The Dimktetitic
BELLSFONTN, PA.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14,1868.
Gov. Seymour's Letter of Acceptance
The following is Gov. Bernour's for
mal letter of aceeptance of the Demo•
end° nomination for.tbe Presidency
lITAce., -Nam You,
August 9th, 1868.
Gmtirtinses :—When in the city of
Now York, on the 11th ultimo, in the
presence of a vast multitude, en behalf
of the National Demoeistic Convention,
you tendered to me its unanimous nomi
nation as their candidate for the office of
Preildent of the United States, I meted
that I had no words adequate to express
my gratitude for the good will kindness
that body has shown to me. Its nomi
nation was unsdngbt and unexpected.
It was my ambition to take an active
put—free which I am now excluded—
in the great struggle going on for the
restoration of agood Government, of
pesos and provperity to the country, be.
I have been naught up by theowkelming
tide ' , Web is bearing us on to a -great.
political change,, apd I find myselfmna
ble to resist its pressure.
You have also given me a copy of the
reasons put forth by - the Convention,
showing We position upon all the great
question* which now agitate the coun
try. As the presid.ng officer of that
Convention, I am familiar with their
seeps and import; moose of its members
I.** a port, to its terms. They are in
accord with my •iews, ana Lstand upon
them in the contest which we are now
entering, and I shall strive to carry
them out in future, wb I may be
placed, in political or private life
I tben 'stated that 1 would bend you
their words of acceptance in a letter, as
is the customary form. I see noresson,
upon redaction, to change or qualify
the terms of my approval of the resolu
tions of the Convention. I have delayed
thimere formal act of communicating
to you in writing what I thus publicly
said, for the purpose of seeing what light
the action of Congress wonid throw upon
the interests of the country. Its sets,
since the adjournmentof the Convention,
shows an alarm lest a change of political
power will give to the people what. they
ought to have, a clear statement of what
has been dole - with the money drawn
from them during the last eight years.
Thoughtful men feel that there have been
wrongs in the financial management
which have been kept from the public
knowledge.
The Congressional party has not only
allied with ,itself that military power
which is to be brought to bear directly
upon the elehitiou if Wily States._but
held. Itself in perpetual session with
the avowed purpose, of making such
laws as it shall see fit. In view of the
elections whicb will take place within a
few weeks it did therefore not adjourn.
bat look a recess, to meet again if its
partisan interest. shall demand its teas
'ambling. Never before in the history
of our country has Congress thus taken
a menacing attitude towards the aleo
tors.
Under its influence some of the States
organised by it. agents are proposing to
deprive the people of the right to vote
for the Presidential electors, and the
tree bold steps are taken to destroy the
rights of suffrage. It is net strange,
therefore, that thoughtful men see is
such action the proof that tbere is with
flume who shape the policy of the Re
publwan party motives stronger and
deeper that the mere wish to hold polit
ical power; that there is a dread of
come exposure which draws them to WA
ao desperate and so impolitic. Many of
the 101E44 leaders and journal. of the
Republican party have openly deplored
the violence of Congressional action and
its tendency to keep op discord in our
country
The great Interests of our country de
mand peace, order and a return tot LOUBose in
ternational pursuits. without which we
eannot maintain the faith or honor of
our government. The minds of business
men are perplexed by uncertainties;
the hours of toil of our lab eeeee are
lengthened by the costs of living made
by the direct and indirect exactions
the government ; our people are ha
rassed by the frequent • demands of thn
tax gatherer.
Without distinotion of party there is
• *trot( .feeling in favor of that
line of action whioh shall restore
order and eentidenee, and shall lift off
the burden', which sow hinder and vex
the industry of the country
Yet at this moment those in power
have thrown into the Senate chamber',
sad Congressional halls a new element
of discord and violence. MIS have been
admitted as representatives et some of
the Southern States with the declara
tion upon their lipstbat the, cannot, lira
in the States they claim to rep
without military protection. These
men are to make laws for the North se
well as the &loth : those wise; who, a
few days since, were seekieg as suppli
ants that Congress would give them
power within their respective States,
are to-day the controllers of the actions
lathes. bodies ; entering them with Minds
filled with queekloas sod demands free
43tragrees, and 0 . .101 look upon theatates
M. which they ems se in 000ditioaa
.et elvil war ; that the majority of their
populations, embracing their intern
geese. had to be treated as public elm
mlee, to be kept up at the cost of the
lieepie of the North, and that there
shall be no peace and order at the Boubh
atm that which is made by arbitrary
pewee.
ivory luteinput mow knows that lily
met eel, owe then present pointless to
. disorder, bet *al over/ motive fPri•P
fres the love of power, of pis ; of •
'desire for voagoomeo, wlrialt 'prompt
them t• keep the Elobth la attareby,
While (Mkt Mess, they Ire iollopoudeat
wf the will Or wishes of their follow eltl,
While ooduAiou retain they are
the dlepottoers of lb. profits and honors
Walsh grow wit of lb. ElaveramoaL Of
mere fore* these mss are Row placed Is
pestitiews Wherethey mono& elk urge
their slows of polities, but wkars lb,
maswaforee them. Whoa 'beret Shall
admitted latisla mi from the re,
Maleiag Southern States, altlteagh they,
will boys, in trash, as woustituemm they
11l hare more power is the EloomAte thee
majority of the people of this Unibn,
living in nine of the great States.
In vain members of the Republican
party Protested agaiwiN the 'policy that
this result. While the chiefs of
ebellion have submitted to the
War, end are now quietly
2 pursuits, lor the sup
,end their famnfee,
of their ex.
Itzple of the'
nettle) ,
the
man.
result o
engaged In 171
port of themanly
and are trying brill
ample to lead beak 1114
South to the order and indusi
essential to their well being, but
greatness and prosperity of our corn
oily, all see that thOse without
or idfluence, have been thrown, by the
agitations of civil convulsion, into post
lions of honor Bodo( profit, and are etri.
•ing to keep alive the passions to which
they owe their ofoiltion, and they clam
orously iusist that' they are the wily
friends of Sur union. Proof of that tan
only have sure foundation in fraternal
regard and a 00M030111 desire to promote,
the peace,the order and the happinesa
of all penitent, of our laud. Events its
Congress since the adjournment of the
Convention have vastly increased the
importance of a political victory be them
who are seeking to brills back economy.
'simplicity and justice in the adtuinistre
tioneof our natinnal affairs.
Many Republishing bare :heritofore
clung to their party who have regretted
the - eitremee, of violence *to which it
has run. They bare cherished a faith
that while the action of their 'political
friends may hive been mistaken, their
motives have been good. They must
POW see that the Republican party ix
in that condition that it cannot carry
Out a Tolley. Wbatever its motives may
be, It is a misfortune not only to a
country, bat to • government, and the
party itself, who:fits action is unchecked
by any form-of oppoettion.- -•-•
It has been the misfortune of the Re
publican party that the evente of the
past few years have given it such pow
er that it has been able to shackle the
Executive, to trammel the Judiciery end
carry out the views of the most unwise
and violent of its members. When this
stale of things.. exists in any party, it
has been found that the In lgment of ice
ablest leaders do not control. There is
hardly an able man who hse helped to
build up the Republican organization
who has not within the pest three years
warned it against its excess who has
not been htorne down and forced to gtvr
up his coh•iotions of what the ioterests
of the country call for, or if too patriot.
is to do this, who has not been driven
from its ranks. If this has been the
case heretofore, what will be to action
with this new infusion of men who,
without • decent respect for the
views of those who bad just given them
their positions, begin their legisla
tive career with calla for arms and de
weeds that States shall be regarded as
in condition of civil war, and a declara
tion that they are ready and anxious to
degrade the President of the Wilted
States wiz" hey can persuade or
force Congress to bring forward new •r
tidies of impeachment
The Republican party, as well se we,
are in t ted in putting some check
upon this •ielence. It must be clear to
every tbiuking man that a disposition of
political power tends to check the yio
loom of party action, and assure the
peace and good cords, of the country.
The election of • Democratic Executive
and a majority of Democratic members
to the House of Rep mime would
not give to that party organisation pow
er to make sudden or violent changes,
but would o to cheek those tae
measures whieb have been deplored by
the best men of both organizations. The
result would most certainly lead to that
peaceful restoration of the Union and
re establishment of fraternal relationship
which the country desires
I am sure the best men of the Repub•
lican party deplore ai deeply as I do
the spirit of violence shown by those re
cently admitted to seats in Congress,
form the condition of Oivtl war which
they contemplate must be abhorrent to
every nest thinking man. I have no
mere personal wishes to mislead my judg•
ment in regard to the holding of elec
tions No man who has weighed and
measured the duties of the office of Pres
ident of the United Stains emn fail to be
imp d with the ceresend toils of
him who is to meet its demands. It is
not merely to Goat with popular currents
without a policy or a purpose. On the
contrary, while our Constitution gives
just weight to the public will, its distin
gnishing feature is that it seeks to pro
tect the right of minorities; its greatest
glory is that it puts restraints upon
power , ; if gives throe and form to those
maxims and principles of civil liberty
for which the martyrs of freedom have
struggled through ages ; it declares the
right of the.people to be secure is their
persons, houses and papers evilest un•
reasonable searches and seizures ; that
Congress shall make no law respecting
the establishment of religion or life free
exercise theme, or abridging the `free
doss of speech or et the press er the
rights of the people, to petition (or re
dress of &smolt, it Seenros the right
of a speedy and pubic trial by an Im
partial jury. No man can rightfully
enter upon the duties of the Preskiential
office, unless he is not only willing to
carry out the wishes of the people, ex
pressed in a eoaatitational way, but is
also prepared to stand up for the rights
of minorities. He must be ready to up
bold the, free' exercise of religion. He
must deaounoe measures which would
wrong personal, mr home rights, or the
religions emzstsieniut of the humblest cit-
Dens of the land. He must malutain.with
out distinction of creed or nationality,
all the privileged ores American citizen
ship. The expertise* of every public
man who has been faithful to his 'cast
teaches him that no one can do the du
ties of the once of President unless he
is ready not ealy to undergo the false
hoods and abuse of the bad, but to suf
fer from censure from tea good, who are
misled by mindless and misrepresento
lions. Therezwe no attractions In snob
position., A Met ohmage ii gale; °Oh
the polille mind—tie otaas,of the Repub-
Ibsen Net, ore more thoughtful, tem
pests cud jest than they were daring
excitement witieb 4ttended the pra
iries and.elose of tits aluil war, Ail the
energy of the Psatoevotio pony-springs
Cr.. their devotion to theirmause and to
their eandkielztol may with propriety
/mesh ; Me feet that lIWTSTiA Akay
fellit4oo.4kieeori.er air •Gor4trail •
sitton,if iffy Jib. belly boost b t
iamb national and, rol-ontints it es
that which has beserebowo In relation .
to the position of No National Demo
erotic Con•ention. With thin thstcondi
dales had ttothiug to do llad any dih•
ere of those named been selected this
spirit would have been perhaps More
karked. The seal and energy of the,
(loneer•at.im mosses elpeing:froce a de
sire to Malts a change pollify, and
from a thought they can carry out their
purposes. In this faith they' are
etreugthened by the co operation of the
great body of those who served Ist the
I nion army and wily during the war
Having given nearly thousand
commissions to the talent of that anmy
low their •iewe and wishes. They
the Union for which they fought.
Lt_ meeting of these gallant poi
lembleti was held in New
the action of, the
p other words die.
oalleid.au the
of hate,
ins of
The leri
gliere ever
York. end en ,
National Conventiiii
i iisot.witli meaning
Government to stop in its
discord and disunion, and in
fervid elognenoe demanded reel&
of the rights of the American peophi'.%
When there le mirth accord heiwrin
those who proved them.elvss brave and
self sq.:rifting in war, and those who
are thoughtful and patriotic In council.
I cannot doubt we shall gain a political
triumph, which will restore our onion.
hring back peace to our land, Intl give
us once more the bleseinge of a wise.
econortiloal and honest government.
I sin, gentlemen, truly your.. ho ,
IIoRATIO 8111 r YOUR.
General d W. Morgan, and mbers,Com
,ke , ko
General Grant as a 'fanner
The Denver Gazette bee , owl this con
ei , .erat ion upon Geueral grant as.• inn
An exchange, revieivioy onenf onr
complimentary notice. of Giant, says he
tanned the hides of copperheads,
Se TOO 0/11311S0K0 Allo4ol to has tack
Bled the wrong person with its 8141.1/11.10,1
on this eubject, by thus criticising our
rem 'ran We happen to hors known
Grant beture the war, and while it was
lettingen, when strange to stay, as we are
dubbed a ..(lipperhoe t." we were, In
the same military service as himself,
under hie minim mil
Whet:H . )l%G! of the 214 ) Illinois In
finiry at Mexico, bliesouri,he wee a ra
ring Deinecr.st One day be was in
Ringgold s Bank. in that city, and upon
being milted if he thought the war way
to be prosecuted for the abolition of sla
very, be fir-.t avowed himself to be a
democrat, and then said he did not be
here such to be its object, but that If
such Wild the object of be war, upon be
tog convinced of the fact, he would re
step his commission in the Federal army
and go over to the enemy.
We were at Doneloon, and know that
the only tanning he nidulged in there
was tie tanning of lita inner hide with
whiskey during the halite. He teemed
himself in this ma per until be was un
able resit upon hls u . 'hbrse That bailie
was (ought by General Smith, and Grant
gm the praise.
How did be tan the rebels at Shiloh !
We were there. Or the6th day of April,
1862, we, a "Copperhead," expended up
wards of ons hundred sod sixty rounds
of ammunition, shooting at the rebels ;
our hide wee tanned during the day,
slightly, however, by rebel ballets, while
the great "rebel tanner," Grant, was
down the river at Savannah When the
sun wee shedding its last rays over the
bloody day's work, we saw Greet, just
from below. sneaking off a transport at
Pittsburg Landing
Wlio turned the tide of battle the day
following + Grant was there, but the
fighting was done under the direction of
a matt %he was subsequently execrated
and disbepered—Carlos Buell. There is
not a soldier who participated in that
battle, who will not say that only for
Buell. Grant's army would have been
annihilated at Sbtlob Truly has the
brave Permits said that •'the true histo
ry of the battle was written."
We Can't understand how Grant tanned
the bide of old Andy. If ever a man
was thoroughly tanned by another. it is
Grant, who was proven publicly, a liar
and a fool by Andrew Johnson and the
combined testimony of five 'Anent. We
way indulge in a, few more rentinieoen
nee tog Grant's tanning qualities
at some tutu , e time.
States for Seymour and Blair
in canvassing the question with dele
gates to ihe Convention since the nomi
notion was made, the following Stater
are put down as Sure Icor Seymour and
Blair •
Connecticut 6.Detinware
New York .... . .... 33'Kentucky_
New J••:ey 711Kiasoari...
Penntylranies...... 26 Kansa,
Indiana...
Oregon...
Nerad►....
California
11 Wisconsin
~.. 13 ilso7land
I I One hundred and Ant-nine vote* are
I all that is necessary for election, sod in
the above tables there are one Modred
and sixty electoral votes without count
log one of tle Southern States engaged
in the rebellion. In the list of States
given, every-one ease three in which a
state election lute been held in the last
eighteen months, bee gone Democratic.
in all, the local elections have exhibited
1 great Democratic gains, suffielent to in
sure the Slate for the Democracy ohm
I fall. We have not counted Illinois is
the list, but the delegates to the colleen
lion declared there was no doubt but
1 Pendletoa would earry that State. If It
1 woultbe mirrtein fee Pendleton, then it
combs wifely counted for Seymour and
Blair. In addittea to this, the Stales of
Alibates. Georgie and blissiselppi, are
certain to give a Demoeratlo majorft - y
with any fair abalone feet eutiageptialwill
give 24" more total weletenitd 4,01
the Deetoormic 'Omen to DU. But the
Republicans laboring to eeeltule the
er r
votes of the Butted et Ifirginle;Tertas ‘
and .Iflieletilkilji legTilselea in Cop
grass. If the Aleotaral, th is of thee'
Staten * I VO Allit Miputted, then there *lll
by la As Ilhoterel Celkwa 494 , ,ore',
And 1411..W4 be all tbtt-lrfli be commute.
ry to sleet. The Demon:any elan then
loeio CAN; end mill 'secure a mijetify
of the Ifileeteral Coillege without sount
lag any freactbe Beath ; or by earrying
1 41‘ 0 41 1 0 4 , I ,••it r,fitcol. WrlollePillk
en anses,lants 'At itAinet their ticket
white t receiving a di from fail:hind'.
"Thetelts4lheritote treaty , mason fay ilk
oeuregement te the hessearatty,'"and &b
election of Seymour awl Dlitir may be
put down as a aerials ty.—Mtnabwry Poe i.
Judge Thurman on Debtand,Taxe
lion.
IThe lion. Allen G. Thurman,of Ohio,
addressed the tecent West Virginia
UsmocrOde MVIB hlonvention, following
Mr. rendlerma. Judge Thurman -was
the Lienmerathi candidate for Clovermor
of Ohio arthe lost efecrion, and is the
United Staten Senator elect who will isko
lien Minder place next March.
Judge Thurman said the publlo debt
a mounted to $2.6110,000,000,—What IL
was 'exactly at this time was difficult to
say, from the fact that the' Treasury
Department was quite dilatory in mak
tog its monthly statements; the debt had
increased &bout ume millions of dollars
In a !tingle Month, mid that the next
month will show an• i.ereese of- twenty
mootbly.-•aeppeoditure sutti•
°lent in the days of iscklion to inn the
government. for six mouths in all its de
partments, while this is simply the in
crease of the public debt for the short
aof one month. The spenkerr read
tram e printed report of the Secretary
of the Tr Airy to the aorreotness of his
What, a contras is condition of it%-
iiondl finances preson with that which
existed at the time that Aeon- made
tile proclamation that the d Stales
owed not a cent in the World It Why
wonder these RA4106101 sought to a 'it
the Issue, and declared the only question
was whether we should have another
civil war? This cry might do to frighten
a few—the speaker was about to say old
women, but be would not—it mighttlo to
frighten s few wavering men, who could
he frightened out of the country by a
few old *omen with'broom sticks. This
terrible second civil war Was put forward
now to divert attention from the public
Compare our debt with that of Great
Britain. Our debt was two thousand
millions lint while our population war
only 81,000 000 The rate of taxation
in Great Britain was ninety cent.s on.rise
hundred dollare,while the American pee ,
pie were taxed at the rate of $3 93 on
the hdhdred dollars ;"more than three
limes as much as the taxes Imposed coo
w.hat Ati had been itttbe habitepitying
en the pooroal-ridden-people of Great
Britain Some one nikhi say, "You are
totstaken., Ale Thurman; lin not pay
$8.93 on the hundred dollars " 11
might hot be the dome with individual.,
but such was the rate of taxation on the
people in the aggregate, upon their per
sonel and real estate. - •
It might be claimed that the laboring
poor paid no taxes. That was a great
mistake. Labor pity,' all the taxes [Till
otendous applause ] dr
How wee it that labor paid Ike taxes!
The problem was simple. It could be
preyed from the Scriptures:
"In the sweet of thy face shalt thou
eat thy br.-ad " It was the mandate of
)leaven, that:nothing lea produoed with
out labor. Not • particle of wealth was
created except by labor The little pov
erty stricken boy of Western Virginia,
who followed the plow,contributed more
to the material wealth of the country
than did the richest bondholder who
rolled in luxurious ease. [Applause ]
The grain of corn dropped by the little
boy would grow and benefit the world,
but the man who did nothing but live on
the int of his bonds addded nothing
to the wealth of the country
Suppose some ambitious young cop
perhead should take into his mind to be
the owner °feu-shirts—but if this Rad
ical government continues much longer.
you wont be able to, make so expensive
an investmeut. [Applause.] This am
bitious young cepperbead -roe* to the
store and proposes to get eighteen yard.
of mue c lio, lor which the merchant
charges four (toilers —••flow is this,"
says young eopperbeed, "I used to boy
•ighteen yards of muslin for two dollars!"
If the merchant inswereil truthfully, he
would say, •It us true we now charge you
four dollars for the same 'quantity of
muslin you used to buy for two dollrrs,'
The reason is this: There is a tax of
throscente • pound on the raw comm.
The manufacturer who buys must add
this to the price of the manufactured
article Then Uncle Sam comes to him
and says: "Dear Mr. Shoddy, I bought
shoes of you in Massachusetts which
total my soldiers only • few days;
you sold me cloth to make them panta
loon", which were not whole any longer
after they had stopped to drink from
the brooklbe brat time. l'potbut a little
tax on you business." Mr, Shoddy
put. that little tax on the manufactured
geode and charges it on the merchant.
Than comes Onole Sam to the merchant
and say.: ••My dear fellow, I know you
are truly loyal ( laughiesand •pplatteel;
you must pay taxes en your sites." Or,
if he Is not truly loyal, se much the
more necessity that he shall pay, and
Ibis I...slapped oft the prise, and wkien
he finds young copperheads come to buy
his sof shirts hs finds three separate
taxes on the goods, whicb„,he ban to pay.
You sae now Who has the taxes to pay
It is the laboring man. And so he will
have theme laid to pay until the Rallies'
party is dead.
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BEE 3
Judge Thurman dwelt at some lettgth
upon the draughts made upon the peo
pie's pockets by the government. A na
tional debt bas bees pronounced a no
tional blessing ; but - the problem had
failed to be solved satisfactorily to those
who suffered the effect
The aggregate value of the property
In this country was below what it way
In 1868 i Then the negroes were put
down at a thousand millions.—Linde
we now be bought in the South At Ave
dollars an aore, whtoh before the
war were worth fifty dollars per sore.
We have in this country the meet in
exorable system of taxation In the world,
# follows a also in to every no and
corner of his business. It him wife has
medic a pound of butter; It II put (loofa
cc his bloom. list. If outer old grand.
anther has pluaked,the cestitsre.from an
vio l and forlorn, goose, the &eiher' and
,poor old goose mast be taxed to support
the'government. These intifiltorial int
/pucka...re have raked this , eottetry , front
betrime• to turaumferenee le Aitti every
pertioie of property that, pan be taxed.
TIIII Dann gTATinaIIIT.--11. Id noncMne
ed duo like 'rat regoilir italgittent otitis
9,4144100,R ur,tbe,PM44o 404, ,TRI IMOtl
en inorense,of tlye or An millions of del,
the drat if the ehrrent hidutit.
Vito , a ecouseliag bomb fhr etazimyers,
*ad bat • lair ,easopie of whet we iney
expect from month to, ?pipit! so ,1010,, ee
the eountry 14 under ratim•l role.
Marla 'Radical .R Ilteripp
A New Way:of Serving Me labile—The
Mileage of a Radical Senator.
We copy below trip. g er Abraham,
a R a di ca l_ aampreigtp rioted. in
&mangler, an sal° e w 1 0 etPoseq a
v Illanlptrs fraud on the Treasury of the
State, aocomplished by Mr. Armstrong,
a liadiell member from that county, and
one of the faithful, named Bp's:
' TIII “STIL4NIAR RirOhlll."—Our 00T
respondent, named "Slabbery," - gives
some facts and figures, which will inter
est the people of Lancaster county.—
That a man not elected, but absolutely re
jected, as an offioer of the - House of Rep
resentatives, and who never performed
an hours service, should draw pay from
the State , Treasury, ts simply outrage
otos. The question le, through whose in
strumentality wee this outrage consum
mated, and who shared the *pont?
The question of •'mileage," too, is boe
of Interest, and is not confined to mem
bers of the Legielatnre. Some other
officers of the county are implicated in
traneictions of this kind, and a little
Ventilation will not be disadvantageous
'to the people.
—Since thewbove was in type, Mr. D
yne milled upon us for the purpose of
explaining the matter and putting the
responsibility where be rightfully thinks
belongs. Ile etated that be yeas prom
Is ' position in the House by Mr.
Armse and after the election of the
Speaker- the latter also. Upon the
failure of the4rassage of the reeoltit ion
which Mr. Armsthng bad offered, to ap-•
point him en additiong . ,. lerk,bereturned
home. A day or two bef the fi nal ad
eia,,r,,,,,.,.1,a
journment, be received a die telt from
Mr. Arrnstrong,requosting him to'... a to
Tram sibu rg &rill riTtli and drew MI i . --
and he went and recieitd It. This Is
Mr. Ilyirs' statement The feet still re
mains that he drew his salary as an offi
cer after having been rejected,by a vote
of the House
[Com:nevi {wiled.]
MR EDITOR: In regard to etrtafn ”strange
reports" in circulation concerning salaries
drawn by some individuals from We county
at liarrisburg last winter, who were never
appointed as officers, and who served.
I here give you a few furls which ypu called
for in-/Our last issue. The figures are odic
tal—extracts from the records of the State
Treasurer and Auditor General:
(Copy.)
Commonitotodth of Prnneyiranin
ro A• C. 11.TT , 11,
To 'glary Pi Puler and Folder, men-
mon of 1868,
To mileage, (80 miles circular,)
By reference to the Legislative record ses
sion of 1868, page 171, it will be seen that
Mr. Armstrong endeavored to pass a res
olution appointing Mr. Ilya, an extra clerk,
according to a certain "arrangement," which
was opposed by Mr. Rsinoshl, and voted
down by 25 to 15. As Mr. 1. was 10.11 ap
pointed an officer, the quastian Is. by what
"arrangement did he get his pay ? And who
was the • ngineer to the transaction ?
But bare Is another roc:. lb. lawful pay
of each Senator and Representative is one
thousand dollarir sulary r -which was drawn
by each member from Lancaster county,
with the following mileage:
H. Billingfelt, Sen., (60 miles.) $lB 00
J. W• Fisher, " (37 miles,) 11 00
A. Armstrong, Rep., 4306 miles,) VI 80
D. Q. neatly, ' (60 miles,) 18 00
A. C. Reinishi, " (37 miles.) 11 00
A. Gopahalk, " (66 miles,) 19 80
As Mr. Armstrong resides near Mount Joy
—about twenty Ore mime from Harrisburg
—it is supposed he took the route by way of
Allentown, Reston, Great Bend, Elmira,
Williamsport and Halifax.
We bane waited for some days in the
expectation that those moat deeply in
terested, would Eire some satisfactory
explanation of the grave charges here
involved. But there is a strange silence
on the part.of the Radical. So far as
Armstrong and Ilyus are concerned,
there is not the slightest difficulty 11
yus, who seems to be an honest radical,
con , sssss to the fact, and it is most like
ly teat Armstrong will attempt no expla
nation at all. But the public will be
anxious tiknow liner this account-of ll
yus who never performed a day's servioe,
passed the Auditor 0 I, Hartranft
le be accustomed to pass accounts like
that of Ilyus without making the proper
Inquiry as to their correcinvs? To
draw the money, Ilies should gave had
the certificate of Speaker Davin and of
lb* Clerk. Gen. Selfridge. Had llyua
the certificate? Bid this Speaker and
this Clerk allow this man to draw such
an amount from the State Treasury,
when they must have knowathat be was
not entitled to one dollar? Whoautlior
ized Armstrong to send for Ilyus to some
to Harrisburg, and draw his pay? The
correspondent of the lAm:rester paper
hints •t an "arrangement" by which Id
he was to be provided for The House
did not enter into the "arrangement,"
hut refused to employ Ilyue, The ques
tion remains, Who did employ him, and
enable him to draw his money!
It is rummid ,that there *a many
more fraudfileid am:manta like thin in the
office of the State Treasurer, duly certi
fied and paid The facility and boldness
with which this transaction was accom
plished, leave little room to doubt that
ittie only one of nuwerosis similar raids
on the Treasury.
The public will insist upon knowing
from tbe Auditor general, from the
Speaker, and from the Clerk of the lions.,
how alio account slipped Onrough the
Treasury. so easily There seems to he
(rose neglect of the introsts of the peo
ple on the park of the Wittier sleeted to
epochal' , gourd their Malmo, and there
are grate suopioione of wohse !hen nag
figenoe In 'other quarters.—Patriot
Union.
Hartran ft. the AuJitor General,
wbe passed ths *bows eesouot, ie the
linditml pea dos* for re sleotioto to the
lame positloa. A eery faithful publio
servant be is—very
Tun liaoZTt Wer.—'The reason, rhi
the Briti/hiournala are almost anent
matte is the opiates that ibettemarretie
itonitnen for President *al Vitro Pratt
'deat will badefooted i ;GU , feand In
the fact that $169,000 in gold left New
'fork nit - Thursiiity last to pity interest
as the Wadi a tbe Milted Mateo bold
by' their readerd. f a theelrani eflirsat's
090 1 ,1 1 iit 4 Liteltte of iiffairo,alil fse
douse! ; , but If the, tett-payers, or. io
btbie words ; the dietda fluor
'of teydtbtlr, thcallise of the Radios's in
Europe will be 'compelled to tate the
some toormy Abe iebotor reopitee
aps remupertion for Abe "sweat of his
Do
,00u b,it4d ttiltt , net/1 "
pl a in Facts for / the. Peer Tax-payer.
In 1880 yeti earned fifteen - dollars per
week, and paid edit een cents per pound
for your coifed, for Cents a-pound for
your tea, seems cents a pound for your
inisr, a roast of betaior twelve emits a
pound, p,otstoeit at fifty cents a bushel,
cod ail other edibles in like proportion.
Wardrobe for yourself and family at
half the present oost, and houstareat at
one-third the present cost. In 1800 you
had steady work at fifteen dollars a week!
To-day, in 1808, you.are idle one-third
of the time at least, but you obtain,
when you do work, twenty-four to thirty
dollars a week, You tiro, therefore, et
certain Seasons of theorem, nearly doub
le what yoir did in 1560, and yet, eery
day your expenditures go on, at a rat e ,
In some departments, three times as high,
sr you found them eight years ago. g o
ion see working men and tax-payere,
though-you earn double the wages of
that period, you rare nothing at the end
of the year. •
Lc* wages, we desire to impress upon
the working men are nearer the golden
mean which brings prosperity to tee'
whole country, than high wages. Low
wages more low-priced necessities Lim
priced necessities bcgets widespread and
increased consumption. Increased con.
gumption call, steadily upon productio n
for more supplies. Increased production
demands not I industry for the ere
ction of Albite produsAcqc„ sod 'mise r .
sal industry is universal prosperity,
under medium wages, neither too high
nor too low. Under , the average wages
of 1800, the whole country was in a state
of comfort, and the grist mosses, edt.
•idually as well as collectively, were
contented. happy, free from Apressing
and weakening taxation, and solid pro.
gres mailiedsiery departmantbibttainess
nd social life. nigh and low, as a na
tio. 's classified, rich and poor, wets
equal hie in those days to exercise
that grea 'Democratic privilege, - the
enjoyment." hotkad y-rn this workingmen,.
the enjoyment titviif liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. ,Ilow is it to-day
under your present stetsth ' You get
some weeks twenty dollars a eek,other
weeks twelve. To get at times cries
of twenty to twenty-five dollars per k,
you must join a trade society, and ns
your weekly dues. By joining these
trade ' , deities you are forced, whether
yon will or no, Into strikes. Thais,
strikes endanger the progress and health
of trade and commerce. Credit receives
a shock, capital retiree, wealth creation
stops Your strike does not suooted.you
are thrown out of work, and fall heck
upon your treasury, the trades union
treasury, for twelve dollars a week.
you are not members of a trade union,
you are prevented from working, and
left to starve.
s7co 0(
12 00
$ll2 00
Now. are you satisfied with the ,stale
of things as 'they exist to-day. high
prices, taxation of all sorts. ititeneu
half lUe year r conflicts between capital
and labor. spasmodic incomes, to-day
with enough to inset your wints.to mor
row with not half half enough ' lied you
you not rather fall back npoh steady in
dustry and low inlet., which insure you
also low expenditures? Voting for Sey
mour and Blair restores the old Order of
'binge. The election of Grant sod
Colfax multiplies your present difficuhie.
f Jur-fold —N. Y Day Book
Grant KiMea in Omaha Baby I—What
Ooes it Olean ?
According to the programme laid out by
the Radical ring of political aspirants.
the Jacobin etandatril bearer had a brief
reception in the parlors of the_interna-
Lionel yesterday. and an he panned out.of
the room. Mr. Grant ',flied ao unpro
tected baby near the door, and kissed
it. Whether it was a white infant, or
of the standard black and tan complex
ion, or of the most nigritudinous thun
der color, we are yet in the dark We
are also uninformed, at the present wri
ting, whether the babe bas aurrired the
terrible shook then reeeired, or`wheiber
any lasting bodily infirmity is likely to
result therefrom
BAD/DORY
In giving publicity to this occurrence
we wish it distinctly understood that It
is not our Intention to relleeton the be
hi to the slightest degree. for it wan so
entirely innocent participant to the at
fair. But in the language of the ass'
tinus Chadband, we enquire, 'why did he
do thin. ? Is he pushing strategy into
politic?, mud is be going to employ the
cunning tactics of country aspirants for
onegressional honors in days gone by'
Ilse he so warmed op by the unusual
occurrence of a demonstration in his be
half, or by the heating propernies of
Cheyenne liquid lightning, that his tan
berant spirit. must find vent In kisniog
some body ? If so why did be ant kiss
the bewitching Burke or the voluptuous
Chase t Did reminiscences of former
years crowd feet upon him, and hie Vis
ions of adolescent aborigines no flit be
fore bite that he felt limn' kindly dis
posed towards infantile humanity to
general?
We would like to have this strange be
havior of Hiram accounted for in some
way, and pause for a reply. —Omaha
thread.
—The illilwackee Wuconsin, *n nl•
tra Radical paper, lbw: speaks of Gay.
Seymour, the Democratic, candidate for
President:
The nomination of Seymour, under
the eirownstenoes. is the strongest one
that could have been made. Ile is 1
gentleman In his addiless, moot popular
and wincing 10-his ways, end has Se
cured thousands of warm friends by his
personal attractions. In truth 'he 15
winsome men, and may be considered
an respectable • representative 61 tbp
modern Democratic piny as could be'ob
taised the present exigeney. Re
ef:molly we have known Mr. Seymour
for many years. In oar early life WI
saw him almost daily, and have nurtur
ed • strong Wpm for his genial and
gentlemanly qualities, and for the credi
table manner in which be guest's in nil
public positions.
—We do not hear the noisy clamor
on the beak oasis of Jacobin synagogueto
about "repudiation" and "repudiators"
ulnae Senator Morton and Thaddeustete
wee' bee* endorsed the greenback polls/
of the pounoorsoy. The bottle arias tf
the twaddler' beet 'been silenced by
&heir own g
—Tb• 0001 trelleltmel room wall the
218 e of September ie a "big iblae for
the doupyy. No more stealing COD
true tar nearly Bitty days.