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G. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
clearfield. pa.
' Having reigned hit Judgeship, hat resumed
M practice or the law In nil old office at Clear
lid, Pa. Will attend the eourU of Jeferaoa and
, Ik oountlel when specially retained In connection
4th resident noumel. 1;U:7I
T. H. MURRAY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
..Prompt attention glren o all legal biislneat
Mraited to hi. tare In Clearfield and adjoining
euntiea. OIBce on Market lU, opposite Nnugle'e
twelry Store, Clearlield, Pa. jH'71
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WALLACE &, FIELDING,
ATTORNEYS-AT -.LAW,
V Clearfield, Pa.
' J-Legnl boiinoei of all klndl attended to
promptnen and tdelity. Office In reiidrnoe
I William A. Wallace. Janl:TI
iA. W. WALTERS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa. '
ineVOSca In tbe Court ITonee. dera-ly
r H. W. SMITH,
ATTOllKEY-AT-LAV,
' 11:1:71 Clearfield, Pa.
ISRAEL TEST,
.'" ATTORN KY AT LAW,
i " Clearfield, Pa.
' -aaJrOffiei In the Court Home. tJy".'"
- JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearlield, Pa.
lea en Market 8u, orer Jo.eph Phowtn'
! Crocery itore. Jan.8,IK7i.
' BM. I. a'cDLLOUOIt. w. M. m'cullooor.
J. McCULLOUGH & BEOTHER,
5- ATT011N KYS AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
08lee on Loeuit atreet, nearly opposite the rea.
eaee of Dr. R. V. Wilion. We hare la our of
a one of Rieeeck a Uro'l largeet Are and bur
W proof aafea, fox the protection of book., docda,
4 other valuable piper, placed in our charge.
J. B. McEN ALLY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Legal ba.lnen attended tc promptly wltb
Hty.
Offloe oB becona atreet, aoove mo rim
aional Bank.
l:M:71-lypd
' J. j. LINQLE,
TTORNEY-AT - LAW,
I Oaceola, Clearfield Cs Pa. y:pd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
allareton, Clearfield County, Penn'a.
BVAll legal builneea promptly attended to,
: D. L. K REBS, '
floeceenrto II. B. Swoope,
jaw and Collection Office,
H,n CLEARFIELD. PA.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
at o Second St., Clear6eld, Pa. bot1,8
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
; ATTORNEY AT LAW.
I Heat total Atreut, Clearfield, Pa
Ice oa Third .treat, bet. Cherry A Walnut.
f Respectfully orTera hli .ervlrej In iclllrtg
baying landi In ClearBeld and a IJolninf
ilea and wilbaa eiperlenoeol orer twenty
tai a inrreyor, latteri him. elf that he eat
r tatliftctlon. ireo. 2i;e.i:u,
BLAKE WALTERS,
: REAL ESTATE BROKER,
Alt BBALKBj II
ir Jmsh and Iiumber,
C CLEARFIELD, PA.
a Hatonic Building, Room No. 1. 1:15:71
H. Orvia. C. T. Aloiander.
WIS 4. ALEXANDER,
, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ilellelunte. Pa, tcpl8,'ti-y
'.. 8. BARNHART,
ATT'iHNFY - AT - LAW,
llrllerniite. Pa.
reel Ice In Clearlield tnd all of the Coorll of
tb Judicial district. Real estate business
llectton of claiml made specialties, nl'71
DR. T. J. BOYER,
FBICIAN AND SURGEON,
flea on Market Street, Clearlcld, Pa.
floe hours: 8 to 11 a. m , and 1 to 8 p. m
)R. W. A. MEANS,
rsICIAN A SURGEON,
LTJTIIEUSBURa, PA.
Tend profetsionnl call, promptly, augl0'70
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
fSICIAN A SURGEON,
VlNQ located at Pennfleld, Pa., offer, bit
imfessional serTiees to tba people of that
ad surrounding country. Alioailt promptly
4 to. oct. 13 tl.
v. j. pTblTrch 'fields
irgeota of the 8:td Regiment, Pennsyleanla
tleerl, having returned from the Aidiy,
I hit profestioaal terviott to tbeeitiaent
wield eoanty.
rofeialonal tails promptly attended to.
ea Second ttrtet, formerlyoeeupied by
edl. apr4,'-U
JEFFERSON LITZ,
rsiCI AN k SURGEON,
VINO loeated at Otetola, Pa., offers hit
arofettienal services to the people of that
d tarrouading eonntry.
All eelli promptly altended Id. Offlee
Idenee on Curtia It, formerly ocenpled
aiiae, lalay, iv:ly,
iwtcsa , . . . , p. Dint citar
5LL0WBUSH & CAREY,
BOOKSELLERS,
jBook ManufaHurcrs,
; ARD STATiONBRS,
JUarktt St., PhUndtlphla,
Nper Floor Daekt and Bags, Poelaean.
ot, wrapping, Lartatn ana wall
fetll.TO lypd
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Q00DLA.NDEB & HAGEETY, Pubiishers.
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GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juitioa of the Peace, Burrojor and Conveyancer,
I.ut!irrburf, Pa.
All buiineil intrniled to hltn will be promptly
attended to. 1'rr.on. wlehing to employ a Bor
rejor will do well to glva hint a call. a. be flatten
himeelf that he ean render aati.fartion. leeda of
conveyance, artiolei of agreement, and all lego!
piper., promptly and neatly executed. t JSmar"!
JAMES C. BAEEETT,
Ju.tloe of the Peace and Llcented Conveyancer,
Lutlirraburr, Clearfield Co., Pa.
' 4Collectioni k rcmittaneM promptly made,
and all hind, of k'fal Inatrninenta eiecnted on
ihort notion. may4,70tf
DAVID REAMS,
SCRIVENER & SURVEYOR,
' I.uthemburft, Pa.
Till lubHriber clfera hi. lerrlcet to the public
la the capacity of Scrivener aad Surveyor.
All calle for eurvejing promptly attended to, and
the making of draft., deed, and other legal Instru
ment, of writing, eiecuted without delay, and
warranted to be correct or no oharge. o!2:70
J. A. ELATTENBERGER, ' '
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCEOLA, Clearlield Co, Pa.
jfrtfConeeyaneing and all legal paper drawn
with aeeuraoy and dtrpetob. Dtafu on and aa
age tleketi to and from any point in Europe
procured.
oc la 70 m
F. K. ARNOLD & Co.,
BANKERS,
I uthemburg, Clearfield county. Pa. ,
Mnnv Inaned al reaannhble ratri: exchange
bought and nidi drpoaiti received, and a gen
earl hanking buiinefi will be carried on at the
hore plaoa, - . '' '
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Juitiee of tbe Peaee and Sorlvonor,
CurHenivlUe, Pa.
evColleetioui made and money promptly
paid arer. ;
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E. A. A W. D. IRVIN,
PR ALEKB 1H
Real Estate, Square Timber, Logs
AND LUMUER ,
Office In aei
r Corner Store building.
. CurwentTille, Pa.
nor 1471
mma. ar.anaT aiiaar Aiiarr w. aucar
W. ALBERT Sl BROS.,
Manufacturer A exteof ive Dealer! la
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
WOODLAND, runn'A.
i-Ordcri iollcltcd. Bill, filled on abort notlee
Ad Ire.. Woodland P. 0., ClearBeld Co., Pa.
ji2i.ly W ALUt.KI 4k bKIIS
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Fretiebvltle, ClearBeld County, Pa.
Keep! eon.tantly on hand a full uaortnient or
Dry Oood., Hardware, Urocene., an everyiuing
u.ually kept in a retail .tore, which will be aula,
for caen, e. encnp ae ciprwncre ,u ,u wwu..
irencnvllle, June zi, leei-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE
BBALIB 1
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAHAMTUN, Pa.
Alio, elten.lve minufnctufer and dealer in ftquare
Timber and hawea Lumber ol au ainaa.
itw-Orden tollciUd and all billi promptly
llf.d. tjylinj
CHARLES SCHAFER,
LAGER BEER BREWER,
Clearfield, Pa. .
TTAVINlJ rented Mr. Bntret' Brewery be
XI- hopes by ttriet atlention to buiinesi and
the manufacture of a superior article of VEER
to receive the patronage of all the old and many
new eustomera. iougj
J. K, BOTTORF'S
PnOTOGRAPII GALLERY,
Market Street, Cletrteld, Pa.
r-CROMOS MADE A SPECIALTY.-
VfFOATIVES made In cloudy at well at In
1 clear weather. Constantly on hand a good
axeorttnent of FRAMES, rTERK()HC01'E8 and
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS. Framel, from any
style of moulding, made to order. aprs-ir
-JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
BKOOMD STREET,
Jy53 CLEARFIELD, PA. tl
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peun'a.
a.WIII eieeute lobs In hit line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner, arri,o7
HENRY RIBLING,
HOUSE. 8I0N ORNAMENTAL PAINTKR
Clearfield, Penn'a
The fnnftolnff ni paintin of chnrebei ftnd
other public builrfiogi will receive f)rtioulr
itajntioD, well tbo ptinttng or carnagei nd
leigtis. U.ldfnR duno In the noatcit (tylei, AM
work warnntcil. lSbn on Fourth itreet, formerly
ooenpied bj Krquire 8b iifcart. ootltf'7
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARKIELD, PENN'A.
;f4r-Pumn. always on band and made to order
on abort notiee. Pipes bored on rrasnnahle terma
an work warranted to render aati'faetlnn, and
delivered It desired.
mylftitjpa
E1
Vl, I H A H M A N ,
PRACTICAL MILLWRIGHT, "
LUTIIKItSllUKd, pa. .
'Agent for the Anerlcan Double Turbine Water
Wheel and Andrews k Kalhaeh Wheel. Can fnr
nieh Portable C rl it Mills on short nolica. JvU'7l
JQR. E. M. 8CHKURER,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Offlce In Maaoaie Building,
April 21, 1H72. Clearfield, Pa.
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCI1 MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer la
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Ware, &c,
Jel 71 CLEARFIELD, PA,
e G A U O II E Y CO.-S
RESTAURANT,
Second Street,
CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
Alwayt ea band, Fre.h Oy.lert, lee Cream,
Candies, Np If, .Crackers, Cakes, Cigars, Tohwee,
Canned Vruilt, Oranget, Lemons, and all kindl
uf fruit in season.
it-ty BILLIARD ROOM oa second floor.
J, Jl 71 D. Med Allium A CO.
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
Aattf row
Cblcktrlng't, Rtcinway'i and Emertoa't Planet
Bmltk't, Maaon A Hetalln'i and Ptloak.t't
Organs and Melodeont, and 0 rover A
Baker! Rawing Macblaet.
ALSO TBACBBB Of
Plane, Qaltar, Organ, Harmony aad Yeeal Ms.
lie. no pupil taken for lest man nan a term.
7-Kootns opposlt Uulicb'l Furniture tituri
Clearltld, May , ISOI-tf.
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THE REPUBLICAN.
., i CLEARFIELD, PA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUQl'STJl, 1878.
JUDGE BLACK.
HIS VIEW OF THE SITUATION.
Able and Comprehensive Review,
Radical MlapacUy at the South.
DUTY OF THE DEMOCRACY.
.Office or the Baltimore Gakittb,
Baltimore,, July 20. My Dear Sir i
Ever tinco the adjournment of the
liullimoro Convention coiluin Radical
journals have pern'intcntly misropre-
sen leu the cournd 01 me pronnuunt
Domocrato, and havo Boulit, in overy
waj', to place them in a tamo position
boforo the country. Among the num
ber you have been frequently mention
ed as being hostile to the action oi that
body, and in this way your name has
been usod by political trickaters to
promote tho luccoss of the iladitul
cause. Without wailing for consulta
tion with you, but simply relying on
my faith in your exalted patriotism
and unflinching Democracy, 1 have
unhesitatingly contradicatcd all sucb
rumors. In times pustyon "have done
the State some service, and they know
1," and on tho strength of j our punt
record I have assumed that in tho
proscnt political crisis you will be quite
as aealous as yon over were before in
defonso of constitutional freedom and
service reform.-- 1 need not ask
you if I am right in this assumption,
because of thul I fuel assured ; but I
take the liberty of suggesting that al
this time your views and opinions
upon the impending Presidential con
test would a Hold much gratification to
tbe Democratic and Conservative mus
ses of the country.
Deliovo me to be, will) great rospect,
ever your friond, William 11. Welsh.
lion. J. s. ULAOK.
To William II. Wei.su, eq , Edi
tor or the Balti.mour Gazette My
Dear Sir: 1 promised the gentleman
who delivered your letter that I would
answer it fully and as soon us I could
consistently with oilier engagements.
1 am lullilling that pro mi so. if l take
more time and space than might be
e
xpected you will please to romember
hat 1 and a great many other Domo
th
cruls are in a position which requires
something moro than a mere tluntii
tion. W cannot avoid misoonstruo
tioir without furnishing a ralbor full
exnlunalion.
I admit that tho next President most
be Grant or Grccloy. The circuin
stances of the political situation limit
our choice to those two men, as strict
ly as nobody else were legally eligible
We must weiifh then against one an
other, and, like practical mon decide
tho case before us In favor ot tho best
Even If we And no qood in either of
thorn, we must take thut one who shall
appear to be least bad
It is unilemuuie mat tno icautng
measures of this administration are
i . . ,, '
not only unconstitutional, but ami
constitutional, showing not merely a
contemptuous iiiuiiiercnco to consuiu
tionul obligations, but a soltled hoslil
ity to those rights of the Btates and
those liberties of the people which tho
organic law was made to secure.
The President's appointment of oflicers
and his general exercise of public an
thority, under the influence of men
who paid him largo sums of money,
are scandulous outrages, and the effort
to defoud them has combined with
other like causes to extinguish among
his subordinates all reaped lor those
rules of morality which used to bo
held sacred. When we consider what
theso men havo done in the north.and
add to it tho large-handed robberies
porpelrated in the south by tbo retain
era of the President, with his diroct
aid and assistance, we are compolled
to acknowledge that no othor govern
ment now in the world is administer
ed so entirely for personal and parti
ean purposes, or in such complete dis.
regard lor tho rights and interests ol
the general public. Ihis demoraliza
tion is not confined to the executive
branch, the tide of corruption rolls in
upon the legisluturo,and in some pluees
it has risen high onough to touch the
feet ot the judiciury. Kven the rank
and flic of tho President's party have
become debauched, let us bono not a
together, but certainly in a fearful
degree. Acts which in former times
a hardonod criminal would hositnte to
whisper in the ear of bis accomplice
can now bo openly advocatod by a
political leader, not only with safety,
but with a tolerable chance of being
snntaincd by a sort of public opinion
That love of lihertv and lustice which
used to pervade the whole community
. . . t
now ''reneges all tomper" and yiolds
without resistance to the unprincipled
demngoguos who would enthrone
lraud.
"Mftka the hoar leprosy .dored place Ihlevet,
And give them title, knee anl approbation,
With Benatorton tht bench."
If Gonural Grant had boon equal in
mind and hoart to the exigencies of
the limes, he could easily have inado
himself a great public bonefaotor. Ho
might have purified official and politl
cal morals by simply telling tho ox
ample In his own person of a clean
handed dcvoti'jn to duty. His own
obedionce to the laws would have res
tored them to univorsul supremacy.-
All the object of the constitution as
recited In tho preamblo would have
been accomplished but for the obstruo
tiont with which ho Jilmsolf impodod
them. Unfortunately the Interests of
certain rings wcro In conllicl witu mo
jntorosts ol the .country, and they, oy
large presents seduced bent Into their
ervioe. The publio contracted to
give him the salary which bia prede
cessors had been content with ; the
rins offered hi in more; be acoepted
their bounty, foil over to them and
took tho covernment Into his hands as
y'jk black Republican job.
:...,:.'.',. principles i; not MEN.".1,;:';.; f :" : '"' :''
, i . . . i i i i i i ' ' i i
J. l,,,..,.. , , . , -- 1 - ' T" T"
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 21 ,
Now, as to Greeley. It cannot be
pretondod that his political life is very
1
mmetriciiL lie was in luo ruiiats oi
e Radical Abolitionists for a good
many years, mat is bud j lor sucn
associations would have a national
tendency to debase him. iiut.we
must not forget that, though be was
with thorn, he was not always of them.
lie rofused to be a partaker in their
diabolical hatred for tho constitution ;
he did not lond bis lips to their ribald
blasuhoraios. and bis foot were never
swift in running to shed inuooentblood.
IJeloro the great conllicl began, bis
opposition to tho dosigns of the Aboli
tionists against tbe Federal and Stato
governments, impelled him to the op
posite heresy ol luo secessionists.
Liko the Roman father, who killed
his daughter to save her from a worse
fato, he ohose to destroy tho govern
ment, rather than it dialionortwi
and violated by lawless force. When
the war was flagrant, bo provoked tho
extremost rago of bis associates by ex
erting hiinsoli for a peace which would
have loll all the people in possossion
of their constitutional liberties. , Af
ter the close of tho contest, ho was tbe
advocate of rogular and legal, as well
as honest government for all parts ofj
the country. I havo good authority
for saying that ho never' gave his ap
proval to any form of kidnapping, or
murdor, by military commission. In
short, though he did join the Aboli
tionists in their "devil's dance," he
never learned to koep stop with bis
partnors, and we all know that when
ho could not slop it, be left it and de
nounced it with becoming indignation.
On another point be ought to bare
credit. ' Tho friends of religious free
dom owe him an old debt of gratitude
for tbo zeal and ability with which he
rosisled the church burners when
banded together In the suorot lodges
of tho know-nothing order. It is but
reasonable fo behvvo thut his opposi
tion saved the country from tho great
danger it was once in of. being subju
gated by thai infamous organization.
lie bus often Deeu accused oi com
plicity in cheats of one kind or anoth
er, but in every case be has triumph
antly refuted the charges. For thiB,
and for othor reasons, I concludo that
his porsonal iutogrity is without a
stain. ....
lie has many times spoken of the
Democratic party and its most honor
ed members in harsh mid abusive
tortus. These: are faults of manner,
and of tamper, which, when mended,
are' always pardoned. We wilt not
permit our judgement lo he disturbed
by considerations so trilling as this.
I have looked into his past history
only to ascertain what be is now arU
what ho is likely to be in the luli.re.
I am bound to care nothing for bis
"antecedents," except as thoy furnish
the means ol estimating his charaour.
I tbink I have found out with reason
able certainty bow far we may eon-
ridoinhim. I devotedly behove that,
if chosen President, he will keep his
oath, preserve the constitution invio
lato,exocuie me laws luiunuuy.reaiuro
the states to their rightful autonomy,
protect individual liberty by jury trial
and habeas corpus, put the military in
Droner subordination to tbe civil au
thority, use neither force nor fraud to
carry eloctions, keep bis nanus clean
from corrupting gil'is, sot his faco liko
a Hint against ail mtnuor oi unanoiai
dishonesty, purify the administration
of justice as much as in him lios, main
tain the pubho credit by a prompt
dischargo of all just obligation, givo
to capital tho right which belongs lo
it, and at tbe samo time see that labor
is not robbed of ita earnings.. Jle will
cortainly boW bia power of appoint
ment as a public trust, and not as a
part of his personal possossion to be
usedfor the support of bis family, or to
encourage tbo private liberality of bis
frior.ds. . lie will, so inr as bo can
without trunsgressing the limits ol
his legal authority, reliove tho south
ern stales fioin the gangs that are
now preying upon their vitulsin opon
partnership with the present adminis
tration. :
1 think be will do all thisi and my
faith is founded on the testimony of
fnonds and enemies, on tho known
facts of his hislonv and on tbe moral
influence which the Domocracry will
necessarily oxort upon his conduct
Ibo errors ol Ins pustule wero caused
by certain evil communications iroin
which he has clean escaped, lie
bonds a trrcnt revolt aeiiinst wicked
ness in high place, and I do not be
lieve he will go back upon ns and be
guilty o! tho same wfekeunom himsclt,
The contrast bctwoon the two can
didates being so very strong, no lair
minded Democrat ran doubt what ho
uughttodo. Yet tho reluctance which
many of ns feel to vole for either of
them is hanl to overcome 1 did, and
do, most heartily sympathize with
that class which received Mr. Greoloy's
nomination in much sorrow. 1 am
auro this feeling proceeded from no
unworthy passion or prejudico, but
was tho natural result of sobor thought
on the condition of tho country and
the fitness of things pertaining thereto.
In ourvlow the controversy between
tho parties was not all about men,nnd
not wholly on questions of mere ad
ministration. The Libertil Republi
cans and como Democrats think we
owe All our sullorings to tbe corruii-
tion and Inrnnucilv of Genoral Grant
and the rings that surround him.
. . ...
But the prime causo lies futrher back
and deeper down in wrongs for which
tba triumph of Mr; Greeley with all
reforms offers no Immediate aloncmont
and only a partial remedy, ,
In England, after every civil com
inoliou
age' and graced ,1. rapLly b,f;-
nig bills ot altitiuder and bills of," .... , ,.,
its rago
uawnmiE utile vt ufciiuuuur tiuu uiun ui
pains ?nd penalties against their fallen
ind helpless opponents. The best and
greatest mon of their rospeolive agos
Were tho victims of those legislative
decreos. Parliaments acknowledged
the wrong, reversed the attainders and
made what reparation they could. Our
fathers determined that no such thing
should ever be done here, antj o they
put Ihoir solemn intordioi into plain
words, and made it a part of tbe fun
damental law that neither Congress
nor any Htate Legislature should ever
past a bill of attainder.
The reconstruction act of 18G7 was
a bill of attainder mnro deliberately
cruel, and .with pains and penalties
more compondiously unjust, thun any
British bill thnt evor was passed.
But its authors wero conscious that it
could not stand, and thoy must rcptaco
it with something else, for soonor or
lator the courts would be sure to pro
nounce it void. Bosidoe, the objoct
being to put the southorn people un
der the domination of greedy adven
turers from tho north with unlimited
license to oppress and plunder them,
tbe officers of the army woro not good
agents in sucb a nofurious business.
Tho negrcos would bo instruments of
tyranny much moro easily managod.
llutan act ol Congress, disirancinsing
tho white people fur offenses real or
imputed, and handing over their State
governments lo negtoos to bo run by
tcTMtt--Lethe interests of carpet-bag-
jrors, would Da merely anolhor bill ol
attainder, or raincr a mouincation oi
tho first one making It much worso,
but equally within the reach of judi
cial correction. In thiB strait they ro
sorted to tho expedient of converting
the constitution itseii into a bill ol at
tainder. ' ' ' " " ' - ' '
Tho fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments wore frauds upon the spirit and
lottor of tho Instrument, Inasmuch as
tboy effected tho worst outrage whiub
it was mudo lo prevent. Thoy wcro
carried against tho known will of
nearly overy Stato in the Union by
shameloss deception In the north and
by brutal violonce in the south. "May
this be washed in l.etlte and forgot
ton f" Certainly not, as long as any
portion of our people aro compelled to
boar the intolerable burden of the yoke
thus fastened upon thcrn. I need not
say bow much they havo suffered al
ready, nor Iry to conjecture now nincn
they wili do canon to enuuro nereni-
ter; but it is certain mat any orui
ntry dospolism would have been a vis
itation of mercy in comparison. When
we reflect npon the number and ra
pacity ot the thieves that have been
uphold la their pillage by means of
the negro govornmonts we cannot noip
but regret the non adoption ol Jir
Stevens' . proposition, atrocious as i
was, for universal confiscation. The
pernicious consequences of this rule
are fell in the general aj woll as the
local ifovcrnments. The legislation
of Congress is largely controlled by til
representatives of llio carpet bag in
tercet, and the worst acts of tho execu
live administration are dono to please
the power which corrals tho negroes
at the meutintr places of tho leagues
and drives them thenco to tho poll
Mr. Greeley's election will not do
all that we could wish lo lree us from
theso evils ; it will not even bo a popu
lar commondotion of tho baao means
by which they were inflicted Upon
but It will boirin the prooons of th
us:
cir
of their gradual extinction. It will
give the whito people a reasonable
hope that the heritable qualities of
their lathers blood may some duy be
restored. In the meantime, if it docs
not revorso tho attainder It will at
least insuro a merciful execution of it.
Democrats who disliked Sir. Greoley's
nomination hare rofluctod well, and I
think will support him with almost
perfect unanimity. Tbo thought that
a victory will not give us everything
at onoe may diminish in some degree
"the rapture of the strifo," but it will
not impair the efficiency of their sap
port, for they are impelled to their
utmost exertions by a profound con
victiob that nothing but his election
will suve tho country from a long pe
riod of misgovornment, and perhaps
tbo total destruction of our free insti
tutions. I am with great respect, yours, cto.,
J. S. iiLACK. "
fciitK, Pa.. August 3, Ib73.
Peaches. Mora about peaches.
Tho mlhclio, tho sensuous, und tho
sontiuontal part of nisn, seldom moot
so ai'eenbly as they do ovor a basket
of rii peaches, whoso cheoks yet seem
to burn wilh tho sun they left in
Maryland orchards... The Persians
sigin ed love by tho gift of bulf a
poacl . Lot us love ourselves many
limei, then, whilo this ambor sun ol
Aug t lasts. Tho peach is the roso
of tr ite. Unlike lovo, it is harmless
in ai of its effects. A man once
wislx d to commit suicido, and look
ing a out for an easy death douided to
cut 1 uiself to death on peaches j but
the n ore ho ale, the belter be full,
till, ii. the end of his barkot, bo cried,
"I.ei'iiie not leave tho world thai
contains such bcuulilul fruit." An
amiajble way of partaking of the
pcaob is to slice it, cover it wilh su
gar, and let it remain ou Ice for an
hour, or until it freezes j then pour
t'jual parts of swoot wine and cream
over the fruit, eat and realizo a veg
etable passion.. A poach club has
iboon formed among some of our gen
tlemen of refinement, who solemnly
depsrtod for the sunniest orchards of
the Southwest lo indulge in their fa
vorite Iruit, as anglers do in trout
fishing. Only one baile is taken out
id the crimson hido of the peauh.
The luftt account was 1,8,H1 peaches
eaten by the best sportsman of tho
party .Atto York World.
Oranoes. Did you over oat a npo
trango r o doubt ft vast majority
ki . - ... .1 ...:n ......
fc-f our readers will say yes, and con
sider tho quosllon rather a silly one.
Yet w o doubt if ono in five thousand
has ever eaten a ripo orungo that Is,
ono that ripened on tho tree and was
not i. lucked nntll ready for use. The
oranges of cominorce aro plucked be
, b , , i. .
,n. neption of the
Jho T."..'0 aer. "a.1.1
luecionsnoBs of
naturo has been al
lowed to ncrfeet work upon it. It is,
bovond ooniDarison. the princo of
fruits Savannah Republican.,
A few miles from Wilkesbnrre,
lives an Individual whose name is
Gauduin. lie 'is a deacon, and on
Sunday the minister says, "Gaiidam,
you please pass tho plato." if w
were that Gandam fellow we would
ask the Legislature) to change our
nanio.
1872.
SENATOR BILUNGFELT.
Hit
Reasons for Retiring from the ConoreMlonal
Canvass. A Ca I
Im and Untntwersble Arrliunment
f Suit OfSolaU.
To tA Republican Voters of Lancaster
County 1 1 .. . '
Through your continuod confidence
and support, 1 have for eight years
boon ono ot your chosen representa
tives in tho Legislative department of
the Stnte Government.
At tho earnest solicitation of many
friends, my namo had again boon
brought before yon, this time as a can
didate for the high honor of represent
ing our district in Congress, lint, in
asmuch as my namo will bo withdrawn,
1 owe to you, who nave stood by mo
so long, as well us to mysolf, to make
the announcement thus publicly, and
to givo tho principal reasons which
have lod to my declination, and to de
fine the position I occupy in the pend
ing political canvass.
Hub courso is ronderod necessary
on my part throniih the litlo action of
tbo Kcpublicun County Committee, in
connection with my sincere convic
tions expressed Immediately after the
two principal candidates on the Ito-
publican Sluto ticket woro nominated
at llarrisburg, Tbo resolution adopted
by that uominiueo is as follows :
"Resolved, That all candidates for
ofneo, whoso names aro announced
subject to the decision of the onsuing
primary election, aro hereby required
to hand in a written plcdgo to tho
Chairman of the County Committee
ton days bcloro the day on which tbe
primary election Is livid, that thoy
will support and uso all honorab
moans to socuro the election of the
National, Stato and County tiominoes
of the Republican party,"
' This would rondor mo Ineligible,
how over earnestly 1 might desire to
bo a candidate, for tho simple reason
that my signature could not bo attach
ed lo tho pledge required. It is not
my purpose lo dispute the right nor
to quBtion tho proprie'.y of enforcing
such a lest al tins tune It would
seem, Itowover, thut the same princi
plo might with equal propiioty be ap
plied to all tho Republican voter.-, as
well as to tho candidates. In spirit,
it is tho samo In ono case ns in tl
othor, tho expediency may forbid its
application to luo voter, it is ccr
taiuly antagonistic to that broad and
liberal principle which, marked tho
organization of the Republican party
and carried it National and Stale
banners in triumph through many a
bard longht contut-t. - iiut tho object
of tins test seems plain, and J, lor one
cannot fulfil its reriirem nts. There
fore, whatovor Cunurcssioual aspira
tions 1 may bnve, together with tho
preferences of valued friends, must
give way, for the time being, in order
that I may bo left free to oppose what
I beliovo is wrong in principle and al
variance with the truo interests of tho
Republican party and tho Common
wealth at largo.
It is lo mo a painful task lo arraign
any ol our Stato olliuials boloro the
bar of publio opinion, when 1 remem
ber thut for many years our personal
relations have been of the most friendly
character, and. that thoy have per
formed many acts for. which they re
ceived credit and deicrve praiso.
But, as public officers, it Is ther im
perative duty, at all timcs.so to deport
themselves that all their official acts
may result in the public good, without
regard to privnto or individual inter
ests. , And herein I bclievo both can
didates al tho bead of the Republican
State tiekot have failed to meet tho
just expectation of the public ; and
having thus failed, my support, which
would otherwise havo bcn cheerfully
givo n, must bo withheld, and conse
quently, myself deprived of tho privil
ege of roceiving your support at the
primary elections.
In view of these circumstances it
becomes my duty to criticise tho offi
cial conduct of tho candidates who
claim your suffrages for two impor
tant Slate nfliccs, and to point out
some of their short comings, because
those influenco my action in this mat
ter and affect my political etutus in
the party. . , '
It would appear that, of late years,
allegiance lo Personal Rule (or the pro
motion of political aspirations has
been more binding upon somo of our
Statu officials than their obligations
of fidelity lo the iutore.ls of a confid
ing publio. This inference is justified
by tho fact that tho Auditor General
has permitted tho practico of a sys
tem, in his department, of settling
some of tho most important public ac
counts without requiring duly authen
ticated or properly qualified vouchor.!,
to which no prudent business man in
his individual transactions would tub
mil.
Our Stnto war claims against the
General Government, amounting to
nearly thrco millions of dollars, wcro
permitted too long to slumber in the
hands of Irresponsible parlies, and all
information in regard to tho samo,
snch as tho plain act of Assembly re
quires, withheld by the Auditor Gen
eral from tho public and denied lo
individuals who had tho right to do
niand such infornialion, until public
opinion throughout the entire Coiit
nionweullh was aroused lo Indigna
tion in consequence of this neglect of
official duty.
Tho i-jinkinit r 11110,01 which mo
An, III. .y Cmnrnl ia nun of llin three
Commissioners, and, who holds the
balance of power in the Board, has
been used, to a large extent., by indi
vidual favorites for speculative pur
poses, instead of being applied to tho
purposos for which it was solely
created tho extinguishment of the
publio debt.
Duo diligcni-o has not boon used,
nor have proper efforts been mnde, to
'reduce our Stale debt as rapidly as
tbo funds in the treasury may justify,"
as both the law and a proper regurj
for the interests of the publio reunite.
Over five millions of our State loans
have for somo time boen overdue nnd
still bearing Interest, whilo, according
to uflicial reports, there hns boon for
ytfars an average unexpended balanco
of over a million and a half of dollars
in the Stato Treasury.
Upon sevoru! occasions efforts woro
made lo secure legislation which, bad
TEEMS $2 por annum' in Advance.
NEWSERIES-V0L. 13, NO. 33.
they boon successful, would havo In
creased tho public debt millions of dol
ars, and decreased tho assets in the
Sinking Fund millions mora. It is al
ready well known to the publio that
the Republican candidate for Gover
nor recommended the lurinor and the
candidate for Auditor General was
conspicuous in the later attempt.
in viow oi these undeniable tacts l
cannot appoar before an intelligent
publio and a conscientious oonstituon
cy, and, In obediency to a decroo of
the county committee, ask thum to
support mon whom I cannot support
myself ; nor can I "uso all honorable
moans to secure tho eloelion or' can
didutci whose ollkinl character I can
not endorse.
Greatly piefering to retire from a
canvass which I entered reluctantly,
and with tho consciousness of having
discharged my duty in ttie premises,
I romain your obedient servant,
.I.E. Illl.LINOIELT.
Adumstown, Aug 1, IXT-.
A Glimpse at Grant's Character.
Tht Btwen Case in Waahlegton-.-His Cenesctiee with
Fltk In th. Black Friday Pinit.
(From tht Washington Capitol.) ,
No man ever bold office in this
country who has been troated with
Ibe same londorness by bis opponents
as Grant. : Ibis originates, we sus-
pect.lu the fact thai be was first known
to the publio as a bravo and efficient
army otlicor, and tho dilusion is com
mon thnt a courageous, able soldier
is also nn honest, capable man ; and
therefore ono to whom the popular
Jioart has turned wilh gratitude in tho
hour ol peril wo shrink lroiu criticis
ing, and, satisfying ourselves that ho
means well, thoro is a disposition to
overlook ordinary blunders. : Hut, un
fortunately lor Gen. Grant, bis errors
to use the mildest tor in, aro not ordi
nury blunders, whilo the time in which
his triul is to bo had is pregnant with
peril.
Tbo first, nnd it occurred so close
after the inauguration that it must bo
considered the beginning, is that In
volved in tho snlo of the gift house
formerly tho residence ot Gen. Grant
Now, as Mr. Snylos J. Bowen, tho
prosecuting witness, slates tho case
wo find no blaino whatever attaches
to the President. But this is nol tho
case and Mr. Bowen dies not state
the case, lie cannot very well for all
tho truth criminates himself. It
asserted, and wo bt lievo that it can bo
proven, that In return for his rcUasc
of the contract, Mr. Howen was prom
ised the Executive patronage of this'
District.! But whether he had the
premise or not, ho undoubtedly secur
ed the palronago, nnd not only boast
ed of it at tho time, but gave good
and sufficient proof thnt his boast was
iio idle one. iiowen s irienas uuod
all tho positions in tho gift of tho
'resident that belonged lo. tno ins
trict of Columbia. And here eomo
several significant facts of a circum
slantial character thnt muke proof
strong as that of Holy Writ. These
places were filled to tho exclusion of
tho President's own fricnJs. They
wero filled by Cowcn's peoplo after
promises mado tho President, without
a word of explanation. We speak of
what wq know. One of those expec
tants was Dr. Robbins, an estimable
citizen, who had boon promised IheJ
Postoffleo. He only knew that bo
had been sacrificed In some political
transaction, the nature of which ho
could uot understand. Tho President
paid, fttid Bowen received JjS.OOOj
worth of official patronage. This,
included a comfortablo placo for Mr.
Bowen himself, never given ; and ttt
tho bottom of tho discontent may be
found bero ft motivo for tho stibse-i
qncni wrath and disclosure. ' j
' Tbo next case, and ono that novor
lias been properly investigated, is that
known as the gold conspiracy of Now
York tho Black Friday. Vo know
that Fisk, Gould and Corbiu ono
brothorin law of the President and
three unprincipled adventurers con
spired to control tho gold maikct of
New York. To accomplish this it
was necessary to keep llie gold of the
Treasury under lock and out of the
markol. Fisk, the then friend and
associate of the President, undertook
to givo him reasons for a retention of
tho gold, and Cor bin claimed to have
sueh control at tho White House ns to
niako the operation perfectly safe. It
was an infamous conspiracy, organized
to rob, and had its baso in the Execu
tive Mansion.
Wo will not occupy space in telling
over what all so vividly romember
the fearful struggle of that evontful
yea I
Mr.
ear. In the very moment ol victory
Boulweli, contrary to tho orders
of tho President, btvko tho combina
tion by opening tho vaults of the
Treasury. Tho roliof wss Instanta
neous. When this monstrous nffuir
was over, the people saw thut it odgod
so closo upou tho threshold ot tho Ex
ecutive mansion, that an investigation
was domandod. But It was never
had. ' The committee, nindo tip in its
majority of tho political and perma
nent friends ol the President, followed
tho trail lo tho door of tilo Whilo
Ilofiso and then suddenly dropped it,
Ono day the committee passed a rcso
lutinn inviting tho President to appear
end render such infornialion or ex-
pltinnlion as bo might wish; nnd the
I next duv after n midnight vn-it to the
I I'va..iii K-n Mansion liif(,in. Gul-flcId
llie resolution was roeinded, no reason
boit.g given othor than that found in
tbo lVsidclil'a brill rejoinder thai
"ho had nothing lo communicate."
The Committee, in it appeared
through its majority, then reported
that no facts hud been developed im
plicating tho Administration.
Now we uro driven to ono or tho
other conclusion : The President,
through his brolhorin lnw, t'ojhin,
who yet holds bis confidence, knew of
the conspiracy, and had somo reason
for helping it on, or ho bad become
infatuated with Fisk's monstrous fi
nnncinl theory of locking up gold to
aid in tho transportation of Western
produce. If thu first is truo, tho
President should bo impeached for a
high crime; if tho last- is correct, be
lacks sadly tho Intellect necessary Tor
his position.
AddrcM Trom tb Liberal State Oom
mittea, Lmr.itAL IJn ciu.ifiArt State Commit
Tkb ltoOMi, J'liilu., Aj. 1'), ln,72.
T thn Lihtvl Hrpnhlicaut of peHMylranin i
''Four Tt'tirn u.rjo Mortli Curolinii
oponoil tlio l'roKidoiitiul cnrnpitign in
AugiiHt by t'looling a ui'ttiH tiovcrnor
by 18,01 mnjnriiy ; a tintui Mumio,
41
to H i a Grunt House, 92 to W, and
five Grunt members ol Congress of the
seven then to bu chosen.
This year North Carolina has open.
od tho Picsidentiiil campaign, after
all tho appliances of Administration
power hud boon cxbuustod. by a Grunt
lovornor returned as elected by a
nominal majority that is assailed as
fraudulent) a Greeley ' majority of .
fourteen elsctwl lo tho Senate; t
Grooley majority of ten in the House,
und bvo Greeley Conyross-nieu of tbo
oight. M - -. ll
in est Virginia, a Kfulo that was
warmly contested in lbU4 und carried
by the Grunt candidate for Governor
in August by 4,717, both tho candi
dates lor Governor lo bo voted for on
the 'i'M instant aro ardent supporters
of the Liberal Ropiiblicun National .
candidates, the Grant party being un
willing to venture u contest.
Vermont guve iifiM majority los
tho Grant candidate fur Governor in
lNtiH. It will give from one third to
one half less on the 3d of Suptembor
next, and would do still bettor lor tho
Liberal cause but lor tho fact that it
is the only hopelessly Grant Ststo In
the union.
Maine gave 20,404 majority for tho
Grant candidate for Governor in 1808.
On tho 'Jib of September next not one,-.
third tho mujonly ot bn can be given,
and tho success of tho Liberal candi
date for Governor is possiblo, and tho
solid delegation of Grant Congress..
men will be broken.
When those preliminary contests.
shall have been decided, the Keystone
Stato must next speak in October,
and her judgment will bo irreversible,
Pennsylvania vill bo won, and won
overwhelmingly. It will not be done
by spontaneous tidal waves, but sin
cere convictions und cny work. The
dovolion of hor people to free govern
ment, to tho supremacy of law, and
to municipal, Stale, and National
reform, ami their systematic, organ
ized efforts for their causo will achieve
success.
Broken, discordant, and demoral
ized ns nro the Grant and Cameron
ranks in Pennsylvania, tl.ey will yot
rally in desperation to prolong their
debauched rule in this city and Stuto.
Their means uro vast, their power
reaches to every election district, and
they will multiply tho political re
sources of tho Administration to the
uttermost to eucuro a triumph over
the people they havo humiliated aud
betrayed.
In Phil.itlelpl.iu their plans for un
exampled frauds uro not disguised,
and it is their boast thnt tho law, tho
courts, and tho peoplo aro powcrloss
to arrest tho pur(,ost) of organized
crime. They wiilyel l.arn that tho
great tribunal of public opinion and
the ceaseless vigilance of honest inert
will make this dclibcratoly-dovisod
wrong impossible.
In every section of the Stato fraud
and venality will go opon-banded
amongst tho peoplo to maintain llio
Camoron Tin,-; in Pennsylvania. It is
sincerely condemned by two thirds of
tho voters of this Commonwealth, but
it exercises despotic control of the so
called Rppul.lieun organization, selects
its candidates without regard to tho
popular will, dispenses its honors ia
State and Nation solely to maintain
offonsive personal supremacy, and
pursues unrolcntlossly all who do not
willingly bow to their own shamo.
All whoso cupidity is strongor
than their convictions, of whatever
political faith, will be finally arrayed
against tho Liberal cause, end nil that
fraud can accomplish will bo dono to
save an organization once honored but
now prostituted to corrupt und selfish
ends. In New York llio discarded
Tammany loaders, Tweed,. Connolly
& Co., are enlisted for Grant, under
tho management of Murphy lind
O'Brien, and in Philadelphia the com
bined Rings aro enlisted in the samo
oauso under tbo management of Cam
eron and Bunn. .
Wo know tho resources and despe
ration of tho opposition, and cannot
undervalue their power; but organi
sations, vigilanco, and a just cause
w ilt defy all tho multipled appliances
tbo Administration can employ in tbe
contest. Here in Pennsylvania we
must meet tbo most desperate assaults
of perverted authority ; bero ita ranks
will be hopelessly broken. '
Liberals of Pennsylvania I Let or
ganization be hastened and perfected
in evory district. We bavo tho post
of danger, but it is the post of honor
as woll, in this mighty struggle for A
freo and regenerated government.
From every section of the Union come
words of cheer. Tho South has brok
en tho bonds of disorder nnd profliga
cy, and declared for liberty nnd law,
and the North will soon auswer back
the demand for conciliation and peace.
Lot every faithful eili.icn perform
his whole duty nnd n reform Gover
nor, n Reform Legislature, a Reform
Congressional delegation, and a Ike
form Unilod States Senate will nttost
tho substantial fruits of our victory,
nnd a nation will stand upon the
threshold of assured redemption by
tho decieivo verdict ol our peoplo. -
A. K. Mrt'Ltms.
Chairman Liberal Republican. Com-
mittoe.
RoRK.itT Mortuis.
E. 11. Haich,
C. W. Mi'Kr.KQA!,
Secretaries.
"Who's
asks the lo
AueadI"' A gontlemnn
owing pointed questions:
' Could you love it in. in v4io wore (also
hair tin his head, when ho had enough
of his own? ' Who painted his lnco
nnd improved his form ns yon improve
('Jl yours ? Who pinvhud his fuel wilh
small shoes, hi.t bunds with small
gloves, his waist with corsets; and
then, as if ho bad not already deform
ed himself enough, tied A liti;e bustlo
In his peck, mid thrust tiny mountains
of wire into bis bosom f" In reply to
which a lady responds: "Could you
love a girl who defiled her mouth with
tobacco and loaded Iho air with fumes
of cigars f Who staggered homo
several times a wook tho worso for
liquor f Who indulged in fust horses,
bet high at races, and swaggered
around the streets with questionable
cnmpnnlons? Which plcturo wears
tho most alluring colors 1"
Kale Field says nature is execs
ivclr frail, pni ticulary w hen It goe
to Paris.- Thero all its weakness
break but null, like the men sols, coma
to the BUiTaco. 8ho thinks that many
saints would l0 fullgrown sinners if
they only had tho t ppurtiinily that
Paris nllonln for devlnpln,? latent ca-nubilities.