The Beaver Argus.
4. WEYAND. Ifanros Aso PaonasTos
Beaver, Pa., Dee. 271141871.
OLIVE LOGAN clearly looks upon
marriage as a sort of a minor affair,
for the telegraph informs us that she
was married on la.qt Tuesday morn
ing to Mr. Wirt Sykes, and in the
evening lectured to a large audience
at Warwick, New York. Her hon
eymoon is to be passed in the lecture
field. Business with her, is business.
A DISPATCII from Washington
states that the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue has notified ttie-As
sessor iSf. Internal Revenue of each
district in the United States that the
commission of all surveyors of distil
leries will be revoked, to take effect
on the 31st inst. The Commissioner
will designate Assistant A ss essors to
perform all the duties heretofore per. ,
- formed by the surveyors.
THE President's father, Jesse IL
Grant, was stricken with paralysis
at the Covington, Ky.. Post-office on
last - Wednesday. He fell to the floor
and remained insensible for one hour,
after will& he wag removed to his
residence. -He was better in the of
ternoon, having so far reeove..ted as
to sit up and talk some with his
friends. His - healtn had been of late
as good, apparently,"as usual. • He is
seventy-six years old.
THE new apportionment bill as it
passed the House of Representatives
last week, fixes the number of mem
bers at D 33, instead of 243 as herebefioe.
This bill will more thari likely be•
adopted by the Senate and become
the law until the result of the censu
of !BS° is announced. By its pro
visiorig the representation in the
House is increased in each of the
State, excepting Vetmont and New
Hampshire, which lose one member
each. Pennsylvania gains two, which
make our delegation 2G in the
future.
W H Et the storm against the Tam
many ring broke out last -summer,
Tweed Connolly Hall ft. Co. snapped
their fingers at the persons who were
raising it, and defiantly asked them
what are you going to do about it."
Several Montns have passed since
then, and the people have evidently
done something about it, for three or
four of the prominent members of
the ring have had to flee the country,
Connolly is in jail,' and Tweed him
self is in a remarkably fair way of
beirtg,there before the holiday season
is over. •
HON. WILLIAM if. SEWARD, is
now quite ill at his residence at Au-
burn, N. 7i :. and his recovery is look-
ed upon as doubtful. The death of
this distingMshed statesman would
muse much profound sorrow not on
ly in his own conntry, but through-
out the whole civilized world. Mr
Seward has filled many offices of a
public character in this country, and
that he has tilled them well is at
tested by the fart that but few men
now living are held in higheresteem
by their countrymen than hiniself.
PoLrricutNii are beginning to ex
ercise themselves no little about
where the next National Bepnblic
an Convention te- to
. be , held. st.
Louis has filed its claim, and Cin
cinnati is persistently alleging that
it should be held there. Waskjeg
ton, New York and Boston are also
clamoring for it, and staid Philadel
phia thinks there is no place in the
United States where the Convention
could he so decorously held.as in that
city. Secretary Robeson, is said to
be strongly in favor of holding it in
the latter place, and the probabilities
are that it will assemble there.
A ouot.t. bit of political gossip tip-
pears in last Wednesday's New York
Tribune. .The writer is that paper's
special Washington correspondent.
Tie *says that on the preceding day
two Prominent Democratic members
of the House were interrogated about
the next National Convent ion of their
party, and their reply was that the
Democratic National Convention
Would not be called until after the
"second Republican Convention had
met." One of them, whO belongs b
the National Committee of the par
ty, added that the nominee would
nut be Hendricks, or Thurman, or
any man of th-t class; but, one whose
record is free from the slightest taint
of Copperheadism, or even a suspi-
It:ion of want of sympathy with the
anion cause during the war.
Tit E Springfield Republieitn coin
s tn••nts as follows on Col. MeClure'srts
vent letter: "The letter is among the
signs of an important division in - the
ranks of the Pentisylvania.Republie\
an leaders on the subject of the re-
nomination of Gen. Grant. Mr. Me
, Clure represents not only himself and
hisown feelings' ,but,we suspeet,those
of tiov. uurtin, now Minister to
Russia, but about, we hear, to throw
up that place, and return home and
take a share in the Presidential elec.
tioa. Gov. Geary is aiso on thesame
side, and the position of there three
influential party leaders, first, in op
position to Cameron and his rule over
Pennsylvania polities, and, second in
opposition to Gen. Grant, L l.:l‘a th ung
the evidences that are developing
more and more on all sides that the
President is by no means the strong
'est candidate that the Republican
party can present in next year's con
test."
aft. SUMNER introduced into the
United States Senate, last Thursday,
a Joint . resolution proposing a Con
stitutional amendment, confining
Presidenta.to one term of office. He
said this was an era of civil service
=reform ; and he regretted the Presi
dent had omitted i recommend the
.one term principle in his message ac
eompanging the Report of the Civil
Service Commissioners. The idea of,
Constitutionally limiting the tenure
of the Executive office to a single
term is nut original in Mr. Sumner.
General Andrew JaCkson, in hes first
and third annual messages, reeofil
mended such an amendment, He
said. " The agent must likely to con
" trovert the designs of the Constitu
", Lion is the Chief Magistrate," when
he brings his dependent ofiltholders
to the work of his re-nomination and
election. William Henry Harrison,
also, took high ground in favor ti? a
single Presidential term in order "to
" restore jhe_ Administration to Its
" original-simplicity and purity."--
'Henry Clay said ho AVM convinced
"too much of the time of the first
" Presidential term was expended in
"Worts to secure his re-election, and
"the public business consequestly
"suffera." He favored a one term
amendment. The Baltimore Whig
Convention , of 1544,. adopted the one
term principle in Its Platform, and
nominated Mr. gay for ,Prrsident.
Ron. 11. F. Wade, at' he close or Ma
long and useful career in the Senate,
strongly urged thiadoption of such
au amendment. Even Gen. Grant,
prior to his Inauguration as Presi
dent, expressed himself favorable
to the one term principle. In view
of the vast patronage now at the dis
posal of the President, it would seem
the part of wisdom to adopt such a
constitutional restriction to prevent
" power from stealing from the many
"into the hands of the few."
11:301
HERE A_IST THERE.
—One class of clpmants under the
treaty of Washington- is of persons
who seek to hold the government of
the United States liable for acts com
mitted upon persons or property of
British subjects by rebels. The first
important decision of the Commis
sion now sitting at Washington is to
disallow a claim of this kind. It is
held that the tutted States is not lia
ble for injuries committed by rebels
over whom they could exercise no
control, and whose arts they could
not prevent. This dictum will give
satisfaction in this 'country, and it
must have been reasonably expect-
ed by all eandidless observers.
—Sonie not uninteresting statistics
in regard to the members of the United
&cites Senate are found In the col
umns of an exchange. From these
it appears that Senator Cameron is
the oldest Senator, and Sena for Spen-
ter is the youngest. Eleven Sena
tors have been -Governors of States ;
nine were born in New York, fifty
two' in New England, seven came
from the British Isles and one apiece
from Canada and Prussia. Of the
professions represented, the editorial
has eleven members, eight are manu
facturers three doctors, two clergy
men, one teacher, and one "general
business."
—The heirs of Johti Slidell, who
reside in New York,' and some of
them in England, have filed a peti
tion in the Fourth District Court of
Lousians'averrirtg that they are the ,
heirs of Mr. Slidell, have been duly
recognized as such.and been ordered to
be put in possession of his succession,
and that the property in question is
worth more than ten thousand dol
lars, and has been duly recorded.
These persons allege that although
they are owners. and proprietors of
the property and its appurtenances,
the Germania National flank of New
Orleans is wrongfully and unlawful
ly in polssession thereof. The peti-
tioners further represent that this
propertyrents amounting an
nually to $7,.....per Month, and as
sert their right to claim any reve
nues, rents and profits accrued prior
to July - 30, 1871.
—Mrs. Fair's face has- assumed a I
dealthy palor. A San Francisco pa- 1
per says: "After her conviction of the
Crittenden murder there was a host of
friends, or pretended friends, who
called to see her, and, ag they term
ed it, 'to comfort her In her great
misfortune." But little by little the
nuinbee 7 of vLidtora grew less. and
now, besides her mother, daughter
and attorneys, there are only three
women who pall upon her, and only
one of these pays her visits 'daily.
She passes her time of late in reading
and writing. She still refuse's' to take
prison food, and meals are brought
to her twice a day from a restaurant.
Mrs. Fair is full of hope that the
court having her case under consid
eration will say by its A!:leelsratt-that
she is entitled to a new trial."
—There are now In the sevens'
asyluins for disabled soldiers over
four thousand who are cared for,
one thousand more than were sup
ported last year. Of these, one
thousand seven hundred are at the
Central Asylum, Dayton, Ohio ; six
hundred and twenty-five at the
North Western branctei: Milwaukee,
Wisconsin ; five hundred and twen
ty-five at the Eastern branch, at Au
gusta, Maine ; and two hundred and
sixty at the
. Southern branch, near
Hampton, Va. New men are aim
ing in at the rate of about one hun
dred a week, which will soon tax the
asylums to their utmost capacity.
The hoard of managers has made the i
amplest_provisions for _all soldiers
disabled in the service, and it is in
tended that no one shall want a home
in the future. Notwithstanding the
fact that these homes are now provi
ded with elegant buildings, beauti
ful grounds, large libraries, reading
rooms, amusement halls, chapels,
schools, workshops, the cost of
tnaintaining them . Is less in propor
'tion to the numb€ 4 of inmates that
of any similar institution in the coun
try.
—The ex pert tnen t of t reating the in
sane in detached fathilies has proved
so successful in 31assachusetts that it
has been determined to carry it out
on a large scale when the new bnild
ings that are to take the place of the
present Worcester Hospital are erec
ted. A central hospital sufficient for
the reception of one hundred and fifty
or two hundred of the more violent
lunatics will be built, and the re
maining three hundred patients will
tee placed in smaller family houses
scattered over the estate which has
been purchased for the new hospital
site. There are five or six such
houses already there—farm houses
purchased with the land—and 'ill'
these sixty two patients have been -
treated during the last summer, -
exempt from the restraints of a close
hospital, with the happiest results.
It Will be several years, however,
before the whole establishment is
rebuiltamording to this plan. or
tunately, abundant means for carry
ing out this design are in hand,
as it is estimated that the real estate
beiOnging to the hospital in the
city of Worcester will sell for enough
to pay all debts and leave $300.000 or
more to expend on the new build
ings.
—The Savannah "Vete. of Monday
says a bold attempt was made last
Friday, in that 'city, to rob the
Southern Expreses company. While
one of the wagons of the company
itTs waiting in front of the office on
Bay street for the freight of the cen
tral railroad, the driver and messen
ger being inside, some unknown
parties, jumped into It and drove off
- unotiserved. As soon as the wagon
was missed the police were notified,
but no trace of it could be found. It
was afterward driven up near the
express stables, and a white -mau
Jumped off and hurried away.
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mut rivitvicz -itEreittn.
Di accordance with an Act of Con
gress approval March 3, 1871, the
President appointed a Board of Civil
Service Commissioners, whose duty
it would be to devise rules and regu
lations for the purpose of reforming
the civil mervice. The Commission
ers were: Geo. Wm, Curtis. Alex. G.
Catlett, Joseph .Medill, Davidson A.
ll'a/i.vr, B. B. Elliott. Jos, H. Black
man, and David C. Cox. They have
made their report and the President,
on Tuesday of last week, submitted
it to Congress, accompanied by his
message urging its adoption. The
rules and regulations are as follows :
No. 1. Nooneshall be permitted to
hold any position in the civil service
within the appointment of the Pres
ident or heads of Departments who
IS not a citizen of the United States,
who shall not have furnished satis
factory evidence in regard to charac
ter, health and age, and who shall
no4have passed a satisfactory exam
ination in speaking, reading and wri
ting the English language.
2. An Advisory Board of snitallile
persons to be employed by the Pres
ident under the 9th section of the Act
of March 3, 1871, entitled "An Act
making appropriatioas for, sundry
civil expenses of the Government
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1872, and for other purposes," shall,
so far as practicable, group positions
in each branch ofthecivilservim ac
cording to the character of the dutlea
to be performed; shall grade each
group from lowest to highest for the
purpose of promotion within the
group. Adadssisn to the civil ser
vice shall always be to the lowest
grade of any group, and to such po
sitions as cannot be grouped or grad
ed the admission shall be determined.
as provided for the lowest grade.
3. A vacancy occurring in the low
est grade of any group of officers shall
be filled after due public notice from
all applicants who shal I present thew
selves, and who shall have furnished
evidences and satisfied the prelimin
ary examination already mentioned,
and who shall have pa.• - ssed a public
competitive examination to test their
knowledge, ability ,and special quail
&salons of performance of the du
ties of the oftice. The board conduct-
ing such competitive examination
shall prepare, under the supervisiO
of the advisory board, a list of the
names of applicants In the order of
their excellence as proved by such
examination, beginning with the
highest, and shall then certify to the
nominating or appointing power, as .
the case may be, the names standing
at the'head of such list, not exceed
ing three, and from the names Om
certified the 'appointment shall be
made.
4. A vacancy occurring in any
grade of a group of officers above the
lowest shall be filled by competitive
examination of applicants from the
other grades of that group, and . the
list of names from which the appoint
ment is to be made shall be prepared I
and certified as provided in the pre
ceecline rule; but if no such appli
cants are found competent, the ap
pointment will be upon an examina
tion of all applicants, conducted in
accordance with provisions for the
auimissioti to the lowest grade.
5. Applicants certified or otherwise
qualified for appointments as cashiers
oc„collectors of customs, cashiers or
assistant treasurers, cashiers of post
masters, superintendent of money
order divisions in pciStoffices, and
such other custodians of large sums
of money as may hereafter be desig
nated by the advisory board, and for
whose pecuniary fidelity anothei of
ficer is responsible, shalt nevertheless
not be appointed except with the ap
proval of such other officer.
G. Postmasters whoseannual salary
is lees than $2OO may be appointed
upon the written request of the appli
cants, with such evidence of charac
ter and fitness as shall be satisfactory
to the head of the Department. •
7. The appointment of all persons
entering the civil service in accord
ance with these regulations, except
ing persons appointed by the Presi
dent by and with the advice and con
sent of the Senate; appointments of
postmasters, and persons appointed
to any position in a foreign country,
shall be made for a probationary
term of six months, during which
the conduct and capacity of such per
sons shall be tested ; and if at the
end of such a probationary term sat
isfactory proofs of tbeir fitness'shall
have been furnished betbe board of
examiners to the bend of the depart
ment in which they shall have been
employed during the said term, they
shall be reappointed.
S. The President will designate
three persons in each department of
the public service as a Board of Ex
aminers, which under the supervis
ion of the Advisory Board, and tin
der the regulations to be prescribed
by it, and at such times and places as
it may determine, shall couduct per
sonally or by persons approved by
the Advisory Board, all investiga
tions and examinations for admission
into said departments, or for promo.
t ion therein.
9. Any person, who, after long at
_ .
faithful service in a departmeißt?slia
be incapacitated by mental or.bodily
Infirmities for the effiicient discharge
of the duties of his position, may be
appointed by the head of the depart
ment, at his discretion, to a position
of It-s:4 responsibility in the same de
partment.
10. Nothing in these rules prevent
the appoin:inent of aliens to positions
in the consular service of which, by
teason of the small compensation or
'of other sufficient cause, are in the
j'udgnient of the appointing power
necessarily so filled ; for the appoint
ment of such peisons in the 'United
States as are indispensible to the
proper discharge of the duties (if
certain positions. but who may not
I be familiar with the English language
or legally capable of naturalization.
11. No head of department nor any
subordinate' officer of the Govern
ment shall, as such officer authorize
or permit, or assist iii levying, any
assesment of money for political pur
poses under the form of voluntary
contributions, or oti ►er ; wise, upon
any person employed under his eon.;
trot, nor shall any such person pay
any money so assessed.
13„ Tile Advisory Board shall at
any time reccomend to the , , President
such changes in these rules as it( may
&insider necessary to secure greater
efficiency of the civil service.
13 From these rules excepted heads
of departments, assistant secretaries
of departments' assistant attorney
general and first assistant postmaster
general, solicitor geaeril, solicitor or
the (refill:my, naval solicitor; solicit° f
of internal revenue examiner of
claims in the State depaatment,
treasurer of the United States, regis
ter of the treasur,y, first and second
comptrollers of the treasury,judges
of the United States courts, district
attorneys, private secretary of the
President, embassadors: and other
public ministers, supetintendent of
coast survey, director of the mint,
governors of Territories, special coni
niissioners, special annual visiting
and examining boards, persons ap
pointed to positions without compen
sation for services, dispatch agents
and-bearers of dispatches.
—A large auiount of Klinsas 7 per
cent. Levee Bonds have been enter.
ed upon the Little Rock Market.
Dealers are very cautious, however,
as it is stated that a large amount of
those issued are in the hand writing
of one person
_in the signatures of
both Auditor and Treasurer. disking
them easy to tounterfeit. Owing to
this and the suit now pending against
the State for reissuauee of $85,900;
the price has fallen to below
—At Blufftnn,yesterday afternoon,
William Gordon was killed while
hauling stones to market by the team
becoming frightened and it:inning
away. He was thrown under the
wagon and the wheels passed over his
neck, killing him instantly.
Forty - - Second Congress.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE Dee. 18.— A motion was
made to appoint persons hostile' to
investigation, upon the Investigat
ing Committee, lu order to cover
frauds—if any. A long debate ensu
ed, which was terminated by the ex
piration of the morning hour, and
the resolution' ould have gone over,
but the regular order was suspended,
and k-the discussion resumed. Mr.
Logan said it was almost impossible
to act an independent part in the Sen
ate now; fqur or Ave men had under
taken to run the'party, and they call
a caucus and attempt to readout any
Senator who is disposed to be in the
least Independent. For one he should
act up to his convictions, and run the
risk of being read out. He did not
believe the President feared investi
gation. but you have made the peo
ple believe he d 065. He did not think
the Secretary of the Treasury, nor
any of the other Departments of the
Government, feared• investigation,
but the action of these Senators has
made the country believe theydo.—
He thought there should be a fair
Committee appointed. The hostile
Committee was appointed with pow
er to send for persons and papers, and
Mt during the recess. Trnuabull's
resolution of instruction, except the
civil service clause, was adopted.—
The House bill, relative to steamers
in the Mississippi valley, passed.
HOUSE.—Among the bills present
ed were: One to punish bank, Insu
rance, state and government officials
for bribery ; for a ship canal from
Lake Michigan to the Mississippi; to
legalize polygamy in Utah and dis
miss criminal suits for that offense;
to prevent the appointment of dis
honest and incompetent Government
officials. A resolution wag adopted
sympathizing with all peoples who
are struggling for a republic. ACII
SENATE, Dec. 19—Among the bills
reported was one for an appropria
tion of $4,000,000, for government
buildings at Chicago, which passed.
A resolution for an amendment of
he Cbristitutiou prohibiting the giv.
ing of aid to sectarian schools, was
offered ; and one providing that the
President shall be ineligible to re
election. The resolution of Inquiry
into alleged frauds in the N. Y. Cus
tom House was ,adopted. A resolu
tion directing the arrest of contuma
cious witness was adopted. Adj.
HOUSE.-A resolution for an Inves-
tivtion into the cause of the failure
of certain National Banks was adopt
ed. The Secretary of the 'treasury
was culled on to state the amount of
the 5-20 bonds redeemed. A reSolu-
tion requiring the Retrenchment
Committee to investigate the recent
Treasury defalcations was adopted.
The N. Y. Custom House resolution
passed. A message from the Presi
dent transmitting the report of the
Committee on Civil Service Reform,
was laid before the House. The la
bor question was discussed. AdJ.
SENATE, Dee. 20.—Several politi
cal resolutions were presented. A
l i
resolution asking information regard
ing naval vessels sent to San Domin
go, was adopted. A bill relative to
customs service was reported. The
House amnesty bill was discussed till
the hour of adjournment.
110 USE.—The Select Committee on
Civil Service were directed to inquire
Into the expediency of providing for
the election of postmasters by the
people. The discussion of the la
bor reform bill wascontinued at some
length, when it was amended and
passed. It provides for the appoint
ment of a commission on the subject
ol,wages and the hours of labor, and
division of profits between labor and
capital. Adj.
Thursday the entire day, in both
branches, was spent in debate, They
adjourned till the Bth of January.
—ln Bristol, N. H., great public
honors are showered upon, a young
gentleman. whOse only metolt is that
he went Wooing, he at with the
object of his affections, as Many other
young gentlemen have done before
him, until thref o'clock in the morn •
iug.. After tearing himself away
from the lady, as .he was walking
home ho discovered a house on fire:
Now, there hadn't been a house on
fire in Bristol before for a year and a
half. The lover gave a loud yell,
the engine company was aroused,
and the village saved from (lestrue-
OM So delighted were the firemen
with this that they made a handsome
present to the damsel whose personal
beauty and delighful conversation
compelled her lover to stay much
later, or rather to go home much
earlier,than he should have done.
Tui E tittELPIIN
The Luglish Royal Family's J 11.5
WIZ
TYle learned in the remote antiqui
ties are accustomed to say that Queen
Victoria is descended from the hero
Waden, of whom the Norsemen
made a god, and who gave his some
what ungracious name to our modern
day Wednesday. An Italian adven
turer named Azon d'Este, engaged
his sword in the service of the Empe
ror Conrad toward the close of the
eleventh century, and founded the
house of Hanover by marryingCune
gunda of Guelph, a very wealthy
woman. He dropped his own name,
and was henceforth known as
Guelph. Their son married the
widow of the Earl of Kent, Abe
brother of Edward the Confessor,
and these found much favor in the
eyes of Henry the Fourth, who took
away Otho of Saxony,s Bavarian pos
sessions and gave them to the newly
married pair. Lucky marriage
brought this enterprising family
higher and higher, until one of the
sons married a daughter of Henry,
the second s King of England, who
succeeded in getting her father to
give her husband the countships of
Brunswick and Luenburg. Theso
countships became duchies under
Otho the Fourteenth, and William
of Guelph become a duke. These
Guelphs fettered through a variety
of marriages until they came to the
seven sons of the great-grandfather
of George the First, King of England.
These sons, all dukes, were each en
titled to a share of his posessions.
But in order 'Jot to split up the fam
ily coronet, the brothers made a
solemn compact that only one of
therh should make a legal marriage.
This would make the autonomy of
the house complete; and the com
pact was adhered to. The sixth son
MIS the one who contracted the legal
marriage, and his eldest son married
'the granddaughter of James the First,
thus clearing the way tor nn alliance
in future with' the erown of Great
Britain. The honse of Hanover owes
its existence on English soil to-day
tojudicious "match making." This
sou secured the title of Duke of Han
over, and as his father had done, pre
vailed on his brother to devote him
self to cellbacy.J- But a morenntic
marriage. contracted with Elenora
d'Albrense, a French refugee - from
Louis Fourteenth's religious tyrrany,
has always been it thorn in theside of
the Hanover dynasty. A daughter
by this marriage' became the wife of
George the First, and every one re
members the story of the cruel man
ner in which she was treated, and
how her old selipol fellow who tried
to defend her when she had fled the
cruelty of her husband was assassi-"
nated. On her di.ath-bed she sum
moned her tyrant to answer for his
crimes at the bar of God before a year
pfetsed. He went to find his Judge
within that year. The morganatic
marriage did DA much to embarrass
the house of Hanover as the former
artful alliance had done to enrich it.
At the death of King William the
Fourth the crown wasseparated from
that of Great 'Britain, asql law pro
hibits women from ascending the
Hanoverian throne.
Serinon of Rev. John Anderson.
,
; W EYAND, Editor of zoom:
The Sermon by Bev. John Ander
son, D. D., of Service, which accom
pauliii theSe lines, is an old sermon,
though not published heretofore. It
was preached in Pittsburg* in the
month of February, 1789. It Is, how
ever, as seasonable as if it had been
_
prepaied on yesterday. I trust yo
will give it a placein your paper. If
published, besides pointing out the
way to eternal life (and a greater ser
vice :to your fellow men you could
not Oesibly perform), it will serve
to evi!ice that Dr, Anderson was, as
I hare heretofore stated, a ban of
extensive information, mighty 3n the
Scriptures, and capable of exhibiting
the t 03th very clearly and forcibly.
The 4 publication will serve also .to
evince that our fathers were fed with
solid, substantial food, and not on
froth and foam; and perhaps it will
contribute to take down the tower
ing eonceit of some of our modern
preaehers, who think they have
Prearbed because they have poured
out ords with an elevated voice and
much gesticulation. I tnay be too
partial to the memory of the Doctor,
but IAo think that in this single ser
mon there is more to alarm and
awaken, to convince and convert,
thatrin hundreds of the sermons of
the present day, read from a manu
script, or committed to memory, and
delivered in Sophomore style.
.Yours in truth,
WILLIAM M. arcEliwEig.
Fntnkfort Springs, Dec. 11, 1871.
TILE SKILMO.N.
. _
Thei Simon Peterunswered him, Lord to whom
shall we go? Thou hut tbd words of eternal Mb
--folioNL 68.
ANC FRIEND9: - This is a confession
of Christ which Peter made in the
nom' of all the Apostles at a ti me
when Christ had but a few professed
followers, and many of them were
goneback to walk no more with him.
At such a time it becomes the faith
ful to become very explicit in confes
sing His name; and hence our Lord
here. says to the twelve, Will ye
also go away?" The answer return
ed LS a soleihn declaration of their
resolution to abide with Christ, and
such a declaration we ought always
to be ready to make when others are
forsaking the vtr t tv of His truth, or
the way of his of
• trances. The ques
tion, ." To whom shall we go?" ex
presses a strong denial of any thought
or purpose of turning away from
Christ : To whom shall we go I"
Shall we go to the Pharisees, to the
Sadueees, or to the ilerodians? Alas!
we are satisfied there is no salvation
for us in any ortheir ways. " Thou
alone bast the words of eternal life "
—words by which eternal life is re
vested and conveyed to guilty, per
ishing men.
The doctrine presented in our text
on which we Would discourse, for a
little, is this: The only true religion
is that which teaches us to go to Christ
for eternal life. In discussing this
doctrine we propose, through Divine
assistance, to show :
I, That the true religion ought to
have the words of eternal life.
11. That theilnly religion that hath
the words of eternal life is the reli
gion of Jesus; and then
111. We will mention some things
implied in going to Christ for eternal
life.
In the first place, I will endeavor
to show you that the true religion
ought to have the words of eternal
life. And for this purpose I observe:
1, That it will be very evident that
no other religion can be suitable to
our case, if we consider that we have
souls as well as bodies—souls thatare
capable of knowing, loving and serv
ing Ciod forever and ever. We are
not like the beasts that perish. What
ever other instincts or capacities they
possess, they are only such as relate
to their subsistence, or to their sub
servience to,the use of men. But the
soul is evidently made for higher
things than the businees:tir Uhl pleas
tires 01 the present life. The soul is
made not 'tosarve the body, but to
rule the not`
using 1 as an bistro . -
went. The soul will a t t and behap
py or miserable when it is separated
from the body, and the,,hody shall be
nothing but a mass of' filthiness. If
inen would listen to the voice of their
own conscience, it would toll them
that their souls will live after their
death, and stand before tlaxl to be
judged according to their works; that
the care of their souls should be their
principal cure, and that it will profit
thetn nothing it they should gain the
whole world and lase their souls,
there being nothing that can Le giv
en in exchange for the soul. These
things being so, no religion can suit
our ease hut that which has the words
of cternal life. • 1 observe
2diy, That no other religion Is sui t
able to our case but that which has
the words of eternal life, I 3 evident
from the consideration of the short
ness of the present life and the eter
nity of the life to come. The present
life is represented in the Scriptures of
truth, as a vapor, a sleep, a shadow,
a were not li fug. These represet►ta
tions apply to the present life, even
when protracted to what is eonsid-
ered a good old age. Speaking, in
the 9th P.slilin, of persons who live to
be four score, Iloses tells us that their
tie is soon rut off and rhey fly away.
Ind David who tilled up the emu
-1190 measure of human life•, living
hree score and ten years said, never-
teless to the eternal Jehovah,
hest :nude my days as a handbreadth,
and mine age is us nothiug before
thee." WI: 't shall we think of the
present life if to the shortness we add
the uncertainty of it? We have no
lease of life; we have no security for
a moment's longer possession of it.
Rut the state of being on which we
shall enter at death is eternal. Oh,
what a mere nothing Is the present
life when compared to eternity to
come! After millions and millions
of years have rolled round,_ it
will still be eternity tO'comet 'We
ought, therefore, to prize and seek
after that religion which teach
es us to look, out it the things which
are seen, but at the things which are
not seen; for the things which ore
seen - tire teinporid, but the things
which are not seen are eternal. 1 ob
serve
3dly, That no other religion is suit
able to our ease, but that which has
the words of eternal life, will appear
if we consider what is included la
eternal life. It includes the favor of
God on whom we depend both for
our being, in whose hand our breath
is, and all our ways. Being entirely
dependent upon the God of life and
4111 comfort, we intuit have His'favor
or be miserable; and, therefore, no
religion can suit our ease but that
which secures His favor and assures
us of it. Eternal life includes boil
or rectitude of heart and dispo
sition. In his first estate man was
altogether happy because he was ha
' ly, or conformed to the image of God.
But sin entering Into the world, man
became wretched and miserable,
nor
can he regain happiness without be
ing made holy. Holiness lathe health
of the soul. Sin is the most malig•
aunt disorder, destructive of ad true
felicity ; and therefore no religion
suits our case but that which provides
for our sanctification. Butatgain, eter
nal lift:lncludes in it a blessed &glori
ous imin‘ rtality. "The soul isimmor- '
tat. Ve are all to somemeasure con-
Ecious thatlt isso; and therefore,how
ever good the estate in Which we find
durseivesire cannot besatlafled with
out security for the continuenee of ottr
happiness. The wicked are as/the
troubled sea, which cannot rest. The
great reason why they are restless is,
that they are haunted with the ap
prehension that all their happiness
will be turned into misery. Theonly
religion, therefore, which suits. our
(use is, one that brings to our view
"an inheritance incorruptible and un
defiled, and that fadeth not away."
11. I proceed to show that the on
ly religion which bath the words of
eternal life is the religion of Jesur.
And here I obeerVe
Ist. That thereils no other religion
that affords sufficient grounds for the
hope of eternal life. All other re
ligions may beredueed - ta two: The
first is the religion of nature or of
rensonmithout that revelation which
we have in the Bible. The other is
the religion of nature with various
additions made thereto by the
fancies of Men. As to the light of
reason, we own that it teaches a great
deal concerning the, being and per
fections of God; concerning the duty
that we owe to Him and to "one an
other • concerning the happiness of
the g ood and the misery of the wick
ed. If man had continued in his
original uprightness being lightsome
and not perverted by vile affections,
his own wisdom had been sufficient
to direct him in the pursuit of life
eternal ; but, since the fall , natural
reason is altogether insufficient for
this pur . Apostate men are not
disp to know alLthat may be
known by the light of reason, and
there is no one of our guilty race that
actually knows all that he might
know by a careful improvement of
his faculties concerning God and the
duties which we owe to Him. Being
carnal, sold under sin, they do not
like to retain God in their knowl
edge. Hence, not only among the
heathen, but with non-professors in,
Christian lands, there is gross ignor
ance of divine things; the light that
remains in them serving chiefly to
render them inexcusable in their er
rors and other offences., But, if the
light of reason were cherished and
improved to the utmost, God could
not be otherwise known by it than
According to the tenor of the law, or
covenant of works. ' that is, as the
fast friend of the godly, and the
sleepless adversary of the' wicked.—
Reason, without the Word, assures
us that it is a righteous 'thing with
God to visit sinners with strokes of
wrath, and that he cannot fail to do
what is just and right. When men
persuade themselves that God will be
merciful to them, and will not ren
der to them acc ording to their desert
—whatever they may pretend—they
do not build on reason or conscience,
but rest in the suggestions of self-love
and a depraved fancy. Reason says
nothing of any provision being made
for the satisfying of Divine justice in,
regard to the eiris of men, nor does it
give any intiniation that God will
renew our nature and restore us to
spiritual life, strength and activity.
As to these great matters reason ob
serves a silence so profound that, If
she were dilligently attended to, men
would conclude that there is no way
of obtaining forgiveness and no
room for the hope of obtaining eter-
nal life.
As to the many additions that have
been made to natural religion by the
vain fancies of depraved men, it is
easy to observe that none of thew
supply the defects of natural relig
len. None of them show how the
sinner can be saved consistently_ with
the honor of Divine justice. Heath
en systems of religion prescribe fast
togs, celibacy, squalid poverty, con
templation, pilgrimages, gifts, ani
mal sacrifices and human sacrifices.
-- -
But there is no good reason for be
lieving that any of these services are
of such efficacy as to put away sin
and commend the doer of them to
the favor of God. Neither can a sin
ful man, by such services, attain to
holiness of heart and life. The tree
must be good that the fruit may be
good ; and, of conseqeunee, a sinful
man cannot, by any working that he,
is capable of, make himself holy; and`
God will not impart the grace of ho
liness to a wicked rebel. Ills justice
forbids it while It!s justice remains
unsatistied. No other religion, be ,
Side the Christian religion, can show
that the justice of God has received
any proper satisfaction for our sins,
or that there is a way opened for any
gracious communication between God
and sinners. it is also to be obgerved
that the additions made to natural
religion, by the vain fancies of men,
are so 'manifestly false and absurd
that thoughtful, considerate persons
cannot rely upon them. How could
any one , o
pssessed of reason , and ex
ercising his reason, give _credit to
their ambiguous oracles, their divine
anions, their charms, their human
sacrifices and sacrifices to-demons—
with the view of averting their
wrath? We conclude, in view of
these things. that there is lie other
religion beside the Christian religion
which shows us the way to eternal
life. We observe
2diy, That 'the Christian religion,
lays a sure foundation for the hope
of "eternal life." .There are many
things in it which a man can test
with full totisfaction. Here the prin
ciples of natural religion, concerning
God and our duty to Him, and to one
another, are preserved pure and en
tire and exhibited in their full beau
ty. What a noble view of our duty
is given, in the two great command
ments of the law: "Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
soul, strength and mind; and_thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Here the defects of reason 'tre sup
plied : Reason can not show how
God can be just and save tie guilty,
but the Christian religion, shows that
the only begotten Son, made recon
ciliation for iniquity, by giving Him
self an offspring and a sacrifice to God
df a sweet smelling Savior ; and the'
one man's life can riot satisfy for the
crimes of another, yet Christ they
well satisfy for the sins of wee be
cause he wits not a mere man but it
Divine Person.who had a right which
n 9 mere man has, to dispose of Ills
oWn life and did not lose it by laying
it down ; because he had power ,to
take it again ; and whatever He did
and suffered derived infinite value
from the dignity of liis person. Thus
in Christ justice. hairfull satisfaction
for all our sins ; and full pro Vision is'
made and full security is given, for
sanctification of all that believe In
111m._,,There are given to us exceed...?
ing great precious promises, all of
which are yea and amen in Christ.
This way of salvation is set forth in
words of truth and sobermms,onwhich
are evident marks and impressions
of God's wisdom, holiness, faithful
ness, and authority': Gospel revela
tions are also confirmed by miracul
ous facts which can not be called in
question Withent.rejecting historil
cal evidence whatever. Gospel dis
coveries are confirmed too by many
prophecies fulfilled before our eyes
and by daily miracles or wonders of
grace, whereby the dead in trespasses
and sins are quickened and raised up,
and made to walk in newness of life.
We observe
:idly, That it is a doctrine Wthe
Bible, that all who are ignorant of
the Christian religion, are ignorant of
the way of salvation. The Scriptures
teach us that there is no salvation but
in Christ, no being in Christ, without
faith and no faith without the words
of "eternal life." Faith corneth by
hearing and hearing by the word of
God—how can they hear without a
preacher, and how can they preach ex
cept they be sent I Hence the heathen
world art' represented as in a lost con
dition; having no hope and without
God. This is the fact ; and it is vain
for men to reply against God and ask
why bath he left the heathen world
la darkness? The answer is, that
God is debtor to no one, and bestows
benefit and especially saving benefit
according to his own will. We pro
ceed to notice as was proposed :
111. Something implied in goiag
to Christ. It implies,
I. The conviction that we are in a
lost undone estate, and that there is
rio relief for us but in Christ. Acts iv,
12 : "There •is not salvation in any
other: for there is noother name under
heaven given among men, wherby
we must be saved."
2., Going to Christ implies reliance
on Him for the execution of all His
mediatorial offices in our own ease—
l. Cur. I, 30—and for the bestowment
of the blessings that pertain to the
children of promise since all the
promises are in Him yea find in
Him amen to the glory of God. f I
Cor, i, 20.
3. Going to Christ implies our fixed
resolution to cleave to Him whatever
I difficulties our fidelity may occasion.
They that go to Christ indeed are
resolute pressing through a throng or
"Thou
Inward andantWard diseeuragement;
like the poor afflicted woman who
pressed,througlj the crowd to Christ
that she might touch thebern of His
garments ; and:when they have come
to Him they say to Him as Ruth did
to Naomi, - "Whither thou goeg I
will go, and wherethon lodgest,l. will
lodge : thy people shall be my peo
ple, and thy God, my God."
4. Going to Christ implies also love
to Ulm and reconciliation of heart to
all His truths and waya. . We eon- I
elude, exhorting you to guard against
the deistical principles thatare pre
vailing in our day ; but mom par
ticularly I advise and exhort you all
I. TO consider seriously and care
fully how you came to be Christians
and ouf what grounds you are hoping
for salvation by Christ, r the Son of
God ?
2. Beware of resting in an outward
form of religion without union to
Christ. Study to gain a saving ac
quaintance with Him—study to re
ceive Hi • as He is offered to you In
the G; Ifaving received Him
as the • 'of your salvation, you will
not need to be told how abominable
is the sentiment, that sinners may
be saved, though they have not heard
the name of Jesus, the only Savior.
3. Study to gain a more thorough
and familiar acquaintance with the
particular truths of the Christian re-
pon—
t Be much in prayer for the gift
of the Holy Spirit to bring the words
of Christ to your remembrance and
toguide you into all truth.
Finally, study holiness of heart and
life. Harty man will do his will he
shall know of the doctrine, whether
it be of God br whether I speak of
myself. John vii, 17.
THE LINES WEAKENING.
The sharp comments of the press
of the couutry; and unmistakable ex
pression of public opinion, have had
an effect on the close lines of the pro-
Administration zealots in the United
States Senate. Reluctantly and
grudgingly, to be su*, but tolerably
effectively, the little handful of men
whom ,ur. Conkliug has been able
to lead gave way on Tuesday last,
and surrendered with what grace
they could. The, Committee which
is to investigate the condition of the
public service is uot one in which the
country can have great confidence,
but it now has the powers for which
an ardent struggle was made in the
first instanee. SenateetiqUette would
not now permit, we suppose, the re
organization of the Committee, tho'
the resignation of Mr. Pool gives the
pro-Administration Senators an op
portunity to retrace their steps some
what,- and correct the political and
parliamentary error which they
made when they elected the commit
tee. But, though "the child has
" been put to a nurse that cares
" not for it"—to quote Mr. Sumner's
illustration—the gentlemen who
havi been so active in their hostility
to making the Committee worth any
thing at all have conceded enough to
clotpe it with nearly all the powers
asked for it. The Tribune has steadi
ly adhered to the proposition that
the Administration will be more in
jured by any attempt at concealment
than by the most broad and open in
vitation to inspection and examina
tion—even though some abuses may
really be exposed. And we are glad
that a conviction of the justice of this
position has at last dawned on Mr.
Conkliug and his wrong-hetnied al
lies.
The spirit, tilwever, with . which
thisi reluctant concession has been
made destroys half its value. And
the saddest thing about the Reform
•
movement, which began so magnifi
cently' iu this city, is the attitude
assumed by men whom we believed
to be with us, the moment the re
form reaches the confines of the 4a
tional Government. In an insffint
they change parts, adopt the tactics,
and employ the very language of the
members of the Ring. First, like
Han and Tweed, they resist investi
gation. Next, like Hall and Tweed,
they propose to have a little private
investigation under their own auspi
ces,—an appeal to the Chamber of
commerce, or to a Joint Committee
of Citizens and Aldermen. And all
the while as they note the growing
indignation of the press and people,
they say. "Never mind ; it's merely
"then swirling newspapers that are
"disappointed about something or
"other. It will scion blow over."
Ifut it does not blow over, Mr.
Conk ling! You are learning, Sir;
but it is as slowly and reluctantly as
Tweed and Hall: You have found
that opposing all investigattun won't
do. You perhaps found out, Tues
day last, that the petty pretense of
setting the non-investigating Com
in I t tee to work on the Custom-House
deceives nobody. Be assured that
now, as before, the people are in ear
nest. Evasions, half-way conmions,
quibbles and equivocations will not
answer the imperative deunind of
he hour. This thing will not blow
,ver !—N. Y. Tribune.
THE CHAMBORD PROPAGANDA
The Meeting of the French li'ourbOinf
The Infetisans of Henry V„ so
styled, have, during the last few
weeks, been more than usually ac
tive. 'Secret meetings and mysteri-
ous movements have arrested the_at
tendon of the newspaper correspond
ents its wel afforded opportunities
for gossip - - to. float their rumors
on the p •;; l i 4 cal atmosphere. The
meeting at cerne, at which the be- '
lievers in the restoration of the mon
archy rallied in strong force recently
to meet the Count de Chambord,. Is
not without a certain significance. A
correspondent, writing from Lucerne
in relation to this assemblage says
that upwards of two hundred mem
bers of the National Assembly were
in attendance there, and returned to
France more strongly impressed than
ever in the interest of Count de
Chambord. The most prominent
leader in the movement was Count
Benoit d'Assy, a man of much ener
gy and skill, and who played %promi
nent part during the first days of the
National Assembly in Bordeaux. It
is estimated that upwards of two
thousand visitors thronged the ho
tels orLucerne, and some Of the best
families of France were represented.
Merchants, lawyers and farmers, too,
were there, and even some of those
who held office under the empire
were on hand to express their admi
ration of monarchical institutions,
Notwithstanding this imposing
show of strength and the temporiz
ing conduct of Theirs, whose policy
is regarded by these monarchists as
worse than no policy, the chances of
the restoration of the monarchy are
exceedingly douaful. These chances
are also lessened by the dissensions
existing between the two branches of
the House of Bourbon. Though it
has time and time again been an
nounced that the fusion of the Or
leunists and Bourbons has been ar
rived at, we fail to perceive it. Har
mony is unknown to such an extent
that the monarchists may move am
ihably and vigorously toward the ne
com plishmt of their ends,and while
this state of Wairs continues to exist
in that directiop, and with the dis
satisfaction freely expressed among
the French people toward M. Thiers'
republic, a movement on the part of
the imperialists Would not be a sur
prise to any person who has watched
with ordinary attention the course o
recent events in France.
It is said that the parents or victoria
Woodhull at one time kept tavern on
Chestnut Ridge, in ClieSterecninty. Penn
sylvania. Victoria's mother - was a Ros
anna Hamel, and was born about three
miles front New Berlin. In 1846 she
married Backman Cl.stlin, a Yankee, and
after n short residenceat Chestnut Ridge,
moved to Ohio, where Victoria, 'NUS
born.
Swansea Silver Smelting
Works, Chicago, which suffered by
the fire to the extent of *12,000 last
evening, held policies in the Corn
Exchange, Mechanics and Utah In
surance companies' of Baltimore.
Limas virs
c om i te. A. K. Me
Zll B View of Politica and Things, Set
lbrth with Reference to His pep
owning a Chndidate in the Fourth
genatariat District.
PHILADELPHIA, Dee, 14, 1871.
Cot. P. R. .Preas, Editor German
town-Tekgraph :
blur was absent from
home some days and missed your
paper of the 6th inst. Since •my re
turn my attention has been called to
your leading editorial of that date,
la which you discuss my position as
a possible candidate for State Senator
In the Fourth District, and state that
you and the people of the district
would "be glad to hear" from meon
the subject of President Grant's int..
nomination. My assumed prefer
ence for another than Grant as the
next Republican standard bearer, is
treated as a difficulty in the •way of
my election to the Senate.
For the kind and quite too flatter
ing notice you took (if my humble
public services in the past, I thank
you, and permit me to say in all can
dor that I have not proposed myself
as a candidate for the vacant Sena
torship, and will not du so. The
strongest personal' considerations
make any political position undesira
ble to me. If Imposed upon me as a
public duty, I should accept it upon
the principle that no citizen can just
ly refuse public survice when fairly
required of him ; but, as such duties
are not common in these days of ma
chine politics, I feel that I am. not
likely to be Interrupted in my wish
for continued retirement.
I cannot controvert your state
ment that the people of the district
are "overwhelmingly in favor of the
renomination of Grant;" for I amnot
advised on this subject. Thus far
I believe, they haye not given any
formal, or even informal expression
of their choice. If I were called upon
to represent their wishes as to the
Presidency in a nominating conven
tion, I should faithfully reflect their
preference or return their trust to
them • but,as an humble individual,
I prefer adherence to my own convic
tions of political duties to the appro
val clever' so intelligent and patriotic
a constituency as the people of the
Fourth District. I f not to prefer Grant
asthenext Re publican . nothineewould
make me "Seem rather ridiculous"
as Senatorial candidate, or inter
pogo "difficulties in the way," I am
not eligible.
What the Presidential preference
.of a citizen has to do with the elec
tion of a State Senator any more than
the preferences of the people in their
section of their preachers or wives
have to do with the same subject, i
do not comprehend ; but I assume
Is so, bedause you say it is so. A
cepting your premises as correct.
could a stronger reason be given for
the inflexible limitation of the Presi
dential tenure to a single term ? A
State legislator is presumed to be se
lected to discharge certain specific
duties.- The ambition of national
candidates, or the distribution of-the
patronage and plunder of the Nation
al Government, do not come within
the scope of his. public powers or du
ties. He is the custodian of the in
terests of his district and of the State
to-be affected by legislation. IV has
no voice, no power beyond an. oth
er citizen of equal character l
plcon
trolling Presidential nom i dons,
and those who would erect such new
standards of eligibility, overlooking
all the legitimate and vital purposes
of legislation, must,do it In deference
to the arbitrary exactions of power,
and not in deference to enlightened
public opinion,
The Republican party is the party
of liberal and patriotic pro,„(*re. It
has its wisely constituted tribunals to .
decide upon its candidates and its
pcilicy, and thus define the duty of
all: Until the supreme authority of
the organization is invoked te recon
cile its conflicting views and prefer
.ences, the utmost freedom of eonvic-'
tion and expression as to both men
and measures ' has heretofore been
claimed and conceded as the preroga
tive of the humblest as well as of the
greatest of its advocates. That it
seems not to be so now, is one of the
most significant and dangerous signs
of the times—dangerous to the Re
publican party, and, therefore, dan
gerous to the country; The admin
istration, chosen by the Republican
organization, . that , resents bon
honest Republican counsel and criti
cism, betrays palpable weakness, or
proclaims its power and purpose to
defy the popular judgment, and
either is a crime against the nation.
Under our government men in offi
cial positions, from the highest to
the lowest, are but the servants, not
the masters of the people.
I do not prefer President Grant's
renomination. It is confessed that
the Republicans have many men
who would he more competent, and,
at least, equally faithful lb the first
civil office of the Government; and I
believe that they would much better
maintain the unity and purity of the
organization. Believing it, I deem
it my right and my duty to say so.
When the accepted authority of the
party declares me to be mistaken I
can cheerfully defer to it.
The Republican party has been in
power in the nation, State and city
for many years. We had a faithless,
accidental Presidential for a time,
and our city has had a Democratic
executive; but the practical power of
government has been uninterrupted
ly Republican. If Republican criti
cism of Republican administration is
an offense, why is the cry for reform
got silenced? It comes from our own
long-bearing people,and not from the
enemy, and it arraigns Republican,
not Democmtlemisrule. It comes up
to Congress from every section of the
country, for relief from oppressive
taxes, from wasteful expenditures,
from peculation and defalcations, and
from swarms of arrogant and useless
officials whose chief employment
seems to be to instruct the party who
it must accept for places of trust and
profit, from President down to alder
man. It comes up ,to our Legisla
ture from all parties in the State; and
demands fundamental limitations as
the only source of public safety. It
comes up from the press and people
of this city, a.s with one voice, to save
private property and public credit.
These are not the complaints of
disrapyointed ambition, but the faith,
ful criticism of sincere men, seeking
to perfect and preserve their own in
heritance. They do not propose po
litical revolution. They aim to, em
ploy the Republican organization. as
the proper instrumentality to correct
the pate at and oppressive. evils it has
tolerated. With a system of barter
and sale of. Federal appointments
that prostitutes the civil service 'to
the advancement of unworthy melt ;
with a system of State legislation that
is a running sore and a standing re
proach, and with our crushing city
taxes and debt, both rapidly increas
ing without visible benefits to the
people; the men who would main
tain Republican ascendency must re
member that "faithful are the wounds
of a friend."
_ We appear to be on the Aireshold
of a systematic reform in our State
government. It has long been at
tled . for, but was long defeated by
those who make politics a trade.
What fruits the people will gather
for their efforts. the next Legislature
must decide. I am hopeful — that a
Republican Congress will not too
long delay obedience to the impera
tive demand for civil service reforin,
and for the complete exercise of the
supreme civil authority of the Gov
ernment. I need not say. that re
form must come in Philadelphia—
not the shadow of a mockery. but
the substance that will dethrone the
spoilsmen. It will come through the
Republican orgunizatiop, as it should,
unless the already sorely-tested for
bearance of the people Is taught that
forbearance must cease to be a virtue.
In these various channels of power
—the nation, State and city—fearless
Republican criticism has given the
Republican organization the oppor
tunity to vindicate its ( fame and at-
test^the integrity and patriotism of
Its people. It stands in history as a
patty of honest convictions and s u 6.
time achievements ; big the time is
at hand when judicious and positive
reformroust becume its accepted and
avowed - policy. or •it, must dim the
lustre of its noblest deeds by @emi t ,.
vited destruction.
I frankly complied with your re.
quest to hear from me. If what
have said places me beyond the range
of a Senatorial election I can have h e
personal regrets, for it will hut deny
me what Ido not want, and I have
performed my duty as I understand
it. Very truly yours,
A. K. 'Myth i c RE.
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