The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-07
THE PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN.
SPECIAL TfLEGaAm 10 the NEW YORK HERALD.

Large and Imposing Conservative DemOnstra-
tiOn mt Carlisle speeches by Colonel HaIde.
man, MIR. samuel Hepburn, General BOwRn
and Others In support of the Presidents
Policy Of Reconstruction Largest Po-
liticRl Gathering Held In the Cumberland
Valley for Thirty Years, &c.
HARRISBURG, Oct. 9, 1885,
Tho conservative mass meeting at Carlisle today is
acknowledged to have been the largest and most mpos
ing demonstration that has been witnessed in the valley
OF the Cumberland for the last thirty years The process
sion was fully three miles length and took hour to
pass any given point II was led by two thousand Of
the "boys in blue'' on horseback, who presented a
1ne appearance Then came tho large country
wagons containing delegations from Mechanicsburg.
Lower Allen, Newcastle, North and South Mddletown,
Middlesex and dozen other places Ia the valley Then
followed one hundred and forty light wagons iastefuy
decorated with flowers and evergreens. Thirty six
young ladies' typical OF the Union, appeared In snowy
white dresses, trimmed with rcd and blue. large
wagon, containing thriy-six children in The Zouave
uniform. also attracted good deal Of attention All
along the through which procession passed tho
houses of tho conservatives gaiy decorated with
nags wreaths OF lowers and fcstoons OF cvergreens
The procession with very enthusiastic reception
and every cheer after cheer up for
President johnson and the constitution. Among tho
banners which attracted good deal OF attention
was one inscribed 'tThad Stevens idea OF recon
struction,' with the figures OF black man and white
woman walking arm In arm
The meeting presided over by Mr. John b. Bratton
Colonel H. j. Haldeman OF Harrisburg, engaged the at
tenton OF the audience for nearly an hour In an able
argument in support or President johnson and his
struction policy. Then followed Mr. Samuel Hepburn
who quoted freely from the speeches Of Thad stevens,
Fessendcn and Ben Butler, TO show that the republic
party intended 10 accomplish by indirect means
what they could not accomplish directly By the adop
ton OF the constitutional amendment he said they in
tended TO accomplish just much though negro SUI
frage was inscribed their banner The constitution
OF their forefathera intended that certain RICH should
be reserved TO the Sates but the radicals
ferrng them to Washington Us 10 have the
Capitalization OF power in their own hands. The
excuse Of the radicals for forcing this amend
ment upon the southern States was that the
the North wanted some guarantee that there should
not be another rebellion What folly insist
crushed and impoverished States gv ne such guarantee
to the twentysix powerful States OF the North Then
again. II said that IL the Southern states adj
United under 1.-THE Presidents plan there was every
danger or the North having to the rebel debt This
he considered another very silly idea. The Confederate
bonds, which represented the Southern debt made
payable ak months after the recognition of the South
confederacy by tho North Whether thai event
likely to take place not hs would leave itfor the
common sense q the people 10 determine. The cons
tutional amendment was nothing but mere sham.
Negro suffrage was what the radicals intended,
and II u adopted by threciourths Of
well as the people Of the South would be placed on
social equality with tho black man, and In dis
cts Il was very probable the negro would have the op
portunty OF placing himself AZ ruler over the white
man. In conclusion ne warned them OF the anger
that threatened tho life Of the republic II Capitalization
Of power was allowed 10 go on, and stated that all the
republics that had heretofore existed destroyed by
the very course the radicals are now pursuing
Mr. FKxNs CcsvFrAsD, Of New York addressed the
meeting briefly upon the prospects Of the coming cleo
ton HE had travelled he said, all tho State pretty
much, making speeches, and hc assured them that the
present gathering type Of what lie had every
where Ia his travels There never was such . political
waged In Pennsylvania and the people
much interested In any election ~ they
were In this. They would come from the
valleys, the hilsIdes and the mountains on
Tuesday next and the Bst would be that
would be redeemed, tho Union would be preserved
and the radical party would 30 buried In oblivion
forever.
General BowAS, upon being called TO make speech,
sad he was too much overwhelmed st tho size Of the
gathering 10 make q speech. He would say however,
that thero he'd been such denomination during
tho last thirty i've years and II other counties did
well In proportion ~ Cumberland there danger OF
tho Union being destroyed. He felt quite nnguins Of
Cymcrs election, and said his majority would not be
much less than ten thousand votes an announcement
which was received with great gnsto by the crowd.
Al the conclusion OF General Bownn's remarks the
meeting adjourned until eght O'Clock In the evening.
when u announced there would be fresh batch OF
speakers on hand