II
to ii German population that alwa . paid their
debts, and they are a people who al Ave do it
5...1.4nt only this.but the Federal le • elation on
the sulject is a gross attempt to istabhish an
r3 T e
autocracy. and it permitted to re tin, in ez
Went* will, In twenty-tive yearn,tabllsh an
artsti cracy of wealth in chi:so:mut with more
Fiver over the labor, over the life, the pro
perty, and' the bum* of our citizens, than
Itutt which oppresses the people lit any other
quarter of the globe." •
4 -We commeud to . Mr. Piolletl his own
&pet bgem concerning honest teed, and would
orepectfully refer him to his mottle -hi-law fir
acertificate of character ID the: re pest, fits
oblation to our Genoqiu population-ht also
appropriate, viewed in the. brilliant' light
Which streams from Ohio. W. Is seldom
prodigal of the , truth, but in this t troke bet
ter ten years ago than be kuew ay.: The
Germans are a bard-money people, and believe
, t
ki paYiug as they go. Ilnwillingl sod with
i
sarcastic tongue he foretold the fu are of the
D4rnocraticparty of Pennsylvania - hen be de
pounced the coming of the moneyed aristocrecy ,
sail its effect, upln the countryi Blindly, but
aerie the less accurately, has be described its
dangerous tendencies. He made but one mis
take ; the rag baby is Cthe adiipted child
of I the Democracy—one or t wo—at.
whose ' rechristening at Erie i be' was
present, 'and statds tc-day one of its most
prcuoinera god-fathers. To inflate the volume'
of Currency, to fiend the country with ocettes
of irredeemable promises t i pay, in a word, to
1 . .
rf.Tl! 1 d nit P, will produce the wretched 'resut,
Which - be predicts. Thanks to ;the brle,i
voters of Ohio, they buried one of these , twins
the other day; on ihe • 2d of Noyember the
holiest voters of this State will do.the semi by
the•other.
16 18C5 Mr. Piollet was burnin z . with . Di
m/kin zeal to pay off the national `'debt. re
ead'ed faith Of the government wa4 it, his eY - s
beautiful to contemplate. GI save •
"Turn them out of odic.), and pet in bowed .
wen, and charge these new ageuti to g.). for
. ward in good faith and make' orovntion tor the
*Mein payment of every dollar that hal lee.n
borrowed IMOD the faith of your GOre. rilne or
2htin tell th'em to truce steps to oo n .telidate • 3
pea.t., over the laud ; to Jake stone: to make
that portion of tare country which it, has beep
found necessary to desolate in order to pit
detain armed resistance yistld a reyenne coin
znetisnrate with Its former proaperity ai'eoou
as possible. t Then go into the market. of the
world with your bot.ds, bearinutnree per cent.
Interest, and borrow money at therate to pay
atlas& debt.. This process would virtually pay
en&baltof it; for I fee] convince 4, that we
can borrow the amount at three per cent. the
moment we show the world that w have co
ablidated a perfect peace, and th at n-
be people
Of our country are again in unit' a and are
going to produce as they have here fore."
Him beautiful this is! How full of the ;Ids
dotepf ages! How practical the theory and
`his
the result! How consistent with
his Loner declaration that . 4 Federal lezislatlon
on the subject is a gross attempt to establish an
aristocracy." How closely does this'language.
tally! with his utterance of to-day. I . .
Ho complains that: • t
, t ,
"'ilia money of this country inve4ted in
Government seendties pays nothlOg toward.
any of theme purposes, while the iholderm of
theme bends drawing Pilch a high rate of in
terest. ate entitled to all the right that we en
joy. I Yellow bemocrat,,when &bele men talk.
to yen about the equality of the neero, ask
them if it would not be well to ;talk - about
equality amongmt ourselves." [ApOlause.l
And then be motirnfuily comments upon this
sad State of affairs and virtuowly resolves':
"'rho Worst feature of this system is that It
is destructive of, the equality which was meant
jeits suaintained amongst the citizen. . I cer
d nay i n l mot envy the man woo pooket4 this
advantage. I would not walk around among
airy f•Ilow-citizens and keep company with
' gentlemen, retlectiog that I had i taker! ad
vantage of a bad law, and meanly attempted
to like in the State without contribating to iti
support." J
t.srtatily, Mr. Millet has no call to .envy
himself upon this any more than to has upais
any other part of his public or ntiv,ate record,
and! his assumption of superior virtue needs
but a wroke of the pen to puncture and shlw
the hollowness of the bubble. Wekvill nrive
(real the record in his own county that be his
a ri t ibt to every other sentiment toiler beam°
rat r than that of envy at his pciskion of a
tax-payer and supporter of the Overt:anent.
LookAt these figures and read tbeui, not once,
3
but wise and thrice. It is the Tricorns Tax
PA I.) BY VICTOR E. I'IOLIIEf dttrlttg
*the ears from 1803 to 1870, inclustre :
isecone Tax "old b 7 J. E. - ik V. E. nollet.
• ; . - tyao vo
1963, tapecial 4 • • • I is 10
1b66 18641 p • • • • • I 32 46
'5 90
/5 66 1 • - • • :1. On 50
19E7. • • - - . I do 00
aSek. • - - - -I 00 00
1869, • . . ' I 04 :t9
• .- •
. 1570 . . . . . su on
1
Itri't this a splendid showing? Its it• any
wonder that envy has no place in' his brews, ?
Bead this and then see how eloquent are l h ise
figur'cis. How is a man who owns ili6-1.1 acres
of some.of the finest land in . Bradford connty,
and, 1 in addition, owns a large store- and an ex
tensive mill. Besides, during then years, he
was in the 'receipt of a large income as Gen
eral Superintendent of the Ccinstruzlacon of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad. His assessmen is
on $24,/49. And yet,:dnring all thesa yaars;
BE iHAS PAID TILE MAGNIFIC'ENT
BUtAt OF TWO HUNDRED AND
FORTY-TWO DOL LARS ANDiTLIIIITIL
FIVE CENTS. In .1865, the very y,•ar .he
delivred himself of this virtuous I our it,: HE
PAID ONLY FIVE DOLLARS ASD
211N,ETY CENTS. In 1807 and IMS 7'llE
AMOUNT OF lIIS'TAX WASIR EPRE
BEN,TED. BY . . i ZERO —ABSOL U rr: L 1 -
OGTIIING. It was during &he JO:ins ill or
Democratic administration ; and. of coitr.:,., b e
had no trouble in SII I EAR/AWi IT OFF.
In 12il0 he succeeded, by: hook -' or I crook, IN
AGAIN TAKING "Al) VSNTAGE OF A
BAD LA IV," 'AND PAYING
,iSO TAX.
His veil of virtue is all too thin—his systemi 7
tic ai:d successful attempt to defratid the-zov
erntrient 'of its: revenue ip meanness 'per
sonified, and : -be knew I it, • and
' probiely gloried in :it, even
,while
he I was ' speaking. Besides I he . is
largely interested in a Nation al bank, and bolas
and nests in Government Bonds and profits by
,their,lpossession. Of course he sio.s not envy
tbreel men—except- those I who own more of
Wesel bonds than he does hims-M. And he is
still guabled to '.walk around among his fellow
citizens," bearing this and a much heavier load
of sin, not only .. Inflating
" but chuckling over
the fist that he has " t3keu ativautage of a bad
law,'l and made money out of it, t.. 16. Respict
ing the equality of citizenship, he is is capitalist
as well 'as a" bloated bondhilder."l Let :any
one go - out upon his farm of 1,600 :acres land
ask his score or two of farm laborers hosi he
exemplified his idea of equality th ' re. ,And
they will readily answer, • By , grin,l
ing more
3
houni of work and less pay than an man they
know; of; and exhibiting the depoT 4" ent of a
taskmaster instead of a eentlioi n." br
his crn.-tty to his men, THEY HAVE BEEN:
KNOWN TO SHOOT AT HIM WIFE( GUN
OR PISTOL, as the court records swlil show.
His theory is one thing, his practice another.
In brief, his record in 1865 was that .of the
Copperhead Democracy—bard mivie;y, the iari
Mediate payment of the National debt, the ah-
solute, worthlessness of greenbacks; 'vehicti be
said were the product of "Chase's paper eta
s ey factory," and the cancelling of all ou.ais
I easing interest above three per cent. If he -
er hisjparty had been honest in th'ir vi...w.‘,.
the pelople, while they condemned, tnigir.b .V.!
forgiven them. But be was not honest. 'A's
purpose and desire, like that of Mr. !Pershiur,
was MI embarram the government dorinr i Vet
war and hamper its efforts for reconstruiginie.
Be wanted hard money-: , when gold' was it a
.. 1 •
premlbm of 200.0 r 300 per mei., well koti
it v If, was impossible fur the government to
pi (alike it ould also' knowing that w bile this
otelt yl action &Vet ed the government It gars
aid air d comfit'', to the rebels. His entire
coot* upon this import iht rphistion most be
reviered in th It .l ht treasonable motives
at i
d inciples.
•-
The preset t ~rantion of Mr. PloUet, on the
Unsocial question is of leo much notoriety to
needpiuco comment. 1 11 Is that of the Dl
morsauc platform at..Erfe, mei in its entii i ct
scoptl, opposed to all his-professed principlesi
former years. 'Now' be waotasoft money, be
don't' care whether the national debt is ever
pain, so that be gets more unroll, sod as tor
the inds, why, he'll take as many of 'an as be
can I e , arid Lave no compunctions about cliP
ping he coo; ous, ho matter compunc t ions
the is'e
ta tk , r st may be. Money, not priociplee--offids.
nor honor, is his motto.
This is the record of the men who desires
to beititate Treasurer. We are wofully nits.
takt-ti lb the intehigeoce, sound judgment and
pat? heir m of the people of Pennsylvania if tha
shali l c:tosent to his drake. Fritm- any sesna
tiwebence the character of Vicwr E. Nile!
mayviewed. it is covered with corrupt)oa,
disholterty and treason . • Whether it be as'otte
of a ot kof roosters standing, h . ., use his owo
words, "in tl.e corners of the, Capitol with
their hands open behind tbelr 'backs, ready to
f.Aie be price that might be given them:'
whetber it be as pa) Master h the Mexican
war. recei% lug ftom his nephew, a soldier to
innthe sum of $1,2500jA) take to tit d,
, I ~
mleter's a fa, iu the i event of bis
at d keeping it. for. 18 months in the
bit the nephew would di'e, only refandi.
i!,tilly on bis return; Whether it be a
•Imitactor building his farm huilding i r
the u a erial "belonging! , to the St tte ;
t i rr it he as a prriot: of the F,lshing Creek
ileracy, and the champion of the unputel•
Traitors at Not) blountalo; whether it tH
me Allan and unseruenlous wire put, l
t nice; whether it bead a in lierson-ini
the ride, a ibe raseally Attorney,
er it be hat grouild and Icifty tumblim4
held to silt money; whether it he bis
great' I btlity-to carry , water on 1 one shoulder J i
vi
and iisky on the older ; whether it be any or
all of t tesei he preterits a spectacle utterly un-i
worth and unfit for any public trust. They:
hang out all over him like so Many moral in-!,
diet menta upon which he bas ;been•convictetil
?
by the ut lie, without a single recommsndatiou l
to par on. A noisy demagogue in politics.
tricky nd unreliable among his fellow-men.
and intincere always, is It to be supposed that
be can! nring to the duties of tate Treasurer
bat pTbity, candor aid singleness of purpose
~e ceselty to their faithful ; and conscientious
discharge, and win and retain l the einl6.liince
of the,peoples We believe I:the people wil
ri.apnn, to this an emphatic negative on the 2 I .
day of Not ember. • ' 11
DEM lORATIO FINANOIERING
The. State Treasury Under
Covernor
Goveinor Bigler has just written a letter or ,
• •
politios I l wi eretn what he says an/ what he omit,
are alike surprising. Be devotes two fu I
column's to talking about natlmal Wahl, and
thirtetn• linex to State afrairs,th. Most of whicl•
latter is consumed in suppositions. Not on•
word d' es he say about State taiation, not on.
word a ut our State debt, nov a line in rely
tion to , he manner iti which the Republica*.
party. Mr fir een years, have managed the Stat.
•1 1'
;overument. 11
This would be surprising in anyone writin
so roT ;
. 1 a letter on the eve of all State. election
But for, a man who has tilled the offices of S•te.
senator, Governor, and United; States Senator '
to make a political address io lila fellow-citizen
and enairely ignore , State 'affairs must strik
everyone - with wonder and, surprise, and foI••
lowed up by another declaration in his letter,l
viz, ollbat his letter is , all he ilwill contribute)
towardP the campaign, - 'is a frink confesslon
tbat be does not mean 40 be drneed i n to a de
bate on State matters. . •II
,
The [solution of this paucity 'irf remarks on
State affairs leads us to e x amine into the man 1
1
agemeut of our State finances under Gaverulrl
Bigter.'i administration : II . e•
1, 1
On tbit of January, 1652, Wm. Bigler I
became Governor. Up to this:time the Stata-I
government had been almost continuously it
the har;es of the Democratic pairty. The co_,
tire expenses of the government for the yea.,
precedine were $4,584.288, exclusive of pribthl
loans redeemed; of this sum there was con-,
tribute/ for education $164,620 26, and for
charitable institutions $100,381 21, leaving die
expenses, exclusive of these two items, $4,319,-
,
287. I
According to the report of Ephraim Banks
then Auditor-General, and Elected by tt ,
e-
Democratie party, the State debt was $49,11.4
236 39i This debt had been incurred node;
Democratic rule. Ttiey claimed that they
bad speid, on the canals and railroads $30,00 - 6,-
324 76, and in subscriptions to turnpike and
navigation companies $1,632,996 62, or a total
of V,31,1130,3.1 38, leaving a deficit between
the amount epet.t. on internal improvements and
`the public debt of $8.474,915 .01. This snm rep
resents the amount they' admiti that their ex- •
penses lexceeded their Income. It is well
known pow that large sums yearly charged to
the conatruction of public works should have
been charged to expenses, and lit Is doubtful
• t
whether their true cost exceeded the gross sum
of $20,000, 00. But, taking their ovn
figures,' they show that 71 the Demo-
craey hid not collected sufficient revenue to
pay the i eurrent expenses by - the ; l large sum of
$8,474,115 01. And to show that these ex
i
penses ere for neither education nor charit,
1 have itated that of the expeosm of 18:i1,
atnenn6ng to $4 584 288„ hut. '5265,001 were
spent foi• those of j -cis. At this period (lov.
Bigler entered office with high promises of re
form. mid found the debt $40.111. -. 2313. At the
end of die yearthe debt rood, say December
1, 1852441,524,8'15, and the balance remain
ing in the bands of the State Treasurer $l,-
382.011,i . whereas, on his accession to office the' ,
ba'ance I band was F.)43,079 21.
This would - make Governor, Bigler's prat
year shcw thus: I!
Debt Df c.-1, 1851 340,114.2:10 39
Balance in Treasury il, 543 979 21
,
Debt ex
Debt D
Cash hi
lusive of cash:
C. 1, 1552...
reiwury 1 - 1,:i52,611 00
Debt, eielasive of cash 1 1 40,142.261 37
Aetna! d I
rficit kir year 1 1 . ' 57:1,207 19
Dorittir this fear there W 413 agent for coal
ition at bnt.). " $ 165,109 63, and for
Charitiee = 76.703 3 3
Tot 1 $241,872 90, or less
than oneL half the deficiency spent in education
or cbarity. So had our children remained
from too), and our blind ', starred in 1
their at !urns, still the' ,Democratic State
Gomm of ould bast, Oa! a detiltuicy 1)
the year i,f th ee hundred and thirty . thousato
(3.10,000) dol ars.
The year 1A+153 emnmeneed with a debt. .1094
cash in the Treasury, of.. $40,142,284 37
and at its termination, Dec. 1, .
lhb3, it atomise follows :
Debt funded .1 .... 40,566,270 54
Cash borrowed from • banks, •
June, and unpaid at end of -
Tctal debt . 41.156,279 54
Lis cash in Treasury 724.417 35
Actual debt 40,431,802 19
Debt, lets cap in Treasury, De 3 l
-*
reniber 1, 852 40,142,204 37
D , bt, Ws PS in Treasury, De—
cember 1, 1853 . • .0,431,802 19
-,--------
` 280,597 82
Deficit for yeil
'There will
merit a loan 0
In the month
was not paid
at the end of
remaining in
~
June 30 $1,078,847 90
July :31 - - 1,864.600 05
August 31 ' 1,179,990 80
September 30.. 1,25041X3 37
October 31.... E 90,110 62
November 30 724,417 35
Did any onie ever behold such rascally
Onaticiering--arrying a temporary loan the
%%Weals months of $.590,000, and at no time
having a balance on band of less thin $724.-
417 35, and a the - time the money was bor
rowed havings;
ver oneone million on hand? Is it
not evident why this money was borrowed?
Could it havd'b i een for any outer reason than
to enable the State Treasurer to have a large
balance? -Had his loan been a permanent one,
the excuse might have been that loans hid tia l '
bet negotiated Iwhen we bad a purchaser, but
not so with this loan. It was math) from the
Banks of the State at six per cent., and kept
the whole yesrl, and not a sio;le dollar of it
used, so far as the Commonwealth was con
cerned. • i
Is it any onder that F. W. Gukbes, thP
author of the F t rle platforM, should 'pride him
self on. h:s financial ability when it isstrociwi t
that the, leadig member of the State Ad
miniatration t .l at perpetrated this magnificent
Dleee d &sum! stupidity, wit thjl same F.
W. Hughes, only twenty-wo years younger?
At the termination of- Gov. Bigler's third
Sear, Dec.l, 1E 1 54, the debt stood thus:
Funded d4 bt. $40,0 1 3,160 57
Temporary It a, borrowed Itis i, 590,000 00
Additional rum borrowed this
year
To'al deb•
Bala cc la the
Actual debt, le
Another tem
It raid and y;
Treasury a $1
to have paid It
hie (1 over $2l
This was the
administratlon,
time:
Debt IFSI, be'
adminittratio
Debt 1F54, end
hnratipn,
So much•for Democratic Chsancierin g. They
bad kei t our p blic institution in ai state of
semi-starvation Our schools with 'an appro
priation scarce) to keep them open h months,
and had yet in ased the public debt to tha
( l e
enormous amo
i nt of $l. 51 1 9,21i9 35.
JUDGE PEI;
.N UE SY Sl
ll' Eil L TH.
Judge Perobl g, in his letter of acceptance,
takes exception the present Revenue System
of the Comm nwealth because, at he says,
".t tuxes too s verely the Industrial Interests
of the COmm i onwealtb." This enigmatical
pbr.,se would not of itself Indicate much, but
that it Is folio ed up by an attack on the Re -
I publican Party for (lo use his own language)
i , •ilitlf/ing the avenue* of the Sinking Fund."
'nese two e ntentes Incorporated into Mr,
Pershing's lett r are unmanly efforts to ex
prese his contempt for the law repealing the
tax on real estate, whilst he dare not in so many
words say ; " The Republican party, in 1866,
finding oar revenues unnecessarily large, and
believing that It was better to pay oil $1,500,000
of our debt, an re ieve real estate from taxa
,
tion, than to allow it to remain on arid pay off
V. - 1,000,000 per Onnum ; that It Wall unjust to
the people, after just coming out of an ex.
boosting war, to tax their energies beyond the
1 1 bounds of neces sity; and believing . that as
real estate ball paid ,our entire war debt
expels:its:l by having a half mill war tax
I levied on it exclusively as a war tax,
whilst railroads had not only fattened on the
war, but had almost escaped taxation—re
, pealed the State tax on real estate, leaving it
i to pay the expenses of local s geternment, and
~ bad thus diminlshed the amount of money
that would have gone into the sinking fund."
'j This he should have said, but that wpuld not
have answered bis purpose. He prefers to use
phrases implying dishonesty on the part of that
officer, and yet not openly to declare it. It is
well known that' Mr. Pershing was' opposed
to the repeal of the real estate tax • 4-
refuseil to vote or it—and when solicited by
the . Sate Treasther to vote for it, peremptorily
declined; but finding his opposition of no avail
left the House in disgust and failed to record
his vote. It may be answered : -If what Judge
Pershing says is true—that the business inter.
eats of the Comonwealth are excessively taxed
—then this tax hould be. reinstated In accord
ance with Judge Perahing's suggestion. But ,
is it so 9 Let s see! Taxation is unfair
whenever the burdens are unfairly apportioned,
as all property sl oal! be taxed In proportion
to the benefits received from government;
We have but two kinds of property to tax,
viz.: Real Estat e i tl and Corporation property.
At present real t, is taxed to pay expenses
of local government, whilst corporation stocks
' and bonds are taxed only fOr State pttrposes,
and corporation property, railroads,* as. Imo_
log the most(privileges are molts heavily
, taxed.
Taking the entire real and persoualproperty
as returned by local assessors, it am snots to,
, In round numbers, $1,700, - 000 000, whilst the
local taxes on the same property amount to,
In round numbers, $39,000,000, or nearly two
per cent. on lib ..sed value;
.Whilattbe rill_
roads et the Statd r representing an actual espl-
..1139,570,2:,7 18
!41.524.875 37
year - . ..... _500,000 00
be observed in the-above etat9.
55)0,000. This loin was made
June u a temporary loan. but
wing the year. And yet we find
acb montti the following balance
heAtate Treasury :
' 42 0 .435 07
.541,621 r 535 I'4
I easury 1,240.928 72
cub . /40,1382,607 02
.orary loan made and none of
t earryinz a balance In the
94°,928 72, or a sunt sufficient
ff and leave a:balance remain.
POLO.
en's of 'the Bigler and Hogbet
and their balance sheet stood
ailing of their •
In, 540,114,236 39
fa their admiu
-41,6M535 74
In crease o
. 1 debt $1,409,299 3.1
(IS,IIING .01 4 7 i T111 - 1 RFT-E
-TA( OF THE COMMON
Sal of over $600,0' 0,000; pay. but $2,400,00e of
taxes, or font mills on the dollar; or, to Maki
a dear and more' definite oomparison, lake the
Bolding and Pennsylvania railroads as vivo
renting railroads, and UM county of Chaster
as representing real pMperty. We , have! the
following results:: •
Taxes of Pennsylva-.1
11/11 B. for 1874. 1 ! $468,784 2A,
Invested eapita1....5113,010,000 4 ,
Taxes of Reading R.
R. for 1874 , • 347,934 33
Invested capital 84,284,813 ! 4
t ;
Invested eapical $20,294,843 4
Taxes $816,728 58
OR LESS THAN F,OUR RILLS ON Mr, DOLLY/ M.
Taxes of Cheater county :
County tax $145.008 30
School tax 172,378 85 '
State tax 24,510 80
Township, road and - borough, „ ,
estimated..
On an assessed valuation of t 055,10,751. or
Si mills on the dollar, more than doubleit&
taxes paid by two of our most prosperous
roads. IC may be said. that real estate is :not
Nib? assessed, to which answer that if you
measure the dividends from railroads with the.
rent received from Chester county farms, You
will find Chester cou(ity is assessed fully
But let the dissatisfied-make:al liberal a reduc
tion as he may, and-1 what becomes of fdr.
Pershing's - declaration that the business inter
eats of the Stale have been overtaxed in order
that the tax on real 'est ale 'may be taken of! •
A2V 1.7.41t2VE5T APP4'AL TO TEMPli'll-
ANCE !MEX.
The folloiving is an extract from the Ttim—
perance Diming. a paper devoted to the catise
temperance. ,It Is an earnest appeal to the
friends of temperance not to ignore the cause
by encouraging a Prohibition party: •
Mr. Editor—l nee with regret that' some of
our over-arduous friends of temperance hive
eugazed in a political canvass under the-name
of s. The Prohibition Party," and have nomi
nated a State -and, in some places, a local
ticket. There can bean doubt of the sincerity
- of matey of the People, and they really think
be cause of temperance can be best pronloted
iu this way. Tne writer of ibis, who has biieu
for many years identified with the temperance
organization, in common With many others,,ilf
fere from the friends above_mentloned. The
effect of the new party can only be to divide
the temperance advocates and put the eueeny
in power. -All leglslatiqn favorable to temper
ance has been enacted when the.fßepublicans
sere in power. Can we, aritemperance people,
gain anything by strikirig them down and pot
ting in power those whc not only never, have
given anything *ben we asked; but take freins
us all we ever got. The Local Option act'
passed
passed by a Republican Legislature, abd
adopted in 41 counties opt of CO.
. _
Ala was certainly a victory for the bauseof I
temperance, and many considered it as eueh.,
But the men who would' he leaders were ElOt
satisfied. They claimed that. nothing would
satisfy them but prohibition for the whole
State. They looked upOn the large vote cast
for local option as a vote of a people who
would sustain a temperance party, end ncli
was the time to form the new party.
The Republican party, respecting the wishes
of a large portion of Ina members (for that its
where the'most of the local option voters carpe ,
from), placed upon their ; State ticket, last Lea
one person who was a leading member in ohe
of the temperance orders, slut the other tip,'
sere well known as committed to local option.-
-
But this did not suit the political temperance
men. They seem to have smelt the loaves and
fishes from afar, and the ',large Mad option vote .
being secure for the new party, now was the;
time. It was 'principle, not men," they'
wanted, and so they put up a State ticket.
While this ticket failed to secure the vote Its
advocates expected, it discouraged and divided
the temperance Republicans. The Milk was
the defeat of the Republicin State ticket, and
the transfer to l the Democrats of the House :of
Representatives, and then we had the work`e,f
tear, repeated. ' The Democrats being re
stored to power, all temperance legislation
must be repealed, and the reasonable Legal
Option act was repealed by a large vote. L;
But the temperance people said the Smite
is. Republican and they tfaee not - repeal the
law. lily their own act they had' attempted ;to
separate the temperance voters from the Re
publican party and then classed them with the
enemies of the cause, but when they needed
their votes they called upon them to suppoit„
and in case of refusal threatened them with
entire annihilation. Now we are wilting th
admit that the Senate did wrong in assisting to
repeal the Local Option act. They acted like
men moved by pealed .rather than reason.
They felt sore, grieved and mad at the course
of the temperance politicians in defeating their
State ticket and their party in. the Lower
. House. • Acting upon their passions instead of
their judgment they in 'effect said, ~ We owe
the temperance people nothing rind we will re
peal the law." They did so, andnow we hate
the result. The temperance people, now In
turn, have their passion; amused, and say by
way of retaliation (for they do not expect any
thing from the party they are assisting Iwo
,power), we will defeat yrimr candidate for Gtiv
ernor and every county office , in the State,
where we have the power to do so. Now, we
are willing to say that the temperance, people
have bad enough to stir their passions, but we
would ask, is it acting wiser , to act upon our
passions? Should we not rather be guided lily
our reason ? Can you ;force people to accept
and adopt a reasonable proposition by force, by
stirring up and keeping alive passion, hoe and
animosity'? But you say, when the Republi
)
cans see t ey are burled from power by the acts
and votes o f temperance people, they will crier
to your id and assist in passing the law asked
for. We reply, in the ; Brat place, that a de
feated party is not in dvery good position to
aid much io enacting laws. in the second placii,
if you premised them your support, they will
not after thisexperience trust you, and you say
byryour acts yon will notkrust them. You say
we are to have a new, patty,•clean anal pare,
but your new party must have recruits. Where
do you propose Id get them?: Is t be party you
have defeated to thus recompense you for their
Wein? You will hardly expect any recruits
frr ni the party you have innocently put In
power; they have all theyLwante—and Bane lit)
more me for you. I . •!
The political temperance people say Hart
rat& must be defeated, itmatters not who may
come in his place. He signed the repeal Of
the Local Option Law and he is morally re
sponsible; he has opened the Hood-gates of
misery and woe caused by the license law, &a.
dm. Let us look At this matter calmly. It I;
a well settled principle known to every school
girl that the legislative and executive depal
mental of the government) have their distinct
And separate functions and duties to perform.
The veto power. (which you desire to have
been used on this (=salon) is given to the e
acutive to prevent unconstitutional and hasty
legislation when the rights of' the people are
Involved. On political questions, which have I,
been discussed by the 'people, and the people I
afterwards have elected their representatives
upon these Issues, it is clearly the sworn duty
of the executive to obey the voice of the peer_
pie a. expressed by their representatives chosen
from and by them. If these issues were nrit.)
presented, llama be the fault Df your own ,
party, for what is a party for If not to present
:
its unties nou pia,..plea? Having dual ta,-
good Democr..tic and ft -publican citize s, le
should a.x.t—pt th« result. withou arraign og the I
,Rovernot for lik-do'dig an act he :elver., trsd
ne right to du.
Has it wme.to tbatihe American'•peo
pie desire their executive to act upon , his own
notions of expediency in regard to matters that
have been passed upon by them - ? Lf Bach he
the cue, let us abolish our Republican institu
tions and choose a despot at' once. Andrew .
Johnson acted upon thlrprinciple, and we =-
WA say be was a success.
Dp you ask if you ahotdd inbmit to have
lawrrepealed which you have secured ? We
-lay, submit, for the time,' but never cease your
eilorts ht a practical direction. We believe
that the cause of temperance and prohibition
is right, just and hai truth on its side. Its
merits are such that we believe they will be
finally adopted by the people. Ent_ they must
be educated op to by presenting the cause
upon Its merits; not by securing a balance of
power between political parties, and then sell
ing out, trading out, or crushing out, in order •
to get laws which under such , circumstances
will never be enforced, Educate the people,
.and they will demand, get and enfarce pro
hibitory laws. Politiciti.parties' are always on
the alert to catch the popular cry, and will
always pass laws which wilt put them in power.
The soft-money advOcates have no need to
Om a party to advance their scheming, fit a
parity is ready even Lb turn a somersault t
triad, a •oaking whim." And s q they wilt
adopt local option or prohibition as scion as yr , in
give it a popularity. r The people of Kline
acted in this way, and; they have had protobi
tlon.tor more than twenty-live years wirheut
any political temperance party. Other, New
England States secured prohibition, hut n
• satistied, the amblious ones wiihed offi :e and
place. They formed their prohibition petlei
and the result has been the forces divided.
parties which favored ;the cause defeated, and
now Maine is the only, or nearly the only State
left with a prohibitory law. Will not tint
frier ifs of temperance; take warning? If they
believe in the merits of the cause they advo
cate, they must have faith that the people wtu
adopt it, not by force, but by 'reason, and e-r
-tainly not by putting the enemies of the causo
into power and keeping them there. And (An
is what voting for the; candidates:of the tem
perance party in Pennsylvania will do.
EisasErr, TEMPERANCE MAN.
$4M.997 ,1 , 01
(Stoat the Temperance Bhsselng.]
THE TEMPERANCE CAST P . AJG EN
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN • JA3IES BLACK
AND CHARLES HERITAGE.
LAscAerrEn, Sept. 27, 1875.
Srn :—Whereasi — at the State Prohibition C Do
vention,. held M -- Eirrisburg, June 17, 18 7 5 ,
Charles Heritage, of Philadelphia, appeared and
In due time declared he was in Intl accord with
the objects of the convention, and duriog iti
progress made speectieSand offered resolutions.
And when the platform was adopted, and the
candidates selected, dedared his approval and
adhesion to the Prohibition party, and was
therefore placed upon the State Commir:tee and
Executive Committee, and met with and delibe
rated with the Executive Committee, and-in
vited and held a meeting of the. committee in
his office in Philadelphia. • .
And whereas, the 'said Charles Heritage
has lance seen:proixr to withdraw the nausea
of . the Prohibition candidates trona his
paper; which is the exercise of a privilege,
and tok.oppose their election, which he may
properly do, if actuated by honest convic
tions.
But,
,whereas, the said Charles Heritage,
has not bad the openness nor manliness to
resign, and it is certaitily unbecoming that his
name should be connected with the manage
ment of a cause which be has' deserted, if' a t
betrayed, and has done and is doing all in his
power to injure.
Therefore as chairman "of the Sta'.e and
Executive dommittee,l direct that you cause
a copy ( f the above statements to be served ou
said Charles' Heritage, and'summon him to
meet the Exechtive COmmittee at Probib t
Club Rooms, No. 33 1 Nott h Ninth street, on
Tuesday,, the 28th day of September, at 11
o'clock A. N., in the chy of Philadelphia, to
show cause, if any he has, why his name Mali
nct be stricken troM the, roll of said coin
mhtees. •
• tSienedi Ciftoa.
To I. NtlirloN Secretary.
OFFICE OF rn Tonperance Btessing,
No. n, :',9 N. Seventh St., P.111.A.
Septetubar 28, 1815.
JAMES BLAcE, EN., 1 • - .
Chairman of ProhibiLlon Executive Caeca
mlttee of. Pennsylvania:
DEAR 'SIR: I have 'received from I. Ne vtan
Pierce, Eiq., Secretary of your Committee, „a.
copy of the above letter, and as it is an ar
raignment of my course in a • semi-public ca
pacity, I take the liberty of replying to it in
: this manner. Ido this; as runch :because I
- haie done nothing that, as an advocate of
— temperance, I wish, to conceal, las because of
the fact that I
,am convinced the Committee
over which you preside has no disposition ; or
,
desire to do juistice to me, or to any man k ydip
differs from its very peculiar policy. YottiOil
• these acting with you,will readily undersfant
why I entertain this opinion; and as the peo
ple of Pennsylvania' dave no Interest in our
• personal matters,l leave . the assertion to
stand without elaoratu.
It is true that I d i d attend the Sate Con.
vention of the Prohibit)on party at Harrisburg,
.
.took part in its procee logs, and expressed my
self satisfied with the candidates nominated. I
believed then, and still believe, Vail, Messrs.
Browne and Pennypacker are "sincere, able
and devoted advocates.kif.Christlan temperance
reform. 'But as sootits you and your com
mittee commenced te, 4• lay the wires " for a
campaign in Pennsylvania i• saw that yoar
object was alone the gratlfiCation of personal
ambition and animus ty, Almost your first
step was au announcement that your purpose
and desire was simply the defeat of the R. , -
publican candidate toT Governor. You arm,
through your cc mmittfe,t endeay.ired to inj mit
me personally and in my - business. Why y .0
did this I do not know, unless you found in,.
one of those Temperaice men who are tut will
ing to-"crook tbe preg ant hinges of the kie.e.
‘ that thrift may folio ar fawn! I became
convinced, as did thousands of others, Um:, the
cause of temperance,' a cause only second
in sacredness to that of the _Christian re
ligion, could not and, should not be pros'i
toted to individual purposes ; that it woulil be
both Mild and silly tolrender it, by perversion
aid trickery, an aid to the •stic...ess of tail
betnocratic party, an organization that by
Precept and practice is and always has been
as diametrically- opposed to Temperance re
form as infidelity is to'Christiani,y. Being so
convinced, I did not hesitate to express my
convictions, and I have claimed no, part in
your councils. I did not remove the names of
the Temperance candidates froth my paper be
cause I loved them or the cause they chant
piqned any the less, Mit 'becanse = I was not
willing that yen and your following_ should
gather glory or gold by a 6 - alum's advocacy of
their election. This is my offeuce, if such 1
have committed, and lis your grievance, if such
jou have buffered. Ai a Christian and an at
vocate of temperance, I believe my course
was and is right, and I therefore offer no
apology for it.
i ' This whalie Temperance campaign, as con
ducted by you, Is a flimsy cheat. You have
confessed that you haie no hope of electing
the candidates nominated at_ Harrisburg, good
and tree men as they are, and that your pur
pose, therefore, is to use them to defeat General
Hartranft. In doing this,yod will sacceed,if you
1
PENNBV.VANIA:
ut,D d a , ati,iu ..sieu..' g law 1. iesalsuit, of t! 1 , 3
..: eat Repubbean party.from the temperance
Movement in Pennsylvla,and artier/01s eng is
a; complished where are We to look for that aid
In oar work which we have long le p +.l and
pr , yed for, and which-we so much need?' Ger_
taluly we can expect nothing ;from the Dens -,
c atic party of this State, as that party is
,penly and avowedly 4.ainst 1:13. The, work
you have JO band, therefore, is desigmjd, ac_
cording to your owu who Mg, to result in Seri.
!Ma, ' almost Irreparab e, injury . to a, ca.i,st+
which has all my sympathy, all my devotion,
su.d to which I Insve giv .4 :n years of bard and
thankless labor. ' I omit consent to b4cotne
a'Partuer to such a scheme, 'or an assistant in
i a consummation. You may pursue you! pub
if It stilts you, and you can reconcile it 1 With
the line of Christian digi t but I beg leave to
remain faithful to a cauae which I . love amore
than personal amhitlon or pecuniary gain..
- You are at perfect liberty - to strike my'name
from your roil whenever it Baba you to do to,
and riu may. make all the parade about the
proceeding that your vanity desire+. - I ' Shall
enjoy God's kindness an many blessings +l',lust
as tberoughly when depr ved of all association
N , ith you as I did when ou courted ini,_,,e,m
tidence and solicited my i support, and I, shall
continue my temperance work' with as'i much
zeal as ever. Your influence may induce'Sdtue
slurs to he cast tipon me,l and Berne who,' have
been my-.friends may turn from me. ' But I
can Kill' pray that men nay be made bluer,
and Fran, eo to tbe fallen of my kind and give
them a helping band toward a purer and boher
life. I like this kind of tempera! ce labor I, •!-.
ter than that taught and practiced in y!lar D
tical school; and then-fore, my, deposal Ifr nn
your sanhedrim will bring me no regrets.
~,
Respectfully yours, , I -
Cu 'ABLER; HERITA ti E..
MR. PLTSIIING
t •
. „
..• . •
On the 25b of, Marcli,l 15 1 .2,! the 110 , MP of
Representatives of this State took tip Pi- eon
eideratiou a bill era:tied An act' to pr:- 3',
Abelromieration of Legroes and mulattoes into
• tbis State." 1 ---
. The first section of this bill made it uolaw-
cut fur any negro or multi to coop.? into' th:s •
State, with the intention mike it' a teinpf
rary or peranment• place Of residence, utpler a
penalty t.f $2O tine and inr.ant removal he
yond 1 tie ituu!s of the Stte.
The second section Provided that if, an
railroad conductor, steamboat or canal e.sx.ani,
or 'any other person sboud' brine or caus.t ) he
brought into the State a y negro or multi L.) '
slave, whether ttich slave was set free or; ra t,
be should be subject to a tine 'tint 'exesediug
- $5OO and one year's Implsontnent.. 1 "
The third section made it th , i duty of entry
aberltl, constable and po4e offi4er in th.i.5 . ....te
to arrest, all such necroes and mulattoes aid re
move them from the S•aua t, ,
The first section of the bill being befire the •
House, Mr. Champueys!, of lauttiSter; . de
nounced the bill as one of the most 'extra
ordinary ever introduced Into the Le4islat:rre. -
"It is,' be said, " a mea ure uttery uti&o:4l-,
tutienal." Mr. Soanuot , of Allegheny,' a.c!J")
deelared it 1 1 unconstitutiqual, and so inbuiniu;
monstrous and harbaro s in its prortilea; P
tbst he entered his protest against it. i' -Ir.
Pershing,, therefore, cannot plead that his at-
teLtiolo was: not called to the question 74i: its
constitutionality,,aud to be fact that it 0e:-
witted a man tot be pu. ished without Inetu.t,
beard. -
. J
, The first ssctlon was tht
nays" 41, and Mr.. Pershidi
corded - mope the ayes-
The second section was . 'l
the third seetion being up,
to amend hy adding , :hi.
P d
rorote „thac nuking
to ony colored 'perNo,l
naratStiViee of the
This series to be a
vitioo but as the oil.'
atruct the prote,!utiou. el
the atraittion of 6lavery,l
structiomis is of Penusyt%ii,
to permit any colored pers
the United Sates Govern.'
within the limitS of tfai
amendthent! the vote
and Mr. Pershing's name
mgrs.
• The Phil!adelphia Tins
man daring we war cad
power to Enstatti the Gill
on the War to a tuceessful
we find h,tn delibe'ratel)
doors of the State against
tarp or naval s;rvice -of
whose skin happened to
a direct. t4ust at die
so intended.'
011 the tivai passage c
disgraceful alike to its fra'
the vote was. yeas 52,
siting was again thtuid
acid all ottitir votes on this,
1: , cord for IH3 pu. 545, •
.
'I he Dem'ociats of this stan4 were, at th tt
time, united and firm in Pleir deferinturion to
()mote and Obstruct the Giverniiieht in ice pro
secution of the War, and iu every vote arid a t
of ibeirs hi that direction they had the at 3
hi r. Pershing. Ile was as verminous a Coo-r
-bead as was then to be remit aim if
.tlie-e
wrre any in the S?ate cap./bie to imiAloirri; ni.a
In subservience to slavery ail of tliHr -
bellion, they were to be t 'Lind in the Fiabin‘z
Cret k Confederacy ui,usterlel un‘fler the teal of
Pioltet and Bnekale v. I
But, pliant as he was'in
dt mands'of party
any of the Demo rats in !
Owl to sat - ; a word in de!
rageons hilt. They kep'
saults made upon it, at:a ,N
tiOnaltly %IS exposed,
'weie dumb.' - Wa Rill
being ash:tined of it, b 5
hitt they dared ni t asters
they suffered thenv.eiv•
force, to paSh a hill they, : (
bps to de-feud.
But noty6thstandine
quiet while ttps hill w:o
in ha facor, and his vo:e
soldiers:at,d sailore , if
refuge•upon our anti, sveak
loyalty tbaii at: y mete
'they prelaitn,
serriency to•the 1
Mission to the . behests c f
m
iit of patrintism and 1'1;4
ness to th:i s:denui
Coi:stiintionifor the purpos
Governau-lit its elf :rtsi
; and no - ani:alUt
will serve to:dispel the
who could vote us Petsninq
ut.Et to be Ci; , vertior over 14
WALLACI!. in his speech
of Clearfield assailed
'76" in a elolent wanner.
isa secret political, order;
Wallace's oiislaudt upon t
bets are. not: inclined t)
The Clear6ild Journal,
speech, ea 3 a
In one, of these asiti
the • Junior of 'IV
order hag :recently been
most Compl• tfr drubbrng.•
them solid, saying that be
secret, oath-bona pcditicai
tiee de,.‘pim , (l condead
that when lie ttaw Demi;
&elf with an!organiza' ion
concluded tbst theiv %vas .
!11 . 59 hi his breast, and iti
(ern- d L, them as meeting !
other dark places. , 1.10 ad
lice from toriu as rats fro
• n aglved to, ye . iv :A.
is's Logue is found re-
then agreed to, and
, Mr. Conran tto , ,ed
set° the followin
a this act op sh 11' t 1
in the
d .States."
e. r le.ctly Trope pro-
I was ihtended ob
i the war, as
• as
Ithe Ele.nocraittl 06-
ipia would not 'agree
ion in th'e servie ql
anent to put. hi:sfoat,'
i• State. Upon Itto
a.§!'
leas •7, nagS
appears among the
claims that this
tribated gll iri hi,
l erita}P.ut and Carry
conclusion; yet h...re.
rotin to closWthe
• -• ,
any one in the win
ttle United b.ates.
he colored. It 7.is
yernnient, awl
this infamoul
iners 4nd supportf s,
t. 5 .41.1 , anti Mr.lrer
4bis
I bill, grt: Legi.siittiet
4,6, 547. •
t:
siimifss;on to ',.'le.
hitib . ”)tLtier 110 r
the ii. , thle h.l t IP,
1
fence r.. tit th , s 0•-
Itl] ii, UlAt 1114 , :l tt
j Pwrr lipiand
lh , t.ii UP. crefilot
t).. :i,r.).14 , -.t. 14,J AI
dirty Iw. open tae,.t
Prth,"' v.) e6'
7 , 1 00l ')t,tl
f
• 1 W
401 ;;1t1e. , 1, 111.
,
r, tO3 - 1 r.l •
•
1:5 pc t tip
tr 4!) of j i t”.
tug' Ihe
in Oat. (lowa 4 , t
of p 1 oi,alt•
Ow a uclf
free
• I,
to !Le 1).ao-r.t
"JuEli );1!
The ‘i Junior.S,!:s
a
nd we infer, I:•Hii
(that its in I
for Persl4S:tz•
referiing to ttilt:
Mr.
,Wallace give
I of w
,e
• -
stablistel here --a M 1
1 Ile 'cam.) do on
'as opposed to?tip
organize. ;
•tht%u). 11 , 1 i'd
coaucct, b
a,..itn
bf that o'Lateri t 'ile
-luck of :rue fu,;6o
i !mufti a) vitp-r re
-1:.0:4; c*l!
•.r4 14
!vis , 6l: t. 14 fri-:141 to