Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-07-25
The Democratic Mass Meeting at Reading.

HleHtS ol cop gathering at heading OF
Wednesday last, it is evident from un
preiudiced accounts that the meeting il
point Of numbers was not one-haf o
what was expected-Berks county alone
being able to get up better. The taxa
bic democracy of Miffiin county were re-
presented by J. A. Mathews and William
=. Weber Snyder county by that to9"I
1Jdt,.iOt well known as Major Jack Cum
mings: and various others by birds of that
feather Granny NauX Of Philadelphia,
bIue-Iight democrat, first made speech
in which the intelligence Of BerkS in con-
tinuing to vote for Gen. Jackson for Pres
ident was highly lauded. He then went
on to show his hearers that New England
had bombarded Fort Sumter, and thereby
commenced the rcbelliOn that republic
can majority of Congress had no right to
pass laws, and all they did was unconsti-
tutional; that niggers had no right to be
taught to read or write; and that Andrew
johnson was an honest man. He said
he addressed himself to the Dutch, be-
cause it was proper the campaign should
commence with the Dutch democracy.
Hiester CIymer then made a speech,
but like the patent democrat who tried
to climb a well-greased pole, he rather
failed. He gave the soldiers to under
derstand that they had been fighting in
order to re-admit Southern rebels to Con-
gres5 and other offices, which some SOL
dier5 didn't like; said we were worse off
now than when Lee surrendered, and TO
cap the climax of his lager beer Grafton
I'VE copy from the report
"He alluded to his political history as
being a part of the history of the State
for the past six years, and there ac0S not
II line he a0Ould after, or q particle he
tcouid blot out ;"
This took the Johnson officehunters
rather aback, as it was re-affirming his
opinion of Johnson in 1868, when accord
ing to the Legislative Record of this State
while speaking against allowing A. J. to
occupy the Senate Chamber, he said:
II KNOW, sir, that Andrew Johnson
has gone as far as the farthest, and is
ready 10 go still farther, to destroy. to up
root, to upturn every principle upon which
this great and good Government of ours
was founded. l KNOW that he has bent
with suppliant knee before the throne of
power; / KNOW that, for Oeif or some
other consideration, he has Succumbcd to
every measure presented to him for APP
prOval or disapproval; and 1 KNOW that
i'll speeches delivered i'll the capitals of
other States he has enunciated doctrines
which, if adopted by the people of the
great North, would be subversiVe of in
dIVldual freedom and personal right. Sir,
10y no vote OF mine can any person hold
ing such views address the people OF
Pennsylvania in this chamber Necer,
SIR, aeUeT, so long aS IhaUe q righttO for
bid him."
Gum Blair, who has belonged to every
thing in the shape of a party, was the
next speaker. and announced there would
be another war in which Pennsylvania
would be the battle-ground. This war
we judge Will be carried on by the same
rebel army which was at Gettysburg a few
fourth Of JuIys back, but is to call itself
the democratic army. Because Congress
would not do what the rebels and their
friends wanted, he advised that they be
hurled from the Halls of Congress. q.
II. PendletOn, the white feather candidate
for Vice President on the Mcclellan tick
ct, followed, and insisted that the South
ern States We're Ia the Union. 1t is sim
gular that these copperheads cannot see
the difference between a State and the
people of State. in July and August,
when copperheads are blind, it could be
accounted for, but not for the remainder
of the year. 1t seems to us any fool ought
to know that a State, as territory, cannot
commit treason, yet the people thereof
can, and thus become aliens until restored
by the law-making power, which is Con-
gress and not the President.
Amongthe resolutions is the following,
which recommends to Johnson to usurp
the powers Of Congress, compel that BODY
by force to admit the Southern rebels. and
thus create the President Dictator;
Resolved, That the Federal Union
Is composed of thirty-siX States; that nm
ger the Constitution each State is entitled
10 an equal representation in the Senate
ana TO It's proper representation i'm the
Io"er House; that the Constitution is the
supreme law OF the land; that the Presi-
uehI Is sworn TO enforce the laws, and
tilaI @ we cal upon hlm III the name Of an
outraged and violated Constitution and
an lnlperIIled Union to make the Congress
what the Constitution requires it to be
pie. '''i' fe0-
10 such pass democracy has come at
last What it cannot accomplish at the
bailot-box, it is willing to exact by force.
1t prates of the Constitution, and yetcalls
on man who was not elected to fill the
ONCE he holds, to destroy body elected
directly by the people according to the
constitution, and which by it is sole Judge
VINO shall or shall not occupy law
making seat. If such viIlainous resoIu-
'rl' o;p|;r %. not inviting anarchy desnotisr.