. . , - TJili 'fLKlRVIKLD - REPIBMCAX," rriLiiics itibt wiotssnaT, st OOODtiXDt.lt A HiOKRTV, .. CLBARFIBLD, f A. : iitM'imiej) i,i8M. The largest Circulation of any Newspaper In fcurth Central I'eJiusjIvaiila. Terms of Subscription. If paid Is adrrinr:., or wilMn t! months... If pid after 3 nd before 0 uicnths If p-uJ after the oipiratiea af months., , so , 3 OW Bitea of Advertising.' Transient advevllei mente, or square of 10 tines or less. 3 liiass ur loss........ ......... .........bl 90 1 'UT eaob ubsequont insertion. H 40 jtAiiiiuistralors' and Ksooutprs' notices.. 1 aO Auditors' notice.... t aO Cautions anil Eatra.va....Hw....M..Mw. 1 60 Ijiiiuluiioa nvtiooa. -................... 3 00 Wuio'l'iinid Cards, 1 ysair.,, 6 00 J.,,..! omuioa, per line .,.,.. , , 1 , . YEARLY AbVIiUTlBKAlLNTcl. . 1 nire-.. I squares t squares.. .....to 00 .....It 00 ..:...! o i soluma-.. 4 eolnsan.... 1 oolnmn.... ..133 00 .. 45 00 .. to et ' ' ' Job Work.' " BLANKS. ' Single quirt. ? 50 6 quires, pr. qojre.f 1 76 I quires, pr, quire, J 00 Ovor S, per quire, 1 40 IIASDIiILLS. t ebcot,25 ar less, $2 00 I sheet, J5 or 1H..S 00 j sheet, 35 or Use, i 00 1 elut,JS arrest, 1,0 (Her iS ti oaoh. of tbtvo at i iWUuuale rata. UKonaB B. QOOrLArr.DI&. ; ULOllUK ilAUEUTY, Puli!i.lirf t. Ai.Lici. raAK nr.iDina. WALLACE &. FIELDING, ATTORNEYS - AT - I. AW, Clcarflcld. Pa ffa-Ix-ral buainaaf af all klndi attended to iib pruiaptartia aaaaiUutity. 9( H iltiam A. Wallace. Otfih ia rcridL'noo ja12:70 A..W. WALTERS, , ATTOIINEY AT LAW,: ' l lcarfifld, Ta. ' - 7' ' uOBee ia tiie Court Houaa. t . Jec3-ly ' H. W. SMITH,'", : ' ATTORN EY-AT-L A Wt, Ja5 ' Cletrfleld, Pa. " ly ISR AELiTEST, ATTORN KV AT LAW, . - Cltarflcld. Pa. ' -0fl.e In tha Canrt llaaia. jyU'tl JOHN H. FULFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, C lcarUrld. Pa. OBca 0B Market St , o' r llartiwlck A Iraiu'l Dnt Pltro. ' jc-Prempt attention gitm to tbt teearlnf af Hoanty, Claime, Ao.,auJ to all legal bniiaeia. Marcb.2S, IKo7-ly. troi. J. mVt i.Lor o h. wa. . a' i'Li.oron. T. J. McCULLOUQH & BROTHER, ATTUKSfcYS AT LAW, t lial lleld, Pa. OSoe on Market utreet one door east of the Clear- Held County Bank. 2:1:71 J. B. McENALLY, ATTOUXEY AT LAW, ticarllcM, Pa. rJhLepal Lusineti attendrd to promptly will, fidelity. Office on Sieond atreet, at.oe the First Vatioaal Hank. - ' l:I:711jpd ROBERT WALLACE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Wallareton, Clearfield County. Prnn'a t.AH legal bmincas promptly allot ded U. ..a. L. aa IRVIN & KREBS, 1 Fueouiiiort to II. B. Swoope, Law and Collection Office, nJO'TO ' CLEAnVin-P, PA. " " WALTER BARRETT, ATHMINKY AT LAW. Ollee m Reeond Nt., Clearfleld, Pa. (nOT1,6 JOHN L. CUTTLE7 ATTORN EY AT LAW And Heal lutate Af;out. C'lrarflvld, Pa. OITire on '1 bird utreet, bet. Cherry i Walnut. C-Hefpeetfolly offeri Lie aorvicaa lo rellinj and koylnc land" l OloarJcU and aljnlnlng ojsntiea ; and wilb aa aanartoneaof near twenty yeara aa a turreyor, flattera hiiuielf tbat be can render laliifaatlon. 4 f. b2S.'6J tf J.J. LINGLE, ATTORNEY - AT - LA V: 1.11 . Oaecola, ClrarQe Id Co., Pa. y: J J.BLAKE WALTERS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, . ami leau: ia , Haw JjuH ami Ijiunhcr, .-. .a CI.pAUriKLD, TA. .' ?eal E'tata broalii and aald, llllaa rttanlnrd. tuxrm paid, and e..nrevnN prepared, alaeenio Building. Itmin K. I. WW In .V7I Joba 11. Osf ia. C. T. Alexander. ORVIS &, ALEXANDER, ATTOI NKYS A T LAH'. . . " llellcfoiitc. Pa. , Lwpl.1,'65 y DR. T. J. BOYER, rilYMCIAN AND SUUOEON, Offljs on Market Succt, CIcarOebL Pa. tT-Ofice boars: 1 U III. m., and I to p. m. T D R.w7aT M E AN8," rnysiciAN & surgeon, - M'TiiFPprirnti, pa. ' tYill attend pruferaional oalls p.-oupi.ly. aegl0'70 " 6r7ai "thorn 7" rilYSlCIAN k .SUIir.KON, H AVISO ltiP-tM r!- rlnWTi, ( f. rfi.M oo. P.. ofrr h l prciV-i'iTi.-il f-Tvicff to tll tt mf tiic i:rruunJ;t.g coji!-v. S. jit.2,.i 'fil- DR. J. F. WOODS, PHYSICIAN i- SUIIOEON. flaring removed to Anaorni'le, Pa jiCers bia prolceioaal .erviees to the pe pie of tlisl v t "e and ibe eurronning enonlry. All eslls promptly .Headed to. lice, g a,a pd. F. B. READ, M. D.,- , PHYSICIAN ANI SUIHEON, ' Kylrrtown. Pa. Tespeetfuilv offers his services to the cttlsens of Ihe .urrounling country. . spr.wen pe J. H. KLINE, M. D.,. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, "TTAVTStJ located at 1'ini.fi ,d,' Ta., ijeri bis -1JL prorclonal service, to the people of that pl.ru and surrounding country. All calif promptly alien lid lo. ocl. 14 tl. DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD, Lata tSuegeen efthes l Rej ment, Tennrylvanta V"tunieera. having returned from the Army, offers his professions! services to tba cltitens of rleerfleld county. AWsr-Prefeasioeal rails promptly alien Jed lo. ClSee oa Serond street, formerly occupied by Dr. Woods. tapeaM tf ', JEFFERSON LITZ, ' r H Y S 1 C I A N SURGEON, HAVINf) I'iretrd al Osceola, Ta., offers bia professional reniecs te tha people of tbat place an-! surroanJing e entrr. ... - ejrawa.11 rails ,roo. tly attended . to- Offco snd rev-lcftee en Certtn St., f.'tnesly ecoupied by Pr. KllJiN aijU ly j 111 MmmMmmmut urns. ii.ns.ii. , ,,, GO0DLANDEE & HAGEETY, VOL.417WIIOLEN0.2207. MRS.'S. S. LIDDELL'S MARBLE & STONE .YARD, CLRARFfKLD, PA. IP-Shop on Rocd atreet,'near Pennsylvania itallroed depot, may ls,-70:tf. G.H.HALL, PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER, : fc HBAn CLEARFIELD, PK.NH'A.' "Pumpi ilwuTi on html anil mat. to order oo abort not.ro. l'ipai borrd on nwionable terns. AN nark warrantoij (o ran tier Uiftio, tad delirored if dotirrd, niy3j:lynil DANIEL M. DOHERTY. BARBER &HAIR DRESSER, SECOND snir.tT, CJLU All I I E L U.P A,-, DAVID RE AM S, sCJilVENER 4 SURVEYOR, .utlieraburg. Pt. ' rpni E ruticribat olTerl Li a T'eea to the publia lb. eaDBitr of Buriveli.r ana ...urrc. Qr' Ail oalll for surrcTinff proniptly atlendad lo, auj I tbo inakuiQ of drafti, devdi and otber lej;nl luatm menla of wrilina, aAeeuted without delay, and warratd to La ourroul or 110 oliarga, 012.7U SURVEYOR. TI1R nnderaiifned offeri bia awreioee aa a 8ur reyor, and may b found at bia roaidenoa, in Lawrence towneliip. Laitere will raweh him di rroted to Clearfield, Pa. ' i mayT tf. JAMK8 MITCHKLLw ' J. A. BLATTENBERGER, Claim and Collection Office, , 0SCSOLA, ClearBtld Co., r. . , ConTeyaneirn and all l--al papera dna with aeeairaey and diepaleb. liiafu on alxl paa aire ticketa W and lmoi any paiut in Europe proeureil. oet 70 0m CHARLES SCHAFER, LAGER BEKK RKEWER, Clearfield, Pa. HAVINd reattd Mr. Itntrea' Brewery be bopea by itriet attention to buaioeee and toe uianuUctu're ol a enparier wtio)eof Hr.KH to reoeiva the patronage of all tba old and many new oustonera. Aug. 2, tf. THOMAS H. FORCEE, DBALin 111 GENERAL MERCHANniSE, GIt llAMTI", l'a. Also, eaten. ifa manufacturer and dealer in Square limber and acd Lumber of all kinds. (-0rdera solicited and all bills promptlj flHL U1-1 oto. ALaaT..,.iE!a ai aaai ,...w. ALaaar W. ALBERT & BROS., Manufacturers A eltcniire Healers In Sawed Lumber, Square Timuer, 4c, WOODLANU, PENN'A. 90rdcra solicited. Billa Dlled 01 short notlee aud reasonable terms. Address Woodland P. O., Clearfield Co., Pa. jrJS.ly W il.lll.KT UltllB. ) FRANCIS COUTRIET, MERCHANT. FrenrliTllle, C learfield Count-, Pt. Keeps constantly on band a fall asorlsaent of Dry Hoods, Hardware, liruocrirs, and everylbinf usually kept In a retail store, whieb will be sold, for ea.b, aa ebeap as elsewhere In Uie oounty. KrcnchTillo, June JI, IH87-ly. ' REUBEN HACKMAN, House and Sign Painter and Paper ' Hanger, . Clearfield, Pesm'av. eteeate Jobs lo bis line promptly snd In a workuianliko mnnner. afr4,7 JAMES C. BARRETT, Justice of tba l'Moa and Licuiieed Conveyancer, I.uthrrabure, Clearfield Co., Pa. rw"ColIeetcns A remittances promptly rnac, and all kinds of le&M inetrnments aaeented oa short node. 1 aia4,!lttf SAMUEL I. SNYDER, Practical Watch Maker, Opposite the Court ITonfe, EECOND STKEKT, CLEARFIELD, PA. -An kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry promptly repaired, and woik warranted to give .addiction. marJ.7 GEORGE C. KIRK, : Justice of Ibc Peace, Furreyor and Conveyancer, l.ulheraburj. Pa. All eu.iue.s llitrr.'led to him will be promptly attended to. l'erwins wi.hing to employ a ear veior will do well lo give bim a call, as he tatter, bitnt' lMbat be can rtuilef sau.laelion. Uridlof convrjaace, arlicles of agreement, and all legal paper, promptly and orally eiieulod. msroyp J. K. BOTTORF'S PHOTOGUArU GALLERY, "Market Flreet, Clearfield, Pa. rCROMOS MAHC A FPElUALTr.-t "TKI1ATIVI 9 made In elomly, as well as ia l eleur WeiilhT. I 'on"tnnlK on hand a good a-.ortinent of PIIAMKK. BTIIRIIOHCUPBS and STKIlliuM't'l'IO VIKtVH. Fiames, from any style of moulding, majl to order. apr2S.f cTkratzer & SONS, MERCHANTS, ' " '' er Aitna t Dry GooJe, Clctliing, Hardware, Cutlery, Queer,eare, Oroeerles, Provisions and rningies, "," Clearfield, Penu'a. rJr-AI their new store room.oo Second atreet. near H. Y. Iltgler A lo's Hardware atore. Liaalt i. hoi.i.o vsi sn a. pavia taaar. HOLLOWBUSH & CAREY, . .'.BOOKSELLERS, Blank Book Manuraclurcrs AND STATIONERS, 21S .Tairl St., VhtladtlpMa. sjsejuPsper Fl"tir Fa-ks and ltspi. Fooleeop, Letter, Note, Wrapping,-Certain and Wall Papers. f.l.2t.7lrpd NEW 31 A Kit IaK WORKS, -"'cLEAIM'IF.l.n, rENN'A. 4-ALL and era the new MARBLE WORKS, V7 ,on Market atneal, opposite the Jail. i M0NUMEXT., OHKllAN TOMPF, FRKNt H cm tllEP, ' - TABLE TOP, MANTLES, UARtiLN STATUARY, IkilRA ;t TTA WARE, 1IRAI) A FOOT PTONRF, of new and beautiful designs. All of wbieb will be eold at city prices, or JS par cent, less thsn any ether eeinbllehiawnt In this county. PatisfVtion guaranteed In all eases. Orders Ibsr.krnlly received and promptly tilled in tai best workman-line meaner. S, A. OIBSOK. Jivrt I. Ifiif ia, Ag.nt. sejll.ly Publisliors. "4 f: "f-T T 1871. MARCH. 1871. ..s It A GRAND OPENING! TIII WEEK ! IllSlD. KARKBT STRKBT, .tTARFIEI.1), PEMJoA Hpleudld Ureas Plalda. frona 20c. to tt AO Ulack Alpacas, froaa ic. to tl S. I'llu Pi.pUiia, from Hue. to 1 IS. Uandsomeat colon In Sateens, Epaugllnn, I'.mpreaa Clulba and lie pa, fa on display. EJegaat colors) la Sateena, BOe. to t OO. Ilargalna la Black Hllka, ! S( U M OO. Aatrarban CoallliR, 3 SO to 12 per yard. Frosted and Plain Heavera. ' tieaUklu, Doeskin and Curllcala. Valreteaa, at ISc. aad apwaraaw - - Splendid all arool Shaarla. , . Koman Striped Sbawla. , lT , . , : - ' , C i Paisley and Drocbc "liawla, s)20 to Ho. Fart, from t3 00 to lt OIK 1 ' Bargainj. are offered in Fl'RS. I bay thesa diraet from tbar taanufaetarera, and will warrant tbem satisfactory la erery re.peet. Also, new stylet In Millinery Goods, together with I adlee fflioea, liilil'a llata. Cape, aVe. Millinery aud Coat-making dona In the best style. r-Tbe.e Gods are bonght at RIGHT PlUCr.S, and will be sold Ike same. CALL AKD FEE FOR TOtJlSELVESt . Of- Butter, Eggs, and all marketable produce taken la eicbange for goods, ; . I NoTember t, 1S70. McPHERSON'S CESTAIR .M & REFRESHMENT .SALOON, In Leaey's New Building, (formerly occupied by Mr, McUaughey,) FEC0ND ST, CLHAIIUKLD, PA. (lOKSTANTt.Y on bsnd a line selection of CAN J IllEl, NUTS. ( IllAltH, TOBACCO, Ae. Also, FREeill OYPTKKfl reeeited daily, and aerred up to aait tba ta.lee ofro.tomers. VaA.ltlLl.lARU BAl.OONon aeeond story. noYj:7:tf W. 11. Mcl'HIRFO.N. Small rrofits! Quick Sales! IIARTSWICK & ItlWIN Are constantly replcnl.blng their slock of Drugs, Aledieines, Ae. School Books and Ftatlonery Including the Os good and Ttattanal fieri ee of Readera. j Also, Tobacco aad Cigars of that best brands, at tba lowest prices. nlO CALL AND HER. 60 SAWS! SAWS! SAWS! DISTA.VS CROSS CUT, MILL, DRAG AND I CIRCULAR SAW. Boynton's Lightning CroBs-cut Saw. ALSO, PATERT PERFORATED I ELIt'TRICSAWS, For sale by ell2,ro ' ' l M. t. DIOLKR A CO . N' KVT TIM HllllPI '- 1 FRED.' SACKETT, alanufacturrr of Tin, Copper and Sheet -Iron Ware. Booting, HjHiutlng and Job work done oa litiSojAtLS. ranvs. Fliop on Market Ft., nearly opposite tba Jail, 4M CLEARFIELD,' PA. Q O t k NTtlVLSI PPKAR-s) CALORIFIC, SCFQt'KHANNA, StPERIOR. 00V. l'KNN, REGULATOR. NOHl.h COOK, RATIONAL RANUE, TRIUMPH, PARLOR COOKS, SPEAR'S HEV0I.VIXQ I.K1HT3 AND DOLIILE 11 EATERS, And all kinds ef Heating Stoves for eafe by ang17 ' H. T. TilULER A CO. EDWARD rERKS& CO., Flour ; rlanii fact. irons And Healer. In GRAIN OF ALL KINDS, p u i l i r 8 b i r u , r a . VH1.L SUPPLY of FLO! R, WHEAT, CtlRN and t'lluP cmslasitly on band, and los aeJe ai rales remaikablf low. lf.b4U LIME AND COAL! HAVIN, liatJ ear tViililln firrbvniit.it Li mo daring Um put Mtoti, wo r prj. tiit-i to tarn if) Hood llur.it rime. Coat Ho nil Mmr, Word at id Coal Iluriit Mme, . UaoulMttirad fram tha oeltt-ratrd : "UELLEFOKTB UME.T0SE' which jtTTvrlapoa the wnitraT and rrimuT I.imw. for til mHhn,nrl pMrpo . (hut ran hr Tnnnti In tha Stall of ppnnnvlrafila, and which wa aril at a l irKf drtiTwd Mra, lha Infrritir ia.mtw ara old at their flac! af nanafactara. AIm, drab ia and talpptra af . . Wilkesbarre and Shamokin - ' ANTHRACITE COAL, of all .!, prepared a i prettily for Tamil at. Orders aallHtM. " FHOKTLinnK A CO.. " Xw. t, UTH-ly. Urtlrffmte, fa. -111. AS 1 sale i K CONerTABlKI" SALr.t fOR at this office. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1871. THE REPUBLICAN. CLEARFIKL1), PA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1871. BEAUTIFUL IN OLD AGE. IIow to so beautiful when eld t -I ean tell yen, maiden fair- not by ioluaa, dree aad iiirai ate. vj waauee ler your hair. While yon're young be pure aad gentle, Keep your passions well controlled, Walk, work, and do your duty, Voa'l be bandaotie when you're old. . Seme white leeka m fair as golden, ' Uray aa lenly as the browa, - . And the emtio of age mere pleaaaal Tbaa a yeatbfui beauty's frown. Tis the aeul that .bepee tba f mares, Vim. lb. .,, attune. ,ue eolce. Sweet atatera I be these yoar maxima, Wsaa you're ataty yoa'il rejoieel BAYONET ELECTIONS. Tlie Napoleonic System, fur the United Htatoa or America Cirant's fatue for the Perpetuation of Ilia Dynasty ItrlU nam Hpeccn ol lion. lUarlea A. CliU ridge, ef VV lacoualiu Tho new enforcomcnt act buins b- foro the IIouko of Rrprospntntivcs, Mr. EUlridpo of WiHtoniin inlJ I Of (til tlio Lefeislttiion proposed Ljr this 6P ny other Congress there is none, ia my judgment, mora unwsr rantublo and unitisii.iitble Ilmn that proposed by this bill. It Is absolutely atrocious. It hag no warrant in tho Constitution, and no precodont, unless it be in the act to which this is amen datory, in any previous practice of the Government. Aaido from that it stands alone, original as it is hideous and revolting. It has not the merit of one redocming provision or quality. It will bind the several Slates hand and foot, end deliver llictn over to tho federal Government subjugated and helpless, the mere tools and shives of Congress. This bill a law, and the luw acquiesced in by the people, the Suites and all Slnto institutions and laws, so fur as richta and powers are concerned, are absolutely overthrown and blotted out. Tho cxislenco of the Slates and all thuir institutions can only be in the name; they cannot act or move except by tho permission and will of the federal power. .Sir, tins bill is the crowning aclol central isation and oonsolitlHlion. Stealthily. und by somewhat mcn&iirr d step hcio- loloro, lias been the man li ol louerul power npon the rights and jurisdiction ol Slates; but this reaches the point and accomplishes Slnto tloaliuclion by a single bound, by one grand act. I t brashes away at once and finally all Stale machinery and local authority, and substitutes in their place the fell crol bayonets. It not only snbjiigntes and sulijccts all local ana "biaitf unices and oflicers to the louerul will, mail ing them the Instruments of its exo cution, loading thcin with pains, pen- allies and forfeitures for its neglect, but tnskes them criminnls for obedi ence to tho laws of the Stale wboso oflicers they are, and to which they are bound by their solemn onths. It creates a host of new ofllccs before un known, and fills tho hind wilh spies and informers with large pay and emoluments for their filthy work. It oftlabliehcs and ordains a multitude of crimes heretofore not known to our law. It seeks to overawe frco Aincri can cilisena and control thoir votes by the menace of the sword nnd the pres ence al the voting precinct of the sol dier of the army. It places lor ten days at and heloio the time of elections paid agents, two or more at each vot inir place, in the interest of the ma jor! iy of Congrcs,to "scru t inize," man- ago and control tho votes ol the people to sccuro by fair means or foul tho continuation in power of a corrupt and Rudicnl Congress. Mr. Fpeakcr, no fuirmimled mart, no dislnterxwted, unprejudiced mnn can rend tho pro visions of this bill without being con vinced that it lias its origin in tho in terest of an unscrupulous and desper ate party. It bears on its face and in all ils provisions the clearest evitlunco of its origin and purpose, not to secure, but to prevent pure und fair elections, not to aid tho voter to express bis own unbiased judgment, but to awe him itiloaubmirsiou and control him against his conviction. Ils very title is a false pretense, if not a lie, adopted for the purposo of defrauding the poople and cheating thcin into support of a most infamous measure ; ' "An act to enforce the rights of citi zona of tha United States to vote in the several Slates of this Union." Tho fu!hily of this titlo will b per ceived by refcrenco to only a few of tho prov.iions of tho bill imposing conditions upon snd throwing iinpcUi ments in tho wtv of free euflrngo. I n the first place, by the first section of the bill, Hie t oilcrnl liovernment lanes full and absoluto possession of the reg istry of votes provided for by any of the Mates of the Union. , It takes trnl of nil tho State oflicers provided by Stato laws for the nilminiut rnt inn nf ilm rei-iairv laws of il,r.4fnira 1 1 nilnnts I he recist rntions.1 mado bv the States in tho following proviso ! - ill' I, nl afeeAsja.. art ir m I em 4 ! its. O rt rt Mrwtnr Iho laws of any Stale or Ten i lory, for any Stule or oilier election at which each Representative or delegate 1 . f; in Conercss sua II be chosen, stiuu nc deemed to be a registration within the meaning of Ibis act, not withstand. 1 ing tho same shall also be mado for the purposes of any Slate, Territorial or municipal election." . -1 - t i Notwithstanding thisit imposes pen alties, and denounces as crimes nets of such officers in conformity with and in obedience to the registry luws of the Stales. It provides for tho ap pointment of supervisors to guard and "scrutinize" tho registrations und eleo lions, whose duties among others, as provided by tbo fourth section, nre thus defined; . ,, . ., , ' "They nnd each of them sire) hereby snthnrized snd required to attend st all limes snd placee fixed for tlio reg istration of voters, who being regis tered would be entitled to voto for Representative or dologate iu Con. gress, and lo challenge any person of' lenne to reiftsicr. , .'it Let it be ob.srved : "reqnirefl attend Snd to challongo any pnrson offering to register," How far this is calculated to enforce tho right of citi sens of the United Stntes to voto, how isr il goes to sustain the truthfulness of tho title, I leave for the present to mo fftiKim mina to jnngo. -11100111 further require these tools of party and of the federal power to attend at all times and placos where the names of re vtered voters may bo marked for ' ' longe, and upon any occasion aii.;NFjy time when so In attendance lo tonally inspect and scrutinise si.MAlVoglstry t and this without re gij and to the exclusion of the olfor'hol 0 ll?0 Stnt chnrB- Ry tifcit'sea'1 s01'0" of tho bill these super r 8ic.9re' "required" to attond at all t'Wi, 'I praees tor nnimnf swions fOT'iicpresonlalives in Congress, and for counting the voles cast, "to chal lenge any vote offered," ' to remain with the ballot-box till the last vote is counted, and to themsclvos count and canvass each and every ballot what ever may be I ho indorsement on said ballot or in "whatever box it may bo found." And theso supervisors aro aumorizca ana required to malto and attach to the returns any statcmont touching the truth or accuracy of the registry or the truth or fuirnc68 of the election, any law of any Stale not- wunstanuing. Xlie sixth section pro vides that theso supervisors shall, oo the day or days when registered voters mny cc marked for chullonco. snd on the day or day. of election, take, oc cupy, and remain in such position or positions before or behind the ballot boxes as their judgement may dictate. And when the polls shall be closed thoy are required to place themselves in such position wilh reference to the ballot-boxes aa they may choose for the purposo of canvassing the votes. All these things may be done without regard fur snd. to the exclusion ot the Slate officers appointed to do the work. Mr. Spcuker, I might stop here. I have shown by the mere statement of those provisions of this bill that tho title is an untruth. In view of theso provisions alone no sane man con believe this is a bill "to en force the right of citizens of the United States to vote." It must be seen thst it is a bill to prevent, hinder and de lay citizens in voting. It provides a system lo drive citizens from the polls, and to disgust all honest men with our elections. But the worst of It is yet to bo considered. And first let mo remark that this new and cum bersome machinery is not confined, as some have supposed, to cities having upwurd of twenty thousand inhab itants. Tho bill is drawn, 1 appro bond, to suggest this view, -and to di vort attention from its true intent and tnesniiic '1'ho lanj-uuge of tho bill is: tnut Whenever, in any city or town having upward of twenty thousand inhabiians," etc. The word "town" must be taken in its popular sense, and will bo construed in this bill as synonymous wilh townships. It will extend to any rnrni town or township, and every town having a population of 20,000 will bo covered by this pro vision. These oflicers then can be ap pointed in tho groat majority of tho election precincts of tho United Ststes. They will swarm ovorand thronghoot tho length and breadth of the land, ar.d their name will be legion. Thoy will bo an electioneering force such as was never beforo organized in any country on earth ; such as no frco country can or over ought to tolerate. Rut two of theso ptiriisan o.'ents in each olection district in ilics and towns having upwards of twonty thousand inhabitants sre only a small number of these creatures of the fed oral power authorized by this bill, as we shall seo when wo have looked it through, when we tliull consider the oilier appointments by the United States marshals which will be made and lo which there is no limitation. I said the worst is yet to come, Ry tho eighth section the marshal of the, United States is cmpoworcd, and it is made bis duly, on application of two citizens of any surh city or town, to appoint "special deputies," whoso duty it shall bo to attend at all times aud placos specified for tho attendance of their duties. They are to prevent fraudulent registration and fraudulent voting, or fraudulent conduct on the part ut liny officer of election, and im-' mediately, cither at said registration or polling place or elsewhere, and either betore or after registration or volirg, lo arrest snd lake into custo dy, wilh or without process, any per son vlo shall commit, or attempt, or offer to commit any of tho acts pro hibited by this act or Iho act boreby amended, or who shall commit any of fence against tho laws of- the United Stales. The power to arrest is also conferred -upon, the supervisors. In addition to all this the tenth scctioa nrotidca "that whoever, wilh Of with out anv authority, power, or procoss ; of any Stato, territorial or tnonicipnl t anthnritv." shul in ftnv wlso "inter J fore with or prevent the supcrviaurs 1 of elections, or cither of them, or the 1 marshal or his central or special depu- lies, or cither of them," in any way required of them, "or shall molest, in- ' 1 PrltttS aaVlt 11 rfflsiJlVi Cif ttM (It' tfrom nnv such plaeo of registration or poll of-j i election- "any supervisor Ol election, Ibe marshal, or his general or special; i i - t, . - tr , .ln i uciiunea, or ntu-inpi vner " i . or snail rentso or nrgim iw sm inm : inmi-i e,u , vuilihsi'vh, w assist, any supervisor of elections orjwsnton and arbitrary arrests arrests the marshal or anv of his deputies i without complaint and without war when required, shiill he guilty of a 'runt provided for by this bill f Isit misdemeanor and liable to instant r- j pretended that our bill of rights is fo rest, w-itu or without prociws, and on i pealed hy tho "fifteenth amend conviction thereof shell be punished I nient J" Has the sdopnon Into onr Ir imiirianninent. not less than one ! Const itntion (even if it were legally , oar vt.c tiw.ri. Mint, iwfl vrara. or lv tins not less than 11,000 or more than $:l,(KM), or bv both such fine and im- ' t J . .. .. . . . - . .L..I.I.. J..I al prisonment, and shall pay the cost ot i foculion. Rut to cap tho climax tf tho enormity, to outrage every sense of honor, propriety and decency, 10 insult and trample upon all luw, and make the liberty of the citizen a delusion and suffrage a pretense and a snare, it is provided by the twelfth section that all those great and little vstrarm, the supervisors, the marshal slid his deputies, rosy; when1 they shall sea fit. summon lo their aid the to;'"" - ''". a pnrer cemifrfvt, . ana re- J.J. J. j qtnro the commanding ofTicor of the nearest Unitod Slates military ornavol forces to enable them to accomplish tho purposes of their sppointmcnt. Yes, sir; the bill requires it; tho big gest fool tho marshal shall he ablo to appoint his deputy will be in com mand of the army and navy of tho United Stotes. "And il shall bo" (I use the words of tho hill) "the duty of such commanding officer npon such requisition being made to obey it with out delay." There is no alternative, no discretion, no delay. Tho highest anu 1110 lowost militnry or naval com nander must instantly obev tho depn ty marshals created undor this act. Ibe President of the United Statos the commandcr-in chicf, must-bo sub ject to such order. The voice of Jon grco is tho voico of omnipotence It has mndo the ruin, Il has established tho regulation. Prccldent, generals, lieutenant generals, major goncruls, brigadior, generals, and all aro subject 10 we command ot the moBt insignifi cant deputy marshal of tho United Statos. WsS thcro ever so supremely ridiculous and absurd a proposition f This bill not only places the State officers, and all local Stuto authorities, but tho United States, all United States officers, civil and militnry, and all the powers of the Federal Govern ment, under tho control and at the disposal of these election officers. Air. Speaker, It may perhaps be deemed undignified nnd small lo look into the lesser dctuiis of this grand scheme, this grand electioneering scheme, as I look npon it; this scheme forpropping up the waning fortunes of tho Republican party; but it ought to be understood. It will do no harm lo look into and count tho cost of this new departuro in politics, and see as well as we can about bow much of an "olenhant" we shall have on our hands. There is to be in each judi cial district one chief supervisor of elections, who is to furnish all neced sary books, blanks, forms, etc., nnd do snd perform a great many other duties, with most extravagant fees for his services, the aggregate of which will depend upon tlio work he will find to do, nnd which no man can es timate in advance. As we have al ready seen, there will be two super visors of election in each election pre cinct in every city and town of up wards of 20,000 inhabitants. The marshal will, in each of these election precincts, appoint at least two depu ties, and as many more as be shall see fit. Being a partisan, and anxious to carry tho elections in fuvor his party, he will of course appoint just as many as the exigencies of the caso muy seem to require. lie is not limited by an act. I estimated, without pre tending to entire accuracy, that there will be ol supervisors add marshals from forty to fifty thousand throutfh. ont the United States. It may be moro. Theso are exclusive of all those who may be pressed into ser vice from among the bystanders at cloctions. The bill provides that there "shall be allowed nnd paid to each and every supervisor of elections, and each snd every special deputy mar shal," compensation "at thf rale of firt dollars a day" for etch and every day hethatt "actually have been on duty not exceeding ten day." Here, then, it will bo soen is a grand army of electioneers, of tens of thousands of party politicians, snd a fund of mil lions of dollars to be paid from the publio treasury for the work to be performed. Every one of these super visors and deputy marshals will re- coive at least filly dollars. It is of little account that one of these super visors is of "different politics" from too otnor. cnreeiy any two men fan be found who are not somewhat dif ferent in politics; so there will be no difficulty in hnving them all of one party. And if tins be not so, no such thini; is required In the selection Of deputy marshals. They will certainly be all on one side, and ull romly and willing to do tho work or their mas ters, and may outnumber the1 super visors by thousands. There will be but two supervisors in each prccinet, whereas thore will be of deputy mar shals ten, twenty, or any other indefi nite number tho marshal mny be in duced to uppiont. Hut enough ef the details of Ihe infernal bill. They arc sickening in the extreme. The cloven foot of blinded, bigoted party appears in every line. It tells of the con scioosuess of the party itself that it is doomed; that its hour of dissolution it nt hand. It is ono of r.iaity uW potato efforts to avert s fate it has long Inherited, tnd which this Tory measure betokens nnd will hasten. Mr. rtpetnker, I have ..id that tl.i. tit 1 1 il obnoxious to the Constitution. Who will argue that it is not i Who will contend that tha Constitution of this groat Republic warrants sm-h a meas ure r n ho will admit Hint tho Plates the erand.cloriousSistfstiflhis Union, the pillars npnn which tho Union is built and by which it is rtphold and suetainod. aro sunk so low, have become so insiL'niflcsnt.es to bo trifled wit h and humiliated and -contemned as by this bill f Is ihoro liny ono in i this llonse or elsewhere lo stsnd up land srrt the riirht of tte Kotleral Government lo intermeddle ns pro- poscu in me registration i me cm- sens of too Mstesr is mere s states- Mnn t ull l, lant M-I.e. will .Hnninf ... .-. nnd vnlirilv done, which I drnv) of the declaration that "the right of the citizens of the United Slates to vote . ,. .J.!-J . I J .A. .!... shall not be denied or abridged by the J I ..:.... I C..1A. ... Rt.tA rn c ' United Stales, or any Stato on ae count of race, color or previous condi tion of servitude.," givcu authority to tho United States lo arrest any snd all citizens without warrant and im- prisou them without s trial or henr-Jont ing? In giving the right to vote lo tho negro have we' subjected every citizen oflhe United States to the in dignities snd outrages provided for by this bill, in attending the polls for the mere purpose of try ing to vflle?--- -i'iLil TERMS $2 por annum, in Advance. NEWSEWES-VOL 12, NO. 8. Ry conferring suffrsgo npon the col ored raco have wo lost the riuhla our fulhors secured to us by tho Constitu tion ? In giving freedom to the slaves have we become sluves ourselves f It must be apparent to all that the Ian gunge of this pretended fifteenth amondmcnl confers no powor upon vyuiigmns m puss sucn a moasuro as this bill. It is at most onlv a nrohi bition upon tho United States and Iho States aa sucb upon them In their legislative capacity, the only capacity in which they can act prohibiting them from discriminatine; auainst anv citizen on account of "race, color or previous condition of servitude" It makes void any aot of tbe United Statos and the Stales that should uiako Ihis.ei'scrimination.- Tho power iu jiuiiibu inuiviouais ana impose, pen alties for the violation of law or oho. dionco to State laws must be found, if at. an, in some oiuor provision. And, sir, is it possible that one will be found bold enough to attempt to de fend the constitutionality of this meas ure, nndcr section four, clause one. of . I r, ..... ' ' too t-'Onsiiiuuon r "The times, places and manner of noiuing elections lor Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law mako or alter such rcirulutions. except to tbe place of choosing Sen ators." r Congress may at any time mako or alter such regulations. Can arbitrary arrests and imprisonment, without trial or' warrant, be justified onder this provision ? Can State officers for obedience to State laws, not altered by any act of Congress. be made crimi nals and subjected lo the penalties of tins bin i t,an the army and navy be piaeca unucr tne command ol any marshal's deputy and marched indis criminately against the citizens and ofn ccrs of States on a bare suspicion that they contemplated resistance to some outrsgo of such deputy marshal f W ill any gentleman argue that under this provision or any other provision of the Constitution of the United States msy tuko possession of the registra tion as woll us the elections of the Slates, dotcrmino who is qualifiod, and who is not qualified, who shall and who shall not register, lo the ex clusion of all State authority, as pro vided by In this bill ; thst the Gov- ernorsofthe Slates nnd nil other State officers ran, under penalties, be required by tbe Federal Government to serve as Its officers and do Us bid ding? Sir, the proposition and all such propositions aro too absurd and preposterous for a candid answer. i'here ia no constitutional warrant for this measure. It is rank usurpation and revolution ; it is an insult to every cit izen ol the Kepublic ; it is hostilo in ev ery feature to liberty, snd violates eve ry fundamental idea of republican gov ernment; it will bring war and blood shed ; it Is Intended to awe tho free men of the States and drive thorn from Ihe polls. They will not submit without a strangle. There will be many a man, accustomed to cast his voto without hindrance or molesta tion ; many good and true citizen, faithful, law-abiding and patriotic, who will feel mora like firing a bullet than casting a ballot through the spy snd Informer paid from the poople's tres.ury, which this bill pluces before snd behind the ballot box, to obstruct, not facilitate Toting. The hypocriti cal cry of "Let os havo peace" will not avail in tho face of such measures as this. The peoplo cannot bo hu miliated much further, they will soon have borne all they can; they will e're long assert their sovereign right and power to be free; and they will teach Congress, too, that its members arc the so it ante and not the masters of the people, and that the peoplo have, under our system, the right to govern themselves. Wi Fam Wo extract tho follow ing beautiful and truthful Illustration from an exchnneo: "As the trials of lifo thicken, and the dreams of other days fade, one by one in the deep vista of disappointed hope, tho heart grows weary of tho struggle, nnd we begin to reulizo our insignificance. Thoso who have climbed to the pinnacle of fume, or revel in luxury and wealth go to the grave at last with a poor men dicant who begs by tho waysido, and like him are soon forgotten. Generation after generation, said tho eloquent writer, hsve fell SS we feel, and their follows were as active as ours are now. They passed away as a vapor, while nature wears the sumo sspect of besu tv SS when the Crcntnr enmmand.d her 13 bo. And so shail it bo when we nre g"ne. Thd heavens will be as bright over our graves ns they are now around our path ; tho world will have the same allrart ions for offsprings yet unborn that she had onco for our selves, and thul sho hits now for onr children. A charming young widow of Terry county, Ind., being unable or unwil ling to decide which of two lovers to bless with hep hand, iiidu-ed them to settle the question by cards "old sledge," best two in three. Accord ingly, tho candidates metal the lady's residence ono day last week, and in the most amicable manner played the momentous 'rubber," the loser retir ing with a benediction on his success ful rival and the prospective bride. A Connecticut school teacher who wanted to make an impression on two of his boys who had boon fighting, propoaed that they should be tried by a jury of their fellows. Tho proposi tion was nrrepted, and the charges proved, but the pedagogue, who had constituted himself JudgK, was a little iats tn back, when tho jury rendered a ,. f . . . . . ' t . ' ' 111. , A. verdictof "not ffuilty, without leav- ing their seats. The Chicago 77mr.t, snnotinelng the fact that man there married to iret of jail, and remarks that "some chaps havo queer ideasof liberty." . . Torre Haute claims mors banks tuin any ci'.y of its size. One Is a nMioral and tbe other thirteen or so sre of the faro and keno varieties. J JL IA'V?'U Th Cod tf sirnol Bubslft No ip ' tlie busifii ffs of iM-pfit'ijof Cut1: rein Stthstdiea of ef nd aad money, if) aid of railroads and other enterprises, is get ting to bsaprodlgionse,ifisfnta. Thd success of the various Pacific Uallrosd Companies in obtaining assistance of this kiud seems to have driven Wild with excitement the greedy army of adventurers w hich, in this country as in every other, always stand ready to prey upon tho industrious masses. We have heretofore, exposed number of the schemes of those gentry, and now wo have to expose another. J A concern which ealls itself ihe Port land, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Itailroad Company, and which pro poses to build s railroad all the wif from Portland. Me, to Chicago, II,. and as much further as it can cut means to go, coolly asks for a sontraot wilh tho Post Oliice Department for carrying the- mails, and than for a subsidy of $60,000 per mile for over milo of its rosd, in six per cent, bonds of tlio United Stales! As the total length oflhe line would be about 1,200 miles, the whole amount of the sub', sidy would be 160,000,000 1 It is true that tho proposition oontemplales the ultimate payment by the railroad oom pany of the bonds and the interest dr them, but no socurity is to be given for this payment, except the right t take possession of the road by the United Stistos in case of dxfault.J.. Reduced to its essence, ihe fccLems is simply that tho United States shall Ipnd trt a tSoitVpetljeVif epiertltr.r lJ,t. - 000,000 with which to build a railroad so littlo likoly to prove remunerative that private capitalists will have aolh. ing to do wilh it. If, by chance, it should bo successful, the epocuhttors, usee tho option or taking It nt cost., If it should fail, they stop out, and lesvo the United States to run the road or take up the rails and sell tbem for old iron, as may bo found to bs most advaotageoas, Jt may even be that tho road will not cost the 150,000. per mile to bo allowed, and in thai caso tho oompany will be ablo to divido the surplus among its members with ont boing liable for ils return I r r U I he bare statomcnlof tbo character of this impudent proposal to rob the, National Treasury ought to be enough to insure its defeat. Tbe Represent ative or Senator who votes for it will do so at the peril of being forever Af ter rijeiiiiully suspected of corruption. snd ignominiously compelled to retire Iroiri public lilc .A. J. iun. hurry is a good natured, civil follow, bnt has one failing, in this, that when he goes to bis home at night he is usually moro or less under the. influ ence of contraband fluids. - One night he started for home with a nice turkey,, safely done op. in alrong wrapping paper, tinder bis arm. Larry found the road to his house uncommon rough, that night. He scvctsl times stum- ' bled and fell over all sorts of ob'tmo-, lions in his path. Kach time he fft he dropped his turkey, but contrived' lo pick it up agnin. On entering bis bouse bo steadied himself as well aa he was able and said to his wife' : , "Here wife, I've got 'leven turkeys for you." "Eleven turkeys, Larry I What do yoo mean f There's only one." "There must be 'leven turkeys,, wifey, for I fell down 'leven times, and every time found a turkey. There must be 'leven turkeys." Thero is a negro debating society in Bninbridge, Cia., whose last meeting wss devoted to the question whether eduestion or money is most beneficial to a community. The advocates of education won tho prize 20 in gold and then followed a row, tbe un successful competitors loudly demand wbstdodebbil dem chops dat thought . money wss no 'count wanted wld de goldf" . WostSplit A man in Fort Wavne. Ind., lost bis wife, and bad a stone erected over her grave. He married a second wife,-and When she died ho' bed th grave stone split, and if then -served for tbe two departed. He pro posed to the third the other day and she quietly remarked "1 do not believe that stone will split again. ' Lawyer "How do you iodentify this handkerchief?" Witness "By its rencfat anprnr'.' ance and tbe fact that 1 have others like il." . Counsel "That's no proof, I hare - got one in my pocket just liko it." Witness "1 don t doubt that. I had more than one of the same sort' stolen." .. A Nebrsska Indian, "educated for. . tho ministry," hns lost bis license to preach in con.equcnco of mistaking tho golden ralo for a tomahawk. A bad boy called bim names, and tliO - ltcv. Air. LiO killed and scalped bim. A ronng man at Lit Crosse, Wis.,"' looked through tho keyhole of a girl's bedroom, and ever since the doctors havo been .trying to got a knitting. . needlo out of the place where his eye used to be. A Yormont girl wants to know if -tho woman's rights movement includes tho right to do the courting ; if it docs she is in lor it, as the men hi her vicinity are very basinul. - " - . ; A foreign gentleman declares that he can tell whenever ho crosccs the -border of Massachusetts, because all . tho womon begin lo have "views." - m m m n i . - If your lamp of prosperity is blown out bv tbo aiuds, do nut sit down and cry in the dark, but strike a match . and ro-ltght your taper. "Cborpenning" is st newly coined word, meaning swindling the Govern., merit without incurring penalty, much , used iu Washington at present Josh Billings says, - When a fuller gets a goin down lull, It due sem( as tho' everything had been greased for tho kashun. Kasper; or, the lTross Eyed Kar- j penter of Kalamazrio," is the title oT a sensation story published in a Jersey paper. A Chinese thief, having stolen a missionary's watch, brought it back the next day to be Bbown bow to wind it op. . A jilted youth thus pours forth his', soul in song : 'Tis sweed to court bet, eh ! hew bitter . Te seem a saw aad tbe awl gal ker. - An Illinois highway robber got forty cents from the victim and eight years from the jndge. ' Billings says Living oa hope Is a good way to gel phull, but a poor way to get phat
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