SHUtiKRT A; FORSTER, Editors.
VOI.. 2.
tfhr Cmltc grmorr.it.
Term* 51.50 par Annum, in Advance.
S. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTER. Editor*.
Thursday Morning, August 5, 1880.
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Democratic National Ticket.
r<<> PKunnrvr,
WINKIKI.U SC.ITT HANCOCK, of Pennsylvania.
roa VICE HKIPIIT,
WILLIAM 11. KNGMMI, of Indiana.
KI, KCTII IIS- ATI. OKI K.
U. Ktuiiift Moii£liitn, Witlitaiit 11. i'U)fur<|,
ELECTORS.
I Hut. I'M
1 John Sin in, I • l)*oro A. P—l.
■J. Etiwin A l*u®, 1 A M. Rrntoo,
:. John M. Fiiiiiilm'll, IT. J. P. Linton.
I. t!tll* IHtllct, IM. John S. Mil!®r,
John N. MUNVT, I U J. O. SMXIOII.
• Wall lon. Ji. C M. Hnwtr,
7. N'ithauC Jituio*, *JI. 1. A.J. UiK-hanati,
K. Orfirgs Killwrt, tl Ohrtt|h®r MAR®*,
H. JAIIM* G. M SpArin, 'L\. K* •*? t M Ollmm-d.
In. A!fr®l J. Martin, 24. Tlionno* ltru*tfer*l.
11. AJitm Ci®rrlng®r, Harry \V Wilson,
I-' l*r*nk Turner. 2t>. N*uti*l Oriflltl,
11. I' J. ItirmitiKlliam, 11. J R -a Thorn|uoii.
II II E. lUkvift,
Democratic State Ticket,
FOR at fRiMi JUDGE.
(lEoItUP. A. JEN KM, of J®ir®mun (Wily.
FoR AUDITOR GEXRRAL,
ROBERT P. DKOHKHT, of Phllatltlphi*.
\Vi. have received, too late for pub
lication this week, a communication
from Philipsburgstrongly recommend
ing Dr. G. F. Hoop, of that place, a*
a candidate for the Legislature.
WE iuvite the especial attention of
our readers to the letter of Gen. Han
cock written to Gen. W. T. Sherman
in 187fi, published elsewhere iu this
issue of the DEMOCRAT. It is au ad
mirable supplement to our candidate's
letter of acceptance.
THE Alabama election for State offi
cers was held last Monday. The re
turns thus far received by telegraph
iudicate a Democratic majority of
•~>o,o<K) over the Republican, Green
back, Independent coalition that was
to sweep the State. Well done, Ala
bama !
TIIF. Lancaster Examiner, a Repub
lican paper, expresses the belief that
there never has been an honest prima-1
ry election held in that county. This
is not complimentary to Lancaster
honesty, but may account for the large
Republican majority annually return
ed from that county. Political mo
rality in that section of the State is
evidently at a low ebb.
THE union of the Detoocrata and
Grecnbackers in Maine is vigorously
denounced by certain Republicans as
disgraceful and even monstrous. Rut
what of the Repuhlican-Greeuhack-
Indcpcndcnt alliance in Alabama, with
the eampaigu expenses paid by the
Reputdicans ? If a Democratic-! ircen
hack fusion is disreputable iu Maine
why is a Republican-Greenback fusion
honorable iu Alabama? Will some
stalwart please answer this conundrum.
THE funds furnished by the Repub.
I lean National Committee to ruu the
machinery of a Republican, Green
back, Independent coalition against
the Democrats of Alabama seem to
have been a joor investment of mon
ey. Tiltleu had about .'17,000 ma
jority iu that State in IM7O. The elec
tion on last Monday for State uftinsr*
shows a Democratic majority of about
"iO,OOO.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Morning
Xnee, who signs himself "Fort Stead*
inan," attempts in yesterday morning's
issue of that journal to give au ac
count of the Democratic meeting held
at Milesburg on last Saturday even
ing. He objects to one of the speak
ers, evidently Mr. Hchofield, because
he is "a former resident of the Emer
ald Isle," and says, "we don't wish to
"say anything about the speaker or
"the country he came from, but really
"think it a sad eoiumeutary on Dcm
"ocratic institutions when we reflect
"that Ireland furnishes running gear
"for American politics." Of course,
after this candid opinion of the kind
of "running gear" that should move
American politics, so far as the Re
publican party is concerned, "no Irish
i roan need apply," aud we trust our
I Irish friends will take due notiue of
I this Republican insult to their nation-
I ality.
"EqUAI. AND KXACT JUSTICE TO AM. MEN, OK WHATEVER BTATK OR I'KRNUAHiON, RELIGIOUS OK POLITICAL.Jefferson
Hancock and English Accept.
General Hancock has accepted the
Democratic nomination for President
ot the United States iu a letter re
markable for its terse, pungent and
patriotic presentation of the views
and sentiments of the hero of Gettys
burg. The most casual aud indiffer
ent observer caunot fail to he impress
ed by the marked and stiiking con
trast between this letter anil that of
General Garfield. While the latter
aims to cover alhtlie ground of differ
ence between the two parties and to
indicate the precise attitude of the
Republican candidate upon ail the
leading issues which divide the politi
cal opiuiou of the country, its style is
stilted and pedantic and gives unmis
takable evidence of having pussed
through the hands of numbcrh-ss poli
ticians representing every wing and
faction of the Republican party. Its
insincerity and ingeniousness cannot
he disguised under the smooth and
oily persiflage with which it abound*.
What is lacking in the letter of
the Republican candidate is conspicu
ous in that of General Hancock. The
noble candor and freedom from reserve
and dissimulation which characterizes
this letter will assuredly make a deep
impression upou the intelligent and
conservative thought of the country.
General Hancock's letter is certainly
his own from first to last. There lias
been no alteration to suit this man or
that interest. He has in the frank,
hold language of truth aud honesty
spokeu with simple directness, aud
every word ami seutimeut in his ad
mirable lettter will be accepted as his
very own. It must he disheartening
to those Republicans who have been
in the habit of sueeringly describing
(ieneral Hancock as "a mere soldier"
to discover that the soldier has lietter
and more coherent ideas of govern
ment than the so-called trained aud
fully equipped statesman, (ieneral
Hancock fairly chnlieuge* admiration
as he lays down his political creed and
traces with clear And cogent reasoning
the outlines of our form of govern
ment. Nothing could he more perspic
j nous, and at the same time more con
| ense and incontrovertible than his logic
al recital of the powers aud limitations
of the general government and the
rights and prerogatives of the States.
The sphere of each is so plainly indi
cated that he who runs may read.
He says: "Powers not delegated to
"the Vuitod States hv the Constitu
"lion nor prohibited by it to the States
"belong to the States respectively, or
"to the people." Along side of this
comprehensive |*>rtrayal of a general
government with general powers and
State governments with State powers*
which is the true substantial basis of
the Union of our fathers, Geueral
i Garfield's far-fetched assertion that
"the United States is a Nation" seems
puerile uiid childish. General Han
cock's emphatic and riugiug demand
for the faithful and efficient adminis
| tratiou of affairs ; his withering de
nunciation of force or fraud as instru
ments for the subversion of the rights
of the people and his resonant declar
ation that "the bayonet is not a fit
instrument for collecting the Votes of
freemen" will awake an answering re
sponse in the hearts of hundreds of
thousands of voters who have heretofore
acted with the opposition. None hut
chronic office-holders will quarrel with
his assertion that "public office is a
trust, not a bounty bestowed upou the
holder." This is a new and strange
doctrine and will sound like the strains
of forgotten music in the ears of that
noble army of patriots who have come
to look upon the Federal offices as
erected exclusively for their benefit.
The true road to reform in the civil
service, General Hancock assumes to
lie iu the direction of filling the elect
ive offices with competent aud incor
ruptible men.
Further on he promises "a sedulous
"and scrupulous care of the public
"credit" to the end "that labor may
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST Ihho.
"bo lightly burdened and that all
"persons may bo protected in their
"right to the fruits of their own inilus
"try." The remuindcr of his remark
able and brilliant letter is devoted to
an eloquent plea for reconciliation
and his burning words will become
household before the campaign is half
over. General Hancock plants him
self squarely and unreservedly upon j
the Cincinnati platform, pronouncing
the sentiments enunciated therein to
he his own and pledges himself to
maintain them should he elected. The
Amendments to the Constitution he
declares are inviolable and thus iu one
sentence he demolishes the laboriously
constructed fabric of "Rebel claims"
upon which the Republicans built so
many hopes. Taken throughout, the
whole letter disarms criticism and takes
rank as one of the ablest documents of
the kind that ever emenated from a
presidential candidate, while it stamps
its author as a publicist with a breadth
and depth of statesmanship which re
calls the halcyon days of the Republic.
The formal acceptance of Mr. Eng
lish hut vindicates the good opinion in
which he was held by people of all
parties. His arraignment of the Re
publican party is strong but just and
dispassionate. The scandals which
have disgraced the past administra
tions of that party, its extravagance
and wholesale corruption arc treated
with unsparing severity and his de
mand for a change will not fall upon
unheeding ears. Geueral Hancock
from the delicacy of his official jK>sition
was precluded from discussing certain
questions which Mr. English takes up
and treats with great vigor and inch
ivcuess. These two letters of the Dem
ocratic candidates will prove powerful
weapons in the bauds of llieir friends
during the ensuing canvass, and will
do much toward swelling the magnifi
cence of the triumph which awaits the
friends of Constitutional government
in the early days of November. We
j bespeak for both letters a careful rcad
-1 big.
Beaver on Hancock.
It will be rememlwrcd that our
townsman, Gen. James A. Reaver, was
a delegate to the Republican National
Convention, which met in the city of
i Chicago, laat June, and placed Gar*
field and Arthur iu nomination for
President anil Vice President. The
! General went to Chicago a strong
' friend of Grant and the Cameronian
interests in Pennsylvania, and remain
ed true to both by vothig for the nom
ination of the "old commander"
throughout the thirty-six ballots taken
in the Convention. As a side show to
the National Convention, for the pur
jsise of boosting the Grant boom, the
Republican veteran soldiers were call
ed together at the same time. At the
meeting held by them, on the 2nd of
June, iu Ilavcrly's Theatre, General
Reaver also played a part, and made
a speech in favor of the Grant resolu
tions, which was mainly significant for
the good opiuiou be expressed of Han
cock, and for the manner in which the
meutiou of Ilaucock's name was re
moved. The following extract of Gen
eral Reaver's speech is taken from the
Chicago Tribune :
"There is • man down there who says
there is too much military here. So
there WM in 1864. [Laughter.) There
was a good deal of military in 1861, and
I am rather auprised to henr from the
wagon train in a veteran's convention.
[Laughter.| There was a great deal of
military sometimes, even among the
wagon trains, and a good many com
plaints that there was too much disci
pline even there. But we want to vote
upon these resolutions to-day. I have
been called upon to close this debate in
order that the vote may be taken. One
of the qualifications named in that res
olution which eminently fits General
Grant to act as President of this Union
it his calm judgment. I saw an in
stance during the battle of the Wilder
tieas, where m*n on picket had gotten
alarmed and started a general fusilade.
Hancock was there in command of the
•Seoond Corps. (Cheers.) He it a grand
old fellow, and 1 eag to you, the Democrat*
have not eerue enough to nominate Arm at Gin
cinnart."
"A Voice —He will beat Grant if they
do, and don't you forget it."
We have put one nentence of the
above extract in italics; and since the
Dcmocrut* did have sense enough to
nominate the "grand old fellow" at
Cincinnati, and thus proved General
Reaver to he a very had prophet, does
not another voice already proclaim iu
thunder tones, "he will heat De Gol
yer Garfield, and don't you forget it?"
Much Ado About Nothing
The Republican lias not the manli
ness to acknowledge that it erred iu
its statement last week, in reference to
the appointment by Judge Orvis of a
Registration assessor, in Ferguson
township. Its failure this week to
make the amende honorable justifies us
in believing that it made the statement
knowing it to he utterly false. We
briefly stated the facts in regard to
this matter in our last issue, aud the
Repub/iran this week, true to its iu
stiucts, indulges in a column of miser
able prevarication iu a vain endeavor
to extricate itself from the unpleasant
situation iu which its tauiperiug with
the truth has placed it. As we before
stated, there was no appointment at all
made by Judge Orvis, and no one
kuew this better than the stalwart jet
tifogger, who was the author of both
the original charge and the wretched
excuse of an explanation iu the Re
publican of this week. The endorse
ment upon the buck of the petition,
was placid there as is customary by
the Attorney iu charge of it, and the
Judge never signed it, or contemplated
doing so, and no such order or decree,
as charged by the Republican, has
been ruadc to this day. The column
of quibbles and evasions iu that inter
esting journal this week, therefore,
goes for naught. We would suggest
to onr esteemed contemporary, that in
the future, when it desires to indulge
its fancy in little things of this kind,
it should select some one wjjo is not
an officer of the court as it machine,
and it may lie able to grind out some
thing Is-ttcr than this futile effort of
a lovr-\y little lawyer to reach the dig
nity of bciug noticed by the court.
"A PROTECTIVE TARIFF" is the cry
of Pennsylvania Republicans. Well,
if they will look at the Congressional
Record of the Ist Session of the 42J
Congress, on page 82, they will learn
what kind of a protective tariff man
they are supporting for President of
the United States. They w ill find that
Garfield voted that the duty on foreign
coal should he taken off", and that the
duties on tea and coffee should be re
tained. The coal tariff resolution is
as follow s:
lie it enacted, !v., That from and after
the pannage of this joint resolution no
lax or duty shall he collected ujon
foreign coal.
Ou this Garfield's vote is recorded
Y KA.
Mr. Randall, Democrat, offered the
followiug:
He it enacted, dr., That from and after
the passage of thia act tea and cotfee
shall be placed on the free list, and no
further inqiort duties shall lie collected
from the same.
On this the vote of Garfield is re
corded NO.
This record shows the inconsistency
of thelnan ! lie desires to put coal
down to the lowest price, ami nearly
iu the same breath votes that those
who mined the coal should pay the
highest price for tea and coffee!
THE Grecnbackers held a meeting
one evening last week, at Coleville,
which was addressed by lion. 8. 11.
Yocum. It is understood the honor
able gentleman elected Weaver to the
Presidency without auy trouble. The
election, according to Mr. Yocum, is
to go to the House J Representatives
where De La Matyr will be the potent
factor in determining the result. Thia
view of the matter, however, is too far
out to he entirely satisfactory.
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WANT of space compels us to omit
the able letter of acceptance of Hon.
Wm. H. English, our candidate for
Vice President. It will appear next
week.
1 IIE Republicans seem to he in
high glee over the order of fieneral
Grant to assemble the "Roys in Rlue"
for active work in favor of the elec
tion of Gen. Garfield. This is a Re
publican organization of which we be
lieve he is the head centre. Saying
nothing as to the good taste of the
ex-President entering the hustings at
the head of u political club, we nee
nothing in the movement particularly
to enthuse the De Golyers, unless it be
that the name of General Grant may
influence them to stand to their past
instincts and not desert to the stand
ard of Gen. II uncock. as many inde
pendent veterans are now doing. This
organization, composed only of Re
publicans, was formed for {tolitical
purposes exclusively, and has always
acted with the Republican party and
voted its ticket. It has no connection
with the G. A. R., oc any of the other
different societies of veterans organiz
ed for mutual benefit irrespective of
party politics. The Democracy <x
jiected nothing from those who culled
themselves "Roys in Rlue," as an or
ganization, yet changes even among
them may not he novel. Two notable
instances certainly have occurred in
the persons of Gen. Gibson and Gen.
Pearson, who have already withdrawn
for the purpose of sup]>ortiug Gen.
Hancock.
((Vtnni sulcata!]
CENTRE HALL, PA., Aug. 3,1880.
EDITORS CENTRE DEMOCRAT: —The
Democratic party having at Cincinnati
made auch excellent selections of candi
date* for President and Vice President—
selection* that have united the party from
the lake* of Maine to the lagoon* of Flori
da, from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific
dope—it i* no wonder that a universal ex
pression of satiafsclion has arisen through
out the land, or that the country i* pervad
ed by an enthusiasm that ha* not existed
*incc the day* of Jackson. On nations]
isue* the )rty i *afe. Hancock and
English will be elected, and the destinies
of this Republic will hereafter be guided
by the unerring and patriotic wisdom that
dictated the celebrated "order No. 40,"
the remarkable and significant "Sherman
letter," and the late unexceptionable letter
of acceptance.
This being the condition of thing* in
National {(otitic*, it become* u* to inquire,
what do the Democracy of the L'Oth Con
gressional district propose to do this fall in
regard to the Congressional election * To
our mind* Hon. ANDREW O. Ci'HTIN i
the man who ought to be re-nominated.
The Democracy owe it to themselves to do
this, and they will not be acting fairly or
squarely if they don't do it. Gov. CURT IN
was really elected in 1878, but like MR.
TII.DEN was cheated nut of his sent. Ho
made a fair, o{(en, manly contest which re.
suited adversely to him and gave his oppo.
nent the placo that he alone was entitled
to and should have received. Gov. Ct'R
TIN accepted the result cheerfully, without
murmur, thus showing hi devotion to the
cause of the people and his utter unselfish
ness in the matter. Mow we demand his
re-nominatlon for the pur|(o*e of vindica.
lion. Ever since the ID'CKAI.EW campaign
Gov. Ct'RTIN has given hi* time, his mon
ey and his talent* to aid the Democratic
{■arty, to insure the success of its principles
and candidate*. Let us now ask, do the
Democracy intend to sacrilice him upon
the altar of |a>r*onal hate ami vulgHr prej.
udice ? Are Democrat* so forgetful, so
blind, so foolish as to throw away the
strength that his nomination will give them
in this district and throughout the State 1
Lot us profit by the wisdom of our oppo
nents. When they get a convert from the
Democracy they welcome him with open
arm* and kill the fatted calf ; and they
ilon't often get a convert such as we re
ceived when Gov. OVRTIN came over to us
disgusted with the folly and wickedness of
the Republican party.
One other mutter, Messrs. Editor*, and
then I will close. Gov. Ct'RTiN is a per
sonal friend of GEN. HA MOCK and it was
to him that the General first offered his
service* after hit return from tha Pacific
coast at the breaking out of the war. Since
then the General and the Governor have
been warm friends, and we have no doubt
that the latter* re-nomination would add
strength and give additional vigor and
relat to the General's campaign in thia
district.
Everywhere else all difference* in the
Democratic party have been adjusted and
reconciled. Shall this nut be the cn*e here?
Patriotism and policy both demand It.
Let ua therefore re-nomlnate Gov. CCKTIN
for Congreaa and thus do lattice not only
to ourselves, but to a deeply wronged pub
lic man. Yours truly,
MANY DE MOCK AT* OF POTT**.
TEKMS: |wr Annum, in Advaiiw.
HANCOCK SPEAKS.
A Fit AMi AMI J'ATJtIOTH I.FTTKK
OF AF( FI'TAM K.
A I ONSTITITION ITII AM. IT* AMENPNKNTS
TIIK SI- I'HE M E I. AW Of TIIE lANIe—TRE
11A VON KT SOT A TIT IShTRI'MEST TO
l-TII.I.KIT TIIK VOTES or TKEEMEN—
NKITIIEK rHAI' 1> SOR 10111 E MI'ST
nr. AI.I.OWEIi TO HI'IIVERT TIIK
It I (111TS or THE I'KOri.K.
GOVERNOR'S JSI.ASH, NEW YORK CITV,
■lnly 2'.), 18WI— (jmtlemtH : have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of .July I.A, 18*0, apprising
me formally of my nomination to tba
ollice of l'reiident ol the United .States
by the National Democratic Convention
lately assembled in Cincinnati. 1 accept
the nomination with grateful apprecia
tion of the confidence reposed in me.
The principles enunciated by the con
vention are those I have cherished in
the past and shall endeavor to main
tain ill the future. The amendment* to
the constitution of the United Stat-H
embodying the results of the war for the
Union are inviolable. If called to the
Presidency I should deem it my duty
to resist with all my power any attempt
to impair or evade the full force and ef
fect of the constitution which in every
article, section and amendment is the
supreme law of the land.
The constitution forms the basis of
the government of the United .States.
The powers granted by it to the legisla
tive. executive and judicial depart
ments, define and limit the authority
of the general government. Powers
not delegated to the United States by
the constitution nor prohibited by it to
the Stales belong to the States respect
ively. or to the people. The general
and State governments each acting in
its own spin-re without trenching upon
the lawful jurisdiction of the other,
constitute the union. This union com
prising a general government with
general powers and Slate governments
with State powers for pupose# local to the
States, is a polity too foundation* of
which were laid in the profoundest
wisdom. Tin* is the union our fathers
made, and which has been so respected
abroad, snd so beneficial at home.
Tried by blood and tire it stand* to-day
a model form of free popular govern
ment. a political system which rightly
administered has been and will contin
ue to be the admiration of the world.
May we not sav in the language of
Washington : "The unity of govern
ment which constitutes u* one people
is justly dear to us. It is the main pil
lar in the edifice of real independence,
the support of our peace, safety and
prosperity, Htsd of that liberty we so
highly prize and intend at every hazard
to preserve." No form of government
however carefully dcvised.no principles
however sound, will protect the rights
of the people unless the administration
is faithful and efficient. It i* a vital
principle in our system that neither
fraud nor force must be allowed to sub
vert the rights of the people. When
fraud,violence or incompetence controls,
the noblest constitution snd wisest law*
are useless. The bayonet is not a fit
instrument for collecting the votes of
freemen. It is only by a full vote, free
Imllot snd fair count that the people
can rule in fact. Take this foundation
nwsv and the whole structure falls.
Public office i* a trust, not a bounty he
stowed upon the holder. No incompe
tent ot dishonest persons should ever
he entrusted with it or if appointed
they should be promptly ejected. The
basis of a substantial practical civil ser
vice reform must first be established by
by the people in filling the elective of
fices. If they fix a high alandsrd of
qualification for office and sternly re
ject the corrupt and incompetent the
result will he decisive in governing the
action of the servants wdtom tbey en
trust with appointing powers.
The war for the union was successful
ly closed more thsn fifteen y.-ers sgo.
All classes of our people must share
alike in the blessings of the union and
are equally concerned in its perpetuity
and in the proper administration of
public nffitirs. We are in a stale of pro
found peace ; hence forth let it he our
purpose to cultivate sentiments of
friendship and not of animosity among
our fellow citixen*. Our material inter
ests varied and progressive, demand our
constant and united efforts. A sedulous
and scrupulous care ot {lie public credit
together with a wise and economical
management of our governmental ex
penditures should he maintained in or
der that Islmr ninv he lightly burdened
and that all fiersniis tnay be protected
in their right to the fruita of their own
industry. The time has come to enjoy
the substantial benefits of reconciliation.
As one people we have common inter
est*. I.et us encourage the harmony
and generous rivalry among our own in
dustries, which will revive our languish
ing merchant marine, extend our com
merce with foreign nations, assist our
merchants, manufacturers and produ
cers. to develop our vast resources and
increase the prosperity and happiness
of our people. If elected 1 shall, with
the Divine favor, labor with what ability
I possess to discharge my duties with
fidelity according to my convictions and
shall take rare to protect and defend
the Union and to see that the lews be
faithfully snd equally executed in all
parts of the country alike, ] will as
sume the responsibility tuiiy sensible of
the fact that to administer rightly the
functions of government is to discharge
the most sacred duty that nan devolve
upon an American citixee.
I am, verv respectfully.
WINRIKT.II 8. HANCOCK.
To the lion. John W. Stevenson,
president of tho convention, and others
NO. SI.