A. J. GERRITSON,PubIisher.I From the Gen ill 2 of Liberty. John W. Geary and the . Soldieis of the Mexican War. READ ! READ `>!:; READ 11 John VV. Geary the candidate of the Radical Abolitionists for. GoVerner Pennsylvania; was elected' Lieutenant Colonel. of the _gd,Pii. Regiment of Velum. teers in the war with, Mexico, upon :the organization of that re_ginient.in the cityi of Pittsburg. William B. Roberts, of this county, was colonel commanding, who died in the city of Mexico. Afterhis death Geary Was promoted to the col onelcy. The Fayette County Volunteers was attached, to this regiment, and known, as Cu. H. They distinguisl.ed themselyes fee ! - rallant conduct and intrepid bravery,. in all the important engagements from Vera Cruz to the oily of: Mexico, induct-, ing the bloody assaults upon the gates of that city. They continued in service until the end' of the war, and were honorably discharg-; ed. The survivors, upon their return h o me, were received with well earned and hi g hly dinoinguished honors by theirfel low citiztns. Here at the county seat, they were honored by a splendid recep tion, participated in by the citizens of the citizens of die county generally, as well as by the ladies, who greeted their, re turn with alt that delieate attention and refined taste peculiar to their sex. At Connellsville also,they were the recipients o f a handsome ovation, the heart felt tri bute of the citizens 'mid ladies of that p:ace and vicintv, The reception at Con nellsville took place on Saturday, July 15, IS4S. The -reception speech was made by Dr. James C. Cummings, and the re sponse by sergeant Peter A. Johns. Af ter the delivery of the:speeches, and par taking of an elegant dinner prepared for the occasion, the returned soldiers met together and unanimously adopted opre ; amble and series of resolutions, which show up the character of John W. Geary in such a light as would - render his elec tion as Governor an everlasting disgrace to the State of Pennsylvania. These resolutions were unanimously adopted by true and tried soldiers, by men who knew Geary well, and by men who did not hesitate to - proclaim their e,timate of his character, end that too not iu tender, dainty sentences, but in well ( xpressed and forcible language. The testimony of these proceedings gains ad ditional force from the fact, that it. was uttered at such a time and under such circumstances, as to exempt it. entirely from any imputation of political ind hen . ces. The proceedings, were published in the paper of this county, by request of the soldiers, on the 21th of July, 1848, and here fl!) , are. Again we say, read, ad, real. • Toe f: .liuwifiar.prearade and resolutions were offered by the returned volunteers of Company H, 2d Pennsylvania regi ment, and unanimously adopted by the meeting WHEREAS, The discharge and arrival home of the remaining members of the Fayette Volunteers has again placed them in the position of citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, and enabled them to spe - ak and "assert their rights, they now em brace this occasion, the first opportunity since return, to express their deep and abiding indignation of the conduct of John %V. Geary, since he was elected to the command of the 2d Penn'a regiment, at the city of Mexico. The said John W. Geary procured his election by a mere plurality of votes, by falsehood and Ile eeption—while he was promising to give Company Li the privilege of electing - their own officers, according to the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, he, the said Geary, bargained with others for votes, promis ing and giving appointments in said_Co. 11, to men from other companies who might answer his peculiar purposes. The law of Congress, on the 13th of May, 1846, calling for volunteers for the war with Mexico, has this provision : "Sec. 5. And be it further enacte4,that the said volunteers so offering their.se.rvi ees shall be accepted by the President,'-in companies, battalions, squadrons and re gimentsi whose officers shall be appoint ed in the manner prescribed by law in the several States and territoflealo which such battalions, squadrons and regiments shall respectively belong." • The said Geary, while he availed him self of this law to get himself into a high. pffice, refused' The right to ConipinY which legally and properly belonged -to them. Therefore Resolved, That we the remaining mem bers of the Fayette county volunteers,- view the conduct of the said John W. Geary towards company if 44; au , outrage upon their just rights, as secured to them by the laws of Pennsylvania as well as the laws of Congress. The whole course of conduct of the said Geary being inconstst 7 ent with the character of a gentleman" or man of honor—it was treating us as a•set of men who did not know their rights, and who could not appreciate thetn.:l4t was corrupt and mercenary, in' SII its bearings, characteristic of a low and gro= veltog creature, hunting and seeking pOP-; Warily for courage and patriotism that . , he never harped , by bargaining with sup ple toolikand mercenaries , - ;,ono, horn at leapt^was a•notofions _ Resolved,. That the- .arrest :and trial of Ist Sergt. John A;Cummiaga,by BC6Urt Mertia. for :assert;Als 'rights and those of his company t Was a.bas,e and cowardly - eiercfsli of usuip'64l - oithbrity on the part cif die said "_;Tkihn.'W,;o-eary— aficir Nei The said Otiity; tiocittrieptitims ly and trillainotislr -- Stilitifiiisedthe order of- the Adjutant General' pt': this, Suite, issfidd - tly directiOns'of.Gevernor Shunk,) directing hito.to-fill-all yacancies in the 2d regiment of Pennsylvania vo u n feers, by election—taking advantagO of his sto len authority to cover up his worse than base motives, and . to ?ejure the hard earned lame - Of a brave and - gallant offi cer. - - On motion of Peter A. Johtis r it, was . Retro7veci,'That • all 'the - 'harm, we wish Col. Geary, is that his disgragernay fol low him through all tile lanes and aven ues of life, and that - he niny never die or get old: `:Soutition vs. Vankee. The freedman who gave this shrewd and philosophic view of the difference be tween his old and new masters, we take it is capable of getting his living without the aid of a bureau, and of maintaining his.." civil rights" without, the help of Congress : "Now, white folks, I'se a gwine to tell you de difference between a southern man an'•de yankee. Well, de southern man he stop at de hotel, he as for a mein, he get de key ; he say, " here Jim, take my valise." When he get in de room, he say, "Jim, you. black rascal, brush my coat and boots, and be in a hurry." While I'se doing dat he wash hisself, comb his bar, and take a drink, and when I gives him de boots he hands me a dollar. When de yankee stop at tie hotel he say, "Mister • Jonsing,._;please brush my boots—Mr. Jonsing, please carry dis note to Mt. Smith at the railroad depo—Mr. Jonsing, I guess I'll have to trouble you to bring a pitcher of water , ,Mr-Jonsing please carry dis message to de telegraff office —Mr; Jonsing, I guess I ought to have a cigar—run down and get a five cent one." I coin back, and 'spec, of course s he gib 'bout two dollars,but 'stead of giving me the. money, he ax me to, take a seat,aud tell him 'bout my grandfadder, my grandniudder, my. brudder, and my sister, and my cousins, au' my" old massa, :and how much I's making, and how old I is, and all slob nonsense, and den after a ,while be say, "Well,.Mr. Jonsing, I guess I'll have to give you a dime afore I leave here." Now, white folks, dat's!de differ 'once %weep de Southern. - man and de yan kee, and it's every word truf.'!, A Slander Silenced. The Hon. Isaac Toticey, has effectually silenced the stale calumny which has been current ever since 1861, to the effect that when Secretary of the Navy, at the close :of Mr. Buchanan's administration, he so disposed of the navy that none of it was available for use in suppressing.the rebell ion. Hon. Jobe Sherman, of Ohio, re cently, reiterated this charge in a speech in Congress, in these w ords : "Mr. Toucey scattered our vessels, when under-. his command, all over, the world, so that when another, and worthi er citizen of your State came' to adminis ter the affairs of the same department, the whole navy under his command was one vessel with ffve guns—spiked." • Mr. Toucey having never before seen the, charge made by Uresponsible person, bad not deigned to notice it. -But on see ing this speech of Mr. Sherman he atonce. addressed u letter to - the - New:. york Times, fromwhicir it. gives us pleasure to copy this conclusive statement, which we trust will forever . put to rest the base falsehood which called it forth : • :,`‘ Here Were . thirteen 'ships, With 368 guns, at home, in the Atlantic navy yards, which could have been -put-t-olsea, in good order for service before the sbota bardment of Fort Sumter. Thus we Lid. on the Atlantic coast, at the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln, a naval force of twenty-, six vessels , carryin. , an armament of 554 guns, which .could be put to sea in good order before the war cornineneed, against an enemy that had no naval force what ever ; for such had been the course of the department.(in'.'premptly. removing all seeds of .disaffection, that the secession of eleVen States froin the Union lost not a single vessel front the service." Characteristic of the Yankee. General Steedman and Fullerton's re port relative to the Freedmen's Buresii, shows up to the world, the diabolical,vm dictive and cruet conduct of the clergy men who are acting agents cif the Bureau, towards the poor untbrtunate blacks that' come under their conyol, , The itegroes are tortured, Stied, imprisoned, together with other punishments that are really monstrous in this age of, civilization, for offences that would not be, recognized by the of this or any other city. These puritanical apostles of liberky. rob and maltreat cruelly ; all the negroes who 'will not allow thentselves to be robbed. No slaveowner South ever acted iu so MONTROSE, P 4., TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1866. fiendish a manner towards his servants as these Freedmen's Bureau agents are now acting towards the contrabands ; and the evidence of their guilt, upon investiga tion, come's direct from the negroes them selves. It is -a notorious fact, that-the most cruel overneeretat the south prior:to the *IT, carne from the:North-lied esiie.- bialliSrow *England. The Franchise. The Natiotia Tleplitliedn; a leading or gan of the party says : Equally adverse to the.great examples of'nations in their career of conquest, and alike abhorrent to the spirit of mercy which has heretofore distinguished our own country,• is the unwise policy of de barring from franchise until a certain date those who have voluntarily engaged in Ht.he-Rebel service. Those familiar with the subject must be aware that those who fought were the -,most hotieSt, the brave'st, and the best portion ofthe South. Their influence iu the work of restoration is most needed,.lieeause it, is the most ben eficial. They are the natural. leaders. of the South, and to make them enemies by proscriptive legislation is to-pursue a sui cidal policy. Outside of East Tennessee the men who withheld syinpathy for their section were of little repute in their vicin age, and of • little valiie to the public now. There may be some individ ual exceptions to this rule, but they are as rare as inconspicuous. This proscrip tive course can have but one effect, to en gender hatred and strife; which may fur iiiislrpretext for further despotic 'enact. meets: Tedded, - but One purpose - stand's out in this whole plan of reconstruc ion, and that is, to continue agitation and con troversy on geograpical lines, in order to govern the nation by, a sectional party nu de" radical-lead. The very proposition is an argument forimmediate representation of the loyal men whom the South lave chosen to sit in COngreks. -Not one valid reason for postponement is advanced. The great principle _of_ universal suffrage, fer-Wbiefrsce many prayers have been of fered up, and for which ,so . many weary speechesttive been made, is basely surren dered fotiolitical poWer. •Th retain pow er Congress has eot4otily. concluded to fling the political rights of four millions of negroes to the wind, but dares, in the faun or public crezessii,yi and I n - defiance , ofevery humane and Christian instinct, make eleven States the begatelle of party machinations, and plaice millions accus tomed to the rights of freemen nuder the ban of degradation. When honor in man is lost the best part of manhood goes with it. When woman yields her chasti ty the glory of her sex vanishes, and she becomes the object of universal pity: But these individual instances, melancholy as they are, do not affect materially the world at large. • When, however, men who hold the commanding positions usu l i - ally occupied by statesmen, whose acts make up the weal or woe of nations, for get their duties to the law, eat their own Words, violate their own professions, and disregard the public safety, for no _other seeming object but the retention of po litical power, then the fame of the Re public becomes involved, the chastity of free institutions is threatened, and at such times;by such deeds, nations become dis honored, and the glory of a great race is tarnished. .., es> tinder Cover of Patriotism. The Pittsburg Chroiiele, Republican paper, uses the following pithy language: “The objection to the representation of the Southern States, that disloyal inten tions are still cherished by their people, will not stand criticism. The evidence upon tvbich the objection is founded is unsatisthetory; but if the facts did show that much hostile feeling prevailed, in the South, the conclusion would rennin Unim paired that a people cannot be made con tented and fraternal by mere force. Eng land has made the experiment, and Ire land, though firmly held, is still bitterly hbatile to English rule. Our whole sys tem is averse to such a role. Our people themselves regard it with repugnance. They want the Union. They fought for it.' They will not patiently see, wadercover of patriotism, the thing accom plished at the North, which they refused to permit at titeSouth."c: , - ' - The-above is, full of good sense, and ex hibits the true 'Union feeling. Circulate Democratic Newspapers. One of the most vitally essential steps to secure dem ocratic success in the coming ,campaign f s the circula tion of ,Democretic newspapers among the people and with a vitw to accomplish this much desired result, wo call teem the leading Democrats in the , county to see that every Democrat in the several townships is supplied with a Democratle.newriewer. If any one appears to be unwilling to .mbscribe, convince him that it is a du ty he owes to himself I to his family and the party to sus tain its press. lf he s unable to pay. for ft (ore year time him to take it for sir Menthe. Wejuive no doubt but that there are hundreds Of voters* this county who do not receive any local paper, and some of them no paper at all.; If elicit One of them week] get a good Democratic paper in his house it would have a great in fluence. It is important, therefore, that every Demo crattefamily should hare a good Democratic newspaper i n his Nauru. The seeds ofcorrect principles thus sown silently will ho sure in the end to spring apaud, produce a gooditarveSt. We Submit these facts to our Demo cratic friends, Daved.mocratic papers 011 your tables, and when yourrepubitean neighbors come to visit you they will pier there up and read them, and the truth win i n thi s tril , be presented to many and produce convie would through prejudice, always ti o wll s e tap r l s in °al th el ei ‘ r v o w n e lt h i(g Y ht nod never get their eyes open. • A I,Mod democrat .shonld feel like supporting a county Orgait. andthatbeip to spread the truth, Ylienv persons do not think so far. Besides if paper s arc well them me supporte re d, the intereeir publishers will he encouraged to make Gov. Geary's Inaugural. The person whom the anti Johnson Re. publicans of Pennsylvania nominated for Governor was formerly the Territorial Governor of Kansas. His name is John W. Geary. 'Doubtless ho can write hie own name; perhaps he can'spellit correct ly; but it is certain he cannot write - his own messages. r When he was' in Haim he stole them. Were he to be' elected Governor of Pennsylvania of which hap. pily there is small probability, he would have to steal them - again. Pennsylvania really deserves -a Governor capable of writing his own messages. The common school system of-that State ought not to culminate in such gubernatorial imbecility. We print below extracts from the inau gural address of Governor Henry J. Gard ner, delivered to the Massachusetts Legis lature, in 1855, and extracts from Gover. nor Geary's inaugural address of 1857 : TRACT FROM GOV. IIk:NET J. GARDNER'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS DELIVERED TO TUE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACIIUSF:ITS, JAN. 9, 185.. "Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Rep sentativel : , " Th at gracious Being, in whose hands are alike the destinies of individuals an,d of nations, has permitted us to assemble this day intrusted with grave responsibili ties and duties. * * * * * know no safer index in official an- Lien than a conscientious conviction of duty, none more fluctuating than the at tempt to satisfy temporary caprice. Prin ciples are enduring, and if disregarded, sooner or later the verdict of condemna tion will be recorded against those who are thlse to their requirements.. Let us then be true to our country and our duty. Let the Success of principle, not of party, be our desire—the benefit of the State, not of a faction, our aim."—Munachuselis Senate Document N 0.3 fur 18.55. EXTRAOT ,FROXIGOV. JOHN W. GRA.E.IOB IN AUGURAL ADDRESS DELIVERED TO THE ' TERRITORfiI„L LEGISLATURE OF KANSAS, JAN. 12, 1857. ".Gentlemen of the Territorial Legislature of Kansas: " The all wise and beneficent Being, who controls alike the destinies Of individ uals and of nations, has permitted you to convene this day charged with grave re sponsibilities. " For official action, I know no better rule than a conscientious conviction of du ty, none more variable than the vain at tempt to conciliate temporary prejudice. Principles and justice are eternal; and if tampered with, sooner or later the sure and indignant verdict of popular condem nation against those who are untrue to their leadings will be rendered. Let us not be false to oar country, our duty, and our constituents. The triumph of truth and principle, not of partisan and selfish objects, should be our steady purpose—. the general 'welfare and not the interest of a few our sole aim"—Kansas Journal of Councils for 1857, pope 21. There is much more of the same sort of barefaced literary thieving. Perhaps robbery would be the fitter term, for the theft is accompanied with, violence. Gea ry not only stole the Massachusetts Gov ernor's appropriate sentiments and cor rect English, but twists them into Geary. grammar and dreary sense—not quite de stroying the identity of the passage, how ever. Geary begins his theft by paying.two compliments to the Deity in place of the one which he steals. " Gracious Being" becomes 1 ' the all wise and beneficent Be ing." With this change we find no fault, for it may signify . tbat the man who spiic its Pennsylvania's stiffrages hes the germs of a conscience in. him, and, like the Hot tentot and the Thug, whose religions are also of a very rudimentary sort, thought it possible in the act of sin to propitiate its rewarder, by ampler ascription to his awful name. But the next disfigurement, which Geary practices upon this stolen, property is villainous. Goverflor Gard , ner's Yinkees were perthitted to "assew ble," intro ijted with grave responsibili ties." Geary must needs " convene" his legislators " charged." And so 4 goee, on buttering his Stolen substantives with superfluous adjectives, in the hope that the loaf wilt be swallowed ere it is known to be stolen. " Principles are'enduring," was the phrase at. the Hub, but Geary strains over, the sentence and finally pro-. claims that "principles and justice Are eternal." Wc.) will not quarrel with Gear ry over this transmogrification, though it is a rule of truth as t. .well as of rhetoric not. to stretch the language beyond the breadth of the fact. Justice probably is eternal, but Geary must see , that in the present instance it, has .been only nine years in emieg xound; and as for princi ples, which; he says, are eternaltoo,. it is quite enough - for him to prove that the stock which he had in Kansas in the win ter of '57 will last him to the fall of '66, to,satisfy honest Pennsylvanians whomto cast their votes, for.--. World. tffe A State Union (Johnson) Con vention is to be held in - Indianapolis, Alay aOth, to which the voiers.for Lincoln aud Johnson, tow`. t he the policy of President Johnson, are 'invited. 11 signers are among the leading Iteptibli• caps of Indiana. The Leading Traitor., John W. Forney painted a portrait of Wendell Phillips •in Aug. 18d2, which - we copy. , snyta : " Wendell Phillips is a traitor ' in his soul. lie d 4 iffon) from 4 . efferson :Davis only, in this., that Davis , has -drail). the liword mlule plitPl.4l,in effective , prithont Whatf strength, whali f dignity, has this Republic,,which can, : permit, traitor!' in Boston to atumil fceel .the.ferte t while traitors inltichmondassail it - from the battle Old? It sends men.te Port Wei len for attacking the, Government, and disowning the oath of allegiance, yet it permits men in Boston, men of smooth speech..and choice words and elegant phrase ' to glory in the fact that they dis dained to owe allegiance to the country or their birth, and at the same time sought to divide and destroy it. Wen dell Phillips is an enemy, a traitor, a per nicious man. Ho should be abated. If it can be done in no other way there is a short and easy road from his home near Boston to a casement in Fort Warren 1" Andrew Johnson recently called Phil lips a traitor, but Forney defends Phillips and abuses the President. Phillips was always a traitor; but the Republicans now defend him because he is .one of their par ty leaders. Feta PLAY.—After the Disunion press get through with their abuse of Mr. Oly merfor refusing a hearing to Audi** Johnson in 1863, will they he kind enough t,o allow President Johnson a hearing in 1866, by the publication of his speeches ? Admitting that Mr. Clymer did vote against allowing Mr. Johnson to speak to the State Legislature three years ago, who are gagging and throtling him so fiercely now ? — l -Thad. Stevens, in his late speech on the Obstruction Resolutioni, said, with fiendish malignity, that he would send the eight millions of Southern- people to " the Penitentiary of hell." What a gen. tle hearted ruler he is 1-Robespierre was kindness' and tenderness itself compared to this old' brute. —G. Hosaphat has a plan for paying off the aational debt. His proposition is to convert the entire indebtedness into greenbacks and6ep them in circulation until they naturally wear oqt. Among Ihe apOipriations, made by Congress we find : the 'followina : " For defrayin the expenses Incident to the death and ' burialof Abraham Lin coln, $300,000 !" " For the purchase of Ford's Theatre, the scene of the assassination, $100,000." Provost. 'Marshal 13inieral Fry Eipitted. ltr. Conkling, (Disunionist) of New York, while the Army Bill was underdis cussion, is reported in the house proceed ings as follows : "There was one important thing for the Bureau of the Provost Marshal Gen eral to do, and that was to close its ac counts, an d allow the country to know , what has become of the $26;000,000 which, under•thea43ti of March 13, 1883; wept to its credit. "He Pits. Conkling) had been directed by the tircivernment to prosecute the As sistant-Provost Marshal, Maj. Haddock, who Was justified by his superior officers down le the time when his sentence was published, he having been convicted, of the very basest forms;of official atrocity. Every offense, from 'highway robbery up and down, bad been charged and proved against him; and - although. this Loan • diagorged - 8200;000, 'the prosecu tion, he had purchased: the other day, an establishment in 'Philadelphia for whish he lad paid $71 1 ,000 , down; and that tiaan'k case was not a peculinr4ine. There nev er bad been , a greater mockery,rn greater burlesqtie, or greater fraud, on , the•pre tense of honest adininistration, ,than the ProvOst Marshal %rein averaged and illustrated through the whole country. It would turn:outithat,- of the six, or sev en, or eight , hundred thousand menfor whom enormous bounties had been paid, not two thousand bad ever,gone to the front." • The. Rand-writing. on the . Wall; Senator Lane; of Kansas, a Reptiblioan of the strictest sect, in a "recent speeek used this language . "Eat it is 'said the tiretildent interfered 'with the, Connectierit elecopn . . _T A me say to thOßeitiblietipe juit,one _ word 9,43. the subject of that' election, • bne, more victory like that, and I shenld:thirik the Republican party.Forild be imbersed. It is but the first scratch of the handwriting: upon the wall. 'lf you" permit the Deino. °rule party. to take and occupy the plat form of " restoring theie, States , to the Un ion, adinktitsg these Senators and Repro ientatiyes to theii-plheis in Congress, I venture the assertion, that the House of Representatives ' stand :at the next Congreis Onikenther,side as much se it `stands ai our 'side thisliession. - The people:of this country will; bawl those States - restored—they„ have those loyal members' is theuri places in Col:10388—mnd !f.thei.eannot do.it. .they RipubliVan party, if they cannot do it through the Union party, they will do it even through the Democratic party. I ' VcAittSlE XXIII, NIJXJ3Utr,22— ,Lots of Government borids %the pock ets of the rich, drawing interest and ex ernst_front taxation. • , Who pays the interest ? The man ' that labors and earns his bread by ; the sweat of his brow. • Thet fanner who tills the soil. The mechanic:who ~ works up a heavy init.& material: . . ' "Mr. Poorman , bow much are ion tax: ed on your little - $l,OOO farm ?" s$ Thirty dollars 1" " Mr.. Richman, host much do you pay on your $lO,OOO bonds e Not one cent, sir ! Mr. Jay Cooke tells me that a national debt is a national blessing, and I find it is, sir. Here are $lO,OOO in;'personal property that don't cost me a cent, and besides sir, I am drawing six per cent. in gold, equalling nearly nine hundred dollars in national currency. Now, if I had that $10;900 in a arm, I would have to pay $3OO, bnt draw an interest of about $9OO, add this $3OO to $9OO, and I have the advantage over the land , holder of $1,200 in a single yeir !" "Is that the way it works, Mr. Rich man ?" "Of course, sir ! It's a national bles sing to me, and no mistake. So it has been, to Mr. Jay Cooke, who made 500,000 in simply selling bonds !" " But, Mr. Richman, must not thiSim- Lionel• debt. and the interest thereon be paid !" *" Of course, sir, ofecourse this national blessing debt must be paid, and no mis take." " Then, sir, who is to pay this debt, and the immense interest that is every year accumulating—who is to pay you $9OO a year ? Do you not help to pay this debt and interest ?" " Why, I have all my property in bonds —I am exempt from taxation—the asses sors have no business with me. I am a five twenty man, sir, ahem ! sir !" • "But my friend, the money must come from some source, and as you are exempt and hundreds of thousands like you are also exempt, who is to pay this, immense debt and this interest which you claim as a national blessing ?" " Why, sir it must be raised from the taxable property of the country.; and the men who own goods chattels, mechanics and the laboring classes must foot; 'the bill. But, what is that to me, sir? I en. joitlie national blessing—l do! I have some coupons now due in my pocket, which I must go - to our national bank and draw the gold on !" "But, my, friend, do you think-this is honest and fair ?" " Yes,, of coarse ! every man has . the trivilege=abem I" "But will it last ?" " Last 1 what are you talking about ? Has some copperhead been sticking mis chief into your head ? Last 1 , Of course it will. It is foolish to talk abOut taxing the' bonds. We have the political power now. We'll make the Democrats and 'all the poor white trash pay the taxes and the interest, on our bonds. If there is any Republican so unfortunate as to own land, or to labor for his living, he must , stiffer the consequences. The bond hol ;ders must have their interest. It Would 'be a, breach of loyalty to make us assist in bearing the burdens of the war:-debt and the Government. Very disloyal! I • must buy a few more bonds, so that I can live entirely on my annual income of interest, to be paid me by my neighbors, farmers, mechanics and laborers who are not en joying the national. blessing." An Eastern journal says : Now, haw is it with the revolving radicals in Congress?' They have fairly stuffed the departments wlth„their sous, nephews, aunts and• dm- . ins.. There are two or three hundred Co ngressional lackeys who loaf around the Capitol under the' name of police; door keepers. and messengers, who draw lar ger salaries than, half these Congressmen ever dreamed of deriving from their pro.' fessioeal - practice before they entered the field Of politics. There are a hundred or more little boys who run about on the;' floors of the Senate and House to wirer DOW and papers of tobacco, and every one of these 'goys draws a larger;iialarr for a few months snob service than is_poid , to one clergyman in a thousand 'in New Eugland for a whole year's preaching and yrayi ng .• So desirable are these , small boy's,plaees, that the House, this session' s ,passedo resolution that 'no member's son should be a page or waiter in the House. There are thirty or forty: elt3ika of the Congressional committees. By whom are all these doorkeeperships; cluricships,tnes.;;; sengerships, ands° on, 'held ?;. By-'sol diers ? „ Not at all. The corridors of the Capitol: swarm ; with. paid plate•holdem ,who,are,relatives and particular friends of. the members of this Congress; and more. 'than : nine-tenths of these places are aim: —einecures, money-swindles, 2 Which Gould be dispensed with today With =no loss toile, puhlioservice,f and with'great licai44o the publio treasury. , 'No" session- • of congress, not __even .when the radicals ' first came into power , and,were.rabid *ht . ." king fasting, has ever exhibited such bra zen nepotism. Watchmen What of the Night. ' Congiessional Mellott)lie.
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