Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-06-10
THE asN1IKs,, IN COUNCIL.

! ministration held at Independence Square,
! Phiadelphia, meeting. which appears 10
have been conducted under the personal su-
pervision of the notorious Bill McMnliin. Its
| purpose was to denounce the course which has
been pursued in relation TO Yailandigbsm.
ssThe people of the United States,'' say these
| sympathizers, sshave been insuIfed, and the
:. laws of the land aud principles of human
g liberty trampled on by the military arrest,
8. trial and exile of Clement L. Yalandigham."
and valiantIy resolve that it is ''a vioiences'
to which they es,cil not aud ought not 10 sab
| :. mn''-that sthe remedy for it is in the bal
{. lot box, at the coming and rapidly approach
SO ing election, when by the votes of an out
90 ragged people. STATE authority will be restor
Sc ed 10 the Democratic party. trho ,ri!l their
q poaeer, thus quietly and constitutionaliy OBJ
/ 's tanned, 10 protect STATE rights TO re5pLe and
60 check Federal asurpafion; 10 secure the per-
g Sonai immunity of indiriduais; and CON-
s' mence the reconstruction of the Union" :"
All OF which means, in plain English, if it
means anything at all, that, if the Democracy
can elect Governor in this State, the, viii
maintain the right OF Secession oppose the
United States Government in its efforts to
crush the Rebellion and prevent the arrest
of men who preach treason and counsel resis-
lance to the CONSUMPTION law! and that, too,
| it is plainly hinted by force of arms; for,
mark We. they say, they ssuM use their poger, -
to carr, out their views set forth in the raso-
luton quoted.
The Press, in noticing the meeting editori
ally. says:
| 1.-The only thing remarkable about the
| whole demonstration is the air OF tim id ity
| and coward &c that characterizes the leaders of
| what is kn ,wu the Democratic party. The
active men of that party remained away. For
! some reason other they seemed TO dread
| the presence of the people on issue of
| tagonism tn the Government. Judge Lewis,
| one OF the boldest and abest of the Democrat
| Ic leaders, and who is always brought forward
by his party when courage ard capacity are
| necessary, seems to be the only prominent
| Democrat who came forward. We saw moth
| ing OF Mr.. Vitte. That ambitious and unscru-
pulOus deInagogue is so busiy engaged in
! begging nomination, which has thus far been
| scornfuily refused him, that he cannot afford
| TO place himself on such a decided platform.
| Mr.. Cassidy was not to be seen, any o {
his friends of the old Douglas organizations
The old party was absent. We saw nothing
| of the brave and true of the past. A
| leading Know Nothing of New York was an
invited guest, while another Know n Nothing !,
in the person of Mr.. Randall, was uniuvited
| or did not see proper to come. To give it
respectability, long forgotten and veHera-
Bile fossil was exhumed in Clearfield. and
/ carefully brought to the city, in the person of
Ex Governor Bigler This notorious poiti-
| clan, who belongs to the poDderous tribe of
| which J. Clancy } ones is approved speci-
men, might have remained in the obscurity
with which he sought to hide HIS weakness
| as senator and a governor. Then we have
Mr.. Charles j. Riddle, gallant soldier whlt.
the army was in winter qasrters. and an elo-
quent civilian the campaign began,
and the leaders OF The Club in the persons of
Mr.. G.. w Biddle. Nj Mccall, Mr.. McMullin
and Mr.. 1ngersoil, took possession of the meet
! ing. Mr.. Northrop made an ecstatlc speech
| and Young gentleman fresh from the lyceums
| and with some fame orator upon such
sbstruce qustions as, .sWhether Juliu,, Caesar
was greater than Napoleon or g Did the in
vention of steam benefit mankind, y &C., read,
| TRADE upon the President These were the
| leaders OF the great meeting.
| SIT seems that great men from other States
| were besought to come. but in their stead
| they sent letters. Mr.. Fernando Wood de-
clned to attend, in remarkable epistIe. He
! regards MIR. Vallandigbam' g arrest as ssa neces-
| sary measure" in which we perfectly
agree, and recommends frank peace policy
'.Let US, therefore," he says, sstike 0t the
cause, and declare for peace aud aguinsf the
| tsGr ~ This sentence contains the creed OF
the whole party, although Mr.. Wood must re-
ceive the credit of being its bodest apostle.
| We take Mr.. W ood's letter. and answer every
speaker with the words we have quoted. 'sLet
us strike at the cause,'' says Woodland his
| Philadelphia satellites say ssAmen." Mr..
James Brooks, in imitation of Dogberry finds
the arrest OF Mr.. ValIandigham to be sbur-
glary"-while the renegrade, A. Oakley Hail.
| of New York, makes bad paraphrases of good
| poetry. Mr.. Carrigan writes that he is under
the care of the doctors. and sends long, blat-
ant epistle. which seems to reflect upon the
efficacy OF his ply scianS. We believe he
makes an sllusion to fsthe shadow OF the hall
&c, - aud other original thoughts of the same
description. The greatest letter of all, how
ever, is from our magnificent friend. the Hon
orsble Richard Vaux. He could not come,
but be wrote the Democracy many truths.
As Mr.. Vaux is the Adonis as well as the A
polio of the Democratic party, his words are
inspirations. He Announces the startling fact
that - History repeats ITSELF and that the bal
lot box is ssthe ark of the covenant" Our
wonder is that he did not call il Hail Coum-
bia, or tell us something about the ssLand of
the Brave and the Home OF the free,'' or
s.lovey woman.'' After Mr.. Vaux. we have
two epistles from gentlemen calling them
selves George NJ. Wharton and J J.0tterson, j r.
They very long.
"a meeting like this will do the cause great
good. But il would be well to revise the cor
respondence in future, for such letter as that
of Mr.. w God ill go far to convince the peo-
Pile of the country of the real nature of the
Democratic schemes againt the Republic
These things are not intended for the public
and the simple hearted Mr.. Dittman must be
Taught discretion in the futrue. sta s
asa
The Portland Adyertizer, in noticing the
case of an idiotic boy named Archibald