Volume 32
Vontrose pemocrat.
Gol , l closed in New York, on Saturdky
at 1121.
The Administration's New Year gift
to the people is an increase In the public
debt of over $3,000,000. .
The first democrat elected speaker •of
the house of representatives in Florida
since 1866 was chosen January 7. ife
received 27 conservative and 6 republi
can votes.
t‘'
The,reptblican party will have no con
testant for the honor of originating the
Sherman finance bill, which would be
aptly termed "The Artful Dodger.". All
the democrats in the house voted against
it on its filial passage.
If Grant will issue his proclamation
declaring all who oppose Kellogg's rule
in Louisiana "banditti" and out laws,
Sheridan promises that the rest can be
safely left to him. The fate of the 'Pie
gun Indians fully illustrates his
,mean
in g.
The lieutenant ceneral of the army
shows tiiut he has a lively conception of
the liberal principles on which the gov
ernment of ibis country is founded in"
suggesting that Grant proclaim the
southern people to be "banditti," arid then .
leave the work of extermination to him.
Secretary Bristow has secured the.dis
charge of 123 employes in the New York
custom house who had nominal emPloy
ment and fixed salaries of 81,400 par year.
The saving to the government .will be
$200,0110 per annum, but there is a ter
rible outcry among the radical politi-
'lt is now time to begin to hoard trac
tional currency. As soon .as the Mint
crap turn out the silver coins to exchange
for ten, twenty-five and fifty cent notes,
they will he worth more than legal ten
der dollars. Congress has taken 'this
plan of depriving die country of small
change, by making it profitable to hoard
it and exchange it for a commodity which
can be resold at a profit.
The Nation makes a very fair hit at
Shiirman's finance bill, gotten op as a
medicine for the sickness that has seized
the Republican party and threatens, if
not eradicated, to terminate fatally. It
is intended to be "all things to all tnen"
—to enable Mr. Dawes to assure his
Massachusetts iriend that "it is a meas..
ure of contraction," and Mr. Morton to:
make his more currency fiends in Indi
ana happy with the informdtion that "it_
is a measure of inflation." The medi-:
cine, when administered by Congreat
will be found not to work as .proMiseit
and the result will be the dissatisfaction
of both contractionists and inflationists,
and greater defection in the Republican'
ranks. The Downfall of Republican
misrule is decreed and cannot be . aver=
ted.
On the 4th of March next the terms
of twenty-six United States Senators will
expire. Of these, three are democrats,
three Liberals and twenty radical Repub
licans. The Democrats are, Bagard, of
Delaware, Hamilton, of Maryland and
Stockton, of New Jersey. Th r esewill be
re-elected or their places supplied by oth
er Democrats. Conneticut has already
elected a Democrat in place of Bucking
ham, Republican, and the seats now oc
cupied by Republican Senators from New
York, Missouri, West Virginia, Indiana,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and gennsyl
yania, who retire on the 4th of March,
will be filled by Democrats. This will
add considerably to the Democratic
strength in the Senate, the political com
plexion of which will probably be com
pletely changed within a half dozen
years.
A Walikington Dispatch says
The Republicans have been lookiag
forward to carrying the'heat Presidential
election •by setting aside the • Notes . - of
Southern Democratic States in case of a
close election, out their game is`spoiled
by the fact that the next House of Rep
resentatives (which is so largely) Demt
cratic that Clerk McPherson cannot
_manipulate it otherwise)form an effectual
check upon the Senate in the joint sesion
provided for counting the electoral votes
It ie the general belief of Delpopraitin
politicians here that the Presidential
election will be so overwhelmly
cratio as to preclude a content. The
Republican% however, would take alLthe
chances, and provide for a cloic 'contest
and 'a division of opinion between the
two Houses of Congress by a oonatitn
tional Amendment, framed to suit them
selves,, but for the fact that so many . of
the States have Democratic Legislatitre
that the Constitutional A.mencliOnt at
contemplated by Mr. Morton and others
would be pretty certain to be rejhuted.
The UtliOnto Pin Genius of Liberty' le,
calls the pledge made by the D4mocritic
State Convention,held in Pittsburg, tolop
off all useless expenses and uses the fol
lowing sound talk :
The members of the Legislature will
have a tine opportunity to redeem this
pledge early in the sessien. The Radical
Legislature of the past few years had a
little army of clerks, psiges: postmasters,
posters and folders, doorkeepers, messen
gers, &c., for whom places were found
merely to reward them for party PI
This army should be relined at least:one
half, and those who 'do obtain plates
should be men of some standing intthe
party ; nbt merely hangers on, ever on
the lookout for one bite of bread anOwo
of fish; and they should at lent be men
who can write a legible hand; and pat
their capital letters in the right places.—
There have been enough ingnorance*nd
incompetence displayed at the. Capitol
during the Radical regime. Let as lam
a little firit clues ability henceforth.,
The annual message of Governor Hart
ralift is one of the few able state papers
that of late: times have come from a
Pennsylvania Governor, and most especi
ally that part Which refers to Free Bank
ing and the military usurpation of the
Grant dynasty, both of which we give in
fulL Governor Hartranft has disappoin
ted friends and political foes since he be
icame Governor. His ability, his states
manlike qualities, hie boldness, and his
Pentocracy are so striking that we at least
are surprisingly gratified oh reading this
got message.
Attorney General Williams has been at
'the bottom of nearly all the persecution
and plundering of the South. Of all her
; enemies he has been the most venomous,
the most inveterate and the most remorse
less. Whenever there has been an order
or a measure that bore hard against the
unfortunate people of Louisiana, or Mis
sissippi, or Alabama, his sinister counten
ance has shown through it. A lawyer
without a knowledge of law, an official
incapable of intelligently discharging the
duties of his office, an adviser of the Pres
ident who only gives baneful advice, cal
culated to divide and disturb his country,
,be may be pointed out as the most mis
ehievons man of his time. His last
achievement consists in pursuading the
President to send Sheridan to New Or
leans to perform, not the duties of a sol
dier. for Gen. Emory could have perform
ed those, but to' practice the trade of the
executioner. But history is full of con.
Solation for us, and furnishes hope that
even Williams will some day meet with
justice. The fate of Jefferies and of Staf
ford should make bun shudder.
The Louisiana Legislature met in the
State House at New Cries; on Monday,
J .
4th, their place of eeting being
. surrounded by eighteen htindred United
States troops and a strong guard 'of me
tropolian police. All the doors of the
State House were "barricaded," and only
State officials, members of the Legisla-.
' tnre, and a few others were admitted.—
The House was called to order at ilbon
by the chief clerk, 102 members answer
ing to the roll. As soon as the clerk
announced that a quorum was present
a motion was made that Ron. L. A. Wilts
of Orleans parish, be temporary chair
man, and Mr. Wilts immediately took
the chair. Confusion at once arose, but
Wilts proceeded to appoint a temporary
sergeant-at-aims and clerk. Motiour
were made by various members, and as
many as fifty were at one time "yelling
at the top of their voices." Order being
at last restored, the chairman'stated that
he would treat all the members alike
of Astever party or color. Colonel
Lowell protesting against the manner of
temporary organization, Wiltz reminded
him that it was identical with that of
the organization of 1868, in which Low
ell participated. The members not re
turned by the Returning Board were
then seated by resolution the matter of
contest for their seats being reserved for
the Legislature. The Conservatives being
lug thus reinforced, a motion for the
election of a permanent president was
.carried. A ballot being taken, Wilts,
Conservative, was found to have received
55 votes to 2 for Hahn, Republican, and
1 blank. A quorum having voted Wilts
was declared elected, and was immediate
ly qualified as presiding officer. The
wildest excitement prevailed during the
proceedings. Subsequently, however,
General De Trobriand, with a squad of
United States soldiers, entered the cham
ber and ejected the members who had
been returned by the board. Finally the
old clerk was seated by the soldiers, and
the Democratic members then returned
in a body.
The Wrong Consummated.
We cannot be charged with partisan
bias when we give the opinion of the
Philadelphia Inquirer upon the tyrant
Grant, who has consummated the wrong
Upon a once free people, by the use of a
despots thong. The Inquirer is a Repub
lican paper. It was one of the straight
est of the straight in the late state eke
don. It says:
The grossest and most notable wrong
ever committed against the rights and
liberties of the people has been consum
mated at New Orleans by armed soldiers
of the United States, who violently and
forcibly dissolved the Legislature duly
elected by the citizens of the State, And
who formed in its place an illegal, une
lected body, usurping the name, func
tions and authority of the real I,gislit-
Lure of the commonwealth of Louisiana.
As this wrong was in process of devel
opment, we detailed, day by day, the
steps that were being taken by the noto
rious band of adventurers—of whom
William Pitt Kellogg is the chief—to
render it complete and ,the disfranchise
ment of the people of Louisiana absolute ,
Until Monday there was ,stifi reason to
believe that the conspirators would halt
before evoking upon their acts the fiery
indignation of honest men of every shade
of political opinion, North as well as
South ; but, in their desperate endeavor
to hold the power they bad wrongfully
seized from the people, they went right
on in s their work, and, for the first time
in the history of the country, the shame
ful] spectacle was presented to the world,
of armed soldiers, acting under the direct
orders of the Chief Executive of the us
tion,packinris.Leguilature in the interest
of a political clique. 'Such an act being
supported even by such law as that which
has eminated from the office of Attorney
General Williams, much less by public)
opinion or the press of the conntry,would
render our toasted goveroment, of the
people by the people and for the people a
lying boast which should cover us With
shame and humiliation.
In no monarchic/1 country of Europe
could this wrong'be even attempted'. Let
any one imazine a foxes of British sol-
diers unseating a Radial! majority and
setting ti Conservative one in its place in
Parliament. It could not. be, even at
tempted in Aussie, in the nost arbituary
government in the world, and yet it has
MONTROSE DEMOCRAT, Wednesday, January 13th, 1875.
not only been attempted but aCcoMplish
ell in the Republic of the tuited States.
If the party in whims name this mon
strous iniquity has been perpetrated think
that it shall not bear the odium and bur
den of such an offence against the sacred
rights of the people, it makes the most
serious mistake of its existance. Such a
wrong presisted in, or even permitted, no
matter how temporarily expedient it may
seem, would sink to oblivion, through
depths of measureless infamy, any party
in whose name it is done or whose sanc
tion it may have for a single day. And
unless the RA-publican party is content to
be swept out of existence by the storm of
indignant protest rising against the
wrongs of Louisiana from all portions of
the country, it will see that this most
shameful outrage is redressed wholly and
at once, for, it it is right for the Federal
soldiery to pack the Legislature of one
State in the manner Attorney-General
- Williams declares it shall be packed, or if
it can be done, it is right and can be done
in any other Slate. It is a matter that
concerns Massachusetts, California and
Pennsylvania equally with Lonisiana, for
it is an act of Federal usurpation which,
it not revoked and condemned by Con
gress, will lead inevitably to the destruc
tion of the whole fabric of our govern•
went.
What adds to the common indignation
of the country against the perpetrators of
the wrong is the moral heroism exhibited
by the disfranchised people of Louisiana
who have borne with sublime pa ience
and in peace that which was excuse suf
ficient fur revolution. For the doctrine
is as old as wrong itself, that usurpation
of the people's rights makes revolution
not only a privilege but a duty. And yet
there has been absolute peace in Louisi
ana, no excuse whatever for the bombas
tic proclamation of Gen. Sheridan, no
excuse for his presence there, no excuse
for the presence of any Federal soldier in
the streets of New Orleans, much less in
the court house, forming a Legislature.
It has been suggested that public meet
ings of citizens, of all political opinions,
be held throughout the North to protest
against the usurpation in Louisiana.—
The merchants and manufactures of
Philadelphia should he the first to move
in this matter, and to express their con
demnation of the outrage and their sym
pathy with their fellow-citizens of that
State.
Puritan and Pilgrim.
There is an amusing attempt to estab
lish a difference between tweeeledum and
tweedledett lately croping out of New
England. In the light of history, the
Puritan, by himself considered, is not au
altogether lovely character. The New
Englanders themselves are a little asham
ed of him, and lately they pretend to
have discovered that the Pilgrims who
came over in the Mayflower, compared
with the Puritans who followed atter
them, were as -snow to soot. A writer in
the Providence Journal says : "In reality,
however, the Pilgrims who settled at
Plymouth were very different people from
the Puritans who,eight or ten years later,
came to Salem and Boston, and subse
quently spread themselves ovor what they
called New England. So different were
they that the two would not have crossed
•the ocean in the same ship or dwelt to
gether in the same settlement. The pil
grims were by far the meeker and more
self-denying people. They had much
less lofty notions of their mission in the
new world. They had seperated them
selves from the English church for con
sciences sake, and had ceased to be mem
bers of it.. They were not grasping or
domineering in the exercise of power,
bat being persecuted as separatists. They
came to America in order that they
might be in English territory and within
the general protection of English power,
and that they might Maintain their own
worship and institutions without being
mixed with foreigners, as they had been
in Holland. They had no thought of
using the civil sword iu religions matters.
'The Puritans, on the contrary, when
they left England were still members of
the Anglican church, though they had
long desired and struggled to promote a
more complete reformation of its wor
ship and institutions. They disliked
prelacy, because they bad buffered iron;
it ; they disliked ceremonial worship, be
cause a portion of it had come from the
Church of Rome,and through that church
from the pagan mythology of earlier
ages. BnE before leaving England they
bad by no means become either Congre
gationalittenor Presbyterians. They were
simply a party in the Established church
that had been persecuted to the limit of
endurance by the ecclesiastical and civil
tyrant' of their opponents. They still
retain Anglican notions both of the
church and state, and of the relations be
tween them. They bad not advanced a
step beyond the Anglican idea of religious
freedom, and did not believe in the essen
tial liberty of the human soul. They had
not determined beforehand precisely what
religions institutions they should estab.
lish in their colony; and it is evident that
in some important particulars they foun
ded their ecclesiastical ideas from the Pil
grims who preceded them, and who were
far simpler and more charitable in their
sentiments and beliefs. Neither of them
thought that the church and state could
exist separate from each other, but the
Pilgrims were much nearer this idea than
their more arrogant neighbors and male
who settled on the shores of. Massachu
setts bay, and became the masters - of
New England.
"Forefathers' day, as we call it, had
nothing to do with Boston and Salem
and Cape Anne, but only with the bleak
shore that stretches from Roxbury to Cape
Coil. That alone is the country.of the.
Pilgrims. net was the home of Brad
ford, Carver, . Brewster and' Miles Stan
dish, the first fore-fathers of New Eng
land. To use the day Of their landing
fOr eulogizing Gov. Endicott and Gov.
Winthrop of the Puritans of Massachus
etts bay is; as much a perversion as it
would be to devote it to the first planters
.ocßktode Island or of Connecticut."
From Washington
SawsTs, Jan. sth, 1875.—Mit Scott
presented resolutions of the Atnern,a:
Iron and Steel Association protesting
against the proposed reciprocity treaty be
tween the United States and Canada.
Mr. Thurman offered the following
resolution and asked its present considera
tion :
Resolved, That the President of the
United States is hereby requested to in
form the Senate whether any portion of
the army of the United States or any
officer or officers, soldier or soldiers of
such army did in any manlier interfere di'
intermeddle with, control or seek to con
trol the organization of the General As
sembly of the State of Louisiana or eith
er branch thereof on the 4th instant, and
especially whether any person or persons
claiming seats in either branch of said
Legislature have been deprived thereof or
prevented from taking the same by any
such military force, officer or soldier ;
and if such has been the case, that the
President inform the Senate by what au
thority such military intervention and
-interference have taken place.
Mr. Conklin said he would suggest that
it would be better to preserve the cue
tomary phraseology of such resolutions
by inserting the words "if in his judg
ment it is not incompatiable with the
public interests."
Mr. Thurman said he did not agree
with the senator (Conklin) as to the pro
priety of inserting the words suggested.
This question did not relate to any for
eign power. If it was such a question,
then it would be propel to insert those
words. It was not for the Senate to 61111
mit to the opinion or judgment o! the
President It was proper that the Senate
should know the facts. It was not a case
where information would interfere with
warlike move,neets although this Louisi
ana trouble had the appearance of war.—
It was not a war made by the people. He
would not say who did make the war, but
would wait for the facts in the case.
Mr. Conkling moved to amend the
resolution by inserting after the word
"requested," "if in his judgmen_t it is not
incompatible with the public interest."
Mr. Thurman said he was tamiliar with
the usage of the Senate long before the
Senator from New York; in respect to
foreign affairs it • had always been the
usage to use the words moved by the
Senator from New York, but in time of
profound peace,a simple resolution of in
quiry as to our domestic affairs was not
left to the discretion of the President for
him to answer according to his will or
pleasure. This resolution related to what
had already taken place. It was a (Ines.
tion of fact and there was no possible
way by which the President could preju•
dice public interests by answering it. It
inteaereumi in Louisiana matters did
take place, the Senate could ask the Presi
dent to tell it by what authority of law
it did take place. The Senate had a
right to request information and if there
teas any reason why the President should
not furnish it., it was for him to commu
nicate that fact to the Senate under a
seal of secrecy to be considered iu exe
cutive session.
Mr. Edwards inquired if the Senator
(Thurman) could name &precedent where
the words submitted by the Senator from
New York (Conklin) had been omitted
from a resolution.
Mr Thurman replied he could name a
hundred if he had time to search the rec
ords. He did not. think it was for him
hat in hand, to bow before the President
and say it was for him to exercise his
judgment. Louisiana was not the only
State in which trouble had occurred in
reference to the organization of a Legis
lature. In Ohio, on ore occasion there
was for two weeks or more two bodies
both claiming to be the Legislature of the
State, but, thank God, they had no fraud
ulent returning board. They had not
descended to the depth of perdition.
If Martin Van Buren, who was then
President had sent the military to inter
fere in that legislative conflict, his troops
would not have left Columbia alive.
Iu Pennsylvania, also, there had been a
similar instance, and how would the peo
ple of that State have acted had the Fed
eral Government interfered? What would
not be tolerated in Massachusetta, Ohio,
and Penunsylvania for a single moment
was now the case in Louisiana. He des
ired to know whether, because of the first
fatal step in fois.irog an illegal gover
nor upon the people of Louisiana, all lib•
erty and all law in that State was to per
ish. Re wanted to know who it was that
called into use the army of the United
States to organize the Legislature of Lou
isiana. Re 41 not want this matter de
cided by clamor or tumult. There would
be a tumultuous spirit in New York,
Ohio and Michigan if either of those
States were suffering from the same cause.
Mr. Conklin read from various preee•
dents to show that the custom had been
to request the President if not it compa
tible with public interests to inform the
Senate. etc.
Mr. Thurman said: If the President of
the United States were to overthrow to
morrow any Southern State government
he would be defended by cries ot Ku Klux,
White League, murder, &c. That would
not do. The time had passed when a
plain violation of the constitution and
law could be thus excused. The domin
ant party tried' that last fall when it set
up a Southern outrage mill with the At
torney General as chief miller but the
people of the country rejected alp pro
duct of that mill. It was the duty of
Congress to harmonize the people of the
whole country, and not to produce sec
tional hatred by constantly preaching
that the people of one section are assas
sins and murderers. What warrant had
the Senator from Vermont (Edmunde) .
for charging that the people of Louisiana
were assassins and murderers because
some lives were lost there? Did that fact
make the people of the whole State as
sassins?
The New Oath.
Hon. John P. Pearson, president judge
of that district,. swore in the senators at
Harrisburg and administered the follow
ing oath :
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I
will suppurt, obey and defend, the con
stitution of the United States and the
constitution of this commonwealth and
that I will discharge the duties of my of
fice with fidelity; that L have nut paid or
contributed, or promised to pay or con•
tribute, either directly or indirectly, any
money or other valuable thing to procure
my nomination or election (or appoint..
ment,) except for necessary and proper
exp'enaes expressly authorized by law ;
that I have not knowingly violated any
election law of the commonwealth or
procured it to be done by others in my
behalf; . that I will.not knowingly receive,
directly or indirectly, - any money or oth
er veined thing for the performance or
non-performance of any act or duty per
•taining to my office other than the corn•
penaation allowed by law."
All.the senators took the oath but Mr.
Colihan, who presented himself with his
colleagues but was refused permission.
In the house a airliner oath was admin
istered to the members by Hon. Chas. A
Mayer, judge of the twenty-fifth, district.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE,
We have concluded to use only space
enough for the gist of the Governor's
Message as the major part of it is but
a repetition of last Sear. The eyes of
the Governor seem to have Leen opened
by past events upon some things and one
in particular, which is the usury robbery,
practiced by banks and other shaving
shops: The people have had so many
fulsome messages from Radical Executives
to amuse and quiet the populace while
the main performers, behind the scenes,
were concocting schemes-to rob them the
most artistically, that these documents
hays become in is great measure, like
-sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal."—
Hence we will occupy our space with other
matter unill we can record a message of
worthy acts and honest deeds instead of
high sounding words. 'Governor Hart.
mull's, last year, and also this, has many
excellent suggestions but to be of value
to the people they must be acted upon,
at which time we will record tuem in lull.
The message opens with the.expression
of regret that the hope entertained of a
speedy recovery from the effects of the
panic of 1823, has nut been realized, as is
miule painfully manifest by the fact that
Li/rut/o°k the Slate lurnacesare
factorws still, nuutug halt to process of
decay, aud ui)ciatis of uus-tnployeti men,
alto uu rezuurces to provide fur them
selves ant; litualies. These things are apt
Lu create a spirit ul restlessness and dia
cunt...Lit 11l the people, Who are apt Lu as
cribe all the iils Lu existing government.
In view oh this ha recommends the exer
cise of economy on the part of all whu
are serving the public. . The charitable
institutions under State management and
the ordinary expenses of • government
must be provided for. Beyond this there
are cases mentioned iu wnich humanity
end a sense of public duty would approve
f solne,assistanee,
During the fiscal year ending Novem
ber 30, 1.874, $1,230,186.57 of the pub
lic debt was redeemed. The receipts for
the same period into the Treasury includ
ing balance in Treasury November 30,
1873, 81,825,151.24 amounted to 87,07,-
119,51. The disbursements amounted - to
$6,642,567,86. Balance in treasury, 30th
November last, $1 ; 054,551.65.
The public debt, funded and unfunded
at the end of the fiscal year was $24,•
568,635.37. Bonds in the Sinking Fund
$8,000,000. The iecsipts during the fis
cal year 1874,. compared with those of
1873, fell off 81,204,754.91, in conse
quence of the rkpeal of the taxes on gross
receipts of railroads, net earnings of in
dustral and other corporations, and the
tax on cattle and farming implements.—
This and the fact of $500,000 increased
expenditures made necessary by the new
Constitution makes it necessary to prac
wee the severest economy.
On the subject of indusiral education,
he urges with some force and great ear
nestiless such - a
change in the school laws
as will enable a portion of our children
to obtain a knowledge of the mechanical
arts, and suggests the outlines of a plan
by wtich the end in view can be attained.
He favors the system of compulsory win
cation. He suggests the importance of a
naval school in Philadelphia, under the
act of Congress. 25th of June, 1874, for
the instruction of youths it: navigation,
mid calls the attention of the Legislature
to the soldiers' orphans. A number of
those who proved to be qualified on ex
aminatcon have been transferred for the
balance of their terms to the Normal
schools to qualify themselves for becom
ing teachers, and the quefitiou fur the
Legtslat'tre to decide is what the State
should do to' obtain employment or the
means of livelihood for the residue.
The Governor is eloquent on the sub
ject of the C. ntennial celebration of the
nation's independence, and thinks it will
be a grand success.
The ui•cessity and utility of the Insur
ance department have been shown by the
discovery of several insolvent companies,
one of which resorted not only to fraud
but to crime and forgary to deceive the
public. Ile recommends a more com
prehensive law for the incorporation of
insurance companies.
In his remarks upon the new Consti•
tntion and the reforms which it was in
tended to effect, the Goverror takes occa
sion to animadvert with some feeling up
on the practice of criticising without
proper investigation and unfairly the acts
of public servants of good reputation.—
He thinks it wrong and that such crtti•
cisms should be made with more candor.
On the subject of Banks and Savings
Institution the Governor ,discomes• at
length. He says:
We have in the state one hundred and
ninety-nine national banks, whose capital
is about $52,000,000, and one hundred
and seventeen state abaks and savings
institutions, whose capital actually paid
in, as pei'auditor general's report of 1874
was $8,370,168,85, in all three hundred
and sixteen backs and savings institu
tions, with an aggregate capital of $60,-
000,000. For the proper regulation of
national banks we are dependent upon
the national government. For the regu.
lation of state banks, savings funds and
trust companies the state government if
responsible to its people, and as it is prob
able a bill for the enactment of a . general
law, in compliance with the provisions of
the new constitution, for the organization
of .banks, may come before von at this
session, I - invite your special consideration
thereto.
In my Irst annual message I called at
tention to the vicious practice that had
grown up in the state, of incorporating
banks, savings and trust companies, with
out fixing proper and definite Imitations
to their powers and priviledges and pro
viding for their enforcement. In the en
actment of_ a general law, whereby they
can, be organized without limit, it is of
the highest importance to the business
interests of the people, and the material
development of the state. that their pow
er; and privileges be clearly defined, and
any violation thereof should subject
them to proper penalties or the for
feiture of 'their charters.
The charter of these state banks and
institutions were mostly granted within
the past few years, and many of them
possess. powers and privileges which
should never have been conferred. The
auditor general's; report of 1874, shows
they had over $23,000,000 of deposita.—
Some of them are averaging $lO, $2O,
$3O and $4O of deposits for each dollar
of capital stuck paid in ; depending, in
some instances, almost entirely upon their
deposits for banking facilities. These are
obtained by offering usually six pet cent.
interest, and loaned back to the comma•
nity in which they are borroWed at higher
rates of interest.
These banks and savings institutions
act, as "middlemen" between the lender
and the borrower, resulting in the rates
of interest ,dvanc . ,lng wherever , they toe
established. That these banks and uisti•
tutions, with rare exceptions, charge in
terest greatly in excess of legal rates is
notonous; that excessive rates of inti r
est enrich the few and impoverish the
many, is equally undeniable, and the
public welfare d-mands that a policy so
injurious should he avoided. The large
majority of these state institutions are
styled savings bunks; with few exceptions
their res, mblance to properly regulated
savings hanks exist only in name. Sav
ings banks, properly organized, are man
aged for the benefit of their depositors;
the nature of their investments prescrib
ed by law, and the use ,of their deposits
for general discounting pu:poses usually
prohibited. Institutions of the letter
character are highly betieficial,and should
not be confounded with those who seek
deposits for general discounting and
banking purposes, and might be more
properly disignated as banks of deposit
and discqunt. Banks of discount should
be prohibited from paying interest on de
posits. The authority to borrow, that
they may have capital to lend, gives them
great advantages, a monopoly in the com
munity where locatediover indvidual bor
rowers, often compelling the latter to
pay whatever rates of interest the form
er may demand. Another objection
thereto. suggested in my lust annual me
sage, I repeat: "Money will always flow
to banks paying interest on deposit, and
the large surplus thus aggregated, seduced
by attractive offers, is sent to the great
money centers, where it gives more im
pulse to speculation, while the section:
from which it is drawn suffer in all their
enterprises, from the higher rates they
are compelled toay for the money re
maining at home.' 'rho abundance and
cheapness of money. the past year, at the
great money centres, and its scarcity and
high rates of interest elsewhere, have
verified the views then expressed. If an
entire reform of this evil is not pructica
ble it may be greatly decreased ny pro
hibiting banks of discount from the pay
ment of a greater rate of interest than
four per cent. and to the extent reduced,
the ability of iudviduals to borrow money
at lawful rates of interest would be in
creased. Money would remain and be
used at home to the mutual advantage of
both borrower and lender. The national
banks are permitted to pay interest on de
posits,an d that some do so, is no reason why
a state should sanction a policy so foreign
to the principles of sound banking and
prejudicial to the interests of its citizens.
It is to be hoped the time is near when
the national governmett will recognize
and correct this evil.
I also suggest that in any general law
that may be enacted for the organization
of banks they be required to have a rea
sonable amount of capital stock, not less
than $50,00, and to pay it within one
year after organization ; that the stock
holders be made personally liable for
double the amount of stock held by them
respectiiely, and they be prohibited from
charging or receiving interest above legal
rates ; and that this orohibttion be ex
tended alike to securities discounted or
purchased. I also renew my suggestions
that they be made subject to examinations
required to publish quarterly statements,
under oath, and to retain in their vault a
cash reserve of ten per cent. of their net
liabilities. Protectton to depositors, who
furnish three-fourths of the money em
ployed by these banks, demands the en
actment of liberal provisions for the as
certainment of their condition.
Banks are a necessity—public interest
and convenience require them—and prop
erly conducted are of great public utility.
Their power is so great, the interest they
control or effect so vast that any general
law enacted for their organization or gov
ernment demands most careful co•isidera
tion, that we may avoid the evils of the
present system and inaugurate one whose
provisions will admit of no evasion,wliose
penalties will command obedience, and
that will protect and secure, alike, both
borrowers and lenders in their legitimate
rights."
We commend the following sound
views to Grant and the infamous crew that
forms the cabal which is called his Cabi
net. We hope every true American citi
zen will applaud Governor Hartranit's
views on military despotism and Banditti
Sheridan: •
• The people of free governments are
always unwilling to contribute largely to
the maintenance of armies, and are ever
jealous of military power, but experience
has likewise demonstrated how impolitic
and unsafe it is for a State to have no
disciplined or efficient force strong
enough to compel ooedience to its au.
thority when the law and its officers are
contemned and opposed with violence by
large bodies of men. Pennsylvania has,
at times, been constrained to the painful
necessity of employing troops to enforce
eompliance with the law, and the wis
dom of providing for liks contingencies
can no longer be doubted. Men smart
ing under a sense of wrong, or corpora
tion in putthit of what they conceive to
be their rights sometimes seek their reme
dy through violence and in disregard of
the law and its process. No government
can tolerate this mode of redress and ex•
ist. The supremacy of the law must be
unquestioned and justice obtained throgh
the proper and - established channels in
fhe mann•-r prescribed by the people
themselves. •
Bodies of men or corporations have
no more constitutional rights than indi.
vididuals, and They cannot be permitted
to use their aggregate strength to procure
what is denied to the iudivldual, and
what through weakness be could not ob
lain. All alike must resort to the law
and abide by its decrees, and tf there arc
any who refuse and seek to accomplish
their ends in an illegal way, the Exetu
tive power must enforce obedience to au
thority without fear or favor, and for this
purpose the constitution wisely provides
a body of citizen soldiery. But if there
are emergencies when it becomes neces
sary to use troops to secure peace and re
spect for law, it certainly never was tri
tended that the National Guard , should
constitute a State police force to peforrn
the duties imposed upon local civil ac•
thorities, and that upon, every breach of
order its aid could be invoked. to suppress
the affray.
In no event and under no circumstan
ces should a military force be used until
the power of the civil authorities is
exhausted and the outbreak assumes
proportions of such magnitude that these
officers would be powerless to overcome
it Two sufficient reasons will at . once
suggest themselves for this policy. Our
people are sensitive to, and keenly resent ,
fill of interference by any authority that
essays to take the place of their local or
home rule, especially if this intervention
epmes in the stern and unreasoning shape
of oayoneta.
- The geological survey is progressing
under an experienced and 'competent
geologist.
The Governor in concluding his re
marks upon the Bcard of Pardons cor
rects. some erroneous notions as to its
function's and power, and concludes with
a suggestion that the budge and District
Attorney should furnish their opinions us
to the propriety of the pardons.
Following this Municipal Indebtedness
and Taxation, Poll Tax, the National
Guard, Lawlessness, the Riot at the Arm-
Eitrong mines, the State Arsenal, the Bu
reau 01 Statistics, the Fish Interests, the
Insane, the Criminal Insane, the Board
of Charities, Forests, Colonial Records,
the Exemption Law, Navigation of the
Olii river, are severally referred to. A
eulogium on the lamented late Chief
Justice Thompson follows, and the mes;
sage closes with some suggestions to the
Legislature, the first elected under the
new Constitution, as to their duties un
der that instrument, and the importance
of faithfully performing them.
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THE METROS',
E DEOGHT.
for 1875.
Prospect
NEW ERA IN THE LIFE OF TEE "DE:WO
CRAT"-WIIAT IT PROPOSES FOR TILE FO-
TIII7E-ITB ADVEETIEING AND JOBBLEO
FACILITIES-WEAT THE PEOPLE
TIMM 07 IT
The DEMOCRAT for 1875 is very much
enlarged and improved, making it one of
the first papers in size and appearance in
this section of the State. The only Dem
ocratic paper in the County. Is pvtien
larly popular for its fearless advocacy of
the rights of the masses. Pure and Old
Time Democracy, its talisman, but inde
pendent of all cliques, rings, or jobs. Will
stand by the right "though the . Heavens
fall." Those not of its political faithad
mire its honest independence. Has more
than doubled its circulation in the last
five years WITHOUT ANT CANTASEING.—
kdevoted to the interests of the whole
people• of the county. Will contain in
teresting matter for all, the Merchant, Me
chanic,and Farmer—poetry and miscella
ny. Increased in size but not in price:—
Will be sent, postage free, to any sub
scriber in or nut of the county for $2.00
per year in adiance. We now have a Can
vasser who will visit all parts of the Coun
ty.
ADVERTISING.
The DBMOCHAr as an advertising medi
um is indispensable to business men of
whatever class, and in many sections of
the County, the only medium through
which they can reach a large class who
need but the proper information to bestow
their valuable patronage. Local Adver
tisers sheep- take ioto consideration that
*circulation, outside of those who are in
the Comity or the vicinity where they
may expect patronage, is of no value to
them, if it was, the New York Herald or
some such paper would be the best me
dinm: The cry of "large circulation" is
often used when it is of no advantage to
the advertiser. We do not maka the as
sertion that our paper is the only median'
of value, but that tt is the only one by
which the advertiser eau reach a very
large number of families which it is for
ha advantage to reach. This is frankly
acknowledged by some of the best-busi
nessmen of the County, who knew from
experience. We respectfulty request an
examination of our rates, as they are
reasonable.
JOBBING DEPART3IENT
The Jobbing Department of the DEM.
00IIAE is a specialty. We are constantly
adding New Material to our Jobbing De•
nartment and intend to keep doing so.—
We have power and jobbing presses of
the latest and improved style. One of the
beat recommendations for it is the con
stantly increasing patronage. Our pa
trons find that we can compete with
Binghamton, Scranton, Ithaca, and even
New York city, in prices, and also in
quality of all kinds of work needed in this
locality. We do not propose to work for
nothing, but we pave a schedule of prices
which we strictly adhere to, that invites
competition. -Neatness, Cheapness, and
Promptness is our beta. We respectful•
ly invite the attention of the public and
their patronage if we deserve it. •
Kum WORDS.
The DSMOORAT is an ever welcome
visitor, a real household necessity, always
oomaining the local and general news.—
We particularly admire it for itaindepen.
deuce in advocating the rights of the
masses. It deserves the socceskit is meet
ing with.—J. B. sE A. 11. .MeCollum,
Ateys, Montrose, Pa.
The best way to compliment the Dm
°cur ie to let the people read it for them
selves. The people like ,the DEmoonx.r
because it exposes wrongs wherever they
may be found.. We have found it a first
class advertising medium.—Griffis &
Sayre; Merchants, Montrose.
upon the..arrival of the DEIWCRAT,
(the !Jest paper in Susquehanna County,)
all other papers are laid aside until it - is
perused from first , to last.—E. T. Stephens,
Brooklyn.
We consider theDzatocam. a first-class
medium for advertising.' Its advertising
columns always appear trtsh and clean,,
and are read by & Melhuish,
Jewelers, Montrose.
We have had the DEStile BAT several
years. .It grows batter each _week. We
couldn't keep' house .without &
Mrs. Jerre Katie, Little Meadows: • • •
We get the same quality of Jolt Print
at the DtiIIIOORAT office, at. New York
city prices, and save ex - press.— A. Lathrop,
Prop's Ark Factory, aontrose, •
LOT.—Tbe subscriber Ins; illadatriant Dots in or
ow Montrose, on Thinking last, given by Allred
Estes toJantat Moore, bearing date or glean Deseiti•
bar igtb„ lal4. for the DM- of 410. .Payment at asid
was Is hereby toroitiden. A liberal reward will bo paid
tar its return. - ammo mooßs.
Fast lbaSb. DSO. ed. pd.
Number 2.
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New Advertisements.
MUCH & MeINERNY.
mENDSVILLS,PA.. ts/seksmithe and Jobbess.rtarse
Shoeing • specialty in thrt baldness. Wagons and
Sleighs ironed and work warranted. Ur - Debts con
tracTed mast be ceac+lled by the arm, and neither
mamba/personally.
Friend'stile. Jan. 18. 18.15.—1 rd
NOTICE—Is hereby given that an application will be
made lathe Governor of Pennsylvania, at Harris.
bmg, for Letters !Intent. Incorporating the -Keystone
Mutual Benefit end Relief Association." the character
of the assomation taof the ustare of Mattel Mundt,
end Its object to Waive financial aid to .D 6 erfdowe and
orp_hans, heirs or destine' of deceased members.
• Komossa, Jan. 1.11.18Z1.
ok . .
$5 to 4520 groltTo - rilLegnptscople o f both sexes
young and old, make more money at work for [111,„ Ia
[to:drown totalities, during their spare moments, or all
the time, than at any thing else. We offer employ
ment that will pay handsomely for CVO, hour's work.
Fall particulars, terms; /to., ,eht free. Send us your
address at once. Don't delay. Now is the time, Don't
look for work or brininess elsewhere until you hire
learned what we offer O. STINSON 11 CO.. Portland
Maine. 09-y1
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i persona who contemplate making contracts with
newspapers for the insertion of advertisements. should
send e 5 cents to Oeo. P. Rowell & Co.. el pert Row.
New York, for their PAMPHLET-BOOK (ninety-sev
enth edition.) containing lists of over 'MOO newspapers
and estimates. showing the cost. Advertisements tak
en for leading papers in many States at a tremeadaoas
reduction from publishers' rates. Got the Book. S-11
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WTHE. GREAT CAUSE . HUMAN
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A Lecture on the Nature, Treatrnynt,and Radical cum
of Seminal Weanneva. or Spermatorrheces, Induced by
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on. Debility. and Impedimenta to Marriage generally ;
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removed without medicine,end without dangerous .nr
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~~~[e~r~G I~~i~~=~l
Purifies the Blood, Renovates and In
vigorates the whole System.
Its Medical Properties are
ALTERATIVE, TONIC, SOLVENT AND DI
URETIC.
Vgarrins ls made exclusively from the Juices of care.
fully selected harks. roots and herbs, and eo strongly
concentrated, that it will effectually eradicate from tha
system every taint of Setoltda, Scrofulous Homer, Ts. t r .
mon, Cance-,Canterous liumorErpipelsit,tialt ilticata
syphilitic Diseases, Canker, Faintness at the Stomach,
and all diseases that arise from impure blood. Sciatica, i;
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end Spinal complaints, can only be effectually cured
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tales, Pimples, Blotches, Bolls. Totter, Scaldhead and
Ringworm, Vegettne has never fated to teem a per.
Pot pains in the bark, kidney complaints, dropsy,
female weakness. Lel/continua, arising trout laterall
ulceration, and uterine diseases and general debility,
Vegenne acts directly upon the causes of these eon.
plaints. It invigorates and strengthens the whole eye
tem. acts upon the secretive organs, allays Intimation,
cures ulceration and regulates the bowels.
For catarrh, dyspepsia, habitual costiveness, palpit4•
Lion of the heart, headache, pfies, nervousness and
general prostration of the nervous system. no medicine
has ever given such perfect satisfaction as the Vegetins
It purifies the olood, cleanses all of the orgamand pos
sesses a monolithp power over the nervous system.
The remarkable cures effected by Vewetine bale In-
!treed many physicians sod apothecaries whom we
know toprescribe and use it in their own families.
to fact, Vegetine is the beat remedy yet discovered
for the above diseases, and is the only reliable blood
pacifier yet placed before the public.
PEIRPARSD /3lr
H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Nags.
Wilk/ b a Cool_polllld extracted
horn barks. roots and herbs. II is Nature's Remedy.
It is perfectly harmless from any bad effect upon the
system. It is not tntrishing and .itrengthenlng. It
leis directly upon the blood. It quiets the nervous ay'.
tem. It gives you good, sweet sleep at night. It is s
great panacea for our aged Ihthers and mothers ; fork • r
gives them strength,qnlets their nerves,and gives theca
Nature's sweet sleep.--aa has been pieced by many an
aged person. At Is the great blood , pnriller, It is a
soothing remedy for our children. It.has relieved and -'
cured tt armada. It is very pleasant to take, every F
child likes it. Try the Verettne. Give It a fair Incl
for your compainte • then you will say to your friend,
"Try it t It has cured me."
Vegettne for the complaints for which it fa recom•
mended, is baring s larger sale throughout the United
States than any other one medicine. Vegetins
will care these complaints.
VALUABLE INFORMATION.
Bozos, Dec_ 12,1979.
Gentleman—My only object in giving you this testi
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badly afflicted with Salt Rheum, and the whole surface
of my akin being covered with pimples and eruptions,
many of which caused me great pain and annoyance,
and knowing It to be a bloceld 1...5e,' took many of the
advertised blood iratuations, among which was any
quantity of Saran la, mithout obtaining any benefit e.
until commence taking the VZGINTINR, and Ceara t'L.
had completed the ant bottle I saw that I tutd got the
right Medicine. Consequently. I followed on with It
null I bad taken seven bottles, when I was pronounced
• well man, and my skin is smooth and entirely free
rrom pimples and eruptions. 1 have never enjoyed so
good health before, and I attribute it all Wake use of
Vulgarian,
To benefit those afflicted with Itheulhatism. 1 will
make mention also of the Vegetine's wondenul power r.
of curing rue of this tent, complaint, of which I have
suffered so intensely.
f.
C. El. Treggli, Pin 4. Alit Mich. C. R. R.,
n 2-4 83 Washington street: 8031Llth.k.,V
Vegetine h Sold by all Braggfah.
nuannrs SALE .-Bir vuitus or warn 11
t. 7 Issued by the Con 1. of Common Neu of Busgne• r
henna County and to me directed, l will expose to tale 11:
by public veudna, at the Court limo to Idontroie, on
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15th, 1875,
at two o'clock, p; la, the following pieces or parcels of
land, to wit:
Ail that certain place or parcel °thud :Mute in the
township ot Oakland, In the county of Susquehanna
and State of Pethisyliranlo, bounded cad described as
follows, to wit : on the north by lands of Convent lot,
on the east by binds of John B. Eleonlie, on the sewn
by an alley, and on the west by land of Robert Rise.
burgh, with the appurtenances, one two @totted dwell.
log house and ont-bnildings. (Taken in execution al
therm!: of Alonzo Brown vs.ta thrgtil.
81.30.-4311 that certain piece or parcel of land dire
ate In the township of Jackson, In the =rutty of
Bnagnehannaand Btsze of Pennsylvania, bounded sad ,_,
described as follows, to wit: Beginulnk at a corner of ;-",---
land formerly owned by by Geo. T. Perry. thence se tit ..'", - , 11 81
0 degrees west 63 840tlas 'ameba to a corner of bad r , 47 a
now or Mein possession of ra. G. CU., thence north G
thudwest 100 perchesdhence north 44 degree* an ~.:';'," 3,4
now or Into of Nelson, Bipartite*. hog. ` ..t ~
Gong hind DOW or later Of Geo. T. Pa , G. Un perches to ';_,.. '','
of bell- 013 ln. contodning about OP acing . mon of $,-- - !1, tc
1
=with appurtenances, frame dwelling home 1 , ..,
fame barri. 1 tramp edit and saw mill, With mlit-POS,
ritts and water Priflle and dant ononalf bat= --.
- (Taken in elocution at the nit of %S.
vs. gars a. Pox. • .
ALSO—AII that certain pie= sr parcelof land die
ate 14 the township of Osk/and.in tbooooral of 804 31 +'
bsona, •
sad state of Pen is sylvanla.bounded and derails
edam Follows : Beginning at • stake and stone um*
boundary of land lately owned-by Beni. skinner In the
lia*OfJobia Ullberer land, thence north VW degrees
west aloag sold Hawn land to -binds now ow= cl II
John linage', thence along sold John Means son@
&ld degrees west to iiaemiock Mae on the south not of
tho brook, thence down said brook :matt IGif degrees
cost ZS porehepeutd north 63„W degrees east '43 Pings
perches to a hemlock tree, and north 63 degrees east it
perches to stones, therge north 0 degrees canal &Mrs
perches to a stako 'and stone, the piece of beginning,
containing 43 acres of land, more or less. with the ap ,
prinenantes, one frame house, ono frame " ban.orie or
chard, and anent Mures improved. 'Token In elco„„'
don at the snit of Calvin lirusb vs: Hiram Bush and la
ram b. Bash,
ALSO—AII those two pieces of land situate in the
township of Lenox, county and state aforesaid, bound•
est and described as follows,to wit: First beginning at
a bamboo the bank of Um TunkhannOck creak, thanes
south 1$ degrees west 78 perches to n maple, thence it
perches south to hemlock, thence north 73 degrees nut
SO perches to post and stunes, thence MIN degrees can
Ipl cu tr es etehts to birch, thence south dthrees.esst tt
to poet anti moues. thence noth MX degrees east
perches to comer in turnpike thence nortlenity4ores
degrees wentBS parches to corner to turnpike, thous
north 73 degrees west BY tier Ches to stones, thence north
80,t6 degrees west 13 parches to place of beginning, cote
tattling ato acres soil 71 perches of land mute ur less,
with the appurtenances, Out old house, end otl. lid'
lugs. 1 Orchard, about 40 acres Improved. The wood
phmesittwte as shays, bounded unit described is tuf,
kiwi, to tett: Beginning at stomata east, branch of the
Tukkhann tick. creek, thence smith 75 degrees east Valid
34Uttos perches in Btu Brooklyn and Lenox Turnpike.
thence south 57 degrees east 33X perches, thence soak
81 degrees Cast SO perches to Z: lioward's line, thence
north. 0.14 degree* Met twenty Vertices toe hemlock,
thence eoetti4l degrees met 15 perches to a stone,thencs
north 65 degrees cast ill perches toe maple,theuce sown
11l degrees west 94 perches to si hemlock, thence smut
Go degrees west M perches to a beech, theme north 61
degrees wen 55 perches to a stone, thence month al
degrees west 40 perches to the place of beginning, cue'
mining a) acres and 51 perches of land more or toil, te•
Cetber with the appurtenances, 1 new dwelling boson
1 barn, and outbuildings and all improved. /shelf 10
execution at Mit of tiardnor vs. hinsenue muith.
Take Notice.--All bids rotor he arranged, an the day
of sale. U. B.IIBLUB, tThartft.
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