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th* right* f III* ftutm ami tl* lll*rtt* *>f tli*
itr* \itl |Ntrtis tf mis* lmnniiloni *rt*tn; RIHI t•#*
m< h pnit in it* whole . oimtltuMoiml *igr in to
Ills* life of III* nallo i."
THIRD. That the !Vmt*rrtlc party maintain*, aa It
*\-r Is'in maintain**!, that Ui* military ar* nml ..tight
to IM' t ill Mil tiling*, RUUsrtllllßt* tO ll* C ivil AUthorltl**
If detil**, .*• it IIM <l*til**l. th* right of thw F*l*r*l
admlnl*tration to k**p on foot nt th g*n*rat **iMiia*
it dUii.iniit itriny * litratl* th- Suto for |M>tiiirni pur
|mw.w with.nit ngar.l to conatltiitftoual n-ntrt. thm*. to
rontrt.l Aii l •ncourngo framlulnit roiwt* of th* *<•!-*
sr t.. inautfurat* cuiidhlat** rrjrctod hy th* majority.
Fourth. That th* right to m fr** hllot I* th* right
|ir***rRtiv* of all light*, th* only of p*r-fully
r*dr*a*tng |rifrnri and r*fonlng aim***. Tin*
|W***n*" At tl* poll* of r rvgular military forr* and of
n hosit of Inrrling ollhlal*. t (aiming th* power t..
Aireai Mini Iniprtsson <ltix*n without wßimiit ir l#ar
iog, ili>*troys *ll fr*s**t.*n of *l** tlona riol upturn* th*
v-rv foilinl<%tlon of M*lfgov*rtiu*tit W* rail mII
g<K*l rltiicni to Rid u in pr***rvlng our institution,
from d**tru<*tloti hy th*** lni|>*rial niMh.nl* of anprr
vUltig th* right of ■utrrag* Rnd **rrng th* popular
will; in k**pimc th* war to th* hallol-hot >p*ti end
fr**, MR it tuts to ottr falto-r*; iii r*-t tvlng the arm*
to ii **fe dUtAtK'* w lu n the p*op| iv*a*tl)h|n to *R|rr*a
their mver*irfli plnMAiir* Mt til* poll*, Mini 111 wnirillK j
uli*li*tice to tin |r will when npußMtl ly their rot**.
Firrn. 1 hat Hutherford U. llay*-, having !.** |
}d v*d ill |M>w*r *gaiut the well know it mi l I*v;m!l>
e*pr**od will .f th* p*opl*. i* the rrpiecH iitittive of H
t oiiaj.ir.Ai y only, wnd his Uim tf right to turrountl
tli" rml lot UtVR with tr*p * d deputy mnrwhala t
Intimidate nnd obstruct th* ••I" t*r, mi I his unpiet *
dentesl us* of the veto to maintain this miconatitit
tiotial ami d>'iti( power, aro mii Intuit and a iu> into
to the cottnlrjr
BlXTlt. That the I>*fHo'ratlr party, a* of old, f<%vr
n I'onttitutiunal currency of gold ami ilv r, and of
|t.ii*r couvrrtilde i-l coin.
BRVCRTH. That w* are oppo#*s| to the lyitro f
iubaidina hy th" general government under whh h -lut
ing the |w>ri<-l of Kepohitcan •* nd im y. psilitical ror
p iratioiid profited nt the |mopl* •k|**na*. an.l to any
appropriation f th* puhlic monejrtoi th* ptihlir credit
t miiy object lut the pntilii a*rvh-. The reform* and
e-onotnhs enftr#n| hy the iMnocrath |-artvlne it.
alveiitto tow*r in the lower houa* of <ongr**d hav#-
to the |HNplt uotuy lulllioiis of dollar*, ami w
l-sdievetit.it a like renult would follow ill nathfltitßl
to power in the Hints' of P*unylvant*
Kioitrit. That th* f>*nucratic jmrty being th* nat
ural friend o| the w* rkingmnii, and having thioiigli
out IP* history m|SWU| l*tw**ii liiui and oppf .i ., it
liew it* esprewaioti of ympathy for Labor and it
'proiiiiar of protection to it. riglitd
NIRTH. That we h. k with alarm and apprshenah'ti
ii|M'tt the pr*teMiona of th* rit t ran|* rial ton cm
latiiie. to li* al>ov* the fundanietital law of tin. • m
moiiwealth which govern# all else wttlun ur Under*.
*ainl until they a • ept the . nttitut'An of l"T.l in g<s-i
tnith they .hoiihl leiimin <dj* i of the ntllio*t vigi
lan-e and j**hny hy tioth legi.latnre and (MM-pi*.
TRRTH. That th* resent atl iupl* under the per
aonal direction of ruling Kepublican lemler. u> d*-
!• nt- h the h-gisUture t >y tlioliMilf brtbacy and onrrip
ti iQ and take fr ni tin < omnionwulth f-.id miiltoiM of
doll Mr. for whit h it. lihilitv hat never l*--ii a* *r
tainesl, I* a fr*.h and aUrming evidkuc* of th* g
--grewaiveneaa of v>r|Mirate po* r In rtdlu.ion with
|" liti'il ring*, and ahould rtrd*" the *igi)Ml nn
tietunatioti t.f the p*>pl* at the
FLCVBRTM. That the pfrwent Condition f the Hhite
tr*a,.iry, a l>ankrupt gei.t-ral fund ami even school,
and rharltie* utiahl* U> get th* money long .luc* ap
propriated !•- their *up|N-rt, i* a •ufllcient illu.trati"ii
of th* rerkiewa iml niHrn-anagefueiit of tin- K
publiiAlt party.
WHAT STANTON WROTE IX IMSI.
UICHANAN'g ADMIM.HTtATION VIN DIt'ATC I
ur LINCOLN'S, AND m'< 1.ei.1-AN ihmhicd
TO FAIL TIIROIGR 4 a ABINET IV
TKIGI E8 AND HI'RI ll.i< AS IN
TERFERENCE
From the World Kitrart*.
Such extracU iui The IIWW can make
room for from the very sensational let
tors of l-Viwin M.Stanton, published for
the first time in the North American lie
view lor November, cannot be better ex
plained than hy the introduction which
the editor of the Review gives them, and
which we accordingly copy :
|The editor of the North American Re
view hopes that it is no longer necessary
for bim to assure his readers that he
takes part neither with the Trojans nor
with the Tyrinns in any of the various
controversies which have so far been
evoked from time to time by contribu
tors to these pages. It is only hy way.
therefore, of what the lawyers call
"abundant caution," that the editor
has thought it well to request his
readers to remember this while read
ing the interesting extracts from the
"Diary of I'ublic Man" in ISfii, which
be is now laying before them : and that
be now reminds them of it in connec
tion with the even more interesting let
ters of the late Mr. Stanton to the late
President Ruchanan, which appear be
low. These letters were handed to the
editor for publication hy a distinguished
gentleman, who desires that his name
may not for the present be made known,
and into whose possession they came in
directly from a collection of private
papers left hy the late President Itu
chanan. Of their authenticity no more
siouht can he entertained than of the
im|tortance of the light which thpy
throw upon that twilight period just
preceding the outhrenk of the civil
war, about which so little has ever Wen
definitely and accurately known, and
the interest of which grows with every
passing day and month and year. As
will be seen, these letters of Mr. Stanton
bear directly upon the very grave and
momentous events treated of in the ex
tracts which we give in the present
number from the contemporaneous
"Disry of a Public Man." When we
remember that Mr Stanton, at the time
when these letters were written, was
"bitterly opposed to Mr. Seward, and in
deed to the whole Administration of
Mr. Lincoln, while the diarist, on the
contrary, lived in friendlv and familiar
relations with Mr. Seward, and was evi
dently more inclined to support than to
assail Mr. Lincoln, the corroborative
value of the letters to the Diary and of
the Diary to the letters will W evident.
P.etween them they illuminate one of
the most trying and important epochs
of our own history, and indeed of all
modern hiatory, with a clean and novel
light.]
Wasiiinoton, April 3, IH6I.
I)kas Sir : Although a considerable
{>criod has elapsed since the date of my
sat letter to you nothing has transpired
here of interest but what is fully detail
ed in the newspapers. Mr. Toucey left
. here last week. Judge Black is still in
the city. General Dix made a short
visit mt the request of the Secretary of
the Treasury. Mr. Holt, I think, is still
here, but I have not seen bim for sev
eral days. You of course saw Thomp
son's answer and Mr. Holt's reply. 1
have not had any intercourse with any
of the present Cabinet, except a few
brief interviews with Mr. Bates, the At
torney-General, on business connected
with his department. Mr. Lincoln I
have not aeen. He is said to be very
tnuch broken down with the pressure
that it upon him in reaped to appoint
men la.
The policy of the Administration in
reaped to the seceding State* remains
in obscurity. There hna been n rumor
lor the last two or three ilaya that, not
withstanding all that baa been said,
there will be an efl'ort to reinforco Fort
Numpter. Hut Ido not believe a wortl
of it. The Hpiscjal niexsengor, Colonel
l.amon, told me'that lie nan satisfied it
could not be done.
The new loan has been bid for at bet
ter ratea than I anticipated, and 1 per
ceive (iotieral Ihx wax one of the larg
est bidders at the highest ratea. The
new tariff bill aeeins to give the Admin
istration greAt trouble ; and luckily it is
a measure of their own. The first month
of the A /ministration arema to have furnished
(in ample vindication of pour policy, ami to
have rendered alt occationa of other defenae
needless. The rumors from Richmond
are veiy threatening; secession is rap
idly gaining strength there. Hoping
that you are in the enjoyment of good
health aud happiness, 1 remain us ever,
yours, KDWIN M. STANTON.
l\ S.—l2 o'clock.—The Secretary of
the Treasury hss determined to reject
all the bids for the now loan under #'>l.
* * * He could have obtained the
whole amount at ninety-three and a !
half, ltiggs thinks the Secretary has
made a great mistake in not taking the
whole sum, and that he will not got as
good terms at ninety-three and a half
in future. There are no bids here
taken. K. >l. S.
WASIIINOTON, April 12, ISlil.
DEAR SIR : We have the war upon us. 1
The telegraphic news of this morning
you will have seen before this reaches
you. The impression here is held by
many—
1. That the effort to reinforce will be
a failure.
2. That in less than twenty-four hour*
from thia time Anderson will have sur
rendered.
3. That in leas than thirty days Davis
will be in possession of Washington.
Yours truly, Kit WIN M.STANTON.
HIS Kxcellency .lames Hurhanan.
WASUINQTON, May 11, 1 Xi7.
DEIR SIR: • • 'flic fling of Mr.
F. W. Seward about "negotiations"
would merit a retort if there were an '
independent pre-x and the state of the
liuies admitted discussion of such mat
ters. The negotiations carried on by
Mr. Seward with the Confederate Coin
missioners through Judge < 'ampbell and
Judge Nelson will some day, perhaps,
be brought to light, and, if they were as
has been represented tome, Mr. Seward
aud the Lincoln Administration wdl
not be in a position to make sneering
otmervation* respecting any negotiations
during your Admini-trntion. It was in
reference to these that Jefferson Davis
in ins message spoke with so mueh se
verity. You no doubt observed his al
lusion to informal negotiations through
a person holding a high station in the
Government of the I'nited States, and
which were participated in by other
persons holding stations equally high.
I have understood that Judge •'ampbell
was the person alluded to, and that
Judge Nelson and perhaps < alron wi re
the other persons cognizant of Mr.
Seward's assurances respecting theevse
nation of Fort Sumter. * • * In
resjiect to the military operations going
on or contemplated little u known un
til the results are announced in the
newspapers. General Scott seems to
have ettrte blanche. He is in fact the
fioverriment, and if his health cotilin
ues, vigorous measures are anticipated.
For the last few days 1 have been mov
ing my family, my former residence
being made unpleasant by troops and
hospitals surrounding me. In the pres
ent state of affairs I do not like to leave
home or I would pay you a visit, hut no
one knows what may happen any day or
how soon communications may he again
interrupted. Marching and drilling are
going on all day in every street. The
troops that have arrived here are in
general fine-looking, able-bodied, active
men, well equip|*-d and apparently
ready and willing for the service in
which they are engaged. Your cordial
concurrence in the disposition to main- :
tain the Government and resist aggres
sion gives great satisfaction and 1 am
pleased to observe a letter from you in
the InUlliyeneer of this morning. I l*-g
you to present my compliments to Miss
Lane. Thero are many stories afloat
among the ladies in the city that would
amuse her. hut as they are no doubt told
her by lady corres|>ondents it is need
less for me to repeat them. I hope you :
may continue in the enjoyment of good
health, and remain with sincere regard,
yours truly. Enw IN M. STANTON.
WASHINGTON, May IS, 1 SCI.
I'KAR SIR: YOU will see in the New ,
York papers Judge < ampheH's report of
the negotiations between himself and
Mr. Seward, to which I referred in my
letter of last week. They had been re
lated to me by the Judge about the
time they closed. Mr. Seward's silence
will not relieve him from the impute
tion of deceit and double dealing in the
minds of many; although I do not be
lieve it can justly l>e imputed to bim.
I have no doubt he believed that Sum
ter would lie evacuated, as lie stated it
would he. Hut the War party over
ruled him with Lincoln and he was
forced to give up, hut could not give up
his office. That is ssscritice no Repub
lican will bo spt to make. • • *
KIIWIN M. STANTON.
His Kxcellency James Hurhanan.
WASIIIKIITOW, Juno H, 18fil.
DSAR SIS: Your friends here are
very much gratified by Judge Hiack's
report of improvement in your lieslth.
The accounts ve have had occasioned
a great deal of solicitude concerning
you: hut I trust that you may now he
•]>eedily restored. I have not written
to you for some time because there was
nothing to communicate that would
cheer or gratify yon. While every pa
triot has rejoiced at the enthusiastic
spirit with which the nation has aroused
to maintain its existence and honor,
the peculation and fraud that immedi
ately spring up to prey upon the volun
teers and grasp the public money as
plunder and sjioil have created a strong
feeling of loathing and disgust. And
no sooner bad the appearance of immi
nent danger passed sway and the Ad
ministration recovered from its panic
than a determination became manifest
to give a strict party direction, as far as
prssible, to the great national move-
Hunt. After a few Democratic ap-
pointmonta, as Butler and Dix, every
thing else ha* hern exclusively devoted to
bind Republican interests. 'l'll IM has
already excited n strong reactionary
feeling not only in New York lint in
th Western States. (lenernl Dix in
form* me tlint lie hart been an badly
treated by Cameron, and M disgusted
by the general course of the Adminis
tration that he intends Immediately to
resign. This will be followed by a with
drawal of financial confidence and sup
port to n very great extent. Indeed,
the course of things for the last four
weeks has been such as to excite dis
trust in every department of the Gov
ernment. The military movements, or
rather inaction, also excites great ap
prehension. Jt is believed that l>avis
and Beauregard are both in this vicin
ity—one at Harper's Ferry, the other
at Manasses (lap and that they can
concentrate over sixty thousand troops.
i>ur whole force does not exceed forty
five thousand. It is also reported that
discord exists between the t 'nhwi'-t and
General Scott in respect to important
points of statcgy.
Our condition, therefore, seems to be
one of even greater danger than at any
former period, for the consequence of
success by the secessionists would be
far inore extensive and irremediable
than if tho Capitol had been seized
weeks ago. (uld is reported as having
gone otl and joined the seceisionfr-t*.
Harvey, the new Minister to Spain, it is
discovered, was a correspondent with
tiie secessionists, and communicated
the designs and operations of the Gov
ernment to Judge McGruth. It is sup
posed he will bo recalled, t'os-ius Clay
has been playing the fool at London by
writing letters to the Time*, which that
paper treats with ridicule and contempt.
The impression here is that the decided
and active countenance and support of
the ftritish Government will be given
to the .Southern 'knifederaey. Mr. Holt
is still here but I seldom see hint. !
Judge Black is also here. I should
have visited you but dare not leave tow n
even for one night. Our troops have
slept on their arras nearly every night
for a week anticipating nttack. Hop
ing to hear of your restoration to good
health, I remain, as ever, truly yours,
Knw I \ M. NTANTO*.
WASHINGTON, July 10, IMb I.
DEAR SIR: Your favor with the con- j
tinuation of the historical -ketch was
duly received. Last evening Judge I
I'Jack and General Dix met at my house
and consulted in regard to it. \S'e con
cur in opinion that a publication of it
at present would accomplish no good.
The public mind is too much excited
on other topics to give attention to
the past, and it would only ntf'-rd occa
sion for fresh malignant attacks U|*on
you. • * • The narration appear*
to me to be a clear nnd accurate state
inent of the events of the period to
which it relates, with one exception of
no morn material consequence, in
respect to which the recollection of
■fudge IJack, General Dix and myself
is sonicwliut different from tho state
merit. Speaking of the order to the
Brooklyn not to disembark tho forces
sent to Pickens unless that fort were i
attacked, you mention it as having f-een !
made with the entire unanimity of your
Cabinet and the approval of General
Scott. That be approved it is fully j
shown bv Mr. Holt's rote to you, but i
our recollection is that it M opposed
by Judge Black. General Ihx and my
self. Ido not know that there is now
anv reason to question the wisdom of
the measure. it may have saved Pick
ens front immediate attack ot that !
time ; and I have understood that Gen- j
eral Scott says that Pickens could not ;
have been successfully defended if it ]
bad then been attacked, and that he J
speaks of this a* a blunder of the (Jon
federates. In this view tho wisdom of j
the measure is fully vindicated, and at j
the time it was supported by the Sec j
retary of War and the Secretary of the
Navy, to whose departments the sub
ject appertained. So far, however, as
your Administration is concerned its
policy in reference to loth Sumter and
Pickens is fully vindicated by the
course of the present Administration
for forty day* after tho inauguration of
Lincoln. * •
General I'ix is still here. He has
been shamefully treated by the Admin
istration. We are expecting a general
battle to commence at Fairfax to day,
and conflicting opinions of the result
are entertained. With sincere regard.
I remain, a* ever, truly yours,
Knwtx M. STAXTOX.
Ilis F.xrellency James Buchanan.
Wa*nixnrox, July 20, IWI.
lis A a SIR : Three day* ago 1 received
the enclosed letters under cover ad
dressed to me. Upon reading the firt
sentence I perceived there must l*
some mistake, and tnrning over the
leaf saw that the address was to Judge
Black, and I therefore return them un
read. I should hsvn handed them to
him, hut have not seen him since they
were received, ami am informed that lie
left here some day* ago. The dreadful
di*a*ter of Sunday can *carcely l>e
mentioned. The imbecility of thi* Ad
ministration culminated in that catas
trophe—an irretrievable misfortune ami na
tional disgrace never to he Jory-lten are to he
added to the n/in of all peaceful pursuitt anil
national bankruptcy as the result of J.inroln's
"running the machine" for five months.
You perceive that Bennett is for a
change in the Cabinet, and propose* for
one of the new Cabinet Mr. Holt. * *
It is not unlikely that some change* in
the War and Navy department* may
take place, but none beyond these two
; departments until Jefferson Havia turn*
i out the whole concern. The capture of
j Wa*hington seems now to he inevita
| file—<luring the whole of Monday and
' Tuesday It might have been taken with
out any resistance. The rout, over
throw and utter demoralization of the
whole army la complete. Kven now I
doubt whether any seriou* opposition
to the entrance of the Confederate
| forces could he offered. While Lincoln,
Scott and the Cabinet are disputing
who is to blame the city is ungarded
I and the enemy at hand. General Me
| Clellan reached here last evening. Hut rf he
i had the ability erf ('tsar, Alexander and
Napoleon, ichat can he accomplish t Will
I not Scott's jealousy. Cabinet intrigues, Rrpub
j liean interference, thwart him at every step t
While hoping for the heat I cannot abut
my eyes against the danger* that beset
| the Government, and especially this
city. It is certain that I>avts was in the
1 field on Sunday, and tho *ece**ionUt*
here assert that ho headed in person
(he last victorious charge. Gen eral lix
is in Baltimore. After three week*'
neglect and insult he was aent there.
The warm debate between Douglaaa'
friend Bicliarilaoii and Kentucky Bur
nett ha* attracted sonic interest, but
lias been attended with no bellicose
result. Since this note was commenced
the morning paper has come in, nnd I
see that McClellan did not arrive last
night, as I was informed he had. Gen
eral Lee was after him, but will have to
wait awhile before they can meet.
Yours tiuly, KDWIN M. -STANTON.
HIM Kxcellency Jamea Buchanan.
The Sherman "Benin" and the Griiut
"Boom" for the Presidency.
A special dispatch from Washington
says: "The ambition of John Sherman
for the ('residential nomination has
been very much more marked since the j
Ohio election. This is especially notice- j
ul-te in connection with suggestions as :
to the successor of Thurinan in the j
United States Senate. Sherman's friends
say that he roul-1 have the place simply ;
by asking for il, but that he docs not I
wish it. This shows how firmly fixed in j
ids mind is the idea that lie can receive
the Republican nomination. There w-a*
a meeting at his house on Thursday
night, the purpose of which apparently
was to give a new start to tho Sherman
boom. There were present the bureau
officers, who are to be considered hia
adjutants, and some personal friends. I
The order seemed to have been issued
to all Treasury officials to attend, a*
officers who hud hardly reported at
headquarters were invited to he present.
I'he Sherman people to day claim that
the Ohio election has been a set back to
the Grant movement. Western men,
however, do not admit this. Senator ,
Ingiills, of Kana, who is now being in '
vesiigajed on charge* of having obtained
his election by bribery, is here, and
says that in his trip through the Wist
the sentiment of the Republican* stood
first for Grunt, next for Blaine decided
ly, and for Sherman as a very |x*>r
third, and Irignlls himself is hardly a
Grant man. The Grant men are plan
ning a new movement which will give
the Grant boom anew impetus in the
List. 'l'he .Society of the Army of the
Tcnnew.ee meet* in ''hicago, November
13, and the Society of the Army wf the
Cumberland meet* in Washington, No |
vomber 19, when the stjUule of General
I homo* AS - ill lie unveiled. Tho plan
now is to have the Society of the Army
of the Tennessee adjourn after its meet
ing in Chicago to meet in Washington
with the Society of the Cumberland,
and to thus have the officers of the two
societies together to encourage the
boom."
Government Thieve*.
A Washington corre#j>ondcnt of the
New York .S'wa charge* that a large '
amount of money ha- f-een spent lv
employe* in the I' ,t < tffire Department
in junketing expedition* to various part*
of the world, fur which the country get*
no resulting benefit. He says ;
"James N. Tyner, Ist Assistant I*. M.
General, took his family and one or
more sut-ordinate* of the Bout Uffioe
Department to I'ari* to attend the Kx
position last year, using as a cover for
that trip a so-called international p>otl
convention. He exiicnded al-oul ten
thousand dollars, and made no rej,rt of ,
any kind that can now lie found on the
filestvf the Department. Subsequently
he made up a party for the Bacific coast,
accompanied by the Third Assistant
I'ostmaMer General, A. D. Haxen, and
hi* family and chief clerk, ostensibly to
look after improvement in the postal
service, but really for amusement and
recreation. They managed to *[> end
Rime SA.OOO, and made no report; thus
proving, as in the other case, that the
whole thing was a sham so far a* public i
duty or public interest KM concerned, i
but a costly reality to tho taxpayers.
Tyner and Burn-ide, the prosperous
Superintendent and Disbursing ''fficer
of the I'ost •'ffieo Department, were out i
on a hunting expedition in the Die
country when the fatal descent wn*
made on Thornhurgh'a command, but
got back unharmed, anil are doubtle**
ready to start on another excursion. 1
The hill for thi* last trip has not yet
been rendered, but it will doubtless be
relatively a* big a* the others."
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Butler'* Nomination.
Frv>tn lb* lirri*iiirg l**tnot
Mr. Samuel Butler's nomination for
State Treasurer was the closing tranaac .
lion in the arrangements connected
with the election of tho Hon. J. D. j
Cameron for a second time to the Sen- |
ate of tbe United States. Butler was
nominated and elected to the Legists- j
ture a* an anti Cameron man bv the
Republican* of Chester county. iVhen
the Legislature met he took an active
and apparently sincere part in the coun
cil* of the rinti Cameron Republican
member*. He became the |HT**e**or of j
their secrets, and when the time ar
rived he went into the Cameron caucus
and moved that the nomination of
Cameron should be made unanimous.
A* a reward for this service he has re
ceived the Republican nomination for
-State Treasurer. There were other Re
publican* l-efore the State convention
for thia nomination with whom Mr.
Butler could not be compared on the
score of party arrviee. Rut Senator
Cameron insisted on paying off hi* debt
of gratitude and Butler received the |
nomination, though many delegate*
went off making fist* in their pocket*.
It remains to l>e seen whether tbe poo
pie of Pennsylvania will ratify this last
of the Cameron bargain* in the elec
tion of Samuel Butler to the office of ,
State Treasurer.
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Hufler's Military NerTlee* Overlooked.
From th* faim thrrning tlcriM (IVtn)
Republican* do not take any stock in
the soldier, of late year*. Down in
Massachusetts they ignored hint com
pletely in their search for a candidate
for Governor; Ghio and the State of
New York did likewise, and even the
Republican party of Pennsylvania—
that ia to say, Mr. hluny't party—did
not think of the soldier when looking
for a candidate for State Treasurer.
.
There were 5(13 births, 185 marriage*
and 4fis deaths in New York city last
week.
A Party of Illustrious llMory.
Krwlii Ihf Jftw Ytirfc JlrrnM.
The democratic party represent* fun
damental principles whose preservation
is essential to the perpetuity of our free
institutions. It comprises one half of
the voting citizens of the United State*,
and there would he reasons to despair
of the republic il so largo a part of our
people had lost th<- sense of patriotism
and publi* virtue. We believe that the
average democrat is as moral and well
meaning as tho average Republican.
* * * A party which has so illustri
ous a history, a party which lias so
much genuine sympathy with the son*
of toil who form the mass of the Ameri
can people, a party which, in spite of its
aberrations and flagrant deviations from
principle, is still the main bulwark of
popular lights against usurping |x>wer,
cannot be destroyed by its own blun
ders unless it persists in lh*m. * * * * j
Such i* the ancient and time-honored
democratic party, a party long illustri
ous in the history of the country ; a
party which never flinched or faltered
in maintaining the high bearing of the
nation against jealous foreign powei* ;
which originated, proclaimed and de
fended tin- Monroe doctrine ; which ao
quired every square mile of new territo
ry which is of any real value; which
brought us Isouisiana and the vast re
gion wist of the Mississippi, brought us
Florida, brought us Texas, brought u*
California, and established our title to
Oregon. Leaving out Alaska, the com- .
paratively worthless acquisition of l'ro*.
ident Johnson, tiic democratic party
quadrupled the original area of the
United States between the inauguration
of Jefferson and the close of the admin
istration of Polk. A party which has
this record must always hold a great and
honored place in our history. More-
I over, it was the democratic party that
stemmed and beat back tbe tide of ram
pant Know Nothingisrn and kej,t open
the doors of the republic to emigrants
by insuring them equal right* with na
tive citizens. A I'Srly winch ha* such a
history will be found to possess great
tenacity of life. With its rich inherit
ance of proud national recollections the
democratic party ha irrepressible pow
ers of rejuvenation, and only long per
si-terice in blunders can ever disband it.
The lai-l Shall he Fir*t.
I lie Chris tan Advocate has the follow
ing, as a "bona fide sermon" bv the
fb-v. Plato John*on : "Brudders, de lub
of <le Lord am a wonderful ting. No
body would tink flat n poorole darkey's
life was stiff much ennyhow ; but de
Scripter say* de fust shall be last, and
Vice versy, and dat is de chief hold we
hab; for 1 'elude from dat savin' dat de
culled pusson wot shines boot* and
charge only de reg'lar price has a tol'ble
show for de next world, though he
hain't much ob a chance here. From a
'ligiou* pint ob view, it's just a '{ or
taut to siune boot * as well as run a first.
class sawmill. I'e Lord, he nebber
axe* you wat you been doin', but bow
you been doin' it? an wben you get to
de judgment day some of you |wjor
washerwomen who wasn't nn-an "bout
de starch, but put plenty ob it in clothes,
will be a flutterin' ob your wings in
Paradise, while ne white man wat made
yer w ait fur yer munny will be * look in'
for a shady spot an a wishin' he had a
• tit ob ice. You know what I'se tinkin'
just at di time ? Pe tinkin' dat some
of dese white folk what 'magine* dey'll
hare a Tedder bed in de next world, an'
free or four angel* to keep de flies off.
will fin' when dey's Inokin' 'round fur
dere reserved seat in glory dat dey's got
a cinder in dere eye sn' can't see it.
How'll you feel, white man, when you
fin' yo'self 'motigst a big crowd ob onary
folks way up in de family circle, while
some poor darkey, who did your cbo'es
iike an honest man, is 'ducted by de
hebbenly ushers to an orchestra seat,
right down clu* to de music? An
how'll yoti feel, brudder, when dose an
gel* say to you. ' 'Tain't no matter what
color you be, your name's been called,
an' wese d'rected to show you a seat on
de platform?' Yer ole black faces'll
: shine like de nioon. an' you'll feel like
stnkin' out wid a dubhle shuttle right
on de golden pavement. 'Member all
ob you, dat it ain't de pocket book, nor
de color, but de *h*|e ob de aoul. wot
gib* you a right to a front seat up yan
; der.
Post Office fist (mute*.
ABOt T $40,000,000 s*ut IRKII TOR A TSAR'S
txi-Exar.s or TIIK nirAiTitsr.
WASHINGTON, October Ifi.- The esti
mates of the Amount* thst will te re
quired for all the branches of the postal
service during the next fiscal year ag
gregate $39,920,000, against which it is
estimated that the postal revenue will
amount to $32,210,000, leaving a deficit
of $7,710,000 to be met by Congressional
appropriations. The appropriations for
the current fiscal year aggregated s.'.-
I 457,37®. The principal items of esti
mated need* are a* follow* : For com
pensation of postmasters. $7,552,000 j
clerks in post offices. $3,050,000; letter
carrier*. $2,500,000; rent, fuel and light,
$450,000; inland mail transportations,
railroad routes, $10,000,000; steamb oat
routes, s9t*,ooo; star service, $7,375,000;
railway postal car service. $1.350,000;
additional facilities on trunk line* (fast
mail service), $100,000; railway postal
clerks, $1,450,000; route agents and
mail route messenger*, $1,445,000; trans
, portation of foreign mail*. $225,000;
manufacture of postage *tamp. $97,000;
manufacture of po*ta! can!*, 211,000:
manufacture of stamped envolopei an<l
new*pa|>er wrappers, $437,000.
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Another Whiskey ltlng.
WII.UINOTON, N. G., October 17.—A
Star special from Gaston ia, N. C., aaya
Revenue Agent Blacker, assisted by
Deputy Collector Gyle*, ha* unearthed
gross fraud* In Gaston county, N. C.,
carried by registered grain distiller*
in collusion with government officers.
A seizure of over five hundred gallons
of corn whiskey, abvtracted from the
diatilleriea and secreted by the distiller*,
has already been made, and the revela
tions point to more important remits.
The plana of the ring have been expos
ed. Large seizure* of spirit* and dis
tilleries and important development*
may be looked for. The fraua*, to a
great ertent, have been perpetrated
through tlio sale and shipment of corn
whiskey iri kegs fill<-'i from unstamped
packages.
Stork ItiilMlnif in Colorado.
Ilrpar's
It i curried on, a* must be generally
known, from Texas to a region consid
erably north of the 1 nion Pacific rail
way, ami grottt herd* pa** from the
fxme Star Slate through Kansas, and
up to the greaPiron roads running east
ami wot. In Now Mexico, Mouthorn
Colorado, on the Ark anna* and it* tribu
taries—the Fountain, the St. Chariot,
the Muddy, the Cur.bara*, the Huerfa
no and others—in the groat parka over
across tho range, and over the plains in
(Colorado, Nebraska ami Wyoming, lim
herds roain and the rancheros ride.
Ik-twei n I'onvt-r and Julesburg, on tlio
I nion l'acific railroad, lay the immense
range of the late Mr. Avliffe, one aide
of which was fifty miles in length. Ho
is saiii to have I egun fifteen year* ago
with a capital of £IOO, ami his estate is
valued at $1 ~r j <JO,(JOO, It was interest
ing ami instructive to hear how one of
his friends accounted for this unusual
success: "Some people try to attend to
several things, or to do more than one
kind of business, but lo- only thought
of one thing for those fifteen years, and
that one thing was cattle. Ami attend
ing only U. that, ami working at it ami
thinking about it all the time, he came
to understand it perfectly well, and to
have perfect judgment about making
the most of stock."
A dissertation on the cattle herds of
the Great \\ e>t would occupy a largo
volume, and those who have chosen
other parts of this domain than South
ern Colorado are doubtless competent •
to "give a reason lor the faith which is
in them," and amply support the wis
dom of their choice of location. To us
this same southern Colorado seems to
present, on the w hole, the greatest ad
vantages. It is traversed by railroads,
and accessible from all sides; and the
the climate is most salubrious, and so
mild in winter that the stock can re
main on the range throughout the year.
Other thing* being espial, there aro
many men who highly pr./.e the grand,
ever-changing spectacle and genuine
companionship of "the everlasting
lulls." No doubt in other regions land
can be had more cheaply, and some
times occupied without fee or reward,
but there arc sure to be counu-rbaianc
lug disadvantages.
Above a certain latitude, and nots'-Ty
in Wyoming, great losses have occurred
from severe winters, and not very far
to the north the "1.0 family" (as the
noble red man—"l/o! the poor Indian"
—is called on the plaint) come in to
disturb and mo'.cat. All admirers and
advocates of these hyperlxirean region*
have ample opportune* to rise and ex ;
plain ; be ours the pleasant task, re
ciining under the spreading cotton
wood, and in the shadow of the Sierra
Mnjada, of singing the eclogues of the
valley* of the fn Carlos and the Huer
fano. for it i "not that we love C i-sar
less, but ltorne more."
We have said that water was the
prime requisite, and the banks of
stiearns are consequently first sought.
Government land is divided into sec
tions of 040 acres (a mile each way),
an i quarter sections of 100 acres.
What more simple and easy, we hear
some one ask, than to l take up tour
quarter sections along the line of the
stream, and while we only own. strictly
speaking, a quarter of a mile in width,
to occupy, without let or hindrance,
away back to the divide ridge letwen
that valley and the next), being -uro
that no one will have either the motive
or the will to dispute with us the pos
session of this arid area? Nothing,
certainly, except that a number of able
bodied citisens beside yourself have not
only conceived the same idee, but acted
promptly on it, and that, in conse
quence, the supply of water frontage
may be found inadequate to meet the
demand, and iu market value conse
quently and proportionately increases.
There are always, however, ranchmen
willing to sell, for one reason or anoth
er, and no one need despair of obtain
ing a good location at a fair rate, with
the improvements ready made. Then
he can buy hia stock, mainly, if he be
wise, on the spot and in the neighbor
hood ; for. with the great improvements
now taking place in breeds, it is no
longer desirable to buy largely in Tex
aa. Then come hia "cowboys," or
herders, not Mexicans, as in old times,
but generally stalwart Americans,
quick of hand and deliberate of speech.
They are provides! with swift and sure
footed horsea. generally, in these days,
of the broncho type—a mixture of the
American hor-e and the mustang.
It may now fairly be asked, where
else in the world, and in what other
known way, can a man ait down and
see his posses-ions increase before hia
eves with so little exertion on hia part.
With the dawn the cattle are all grat
ing. Thin and gray enough the grass
: looks to the inexperienced eye, but the
ranchero well knows the tufts of buffalo
and gramma growth, gauges the value
of this feed as compared, in the matter
of nutriment, with the richest green
sward of apparently tnorelertile regions
and remembers that it grows twice a
j year. Then, with the utmost regular
ity. and some time before noon, the
whole herd—the splendid bulls, the
plump steers, the red and white ami
roan and mottled cows—take their ac
customed trail, and seek the water with
unerring certainty. Then back to the
grating again, and feed until
"Tli" 4 nmirt ftfw
Alcflf Ui* ♦ I'dnU bum dim*/ 4
and night brings them repose.
"You Pays Year Money," Rtr.
Presidential speculations by the Phil
adelphia 7Wji R "Grant and Settle 1
Good for a storm, but a little stale just
now. ilawley and MaeVeaxh 1 Ke
' speclability in chunks, but a little off
color with carpet baggers. Klaine and
Foster ! How would that read on tho
1 banner of 18S0T Chandler and Ixvgan !
Good to run between drinks. Senior
Cameron and Junior Chandler! 1 De
cember and May : two aouls with but a
single thought j two hearu that beat aa
one. Oarfirdd and Harlan ! Pulpit* and
politic* : a little muaty for the keen ap
petite of 1880. Sherman and I>on Cam
vronl There'* a ticket for the boy*,
flow Pncle John and Nephew lVm
would rhyme in theaongsof the cam
paign."