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SATURDAY EVENING. JUijY 31, 1880.
The Letters.
The letter of Gen. Hancock will net
disappoint the American people, whose
confidence in his sagacity had been wen
by his able state papers when in com
mand of the department of Louisiana
and Texas. It lacks none of their vigor of
thought, conciseness of expression and
high "conviction of constitutional
duty. Our country is safe when
its government is administered strict
ly in conformity with the constitu
tion and the laws. The perils which
beset it have arisen out of departures from
these : the restoration of geed govern
ment must come and will only come in a
return te them. The Democratic party
was founded by these who settled our
free institutions and organized it te pre
serve them. Their sheet anchor was
the constitution, and the party
has had the power te continue itself amid
all political vicissitudes, te maintain its
organization, its vital principles and its
name because it was, and is and will
continue te be the party of the constitu
tion, recognizing that the life of the
nation is the preservation, each in its in
tegrity, " of the just powers of the gen
eral government, the rights of the states
and the liberties of the iceple."
lie who thoroughly appreciates this is
a statesman, and he who adheres te it is
a patriot. Gen. Hancock shows that he
is both. If his military training has
enabled him te express himself with
brevity it is a branch of the soldier's
education that mere of our statesmen
ought te have. Fer he has said
in his half column all that
needs te be said, and he has carefully
avoided what se easily might have
been improperly said. Ne better elabe.
ration of Democratic principles could be
made and no stronger pledge of his sym
pathy with them needed te be given than
in these words : "The principles enun
ciated by the convention are these I have
cherished in the past, and shall endeavor
te maintain in the future." North and
Seuth, East and West recognize a guar
antee; for equal protection te all sections
and all interests in the declaration that
" the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fif
teenth amendments te the constitution
of the United States, embodying the re
sults of the war for the Union, are in
violable. If willed te the presidency I
should deem it my duty te resist with all
my power any attempt te evade the full
force and effect of the constitution,
which, in every article, section and
amendment is the supreme law of the
land."
The proper adjustment of all the func
tiens of our government and the intelli
gent, honest exercise of each is the sim
ple duty of these entrusted with its ad
ministration. This is net a difficult task
when assigned te honest men, but the
Republican party has shown itself will
ing te disturb the nice balances of power
which the " profoundest wisdom" of
the fathers arranged whenever that
party can help itself and continue its
rule by se doing. It will aid the execu
tive power te usurp the legislative, or
the legislative te infringe upon the ex
ecutive or it will prostitute the judiciary
te unfairly control both if it finds advan
tage in the subversion. Gen. Hancock
has net only the statesmanship te knew
the right relation of all these powers,
but he has the determination te main
tain it by enforcing " a free vote, a free
ballet and a fair count," by which alone
as he says " the people can rule in fact,
as required by the theory of our govern
ment." Fer the purification of the civil service
he gives ample security in the announce
ment of his faith that " public office is
a trust, net a bounty bestowed upon the
holder. Ne incompetent or dishonest
person should ever be intrusted with it
or, if appointed, they should be promptly
rejected." In the work of protecting
our industries and developing our re
sources, he will be abreast of the best
theusht et the age and m lull ac
cord with that enlightened stalemanship
which comprehends that " te develop
our vast natural resources and increase
the prosperity and happiness of the ieo iee
ple," there must be no class legislation
nor the nurture of special interests te
the prejudice of the common weal.
Mr. English's letter is mere lengthy
than that of the head of the ticket, due
no doubt te his mere discursive style
rather than te any greater weight attach
ing te his views. He expresses them,
however, clearly and positively, and they
fully accord with the doctrines of the
party in whose promotion would be has
tened " the development of material
prosperity, the elevation of labor, the en
largement of human rights, the promo
tion of education, morality, religion,
liberty, order and all that would tend te
make us the foremost nation of the earth
in the crand march of human progress."
Te the realization of these grand puis
poses Mr. English can give no mere sub
stantial aid than by effecting that which
he pledges te the national committee, a
sweeping Democratic victory in Indiana
at the October battle there.
The Examiner, which, in its sere dis
tress te whitewash the character of its
candidate, has te publish daily a person
al defense of him by two leading Demo
crats, and the JVcic Era, which se lately
was solicitous lest something that Judge
Black wrote might miss the Iktklli.
gexceu's readers, new have a fine
chance te prove their appreciation of
Judge Black's literary style and his politi
cal views. The judge has written a letter
from Paris te the editor of the New
Yerk World about Hancock. We shall
anxiously leek this evening for its re
publication in the Examiner and JVcmj
Era. Should they fail te thus respect
the " great expounder of Democracy "
whom they have lately come te " idolize '
the Intelligencer will endeavor te
supply their short comings.
David Meuat, of Philadelphia, was
arrested, tried, and eleven out of twelve
jurors were for convicting him of stuff
ing the ballet-box at the late elections iu
Philadelphia. His guilt was proven and
new he is appointed by the Republican
organization of Philadelphia as chairman
of its standing committee en " the col
ored vote." Meanwhile the independent
Eepublican, William Calhoun, against
whom he committed the fraud for which
he narrowly escaped the penitentiary,
has come out for Hancock. Se it gees.
The Eepublican party rewards its thieves
and its honest men are quitting it.
The Power of Mosey.
Mr. Quay seems te have some money
left ; he is reported as having handed his
check for $500 te a ward club in Phila
delphia with the remark that what was
wanted in this campaign was work and
net talk. Mr. Quay has a very correct
view of the exigencies of the situation.
Mr. Quay is an intelligent man. He
also seems te be a man of money. He
is reported te have an ambition te le
United States senator from Pennsyl
vania. Ne doubt Mr. Quay's heart is in
this canvass. A man's heait generally
fellows his pocket; and Mr. Quay's
liberality is a very satisfactory sign of
his interest in the success of the Repub
lican party. It cannot de better than te
take his advice as unhesitatingly as it
takes his money. He will prove a better
Moses te lead it into the premised laud
than its candidates with their long
worded letters and its orators with their
sound and fury and careful avoidance of
DeGelyer and Credit Mebilier. Mr.
Quay is right in declaring that the Re
publicans de net want talk in this cam
paign, but work ; and the kind of work
tee that money is needed te pay for.
It may seem somewhat odd te the vir
tuous reader of Mr. Quay's advice that
he should be se ready te frankly declare
that the main reliance of his party must
be money. He uses " work " and
"money" as synonymous terms, and evi
dently means te declare by his example
that the medicine which his party needs
is cash. It is its only hope. Meney is a
very effective instrument in politics, as
Mr. Quay knows. It may be said, with
out perhaps meeting contradiction, that
it is the approved basis of Republican
politics in Pennsylvania. Mr. Quay and
his friends are experts in its manipula
tion. He seems te be the boldest of them
all. He cists his bread resolutely upon
the waters in the hope of its coming back
te him many fold. The three thousand
dollars which he unavailingly sent te
Lancaster county te secure friendly mem
bers of the Legislature was an outlay
whicli took a brave spirit te make. That
boldness seems te have been rashness,
but it is rashness that is needed te save
a desperate cause.
Our Republican friends cannot be tee
rash in this canvass. They are hurt se
badly at the outset that it is hard te
imagine hew they can get into a worse
case. Any change naturally must be for
the better. We leek te see their condi
tion brighten somewhat, if they continue
the canvass. It must de se. They can
not possibly keep up the fight unless they
get rid of some of their despondency and
manage te put en less of a hang-deg leek.
The very appearance of their newspapers
and their speakers new is enough te
create an epidemic among the rank and
file. If something inspiriting is net seen
done there will be no army left them. It
cannot continue in its present state of
demoralization without going te pieces.
Quay's remedy is the only one. It will
net succeed, but it will make the cam
paign interesting. It will be expensive,
but the money that will be used was
easily gotten and may be easily spared.
It is absolutely the party's only salvation.
It saved it last time ; and it is the only
bridge it can trust te new. If some first
class thief will keep Garfield's pocket full
of money and the ether rich plunderers
stand ready te respond en demand, the
canvass may come te leek somewhat less
lop-sided than it does new. One dis
couragement in the situation has been
that se many of the old wolves and foxes
have been disgusted with the situation,
have been disposed te sulk in their tents.
The indication is that the common peril
is driving them into line. The cause
needs them and all their resources te
ward off a most disgraceful defeat.
MINOR TOPICS.
A gentleman has presented te the gen
eral assembly of the church of Scotland,
In Victeria, a check of $50,000 in aid of
building a divinity hall, and another has
made a gift of $300,000 te found a univer
sity in Seuth Australia.
Rev. J. Q. McAtee went up te Potts
ville and married one of his former par
ishioners, and Rev. Dr. McCren, the new
preacher, took it te heart that he read a
paper before the congregation en " Minis,
isterial Courtesy, " se he did.
A MicuiOAX'clergyman, who uses the
Lord's Prayer regularly in his pulpit minis
trations, has been called te account by his
congregation for lack of originality. Sonic
of them wanted te make it out a case
of plagiarism, but this was net success
ful. Seme congregations give their pastors
cash with which te go abroad and he
happy during the summer holiday. But
when the Rev. Dr. Fry, pastor of the
Trinity Lutheran church, Reading, sailed
for Europe his people cheered him by pro
viding him with a ten-tbousand-dellar life
insurance policy.
The returns of membership in the Wcs
leyan Methodist body from the various dis
tricts in Great Britian show a decrease of
nearly 1,000 in a year, but an increase of
between seven and eight thousand in the
number meeting in junior society classes.
The total inemberseip of the Weslcyan
connection is 376,678, with 25,784 en pro
bation. The literal expositors of the passage
which says that a bishop must be the hus
band of one wife find subjects for criti
cism in the manner of life of the bishops
of the Protestant Episcopal church. Of
the sixty-two bishops only two Bishops
Williams and Seymour are bachelor?
There are among them seven widowers
Bishops Pinkney, Gregg, Bissall, Petter,
Welles, Dudley and Smith, of whom
Bishops Dudley and Petter have been
married twice.
Methodism was inteduced into New
England in 1789, by Rev. Jesse Lee.
Eighty-nine years age there were no houses
of worship, new there are 1,500. Then
there were only three traveling and no
local ministers, new there are ever 1,000
traveling aucl 500 local ministers. Then
there was only one class of three members,
new about 120,000. Then there were no
Sunday schools, new there are about 1,100
schools, with 13,000 officers and teachers
and 127,000 scholars.
The St. Leuis Republican says that the
name of the Democratic nominee for reg
ister of lands is Rebert McCullecb. Rebert
and Rebert A. McCullecb arc cousins, and
in order te distinguish the two men Cooper
county people call the first named "Black
haired Beb" and the ether "White-headed
Beb." In Granville county, North Caro
lina, thejc arc four Jehn Smiths. Te tell
them apart the people call them respect
ively " Everlasting Jehn Smith," " Gizzard-eeot
Jehn Smith," " Bourbon
Smith's Jehn'' and " Okl-man-ef-all Jehn
Smiths."
Ilisuer Coxe, of Western New Yerk is
out with another .sharp criticism of the
English revision of the Bible. After la
menting the death of the great and geed
Bishop Wilbcrferce who knew hew deeply
he (Bishop Coxe) felt about the course
things were taking, he proceeds te say :
" Iu point of fact, his death has left the
whole movement without a pilot. Seme
of the best and greatest men engaged in
it have evidently lest heart in it, except
as a contribution te Christian learning.
Apparently it has passed out of the bands
of the Convocation of Canterbury, and is
assuming, or has already assumed the
character of a private en tei prise, of whicli
the universities have accepted the control,
and which is te be managed with publish
ers and booksellers generally, apart from
the control of convocation. Viewed in this
light, we may all rejoice in the prospect of
its appearance ; but it will be very diffi
cult for us te see hew it can ever take the
place of the Authorized Version."
PERSONAL.
Cel. James Boen is rusticating at Barue
gat and rapidly improving in health.
Cakuinai. Fkancisce Arruzzo, arch
bishop of Capua, is dead.
Jehn R. Eck, a well-known journalist,
died at his residence in Philadelphia, last
evening, aged CO years.
Lewis Linkkmiki.l, a highly respected
citizen efCanidcn, N. J., has died in Ger
many, where he had gene for the benefit
of his health.
It is officially announced that the empe
rors of Germany and Austria will meet at
Ischelen the 10th of August. The Prince
of Scrvia will probably arrive at Ischel at
about the same date.
By the account filed of the executers of
the late BiiOemkikmi II. Moere, the
paper maker, it seems the value of the es
tate is fixed at $5,527,173.00 of principal,
and $204,331.50 of accumulated income.
William Green, one of the eldest and
ablest members of the Baltimore bar, died
en Thursday morning of paralysis, aged
about 73. He was a son of the late Judge
J. B. Green, of Culpepper, a member of
the Virginia court of appeals.
Wm. A. Gavett, the internal revenue
agent of the treasury department, has re
signed, te accept the position of general
freight agent of the Texas & St. Leuis
railroad company. Cel. D. D. Spaulding,
of Michigan, has been appointed te fill the
vacancy.
Rt. Rev. Bishop J. F. Siianaiian, of St.
Patrick's cathedral of Ilarrisburg, and Rt.
Rev. Bishop O'IIaka, of St. Vincent's ca
thedral of Scra'iteu, will sail en next
Thursday, August 5, en the steamer Celtic
of the White Star line, for Europe their
objective point being Reme. The reverend
gentlemen will ba absent about thice
months.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Baseball: At Trev Trev, 3; Buffalo,
C.
About seventy Scotch farmers arrived at
Montreal en Thursday night, bound for
the Northwest. They are all persons of
who will make valuable settlers.
James L. Ilerr, keeper of a fish market
in Bristel, R. I., was found drowned in
the deck near his shop. It is supposed he
fell in while getting a bucket of water.
Geerge Bradford Ilullick, one of the
largest stock raisers in Ocean county, N.
J., died suddenly yesterday morning at
Burrsville, aged 50 years.
Merris Nagle, employed en the New
Yerk, Lake Erie ec Western railroad,
was struck by an engine at the company's
freight depot in Jersey City and fatally in
jured. The Grand Tiunk railway receipts for
the week ending the i24th were $203,452,
an increase of $53,140 ever the correspond
ing week last years. The aggregate in
crease for the past four weeks is $200,670.
Tiie ceii.-.us of Arizona puts the popula
tion at 41,580, including 1,500 Chinese and
4,515 Indians, but excluding reservation
and Pueblo Indians, who arc net taken in
the census.
In Essex and Kent and the adjacent
English counties bordering the Thames
the prospects of the wheat crop have been
dashed by heavy storms during the past
twenty-four hours.
The body of an unknown man, supposed
te have been lest oil the steamer St. Jehn,
was found in the Hudsen river, near Corn
wall. He had in his pocket a passenger
ticket of that beat, $4 in cash and a raffle
ticket.
A PIOUS SON-IN-LAW.
The Menus He Adopted te Cure His Wife's
Father f Smoking.
Edgar Babeeek is a leading church
member and superintendent of a Sabbath
school in New Berlin, N. J. Jeremiah
Goedrich is Babceek's father-in-law. He
is 80 years old, a great smoker and childish.
His son-in-law is opposed te the old gen
tleman's use of the weed and has often re
quested him te quit smoking. On Mon
day, according te a neighbor of
Babceek's, old Mr. Goedrich went into his
son-in-law's barn te sec him milk the
cows. While looking en he took out his
pipe, filled and lit it, and began puffing
away at Babceek's side. Babeeek was dis
gusted. He told the old gentleman te step
smoking. The octogenarian kept en ex
tracting pleasure from the clay pine that
had colored by long use, and of
whicli he was especially fend and
proud. The seu in-law picked up a
pitchfork and with a savage blew of
the handle knocked the pipe out of
the old gentleman's mouth and scattered
it about the barn lloer in a dozen pieces.
The father-in-law gave his daughter's
husband his opinion of him in very em
phatic language. The latter knocked the
old man down and gave him se severe a
pummelling that he with difficulty reached
the residence of a son near by. Old Mr.
Goedrich's head and face were shockingly
cut and bruised. It was necessary te call
a physician te attend te his injuries. The
octegenian says his injuries de net distress
him se much as the less of his pipe.
THE LETTERS.
GEN. HANCOCK AND MB. ENGLISH AC
CEPT THE NOMINATIONS.
Short, Sharp and Ringing Utterances of the
Soldier-Statesman. The Union One
and Inseparable An Equal and
Just 'Administration of
the Laws from-
Ued.
MR. ENGLISH'S LETTER.
The Policy or the Democratic Party Clearly
Defined and the Kepubllcan Party
Severely Arraigned for Its Cor
ruption and Shortcom
ings. Gen. Hancock's Letter of Acceptance.
Governer's Island, New Yenk Citv,
July 29, 1880 Gentlemen : I have the
honor te acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of July 13, 1880, apprising me form
ally of my nomination te the office of presi
dent of the United States by the nation
al Democratic convention latch' assembled
in Cincinnati. I accept the nomination
with grateful appreciation of the confi
dence reposed in me. The principles enun
ciated by the convention are these I have
cherished in the past and shall endeavor te
maintain iu the future. The amendments
te the constitution of the United States
embodying the results of the war for the
Union arc inviolable. If called te the
presidency I should deem it my duty te re
sist with all ray power any attempt te im
pair or evade the full force and effect of
the constitution which in every article, sec
tion and amendment is the supreme law of
the land.
The constitution forms the basis of the
government of the United States. The
powers granted by it te the legislative, ex
ecutive and judicial departments define and
limit the authority of the general govern,
ment. Powers net delegated te the United
States by the constitution nor prohibited
by it te the states belong te the states rc
sicctivcly, or te the people. The general
and state governments, each acting in its
own sphere without trenching upon the
lawful jurisdiction of the ether, consti
tute the Union. This Union, comprising a
general government with general powers
and state governments with state powers,
for purpose local te the states, is a polity
the foundations of which were laid in the
nrofeundest wisdom. This is the Union
our fathers made, and which has been se
respected abroad, and se beneficial at
home. Tried by bleed and fire it stands
te-day a model form of free popular
government, a political system winch
rightly administered has been and will con
tinue te be the admiration et the worm,
May we net say in the language of Wash
ington, : "The unity of government whicli
constitutes us one people is justly dear te
us. It is the main pillar in the edifice of
our real independence, the support el our
peace, safety and prosperity, and of that
liberty we se highly prize ana intend at
every hazard te preserve." JN e lerm et gev
eminent however carefully devised, no
principles however sound, will protect the
rights of the people unless the administra
tien is faithlul anil clhcicnt. It is a vital
principle in our system that neither fraud
nor force must be allowed te subvert the
rights of the people. When fraud, vio
lence or incempetency controls the noblest
constitution and wisest laws are useless,
The bayonet is net a fit instrument for cel
lecting the votes of freemen. It is only by
a full vote, free ballet and fair count that
the people can rule in fact. Take this
foundation away and the whole structure
falls.
Public office is a trust, net a bounty be
stowed upon the holder. Ne incompetent
or dishonest persons should ever be en
trusted with it,or if appointed they should
be promptly ejected. The basis of a sub
stantial, practical civil service reform must
first be established by the people in filling
the elective offices. It they hx a high
standard of qualification for office and
sternly reject the corrupt and incompetent
the result will be decisive in governing the
action of the servants whom they entrust
with appointing powers.
The war for the Union was successfully
elesed mere than fifteen years age. All
classes of our people must share alike in
the blessings of the Union and are equally
concerned in its perpetuity and m the
proper administration of public affairs.
We are in a state of profound peace;
henceforth let it be our purpose te culti
vate sentiments of friendship and net of
animosity among our fellow citizens. Our
material interests varied and progressive,
demand our constant and united efforts.
A sedulous and scrupulous care of the
public credit and economical management
of our governmental expenditures should
be maintained in order that labor may be
lightly burdened and that all persons may
be protected in their right te the fruits el
their own industry. The time has come
te enjoy the substantial benefits of recon
ciliatien. As one people we have common
interests. Let us encourage the harmony
and generous rivalry among our own m
dustrics, which will revive our languishing
merchant marine, extended our commerce
with foreign nations, assist our merchants,
manufacturers and producers, te develop
our vast resources and increase the pros
perity and happiness of our people. If
elected I shall, with the Divine of favor,
labor with what ability I possess te dis
charge my duties with fidelity according
te my convictions, and shall take care te
protect and defend the Union and te sec
that the laws be faithfully and equally ex
ecuted in all parts of the country alike. I
will assume the responsibility fully sensible
of the fact that te administer rightly the
functions of government is te discharge
the most sacred duty tha' can devolve
upon an American citizen. I am, very
respectfully, Winfield S. Hancock.
Te the Hen. Jehn W. Stevenson, presi
dent et the convention, lien. Jehn P.
Stockton, chairman, and ethers of the
committee of the national Democratic
convention.
Letter of Hen. Win. 11. "English.
Indianapolis, Ind., July 30. The fol
lowing is the letter of acceptance of Hen.
Wm. II. English as nominee for vice presi
dent :
Gentlemen : I have new the honor te
reply te your letter of the 17th inst., in
forming me that I was unanimously nom
inated for the office of vice president of
the United States by the late Democrat is
national convention which assembled at
Cincinnati. As foreshadowed in the
verbal remarks made by me at the lime
of the delivery of your letter, I have new
te say tiiat I accept the high trust with a
realizing sense of its responsibility. I am
profoundly grateful for the honor confer
red. I accept the nomination upon the
platform of principles adopted by the con
vention, which I cordially approve, and I
accept it quite as much because of my
faith iu the wisdom and patriotism et
the great statesman and soldier nomi
nated en the same ticket for president of
the United States. His eminent services
te his country, his fidelity te the consti
tution, the Union and the laws, his clear
perception of the correct principles of
government as taught by Jelfersen, his
scrupulous care te keep the military in
strict subordination te the civil authorities
his high regard for civil liberty, personal
rights and rights of property; his ac
knowledged ability in civil as well as mil
itary affair?, and his pure and blameless
life, all point te him as a man worthy of
the confidence of the people. Net only a
brave seldter, a great commander, a wise
statesman and a pure patriot, but a pra
dent, painstaking, practical man of un
questioned honesty, trusted often with im
portant public duties, faithful te every
trust and in the full meridian of ripe and
vigorous manhood, he is in my judgment
eminently fitted for the highest office en
earth, the presidency of the United States.
Net only is he the righi, man for the
place,but the time has come when the best
interests of the country require that the
party which has monopolized the execu
tive department of the general government
for the last twenty years should be retired.
The continuance of that party in power
four years longer would net be beneficial
te the public nor iu accordance with the
spirit of our republican institutions. Laws
of entail have net been favored iu our sys
tem of government. The perpetuation of
property or place in one family or set of
men has never been encouraged in this
country, and the gi eat and geed men who
formed our republican government and
its traditions wisely limited the tenure of
office, and in many ways showed their dis
approval of long leases of power. Twenty
years ofcentinuous power is long enough
and has already led te irregularities and
corruptions which are net likely te be
properly exposed under the same party
that perpetrated them.
Besides, it should net be forgotten that
the last four years of power held by that
paity were procured by discreditable
means and held in defiance of the wishes
of a majority of the people. It was a
grievous wrong te every voter and te our
system of self-government which should
never be forgotten or forgiven. Many of
the men new in office were put there be
cause of corrupt partisan services in thus
defeating the fairly and legally expressed
will of the majority, anil the hypocrisy of
the professions et that party in favor of
civil service reform was shown by placing
such men in office and turning the whole
breed of federal office-holders loose te influ
ence the elections. The money of the peo
ple taken out of the public treasury by these
men for services often poorly performed or
net performed at all, is being used in vast
sums with the knowledge and present
sanction of the administration te control
the elections, and even the members of the
cabinet are strolling about the country
making partisan speeches instead of being
in their departments at Washington, dis
charging the public duties for which they
are paid by the people.
But with all their cleverness and ability
a discriminating public will no doubt read
between the lines of their speeches that
their paramount hope ami aim is te keep
themselves or their satellites four years
longer in office. That perpetuating the
power of chronic office-holders four years
longer will net benefit the millions of men
and women who held no office but earn
their daily bread by honest industry is
what the same discerning public will no
doubt fully understand, as they will also
that it is because of their own industry
and economy and Ged's bountiful harvests
that the country is ceraparativeby pros
perous, and net because of anything done
by these federal office-holders. The cenn-.
try is comparatively prosperous net be
cause of them but in spite of them.
This contest is in fact between the peo
ple endeavoring te regain the political
power which rightfully belongs te them,
and te restore the pure, simple, economi
cal constitutional government of our
fathers en the one side, and a hundred
thousand federal office-holders and their
backers, pampered with place and power,
and determined te retain them at all haz
ards en the ether. Hence the constant
assumption of new ami dangerous powers
by the general government under
the rule of the Republican party; the
effort te build up what they call a "strong
government," the interference with home
rule, and with the administration of jus
tice in the courts of the several states, the
interference with the elections through the
medium of the paid partisan office-holders,
interested in keeping their party in power,
and caring mere for that than fairness in
the elections.
In fact the constant encroachments
which have been made by that party upon
the clearly reserved rights of the people
and the states, will, if net checked, sub
vert the liberties of the people and the gov
ernment of limited powers created by the
fathers and end in a great consolidated
central government, "strong," indeed, for
evil ami the overthrew of republican in
stitutions. The wise men who formed our
constitution knew the evils of a " strong"
government and the long continuance of
political power in the same hands. They
knew there was a tendency iu this direc
tion in all governments and consequently
danger te the republican institutions from .
that cause and took pains te guard against
it. The machinery of a strong centralized t
general government can be ucil te perpet- ,
uatc the same set of men in power from
term te term until it ceases te be a repub- j
lie only in name, and the tendency of j
the party new m power in that direction as
shown in various ways besides the wil
lingness recently manifested by a large
number of that party te elect a " presi
dent"' an unlimited number of times, is
quite apparent and must satisfy thinking
people that the time has come when it will
be the safest and best for the party te be
retired.
But in resisting the encroachments of
the general government upon the reserved
rights of the people and the states I wish
te be distinctly understood as favoring
the proper exercise by the general govern
ment of the powers rightfully belonging te
it under the constitution. Encroachments
upon the constitutional lights of the gen
eral government or interference with the
proper exercise of its powers must be care
fully avoided. The union of the states
under the constitution must be maintained
and it is well known that this has always
been the position of both the candidates
en the presidential ticket. It is acquiesced
in everywhere new, and finally and ferevtr
settled as one of the results of the war. It
is certain beyond all question that the
legitimate results et the war ler the Lnum
will net be overthrown or impaired should
the Democratic ticket he elected. In that
event proper protection will be given in
every legitimate way te every citizen,
native or adopted, in every section of the
republic in the enjoyment of all the rights
guaranteed by the constitution and its
amendments ; a sound currency of honest
money of a value and purchasing power
corresponding substantially with the
standard recognized by the commercial
world and consisting of geld andsilvcrand
paper convertible into coin will be main
tained ; the labor and manufacturing,
commercial and business intcj ests of the
country will be favored and encouraged in
every legitimate way ; the toiling millions
of our own people will be protected from
the destructive competition of the Chi
nese, and te that end their immigration te
our shores will be properly restricted ; the
public credit will be scrupulously main
tained and strengthened by rigid economy
in public cxpcndituics ; and the liberties
of the people and the property of the
people will be protected by a government
of law and order administered strictly in
the interests of all the citizens and net of
corporations or privileged cl isscs.
I de net doubt the discriminating justice
of the people and their capacity for in
telligent s-clf government and therefore
de net doubt the success of tin Demo
cratic ticket. Its success would bury be
yond resurrection the sectional jealousies
and hatreds which have se long been the
chief stock in trade of the pestiferous
demagogue.-', and in no ether way can this
be se effectually accomplished. It would
restore harmony and geed feeling between
all the sections and make us in fact as
well as iu name one people. The only
rivalry then would be in the race for the
development- of material prosperity, the
elevation of labor, the enlargement of hu
man Jrights, the promotion of education,
morality, religion, liberty, order and all
that would tend te make us the foremost
nation of the earth in the grand march of
human progress.
Very truly yours,
William H. English.
Te the Hen. Jehn W. Stevenson, presi
dent of the convention ; Hen. Jehn P.
Stockton, chairman, and ether members of
the committee of notification.
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
What the Players are Delnjr.
Billy Sweatnam has gene te Australia.
Geerge Rigneld will return te this coun
try in January, 1881.
Coup's circus appears in Pottsville to
night. Sothern will net likely recover from his
illness te again go en the stage.
Dan Bryant's original name was Daniel
Webster O'Brien.
Adelaide Neilson sailed for Europe en
last Wednesday.
Haverly's Mastodon minstrels arrived
safely in Londen en Saturday.
J. W. Baird will attempt te take out
another minstrel party the coming season.
Blind Tem is thirty-three years of age,
and has been before the public twenty
ycais.
naverly's colored minstrels continue te
draw big houses at Nible's Garden. New
Yerk.
Lew Benedict and Alf Lawten will be
the cemeeians with Madame Rcntz's min
strels next season.
Chas. Furbish, the theatrical in inagcr,
has been quite ill in New Yerk for sonic
time past.
The Union Square company of New
Yerk passed through here yesterday en
their way te Chicago.
It is said that Rese Weed and husband
Lewis Morrison new in Sau Francisce will
head a combination of their own the com
ing seifsen.
Kelly & Leen, new in Australia, recent
ly built an opera house and since that time
they have gene into bankruptcy. They
have lest ever $30,000 since they went te
that country.
Kate Castleten, a well-known and
popular actress, will appear in Jarvett's
" Fun en the Bristel " troupe. She takes
the place of Alliec Jenrdan, who died re
cently. """
Jacques Krugcr, who was last seen here
with the minstrel and burlesque party of
Welsh and Rice will be a member of Willie
Edeuin's "Sparks" company this season.
He is the husband of M'lle Elise, the ballet
dancer.
Geerge Thatcher, E. M. Hall and John John Jehn
eon and Powers, who have been playing
with Moere and Burgess's minstrels in
Londen, will return te this country shortly
and again become members of the San
Francisce minstrels.
Cress's Original Masteden Minstrels is
the title of a troupe of colored performers
which will be en the read next season
under the management of Frank Leez.
Jes. A. Cress is the proprietor. They
start en Nev. 1.
The Frelique company will be consid
erably larger this season than last. Eliza
Wcathersby, the wife of N. C. Goodwin,
the manager, is new in England and will
net act this season. Emersen, Clark and
the Daly Brethers will be members of the
company.
The pantomime which Teny Denier will
produce this season is called "Tickled,
or Humpty Dumpty Rehatched " Geerge
II. Adams, the clown appears as Geerge
Witihltj Bumps. The company will be the
largest ever put out by Mr. Denier and it
will include many well-known specialty
people.
The Heywood brothers advertise that
they will put a troupe en the read which
will consist of about fifty people. They
will give a street parade, headed by a num
ber of men uniformed like the Bosten po
lice, followed by the Grenadier brass band
and a large drum corps. The traveling
will lie done en a train of special cars, and
a steam calliope will announce their ar
rival at each exhibition town.
A REPUBLICAN ON HANCOCK.
Interview With (icn. C. S. Hamilton. Re
ported by the Milwaukee News."
"General, it is reported te-night that,
since your return from the East, you have
stated that you believed Hancock would
be elected, and that von intend te vote for
him."
"Ne. sir,'' said the general, "I have
net said that. I have net said te anyone
that I should vote for Hancock. But I will
s.iy this freely and frankly : I am a Repub
lican, but I am certain that Hancock will
be elected. There is net a particle of doubt
about that.'
" General, you have just been down in
New Yerk. Hew de matters leek there ?"
"New Yerk state is sure for Hancock.
She will give him 45,000 majority."
" Yeu were at West Point with Han
cock, were yen net?"
"Yes. Grant and I were in the same
class. Hancock was one class below lis.
I have known Hancock well, ever since
he was sixteen years old. And I knew
this : When he is elected, he will be pros
iileut. I mean by that, that no clique or
group of politicians will control him. He
has a mind of his own, and he will exercise
it. I de net regard him as te what yen
might call a ' brilliant' man ; but he is a
man of goal, hard common sense, a safe
man, a without blemish in life or charac
ter." "Hew docs he ttand with the soldier
element?"
" The old army men will support him.
It is natural that this should be the case.
And, aside from the fact that is te be ex
pected that men who have served in one
common cause should held together, there
is a peculiar feeling among soldiers for
Gen. Hancock. "
"Yeu are net prepared te say that yen
will vote for Hancock ?"
" I have net said that ; I de net say it
new. All I can say is, Hancock will be
elected, and I de net see hew I can vote for
Garfield ! "
STAXK ITEMS.
The old second Presbyterian church en
Seventh street below Arch, Philadelphia,
of late years a low variety theatre, is being
tern down te give way te a business
building.
In order that equitable distribution may
be made of $80,000 of the Milten relief
fund in the hands of the treasurer, the
court will appoint a trustee and apportion
it fairly and judiciously te the claimants.
Mrs. Jcannctte Fester, aged 00. died in
Ilarrisburg. She had resided there 83
years ; her husband was a leading lawyer,
and her relatives distinguished people.
Among her sons is J. Montgomery Fester.
The Patriot thinks that "the selection of
tie Hen. David Meuat, as chairman of the
Republican standing committee en the col
ored vote of Philadelphia, presents an oc
casion for the Press or the pious Bulletin
te deliver a homily ed election frauds upon
fie negrees in Alabama and Mississippi. "
Jeseph Menhart, a native of Sargans,
Switzerland, aged about 45 years, was a
P. & R. brakeman, and was running en a
train which was engaged in hauling weed
te Jelfersen furnace, near Auburn, where
he lived. While standing up en the car
the train passed under a bridge, his head
was struck, and he was se badly injured
that he died almost instantly.
Mr. Jehn Owens, a well-known .justice
of the peace, who was universally known
and highly respected, died at his residence
in Birmingham, Huntingdon ceuuty, en
Saturday morning last, in the 03d year of
his age. He was probably the eldest jus
tice in the state, having filled that office
for nearly fifty years in his native place.
Deceased was a stanch Presbyterian, and
'tis said by these who knew him that he
was never addicted te the habit of drink
ing liquor or the use of tobacco. His
wife, who is quite aged, tee, survives
him.
Mary O'Brien, aged 16, residing at Black
Valley, while out picking berries en the
Mine Hill mountain, entered into a clump
of bushes for the purpose of securing some
blackberries which were there growing en
seme very high bushes. She felt
something unusual rubbing against
the lower part of her left limb. She
paid no attention te this, however, continu
ing te pick berries, when suddenly she
felt a sharp cutting pain. Springing ent
from the bushes she found a copperhead
snake, of about ene yard in length, coiled
about her limb. With great presence of
mind she took held of the tail end of this
unwelcome companion, ami after unwrap
ping it dashed it te the earth, then seizing
a club close by she put an end te its
earthly career.
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Religious Amenities.
Central Methodist.
Dr. Wheeler, of the New Yerk Methodist t
writes his editorials en his back, lying en
a sofa.
Richmond Christian Union.
We thought he wrote them lying first en
one side and then en another.
Twe Lines Frem CiRed Pen.
I'liib.lelpliia Ledger, of .Inly 29.
Our American huhv with winga did 11 y
Te meet his Saviour in the sky.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
LITTLE LOCALS.
Here anil There and Everywhere.
Mr. Benjamin Gess and family, of
Pcquea township, were missed by the cen
sus enumerator.
Belgium this year celebrates the fiftieth
anniversary of its establishment as an in
dependent kingdom, and Lancaster will
celebrate the event by laying down in
North Queen street a Belgian block pave
ment. J. Aug. Beck, the Ilarrisburg artist, is
at Shickshinuy, Luzerne county, en
gaged in sketching a cascade falling ever
rocks SO feet in height, which will form
one of his most interesting subjects.
The Marietta Register says that en Tues
day morning last a farmer whose name
was net learned, was attacked, while en
his return from Columbia market by a
negre and white man, en top of Cinques
hill, and robbed of $3.50, the only money
he had en his person. The balance of
his money he had put into a bag, and the
thieves failed te get it.
A cow with seven arrows sticking in va
rious parts of her body, was seen running
at large near West Chester the ether day.
It is supposed that the West Chester arch
ery club was practicing at a target in the
neighborhood. Korristewn Herald.
Hen. Levi Maish, of Yerk, who sustain
ed a severe injury en the 5th of July,, and
has ever since been confined te his rooms
in Beck's building, is again able te move
about and is fast recovering his usual vig
orous health.
Speaking of the award of the contract
for erecting the new ceuuty barn, the
Inquirer feebly says : "It is possible that
technically they were wrong in accepting
a bid for a building different from that
laid down in their specification. However
this may be, there is no doubt that Mr.
Bach man will erect them an excellent
building, and that he receives only a fair
compensation for it."
The 'buses for the third animal free
picnic, te be given te the peer children of
Lancaster, by Rockland Undenominational
Sunday school, at What Glen Park, en
Wednesday, August 4th, 1880, will leave
the soldiers' monument, Centre Square, at
9 o'clock en the morning of the above day,
returning at eight o'clock in the evening.
Nene will leave after 9 a. m. for the
grounds, and these who arc net en hand
promptly may be left.
The Marietta Register says: "There
have been s-enie lets of tobacco in this vicin
ity cut and housed, while a large quantity
of it will be ready for cutting by next
week. The larger part of the weed about
here is well advanced in growth, and will
be taken in earlier than usual. There arc
many fine fields of it about here, which,
should nothing happen te injure it, will be
as fine as has ever been raised in the
county. "
Washington county, Maryland, is a fa
mous wheat-growing country and the farm
ers are handing iu their returns te the
Mail. Jacob McGraw had 840 bushels en
27 acres ; Jehn McCable 479 bushels en 34
acres ; J. T. Kinsey had 25 bushels te the
acre en 88 acres, and Jas. Ernst averaged
30 bushels all of the Fnltz variety. The
Lancaster yielded only 18 bushels te the
acre.
Frank Brcncman, of Providence town
ship, writes us that he has cut ripe tobacco
this week of which some of the leaves run
40 inches long and 24 wide. He says ftir
thur: " Our Lititz friends may think thin
leeks big, but nevertheless it is a fact. We
folks iu the lower end are well aware that
there arc many persons in the northern
part of Lancaster county who think the
southern portion of the county is little
better than a barren waste, except a few
chestnut sprouts ; but we co nteud that we
can raise in Providence, Martic and Dru Dru
merc as big tobacco and as geed quality as
can be produced anywhere in the county,
and net only of tobacco but of the cereals
also."
Club Meetings.
The Hancock and English clubs of the
Seventh ward met at their respective head
quarters last night .ind adopted the uni
form recommended by the conference com
mittee. After the transaction of
the usual routine business a large
number of new members signed the rolls.
The regular ward club adjourned te meet
en next Friday evening at B. Kuhlman's
saloon the Juniors te meet at Utzingcr's
en Tuesday evening.
A meeting of the Sixth ward Hancock
and English club was held last night at
the Shillcr Heuse. In the absence of the
president, Vice President Jehn 31. McCulIcy
was called te the chair. Twenty-three
new names were added te the roll of mem
bers. On motion, the club adopted the
uniform recommended by the Central
Democratic club. Adjourned te meet en
Friday evening next at same place.
Upset.
Last evening two men, apparently stran
gers and unacquainted with the town,
rode down Seuth Queen street and by mis
take drove into Morten's lane. On discov
ering their mistake they came back, and
en making a short turn in front of Mr.
Morten's house upset their buggy.
Neither of them was much hurt, and en
righting their buggy they resumed their
drive.
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