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WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1868
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HON. HORATIO BEYMOVB, of Now York.
FOB VICE PEESIDF , NT:
GRN. FBAHg P BLAB. Jr., or •Missonri.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL:
CHARLES X. BOYLE, of Fayette cOunty.
FOE SURVEYOR GENERAL:
Gen.WELLEIGTON 11. ENT, of Columbia co
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DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE HOOM:i
CLEARFIELD, PA., J uly 21, 186. J
Democrat! of Pennsylvania
THE HOUR FOR WORK HAS COME!
Wo earnestly invite you to organize for
victory.
Attention to details, persevering energy,
organization and discipline will bring tri
umph to your principles.
Zeal and perseverance in every Democrat,
and thorough organization in every locality,
are the true roads to success.
Superficial effort, noise and parade are
valueless. The stake is a mighty one, and
must we won by systematic work and bnsi-
nessliko energy.
Pennsylvania is the battle-ground. At
the October election the enemy will make
their most determined contest.
You occupy the post of honor—the van
guard of the Democratic'army. You have
proven your ability to carry the State: and
individual effort, faith in your principles
and courage in their maintenance now, will
enable you to count your majority by tens
of thousands.
The drift of the tide is toward you; the
evidences of changes aro abundant; and it
is apparent that the political revulsion now
in progress will end in the utter overthrow
of Radicalism.
Let us labor to &servo so propitious a
result.
We invoke you, then, to energetic action,
to close attention to the details of your or
ganization, to the formation of clubs, to the
conversation of voters, to the enthusiastic
support of your candidates—Seymour, the
statesman, and Blair, the gallant soldier.
Let us recognize in their names the sym
bols of change, the representatives of hatred
to radicalism; and extending the hand of
tellowship to all who will aid us in saving
the Republic, Conservatives and Dembcrats
will move forward under their banner, as a
flighty phalanx, united, determined and
irremstib,e.
Let yuur warfare be aggressive. Defend
!lowing. The Radicals in power are re
sponsible for the unhappy condition of our
country. Charge upon them their extrava
gance and their crimes. Demand of them
au account for your treasure wasted, your
Union not restored, your race degraded,
your business destroyed and your Govern
ment prostituted.
Let your rallying cries be, A GOVERN
MENT OF WRITE MEN ; EQUAL TAXATION ;
ONE CURRENCY FOR ALL.
Organize! Organize! Organize!
To work! To work I To work!
By order of the Democratic State Com
mittee.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE',
Organize! Work !!
Harvest is about over, and now la the
time for Democrats to organize for vic
tory. The good work can not be com
menced a moment too soon. Let an
efficient Democratic club be started in
every Election District in the county
'without delay. Every sign of the times
points to a glorious victory and the re
demption of the nation from Radical
misrule. Rut ithe battle can not be won
without a full muster of our forces and
perfect discipline in our ranks. Re
member that Pennsylvania is the battle
ground, and that the October election
will decide the contest. The time grows
short, and the great work which is to
be done must be commenced at once
and prosecuted with unremitting en
ergy. Then,
Organize Clubs;
Circulate Netespapers ;
Prepare for Township Meetings ;
Enroll (he Voters ;
Appeal to the Beason of Your Re
publican Neighbor;
Organize ;
Agitate ;
AND VICTORY IS SURE
Do not wail for your neighbor to be
gin the good work ; but begin it yourself
—and that immediately.
Colfax the Koow•Nothlog
Schuyler Colfax went through all the
depths of degradation in Know-Noth-
ingism. He was an active member of a
subordinate council in South Bend;
member of the State Council of Indi
ana; and a delegate from it to the Na
tional Council. These are facts which
can not be disputed. The Radicals do
not and dare not deny them. Yet this
fellow has the assurance to expect
foreign born citizens and Catholics to
vote for him. No one of them not en
tirely lost to self respect can do so.
"NO perversion of truth or audacity of rale
reprebeLtallou can exceed that which halls
this candidate In arms (Grant) as an angel of
peace."—P. P. Mai".
CONGRESS has found no time to at
tend to a reduction of the large standing
army which is costing the tax-payers
one hundred and fifty millions a year.
How much longer are we to be thus
burthened for the support of shoulder
strapped idlers and all the useless re
tinue of a vast military establishment,
for ,which we have no use in times of
peace like the present? Is it not about
time for 't a new deal ?"
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: ' : Congress dies bard. White . I tem
spur!). it. It gives riliep to *F.,grewind
says, 1 . 1 Come,"%elp*l" e.i. , i t , ----
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will be addressed 3e, •Tal.lk eyge
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THE Radicals are willing to drench
the land again in fraternal blood.
They seek civil war to prevent a fair
and free election. _
GENERAL HANCOCK has written an
able letter, fully endoisingthe nomina
tions of Seymour and Blair, and pledg
ing to them his hearty support.
MR. PARTON, the popular author,
believes that the coming man will not
be a drinker of whiskey. He does not
name Grant,but we take it for Granted
he means him.
CANT John Geyger, banker, get-up
another correspondence with Old Thad
in regard to finances ? It would be very
Interesting just now. Let Mr. Geyger
try it.
SAD.—To see how the Radicals of this
county are trying to pull down the de
formed idol which they have worship
ped so long. They are a set of remorse
less iconoclaste.
The new rebellion will array the peo
ple of the 'United States against two
hundred thousand real negroes and two
hundred white negroes in Congress.—
God save the Radicals if they bring on
more war, for the people won't save
them.
THE Radicals in the United States
Senate not only sat until 2 o'clock. on
Sunday morning, but held a session on
the evening of the Lord's Day. Suc
thing was unknown in this country
until they obtained control of the gov
ernment.
WHILE the Radicals In Congress are
getting up their new impeachment plot
against Andrew Johnson they might as
well include the next President ana
Vice President, Horatio Seymour and
F. P. Blair, in their Indictment. It
would save trouble, as they are bound
to be elected.
THE New York CI ty riots were brought
on by the reckless, blundering insolence
of the Republican Administration, who
stirred the public passions to fury at the
time when the city was stripped of its
local troops ; and the conflagration thus
madly kindled was extinguished by the
vigor, energy and address of Governor
Seymour.
THE leaders of the Republican party
do not intend to accept Thad. Stevens'
interpretation of the Chicago platform.
They denounce his speech most bitterly.
livery one of their papers assails the
"Old Commoner," but he strikes back
with vigor, and says they are "some of
them half secession, and more of them
in the pay of the bondholders." Mr.
Stevens knows them well.
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THE negroes of the South are to be
furnished with arms from the arsenals
of the United States, and Grant and his
followers are to marshal them in a war
of` extermination against the whites
Such is the plot which has been devel
oped in Congress. Some few Radicals
tried to protest against it, but these were
not equal in numbers to the newly ad
mitted carpet bag members.
IT Is a matter of congratufition that
the voice of Lancaster county next fall
will be unanimously in favor of paying
the funded debt of the Government in
paper money. The Republican leaders
will not be able to prevent Mr. Stevens
from being nominated for Congress, and,
therefore, payment in greenbacks will
be the platform of the candidates of
both parties, and will receive the unani
mous support of the people.
IF no other way can be devised for
extracting a full explanation from Old
Thad. we suggest that Col. Samuel
Shock open a correspondence with him.
Something must be done to relieve the
township politicians from the distress
ing muddle they are in. Let the gallant
Colonel rush to the rescue, and that
without an hour's delay. Charge,
Colonel, charge the Old Commoner, pen
in hand.
A conclave of Republican leaders
gathered last night at a certain Print
ing office in town, in earnest consulta
tion over Old Thad's apostasy. A great
deal of harsh talk was indulged in and
the opinion expressed that the old man
had lost the Republican party in the
State over 20,000 votes. It was resolved
that an effort should be made to take off
his Congressional head by the well
known processes of Thuggery.
MESSRS. Mann and Hazelhurst hav
ing declined the nominations for Dis
trict Attorney of Philadelphia, Charles
Gibbons, Esq., has been nominated for
the office by the Radicals. The greatest
disorder prevailed in the Convention,
and the aid of the police had to be called
in to preserve tlo peace among the
beligerant factions. Mr. Gibbons is a
man of ability, but his defeat is a fore
gone conclusion.
WHAT nothing else could accomplish
the carpet-baggers have speedily effect
ed. When they began to come out with
their maiden speeches, Congress resolv
ed to take a recess at once. The whole
Republican party was thrown into a
tumult, and it was seen that the utter
ruin of the organization would speedily
ensue if those follows were not prevent
ed from making speeches. We have to
thank them for the recess.
Chairman
JOHN BELL of Tennessee, candidate
for the Presidency in 1800, is still alive
and well. He says he hopes to live to
vote for Seymour, to see him elected,
and to die a freeman. He, with the best
white men of the gallant State of Ten
nessee, has been reduced to a condition
of galling slavery under the brute
Brownlow. The Democratic party in
tends to see that white men be made as
free as the negroes are, in Tennessee
and elsewhere.
IT is gravely proposed by the Radi
cals to furnish United States arms, at
the rate of one thousand to each Con
gressional district in the South, to arm
the negroes for a war of races. Will
the white men of the North vote to
make Grant President after that? If
they do, they deserve to have the coun
try plunged into a war more horrible
than that through which we have pass
ed, and they may expect to see it come
without fail.
OLD THAD. does not forget that the
New York Tribune openly advocated a
dissolution of the Union in 1861, and
that it was supported by many less
prominent Republican newspapers.
These Radical journals he denounces as
"half secession," and at the same time
declares there are "more of them in the
pay of the bondholders." How can the
masses trust to the guidance of such
journals? Let them order them to be
stopped at once, and take honest Demo
cratic newspapers instead.
THE. so•called reconstruction policy
of the Radicals has prevented a restora
tion of the Union, and now promises to
inaugurate a war of races. There never
can be a return of peace and prosperity
until the requirements of the Constitu
tion are faithfully carried out by a wise
Democratic statesman. The election of
Horatio Seymour would settle all these
vexed questions at once and forever. A
great majority of the people know that,
and are resolved to vote for him irre
spective of former party associations.
IN Democratic times the Navy De.
partment cost less than thirteen mil
lion dollars a year. The average cost of
it during the past three years (years Of
profound peace} has been over fifty
millions per year. The only service
performed by the establishment at
present consists of a series of j unketings
through the waters of Europe, where
royalty is royally entertained by Ad
miral Farragut with the most loving
expenditure Of the public money, which
is wrung; from the inasseshy oppressive
taxation
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The ma* Lion at ivfne betweiit
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t`Union,Sad through, thisle - "Elect&id .
votes and Congressmen; hold the bal
ance of power in the country? With
out the sanction of the people, against
the mandate of the Constitution, and by
the arbitrary exerciseof military power,
Congress has established Negro State
governments in the South. This action
of Congress , must now abide the, jndg
ment of the . American people, and the
question is;:pha4 .the Negro govern
mentsetMid or Gill ?
The Itadiel& contend that it would
be revolutionary -to subvert these gov
ernments:- The Democracy say that it
Was rei•olationary to create them, and
that they - ale void; The Radicals refused
to permit the Supreme Court to pass
judgaient . npon them. The Democracy,
appeal the, people. The Democracy
threaten no vfolenoe, butlnvoke the de
cision of THE BALLOT. If that decision
should be adierie to ihe NegnirState
governments,. it will remain to be seen
whether any party will 'resist the will
of the people. The party venturing
upon such -reeistaipe will be alone re
sponsible •fer the .aanseiluences But
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the recent-example of the fate of armed
rebellion against the 'decisions of the
ballot box,,alptda'llttJe encouragement
for resistance, and it will not be at
tempted.
The ,peoPle 'thoroughly understand
that the effects of the Negro State gov- .
ernments are not confined to the South.
Nineteen negroes attended the Chicago
Radical Convention as delegates to
nominate candidates for President and
Vice President of the United States.
Thus negroes are already helping to
name our chief Executive officers. Con
gressmen elected by negroes are now
making laws for us of the North. Sena
tors chosen by the Negro legislatures of
South Carolina and other States are
confirming and rejecting nominations
for office, and passing Acts over the
President's veto. The appearance of the
negro at Chicago foreshadows his speedy
entrance into Congress. If all this is
acceptable to the people of the North
they will so declare at the ballot box;
if not, they will unquestionably declare
otherwise.
Recent elections indicate that the
people of every Northern State outside
of New England, are opposed to confer
ring the right of suffrage upon their
own negroes. We believe that they will
apply the same views to the govern
ment of the South. They will not im
pose upon the prostrate South a system
of government which they spurn at
home. There is an irrepressible conflict
between the governments for white men
at the North and negroes at the South.
Either negro suffrage must be establish
ed in the North or it will be extirpated
in the South. The Northern people
would not tolerate slavery, although it
did not directly affect them. Neither
will they tolerate negro suffrage, al
though it may not immediately operate
upon themselves. The conscientious
voter who rejects negro suffragT here,
knows that it would prove a far greater
evil in the South, and will reject it
there, If negro suffrage is bad for the
North, it is infinitely worse for the
South. And if, according to the claim
of Congress, the Northern people have
the right to interfere with the State
governments of the South, they will
exercise their authority not in favor of,
but against universal Negro suffrage.—
At any rate they will take care that
Federal authority shall no the usurped
to inflict upon the South a system which
is detested at tne North.
"0130 remedy Is to use the publie money to
pay the publle debt. It is a simple, brief, but
cart al ti remedy for our national malady. Our
ailment is debt, aggravated by despotism."-
Beyniour.
Why Congress Takes R • eess.
Some of the moresagacious and decent
of the Republican newspapers, are
alarmed and disgusted at the, conduct
of the carpet-bag adventurers who have
been admitted to represent the Southern
States in Congress. They see in the
wild and revolutionary disposition of
these ill-bred and ignorant fellows great
danger, not only to the Republican
party, but to the country. It can be
said, to the credit of a few Republican
journals, that they are not ready to en
dorse every outrage which is proposed
by the Radicals in Congress. The New
York Times especially has distinguished
itself by candidly speaking out in de
nunciation of-some of the more desper
ate schemes of the reckless men who
lead the Republican party. It is much
excited over the acts of the men who
represent the Southern negroes in the
Lower House, and insists that Congress
can not afford to remain in session if
these revolutionary reprobates are left
unmuzzled.
We pity the Times, and were it wor
thy of it could pity the Republican
party. No political organization could
entertain any reasonable hope of con
tinuing to exist long with such a set of
representatives before the public. The
alarm of decent Republicans. is well
founded. If Congress does not adjourn
or take a recess before the despicable
creatures who have sneaked in from the
South get a fair chance to ventilate their
revolutionary ideas, Grant will not
carry a single Northern State. That
conviction, in the minds of the Repub
lican leaders, renders it certain that we
shall see precious little more of this
Congress until after the Presidential
election. It will hide itself from the
sight of the people, and the members
will occupy themselves In a vain effort
to prevent the people from carefully
scrutinizing their acts, by prating about
the war which is over, and the military
glory of a man who is utterly incapable
of comprehending any of the great
political issues of the day. Congress is
in a bad tlx. It dare not remain in
session, and dare not adjourn. So it
taks a recess.
WE have seen the mischief wrought out by
the policy of the past three years. It will be
as hurtful In the future as It has been In the
past. Yet the Republican party has approved
It and Is pledged to it."—o'cyinour.
General Blalr's Letter
We publish in another column the
excellent letter of General Blair accept
ing the nomination for Vice President.
The Republican press has been making
a great noise about the alleged disposi
tion of General Blair, in case of his
election, to tumble the present Con
gress, neck and heels, out of doors, if it
does not behave itself. Conscious that
it deserves this fate, it is fearful that its
just deserts will overtake It. But the
Democracy is a party of law and order,
and accomplishes its ends at the ballot
box. Its platform declares that the re
construction legislation of Congress is
null and void, and if .the people elect
the Democratic candidates, they will
endorse this opinion; and if, in addi
tion to this, the Supreme Court at the
next session in December likewise de
cides this legislation to be unconstitu
tional, as the intimations are that it
will, the Reconstruction acts will be
wiped from the statute book. As it Is
not to be presumed thatthe Republican
party will resist the decision of the Su
preme Court and of the people, no ne
cessity will arise for the use of violent
means for the protection of the rights of
the people.
" WHEN we give value to our bonds by - using
the money di awn by taxation to the payment
of our debt, and not to the military and negro
scheme, we shall relieve the tax-payer, the
bill-bolder, and give strength and virtue to the
claims of the public ereditor."—Seymour.
THE infamous bill to distribute arms
among the white Radicals of the North
and the black Radicals of the South
failed to become a law for want of time.
The tariff bill goes over until next ses
sion, if not longer, and so does the New
York P,ostoilice bill, and the Sandwich
Island treaty.
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of ape *int* d„Wilnctityaisepe gigir
thin' of NOgro Sniiirage at, the*uth.; 7 l—
betteen them
lnyoj* thp4iieetind of Negroali'f
frvrge at the North. In'view of the his
tory of the past few years, no unpreju
diced mind can doubt, that the electicn -
of Gen. Grant would be followed by
the establishnient of Negro Suffrage
throughout the country by congrea 7
sional enactment:, ' . I
The Radicals have not adhered to a
single platform, orldedge.since.3BBo.
Their platforms have been' written to
gain elections, and We 'eleetions being
won, the PartY hai'Pursned its
tion. In stiplicit of. this assertion we
need scarcely mention the guaranty of
State rights in the Radical, platform of
1880, and its :shameful violation; nor
the Resolution of Congress unanimons
ly adopted after the first battle of Bull
Run and its utter repudiation; nor the
'Fourteenth Amendment to the Con
stitution, .which concedes the control
of suffrage to the States, and the Re
construction Acts of Congress usurping
the disposal of'the ballot in the South.
To ascertain what the Radicals are
likely to do after an election, we must
not consult the platform, but the wishes
of the party.
And in this respect what are the
wishes of the party? Within two
years the Radicals have endeavored to
force Negro Suffrage upon Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Minne
sota, Kansas, Wisconsin and Michigan.
They are now attem,ing to thrust it
upon lovia and Missouri. •They have
enacted it in Teinessee. Within ten
years past they have endeavored to in
flict it upon almost every Northern
State. Their Governor has dared to
speak of it in Pennsylvania. Their
press advocates it everywhere. Every
Radical newspaper in this county is
committed to Universal Negro Suffrage.
In the teeth of all observation and
history their Orators assert the absolute
equality of the black and white races.
They maintain the capacity for self—
government of a race which has never
I supported a civilized or organized gov
ernment of any kind. Their 'legisla
tures thrust blacks into public convey
ances with whites. They 'place black
and white children together in public
schools. They compel white parents
to send their children to negro schools.
They require every voter in the South
to swear to accept the equality of races
under pain of disfranchisement. Con
' gress dictates negro suffrage to every
new Territory organized in the North.
And Congress makes Negro Suffrage a
fundamental condition of the reorgani
zation of the States of the South.
There is now pending in Congress a
Bill to give the ballot to negroes through
out the North. It was discusszd within
three months, and only postponed be
cause Mr. Spalding, of Ohio, declared it
would prove "the death knell of the
party at the Presidential election." It
was then not defeated, but recommit
ted, and now remains in charge of a
committee to await the resu:t of thp
Presidential election. If that is favor
able, the bill will be promptly reported
and passed, aye, and enforced at the
point of the bayonet. No dispassionate
observer of recent events can doubt the
correctness of this conclusion. For
opposition to this bill Mr. Spalding has
been defeated for renomination in the
Radical Convention of his district.
What sane man can need further proof
to convince him that the leaders of the
Republican party intend to force uni
versal negro suffrage upon every North
ern State, if they succeed in the coming
Presidential election? It is so clear
that he who runs may read.
"Tna peace to which °rant Invites ue Is the
peace of despotism and death."—P. P. Blair.
Gold 113
After the battle of Waterloo the paper
currency of England steadily improved
in value until it became equal to gold.
Three years agothe price of gold in this
country was 125. Under the Radical
mismanagement of our finances in these
three years of peace and plenty, the
market price of gold has advanced to
143. More than Fourteen Hundred Alit
lions of dollars have been extorted from
the people by taxation- since the close
of the war, yet the national credit has
declined, and the premium upon gold
has increased.
What is the effect of this advance in
gold? It simply reduces the value of
the greenback dollar in the same pro
portion. The frugal citizen who has
saved his greenbacks from the end of
the war, finds them shrinking in his
hands. He who three years ago lent
his greenbacks to his neighbor, finds
his interest consumed by the advance
of eighteen per cent. in gold. He has
more paper dollars now, but they are of
inferior value. They are losing their
purchasing power. They will not buy
as much gold, bread, meat or clothing
as they commanded at the end of the
war.
The owner of real estate may imagine
that his property is advancing in value
because he can get more greenbacks
for it. This is a delusion. Property has
not advanced, but greenbacks have de
preciated. The house that commanded
$l,OOO before the war must now bring
$1,430 to save its owner from loss. The
farm that brought $l5O per acre eight
years ago, must now sell for $215 to keep
its proprietor even. Such are some of
the consequences of the partial repudi
ation of private debts inflicted upon the
country by the issue of legal tender
notes.
These legal tender notes are now
themselves repudiated by the party in
power. Every legal tender note con
tains an unconditional promise of the
Government to pay the bearer a certain
number of dollars, and the Radicals
impudently repudiate this promise
without a why or wherefore. Yet these
Radicals raise a hypocritical howl of
Repudiation when it is proposed to pay
the bondholders in the precise sort of
currency received from them. The
Radicals have compelled the people to
take greenbacks for gold, and they now
intend to force the Government to pay
gold for greenbacks. They keep ex
cellent faith with the bondholders, but
treat the rights of the people with con
tempt.
The Constitutional Amendment.
Secretary Seward has issued his proc
lamation declaring that twenty-nine
States, being three•fourths of all the
States, have ratified the proposed 14t
amendment to the Constitution; and ,
that the same is therefore a part of the
Constitution, unless the subsequent
withdrawal of theirassent to the amend
ment by the States of Ohio and New.
Jersey was legal and valid, which ques
tion he does not feel authorized to de
cide.
As the best legal opinion is, that these
States had a perfect right to withdraw
their assent to the amendment at any
time before it had received the ratifica
tion of three-fourths of the States and
bad ipso facto become a part of the law,
we do not think that this amendment
has as yet become a part of the furida
mental law. If, however,, it has been
adopted, it establishes the equal civil
rights in all the States and territories of
citizens of all races and colors and pro=
claims all persons born or ,naturalized
in the United States, citizens .thereof;
it establishes a new system.of represen
tation in Congress on the basis of suf
frage, leaving every State free to adopt
a universal or qualified suffrage,limited
however to males above the age of
twenty-one yeaxe, thus , excluding
women and children-in-arms. It pro—
vides further that certain .rebels shall
be disqualified for office, until relieved
by a two third 'vote of each House of
Congress; that.the national debt, shall
not be questioned and that all rebel
debts and claims for slaves arenull and
IJIGkWOER, W3M75. ge , 1868-
1;4%7' liadleal 11.0061117.'
n
..I*(cy#llo4l3al Cant abelP 0
tatb.Ntf4iondholdera is it'
orgictsiVand absurd. At th ery
Ortn of the war Congress
Lital Act whin p
backs' übs tuts for coin the yi
went of ()Ohl. This wanton violation
of the light of property immediately
struck off the face of every State, com
pany, and individual obligation. the
difference, iletween, the. yaWe r lf...
14 4 11 .fd 4 i44i.lit s istWeatt . , e
credits of the people to the extent of the
depreciationtian . , •
rency. Under:lts Olietatlidi baiithicti3"
made in gold and, payable gold.w.ere
liquidated:lo , o4a atAiMizatrwariti but;
40 cents on thallollar. - Bidleal legisla
tion thus compelled creditors to accept
$4OO in full satisfaction for,slooo. Radii,
eels everywhere haStened to avail themi
selves of the advantages of the nefari-.
ous Act. None of them 'dreamt of
paying, in gold when they had the op =-
portunity to pay in paper. It made no
difference to them that theirobligations
expressly called for the payment of gold
and raper money of the United States.
It was enough that they could pay hi'
depreciated paper. They universally
did so, and thereby repudiated parted
their private debts,
After the passage of the Legal Tender
Act the Radicals paid not only the
principal but the interest of their indi
vidual debts in paper, notwithstanding
that their obligations called for the
ment of principal and interest in gold.
Railroad, canal, insurance and trust
companies, banks and savings institM.•
tions, managed entirely or mainly by
Radicals, paid in • paper the principal
and interests of debts for which they
. .
received 'gold and promised to pay gold:
All the State governments in the North,
then under the control of the Radicals,
paid in paper the principal and interest
of loans for which they had received
coin and' stipulated to pay coin. Penn
sylvania and New York, indeed, for a
short time after the passage of the Le
gal Tender Act, made a feeble effort to
pay their interest in gold, thereby ac
knowledging their duty to continue to
do so; but the premium soon became so
inconveniently high that the Radical
legislatures of these States, like all the
rest, struck their colors and settled in
greenbacks. And about twelve months
ago the Radical Governor and Legisla- .
ture of Pennsylvania paid the whole
funded debt of the Commonwealth in
legal tender notes, although the State
had received gold for every bond, and
the Legislature had - expressly promised
to pay gold for every bond. Besides
this, the Legislature of Pennsylvania
for years taxed the bonds of the State
I like every other description of property.
In view of these facts, we repeat that
the opposition of the Radicals to the
payment of the principal of the five
twenty bonds in legal tender notes is
hypocritical and ridiculous. Their
course in every other similar transac
tion shows that they entertain neither
principle nor scruple on the subject.
Their attempt to burthen the country
with the payment of these bonds in
gold is merely a bid for the political
support of the bondholders. It is an un-
scrupulous effort to purchase the aid and
influence of money lenders and capitaf
ists at the expense of the sweat and
blood of the laboring classes and tax
payers of the nation.
'IN order to curse the Booth with military
despotism, negro rale, and disorganized labor
add industry, they (Congress) cursed the farm
ers of tne North vzi , h taxation, the mechanics
with more hours of toil, the laborers and pen.
stoners with del ased paper, the merchant
with a shifting standard, and the public cred
itor with o dishonored rind tainted national
faith."—Seymour.
That Press
The Express seems to be excessively
annoyed at our casual reference to the
current belief that Mr. Stevens once
gave it a press, and very elaborately de
lee that he did so. Wegive our readers
the benefit of its denial of the state
ment, which was founded upon the re
port prevalent among the people and
which we have never heretofore heard
contradicted. It may be interesting to
refer to some circumstances which hap
pened years ago and which were the
foundation doubtless of the impression
which prevails in the community.
At the time when Mr. Hopkins was
nominated for Congress against Mr.
Stevens there was a good deal of confu
sion in the camp of the latter, and a
good deal of apprehension as to the ex
tent of the defection from his standard.
The Examiner, under the control of Mr.
Darlington, went over to the support of
Hopkins. The Express for some time
remained neutral, and then suddenly
became a strenuous advocate of Mr.
Stevens.
Somewhere about the same time, the
Inland Daily giving up the ghost, we
understand that Mr. Stevens purchased
a press with the view ostensibly, of start
ing a daily paper in his interest, but
soon gave up the idea, if he ever really
entertained it, and his press passed into
the custody of the publishers of the Ex
prem. If we have been wrongly in
formed as to this matter, Mr. Stevens
can readily correct the error.
The people at any rate got it Into
their foolish heads that Mr. Stevens
had given a press to the Express.—
It was openly talked about and can
scarcely have failed to have come to the
ears of the editors of that journal, and
it is a little singular to say the least, that
it is not until after the lapse of these
many years, that they deem it worth
while to contradict the statement.
The, Express need not get up an as
sumption of virtuous indignation at
what it probably considers an attack
upon the independence of its journal
ism, inasmuch as it has not yet seen fit
to notice or deny the more than insinu
ation which is contained in the follow
ing question published editorially in the
"Lancaster Inquirer" not long ago
"Does it, (the Express,) remember a
certain occasion about three months
ago, when the finances of its managing
editor were said to need repairing sadly,
and the local gave one, only One, excel.
lent piece of advice to the Legislature as
to who had better not be its Speaker?"
We do not pretend. to know what this
question means, but it certainly merits
from the Express as savage a denial and
challenge of the Inquirer to its proof, as
an intimatiod that Mr. Stevens once
gave it a press !
"THE next election will turn upon (Mit:loca
tion : Can the Congressional partysucceed, in
their efforts to excite and array the industrial
and money interests against each other, or will
these unite and torn out the authors of the
mischief under which they are all suffering."
—Seymour.
Something For Soldiers To Remember.
Soldiers should not forget the munic
ipal election in Washington city. There
every vagabond negro, who has been
supported in idleness by the Freedmen's
Bureau at the expense of the tax-pay
ers, was gladly welcomed as a voter, and
no questions asked; while white sol
diers were turned away from the polls.
The law of Congress giving the soldiers
the same right to vote , as the negroes,
put them on an equality; but, because•
they were ready to vote for decent, con
,servatiVe - White -men, the Radical
election officers refused to receive the
ballots of White soldiers, and a Radical
Congress sustained them in this grois
outrage. Thus a Radical Mayor was
foisted upon the people, and crobOlderied
by their success, thus unlaWfully. ob
tained, the negroes indulged in a bloody:
riot, beating white men; and killing two
with razors. This is the Radical plan
of suffrage. A vote'for ()Very miserable
negro who 'will support Radical candi
dates, and the db3franchisement of white
soldiers who chose to vote for white
men. ettlie soldiers of Pennsylvania
remember this when they are asked to
vote for Grant, who ls thatnere dumb
tool the men who enitet.suotilaWs as
that to whioh welave'referrod..
Tette — Fet fkaddene Sto7 . 6n.
-' - ' - ;;;;-.400 7 ' 514 i)f- ielkl Eg
en . - the ,e* letter . ...ni
•
4. ~ ,;, : w Y,. . .m
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0 e. • .' nipa,
ofiltieen." , :-t vox is n - the atiarce' ..
so much comment. It will .doubtless be
read whir iaerdst, but not without pain by
his triends:
Hones 07 BLPHSILICHTATIVZB,
Wainuawrois,.D.Z., July 23,1808.1
- Dear Litr I have not declared for Seymour
sod Blair, only:leo expect:to. I hlndintindlerSorn o ave only
declaiyal nave
tabiles Lezitoetitioofoudfalsehoodgasto
my ]pcoltlonlipon the currency question.
Woenllsma , =ria s a if iiA i tifQ
inlifitiottero
fellows P 3 ' 1 4' 148 it . ; Eire capitols of. Much.ing. I 'shall take care and' protect-the
payenclnint Usurers 'try every 'man
- PokYsildreCeiviatjust iocordiyig hls. ciencraes,
"E4'EVERS.
We cannot helpeikeselng the hoe lkat
-when he acquiniathe.requisite strength to
give the histoiy here promised, -Mr. Sts.
vans will findlt consistent .with his views'
of , propriety to avoid the : distinguished.
Characteristics. °fibs above letter. For a
person,to :assert , that,his .opponents in an
argument are.fools ,arid_ swindlers, , fur
nishes mioyidence:either of his own wia 7
dom Or tin strength of his poSition.
It wilt be that the,Ezpress
able to draw-very little.consolation from
Mr.' Stevens' letter. Evidently our
neighbor is afraid the Old Commoner
will turn his sarcastic tongue upon
him. The terms " fool and swindler"
have terrors ,
for the editor of the Ex
,,
prem.. So he crouches at the feet of the
terrible old man and begs for quarter.
Whether Old Thad. will be merciful to
the poor creature remains' to be seen.
'We await his forthcoming ' history of
this matter" with, no little curiosity.
, .
"WHAT now lengthens the time of toll 7 If
we were free from any form of taxation, direct
or indirect, six hours of work would earn as
mochas ten do now.. Une boar more ol work
ought to meet a laborer'sahare or the cost of
government; another hour - should pay his
share of thenational debt. He now works two
hours More each day than he ought, to pay for
the military and negro policy of Congress and
its corrupt schemes."—&yntour.
An Interview with Old Thad.
On last Friday two Republican edi
tors of this city had an interview with
Mr. Stevens at his house in Washing
ton. The old man was not only per
fectly firm in support of Mr. Pendle
ton's plan of paying the flve-twenty
bonds in gieenbacks, but he convinced
one of the gentlemen that his position
was right. We have that from his own
lips, and hereafter we may expect to
see at least one Republican paper in
this city honestly advocating the adop
tion of that plank of the Democratic
platform. It will not be the Examiner,
nor the Express, nor the Inquirer. An
examination of the law creating the
live-twenties would convince any hon
est man that Pendleton, Stevens, and
all who stand with them are right.
The proposition to pay bonds in gold
which are only required to be paid in
greenbacks, is an infamous fraud which
will never be submitted to by the tax
burthened masses.
A Queer Argument In Favor of Grant
The New York Herald has been silent
on the political situation for a week. It
has quit prophesying that Grant will be
elected. Its last effort in his behalf was
a singular one. It said:
Seymour and Hoffman, the Tammany
candidate for Governor, are both Puritani
cal in their notions, and live upon cold
water and weak tea. Hoffman, we believe,
did attempt a glass of lager at a German
meeting during the campaign of 1866, but
was compelled after drinking it to go home
to bed and send Tor his family physician.
GRANT ON THE OTHER HAND,
WOULD SCORN TO DRINK WATER
WITHOUT SOMETHING IN IT.
That certainly is a singular argument
to advance in favor of a candidate for
the Presidency, but it has the merit of
truth. We commend it to the serious
attention of all straight out temperance
men. They ought either to answer it
or to refuse to vote for Grant. Which
will they do?
Increase of the Public Debt
Forney's Press has the following
special telegram :
The public debt statement to be issued on
the 31st inst., will probably show an in
crease of several millions of dollars since
the last statement, issued on the 31st of
May. On the first of July about twenty
eight million dollars in coin, to pay the
semi-annual interest on the five-twenties
and bonds of 1881, and over seven million
dollars in coin, to pay the principal and in
terest on the bonds of 1848, were taken from
the vaults of the Treasury; hence the
amount of coin on hand is much less. The
payment of the income tax greatly en
hanced the receipts from internal revenue
during the months of May and June, but
there has been a decrease this month, while
the custom receipts will be about the same
as usual. On the 31st of May the dbbt was
$2,510,245,886.74, and it is estimated that
when all the returns are in for the present
month, the increase will not exceed five or
six millions of dollars.
So we go on—paying such enormous
taxes as never burthened any people in
the world before, raising vast sums of
money to be squandered in the vain at
tempt to set up negro governments in
ten States of the Union, and to keep in
power the most corrupt set of swindlers
that ever fastened like leeches upon the
public treasury of any nation. Since
the war ended more than a thousand
millions of dollars have been . wrung
from the sweat and toll of the laboring
men of the nation, only to be expended
in the most extravagant and reckless
manner by the Radicals whose tool
Gen. Grant has consented to become.—
Month by month the national debt in
creases, and the burthens upon the
toiling millions of white men grow
heavier. How much longer will they
consent to be the bond slaves of such
unfeeling taskmasters? They have the
matter in their own hands. The ballot
box is still open in the Northern States,
and white men are not yet disfran
chised that negroes may rule in Penn
sylvania. In October and November
the masses of this State must record
their verdict. If they 'desire a change
they can have it. Let them think be
fore voting.
The Feeling In Business Circles
The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger says :
The inflammatory tone of the speeches in
Congress with reference to the Southern
Governments and the Southern electoral
vote is causing a very uncomfortable feel
ing in business circles, increasing as it does
the prevailing distrust of the future. Great
regret is also expressed that Congress, in
stead of taking a recess merely, did not ad
journ, as usual, tat December. To reas
semble right on the eve of an exciting Presi
dential election, Republicans as well as
Democrats apprehend, will be but to foment
past agitations.
If the business men of the United
States desire to see a renewal of that
con thience which is absolutely essen
tial to their prosperity they must unite
to put down the revolutionary Radicals,
who are urging their desperate and de
structive schemes in Congress. All
sagacious business men see and feel that
their interests are being constantly im
perilled by the - fanatical schemes of the
leaders of the Republican party, and the
consequence will be a complete political
revolution in the cities and large towns
of the country.
WE understand the Radical leaders
have fully determined to set up a can
didate for Congress against Old Thad.
If they do he should appeal to the peo
ple under the Crawford County System,
and we should then see whether' the
masses of the RepubliCan party would
vote for 'paying according to the con
tract, or of paying bloated epeculatore
twice the amount agreed to be paid.theni,
and of taxing the people to death. l,
That is the way Mr. Stevens puts the
proposition, and his position will_be
impregnable if fully understood,
A CHANGE of 36,000 votes in 1864
would have-elected General McClellan
president. This change was required
in the States of Conhecticut, Indiana,
Maryland, New York, Nevada, New
Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania and
Rhode Island, or an average of four
thousand votes in a State. Since that
time the States of Connecticut, Mary:
land, Oregon, Pennsylvania and New
York have become Democratic, and
Indiana and Nevada will be at the next
election. The Democrats have there,
Tore the game in their own hands. They
go into the contest to win and will win
in spite of all opposition.
PreParYli / 0 1'. a Wariv el;
T van .. have
&MAT : Initof the
• .
paz 4a Co likely
to riOad. tniZ?"s. 4-- They are
keekTese Ilt • • alarm
ing, ifuditive r holdly ' nitia
tive in measures of a revolutionary
character. Not only do they-demand
the ;immediate impeachment and re
moval of the. President, but they have
united in an effort to arm the negroes
of the South, with the avowed purpose
of maintaining the supremacy of the
- bliiek eve/ bir - Micirof
aims., On Thursday - Most - exciting
debate on this sulijiicetia'ilice in the
Mouse, and the disci:odon, was such as
foslarm even.Wishbeinanlinther Rad
icale..l:Dming.ltne,ontindzince an Out
spoken - fellow;Deweese,nf•North Car
tains; admitted r that the negrn'gpvern::
mont cOMA not . be SpetaltiedA 62012th
except, by irayonets; and the other ad
ventuVergrom the South coincided with
him in that hellef. Only' one voice from
the Southern States was raised: gniest
the infamous propositipn,of transferring
Unitedinatea a r ms to the hands of the
,
negroes, and - the - desperate 'whit e men
who are anxious to inaugurate a wai,of
races with all its attendant horrors.—
Mr. Boyden, of North Carolina; astrong
"Union man was thee only advocate of
moderation ftom that section. He said:
" Ur. Speakei, I inn alarmed at the con
dition of the country. It is proposed to send
arms to North Carolina, that the people may
use them against each other. Great God!
We cannot afford to fight each other. 'KEEP
AWAY YOUR ARMS! DO NOTHING
TO IRRITATE OUR PEOPLE, BUT DO
EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO
ASSUAGE AND HEAL THE EXCITE
MENT THERE. We want no arms. I
WARN THE HOUSE, THAT IF ARMS
ARE SENT THERE WE WILL BE RU
INED ;we cannot live 'there. If we need
anything in the way of arms in God's
name send an army of the United States
there, but do not arm neighbor against neigh
bor. There never was a more mischievous
Measure than this proposition to arm one
class of our people against another.
Washburn, of . Illinois, was alarmed
at the temper which the Southern ad
venturers exhibited. He saw how much
the chances of Grant were likely to be
damaged by the recklessness of these
desperate men, and appeared to deplore
the course which was being pursued,
without having the powei to check it.
He urged his party friends to act with
moderation, and said:
I tell gentlemen to beware before they pass
this measure lest it is not an incitation to civil
war and insurrection in those States.
The Southern revolutionists may not
be able to inauguratelhe contemplated
war of races before the Presidential
election, but that it will inevitably come
unless the people of the North defeat
the Radicals this fall no one can doubt.
Let the people remember, when they go
to the polls, that the only. hope of re
storing peace and prosperity to the
country is through the triumph of the
Democratie party.
" Wino( we stop the waste which forces us
to pay a usury of ten per cent, land take up a
course which will enable us to borrow money
upon the rates paid by other nations, we shall
add to the dignity and power of oar Union."—
Eryinour. •
An Unfortunate Poetical Quotation.
The N. Y. Tribune undertakes to ap—
ply the following lines of Tennyson to
General Grant:
Ab t God, for a man with heart, head, band,
Like some of the simple great ones gone,
Forever and ever by;
One stilt strong man in a blot snt land,
Whatever they call him, what care I
Aristocrat, Democrat, Autocrat—one
Who can rule, and dare not lle.
A more inappropriate quotation we
we have never seen in print. If the
Tribune had meant to display its can
didates faults in the most glaring light
it could not hays done so more effect
ually. It is well known to the world,
that Grant uot only dare. 4 to lie, but
that he has done so in such an open and
shameless manner, as to cause all hon
orable men to despise him fOr his utter
want of truthfulness. He stands before
the country convicted of lyiUg with a de
liberate purpose to deceivß the Presi
dent, who is his superior commanding
officer. No one doubts ttuit he lied.—
Thaddeus Stevens and other leading
Republicans openly admitted it. After
the testimony of five members of the
Cabinet no one could doubt .it.
It is plain that Grant is not the style
of man to whom the poet alludes. He
is not only a convicted liar, but when
he declared that he would liave no pol
icy of his own, 116 showed that he was
not the man " who can rule:" His ut
ter stupidity and entire want of ability
to comprehend the great issues of the
day, is shown by his talking horse when
these are alluded to. Never since the
world began, were any people asked
voluntarily to elevate to the position of
ruler, one so completely destitute of all
the qualities which fit a man for such a
position. He was forced to rretire from
the army, on account of the most dis
graceful acts committed when drunk;
he failed in every thing he undertook in
civil life, partly because he was an invet
erate and confirmed drunkard ; he suc
ceeded in the war, but did so by the most
reckless sacrificeof his soldiers; he agreed
perfectly with President Jdhnson and
supported his policyuntil the Hadicals of
fered him the nomination for President;
then be deceived his supericir comman
der by lying, and consented to repudi
ate all his former views, and to become
a mere puppet In the hands of such dis
reputable political tricksters as Wash
burns and Forney.
Tennyson had no - such dishonored
and corrupt adventure as 11. S. Grant
in his eye,*no such pliant tool of mean
and selfish demagogues when he wrote
the lines which the Tribune quotes.
They might fitly refer to the grave and
thoughtful statesman, the pure-hearted
and noble gentleman who is the nomi
nee of the Democratic party, but when
applied to Grant they are only full of
the bitterest irony.
THE Radical journals are fast aban
doning the tone of bragadoclo which
they adopted upon the nomination of
Seymour and Blair. It was only put on
for a purpose, and they are now ad
dressing their readers in words of truth
and soberness. The New York Tribune
admits that the Presidentlall contest will
be a very close and stubborn fight.
Other journals of the same class use
singular language. The New York
Sun says :
Even with a Democrat so pronounced and
donepicuous as Gov. Seymour , and with the
ltas judicious and attractive name of Gen.
Blair thereto appended, and even on the
issue of overthrowing the reconstructed
State Governments, if the Republicans
imagine that their victory is sure, they en
tirely mistake the temper of the times and
the prowess of their opponents.
The foreshadowings of a Democratio
victory are encouragihg, and show how
wide-spread is the defection in the Rad
ical ranks, and how complete the apathy
which prevails. Let the Democracy
perfect their organization and victory
is sure.
"Pr (peace) will come with the election of the
Democratic candidate, and not with the elec
tion of that mailed warrior, whose bayonets
are now at the throats of eight millions of peo
ple In the' South to compel them to support
him as a candidate for the Presidency, and to
submit to the domination of an alien race of
seml-barbaricms men."—P. F, Efair.
In a Muddle, Truly.
The ApresB says the Exciminer is
muddled; and wants to irtiow how it
can abuse Democrateas repirdiators and
swindleriii, and yet omit to apply the
same epithets to old Thad., Who thinks
precisely as the Democrats do on he
" bond question ; " arid how . can up
hild as a leader of its party and as a
candidate for Congress, a man who, ac
cording to its own di:left-Me; is a swind
ler and repudiator.
These are pertinent questions and
put the Examiner in tight place. It
will have to rub up its logic add see
whether it can not find a small hole to
get out of, as disinterested observers
of this family difficulty, and with the
lights at our command, we inJoline 'to
believe that the Eiaminer I in a mud
dle, truly. It does not re•cline 'on a bed
of roses, and we think had ,better de
cline to have anything more to say
about swindlers, dm
Stevens *DIY Itepaatated.
The Lanaititskinqutrer mere out
spoicrazialtireatidemnatioarof Thaddetus
Stevens'"spieelkan the payment of the
bonds:thria eithi of the other Itepubli•
csmoperWs#cliy The Examiner
shoWed a *Magness from the first to
concede thiS l ol4 man a renomination,
and the Express, bitter as has been its
denunciation of him, had an article of
a truckling character last night, which
is in marked contrast Mita former ut
terances. The Inquirer 'does-tnot .Iso
mince matters, but boldly repudiates
litr:ErfoiVeUitiad
In a two . O°IOMA - editorial it reieis%
speechAti,deCticludeSaa,fbliowsi
Bat Afr.Bieeens: • elected , and alletali/e0
by this Neinshlican party as the represeata.
live o 1 this district, not only openly en
domes tbe'Pendleton theory of payitig the
National debt in greenbacks, but threatens
-in case his party does not agree with him, to
go over to the enemyand ass is t in the elellon
of the Copperhead candidates, "oven thebgb
a worse man than Seymour beaded the
ticket."
Under these circumstances we are conl
strained to say that he not only misrepre
sents, but Insults, the Republican party of
Lancaster county
If the party believe in the Pendleton the
ory of paying the 'National bonds, and be
lieve with Mr.l3tevens,'that all other ques
tions are._ subordinate to this, the shortest
and easiest way for them to'aeximplish the
desired result is to go over to the enemy,
and do their hest to secure the election of
Seymour and Blair. But they do not.—
With thenithe question of Reconstruction,
and measures growirg out of it, are supe
rior to all others in the present contest, and
while they can tolerate differenees on mi
nor subjects, they cannot, without a saCri
fice of self-respect, silently permit a-mem
ber of the party iu high official position, to
belittle and degrade its leading principles.
The eminent services of Mr. Stevens in
the past, his heroic devotion to the cause of
Liberty and Justice, and his long and faith
ful public services cannot and will not be
forgotten ; but the principles of tho Repub
lican party nre superior to any individual
or individuals. and however reluctantlywe
may be forced to the conclusion, we are
compelled to say that it cannot maintain its
self respect except by an open, complete
and total repudiation of tho position he has
assumed.
It gives no pleasure to make these re
marks. We are in the midst of the most
important political struggle in the history
of our country, and filo complete unity of
our party is a most essential element of
success. But in this case there is no mid
dle ground- Either the position of the party
must be.abandoned or thut of Mr. Stevens
repudiated. For ourself, and in behalf of
the aruest Republicans of Lancaster county
we select the latter course.
In another part of the same paper are
printed twocommunicatlons from prom
inent Republicans, one a soldier and
the other a civilian. These are even
more outspoken than the editorial re
ferred to, as the following extracts will
show :
Charity led us to suppose, at first, that the
story was a huge joke upon the gullibility
of credulous readers, but we are no longer
at liberty to credit the supposition. The
painful conclusion is forced upon us that
our tune honored leader has spiked the
Union guns on the eve of a groat political
campaign. After such a speech—so unne
cessary and uncalled for at the time—he
would deserve the thanks of Republicans
by going over at once to the Demouracy.
Better an open enemy, than a conceatdd foe
who stabs in the dark. The Republican
party has borne a great deal at the hands of
Mr. Stevens. It has showered honors thick
ly upon him, despite his insolence and in
gratitude. When he makes the bold an
nouncement that he stands upon the In
famous Democratic platform of repudiation,
the only thing left for the Republicans to
do is to repudiate him.
And yet, this man expects the Republican
party to re-elect him to Congress next Oc
tober! Hitherto, on account of his years,
his great services and his admitted ability,
there has been a tacit understanding among
the people of this county to allow him to
spend the remainder of his days at Wash
ington, and die in the harness. His recent
utterances have rendered this impossible.
From• the present time forward, he sails
with the Democratic party under the black
flag of repudiation. How can any Repub
lican consistently vote for him in the face
of his late declarations? In what attitude
will the Republican party stand if it sends
him back to Washington with such a
speech upon his lips? By supporting Thad
deus Stevens, we endorse the Democratic
platform. By supporting Thaddeus Ste
vens, we support Seymour and Blair. By
supporting Thaddeus Stevens, we commit
ourselves to the infamous doctrine of re
pudiation. Fellow Republicans of Lancas
ter county, are we ready to do this thing?
Are we ready to sell our principles and our
honor to the beck of Thaddeus Stevens?
The time has come when Thaddeus Ste.
vens should be taught that be is not the
owner of Lancaster county. Ho no longer
represents the sentiments of the Republican
party in this district. We join our faith to
the skirts of no political leader, however
venerated he may have been In the past.
When a public servant is false to his pledges
we cast him aside. It is our duty now to
select a true and tried Republican from our
ranks to fill the place of Thad. Stevens. He
himself has forced the issue upon us. Any
representative Republican of years and ex
perience can be nominated and elected.
Thaddeus Stevens cannot be, or I much
mistake the tone and temper of the Repub
lican party. Thousands of Republicans
will remain neutral, rather than vote for
him on the shameless platform of repudia
tion of the pledged faith of the nation.
That Mr. Stevens will abandon the
position he has taken no one who knows
him can expect. He will stand by the
doctrine enunciated so broadly and
boldly in his speech. We suppose an
effort will be made to nominate some
one else for Congress, but we do not be
lieve it will succeed. The truth is the
Radicals of this county have not the
backbone which is needed to emanci
pate themselves from the thraldom of
the domineering old man who has been
their master so long. He will eventu
ally drive all ,the discontented and
factious into his support, and we
shall yet see the Inquirer uniting
with the Examiner and the Express to
re-elect him in spite of his speech and
threatened support of Seymour and
Blair. There is not manhood enough
in the party to lead us to anticipate any
other result. Here, as elsewhere, the
guiding principles of the Radical lead
ers are just seven—five loaves and two
fishes. Give them a chance to fatten on
public plunder, and they will vote for
negro equality, or for any other obnox
ious and hurtful doctrine. If they
repudiate Old Thad, we will take back
•
what we have just said, and admit that
there Is some some manhood and bon
ty in the party ; but we are sure they
will act just as we have predicted.
" THE whole guestton is brougut down to this
Clear point: shall we use our money to pay our
debts, relieve the tar-payer, make our money
good in the band of the laborer or pensioner,
and help the bondholder? or shall we use lt,to
keep up military despotism, feed idle negroes,
brew, down tbeJudiclary, shackle the execti •
tive, and destroy all constitutional rights."—
Seymour.
Another Veto of the Bieedmen's Bureau.
On Saturday the President sent to
the Senate the following veto of the
Freedmen's Bureau bill:
To the Senate of the 'United Slates:
Believing that a bill entitled "An act re
lating to the Freedmen's Bureau, and pro
viding for its discontinuance," interferes
with the appointing power conferred by the
Constitution on the Executive, and for
other reasons which, at this late period of
the session, time will not permit me to
state, I herewith return it to the Senate, In
which House it originated, without my ap
proval. ANDREW JOHNSON.
The Senate and House both passed
the bill over the veto. The people will
have to take this matter in hand at the
coming elections. Unless they defeat
Grant they will be heavily taxed for an
Indefinite period to keep multitudes of
negroes In idleness.
THE negroes of the South will vote
at the 'coming election with the men
who employ them even more fully than
they did in Mississippi. The Radicals
know that, and are resolved not to count
the votes of the Southern States for
President. The people of the North are
ready to settle the matter, however, and
Seymour and Blair will have so large a
majority in the Electoral College, that
the Jacobins in Congress will not dare
to thwart the popular will.
WE notice that the Democracy of
Washington county, this State, have
nominated Dr. Alfred Creigh for the
Legislature. We congratulate the De
mocracy of that district upon their wis
dom in placing this gentlemali in nom
ination, and predict fdr him a vote
sufficiently large to insure his election.
Dr. Creigh posesses all those quali
ties of head and heart which constitute
the true gentlemen, and he
,will make
an excellent member of the State .Leg
islature.
The pearl fisheries recently discovered in
Western Australia extend along the coast
for one thousand miles, It 'is stated that
over sixty tons of pearl oysters were dished
up in December last, and sold Tor csoo per
ton in gold.
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Thaddeus Stevens' LalturA Aube (Ogee.
While ouißadlOal Aikidos's anx ions-
IS Waiting for . Thaddeus Stevens' prom
ised explanation of his late speech on
the financial question, we have con
cluded that his celebrated letter to John
Gyger would prove to be entertaining
reading for them ; and, as they always '
look to the Inielligencer:for the latest
news, both general and political, ,we`
will gratify them by making • some
copious extracts from the document re
ferred to. In • reply to an inquiry from
Mr. Gyger as to what kind of money
the 5-20 bona - would he paid in, Mr.
Stevens opened his letter as follows :
. "Dear Gyger—l shall not hesitate to an
awer the questions which you have pro
posed to me according to my poor ability,
although I know that I thereby Incur the
risk of sharp and frivolous criticisms by
able New York editors, whose age's scarce
ly more than eighteen years, and who will
probably discover in my answer evidence
of old age and decaying of intellectual pow
ers. Of all this lam myself conscious, and
only regret the pain which It gives those
youthful gentlemen to make such delicate
suggestions. But as literary pride has
never been among my aspirations, I will
not venture to smother the free intercourse
with my neighbors in advanced ,life." ,
•
He then went on to say:
"I have not approved and do not now ap
prove of the financial policy .pursued by
our government ibr the last six years. I
think we bays thrown away our billions,
and are still throwing away our millions,
by mismanagement. •
You are a banker, and a sound one ; but
you are making more of the United States
through the national banking system, as is
every other man who has adopted it, than
you ought to make. This may appear dog
matical; hull am only answering
the
question which you have asked me.'
He gave the following account of tho
origin of the 5-20 loan, showing that Con
gress did not Intend to commit the Govern
ment to tho payment of the principal in
coin.
The few first millions needed to equip our
army and navy were easily borrowed, for
our government had a very poor and shut
lew idea of the intensity of feeling of tho
independent beligerent with whom we had
to deal, The next loan of *250,000.000, was
readily taken by the Philadelphia, Now
York and Boston banks, But when Con
gress assembled the banks complained that
the Treasury had so placed their loans. by
aggregating them in the deposit banks, us
to render them, the lenders, unable longer
to pay coin for them. They, however went
on and paid them in currency at some dis
count, which I think, cost the government
some millions of dollars. Still, tho Treasury
was soon emptied, such was the enormous
draft upon it for war material. Inquiry was
then made of bunkers and brokers by the
Committee of Ways and Means, of which
I happened to be chairman , as to the prob
ability of obtaining a loan, and at what
rate. The answer was discouraging, and
did not giveusreason to hope that wo would
be able to obtain sufficient money to carry
on the war at more than eighty-five per
cent., with interest at six per cent, on the
loan. The committee were unwilling to
take eighty-five per cent. principal and ro•
calve the loan in a depreciated currency,
which would have probably brought it to
seventy-fivb per cent. Two of us, Mr.
Spaulding, of Buffalo, and myself, were in
favor of issuing notes of the United States
and making them a legal lender, but re
ceiving them at par for all transactions
with the Government, believing that they
would pass at very nearly par for
all the supplies of war material
which the Government might need; as
all demand, both by the government and
Individuals, for anything but legal tender,
would thereby be taken away. No reason
could bo seen why, to the extent of the de
mand in this country, which proved to be
nearly the whole, they should go much be
low par. They would answer every pur
pose for which the farmer, mechanic, mer
chant and manufacturer desired to purchase
material. We remember that In England
for most of the time that specie payment
was suspended her bank notes were nt
about fourteen per cent. discount. After
having repeatedly attempted to perdue e
loans at a lesesum than what in coin would
be about $.lO on the $lOO, we urged the Sec
retary of the Treasury to give his consent
to offering a loan and issuing therefor
United States notes and making n legal
tender. To this the members of the com
mittee agreed, but the others, together.with
the Secretary, decidedly refused their con
sent, as he (the Secretary) had very con
sistently done in his report. Tho commit
tee waited, again consulted the moneyed
men of the country and found that no largo
loan could be obtained in coin except at a
most ruinous price. They again impor
tuned the Secretary for his consent, the com
mittee having become a tie. A bill for the
issue of $100,000,000 of legal tender had
been drawn and offered by Mr. Spaulding,
and was allowed to remain in that position
till February, when u Democratic member
of the committee, reserving the right to
vote against it, consented that it might be
reported. In February, after severe oppo
sition, it passed the House and was sent to
the Senate. Tnen nothing was said about
the currency in which either principal or
interest were to be paid. No one, I sup
pose, doubted that the loans of the United
States of every description were payable in
the money of the United States of every
description ; but to change that aspect as it
regarded a portion of the fund, the Now
York money changers again made their
appearance, Jew and Gentile mingling in
sweet communion to discover some cun
ning invention to make in a day what it
would take weeks for honest men to earn.
They went directly to the Committee
of 'Ways and Means, and asked that
the interest should be made payable in
coin, leaving the principal as it was. The
committee utterly rejected the absurd pro
position of two currencies—two legal tend
ers—in the same empire and for the same
commodities. They bad once heard of such
a transaction in Austrian bonds, which ut
terly destroyed their credit. Tho brokers
then resorted to the Secretary of the Trea
sury. He was more easily persuaded, and,
it is understood, went with them to the
committee of the Senate and pressed the
change. The Finance Committee of the
Senate agreed to it, and sent it back to the
House with that amendment. The House
rejected it, and the consequence wean com
mittee of 'conference, and as some bill was
necessary it resulted in the present law,
making the debts of the United States, so
far as regarded their interest, payable In
a different kind of a currency from the debt
itself. One of the House Committee pro
posed then, in order to raise a sum suffi
cient for that purpose, that the duties on
imports should be paid in coin. That pro
position prevailed s and the result was and
is that the intere.'t on the national loans
and the duties on importations are payable
in one kind of money called legal tender,
and the principal in another kind of money
called legal tender, but made of a different
material and of a different shape. Thus, as
any one can see, that Congress declared
that while she created two kinds of money
she had made them of unequal value and
for different purposes.
He used the following strong language in
reference to the assumption that the bonds
are payable in gold:
It is but just to Mr. McCulloch hero to say
that he does not pretend that the principal
of the five-twenties (as his late letter shows)
is payable in coin, as the bonds are silent
upon that subject, and as that conclusion is
excluded by that very silence. It is just,
also, to the Democratic party to say that
when the question has been discussed In
the House no lawyer among them has set
up such a foothill pretension ; and when the
bill was on its final passage the question
was expressly asked if the chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means,
and as ex
pressly answered by him, that only.the
interest was payable in coin. But every
instrument speaks for itself, and when it is
always made payable In money, which
means the legal tender of the country. I
fear, however, I am elaborating this point,
ad nauseum, unless a newspaper editor or a
country broker can enact laws and niter
wards enforce them. There la nothingshort
of the sheerest folly In this argument, and it
will not be persevered in by those who have
*aliment strength to carry them genteelly
over the "asses' bridge." Nay, more; I fear
that what I am going to state may set New
York editors and brokers upon a dangerous
rampage amid the flowery fields and gold
en images of Chiriqui and Golfonto; and
yet I shall venture to say that if the United
States chose to be faithless enough, eho
could tender and pay not only the princi
pal, but the Interest in legal tendeis, al
though the latter is expressly contracted to
bo paid in coin. The law of legal tender
means this or It means nothing. Let not
this alarm any one, for no nation short of
the basest Asiatics would ever think of
such an act, however capitalists might ask
trustees, guardians and administrators to
violate law and their sworn oaths to double
the revenue which the public debtor is to
pay them.
When Mr. Stevens came to discus the
method of liquidating these bonds he
took ground precisely similar to that oc
cupied by Mr. Pendleton, thus going
fully as far as that distinguished Demo
crat ever went. Indeed there is good
reason to believe that the "able writer"
alluded to is Mr. Pendleton himself, in
asmuch as we know that in a conversa
tion with a prominent Democrat of this
county, Mr. Stevens expressed his full
belief in the soundness of Mr. Pendie-.
ton's position, just before the letter ad
dressed to John Gyger appeared In
print. Here Is Mr. Stevens' endorse
ment of Mr. Pendleton's plan in his
own words *.
Various methods are suggested to redeem
he five-twenties in currency. One very
able writer suggests a loan in greenbacks
to their amount, so that afterwards the
greenbacks may be redeemed with the
others. If we are satisfied that there is not
more than a sufficient currency to do the
business of the country together with its
probable increase, then that would• be the .
proper method, without inflating prices as
a counterbalance to the saVing. Bat if it is
believed that the present and prospective
business of the country would fairly absorb
an amount large enough. to redeem these
bonda as they become due, and not inj
mealy Increase the bush:miss, theios thetruti
way would be for the gosezumettli toilet*"
legal tendfmiequakto:the'snibuid4ebtioun