111. A- SI'I'fKH, editor and FublUlnr. HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAYES BESIDE. TerniN, $'.2 per jear In advance. VOLUME G. EB ENS BURG, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1872. NUMBER 26. i' T. IUMPH OF THE ETNA," 'i ii a ..Ml 1 4 i vr ' I PAMPHLCT CONTAINING fuLL DESCR1PTI0H mowingTmatch. fn iii thr Hnrrt,na iithln) Irii f rt, Julu. 1st'" A very spirited and intore-oitijr M winr Match was held on tlw fni in of C. II. IioMivick, Er-cj., neor i'oniifllsMTi. in tins county, on the 15th Inst. There whs it lar-re attendance of specta tors, nii'i more t hit 11 ordinary interest mani fested in the frit mlly competition. An aK-ree-ineut hud l -ii inured into, between the par ties rfM'i'-i m iiiit the tlitlercnt machines, that only oniun.ii Miuhincs (such as are ordinarily offered for sale, and not made for special occasion-" -hoiild Le allowed to enter the contest, each iii.it li i in- .-houltl mow an equal amount of pr-. mi team and driver should lie used tot nil. i'l iiv!' i that the trial might be a fair one. in; ! t'..f ' rits of the machines alone lay claim i fuvor. The 'Mvina" Mower, piaii' ! i '.is A Miiiiiif:icturincCo. of Salem, Obi : i t wliioli l'eter II. U an appeared aa i '-.. " '1 to ha e the lightest draught, and thK wiMi its implicit- of construction and bemif.v of tlesiKii. -ombinetl with its powerful couiii tpialitics, mailu it the favorite of the day. Captain A.T. Kitiir. of fharlestown. was cho sen as a committee to note the draught of each tnachine. as indicated by a dy nauiometer, which Was ft in ml to be as follows : t-A.lSA." ... V Ml CRETE," ! X Kl SIIIK, t'lll.ll," . . i' 'i II VV Mt'S," V'V. MOl'," Draught, IV) lbs. 1T." " 175 " 175 ' Krt ' " 2io tJ l'or I'auiphlet, contaiiiinir f ull descriptien Of tho JilXV MOWER & REAPER, Al itli 3) Iloion WUj It is Snpfrior, i CAI.I, ON, Oil ADOKESS, ! GEORGE HUNTLEY, Ai::T for t'OiniMi corxrv, I KHKxsnrnc;, r.. STATEMENT of the An-lilors' Settle- l moist with the Supervisors of Cleartield to ii.ir.ii, 'imlria county : MK'UAKIi .1. W'lI.I.P. One of tile Superx iors lor t lie year 1s7l,. . Tilt. Tu uiiK'iint of ltoiel iMippcnte. . .ti.,.li " fasti re. '.i on Komi Implicate. li.C.T 707.83 'it. By Work done by Ta xulilt n rtr.c,'l i:.onerat ions ..'.." " l'er-tinal services, :"V days, at 1.50 pel day, ( at it ot (itfiee ami time One dav and a half with team l."5 3.u) 1.50 7.IO 14.01- Warrant and Duplicate hooks ' ne day at tending settlement Error in calculation of Koad U ork IS.thuicc on T. Erabj er's Koad Tax 700.17 7.lW h'.alancc due Township I CASH TAX Tc amount ol implicate C It. By amount of Exonerations. .. imi ot ( m tiers lifted umoutil paid on .! u.ltMiieiits. . . amount of percentage Ba'ani e due Township Dh. $408.55 74.51 x. 10 U4--f174.25 VK.XNrW liF.l.i 7.IEU. fci rKUVIsoit, In ftceoiiiil wnli t it artieltl l's p., Junel.", 1872. lilt. To amount if T)i:pit-iUi- . ..iW.33 jtnor m Uivol Kalloian 5.4S 1703.80 ' fit. Py nnioiitt of I'xoneral ions. ... lS.i " v t.rk ili .lie .y Ta.iibe.4 ' tJ'iO " J'ersoiKtl .-.ei v it t ii, ii tlus, at l..",n per .lay ". 70..V1 plank ami hauling 10.(10 " one Hiij attending settleinelit l.iO 1731.57 1 I Tx & r t, f i y crt ilit on Cash Implicate.. . 27.78 f'ASII TAX umouiit ol Duplicate Cit. atnnuiit of Exonerations i i-h paid M.J. Wills for plank luiioinit of ( inlers lifted ' ;i'h paid Johnston Ac canlan ii '! t li'l Dunegan's judgment 1 t-!i paid H. Little for Scoop. 'o-i in case of Storm on s. M. liouglass' docket mi; .ion ol iT centau-e on t n.h .Dr. f 438.69 IU.16 2.hX 2.I.U0 .10 00 lli.3U 2.50 itank) 21.9.1 Ilaliuiee tlueou settlement of J'.oad Duplicate 27.78- $141.55 ! liiuiee due Township on settlement 2t7.H the undersigned Auditors, do certify 8 it u e have examined the above accounts and I hem correct. I wr. IVORY, ) I , II. It. NOEU V Auditors. f -'i liyVMt. A. HCHUOONj .DEiKTISTItY! ? at HF.ni crn katf.si- f)''- I. n.1ItEFMAN,graduateof Dental Sur- iv. respectfully informs the public that i .i- p-riiiaiiently located in EHENSHCHCt, '"" la- may be found everv dav of the week. . '-V ""tKiiAN, after having had ample prac i' the i-pace of seven years, dot's not hesi . J" siilirmir.g that he can give perfect satls- , t''" in every case relating to the profession. dM ' ri,,l' lies of Mechanical anti Surgical Den-Part-,' ully a,lJ seienlilically performed, t,,..).' ,;lr attention given to tilling decayed iir,,,; -V', teeth extracted without pain. For i" I 'in i .'"'orination concerning prices, etc., f 'ii'iiiiiri ",hce "L1 IIith reet, opposite the S -s , Mous': " here may be examined nam- i "inf)ri'WOr ' U Uh netd on'V bf' tobe I Loiay 25,-tf. I I OHIC.1NAI. TIIK CJK AN r UVSASTT. BY S. B. M'CORMICK. Come, muse, and sinjf. In solemn rhymei, Of unexampled times ; Let zephyr's briny. As they roll along-. From thy sequestered bowers. Or dark, umbrageous canopy. Some touching- song. Or thrilling rhapsody. Garbed in the sable gloom Of our foreboding doom And threatened destiny. Pendent on Story's wing. Survey with glance divine The ruin and deolino Of Greece, whose bards yet sing, Hound the Pierien spring. Her rise, and reign, and fall ; Or Home, whose spirits call Along her crimsoned plains. Pleading in spectral throngs. That Jove avenge their wrongs Their centuries of pains, And liss and misery. Then swiftly wing thy way, And o'er Columbia's soil. Where working millions toll. Observe how vampires prey Upon our liberty. Let nymph and neried join. Sweep the funereal strain. And sing our rise ami fall ; Let Nature's lyre agaiu Sound Carthage, Troy, Greece. Rome, And ring Columbia's doom. In one commingled strain. For, mark how anarchy. Above the silent head Of patriotic drad. Doth stalk triumphantly ; Even as at Babel's tower Confounded all appeared. Though leagued in union strong, So those who wield the power, Hewildered, rush along Leagued by nefarious' oaths, While bleeding Freedom loaths The homage of the throng. And shall our liberties Shall Freedom thus expire? Shall patriotic firo He quenched eternally? And shall the requiem rise The requiem of our fall, lie sounded far and wide, And rung into the skies? "No, Heaven forbid '." she cries; "A patriot pride remains. And woe to him who stains The banner of our pride." Original. Tlie Fmlry liieen .V Legend. BT J. M'CORMICK. On a mossy mound sits the Fairj Queen, The sprightliest elf that ever was seen ; Her crown is a wreath of woodland flowers Bedecked with gems from coral bowers; In her dimpled hand she holds a wand. And Bhe reigns supreme in Fairyland. A host of vassals has the Fairy Queen, Reckon'd only by millions, I ween. Yet she rules them all without let or fear. For the fairy sprites love their Queen most dear; Her gentle sway they ne'er regret, Nor ever at her mandates fret. The Fairy Queen rides a palfrey fleet, With flowing mane and prancing feet; His mistress' voice he knows full well. And when she mounts he starts pell moll Away he bounds with her wlerd. lithe form Outstrips the wind, outrides the storm. This nimble Queen in the dance doth trip. And her merry subjects around her skip. While their lovely Queen in the festive hall Vies with her elves outshines them all ; Yet they envy not their mistress dear, Rut love her more as her charms appear. She often sings, and her voice is sweet. Like distant melodies when they meet, Thence by gentle zephyrs borne along The Fairy Queen is the Queen of Song : She nits and sings in the evening grey. While the shadowy twilight fades away. 'Tis said the fairies ones were angels pure, Tho' abodes above they did not secure; Their probation, alas! they passed in vain, Their heritage lost they can ne'er regain ; They may weep and mourn till tears doth fail. Rut sighs to them are of no avail. But their crime, though it did them expel From heaven, it did not merit hll. But on earth condemned fore'er to roam. On an island round which the billows foam ; Now they frisk and sing in thoughtless mirth. In their fairy forts, the mounds of earth. When first the fairies were cast outside The palo of heaven, the chose a guide ; She was tho most queenly of the fairy host, A nd of all she was beloved the most ; They strewed her path with the evergreen. Thenceforth proclaimed her the Fairy Queen. WilmuRE, July 15, 1872. Original. AX OltPIIA"! liAJIKXT. Wearied with this life's trials, mother, I long for thy presence to-night, And thy sweet words of counsel, mother. To cheer and to guide. me aright. I long to rest on thy bosom, mother, And bury my grief in thy heart: To receive thy fond, gentle caress, mother, And the comfort thy love would impart. I long, yes, so ardently long, mother. When fierce rages the battle of life. For the lovo that thou only couldst give me ; Methiuks it would nerve ine anew for tho strife. Life's pathway's so rugged and steep, mother, At each step seems to spring up a thorn. And with treading it day after day, mother, My feet have grown weary and worn. Then the world's so cruel and cold, mother, It heeds not the heart's sorrow and pain Cares uot that its frowning has crut.Ii'd, mother, Joyous hopes that may ne'er rise again. Oh I 1 am weary and ill at ease, mother, And I long so much to be at rest To flee to my God ana to thee, mother. And be number'd fore'er with the blest. Mis nik Myrtle. Dud let, Pa., July 5, 1S72. A Western editor who doesn't koowar y more about farming than we do ourself, sug gests that, for garden-making, a cast-iron oack with a hinge in it would be a decided iraprovemeot 00 the epical column now in use. A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE. AN INCIDENT OF AN IEL-FATED EXPEDITION-! The escape of some of the early West ern pioneers from the lied Indians were so remarkable as to be almost, if not quite, mir aculous. The disastrous expedition of Colonel Crawford, in the spring of 1782, is a matter of history. The Colonel himself was taken by the Indians, and compelled to undergo the most excruciating torturea which their savage ingenuity could devise. A large number of the men under his command were killed on their retreat, and a few taken prisoners. On these unfor tunate captives the Indians vented their most tenible rage. They seem to have felt no mercy for any oue counected with that unfortunate campaign. It was enough for them to know that a captive had been concerned in that wicked expe dilion, to consign him to the most cruel death. In this there was a species of bar barous, poetic justice. The objects of that campaign was the murder and plunder of Moravian Indians an inoffensive, non re sistant, Christianized sect and the whiles were defeated by brave, determined war riors, who nobly espoused the cause of their innocent, brethren. If fearful and vindictive retaliation could ever iu any case be justified, thtir own, under tho circumstances, miht be regarded as a fit retribution. Theie were, no doubt, many misguided men, not wilfully guilty of wrong, who suffered for tho sins and crimes of others ; but such ie always the tate of war. After a pitched btttle with the Indian?, in which tne whites were sadly defeated, we have said that many wcie killed on their retreat, and a few taken prisoners. Among- the latter was a man by the name of Slover, wliui-e wundeiful, not to say miraculous, escatie from the final tortures to which ha wua condemned, we purpose to relate. After the capture, Slovor was taken to an Indian village called Grenadier Squaw Town, to havu his fate decided This place stood iu the centre of the celebrated I'ickuway I'lains, Ouio. The Grenadier Squaw, from whom this village took its uane, was a largo, muscular, masculine woman, of good intellectual abilities, but of an unprepossessing appearance. She was a sister of the great chief Co nttalk, wbose village was on the opposite side of ihe creek, almost within hail. A few rods below the Grenadier Squaw Town was the council house of the nation ; and near it a small elevation, which com manded a view of the level plains for miles around. On this little hillock was set the stake of torture, and the fi.-tmes around the victim could be seen by the savage inhab itants of :he different settlements and iso lated dwellings within a circuit of many leagues. Slo?er was conr-idered a great prize by his caprors a prize which would afford them both amusement and revenge. They therefore guarded him with great care, but could not forbear to have a little savage sport with him in the interval be tween bis capture and trial. It was their almost invariable custom, whenever a prisoner entered a village, cither to re main or merely pass through on his way to another, to compel him to run the gauntlet, pieviotis to deciding upon his late ; and this Slover had been forced to do several times before reaching Grena dier Squaw Town. Tins running the gauntlet was in itself no triu'mjj utLiir, and many a stout cap live ha3 received his death-blow between (he lines. Slover Lad been much beaten and bruised before arriving at his destina tion ; but the more fierce of the savages had been warned not to kill him, as that would be giving him an easy death, and depriving the nation of a glorious holiday of amusement and revenue. At Grena dier Squaw Town, Slover was received with the most savage delight, and the last gauntlet was immediately prepared for him Two long lines of men, women and children were formed, extending from the village to the council-house, which was a building much larger than the dwellings, and stood, as we have said, some distance below the others, on lh open plain These living lines were armed wih sticks and clubs ; and, as the unfortunate pris oner ran between them, they rained upon his unprotected head and body a succes sion of heavy blows, accompanied with infernal yells and screeches. Like their predecessors in this species of torture, they bad all been duly warned against depriv ing him of life, and therefore he reached the council house in a partially oxhaustcd, bruised, and bleeding state, but without auy very seiious wounds. Once inside the council house, accord ing to savage law or custom, the prisoner was safe till after his trial ; and a3 Slover was guilty of the exceedingly grave offence of belonging to the unholy expedi tion of Colonel Crawford, who had already been tortured to deitth on the ground of hia battle and defeat, the trial in his case was made one of the gravest importance and most impressive solemnity. All the great chiefs and warriors of the different villages, for miles around, assembled to make it a grave affair of state, and the trial was conducted with that dignified decorum usual with the barbarous natives on such occasions. It was not of long duration ; and the verdict of the savage judges was unanimous for death at tha stake by the most cruel tortures. - The announcement of tbe result wa received by the vindictive populace with screams and yells of fiendish delight. The horrid execution of the poor cap tive was fixed for the day following his trial; and as he was being escorted from the council-house to an unoccupied log hut, which was to serve him as a prison, he was surrounded by a fierce mob of men, women and children, who vied with each other in heaping upon him the most coarse and vulgar abuse, and in striking, kicking and pinching lum at every opportunity all of which the poor fellow bore with a stoicism that would have done credit to an Indian brave. A number of the sava ges, in their intercom se with Ameiicau and British traders, and agents, and rene gades, had picked up a smat tei ing -of English words, and these they now used with all the venom of their nature. "Ycu poor to'iaw bab!" cried an old hag, as she crowded up and stiuck him across the face with a stick. You much squeal in fire, like small papoose P yelled another, giving him a blow wiih her fist. "How him like eat fire!" screamed a third, as the pinched him with all her might. "White nigger eat fire!" shouted several children in cltorus, doing all they could to hurt, annoy and initate him. Slover made no reply to any, but bore all with a meekness and firmt.ess worthy of a martyr. Oa entering the hut where he was to pass the last night he ever ex pected to see in this world, the Indian guards of the condemned prisoner procted ed to bind his hands tightly together be hind his back. Then making him sit down ag iinst a wall of the shanty, they passed a fctout buffalo thonjr around bis neck, and secured it to a log in such a manner that be had no power to change his position. In this painful condition, without anything to eat or drink, he passed the lonj night of horror, bis guards keep ing wide awake and near him, occasion ally making an examination to see that he was perfectly 6ecure, and often taunting him about his unfortunate condition, and dcsciibi: g in ti e best English at their com mand the cruellies that would be practiced on him on the morrow. The tro nlng rose clear and serene, and to the excited savages gave promise of a gloiicus day i.f sport. At an early hour they besan to pour in from the different villages for mi.es around ; and by noon an immense throng had collected, consist ing of noted chiefs and warriors, aged veterans, and women and children, for it was intended to make the affair iu tli highest degree imposing. A good, hearty breakfast had been ferved to the prisoner, not from any feeling of compassion, but merely to increase his strength and power of endurance, so that the torture might be prole nged. As the lime drew near for the intended victim to be led forth to the stake, he was stripped naked, and painted black from head to foot ; and then, as his guards conducted him to the elevated spot where so ra iny, both white and red, had already suffered, the welken was rent with the delighted screams and jells of the hun dreds of both t-exes and all ages assem bled around the base of Ihe burning ground At the very apex of the H tie hill was set a stout stake, to which was attached a rope several feet in length, which was now made fast to the prisoner's hands bcLiud his back. This gave him a circuit of seme ten or twelve feet in diameter to move about in, and outside of which was the circle of faggots, intended fjr tho pur Jiose, not of buruirg bini to denlh, but of roasting him from head to foot in a slow and torturing manner. Everything being now in readine?9 for the honid work, the torch was applied to the dry fHggots, and another universal yell of satisfaction rent the air ; but just as the flime shot upwards, there came a heavy boom of thunder, as if heaven were displeased at the cruel act ; and the superstitious Indian, suddenly hushed to silence, looked up in surprise commingled with awe. For the first time it was no ticed that a black and angry cloud was rolling up in the west, from which issued fitirce tongues of fltmes, each of which was quickly followed by heavy reports, that every moment grew louder and more threatening. The attention of the savages was now divided between the approach ing stoim and the prisoner at the stake; and as they noted the heaving anJ whirl ing cloud pushing rapidly and angrily forward, with the lightning flashing al most incessantly, and each successive re port rolling over their heads with a heavier boom, their superstitious hearts began to fear that the Great Spirit was angry with them for the deed they were about to do. The progress of the storm was uncom monly rapid. Scaicely had the Anna completed its circuit, before the anxious prisoner, standing at the stake in tho cen tre, had begun to feel more than a slight glow of heat, when a fierce gust of wind sent the faggots flying in every direction, and the swiftly descending rain put out the fire. Amid the roar of a tempest most fearfully sublime, the spectators hastened to seek shelter in the village; and the reprieved captive, almost ventur ing to hope that kind Providence had in terfered in his behalf, was returned to his prison. The storm rngeI all the rest of the day and till late in the night; and Slover re mained unmolested, but closely guarded, being reserved for a more propitious occa sion Lute in lb 015" two Buard3 fell asleep ; and becoming aware of this from their snoring, be made a desperate effort to get away. He was secured in the same manner as on the night previous, his hands tied behind his back, end his neck fastened to a log by a stout thong-. After a bard struggle he got his hands free, and then eagerly begin to work at the thong about his neck. At first he seemed to make no impression on it, and after laboring for an hour, he began to deepair. One of the Indians now got up and lit his pipe, and Slover trembled for fear he would examine his fastenings, dis cover his attempt at escape, and depiive him of the little hope still remaining. But the savage did not approach him, and in a short time be lay down and went to sleep again. Slover now once more tried the cord about his neck, and, to his utter surpiise, found it loose enough to slipover his head a sort of miracle which he never at tempted to explain. At last he was free; and stealing softly out of Ihe hut, over the very bodies of the sleeping Indians, he turned into a con. field and ran for his life. Taking a zig zag course, he scarce ly knew whither, expecting every moment to hear the yells of bis foes in pursuit, he reached a high plain, where a drove of horses were quietly feeding. With the thong that had bound his wrists, and which lie had brought away with him, he now huriiedly made a sort of halter, caught one of the animals, put it over his noe, mounted his back, and dashed away just as day was breaking. He k?pt the horse at the top of his speed till ihe poor beast gave way ; and then he left him and pushed on, afoot and alone, through the great wilderness, unarmed and naked. Foot sore, exhausted, and terribly lace rated by thorns and brambles, poor Slover at last reached a civilized habitation, and lived many years afterwards to tell the tale of his wonderful deliverance. Country Newspapers. Few people appreciate the value uf the village papers which gather up the news of a county and advocate the interests of a locality. And few understand tbe amount of ability required to edit such a paper, where one man must be editor, publisher, printer, book-keeper, and all. Imagine how much ihe intelligence of the cauntry would suf fer by the blotting out of the country pa pers, whic' t eat cf ihe immediate interests of the people and thus come into immedi ate contact with their minds! The true country editor understands that the paper thrives by being intensely local ; that it is not by learned editorials on tariff nl income tax, but by articles in favor of the new railroad, by descrip tions of the new factory, by advocacy of the new bridge, that he must succeed People look in his columns not only for the latest general news, but for a mention of every interesting fact, of every curious matter of gossip in bis own county. And thus the paper becomes the reflector of the current events and the public senti ment of his section Nothing is too small lo be itemized if only it is of interest. A country editor advertised the other day that he would insert a list of the names of all who had joined the churches in the county ia a recent revival. Which showed that he understood his business. He pro posed to chronicle every event of iuterest occurring in his jurisdiction. Every intelligent family should give a cordial support to the local newspaper. It is one of the great educational influences. Heurth and Hume. A PfcRPtTCAi. Weather Table. J. Cool Mexico, Miama county, Indiana, sends the following table which, he says, was constructed by the celebrated Dr. Herschell, upon a philosophic considera tion of (be attraction oi the sun and moon. It is confirmed by the experience of many years observation, and will suggest to the observer what kind of weather will proba bly fwllow the moon's entrance into any of her quartern. As a general rule it will be found to be wonderfully correct : If the moon change at 12 o'clock, noon, the weather immediately afterwards will be very rainy, if in summer, and there will be snow ard rain in winter. Between 4 and 6 o'clock, fair both in winter and summer. Between G and 10 o'clock p. m., in summer fair, if the wind is northwest : rainy, if south or southwest. In winter fair And frosty, if the wind is north or northwest : rainy, if south or southwest. Between 10 and 12 o'clock p. m., rainy in summer and fair and frosty in winter. Between 12 at night and 2 o'clock a. m., fair in summer and frosty in winter unless the wind is from tbe south and southwest;. Between 4 and 6 o'clock a. m., rainy both in winter and summer. Between 6 and 8 o'clock a m , wind and rain in summer, and stormy in winter. Between 8 and 10 o'clock a. m., show ery in summer, and cold and blustery in winter. Tins ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure' was strikingly illustrate J by tbe old lady who, tot a long time ago, in ber perambulations, coming upon a railroad track at a station, asked bow soon the next train would pass. On being an swered, "In half an hoar," she decided at once to delay crossing the track till 0e cars had passed, remarking sagely that "a body couldn't be too kecrful !" SOUND T-tVlli:- Eloqucnt Speech of Hon. D. W. V001 hers. I Terbe. Haute, Inp , July 18 Tn nccept j ing the tiominalkin for Congress at the cou-. j vention in Spencer to-day. Mr. Vo rhta, J made aloug and elaborately prepared speech, j the most interesting portions of which are given verbatim in the following extiacts: Gentlemen or the Convkntion : Y u have done iu a gteat honor to-day, the greatest I have ever received, and greater, I think, when all the circumstance.-s aie cot. tidered, than iioualiy falls to the lot of pub lic men iu this couutry. You have one aud all refused to listen to what has been said to my dii-advatitage, anil you have I'.oniandt-d that I should remain in your servie'e. Yoj know me better than ail the wi rid besides. We have Uboied together in the past, and you have bestowed upon me aheatly ten years of t ffijial life, ll, therefuie, alter s j much experience of each other you find me in any degree worthy of tuch confidence as you have here manifested, I may indeed fetl that I have not lived altogether in vain. I call you to witness, a's, that I hava uot 81 ught tLi u njiuatioc, lul u;ged that it might be given to some one tue. It is a prize, it is true, coining from the source-it doe, which is equal to the highest ambition, but circumstances of a purely per-onk aud dome&tic nature led me to declare two yeais ago publicly in every pait of the district that I wa then nicking my last race fur Congress. Again, ODe year ago, I repeated my wish to quit public life, ami bestow what ability and euergy I possess upon my private inter-et-ts. It can uot, therefore, be said that all the reluctance which I have manifested iu regard to the present contest is of recent date. I am not here, however, to shun tho events of the last two months, and the new aud peculiar responsibilities which they im pose. This is an occasion for perfect frattk uess between you aud me. I will talk to you, therefore, as if I ws seated at yi-ur hearthstones, and if the out.-ide world is lis tening I '-rust it will Lear nothing of which we will be ashamed. A close oLservatiju of the lawless and outrageous conduct of tho present administration, and the great and incteAsing disgust in the public mind, long ago convinced me that an easy opportunity would be presented this year fur the Demo cratic party, by presenting one of its able.-t and purest men fur the Pi ttidency, to regain the control of government, and re-establish civil liberty and equality in the l.urdous as j well aa the blessings cf the R -public. I give honest iiepubiicans the same credit which they now give us in believing that they would sufficiently rise above party tj vote against a corrupt administration with out regard to the company in which they perfoimed so noble an act. I still blieva th y would have done so, and that any onj tf the fuur or five Democratic btatetmeu who might re named, eminent for aLihty ami purity of character, could have been elected to the Presidency over the present very un popular incumbent. Entertaining this opij iou'with the force of an absolute conviction, I made an earnest effort to have it prevail in tbe minda of others in view of the approach ing National Democratic Convention. I ex ercised my right as a member of the Dem ocratic party in pointing out what I thought its action ouht to be. This is a right for which I am beholding to no one. I have m apologies to make for having exercised it as I did. I would 1.j s i again u.idr similar circumstances. 1 do not cla in to be a shrewd and managing pt.litkian, if threw duess atd manaeioeut consist in suppressing my honest convictions on public quesiious and waiting until I fiod whether they are popular or not. I hold that all meu have a duty to perform iu assinting to cieatea perfect public opinion by expressing their own on ail proper occa sions. In cpposing Mr. Greeley, I acted on this priucipie, and uo one will expect mo now or hereafter to retract a word 1 have spoken or wiitten on that etitj et. The in fluence .f my words, if they had any, was directed to the Baltiaiore Convention, and not beyond the action of that body. They must ataud as my sincere utterauces on be half of an o! joct over which that body had legitimate authority and ultimate control; but I will doubtless be reminded that my views were not adopted at LUItimore. aud that my opinions were disregarded. All this is true, and I do not pretend to disguise my deep regret. I would gladly have it otherwise, nnd I have given the subject as careful and as couscieulit us au examination in oider to as certain the true path of duty as it has been in my power to make. If I could at this point abandon public station consistently with my obligation to my party, my friuuds and the duties I owe as acil zen to my coun try, tbe path before me would be easy and smooth. Your action alone, however, here to-day, under all the circumstance of the past aud present, impels 1110 to accept your uominatiou and make one more campaign with you, acd for that purpose we must look the present and future coolly and reso lutely in the face iu the 1'ght of the recent result at Baltimore. Whenever and wher ever in all the ages and nations cf the world men have associated themselves together for common ol jects, whether iu affairs of church or state, the power of a final decision over matters in controversy among themselves has been speci Rally lodgrd some where Without this authority no bond would be strong enough to produce united action on behaif of any purpose however great and beneficent, so widely do men honestly d.ffer in regard to the means and the details by which the most desirable ends are to be at tained. Of course noject Or party, religiou.s or political, has the right 01 the power to crush out the independent convictions of its members ; and it is not ouly tbe jrivi!eJ but the duty of the members of an organiza tion to abandon it- whenever they perceive tbat they can more stnely secure the great objects they have in view by doing so. If we turo. however, for a brief survey of tho broad field of national politics many strange and significant aspecUi are present ed to our view. We constantly bear of the Uj wonted poeitioQ of the Democratic party. Ita action and its attitude we adaiit to be unusual, but I think if we examine e will find other occurrences in the political wor'.d quito as novel aud ktrikiug a anything ia the conduct of the Democracy. I the con dition of the lii-publicau organization so natural and healthy that it can afford to sneer at the supposed sickuess aud death of its powerful neighbor ? At the close of tho war it fcuccetded to illimitab'e power and1 possessions. Its meats by which to reduce the venal, overawe the timid and coeice all others iuto its support were absolutely Lou iitl less in eleven Slates and nearly so everywhere eloe. If this poweiful party had been pure and UDse'fish in its devotion to the welfare of the country, if it had bten managed with an eve single to the prosptr ity of the laboring people, if it had loteied the industrial classes instead 1 f the nionop-, olies. if it had conciliated the coi queied instead of bruising I be 01 every day a frish with additional stripes, if it had sought to luvigorate and eurich an impoverished tec tum of the gteatest uatural wealth in ft cad of scourging it into still nioie horriblo bareuness ami misery, if it had built on love and patriotism inattad of hate and greed, it would have had btf re it a larger lease of power at the hands of the American people thau was ever granted to a political party in the history of the world. But Moated with much power and countless wealth, its career has been full of wickeduesa, gradually but surely forfeiting the confidence of the people, and driving the best elements out of its or ganization. This fact is strikingly illustra ted by the history of political cue t Lets in Indiana. In I8U4, wheu the waves of rati i-. cal misrule reached their highest point in this fcitate, a majority of 21,01)0 waa recorded against the Democra'ic party. Two years later, in 18C6, we agaiu met the same enemy and reduced his majority to 14.C00. In IStiS we fought agaiu under the same colors, aud wiped out the eclire majority agait st us, the liidicals only saving the State officers by fraudulent returns of a few bun dled majority. Thus stood tha coutest in Iudiana when the F.fteenth amendment, never legally ratified, and a fraud, in my individual judgment, on the American pto ple, gave an increase of 10,000 negro voters to the Radicals. Yet iu laTO we defeated this coalition of blacks and whites, and placed about 3,000 of a majority on the side of the gallant and unfaltering Dcmoc- racy of tbe State. Ceitainly this is not a record to beget discouragement. It shows the steady decay of the Republican party in Indiana. It shows a loss on its part iu eight 3 ears of at least 34 000 votes. It shows, further, that if the Democracy dots as Obual on ita own accaunt this year, we will carry the State by 15 000 majority, and if the Lib eral Republican party can even moderately fulfill its expectation the vote ef the State will Le cast against the administration party both in Oct ber and Nnvrniber by larger ma j Titiea thaD have ever heietofore been known in her history. 1 have, therefore, listened wiih perfect patience to the voice of the Sotiti; in tl.'e crisis, knowing as I do htr extreme and im-. mediate necessities. Her urgent appeal for tbe nomination of Mr. Greeley has been re garded by her friends In the North almost as the last despaiiing cty of a brave and coble people reduced to a hopeless extremity, be holding, as they think, one moie chance to save themselves from a ruin infinitely worse than death. I fervently pray God that th ir hopes may be realized, and many a Northern man will suspend his iliflYrences with 11 r. Greeley on account af the people of the South who would not do so on his own They believe the e'ection of Mr Greeley will afford them relief, aud ia that belief they de manded his nomination. It has Lcen a? corded more in reference to their condition and their wishes than to any other one cause. If Mr. Greeley, under these ciicnm stances, shoald be electen ha will stand p'ef'gd by the strongest obligations that ever reste-d upon an honorable man to bestow up on the South the blessing of a just, kind and fiaternal government. If he did not do so after the Confidence reposed in him by that section, he would be accursed among men. Let us hope, however, with our brethren in the South, that the experiment may be a complete success ; that his election may ban ish misruie and plunder fsom their midst, restore peace in reality as well as in name, bring hack a cheerful aud contented devo tion to tbe laws of the ciuntry and a prit'o in the flag which affords equal protection to all citiz us. Let us hope that the deadly paralysis so long sffiicting the South and destroying her vast productive resources mar speedily be succeeded by perfect health and vigor. If our Government is to be restored to its natural proportions and strength, our States must be as free in one section as the other. We must have no lines on American soil where freedom is ha'fed by the bayrnef, and when all are treated alike hy the Gov ernment they will ali bear to it the same al legiance. Whatever may have been tha bloody straggles of the past, when this kind ef a union of hearts in support of the gov ernment shall lake place, having for its basis' the principles of justice, liberty andqnality, theo will this nation rise like a strong man after slep and go forth to new glories, renew ing the puiity of its youth in connection with the gigantic j r portioDS of its age. (Mr. Yoorhces tbcn.in like eloquent Jand forcible terms, arraigned the administration for selling arms and ammunition to Franco to be used against Germ-tny in the late war, referred to the fact that it is not necessary for Ihoss opposed to the corrupt Grant dy nasty to think alike in regard lo everything else, spoke of the charge of inconsistency brought against the Democratic rartT '?r supporting Greeley, and showed wherein G .v. M.rton. who made the charge, had r roved himself inconsistent or. all unpartant questions of public HWy. and especially m refusing to ass-st in the passage of a law equaliz-n-r soldier' bounties, the shameful fact being that tho who served but little over one year received $100. while veteran Boldiera received only $300. for which Un ry Wilson. Rerubl;cn candidate for Vice President, who was Chairman of the Senata Committee on Military Affairs, was as mui ti to blame as Morton, and concluded thus: I know no party. If a Republican applied to me for assistance in his business he will receive it as readily as a Uemocrat. without the slightest reference a to how he has voted. I hold myself as the public servant of all the cit'zers of my district as long as it continues me In Congress. Let this fact always b borne hi mind, and let no one hesitate to act uoou it.'
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