M'Kean Miner (Newspaper) - August 26, 1865, Smethport, Pennsylvania OBJECT SOliTHfitoT Ed Philadelphia Permit me to thank you for tbo the of the contained and editorial of tlie n your Two classes of our citizens m under- standing question First npd most have but their to on nnd who wish to preserve our w liole country ns a field for themselves nnd posterity find those securities wbo has the before him for observation cnu doubt fact that the loaders mean to their posed wrongs and accomplish politically what they to by war Bo assured dour sir that precipitate will the degradation of bor over tin whole South and one of these repudiation of iho al debt or lit assumption of that of the In support of those Views will yon not permit me lo lay before your readers another illustration of tbe ism the of the 15th Tho of ult published nt St ns its leading tho address to the people of St of Colonel late rebel but now of thu A De Blanc In introducing address tbe editor is not even n mere word it is a It irony spurted into the face of nil But lot the spunk foi jhc of Tin n just nnd a hns been i been where the Southern exile could find a ter and a friend Of all we once our pride alone is left us and if we can do so without degrading ourselves we should re-enter into the Uu the equals of our legitimate pride of all the great i not otherwise Tbe Southern people were kept io ance of the real purposes of the North nnd seduced Into tbe war My fear is that the North may now comprehend the purpose of tbe South nod render nil it has achieved it euch con life and treasure Yours truly WM D KELLET Truth in the London Times The London Times introduced nn ishing novelty into its no doubt to tbe great and perhaps to the dissatisfaction of ita Polish It correspondent to A who is of telling the truth about A sample of the strange Mr exhibits in the columns of the Times is tho following from one of his latest ters It is very easy for you Englishmen to talk mercy and said a lady talking subject bat how would you have full the Russians if they had of your soldiers in one prison It is this feeling which extends through every class pf society in the North To condemn it out weighing the which duce it is to less than justice to a peo ed of nn is lost nnd that forever 1 when it yet iu its cradle when it 1 was by and wept over its it K no more and within territorial limits we roust yield to only which right or wrong Mauds on the bloody and il- pf our departed Confederacy This submission however is not one of but of unavoidable A to the United we yield when tha price of that all of our A hns not be tbe degradation culled the Amnesty icen sent forth by President of United to of in tho date a he as treason ditions of pardon the alleged to of the besides to it runy so nnd is not A cry without provocation It is not the clamor of If mob and it is so far deep and general believe the Government will have to resist the force of public opinion in the North if Mr Davis fs to save his life d writer truly reflects views of Oft QW Luc had been mined Ljt he Nobody doubts And BO of The chief of n Confederacy who contd calmly consider among his official plots for the destruction of ships hotels and cities full of lion which at tlw time we expressly peaceable is a chief well worthy to to IV is uot expedient over cruelties bnt bis only the immediate abolition of slavery is not title is President of- Assassins tba than te of civilized world should make common live to the of we held as slaves That is nor ent Not Taws ple who are ready to hands with every Southern man and to help him wit money provided fie was not a der among As a the N ern aro impatient to be friends with the South It is only the ders that they bear and it is chiefly concentrated the head ol Davis for he lived within a stone's throw of Libby Prison whence the corpses of ved men were daily carried in large It may be did Lue know of the manner in which Southern prisoners were The North they did ami therefore ns I have said the cry for lives however FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL County Convention who for the past yearn have been with treason ia the rev as as at front are requested to meet at their tive places holding elections on Saturday Sept 2d at 8 o'clock P and elect two to represent them In a tion to he held at the Court House in on Friday Sept 8th at 1 o'clock M The of the Convention trill be to nominate candidates for County and ty Auditor and to select the District The following are to act as Vigilance Committees in several and see that meetings are held nnd gates HI Wood Simpcon ft W Newell Lorenzo Cooper Alonzo Peabody G Turner H f Carpenter Campbell W Reamer W W Crawford y O Tenny I Brewer Baldwin W H W Howard V Jr J T Seems Aunts L Vance By order of Counly L Chairman The people of the which convened 17th insL to Auditor Gene o of bnd hart f- J which Capitol Only arose ripple j maintenance of trie public credit And this enemy to European has furnished and thus wn Commerce from by for- nce of a de- sign to nations on nnd was disposed of to thu j for our tint Tl t i i faction of all parties before the Convention ure session There was not a ber of the Convention who did not fed giving one if not both of the nominations to our soldiers but in their zeal to serve the heroes a few of the en- to forestall the action of the of the that Resolved That it is the duty of to Federal boon ir -7 7 O tnc September fey and a picture it sa It will their childhood when they roamed abolit andly bat grown to finer ia no- ty to rill respective of dale of 9th That we recognize in win M the honest nnd head of of a We are compelled for Want of room to omit of an lent communication on the subject of week n volation of the it- mid to thai is to bind expressly hns a contract for making new sidewalks in front of and ing tb the Court House in tne public square From the portion completed we should judge he underHood the business of mak ing the most of a job THB The 3 of 5 p M at the tima and agreed upon for the holding of the Convention Tbe Judicial Con- vention will be held on the 13th at the same place for a majority of the tion considered that none but their consti at home had a right to instruct then who they should vote for Convention was called to order by Gen Cameron of tbe State tral Committee and og motion of Mr Nichols of Philadelphia the Hon John Cessna of Bedford was elected temporary metely by words but by Chairman taking his seat Mr Cessna delivered one of the roost powerful and convincing speeches we by passing a resolution compelling j who fins deserved well of his the to for nope but soldiers country has borne clear jn proving n resolution was very properly voted great office as to merit the earnest Lace Jacket Mode of the 1 of mm nnd we tender to him and his distinguished in the Cabinet our for their valuable services io the of liberty and law 10th Resolved tbe de- votion of Governor Curtin to the bost in- of the and during lite four years sod big on all occasions to pny debt of owe ow defenders We shall publish the speech next We baPe not time nor thia week to give the details of the organization of the Convention Hon Henry Johnson of entitles him to the of every citizen of this Convention representing the loyal people of anin recognize the claims of our citizen on our confidence nnd and that io the nominations for of those who havo be served their f county was permanent j country in tha army or the navy in be suppression of the Resolved That the of the the people of for How DO TOO LIKE IT editor of the Whig has recently ing into our family and we would really to know how he enjoys married life so on By the way Miller you get your knife S A man took it who said he would be in your in a few days and would hand it to you He looked honest Tbe Yelper n mains in a salubrious condition bor ill certainly convert our laborers into hordes of useless to ves theif nnd the State we have to UNI military of the United and our firat duty is to abide strictly U mid to however harsh they lir stipulated conditions of our But though conquered we still those indestructible rights which we hold Von i our God and those rights we roust have the to claim even from those who tUe power who may n disposition to disregard nnd violate them 1 nm aware among runny we considered as nnd our slaves our Many would be to extend to those of our tyranny those which everywhere nre io the white nnd denied even to soldier who has fought under the banner of country But there arc those too who not forgotten hrc their who should thish nt the thought ol wresting from grout prerogatives others for our and should not to their name their victory their and theif swords in the those who nte protection of the olo nnd the donor That our States were sovereigns no one here or iu could successfully nt to controvert if were we had this right to do ns we and for our were to bnt Our crime then 13 not to have sought n from our political but to in our efforts in securing Hint separation Had wo successful the whole our nnd tiest in the Un tod States have ed before that pure and noble who now lingers within the mouldy walla of a prison Under charges which ore oa fulse iw they nre But we have we are criminals nnd Our crime nnd they have been few nnd are few how haughty hearts dared justify Bnd to respect B great misfortune There is nothing of the past t 1 did ota 1 fbo as I did of iny fallen comrades find God who reads m every heart I think our rights in peril and that it onr interest duty to sever front United nre we fand established has fi we must select another that is Shalt we country r and 4f we cause against such a 1 do not know this this will be deemed conclusive or to England they are held to be so here aH it is in ca that Mr Davis ia to be tried Mis friends might see a worse fate behind him than his death in Fortress Monroe LOYALISTS The Nashville correspondent of a Western paper writes ns follows The third of Unionists the groes Of them I I cannot now enter into the arguments made by themselves for suffrage nor fan I cribe as I would tike to the Sort of de- nunciation and abuse heaped on their heads During the tep I camps of refuge where work on shares others leased by Northern men J have been in n number of schools and with their children I have talked several hundreds of all degrees of intelligence front the kecper who at for three years his master 080 for his iime then paid for wife and three children I for i and loj for stock who in addition to expended in bns made nnd raised n family of sixteen from this down to the old broken hrick years of bondage has made say bat 1 have not yet found ons so ignorant but that ho knew voting nor ona whose won Id not per t LITTLE is n paper for children the of which has just been commenced in Chicago llh We have received two copies of it and we pronounce it a most admirable paper for children's reading number contains 10 quarto size The children's Portrait of Mr which is given as a premium subscriber an steel engraving of our martyred of the we have ever seen A gentleman of this place proposes to get up a club for this per and we hope he will succeed ia ing a good lial Owing to a misunderstanding members there was no meeting of the Lyceum on Wednesday evening Just There will be a meeting however next Wednesday evening at the Court House qnd the I olio wing question will be ed Messrs W W Brown affirmative had W J disputants We hope tbe people of have not together lost interest in literary matters and a goodly number will turn out at the nest tweeting of the Lyceum Tbe lion is Resolved That the Military sion had competent jurisdiction in the rial of tbe of President Lincoln to aright enable tim use his Ballot Three children of Jeff Davis arrived at Albany morning oil the stopped tit the bouse for a few hours nnd left OD thb find Saratoga were wo sans and d for There younger The names of the sons were Jefferson and ty the mother of H's Davis a while servant and s man Simon in told Jeff Davis that ff die South plant corn in the of South weo s corn in a and itf Thc corn by Adam's enterprise Hs of the late ried to a The WilcoX Mail contract bats been let to Messrs Daniel Cornelius old McFall of Farmers Valley at Jess than A mnn by the name of from Maryland who pretended to have tbe contract came here nnd it to the parties named above We are inclined to the opinion that is an agent of the P O Department nnd that he knew ing of the route until he on here We fear the parties who have taken the contract will regret having it so low ere sis months roll aroUn t We give them dne notice they put on to tbe comfortable vehicles and good horses they will not he patronized by tine ing Messrs Young ation of ft paper at Emporium will be issued about the of next month The people of Cameron county ere really in need of After the Committee on had report the Convention ed to the nomination and election of for Auditor nod Surveyor General On the first for Auditor General Gen John F of Mont county was and on drot for Surveyor General Col Jaa of ted Bulb thise men served their country nobly at the front from tbe ning to tbe end of the We shall have to say of their record after The flowing platform was adopted by f to or to i i tiest and sa every tbe Convention nnd we hope every j noU iu thc wiU of county will read and ponder it j to fill the ranks of orfr b'y opposing well Every endorse every the efforts of tbe constituted to tbe life of the re- public this by inflaming the ignorant followers legally ra of llin Government from nil ro- treason 01 hy procuring n from thf tno nor Court deny the right of the k1 of citizens of Suite for thc det ooe of our d country by discouraging men from into of Union thus it to thing to such oa and and for thia is as and the sporting dress in it something a n S fe jfa her oa their for is o wood Bridal Cap The President Marcb Among the of wa find Cherry Lawn by Hattie Idolatry Paroled ng The Beauty and the City Mra E M The story of a life oj Z Tbe by Juba Marriage Ly the Way by Sophia Mny Told by the Sira Beatrice na JK Price 4.00 To these desirous of tfp dobs be sent fct 15 cU Ad- it 319 Phila St word of it The Union of in Convention the of for rur e n though mnn for every Unfit one who could llm at the moment when of O WHS oo tbe HS I J t L L of Pennsylvania the of that people of we to lo God whose hns victory jo the national arms nnd enabled us to the crime of slavery from our nnd to treason against tho republic nnd next to Him our me due and hereby tendered ta brave soldiers who by en- nnd illustrious heroism have lo the where of wbo have shown that war fur the restoration of the Union is riot a and vidor proven for nil limn thi fact of tRe people hv the people for the people is HS invincible in its strength ns it is in its 2d Resolved That revering ory of Abraham Lincoln the jjreut to we cannot show greater honor to than bv n support to his nnd Andrew John win uncertain by to our soldiers the to vote fighting for the of our fathers on the plea such rights were nut by our Constitution nnd by opposing which nnd our brave soldiers froin this by public credit and teaching the financial resources of tbe North were to the suppression of re bell ion liy a shameful opposition to the to of Union n br these menus lo secure the success of re- litls in the or a protraction of the war as tbe in its effort to by now ma abine upon nt for assassins nml by demanding the of leading traitors by to Hio public They extensively well they may for it is to find of litte TO this ul They are largely in uf find to b- of thy best nod owst v They aim constantly on of for- Their Toy nil in alii iho troth ami in are to faatoA Tin Elm nnd candy in t whol sale price per has been giving o Se of the most re- mi of Milwaukee sin d up of doiy under and in heavy Miny nod also hnd fines of fifty nnd upwards upon them for in- lown to T i I 1 I l I u i r 1 IT i ui i punishment tbe who our sol tbe of the United who i MI i 1 i i idlers rebels that neither in has been called to complete a which i n 1 L -u j person or property they be punished And if anything were was His in the past is a sure that lbw n the momentous future ofj to complete their infamy we have the will be upheld and the to free an organ be published to world she-aid liberties of all the citizens of the Republic secured 3d Resolved That mild nnd method of reconstruction by the to the people in rebellion in judgment of this not been gratitude but with sneh e- of defiance and hostility as to impel us to the conviction that they cannot be safely entrusted tbe political rights which they rejected by their treason until they mve acceptance of the results of the war and incorporated them in con- securing to nil men within their inalienable rights to life liberty nnd pursuit of happiness 4th That conquered the Sutes should be held in subjugation and treatment they are to receive and the laws which are to govern them should be referred to tbe power of tbe nation to which mately belong 5th Resolved ns the late ion was precipitated by tbe perty holders of tbe South it is but just that should pay the expenses of the war declare its for- and vetted in the Government tbe property of nil rebels estates exceed the sum often thousand dollars and thai of the property SO confiscated be applied to increase the of tbers-td by tbe of the war pay the damages done by the enemy to and to reduce the burden of the national the oP to revenue to Amf ncaa industry of of the people of profitable np test itf EO mnv 1 r 3 for labor nnd to a tariff which while it would make labor profitable by protecting tbe of Pennsylvania from British competition would largely increase tbe re- venue essential to the maintenance of the public and credit We ore requested to invite tbe members of the Methodist Choir to the sonage Ibis Saturday evening is ia Arizona in transparent and in largo The are located Honie sixty miles El Dorado up the Colorado nnd me said to be cu rosily nnd wonder to them The pickers chop the salt Out of the mass with Half or more clerks hare recently been from the for on duty have been notified that tion during will be nutBcient causa for din masui We would call to the ad of the Smethport Academy in another column It will be seen that our County Superintendent Rev C has associated Mr Rogers as one of the Principals which we consider a capital arrangement Two more efficient men for such a position cannot bp found in this re- gion of the State I be School will prove b We requested to state that plenty of rooms now be bad for those wishing to board themselves THE CLINTON REPUBLICAN This lent been which ia the most satisfactory evidence of Want to Grant mighty bad do you f snid A coated veteran W people crowding aboard I he cars the other morning on their way to crar famous General In thunder yon come down to the when he to see you bey Beau regard hie de- parture in a few days for Europe H said that be intends offering hta services to Louis Napoleon Tbe ment permits him to go to the pledge of never fighting against the United States b altogether ehe coolest defaulter of modern tones stealing two Or three from u note to him saving Please take my wife and I haye taken care of myself We at the friead Bowman io iU prosperity attending the n paper in town of ita size more aeed of one and of Clinton it their is genO wa the ty we wiH rt remit ol tbe polla of or in citizen vote in favor of ia Morris pap his income tax at Bridgeport He paid this year oa na income of and was tho richest roan in cut Nearly Internal Revenue Bureau so far it IMS not the loss of a single dollar by of any of ita officers A dun the an eccentric Do yoa he pf the prodigal and fitted Well waa tt a mate calf that A the di- rine How do pa know 0 looking the man m face I we that the mafe
