• t;lu . 1 , 1:13AY, ]SAY'S. 1867 DEMOCRACY-CONSERVATIhM From its nature genuine Democracy ban ever been the most, radical and un- compromising element of political socie ty. Constantly ) . ftg,gressive 7 frmltiently revolutionary--inchallanges all preten: eions, contemns every sort of prescrip tion, defies usage and precedent, aud seeks to lay its .foundationF and rear its superstructure on they granitic principle of the universality and equality of rights. 'this is why, in all ages, the world over, it has been deemed, by the advocates of caste and Privi:ege, as fatmtleal and in cendiary. 'it' interrogates; it agaitatesi it asserts rights; it breaks fetters; it pro claims brotherhood. 'Like the gospel, mission is not to bring peace and re pose, but to • otsail and pull down all forms of despotism, until each man shall stand clothed with his natural and in alienable inheritance of political au tholity. This, is why all crowned head. of Europe are to-day in league against Democracy. Whatever jyalousies they may feel towards each other; however each of them may. contrive and toil to exalt himself and abuse others; the; are always ready to be mutually helpful against democracy, which they feel to be a common enemy. • To the United States, all the represen tative men and newspapers of the party that claims to be pre-eminently demo cratic, take special pains to parade their conservatism.' In them democracy has ceased to be trenchant, self-asserting, re fermatory! It has pet abuses it seeks to defend, old privileges it wants to per petuate, venerable assumptions it labors to make all men bow down to; and de ceitful expediencies it desires to install instead of vital and unchangeable prin ciples: It has identically the aspect and • beating of monarchy elsewhere. ' Is it the old snake in a new skin? The chief difficulty ordinary mortals have in deciding this question proceeds from the indefiniteness with which they use the term conservatism. It does nut " appear precisely what they wish to coil. serve. - Hitherto, it has *.-1 been a task ' of' delicacy to •' f t they were 1 ar i x i,- . “ ~ •i, .. •he rebellion ~ •• -i ;. :-. - . . ed it should , ...a miecessful. So y had life and vigor in it, ....ey were most desirous it should be preserved and strengthened. But . •.bcith . . those objects, so highly es te-en:led in their day, have gone, not to come back. That their final departure affects the , democracy with sad memo - ries may seasonably be inferred from its devotion to them while they remained. But blind and infatuated as this democ racy is, it can hardly hope to conserve thingitliat have been dead so long that _they stink.. ". . Conservatism is a \ sort of instinct— ' abnormal - and unhealthy—a contradic- tion of all that is beautiful in nature. In whatever crevi6, fissure, cave or pit - ablaut may start into life, it struggles towards the lightno find the day. Even the humble pots io, hid away in dirty bin or barrel in t e damp cellar,. sends its long. seccule '1 and tender shoots struggling up to he dingy window, in quisitive for the s n-light. But censer / - vatisM, though 'W og' in the fell blaze of day . , runs its head into unsightly holes, caverns and grave , in pursuit of conge nial darkness and corruption. If it cannot find the deed, it learns the way the dead were last seen going, .from heartfelt sympathy. This is the true in dex for determining what Conservatism 'means now. It mourns the dead Rebel- I lion and Slavery, but cannot find them, and so takes, lovingly to all the danger ous legacies those giants of iniquity .(eft behind, seeking to stop the flowering out of Victory into Order and of-Liberty into Efivality. , Bence, Conservatism here is the same in nature.and essence as Coun ter-Revolution in. Europe. It seeks to frustrate and put back every movement of the people towards Fraternity, Equal. ity, Liberty; and to shelter arid restore every abuse which public indignation knocks from its stool. ... With this key in hand there is no ditll - culty in telling *what Democratic men and organs mean by the uneonservative clamor they now raise for conservatism. They do not, perhaps, hope to brine' , )31avery and the Rebell °aback, but they want as large traces as possible of their existence to remain and plague genera tions looming. However, a wiser and better leeling is growing slowly up at the So th. Already there are signs that that section will surpass the North in radicalism ; and then Northern conserv atism irill find no covert in its distress. SCIPLINE OF POLITICS i It . has been eluted asf an axiom that I govirrtmont is costly to proportion tol the nainber of persons who participate In it. 111 this rule of admeasurement is demonstrably correct, it must follow that the goiemment of the United States is the meet expensive on the face of the / earth, ratably to the indiVidual. If al lowance Is made for national. state, county township, borough and city ad ministrations, and for the cane spent in political concerns by citizens who. do not hold offices, this estimate must be taken all reliable. Freedom costs; but it pays. '' he development which politics give tothe intellect; the Impulse ina- : parted thereby to laudable timbition the swing and momentum communi cated to business enterprise; the nobil ity in consciousness and bearing felt by the people; compensate many fold the extra outlay of popular institutions. The unprecedented increase of this coun try in phpulation, wealth and power, ii not ad due to natural advantages of pro . pttious climate, virgin soil, and.inex haustible mineral resources. To these' benefits as been suPeradded, the quick ening a d intemsifVlogintluence of Free -43,,, a discipline-- , --as an educational 'force-0 r political System tuts proved a most rc nnerativii 111VtlelIVIllt. . To tY I s discipline we are . now• sub jeoting the blacks. It is difficult to toil ceive of lan equal amount of population, living iti so near proximity to Civiliza tion, and - yet sharing less in it. In ad dition to inferiority of race, the servi tude in which they have beenheld has suppress d some natural excellences and engrain many blemishes. More iun promising material could hardly bese lected. Yet the experiment bids lair to be a success. All over the South the blacks are holding political meetings and discussing their rights and duties. Con siderable Touch and untutored 'ability is disclosed timing them: As a class, they avoid excesses; exhibit a good degree of " . common sense and prudence; discrimi nate well what is for their advantage; and select their means with discretion. Nor are they left exclusively to their e lm Ruhlozeo. .I"Ossebsing political pow. er in proportion to their numbers, tie best men among the Whites do not hest. tate to attend and address their meetings. This confers upon them a sort of univer sity training in political affairs; for the best partof a University in hearing men- lecture who bore more than the ordinary amount of shinty:and culture; so. to speed:, con3lu i r in living contact with a superior man, and receiv. ing the impel 44 he necessarily gives. [ These discussions, in which they share, or do which they listen, will 0000 indo, trinate them Into the fundamental prin ciples of the Government, and impart to them genuine conceptions sibo the man ner in which thosi'. prineiplesare applied. 1 The blocks will prove apt scholars. Why should special fears be felt for the result? We hive made experiments full as perilous as this; upon populations as numerous, as ignorant, as passionate, as Wayward, as untamed; and the mis- chiefs, abundantly prophesied, have not been experienced. We have encounter ed those diversittcs of religious faiths, DaSSIOUs, and prejudices, which else whae have proved more insurmounta ble than repulsions of race and color, and have so far harmonized them as to escape the calamities usually proceeding from them.. We have demonstrated that if there is such a thing as a tiniver -sal Solvent, it exists in the domain, not of Chemistry, but of Politics, and is Lib erty. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Since last fall the tnion Pacific Rail way of the Kansas, (legally known as the "Eastern Division,") has been ex tended from Fort Riley to Salina, a dis tance of fifty miles, and by the middle of the present month another section of twenty-five miles will be added. This will make in all two hundred and thir teen miles of that road completed and in operation west of the Missouri river at Wyandotte and Kansas City. During the.present year it sthe intention of the Company to push Orward the road with great vigor. The work is well and sub stantially done, and there has been no interruption in the business of the .road either from snows or floods. So large and remunerative is the bus• iness on this road alre f ady, that the profits arising from it have enabled the Company to pay monthly into the na tional treasury not only the interest ac cruing on the bonds advanced 416,000 per mile) but 21 per cent. per annum on the principal. During the present month a survey will be commenced through to the Pa -1 chic coast, under the direction of GE... s. W.. W. Vinionr, Chief Engineer of this road, to determine the route through the mountains and valleys beyond the plains of Colorado. The results of that surv=ey will be deeply Interesting, as it will probably fix the location of the main thoroughfare between the Atlantic and Pacific. 'We have spoken frequently of the Union Pacine Railway of the Platte, beginning at Omaha, on the west bank of . the Missouri, in Nebraska. The Work on that line has been pushed on with extraordinary rapidity; but the fact that mach of the road was built On ground so low, that the late !Mod in the Platte and other streams oveoowed many miles of it, doing ostensive dam ' . 5 o; in con fidence either in its utility Sc a great thoroughfare, or in the men who would lay a road on such low ground. The Platte is an enormously wide river in proportion to the water it discharges, consequently its floods never rise very lii,ot; yet a few weeks ago a continuous section of forty miles of this road was \under Water. Of course all business . was suspended, and the, statement that it has been resumed is denied. / The Kan- SOS road, on the other hand, sustained no injury from the spring doods, and Was doing a brisk business while its rival Of the Platte was submerged. In fact, the experience of the past winter and the present spring has proven that the Kansas road can, be operated at all sea sons without interruption. As Pennsylvania has a deep interest in this road—for its success will lead the main portion of the trade and travel be ,sween the Atlantic cities and the Pacific slope through it and through our vity— we.shall often take occasion to speak of it, and to urge its claims upon public and national favor. PIRLIAMENTARY REFOR Years ago .political parties in Great Britain, and their respective polities, were sharply daned. No possibility existed of confounding 'the one with the other. This is no longer the case. Par ties and their systems are so mixed up, it is hard to classify them by principles andUteasures. Names are no longer dis tinctive, and do not indicate- on which side of a division those claiming one or the other will be found:, _ . This Viil9 strikingli•ap[mrent in the recent struggle over the Reform hill. . Drsitsimr led the torins, hut Lis proposition! were of such a character 'that a large part of the liberals voted with him and against Mn. GbalisvoNE, who was nominally their leader. It is something when a tory leader, on a question of the extension of suf frage, goes so far as to take the wind out of the sails of an undoubted literal. This may show a condition approaching a comparative chaos of parties; but it must proceed from a state of public opinion under which the conservative leaders sec they cannot maintain their old idea* l'lnd plans, and so make concessions for the sake of holding• power. When it iieines to this there can be no question 1 ut thatthe po pular 'side ix the gaining side, whatever confusion may be intro thiced into the movements of parties. When tories become the champions of reform, and go beyond the limit to which the liberals, from prudential consider ations, confine themselves, there can be no doubt but an advance has been made all along the line, and that the liberals will soon make a more radical demand. tilt' continent of Europe, as well as in this country, the sullect lion long been mooted, delegatesl a convention, trt com• posed of from all the civlllecd na -41011,101 the earth. In order to agree uOOll ssystem which will lead to the eetablish• tuent of a coinage of Standard Value for gonoral use. However, when viewed PI all its bearings On indtmtrild and cominerelid conomy. Lae fact Is beyond cavil that the e mhject of an unlveraalstanthud of weight. a'ot measures Lone of ouch vast imports llast tout it renders this currency question .. atter Of secondary col-midi:radon. Tilt, rivnadopted by the auras of Va.- oi , l ' . '„ o ,.,ll.lonalltles, Piny sustain our cOto lalnfu t Valn matter, as a plan of a5cer ,,,01,... calculating weight by deollii. l SUMO time Pooh In general at Lac Pans Eposition, ably r"resZsT: wont ortuptrlca will It In to be Itopt.: - % this matter will .be soon le a thcrn, se.i taut Ito VelltliMtloll . l3llll bounding the llnule.."'"' Yer untwt t h ai exertion which woul ' rb saving ""'" the general adoption t; through decimal ira.•- Lion system—the savlng . ll " of wffishi.g apparatus w. 1.1. construct I'M Lint, tm very great, —tin Ito a fright was occwsionee"" cops! church,Lan•ing. jug, by the breaking of one ot Litt ",,,.p ats Under the floor, hating It down et c " Inches. A largo audience WWI pre m ,„ to 16 . 11ne. he baptisms by th e litshop, o grand rush was made for the door tur tow neconds, but {O3 L.Oll {l.B the di ff iculty was comprehended the tiCIVICOS Were re sumed. E E -r ~1 ~ , , I=l Mall :D. M.ll for cool . +tru ,c,.+;ig for +Owl In on. —The ot to }:0gt,....t. —W“-t.tnt; tO++ +, now part.,+l,, for nolt roes. De. fiXt . :l , ol.l of .1 herultiPlao Bite. polLeolnuo. —The hog cheler , s peel:all- , to allallllll, Clt.L . llt 111 ,nuthern Ise ntnek V. Enetne wn. , In . :eland in Mid In 17:i , iniOrkivoi IT Watt.. —Nita Murel/tAc lnke,111:, New Yorli op!•ra Cornynny to tlnnagn tunntl. —A ninn In Now Veal: u i 1111•••1 for, loping emmun vdth n'1,00.151 wk.) —The iren , h Conml. the Prineo imperial In, ennt to :na,lelrw. —MrwSnsan It..lntnony reeetve,l one vote In 111.111Alo I'w - don:gut. W the Convent:ou. to limn in Z , l Fraheisen is ippl i ng trent 30,./ to rk)osi barrels of flour to New Or k by every steamer. —A•roan In. Detroit was prosecipiej for N potsbnitt twettt7-llve pieta, of muste with. ant having it copywrlghted. —Tile Vermont mat btu Fatly to tile Paris ESllll4ltlon Inttell admired, and 15 agig to be equal to the driest iii Europe. • • —The New (It - leans papers are iliseus whether Horace Greeley Jul, or opt not, In tots youthful days, write u. —Several car loads of annum:llion and It large Wiggler of alUriketri nady'huen ,uut to Governor Brownlow, at Nueheille, —A horse in Fayette ennuty, Illinois, has its distinct Mint, Curtonsiy, the :Glints' cannot walk for all of his-aupetaintroliratio. —The Olbsons, of Vltehltwrir. Massaidno netts, are Indulaing in great expectations regarding tnelr "Immense fortune" in Eng land. —.l circus performer liOn , tnu broke Write of fits rib while bearing r. .tee n welKiling nix hundred pounds ou lits breast. Misslssippi paper save Moro is not enterprise ehough 111 onie Of the towns Of that S ate to roil a wheelbarrow gown hill oil a plank road. —A New Orleani paper boreA that. which Is Mice blessed will slow in a and cover the waste Planes of Loulslauit hat - wero desolated by Ilaideluge. —ifliTow-tasty and wliloW-tonesin are Ins olently eneou terud Ili eiSollVi.:l,lo.l./11 and in prlut. but whether either of Oise, has yet been epeouutered by a a lilower-pratleoliiii, or a Wl,lOll Cr-twos, remains to be CONSUMPTION Pau b . t. cured. and Is ht.lu./ ehrtNl every day, by perlioue who uce the Re Z. A. W 1...t01 TREPANATION FOIL ccrNitilt In lON. Thus< who have utea It are ealLlnv conatantlY to teatlfy It. great meth, and the womlerta cures It has performad when their case was eon I= I=ll =I Dra, and rodent Meth.... Da:put I= Neat by mall amrwb rr on r,,lnt 4.f *1 CC. Call and procure a pamoblet, irl‘lng a tug history of Lbls ..xtfaord War) dl:lne, GHAT lIAIR,HALDNESS, DAND. RC VY, ANT , •InlSlttiV,lr THE SCAIX. ,, ,i DISCOVERY CAN ..”11 VAIIE WITH • Id , HON H COLOR RESTORER AND DItEsnIN k•. • • "London Our Heat Hal[ Ite•to:er" "London lisle Color 11....t0rer• • "London tax. Italy Co:or Restorer' . "London Hair Co l or Reatorer" London U H se and 11., Odor ro,,urer" "London alt - Color ILA,torer" "London Recommend It. Hair Color I:eAtdr‘r•' noveyrau, to trnparl growth,and elaur to the e. hair, fa.teno and •100-, fa :log, •nd ram, prodore a mew orrowtn of Lair, caudnar It to gr ,,, e and e wont. Only n M aoie b t Y• ol Y(r . / ' k t R ' II L YL A .; , f d , ' or CKENN AN. Market etre,. GE"..A. MELLY. 37 Wo , el , and JOS. SI Market .11111, dltta berth. KANE S OhUITT, n)'• ' 3m:7:LW:us, CONVEVCING ii,t-Tll,l-1{ itenticinen : I Eat, hien stn. - sly sp!lcleit tin pars:y..ls Me slocit•cli., icn r.lven up Li physicians. s tri•_ , ta..r ral r r U. 11., of. and 1ain...114. bp: sPI good •eiult. ei 0,1 (... - zr sso 1 was to toy Tnur tiTIIIIAPIi sod have risht • us,l. Lary wIP ,irrays pratr • wilt:. edy %nose ..l to .iyipepsis or ott.tr otntwr,, 111,,s 1,1,115,er STEALING, LANE b. CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, F.4r , t Pitecha,e of the Season LO AV EsT rtuRTS `'. Is -Era - cm T x 1 N217,31:L. ENGLISH .tNU AMERICAN Wilton and IN'-elvet, LACE AND NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS AT 51.00 to 81.25 PER YARD. Carpet and Curtain Net c 1.11 , 11vg L'ult. Stereo eubtom llutte teeuut NEW CARPET STORE. NEW AND CHEAP 1.11Ai=?...35"30 8 rE3, • I , AiLy ARLIIVINO. AT 11011111), ROSE & CO'S, NO. 21 FIFTH STREET, •WINDOW I.4IIADES, DI I. ms:rriNta AND MATM, TABLE& ria.:llo COVERS 4,ur .1, etuck at priccm to suit the lye It. a call. BOVp.RD, ROSE & CO., '2l ;YIYTII (sccond aoor.) MEIBRIE CARPETS. OLIVER, M'CLINTOCK — (!ic CONEPANY, IIAVY: JEST OPENED For the Spring Trade, , u C .u.y , 1 -Th.: 1r colid Alsortw.ent of NEW CARPETS, Oii Cloths, Shades, At:cation I, caked w our fine stock of EILDEBIDECED TABLE AND PIM COVES Great Decline in Prices. =MI S 8 Xr•IM' r 1"-lEt ISlrrpuniErr HAVE REMOVED . M'CALLUM BROTHERS, or^n i. their •C'T ele,:nnt and Com cu0,11,,1L WAlintivlidE, No. 51 Fifth Street, E=ll EDA LLION VE LYE TS, Velvets, Brussels, TarESTRr BRUSSELS, A large sad obolea asaortmen: of Piano and Table COvers, MUFTI OURS, lOSLIC RIGS An IRIS, Cll3. .113.a.1me so, THREE PLY AND TWO PLY Ingrains, Ar.f cetry arle i 7 of low priced Carpeting. McCALLIIM BROTHERS, GI. 3E91t13.13tr0 ot. too WINDOW SHADES, C.L.C) 1 1 1 1:1 HOLLAND, For Sale T. R. WELDIN & CO., 101 Wood Street, GILNORE LIEBLER, Manua cturcre, nnd 1./ealtr. In . TRUNES, Valises, Carpel Bags, &c. lirge s..rtment or Ladles' ....state!: al ways Ov hauu. Now. 10.1 and 106 Wood St., ft 11:,1 I'ITTSEWItt:II. trA. NEW. STORE AND NEW GOODS. - FRINCES TEI MART, No. ir. DIA2ION-D, r11774111-RGII J uet opentd, t Isr,c 1.1 cIoACC litact of Tea* and Family Grocericx, wea rrt•lkl at lowest wholesale ~ , ,.,,,ee,nods and prices. Try Li,ero. anle to judge t o , your. del% ed. Tams abeolettly Cibll. WM. FItASTE& EON, 13 PIIIIOND. Pittsburgh IME2 WE TT TTACII & MEASON, . .11.Laursztsters of even destillAtO. of • Loather Mt callin.g. Dealers 1n ittLT and LACS LEITIIX.a. Yo, 201, MITTLIFIELD NT, Pittsburgh. Pa. OEM WANTS. WANTEiI 'TWO GOOD GIRLS raffia. ~a.L and Iron, aria one to do chau:- t-t • urk an..n,r,clr.g. “lrla.tio can ~,,, mer.dr, 3 ems Cs, /nal vrap, otter, 11l re,:ss St. 4'lst, T2,,..7 ED — To ar ,f`4.d. rofg;n.C'" kr,„ ;V:, my p „. rd....d:s J. U. TILTON. No. It, St. Clair Strret, AN'r ED—FOREMAN. • tent to .et St ftIH.EM/N IN LIVF.ItY STAPLE. LIAO vref,rt4 Zuqulre DI IIIIW•1 1 .1 3.6 LIN Ettl sTmu.r, 11,1,t1 near 31iri.0.9. , Le1/Flou WASTED. -/smack namosx. Who can engate at once. A pply perz,n aJdrcs 1)11.510ND ST.. Pistsbargh. AGENTS WANTED, BOTH' MALE AND FEMALE. Inevery townfiblp ant county, Wean very pop ular work. lc c .ntalns VZI part.; tail C.4n 1+61.1 by leubscripli..n vale. Ada,. 111, xnedlatelv. J. U. KEN: , EDI( a CU.. rubnc..2.. tetra street. Pltisbnreb, Pa. MERCHANT TAILORS KLETT & SNODGRASS, Merchant Tailors, No, 40 ST. CLAES. STREET, Co. Pau, Opiw•ite St. 113ir Hod, AltE NOW IikCEININU A I.Aktia: LoT Ur Foreign & Domestic Goods, FOR MEN AND BOYS' WEAR, • Which We i otter to thh.r ct.alonlyrs and the pub. at I.lrte Elt RATES than could hare been bought for since Iholl. Haring eeenred petent and ski ll ful cutter, fro New 10a. coma guarantee to alts entire utlar nt setlon to all iottC ....1411/vera• LIST OF PRICES For Business Snits, Stalk t, oratr In the bent and .monl ralltionable stytes: American Coasinteres.best ulakaii23 00 HUrTII. asissimeres, tiegt Make.— Mt 00 Imported Scotch Caarimere.host maim 2S 00 Fine French lStl4 311:oci, hest maim 22 00 Beat Quality French nixed, best male .10 00 IMg3Dl= LIST OF PRI.OI4IS ine F French Black Clotin no Extra Fine Black Clothh S 10 00 Best Quality Black Cloth 60 DO Fine Caomirnere (4n 1t• for Boy._ 10 00 Extra Flue Wreath Casiololsl.o (40110 for Boyle II 00 YOUTH'S SUITS IN'PROPORTION TO SIZE, = FURNISHING GOODS. PAPER COLLARS. tJneen City Collar., Patent Rereralble Linen Finish Collar Brays Improved Patent Collar B eat t4uallty trbakapaare Collar Common Collar. Al.l other Furntslaluz Goods In p•oportlon We solicit the public to call and examine our alock'heforo purchasing elsewhere. ' KLETT & SNODGRASS, No. 40 St. Clair Street, = HENRY G. HALE loßrarar Cos. ?En AND ST. CLOSE FL NE* SPRING GOODS, All the No gelties of the Season, MD Fli l A - CATtesnerchantTailoring )shs,,7 Establluhment. 'W. HESPENHEIDE, 11erch ant Tailor, No. 50 ST. CLAIR STREET. NEW SPRING GOODS test opened. All ?et .0t new ran. nn WAILS goi ap In the latest Rut (~rE:.isii 111CGI BD COMET! ISSOETIER 07 BOYS' CLOTHING, For the Spring SeASOn, AT VERY MODERATE PRICES. Me To Brlcklas ers and Carpenters pRoPREI ALS ARE INVITED "" u "-nr-spAs. N.l 70 i, at n o'elocV r. at., for Um BRICK and c...lir ENTER WORE, required in the erection of • no. • School Route In We Seventh Ward, Tittaburit, none stal apecitlemlona are r. mils for exami nation •t. the °Met of the Arad/eel.. BAHR 2 MOSEL, Nos. and sot. Clair street. Ride to be .eased and tell with any of the un derrlined. 11. E. lIDOUREAII,_ JA,MES ROBB, ALBERT A. Mooßs. s=:l • THE UNDELHOHNE.H has this day din... 4 of Ids entire nook of LOUTS lit, 11H0Z.5 to Mr. J. 7. McCALL. 'rho will cot:mane the helium et the old need. 334 LIBERTY STREET. Theakful for the liberal !tetra is heretofore T best...d.i. IQ att& Conti:or or. or the tame to my success° . J. O. AMULET. ' PITTEISI.7I , OII t ADIU hi, LA% ! ap10:147. I= For Cloth Suits: • 5 ..t.a .30 .. .30 0 15 • JUST CIPENED, E=l S' tab as la einaT (0•24 in • GRAY & LOWLN, No. 47 64. Clods Street NOTICE. 1