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TT W. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
tH:7l ( IrarOeld, Pa.
T J. LIXGLE,
XTTOBNET - AT - LAW,
1:11 Phlllpibarg, Centre Co., Pa. y:pd
OLaXP D. SWOOPE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Curwrasrilla, Clearfield eounty, Pa.
ool., 'JI-lf.
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SCAR MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
aT-Ornoe la Iba Opera House, oolv, '78. If.
G
R. k W. BAHKETT,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
January 30, IST8.
JSRAEL TEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Clearlield, Pa.
(rOffloe la the Court Uouse. JyllM
HENRY BKETH,
(oarrtin v. o.)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
tor aaLL Towxsnir.
May I, 1878-lye
yrM. m. MccuLLouon,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Off In Mitsonie building, Second street, op.
polite tha Court llouia. Je28,'7ti-lf.
C. ARNOLD,
UW k COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWEN8VILLE,
Clearfield County, Penn'a. 7Jy
BROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offioa la Opera House.
ap 18,17-ly
JAMES MITCHELL,
pralrr i a.
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
JeirM CLEARFIELD, PA.
J.
F. SNYDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office la Pte'e Opera Uouao.
June 30, '7Stf.
WILLIAR a. WAbLACA.
babbt r. wallacb.
datid L. Bflaae.
loan w. wriolrt.
WALLACE & KREBS,
I f (Saieessora to Wallace A Fleldlag,)
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
jaorrr ClearBeld, Pa.
A.
A.GRAHAM,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
cLBABriBi.0, pa.
All legal bailnaei promptly atteadad to. Office
ta Orabam'e Row rooma formerly oceupled by
H. H. Hwoope. JulySt, '78-tf.
Frank Fielding.. W. D. Blgler....B V. Wilson.
I ELDING, BIGLER 4 WILSON,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
jM-Orlte la Ple'a Opera Hoa.e.
TBOI. I. MUBBAT. OTBOI BOBBoB.
JJURRAY k GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
jkaT-Ofloa la Pia'a Opera Uoaae, aaoond floor.
:30'7a ,
SoaarR B. R'aRALLr. DABIRL v. a OUBDT.
jyjcENALLY k McCUBDY
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfleld. Pa.
.gay-Legal boalneei attanded to promptly wlthj
Molily. Offioa oa Heoond Itraat, abore ibe Firat
National Baob. Jeail:7fl
0. KitAMER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real Eatata and Collaelloa Agent,
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal bualnaaa ea
trnetad to ale eara.
ay-OAoa la Ple a Opera Ilouaa. Jaal '71.
J ?. McKENRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All legal bualaeea entreated to ble care will re
ceive prompt attanttan.
Oflee eppoalte Coart Home, In Jdaeonie Building,
eecond floor. aug!4,'7t-ly,
JR. E. M. SCHEURER,
IIOMtKOPATUIC PHT8ICIAK,
OOoa la reiidenea oa Flret it
April It, 1871. Clearfleld, Pa
pjll. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
LUTHERBUUR8, PA.
Will attend profceaional aalla promptly. aagltTt
j)R. T. J. BOTEIt,
I-HY8ICIAN AND SURGEON,
OrJoe aa Market Street, Clearfleld. Pa.
eOffloa koarat i lo 11 a. at., and 1 to I p. aa.
JJR. J. KAY WRIGLKY,
BOMtEPATMIC PHYSICIAN,
jr-Ote aitjolalog tba reildanoa af Jaaiae
K"(ley, K.e., oa Seeoad SL, Clearfleld, Pa.
iely,'78 If.
M. HILLS,
'operative ME.rriST,
CLEARFIELD, PINN A.
MHhea la reeldeaoe, eppoalte Shaw naaae.
jyi.inif tf
JR. n. B. VAN VALZAH,
CLEARFIELD, PERM'A.
"PICE IN RESIDENCE, CORNER Of FIRST
AND PINE STREETS. '
A- oao, hoara-Froea II te I P. M.
May II, 1ST.
D
R. J. P. BURCHFIKLD,
Inte Sargeoa ef Ike U4 Reglateet, PeaaaylvaaK'
Valaauara. bavlae reteraed from Ike Araay,
era ble prefeteleoel lervleea te tkeelUaaaa
ef Clearfleld aoaaty.
ar-Profeaalaaal aalll araaaplly ettaade la.
vce aa naeeafl itraat, foneenyeeewpiv" ,
vr.Weedi. aprt.'flfl-tf
CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,
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VOL. 53-WHOLE NO. 2,636. , CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1879. NEW SERIES-VOL, 20, NO. 31.
Cards.
JUHTICEb!' aV CORKTABLEH' FEES
Wa bare printml a larta oamfaar af lb. ...
u.uu, ho win aa toa receipt af t
te aaala. mall a mot ta any addrau.
nly.
r
WILLIAM M. HENRY, Justice
OF Til PlADiitnBii.i.... I liuuvn
CITY. Collection! made and money promptly
paid orer. Article, of agreement and doede of
oonteyanoe aaatly eteaulud and warranted eor.
root or no abarga. laiy'71
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Juitloo of tba Paaoa and Serlrener,
CurneuarUlc, Pa.
fcfA.Colleetlona ajada and money nromntle
paldorar. febJt'7llf
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Beal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
6IIINOLE8, LATII, A PICKETS,
:1'T3 Clearlield, Pa,
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfleld, Penii'a.
feA-Wlll aiaouta Joba In hla Una promntlv and
ta a woramaniiBa manner. ayra.BT
JOHN A. STADLER,
BAKER, Market St., Clearfleld, Pa.
Fraah Bread. Ruik. Rolla. Plal and Cakea
oa band or made te order. A general aaaortment
or Uonteetloneriee, Pruita and Nate la atook.
lee Cream and OyMere In araaon. Salooa aearW
oppoaita tba Poetoflioa. Prieaa moderate.
Manh 10-'7a.
WEAVER & BETTS,
DaALKRB IN
Real Estate, Square Timber, Saw Legs,
AND LUMBER OF ALL KINDS.
g-Offlce on Beoond itreet. fa rear of atoro
room of Ueorga Wearer A Co. f Jant, '78. tf.
RICHARD HUGHES,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
roa
Ittcatur Town Alp,
Oeeeola Mill! P. O.
All oflloial builueti antraitad to him will be
promptly attanded to. mob29, '71.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Inil Real Eatata Ajr'Ut, Clearlield, Pa.
Offlee aa Tblrd itraat, bet. Cherry A Walnot,
.letrRaapeotfully orTara hla aerrloei In aelllns
and buying landa ta Clearlield and adjoining
ooontlel and witb aa aiparianae of over twenty
yeara aa a eurreyor, flatter btmaelf that ha aaa
render aatlafaotloa. Feb. lMS:tf,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
AID PBALKB IB '
Nuw ltogn and lauuiber,
OLKARFIELD, PA.
OOoa la Qrakam'a Row. 1:3&iT1
NDREW HARWICH,
Market attreet, Clearlield, Pa.,
HABUrAOTtlBBB AMD OBALBB IB
Harness, EriJla, Saddles, Collars, and
Horse-furnishing uoodt.
eT-AII kinda of repairing promptly attended
Haddlere' Hardware, lloree Brnabea, Oorry
Combe, Ac, alwaya on hand and for eala at tbe
loweet oaan prlee. I Marco IV,
Q. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLKARFIKLD, PKNN'A.
sHPampi .wti on bsnd and madf to order
n 111011 notioo. riptn ooreo nn rraiQDni lermi.
All work warranted to render atUfaeUot,, and
dellrerad tr desired. mylfiMjpd
JLdvery stable.
TH K -mderelgned l)t leaT te Inform the pub
lie that he ti now folly preparW u tvseommo-
data all la tha way of faralahing Hv..eai, Bogglaa,
Baddlea and Herneea, oa tba aborteat ootiee and
an raaaonabla terma. Hecidenee on Loeuet atraet,
batwaaa Third and Foarth.
OEO. W. 0EARIIAKT.
Ilearteld. Feb. 4, 1874.
WASHINGTON HOUSE,
OLEN HOPE, PENN'A.
THE Boderaigned, having leaead thi aom
eaodioai Hotel, la tba village of Olen Hope,
ta now prepared va aooommoaata ait woo may
eail. My labia and bar aball be ruppliod with
tba beat the market afforda.
(1KOKOB W. DOTTS, Jr.
Olen Hope, Pa., March 18, I H7B-tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
GENERAL UERCHAND18E,
CnAHAMTON, Pa.
Alao.eatanalre manufaetBrarand dealer In Square
Timber and Sawed Lnmberof all klndi.
SeVOrdera aollelted and all bills promptly
oiled. rJJ'en
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
BIALIM IH
SQUARE TIMBER,
and aaaufaoturara af
ALL KIND) OP HAWED LUMBER,
l-T'71 CLBARF1ULD, PENN'A.
S. I. 8 N Y D E R,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ARB bralrr ir
Watcher), Clocks and Jewelry,
bValaa'e i?ee, Jfrl Ariel,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All klada of repairing la my line aron
aded to. April II,
ptlye
1874.
Clearfleld Nursery.
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.
TH E anderalgaod, baring aatahliakad a Nor
aery oa tbe Piae, about half way between
Clrarfleld and Curweneville, ii prepared ta far
nlah all klnde of FRUIT TREES, (eteadard aad
dwarf.) Etfrgrweaa, Bbrabbvy, Orapa Vlnaa,
Onoeaberry, Lawloa Blackberry, Strawberry,
aad Kaipbarry Vinee. Alao, Slberiaa Crab Treoe,
Qalnaa, and early Marlet Rhubarb, Aa. Orderi
aronaptly attended to. Addreea,
.pje-ti.j
Carwanevllla, Pa.
MEAT MARKET.
F. M. CAEDON & BR0.,
Oa Market St, eae ieorweatof Maaaloa Hoaae,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Oar erreagetaeali are rf the mart eompleta
ebaraeter lor furalablag tba pablie with Freak
Meeteef all biud.and of tba vary keel quality,
a . uo daal ta all ktadl ef A rrieallarel Impla.
aaata. which we tee aa aininiiiea tor tae we-
aflt of the peblie. Call around wbaa ta tewa,
aad take a look at thing,, or eddraai ea
F. M. CAHUON A BRO.
Clearfleld, Pa., July 14, It7-tf.
(ItarArld Innuranct Attncy.
JAHRl BBBB. CABBOLL k. BtnBLR.
KERR BIMrLE, attnlt,
Repreaaat the following aad ether I rrt -elate Oe't
Coapanlaa. Aaiata.
Liverpool London A Slobe-U. R. Br..H,!0l,
Lyoonlag mataalAeaah plana.... t.tOO.tnt
PhreaiB, of Hartford, Coaa ... t,i4,0U
Ineuraaoa Co. ef North America. fl,ISl,874
North Brltl.b A MeroanllU U.S. Br. I,71,8M
rVottlak Commercial U. S, Brauk (711,148
Wateruwa - 784,818
Traveler! (Life A Aeeldeat) 4,8t,4M
Olira oa Market Bt,app. Ceart Hoaae, Clear
fleld, Pa. Jeae 4, 7-lf.
Democratio Primary Elootioo Eules of
Ulearneld County,
OaUBTT OOHHITTBR.
I. IhaorganlaatloB of Ibe County Committee
ehall be and remain aa now eonalitulod that la
one member for every borough and townabln. and
a Chairman, which Committee ahall be eeleclod
annually by tba delegatei, and their term of ollloe
eoau oi-gia at January following their election,
or tub nei.eo,ATB An ooaraarioR.
. The number ofdelegatea to which oaoh dla
trict la entitled la baaed upon the following rulr,
that la Jo any: Each election dialnot lotheooun
ty polling one hundred Demoeratlo rctee or leal,
ahall be entitled to two delegatee abaolutely, and
for each additional one hundred Democrat lo rotea,
or fraction greater than one-half thereof, polled
in aald diatriot at tba laet preeeding Uarernor'a
election, an additional delegate, and under tbla
rata tba following allotment of delegatei li now
made for 187V i
BOHOVOBI ABU TOWNIHII'l.
Burnalde borough tlDeeatur. 1
Ctoorneld... 8 Fergaaoa
Curweneville Sldirard
Ilouladale , I Uraham
Lumber City 3iUoaben.H
1
.... I
...I
I
New naabiogton vtlreenwood .
isewburg
Oiceola
Wallecetnn
Beooaria tawaabip...
Ball
lllooa
Uogg
Bradford
Brady
. 3Uulioh...
. 1' HoUltOO t
, llJordan.....
. Kartbaua.-
. 2;Kooa
. 'Lawrence
. J Morrl
. J Peon..
. 8 Pli
uurnaide Sandy
Cheat- J Union
Corington- jj Woodward
Total
blkctior or ano Di.Tiai or cbairmar.
1. Tbe delegate eleotiona and County Cooren
tlon ihall be governed and conducted itrlotly la
accordance with the followiog rulea, and tba
Chairman of tba Couoty Committeee ahall be an
nually elected by the Connty Convention nnd aball
be ac-nicio, tba Praaidant of all County Conrin
tiona. TIMB or RLBI-TIOI.
4. Tba election for delegatee to repreacnt tha
diflcrent diitricta in tba annual Democratio Coun
ty Convention ahall be held at tha Banal plaoe of
holding tha general eleotiona for eaoh diatriot, oa
the Saturday preceding tbe third Tueeday of Sep.
tern her, (being tbe IStb thli year) beginiiog at
I o'elock, p. m., of lamedey.
WRO TO HOLD RLKCTton,
t. Tba laid delegate election, ahall be held by
an election board, to oonalat of the member of tbe
County Committee for euch diatriot, and two
other Demoeratlo votere thereof, who ahall be ap
pointed or deaignated by Iba County Committee.
HOW TO FiLL TACAltCtRe.
In care any of tha pereone eo eonatltutlng tha
board ahall be abtenl from tbe niece of holdina
the election for a quarter of an hour after tha
time appointed, by Rule Firat, for tbe opening of
Iba aame, bia or Ihelr plaee or ptacea. ahall be
nneu oy an election to Denominated eiva voce by
tne vemocreue votera preaenl at tbe time.
QOALtriCATIOR OR VOTRRf.
0. Every qualified voter of the diatriot. who at
the laat generel election voted the Democratio
ticket, aball be entitled to rote at tha delegate
eiecuona.
hods or forme.
7. The voting at all deleaate eleetiona aball be
by ballot ; upon wbioh ballota aball be written or
printed tba name or namee or the delegate or del
egatei Toted for, together with any inatrnetiona
wnien tne voter mav deeire lo aire the delerate
or delegatee. Kaon ballot to be received froi
Iba peraoa voting tbe eame by a member of tbe
electiaa board, and by him depoaited in a hot or
other receptacle prepared for tbat purnoae. to
whioh boi or other receptacle no peraoo but the
emeera or ina election ooara anaii uava aooaaa,
or IRBTBUOrioat.
B. No Instruction! ahall be received orreooa.
oiied unleaa tba eame be voted npon tbe bellot aa
provided by Rule Beveoth, nor ahall aueh la
atructiona, If voted upon tbe ballot, be bind ing
upon the ueiegate, anleaa ooa-half er more of tba
ballota ahall eontala inatruotioua eonoorning tbe
aame office. Whenever half or more of tbe bal.
Iota ahall eontalo Instruction! eonoorning anr
office, the delegatee elected at auch election ahall
bo held to be Inetrueted to support the oandidate
having tbe higheat number of vote! for moh
office.
Tbat when a candidate having received the
bigheot number of vote! In a diatriot is atrioken
from tbe roll in aeeordaooo with Rule Thirteenth
It become! tbe duty of tbe delegate! In laid dia
triot to eaat their votoo for the candidate having
received tha next eVgbest number of votes in
aaid diatriot, Pr9idc4 tbat such oandidate ahall
have reoeired one-fourth tbe number of vote!
polled for tha oaodidataa.
CORDUCTIXO THR RLROTIOR, RRTURRB AND BLARKB.
9. Rack election board ahall keep an aofurate
Hat of the names of all peraona voting at each
eleetiona ( which Hat af voters together witb a
foil and oocnplete return of Buck election, eon
taining an aoonrete atatomeot of tbe pereooe
eleeted delegataa and all Inatrnetiona rated, ehall
be eertilled by aaid board to tha County Conven
tion, upon printed blank! to be farniahed by tba
County Committee.
CORTRBTIHe SRATg Or DRLBQATRB, FRAUD, BTO.
18. Whenever from any diatriot, quallded Dem
ooralle rotert, la aambers equal te five times tha
delegates which euch dietrlot hes la tba County
Convention, ahall eomplain In writing of aa en
due alaetion of false return of delegates er of la
atrnctioDB, in whioh eomplaint tba alleged facts
shall be specially Bet forth and verified by tha
affidavit of one or more peraoos, sneh eomplaint
shall have tbe right te oonteat tha seat of auch
delegatee or their validity of aueh ialtruetions.
A COHH1TTBB OT FIVB.
Such eomplatat aball be heard by a oommlttee
of Ave delegataa to be appelated by tba Presi
dent of tba Convention, wblcb aaid eomnittee
ehall proceed te bear tba partlea, their proofi
and allegatiooe, aad aa ioob aa may be reported
to tha CoBTeBtloa what delegates are entitled to
aaata therein, and what inatructionB are binding
npon such delegates. Wbereupoa tbe Conven
tioa shall proeood immodlately, upon the call of tne
yeea aad aaya, to adopt or rejeot tbe report of
tbe ooateallng parties. In whioh oall of the yeas
and nays tbe namee of tbe delegataa whoaa Beats
are oootaatej or whoaa Inatruoliobs are disputed,
ehall be omitted.
QUALtricATioRi or DRLROATaa -ei'BrmrjTBS.
11. All delegates must reside la tha district
they repreacnt. In oaaa ef absaaee or iaability
to attend, aobstitBtloaa Buy be made from eill
tans of tbe dlatrlet.
Ml-BT OIBT IRBTBl'CTIOBB, OB BB BXPBLLBD.
II. Delegatee most obey iDBtrastioas gives
them by their respeotlve diatrtets, and if violated
It ahall be the duty ef the Praaidant af Iba Con
vention to east tha rote of aoch delegate er dele
gate la accordance with tha instructions and
tbe delegate or delegates so offeadlog shall be
forthwith expelled Irons tha Convention, and
ahall aol be eligible to any office or place of
trait la tba party for a period ef two yeara.
A RAJOBITT Or ALL RRf'BSBART Tfl ROMiaaVR
II. Ir convention a taajerlty ef all tbe dale
gates shsll be aeoeeaary to a oominatioa and
na parson's name ahall be excluded from tba liet
of oaadidalae antil after the SIXTH ballet er
vole, wbea the peraoa reeeivleg the leaet Bom
ber of votes shall ba omitted aad atruek from tba
roll, aad so en at eaoh saoeesalvo vote nntll a
nomination la Beads.
frrai.vt roa comrittiro fraudr add bribbbt.
14. If any persoB who Is a oandidate for any
aomlBatioB before tba Coooty Conrentioa, shall
ba provea te have offered or paid aay money, or
other valuable thing, or made any promiae of a
oooBidaratloa er reward te aay peraoa far hla
vote or inlaeoee, te aeeure the delegate from
any dlatrlet, or Bnall have eflered or paid any
moaey er valeaole thing, er promised any eoa
alderatloo er reward, to any delegate lor bia rote,
or te aoy other peraoa with a view ef Indalglng
ar aeenring tba volea of delegataa, er If tbe eame
shall be done by any other peraoa with tbo knowl
edge aad eoneent of each saadidata, tbe aame of
aueb oandidate ehell be Immediately striokea from
tke list of eaadidales, er If eaoh fact be ascer
tained after bia aeminatioa te aay office, and be
fore tbe Ana! edjournmeat, tbe Basse of the Bom
inee shall be street from tke ticket aad ILe va
oaBer supplied by a aew eomiaatioa, and la
either eiae each peraoa aball be ieeligible to eay
aoaalaatioe by a oeareetlce, er te ae oloetloe aa
a delegate thereafter. And la ease It ahall be
alleged after the adjournment ef the Ooavaa Ilea
that any candidate pel la aomiaatioa has bean
guilty of aueh eels, or aay other freuduleot prac
tices to obtaia sach aominsetoa, the charge shall
be Investigated by the Ccaaly Committee, aad
eaoh slaps takea ae the food ef the party may
require.
18. If ear delegate ahall receive aay money er
other valeable thing, er accept the prosjtae ef
aay eonaideratioa or reward te bo paid, delivered,
or I reared to him, ef aay pereee for eaoh dele
gate ea aa Inducement for kis rote, apoa proof
of the fact to tha satisfaction or Ibe Convaatloa
aach delegate shall be forthwith expelled, aad
shall aat be reoeired aa a delegate te aay fat are
eaevcatloa, aad shall be laallgtble te aay party
nemlealioa.
bolrs re ravb raecBDBBOB.
la. Caaae erielal BBdef tha rolei shall hare
preeedenee ever all ether baalaeas la eoareBtloa,
uatll eeteraataea.
MBBTiea er tan ceRVBRrieH.
17. The County Oeavealloa shall meet aaee
ally, la the Ceart Hcaee at I e'eleak f . ., ee tbe
tblrd Taeaday ef September.
AHHCrHCRMSntf CP CARBIPATBB.
18. The Barnes ef all the candidate, for oe
shall he anaoeacad at least three weehs prerloaa
to tbe time ef holdieg Iba primary eleelloe.
ISRAEL TEST,
Ji aa W. Howa, Cbelraiaa.
Seeretary.
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF PENH
SYLVAHIA.
You are Attain called upon to main
tain tbe integrity of Democratio prin-
cipioa, ana, oy your action and volea,
oatablieh tboir aupremacy in the State
The history and rocord of tke party
id an pnsi inno nas neon consistent,
and its force hut always beon expend
on in dol'ense of the rights of the citi
zen, guaranteed to bim by tbo organic
aw oi me lanu.
Your lcalty to tbo party is not tbe
romilt of subserviency to the dictates
of any one man oraotof men, but rests
upon conviction, that its nolicv and
principles, when fully carried out, have
ovor contributed to tbe prosponty and
material wealth of tbo State. To this
end it baa invariably roaiatod tbo on-
oroachmonta of political power direct
ed Bgniiiie mo riguts oi personal lib
erty and property. It is a fundamen
tal principlo ef tbe Democratio party,
that tbo majority shall rulo that tbe
will oi tuo people, luirly and frooly ox
pressed at too polls, is the supremo
aw oi mo lanu, and should be main
tained at all bazarda, and that any
attempt to sot aaido that will to de
clared, ia a crime against the Stalo,
and stibvcrslvo of the rights of the in
dividuals constituting it. To establish
a government based upon this nnnci-
plo cost tbo bodt blood of the patriots
ot tbe devolution, and base and dogon-
erato would be their children if over
they ehotild pormit it to be impaired
The highest privilogo tbat can be ox
orciaed by a freeman is the right of
mo elective trancbieo ; its enjoyment
is secured to bim by the bill ot rights,
which doclaros, That "elections ehall
be froo and equal ; and no power, civil
or military, shall at any timo interfere
to prevent tbo froo exercise ot the
right of auffrago." In tho exorciso of
tbis right, tho eloctor is a sovereign,
and a tame submission toany encroach'
montupon it would speedily baston a
condition of servitude. In the exor
ciso ot tbo oloctlvo franchise, all are
placed upon tbe samo lovol, without
regard to tho conditions of life or for
tune. Tho pcorost votor, in tho uso
of this privilogo, wields a powor equal
to mat oi tne ricbost and powerful in
tho State. Tbe ballot makoa them
equal, and its importance is of no
greater valuo to one than to tho othor,
and honco in tbo perfect Bocurity of
hr iree exercise to ovory voter rosla
the permanency ot our system of self
government. To its free and untram
melled enjoyment tho Democratic par
ty pledges its unfaltering support.
Under Republican rulo this guaranteed
right to every citizon bos boon fla
grantly violated, not only in this, but
in other Slates of the Union. But it
was the hcroio devotion of tho Demo
cratio party in the lost Congros that
re-afllnned and partially restored the
ngnt oi tne eloctor to a Iroe ballot.
That was not a contest for political
supremacy, but a struggle for a lost
right, and accomplished for tbe people
wnai in oinor umos could navo been
gained without an appeal to arms.
In Ibis Stalo, lor years vou have
submitted to tbe rule of the Republi
can party, and not only by intimida
tion and iraud dave electors been de
prived of their sulTrago, but in more
tuan one instance you bare been dis
franchised, the legitimalo, honest, voto
of the State having boon counted out.
More than one Slate ollicial has bold
bis oflico against tho honestly polled
voto of the poople. In the city ot
Philadelphia it is notorious that the
moat flagrant outrages bavo boon per
petrated upon the electors, by repeat
ers, ballot-box Bluffers, and tbo paid
minions oi ine riaiionai uovernment,
and tho right to a freo ballot has been
tramplod upon witnin the shadow of
Independence Hall, wbore tbe spirit of
liberty was first given birth. I think
I mistake not the temper of tho Dem
ocratic party now, in that, thoy will
not again tamely submit to such an
invasion of their rights, but in tbe ap
proaching election they will see to it
that there shall not only bo a free bal
lot but an honest count.
Other elements, equally dangerous
to tho righta of the citizen and the
prosperity of tbeComraonwcaltb, exist.
1 be Kopuoucan party lor years baa
boon in tho keeping of an organized
ring, tbat generously baa relieved tho
masBos of tbo party from tbe responsi
bility of taking any active part in its
manugomont. It baa organized lis
State Conventions, selected and nomi
nated candidates for high political po
sitions, and appointod Senators to rep
resent Pennsylvania in tho Senate of
the United States, used the power of
the lobby to control important legisla
tion, and by the potent influence of
money and position, its baleful influ
ence bas found its way into every
libra of our political system. When
ever it became necessary to accom
plish a purposo, its powor wae irresist-
ablo. It pervaded every department
of tho State government, and in the
House and Senato were found Its em-
ciont representatives. In the lobby it
was omnipotent, ibe Treasury was
regarded as the object of legitimate
plunder, And the ropmeontativoe of tl,e
people as tho mere instruments to give
legal form to robbery. The most in
iquitous measures woro conceived and
executed. Tbe sontence of political
death, without reprieve, was imposed
on any adherent who besitatod to carry
out tbe decree of tho ring, and bis
place filled by a moro pliant and Biip-
Sle tool. In the name of loyalty the
lata was plundorod. Tbo public
works, coaling tbe people millions,
were given away, and the Treasury
depicted by the repeal of tbe tonnage
tax. New offices woro created with
immonso emoluments and a long ten-
uro, to which they unhesitatingly ap
pointod tbctnselvoa. Corporations do
mended of tho Legislature extraordi
nary pnvilegos they wero freely
grantod and in the exerciao of un
warranted power, threatened the exis
tence of Individual enterprise, and, in-
deed, to rise paramount to constitu
tional authority. The Kopoblican par-
was in the grasp ot tho ring, and
e ring became, and is, tbe Republi
can party.
it is true that corpoatton with caro-
fully guarded nowors are necessary to
carry out groat enterprises, but in
granting privileges superior lo those
enjoyed by the individual, the greatest
vigilance) should Do exercised by tne
Leirialature, otherwise as all experi
ence proves, having onco entered the
Bold ol special privilege, tneir rapacity
knows no.limit, and they become en
gines of oppression, crushing out every
interest but tboir own, "gathering
where they have not strewn, and rcap
intr where they have not sown." Re
cently this grasping tendency of cor
porate power nas neon mapiayea in
the oil regions ol the State.
This wondorful natural development
bas attracted thore immense capital,
tba necessary and legitimate result of
wbicb has been to add largely to the
material wealth ot tbe uommonweaim.
There tbe widest field for individual
enterprise has beon oponod. Thou
sends of tbe active men, the business
men, the live men of the country, of
physicul and intollootual enorgy, have
boon drawn to this centre To fostor
and encourogo tbis interest by proper
and nrotoctivo legislation, that tbe
producor may reap tho legitimate fruit
oi bis labor and capital, should be tbe
firat care of tbe Commonwealth, and
yot, wo are assurod by tho appeal!
coining from the pooplo of that roirion
that the great carrying corporations
in their discrimination against tho pro
ducor and transporter have so par alt
ed the enterprise of individuals, aa to
make tbom their sorvants, "tbo how
ora ol wood, and the drawers ot wa
ter."
For these wrongs thoy must bold
responsible the liepiiblican party,
which baa been ir lull possession of
the exeoutivo and legislative brandies
of tho govornmont.
To correct theso and many othor
grievances, and the more effectually to
guard the approaches ot corrupt influ
ence upon members of the Legislature,
a now Constitution was demanded
The ring influence in tbe Republican
party arrayed Itself in opposition to
the proposed reform, but tbo pooplo,
aroused to a sonse of its impoitanco,
carried the proposition by an over
whelming majority. Tbe now Consti
tution was adopted. Tbo most strin
gent provisions wore incorporated in
it to curb the encroachment of unwar
ranted corporate power, and seemingly
impassiblo barriers raised to provent
the approaches oi corrupt Infljonco
upon the representatives ot tbe people.
Ibe poople felt aalo in its apparent
protection, but bow vain and futile
were their hopes. Chartered monopo
lies refused to submit to its require
ments, and the poisonous influence of
II1U IUUUJ UgUlll IUUI1U IUI WBY HltU IUU
halls of legislation. To the ring com
bination in the State the Comtitution
was but a rope of sand. Of this the
proof is before the people in the re
cent attempt of tbe master spirits of
the ring, , thoso woo are recognized
loadors in tho Republican party, and
who control Us Conventions and nomi
nate its tickot, to debaucb the mem
bora in tho last Legislature in tbo at
tempt to pass tho M. 000,000 riot bill,
ia glaring evidence botore tbo pooplo,
and must convince every one not
blinded by party prejudico that noth
ing but tho uttor exclusion ol tuia in
fluence, and those whom thoy may
dictato as candidates for official posi
tion, will save tbe fair fame of tho
Commonwealth and place tho revenues
ot the pooplo beyond the reach ot or
ganized political corruption.
Hitherto the enemies of tbo honest
administration of the Government woro
insidious in thoir approaches to the
Treasury, but emboldened with long
success with impunity, and the mag
nitude of the prize in thoir recent at
tempt upon it, tboy lost their usual cau
tion and hence investigation has dis
closed tho actors the mling spirits in
the iniquity. Somo have been con
demned in the body of which thoy
woro members, and others await their
trial before a legal tribunal. Manifestly
tbe days ol tbo political powor of the
ring in Pennsylvania are drawing to a
closo.
Tho Democratio party occupies no
uncoitain position upon this question,
but bos placed itselt on record beforo
tho poople, in tho lato Convention, in
tho following decided resolution :
Tealt, That the recent attempt, under the per
sonal direotion of ruling Rrpublicen leaders, to
debauch Iba Legislature bv wboleaelc bribery.and
corruption, and take from tbe Commonwealth
lour minions ol oonsrB lorwntoa us iiaouuy oas
never been ascertained, is a fresh and alarming
evidence of the aggrassireneae of eorporate power
in oolloiioB with political rtoga, and ebould re
ceive tbe signal eondsmnatiOB of tbe people at
tba polls.
But what attitude does tho Repub
lican party, through its leaders, occupy
on this leading, vital question ol
hetber fraud or honesty shall be the
rulo in tho State? It is a fact, and
one which every honest Republican
must admit, tbat the loadors and con
trollers of the lato Convention at liar-
risburg, by their action compel him as
a membor of tbe party virtually to
endorse bribery and corruption, and to
declare tbat be will not have honest
men in office. Thore is for him no
escapo from tho position in which thoy
nave pioccu mm Duivoreiiuuiaiutiieir
action by voting against the candidate
tboy have selected. A distinguished
Republican, struggling for bis political
lite with tbe ring, put tho question
now fairly boforo that Convention by
offering the billowing resolution :
That !b view of tbe developments or eorrupt
practieea la eoaneetioo with tbe Riot bill In tbe
last House, we empbelloaliy reaffirm that part af
the platform adopted by Ibe Republican State
Ooaveotlon at aneaeler In 1H76, and wblcb was
adopted by tba Itepublicea State Convention at
liariisbarg in 1878, wblcb demands "benest mea
laufllee inon witb brains enough to bnow die
honesty when they ace it and courage enough te
flgbl it wbereaceverthey And It."
This resolution was rejected I Tbo
presentation of it, it ia maniloat, was
anticipated, and the result shows tbat
tho parties in interest were luny pre
pared to moot tho issue. It was pre
determined that no action of that Con
vention should in any way reflect upon
or Condemn tba eorrupt praetioea and
means used to procure the passago ot
that bill, but on tbe contrary tbat tho
Convention should be compelled to ex-
lenuato rather than condemn, lothis
end tho maehinory of tho Convention
must be seized. To prevent the intro
duction of a resolution of thia charac
ter, nnd to dony it evon tbe grace of
boing road, parliamentary law must
bo stricken down. Failing In this, to
guard against tho possibility of a mi
nority report wnicn wouiu aoveiop
the iniquity and spread it boforo the
pooplo, a right, tho rulo and pructico
ot which is recognized in all conven
tions, must be tramplod upon. How
ill tboy accomplish their worn la
written in the proceedings of that Con
vention, and Is bofore the peoplo lor
their sober judgment.
Mr. Barr. tbo candidate of the Dem
ocratio parly, stands squarely on tho
principles declared in tne piatiorm
adopted by the Convontion. He is
the representative 01 no interest or set
of men. Ue was nominated by tbe
united voice ol the party ; bis record
is before Ton clean and unsullied : bis
competency is beyond dispute ; be is a
candidate for the most responsible
oflico in the State, and bas given a
pledge in Convention, to the people,
that no other candidate ever did before:
Xeeefeed, That la D. 0. Bare, this day noejl
Baled far Stale Traaaerer, we present e eaadldate
eetitled te the eeoSdeuee ef tbe people aad
wbe, if elected, will beep the public moaey safe
ly, make kaowa his pieces ef depeeil, bold hla
hooka and paper! epea te iaepeotloa, and pre
serve Ike Comejoaweeltk from aay rrpetilloa ef
tbe systematic embcsslemoBIB ef tnlereet end
elbcf spolliatleaa which marked tba long and
seeadaloal career ef the Bepablleaa Tree eery
Ring.
Tbis is the character of the candi
date, and the pledge for tbe fidelity ot
bis trust, that we confidently submit
to the people as the custodian of their
greatest interest, Iba revonues of the
State.
These are the issues and tbey are
worthy of your serious consideration.
They involve tho economy and honest
administration of tho etato govern-
ment. They are of vital importance
to you, as a citizen, a voter and a
Pennsylvanian. Thoiruropor dolermi
nation and direction rests alone with
you. Tbo Ropublican party in the full
and absolute possession of the National
uovornmont, in a period ol profound
pt-ace, of bountiful harvests, of unu
sual development of our natural re
sources, Dy tbe disboneaty ol those in
official position, by reckless legislation
and by gonoral misrulo, brought upon
tho country bankruptcy and financial
ruin which spread like a pall ovor tho
land, its oppressive influence was
felt in every homo, and it brought sad-
nosa to many a fireside. A universal
cry of distress and for roliof wont up
from tbe people. The appeal was an
swercd by tho Democratic party, and
through all those years ot denrossion.
of widespread financial distress, of the
prostration ot trade, it has grown into
strength. As yet, without the power
to erudicato tbe evils tbo Republican
party baa inflicted upon tbo country.
the Democracy stands as a breakwater
to resist tbo tido ot corruption, of ex
travagance and Iraud, Republican mat
administrations bavo imposed upon us.
.through tbe dovolion ot tbo Demo
cratic party to the welfare ot tbe poo-
pie, and Its sturdy rosiatenco to im
pending evils, tbe country is now
emerging from tbo cloud of financial
gloom that bas so long bung ovor it,
and tbe Bunligh, ot prospority is again
beginning to shine upon us.
win you tuno a step backward, or,
nspirod by what has boen accomplish
ed in the past, and in tbo hope of the
future, will you not go to the polls at
tho approaching olection, determined
that thia revolution of reform shall
continuo until the principles and policy
of tho Democratic party shall become
the rule in l'cnnsylrania.
Itcmembor, Democrats, that one
victory foreshadows another, and,
therefore, in view of all theso circum
stances wbicb so materially affect tbo
interests and welfaro of the Common
wealth, let it not be forgotten that this
contest is a proludo to that groat
struggle in which it will bo imperative
upon tbe Amorican pooplo to nguin
decido whether unlawfully enthroned
corruption shall continue lo perpetuate
tho appendant evils naturally connect
ed therewith ; or whothor tbe poople
ot this great country; shall again arise
and through thoir protector, tho Dem
ocratic party, in a mightier voice than
ovor before, demand tbat their con
stitutional rights and privileges, band
ed dowa to tbom by the founders of
tins govornmont, shall once more be
restored them in tboir original perfec
tion.
By ordor of the State Committee,
bio. W. JIillie, Lbairman.
COXKLIXG-SPJIA G VE CASE.
Old Si Slocum is one of tbe intelligent
negroes (formerly contrabands) who
infest Atlanta, Georgia. Tho editor
of the) Constitution, occasionally en
counters bim and extracla soraothing
now out of him. Hero is tho last :
Old Si laid his hand upon bis knee
cap and said :
'iiis byar sporadick loco ob do ru-
matiz 'minds me dat hits gwine ter
rain 'bout fo'r days, an i'se lierbul to
loso do run ob do atory."
"Which atory?"
"Dat lectio romance up yonder in
Rhode llum, 'twixt Conkling an' Guv'r
Spraguo."
What do you think ot it, oi, any.
bow ?"
W ell, sab, my 'pinions on dose byar
quoschins is purty solid, for er facte I
Now, in dis case 1'so el'arly satisfied
dat de (iuv wuz loP bim in de prom
ises.
Then you approve of tbe shot-gun
remedy for domostio invasions ?"
'Joss edzacKiy I An whonobber or
man gits himscll up tor dat pilch,
wheddor he's er musick teacher fum
Germany er a chin musisbun fum New
lawk, dut be goes Inter kamp on
anudder man's borne lot, de owner of do
lot hcz got de rite tor use a rit ob 'jeck-
ment wid bair triggers an senternre
buck shot kyartridgoa I"
"1'orbaps tbo law lorhids and lur-
nishos another sort of remedy ?"
"flat mabbe so wid do law dcy puts
on dor sheep skin kivors, but dat's er
unritton law ob dis byar law, dat when
er man buys er marrisgo liconso he
gits de rite wid bit ter organize fun
erils in bis naborhood in deso sort ob
mergincios I"
"And that looks reasonable.
"Dat's do smoob-bore logick dat'l
wind up de debato josser, well in Rode
llum ea in ucorgy, an nii soat sortoi
ersecksbun ob de kodo dat's tacked
up on my doah-post, yer beab me I"
And then lue old man nmpca away
to escape tho shower.
THIEVISH STB ATE 0 Y.
Tbe d eon laid nlot to release Holland.
or Lewis 0. Clermont, as bis correct
name is, the Cbambcraburg bank rob
ber, from tbe Jjnatern Penitentiary was
noarly successful. Eustis, the watch
man, who was to assist in the libera
tion says he was offered altogether
111,000 to got Holland out of tbe pen
itentiary, and the job was discovered
simply by tha bungling of the watch
man, lie was observed to eat 1110
wing of a roast chicken and then wrap
ud the romaindor and placo it in tho
yard attached to Holland's cell. This
was a strange proceeding oi awatcnor
acting so intimately with one of the
convicts, so the next morning the
hicken was domanded ol Holland, and
he delivered it up, along with a mince
Eie wbicb Kustis bad given him. Then
o was removed from bis coll and a
search of the appartment instituted.
Imagine the intense surprise ot the
prison officials when they secured a set
of burglar's tools of the finest make, a
plan of the penitentiary, giving each
corridor, the height of the outside walls
and all the details complete, and in his
yard were found a bunllo ol letters
which be had buried. Those loiters
threw considerable light on the grand
schema. The officers wondered how
the burglar's tools had been brought
into tbe institution. Holland relieved
them of all anxiety on this point by
telling. He said that wbon ho was
admitted the second time be had a
large strengthening plaster on his bark.
This was paddod, and made especially
for the Durpoae. Undorneath it were
tbe tools which had been iound. It
was rememborcd that when Holland
was nut into the bath he beg, rod the
men not to rob hi back or remove the
plaster, because of the pain he surTored.
They complied with bis request, and
tha tools found their way into tbe cell.
An honest Hibernian, in recommend
insr a cow, said she would give milk
rear after year without having calves.
"Because, it runt in the breed ; for
she came from a oow that never bad a
calf."
A TRUE STATEMENT.
It is very seldom that a Now En
gender passes through the Southern
Slates and sues things as tbey really
exist It is characteristic for tbo Ply
mouth Rockor to look at other pooplo
through stained glasses, because thoir
sail-esteem always elevates tbom abovo
the common herd ot the race.
Mr. K. B. Haskell, editor-in-chief of
tho Boston Herald, has lately been on
an extended lour through the South.
His conclusion are of peculiar value in
that they roprosont the viewsof a man
of independent mind. of extended travel,
of shrewd judgment, and one who would
not be misled by appearances, lie first
remarks upon tbe semi-rural nature of
boutborn cities and the tact tbat tbe
South still remains an agricultural
soction. Beyond the Mississippi good
horsemanship ia universal, even tbe ne
groes being greatly addicted to mulo-
nding. Albletio out-door sports have
given the men an erect carriage and
an exemption from thoso optical disa
bilities wbicb placo tho eyeglass astride
the nose ot so many young Oow Kn
glanders, Though no bookworms, the
Bouthernors have a taste lor reading ;
but their conaorvatism docs not allow
them to take kindly to those delinea
tions of morbid mental phenomna or
those too olton successlul attempts at
naturalistic nastinoss which crowd the
booksollers' counters and feed the in
satiable patrons of our circulating li
braries. A feature of Southorn char-
actor is the reverence in which tbe
clergy are bold. The respect shown
to ministers of every denomination re
minds one ot traditions of early eccle
siastical Now England, when tbe min
ister was tar more a power in the com
munity than bo Is to-day. Ibe pro
portion of young men in tho Southorn
churches is greater than is tho case in
the JNorlli. lo bavo tho reputation ol
an inudol or atheist the Noulb carries
with it tho penalty of social isolation.
New England liberalism is lookod upon
with suspicion, and theConcord"Sctiool
of Philosophy" would command no at
tendance in any Southern titato. The
free lovors, who bold thoir dobatos
and lectures so publicly in Now En
gland, would find thoir nocks in imme
diate danger in any town from Vir
ginia to Texas.
In overy Southern community tomalo
honor is guarded by a public sentiment
as inexorable to offenders as tbe laws
of Draco. All through the South la
dies ride over tbe loneliest loads with
out fear ot insult Tbo "tramp," that
hideous production of our civilization,
is almost unknown to the South. In
'Southern cities ladies can walk tbe
streets unmolested by woll-drossod
scoundrels. Every whito man in tbo
community considers himself the pro
tector of ovory lady. The tone of pub
lio sentiment in this regard is so
healthy that women in the South baa
a freedom recalling tho chivalrio days
of old. A cortain sort of mon who
baunt tha stroota of Northern cities
would have short shrift in Savannah,
Vieksburg or Now Orleans. The
Southorn man or woman, not being
given over to newspapers, magazines
and books, baa routined what is in
many of our communities a lost art
that of conversation. One of the
marks of good brooding in the South
is tho ability to cenvorse well. Con
versation is cultivated as a fine art.
Almost everybody talks, and talks
well, ibo conversational vocabulary
of Southerners ia woll stored with
good English words. There ia a cer
tain old fashioned way of pronouncing
many worda, due to the fact tbat con
versation, and not booke, gives the
law lo pronunciation. Tbe ell'oct is
sometimes laughable to a Northerner
who has been drilled into the recogni
tion of hypocritical and intractable
dictionary distinctions. It is common
to have "Joems"for Jamos, "clark" for
clork, "gyurl" for girl, "rigimcnt" for
rogimont : for example : "Fanatio"
with the stress laid on tbe laatsylable,
"temperament" with theaocenton the
second, etc. A Southern young man
does not get to bo "twenty one," but
one and-twenty. ' "1 reckon stands
for tho New England "I guess." At
tbo Southern Bar and in the legislative
hall a good deal ot attention is paid to
oratory. Hhetorio is studied. The
Southern orator is apt to soar into
tbo realms of highfalutin. In Ken
tucky ovory other man is oblo to talk
one to death.
Contrary to Northern opinion, the
South is not given ovor to whisky.
Thore is loss drinking in many south
ern citica in proportion to the popula
tion than in lloeton. i ho wearers ol
the bluo ribbon are many. Among the
negroes there is a noticeable absence
of that jollity and gnyely attributed to
tbom by tho novels and talos of ante
bellum days. hamiK) has "hung up
de fiddle an' do bow" and "jinod de
chuch." Tbe pious negroes are aa
firmly onnoaed to worldly amusements.
such as danoing and fiddling, as evor
wero tho Puritans. Ihe war, say ob
serving Southerners, took the fun out
of tho oolorcd people. Tbe South,
though not elyeinm nor even a faint
reproduotiou of paradise, baa uiany
points of social excellence. The sense
of "honab," although ofton overstrai n
od, has made intercourse botweon man
and man in tbe South somothing do
litbtful. Thore is a mutual deference,
a quiet courtesy ot mannor and an ab
sonce of bruaquoncss, even in business
formalities, which Impresses the ob
server from the North. Life South
has more outward finish and more in
ward repose than with us.
THE FEDERAL UNIQN.
Tho following disquisition on our
system of government, which we clip
from the Philadelphia Record, should
be read by all mon, and by them re
peated to tho children. Tbe onoraios
of tho Ropublic aro busy in poisoning
tho minds of tbe young, with a design,
at do distant day, to break up our free
Fedoral eystom and transform us into
a despotism.
"Sovereignty is one of the many
words ol our great composite languago
which come to us from the Norman
French. Lexicographers define it as
signifying the supreme power or rule.
Authority la one ot its synonyms.
Bouvior, In bis law dictionary, quotes
judge otory aa uoctaiing mat in me
United o tales the absolute sovereign
ty of the nation ia in the people, while
the residuary sovereignty ol each
Slati, not granted to any of Its public
functionaries, is in the peoplo of the
Slate. Tbis idea of a divided sover-
oientv was auita familiar to our fore
fathora, and none of the authoriz
ed spokesmen of either of the two
groat parties which existed in their
day denied it Federalists and
Republicans alike admitted it. This
they could not woll help doing witb
the recently adopted Federal Consti
tution before tbem. That instrument,
it is to be feared, was more thoroughly
and oftonor studied thon than now.
There ia reason to bolievo tbat many
of our politicians, including some who
have reached high station, have novcr
road it more tbnn once or twice.
Not a few of our present public
speakers and writers are indulging in
denunciations of State sovereignty, as
ii tno very Idea ol such a thing were a
visionary notion and a wild ami peril
ous heresy. Tbey see, or pretend te
see, the possibility cl but ono sover
eignty in a einglo governmental sys
tem, iboylorgot tho fact, or know
ingly Ignore it that, in tbo complex
scheme constructed by tbe ingenious
wisdom oi the tounders ot this uov
ernment, the various powers of sov
ereignty which are not a unit, but
distinct and soveral were dcliboruto
ly distributed botweon the nation and
the States, and that each in its sepa
rate sphere, and as retrarda the sub
jects allotted it, is supreme. An in-
tonse and oager devotion to consolida
tion runs into absolutism. A sincrle
sovereignty is the equivalent of pure
autocracy. It is nothing loss than
despotism. 1 his was the ospecial evil
which the framors of the Union sought
to avoid by a discreet partition of tho
supreme authority.
The Federal Constitution realized
tbo dream of Cicero, whoso idoal opti
ma constituta republica was a govorn
mont organized with a proper balance
of tbe elomont of regal, aristocratic
and popular power, as expressed in
execulivo, judicial and legislative de
partments, i be people being tbo pri
mary souroo of authority in the now
ropublic, tho laws aro made by their
immediate representatives. Iboaris-
tooratic principlo becomea conorote
in the judiciary which expounds
mem. ino regal integer appears in
the execulivo which enforcos them.
Tho samo throo-fold svBtom was adopt
ed by the States, and is the archetype
or standard oi that "Republican lorm
of government" which the United
States guarantees to every State.
Not only aro tho attributes or func
tions of sovereignty in tbis country
separated into these threo distinct and
independent classes, but there Is a
further division as to its subjects bo
tweon the Slates respectively on tho
ono hand and the nation on the other.
Within its prescribed sphere, and in all
things which rolato to its own juris
diction, each is sovereign, i be national
jurisdiction is more august and impos
ing, embracing, as it does, those larger
and moro goncral functions which are
tho marks of poorship in the family of
nations, and armed with which it con
fronts tho world. These aro the pow
ors vostod in tho Fedoral Government
relative to security trom foreign dan
gor.for regulating intercourse with for
eign nations and for maintaining har
mony and proper intercourse among
tho Statos. To these aro added pow
ers concerning cortain miscellaneous
objects of gonoral utility, such as the
grant of patonts and copyrights to in
ventors and authors; exclusive legis
lation over the District of Columbia
and the forts, magazines, arsenals,
dock-yards and public buildings of tbe
United Statos ; tho power to declare
the punisbmont of treason ; tbo ad
mission of new Statos ; the control of
the Torritorios and tbe protection ol
tho Slates against invasion and domos
tio violence. Anothor class of provis
ions in favor of the Fedoral authority
consists of restrictions, somo absolute
and others qualified, upon tho powers
of the sovcrul States. The Slates aro
prohibited from making treaties, from
granting letters ot marquo and re
prisals, from coining money, emitting
bills ol credit or making anything ox
oopt gold or silvor coin a logal tendor,
trom passing bills of attainder, ex post
facto laws or laws impairing the obli
gation ot contracts, and trom granting
lilies ol noDinty. w ilhout tbe con
Bent of Congress, no State can levy
imposts or duties on imports or ex
ports, except what may bo abaolu'ely
necessary for exocuting its inspoction
laws; nor can it lay any duty on ton
nage, keep troops or ships of war in
limes oi peace, enter into any compact
with anothor Slato or with a foreign
Power, or engago in war unless to re
pel invasion. This specific enumera
tion's thus minutely givon bore bocauso
all other government powers of ovory
kind whatever belong under our Amor
ican polity to the several States. Tbo
tonth amondmont to tbe Federal Con
stitution doclaros that 'the powors not
delegated lo tne united elatoa by tho
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to
the States, are reserved to the States
respectively, or to the people."
ibis great mass oi reserved powors
constitutes what ia meant by tbo resid
uary aovoroignty ot the Statos. Tho
phrase is a favorite one with tho best
constitutional jurisconsults. Slato sov
rcignty includes the right of eminent
domain and tho powor of liio and
death, both of wbicb aro acknowledg
ed attributes ot supremo authority.
While the functions of tho gonoral
Government are few and definite, the
powers of the State Government aro
vast in extont and mullitudinoua in
their objects. Tbey have, in fact, no
limit -ouhjoot to the reetricliona abore
noted save in that unsurrendered
residuum of individual liberty the pro
tection of which ia the one great pur
pose of froo government it is the
Statos tbat administer; through tho
machinery or their municipal codes
thai grand common law of England
which investigates and punishos offen
ces against publie justice, which main
tains and regulates civil privileges, and
wbicb secures the absolute andinnliena
ble rights of tbe people. It is the
Statos which redress our grievances;
which guarantee tbe rights of person
and property ; which make operative
the franchises of habeas corpus and
trial by jury, and which everywhere
surround us in our homes and house
holds and in all our daily avocations
with an overreaching and all-pervading
atmosphere oi protection.
JOELAXE, THE OREGOXIAN.
Koccntly a party of Orogoniana or-
canned an excursion for a trip to Vic
toria, in British Columbia, and around
Puget Sound. Among the excursion
iats was tbe vcnerablo General Jot
Lane, now in bia eightieth year. He
was tbe first Senator Irom Oregon,
and ran tor Vice 1 resident with Ureck
nridtro on some of the electoral tickets
of 18(10.
One of the places visitod was Soatlle,
wbore a formal reception was tendered
the nartv. and Gonoral Lans was called
on for a speech. Among other things
he said : I come not as a celebrated
man or a distinguished soldier, but ai
an humble citizen of Oregon. True,
i have been aooordod some lame as a
soldior, and am oredited with having
served my oountry faithfully and well.
These laurels wore not won by myself
however. My command woo them for
me. Any man with sacn a command
oould not help achieving fame.
I cam to the Northwest in 1849 as
Governor ol what waa then Oregon
Torritory, embracing all the country
lying between tha iortioth and forty,
socond parallels, including what are
now Washington and Idaho Torritor.
loa and the Kioto of Oregon, Only
onco during my term of oflico did I
have occasion to visit this part of tbe
Territory. It was on tho first of July,
now almost thirty years ago, that a
oouriornrrivodatOroi.'on City, bearing
the nows that a Mr. Wallaco living on
liudd's inlet where Olympia is now
situated, had boon murdered by the
Indians. With an army (?) of six mon,
tried and true comrades in arms with
mo in tho conflict with Moxico, wo
procooded down tho iVillnmotto river
in a canoo to tho Columbia, down tha
Columbia and thonco tip the Cowlitz
lo the Ciitboliu mission. Hero wo
procured mules and horses and added
throe fresh recruits to our force.
Wo took the Indians by surprise
and demanded a surrender of tbo mur
derers. The old Chief, aftor viowing
our fbrco and looking me in the eye,
concluded to accedo to this demand
and tho murderers wore accordingly
dolivorod up, tried and executed. Tbis
mado good Indians of tbom. I was
thon Governor of a vnst territory, but
of not many pooplo.
At thai timo there wore only nine
families on tho wbolo Sound. My bead
has boen whitened by tbe frosts ot
many winters and my form bent by
the weight of accumluted years, my
voico has grown foeblo and weak from
tbo service of throo-quartors of a cen
tury, and I soon expect to be called
upon to answer tbo final roll-call. I
am fully prepared, frionds, to obey the
summons cheerfully.
Two years ago I lookod ovor the
old army regiaior, and found tboro
only five ot the soventccn Amorican
ioan Uenorals who entered tho
Mexican war surviving. Of the
sovenlocn who entored tbe struggle,
fourteen woro younger than myself.
One by ono those brave men bavo an
swered to tho last roll-call.
Since I last looked over tho roiristor.
Pillow bus been called away. Cad wala-
dor and Cushing followed, and on tho
first of tbe present month Shields an
swered tho summons and passed ovor
the dark river across the valley and
shadow ot death. During tbo last few
years the roll has beon called once in
six montbs, and one by one those gal-
lout men bavo responded.
WORTHY OF THOUGHT.
Tho Now York World very nronerlv
directs attention to the fact tbat it was
tho Democratio party which was do-
frauded in 1876, and not any two in
dividuals, as Mr. Tildon and his friends
would bavo the country believe. Mr.
Hendricks has taken tbe pains to deny
claiming to himself the benefit of any
such lion on tho party. Mr. Tilden
has not done this. Instead, bo and bis
friends havo improved every oppor
tunity to give out tho idoa that the
Keturmng Hoard frauds ot 1870 gave
him a lien upon the gratitude
ot tbe Democracy which can only
bo satisfied by a nomination in
1880. Tho validity of his claim oan-
not be established by any procossos of
reasoning from tbo facts. On tho con
trary, it can bo Bhown that Mr. Til
den's failure to act promptly and with
energy succeeding the election in 187G
Borved to encourage tho Republican
managers in their bold and unscrupu
lous course. Mr. Tildon s standing be
fore the Convention must depend alono
upon his personal merits and strength
as a candidate. On this point tho
World says :
The Democrat! of tha TdIob. uoleai thir are
bereft ef reaaon and manhood, will not forbear
to pre se all inqmrtea neeecaary lo secure Ihe beet
and strongest standard bearer tbey eaa find for
SS0 merelr because those Inquiries mar lead to
tba political or tbe personal ruin of any partlon-
lar eanataatee. i ne worR wnton will be required
of a Demoeratlo Presidsat plaaad la tbe White
House lo 18S1 will be work to lax tke strongest
mental, moral and pbyaical constitution to tho
otmoet, and no ono oao be permitted lo be nomi
nated for tbat poet who ia mentally, morally ar
phyaieally an invalid. Nor will the Democreta
of the 1;bIob take tba hah and obanocs of 1SS0
under any leader upon whose whole history tha
light ef day cannot ba fearlessly tornsd. As to
tba Oregon seandal aad tba eipber mystsry and '
tbe connection witb Mr. Cookliug, the Democratio
masaceof tha Union will lasist ob hoowiog, be
fore agaia accepting Mr. Tilden aa a loader, quite
aa muob a! any one in the parly now known, aad
certainly quite aa much aa either "sober" Chand
ler er "tipsy" Chandler now knows. There most
n run revelation or everything tbat wee dene
tba Domocratie name in Florida er IB South
Carolinaor In Baltimore. Neither the Demo
cracy of New York nor a National Democratic
Convention will march, under any leader, lato a
blind alley out of which retreat will be impossi
ble.
This is tho only sound doctrine. Tho
Democratic nartv resta nndor no obli
gations to Mr. Tilden. It has honored
bim once with a candidacy tor tho
highest office in the gift of tbe people.
I any mortgage exists it is not in bis
favor. Mr. Tildon is bound by every
mpnlso of honor and duty to acknowl
edge that the fancied grievancoof one
man should have no placo in the de
liberations of a great National party.
n be cannot riso lo tho manly dignity
of such an admission there aro abun
dant assurances tbat tbe Convention
of 1880 will not besitato to teach bim
this lesson. Philadelphia Record.
CHEVALIER WATTERS0X OX
COXKLIXG'S STALWART
ECCENTRICITY.
A career like that of Conkling usu
ally ends in bloodshed. Married mon
who ntrt with all tbo pretty women
they come acrosa must calculate upon
awakening jealousy and estrangement
ut home. Marriod mon whoso flirta
tions run into criminality nnd brazen
abandonment to passion must expect
thoir carcasses to be pierced with bul
lets by the mon whom thoy indirectly
injure. Conkling's wife and daughter
kept away from Washington to avoid
tho consciousness of the near prosonce
of bis manifold unfaithfulness. His
infatuation with Mrs. Spiague has
beon the talk of Washington for some
years. A suporbly boautitul woman,
site prolesscHB tbat feminine vanity
which delights in tbe adulation ot
handsome and distinguished mon. Few
women thore aro who aro imporrious
to the incense of persistent devotion,
vccially U they are not happily mar
ried. They overlook tbe reflections
which the eager tongue ol alandormay
utter upon the apparent situation. All
their little encouragements of the ad
mirer are carotully noted down In the
book of tho scandal mongers. Tbo
lady is in peril, but she does not see it.
The man ia in peril, but be doos not
care, ihe mom oovors lovingly over
the palpitating" flamo and bathos his
face in it Woo be to tho man who
troubles anolbor's nest ; who leads the
puhlio mind even to suspect tbat it bas
been defiled.
Roscoe Conkling may parado his
pure patriotism, which everybody
knows is a sham ; he may inveigh
against those he is pleased to call the
"barbarisms of the South ;" he may
bellow about "human rights" and "jus
tice," but ho, himself, stands bofore
tho world a robber of domestic happi
ness ; a snoaking bird of prey, wno
plays off his fine faco and figure; a
polished libertine ; and he appoars, fin
ally, a fowl with feathers bedraggled in
the mire ; a fugitivo witb pale, cow
ardly face, stealing out ol a town,
trembling before tbe justifiable rage of
an indignant husband. Conkling is
a cowardly brute; cowardly in poli
tics; cowardly on the stump; coward
ly on tba floor of the Senate. Behold
your god, Stalwarts, with bloacbod
faco, trembling lips, quivering legs,
sneaking like a whipped dog by uigbt
ont of Providence, with a shot-gun
pointed at his aloek carcass. Louis
ville Courier.
Laziness grows nn people ; it begins
in cob-webs and ends in chains. Tba
more business a man has to do, the
more ha is able to accomplish, for be
learns to economy his time.