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THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BLOOMSB URGr, COLUMBIA COUNT! , PA.
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BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Prtdfty.Tuno"aB, 1880.
Ml! I'JlHsrDKNT OF UN1TKI) STATUS,
Gun. W. S. HANCOCK,
OP PENNSYLVANIA.
VOll VlC'E'I,!tt!I)r.XT,
Wm. H. ENGLISH,
OP INDIANA.
STATU TIUKlVf.
surnnstK JUiKir.,
GEOIlUi: A. JKNKS, Jefferson comity.
.U'lHTOIt OEHUItAL,
nOlIERT V. DEOHKUT, l'liltailelphla.
" AT OINGINnS'
THE mi' PRESIDENT NAMED
GEN.W.S.HAKCOCK
Nommafei iu Second Ballot.
Let the FISg Wava and the
Cannon Boom!!
'1'heDiraocratic National Convention met
at Cincinnati on Tutf-Jny. Judge Hundley
wo chosen temporary chairman. On tnkiinr
the chair lianiade tho following speech:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the A'i
tional JCxcculiee Committee: I obey this call
to the clinir of this convention wiili grateful
acknowledgment of the confidence reposed
in me. It shall be my sedulous rare to
Drove worthy of your nomination. Fellow-
delegates, fellow-Democrats, thanks for your
welcome, your geiieroin welcome, my best
response to which will be, my only adequate
lesponse can oe tne strictest impartiality In
the exercise of pouer during the brief period
it is committed to me. I shall make mis
takes; I trust you will forgivo them. X am
sure you will, as soon as I satisly you that al
though as a delegate I am the zealous friend,
even tue partisan 01 my lavorite candidate,
as your presiding officer 1 shall know neith-
, er friend nor loo of any caudidate, but dis-
cnarge my duty wan absolute talrness and
n.l c .p.tr- . - -
iiueiuy ui purpuse. ui tuis you nave my
pled Re.
Gentlemen of the convention, our fath
ers distrusting popular choice, established
in each Stale an Electoral College, to whose
unpledged action they sought to entrust the
election of the Chief Masrlstrates of thn Itp-
public. Their children, by experience, have
wisely modified the constitutional scheme
by an unwritten amendment, which com
bines the advantages of the electoral system
wuu tneairecc popular vote, while it pre
serves to each Stats its just weight of Influ
ence upon the reauit. Conventions of dele
gates chosen by the people of two or more
parties have already presented candidates
for popular acceptance at the coming elec
tion, and another great Colleco of Electors
is now assemDiea in this ball. The otlice
you thus fill though not defined by law, is
of transcendant lecal conseouence. I need
not say that in thii assembly it will not be
doubted that you are not delecatea from f Ion.
gressional districts, but representatives of
inoso indestructible units ot our Indestruct
ible Union tho States.
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
Custom lias definedyour duties'. They are
to construct a piatiorm and to nominate can
didates. You are not. however, called to
pother to create a creed, but to apply a
known principlo to present public atfairs.
The Democratic principlo does not date it
birth from your nsserabllug and will not
perish with the success or the defeat of the
candidates you nominate. It is eternal, a
divine fire, burnlmr in the hearts nf men It
qui.ckens the though t of the statesman,nerves
mu aim ui tug Buiuicr unu uonoies tne ener
gy of the toiler. It is found in the Koman
precept, Sawn cuijue tribuere, and in the
sen-evident trutn ot the American patriot,
that all men are created equal. It is tin un
relenting foe of despotism and of commun
ism, whether open or sought to be hidden
under the guise of paternal government. Its
uenencent oince m political aUairs Is to se
cure to every roan too utmost possible liber
ty of action consistent with equal liberty to
every other. Yours Is not therefore the of-
fico of. invention, but of promuhration: not
to discover, but to declarp; to apply the
Democratic principle to the changing affair
of human society, and that this pinciple
may have living force in public concerns,
you will nomiuate candidates whose election
will insuro its full fruition during the next
Presidential term, inese duties no Demo
crat doubts that you will worthily perform,
but you are called to their discharge this day
under circumstances of no common moment
circumstances which may God in His
mercy grant Bnall in the history or our He
public never recur.
CHEERS FOR TILDEN'.
Four years ago the Democratic party, in
convention assembled at St. Louis, an
nonnced to the country lis platform and nam
ed as its candidates two of the foremost
statesmen of the nation, both then and now
worthy of the most enthusiastic political
devotion and me most ardent private irienu
ship: and Samuel J. Tilden (cheers) and
Thomas A. Hendricks were elected Presi
dent and Vico President of the United
States elected as fairly as George Washing
ton or James Monroe. That they were not
inaugurated; that the Chief Magistrate of
this nation has ;for more than three years
been one whom tho people and the electors
relected; that in the Executive Department
Sovernment by the people has ceased since
larch 4, 1877, is a living monument, seen
now of all men and to be remembered In all
generations, of the fraud of the Republican
parly ,of its Infidelitv to Republican princl
nles. of its willingness to sacrifico the rielit
of popular election, the "vital principle of
republic, ratuer man reiax its uoiu upon
power; and of the loyalty of the Democratic
party even to the forms of law; Its confidence
that the will oi tne people must nnauy pre
vail, abiding in which it patiently waits for
the full fiuition of its hopes until March -I,
1881, but no longer, no longer, unless de
feated at the polls. If beaten fairly we shall
submit I repeat, we shall submit and again
wait but if again successful, no cunning
device of dishonest arbitration shall deprivo
ua of our rights. The Democratic party will
Dover again appear before a tribunal falsely
called "of justice" a tribunal deaf to the
appeal of testimony, hut not blind to the
beckoning finger of favor.
RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE.
Hut though it failed to Inaugurate our
candidates, our cause waa not for a momeut
wholly lost. Retributive justice visited with
out delay the Immediate authors of this In.
fimy. The courts of Florida had thwarted
tho conspirators who proposed the theft of
Ita State Government, and tho storn refusal
of the Democratic liouso of Representatives
ti appropriate a man or a dollar to Continue
tiouWjtigtiodTf Soulh CaroUnaBnd L6un
ai.a forced tlio oppressor to relax his grasp.
No trace now romninn of tho carpet-bag
governments of tho South except the 17(),
000,000 Increased public dobt that they o. n
Irlved in seven yoais of mlsgovcrnmcnt to
heap upon lis Impoverished people.
Yes, another trace remains. I.otiiann,
entitled by the constitution to two Senator,
is represented by but one. The feat of
of oilier U filled by a delegate from n
band of outlaws, novor recognized ns a gov
eminent, long since dispersed somo to fat
ten upon the Federal Tremury mid somo (o
eat tho bread of exilo Cheers, Tho ycara
that havo paiscd slnco tho theft of tho pres
idency havo been years of plenteous harvests.
Tho labor of the husbandman have reaped a
large reward. The earth has been tickled
with the hue and has laughed with tho liar
vest." Tho benison of tho Most Hluli has
been upon in and the opportunities afforded
by His gracious favor wisely employed in
the economics of two succcufve Democratic
Congresses havo Hindi posslblo that. Partial
measure of resumed payment of tho Nation
al floating debt and that equalization of val
ues calltd by tho Kepublican party tho "re
sumption of specie payments."
TILE NEW PROSPERITY.
Hut the now prosperity awakened by for
eign demand and tho abundant domestic
product were gills to the American peoplo
by a hither source than any fluency of the
Republican party. No toldiora kept the
pence of tho corn-fields, no returning board
canvassed the wheat sheaves, no supervinoM
o' deputy marshals assisted at tho gatherings
Into the garners, no electoral commission
gave ils blessing to the harvest. They were
tho fruits of labor, tho gracious gifts of tho
laborer, of lilm who Is the largest benefac
tors in society, the high priest of tho Demo
cratic hierarchy. I Applause. Wo havo been
spared ono great danger. Since tho 8th day
of June, 1880. it lias been certain that tlio
usurper will not be immediately followed by
the nioiiarcli,but tho third term is postponed,
not averted, and tho roal danger H nit in (lie
Ihlrd term so much as In tho Republican
psriy, winch makes the third term iwsitile.
lionnpnrte did notciown himself Emperor
until llonanarllsm had corrupted Franca
When more than thrco filths ofanv political
party invoked a "savior of society" that party
is already bo poisoned witti imperlalinu
ihat it lias become Itself a menace to the Re
public far more formidable than any mis
chief it professes to fear or any danger it was
organized to repeal.
The remedy, gentlemen, for this and for
all other ills of stato is in eternal vigilance.
This is at once tho prico and protector of
liberty. ims vigilance, already newly
quickened anions the peonla from whom vou
come, continued here and herealtcr, is sura
to bring victory to the Democratic principles
and the Democratic candidates a victory so
full of hope for the Republic that even the
"melancholy days of November" shall be
radiant with joy, and on the wings ot the
strong winds ol March shall be waited bleps
ings. Continued applause.
JOHN KELLY HISSED.
Hoadlcy's fine presence and scholarly ways
wero ail exhibited in his speech, pnd tho en
tile audience enthusiastically responded to it.
l'lien followed the usual routine motions for
tuo adoptions of rules, the selection ot com
niittces on orcanizatlon. credentials and res
olutious, and the session promised to pass
without an episode of special interest until
New York was called, when tho burly form,
grizziy iaco and close cropped crown ol John
Jveny poped up, just in the rear ot the con
vcution but outside of its bar. He attemp
ted to address the Chair, but was greeted
wUh a torrent of jeers hisses and howls,wltli
cries oi - on nowti,tiouer r nusiie tuo uoi
ter outl" and other like responses, llo had
risen to say a ord or make a motion in bc-
naitottne antl-lilden contestants irom New
York ; but neither the convention nor tlio
spectators inclined to hear him, and as he
was not a member of the convention and
only accorded the courtesy of a scat on tho
floor by the national committee, between the
peremptory orders oi me unair and tne vig
orous puIIIhe at Kcllv's coat-tails bv Schell
the great Tammany chief was finally silenced.
The roll call was then completed without
other incident of moment,
Ex-Senator Stevenson, of Kentucky, was
made permanent chairman on Wednesday,
and nominating speeches were made. Dan
iel Dougherty presonted General Hancock
uame amid the wildest enthusiasm. Ste
phen J. Field, of California, Thomas F,
Bayard, of Delaware. Thomas A. Hen
dricks, of Indiana, William R. Morrison, of
Illinois, and Allen G. Tburman, of Ohio
were also named.
The roll was then called and tho vote re
suited, total vote, 735; necessary to s choice
Hancock, 171 Morrison, 02
l'ayne, 81 Hendricks, 4'JJ
Field, G5 Tilden, 38
Uayard, 103 Scattering, 37
Tburman, 03
The convention then adjourned until
Thursday morniug at ten o'clock.
David Lowenberg delegate from this dis
trict, voted for Hancock.
The convention is described as tho ablest,
most harmonious and orderly body of the
kind ever assembled. There is no bad blood
exhibited, and there was no contest of any
kind except that of John Kelly and the
Tammany delegation, for seats, which was
soon voted down.
Just as we ro to press, the tele
graph brings the news of the
nomination of General V. 8.
Hancock, he having received p85
votes on the second ballot.
William II. English of Indiana
was nominated for Vice President.
The Jienublican says tho Credit Mohiller
cnarge against Uarheld has been thoroughly
exploded. Please tell us how, when and
where ?
Just as like as not, one of these days the
republicans of this town willl conclude that
they must swallow the pill prepared for
them at Chicago, in the nomination of Gar-
fiold, and will get up a eo-calied ratification
meeting. Pour years ago they had Blaine's
name on their Hag before the convention
met and bad to take it off. It is now three
weeks since Garfield was nominated, and
his name has not appeared on a single
banner.
The Southern Republicans Abandoned.
The nomination of Arthur on the ticket
with Garfield has one significance, which
docs not teem to have attracted the atten
tlou it deserves as a political fact, The
Southern Republicans, while and black, are
wholly abandoned by their party, which by
this act formally assumes a sectional char
acter and proscribes the South as outside the
organization.
The friends of Senator Iiruce went to Chi
cago claiming to represent seven hundred
thousand votes, and asklne that be bo put
upon tbo ticket, or at least that the colored
element havo a bearing before the Conven
tion. Mr. Hoar put Mr. Iiruce In the chair
for a few minutes, and with that cheap com
pliment he and the colored voto were dis
missed as having had their full share of
recognition.
The white Southern Republicans claimed
that the party should prove its professions of
nationality by nominating a candidate for
the second place from that part of the Un
ion. They proposed Judge Settle, Govern
or Davis and other well known Republicans
of standing, all of whom wero unceremoni
ously discarded, with hardly a passing word
of favor. This contemptuous treatment has
necessarily provoked bad blood and re
sentment. It will make the South more
olid than it was before, and serve to keep
alive sectional discords. What motive bai
a Southern Republican now to engage In a
political contest after being put under the
ban by his own organization?
Henceforth there will be do Republican
party Id the South worthy of the came.
Factions tnay exiat, but nothing mora if,
TIMUIVS FAMOUS LEl'TKIl.
A PATP.IOTIC Itr.vlMVOri'OLIIICBI'AOTANt)
PitiaENT,
Cincinnati, June 20. To night tho" Now
York delegation held a meeting at tlio Grand
hotel, and organized by choosing Daniel
Manning chairman and S. 11 llaliday secre
tary. Mr. Peck-ham read tho following let
ter from Puinucl J. Tilden !
Now York.Juno H. 1h the Delegate from
the b'lae of Acta York to the Democratic Nat
ional Convention , Your first nisemblliig Is
an occasion on which It is proper for mo to
stale to you my relation to the nomina
tion for tho presidency, which ynu and your
assoclatis aro commissioned to make in be
half of the Democratic party of the United
Stales. Having passed my early years in
tho atmosphere filled with the traditions of
the war which secured our National Inde
pendence, and of struggles which mado our
continental system u government for tho
peoplo and by tha people, I learned to idol.
izotho institutions of my country, and was
educated to believe it tlio duty of every
citizen to put his f.iir allotment of caro and
troubla to public affairs. I fulfilled that duty
to tho best ot my abili'y for forty years as a
private cltizau. Although during all my
life, giving at IcaU as much thought and ef
fort to public affnirs as to nil other objects,
I havo never accepted public ollicenuly for
n brief period and special purposn, and only
when tho occasion seemed to require of mo
that saciifico of private preferences to public
lotf rctJ. My lifo has subsequently been that
of a private cltlz-n. Unas, I presume, the
succss ofeflorls, In which as a private citizen
I had shared, to overthrow a corrupt combina
tion then holJingdomiiiioti lu our mo'.roplis
and to purify thejudiciary.which had become
its lo jl,that Induced democracy ol the state in
1871 to nominate me for governor. Tiiis
v.as douo In spite of tho protests of a
minority that the part I had borne in those
reforms had created antagonisms to me fatal
to me as a candidate. I felt constrained lo nc
ceplthe nomination aslhe incst certain way
of putting the foer of tho guhern tPiial of
fice on the side ol reform and of removing
the Impression wherever it prevailed, that
the faithlul discharge of one's dutjas a citi
zen is fatal to In usefulness as a public ser
vant. The bnaking up of llio canal ring,
the better management of our public works,
ihe large reduction of taxes and other re
forms accompli'hed during my administra
tion doubtlefs occasioned my nomination for
the Presidency by the Democracy of
the Union in the hope that a similar process
would be applied to tho ftdcr.il government.
From the responsibilities of such an under
taking, appalling ns it seemed to me, I
ilid not feel the liberty to shrink. In the
canvas which ensued, tho democratic
party represented reform in tho administra
tion of the Federal government and a res
toration of our complex political system lo
the pure ideas of its founders. Upon these
issues tho people of Ihe United States,
by a majority of more than a quarter of n
million chose a majority of the electors to
cast their votes for tho democratic candidate
for President and vice-President, It is my
right and privilege here to say that I was
nominated and elected to the Presidency ab
solutely free from any engagement in the
respect to the exercise of tho powers or the
disposal of its patronages. Through the
whole period of ray relation to the Presiden
cy I did everything in my power to elevalo
and nothing to lower the moral standards in
the competition of parties. By what nefar
ious meaus tho basis of a false count was
laid in several cf the states I need not recite.
These are now matters of history about
which whatever diversity of opinion may
have existed in either of the great parties of
thecountry at the time of their consuma-
mation has since practically disappeared. I
refused to ransom from the returning boards
of the southern slates the documentary evi
dence by tho suppression of which and by
the substitution of fraudulent and forged
papers a pretext was mado for tbo perpetra
tion of a false count. The constitutional
duty of these two Houses of Congress to
count the electoral vole as cast, and to give
effect to tho will of tho peiple as expressed
by their suffrages, was never fulfilled. An
eltctoral commission for Ihe existence of
which I havo no responsibility, was formed,
and ,to it the t.v Houses of Congress abdic
ted to make the caunt by law enacting that
the count of the commission should stand as
final, unless overruled by the concurrent ac
tion of the two Houses. lis faUe count was
not overruled, owing to the complicity of a
republican senate with the republican ma
jority of the commission, couirolled by its
republican majority of eight to seven. The
electoral commission counted out tho men
elected by ihe peoplo and counted iu tho
men not elected by the people. That sub
version of Ihe election created a new issue
for tho decision of the people of the United
States trausceudlng in importance all ques
tions ol administration. It involved vital
principles of self government through elec
tions by the people. Tho immense growth
of the means of corrupt influence over the
ballot-box, which is at the disposal of tho
party having possession of the executive ad
ministration, had already becomo a present
evil, and a great danger, tending to make
the election irresponsive to public opinion,
hampering the power of tho poople to
change their rule and enabling the men hol
ding the machinery of tho government to
continue and perpetuate their power. It
was my opinion iu 1870 that the oppo
sition attempting to change the adminis
tration needed to include at least two-
thirds of the voters at the openlug of the
canvass iu order to retain a majority at tho
election. If, after such obstacles had been
overcome and a majority of the people had
voted to change the administration of their
government, the men In office could still
proceed to a false count founded upon the
irauds, perjury and forgeries furnishing a
pretext of documentary evidence on which
to base that false count, and if tueh a trans
action were not only successful, but If after
allotments of its benefits were made to Its
contrivers, abettors and apologists by the
chief beneficiary of the transaction, it was
condoned by tho people, a practical destruc
tion of elections by the people would have
been accomplished.
The failure to install the candidate chosen
by the peoplo, a contingency consequent
upon no act or omission of mine beyond my
control, has .thus left me for the last three
years and until now, when the democratic
party, by the delegates In national conven
tion assembled,shall choose a new leaJer.tlie
involuntary but necessary representative of
this momentous issue, as such denied by the
Immunities of public life without the powers
conferred by public station, subject to un
ceasing falsehoods and calumnies from the
partisaus of an administration laboring in
vain to justify ita existence. I have never
tho lees steadfastly endeavored to present
the same, to the democratic party of the
United States. The supreme issues before
the people for thla decision next November
are whether this shall be a government by
tho sovereign through election or a govern
ment by discharged servants holding over by
force and fraud i end I have withheld to
ucrlCce ud negated too opportunity to if-
hold, organlzo ami consolidate against tho
enemies of the representative Institution of
tho great party which alono under God can el'
foctually resist the overthrow. Having now
borne faithfully my share ot the labor and
caro In public service, and wearing the
marks of its burdens, I desire nothing so
much as an honorable ditchaige. I wish
to lay down the honors and toils of even
quasi-party leadership, and to seek tho re
pose of private llfo. In renouncing a rc
noinlnation for the presidency I do so with
no doubt In my mind as to Ihe voto of the
state of New York or of the United Stale,
but because I bollevo that it Is n renuncia
tion of tlio re-election of tho presidency.
To those who think my nomination and re
election Indespensahle to an effectual vindi
cation of the right Jof tho peoplo to elect
their ralers, violated In my penon, I have
accorded ns long n rcscrvo of my decision
as possible, but I cannot ovcrc una my re
pupnancc to enter Into a new engagement,
which involves four veart- ofceasless toil.
'J'ho dignity of llio prcsidintlal office is above
a merely ptrsonal ambition, but It creates In
mo no illusion. Its vaiuo Is as a great power
fur good to tho country.
I said four ycais ago, in accepting the
nominaiioi ; "Knowing as I do, therefore,
from freti experionco how great tho differ
ence is between gliding through an olficial
routine and working out n reform of sys
tems and policies, it is impossible for mo to
oontcniplste what needs to be done iu tho
federal Administration without anxious senfe
of the difficulties of the undertaking. If
summoned by tho suffrages of my country
men tu attempt this work, I fhall endeavor
with God's help to be the efficient indru-
met ill' their will. Such a wotk of rcnova
ting alter many years of inlsiule, such n re
form of systems ami policies to which I
would oheefully have sacrificed all that re
tnaiued lo me of health and life, is now, I
fear beyond my strength. With uufeigned
thanks for Ihe honors bestowed upon me,
with a heart spelling with emotions of grat
itudo to the democratic nnsses'for the sup
port which thry have given to the cause I
represent ami their confidence In every
emergency, I remain your fellow citizen.
Samukl J. Tildes.
The Chicago Platform
"Tho deliverance of tho Republican na
tional convention in Chicago in the shape of
a platform," says the HarrUburg Patriot, "Is
certainly a curiosity. It is extremely verbose
abounds iu shifts and cvusions, and deliber
ately falsifies the facts of history in a num
ber of instances.
"Its first declaration is n naked and sliamo
less falsehood. Tho republican party "sup
pressed the rebellion," is the assertion. The
effrontery and impudenco of this preposter
ous claim aro beyond conception. The
Democratic party "does not pretend to have
suppressed the rebellion, but tho Democrats
of tho northern states do claim that if they
had not given as freely of their blood and
their treasure as the membcis of tho repub
lican parly the federal government could not
have conquered Ihe armies of the confed
eracy.
"The next assertion is that the Repub
licans "reconstructed the Union with free
dom instead of slavery as the corner-stone
and transformed -1,000,000 human beings
from the likeness of things to the rank of
citizenship." Aye, the republican parly re
constructed tho Union with extraordinary
political privileges to the ignorant ex-slaves
Irced by the accident of war, but sent its
hordes of unscrupulous and despcrato sd
ventures to the states in process ofrecon
structlon to make political slave of both
blaclcs and whites and to plunder and bank
rupt the subjugated section. For cloven
years after the cival war had ended tho re
publican parly used the army of the United
States for the purposo of preventing the
overthrow of tbo plundering knaves whom
its reconstruction ) olicy had placed in
power in the southern states, and it was on
ly when the negros themsolve.s finally learn
ed to understand the true character of the
political tutelage to which they had been
committed an ! the more intelligent among
them began to revolt against the rules of
cafffet-bag thioves that politicil serfdom in
the south came to an end. The "corner
stone" of republican reconstruction was the
political carpet bagger and ho disappeared
as sgon as free and intelligent suffrage re
sumed its away.
"Tho platform went on to assert that the
republican party "raited llio value of paper
currency fiom 38 per cent, to tho par of
gold." Tho republican party lost coutrol of
congress at the elections of 187-1. Five years
elapsed after tbo republicans were voted out
of power in the law-making branch of the
government before the currency came to
par. Tho party brought upon the country
the financial panic of 1873. and since then
it has utterly failed to regain the confidence
of the people, and has been beaten at three
successive congressional elections. It also
failed to noil a majority of tho popular vote
at the only presidential deletion that has
occurred since that period. It remained for
the Dtmocratic congrots to lift the country
out of tho financial Slough of Despond into
which tho republican party had plunged it.
The lavish expenditures of the republican
administration were cut down, taxation was
reduced, corruptions in the goveruaient
were rooted out, frauds upon the government
were stopped, the rate of interest upon the
public debt was greatly reduced when the
failure of specie resumption w'ris imminent,
silver was made a legal tender to enable the
government to keep its pledge of payment
in coin. All this svas accomplished by Demo
ocratlc legislation, not ons whit of it bynn
act ot the republican party. This last as
sertion of the new Chicago platform Is
therefore baseless as the fabric of a vision.
"As to the remainder of this remarkable
plecoof political pettifogging, we leave -U
for future criticism. Suffice it to say for the
present that it is chiefly a repetitionof the
cheap professions of patrotism which usually
enter into all political platforms tricked out
with some very ordinary tiumfiery for the
special use of demagogues and other politi
cal vampires."
Thus remarks the Clinton Democrat at
Lock Haven: "It seems that pardon poss
esses wonderful curative powers, Rumber
ger, one of the riot bill bribers, affected In
sanity after being lodged In jail, and raved
like a madman. All the rogues around Har
rlsburg aud that embraces a good many
poople at once overflowed svith sympathy
for him, Hut as soon as he was pardoned
his ravings and Incoherencics ceased I In
the scenes of revelry that followed the par
dons he could gulp campagne and be as mer
ry as anybody. In fact no trace of insanity
remained-"
It very often happens that a man enters
the field as a candidate for nomination to, a
county office not with the expectation of se
curing the placo, but simply as a stool pigeon
for some ono else who is also a candidate.
The object in such cases is to go into the
convention with a few delegates and then
when dropped after a second ballot, to turn
them over to their principal, for a valuable
consideration, or otherwise. In the coming
campaign, the democrats of the county want
to know who Is asking for office at their
hands In good faith, and who Is endeavoring
to secure their votes for some ono else for
whom they would sot yote knowingly,
They want do double dealing or chicanery
pracnem upon mm, j
JtUHli: BUCK'S CIIAIIIfV FOIl A FAM.KX
h:ii;M).
HIS LLTTF.Il OK (lAni'ILLD's CASK, MrrEN
Tiinrn days ncronETiin riF.ronroF
Tim POLAND COMMITTEE,
t'remthe New York Evening Jlall, JunelL
If thrro Is a lawyer inj this country who
has a constitutional hatred nf all public
officers who shows tho slightest tendency to
ward coriuptlon, It Is Judgo Jeremiah S.
Illack, n Dctnrcratof Democrats. With full
kuowledge, after thorough investigation, ho
wrote the following letter, svhlch wo com
mend to the careful study of all intelligent
and disinterested readers :
"MyDcarsir: From tho beitlnnlairottho Invest!?.
I ion concerning Mr. Ames uso titthu Credit Mobil cr
I believe Hint den. (larfleM was f reo trom nil culltr
connection wllh that business. This opinion was
rounded not merely upon myconndcncoln Ms Inte
grity but on somo special knowledge ot Ids ease. I
may have totrt jounll nboutltln conversation, but
now 1 deslro to repeat It In way ot reminder.
fleld may havo dgnoor lorborn to do, ho acted In
inter ignoranco ol tho nature and character ol tho
tlilnitwule.il Mr. Alnes was propuslnn to sell, llo
lintl not llio sllchest suspicion Hint he was to bo
taken into a Hair oiganried for the purpose of de
rraudlnit tho public, nor itlct hf know that the stock
ws ' any wny eonnr-etert which enmn or could como
llhln thelr-trlslatlse Jurlsdlcdon i,t Conjrress. The
caso against him lacks tho stlcnlcr.whlcu alone con
stltiitesKullt. . "J?,"1.0 y,lntcr 01 1,e-w 1 101 1 "en- "arlcld ot tho
fict that his namo was on Amos list t tint Ames'
charged him Willi trcliif. onn or his distributees 1 ox
Plained tohiin tho character, orlsln, and objects of
tho credit Moblller! pointed out tho connection It
hart with Conircss-lonal leclslalion, and showed him
how Itnposslblo it was lor a member ot Congress lo
hold Rtock In It without bringing his private Inter
ests In conflict Willi hlspubllo duty. That all mis
to him was a perfectly new reiclallon I am as suro
as I can bo of such n Met, or of any fact which Is
ejpaWeof lielngproved wily by moral clretimstan
stances, llo thpu told mr- the wholoslorv of 'I raln-i
ptler to him and Abies' subsequent solicitation and
Ills own action lathe premises, much a.shci details It
to the committee. I do not undertake toieproduco
the eonvenatlon, but the effect of It nil ns to con
Jlnco mo tlioroiMhly that when he llsfned to Ames
he was perfectly unco-isclous of an) thing cs II. I
watched carefully every word that fell from on htm
this point and did not regard llio n-iiratlvo of tho
transaction In any other respect wllh much Interest
because ever thlt.g clw In ray Mew was Inslgnin
eant. luidnotcii-o whether lie. mado a barga'n
teehnlcallv binding cr not; his lntecrtty depended
upon the imcm Im whether he acted v I li his errs
open. If he had known tho truo character, of tlm
proposition mado lo li in he would not ha", o endure I
it. much less embrace It.
.Now, couplo this with -Ir. Amo's admKslo i lint
hogavonoexpunitloa whatever on tho i'ii 11
Uen. airll1. Ihnn rniWr. lint nnl ... t.i.M. ..r
proof exists to show Ihat he learned anrthln.'r nl.oii'.
-. pu. uu., iai ma tuiivi-iMiuun wuu mo. anu i iuiiik
you will say It is altogether unlust to put him on thn
list of those who knowingly and wilfully Joined tho
association In question ,. H unci
Hon. J. !. nialne, fpjaker ot the Home of ltep
sentatUes. 1
If tho Herald and tho Sun had any sense olfilr
ncss they would let their i ead -rs seo I his convincing
teatlinoiy of a lawyer distinguished for his acute
ness In detecting guilt Incipient or committed.
JUIK1IJ lll.ACK'SLCTTKn IS ONLY A CON
FISSION THAT (JAUriELP COMMITTXD
piiKjunr.
I'rointho Herald of Juno IS.
Our guileltssiepublican contemporary.the
Keening Mail, printed iu its lending editorial
column, yesterday, Judge Ulack's letter ex
culpating Mr. Garfield, and subjoined at
the end, "If the Herald had any senso of
tairness it would let its readers see this con
vincing testimony of a lawyer distinguished
for his ncuteness ii dotecting guilt incip
ieiit or committed." Tho Mail is inconsid
siderato and disccrtcous iu accusing the
Herald of a want of fairness. Iu questions
of public interest we always practice tho
fairness of giving both sides a hearing in
our columns. We have not deviated from
this rule 1:1 tho rase of Gen. Garfield. We
could not ignore the accusation?, because
they aro n part of tho current history of the
day, but we havo forborne to indorse them,
and have only insisted that they should
lo met and refuted.
A9 to Judge Illack's exculpatory letter, we
aro only half a day behind our zealous even
ing contemporary iu reproducing it. The
Mail printed it last evening: wo print it
this morning. We might, indeed, have
given it half a day in advance ol our
coutemporary instead of half a day behind,
but bo slight a difference as n fraction of a
day affords no excuse for tho discourtesy of
charging 113 with a want of fairness. Judge
Black's letter came under our notice yester
day, hut it seemed so inadequate a defence,
and in some respects so damaging to Judge
Illack's client, that wo preferred to wait a
day in tho hope that Gen. Garfield would ac
cept the preferred courtesy ol our columns
for a defence which could not be so easily
riddled into shrods. We are confident that
Mr. Garfield could not make so lame an ar
gument for himself as Judge Hlack made for
his distinguished client. Our infer to give
Gen. Garfield all thospaco which he might
tako fo' refuting the charges should have
exempted us from the hasty and unwarran
ted imputation of tho Mail. The Herald
alms to treat everybody with justice. In tho
case of Uen. Garfield wo have not only sup
pressed nothing which it would bo for his
advantage to publish, but havo oll'cied him
an acceptiouil opportunity for deraonslra
ting his innocence and putting his accusers
to shame.
We think it a mistake for Gen. Garfield's
friends to parade Judge Illack's letter as a
defensive document, It was written to serve
his client in n most critical emergency, and
having Jailed to accomplish its object thcn.it
Is n boomerang now. Its date was Feb. 15,
1873 three days heiore the report of the l'o
land committee. Although addressed to
Speaker Blaine, it was intended to inlluence
the committee and savo Mr. Garfield from
censure in its forthcoming report. As often
happens to skillful lawyers, Judge Hlack
made nn unsuccessful Jefeuso of his client
To perceive the bearing of Judge Black's
letter we must compare it with Mr. Garfield's
sworn testimony before the committee on
which the charge ol perjury is founded, Jau
H, 1873, Mr. Garfield sworn its follows :
sir. Ames never offered to rrlvo mn anv Ktoek or
other YQllintlu thlnir as a cllt 1 nnre iu.L-1-fl tinil nh.
lalned from hlm.and afterward repaid 10 him a loan
otfjiu. 'ihat amount is thoonly aluablo thing
over received from or dclieied to Mm. I neer
uwneu, receiveu, or ogret-u to receive any block of
mu ireuu .iiuuiuer or or ino union racinu rai'
road. nor any dUldends or fronts arising-from clth
cr of them.
Judgo Illack virtually admits that this tes-
tiuiouy was not true. Mr. Garfield swore
that he never had any connection with the
Credit Mnbilier stock; Judge liiack merely
contends that ho had no "guilty" connec
tion. Garfield swore, most absolutely, that
be had never had anything whatever to do
with it, and the gist of Illack's letter Is to
show that, although he did have a connec
tion with it, ho did uot understand its na
ture. These two lines of defence are not
only distinct, but inconsistent. If Mr, Gar
field told the truth when he swore that he
never had anything to do with the stock,
Judge Illack's attempt to show that his com
plicity was innocent, because he was Ignorant
of the kind of transaction he was engaged
In, is at least no vindication of Mr. Gar
field's sworn testimony. Judgo Illack said,
I believed that Gen. Garfield was free from
all guilty cutiueclion with the business,"
Hut his client had sworn that he had no
connection with it at alljl Judge Illack's
reasoning to prove that the conuuection
was not guilty is inconsistent with tbo oatb
of his client. The following paragraph of
the counsel's letter m suggestive.
I assert unbesllaUnKly that. Mhatever Gen. Gar.
Held may hae done or forborne to do, he acted In
irorouuu iguuruucu ui mu uumre turn inurucieror
ho thlnt? which Mr Ames was nronoslni? to sell.
He had not Ihe slightest suspicion that he was to be
taken Into a rlnc organized for the riur aseof de
frauding Ibo public, nor did he know that the stock
waa In any way connected with an) thlnir which
came, or could come, within Ihe legislatho Juris,
diction ofiCongress. Ina case against him lacks the
scienter wmtu uivuo uuuuiuie4 guuii
What pertlnenco was there in pleading
that the client was ignorant of what he was
doing If It was true, as the client swore,
that he never had anything to do with the
stock In any way whatever? Why set up
this elaborate ple of Ignorance (which Is
the whole substance of Counsel Black's ex
culpation) If bis client had sworn truly that
ho nevw had any connection with Credit
Mobllicr slock? There Is nn Irreconcilable
Inconsistency hetwecn Judge Illack's Idler
and Mr. Garfield's testimony beforo the Po
land committee. If he had sworn truly that
he never had anything lo do with the stock
It was Irrelevant for Ills counsel to contend
that what ho did was dono in Ignorance. If
ho did nothing the stress Judgo Hlack laid
on the plea of Ignorance (which forms tho
whole tissue of his defence) was ridiculous.
Alluding to n conversation between himself
and his client, Judge Illack says In his
letter:
I do not undertake to reproduce tho conwrsatlBn,
but tho effect of It nil was to convince mo thorough
ly that hoa ho listened tr Alnes ho wits perfectly
unconscious o( am thing evil. I wntcLed can fu y
every word that fell from Win on this point, and did
not regard hlslnairatlvoot Ihe transaction In any
other respects wllh much Interest, because n my
view ct entiling else, was luslgDineant. I did not
caro whether ho had mado a bargain technically
binding Or not: his Integrity depended upon the
question whether he acted with his es csopen. If ho
had known tho true character ot tho proposition
made to him ho would uot halo endured It, much
less embraced It,
This lino of defence abandoned as untena
ble the ground taken by Mr. G.ufiohl In his
testimony beforo llio l'olaud committee one
month and one day pvovious to the date of
Judge Black's letter. Judgo Black was too
cognizant of the facts to attempt to save his
client on his own plea. Ho knew well enough
that It "wouldn't wash." So he virtually
admitted that Gufield "listened to Ames,"
but maintained that ho was perfectly uncon
scious of anything evil." Mr. Oilfield's as
tute and wary Democratic ciunsel profiscd
that he did not care whether ho made a bar
gain technically binding or not. His integ
rity depended on whether ho acttd with his
eyes open." Thl expert dodge irtuullv
admitted that Mr. Garfield's sworn tistimo
ny before the Poland committed was Inde
finable; ndmilled that ho did make an nr
rangtmci.t with Oakca Anus; proltfscd in
dill' rtnee ns lo "whether ho mmlo a bnrniti
'eclinically binding or not," and staked his
whole defence on the point that the intelli
gent and acllve-ininded .Mr. Garfield was too
n-rdnnt to have known what everybody else
kin w at tho time. Hut if this defence is ac
cepted what are wo to think of Gen. Gar
field's sworn testimony that ho had never
had any sort of connection with the Credit
Mobllicr? lly a stretch of charity we may
cousidtrhim ignorant cf the real character
of the Credit Mobilier, which everybody else
perfectly understood, and which the whole
press of the country was exposing; but when
he testified beforo Ihe Poland committee,
could lie also have been ignorant of the per
sonal facts which it was the wholodrilt of
Judo Black's letter to exp.ain away, on the
grjund that when Mr. Garfield negotiated
with Ames he was tho innocent victim of a
schemei? lie may pos.-ibly have bten igno
rant of Ames designs, but ho could not have
been ignorant of tho fact that he entertained
Ames's proposals,, which precluded his coun
sel from expressing nn opinion as to "nheth
cr ho mado a bargain technically binding
or not."
It is amazing that the fiicuds of Mr, Gar
field should parade Judge Black's letter as t
defence. Instead of a Oefenco it is a con
fessinn that thc most skillful counsel he
could employ would uot venture lo defend
him on his own sworn statements. That
ground of defence was abandoned entirely,
and Judge Illack was reduced to "plead the
baby act." Mr. Garfield swore that he nev
er touched the gun; Judge Black pleaded
that when he handled it he did not know
that it was loaded. The plain contradiction
between Ihe oath of the defendant and tho
argument of his counsel makes the rcptibli
cation of Judgo Black's letter a perfect
boomerang.
Wo suppose mbody is quite green enough
to imagine that Judge Black volunteered hi
defensive letter. Mr. Garfield found tlmself
in a desperate situation and applied to n
sreat Democratic lawyer to extricate him
Tho Republican client must have felt he was
uard pressed when tie had recourso to such
aid. But tho Poland committee was then
prepaiing its report, and Mr. Garfield felt
that he was in the crisis'of his brilliant ca
reer. Three days after Judge Black's letter
the Poland committee made its report to
Congress, The report liko Judge Black's
letter, discredited air. uariield's testimony
and certified that he did make a bargain
with Oakes Ames, and did receive money
on his Credit Mobilier stock. The commit
tee a frirudly Republican committee in
spite of Mr. Garfield s sworn statement to
theconlrary, reported ns follows:
The factil in reyn.-il tn Mr. GnrtleM. ns fmiml liv
tho committee, are that ho agreed with .Mr. Ames to
take ten shares of Credit Moblller stock, but tin not
pay for the same. Mr. Ames received the eighty per
cent dividend In bonds nnd sold them for nlnely
seven P'r. cent., and also recelud tho sixty per
cent c.vh dividend, which, together wllh the price
1 1 the stock and interest left a balance of fsi. 'this
sum wus paid user to -Mr uarlleld by n check on the
Sergenut-at-Arms, and 3lr.ua Held then understood
i nit bum was mo uaiancu 01 amueuus niter paying
CANDIDATES.
Tho following ycrsons havo been proposed for
nomination by the no it Democratic county conven
tion to be held August loth. isso. Candidates an
nounced In this list nre pledged to abide by tho de
cision of the convention.)
FOIt BKI'ItESENTATIVE.
ISAAC A. DEWITT,
of Greenwood.
JOSEPH B. KXITTLK,
oj CatawUta,
A. L. FRITZ,
of Kloomsbury.
J'OIl PlSTltlCT ATTOIlNEY,
ROBERT R. LITTLE,
qf Illoomtbunj.
FOlt HTATK SKNATOll,
E. J. McllENRY,
tf Fishingocek.
Subject to Iho decision of the Senatorial Confer
ence.) l-'Olt CO.NtlltKSS. -
J. M. C. RANCK,
of I.ightitreet.
ISUblect to the decision of Hie rYmi-i-iicstrmnt r-nn.
ference of tho eleventh district.)
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OTICE TO TEACHERS.
otice. is hereby trlven that nnnllcAtlnn tnr tui
tions as teachers In the public schools of nioom
School District will be ricefred until July nh, insi,
when tbo Hoard 111 hold a meet'iig to award tho
schools for the ensuln? year. Two Janitors will also
bo elected at tho same time Applications to bo sent
to tho Secretary.
it v -Aim
JAS. C. UIIOWN, 'i esldent.
becreiary. juno w, 'so-sw
THK81J PULL (JAR LOADS
Salt, Plaster and Super Phosphate
received tins week.
Phosphate &UO Per Ton,
PLABTER $7 PER TON.
. SALT,
$1. GO per barrel of 280 lbs.
All kinds of cram taken in nv.
change. Cheapest rjlaco in tho
Ccunty to buy
CLOTHING, 'BOOTS & SHOES.
li- W. AUL,
nprll 9, 'SO-Sin'
ESPY, NBAR DEPOT
rp'AX NOT1CK.
-hB underslfrned treasurer rtf tlm Tnwn nf nin,mo.
bum. herebv irlveu notice that be la nrt-nnn-fi tn
celve ibo laii-8 otkalil town, assessed and as
certained tor tte year ism, on and alter Mondar.
June 81st, Isso, at Lis office on Second street, Uio
doors above Centre In said town: and all taxpayers
are required lo par tbe same. Any tax unpaid at
the eiplration of thirty days from the said tut ot
June shall be paid with live per centum penalty
Mm jut.. iJSr K r$SiS2h
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
BUILDING OF
33"5rT
immmu & clothier
CLOSING SALE OF DKY GOODS,
ojst
Wo hereby iinnouiieo to the public Unit our Unbuilding Operation?
now in proyress.vvill. include some radical ehant;o3 in our present hIdio
and during tho summer materially reduce the size of Iho building
Wo find ourselves with the largest stock wo havo over had at tliiV
stage of the season, aggregating almost
A MILLION DOLLARS IN VALUK,
And it is not only desirable, but necessary, that n largo portion there
of should bo closed at once.
Although the great bulk of this stock was contracted for on a bitsis
of values much lower than now, wo have determined after careful con
sideration, instead of storing away the goods, to distribute among our
patrons and consumers generally", say one-half, or
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth
At such prices as may bo necessary in order to speedily close. We
have, therefore, inaugurated
A GREAT CLOSING SALE
In every Department, and propose lo distribute such bargains among
the people, far and wide, as will be our most effective advertisements
tor tlio new store we propose to open in the early autumn.
TAKE PAKTICULAK X0T10K :
We do not claim to have reduced everything, for there aro certain
goods in such limited supply that we can scarcely meet the demand.
bnca Groodo Will Not Be Reduced, lint outside of these a
radical mark-down has -taken place, and many goods that arc selling
well are marked away down to insure their immediate clearance. The
opportunity to secure bargains is a very unusual one, nnd buyeis of
Dry Goods the country over should promptly put in an nppearante at
our house
All who need Dry Goods or who can bo induced by thc-certainty of
saving, to anticipate their wants should visit us in person. From
present indications the goods will be sold too rapidly to insuro in all
cases perfect satisfaction in the filling of orders through the Mail Or
der Department during thc continuance of this great closing sale.
Discarding all sensational or exaggerated statements wo throw upon
the nituket this immense stock of Dry Goods, determined to sell the
amount named at whatever sacrifice may be necessary to accomplish
object.
Our organization and our facilities for distributing largo quantities
of goods are believed to be unequaled, but every effort will be made
to strengthen it and increase its efficiency during this closing sale, so
that all who visit us may bo waited on promptly and to 'their entire
satisfaction.
STR AW15R i IGJE & CLOTHIER,
- Eighth and Market Streets, Phi la.
The Old IGslablHshcd rn 'Store.
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT
Corner Main and Market Streets
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
The undersigned liavlns been in the WIIOMM.U.I: ItlllKJ business for the past eleven years would
call tlio attention ot the public generally, nnd UUUNIUV liliALKils lir particular, to
their large and varied slock.
M QQU&mt Qf
Piiit, Oils, CiBsiss, Pailty, Patent
Medieliies, Spiees, &c.
ThQ ileiaU Bega&ineaf
BROWER'S BLOCK.
Cannot be surpassed anywhere.
IN IT MAY BE FOUND A LARGE STOCK OF
hl'O.NQHS.
chamois, coLociNra,
fKItfUMCUY, CIUAUS,
l'ANOY AIITICLKS, TOILET BOAl'S,
TOO! II MSUSIIKN,!
IIAIIt llItl'SIIES,
LAMI'S,
aud in fact every thing that should
regulated Drug Store. '
They aro the sole Manufactures of the Celebrated
OIL OF CLAONESS.
ALSO TIIK MANUFAOTUUKItS AND SOLE PltOI'RIETOKS 01?
D W. A. BlCKLEy'S Celeb Wed mid
INVALUABLE PREPARATIONS. .
COMPOUND APOMATIC "WINE OF GENTIAN
AND IRON, IMPROVED CREAM CAMPAOR,
WORM KILLING AGENT, ROSE PECTORAL.
The Best Remedies Made.
Highly Recommended by Physicians.
MOM BBOTHEMS,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
NEW STORE
(1LOIIES
be kept in a complete'and well
"