Decatur Eagle, Volume 11, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1867 — Page 2

THE EAGLE. OHICTAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY. DECATUR, INDIANA. FRIDAY, AUG. 30,156 T. Democratic County Ticket TOK AUDITOR, IIYMOUR WORDEN. POE CLERK, A. J. HILL. POB COMMISSIONER, 2d. Dill.. JACOB SARFF. THE MEWS. Gen. Sheridan telegraphs that the yellow fever had assumed an epidemic form at New Orleans; several of his staff had been attacked with it. The old chronic report that Secretary Seward has been requested to retire from the Cabinet is again being circulated. The National Labor Convention in session last week, at Chicago, passed resolutions in favor of the taxation of federal securities, appealed to Congress for an eight hour law, and asked an appropriation of 825,000,000 in aid of the labor reform movement. Gen. Grant has commenced retrenchment by mustering out unnecessary officers, and rapidly reducing the War Department to a peace footing, to the consternation and indignation of Stanton's pets. Indianapolis registers 4,192 voters under the registry law. Where is .the several thousand radical majority that Massachusetts soldiers diers used to give in “war times ?” On the 19th inst, there was in the U. S. Treasury 887,000,000 in currency, 889,000,000 in coin, and 840,000,000 in gold certificates. The President has ordered, through the War Department, that Gen. Thomas be assigned twthe fifth military district, Gen. Sheridan to the department of Missouri, and Gen. Hancock to the department of the Cumberland. The Helena Herald of the 30th ultimo, says that thirty miners were massacred by the Black Feet

Indians at Vermillian. Montgomery Blair, in a speech at Annapolis, intimated that Riddle, Holt, Ashley, Conover and Stanton were in the conspiracy to oust the President. He charges Stanton with having suggested that clause of the tenure of office bill to Williams, its author in the House, and that afterward Stanton denounced it, and the President believing Stanton honest imposed the duty of writing the veto upon Seward and Stanton. Official advices from Mexico inform us the Mexican Government refuse to deliver Maximillian’s body to the Austrian Government. Not long since we published an article purporting that a certain Captain Tolbert, master of the Bird of the Ocean, had won £2,000 from a person at Calcutta, India, in a wager that J. Wilkes Booth is alive. This same Tolbert has again turned up at Bombay, where he has won another bet under sim-

ilar circumstances; this time from 1 a gentleman personally acquainted with and who was to see Boqth and decide for himself as to * whether Tolbert should have the 1 money Qi' not. The letter is written by Stephen Maxwell, Proses - ' sor of Theology, Bombay, An officicial delegation from Japan, with an interpreter, are in Springfield, Mass., inspecting the United States Armory, the arms works .at Chicopee, and other manufacturing establishments. The yellow fever is raging to a fearful .extent in Galveston. Between twenty and thirty deaths are occurring daily and over one thousand persons are down with the disease. John H. Surratt has ceased to be a topic of conversation since the disagrement of the jury in bis case. Whether he is to have a new trial, receive his liberty, or remain a prisoner, is for the “powers that be” to decide. The Springfield Republican says General Grant is smoking calmly in the r war office; ■ the earth performs its revolutions undisturbed, and it is splendid com weather. XSrWill the editor of the Jay and Adams Republican inform us wbat Chief Justice said that “the black man has no rights which the white man is bound to respect ?”

Tbe Jay and Adams Republican. The Republican in its issue of the 22d gave us a general review; first commenting upon our remarks relative to President Johnson’s last veto message, then flew off in a general tangent of our record, closing with the following paragraph, which is all we can afford space for. The Ragle will not object to the investigation that is to be made concerning the barbarities commitmitted on our soldiers when kept as prisoners in the south provided that the “committee will extend its investigations to our own government officials.” That is right certainly, for justice as well as charity ought always to begin at home. Then let us begin at the beginning. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan was the first Commander-in-Chief after Gen. Scott. Will not some Bro. Democrat go over to Europe and bring the General home, that he may by tried before a Court of competent jurisdiction, and if it can be proven that he did not lose more than forty thousand men in the swamps of the Chickahominy, without any good resulting from the same, the nation may forgive him, and the Democratic party may have the Gen. for their candidate in 1868. Certain papers if they say anything about rebels and traitors, it is to apologise forthem, to extenuate their guilt and mitigate their punishment. But if they say anything about Congress or the Southern loyalists it is to find fault with them, to misrepresent, and then condemn them. These are called Copperheads. To the Decatur Eagle we are compelled to say: “Surely thou art one of them ; for thv speech bewrayeth thee.” Math. 26-73.” If you please Gen. McClellan is not the beginning of the responsibility for the slaying of 40,000 men in tbe swamps of the Chickahominy, or for the grand total of the victims of this war, whether it be those slaughtered on the field of battle or the victims of rebel prison pens. We will go back to January 16, 1855, when the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher—we select him as a representative man—uttered the following:

“Two great powers, that will ] not live together, are in our midst • and tugging at each other's throats. They will search each other out, 1 though you seperate them a hun- 1 dred times. And if by an insane ] blindness you shall contrive to put ] off the issue, and send this nnset- 5 tied dispute down to your children it will go down, gathering volume and strength at every step, to waste and desolate their heritage. Let it be settled now. Clear the place. Bring in the champions.— Let them put their lances in rest for the charge. Sound the trumpet, and God save the right!” At his command you with thou-" sands of others—North and South —did sound the trumpet which finally resulted in the clash of arms. It was the death knell ofyour son, my brother, and thousands of other brave men in every city and hamlet of our land. If Mr. Beecher told the truth—we think he did —you with your trumpet were one of the component parts of one of the “great powers,” and Jeff Davis was another. Blows followed. Morally, it makers not who struck first. Each “great power,” had made declarations of what they would do under certain contingencies. We denounced them as traitors then, and our opinion is unaltered today The contingency occurred—both were equally guilty if Beecher told the truth—we think he did.— Reordered the charge sounded, you obeyed. The fall of Sumpter struck terror to your cowardly hearts. The loyal sheets of today, then said, let them go, no union with them; divide our fair heritage. It was then such men as Douglass repeated the words of a Jackson “the Union, it must be preserved. His counsel spread through the country, and aroused the people like the firey cross ari oused Clan Alpine and put to ’ shame.these organs. t Our Republican friends once more inspired by hope, gracefully fell into the channel of public opinion, raised the cry of “no party,” “no crimination or recrimination until the appeal to arms is settled.” In that moment Congress for a time laid aside passion and prejudice, and passed the followingjoint resolution: y “Reeolved, That the present deplorable civil War has been forced upon the country by the disunionists ofthe Southe ern states, now in revolt againstthe censtitutional government, and in arms ai round the capital; that in this national ■ emergency, Congress, banishing nil feel-

ings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty te the whole coun- . try; that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those states, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to ptwserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights ot the several.stales unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished, the war ought to cease.” The North then flew to arms as a unit; the men whom you, my friend, call “Copperheads,” had counselled peace; whose counsels disregarded by traitors, North and South, determied to maintain the integrity of the Union at all hazards. It was then, with others that I fell into line. Soon after a cry came up from one of Beecher's trumpets, “not another man or another dollar unless you sound the death knell of slavery. Your trumpet blew the same blast, as also, did your friend’s, Gen. Shanks. The President halted, considered; something must be done; refuse and the Radicals will desert the cause; comply with their wishes; yes, he was forced to. He threw himself upon the generosity of the , conservative men, well knowing they were for the Union without conditions. These, friend Jones, are they whom you call “Copperheads and traitors” now. You, and your party friends were Union men with an if—otherwise traitors. Desolate the South, destroy Slavery, and the roads shall resound with the tramps of our men going to the front Fight for the Union without these conditions and it may go to perdition, was your position. The emancipation proclamation followed. From that time party ruled supreme, and all became a simple question of policy. Step by step that policy has unfolded itself, until a leader in the House during the late session made bold to assert the doctrine that the Southern States were conquered provinces with no rights that the conquerors were bound to respect or words of similar import.— This was forced from him to make his position and that of Congress consistent. The Radical party of to-day is a soulless corporation that control this Government in the interest of manufactures, bondholders and office-hold-ers. If a great body in this constellation of States stands in its way, a military despotism stripsit of its high prerogative, and it becomes to all intents a conquered teritory, without laws or government except such as are enforced with bayonets. If the people are an impediment to this corporaton they are speedily disfranchised; the bondsmen of yesterday change places with their former masters as if thy were but puppets in some great drama, and only because they can be controlled in the interests of this corporation. The men of’s4 who were for restricting the foreigner’s right of suffrage for twenty-one years, under plea of ignorance, to-day are the champions of universal suffrage for the negroes, because they can be controlled by this soulless corporation in its onward march to despotism and centralization. You should be consistent, friend Jones. You have no right to quote the Constitution of the United States or its preamble. It is no property of yours. Your friends long since ignored its provisions. Chas. Sumner in 1854 when asked if he would execute the Constitutional requirements replied, “is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing ? The Buffalo convention of the same year resolved that certain of its provisvisions would by them be considered null and void, when called upon or sworn to support it. J, P. C. Shanks has since repeatedly made similar declarations, and you 1 were governed by a “higher law” than our constitution. The landmarks were crumbling then, where : are they now ? Destroyed and ignored by the same men whenever 1 its provisions conflict with this soulless corporation in its onward 1 march. When you, Sir, blew that ■ blast, was it in order to astablish a more perfect Union," to “insure • domestic tranquility," or to “pro- . mote the general welfare f No.— ■ It blotted all out in ocean of Hood. [ The time will come “when the rea- ■ sons he sets forth will be regarded

and of some weight,” and that time will be when the secret and professed enemies of the constitution cease to occupy high places; when treason fails to wear a loyal crown on one side of the line, and recieves the punishment and scorn due a traitor on the other; when traitors are deprived of exercising vengeance upon traitors, then will the old land marks be restored, and the reasons he sets forth of some weight

The conservative element of the North controlled the balance of power as between the “great powers.” They threw their weight and influence with the power that controlled the Government, but were treacherously sold out, (see the Crittenden resolutions,) and when they could no longer be controlled in the interests of the Radicals were branded with the name of “Copperheads, Conspirators and Incorrigible Rebels.” We claim it as our reward. Re-constructed rebels, the second .party to your contract, may espouse your policy ; have done so, and are given the right hand of fellowship.— Beauregard, Longstreet and Davis may do likewise, and they, too, then, with the same measure of propriety that you do, might call me a copperhead, traitor, and talk glibly of their loyalty, and like vipers of the same brood all would then hiss alike. You, Sir, ask me if I am not sorry for the part I bore in leading Co. H. etc., during the rebellion ? Do you, Sir, not shudder at the blood upon your garments—the blood of brave men—brave men aroused by your trumpet blast, while you snuffed the battle afar off. I, sorry ? I am indeed sory; not for what I did, but for what I was unable to do, hang aZZthe traitors. They should have been throttled as they uttered their treason, and it would have saved the holocaust of blood and treasure which followed. A visit to the famous oil regions of Pennsylvania reveals a sad scene of waste and wreck. The reaction from the activity, and excitement, and speculation of two or three years is complete. The wells have been generally abandoned. The “companies,” not caring to save such small affairs as steam engines and tools in the wreck of so great hopes, these are left lying about loose. It is reckoned that of engines alone, two are stolen every day, shipped and sold. Farms are sold at every tax sale for some trifling matter of tax —farmers for which thousands, were paid two or three years ago. Some of the farmers of the region failed to profit by the fever that raged all over the country.— Near the Pit Hole there is a farm the owner of which refused $250,000 for it, while to-day the same farm, farm-house and all could not bring $2,000. The all-important question at least to stockholders, whether the Atlantic cable would pay, has been satisfactorily answered by Capt. Sherard Osborn, who, in a communication to the London Times, states that the estimated receipts for the first year will reach £450,000, or within £150,000 of the original cost of the last laid cable.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS CAPITAL, $1,000,000. SECURITY BY STATE LAW, $2,000,000. ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY CINCINATTI, OHIO. Asselts July Ist, 1867, - — $1,168,699 87. The stock of this Company is exclusively owned and controled by active business men with a view to their own security, and to insure prompt and bus-iness-like adjustment of losses. DAVID STUDABAKER is the Agent of this company, at Decatur. R. S. PETERSON will make Surveys and contracts of Insurance for Mr. Studabaker when called upon. vlln2l. Notice to School Teachers! !<>■•— Office School Examiner, I Adams County, Ind. j Examinations of Teachers for License will be held at the office of the School Examiner on the following days, to-wit: The last Friday of each of the following months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August.and September. And upon the second and latl Friday t of the following named months: October, November and December. Applicants will be required to present certificates of good moral character.— Thit rule will be itrictly enforced. Under no circumstances will an examination be given on any day other than here advertised. Teachert will be required to pate an examination in the bight branches required by law. 8. C. BOLLMAN, July 12, ’67-tf. 8. Ex., A. C.

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CRABBS, MOSES & RICE, HEAD QUARTERS -FOB ALL KIND a OFCLOTHING, HATS J CAPS, BOOTS & SHOES, GROCERIES, ’ QUEENSWARE, Which we are offering at GREAT BARGAINS, We have added to our trade a well aej leoted stock of CARPETS! of which, we will at all times, keep agood assortment, and at reasonable prices. Our Goods are of the best quality and styles. Great bargains are to be had in the following articles of Staple Dry Goods. 100 Pieces Prints, from 10 to 20 cts. 100 “ Sheeting, “ 12 cts. up. 50 “ Detains, 25 cts., oW Price. 20 “ Ginghams, 15 to 50 cts. Cottonades ftum 25 to 50c—Buy Soon. All Wool Casimere. from vac to SI,OO per Yard less than last Year. In presenting ourselves, under our new fiim, to solicit your patronage, we will’ only say that our facilities are such that we will be enabled, at all times, to carry out our determination to keep always as desirable a stock of Goods, in our line, as can be found in this County; and we shall offer them at prices that will compare favorably with the Western Markets. We will pay the highest market prioe for WOOL, •fffhes, Black Salts, and COUNTRY PRODUCE. . CRABBS, MOSES 4 MCE. Decatur, June 7. vllnStf. W. U. SPBXCBB t. MBIBXBB. NEW STOCK OX" HARDWARE, AT SPENCER A MEIEERS\ DECATUR,::::::::::::: INDIANALocks, Latches, Bulls, Screws, JTails, Iran, DOORS & SASH, Cabinet Hardware & Carjenter Teels. HAND. PANNEL. RIP & BUCK SAWS. Chisels, Augers, Steel Squares, Boring Machines. Table and Pocket Cutlery. Also a great vareity of General Hardware being received every day. Cable Chains, Log Chains, Butt Chains, Halter Chains. FARMING IMPLEMENTS, Blows, Cultivators, Hoad Scrapers, drain Cradles, Scythes, Rakes, Hoes, he. :o:—f- zOHSEZRX BEST COOK STOVES in the market are kept by SPENCER & MEIBERS. We have also a large stock of good TIN WARE, which we can afford to sell as ohsap as any House in the County. Remember the place—one door Berth es Derwin * Bro’s New Drag Stece. June 7, 1867.