Decatur Eagle, Volume 9, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1866 — Page 2

THE EAGLE A . J. HILL, Editor. DECATUR, INDIANA. FRIDAY. March 2, ISGG. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given tha*. the Demo•lata of Adams County are requested to meet io convention, on Saturday the 31 day of March, 1866, at ’ o’clock P. M., at the Court House, in Decatur, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the State Convention, to be held on the 15th of March, 1866, and to appoint a Central Committee. Ey order of the Central Commit’ee. JOHN McCONNEL, Chairman.

The Presidents Speech—Davis, Toombs Snmner Stevens & Co. Arraigned — the Constitution Defended—The I uion—it mnst be Preserved. On the 22nd of February the citizens cf the District of Columbia hel l a ma«s meeting and called upon the President for a speech. Ti e President alluded to the day and the man—Washington—whose name iwritten on the hearts of all who love free Governments: then to Jackson and aavsifit were possible for him to know ■nd understand the progress of faction, rebel.ion and treason, he would turn in h ; sc ffin and shakeoff the habiliments cf the tomb, stand erect, and re t-rate that sen iment—"The Feleral L nion—it must be preserved’’ The President aays the people of the South are not alone traitors: that he has fought Davis, Toombs A; Co. at one end of the l;ne and Sumner, Stevens & Co. at the other and will fight them still. He sai lit was not his intention to be overawed by real or pretended friends or bnlhod by his enemies; to the charge that he was guilty of assuming power that in England at a certain period would have cost him hi« head, he r-marked that it was becac.se he stood between the peopl ■ and tl e encrachments of pow,r, and it they wished to assassinate him. l<-t them first build an altar to the Union, and then if necessary, tie hm, and let ti e Mood that now warms and animates his existence be poured out as die last Itbation and attribute of the I nion. The President is for admitting the Southern R-present .tire whoareloyd. and slan ’s firm cn ti e p- ncip’e f- ug t by our fathers ia the R-v ration: no; taxation without representat n. The Cons iiution that has been ro’led up like n piece of parchment must be utsro. 'd, re read to und-rstr.n l its provis.onthoroughly. It is now a time of peace; let u« live under and according to its provisions; undent ndiag,abide by them Toe Speech sounds like the utterance of a-:ite«m<n in by gone days.* Andrew Johnson is a link connected with the past The doctrine he enunciate" is called up by the occasion an occasion similar t > that which called *out Webster in reply to Hayne. His words and thi-> speech will be rememb-red and quoted in timto come at we have in the past the say ingc of Webster, Jackson, Jefferson and Washington, and marks an era in tl e history of our country, quite as prnmin*nt as the surrender of L-e, and the dvwufal! of the rebellion; the defeat of northern traitors; their suhgugab-n to tl e Con’titutioa and the Union is now vnly a quest: n of time. We w li give the speech in full in *ur text i?»ue.

NEWS ITEMS. The cattle dis-nse lias app-ard in M eonnty, I’ennsylvania. Toe ways and means Committee have: r*fa<ed t<>r v »ry? the tax ob whiskey lr*v ir.g it ?» p*r g.llon. Piin.-e Eng is now the reigning Emfuror ol Ciiira He has here'ofire f a ' Vored th* policy of intercourse with f. r-! eign nations. The Democracy of D«v‘on sauted the ’-'oof the Freedman’s, Btrer-a t ' • i-.h one hundred guns. Senator Wale wishes to amend the C-n, itution so that the Presi lent of the United S ates ein hold hut one term of I four years, and in ease of death of the ’ Pr-sident or r-m rat the Vice Presi e t to fid th" offi:-, hut who shall then br iot-lligible to the Presidency again. IV. ■ wonder if that does not mean Andrew Johnson It is understood that Doolittle of is»ons:n will introduce in Cong-ess a Freedmans Bureau hill harmonizing' with the views of the Presid-nt. Il is t: ought over two hundred p'-r---•oos have b<rn froz-n to death during •he recent Cvld weather in cross ng i e Plaine. Colonel Riberts has resigned the Presidency of the Fenian Senate. G-nertl Fwreney it is thought will be his sue e< a-or. The Supreme Court of the United Slates with but one desseuting vote. Chese refused to resume the eoasidera•i( nos ra'es from the southern States Areeognitioo by the higlie«t judicial tribunal that these States are members of the Union. Asistant Secretary Chand'er reports frauds by the tivjl and military au'.horiiies upon tbs Treasury of over £IOO,-, 000.000. Large and enthusiastic meetings are being held tn d fferent sections of ths enun’rv endorsing the Pres: jeut in Lis ex-rsise ci the veto power.

The Emperor Maxamiliian of Mexico ' has increased his salary from 85,000 to 9,000 per day. The Fenians of New York are to have ' a grand parade on St. Patricks day. I under the command of their leader Ma-1 honey. A Miss Bradley of Wilksbarr j , Pa . recently recovered damages in the sum of $24,000, of a gay widower of sixty - two. The Republican S ate Convention of ■ Connecticut voted down a resolution recommending the admission of Repre-1 ; sentarions in Congress from Tennessee. Maxamillian La reported so hard pressed for funds that he had to make a ' temporary loan of $300,090, from the French military chest. The cxis enoe of his government it is ‘ said depends upon the negotation ot a loan in France of $100,000,000. The \ annual revenue of Mexico i< about S2O,- \ 000.000 while the expenditure have been ' duaing the fast year $42,000,000. much of which was consumed by a_; unnecessary display of imperial cere monials. Chicago is using gas made from pe : rolcutn. The light is said to be much I stronger than that made from coo! gas. . The Wisconsin Assembly laid a motion to endoise the President on the table. I The order suppressing the Richmond Examiner have been revoked. It is said that a large majority in Congress are opposed to the equalization of ■ soldiers bounties. It is estimated that it would nqure more than $600,000,011 to equalize theboun .ies and it is claimed I that four fifths of it would fall into the ban is of speculators holding soldiers certificates. “Protection to Farmers.” In our issue of February sth, we com- ; merited on a paragraph that appeared in the Gazette the week previous, and to which it made some exceptions, but as 1 to the gist of the matter maintained a dignified silence, and attempted to lead us away from the main facts. It does not deny our assertion that, during the last four years the people in addition to paying the necessary expenses of the Government have been outrageously ’ plundered and swindled. We also asserted that those soldiers who were so fortunate as to escape the dangers of the camp and battlefield, on ' returning home found the rich owners of Government bonds exempt from taxation, while they were called upon after ; giving their services in the field to pay | the expense, and this after the most ex- i travagant pledges and promises of grateful remembrance and remunerat’on —tin grateful Republic —ungrateful Republi-1 cans—f they had thick lips, woolly heads and black faces the Freedman's Bureau would supply their wants, but not Laving 1 these qualifications, when disease overtakes them they have to find an asylum in our county poor houses or depend upon tlaza ernneke that IS!; frAfn Fifth hflT’fl

holders table. The <roze/l# says nothing about giving; Mr. Shoddy the beat fit of the tariff; o': ■i e present system of protect! -n wl.iel-. I enables Mr. Shoddy to get back two dol . iars for every dollar be invests in raw , material; of bis investing this rice little j profit in Government bon is t> avoid lax ■■ ation; of his ability to bribe Congress I ; with bis imm- nse accumulated and fast ! -.' cumulating capital to keep tip this ru incus tariff. Yes, tie was too blind to see how com : p’et. . . fit was u-.d up in regard t h'« ' assertion that lb* foreign merchant paid ' h= import duties assessed in the shape o-, tariff. I Those are questions the Gazette wishes, i to avoid; they awake painful emotions in , • his min 1. He has heen telling the people I 1 different stories; told them so often be i half believes them true himself, but con . (fronted bv these unpleasant but iruthtul, '■ accusations he tries to mislead by selling up an imaginary state of facts, w; hou. any attempt to controvert our, positions, i i consequentlv we take Ids silence as a con.*-seon of their truth—the best, per-. hsp«, he could do with a bad cause. The Gazette is very sore over oar charge • : that it i-> the advocate of the doctrine that a “national debt is a national blessing,” i and says: “Acknowledging the falsity of its first ■ charge it now attempts to justify itself by ! another misrepresentation. «Ve call or. it again for the proof that we • frvor a hig er rate of tariff than now paid.” Soi far from this we are inclined to favor a. ' modification of the present tariff on many . articles of import.” Perhaps the Gazette is in favor of a modification of the present tariff. Let us see. Not very long since it used Jan • guage about as follows, in regard to the ; action of the N-. w York Free Trade J League, an association that is laboring to; secure a modified tar'ff. •'We are glad to notice that active preparations are on foot for the organization of an American Industrial League. Its principal object will be to secure the protection of manu'actwriag interests, and especially to counteract the insidious opFrv ;. riS of the Free-Trade League, recently organiz 'd in New York We hope the Industrial League will • rove an efficient champion of American

! interests, and that it may be cordially I strengthened acd supported by our ci i- : zens.” If in favor of a mod.Gcation of the tariff. : why did you not give the association, I that is laboring to effect such a modifiesj lion as you desire a word of encouragement? Why did you speak so hopefully of the Industrial League—another name \ for an association of manufacturing capil talists who are laboring to secure a higher rate of tariff? The truth is the Gazette labors one ■ way and for the sake of argument with us alks another, asking us for the proof,, little thinking it would be produced. And a short time prior to the quotation made above, it commented upon the efforts of those who were agitating the que-tion of taxing Government bonds, I and remarked in substance that it was the settled policy of the Government to exempt its bonds from taxation; that it had been tested in the Supreme Court; that Congress had made this compactwith the bond-holder and that the faith of the nation was pledged that they should 1 not be taxed; that those who favored their axation were advocating repudiation. Now this is the record of the Gazette ' on these questions, and upon it we based our charge and contend that we have ■ rra ntained them, notwithstanding the, confession which we extorted under the pressure of circumstances. | If the Gazette wishes to recant from its ! ■ former positions, come out honestly and : i tell t'.e penpie that the manufacturing interests of New England are Tabling their : I capital annually; that it is oppressive to western interests anl must be m >dified. If you are in fa v or of reducing the nation’s debt, proclaim it through your cols umns that the entile weath, of the nation ' must be taxed to accomplish it, and we i will cheerfully, yes with pleasure ac- j i knowledge that white you have been j wronj heretofore, you are right now And we say to you now, if the Demoi cratic party did wrong in exempting bends while in power, it is no justification to veur party. Circumstances alter cases, and what might have been eminently proper then, would be wrongful and op-! pressive now, for then the expenses of the Government were defrayed without direct taxation. Let ibis be as it may, it i is not very complimentary to vour party to retain the errors of the Democratic ; par y and blot out that which has be-n ' sacred in the eyes of all true statesmen The Democratic party b lieres in prog- ‘ r-ss, nnd the correction of error; that: when Congress has committed an error ; that it should be corrected the first opI port unity. If the blunders of tha last i few years are entailed, we are lost be • yon 1 all human redemption. i The Gazette says: •‘We do not advocate the encouraging of manufacturing in this country, and esI oeciaily for the benefit of farmers.” We advocate the encouragement o? ' manufacturing in this country upon terms i that are equitable and honorable, upon j the principle of “live and let live.” But, ' when manufactures because Government i has thbown unduo protection around: them, which is doubled by the derang-d state of our finances; when from these I causes manufacturers know that they 1,-vo >u in their r.ower: that we are com- i

I pelted to pay for foreign gords double their actual value, 1 ot relieving a tax ridden people by selling their goO'.s at a fair profit, make a close calculation and throw their goods into market a shade lower than they can be imported, ’ b-.it at a price ne-rly double their ac.ual 1 value, and then to prev-nt any mi»uir ! standing among themselves combine to--1 getber anl watch the markets, and if goods begin to accumulate, at a word al. .be manufactories lessen their running ' dme to keep short stocks in the market Ito prevent a decline in price, that they may skin the people to the last cent; these are the kind of m-n that should b = • denounced as unprincipled knaves by every honest man. If we saw that they w--re en leavoring 1 to do justice to the people, by increasing the amount of goods manufactured, and would sell them at a legitimate prr fit, we would not complain. But so long as our present tariff exists goods will maintain their present prices, and while they so remain these men are putting money into .heir pock.-:s that they never earned, and for which if they received punishment al , the hands of justice instead of law, they would be inmates of our penitentiaries ■be remainder of their natural lives, ia- : stead of hoarding their iii gotten gains.' These points the Gazette thus tar has been very careful to keep at a respectful distance from. It has endeavored to lead us away from them, and keep them from the people for the sake of policy to the party of which he is a member, and of which his paper is one of the organs. And the Republican party stand pledged to this system of protection and it matters not how odious, wrongful and oppressive to the mass must be defended; lading to defend it New England controlled by her manuizeturing isitcrests and Penusyli vania with her iron interest would step from the ranks of the party en matte It is the b nd of union with them; a compact which the R-publicans of the northwest entered into for the sake of obtaining political power, a bargain which they have kept io good faith and defendl through evil as well as good report; for , only through it ean they prolong their j political power, and which if not exposed . and made justly infamous to the ps pie,, will make these interes's the bankers of' the people, the ttun landlords of the nation.

YVe will close our remarks* by calling attention to the following silly paragraph from the Gazette: “And we think our contemporary, will have to acquire a very large amount of shrewdness to ba able to convince the farmers of its own county, that it were better for them to buy goods abroad at ten per cent, per yard discount, and pay for them with their products at fifty per cent, discount. Any farmer knows it is better for him to pay twenty cents per yard for cotton goods, and pay for it with wheat at two dollars per bushel, than to buy tha same goods at ten cents per yard and sell his wheat at fifty cent-. p?r bushel.” Os the first proposition in the above paragraph, we do not wi n to convince the farmer that it would be his interest l> accept it; as to the second they would b ed do argument of ours to prove that it would be beneficial to accept it. You set up a veri'able man of straw 'o mask your position. You talk very glibly about crow and turkev. and turkey and ciow, but the fanner always gets the crow. We will meet your argument with the same style of reasoning. You cannot convince our farmers that it would be to , their interest to take their wheat to market at Fort Wayne to exchange for goods with your merchants when they ci a r ge 'double for goods what they can be purchased for in Decatur, and st the same ; time pay onlv half as much for wheat, as onr merchants pay for it. And there is just as much sense in out if as in yours. We are in favor of home man a a -tares, but regard our present tariff as a curse to the mass, and so long as it exists we wilt be skinned, And if we have minu factories at home we will be skinned a little nearer home; that is all the difference. We do not propose to discuss theories that have less probability than the story of the man in the mo >n. There are tn >ugh sober realities demanding our attention which must be met and disposed of. We ask the Gazette simply to discuss the is sues that lie before us undisposed o'. This flying the track and dodging around unpleasant truths denotes a bad cause. They contain facts of vital importance to : us as a people, which reach far beyond j mere psrty consideration, but which circumstances makes you the champion. Your tncties of circumlocution, as a party consideration may be highly satisfactory, but d“gra'ing o truth, and no matter i how ingeniously tiiev may be smothered, coming in contact with the truth it thunders at the do:. v of conscience like the shock of a galvanic battery, stifle and throttle it as you will.

JEST American Iron Clads —Donald McKav, the distinguished shipbulder ol Ess: Bos.on, has lately returned from Europe, where he thoroughly inspected the iron clad navies as France and England. The results of his observation are g ring in a highly interes’ing an 1 important cjmmuuicalioas to a Boston paper. He sirs that our Navy Department has constructed, built and equipped, since 1861, an iron-clad fleet more powerful than all the iron ria ls r.avies of the world combined, and declares the Ihan lerberg, built bv Mr. Webb, in this ci.y, to be equal to all the French iron-clads, o< whiel. we have heard so much in prais . He turinlshes a full Lst and descrip i* n of the English and French vessels of ths class, embracing their arm tment, c . ractor of armor plat ng, an 1 speed. His letter gives some interesting hints to constructors and advises our Government to continue the work of constructing now new se i-going iron clads. X-tTDir o Oke Huxdrf.d and Fortt I Years Old— the Portage Pegitkr 1 ( Wisconsin) chronicles the death al Cai ielonia. Wise , on ihe27th ult., of Josr ph ; Crele, born near Detroit, Mich., in 1725 and who had attained therefore, the amazing age of One Hundred and Forty Yezrs. He was born seven years before I George Washington, and was fifty years o d at the outbreatt of the American Revolution; so that he might, even then have claimed exeinp'ion from military service. He was 44 years old at the birth of Napoleon I. He T?as 62 years old old when the Federal Constitution was formed, and 84 when Abraham Lincoln was born. We know but one lonI ger life than his in modern times, that : of Parr, the Englishman, who is recorded Ito hive been born in 1483. an lto have died in 1685, at the ripe age of 152. Crek’s baptism is said to be on record :nt!.e French Catholic chureh in Detroit; so that his age would seem to be July authenticated. GT“White Man's Day.”—Congress is terribly troubled with what a year or so ago was emphatically termed “nigger | on the brain.” Hardly any thing is heard in the National Legislature but speeches and motions and propositions regarding the negro. This everlasting , talk upon the one topic induced an II;inois representative a few days ago to I make the loliowing motion: "Uetolved, That the committee on the Rules be instructed to inquire into the I expediency of reporting « new rule for the government ol the House, to the eff- i ect tlirt ona day in jeach week shall be ! exclusively set apart lor tho public business of the country during this Con- ' gressl to be known as the ,‘wnite man's ! day.” Inis is a fitting commentary upon the farrago of nonsense with'which I Congress is inflicted by impracticable and vain glorious legislators.

New Drug Store! BOLISH S ADEISPEBGEBJ DECATUR. IND . HAVE just opened, in their rooms, in ' Numbers’ New Block, East side of Sec-1 oud Street, a large aud complete stock of Pure Drugs & Medicines.. CHE>IICALS. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE STL FES, HT.VDOVT GLASS, WTTY, BRUSHES, PCTiE SLICES, AcPerfumeries and Faney Articles, in great variety. Pure Wines & Liquors, For Medicinal Purposes. Patent and Proprietary; Medicines, in great variety. Letter, Cap and Note Papers, Envelops, Fens, Pencils, Inks, Ac., Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff Kerosene or Coal OIL, Coal Oil Lamps. Iu fact everything usually kept in a “FIRST CLASS DRUG SRORE."

CALL ,AM» SEE VS! Prices—Cheap for CASH —:o: — We would ssy to the public that we hav* se'iired the services of a PRACTICAL DRUG- 1 GIST, and Physicians and Customers can re!v upon having Prescriptions correctly compounded at ail hours of the day or night — Djh’i forget th- place —Numbers’ New Block Ea>t side of Second street, Decatur, Ind. Feb’y 9, 1866. ly. Toilet Articles, 1 FINE assortroenV—Basin’s. L ibin’s and . \ Phalon’s Perfumeries. Hair Oils. Po nudes, Puff Boxes, Cosmetics, and Toi'et ar tides, with a fine assortment of Fancy artic les, at BOLLM IN £ ADELSPERGER’S New Dru-x 'tore. Coal Oil and Lamps. BEST of Coal Oil. with a large assortment of Coal Oil or Kerosene Lamps. Chira leys. Shades. Wicks, and Coal 0.l Fixtures, of all kinds, at 10-vest rates, at BOLLMAN <fc ADELSPERGER’S New Drugstore. Pure Spices, Cinnamon. Mice Ca»ia Bud*, pioven, Nutmeg«. Ginger, Allspice, P-.-perand Spice, of all kin i« at BOLLMAN & ADELSPERGER’3 New Drug Store. Flavoring Extracts, TEMON, Orange, Peach, Pin" Apple. Rose. J Rsapborry, Strawberry, Vinilla, »fcc.— Verv fine and a* lowest rates, BOLLMAN dr ADELSPERGER’S New Drug Sore. • WWW WWW w WWW* WWW W WWWWW WW W W W W W W W W W WW W W WWW* w WWW* Brushes! Brushes! T)AINT and Varnish Brushes. Sadi Tools, 1 Scrub,Shoe, Cloth, Tooth, Nail. Hair and Flesh Brushes, in endless rarietr, nt BOLLM AN <i ADELSPERGEd’S New Drug Store. Window Glass. OF al! «iae?, rt prices to snit the times, at BOLLMAN 4 ADFXSPERGER'S 1 New Drag Store. I TRUSSES »n<. Shoulder Braces, of ihe most approved make, with a large stock of Surgical Insiruments. at BOLLMAN ± ADELSPERGER’S New Druir Store. TF yon won'd hsve nice, Hjht. healthy Bread, use the American Dry Sop Yeast, ; for sale nt BJLLMAN 4 ADELSPERGER’S New Drag Store. I V.ICK. Csra-'o anl U lelliM* lnk«. st > BAUMAN ADRUBPRSIiSR i .

—- — re '-.i 1 re — HARDWARE j STORE. JEILEFF 4 STEDHniJ hardware. I And are daily reee:v lfl(r »to«k,c ß ßti«ting in pin fr •» W ■snsi Parlor and Box Store,, ls stv le» u«ualiyf ouod ln . uctl aa a f, o a general aae.rtu.em o( k "““ ; HARDWARE, FAR.MINS IMPi.EW'm. . MeeHanie’. T. 9 ln, Harne.e, Saddle MdOte nage Trimming,; and f.r Builder,, IHH -LVD BLISS, / " ."'.n:.ige« Loek,.e: € ~et« .infteienr. thing neceeaary for Building purpo.a, a* I BAR IRON, w-.rnn Iron.pprin’,,3olt..e!< > vhich we invite the epeei.l attention ofw. ■’ nromiains to i-ll at the low, market rato« Store in the Tracer bull -r I Give u, a cal’. .- JELT.rrr * studabakm Decatur. Oct. 21, !B«5.

NEW STOKE AND NEW STOCK O F ItiDf-lADE flOimil/ nUSTDOOR WBST or x BTirX IND etHl git OK KTOIK. The undersigned take pleaww l» .««* Ing to th- public that they have ; from the Eastern market. vnA ia Entire New Stcd Os men', and Sot • C.ethiaji part of Overcoats, Dress Coats, Pants, Vests, ( ShritdDrawers. , ’ Men’s Underwear, 1 etc., etc.. Os which we bar. a « * styles of good.. Al« stock ol Hats and Caps ■.o tto H Ever braugnt to , r , Goods and Prices We hare a large sleek taining to onr trade, but .ible to enumerate m oar W cnnolii.ion « valid .B.W.