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THE , ,
" CLEARFIELD . REPIIRUCA V
: publiisbv btbbv vbbrb,dt, bv
OOODLANDER & LEE,
OLBARFIIiLD, PA.
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Cautions and B.tra.re
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NOEL B. LEE,
Publleben.
tEarfl,.
FREDERICK OL. BUCK,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
All Utl bnelneM promptly attended to. OSoo
on Seoond etreet, nail door to Fire, National
Boar. xiii, io.
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW A COLLECTION OFFICE,
CIIRWENSVILIK,
eI6 Clearleld CoueU, Pena'a. toy
THOI. a. ai'BHAV.
CTBU, eoBDQB.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
. , CLEAH FIELD. PA.
"Oftc in Fic'i Opera IIoaM, iwond floor.
t:S0'74 1
FRANK FIELDING,
A TTOKN EY-AT-LAW,
Cleaitteld, Pa.
Will atttoJ to tit bai.nsa trnitcd to bin
piotoptl; aod faithful.. norlZ 71
WILLIAM A. WALLACK.
AftRY r. WALL AO.
DAVID l. aaaa.
JOMlf w. W RIO LIT.
WALLACE . KREBS,
(HuKUKirl to vVallao A Ftaldinf.)
ATTORN EVS-AT-LAW,
11-117.1 Clearfield, Pa. .
loser a. a'litut. bahim. w. a'cuani.
MoENALLT & MoCUBDY,
A TTOKNEYS-AT-LAW,
Cleardold, Pa.
4rLejrnl bafine.a Bttfnded to prouptl.T wlthj
Adelitr. Offioo ob Seoood .trait, Bbor. too Firat
National Dank. Jan:l:76
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorn ry and Coitnhklou at Law,
CLKARVIKLD, PA.
MtTiDK rwignev. blf Judgbip, hu reiuutd
iho (irMliott of tb lavw to bit old offiat t Ciw.
(Ilt, P. Will tUnd Uii oourU of Jeffmn nd
Klk ooaotio whan ipcia4ly tetftiood in eonDoMtion
with niident eoatiMl. . J:14:TI
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Real E.taU and Collaetlon Ag.nt,
CLBARI'lEl.n, PA.,
Will promptly alt.nd to all laal koilnaaa .a
trailed to bin oaro.
-OBoe In Plo'a Opara IIobm. JaBl"70.
wm. m".m'ccu l loughT
ATTOHNEY AT LAW,
CloarOrld. Pa.
MT-Om In tha old Waatrra Dotal building.
I.pnal buatnea. promptl attanded to. R.al aatata
iiousbt and aold. J.U7S
A . w"w"A LT E R 6
A1TORNEY AT LAW,
Cltarfteld, Pa.
a.OUea in Orabam'a Roc. dae3-l
"h. w? smith; r 1
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
il:l:T.1 Clcardcld, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CleartUld. Pa. 1 . ! ,i
pf-Oan la Old Waatara llolal nlldlB,
aornar of oooond and Market Su. ' aovll,00.
ISRAEL TE8T,
ATTORN KY AT. LA W,
Clearfield, Pa.
-ooe la tba Court Boo.a. Jjll.'Ot
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ClearUeld, Pa.
OIRea on Malkat atraat, opp, Conrt llonae,
Jan. 1, 1874. '
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
(ad Keal Katalo Afeul, ClearBeld, Pa
Offiaa ob Tblrd itreet, bat. Chart J A Walnat.
aaaRaapaotfally offera bla aaralaaalB aalltng
tad buying laada Ib Olearfleld aod adjoining
fonntlaa aod arith aa aiparlanaaot oaartaraotT
eara aa a aaraayor, flattara himaalf tbat ba eaa
render eatlefaetlon. raB. :ri:u,
J.
BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
aD DflALKB IB
.Saw m and Iaiiuibor,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
ODee in Urahani'a Boa, j l.li-.ll
J . J. L INQlTlTr
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
I II (tacaola, ClearUeld la., Pa. y:pd
J. S. BARNHART,
ATTORNEY . AT LAW,
Itelleloutc. Pa.
Will raatlee la Clearfield arid all of the Court a of
tba 2Mb Judioial dt.triet. Meal aaiate bueineee
and eolleelioB of eleime made apaolaltiea. al'TI
DR. W. A. MEAN 8,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
LITUERSBURU, PA. .
Will attend profeealonel ealla promptly. anglO'TO
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN ANDS0ROEON,
OOm oa Mar bat Itreet, CUerOeld, Pa,
-OIBoo hourai I te II a. at , and I to p. a
D
R E. M. BCIIEURER,
IIOMOtOPATHIO PHYSICIAN,
' ' OOloa la reaideaaa as Marital at '
April 14, 1171. Clearleld, Pa.
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
H
AVINU loeaUd at Pennlald, Pa., ofera hi
prareaaioaal aerrleea to tbe people or Mat
and aurroandlng eoantry. All ealla promptly
pi,
attended to.
eel. II tf.
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Leu Bargeoa of the 13d Heglmeat, Poaaayleanla
VolaatMra, having reuraad from la Army,
efera hla profoeetoaal aerrleaa lethaelUiaaa
efOlearloldeoaaty.
(dy-Profeialeaal ealla promptly atteaded te.
0o. oa 8m. ad .treat, formerlyeeapld by
Dr.Woode. apr,'00U
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
CI.BARPIF.LD, PKMN'A.
OKKIOE.IN MASONIC BUILpING.
pf Olee hoora-Fraai It ta I P. M.
. ,i" May 11, ,
DU. JEKFEliSON IJTZ, , ...
t . . W00DLARI1, PA. if '
Will promptly attend all aalla la tba Una of bla
profeieloa. .,..,, nov.lv-fl
D. M. D0HERTT,
PAf IIIOKADLI BARBER A HAIR DRKBPRR.
CLEAKFIELP, TA.
Rhip In room formerly aeeupled by Nauga)
Market Ureal.
July 1 4, 'J, j' .j f i ' l' ' l
HAIIKY SNYDER,. , . . . , ,
(Formerly wltk Lew Behuler.)
BARBER AMR IAIBBRI06IK. I i
Shop oa Market St., appeal!, Coarl Hoaa. .
A eleaa towel for erery eaateater. may 10, 'II.
I 00
lalrcry Htable.
Til B anderalgaad hega lean t larerai the pah
lie that a te aew tally arayaraet t a.rimma
au all la tha way f Iwralaalag R-aea, Baggtaa,
Oeddlee and llarneM, en tba ahorieet aolle, aad
aa reaeoaabk una.. . Heatdaae M Lawatl etiwe,
Wlweoa Third aad Fourth.
10, W. OKAKBART.
Hearlald, F.h. 4, lit.
CLKA.HFIKI.I)
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VOL. 50-WHOLE NO.
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Juatiee of tba Paaee aud Bcrlrener,
Curwenaallle, Pa.
thvColleetlone made and money promptly
paid over. febzrntl
RICHARD HUGHES, ,
JUBTICB OF Tll PKACK
roa ..
Vttatur Tovnthtp, :
Oaeeola Mill P.O.
ll official bualnaaa ntraate4 lo him will be
promptly attended to.
mohSD, 1H.
BBO. aLBBBT..H,.BBBBir AIBIBTm... w.aLBBBT
W. ALBERT 4. BROS.,
Manafaoturera A extanaire Dealerein
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &c,
WOODLAMU, fl .
aaJT-Ordan aollelud. Bllla Iliad oa abort aotlae
and reaaonable terma.
Addreaa Woodland P. 0., CloardclJ Co.. Pa.
,,i.,y W ALBERT A BROS.
""FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
ITranchvllle, t learlleld County, Pa.
Keepa eonatantly on band a full aaaortmenl ol
ip i.neiiia. naruwaro. unie.uni ..n.M....,
oaoaJly kept in a reii eivrw.
for tr. aa obeap aa elaewhere In tbe oounty.
FN urine, June 27, lani-iy.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
BBALBB IB
GENERAL MERCUAKDISE.
GRAIIAMTON, Pa.
Alan, eitenalve manufacturer and dealer In Square
, Timber and Sawed Lumuero! all klnda.
aaat-Ordera aolleltcd and all bllla promptly
aiiiT 'JJ''
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
" Hanger,
1 ClearUeld, Peun'a.
tL.Wlll aaeeute joba In hia line promptly and
la a workmanlike manner, , ar4,B7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PENN'A. ,
affrPuinp alwaya on hand and made to order
n abort Botioo. Pipee bored on reaaonable terma
All work warranted to render aatialaetion, and
delivered If deiired. myztilypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
MALRM IH
SQUARE TIMBER,
- J aed maBufaetorera of
ALL KINDtttIF HAW lil) M'MIIKR,
I T'7I CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dwlcr ta
Real Estate, Square Timber, EoardB,
61HNQLES, LATH, A PICKETS.
9:171 CtctrAeld, Pa,
JAMES ll ITCH ELL,
DttALKR IN
Square Timber & Timber Lnnds,
J.,1'7 - 0LBAKP1K1.D, PA.
JAMES H. LYTLE,
III lirtlicr' I.ulldlitff, Cleatfleld, Pa.
DeiUr in QroMtltii, Provlilooi. Vrsetablcp,
Priit, Flour, Peed, to rlo.
prU 7-ir
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SIIOE MAKER,
Market Clearfield, Pa.
la the ahop lately oeeunled by Vrank Short,
one door weal of Alleghany Uouao.
T. M. ROBINSON,
Market Htreet, Clearfield Pa.. '
MAnnrACTuaKi or
Light aod Haary Harnf, Collar!, Paddlva,
Bridtn. he. Htalr.ng ntatly done.
May 14, 1B7 On.
JOUN A. 8TADLER,
, BAKER, Market St.. Clcarfltld, Pa.
Freak Bread, Ruak, Roll, Piaa atd Cakaa
on hand or madt to ordpr. A general aarortment
of Confaeilooariaa, Frail" afld Kuta in itwk
lea Craan and Oyaiara In aaaon. tSaloon nearly
oppoaila iba Foaivnat. , fricea ir oar rat a.
Marek 10-74.
J. K. M'MUllllAY
WILL BtlPrLY YOO WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MKRCHANDIHK AT THE VERY I.OWEUT
PRICK. COMB AND SEE. (I:fc73y.l
NEW r WASHINGTON.
MARBLB AND ATONE YAHD.
Ilavlnr engaged la tba Mar bla bualnaia, daairaa
te tnfom Bar rrtaaaa ana ta puoue inai an nat
bow and will keep eomiaDtlyon hand a larg and
wall aeieoted tlook of riAbiAn anv v kim uri j
MARIllaR, and la prpard I farniah ta order
TUMB8TUN Kfl. BOX AND CHAD LB TOMBS.
MONUM KHTBb a.
A.Tard oa Read airaet, near lha R. R. Depot.
ClMraald, Pa. jl4,7
8. I. SNYDER,
(Cn practical watcuuakeh
LeiV - aan pbalrb ib '
i '"mrhrii. Clock) and Jewelry,
0ra'e Cow, iltrktl Arael,
' ' CLE ahh El. n, PA.
All klnda of repairing In any line promptly at
nded lo. April 21, 174.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE.
At the end of tba aew bridge, '
WEST CLEARFIELD, PA.
The proprietor of thla aatahllabmeBt will buy
hie lleuore dlraet from Oiellllera. Partlaa baying
from tkia bona will be aura to get a pur, artiele
at a email margin above eoat. Hotel fceepere aan
ba furniehed with llquora on reaaooeblo term..
Pare wiBea asd braodiee dlraet from Bealey'a
riaery, at Hack, Maw lork.
UEORIIE I. COLBCRS.
Clearteld, Juae 10, IS74 If.
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Rest ii the Cheapest 1
Tbonaa Ralllv baa raeeWad anethar large lot of
"Mttehall Wanna," wbth are aanong the ary
hat Banaraeiured, aad which ha will aall at tba
teat reaaoaable rate. Ilia rtoak Ineladae alaioat
all daaerlptlona f wagoa largaad amall, wide
aae aarrvw uaea. tail am aa inaai.
aprt'74 THOMAS REILLY.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market fttreet, Clearleld. Pa.,
HAKvrActtinia akp malia iv
BARNKdSfl.ftALKS, BR1DLE9, COLLAR 8,
and all klodaef
B0KSS FVRNI8HIHQ COOflM.
A fell nofk of lddlera' Hardware, Breth,
Coaiba, Rlaaket, Robe, ate., alwaya oa hand
and for aal at tha loweat aath prlera. AU kiada
ef repairing promptly attended to.
Art ktada tf hide taba In eaehar-g for bar
aaea aad repairing. All kind ef barneM leather
kept ee hand, and for ala at a amall prott.
Clearteld, Jaa. It, 1BT6.
Tha aadaraiaaeal are tww fully prepared lo
aarry ea the baaiaaa ef
UlfDERTAKIWCa;
AT RBAS01IAHB RATES, '
Aad tiapaealallF aatMl the falna( f laeaa
JflHH TROUTMA",
JAhtM L LEAVI.
CVaartMd, Pa., Pew. II. I0T4.
TiramcBs' do CORBTAHI.IW nm
W We have printed a brn aaaaba, the Be
III BILL, aad wUI a iVa reearpt af twaatp
It an mail a T I a? addnae.
i - -
IM ,
jJNDEKTAKING.',
x'..i - - pttta "
2.94.
Tbt diiiiloa atir Ibt Pttmner rm
Ami), .th tbt danr.ip Uavtt At p)j,
Aduwi Ibia lana Iba breka pan
In plfBunt nmio aJI th da,
I Inva tha ivmI, Hquaitcrrd ptao.
The f raoiout root of gold and green,
Wh-rn arflilor branohea fotfrlaiw.
With glimpMi of Iba iky balwaftt.
- I ara tba drooping roiea trail
Fro oi tartfilfd bedgerowa to tha ground
'I har Iba ohantisg awall aod ML.
Of fond tova lrlc, all arouod. ;
And bara, adowa lha hadv walk, ' -In
dyi dli iaa now paaaed away
Entranocd, 1 liilcu to tlt talk,
Tbat erar held my heart In away.
In day wben bird btgun to ting.
f cauae Ibry round ibe oarlh waa Fair;
In balryon daya of happy aprtog,
tNuaa augbt but aa our Joya to ahara.
But ptraar pnat la pre lent pain, ' '
Vba pnrtali nftha roaa ara abed;
Tba biareiDg tboraa alona remaiq,
i llvo to lorroar for tba daad.
EX-SEX ATOR 100LITTLE.
Thin gcntlemnn was formerly a I1.
S. StfiKtor from Winconsin, but boing
tbo owner of u conHcionco, lie waaoom
pcllt'd to brt'ttk with bio party anil cant
bis lot Willi tbo old "Union-Havers."
Ho could not indulge In tbo Credit
Mobiliur biisincnn, lack pay stvuld, sul-
aty grubs, uoriu tlioKulool cudt-lobiis,
or tradur pouts. Ilonce be was defeat
ed for re-election beonimo he refused to
cotnnut crime at every turn of tbo rad
ieal wheel. On bis way from tbe Hunt
to tbe Went, be wa culled off tbe cars
at liancnster, in tbis Slnto, ond thoro
expressed liimselfns follows:
1 littvo conio here to discuss grave
questions in a dcliberiito way, and I
ask your closo and iirnloiinu attention
I have come not tn imiko a speech, uot
to any something, but becuuso 1 feul
tliut 1 liuvo something losity. Lot us
inquire wliat are the questions ol tins
CHiniiaign. I conceive tnem to bo
1. AVbiit is the cuusti and what tbo
cure for Ibo existing general drjires
sion? '
2. How much lias the iiolicv adont-
etl by tbo ItcpuMit an purty done to
increase tins condition ol tliiiii's?
3. Which of the two candidates pre
sented for tho Presidency will bo more
likely to bring about the required re
form? I would calmly enter into a discus
sion of these rcul issues lit ouco, wcio
it not that tho liepubiicans buvo drag
ged into tho canvass certain fulso issues
which aro repeated so persistently in
their newspapers and by their stump
speakers of high and low degreo tbat
they demaud passing attention. Thcy
declaro that if tho iJcniocracy bo suc
cessful, tho liebel debt will bo paid.
This silly slory is utterly groundless.
The matter is entirely settled by the
constitution of the Vnited Slates, of
which Sec. IV, 14th amendment, says,
"Neither tho United Stales, nor any
State, shall assume or pay any debt or
obligation incurred in aid of insurrec
tion or rebellion against tbe United
States, or claim for tho emancipation
of any slave, but all such debts, obli
gations and claims shall bo held illegal
and void." I ask you to note tbe plain
language of the law. And every mem
ber ol our congress who takes his seat
is sworn to support that law, so they
could not pay tba rebel debt if they
would, and I feel quite confident that
they would not if they could.
.. DO R F.H EL DKllf. ;
But there is no rebel debt. Here is
ono of the rotes of tho C. S. A, taking
ono nut of Ins pocket. Listen to its
terms, and all of their obligations ran
thus; "Two years after the ratification
of a peace betweon tbe Confederate
State of Americu and. the United
States, Ac." Two years after the in
dependence of tho Southern Confeder
acy 1 When will tbeso notes be duo'i
Nevcrl (Laughter nnd cheers.) No
ono claims that by tho terms of tho
bond tho rebel debt will ever be duo.
For whut did we send down to battle
and death our bravo boys? To put
down tbo rebellion, to preserve the
union, and they did it. These southern
.Mates aro not Independent. They aro
no foreign states, no territories, lint a
pai't of our government, our fellow-citizens,
and entitled to our respect and
oontidenco- (Applause.)
E ESTABLISIIINd SLAVERY.
' They toll us tbat if the nomocracy
come into power the negro will be re
enslaved, and when they are confront
ed with tbo irresistible argument of
tho constitution upon this point they
make evasivo reply that tho negro will
at least bo reduced to condition litllo
butter than that of slavery. Lot us
learn wisdom .from oxnerienco, and
draw conclusions from observation of
facts; compare tho Southern States
Virginia, under Democratic rule, with
South l'arolina,unflcr Republican rulcl
In Virginia not ."i0,00( of the school
taxes are raised from taxes of tbe ne
gro, yet tbe blacks, by tho will of tho
.Democracy, draw aa much from the
school fund as the whites. They edu
cate tho blacks, because they think it
not only just but expedient, and all
over tbe South it is the pleasure, as It
is tbe policy, of tba South to elevate
this degraded element of their citizen
ship up to a proper appreciation and
intelligent exercise of llie'r privileges.
In the Slate of Ocorgia, Domocratie by
80,000, the negroes draw I (13,000 out
of the (433,000 school fund. Tbo col
ored university of tho Stale gets exact,
ly the same appropriation from a Dem
ocratic Legislature as the whilo.
While in South Carolina tho carpot
bngL'cra so universally steal tho school
fund that neither blacks nor whites
enjoy educational advantages, and the
ignorant negroes are liable to sink into
savagery. Under such rulo In South
Carolina and Louisiana, property can
scarcely produce enough to pay it
taxes, and is virtually confiscated. It
was an observation ol this by Greeley
that led him to leave the Ifopnblican
party and to leave his political corse
upon all such political Infamies as the
Kellogg government, upheld by bayo
nets, and a condition of society in
which the worst elements are domi
nant. '
Tlli WAB cat.',' '
They tell us tho Democratic narty
sympathized with tho rebellion. 1 was
not a member nf the party then, but I
can prove this charge utterly false,
'fruo the southern part nf the Demo
cratic patty wcro for war, but so was
the southern part of the Methodist
church, and tba Baptist church, and
the I'resbytorian church, and any one
of these religious denominations might
aa well he held responsible fur the war
ns tho Democratic party. The war
was tha result of two heresies eberiiih
eel by the South, viz: the riihl of so
cession and tba divine right of slavery.
Hots tbese Went down la Mttte, and
not one man in a thousand, North or
South, reasserta thera to-day. Free la
bor la building up the Houth, develop
ing its Imperial resources, bringing out
its latent strength, and not from even
CLEARFIELD,
does there como
anv can lor a ruhiuruuii w u"ii
and all this talk about it is moonshine,
a dream indulged in for partisan pur
poses and to serve political ambition.
A friend of mine whom I mot hero
to night, referring to Forney, said "I
can't go with tho confederate army." I
can. I'll be glad to have tbatn all, to
bind .North and ooutli in indissoluble
bonds of everlasting nmlty and con
cord. They call the last House tho
"Confedorato House," but 1 novo lound
tho Southern members -sincere men
men who, though once wrong on se
cession and slavery, aro now firm in
their convictions in favor of tho Union
Tbo Republican party makes boast
that It lought tbo war. W ny tlie lead,
ing generals of tho Union army Sher
man, Sboridan nnd Grant, went from
tho Democratic purty.and likely Grant
would bo in It yet, but tnat tno ito
publicnns mado him President. The
soldiers could not all huvo come Horn
the Republican parly. 2,400,000 wuro
on the muster rolls ol tho army, t'niy
1,800,000 persons voted for Lincoln.
Not halt of these went to the army,
Conceding that they did, where did
tho other l.ooo.tiuo come irotnr i urn
to the rosters of the army, read tho re
cords ol the dead, number tbo maimed
or count tho widows and orphans and
you will find thero were ns miuiy Jem
ocrats as Ropublicans. Applause. 1
Tho time has come when there should
be an ond of tbis clamor. The people
saved tho Union.
Till HARD TIMES.
Now wo come back to tbe first point,
What has caused tbo hard times? It
is a simple story. In eleven years Ibe
United Mates government bus raised
?4,o(l0.000,000 olrevonuo. Apportion
ing this oven the whole country, the
share of Lancaster county would lie
tl4,OiHi,0ti0 or considerably over VI,.
OOO.OUO per annum, from tbis county
alone. Of courso this has not been by
direct luxation, but in a more insidious
form. Tho tax has been hidden In the
price of tho articlo consumed. If you
take a glass of lager, you get as much
tux us lager, and if you should drink
whisky, you gut three limes ns much
tax ns whisky. Laughter You can't
get at one match ol a box without
breaking a stamp which cost more
thun the match. Kverything you cat,
drink, or wear, is taxed. Light and
ocomotion, food nnd raiment, and ev
erything that affects any ono of tho
sensibilities is taxed in tbis manner.
Supposo t hut your county commission
ers would levy a tax of 11,000,000 fur
a Binglo year. It would raise a local
revolution. Hut this has been insidi
ously done by the government to raiso
revenue tor protliguto expenditure, un
til even well-to-do men cannot make
both ends meet. Tbis is the whole sto
ry. 'Tho lund has been drained ol its
substance lor tbe support of misgov
ornmcnt, and tha consequences that
have ensued aro as Ingjcal as tho pov
erty of Ireland from tho abstraction ol
its land rents.
i TBI FINANCIAL POLICY.
What has tho Republican parlr done
to increase this depression? Chief
among its acts was the first ono signed
by Urunt, which made the o.zu bonds
payablo in coin, when tbo agreement
was that tbey should be paid in the
money which was paid for thorn tho
legal tender of tho country. Thoso
bonds, issued on a basis of 1400,000,
000 greenback currency ,wore purchas
ed with currency worth only 00 cents
in gold. Thadueus Stevens declared
that that was tho original contract.
lk-loro tho election of lsGH Mierman
declared that it was, and so did tho
Republican plutlorms in Ohio, lndiuna
and Pennsylvania. It was a "good
enough Morguu until utter the election."
It wits used to carry tho election, and
immediately attcrthoeloction thissame
Republican party, under tho lead of
this same nliermun,ngainst tuo protest
of this same Stevens, legislated that
these bonds should bo paid in gold.
The result of this was to send them
abroad, and from this country to Kii-
roiio thero has ever since been a steady
drain upon our material resources.
This act alone added vr0d,000,000 to
our national debt without any reason
or justice.
Till PEMONITIZATION OF SILVER.
By tho act of a Republican Congress
in demonetizing silver, refusing to al
low it to be paid for tho government
bonds, ten per cent, bus boon added lo
tho cntiro indebtedness of the country
government, statu, municipal, corpo
rative and private. These aggregate
10,000,000,000,so that tho actual bur
den imposed upon the people by tho
lemonetization ol silver is al.ouo.uuo,
000 solely and entirely in the inter
est ol tbo plutocrats ol Knglund, Ocr
many and Wall street. They have got
up a "corner" in gold by tbo aid of the
government. WTiat would becomo of
a farmer who, having incurred a debt
payablo in coin at tiOo. should be com
pelled to nay it in bushels of wheat at
11.00?
Such aro tho great causes induced by
Republican leifislalion that havo caus
ed our ruin. 1 havo not time to speak
oi the thousand party steals ol the
Hancocks and nelknaps and other
sources "f corruption, whoso influence
has permeated tho whole land and is
enough to ruin any country.
3. Which of the two presidential
candidates would bo more likely lo
bring about tho desired rclormr Hayes
says reform is needful,but cortainly ho
cannot effect it. W hen a man is oloct-
ed his paity controls his administra
tion. A party is made up ol millions,
and it is the avcrago purpose of them
that gives color to an administration.
This is expressed in conventions, cau
cases and by party loaders. Morton
says a president cannot break looso
irom bis party, ana uioreioro, though
Hayes muy be a fair, honest and pal
riolio man, he cannot rcnudiato Morton,
Conkling, Chandlor and Cameron.
ureater men than ho tried to reform
the party and failed. Sumnor tried it
and failed. Greeley tried and failed.
Trumbull, Schurz, Henderson, and a
Bcoro of others tried to reform it, and
only found themselves reformodoutsido
of the party lines. Charles Francis
Adams shared their fate, and though I
may not speak ot myself In such com
pany, I have had tho same experience.
rio party over reiormeii itseit, no Indi
vidual evor reformed himself in pros
perity. Devils never cast out them
selves nor other dovils. The ncoplo '-ay
to the party "stand aside." All the
promisee of reform it has ever made
have been brokoo, and you can't hatch
out the spoiled eggs with a lresb ben.
; " T'LbiN'a Rccnan.
Now. what ol Tilden? When New
York city needed a man to rid It of its
ring of thieves, when its citizens' com
mittee of seventy looked abont for a
man of nerve, capacity and inflexible
will to lead them, they selected Tilden,
and be, singlo-handod prosecuted the
work, traced the stolen money, con
victed the thioves, and mado them In
mates of prisons and exile on foreign
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PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
rI,DTfe
I shores. This mailu;bim governor, and
tho canal rintf made In in the Demo
cratic candidulo for President. To him
the people can look with conlitieiico,
horn of experience, lor u reduction of
taxation, for relienohmciitand reform.
lly his party, his piatlorm and his re
cords ho is committed thereto. Mor
ton says ho is an old bucbclof, but
when 1 remember tho temptations
which Mrs. Belknap spread for hor
husband, tho wiles, and intrigues of
Washington society, aim tha countless
army ol wife's relations, I conclutlo
tbat in this crisis we need a man in
Washington who knows no considera
tion but of duty, and in its discharge
will bo deaf to personal appeals to
thoughts oi who ami iitmiiy. wo nocd
a man thero, cold, keen and sevoro as
a Damascus blade, who can cut but an
ulcer or lop off a' superfluous officer
wherever ono exists. .'
1 como from tho West where we
speak plainly, kindly, not harshly, but
1 say that tlie iinuio in unto and In
diana was waged against most fearful
odds, staked against the Democracy by
most despeiato men. We won victory
in Indiana, tho key stone of the contest
and wo won a substantial victory in
the very home of the Republican can.
didnto. Tho battle Is transferred to
Now York, and thero the prospect is
most fluttering. Nay, not only thero,
but in every ono of tho doubtful states.
and nearly all that aronon letnocrntie
aro doubtful, in California and Wis
consin, In Pennsylvania anil Ohio, in
Oregon and New Hampshire, tho oon-
ichl is nemg wagea witn sucn vigor
and such promise, that thero is every
cause to hope that a solid noulli will
join hands wilh a solid North. Loud
anil long continued applause.
Altera lew remarks by w. V. Jlen
sel, F.sq., Charles F. Rengior, Sr.,
stepped up and hnnded hi in a package
containing something which he said
was emblematic ol one ol the speakers
art lie Republican meeting in Fulton
Hull. Upon unwrupping it, it was
found to bo a "dead duck," and as it
was field up, the audiorce shouted
themselves hoarse wilh cries of " For
ney, Forney." Tho meeting then ad
journed.
TILDEXAX1) REFORM.
i-
Till UNION SOLUIEns' AND BAILORS' BC-
IOHN ASSOCIATION AMIR. TO OCR
FORMER COMRADES AND BBOTHEBS IN
ARMS, THE PATRIOTIC UNION SOLIllERS
AND SAILORS OF AMEH ICA-'flTtF.IXINa.
Ciimbapks: For a number of years
past, ninny good citizens, without re
gard to their former political afllnitics,
havo seriously deprecated and earnest
ly denounced the persistent and dicta
tonal spirit in which Radical leaders
hare long been and are still attempt
ing to rekindle tho old war feeling of
animosity, nnd to mnko use of semi
military organizations for mere narti-
sun ends; these efforts, tending lo lorce
upon llio country the lulsc impression
Ihut Rcpubllcana alone louuht tho bat
tles of the Union cause; that none of
tho soldiers of that army can now be
expected lo vote any other than the
Radical ticket; that every Union sol
dier must still array himself against a
section ol our country, and continue to
denounce the pooplo he helped to over
come in a civil war, a people who laid
down their arms, surrendered to supe
rior power, and returned to their duty
and their allegiance moro than eleven
years ago; whilo no occasion has been
lost, since the war, in which grand na
tional Soldiers' and Sailors' Conven
tions and Rennions,swolled by parados
of tho "boys in blue," tho G.A.R., and
olbor military politico associations and
leagues, that luey havo not been made
to subserve tho purposes of chgondor
ing sectional strito and perpotnoting
Jindicnl Republican misrule. -
Longer lorbearanco oi this mihcy
has now ceased to bo a virtue. It has
been firmly determined tbat duty and
honor alike demand that wo call lor a
general enrollment ot all our old com
rades who aro sincerely desirous oi the
public good, and who, untrammeled by-
party dictation, aro opposed to tbo art
ful revival of tho old war cries without
occasion, and who sec tho necessity for
the overthrow ol tho corrupt party in
power and tho preservation of consti
tutional government In tho election
and Triumph of Tilden and Reform.
At tbo close of the war, in the year
1805. tho Radicul party bad reachod
tho summit ot political power, with no
check to its intolerance, snvo the scru
ples of tho President, and this was In
sufficient to restrain its vindietiveness.
The Congress offered to the people the
l.'Uh, 14th nnd 15th amendments to
tho constitution as the basis of its re
construction. These amendments woro
accepted and wcro ratified by tho Lc-
fisluluresol three fourths ol the Slates,
ho congressional enactments passed
to enforce these conditions were sub
mitted lo, and acquiesced in, in good
faith. The southern people were thus
restored to all their civil rights by all
the forms of law, and it is now but a
mockery nnd repudiation of the torms
of their contract, at every rolttrning
election, to threaten them again with
the grim trade of death, and tn lift
still higher the bleeding testament of
war. Bloody instructions indeed, which
will return but to plaguo the inventor.
We appeal to you to tuko up this
work with us and assist in carrying it
forward to a successful issuo in every
State which sent a regiment of Union
soldiers to the war. We wish to see
tho enrollment ot every friend of our
cause who served in the Union army,
and we earnestly recommend tho per
fection, at the same time, ot such local,
congressional and slate associations, as
shall organize, complete, and bring
forth to the election, the soldiers' and
sailors' vote, in a solid column, along
the whole line, and throughout the
country. Lot us ohow to these now in
powor, our flrrn convictions of tho ne
cotuity of a return to an honest and
constitutional administration ot the
government by onr independent exer
cise of suffrage. For this wo fought in
the bailies ol the Union. The prcser
vation ol that Union was a duly para-
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lliuilllt III HU ui.i.i., '... ii.w ii.im.ii. vi
ed exercise of the citizens' right of suf
frage is not secondary to iu W sho'd
not permit any consideration of politi
cal advantage or partisan associations
to mislead us from the duties which
we owo to tho present exigency as well
as to tho future welfare of the whole
country. ; Let us show by our voices
and votes that we are still 300,000
strong, alter all our losses, In support
of the constitution we denied, and for
a return w honest government In tho
interest of tho whole people. :
The most efHregtrigsignol Reform
is te he (bond in the nx-enlohsnge and
overthrow of a portion of that combin
ation of officeholders, at Washington,
whose bold upon power has seemod to
defy all allempls at resiatance or op
position. At least tour department
have been aptunied, the most serious
Irregularities brought to light by the
...a, - iSmL
public demand
for reform, and their
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ifnven forth.
iuu nuceeasiui imesLii:
Pemocratio committees of congress, to
wuicn tne auminisTrullon was lorccd
at last to succumb, indicates with cer
tainly tho commencement of a moral
revolution in politics that is to bo con
fined to no section and to no Stale.
Will you not join heartily in that
imperative ilcintncl tor honest govern
ment that is buii.g ro-cchocd from all
tho land ?
Each soldier must havo observed
with what flourish and parade has been
advertised from yoar to yoar, by the
Radical congress, an avowed determi
nation to pass an act to equalizo the
bounties of tho government to the
Union soldiers and sailors of tbe lato
war. Such bills wore presented in
plentiful numbers, but not to be passed.
It remained for tbe Democratic party
and tho Domocratio majority of the
military commiltceoftho present bouse
of representatives to report and pass a
just, equitable, and efficient bill to ac
complish that end. Tho committee de
clared that " the govornment in inspect
"ol these bounties, is a debtor; and
" whilo she may fairly examino into
" tho justico of particular cases, yet
"duty and good failh require her to
" pay them. Tho govornment is bet
" tor able to pay these jusi demands,
" than those entitled thereto aro to lie
"out of them."
This bill provided tho equal bounty
of J8.33 per month to every soldier of
the l nion army lor tno whole time bo
served in tho war. It was passed by
the Democrats of tbe Ilouso, alter duo
consideration; was transmitted to the
Scnato, nnd was for threo months be
fore that Republican body to be neg
lected, denied consideration, and, to all
intents nnd purposes of the Senate, was
delcatcd in tho Houso ot its nrrlrnded
frieniif! Tbia in a specimen leaf lrom
tho Record of the bessions ol Congress
just closed ; and as lurther evidence of i
the insincerity ot tbe liudical party in
Congress, in its professions of regard
fur the interests ot the volunteers and
defenders of tho nation, and, notwith
standing tho affirmative voico of the
Democrats in tho House, tho Republi
cans persistently objected to, and used
the available power of a minority
against tho consideration and passage
of tho just and long deserved Back Peti
tion Dill, for tho relief of tho wounded
and disabled soldiers and sailors. This
bill was reported in duo time, and was
urged upon the House, and failed only
for want of two-thirds in the majority,
tho Republicans voting against a sus
pension of tbe rules to considor it.
1 bo l'oniocrntio llouso ol Itepresent-
atires has gone further in improving
the pension laws lor the relief oi tno
disabled. Hitherto soldiers who had
lost limbs were pensioned at $24
monthly. At tho last session it was
provided that the pensioner should ro-
ceivo artificial 1 1 nibs, or lurlhcr com
mutation therefor in money, which had
boen long denied by Congress.
v i .1 1.1: ' . i. ii , -:
war, ot tho tlorida, iSominnlo and
Uluvk Uawk Indian war of 1M36 bean
forgotten or neglocted. These patriots
suffered great hardships under a tropi
cal sun, in a malarious climate, and by
their endurance and valor Anally van-
quishud their country's enemy, and
crowned hor arms wilh a victory so
valuable in the acquisition ol a vast
territory, as to entitle them to their
country's gratitude. And now in their
old ago, the Domocratio party, on its
return to legislative powor, has pro
posed to pension them and their aged
widows, to alleviate, in a small degreo, j
tho penury of their declining years.
Nor has the action of tho Democratic
House boen less patriotic and humane,
consistent in the civil and political in
terest of tho Union soldier. For it will
bo found that in tho Fortr-tbira Con
gress outof 215 pcrsonsoccupying posts
of profit and emolument under various
offices elected by tbo llouso, but twen
ty-thrco had rendorod military service
in tho Union army. Twonty-three
soldiers, and no more, wcro a
to employments by tho lost llouso of
Representatives. Ibese wero princi
pally disabled pensioners, employed at
the lowest salaries.
But In tho present House, outof 189
employes, lor tne snmo service, tony,
threo wero honorably discharged U nion
soldiers, making a difference of nincly
per font, in fuvor ot tho friendship of
the Domocratio party lor tno soiaier.
Tho Kadical cry oi "vonreaeraie
llouae," by tbo Republican party, to
influence tbe voto ot soldiors, In view
of those tacts, is, therefore, both un
meaning and slanderous.
Of private bills lor tbe reliol ot L nion
soldiers, widows nnd children, there
wero passed by tho presont llouso a
Inrger number than in any former Con
gress since tho closo oi tne war.
This much is trntniuiiy siaieu a
evidence of the spirit of justico to the
soldier exhibited in legislative acta by
tho two irrcat parties presenting can
didates lor the Presidency. The Dem
ocratic parly has been just, and oven
ircnerotis. 1 bo Kadical party has ooen
Iirofuse In promises and pretenses. It
iss denied privileges, bounties and tho
rights ot tho soldiers who fought the
battles ot tbo country. There is there
fore, every motive of public and private
economy to trust the ono, and lo aban
don tho other. Tho truest interests of
the peoirlo demand it. 1 he condition
of tho currency, the public debt, re
trenchment, and common honesty in
nubliu affairs aro considerations all
equally clamorous that fAere shall be a
change.
Tho Democratic oartv has already
curtailed $30,000,000 ol extraordinary
and nocdless esponses of tho current
year. That policy is an evfdonco ot
tho reform ol that party, in lightening
the ttxea of the people, which us can-
dadate is so eminently identified with.
Veteran of tM Union VauM! will
you help us in this work of Reform T
it is a wora inatiguraieu wun me ap
proval and by the corporation ot the
National Democratic Commitloo of all
the States, and with tbe halp and con
currence ot many eminent citizens.
And in appealing to you to join us in
all honorable endeavors for tbo olection
of Tilden and Hendricks, wo can assure
voa that as thero wcro yreat numbers
of gallant Domocratio Generals, Com
manders, Subalterns and Privates who
fought with you in tho "big wars,"
thero will not now bo wanting tho
same patriotic class to fight for this
cause. . ,
j A partial list of eminent soldiers,
whoso servico the country his recog
nized, and who are now cooperating
with us, is appended horoto.
W ask you to form into political
arnociation and club tor the purpose
of extending your influence and insur
ing success, and that you will report
the name, and post office address, and
the regiment of military service, of all
soldiers and sailors living In your vicin
ity, by correspondence wilh the Secre
tary of Ibis Association.
Ia tha crowaing victory which, in
November, await the great Demo-
cratic Reform party that has occupied
such a conspicuous position in the an-
1 1 aw i an at aaBuaaaaiaaamaBan
ask the co-operation of all soldiers and
sailors In the work ol regeneration
and each and every man who assists
in bringing about tbat great result,
will be entitled to tbo thanks of tho
peoplo and to tho honor and gratitude
oi tho country.
Muj -Gen. Jos. lions. nr, President.
Col. II. Gohdon Daniels, Secrutury.
J. M. BiTi.r.R, Cor. Secretary.
Gen. J. W. Denver,
Gen. Ai.him s S. Williams,
Col. P. B. ForKR,
Col. C. O. Alesiurb,
Major Joseph Brown,
Kxccutive Committee.
THE PEACEFUL REVOl VTIOX.
THE CAl-SE OF RF.IORM la J1ABCI1INO 0.1,
coKqriBiNa and to conqi er.
Wasiiinoton, October 22, 70, The
gloom and despondency which settled
on tho Republican mnnngors after tho
full returns from Ohio and Indiana,
still continue, and the desperato effort
to throw oil this Iceling and to replace
it with hope signally tailed. Instead
of improving it has becomo moro and
more confirmed. Chandler finds him
self in the condition of a commander
who staked a wbolo campaign on the
fate of a single battle, and came out of
it with a broken and demoralized army,
much Inclined to revolt, without disci
pline, and nearly without ammunition.
Nothing roveals weakness like de
teat. Then it is tbat discontent, jeal
ousy, envy, malice, and disappointed
ambition apeak out. This is the sort
of refreshment with which Chandler's
committee has been deluged lor ten
days. No word of comfort has como,
but complaint from evory quarter at
the lalso issue ot tbe campaign ; the
wavinir of the "bloody shirt" as a na
tional banner; the putting forward of
isiaino and other corrupt leaders as
tho representatives of reform insido;
the fabricated charges against Mr. Til
den's personal character, and false fig
ures mado in the Treasury to deceive
the country.
There has been no rally of tho parly
in tho sense ol recovery from a stun
ning blow, or aa illustrating any con
fidence in success. On the contrary,
there is a panic hero now which is far
worse than that first witnessed, because
the reports received, from Wisconsin
leave hardly any doubt that Tilden
will carry tbat Slato largely, while
Michigan is threatened in a way to
givo Chandler the most serious concern
and alarm for the result.
In tact, the reaction, since Ohio and
Indiana virtually decided the Presi
dency for Tilden, would bo amazing if
tbo noble army of neutrals, numbering
perhaps hall a million of voters, and
scattered chiefly over twenty States,
did not proverbially rush over to the
strong sido, and thus explain this won
derful chango in the aspect ot tho cam
paign in less than fortnight. All
over tbe Northwest tbo Republicans
aro throwing- otl tbo ynkn m party
rule, so tbat Illinois bus become near
ly a doubtful State, and thoro is a re
bellion in Minnesota and parts of Iowa.
1 his revolution basspread intol'enn-
sylvania, and tho awakening there is
causing Cameron and his crew an anx
iety they have never beforo felt. Uut
what troubles the managers most bur,
is the intelligence from the city and
Stuto of Now York. The large accco
sions to the reform ranks fom among
solid men who havo nevor boforo cast
any but a Republican voto, and who
are now determined to deposit their
ballots for the Democratic candidulus,
are fully reported to Chandler nnd his
conledeiatcs, and mako tucm very oiue
indeed.
But this Is not tho worst by any
means. Chandler has found in his fre
quent journeys to New York, and es
pecially tho last, that the morchants
and bankers who used to contribute
thousands, will not give a dollar to help
tho Hopublican ticket. They know
that the effect of the -csjuroniao, ot
Blaine, Morion, Ingorsoll, Bootwell,
and tbo outrages of the Administration
against tbe tiouth, baa boen to react
on their material interests. Wbilothis
warfare is kept up thero can bo no real
peace j and without pcaco prosperity
is practically lmpoeiblo.
II a Republican Administration, head
ed by Hayes should como into power,
Grmtism would not only bo continued,
but at tho end of fwr years tbis same
sectional strife would bo again renew
ed, ns it was In 1804, 18(18, 1872, and
1870, perhaps cvon moro intensely
than now, and with tho most disturb
ing effect on trade and the relations
of the two sections. Tbis agitation in
the interests of politicians alone can
not go on without serious derangement
of business, to bo felt more directly and
severely hi Now York than in any
part ol the Union.
Hence it is that the Republican mer
chants and br.nkcrs w ili not aid in
keeping up a systom which is nt war
with all their best intorofts, and threat
ening now dunc-ers to the tranquility of
tho Union.- Tboy see that Ui only
mode ot rcmovii.g the Souiberi: ques
tion from politic is by tho e!fct,'P3 of
Samuol J. Tilden. Politically, ti
may not prefer him to others on the.r
own side, but bo ran do in this fr-.-rat
matter what hodid in rcgt.rd t jTwecd's
lima: end tho evil ant provide a
remody.
Letters from insido tbo Republican
organization in New York, represent
its condition as nopctess.ajoniuscii, ano
dismayed. It Is stated that Mr. Mor
gan has emphatically rafaeaxl to an
swer tho demands lor more money,
tbat his peculiar friends regard the
prospect as cheerless, anil mat me
probable falling off In tho Republican
voto by conversions to Tilden, aad by
refusal to go to tho polls) at all, rearhrs
to evciy part of the .State, and will
swell up to very many thousands.
The Administration has lost all head,
if it evor had ay. Thoro is no diree-4
tlon, no steady band at the helm, and
no sound senso of any kind. Tbo last
experiment of sending the army to
South Carolina under false pretences,
has reacted to the injnry of the very
cause it waa intended lo promote Tbo
splendid submission of tho Carolinians
to this daring outrage was exactly
what the conspirators did not oxpoct
or desire. They incited resistance to
their own troopa, bat thu scheme did
not succeed. I n spite of this Infamous
proceeding, which will vet bring it
authors to grief, if the Ilouso of Rop
renenUlivos dot half its duty next
winter, Wa.lo Hampton will probably
be elected Governor, nnd the voto ol
the Stato be cast for Tilden. So much
for publie rascality and it approach
ing downfall and punishment.
' When Socrates was asked whether
it waa better tor a man lo marry or
remain single, he answered, "Let him
lake which coarse be will, he will re
pent of It"
' A pair ol cuffs two darkeys.
TEBMS $2 per annum in Advance.
SOUTUERX WAR CLAIMS.
ran- tuiirv si'iKrs the rims of THE
'J.l1,!,'.!!,..111'
Governor Tilden has addressed to
Hon. A brain S. Hewitt, a letter relat
ing lo bis position in regard to South
ern cluims. Ho quotes the fourteenth
amendment of the constitution, points
to the fact that it has been repeatedly
approved by Democratic Stale Con
ventions of tbe South, and was adopt
ed as part of the plutlbrm of tha lust
nationul Democratic convention which
declared it universally accepted as a
final settlement. Gov. Tilden says:
Sia: I have received your letter in
forming mo that Republicans high in
authority aro publicly representing
tbat "tbo South desire, not without
hope," to obtain payment for losses by
the lato war, and to havo '' provision
made for the rebel debt and for the
losses of Blaves."
As the payment of such losses and
claims was not deemed important
enough to deserve tho notice of either
convention at the time it was held.you
asked mo to stato my views in regard
to their recognition by the govern
ment. Though disposed myself to abido by
tbo issue as made up already, 1 have
no hesitation to comply wilh your re
quest. Thu fourteenth amendment to the
constitution expressly provides as fol
lows: Tho validity of the public debt of
the United Slates authorized by law,
including debts incurred lor payment
of pensions and bounties for services iu
suppressing insurrection or rebellion,
shall not be questioned, nut neither
tbo United Stales, nor any State, shall
iwjumc or pay ant debt or obligation
curred in aid of insurrection or rebel
lion against the United States, or any
Haimt for tbe lost or emancipation of
any slave,, but all such debtt,olAiaationi
and rlaiins sltall be kite h.leoal and
voip.
Tbis amendment has been frequently
approved and agreed to by tho Demo
cratic Stato conventions of the South.
It was unanimously adopted as a part
of tho platform of tho Democratic Na
tional Convention at Hu Louis, on the
28ih of Juno, and wasdeclared by tbat
platform to bo " universally accepted as
a final settlement of tbo controversies
that engendered civil war."
My own position on this subject had
been previously declared on many oc
casions, and particularly in my first
annual messago of Jan. 5, 1875.
In that document, I slated tbat the
Southern peoplo wero " bound by tho
13th, 14th and 10th constitutional
amendments; tbat they had joined nt
national conventions in tho nominalion
of candidates and in the declaration of
principles and puiposes, which form an
authentic acceptance of tho results of
tho war, embodied in the last throe
amendments to the organic law of the
federal Union, and that they bad, by
the suffrages of all their voters, at tho
last national election, completed the
proof that now they only seek to share
with n, anil to maintain the common
rights of American local self-govern
ment, in a fraternal union under the
old flag wilh "ono constitution and ono
destiny."
l declared at me saino time :
Tbe questions settled by tbo war aro
never to be reopened. The adoption
.d. the. 13th, 14th and 15th amendment
to the federal constitution, closed one
great era in our politics. It marked
the end lorcverof the systom of human
alavery. and of the struggles that grow
outof tbat system. Thaseamcndments
have been conclusively .auopteo, ano
they have, been accepted in irovd faith
by all pnlitionl organizations and the
people of all sections. They close tboUnbioct to ibo demands of the relativi
chuptcr; they aro and must bo final ;
all parties hereafter must accept and
stand upon them, and henceforth our
pontics aro vo mm upon questions ui
tho present and tho future and not up-
on thoso of tbe settled and past.
Should I be elected
1'ivtu-
dent, the provisions of the four
teenth .ftinendtneut, so fur on de
pends on me, will be maintained,
executed, and enforced in perfect
and absolute good faith. No reb
el debt will be Ofsumcd or paid,
uo claim far tun loss or einanci
pfttion of any losses or damage
incurred by disloyal pcrsong,arin
ing from the late ,wnr, whether
covered by the fourteenth amend
ment or not, will be recognized
or paid. The cotton tax will not
bo relunaed. I shall deem it my
duty to veto every bill providing
lor the assumption or payment
of any Biich debts, losses, damage
claims, or for the refunding of
any Biich tax.
The danger of the natioiml treasury is
not from claims of persons irho aided the
Trillion, but from claimt of arsons rand-
ing in the Southern State or having pro-
perty in those States, who trere. or pre-
teniud to be, or u no for the sane qi aiamg
rlmm. now nr.iejid to have. Urn tonal to
the aovernmmt of .the Union. Such
.i- . ..s .i... r........ U....I.
claims, even of loyal iporsons, whero
they aro from acts caused by tho oper
ations of war, havo been disowned by
tho public law ol civilized nations, con
detuned by the adjudications of the su
pre mo court of the United States, a d
only find any status by force of specific
legislation of Congress. These cluims
have become Ule and are olton stain
ed with fraud. They are nearly al
ways ownod in whole or in part by
claim agents, by speculators, or lobby
ists, who have no equity against the
tax payers or the public. They should
in all cases bo scrutinised with jealous
care, iho calamities to anatvuiuais
whiah were inflicted by the late war,
aro for tho moat part irreparable. Tbe
government cannot recall to bra tbe
nillion of our youths who wont to un
timely graves, nor compensate tho suf
lenngs or sorrow oi meir relative or
friends. It cannot readjust between
individuals the burdens of taxation
hitherto borne or oi debts incurred to
sustain the government which aro yut
lo lie paid. It cannot apportion anew
among our citizens the dnmagos or
losses incident to military oporntiono
or resulting In every varioty of form
from it measures for maintaining fls
own eatNtence. It ha no safe general
rule but to let bygone be bygone, lo
turn from tbe dead past to a new and
better future, and on that basis to -sure
peace, reconciliation and fraterni
ty between all section, race and
classes of our peoplo, to the end that
all the springs or our productive indus
tries may be quickened and a new
prosperity created in which tha evils
ot tbe past shall be forgotten.
(Signed,) Samuel J. Tilpen.
An old lady rinding "round lb" Cen
tennial grounds." the othor day. point
ed lo a cannon and inqairod if " tbat
there was to Corlea englner
rUE.MA TIOX.
A correspondent ot the Chicago
Tribune sayii !
The first uud only cremation furnaoa
in tho country Is situated at Washing
ton, Pa., anof is now about ready lor
the reception of a corpse. Its owner
and originator is Dr. F. Julius Le
Moyne, a gentleman ol wealth and
culture, andwith wide reputation as a
physician and scientist. Ho is an en
thusiast upon the subject of cremation,
und ho has buen at the cxpenso of fit
ting up a furnace lor tbo incineration
of human romaina, aolely lor tbo pur
pose ot muking that method of dis
posing of human remains nmmlar.
desiring the cremation of his own or
relative's corpse will be refused the
courtesies of the establishment. Tho
site upon which the building is creeled
pBjwkammmam. V rnii'iyeneew of
its bloody hinlury. ii i culled ljuiioa
Hill, and was formerly used as a place
of public execution. It is about a mile
otitsido of the town, and it is hummed
in on all sides by a small forest. Since
tho beginning of tbo construction of
tbo Doctor's dwelling the drive leud
iug to the hill has been much frequent
ed, livery stranger who has an hour
lo spare in thu town takes a look at
tho furnuce. Onj of tbo distinguished
visitors was General Grant, who, while
sojourning hero, visited the hill and
examined tho preparations for carrying
tho theory of cremation into prsolice
with great interest.
Tbo furnace is enclosed in a building
which is at once the gravo and ceme
tery. Economy is one of tho Doctor'
pet bobbies, and the building has been
constructed upon economic principles.
It is of brick, but one story in height,
wilh a roof of corrngalcd iron. It has
threo chimneys of ordinary size), one
leading Irom the furnace room, ono
from the reception room, and a third
from ono of the corners of the build
ing. The use ot tbo third is simply
to prcservetho architectural symmetry
of tho structure. Tbe house is divided
into two rooms, tho reception and the
lurnnco room, Tho reception room is
about twenty feet square. Its furni
ture is of the simplest kind, consisting
of only a catafalque for the bodies to
rest upon, a shelved esse, with trans
parent doors, in which the cremated
remains will be deposited, a few chairs
lor tbe accommodation of the friends
of the departed, and a small stovo to
mako things comfortable in cold
weather. A door leads from tbis room
into the cremation department propor,
which is a room of about 10x20 foot.
In tho cremation room there is
nothing but tbo furnace. The retort
has been mado especially tor tlie ac
commodation of coffins. It is seven
and a bull feet in length, twenty inches
in height, and twenty-eight inches in '
width. All these aro insido measure
ments. The retort somewhat resem
bles a gas retort, Ibo difference being
tbat its sides aro perpendicular instead
ot being arched. Above tho perpen
dicular line along which the colli n will
rest, tho retort is arched. It is built
arched with brickwork, in tbo same
style thutgos retorts are. In the work
of cremation coko will bo used, and It
is calc . luted that tho retort can be
brought to a white heat iu twenty-four
hours. Whon this degree of beat is
obtained, tno body to be cremated in
closed in tho plainest sort of pine
collin will be put into the furnace,
and in a tew hours, tbe work will be
complete The present calculations of
Dr. LeMoyne do not provide for tho
elimination of tho wood ashes of the
coffin from tho human ashes of the
person cremated. Tbis, however, tho
Doctor docs not considor to be a very
great object, as the proportion of wood
ashes will bo only ono pound to five,
and, attur tbo ftirnaco is in practical
operation, il this objection bo found to
aeriously unlilalo against Its auueuan,
method which the Doctor has in con
templation will be put in operation. A
number of boxes large enough to bold
four or five pounds will be provided by
tbo Doctor. These will do mado of
metal, or ot elaetio glass, tbe material
not yet having been decided upon.
Upon ono end of the boxes there will
bo a -' vco for the photograph of the
person whose ashes are in the insido,
and below tho photograph will be
a record of tbe death and of the date
of the cremation of tho powdered in
dividual. -The boxes will be stored in
tbo cases in tho reception room already
described, and will there be preserved
0f tho doceased. In this same caso
there will be kept the records of all
cremations, and tbeso will always bo
. ncceseible lo persons having the right
to inspect! An index of the boxoswill
ho kept, and tho ashes of any man or
bis mother-in-law can bo gotten nt
wilh the greatest facility. There w ill
bo no danger of tho cscapo of any part
of tho remains after they have boen
reduoed to powder. Tbe boxes will be
hermetically sealed, and in packing
them the greatest care will be taken
to get possession of every atom of the
cremated.
Tho hoie;ht of the chimneys from '
tho top ot the building is disappointing.
Visitors confidently expoct to soe great
piles ot brick rising scores ot foot
abovo tbo roof, and tho majority of
them believe that the failure to havo
euch chimneys will result in the pois
oning too atmosphere ny the gasoa
which will escape through tho low
ventilators. This would probably bo
tho result but for the arrangement that
has been mado to effectually dispose of
these gases. ;Al tho back of tho re
tort there is a ventholo four inches in
diametor opening inU tho lurnace.
Through tbis vent Iho gases generat
ed in tho retort during Iho combus
tion of a body will bo forced
to cscapo into tho lurnace, thoro
being no of her outlet Irom tho retort.
In Iho furnaco they will bo consumed,
Little smoke escapes through thechim-
ney, and that which does will be harm-
Ii.u.
less, as will the hot air which will ac
company it- Francis J ulius Lo Moyno,
who will soon, no doubt, como lo bo
known as tbo great American crema
tor, is a lemarkablo man in many
ways. Ho is over seventy nlno years
of age, and fur years bo has been crip,
pled by the rLcumattam, but when
sealed he looks at leant twenty years
younger than he is. II is fuco is thick
ly covored with a growth of beard of
a color between iron-gray and white.
II is countenance ia not a speaking one.
It is full of enorgy and determination.
Ho is a very blunt talker, and upon
cremation ho never lire. Aftor in
specting his building, your correspon
dent enjoyed a lengthy conversation
with bim, and tbo inlormation elicited ,
was ot a very entertaining character.
The doctor met with a good deal of op
position of the moral suasion lort from
old neighbor whon he broached the
subject of building furnacoa lor crema
tion, and be glories In recounting bo'f
b met tbo college professors and other
gentlemen of scienco and caused their
objections to disappear one af.er sn
olher before tho irresistible forco of hia
argument and logio.
"I think I'd like lo see those busy
littlo creatures at work," said a tity
fellow gazing at a beehive. "Further
more. I think 1 will see them at work."
So ho openod a back door of the hive
and in thirty seconds he not only saw
but felt the busy niiio creature at
work. .Novel reading has now no
charms lor him.
ii..n.wi. n. ii- i,.,i ..,!. ...
iraordinary esteem for knowledge and
learning that ha used to iav be waa
moro obliged to Aristotle forliio learn
ing, than to t'hillp ot Maocuon, nis la
ther, for hia life, seeing the one waa
momentary and the other permanent,
and never lo be blotted out by obli vioa.