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The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28
Rule or Ruin.

COLONEL, TATE had been an eager
candidate for the Senate for about six
months, when, having failed In his at
tempt to secure Il nomination, he became
n volunteer candidate for Representa-
tive; and the probability is that II he
should see any other Office to be filled
after his next defeat, he will continue
right on to be candidate, 80 long ~ he
has prospect of obtaining dozen
votes. 1t is plain to be seen that Colo
mel Tate will risk his souls salvation for
the sake OF an Office. One day before
he had published his list recommending
the bolt, he accosted u clcar-headcd DEM
ocrat from Berwick in order to get his
name and told him that he was the first
Democrat who had refused, that twenty
of his neighbors in Berwick had signed
it, and that Mr.. Little was there helping
him. The truth is, he got but nine
names in Berwick; and although Tate,
Jacoby, and keller did go to Berwick
that day to obtain names and secure the
BerUick Gazette, their business was kept
secret as conspiracy from Mr.. Little,
who happened to meet them there, until
he accidentally found it out from q
client after they had left. Even last
Sunday Colonel Tate was running into
houses to beg names or votes, and IN
one instance to get II married woman tC
write to her absent husband III his be-
half In his useless and pOintlcss speech
es hc-Was always in the habit of talking
about himself, defending his conduct
etc, and appears to be vain enough tc
expect the peoples time to be devoted
entirely to him and to get him into
office. Yet all the support that he evcl
received, whether it was votes for {
nomination or names to his bolt paper
was only such lavors a. were cXtortct
by incessant boring; just rs we some
times give money improperly to o beg
gar a5 the quickest way TO get rid of {
nuisance. lie now manilcots his deter
mination to rule or ruin the Democratic
party, and to get up local fight between
the Democracy of Columbia and Mon
tour Counties. All this must be dOnt
lust on his account, without any earthly
object except to subserve his own sclfisl
DurDOSpG
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The beserter Law.

THE Radical Rebels are trying to sub.
vert the law of tie land rs decided by
the Supreme Court of the State. They
are striving to resist the right of thous.
ands of citizens to exercise the priv.
ilege Of voting. They aim at tho
of a large portion
of the people upon the pretext that they
are guilty of an offence of which they
have not only never been convicted, but
for which they have not been, and new.
er will be, tried. These new Rebel,
against the laws, these despicable enc
mics to the freedom of the white man.
had better not undertake to put their
contemplated fraud into practice. They
must remember that Mc td,o Is dgainK
them; the highest judicial tribunal In
the State has declared that no man cou
be de3rired Of his right 10 rotc, simply
because his name is found on q Proroe
lHarshors list Of "Deserters." The Sl-
preme Court has decided that nm
must have been tried for and convicted
of desertion, and the punishment G
disfranchisement adjudged by the prop.
er tribunal, before he can be deprived
of the right to vote as being daserter,
That Court has also further decided that
Judges IF Eyoctions cannot h,J a man ,fs
assertion, but are bound 20 take his rot
unless evidence of his conviction as
descrter and adjudication of the penal.
ty of disfrlnchisemeht by the prop@
hib,o,oi, in his case are laid before thom.
Hence, we warn all election boards
against being Influenced by the foul
schemes of the Radical Rebels who an
plotting to overturn the laws of the
State. We say it in all earnestncss aud
with full determination to make good
our words, every election officer whO
| will disfranchise any so-called deSertg
who is otherwise qualified to vote, will
be punished to the utmost extent q
| the law.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

"THRICE is he armed uh0 hdtA his
quarrel just" SO say we in looking
over the field of contest on Representa-
tive. The Boilers began their work with
every advantage in their favor except a
good cause. They controlled the party
press and the Standing Committee, and
had SO much of party position as ena-
bled them, by deception, to obtain a
number of names to their documents.
But their scheme was so bad that
within day or two after it was expos
ed to public view the tide of opinion
set strongly against it; although not n
word could be printed on the opposite
side for want of q newspaper organ.
The people are just and they saw that
this bolt was wrong in itself, and that
it would be ,nischievous in its eff tc.s.
In this contest, therefore, having right
on our side, we are "thrice armeln
for the encounter, and shall triumph
in spite Of all opposition and all treach-
cry, come from what quarter it may.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

WHY didn't the whislley brigade put
up candidate against George ID. Jack
son for Senate, as well as against Cap
tain Chalfant for Representative and
also against our nominee for Congress,
and other candidates? If ii We're owing
to the opportunities of Tate, they GER
tainly ought to run him for the Senate,
as he had only been named before the
people asa candidate for that Office. Was
the Senatorial District too large, and
had it too many newspapers in it?
Then they might have put up other
candidates for the county offices. The
reason is, that they knew of no other
disaffected Democrats who were willing
to bolt and run ~ volunteers. They
plumed themselves with the idea that
they had control of the Democratic
press of Columbia County, and that the
people could only hear what they pleas
ed to tell them. In other words, that
they carried the Democratic party in
their breeches' pockets.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28
The Question.

THE question presented to The people
of Columbia County by the Boilers and
Disorganizers is not, whether Levi l..
Tate shall he chosen to represent the
district in the Legislature, or whether
Thomas Chaifant shall be chosen. 1t is
the question of party organization and
fealty. 1t IS an attempt 20 break down
the very system of conventions and
nominations. The Standing Commit
tee have no authority to set up or with
draw candidates. No number of cit
zens could give them such power. If
they can Withdraw one man they can
withdraw the whole ticket and substi-
tute another. No man now on the tick
ct, or who may be put on by any future
convention, is safe if this attempt at
disorganization shall bepermitted to sue
ceed. Perhaps no man was ever defeat
ed who could not induce, by some
means, q hundred or two, in over three
thousand voters, to act rs mistakenly as
some gentlemen have done upon this
occasion. Thus upon every nomination
the ticket could he emasculated, and
very soon once united and powerful
party would be utterly disorganized, de-
mOralized, and destroyed. When man
submits his claims to n convention of
| his party friends, there is an implied
promise to abide the result, and it il;
upon that ground alone that he is enti-
! tied to any consideration for if it were
known that he would bolt a nomination
which did not suit him, he would be
hooted from the convention. If he is
unfairly dealt by, his friends will see
shat justice is eventually done him, but
not at the expense and defeat of his
party. The very first requisite to sue
cess is organization and union, and he
il a bitter enemy-to the party who viii
attempt to destroy or weaken either the
one or the other.
That is the position Of the Boilers
land under this designation We do not
intend to include the great majority OF
the short list of names appended to tho
statement published, but only the lead
ers, by whose influence all the other,
were obtained, and whose determine
ton to rule or ruin the party is now
manifest to the meanest capacity.
Close up your ranks, followers of JEFF
fcrs0n! Remember the ancient glory
OF your party, and determine to dc
your duty like mon.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28
Meeting at Orangeville.

NoTWTTHSTANDING the limited no.
ticc, the uncertainty who would be the
speakers, and the rain, the school house
was crowded with Democrats on We'd
nosday afternoon alive with interest in
the great political questions of Union
and Ncgroism-William Bellas, ESQ,
presided. +. B. Gowcn, Esq, of Potts
vile, entertained them with most ud-
mirable address, in al respect, we think,
suited to the times. THE Democrats of
Bloomsbury will be glad to learn that
Mr.. Gowen has consented to be with us
on Thursday evening next, and we can
promise them rich treat NJ. NJ.
Traugh followed with an interesting
speech, after which the meeting adj
journed, delighted with the speaker
and themselves.
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Completely Of the Boilers with the
Radical Republicans.

TATH runs for Representative as q
Bolter upon an agreement that the Rad
ical Republicans shall support him. We
can prove this by good evidence, and by
words out Of his own mouth. In fact,
how alse eoald he hope for an election ?
He cannot get Democratic votes in Mon
tour. He must know he cannot get
majority Of tho Democratic votes ia
this county. His dependence then must
be upon Republican support, promised
and pledged 10 him, as is well known,
by Palemon John of the Columbia C0up-
ty Repu6lioos,, the man who used to call
him sQueaking Levi" and whose pres
ent love for him Ii proportioned exactly
to his supposed capacity for injuring the
Democracy.
In pursuance Of this bargain John has
prevented the Republican Conferees OF
this county from meeting those of Mon
tour to nominate q Republican candi-
date for Representative. This does well
for the present. To use the Doctors
own beautiful expression, everything
Is lovely and the. goose hangs high"
The contracting parties are on excellent
terms. Tate no longer calls the Doctor
Thomas Dunn" and the Doctor thinks
the COlonel's voice has improved. So
far the matter ia plain. We see this
sudden affection, and we can understand
that Colonel Tate wants votes which Mis-
new friend has promised him. To be
sure, they are votes of Geary and Mer-
cur men, yet they will count, and the
Colonel in his present "disorganized"
state Of mind is not particular.
But what il the consideration to be
paid by the Colonel and his friends fol
these votese That part of the bargain
Is not so clear. The Doctor, to be sure,
has given hints upon this point which
are very significant, and has made some
declarations about it which are very dis
tinct; but the other party to the bargain
has been silent.
Perhaps, fellow Democrats, we shall
know the whole truth after the election
when we shall find our general ticke
cut and mutilated in particular districts
and ascertain that it is done by particu
lar men! Perhaps we shall know j
when the secret consultations, now go
Ing on between the Boilers and Radi
calls, shall come to light hereafter Per
haps we shall conjecture it when, wea
ried by future trials and troubles, w
shall trace them back to their origin il
the present bolt.
But what shall be done to guart
against dangers from this coalition o
Disorganizers and Radicals? Wha
shall be done to prevent present and fl
ture injury and evil9 There is, felloN
Democrats, but one true answer. Clos
up your ranksl Follow those chosen b.
yourselves, or by your authority, 70 lea
IN the contest BE united and be firm
Punish treaehery, and crush insubordi
nation! Then you can 90 forward Sc
curely and win victory now and here
after.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

OLD Observation-Disclosures that
Simon Cameron is the most prominent
candidate Of the Republicans for Uni
ted States Senator. His name is sy-
nonymous with corruption. Bennet's
Heraid and other shoddy papers are for
him, All Republican candidates are
for him. His money is omnipotent,
All broken down and broken up politi-
clans are for him, for he can pay and
he will pay. lie would not miss a .fe'c
hpadred HoHsGRd ''cHdrS. Beware,
Democrats don't touch a candidate for
Assembly who is supported or counte-
nanced by the Republicans. Simon
will wig-wag" him, Stick to the
"ticilct, the whole ticket, and nothing
but The ticket"
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The Market Street Queston-Letter
from Judge Oakes.

LIMESTONE, september IS, 1885.
DEAR SIR,--In answer to your request
| would say, that when II member in
1859, | received a letter from Levi IL.
Tate requesting me to have an act. pass
ed authorizing the opening of Market
Street, in the town of Bloomsbury, to
the Depot on the Lackawanna Railroad
and in that letter he represented to me
that it was the wish and the desire. of
almost the whole people of Columbia
County that it should be done.
Hon. John M'Reynolds, Peter Ent,
EST, William Snyder, and many others
saw the letter. Yours, etc.,
SAMUEL OAKEs.
The above communication from Judge
Oakes can be seen by any one who calls
on the editor of the CAMPAIGN.
Now let us turn to what Tate aid in
the Columbia Democrat and STA 9f the
North, August ttwenty-second,l 1866, when
he was candidate for the Senatorial
nomination. Writing over his own sig-
nature, and referring to the charge that
he had been in favor of opening Market
Street at the expense of the county, he
said:
had fOndly hoped that this ancient
bug-bcdj', Of over ten years standing, TO
WHICH | HAVE EVER BEEN OP-
POSED, had cuDioSed and gone to the
"Tombs OF Capulet.."
The brazen hardihood of this denial
may bcunderstood, when we state upon
crcditablG inlormationj, that under the
fear Of exposure Tate applied II few
years ago To Judge Oakes for the letter
he had written him, and 0JidiRcd posses
sion Of Il. The Judge in good nature
and kindness of heart gave it up .to
him, but with no expectation that Tate
would ever publish 50 impudent deni.
al of the truth as the above statement
in the Democrat ant ,Stdr.
And our readers may now also under.
stand one of the reasons, why Judge
Oakes was opposed to Uate's nomination
at the Senatorial Conference. The Judge
was one of the Montour Conicrees, and
knowing Tate as lG did, and particular
~ his conduct on the Market Street
tquestion. he could not vote for him
although urged to do so by Mr.. Chal
fant's friends. He preferred Mr.. Jack
son of sullivan, who was an old frient
and colleague of his in the House of Rep
resentativcs, and as he thought Il mucl
ADLER man than Tate. And it was very
natural that the Judge should feel in
diguant at the Market Street Colonel fol
his conduct. BY the letter and paper
sent to Harrisburg the Judge was de
ceived and mislcd at first upon this loca
question, and he felt that Tate had go
him into a scrapc. The Judge explain
ed his course to men of this county a
. we'll as he could, and the matter passe,
off.
But when Tate published to the pco
pie the shameful fllsehood that he haC
"ever been opposed" to the Markc
Street swindlc, what must the Judg
have thought of him? 1t was giving
the lie to the Judges explanation, a
: well as dishonorable denial of tn
truth, and we think our readers viii
agee with us that the Judge was full,
justified in resisting Tate's nomination
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28
Voters, BeWare!

TIE regular Democratic ticket can
be obtained only at the Office Of the
CAMrAIGN. Byan act passed last Win
ter, tickets are not to be voted sepa-
rately, but in sheets n set out below. 1t
will be impossible, therefore, to slip
Bolter Tate's name out of the bunch
and insert that of Chalfant, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Assembly; and the
Boilers organ will print only the bogus
ticket. Examine your ticket carefully,
and don't he cheated. The first ticket,
labelled estate" will have the name of
Uiesier Cymer; the second, labelled
Judiciary" the names of Peter X.
Hcrbein and Tram Derr; the third, la
bellcd County," the names of UWiiun,
HreH, George u. Ja~kson, Thomas
ChultdHt, .Jesse CD'en,o,a, JohR G. Freeze
.Nontgomery cote, and .iohn Ha,mon.
This being the first election under the
new law, the Boilers hope to cheat
enough to make, with Republican votes
Il respectable show. So be active and
vigilant. The following is the act re.
ferred to-:
An Act, regulating the mode of vot.
ing at all elections in the several coun.
ties of this Commonwealth:
SECTION |. BE il eaGcted 6y the Sen
ate anil House Of Representatives Of The
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, in Gen
e1p 1Sscni5ty met, ant il is herejy enact
ed By the authority Of tie same, That the
qualified voters of the several cOuntie.
of this Commonwealth, at all general
township, borough, and special elections
are hereby, hereafter, authorized anC
required to vote, by tickets, printed OF
written, or partly printed and partly
written, severally classified as follows
One ticket shall embrace the names of
all judges of courts voted for, and tc
be labelled, outside, Judiciary ~ one
ticket shall embrace the names of al
State officers voted for, and he labelled
"State;" one ticket shall embrace the
names of all county officers voted for,
including Office Ex-senator, Member, ant
Members Of Assembly, if voted for, ant
Members of Congress, if voted for, anC
be labelled, county;" one ticket shall
embrace the names of all township of
ticers voted for, and be labelled, "town
ships" one ticket shall embrace the
names of all borough officers voted for
and be labelled, " borough :" and each
class Shall be deposited in separate bal.
lot-bOXes.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

a BOAsTING SPIRIT GOES BEFORE A
FALL.-Colonel Tate says in his ad.
dress contained in the last Democrat ana
star, that "E. IL. Little never was OF
much consequence to the Democracy of
Columbia" That is nonews, and why
put it into a newspaper. OF course
the meaning and inference is, that he,
Colonel Tate, is of great consequence to
the Democracy, How did our neigh
bor acquire such vast Importance? I?
Was it by begging political hvors and
boreing for office? Or is his poDularity
only n tigment of his own Imagination,
growing out Of his insuperabIe vanity?
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

AT the Halfway House, on Monday
evening last, large meeting assembled,
and being called 10 order by jeremiah
Hagenbuch, Joseph Pohe, Esq, was
chosen President, and John Hill Secre,
tary. Colonel Freeze addressed the
meeting, and urged the support Of the
whole Democratic ticket, paying spe-
cial attention, however, to the Congress
ional record of Mcrcur, and warmly adj
vocated the election Of Judge Elwell in
his stead. The meeting adjourned with
three cheers for Hester Clymer and the
whole Democratic ticket
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28
New Paper,

BY the prospectus published in anoth'
er part of this paper, it will be seen that
II is the intention OF the present pub
fishers TO establish, on secure and per-
manent footing, Democratic newspa-
per that cannot be subsidized or bought
1t will be published in the interest OF
the whole Democratic party, and will
be above the reach of any individual
or clique, or faction. When nomina'
tions are made they will be sustained
and supported and the paper will moi
be used to control or in any way inhu'
nee them. The present crisis warns
hat something must be done to pre-
'ts recurrence, and to preserve ths
purity, and honor Of our party
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28
Representative from Columbia and
Montour Since the Erection of Mon
tour County.
Senator'S during same time from the Sen
atorim District ,chich included COi,tDl-
6ia und MOItOur,

is5o to lsl8-c. II. Bnclalew, coluamhla...,~ yrs
ISI7-Gcorge Z. Steele Luzerne........ 4"
lSS-C. r. Buci,alew, Coiumbi,,.....-..
1853 to lsD--licuben Keller, snyder .;....;2
1860 to lsB}--FrHnklin Bound, Northm'land
1863 10 lr6B-p. IL. Montgomery, 3 "
Columbia, ycnrs; Northunbcrlnnd, years
snyder, years; and l.uHernr, year..
No senator nom MOntour or sullivan during
this time.
The State Senate consists OF thirty
three members, and the House of Rep
resentatiVes of one hundred. a Sena-
tor is therefore equal in weight, that is
in power and influence, to threo mem
bers Of the House; the two Houses be-
ing equal in their legislative power.
If, therefore, the account of actual
representation he stated between the
Counties of Columbia and ALontour for
the whole period OF sixteen years since
the latter was organized, it will appear
that Columbia has had Seren Senatorial
years and ten Representative years, and
Montour sir Representative years. And
if we count each Senatorial year to be
worth three Representative years, as
we must upon all grounds of reason and
fairness, it results that Columbia County
has had representation in the Legisla-
ture equal to MbtY-One Representative
years, while MOntour has had but sic =!
And yet l.. l.. Tate is running rs Il Bolt
ers' candidate for Assembly on the
ground that Columbia County has not
had her share!
The total vote of Columbia in 1868 on
Governor was 3, l43, and that of Moutour
2,5j9; and ut the Presidential election
Of 1864 the number of votes in each
county bore about the same proportion
to each other. In short, MontOur has
one half rs many votes rs Columbia,
and should have one half as much rep
resentation, whereas she has had in fact
but one sixth, regard being had to both
blQnches Of the Legislature and to the
relAiVe value of membership in each.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

TIE Boilers organ repeats the false
hood that no friend Of Mr.. Chalfant's
attended the Senatorial Conference.
No less than Jo,~ attended, as thcsemen
well know. To be sure, they finally
admit (what was denied before that
Mr.. Campbell was present on the second
day, but t0o tate. This, too, is inaccur-
ate as to time. Why are these false
hoods repeated over and oyar again by
the Boilers? Is it to deceive and mis-
lead to create prejudice and thus gain
some advantage for their sinking cause?
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28
Another Shot at the +" Boilers" !"

WE are also authorized by Judge
Evans, of Columbia County, to say, that
on full understanding of matters reat
ing to the INSTRUMENTATION, he will
no longer allow his name to be used 10
countenance disorganization. lie sup
ports the whole regularly nominated
ticket. Just what we expected from
this staunch old Democrat.-DoNN-R5
H.toYigencer.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

WHEN Tate was beggingand eXtortine
names to his bolt document, he was told
that he would split the Democratic par
ty and the Radicals would take up a
man and elect him. He replied in
these words: "Ihdre authority 10 Say,
that il Irwt as q caHdidate for 1sSea'6(y,
be Bepujiicons wW not take up aa,aH."
This Tate said in presence Of Martin c.
Woodward and others.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

JOHN j, M'IlENRY has been ap.
pointed Postmaster at Benton, in the
place of Samuel Haycock, Radical, re-
moved. 4 truer Democrat on better
man than j. j. M'IIenry is not to be
found In the county.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

HEAD CENTRE STEPHENS has calleds
meeting Of the Fenian Brotherhood b,
Manhattan and Long Island for next
Sunday. Important movements, 1t h
said, may be expected sooa from tn.
headquarters of the Stephens, faction.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

THE richest joke Of the season-Tate
claiming to be a regular Democtatic
Candidate. Another joke as rich is that
DIR. John prints thisreguar Domocratic
Cta'd'ddte's name in the RegaliW Re-
publican tickets for use at the election.
All sHch regularity, will be secuted by
the Democracy of the District,
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

A AQUEsTIoN.-IIow would old Demo
Gratis feel in walking up to the polls and
voting along with their Radical Repul :
llcan neighbors on Assembly? OF
course they viii not try the experiment.
The campaign. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1866, 1866-09-28

TATE will be very badly beaten. This
is now certain, and nothing can change
it. The lesson will be good one, full
of instruction and warning to others,
and thus salutary in regard to the future.