Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-07-18

Clymer and Johnson, and Johnson and
Clymer meetings, composed exclusively
OF of1lcehunting democrats, and now we
learn from the Miflintown Republican. a
paper whose creed is Opposition to Pat
Uefson," that meeting was held in Lew
lstoWn of those opposed to the rule or
ruin policy of the radicals" and a Ma
tlonai Union Johnson Club formed, with
the following officers:
President-Wm. c.. Vines.
Secretary-John Hamilton.
Treasurer-E. G.. Hamilton.
Conferees were also appointed to elect
delegates to the heterogeneous convention
at Philadelphia on the 18th August, as
follows:
Representatives-W. G.. Vines. DIR. A .
4. Hamilton, w. Il. Hoffman.
Standardization Hamilton. JOseph C.
Hams, and Howard Helman.
We deem it proper to say that no notice
of any such meeting was published, and
if one was held it must have been in So
cret. The Republican, after sundrv flour
lshes that all those names, as well as
others, are in effect opposed to the amend
ments to the constitution, and of course
IN favor of admitting rebels to legislative
| power and greater privileges than before
possessed by representing in full the four
millions of blacks formerly held as slaves,
winds up with the declaration
THAT to our efforts in the glorious
cause, IS due considerable of the credit of
the movement in Miffiin county. as we
nave been assured by members of the
club, that 1T was our fearless advocacy of
the principles and policy of President
johnson, that first set our Johnson Re
publican friends there to thinking and
working"
Perhaps it was, and perhaps it wasn't.
The Hollidaysburg Whig also notices
the meeting with a strong compliment to
its members. 1t says:
a National Union Club has been or
ganlzed in LewistOwn, with William C..
Vines as President. A great outpouring
OF the spirit of wisdom must have taken
place in the Radical ranks in MifTlin co.
Among the proceedings of the club we
notice the names of a number of men who.
three months ago would have ran ''nip-
and-tuck" race with Thad. Stevens, on
the question of whose love for ''dOwn-
IAOA,NCil NuIISC was Iile SITOupGSI.'
How do you like that, Messrs. Vines &
Co.?
We give the above merely for public
information, in order that no one in the
Union ranks need be deceived by this
movement The Philadelphia c0nyen-
ton, it is already pretty well understood,
will consist of MAJORITY of southern
rebels, northern blue-light democrats, and
copperheadS, who will fuse in favor of
Johnson, 21rOUjded he aUiU agree to qive
them the offices IN his git. The compact
will also embrace the sale of the Pennsyl-
vania democracy to Mr.. COwan, whom
they are to agree to support for Senator
In case this move succeeds, it takes no
prophet to foretell that Johnson Clubs
must become heWers of wood and draw
ers of water to copperheadism, while the
offices will go to the admirers of JEFF Da-
Wis & Co. The Republican party is now,
as it was during the war, THE UNION
PARTY OF THE COUNTRY, and with its
broad platform of at least partially pun
ishing treason and giving security for the
future, will yet triumph in its work, de.-
pite rebels, despite Johnson, despite cop
perheads, and despite those who, for the
sake of office, are ready to worship the
powers that be.
ION