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REPUBLICAN SPLIT IN WISCONSIN.

The Wisconsin Radicals are 50 dissatisfied
with the action of the late Republican conven-
ton. in that state, that they have decided to
bolt. They have called new convention TO
meet at GAINESVILLE on the 9th. The Dally
Wisconsin, the foremost Republican paper OF
the state, says this new convention Is called
.sby the friends Of universal suffrage which
Is its euphorsm for negro suffrage.
The same paper goes into a general exPost-
ton of the grounds Of dissatisfaction with the
action Of the regular convention, at Madison,
in which, it says "a very timid policy prevail
ed" We quote:
A considerable proportion OF the delegates,
and MANY of them men eminent for character
and ability, were resolved that some positive
declaration in our favor Of universal suffrage
should be included in the platform; and though
the majority Of the convention were evidently on
anxious not to say anything that should ap-
pear TO condemn or oppose the policy OF Isesi-
dent Johnson IN the Southern States, there
prevailed, az we think, among them willing
ness to adopt any resolution that would have
stated the universal principle, without direct
" finding fault with the President. But thu
was not allowed, and, mainly through the eX
'ertion and the influence of Senator Doohttle
the platform as it stands was finally adopted
1t is not Surprising that this result has CIV
en- satisfaction to the more advanced RepubiI
cans of the state.
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vanquished seeking the first occasion to throw
off hated foreign yoke.
"Alr. Stevens boldly ayowed bis belief" SAYS
the report of his speech, sthat the very exist
ence of the Republican party depended upon the
rebel States being kspt oat Of tie Ul4:9n tor a-
lgjale" All, there is the trouble If the I'M
ion is restored-if the Southern States are per-
mitted 10 send representatives to Congress, it
will not work well for the Republican party.
The interest Of the Republican party is para
mount 70 the Union. And this from the rep
resentative of party that has treated us du-
ring the past four years to so many smooth
words about suGordinating the interests Of a
party TO the Union At last we find that the
Republican party comes before the Union. But
we are not surprised. The Republican party
was placed before the Union in 1861 when tie
Crlttenden Compromise was rejected, because il
might damage the party, and why should it
not retain the first place in the affections of the
same men in the year 1865 Perish hum
dred Unions rather than abate an iota of our
prnclplesi" was the shibboleth Of the IitJHae in
1861. The Union has perished, according to Mr..
Stevens, and must stay perished FOR the good Of
the Republican bGry. This is tive watchword
Of the same old disunion leaders in 1865.
The truth is so plain that no man can mis-
take it, that the Democratic party IS now the
Only organization in the coantTy in tavcr Of
he restoration of the Union, and the only par
ty that is giving the President hearty and SIN
cere support in bis efforts TO restore the Union
and re-establish the supremacy Of the Constr
tuition. The radicals are now as hostile to the
Union as eyeS, and the leader Of ills faction
are everywhere sounding the notes of prepara-
ton fer vigorous onset upon the President
ard lis nncasUves.--y97e.
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| ments toward the people they were compelled
I to fight; and now that the war Is over, they
have no thought OF wish to crush fallen foe.
] For they know perfectly well that the people of
/ the South must come to be our friends,-that
as the nation IS one, 50 have all its people a
common welfare, to be secured by COM
mon sentiments Of respect and of mutual re-
gard. Nobody anywhere, who has any ust
conception of the duties and necessities of the
immediate future dreams of stripping the al
ready impoverished people of the South, as a
means Of promoting and building up the pros
perity of the nation. The great mass of the
Northern people, without regard to party, will
sustain, heartily aud vigorously, the policy of
the President. They went into the war re-
Iuctantly, but they have fought it Olt victor
iOasly; and they accept the e;;trpatiOn Of slav-
cry the perpetuation Of the Union, the increas-
ed consideration and respect which we enjoy a.
broad, and the selt-Teliance and courage which
II has developed at home, as an equivalent FOR
the 9ut4er!ngs, burdens aud sacrifices it has III
volyed. And much as we detest their cause,
we have no reason to be a3h&n,ed CT the man
ner in which the people Of the South evinced
their devotion to it. Their courage, their de-
yot;on, their readiness to sacrifice everything
dea' to them in its behalf, do honor to the A
nleIican name
We trust tie people Of the South will pros
oeute, with continued energy and confidence,
their efforts to renew the prosperity Of the
Southern States Let them heed the Presidents
warning and pay no regard to speeches that
may seem to breathe spirit of hatred and re-
yenge. They have their fate in their own
hands. If they will take hold promptly and
properly Of the task that awaits them, appre
ciate Alright the new relations, POLITICAL indus
trial, and social, which the war has brought a.
bout, and act with wise reference to the neceg-
sites which those changed relations have crea-
ted, they can easily dsarm all distrust and com
mand the hearty and effective sympathy Of I'll
the people in the Northern States.
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TO THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL Con- Rooms |
PIMA, Sept 10, 1865.

l DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL Com. Rooms
PIMA, Sept 10, 1865.
You are upon the eve of most important
election.
Both political organizations have announced
] their platforms, and presented their candidate;
for your Itfrages.
The Democratic party distinctly affirms its
support of the policy of reconstruction adopted
by President Johnson, and announces its oppo-
sition to negro suffrage and Negro equality
Upon these, THE REAL ISSUES OF THE CANVASS,
the Republican platform Is ambiguous, its can
didates are mute, its central authority is silent.
We believe Aat it is your right to know their
sentiments, and that they who seek your sup
port should be frank in the expression of their
opinions. u.--
Can you sustain ;he President by voting for
those who refuse to endorse his policy? viii
you hazard the superiority of your race by vo-
ting for those who are unwilling to proclaim
their belief in the inferiority of the negro
DEMOCRATS OF PENNSYLVANIA
Press home upon your antagonists the vital
issues Of the campaign.
Through the press and on the rostrum, in
the field and in the workshop, demand that they
shall answer
ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST PRESIDENT JoN-
SONS POLICY OF RECONSTRUCTION?
ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST NEGRO SUFFRAGE
OR NEGRO EQUALITY?
BY order of the Democratic State Central
Committee.
NM. A. WALLACE. Chairman.
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On the 30th of March, 1864, Mr.. Hopkins,
the Democratic Senator from Washington coun-
ty, offered the following resolution in the State
Senate:
Resalred, That the Committee on Federal Re-
lations be instructed to bring in a Joint resoIu.
tioa ;1structing our Senators, and requesting
our representatives, II Congress ID vote for a
proposition TO pay the n5n-commissioned Off
GERS and private soldiers of the army Of the u
nitei States in coin or its equivalent.
This it viii be seen, was proposition to IN
crease tie pag Of the Sollss, yet how as Il met
by the Republican majority in the Senate ;
Was 1t promptly passed, snd me soldiers paid
of tbo - r~rrenoy which 1e hen President
Of t;s ae oh'tef States w.s receiving in payment
ii' went 70 tfs ff ommite "a f4erNl IT, aa sJ l
the Senate, paaiority Of whom were Repub-
licans, and there s,ambered until the 18th OF
April, when Mr.. Hopkins introduced resolu-
tior directing that committee to report on the
following day. This resolution was defeated,
every Republican Senator ro1iaq against tie sane
and thus pr :nersass of the pay of the soldier;
was preycated.-Ags.
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DEM0CRATSl--THE DUTY OF The
HOUR.

The following well timed article we appro-
pirate from the GreensbuTg Argus:
At the last session, (l865l an Abolition (very
SI0N-bssides mileage G. rs REfII2o RlEI oi5,EtTs StsT
was added 10 the salary of the State Librarian
aus each speaker was voten -irhtv-oro dsuelna
extra In addition to tH!s, scVeral ~-.,,--.-~,.
were voted an additional hundred dollars Some
entire committees drew fifty dollars each add'-
tioaq! and one entire committee got one hum
dred dollars each-eGtrGi r.
The session commenced on tie Sd Of Janua-
~. and closed on the oath of MarCh-eighIy-
one dogs-a fitHe ouer $l3 20 per day. But
Forney says they were in session only titly-one
days. actually, which would he about
S2I 80 PER DAY!
In this calculation we have averaged the mile
ace Of the members al $50. 1t is well known
that manv of the members were absent great
deal, attending to private speculations.
But still worse. The Constitution prohibits
members of the legislature from accepting any
Office created duriug his term of office. In the
early DAYS Of our State, the members did their
own Jra1aaq-Latterly, the ministers at Harris
burg. by invitation. opened the morning ses-
sions of the house with prayer. Last year the
ministers being o. the b'act-copprhsad tripe,
refused to pray without being paid for it. The
Rev. B. s. Hi, member of the house from
Erie, was elected, or chosen 10 the face OF the
I Constitution, to otficiate as chaplain, and our
very 'sloyap legislature paid him three hundred
/ dollars for extra services !" A very cunning
way of "whipping the devil around the stump.
/ Ten days of the session had passed before he
was elected, and very often he was not present
to oficiate He could not have prayed more
fran forty DAYS. He received therefore, about
/ 81 80 PER DAY
for not more than forty prayers, Of from two
to three minutes in length. Yet this same
black copperhead legislature, and this Kew b
! s. Hill VOTED DOWN A BILL 70 ALLOW JURORS
/ ATTENDING COURT, TWO DOLLARS PER DAY.
As the last legislature voted themselves anC
their Offices about Sl55, 900 compensation, anc
Dassed only foysy-sccen laws of general ma
ture, making 8ixty-two pages, fifteen OF whlcl
are the appropriation bill, (the laws of purely
local character are many, and make largt
volnme( so that each law of a general natur
costs the taxpayers Of the State about clever
hundred and fifty dollars, besides the printing
end binding
we have glanced at bat oae of the many a
buses Of the black copperhead party. Il IS
corrupt party Or tax-ridden voters OF Bed
ford. Pennsylvania, will you longer tug an
pay, and pay and tag, or will you dismiss you
fa;tbless and corrupt servants, md vote TO
those old-fashicned Democrats Davis and Lin
ton. Colborn and smith Seriously ponder {
, yer this question Our candidates are homes
fearless, independent and incoruptl0Le.
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WHAT DANIEL WEBSTER SAID.-We can
not publish too often the following prophetic
language, uttered in Faneuil Hail, Boston, in
1880, by the immortal Webster. Said he;
If the fanatics and abolitoniSts ever get the
power into their hands, they will override The
Constitution, set the Supreme Court at defiance
change and make laws to spit themselves, lay
violent hands on those who difer with them in
their opinions OF dare question their infallibili-
ty, and finally bankrupt the country and de-
luge it with blood.
How fearfully, in every word, has the pre-
diction come TO pass!
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Horace Greely, in an article denQuncing
matrimonial advertisements IL paper, says
Of women, that
"Besides prid;ag themselves upon their per-
sonal attractions, and fancying ;hem Of more
value than they really are, women are art
less and unsophisticated and easily deluded "
If there is any woIaan more ''unsophlsti-
Gated" or more "easilys led than Horace
Greely himself, it must be Greely's wife
/ There is moi another one sure.
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elett p 9oetrn u .
WHEN THIS OLD HAT WAS NEW.

Before this hat was made,
King George was on the throne,
Our Fathers all were rebels then
And fought with Washington;
The Tories cheered for old King George
The Revolution through;
And Dragged about their loyalty,
Ere this old hat was new.
When this old hat tgas new
The sons Of that base crowd
Revived the cry Of Loyalty
And beloved it aloud
The Government our Fathers made
For them would never do
And they have torn its bulwarks down
Since this old hat was new.
When this old nat was new
There was no public de&t,
No Greenbacks took the place Of gold
No millionaire had yet
His pile for Seyen-ThiTties spent
On which Ho tax was due,
But each man fairly paid his tax
When this old hat vas new.
When this old hat was new
Elections still we're free.
And every man was thought to have
! right to liberty;
Arrests were made by course Of law,
Trials we're speedy 700,
And Seward rang no little bell,
When this old hat was new
When this Cd hat was new
This land was in IT'S prime
Miscegensti0n vas uutaugbt
In all this happy CLINE;
And white folks then were thought as good
AS Sambo. Cuff o. Sue;
But things have sadly changed about
Since this old hat was new.
When this cid hat vas new
The poor white man Was free,
And every year bran new boy
Could dandle Oh his knee;
But now, for eyery child he has,
He faxed til! all IL J,uv;
But things I tell you were not SO
When this old hat was new
When this old hat was new
tFola dollars did abound,
And not u stamp in 81 the land
Could sny where be found
But now you dare not kiss your wits
Unless you stamp her too;
But things Z teII yVu weIo BOT SO
When this old hat was new.
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ez-The persons who call themselves the ''Un-
ion party" are the only ones now in the coun-
try who are opposed to Union. The Southern
States want to get back into the Union; Presi-
dent johnson wants them back: the Democracy
want them back, and every conservative man,
North and South wants them back; but the
''Yunyun party" with Simon Cameron and
Thaddeus Stevens at their head, are determln-
ed there shall be no Union-''for awhile '-un-
Ill t1ley get their S'hands strengthened" with
perpetual power. ''Union party" indeed !
Riiiculous-unles5 hey mean union of coll
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MIvcrTNG oF The RACEs.-We learn that
the Miscegenation theory has been practically
commenced in small way at tie right place
Washington. A big black wench has been ap'
pointed to position in the female apartment
of the Treasury Department together with some
| ''white trash -.s
The white females itapPeaTs, board in clubs.
at different houses, and the colo red lqdy having
made application to the proprietor for one oi
| those club houses for boarding was ct once as
signed to proper quarters When dinner came
the ''white trash" and c2iored lady all met al
the same table for their Fations; but the white
guests having no other mode of manifestine
their distaSte for such social progress, gave the
new boarder room enough at the table to ac
commodate ten boarders We hope that either
| Stanton or Holt, will issue an order compelling
the 'swhite trash to sit close up to their col
ored sister, and if they refuse to obey, appoint
| a military commission, and try them for trea
son. Let them know that we have a govern
ment, and that darkies have rights, that mus
be respected
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REPUBIICANIsM vs.. TIE ,PREsIDEST.-The
Republican party is coming into open hostility
against President Johnson. Their Penusylva-
MIA State platform-framed to suit Thad. Stew
ems, Grow, SC, says:
s'That the people Of the Southern states can
not be safely entrusted with the political rights
which they have rejected"
But Andrew Johnson writes to the governor
of Mississippi that -.
"The people must be trusted with TIER opn
government; and, if trusted, my opinion is
that they will act in good faith, and restore
their former constitutional relations with ali
the States composing the Union"
Man cannot serve God and Mammon; and
Republicans who wish to sustain the President
cannot vote for the tickets nominated by the
ring-leaders who oppose the Presidents restor-
alton policy.
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ga parsimonious sea captain answering
The con1plaints of his men that the bread was
bad. exclaimed: "What complain OF your
bread that is made from flour What do you
think of the Apostles? they ate shew bread
made from old boots aud shoes"
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Posr THE BOOKS -Witbin week CT so the
following huge robberies have come to light:
C. Winsor, Mercantile Bank. .....S 275,00O
A. Townsend, New Haven Bank. -. $4,000
Smith :. Eastman, Produce Broker. 100000
Henry y. Jenkins, Phoenix Bank. 800, 900
p. r. Mumford. Stock Broker. -. 100. eco
D. M. Ketchum, Banker. ......4 500, 600
Unknown Cashier. ...........,.. 100000
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erAE exchange gives the following sensible
advice; 'sS;ick to your home paper. No mat
ter il you are poor, remember none are 50 poor
as the ignorant, except it be the depraved, ana
they too often go together. Keep your home
PAGER. Remember that it is the advertiser OF
yoar neighborhood and tells you what is 60
ing on around you instead Of thousand miles
away.
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THE CRops in England have turned out bad
" Astbe wheat crop in the Emitted States is
twenty millions os bushels short OF an Average
the supply from this quarter cannot be depeh-
ded upon, without largely enhancing tLo price
Our, corn crop, which has bee, iarge, may pos
sjbly help England out Of ner difficulty.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-29

esgThe Abolilionists of Minnesota, in their
State Convention, week ago, read one Andy
Johnson cut VI their marty. Won't Andy feel
don't behave himself.
Our opinion IS that said Andy viii read ''tie
party" out of power if it don't soon behave IT.
self and support s'the government,
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-29

'MIscEGENAuoS, A singular case of mis-
cegeHat:oE came before the police court in New
York on Monday, when it was discovered that
Charles Henry Hause, colored waiter, had
not only married white woman, but had de-.
serted her and afterwards taken to himself an
other. BY both of them he had children. The
women were sent to Blackwelrs Island for six
months
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Total
S5,920,00O

Total s5,92O, 600
Political crime and private immortality 60
hand in hand. The days of Republican sue
cess are those of stealing and robbery.
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WHAT WILL CONE ?-Jf the aboltionists re-
main in power the following will come. In
some of their States white men unable to read
are already prevented from voting. The aboli-
tionsts are now striving to give negroes votes.
The next move will be TO prevent men from vo-
ting unless they possess certain amount of
money, as in England. Then the balIot-boxes
will only be accessible to the rich, while the
poor are excluded. Such is the policy of the
abolitionists They are tearing down the dis
tinctions between the whites and blacks and
building up distinctions between the rich and
the poor. This they call reconstruction"
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A Radical PAPER BoLuNG.-Ihe Troy (0j
Times, radical Republican paper in Miami
county, is not satisfied with the action of the
Republican State Convention in indorsing Pres
ldent Johnson. 1t says, after quoting the in
dOrsement:
This Of course settles the matter here in
Ohio until the next Convention meets. Those
who believe in supporting the President in his
wholesale pardoning of rebels and in refusing
the ballot 10 colored soldiers, will Of course
support the candidates that stand upon this
platform. For our own part, we support no
such principles nor themen who advocate them.
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sEIf you are poor, sit down and growI a.
bout it. BY so doing you are sure to get rich
and make yourself particularly agreeable 70
everybody.
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A CAPITAL EvAsIoN.-rwo literary ladies'
were lately witnesses in a trial.
One Of them upon hearing the usual ques-
ton asked. ''What is your name and how
old are you ?" turned to her companion, and
said:
II dc not Ike to tell my age; not that have
any objection to having it known; but dom t
want it published in ali the newspapers"
"Wel said the witty Mrs.--, 81 will tell
you how to avoid it. You have heard the OBJ
lection 10 all hearsay e,idence tell them you
dent remember when you were born, and az
you know of it is by hearsay.'
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TIE LAST SUsrzNsIoa Of The writ Of ha5eas
corpus was by the President ofthe United States
himself, in the case Of persons charged with
stealing Government horses. The Genera
who made the arrest said there was no ooJec-
ton to turning the men ever 70 civil authon-
ties, ''if they corId be tried immediately" The
General certainly could not have been mem
Der of court-martial with which it usually
takes from four to five months to try single
case. The use the word immediately was
probably ironcai
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CURIOSITY OF THE WAR.

Among the curiosities brought home by the
95th Iowa is wooden mortar, used at the re-
duction of Spanish Fort, near Mobile. 1t is
not ''Quaker gum" Ike those which fright
ened General Mcclellan at Manassas, bu: an
instrument capable of formidable execution.
1t is made of the famous gum tree" ard is
constructed like other mortars, the Whole be-
ing of wood, except iron bands near the end
of the mortar, to make it more secure. 1t can
throw a twelve-pound shell. The idea OF con-
structng these mortars, we are told, was bor-
rowed from yankee, who first used them to
throw shot into Vicksburg. Twenty-Five were
constructed for the pioneer corps, snd they
did good service il the attack on Mobile Three
men could carry and manage q mortar with
ease, and they were used in rife pits and pos
itions where they could be used without ex-
posuTe 10 the enemy's t!ie.