Decatur Democrat, Volume 24, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1880 — Page 15

'ttowtbu iu. bl my political an t it your party will t ence--1 forth Jive up to it more fairbfu lv than fas ’ been its « ont in the sad days of its < e -ei eracy > and confusion, I > hall feel proud to be enrold among its members. f Os the Democ at c nominees it is nardly i necessary to sty that they command the re- • spec’t, If not tne admiration, even of i heir poll leal aitagoulsts. Mr. English is diet in • gulshed by the courage with which be bat I stood np with and against his party, tor hi* c mvict.ona. And wist American is there ■ native or adop ed, Republican er Democrat, vhese eyes do not glisten when he looks np tc , ilaujncs, tun intrepid soldier, the patriotic lampio i of the indissolubility ot tbe Union, i he man without fear and withe ut rtpioech tie citizen wno is iuu-tiriou't not only by hit nolle services, but t>y the um-ulied puilty 01 di life— whom I, for ore, honor even more >r his fear ear vindication of the p>inciplM n wtiion the America i Union is foui did inan f >r his heroic defense of tbe Union i’telfl The noml latfon of General Hancock, how* iver, is not only flt as a grateful tec« gnltion i of his merits, but i< peculiarly suspicious ifr view of the exigencies of tbe time Itisth* mod trustwoi toy assurance that the remit* oi the ta*e war are at least as sale in tbe keepi ing of a Itemrcritlo as in that oi a R» pro lean Aum mstruuon. And what la equal y inportaut, it is an augury of the restoiaih n ot peace and good will among all the citizens oi this Union. Tbemenof the South, who cnoi bore arms ugaln«t the Uulon have not only laid them down, but have renewed iheir allegiance to our common country with turnonstatlons of affeciioii whose very sadnes* it the best proof ot their sincerity. They have for years b eu struggling age in st the disorders necessarl y consequent upon th* complete subversion oi tueir Focal end Industrial system and the misfortunes entailed upon them bv the war-mis-fortunes which certainly have not been alleviated oy tbe prac ices of a majority oi the men who came to the Southern luates as the agent* and representatives ot the Republican party. A «d I can not conceive anything n ore despicable than the attempt of certain Repub 1can politicians who aspire to the highest nono r s and trosta of the Republic, to fabricate partisan capital bv a constant reieret ee to the inevitable Incidents to the reorganization of our South th communities as evidence of ihc oou’iuued disloyalty of the whole Southern people. Wl’h the election or Hance ck all 1 hit will come to a speedy end 1 he insane vociferation abou’ a ‘‘so'id South” will be silenced; and I am no', without hope tha. at Ibe Presidential election in 1884 we shall have two parties at the South as well as at the North whose lines of division are no longer the lines of color or of race. Truly yours, J. R. dTAT.TA. Hon. John F. Follett. General Garfield’s Credit Mobilier Record. From his Own Sworn Testimony before the Poland Committee, Jan, 14, 1873. 7 newer owned, received or agreed to receive any stock of the Credit Mobilier or of the Union Pacific Railrood, nor any dividends or profits arising from either of them. From Judge Poland's Report, Feb., 18, 1873.— Garfield s Testimony Perjured. The fact in regard to Mr. Garfield, as found by the committee, are that he agreed with Mr. Ames to take ten shares of Credit Mobilier stock, but did not pay for the same. Mr. Ames received the eighty per cent, dividend in bonds and sold them for ninety-seven per cent., and also received the sixty per cent, dividend, which, together with the price of the stock and interest, left a balance of $329. This sum was paid over to Mr. Garfield by a cheek on the Sergeant-at- Arms and Mr. Garfield then understood this sum was the balance of dividends after paying far the stock,. From the New York Tribune, Feb. 19, 1878. James A. Garfield, of Ohio, bad ten shares: never paid a dollar; received $329, which, after the investigation began, he was anxious to have considered as a loan from Mr Oakes Ames to himself. Well, the wickedness of all of it is that these men betrayed the trust of the people, deceived their cons ituents and by evasions and fal-ehoods confessed the traosaetioa to ba disgraaatul

WWfflN HIM IWFIJPIWIfIR VbWerdT chron’c Federal officeholder* four yeaia longer will not benefit tbe millions of men and women who bold no office, but earn their dally bread bv honest industry, Is wtiat the same discerning pub ic will, no doubt, fully under stand, as they will, also, th it It fa because of ttieir own industry and economy, and God’s bountiful harvests, tnat the country la comparatively prosperous, and not because ;of anything done by these Federal officeholders. Thecountiyis comparatively prosperous not because of them, but In spite of them. This contest Is, in fact, between the people endeavoring to regain tne political power which rightfully belong- to them, and to restore the pure, simple, economical, oonstitutn nai Govern ment of our fathers on the oi esioe, and these Fe feral officeholders and their backers, pampered with place and power, and «etc imined tore'a n them, at all hazards, on the other. Hence the constant assumpUon of new and dangerous powers by the General Govei nme> t under tne ruleof the Republican p rty: tbe effort to build up what they cad a strong Government; the Interference with home rule, and with the administration of Justice in tbe Courts of the several States; the interference with tbe elections through tbe medium of paid partisan Federal office holders, interested in keeping their party in power, and caring more for tnat than fairness in the elec ions- in fact, the constant encroacumeuts which have been made by that party upon the dearly reserved rights of the people and the States, will, if not checked, subvert the llberti* s of the people and the Government of limited powers created by the fatners. and end in a great, consolida, ed, central Government, "strong,” indeed, for evil and the overthrow of republican institutions. The wise men who formed our Constitution, knew tbe evilsofa strong Government, and the long continuance of political power in the same hands. They knew there was a tendency inti is direction in a 1 Governments, and consequent danger to republican institutions from that cau-e. and took pains to guard against it. Tne machinery of a strong, centralized General Government can be used to perpetuate the same set of n en in power from term to term, until it ceases t’’ be a Re public, or is such only in name; and the tendency of tbe part’’ now in power in that direction, as shown in various ways, besides the wllliugne>-s recent'y manifested by a large number of that party to elect a President an unlimited number of terms, is quite apparent and must satisfy thinking people that the time has come wuen it will be saiesi and best for that paity to be retired. But in resisting the encroachments of the Gen ralGivernm nt upon the reserved rights ot the peop’e and the States, I wish to be dis tinctly understood as favoring the proper exercise by the General Government of the powers rightful'y belonging to it under tbe Coustltuiion. Encroachments unou the Constitu tonal rights of the General Government, or interference with the proper exercise of its powers, must be carefully avoided. The union of tue Slates, under the Constitution, mustbe maintained, and it isweltknown thatthishas al ways been the position o" both t he candi dates on the Democratic Presidential ticket. It is acquiesced in everywheie now, and finally and forever settled, as one of the re suits of tbe war It is certain, beyond all question, that the legitimate resulisof the war for the Union win not be overthrown or impaired shou’d the Democratic ticket be elec ed. In that event proper protection will be given, la every legitimate way, to every citizen, native or adopted, in every section of the Republic, in the enjoyment of all the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and its amendments; a sound currency of honest money, of a va’ue and purchasing power corresponding substantially with the standard rec- gn z d by the commercial world, and con sistiug of goid and silver, and paper convertible in'ocoin, will be maintained; the 1 bor and manufacturing, corumtreial and business interests ot the country will be favored and encouraged in every legitimate way; the toiling millions of our own people will be pro tected from the destructive competition ot the Chinese, and to that end their Immigration to our shores will be properly restricted; the pub Ho credit will be scrupulously maintained and strengthened by rigid economy tn public expenditures, and the liberties of the people, and the property oi the people, will be protected bv a government of law and order, ad ministered sirictly in the interests of ell the people, and not of corporations or privileged classes. 1 do not doubt the discriminating justice of the people a' d their O’p'icity for intelligent seif government, end, therefore, do n t doubt the success of the Democratic ticket. Its success would bury, beyoud re- urrection, the sectional Jean usiea and hatreds which have so long been the chief stock in trade of pestifeous U» no other w»y can this be m

——p— ■ Gentlemen— 1 have the honor to acknovl edge trie receipt of your letter of July Is. 8 u, apprising mo lorma ly o'my nomination to the effi eot President of the United States by ths National Democratic Convention, lately assembled in Cine nnatl. I accept tne nom ination with a grateful appreciation oft e confidence rented in me. The principles enunciated by the Convention are those L hve eherb-iied in the past, and shall endeavor to maintain in the future. Tbe Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Comtiintion ot the United States, embodying tbe re- ults ot 1 the war for the Union, are in violable. If called to the Pre* idency, I shall deem itmydu'ytoreslst with ail my power any attempt to impair or evade the full force and effect of tbe Cocsti tutlon, which in every article, section and t amendment is the sunreme law of the land. The Constitution forms the basis of the Go - ernmeut of the United 8 ales The powers granted by it to the legislative, executive ‘ and Judicial departments difiue and limit the authority of the Gen oral Government and powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, be- , long to the States respectively or to tbe people. Tbe General and State Governments, each acting in its owu sphere without trenching upon the lawful Jurisdiction of lhe other con stitute the Union. This Union, comprising a General Government with general powers, and State Governments with State powers for the purposes local to the States, is s polity, tbe foundations of which were laid in the proiouudest wisd-un. This Is the Union our lathers ' made, and which has been so respected abroad and so beneficent at home. Tried by biood j 1 and fire, it stands te day a model form of free, popular government; a political system, 1 which, rightly administered, ins been, and! 1 will continue to be, the admiration oi the world. May we not say, nearly in the words of Washington, the unity ot the Government I j which constitutes us one people is ju -f ly dear ■ 1 to us: it is the main pillar in the edifice of our 1 real Independence, the support of our peace, I ' safety ana prosperity, ana ot that liberty we so highly prize, and intend, at every haz- I 1 ard, to preserve. But no form oi government however caiefully devised, no ' prlnclp es however sound, will protect the rights of tbe people, unless the administration i , Isfailhful and efficient., it is a vital principle in ■ our system that neither frsud nor force must be allowed to subvert tie > ights of the people. ' When fraud, violence or Incompetence controls, the nob est constltuti u and wisest laws are useless. Tbe bayonet is not a fit instrument for collecting the votes of freemen. It is I only by a full vote, free ballot, and fair count , that the people can rule in lact, as required by the theory of our Government, i Take this foundation away, and the whole structure falls. Public office is a trust, not a < bounty bestowed upon tne bolder, and no in- i competent or dishonest persons should ever be Intrusted with it, or if appointed, they should promptly be ejected. The basis of a < substantial, practical Civil Service reform must first be established by tbe people in filling the elective offices. If they fix a high standard of qualification for office and sternly reject the corrupt and incompt tent, the result will be decisive in governing the action i ot the servants whom they Intrust ' with appointing power. The war for the Union was successfully closed more than fifteen years ago All classes ot our people shall share alike in the b'essiugs of the Union, and are equally concerned In its perpetuity a >d in the proper administration < of public affairs. We are in a sta'eof profound peace. Hence o r th let it be our purpose to cultivate sentiments of friendship, and not of animosity, among our fellow citizens. Our material i interests, varied and progressive, demand our 1 constant and united efforts, a sedulous and scrupulous care of public credit, together with wise and economical management of our governmental expenditures should be maintained, in order that labor may be lightly burdened, and that all persons may be pro tected in their rights to the fruhs of their own Industry The time has come to ei Joy the substantial benefits of reconciliation. As one people we have common interests. Let us encourage harmony and generous rivalry among our own industries, which will revive our la i • guishiug merchant marine, extend our commerce with foreign nations, assist out merchants, manufacturers and produce’s to develop our v*st natural resouices, and incease the prosperity and iianpiness oi our people. If elected, I shall, wi h Divine favor, labor with wnat a bi ity I powers to discharge my duties with fidelity according to my convictions. a- d shall take care to protect a d defend the Union, and to see that the laws be faithfully and equally executed in all parts of the country alike. 1 will assume the responsibility, tally

■ tinniii ni« i wHßinmniw; wapi cnrny-j ag.lint the right ot lha people to choose nail I instil th ir President, which have wrought bo < much’ inrv «• d diabo or upon ourc untry. i That which chiefly Inspired your nomination was the fact that you h»d Cmsplcuouslv recognised and exemplified a yearning of the American people for reconciliation and brotherhood under the shield of the Co s'ltution. with all Its Jea'ous care and guarantees fo* the rights of persons and of states Your nomination was not made alo* e because in the m dst of arms you illustrated the highest qualities of the soldier, but because, when the war bad ended, when, in recognition of your courage and fideii'y, you weie placed In command o( a part of the Union undergoing a process of restoration, and while you were thus clothed with absolute power you used It not tosuh vert, but to sustain the civil laws and rights they were established to pro ect; your fidelity to those principles, manifested In the Important trusts heretofore confined to your care, gives pioof that they will control your ad- * ministration of t he National Government, and a suies the country that one iudisso able (Tuion of indestructible Matas and aCoustltu li n with rswi-e distribute n ot power and regard for the boundaries of State and Federal authority wi l not kutier in your that you will maiiithin the subordination < f military to dvl: power and w ill accomplish a puiltlcatlou of the public service, and especially that the Government whlcn we love will be fr e from reproach or stain of sectional agitation or madc-i in any shape or any form. Rejoicing in common with the masses of the American people upon this br'ght prom Ise for tbefuture of ourcountry, we wish also to express to you personally the assurance of the general esteem and confidence which have summoned you io this high duty, and will aid you in iw performance. Your fellow-citizens, John W. Htevenhon, President of the Convention. Nicholas M. Bell, Secretary. LETTER TO HON. WILLIAM H ENGLISH. New York, July 13, 1880. Hon William H. English' Dear Mr —By direction of the Democratic Nations 1 Convention, which assembled at Ctnclnna*! on June 22. lest. It becomes our plea-an’ duty to notify you that you were unanimous y .ominated by that body for the office of Vice i'T: sident of the United States Your large experience in lhe affairs of the Government; your able discharge of the many trusts committed to your hands; yoursteadfast devotion to Democratic principles, and the uprightness of your private character, give assurance to the Democracy that you are worthy and well qualified to perform the duties oi that high position, and commended you to them tor the nomination which they conferred While your personal quailtiesand your public services well merbed this honor, the action of the Co > vention was no doubt designed. not only to vindicate their appreciation of yourseh, nut as well to testify their profound respect tor the Democracy of Indiana, your native State with whose manly struggle** you have been so long Identified, and ; in whose ginrlous 'achievements you nave shared The Convention set forth Its views upon the leading political issues which are now before the people In a series of resolutions, a copy of which we have the honor to present you, and to which your attention Is respectfully requested It Is our earnest hope that these views may meet with your approba lon, and that you will accept the nomination which is now tendered you. With sentiments of high esteem, we are respectfully, John W Stevenson President of the Convention. Nicholas M. Bell, Secretary. THE MEETING ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND. On the same day the Committee proceeded to notify the candidates in person. They were met at General Hancock's official residence on Governor's Island. Hon. John P Stockton, of New Jersey, presented the official notification in the following speech MR STOCKTON’S SPEECH. General Hancock— I have the honor to in troduce to you Governor Stevenson. Chairman of the Democratic National Convention recently assembled at Cincinnati. 1 have also the honor of presenting to you the Committee by that body to wait upon and notlty y- u of your una .lmous nomination far the highest office in the gift of the people It is a source of great satisfaction to the Committee in making this announcement to you ’ tosay that you nomination was not seemed by the solicitations of personal or political friends, but was tne spontaneous action of that Convention, actuated by a patriotic ; duty. Ous as ths ablest and wisest

fi. Free ships and a 11 vnig chance for American commerce upon the seas, on the laud; no discrlm nation in lavor of transportation lines, corporations or monopolies. 1 . Amendment <-t tne Burlingame treaty; no mere Chinese immigration except, ’or t t-1 educa ion and foreign commerce, and theiein carefully guarded. 11. Public money and public credit for puollc purposes solely, and public land lor actuul settlers. W. The Democratic party Is the friend of labor and the laboring man, end pledges it-elf tn protect him, alike against the corn-orauts and the Commune. 13. We congratulate the country upon the honesty and tnriitof a Democratic Congress which has reduced the public expenditure M0.000.Q00 a yea r ; upon the continuance of prosperity at home m t the National honor ;i r ad, and, above a. 1, upon the p omise ot such a change la the a imtnislrat on cf the Government es sha I insure a genuine a id lasting re'orm in every department of lhe ~>ublic service. Resolutions Adopted by the Democratic State Convention of Indiana, at Indianapolis, June 9. 1880. 1. We, tiie Democracy of Indiana, in Delegate Convention assembled, congratulate tne Democracy of lhe country uixm tne 1 armony prevailing within Its orgamz nlon, a .d upon its unanimity in the purpose to cast behind it every occasion and sentiment of discord, and to stand as one man for success In 188); and we give e.ssuianceto the Democracy of thecountry that, accepting ihe deciarail >n of principles, and purp. see, that may be made at Cincinnati, and tne caudld ites wno nny be there chosen, we will give to them our earnest and undivided support. 3. We believe ttiat laws should be enacted, ext cuted and administered only for the public good, and ad cia.su egislation, and all favoritism in the afl-rlrs of Government should be di seated and made odious; that taxes str md be levied jus'ly, and the most ilgld economy should control public expenditures; that elections mu <t be freed from the control of the army, and of partisan officia s, In that they snail be fair and honest hh they once were: that lhe rightful jurisdiction of t ;e •State Courts must be restored, in ell cases wh' re it has been usurped by the Federal minority, so that justice may be administered cheaply and speed! y. 3. The c ,ln and paper money of the counshould biotuiiifo-m value, a .«i readl y convertible, end should have asgient purchasing power as the monty of other first ci os commercial countries ot the wo d, and the paper money, lixe the coin, ihou'd be tarnished by the U .tted 8 ates, and soould not be In excess of such quantity as wld be, and remain always, at p;r with coin. 4. Inasmuch as the outstanding Treasury notes are no longer necessary to the Govern mem in the use of 1 s cred t, and are useful only es money, they should be made subject to taxation, the same as other money. As tax payers, we declare our giatitlo lion at the action of the Democratic nn tubers of Congress In reduc’ng public expenditure, endlncutting oil Hie allowance an 1 payment of questionable and fraudulent, claims, reeul'ing in a Hiving to the Treasury of more than SiUiO-O (AJO. 6. We will stand with all our might against the aggression of the Republican leudens upon the rights ol the Slates, made tor the purpose oi building up a strong central power, dangerous to the liberty of the people We will In all fidelity maintain the Constitutional rig fate i and powers of the United States, and as faithfully we wilt maintain aud vindicate the I rights of the States as reserved to them In the . Constitution. | 6. The Beglslature of 1879 is enti’ led f > honorable mention for having redeemed the ■ pledges of the Democratic Convention of 18’6 to provide by law for the comfoit and safety i of laborers In the mines, and for securing | their wages to the persons employed by c ir porations, and weave iufavor of such further legislation in the premises as may ba reces I eary an i proper. Wo congratulate thopeop’e of the Slate that by the action of lhe Democrats of the last legislature In basing representation on population and contlgnitj of territoiy only, the shame and taint of fraud ■ have been r« moved from the apportion in out of repiesen'atlou, and thatnow tne people will be equally and lately represented. 7. The people of Indiana arejustly proud of their system of free schools, md will maintain them in their full force and usefulness, and to that end we must see to It that the management thereof does not become wasteful or extravagant, and that no part of the munificent fund which they have provided shad be used for sectarian or for any other purposes whatever than the suppo t of common schools. 8 We are gratified that the Democrats In . Congress have acted in respect to bounties

would take the country. H<* wondered what t they would say now? < Mr. Gooding's speech was of the order l called exhortation, and was received by the < crowd in the best of humor. * Colonel J. B. Maynard, of the Sentinel, i was called out, and added his voice to the ’ encouragement which had come from every ; quarter. He reviewed the methods and the candidates before the Convention —how 1 •hose at Chicago were slaughtered, and the j harmony which pervaded that of Cincinati. He predicted that, the result would be 1 most encouraging in the October and November elections. ** ' Landers or Porter— Which? ! I Indianapolis Sentinel, July 10.} The people of Indiana sre eminently prac t’od. Tht y are utilitarian. They are proud ot their 8 ate, proud of its wealth and of its boundless reeourers. Tbt y are conversant with questions which re'ate directly to the material prosperity of the Commonwealth — its farms and i's forests, 1 is mines and its induatri'S. Indianians are a s’urdy. selfreiiaLt people. They know what it ia to work; they know lhe value of wages, saving*, and prudent inves'mmts. In looking fora man to occupy the office of Chief Magin rate ot the State, they will be apt to con Elder in what way and to what extent he baa been identified with the great interests of the S'ate. Such queries will bring Hon. Franklin Linders, the Democratic Candida’ e for Governor, and Hon. A. G. Porter, Republican candidate for the same office, into the prominence demanded by the welfare of the State. Mr. Landers ia pre eminently a man of the people. He is a man of large means, accurau lated by a life of hard work ard close atten - tion to business. He haa his large means invested In business enterprises that require the employment of a large number of men. He operates four or five Urge farms, and is prominently identified with a large pork packing establishment and a large mercantile house. He uses his means to vitalize business, to employ laborers, to carry forwardimportart industrial enterprises, and in lb’s way advance the wealth and prosperity of the B‘ate. Howls it with Hon. Albert G. Porter, Republican candidate foi Governor? In what way has he identified himself with tbe interests of Indiana? Does he operate large farms? No. Is he at tbe head oi at the tail of any large industrial institution? No. Does ary of his wealth, which is equal to tbe wealth of Mr. Landers, flow out from his coffers to pay wages to workingmen? Not a dollar. Mr. Porter prefers to put hie wealth in untaxed bonds and pocket tbe interest, drawn from the toil of men whom Mr. Landers employs and pays. He prefers a lucrative office in Washington, where his ; aristocratic proclivities finds society suited th his style. Os these two candidates which ’ isthetrue representative Indianian? The i interrogatory is pointed and opportune, and ■ the reply comes quick and emphatic: Hou.’ Franklin Landers, the Democratic candidate • for Governor. Mr. Porter’s life and employ- . ments, his antecedents end inclinations, 1 remove hintfis far as possible from sympathy with the *6at mass of people of Indiana. He is not identified with them in any of their undertakings, and he has done absolutely nothing at all to promote the development of any of the resources of the j State. He might do for Governor of Rhode Island, but here in Indiana somethii g more is demanded. Mr. Landers represents all the essential requirements for Governor. Prominently identified w th tbe meat important interests of the State, thoroughly conversant with its farming, manufacturing and commercial enterprises, he will bring to his aid as Governor a fund of practical knowledge tbe importance of which sin hardly be over-Mtimated. ‘