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JINKS, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR THE SUPREME IIENCII.
From Un (1 mphio. Democrat of Ilro<>k vlllo.
In view of our rights of soldiers, let
us investigate the doctrine adhered to
and practiced toward us by the two
great political parties now asking our
sutl'rage, our aid and our votes. And
in so doing let it be our business to
briefly scan the acts and the underlying
principles by which the soldier and the
invalid pensioner is measured and dealt
with. Wo will first then review the
enactments of a Republican Congress
in our behalf, during the ten years of
Republican rule immediately succeed
ing the war; then we will place at
their side the enactments of the Demo
cratic Congress, for the soldier, during
the four years of Democratic rule:
■tsrosucA* ooxosmk. I nmaciATir roxaiuu.
I*l. By act of March 3, Int. By act of Augunt 15,
1H73, Station 4,1X12, rerittetl' 187 ft, penfonera w*rn *1
istattitft, it wan (ietffrniitiiMi luwtil, whenever nNiit<<l,
who Wfrf fiiiitlnl to pt'ii artificial liml* or com in it*
aloneat tha following rate*: i tatioti therefor, at expira-
Kor total (liability, 30,|tlon of every tlvo yearn,
'in. 17, Ift and Hi dollarN,and the not**aary trail*-
per month, according to portathm free to have auch
rank. And a private nol- limba fitted,
dier for <liaat>ility whh to'
radtt f- per annth. a*
we a*>e ly aection M'U.J Jd. lty art of March
aame art, ami MH-tion 4JW7 187K, the twunloner* of the
of name art rate* the low war of 1812 ami their wid*
of both eyee at s£*>.tiO, and owe were all IIOW<MI the
both feet at f'JiMR*. Portion *uiii of s*.oo par mouth.
4,WW allow* for permanent
wpoclfir diaald'ity. when ut-j
terhr help!.**, aftei June 3*l. By art of June S,
4,1872,931.24 per month. 1878, pensioner* who hail
Section 4,7<ES, Inrroaaed loot both feet, both haieln
widows p* nioiie two dol- or tight of both eyen were
l:r* |mt month for each allowed and raised to $72. <8)
child under sixteen yoar* per month,
of ii*e.
Section 4,407 provide* for . . „
the auccewfon of depend-* ,?- v 1,41 ,° March .3,
ent relatives. * peiwionem were
Section 4,747 eeruree a rrearaee of jn-n
--pension from liability for " i J >n to • fr, 1 ,1,, ! ,ie u ®°
tlie debts of the pensioner Woon< * l received or dla-
The foregoing consUtnte |, r® contracted while in
the point* in our favor em-i'* 1 ® service.
I "idled in the acta at*>ve
niontlonwl. The Mine I. Sth Rjr <A ..f Marrh 1.
followed 187 V, aoldiern who were de
i.il. Art of Jnut 18, 1574, j prleed of tlu-ir piu>l<ma l>*
whirl, srovMss that for reawin of U-lnir In the rlnl
toul .llMbllity requiring ~.rlrr of the t*tilted State,
regnl.r peraonal old end wprr „ n ,| rr mjJ al ,„ w .
attention of another I>*r- )K I their tH-nalom.
ton, the pensioner (dial)
have fiOA) per month in
lieu of the $31.25 of a form- fltli. By act of Marrh ft,
•r act. 187 V, the act of Jane 7,
:td. By art of Jane 18,1878, w.i* extended to n*
1H74, all who I net either an to include ail soldier* ami
arm, at or above the elbow, tailors, who lott b.th
or l-Z at of above the knee, both handt or tight of both
shall receive $24.10 per eye*, which eulitled* all
month, providod that do such toldiers to $72.00 per
artificial limbe or comma- month,
tation therefor thail be fur
nished to such prwini at . ... . _
are entitled under this act. '! March .1,
Tim aliov. are the three ,579 - " pwwloiieii. either
act. and th.-ir ..-ral Mc-! on ,b J®"* 0 ' •''"""•nrr
tiona pweedbya Republl- P"' "• amputation of
ran congrem a. til. word. " h 'P J"'"' "
ahow, during ton jian, .* HWUthly pension
from lfi66tolß7sfnclttaJve,{° r
for tn<l in favor of the tol-|
dier*. who, on trore* of bat- Tlie alKive are the e*en
tlefields sealed with their act* m they ap|ear from
blood their devotion to the recorilt of a Democrat*
their flag and country. lc cotigrew, for aad in lavor
Again a Republican pre#- of the pensioned soldier,
blent vetoes! the "Art to during ami since the year
Ksiualize liountioe among I*7ft, at which time con
soldiers." j greee l>ecame Democratic.
Compare the above legislation, and
say which of these parties deserves our
votes, if we are to be guided at all by
legislation in our favor.
Rut there is another fact of more sig
nificance to a soldier of spirit and
courage, into which let us at least to
some extent inquire; and that is the
grounds upon which a pension is gran ted.
In the Congressional Record, volume 4,
part 2. Forty-fourth Congress, first ses
sion, in the House, pages 1,730 and
1.710, we ftud the doctrine that the
granting of pensions is an act of sover
eign gratuity by the government, advo
cated by such Republican leaders as
.lohn A. Kasson, of lowa, who has been
in the service of the nation since 1808 ;
Stephen A. Hurlbut, of Illinois, who
has served his party in state and na
tion since 1847, and Martin f. Town
send, of New York, a recipient of party
favors in state and nation since 18.16.
Hear Kasson's language as delivered
on the Hoor of the House in opposition
to the doctrine that an invalid pension
.is a debt. Mr. Kasson said :
"Again, the granting of these pen
sions now under consideration was an
act of sovereign gratuity by the govern
ment in recognition of the services sup
posed to have been rendered by the
pensioner, and every pensioner is con
stantly at the discretion of his govern
ment as to the amount of his compen
sation, and as to the continuance of bis
pension.''
Mr. Hurlbut said :
"First, sir, 1 desire gentlemen to con
sider here that there is not, and cannot
be any such a thing ns a vested right, a
commercial transaction, between the
country and those who are the recipients
of its bounty. Kvery nation has tlie
right inherently to command the ser
vices of its citizens just whenever it
calls for them, to call lor their lives, to
demand their money, and the measure
of the citizen's duty is only limited by
tlie necessities of the country. There
is no contract of dollars and cents in
-that. So whoever may render service
in a military capacity to the nation
simply does his plain, unmistakable,
undeniable duty, and whatever reward
the nation may give him for having
done that duty is in the line of a free
gift and grace, and not in the line of
contract. And uotil this time I never
heard any man talk of any such a thing
as a contract between the soldier and
the nation giving him the right to a
pension.''
In the same connection Mr. Town
send said :
I'Now the committee that matured
this bill was the committee on Revolu
tionary pensions and the war of 1812.
We matured a bill relating wholly to
the pensioners of the wtr of 1812. We
brought that bill into the House, and
if it had been left in its application to
the pensioner of the war of ISI2 I
should feel X was doing in the commit
tee, my dutf to the pensioners and the
country in sustaining that bill. Hut
not upon the ground that the pensioner
has a right with the muzzle of a pistol
to demand of the country a pension,
(iood Hod ! ure we to have that doctrine
presented here or unywhere else that
tlie pensioner has the right to make
such a demand of the oountry? Not
at all. It is not upon any such ground.
It was u|>on tlie ground that these men
had rendered efficient service, and it
became the country to be liberal to
them in turn."
from these extracts it will readily be
seen that the Republican party nsserts
that an invalid pension is not a debt;
that it may be granted or withheld at
the pleasure of the government; that
there is no obligation to pay it; that it
is simply a gratuity.
Much having been Rettled as the doc
trine of the Republican party, let us
hear what the Democratic party urges
and insists upon on the same subject,
and at the same time and pluce, Mr.
■lenks of Pennsylvania, chairman of
tho committee on invalid pensions, in
the name of the Democratic pnrty dif
fered from the ideas as above held, and
in his memorable speech entitled an
"Invalid Pension, a Right," fairly es
tablished the fact that a pension is u
debt of tho highest order, anil to him
belongs the honor of first and fairly es
tablishing ns the doctrine of tho Demo
cratic party that a pension is a debt.
Hear what lie said on the floor of tho
house while a member of the Forty
fourth congress in support of this
grandest of doctrines:
It is to refute this view, and that tlie
people may comprehend what is a right
and what is A gift, that I propose now to
discuss this as the first question in this
bill.
A contract, as we are led to suppose
from our early legal lucubrations, is an
agreement/or a sufficient consideration
to do or not to do some given thing : a
promise for a consideration ; an otter
for a consideration accepted. This con
stitutes a contract, as differently ex
pressed by different authors. Now, if
the government before the soldier en
tered the army told that soldier that if
he should enter and become disabled
be should be paid a pension, that would
be a contract, if the soldier entered the
army and was disabled. I apprehend
that cannot be disputed.
First, in 1770, before the revolution
ary war had made its crippled and dis
abled soldiers, there was a resolution
passed in the continental congress,
which to be sure might not be binding
as a law, but is certainly binding in
good faith. I read from Mr. Ruff's pen
sion manual:
"The continental congress by a series
of resolutions passed August 26, 1770,
provided that every commissioned and
non commissioned officer and private in
the army who should lose a limb in
any engagement, or be otherwise so dis
abled in the service of the States, in
the war then existing with the mother
country, as to be rendered incapable
•'afterward of regaining a livelihood,'
should receive during lite, or the con
tinuance of such disability, one-half of
his monthly pay after his pay as a sol
dier should cease."
Hence, before the revolutionary war
had made its cripples, there was a
promise by the government to those
who were disabled in the cause of lib
erty that they should receive a pension.
If that promise is binding upon the na
tion after they were organized under
the present constitution, it is a con
tract as to these soldiers. We will see
now whether that was ratified bv the
t nited .States, In 1790, after the or
ganization of the government, the con
gress of the United States passed an
act, approved April 30, 1790, "for the
regulation and formation of the armies
of the United States." That act pro
vided :
"That if any commissioned officer,
non-commissioned officer, private or
musician aforesaid shall bo wounded or
disabled while in the line of his duty
in public service, he shall be placed on
the list of invalids of the United States
at such rate of pay and under such reg
ulations as shall be directed by the
president of the United States for the
time being."
That was in 1790. Thus at that time
the resolution of the continental con
gress was ratified in the pasnge of the
general army bill, and it was promised
that any one disabled in the line of
bis duty as a soldier should be paid a
pension. If that promise was accepted
by the soldier and he was disabled, was
it not a contract and has he not a right
to demand his pension ?
In order that there never should be
any misapprehension on this subject
and that every well informed man
should know his rights, prior to every
war, with very few exceptions, a similar
resolution or law has been enacted.
Such re-enactment took place before or
in the early stages of every great war.
In anticipation of the wnr of 1812 with
Great Hritian, and for the very purpose
of inducing enlistments, there wss
passed an act approved January 11,
1812, entitled "An act to raise an ad
ditional military force.'" It provided :
"That if any officer, non-commission
ed officer, musician, or private shall be
disabled by wounds or otherwise while
in the line of his duly in public service,
he shall be placed on the list of inval
ids of the United .States at such rate
of pension and under such regulations
as are or may be directed by law, etc."
So that we find that prior to the revo
lution an act of this kind was passed,
and prior to the war of 1812 it was re
iterated. Hut it may be pleaded that
the statute of limitations applies aa to
all these acta. Since 1865 many statutes
of limitations have been passed depriv
ing pensioned soldiers of their rights.
It lias been assumed repeatedly by this
house that these soldiers are' not en
titled as of right to pensions; that
these are a mere gratuity. At a proper
time we will consider whether these
limitation acts ought to stand upon the
statute books or whether they are a dis
frace to our legislation. At this time
will say nothing more about them.
Hut I assert here, broadly, that with
very few exceptions tho rule is that
every invalid pension is a debt, and a
debt the nation ought not repudiate.
In 1862 it became necessary, as we
supposed, to reiterate the same legisla
tion. Hence we find that on the 14th
of July, 1862, an enactment of this
klad was passed, which is to be found
in the Btatutes at Large, volume 12,
page 536. Although thin principal had
been asserted frequently and broadly in
many enactments and re-enactments,
it was the intention of the government
that this matter should be placed be
yond doubt. It was intended that no
soldier in the army should doubt or hes
itate for a moment in the belief that if
he were disabled in his country's ser
vice he should not be consigned lor the
residue of his days to penury and pau
perism, or in case ol death his family
subjected to the same fate. This pro
vision was enacted in order that he
might feel at ease ; that he might rest
in the confident belief that if he sacri
ficed his all for his country, thut coun
try would provide for those whom he
left behind. Hence in 1802, before
very many invalid pensioners had been
made, this act was passed :
"That if any officer, non-commission
ed oflicer, musician, or private of the
army, including regulars, volunteers
and militia, or any warrant officer or
petit oflicer, musician, seaman, ordinary
seamen, flotila man, marine, clerk,
landsman, pilot, or other person in the
navy or marine corps, has been sincp
the 4th day of March, 1861, or shall
hereafter be, disabled by reason of any
wound or disease contracted while in
the service of the United States in the
line of duty, he shall, upon making due
proof of the fact according to such
lorrns and regulations as are or may he
provided for by or in pursuance of law,
lie placed upon the list of invalid pen
sioners of the United States.''
This act was to a large degree pros
pective. The great mass of those who
are now pensioners were then ablebod
ied men. Under the provisions of this
act they stepped into the ranks. They
had the assurance of the country whose
honor they had always regarded as holy
and sacred, if they were disabled or
should ilie in the service of their coun
try they and theirs should be provided
for.
Mr. Hurlbut—What is the date of the
act which the gentleman has just read?
Mr. .lenks—July 14,1862; prior cer
tainly to the time when the great mass
of our pensioners had become such.
Mr. Hewitt of Alabama—lf the gen
tleman will allow me 1 would remind
hiin that in the proclamation of I'resi
dent Lincoln, issued in IS6I, and call
ing for volunteers, n promise was made
that such a* might bo wounded or
should contract disease in the war
should have a pension; and congress
afterward ratified that promise.
Mr. Jenks—The facts are as the hon
orable gentle from Alabama (Mr. Hew
itt) states them. The pension law of
1802 was not passed before the first
soldier went into the army ; yet prior
to that time the soldiers hud the word
of a man they had reason to trust,
that if they should go into service
they should he provided for. Shall
that word he disgraced here on the
floor of this congress? Shall we dis
regard that contract in view of which
they went into the army ? They obey
ed the call of their country, and in
that view they did only their duty, it is
true, as the honorable gentleman from
Illinois I Mr. Hurlbut) has said : hut it
was a duty the jierformance of which
was dangerous, and it was performed
under the promise thai this provision
would be made. Hare we repudiate
that promise and say thut it is not a
contract ? Shall we say to a man who
ssks for a pension, "You are the accep
tor of a gratuity ; you are a mendicant;
we can grant you this or refuse at our
option, and no one can charge us with
injustice?" In the name of the two
hundred thousand invalid p<nsioners of
the United States, I repudiate this doc
trine. If their pension certificates are
to he regarded a* badges of mendican
cy, they would epurn theni from them
and hurl them in your face.
They are their right: and when I sit
in ray committee adjudicating whether
a pensioner be entitled to a pension or
not. I do it u|>on the principle that the
claimant comes there nsking for his
legal right, and I .m hound to grant it
if he brings himself within the provig.
ions of the law. Hence I hope it may
never be again asserted on the floor of
this house that a pension is a gratuity.
I ask that on the broad principle of
right and wrong, that in the name of
the aged veteran who followed the
chivalric Scott at Lundy's I>nne, or the
heroic Jackson at New Orleans, whose
palsied limbs now tremble on the limit
of the grave; in the nntne of the dis
ahled heroes of Bhena Vista and Uerro
Gordo; in the name of the boys in
blue, who on fhe long, wenry march, in
the crowded hospiial, on scores of bat
tle fields, nmid the death dealing storm
of war. with their lives and blood sealed
their devotion to their country and her
flag—l ask that it never again in this
house be asserted that a pension is a
gratuity.
Thus we find that by the Democratic
party it was lirst established and main
tained that the pensioner is a creditor
of the government, and not a niodiosnt
begging for alms. If is pension is a debt
due him and not a gift that may be
granted or withheld at the option of
the giver. A SOLDIER.
A Hancock Campaign Song.
The Hancock tide is rising fast,
From shore to shorn it swells,
And as it reaches o'or the land,
Of victory it tells—
Of victory it tolls, my boys,
For Hancock's bound' to win ;
Tbo people's free, untrammeled voice
Will surely bring him in.
The Hancock tiros are burning bright,
On all the hills they blar.e,
Too bright and high for such a fraud
As stole the seat for Hayes—
As stole the seat for Hayes, my boys ;
And never shall we see
Much a fraud as four short years ago
Insulted Liberty.
The Hancock banner proudly waves,
And greets the morning light,
And round it rally those as friends
Who once were foes In fight—
Who once were foes In fight, my boys,
But In a hotter day,
Around the Hancock banner throng
Alike the blue and gray.
The Hancock men are staunch and brave,
No truer any w hero,
And they can boast a candidate
Whosa name Is clear and fair—
Whose name is clear and fair, my boys,
And onward in his course;
For now the people mean to rule,
In spite of fraud and force.
I'mctire vs. Profession.
A ONE-LEUOED SOLDIER REMOVED FROM OF
FICE IIV KKL'L RI.ICAN STATE OFFICIALS.
From the llarfhibttrfc I'ntrloi
When the political complexion of
the two houses changed, the Itepubli
cans howled themselves hoarse about
the discharge of crippled Moldiers. But
when the facts came to bo known it
waa found thut nil the crippled Repub
lican soldiers in office had been retain
ed. It seems, however, that the Re
publican authorities of this Uommon
wealth have less regard for the soldier,
as the following will serve to show: I).
A. Whßesell, of Kaston, enlisted as a
private in the Fifth United States
Artillery in September, 1861, when not
quite eighteen years of age. He was
shortly after promoted to sergeant. He
was in every battle in which his battery
was engsged. At Gettysburg fie fought
under Hancock, and about an hour
before the buttle ceased, on tbo 3d of
July, 1863, lie was severely wounded
and lost a leg. Ilia name had already
been mentioned for promotion to a
lieutenancy and bore the cordial en
dorsement of Major-General Seymour.
The loss of his limb necessitated a dis
charge, and the commission did not
issue. When Sergeunt Whiteaell was
discharged, his papers bore the rare en
dorsement, "Conduct Excellent," which
is the highest grade, showing he had
not received a black mark during bis
whole term of service. His was the
maximum record of a soldier. When a
Itemocratic Auditor General and State
Treasurer demanded the resignation of
one of their appointees for complicity
in the riot bribery cases, Sergeant
Wbitesell was appointed to the vacan
cy. The complexion of the hoard was
politically changed last spring by the
induction into office of the new State
Treasurer, Hon. Samuel Butler, and the
result was the prompt dismissal of this
crippled soldier to make room for a Re
publican partisan. The Governor and
State Treasurer testify over their own
signatures to the faithfulness of Ser
geant Whiteaell. The Governor told
him that it was only for political !
reasons that he was dismissed.
This will serve to show that Repub
licans have no u*e for the soldier aside
from his vote. The shrieker* against a |
"solid south" were in the rear during
the war, but now they nre at the front
and the soldier is in the rear where '
the leaders are determined to keep him
unless he was a political brigadier and j
votes the Republican ticket. Longstreet
and Mosby get fat offices because they
have become Republicans, but men like
Sergeant Wbitesell, who were crippled
in fighting Longstreet and Mosby, are i
turned out of office because thoy re f use ;
to abandon their principles.
■
Frank Kurd's View of It.
From Cinatitntti Crnm*rrUl Int#r*l*w
" Did you see Tilden while you were
Last ? " ■
" Yes, but only for a short time, not
long enough to talk to him."
" Is his heart in this campaign ? "
"Undoubtedly, and be earnestly de- I
sires the election of Hancock."
" Did you call on Gen. Hancock ? "
" Yes. I spent a delightful afternoon
with him. I was fearful that I would
not like him. < >wing to his military
training I was prejudiced against him, !
but 1 was happily disappointed in him. j
He is social, straightforward and enter
taining, and wins you by his natural, :
easy manner. I was surprised at his j
conversation on law and civil subjects. 1
His talk demonstrated that he is a
great student."
" Is he confident of his election ?"
" Yes. There is no question appar
ently in his mind about the result. He s
talks HH if his election were a foregone
result. He takes a deep interest in
t >hio, and is anxious that the National
committee shall make a fight to carry
the State."
" Do the attacks made on him by the
pres annoy him ? "
"No. 1 should judge not. He never
alluded to tbern in his conversation."
" Will the Republicans curry New
York ? "
" No, of course not. All such claims
on their part are nonsensical. The
New York Democracy are United, and
the State is safe."
Sherman Fatally In Discount.
_
Fmm fh* Hm Yrk
The Shermans were always an itnpul- -
sive race ; we suspect the Secretary will
see presently that he ha* gone too far.
The less the Republicans say in praise
or justification ot the I/ouisiana return
ing board the better for them. Mr.
Sherman has persistently stood by those
shameless swindlers, by no means to his
credit, snd it is amusing to see how
easily Mr, Hendricks has now drawn
him into a controversy which is pretty
sure, if it is continued, to damage the
Republican*. It is not prudent for them
to help revive the infamous story of the
I/ousiana returning board.
There was at that time an amusing
story current of h:s zeal. He remarked
to a very eminent citizen of Washing
ton : "Sir, the members of the return
ing board are gentlemen; they are
honorable men ; they are as honest as I
am; as honest as you are-—" "Hold
on, hold on," cried the he
was addressing, "hold on, Sherman ;
you may compare them with yourself,
but you must not compare them with
me. I can't let you do that."
WIIII.R the Radicals are howling over
the late election in Alabama they
would do well to study the recent his
tory of that State a little. In 1874,
(under the Republicans) the debt and
liabilities of Alabama amounted to up
ward of $30,000,000. Under Democrat
ic rule this debt has been reduced by a
fair and just settlement with the State's
creditors to less than $10,000,000. The
amount required under Republican rule
in 1873 to conduct the State Govern
ment was $1,100,000. In 1870 the
amount required for the same purposes
waa less than $600,000. Public schools
have been opened in every township,
and the money appropriated for them
has been honestly and faithfully ap
plied. Crime has been constantly on
the decrease. The number of proaOcu
tions for larceny in 1879 was fiO par
cent, leas than the number in 1871—
L'harteHo* Newt and Owner.
1 HFi CKNHI'M.
GENERAL WALKER OM TUB HKCKNT
COUNT.
IIE SAVS THE KETI'RMS ARE AIISOLI'TELV
CORRECT, AMD DEFIES THE RADICALS TO
SHOW A F TRFCLE ERROR IN TIIE
L.L*TH RETURNED—WIIV TIIE
MET! RSS SHOW SO ML'CII
INCREASE OVER 1870.
NEW YORK, September 'J. —General
Francis A. Walker, superintendent ol
tho United States Census, is in town.
" Have you given uny attention, Gener
al, to the current rumors of an exagger
ated census in South Carolina?" asked a
newspaper representative to day. "Oh,
yes, I have seen them in print! The
republican papers have been making a
great deal of noise about what they call
fraud in the enumeration, but they ad
vance nothing tangible in support of
such an assertion. They base all state
ments simply on tbo discrepancy be
tween the censuses of 1870 and 1880 in
certuin localities specified in South Car
olina and Mississippi. In some counties
the increase in population is seventy
live, one hundred, and even one hun
dred and fifty per centum over the
ligures given in 1870. This by no means
proves, however, that the enumeration
just taken is fraudulent. My critics
Have failed to show a single name plac
ed wrongfully on the lists.
"Do you account for this great in
crease on natural grounds, such as im
migration and returning prosperity ?"
"No; 1 am inclined to think that it the
census of lß7ohad been properly taken
no great disparity would exist in the
showing. A morning republican paper
of this city states that I took that eero-us
also, which is true as far as it goes. Now
I will state for myself, that J was not al
lowed by law in 1870 to appoint enumer
ators in those States. The United
States marshals, some o( whom were
colored and others of whom were north
ern men unacquainted with the country,
were given the work to do. These of
(icals were independent ot me. I had
j no authority or semblance of control
! over their actions. There was every
I reason why the census should be defect
| ivo in those localities were incompetent
or ignorant assistants were employed."
"Is the census office entirely satisfied
I that no blame rests on the officers of the
I 1880 census?" was further asked.
General Walker replied to this with
. emphasis : "The census office i* dissatis
i fiei with any returns th*t are not abso
; lutely correct. We are proud to say tbat
- the census i to be perfect. If it is not
so now. we will make it so at the earliest
: possible moment. I consider it i* rny
| duty to investigate this matter, and it is
now being looked after.
, "We shall endeavor to see whether the
abnormal increase can be accounted for
iby the defection ten years ago. In pur
i suance of this policy we have taken, in
counties subject toquesiion. the deacrip
: tion of every family, on a separate card,
from the returns of 1880,187(iand I*6o.
: If in any county of the state of South
j Carolina we find one thousand families
; returned in the census of I*Bo and in
I that of 1860, but not in that ot 1870, we
I shall concludethat the last enumeration
| was defective, and shall abandon the
| investigation."
Governor Curtin on Governor Hisrler.
I Fr*tn tbt riogiflflt! R"|>t)bltraj).
In the remarks made bv Governor
!' urtin, when the serenade was tender
ed him on Monday evening of lat week,
i alter speaking of the early history of
; Clearfield town, and of the many
triends he had here when he was prac
ticing his profession at our bar, he re
! calied to the memory of the people
i who stood in his presence, the name of
a number of the prominent, useful and
j influential men who are dead. In the
course of hi* remarks he s|oke of Gov.
Bigler in language so truly in harmony
with those of this locality that we
think it worthy of publication :
In thus reminding you of your use
ful and influential citizens who are dead,
I can refer with sentiments of the
highest respect for Governor Bigler
during his lite; I can unite with you in
honoring his memory when dead. I
knew him weli in hi* boyhood and
formed with him personal relations,
marked by a sincere friendship, which
no change of circumstances and inter
est, or difference in political sentiment
i ever marred or in the least inter
j rupted. Governor Rigler was distill
; guished in the faithful discharge of all
his official res|oniiibilities ami duties, in
the enjoyment of the exalted positions
to which he was assigned by the partial
ity of the people. I need not speak of
his private character; you all knew
him well and appreciated his virtues,
his integrity, his benificenre and his
public spirit in the purity of his Chris
tian character. In his public life there
was no taint. In all the asperities
which, in this country, aro the nece*
ssry outgrowth of political life, neither
his integrity nor the want of sincerity
in his convictions of right, were ever
assailed. I n his last official position, it
was my good fuilune to be called by
him in hia assistance in the work he
had so generously undertaken as a mem
her ot the Board of Finance of the
Centennial enterprise ; his services, al
though appreciated at the time, were
never properly recognized or lemenv
hered. In the passage ot the hill by
Congress he did more service and evinc
ed tuore skill ami infused more earnest
ness into the friends of the measure
than any man living or dead, and I
have no hesitation in saying from my
knowledge of all that occurred, that to
him more than any of the earnest men
who bore an active part in that wonder
ful exhibition of the progress and |KW
er of this country, we are indebted for
the success at Washington, without
which the Ktnosition might have been
a failure. He labored with untiring
zeal in the collection of money for the
enterprise and twice he called me to
New York to render auch assialance as
1 oould give him; there to contend
with the jealousies of a rival city if
not the opposition of wealthy and
influential citizens; but hit success
was acknowledged by the contributions
he received by his colleagues, other
men connected with the centennial
were made the recipients of compli
menta, of valuable presents, of adulation
and public demonstrations of respect
and gratitude, whilst the man who did
so much, whose work was so clean and 1
well done wiih left h a rewsrd, the con-
Acioiisnes* of a full performance of all
hi* duties, and now, when be too ba
bit the du*t, bin friend* nn'l neighbor*
of Clearfield county, will fully reslj,..
the purity of hi* character and will
that they were honored by the citi/<. ri
whip of auch a man, and should never
fail to remember him and mourn hi,
loaa. My frienda, he leave* hi* Klarn<
lea* life as a benefaction to you. UII>I f
trust you will all no endeavor Irritnitate
hi* example, no a* when you g., y,„
may leave to your neighbors and friend,
j auch an example an he hn to tho,<-
| who may follow you, no that another
| generation may rise up and call you,
| 100, blessed.
*.>0,000 a Hay.
Colanliiu (0 , Time* 'te iu ), j>t<-rul t i
j Hayes and nearly hi* entire Cabir.et
| have gone on a Mumping tour for Car
| field that will extend over a period of
I about five week*, During tin* period
j they are discharging no official .Jut-
I but are being paid their salaries for
{ making Republican Mump speech,.,
j Have* draw* a salary of *I.OOO aw., k
; and the rest of them a weekly salary
I *'JO() each. The Government also
| all their travelling expense*. \\'h<-ri
I we take the 15,000 other Federal ofl'.c
holder* and clerk* who, ]n*lea>l of <i.
charging any oflieial duties, arc work
ingdor the Republican candidate.,
find that the |ieo|<le are being taxed at
the rate of f. r 0,000 a day to run the I; •
j publican campaign. And yet Mr.
Sherman think* there should be • r , ,
change." Of course, the Republican
politicians can get along swimmingly
i without a change—but how about th
i people'!
The He Colwr.
The following i* an extract from a
letter written to hi* principals by or •
I Chittenden, agent for the Chicago firm
of l>e fiolyer A McClellan, contract'-i,
for wooden pavement*under the inV ..
on* Shepherd Ring at Washington n
1872:
"To-day's and to ni'/Z/r i park ha' s.
| the aixtttar.ee oj Cen. <far tie Id. )ci
| not oxer rale the importance of tint aero
j Beit ehainmm of the committer m •
j atiorit and holds the purer ttnwjt of ■
Salmnal Treasury. Through htm tou >• e
! cirri/ dollar of appropriation. / nerd n :
> ty that / rujic fee! eertmn of tueetu."
Ihe agent n faith in <!en. 'iarfieid •
eay conquest wa* well founded. For
the sum of *.">,000 the man who "held
the purne-sthng*of the nation ' uw-d h -
influence to unloose them for the l-en
fit of a gang of plunderer*.
CEITTRAL
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
(K'phth Xormnl Srhool District.
LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON* CO., I'A
A. N. RAI 15, A.M., I'riurijHil.
r piUS SCHOOL, as at present con
] A rUUCod, ofl-r. the ,-ry If>.t tactl-li— f,r I'lt
f,ionl *|><l Cla-al-al learning.
BalldlOr* epariotM. Ui.,l,n* nod noam-diona;
pl-t-ly brate-i l.y nt-nm. *-II r-otllnlod. and fort.ni
, ed *itb ■ t-uuaiiful supply f i ur* viin .,n ~ nr
j wnt-r. *
I—-at 1-n h-allhfnl and -*sy of aoraaa.
tint round, ns ar-nery ns>ni|*M.
T-n-Ji-rs -nprri-n-od, -m.lrnt, nndall.r l ,1,-ir
! work.
IHs- It-line, Son *t..| kind, onifura and tbororjck
K* |-r.ro-I-ti-i.
J FiO. coats a —k deduction to tb-ee preparing I
Undents admitted *t any tlm-.
Courses of study pr—cni— 1 t.y the (Mats: I, M
' : SrbraiL 11. fr-p,.story III.KI-ui-1-ln,) 11 s
j < uliflc.
a/ *cr *uu
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Th. Kl- n—alary and Kcontif, cur— *r- Pi
Icmnal, anil emd-nts rnultmiin* Ih-r-ir, r- - -*
lii|-lom>. rt-nfrrrinc lb* folio*it,* -tr-.i n<!it,.
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lb- Varnlly
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tbor-u*not inl-jvr to ib . of our brt
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|tr.mla- *l-1 in d-t-l>-|-tng th-ir |---r* and at-iin . i
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r<* < atal.-jm* ktrd t-rnw ad-lt- lb- rum 11-a
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StorkH-l-l-ra' Tii-i.— J Marian, kl n A II
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WOODWARD SEMINARY.
BoudSag tad Bit Scbcel for Ycaag Ladict
aad Littls CMldrea.
SECOND AND LOCUST STREETS
HiItRLSRURG, PA.
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afodj .laaair and Ai-aulk. *i,b Wu.-r
*fn Art
JE? 'CO" #r - na-d) . y *a, and no
for . Irrnlai* and nil d-lrabl- lnf.mnahn. addr—
t!"*" mijfcirAt.
PATENTS.
|>ATENTB procnml uj>on Inten-
I ■ 11..na. No Arroanrr** Fi ta ir,, <h.r
I Hon** . -.UI-llali-l in IW*t We tile CAVKAT*
•I.d obtain TRAtiK MARKS. I>RSI(IX I'ATBA'Ts t
I IST V K >*' TO RS
Iwli'.ao* r* rmT With yomr tm
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; "WC Itarotti, Ih- tnvw.hwi' Journal
: K • A. P. LACXT, latent Attorney..
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-MONEY To 1'""" atOperrt.
AM X n, „r vJi •! IRSVR
AXriC CO. OF NKW ToKM, <• Mrsl wnrtmie. n
ln.pM.red farm pr-p-Hi. In mmt n-d ha* than *V. 1 -
and not -r-e-lm* <**dhltd of lb* ananl rain, of
U- pepMly. Any portion of tb- principal nan h
"* •' "*J Utn-. and It baa b—o tb- natm nf tb
oenpaay to p-rnxt tb- pel -Hpal to rwaaln a* lon* *•
tb- tmrrownr trtab**. If tba Inl-r—t In pr.rn.ptl, pud
Apply to ' '
CHARMS* r. SHRRMAK. Albcrnnyot-la*.
*3T tkmrt -tr—t, R-adi*. p.
or to HAVIP *. KLINK,On.** Aivo^-f/
BHI-dnnt-. p<
(RAHMANS HOTEL,
X* Ifptnell.CVnrt Hw, BRLLKfkkIfTB, BA
A rood l.l—ry attarbod.
For Sale.
A FARM conuiniog Filly Acres,
vn7v•"Si• TWOdrroRV
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