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VOLUME 2.
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we can do or have done all kinds of plain
and fancy Job Printing, such as Books,
ratchets. Show Cards, Bill and Lettei
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style of the art and at the most moderate
prices. Also, all kinds of Ruling. Blank
Books, Book Binding, &c, executed to order
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cheapest.
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DEALER IN
CnOICE FAMILY GROCERIES
CONSISTING cr
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FRESH" VEGETABLES,
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS,
SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES,
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Also, a large stock of the
Best Brands of Cigars and Tobacco.
STORE ON HIGH STREET,
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Ebensburg-, Pa,
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HAVING recently enlarged our stock
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reduction from former prices. Our stock con
sists of Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy
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atives. Pills, Ointment. Plasters, Liniments,
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We have added to our stock a lot of
FINE JEWELRY, to which we would invite
the attention of the Ladies.
PilOTOURAl'H ALBUMS at lower prices
than ever offered in this place.
Paper and Cigarsjsold either wholesale or re
tail. LEMMON & MURRAY,
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"IOItEIGN SHIPPING
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that he haa removed to the new building on
Centre street, opposite the Mountain House and
adjoining the law office of Geo. M. Read, Esq-.,
and is now not only prepared to manufacture
all goods which may be brought to hire, but is
supplied with a fine line of CLOTH8 C ASSI.
MERES. VESTIHGS. Ac, wLichhe wUfmake
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ces. Feeling confident of giving entire satis
faction, I hope for an increased patronage in
my new location. D. J. EVANS.
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"TkENTISTRY. The undersigned,
-Mr graduate
of the Balti
more College
of Dental Sur
gery, respect
fully offers his j
PROFESSION A
services to the
citizens of Eb
ensburg and vicinity, which place he will visit
on the fourth Monday of each month, to re
main one week.
Aug.13. SAM'L BELFORD. D. D. S.
ENTISTRY. Dr. D. W. Zeig-
lor has taken the rooms on
High street recently occupied by
Lloyd & Co. as a Banking House,!
and offers his professional servi
ces to the citizens of Ebensburg and vicin
ity. Teeth extracted without pain by use of
Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas.
DR. H. B. MILLER,
ALTOONA, PA.,
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Office au Caroline street, between Virginia
and Emma street. All work wauantkd.
Altoona. June 18, 18G8.-6m.
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a number of
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POINTS and other FARMING IMPLE
MENTS, and CASTINGS.
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and you cannot fail to purchase.
Ebensburg, July 30, 1868. E. GLASS.
L. O A T M A N ,
EBENSBURG, PA.,
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THE UNEQUALLED
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TAMES J. OATMAN, M. D.,
" tenders his professional services as Phy
sioian and Surgeon to the citizens of Carroll
tewn and vicinity. Office in rear of build
ing occupied by J. Buck & Co. as a store.
Night calls can be made at his residence, one
door south of A. Haug's tin and hardware
store. May 9, 1867.
f DEVEREAUX, M. D., Piiy-
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Office east end of Mansion House, on Rail
Road street. Night calls may be made at
the office. my23.tf.
J. LLOYD, euccessor to R. S.
Bonn," Dealer in Drugs, Medicines,
Paints, fyc. Store on Main street, opposite
the ' 'Mansion House," Ebensburg, Pa.
October 17. 18G7.-6m.
D. M'LAUG HLIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Johnstoum, Pa.
II Office in the Exchange building, on the
Corner of Clinton and Locust streets up
stairs. Will attend to all business connect
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Jan. 31, 1867.-tf.
B.I, JOHNSTON, j B. 8CANLAN.
JOHNSTON & SCANLAN,
Attorneys at Law,
Ebensburg, Cambria CO., Pa.
Office opposite the Court House.
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JOHN P. LINTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Johnstmcn, Pa.
Office in building on corner of Main and
Franklin street, opposite Mansion House,
second floor. Entrance on Franklin street.
Johnstown. Jan. 31. 18G7.-tf.
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Office on High street, one door East of the
Banking House of Lloyd & Co.
January 31, 1867.-tf.
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Office in Golonade Row.
Jan. 6, 1867-tf.
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H Office on Centre street, opposite Linton's
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H Office on High street, adjoining his resi
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H Office in Colon ade Row, Centre street.
January 31, 1867.-tf.
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Jan. 31. l867.-tf.
L. PERSUING, Attorney-at-
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Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office in rooms
recently occupied by Geo. M. Reade. Esq , in
Colonade Row, Centre street. aug.27.
GEO. M. HE ADE, AttornegatLaw,
Ebensburg, Pa. Office in new building
recently erected on Centre street, two doors
from High street. aug.27.
AMES C. EASLY, Attorney-
. - - - "w, wM'K LCI., J. u.
Uollectiona and all lecal knim - .i
O -"uvwi IJIUIUUUY
attended to. , , Jan 81, 1867.
XX KINKEAD, Justice of the Peace
and Claim Agent. Office removed to
the office formerly occupied by M. Ilasson,
Esq,. decM. on High St.. Ebensburg. jl8.
"IT S. STRAYER, Justice of the
" Peace, Johnstown, Pa. Office on the
corner of Market street and Locust alley,
Second Ward, dec.12.-ly-
tl T t-ir m U iir r-r :i v i
Captain Grant, of the Black Marines.
Tune Captain Jinks, of the Horse Marines.
I am Captain Grant, of the Black Marines,
The stupidest man that ever was seen ;
I make no speech that's what I mean
But I cut a swell in the army.
I teach the tax payers how to dance,
For I am pet of the army.
Spoken Ha ! Ha ! Yes, my boys in blue.
The people must pay the fiddler if they want
to dance. For
I'm Capt. Grant, of the Black Marines,
I go it blind for all extremes,
I have no policy, as it seems.
And am in the Radical army.
I smoke my weed and drink my gin.
Pay for it now with Griswold's tin.
At the White House if I shouldn't get in,
I'll still keep in the army.
All the people think it strange,
Think it strange, think it strange,
All the people think it strange
That I don't resign from the army.
Spoken Well, I don't care if they do.
Ain't I the satrap ? You don't think me a
fool to give up a sure thing. I'm powerful,
and the Rump Parliament has got matters
fixed to suit
Capt. Grant, of the Black Marines. &c.
I drive some horses on which I brag.
For they are the fastest kind of nags.
But they can't keep up with "Spoons" and
Thad,
And the rest of the Radical army.
They ruin the country they're tryiug to rule,
Trying to rule, trying to rule,
Thay ruin the country they're trying to rule,
With me at the head of the army.
Spoken Yes, and they got me into all this
trouble. If it hadn't been for them I'd been
a Democrat, as I always was. The colored
troops fought bravely, and now "I'll fight it
out on this line," only I fear the rope will
hang
Capt. Gr&nt, of the Black Marines, dec.
The Democracy have made a fuss
Seymour and Biair they make me cuss j
Oh ! dear, I'm in an awful muss
For a Captain ic the army.
"Let U3 have peace!" I try to say,
I try to say, I try to say,
"Let us have peace!" I try to say.
But I don't mean it for the army.
Spoken No, indeed, for "my friends" in
Congress can't manage their reconstruction
humbug without the army, and having the
army they must use
Capt. Grant, of the Horse Marines, &c.
Now for President me they run.
But the "Rad:i" will find it is no fun.
For Seymour '11 beat me two to one.
Although I'm in the army.
For when the people find us out
Find us out, find us out,
For when the people find us out.
They'll disband this Black Marine
army.
Spoken Yes, gent'emen, I'm perfectly
convinced by my trip west that the people
want a citizen and a statesman at the head
of the nation, and not your
Capt. Grant, of the Black Marines, &c.
The people's votes will count so fast.
Which they against me soon will cast,
111 be a used up man at last,
And obliged to leave the army.
Spoken Sad, but true, my fellow country
men. I shall retire to private life. I shall
run a tannery. Shall employ and associate
only with gentlemen of color and the like.
"Black and tan" must henceforth be my
countersign ; at the same time you are per
fectly aware that
I'm Capt. Grant, of the Black Marines,
Salt river is my home, I ween ;
I've been sold out almighty clean
Confound the Radical &rmy !
Tlie Grant Tax 91111.
The Radical tax-mill is a great ma
chine. It has ground out of the laboring
masses of this country fifteen hundred
millions of dollars during the past three
years. It has over two billions of dollars
to grind out of them yet. before the poor
man's toll is paid, besides the gold toll
that is taken from him yearly as interest
on the rich man's bonds. Into its hop
per goes the sweat and toil and aches and
earnings of the toiling millions ; out of it
comes bread for indolent negroes, big pay
for thieving officials, gold interest for
bondholders and riches for treasury rob
bers. It is the people who turn this mill.
They run it to grind up their earnings to
give to others. It's a nice machine, aint
it tax-payers ? Take hold and keep on
Winding and grinding,
Round goes the mill ;
Winding andgrinding.
It never stands stilL
Ask not if neighbor
Grind great or small,
Spare not your labor,
Pay your toll all.
Winding and grinding, round goes the mill;
Winding and grinding, it never stands still,
Niggers and Bondholders must have their
fill.
Winding and grinding,
Work through the day.
Grief never minding,
Grind still away !
What though tears dropping,
Rust as they fall 1
Have no wheel stopping,
Gold bonds claim all.
Winding and grinding, round eoes the mill:
Winding and grinding, it never stands still.
Niggers and Bondholders must have their fill.
Beuefonte Watchman.
. .The Radicals have increased the rate
of interest on the State debt from 4 J and
5 to 6 per cent, making the interest $202.-
000 per annum more than it was under
Democratic rule. Is this a valid reason
why they should be kept in office in this
oiaie (
The People vs. The Bondholders.
Letter from Judge Blake, of Goslten, Ind.
What a late Repullican thinks of Vie
Financial Question.
From the Goshen Democrat.
Below will be found a letter from A. S.
Blake, Esq., of this place, who frankly
arrays himself on the side of the people,
and against the bondholders. Mr. Blake
is well known in our community as a law
yer of eminent ability, and a highly re
spected citizen. While be has never been
a mere politician, yet he has heretofore
given a consistent support to the Republi
can party. . Now, however, upon the new
issues that divide the parties, relating to
the finances and the usurpations of Con
gress, he, with thousands of the best Re
publicans in the land the honest and in
telligent portion of the party can no long
er support its destructive and unlawful
policies, but is constrained by a sense of
justice to the people, and by his own con
victions of right, to co-operate with the
people's party in the endeavor to over
throw the cormorants in power who are
seeking to drain the very life-blood of the
nation.
Editob GosnEN Demxjkat: In yonr is
sue c f the 15th instant I notice the use made
of my name as a probable candidate for the
office of State Senator from this county, sub
ject, of course, to the decision of the Demo
cratic convention to be be Id on toe 25th of
the present month. In order to avoid any
misunderstanding, I wish to say to you, ana
through your paper to those who may have
mentionod my name in that connection, that
both you and they are too kind to subserve
the interests of the Democracy, or benefit me
materially, for the attaining of that position
is an honor so expensive is not to justify me,
at present, in permitting myself to become
a candidate for the suffrages of the people.
As to the merits of the issues between the
two great parties of the country, as deter
mined by their platforms and standard bear
ers, and thus presented for the decision of
the people in this campaign, there should be,
in my opinion, no doubt or uncertainty in
mind of any candid, honest and thinkiDg
citizen.
The most important of these issues, if
not the sole one of great interest to the peo
ple, is the financial one the beet method of
lightening the burdens of the Government,
and so equalizing them as that capital should
not be exempt, as it is now under Radical
rule, from paying his share towards defray
ing the expenses of the Government.
The present exemption of capital from
taxation, and the consequently heavy and
increased burdens thereby necessarily im
posed upon the farmer, the mechanic, and
the laboring man, and, indeed, the poor
people of the country, no matter what their
calling, can but tend to the centralization of
the wealth of the nation In the hands of the
few, thus building up monopolies at the ex
pense of the country, and make the rich
richer, and the poor poorer a policy which,
if long continued, must soon build up an
aristocracy in this country more powerful
and exacting than any yet produced in the
old world, while the laboring man will be
forced to become but the abject slave of the
bloated bondholders of the nation.
We have collected from the hard-working
people the laboring millions of the land
since the 1st cf July, 1865, the enormous
sum of $1,200,000,000. and yet not one dol
lar of that sum has been applied by the
party in pdwer toward the payment of the
public debt. Nearly the whole of this sum
has been wrung out of, aud collected from
the toiling poor men of this country, while
the capitalists the rich bondholders by
Republican policy, have been exempted from
paying any portion of the same. I have
always been a Republican, and helped to
elevate that party in power ; but I cannot
see any reason for longer continuing in pow
er a party that can adopt and carry out a
financial policy so disastrous to the interests
of the laboring poor men of our land, and
calculated to involve the country in bank
ruptcy and ruin. And when we take into
consideration the fact that neariy one-third
of this sum, or nearly $400,000,000, has
been paid to the bondholders, as interest on
the capital held by them, while they have
been exempted from bearing the bur Jens of
the Government, the injustice of such a
policy, and the necessity of hurling from
power the men and the party who favor the
same, is made most apparent.
Why, Mr. Editor, just look at the results
ef such a policy as this Republican party,
to which I have belonged, has inaugurated
and proposes to continue.
It takes about $150,000,000 in gold, or
about $219,000,000 in greenbacks, to pay
the interest on the bonds. The burden upon
the industry, this drain upon the resources
of the working people, the Republican party
proposes to continue without any change for
several generations, foi they say in their
platform; "The national debt, contracted
as it has been for the national salvation,
should be extended over a fair period for re
demption." Why 1 Because they have not
the courage and manliness to grapple with
the question as able statesmen should, and
because they are working in the interests of
the bondholders, and not for the interests of
the producing classes.
There are about $2,500,000,000 in bonds,
all of which are held by the capitalists of
the country. The interest on them amounts
to say $150,000,000 a year. As this inter
est has to be paid yearly, we are entitled to
compound it in our calculation. By com
pounding this interest alone, in the short
space of twenty-two years, will amount to
the enormous sum of $6,000,000,000, or
nearly three times the amount of the princi
pal of the debt, and yet not a dollar of this
debt will be paid. Within forty-four years
the compounded interest will have reached
the fearfully great sum of $30,000,000,000
in gold, a sum probably equal to three times
the amount in gold value of all the property
in the couutry.
Thus, by following out and adopting the
Jolicy upon which the Republican party ask
or our suffrages to secure the election of
Grant, we shall draw from the resources of
the poorer clasnes, as mere interest, all of
which will be paid to the bondholders tp
support them in idleness and luxury, about
fifteen times the amount of the principal of
the national debt, and that, too, while we
poor men of the nation 6hall also have paid
the taxes of these same bondholders. Will
not such a policy enable the bondholder to
absorb the wealth of the couutry and reduce
the poor men to a condition of slavery far
worse than that of any couutrv of the old
world?"
Now, the Democracy propose to pay all
these bonds all of them but the 10-40s
in greenbacks, as fast as the commercial in
terests of the nation will allow, and also to
6ubject the capital of the country to taxa
tion, so that it may bear its share of the bur
dens of the Government, and thereby relieve
the industrial interests of the nation. That
we have the right to do so cannot be gain
sayed by any honest man who will examine
the laws uoder which these bonds were h
sued. The bondholder paid for his bonds
in greenbacks, and should be paid back in
the same kind of currency. If greenbacks
are good enough for the soldiers and the sol
diers' widows and orphans, in God's name I
say, they should be regarded as good enough
for the bondholders, whom the soldiers, by
their patriotic service, protected and saved
from utter destruction during the war.
Therefore, I say that, although I have al
ways acted with the Republican party, yet
I cannot longer support their policy, but
with the Democracy I say to the bondholders
we have made the debt together, and let us
pay it together, each dollar of capital, no
matter to whom it may belong, paying its
just proportion of the public burden.
A. S. BLAKE.
Goshex, Ind., July 17, 1868.
Tlie Great Issue.
Senator Doolittle recently put these
questions :
What is the great paramount issue ?
What is that unpardonable wrong for
which the Radical party is now arraigned
and should bo overthrown ?
It is substantially this :
For violation of the Constitution.
For violating pledges made and often
repeated, from the first battb of Bull Run
to the end of the war.
LFor a violation of pledges made to the
anmj, the solHers on the battle field, and
the people of Vie Union.'
Of pledges to the North to get men and
money.
Of pledges specially to the Democracy
to get their support in the field and in the
elections.
For a violation of pledges made to the
South to induce them to lay down their
arms and renew their allegiance.
And pledges to foreign powers to pre
vent intervention.
For a violation of these solemn pledges
upon which we invoked the blessings of
Almighty God upon our cause, and by
which alone we gained, to master Vie re
bellion. For a violation of the natural and in
alienable rights of the civilized men of
every State to govern Vieinsclves.
And for a violation of the clear provi
sion of the Constitution which leaves each
State for itself the right to regulate suf
frage. The leaders of this party have
passed ex post facto laws, disfranchised
hundreds of thousands of the most intelli
gent of our citizens, and have forced ups
on ten States and six millions of our own
Anglo Saxon race the universal and un
qualified suffrage of seven hundied thou
sand ignorant and, in the main, talf-civil
ised uegroes ! I !
The only plea put in against these ac
cusations made by the Democratic party
is : "You are sympathizers with the reb
els I" "You are copperheads I" "I'll bet
you fifty dollars Grant will be elected I"
Oxe op Grant's Battles. Horace
Greeley, as is generally known, has writ
ten what he calls a history of the war.
In this history, on page 117, you will
find the following brief account of one of
the battles Grant fought, or pretended to
fight, during the war : "Twenty minutes
after the first shot was fired, fully 10,000
of our men were streiched and writhing
on the sod, or still and calm in death,
while the enemy's loss was probably little
more than 1,000. And when, hours
later, orders were sent to each corps com
mander to renew the assault at once with
out regard to any other the men 6imp!y
and unanimously refused to obey it. They
knew that success was hopeless, and the
attempt to gain it murderous, hence they
refused to be sacrificed to no purpose."
Febtisent Questions. If reconstruc
tion is a success, why isn't the army with
drawn ?
If the Radicals want peace, why did
they propose to arm the negroes ? -
If the Radicals means equal rights, why
do they advocate one currency for capital
and another for labor ?
If the negroes can vote for themselves,
why pay the bureau to teach them
If the Radicals mean impartial suffrage,
why does their platform say one suffrage
North and another South t
If the Radicals want peace, what are
they running their candidate on his military
merits for ?
Is it Impartial suffrage to enfranchise
the black and disfranchise the white mm?
. .The New York Courier, an indepen
dent journal, thus pictures the inevitable
fnture should Grant be elected : "At our
present rate of natural living, we ehall
soon come to settling day, and have no
thing left to do but to stick the sheriff's
flag out of the window of the Capital, and
sell all the national real and personal es
tate for the benefit of whom it may concern.
The Tax-Payers' Revolution.
All over the length and breadth of this
broad land we see and hear of changes
changes from bad to good, from Radical
ism lo Democracy.
Everywhere the tax-payers, the people,
are leaving the ranks of the destructive
party, are withdrawing from under the
black flag of the Jacobin pirates, and mar
shaling themselves under the protecting
folds of the Democratic standard.
Everywhere you go, and the more you
travel the more you see, you will become
convinced of this most important fact
The people do not talk so much Radical
ism now as they did ; they do not talk so
much about "rebel"' and "traitor," and
use such shallow arguments in an effort to
controvert the straightforward charges
made by the Democracy, of corruption,
fraud and villainy in the Radical adminis
tration of affairs.
The people have become disgusted with
these weak, senseless tirades, and have
left them solely to the leaders of Jucohism
the petty editors and orators of the party.
Taxes
Bonds
Tariffs
Negro Bureau
Standing Armies
Radical Thieves
Radical injustice and dishontsty gcnerallii!
These are the questions that now en
gage tlie attention of the people of the
United States, and from East to West,
from North to South, throughout the
length and breadth of this land, upon the
hill-tops and deep into the valleys, go ev
erywhere, and you will find that the tax
payers unanimously
Demand a change !
Heretofore it haa been their custom to
attend closely to tlie business of the shop
or the farm, resting securely and prosper
ously under the good and economical ad
ministration of the Democracy. With
the advent of Radicalism they suspected
nothing wrong, but they now see much
that is not right They have opened their
eyes to much within the past year or two,
and they have discovered Radicalism in
all its corruption and rascality.
They have discovered that while they
were busy in the field with the plow Rad
ical officials were engaged in stealing tho
money they had paid into the treasury in
the shape of taxes and tariffs.
They have discovered that while they
were working from twelve to eighteen
hours each day in order to meet the de
mands of the relentless tax-gatherer, the
Radical Rump Congress was industrious
ly engaged in coococting schemes to in
crease the burdens of taxation and put 011
more tax-gatherers.
"The multitudes in all countries are pa
tient to a certain point." The patience of
the American people has been severely
tried, but it can endure no more of the
rule of Radicalism no more of taxing the
poor for the support of tho rich ; no more
of taxation to support three millions of
hardy, idle ncgreos ; no more of taxation
to keep a useless and expensive army in
time of peace ; no more of taxation to
support in office the Radical pirates who
have destroyed governments and constitu
tions made by Jefkersox and Washing
ton, and their compatriots of that revolu
tion which bought, through fire and sword,
our freedom from tyranny, our national
existence ; no more of taxation to fill the
pockets of Radical thieves who hang about
the people's treasury ; no more of taxation
that Radical Congressmen may have mon
ey to vote away in worthless appropria
tions. Of these things the people are
wearying.
Against these things they rebel I
Radicalism has taxed, and bled, and
burdened them, until they will no longer
stand it, hence we find them taking their
places beside the yeoman Democracy of
the land, aud demanding for themselves
and their posterity :
Equal Taxation.
Onk currency for all.
Sovereignty of the States.
Economy in public affairs.
Union, and Peace, and Republican
Government forever.
These are the live issues of the pending
canvass. Upon these issues are the peo
ple arrayed in solid opposition to the Rad
ical thieves and shoddyites at Washington,
and in opposition to the bondholder and
aristocrat, the enemy of the laboring men
everywhere.
This is the Tax-Payers' Revolution.
Let Radicalism beware I
Our "Small Army" Cannot Protect
the Frontier' General Sherman is our
authority for saying that our "small army"
cannot protect our advancing settlements
from savage inroads, and the white men
and children from the torch, scalping
knife, and tomahawk of the Indians.
The taxpayers are paying three hundred
and sixty-six thousand dollars a day for
the support of "our army," but the men
cannot be used to protect the hardy settlers
of our frontiers.
Negro votes at the South and the up
holding of a military despotism are of far
greater consequence than the white lives
and property on the frontiers "Our
small army" of 60,000 men must main
tain negro supremacy and military despot
isms in the South, whilst the pioneers of
out civilization and progress in the West
are coolly warned by Gen. Sherman to
defend themselves against Indian barbari
ty and uiaacre. Alb-My Argv.s.
Radical Arguments.
Some of the campaign arguments that
appear in Radical journals are marvelous
beyond all parallel. For example: "Gen.
Lee swore to support the Constitutu u
ten times, and then took arms and attemp
ted to destroy it ;" therefore Mr. Grant
ought to be elected President
To answer thii "argument" on its
merit?, a Democratic logician should say:
"Callicott swore, every time he received
an office from the Radical administration,
that be would not steal the people's money,
and then stole all he could lay hands on;
therefore, brass buttons are big things!"
The entire staple of Jacobin campaign
literature consists in denunciations of
something that Lea, or Wade Hampton,
or some other conquered rebel, did or said,
at some former period of his existence.
Perhaps this line of argumentation is
found necessary to those who are paid, or
except pay for supporting a corrupt ad
ministration. Finding no good to say of
Radical leaders, the only way to defend
their faults is to make it appear that they
might possibly have been worse.
Thus, Grant is not the worst of men,
because some rebel leader was a worse
one. Callicott was not the greatest thief
in the country, because it is possible to
suppose that Floyd was a greater. The
author of "All hail, thou flaunting lie 1"
was not the vilest traitor, because his
treason took only the form of words, while
traitors less cowardly gave that crime the
form of actions.
Of such insane drivel is the great bulk
of Jacobin campaign literature made up.
Chicago Times.
IYI10 are Radicals!
We see going the rounds of the Radi
cal press a column of items, under the
head of "Who are Democrats !" That
naturally leads to the question, "Who are
the Radicals ?" Here is a few of the
tribe :
T. C. Callicott, who is now in prison
in New York for defrauding the govern
ment as Revenue officer, is a Radical.
William Lloyd Garrison, who denoun
ced the Union and the Constitution as a
league with death and a covenant with hell
is a Radical.
Carl Schurz, who publicly announced
that God was an imaginary being, the
Bible only fit to arau.e children, and the
Christian Sabbath a relic of barbarism, is
a Radical.
The party, which, according to Mr.
Dawes, stole more from the nation in one
year than the whole expenses of Mr. Bu
chanan's administration amounted to in
four, is composed of Radicals.
1 'arson Kallock, who was expelled from
his parish in Massachusetts on account of
his beastly conduct, is a Radical.
Joe Brown, of Georgia, the construc
tor and keeper of the Andersonville prison,
is a Radical.
Parson Brownlow, who said he would
rather go to hell with a loyal negro than
to heaven with a Copperhead, is a Radi
cal A. Alpeora Bradly, an ex-convict from
the Penitentiary, aud a colored carpet
bagger who wants to go to Congres?, is a
Radical.
Ben Butler, the spoon thief, is a Radi
cal. A XlcrUsliIre County Romance.'
A young man from Western Massachu
setts, on his way to New York on One of
the Hudson river boats, recently made the
acquaintance of a lady of middle age,
who seemed much interested in him, and
who at length told him that he greatly re
sembled a son of hers who had died not
long ago. Before separating from him,
she gave him an urgent invitation to call
at a certain number in New York, which
he promised to do. On arriving at the
place appointed, he found that it was not
the residence of his fellow -traveler, but a
friend of hers, who had a daughter of en
gaging appearance, but apparently ill in
health. This young lady, it appears, was
the betrothed of the young man who was
dead. Owing to his striking resemblance
to the deceased lover, our friend from
Berkshire was received with great cordial
ity, and was urgently invited to call again,
which he did, and before be left the city
he wns engaged to marry the young lady.
Shortly after returning to his home word
came that his affianced, whose health was
greatly impaired, was much worse, and
he returned to the city and remained with
her until her death. This young lady
had about thirteen thousand dollars in her
own right, and during her sickness, with
the free consent of her parents, she be
queathed it all to her intended, and he
Las since come ints full possession of the
entire amount in government bonds. Be
ing a poor young man of excellent habits,
this legacy will undoubtedly be of great
use to him, though it can poorly compen
sate him for the loss of one to whom he
bad become so deeply attached under
such peculiar circumstances.
. . While the workmen engaged in the
removal of dead bodies from one of the
old burial grounds in Albany, N- Y , were
prosecuting their labors on the 21st insL.,
they came upon the dead body of a youi.jj
man who, at death, weighed nearly three
hundred pounds. It had been in the earth
some fifteen years, during which time it
had become petrified, aud on removal
weighed five hundred pounds.
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