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WEDNESDAY, AUG..s: nos.
FOR PRESIDENT:
1101 t. HORATIO BEEKOVII, , of New York.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
GEN. FRANK P. BLAIR, Jr., of Missouri.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL:
CHABLIS E. BOYLE, of Fayette county.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERALt
geII.WELLINGTON 11. ENT, of Columbia co
COUNTY COMMITTEE MEETING.
The Democratic County Committee Will
moot at the roams of the Young Men's Demo.
°ratio Association, on SATURDAY, the 16th
day of AUGUST, at 11 o'clock, A.
The attende,pco of every msmber is earnestly
requested, u business of great importance
will demand the consideration of the Com•
mitts°. R. R. TS HUDY, Chairman.
TO MIR DEMOCRACY OF THE CITY
AND COMITY OF LANCASTER.
In accordance with the resolution of the
County Committee, adopted at their meeting
on Saturday, August let, you are requested to
assemble In the several wards of the olty,
boroughs and townships of the county, on
SATURDAY, the, sth day of SEPTEMBER
next, then and there to elect the usual num
bar of delegates to a County Convention, to be
held on WEDNESDAY, the 9th day of SEP.
TEMBER next, at 11 o'clock, A. M., at Fulton
Hall, in the City of Lancagter, for the purpose
of nominating a ticket to be supported at the
ensuing October election, composed of the fol
lowing officers:
A Member of Congre BR.
Four Mt mbers of House of Representatives.
Associate Judge.
District Attorney.
One County Commiesioner.
Two Directors of the Poor.
Two Prison Inspectors.
One Auditor,
Tne township committees are requested to
give early notice In their respect! m Ilistricts
of the time and place of meeting for the rico.
Hon of delegates.
By order of the Democratic County Com
mittee. R. It. TSHUDY,
B, J. MCGRANN, Sec'y. Chairman.
Organize! Work!!
Harvest Is about over, and now Is 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 lb the county
without delay. Every sign of the times
points to a glorious victory and the re
demption of the nation from Radical
misrule. But the 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 deckle 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-
Then,
OrganiZe ChtbB
Circulate Newspapers ; •
Prepare for Township Meetings ;
lnrolj the Voters ;
Appcal to Mc' Reason of Your Rc
2ndillcan Neighbor ;
Or anize ;
Agitate ;
'}York;
:AND VICTOWV ie SURF
Do not wait for you• neighbor to be
gin ho flood work ; but begin it yourBelf
—and that immediately.
Levying Black Mall
One of the Postmasters of this county
has received the following circular i
For President, For Vino Prmildoia,
U. 8, GRANT. SCHUYLFIIi COLFAX
1{00741,1 00 TIIE
Union Republican Congreiedimal C 0011011.1,00,
W. I O I IIItOITON, D. C., July 17th, 18118,
Pobanoler
NM: The Republican National Committee,
and the Union Itepublicm Congrexhionai Com.
mil tee, helm( profoundly Impreaiied with the
Imam tenon el vigorously pronacnilug the en.
Riling political campaign, apply to you for au
Immediate contribution 01 $O,
All In ii;,inpatily with tile purpopes of the
Republican party will readily unduratand that
expeivieu mind be incurred for orgablzalloe,
dotal manta and xpolikerii, lu auccemo(ully eon.
ducting a PreiMientlal Campaign. 'rite Nude
contributed will be J tulialtmely expolidmi.
communicatiouN tomuid be addretmed to
THOMAS L. TULLOCK, Recrotary, Weakling.
ton, I), U. and will be promptb acknow lodged.
WILLIAM CLAD LIN, Chairman,
WILLIAM E, CHANDLER, Secretary,
Republican National Committee,
EDWIN D. MOHCIA.N, Chairman,
Ilu lon:Repo bilean Comohmeloual Committee
14.0111titT C. SCHENCK. Chairman,
THOMAS L. TuLLooK, Secretary,
Union liepubiloin Congreeelonal Ex. Com
The Radicals are In a desperate mood.
Feeling conscious that the unbiased
judgment of the people is against their
corrupt and revolutionary party, they
aredetermined to carry the coming elec
tions by force, fraud and the open brib•
ery of voters. They have levied a
contribution on every Postmaster and
other: offce•holder in the:country, and
In some instances Postmasters in this
State have been assessed as high as
$l,OOO. Thus they expect to raise an
Immense sum of money, which will be
used In the must corrupt and reckless
manner. In numerous instiadees their
blackmailing circulars have been
handed to Democratic Editors for
publication. No man who has a
proper regard for the purity of the ballot
box would contribute to debauch the
morals of voters in this way. But we
do not believe the time has come when
the American people are willing to sell
the Presidency. There is not a man in
the country, no matter how poor he
may be, if he has sense enough to know
what is for his own interest, who will
not see that to continue the Republican
party in power is to tax himself annu
ally in a sum much greater than he can
possibly expect to receive for his vote.
This Is not a campaign iu which money
will save the dominant party. The
masses are resolved to effect a change,
and they will assuredly do It.
Another Covode Investigation Wanted.
John Covode once got up what he
called au "inweatigution." He professed
to have found evidences of extravagance
in the administration of Mr. Buchanan,
when the en tiro expenses during his term
were only alittle over two hundred and
seventy-two millions. During the year
of 1807, a year of profound peace, the
Radicals spent $340,720,120,33, or 574,-
004,108 more than Mr. Buchanan spent
during the whole' four years -of his ad
ministration, John Covode has been
in Congress for two years. Why did he
not get up! another "inwestigation ?"
We do not think it would be difficult to
find an answer to the question. Hon
est (?) John knows the subject would
not bear an investigation. A revela
tion of the rascality of his party would
sweep it out of existence, and John out
of Congress. We calculate he will be
badly beaten as it is, and that Hon.
Henry D. Foster, a truly honest and
able man, will be elected tu that district
by a large majority. Perhaps Covode
will then find time to "Inwestigale."
B. 4. Tsbudy, Esq.
R. R. Tshudy, Esq., who was chosen
Chairman of the Democratic County
Committee on Saturday, is a gentleman
who is eminently well fitted todiecharge
the arduous and responsible duties of
that office. He possesses the requisite
ability and energy, and adds thereto
years of former experience in the duties
of the office. We had the pleasure of
being intimately associated with Mr.
Tshudy in the conduct of the MriCiellan
campaign, and in endorsing him, as we
do most heartily and cordially, we !Teak
from a full knowledge of his ibilitles,
his zeal" and hie unwavering devotion,
fo the great prinCiples of the Democratic
ffiarty..
WILSON says that the Radical party
stands on the " Rook otAges." , Where
at the Cincinnati Enquirer„i'eniarke
very clear that Grant dont stand
there; He can't even stand on quailz."
4liere are two pints to that joke. '
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The Demociatte Party Acts Ve Ag.
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The Bemoan ar o , ..lee cs
sltion which en, le e itior' -ep u n
aggressive war u n its o-i .neat It
16 fortunakpjy. \ cal -.k • . ; t
upon the ',fife ve' in . y ref et in
this campaign. Its candidates are men
of the most elevated character, distin
guished for those very qualities which
best fit the& for the high offices they
will be called upon to fill. The pat(
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cal enemies c;fg4 Nelimhnti have fur
-1 niehed the most overwhelming proofs
of his devoted. ty iinting-the-war
President Line n',"Beeretary Stanton,
Gov. Curtin, MaYor Opdyke, and even
I John W., Forney; have put on record
their exp ressions of profound thanks to
him for his promptness and efficiency
in raising and equipping troops .during,
the rebellion. Gen. Blair was one of
the most gallant and distinguished °fill
cers or the Union army, and an especial
favorite with Mr. Lincoln. He prevent.
ea Missouri from seceding, and conClu 7
ded a long and brilliant military career,
by marching with Sherman from Atlan.
to to the sea. So much for ou r candidates.
They need no defense. We Oita to
them with exultant pride, ,and rejoice
to see what pitiable dwarfs their oppo
nents seem to be when placed beside
them.
But, if our candidates are unassailable,
our platform is equally so. The finan
cial plank, the only ono which has been
the subject of much attack, is fully en•
dorsed by Senator Morton, by Thad.
Stevens and by many of the most able
Republicans in the country. Our can
didates and our platform then being
both unassailable we have nothing to
defend, and are left free to engage in
aggressive warfare upon our enemies.
We go into this contest unencumbered,
free of limb, stripped for the fight,
armed in the panoply of political truth,
and ready to do vigorous battle for the
right.
Our opponents would have us stop to
reply to foul epithets. They are aston
ished that their empty denunciations do
not disturb us. Are they such fools as
still to suppose that their senseless cries
of " Rebels, Copperheads, Traitors and
Ku-Klux" have any effect? Do they
not know that such things have long
ago lost all force, and that the masses
can no more be moved by these un
meaning howls? Thepeople have sense
enough to see that such talk neither re
stores the Union, maintains the Consti
tution, pays taxes, reduces the debt,
stops stealing,:allevlates the public die
tress, nor in any other way reaches the
wants and necessities of the masses, or
tends to bring them relief from burdens
too grievious to be borne. We can af
ford to lot Radical editors and orators
Indulge in these empty epithets, which
they only employ to conceal lack of
argument, while we appeal to the people
with sober earnestness on the aubJects
of Restoration, Negro Supremacy, Tax.
talon, Debt, Currency, and whatever
else relates to the civil, the political and
the material prosperity of the nation.—
If they are satisfied with opposing
empty epithets to the array of argu•
meats which W. 13 can bring to bear upon
the reason of the American people, we
ought to be perfectly content.
We challenge the Republican party
to answer the accusations which, in the
name of the American people we bring
against it. For eight years It has been
supreme In the land, and is, therefore,
solely responsible for the present condi
tion of the country. What is its record?
It has not only failed to restore the
Union, but has refused to permit the
return of any Southern State, except
on degrading and impossible conditions.
It has kept ten States out of the Union
cud subjected them to the rule of en Ir
responsible military despotism.
It has given all civil power therein to
Ignorant and degraded negroes, and has
disfranchised a large proportion of tie .
white population.
It has established negro equality In
the District of Columbia, and gave the
iegroes there the right to hold office,
It has abolished all social distinctions
between the races, In schools and else
where, wherever Congress has been i
able to exercise complete control.
It has deprived the President of the
United States of the Constitutional pre
rogatives attendant upon his office, and
has attempted to depose him from an.
thority.
It has shown in the impeachment
trial a disposition to disregard all law,
and to perfect its usurpations by the
foulest and most desperate means.
When the trial was progressing it
endeavored by every species of threat
and intimidation to procure a convic
tion, by forcing Senators to perjure
themselves.
It has boldly attacked the Supreme
Court, and, by act of Congress, has pre
vented the people from appealing to
that tribunal for a decision on the Con
stitutional questions which it was es
tablished to decide.
It has diminished the number or
judges on the Supreme 'bench at one
time, and at another has encouraged
their increase for base partisan pur
poses, thus endeavoring to prevent jus
tice from being properly administered.
It has deprived the President of the
pardoning power, but has freely ab
solved the most malignant - rebels so
soon as they agreed to recognize ne
groes as their political equals.
It has repeatedly passed the most ob
noxious and revolutionary ..measures
over the veto of the President, thus
showing the evil animus of the party,
while exhibiting its eutirerespousibili
ty for all the Ills that so oppress the
people.
It has turned many Democrats out of
their seats in Congress and given them
to its own creatures, to ensure the two
thirds majority by which it has effected
its ruinous designs.
It has created innumerable new and
uselessoffices to reward its greedy adher
ents at the expense of a tax- burthened
people.
While professing especial regard for
the soldiers, it has rejected them for
office unless they were willing to sub
scribe to the odious doctrine of negro
equality in the North, and negro su
premacy in the South.
While doing this it has advanced to
high positions the meanest rebels, so
soon as they subscribed to the doctrine
of negro equality.
It has fomented discord between the
white and black races in the. South,
and now proposes to arm the negroes at
the expense of the government 'for the
extermination of the White iacei
It has maintained a vast standing
army, in time of profund peace, to prop
up the negro governments of the South ;
and this at a most enormous expense to
the toiling masses of the North.
It has establlsted and kept in exiet
.ence the Freedmen'S Bureau, feeding
many. thousands of idle negroes at the
expense 'of the working white men of
the North',' In order to be able to control
their votes. ,
It has stolen many millions of money
from the public Treasury, thus Increas
ing the burthen of taxation, and adding
largely to the public debt.
It has leagued itself with thieves and
bloated sPenulittors, atiii.fdi their benefit
has Imposed - upon the tolling . ; mass : es : a
burthen of taxation such as is , endured
by no other peopfelri' the , ,
It has sti wasted the resources of the
governmerit, and so - rnlam'anaged
finances that die official 'record; shows
an al naost constant Inerease of the public ,
debt and that too When the people,are
Woad to the earth - by themostoppres
sive system of taxation:,;r,
xt has , depreciated the, currency and
ad 4 itinbed the plice of all' boidniedlthis,
'BO lhat'd dEocl,sher putclityleiriot;pee,
half what It did in Democratie'times.
U120'04:440 it'lxind of spies;. and
has daMdto setieibe Privets ett:i3rs and
the' telegiiirna of citizens, thlntun.2
THE -LA_NCASTE
heard of in any governinent pretending
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' While creating ago dAlitakency for the
bondholder, and a deTreciated paper
currency for the plowholder, the pen
sioner and the laborer, it proposes also
to pay in gold, bonds which the law
creating them declared should be paid
in lawful (money, namely greenbacks.
~...It-naa..escemptagistha,,,Yankee.nsau
faetmers.fronataxation,bukhasanfused
to reduce the exorbitant tarn; thus
compelling tha' masses to pay a (114 e,
profit to riaheaidtalistli.
It has conferred dictatorial Poivac .
,upon the General of the armies, and has
relieved him , from the , obligations of
obedience to' the Constitutionai 'Cons
mandeilis thid.,
After giving General Grant almost
supreme poyer oyer eleven litates; It has
named,hlm as a candidate for President,
with the expectation that , he will use
the'armY to prevent a free election._
It has by Joint resolution in . Con
gress, boldltdeolared that the votes of
certain Wales shall not be counted, un
less they are cast for its candidate for
President.
It bap made it a crime, punishable
with tine and Imprisonment, for the
people of three Stites to hold an elec-
tion or to vote for President.
It has thus shown a disposition to
disregard the popular will, to prevent a
free election, and to perpetuate its
power by force and !rand.
We might continue this enumeration
of outrages to an almost lmlefinite
limit, did not time' and space forbid.
For these high crimes 'against the Con
stitution,. and against the rights and
liberties of the masses we arraign the
Republican party. It is now on trial
before the American people, and during
the pending campaign Democratic
newspapers and speakers will prove the
truth of every one of the above charges
to the satisfaction of all reasonable men.
With such a work before us we have
little time to devote to the silly twaddle
with which Republican newspapers are
filled.
Does the Express still wonder that
the Democratic party intends to act
upon the aggressive, rather than on the
defensive, in. the present campaign?
Poor Tennessee.
The Legislature of Tennessee has just
passed nn Aot postponing for thirty
years the payment of the principal and
interest of the State debt, which ma
tures within the next three years. This
means, notwithstanding the protest of
the Legislature to the country, that the
debt will never be paid. Most of this
debt was contracted since the war for
public improvements to develope the
resources of the State. And now that
many of the improvements are com
pleted, or approaching completion, and
the resources of the State should be
correspondingly developed, the Legls•
latuie is driven to Repudiation. The
key to this result is found in the fact
that all the negroes and few of the
whites are permitted to vote in Tenn
essee. Under such government re
sources and dovelopmeut avail nothing
to establish prosperity. Tennessee is an
excellent State to emigrate from, as the
plains of Missouri and Kansas testify.
In natural advantages and resources,
In soil and climate, Tennessee is not in
ferior to Kentucky, while the latter
State Is teeming with prosperity awl
her bonds command par in the eastern
markets. Tennessee rather profited
than suilbred from the war, on account ,
of the immense Federal expenditures
within her borders. But the State of
Jackson and Polk is stricken with the
leprosy of .Negro Rule, and the valleys
that lat6ly butted and blossomed as the
rose now lie uncultivated and deserted.
Farms for which $lOO per acre were re
fused before the war are now vainly
seeking purchasers at $25 per acre.
Scores of store-stands aro Idle and un
occupied in the principal streets of
Memphis. The white population are
leaving the State, and the negto
'Eaton rely upon the Freedmen's Bureau
and refuse to work. Of course, Tenn
estied must repudiate.
list Tennessee le not without a part
ner in her shame. Proud old Virginia,
despite her stripes and sorrows, re
sumed the payment of her interest after
the war, and maintained her plighted
faith until January last. Since then a
Federal satrap has seized her Treasury
and handed it over to a Negro Conven
lion. It is needless to add that the
Treasury is now empty.
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COLUM 111 A, July 130.—A. J. Williard, Ma
jor of Volunteers, tied Captain Hoge, of the
Sixth Infantry, a young roan of thirty-two
years, have been elected Associate Justices
of the Suuretite Court. The latter has prac
ticed law only two years. Carolinians,
lawyers and others am touch disheartened
at the result. ,
History furnishes DO more striking
or humiliating proof of the incapacity
of Negroes for self•governmeut than is
afforded by the above despatch. The
Legislature of South Carolina, two
thirds of whom are negroes, have cho
sen a Major of Volunteers and a Captain
of Infantry to be Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court of the State ! The
despatch does not inform us of the ex
tent of the Major's legal experience,
but states that the Captain has practised
law but two years. Doubtless both
these subalterns are fern Illarwl th Courts'
Martial and Military Commissions and
are expected to borrow precedents from
such despotic tribunals. This is throw
ing the sword into the ecali of justice
with a vengeance. Well may lawyers
and others be disheartened at a result
which has clothed Major Williard and.
Captain Hoge with the ermine of DE
SAUSSTAE and Bur.t.Eu! Willlard and
Hoge of Carolina now rank with
STRONG and SHARSWOOD of Pennsyl
vania. Have Northern freemen no pity
for the deep degradation of their white
brethren of the South?
A Big Grant Meeting
The Radicals have at last succeeded
in getting up a Grant meeting. It was
held away down in Florida. The New
York Tribune exultantly parades the
folloWing an nouacernent:
A largo Grant and Colfax meeting was
held at Gordon, Florida, on the sth inst.
Over NO Iyeedulan participated.
Three hundred negroes, all enthusias
tic for Grant. We ought to feel fright
ened, but we don't. We know how the
white men of both sections will vote in
November, and are sure of Seymour's
election.
Win and Brown=l Contrast.
The Radicals hantied Wire, the Jan.
itor of Andersonville prison, and then
received Joe Ilrewn, the landlord of
the place, luto 'the convention which
nominated Grant, and run him as their
candidate for United States Senator in
Georgia. If. Wire had only ltnown
enough, he could not only have saved
his neck, but have 'become a pet and
favorite with the leaders of the, trniy
"loll" in the .country. All any, rebel
has to do to be thus advanced in their
estimation, is to favor the supremacy of
the negro , in the South and his equality
at the North. Any ex-rehel 'who holds
that he Is better than a negro' ' Or oven
as' good, lit abused' as the' Radiehls are
now anneal:lg' Wade liatupton
others of the. Southern leaders.. Any
man Is a'fool who cannot see 'throtigh
thligame 1 , 14.14 the ,Ttadioal„ leadais
are playing. '"
WE publish elsothem, Ur. Stevens?
letter'of explanation. •me N. Y. 2rl
- abuseeomost unmeroltally, call
ing the old , timmtard names. The ..ia
p,7Be dleguetelVtnit is afraid to speak
'Mg boldly. Xi Ea' : nnder l OW; and dare
not say what it.Would i If It.viere free tick
speak its true sentiments.' We• pity It.,
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A:: Mr. Idoingibission 4 :..-1 t • for us
S' at 0014twere t y z ded,
4:in Civ . Leto . elJzi
t: e f how r toXitrithiti he t am es. '
l ed
'hi ak tillesponatitu_ s *e
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'gate. We ow ' Mit tit - &ntain the
$lO,OOO apiece which members of Con
gress vote themselves, carpet-baggers
included, for remaining in perpetual
session. We know that it Includes the
contingent expenses of, the Senate and
House, wheikthi razors; 40'41 Perfankri
and kid gloves figure as "stationary."
Welroovrothat4treontedris-the-etrieunt
I expended ifor the enpp?rt of, 101 l news
pap?re,'Si,iiitiVriitr`Norifii' in OWern
ipeut acivertisiOX and • other patronage.
We presume that it embraces the ex•
penses of the malicious attempt to re
move President Johnson, as well as the
cost of the numeroasSitelling Commit
tees of Cbngress,. But we do not, know,
and cannot even• imagine what else it
'contains. It doubtless covers the ex
travagance, of /Departments, the pecifia
dons of revenue officers and the abuses
of Courts. , It , may even include the ex
pepsin' of Courts 'Martial and Military
Commissioners, Hero is &rich fieldfor
inquiry., Pray , explore it, Mr. Wells,
and report the results of your investiga
tion.
The comparative figures are not be
fore us, but we venture the assertion
that our Civil List is more expensive
than that of Great Britain, with its
royal establishments of Queen and
Princes, and its enormous salaries and
pensions. It is into the abysses of this
Civil List and of the War and Navy
Departments that the proceeds of the
Income Tax, and of the taxes on occu •
pations, from lawyers to keepers of
Jacks and stallions, are ineffectually
poured. Mr. Wells parades a recent re
duction of taxes by the radicals. Such
reduction can only be justified and sus
tained by a corresponding reduction of
expenditures. The present condition
of the Treasury proves that there must
be a material reduction of expenses or a
speedy increase of taxes. Otherwise the
national debt and premium on gold will
reach far higher figures. The people
must choose which they prefer, fewer
expenses or more taxes.
The Letter of Commiesloner Wells.
A Radical member of Congress has
addressed a letter to Mr. David A.
Wells, "U. S. Special Commissioner of
Revenue," and elicited a reply. The
object of this correspondence is to fur
nish statistics to answer the Democratic
charges of extravagance in the Govern
ment since the close of the war. The
letter of Mr. Wells is drawn lu such
shape as to present the best possible de
fence and excuse for the national ex
penditures, But it embraces some facts
that will undoubtedly startle the noun•
try.
Mr. Wells says: The national receipts
of revenue from all sources for the fiscal
year ending June 20, 1808, were substan
tlally as follows:
Customs, (gold,) $103,500,000
Internal revenue, (currency) 103,000,000
Miscelluneous, (currency.) ' 47,000,000
Public lands and direct tax,
(currency,)
He does notstate the national receipts
for the preceding twoyeare, but informs
us that the taxes were reduced $00,000,-
000 by the Act of July 13, 1800, and
$40,000,000 by the Act of March 2, 1807.
From this we may fairly infer that the
government receipts from taxation, di
rect and indirect, since the end of the
war, have exceeded Fifteen Hundred
Millions of Dollars, or threcjiftlis of the
whole amount of our National Debt.
Mr. Wells claims that the debt has been
reduced $250,000,000 within the same
period, but forgets that almost all this
reduction was effected by sales of gov
ernment vessels, arms, ammunition,
supplies, Ste., at the close of the war.—
Thls leaves the Indisputable fact, that
after allowing $400,000,000 far futerest,
the Radicals have squandered more
than Oue Thousand Millions of Dollars
within the last three years. And not
withstanding the collection of $400,000,-
000 in the year Just ended, the National
Debt Is now increasing.
Mr. Wells' statements of estimates
and appropriations for the coming year
are of uo consequence, as the latter can
and will be supplemented by deficiency
bills. But he furnishes the actual ex
penses of the past fiscal year, tempered
and reduced as they were, to some ex
tent, by a salutary fear of the approach
ing Presidential Election. They amount
(Including interest) to $371,000,000, and
embrace, among others, the following
Items :
Civil List,
Navy,
Army
Bou 13 t los
Freedmen's Bureau,
Reconstruallon,
The Civil list only embraces the sala
ries and expenses of the President, Con
gress, Departments, Courts, Foreign
Missions, &0., exclusive of the Post Of
fice which is self sustaining. A decent
economy would strike at least $33,000,-
000 from this Item. Five Millions would
be an ample expenditure for the Navy,
in view of the fact that the Radical pol
icy has left it scarcely any commerce
to protect. The standing army should
be disbanded entirely, but there is no
excuse whatever for keeping more than
10,000 men at an average expense of
$l,OOO each, which would cost Ten Mil
lions. Make these reductions and strike
off altogether the infamous charges for
Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruc
tion, and the Government would save
Ninety-nine Millions Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars in a single year.
We may hereafter have something to
say about the enormous waste of pub
lic money for bounties, which were
awarded to able bodied men after the
war was over, for the mere purpose of
purchasing their votes, and most of
which has passed into the hands of
claim agents and collectors. Also, about
the extravagant expenditure for inter
est on the public debt, which Mr. Wells
states at 5141,835,000 for the last fiscal
year, and which the Democracy propose
to materially mitigate by taxing part of
the bonds and paying others in green-
backs: BLit vie.dlanalss the subject for
the present, to return to it hereafter
with renewed zest.
Tbo Alabama Legislature
The common carrier bill, introduced by
a negro from Mobile, is a bone of conten
tion, and is causing much ill feeling.. The
nogroes are clamoring for its passage, and
the author says if it does not pass, will
cause serious trouble In Mobile. The bill
provides that whites and blacks shall ride
in the same railroad cars and the steam
boat cabins.
The above despatch, from yesterday's
Philadelphia Ledger, indicates that tkie
Alabama whites are growing fastidious.
The very arrangement proposed has
been In operation in Pennsylvania for
more thou a year past, and has glVen
great satisfaction to the Radicals. True,
it waSniadii an issue at the 'last• State
election, and the people condstnned it.
But then the. Legislature, which knows
better what is for the people's good than
the people do themselves, continue it.
As soon as the system is 'fairly intro
duced Into•Alabatna, Pennsylvania will
greet her as a sister.
No Election for President In Florida.
The infamoug scheme devised by the
leaders of the Radicals is to be carried
out The people of one half the court
try, are to be prevented from voting, for
President, and in the South tiegroleile
latures elected before either of the can
didates were.nominated;, are hi, cast the
votes of ihe 8 tate for Graiit.' , : The 'lor/-
da Legislature has already , passed, a law
M,that etrect.'; 1 00,11 the , people of the
North sanotioci, , eq& u,revolution.b,y
v,oting , for Qtranttr , If they do , we , will
' ifeyer'see grant ?
attempt Oa Presider'.
•tlal eleotion in tiacountiy. ,Thedsoi
gatiorelivill be complete; and , the eatab;
'RAMO of a,Milititry,,de*thn'ongie
ruins.ot • the . Reinibllo :abeointebt44l
W , E3Ek'PAlr;"Ai;rqt7T 5, 1868.
XLth Congress--What It Did.
'ortieth Con
_Wen
It met on the 4 . 4-.IW O
e • , a period when e o u l
n 5. y—
more In need of WI " leg n
fr4 -F - before, anti. in en
. 1 u.t` • t)nonths. 'did! oV-- . *
That is a tie/Mon which every intelli
genfVelir will ask. It assembled at a
time when many great question's pre
sented themselves .
lil for consideration.—
anpfacNres, ,e,ompf er9e,. and bus)nep)
heeVeli itlesdrlitiod felt. Vet..Pf
wise legislation. What did the XLth
Congress-do-to , benefltr-the'nation
There call tally 'be ' btioltaiswer to that
question. It did nothing, and worse
th0.144h. 1 04 1 1'4.P4 1 , 0 A . P . 0 3 4.,,,Liw•
Almost the first business underwrin
was the impeachment of President
Johnson. ' Three' months were spent in
investigating. ohiirges againsthim, bat
the whole thing' would hive fallen
still-born, but for the removal' of
Stanton. This gave the Yitoobine ,a
,chance , to enter upon 'their favor
ite, project. The country Is familiar
with the proceedings of the trial.
Thanks to the honesty of a few domicil
'entlous Republican Senators, the infa
mous attemptio remove the Presideni,
be eau ee he stood in the way of some of the
desperate and revolutionary sehemes of
the Radicals, failed. The Washington
corresponclentof tifeN. /Braid says,
"the coat of this disgraceful farce is put
down by members of both parties at
eonzething over a million of dollars, and
this does not include the expenses of sub
sequent inveetigations by Butler." Let
the people remember that all needful
legislation was entirely neglected while
this costly project was being carried
out.
Neat to the impeachment of the
President the establishment of negrb,
supremacy in ten States in the Union
engaged the attention of the XLth Con
gress. One bill after another, and one
amendment after another was brought
forward, discussed and passed, until the
whole scheme of reconstruction became
a thing of shreds and patches. After
all that has been done in this direction
the members of this Congress feel, and
are forced to admit it, that the mongrel
governments which they have set up
are utterly unable tosustein themselves. ,
To prop them up with bayonets required
much legislation, and to enable them to
control the votes of vagabond negroes
the Freedmen's Bureau was continued.
The coat of the army which was employ
ed for the purpose of preventing the
white men of the South from hav
ing a voice In the government of
their section, has ranged at about
one hundred and fifty millions of dollars
a year. The precise annual cost of the
Freedmen's Bureau has never been fur
nished by accurate data. It is a gigan
tic establishment and keeps up a whole
army of omelets. In the administra
tive department alone there are em
ployed, as subordinates to the Commis
sioner, one Major General; seven Brig•
sellers; nine Colonels; seven Lieuten
ant Colonels; twenty-nine Majors; one
hundred and fift,y•seven Captains; ono
hundred and fifty eight Lieutenants, and
seven hundred and seventeen Clerks,
Messengers and other employees; ALL
AT THE MOST LIBERAL SALARIES. Be
sides these there are school masters and
school mistresses from New England,
all over the South, whodo a little teach
ing of the juvenile Africans, and a good
deal to manage the negroes at elections,
for good wages, which are paid by the
toil of northern workingmen and farm-
2,800,000
$400,300,000
ere. Then there are the rations which
such uegroes as are too lazy to work
draw upon at will. There has never
been any Investigation into the cost of
this vast establishment. Gen. Howard
made a sort of rough guess at theexpen
dlture of 1807, and put it down at some
twelve millions, and as he was and still
Is Commissioner, he had good reason
for making a favorable exhibit. To
prop up the negro governments in the
South with bayonets, at an expense of
nut lees than one hundred and filly mil
lions of dollars a year, and to keep the
Freedmen's Bureau running at an un
known opens°, was the greet part of
the work of this XLth Congress.
What else did it do?
It passed a , law to muzzle the Su
preme Court of the United States, for
the purpose of preventing a decision as
to the Constitutionality of the recon
struction acts, thus impairing the free
dom of a co-ordinate and equal branch
of the Federal Government.
It spent much time in pretended in
vestigations of contested election cases,
which might as well have been decided
by a partisan vote at once, as Conserva
tive members were invariably turned
out of their seats and Radicals admitted.
It passed a resolution excluding from
the Electoral College the votes of cer
tain States, because it seemed probable
that they would be cast for the Demo
cratic candidate.
After discussing the important sub
ject of taxation in a feeble and ineffec
tive way, the only result was an ex
emption of New England manufactur
ers from taxation, (all of which, if not
lost, will have to be made up by other
the sections,) reduction of the tax on
whiskey to fifty cents a gallon, and
some slight change in regard to tobacco.
The people looked to this Congress for
a wise, comprehensive and equitable tax
law ; but they have looked in vain.
It was either utterly lacking in capacity
to devise such a law, or wilfully neglect
ed the most important subject of legis
lation presented to it. The members
who are returning home to stump for
themselves and Grant may take which
horn of this dilemma they chbse; but
the people, if they are not fools, will
hold them toe strict accountability, and
force them to answer for their acta.
Attetnpts were made from time to
time to consider a tariff bill, but nothing
was done.
A River and Harbor bill was passed
in such shape as to allow and encourage
the stealing of a large percentage of the
amount appropriated, and an attempt to
throw some guards around it afterward
failed ; the influence of the prospective
thieves proving to be all powerful. All
bills presented for the development of
commerce on the great rivers were de
ferre(r, probably because they were not
BO framed as to afford an opportunity
for stealing.
Of the acts passed a very largo pro•
portion appropriated money for some
purpose ; and deficiency bills were es
pecially prominent. Such bills were
sure to receive due consideration. In
fact, this XLth Congress seemed to have
the most wonderful capacity for empty
lag the public treasury, and very little
talent for any thing else. And,:if Radi•
cal, newspapers are to be believed, it
was more corrupt even then the Penn.
Sylvania Legislature, the members
selling their vote's and influence in the
most shameless manner.
$53,000,000
25,775,000
. 55,713 000
38,000 000
3,215,000
. 1,700,000
'The rightful powers of the President
were greatly abridged, the Supreme
Court subjected to the will of Congress,
and that reckless and revolutionmy
bbdy made long - strides toward the de•
struction of the " form Of free gevern
ment, bequealhed to us; by the fathers
of the Republic, and the:establiahment
of a desPotistri oVitiruina. , ,
To aid them in• their usurpations they
conferred almost; supreme power on the
General of the armiesond then set him
nVis'a olindldatet thO.PF,efld9r!dyr:','
To secure his eleotion, and. to defeat
the'earnest desire' of the "people, for a
change was the chief work ot the 'Con
greds"which has just taken a recess. It
forged'ohains forthallmbs of freedoni;
•attd unless the 333 asses rise up in their
niight , and rend these fetters there will
.speedily be' an,' eud of constitutional
104E14 , in this country. ••• • • • • •
Vile , defy ariy tO iolikt#4;itt ngle
act' of the , XLth , Cpagtesswhich was
. : r OgiCeiated,teieliOke thikiiatioiifr,ooa the
ills which so greatli oppress the rreeple;'
~,leitanY Republi can should think
7
.i.... , ~.9 fg9,, ~T 2 publish,
-where fth per a falls; of 'ill
, ; . e isfor Rioted lt."6To that)ist 4
Itt. e altentiodj of mass". -
sdkimmi, neltiyit . e. ltilella go
wh etW 4 atthow ow thirliadf&ils
/have trified,ivith the best interests of
the peciple, at a time when wise and
liberal legislation was more needed than
ever It has been In the history of this
nstion. f tilisß,puntry is to ,be savea
fiVm the ills sihith threateir r it; If; the
masses are to be relieved from the enor
intmsturthens Qattara - crushing their
energies; If union, peace; prodperity,
econotny of .expenditure and light and
eqUitable .taxes , are ,ever . tci .he the ,
rule in this land again, therm ust be a
complete change effected at the coming
elections.' ' ' 1 t ', ,
The RadidaLCongresimen who have
shown thernselves utterly Incapable of
relieving the nation must be turned
out, and conservativei'Demoorats put in
their places. ' Grant; being the mere tool
of rhe leaders
. qr Ode lath Congress,
must be defeated. That is the only
remedy for existing ills. Let the peo
ple apply it and all will be well.
honest (?) Andy Armstrong.
In one thing the Democracy have a
great advantage in the present cam
paign., For all the charges they
make against the Radicals they can
bring Radical testimony to support
them. So outrageous have been the
corruptions and frauds of Radical offi
cials ,that certain of their papers are
forced to make an exposure of them.
Being conscious that a knowledge of
their transactions caa not be concealed
from the people, they. deem it best to
denounce the perpetrators, accompany
ing their denunciations with a denial
that the culprits are fair representatives
of the party. Such a course would be
effective were it not certain that the in
fection is very general among the office
holders of the party. That there are
honest men among Republican officials
we do not deny, but it is none the less
true that corruption and peculation is
the rule rather than the exception.
We notice that the Columbia Spy is
after hoiical Andy Armstrong. It
charges him with having consented to
support Mr. Davis for Speaker of the
House, only attar having received a
promise that a protege of his, one Illyus,
should be appointed to a position in the
House, to which a handsome salary was
attached without any work to do. The
Spy puts the case as follows :
" It is important to know by what au
thority Mr. Davis, Speaker of the House,
drew a warrant on the State Treasury, in
favor ofMr. Illyus for 8712, as pastor and
folder, when he—Mr. Illyus—was not ap
pointed by the House, and performed no
service. In olden times the Speaker could
only draw his warrant when authorized by
a resolution of the House, otherwise all the
money in the Treasury would Le subJtot to
his individual order as Speaker. When did
this now custom arise?
It Is also important to know, us Mr. Arm
strong resides only 25 miles from Harris
burg, how ho could charge 300 miles, when
our other reprosentativas ohargo only 00
miles, Did Mr. Armstrong, when travel
ing to and from Harrisburg, go straight up
the railroad, straight up the turnpike, or
did he go after the fashion of a worm fence?
Can the .E..arminer, Enquirer or Express
enlightell.us.
go far neither of the papers called
upon for Information have furnished
the public a word. Honest (?) Andy
has, however, written aletter tothe Spy,
which we have scrutinized carefully ;
and our deliberate judgment is that he
stands guilty on hie own showing. But
it must not be supposed that he acted
differently from a majority of his fellow
members of the Legislature, If the
Slate Guard is to be credited, corruption
and rascality of all kinds ran riot among
the Republican members at Harrisburg
last winter, and a multitude of useless
officials were appointed at high salaries
who did no work, and many of whom,
like Illyus, remained at home and drew
their salary with promptitude on the
warrant of Speaker Davis. The case of
Mr. Armstrong is not by any means an
Isolated one. Let the people remember
that only by defeating the Radicals eau
a reform be effected. If they secure a
majority in the next Legislature, we
shall have a repetition of former 'rascal
ties. The position of United States,
Senator will be again put up at auction,
and Simon Cameron will buy it for hie
son-lu•law, Wayne MacVeigh, of West
Chester.
Public Faith.
We hold a piece of engraved bank
note paper, which displays the follow
ing words, viz:
The United States promise to pay to the
bearer Five Dollars. Washington, March
10, 1862, Payable at the Treasury of the
United States in New York.
This paper is unquestionably genuine.
We gave value for it in good honest toil.
It is an absolute, unconditional promise
to pay money, and was due as soon as
issued. If given by an individual, it
might have been collected on the day of
its date or any day since. But the
" United States" make no provision for
Its payment, either now or hereafter.
They do not condescend to say when it
will be paid, or whether it will ever be
paid.
In other words IT IS REPUDIATED
This is a specimen of the currency the
Government has thrust upon the peo
ple. They have been compelled to take
t from each other as an equivalent of
coin. They have been required to ac
cept it In lieu of gold. This is the cur
rency provided for the laborer, the pro
ducer and the pensioner.
Four years ago the United States is
sued its bonds in exchange for green
backs. Gold was then worth 285, or
greenbacks about 37 cents In the dollar.
The Government has ever since paid in
terest on the par value of these bonds
at the rate of six per cent per annum In
cola, or over sixteen per cent in curren
cy. The Radicals now insist upon pay
ing the principal of these bonds in gold,
although the bonds do not call for it.
This is the entertainment provided for
bondholders.
Do you call this public faith? To re•
pudlate promises to the people, and pay
bondholders triple interest and princi
pal! Out upon such miserable cant and
hypocrisy.
Mileage of the County Commissioners.
lather Abraham ,and the Columbia
Spy are assailing the County Commis
sioners. These Radical organs assert
that our Radical Commissioners are
swindling the taxpayers by charging
more mileage than they are entitled to.
Here are the figures they give :
Thos. C. Collins, 140 days services - at $3
per day, 8420-5015 miles at 10 coots per
miles, $301.50. Total, $92160.
J. B. Shuman, 170 days service at $3 per
day, $5lO. 4496 miles ut 10 cents per mile;
$449.60. Total 059.60.
. Samuel Slokom, 1,52 days services at $3
per day, $425. 6933 miles at 10 cents per
mile, 4693.30. Total, $1,149.30.
It will be seen that two of the Com
misSioners draw more money from the
county treasury for mileage than their
salaries amount to. The Spy says:
By act of Assemby%see pamphlet law of
1801,page ,200,) the Commissioners are en
titled to Is perday, " and In addltlon themto,
to, shall be alloweol mileage at the rate of
ten ante . for each 'and every mile that they
May travel in the dochave of their official
duties." Thus, they can charge 10 Gents a
mile only lbr actual' travel, construction
mileage len& allowed. 'Generally, we know
the eastern of the Commissioners le to meet
on Monday, and renialn in' Lancaster until
Wednesday, which, legally, 'they could
charge but one trip to and fromhome. By
dividing the whole number of miles set
forth In the account of midi one by the num
ber of days. anyone can ascertain whether
they have charged mileage for every' day'sJ
attendance or not.
Old.lhars-Expianatlon.
Old Thad km concluded not to ex
plain his position on the paymeat of the
bonds, but takes refuge in the funding
bill, which he Claims ought to settlethe
vexed question. The bill is uraceepta
ble to almost every class of men in the
country, and how it ever have the
effect which the ofd man prediota,is
more than we can see. , Hisletter is not
clear encugh to enable.ustofioao:“ VPe
wait fOr more light'biiiiCe suiajebt. .•
The Negro gtl all .
4419114,1Pfe,,,ef theicti4loptions of
NaKi Stategovmpusels organized
by Congress 4 the illflttuleny the bal.
14t.oaUwho ill notterr to accept
tO 01NA anaolitt deity of the
teriad Slick. ffenslve
test oath is tendered to eve resident
Unionist as well as rebel,. Northern
as well as native. The Southerner
who has been loyal to the Union
through the long and terrible trials of
the rebellion, who has suffered loss of
property and limb, imprisonment and
tanlshnient - lbr • the eause - of•his coon
try, Is excluded' from • the. ballot' box.
unless he swears to accept the Negro as
h4,04ua1 ! The Northern voltinteer who
for fogr weary Yeani here rifle and knap
'sack ,over Southern soil, and watered
thit 101 l with his blood; is ;dented the
right of citizens* in the section .hie
valar restored to the :Union," unlesi he.
swears to bow down and worship the
Ebony Idol ofßadicalism.
This Oath would disfranchise a vast
majority of the Northern - peoplii, whose
blood and treasure rescued the 1411bn
from'destruction. Thoae have recently
declared, by great majorities of their ani fr
frages, that they do not accept the civil
and political equality of all men. They
have, consulted the pages of history, and
found that no Negro , community has ,
ever, by its own efforts emerged from
barbarism. They have spread out the
map of the world, and discovered that
no Negro population enjoys an organ
ized or civilized government that was
not founded by whites: They have
scanned the territories occupied by
mongrel and mulatto inhabitants, and
seen them uniformly tending towards
degradation. They have searched the
annals of science, art and literature in
vain, for Negro contributions to the im•
provement of the human race. They
have observed the distinctions of form,
feature and complexion impressed upon
'the different races by their Almighty
Creator. And they have conscientious
ly rejected the dogma of equality of
race.
For this opinion of belief, which they
could not disclaim without perjury, they
would be shorn of their right of Self.
government in many of the Southern
States. Here is a plain case of proscrip
tion, and even disfranchisement for
opinions' sake. Suppose the facts were
reversed, and that the opponents of
Negro Suffrage, where they have the
power, should adopt the course pursued
by its friends. Suppose the people of
Ohio, Kansas and Michigan should
amend their Constitutions so as to re
quire their citizens to swear to deny
the equality of races before being per
mitted to vote. There would ascend
from every corner of the laud a right
eous cry of indignation against such in
famous persecution for opinion's sake.
Yet the Radical party impudently on=
forces the converse of the supposed rule
in Arkansas, Alabama and other South
ern States.
Northern freeman, will you permit
persons to be disfranchised in other
States for holding your opinions?
Northern soldier, will you allow men to
be denied the ballot In States you res•
cued from secession, for entertaining
your sentiments ? Northern emigrant,
will you consent to exclude yourself
and your children after you from States
of the South, by sustaining an oath
which would deprive you of the right
of suffrage if you settle there? Answer
through your ballot boxes, while they
are yet unfettered by test oaths, and
uninfluenced by bayonets!
Failed for Want of Time.
At the heel of the recent session of
Congress, the Radicals flourished an
electioneering card in the shape of a
Bill to reduce the Standing Army to
80,000 men. They bandied the measure
about from Senate to House, and from
floor to committee, until, in the lan
guage of the N. Y. Tribune, it failed for
'wane of time. The truth is, Congress
never Intended to pass the Bill. It was
a mere false pretence to cheat the peo
ple with the parade of an attempt at
economy, which was designed to be
fruitless. If Congress had been actu
ated by a genuine spirit of economy, It
would have matured a Bill to reduce
the Army to 10,000 mon, and paced it
promptly.
The Radicals know that 30,000 men
will not suffice to uphold their system
of Southern reconstruction. They have
organized governments bottom up
wards, and it will require more than
30,000 bayonets to sustain them in their
unnatural posture. In apprehension'of
the Presidential Election, the Radicals
have already reduced the Army below
the number needed for their purposes.
The carpet-bag establlshmenteare com
pelled to supplement the regulars with
militia, at an expense which cannot
long be tolerated. Witness the state
ment that Tennessee is already indebted
to her militia In the sum of ten mil
lions of dollars. And the fact that the
negro Lieutenant Governor of Louisi
ana, though backed •by regulars and
militia, is about to cry for help and im
plore assistance from 'Washington. If
the people sanction the Negro govern
ments of the South, the Radicals must
have more soldiers to support them.
The Army must not be reduced, but in
creased.
Yet the Radicals charge that it would
be Revolution to subvert governments
which can only be kept from falling to
pieoes by an Army of Occupation. On
the contrary, it is chronic Revolution
to maintain governments which can
only be propelled by the bayonet, and
whose existence is a standing menace
to the peace of the country.
A Word of Seasonable Advice
' The weather is hot and growing hot
ter. The icebergs in New Foundiand
Bay are rapidly melting, and we may
have the thermometer up over 100 de
grees any day. Under such circum
stances we would urge the editor of the
ExpreBB to keep cool. He raves and
fumes In a way that leads us to enter
talu serious apprehensions for his safe
ty. Let him put cabbage leaves in the
crown of his hat and try to keep 'cool.
Let him remember that all the charges
we make against Grant and his party
are made on the best Radical authority.
That idea ought to have, a coolling
effect on the fellow. To soothe him
effectually, however, we beg leave to
assure him, that we do not Intend to
make a single assertion during the en
tire coming campaign, which we can
not prove by the testimony of leading
Republicans. We shall have to say
some rough things, but they will all be
backed up by the best Radical author
ity. We hope, therefore, that our
neighbor will sink into a state of resig
nation and keep very cool. He Nall be
quiet enough after the October election.
THE Radicals, after their defeat this
fall, intend to emigrate to Africa. A
party has been sent out to select e.locu
tion for the colony. Negroes ate to rule
over them. They mean to give that
thing a full test before abandoning it
entirely. •
THE Radicals 'have Completely . bank
rupted the' State Of Tennessee. ' They
have sthlen all the money, and nothing
is left to pay the interest dn the State
debt. These tactidiarethesame eveery
where. If they are alldwed to run the
General government foiiryears . ionget,.
the United Stateewlll share the fate of
Tennessee, and bondholders will neither ,
get thoprfacipal.nor the interest of,the
cherished. Rewritten. • I '1:1:
'Tnnitatileale ore ;beak making alia l
Cabinet' for Horatio .Seymour. This
shows that4hey fully expect to beeAlin
'TEERadicals attempted:amass meet:
lug in Lehigh county lastaitiesday,,anal
,though the ,day 'was flnkx,iot' over one:
hundred people assembled The The tncusißa
are op mpletely sick, and tired"lif
rule, and are Aletermlned; to ; vote', for, is
change., r •
Popular Bleetions Soho Abolished.
a tkln the,],' Irei,elphts Fed 'we find the
:folOpleit spealal telegratp,fram Wash.
!nein : •
Before .(he adjoarnment'uf Congress took
place, tho member, of Congreas from the
vornstrtietett Statestlol4, several informal
consnitatkma on the subJeotof making pro
visions foi the holding of elections in their
StateS in November next. They conferred
with the leading men of Congress here on
the subject, and the geneml Impression pre
vailed that the old South Carolina system
of having the State Legislature choose the
presidential eleptors would be the best un
der the circumistances. If Hach a plan Is
agreed upon, all th e expected trouble of
frauds; conflict between the two races of
citizens SEinth - will be' voided. The &bib- .
ern RepreeentaUves here 'waist a major.
Ity 'of the best citizens of their various
BMWs approve of the plan. It will, In all
probability,. be adopted in all the South
,orn States, excepting perhaps Georgia.
That exceeds In audapity cuay.move
yet made by the Radicals. They de
liberately propose to do away with pop•
,ulsr elections in all the Southern States,
except And why not do the
same thing in Georgia? For tho sim
ple and !host excellent reason, that one
branch of the Georgia Legislature is
Democratic. Seeing that Grant cannot
be elected by a . fair vote of the people,
:the Radicals have resolved to defeat the
'willof the Majorltyi by tho basest and
most outrageous acts of usurpation. Lot
them be warned before they go too far.
.The people of all the States will vote at
the coming Presidential election, and
;If the Democratic candidates are shown
to have carried a majority of the elec
toral votes they will be Inaugurated so
surely as the 4th of March next comes,
if it has to be done by force of arms.
The majority will not submit to be
cheated out of their rightsby a minority,
and the sooner the Radicals recognize
that determination and act accordingly
the better for them. We shall surely
have a great preponderance of the phy
sical power of the people on our side,
and that is the element which will win
if it comes to a contest. Let the Radi
cals attempt to prevent a free election
by the people in November, if they
dare, or refuse to count Electoral votes
cast for the Democratic candidates.—
They will be taught a lesson, if they do,
which will not be soon forgotton.
All the Democratic party ask is a free
election. If beaten in that they will
quietly submit oven to four years more
of radical misrule; but they will not
submit to Bee popular elections sup
pressed, or the votes of States cast for
their candidates thrown out of the
Electoral College. That the Radicals
may as well understand at once.
The Rengon Why
The Negro Constitution of Old Vir
ginia was perfected months ago. R has
not yet been submitted to a vote of the
reconstructed oltizens. The people of
the State are still out In the cold. They
have not been received into Abraham's
bosom. They will not be permitted to
vote at the Presidential Election. Can
you guess the reason why? Because
the State will certainly go Democratic !
That is not the only reason. There is
another and more potential one. Ne
groes have been nominated for Con
gress there.. One negro will certainly
be returned from the State. Aud the
Radical party cannot bear the scandal
of bringing negroes into Congress be
fore the Presidential Election. That's
what's the matter. Old Virginia Is de•
nied even the cold comforts of Radical
reconstruction, because her negroes car
ry the Acts of Congress to their logical
conclusion. Why shouldn't thrco
fourths of a million of negro voters have
one Representative In Congress? Elect
Grant, and they'll come in by the dozen.
Mos Won't Savo Them.
Governor Wise, In a speech meth*
since the nomination of Seymour, sold:
Secession is not dead; the people are going
to secede from Radicalism.
The Radical Journals have beau quot.
lug the first part of the above sentence
and omitting the conclusion. They
might in the same way prove that there
is no God by quoting from the Bible.—
There is a passage In that sacred book
which declares:
The fool bath said In his heart, there to no
God.
It would be Just as fair to quote the
latter clause In proof of atheism, as It
Is to quote the first clause of Gov.
Wise's remarks, omitting the rest of
the sentence,
This is a specimen of the fairness and
decency of Radical Journals. Knowing
that the. people loathe their corrupt party
they have no hope of carrying a single
State except by bayonets, or the most
reckless lying; and the :consequence is
that the coiemns of their newspapers
are eXowdediwith the grossest falsehoods.
Thekaame policy will be adopted by
their speakers, if ever they manage to
get people enough together to make up
a meeting. But it will not do. The
masses cannot be gulled this time by
the false statements and flimsy sophis
try of the men who have brought such
disasters upon the people. The cry for
a change rings throughout the whole
land, and no frail barrier of Iles can
stop the sweeping torrent of popular
excitement. In spite of their skill In
lying the Radicals will be utterly
routed. Lice wont save them this time.
Forney Endorses Seymour
In June of 1883, when Pennsylvania
was invaded, Governor Seymour so
promptly sent all the force at his com
mand to our aid, that Governor Curtin
publicly thanked hint In a speech, and
Forney thus lauded him in the PrcBB,
which is now so loud In its abuse of
him. Said Forney:
Honor to Now York I Her Governor has
acted like a man who knows when the time
for partisanship Is at an end. Her gallant
Seventh is now at Harrisburg, and,. side by
sido with our brave Pennsylvanians, pre•
paring to resist the invaders. This is the
true spirit of brotherly love. But while
the City of Now York is doing so much to
save our State, what is the City of Phila
delphia doing?
Can't the Frees find room for the re
publfeation of the above extract? It
would be remembered by many of Its
readers.
Radical Economy.
Daniel A. Walls, special Commis(loper
of Internal Revenue, has issued a re
port, stating that the' expenditures of
the government last year were $ 371 , -
626,215 ; and Radical journals have the
audacity to claim that as a specimen of
economy. Economy, indeed. Why no
Democratic administration ever went
beyond the seventy odd millions. The
difference against the Radicals is only
three hundred millions. That may. be
Radical economy. It certainly is not
what Democrats would call economy.
IN Gen. Grant the Southern people will
have, not a Republican President. We can
not Justly pall him that.—N. Y. Tribune.
If. Grant is not to be ,
a Republican
President what is he to be? He will
certainly not be a Democratic one.
What will he be? We Must conclude
that the Tribune bitsiiven up all hopes
of ever seeing him President at all.
Tim appropriations made at, the seo•
ond • session of the Fortieth Congress
a l io nearly ilventy.two millions more
thin 'those made at the o[l'mi/a session
of the Thirty-ninth Congress. , •
'' 'The regulat army appropriation, with
out taking; into edesideration the items
of desaienoy,. amount to ten millions
more now,than•then.. Thus the cost of
Radicalrule increases every year.
' will be. sees: from a report pub
llslfed elsewhere that a party of Radi
,9p,i,7o, Attempted tobfeak up 4 Demo
.orolo.rueet,lPg in gissouri were very
roughly. handled:. The day has gone
bvwheri stteh things'ean•he done with
Akifi'uriio; and Dembeirsits are prepared
assert, their rightsto assert them
,if. are 'all6Wed to do so,
,f 6 they Thu pit:1°11;11d
eoaker,at the meeting referred to was
asallant Tpitoifßbldler: " P
'of thirithry tigiet.o4°4oll4ot' cir Got-
Th;eyetigOtierally,hiakiffr'*ith
'theft. pltiii4ElT as , n6fsqlesely a$
The Funding 1111-Inother Financial
• Abortion.. .
'The Funding bill having been referred to
a Committee of Conference of the two
houses, was reported and agreed to by tho
Senate on Sunday evening, and by the
House on Monday morning. It was at
once sent to the President for his signature,
which it will probably receive. The follow
ing is the act in full, reduced to three sec
tions. The section relative to gold contracts
was struck out:
An act providing forte payment of. the
national debt, and toFthereduction of the
rate of interest thereon.
Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of
the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue
coupon or registered bonds of the :United
States in such form as he may prescribe,
And oftlenotnlnatlons of 11100 or any multi
ple of that sum, redeemable in coin at the
pleasure of the ' United:States, after thirty
and forty years respectively, and bearing
the following rates of interest, payable sem
annually in coin, that is to say, the issue of
bonds falling duo in thirty years shall bear
Interest at 41 per cent., and the bonds fall
ing duo in forty years Phan bear Interest at
4 per cent., which said bonds and the inter
est thereon shall ho exempt-from the pay.
mont of all taxes or duties to the United
States, other than such income tax ne may
bo assessed on other incomes, as well as
from taxation in any term by or under
State, municipal or local authority: end
the said bonds shall bo exclusively treed
for the redemption of, or in exchange for,
nn equal amount of any of tho present out,
standing bondsof the United States, known
as flue-twenty bonds, and may bo Issued
to an amount in the aggregate sufficient to
cover tho principle or MI such five twenty
bonds, and no more.
And be It further enacted, Thut there Is
hereby appropriated, out of the duties de
rived from imported goods, the sum of 8133,- ,
000,000 annually, which sum, during each
fiscal year, shall he applied to the payment
of the Interest, and to the reduction of the
principal, of the public debt, in such man
ner as may bo determined by the Secretary
of tho Treasury, or ns Congress may here
after direct, and such reduction shall he Itt
lieu of the sinking fund contemplated by
the fifth section of the act entitled "An net
to authorize the issue of United States notes,
and for the redemption or funding thereof,
and for funding the floating debt of the
United States,' approved February 25,
1802.
Section 3. That from and after the pas
sage of this act no percentage, deduction,
commission or compensation of any mount
or kind, shall be allowed to any person for
the sale, negotiation, redemption or ex
change of any bonds or securities of the
United States, or of any coin bullion dis
posed of at the Treasury Deportment, or
elsewhere, on account of the United States,
and all acts or parts of acts authorizing or
permitting, by construction or otherwise,
the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint
any agent other than the proper officer of
his department, to make such sale, negoti
ation, redemption or exchange of bonds and
securities, are hereby repealed.
We understand that some of tire be
wildered Radicals hereabouts, are con
soling ,themselves with the reflection
that the above bill will take the much
vexed financial question out of the po
litical arena. Let them lay no such
flattering unction to their souls. It is
one of the most worthless abortions ,
which the imbecile Radical Congress
has given birth to. The Philadelphia
Ledger, high financial authority here
abouts, speaks of it In the following very
plain terms of condemnation :
The title of tide bill, "An Act providing
for the payment of the National debt,
seems to Imply that Congress ban fallen
Into the error that many indlviduills do in
their business, namely, that they liquidate
a bill by giving their note for the amount,
and pay the note by renewing It. Congress
proposes to pay the national debt by ex
changing bonds bearing six per cunt. Inter
est and duo in fifteen or twenty yearn, for
bonds bearing four mid a half and four per
cent. interest, due in thirty and forty years.
The national creditor will full to see much
payment In this operation, and as there to
nothing compulsory In the bill, forcing the
exchange 01 bonds, It is not probable t ha t
there will be many of the new bonds issued.
Tito only inducement hold out In the Inv/
to make the excluiuge is, that the creditor
gots a long bond for a fixed period, and a
distinct avowal on Its face that the reduced
rate of Interest and the principle are to be
paid in gold, The bowies are to be free
from all taxes except the tax on income, He
imposed on other incomes. These induee
meets will bo scarcely sufficient to atom,
for the loss of 11 to 2 per cunt. in the annual
interest realized on the existing 5.20 bonds.
Elsewhere the same able paper thus
exposes one of the worst features of the
bill:
Tho Treasury favorites worn strong
enough In the Sonata and In tllO Commlttau
of Conference to strlko out Mr. Randull'm
auction, (Mr. Randall is a Democrat) ro
quiring all purchases and Nll,lOB of the 110-
curition and coin of the United Shoos to be
mode publicly and to be given to the high
est bidder. That they worn so vette:manly
opposed to this and insisted upon oxcluti-
Ing it front the bill„ only shows how prim
less an advantuga It Is to the private and
secret operators. Thoy have motto millions
on millions of dollars by the systole, 1111 of
which Moat gono out of the pockets of the
tax-payors of the country, and they would
have no such restriction put upon 1110111 no
that contained In the proposition of Mr.
Randall, and adopted by tho House of
Representatives by a large majority. Peo
plc may wail ask how It is, It thorn in no
favoritism, If thoro la no purpose to make
the vast oporations of the Treasury subser
vient to the privats gain of individuals,
that thorn was such resolute resistants, to HO
fair and honest a mode of buying and sell
ing the Government bonds, as by Inviting
proposals In the open market.
A Crowning outrage.
Ono of the last acts of the Radicals in
Congress. was to pass a bill punishing
with tine and imprisonment any one
who offers to vote or act as an Election
officer at the coming Presidential elec
tion in Mississippi, Virginia or Texas:
Mr. Lawrence. (Disun. 0.) offered nu
amendment MAKING IT A PENAL OF
FENCE PUNISHABLE wrrti FINE
I
AND MPRISONMENT, FOR ANY
PERSON IN THE SAID STATES TO
VOTE OR ACT AS AN OFFICER OF
ELECTION IN THE ENSUING PRESI
DENTIAL ELECTION, and making It the
duty of the President to prohibit such a
thing.
This amendment was adopted, yeas 112,
nays 27, a strict party vote. Every Radi
cal present and voting, recorded his name
In favor of this infamous proposition.
Can history point to a more high-handed
scheme of usurpation?
They disfranchise the
Arm the negroes.
Exclude the Stales supposed to give Dem
ocratic Majorities.
And declare it a penal offence in three
States to vote at the Presidential election?
This is the Congress that the people aro
called upon to endorse.
RAnicAusu is playing Its iarewell en
gagement. - This is positively its last
appearance before the American people.
The closing act will be a grand ring
performance on the 3d day of Novem
ber next, when Grant will ride the spav
ined, wind broken mule, Radicalism's,
to certain defeat, while a black mon
key, representing negro supremacy In
the South and negro equality in the
North will ride him. They will all " go
to the bad" together.
Tun N. Y. BITICB, a leading Repub
lican min, thus notices the departure
of Jeff. Davis for Europe :
Jeff. Davis sailed for Europe on Saturday
last, with his family, taking his departure
from Canada. If ho had done this imme
diately after that little affair at Appomatox
Court House what a wonderful deal of
trouble, perplexity and expense he would
have saved the Government. if ho could
Only be persuaded to remain abroad for the
remainder of his life, a grateful people
could easily afford to pay his expenses.
Is that strictly loyal?
UNDER the law of Congress declaring
that a majority of the registered voters
in the Houthern States must vote af
firmatively to secure the adoption of
the new State Constitutions, a majority
of the regularly registered voters de
clined to attend the polls. Yet Con
gress, by another act, ordered the de
tested Constitution to be enforced, and
a Legislature thus elected, and now in
session, is preparing to cast the vote of
the State for President, and to deprive
the people of all voice in the coming
Presidential election. The project Is
countenanced by the leaders of the Re
publican party. Do they suppose the
people will submit to such an outrage?
IN the first year of the war, 1861, the
cost of the War and Navy Departments
was—War, $100,127,004; Navy, $20,880,.
176. In the first year of peace, 1866, the
cost of the same departments was—War,
$848,202,733 ; Navy, $108,654,887 ; while
last year the War Department coat only
s4,ooo,oooless than In 1801, and the Navy
Department cost $20,000,000 more.
Other words, it costs more money now
to support the navy in time of peace,
than it did in 1801, when the navy, was
blockading theAtlantio and Gulf coasts,
and the mouth of the Mississippi. What
becomes of the peopleismoney
' CONGRESS has adjourned to meet at
the call of the Chairman of the Republl-
Can Campaign • Committee. What , a
sp,ectaclel !Me . National Legislature
'adjourn to Meet at the call of a partisan
'fOr mars partisan purposes. Is there
:4 13 Y 41Wkr depthof degradation berattip;
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