ght h tumcsburfl Republican.
raiOS BEPl'BMCiX III k EI
hatiox.il.
fob pkk8idest,
GEW. ULYSSES S. GRANT,
Or ILLINOIS,
FOU VICE PIIEPIPEXT,
HON. 8CHUYLEB COLFAX,
OK INDIANA.
TATE.
TO smiTon oitjertiAi. !
0.J011N F HA HI It AN FT,
Of Shntijomrrif Coif.
ram aravrroH orvrnvL:
Qui, JACOB M. CAMPIlLLL,
0 Cambria Coium.
DISTRICT. .
For conorhs.
CArT. J HKNTON DONLEY,
Of ilrttiu Cae'y,
Subject to the action or Ilia liitlt District Con
ference. COUNTY.
ron AASKMni.r.
- GEOKGE O. MII.I.EK. ESQ.,
Of Ihtniard 7WiiAi.
ro Riamwnwri,
THOMAS X t'ENN, ESQ ,
Of Wiuhinyton Townthift,
ron poob iioi'hc ninrrroii,
THOMAS ltO.-M, ES(i ,
y Morgan Tou'uiMi.
ron AtiiiiTtm,
HENRY W. TAYLOR, ESQ
y Juekion jfiiwmfi.
pesidetiai. FLr.tTony.
ATLAIKIK.
O. Msritsn Coatfs, of Pilladolphln.
Till M. MAU.H1IAJ L, ot ritlsliurull.
District.
I. W. II. Barms,
1 W.J. Pollock,
i. Richard Wlkley,
in. Klinuel Knnrr,
II. M. V. WuEunsellcr.
PIST1IHT.
r. rhnrles It. Miller,
m. (:... i... u . i:iho.
ft. Watson I1. JIi'Olll.
17. John istewurt,
IS. A. li.OllilnU'aJ,
hi. James loll.
. J. II. Hrlnuiiurst,
7, Fruuk C. Iteuiuii
j. Isaac Kckert,
tt. Morris Hooper,
HI. David M. ltumf,
II. Wm.Diivls.
U W. W. Kelchum,
Jii. II. i'. Johnson,
21, .1. K. KwIiik,
11. Win. Krew,
-J.H. A. V'. i ritwfnrd,
.'I. J.w. Uutnu.
THE
REPrDMCA rou
P.MUN t
THE CAM.
UBAXT, (OM'AX A XI) I-K.K'tt .
Humanity, Liberty mid Freedom I
If Treason I No llepiidluiloii I No lino,
lulluu I
Rkfubmcaxb I Tiirly Ultra are now distinct
ly drawn and llio great buttle of I'm Join
against Oppression, to be fnuKht this lull, de
mands that the Republican party the party of
Freedom should work. Tho dlsscmlnntlun of
political truth can be more thoroughly uml ef
fectually accomplished tlirotiKhyour own Jour
nal than In nuy other wuy ! Wo therefore nppcal
toyou tould u In glvlux It a wider circulation.
Its future course will bo marked by Its ;
always against Trcnson, Uepudliitlonand Itev
olutlou, In whatever form, mid for luyul men
to rule the Itepubllc t
Vepolut with pride to the stall lard your pa
per boa attained compared wllh that of two
years ago, und promise greater Improvement
if tho required asslstmire la given us.
T:BH CAN1I IN AUVANI'tl!
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ClnbaofTen, l,30.
Address JAM. E. HA YEU".
Wuyneahurg, I'a.
UM'riii.KAM.s::.
TIM Platform by wiileli it l Siiopurle.l.
Law, Liberty, Jtmiiro and EtttnUy I
Ureal Trntrii rorn Urcai People.
OUANT, COLt'AX At VirTUUV.
Tho following platform, reported by the Com
lltletf on KeaiHllllous, wan Ullalillilolily luluii-
- d by the Nutlonal Kepublleuii c'uiiveutloii in
leaalon lit Chiellifo In tllu 21st lilt. I
Flrat. We eoum-iilulate the eountry on the
'Maured ftueuHKa ol Hie reeun.-,lriu-lloii proJeelH of
t'onKroHg, na evlnceil by the udoptlon, in a nm
urlly oi tiiu Ntutoa lately In rebellion, oieuiinll
Itluuaaucurlutt etjual, eivll and political rititu
loall, uud regard U us the duty of tlie Govern
nent toauatuiii theiio lut u ultima and to pro.
vent the people of aueh Hiatea irum bvdug re
mlltod to a alute of nnareliy.
' Mooond. The kuarainee of Coiinrefis of equal
utlruKeto all luyul men nl the rt iuili was de
manded by every coualilerution of puoile aui'eiy,
of gruttttiue, and of Juatlce, and mu.st bo maiti-
tallied, while tliequeatlouof auilVnKo lu ull Hie
- loyal Htntee properly belonga to the peoile uf
thoae Htutea.
Third. We denounce all forma of repudiation
aa a national crime, and national tumor ro
quires tho payment of the public IndebiedncHa
lu theutltioal good faith toall oroditora, alhoinu
. and abroad, not ouly ueeordliiK to the letter but
' the spirit of the luwa under which It wus con
. tracUnl.
Fourtli. It la due to thelalMirof the nation tlmt
taxation should b e.iimll.iil, and reduced us
rupldlyoK the uatlomil fulih will iieritiit.
r'tfth. The national debt, contracted aa It lma
been for the preservation of Hie tliiiou tor all
time to come, should be extended over a lulr
period for rudeiilptlou, and 11 la theduly of Con
gress to reduce the ratu of Interest thrcou
whenevor it can uosalhlv be done.
Math. That the beat policy to diminish our
. Dltrtlen or dent la lo so improve our credit tout
- cuDllallsta will seek to loan ua money ui lower
rules of Interest than wo now pay, mil imm
oontlnueto pay so long us repudiiiliou, pm liul
or totut, open or covert, is iiircuicneu or su.v
peeled.
Heventli. Thoaoverniiii'iitoftlicirnlted Slut.-s
' should beadmiiilstcreil witii the strictest eeon
ouiy,nlid Uie corruptions which have beeA so
' shamelully nursed and fostered by Andrew
Johnson call loinJly lor radical iviorni,
Klgbtll. We proloumlly deplore Ihe untlmoly
. and truglo death ol Abrubiim lancoln, und re-
Pret the accession of Andrew Joluison to the
'residency, who has acted treacherously to the
people who elected him niul ttKfcauu ho was
jtledged to support ; has usurped legislative and
judicial functions, has rciused to executo the
laws; bus used tils liluh ollL'0 to induce other
oirtoers to ignore and violate the laws; has em
ployed his executive power to render Insecure
' the prosperity, ponce, liberty, and liteofiiicelt
. lzena ; has abused the pardoning power; has
denounced the national Legislature as uncon
stitutional; has persistently and uorruptty re
sisted, by every ineuns in hts power, every prop
. arattcmpt at the reconstruction of the states
lately lu rebellion ; has perverted the publlu pa.
tronsge Into au engine ot wholesale corruption,
and has been Justly Impeached lor high crimes
and 'misdemeanors, and properly pronounced
guilty by the votes or ihtriy-ilve Senators.
Ninth. Thedootrlneof Ureal IlrlUiin and other
European powers, that because u tituii Is oiioe
a subiect he Is ulwuvs so. must be resisted nt
every haiurd by the United Htutes ns n relic of
llie leuoai -lines, not autuoristni oy 1110 mw or
nations and utwur with our Motional honor and
Independence. Naturalized citizens nre cntl
' tied to bo protected lu ull their rights of cill
genshlpas though they were native-born, and
nocltlsen of the United Utates, native orna
turallzed. must bo liable to arrest and Impris
onment by any foreign powor for uotsdone or
words spoken In thlscotiutry. And If so arrest
ed and Imprisoned, It Is the duty of the Gov
crnment to interfere In his behalf.
Tenth. Of ull who were faithful lu the trfhls of
.ineinte war there were none entitle,! tonioro
' cspevlal honor than tho brave soldiers and scn
' men who endured the hardships ol cairpuign
and cruise and Imperilled their lives In theser
' vice of the country. The bounties and nenslona
provided by law for these bravo deimidcrs of
me uation are obligations never to be rorgotten.
: The widows and orphans of the gallant, dead
are the wards of the people, a sacred legacy be
queathed to the nation's protecting care.
, Klevonth. Foreign emigration, which In the
' post has added so much to the wealth und do
.velopinent of the resources and the Inoreoseof
power of this nation, "the asylum or the op
pressed of all nations," should bo fostered and
encoiiragod by a liberal and lust policy,
' Twelfth. This convention declares Its sympa
thy with all the oppressed people who are Strug
' gllng tor their rights. ,
Ou motion of (Joueral Carl Schura, the follow
ing additional resolutions were unanimously
ad.ipted as part of the platform ; .
Resolved, That we highly command the aplrls
or magnanimity and forbearAiioe with which
' men who have served in the rebellion, but
now rranltly and honestly co-operats with ns In
!" . l!" Peace or the country and recon
structing the Southern Stnte governments upon
' lISl'f 2J l'nP-r('al Justice and equal rlgnls,
f"1 :k Into the communion of the
loyal people: and we favor the removal of the
l!'VSl?n:"nArw'lrloUon' ''nposed upon
the btte rebels In the same measure as their
; !ttrJi?'JK " 1.'"r- nd as may"be oou.
. alsteol Ith the safety of the loyal people.
- Resolved. That ra r.v, 1 - - , '1. ,
, elples laid down in thetmmortnl DecVatmn of
Independenoe as the true foundation or demo
cratlo government, and we hall with gladness
, nr.tnri lo,,"i king thoso rrinVPiSr;
VM uivh ui Aiuei icau SHU.
UIAI.OUIE A BO IT A DIALOUl'C
?) Street in Waynesburg.
renonx Democrat ami Republi-
Democrat loqiiilnr) "Wfll, Ciree-
Ipv, how are you to tiny?''
llcpublicmi "Tip-top, Jolmny ! I
Imvu iiuincroiis caus fur being in
gootl 111111101. 1 lmvo just been read
ing tat week's MrKnger, (I read both
sides to keep well posted) uud am not
surprised to find its editors desperate
in (lie strait of having to udvoeuto the
election of nn eastern bondholder to
the President', after their repeated
declarations that they would have uo
King but Pendletou and Greenbacks!
And moro than that ,t'py nre com
pelled to honey tho Ulair family and
truckle to the chanticleer vanilv of the
rebel chivalry. Politically, us Xasby
says, I find them 'cipiul to any emer
gency .' pjiit, did you rend that 'Dia
loiruo betwivn lwo Ieii;liUors, in
hint WCck '8 JAvMCiytT.'"
,iVm. "Yes, I did."
iV . "Were you struck very forei
bly with the soundness of 'A's, logic'.'"
Dan.' "'I'lio truth is I read it over
mechanically, having became so used
to the glib arguments advanced by our
side on the money question that I can
talk very much after the.sanio fashion
that pur heavy guns do who speak
with. such calm assuninco as to the
plausibility of themselves being tible
to run tho machinery of our govern
ment aright if only elected to do so.
The. oimii of'A's, logic is very appa
rent but it lacks the ness in a great
degree."
Hep, "Why, do you think so! I
am not surprised to hear you speak
thus, however, for you was a known
supporter uf the war and if I mistake
not loaned soma money to tho Gov
ernment, while it is very clear from
tho tone of 'AV languago he had no
heart in the struggle? fur the maintain
nnccofan undivided country. AVhat
is your candid convictions on 'AV
wool argument, embracing, as it is
meant to, the whole question of our
financial dilliculties? I should like to
hear from an honest IV'iiioernt."
Jrm. "Well, to begin with, there
is a slight difl'crcnco in aoto ami ten
iewn ago, und ifadmitted for the worse?
I am the last man to say u word be
cause it whs our old party lenders who
did the mischief, tjo far from tho Na
titiual Hanking system being a stuni
blin ' block in the wav to fortuuo und
the sule ot our wool crop, I am con
vii 0 d that it has many advantages
over the old Ftato Banks, Tho old
Farmers' and Jh'overs' liank with a
capital of $ 150,000, or w leftover it
may have had, although it cireu
tcd three times its amount of capital,
was incompetent, at times, to supply
the demand, and not unfreqiiciitly bor
rowers had to pay a heavy rate for in
terest and tako .their loans peiee-nieal,
thus enabling the Bank to double. the
interest on every loan. As roses smell
as sweet by any other mine, I'll call
this honesty. The inflation of n paper
circulation so far above capital kept
tho money market in a perpetual fever,
and it was only by adroit management
that panics were avoided. It hap
pened so in tho F. & D. Bank. Had
tho 500,000 in paper, or a considera
ble fraction, beca returned at any time
for redemption, it might have whelmed
the Bank into insolvency and caused
tho financial ruin of many of our citi
zens. Moreover, our old State cur
rency was discounted away from home,
and at no great distance was worthless
(is a medium for trade; whilst to-day
the National money of the most ob
scure Bank is par ut currency valuo
the country over. It is not true that
money is in greater demand now than
heretofore. No matter how much the
lender has ho can find enough who
aro willing to borrow and pay large
interest. In tho days of State Banks
they were allowed to thus prey upon
the borrower by extracting a huge
usury, and I think it a wise provision
of our National Banking system that
that they arc compelled to givo bonds
ten per cent, above circulation. This
imparts, stability where ''confusion
worse confounded" might result. The
combinations most to be feared by our
farmers are not tho manufacturers.
That is uot the teaching of political
economy. But rather the pronencss
of the American people, in general,
to rush into witd schemes for lnakiiisr
money, to indulge in foolish specula
tion. 'A' reasons that the law of sup
ply and demand governs tho grain
trade but argues against himself if it
is applied to wool. In all industrial
pursuits supply regulates prices uo
more so in one than another. If grain
is plenty all the efforts of monopolists
would bo fruitless in attempting to
keep lip tho price. Wo aro seeinp;
this proved now by a large crop this
year reducing prices. So in wool. It
has become too plenty. With sheep
at fifty cents a head how is it to be
expected that we should have fifty
cents for a pound of wool. What
manufacturer, allowing thorn all to be
'he USajinesburcj' Republican, ebnesftag, ibuugC 5, 1SC8.
'Republican bondholders' as 'A' as
serts, but which I very niuoh doubt,
so foolish as to make husto in pay
ing largely for nn article whielujie
knows an overstocked market must
soonsefid begging for purchasers? It
would bo just as sensible to buy gold
at 1 10 when it is running down at tho
rate of one cent per diem." '
Hep. "You speak correctly and as
I had thought you would, being a
farmer yourselfand competent to judge.
What do you say to 'AV remedy for
this. He proposes to cancel the bonds
with greenbacks, do away with tho
National Banking systciuand ca.se up
tho market by a wholesale issue of
paper money, having no standard
basis and bringing all tho attendant
tvils of bank panics, failures, etc."
Dein. 'This opens a mine ofargu
ment that I won't attempt to explore
at present. I am n Democrat ami
have, I think, taken nu impartial
stand in tho matter. I tret to see a
Bkpi'HLICax occasionally und I am
frank to say I was much pleased by
the speech of Mr. Blaino on tho finance
subject, printed last week in its col
umns. He shows that tho Banks are
a source of rcvenuo' tt tho country,
and that no matter ho.v specific the
taw for taxing bonds, aside from tha
breach of national faith, no more mo
ney but fow, would be the cli'ect. The
locking up of money in thu bonds as a
hindrance to trade is all bosh. I pay
a tax on every cent invested nliow au
ineomo of a thousand dollars. If I
chocseif I could sell what bonds I
have and invest in real estate Ami os
tensibly would pay muck larger ta
but recollect tho rate of interest i u it
six per cent.
I make ten, t.v
:ve,
perhaps
fifteen per cent, llui'ing
contitieneo in tno puiiiiu cretin, How
ever, I let it remain in tho Treasury
drawing small interest and have no
. ., ,1. i..t
occasion to growl nt others who do
likewise. I inortg igo your property
as it were, but give you nil the benefit
of its use. II) us our party proposes,
you manifest a disposition to break
your contract I must withdraw my
support, with loss to myself, ami
throw you upon the mercy of your
creditors. This you know is disas
trous to, individuals und, of course,
would be to the nation. And it is this
intimation of breaking the national
faith that is ombarassing the country
at present. Tho confidence and tim
idityoftho public creditors operates
in the money market as the tempera
ture dooj on the thermometer. Credit
U), money plenty; credit down, money
scarce. The New York platform
plainly indicates a want of faith in our
Government, and would commit the
party to repudiation, but I for one can
be no accomplice in the assassination
of Credit, nor can I think it possible
for Democrats who.supportod tho war
war to engage in such a crime.
llcp, "Good! It is clear that your
argumeut followed up efleetually dis
poses of 'A V theory. Having talked
longer than I expected, I must bid
you goo.l day, but shall bo happy to
hear you again. By tho by, I hear
that Corbly Orndiilf, Esq., has sold
his wool."
Dcm. "Ho has, and a fine lot it
was, too. Nearly fivo hundred pounds
in all and of tho best quality. Mr,
John linger who bought it pronounces
it tho best ho bos yet seen."
llcp. "Numerous other farmers aro
selling arc they not ?"
Dcm. "Quito a number. I kept
my fingers out of the wool pudding
this year, imagining there would uot
be enough plums to go round.
llcp, "You did wisely. Now that
reconstruction is fairly aceomplisjied
in all but three States' of the South
and the perturbed state of our conn
try is soon to be settled by tho elec
tion of General Grant to tho .Presi
dency, capitalists will have nothing to
fear with the Democratic Repudiation
scheme repudiated by the people, and
with tho help of nil good men the
eountry will once more bo put upon
tho high road to prosperity and wealth,
and the busy hum of machinery, now
hushed in our woolen and other man
ufactorics, shall ho heard again
throughout the length and breadth of
tho land I"
UCAUlltEADl
A careful perusal of Commissioner
Well's report printed on this page
will disabuso tho, inind of any who
are led to believe the statement of
Democrats about unnecessary extrava
gauce etc. Instead of 8150,000,000
expended in keeping an army iu the
Soutn tho cost, in the last fiscal year
ending Juno 30, of Reconstruction,
iFreedmcn's Bureau, Indian Bureau
ana Army aggregates but $152,7:27,
680. The copperheads missing it
about 6100,000,000. When they tell
you Grant will be defeated by alxAit
25,000 majority in this Stato yon can
estimate accordingly. .
It is said that the Democrats have
adopted peach blossoms as a campaign
badge. They will be worn on the nose.
CIEN.ii HA NT A N It "T II V. W 1111' KU
stt:.ut:H."
LsMik au
THIS rilTl'BCl AMU T1IKH 0! TII'S!
II Is be.-omlng tnnrei Wendell rhllllp Is
evident Unit llie Kadi- not yet anttillrd with
cals. Jeul'.us or Ihewull IITullt. lor heaven's
established rsmculiif u sake wmii w.mi't j'u
l.rutit, are doing their buvethe wretch.itiruiilj
lM-st to undermine his dot llasn.t lieeateu dtrl
rentilHtloii. L'lttil re. ettottuli r llasn'l be told
cetitly llicso assaults lies, -Hough? Mosu l lie
were coveil. w lltutl ll Slltnclenlly provcotum.
,t'w nts'its, utiwever, st'ii .11,,' ,tirti. .
llie "Irlliutic" bits ad- llie dirtiest party licit 1
iimirii mi" iia i-imiiiiius ever 11 in xrs' )' '1
a numU'riit undiHguis-iearihf ll tli:iil.Ns not
cd llums al lus mnila- iiualUy him fr n I'r.-st-ry
reputation, tt lille the d.'Utlal nominee of the
last uumlkrortuu"All- Pliilllli party, tthot u-tl-
Slavery Maudard ' mount id mental or
prints lu a most con.'moml iiiisIIih'ms would
siilctiiiiis plaeean artl-'do It? (Messenger, Keb.
vie lorn ull obscure pu;3J, IfSCS.
per lu Missiinn, whlchi
contains an oK!ichur.4o
against tien. iiruui's
private character, too .
gross, In fact to he prin
ted lu any decent news-
Jwper. I Slesscllger, of
liny 'tt, 1907.
In the current discus-! We cannot Imagine
slouoi tteneral tlriiiit's how any man of lutuor
p ilitli-al relations, iH'tn alilt'Selitkluelilseali lus
ocraticf Journals am a.tiry the viisclllalnig,
mused soertutors rath deceitful and Ireaeher
er I ban Interested par-mis course ol tlianl.
tieipauts . IN'lii'M'rats I'oitrllrnlit has put luin
tll'eilillle liatlslled with self lull,- the builds of
ltclit-r.il ilrant aenaroc- Kiidteallslil ana lie win
tcr.ntnl have so much lied ita very hard und
coiuldeiiee 111 his poll- exuding unisler. All I
lies nun itley do nu net in,, irauailess 01 iueBiiit'u iitu MiiiciltlL'l ui 1st, in &iii,
tll'llvtv.S, HUM llllL-tl,,,' SI, III,,', lim ,n , II
rortaido curiosity res-tin. trickery of the M,tt
peclliig him. They are liehin. Messenger Feb
nscuini us lieu, tiraiit ,;(i, tswv
risuly to nuike a icoiil'
nation fur the I'rcsideu
lliuisi'i:, iiiii iH'ing y ,'t
ey, but assured that the
ii.i.i'sruiot's t ONstltV-
AI'IVKKOl.tllKa Will UOt
soehauge Ills prlliciplis
between Ibis and next
year us to impilr lln'l
conuiif tico iney now
feci lu him. ! Messen
ger, All, 11, IstW.
Tliesccxtmets Who was responsible
i
show Oen, itrant to lie a fi,r this refusal to ex
ilian of briNld, 1 berill eballlo prisoners, llllil
and national views. lir the colisetplenl leir
uilil 111 tavnr of settling rors of Alldcrsisivlllf ?
llie evils ot the war liy iliut IsliMllesllon wlllell
iiiiini'sty. Ills policy is naturally reeurs toeve
a far as possible froiii it ,uie on 4tlu' liisiant.
t!ie narrow, bigoted, and It cm ho readily nu
stH'tl'inal one proposed swered. In llie ranks
oy l olC'rt'ss 1111,1 tile,, unci nionariiiv iie-in
Kadletil siriy propir. was only one mall wuii
How then is it possible a silllleleut la- k of lltl-
for aiielia man lobe the mutiny to be tlieiiutliwr
lavoi'iteol l nc ll'iilicais ,, ho murderous u pon
tortile I'lesldeliev? Itut
be Is lint. Indications
d ey, mid that mini was
,s (bncral W..K. Hl'iinl.-
frotiivongressloual leu-ii .Mcssei:gi r, July 1, 1st)
tiers u ii il prominent:
tress.'s. organs of tlHM
tadleal selitlllleut of.
the country. ttlllilialuU.
ably point to rtuisc us
iiiceaiidiiiaieoi mat in
terest. Wc beg to re
mind conservullve II'.'
piilillcatia who arc so1
anxious for ll r 11 n tV
nouiliinll'in.that iiona-i
tioual I'oiiventloii e:o-
liislylng the o'Hs.itloll'
to I ia,i i.'tiniera",v, cull
convene ill which the
H i Heals will not prci
iloaillialeiind h ive the
isiwer Ii dictate the
candidate and the plat
lorm, -j in, past ex is,
rleneoof iheso cunvcii.
lions should convince
themoMliK
We do not hesllule to flcii (liunl was itnnn
prellet then Unit Irlinously nonlliiated by
lien. (Irint Is a c,iudl-ilie Ciileiigoi'onvcnlloii
date lor llie Presidency,! last week. The sni'ilt
11 will be us the ciiiidl-log hem, like "poor old
dtiteor the conservative d ig Tiny," will n t
si'iitliiieiil or the eon n- hlsdoiim by lu'lug found
trv. i Messenger, Ucc. 1, 111 b ldeoTlipillV. , Mcs
1S17. isi tuer, May H, Mil.
Shove it nt them ! Make them
tako water! There is hardly a Dem
ocrat but who can be quoted against
himself. Hold tlieiu to the truths
they uttered in a dispassionate moo.l.
It is the fairest tost to judge by.
r.l'KY VOI'll V 13.1, tlH.F.Sl
There is said to have been great alarm
iu Greene County nt tho time Jenltins
and his jnarau lcrs of rob.-Uraiding,
Morgaiitown-pluudcrliig . propensities
wus about to make a descent on the
quiet farms and honr.'sleids of this
out-of-the-way place. The banks sent
oil' their specie and burned large
amounts of scrip, merchants buried
their goods and house-wives their
plate. Why this consternation at that
time? The majority of the popula
tion of our county were the avowed
"friends" of Jenkins and his ilk, who
though armed might have been con
ciliated by tt harmonious giving away
of properly. On tho 4th of July
last wc see thesa raiders and our
Greene coiiutians, in their representa
tives, at New York, hobnobbing 'and
offering our citizens a code of prin
ciples that is to accomplish our financial
ruin and waste our property more ef
fectually than armed plunderers could
do it, and yet there is no cry of alarm,
not a move toward burying valuables,
They have proposed to wipe out our
war debt ,l;y Repudiation, pay thcir's
because it wus constitutionally incurred
and pension rebel soldiers inasmuch
as they are "our peers. 1 lioso who
vote the Democratic ticket vote for
this, and it js as prudent now to hide
their money as it was in raiding times.
This is only a slyer way of stealing,
and experience proves that rebels
wero always severest on their professed
"friends.'''
XEMN, 4C.
Gold closed yesterday iu New York
ntlJ5K''.H5J
"l.el ns llnvo leaeo' OttAST.
"I.ct us Have War" Blair.
Tub Libby prison has been sugges
ted as a suitable place for Democratic
headquarters during the Presidential
canvass.
Tub Philadelphia Ledger (neutral)
says the Democratic platform "is a
discreditable assault on tho integrity
and good faith of tho nation."
" The Democratic abuso of Grant
and the soldiers and sailors is reacting
and making Republicans, especially
among conservative and the laboring
classes.
Sweet William, tho Democratic
Chairman of the State, in his address
to that party neglects (?) to mention
Blair's name. . It don't tako well in
Pennsylvania. He is tho bait for
Southern ballots. " ,
Five of the BeuninghofT robbers
have been captured. The sixth is
supposed to have left the country. Of
tho $250,000 stolen, the Benmnghoffs
say they will bcsat&ficd if $50,000 is
recovered Buflioicnt only to pay the
reward. .
THE PIULIC Hl'BDENH.
Intereatlns Hlateineut by Commissioner
M ells.
Wasiukoton, July 9, 18G8.
lion. Dar!d A. Well, Siteeittl Cbmms
Kiuner of tlut lletaxue
Sir: 1 shall esteem it a favor if
von will furnish mo at vour earliest
, . - , . ,
collVCIIICItCO Willi Slll'll olllcial llltlir-
illation Inuring upon
tho folio will'
qiiesti' i- as may be in your jKisess
ion ;
Firnf. What have been the nationul
receipts and expenditure for the fiscal
year ending June 30th, 1808?
.SvoiKf. To what extent hits taxa
tion liecn abated or repealed since the
termination of tho war, or since July
1st, 1805?
2Viii . What have lieon the expen
ditures iu nggregato and detail of the
War Department sineo tho surrender
of I. co, iu April, 18U5?
Fourth. What have Iwon tho c.v-
pcnditUrcS of tllO NllVV Dclia'tmcnt
I. . . ! . ..
lSti.Vf"
Fifth. What havo been the expen
ditures, oggreouto und annual, of the
Freed men's Bureau, ami for recon
struction, up to July 1st, 1808?
I am yours most respectfully,
Wm. B. Allison.
TiiKA.sntv Depahtment, "I
Ollico Special Com'r of tho Rev.,
Washington, July 15, 1808. J
oh. II hi. II. Alli.mii, M. C.:
Sir: 1 have the honor to acknowl
edge tho receipt of your nolo of July
Glh, and in response to tho same 1
submit tho followimr statement, pre
mising, however, that only substantial
accuracy can be claimed for the account
,,(' ifci-i nts and expenditures for the
.. , 1 . ,. .0,1 safo !
iiscui year eiiuing wtitiu wj, tou,i, iw.1.1
mueh as siifiiciciit time has not yet
elapsed to allow of a perfect and exact
settlement on tlic hooks ot the lreasii
rv Department of all the accounts of
the last quarter ot tho last tiseal year:
FIRST. UECEIPTS AM) KXI'ESDITL'UES,
Heceiptn. The national receipts of
revenue from nil sources lor tho fiscal
year ending June 110, 1808, wero sub
stantially as follows :
fustoms (goldl ;....?lirt,.M.0i)
Internal revenue (currency)- - llii.iNr.i.mal
Misc. Iliincous - I7,lm,li00
Public lands uud direct lux j,k.iu,.m
Total IOtl,:illO,OtlU
Kcpeiulitiircii. The expenditures of
the government on account of tho in
terest on the publiu debt for the fiscal
year endingMune, 30, 1808, was ?1 11,
035,551,13.
The aggregate expenditures of the
several departments of the government '
fortliesauio period were 2'J,91 4,071,
50 ; making a total expenditure for the
fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1808, t:f
371, 550,225 j ami leaving m enlimtt
Ld Hitrjilun of reccipU uvcr ejepcmliturea
of31,7-l!),777.
Au analysis of the expenditures
aUbr.ls the following results:
itve.iT-Tlio present condition of
the funded and interest-bearing debt
of the United States, exclusive of the
bonds istietl by the Pacific Railroad
companies, the interest on which is a
charge upon the roads, necessitates a
present annual expenditure on aeeouut
of interest ol about 20,000,000.
Tho excess of expenditures on ac
count of accumulated interest on tho
compound interest notes, and will not
ii'jain appear in tho future disburse
ments of the Treasury on account of
interest.
NATIONAL EXPEXlrtTUKES OTIlElt
T1IAX FOB INTEREST.
Civil Lid Embracing the expend
itures of tho executive, legislative and
judiciary, foreign intercourse, territo
ries, collection of tho Rcvi'iiue, Dis
trict of Columbia, public hinds, mints
and assay ollices, const survey, light
houses, post office deficiency, ito.j $53-009,8-10,95.
Tho estimate of the present fiscal
year, ns deduced from tho appropria
tion bills, and including permanent
appropriations, is about $30,000,000.
Interior Department The expendi
tures under this head for the fiscal
year ending Juno 30, 1803, were $27,
882,070,27, which were apportioned
substantially as follows : For pensions,
$23,232,070 ; for Indians, $1,000,000.
iYury Department Tho expendi
tures under this head for the fiscal year
endiip' Juno 30, 18G8, wero $25,775,
502,72. The appropriations for tho service
of the Navy Department for tho pres
ent fiscal year are $17,300,000.
Tho following table shows tho ex
penditures of the Navy Department
since and including tho fiscal year
1802:'
Mi'i ; J 43,177 l,.-s
Hit . Iil,'ll,ic
HH Si.eH.'JirJ
Isn't 1' 'ui? ,770
HKI . I.1.M.11S
1m)7 !ll,llll,n:ll
I'Bl 2-,,77.V"il'2
1M1D I7,:IUll,lkM)
War Department. The total .dis
bursements made under tho direction
of or through tho War Department for
tho fiscal year ending Juno 31, 18G8,
were $1 23,240,0 18.G2. g
Of this amount there were pnid : '
For bounties :W,i i.nno
IteliiibiirslngHtute war claims 10, tl),ISS
Kngliicer bureau, mainly river and
harbor Improvements - 6,132,020
Payments rot property lost or destroy
ed In the military service or the Uni
ted Htlltcfl. tact March :l 1KUI. mid sun-
lomentnry) estimated -
Rnbsistenco Indians lestlinuted)
Krecdmeu's Bureau M
Kxpeliscs reconstruction ,
National Cemeteries.
Commutation rations uf prisoners of
wur m
S,1I!,H
l.iaai.ooo
H. '.'lo.OOO
I, 71KI,'i70
7I!.',J0
132,0110
TotnL..,. Siwl3,'l
This amount deducted from tho ag
gregate expenditures above given in
dicates tho regular and legitimate
army expenditures for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1868, to have been
$50,713,410; of which no considerable
part is justly chargeable to tho exjicnse
attendant upon the existence of Indian
hostilities upon tho plains in the sum
mer and fall of 1867, which largely
and exceptionally augmented the cost
of transportation and subsistence.
The military appropriations for the
fiscal year are $33,081,018.
CLASSIFICATION OP EXPENDITURES.
If wo divide the total expenditures
of the last fiscal year into "ordinary
expenses," or thoso which arc required
to support and maintain the .govern
ment, and "extraordinary expenses,"
or those which have been tho unavoid
able result of tho war, vo havo the
lollowing classification t
OUM N Alt Y KX PKN WTUKES.
k lst'AL VEAU 1SU7.BV 1"IVS.0
Kstluuitcl or
Actual uppropriattsl.
Civil List S.i,iM',sl at. f.ln,ii,ii tin
lal.rl.ir I llldlalisl ... I.IMI.IIIVIU '"MMI
Navy ivpartmelit... 2i,7i;,.U 74 17,:Ho,ll UI
War lirBirlmeiit t,7l,IIO li.'l,iil,ill.1 il
Rivers uud burbots.. U,l:U,l.u UI l..ssi.i.s) uo
ToUil llii;Jll,il7B 7 ti,:tsi,0U ou
KXTUAOIIDINAIIV UXl'KNHKH.
riSCAJ. YKAB 117-11
I.SI.H-
Kstlmuled or
upproprlulcd.
Actual
Interest on Public
l,.,t ...Hl.SO,Vl Wl ll.H,'l-s,,,, Hi
nHioua i,w-ir; 00 a'l.wsi.iss on
llnuiitlca, IIS.IICU,!. V Ul u,ll,uui ISI
Hecollslruetlon
KriH'dmcn llurenu n,.'i.i ii ,
,7IIU,.'7U uo
10,:"J,lsS IU
Itellulicrs g Hlules
Payment for prop
erty bait or des
troyed lu lullllu
rv service -
5,111,100 01)
1,1X10,000 00
TUi.UlO 00
l.v.'.OOO CO
t,000,0t 00
. 1,000,1100 00
Hubslstcticeof lu
Nutlonal Cemete
ll iiiis
Coin munition pris
ries.
oners rutious...H
Total - iVIH,litW tllWSJU.OOO 00
KKCON O llKDL'l-riON OK TAXATION.
The amount of taxes abated or re
pealed sineo tho close of tho war has
been estimated ns follows:
llyacl of July 111, IMS Jiin,ii,niio
hv ocl ol Mnreh J, lwl7 i,ii,ni
ll'v act ol February :l, ImW........, tfl,7im,u.l
lly aetol March ill, MS .i,.sw,imj
Tutal lu7,aai,WJ
By the system of internal revenue
which prevailed qt the close of tho war,
taxation may bo said to havo been ull
but universal; land, agricultural pro
duce, unmanufactured lumber, bread
studs, anil a few other forms of prop
erty or product only, being excepted.
An aggregate of tVa thoumud distinct
articles or product., made available as
sources of internal rcvenuo in July,
1805, would pro ha bly bo nn under
rather than an oiw estimate. At the
present time, of ull mauulactiired arti
cU's or products of industry, tho fol
lowing only are subject to specific or
direct taxation: Dintilled npiriU, fer
mented liiptora. manufactured tobacco,
nan, matches and nlaiiinn cardn. Per
fumery, cosmetiesj patent medicines
and a few other manufactured articles
aro subject to a stamp tax proportioned
to their selling price, since July, 1805;
further-more, tho additional tufc of
five per cent, on incomes in excess of
five thousand dollars lifts been repeal
ed, nnd the exemption on all incomes
has been increased from $000 to $1,
000. The taxation formerly imposed
on tho gross receipts accruing from the
transportation of merchandise has also
been entirely removed.
Coincident with the above retina
tion of taxation, or from August 31,
1805, to June 30, 1803, the aggregate
of the national indebtedness, including
cash in tho Treasury, exhibits a re
duction iu round nuinbeis of $250,000
000. Ou this iiliatumeat o! llio debt
the reduction ol the interest, calculated
at six per cent., would be 15,0U0,000
per milium.
TIIIIIU E.M'ENDITUoKo OF THE WAR
Di:PAt ! MENT,
The nggregato expenditures made
through or under the direction of (he
War Department, from April 1st, J 805
to June 30th, 1808, inclusive, were
$917,117,013,43. Of this aggregate
the disbursements for nine months, or
from April 1st, 1805, to December
31st, 1805, as staled by quarters, were
as follows:
Hecond utinrtcr of lsOj
Third do do
Fourth do do
..9lll,IIM,'.77 R(l
.. os.i.a,',a m5
Total JlU7,(MN,Oi0 HI
It thus appears that of tho above to
tal expenditures of the War Depart
ment 1047,088,000 or 70 per cent of
the whole was directly contingent up
on the termination of the war, and the
disbanding ofjthe army; mil was dis
bursed in tho nine months immediately
succeeding the surrender of Leo in
April, 1805.
Tho balance of expenditure charged
to tho War Department on thu books
of the" Treasury vis., $209,428,987,
10 covers a periotl of thirty months
or from January 1, 18GG, to Juno 30,
1808, aiidepro.sentsthetlisbur9'jments
further contingent upon the termin
ation of tho war, such as arrears of
pay and transportation of troops, the
regular expenses of tho miliary esiab
lishment, the expenses of the Indian
Wur in the summer and fall of 1807
the payment of bounties (49,382,859)
from July 1, 1800, to Juno 30, 1808,
tho payment for property lost or dis
troyed in the military service of the
United States (1 1 ,000,000), reimburse
ment of State claims in 1807-8 ($10,
339,000), river nnd harbor improve
ments nntl the expenses of fortifications,
subsistence of Indians, Freed men's
Bureau, expenses of reeonstruetion,e!re.
FOURTH EXPENDITURES OF THE NA
A'V DEPARTMENT
Tho expenditures of tho navy De
partment from April 1, 18G5, o June
30. 1808. wero $133,119,290. Of
this amount $56,817,889, or 45 per
cent, were distributed within tho nine
months immediately succeeding the
termination ot tho war in April, 1805.
Tho balance, $73,271,407, covers the
regular expenses of tho navy, for a
period of thirty mont! s ending July 1,
1808, as well ns tho disbursements on
account of prizo money, und for tho
settlement of contracts entered into
prior to tho end of tho wur,
FIFTH FREEDM EN'S BUREAU AND
RECONSTRUCTION.
According tothc accounts of thoTrca
sury the expenses of tho Freedmcn's
Bureau since its organization havo been
$5,617,000. Concerning tho propor
tion this expenditure incurred by 'the
bureau fbr the relief of starving and
destituto of both races, and for educa
tional or other purposes, tho Treasury
has no information. -
According to the accounts of Trea
sury the expenditures contingent upon
the nets of Congress regulating recon
struction have been $2,344,700, CO..
conclusion. Theabove statements
aro (Wived from the books and ac
counts of tho Treasury Department,
and believed to be substantially car
reer,. .
I am your) most respct;tfully,'
(Signed,) David A. kUm,
U. S. Special Commissioner of Rev
enue.
Hlandera or lladlrals Refutes!.
Wo aro pleased to learn that the
Radical slanders nguiimt the ever loyal
and faithful Democracy will bo tri
umphantly refuted on tho stump du
ring thu campaign, by undoubted
exponents of Democratic sentiment.
Wo copy tho programme from the
Hartford iW. It will bo seen that
not a vestige of the Loyal Libels will
remain, ' .
The Democrats, aro about organi
sing their campaign. Orators will be
selected with special regard to their
fitness for certain localities, nnd their
adaptation to the business of meeting
ami refuting black Republican slan
ders. It has been charged that Sey
mour was not a loyal man that he did.
not contribute to thn support of tho
Kcbcllion. Mr. Yullandighnin will
answer that clmrgo upon the stump in
the North und W'udo Hampton iu tho
South. Both these gentlemen support
Seymour on account of his loyalty. It
It,,.. Intnl. i,1lilfrfMl tlnit. tin IVtlU II. BOIlt.
pathy with the New-York rioteraln
July. James and Erastus Brooks uiul
Isaiah Ryutlers, who incited tho mob,
will answer that charge. They sup
port him because he put down the riot.
It is charged that bo is in favor of
paying the interest on tho national
debt in ' "irredeemable currency."
George H. Pendleton will bo put upon
the stump to answer this. Pendleton
supports him because ho is tho bond
holder's candidate. . It is charged that
Seymour is in favor of im ing tho con- a
pons in gold. Mr. Belmont, who is a
great stickler for equality iu taxation
and now supports Seymour as a plow
holder against tho boiu!-!ioldcr, will
put several speukcrs on the stump to
refute this charge. It is charged that
Frank Blaii is iu favor of overturning
the governments of tho reconstructed
States by military interference. Hen
ry Clay Dean, who is eminently a man
of pence, will throw his whole intellect
ual 'liclV on that slander. It is charged
that Blair drinks. Saulsbury of Del
aware will reply to that accusation.
It is charged that tho platform is in
litvorof repudiation. Brick Pomeroy,
an eminent upholder of tho National
debt uud honor, will devote himself to
answering this charge, It is charged
that the election of tho ticket will "se
cure to tho Confederacy what it failed
to obtain in the field." In answer to
4liis base slander such distinguished
patriots ns Henry A. Wise, (J. T.
IS 'aiuvgurd, Wibio Hampton, Gov.
Vance, Jell' Davis, ami A. II. Stephens
will take the stump.
l)ro-;,lnj Tho Name.
The Hartford iW says; "Mr.
IVndlettni roiiiiot complain that his
name was dropped- suddenly,' It wa
1 1 io most gradual dropping possible.
It was dropped syllablo by syllable and
letter by letter. , For instance the es
cort came in early in the week with a
loud, distinct and clearly pronounced,
"Hurrah for Pendleton." Tho hnlh
and corridors of the hotels, the lobbies
of Tammany, and the bur-rooms of
the metropolis, were full of it. Inn
night or two it changed. Through
the clink of glasses the sound came,
"Rah f'r Peiidl'un," A littlo later,
legs beenmo uncertain, ami voices
husky, uml the- cry wns, "Rah l'r
Pcn'iun." Then collars wilted, green
back badges begnn to disappear tho
defiant tone grew softer aud thicker,
ns the sounds gurgled up from full
hearts and stomachs, "Ray f'r Pe'hl."
And ut last, one melting morning, just
at dawn of day, Police 009 found
dinging to a lump post near the Fifth
Avenue Hole), a dilapidated patriot,
appareled in n mildewed linen duster
ami a half a greenback badge, who, to
all inquiries, imido tho solo reply,
"(Hie) PTl'n !" It was the last of
the escort."
'Four Veure nt Failure" "Our Noldlera
nntl Sudors."
CHICAGO, I set.
"FOUR years of
FAILURE." ,
llemleed, That
this Convention
dies cxplictly do-
NEW-YOItK, 18(18.
"OL'lt SOLDIERS &
SAILORS."
,, llcsolved, That
our soldiers and
.sailors, who carried
elai'o as tho sense
the flag of ourcoun
of tho American try to victory a-
people, that after
foiirycursof failure!
gainst a most gal
lant and tleteriniu-
to restore the o 1 foe, must, ever
Union by tho ex
lio gratefully re
pertinent ot war,
membered, nnd nil
justice, humuui-itho guaranties giv-
tv; liberty uud the on in their favoi
favor
publio welfare de
must be faithfully
mand that nn im-i(
carried into execu
mediate effort ' be
tion.
made for thooessu- 1 '
tion of In0ilities,
&C. : -.;' .'. !;. . : .' .'
"Failures" thcn.''Our soldiers' nojr.
Boanljr Clulruss
I 1
All the information in tho second
auditor's ofiiee relating to the payment
of additional bounties will bo in tho
hands of the pay department by tho
middle of August, and it is now ex
pected that all this class of claims for
which sufficient evidence to 'warrant
payment con bo found, will be settled
in sixty days, . A majority of the cases
whero the record , is unfinished laok;
only what is known as form number
5, being a duplicate receipt for final
payment signed in blank, which the,
Paymaster fills, np. Many soldiers
appear to have withhold' this for fear
of mifking it easy to defraud them, but
guards are such as to render this im
possible, y ' ' -