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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05
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The great issue at the appproachinp
election is whether the white peOple oi
the United Statesshall continue topuld
this Eovernment or mako it a mixed
government, white and black. The
Democratic party, as heretofore, stlll
maintain that our government was es-
tablished by white men and for fff,it
benefit, wbiie,the republican party arc
for changing the fundamental pripei.
pies of our government and "make all
eqnal before the law, as they say
Yet IN certain localities this doctrine
is denied even by republicans. Thad
Stevens intimates that only for tthe
tiuidity of the leaders Of his party,
Congress would have come out uBrais.
takeably on this ,qtcstion. Thadeus
Stephens says: "fhe great issue 10 be
met at this election, is the question OF
Negro rights. y 81 admit that funda.
mental principle of the republican
creed is that every being possessed of
an immortal soul is equal before the
law. The same law must and shall
apply to every mortal American, Irish
men, African or Turk" Surely Ste
vens speaks by authority---for he is the
acknowledged leader of the radicals,
and their abiest man in the lower
House of Congress. Take the action
of the last Congress, and what have
they done legislate for tho negro,
not because they particularly love the
negro, but by doing so, to perpctuate
the republican party in power. We
know that there are many, very many,
honest men in the Republican party
who honestly think that the party in
power do not mean to make this a
mixed government, but these we would
refer to the records of Congress. Ths
Congress voted by strict party vote
to give the negro q vote in the District
OF Columbia-after the white citizens
thereof had by almost unanimous
vote rejected the proposition by ballot.
Julian, Of Indiana, says that it was
done, not because it was right in prin-
ciple, but to humiliate the citizens of
the District; but this explanation is
the lowest kind of justification fortheir
action in changing the organic laws
for the government of nine Territories
they altered the existing law-and
gave the negro vote the same as
white man, in the Territories. Was
this to humiliate the voters Of these
loyal territories, for surely no rebels
reside there. Would oGod that every
voter in the land understood the real
issue at this election and would vote
irrespective of his former party aflilia-
tions and associations. We believe
that in such an event the Government
Of our forefathers would be maintained
and that this would still continue to be
a white mans Government. We know
that the people are investigating the
issues, and we have no fears of. the ul-
innate triumph of our principles
[Signal. Et
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05
rsyaThe Baltimore Convention

E4 The Baltimore Convention,
which nominated Lincoln and Johnson
for President and Vice-president, was
made up of delegates from the South
ern as we'll as the Northern States
The South was sought to be ruled out
by Thad. Stevens, but the attempt
failed. II was decided that as States
in the Union they had right TO be
represented. Now, Mr.; Johnson, the
nominee Of that Convention, is called
a traitor by some, because he is for the
admission Of the Southern Representa-
tives to Congress- They want him to
apply different rule to Congress than
they themselves were governed by in
their own Convention-[C Cincinnati
Enquirer. t-
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05


S9- Posts Of the "Grand Army OF the Re-
public" nrs being rapidly organized in all
pSrts Of Iowa. From the Adjutaut General
OF this Department (Iowa) we understand
that pince the lst ullImo thirty five posts
have been organized, and are in successful op-
eration.- Davenport Gazette. e..
We learn that these posts,a as they are called
nre being organized throughout this section oil
Ohio. II is only another plan to cheat the
honest voters-another secret organisation,
like the Know Nothiugs, Wide Awakes and
Loyal League organizations, by which the cleo
lions ore TO be carried. Soldiers aud citizens
be on your guard. A more Infamous acheme
was never devised than the organisation ol
these secret political clubs, BY which base and
designing men are to be elevated to power,
and the overthrow Of the cherished institutions
Of The courtry affected. Voters be forewarDed.
To be forewnrDed. Is to be forearmed. Every
device that the inimitive genius OF the age can
employ will be brought into requistior, TO
elevate to power the deSperata men who con-
troll the majority in the present Congress aud
who uphold aud defend their mad Schemes.--
ISignal. q E roIl5s sal lo
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05
The JacObin Preference for the
- - IL. Il = NPrnn. --L..---.- u

The Jacobins, in their legislation in
Congress, not only given the negro
complete equality, but in some impor-
tant respects confer upon him special
privileges. Thus, if man is negro
and served two years in the army, they
appropriate him one hundred dollars
bounty. If he was white man and
served the same lenghth of time, he
only gets fifty dollars, Thus for being
black there isa premium of fifty dol
lars. .'if 'fa
r In theiramendments to the Constitu-
tion the States are allowed TO excluded
one-half the white race from the polls,
and yet they can count the excluded
class in the basis of Congressional rep
representation. IF they do not allow
the negro to vote however they must
not count himt Here is another prem
ium for being a negro - z f
In their law fordiddng the Territor-
les from refusing negro suffrage, there
is no provision to prevent large classes
of whites from being disfranchised 1t
is only the negro who is protected
[Cincinnati Enquirer. H odw
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05
that these noble soldier admirers and
lovers would take care Of you
Didn't vou2

Vii"O bhScS bODlc bOiuieI huUllTeTS anu
lovers would take care Of you
Didn't your. s...-l.h
1t came at last-with q flourish of
trumphets, and parade of flIberality-
| your extra bounties-to put begparlv
fifty or hundred dollar greenback in
your several pockets, money bravely
earned on -battlcfelds, in military
camps, in Southern prisons, in hospi-
tails where death struggled with life
through many weary day But IL
wds something---3gl3l saD ef3 81
Wash 'tit2r Rof med a5f
And them what2 Why the mem
bers of the Rump had worked very
hard-their duties had been extremely
arduous-$3 900 was a trife for o sim
gle session, with whisky at 80 high a
figure, and Washington seraglios and
mistresscs so extremely expensive, and
the custodians of the purse of Uncle
Sam voted themselves $1,000 apiece
extra, and seventeen months back pay
thoughtful on their part
Wasn't it? H-t
"All rightl' Soldiers began to for
ward their claims-that was all right
too, but, curious phonomenon--it was
soon discovered that Congress had
really voted the money, but, cxtraordi-
nary circumstance, had neglected TO
provide any funds, to make any appro-
priation TO meet thedemande Of the SOL
diers Good jokel Why don't you
smile? Funny, laugbable, comical,
boys in blue
Wasn't il?
The New York Tribune says the
Congressional grab was "a very un-
wise, cowardly, unprincipled acti"
Which is very pleasant manifestation
of virtuous INDIGNATION on the part of
the Tribune. But il has nothing 10
say against the fraud, the deceit, the
meanncss practiced toward the "boys
in blue" l .t .if
Not a wordl H ,-..l
OF course you will 90 on trusting the
men who have done this foul wrong to
you; continue to curse "Copperheads,"
revilc Democrats. insult and malign
TRAITORS and "disloyalp- love TO
be deceived and swindled and imposed
upon, do You not2 What nothing to
say? ..a ,t,. t,-.. ,........-t' .H'
Not wordt
.. You can vote, however, and will do
SO, as men frecmen, at home, too, not ut
the bidding of the petty tyrants who
could once give you the guard house
and extra duty and privations, for dar-
ing to exercise your birthright, fear
lessly or grantpromotions. honors, and
reward those who would sell their suf-
frages, and do the will of their tempo-
rary masters. ". e'.-.fi -- ~
. II is our opinion that in the fall elcc-
tons, among those who will take an
active part in the defeat of the Radi.
calls and the overthrow of the Rump,
will be found tens Of thousands of
THE BOYS IN BLUEr'.4aa Il
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05
Das~The Boston Pilot, the leac

pg"The Boston Pilot, the leading
Irish paper IN this country, likes the
bold, frank manner of the President in
addressing the people, and says:
"He does right TO defend himself
and his policy against the rude and
brutal attacks OF the Radicel Congress,
press and mob. He talks plainly TO
the people, and they understand him.
Figuratively, when he speaks. thirty
millions Of people listen. Singe- handed
and alone, with truth, sincere love for
the Union, and reverence for the Con-
stitution, and determination to enforce
the laws, he can meet and overturn his
enemies. We are thankful that he has
seen fit to take this course, and enter
tain the firm belief that tho results of
the Presidential tour will operate for
substantial good"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05
THE UNION FLAG SONG.
ny o. v,D,
Am-.1VM Lana Sunc.

- AIR-.-fVd Lung Sypc, l'
Shall the old Union flag so down I'D
And ne'cr be raised again -.. r...
Shall ten bright stars be blotted out, i.
And pleading men be slain? f? . ...
..f Forbid it, thou who first did say, . .....
- "Peace and good will to meni" ...
Forbid ii, Lord Of Peace and Love, ...l
Nor let us war again,
Shall ten fair States be doomed to die,
.si And brethren meet no more?
.i 7. Oh let us raise our voices high
gn For "USIoS RvERaoRR "a s,r''
God bless the starry flag we love, iIa
The Banner Of the Freei ra .n
aI II ne'er shall float its tattered folds
i'- 0'er States no longer free. ~ gla
FHf.f .fa I'D ...l I...I . H
tt Then float the flag we love so well,
IA Without spot defaccd, ... ..a.-.
I, And swear no State shall be enslayed,
No star shall be erased.
Unfold the red, the white and blue,
f't Mako every star to shines
5l Oh! give us back our flag as twas
81 In the days Of "autG iahg ssBe." li..f
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05
How They Lie.

A fellow who intrudod himself into
the Presidential party, and for his i'm
pertincncg was put off the train at Col
umbug wrote a long account OF pre-
tended conversation he had with Gene
raj Grant lor the Chicago Republican.
In that General Grant was made to
deny the correctness of the theater
scene as described at the time in this
paper, and TO speak disrespcctfnlly of
the Enquirer In the same letter the
reporter makes General Grant declare
he would not voto for such a man as
Clymer, of Pennsylvania. A dispatch
from Washington thus disposes Of the
falsehood: l...-. f,.-..F ....
WASHINGTON, September 22.-Gen-
eral Grant denies the reports put in
circulation concerning his preference
as regards vote in your State. The
General says his record is that of a
soldier, and he has condemned the
practice of officers making political
capital off the records of the army
1t is not in accordance with his way of
doing things.
"The General regrets exceedingly
that his name has been mixed up with
local politics. The. report, as publish
ed, is tissue of falsehoods. General
Grant never made use of the language
attributed to him. He is warm sup
porter of the Presidents policy, and is
doing all in his power to influence ev-
cry one to the same way of thinking"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

Bd~"If / have after death to go eth
to hell or heaven shall prefer TO
60 withloyal negroes TO hell than with
traitorsltof heaven p-H[ Brownlow.ol
We believe there is no Constitution
al provision on army regulation that
win prevent Brownlow, or any other
Radical, accompanying the ''loyal ne
groes" to where the reverend gentle.
man would have us believe they are
destined to go.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05
..THE HOYs IN BLUE, y.
From the La Crosse (wisconsin) Democrat ]
How the Radical Jumpers love Tn

lFrom the La Crosse (Wisconsin) Democrat
How the Radical Jumpers love the
''boys in bluel" - ers' .sinE d
Don't they2 1 'it' H'fi
'- The brave defenders of the hag-the
gallant supporters of the Union-the
veterans of the Republicl What hon
ors they heap upon them-what re-
wards they grant theml tftl
%. Don't they? af i'"H -eae
The stay t.home leaguers, who
i' beloved for war--sent every body to
'' the field but emselves-resoIved to
fight for ever rather than yield n single
point doing the resolving at. homo,
however)-the mobbing, speculating,
thieving crew-how willingly they
gave up offices, snug places, fat pick.
ings, sinecures, to the men who had
"worn the blue?" 80
Didn't they? 1li'Nh ti'ti-ir . d.
@ They couldn't do too much for those
who had fought from Bull Run to Rich
mond--trom Atlanta to North Carolina
their gratitude was 50 overwhelm-
ing They got ovor that feeling mighty
quiekl jFTa} 1nirg'Fric
1p Didn't they2 a9fT
And their Rump Conventions-wha
, honeyed words they had for the
soldiers q Why, Lord bless You, BOYS,
n9you thought they were in earnest when
the hehypocritical sneaks took your hands
IN theirs, 9"God blessed -you," and
% sqeezed out few crocodile tears from
the corners of their eyesl q f'et
lh Didn't you? n's,l.sl l" 80 70
gfe And when their Congress assembled,
with only handful of these "Copper-
heads you have been taught TO hate
(without reason) in eithor branch, YOU
expected some little acknowledgement
of the services you had rendered
IS Didn't your nle @ 2efsg WiH ;
~ How they talked, and talked, and
talzedj. how they abused the President
day by day, and week after week, how
they voted away millions for lazy Mig
gers and Freedmenls Bureaus---b1t YOU
waited with patience, for you knew
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05
The Necessity Of Being rOsted.

The st. Louis Republican reyiyes a fate
well worth remembering by those who hast.
lily co7clude, like the New York Herald, that
because Vermont aud Maine have gone for
the Radicals, the whole country viii follow
suit. The Republican says: ~-sr
,"Noihing 10 the world, one way or the
other, car be inferred from an election in
Vermont and Maine, so far as the geneal re-
cult iS concerned. Students of political sta
tistics know this very well. In 1856, in ,he
memorable contest between Buchanan and
Fremont, Vermont and Maine both gave in
creased Republican majorities in Sepiemb er,
and the Fremont party yelled itself hoarse
with shouts OF triumph over the result, just
as the Radicals are doing now But tleelec-
tiOns in October aud November in 1856 upset
all their calcalalionst aud disappointed their
hopes based on the Vermont and Maine vote,
the great centralStates rolling up their 7oles
Tor Buchanan, and overwhelming Fremont
with defeat t.l
A similar spectacle was witnessed in lN62.
II was generally believed that a revolntinn
10 public sentiment had changed tho relations
OF parties, and that the fall elections would
bring the Democrats into the ascendant. The
election came of in Vermont and Maine, and
the result exhibited the tide OF sentiment run,
ming still 10 the old ch annel. The Radicals
carried those States, and their party, from
Boston to San Francisco, was crazy with de-
light. The New York Herald, then as now,
changed round on the esslFength OF these cleo
tions, and declared that the Radicals would
sweep every State But in October and Mo-
yember the Radicals we're Overwh elminely
beaten from New Yolk TO Missouri,
So viii it be again this year Everybody
feels that revolution In public sentiment is
going on-that the relations OF parties are.
changing and that the elections In October
and November will show different results from
those OF the past few yeats. 't+' @ %
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05


A ROGUE's CAUTION TO HoHFsr MIN.
"A condemned burgler and murderer,
in letter TO one ofhis victims, gives
the following advice:
"DEAR SIR: feel it duty to eau
ton you about leaving light burning
in your house at night, as il let's a
burglar see how To work and watch at
tho same time, and gives him great ad-
vantage when in; and do not leave
your pistol in reach ofany one but
yourself If all the doors and win
dows were properly fastened, and
lights put out at night, it would be-.
much harder to effect an entrance, and
consequently give the people q chance
TO hear them sooner"
This is somewhat different from the
advice given to Daniel O'Connell bv a
COW thief, whose neck he had saved,
though the fellow was condemned TO
transportation. Tho thief afterward
returned to Ireland, whore he made
himself known TO O'Connell, and in re-
quital for his service as counsel, said
he would impart to him valuable SO
cret ''If your honor wants 10 steal a.
COW, go on dark rainy night, and
take COW. that stands out in the field.
and sure ye'll get good one. The
weakly ones, your honor, always shell.
ter under the hedge if the weather is
bad" 80 s
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

Nora Radical sheet excuses the
Radical Congress for voting $4,000 in
crease TO each of the Members on the
ground that the revenue of the Gov
ernment from incomes will be sensibly
increased thereby. We apprehend
there are few persons who would re-
fuse to increase the income revenues in
that way. The soldiers we are sure
would not.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

| The Empress Eqgenie and|the Ems
press Of Mexico met a few weeks ago.
and tho meeting is thus described:
The contrast was striking enough
between tho two Empresaes, and no re-
fecting man could help being struIc
with it as they stood side by side for q
| few moments in the balcony looking
out upon the crowd gathered beneath
--the one, born TO the greatness which
the other has achieved, standing hum
bly, and suppliant where, by birth and,
lineage, she ought TO have command cd, !.
had the caprice of fortune not opposed
the sober realities of nature, and rem
dered both their lives mors like tale
Of fFomanee illustrative oftho good and
evil power Of destiny. The Empress
Eugenie was ettired in o violet colored
silk, looped in festoons by maearoon
ornaments over pearly grey silk pet.
ticoat, bordered with violet colored
trimming. A chapeau Lamballa, with.
a profusion of vine leaves and a few
small bunches of dark colored grapes,
was placed upon the summit of her
head, and the rich chignon, with q pro-
fusion Of curls beside, fell from beneath.
A fichu OF Marie Antoinet.te of black
Chantilly lace, crossing over the bosom
and tied in o large knot behind, com
pleted Her Majesty's costumes than
which nothing could be more elegant.
simple and rich at the same time
The contrast was rendered more stri-
king by the deco,rdgement visible in
the attire worn Dy the Empress Char
lotte, betraying as it did, the long alb
sence from Paris which becomes visi-
BILE to the keen eye Of the connoiseurs
in fashion, and the abstraction of mind
which allows not of attention to the
due assortment Of form and color; ev
cry thing of the most simple kind be-
ing worn with that strange indiffer-
ence to the impression made upon the
beholder which denotes the complete
absorption ofevery sense in the one
overwhelming anxiety of the moment.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

neA- The Radical rump Congress; says the
Quincy lI'l,l Herald, has been guilty Of a
gross violation Of the leading tenet OF its own
party. 1t has made an invidiOus distinction
on account Of color. 1t has given the negro
soldiers bounty each Of one hundred dollars
for two years. serverco, while It gave the white
soldiers only City dollars bounty each. for serv,
ing the same length Of tine. ss
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

SONG OF sARATotsA.

- DaH BY JOHN o. sAxk.
Hf. HTH.. fHH Nn f- -----I a.aN h.I
"Pray what do they do at the Springer"
a The question is easy to aski G
teti But to answer Il fully, my deary sfs
f,f We're rather asersous task , risaf
.,,-- And yet, in u bantering way n ono
trt- As the magpie Or mockng-brd sings,
-ttt III venture a sort Of song, l,ar fa4i
..t Totell what theydo At the Springs. i3
lmytifpis, my darling, they drink
'e'- The waters so sparkling and clear,
.D" Though the flavor is none Of the best 'f
And the odor exceedingly queer; -
toa Bdtthc huidis ningic,, you Riiow, =. 4
udl With wholesome medical thihgs!
eIgai sosthey drink and they drink, -dn ~
ufi And shafts what, ,tilcytd6 atthc Springs.
r, Then, With aPpetitcs keen az knife,
~ They hasten to breakfast or dine;
tThc later precisely at three,
.. The former from seven to nne.)
Ye gods what rustlc and rush - i.r
When the eloquent dinner bell ringsi
And they eat and they eat and they eat,
And that's what they do at the Springs
' Now they stroll in the fulwalk, sf
Or loll in the shades Of the trees,
Where many whisper is heard t''
That never is told by the breeze:
Aud hands are commingled with hands, '
Regardless OF eonjugal rings
Aud they nrt and they ilirt and they flirt,
o. And that's what they do at tho Springs.
.HUst- H. II'
The drawing rooms now are ablaze, f 1'
Aud the music is shrieking away; ..
Terpsichore governs the hour, r ..
b.. And fashion was never so gay. .s
. An arm round topering waist ...
How closely and fondly il clings
. So they waltz and they waltz aud they WALTZ
-. And thOt'swhOt they do at the Springs
In short-as they 10 in the world
They cat and they drink and they sleep,
They talk and they walk and they WOO,
Theysigh and they laugh and they weep
They read aud they write aud they dance,
with other unspeakable thngs,)
They pray and they play and they PAY
And that's what they do at the SPRING.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

/, 6~Parson BrownlOw, at every meet
ting he addresses, talks about his feeble
health and broken constitution. His
constitution is not so broken, however,
that he can't labor to brake town that
of the United States. oi 7iadl +
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

n6rAn Englishman in India was
horrified at receiving telegraptAo
dispatch from England that his wifS
had been delivered Of five daughters.
The message should have said fine
daughter. W s sa ..l, st 4 sl.e
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

1O- Butler and Schenck came into
the Philadelphia Convention arm in
arm. The Boston Post says they rep
resented the army and knav-y.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

Ba-A gallery at The Paris exhibition
is to be devoted TO human skulls. That
will be tho Bona -pdrte. sEs
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

peg-The Cincinnati Gazette thinks
Andrew Johnson is as bad as was
Thomas Jefferson or even Andrew
Jackson Boston Post, 4
We don't think the Gazette is much
out of the way there. o1e 'dt d'r+
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

d parSilyer plate belonging to the
Royal family Of Saxony semitic Prague,
weighs thirty tons, and the Crown
jewels ten tons,7-[ Foreign Item. w
1t is said that when Ben. Butler read
the aboyehis fingersb began lnstinctiveIy
to work, as if about to grasp q prize.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

PS- Christian Geiss, very wealthy
German in New York, has been sem
fenced to sixty days confinement on
Blaekwells Island for violation Of the
health law. E .tEli.nl nnnL Lun
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

B6rSweden and Norway are slowly
rising out of the sea Rt the rate of one
tenth to one-half inch per annum,
while the west coast of Greenland is
gradually sinking. ''''. A''.''''''
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

SDr Beast Butler, says an exchange,
has got out of that bottle in which
Grant described him to be, Yes, and
outside ofa good deal Of its contents.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-10-05

* D6y The Radicals call the President
the "Greato Usurper,} 'iiwhereupon1 a
friend Of the New Orleans Picaque re-
marks that he will be found the great.
est use-up-er Of the Radicals.