The Democratic Watchman. BY P• GRAY` MEET JOE W. FUREY, ARROCIATZ EDITOR larths, $2 Or Annum, in Advance BELLEFONTE, PA Friday Morning, May 12, 1871 Democratic State Convention II FA D Ql' A TITERS DE{lOl R %TIC STATE COMM ITTFF: OF PENNY( I.V Vs lA, I'llll,l Dii.rniA, April 2011, 1871 pie; chosen to the democratic State Convention will assemble in the clinm ber of the House of liepresen (al at Harrisburg, on Wednesdav, May 21th, 1871, for the purpose of nominating canduluies for Auditor General and Surveyor General, and for the contoll erfltion of twittery relating to the or- pruzation of Ilie party mei the nil vaneement n 1 st. 4 rritielide. The Con ventlon %%111 I,e called to order at ten o'clock nTo By order of the Stilly Cb mnitttee. VV. MITTCII LEI? The Emperor's Proclamation We print in another place, a procla nation by the Emperor VI 1 481.4, ni regard to the enforcement it the Ku flux bill to deprive American citizens of their liberty. In this proc . lautation the Emperor plainly tells us that he will not hesitate to make use of all his unconstitutional powers, whenever be has the opportunity. With illy woucealed !mould) he repeats to 118 that the provisions of the Ku Klux bill apply to every State in the Union, and elves 1/8 to understand our court ii, illOr Legislatures and our fiovernors are all at the disposal of his sovereign will. AND T 15 14 ALL TRUE That's the worst part it. Congress has given him the power to suspend, at his own pleasure, the great writ of habeas for. poor, the palladium of civil liberty. When the Emperor tells us that he has this power, he is making no idle boast. A word from him, or the touch of a little hell nfa til.o Aso, would consign un all to the dungeons or hastiles of the land. Ile us, indeed, Emperor and Aitiorrat. The heck of his royal linger can send Gov GE eat to Fortress Monroe or Lafayette. or to the infamous old Capitol prison at Wa4ltington And av he can 110 in • Pennsvhanni, PO call he ilo w e‘er) State of the Union, llovrmAN, of New York, im nA eater than IleAriy,of Penn sylvanta, or WALKER, of Virgtnia. All, limier the late act it Congreea, are bject to the Imperial decree /levee to, the helieete ot thia iimirper of royal prerogittivem. But, yvlole4ying to the North, "Obey it , , or your Stater,hlttill It,l tI e weight of my sovereign lIINpIiu tile, he Emperor particularly threatens the poor Soul ,tt 111(11 IN Id N adi pro..t beneath Ins iron heel It IN there that the tyrant expects to first exercise his despotic power. It is there that lie iii- Mods to make the first grand coup iretat. 'rile first slight disturbance that occurs in one of those States will be the excuse for him to send his armed minions to take possession of the Stuff, aeclare martial law, HMI an.linle the Government of it himself. nix, the initiatory step, being accomplished, it will be very easy to take the next one, and thus eventually, popular govern ment a ill be blotted out from the South, and the whole country come under bin personal control to he manipulated, as it may please lion, for the advance. ment ul ltia own unholy ambition. There is only one hope for the coup• 127, and that lien in the strong deter asination or the people to reinnt to the tiaoth —peaceably, if they can, but Ati*cibly, if they must—the execution of thin infamous law. The Radical Congress has sold the liberties of the country to a grasping, avaricious, dee, potie, unprincipled and ignorant dicta kw, who knows nothing and cares for 'Nothing but his own individual ag grandizement. In the people alone b now our last hope. Our rulers have betrayed us, and we are indeed lost if toe do' not save ourselves. There has been more private legislation for the Radical cities of Tbiladelphia and Pittsburg during the pesent session of the Legislature than Oor the entire State besides. It is i n private legislation that corruption is dominant, and if the radical politicians 111 these two fanatic-cursed cities 11/00iii be content with what other peo *are content with, the Leg'stature atlthii Commonwealth would net hear stigma that now clings to it. But as long as we have Radical cities and 11•Alieal Legislators we can Impei"for so improvement tilt will bring about desired results. \ Geary ea a Workingman Great is GEARY—in his own estima tion. Great, good, generous and just would he have himself in the estima tion of the toiling masses of our Com monwealth. hear him talk one would imagine that his back was bent with the terrible weight of unceasing toil, nail his hands hard, bony and blistered from continued use of the pick, the axe and plough, lie leaves 110 occasion pass by that he does not tell of his l'Ove Mr the laborer and his desire to protect the working 111/IhSei of our population, and yet in nil life lie has never done a week's work, and in all his official career has never been instrumental , in securing a single nienefit for that class of citizens. Perhaps we should not say he line never worked. What we mean IN, lie has never done muscular, manual la bor. Such work as the limit fisted, sunburned farmer, woodsmen and day laborers do; such work as the achnig• backed, coal blacked miners do; such work as the weary, pnokly paid me- Clialilefi 110 ; such work as the hundreds nl thousands of honest, milostrious ('lt izers of this commonwealth, who earn their bread by the sweat of their brows, are daily required to accomplish. To be lair, we must admit GP utl lifts worked. lie is a "workoit. - tle worked once upon a time, upon the old Portage railroad, to rub the State and the workmen under hum I he dele. I hnir man Ile worked when in Itlexico to tind a place to hide in. Ile worked while in liansaa to lie troy the party and the rrle fide from whum he got the position he hell. Ile worked during the late war to keep out of harm's wa3, and get his newspaper correspondent imbued with an idea of his greatnees. Ile worked during bin last political campaign to make the people believe he 411,1 riot pardon Tvv to 111.111,. lle worked up at Bloomsburg once to in preen the Sunday cchool cluldren with the 'deaf that none of them might at smile future day become an great men an Governor (kniti, and some ol them woven of an great men lie has worked ever since he got in to the Iliibernatorial chair, to impress the people with the idea that he should have a higher..and better position, and is now working—assiduously, inten demagogu4Cally working to make the %i orkinginthl believe that he 18 the only friend they have ur thin broad Commonwealth —that lie in the "Moses" that will deliver them from the bondage of Capital, and lead them Imo the green immures and by the still waters id vane and conlyntinent. It is his ' , residential aspirations that make him the blathering, pretentious friend of labor that he is. It is only blather and pretence, for who in this broad hind can point to a single art of (lIEARI', that had for its empectal object the amelioration of the conditHill Oi the working classes?\V can name a single instance in 4/filch his actions base ant been to lavor capital, and his words to favor labor? ME= We have tionply to warn the work men against rel)ing upon hi,' friend ship or good iiitentione. When lie hay ow.] them for his own benefit, lie will cart them amide an a worn out shoe. The Next President—James Thomp son, of Erie. The following article from the Wes• fern Press has been copied by many of our Deniocratsc exchanges. That. Judge'fuorrana i s an able man and would make a good President there is no doubt, and we hope that our nation al convention will be wine enough, if it does not take bon, to at least select come man of equal ability. What is now wanted in this country is States manship and honesty and the courage to meet and discharge faithfully and emciently every duty. The Western Press says : We are for Judge Thompson ,hu t fore far bet ter and a far higher reason than that of his birth and locality We are fur him, because under all circumstances we think him the hest fitted man in the country for the post, lie Is a man of the people—a graduate of the printing office. They have frequently made him theltepresentative—at Harrisburg at W•shingto —and he always rose to the full measure of their most sanguine expectations. In no public station has Ire proved a failure, and all that he has occupied he has adorned with graces honorable alike to himself and the constituencies that trusted him with pow er. As Chief Justice of the State he has made an imp liThable record, that for all time will hand hie name down to posterity as one of the most Just end able Jurials whose Joint 1a• bore have given the Pennsylvania reports a world-wide reputation. Unconnected with party or partisan politics and cliques for the hurt fifteen years, he stands In a position to be fair and just to all. Pure, generous In his Im• pulses and Imbued with • manly detestation of the theiving that Is oonstantly Insinuating !worried() trusted places to rob and plunder the people, we know no one that would be more likely to Item them efficiently In the high office of President. In presenting the name of Judge Tampion for President, no unknown name Is offered. In every State le the Union, it is appreciated as the name of one who stands In the front ranks of American statesman—of one who has been tried sind been found wanting either in ability, Industry, or courage—of one competent to the place from his training, his habits hie porky, and his high mental powers. The Democrats want no military clapdrap In their nest notnineec The people are sick ening of retch traah. The administration of Heneral Grant has about cured them of the Idiosyncrasy that favors drums and gunpow der. 'The sending of armed troops to overawe the people In li e exercise Of their elective rights lord startled many and disgusted ail; and.the people now want amen for President who uaderstands somewhat of the Consiltu lion of his country, and who, when ho takes the inauguration oath "to preserve, protect nod defend it," has corns hien of the forte of the solemn obligation taken upon himself in Judge 'Thompson is presented the man for the ttelettnn—a man who bows before the majesty of the law, of matured judgment snit experienee, unconneeled With elitilloll. no inc. 11111, to punish or Irtercht to reward, and .110 eat, enter upon the Mutts of oillett ni lh clean block tool pore purposes,—/Oront the , Irrherrn Prath, Pennav/tranta 7'he l'euple's I ',elm 'al l'ax liar r, is Ilse same of it pulilientitili 111111. hits been emit 114 4iy the American Ffee Trade League of New York, which happily illustrates the elleels °fan op ['restore tariff upon Ow onlihdiy of the country. Here is the story of all Amer icon farmer, its told in words and pie tares by this paper : "lie rises 111 the ninrniii , z, puts on his - flannel shirt, taxed sixty.live per cent., and his trousers sixt) per rleal., hia,test taxed sixty per Cl'lll,llllll his overcoat taxed, cloth sixty, buttons forty, braid sixty, lining sixty, and padding one hundred nail filly per,cent, d raws on hi s boots tfINC.I thirty five per cent., pots on some coal IflNell HiX ty per cent , in his stme taxed fifty five with a stove-pipe taxed one hum tired and filly per cent.; hos lowri ton breakfast from a plate taxed tort) lire per cent , with it knife and fm k, thirty live per rent, seasons lii. lii with salt taxed one hundred 1111.1 4 I 4'41 I'l et 111., and pepper one , i ..1 /11111 lityllll, lellils 111 e I , ', o T,,t,1,1 paper taxed mealy, ink )hurts the, and it pe teem five per cent -puts on his lint taxed serrate per cent_ sniokrs i t li i i. V/111/11/IXII One hundred rind fitly per rent., bitches his liwse,,, shod with arils taxed sixty severt per "emit , to a plow forte live, with chains 0111 , hits bred, with harness thirty fist.; goes af ter, arils to a village store and buys goods for his wife, taxed at the follow mg rates; A handlterelliel, thirty five, shawl two hundred, woolen dress one hundred, hat forte, stockings seventy five, shoes thirty tier, umbrella sixty, rice eighty two, ..nip seventy, candles bule, paint twenty-five, starel, fifty, at. needles t enty live, thread severity three, pen %-ria.taf._, gloves fifty, books -twenty lit , pillBllllllY the—flirtt gets it ballot and-votes under the "old flag" taxed one hundred per cent., for it Free Trtnle candidate for congrees. Ile secs his grain going east on rails taxed •:•.3,01/0 it mile, in iron cars taxed fifty per cent , drawn by a locomotive taxed fort) live per cent. 1 heart sick, he takes a last look at his tools taxed ruin lint fl,e to one hundred and tiny per rent., and finally wearied snub thinking how the trititr robs him, lie goes to his bed, made of wood, taxed twenty per rent , draws over hint a sheet taxed fair live per rent , a blank et la Xed Iwo hundred and lorty per cent. and takes a dose of quinine, tax eil forty live per rent Finally lie yields the unequal struggle and this ix his end His fate 111 recorded on mar ble taxed seventy pet' cent., and Its goes to the happy lend where tariffs are unknown" The "Pictorial Taxpayer" is to be obtained from the American Free Trade league, New York city, at the rate of fire cents per copy. It should be fn the lignils of every intelligent thinking man in the 1.111011. ----As Willi expected, the Itinlical committee of the Connecticut Logisla OM` to canvas~ the votes es.i in the late election fur (lovernor, ha, e counted (inventor 1 7 ,Val feu out and M 111311 ti I..le‘s rm. in. That this Is ;Orem! there 'ant the shadow of a doubt The election was a very close one, hut Es(aisii had a fair majority ~f the votes cast. In one precinct, where the Radicals said that ENGLISII had received more votes than lie ought to have hail the Committee, Radical as it was, found that tlie Democratic count was exactly rtg/if,lint that .111WIE1.1. had one hundred fraudulent votes.— In the face of this how can that same committee now give .Ixwaxt, a majors ity of SCi votes? 'liters is fraud right on the lace of ii, and he must indeed Le blind who cannot see it. - —Now that the dead-lock in the Senate and House at Harrisburg has been broken up, the probability is that, as the end of the session sp. proaches, a great deal of hasty and it ly-considered legislation will he rush ed through, The calendars of both Houses are filled with private bills, many of which are of a very doubtful character. We think it behooves our legislators to attend closely to their business just at this juncture, and watch that the people he not burdened with another lot of useless and rims tibus special lawn. Let us have all the legislation that is necessary for the general benefit of the State, but do not spend time and money in impos ing upon the people a host of frauds and absurdities. —One day we are told that the Joint High Commission at Washing ton-has satisfactorily concluded its la• bore, and that all the questions in dis pute between England and this Govern• ment have been amicably settled. The next day this is contradicted, and we are on the verge of a bloody war ! And so it goes. Really, outside of the members of the Commission and th; Emperor and his cabinet, nobody knows much about it. We don't thidir, however, there is any danger of a Tip, for his imperial majesty, Tim m I, is mttch better at making war upon his ow*oountrymen than upon a foreign enemy. A couple of roars from the British lion would soon bring him down upon his marrow-bones. ' —'Fliers are more troubles in the coal regions, about Scranton, and riots have again occurred. Three or four men have been killed, and a, general feeling of inv.tenrity prevails through out that conunnnity. It seems strange that some agreement c nfot be arriv• ed at her,i yen the mines and their em ployers, whereby this rioting: and Woodshed might tie made to cease. • Representative Conference The following are tie proceedings of the Itepre , entati re Conference, which met at Lewistown, on tie 3,1 instant. It will ie seen that, like the Sena lot !al conference at Huntingdon, it first 'helmeted for lion. M. T. Shhgert for Auditor General, and afterwards Mr 1/r Markley : l'ot , nant to notice the liepresenta ii,e ( . .wierenee 01 the eontwee of Nllllltn and llnnongdon met in LI,Nl , illlVil, on Monday, May 3d, 1871. The I.lhot mg gentlemen presented their eiedentiftla and were admitted as rook te, I I untmgdonlm S. Miller, IS Foinq and F Ilefright Main— (Iworge Bates, Reed Sam Ide,li Wiley. .Inniala I. B. Louden, I, W Kimd.y, I,nil Fowles. Ihi 11101011, ; el)rge ‘Vm Icy, was elect ed President, and S. B. Louden, Secre nay. Cm motion, .1. B. Selheimer and B. It. Foust were elected as delegates to the Democratic State Con% ention. The following resolutions were pre rented and unanimously adopted: Erno/rui. That the delegaten elected thin day I.v the+ itepreseintative l'onferenee,lve and they are hereliy inntrueted to one all light mate and honorable 1110411 N to weeiire the mom• 1,11111011 of T Shugert. of fillillV, for Auditor General, and If after having ev 111111.1,1111 i fnlrnnd leglllmate for that pill pone, II shall prove Inc p0..11,1l to twotire Asr Shugerl'a nomination, 111011111 Ihal 171.114. w &WM it our !lilt)/ so well an our privilege to name Dr Markley, of Ituek+rellnly. RS 010 neetind elioilui of thin ilooriet for that important iinlee, and hereby um+une•t our delegates under pitch rirounm ti to labor for and Perm,' his nomina tion Thnt the delegates Unit day elect ed tie and are hereby lu•tructed to 11. e all hon. nintile meson. U. .lndare the nolffitiNtlon of II Stewart Wilson , Kit , of Uauphm county fur Surveyor iitineral Prosl. S It IA Seely Tho Platform of 1872 For sometime past a unrulier of the leading Democratic papers both north and south have been discussing the po sition the party should assume in the next Presidential campaign. Whilst we consider this movement as rather premature, still if conducted in the proper spirit and wttli the proper end ju view, it would do no harm and might be the means of accomplishing much good If on the other hand it is for the purpose of forestalling the ac tion of the party in the national con ventiou of 1872 it can be of no benefit and may result in great disaster Dem. ocr.tle cannot be brow beaten and but lied into positions which their con sciences do not approve or their judg ments commend they are not so set. isle and subservient as their oppo ~cuts, they think and act, each Wail lor himself, and if arty newspaper or any man or net of men think they can 1,11 their peculiar tenets down their throats they will find out their min take when, perhaps, too late. The Connie iil the par!, li.nng the late war has dettionsmire I this ; for without fear, favor or all, , standing upon the Constiiiiiioli and the exposition of it made by its hither-, they marched right oil, heeding not the calumny and abuse that was Les l ie.] ~pun it, nor the prosecutions and ii.jitrien that many of its members 1111nel - rd. Its actions were based upon principlet and it swerved not, either to the right or left; but went right on. Shall we now forsake our principles? That is the question we are forced to consider by the course of some of our party Journals whose Pole cry is expedi ency and success. None, more earn/ eetly than we, desire success; but not at the sacrifice of honor and principle. Rather, a thousand times rather, that the Republicans should control this government for years to come, than that we by dressing ourselves up in their old and worn out clothing; by commending that which we have al ways heretofore denounced as unconsti tutional, arbitrary and tyrannical and still believe to be so—should succeed. If our principles are correct, honest arid juel we must eventually and sure ly succeed, and let us stand firm and true to them ; if we cannot approve them, then let us act with those whose principles we can approve. But so long as we believe ourselves in the right let us tight our fight ever. The tenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, embodies in a condensed form the prin ciplee and platform of the Democratic party, "The powers not delegated to thelDnited States by the Constitution, nor Prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people." In other wordio--all power residing in the people of the sew. eyal States, they are only deprived of the exercise of that which they have delegated to their federal or state gov ernments or prohibited to theinsell es in the Constitutions of the same. We believe in civil liberty and self govern went. Our opponents in just the re verse ;limy desire a streog centralized, consolidated, or despotic government, call it by whichever name you choose. Standing and acting upon these prin ciples, as we have in the past, can we endorse the saoalled 14th and 15th amendments and the reconstruction octal We think not. These amend• meets we have always alleged were il kf ally forced upon us and the recon. ell uction ante passed in violation of the Constitution. We still believe these to be unconstitutional, null and void and cannot by now endorsing them com• mend the wisdom of our opponents and acknowledge ourselves in error believing as we do just the reverse. But it is urged we must "accept ac complished facts." What are the ac complished facts which we are bound to accept ? Are they constitutional amendments and laws passed without authority and in direct violation of law? Did we no cept the alien and sedition laws? Only so long as we could not help ourselves. Have not many and various tariff and other laws been altered and abolished over and over again although accepted at first when we had power to do noth• rug 'lee? Does might make right? It is suggested that amendments to the Constitution are very different things from mere laws passed by Congress. In what respect ; rl both are passed is violation of the fundamental law, are "not both null and void? But they have been proclaimed as part and par cel of the Constitution by the proper authority. Can the proclamation of that which is false be binding? Judge Stephens in his admirable speech de livered in January Inst says—"l, know of no power—either on the earth or above it or under it—that has burrs• diction to proclaim Nay, Kir, I know of no power which has juris diction to proclaim Amendments to the. Ceistitution. According to my reading of that instrument, amend melds constitutionally proposed "Shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the Constitution when ran tied by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress I The rati fication by three-fourths of the Stales acting through their Legislatures or their Conventions, sets the seal of va lidity on the amendment and makes it a part of the Constitution. Nothing else can do n. It must be a true rati• lication by a trite Legislature or a true Convention of the State. A false rati fication by it true Legislature of the State will not do. A true ratification by a spurious Lekislature will not do. The validity of the amendment anti its authority as a part of the Constitution, are made to depend upon the historic truth of its ratification as required by the Constitution. Proclamations of falsehoods front Presidents, or from any body else, have nothing to do with the subject." If the power exists to make amend ments anti laws by mere proclamation, can they not be repealed in the same way? As a matter of expediency why ac cept such so-called "accomplished facts 7" Nothing could he gained. All the political capital to he made out of such a move has already been reaped by the Republicans who were the au• theirs and perpetrators of these frauds. Besides we believe our course upon these measures has resulted in decided advantage to our party ; otherwise how can you account for lire loss of seven hundred votes in the Congressional ma jority in this county at the last elec tion, notwithstanding our antagonists were reinforced by about one thous and negro votes? No, our course, both in principal and policy has been right, and when by reason of that very course victory is within our grasp it is no lime to beat a retreat and leave the field and our new allies to our enemies. Whilst negro suffrage is and must be odious and repugnant to every de cent and respectable citizen, who has the slightest self pride or love of his touritry and its instutions, the evil does not terminate here for the ac ceptance of these amendments as "ac complished facts" would be to create precedents that must certainly end in the destruction of our government. These amendments and reconstruc tion acts must be wiped out and the power to regulate aufrrage left where it originally and rightfully belonged-- in the States. Each being tree to act as it may see fit. With thin the De mocracy will be satisfied and with nothing short of it. And we venture to predict that-the men who in the con vention of 1872, would attempt to corm mit the party to thehe amendments, would not inake a respectable corporal's guard. That there may be such an effort made is quite likely, for where is the political organization that has not in it. rank,' at least a few who would e.ii rifiee principle, honor and he m ,' v p. r the sake of 1.111 . 1 . 4 ; hit inmle it will be iovtligled birth. Let us remain rue to the faith ; faithful among i:ie laithlese, and with our feet firm: v planted upon the con. etitution, with Jefferson and Madison for our guides we can overcome any force our enendee may bring against us Never let it be said that the De. purcipitated in the death blows to civil liberty and Reif govern ment in the United Statee of America, --West Cheater J Person ian. Ku Klux 8111---Grant's Proclamation The President has issued the follow. ing proclamation : l'he act of Congress entitled "An act to enforce the proviaions of the four teenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. and for other pur poem" approved April 20, A. D. 1871, being a law of extraordinary public importance, I consider it my duty to issue this, my proclamation, calling the attention of the people of the United States thereto, enjoining upon all good citizen. and especially upon public of- Anent, to be zealous in the enforcement thereof, and warning all perpons to abstain from committing any of the acts thereby prohibited. The law of Congress applies to all parts of the United States, and will be enforced everywhere to the extent of the powers vested in the executive. But inasmuch as the necessity thereof is well known 111 have been cative.l chiefly by Persistent %ioiationa of the rights of (Attune of the United States by combinations of lawless and (haat fected persons in certain localities late ly the theatre of iusurrection,and mili tary conflicts, I do particularly exhort the people of those parts of theconntry to suppress all such combinations by their own voluntary efforts, through the agency of local laws, and to main tain the rights of all citizens of the United States and secure to all such citizen the equal protection of the laws, Fully sensible of the responsibility imposed upon the exective by the act of Congress, to which public opinion is now called, and reluctant to call into exercise any of the extraordinary pow. ers thereby oonferred upon me, except in cases of imperative necessity, I do, nevertheless, deem it my duty to !mike known that I will not hesitate to ex boost the power thus vested in the executive whenever and wherever: it shall become necessary to do so for the purpose of Bitchin; to all citizens of the United States the peaceful enjoy. merits of the rigT guarrantend t o them by the Constitution and laws. It is my earnest wish that pence and cheerful obedience to the law may pre. vail throughout thothind, and that all traces of our late unhappy civil strife may be speedily removed. These I'll 4 inn be easily approached by arquicri. cence in the results of the conflicts now written in our Constitution and by due and proper enforcement of equal, just arid impartial laws in every part of our country. The failure of local corium' nities to furnish such means for the attainment of results earnestly desired, imposes upon the national government the duty of putting forth all crier Kies for the protection of its churns of every race and color, and for the ream ration of peace v and order throughout the country. In testimony whreof, I hare here. unto set my hand and caused the Pc al of the United States to he affixed Done at the city of IVashington this 3d day of May, A. 1) 1871, and of the independence of the United States the ninety•liftli. By the President, U. S. CR tNT. HAMILTON Ftxu , Secretary of Stale pen. Sherman on the Ku-Klux The General of the Army is at pres ent on a visit of inspection to the south and western frontier. A rriv ing the other day in New Orleans, he was tendered a reception E by the American Union Club of that city, an association professedly non-political but conviosed almost entirely of radical politicians. The General accepted Oa invitation of the club and the reception came ofT with the usual display of pyrotechnics, oratory, Arc. After a number of toasts had been given and responded to there were cries of "Sherman I" "Sherman"' and though the general begged to be excused from speaking, the clamor of enthusiastic members of the "Ameri• can Union Club" could not be silenced. The distinguished but taciturn guest was obliged to speak, and lie did epee ni the following manner: "I believe this government will keep on growing until it spreads itself over the entire American continent ; but in order to gain this much desired end, and to maintain ourselves as a free and independent republic, we have got to show ourselves charitable towards each other. It has been remarked by some gentleman who has preceded rue that it was generally conceded by the soldiers of both armies at the close of the late civil war, that if the questions and all matters of the settlement of the differences between the north and south were left to the armies, it would he nettled at once, and everything would become quiet and orderly. I so be lieved; and before signing the agree ment with Gen. Joe. Johnston,l called together all the generals under my command and without a dissenting voice they agreed with me. I believed they surrendered in good faith, and would have lived up to the very letter of the agreement; and in my opinion, if there had been no reconstruction acts of congress, and the army been left at the time to settle all the ques tions of difference between the different sections of the country, the people would have at once become quiet and peaceable. I probably have as good means of information aa most persons in Fegard to what is called the Ku klux, and am perfectly mollified that the thing is greatly over-estimated; and if the Ku-klux bills were kept out of congress, and the armies kept at their legitimate duties, there are enough good arid trite men in all the Kindler!' stereo to put down all lvi klux r.r other hands of marauders " What a strange rebuke to the Nadi. cal majority in Congress is contained in theme truthful and pertinent' 'utter ances ot General Sherman I What thorough contempt for the assumption ot the President that a necessity exists for the employment of the army and navy to suppress local disorders, is ex pressed in these words I What a com plete endorsement of the action of the Democratic members of Congress in opposing the passage of the Force Bill is lurniehed in this speech of the General of the Army! Let the Radi cal politicians, the MOTiOIIB, the Conk ling@ and the Scotts, the narrow-mind ed tricksters who know nothing of statemtnanship but much of the knee• ery of demagogues, put this speech in their pipes and smoke it. Their whole programme for the Presidential cam paign is blown to pieces by a single breath of the hero of the March to the Sea.—Er. ofNebramka, a large sort of fellow, was a imeeessful candidate for the Legittlatore of that State. After Ilse elertittli he took a trip to Omaha, to have a good "Me ' and receive the congratulations of his friends, one of whom said to hint : 'Well, General, how did you run down there V 'o,' replied the warrior, 'I did just eternally scoop 'em ;routed 'em, horse, foot and dragoons.' 'flow did the vote stand 7' `Well,' replied the General, it was none of yonr darneilf tenon (MOUS tliinge ; I only got one majority I'
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