. '.1 frCBllSHKD EVEEY THURSDAY, BY ' WALLACE E. B BAT TON. At Bratton's Building, East of the - -1 j Court-House. 'TERMS OP- SUBSQJRIPTIOX. One year, ...... $1 CO "Elgbt months, 1 OO Tout months, ...... ! 00 Payment In advance In all cases. [THE following speeh is contributed by a member of the Opposition Party:] Demonstration in Washington. GEN. LOGAN'S SPEECH. Soldiers, read tho words of a great sold- ier and leader : . ' After referring to the fact that at the end of the war all the country was united in ' the demand that treason should be made odious and traitors punished, he proceeded AS follows : But how now Is It ? How changed is the scene to-day t The curtain hus been rais ,ed. and our eyes have been permitted to behold something most magnificent and grand. Instead of seeing treason made odious and traitors punished in this land .instead of seeing them on their knees to tills great Government, giving an humble ' submission to its laws, kissing the flag of 'the Republic, that they may show their devotlou to it hereafter wo find them .traversing the land and talking about their , rights and their privileges, ami the "d d Yankees." Thoy come up to "Washington And go about the streets frco and happy, And swaggering as if they were possessore of the whole land. They are cheered. Oh ! they are great men; they fought bravely; they are the gallant sons of America Col umbia's sonshaving the same rights and prlvllges that any freeman of this laud can enjoy or possess. When they get to the great city of Baltimore a great feast is prepared for them. They come to Wash ington, and the great Stephens dictates at once the next Democratic platform, that !rou shall not ask any conditions precedent or the reception of the Senators ind Representatives of tho States ateljr In rebellion; and when ho dictates that platform here It is accepted not only by those In high authority and power, but It goes dowu tracing along the diil'or ent grades until It comes to the lowest man you can find . In the whole land who holds a paper in his hand upon which is w ritten. lxou shall hold this during my pleasure." It seems to me thero has been a change in this land within tlie past year. I have re marked that loyal people did not agree to this proposition during the rebellion. Tho Executive who now occupies the chair of the Chief Magistrate asserted as bis desire that "treason should be made odioua and traitors punished." Ho wanted traitors to be made to "take a hack seat." He wanted to be a "Moses," to lead a down trodden race from the darkness of slavery ond chains to tho promised land. He want ed them to follow him, and promised them that he would lead them through the great Red Sea of their travels anddifll culties. All these things were going to be done, but I can't see it. (Great laughter and cheers.) I do not see this Moses leading the hosts M dkl Moses of old out of the darkness of Egyptian bondage and through tho Red Bea. I see no such attempt as that. I think the man has lost his way: that his compass has got out of order ; that he has steered his course wrong, and that ho is at the head of somebody clso than the men he is going to lead out. it 6cenM to me the power he was going to exercise for the ben eflt of a certain people has been changed to the benenkof certain rebels. They are his true followers, wading ; through tho Red Bea.of trials and tribulations, and they are iu ue luiiueu in me nappy .ana oi Canaan, I suppose. My fellow-citizens, as I do not Intend to talk very long I will for a few moments tell you what I think Is the duty of our country. I was glad to hear that dispatch read. I was glad to hear that voice come rrom Tennessee, for it Is the voice of patriotism, it is a voice that speaks for the loyal men of that country a voice that has been heard recently and frequently in advocacy of their Interest. Ouce we heard another voice from that State, saying that representation must be based on loyalty uiu iu) uiLjr ui uiu penpie must no bus ed on representation. Wo heard that once from a man then in nower in TVmiraapp. . We hear lately of a letter signed by some "process or other, I do not know what, I do not know under what law or rule of Gov ernment or Constitution, aud sent to the Congress of the United States, notifying them that somebody was opposed to that amendment of the Constitution. Laugh ter., Well, suppose somebody is. I can find a hundred thousand rebels who are Opposed to it too. That's what's tho mat ter. Laughter. I can find every rebel In the land who is opposed to It and every Copperhead in the land. Every man who wasii.arm9agalnst,the Government during the four years of bloody battle is opposed to that amendment to tho Constitution. (Cries of "That's so," and applause.) It is not necessary for-any particular man to notify us that he Is opposed to the amend ment, for, as I have said, the disloyal men all over the country arc Opposed to it. But we hear a voice from Tennessee that is not opposed to it. They no longer, harken to the .voice of their Moses. Lnugh'crond cheers. Tennessee has refused to accept any self-constituted Moses. They are go ing to lead themselves out of bondage. And I am glad to-night that the voice comes trembling upon the wires from Nashville to Washington, saying "the deed is done." The act haseen performed, and the wish of the loyal people of Tennessee has bten express!, i It is in accordance with the voicoof the majority of the ( Representa tives of the people of this great country, and not in accordance with the voiced the mlsrepresentatives of the people of this great country.' We are told, however, and In. fact the loyal people of this country are told, "Why. gentlempn,. you are going to destruction! Don't you know your party Is going to bo destroyed? Don't you know that there Is such a will and determination of the men now In power that that will destfoy this Radical organization, as they callU-jthatlt wiU be swept outol exist ence?" It is the men who obey the laws at present! o matter what they may have done during the terrible struggle through which they have passed, that are now to be Considered as loyal , men. It is those who obey the, dictate pf meu in high power, contrary to the voice ot the Un ion majorlty'oftbianatlon, who are to be regarded as- the loyal-men, while the men who opposed this rebellion and sustained the Government are to be -looked upon as disloyal; men, scouted from society, and driven from all positions of honor. We aretold that ail this will be done by the. powers that be; that, there Is a power ia V1 1 1Wr,0etn ' like the .power of JKi J11? ' there , is a man in steps ei jacKson; well, there may be. There may be a great many j Jacksors In the land.. There -.may be a great many . men ft great as Jackson was; , a great many men, who have as strong a wfil as Jackson, had. There's no questiou about thriTTJutlffl read history right," andl VOL.. 1. i M'ARTHUE, ViINTON COUNTY, OHIO," AUGUST 2, llllJ ffk' lAkJ A 1866; NO. 32. believe I have some reecollection of the days of Jackson, I And that Jackson al ways fought liis enemies and that Ids friends always stood by him. 1 Hud that when Jackson vetoed a man he vetoed his enemy and not his friend. I lind, by looking on a little while, that Jackson died. I have not heard of anv other Jackson since that was ever rresident of the Lnited States. I Great laughter. I do not think this consideration should trouble us. We have something before us upon w hich to form our juditments and opin ions without looking to tho opinion of any one individual. Referring to tho Philadelphia Conven tion he said: This assemblage, which is to meet in a lew days, is not to destroy the Copper head party, for tiiat is already destroyed; it is not for the purpose of suppressing the rebellion, for that is already suppressed. What then, is it for? It Is for the purpose of destrovins the organization of tho Un ion party of this country, and for uo other purpose whatever. You will find the Copperhead thero? you will find the disap pointed omce seeker there; tlie hungry and thirsty Republican who has been thirsting for tlie waters that spring from the fountains of oltlce about this capital for long years, and who has never hud a drop to cool his parched tongue, and who goes there for tho purpose of crying, "Oh, Lazurus, for one drop!' Holstrous laugh ter and cheers. You w ill find, perhaps, a few olilcers of tlie nrmy going over there to prove their loyalty to tho coun try. Weill those who gothcre. to prove their loyalty to tho country, believe that thecountry belongs toonenian;tlils,must. therefore, prove their loyalty to him. and not to the Government. They will meet there some of the leaders of the lowlands of the South, for v hose ireuson they fought upon the bloody fields of the South. You will find there the Coppeihead who spat up on you while you were fighting for the fUg of your country, who spat upon the flag, who treated you with the utmost contempt, and they ore there for the purpose of de straying the organization that saved the country. , .'"!;: We hear vague rumors that there is to bo another Congress installed in violation of law. You hear people telling what I hey arc going to do. Whenever that revolu tion con.mrureg, unlike the other,' the voice of the American people will be heard and their arms will be frit. It may rock the pillars o' the Republic onco more, but, the end will be thut its head will cornerflF. Treason will then be mule odious and traitors will be punished. Shouts of ap plause Revolution has been rife for four ytars in the past, ami it may occur. in the future. We have a duty w hich we owe to our country. Let us perform "hat duly, and 1 believe the best manner in which that duty can be performed is by sustaining Congress in what they have done. Let us Fe.lect loyal-men, honest men, faithful men as our leadeia. j4nd so let us go forward in the old ship until she rests in the harbor of safety forever. And this great monu ment of liberty that has been erected by the American people,- washel by the blood of three hundred thousand men, ' towering until the nations of the earth gozt upon Its beauty, its glory, its grandeur, and receive [Applause.] I thanH you, ladies and gentlemen, for your attention. , GREAT SPEECH —OF— HON. GEORGE H. PENDLETON, —DELIVERED AT— READING, PA., JULY 18, 1866. —TO AN— Immense Democratic Mass Meeting. Fellow-citizens: When I re ceived the invitation of your com mittee to be present with you to day, I was impelled by an almost irrisistable impulse to accept it,' I had enjoyed the hospitality of your beautiful city ; I had sat side by side in Congress with your faithful and able Representatives for many years in dark and perilous times with Jones, McKentick, and Anco na. I had known most agreeably your worthy candidate for Gover nor. I desired once more to renew those agreeable associations. ' But far more did-1 desire' td seei' the Democrats Of Berk county those Democrats whose renown is as, ex tensive as the Union those Dem ocrats who have been enabled, throughout a storm of obloquy and contumely and reproach unparal leled in political warfare, to adhere with unfaltering fidelity ' and un blanching courage to a party whose principles they believed vouldW cm elite to the Government and liberty to f the people. Loud cheers. I .had attended a. thou sand Democratic meetings in the West. I knew the tone and tem per and spirit of the party - there. I wished to know it ,as well here. I love the Democratic' party; I ad mire its discipline and organiza- tion; I honor the name anf tfame of its founders. ;I revere its. pruv; ciples, so" broad in their application, so,; beneficent in their influence that ir all this broad land, dissevn ered as the States have been, , as they still, are, there is not a State,, nor county,' nor township, nor.town,: nor neighborhood, nor, family, ) nor house in which it has not a " reprer Bentative and member,?) Cheers, I knew I would findliere disciples oi the same laitu believing in tho sumo creed and ' IV desired, with you, to worship at a common alter. lt..l T -Li. -.1.1. iL. ; li uiubiwigub emeu ,ino inspiration of your pure faith,: and be warmed by tho ' fervor of your enkindled zeal. And so I accepted the invii tation ; and I came to-day, though to do so I was obliged to leave some true New England 1 Democrats in' Boston last night. I am glad have come. This'-meetinff shows that your zeal, and Vigor, and cour-j age are unimpaired ; and nils me? with renewed '.hope for the futureJ It shows that whoever ' else may fail, Berks county will do her duty' to the country. 1 Uheers.J in my own state, in my ownj city, we nave several Kepublican newspapers, which 'delight to tell us that the Democratic party is dead. We try to convince them to the contrary; we hold our conven tions, make OHir nominations, con duct campaigns, poll two hundred thousand votes, scare them always laughter), beat them 'sometimes, and yet each day more positively than the day before,' they tell, us that the Democratic party is dead, and the - disease of which it died. They will learn if they1 live long enough, that it can never absolute ly die s6 long as government shall last; that in this country it will maintain -its vigor so long as the States shall have 'free'Jgovernment, and the Union shall be' k confeder ation; for in 1 the States;1 it is the party of the people against power; in the Unioilj it is the" party of con federation against consolidation.. It has always been so. ' . '"' In tho discussions which prece ded the convention ' to form the Constitution in that';onventiori' itself, m the conventions "in the several Statey hi the e,ary admin istrations two different and oppo sing theories - were; advocated by able and patriotic men! Tho one insisted that the' country should be a unity, and that-the government should be strong and centralized the other maintained that the gen eral offices ot government should be performed bv the States, and as little duty and power, as possible, should be confided t& th4 Federal Union. In . the convention, there were extreme views and extreme men on both sides. . . The extreme meu gave up1 the work Hamilton leit the convention, -Luther Martin refused to sign the Constitution the extreme .viewSswere toned down by the prudence aiid moder ation of Washington, Franklin and Madison and the Constitution was the result that Constitution which has given: us for Seventy years prosperity, and liberty j that Con stitution which, by its origin at the hands of these men whom I have named, by its beneficent influences, became sacred to all ' American citizens, till the fanatics of our day dragged it from its high place .and degraded in the miro.of their partisan-, schemes. ' Loud cheers. . The, opposing r forces gathering strength during the administration of Washington, but, they were held in check by the: power which he possessed. ;. They: met in fierce col lision, in the term of Mr", Adams. The Democratic , sentiment . could not be neutral in .that struggle. It was,indeed, the: chief, combatant. It emerged victorious; ill the elec tion : of JSlr. Jefferson, and brought -,, with " it. l;a. compact, vigorous, disciplined organization to support its policy and opinions. Our Democratic party is that par ty, and it insists : to-day as it insis ted then, -jthat.! these fundamental maxims of political science are ap plicable to our Government at all times, in every, emergency, and never more applicable than to-day in this: crisis' ,of : our history that government is bes.whieh governs the , ;least that y confederation is best.wbich leaves the .greatest pos sible,', amount of po ver, with , the constituent. Statesnd confides the least jp'ossibe power t the federal head that. aU t". just,, government derivea(itpqwer, from,. the consent of ihs'gveroftytaxalion without f.epiresetjpn is. tyranny that all tlieiSiatepjjW ftaJJnion are eqwjd ncd; in .f.eiritory'arid popu latiofi.nqwealtihj.Jbuti .in duties, in righj'in,p6e;-s 'granted and pow ers, jeservediand ; that, therefore, Iassachus.et; and. Pennsylvania have no more ,constirutional power or moral Tiglfj''tp;tovem Georgia and Mississippi than have Georgia and Mississippi, to .'govern Massa chusetts, ;;and j, Pennsylvania.- Cheers. Yet this' is the claim thati8 made toay,... It i8,: no less than tbJswtioTlches'the very foun. datibri arid organization 6f the Gov ernment. It goes to its essence and spirit. ,, What is the great question, I. do not say principle, of to-day? , Shall the Southern States be represented in Congress? Around this ques- turn is grouped every other ques tion which the war has raised and by the principle on which it is decided will every other question be determined. The rresident says that they are entitled to rep resemauon mar, mey nave re sumed their normal and harmoni ous reelation .to the Union. The Democratic party asserts tho same position. Tlie Kepublican party, speaKing uy its leaders in Con . ti 111 il gress, says inao aunougn tney are at peace with the Union, they shall not be represented till they buy the enjoyment of that right by consenting to amendments of the Constitution which the Southern people loathe from the bottom of their hearts, and will never yield to except by coertion., Cheers. This is the question remitted to the people lor decision and upon their decision depend peace and oVder, and the perpetuation of the Government, or discontent, disor der, revolution and anarchy des potism. Is not this true ? If these States are not entitled to represen tation in Congress, they are not entitled to' vote in the electorial college. - If they are not permitted to vote in 1868, and their vote com-, bined with that of either party at tho North would elect a rresident, will , that party submit to tho de cision ? Will it consent that the whole country should be defeated by a known and acknowledged mi nority, and if it will not submit, will there not bo disorder, turbu lence, probably war? Why should not tlieso States le represented t .Pennsylvania and Onio are represented. Why not Virginia? ; Ohio recognizes the su premacy of' the' - Federal Goyern ment within' the' Constitution , so does Virginia. Ohio obeys ,the Federal laws ; so .does Virginia. There is not an armed enemy in the ' Confederate States.'" There is riot a shew of brjoositioh to Feder. hi auujurjiy , nut even so muca as it shadow when it declineth. : The Confederate Government is dis solved; the ordinances of seces sion are abrogated j the .bid Con stitutions are set aside, new ones are established ; the old State Gov ernments are displaced, new ones are in their stead. The old officers have been expelled ; , new ones have been elected. The States are performing all the functions neces sary, to the maintenance of civil society ; they preserve order, pun ish crime, protect life and property, collect debts, enforce contracts, regulate the relations of man and wife, father and child, guardian and ward ; they regulate the des cent and distribution of real and personal estate; they charter cities and colleges ; they exercise the right of eminent, domain, build railroads, and establish common schools. Why should they not be represented t Ohio pays Federal taxes ; so does Virginia. A tax gatherer rides every county; a custom-house officer is at every port. Virginia took up arms against the Federal Government ; alas 1 she did. Seduced by the ad vice of fanatics of the South; goad ed by he acs of notf ltss wicked fanatics &t he North ; unwisely she iok. up arms to resist the execu tion of Federal laws'. But when you sounded he tocsin of war, and called upAn the people to maintain hoir. Constitution, ; their1 Govern ment you told them that so soon as Federal laws were obeyed the War should cease, and it should leave the States with their rights, their powers, their equality unimpaired. Cheers. Ohio is a free State, so is Virginia ; Ohio protects negroes in every, civil right, so. does Virgin ia. But, but 1 but what, my friend? Ou with it. - Virginia doe3 not per mi negroes to vote. Neither does Ohio, -nor Indiana, nor Illinois, nor Iowa, nor Wisconsin, nor Pennsyl vania, nor Delaware, nor New Jer sey,, nor -Connecticut, : nor .New Hampshire, nor New York, nor California, nor Oregon, nor pblora do; and if this is a reason, why are not those States exoluded ? It is a fundamental maxim . that the States in the Union are equal not equal in, territory, or wealth, or .numbers, but-equal in duties, in rights, in powers- They were sov ereigns, and as such were equal before the Union. They each, as sovereign, come into the Union. They delegated "the same powers; they agreed to perform the same duties. They guaranteed each to the other the enjoyment of the same rights. Representation is the most important right. . Ohio enjoys it, why not Virginia? ' The Southern States are in. tho Union or they are oat of it. If they are in the Union, they are equal to Ohio, and entitled to representa tion. If they are out of the Union, tho claim to govern them at all is a . fraud and a usurpation. Cheers. They entered the Union by passing an ordinance adopting and ratifying the I? ederal Cousti tution. They tried to dissolve that connection by abrogating that rat ification. The abrogating ordin ance was the act of secession. Ei ther it was valid or it was invalid. If invalid, it was null, it had no effect; it did not effect the State; it did not effect the tio which bound it to the Union. It left the State in the same position in which it had been for a month, for a year before the act of secession. If it was valid, it destroyed the Union and removed the State beyond the Constitution, beyond your power. I reject the claim that these or dinances are valid for one purpose, invalid for another valid to de stroy the State, invalid to dissever the Federal tie. It i3 tho fanciful creation of a disordered brain, or the arbitrary diction of a man who will have things as he wishes them. I understand the position of Mr. Stevens and those who follow him. Uo believes that either tho ordin ance of secession or the attempt to enforce it by arms, constituted the South in effect a foreign power alien enemies; that we had good cause of war against them, and did in fact wage the war for' subjuga tion and conquest; that having subjugatcdjand conquered them, we hold them subject to our will; that so far as they are concerned their rights and our powers are determined by the laws of nations alone, and no question of the Con stitution can be raised except by the adhering btates. 1 understand the position of Mr. Johnson and the war . Democrats.'..' They hold thai the ordinances of secession were invalid; that whoever at tempted by force of arms to make them available were traitors; that their unlawful acts do not effect the statutes of State, or oMts.law abiding people; that they may be punished, but that the State re mains the same. (Cheers.) But I cannot understand the thimble-ring logic of these half-way gentlemen, that the ordinances of secession are half valid, half invalid; that the States are in the Union to be gov erned, out of it to be protected; in the Union when duties are requir ed, out of it when rights are to bo accorded; in the Union when taxes are to be exacted, out of it when representation is: demanded. W7iy slioxdd they not le represented? This representation is essential to the restoration of the Union. Why was the war prosecuted? For tho maintenance of the Union. Love of the Union was the sentiment which lay at the very heart of our people. It had grown and strengthened, and become fixed by tlie attempts at disunion of the Ilartford Convention and the nulli fication of South Carolina. It was this that made strong men volun teer, and matrons and maidens and wives to consent that son and hus band and lover should volunteer. It was this that made the North yield armed men as if from her soil. Mr Lincoln, in his inaugural and messages, told us the war was for the Union; Congress, in the most solemn form, reiterated it Mr. Seward, after two years of the war, told us that the seats of Sena tors and members were vacant, and their open arms, with silent elo quence, inviting the States and the people to return to the blessings and duties of the Constitution. Your arms have been , successful; not an armed enemy withstands you; they ask admittance to take their seats. Why is not tho Union restored? Why do those who have clamored for tlie Union refuse it? "Why do . those who have urged others to fight for Union prevent it? ;; :. 1 ': , ' Gentlemen: It is because they deceived you and their .friends. They never were for the' Union. Thaddeus Stevens was - honest enough to say so. He said in my hearing that with his consent the Union should never be restored. These men hate the Constitution of the United States., ,. They , hate our form of government; and they know the most effective stab they ADVERTISING TERMS. - One ntrorci: tea lines, -...".!.... $l'0O Each additional insertion, . . . . . . 40 Cards, per year, ten lines, r 8 OO Noticeof Executors, Administra- " tors and Guardians, . r. ... ... . 2 OO Attachment notiwsLefor,e J;p, a OO Local notices, per linear.. -v....' 10 ar,y dvcrtismcnts win be '"charged $UO per column, and at pornortionaU rates for less than a column. Payable in advance could give it the most fatal blow would be the attempt to govern one half of the country without representation. I speak of men whom I know; men with whom I have served in public life. I do not impeach their intelligence, or patriotism, or sin cerity; but I repeat, I believe they hate our Constitution,-and desire its overthrow. They believe con solidation is better than confedera tion. .They prefer to , trust their liberties and the liberties of the race to an overpowering . irrespon sible majority rather than to one orderly process established under the checks and balances of our system. Cheers. Consider the Constitutional Amendment. Congress insisted upon its adoption as a condition precedent to the admission of Sen ators and Representatives. If it were entirely desirable, if nobody objected or could object to any of its provisions, still it ought not to bo proposed, , If the States are en-, titled to representation, the adopt ion'of tlus amendment ought not to be exacted. If they are not en titled, the refusal of the richt is the highwayman's course, who seizes ; you by the throat and agrees to re lease his hold if you will give him your purse. In vain you assert that you are entitled both to vour . freedom and your money. You . buy ono admitted right bv the suT; render of another. If they are. not entitled, the proposal to confer it ; is tho device of tho devil, who ea gerly offered the kingdoms of the earth and the glory thereof, which he didn't possess, if only his black ' majesty could be worshiped. But what is this amendment? ' Lvery person born within the United States shall . be citizens thereof, and ot the State wherein he resides. . Citizens of the Statel ., That the Constitution left to each . State; so entirely left it there that voters by the law of the State were expressly made electors for federal officers. No State 6hall impair the privileges and immunities? Where are tney denned? Where written! ; The Constitution baa already imt each citizen of each State upon the same looting as citizens of the sev eral States. , . Representation shall be appor tioned according to population, but if anv male nerson over twantv. ' one years of age Bhall be excluded from the ballot-box, the represent- ' ative basis 6hall bo diminished by , these in proportion as the males excluded bear to all the males of twenty-one years in this State. The former proposition was to ex clude from the basis all of any race or color, if by reason of race or color they were excluded from the right of(: suffrage. That could not stand a moment. By it the States might exclude the young, . the old, the poor, the ignorant, the soldier; and if. they were only n imo, me vmci CJeuiVIS 111 J gill vote for them; but if they exclued the negro, his whole race was to bo excluded from the representative basis. How much better is this amendment? All the people are to be enumerated also. If the males are as ten to one and any male is excluded from the right of voting, then ten persons shall be stricken from tho basis. If in Pennsylvania lunatics were not allowed to vote, then ten persons for every lunatic would go unrepresented. If in Pennsylvania there weie ten thou sand negro men over 21 years of age, then 100,000 men, women and children, whit$ as well as black,' would bo without representation. "Jf uuwmig Ul Its UUCiailUIl UU 11 r . il r,, , -. me oqumern orates; win you be willing here to adopt it I But the ' cunning of its anthors is apparent here, for'by :.this scheme, New England gets two members of Con gress, while the" other Northern and Western States lose twelve; more than they would by the other plan. Nor is it really an honest scheme to tecure t.r ifm nenrn trin rio-rif. nf.. voting, for this and every other ' plan suggested contemplates that the States may exclude., him from the ballot, provided only they will agree to givo up the political pqwV er which control him in the basis " given to, them., , No! gentlemen, the only object of this amendment is to show to the States that ', they hold even the right of suffrage by the will and at the command of the Federal Government, and thus to ' bring their most. vital rights entire '. 1 r urifKin .for irtr,l . '" Consider the .Freed men ' Bureau bill.- . Its object wta not to protect the negro ; that vai done by the old law. If it ex- Concluded on fourth page.