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Neither the United States nor any State shall assume to pay any debt or obligation incurred in ait I of insurrection or rebel lion against the United States, or claim for the loss or emancipation of any slaves, but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal aiul void. —Constitution of j the United States, article 14, section 4. Gen. Hancoch'a Plodgo to Enforco the Foregoing Article. The amendments to the Constitution of the United States 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 effect of the Constitution, which in every article, section and amendment is the supreme law of the land. —General Hun cock's Letter of Acceptance. Garfield's Endorsements. The "Strong Government" for which the Radical leaders sigh, what is it?, A President selected lrom the aristoc- j racy and holding office for life; n Senate front the same class, holding for life, and State governors to be ap pointed by the Federal power. These were the distinguishing features of the | old Federal plan, as advocated by : Alexander Hamilton, and totvaids which the legislation of the Republi can party so stoutly tends by under- l mining the reserved rights of the j States and of the people; in claiming the power to surround their elections by Federal bayonets and Federal su- [ pervision, as well as to enter their Legislative halls and determine by military command who shall or shall j liot he recognized as members, as they I did in New Orleans and Columbia. This is the kind of " Strong Govern ment" that James A. Garfield favored in Congress in a speech when he said : "7 believe, Mr. Speaker, that ihe fame of Jefferson is waning and the fame of Hamil ton is waxing in the estimation of the Amcr can people, anil that we are gravitating to wards a Wronger form of government. lam glad we are," And again, in his recent speech in New York, when he took occasion to eulogize the statesmanship of Hamil ton, he squarely endorsed the same sentiment. Mr. Garfield holding these views and desires, it is not surprising that he was an active agent in all the infamous acts of the Republican Con gress and Executive to usurp power not accorded them by the (Constitution or in harmony with its spirit, and at once so expressive of his high apprecia tion of Hamilton and his methods of government. But the Democracy, which is still a strong factor in directing the aflairsof the American government, stands as firm now in opposition to the Hamiltonian plan as they did when Jefferson met and overcame it in 1801 9 and we need have no fear that the present accidental candidate for the Presidency, with his besmirched rec ord, can now reach a position of power and influence to utilize his endorse ment of the Hamiltonian plan. "WHAT does it mean that Hancock refuses to put himself on record either in public or private against the payment of rebel claims."— llellefonte Hopublican, Read Hancock's letter in another part of the DEMOCRAT, good man, and find out what it means. Do our Republican friends want any more letters from Hancock ? His latest on the subject of rebel war claims must be so entirely satisfactory to them that they will probably long for mora of the Bame sort. Judge Black on Garfield. "The Issues .ill H fth Us tun! the Accidents S'ot Against I s." How Garfiold ThinkH Treachery to Country Fidelity to His Faction. The following letter from ihe Hon. .1. 8. Rlack, of I'enusylvitnia, sent in re ply to an invitation to attend the great Democratic mass-meeting of Thursday evening, but not received in time to be read that evening, will command the attention of thinking men ol all shades of political opinion : BROCKII, YORK, Pa., Sept. 22, ISBO. GENTLEMEN : 1 cannot attend the meeting of the Democratic-Republicans at the city of New York on the 23d inst. Rut I can assure you of my con currence in its object, and if time and space permitted I could give you a rea son for tiie faith that is within me. I trust we are approaching the end of our long struggle against the oppression and fraud of the anti-constitutional party. They have sought the destruc tion of our Government by every possi ble means in their reach. Ry our Gov ernment I mean the whole system of fundamental law under which we live, including the granted powers of the Federal Union, the reserved rights of tho States and the personal liberty of the citizen. These three are all vital points of our political organization, and the life of the nation depends as much upon one as another. If you want to kill a man it makes no difference wheth er you knock out his brains, Htab him through the heart or tear open his bowels—either way he is done for. Certainly an American who forcibly tramples on civil liberty or by violence extinguishes the rights of the States is j not less a traitor to his country than . one who resists the just authority of j j tha Federal Government. I need not remind you with what j ! manifold treachery our opponents got | possession of the power which lhe> have so frightfully abused. At the be ginning of the war they solemnly pledged themselves to use the forces put into their hands for the sole pur pose of defending the Federal Govern ment and maintaining the supremacy of the Constitution and laws, with all j the rights of the States and the people | unimpaired; and they promised that j when this was accomplished the war j should instantly cease, in considera tion of this special pledge, superadded to their oaths, the men and the money were put into their hands which com- ; pletely subdued the armed opposition j of the South to the Union. But when ! the conflict was over they announced ; that the victory instead of defending | i the Government had revolutionized and j overthown it ; that the whole do false return was the only resource against him. I ilo not believe that General Garfield, if let alone, would j commit an election fraud any more than he would steal a horse or a sheep. But when the managers of i his party demanded his aid in a great swindle he could not refuse. Under that coercion he went down to Louisi ana and there found it absolutely cer -1 tain that the Tilden electors hail been ! "duly appointed - ' at a legal and full j poll, so peaceably conducted that there was not even a squabble about it in the whole State. And the appointment so made was attested by and recorded upon the certificates and the oaths of election oflicers adverse to the ap pointees in all their feelings and wishes. There was no earthly excuse for deny ing this ; no contradiction of it could be honest. To count the State for Hayes was a thing that could be done only by impudent and unmitigated fraud. For a time 1 hoped that General Garfield's share in that great crime had consisted in passive acquiescence, and I am sur prised by the proofs recently brought forward of his active assistance in its perpetration. His judgment as a mem ber of the Electoral Commission was a thing to be expected, for ho must long before that have convinced himself that a fraud was as good away as any other of electing a ('resident. In a political game he did not think that anybody had moral sense enough to abstain from thowing a die which he himself had loaded to win the stake. This liability to he rushed into evil courses by his party associates has brought upon him much odium which he does not deserve in the transactions of the Credit Mobilier. The stock dis tributed by Makes Ames was intended to influence the legislation of Congress corruptly. He and the company who put it into his hands meant business, and that business was bribery. Un doubtedly those members who took it knowing the nature of the thing were great criminals and wholly unworthy to retain their seata. But Gen. Garfield though he certainly agreed to fake the stock and did actually take dividends upon it, had no suspicion of its connec tion with the Union Paciflo Railroad or of the conflict which its possession might create between hia private interest* and his public duly. lie was as guiltless as the child unborn of any dishonest meaning about the whole business. I believe this not merely because he told mo so, but because it is probable in itself and corroborated by many circum stances. If he had stuck to it he would have been credited by all men as he was by me. Fearing that hia politi cal friends might influence him to do part from it 1 wrote beseeching him to stand fast upon the defense he had made to me. That he did not tuko this advice is the bitterest regret of his life. But "the party" would not let him take it. The accusation struck at the highest heads in the House and the Hcnate. They had but one answer, and that was a positive denial of the fact that any stock had ever been taken by them ; and on that linn they expected Mr. Ames to swear them through. Genorul Garfield, for Hie benefit of oth ers and to his own great injury, united in making this false defence. Their witness failed them and they were all convicted. After the report of the committee I wrote to Mr. Blaine the letter which has been extensively pub lished and which was an effort to put General Garfield back upon the true ground wdiich he never ought to have abandoned. But it was too late. I regret sincerely that Gen. Garfield is a candidate or that he should be placed in any position which calls for criticism on his conduct as a public man. But I have suid nothing that will be new to him, for in many forms, at many times, in sundry ways, publicly and privately, 1 have given this same construction of his acts and exhorted him to come out from the evil and corrupt fellowship which drags him down while it pretends to elevate him. I hope that on all the issues the friends of liberty and justice and law and honest government will make themselves heard by the nation so clearly that at the next election the popular condemnation of the anti-con stitutional faction will be overwhelm ing. In the menutime let us watch as well as pray that the country be not swindled again. Faithfully and hopefully yours, J. 8. BLACK. The Hon. Augustus Schell, Chairman, and members of committee. Hancock's Gold I'cn. FL'RNISIIED TIIF. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE TO WRITE HIS INAL'UCRAI, ADDRESS. From t!••• New York Herald of Tn-*., Sept. 20, 1880. "General W. S. Hancock, Governor's Island, N. 1. "DEAR SIR: 1 inclose slips cut from the Gazette and Commercial of this city, both of them newspapers of large cir culation and influence in Ohio and In diana, referring, as you will see, to the much-barped-upon subject in our poli tics of rebel claims. These newspapers and Republican stump speakers are constantly asserting that it you are elected President the churns of disloyal people of the South for losses sustained in the war will be allowed and paid by the United States. They further direct special attention to the fact that this charge has been made against the Dem ocratic party, and that you, its candi date for President, have not denied it. This warfare is made in all seriousness and maintained with great earnestness, and repeated day after day in the press aud in speeches. You are known to the country as a frank, honest soldier, now the representative of the Demo cratic party, and having a right to speak for it. Whatever you may say the people will hear and believe. 1 submit the matter to your good judg ment as to what you Bhould say or whether you should make any public utterance at all. Very respectfully J yours, "THEODORE COOK." The following is General Hancock's reply: "GOVERNOR'S ISLAND. 1 " Nr.w YORK, September, 23, 1880. > " To Theodore Cook, Esq., Cincinnati, O. " DEAR SIR : Your letter of the 20th instant has been received. 1 regret that you are disturbed about the effect of that bugbear, 'Southern war claims.' The people cannot be misled by it. To i suppose that ' Rebel Claims,' or claims in | the interest of persons who were in re bellion, can in any way or in any degiee j be countenanced is an imputation of I disloyalty such as used to be made | against Democrats even when they were jin arms defending the country. So far |as it touches me, 1 denounce it. The j Government can never pay a debt or I grant a pension or reward of any sort lor waging war upon its own existence; j nor could 1 be induced to approve or encourage payment of such debt, pen ! sion or reward. Nobody expects or i wants such unnatural action. To pro | |iote it would be an insult to the in j telligence and honor of our people. | When rebellion was crushed the heresy I of secession in every form and in every incident went down forever. It is a j thing of the dead past. We move for | ward, not backward. If I were Ureal- I dent 1 would veto all legislation which i might come before me providing for the ' consideration or payment ot claims of j any kind for losses or damages by per ; suns who were in rebellion, whether | pardoned or not. "In relation to 'Union War Claims' the I Goverment's obligations to its defend j ers come first. They are lasting and sacred. The public laws of civilized nations do not in general recognize claims for injuries to property resulting from the operations of war. Neverthe less our Government has treated with I great indulgence the claims for losses | and damages suffered by Union men from the military operations of the war •of the Union. But as hostilities were closed more tlmn fifteen years ago, claims of that nature—now mostly in the hands of brokers or persons other than the original sufferers—are becom ing stale and in my judgment might fairly be considered aw barred by the lapse of time, and if hereafter enter tained at all, should be subjected to the j strictest scrutiny. Yours very truly. "WINEIELD S. HANCOCK." Judge Black Oil Karflrid. __ From tbe Nf* York Hun. The picture which Judge Black is said to have drawn of Garfield's moral character, in the Philadelphia /'rest, is a very remarkable one. lie appears to be acquainted with twoGarfields having the same Christian names, one of them very good and one of them very bad, one of them an estimable private citi zen and one ol them a most disreputa ble politician. Tbe first one never swore falsely, and never helped forward an election fraud ; while the second one was a Credit Mobilieriat, a corrupt con gressman, an aider and abettor of tbe l.ouisiana forgeries, and one of the in- ! famous eight on the electoral commia- 1 •ion who gave those forgeries the force and effect of law and of fact. Judge Black also states that the Gar field whom he knows privately is an out-and-out free-trader, and is in his heart as good a Democrat as tbe judge himself; while the other Garfield is a prohibitory taiiff man, and a thorough going Republican partisan, who long since gave the "key of his conscience to his party." We say there must be two men of thia name, for it is manifestly impossible for two such opposite characters to exist in tbe same person. Judge Black, how. ever, seems to think otherwise, and to have made up his mind that a man may be honest in some relations when he is a scoundrel in others ; that the "hands" which take bribes in Congress may be considered "clean" outside, and the man who lies under oath may yet be deemed a very re*pectable citisen. But if Judge Black does not draw at bribery and perjury the line of distinc tion—and we emphatically deny that there is any such distinction—between public and private morals, where will he draw it* It is, however, with the pub lic character of James A. Garfield that both he and we are required to deal in this canvass, and of him we understand Judge Black to affirm, upon the strength of a long and intimate ac quaintance, that there is no crime he would not commit, and acaroely any that he has not committed, to serve tie party that serves him. Altoooa is agitating the edvisebility of • paid fire department. GENERAL NEWS. WilliarnHport ban thirty one church congregation*. The Democrats of the Firt lowu Ji*. trict have nominated W. H. Culberts.oii for CongreHH. Venner the Canadian weather |,roi-h et, predict* cooler and stormy weatln r for the firat few week* of October, On Wednesday of last week, tj 1( , people of Memphia, Term., celebrated the continued good health of the city and its escape from Yellow fever duriij i the pant summer. Governor Cornell, of New York, e*. I pericnced an attuck of malarial fev, r | while staying with his wife at Hotel j Brighton, Coney Inland, last week, but | at last accounts, he was convalescing. The saw mill of Mr. Silas Weak lan>sen : gers were hurl. Business Notices. Why are horses and cattle after taking | Huberts' Horse Powders like a new laun i dried shirt? Because they look sleek and j clean. —No more sick chickens. Save your I poultry and cure them of disease, by using I Roberts' Poultry Powder. It has never I failed to cure Cholera, and all diseases to j which fowls are subject. Price 25 cents jer package. For sale by all druggists. —At the present time when there are -o many worthless linaiuents in the market, it would Im* well to inquire which is the best. This will be found in M. B. Hubert's ; Embrocation'—it is a panacea for ailments I that require rubbing either on man or I beast. Price 35 cents per bottle. Why do you cough when you can j find s|M*edy relief in Sines Syrup of Tar, i Wild Cherry and Ilorehound? It is the J most pleasant and efficacious remedy known for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Asthma, and all : diseases tending to pulmonary consump tion. Has been sold for over thirty years and is especially adapted to children, a- it | does not nauseate, and consequently it can ! be used in sufficient quantity as to effect a i cure. Try one lwittle and you will never ;be without it. Price 25c. and 50c. per bot tle. Sold everywhere. Ask your druggist tor it. ™ —The popularity of M B. Robert* | Horse Powders is proving itself in the in creased demand throughout this State, from the fact that the public are at hot finding out that it is fxissible to obtain a package of Horse and Cattle Powder whi< h is strictly pure and free from such adulter | atioot as bran, cake meal, and other in i gredienU calculated to pufl' the animal ! instead of curing it of the disease it is suf i faring from. M. B. Roberta' Horse Pow -1 dors contain no adulteration, and are much j cheaper than any other, as but a table ! spoonful i* required for a dose. Ask any j old horseman as to their merits. For sal" everywhere. Price reduced to 25c. f-r package. Philadelphia Market.. I'limmiwi, Rept 27,1". In tin-sdilnfl, l.t littls -hfn*; sltal I# h(|hff. Fu-vs—Flour Is dull and rath-r -ak on lon grade* S.l*. °t I.JiS, lamls. inrluiliny Minnesota rilrw. I and rh-lre. al X'W o V7%; do d". sirsighi at F* • A"; Pennsylvania (amily. at M.TWa *. western do.. at tsos, and |-atetit al F.T4, Rip flour Is acacp an 1 steady at F> per I-artel llatia—The el,-at market Is fairly arllrr and pre •* \r. higher. Hales of fI.OOO l-isli-la, inrludlrif rsjo -l rejected. at nV flktUrtj red and unl-r. track an I afloat, at II (tVaaal . and No 2 red.elerator.at II Al lh*. Open I sard, first rail. &,(•! bushels (Viol*-, ed.l al f I (•'•. |tl.<*n bushels November at 11.0t 7 . ; ll.'* l , waa Wd few Hep, em her: II onflj, for Ikiole, .|1 ,17-. for NoTemlxe. and II "e\ for Peoeml-er Rye is fitm al Mr. for I'ennsrhaiiia Aetna—Tl.oer is doll, small sales al 7\-*',r. Timothy la firm, and arils at 1i.7.'0 2.MU. * mm Bellefonte Market*. Itiutronra, Sept. St, IN*,. QUOTATION*. Wl,ite wheat, per bualiel .fold).. 41 ,si Red wheat (new. . Rye, ]er bushel _ Ml Com. cob... '• Cora, shelled „ r,< Floor, retail. t>er harral-..!"*" 7717"" I 1,1 Floor, wliolswale 4 ;i Provision Marhat Corrweted weekly by Harper Brothers Apples, dried, per ponod_..„ fl Che,Ties. dried, par poand, sssdnd.. )• Beans per -janrt..—...... S Fresh hotter per poand , y, Chlrkens per poand s Cheese per pound JS Country bams per pouad.. ~ ... lfl Hams, sugar cured 1 Baooa.. a l*ard per poand ....... * Rags per dor _ It Potatoes per baaket ... 4" Brted beef. IN ■Vr A dvcrti*em*ntA. HorNPH for Sale. fXRE pair HEAVY DRAUGHT \J HtiRHBR. and oae small FA Ml IV HBIVINII HORBR. Inquire a! R. F 111 AFFRR, Nlttaav. Fa Notice. PH. HAUPT lirn applied to the a Bermtary of Inleraal Affaire of tka Common wealth of Pennsylvania for twelve srrs. of land en waled m Ike rewaahln Bo*a, la Ike oouoty of Cewtre, adjoining lands In the warrantee nan,.-, of William Bawell on the north. Foam Brooks on the east, Thomas I'vlU on the south sad -lames Roland oa the waal, 40-dw