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’ y?y y.'RY' -^’^^^ip^j|ip:^RSigE ^: I3ST VAJKC!E. ~
' ; * s care.areverence for patri-! xV
v ->v appreciation of the tbe^jjyep
"•'••“’rifice.. We
OIXMK V.
Railroads.
TTSBURGH, FT. WAYNE AND
CHICAGO lIAILWAY.—On and after March
trains will leave stations as follows;
TRAINS GOING WEST,
EXPB.9. MAIL. KXPR’fI. EXPB’B
STATIONS
I. O.OOas 9.10 a» 1.30 pm
2.5,2 i 7.22 10.25 2.40
5. Jo 10.25 : 1.30 pm 5.23
; 12.191 m 3.07 7.00
BA3 3.13 ; 5.00 ’ 9.11
9.20 ; 4.00 ! 5.40 , 1 0.40
9.40 ' 5.55 am 1 (i.OO ! 0.50
11. 1 7.40 | 7.55 11.15
12.08 pm 9.00 i 9.15 12.17 am
2.40 111.50 112.05 am 2,45
4.43 i 2.35 pm I 2,53 5.05
.30 I 0.30 i 6.50 8.20 pm
TRAINS GOING EAST!
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MAIL EXPR’S. EXPE’S. "EXPR’a.
stations
5.15 am 9.20 am 5.36 pm 9.2opji
9.15 12.02 pm 8.55 j 12. 15am
12.2KPM 2.20 11.20 ,0 00
2.45 4.07 , 1.13 am 8.05 pm
4 00 • 5.0-S 2.27 , 9.27
5.35 0.30 i 4.05 111.10.
o.()Oam‘ 0.50 ; 4.15 ill 30AM
040 1 7.19 I 4.43 I 11.05 pm
0.20 9.20 i 0.37 j 2.13
11.45 11.00 j 8.25 4.20
2.50 pm 1.12 am , 10.42 ! 0.55
4,00 2.20 111.45 AM, 8.00
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F. R. MYERS,
‘ freueral Fassenger and Ticxet Agent
/ VIKVKLAND & PITTSBURGH R. R
\J oa and after Dec. 33d, 1872, trains will leavt
-•.i - . )U- daily. (Sundays excepted) as follows; -
' bOING SOL TU—MAIN LINE. "
EXPB’B. MAIL. EXPE'B. ACCOM
■> TATIOSs
C.evi'.d:;a
UudsjHi -
Kc. euua
A i'.uic:
K-;; .rti
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s'OKTH—MAIN LINE
GOING
KXPB’e. MAIL. EXPB’S. ACCOM
»TATI 1 > N?
(>.3oam 1.15 pm ;
5.53 3.15 |
*• 10.30 I.SO |
■ i 11.33 5.10 | T.IOaJI
i 13.13 pm 5.4 S 1 8.00
-■=C? 12.45 , 0.14 ; 8.45
j 1.55 7.15 i 10.(0
pji-a'i
( evc^mi..
OUING ttA&T—KIVEIt DIVISION
ACfcOM. MAIL. EXPB’B. ACCOM
.■STATIONS
Bi&AJil 10.50 am( 3.35 pm |
-5.55 11.00 I 3.45 i
0.57 13‘.12pM| 4.45 I
8.15 1.35 0.30 1
0.30 1 2.35 ; 7,15
10.40 i 8.40 8;20
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EST—2IVJJE DIVISION.
GOING V
ACCOK I' BAH.. ! EXPU’S. ' ACCOM-
O.TIOSCS*.
Pitt-Virgii
Hoc'a-;?*
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Leave* Arrives
X. Ph‘!i.« Vam .<■ l.'Vipm ! Bayard. 0.45 am ft 4 OOpm
1' ,i ‘>- 1 p, ni. IN. Phila. 3.00 i*.3o pm,
v F. R. MYERS.
(ienora: Uassoneer and Ticket Agent.
13EXN>VLVAXIA R. R.
—At;e' I)'C' i mh' i r 0-M. 1573, Trains will arrive
■n. ■’ (, vP ‘ r ’ a? :o!lo - .\ ?;
A'fVi.Ul). WESTWARD,
i_'l! Train- Leave Through Trains Arrive
1 i ■>:: D'pot; Union Depot.
’ -;.V) a m Maii Train, 1:05 a m
T: 11 a m Past Line. !:■» a m
■- 2" pin Pittsburgh Ex. s (K) a m
i:! 11 pin L'incinnatiJLx. S:4O a m
p m Southern Ex. 12:40 pm
c ..li> p m Pacific Expr's. I:P' p m
Way Passenger, 0;."n p m
local.
Walls No 1 fir'jo a m
T'U.l a m Brintoi. Ac. Nol. TPJO a m
\\ 1 ; ■-■ l || :2 , i ani Wilkinsburg Ac
1 ■ 11:1.1am Nol S;2O a m
A ;;' ••?■>■?!- Ac M ali? No 2. !‘:loam
: -:4'i p m Johnstown Ac. 10.10 a m
•’ •• '' ,l ! pin Wail? NoS. -- T;45 p m
-f- AnAc 4: 1 HI p m Walls No 4 •■■‘.:2o pm
Ij ' 1 • A . on- WEkir.sbuig Ac
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1:1 ■ ''iN 4 supm No 2 ~ 4.1." p m
F' . Noi s:U'pia Wail- Ac. No. 5 5:.Vi p m
'' ' ti.l.' ji in Brintou'NoU. fi;sii p m
Ni>-- '•-0 pui Brint an Ac. No-5 ':S p m
"■ ■ '■ No - p, m Hrimor. AcNoi ll;10pin
Mspie.*-, « , incini.>»n Express. Fast Line
', t ■ 'yu Ac. No.;; lo;nc daily.
' - K ,pr— daily. i-xcept Moiu!:iv,
1 .’rOn-daily. excent Fuikl.o .
K: }■:cr. — leaves Pit t sburjli-at 2:5(i a mar
! ' ii ;■ ri-hurg at II:!";: in; Philadelphia
[ : ' 1 p m; Wash’.iu'ton 5:10 pm.-:
■ 'I •’l. c'dp m.
! • K\pr- leaves ! liuburih af .J 2.2' 1 p in;
, / .•:iab;.r_' 1U.29 pm: I’tnlcicle iploa 2.4" a in:
m.
1 r oiKxpre-' leaves Pitt.-huieh a* I;P> p
1 - il-in >' , )r,r" 1"’ 15 p in: Phiimk-lph’.a 2:5b
' :!l '■ •’•.mere 2:15 am; Washingtons;iH!a‘m. New
‘ ',■■■ '■ COt 111.
t,i - .pt,!.-* Kxpres* 1 o-ivos. Pittsburgh at 5:20 j>
Harri-hn rir 2:55 a in; Philadeiphia ti;so
;• ■'■ Y..;k 10:14 a ra .
,r;,r.Pittsburgh at t9ipra; arrives at
■ -' <" am: Philadelphia 9.50 a in; Balti
■ ’’ '* a m; \Va»htugu>u 11:30 a m; New York
' ' 1 ! ‘ : r■- ’ i Trains have Wu!l'> Star ion every
‘ '■ ’ a ni.reac'iiusr Pit tsbunrh at 10:0(1 am.
■ j s•. t* i'!*t-t)tjr-_ r h at ’^;■>') m. rind arrive
'• s ' • u>r. a» I;M> p m. Lea\ e Pittsburgh'
•, ■’• i' Krititnn's l":h" p :n.
' 1 1 ‘’'i'KKr OFFUK —For fhe cor.verdenco
. '" / -I.- m| -liurL r h the Per.ns-yh anta
y I <■i: i; r- have opened aci( y t icket office
■' ' a\-rue coinfcr ol Fmithfie id street.
■ v'l; Tickets. C’unmn.ta!ion Tickets?
•■ T.i k.-t-t>>.jsr;ucipai ft!«ti«>t)!s i .an b<i pur
*' ‘ hour ot the day or e\ening at the
r ‘ •’ are chaiiter, at the depot.
, •' V checked throtisthto de>; ir.atioi!
' ai.-d :evidences by Kxcc’sior Baggage
r '~‘ ' "ii orders ielt nt the office.
t " ' ;r h. format ion apph to
A ■' fa>satt. d. m. ijoVi). .Tv... :
o- :■ e: a; Manager. lieu. Pass. Azect.
M.i:<i 11 EX Y VALLEY RAILIK>AD
- a/n-r Monday, July l.v_h. Three
• 1 !•»;•;* <§ii|y, except bUlulilV. will leave
v - iMtt'i.mrh. city time. tor ITanKlm.
f’ .lu.-iiul all points in the Oil Jiegions.
■''•ii; and Central New YorL.
Leave. Arrive
T ie :i in >:ijpn
. 10.-to pin t>.ls are
10.."(1:. m 4.45 a m
(i. 40 a m 0.3 U a m
0.3‘) a in 8.05 a in
11.40 a ai 2 10 a in
3.25 p m 10.30 ain
5 00 p ni •L 55 a :n
0.(>o p in 5.45 p ni
.. 8.50 pn> 7.20 p m
nila> train leave* Pittsburgh eveiy
p pi' l a in. ijrrivjmt at Parker at H. 25 a ni.
p... n -vav.,-, Parker at 440 p m. and ai rives at
h ;l: , ~ m
'ra.n to and from Soda Works ('Sunday)
pi' v’ 6 Pittsburgh at 0.50 am. and iea't* at
*'■ ao pm. ■
>■ ■. y. .
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Ac,
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IAI
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1 A(
.1 u J-0. LAWRENCE. Gon'L Supt
BRAT. Ticket Agent.
8.30 am Itsspm
9.43 ; 3.02
! 10.15 | 8.33
11.10 I 4.18
11.44 | 4.44
I.lopm 6.00
3.40 ( 5.20
4.00 PM
5.18 i
-5.48
6.35
i :
G.SOam 1.15 pm i 4.25 pm
7.40 2.20 1 5.30
8.50 . 8.20 j 7.0 fl
9.50 ' 4.20 ( S.OO
jll.oO | 5.25 J 9.05
It. 10 I 5.40 ' 9.20
1 I
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be addressed to SMITH CURTIS, Beaver, Pa.
ItXEItXOKIAL
Address Delivered by John J. Wick
ham In the Presbyterian Church) In
Beaver on Decoration Day.
Ladies and Gentlemen —The fra
grant and beautiful Offerings, which we
to-day strew upon the last resting places
of our heroic dead, speak more eloquent
ly than can tongue or pen of our deep
and heartfelt remembrance of their self
sacrificing patriotism; and were il not
customary to add the tribute of words to
these expressive token- flowers—so em
blematical of life, so suggestive of death—
I should have considered it a duty to de
dine the invitation to address you, ten
dered by the gentleman in charge of the
ceremonies.
Let us briefly consider the nature of
the feelings and motives which have
prompted us, to forego, for the time, our
ordinary avocations, and assemble to
gether regardless of age, or sex, or ere d,
or party, to engage in the pleasant yet
mournful occupation of decorating the
graves of our fellow citizens who fell in
the late great civil war. Is it because
the ties of blood or friendship bound us
more closely to these dead men than to
others of our friends and kindred, who
likewise have gone down to the chambers
of death, that we thus distinguish them?
Nay, this cannot be so, for we place our
garlands, not only on the tombs of those
we knew and loved while living, but as
well on every mound that is marked as
the place where a soldier, though a
stranger and unknown, is sepulchered.
Do we come together then to publicly
deplore the untimely death of so many
brave .men, most of them -io--4l*&--c*rHestr
flash of manhood, and hone past the
prime of their mental and physical vigor?
Not so, good friends,; for although the
feeling of sorrow, naturally aroused by
such a consideration, finds its proper
place in our bosoms, it alone would never
have brought us here. Death, we know,
stays not to count the years of his vie
liras, but claims both old and young, and
the brooding wings of peace afford them
no protection. And to him who thinks
aright—who attempts to compare the
infinitely brief period of duration cov
ered by any mortal existence with the
long ages of time, or the countless cycles
of eternity, no life can seem long and
no death permature. Are we here then
to lament the manner in which these
men died, or to mourn because, to so
many of them, death came, like the
stroke, without aught of warn
ing or premonition ? I.trow not; for as
the poet says,
‘•There are worse ways of dying than falling on
field remote.
Love of home in one’s bosom, and a sabre thrust
in one’s throat.”
And some there are who, with that phi
losophy which springs from reflecting
upon their mortality, count it no evil to
fall “where death’s brief pang coiftes
quickest.’' Besides this, observation
teaches us, that howsoever or wneres' *
ever men perish, whether in the ways
we call natural, in the battle’s wild din,
or on the ocean’s storm tossed bosom.
• death is rarely an expected visitor. We
to regard the manifold ills, and
1 diseases, and sufferings, that attend bu
! inanity, rather as the necessary incidents
j of life, than as the precursors of dissolu
tion. And so the footsteps of death are
j silent as they are pitiless, and no ono
knows when or how he shall be summon-
ed from hi? pi ice among men. But per
haps some one listening to these words
may answer, ‘‘we are here to show our
admiratian for the fortitude and courage
exhibited bvi our s ellers on the field of
biltle." Courage :s, without doubt, in
itself a grand quality, and we cannot
wonder, that it has, in all ages, and
among all nations, commanded universal
respect; but, in our day, it is uot deemed
worthy of any very special or extraordi
nary commendation unless consecrated to
noble aims and purposes. War, which
was once the pastille and the business of
nations, is now universally regarded as
an evil and only justifiable under very
peculiar circumstances. It can hardly be,
therefore, that the B simple quality of bra.
very, to whatever extent possessed and.
exhibited by these dead warriors, could
evwke such an ovation as this. Ab, my
friends, this outpouring has a higher im
port, a deeper and nobler significance
than any I yet have indicated. We meet
to show by our words and acts, that the
virtue of gratitude is neither dead nor
slumbering in our bosoms, —to testify,
;hat, dc ‘P down in our hearts, we guard,
ili^PißliENN’A^
>ith jealous care* a reverence for patri
jPtip daring—a lofty appreciation of the
beauty and the gloryuf self sacrifice. We
tueott POt to celebrate or commemorate
btttm fought or yictorlea won, and least
Ofa&V> a|iyarsectional^
hateaud the
leaving the;
homes they gladdened, the familiar scenes
of their birth, and the pleasant fields
where their boyhood’s footsteps strayed,
went forth to defend their country in the
hour of her danger and humiliation, and
cheerfully yielded up their Uvea to secure
her salvation. Many of them tell in act
ual combat, some came back to their
homes and friends maimed and dying,
others returned bearing within them the
seeds of incurable disease which in the
end proved as fatal as bayonet or ball.
Some achieved rank add station in
the nation’s armies, others, perhaps
equally deserving, equally capable,
equally fearless and conscientious in the
discharge of duty, heard no summons to
“come up higher” until the angel ot death
called them to partake of that reward,
which, we are faught to hope, awaits the
true soul hereafter. And to these latter,
we fain would think, eternity will prove
a better paymaster- than time has been,
for else indeed eternal justice might well
be doubted. But to-day we inquire not
what place or position any one of these
men whose tombs we decorate, held in
the country’s service. The petty grada
tions of rank are ignored or-forgotten;
the grave knows no distinction; officer
and private lie side by side, their dust
commingling with its kindred dust
Enoiigh\for us, that each has given the
Spartan I proof of patriotic devotion;
enough/for us, that each little mound
marks the resting place of a soldie^
life w*a offered as a willing sacr
the altar of national unity.
Although this is a fit time au
for the purpose
vices of the heroic men, living and dead,
,[ whose valor and self sacrifice saved our
j country from disruption. Their just
I praises have been so often and ably ex
| pressed by more eloquent tongues than
! mine, that whatever I might utter on the
1 subject would seem trite and common
j place. Perhaps, however, I might here
t hazard the remark, that we are sometimes
1 100 apt to glorify the leaders of our armies
I at the expense of the private soldiery, f
1 opine, that when the true history of the
1 war comes to be written, it will be seen
! that more battles were won by sheer hard
fightin than by strategy or tactics.
And tli: - may be said without derogating
from the just praise of our generals.
Sherman, pushing his invincible col
umns through Georgia to the sea; Thomas,
wise in all his plans, and in their execu
tion as inevitable as fate itself; Sheridan,
sweeping with his legions up the She
nandoah valley, and stamping with his
charger’s iron hoof on the plastic tablets
of the limes the record of his fame ; Grant,
persistent and irresistible, these, and
others of equal or less celebrity, well di
serve the admiration they receive from
the present age, and the reverence which
will be awarded them by future genera
tions. But we must not reserve for oc
casions like the present, the just consid
eration due to the men who bore the
haversack and musket. We must not, in
our every day thoughts and conversations,
too far subordinate the men who, without
prospect of glory or profit to stimulate
them in the long midnight watches,walked
their death flanked beats on the banks
of the frozen Potomac; the men who,
beneath thehmrden of their heavy equip
ments, tramped, with patient hearts and
weary feet, over Virginia’s inhospitable
soil, ever keeping their bodies as living
bulwarks between their country’s capital
and the rebellious foe ; the men who pre
ceded, not followed, brave Joe Hooker up
old Lookout’s rugged brow, and stood be
fore Rosecrantz beneath the murky clouds
which from heaven’s pitying sight
the awful mysteries of bloody Chicka
mauga. These were the private soldiers.
Always poorly paid, often badly clothed
and fed, they marched even to certain
death itself without complaint or murmur.
JLZnti/them be all praise and honor. Well
may these soldiers’ orphans who are
with us to-day feel proud of their sires ;
and to whatever o! gratitude they euter
lain towards the Commonwealth which
so kindly cares for and educates them,
they may properly unite the reflection,
thrt all this kindness and care are but in
repayment of a debt the country owes their
fathers.
It is fitting, that, on an nccasi m like the
i present,we should consider how the patri
-1 otic spirit,which actuated these hemic men
( may best be cuHvated and perpetuated.
, That our country will ever again be called
' upon to pass through an intestine strug-
Ktbechwa^r
Tjunemsts.
tn&SQitude &Qd character to
fcye'tw* • recently witnessed* is
te, neyerthetess the need of
be. eyen greater
thaiujheretpfp^
•reralent in .high placep.the
t pf demagiogue
-4 BP f eM P* P«r
thediyersities of business in-:
hot, to mention political diffcr
i
>yernment.lt is true there are
ijSUences working in-our behalf.
*
jllUies, by bringing the people
ntimate contact, wtll do much,
).copflicting intereals, opinions
ls
potent of the,
ike varied riniefeats of men.
■pad laid down, every telegraph
pr postal route established,
,|Ser ; i° the.' many which
nation, and furnishes another
m: of ,the advantages of union,
his, thg. yery. practtesl spirit of
S r enahltog themi is it does, to
\nd the splistahtisl
jgoyerpnwnt, gives
unltj*. But
Tsyje. gufiran ley of the
A ess pt.ffaf Kepubli(»n In
to" be Jfouhd l.h.the. iolelli
irtae >Pf Pur citizens. What
>*. , - (■ -- ■ j ' : ■$ ..
foreV tenps to dev» li>p'and pro
ledirectly tends to
I nourish 1 patriotism ; not that
embodied jtfthe maxim, ‘“Obr
but,’'that true
patriotism, which con-
a “clear perception of oor duty to
eogpledwith aii ever pres
entpfesire and Intention to perform it;
Story, In one of
>d flights of do
le fathers and
to pwear their
4 *b T their ban-
and never to forget nr forsake
beautiful thought truly, but it*is not by
this, or any like sentimental method, that
patriotism is best nurtured, —that patriots
are made. Patriotism is a plant which
grows naturally in a kindly soil, and
which can by no forcing process be made
to take root in any othter. The heart and
the miod must be cultivated ; the youth
of the land must be not only taught the
learning of the schools, but as well imbued
with those principles of thought and ac
tion which lead men to respect their own
and their neighbors’ rights, and ke<p
them in the old fashioned paths of hones
ty, rectitude and honor; having this
knowledge and training, they cannot well
be false to themseives or their country.
And in seeking to accomplish these ends,
let us be careful to adopt that method of
teaching which above all -others can give
manliness and elevation of character, to
inculcate a love of truth pecause it is
truth, of right because it is - right. Better
than respect for traditions, better than fear
of hell, better than hope of heaven, is the
motive of him who pursues the right for
right’s own sake. Tlris alone can lift
man above the plane of self, and make
his life sublime.
It would seem to be a common impres
sion, that the patriotism of a people can,
with some certainly be measured by the de
gree of their admiration for their dead he
roes and past achievements. Never was
there a greater mistake, or one evidencing
a less knowledge of human nature.
it is true, that no people can be really
patriotic without at the same time respect
ing and admiring all that may be great
or good in their past experience, the his
tory of the world furnishes numerous ini
stances of nations, which had elevated
their departed worthies to the position of
demigods, and their performances to
something more than mortal, possessing
but the mere semblance and trappings of
genuine patriotism. Greece, in her most
degenerate days, looked back with the
greatest pride to Thermopylte and Mar
athan. France never held the memory of
the first Napoleon mote sacred, or gloried
more in his victories, than when, demor
alized and poisoned by’ all unwholsome
influences, she was ready to full before
the German arms 8) true it is, that
men are most prone to admire vyh.it they
least can imitate. Let ua not r tfieu, in a
spirit of self exaltation, measure our
love for country, and the extent of our
willingness to do and, if needs be, die for
her, by our readiness to honor our depart
ed heroes. Rather let us, as we reverent
ly place these flowers upon their graves,
and revive our memories of their virtues,
resolve, that we will, wifh the help of the
eternal Ruler of oil things, perform our
parts as worthily in peace, as they per
formed theirs in war. Acting upon such
a determination, we cannot fail to cultivate
those essential qualities from wbi :’i true p-
' ■ .>»
triotismaprings;
: to ■airtf^^v.jS^v^iit.apd
sunlight td iheOife pln'ft' ffbweb of tree.
Were ■ the j tft-day».
*throughout. ’ of ihe .-
-land,' are engaged litre OutwVes ia honor
ihg their tti^lotlpn'
recurring year, ; long would our country
retain • her pristine vigor, long remain as
now a queen among the haiions—a queen
although Uncrowned.
God grant, th4t whenever danger, from
within or Withoul raay again menace
her, she may not lack defenders to take
the plachs of those we mourn.
/- "With arawto fcttlud v and seals todwe*
v. A. 9 qalck,aB£at,as they.”. I. ■ ’
FROM WASHINGTON.
4rca e Farmers* movement and the At
tempt of Political Hacks togetcontrol
ofit—'flie Modoc* and Wliat Shall be
Done With Them-The French.
• r , d , . *
Correspondence of the Radical.
Washington, D. C., June 3, 1873.
As was to have been expected an at
tempt is being haade by certain worn out
political backs to get control farm
ers’ paovement. Men whni have failed to
•get themselves elevated to the offices.they
coveted through theeXisitirig political or
ganizations are now trying to persuade
the 'farmers that they are earnestly io
sympathy v with them. The disguise is
rather thin, and as a general rule our ag
ricultural people are not so obtuse but
that they can perceive the'sighificancG o f
■such professions coming .from such men.
Our farmers ought, to use an old simile,
to bp able to **aee as far Into the mill
stone as theman who picks and when
a professional politician is brought for
ward for their suffrage they ought to take
the trouble to inquire" Into bis antece
dents* If this movement is permitted to
fall luto the : haudsofthal class of men
Who devour thbmselyes to pdiitics for a |
£>’ ' 1 -Htr JBvaey-| .not'
men of this country to inaugurate amovil--
ment for bettering their condition has
been frustrated by this means. Univer.
sally they are sold oat. Such has also
been the fate of all temperance movc-
I meets. There can be no doubt but that
i a large majority of our voters are sober,
thinking men, opposed, on principle, to
whiskey rings and bar-room caucuses.
But they never succeed in affecting a
combination that w ill destroy or check
the evil effects of intemperance. Indeed,
it is doubtful tf anything at all has been
accomplished in this direction. The cause
of their failure can be traced directly to
the fact that they permit politicians to
hoodwink them. Three-fourths of our
voters are laboring men, men who earn
their bread by the sweat of their faces,
jbut all labor reforms h ive c ime to n mgiii.
Never was there a greater farce than that
perpetrated at Columbus, Ohio, last year,
by a squad of politicians professing to
represent the working in on of the coun
try, when they met in Convention and
nominated for the Presidency. Justice
Davis, of the United States Supreme
Court, a millionaire, who had amassed
his wealth by speculation of the most
open kind, who had never done a “lick
of work” in his life ,whose labors had nev
er brought him a tithe of the goods and
lands he called his own. If the farmers
expect to accomplish any satisfactory re
sults they must steer clear of this rock,
upon which so many previous reforms,
having their origin with the people, have
foundered.
It has come to light that Hon. Thomas
A. Hendricks, oi Indiana, and several
other recognized leaders of the Democrat
ic parly, have been laying a nice little
plan for getting control of the farmers’
movement in the interests of the Democ
racy. The details of their plan will, of
course, be kept as quiet as possible, but,
however they may word their language,
their intention is to gain the confidence
ot the agricultural classes and thereby
act themselves recognized as leaders.
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The fat offices will follow as a matter of
course.
Now, be he Democrat or be he Repub
lican, no played-out political hack, no
chronic office-seeker, no professional poli
tician should be trusted by the farmers.
A disposition to trust no one but farmers
must be deprecated, as it serves to draw
hues, to make distinctions. If the farmers
should undertake to separate themselves
as a class from all other popple, of other
trades and professions, such an act would
be tantamount to inviting the opposition
ot all other classes, and this they cannot
afford to do. And - more than that, it is
something they should not do, even if
they could afford it. They should wel
come every honest rain to their ranks,
whatever be his business or profession, if
it be honorable. But the man who fal.'^
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in with them far the sake of gain, for the - \
sake of getting office,-is not an honest
man, bis occnpaUon iF not an honorable
one, and he should be left severely alone.
There are plenty of farmers and others
Who havea reql interest in iM m?pemtnt to
take hold of and manage it.- The re is no *
heed <£/these trices of ; the poli *ica I la
trignerV If cspse' Is a good one there
is no.necessity for any intriguers and
wire-workers.atall. Honest work can
be done by honest then, and *ny : kind of
work will be done best by meh whose
“hearts are in the work.”! . ’
The report that reached here some days
ago that General Davis had decided to
employ the recently surrendered Warriors,
as scouts to hunt down,Captain Jack and
the rest of the band who continue lor
join their fortunes with his has been con-;
firmed. Not only did heasend them out
armed and provisiond, but he went with
them, and notwithstaneing the many pro*
dictions as to bis safety, be and his party
have returned to camp without harm. It
is true they were not successful in discov
ering the whereabouts of the redoubtable
Jack, but enough is known to show that
bis confidence in these savages was not
misplaced. Another party of these Mo
docs sent out by General on an
independent scout is expected 'to return
in the course of a day -or two. f .
Of course this disposes of the question
as to what we will do with those warriors
who gave themselves up. At any rate,
they will hot be hanged, shot, or drawn'
and many hoped they would
be. According to universal fcustom when
a criminal tups State’s evidence he is
spared. No less can consistantly be done
in the case of these who go si ill farther ,
and assist in huntiug out tne ; . remaining,
criminals who have not surrendered.
The course adopted by General- Davis ih '
being sharply criticised by the advocates'
,of the extermination policy., When it
wvaa fipt rumored that he had armed the;
jpripusHooker Jim and. Boston Cbar
credulity was manlfesledT Tbur correl
pondenl was ridiculed for putting the
least faith in the rumor. “Why !” -it was
said, “General Davis has too much sense,
he knows too much of the Indian charac
ter, to ever trust, them with ganS in their
hands.” Dal he did, it seems, trust them
with arms, and he went evea so far as lo
trust his own life in their hands, and his
trust has not been misplaced. The Mo
docs are ignorant heathen savages, it is
trqe, but they were not such silly fools
but that they were able to preceive they
had everything to gain and nothing to
lose by acting in good faith. They knew
if they played the while man false this
time their own heads wen; sure to an
swer for their treachery. They knew If
they acted honorably in the matter they
would be lt is not that they love
the pale-face more, but that they have
less respect tor Captain Jack now than
before he got them into this trouble.
After all is said, Captain Jack is the re
ally responsible party in this affai|. He
it was who planned and concocted the
atrocious-murder. He it was who gave
the signal for the massacre. He it was
who, with his own hands, assassinated
General Canby. The rest were mere sol
diers acting under his orders, and in all
other cases wc are ready to excuse the sol
diery for the part they lake, an'd fasten
the responsibility on the commanders who
make the orders. We do not blame the
privates who stood guard over our men
at Anderson vilie to the same exlext the.t
we blame the officers who placed them
there and gave them their uruers. We
say they were not the responsible parties.
Upon the same principle and for the very
same reason we should not condemn the
men who executed the orders of the Mo
doc chief as we condemn Captain Jack,
who gave the orders.
In my last letter I spoke of Marshal
MacMahon, the newly elected President
of France, as the officer who surrendered
the French army at Metz. This I
without taking the trouble to refer to tha
history of the affair. Had I reflected a
moment I would have remembered that it
was Marshal Bazaine who c nnmanJed at
that place and who was tried for treason.
Marshal MacMahon was with Napoleon at
Sedan, and was wounded at that bailie.
However, the mistake as to the tacts does
not affect the estimate that should be put
upon the man. He is no less a conserva
tive, no less an aristocrat and a supporter
of monarchical institutions. It was a sad
day for France when MacMahon was sub
stituted for Thiers. Bat there is still
grounds for hope. Next September anoth
er election for members of the Assembly
will take place, and if a fair cho ice is per
mitted the monarchists will find themsel
ves without any popular support.
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