Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-09-14
aaftslmau's 5ournal.
CLEARFIELD, PA, SEPT. II, 1864
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL.
Letter from Philipsburg, Pa.
PHILIPsBURG, Pa, SaPT. 5, Isl

DEAR JOURNAL The great CaIcago
Convention has completed its labors for the
present, and put upon the track for the
next Presidential race, Mcclellan and Pen
dleton as their choice The Presidential
| campaign of 1864, may now be considered
fairly opened Three teams are on the
course, and an exciting contest is expected.
But there is no doubt of Lincoln and John
son winning the race, and coming down the
%home stretch easy winners, by countless
thousands Of an odds in their favor.
Now will commence all the Vaccinations,
pipe laying, and political scandal incident to
a Presidential campaign. The course that
the hackers of Mcclellan and Pendleton in
tend to pursue, is paved out, by one OF the
speakers, who is a Judge by the way, at the
ratification meeting of the Chicago nomi-
nees, held In New YoIk City 'on the 3lst
ult In the course Of his speech he remark
ed that ii Lincoln attempted to enforce a
draft in this city or any where else, hewould
find that the Beast Butler could not carry
it out Immense applause. He did not
mean to excite them. He had children, and
he would say If a draft was enforced TO free
| negroes n the South, he would rather die
there than see it carried out Loud ap-
plause.
Another speaker who claimed to hail from
Pennsylvania, John h. Overheld, said
ou have come together now to take ac-
ton TO restore those liberties which that Ne
cession scoundrel, ABE LINCOLN, has taken
FROM you, the rights OF the poor man; and
we have selected George b. Mcclellan, the
man who held the white man ab ove Abe
Lincoln and his niggers Once
poor man could walk in the streets free and
speak his mind but under the rule OF that
ignoramus, Abe Lincoln, he cannot. Bear
in mind, gentlemen, that you are the Gov
ernment, and not that ScOuadret at Wash
,agt1a. We at the North are safe to say
what is the Government. Now, gentlemen,
you re but to look this matter In the face,
and say whether you will pay these high
prices and be drafted and torn from the bo-
SONS of your families (crles of no, no
Will you be torn from these. or will you
stay at home and train your children up.
That question is to be decided next Novem
ber A voice, we Won g0.)
Such are the sentiments of speakers who
address ratification meeting of the nomi-
nees of Convention who are in favor of
stopping the war. This is stopping it with
d vengeance, telling the people TO resist the
laws of the land Such language can be
construed in no other light than that OF
open rebellion, and yet the continual cry OF
the copperheads is stop the shedding of
blood, look at the thousands of lives that
have been lost by this unholy war. the
countless millions of treasure expended, and
nothing gained. T" Stop the war, indeed.
when such traltorous wretches openly en-
courage the people to rush to arms, and
transfer the rebellion from Southern TO
Northern soil Talk of poor men, 5 rights
being infringed upon by high prices When
in the history of our country, have the la
boring classes hourished as they do to-day.
The common day laborer now receives two
dollars per day, and the demand Is IN large
excess of the supply Only few days ago,
in conversation with day laborer, he COM
planned Of the Administration, the war,
high prices, niggers and all the role of the
cops, stereotyped phrases, ! said TO him,
why you need not care how high the prices
are, your price for day work goes up
along with the rest Yes, said he, they
do now, but after little the slaves will all be
free and oyerrun the North, and | must
work as cheap as they will or starve.
''Wellp | replied, If all these saves, say
four millions of them come North there
will be one to every FIVE white men now,
ask YOU, if that increase of laboring men
would come here to-day, would they so over
stock the demand for labor, as to reduce dai-
ly wages from two dollars day, to so low
price that you would starve? Look at this
town and vicinity, | continued. "since the
war began, and did it ever flourish as it does
this hour !; the increase of the laboring pop
ulation is ten fold to what it was foux years
ago, the price for a day work was then
seventy-iye cents, and to-day it is two dol
lars this too, remember, at an increase of
10 to /. and yet you complain of the Presi-
dent, that he will free all the slaves, they
will come North, and by an increase of in
5, reduce your wages TO starvation prices.
Out on such humbug. Stand by your coun-
try. do all you can TO assist in crushing this
rebellion, and do not listen so attentIvely,
to those traitorous rascals who would have
YOU believe such stuff. 'sOh, said he,
II have not time TO read ike some people,
and cannot argue the question, L only Judge
by what / hear Others say.
This is a fair specimen Of the class OF
men who permit themselves to be led about
and allow themselves TO do first what certain
leading copperheads tell them.
'Tis now the witching hour of night, all
is calm and still, save the groans and agonl-
zing shrieks now and then emanating from
a temporal body, that was lately carried
down street and deposited on store porch,
that she might there enjoy tired natures
sweet restorer, balmy sleep Oh whis
Ky, thou demon, when viii thy reign cease.
Oh ye sellers of rum, when will you learn to
refrain from desecrating God s holy day, by
the selling of this demi- God Alast indeed
for the morals of our town. Wfissy4Is Is