The Journal. J. A. NASH, !I UNTING DON, PENN'A FRIDAY - AI7E3I'ST 27, ISSO Circulation LARGER than any other Paper in the Juniata Valley. Entered at the Ojiee, nt P.,., Xerouci CI:INR MEI 2114 'ter, Republican Na. ional Ticket Fitlt PRESIDENT : Gen. JAS. A. GARFIELD, OF OUR). Fig'. VICE-PRESIDENT CHESTER A. ARTHUR, OF NEW YORK PR kSI DENT' ELECTons, At Lura , :—Edwiu N. Benson, Henry W. elite'. DIST. , DI T. 1 Samuel C. Porkiaa, ' 11 Nathan C. Entail ire, 2 Edwin H. Faker, i 16 .1.. W. Cochrane, 3 M. Hall Stanton, 1" George M. Heide IS George B. Wiestling, 19 Michael Schaal, W. W. Ames, 21 .1. I'. Teagarten, 22 Nekon I'. Heed, 21 A. 11. W. Painter, 21 T. T. M. Melienitan, L. NVilliatn L. Fox, 4 James Dobllo/1, b Ge,rge De B. Keil'', 6 David F. Huston, W Muigsn It. ells, N Jeremiah 11. 11.0. me, 9 tlearge Calder, Jr., lo Isaac S. 51,1y..r, 11 Edgar Piaelsot, 1111 (7,. W. I)olituiet,, 27 Calvin W. J.,4tu 13 Conrad F. Shine..l 14 Charles B. Forney, Republican State Ticket. FOP. JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT: Hon. HENRY GREEN, OF EASTON, FOIL AUDITOR-GENERAL : Hon. JOHN A. LEMON, Of BLAIR. Republican County Ticket. CONGRESS HORATIO G. FISHER, Huntina,don SENATE: JOHN STEWART, Franklin county, ASSEMBLY : ALEXANDER PORT, Huntingdon. H. CLAY MARSHALL, Mt. Union. SHERIFF : WILLIAM J. GEISSING ER, Penn twp, ASSOCIATE JUDGE JOHN LAPORTE, Franklin twp COUNTY SURVEYOR JOHN S. LYTLE, Spruce Creek DIRECTOR OF THE POOR: JAMES HARPER, Shirley twp. CORONER JOSEPH W. MADISON, Birmingham Consider what LEE and JACKSON would do were th'y alive. THESE ARE THE SAME PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH THEYFO UGHTFOR FOUR YEARS. Remember the men who poured forth their life blood on Virginia's soil, and do not abandon them now. Remember that upon your vote depends the success of the Dem ocratic ticket—WADE HAMPTON,at Staun ton, Va., July 26. ATTENTION, REPUBLICANS! We call the attention of our Republican friends throughout the county to the fol lowing important dates : The election will take place on Tuesday, November 2nd. The last day for being assessed or reg istered, in order to vote thereat, is Thurs day, September 2nd. The last day for the payment of taxes is Saturday, October 2nd. The attention of Republican voters is called particularly to these dates. No vote skould be lost by neglect or oversight of being duly qualified. Examine the lists to day, and see that your own name is on it, and also the name of your Republican neighbor. Don't wait until te-morrow; SEE TO IT TO•DAY. HON. HEIsTER CLYMER was thrown from his carriage, one day last week, and sustained a severe fracture of the right arm CHAIRMAN CESSNA has called the State Committee to meet at Franklin, Venango county, on Thursday, Sept.' 9th, at 2 o'clock, P. M. IN 1860 the South asked to be "let alone." In 1880 the same rebel crew ask to "be reconciled." Both requests mean the same thing. THE !Republican voters of this county have determined that our legislative ticket shall be properly Marshalled and safely moored in Port. FIFTEEN buildings were destroyed by fire in Edenburg, Clarion county, on Sun day morning. This makes the third time that this town has been flame-swept. THE bribery cases were called in the Dauphin county courts on Tuesday, and on application of counsel for defendants, the cases were continued until November. GEN. J. A. MEYER, chief signal officer of the army, died at Buffalo, N. Y., on Tuesday morning, of Bright's disease of the kidneys. The deceased was 52 years of age. MR. ETNIER, one of the Democratic can didates for Assembly, will share the same fate that he did when he ran as a Repub lican candidate for the same office against H. J. M'Ateer in 1870. TUE Democratic conventions of both Perry and Juniata counties have declared for Mr. Speer for Congress. We hope all the counties conposing the district wil l declare against him on the second Tues- day in November. • TIIE notorious Judge Henry M. Spof ford, of Louisiana, the Democrat who has baen attempting to steal the seat of ex- Governor Kellogg, in the United States Senate, died at Red Sulphur Springs, W. Va., on Saturday last. TIIE Raftsman's Journal has just enter. ed on its twenty-seventh volume. The Journal was started by our deceased friend, lion. H. Bucher Swoope, and still con tittles to be a true and able representation of Republican principles. IF the Democrats should carry Maine in September, is there a Democrat in the land who wouldn't crow over it as a glori ous victory for Democratic principles ? Not one. And it would be ; for the "fusion" there represents the vital Demo cratic "principles" of to-day, which being summed up ;ire : "Get into power some way, even if yon have to go in like a burglar !"—Neir, Yin.k OUR COUNTY TICKET. The Republicans of fluntingion county have just cause to fLel proud of the ticket named for their Fulfrages. but had the Convention F..:ket ea any other of the good Well named in contwetion with the ditter ent it:: :ic:ion would likewise have been worthy of r Won. Where all the candidates wore Food earyible men it could have made no misk:l:c. Editor, Tn selecting our popular townsman, ii on. llottATio FisnEti, for another CMn gressioual term, the C e,vcatii.n -111,10 . y discharged a duty it owed a u :dale and faithful public scrvar I. 11 is e. , 111:-,) iu Congress is one of whieli he may wail by proud. In him the people have a repre sentative who will watch their every intrr, est. and knowing their want 3 as he does, lie will see that they do low sear for any lack of attention on his jet , t. I :is unani mous re-nomination by evely ci.untv in the district is a corol-line nt rlrely be stowed in this day of place-hunting, and it shows that his constituents fully endorse his course and appreciate his service-i, and are willing that he shall he continued in a position he has so worthily tilled. But Mr. Fisher is too well and favorably known in this county to need an extended eulogy at our bands. He has proven himself one of the ab!est and most active members of the present Congress, and having been again selected as our standard-bearer, it is the duty of every Republican to give him a warm and hearty support, and if this be done he will carry the district beyond a doubt. He has a wily competitor in the person of Mr. Speer, and one who will not leave any means untried to secure his elec tion, but the friends of Mr. F.sher have but to be true, give no "complimentary votes," and his election will be assured. Our county conceded the candidate for Senator to Franklin, and tbat county presenting the name of lion. JOHN STEWART, of Chambersburg, as its choice, he received the unanimous endersem nt of our Convention. We have riot the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with Mr. Stew art, but those who know him well speak of him as a gentleman of ability, with a character above reproach, and a personal popularity second to no man in his native county. Public Opinion, published at the home of Mr. Stewart, says that "the voters of this district have reason to con gratulate themselves that they can be rep resented in the Senate by one so able and of such unimpeachable purity of character as Mr. Stewart. Although a young man, he has for many years been recognized as one of the most eloquent and effective ad vocates, as well as one of the safest coun sellors, at the Franklin county bar. He has undeviatingly thrown the weight of his influence, the force of his example, and the skill of his profession on the side of the right and the true. Other than worth• fly occupying a seat in the Convention which revised the constitution of the State, Mr. Stewart has not held a representative office. His candidacy at the present time is mainly due to the influences exerted in his behalf by a large nun:-•er of honesty loving men in the district, e!.:- have felt the need of such men as Mr. Stewart in the legislative branches of the Common wealth. He is a man who has neither "dough" in his face nor demagogism in his politics, and has never egotistically thrust himself before the people and craved their honors. Cradled in the Republican fold, at the dawn of his manhood, upon the battle field, when the ;institutions of the Nation were assailed by the sword, he registered his vows of fealty to the party of freedom and has never swerved from their support. Wherever and whenever he felt that he email advance the cause, he was found at the front, though he has never sought popular applause. Faithful to his convictions and steadfast in the ob. ligations of his citizenship, he possesses to an eminent degree such elements of char acter as must commend him to the confi dence of every voter in Huntingdon and Franklin counties, who comprehends the advantages to the district of being repre sented at the State Capital by a man of Mr. Stewart's stamp. His voice will be heard during the present canvass in the discussion of the issues at stake, and the people who have not met Mr. Stewart can judge for themselves as to his qualifica tions to discharge the duties of the posi tion for which he has been nominated."— When Mr. Stewart visits our county, as he will do in the near future, we bespeak for him a cordial welcome, and at the polls in November we ask every Republican in the county to vote for him. ALEXANDER PORT, of Huntingdon, and H. CLAY MARSHALL, of Mt. Union, are our nominees for Assembly, and both are gentlemen worthy the cordial support of the party. 'Squire Port, having served one term in the Legislature, proved him self an able, efficient and useful member, ever watchful of the interests of his peo ple, and the experience gained during that session will be of valus to him in securing any legislation that his constituents may desire him to procure. Mr. Marshall, his colleague on the ticket, has no legislative experience, but he is a gentleman of ability , understands the wants of his constituents, and if elected, as we have no doubt he will be, will make an excellent legislator. 'ihe coming session of the Legislature will be one of great importance.. Amongst other duties it will be called to perform will be the districting of the State into Congress ional, Senatorial, Legislotive and Judicial Districts, and the election cf a United States Senator to take the place of Coffee pot Wallace, who, for the past six years has misrepresented the Keystone State in the U. S. Senate. Our nominees are both worthy and capable gentlemen, and we be speak for them an old-fashioned Republi can majority. WILLIAM J. GEISSINOER, of Penn town ship, the choice of the Convention for Sheriff, is a gentleman of fine clerical ability, large business experience, possess ing in an eminent degree all the qualities necessary to make a first-class Sheriff.— There is no nook or corner in this county where the name of Mr. Geissinger is not known with favor, and his hosts of friends everywhere will rally to his support with an unanimity rarely witnessed. Ho is a gentleman of the kindest heart, a quality much needed in an officer whose official , dirties often associate him with those in sore distress, and we know that nu word or act will ever be uttered or performed by him calculated to add an additional ping to the already unfortunate. Not being possessed with an abundance of this world's goods !litnselr, his sympathies will naturally go out to those in financial embarrassment, and in Lim they will fi rd a friend whose duties will always be templ:cl with 1111.1 fan );armee to the uttn--t ex tont aitis p mver. Besides these qualifi cations, Mr. Creissinger has claims on the Republicans far his party fealty; his Re publieanism has ever been of the strictest kind, and he has always been found train -41-, wit h the party that "carries the flag and keeps step to the music of the Union." lie will make one of the best Sheriffs that Huntingdon county has ever had, and we ask fo- hint the united support of the party. His triumphant eleetion is a fore gone conclusion. JOIN LAPORTE, of Franklin township, our candidate for Associate Judge, is known throughout the county as a gentleman of fine ability, possessing all the elements necessary to make a good officer. Mr. La porte is one of the original Republicans in this section of the State, and to him be longs the proud honor of having presded over the deliberations of the first Republi can Convention ever held in Huntingden county. Our candidate has opinions of his own, with sufficient intelligence to ad vance and maintain them, and if elected, as he certainly will be, he will not play the part of a were figure-head on the bench. If the people of this county de• sire a competent A.sociate Judge they will vote for Juhn Laporte without respect to party affiliations. JAMES lIARPER, of Shirley town.shipi a member of the present board or Directors of the Poet., was honored by a re-nomina tion. Mr. harper has proven himself to have been one of the best guardians of the poor ever chosen in this county. Under his skillful management and advice, in the economic administration of poor house af fairs thousands of dollars have been saved to the tax-payers of the county. Mr. Har per did not ask a re-nomination, and his candidacy at this time is wholly the result of the actioa of the people in their desire to secu-e a co:npetent and careful officer, and their verdict in November will be, "well done, pod and faithful servant, con tinue to guard our interests in the future as you have in the past." JOHN S. LYTLE, of Sprue 3 Creek, our nominee for C.suaty Surveyor, is a prac tical man, and having had many years ex perience in his profession as a surveyor) will be the better qualise.l to discharge the duties of the offi ie. He is able, com petent, and deserving, and we predict his triumphant election by an old time ma jority. JOSEPH W. MADISON, of Birmingham, our candidate for Coroner, is a gentleman of unassuming manners, fulif competent to discharge the duties of the office, and as true to his party as the magnet to the poles. Mr. Madison deserves the hearty st.pport of every Republican in the county, :.ad we believe he will get it. Now, Republicans, the ticket is before you. It is composed of good men, every one of whom ought to be elected, and we believe will be, if the party does its duty. If any Republican has personal dislikes or feels sore and disappointed, let him forget them and turn in and talk and work for the ticket. Victory is within our grasp, and we invite every Republican, and every honest voter in the other rart:es, to join us in our efforts to secure the election of good and competent men to office. IMPORTANT TO VOTERS. Every Republican voter in the county should examine the registry list to see that his name is on it. Don't wait for some one else to do it, but do it in person.— Thursday, of next week, September 2d, is the last day on which voters can be legally registered, and we do hope that no Re publican will fail to attend to this import. ant duty at once. The assessor of each district is required to be at the election house on Wednesday and Thursday, Sep tember Ist and 2a, from 10 A. m. to 3 P. as., and from 6P.asto9 P. M. Give this matter your immediate and personal at. tention. The lists will be found posted at the place of voting. TILE lloi,. Horatio G. Fisher is again before the people of the Eighteenth Con gressional district Co their suffrages, hav ing after a trial of one term in Congress, received the unanimous endorsement of his political friends. Mr. Fisher has prov en himself an able defender of Republican principles, and has been faithful to the in. tere,it of his immediate constituents. He is recognized in Congress as a man of su. perior business qualifications, whose opin• ion has much weight in all questions per taining to the financial and commercial relations of the country, and the practical experience of this class of men is more valuable than the services of those who are merely theorists That the Republicans of Franklin county will give him their hearty and unanimous support. there is no more doubt than that he will have a majority of several hundred over his competitor, Mr. Speer.—Franle lin Repository. THE notorious 'Doctor" John Buchan an, of Philadelphia, the head and front of the bogus diploma colleges of that city, jumped from a ferry boat, into the Dela_ ware river, on Monday night a week ago, but it seems that the "Doctor" did not make the leap with the iatentilit of having his body flihed from the bottom of that classic stream, for he paddled for the shore, which ho reached in safety, and the latest news concerning him is that he has hied himself away to Canada, the refuge for all scoundrels fleeing from the heavy hand of the law. THE Democrats of New York are ma king a martyr out of Balbo, the Italian, who was executed in New York city, a few days ago, for the brutal murder of his wife. Because Gov. Cornell refused to interfere and save the scoundrel's neck from the noose, the Demccratio leaders are trying to organize the Italian voters for Hancock. This is all right for that party, and the new Democratic slogan for the campaign will be "Nigger-shooting in the south and wife-murdering in the North. FISHEr IN PEERY. fitTublicat,i of Petry 11c:id their county convention last. week, anti aliWll:4t,:t a series of resolutions we find the 11,row ing• relating 0 Mr. 'i,her : Rcsoired, That this Convention deem,' it un re,,,,ary to appoint Conterees or to hold a Con f.:r-uce as a mere matter of foftn, which eent , i not add to the binding force of the nominal ion already mole by the people of the District ; and we hereby &Mere lionttio 4;. Fi,her cur nominee for 0,3- But is c /. C•,af,ren,d he 4 , 2emcl ne cessary, the s.til Fish,- i , here .y empowered to to appoint his own Cocrecce:3 to reFesunt Perry county. /les:deed, That our representative in Congress, lion. 11,ratio Fisher, has by his wise and con sisteut course. met the approval of his constitu ents, and therefore we pledge hint corearn,st and enthusiastic support in this campaign. Inasmuch aA all the countics composing the XVlllth Congressional District, co l . cede the nomination to Mr. Fisher we can see no occasion for the lidding of a Con ference, and we sce.md the suggestion of our friends in Perry that none be told. The Republican leaders of Huntingdon county are in a bad humor because the Democrats and ti'reenbackers have united on a eouoty ticket.— Hollithryst ury .9,,sitla rd. This will be news to the "Republican leaders of Huntingdon county," and know ing as they do, that the Greenback party in this county has ceased to csist, will cause Clem to "smile a simile." The ac tion of the three or four persons in this town, who have been running that party in the interest of the Democracy, has driven every Republican Greenbacker, who lays any claim to honesty and good sense, back to their first love. The sell was too plain, and the would-be leaders were not able to de'iver the goods. The so called Greenback convention, of Wednesday a week ago, was run by one of the most rabid Democrats in the county, and he performed the duty assigned l,im by the "Boss" so well that the Greenback minnow was swallowed by the Democratic whale. "Republican leaders" are in a good "hu mor" over this result, for it has been the means of opening the eyes of those Repub licans who had joined the Greenback movement from honest motives; they don't propose to be sold "like sheep in the shambles." lion. R. Milton Speer is now certain of Cie Democratic nomination for Congress in the Eighteenth district. His competitor will be Hon. Horatio bates Fisher. There will not be a prettier race in the State than this one. The district is close; both candidates are reasonably honest ; and both deserve better of their respective parties than of their beloved country. Both are quick to see a political advantage, and will jump for it with the nimble voracity of a trout after a bait that suits it. It will be just a lovely race—pull Dick, pull Devil—and it doesn't greatly matter who wins —Phila. Record. From your stand point it may not "greatly matter who wins," but with the majority of the voters of the XVIIIth District it does greatly matter," and they have made up their minds that Mr. Fisher must win, and with this end in view the Republicans are determined to .give Mr. Speer the liveliest fight he ever had. We feel satisfied that everything will be lovely and that the Republican goose will hang antidiluvian when the returns come in. WE had the pleasure of a call, last week, from Frank A. Burr, esq., travelling cor respondent of the Philadelphia Press, who was in our town taking a glance at the political situation, and what he saw and learned during his brief visit he told the readers of the Press in an interesting let ter, which will 1 - e found, in its entirety, on the first page of to-day's JOURNAL.- Mr. Burr is a very clever and companion able gentleman, and his readable letters adds much to the growing popularity of Pennsylvania's best daily paper. THE Altoona Tritane, in noticing the action of the Republican County Conven tion, has this to say of ono of our candi d Ates for Assembly : "We are especially pleased with the nomination of 11. C. Mar shall, esq., for the Legislature, as he is not only a clever gentleman, but possesses decided ability, and, if elected, will make an honest and capable representative. The flattering vote he received in the conven tion attests his popularity, and that index we trust will hold good in November." IN our report of the proceedings of the Republican County Convention, last week, we failed to state the fact that Col. Geo. W. Owens, of Birmingham, who was a candidate for the nomination of Assembly, had voluntarily pledged himself, before that body, to support and work for the election of the whole ticket. Col. Owens is always found in the front ranks, battling for the success of Republican principles, and his course is worthy of imitation. WIZEN Col. It. F. Haslet asked, in the late Democratic convention, "who made this contract," dc., the tools of Speer were speechless; they dare not tell who made it. But we respectfully inform the Col onel, and the balance of honest Democrats in the county, that Mr. Speer "made the contract." Can be deliver the goods THE Doylestown Democrat is out for IWr. Speer for Governor. Don't crowd the mourners, Mr. Democrat, Speer has his hands full just now, and by the time Mr. Fisher knocks his Congressional aspira tions into a cocked hat he will not make such an available candidate for Governor as you imagine. WE would like to embrace a prophecy on stone to be read of generations in the future. THE NEGRO IN THESE STATES WILL BE SLAVES AGAIN OR CEASE TO BE. His sole refuge from extinction will be in slavery to the white man.—From the Meridian (Miss) Me r cur y. lION. LIN BARTHOLOMEW, Of Potts ville, Schuylkill county, died suddenly, of heart disease, at Atlantic City, on Sun day last. The deceased was a prominent Republican, and oue of the most eloquent and effective speake_ in the State His place will be hard to fill. THE re-nomination of lion. 11. G. Fisher, by the endorsement of the Repub licans of the six counties comprising the Huntingdon district, is a compliment which a faithful, respectable and able representa tive has honestly earned.—Llarrisburg Telegraph. The Alabama ° election is important at this time for severul reasons. It is another positive assurance to the country that THE SOUTH WILL NEVER TOLERATE THE THING KNOWN AS SOUTH ERN REPUBLICANISM.— Vicksburg Herald (Dem.) ABSTRACT OF SPCEEI ! I ' 7 1' iL,II - MI A !:.•1. an.ll.l..t;ing th.. cat,.. 1,..i.10rs got e.,n!r...1 f di4ri , t , :lll•l rt:tte L.-giAnturt., in tit° tiontlt in the N..rtli, in or .let to get 1.00: ....at: az..l I a51 , 15 ,. 119L 0 1 lees 111 , ;41,1, iwy t i..• hitt' alit! Ito nit i'l,ll t•!!!!! • ,•• "1:!•• oiti.•rtatii,..4 . an ri ; .:11t... - An., I.y ti...y Ltd:. :• ii. r..y• i.•. 1 lane., was x ilet,tlty I.r 1.:1,1 Loll. :oil t . , 1 .04 when lily last had orenrieti 11.. - .'. 1.i.14,1, t,t Lucifer, (Kant I.y illicit au. rstur), elr tilt the thrrle.l notii the elll-1 ,. .t1 y, vt hi, he starte I hi , rebellion. '1 . !o•y kit li.;,,•;1•,: I :1 ;ow,: b,r pri,teet,i: 1..1 bee.' lia.l ~.11, 1 1.,1; 'A:I.,. I I* Oa. b,,ol,riirt, 1 . 1 , 11 t. hag :11,1 ;L g1g.1.11114 . 4 . 4 .1 / I •lti./11 !slily The, I..‘the I..tcls 111 'bal, to take elurge ul that. :atute goverii1111.1:1 111 it , LWO legislative bratleieNi. (wind the oid tin tl•tstin_ over every State, atld 1,, It tratinn ti 11 , 1:11 . 1, eX1,11! :ts 1,.,1 by ho/;tile liiil;aloi of the froblier hill still tu tu hostilt. Dent"erats of the Swill'. They towel ~,,ernh tent wle,se tmootry after payment "cm.arly ..u.•-third of the U11101,1..11' rel.-111.m w:i , 11,11,1.• 1-11... , •1 dentatt.l ern it, and ,slaoKeer. , llt 4 - 01, , 1 1 , , 11,1 if 11., ~ 1 11”1. ualiull 011 Ill° krt. (pithy earth. A great work haul been dame by some party while Goo: were away. Stavery man abolish. d. They had no part that work, for they had stood by the blighting, Id isle: curse bowl. to the hour and article of its lath. The t,,Lt of the nation to ,ielend its own territorial existeoce I, ,d been settled. They had no pat in that work Mr they had utterly denied :my such right. The ditty of the hate,. to pay its honest debts had been recognized and unforee4.— Th , y had no part in that work bar they lint catered to the dishonest demands of blatant deneugocia,, who arg,ie that a debt of two dollars could be honestly disehar;Le4 a payment of one d ollar. The great work had been done by a young party. It Wad male up of men who were not after spoils anal booty, for the enterprise to which they gay, their ilevoton in pnimised none. It Was lea by men whose semis of right bad not been obliterated by the unlimited greed of power alai thraldom of party, which the slave system had forced on the comary. It, rank and tile canoe froth the workshops of the mahufactery and the dusty cells of the mine. They noun learned that labor had no true friend in a pa ty whose principal traits were first its persistent purpose to eneourago slavery by a system of bondage. anal then to discourage tree labor by a system of free trmle.— A pat ty, thus made up of the best elements of the old par ties, and fleshed and sinewed by the sons of tail, Na, lay its very composition a party of principle, and well titled for the great achievements which the last twenty years record as the work of the republican party. . It hi a work which was rot done . “under a bushel,' nor in a secret caucus controlled by bad, dangerous Wen. But from every house top, and hillside, and battle field where waved the flag, or arose the hand to assail it, could be heard its voice of strength and soetr its arm of power attacking the wrong and defending the right. To nullity this work by the elevation of those who sought to di vioe and destroy the country, would ho to erase all that is worth preserving iu our late history. The existence of the na tion depended on a vigorous prosecution of the war. The only tarty in favor of that was the Republicau tarty.— The freedom of every citizen, and the integrityof the peo- Pie as a whole depended on the abolition of slavery. But the only tarty in favor of that after 1856, was the Repel.- lican party. The honor of the nation depended on the honest payment of its debts, but the only party at all times in favor of that was the Republican party. The proof of its integrity and devotion to principle is in the fact that while some of its strong men as well as it weaker one+, surrendered to a time-serving pulley, as is 1872, they Ilt',l* dragged the party along; but with the wrath cloud of its enemies overhanging its pathway, and the scathing liAt nings of their persecutions playing i•bent its Ithitsteps, it kept "on in the even tenor of its way." About ill these wanderers in search of false grate, worth look trig after, are now lack with ue. The Hiles are 641,1,1 lip, the time serv ers weeded out, and the party again moves forward to an assured victory. How stands . the record of the Democratic, party - since 1874, when they first got a new lease of power? Ily its de feat in 1100, it was shorn of sower. By the bail faith which led to that defeat, it was also stripped of the bet ter men who had guided its course in its better days. As a result, it was teduetsl to a wreck of its former self, and de prived of all Mil a of power in the future, except t hat giv en it by the characteristic attempt of its new leackrs to conceal Its real purpose. Front that day to this its record has been the history of an unscrupulous scramble for place and power. Actuated by this purpose, and none other, loud professioas of reform were made as gOOll as they got control of tine lower le use. Large reductions to Uri public expenditures were to be madeat ow,. Nearly es cry effort in this di ruction was hat a poorly disguised at tempt to bolster up their political Pimples for the then approaching presidential campaign. The public buildings in course of erection throughout the country stood unfin ished. The light-houses, and beacons, and signals for the safety of commerce, and involving the protection of thou sands, of iives, and millions of treasure were insufficiently provided for. The postal service, the United Stah-s Courts and the army were all laid under tribute for campaign purposes. The public business was neglected, and with the greed of a hungry mob, every energy was devoted to the collection of garbage and the tuantifitcture of politi cal capital to assist them in electing a President. To this end the cry of fraud was raised ! This party which had committed more crimes against the ballet, and used more money corruptly in one year, than had ever been attempted in all the years by all the other parti, of this country ; this•party proposed to diseuver and punish fraud ! The methods employed and the results reached show that no tomtit motive prompted these investiga tions. Over one hundred resolutions of investigati.,n were passed, thirty-three committees; were engaged, :old right months of the 44th Congress expended in this bus iness. Secret sessiens of the cumulate. s were held, and many persons charged with crimes were den ied a hearing. In Sall. cases, sty in Philadelphia, the committees after hearing their own side adjourned, and refused to hear tes t' ~ ny on the other side. An amendment to sweeping resolutions of investigation proposing that charges be pre sented in writing, specifying the charge, the name of the official charged with corrupt practices, and that it be signed by saute member of the House, stating that he be tiered the charge true, was voted down. The shuns of Ihe cities were raitcd fur witnesses, and about il,uuu,uutt was expended in suchone-sided investigations. Iu spite of the uupriuciplud motive which prompted these inquiries, and the unfair and unscrupulous methods by which they were pursued, the result reached was the vindication if Repub lican officials, and the development of Democratic croek witless and rascality bel;ire !ill fair-minded unin. One fact proven was Heals Louisiana Republican elector had been offered $10.1,000 to cast his electoral vote fur Tilden and Reform! Another instance was the specific proof of a high-handed conspiracy to defraud and disfranchise in ef fect, the people of a groat State by the wholesale corrupt lion of Courts and the corrupt issue and use by this party of over *W10) fraudulent naturalization papers. In 1876, this fraud cry crystalized in the nomination of Samuel J. Tilden. A man whose responsibility for the monstrous crimes against the ballot in New York State, to which reference has just been made, had teen charged squarely upon him by their last preceding candidate tor President. After a most desperate, corrupt and 8113110_11a attempt, shy fraud and bribery to capture the presidential chair, be was defeated at the polls, and again defeated be fore a s ec ond and aneumlouti tribunal, created at the in stance of his friends. His "dark ways and vain tricks" desebiped so rapidly that lone' ' before !their last nomina ting convention met, he was denounced publicly by the leading Democratic politicians of this State as a thief and a fraud. That conventieu, too, repudiated hint, thereby anticipating the prompt rebuke the people were eager to give him, if he had dared come before them. Such was the man who fitly represented the reform pretentions of this party ; the man to insure "the fan vote, the tree bal lot, and the fair count," their present candidate speaks of in his letter of acceptance. The most vital issue is whether a State shall be govern ed at home and represented in the National Congress by the party which has the majority, or by the party which has the minority et legal votes therein. It is the gileStll.ll whether majorities shall govern, and rises above every other in vast importance. The wrong conservatic, ar all wrongs, is the suppression of majorities by fraud and vio lence. That Republican majorities iu many Southern States and Congressional districts have been suppressed for years, by such means is an undoubted fact. This is put beyond question by the record of crime which the sworn proof of eye-witnesses supplies and which fills thir teen volumes of Congressional Reports. Independent ‘.l this, it is evident front the results of so-called elections in the South. Iu Mississippi where the Republican vote, or rather that portion of it counted in 1076, was 53,900; in 18T8 it was only 1,200. In South Carolina the vote she'd in 1876, 91,000 Democratic, and 92,000 Republican ; to 1878 it stood 120,000 Democratic, and 213 votes Republican. In eleven counties of six Southern States, in 1876, but !.:1 votes were counted for Hayes, and In the same counties, 16,833 votes were counted for Tilden and Retirm. In the Third Congressional District of Alabama ' where the Re publican vote ran up front 8,010 to 12s iiiiiduring the years 1869 to 1573, there were but 131 Republican votescounted in 1878. In more than a dezenCongressienal Districts of the South represented now by Confederates, the colored vote exceeds the white. One such is the "shoe-string dis trict" of Mississippi, where there are over two colored to every white voter. That district is represented in the present Congress by J. R. Chalmers, the notorious rebel general who directed the massacre at Fort Pillow. and - .rho superintended that carnival of bloodshed and butch ery, which stands out without a parallel ii) modern times! Apart from the power obtained by such disfranchisement of legal voters, there has never been a thus when the Democratic party could have had a majority in either house of Congress since ISid. • To ,ontiuue the suli•t south by such meane, and le ob tain etiough Northern States to elect a President is their great purpose. To accomplish this they nowt get rid of the election laws. The 15th atnendment provides that this right shall nut be abridged or denied any ,ine, and shall be enforced by appropriate legislation. The whole con tention oldie Democrats in Congress was tot effort to get rid of the legislation which hied been enai•ted in pursu ance of this organic law by a denial that there wad any power in the general government to enter., this right. They made the desperate attempt to starve the govern ment into submission to a repeal of this legislat ion by tacking such repeal on the appropriation bills. Failing in this they attempted to c aunty these laws by refusing to appropriate money to carry them out. All kinds of trickery and jugglery were resorted to to get rid of this legislation, and the bold threat was made that an "war measures" were to be wiped tint. The interpretation of this is that the new amendments which they cannot get rid of by a simple act of repeal. are to be nullified I.iy a repeal of all laws passed to enforce the rights which tLey guarantee. In view of this disfranchisement of legal voters in the South by whole congressional districts, and by whole States, and in view of their settled purpose, as shown by their record in Congress, to continue this state of things there, and extend its baneful influence North by repeal ing [or nullifying the election laws, what de they mean by declaring in their platform, as they do, for "free elections?" They mean simply that they are still ready to say anything to obtain a oontinuanee of power. They mean that they arc still true to the only prmeiple char acterizing them for twenty years, greed for power obtain ed iu any way, and by any means. They know too well the temper of the people on this vital question to dare state their real purpose. They pursued the same course in 1876, and no one ought to be misled by it now. They then went farther, and on August 10th, lei?, just in time for campaign purposes, introduced and passed a resolutioe in Congress, declaring that the provisions of the loth amendment should he enforced, :wit that the right iifsul &age shiodd be protected, witheet distinction of rate er color, and that all persons offendieg should Is brought to ."certain condign and effectual punishment." That reso lution was telienl on in ilea C311111;6;01 to satisfy the pee ple that they were truly in favor of • - tree elections." But that election over, and the eery power inserted by that resolution .hey utterly denied. They went bad:, "Like the dog to his vomit and the sow to her wallow in ti n • mire." By their conduct then we can justly estimate the value of their present ilecla rat imi fur "tree elections." It is only of value to illustrate their utter lack of fidelity to their own record and their utter abauduunient of truth e - hen solemnly addressing the people whom they are ask .ing to support them. Such, in t,rief review, is the record of the Democratic party since 1874. This record, including all of good they could find in themselves, and all of evil they email fuel in their adversaries, is what they have to offer as a Ten./11 why the people should again trust them. It is all they have to make them better now than they were in Iseo. We maintain that it not only demonstrates their total un fitness for place and power, but also establishes these things: . . Firstly. That while wearing the "sheep's clothing" of innocence and honesty, their practices proclaim them to be the "ravening wolves," of front and dishonor. Secondly, That their boasted inve.tigations, corrupt in their inception, unlair and dishonest iu thetr prosecution, have resulted mainly in vindicating their adversaries, and exposing their own bad purposes and practices. Thirdly, That they have only had opportunity to make this record, bad as it is, by fraud, violence and murder, and every hour they have controlled the legislation of either house of Congress has been a continuing menace to the sanctity of the ballot and the safety of our iustitu tions. Fourthly, That their only hope of success in this con test arises from the possibility of such an aggregation of wrong against the ballot, us will deprive the nation of its choice, and carry up by a way of blood and of crime, to the highest place of the people, a man who can get there no other way. The nomination of Gen. Hancock is a very poor answer to this record. The better part of Hancock is that which 1' , .11 - 414 at r:vt tyslawg. That ig part we honor, hut it i, the part ics new frien,k di , liwior. other part i 4 that Whiell ehtl ., b4 at the head, tho i ffl, a army, hest the filen seek, in Gaizieqs, 'I.!, Ow forms of I tit they vid:t t.., mid in the Dan, of a ~,l istitatiOli they tramplo upon, t, wipe out the roolltg of tit,' war—Getty.- i.ri argil 1111! That i 4 tt, part hig mete friends honor, ! , ot it ii the rut tli,hoo,.r! Tkot.tli , t Artit•lii told it it it , . ov,•t• ,t0t . ,1...1 to Attier iC:I, they 1;t r-114.11,,try 14 , hich ua, woliteted S;tratog:, , , thahtis ar,ah.l Itathz the re4t of 111.1. n. , - 1 1 i wrong IN characterized Arnold is impi,4,l 1 , 1 Ilannock, while we lionured inn' who. , tood tint ift• guru ;IA till' 111.1+k Gar I , lnuera..y :01.1 t., ale. 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