<TI)c Centre Democrat,
SIIIGKHT A FORMER. Editors.
VOL. I.
*
Cite Centre iD cm curat.
Termi 51.50 per Annum, in Advance.
8. T SHUGERT and R H FORSTER, Ed.lort.
Thursday Morning, November 27, 1879.
MIL SKWARD, the Assistant Secre
tary of State, has resigned in conse
quence of failing health. He is to he
succeeded hy John 11. Hay of Ohio.
DONS PIATT remarks in his Capital
that "Garfield, the gentle and gifted
Garfield, is drifting into the United
States Senate. He will till Thur
man's shoes, but whether the hat will
lit is further along." Donn must have
some doubts about the size of Gar
field's head.
Sot'DKR to the front! Grant is com
ing to Pennsylvania, and as SouJer
could not brave the expense of a trip
to California with his Legis'ative com
mittee, as provided by that august
body, he has written to the famous
traveller to ascertain at what point he
could meet and take charge of him,
without, of course, transcending the
limits of a Hail-wav pass on the Penn
sylvania Road.
IT appears that efforts are being
made to induce Gov. Iloyt to call an
extra session of the Legislature. For
what purpose, we are not informed;
but suppose that the pay for one hun
dred anil fifty days, and stealings, for
the last session, are exhausted, and the
professional politician* are short of
funds. By all means let them meet.
The people of the State do not seeiu
to object to being robbed and taxed to
maintain swindlers and plunderers.
TIIK Kmigrant Aid Society of Wash
ington is again ap|™liiig to the pub
lic for funds to delude the negro from
his homo in the south. When they get
theni planted in the North, the north
ern people must maintain them, or let
them starve as heretofore. All the
same to the Emigrant Aid Society. If
the people are fools enough to furnish
the means, allowing rich stealing* for
the managers, the eud will he aecom
plished. But the poor deluded negro
must suffer.
SINCE Senator Bayard has been
prominently mentioned as a Demo
cratic candidate for President, the He
publicans claim that Delaware is one of
the Southern States. Well then, is i
a Southern State very contiguous to
Pennsylvania, so much so, as scarcely
to admit of division lines, and has one
man, at least, within it limits, whom
Pennsylvania!)* and all sensible jioople
North or South, East or West, do not
fail to appreciate with great confi
dence and deserved res|ect.
-
IT is a fact that has excited con
siderable notice and comment that the
only military organizations, outside of
the regular soldiers, that took part in
the ceremonies in connection with the
unveiling of the Thomas monument
last week at Washington, were from
the South, and were made up almost
entirely of ('onfederate* or the de
scendant* of Confederate*. Virginia
soldiers coming to the National enpi
tol to honor the memory of a great
I'nion general! And yet the stal
warts would have us lielieve that the
spirit of rebellion is still rampant in
the South.
WHETHER or not Horatio Seymour
agrees to permit himself to lie pre
sented to the Democratic Nationnl
Convention a* a candidate for Presi
dent, it must be exceedingly gratify
ing to him to witness the universal
testimony of resjiect and confidence
which the mention of his name in thnt
connection hn* elicited throughout the
whole country. No man living to-day
jiossesses in n higher degree the confi
dence .and esteem of the American
people than the pure and unselfish
statesman of New York. But the im
jircssion prevails generally that his de
termination to retire from public life
js immutable.
"KUI'A I. AMI K X AIT JCHTH'K DO ALL MKN, OK WIIATKVK.K HATK OK I'KRnt'AHIO.V, ITKMOIOC* OR KOMTHAJ.ftirik.li.
Tho Thomas Statue and its Losßon.
A vast throng of visitors, from North
ami South, East ami West, flocked t<>
the City of Washington to witness ami
assist in the ceremony of the unveiling
of the equestrian statue erected hy the
members of the Society of the Army
of the Cumberland to the memory of
their most distinguished commander,
(Jen. George 11. Thomas. I'nder im
pressive and imposing ceremonials, in
which civic and military organizations
participated, and which called into re
quisition the appliances of Art, the
charms of Music, the inspirations of
the I'oet, and the glowing jieriod* of
the Orator, the Thomas statue was un
veiled to the public on Wednesday of
the past week, ami probably since the
reviews of the armies, just nfter the
close of the war, no grainier pageant
has been witnessed in that city.
(ieneral Thomas was in all respects
one of the grandest characters that
grew into public notice ami esteem
during the war. He j>osse--cd charm
ing traits of character that endeared
him to all with whom he came in con
tact, and his superior as a soldier and
commander was not to be found on
either side of the conflict. He nlso
had ability that inspired the fullest
confidence; n personal intrepidity that
never failed to command admiration ;
a calm, dignified presence that always
exacted resjiect: and, withal, he was
singularly gentle, modest, una (fee ted
and unselfish. A contemporary nje
propriately remarks that "he was as
modest as he was brave, and popular
fame never a >rded him the exalted
rank that he earned, and that all
soldiers, whether they served under
him or not, readily ascribe to him
and that "the figure of Thomas -tamle
out with increasing prominence, and
among all the soldier* of the Union
there is none whose fame will shine
with a clearer light than his." Though
he was a Virginian by birth and cher
ished a strong affection for his native
State, he could not follow his army
comrades of the South who took up
arms against the I'nion. He saw
duty in another direction. Conscience
led the way, and so long as an armed
foe remained in the field, with a pa
triotic and unfaltering devotion rarely
excelled by any of the world's heroes,
he gave his best efforts in support of
the government ami the cause he le
--lieved to IK- right. The consciousness
of duty well done, and enduring fame
and honor were his rewards.
And now that the fame of Thomas
goes down to posterity in bronze, there
is one blessed and cheering lesson to
lie drawn this memorial service. It is to
lie found in the alacrity and eagerness
with which people came forward from
all sections of the country to take part
in it. While great masses were pres
ent who had followed his victorious
banner in battle, there were other
masses there who had fought against
him, and were now ready to prove
that they could honor a high example
of patriotism and sincere devotion to
the convictions of duty. The happy
s|>ectaelo of the representatives of the
two sides to ogr late civil war thus
meeting in harmony and friendship
around the statue that commemorates
the deeds of the lielovcd Union soldier,
augurs the dying out of the hot pas
sions of the past, and plainly indicates
thnt the unholy spirit of sectionalism
cannot much longer keep the people
of our restored Union apart in feeling
and sentiment. Of course other issues
will in time divide the political senti
'mcnt of the country, but it is a hope
ful thought for the lover of our liberal
institutions ami form of free govern
ment that the division will not lie
marked by sectional lines.
TIIK Hon. .John Kena, a Djcmoera
tio member of Congress from West
Virginia, is guilty of the last Southern
outrage. Seeing a negro struggling
for life in the river, he swam out to
the drowning "man and brother," and
saved him. the " bloody shirt"
wave.
BKI.I.EFONTK, L'A., TIIUKSDAY, XOVKMIIKK '27, IS7!.
As Tin: time for the meeting of
Congress approaches the paper* are
beginning to declare what legislation
should or should not receive attention.
Some, we notice, deprecate the agita
tion of all question* of difference be
tween tin- Executive <Joverniiicnt ami
Congress at the extra session. That is
i —submit gracefully to the dictation of
the Executive, make no objection to
the infamous election laws, let these
blots upon Republican government
and the freedom of elections repose in
ipiiet, lest you wound the feelings of
the Fraud and perhaps endanger the
efficiency si' tlic.-e statutes in the Pres
idential struggle of IKHO. Agitation
might result in failure to appropriate
fund* from the National 'Treasury to
pay for the employment of Deputy
Marshal* and Supervisor* to superin
tend and control the election*. Rut
why should d isou—ion he feared upon
any subject where an honest difference
of opinion exists as to the constitution
ality or propriety of any law? If these
election statutes are right, and in ac
cordance with our free institution*,
make them etlieient by all the power
of Congress, but if they are wrong
and in eentraventioii of the spirit and
essence of our republican institutions,
blot them out, and relieve the people
of tig- degredntion of the Executive
espionage and control they provide for,
no matter who i* agricved. Ret the
| voter lie free or let |ii slavery b<- pro
claimcd, and -at that the law* of Stat. -
regulating election* are mere bagatelle*
franied in error. If to avoid agitation
the elective *y.*t< m is to l>c subverted,
it make* but little difference bow -IM.II
we know we are slave- to the Execu
tive power at Washington.
TIN: third term stalwart claim
that the South will favor the election
of tirant are- indeed railing for hi*
nomination as one whose popularity
will overshadow- all. break the "solid
South" nnd at the same time jx rfect
a "solid North." The stalwarts arc
entirely too sanguine and count too
much upon the strength of (rnnt and
the ignorance nnd servility of the
(s-opb* lieing captured by the glamour
of their indecent parade* to bring him
out. The Washington referring
to the subject, -ay*: "The S uth is not
for tirant. Why should it. how could
it l>e? It wa* President tirant who
held the bayonet [minted to the heart
of the Southern jieople, while the
thieving carpet-lmgger nnd hi* negro
allies held thern by the throat and
plundered them year by year. It
was President tirant who was the re
sponsible party for the infamous mid
night order of Durell and nil the
wrong* resulting therefrom. It wa*
President l Irant who sent soldiers into
the State-house at New t irlentu, who
mnrehod out members of the legisla
ture and seated black private citizen*
in their plnre*. It wa* President
tirant who trampled on the Consti
tution nnd snapped hi* finger* at all
the fundamental principles of free
government, in order to oppress the
Southern people. Ami it was Presi
| dent tirant who made jmssible the
carrying out of the conspiracy which
reversed the election of I*7< and put
the defeated candidate iuto the White
, House, tirant now feels ami shows
contempt for the man thus placed in
power; but Mr. Ilnyee would he a
| private citizen to-day if President
j (irant had not used hi* Executive
authority in nisi of the conspirators
The idlest folly that was Imhhlcd out
side of an asylum for idiots would
seem like the wisdom of sages com
pared with the gnhble about the j>e
culiar "friendship between (irant and
the Southern leaders."
TUB Hon. (ieorge I). Jackson, State
Senator from the 24th District, died
at his residence in Dushore, Sullivan
county,on Monday last. Senator Jack
son served several terms in the House
before his election to the Senate in
which body he was serving hi* second
term.
" A-MK-MIT-AND-OUT," is it ? Why,
i* our neighbor of the /{'-publi
can HO totally iguoruut of current fact*
that ho dues not kiucv that in every
Republican strong hohl of Virginia a
Repuriiutur wax olectod to the h'gixla
tum, ami that nearly the entire negro
Republican vote of tin- State wax in
tlueneeil by white Republicans to sup
|irt candidate* |i|e>lge<l "to disgrace
theStateaml repudiate its obligations?"
It must be ignorance, or Homething
worse, or he would not be foolish
enough to assert that "the Republican
party, solid, was opposed to repudia
tion." How does this bald assertion
tally with tin- investigations of Mr.
Redfield, the standing outrage corn-*-
|>ondent of the stalwart press of the
North, who should be good authority
for the /{'publican in all that [M'rtains
to the South ? Much to the amaze
meat of that gentleman, he finds lo
an examination into the detail' of
the late Virginia election that of
the "white Republicans, seventy jw-r
cent, voted with tin Rcpudintor*, ami
of the colored Republicans, at least
eighty per rent, voted that way."
I hi' estimate, which an intense and
unscrupulous Republican partisan like
Mr. Rcdiii'h! would not make and
puhli-h to the world if it were |*>-
sible for him to get awav from the
stubborn fact, place* at least tbrcc
fourths of tin Republican vote of Vir
ginia on the side of repudiation ; and
it suffices iii show whether the short
I nragraph OF la-t week's I i .< HAT in
regaril to the manner in which the
negro voters of that State bad been in
duced by their white allies and leaders
"to disgrace their State and repudiate
its obligations," was "a lie, out and
out," or whether it was "the truth, the
whole truth, ami nothing but the
truth."
SOMI: of the papers are commenting
somewhat severely upon the fact that
none of the volunteer military organi
zations north of Mason and Dixon's
line, np|>car-d at the unveiling of the
statue to (en. < ieorge II Thomas at
Washington, last week. To show pro
per m-pcrt and appreciation of this
great union soldier and patriot of the
war, the ex-confederates were represent
ed by hundred* in military companies.
The omission on the part of the north
ern military organizations was not, of
course, from any lack of admiration
for the dead hero, hut what would
have been the verdict of the northern
Radical' if the southern military had
lx-en guilty of sueh omission and fail
ed in due respect to the memory of
the great I'nioo general? The howl
of Rebel would have IHH-II terrific!
KI.ATRD by the late elections, which
by diversion and apathy among the
Democrats have given them some un
expected successes, the Republican*
| claim that they will have control of
Itoth Houses of Congress on the 4th
of March, I**l, Not so fa-t,*gentle
mcn ! The Democratic majority in
the Senate can, in no event, be cut
down IH'IOW two, unless by the act of
(tod, and is likely to lie inrrea*e| to
four. In the House the Ifcmocrntic
majority is more likely to iuerease than
to diminish, and the Republicans may
not realize the fond ho|ies inspired by
n few successes this year. Count your
chicken* when they are hatched.
Many things may occur to mar the
successful incubation of a full brood.
A SPFX'IAL term of the Dauphin
county court convened on Monday for
the trinl of the persons against whom
true hills were found, # at a previous
term of the court, for attempted brils
ery and corrupt solicitation in connec
tion with the riot damages hill—com
monly known as the hill—
before the legislature at its last ses
sion. An able array of counsel ap
pear* on both sides—including Judge
Rlaek and Matt. Carpenter for the
Commonwealth, and WRA. B. Mann,
Lewis C. Cassidy nnd Wm. H.Arm
strong for the defendants. The first
ease called was that of Charles B.
Salter. Thus far but little progress
has lieen made in the ease, the time
being taken up in dif posing of techni
cal (mints raised by the attorneys for
the defence. .
Itcpiilillcaii Fears of Itetaliatlon.
Fortfi ili D",n. r>U< lUimer
Senator Carpenter, were lie to freely
express Ins mind II|M>II the political situ
ation m light of all ih<- information with
in his knowledge attending the con re p.
lion, birth ami culmination ot the great
crime which elevated Rutherford It.
Hayes to the I'residt-ui y, it would
awaken such a spirit ol Indignation a*
never before. He was counsel tor Mr.
lildcri before the Commission a metn
her of the party that legalized the title,
and is now a Republican I lilted States
Senator. \\ ords trom sueh a source
would prove irresistible and all power
tul. He lells a portion of the story,
partially lifting the veil ao that glim
ruering ray* ot light fall upon the can
vass; hut the arbitrary rules „j |,„ r . v
restrain and cripple hi* utterance-. We
gather -ullicK-nt evidence, however, to
learn that fear of retaliation, like a
ghost, startles the "visiting statesmen "
in th*- iiight watches, and they imagine
the table* turned, the fiemocrats com
mitting IN I SMI the base deeds they
were guilty ot in IH7b, and in their
troubled dream- the hand writing ujxili
the w all, in clear unmistakable i harac
ters notify thern tin y are weighed in
the balance and found wanting -want
ing in the first requisites which make
statesmen or respectable citizen*. How
true, "the wicked flee wln-n no man
pursueth." because the Republicans
resorted to dishonest measures in I*7o,
Senator < irpenU-r thinks the Demo
crat- will do the same in 1**11; la-cause
they usurped authority to make a Re
publican President, th<* Democrat- will
do likewise to make a liemocratic Pres
ident. History repeats tUelf. <iood or
evil deeds have patterns 111 which •ills"
quent action* are fashioned. Nation* like
individuals are creatures o| imitation.
Die prolific line of had influence- when
spring from the seed sown (tending and
ft-r the last Presidential election are
corrupting the very life blood ol the
nation, an 1 threaten in work our over
throw. Fraud vitiate* all controls,
severs all bonds of binding force be
tween parties, polluting whatever it
touches, cancer like eating it* way to
the vitals, other nation* hate been
ruined by tin* vice, their leading citi
ren* sacrificing (xiaition, learning and
honor to gratify their thirst for j ower
slid Conquest ; and we 100, may fall,
under the same withering, blighting in
fluence. I >ur only hope it to place .
guards around the ballot, respect the
choice of the people, arid hold sue red
the right* of all class- and ••clion-.
Washington * farewell address warn*
against sectional prejudices : Josiah
• /uinov, Timothy f.ight uttered no
feeble notes of alirm. ami Ifenrv f'inv,
of the South, and Daniel Webster of
the North, united in word- of living
eloquence and loTe, entreating their
oountrvmen to discourage the first
thoughts of malice or ill will. Webster
in 1850, said, "I -peak not a* a North
ern. ."southern, hastern. or Western
man, but a* an American citizen."
.Shall we disregard their warning* and
refuse instruction from the Father* of
th Republic, w hose love for an undivid
ed t'nion * so strong that the thought
of rfi.rvM a brought forth word* of heart
|>ower, portraying the direful results in
language created only under the pres
sure of great anil deep concern ?
Mr. II end rich* Slate* Ills Position.
A correspondent ot the Cincinnati
rrr, who met Hon. Thomas A.
Hendricks in Indiana|>oli last week,
' to a recent state-
Washington .Vr<tr that a
( rdTninenz Indianian had sail that he
j I Hendricks bad denounced Mr. Tilden
in the bitterest term*. Mr. Hendricks
i* reported a* saying: "I have never de
nounced Mr. Tilden, nor have I censur
ed him even. I did not attempt to id
vie Mr. I iblen a* to his course after
the election in D>?f>. lie derided lnw
course without suggestions from me.
and I have no doubt he thought he was
doing that which would result the best
for the country. A* to myself, I have
always thought it fortunate for tno that
I did not hi) the Vice Presidential
office. I did not want it, because it
would not add to the honors I have had
conferred ti(on me by tny countrymen,
and in a financial way I think my pro
feasjon quite a* profitable."
Mr. Hendrirk* further said: "I do
not ask a nomination a* a matter of
vindication. When a party electa a
man to an office it vindicates him, if
such a thing is necessary in |>olitic. If
he does not or cannot assume the office
afterward, that i* another matter. At
least it ii so in my ease. If I ask any
thing of nty countrymen it will bet<|>on
my merits. I shall support any man
whom mv party will nominate. I have
no exclusive claim on any nomination.
The people, not aspirants, are the judg
es in such matters. 1 regard Indiana
a* a Democratic state, and would be
<lisap|>oinled if any nominee of the par
ly should fail to carry it. At any rate
he would receive ail the assistance 1
could give him."
An Exhibition by the (olnrcd People.
KILIIUH, N. C„ November 21.—The
colored people's Industrial Exhibition
closed to day. The affair wa* the first
of it* kind in the history of this coun
try that ww| under the entire control of
colored people. The exhibition was
quite a success and reflects great credit
upon the North Carolina colored people.
U. It. Elliott, of South Carolina, deliver
ed the address on Wednesday. He
gave hi* oolored friends some good mi
vice and made a good speech. He be
seeched them to cultivate the aimeable
relations that the two race* are now en
joying. Everything paacd ofT orderly,
exoept a few row*, such as always occur
on such occasion* among the roughs.
TKHMN: *l.."0 per Annum. in Ahnrni'.
Ifow Thfjr Ho 11.
I f.n, mik-slatr- l.i .. l-n-l-r
S IIIIW tliirlv odd thou-nnd i I•<111-R*K
majority in tin- city ol Philadelphia.
\\ orider ih expressed that jt is o large,
' hnirtnun llonten ark nowledge. that lm
appealed bv letter to every Protestant
minister in the i dmmnnwealth to vot*
against I'.arr on the ground that he ha<l
I'ei'li soliciting vote* be. SUM- he was a
' atholic. <>l course Mr. Harr had not
•lone a. he was charged, tnu that maile
no difference to Ifooten. I'art of that
thirty o.iil tli on ■and in in thi wav •>
conned f,, r . Henry M. Phillips, K*q. t
one ol I'hlladeiphia* leading cilizcio,
-ay ;
" 1 lie immense majority of the Repub
licans w.i owing to a rmrnU-r of causes,
among which may be enumerated the
diaeetuiona m the democratic rank*,
the apathy ol the Itemocrata I who poll*
ed fifteen thousand voles ie. than tboy
'lid at the Presidential election three
years agrn, Also to the fact that the
l i*ta were not purged, this alone cut
ting ofF ten to fifteen thousand vote*
from the Itepuhli' an- each year. '
I lie total registry thi- year was P.'.'J,-
'.-"h which far exceeds the voting popu
lation of New York.
Jiefore Magistrate Field, Ja. Nixon
and John McKensev were heard, on
Thursday, the former on a charge of
conspiracy tqaid repeater, and of brib
ing at) elector, and the latter for having
voted illegally. The testimony showed
that John Ryan who was electioneering
for the li>>m<>.-rai*. suspecting that M.
Kensey was not "P. P-oone. of No. 1341
North i.leventh street, m whose name
tie had volrsl, made enquiry, satisfied
himaeif that his so -1 io; on * wi-re correct,
an 1 w ii.i the aid of Andrew <'aneen ar
rested McKensev. They than put him
on a street c.r to take him to the
Station House, when four ] -o!icemen put
in an ajqe-arance, t'jok McKen**y awav
from lm 'aptora, h-t him go free, and
arreted Ryan on the charge of being
drunk and disorderly. MoKensey, at
the hearing, afiei being cautioned that
he tired -a t nothing if he f#-lt inclined
to hold hit Jlongue, gave evidence as
follows;
•On tiertion Jay I g-t under the infl j
enceof iiqti., r , and while drunk tret Nix
"ii at the corner of Seventh and Master
street*. Id- a-k'-j tin what 1 f,,r
and wanted to know if 1 could put a v. t
iri the window If,. !T „ nfw j j
put It m That was ill t, r t time I Ttud
ti.at day Kixi ■ tMa lok MM t.. a njooa,
crner of Fawn anil Ms-Ur street*, where
ss.r.ic man so me a tax receipt, and said :
'' • your worh l then started
out with BitM, ud 1 Tatti aleiut eight
time. N II always gave me the name
t vote t|t w >n. I recollect l-ing in tho
c ar with the two witnesses, and raw the of.
•r- ccme in and take me out ,\t the
police station Some man. I think an officer,
i- ld me to get ..ut the fr,.nt door 1 r.-col
-1> t they almost thri w me out afterward "
Mi Kensey .aid that he was a commis
sion agent, and resided at 1421 Warnock
street. He further Hated that he re
ceived one dollar from Nixon for vot
ing.
Nixon *. committed in default of
Fad. the policemen were arreted and
hel l for assault and battery upon Ryan
and (or conspiring to violate the elec
tion laws, and McKensey was also held
in *.VW, liavid 11. Fane, a leading Re.
publican rooster, becoming hi. bonds
man.
facts such a* the foregoing effect u ally
dispel the surpri-e the large Repub
lican vote in Philadelphia created
throughout the Slate.
A Pension Lint.
3ttxai.tr TWO nt \i>att> ANH rtriv TROTS,
AMI was* ON HIE ai>LI.S.
< ommissioner of Pensions Rentier re
twirls fo Secretary Schur* (hat on tho
-tOth of June la.t there were 24*'75
(wnsioner.. The pension list i". "now
larger than at any previous time. Tho
highest heretofore reached was in 1*73
but the number nor reported exceeds
the list of that year by 4.344. luring
the year 31,316 new names were added
to the Ift. The increase in th< armv
and nary cases, respecting which there
has l>een legislation since the estimates
for the current year were made, will
cause a deficiency of (,<** for armv
(tensions and *30.000 for nary pensions,
which should be provided for in order
that the pensions for the June quarter
may he promptly paid. The Commis
sioner says that the application for pen
sions under the Arrears act hare beert
tiled at such an unprecedented rate,
and that there were already such a
number of unsettled claim* before the
office, that he estimates the total num-
Iwr of unsettled cases at the close of
the year at not less than fc-'i.OUO. Ho
therefore recommends an appropriation
of *,*).(*( for the employment of an
additional clerical force. A change of
system for settling ]>enston claim, is
recommended. This is the dirision of
of the country into districts, and the
appointment of a surgeon and lawyer
in visit each county seat twice a rt-r,
to receive the teetunony in regard to all
(tension applications and claims.
What t Teach.
Rev. Charles llrooks, father of the
State normal schools in America, was
asked by a teacher this question :
• What shall *1 teach my pupil*?" ]] o
answered, "Teach them thoroughly
these fire things: 1. To live religiouslr
2. To think comprehensively 3 fo
reckon mathematically. 4. Toconreraw
\l " J 0 " .*u***fully teach them
the** flee thing*, you will nobly hare
done youi duty to your pupil*, to their
P-™*. yr country, and to your.
NO. IS.