The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-06-30
The Fau Elections.
An Address 70 the Friends OF ConstitH-
tEOnaE. Economical and Honest Gov
ment by the Democratic Emitted States
Senators and Representatives.

To our Feuo,c Citizens of the United States.
Friends of Constitutional. Economical, and
Honest Government
The undersigned beg leave to call your
attention to the peculiar importance of the
elections which take place this year, and re-
specially TO submit some suggestions for
your consideration. By the State Legisla
lures to be elected nearly one-third of the
United States Senate will be chosen. Nearly
ali the members of the next House of Rep
resentatives are to be elected next fall
Upon the coming elections then, depends
the question whether the Democratic and
Conservative element in the Senate shall be
increased, and whether that clement shall
have a majority in the House of Representa-
tives, and, as a consequence. whether we
shall have a constitutional. economical, and
honest government, or a continuance OF rev
olutionary, extravagant, and wasteful and
partisan rule; whether we shall have a gen
eral, uniform, just, and constitutional legis-
lation, with reasonable taxation and frugal
expenditure, or unconstitutional, partial,
unjust, class legislation, 18th oppressive and
unequal taxation and wastefu expenditure.
That we have strong reasons to hope for
favorable result is plainly apparent. The
elections already held clearly show that the
tide of reform has set in with a power that
cannot be resisted if DO blunders be COM
mitted by the friends of reform. If they do
their duty and act wisely if they throw off
all apathy and act with yigor and steadfast>
ness, there is every reason to hope that their
efforts will be rewarded by success. Let
there be no dissensions about minor matters,
ne time lost in the discussion of dead issues,
no manifestation of narrow or proscriptive
feeling, DO sacrifice of the cause to crafty
personal ambition or resentment and let the
best men be chosen for candidates and we
may hope to see our country redeemed from
uliSrule.
Aud in this connection we beg leave to
say a word to our fellow citizens of the
Southern States. Do not risk the loss of
Senators or Representatives by electing men
who ca anot take the test oath. or who are
under the disability imposed by the Four
teenth Amendment whatever may be said
as to.the validity of that amendment or the
test act. you may rest assured that Senators
elected by the vote of members of tie Leg
islatures who are held by the Radicals to be
thus disqualified will not be permitted to
take their seats, and that members Of the
House Of Representatives, thus disqualified
will also be excluded 1t is the paincst
! diCtete of practical wisdom not to incur any
/ when all disabilities will be removed but
/ in the meantime DO not, we entreat you, lose
/ the opportunity to strengthen the Democrat
/ ic and Conservative force in Congress, and
! the possibility, nay, probability OF obtaining
/ a majority in the next House of Representa-
tiTes. BY putting it in the power of cur aG-
versaries to overthrow or disregard your
elections. Signed
a. g. Thurman, O.; VIM. T. Hamilton,
Nd; j ohm w. Johnston, Va; Garrett Da-
( Wis, Ky; George Vickers, Md; John 2.
Stockton, H. j.; T. F. Bayard, Del; f. Cas-
serly, Cal; Thomas c. M'Creery, Ky; VII
/ lard salisbury. Del; Daniel S. Norton,
/ Mimi; Samuel J. Randall, Pa; George W.
Woodward, Pa ; 2. Van Trumr, 0 Steven
son Archer. Md; r. j. Hademau, Pa; j.
D. Stiles, Pa; j. Lawrence Getz, Pa; James
r Mccormick. Mo; Boyd Winchester, Ken
lucky. W. e. Niblack, Ind; O. Cleveland,
/ \. j.; John a Griswold, n Y; Fernando
Wood. N. Y Eugene NJ. Wilson, Minn:
JAMES S. Smith, Ore; E. f. Dckerson, O;
! O. Henry w. Slocum, Il Y John NJ Crebs,
H.; I. N. NJ Neely, H.; Patrick Hamill,
Md; Erastus Wells. Mo James a Johuson,
Cal; Henry a. Reeves, n. Y Ben T. Biggs,
Del; James B. Beck, Ky; Ciarkson w.
Potter, n. Y, Samuel Hambleton, Nd; j.
/ Proctor Knott, Ky; S. S. Cox. n. Y; Chas.
4 Haigit, n. J.; S. S. Marshall, Ill; S. l..
/ Mayham, n. Y; John Fox, N Y; Wm. S.
Holman, Ind; d. NJ. Van Auken, Pa; Jas
! Brooks, n. Y; Albert @, Burr, Ill William
/ Mungeu, O.; D. w. Voorhees,, Ind; Peter NJ
/ Dox, Ala John G. Schumaker, n Y VIM
/ H. Barnum, Conn; Thomas L. Jones, Ky
John c. Conner, Tex w. n. Sweeny, Ky !;
James II. Lewis, Ky; L. S. Trimble, Ky f;
/ John 7. Bird, n. j.; Thomas Swami, Nd;
/ John NJ Rice Ky; Samuel B. Axtell, Cal. /;
| Charles a. Edridge. Wis; Geo. NJ. Adams,
I Ky; James L. Cavanaugh, Mon; j X.
/ Shaffer. Idaho James Nuckolls. Wy; Ant.
A. c. Rodgers, Ark.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
At an adjourned caucus of the democratic
and conservative Senators and Representa-
! tives the following democratic and copserv-
ative congressional campaign committee was
elected, to consist of two Senators and one
! Representative from each State represented
in the Senate and House by democratic
or conservative members. This committee
had power given them to appoint demo-
cratic and conservative resident committee
to consist in part of their own members, to-
gether with citizens of this city, to the
number that may be hereafter agreed upon
Liz IoiiOWltS 10 tbS utIllOCIdtIC COD SleSSiou-
al committee:
Eugene Casserly. CAL; John P. Stockton,
n. j.; Wm. H. Barnum. CT; Henry E. Slo-
cum, N. Y; John T. Bird, n. j.; Samuel
j. Randall, Pa; Benjamin T. Biggs. Del.
Frederick Stone, Nd John w. Johnston,
Va Francis E. Shaber, N c.; Philadelph
Van Trump, o.; Wm. E. Niblack, Ind;
Boyd Winchester. Ky; c. a. Sharp. Tenn;
Erastus Wells. Mo; Charles a. Eldridge,
Wis; e. M. Wilson, Mimi; James S. Smith
Oregon James A. johnson, Cal; Anthony
a. c. Rodgers. Ark; John G. Conner. Texas
P. NJ. B. Young. Ga; Not selected Ala;
Adofe Bailey. La; A. G. Burr, Ill.
THE terrible story which has been going
the rounds of the press, taken from the Mid
dletown (Mo.} Banner, to the effect that
three of the musicians attache1 to Japnas