UC-NRLF M m Z SB bl O 1% m ^i r- CD O^ O LO J) - CITIZENS REFLECT I MTW o~ 5 CHICAGO PLATFORM, That in the future, as in the past, we \ will adhere with uinwrvm^ fidelity to the Union under the Constitution, as the only solid foundation of our strength, security and happiness as a people and j Aft a frame work of Government equally j Conducive to the welfare and prosperity | of aH the States both Northern and Southern. R -s -ived, Tlvit this Convention do ex plicitly declare a* the 8 j nse of the Amer- 1 ;* i People, that after four years of fail- j ure t) restore the Union hy the experi- j in nit of war during- which, under the pretence of a military necessity or war ! power higher than th Constitution, the Constitution itslf has been disregard in ^very part, and public liberty and pri vate rights alike trodden down and the material prosperity of the country es sentially impaired ; justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a ces sation of hostility witii a view to an ul- fcim tta convention of all the States, or oth r peaceable means, to tin end that ftt the earliest practicable mom fit peace in ly b -) restored on the basis of the Fed eral Union of the States. Resolved, That the direct interference of the military authority of th^ United j States in the recent elections in Kentuc ky, Maryland, Missouri and Delaware, was a shameful violation of the Consti- j iution, and a repetition of such acts in | the approaching election will be held as i rerjlutionary and resisted with all the j m -satis and p>w3r aider our control. Resolved, That the aim and object of the Democratic party is to preserve the Federal Union and the Rights of the States unimpaired : and they hereby de clare that they consider the administra tive usurpations of extraordinary and dangerous powers not granted by Con- stitution, the subversion of the civil by the military law in States not in insur rection, the arbitrary military arrest, imprisonment, 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 op^n and avowed disregard of static rights, the employment of unusual test oaths, and 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 a govern ment (iirivin^ its just powers from the consent of the governed. Resolved, That the shameful disregard of the Administration to its duty to our fellow citizens who now and long have oaen h jld prisoners in a suffering condi tion, deserves the severest reprobation on the s 5 >re alike of public and common humanity. Rttolvv-l, That the sympathy of the Democratic party is heartily and ear nestly extended to the soldiers who are and have been in the fi old under the fl?*s of our country, and in tho event of ur attaining power they will receive all the care, protection, regard and kindnen* that the brave soldiers of the Republic have so gallantly earned. M214901 PlAtFORM. Resolved, That it is the highest duty of every American citizen to maintain against all their enemies the integrity of the Union arid the paramount author ity of the Constitution and laws of the United States, and that laying aside all differences and political opinions, we pledge ourselves as Union men, anima ted by common sentiment, and aiming at a common object, to do everything in our power to aid the government in quelling by force of arms, the rebellion now raging against its authority, and in bringing to the punishment due to their crimes the rebel* and traitors ar rayed against it. Resolved, That we approve the deter mination of the government of the Uni ted States not to compromise with rebels or to offer any terms of peace, except Nuch as may be based upon an uncondi tional surrender of their hostility, and to return to their just allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and that we call upon the gov ernment to maintain this position, and to prosecute the war with the utmost possible vigor to the complete suppres sion of the rebellion, in full reliance upon the sacrifices, the patriotism, the hwroic valor and the undying devotion of the American people to their country and its free institutions Resolved, That as Slavery was the cause and now constitutes the strength of this rebellion, and as it must be al ways and everywhere hostile to th principles of the republican government justice and the national safety demand its utter and complete extirpation from ;he soil of the Republic. And that we uphold and maintain the acts and procla mation by which the government in its own defence, has aimed a deathlike blow at this gigantic evil. We are in favor, furthermore, of such an amendment to the Constitutionto >e made by the people, in conformity with its provisions as shall terminate and forever prohibit the existence of sla very within the limits of the jurisdiction of the United States. Resolved, That the thanks oi the Amer ican people are due to the soldiers and sailors of the army and navy, who havt periled their lives in defence of their country, and in vindication of the honor | of the flag, that, the nation owes to them | gome permanent recognition of their patriotism and their valor, and ample and ! permanent provisions for those of their survivors who have received disabling arid honorable wounds in the service j of the county, and that the memories of I those who have fallen in its defence | shall bo held in grateful and everlasting ! remembrance. Resolved, That we approve and *p- j plaud the practical wisdom, the uiiit*!- i fish patriotism and unswerving fidelity i to the constitution and principle* of ! American liberty with which Abraham I Lincoln has discharged under circutn- stances of unparalelled difficulty, the- i great duties arid responsibilities of thn | presidential office. That we approvw i and endorse, as demanded by the ewer* j geucy and essential to the preservation i of the nation and as within the consti tution, the measures and acts which h i has adopted to defend the nation against its open and secret foes. That we ap- j prove especially the proclamation of I emancipation and the employment an i Union soldiers of men heretofore Ueld in I slavery, and that we have full confidence | in his determination to carry these and | all other constitutional measures essen- j tial to the salvation of the country into j full and complete success. Resolved, That we deem it essential to ; the general welfare that harmony should | prevail in the national councils, and w I regard as worthy of public confidence* and official trust those only who cordiul- j ly endorse the principles proclaimed^ iu i these resolutions, and which should char- | acterize the administration of the gov ernment. Resolved, That the government owe to all men employed in its armies with out regard to distinction of color th full protection of the laws of war, and I that any violation of these laws, or of the usages of civilized nations in th time of war by the rebels now in arms. | should be made the subject of full and proper redress. . That the foreign immigra- ! tion which in the past has added so much ?<> the wealth and development of resour- 1 <ie and increase of power to this nation, < the asylum of the oppressed of alt na- i .-ioii8, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy. Rcxolvr.d, That we are in favor of the speedy conHtruction of a railroad to the Pacific. J{ttnol-ved, That th national faith pledged for the redemption of the public J?bt must be kept inviolate, and that for this purpose we recommend economy and rigid responsibility in the public ex oenditures and a vigorous and just sys tem of taxation, that it is the duty of \ *v*ry loyal State to nustain the credit nd promote the use of the national cur rency. RtHsolv&l, that we approve of tfie po- ! ait ion taken by the Government, that the ueuple of the United States cau never I regard with iudiflerence the attempt of) muy European power to overthrow by inrce or supplant by fraud the institu tions of any Republican Government on Jhe western continent, and that they will view with extreme jealousy, an iwnacing to the peace and independence i oi this, our country, the efforts of any , uch power t* obtain new footholds for i monarchial governments, sustained by i a foreign military force in near proximi- i ty to the United States. OltD ON I III: \V\IC AKBITKAItY AU. KGSTft AND THE DKAFT. In a letter to the President, August, 1861, he, McClellan, says : " I urge upon you to make a positive j rjd unconditional demand lor an imme- < dittte draft of the additional troops you j require. Men will not volunteer now. j ami drafting is the only succesful plan." In his order for the arrest of the Mary- laud Legislature he says : * Arrangements have been made tc have a government steamer at Annapo lis to receive the prisoners and carry them to their destination. Some four or five of the chief men in Uie aff uir are to b: arrested to-dav. When they meet on the 17th you wilt have everything prepared to arrest the whole party, and be sure that none es cape. It is understood that you arrange with General Dix, and Gov. Seward the mod us operandi. It lias been intimated to me that the meeting might take placn on the 14th ; please be prepared. I would be glad to have you advise me frequently of your arrangements in re gard to this very important matter. If it ia successfully carried out, it will go far toward breaking the back- bone of the rebellion." In his letter to the President dated July 7, 1862, he recogniiod his plenary powers during a state of war, declaring: " The timo has come when the Govern ment must determine upon a civil aud military policy, covering the whole ground of our national trouble. "The responsibility of determining, de claring, and supporting such civil and military policy, and of directing the whole course of national affairs in nt- gard to the rebellion, must now be as sumed and exercisea by you, or our cause will be lost. The Constitution gives you power, even for the present terrible exigency." In the same letter he proposes to in augurate a policy of emancipation with compensation, in tho following terms : " Slaves, contraband, under the act of Congress, seeking military protection, should receive it. The right of the Gov ernmunt to appropriate permanently to its own service claims to slave labor, should be asserted, and the right of the owner to compensation therefore should be recognized. Tins principle might be extended, upon grounds of military ne cessity and security, to all tho slaves of of a p*rticufcir State, thus working man umission in such State ; and in Missou ri, perhaps in Western Virginia also, aud possibly even in MaryUnd, the ex pediency of such a measure in only * question of time." In his letter iu favor of the election of Judge Woodward as Governor of Penn sylvania in 1863, he pronounced for th- use or all the means at the command of the loyal State: to destroy the r*t*!!?ni> He supported Woodward, because, he wrote : 44 1 understand Judge Woodward to be in favor of the prosecution of the war with air the means at the command of the loyal Slates, until the military power of the rebellion is destroyed." In 1862 he was for war to the end. He had no thought of exhausting the re or virtual destruction of the militar? power of the Confederate traitors., H* pronounces the rebellion, gratuitous, and unjustifiable on ethical grounds ; he in vokes heaven to give him and his fellow- soldiers true hearts and firm wills lu fight out the combat till victory i* achieved. But upon this record he .ac cept a nomination which pledges him in sources of statesmanship in negotiating use immediate effort* to treat with reb-. peace with an armed and defiant rebel- 1 els before those conditions are obtained lion He then said which he has declared he believes ar* " Our cause must never be abandoned; i essential to the re-establishment of tlut it is the cause of free institutions and self-government. The Constitution and the Union must be preserved, whatever may be the cost in time, treasure or j infidelity to his proclaimed conviction* Union. He has surrendered uncondi tionally. With a rare lack of the of personal honor he parades his blood. If secession is successful, other dissolutions are clearly to be seen in the future. Let neither military disasters, political faction or foreign war shake yonr settled purpose to enforce the equal operation of the laws of the United States upon the people of every S ate." He recognized in December of 1863 the necessity of destroying the military power of the rebellion before we treat with the rebels. He states his belief as follows : "I believe that a necessary prelim i- j nary to the re-establishment of the Union I is the entire defeat or virtual destruc- j tion of the organized military power of! the Confederates." He laid the blame ot the rebellion up on the South in his oration at Vest Point, asserting that : " Such a rebellion cannot be justified upon ethical grounds, and the only alter natives for our choice are its suppres- with ostentatious vanity. GENERAL tlrf I.ri.I.A V* III- TKB OF ACCEPTANCE. ORANGE, N. J., Sept. 8. GENTLEMEN I have the honor to ao knowledge the receipt of your letter in forming me of my nomination by tb Democratic Convention recently assem bled at Chicago, -is the candidate at tli* of our naton sion or the destruction ality." This record shows that he has been the advocate of the manumission of slaves ; of a draft ; of arbitrary arrests ; <>f the President s assuming the determi nation of the whole policy, civil and military, with reference to the rebellion, ud the direction of the whole course of national affairs in regard to the rebel lion or the cause would be lost ; he rec ommends the prosecution of the w.irtill the military power of the rebellion be destroyed ; he declares the necessary preliminary to peace it, the entire defeat election tor the President of tn* United States. It is unnecessary for me to say to you that this nomination comes to me. unsoughc. J am happy to know that when the nomination made, the record of my public life kept in view. The effect of long arid varied service in the army during w*r and peace has been to strength m and make in my mind and heart the love and reverence for the Constitution, laws an4 flag of our country, impressed upon tn* in early youth. These feelings have thus far guided the course of my life, and in ist coalman to do so to its end Tu<j existence of : n<>re than one government over the re gion which once owned our flag is in compatible with the puace, the power, and the happiness of th3 people. Th* preservation of our people was the s >le avowed object for which the war wa* commenced. It should have been con ducted for that object only, and in ac cordance with those principles which J took occasion to declare when in active service. Thu.s conducted, the work of reconciliation would have been arid we might liave reaped the benefits cl many victories on land and sea." The Union was originally formed by the exercise of a spirit of conciliation mid compromise To restore and pre serve it, the same spirit must prevail in our councils and in the hearts ot the peo ple. The re-establishment of the Union in all its inte^i ity must be the indispen- sible conclusion in any settlement. So soon as it is clear or even probable that our present adversaries are ready for peace upon the basis of the Union, we should exhaust all the resources of statesmanship practiced by civilized na tions and taught by the traditions of the American people, consistent with the honor and interests of the country, to secure; such peace, re-establish the Union and guarantee the future constitutional rights of every State. The Union is the one condition of peace. We ask no more. Let rre add what I doubt not was, al though unexpressed, the sentiment of the Convention, that it is of the people they represent, that when any one State is willing to return to the Union, it should be received at once with a full guarantee of all its constitutional rights. If a frank, earnest and persistent effort to obt in those objects should fail, the responsibility for ultimate consequences will fall upon those who will remain in arms against the* Union. But the Union must be preserved at all hazards. I could not look in the face of my gal lant comrades of the army and navy, who have survived so many battles, and tell them that their labor and sacrifice of so many of our wounded brethren had been in vain ; that we had abandoned that Union for which we had so often periled our lives. A vast majority of our people, whether in the aimy or navy or at home, would, as I would, hail with unbounded joy the permanent restora tion of peace under the Constitution without the effusion of another drop of blood ; but no peace can be permanent without union. To the other subjects presented in the resolutions of the Convention, I need on ly say that I should seek in the Consti tution of the United States and the laws j franvd in accordance therewith, the rules of my duties and limitations of Ex- ! ecutive Puwer, endeavor to restore econ omy in the public expenditures and es- tabl sh the supremacy of law, and by the operation of a more vigorous nation ality, resume <>ur common position among the nations >f the earth. The condition of our finances, the de- ; precaution of the paper money, and the ! burd -ns thereby imposed on labor and ! capital, show the necessity of a return to a sound financial system. B ;!i j ving that the views here ex- pres u. d are those of the Convention and peop e yon represent, I accept the norn- inati -n. I realize the weight of the re sponsibility to be won should the peo- pie r.itif.v your chioce. Conscious of my own weakness, I can only sock permanently the guidance of the Ruler of the Univers^, and relying on His all puwerful aid, doing the best to restore union and peace to a suffering people and to establish and guard their : liberties and rights. I a-n, gentlemen, vevy respectfully, ; your obedient servant, GEOK<;K B. MCCLELLAN. i To Hon. HORATIO SEYMOUR and others of the Committee. THE MODEL OF COPPERHEAD SEDITION. BENEDICT ARNOLD, on the 20th day of October, 1780, issued the following : Proclam ttion to the Citizens and Soldiers of ttie United States : You are promised liberty by the leaders of your affairs, but is there un individual in the enjoy ment of it, saving your oppressors ? Who among you dare to speak or write what he thinks against the tyrauny which h>is robbed you of your prop erty, imprisons your sons, drags you to the field of battle, and is daily deluging your country with blood? Your country once was happy, and had the proffered pence, boen embraced, the last two years of misery had been spent in peace and plenty, and repairing the desolation of the quarrel, that would have set the interests of Great Britain and Ameri ca in a true light, and cemented their friendships. I wish to lead a chosen band of Americans to the attainm nits of peace, liberty and safety, the first obje ts i:i taking the field. What is America but a land of widows, orphans and bejrgarj ? But what need of argument to such as feel infinitely more misery than tongue can ex- press? I give my promise of most :ifi-ti<;nate welcome tu all who are disposed to j< in me ill i measures necessary to close the scenes <;1 (-111 at- i fliction. which must increase until wi? me satisfied j with the liberality of the mother eountiv, which ; Ktill offers us protection and exemption from all j taxes hut such as we think tit to impose upon our- i selves. BENEDICT A 15 N OLD. j Oct. 20, 1780. The traitor hero make* ei yht points | against the Continental Congress and j WASHINGTON the Commander-in-(Jhief : j First That frc-dom of speech and of the press has been taken away. Second That property has been ap propriated. Jhird That illegal imprisonments have been made. Fourth That odious Conscriptions have been imposed. Fifth That peace, which might have been had, was refused. Sixth That the first objects in taking the Held have been abandoned. Seventh That the countiy lias been deluged with blood, and made a land of widows and orphans. Eighth That it is necessary to join him, in order to close those afflictions and return to prosperity. Now we defy any man to make out a more complete model of a Copperhead harangue in 1864. Take any of the set speeches, we care not which. Turn fur instance to that made by Horatio Sey mour in Milwaukee, an extract from which we published last Monday. His points are as follows, and we use his own words : First "The freedom of speech and of the press has been denied us." Second "It is your properly, the property of Northern tax-payers, which is confiscated." Third " Men have been torn from their families, and locked up in prison, and women too." Fourth "Men are told that they must leave their homes, and devote them selves to war." Fifth "The policy of the Administra tion has placed hindrances in the way of the Union." Sixth "The Administration l.as en tered upon, a settled policy dangerous to th<} welfare of the country." Seventh "In God s name, are there no means by which we can snve fhe lives of husbands and brothers :" .Eighth " We nominated McClellaa that we might restore prosp- rity ai.d peace to the people." Thus are the points made by Horatio Seymour against the Administration in 1864, identical, point with point, with those made by Benedict Arnold against Washington and the Continental Con gress in 1780. We see precisely what Mr. Seymour meant when, toward the close of his speech, he asserted, " our views came from our fathers." They are the views which t ne Tory father, through their executor, Benedict Arnold, bequeathed to their Copperhead off THE PROSPECT. The prospects of the utter crushing ! out of the rebellion, and the complete restoration of peace and Union, with a I National Administration strong enough i to keep in abeyance ever after secession ! based upon state lights, are brightening j every day. The foundation of this re- j belliou was the infamous doctrine of " no I coercion," which when carried out and I established left us no government, no I power by which a nation c* nld be con- i trolled. Establish that principle, and the United States fall to pieces and the I states lose their cohesion. If there is no power to coerce those setting them selves up against the laws of the land, j what purpose for which an executive is elected can be executed ? The Presi- I dent cannot raise a single soldier, if the j states or any one of them refuse for it j could not be coerced ; nor could he or I congress raise a tax, for taxation im- I plies coercion ; nor could he or congress j man the navy, for that might also imply | coercion. In a w^rd the United States j Government, according to copperhead | interpretation, is utterly powerless to enforce against a state any of the laws of the United States. That this is s<> we have only to quote the language of Vallandigham at the Chicago Conven tion : " What should be necessary hereafter: what our duty shall be in one, two or three years, Time will be our grand in- I THE NATK NAI. UNITY" Why were these Mrnctor, and he teaches wisely and well, words stricken out ? Simply and 9vi- Tliey who are in public lifVj then, filling dently to enable tne south to gain inde- t!ie high places of responsibility and pendence by breaking up the territorial trust, will discharge their duty, and you I Union. Can treason blacker or more will demand of them that which they > damnable than this be anywhere found? shall do always having in view never to surrender that one great object, the H-constructioii of the federal Union not This doctrine of no coercion is the very soul of the Chicago Platform. Whate v er glosses McClellan s letter may pu territorial unity, a unity of despotism J upon it the cloven foot of no coerciout bin the old fedeial Union, a union found- ! still appears: " The second of the, Chicago resolu tions explicitly declares, a.s- fkb M>$e of fh<> American people, 1 that war having tailed, and the material prosperity of the country being essentially impaired/ e<l on the principles of federation and compact 1*1 \ceen sovereign and indefjend- etil xtaten, delegating certain powers to their common agent, and withholding horn it those not delegated ." * " But that great doe- justice, humanity, liberty and tSie pub- fff ne of utate rights i* implied in the living lie welfare demand that immediate ef- vordx inserted in the I art tlauxe of the rex- lorts be made for the cessation of hostil- olutions relating to peace on he. faxix of ittes, with a view to an ultimate conven- tiie FFDKKAI. Union, as distinguished from j tion of all the states, or other jyeoceful ANY OTHEK union or any comm unity" \ ineanx, to the end that at the earliest Here the great apostle of Copperhead- practicable moment peace may be re gives the clew to IMH whole traitor- (-118 scheme He does not insist upon a territorial unity, such as existed before the war, and which the great men who laid the foundations of this government thought they had established, but he demands a Federal Union over which stored, on the basis of the federal Union of (he x o/p.s 1 ." This resolution demands the immedi ate cessation of hostilities with a view to an ultimate Convention of the states or " other peaceful means" mark you, no war, no coercion if a convention ot National Administration can exer- | the states will not effect the objtct, no cise no coercive power, and which any ! other but peaceable means must be tried, state can break up whenever it pleases, j to affect what? a Territorial Union V We ask special attention to these words ! By no means, but a FEDERAL UNION of the of Vallandingham, as they contain the states. Old Federalism is here brought very germ ot treason and rebellion. i out in all its hidious features, ar.d our Take in connection with them the fact Unity and Nationality are cant to the that the idea >f a Territorial Union was i winds, and Jeff Davis and his fellow specially ignored by the Chicago Con- j traitors have full scope to go at large vention. At that Convention Washing ton Hunt offered the following resolu tion. "Resolved, That in the future, as in This Federalism so strungly demand ed by this Chicago Convention is thus described by Judge Story in his history of the Constitution: the past, we will adhere with unswerv- ; "that by this political compact the ing fidelity to the Union and Constitu- Continental Congress have exclusive tion, and \mri*t in maintaining the nation- \ power for the following purposes, with- al unity as the only solid foundation of out being able to execute one of them: our strength, security and happiness as ; They ma} make and conclude treaties, a people, arid as a framework of govern- j but can only recommend the observance inent equallv conducive to the welfare | of them. They may appoint embassa- and prosperity of all the states, both! dors; but they cannot defray even the northern and southern." ! expenses of their tables. They may The convention adopted this as oue i borrow money in their own name, on the of the planks in its platform, but struck | faith of the Union, but they cannot pay out the words " AND INSIST ix MAINTAINING j a dollar. They may coin money, but they cannot import an ounce of bullion. | stand a defeat, lias said, we learn, They may make war, and determine what number of troops are necessary; but they cannot raise a single soldier. In short, they may declare every thing, but they cm do nothing." Thin is the kind of Union the Chicago Platform demands a U to slavery all it, struction of the United States. that he will not be flush of his funds. Mr. Brooks will, we are convinced re- ceive the full vote of his own party, and alo the votes of the intelligent portion of his political opponents, who have done ,ds a Union that gives j bnsine8S at tne county Clerk s office, not it, asks, nanr lv: the de- ; , . , T , , , ... r P . , T- , .. i because Mr Brooks is a half way, time lerntonal Liiion or the J OUR COUNTY TICKET. serving politician, for he is the very re- i verse of a l this, but because he is ;i most diligent, capable and excellent The Hon. Giles W. Hotchkiss, nnani- \ Cjnnty Clerk. monsly renorninated for Member of Con- : H "- William W - Shepard, candidate gress of the 26th Congressional District, j for Member of Assembly, is a gentleman is a gentleman whose firmness, patriot- 1 of fine culture, fine education and largr> ism and integrity have been amply man- 1 legislative experience. He will enter ifest during the last session of Congress, i u P on hid legislative duties, if elected, A truer patriot does not exist. To our ! and tljere are no doubts of that, with a sick and wounded soldiers in the lios- j knowledge of legislation, and an ac- pitals in and around Washington, he | qintance with laws, State and Nation- was a father and friend. His votes du- 1 al excelled by few. We anticipate for ring the trying Session, were always given and always correctly and truly him a bright career and a position of in fluence and usefulness in the legislation on the side of the Union in favor of the J of the coming winter, soldiers, and for the support of the war. ! For Superintendent of the Poor, Albert In addition to honesty, capacity and abil ity, he has exhibited diligence and ap plication to all the details of his onerous duties truly meritorious. The district which elected him two years ago, will give him a larger majority than he re ceived in 1862. Wi:liams, of Newark Valley, has re ceived the nomination He discharged the duties of this office some few years ogo, and was much esteemed for his ap plication, capacity and general effic en- cy. He is a worthy man of most excel lent character and will receive a large Horace A. Brooks the union candidate i vote as he possesses the esteem of the for County Clerk, has had one term s ex perience of the office as Deputy, and an other term s experience as County Clerk. Having had this experience before the county it is no small honor to receive a unanimous norninatien by a party whose nomination is equal to an election, such an honor Mr. Brooks has received. His entire community, while his peculiar % fil- ness for the office is acknowledged by all. For Special County Judge, for Coroa- er, for Justice of Sessions, Charles A. Munger, Dr. Theodore S. Armstrong and Lorain Curtis have respectively re ceived the nomination. All good, true, Union men, worthy, capable and geiie?- opponent is a gentleman we believe of allv acceptable. i ,!. , c v i L i Our Ticket is one against which our good ability, but feeling that he was \\r . . , \ opponents cannot move a pen. We com- Hommated with no chance of an election j men d them most heartily to the support and simply because he could pay and | of all our citizens. THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY