The.Demoaatic Watchman, BICLLLTONTE, PENN'A. It WILYV I K. Itorro , A A josorairres. SOHN P. MITCHELL, AIIICKIATC IFIUDAT t MORNING, FEL 28, 1888 19111018.--411 par rOdif *bee paid in ad rasee,l,l4 wins net paid is advent*, and S3ANd 'drat net paid before' Lim exPtrativa a Um Tea. Deaseemtier State Cefteeirbee ~ lianstestrao, PA., Jam. 8,166 S The Doenewratis Stets Committee of Penn 41: •mtbese Lead WRDNICSDAY, TIIE. FOURTH (4.b) DAY OW INARCLI, UMW fieltirtiftimm-taawr. sad tin Nail of the House 01 U•Piessitiatives. at Ilan is bats, as tic plane fur holding the annual Convention of tho pert,. It is orderedshat this Commotion be cow peisdief own winembes ter melt flonatur sad Repnwantative, vibe .halt be elected is the WWI smaaner awl they will most stake tin • 4,4 pleb ahmesall, for the purpose of wont dieting candidates fur the Alice+ of Auditor Hestend ardl barreyor Gesernl, si.d of as balms Delegable I. Use National Casein doe fir the mostination of csadidatea for President and Vi 'President. Tl4l tomboys sad acme Woes of the or Ciaillattl and ails. swiewatire citizens who iso suite with us fa the support of sousti tuitional prow plea ire requested , to prueeed to :he election of deiegatee he their stapes sire dirtrie ta By order of the Dernoeratie Bt.ate Central Coalmines. WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Chairman. G O. Muss, Berg. The Ev sad the Itiemedy It la far better not to be educated at all than to be educated falsely.— The condition of affairs at this mo ment in the United &steals the best , proof we could Fite of the truth of this asiertion. The people pretend rig to possesw the highest degree of oducatioti, have had all their intellec tual fore( guided int.) wrong chan nels, and ,• • ruin which overshail :mil us is result. Some week -44^ we 1 , 0,11 •,r 'n article , in which ,ve undeitool . -how that, a per-on might be high ; i.,lty-ated, and yet fitterly incompetv It to er2rei-e the eights of a free citizen of J. free gov •Jrnment. It would be jn.t as khsurd P,r a wan who was an accomplished tarpeutez to pay that haying Required Ga. trade he was master of all, a 4 rot 4 man educated' in other branches to 6.0 wa. aecouiphee , in-the art of government; and yct that is.the very 4bortrdity of whieh the people 'of thi country ha%e been guilty Let any r,one4t man who has hitherto given pipport Pi the liadieal 'party. torn hick to the time ;when he attended .-• to and ..ee if he ha. ever made my attempt tomake himself acquain with our ay.tem of government C.. 111. 1 1 ex ats it i'—or whet' er he has .t allowed himself to pick up vague r ,tinna of hi. rights rod duties under is, from the apreao-aagle spoeche't of fourth of -July orators , and incom pe t' nt stump mpeakerst Nos , ne In utenty of them but wi'l be forced to the tihanicful ailtr",wl«lgenient that they have never even read tb Ct . ',salmon that they have never -1111 IA the principle. upon which .tar lath e.tabli.hed the republic all that they do not even know thin forte 4i4, 11 4 the diflerent brattelte, into which the government i ule I. We know the v ill reach Oa. conclu.toh. Err w e lia•e often forced tho.e of khsir party to it who were leaders nt the polititt- of a whole community: 1102.1 not adduce proof on tII for we know that the ob4erva Aa ) of qii int•llipent men haw already brought home , to thew the truth of .41140 we alleKe, t‘..e rant. awl 'tile of th. Msoigrel organization eorild ~nr. be convinced the fact that they not only know clothing about the true principle. of this govermeent, but that they have iinbibod the mostrfalse and destruc— tive idea, concerning it, it would be an easy task to teitch them the truth as laid down by the Pounders of the Republic. It is.harder to get these lire idea T em:yea', fortified as they Lehind 3 Hind and eat rig 6 fanati ..1.801 and a wean and narrow ~. etiou thou it in tip toich true ones , house , it is bettvr to eat. no .10.1 , tion at 11 rhan tnio. one It in iy bt .ai.l eorne that :he Mongrel party •x re generally a. well attocat. , .! and a-. intelligent a. c h.. Dcrooor'l4. hod in a tgeuoral .4,1,e we herreve this is true It nosy even be true that they noose.." more of what is veiled education than tin people who r..tnpose C.llf part.. do Rut tlii4 doss slot oiwl: tin. quesktori. It trout& be buf,3 LO d a Democrat srtywherA who it pot reverence and respect the l'4,tiatitution of t h e coun try, and who would not stand ready to sacrifice all party add personal in terests far its preaervatiue. it would be ituposoibic to find one who did not regard it as hindinr upon all our citi zens alike nisi who *.m14.1 ott.pted With indignatitm from any proposi iion to it- th, - 0 n v. rit it errlited for `'any purpose of congeals& or Ruh legation" in any state or territory of the United . States. In fact, there is crest-misteke throughout thiscoun,- try as to what sort of education host fits a man for underatatiding gorrro met- tal affairs, The Democrat:c fsjh ors, many of whom went p. to rest under the government - they loved, received , by tradition sod ' tearrsmitted to' their children the grist f iiuciples Itie - Whi* - treir had fought against British tyranny. A Democrat who maid not read received from his father the practical ideas which had induced him to rtrugg'k through a long and bloody war, and he never forgot them, but handed them to his children in turn, in whose hearts they ire held as sacred now as they were ity — otir - itires in the days of the revolution. Of course a Democrat wto is educated posses sea the advantages of other ed ucated people, and can do more for his party and his principles than one with fewer acquirements , but his reverence for those principles, ■nd his understanding of the imlortant ot.jects they are to attain for hint and his country are no greater or better than those of the least educated man in our ranks. This is the graft difference between our people and those who- compose I the live men of the opposition.— Their traditions are bud, and all their habits lead them to adopt anything rather than the principles which their fathers hated when they proved the.ir "loyalty" by adhering to the cause of 'the British king, and which hatred' has been transmitted from sire to son' 1 from that day to this While it 4s true that the political party which op Sired the Democracy in the first years of its existence hai changed its name (came of times, and eien at times be came the advocate of principles which were respectable. it is a fact that the tnrp of the revolutionalwapradhered to the opposition to Democracy, whatever form that opposition took, and that the fieseendants of torye still adl.e'e to anything which will give them an opportunity to fight the Democratic party. It Ls true that at Limes men of good Deuiocratic ante replants hare gone ever to the tiittio siton , but never uotil they had com mitted sonic mean or unlawful act. which made it impossible for them to he any longer respectable Democrats, and which seemed exactly to qualify them for leaders of the opposition.. Enough has perhaps been said to illustrate our position in regard to the kinds of education a man needs to qualify him to exercise ;iiteligently his rights tot a sovereign of ;tin great country. It i- not necessary that lie 0,2 ati areopALlied , ieholar. but milt that he trtb i oak t h e real princi ples which to.d die our whole system of govertunrrt, and that he be hot, rats patti,o, and watchful of tho.e in public position,. The-c qualifies 'ion. any rnan in this country min} It()..1.4•• tI 111 . will :I'l , l it i- criminal in dione %To do it L tie tI • a ui , oo-t t., Th ague and hbout the Inherent rights a this g. , v went, and in regard to government ei,sting at all out•dde or the Cort4trt - introit now so very prevalent. throat!, out the party which ..upport , Rump Congre,s, prove po,itt vely that tho4l_, who entertain them are not fit to vote at all, for they do not under -tand the purpo-e fur whieh they vote, and utterly modal. thr objects fur whieh the government wa,• erec ted • Now for all this we want a remedy For 111 ,- n Of Anglo Saxon blood are not .! to give up the struggle to main tain-free got eminent., .because there are 0 1 ,,tacles to overcome— Great has been -done and in Mill being done by, the circulation of such newsnipers ss:FouNry'44 Piers and 'the . V o• York Tritn. Democrats ornsht not to take theist, touch them or look at them any more than they aotll'f at sonic fearful physical poi son, which was intended to destroy a whole community, Their circulation ought to he discouraged in every lawful way, and the doctrines they dissect' i ea e carefully gutrded against. Toantelote the effects the poison ;th_ base already spread, sound Democratic papers and literature gen erally ought to be furnished to every one' willing to read. A fund ought ire be raised in every community fur the purpose of furninhinf thong with good reading matter who are not able to ,furnish themselves. Democratic !trewspapern ought to he circulated in ; such quaittiti. r their doctrines would 'reivotiAll who are willing to I , yead, and for 'this purpose men who sire Able should submoribc and pay for alt a dosen papers tole sent to their poor neighbors. to this way we may, 'counteract the tremendous efforts of Moogrelisin to overthrow the govern ment, and in Cosa build sip a majori ty party bland on the soundest. prin ciples, and against which the waver Of tectionalism and fanaticism Ina, beat in vain. The United States Debt. tiecretary Ma:lA.l.o(lv informs as in his last monthlyistateinent that the debt of the United States on the fst of this month amounted to 31.3isilw-i thousand fivc. hundred • and twenty seven millions sixty nine thouaand, three hundred and thiitetsn dollars I We have an idea that a closer scrutiny than any Secretary of the Treasury as yet given the finan cial affairs o e„government. would show a much larger amotmt of irdebt *Anew. If our memory serves rightly in this matter, we think we might (Inote:Al , authority 'of TftAn. STIVISB for putting it at four thou sand millions when claims against the A government shall be finally set ttn. But the sum stated by Secre tary )11cCut,Locu is large enough to put us into a brown study as to how land when (if ever) it is to be paid. This vast debt is a legacy of the war. which resulted in fri.ing some three or four millions of semi-bar barous negroes and enslaving some etilit or ten- millions of civilized, in telligent white people. It was con tracted, we were told. to "save the life of the nation ;" but instead of "saving the life of the nation," the party in power that contracted the ,debt and squandered the money, have :so maimed it by lopping off nearly a third of its members that it is now languishing in the agonies of death. and. under the empirical treatment to which it is-subjected by the quacks and impostors who have the rare in charge,muu•t soon die outright, moles•• the !wool. , employ more skillful ph) - w L., will pursue a very •ditTer ent course of treatment Rut th? ‘ i ne.tiun, now pre.sing upon u• are Bow is this debt to be raid''" ''When will It be paid "Omelet it to be paid' We can see but one way of paying it. if it is paid, and that is by The people are already taxed 'on all the luxuries and necessaries of life, on all the proceeds of thrift and industry, on salaries and notes and bonds texcept the gokorn went bonds for this very debt, and mortgages and reeeilits ; on all they eat, drink, Jr wear, on all they can nee, hear, taste, melt cr think of . on everything, in short. from a needle to an anchor, to an amount approxi' tenting, if not exceeding lbw. hundred lions of dnllars. Onchundred and fifty or sixty millions cf this tax are absorbed in payment of the interest rn the public debt—the other ime hundred and fifty millions arc cur, •utned in supporting a large standing *tiny used mainly in supporting nee Ort,equality, on a freedmen's Bureau ar d Its various branches, established l'ur the same purpose supplying rat oils to lazy rp.gr,s., . in re-cull strutting States, &rine rat which were con-trusted before 1110-t of their prey ept mstructor.s.were Loin, in pay ing a rump mongrel Congre a t'r de rt itg the govt•rittm At and mist v. ing and ruining Ow cuuntry , and in other like worthy purpose- Now. if the people have resolved in earn, t to"pay this debt, it is time the:. wr re :uoLing into their financial affairs and iletortiliniug each for himself how much more taxation he can bear. Can they stand, and will they patient• ly and patriotically pay twenty per cent um mule—that is an additional sixty millions every year' If NO they can pay it our Ht tht' - course o f forty vso years or thereabouts, and satisfy their loyal - hearts at the expense of' eravi ng stomachs and ragged backs. As to whether, if paid, it should be paid in government promises, work from sixty to seventy cents on the dollar, according to the fluctuations of the market, or in gold, that is equally a question for the tax payers to decide. One thing is certain, while the mongrel negro thieves re main in power, no matter wha ' amount is squeezed out of the people in taxes, but a small amount °fit, will be used in reducing the debt Bat now,as to the final question • "Ought this debt to be paid ?" All honed debts, whether or governments or in dividuals should be paid. Bat is this heavy government deb+• this legacy qf a purposely prolonged and badly conducted war, this vampyre that is sucking the life-blood of the people, an houral debt? Was not the war for the most part a mere speculation, urged on and kept up by all descrip tions of sharpers and stock gantblers and speeulators and swindlers and thieves, including the principal mem bers of the administration and of r,otigreaa, the men who voted and contracted tabs debt—all of whom in one way and another managed. to 11l thsiir pocket books to repletion with the looney which 'the people were' told eve intended to be need io•ooet ducting the war t Was not this debt contracted under false pretences, and is not most of it held tiow in govern• Inver, five-twenties and seven thirties and ten forties, by the rascals who -.tole most largely, or made millions out of large contracts at Kish prices by the convenience of government officials -who pertieipeeed 'in the spoils? • Certainly, if •the debt is an honest ()be it shoutd,be paid. Butthe queer tion of its honesty should be first set tled, before the people are called upon to pay it .either in government . 'per or in gold. The Idea strikes us at this moment -and we think it is worth suggesting—that the only -way is which the debt ought to be pail. if paid at all, would be to tax heavily-the bowls and- feria a. slinking food with the proceeds by which the debt could be gradually extinguished. In this way the bond-holders could pay the debt and. paradoxical as it may seem, still make money by their investment Let Us Organize at Onoe President JOHNRON is once more thleatenened with impeachment and removal from office, for the exercise of his constitutional functions, and for doing what all his predecessors from IF/mutt:um,: to LINCOLN claim the right to do without question from any one, or from any depart ment of the government. STANTON refuses to retire from the Cabinet, the President attempts to compel him to do so, and the RUmp Congress, itself an illegal andi:evolutionary body, un dertakes to prevent the removal and to hurl down the Constitution and JOHNSON together. At the present writing, (Thursday afternoon.) it 1. impossible to tell what turn affair will take, or relict new duty may fall upon the r ople I the country at any moment But euough has been seen already to convince all men of sere.e that we are hourly threatened with revolution, and it becomes Us to make preparation for any turn which. affairs may tare. Let no one fail in this hour of peril. Democrats in ev cry election dist-ict ought to meet to naber and organize thoroughly, that we may be able to have concert arm tient in any contingency which may arise Let there meetings be open and public. that all who. wish may see and hear what I, going on. We have nothing , to conceal, and nothing to be ashamed v-of , but we intend to vote to sustain our princi ples at every opportunity, and to &hi for them too, if the dread imsne is forced upon ns. and we care not who know- it. We need thorough and perfect organization for the ap prcaching campaign, which will doubtless be cue of the warmei-t ever conductet in this country. and we want to know also how many able bodied men we have who are ready to face danger, and death if need be. for the preservation of the got ernint lit our lathers left tr. We want tit hat e our force well in hand for at,.+ oti t •-: whit It may be forced upon m - It dots et-) well to till, the arra) of i.titlwurt men who are ready to rise up for the defence of our impel tled institution's, and no one of '4:use will p estune to dem, that we have th material. But we want somethinz more than this, we want to under 'and each move in concert an I move to some purpo c Let meetings be ha I Ili every towcship --and let our Haut cal brethern attend them if they will —at which the natnes or those who are willing to do and hear all that is re faired of them as citizens of a Irec. country shill be enrolled, and eapie s sion given to the feeling, which are aroused by the destructive measures of the revolutionists at Washington All this should be done "decently and in order Let there be no vies lence, no insults to the opposition, n thing to further excite-the already heated passions of the people, but let Democra's ine?t, at their usual pla ors of meeting. firmly express their sentiments, and organize themiselve into so..ie lee. Lit it be understood that these organizations are for the purpose of carrying out our princi pies :it the p ills, And of' defending them by the Ina remrt of freemen it we are oompeilel to do so. We do not want strife, we deprecate it as mach as min can, and will saes much rather than see the country torn by the dread scourge of nations. Bat there is a titre when submit+ ion is cowardly, when to stay the uplifted arm of vengeance and justice is a crime, and when men of noble im pulse will die rather than live in sla very. For eitob.itipe ice us ho pre pared; alai it mairb• am even now we have but: feu da:s p' do all that is to he it iatiatitne be lost un til we have*proegh and perfect or gatairatics,• egad an understanding *, elateaway and among ourselves, that from the nauntaini ind - valleys of old Centre, thousands of man are ready to start up compactly organised in def,:nce of the ssioied principles which have preServed our liberties so long, and which we are determined shall still shield the liberties of our childreb. It is with*. beset heart we se- 1 knowledge the necessity for such or ganixation as we speak of. God - knows we do not- desire to csokindled the ffarnee of a_war which must drench the country in blood and bring upon u.s such misery and suffering as was never endured by any portion of our people before. The man who speaks lightly of this' thing is a fool or a blood thirsty demon. With parties ahnost equally divided at the North, and with a horde- semi savage blacks at the South, we are in a con dition no w to eclipse all the horrows of the F rench revolution, and to car ry on a war of extermination for years to come. Let no Democrat do aught hastily or fanatically. Let all be done deliherately k carefully, peacefully ij possible, and with prayers to God to avert the danger which menaces our country, and the neeesaity'for the elll- I ployment of aught but peaceful wea pons for the preservation of our liberties. The Atebaml Constitution The Mongrel Congress reconstruc tion law atfli.irizing the fortnatior of Constitutions in the Southern States now under military control, provides that no constitution submit• ted to the,people for ratification shall be considered adopted unless a tea jority of the registered voters of the State take part. in the election. and a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of ratification. At the late election in Alabama the Constitution recently made by phe mongrel white and black negro Convention wassub mated for ratification, but so indif erlint,ere the people who had the privilege of voting, that the vote polled fell filtec:o thousand short of a majority of registered voters. max plainly, according to the letter of the law. the Constitution was defeated r But - FO anziows are - the- mongreh to haße the vote of their southern negro allies at the Presidential election, that immediately on the receipt of the in teligence of the Alabama miscarriage at Washington, Senator SIIERMAN introduced an act in which it is set forth that the "Constitution has been ratified by a majority of qualified per 50014 voting on the question of "rat ification,“ and that "t.' e State of Al abama is entitled to representation in Congress', and Senators and Retire sentatives shall be admitted there from on their taking the oath pre s ribed by law." flits act, or one having the samy object in view, will no doubt be passed by tho -pork; a. Mongrel Congress That body of in I ferns!), will hesitate at no deed, bow , ever black, to make their suot•oss oor tai n. They have, trout; fir't to last of their reign, spat upon died spurned the constitution whenever it stood in their way. and now. so rrokle4s an•l shameless have tlicy become, they re 'pa hate and set aside their Own act, and, without even the-,iorinalit:t of repealing it. deelart the adoption of a Constitution undo, which a WA , tie f!.tred, and prono,.• to admit a Stste, with full representation in Cohered, what their reconstruction laws declare to be no Sta e. but territory subje•t to their got eminent and cpptrd. And all this for a mere! parAurpose—for securing the rise Loral vote of Alabama fur their Prosi dent ial candidate could audacity go farther? Coujd the des-il himself show,a more unabashed and brazen countenance? But the end is notyet. Alabama and all the other declared southern territories will be admitted • as States in time to cast the negro vote for the Mongrel candidate. It with theie negro vote she should have a ma j or ity e t sleotoral votes, they %ill attempt mot them and install their candid., t , Then will come the last slot of the drama—then we shall see what stuff the people are made of. --Laboring men are paid in pa per money for hard "Work. With this they arc compelled to buy gold at an advance of twenty five or thirty per cent to pay the rich banker for furn ishing-them with shinplasters. This arrangement waa titan oy the "poor luau's party. - tiow do poor men like it. -- When Pennsylvanians want borne one to lead them in the 000filet be tween traitors in Congressand a bank bone-wanting President, they will choose come other fellow than the one who allowed aw•enaamy to omit in his face, when governor of Kansas, and had not the courage to resent the insult. Breve GARY Auditor amoral. Judging trout.the general, annetr *nee of the political skies, the next Democratic candidate for Auditor General, will be Dot. D. A, 31auxurr of Norristown. We ere glad that such is the appearance. We will b e partisularly pleased of the proceed ings of our State convention that meets on Wednesday next, should *erify our prediction--pleased because we kno - wkr belli and within the limits of the common. wealth—pleased because it would be a merited compliment to a deserving Demtierat—pleseed Because we would have a man of principle, an honest, worthy, capable, gentleman to sup port in 4e coming contest, and ideas ed because we would feel assured that Dr. Manicures personal popularity, politiCal integrity and acknowledged worth, would add to our majority next fall thousands upon thousands of rot ea. To seou're Democratic success we must-have tried and true men upon ourtickipt--ruen who are known to be Democrats from principle, and who are fitted in every respect to be stand. and bearers of the great party that is now fighting the battles of Constitu. tional liberty and white supremacy. Dtt rsiARKLKY is one of these. Let him be nominated, and give us for Surveyor General a candidate equally as popular and worthy, aed twenty thou.and, will be a sma'l majority for the Democracy of Pennvylvania to roll up in October next. - Candidate for Surveyor General DAVID CARSKADDON Fan is a can didate for the Democratic nomination for Surveyor General. We know of no one better qualified for the posi tion or whose nomination would be better received by the Democracy of this part pfthe State. Mr. Gunman noN iii well known as one of the most !intelligent, plum/ and reliable Dome crats in the State, and will run a full 'vote here if he retvives the nomina tion We consider that the Democ racy of this section are entitled to 8 puke consideration at the band+ of their brethren throughout the State In the very darkest hours uf ruin and defeat to our party: Centro - ad , Chu ion counties stood firmly tQtlie work. and bore ur-eur honored banner in spite of the persecution of foes and the treachery of friends. Other coun tics may have !metier majorities, but they have not got ha'f to contend with that we must overcome here,and we think the country cannot produce a wore firm and faithful band of Democrats than is to be found in the central counties of the State, almost surrounded as they are by Egyptiao: darkness. Mr. CattsKAptiost iti lht undoubted choice of the pe,.ple of 0111 section.. and his nomination would greatly gratify those with whom he has firmly stood during the trials of the past seven years NEIKIPS B t br being. who is act;ng a s governor of Pennsylvania, needs to be baled about Clime month , . In Coo condi Lion he now is in—bursting with ego tistn, and fearfully ' , oft —he can be used by politicians, a , . a child LIM.s a bunch of dough mad, into an shape desired -used for an} ouipo-e needed A in ten minutes. can fill him ro full of coneeit, with fluttery, that lie realt Is In danger of bursting—and when in this condition it needs less skill to I lee him do whatever is w anted than to guide an inflated balloon It wa4 C.tumttoN's flattery that got the loot tilt. lying me ssa ge, about sold I. Col unteering to stand tof the traitors it, Congress, out of him nu Saturday last. lie was soft enough tn believe that mach tk course would mare him the Mon g r e l candidate for fire lies Went. Poor foil.' Nature did a 'wicked thing in tuirtitng him out with as little brains, as he has proven.him• menu posses. His proper place would be in some retreat fur idiotic c'iddren and feeble Of inded`Mvinen. --The Na-grneral and hero of ttuw stuffed tv repro sent a governor of Penn.ylvania. tel egraphs to COligrCeil that men are or feting to fight for their eaus.• suppose the governor has had sumo• awouranee from 'UT' ion Leagues, and other secret organizations of the Mon grels, that they would tesireh cad fight for the Rump 4nfl the tugger Well, let them march but let thew look well to whom they le:Ate behind, and consider the oonsequepees Wore they start hnn mew hers tittegg ues, or of soy other revolutionary 'ntgani zation, leave any part of the rotiotry to' ato the assistance of the traitors at Washington Who aro pulling .town the government, Democrats wutl see to it that they are well sustained is the rear. WerWill sive them ao im petus to start with-whiah will earn some of them to A worse plaoe even than Washington, and light titers oo their way by the ' dames kindled in their own homes.