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Year: 1864

THOSE WHO VOTE AGAINST
Mr. Lincoln and for the candidate OF
the peace on any terms party,
whoever he may be, f.av --9..


VOTE to recognize the Southern
Confederacy, and the independence
Of the rebeiiious Slater


VOTE to, disfnember and destroy
the great An erican Union


VOTE to recall our armies from
the territory that they have conquer
ed, at so fearful a cost of life and
treasure


VOTE to haul down the Stars
and Stripes, and drag them through
the mire and filth


VOTE to admit to the world, that
we are whipped, that Che rebels have
conquered the brave and noble heart
ed soldiers who make up our armies


VOTE to debase us nation, and
as Individuals in the eyes of the
whole world f-u
~ VOTE themselves towards. sneaks,
and renegades to liberty and cause
of the oppressed


VOTE to build up a Slave Empire
on our borders, that will In the very
nature of things, Re continually at
war with us, and eventually seek by
fort e of arms to overrun she North,
conquer it, and spread slavery over
soil dedicated to freedom


VOTE themselves, not men. but
traitors and base born towards. nn-
worthy of the the name, "Amenean
citizen


VOTE to destroy the hopes of
the oppressed of all nations, of all
people who love liberty upon the face
of the earth, and who are looking to
our noble experiment of self govern
ment, before embarking in the strug-
gle for themselves 7a.i0s


VOTE themselves as sonly worthy
the curses of all good men. and pstri
ots; of their children, and their chill
dren's children-and fi
VOTE themselves permanent stu
alton in the place prepared for the
Dcvirsnd' Copperheads. ~
Year: 1864

There never was great question


presented to the people of this coun.


try more easily to he understood than


that of peace or war ow is. The


peace question is not difficult in It's


th aory, however it may be in its


practice; and it only seems complex


and delicate matter because men who


are not sincere are using it as the


means of dividing the strength OF


the North. We have received many


letters in regard to the peace policy


of the National Union party. and


while each of the writers seem to
have clear comprehen ion of what it
should be, all Of them are troubled lest
the true policy should he mistaken
by others. This uncertainty may he
directly to the fact that it has hither-
to seemed the mission of the Union
party to conduct the war, and that
the clamor for immediate peace, has
been confined to the oppohents of
the Government. The agitation of
Il question whether it is possible
TO obtain peace ithout fighting the
war out to the exhaustion of the re-
bellion, by the organs of the Union
party, has naturally somewhat sur
rTised many minds. But little
thought will convince any one that
the effort to obtain peace in the
speediest and best way is tnordify
the especial duty and the great de-
sire of the party which has had for
the past three years the safety of
the nation in its keeping. The peace
question belongs to the Natio nal
Union party by virtue of its superior
strength, responsibility. and prtriot-
ism, and nc other party has equal
night to claim peace as its purpose.


If the .earnestness of the majority
of the people of the North in urging
this war had any other motive Than
the preservation Of the Unicn. then
Some color might be given to the
pretence Of the Opposition that
peace must be preceded by the de-
feat of the present policy. But it is
so clear that the war party of the
North has had for its sole grand OBJ
ject the maintenance of the Union,
that no sophistry can permanently
nierepreseDt its spirit and sims
; The war has been to it, and is, but
the path to peace, and it is more
than ready, it's anxious to substitute
other means less expensive and des-
truetive, if these can ever be found
to be consistent with patriotic prin-
ciples. There is not an officer of
the Government. and very few men ,
in the army or out of it, who would
have the war prolonged unnecessari-
ly. The rebels leader are them |,
selves piqued because the North does
not hath the South; they are afraid
of Its magnanimity, and dread the
day when followers shall fully a.
waken to,the great fact that the war %
is not waged il spirit Of hatred or
extermination. Tho whole country
in fact is aroused to the conscious
ness that the very Justification Of the
war is thatit is urged in the interest
of peace, and that nothing is SO
much desired by the Administration
as the conclusion Of the war by the
submission of the South of the Union.
For this end the National, Union
party is I repaired to sacrifice every
thing but principles, and to. discuss
I'll plans Of peace excepting those
Year: 1864

which are based upon division Of
the Republic. 1t Is the only party
which desires, and had the power to
make, such peace as patriotic men
could accept. 1t is the true Peace
party of the country. VI
Year: 1864

t- Asestreos uhS ID tile futuTe rs LDs


past, We will adhere with unsweryine


fidelity to the Union under. the Con.


stitution, as the only solid founda.


tion for our strength, security and


happiness as q people, as q frame


work 10 government equally eondue-


tive to the welfare and prosperity


of all the States both Northern and


Southern.


Resolved, That this Convention does


explicitly declare as the sense of tn e


American people, that. after four
years of failure to restore the Union


iy tue experiment of war, during
which, under the pretense of q mill
tary necessity or war power other
than the Constitution, the Constitu-
ton itself has been disregarded in
every point; and public liberty and
private right alike Todden down,
and the material prosperity of the
cor ntry essentially impaired, justice,
humanity, liberty and the. public
welfare demard that an immediate
effort be made for the cessation OF
hostilities, with view to an ultimate
convention of all the States; or other
peaceable means to the end that, at
the earliest possible moment, peace
may be restored, on the basis of the
Federal Union of the States. s-..
RESOLVED, That the direct interference
of the military authorities of the
United States in the recent elections
held in Kentucky, Maryland Mis-
souri, and Delaware was shameful
violati n of the Constitution. The
repetition of such acts on the ap-
preaching election will be held as
revolutionare, and be resisted with
all the means and power under our
control.
Resolved, That the aim and object of
the Democratic party is to preserve
the Federal Union and the right of
the States ,unimpaired, and they
hereby declare that they consider the
ad illustrative usursation of extra
ordinary and dangerous powers not
granted by the Constitution. The
subversIon of the civil by military
law in the States not in insurrection,
the arbitrary military arrest, impris-
onment, trial and sentence of Ameri
can citizens in States where the civil
law exists in full force, the suppress
sion of the freedom of speech and
of the press: the denial of the
right of asylum; the open and avowed
disregard of State rights, the en-
ployment of unusual test oaths, and
the interference with and denial of
the right of the people to bear arms,
as calculated to prevent a restoration
of the Union and perpetuation of
Government deriving its just pow
ers from the consent of the govern
ed. .-.-.....


Resolved, That the shameful dis
regard of the Administration of its
duty in respect to our fellow citizens
who now, and long have been, prison
ers of war in a suffering condition,
deserves the severest reprObation on
the score alike of public and common
humanity.


Resolved, That the sympathy OF
the Democratic party is heartily and
extended to the soldiers
Of our army who are and have been
On the field underth flag of our coun-
ny and in the event OF our attaining
power, will receive all care, protec-
ion, regard and kindness that the
'rave soldiers of the republic have
70 nobly earned. .. -- ... |,
Year: 1864

COPPER PRosPEcrs.-The Frost" ledge
lin Bangor District, continues to elicit favorable
comments from experts. Work is progressing
steadily night and day The shaft on the lode


has reached depth of ninety feet, and is In
creasing at the rate of about ten inches day.


The ore becomes more thickly disseminated
through the gangue, aud increases both in
amount and richness in the ratio of its descent.
The groupings are said to have assayed o per


nent A piece of ore recently excavated at


the present depth, will certainly double this
amount. 1t is the intention of the stOckhold-
ers to shortly ship below few tons. We
shall watch with a great deal of interest the


development of this ledge 1t may be regarded
as sort of test Of the availability of our cop
per resources.
Year: 1864

OuR BoouET.-We are indebted to the lady
Of ex Sheriff Freer, for a beautiful boqnet.
gathered fresh from her garden on New Years
day. May the finger of old Time touch lightly
on her had.
Year: 1864

In the decline Of life the loss Of vital force
ouent upon physical decay, can only be safely sup
pied BY some viyifying preparation which recruits
the strength and spirits without entailing the ex
haustion which is always the final effect OF ordinary
stimulants. We tender 10 the aged
Year: 1864

TO LADIES oNLY.-To those of our lady
readers who are happy in the possession of one
OF Grover & Bakers machines, it is no secret
that tie beautiful embroidery now all the ruge
is as well and as easily done upon it as the
plainest sewing. Our objec; is to inform those
who are not the happy possessors of one OF
these invaluable inventions, that it is really the
case. There are other good sewing machines
but this. by its marvellous properties combines
|>the faculties of both sewing and embroidering
and Is the only one IN the market that does
No lady about to purchase a sewing machine
in these days will hesitate which to select
when the :a'noTiaat fact We have stated Is
oroagkt TO her notice.
Year: 1864

UNCLE ABE's LArEsr.-The following is
given as the latest from the White House:


"In a recent familiar White House con.
versation, which, incidentally touched upon
Mr.. Chase as Presidential candid te, Honest
Old Abe dryly remarked that he would not
for the world dispossess the Secretary Of the
Treasury of this Presidential idea. Let me.
said the President. explain When was
yet lad. working on farm in illinois, l
was engaged with brother. once upon time.
in the tedious business Of ploughing with a
very laxy old horse. No amount Of beating
wonld induce him to increase his usual speed,
which was thu slowest and sleepiest walk.
1t was my business to guide the plow, while
my assistant, to the best Of his ability. with
two hand hickory. kept old Davy in motion.
We were "ll creeping along, when suddenly
he moved off at the pace Of a young colt just
put in harness. what is the matter in
quired. Oh said my brothet. its great
Gig horse Fly fastened on old Davy's neck /;
shall drive him Off No, no. said l 'as
long as he keeps old Davy going at this rate,
let the horse fly alone. With his assistance
We shall get heap of work out of old Davy.'
So il is with Mr.. Chase. The next Presiden-
cy is his horse fly. aud it mukcs the patriotic
Secretary a. lively at bis work as old Davy.
Let the horse fly alone"
Year: 1864

An amusing matrimonial story is told by
a correspondent, Of the oiicn time in New
England. 1t so fell out that young couple
became very much snutten with each other
as young people do. The young woman $
father was a wealthy Quaker--the young
man was respectable. The father could
stand no such union, and reSolutey opposed
it, and the daughter dare not disobey--that
is to say she dare not disobey openly. She
met him by moonlight while She pretend
ed never to see him--and she pined and
wasted in spite of herself She was really
in iove--a state of sighs and tears, which
women oftener reach in imagination than
reality. Still the father remained inexola-
Bile.


Time passed on, and the rnse on Mary's
dama,k cheek passed off. She let conceal.
ment like wolm in the bud prey on that
damask cheek, however; but when her ia
thcr asked her why she pined, she always
told him. The old man was a widower. and
loved his daughter dearly. Had it been a
widowed mother who had Mary in charge, a
woman's pride would never have given way
before the opportunities of daughter
Men are not, however, stubborn in such
matters, and when the father saw that his
daughter S. heart was really set upon the
match, he surprised her one day by breath
lug out:


MARY, rather than nope to death, thee
had better marry as soon as thee choices,
and whom thee plea es.'


And then what did Mary? Wait till the
birds Of the air had told her swain of the
change, OF until her father had time to alter
his mind again? Not bit of it. She clap
ped her neat, plain bonnet on her head,
walked directly into the street. and then di-
reetly to the house Of her intended as the
street would carry her. She walked into
the house without lnocking-inr knocking
was not then ia hionallcand she found the
family just sitting down to dinner. Some
little commotion was exhibited at so unex-
pccted and unusual an aprarition. as the
heiress in the widows cottage. Ut she heed
ed it not John looked up inquringly. She
walked directly up to him and took both
hands in hers.


"John," said she, father says may have
thee"


And John got directly up from the dinner
talle, and went to the parsons. In just
twenty-five minutes they were man and
wife. u
Year: 1864

Chatham commenced his career in the in
trigues Of camp and the hustle of a mess
room; where he probably learnt that the
way to govern others, is to make your viii
your warrant, and your word law. If he
had spent The early part of his life like Mr..
Burke, in writing treatise on the sublime
md beautiful, and in dreaming over the alb
stract nature and eau es of things. be would
never have taken the lead he did in thu
British SeHate,
Year: 1864

POISONING BY ToBAcco.--A Partisan
physician relates curious case of poisoning
by tobacco. A man had wrapped tobacco
leaves all round his ludy on the naked skin,
in oI der to smuRge the article ACROSS the
frontier, but the perspiration caused by walk
ing in hot weather gave rise to an absorp
tion of the active prinsiples of tobacco
through the skim which lod 10 dangerous
symptoms .. 8a
Year: 1864

THE old lady who wouldn't ride in the
same car with a copperhead' is shortly to be
married to the old gentleman who Jaw Wash
ington and thinks that Lincoln looks like
him, 1t is but justice to state that the
groom is in his dotage.
Year: 1864

So the House of Representatives. does not


c1pel MI. Long; though lis speech is "a
ful OF treason as the shell of a new err Ia
1nu o. albnmen. We did not suppose It


would. 1here Was doubt whether on the
whole It were advisable to carry the matter
SO far; not because be does not merit It. but
for, the reason that 1t is better to have an e.
preston from such men than that thew
should plot on under the cover Of false pre-
tensea.- Treason exists at the North as well
as at the South, aud is Of the worse Kind and
color. Originally it was united in form aa it
u now IN fact and principle. The question
for loyal men TO decide, is, how much Of It
can we safely disregard, and when does It be-
come necessary to take hold of It. Ifit b.
comes too demonstratiye and dangerous It
must be grapplcd with, no matter where it
shows itself When It merely gabbles like
geese in basn yard, 1t is waste of strength
10 meddle with it, and only excites sympathy
Year: 1864

Resolved That in the future in the past, we will
adhere with answering fidelity to the Union under the
Constitution the only solid foundation Of strength,
security and happiness as people, and ss framework
ofgovernmen equally conducive to the welfare and pros
pery Of all the States both Northern and Southern


Resolved That this Convention does explicitly declare,
Of the American people that after four
failure the Union by the experiment of war
during which, under the pretense of military necessity
war power higher than the Constitution. the Constitution


itself has dsregarded In part and public lib
ery and private right alike trodden down. and the nate
rial prosperity ofthe country essentially impaired justice,
humanity liberty and the public welfare demand that
efforts be made for cessation of hostilitie
with view to ultimate convention of the States or
other peaceabe means to the end that At the earliest
practicable moment be restored on the basis
of the Federal Union Of the States.


Resolved That the direct interference Of the military
authorities of the United In the elections
held in Kentucy Maryland Missouri and Delaware, was


shameful violation of the Constitution. and repetition
Of such acts In the approaching election will be held a.
revolutionary. and resisted with all the means aud power
under control.


Resolved. That the aim and object OF the Democratic
party preserve the Federal Union and the rights Of
unmpared and they hereby declare that they
consider that the administrative usurpaton of extraord
nary and dangerous powers granted by the Contu
ton the subvesion OF the civil by military Law IN States
In insucction, the arbitrary military arrest, imprs
onment trial and sentence OF American citizens In States.
where civil law exists In full force. The suppression Of
freedom Of speech and Of the press the denial Of the
right OF asylum the open and avowed disregard Of State
rights the employment Of unusual test oaths, and the
interference with and denial Of the right of the people 10
bear arms in their defense; l. calculated 10 prevent a
restoration Of the Union and the perpetuaton OF the


deriving Its just powers from the consent Of
the governed.


Resolved, That the shameful disregard of the Admins
traton to it, duty In respect to our fellow citizens wEo
are and long have been prisoners OF war in suf-
ferng condition, deserves the severest reprobaOn on
the score alike of public policy and common humanity.


Resolved That the sympathy Of the Democratic party


heartily and earnestly extended TO the sodiery of our
and sailors Of navy who are and have been In
the field and the sea, under the flag o their country.
and In the event Of its attaining power they will receive
all the care, protection and regard that the brave sol
ders and sailors Of the republic have so noby earned
Year: 1864

WASHINGTON, September PA report has
been widely circulated that Admiral Porter is
now enrouie to the Mississippi squadron to de
liver il up to another officer. aud that he will
take command OF the special West ludia squad
ron. and that his flag ship will be the Wander
bilt


lIOn inquiry it is ascer,ained that there is
no truth IN any part of the above statement
besides there is no special squadron in the West
Inoies


The citizens of Washington have contributed
one thousand dollars a reward for the first
man of our army who will unfurl the stars and
stripes in the city of Richmond The money
has been sent to Lieutenant General Grant for
that purpose
Year: 1864

The Secretary Of the Treasury give. notice that sub
scrptons will be received for Coupon Treasury Notes
payable three years from Aug lSth 1854 with
nuAl interest Of the rate Of seven and per
cent per Annum-prRcpsl and interest both be paid
In lawful money.


These will be convertible the option ef the
holder at maturity into SIX per gold bearing bonds
payable not less than Eve than twenty years
from their date, the Government may elect. They
will be issued in denominations Of fifty, hundred,
FIVE hundred, thousand. and five thousand dollars
and all subscriptions be for afy dollars some
multiple of afty dollars.


The notes Will be transmitted to the owners free Of


transportation charges after the receip; Of the
origin Certiheates Of DepOs, they can be prepared


As he notes draw interest from August Is persons
maxim deposits subsequent TO that date mus; pay the
interest accrued from of note date Of deposit


Psrte depositing twenty five thousand dsIlsrs and
upwards for these any time will be allowed
commission Of quarter Of one per cent, which
will be paid by the Treasury Department upon The
cept Of bill for the amount certified to by the officer
with whom the deposit made. No deductions for
a
Year: 1864

A TIGER FRIGHTENED By A Mouse.
traveller gives the following anecdote of a tig-
er kept at the British Residency at Calcutta:


"But what annoyed him far more :.han
our poking him with sticks, or nalizing
him With Sims Of beef or legs'of mutton,
was mouse, introduced iut3 his cage. No
fine lady ever exhibited more terror at the
sight of spider, taan this magnificent roy.
al tiger betrayed an seeing mouse. Our
mischieyous plan was to tie the little animal
by string to the tigers nose. The, mo.
ment he saw it, he leaped to the opposite
side, and when the mouse was made to run
near him, he jammed himself into a corner,
and stood trembling and roaring in such an
ecstasy Of fear that we were always obliged
TO des'st, in pity to the poor brute. Some.
times we insisted on his passing over the
spot where the UNCONSCIOUS little. mouse ran
backwards and forwards. For a long time,
however, we could not get him to move; till
at length, believe by the help of suid, we
obliged him ostart, but instead of pacing
leisurely across in his den, or of making q
detour to avoid the object of his alarm, he
generally took kind of flying leap, so high
as nearly to bring his back in contact With
the roof of his cage"
Year: 1864

A great many people at the present day
think more Of obtaining publicity and pop.


ularity, than Of any other one thing they


could possibly be possessed Of But anx-
ious as they may be to acquire the vain glo-
~ ofthe popular voice, none ever succeeded


to 80 great an extent as has that world-re-
Downed remedy known as Goes Dough
Balsam. There is scarcely family in the
land but what consider supply of this ar
ticle as necessary to the household as their
flour or provisions. Experience has taught
the people that no other remedy has ever
been put before the public that will cure
coughs, colds, colds, Group, sore throat and
in fact all throat and lung complaints, as
quickly and as effectualy as Goes Cough


Balsam. In the Eastern States, where it
has been long known and tested, it is con


sidered as the most reliable cough remed Y
extant and no'one, either rich OF poor,
think of being without it. We would sug-
gest to oil our readers the necessity of keep
ing on hand an article ofthis kind for i'm
mediate use. It costs but 40c. per bottle,
and is sold at all our drug stores. and is
The cheapest and best remedy in the world.
Year: 1864

The English have invented a match that
will light on chemically prepared piece of
friction paper that accompanies each box,
but when struck on anything else, or even
placed on q red.hot stove, will not ignite.