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it U beliuved tb&t, at tho end of tLat
time, it wit) be a eucccos, and tho oo
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T. BROCKBANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offlee In Court Hoaff. tp 56,77-17
WM. M, MOCVLLOCOtl,
Fit fit. O'L. tVCK,
MeCl'LLfll'Gll & KICK.
ATTORN EYS-AT-LA V ,
Clearfield, Pa.
All leaat builn.it promptly attended to. Offlc.
oa (Second street, la the Alasomo Bonding.
JenlO.-rT
w7c. arnoldT'"
LAW 4 COLLECTION OFFICE,
CITIWENRVII.LK,
e20 Clrsrll.ld Count,?. Penn'a. Toy
tbob. . Huarur.
craua aoaboa.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFlKLP, PA.
aj-OSoe ta Pii'i Opera Houi., seoond floor.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to all business entrusted to hii
piompUjr and faithfully. botU'711
WILLIAM A. WALlAd.
CARRY r. WALL AC 1.
HATID L. I It BUI.
jonR w. wmoLir.
WALLACE & KREBS,
(8u Mors to WalUoe A Fielding.)
ATTOBN EYS-AT-LA V,
H-13'73 ClearUtld, Pt.
iA!fiaL w. M'ocKnr.
MoENALLY & McOUEDY,
ATTOKN EYS-AT-LA W,
Mcarlield, Pa.
JtVLefft.1 boainfai t tended to promptly witbj
SdAlilT. Offle oo ScODd itrtet, above lb Fint
Nation! Bank. jon:l:76
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counkelor at Law,
CI.KAIU'IKI.l), PA.
HbtIdb reiigned hii JuiteRhip, be. reennwl
tea prtetioe nt th. law In Bib old omc at Ulear
flel.f. Pa. Will att.ncl tli court of Jr-flVioB and
Klk eounttafl when ipeotally retalaed in oonueetloa
with reaident eouoxil.
1:14:72
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
RoaI Entato atic) Colloct.oD Agfnt,
CI r.ARHRIJ, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal bmlnaai
Iruvted to hii oait.
trOOioa In Pie's Opera IItme. janl'Tl.
H. W. SMITH,
ATTORN ET-AT-IjA W,
t 1:1 71 C'leorlield. Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Clearfield, Pa,
pt-Oan la Old W'eitero Uolel kuiljloj.
aoratr of fiBOoad and Market Sin. bot2I,60.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTOIiNRY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
-080. la the Court Hcioi.. jy 1 1 J
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Ofiea on Blittk.t street, opp. Court Hoaia,
Jen. 1, 1074.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ind Hel Relate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
Office ob TBIrd ttreet, bBt.caarrj walnnl,
jMBRMpootfullv ofTerB hi e.rrleet la lelliag
tad bujlBg laada 1b Ol.araBld and adjoining
anotla aad with aa axperlenosot oeor twenty
;ean aa a lurrBeor, flatt.rt hlmeelf th.t b eaa
raBder tatlifaotloB. reb. J:",vtt,
J.BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
AXO DIALS IB
Saw Log ami Tjiiinlior,
CLBARFIKLD, PA.
OBoa la erabam'i Row. 1:JS;71
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
1:11 Osceola, tlcaraeld C'oM Pa. j pd
J. S. BARN HART,'
ATTORN KY - AT - LAW,
llelleibnte. Pa.
H ill practice la Clrarteld and all of tho Conttl of
toe 2Mh Judicial aittnet. Iteai eiteia bunnMi
end Bolleotiofi ofoUimi mad. peci.ltiei. nl'71
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Ll!TllEK8nVRO, PA.
Will attend prol.iilonal call prompt!. anglO'TO
DR. T, J. BOYER,
Pit YSICI AX AND MUkiJEUN,
Oftco oa Markt Htmt, Olwrtold, Pa.
1rOne bourn I to 12 a. m , and I lo 8 p. m
D
K E. M. SCUEUitER,
IIOMtKOPATHIO PIIYB1C1AN,
. OIBm la rrridrse. oa Markut it.
April 24, 172. ClaarnVldPa.
DR. J. P. BURC H FIELD
Ut 8uroB f lb. :td Rloint. Pnni;lTanla
VolBBteara, bavlaE rtarnd froai tb. Arra,
offer, til profonloaal i.r.le.l I. Ib.eilil.BB
of Clearll.ld .oanty.
4p-ProfBiBaal call, promptly attended to.
Offie ob S.oad .tr.et, form.rlroeenpied b
Dr. Wood.. apr4,'U
dr7"h. b. van valzah,
t'l.KARPIKM), PI'.NN'A.
OFFICE IN MASONICKUILDINO.
tT- Ollc boan-Frea II t. i P. H.
Utj II, 18J.
WILLIAM M. II EN It Y, Juarict
or Tea Pair inn Dobibbbb, LUMBKR
CITY. Culleetloni aiad and mono; promptly
paid over. Artielea af agreement and deed, a I
eoBTeranoa fleetly sieouted and warranted ear
reel or aa .harie. I")7'"
JAME8 H. LYTLE,
la Kralirr'a lliilldlna;, Clearfleld, Pa.
Dialer la Orooerlee, PrnTltloor, Vegetable.,
Fruit., Flr, Ftd, te., etc.
prU'7.f
HARRY SNYDER,
BARBKR AND UAlKDRKKf ER
Hbnp aa Market St., appoell. Ooart lloaa.
A eleaa towal for avary .ailoam.
Alia raaaoraelarar Bf
All Klnda af A Mir lee In llnaaaa llalr.
Cl.irl.14, P.. ai.y II, 'Is.
1)7m. DOHIETt,
FAPIIIONAHLE BAHI1KR A 1IA1R DRKSKKR.
( LEA H FIELD, PA.
IkiB la rooai formerly eeenpM Ij Kaugle
Market ltr.ll.
Jilj H, ?.
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
fault, of th. Paae and Scrlrmer,
Carwri.llle, Pa,
aVO.lh.iloa. aiadw aad B.a
ey prmaplry
GEO. 2. G0ODLAXEIE, Proprietor.
VOL. 51 -WHOLE NO.
RICHARD HUGHES,
' JISTICB OF TUB PEAC1
FOB
. Otcalur Townihip,
OiMola Mill. P. O.
All official builn.M entraited to him will b.
promptly attended to. mohzv, 'Te
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
Prenrbrllle, ClcarfleU County, Pa
Koep. constantly oa hand a full aa.orlm.nt ef
Dry uoods, Hardware, uroe.nes, ana eTryioing
aiually kept In a retail store, wbtob wtll ce sold,
fur .aih, as ch..p ai eliawher. la tb. oouuty.
PrenehrillB, Jan. 27, 187-ly.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
DIAIiia IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
" CRAIIAMTON, Pa.
Alts, eitaaslva msBufactnrer and dealer IB Bnar
Timbar and8awed Lumber of all ktads.
M-0rd.rs lolicited and all bills promptly
tiled. l,Jyl71
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
ClearUcId, Peun'a. .
feA-WIII xeut. Jobi in his lio. promptly .nd
In a workmanlike manner. rr4,n7
Q . H . HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NBA R CLEARFIELD, PENN'A.
jMrPnrapi alyt on hand and aiad to order
on short notice. Pipe bored on roanrtnable tertni.
All work warrai
anted to render fatlirirmon, and
delivered if desired.
mj2i:lTpd
E. A. BIGLER & CO., .
ftiAi.ini in
SQUARE TIMBER,
and tnanuiaetarsrs of
AM. KINDS OP AM TO 1.CIIIBER,
l-ni CLEARFIELD, PKNN'A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer U
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
BUIKOLES, LATH, A PICKETS,
0:1073 Clxarflcl.l, Pa,
WARREN THORN, .
BOOT AND SnOE MAKER,
Market ft.. Clrardeld, Pa.
Ib the shop lately oceupi.d by Fr.nk Shurt,
one door welt of Alleghany llom..
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR aad Ul'ILDER.
Plans and Ppeeincations furnlibed for all kinds
of buildinei. All work first class. Stair buill
injr a specially.
V. 0. addrei., ClearBrld, Pa. . Jan.lT-Tttf.
R. M. NEIMAN,
SADDLE and HARNESS MAKER,
Itumb.rgtr, Clearfield Co., Pa.
Keep, on bond all kindiof Ilarnetl, Saddle.,
Dridlei, and Horse Purnlrbing Uoods. Kpairibg
nromnti attended to.
Humbargrr, Jan. 10, l77-lf.
JOHN A. STADLER,
RAKKR, Market St., CUarlold, Pa.
Freib Bread, Ruik, Rolls, Pies aad Cakes
OB band or made to order. A general assortment
of Confectionsriei, fruiti an-1 Nuts in stork.
loe Cream end Oy.lers la senion. Saiooa Brarly
appo.it. tb. Poitoffic, Prices ttaderata.
March I0-7S.
JAMES illTCHELL,
pa.Laa IB
Square Timber k Timber Lands,
j.H'TI ' CLF.ARFIKLD, PA.
J. R. M'JNIURRAY
WILL BI'PrLY YOtT WITH ANY ARTICLE
OP MKHCUAN0IKKAT1HI VKIIY L'jWKST
PRICK. COMB AND SKK. (I:i:73y:)
NEW WASHINGTON
MAHIU.B AXD UTOWK YAHD.
Hlra. H. . I IDPFI I.
HafinR en itemed la tho Marblo bmlneei, dtitr
to Inform ber friendl and ibe publio that ihe bnf
now and will keen eonnuntly m fannd a lrft and
well selected stock of ITALIAN AND VKllli ONT
MAKR1.B, and Is prepared to fiirninh to order
TOMIiSTON K8, BOX A NI PKADLK TUMIIB,
MONI'MKNTP, Ae.
UsYsrd on Keed itreot, near the R, K. Depot,
Clearfield, Pa. itl4,70
Livery Stable.
rriIIK anderslgned begs leave to Inform thepab
JL lie that be is now fully prepntW tc aceommo-
iat all Id tne way or raraisnins; iu.mi, hukkim,
tied dies and Harness, oti the shortest notice and
sn reasonable terms. Residence Loeast straet,
between Third and ronrth-
OKO. W. flRARfl ART.
niearfleld. Feb. 4. 1R74. .
WHOLESALE UQOOB STORE.
At the end of the new bridge,
W EST CLKARPIELDi PA.
TLt proprietor of Ibis establlslimrnt will buy
bis liquor direct from distillers. Parties boyltig
from this house will be sure to get a pur artiole
at a 1111811 margin adore com. iiutei Keepers oan
be furninhed with Honors oo reasonable terms.
Pare wines and brend.es direot from Bee let's
Vinery, it nnth. New York.
MKOHrtR N. COI.IllBN,
Clearfield. June lT-lf.
I. SNY DER,
PRACTICAL WATC1IMAKKR
Awi natLta m
WfttcliM, VUvUn and Jewelry,
Ormkam lto, ifmrktt 8rtt,
c m;akiki i), pa.
All hinds of repairing la my line promptly at-
ended U, Apni sa. ioi
Clearfield Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
THE anderrlnned, haling mabliih.d a Nar
sery oa Ibc 'Pike, al.oel half way batwaea
tlearlrld and Curwen.ille, Is prepared to for
alib all kinds of FRUIT TKKEd, (itandard aad
dwarf.) Krrrgrerna, Slirublioiy, Qr.p. VlnM,
Uoerebirry, Lawloa Rleokliorry, Strawberry,
aad llaipbsrry Vines. A:so, Siberiaa Crab Trss,
Qolnri, and early scarlet Rbubsrb, Ac Orders
promplly attendrd to. AUdreis,
J. V. WRIOIIT,
Carwsnivill., Pi
aspSO IS )
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market ilrwt. ClearBeld. Pa.,
bah ricrcaia a aaaiia t.
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
aad all klada of
noits rvRSisniNO goods.
A fall .lock ef Saddlers' FJardwara, Brashes,
Combs, lll.ak.ts, Robea, ate., always aa aeaa
aod for aale at tba rawest eaab prlaaa. All kinds
ef repalrlag promptly attended la.
All kiads f bldea taken ia .leb.ere for bar.
Bess aad repairing. All klads ef haraeH leather
kept aa band, bb lor nn iii p"-
Clearneia, jbb. i, ii.
JOHN H, FULFORD,
OtSKRAl mi'MXCK JOINT,
Clearfield, Pena'a,
Rrnreieats .11 the leading Fire iMaraota
Cnmpaaiee ef tba .euatry t
Qowa
.J10,000,OOI
... (,000,000
,.. , 0.74,114
... I,:H.4SI
,.. I,so,so
, l.ajJ.IOI
,., ,42l,ls
OH.'"
, 000 .41
ait,.M
Royal Canadtsa
Uom, New York
Lycoming, M.ary, Pa
Franblla, l anau a .
Pbtsall, Hartford
ftanorer, N.w York.H..
Homo. Col , O
A'l.s. Hartford..
Prurld.aae, VYa.blngKe.....
P.ruai .beat alrMtag aa iararaaaa e prop
erly af any head, .beald aall a. my --
Market alreet, eypoaiie vwn -
my list ef earapealM aad ratea befor. laearlBg.
' ' JOHN n.FULtORO,
s.
2,529.
TUEKLEGTOHA L CONSPIRACY
JUDnt black's view OF THE CASE.
"Thon ball it aow, King, Cawd.r, OI.mil. all,
A the w.y.rd womea promiled, and 1 fear
Tboa pl.y'dit mo.t foully for'u"
1 Since tho firt formation of what
Wasliington called "our liappy ayalom
of goveinmcnt," no evont not accom
panied with violence or war has excited
a fedine so inlcnso as tho act of "count-
injr in llnycs." Rut tho public rniin of
Uio country, anu the people generally,
are far lrom being agreed about its
character or us probnblo clruct in the
luturo.
Democrats, who knew Mr. Tildon to
be elected by an overwhelming major
ity, both of tho popular vote und the
electors duly appointed, wore transport
ed Willi puoHionato indignation when
they taw hia detested oompelitor lifted
over hia head by a series of manoeuvres
which they thought alike incompatible
with honesty ntid law. In every part
of tho country, by tbo press, from the
rostrum and in tbo bulls of Congress,
tlio charge oi bueo anu unmitigated
fraud was thundering into tho ear of
tbo world. Some, who indulged In no
vfhcnicnco ol iii'iiircation or reproach
wero bowed down with shame at tbo
thought that their proud riirht as
American citizens o! electing a ruler
for themselves, had been tuken out of
their hands by a trick, and traimlcrrcd
to osutol low eonspirutors, whom they
could not help but hold in utter detOHt
ation. All that oiiceennoblcd the nation
seemed to be buried In this deep grave,
dug by tho returning board and filled
up by the electoral commission.
lint tho voice ol lamentation proves
nothing ; neither does tho wrath which
"cleaves tho gonornl car with horrid
speech ; " fur both are the natural utter
ances ot a defeated party, cxpociully
when tho defeat comes unexpectedly,
alter victory was assured, and in ways
not foreseen. Tliero is another side to
the catic.
The men wbo did this deed will not
admit it to bavo been wrong, or let
judgment or condemnation go by do-
luull. Dome misgivings there may nave
been here nnd tliero ; but all zealous
Uetjiiblicans saw it with unreserved
approbation. Not only the herd of low
poliliciatwboalwnysriirnpand swear
und bluster on tho winning side, but
high-placed gentlemen ol good charac
ter beard tho announcement with
pkaaure, that what wo cull tho Louisi
ana swindle was too sacred a thing to
bo questioned. The decision was bailed
by Christian statesmen with loud ben
edictions. On Sunday, tho 4th of
March, pious Republicans assembled
themselves together in praycr-mcct-ings,
and simultaneously sent up to
heaven the most fervent petitions that
Cod would bless tbo returning boards
and tho electoral commission, sanctify
tho work of their bands, ana prosper
tho pseudo President whom tboy bad
placed in powor. Elsewhere the party
demonstrated its pleasure by tiring off
a Iil'o number ol ureal guns.
somo places tbo admiring people gath
ered in gay ana icstivo crowns, ana
drunk deep potations to lho defeat ot
Tilden's big majority, whilo Bradley
and Kellogg, C'bandior and Packard,
Wells, Anderson, and tho two mulaL
toes, wore "in their flowingcups fresh
ly remembered." In both bouses of.
Congress tbo representatives of the
party to whom ilttycs belonged, stood
sntiuro and solid in defiance of his
titlo. They heard tho imputation of
dishonesty upon themselves and thoir
fellow partisans with no sign of shamo
or tear. Uo tho contrary, " nopo cio
vatedand joy bnghtenod tholrcrests,"
us they saw tbo impostnro progress
step by step to its consummation. Two
members lrom Massachusetts were
troubled with scruples, and one from
Florida denounced the fraud which
elected himself as well as Hayes ; but
this could scarcely bo Baid to break the
unanimity of tho party. Sinco tbo
eloso of tbo session they bavo seemed
to enjoy their triumph mightily, and
tho npplausu ot their beloved constitu
e.nts lias not been wanting to increase
their self satisfaction.
It is very manifest from all this that
the party calling itsell Kopublican ou
ters totoco-lo from tho Democratic view
ot the subject. Republicans believe
either that no fraud baa been commit
ted, or else that a fraud by which they
profited was a fit and proper thing for
them to do. Whichsoever ot those
positions they toko, a question is raised
which deinuiids fair, full, and free dis
cussion, so that truth may prevail and
ItiHtico be done. II tho orians and rep
resentatives ot luo Democracy nave
merely raised a faleo and malicious
clamor against their opponents, they
descrvo the severest reprehension that
the censure ot tho world can visit upon
them : thoy should bo deprived of all
political Influence, and no share in pub
lic business, local or nutionai, should
ever airttin bo trusted to their control.
On tho other bund, if it be truo that
we have an administration of tbo gen
eral government which is not lho result
ot an honest election, but lho mere
spawn of a corrupt conspiracy, then
popular liberty has been deeply, per-
hups latully, injured, and all who aided
in lho crime, all who gave comfort to
tho criminals, nnd all who knowingly
partook of tho iniquity by receiving
its wauos, ought to bo, and in the full
ness of time they undoubtedly will be,
classed among tho worst malefactors
of tho ago.
1 he prominent and wvll-known tacts
of the caso, set forth in tho plain style
of simple narration, will show wholher
tho count was noncst, and n not nonosi
whether any excuse can bo totind for
its falseness. Rut to mako this moro
intelligible, it is necessary to remind
tbo reader of certain points In our
political history which bavo within tbe
last twenty years divitled the two par
ties and defined their antagonism.
Tbo towora ol the federal govern
ment, tbo rights of tho States, and the
libcrlica of tho people these constitute
the essential parts of tbo system to
which our lathers sot tlio seal oi moir
wisdom and virtue. This trinity of
political forces, so harmoniously adjust
ed that cacb gave strength to the
others, did indeed seom to make a gov
ernment as nearly perfect as possible
Each was a vital part ; Ilia "lije ol the
nation depended upon the preserva
tion of ono as much aa the other ; tho
government (using tbo word in its true
American sonso; wouiu as certainty uo
leslrovod by the overthrow of popular
liberty, or tbe subjugation of the States,
as by successful resislanoe to federal
authority.
Thoao notions of fidelity to the whoto
of tho government and erory part of it
placed the jiomocrary.uuringuiecmi
war, In tho most uimcuit auuuuo tint
can bo conceived. They wero obliged
to flirht aoeesaion, and fiirht it with tho
sword, II nothing clso would d; for to
them rebellion against ins iawiui au
thority of the United Slates was "as
tho ain ol witchcraft." At tbe aomc
time the beet convictions of their heart
impelled thorn to defend their individ
ual rjghU of life, liberty and property,
CLEARFIELD,
which woro most wantonly and unjust
ly assailed by tho Abolitionists. Seeing
thoir institutions attacked on both
flanks at onco by different enemies,
most ol them thought it best to Bimpli
fy their duty by postponing thoir ro
sistenco to ono until tho other was
conquered. They hoped that when
tbo union was restored the constitution
would bo allowed to reussamo its
supremacy without further opposition
This hope was founded on very solemn
declarations by tho President (Lincoln)
that ho was a truo friend of tho consti
tution, and meant no war except pure
ly in dofeneo of the United States.
ResidoB, Congress, by a vote nearly
unanimous in both bouses, assured tho
country that tbe war had not any rev
olutionary purpose whatovor, but
should bo conducted solely to enforce
the laws, ana to maintain the suprem
acy of tho federal constitution, with all
tbo rights of tho Stales unimpaired.
All these pledges were most perfidi
ously broken. Tho ultra-Abolitionists
at the close of the war had a two-thirds
majority in Congress, and could do
what they pleased. They refused to
keep faith. They Insisted that the
government was revolutionized; that
Slato rights had ceased to be; that
personal liberty tn lho botithorn States
had boon extinguished ; that tho peo
ple of theSouth. bcinireonouered. bore
to tho conquerors no legal relation ex
cept that which existed between King
J.iuhomoy and lho uuinca negroes
whom ho captured and sold ; that they
might bo governed without law, and
especially without regard to that fun
damental law which tho legislators
wero sworn to observe in all their acts.
Tho constitution, instead of beint; de
fended, had been shot to doath on the
battle-field. It was deud, and could
not bo pleaded to protect the weak, or
restrain tho evil passions of tho strong
party.
Upon this principle tho reconstruc
tion act of 18G7 was based. It was
simply a Blavo-code. Aot one provision
of the constitution uwi left unviohtcd; all
tho rights which our forcfuthors, on
this or the other side of tho Atlantic,
shed their blood to mnintuin, wero in
sultingly ovorborno. if the constitu
tion still lived, this act of Congress wits
a grosB breach of tho oath which tho
members had tuken to support it; if
wo suppose it dead, tho act was a most
indecent outrage on its corpse
ror somo tuuo tho southern people
lived at tho mercy ot the military offi
cers who wero sent to keep tho yoke
tight upon their necks. -Most ot thceo
being ucntlcmen of honor and human
ity, they did tho work of oppression
reluctantly and sometimes lulled alto
gether, (ion. Hancock, for instanco,
startled the authorities at Washington
by a publishod Icllor in favor of civil
liberty. It bocamo pluin tbat this
sabre sway would not last long nor
be perfectly effectual whilo it continued.
The divine right of tho negro tn govern
the white man was then asserted, and
hia ascendency aenured. bvthe fifteenth
amendment, in tho confident hope that
his ballot would be a more effectual
inatrumonlof tyranny than the soldier's
bullet.
Tbo pooplo would not bavo bocn
wholly crushed, either by tho soldier
or Ihonei'ro, if both had not been used
to fasten upon thorn the domination of
another class of persona wboso rule
was altogether unendurable, 'these
we call carvet baqqeri, not because the
word i descriptive or euphonious, but
because they bavo no other name
whoreby tboy are known among tho
children or men. i ney worn unprin.
ciplcd adventurers who sought thoir
lortunes in the nontn by plundering
the disarmed and defenceless people ;
somo of them were tho dregs of the
federal army the meanest ot the cnmV
followers ; many were fugitives from
Northern justice; the best of them
wero thoao who went down after the
peace, ready for any deed ot shame
that was safe and profitable. These,
combined with a few treacherous "seal
away," and somo leading ncgroos to
sorve as decoys for the rest, and back
ed by the power of the gonerul govern
ment, became, the strongest body ol
thiovua that evor pillaged a people.
Their moral crado was far lower, and
yet they were much moro powerful,
than the robber bands that iniesteu
(iermany after tho Thirty Years' war.
They swarmed ovor all the Stalos
lrom tho 1'otomao to tbe gull, and set
tled in hordes, not with intent to re
main there, but merely to feed on the
substance of a prostrate and defence
less people. They took whatever came
within their reach, intruded thomselvcs
into all private corporations, assumed
tho functions ol all offices, including
tho courts of justice, und in many
places thoy even "run tho churches."
liy forco and fraud they eithor con
trolled all the elections or else prevent
ed elections from being held. They
returned sixty of themselves to one
Congress, und ten or twolvo of tho
most ignorant and venal among them
were at the same timo thrust Into the
Senato. This false representation of a
people by strangers and enemies who
Lad not even a bona fide residenco
aniotiL' them, was the bitterest of all
mockeries. Thoro was no show of
truth or honor about it. The pretend-
etl representative was always ready to
vote lor any measure tbat would op
press and enslave hia so-called constit
uents; his hostility was unoonoealod.
and ho lost no opportunity to do them
Injury.
Under nil thoso wrongs and indig
nities tho Caucasian men of tho South
woro prudent, if not patient. No brave
people, accustomed to bo froo, ever
ondured oppression so peacefully or so
wisely. Tho Irish, with less provoca
tion, were In a stato of porpettial tur
bulence; tho Poles were always conspir
ing against the milder rulo of thoir
ftussiun masters : but Southern men
"made baste slowly" to recover their
libeities. .They could not break the
shackles of usurped control, but some
of the linki gradually rusted and fell
away of themselves. 1 he gross Im
policy of desolating the fairest half of
the oonntry impressed itself mora and
more on the Northern mind. Tho
mere oxpense, in money, in maintain
ing this vulgar tyranny became dis
gusting. Thonegroesgradually openod
their eyes to the truth that they wore
as badly imposed upon as tho whites.
With consummate skid the natural
leaders of the people boarded every
fresh acquisition of self-governing pow
or. Utate alter Mate deposed Its cor
rupt Govornor by Impeachment or
otherwise, and brought its official
criminals to justice, until all wero re
deemed except Florida, South Carolina
and Louisiana. A moro particular
look at tho condition ot the last-named
State is noeded, because) it wai tho
prinoipal theatre orth. "Irreat Fraud.
Tho agricultural and commercial
wealth of Louisiana made her a strong
temptation to tho rartiet-baggorw.
Those vultures innfTed tho proy lrom
afar ; and aa soon aa the war was over
they swooped down upon her In flocks
that darkened tb. air. Th. State
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PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,' 1877.
was dolivored into their hands by tho
military authorities, but tbe officers
imposed some restraint upon their law
less cupidity. They hailed with delight
tbo advent of negro suffrago, bocauso
to them it was merely a legalized
mothod of stuffing the ballot-box and
they stuffed it. Thenceforth and down
to a very recent poriod, thoy gorged
themselves without let or hindrance,
The depredations they committed
were frightful. They appropriated
on one pretence otiu another, what
ever they could lay thoir bands on,
and then pledged to themselves the
credit ot the State for uncounted mil
lions more. Tho publio securities ran
down to half-price, and still they put
thoir fraudulent bonds on the market
and aold them for What tbey would
fetch. Tho owners of tho best real
estate in town or country were uttorly
impoverished, because tho burdens
upon it wero heavier than the rents
would discharge During the last ten
years the city of Jow Urlouui paid in
tbo lorm ol direct taxes moro than tho
ostimatod value ol all tho property
within her limits, and still has a debt
of equal amount unpaid. It is not
likely that other parts of tbo Stata suf-
leroa less. 1 he extent of their spolia
tions can hardly bo calculated, but the
testimony ol tbo carpet-backers tbem-
solves against ono another, tho reports
ol committoos sent by Congress to in
vestigate tho subject, and other infor
mation from sources entirely authen
tic, make it safe to Bay that a general
conflagration, sweeping over all tho
State from one end to tbe other, and
destroying every building and ovory
articlo of personal property, would
have been a visitation of mer
cy In comparison to such a gov
ernment. This may seem at first
first blush like gross exaggeration, bo
causo it is worse than anything that
mmrulo ever did before. - The greediest
of Roman proconsuls left something
to tho provinces thoy wasted ; tho
Norman did not strip tho Saxon quito
to the skin; tho Puritans under Crom
well did not utterly desolate Ireland.
Their rapacity vat confined to visMc
things they could presently handle and
uso, They could not (uko what did
not exist. Rut tho American carpet-
bagger has Tin invention unknown to
thoso old lashioncd robbers, which in
creases his stealing power as much as
the steam engine adds to tho medium
cal force of mere natural muscle. Ho
makes negotiable bonds of the State,
signs and seals them "according to the
forms of law," sells them, converts the
proceeds to his own uso, and then de
fies "jnstlee to (to behind the returns.'
Ry this devico his felonious fingers are
made long enough to rench into tho
pockets of postority: ho Inys his lien
on proporty not yet created; he antici
pates the labor oi coming aces and ap
propriates the fruits of it in advance ;
he coins the industry of future gener
ations into cash, and snatches tbo in
heritance from children trio.e fathers
are unborn, projecting Ins cheat for
ward Dy tnis ennttivnnco ana opera
ting laterally at tho same time, be trat h
cis an amount of plunder which no
country in tho world would havo
yielded to tho Coth or tbo Vandal.
Whilo tbo carpot haggcrs In tho ox
ocutivo oflico and tho legislature, as
sisted by federal agents, wero making
enormous"pilos and plotting lor moro,
potty larceny reigned supreme in tho
rural parishes. The negroes know
nothing of the difference botwecn
menm and frum, and tho law w hich
should havo taught them was a dead
letter; every portablo thing which
could not be kept under lock and key
pigs, poultry, the fruit of the pardon
and orchard wero stolen as fust as they
became fit for uso, in so much that tho
production ot them bad to bo given
up, greatly to tho distress ot industri
ous and honest porsons. Even the
heavier crops, such as cotton and corn,
wore carried away from tho fields at
night, and traded for liquor and gro
ceries at tho "stores which wero es
tablished for that particular branch of
internal commerce
Seourity of lifo can never be counted
on where property is not protected;
when lho publio authorities wink upon
theft tho pooplo are driven by stress
ot shoer necessity to defend themselves
tho best way they can, and that de
fense ia apt to be aggressively violent.
Justice, infuriated by popular passion,
olton comes to its victims in a fearful
shape. Disorders, therefore, thoro
must havo been, and bloodshed and
violence, and loss of life, though they
are not enumerated or clearly describ
ed in the reports. It is known that
bands ot "regulators" traversed many
purls of tho Slato, and lho fact is es
tablished that seven of lho storehouses
used as places of receiving Btolen goodB
were burnt to tho ground in ono night.
The officers of tho curpot-bag govern
ment "carod for nono of these things."
Tboy saw tbe strugglo between lar
ceny and lyuch law with as much in
difference us (iullio looked upon tho
controversy between tho Jewish syna
gogue and tho Christian church at
Kphesua. This horrible condition of so
ciety leas canted solely by the want of an
honest government.
Rut this is not rtuily lho worst of
it, it Carpet-baggers themsolvcs and
their speciul iriends are worthy of any
credence at all. Tbey testily to nu
merous other murdors, wanton, un
provoked and atrocious, committed
with Impunity under tho vory eyes of
thoir government. General Sheridan
Bays ho collected a list of four thousand
assassinations perpetrated within three
years. Senator 6horman and his asso
ciates of the visiting committee swell
the number greatly, and add that
"half the State was overrun with n'o
lence." No effort was mado to repress
theso disorders or punish tho criminals.
Nobotly was hung, nobody tried, no
body arrcstod. The murderers rnn at
large; tho victims fell at the awful
avorago of about four every day, and
tho publio officers quietly assented to
lilt "the rifle, the knifo, tho pistol and
the rope to do their horrid work" with
out interruption. Are snr.h men fit to
govern a froo State f "Fit to govern I
no, not to live."
If an officer, whose duly it is to,
bring a felon to justice, connives at bis
escape, or willfully allows him to go
free, be boconics an accessory after the
fact, and by all civilised codos his of
fence ia as great aa that ol the princi
pal. Certainly such an officer is mor
ally responsible to Cod and man for a
murder which ho, by the exorciso ol
his proper functions, might have pre
vented, but did not. Apply this rulo
to the Ijouisiana carpet-baggers, and
measure tho depth of thoir iniquity.
There ia an aggravation of it in the
fact stated by Mr. Sherman, tbat most
of theso murders woro done npon no
groca, msny of them females, and some
of thorn moro children. The cnrpol-
baggcrs profeasod to bs the special
friends and protectors of the Alrican
roue ; yet they permitted thorn to be
slaughtered by thousands with uncon
cern ; not lilting a linger to stay the
wholesale destruction of their Uvea,
Is there any mitigation of the terri
ble guilt thus imputed to them by
their friends? Some ot their advo
cates say tbey were too weak to main
tain publio order, and wero raiJ to
try. This will not do; for mibccilitv
or cowardico in such circumstances it
as had as s willful default A magis
trate who saya he ornnof punish or
prevent continued murder is himself a
murderer unless ho gives place to
somebody else who can. Rut in truth
tho carpet-baggers did not lack
strength : and no courage was requir
ed. Legal process was nover opposed ;
the great body ol tho pcoplo woro on
tho sido of law and order; in every
parish tho Sheriff could raiao an irre
sistible possrj tbe aid of the United
States Marshal, with thousands of will
ing and well-paid deputies, could al
ways be eommandod ; the State had
the largest regular police force in
America; and ut lho back of all,
"leashed in like hounds," tho solid bat
talions ol tho federal army "crouched
for employment."
Rut let us bo just. Kellogg and his
confederates do not deserve all this
inlumy. The story of four thousand
murders is part of tho G'roijf Fraud
and was fabricated to servo as an ex
ciiBO lor tho false count. The heads of
the administration at Washington may
properly bo called its creators, for
they said, "Lot it bo made, and it was
made. ibe theory was, that murder
and violence, which tho carpet bag
officers woro too weak or too wicked
to stop, gave them a paramount claim
to the perpetual eontinuanco of thoir
disorderly rule; and that therefore tbo
votes of a popular majority against
them or their candidates for Govornor
nnd President ought not to bo counted.
Acting UKn tins viow, they made up
for tbe then existing government of
Louisiana tbe "bloodiest record on tho
page of time," and used it on all occa
sions ds a standing answer to every
demand for an honest count of the votn
legally polled. That this teas the prede
termined intent as veil at the actual use
of it it very apparent. General Sheri
dan accompanied his atatemont with a
proposition, not only to disenfranchise
twrlnin political niyanizutioni opposed
to lho carpet-baggers, but to outlaw
them as banditti, and leave them to bo
strangled and shot by tbe soldiery un
der bis orders; and tbo Secretary of
War assured him that bis courso was
highly approved by tie President and all
his Cabinet. This dispatch was hasti
ly writlcn by tho Secretary of War,
who, without intending it, did great
injustice to a part of tho Cabinet, Wo
have tho authority ol tjeneral Uclknap
himself for saying that Mr. Fish and
Mr. Hristow indignantly protosted
against (rcnoral Sheridan's atrocious
E reposition. Senator Sherman and
is visiting committee, after giving a
most revoking account ot tho cruelly,
bloodshed, and violenco practiced un
der tho carpet-bag government, con-'
cludo, that, if the pooplo, by their ma
jority already recorded, shall prevail
against It and Its presidential candi
date, "then shall the glories of tho re
public bavo departed.'' Senator Mor
ten, speaking from tho bench of the
electoral commission, drew his strong
est argument for a false count from
the murdors committed tinder carpet
bag auspices. Sonator Howe, of Wis
consin, advocating the fraud, wont
minutely into the history of many un
punished homicides; he smeared and
aauoea the ileilogg government with
innocent blood, and pronounod it emi
nently "respectable." Nearly all the
lesser lights took tho Bamo line of argu
ment, itwasagroviouswrongagainst
tho' carpot-baggers to weavo this
bloody stripe into tho web 61 their his
tory, which was bad enough without
that ; but V set it up as a reason lor
disenfranchising the pcoplo who vote
against a government so stained seems
like a now species of mom? insanity.
T o parade acts or violenco and. mur
der perpetrated within tho jurisdiction
of a carpet-bag government was call
ed, in the flash language uf. the politi
cians, "waving tbe bloody shirt," and
considered a most effectivo mode of
electioneering. A bloody shirt of their
own, always ready to be waved, was a
great merit; and they "assumed the
virtuo, though they bad it not. it
was provod before Mr. ilorrison'a com
mittee that a hotnicido story, which
included tho death of a black person,
was thought, by some Uepulilicnna, to
be aa good for the parly as fifty thou
sand dollars added -to its campaign
fund. , According to this valuation
Sheridan's collection of four thousand
was worth two hundred millions of
dollars. Tho carpet-bag officers did
not object to the fictitious account of
their own bloody baseness; for it was
intended to koop thorn in their places;
and if it had that effect thoy were con
tent to bo jnfamous. lint how the
great loading statesmen of lho coun
try ovor canto to adopt the idea that
the wickedness they chsrgod npon lho
carpet-baggers would, if truo, bo a just
ground for depriving the people of the
right to vote them out is ono of the
mysteries which may possibly bo solv
it hereafter; but with tho lights ne
have now it is wholly Incomprehensible.
Tho wretched system of CBrpet-bag
govern inert could not possibly last.
from the nrst it had no real support.
Tho nnlivo pcoplo and the honest im
migrants, who went there for purpises
of legilimato business, held It in ah
hnrronce, and tho negroes wore not1
long in finding out that it was a sham
and a snare. -As early as 1870, and
before that, tho handwriting was seen
on tbe wall which announced that a
largo and decisive majority of all lho
votes, black and white, had determin
ed to break np this den of thieves.
They must therefore prepare for flight
or punishment, unless thoy could con
trive a way oi uoieuung me popular
will whenever and however it should
bo expressed. Then tho-' returning
board was invented.
This was a machino entirely new,
with powers never before given to any
tribunal in any State. Its object was
not to return, bnt to tvjiprm the votes
or tbo qualified electors, or chango
them to suit the occasion. Ry the
terms ot tho law it can exclude, sup
press, annihilate, all the votes of a
parish for violence, intimidation, or
fraud, which it finds to have been com
mitted and adjudges to have material
ly influonned the result ol tbe poll.
This ia judicial authority so broad that
no court would consent to exorcise it
inflicting the foaflul penalty of dis-
onlranchiscment npon thousands at
once, without hearing and without
legal evulonce, not for any offence ot
thoir own, but for th euptmaod sin of
others over whom they confessedly
have no control. VI course It Is In di
rect conflict with the Btate Constitu
tion' which declares that all judicial
power shall be vested in certain or
dained and established courts, and for
bids it to be used event by (hen, ex
cept apon trial boforo a jury, and con
viction on the testimony of credible
witnesses confronted by tho accused
and cross-examined by ennnael, It Is
besides a most insolent affront to tho
fundamental principles of all elective
government, fur it maiies mo pon oi
the people a mere mockery, which de
cide? nothing except what the return
ing board iB pleased to approve, and
elects nobody whom tho reluming
board does not graciously favor, it
powor to voto a popular volo extends
to all elections, for every class of offl
cers, judicial, legislative, ministerial,
and executive, including doctors ol
President and Vice President.
All men will agreo tbat when vio
lence, fraud, intimidation, etc., occur at
an election, aomo action ought to be
taken upon it to bring the offenders to
justice. Rut this law requires that lho
election officers report the fact, not to
the judicial authorities ol lho Stato, In
order that tho guilty parlies may bo
tried and punished, but to the return
ing board, so that it may impose tbo
penalty of disfranchisement upon inno
cent citizens without trial. The slight
est consideration of this ono provision
shows that the returning board had no
honest purposo ; that it "was conceived
in sin and brought forth in iniquity,"
and that its object was U cheat from
tho beginning.
No man with souse enough to know
his right hand from bis left will need to
bo told that a monstrous thing like this
cannot be constitutionally fustunod up
on a tree Stubs. A government that
makes it ono oi its institutions ceases to
bo Republican cither in form or sub
stance Tho statute ot Louisiana which
undertook to creato it was a mere nul
lity, and all its proceedings were desti
tute ol legal authority, it was at oue
timo asserted that tho supremo court
of the Stato had held it constitutional
and valid, which, if truo, would prove
that tbo court was no better than the
board ; but the oase cited shows that no
such point was raised, debated or de
termined. , ... , ...
The board consisted of flvo persons.
They woro originally appointed by a
carpet-bag Senate, without end of their
tenure and with power to fill vacancies,
which made them a close corporation
and gave them perpetual succession.
To put on some ahow of fuirncss, the
law required thut all parties should bo
represented. This was at first thought
to bo met by tho appointment of ono
Democrat, but when a deed or more
than common baseness was to be dime,
tho Democrat was got rid of, and tbo
other four, desiring to work in secret,
rcluscd to nil bis place.
T his suppressing board did its work
throughly from tho start. It was nover
known to falter. Since its first organiza
tion in 1870 tho majority of the whole
people has been decidedly against Ihi
carpet-baggers at every election. But
the board always intercepted tho ro
turna, and so altered them as to make
a majority the other way. Kellogg
was a candidate lor Goveuor ; he was
largely defeated, but tbe board certifi
ed mm elected. The certificate was so
glaringly false that carpet-baggers
themselves would not help to install
him.andDomocratadelormiiH'd to assert
their rights. It was then that General
Grant, to tho unspeakable shamo of tbo
nation, lifted him into office on tho
bayonets of the army. Afterwards the
outragod people tobo iu revolutionary
wrath, drove him to shelter in tbo
custom house, and inaugurated the roan
tbey had lawfully dueled. Again the
President mado war on tho Stato, and
restored tho usurper to tho ploce which
did not belong to him. Tho Democrats
regularly elected a majority of the
Legislature; as regularly the return
ing board certified a mojority of their
Beat to carpet baggerp or scalawags
or negroes not chosen ; and when tho
truo members met to organizo for bust
ness tbo army wns punctually, on hand
to tumble them out ot their ball
Such was tho condition of things
when tho parties took tho field in 1S7G.
Tho Democrats girded up their lions
for a combat more important to them
aud their children than any they had
yet been engoged in. They were not
only to choose a Governor, Legislature,
and Stato officers, but a President and
Vico-Prosidont who would respect their
rights, and not set aside their election
by brule force.., Messrs. Hayes and
Whoeler wore not believed to be evil
minded mon, bnt thoy bolonged to tho
anti-constitutional party, nnd their
platform pledged them to'walk in the
footsteps of (riant, while, oti the other
hand, lbs lust support of the people
against the lawless outrages ol the carpet-bag
usurpers was wrilton down
among tho first of tho many reforms
which Messrs. Tildcn and Hendricks
would be sure to introduce. Tho Dem
ocrats wero without doubt a groat ma
jority over the carpet baggers and the
negroes who still adhered to Ilium.
False Votoing or cheating in tho regis
tration, could not defeat tlio truo men
of tho State. It they conld only set
their votes honestly counted, added on
and credited to their candidates, they
wouiu certainly be iroo in tho luturo
from lho tyrannical domination which
held them in durance for so many rears.
They felt that under these circumstan
ce tbo electorial franohiso wns a pos
session inestimably precious; .
"lo loie't or glr. t away
Wcta SBCh perdition as Botbina slie.ould match.
They were, tbercfore.nncommonly cau
tious not to impair this great ngbt or
endanger tho success ol its exorciso, by
any act which conn bring thorn under
tho denunciation of even tho returning
board law. : All tho clubs wero earn
estly and constantly exhorted in circu
lars anil ollicrwiso to "bo careful to say
and do nothing which could bo constru
ed into a threat or intimidation of any
charactoi," and advised to tako affida
vits on the day of election ntcach poll
ing place that nodisturbanco had occur
red thoro.
Tho election camo off on tho proper
day, supervised and controlled at every
Colling placo by officers ol tho carpet
kg interest. According to thoir own
count tho result was majority ol 7,
639 for tho Tilden clctors. it has never
yot been domed that this majority was
made up ol ballots cast by citizens lo
yally qualinod. 1 bo volo was regulnr
y tuken, proporly counted, and a truo
record of it mado tn perpetuam rri mem
onam. Those facta being undispntod,
it 1 onows mat ine Tildon electors were
duly appointed, if the people of the
State have tho appointing power, which
they certainly havo, unless tbo consti
tution and the statute-book are not to'
be relied on.
But tho opponents of Tilden and
Hendricks delormind that tho record
ol the appointment mado by tho pco
plo should be mutilated and changed
so as to mako it appear as if clcrtors
for Hayes and Wheeler had been chos
en. They pretonded to beliova that'
violence and intimidation had (Tighten
ed tbe Alrican Hayes men from tho
polls, and that thoir cowardico ought
to be visited in the form of disfranchise
ment on tho heads of others who had
intrepidity enough to perform thoir po
litical ahity. Tbe allegtion was utterly
false. It was made, not only without
evidence to sustain it, but in tho Jaca
of overwhelming proof to tbe contra
ry. All the places nt reghlrstlnn and
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voting were guarded by tbo erealures
of the lederul and Slate administrations,
superintendents, cotnmissioncrs.deputy
marshals, and soldiers, and all of theso
with one voice said tho elections were
poaccablo and froo. Indeed, it is liter
ally impossible that any intimidation
or violenco could havo been practised.
No scusiblo person over gave credit to
it for a moment. Notwithstanding
much mental anxioty about the result,
various reasons combined to mako tho
electiou in Louisiana probably tbo most
quiet and undisturbed in tho union.
Tho charge of actual intimidation at
tho polla having been exploded almost
as soon as it was made, another was
tried which stood a little longer. Tbo
intimidation, it was said, occurred, not
at tho election, but at other times and
elsow hero, somebody onnamed and un
known had breathed out threatcnltigs
and slaughter sn violent Hint many
thousands absented themselves. - This
was vague enough to excite a supersti
tious belief in the existence of a "bull
dozer" whom nobody had ever seen
oxcept as tho goblin is seen which the
emogination bodies forth from the even
ing mutt, .but it vanished into thin air
when tho truth appeared that this was
the largest vote ever given in Louisi
ana, larger in proportion lo tho wholo
opnlntmn than the nvcrago ot all the
Itates ol lho union.
Lastly, thoy fell back on the naked
fact that a eonsiderablo number of ne
groes had voted the Democratic ticket,
and insisted that this "as iu ilself a
sufficient evidence of intimidation.
They built this theory on the nssump-!
tion that no negro could ever be mov I
cd against a enrpot bagger except by
bis personal tears, and that all appeals
to his other passions, or to his reason
and conscience, must necessarily bo in
vain. In fact and in truth, a large
pcrcontage of tho African population
were from the beginning vory slrongly
impressed against tbo strangers who
hail como into tho Stato to rob tho na
tives. Most ot them wero very stupid,
bnt many had sense enough to soe that
this would come to no good. Tbey
bud ono cause of complaint which in
fluenced them Btrongly. iluch of tho
ponderous taxation under which tho
pcoplo suffered hod been imposed on
tlio pretence ol schools for tho elevation
of the negro: when the fund came into
tho hands of carpet-bag officers, they
slolo it of course and lett tho negro to
his aboriginal ignorance The negroes,
not liking thin kind ot elevation, beenme
excited , and in some places large bod
ies of them togetbor broke away lrom
the carpol-baggors. 1 heir revolt was
perlectly natural and it would have
been universal If their stupidity had
been only a little lessdense. l et it is per
sistontly assorted in effect that the car
pet bagger owna tbe negro by a title
so incontestable that tbe volo of lho
latter is never withheld from the lor
mor except because ol bulldozing
whoreby the white Democrat ought to
lose not only tbo voto given him by
tho negro, but his own vote in the bar
gain, i his preposterous view pervadi
all the discussion on that side, inso
much that the foremost ltcpnbllcans of
tho country have thought themselves
making an argument lor dislranchise
mcnt of Democrats by morcly showing
that tho vote lor the carpet bag candi
dates tell below tho aggregate number
ot black electors Ini particular parish
or was loss than that given at some
former election.
Ono curious caso of bulldozing ia
given by Air. Morrison's committee,
lho negroes ot Fast Feliciana fell away
in largo numbers from tbo carpet-baggers,
and so many expressed their in
tention to voto on the other sido that
a considerable majority fur the Demo
cratic candidates was pluinly foreseen.
Tho chiefs of tho carpet-baggers at
New Orleans, being informed of this,
instructed the iocaflcnders of tho par
ish not to voto ; no ticket was put
forth on their part ; not a single Re
publican voto wan cast even by tho
parish officers. This was done on pur
pose to lay the ground work for a charge
of intimidation. Fast FHIoisna wss
dooJurcd a bulldozed parish and the
pcoplo in it woro disfranchised. ; . .
Even ifsvoassumo tho righteousness
of tho principle embodied in tho Lou
isiana election law, that ono man may'
be disfranchised because another has in
timidated a third, there was no show
of ground upon which the Democratic
majority could be questioned. Tbo mi
nority therefor left tho case to lho re
turning board, In full confidence, that
it was corrupt enough to act ns desired
without evidence, against law, and in
defiance of tbo known truth. -t - -
Tho personiul of tho board justified
thofaitu oflhocarpct-baggors ami their
allies. If tho evidence concerning ItB
members bo rightly reported by the
investigation committee they wore
marked out by the history of their pre
vious lives, noted and signed to do any
deed of shamo which might be required
at their bands. Wells wns a custom
house officer at New Orleans, and ono
of tho worst of that bad lot ; a defaulter
totno rta ootiong siana.rg,w.tno,.Mhllvoliccn J)hn 1oun( .
character lor integrity or verac.ly and I , bt.ftutiful Muh int0 'tll0 r 4
or thirty years regarded us unworthy hiW f , n,i(,llb(M.hooj( wlliho
:,rZ.o
1 1. t 1 ' . -i . -
cnrnc'i 11 111 pan iy aiding wnne lie
was a Senator to pat up a fraudulent
job upon tho State, and taking tho in
iquitous proceeds to hiinsell. Ul tho
two mulatlocs, ono was allowed to es
enpo punishment, nnd promptly taken
into tlio board. The other wns too ig.
nnrunt to know bis duty, but his tes
timony showed such indifference to the
obligations of un oath that ho wns
deemed as snlo lor tho carpet-baggers
ns either of his colleagues.
They comprehended tho situation,
saw tho difficulty of tbe work before
them, and resolved to make it put' in
something bailer than mute promises
ol "recognition," bowovcrgonerous and
ample V ells, w ho was their spokes
man in privato ns in public, wroto in
strict confidence to a carpel-bag Sena
tor, thon at Washington, a toiler which,
boing condensed into plain English,
means this: "There's millions in it.
See our friends and act promptly, liny
ns immodiatcly or we will sell out to
tho other side. Talk freely to the
gentleman who presents this; he knows
tbe moves. To the bearer ot the loi
ter he explained that It was vory bard
work 10 count in tho ilcpublicnn can
didatethe Democratic niajorily was
too largo to handle bo wanteil to
servo his party, bnt ho would not tako
this inn witbont compensation he
must nnvo "two hundred thousand dol
lars apiece for himself and Anderson,
and asimilarsum lor tho niggers." On
this basis bo authorized his embassador
at Washington to negotiolo with the
Kcpublican managers. At the samo
time bo was offering himself at New
Orleans to tho Democrats at first for a
half a million, bnt afterwards proposed
that bo would leave in enough Votes to
elect Mr. Nicbolls (Democratic candi
date lor diovcrnori, if two hundred
thousand dollars cash wero first placed
In his hands.
onuci tisioti XT wnaa. '"
cd Vankco has uudvrtuken hicior
things than this "culture of seals."
What Is It in comparison with bis
modern school eyatom, that ho is oon
fltlcv.VTill"el'ji?tfc"childrenintoadolo. sconce, so confident that they adopt '
Itcecber'a proposal of force fur the in
fidels of wmraon srnae If - W hat ts-tt-oven
to tho Yankeo belief in bis capac
ity to grow cotton by machinery, aud
thut shall dispense with tho service of
poor Sambo altogether? Above all,
what Is It in comparison with Old
Abo's undertaking of "emancipation "
making beings equal whom God made
unequal? 11 that can be doneif the
negro haircan bo straightened ont and
his black skin blenched white and
bruin added, to say 20 per cent., and
ndeod Ins entire organism reconstruct
ed into that of tho whito man why
lho seal busiucsa might really b'o a
suoccoa. Meanwhile, we beg lo say to
Mr. Robert Rooseyolt, and others
learned iu "fish culture," that they
will wnko up some of these tlays to tho
very simple bnt very potent truth that
that which God has lashioncd and fixed
and '-located" will remain forever just
where the divine wisdom placed it, and
therefore all their enterprising Inborn
of opening up "fieh fields will cndjttst
where Old Abe's enterprise will end
killing off, not increasing, their pro
teges. -
Ur the RospiioRi's. Drifting cau
tiously down to tbo mouth of the
Golden II oiti, picking onr way among
tho shipping that is anchored in mid
stream, wo turn away from tbe point
ot the Sernglio, bead due north, und
lind ourselves entering a river. This
is tho Bosphorus; it might be the Hud
son, or any oilier winding stream that
has green walls and is lovely to look
npon. Just think ot it lor a moment.
On our right tho eastern shore Is Asia ;
on our lelt, lo tbe wost, is Europe ; at
our buck ia tbo Sea of Marmora, and
In two hours wo shall havo como to
tho waters of the Black 8ea. The
channel turns so abruptly at titnos that
seven land locked lnkcs are lormcd,
each moro charming than tbe last.
Palaces, villas, villages lino the deli
cious shores ; tho bills brood over the
waters like hanging gardens of delight.
I belicvo that tho rcmarkablo beauty
of tho Besphorus is positively unequal
led in tho world, for nature haB made
hero a bed lor art to dream in. Behold
two continents, face to face, like rival
qticoqs, glassing themselves between
two classic seas. Wo are cruising bo
twecn tho Pontis and Proponlis, tho
Kuxino and tho Marmora. We swing
from shore ; pause lor a few moments
at each landing ; exchange passengers,
and havo over about us a landscape
that is renowed at ovory turn, and a
surpriso that is as fresh when wo steam
up tho (i olden Horn at sunset as at the
hour when wo came out of it with onr
hearts lull of expectation. Charles
ll'nrrfn Stoddard in the San Francisco
Chronicle.
A Viroinia Beli e. Tho "Powhat
an estato" was for two hundred years
tho property of tho Mayo family, and
here, as tho story goes, Johnl Howard
I'oyno tell madly in love, when in
Richmond, with miss MaryMayo(aItcr
word Mrs. General W infield Scott), a
famous Richmond bello in her day, and
remarkable for ber wit and intelligence,
ns well as for her extraordinary beauty.
Poor Payne laid his hoart at her feet,
bnt she is ssid to have toyed and co
quetted with it, and then to have flung
it asiilo. When all bopo of winning
the prize was abandoned, Payne went
to Europe, where he remained for near
ly twenty years, and whoro ho wroto
his "Home, Sweet Home," which was
first sung in his opera of "Clara," at
London. This traditional incident in
the lite of Payne revives another (and
one slill current in Richmond) connec
ted with (ieneral Scott. It is said tbat
when ho first addressed Miss Mayo, bo
was only a captain in tbe regular army,
nnd his suit was summarily dismissed.
Afterward, when a major, ho renewed
tho proffer of his hand, but with no
hotter success. The third lime bo wore
lho epaulets of a general, and these
promplly secured his acceptance.
When asked by one of ber Iriends why
sho had thus suddenly changed her
mind, Miss Mayo iB said to havo replied:
In mv estimation, there is a very
decided difference between a captain,
or oven a major, and a general in the
American army. ' nerwner for July.
Honorable Eiiplotmknt. There ia
nothing tlerogntoiy in any employ
ment which ministers to tho well-being
ot tho race. Tho ploughman that turns
tho clod may be a Cincinnatus or a
Washington, or ho may be a brothor
to the clod he turns. It is every way
creditable to handle tho yard, and to
measure tape 4 the ouly discredit con
sists in having a soul whose range of
ibouglil is as short ns tho stick, and
as narrow as the tape. There is no
glory in the act of affixing a signature
Ey which treasures of commerce are
transferred, or treaties between na
tions arc ratified; tho glory consists of
the reotitndc of lho purposo -that ap
proves tho one, and lho grandeur ol
lho pbilanthrophy that sanctifies the
other. The timo is soon coming, when,
by the common consent of mankind, it
will be esteemed more honorable to
'
havo been set on a throne
Wnr.uz She Leaiined or It. An
American mothor came to Parte a fow
weeks ago, bringing ber daughter, at
girl ot thirteen.- 'This daughter had
liecn reared tenderly; the inner petal
ol a rosebud is not mora sheltered from
malign influence than she. Rut some
times a worm creeps into tho very
heart of a rosebud. "Mamma," said
(bis child a day or two after her ar
rival in Paris, "do lot us go to the Bois
do Boulogne, or some where where ws
can seo Cora Pearl and the rest ol tho
demi-monde I" 1
"Cora Pearl! lho demi-monde 1"
gasped tbo horror-stricken mother,
"w here did yon ever hear of such hor
rible things 7"
"Why, in Lucy Iloopcr'e letters, of
courso, that wore in the newspapers at
home 1" answered tbo child.
WORRVINU TlltMStLVIS ToPlATll.
Peoplo worry themselves ill ; they wor
ry themselves Insano; they worry
themselves lo death. Ambition la a
good thing; enorgy is a good thing;
industry is a good thing. But rest
loesncss, fretfulness and worry thesa
tend directly to inosnity and death.
One ought to love society, If hs
wishes lo enjoy solitude. It is social
nature that solitudo works npon with
lho most various power. - If one is
misanthropic, and betakes himself to
loneliness that he may get away from
hateful things, solitude is a silent emp
tiness to him. ""
Tbe human voice has nine perfect
tones, but these can be combined into
17ro92,044,4U different Bounds. The
arithmetic is not to bo vouched for,
but It correct accounts for somo of lbs
discord from w hich the family of Adam
anfler. 1 .--.
rMi .r.r.
f.biiritf
Clearlald.Pa., Ort. If 1 f