u U "tiij Eli. Mi ,rPej that tati... N'T tl.-. net, i ... lu, liOV Cut- In-. ivf Hi :r- .11 Somerset Herald The s of Publication. . Wednesday moniinB at 00 I -l.'O'- ... ... ""rtj.uon will be isoo..l-e4 until aU ' .-.oald P- PaftBastei-neglecting 1 , oi when relxwr-o . ','-7 h.h.ldw.P-lW thesub- -,"tl " mi one ortofflee to aa- -.is present elliee. A4drM The Somerset Herald, Somerset, P. Mr. .1 JlItdKNKI-iTXAW. Somerset. Pa. u- T.FTSECKER. 1. 1,1 Xttorneyatlaw I s..mersel. Pa. I ..... uiMk s.-'airf in i.ooa nernia Y- lMMMKT. 1) ATTORNE ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. Somerset, Pa. I -j II ATTUKNEY-ATXAW da--; "i:-ft i Somerset, Pa. ,:oki;k r.. sen.;.. I' I. KMtSLKY. ATTORN EY-AT LAW, Somerset, P Kr. TKKNT. E .v,li. M'HX. , Somerset, Pa. i it.itts. ATTURNEYATLAW, Somerset, ra. , u.,uirs In Mammoth Block. , ,u Ni:. SCOTT, AT-LAW. .'.i !',.n.0".". .VT.lYh .iromMnes. and . .. a ll't.nafnM entrUfft r rare k . ,111. W. H.RI I'I F-L. ; ,F1-i;.)TH & IUTPKL : f 1 aTTOKNEYS-ATLAW. V entrusted to their care will be ,lU,i-tually attended to. " "Vjm ln cross 're'-. oppoalie tne .:U. !'"' L.C. COI.BORN ' nv c pot .born. c .-a tn.ir-.re will beprompt- ,j1t,(-'U , , Sm. ,11'vO.KIMMEIa Somerset, I'a. ,.r,i tf 1! n?lnes entrusted te his esre ; ir J .i li"lt.ln eonm les w h ,,romi-t-" ti'iv ime on Main ft ttreot. I ri:Y f. sniEUi. ATTOKXEY-ATXAW, k-.t ap.l Penslii ARent, Somerset, Pa. t ir. .i l' ru:NTiNi: hay. ATTORNEY-AT LAW . 1 r In Real EsUte. Somerset. P wH V- ll l u-lri" entrusted to his care witn i us h. nix-. w J ATTORNEY-ATXAW If Somerset, Pa, --.mrtlT attend to all bnslness entrusted i VansnMh HulKlinit. g. or. I.E. ATTtiRNEY-ATXAW, Somerset Pa., . . MtM.td to mt care at- i,i"n i muiiii"- - . ... ti, lti i.niptnet and Pdellty. lv William h. koontz. ? n ,'t, nrompt attention to busrne entrnrt . . . i i- ,.n,.rt and ad'olnlng Bounties. a Printing House Row. AMES I,. PUGTI. ATTORNEY-ATXAW Somerset. Pa. t. Mammoth Block. "P lri. Entrance. . iw street. Collections made, estates - M title examined, and all legal wm.uj- -ft ..led to with promptness and naeiuyj IT, I,. P.AER. ATI t'RNEY-ATXA W, Somerset, Pa f " retire In Somerset and ad lolningeouniies. "i re, entrusted to bim will t promptly -M to. a ac nrnrs. ATTCRNEY-AT-I.AW Somerset, Penn a. 0 ,l:NNIS MEYERS. ATTORN EY-T-LS. Pitnn a. i'Hegal hnsiness entrusted to his care will be " V," to wbli promptness and fidelity. T-elnyammoth Block next door to Boyd I eT.re. J HOWARD WYNNE, M. D. j'tllysTO h a, ri-. .y a. I'.vrsesnf the Ktw. Far. Nose and Throat--!: snJ xclnslre practice, Hrrs. r a. at. to Lut ker fc ireen lilock, N aln St. T V THOMPSON. M P. I. SI RUEN HENTIST. Johnstown. Pa. lai a profwi""l evnerience ot more than -v vr Fiuiio Tketsi a Stwiaitv. ' r-nsN" SKI Vain street (up s'nirs) over Mr 's Hardware Store It will 1 neces - i.. r persons who want work done to mskeen-.-n i-nte tieforehand. "ctie 8S. llVl WTT.T.TAM COT.UNP. I;F HENTIST. SOMERSET. PA. "fee in Mammoth Block, above Boyd s Itrug re where be can at all times be found prepar ' .to all kinds ot work, such as tilling ru-r-r i-itra-tlng ae Artlhcial teeth ot all klnrts. the lst material Inserted. OperaUons i-rmi-ed. H t tT"1? M UTPk'H . JVSTICE OF THE PEACE. Somerset, Penn'a. AMES O. K TERN AN. M. D. ten- crs bis pxitc!i.nal senlces to tne emier m vrtct and vlclri-v Hccnn t-e found at the .erce ot his father on Main Mreet or at the ."flr f'enrv Bruliaker. sept e it:. KIMMFl.I. H KIM WELL. D T! V. M KIMMET.L SON cr.der their proleselonal services to the eltl- oi sTrerset and TlHriity. One of the metn- ol the firm can at aHtlnies. unless profession i engsged. be fcund at tbelr office, on Main 1. east ot the IHamood. R. J. K. MILLER lias rxrma- nentlv located In terlln for the practice of . . - -....'V. u V'Hln. 'TeeiOR. mce opiaiiw v m " r re apr. t, TO-tf. DR. II. PRUP.AKER tender? hip ie .fewlonal services to the fttiiens of Som sn.i vicinity, office In residence on Main vest ol the Iiiamond. h R W M. RAUC II tenders hie I ' l.n. ,.!. n.l arrvlces to the rltif est of SotD- aud viclr tiy. 'ne.l.iortast of Waynefc Berkeblle"! titore store. "r , W. pin. JOHN r.II.IA A J HENTIST. ''tmatT, Henry HeBey'f store, Haln Cress -"wt, K'unerset, Pa. QTAM0SD HOTEL, MOYSTOWN. I'ENN'A. TlP0Tti:sr and well known boase has lately tWrvttliW and rewlv refitted with all new r' etoi furniture, which has made It very TAi. stopping place tor the traveling public. " ' acd rousrs cannot be surpassed, all le err. class, with large tublkf hall attached ;, Also large and momy nabiing. rats boarding caa be had at the lowest poa l prices, by the week, day or meaL BAMf ELCTSTF.R. Prop. K. E. Cor. DtamoMl Siaynow ,P CHARLES HOFFMAN. tAtlov Henry Hffley' Cr.) ET STYLES U. LCWEET PRICES. MTl&FifiTini niitDiuTccn mm TAILOR r ae VOL. XXXII. NO. 29. Frank ff. Hay. ESTABLISHED 34IEAKS. h: A "5T IB o s.7 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Tie, Copper anQ Sleet-Iron Fare Unify, 'o. 2S0 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa. WE ALE FEEPAEED TO CFFE2 RANGES, STOVES and HGUSE-FURKISHING GOODS IN GENERAL At Prices Less than any ether House in Western Pennsylvania. Special attention paid t Jot-bin In Tin, Oaleanlred Iron and Sheet-Iron, Sapar Pans. Steam Ple, Hoi. Air Pipe. Rooting. SponUn. Stacks ol Knsrines, and all work pertaining to Cellar Fur naces. Estimates frlfen and work done by nrst-claxs Mecliantcs onlv. Sle Agent for Noble Cook. Johnstownl'ook Shears' Antl IiuRt Cook. Excflhlor Penn. In House-Furnishing ftaods we otter t!oal Vases Toilet Sets, bread Closets. Cuke Hoxea. Cbamler-Pails, Knives and forks (common and plated), (icrman Silier Siioons. hrltannia Spoons. Tea Travs Lined, Iron and Enameled Y ars rim AS ano 1 .opjMT fvrii mm nrynrrB, vtbiw nniiirrB. r.CK maicn, pii aiurreui Kiuur, Hreaal Toasters. Plateo Britannia and Hire Castors. 1 ron Stands, lire Irons, and everything of U'bmmmiaH In t ), i :,Ltnir I li'iiMit ment An .tirffncM nf t h irtT.f hrf venrs in hnstness hereena- bls us to meet the wants ol this cmmuril T In our sold WAKKANTKIi AS R t.t'K t.SLM Kb or the money relunded. Call and see the Wares ; get prices lel..re pun-luring ; no troubie to show gmMls. Perx-ns commencing House-Keeping will save 26 per cent, hy buvlt.g thetr outht trom us. Merchants selling goods in our line f hoi Id send for W holesale Price List, or call and get quotations of our Wares, as we have no apprentices all our work is Warranted to be ol the best quality at lowest price. To save money call on or send to II AY llltOS.. o.2SO YlHKhinRtou Mreet Johnstown, Penn'a. FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAILOE Having had many vears eiierienie in all branches of he Tailoring bus iness I guarantee Satltdaction to all whu muv call ud Lon me and favor me with their pat ronage. i ours, &.C., MM. M. nornNTK.ri.Kit, Somerstet, Im. mart SOMERSET COUNTY BANK ! (ESTABLISHKD 1H77.) CHARLES. J. EAEE1S0N, K.J PEITTS. President. Cashier. Collections made In all parts of the I'nlted States. CHARGES MODERATE. Prtie wishinif to sond money Weit can be ac commodated bv draa on New York In any sum. liolleetkins male with promptness I . S. Honds bought and sold. Monev nnd valuaides secured bvoneot llcl.ld-s celebrated sales, with a Sar gent as. Yale s3 0 00 time lock ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. w-All le al holldariobserved.H dert AlbertA. Horse. J. Scott Ward HOME & WARD, arcrsswoM to EATON & BROS, X0. 27 FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. SlJ3llXCx, 1882. NEW GOODS ETEEY IAT SPECIALTIES m mkroiBeriet.Utet, W misery, White Goodi, Hand kerchiefs, Dtest Triirrisgi, Hotiery, Gloves, Corsets, Huslia and Werine Usderwear, In fants' and Children! Clothing .Fancy Geods, Yarns, Zeihyrs, Watt rials of All Kinds for FANCY WORK, Gents' MMi Graft k, k TtrRrATROlCAOB IB RESPRCTFrLLT OLlC"R W0RDERSBY MAIL ATTESDFD TO WITH ( AKE AS'D IISPATCH. art. ESTABLISH EI.1M). Fisher's Book Store. Alwavs in stock at the B k Store a well se. Ic-ted aVsorttrent of BU les. T'Ktaments. Oospel Hvmns. "hrisiians' llvmn Bo.ks and Hymnals, Lutheran Hvmn Books tiicM-msries. Alliums. Pens Inks l'iers. Knvelopes. Magailnes Nov els. Reviews. Blank B'Kjks. lo-eds Bonds, Mort gages and all kinds ot Legal Blanks, BOOKS OF POETRY Books of Travel and Adventure. Hl.-t.fy. Bio gtaphv. and Kducatlonal Works. Toy 1 " lor children, in fact ever thing u.ualiy found in a well regulated book store. Headquarters lor school teacher and school books and sch.l sup ples. Chas. m. Fisner, lael7 - Better than Ever! 77: ISTFAi-OCEAS for 1SS4. M'-re new features have been Introduced In the Wekki.t ltsTFK lei E In th last 1 weive m.ii lis than in anv either paper jwhllshed in this c-uurry. hetalnina all the U s. laltlce and .l. iriniriiie. the pul.llehers have added tllairatr.l tm.graph lcal sketches of persons prominently I ore the puhlicat dateot publication : l'l isirateil articles n isr.iMirtant historical and enrrent events, or in elu' ida'kas ol antiquarian resean h or Interesilng englDecniig ami mechanical problems, cable lei ters trom Urn duo covering the field ot European news for each week ; special coniriliuilons devo ted to reminiseenaes ol army and iillttcal lile : and new aeries ol articles given my largely to per sal gossip and recollections ol prouiiuect lltera- rv INiple. "trr 1kt-Oceak will remain uneompromis. lngly Repubiiin : will maintain its prreeut attl mi the ouewtl.inof protecting American in dustries ; will emtinue to devote iecil aitentlKi to trade. trar.eioitailon. ano eomonne queennii. ; will retain the aertmentt ef 7e Orjestfif Skop in current enevcloi-cdia ot curious, interen ingand valuable Inlormattcn called t bv Imjulr ... it Snhseribers. 7ke H oaisa Afacdora (de voted to the progressive movements in which wo men are interested Tht ftrm isi Homt. cover ing topics of Sclal Interest to farmers, their wives and their children. Tht I'rtmmrj (con taining answers to questions as to the treatment of horses cattle, and other animals, by one of the lt ve'erlnarv surgeons ol the W est : and vm .;(Iiom (u'klng In isrles. enigmas, eonan drums. etc.. I ail ol w htoh are perul.ar to ihe pa lrr will give as mucn sioe as hitherio to serial and short stor es. original and selected sketches and pmi. and with iocreed Ucllities Her news gathering In the shape of special a-irrtto New York and Vk ashlngtoo, and experienced eorree poodenu well placed at borne and abno.1. will mo e rhaa main'aln ita high standard lor enter prise and accuracy In all deparunents of news. Tins subscrlpUua price ol tha ITiJi-0 KA If at follows : V, eekly Edition per year postage lld 1 1-00 S'tnl weeklvl-1itlnniieryr. " 2 Dailv (Inein.'ia Sunday ) per year l-f Daily (egrlRding sun-la ) r year uuu eiDesdCs E.1 twiih Mus Sup lperyear Saturday's Ed (Itpaars) per year Sunday's rd. (1 p.gee) ir year Poaiage prel.i ine-rfacose. Sample copies of TRKlaTRR-ocgAR will be sent on Rppiieatl.. . Seod mooey In Kegisterad Letter. Money Order Bank Draft, or by fcapreat. at our risk, and be sure aad write the name and address ot each sun- asrlb'- AddTHEmTEIU-CEAIf. Chicago, 11L Jefan I. H line, with a ginxl article al a low price. All gaodi OI.DllEI.IAl'.LE SADDLERY & HARNESS SHOP, (OPPOSITK THE CiLAPE HOt'SE,) MAIW CROSS ST. SOMERSET, PA. I keep constantly on band a large assortment of HARNESS. SADDLES, BRIDLES, BKCSHES, COLLARS, WHIPS, LUSTERS, ROBES, BLANKETS, And everything usually" found' In a First-class HARNESS SHOP. nariie) from 910.O0a Set VpwardH. ffr- VEPA 7.7.YG A SPECIA L Tl't Scttraction guarantrrd'jn rvtry inttance. J ere mi a!f Woy, rpROPklETOll. TUTT'S PILLS TORPID BOWELS, DISORDERED LEVER, and MALARIA. I mm tlieso sourcea arise Uirt fonrtha of the dmfasis of mo imman race. Then syiiilitoiiisiiKiii-uti! Uieirexistonco: Los. at Appetite, Huwele costive, (.Irk liead acbr. fullne.a after rating, avcrsloa so earrlion ot lxd y or xuind, Krnctatloa of food. Irritability or temper. Low spirit., A fcelinK ot bavins; nrglrctrd some duty, J'iaalueaa, I'lBUcrlxtaf at the llrart, I Sots Desorr I lie eyes, highly col ored Irlae, . I IPATIO.V, ami io tnaml tlie use era remtMly that acts)llrectly on the l.ivcr. AitavLivur medtoina Tl'TT'Rl 11 l.l-S have no equal. Their action or tba Ki'tneys and kin lealao protnpt; remoyingj all iiupui ities through tfierie liiree 'aeav engrra of the system," producinjr upe tit,S4miid digestion, ri'gultirHoola, r clear akin ami a vigorous boriv. TCTT's PILLat cnnc nr rtauw a, or trHplng nor iutatrfere wirli 1nllv work and are s perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. II F. FEELS LIKE A Sl.ff MAX. t havo had Tiysperwia, with Constipa tion, two years., tin. I nave trVd ton different kinds of pills, nnd TCTT'S are the first that have done me any good. Tlx-y have oleanod me out nic-iy. My Rppctite is splendid, f.ic. digest), readily, and I now littvc nutural p:i.aire4. I fc.'l like r near man." W. II. EDWARDS, PalmyTa, O. s..l.ivcrvwh.r.3!te. Offi,at MumvSt..N.Y. runs HAIR DYE. Chat Hair ir Whiskkb changevl ln vtmitiy t n i.u.hst IIi.a k bv a single an pli.'iition of tins DTK. hold ty DrUKgial. in in-lit by expreAS tin receipt of 91. iffico, 44 Murray Street, New York. -UTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREF Don't go shivering through this cold weather for want of a good, warm Overcoat ; it will not pay. Wc have them in all grades, from the iilainest, low in price, to the finest. A. C. YATES & CO. Leficer Mil Ctetot & 6li Sts. iiiii.Anri.PiiiA. 7XI.CUT0Il'S NOTICE. Kstate of H'nry M. Baler, dee'd. late of Mllford township, Somerset County, Pa. Iettert testamentary ontheatnive estate hav ing len granted to the un.lerslimed, notice Is herebvgiven to all persons Indebted to said estate I., make immediate daymen-, ,nJ those having claims agair.st the fame will present them duly authentlca e.1 for sltlem-nl, on Wednesday. January I-, at the late residence of said dW,"J- MKS.Sl'SAN BAKFR. deci. Eiecutrll. DESIRABLE PKOPEETY FOR SALE! A good two-storr frame dwelling house, with basement, good stable, wood and coal house, with plentvol goud water soft and hard: all kinds of fruit,' good garden and large lot : a fine location, near the Public So,uaro. Terms to suit a cash or ,.. buyer Inqulreof JACOB JfEFF, Somerset, PR. REST not, lite Is sweeping by, go and dare before you die, something mighty and sub lime leave behind to con quer time, et-aaweeg in ww. fit free. No risk Kvervthlng new. Capital not required. We will furnish you everything. Many are making fortunes. Ladles make as maea aa men, and bovi and girlf make great pay Header, tl yon want business at which yoa can aaake great pay all the time, write for particulars te H Hat-LRTT A Co-Portland, Maine. dertB-lT tn-v & C..cf the sriEvnrir Arehwas. con tlnoetoa 1 a e-M.avn 1 . r I -tenia. aveats. Trade Marls. CoovrithU. for UK. I n.lel Ptatos Canada. Kwlani f ram, ti.-r.nany. elc lbuol It. k lt r,.,ta sen. Iree. Tlorl .Tl fear. - ; o-noe. PnH7laincdthr,iehll NNACO a noticed toerE'WA-EKl.-av toe large... .and rc-t wVde! ' rtrculated w-lent'nc raiiar. t.,.3 a year. WeVl Spi-did engravlnca ad Inteirfmisle. rVjiiN.n t Maue.'Vf'f thef.cleaiirlc nfr IcwsTwlV.'i A ddrea M f N N C. . l ' ' C JJiiZcli umoe. l Proadway, Ar V rt- omer THE OLO YEAR AND THE NEW. Fleetly is the Old Year passing, With its joys and hopes and fears, And e'en thus till life is ended It will be with coming years. Like the soft and silent snow-flakes, Fell each bright getu'd hour that's past, Or like thistle-down swift speeding, On the Autumn's rapid blast. At each moment as it vanished. There has passed a soul away ; And has come the new-born infant To behold the light of day. Words and deeds through all the Old Year Have, likeseeds. been thickly sown ; In the Xew they'll yield the harvest, And will by their fruits be known. But the New, what holds it hidden? Shall its leaves to us unfold Pain or pleasure, rest or labor. Bane or.blessing yet untold ? Ah ! new work 'twill bring each toiler 'Mid the world's uneasy throng. Where brave hearts are nobly battling That the right may end the wrong. Then shine out.O light from Heaven, And make glad our earthly way ! Banish mist and darkening chadows, Hhow our feet how for they stray. Be to us a noontide glory When death's sombre twilight nears. And the dial marks the closing Of our swift and cheqnered years ! Sixly Years' History. General Cameron on Three Generations of Public Men. THE VIEWS OF A SEER. POLITICAL Personal Recollections) f ETery Na- tioaa.1 AdnilniMtraliom Since Jsnirs Monroe was President and Henry Clay Speaker of tne House-The Tariff a a Wrecker of Parties) Since 1824, From Staff CrrritpondtjU if Tht tret: Hakris-bvrg, December 6. "The eleclion of Mr. Carlisle clearly de fines the issues of the next Presiden tial campaign. It sharply draws sectional lines and reintroduces sec tional questions inte our politics which all thoughtful men had hop ed were forever buried. In placing the Democracy squarely in line fer a raid upon the tariff, free trade and sectionaliem are pitted acainst a united country and the bulwark of its industries, it is curious to wit ness how the old party refuses to learn wisdom from the expensive lessons f the past. There is an old saying that experience keeps a dear school, but some folks will learn in no other. The adage applies to the political folly of the Democracy in thus reviving issues hurtful to the country and dangerous to them selves. The party 'of Jefl'erson is to-day but a sad reminder of what it was when I began political life. It seems to be living only upon its tra ditions and its prejudices." Thui spoke a man who for more that sixty years has had his hand on the political wheel, and turned it with matchless power. He is the wisest politician ceartinly of this day, and, in making this sage obser vation, reaches out for facts with a grasp that no single man in this land has ever had upon our political history. As the veteran talked, he leaned back in his easy chair, with a bowk acroi? his knee which he had just been reading. He spoke slowly and earnestly, his sentences forming themselves directly and forcibly, but without apparent choice of words As he warmed with his subjeat, he repeatedly, as is his wont when in terested, struck the palm of his right hand against the half closed fist of the left, with a pendulum like movement He sat in his library, two large rooms extending the entire length of his houe. 1 hese apart merits hold a wealth of books, the well laden shelves reaching from floor to ceiline on all four sides. He sat near his dek, which was strewn with letters and papers concerning his large business interests and so cial correspondence, to all of which he still gives his personal attention. The whole apartment looked like the ofiice of a busy lawyer, rather than the library of a man of leisure far past four score years. SIXTY FIVE YEARS OF POLITICS. A record of the bus' and eventful life of General Siimon Cameron would make volumns of important history. His political career has -panned nearly three-quarters of a century of the national life. During nil that long time he has, without a halt, been in the front rank and among the foremost leaders in im portant political events. To-day he is a great and picturesque character. In March he will be SG years old; tut yet he is as much in love with lifo as a man of thirty, and has a zest for the affairs of his country that tew men of even middle age can feel. He lives in a beautiful home, solid and unpretentious. An old stoi.e house, with a wide porch and gable roof, fronts the banks of theSuaque- j hanna. One of the first railroads he j ever built passes hard bv the old roof tree and crosses the river within a stone's throw. He cannot even raise his eyes to the window of his office without seeing one of the giant links in the internal traffic of Penn sylvania, which recall tha time in his life when he was president of five different railroads leading out of Harrisburg, nearly all built and op erated under bis direction. In all the visits I have ever paid him, nev er was he more interesting than to day. His manner was, if possible, more simple and winning than ever, and he recalled with enthusiasm the political battles of more than half a century. He stands wonderfully erect for a man of his years, and bis deeply marked features high fore head, sharp, black eyes, prominent nose, firmly set lips and broad, pro jecting chin are only strengthened by the lines age has drawn. ""Perhaps it is well we are to have a square contest upon the, tariff question now, if such an agitation is bound to come," he continued. The country ia prosperous and it is the set ESTABLISHED, 1827. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, IS84. one creat issue upon which parties must divide. It hat been a bone of contention between them ever since I can remember anything of politics. There ia a glow of satisfaction in the present situation. It is found in the fact that the Democracy have finally , ha(j the couragrJ to show their hand and foreshadow their real purpose. This simplifies the contest of next year, and gives us a strong cause with which to go before the people. This assault upon the tariff might really be beneficial, if the majority in Congress had nationalized instead of sectionalized the contest If the South could be divided upon this ispue it would be a great thing, not only for that section, but for the whole country. what Carlisle's vote means. I take it that the practically solid Southern vote given for Mr. Carlisle means that the South is more wed ded to the reactionary Democracy than to ita manifold intersts. No doubt some of this support was giv en him reluctantly,. for it seems that it required the spur of a viva voce vote to keep it in line. If there is a part of our country that is to be ben efitted by protection it is the new South, whose future depends upon the development"of its manufactur ing interests. If we were a little farther away from slavery and the effects of the war, we could expect a great deal more from that part of the country. But the South has not yet forgotten the habits that slavery bred, and is slow to learn the benefits of lree labor, or to find out that pol itics and sentiment are often demor alizing, rather than encouraging. "I am too old toexpact to see that beautiful region reach the point where it will recognize the fact that those who work frame the corner stone of every substantial prosperity. The tariff issue ought not to be decid ed within sectional lines. The re viving South should not array itself against the business interests of the industrious North. Such an attitude will be far moie hurtful to the coun try than sectional divisions upon purely political questions could pos sibly be. If it shall be found that the South issolid against protection it will create bitterness that will last much longer and be more far reach ing in its consequences than any feeling aroused bv a scramble for party supremacy upon ordinary questions can possibly be. It is well known that many section of the South are in favor of protection, and that most of its growing industries demand it If these interests and convictions are all to be sunk in an over-weening desire for national supremacy, and the South made solid in the attack upon the tariff for the simple purpose of electing a Democratic President, then the very- worst form of sectionalism is about to be made the leading feature ' of a Presidential battle. "I hope there are many liberal and progressive men down there who are tired of seeing the Northern half of the country menaced year after year by a solid South, the best interest of which can only be served by nation alizing their political life and leav ing sectionalism to be remembered only as a nightmare that disturbed it for many years. If there is a certainty in this life not visible it is that so long as the South presents a solid political frort the North will do likewise. Such sectional divis ions are t be deeply regretted." 'But, General, Mr. Carlisle was elected by votes from the North wept ?" "Very true. Those men who were accidentally thrown to the surface in the curious contest of last year men who have no possible political future under ordinary conditions, are naturally willing to hazard every thing in the hope that a tariff agita tion may possibly prolong their po litical lives. No, the action of a few Northwestern Democrats in support ing Mr. Carlisle will not broaden the issue in the face of the fact that practically the whole Southern vote was cant for him, against its business interests, and, in many cases, direct ly in the face of a protective constit uency at home. This, to my mind, is the most significant feature of the contest, and it brings us face to face with a sectional free tiade crusade. "What will be the result?" "In my judgment there can be but one. The Republicans will elect their President, and I hope that some of the Southern States will break away from their old prejudices and contribute to that result. I am having faith enough in the patriot- ism of that section, so chastened in the crucible of war, to believe that the time is past when it is to cross Mn son and Dixon s line as a solid political power, depending for na tional success upon picking up a few stragglers here and there in the North to give success to a party, re actionary in its tendencies and de moralizing to all the better impulses of the nation, business as well as po- itical." WHEX CLAY WAS SPEAKER. A REMIN ISCENCE OF TARIFF CONFLICTS SINCE ISIS. "You have had wide experience in contests upon the tariff question ?" 1 es, I have witnessed them all since 1818. If the Southern phase were out cf the pending issues, the condition of parties now would recall the situation when I attained my majority. Let me see," contin ued the man, who is to-day locking back over such a long lifetime of po litical activity, "James Monroe was pjesident then, just concluding bis first term, and John W. Taylor, of New York, had succeeded Henry Clay as speaker of the House, while he was serving bis fourth term. It was an era of political peace. The new Democratic party, that destroy ed the old Federal organization after the war of 1812, was then in tha flood tide of its strength. Then it represented the people in the broad est sense. VV hen I became of age 1 was working as a journeyman printer on the Congreisional Globe, setting type by the light of a tallow candle. I had taken a hand in politics in 1819, and had edited a paper in Doylestown, Bucks County, in one of our important State contests. to Washington to work at my trade, So I had sn something of political This was in the fall before 1 cane life before I was old enough to vote, and I learned more of it the first winter I have been taught much more. "When I lood back to that time now, it does not seem so long ago, and yet there were only about half the number of states in the Union that there are now. The germs of the disease that finally culminated in rebellion were but just being planted then, in the first discussions upon the Missouri question. "The first session of Congress I ever witnessed was dealing with the tariff and was also hatching some great questions which afterwards came back to pleague their authors. Mr Calhoun in those days favored protection, and I soon became his warm admirer. During the session of Congress of 1820 I wrote a letter to friends in Pennsylvania urging his election to the presidency. I after ward went to Harrisburg and bought the paper upon which I had served as an apprentice and advocated his claims. The national contestof 1824 witnessed some great changes in po litical factors. THE BIRTH OF THE NATIONAL REPUB LICANS. "The wonderful impetus given to emigration after the conflict of 1S12 had created new states and territo ries like magic. Protection to Amer ican industries and a demand for internal improvements be came the watchword. Democrat ic opposition to the new demands ol the country created a new party, called the National Republicans. Adams and Clay were its leaders. In the contest of 1824 I stood by Mr. Caioun for the presidential r.omi nation, and reluctantly supported General Jackson after he had been declared tha candidate. Pennsylva nia had cast her vote for him, al though favoring Mr. Calhoun, be cause George M. Dallas had with drawn his name without authority. General Jackson met with a great deal of opposition during the cam paign, because he had been an old Federalist. The election of 1824 was thrown into the House of Repre sentatives and Mr. Adams was chos en through a combination with Clay's friends, although he had the lowest number of votes before the people of the three candidates." "I had been made State printer during these exciting events, and I took an active part against the coali tion between Adams and Clay. After the organization of the Adams Cabinet, and Mr. Clay was made sec retary of state, my acquaintance with him began. I was interested in public improvements and was a large contractor on some of them, therefore saw him quite frequently. Mr. Calhoun, who was my favorite, was the author of the scheme of pub- lie improvement by the general gov ernment. The Democratic party, however, divided into factions upon that question, and Mr. Calhoun later abandoned his position, not only upon the tariff, but upon this ques tion also. "I was deeply interested in the tariff controversy of 1S2S, the result of which has heen so bitterly assail ed. In the memorable presidential campaign of that year the Democra cy .leaving all other questions behind, united upon General Jackson as a candidate to rebuke what was known as "the odious bargain" between Adams and Clay, and the National Republicans were wiped out of ex- i.tance by the overwhelming defaat of Mr. Adams. president Jackson's popularity. "In 1829 I had been engaged in suppressing a mob, about twenty miles above Harrisburg, and was appointed adjutant general of the state soon afterward. This brought me into more prominent political re lations with public men and I paid a great deal of attention to politico. Mr. Calhoun had been made vice president, and the Democratic party, which had been torn and divided over the question of the tariff and internal improvements, and defeated by the National Republicans upon that issue, was given new life by the popularity of Andrew Jackson, al though it finally split into factions, perhaps not so much through his leadership as on account ot its as saults upon the taritl as soon as it got into power. Mr. Calhoun quar reled with General Jackson during his first term, and there was general discord over theattitude of the South and its demands upon the Adminis tration. "In this chaos I got tired and de cided to quit politics and devote my self to making a fortune. I took the contract to build the Itke Ponchar- train Canal from the lake into New Orleans, and sending 1200 men by sea from Philadelphia, I took a steamboat from Pittsburg, and, with my engineer and tools, floated down the rivers to the Crescent Citv. A journey there by water than and now are widely different things. It took weeks for us to reach our desti nation, for none of the great steam crafts that now ply the Mississippi were then dreamed of. I paid close attention to my business, but when I had my contract about half finish ed, Major Eaton, who was General Jackson'B secretary of war, requested my presence in Washington, and I returned North. "General Jackson had been elected to the presidency with the avowal that he would only serve one term, hut there was such a contest going on as his first term was drawing to a close that he wished to run again, and such was the general desire. How to get rid of the declaration for only one term was the question. It was finally agreed that the legisla tures of the different states should pass resolutions requesting him to stand for re-election. This would relieve the General from the embar rassment of being a candidate after he had been elected upon the one term principle. This arrangement was successfully carried out, and an overwhelming public sentiment crea ted in favor of his having a second term. The same tactics were em- Government had been kept in such! public discussion and settlement in ployed in Mr. Lincoln's second nom- a wretched condition that the coun- j 1850 found the Congress of the Uni ination. i try was thrown into a panic in 1837. ted States better equipped with pub- "After General Jackson was re- The paramount duty devolving ! lie men of great powers than ever nominated he very much desired to upon the Whig party npon its before or since. I love to look defoot Mr Pnlriniin for th vice rre- nrcessinn to nower was the creation back to that Congress, and up to the idency, and at once arrangements were made to have the nomination era for vice president made by a conven tion, instead of by the Congressmen, as before. I came to Pennsylvania, and, at the head of a delegation from this State, attended the first regular national convention ever held in this country. It convened at Baltimore in 1S32, and performed its duty of nominating anBuren. This con vention marked a great departure in the methods of political parties. That Summer I was a visitor to the military academy at West Point ; and General Scott was also one of the board. The same year the contest of parties upon the tariff question was again renewed and it was con tested with great bitterncs. Section became arrayed against section upon that issue, as I fear they will be again next year, and the result was anything but beneficial to the coun try or iudeed to the Democratic party, for it again started it on road to defeat. The assault of the South in 18:J2 upon the tariff of 1S28 threat ened civil war, which would doubt less have then come but for General Jackson's timely proclamation of force. The campaign of lJv!2 was ushered in upon the heels cf vilifi cation and bitter sectional strife. I have often recalled the impression these events left upon my mind, for then it was that the federative prin ciple of our Government was sus tained, the doctrine of state sov erignty rebuked and the precedent laid which gave us the power, nearly thirty years later, to establish the fact that this is a nation and not a campact between slates. "In this crisis, so intense was the feeling that there had to be a com promise upon the question, or war would have been the result. Mr Clay's Compromise bill of 1832 postponed, but did not settle the revenue controversy. Let me call your attention to the power ful bearing these incidents or pre cedents, if you please finally had upon the mighty issues of 1SG0 61. "I went into the banking business at Middletown while these momen tous events were pending; but I still kept up my interest in them, and was frequently in Washington. The tariff question, as well a3 the demand for internal improvement by the general Government, was a constant plague to the Democratic party, and often furnished its opponents the ammunition by which it could be successfully assailed. van bcren's campaign. ' During Andrew Jackson's second term discontent ripened into disor der and the nomination of Mr. Van Buren added more fuel to the fire, and almost at the beginning of his administration the elements of op position that could not prevent his election ciystalized into a successful organization. The years lS38-HUi marked an important ra in our pol itic and witnessed the birth of the Whig part, the best and strongest organization that up to that time hat! ever been pitted against the Democratic massrs. Like ail either parties, however, it was buta lodging place for the dissatisfied elements of the ne great part-, and dickerings, jealousies and intrigues between the leaders laid the foundation for its defeat almost before it had become a successful power. To be sure it elected General Harrison to the presidency in 1840, but the discard ing of its natural leader, Henry Clay, struck it a hard blow, which grew into a death clout by the nomination of Mr. Tyler, a Democrat, who at the death of Mr. Harrison returned to his natural Democratic pfliliation. The Whigs always believed that Mr., Tyler's treachery was the cause ofi their defeat. But the fact is that j that party was a party of leaders, rather than of principles. Success) soon divided it into factions. Be- j tween the friends of Mr. Webster, Mr. Clay, and other leaders, there, grew an implacable hostility that j was only increased by the failure ofi the Whig Administration to satisfy j the friends of each leader with otlices. 'In all the political contests Ii have ever witneed in the sixty-six years I have been in public life, none ! approached the campaign of 184').; Ita piirinna ru'j t ti rt.a n-rtnl.l fi I a ,L,l,.',.- I..ll,lllia .TV..1. .... .. risings of the people that ran us loose as a wild steer in search of a new pasture. There may haye been . t i;.;.,i d,.-a f, ! Mr. Van Buren's administration wa8 ! llu-trat,ons presented, showing the not a success and bred di,cora I ' nc,al tflet-ts of a protective tar enough to cement conHicting opin- ,ff- 1 remember one day, when I ions for the moment into a success !was Pking and was illustrating ful Mart how the coal tonnage had increased 'The death of General brought us face to face with a new order of things. The hand of God had, for the first time in rur history, transferred the auties of the presi dent's office to the keeping of the vice president. Mr. Tyler disap pointed everybody, and tbe exam ple he set has ever since made the people jealous and even suspicious of a vice president who becomes the head of the government. Owing to x the Democratic influence upon tbe t!,riff nuestion and the tree trade ,-..i,;.; fKot v,a.i i,.0n iniui.tarl into Mr.Clav's comnromise bill nf , 1832-33, through the demands 0f .!. Q,,ii,.m i,,,i,r il,a fi n n n-M Hit; k,tfUkll.lit l-U'Jt l kliv. aa au of the Government had drifted into very bad shape before the Whigs came into power ' One of Gen. Harrison's was to call a session of congress on tne last aay or iay, ion, o vaae ., i . I c a o . . . - ..l nio conS.aeraun vi.e couuitioi. ot the revenue and the finances of the " . ' 1 ' A I condition of. Government He died about two weeks after issuing the proclamation and congress met to revive the old bank controversy, as well as the tar iff question, and in the struggle be tween Mr. Tyler and congress the nig Py was uestruyeu uh r ; had fairly crossed the threshold of . the Government The results of ' a tariff for reve- nue only were fully exemplified' duricg the decade running from j 18?' to 1842. The finances of the! .... . :.. j . j i..e i or a new tariff necessary to meet the demands of the Government ' cl WHOLE NO. 1694. THE LAWS OF 1842. 'In 1842 another acrimonious discussion on that tariff question was begun, and ended in a complete revision of the Compromise bill of 18;;2-.T;. The bill of 1841, that had provided for a distribution of the proceeds of the sale of public lands among the states, had proved a disappointment, as any measure to distribute the present surplus among the states will be likely to. It was discovered long ago that no make shifts would do, but that a revenue bill strong enough to anticipate net only the iemands of the government but to give protection to our indus tries, is necessary to the prosperity of the country. Out of the struggles between the President and congress the tariff bill of 1842 was born. It was not all that was desired, but un der its provisions our manufacturers prospered and the finances of the Government were restored to a fair basis. In the presidential contest of 1844 the tariff question played an importaut part. Mr. Clay, the idol of the Whig party, had been nomin ated tor the presidency, and Mr. Frelinghuysen fer the vice presiden cy. Polk "and Dallas led the Dem ocracy. The Whigs charged the Democracy with the intention of disturbing the tariff of l-S-12. From one end of the country to the other the Democrats raised the orv, "I. lk and Dallas and the firitl' of 142." This was only a mask to satisfy the protected industries of the country, and the people were deluded into electing Polk over Clay under the promise made by the Democracy of standing bv the tariff already in force. Had it not been for thi, Mr. Polk could never have been elected president During all these years, though not in public life, I had taken an active part in politics. Mr. Buchanan had been my ideal, and 1 had been instrumental in having him made United States Sena- tor. BUCHANAN AND CAMERON HOW ONE BECAME SECRETARY OF STATE THE OTHER SENATOR. ' When Mr. Polk was inaugurated. Mr. Buchanan came to me and said : ' Cameron, Mr. Polk has temK-red me the position of Secretary of Suite in his cabinet ; what would you do about it?' 'Why ask me? You have al ready made up your mind to accept if ' Then who will succeed me as Senator?' asked Mr. Bu chanan. ' I think Simon Cameron will,' was my reply. ' Mr. Buchanan walked away and was never after my friend, although we never quarreled. I have always thought he had a candidate of his own. - - ... 'When the Legislature of Penn sylvania met to chooe Mr. Buchan an's successor, the caucus nominated Judge Woodward. Immediately a free trade speech before a State convention was unearthed and some violentexpresjiions indicating Know nothing proclivities. At the solicita tion of friends I became a candidate against him and twelve Democratic members pledged me their support. The Whigs, being in a minority, had to choose between Judge Woodward a free trader ami myself, an ardent protectionist The Whig members of the Legislature and the twelve Democrats voted for me and I was elected. I entered the Senate during an important era, and while I was there the Mexican war was fought, and the most important discussion and action ever taken tin to that timeorsince upon the tarifl question was pushed through Congress. The Democrats, disregarding their prom ise of 1844 to stand bv the tarifl '42, prepared antl forced the tarifl bill of 18-lfi. My seat in the Senate was directly behind that of Mr. Calhoun, and, remembering my earnest support of his candidacy more than twenty years before, he was very kind to me from the day I entered public life, ms idea of calhwun and webster. 'We never discussed politics, because we could not agree upon the tariff question. Next to Mr. (, - . , ter, he was the greatest man I ever knew. In the tarifl'discussion of lS-HJ I was forceil to take a prom- inent part, and Mr. Calhoun was 1 1 A mucn surprised at many oi tne Hiiiuiit fjiaiii-aiiji iiuiuiuk, uiiun arris!i ; c . i : .,, - . 1 1 1 1 j ; 1 .-, ixee-tratie iruinic, iu " n ',i'.j. tun- per annum with protection, and then predicted a greater increase, he seemed mucn astonisneu, ana said : 'Cameron, are you not mistaken in the figures?' ' I assured him that I was correct, and, after concluding my remarks, demonstrated the fact to his entire satisfaction. It is needless to follow ! the tariff agitation of lSltj in detail. t-".. ,-. ,.l T. 1 1 "e tnli P"1 a,,u -a"-,f to the Senate. Section was again arrayed against section in the debate and before the vote was taken it was fou nd that the Senate was a tie, o nd . . . 1 1 l j that the ice-president would have U 'casting vote. George M Dallas, a 1 ciill't ivauiau, .' va v-t v , t . 1 pass the bill. He had the presiden hrst acts:?., ... . , , t v.i tiai uee m iii uuuuci as uau as any man I ever knew, and, hoping that f f . . . j ;- f fa. iration, he gavethe ..... . . ' ", ,r. - casting vote against the section of his nativity, and the tann bill ot '46 became a law. As I anticipated, it put out the fire in our furnaces, paralyzed many of our best indus tries, and finally, brought the credit of the Government to a discount. It , haJ diflaj,troa8 effect npon the dominant and COHt the presidency in 1848, when Gen. Tay- H the most able American congress. 'The crave questions demanding ui iijc vi intellectual giante that then sat in the council chamber of the nation. I lore n.tt t.m i ... n . t I . . iknl V u. nu, jiicpiicu lie UJJb tur; compromise which was then framed was the best thing that could have been done. But for years the sec tions had been getting farther apart upon vital questions, and any com promise between them without an abject surrender on the part of the Nor.h was only a postponement of accumulatrg hostilities. Nothing but the lViiiies of Gen. Taylor's ad ir.in ist rati' in grive the Democracy the prtoidtucy in '."tj, when Pierce was elected. "The divi-ior.s between the Norlh and South, which had begun upon economic questions as far back as 1320, had now shifted to a fatal division upon the slavery question, and the country was hurrying with rapid strides towards an armed con flict I came back into the Senate in ViG to be an eye-witness of the final scenes in the great drama of sectional strife that was so soon to culminate in a tragedy. I had long since left the Democratic party, on account of its bad faith on the tariff aud its pro slavery proclivities. In the mighty couvulsions that tore parties asunder, I became one of the new political force bearing the name of the Republican party. Tbe Dem ocracy had deserted all its old tenets and was a hide-bound, sectional or ganization. It was no longer a party of the Democratic masses, and the Republican party, born out of the beit spirit and impulse of nationali ty, stood out before the people as the embodiment of all the best impulses and principles of the old Democratic organizatien when it was a party of the pi ople. republican vitality ir means MORE THAN ANY AND ALL PARTIES OK EARLIER DAYS. 'Tin old Whig party was always an aristocratic institution, eminently respectable, but not popular. If the Republican party had not meant more tothecountry than either or all of the old parties of this date, it nev er would have attained such a hold upon the country. Let no man ay that it would not have been a win ning organization except for the ac cident of war. Its vitality and growth before war was imminent wis phenomenal. If the armed con flict had been postponed for four years or tight years beyond the nomination of Mr. Lincoln, it would have swept the country like a whirl wind in each subsequent contest, and beaten the South, as it does now, by appealing to the people in the name of what is right to all classes. The Democratic party has betn, for many years, s-tronger in its pre tensions than in its achievements, and it bus lived upon its traditions much more than upon its acts. The Republic-til party has reversed the condition. Tli? credit of the Gov ernment was at a discount on a roui.t ol the f.ital tariff of 18-1'v lung l-efuro il came into power. When it stepped acro.-s the threshold i.fttie Government, it had not only to provide u tariff to meet the de mands of the Goverment in time of peace, but to provide for war. All this it successfully accomplished. Fur :i quarter of a century it has ruled the country and is still os-ess- d of n. ore positive force than the old Democratic party has had for a great many yearn. I have always contended thnt it stands in the same place in the affections of the people that the old Democratic party didv before it was destroyed by eectiounl prejudices, and when it was directed by the great men who were alive w?tri ambition for an ex alted national life.' HIS KSTIMATE OF LINCOLN. "What did Mr. Lincoln do for the Republican party ?" "A great deal more than words can express. Mr. Lincoln was made president by an all wise Providence tor just such a crisis, as thi nation was tailed upon to meet. You may sav he was uneducated and lacked polish, but he was the wisest antl best heartfd man I ever knew. He reached the presidency nnder pecu liar conditions, but he rose to the very height of eery duty imposed upon him. Half cf his Cabinet looked upon him as an accident that was only to last four year, and from the day of the organization ot hid political household, at least three of his highest constitutional advisers j were shaping their course to succeed him ns president, rather than sink ing their ambitions in an earnest sunnort of him and his policy. His !! relations and mine were always of tbe kindest, and when I had return ed from Russia to find those who should have l.fctn his strong right arm intriguing to defeat hisrenom ination. be gave me his unlimited confidence. He was much distress ed at the intrigue in and out of his Cabinet, and I cheered him with i the assurance that public opinion was overwhelmingly in favor of bis renon iration. "How can we be assured of that?" wu Mr. Lit coin's earnest inqui ry. "Very easily," said I. Then I recalled to him the manner in w hich we had succeeded in nominating General Jackson the second time bv Laving the state legislatures pe tition bim to become a candidate for re election." "Can that be dor.e for me?' said he. "Very easily." was my reply. "I will go home to morrow, ami Penn sylvania will be honored in being the first State to pledge itself to your renornination." "This assurance seemed to lift a j cloud on nis nunti, and we naa a very pleasant visit after that. I re turned t Harrisburg and the Legis lature paf.-ed strong resolutions in favor of bis having a second term. State after state followed in rapid succession, until the schemes of Messrs. Seward, Chase. Ben Wade and others for hii defeat were snow ed under by an overwhelming pop ular expression in his favor. The letter written to the different state legislatures in relation to Mr. Lin coln's second term was an exact copy of the one sent out for General Jackson in 1832, except the change of names. I bad the copies made herein Harrisburg. "I remember going down to visit the President, while the states wero going on record in his favor. He was having a reception, and hun dreds were going to shake his hand. I followed along with the tide, but he observed me before I got within some distance of bins. With his face all a glow with satisfaction he held up his long bony hand, encased in a white cotton glove, and before I had reached within half a dozen people of him. said : "Cameron, three more states in to day?" He was a great character, and the country. I fear, will not see his like again. Those phenomenally giftsd men wh have sprung from obscur ity into great prominence and use fulness have nearly all passed away. (Cvmtiiutedon Fovrth Page.)
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