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John B. Bratton,
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DR. WALKER'S CALIFORNIA VINEGAR
BITTERS—FREE FROM ALCOHOL- ,
PURELY VEGETABLE.
Vlucgar Bitters Is notn vile fancy drink, made
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the taste,called "Tonics,” '•Appetizers,” "Re
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ounces and ruin, but are a true Medicine, made
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jreo from all alcoholic stimulants. They are the
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a perfect Renovator and Invlgorator of the sys
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No person can take these bitters according to
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Dyspepsia or Indigestion, headache, Pain In
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dizziness, sour eructations of tbo stomach, bad
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Its merits than a longthy.ndvertlaemont, •
. For female complaints, in young or old, mar
ried or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or
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gana
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use of .these Bitters. One bottle In such cases
will convince the most incredulous of their cu
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Cleanse the vitiated blood whenever you fln4
its impurities bursting through the skin in
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ilnd .lt obstructed and sluggish In the veins I
cleanse It when .It Is foul; your feelings will
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Grateful thousands proclaim Vinegar i Bit
ters the most wonderful in vigoranl that ever
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Fin, tape and other-worms, larking in.the
system of so many thousands.- avo ellbolualiy
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pUyblqlqgist; .'l'UerC' is.scarcely - on. Individual
upon the face of the earth, whose body Is-ez-|
eipptfrora the'presence of worms,
on the huullhyolementuof the body tbatworms
exist, but upon the dlseasod'humors and slimy'
deposits that'breed these living monsters of;
dlseneo. No system of medicine, no vormlfu-;
ges, no antheliulnltlca„wlll the system
from worms llko these BUters, | < i , ’ i _ i ]
Mechanical Diseases.; Persons engaged j'lni
paints and minerals, shch os plumbers, type
setters, gold-beaters and miners, as they- ad
vance In life, will be subject, to paralysis of the
bowels. To guard against this lake a dose of
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week, as a preventive. : •
; Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers,
which-are so prevalent In the valleys ol our
great rivers throughout the United States, espe
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Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland. Arkansas, Red,
Colorado; Brazos* Bio Grande, Pefttl; Alabama,
Mobile, Savannah, Roanoke, James, and many
others, with their vast tributaries,'throughout
our entire country during the summer and au
tumn, and remarkably so during seasons of nn- ■
usual beat and dryness; are invariably accom
panied by extensive derangements of tho stom
ach and liver, and other abdominal viscera.—
There are always more or less obstructions of
the liver, a weakness and Irritable state of the
stomach, and great torper of the bowels, being
gcloged up Svsth vitiated accumulations. In
tholr treatment, a purgative, exerting a power
ful inllnenco upon these various organs. Is es
sentially uecssary., There Is no cathartic .for
the purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker’s Vinegar
Bitters, as they will speedily remove the dark
ooorod viscid matter wllh which the bowels
are loaded, at the fcamp time stimulating the se
cretions of the liver, and generally restoring
tho healthy functions of.tho digestive organs.
Hcrolula.or King’s evil, while swellings, Ul
cers, Erysipelas, Swelled neck, Goiter., Scrofu
lous Inllammatlons,-Indolent Inllammatlons,
mercurial affections, old sores, eruptions of tho
skiu, sore eyes, etc., etc. In these; as in all
other constitutional diseases, Walker’s Vinegar,
Bitters have shown their great curative powers
In tho most obstinate and Inti actable cases.
Dr. Walker's California V,lnegar Bitters 'are
on all these cases in a similar manner. By purl
fying the blood they remove the cause, and by
resolving away the effects of the inflammation,
(the tubercular deposits) the affected parts re
ceive health, and a permanent cure Is effected.
The properties of Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bit
ters are aperient, diaphoretic and carminative,
nutritious, laxative, diuretic, sedative, counter
irritant, sudorific, alterative and autP-blllons.
The aperient and mild laxative properties of
Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitters aretne best safe-/
guard in all cases of eruptions and malignant
lovers, their balsamic; healing and soothing
properties protect the humors of the fauces.—
dholr sedative properties allay pulu in the uer?
vouh system, stomach and bowels, cither from
inflammation, wind, colic, cramps, etc. Their
counter-irritant influence extends throughout,
the system. Their diuretic properties act on
the kidneys, correcting and regulating the flow
of urine. Their anti-bilious properties stimulate
the liver; in the secretion of bile, and Its dis
charges through tho bllary ducts, and are su-
Eorior to all remedial agents, (or tho euro of
llloifs fever, fever and ague. etc. .
Fortify the body.against disease by purifying
all its fluids with Vinegar Bitters. Iso epidemic
cun take hold of a system thus forcarned. The
liver, the stomach, the bowels, the kidneys, and
tho nerves 'are . rendered disease-proof by this
great InvigoranL
DIRECTIONS.—Take of, the Bitters ongoing
to bed at night from a half to one and one-half
Wine-glassful. Eat good nourishing food, such
as beof-steak, mhttoni-ohop, venison, roost-beef,
and vegetables, and take oat-door exercise.—
They are composed pf purely vegetable Ingre
dients. and contain no spirit.
J. WALKER, Proprietor; K. JT. MCDONALD
& CO.. Druggists and Gen’l Agls., San
and New York.
£3?-Sold by all druggists and dealers.
July 4,l£7U—3m.—Jan. 4,1873—3 m.
iHfgceltancoiiK.
tax For m 2.
Tho school tax for the present year (1572). has
been levied and assessed by tho Pcbool.Dlrcc
torsof the borough of Carlisle, and a duplicate
thereof Issued and' delivered [to the Treasurer
for collection, •
The tnzablo citizens of saldjchool district are
therefore notified that the Treasurer will attend
at the County Court-pousp, (Commissioners 1 of
fice,! on Wednesday and Thursday, , ,
7p\e 28fA,npd AUOUS7 next, *
between the ,hours of 0 and 6 o’clock 1 oT’Sttld
days, for the purpose of, receiving l said tuxes;
and upto,said datestaxes may <he paid af the
nfllre of the Treasurer, No 28 “Marlon Hall”
Building, West Main street. • ■ "
On all tftxes paid on or before the.abovo dates
_ A Deduction of Pcr\ Owj/.
will for prompt payment.’arid for all
taxes remaining unpaid, a'warrant and dupli
cate will bo Issued, enforcing the collection
thereof according to law. 1 J.'W. EBY,
June 20,1872—11 w. IVeasurer.
pkAVXD SMITH, formerly Justice o
I /the Peace, would announce to his numerous
friends throußhouttho county and vicinity,* that
his special attention will he felven to the ool
ectlon and settlement of all claims, book ao
cmmiH, vendue notes, &0., and to writing of
deeds, mortgages, bonds, Ac., and also to tho
oiling and renting of real estate. Terms modor
ate. Ofllco inthe court-house.
'•AprlH;lB72—om.
*1 OST'—On Raturday night last, on the
_L J State Rond, between Carlisle and Plainfield,
a largo leather pocket-book, containing some
valuable papers. The finder will bo liberally
rewarded ny leaving It at tho American Vol
unteer ofllco. ; ’ July Xl—lf.
CQAXj.—The subscriber hav-
V// Ing resumed tho sale of COAL, is prepared
to supply families witF any of tho varieties In,
the market atextreraely low prices.
Llmebunters’ Coal will be furnished to far*
tners and llmeburners, at all points along the
line of the Cumberland Valley* Rail-road, at
moderate rates. Orders respectfully solicited
Address • GEORGE ZINK.
July 11,1872f5m. •, Carlisle, Pa*
W‘A If T E D.—Good, reliable, active
business men to take the agencies for Uo
(•ii'nilcshnrg. Shlppensburg ond Nowvlllo, to
«ell tho *• DOMESTIC*? SEWING MACHINE.
Easiest to operate. Best to sell. Entirely now.
JOS. W. OQILBY, Carlisle,
July 18-tf Agent for Cumberland county, i
TfTILSON CCLEEGE FOR YOUNG
VV LADIES, .Ohamborsburg, Pa. '.
With ample grounds and elegant buildings, so
littcd up as to bo homelike and attractive, and
'veil equipped for thorough educational work,
will open the First Term of tho next Acadomcl
year September 4th, .872 For pnrculars. apply
lo Rev. o. P. LANE. Aug, 8. 1872-4-lt
13LAOK8MITH8 WANTED, at tho
-U Carlisle Machine and Car WorkA Steady
'•mployment will be given to good men. An-
I’b’lo >. GARDNER & CO.
Abb. 1, IS72—it.
XI n MADE from fifty cents.
Call examine, or twelve sample s *
* oiA' oa , l . fre °) for 5U cents that retail qulu
h. WOLCOTT, 181 Chatham Squar
owYorlc. Jnly2&—4W
fi.■ ' r • \i ' li-M ; .j.. t < Rates of Advertising.
iIP JP JI lIIIIJVI/: JV ♦ : ’ |||
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
■ political
MR. BUCKALEW IN LANCASTER,
Political Demonstration
An ■■ Immense
Mr, Bucltal'eiv’s Speech
Hiw Senatorial 1 Keoot'tl !
HIS VOTES FDR SUPPLIES AND BOUNTIES
A Complete Refutation of RiuUcul
Slanders'.
The Holcombe Interview
A Scathluy Exposure of the Eesif/na of the
Cameron . Hina.
[From the IntelUgencor, 21st.]
The meeting at Pulton Hail last
night was a grand political demonstra
tion. The notice giyen was brief, blit
tho assemblage was one. of the most
imposing ever witnessed in this city
upon a similar occasion. Long 'before
the hour appointed for the meeting eve
ry seat in Pulton Hall was filled and
the aisles were packed by people stand
ing. Hundreds were obligee} to .turn
away without obtaining admission.—
Very, many of the best and: most intel-
ligent Eepnblicana .in the city were
present. They went, to heat- the truth
and returned to their homes determined
to cast their, ballots in favor lof reforni
and an honest, administration, Of 1 bur
state Government :,: ,;Mr. JBnckalew r was
.received with enthusiastic cheers when
he entered the ball, and was introduced
to. the .audibnee ,6y .Dri ’ Carpe'aterl
chairman of ■ the Democratic: CoUnty}
.Committee., tn lifa, .usual soalm and
clear method he spoke as'folio,ws :' j
SPEECH. OF ME.. BUCKALEVy. r
Felipio Citizens of Lancaster County;
i appear before a Lancaster county an-|
■ dienfio for the first time'. Although Ii
have known many, of your, people ma- 1
ny years, it .has never happened that Ij
■tvas 1 with ydu In your popular assem- 1
biages In any of the great election con- j
.tests through which we havb passed In i
the last twenty-five years. ■ But I am;
here to-night,to salute, yon ail, I hope, i
as friends, and I hope, also, as fellow ■
co-workers with me in an enterprise in
Which we are jointly Interested. It is
not one peculiar to the speaker who
now addresses you. It is one that goes
home to each and,all of you. The
question is: “ Can vye in peaceful times,
undisturbed by the clangor of war or
any disturbing force from abroad, can
we secure to ourselves in this country
just, honest and successful governments
in pur States, and In the government of
the Federal Union ?
Gentlemen: I might say many pieaa
;ant things concerning your county as
introductory to my remarks to-night.
I might speak of its early as well as of
its recent history. I might go back to
the time When Benjamin franklin ap
pealed to the iarmera of Lancaster
county for transportation and supplies
for the ill-fated expedition of Braddock
jnto the wilderness, and when his ap
peal was promptly met. I might go on
and point to successive periods qf your
history, when your county exhibited
her patriotism, energy and. devotion
to the country in times of emergency
andperil.- I might dilate also upon the
peculiarities of character in your popu
lation, as settlements were originally
made and as society grew up and in
creased in magnitude, with a corres-'
ponding swollen volume of various in
terests, and an accompanying prosperity
such ns is vouchsafed to few sections of
our own Commonwealth or ,of other
States. But, gentlemen, X shall not
dwell upon, these, points, however
pleasant it might bC fop us iq pass some
time speaking of them and listening, to
them. 11 Although my mother.was of
Irish descent, I never lwd my i dngiie
upon the blarney stone, and therefore
you will excuse me, [Laughter.]; t '
AN ELECTION CRY.
I pass on to matters ihat may bo if
not more interesting , and, plepssnt at
least uSpreisuitable to tbejocoasion./ In.'
a work written, bjtp’Jsftieli, thp young,
eiy a work of imagination, he depicts
the trouble and! difficulty of a- pair of
English politioiahs l about W generation
ago; ; and early, inthe reign of. hen pres
ent majesty the Queen of Great
They were named Tiaper and, jacipole,
and their, difficulty was to obtain an
election cry. Now, it would seem as
important that ap,election should have
a ; cry as that, a sermon should have. a
text or a newspaper a motto. Weil,
Mr, D’lsraeli’s politicians, after racking
tl)dir l itfgdnulty, finally settled'Upon'
their, election cry, which'.was :this:
“!Our young Queen and our ol(I insti
tutions.” There was. a. pleasant collo
cation of language, vogue and general
in signification, suited to the necessities
of the political situation. Xu this elec
tion campaign there was no difficulty
in sotting upon a cry for Democrats and
reformers in this State. It was a plain
matter. The language lay before them
They could not miss it; Therefore tho
cry was raised early; it continues to
this evening, and it will be reiterated
hereafter. Their election cry is: “Down
with Bings |” . [Applause.] “ Down
with the Bings I’’ [Great applause.]
■ THE IIErOKMKII’S CRY. .
But wfiat does this tneah 1 Why. It
canies upon its fiice words aignifleant
to every Intelligent citizen of tho Com
monwealth. It means that Govern
ment has gone wrong. It means Unit
men in public stations have consulted
their own interests instead of those of
the public. It means that there is odi
um, suspicion, and soine measure of
disgrace in public affairs in this State,
and connected with those who have
been entrusted by the people with the
exercise of their sovorign power. Our
cry-was really made for us by our op
ponents. They brought into existence
the wrongs out of which this common
watchword arose, and I trust that so
effectual and complete will be the de
cision of 6ur people this year that a
repetition of this cry, a(\ least in our
Slate, Will never'heretiftef be' required.
[Applause,]. That the lessen now to be
ad ministered.' by' the people, will not
only bo wholesome 1 , iu character, but
raj so so enduring in its consequences,,that
public men hereafter will not transgress
—will not render such public action us
we now have necessary and proper; to
vindicate Republican institutions from
reproach-[Renewed applause.] ; '
THE ItX.NG CRY. i
- But our Opponents Have been trdub
blecl for an,election cry, and they-have
gone without one for three sorry, weary
months, from early in April until a
very recent date. ’ They know not
What to say in spine brief sentence in
which to sura up their Side of the issues
of the campaign, . Well, gentlemep,
they have ascertained {hat this want
' must be supplied, that it is not practi
cable for them to carry on successfully,
or oven respectably, h campaign with
out,grouping around soipe common, ex
pression or watchword, the .principles,
or if j'ou please, the ptiksions which in
spire them. Mr. (I believe I should
say Major) Russell lErrett, the chair
man of- the Ring State Commltiee,. in:
an raddress] issued; .within, £.■ few days,'
informs those who’follow his guidance
that they are no longer to parry, blows;
they ate' to gi ve.them, and .Wo proceeds
to do what all good teachers af doctrine
do, or 'ought to, dfc 'He'proceeds to 11-
iustraljo'his advice by’•an example ;he
pfbceeds“to make an assault hirnaelfl
And what he-doos r and what he pro
poses that others shall do, may be in
dicated by,.the watchword for whiph-it
jVyould Saefn tllabfffq'has’ bean seeking,
•anti winch is a fatn’lliar orto to' aii J bf
you. He proposes that tho cry of his
■people sbpilibfi.fi3.it: was, bfc war times—
loyalty,” and that charges against all
opposed to them of lack of patriotism
shall be;,lrpply.iudulged,jn.:thraugh all
the avenues through which a party can
paean.ite speakers,,newspa
pers and members.
' 1 " Ifi ktiip fif, this 'design and! tb'rfi
' vlvfi .il possibie„the, passions of the war.
;he proceeds in his address-to. make an
assault upon ifie, arid hb docs It iti tefma
not usual in political controversies be
tween gentlemen. He 'prdceeds to do
it without provocation, and with a wll
ffil and deliberate irft&fyifaiji b‘f 'slating
what he himself' knows fo be'untrue.
This is strong language but I do not
utter it unadvisedly. X shall proceed
to prove that it is just. He says to
yau. raon of Lancaster, and so to your
fellow citizens, throughout the State, in
express terms, that during the war, or
at least during the concluding years of
the war,, you were • represented in the
United States Senate by a disloyal man,
and he .proceeds further to assert that
not only-was this’disloyalty exhibited
in,, Senatorial service, but also in
private intrigues and. intercourse with
the enemies of the United States. .
Now, gentlemen, this gross and inde
<SeWt ‘ 'accusationV' proceeding from the
recognized head of the organization op
posed to us, justifies completely;what I
propose to do to-night, arid what, under
other circumstances, might be supposed
to bo indelicate, or in some manner
questionable, I propose to speak to
night, and to speak frankly, concerning
myself, my views arid position early in
the war and, (luring its progress. Ob--
serve, and I beg you to carry this;
thought in your minds—observe, I do
n'ot propose to speak because I conceive
it to be necessary to me as,an individ
ual that 1 should defend myself against
this accusation] nor because X, suppose
an answer froth me is necessary to any
result in this election, but, I da this for
the satisfaction Of ftiettdsi, fespeoiffily of
many gentlemen who have not hi,thqrtb
acted with .me in political’ affairs; bnt
who are disposed this year to vote for
up by my noipinatipn. / X
propose i,t6;!show-'them, ■grid.'td, enabiq,
them'to show othera,. and' ip necessary <
to flirig it in thS fries of every calaminar
for,-that the candidate nominated at
Beading, anil'-supported, as !X
by the honest sentiment of'a‘majority
ofjthe freomemoPtWsßtKte—wasipatrif'
otic'driVihg- the- a'hfl''pP;'
fight, tfrie bppri, alhquestidns, fela
tlng!thereto', i
i X cqme.hpme fronxfl foreign;iioubt'ryr
,ip<tiid lalfef'part ort/ne summit
’apmb mphthri .A.
ifttle oyer’a’ywjf: eribsriq.dprit'i ft ihy ! fric.
■ turn 1 was chosen to the’Senate of the’. 1
United 'States' - by f he 1 Legislature ' at
. HArrlsburjf, byii major! tyof'oha-vote,
ap event of w.hich daubll you iicard
at the time, because there werpCircum--
stances 1 connected wittf the event ealcu.
lated to-flx It upon riien’s recollection^.;
DECLARATIONS, 'OE,POSITION* ij
, The' war RndP.ft m'Apfil 18G5, a liftioV
more, than " two years afterward. 1 '
Shortly after, my elpctfon, iriJply,lBG3,
I prepared'ah essay upon the existing,
pollfipaj .situation
especially‘with Reference to, tho war
which was then pending; rind it was
published extensively; in •Philadelphia'
and in my own and, adjoining counties,
and was distributed about in; the for'ul
of a'slip sheet under my name.; I t wlli
read tvhat I said then: ' i V;
“ That rebellion Was against the laws'
of the United States, and put the whblo
body of them at defiance. Although it
averted for itself a legal ground of
tifleatibn, It is inoat manifest'that it
wgß’ lawless . and unauthorized. Tho,
compact of union belhgwltliou t litpita
tion of time, must bo held,' as lntprided
byXts authors; to he perpetual; and'the'
provision contained in it for, its .pwh
amendment provides, thp only lawful
mode by which' the obligation can be
llniited or changed'. Considering: se
cession a broach of the public Jaw, and
in view of the immense Interests,put in,
peril by it, this State, concurred in
mehSpies of hostility fgainst iiiu South.
But this was done (o'vindicate the, bro
ken toe, and to secure the objects for
whjch tho government of the United'
States was originally founded, and for
no purpose of conquest or
Uppn tiiia ground wo may justifyphf
conduct, and submit it, without appro
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1872.
hension of censure, to the judgment of
future times,” 1 ' • ’ ■ ■ "
This was the substantial and solid
ground, upon which early after my
election to the Senate, 1 placed the war
.upon our side before the people of this
State. ■" ’ '
I will proceed next to read a passage
from a speech delivered by me after
the war ended., In a speech delivered
in the Senate on the 21st of July, 1868,
I said:
" Returning from, a foreign country
after .the, commencement of the war,
when it was in full progress, and when
no human power could avert the storm,
which foll upon ns, I found myself,,sis
did most of the citizens of our country,
absolutely controlled by the circum
stances which surrounded ns and which
pressed us forward upon a course of
conduct which wo could not avoid. , I
thought then, and I think now, that
there was but one thing to do. We
werr engaged in a contest which was,
as it has been often described, a contest
©f life and death, and there was nothing
to be done except to fight jt out, loiight
on, to promote or assist the collision of
forces which were then arrayed against'
'each other until some ultimate result
should be teached. .' ■ 1 ' , ’
. As a,.memberof the minority In this
chamber, I gave my vote for those meas
ures of • the majority which' directly
pointed ",tp the use', of, tbe force of this
government to / Subjugate the insurrec
tion which raised its head against I
was opposed to the political policy of that
majority, aind ' h'avo isofatihnSd’ to’ enter
tain and. evlnqe that; opposition down to
this tlme ln a respoctful and proper man*
uer. But upon the question of prosecu
ting the war to'a conclusion I never,had
any difficulty;. I.never,had any hesita
tion. Upon ah' examination of my reo
.ord—ahd bumbleaa.lt may he, even it
may, by Some persona at some time be ex
amined—it will lib .found that from the
time I assumed the scat to which my
state had assigned, me in this chamber,.
■my course was.such os i have indicated,
and was in exact accordance with the
convictions that I held."
SUPPORT OF APPROPRIATION!}.
So much for declarations or statements
ipf position'. Now I come to the senato
rial record of 1801., On the 15th of Feb
ruary a- deficiency bill - was 'pending in
the senate relating to the civil service.—
The military committee of the senate re
ported an amendment appropriating cer
tain moneys for, the war department to
cover ideflcienolea; for 'the, current deal
year,' which ended the 30th of June, 1864.
The 'items of, appropriation In this
amendment amounted'to $97,504,040, and
1 have them hero. In the same bill was
contained appropriations' 16 navy de
partment of $2,735,500. At that date, the
15th of February, this amendment was
agreed to in the senate by a unanimous
vote, the record showing that I was pre
sent,and again on the 11th of April, at a
subsequent stage 'of mo uni, uuuuim
unanimous vote covering these appro
priations was given, and on the 14th the
bill was passed finally in the same man
ner, the Olobe showing-that I was pres
ent at each of these sessions, and imme
diately before and after the passage of
the bill. These appropriations for the
arihy and navy amounted to $100,239,540.,
In the same spring an act makiug 'ap
propriatlous to the naval service for the
year ending June, 1865, and for other
purposes, approved May 21, 1884, was
passed. Tljpt bill provided for appropri
ations to Che naval service amounting to
covered by nineteen items
of appropriation. Then to seven bureaus
in the naval department the amount ap
propriated was $3,282,500, and to the ma
rine corps an amount appropriated under
the came bill was 51,332,508 99; the ag-‘
gregate of these appropriations being
$106,102,987 00, besides large and liberal
appropriations to the several navy yards
along the Atlantia coast, which I have
pot included. In that case also, the bill
passed unanimously, the.record showing!
that I was present.
But I come to a more important bii),
the largest of all, under which: expendi
tures, were made daring the war. I mean
the'army appropriation bill, signed by
the President on the 15th of June 1864,
toibe foiind in the Congressional Olobe,
Ist,Session; 33th CongreSslonal’iLppendlx,
}77.! In that bill there were flfty'rJth'rCa
items of appropriation, and tbernggre
gato amount was ; $529,323,807 G 3. That
bill,.was voted .upon in the senate on the
s2d of April, 1864, and, the yeas and nays
pre recorded at page 1813 ofthe Olobe,- —
They, are,as follows: , . •'
i : YffAS—Messrs Anthony, Brown, ifue£-
'aleiii," jCarllßle, Chandler, Clark, Colla
. dacr, Con ness, Cowan, Davis, Dixon,
iDrtoilttle,' . Fessenden, , Foot, Foster,
Crimea, Hale,' Hording, Henderson,.
'Hendricks,'Howard, Dane of Indiana,
iDane Of 'Kansas, M'Dougal,. Morgan,
'MorrllT, Pomeroy, Sherman,
Sumner, Tdn Eyck, Trumbuli, Wilkin
;spn, Willey and Wilson—3o. :
jNXv— Mr. Powell—l. , .
1 Of the thirty-six senators who voted
fonthat bill-eighteen are now supporters
of General Grant, eleven are supporters
Mr. Grydiey and seven are dead, ;
' ,Qonjlomou, It, has been truly-said of
tljat afftiy appropriation bill—it was for
jtliio year commencing on the Ist day of
triily, 1804, and ending on the 30lh of
June, 1805, that these moneys tfaus vdted
.by us with rare unanimity, sent Sher
idan triumphant on his march to the
sea, replenished, the thinned ranks of
flrsnt before Richmond, and gave vigor
and success to'ail the odpratlona, large
aqd smalli-undertaken by our govern
,'pient in the closing year of the war. It
was that money that brought the war to
an end. and secured to us, I trust, an
.everlasting peace, [Cheerp.] Yet a
chairman set up to manipulate and pol
lute' elections has the faca to send forth
bia address branding me and, men like
me as disloyal, while he and his ormauy
of;his present nasooiates in the emergen
cy of the nation- were looking to their
own pockets instead, of the interests of
the country. 1 filo'rd cheering.]
But this Immense appropriation bill
was not at first successful. It passed the
senate* but the two houses got it by the
data on some amendments, In relation to
ttit overlaatlngdubjeot of congressional
debate, the colored people. They were
‘at 'issue, although hath largely repnbli-
Can, on the question about how and to
'wriat, extent certain colored troops were
to pe,paid, and It was necessary to have
a, Committee of conference. Yoii will
find the report of the committee of con
ference on that bill at page 2845 of tba
Olobe, fot that session. I will read you
, (tie names of those who signed this re
port, which secured the Anal passage of
the bill, and gavejt Its ultftnate form.—
It was signed on the part of the senate
by T. O. Howe, L. M. Morrill and Clins.
B. Buokalow, and /on the part of the
house 'by Thaddohs Stevens, [cheers]
and Thomas T./Davis, arid : then' for
some days afterwards I used to hear of
rather strong declarations, made by the
chairman of toe house committee—l
moan the lato/Tlinddeus Stevens—[re
peated oheeriiK] concerning what he.
alleged to be t(fe,manliness and magna
nimity with which I had agreed to pay
liberally the/colored troops which we
had employed [greet cheering.] 'lf you'
want to look Into declarations of that
sort unimportant) so
made, you Can Inqulre.of Mr. Haldemnn,
reproßontnfive In Congress from an ad
joining dutrlot. Upon that report from
the domnclttee of oongorence when It was
made the vote was unanimous, so that I
followed that bill to its conclusion and
assisted In giving to It Its ultimate form,:
That finhbes 1801; with the exception of
the bounty bill, about which ! will say a
; word alter a while. In 1805,'a1l the,
moneys voted were not expended- When
the biili were passed we did not know
that the war would end before their ex--
pendttuie would become necessary; Of
'the date of 2d of. March, 1865, yon will
find an act making appropriations for
the naval service for the year ending
June 30, 1806, The amount appropriated
was $121,480,928 95, and that bill passed
.the'senate unanimously ITlh of
February, the record showing that I wap
present. At that same cession, on the
3d of March, 1805, yon will find another
act among our statutes,,“an act making
appropriations for the support of the ar
my for the year ending 30th of June;
1860, 1 ’ that passed the senate on thoJßth
of February, the record showing that I)
was present. The aggregate amount of
the appropriation made by [hat bill In
thirty-four items, was $554,579,527 70.—!
Here are efive successive money bills;
every one of which, by the . record is
shown to have been passed with my.con
sent: and:, approval, because they were]
ipasSod unanimously with the one exoep-i
tlon of the army appropriation bill of
.1804, and Tor that i have read the vote.
They amount altogether to $1,427,822,:
881 80., 1 ■■■ , !
SOLDIER'S PAY.
I come to another subject; the question;
of the pay of the soldiers. On the22d of I
-December, 1863, the, record shows thptj
was present when the bill passed unani
mously, appropriating $20,000,000 to pay
bounties to soldiers, and it also shows
that an amendment, offered at that time
to reduce bounties from $3OO to $lOO, or
to compel the President to pay no more
than . $lOO bounty to a soldier, was op
posed and voted against by me. Then,
gentlemen, you will find that on the 22d
of April, 1864, Mr.'Hendricks, of Indi
ana, offered an amendment, providing
that the pay of soldiers in the army
should be increased fifty par cent., pro
vided, however, that no non-commis
sioned officer should receive-moro than
$22 per month. That amendment was
put to a vote, and I voted for It. I tho’t
it was but just to the soldiers, whose pay
was then but $l3 a month. [Applause.]’
That increase would have made their
pay $l9 50, which)! thought was reason
able. Again, you will find, on the.l7th
of May, 1864, that an amendment was
offered In the senate to pay soldiers in
gold. Their wages then being low„and
gold rising, and they having families to
support at home, the proposition was
made to pay them in gold, or Its equiva
lent. For that, also, I voted. Then a
bill was considered iu tbe senate, and
passed on the 10th of May, 1884,f0r an
Increase in the pay of soldiers from $l3
to $lO a month, with sundry other rates
running up, in some cases, as high as $34
per month, for non-commissioned, officers
ofthe army, and it is shown that’l was
present at the time the amendment was
agreed to, unanimously, and also after
wards on two occasions, until final ac
tion upon tbe bill, ■
You have, therefore, in reference to
that subject the facta pf tbe vOto for the
appropriation for soldiers’ bounties of
of $20,000,000; the vote against
bounties from $3OO tp $100;. the. vote to
increase the pay of soldiers SO per pent.;
the vote to pay them in gold, and after
wards a support cheerfully given to the
Increase from 1 $l3 to $lO per month for
private soldiers, and larger sums for non
commissioned officers.' ■
THE PAY, OF.COLORED TROOPS. 1
I dismiss chat, and I. come to another
point, the pay of colored troops, and for
this a very fdw words will answer. By
an act passed 17th of July, 1802, before I !
was a-member of the senate, the, of
oplored, soldiers or persons ,employed; in
the army was fixed at $lO permontb, the
pay of white soldiers then being sl3.
Tlmt law remained la force until 1804,
although Mr, Lincoln in bis message at
the beginning of the session.of 1803-4 In
formed us that about 100,000 colored men
were In the public service, about half of
. them nctually In the ranks of the army
and the others engaged in those pursuits
and employments connected with the
army for which colored men were suited.
Mr, Wilson, on the S2d of April, 1804,
offered an amendment to the army bill
against which I voted, and that vote has
been misconstrued. The objections to
bis amendment were several, and I men
tion those that I remember. One was
that it was retrospective. It went back
as to time. When we came to Increase
the ; pay of white soldiers in May we only
Increased it from the time of . the pas
sage of tbo bill, but Mr. Wilson when he
proposed bis amendment proposed that
we should go back to the beginning of
the year and increase colored soldiers*
from that time. Hie amendment also
provided for an allowance to persons who
secured ,lbc enlistment of colored soldiers
which many of us understood was to be
given to New England agents who went
to the southern- states to procure colored
soldiers to till up the quotas of the eas
tern states ; and tfapre was another fea
ture which was objected to. It . looked
to the payment of certain South Carolina
and Massachusetts regiments, two from
each state, and giving -them increased
pay equal to that of white soldiers while
ail- the remainder of the colored troops
were not increased. This I thought un
just and unequal. It was alleged In be
half of these regiments that some prom
ises were made to them when they were
recruited that they should have higher
rases of wages, but the then existing
laws applied to them ns well ns others,
and it seemed unjust to change the law
os to them, and give them increased pay
nbt for the future but going back to the
time of their’ enlistment. They’ had
been in service perhaps two years’. Yon
perceive then that there were apparently
good objections to bis amendment. But
though I voted against it, it, was put in
to the bill, anil I afterward voted for the
. bill. With that 1A it, and' you will observe
i that in the committee of‘conference, of
which I have spoßen, we made a general
.adjustment of this payment tq colored
troops both os regarded bounty and
monthly pay, and we did the best we
could. We agreed that colored troops
should be paid the same as whlte : troops
from; the.first of. January, 1861, and that
all the colored men who hed enlisted
under the President’s proclamation of
October, should be. paid the same
amoiiut, anil we agreed further that the
attorney general might determine wheth
er: there was any obligation upon the
government bo pay la suoh cases as.those
of the Massachusetts nndSouth Carolina
tfoops. This was the,general
of whloij'i have spoken, find with regard'
ti'that’all ibive now to say Is . that. |t.
was liberal. [Applause.]
' X have apdlieti of these points, afad r
dismiss them from further’ notice. I
come to another polnt of iny discourse'. !
'THE HOLCOMBBLETTEE. 1: ‘
11 i have.shbwti ynu, my;record
Senate upon' the subject of' voting apr
propriritibna to the war'; riflOn 1 the subi
ject of the pay 'Of %hite soldieira j-tiprin
■the subject bf increased' phy 1 to colored
troops; and you will see 'ntferly
unl'ouncled ore the, imputations .1 .have
.answered. i X .coma now to. the second
branch of, the assault ..of ErrottpyHo
says X ,\vas in, eaheet-r-I: suppose that- ii
a proper word to express It—with rood
engaged in the rej)eliipn ? and ho,.un
doubtedly liilbdes to a report which'wpS
rbcehtly "published, made hy 'Pfo, feasor
1 Hblcomho ti, the Confederate'(jfoyern-i
merit'on tbbifithof November, 1864.
-The Brofesaor was-, one of the two men
who were called' Peace iCommlSslonbrs;
■ in 1 , the.popular languftgebf the day, In;
118G4,i nnd in bis report die says. that,
among other persons whom ho saw in
,addi,lion to (jlovernpri.Hunt, of Ijfew.
York, and sundry gentlemen from
otjrqr States, . he eaw Jeremiaji S,
Black, Sir.,./Van itylfql. and, .myself;
from this State. Now if the Pro-j
fessar ' h'ad 'found it Avorth while In,
making his' report to go on and state,
what was the exact truth, that'he saw
Mrs. Buokalew and myself In the public
reception room of a public hotel; at one
pf. the most public places on . the conti
nent in the summer mopths, outside, of ‘
the great cities.aud that.he talked to its
Inn very unimportant discourse for a
period of perhaps eight or ten minutes;
that,we then separated; arid that we
naverlriaw.each other before or since—lf
be bad stated mil these details, I suppose
Mr. Brrett’e patriotic- 1 concern would
have been wholly prevented. .[.Laugh
ter and.applause.] '
In that brief conversation, which took!
placet as 1 have described U[ tbe only
thing of consequence or of Interest that
occurred was this : When we were about
leaving, the professor said that ha sup-,
ppsed that Mr. Lincoln would baye dif
ficulty In raising the enormous number
of troops that hb had called for—3oo,-
000'meri had beeb eilled'bn’ the 18th of
July—and I said In reply that the troops
would he raised. Ho sakl he Bad been,
told, differently, and I responded that if
any opphadtphlhlm so they bad mis
infortped, blnp,/.Thereupon, we aepara-t.
ted.. X had gone to Niagara at that time,
In the performance of duty under a res
olution of. the’Sbriata’; proposed ; by'Mr.
Ramsey, of- Minnesota', 1 ' ilhd passed by
theßenate on the'2d‘ of'July, 1864; By
that resolution the committee on indlsn
affairs' ware: Inatruoted/lb'investigate thi
administration.of Indian aflblra ’by the :
colonial and.imperial authorities' Ini tbe
British North American-'possessions. ‘
were, informed that In.Cauada-the
goyernnjeijt tvas ghlo } to . administer ,In-,
dldn affaire without having theh; money,
stoien' lly'.lilelr agents. ' ,’We .yjere, in
formed that, they w,ere. able' to jnianage.
tlidlrlndian affaire,'without Waving In-,
dian Wary, ayd, it was yuppbse(i fyatlt
might be profitatild 'for J uVto look into
tho detallsiofl their system. )Wo did hot
suppose thaij .thatigQvernmeht had adtecl
upon pur,example -and bad ifollowedi our
methods qf,-. .dealing : with i thou Indian
\yc didiuot suppose lor.lnstance;
' that, fhey,had pa|d the Indians gratuities!
promised, them by, treaty iu.Mlddletown
bank nqiyaas tynsqnoe.dpne.to pup. Wi
n ■ Ipught®t,] pud,
it was |thqqght, .proper to, Investigate,
-their ayatem. T Mr. Harlan, of lowp. Mr.
Doolittle,' of Wisconsin, and myself,
three metabersof the Indian committee,
were selected as a aub-Committeelo per
form:thla duty during the recess.' l ■: '
~ 11 wßswrltten'totO meet'ttie Other gen
tlemen on the 10th ofAugUfit, at N Isgu
ra Falls, 1 if lt would suit hid. 1 ' Tire letter
sent by md lU answer wad deiayeii ln'the
malls, and: consequently when 1 went
with my wife to the Fails some days la
ter, I found tbpt my colleagues bad been
there, and had just gone on down the
‘river. labile endeavoring to establish
telegraphic communication with them,
quite Unexpectedly I encountered Judge
Black. A letter written by that gentle
man, addressed to' Qen’l Ronmfort, of
Harrisburg, dated "York, AUg.15,1872,”
states what took'place between a'si and
explains bis journey to Gannda at that
time.: I roadfrom it as it has bebn sent
to me, and I Understand it'ls hot confi
dential. ■
~, THE.OIACK .X.KTTEK.; , ,
Afte,r stating that It la true .that lie wan
la Canatla (tboat tUsiinlddlO! of August,
1864, and thpt he, 414 apt go there as a
govermppnt agent, Judge proceeds: .
"Butler. Stanton knew before I loft
Washington that X wpa going to the
Falls, and that I expected to see Mr.
Thompson,, and (at least
very strongly,) urged me tp carry out my
intention, and made me promise that I
would 'tell him when I returned what
were Mr. Thompson’s views about peace,
If ho should explain them' to mt. I,was
bound to iot htr, Thompson know of the
promise I bad made to’ Mr, 1 Stanton, so
that he might limit bis confidence ac
cordingly. I saw Mr. Thompson (first
at Toronto); bad long and leisurely con
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vernations with him, and was'introduoed
by him to Mr. Holcjombo. Both spoke
very freely of tho issue of, the conflict,
and the terms upon wblob It might pos-
slbly be ended by agreement. I wrote
Mr. Blanton, on theSltb of Auguat, tho
snbstance of what they’told tbe. together
with BOme commentaries and suggestions
of my own, ! lo Which' he implied, and I
maide n rejoinder."
Thejudge, after adding that this [cor
respond once was not official, and that be
:■ bad,- at the time; reiahon to belleVe tljat
the federal government would consent
to a’peace upod the basis of reunion tin-’
der the constltntion, accordant with the
resolution of Congress of .22d of July,
1861, continues: “The main object of
all I 1 said to Messrs. Thompson and Hol
combe was to convince them that aUch a
pease ought to be accepted, if they could
get lt,, : and that they must forego all
hope of maintaining, a separate govern
ment.” L
He concludes his letter as follows
“After this.lmotMr. and Mrs. Bucks-
Jew on tfie American side of the river,
He was there, as I understood,.,waiting
for.hls colleagues of a committee, who
bail appointed to meet , him, and ho did
noth now how.. jQDg.be might have to
stay. ..1 told him,. unresgcyejUyy.pll {I
hhew about Bltuation, apd, a|l |l
thingh^ I’,l 1 ’,1 ntgW^^ni.if,i>ef^UiiQ,.^r /
Mr/’Holcttmte or.’ilrl jo
: doailnn ’i ll cbdversatlon with. them (l fpa
■ pViis' as BtrbaglJ'.'aa
r khhwl'lßhß his oidWd^' as welj as'my
nwn^th'at'thd 1 reunldhof all thCStaloa
•wWe an Indispensable cohdltlbh "of
peace.".
I think the.retipcpTmade m moby th >
judge rdi£ted J to;H6lcdnibe, but 1 i
all BubatantlttlrespectahiaßtatUdieilt 1 la
exactly true. 1 Hfe left; add ‘Bubaeiluantly,
upon request made byHolcoraboiotul
bis in a tan eo, the IntorvlowaWndy hidh“
tinned;took’place; in hi a j
~ ,X agreed to lt ill tho.expectatloir.lba.
there mightba. something.'added to hi i
priordlecunalon or obnforenie wlthjndgi
Blftck,. which I would have communica
ted to the, latter, In our btlof oonworuu
t(pn f hovepyer, ho ,did. notin traduce the
peace negotiations, and I did
not carajto enter upon it or.prolong out
Interview. , . iv.
Holcombe left Uanatla soon after andj
returned south, and was, not, therefore,
connected, with | the odioua proceedings
;of Thompson'.and others In the latter;
-part of the year. I will only add that X
never had a private conversation with A
soilthern comederate during the war,- nor.
'any Intercourse with one, except on the :
occasion already mentioned.
' I have now responded fully to the two
branches of assault made by the chair-,
man of the Republican State Committee,;
and I shall dismiss that assault, from
farther examination. These are simply.,
matters inlended to divert attention from
the real issues of the State' election. !
STATE • QUESTIONS.
1 What do we desire to accomplish in
bur Stale 7 Why for'one thing’we want
the election bf State treasurer lakeh put
of . the Legislature. On the first day of
the session of 1870, .1 Introduced into the
State Senate a Joint resolution, to take
the eiebtlpn of State .Treasurer from: the
liogialatura ami glve it to the people. I
bad.bad luck with my resolution. The
committee dld nut reportit for Some time
'altorwaidjjpnd It was manifest that ma
jorities 'were hostile to. it la the . two
Houses, : : At the session 01 1871 it was
again introdncOd by Mr. Billiugfelt, one
of your own. Senators, [great applaiisej
and' then yon will rimember that there
was a' difficulty about the election of
a State Treasurer between: Mr. Mackey
and Gen’f Irwin. Things were consid
erably broken 1 up bnd men got new ideas
about this business, and that resolution,
In' cohsequpnce' of that breach in the
.majority of the twp, Houses; passed both'
branches,.and . was published In pursu‘;
atace or the, constitution; Last whiter it
was're.lulrcduced 'hud pn'aiod ogsln thro’.
both ifousoa, and.waa tbii? prepared- far
submission to the Stated You are to pass -
upon it this Xalt-by-your-votes, and you
are (o now’, wit U, all, the knowledge
you have ncquired.witfiiefetenco tptbe;
elecUdn.of State Treasurer, In post years <
by the Legislature. whether that arpond
meetldtW! constitution of Upstate pfj
Pennsylvania, ,I'ptroducpd. ,pt ;fh.esa
eiptie/$y Jmxsejf .and, Mr., BlUlngfeJt,
Bliifll fie adopted., As a matter, of ,pputse
ydp'wlil say yes. j'lfoip will yqtq it, futo,
the constitution hy your yptpp at, tb^Oon.
tobor eieij'tlon, end you'jWlibaU,think ’it,
a good thing, a great improvement and a
true reform. gentlemen, would it
bo’idryhlhgnlW’to bi'peoV (tat
white you' 4re Vdtlhg that’ reform' Into
tlie'cdnatitiitloa ybu should not entirely
forget td elite for the’men Whosepured
•if.** [Cfles of “ M‘ l * and’ appla’usd. J .
I Then wd oxjib'ot to obtaid luthegov
ernmentof our State grdat dalutaiy and
'necessary reform»~wlth~ regard to the
tiausaption pf business by the Legisla
ture. Wp expect to have Cut off (from
,tbo Legislature a large amount o'f juris
diction whlob the two'Houses have’
abuped, and which has been' productive
of evil In.the fcJtßte, and of scandal and
reproach. Largo, masses ofprlvate legis
lation and large branches of Jurisdiction
with reference to bills must be cut oil
hereafter from the action of the Legisla
tive ■ departments of our government.
You can obtain this by two means:
First and mainly by the action of the
Constitutional Convention, whlbh Is to
meet la November, but you will, secure
it also to a great extent by electing pro
per men to the Legislature, and by elect
ing some man with'proper views upon
the subject to fill the executive office.—
But there la a greater question than ail,
these—the great’question of electoral re-'
form. 1 Both'yodr primary and your legal
elections are perverted; I'hejr are not as
they ought to be, free and open encoun
ters between opposing'opinions. I be
lieve In yolir own countp, for the pur
pose df despotic management In party aft
.mira [applausol, you have even , in the
management of your primary elections' <
-tied up the moathB r oqpsoieneeand Jndg
mentof candidates, [great-applause] and
after a llttluthls will extend to voters
also. In local oiectlons, uot somuoh
here as in other great cities of the State,
you know that fraud In Increased volume
is introding'itself more and more year
after year ; and It Is poisoning the very
fountains df law In this Statei In Phila
delphia,'at this moment, boasts are pub
licly and openly made of miscounting to
the extent of thousands of votes at the
approaching election, made unblushing
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• ’Twelve Uses oon*Utatea«gnare. i
For Execoiora’aSid AttmwTlfoU
For AadUonMiotlOM,,
For Assignees* And similar Nottc<
For Yearly Garda, not exceeding ■
For. Announcements five cents pel
lam contracted for by the year;
Kor Boalncas and Special notices
pei line.
double column advertisements ea
ly by leading men In tbs political organ
ization opposed to os, made about five or
ten thousand votes to be miscounted, or
purchased ,or perverted; ITppr gentlemen
you have an individual Interest In what
Is taking place elsewhere,in your Stats.
Are you men. in the, citi
zens of Lancaster county, are yon to be
utterly powerless In government affairs,
beoallflo your honest votes may be mors
than balancedhy.fftlie.yo^^in,Philadel
phia? This Is not a : local question, it Is
a State,question, The false or fraudulent
vote' in Philadelphia may-kill a fair and
honest vote in Lancaster, and, if. you do
not see to it but let your, elections get
corrupt, you will find after a little that
this evil will become so great and so
startling that It can no longer be master
ed or controlled.
Well, we can reaob that eVH. ’ \yilh
good men In the Legislatunv who' are
not subject to rings,'and 'a man Id 'the
executive office who Will recommend to
the Legislature the reforma necessary to
purge, tbeballot, It la, .possible'tic, over
throw fraud, and to seoore fair and hon
est eleotionsgenetally throughout ;the
commonwealth.' /i take the case of Col.
McClure, at the of the Leg
islature; In which it beOame necessary,
under the testimony, as •' pure question
of law, tp'rpjeot returns from ten election
divisions of that city, asLaise and : Aran-*
dulont. A wbrd wltsi reference to this i
It hna boen alleged—l supphsehy tqen
t hat did hot read the report ht tboCdm-
last win*
ter was .contrary tpthe one;fiiade ,the
‘previous wlnter. lh another 'election case
from of Senator
Deobert- This Is. at) eh tiro mistake. In
the case of Senator Deobert it was de
cided that the misconduct of election of
.doers', either lp w rebolvlng brid votes, or
I otherwise, should not hicossarliy deprive
the people of any division pf-their/Voles;
that the votes—good and bad—in an elec
tion division, iwherh there wae simply
some Jrregulatlty ,or misconduct of elec
tion officers, pusbt not to be swept at s
breath, as had been done by election
committees at Harrisburg and Washing
ton, and by courts ln Philadelphia.
Last winter, In the ease of McClure
against Gray, we said the same thing
precisely, and the former report was
quoted. Although, asl have already
stated, the legal proof of fraud in ten
election divisions of, that oily was such
that we set aside the .rejtprps, yet the all
ting member,' COI. Gray, was permitted
to call witnesses to prove what bis vote
was in those divisions, and the commit
tee sat day after day—ln some cases late
at night—hearing testimony to that ef
fect, blight hundred witnesses wars ex
amined to enable him to prove what his
vote was in those divisions. We did the
very thing that at the previous session
the committee In the Dechert cose said
ought to be done. When there Is no va -
lid return ftoba’a district you 'ought to
permit the people of that district to prove
how they did. vote, or the candidate to
prove what bis vote was, and to substi
tute it for the false and .fraudulent re
turn, which cannot, be believed, add 1
must, therefore, be rejected. W« did tpls
•fn'tbo case of McClure, and examined 800
witnesses for Col. Gray, In addllloq to
nearly 1,000 op the other aide for the pur
iioso ofaccompllshing It.
"‘ We need id put the administration'of
the sinking fund of the State Into hands
that,can be trusted by the. people. We
need that a .Secretary pftho.Comrpenr
wealth shall, be, selected, who is compe
tent imd'intelligent for the duties which
a faommleslonersblp, requires, an auditor
general, who will be faithful and true to
the duties put open him by the law, and
a State'Treasurer also—as sodn as the
pdople dan ’reach the selection’of tbat of
fice—who will unite with bis colleagues
in seeing .to it that those' enormous bal
ances itt thp treasury
$1,000,000 up to $3,000,000, and' which
dfa' average $2,d00,00d for many years,
shall He applied npohlhd.publlddobtto
Save interest,instead, dead asfar
as the State Is concerned, while as
body believes upo'ti credible lufornaatlooi
they are mnde eourced hf ptlVatq
and private advantage*. 1 [Great obesr
idafj:,v„- .'
How the States Last Votid—The Elootoral
. College. . i, c■
■The 1 following table exhibits the
number ef itepreaontatiyes’to Which
each State,. laV entitled' under the new
apportionment, their Vote In thd elec
toral college,'and thdmuJoHtica cast at
"the laak dledtldnhV V .‘.'-Vi ..'a
„ Electoral Rep. ;Dem.
1 States. Reps, vote In 73. maj, •-zq»J«
A1abama'...;...... g 10 . J l.ivi
Arkansas i a 2,712 f
California 4 - e„ .T *6.001
Connecticut,,,.,_4 ... 0 V'.'-B"ir'.wA.
Delaware 1 8 / . 2.47*
Florida*^*., 3 ; 4 014
<leorgtom^..-o 11 ' - 29,868
, 21 . •'■■&&& .: r .
Indiana....... 16 .3.6*5
10wa.;„.....ii;.._ 9 11 41,254 -
Kaa5f15........j.„ » ' ; 5•, - J 20.143. - .
K£QtQekZ«.«.~..lo 12 r.;.^ J,1 87,1&3
e . 8 - .24,777 ,wvr-."-
6 7 . 10.«l7^£L~.
Martlanfc.****. 8 16.133
l3 ’ 43,466
MUmlgan 0 11 1b.735
Minnesota*, 3 6 14,084
tt ' 8 24.049 Zim...
1 S ~...,,M 1,055
N. UampilUro. 3 ~ 5 1,(79 ,
Mew Jersey 7 0 ■■■’ 6,079
Mew York*.~_l3 S 3 18.818
North Carolina 8 10 9,846 ,r ‘
Ohio 20* 23 10,084 .
1 g
l*eunsylvanla~27 20 14,576 , ...
Rhode Island... 2 4 1,16 S *
Mouth Carollnu»s 7 83.694
Tennessee... 10 13 . w. 419
Texas 0 8 .. M .. 34^9
Vermont.. - a & 21,sw
Virginia 0 11 18.531 .........
Weft. Virginia, 3 6 3,867 ’ 1
Wisconsin... 8 10 0,329 ( ....
1 . IS
• .Necessary lochoice, 1M , • "ilf
■ KER'pyiVTaß QUESTIONING.—Said
Horace Qreeley at Portland: “In two or
three. Ipafapeea I have been‘a»ked\to “*f
whether I would or would not, If elected,
codflue my appointments to Republicans.
I aueiver these point by pointing to th» >
planklntho Byltluoto plat-,
form tvliereln all who concur in the prin
ciples therein set .forth, ate cordially In
vitedtopartlolpateln their establlshnaent'
add vindication, /never petheardof a
man, xu/io invited his ticighbora toheljp hipi
tordiic^a'’house, and proceeded (o kick
them out da toon as the roof was fairly
rained. For my‘part, I recognize every
hopest man who' approves and adheres
to the, above platform as my political
brother, and aaauch fully entitled to'my
confidence and friendly regard. If Hor
ace has much’ mote of that kind of wis
dom In him, we hope they will keep on
asking him questions until November
nest.
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