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CLEARFIELD, PA.
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JSRAEL TEST, '
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
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VOL. 53-WHOLE NO. 2,626. CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1879. ' NEW SE1UES-V0L. 20, NO. 21.
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OUR SCtlOOIS.
Altaaal Raport at M. L. Mrtlaowa. kuper.
Iiitaudaiit or nrhooia at DicBraata
couHty. for tha year eliding;
Julia lat, mm.
The intorenU of a majority of tbe
cbool fhililren have been carolully
guarded during tbe pant yenr by those
bavmir authority over tbem. Joe
combined efforts of director, tuachera
and parents in nearly all tbe school
district bavo secured for their schools
tbe fullest measure of success. The
regular atUndunce, laudable ambition
and correct deportment of scores ol
pupils gave to our schools increased
dignity aud efficiency. In few dis
tricts unwiso economy, on the pari of
directors, defeated our most progress
ive measures and no striking improve
ments were manifest. With tbe lessons
ot the past year to guide us and tho
sun beams of a renewed unancial pros
perity shining upon oa, we have every
reason to nelieve in at ma work: 01 tne
present yoar will be crowned with still
more satisfactory results.
' HOUSES.
Five new houses were built during
tbe year: Tt in Brady, one in Hus
ton, one in Chest, and one in Lawrence.
One of those built in Brady township
is a fine graded building, containing
two rooms and all tbe improvements
of modern architecture. Tbe subjects
of ventilation, beating, black board
surface, etc, have received due atten
liOn. Both rooms are seated with ths
best patent furniture, making it, in all
resoects, a "first-class house." The
other house is located in the north
eastern part of tbe township, and was
built to accommodate tbe people of a
sparsely sottled community. It it
pleasantly .located, and comfortable,
but not costly. Tbe house in II uston
township is a modol district school
boose in tne fullest sense 01 toe term.
It occupies an enviable position on bigb
ground, well supplied with good furni
ture, apparatus, and suitable out-buildings.
It cost fifteen hundred dollars.
The one built at Paradise, in Lawrence
township, in point of excellence com
pares lavoraoiy who ins ons just ae-
scribed. Its location, however, is not
beyond objection. Bunding somewhat
secluded, its surroundings are uninvit
ing. Apart from this, however, it is
in advance ot the average school bonse,
and reflects great credit upon tbe
iuuVment of tbe directors. Tbe house
in Chest is a comfortable plank honse,
costing fonr hundred dollars. When
completed it wilt be comfortable, but
lacking in many wayo. In nearly all
the districts some improvements were
made in furmturo, bouses and grounds.
The directors of Burnsido borough re
seated their house with patent furni
ture. The school building at French
villo. Covineton township, was also
provided with new patent furniture;
and tbe directors of Goshen township
emended about two hundred and nlty
dollars for new furniture for their
rooms. Yfe are sorry mat airoctors
have not given more attention to this
important part of their work. The
manv dilapidated school houses that
dot our valleys and bills are not the
most brilliant pictures 01 progress, in
lb event ot better times, however,
these olmtuclcs will bo gradully re
moved. SCHOOL ROOM DECORATION. .
' -It i with nleasure tbat I refer to
the efforts of many of our tcitcbera to
make their surroundings allraouve.
In manv instances .Nature's contribu
tions were accepted and tcnoner and
nnnila united .in making beautiful
wreaths and entwining tbem about the
room : to - these were added mottoes,
hannintf baskets, and many other arti
cles of ornamentation, thus giving their
surroundings an inviting and attractive
appearance. Nothing came undor my
observation during my visit mat wai
toon D-mtifvinff than this. Home, how
ever, accepted their situation as tbey
fonnd It and did nothing to enhance
their surroundings or develop the finer
sensibilities of those placed nniler their
care.
APPARATUS.
The schools ol Cloarfiold and Cur
lie boron if h and Huston town
ship are pretty well provided with ap.
paratus. in a number of other dis
tricts a few meagre articles are found,
while the remaining onea are alarm
ino-lv deficient. Directors bave re
marked to me tbat tbeir teachers
seemed ignorant of tbe use of appara
tus, wbicb waa not Tcrj encouraging
to tbem, and was the principal cause of
their indifference in tnis aireouon.
This statement, in many instances, is
lwi true. The directors ot Horns,
Girard, Decatur, Woodward, and ol
few other districts, purchased for each
of tboir schools tb New School Msp
of Pennsylvania. I ne same sum couiu
not bar been expended to a Deiter ad
vantage.
GRADED SCHOOL.
fine arraded schools were never In a
more prosperous condition. In ths
principal town thdirector hav been
especially fortunaU in aeouring Uch
era of tact, talent Rod experience. Id
tbe Hi(?b Bcnoois ol ciearneia, -our-wensville,
Penfleld, and Lnmber City,
kii,.r edueatioa M duly provided for,
Ths course of tudy embodies equally
as much asisoft'ured by our Acailomies
and some of our boasted Seminaries.
Tho Leonard Graded School ol Clear
field has established a graduating
course, and grants diploma. At tho
close ol the present year it graduated
iweive young ludies and gentlemen.
The schools of LutlicreburL', Ster
ling and Ucutzville were graded dur
ing the year. Graded schools aro need
ed at Glen Hope, Burnsido and New
Washington, aud in several of the
mining districts.
SCHOOLS AMONO THE MINKS
Tbe teachers placed in charge of the
schools in tbo mining district were
with lew exceptions devoted and faith.
ful, yet the obstacles, characteristic of
loose regions, were more than they
eotild tumeasfully overcome, and a
number of tbe schools wore purtial
failures. The directors were likewise
earnest in the discharge of their du
ties and established schools siifllciunt
to accommodate all the ohildron in tha
districts. It is discouraging to lakes
survey ol tbe mining districts and see
tbe countless numbers growing up in
ignorance and vice. It is to be re
gretted that times are not more favor
able to the laborers of tbese suctions.
In mailt- instances DovcrtT seems to
bave so scourged tba inhabitants that
the education of their children ia of
little momont, compared with the
struggle tor limad.
Our schools are frtt, yet it is not
ithin tho power of directors to fur
nish food and raiment to the poor chil
dren out of the current funds of tbo
district, the want of which deprives
them of the benefits ot our Common
Schools and thus bequeaths to tho
State in coming timo scores of illiterate
men and women. , 1 his is a subject
that should engross the minds ot our
legislators and enlist tbo'considerntion
of every oitixen. The continuous de
velopment of the mineral resources of
this State insures to us an increased
foreign population. The perpetuity
of this great State depends, in a meas
ure, upon tbo true education ot the
sons and daughters of this element.
It it bo neglected, wo can rost assured
that an indelible stain will be stamped
upon the futureaglory of this Com
monwealth. SCHOOLS IN THE LUMBER AND A'lRICIH.-
TUBAL DISTRICTS,
The schools in these districts wero
the main successful. Tho sixty
teachers employed in the county who
never taught, were found in rural dis
trict schools. Some ol these being en
dowed with teaching power and striv
ing lor promotion, success and reputa
tion, proved worthy of their hire, and,
in a numltor ol instances, look tbe
laurels from their mnro experienced
rivals. Others were negligent and
careless, cared notbiog for success,
placed no premium uponpublicopinion,
and did nothing, except betray tho
confidence of the people. In com
paring the work of our prosperous
country schools with that of our vil
lage, and many ol our borough schools,
I am forced to believe that the enter
prising district school (though some
times kept in a boueo reproacbiui to
our high civilization) accords more
clearly with the original design ot the
founders ol our system, i borougn in
struction in tbe common branches is
more generally given and the schools
floctionateiy cherished ny tnose wno
maintain tbom.
In many districts educational meet
ings were held, and literary societies
organized, in which the young and tbe
old alike took an active part.
INSTITUTES.
Tho County Institute- convened in
Pie's Opera IIouso on Monday, Decem
ber 28th, 1878, and continued until
noon the r riday lol lowing. Une bun
dred and seventy-nine teacher wore
present 90 per cent, of all engaged
in tb county. Tbe work of the week
was most salutarv In its effect, and
seeme6 quicken tho educational pulse
throutrbout tbe entire county, froi.
A. N. Raub, of tbe Lock Haven State
Normal School j Prof. E. U. Barlow,
of Lafayette Collage, and Hon. ilonry
Houck, ot tbe uuparimeni 01 rumic
Instruction, were tbe principal in
structors. Many ol our own teachers
came to tbo Institute with weil-pre-
nared charts, papers, and discussions,
and thereby rendered efficient aid in
the proceedings. Tbo lecturers wore
chosen from among tb best talent of
the country and in every Instance lea
jjircd to large and appreciative audi-
.nnnl. hf , Un HAntllV AO.
OtlUVW. Jk U. UDOIItv VI " ' J , -
pecially those of Clearfield, Curwens
ville, and other towns along tbo rail
road, deserve my thanks for tbe inter
est manifested and the liberal patronage
bestowed. An exposition, consisting
of a display of teachers' and scholars'
work, was a prontauie anu pleasing
feature nf the Institute. At tbe
opening
of tbe schools in tbe tail, 1
divided the county into sections, pre-
faratory to the organization of District
nstitutes. Tbe teachers of a number
of districts cheerfully responded and
kotit ud irood Institutes during mo
term. Others, more dilatory than their
fellows, shrunk from duty and allowed
tbeir Institutes to diminish In interest
and finally expire. Local Institutes
were held at New Washington and
Penfleld with good success. At theso
meetings evening lectures wore deliv
ered by eminent gentlemen of our own
county. At tbe close of tbe school of
Brady township (nineteen in number)
the teachers, directors, anu irienua ui
education, held a re-union at itutbera
burg. It was a pleasant and profit
ble meeting.
DIRECTORS' CONVENTION.
Forty directors, representing nearly
ovory district In the county, met in
Convention in the Court House, in
Clearfield, on Thursday, January 2d
during: the session of the County I nstl-
tuts. lion, ilonry Houck, Deputy
State Superintendent, delivered an able
address, and expiaineu socuuiib ot iuo
School Law. rree discussions iook
place among the directors, all of which
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were Doaricar uirecuy uyuu tuvu nun
tb discussion opon the prices and
quality of text-book being the leading
one. A resolution was finally passed.
askinir tb County Superintendent to
appoint a committee of seven teachers
and fir directors, wh setJuty it should
be to examine price and ose all bon
orable means to secure a reduction in
tbe price of books in use in tb schools
of the county. Tbe Committee organ-
tod and bold two subsequent meeting
at tb coonty teat, carrying ool lln
legitimate purpose oi lis appointment.
COUNTY NORMAL SCHOOL.
This institution which baa, for the
neat twelve years, been kept open
during the summer month by the
County Superintendent ha been sus
pended. A oroewhat new doparture
baa been com mt need, and, though not
lucrative on to tb Superintendent,
and as yet in it loUncy , w beliet: it
embodies all Ibe merit of a Cen'.ral
Normal School. W desire briefly to
notice why, in oir opinion, such a
change should b Inaugurated. Twelve
years ago the County Normal School
under the County Superintendent was
a necessity, bo being the only one
matured in experionce and capable of
instructing toachers. Our toacbers at
that time were of a material suscepti
ble of improvement and professional
training. During the intervening period
graded schools demanding teachers
ol a bigh order or learning have sprung
up. The tcacbors in charge of those
schools aro wen disciplined, and com
petent to conduct training school.
Whether the County Superintendent,
under tbeso circumstances, and sustain
ing tho relation be does to the teachers
ol tbo county, should ignore tbe ability
of our best teachcri by monopolizing the
patronage of our summer schools, has
alwaya been to me question of tbo
gravest doubt, and one that has called
lortbtbe open disapproval ot the State
Superintendent. In inaugurating this
change my object is to establish train
ing schools each year -where it seems
most advisable, undor teachers of skill
and experionce, rosorvinir the riuht to
direct ine course ol study for tho -Nor
mal departments, make sucrueslions
and instruct in theory and pructice of
lencning, witbout sharing In the pro
ceeds of any school thus organised.
By vigilance in this diroction, i believe
our summer schools can be made agon
cios of powor, transmitting life and
vitality to our publio schools and
monldino h'' rttv bvuiiuiuiii
in every section of the county.
OFFICIAL WOBK DONE.
During the year 1 held thirty public
and three special examinations, al
which I issued two hundred and sixty
five provisional and three professional
certificates. Twonty-fonr applicants
wore rejected and two certificates an
nulled. One hundred and ton direo
tors wero prosent al theso examina
tions. I made in all two hundred and
forty-two visits to schools, visiting all
but sevon once, twenty-six the second,
and six the third time. Ninety direc
tors accompanied me during my visits.
The schools not visited were tompor
raily closed when 1 was in tbeir dis
trict. In addition to this 1 prepared
circular ot instructions and a blank
pon which I roceived and filed a re
port ot each school, copied and for
warded tbe annual district reports:
prepared and distributed over two hun
dred dollars worth of documents among
teachers and directors; prepared oighty
columns of educational matter for publi
cation in tbe county papors ; bold tho
annual County Institute; attonded the
Teacher lnslitnto at Huntingdon, and
four meetings of our Local and District
Institutes; 1 wrote four hundred and
forty -seven official letters; travelod
two iboue&na miles, and spent two
una red and sixty days in olbcial
uties.
EDUCATIONAL AOENCIIS.
Tbe most potent educational agency
in this county it the publio press.
Our county papers bave been most
valuable In tbe cause of education,
never once rofusing to publish articles
intended to advance tbe interest of our
schools. Tbe editors of tbe Clearfield
Republican and Rafttman't Journal
give us tho use ot a column for educa
tional litorature. Ibis space bo boon
utilized to tbe best advantage possible
and has resulted in much good. Wo
hope it may bave a tendency to Inluso
our teachora a ocsiro lor reading
more ot tbe educational literature ol
tho day. As a class our toachers are
sadly deficient in general information.
Tbey tall to inlorm tbemselros upon
those topics which contribute so much
to a cultured and finished education.
Tbe instruction in our schools would
be much more popular and effective
were our teachers to enrich their minds
with those little gems of thought
which are the progenitors of tbe lofti
est intelligence. In many districts
well conducted literary societies have
proven to be valuable auxiliaries to our
school work. Minister of the gospel,
bave, in nearly all instances, proven
themselves xealout Iriends of Common
Schools, and as such bave rendered
efficient aid.
SUOQEHTIONS.
1. Ithasbocometoocommonininany
parts of the county for teacher placed
in chargo of schools to leave their
schools lor a day, or a week sometimes,
in charge of a scholar or tome one
wholly unqualified lor such position.
This practice 1 as perniciou in lis
Afluenceas ttis uulawlul.and deserves
Ibe severest censure. I would suggest
to boards of directors to look carolully
after this misdemeanor and by force of
authority protect our schools lrom
this uncalled for imposition.
z. ibe common branches are per
emptorily required to be taught in
every district. Directors aro tbo prop-
or persons, duly empowered to en
force this, and it is their imperative
duty to too that all tbe branches re
quired by law are taught in evory
hool.
3. It has become customary for
directors to give the school houses
of their districts to incompetent young
eirls, in which to conduct Summor
schools. The result of this is that
children suffer more Injury from de-
lective teaching loan tho qualibed
tcachor employed for tho Wintor can
romovo during the entire term. Thi
evil can be removed by director al-
lowing no one tbe ose ot a school
bouse who has not a certificate from
the County Superintendent issued at
tbe reeular publio examinations.
0. Irremilaritioaolien occur between
teacher and director regarding the
subioct ol holiday, because) tbe con
di lions of tb artiole of agreement are
not definitely specified. '1 o avoid this,
director should record is tb body of
tbe article the exact number of days
tbe tcbool is to be open each month of
the term.
IN MEMORIAM.
It is with feelings of tho deepest
sadness that we are compelled, at the
close of thi year, to chronicle the
death ol two ol our most oeumauie
voune teachers. Early in the Spring
. r loan At;.a f . w-in I i n e-Un v
Ut AOto, juioa jj.mviu - . . , -uu
a member ol the County Institute,
and wbo taught one term of school
died at her home in Goshen township,
at tbe age of twenty -three year. Time
with it effacing fingers can never re
move the memories tbat clustor around
tbo golden deeds ol hor Christian life.
She wa an exemplary teacher, always
winning tha confidence and esteem of
those wbo were to profit by ber in
struction and example.
Scarce had Nat or vied in lb splen
dor of ths Spring of 1870, when death
again invaded our. rank. I refer to
the death of Mis Maggie McGee,
which occorrcd at her bom in Boll
vwnabip, April 28th. Sbo taught
one term and wa well-known to many
of our teachers, having attendod the
County Normal School two term, nd
having been member of the Coonty
Institute. She will live long in the
memory of thos who enjoyed the
pnntyandnennes oi oeraocieiy. u on
erous and amiabl io til ber ways, and
zeulou in tho Christian faith, bor end
was peace. , .
In the ordeal of care and aflliction
how sustaining the thought that we
are born for a bigbei destiny than that
oi earth ; and now consoling tho as
suranco that theso. our co-workers,
have gone "to worship Him who dwell
otb beyond the star and whose glory
is above tho brightness of tho sun."
CONCLUSION.
In closing this, my first annual re
port, 1 deem it eminently fitting to
tender my acknowledgements to the
many teachers, wtoeu co-operation I
bavo roceived ; to tho directors, wbo
have so kindly received and honored
my suggestions j to tbeehildron, whoso
animated prattles nd genial smiles
bave strengthened myeftorts; to the
many goneron people, whose hospital
ity I have enjoyed; to the county
papers, for their benevolence and in
dulgence; and to tbe Dcpartncnt of
Public Instruction, fur many kindnesses
and courtesies.
"PEACE AND REST." ,
WHAT TUB PKOPI.E AUK lOR AND
HAUIC'ALIMM HM'LHEX. ,
SENATOR ZEB VANCE'S OREAT SPEECH N
MX FORCE LAWS now THE SOUTH
WAS MADE SOLID, AND WHY SHE j
18 KEPT to -SOME RADICAL
TBATED. ,
The following aro tbe most Inter
esting portions ol Gov. 55eb Vanot's
great speech, as published in Tlmis
day't Congressional Record :
It seems to be the peculiar misfoi-
tuno of the section from which I come,
and I believe it to be also tho misfor
tune of the whole country, that no
quostion in any way pertaining to th
South or originating with an' repre
sentative from tbe South hits been ahl
to obtain a fair bearing in tbeso halli
upon tho merits. Indeed, it would
seem as it the day for that kind of dis
cussion had passed away forever. I
had been taught to beliovo that tho
object of discussion was to elicit truth ;
and not only was it usolcss, but such
discussion was mischievous, if that was
not the object to be obtained. If this
indeed bo so, I might appoal wilb con
fidence to every fair-minded man In
the United Stales who hoars or reads
our debates bore and ask it the discut
sion of the questions now before tho
Senate has been fairly or logically
handled with the viow to ascertain the
truth. It is proposed :
First By the Legislation which is
now in part before us and which has
been, to repoal tbe law nnder which
authority is assumed to intorforo with
tbe election of the country by the use
ot the military.
Second I o repeal tbo laws by
which the United Slates marshals and
supervisors wore authorized to control
the elections of the country.
Third To repoal tbe law requiring
jurors in the Federal courts to take
the tost oath.
Now, those aro the questions, plain
and simple, which have engaged tbe
attention ot tho American Congress
and the peoplo for the last tbroo months.
Common sence and a decent regard for
the publio interest require that they
should receive at our bands the calm
est and most dispassionate considera
tion wbicb it is in our power to bestow
upon them. Tho staple of the argu
ments in opposition has been as wido
ot this object as it is possible for hu
man Imagination to concoive. une
Senator, as his argument, cries out re
bellion ; another cries out secession ;
another exclaims, with alaim, that
rebel soldiors aro here in these halls ;
another claimos that the North pays
tho larger part of the direct taxes,
and Dearly all the taxes collected on
imports ; another tee a goblin in tho
shape ot t Democratic caucus ; another
holds up bit bands in ooiy horror in
contemplating the fact that there is
absolutely a Democratic majority in
both branches of Congross ; and yet
another sees ruin in a solid south ; and
last, but not least, one Senator exclaims
in the famine ot argument, "Jctlerson
Davis ;" and that is the contribution
that he furnishes to tbe literature of
tho country.
Those various and legal appeals havo
not oven tho merit that the old negro
groom attributed to John Minor Dolt's
race-torsos ; lor when luunlod wnn
the fact tbat his horse could not beat
anything, he congratulated himself
that at all ovonls they could beat each
other I Those apologies tor arguments
cannot even beat each other in absurd
ity. An honest j'idgo will be compell
ed to decide that the race is a drawn
one and all the bets are off.
If our nrocodings. Sir. President,
wero in tho nature of a complaint and
answer, tbero is not a court in
tbo land but would be compelled to
ordor that the answers put in bore by
tbo Republican dolundunt to those
bills be stricken out as frivolous, and
tbata judgment be rendered in favor of
me piaintiiis. a win nut, rouapituiuw
the argumont in favor of those bills.
Tboy are before the country, and will
bo properly ludgod oi in due season.
I desire only to make a few observa
tion in reply to ineso sectional p
neals.
Whomadolhe South solid? Tbe
answer is as plain and unmistakablo
at it is possible to make anything to
tbe human intellect; tne jiepuoncun
party i responsible for this tbing. At
the beginning of tbe late war almost
tbo entire Whig ptrty of tbe South,
with a largo and influential portion ot
tb Democratic, wero in favor of the
Union and deprecated, with their
whole souls, tbe attempt at its destruc
tion, but through love of tbeir native
State and sympathy with tbeir kin
dred and neighbor, they were drawn
into the support of the war. What be
came of theni after tb war? Their
wisdom in opposing It was justified by
tho ruinous results ; their patriotism
and courage wero blgbly appreciated,
and when peace came this class were
in hiirh favor at tha South, while the
secessionists, as the original advocates
of a disastrous policy, wero down in
publio estimation.
If you eentlcmen of tho North had
then come forward with liberal term
and taken tbese mon by tbe band, yno
would have established R party in
the South that would have perpetua
ted your power in tbit Government lor
a feneration, provided you bad listen
od to the view ol tuose men anu re
spected thoir policy on questions touch
ing their section. But you' pursued
the very opposite course ; a count
which compelled almost every decont
intelligent man of Anglo-Saxon preiu
dice and tradition to take a firm and
doterm i ned stand agai nst you ; a oon ree
which consolidated all shades ot polili
cal opinion into on resolut mas to
defend what they conceived to be thoir
ancient formt ol government, lows,
liberties, and civilization llaelf. By
confiscation and the destruction of war,
yoo had stripped us of property to tb
REPUBLICAN.
extent of at least (3,000,000, and lot
our land dosolate, ront, and torn, our
homos consuinud with firo and our
pleasant places ft wasted wildurnoss.
1'oaco then camo no, not peace, but
tho end of a war come no, not tho
ond of a war, but the end of a legiti
mate, civilized war; anil for three
years you dallied with us. Une day
wo wero treated as though wo were in
tire Union and as though we had logiti
mate Statu governments in operation;
another day wo were treated as though
wo wore out ot tbe union and our
Stato governments were robullioua
usurpations, it was the regular game
of "Now you soo it, and now you don't"
e am in tbo L nion lor all purposes
of opposition, we woro out of it for all
purposes ol protection, r inally, suemir
that we still remained Democratic, the
Union was dissolved by aat of Congress
and we wero lormully legislated outside
n order that you miuht brinir us in
to tho Union again in such a way us
to guarantee us a Republican form of
government ; that is, that we should
vote tho Republican ticket; and you
cited article 4, section 4, of tho Consti
tution as your authority to do thia.
loutlosposed our Male governments
nd ejected lrom otlico every ouicial
from Governor to towiwnip constable,
and remitted us to a stato of chaos in
hich tbo only light of human author-
ty for the regulation of human affairs
- the control ot human passions was
'"h gleamed from tho polishod
Vt5?.iL2u !llir.r.'A,baY.o.net, Undor
siiyuoinuiu
system of jurisdiction of tho groat Dec
laration, "that govern incuts derive
their just powors from the consont of
tho governed," you began and complet
ed the task of guaranteeing to us a
Itepublican lorm ot government.
,'ou disfranchised at least ton per cent.
oi our citizens, embracing tbe wisest,
best and most experienced. You en
franchised our slaves, tho lowost and
most ignorant ; and you placed over
them as leaders a class of men who
have attained to the highest positions
of infamy known to modern uges.
In order to proservo the semblance
of consent, convictions wero called to
lorm new constitutions, the delegates
to which wero chosen by this new and
unheard of constituency. The milita
ry counted the votes, often at tho head
quarters in distant Stalos, tho General
in oommand determining. tho election
and qualifications of the dolcgatos.
Many of these delegates were negroes,
on whom tho right to volo and hold of
fice bad not yet been bestowed- 1 hoy
tramod constitutions, in which they
gavo themselves this right, and it was
submitted lor rutihcation to tho samo
constituency whocboie tho dolcgatos,
ami none other tbat is to say, tboy
propounded the quostion whether they
Bhould vole and hold oinco to luein-
selves, and decided this question by
their own votes, while white men wore
not permitted to voto. Torhap the
annals of tho race from which we
spring, with all its various branches
ipread throughout tbo world, cannot
urnish such a parody upon tbo prin
ciples ot freo government basod upon
the consent ol tbo governed.
These constitutions wero dcclaied
adoptod by tho General in command,
perhaps tbey woro adoptod. And at
tho same election, to called, wore also
hosen htato ofneors for a long term nf
oars, and chosen by the same constl
Uiency. The new governments wont
to work, and in tbo short spaco of four
yoar they plundored llioso eloven
Southern Stales to tho extent of E1C2,
000,000; that it to say, tbey took all
tbat wo had that was amenable to
larceny, and thoy would have taken
more doubtless, but for tho same reason
that the weather could not get any
colder in Minnesota, as described by a
returned emigrant lrom that Stato,
because the thermometer was too
short" Laughter. And now recall
ing tbeso facts and a hundred nioro
which I cannot now name, can any
candid man wonder that wo -became
solid ? Can he wonder that old Whigs
and Democrats, L mon mon and Seces
sionists, should unite in a dosperato ef
fort to throw off tho dominion of a par
ty which had inflicted those things up
on them? And your military inlerfcr
nco, your abuso and your denuncia
tion continuo unto this day.
Can yon wonder tbat your lollowing
in that country has dwindled into in
significance 1 Tho negro alono is your
friend there and a very few whites,
and his oyos, blinded as thoy havo been,
aro steadily opening to tho great truth
which you ought to have taught him
that his prosperity and welfare aro in
separably connected with that of bis
white neighbors. Uuo by one the
Northern adventurers wbo led thorn
bavo packed thoir carpet bags and
silently stolo back to the slums ot
Northern society whonco tbey origina
ted, and the lonely nativo Republican
makes his solitary lair iusomo custom
house or postoflice or revenue head-
quarters, ibe broad, lreo, bright
world outsido ot inoso roireais in an
the South is Democratic, thanks to you,
the Kopublicao party .of tho North.
There I no impunity lor transgression.
You now effect to '.rout the presence
of representative Southorn mon in
those balls as both an intrusion and a
calamity, and the tone of your speeches
will induce an intelligent stranger til
ling in these galleries for the last throe
months to believe tbat you wore sorry
vou had spent to much blood aud treas
ure to lores tbo Houtn uck inio me
L'nion. Is this really true ? Do you
rctrret tbat tbe proper sentiment ot so-
ciety in the South is represented here ?
And ralhor than this should bo, would
you prefer that the South had staid
wbore Bho tried to go r i nope not.
For tho sako of your patriotism I hope
not. Had you rather that tho Union
bad boon lost than that you should lose
power ? Was it tho Union you fought
for or was it political supremacy?
Notwithstanding the wild blasts of
alarm which vou are sounding through
out tho length and breadth of this vast
country, you well know that the only
danger wbicb our presence nore nidi
calos is the dangor of your being out-
aide from political power. In what
way can tho Democracy injure this
country? What motive have wo to
injure it 7 Having surrendered the
doctrine of secession and abandoned
any intention whatsoever to divide this
Union, now could we expect that tne
Democracy to which we bnlonir could
obtain and hold the control of the gov
ernment except by showing tho people
by our acta tbal we are patriotically
desirous of promoting its welfare and
liauioiy. I'm , ww iu -
. i i... .. ...... .i i
tboso expression. Sly friends, in yonr
heart you do not. Un tho contrary,
a man wbo ba offered hi blood once
for hi plighted faith yon belioro whon
ho plight hi faith again, There it
not a Southorn rebel, no matter how
bitter and rampant he may have been,
that you hav not reoeived with arm
wide spread, and rewarded with offi
ce of honor and trust wbo came to
vou with craven repentance on his
tongue, ready Io Vote lb Republican
ticket, and eating dirl with the samo
gluttonous nppelilo with which be onco
ate firo. You profess to bolieve him,
but you despise him in your hearts.
'ou aro not alarmed to receive him,
and you ca.-t no suspicions upon his
professions ot sincerity", though, us has
moru than once happoned. ho asks you
to believe he tolls the truth to day be
cause ha told a lie yesterday.
Sir. President il has socined to me
not a little hard and inhospitable that
Southern Senators, wIiosk Slules woro
forced back into the Union, should be
so oflon twitted with their presence on
this floor.
Mr. President, would tbero be any
rcul danger to the best intcrosis of this
country if it woro again nndur the
complete control of tho Democratic
party? Surely not. His history that
this country owes its clnet glory and
development in tho past to that grand
historic party. Hut for its sagacity
and patriotism It is safe to say that wo
would still bo a feeble and inconsider
able people. The Domocratio party
bave extended tho boundaries of tho
Kupuhlio from tho Mississippi to tho
Pacific Ocean. Its policy acquired the
territory of Louisiana, which extended
from the Gulf of Mexico up the Father
ol Waters to tha British Dominion,
embracing Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota,
Kansas and all that vus region west
to the Rocky Srountains. It acquired
Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Califor
nia, including thoir grand extent of
country, plains, rivers and moitn'"--",
i.t, m'u euoir vvoauu ui gold und silvur
and precious metals, ombraciug more
than a million of square miles. As I
if- -"member, not a singlo foot of
land has bou t the empire by
Hie Republican party uxcopi au..
broad stretch of icy waste, a land
whore frozen earth contends with froz
en water, inhabited by seals and sava
ges, in a climate which 1 have heard
described as nine months winter und
tbroo months of damnation cold weath
er. Laughtor.
Under liemoorutio rule there' lias
boon in this country no Credit .Mobi
liur, tbero has boon no Black Friday,
no Sanborn contracts, no robbery of
frocdmcii's savings banks, no Belknap,
no returning boards and no doctoral
commissions ; no military interference
at the polls, no test oath for jurors in the
United States Courts, no Federal spies
and ovorseors whon tho pooplo woro
choosing their rulers. And now that
we are seeking to restore this stute ol
tilings and to bring back the govern
ment to tho paths in which our lathers
trod tho attempt is donuuncod as revo
lutionary and tho trumpet is blown to
warn the country that tho end of all
things is about to como, whon, as we
trust nothing is about to como to an
ond except the doiiiiuntlort of tha P.c-
puulican party. ,
Coming briefly to tbe real questions,
1 ask why should the law authorizing
tbe military to be used at tho polls bo
not repealed, aud why should tbe law
authorizing Federal supervision also
be not repealed : 1 tuko it to be indis
putably established, without further
argumont, that tha wholo subject re
lating to tbo elective iranchiso is plac
ed by the Constilution under tho con
trol nf the States, and all that tbo Fed
oral Government can do is to seo that
tho States, as such, do not discriminate
against any on account of raco, color, or
previous condition of servitude. This
is tho whole duly and power ol Con
gress as declared by the Supreme court.
When any Republican Senator has
ventured for one moment to abandon
tho lino of inflammatory appeal to tho
sectional fooling ol the country, tho
excuses given for tho retention of this
law upon tho statute book are illogical
almost to puerility. .
One Senator gruvoly urges that it
should not bo repealed because the
great bulk of tho army is in the dis
tant West, only some few hundreds
being east of tho Rock' Mountains.
Ha lulls us in the course of his onumcr
ation that there aro only about thirty
in tho Stato ol North Carolina, and
atkt tbo Senator from that Stato if
thoy aro alraid of that number ol sol
diers. Passing over tho ohviotiB fact
that within thirty daye ton thousand
could be sent there if dosirod, 1 answer
that wo do fear tbem, because tbey
represent tho power of tho I nitod
Slates Govcrnmont and cmnity of tho
Itepublican party which wields that
powor ; we lear them as the Hollander
tears tho first small leak In tbo dikes
which bear back tho waves of tho
ocean from deluding tho meadows of
his homestead ; wo leur them as the
physician fears tho first speck ol gtn
grcne in the system ot his patient ; wo
fear them as t'ho sailor fears tho piling
up ol the storm olouds upon the boriz
on, knowing thi't thoir deceptive beau
ty covors tho fiurco desolation of the
tempest; wo fear them as tho shep
herd of tho mounutin fears for bis
tumbs at even tbo flitting ot a shadow
athwart bis path, for ho knows it to
be tho shadow ot theeagle, the remorse
less tyrant of tbo air ; wo four them
as Charlomagno feared tho rude wooll
en ships of the Norso Vikings on their
first nppoaranco in tho Boas ol his em
pire ; we fear them ns all patriotic
liomtns feared the crossing of tho Ku
bioon by Caisnr, tha passage ot which
with arms in his hands marked bun as
tho enemy of Roman liberty.
I'.ven so wo lenr and oclicvo that
when an American Executive crossos
tbe Rubicon ol his Constitutional pow
ers and appears at tho place of choos
ing our rulers, armed cither with the
sword or with illegal powors of nrrost,
be thereby proclaim bimselt tho ene
my of the liberties of onr poople. f
Now, Mr. Presidont, why should not
the pcaco at the Polls and tbo purity
of elections bo intrusted to authority,
tho virtue, and the patriotism ol tho
States, where alono our futhors ptncod
it? It Is because tbo States tre una
ble, with their civil machinery, to pro-
servo the peace? They have invariably
proven ablo in tbe past, oxoopt in case
of such unusual violenoo as is contem
plated in tbe Constitution, articlo 4,
section 4. Aro they unwilling? Sure
ly they aro willing to preserve their
autonomy and perpetuate tboir own
existence. Are thoy corrupt? Surely
it tboir Inhabitants, a citizens ot tho
Stntos, are too corrupt for self -govern
ment, it is not possible that their cor
ruptions rcao tho moment they are
invested with authority by the Unitod I
State. On the conttary, there n al-1
way louno ion ot responsiuiiuy anu
more ot corruption in aggregated than
in separate communities, ilow can a
corrupt Stale officer bornmo an Inror-
rnptiblo f ederal omocr r
Mr. President, it seems to me that
tho position of tho Republican party
in relorenco to tho use of soldiors and
supervisors at tbo polls, on tho pre
tense 01 preserving the peace and se
curing free elections, is tho most re
markable one that reasonable mon ever
assumed. It may be formulated thus
Tbo election shall be froo It wo bav
to surround tho polls with bayonet ;
the election shall be according to tho
law of tho State If w bave to over
awe tho civil magistrates and Slate
officials by an exhibition of powor
the elections shall be pure if il takos
Davenport and all the convicted en ml
null and occupants of all tbo dens of
infamy in our great cities to manage
thorn; the election liw shall he
forced anil without tho uppcurance ol
violence if a battery of in lillcrv has to
bo triinieil on every letllol-liox in tbe
lands ; and lastly,lht elections shall be
luir il- wu bave to arrest without war
rant und imprison without bail, until
tho elections aro over, evory man who
onort to vote tbe Domocratio ticket
. Tho speeches of the Republican Son-
aiors mean ibis, tbo vetoes ol tbo i res
ident mean this, and they moan nioro
man mis, ai r. 1 resident in clloct tboy
say that nnlets we can use tbe army
at the polls we will lot that army dis
solve, wo will leavo our forts and ar
senals nngarrisonod, wo will strip tho
ironuers oi an protection and lot tbe
mon, women and children of that bor
der country bo slaughtered and scalp
ed and tho unchecked savage extend
bis barbarous sway over all that land
of promise, onco moro remitted to its
ancient wildnoss. We will not only
do this, but wo will denounce tho Dem
ocratic member of Congross who of
fered us tho money to support this
army as the authors of this disaster.
All tboso things we will do rather than
loso our chances to count in tho next
President and wo will cover the facts
and obscure tbo logio of the cose by
""inflaminir ' ''""V vindice of
tho war in the hearts of our Constitu
ents! Can it bo possible to do this?
Is there to bo no end to passion, no
restoration of reason ? We shall see.
If the breath was about to leave mv
hndv and 1 waa permitted to say but
one word as io my c0,lntl.y most
nooded, that word shouiu bo, -n.ti"
licst from strife, rest from sectional
conflict, rest from sectional bitterness,
rost lrom inflammatory appoals, rost
lrom this constant, most unwise, and
unprofitable agitation. Rest iu all
hinds and in all literature is used as
tho symbol of tho most perfect state
of felicity which mankind can attain in
this world and the next "And the
laud bad rest" said Iho old Hebrew
chronicles in describing tho reign of
their good kings. Heaven itself is
described as rcsl a placo "where tbe
weary are at rost. "1 horeromainoth,
therefore, a rest for the people of God,"
saith the apostle. Can wo not give
this rost to our pooplo I 1 know, Mr.
frcsidont, that tbose from whom 1
como desiro it above thoir chief joy.
tbo excitement through which thoy
havo passed lor the last twenty years,
tho suffering and the sorrow, Iho cal
amity, public and privato, which they
have undergone, have filled their hearts
with indescribable yearninps for na
tional peace, tor a complete moral as
well as physical restoration ot tbo
Union, i hero is one policy, and but
ono, to effect this object, and tbat is
tbe policy, ot conciliation, of rostora
tion, so steadily pursued by tbo Demo
cratic statesmen and pooplo of tbe
North. It is th only true statesman
ship for our condition, tb only gen
uine remedy lor tbe bard timet witb
which wo are afflicted. Nature every
where teaches il, and hor thousand
agencies, silent and mysterious, con
stantly incub ate it, even as day unto
day u Hereto spcoch and nigbl unto
night ehoweth knowlodgo. Cross this
noble river which flows by our capital,
and search for tbo battle-fields of blood
watered Virginia. Yoa scarce can
find them. Dense- forest of young
saplings cover all tho bills and plaint
that were to latoly swept bare by
marching and oncauipiDg armies. "For
there is hopo of a true if it bo cut
down that it will sprout again, and tbo
tender branch thereof will not ccaso."
Waving seat of wheat cover the open
fields to lately plowed by tho bursting
eholls while charging battalions mot in
deadly shock ; and green grass has so
covered the lines of intrenchment as
to give them all the teeming ol tbe
cunning farmers' ditches. Restoration
is Nature's law. Let ut imitate her.
God of all mercy and grnco, may not
these gaping wounda ot civil war be
permitted to heal, if thoy wiil ?
DEA 1 11 OF A THAN VE ROTHS
CHILD. A telegram from London announces
tho dcatb of Karon Lionel Nathan do
Rothschild at iho ago of 71 yours. Tho
history of the Rothschild family it well
known and has often been repealed.
Whon Genuiul Custino, at tho head of
a r rencb Itepublican army, look
Frankfort, tho Senate, in ordur tosavo
tho town from pillago, agroed to pay
a heavy ransom within a very limited
period. But tho money could not be
rnisod, tho capitalists of Frankfort not
being willing to assist tho Senate.
Moyor A. do RolhschildKhowovor, of
fered to obtain a loan from tho Land-'
grave of Hcsso-Castlc, afterward known
as tho Elector William I. 'Tho offer
was accepted and tb loan was obtain
ed. Tbo houso of Rothschild Thus es
tablished a position which waa steadily
improved in alter years, In 18011
when Nupolcon decreed tho forfeiture
of Brunswick and Uosso Casllo, Will
iam prepared for flight. Ho dopositod
with Meyer A. do Rothschild 15,000
000 lor safe 'keeping. For 8 years
Moyor held this sum without inlerost;
subsequently ho paid 2 percent, to tho
heirs of the K lector, and In 1823 tb
wbolo sum. Tho judicious uso of this
capital was the loundaliou of all the
wealth of the Rothschilds. The five
sons of Meyer wero Anselm, Solomon,
Nathan, Chariot and James, who bo-
camo respectively beads ot tho houses
at Frankfort, Vienna, London, Naples
and Paris. Thoy were all made barons
by tho JMnncror i rancis oi Austria,
Thoy bocamo controllers of the finan
ce of Europe, and, to a certain extent,
tho arhitort of peace and war. Houses
aro still maintained al frsnlort. ion
na. London and Paris, tbe two last
named being tho most important
Special agents ol tho firm are estab
Iwliod in various part of tbo world.
eme'
An inevitable wag, seeing a heavy
door nearly off It hinges, in which
condition of nugloct it bad been for
some time, observed that when it bad
fallen and killed some ono, it would
be hung.
A young lady, when solicited lor a
kisa by an inobriato suitor refusod, but
couldn't prevent him from pressing
bor band. She says sho escupou ny a
"tight" squeeze.
'Marriage," say Rcynic, "is like put
ting, your band into a bag containing
ninetv-nlno snake and on ool. You
may got the eel, but the chances are
against jou."
Why is good husband liko dough ?
Donghn't you know? Why, it' be-
cause a wonvau needs bun.
Why Is a cow like a tramp? because
she ba to pick ber living.
IJHOEIt SOIL'S A DDRESSATHIS
BROTHERS GRAVE.
Colonel Robert G. Ingorsoll it chiefly
known lor hit robust disholicf In th
Christian'! God and tho doctrine of an
immortal life. With all th eloquence
of hit strong nature be hat uphold tbat
cold nogation against the publio scntl
mont of tho religious world ; nor hav
tbo advocates of the Christian doctrine
touod in him an easy or a desirable op.
ponont to be overthrown io controver
sial encounters. Whon, thorofora, a
sharp personal bereavement overtake
such a man an inovftabje experience,
sooner or later, for all of us the pub
lio naturally takes an interest In bi
behavior under aflliction ; It desires to
know what, if anything, ho has to say
concerning this unoscapablo lute wbicb
is still, to the greater part of tbo
world, Christian or Infidel, profound
mystery. Most of u believe, or pro
fess to believe, the sublime realities
taught by Christ, and emphasized,
years after bis doparture, by Paul ; but
not all, in or out of tho churches, seem
to ooniprchoiul the eternal laws and
principle ot the sublime doctrine on
which the Christian church wa found
ed, or to realize that these laws are us
niuoh in force to-day us they ever
wci-o. Col. Ingorsoll. who rejects alike
tho modern and ancient evidences, and
believes in this brief and troubled lile
alono, finds himself disturbed and
shakon at tbe first radical tritl.
Hit dearly loved brother is dead, and
Colonel Ingorsoll addressed his friend
at tbe funeral. It 1 as beautiful an
utterances was ever modoatafuneral;
but it ia dark and gloomy in spirit.
It lacks, at might have been expected.
the sustaining faith, which it iriven to
some, of an assured Individual life be
yond the present It it a terrible
thought, conveyed, and but partly con
cealed, in a chariot of roses. It reveals.
however and this is the notable thing
mat ooncain tne narny exterior ol
the "superstition" repudiating Colonel
ingorsoll with whom the publio I
familiar, there Is another far more ten
dor and belioving individual, His
mind is in a stato ol conflict. What
he said, is a new and finer revelation
than he bad before made, of an ocean
dopih of tenderncs and love that
heaves all unseen beneath tbe rugged
promontory of the atheistic front which
. t...v Jii u nv.iu. wio lu(i.u,"0
ly beautiful address, so full of love lor
bis departed brother, reveals a stormy
conflict in the doptht of that inner sea.
It ib an evident conflict between two
opposite forces ; tho resolute spirit, on
the ono band, to stand, like a man, by
the proclaimod doctrine of hit lim
ine uei.ct thai naa scorned me assumeu
weakness ol leaning on any laitb in a
future lite, and swept all such tenden
cies into tho domain of "superstition;"
and the still, small voice, on tbe other
hand, which no life-training and no
philosophy can silence, arising in the
shadow ot a great aflliction, speaking
culm and clear in tbe inner soul tho
proclamation of the reality of a higher
and grander lilo, as the destiny ol all.
For "there is a natural body, and there
Is a spiritual body." " We are troubled
on every side ; we are perplexed, yet
not in despair."
Paul possossed the clear vision which
showed him notonly spiritual realities,
but thoir laws and principles. Hence,
alter .diis eyes were once opened, bo
might bo porplexod and troubled, but
bo was never in despair. He saw a
life beyond this. But Col. Ingorsoll ia
not only troubled, but unable to soo
any evidence of a future life; all this
splendid individual consciousness, tbit
knowledge of the beautiful world
around us, this enjoyment of th spirit
of immeasurable love, this peiception
of the infinite universe ot other world
to which we may aspire all, a be
thinks, is to be extinguished witb the
mors insect flash of tint life. His
gloomy doctrine, and also the irrepres
sible spirit ot a spiritual consciousness
of something more and better tban
this, are both shown in this striking
passage from bis address :
"Lifo is the narrow vale between
the cold and barren peaks of two eter
nities. We strive In vain to look be
yond the height. We cry aloud and
the only answer is tho echo of our
wailing cry. From the voiceless lip
of the unrcplying dead there come no
word, but in tbe night of death hope
sees a star and listening love can hear
thorustloof awing. Hewhosleepahero,
when dying, mistaking the approach
of death for the return of health, whin
pored with his latest breath, "1 am
bettor now." Lot us believe, in spit
ot doubts and dogma and tears and
fears, that these dear words are true of
all the countless dead."
This is but tho vaguest, most unsub
stantial kind of A hope, that tri riso
against despair, ilow insufficient it il
to sustain tbose who aro In affliction
was painfully shown at this luneral,
where one lady of the family fainted
at the grave, and another had to be
torn away from tbo gttve after It was
covered. What a painful proof of th
inability to discover the epiritnal reali
ties all around us I And of tuch pain
ful but too common scenes, at true an
mtoraneo has been made by the New
York preacher, Talmago, as was ever
spoken :
"The way out ol thit world it to
blocked up with coffin and hearse, and
uadertakor'i spade and screw driver,
that it it almost impossible for tbe
Christian to think as be ought ol tbe
happiest passage in all bis history.
We put black instead of white on the
place wfcoro tbe good man gains hit
last victory. Wo stand weeping over
the heap ot chains which the Irood
Brit has cast off, crying, 'Poor man I
What a pity bo has come to thi I
Como to what? Why, by the time
the poople have assembled at tbe
obsequies that man has been three
days amid tuch joy as mako all tb
hilarities of earth contemptiblo. Tbe
Israelites, il they had wanted to oomo
back to Egypt and bad come and gone
to weeping over tho brick kilns be
canso tbey bad to leavo, would not
bave been to silly as tho Christian wbo
should want to come lrom hoaven to
this world and mourn boctuso he bad
to leave It. Tbo whole subject of tbe
Christian's death it made morbid and
tickly. We look opon It t th hole
into which the good man stumble and
fall when hi breath give out"
Hartford Timet.
In Oil City, at tho Oil Exchange,
Saturday, June 7tb, 368,000 barrel of
oil changed hand at an average price
ol about sovonty five cent per barrel,
making f7G,000.
Ho said be wa a linguist, but opon
interrogating him in regard to the lan
guage lie spoke, he said they wore
Turkey, Coacbencbina and Gum Ara
bic What I th difforenc between a
tenant and the too of a widow 7 Th
tenant has to pay rent, the sod of a
widow has not two ps rents.
What Is th difference between a
tramp and a grocer who weigh his
vegetables ? Ono beats hi way and
the other weight bit Doois.
Why are balloon in the air like
vagabonds? Because they bave no
visible mean of support.
Why lea wheelbarrow like a man
with one leg ? Because It make but
one track in the sand.
Why Is Siberia called "the roof oi
Europe?" It ia because tho Scamp
catkin reside thore.
Why Is th tun like a good loaf?
B'tcaun if light when it rue.
'When It t small baby like R big
banker ? When be It R wroth-child,