

sizes »n

Country dealers suppli.d on reasonable in A«ffie-00-tt'. i.. A hOOlh Uo

A tho Corner Book Store y»u will find an a^soi t1\. iqcnt of tlioyo nice, new and pretty l»lST!( INPOW

SUAPKS.

nn«l.-w».

Wrapping Paper

JtftTof

and Muinlla \N rappint?

received at thc Corner Hook Store line Kng. Straw, Tc

Also Papor and Cotton Twine. uifltf-Wi-ift. L. A. FOU'lK A o.

CKAWFORD8VIM E HI AlTIvIt No 40 K. A. M., Me«t on Fir-L Tuesda niuht after full

J.S. KKLSMV. h. I*.

JV'sivy Tobacco.

A N oxcellcnt branil of sweot ohewinti Navy Tobe: J\ co. for ale by .-'detail I.KK .t IM»n.

in in iaMBWWMiinnwiiiffiWMMwaawnn-miinnTHni

STEAM PRINTING.

REVIEW

(.SKi'iiNIi STOIiV. I.KK'i XRW UI'.H'K*,)

iv AM 111 \ro.v •T I III: ET.

l.'rinr/iirtJsi illr. Liilii'ini.

Job Prin(in,ii!

Jlorse

^lanulactnrevs of Corn Shellers. I'owers, Drag Saws. Sugar Mills trar Kettles. Castings, Brass C: tings and Machinery of cv- •. cry description.

si. J5 or 13 tt

DONE TO ORDER!

1LTTornns in want ol any '1 i'riptlir. ot l'i injiny from l»h«»l ton photiM nnt,fail,.t cull11lio Review Joh Ofiitre. )1.7*.\il ivnrk IImammoth

OUP Just wln» -=M1

FURNITURE AND COFFINS.

I. T. Kiitktsul Co.,

Nraniifaelnr« an-l healei- in all kind-? of

F"nrnit^ire!

\Y\\MM\fiT0N STUEKT, OpponitR C'ruirr Church,

Our Cabinet Ware Rooms

v.i lino assortment of Furniture (hi! lowest citrih tlyure.^.

j- O WeLrY.

1hest

IIAVK on hand lame and fine assortment of the American. Knrlish and Swis W»tche now in the markei.

WANTED-AGENTS.

\Y.

«r 9

A I.AUI11-!

ortmont of fine (.old nnl K:nn\v

XV .Jewelry, all of tin' Intrst stvlc?, tto!l Tens. .t

03^ is

Il'ST

rtveiveda m-w and cmpletc s-'t ot NVatch Maker's Tooj^ and Material*, and atn now ready to do all work that I may be favored with in the hosi -tylciuid with

PHI mm

jiEN'T.sand the SF.LLKIC or rsKiinrc LI AIM.KTO MUIKST. rts'K. s*i) IMpuisoN.MKNT. Cireulai- riiKi:. Adtiro^s. or cull upon Sh:»w A Clark, ltiildetord, Maine, or Clncotfo. III. 25 A iilO.M li !—ACLVl wantc.l |..r nhVM SIX KNTIllKI.Y SKW AUTIrt.KS. .1 Ut oilt. \ddrc*«). T. tJAKKV, City Unildinu. Uuldeli'id.

ATCHKS. Clocks and .kwelry tvpairod iinVV mediately, and \\«rl l#Vfmulled Out'

'I In Philadelphia rynvenfioD, A ('(liisci viilive Itepulilicnii I. Senator on Ilic Stump—tthj lie Left the "Rmllrals" —An Aide Speech. .- [FITIII IIK-

I'HTSUHRS

E. J. Binford's Drug Store. Washington ctreolj

.vvr*t *X Court Ib.nseh^i

^pu-v.,1 r.Fif'/piifrick,

Watches & Jewell

imiK!

WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY

J^ /IJPAPER—WINDOW SHADES ^FAMCY ARTICLES,

1 connection li-hment of

,itb I he ami Mnlmncr.v c.-tah-

n. o.

.uimc.

The^e poods were bought to meet the demand lor a jrond reliable article, and we have no he-il.iti in fttying that, they will moot the approbatiou ol the PllbllC.

1 a 11 or son

4 VKUV LA1U«K and complete nsA sortment of American. Knclish

i,n^oUrTho^a'''i"l#v'Vml^I-hour

C'lmtU*.tor I'hiirrlm^.'lliinl .5. liwolt-

('miiiiicrcin!, (I!u|'nllic.iii.)j

The !lun. Kdgar Cowan. f'Greensburg. Westmoreland County, U.S. SenaI a tor for Pennsylvania. addressed hi* f'cl-low-citizens on Tuesday cveuimr lyf-• MI the Court-house in pursuance of a previous niiMn'jiMni-iif agreed upon Viv his friend-. I'm- (hi purpose of hearing from liini rlio reasons whieh induced his de-

.1 called to order, and the following gentleImen chosen its officers: President—Hon. .Joseph Fl.Kuhns.

Vice-presidents—Tobias W. Painter. I W. I. Kvans, Dr. D. A. Arter. Captain -). Koontz. A. L. Hobinson, Kdward

I,. I'',vans. and Joseph S. French. Secretaries—Daniel Waltz, .Joseph D. Kettering and .1. W. Anawalt.

Mr. Kuhns. on taking the chair, breilly acknowledged the partiality of Jiis felbiw-.u-i.inro^ Coi liltn. to preside over the dcliberations of the meeting, and declared I his faith in the policy of President .Tollnson. and indorsed the course of his friend

Senator Cowan. At the close of his remarks he introduced the principal speaker of the evening. Senator Cowan, whose appearance on the platform was greeted with loud and continuous cheerintr. was*

SI'KKCU I'K HON. Kin A It i-iUVAS*

Senator Cowan said that lie felt ]irotul 1 of the scene before him, and proud to say so. I meeting tin1 cheers of those before I him among whom he discovered the men who in both of the great politi'-ai parties "'•of this eonntry were recognized leaders. respectively,. he felt an assurance that Ibis conduct stands approved by the pi

lie instilled before the \inei-ienn

public Ti had cotne heers The

party lines were to be cast aside. The

burnt'

COFFINS

of all kind.-' furni^hM on short notico ^^,

WITH OL' \V 1 TIlul'T A HEARSE.

Ausui-l-ls-lNtii.if .1. T. KINKKjll) .t CO.

Watclies. Clocks & Jewelry.

WATCH1s

ever vouclr safed to mankind. No em-

pire of ancient, or modern times boasted such tremendous jiower and vast resources as the United States. Rut it was essential to our- National and political superiority that our people became united and harmonious again. [Cheers.] lie came before them in the true spirit of I independence which dares to do that which is right and oppose that which is

CLOCKS, wronir and fatal to the highest interests of our common country. [Cheers.] The people had come to meet him in the same good spirit. [Cries, "That so.' Parprejudices, engendered by paitisti

1 1

LAlUiK stock of Speetaelcs of ail kinds to suit

of eisht-dav and sM hourClooks. of the bci qualify. I ha\o.^

Republican party was not an abolition partv. It contended against-the extenion ol'human shivery in the Territories to the exclusion of white nieii. lie was a Jlepubliean proper, with that relief. Ihit lie was bound to represent something besides the licpubliean party. There were his His American freiniTs and the ilenioeratic party. He did not believe that he ought to turn his back upon onehalf of the people of Pennsylvania, because lie happened to ditl'er with them on sonic points. [(Jheers.J lie never did do it—never would do it. But the leaders of the Jlepubliean party, in the Senate, he found divided more even the American and ties were at home. In

not

Milc""nat.r

Au ,h ,esant

vst^ as&

Gold. Silver and 1'latcd MPIiCTACI.l-:* Silver it- and plated Tea and Tabic Spoon*. Gold IVns, Sliver

I hnnbles Portc-nionics, Tnekct cutlery, tuck, round and Side Comb*. CartrJilsrc Pi-tolsand Cartridscs Wooden. Tin and China Toy*, Violin ami C»uitar ^trin^, Musicil Inst ruinent?. Razors.shitving strops. Hni»hc«, and Toilel Articles all nj ibe very bent quality and will be ?old at thc lowest possible priees at the siun of tli'* G-OLID^ZSr W-A-ITOH

a full

tw..(l(.ir. tt^t of III'' "I'l slllll'l. .1 \s. 1'ATTIMtsox,

A C\U1) —To those having Watehcs and Clocks lo be repaired. 1 vvouid s^ay I have sceured the services PI oiKMit the best workmen Iroin .New OI K. All worK will I attemli'd to promptly, receive my own

pe rsonnl «np*rv isim. ami lo fttnaW'1" .1A

Democratic par-

CRAWFORDSVILLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 1, 1866.

Jesse D. Bright, of liidi.-aia. who was expelled from-theUnited States Semite, in I8li2 for having written a letter to ,Jeif. Davis, which contained, it was alleged. disloyal ^entiiucuis. hi a caucus belli 011

le lnto fl

the people. Passion and prejudice and "K

ouc "thing needful was the complete and ,^

».

contest were now to be thrown aside, and ^I'P^

to be tlio disunion party of tliif country. P^

It was now itself divided upon the qnestion of reconciliation, which he thought was a better word than reconstruction.

IHI? Milt •Ill

"tho Mnrlu't ami warrant ml t" sivo r-ntim ^atis- ho were at present the recognized leaders in the two wings of this great Union party?

WA •»5Sffc

He said that in lSiil, when lie

took his seat in the United States Senate I he found there two kinds of men in the Itepubliean party—Conservatives and lladicals. lie claimed that he was not elected to the Senate as a Republican distinctively, but rather by a coalition beI tween the Ainerieanimd People's parties. lie was then, as now, a member of the lteI publican party, and represented it on the iloor of the Senate and elsewhere. Kilt he was bound to represent also the peopie. who were divided into other parties than that to which he belonged. The

coursc

lt lh,s

,k about

the'subject,' it "was proposed that Mr. ted to them, but Louisiana remained in Bright bo expelled-. Thin met with op-, the Union. [Cheers The oilieers of position. Senator Coll.-nuer. of Vermont any Slate might be guilty of treason.

]iarture froin the Hepubliean party, and and Senators of his elass jirotested against but they eoubl not carry the State out of !"ini exposition on the political issues such a course. 1 was claimed, and just the I 'nion. 1! continues to hold its origI whieh now so thoroughly oceupy the l.V so. tb.at the State of Indiana, having inal relation to the "Federal (iovornmrnt. public mind. The interest felt in tlio fho.-r-n T\Ir. Bright to represent it in the And .Mr. Lincoln held to precisely this occasion was shared ef|unlly by Senator Senate, it would be unfair to turn him and no more. He appointed Provisional .Cowan's former political associates and out of his seat and have a sovereign State (lovernors in the place of their runaway I his new found supporters. At half-past^ unrepresented, unless -.rood and sufficient predecessors, to support the trust until 'seven o'clock 1'. .M. t-lie vicinity, of th« reasons eould be shown !br it. The matter the people were prepared to elect new

Court-house was crowded with people. ""is referred to-tlie .) liciary Committee, ones. That was Mr. Lincoln's policy and and the Court-room was also filled to re- 'and lie (Cowan) took the papers, thor-I that is Andrew Johnsons policy. Mr. pletion. Jn the amlienee there were a oughly examined the question involved, Lincoln told the people of Louisiana that reat manv ladies, but the crowd was so wrote the report.thnt was prosonted to the if they would convene together and adopt uncomfortably larire that •-•many were eoni-| Senate, and whieh was signed by six a new Constitution and eleet new State ]).'l!i-d to retire before the meetinir ortran- members of the Judiciary Committee, officers, they would be recognized. He ized. and then he was requested to take it ali (Cowan') voted for the admission of Mr.

THK OUOANIZATION. back. Mr. Bright was expelled from the i-fahn. of Xew Oilcans, to the Senate to At cMtt o'clock I'. M. the meeting wa«t

Se,li,to

bul lle

hair from the position he took, because believed it was the only right one in the matter. He could not have looktid his neighbors in the face on this occasion, if he had demeaned himself to such a degree as that, [cheers and cries, ''Von did

ide [Cheers.] He never had dotibted pcxjiU of tlio Xortli. And he would say man and the result was a riot. This is that the hour would come when his course '''r

1 hm il

sls

lllfl

appeal'of thirty-one States of this Cnion sensibilities, and drove it as far as possi-

was now made" to the -ood sen„e of all ^.

and that at every hazard. 1 be Abolition

as well know it now as any other time.--

[Cheers.] A\ here was the necessity to

the rebellion they would have treated the

lave as he deserved. It he were lound

aud himself, while lliey flattered Mr l.tn-

coin. I hey did not dare to «ttni-k the

broadly than 'hen resident personally, fin'' 'hc\

iact, one set of:

(Cowaii) would not flinch whieh he was elected under the new Stat

confiscating the properly of

lltl

pennanent restoration of the ivmcrican ^octs dragged up Congress by Jiepublic. [Cheers.] lie believed that the Abolitionists. And what was a great the people will be true to themselves in "T* n' this crisis, and all the States become calculated to Istreugthen tjie hands of the

V.*:....!

?nd-tl.e dozen ol sinu-

k^OUtll 111 thoil' J'owin/'rtllCU tU tilt ilytlt.i.ti and the poor negro was

^iiiitli ill ilioii' j'o«ii*i(iticc tu tlie i'ctluiill

th-in "iiffpeopie" of'tllis Oovcrument-and thepoor negro was the country possessed the proudest heritage

ll,st

'"dividual to be thrown into this po-

litieal boiling caldron. Whon a pooplo are engaged in putting down a rebellion, ought they to do that which of itself would make a rebellion, if there was none? Moderate men earnestly protested but in vain. And be had no doubt, but. what the main strength of the rebellion laid in the policy of the Abolitionists. It,made Jeff. Davis stronger and stronger with the South. It enabled him to collect about of its dignity and power, the cause the whole Southern element, with very few exceptions. There were plenty of good Union men in the South at the beginning of the war. and the Abolitionists drove the larger part of them

the appeal was to be directly and plainly effect of all that ongresstonal stated. He said that the Union party, in brawl.n'S,about slavery. Slaverj *as a

the hands of misguided men had cine peeulmr ^t.twt.on. 1 be Southern y.

his was the

touching it, sonic regard should have be manifested for justice, aud respect for those Union men of the South who were slave owners, and believers in their right to be so. But the Abolition crusade gave .Jeff. Davis a mighty weapon over the I "ion cause, lie had no difficulty then

in convincing the people the. South

that the design of the Abolitionists was

'ted 'll('_u' niabguaiit hatred at the 1 res-

these leaders did not represent any party. Sumner Henry Winter Davis and all the

They represented, properly, the Abolition

society. fChcers and laughter.] He did

society. ["Cheers and laughter.] He did

hand were the leaders and representatives j01' example, wi ic Lmaneipatiou roe-

of the Republican party—men who were

a a a a I the life of the nation' was hourly threat-

Ui Uu

Ineuds. I had. Slevens. cuao 1

eliquc were bittcrh oppo.-ed

t0 5

U,C..

oln 1

intend to utter one word against those wholesale inconvcniauee, a itise and ma-

gentlemen, but lie felt bound to say th.cy levolcnce and drove l„m from point to

had a very singular organization of brain, I

101

expecting things that never can conic to

pass. [Renewed cheers.] On the other ^,ost

witnessed. :\vell-nigli brought the conn- again into the Union, lor the lladieals s.iy tics wen interested in the welfare o| the ed in the .Buckshot war. [great laughter] try to the Vpigcof l'uin. At. that instant they are i^ilt, of'Jl. Well, how did they country, and ho was willing

they and himself' parted companv. uct out? The Itrnli- 1 reply, why. the Perhaps a turn about once in a 11:! was politics of the country. He was in a tni[Cheers.] Senator Cowan then reviewed States "enmiiiitted suicide. [Laughter.] the safe-t way after all. He remembered nority then, auu he isi in a minority now. ins own eomliK-t. in the Case o|' the Hon. What a preposterous jdea! Theordinan when he and his friend (the Chairman. I In both eases ho totally ignores the pcoees of secession did not take States out of .Kx-Cengressman Kuliii.) were Whigs and pie. He had

rebelled and perverted the trust eomniit-

Constitution of Louisiana. The Radicals opposed hiui. This was: their policy. They denied that the new Constitution was made by the people. Who will join them in the denial? The people of Louisiana accepted it and he (Cowan) thought.

as well as the Bepublicau party, nor that and adopt a new Constitution. Rv the

.w^ tha Abolition- „H there is about that affair, and yet Ihe

which fomented, insulted and wound- Radicals condemn President Johnson and

Temocratie party. It touehed its charge him with being responsible for it.

right. and he was proud of what he did it was a good Constitution, and he bein the case. -p lievod Mr. llabn was entitled to his seat will conquest do us supposing just for the When the war commenced, lif said, bo as a Senator. The Radicals couldn't- af- sake of argument that the South can be urged a vigorous prosecution of it against ford to admit liiin. Tliey dared not ad- kept in a condition of eouqiicst. Kings I the negro would sufier more than in our traitors, for the sake of t.h» I'oioii. ami mit the right of Louisiana to be rcpro- may make conquest because it increases own. Before the war he paid his master tlie supremacy ol its Constitution and sented in Congress. It would have been .their revenue, but people never make con- with a quarter or half a day 's work, but laws. 'I he .Democratic party was made fatal to their poliev, and that they didn't quests of people. The idea is uuheard now a full day's work and more besides up ol one-half of the people, and he want. Then a new election was held, and of. The thought-is profane. The South was exacted ot him. I-Io inust suffer, and wanted to go along with them and the Mr. llahn and his party were beaten, and had a common origin with us. They live yet the Radicals want to iucrease lus misRepubliean party. He never forgot .the more conservative men elected. This wusi under the same Constitution and laws.— cry by tumbling him into the boiling fact that the Democratic part was repre- bad for the Radicals. Then they pro- They are our brothers. Why enslave caldron ol politics in this country. Ills sented in the flower of the Federal army, posed to re assemble the State Convention them? Cod has put a barrier in the way is the law of nature

rules of the Convention, it originally adjourned to meet at the call of its President. but be wisely refused lo convene it esrnin. So they elected a new President and he called the Convention together.

both Republican and Democratic soldier fell side by side on the same battle-field. and, perhaps, filled the same grave. Mow could any patriotic man turn his back upon this fact? lie never had uttered a harsh word against the Democratis party, and tlio delegation, attended by several and felt proud to say so. Ile never did hundred negroes, with negro bands of nor never would play the part of partisan. music, and flags, and transparencies, [Cheers.] On the contrary, he said, he marched through the public streets of opposed steadily and persistently every New Orleans to the Convention Hall. On thing that was calculated to divide the their way a negro jostled against a white

General Sheridan says the members of that. Convention were political agitators. What had Presidont Johnson to do with it? He knew nothing about it until the Attorney-general of Louisiana had telegraphed to lil in. Then President Johnson promptly replied, directing the At-torney-general to consult with .General Baird, who is our military commander in tliat district. 'lint tlio Radicals ask why didn't lie telegraph to Governor Wells, the Radical Kxcculive of Louisiana?— Why. for the very good reason that the Radical Governor Wolls didn't telegraph to liiin. [Cheers and laughter.] And all this was seized upon hy the Radicals to prejudice the people against Andrew Johnson. It was a vile atrocious slander, and the man who makes it. disregards the respect due to the Chief Executive of the

Nation in whose person is the embodiment

The mode of reconstruction adopted put the ucstion to' the Radical Senators:

and being carried out by President John- "How many dp you wan. topuu.sh? Five.'

son, was created by Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Johnson is not therefore responsible for it. whether it is good or bad. Mr. Johnson was simply the administrator of Lincoln's policy, which the Union party has over and over again indorsed. Benjamin I l»VVI llllll ItpilK 'UVIOI-V.M.

Wade aud

Henry Winter Davis, after

Mr. Lincoln vras nominated for re-clcciion,

protested against his being returned to the Presidency for a sceond term, and openly charged him with all the crimes in the calendar. At that, time these men favored the election of Judge Chase to the Presidency, but Mr. Lincoln had a

]io]( th( affce

,„f ,!„ people—

|s Ant rcw

not I.nion. but the extinction ol slavery, ]o)l|1H)n

()h

nson has to-day—and

()ipv (Vuml i( jm 0!!si)l to

displace him.

(S a

,i,

)pt(!

a Hie mode of

nioll

i,,1(.k

policy was a failure. It never liberated a '(, ,. a Mui Ji,y. ^l.ir l, li ,s been single slave in the world, and we may just san( tionml tlu!

re ol(

()l0 pcop

(ll! V1.01'. How was it, p0SC

llna Jl."(''?!u

wise, prudent, patriotic and safe leaders, gentlcnicn and their friends that no good

15ut

eueil, then it was that that little knot of)

lo 0

American people in the

i„

,-Abraham.|/»„coli.. I Cheers.]

that Mr

say anything ab.ott the negro.' As our jVom .Mr. l/.ncoln policy, but there armies worked their way into the heart ol

Johnson has diverg-

|)(i( arti( 1( of t| ut in

{1{.

remained true to the cause, and that in the face of radical opposition. [Loud I

tate when his record pro.ed t„a, he 1„,

,J„ done?—

Tlut|v aUy llltllill us t0

tlHU Lsll(

don't seem toenter their heads,

.... .... ......

and tli

wholesale inconvcniauee, abuse and nia-

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wise, prudeut. patriotic and safe leaders. &*»»*>»«" so. It ally had existed in one-half of When the late war came upon the conn- reminded him

issued.

Abolitionists, who had licfore taken no In the jiro»rcss of suppressing there- heeause they are afraid that if the South part whatever In the lead, suddenly start- hellion the question of reconstruction is readmitted it will jjive its votes to the ed out in front of the Republican party, I came, up before ihe. country. We were I Democratic party, and they will havo to •j and with a ileurce of rashness never before anted, bow shall we tret the States back walkout of office. dicci*. All par-

force the people to this, Rut they

are

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ity. The llcdnblieau party in

1800 was,/, minority party, aud he told it

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the Union, for the ordinances were made tlio Democrats in oflice. things used to go Thad. Stevens or ol any other individual, nullities. Tin- States still existed in spite ou very well indeed, and when tin' Demo- I but he could not for a moment follow him, of them. The State officers of Louisiana erats went out and the bigs ^ot in nor Milliner, nor an} other man belong

of the Radicals. They say: •'What, admit. rebels to 'power again?" Why if these men are not to be re-admitted to power, then \vhat. have we been fighting Tor during-'t.he lust four or five years?—

What did wc sacrifice three hundred thousand lives for—what did we expend nearly S-l.000,000,(100 for—if it was not for ^restoration of the Union and reconciliation with the people of I lie South, and the rich blessings of peace again in our land? [('beers.] Was the war for conquest? No! Congress declared in 1

SCI

that the war was not for conquest. Tt said the war was for a restoration of the Union. How can we have a Union when we won't allow the South to mime in.— [Cries"Sound." and cheers.] What good

existence their sons, and brothers, and husbands, and fathers have bitten the dust in battle the women and children are in rags and hungry—the whole South is impoverished. What, more in the way of misery do they need? Only recently we learn that one hundred thousand people in Georgia are actually starving lo death. No brain can tell, no heart conceive, what the Southern people have suft'6rcd. And yet the Radicals cry for more blood. The present Congress would punish them more1 yet bv a deprivation of their rights undeV the Constitution. It is wickedness, indulged ill, and ooMseutci! to. I»ut they arc guilty. Well, suppose they are. The women audchildretiare notguilty. 'I hey arc not guilty who were forced at the peril of their lives to follow rebel leaders. Well, the Radicals want, to punish the leaders. Why don't they. They are there. And the Radicals have created the idea that somehow or another Mr. Johnson prevents the punishment, of the leaders. Rut it is not so. It is a grave mistake. He (Cowan) was authorized to

dp you want to puui

Fifty? I'ive buudred? Five thousand? There they are. (o punish thumi" tint he maintained that the rebel leaders must be punished, if at all. according to the laws, Our Presidents don't punish criminals Governor Curtain does not attend a general jail delivery in tireensburg or at any other place—neither does the President execute criminals. The prosecution belongs to the people. The only way is the way of the law. Indict t.lieui. try them with a jury, and punish or acquit liein according to their guilt, or innocence.^ and just here i.» the only place when the upon the Government itself, dions of the President come in. lie tion cau be sett

function. possesses the pardoning power, aud that is all the power he can exert ise in the matter. Why charge biin then with the responsibility? Mr. John.-on has always 'been agreed to the trial ol Mr. Davis, but Chief-justice Clia.-c is opposed lo it.

Jud.nc Und-'t wood tried itoiu-c. [I.augh1 tci-. Well, he might make a respectable 1 magistrate in Greensburg, if lie took care of himself. Chief-justice Chase is the man to try these Southern leaders. N*iw, why don li.c do it.' lias he done ii.' lias he tried to do it? Why. then, he is the man charged with the responsibility, not President Johnson. Hut the l'.aiiicals don't want to try these rebel leaders.

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cau hold true, or which is not justified by Mr. Jjiucoln's own course, lie had no I objections to allowing the most radical ••licpubliean'' in the land full scope in the enjoyment of his opinions nor any objections to running down the platform

disloyal the penalties woyld have been inflicted upon him. If he were found friendly to the Union he would be protected, and this was done without any reference to the Abolitionists. The passage of laws to liberate the slaves from bondage did no good, for the reason that our armies had not penetrated the place where the slaves lived. How tluoi i-ouhl lie be liberated.' And President Lincoln resisted these things from the beginning. I'ut tho treachery of these Abolitionists What do the people propost such that they availed ,-eiiator ..owning

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The questions involved are surrounded with matters they would find it dillicult to The trial of the Miiestioii would

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..bvcry'dcad? Do we not

i- stand pledged to support the Union?

the people seeks I nouneed President Johnson a wies, good

this'Governnient. These Rad- and safe President.. He will do nothing

a a a

a ,, „f ra sUly. His is the Constitution oi

the people, and that the people can coino his country. [Cheers.] hat. leaders

to them' after a while. They even pro-

are thc people to follow publican party use to follow Senator Sumner? His (Cowan's) friend. Mr. Scott, of Huntingdon county, on Monday, from the very platform on whieh ho now stood, repudiated Mr. Sumner in a radical speech he made. Were the people to follow the lead of Thad. Stevens? He thought it. was scarcely necessary to tell them that Thad. Stevens was the most dangerous political representative in the country, for the people were waking

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them. was th£ sanie part-hp .plajs to-da\ in the

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unwind word to say ot

ing to that class. The single, idea of negro equality is all the stock in trade they possess, and on it. they expect to make their fame. He(Cowau) had no feeling of uukindnes.s for the negro. Tie would not do what Mr. Stevens and Senator

tilings- went on just as well as before.-— ["Laughter and applause.] IJut the. Radicals were wry much afraid of the people, and hence they opposed the policy of. President Johnson. Senator Fcssenden, of Maine, thought the people of ihe South were unfit to be restored. The man who Sumner did ou that very account. One proclaims these things declares that the million of blacks had perished in this (iovernment has lost its foundation, and very conflict. That is, they not only this was and is the distingitishiiui' feature died of wounds and disease received during the war, but they were thrown out into the great, stern battle of human life, whore they nro unable to contend with the white man. They would now have to pay the highest price for every thing, and irive their own labor for almost a song.

White' lrioii" would demand it of them. This was human nature who can deny it? The white laboring man scarcely make a living—how is the inferior black to sustain himself. There was no more than one-quarter of the blacks left, and at this rate, in one hundred years, the race would be wiped out. We whites perpetuate ourselves. The blacks can not. Onee they could, for a negro was worth so much money. TTo multiplied and increased.

But the negro can not do it now. The extinction of his race is sure, and there race in the world in whose hands

of its accomplishments. [Cheers.] Anil'goes first. .Stevens, Sunnier and tlieii if the South would consent, to remain ,'friends have taken the idea into their

enslaved they would not be worthy of I that the negro can be made the same as American citizenship. [Renewedcheers.] the white man, and that, too,in the face ol The Radicals say the Southern people are all history. By a reoently discovered guilty of treason. Well, have they not fact, the negro is the. oldest race in the suffered? Who can desire them more world. Why has he not. progressed? And anguish than ihev have already felt and as lor slavery. It was a thousand fold are yet feclinj! The Cod of war has plunged them into the very depths of ruin. Their cities are destroyed: Jlieir fields are devastated: their homes are. swept out of The negro is the weak man. He seeks

The strongest race

heads

worse in Africa than ever it wasiu this country. The horrors of the one would not compare with those of the other.

protection by the side of the strongman. But were the people to follow these liadicals in this erusude against the Union [cries of -'No, uo or, would they follow their natural leader. Who was the bead «nd front of the Republican party in 1.800? Was it not William II.

Seward

[Cheers.]. Was he not a better'man than even Stevens or Sumner? Beside him stood Gideon Wells [cheers,] and McCullocli and Stanton, who was supposed to lje tlie very embodiment- of all that was radical, and who now, indorsos everything the 1'rcsidclit docs. Where was General Grant [cheers] when last we heard of him? lie was stauding at the elbow of President Johnson, while tlie latter was in the act of rcceiviug a delegation from the Philadelphia Convention, approvingand indorsing his policy. General Sherman [cheers] was heart and hand with Mr. Johnson. He had reason to believe that General Sheridan indorsed the President's policy. .So did Hancock, and every other general we have who has acquitted himself well on the field. General Richard Coulter [cheers] who needed no certificate to precede him—no newspaper reporter to accompany him aud put batdes on paper his soldiers never saw nor heard of before—was with the President. But every sham general who talks lustily about the negro, and when war oauie ran away or wasn't ou the Geld at all—the Butlers and Sigels and Schurzs were all Radicals, every one of them. Tho friends of President Johusou cnibraead the gallantry and patriotism of the country.

But Congress ignores the Constitution, whieh says the Southern States shall have two Senators each, aud thus it trample?

The (|ues-

settled easily and speedily by

observing the Constitution. The States, too. are all in the Union. Two out of the three co'ordinate branches of the Government have established and are to-da\ excrcisincr their authority in all ol them —the executive and judiciary—but the legislative branch refuses on their pari to recognize the Southern States. Not because those States are. not qualified, but on the ground that they ire not entitled to representation. This is anarchy, ll the South were admitted the I'adicals know their power is gone, Tic hoped and believed the people would be able-to restore the Union, aud that 'would be glory enongh for at least one generation. 1 he .Senator then retired nmicl a perfect volley of cheers, in the midst of which the-baud struck up '-Hail Co^jinbia.

footod Methodist

preachcl'h, 'ritusvil.e, Pennsy.vania-an

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.etiric glgnius—who declares that he

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anotliei set of men let |, consceutivel, and lesser periods at various executioners themsehe-- appiowd. inspired by a spirit °ul "n Heaven, he never felt any ill eftects ..tomach. [Cheers aud laughtei

forty days and forty nights,

fl om this

He urged the people lo .-land by 1 IV.-I-

Tea

dent Johusou. He urged all Republicans preach regularly-in Titusville. aud all honest men of every party to support thc President's policy. Hcpro-

abstinence. Ho also says

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dreams, lie promises

THREE boys

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DtjLA'WA.RK goes beyond the other

States of the IJuion in tho onforccuiotit. of the death penalty. A man named AY in. •auers Manl»ff was .recently executed at .NcwDid the I've- l-castlo in that Slate, for burgii.Iary and attempt to murder »N Irish gill. AU eiforts at commutation of this severe sentence failed.

were

poisoned last week .it

Louisville, by eating what they opposed to be mushroons. One has died and the

others are in a very proenriouK. situation.

to that fact. The part Mr. Stevens play-

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