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In fcurth Central I'eJiusjIvaiila.
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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
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shall not be denied or abridged by the J
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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?---
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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
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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.
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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