The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-20

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Pennsylvania. Democrats in the Field--Ad--
dress Of the Democratic State Committee.
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Rooms
CLEARFIELD Pa, July IA, 1868.
To THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA
The political contest Just entered into laden with
grave results to your business and to yourselves.
The radical party asks renewal OF its power and
continuance Of its msrule
Defeated in every recent election, 1t now DISCUSSES
its principles and trusts for success to the military
prestige OF an available candidate.
1t OFFERS to Grant the shadow OF power as price
for securing the reality to Congress.
Its success will bring you continued misgovern-
ment by a radical Congress- the control OF every de-
partment Of the government by radical domination,
and the perpetuation Of its inqulties, Its extrava
gance its elevation OF the negro and its prosration
II came into existence TO benefit the neoro it's
devotion to his interests rave us four years or war.
grinding taxaon and snree thonsand mill,o a t OF
white man has more than three years kept society
shattered. comwerce parayzed, industry Frustrated.
the national credit below par and the Union divided.
It has governed for eight years: the history
OF its first administration Is written in four years OF
blood and recorded in on enormous national debt;
the history OF its second administration is four
years OF peace, with absolute power and Union not
stroyed taxation crushing the energies OF the people
and the negro vested with the balance of power.
Its end and aim is the preservation OF radical
power through the votes OF negroes and to this will
he sacrificed yonr material interests. and II neces-
sary, your personal rights and your form of govern
ment
Military rule Expresses the nation and eats out tho
substance Of the peonle 1t s it that Grant should
lead the party that maintains that rule for his aures
were gathered bv the sword alone
The democratic party: placing itself npon the CON
TO the maintenance OF the created there
by, to the supremacy OF law, to reform OF abuses,
to economy in administration. to equal taxation ana
It antaroni7es and denonnces that Infamous policy
which during more than three wears Of peace. has
overtaXed the peope, has governed by the sword
and has destroyed the credit Of the nation.
Its policy is one Of thoughtful foresight, OF eau
tious satesmanship; it seeks no new path, but by tho
line OF the written law. in the light OF experience
it viii Guide the republic back to the highway Of
progress and prosperity, and will restore to it ma
1t presents to with pride its candidate for the
Observation-Disclosures Seymour OF New York,
statesman and an honest man. Capable and pure,
possessed of large experience and gifted with tie
rare qualities OF the head and Of the heart strong
In intellect, sound In judgment and prompt IN
action. none more competent to lead US back to the
haven OF law and order.
prompt aid when her border was attacked.
The issues are before you. They are
me statesman against the sOldler-lntellect
against force-the law AGAINST the sword.
1t is for you to determine which Of these viii best
suit our present unhappy condition.
BY order Of the Democratic State Committee
WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Chairman.
Speech of General Wade Hampton in Bal
timorc.
At a democratic gathering at headquarters In Bal
timore, Thursday night General Wade Hampton,
among other things referred to the arrest OF four
teen respectable citizens Of his own county by the
military authorities upon the charge OF murder, and
who are now undergoing trial before military trf-
bunal at Charleston, when their innocence could
other instance Of the tyranny and brutal treatment
OF the military he referred to the arrest OF twenty
six young men at Atlanta upon the suspicion OF muir
derng man, who were each imprisoned In cell
eight feet long and two and half feet wide, with
They must have died had they not prevailed upon
the sentinel 10 dash buckets OF water over them.
democrats, nothing we can call our own. Life. lib
erty and property are at the beck OF irresponsible
officials and we look for relief in the election in No.
surprise that men who fought as men never
fought g before should ms, 80 quietly submit to
cause they believed to create trouble or raise
riot would injure the democratic party; lAppause.l
the Vs people would be stirred r at
the sight Of their woes and calamities In their
the election in November their relief from the
curses that now aillct them. They might have made
70 to their
am glad to state tnat the. democracy OF the North
n e @
cno rts until the South was free. am going homo
now with great load lIted on my nealt. 90 D0cK,
alter hearing these noble declarations relieved OF
anxiety. and with assurances OF safety. 1 believe
We shall carry nearly all, II not ALL the Southern
States II we have q fair election. II they will only
count our votes we will carry them In spite OF all the
carpet-basrers they have. (Applausel Maryland
can do much in the coming campaign. You are free
to speak and work You have no shackles on your
limbs or tongue You can come and see us, and
then, returning, tell the story Of our wrongs You
can materially help us in every way. When return
to South Carolina shall tell my beloved people they
will again hear the bugle OF the old Maryland line,
and see her sons lighting shoulder to shoulder Under
the constitution for liberty.
Political Notes.