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The undersigned has just returned from the city
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LATE IMPROVEMENTS
in Photography, and is introducing the new Style
of Picture called the
"CABINET SIZE PHOTOGRAPH,"
which has attracted so much attention in New
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ting and improving his Gallery, he is enabled to
make any of the
i\l-;\\ STYLES OF PICTUR ES A T VER 1
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He would also invite attention to his splendid
stock of ALBUMS AT GREATLV REDUCED PRICES ;
aIsoGILT, ROSEWOOD, and WALNUT FRAMES
and MOULDINGS, very cheap. Also Brackets
•Jbr Ornamenting Parlors.
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Biade of the best material.
Photographs copied and Enlarged from old De
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kind of Picture.
Thankful to his friends for their patronage dur
ing the past fifteen years, he hopes to merit a
continuance of the same, and would respectfully
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selves, to call and examine his work before going
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priees.
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purchasing elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Special attention paid to the manufacture and
furnishing of coffins. Terms reasonable.
maylm3
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The undersigned having leased the Large New
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for a number of years, respectfully informs the old
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that they will need at least the above amount of
wool. They have on hand a large lot of Cloths,
Casimeres, Tweeds, Sattinetts, Jeans, Blankets,
Coverlets, Flannel, Ac., which they will exchange
lor wool, as has been the custom heretofore. Carpets
will be made to order, at all times. Stocking
yarn of all kinds always on hand. Our Peddler,
W. 11. Ralston, will call on all the old customers,
and the public generally, in due time, for the pur
pose of exchanging goods for wool. The highest
market price will be paid for wool in cash.
N. B. Wool carding spinning and country Full
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notice. JOHN I. NOBLE A BRO.,
may22m3 Waterside, Pa.
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BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
3vooflamrs Column.
you ALL
HAVE HEARD OF
IIOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
AND
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jaekson, Philadelphia.
Their introduction into this country from Ger
many occurred in
1825.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely different from-w -wthemany preparations
now in the country cal I—l led Bitters or Tonics.
They are no tavern-l—l-preparation, or any
thing like one ; but good, honest, reliable medi
cines. They are
The greatest known remedies for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver,
stomach, or
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles. Fullnes
of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the
Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the v Heart, Choking or
Suffocating Serisa i I tions when in a Lying
Posture, Dimness of V / Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Vellowness ofthe Skin
and Eyes. Pain in the Side, Back, Chest,
Limbs, etc.. Sudden Flushes of Heat,
Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi
nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits.
AH these indicate diseases of the Liver or Di
gestive Organs, combined with impure blood.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
is entirely vegetable and contains no.liquor. It
is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots,
Herbs, and Burks froui which these extracts are
made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi
cinal virtueus nre ex tracted from thfcui by
a scientific Chemist. I I These extracts are
then forwarded to this country to be used ex
pressly fur the manufacture oi these Bitters.
There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only
Bitters that can he used in esses where alcoholic
stimulants are not advisable.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with PURE Santa Cruz Rum. Orange, etc. It
is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in case
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required.
You will bear in mind that these remedies areen
tirely different from any others advertised for the
cure of the diseases named, these being scientific
■preparations of medicinal extracts, while tho oth
ers are mere decoctions of rum in some form. The
TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and
agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its
taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while
its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali
ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's Ger
man Bitters or Tonic in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen JL the appetite, cause an
enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di
fest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound,
ealthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye, impart a bloom to the cheeks, and
change the patient from a short-breathed, emaci
ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-faced,
stbut, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In
fact, they are Family Medicines. They can be
administered with perfect safety to a child three
months old, the most delicate female, or a man of
ninety.
These remedies are the best
Blood Purifiers
ever known and will cure all diseases resulting
from bad blood. Keep yjur blood pure; keep
your Liver in order; -r keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by
the use of these rerne I_-J dies, and no diseases
will ever assail you. The best men in the country
recommend them. If years of honest reputation
go for anything, you must try these preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16. 1867.
I find that "Hoofland's German Bitters"-is not
an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use
ful in disorders of the digestive organs, and of
great benefit in cases of debility anil want of ner
vous action in the system.
Yours Truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
FROM HON JAMES TAOMPSON.
Judge of the Supreme Conrt of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1866.
I consider "Hoofland's German Bitters" a valua
ble medicine in case . of attaeks of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia. I \ can certify this from
my experience of it. Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH 11. KENNARD, D D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR. JACKSON—DEAR SIR:—I have been fre
quently requested to connect my name with rec
ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but
regarding the piactice as out of my appropriate
sphere, I have in all cases declined ; but with a
clear proof in various instances, and particularly
in my own family, of the usefulness of Dr. Hoof
laiul's German Bitters, I depart for once from
my usual course, to express my full conviction
that for generul debility of the system, and es
pecially for Liver Com -my plaint, it is a safe
and valuable preparation. In some cases
it may fail; bnt usual ll ly, I doubt not, it
will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the
above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J H. KENNARD,
Eigth, below Coates Street.
CAUTION.
Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited.
The Genuine have the signature of C. M. JACK
SON on the front of the outside wrapper of each
bottle, and the name of the article blown in each
bottle. All others are counterfeit.
Price of the Bitters, sl* per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $5.
Price of the Tonic, -*1 50 per bottle ;
Or, a half dozen for $7 50.
The tonic is put up in quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofland's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly recommended ;-w-v and do not allow the
Druggist to induce I lyou to take anything
else that he may just as good, be
cause he makes a larger profit on it. Thuse Reme
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At the German Medicine Store.
No. C.'H ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CI I AS. M. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Co.
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store
keepers and Medicine Dealers everywhere.
Do not forget to examine the article you buy
tit order to get the genuine.
iuay29'6Byl
THE NOMINATIONS.
(•real HAMS Ntoetiiisr* Inside and Onlside
of Tammany Hall.
yinti'iiidcciit Reception of tlieir Candi
dates by the People.
Speeches of Acceptance by Governor
Seymour and General Blair.
Last Friday evening a mass meeting,
or rather, two mass meetings were
held at Tammany Ilall to present for
mally to the Hon. Horatio Seymour,
of New York State, and Gen. Frank
P. Blair, of Missouri, the nominations
of the National Democratic Conven
tion to the high offices of President and
Vice President of the United States,
and to ratify said nominations by the
voice of the people. The meeting was
one of the grandest of the grand scenes
witnessed upon this continent since its
discovery by Christopher Columbus;
the reception given to the candidates
of the Democracy—or let us say rather
the people—of these United States, was
an ovation of which they and their de
scendants may well be proud and boast
till the crack of doom. Never before
in the history of our politics was a rati
fication meeting held which was so
truly, so unmistakably a ratification
meeting. The country, through all its
broad extent, had that morning, in
countless sheets, flung off from light
ning presses in numberless telegrams,
sent thrilling and quivering, as if with
joy, over the glad wires, announced its
ratification of the noble choice of its
trusted delegates in solemn council as
sembled. And now the people, not
only of the Empire City and the Em
pire State, but of every State and Ter
ritory and city in the land, there rep
resented by some of their worthy citi
zens, met in the place where glori
ous deed had been done, the happy
choice made, to give palpable and en
enthusiastic expression to that ratifica
tion.
Tammany Hall wore an aspect pre
cisely such as it wore when the Con
vention was deliberating within its
walls, not one of its tasteful decora l
tions having been removed. Outside,
at the large window, to the left of the
door, a large platform was erected, and
was hung with the national ensign,
while across the street were hung nu
merous lanterns to give at once light
and lightness to the spectacle. The
meeting was announced for 8 o'clock,
but long before that hour the great
Hall was filled to its utmost capacity,
and a scene was presented on the floor
and in the galleries like that which lias
so often been described during the
past few days. On the outside tho
people who could not get in gathered
in the street in front of the stand, and
before the hour of meeting a dense
throng extended from one side of the
street to the other, and from the Third
avenue far up to the Fourth avenue.
At about eight o'clock fireworks, sup
plied by J. G. & J. Edge, and managed
by A. G. Greene, began to illuminate
the heavens and the vast assemblage
below them. If the object of these
was to draw a crowd together it was a
ridiculously unnecessary expedient; if
the object was to give the throng some
thing to employ their eyes and keep
them from impatience while standing
waiting for the speeches, it was a wise
one. Such an assemblage was never
before witnessed here at a public meet
ing. The very lamp-posts and the
posts of the great arch were occupied
by men and boys, and throughout the
evening, from G to 12, street-ears were
in the midst of the jamble unable to
move one way or the other.
Some time after eight o'clock Gov
ernor Seymour and General Blair ap
peared in one of the reception rooms of
the Tammany building, which they
had reached quietly by the back en
trance. Alter a few minutes' consulta
tion the committee of one from each
State and Territory, appointed by the
Convention to make the formal tender
of the nominations, proceeded to the
platform of the hall, escorting the two
candidates. There the two latter re
mained unperceived in the rCcess at
the back of the platform, while the
committee took seats upon it, together
with Messrs. August Belmont, Augus
tus Shell, Edw. Croswin, Senator Mur
phy, and other distinguished gentle
men.
"Mr. August Belmont came forward
and said :
GENTLEMEN:—! have to propose to
you as President of this meeting Hon.
Samuel J. Tilden, of New York,
(cheers.)
Mr Tilden, on coming forward, said:
Speech of Hon. S. J. Tilden.
FELLOW-CITIZENS: I congratulate
you on this spontaneous assemblage of
the Democracy of our State. (Ap
plause.) I did not myself know of this
meeting until a few hours ago. There
does not seem to be any organization
for the purpose of carrying it on and,
therefore, I have been invited to accept
the duty of presiding on this occasion.
As I came through the hall I saw a vast
heap of people, many times more than
are here assembled. (Applause.) I
feel how strangely this meeting in here
and the meeting outside indicate the
spontaneous uprising of tho masses of
the people, to increase the liberties of
the people. (Cheers.) For my part I
have not entertained any gloomy ap
prehensions on the result of the con
test on which we are about entering.
(Applause.) I believe in God and in
the people. I believe that we are des
tined to preserve and restore this
framework of American constitutional
government. [Applause.] That we
are to refound that government on the
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1868.
liberties of the people. [Applause.]
And that we are to restore in every
part of this continent over which we
exercise dominion, local self-govern
ment to every integral portion of the
American people. [Cheers.] You
know, my fellow-citizens of New
York, that I am not very sanguine in
the anticipations which I form of po
litical results; but I volunteer to pre
dict, and I call upon our adversaries to
record that prediction, that if the
Democratic party gather, as I believe
they will gather, to this contest, they*
\?ill bear our standard to a certain and
assured victory. [Applause.] On the
whole, I believe that we have made
the strongest and the best nomination
which we could make, after as much
deliberation as we have had [Cheers.]
I am willing, myself, to notify all Con
servatives to join with is in the move
ment to rescue our country. I am
willing to accept the vager of battle
that is given us. [Cheers.] lam wil
ling, under the standards whom we
have chosen, to go forward and to place
upon the chance of the day the desti
nies of the Democratic party, as also
the destinies of our country and of
mankind. [Cheers.] Aye, fellow-citi
zens, I say of mankind, because if this
beautiful and splendid specimen of con
stitutional government t nit our fathers
regarded as an experiment—that we
afterwards made perfect—if it shall fail
now, there is no hope foi mankind of
any effective participation of the pub
lic masses in their own government.
[Applause.] It will not fail—it.cannot
fail ; and this contest in vhich we are
now engaging will give us, I verily
believe, a political revolution as great
and as momentous in itsresultsms that
political revolution that occurred here,
in this city of New York, which
brought Thomas JeffeKon into the
Presidential chair in 1801, and founded
the Democratic party that prosperous
ly governed the country for well-nigh
sixty years. [Great applause.] It is
our mission to restore its principles in
the administration of the Government,
to restore a liberal policy in the con
ducting of affairs, and to give to our
people everywhere the assurance of
complete peace after war is over; of
pacification through every part of our
beloved land; of local self-govern
ment, of individual rightsand individu
al safety, of the re-establishment of the
great guarantees of personal freedom,
constitutional rights everywhere upon
this cotinent. [Prolonged cheering.]
Fellow-citizens, I now present to you
Gen. Morgan, of Ohio, the Chairman
of the Committee appointed by the
National Convention to tender to Ho
ratio Seymour the nomination for
President of the United States. And I
present to you at the same time Hora-,
tio Seymour.
Mr. Tilden would have added a few
words to round up his sentence, but the
announcement of the name of Seymour
and his appearance upon the front
platform at the same time, was the sig :
rial for the whole body of people in the
hall and galleries to rise to their feet
and wave their hats, and their canes,
and their parasols, while they cheered
and cheered in one wild enthusiastic,
indescribable uproar, exliibitingascene
only equalled by that which took place
in the same room when the nomina
tion of Governor Seymour became
known on Thursday. The sound was
exciting, inspiring, almost terrific;
now it rolled forth like a peal of thun
der over the mountains and valleys of
an Alpine solitude • now it partially
died away into a reverberating echo,
and anon it broke forth again as if a J
voleanifhad burst forth, or an earth
quake was about to rock the earth to itsj
centre. Thisextraordinaryscenecontin- j
ued for several minutes, then someone
called for three cheers, and cheer after
cheer, and then three more and then
another and another, and another was
given, till the number reached more
than a dozen. All this time Mr. Sey
mour stood his dignified and noble self,
yet seeming half abashed and more ]
than half affected with emotion at the
warmth of his reception, and almost
as if he would have to retire till the
people could control themselves. Or
der was, however, at last restored, and
General Morgan then addressed Govern
or Seymour in the following words:
Speech of General Morgan.
Governor Seymour—On behalf of the
committee appointed for that purpose,
I have the pleasure, sir, of presenting
to you a communication announcing
your unanimous nomination as the
candidate for the office of the President
of the United States, by the National
Democratic Convention ; and 011 behalf,
sir, of-4.be Conservative and Democrat
ic people of the States whom we have
the honor to represent, we here pledge
their united and cordial efforts in se
curing relief to the country from the
thraldom which now possesses it, and
in placing you, sir, as the Chief Magis
trate of the United States, in the Exec
utive chair.
Tremendous cheering followe 1 this
address. When this had subsided,
Governor Seymour replied as follows:
Speech of Gov. Seymour.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee
I thank you for the courteous terms
in which you have communicated to
me the action of the Democratic Na
tional Convention. [Cheers.] I have
no words adequate to express my grati
tude for the good-will and kindness
which that body has shown to me. Its
nomination was unsought, and unex
pected. It was my ambition to take
an active part, from which I am now
excluded, in the great struggle going
on for the restoration of good govern
ment, of peace and prosperity to our
country. (Great cheering.] But I
have been caught up by the whelming
tide that is bearing us on to a great po
litical change, and I find myself una
ble to resist its pressure. [Loud cheers.]
You have also given tome a copy of
the resolutions put forth by the Conve
ntion, showing its position upon all the
great questions which now agitate the
country. As the presiding officer of
that Convention, I am familiar with
their scope and import, and as one of
its members I am a party to their
terms; they are in accord with my
views, and I stand upon them in the
contest upon which we are now enter
ing ; and I shall strive to carry*them
out in future wherever I may be placed,
in public or private life. [Cheers.] I
congratulate you, and all conservative
men, who seek to restore order, peace,
prosperity, and good government to
our land, upon the evidences every
where shown, that we are to triumph
at the next election. [Prolonged cheer
ing.J Those who are politically oppos
ed to us ilat tered themselves there would
be discord in our councils; they mis
took the uncertainties of our views as
to the best methods of carrying out
our purposes for difference of opinion
with regard to those purposes. They
mistook an intense .anxiety to do
no act which should not be wise and
judicious for a spirit of discord, but
during the lengthened proceedings and
earnest discussions of the Convention
there has prevailed an entire harmony
of intercourse, a patient forbearance,
and a selfsacrifieing spirit, which are
the sure tokens of a coming victory.
Accept for yourselves, gentlemen, my
wishes for your future welfare and
happiness. [Cheers.] In a few days I
will answer the communication you
have just handed me by letter, as is
the customary form. [Tremendous
and long-continued cheering.]
Mr. Tilden—l have now the honor
to present to this meeting, Major-Gen
eral Francis P. Blair, Jr.
The appearance of General Blair was
the signal for renewed enthusiasm, lit
tle if at all inferior to that which
had greeted Governor Seymour, and
which was continued at such length
that the General became somewhat fa
tigued while waiting for a chance to
speak. At length General Morgan
took advantage of temporary quiet to
speak as follows:
Gen. Morgan Tenders (he Nomination to
Gen. lilair.
GENERAL BLAIR: The committee
appointed by the Convention have
made it my pleasing duty, sir, to an
nounce your unanimous nomination
as the Democratic candidate for Vice
President of the United States'—[ap
plause]—and in tendering to you sir,
this nomination, I feel sure that it will
not only be hailed with acclamation
by your follow citizens througout the
United States, but by thousands of
your gallant comrades on many a well
fought field—[applause]—and who will
once again rally to the stars and stripes
and the defence of free institutions.
[Applause].
Major General Francis P. Blair, Jr.,
Accepts the Nomination for Vice Pres
ident.
General Blair, after the tumultuous
applause which greeted him had subsi
ded said: Mr Chairman—l accept the
platform of resolutions passed by the
late Democratic Convention, and I ac
cept their nomination—(great cheer
ing)—with feelings of profound grati
tude, and, sir, I thank you for the ve
ry kind manner in which you have al
ready conveyed to me the decision of
the Democratic Convention. I accept
the nomination with the conviction
that your nomination for-the Presiden
cy is one which will carry us to certain
victory—(applause) and because I be
lieve that the nomination is the most
proper nomination that could be made
by the Democratic party. (Applause.)
The contest which we wage is for the
restoration of constitutional govern
ment—(cheers)—and it is proper that
we should make this contest under the
lead of one who has given his life to
the maintenance of constitutional gov
ernment. (Applause.) We are to
make the contest for the restoration of
those great principles of government
which belong to our race. [Great Ap
plause.) And my fellow citizerts, it is
most proper that we should select for
our leader a man not from military
life, but one who devoted himself to
civil pursuits, who has given himself to
tiie study and the understanding of the
Constitution and its maintenance with
all the force of reason and judgment.
[Applause.] My fellow citizens, I
have said that the contest before us was
one of the restoration of our govern
ment, it is also one for the restoration
of our race. [Appplause, long, contin
ued.) It is to prevent the people of
our race from being exiled from their
homes—[cheers,]—exiled from the gov
ernment which they formed and created
for themselvesand their children, and to
prevent them from being driven out
of the country or troden under foot by
an inferior and semi-barbarous race.
[Applause.] In this country we shall
have the sympathy of every man who
is worthy to belong to the white race.
[Applause.] What civilized people on
earth would refuse to associate with
themselves in all the rights and hon
ors and dignity of their country such
men as Lee and Johnson ? What civ
ilized country on earth would fail to do
honor to those who fighting for an er
roneous cause, yet distinguished them-
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selves by gallantry in that service?
[Applause.] In that contest for which
they sought to be disfranchised and to
be exiled from their h#mes—in that
contest they have proved themselves
worthy to be our peers. [Applause.]
My fellow citizens, it is not my pur
pose to make any long address—[cries
of "go on"] —but simply to express
my gratitude for the great and distin
guished honor has been confer
ed upon me.
A voice—"You are worthy of it."
General Blair—And from my heart
to reiterate the words of thank*? that
fell from my lips when I arose.
[Renewed cheering, during which
General Rlar retired.]
The President then introdjuced Gen
eral Custer, who made an eleoquent
speech. lie was followed by General
Clay Smith, of Kentucky, and Gener
al Morgan of Ohio, both of whom
spoke for the soldier of the West.
The Outside Meeting.
About the same time that the pro
ceedings within the hall were com
menced the meeting outside was call
ed to order by Senator Thomas 11.
Creamer, who took the chair to pre
side. After a few introductory words
he introduced Colonel Carter, of North
Carolina, who made an excellent ad
dress, reciting the grievances of the
Sotuh appealing to the North to bo just if
not generous, and expressing his confi
dence in the integrity and fairness of
the Democratic party. 8. 8. Case fol
lowed, and while he was speaking, Mr.
Seymour, who had finished his address
in the hall above, made his appear
ance.
Mr. Creamer, the Chairman, then in
troduced Gov. Seymour, amid an up
roar and tumult of cheers that drown
ed all other voices throughout Four
teenth street, from Third to Fourth av
enues.
Governor Seymour and General Blair
Outside.
Governor Seymour stepping upon
highest board at the front of the plat
form spoke as follows:
Fellow citizens—l am unable with
my broken voice and exhausted frame
to do more than return you my sin
cere thanks for the compliment which
you now pay me. May God bless you,
and may he bless our country, and may
he give us in the pending contest that
triumph which will tend to secure con
stitutional law, good order, peace and
prosperity to our land. I can say no
more, but to bid you good night, and
once more thank you for your kindness
to me. [lmmense cheering.]
Shortly afterwards, General Blair
made his appearance, and the shining
of the lesser lights was interrupted for
for a little while. Mr. Creamer intro
duced him to the audience amid dea
fening cheers, and he spoke as follows:
General Blair said: Gentlemen—l
return you my heartfelt thanks for the
kindness with which you have re
ceived me here this evening. I value,
my fellow-citizens, this unbounded en
thusiasm, not because I consider it any
personal compliment to myself, but be
cause I see in it what no man can mis
take—that the people of this country
have aroused themselves, and intend
to take back their government in their
own hands [applause], that they in
tend to redeem themselves [applause]
from the rule (a voice "misrule") of
this dynasty that hasdisgraced and de
graded the country. [Great cheering
and cries of "good, good." | American
citizens which have been taken away
from them by the military power of
the South [applause], and the rights of
American citizens in foreign lands as
well. (Enthusiastic cheering.) My
fellow-citizens, the Radicals arc now in
power (groans and hisses.) 1 wish 1
could groan as loud as ail of you.—
[Laughter.] They havesoughf, fellow
citizens, to make a new Ireland of A
merica [Grohns]. I know fellow citi
zens, that it is impossible for me to
speak so as to be heard in this immense
audience. [Cries of "Go on."] I
know that standing in such a dense
mass as you are now standing in, is not
conducive to comfort, and that it will
be better for me to dessist. [Cries of
goon.] I therefore again, fellow citi
zens, return you my heartfelt thanks
for your kindness, and beseech you to
make your assault upon the Radicals
this fall with the same serried ranks as
I now see here assembled before me.
I take my seat with the conviction that
victory is sure. [Applause, long and
loud, during which General Blair re
tired.] *
The Hon. John J. Rogers, General
William 8. Miller, of Pennsylvania;
General Thomas L. Price, of Missouri,
Governor Green Clay Smith, and oth
er gentlemen spoke to the audience till
a late hour, when the immense meet
broke up, after indulging their feelings
in a few more rousing cheers for the
candidates.
THE MATIOXAI. DKHOCKATH' AMD
CONSERVATIVE SO I. D IF. IIS* AMD
SAILORS' Pl.A'ri'Olt'tl.
First. Immediate restoration of all
the States to their rights in the Union
under the Constitution, and of civil
government to the American people.
Second. Amnesty for all past politi
cal offenders, and the regulation of the
elective franchise in the States by their
citizens.
Third. Payment of the public debt
of tlie United States as rapid as practi
cable ; all moneys drawn from the peo
ple by taxation, except so much as is
requisite for the necessities of the gov
ernment, economically administered,
being honestly applied to such pay
ment, and where the obligations of
the government do not expressly state
upon their face, or the law under
which they were issued does not pro
vide that they shall be paid in coin,
they ought, in right and in justice, be
paid in the lawful money of the Uni
ted States. (Thunders of applause.)
Fourth. Equal taxation of every
species of property according to its real
value, includingthegovernuientbonds,
and other public securities. (Renew
ed cheering, and cries of "read it a
gain.")
Fifth. One currency for the govern
: ineut and ihe people, the laborer and
the officeholder, the pensioner and the
! soldier, the producer and the bondhold
er. (Great cheering aud cries of "Read
iit again.") The fifth resolution was
again read, and again cheered.
Sixth. Economy in the administra
tion of the government; the reduction
of the standing army and navy; the
abolition of the Freedman's Bureau
I [great cheering], and all political in-
I strumentalities designed to secure
; negro supremacy; simplification of
I the system, and discontinuance of
inquisitorial assessing and collecting
internal revenue, so that the burden
of taxation may be equalised and less
ened, the credit of the Government
and the currency made good ; the re
peal of all enactments for enrolling the
State militia into national forces in
time of peace, and a tariff for revenue
upon foreign imports, and such equal
taxation under the internal revenue
laws as will afford incidental protec
tion to domestic manufactures, and as
will, without impairing the revenue,
impose the least burden upon and best
promote and encourage tne great in*
dustrial interests of the copntfy.
Seventh. Reform of abuses in the
administration, the expulsion of cor
rupt men from office, the restoration of
rightful authority to, and the inde
pendence of, the executive and judicial
departments of the government; the
subordination of the military to the
civil power, to the end that the usur
pations of Congress and the despotism
of the sword may cease.
Eighth. Equal rights and protection
for naturalized and native-born citi
zens at home and abroad; the asser
tion of American nationality which
shall command the respect of foreign
powers and furnish an example ami
encouragement to people struggling
for national integrity, constitutional
liberty and individual rights ; and the
maintenance of the rights of naturaliz
ed citizens against the absolute doc
trine of immutable allegiance, and the
claims of foreign powers to punish
them for alleged crimes committed be
yond their jurisdiction. (Applause.)
In demanding these measures and
reforms we arraign the Radical par
ty for its disregard of right, and the
unparalleled oppression and tyranny
which have marked its cereer.
After the most solemn and unani*
mous pledge of both houses of Com
gress to prosecute the war exclusively
for the maintanance of the government
and the preservation of the Union un
der the Constitution, it has repeatedly
violated that most sacred pledge under
which alone was rallied that noble
volunteer army which carried our flag
to victory.
Instead of restoring the Union, it
has, so far asisin its power, dissolved it,
and subjected ten States, in time of
profound peace, to military despotism
and negro supremacy. It has nullified
there the right of trial by jury ; it has
abolished the habeas corpus— that most
sacred writ of liberty; it has over
thrown the freedom of speech and the
press; it has substituted arbitrary
seizures, and arrests, and military
trials, and secret star chamber inquis
itions for the constitutional tribunals;
it has disregarded in time of peace the
right of the people to be free' from
searches and seizures; it has entered
the post and telegraph offices, and even
the private rooms of individuals, and
seized their private papers and letters
without any specific charge or notice
of affidavit, as required by the organic
law; it has converted the American
Capitol into a bastile; it has establish
ed a system of spies and official espion
age to which no constitutional mon
archy of Europe would now dare to
resort; it has abolished the right of
appeal on important constitutional
questions to the supreme judicial tri
bunals, and threatens to curtail or
destroy its original jurisdiction, which
is irrevocably vested by the Constitu
tion, while the learned Chief Justice
has been sujected to tho most atrocious
calumnies, merely because he would
not prostitute his high office to the
support of false and partisan charg
es preferred against the President.—
Its corruption and extravagance have
exceeded anything known in history,
and by its frauds and monopolies "it
has nearly doubled the burden of the
debt created by the war. It has strip
ped the President of his constitutional
power of appointment, even of his own
cabinet. Under its repeated assaults
the pillars of the government are rock
ing on their backs, and should it suc
ceed in November next and inaugurate
its President, we will meet as a sub
jected and conquered people amid the
ruins of liberty and the scattered frag
ments of the Constitution ; and we do
declare and resolve that ever since the
people of the United States threw off
all subjections to the British crown the
privilege and trust of suffrage have
belonged to the seve.al States, and
have been granted, regulated and con
trolled exclusively by the political
power of each State respectively, and
that any attempt by Congress, on any
pretext whatever, to deprive any State
of this right, or interfere with its exer
cise, is a flagrant usurpav. lUli of power
which can find no warrant in the Con
stitution, and if sanctioned by the peo
ple, will subvert our form of govern
ment, and can only end inasingle cen
tralized and consolidated government,
in which the separate existence of the
States will bo entirely absorbed, and
an unqualified despotism be establish
ed in place of a federal Union of co
equal States; and that we regard the
reconstruction acts (so-called) of Con
gress, as such, are usurpations, and un
constitutional, revolutionary and void.
That our soldiers and sailors, who
carried the flag of our country to vic
tory against a most gallant and deter
mined foe, must ever be gratefully re
membered, and all the guarantees giv
en in their favor must be faithfully
carried into execution.
That the public lands should be dis
tributed as widely as possible among
the people, and should be disposed of
either under the pre-emption or home
stead laws, and sold in reasonable quan
tities, and to none but actual occupants,
at tho minimum price by
the government. When grants of tho
public lands may be allowed necessary
fortheencouragementof important pub
lic improvements, tho proceeds of tho
sale of such lands, and not tho lands
themselves, should be so applied.
That the President of the United
States, Andrew Johnson [applause] in
exercising the power of his high office
in resisting the aggressions of Con
gress upon the constitutional rights of
tho States and the people, is entitled
to the gratitude of tho whole American
people, and in behalf of the Democrat
ic party we tender him our thanks for
liis patriotic efforts in that regard.—
[Great applause.]
Upon this platform the Democratic
party appeal to every patriot, includ
ing ail the Conservative element, and
all who desire to support the Constitu
tion and restore the Union, forgetting
all past differences of opinion, to unite
with us in the present great struggle
for tho liberties of the people, and
that to all such, to whatever party
they may have heretofore belonged,
we extend the right hand of fellowship,
and hail all such co-operations with us
as friends and brethren, [Applause.]