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VOLUME 3S.
NEW SERIES.
THE GREAT TRIAL.
The Villanous Slanders Against
the Democracy Exposed.
Sentiments of Leading Republicans and
Democratic Statesmen,
Showing Who are the Friends of the Union.
We call the whole people together as u jury
aud submit to them the following evidence touch
ing the loyalty of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties. Parties have distinct principles
and those principles are enunciated by the stand
ard hearers of the different parties, and the mas
ses of the respective parties follow their stand
ard bearers, and by so doing adopt and endorse
their sentiments. Here and there a leader will
give out sentiments that his party is not bound
by, but when you find the majority of the lead
ing men of a party expressing the same idea it
is conclusive that those ideas represent the prin
ciples of the party, and every follower of such
men is hound thereby. By this test wo will first
try the Republican leaders, every one of whom
is now in high places in the Administration. —
We will take their own admissions, says the
Ohio Democrat, which is the strongest evidence
known to the law, to produce conviction. Let
every honest Republican now pay attention, while
we have the witnesses sworn and examined:
SWEAR TLLADDEUS STEVENS.
I will not stultify myself by supposing that we
have any warrant in the Constitution for this
proceeding.
This talk of restoring the Union, as it was,
under the Constitution as it is, is one of the ab
surdities which I have heard repeated until I
have become sick about it. The Union can
never be restored as it was. There are many
1 things which render such an event impossible.
This Uuion shall never, with my consent, he
restored under the Constitution as it is, with
slavery to he protected by it.
TIIADDEUS STEVENS,
The Administration leader in Congress.
The above is an extract from a speech of his,
delivered in Congress.
SWEAR HORACE GREELEY.
From the N. Y. Tribune (Republican) Feb. 1863.
Speaking for ourselves, we can honestly say
that for the old Union, which was kept in ex
istence by Southern menaces and Northern con
cessions, we have no regrets and no wish for
its re-construction.
Who wants a Union which is nothing but a i
sentiment to lacquer Fourth of July orations
withal ?
SWEAIi WM. I.OVD GARRISON.
The Fremont parly is moulding public senti
ments in the right direction for the specific work
the Abolitionists are striving to accomplish — i
the dissolution of tho Union, and tho abolition J
of slavery throughout the land.— William loyd ■
Garrison.
SWEAR WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Resolved, That the Constitution of the Uni-1
ted States is a covenant with death, and an a- •
greement with hell, which ought to be immedi
ately annulled.— Phillips in a Boston Meeting.
SWEAR JOHN A. BINGHAM.
Who in the name of Heaven, wants the Cot
ton States, or any other State this side of per
dition, to remain in the Union if slavery is to
continue?—/ lon. Mr. Bingham.
Mr. liingham has been a Republican Con
gressman frotn Ohio eight years, and is a pros
pective candidate of that party for Governor at
the next election.
SWEAR SIDNEY EDOERTON.
I tell you there is going to be a dissolution of
the Union, and I do not care how soon it comes;
all I want is to give those fellows (Southrons)
a good licking and then kick them out— Sidney
Edgerton.
Mr. Edgerton is another Republican member
of Congress from Ohio.
SWEAR BENJAMIN F. STANTON.
Seven or eight States now deny their allegi
ance to this Government, have organized a sep
arate Confederacy and have declared their inde
pendence of this Government. Whether that
independence is to be maintained or not, is with
the future. If they shall maintain their posi
tion, aud if public opinion in tho seceded States
shall sustain the authorities there for a year to
come, so as to show that nothing but a war of
subjugation can bring them back, I, for one,
am disposed to recognize their independence.—
Benjamin F. Stanton, Feb. 28, 1861.
Stanton is the Republican Lieutenant Gover
nor of Ohio, and was formerly a Republican
member of Congress. His speecli above was
delivered in Congress.
SWEAR BEN. WADE.
The only salvation of the Union, therefore, I
was to be found in divesting it entirely from all j
taint of slavery. There was no union with tho
South. Let us have a Union, or let us sweep
away this remnant which wo call a Union. I
go for a Union where all men arc equal or for
no Union at all, and I go for tight.-—Extract
from Benjamin F. Wade's Speech, 1855.
NOW SWEAR ALL OF THEM.
From the speech of Carl Schurz in New York;
"The Union is gone. It cannot be restored!"
From Mat. Carpenter's speech at Chicago:
"These caviling Constitution lovers must now
come to time! • * * In war the
President exercises unlimited power.
From Henry Ward Beecher, whose newspa
per publishes the laws of the United States,
"by authority."
"A great many people raise a cry about the
Union and Constitution, as if the two were iden
tical, but the truth is the Constitution has been
the foundation and father of our troubles."
From iVm. 11. Seward:
"There is a higher law than the Constitution
which'regulates our authority over the domain."
* '•
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 26,1863.
From Wm. Loyd Garrison, who now sustains
the meusttres of the National Administration :
"The North must separate from the South and
organize her own institutions on a sure basis."
From Horace Greeley
"The Union is not worth supporting in con
nection with the South."
From Wendell Phillips, who now supports
the Administration:
"There is merit in the Republican putty. It
is the first sectional party ever organise! in this
country."
From N. P. Banks:
"I am willing, in a certain state of circum
stances, to let the Uniou slide."
This speech was delivered in 1855.
There can be no Union till slavery is destroy
ed.—Extract from Owen Lovejofs speech, April <
24, 1862.
SWEAR GENERAL BCTLEIt.
"I say /am not for the Union to be again as it'
was. Understand me : I was for the Union as |
it tas, because I saw, or thought I saw, the
troubles in the future which have burst upon us, !
but having undergone these troubles, having !
spent till this blood, and this treasure, i do notj
mean to go back again and be cheek by jowl !
with South Carolina as I was before, if I can I
help it. Cheers and 'You're right.'"
Extract from Gen. Butler's speech in New I
York, April 1863.
SWEAR TIIE OHIO STATE JOURNAL.
"The Union has done nothing for freedom. .
Then why should freemen deplore the loss of the I
Union. Separate peaceful existence of the sec- I
tions are preferable to a Union which is dissat
isfactory to one, and which retards the progress
of the other."— Ohio State Journal, March 7,'61.
Having shown that the leading Republicans j
are opposed to restoring the Union, wo will pro-;
ceod to prove that the leading men of the Dem
ocratic party are all for the old Union. We j
first call some witnesses who tire enemies of the
Democratic party.
HEAR WM. 11. SEWARD.
I know the Democracy of the North, I know
■ them now in their waning strength. Ido not
: know a possible di-unionist among them all. 1
I believe tlicy will ho as faithful to the Union now
I as they were in the by-gone days when their
j ranks were full, and their challenge to the con
j test was always the war cry of victory.— Wm.
j 11. Seward, 1861.
In this country, it is a habit not only entire
! ly consistent with the Constitution, but even es
| sential to its stability, to regard the Adminis
| tration at any time existing as distinct and sep
■ urate from the Government itself, .and to can
vass the proceedings of the one without the tlio't
of disloyalty to the other.— Sec'ry Seward, 1862.
lIEAIt CONGRESS-SI AN CONWAY.
"The Democrats will not of course list "it to
separation for an instant. Such a suggestion
in their eyes is treason, for which one ought to
be banged. Their plan is simp'v oppose the
Administration on its anti-slavery policy, and
on that issue to carry the country."
Extract from the speech of Mr. Conway,
Republican Congressman from Kansas, in Con
gress, February 1868.
HEAR SENATOR COWAN.
Sir, I bad rather have the moral and material
ai.l of tho Democratic party in this war than
all the legislative projects that could be hatched
in the brains of a Congress composed entirely
of reformers.
Extract from speech of Senator Cowan, Re
publican, inU. S. Senate, from l'a., March 21,
18G3.
HON. WM. Dl Ell, OF NEW YORK.
"I certainly can enter into no combination
with Republicans to overthrow the Democrats.
They are in the main loyal and patriotic. They
are the chief bulwarks against the assaults of
the Northern disunionists. Upon them rests,
in a great degree, the hopes of the Union."
Extract from tho letter of Wm. Duer, Clay
Whig, of N. Y., to a Republican Convention
in 1862.
HEAR TUB NEW YORK TIMES.
The New York Times, reckless as is its course
toward the Democrats, concedes (April 9, 1868)
that Governors Seymour and Parker, "have
shown no disposition to lift a finger toward em
barrassing President Lincoln," and has "no
doubt they will effectually co-operate with him
whenever and however it shall be found neoee
sary."
Having given the testimony of some of our
political enemies, as to the position of the Dem
ocratic party, we now call live Democrats to
the stand.
VALLANDIQIIAM FOR THE UNION.
"It is in the restoration of the Union as it
i was in 1789, and continued for over 70 years,
that 1 ant bound to the last hour of my politi
cal existence."
Tho above is an extract frotn a lale speech I
delivered in Congress by lloh. C. L. Vallandi-i
I gham, of Ohio.
HEAR WM. A. RICHARDSON.
"Without the Constitution and the Union!
I there is no liberty—no Government—and what
ever stands in their way I am prepared to strik.!
down. Whatever stands in the way of ouf'
j Government and its integrity must be destroyed
115ut Ido not propose to go beyond the Const r ,
I tution."
Extract from speech of Win. A. Richardson \
' Democratic Congressman from Illinois, Mardi j
1 10, 1862.
THOMAS 11. SEYMOUR FOR THE UNION. !
"We solemnly dedicate ourselves, and all ve
; bold dear to a restoration of the Union as it
was. To this end the ranks of our armies slmll
bo kept full, and the Treasury of the nation rc
i piepishod.
I am for getting back tho Southern States by
' fair and honorable means, if such a thing lie
j possible; and I liopo for the l>est.
The Union I desire is a Union of hearts and
; of hands, such as our fathers gave us,
j Nothing less will satisfy mo than the M'lioic
' Southern States."
HON. WM. ALLEN OF OHIO.
"The Democracy of the Northwest will op
pose separation to the last; they will cling to
this Uniou as the unfortunate mariner clings to
the wreck of the unfortunate vessel."
Extract from his speech, Feb. 2, 18C3-
HF.AK JUDGE CURTIS.
"Tb mission of the Democratic party is to
save the Constitution. By saving it I mean that
Bin8 in an to save it for the whole Union, for the
orth and the South, for the East and die West,
with every right which it protects.
Extract from Hon. Justice Curtis, late U. S.
Supreme Judge in New York, delivered March
1868.
HON. GEORGE H. YEA MAN.
"In this great upheaval, this commingling of
the tempest and earthquake we have selected
our chart. It is simple and truthful. The [Hi
lar star that guides us on our way is the Union
of all the States, and the solar sun that lights
us on that way is the Constitution that makes
that Union." •
Extract from the speech of Hon. G- IT. Yea
mati, Democratic Congressman from Kentucky,
December 18, 1803.
HEAR HON. SAMUEL COX.
I "We want no new Constitution, no new U
nion, but the one that we knew before sectional
parties consummated their hatred. It is for this
Cbnslitutioa and this Union that the noble vol
unteer army is now pouring out its lilood on the
mountain tops, in the valleys and on the plains.
Let us not, fellow Democrats, cease to guard,
protect and defend it, and prize it above all
earthly good."
Extract from a late speech.
HEAR JUDGE RANNEY.
' "Whether we voted for the present Adminis
tration or no, we are equally interested in pre
serving the Government. Administrations are
but for a day. Thank God, this country is ours.
Wo had better expend till we have in preserving
and leaving it to our children, than to leave
them any thing else."
Extract from his speech at Washington, Au
gust 6, 1862.
HEAR GOV. SEYMOUR, OF N. I.
i "We insist upon obe li nee to lews and respect
i for Constitutional authority. Wo mean with
| all our powers of mind and person to support
| the Constitution and uphold the Union. We
i wish to see our Union saved, our laws vindica-
I ted and peace once more restored to our land.
! Extract from a speech of Horatio Seymour,
I Democn.tio Governor of N. Y., Sept. 10,1862.
LAST WORDS OR STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
On his death-bed, his wife ask .1 the dying
standard-bearer of the Democratic party if he
j had any message to send to his two sons, llal-
I lying f<>. a moment, his eyes flashing, his whole
' frame dilated, "Tell thorn," said he, --to obcy
tlie laws and support the Constitution of the
j United States."
PROPHECY OF GEN. JACKSON,
j Said the old hero to a friend at the Hermitage,
a short time before his death:
'The Abolition party is a disloyal organiza
tion. Its pretended love of freedom means noth
ing more nor less than a dissolution of the if
tiicn. Honest men of all parties should unite
to expose their intentions and arrest their pro
gress."
PROPHECY OE DANIF.I. WEBSTER.
"If these fanatics and abolitionists ever get
power in their hands they will override the Con
stitution, set the Supreme Court at defiance,
change and make laws to suit themselves, lay
violent hands on those who differ with them in
1 opinion, and finally bankrupt the country and
' deluge it with blood."
Remarks of Daniel Webster, in 1850.
HOW TO DESTROY COPPERHEADS.
The New York Evening Post, a leading Re
publican paper, lmd, in its issue of Saturday
last, a most withering editorial upon the imbe
cility and absurdity which characterized the
proceedings of the Administration. Instead of
the Administration and its pensioned depend
ents. giving the country a vigorous prosecution
of tic war, it exhausts its energies in a vigorous
prosecution of those who dare discuss their fail
ings- The Evening Post, however, can not en
dors this limping policy in regard to the war,
and the fiery zeal manifested by the same parties
in tfisir anxiety to stifle public discussion. The
Post even goes so far as to suggest the removal
of certain blustering heroes and the appoint
mett of others in their places. Itconcludea thus:
• ••••••
"If the government will attend closely to the
war, and if military gentlemen will go and light
the enemy, wc shall hear less of arrests and
other abuses at home. Gr, if it be necessary
that arrests should be made, let us begin, as a
writer in one of the morning papers the other
day advised, by arresting Jeff. Davis and his
cabinet, condemning Lee and Bragg to I'ort La
fayette, and banging Toombs, Wise, Floyd and
others, without benefit of the writ of habeas
corpus or even of the clergy. These arc arrests
which may be made in the most arbitrary man
ner and nobody will complain : no court will in
sist upon reviewing the proceedings; and a meet
ing could scarcely he mustered at tho Five Points
to listen to speeches in vituperation of the au
thors.
Gen. Gnint, we take leave to say, is doing a
great deal now in illustration of our method
lly his gallant passage of the Vicksburg bat
teries; by his intrepid assault upon Port Gib
son; by his rapid movement upon Jackson and
capture of that town after several hours' hard
fighting; by his instant evacuation of the place
to advance upon the enemy's works, and, in
short, by his four or five severe battles in about
as many days, he has done more to stop the
mouths of gaiusayers than a thousand "arrests"
and ten thousand prisons teeming withstato cap
tives. The bitterest opponent to the government
is compelled either to fling up his cap in the
presence of such facts, or to remain in stupid
and obstinate silence. Could the other officers
of the army be made to imitate this activity of
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Gen. Grant, and the half dozen little armies,
that we have scattered about the coast doing
nothing, be brought together; could Gen. Hook
er make a second attack upon Lee from the
rear, supported, however, by a strong reserve;
could liurnside, instead of interfering with po
litical assemblages, march with thirty or forty
thousand men through Cumberland Cap into
East Tennessee, to interrupt the communication
of both Lee and Bragg, and menace both their
armies, there would never be another copper
head heard of. The majority of them would
become suddenly loyal, and the others, in the
bitterness of their resentment, sting themselves
to death.
No duty of the government, then, we repeat,
is so imperative and momentous as that of over
whelming and crushing the rebel armies. To
capture Richmond, or any other place in the
South will not put an end to the rebellion; to
try political offenders by military courts will
not .put down the rebellion; arrest women for
Happing their crinolines at the star-spangled
banner will not put down the rebellion; but to
so mass our armies and so plan our summer cam
paign as to defeat, rout and destroy the rebel
armies—that will put an end not only to the re
bellion, but to all the mischievous and silly
manifestations of sympathy with it which ap
pears in the free States. IT is of no use to hack
away half inches of the tail of the copperhead
serpent; but crush his head, and then you will
bo rid of the creature without further trouble.
Revolutionary Proceedings of Gov. Yates
of Illinois.
We have already announced to our readers
that Governor YATES has prorogued the Legis
lature of Illinois tilt the first of Monday in Jan
uary, A. D. 1803, a year beyond his time as
Governor!! The reason which prompted him
to this revolutionary act he sets forth in his mes
sage as follows:
"WHEREAS, I fully believe that the interests
of the State will bo best "observed by a speedy
adjournment, the past history of tho present
Assembly holding out no reasonable hope of be
nificent results to the citizens of the State, or
the army m the field, from its further continu
ance;
"Now, therefore, &c."
HE, the Governor, believes that the interests
of the State will be best subserved by a speedy
adjournment, "because the history of the pres
ent A c . einbly holds out no reasonable hope of
henelicent results to the citizens of the ,State!"
Si, then, the Governor of Illinois not only
feels himself autlrri:id to judge of the post
acta of the Legislature, hut al.v < of tho luturo
ones which are not yet committed, and which ltu
£?els celled ojion to prevent by -ending tho mcui
bcrs home!
Hut the sequel remains to be told, as well as
tho motive which prompted the revolutionary
proceedings of Governor Y atks. A dispatch
to the Chicago Times, dated Springfield, Illinois,
June 10th, will enlighten the reader on these
points.
"After reading the Governor's order adjourni
ng the General Assembly, the House remain
ing in session, the Scmate ro-assembled, Mr.
Uuderwood in the chair, and a joint committee
was appointed to [irepare an addrees to the peo
ple,-stating why the Legislature is not transac
ting legitimate business, which was done, and
the address—a very able one—signed by every
Democratic member of tho House and Senate.
A committee of conference on the soldiers' re
lief bill reported that they had agreed upon the
Senato amendments, which were accordingly
concurred in by the House, when on an attempt
to finally pass the bill, every Democratic mem
ber voted lor it; but it failed for want of a quo
rum. Lieut. Gov. Hoffman declared publicly,
this morning, that the Governor would veto any
hill appropriating monxi) for the soldie.is, unless he
was entrusted with its expenditure. In-such a case
the poor soldiers would get little or none, as
past history proves. The Democratic State
Cdhimittce have issued a handbill notifying tho
people that the soldiers' relief bill has been de
feated by the action of tho Governor, and call
ing for a grand subscription in money from the
mass meeting here on the 17th. It is thus
hoped that the object so bitterly opposed by the
Governor and his allies in the Legislature may
yet be realized in spite of him, and the Democ
racy will see that the contributions on that day
will be liberal, and worthy the great party who
give and the gallant soldiers who receive tho aid
so much needed. Let Democrats who can not
conic send their subscriptions by their neighbors
who do come, that the army and the world may
see to whom really belongs tho title of the sol
diers' friends. The same members, while ut
terly denying tho right of the Governor to ud
jouni or prorogue the Assembly, find themselves
powerless to enact needful legislation, the Ke
publiuaus having left them without a quorum.
They accordingly retired from the hall without
adjournment. The peoplcot the State will 11 x
the responsibility lor this miserable partisan
jugglery where it justly belongs."
Lieut. Governor HOFFMAN, the Gorman lied
and black llepublican of Illinois, let tho cat
out of the bag. The Governor would have
vetoed any bill appropriating money for tho sol
diers, unless he. was entrusted with its expenditure.
The Governor wanted to discriminate between
the soldiers —not in regard to their military mer
it, but in reference to their adhesion to the Ab
olition policy of the present Administration. —
Governor YATES has played his last card, and it
won't win.
QUEKB Episrui.—The following is a eopy of
a let ter sent to the clerk of a parish church in
Gloucester:—"Mister, my wife is ded, and
wants to be berrid ; dig a griefo for her, and
she shall come and l>o berrid to morrow at
2 o'clock. You knows where to dig it, close to
my other wief; but let it be dip (deep)'
ifj-Embrace as many opportunities as you
please, but only ono woman.
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Wives and Carpet.
The Chicago Journal thus learnedly philoso
phizes on these themes. There is a large streak
of sense in the reflection:
In the selection of a carpet you should al
ways prefer one with small figures, for the two
webs of which the fabric consists are always
more closely interwoven than incarpetittgs where
large figures are wrought.
There is a good deal of true philosophy in
this that will apply to matters widely different
from the selection of carpets. A man commits
a sad mistake when he selects a wife that cute
too large a figure on the carpet of life—in oth
er words, makes much display. The attractions
fade—the web of life becomes worn and weak,
and all the gay figures that seemed so charm -
ing at first, disappear like summer flowers in
autumn. Many a man has made flimsy lin
seywoolsey of himself by striving to weave too
large a figure, and is worn out, us 1 up, like
old carpets hanging on tfie fence, before he has
lived out half of his allotted days of usefulness.
Many a man wears out like u carpet that is
never swept, by the dust of indolence; like that
carpet he needs activity, shaking or whipping;
be noeds activity—something to think of—some
thing to do.
Look out, then for the large figures, and there
are those now stowed away in the garret of the
world, awaiting their final consignment to tho
cellar, who had they practiced this bit of car
pet philosophy, would to-day be firm and bright
as Brussels fresh from the loom and everybody
exclaiming, 'lt is wonderful how they do wear.'
Napoleon and Knavish Commissaries.
Just before the great battle of Wagrara, while
the array was encamped on the Island of Lo
bau, near Vienna. Napoleon, walking one day
with one of his Marshals on the shora, passed
a company of grenadiers seated at their dinner.
"Well, my friends." said ho, "I hope you find
the wine good." "It will not make us drunk,"
said one; "there is our cellar," pointing to tho
river Danube. The Emperor, who had ordered
a bottle of wine to each, was surprised, and
made an immediate inquiry. Ho found that
forty thousand b ittlos, sent by him a few days
before for the army, bad been purloined and
unaccounu I for by the commissaries.—
They were immediately brought to trial and
condemned to be shot, which sentoncc was spee
dily carried into execution. Here was a venal
oilenee, insignificant, indeed, when compared
with the frauds upon the urgent wants find nec
essities of our soldiers recently brought to light,
but it received a severe and merited punishment.
A few such examples in our army would do a
world of good.
SINGULAR ANECDOTE —There wus a vonng
' woman left in the care of a house; her master
and mistress being in the country. One night
on her going to bed, when sho was undressing
herself, she looked in the glass and said, "How
handsome I look in my nightcap." When she
arose in the morning she found the house robbed.
Sho was taken into custody on suspicion of be
ing concerned in the robbery, was tried and ac
quitted. Some time afterwards as she was walk
ing in company with another female, a man pass
ing her said, "How handsome I look in my night
cap.", The expression so forcibly struck her
mind that he was the man who robbed the bouse,
she seized hold of him with the utmost intrepid
ity, and held him fast, assisted by her compan
ion, till he was given into custody, at which
time be confessed that when he was under the
bed he heard her use the expression previously
to his robbing the house, and be suffered ac
cordingly.
THE WRONG MAN.—Presence of mind often
saves one in emergencies. In the following CM,
an old toper seems to have been peculiarly Heap
ed:
A good anecdote is told of a man named
Uently, u confirmed drinker, who would never
drink with a friend or in public, and always
bitterly denied, when a littlo too steep, ever
tasting liquor: One day some bad witnesses
concealed themselves in bis room, and when the
liquor was running down his throat, seised him
with his arm crooked and his mouth open, and
holding him fast, asked with an air of triumph;
"Ah, Uently, have we caught you at last? YOB
never drink, eh!" No one would
that Bently would have acknowledged the com.
Not he; with the most grave face and inaK|m
sible calmness, and in a dignified manner, ha
said—"Gentlemen, my name is not Bently T
BE A MAN OF YOUR WORD.— When you
promise to do a thing, do it. Be a man of
principle in your word. Do not say that
you intend to day to visit your sick friend
or neighbor, and then suffer the pressure of
business to crowd it out of your mind. He
has been watching for your coming during
the week that is past. Could you have seen
the bright smile that illuminated his coun
tenance when he said, "I hear his voice,
his footsteps" you would have said that the
keeping of that promise was worth more to
you than much "choice gold." But when
the vision had disappeared and you canic
not, there was pity and sorrow, even for
you, written upon those features. For gain
had become a formidable barrier against that
priceless gem in every man's character,
which either shines in its own conspicuous
light of love of truth, or is set hi the mid
night darkness of distrust and falsehood.
Then, if you wish to do good and wield an
inllucnco of truth, be a man ot your word.
Oaiuix OF THE TE*M "DANDY."— In the
reign of Henry the Eighth there was struck
a small silver coin of little value called a
dandy prati; which, observes Bishop Fleet-'
wood, was the origin of the term dandy as
applied to worthless and contemptible per
sons.