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Why the Republican Party
CANNOT SAVE THE IC0UNTR II

1. Because tho leaders of the party
for number of years havebeen directing
their followers NOT to obey the la,rs-in
short, it is higher-laao party. y
2. The Republican party maintain
that our fathers instituted Government
which could not stand, because it contain
ed at the time of its formation the ele-
ments of its destruction, to wit: "the ar
repressible conflict" - i55@ baoa9a
8. Because they oppose the policy Of
the President, disparage and abuse our
generals. and thereby embarrass the ad-
ministration in the work of suppressing
the rebellion. e9tsg bad 92i4
4. Because it has been controlled in
Congress by the abolition wing of the
party, which spent its time in factious
measures calculated to destroy confidence
in the Government; and in annoying our
army, modelling with its operations, and
abusing and villifying our Generals.
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Hon. Y. B, Horton.


Mr.! Horton was one Of the Represen-
tatives in this district in Congress during
the last session. The record show that he
and Morris voted together on many ques-
tions brought forward by the ultras in
Congress. ssfsog3 .,gaaubaaga4 7a
Mr.. Horton is conservative Republi-
can, not an abolitionist like his colleague
Cutler, and consequently was not re nom
mated by the abolitionists who held the
power in the nominating convention. Mr.
Horizons friends, as We are informed
withdrew from the convention that nomi.
mated Cutler, saying that "they would
vote for Republican, but not an aboli.
tionist." Monroe County was not repre-
sented in the Convention that nominated
Cutler By single delegate, .e -.
If Mr.. Horton had been the candidate
instead of Cutler the opposition vote in
this County would have been about the
same as usual--as it is Morris will moi
loose a single Union vote-will get all
except the abolition vote, which is ex.
ceedingly diminutive. The Greeley abo-
litionists all over the district will vote fol
Cutler. The Democrats and all othe,
conservative men will vote for Mr.. Nor
ris Therefore NJ orris will be triumphant.
ly elected. Mark thatl
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The White Mans Platform.
9 PURPOSES OF THE WAR.


CoNGREss, By A VOTE NEARLY uNANI
NOUS, PASSED THE FOLLOWING REsoLB'
TIoN, WHICH EXPRESSES THE VOICE OF
THE NATION, AND is THE TRUE STAND.
ARD OF LOYALTY:
sThat the present deplorable civil war has
bsen fprcad upon the country by the disunion.
ists Of the Southern States, now in arms
against the constitutional Government, and
in srms around the Capital; that in this Ma
tional emergency. Congress, banishing all
feeling Of mere passion and resentment, will
rseollect only its duty to the whole country
fhht this rar is NOT soaged on their part in an,
sspira Of oppression, or for any purpose Q,
-coaquesi or su6jusafion or purpose Of ouer-
Ihroping or inssrf fering with the rights or es
.tattishsd inafitsfions Of those Stctes bat to de-
, fxnd As,d plaintaia the supremacy of The Con.
sfifufipa. and to preservc The Union, NTH all tn.
dixnitY, equality and rights Of The seuerat States
SzfBtpaircd; dnd that as soon these objects
atx HeDpP Pi1shed The uar ought to cease"
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The Negro-The Negro Again,

In another column will be found the
proclamation of the President giving notice
that on the first day of January next slave
ry is to be abolished throughout the Uni
ted States We have no comments to
make except to quote an Extract from
the Cincinnati Commercials comments,
which is as follows:
We have conclusive evidence that the
President is not deluded with any notion
that proclamation is likely in itself to
end the war. A committee which recent
ly left Chicago to urge upon him the Issue
of a proclamation of Immediate, universal
and unconditional emancipation, and to
arm the negroes to fight for the Union,
made report at public meeting held
at Chicago, on Saturday night, of their
interview with him. Their report shows
that he fully understands the practical
aspects of the case. They say .
The President called their attention to
the fact that the late act of Congress, Civ,
! ing protection to such of the slaves of reb-
els as should come within the Union lines
had been practically imperative, since, al
though they had come into the Federal
lines in crowds, it did not appear that one
slave had done SO in consequence of the
above act;
That an act of emancipation would be
useless and imperative SO long as the con,
stitution itself could not be enforced, and
that if the Southern whites could not be
reached by proclamations, still less could
the negroes;
That hitherto there had not been arms
enough to supply white soldiers, and that
if the blacks were armed, those arms
would in few days probably find theil
way into the hands of the rebels;
That fifty thousand of the soldiers nov
in the Union army were from the border
slave States, and that in the event of sucl
proclamation as the one contemplated
those men ceuld not be depended upon
though it certainly was not probable tina
all of them would desert to the rebe
side; ~
That some of the Generals were already
issuing more rations daily to negroes thar
to the soldiers under his command, ant
that the negroes would do nothing bu
eat; @ 7ae s. 8sf.4as
| That such numbers of negroes coule
not be moved with the army, and would
when left, fall into the hands of the reb
els. lss. al3oa sa a
! The President conceded that he con
sidered he had the right to issue an ordel
of national emancipation, such as wa
prayed for in the memorial, if he conclu
ded that it would further the Union cause
but that from the above, and other con
siderations, he did not deem it advisable
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ARE HALF OF US DISLOYAL?

It is curious to notice that, while the
least respectable portion of the Republi-
can press arc engaged, for purely parti-
san purpose, in the mischievous business
of trying to prove that the members of the
Democratic party are disloyal and traitor
Gus, the only State in the North which did
not cast its electoral vote for Mr.. Lincoln
(New Jersey is the first State to fill up
its quota of volunteers under the two calls,
and that, too, without draft. Is
Connecticut, which contains the largest
proportion Of Democrats--and those, too,
of the Breckenridge typc1ofr any of the
New England States, is the first of them to
complete its quota, while Massachusetts,,
the most Republican State. has already
postponed the draft three times, and now
again puts it off until the 1st of October,
with small chance of the quota being FL
led even. OF the Western States, Indiana
the most Democratic State, has done the
best both in recruiting and fighting all
through the war; -
We do not allude to these facts with any
intention of rejecting upon the courage or
loyalty of the Republican masses. 1t
would be as grossly unfair to do, SO as is
the attempt now making by the Republi-
can presses to convey the impression that
the members of the Democratic party have
not only not done their duty by the Gov
eminent but are secretly and actively in
the interest of the enemy.
Thoughtful and prudent Republican
leaders would do well, however, to caution
their more incorporate associates against
the impolicy of stigmatizing as disloyal a
party which the coming fall election may
prove in the ascendency in the North.
There are those who believe that the Con-
gressmen about to be elected will show a
large preponderance of Democrats, and
surely no lover of his country would like
to proclaim in advance to the world that
this majority will be in the interest of the
rebels.-Ne,o York World, (Republican. J
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A GLANCE AT THE NEWS.

The news from the Potomac is that the
rebels had succeeded in crossing the Poto-
mac in safety, with all their transporta-
ton and wounded, excepting some 300 or
400. These were left behind. 1t is sta
ted that the rebel loss in this battle will
amount to nearly 10000. Gen. Stark, of
the rebels, was killed and Riply and Hayes
were wounded. -
Though they have eluded our grasp at
this point, yet they have been severely
punished. 1t strikes us that they may
be captured before they get out Of the
Valley. The suppositien is, however, that
they may give Mcclellan much trouble in
crossing the river. This may be true
But there are other methods by which the
pursuit can be effected other than crossing
in the face of a foe, that we. apprehend
some expedient will be found adequate to
the exigencies of the case.
But little doubt exists as to the double
disappointment of the rebels. They were
led to believe from the representations of
such men as Bradley s. johnson aud by
Gov. Lowe, that all that, was necessary to
raise an army of Mary ylanders was merely
to get on Maryland soil with an army sufi i
GENTLY large to insure protection, and
further, that the Union army before Wash
ington had become so completely demor-
allied that there was no more fight left,
and that Mcclellan would be satisfied to
remain inactive for several weeks should
they desist from threatening him. The
sequel demonstrates that in each of these
calculations they we're most terribly dis
appointed.
The very name of Mcclellan acted as a
charm upon the then sinking. spirits of
our troops, and inspired them with such
hope and courage as to render their Prov
ess.. as they advanced upon the foe, abso-
luteiy invincible Tho enemy having
been foiled in their purpose and forced to
retreat, we apprehend that vigilance and
activity on the part of the War Depart
ment can effect speedy collapse of this
gigantic rebellion sf 3ss{ u
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The Slavery Issue and the War

Hon. W. P. Cutler, now a candidate
for Congress in this District, delivered in
the House of Representatives, April %,
1862, speech, in which he says:
@As view this matter, would as soon
think of allowing nest Of vipers to live in
the cradle OF my children, to permit this
system of Slavery longer to exist in this
country" ss afi7li a,A
Let us try Mr.. Cutler by his own Ian
guage. How long would a father fight a
nest of vipers in the cradle of his chill
dren? Just SO long as single viper was
left alive. When ali were dead he would
cease-not before. Now suppose the peo-
pile of the South would say to our Govern
ment, g we will lay down our arms; We
will surrender all those in the South
whom you may designate as leaders to be
hung by the neck till they are dead, if
You see proper; we will render up all our
property, save bare subsistence for our
wives and children to pay the expenses of
the war; we will return to our duty to the
Government; we will do all this and stop
this deadly war, if you will suffer us to
live in the Union as we did before. Will
you do it?' Mr.. Cutler would say en-
phatically, MOI The vipers are still in
the cradle of the children In other
words slavery exists in this country and
this war shall not cease till it is abolished.
Such is Mr.. Cutters love Of country, and
his desire to sec the Union restoredl He
will never agree that this war shall cease
+ till slavery is destroyed, or else he will
leave nest Of vipers in the cradle Of his
children, and would be a most unnatural
father. -
This then is the doctrine Of the Unionl?)
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The Election for Congress

The election is close ct hand. IF you
are in favor of Paying tures to buy negro
slaves their freedom, support Cufler-i
you are not vote for Morris IF you in
ldorse the conservative course of Hon. v
B. Horton, your late patriotic represen-
tative, rote ffo'. Morris you condemn
him and his votes, vote for CatlerI Il
you are willing that slavery and niggers
should abide the yicissitudes of war s1ith
yourselves, your interests and the country
vote for Morris. IF you love your coun.
try better than party VOTE FOR NORRIS
if you love party better than country vote
for Cutler.
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Latest From Louisville-Eve.
rything Safe. a5
LOUISVILLE. .scptemher q.

L0UISvILLE, ebcptember Il.
The intense excitement of. the last few
days has given placeto great rejoicing at
the immediate proximity of seven. diyi-
sions of Buell's army, which are coming
up from the direction of Salt River. The
enemy seem to be concentrating at Bloom
field About 1909 of than were seen
this morning beyond Salt River, on the
Bardstown Road. asa: s9s- s.a4r a.p
louisville is now considered entirely
safe, and though fight may occur in our
vicinity before the arrival of BueH's di-
visions, nobody has any fears respecting
the result. Gen. Nelson is confident that
he can hold this position against any odds
until the approaching Federal reinforce
ments shall arrive aa asl Has
Col W. III. aPclk, of Crittendens staff;
Captain Hoblitzell, Of. Alex McCook' 5
staff, and Lieut.. Rockwell, oi Buell. staff
just arrived.
Noportion of the rebel forces are known
to be this side of Bardstown. ss
On the 18th our cavalry captured $50
rebels at Glasgow. On the 21st three
regiments of cavalry, under McCook,
drove 5000 rebel cavalry out of Mum
forlsville, without any Federal loss. The
rebels lost Colonel and Lieut.. Colonel.
Our forces had slight. skirmishes all
along the road hither ward, capturing
numerous small squads of rebels.
Col Ed McCook. of the Second Indi-
ana Cavalry, commanding the brigade OF
the Second Indiana and First and Third
Kentucky was at Elizabethtown this
morning On their way up, at. several
points he killed II rebels in the aggro-
gate, and in conjunction with Kennett' s
command took 1,500 rebel prisoners and
"a wagon-l loads Of provisions.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 24-Near midnight
Gen. Buell. has just arrived. Gen. Nelson
has just issued an order permitting on
tomorrow generol resumption of busi-
ness, and the issuing of passes to. loyal
persons and the discharge of all enrolled
citizens from duty. rsss si1l
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Proclamation by the President.
Martial Lao Proclatnsed and the Frit
Habeos Coypms Suspended Throughout
the United States

WHEREAS, Itshas become necessary to
call into the service, not only volunteers,
but also portions of the militia of the
States by draft, in order to suppress In
surrection existing in the United States,
and sdisloyaf persons are not adequately
restrained by the ordinary processes Of
law from hindering this measure, snd from
giving aid and comfort in various ways to
the Insurrection:
THERERoRB, Be 1T ORDERED: =
First. That during the existing In
surrection and as a necessary measure for
suppressing the same, all rebels and in
surgents, their aiders and abettors within
the United States, and all persons dis
couraging volunteer enlistments, resisting
militia drafts or guilty of any disloyal
practice, or offering aid and comfort to
the rebels against the authority Of the
United States, shall be subject to Martia'
Law, and liable to trial and punishment
by Court Martial or Military Commission
I Second. That the writ Of Habeds Cor
pns is suspended in respect to all persons
ARRESTED, or who are now, or hereafter
during the rebellion, shall be imprisonet
in any Fort, Camp, Arsenal, ,Militar.
Prison, OF. other place of confinement, BY
any military authority, or by the sentence
of any Court Martial or Military Com
mission.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto Sc
my hand and caused the seal Of the Uni
+ ted States to be affixed. s517pf
i Done at the City Of Washington thi
twentyfourth day of September, A. ?
1852, and Of the Independence Of tn
1 United States the Eighty seventh. -
i q (SigneD 80. .-.--- 80. !. /.
BY the President: 4,
/ WIN. Fl. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN KEN
4f sfosag TUCKY. ff.f...

Intelligence from Kentucky of Sept. "a
assures us that Bragg and his army of six
ty thousand have left Bardstown and gone
to Leabnon. Buellwas moving on Louis
vile, and was expected to reach there with
his army by Saturday, Sept ~. Bragg
was supposed to be moving to Frankfort
via Lebanon, to form junction with
Kirby Smith and Humphrey Marshall
the latest reports placing Marshall at OF
near Mt. Sterling, with considerable
force. When the Confederate force is
combined, it is said, it will number one
hundred thousand men, including the re-
cent enlistments of recruits in Kentucky
now being organized into regiments and
brigades. es.a-.6.,
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Administrators Sale.en

DYS virtue, of. an :, order. issu ID, from he
ID Prohete Couft Of Aoiro& lChauf& lOhio.
the pnisrsignsl as AdministratoF of shs
Estate Of William Adams, d<cSaS&d I'm eGss
for sale at public ontcry, ,ep khs esSnis9ssen
Saturday, the first daysof Nocessbers 1862,
between the hoars Of ten ocloek assln.s sd L
o'clock p. M, the following psssnisss. 10 nit;
Beginning sixteen and tvo-tsnth poles wsst
Of the south east corner of section number
Is. townslap Z. range z, thence vest sixts~n
poles, thence moth one and eight tsAth poiea.
thence north eighty-thr degrees east eight
poles, thence north 6fty-six degrees, etsE nine
and seven tenth poles, thence south eight and
four tenth poles to The splaeeS OF beginning.
containing sixty-four perches.
Also commencing for the Same at . stake
16 aud two-tenth. rods vest from Ito north
east corner of section sevsitesn. .Sth6uce west
thirty-two, rods and four tenths OF rod to .
stake on the north line Of said section, ,,thsnoa
south twenty-nine rods and six tenths to q
stake, thence east thirty-two rods aSa' four
tenths Of rod to stake, thence noftE ta>n,
ty-nine rods and four-tenths of q roa to The
place of beginning. containing six scrss; mora
or less, in said county Of MONROE. ssafa
TERMS OF SALE.-One-third cash ID hand,
one-third in one year, and one-third in two
years, with interest on the deferred payments,
WILLIAM HKNNING, Adn's.
S October /, 1862.--S5,25.2 <.<.st4
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candidate for Congress in sriis district.
We must not cease fighting until "the
viBers are exterminated," that is until
slavery is extinguished, no matter at what
price of blood and treasure. We will not
agree to the restoration of the Union on
any ternss unless slavery is abolished.
The. Democratic candidate for Congress
in this Dfstrict is in favor of restoring
the Union with Or without slavery. De-
eide which is the better Union man and
vote accordingly.
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ABOLITION SENTIMENT.

"Give us a rebel victory, let our armies
be destroyed, Maryland conquered, Wash
.ington captured; the President -exiled and
the government destroyed; give US these.
and any other calamities that can result
from defeat and ruin, sooner than a victory
with Mcclellan as General, "'''sR!a
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CAIRo, Sept. 24.-The feet carrying
the rebel prisoners to Vicksburg, was fired
into at Prentice, opposite Napoleon, Ark
Several balls passed through her, killing a
number Of the rebels. None of our men
were hurt. The gunboat landed and gave
the inhabitants 15 minutes to remove the
women and children. at the end of which
time the town was burned.
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Mr.. Cutters Votes in Congress

On the first page We give few speci-
mems of the votes of Mr.. Cutler during
the last Congress. 1t will be seen that
Cutler voted all the time with uLTRAs
and AGAINST such men as Senator Brown
ing, of Illinois, Senator Cowan of Penn,
Hon. V. B. Horton of this district, Hon.
r. A. Harrison and other conservative
Republicans Voters Of the 18th Dis
trict can you trust such a mani
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1.-THE PRAYER OF TWENTY MIL
LIONS"

rs To Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States:
That you will be pleased to make known
IL the people the names of the four mem
bers Of the Cabinet who, shortly before
the reyerses in front of Washington,
signed paper to the effect that unless
01d Mcclellan was removed from his
con1nand they would resign. "H. e.
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GOV. TOD,

The citizens of McConnellsville, Ohio,
held large indignation meeting the 9TH
er night, and denounced Dave Tod for
treating one of their citizens as he has
treated Judge Lang-TDin Advertiser, D
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DEMOCRATIC
MEETINGS!

r
fs There will be Democratic Meetings held
atsfhe times and places mentioned below
AL meetings to commence at o'clock in
the evening: =
= Malaga, Thursday, October End 1862
Lewsville, Saturday e 4th g
Forshey's School House in Franklin
Township, Friday, Oct. 3rd 1862
-. Calais, Saturday, October 4th 1862
fss' Lebanon, Monday, !" p 9Th
hss GraysviIIe, Tuesday, 7th
Antioch, Wednesday, 9th
80 Brownsville, Thursday, Oct. 9th
3 Barnes School House in jackson Tp
9 ~ g - Friday, October 10th, 1862
Sardis, Friday, i" 10th
Baresville, Saturday, 11th
New Castle, ." &c 11th
gf Darlington, Monday, g 6.h
e Eawyers School House, Adams Up,
81 Wednesday, October 9Th, 1862.
Cameron, Thursday, 9th /"
Boailsyille, Monday, 18th :"
'ess Morris School House, in Wayne Town
ship, Monday, October 18th 1862.
aa;s The Hon. JAMES r. NORRIS will
be in attendance at as many of these meet
ings as his time will allow. DR.. j. D.
O'Connsr, Eliel- Headley, Jos. w. Rich
eardson, Thos III. +. Passmore, James O.
8 Amos, Esqs., DIR. w. I. Sinclair and 9th
: ers, viii address the meetings.
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By this Sign We Conquer!

"THE UNION AS IT WAS, AND
THE CONSTITUTION AS 1T Isl"
81 hold that THIS Government was made
on the WHITE BASIS, by WHITE
MEN, for the BENEFIT of WHITE MEN,
and their POSTERITY forever"-STE-
PHEN A. DOUGLAS.
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: Money Wanted.

sWe are very much in need of money al
the presant time, and hope that our friends
who know themselves to be indebted to
us on subscription, will remit on or before
stlie frst Of October, at which time zoe mas
haze money to meet pressing demands.