Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 13, Decatur, Adams County, 3 July 1868 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE, •PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. A. J. HILL, EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE —On the west side of Second Street, over Dorwin & Brother's Drug fj tore. Terms of Subscription. One copy, one yepr, in advance,, $1 50 If paid within the year, 2 00 If paid after the year has expired 2 50 Papers delivered by carrier twcenty* five cents additional will be changed. No paper will be discontinned until all arrernges are paid, except at the option of the publisher. Legal Advertising. Qne square [the space of ten lines brevier] one insertion, $2 00 Each subsequent insertion, 50 No advertisement will be considered . less than one square; over one square frill be counted and charged as two; over |wft fts three, &c. Local notices fifteen cents a line for fach insertion. Heligious and Educational notices or advertisements may be contracted for at jowcr rates, by application at the office. Deaths and Marriages published as pews—froe. "OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. District Officers. Jloq.Rob't Lowrv,Circuit Judge. T. W. W ilson, Circuit Prosecuting Att y. Hon. R S. Taylor, . . Coni. Picas Judge. J. 8. Daily, Com. Plops Prosccut g Att'y. (Jomity Officers. Seymour Worden, . . . .'Auditor. A. J. Hill Clerk. Jesse Niblick Treasurer. M. V. B. Simcokc,Recorder. James Stoops, Jr., Sheriff. Henry C. Peterson, Surveyor. Sam.C. Bollman, .... School Examiner. Conrad Reinking, ] Jacob Snrff, >. . . Commissioners. Josiah Cr .wford, J Tuvin Officers. Henry B. Knoff, Clerk. D. J. Spencer, Treasurer. William Baker,Marshall. John King, Jr., David King, >Trustees. 1 David Showers, J Time of Holding t’ourts. Circuit Court.—On thcthM Monday in April, and the first Monday in November, of each year. Common Pleas Court.—On the second Monday in January, the second Monday in Slay and the second Monday in September, of each year. Commissioners Court. —On the first Monday in March, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in September, and the first Monday in December, of each year. CHURCH DIRECTORY. St. Mary s (Catholic). —Services every Sabbath nt 8 and 10 o'clock, A.M.; Sabbath School or instruction in Catechism, at 1.1 o'clock, t‘. M.; \ espers at 2 o'clock, P. M. Rev. J. Wcmhcff. Pastor. Methodist.—Services every Sabbath at 10.] o'clcck, A. M., and 7 o'clock, P. M. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M,. Rev. D. N. Shackleford, Pastor. Presbyterian.—Services nt 10] o'clock, A. M., nnd 7 o'clock, P. M. Sabbath School nt 9] o'clock, A. M. Rev. A. B. Ixiwes, Pastor. DRUGS. DORWINI& BRO., —DEALERS IX- . Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Toilet and Fancy ,/lrticlcs, SponfU, Hrushcs, Pcrfumerti. Coal Oil, Lamps, Patent .Ticdiccncs, Jfc. DECA TUR, INDIANA Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. Farmeis and Physicians from the country will find our stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality. V9u35 tsHARNESS, &c. SADDLE & HARNESS SHOP, K. BURNS, , Av . MANUFACTURER AND DEALER INSaddles, Harness, ffridlrn, CoUars, Halters, IVhipa, BrUUe-Bittf Barnes, &c. Decatur, - - - Indiana. I keep cqng'antly ot« hand and pianufacture to order, Saddles, Harness, Bridles Collars, Halters, whips, FlyNets, &c., which I will Sell Cheaper than any ot],cr establishment in the county. All Work Warranted to be qf good material and pnt up in a substantial manner Repairing Done to Order «n short notice. Call and examine my work and pri•ee. A good stock always on hand. " SHOP—On Second street, in Meibers' building. vlln«7.R. BURNS. Notice Matrimonial. > All persons are hereby notified not to trust my wife. Margaret Oassr. on my credit, as I will not pay any bills contracted bv her. June 12, IWta, St EVGEN E GABSE.

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ATTORNEYS. HOTI ER J. RAX SOU, Attorney a,t Ijo/w, NOTARY PUBLIC AND INSURANCE AGENT. DECATUR, INDIANA. ALL biißincHS PhtnisLul to lijs cam promptly attended to. Especial attention given to Collection* and Probate bnstptwj. OFFlCE—Oppwdtu |he Clerk’* Office. vl!nl9tf. PAAIJEL ~i>.~HELLKK, Attorney nt DECATUB, INDIANA. WILL practice hi* Profession anywhere in Iniliann or Ohio. OFF ICE—In the Recorder's Qfficu. v10,i.52tf. JAMES R. 8080, Attorney nt Xjzrxxz, DECATUB, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds,, Mortgages and Contracts. Ikdeems Land ami pays Tax'w. OFFlCE—Opp<‘site the. Auditor’s Office, vKlnfi. B.“S T U D A B AH E », Attorney zrt Xjzv'w, Claim & Real Estate Agent, .DECATUB, INDIANA. WILL practice Law in Adams and adjoining ('..until-*; seiur.- Pensions ami other < I,inis against the Government; buy and sell Real Eetatc; examine titles and pay luxes, and other business pertaining to Real Rotate Agency. He is alwVa Notary Public, and Is prepared to draw Deed*. Mortgages and other Instruments in writing, vlonl 1. F.' A . J ELL E Fir Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE-On Seeon.l Street, over A. Crabbs 4 con s Hardware More. vsnlotf CHARLES L. (.TRTISN, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. >¥ ' V,J I9 Hunted In Illis place, of. " ■■ ter* In, probs.tonal services to the people ~f »>■ .atin mid vn-ihitv. OFF'ci: -la 11. ii- Bhsk. Itosideinx-at the VlinMtf. AA B B W SO R , Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. , ’ o ' V ' WG LiL2?r RE AL ESTATE ACENT. J A.TIES R. LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECATUR, INDIANA. • I.OOH '•f i'-sl fanning land, sevf, nt i i 7 ''"‘i r "".Y l '" 1 -••*"«• « I'U'i,"' 'l'lantitv ..rn, wild land t,. « ill „..|| lom l.ind sold he will .11 H for )wll . Nl> s!l | ' vlonittf. DENESTRY. TI. ill. ill cCO AX E Surgeon Dentist, DECATUR, INDIANA. I wink imatly ox.s-uted and war-**-£ll TT Y f lllllt ‘ 'I •" give satisfaction. Call Ilmdw r\i" ,! “' vl trnl.bs ,t Son’s Hmilwm,. st-uv. vllnistf. AUCTIONEER. LB ARLES Tl. ERA ACE, 2k.ticiion.cor, WILSHIRE, OHIO, wyimld announce *o the public that he i* a r.-g---f ’ ‘daily Liei nse.! Amtiems-i, mid will attend all I nl.lic Sak«, whenever nsjnertisl. bv addn-ssing IU" ll* übove or ...Illing al his resident in Hlue-lTis-k 7..wnshliv. Adilins Co., | n ,|. ts HOTELS. HIE SS E II OUSE, I. J. MIESSE, Proprietor. Third St., O]‘i>o»itt the Court lloutr, DECATUR, INDIANA. Wn .-..nn.-rtb-n will, Il is IL u . then' is a Stage ■ run in and L..|>i !><s-atur and Moinis-ville, ilalh wlinh coninx t« with trains running both ways, ’ ’ vllnutt. MOA’ItOE HOUSE. JIOXllOi:Vll.l.B, INDIANA. L. WALKER,'. : t : : ; ; ; :b: This Houso is prepared to accommodate the travelling public in the best style, and at reasonable rates. nsv 111 f. MAIN STREET EXCHANGE. A.FREETI AX, Proprietor. Ural .Vain Street, near the I’ublic Square, FOR.T ll\t\WE, I,VO. vllnllyl. • IIEDKKIN HOUSE On Barr, between Columbia and Main Sts. FORT JU.I K.VJ?, IND. ELI KEARNS, •••••••.. Proprietor. Offiec of Auburn nnd Decatur Stage lines. Also good stabling incoancction with the House. » . vllnllyl. MAUER J. JF. BULL, . . . . . Proprietor. Corner Calhoun and ITaynr Sts., FORT WAINF, vl2n7yl. Indiana. MONROEVILLE EXCHANGE. MONROE VIILE, IND. E. U. COVER HALEProprietor. . • o; Mr. Coverdale is also a Notary Publie, Real Estate and Insurance Agent, vllnllyl. JEWELERS. MAYER & <J RAFF E, -DEALKBSIXWatches, Clocks, Jewelry, sn.vr.n AXi> sii.vKK-pi.arrn warr iGgM, Silver aßd Steel Speetades, Columbia Sjireet, vllnllyl. FORT WAYXK,IND. DOORS, SASH, &c. LILLIE A. BROTHER, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in LIME, CEMENT. PLASTERING HAIR, BLISTER inn & COIL, ’ Calhoun Street, on the Canal, vUnTmC. FORT WAYNE, INl»._ I ■*• * ' —

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The Political Situation—an Able' Document for the 1 iuies. We do not know that wo have ever read an alner document than the following address adopted by the Democratic Convention of West Virginia. The address em--bodics r jvith remarkable brevity and power, an exposition of the unconstitutional and revolutionary policy of the Radical party. It is a document which should be in the hands of and read by every American citizen. Read and give it to your neighbors. It is beyond all question the best political document of the time: To the People of lUest Virginia: We invite your attention to a review of the general political situation, its evils, and their remedy, Since 18G1 the harmony of this nation has been sadly disturbed.— For four years of the intervening time the interruption of peaceful relations was due to a state of war. The practical isting since 1865 is referable to a course of Congressional action, wicked in motive, illegal in character, and ruinous in result. While the war for the Union was in progress its successful issue was anticipated as. the guaranty of prompt reunion aiid permanent peace. Such a consumation was the :iim of patriotic effort in the object of solemn pledges in the halls of Congress, and the confident expectations of the masses of the people. The war has long since ended. The rebellion has long since been crushed. Every obstacle placed by Southern movement in the way of the nation's unity, has long since been removed. Nevertheless disappointment waits upon the people’s wish.— The pledges of Congress have been repudiated. The triumphs of our armies have been neutralized, and the purposes of the brave men who secured them have been shamefully defeated. A dissolution Ynore disastrous than that now existing between the,Southern States and the Federal Government, could scarcely have been brought about by the successof the rebellion. A condition of affairs so much qf. variance with the wishes and interests of the people of our on tire country, demand a reference to the acts and aims of those who produced it. CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION. For more than two years the Southern States have desired to renew their old delations with the Government. Congress has constantly preventened this resumption. They are entitled to be restored upon the basis of the Federal Constitution. Congress has confessedly thrown aside that instrument and obstructed restoration with terms and con ditions of its own prescribing. Affecting to desire the perpetui'-' ty of the Republic, it has made a deadly assault upon republican institutions. Professing to aim at the salva tion of the Union, it has wrought . the destruction of ten of the States. The, right of each State to regulate its own internal affairs, enfranchise its own voters, and choose its own rulers and lawmakers, is as sacred as our Con stitution, and as indestructible as our Government Without it republican liberty is worthless; for which the people cease to be free citizens of the States they become the subjects of unlimited and irresponsible federal power. «- When Congress abolished the local goverjiment of the South, it violated a vital principle iu our system.- . . When it erected military- establishments in their stead, it introduced the most abominable feature of despotism.' In further pursuance of its purposes, Congress has thrown the political power of the South iuto negro hands. To assure this result it has disfranchised the white population by hundreds of thousands. Eitfranchisiug the blacks, it has made voters of the the vicious, and the brutal; legislateors of those who regard lllierty &ai license, and law as the instrument of revenge; and rulers t>f n class whose ideas of government, like their notions of religion, tend directly and inevitably to barbarism- T MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND ITS . RESULTS. Having given the negro the right to vote and the power to I rule,* Congress confesses bis ia-

competency for either, by insisting that the bayonet of the soldier, the disfranchisement of the citizen, and the supervision of the Freedmen’s Bureau, are necessary to sustain him in his new relations. - By such declarations the dominant party would justify the continuance of military despotism ere.eted within the Southern States, Before we sanction this iniquity, let us examine the results. It found the civil governments in successful operations, it abolished those governments, and made the will of Brigadier Generals supreme for all purposes. -Southern elections are- ordered, supervised and approved or set aside by Commanders. Southern justice is what the bayonet may provide. Southern laws is what the sword may decree. Southern peace is the patient submission of a conquered people; a peace threatened by impending negro insurrections, white secessionists arc inciting, and liable at liny moment to disappear before the terrible tumult of social anarchy. The military governments found business reviving and enterprise struggling to repair the ravages of the war. They abolished labor, and offered army rations as a premium on negro idleness. The country ceased to produce, and trade and commerce with other, sections perished. Capital left a land which promised soon to be given over to con- - fiscation. General poverty followed the encouraged indolence of the laboring classes. Actual and almost universal destitution exists among the people; the unhappy victims of congressional cruelty must become pensioners upon national charity or perish from starvation. Hordes of thriftless and discontented negroes, passionate almost to brutality, induced to vice by Idleness, incited to violence by evil counselors, fed and pampered at the public cost, with, a gfeat ar my for their protection, roam at will throughout the land upon, a mission of evil, carrying dismay to the hearts of helplessness nnd innocence, nnd shocking civilization with the w'brst of nameless crimes. Such is the condition of the South. »A military despotism is ove? her people. The hand of lawless violence threatens them. Desolation reigns on every hand. About them are the graves of their countless dead. The past is strewn with the wreck of the greatness. Present Buffering surrounds them. Their future is thick with peril nnd dark with gathering misfortunes. The foes of- the nation arc nt her feet. Broken in spirit, stripped of fortune, wasted, ragged, wretched and ruined, their situation invokes I the magnanimity of kindred man-1 hood and appeals to the generous I mercy of a noble enemy. DISTRESS AT THE SOUTH PRODUCES PROSTRATION AT THE NORTH. The evil influence of the bayonet reconstruction is not confined to the South. . The entire country feels it. Northern business languishes for want of Southern trade. Northerh factories are silent because Southern pockets are empty. Western grair.arios and storehouses arc full, but poverty possesses their ancient market, aijd theii former buyers are non beg ging bread. A commercial crash is imminent, and trembles at the prospect. The manufacturing interests of the nation arc crippled and almost. crushed. • The spindle is motionless; the, shuttle is silent; the forge and the furnace are deserted; the work- j shop is vacant; the mill is closed. | The hands of the artisan are; unemployed and empty; his child-, im are starving.; homeless and in rags. The impoverishment of the > South throws the entire burthen of taxation upon the North and West. The Southern States can ffcr no assistance while the Government grinds them with an iron ’ heel. If the people shared its benefits j they would be impelled to produc <& tive ability. As thoy partake only of its severity they cou|d not support if; they would, and so long as it op-; presses them, if they arc fit to be' freemen, they should not support > it if they could.

THE CONGRESSIONAL PURPOSE. The declarations of leading Republicans in Congress leave no room to doubt that the action of that body has been taken with reference to the future of the Radical party, rather than the unity of the American Republic. The National legislature has become a mere machine for the manufacture of Radical majorities. Its material is tliG worst and lowest class of humanity, barely rescued from the brutality of the savage state by contact with civilization. A valuable adjunct in the work is the exclusion of white intelligence and experience from participation in the Government. The guarantee of success is the red right hand of the War department. A system which is based upon negro stupidity, supported by Bayonets, and designed io secure partisan triumphs through the enslavement of men of our own race, may be instituted here through force and fraud, but ifit can endure in this land the Amercian people have learned liberty to no purpose, and well deserve to be taught its value under the tern tutelage of tyranny, which awaits them iu the future of Radical supremacy. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. In its management of our financial affairs, the dominant party has enacted the grossest folly and injustice. - ' Repeated .contractions of the currency have caused incalculable commercial disasters. A still more dangerous measure of contraction is now proposed in the Senate, by which the legal tenders arc to be withdrawn from circulation and replaced by interestbearing bonds. If property and business do not . enter and effective protest, the result will be little short of genera! ruin. THE NATIONAL DEBT, The national debt amounts, to 8'2,500,000,000. It cost the holders 81,250,000. The party lirpower would pay it in gobi, dollar for dollar. They would give -the bondholders a currency different from and better than that used by the people. Specie for the money-lenders and paper for the masses, is the end of their financial policy. A discrimination so palpable and unfair is an insult to the popular sense of justice. By the terms of the act of issue, greenbacks are made legal ten--der for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interests on the public debt. Even the soldiers of the Repub- ' lie accepted paper as the price c.f their toils and hardships. Is the patriotism of cash more valuable than the public devotion,; which fights, and bleeds, and dies ? i Labor receives its wages iu pa- : per; the products of the farm, the J goods of the merchant, profession-. lal fees —all the prices and values - amoqg the people, are paid in pa- ! per. If this kind of money is good for the massses, good to buy all things, from the sweat of labor to the blood of valor, why should it not suffice for the redemption of the Federal securities ? EXEMITION OF TTIE BONDS. Under Radical management the , bonds are exempt from taxation. Receiving from the Government the same protection with other property, they pay not a dollar to its support. Such exclusive privileges estab- ' lishes an arristocracy of money in the midst of a republic of labor. Toil is taxed; bouds are exempt Toil produces; bonds consume. Toil builds our pub ic improvements ; bondholders enjoy their . benefits at no cost. Toil supports our schools; ( bondholders share advantages and ' pay nothing for the privilege. I Toil supports onr courts, pays ' our legislators, and defrays the , genend expenses of the Govern rneht; bondholders partake of the ’ blessings of all and contribute to , I the sustenance of none. A policy which makes labor so ( ■ completely tributary to capital is anti-republican in its effect upon the masses. We greatly mistake | the temper of the* people if they do not demand that this wrong be ; ■ promptly Tightened by such re- | ]icals and enactments as will com-1 all property alike to share the, bunlens of taxation. THE REVENUE SYSTEM. " Radicalism derives the bulk ot the Federal revenue from home ' productions and the necessaries ot j ' life. A . I Over sixteen thousand articles, | including almost every thing that,

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supports life or lightens labor, are now the subjects of taxation. Hence the great disparity between wages and the cost of living. Frauds upon the revenue are another characteristic of the present system. The laws are evaded; the officers are bribed; the country is robbed. Over one hundred millions of dollars were lost last year through downright villainy, and the deficiencies of wealthy knaves must be made good by toiling honesty. WHERE THE MONEY GOES. A large portion of the taxes now ■raised is applied to worse than useless purposes. The Freedmen's Bureau costs twelve millions annually—a sura equal to the entire yearly expenses of the Government under some of the earlier administrations. That institution feeds, clothes, and supports a nest of malignant Southern haters, negro fanatics, and greedy adventurers, backecLby the Federal army. It has done more to breed bit terness and discord among the Southern people tlmn the war itself. The military vstabjishments at the South are another item of useless and extravagant expenditures. It is costing from sixty to one hundred millions annually. High Radical authority estimates that it will take ten years to reconstruct the South by the present process. The lowest possible amount for which this partisan enterprise can be completed will be eight hundred millions of dollars. Are the people of the nation to be imperished in order that the day of niggerisin and fanaticism may be long in the land ? Arc the masses of the country to be mercilessly taxed, robbed and ruined in order that corruption may prosper, love of power be satisfied, and the supremacy of Radicalism be assured ? We look for such’a response to these questions as will wipe out the abominations of the bayonet, restore civil and constitutional i governments to the South, exclude ■ the African element from the ; sphere of politics, and re-establish the American Union upon the ancient foundations of equal justice and popular affection. A REMEDY POSSIBI.B. Let us recur to the remedy for the manifold wrongs to which we have referred. The re construction question, whatever difficulties it' may pre- ■ sent to bitter partisans, is capable of a safe and easy adjustment through the exercise of an honest I and liberal patriotism. The simple application of the principles of the Federal Constitution will remove every obstacle and effect a peaceful; permanent and satisfactory settlement. If that instrument possesses the ! perfection with which’every lover 1 of his country invests in it, it will ' not be found wanting at the critical juncture. The Constitution ivhieh has blessed the people with liberty, and crowned this land with greatness, will not now prove inade ' quate to the’designs of its fiuthotity and leave the vital interests of the Union at the mercy of rude i chances and political passions, i Let its provisions be applied, ' and Representatives of the South, 1 elected by the only qualified vo-1 ters of that section, will take their . ‘ seats in Congress, subject only to 1 the condition imposed—upon ‘ | members from other parts of the ; land, the natural relations between the Southern States and the Gcnj cral Government will be resumed ( and the union of the States, tri-1 umphantly restored, will return iu form, in fact, and freedom, to the original glory of her first and beSt ' estate. - The restoration of the South will open the way to great financial relief. I When her people arc relieved of the domination of flic bayonets , and the blacks, they will be encouraged to productive pursuits;, general prosperity will revive their palsied energies, and their assist ; ance will be happily felt in remov- j kig the great burden of debt which now impedes the national pro i ' gross. I The CQStly national unisancc, ! I the FfeOdmcif 3 Bureau, will be a " [bolished, nnd common sense, havt ing mastered the situation, will de- j cree that negroes, like white men, ' must eithe work or starve. The expensive Southern military ' establishment will bo acknowledged unheccss.nry, and with theii disappearance taxpayers will thank *God aqd take courage. I - A fair taxation of Federal sc , entities will yield many millions . ,of revenue ' ’

The national banks suggest an ether opportunity .for retrenchment They owe, between three and fourmrlHons in Federal bonds, up on which they draw interest These bonds are depositee] with the Government, and for every 8100,000 s,o deposited, they receive $90,000' in national hank notes. These notes form their circulation, and wit!] thsm they, carry on the buisiness, and card the profits of banking proper. The interest accuruing on their deposited bonds is so much premium paid to them, in addition to the. eqrnings of their business. They receive the benefit of just ninety per cent, more capital than they have invested, and this gratuitous premium comes from the pockets of the people. Justice requires that this sum amounting to twenty and thirty, milliqus annually t be saved to the people. The simple process of recalling the national bank notes, and substituting for the bonds legal tenders as hank notes, and subtituiing for the bonds legal tenders as banking currency, will effect the needed result, and another sink hole for the earnings of laborers will-be effectually stopped. In the matter of revenue, fewer articles could be taxed, and through a more perfect and mpre honest mode of assessment and collection, much larger returns could be realized. Congressional extravagance and corruption should be reformed. Investigating cojnigitties should be abolished. Land grants and railroad swin dies jsjiould be abandoned. The Indian wars, like the last, should be avoided. Territorial purchases should be suspended. Countless other modes of waste and fraud could be corrected, ami a portion of the savings set aside for the final redemption of the debt. A sinking fund up ofbond taxation, the premium paid the nation al banks, and the money wasted Africanizing the South, would redeem every dollar of the debt in less than twenty years. The way to this desired end ‘ could be opened by the substitu--1 tion of legal tenders for the bands as rapidly as may be consistent with safety. Millionsnow paid in interest would thus be economized, and, I with the aid of a restored and pro ducing South, flic end of our financial troubles would speedily npL proach. CONCLUSION. ■ Having thus attempted to set forth your wrongs, and the possibility of a remedy, we now appeal r to you to work out the needed re- > formation. Whatever evils rqay result from bad government, the people are the sufferers. Whatever reforms ere effected ■ i must be brought about by and : through the people themselves. | The people have it in their pow ‘ er to remove the giant iniquities i whose shadows darken the land.— i They have but to speak, and tl]C enemies of their peace will be pow erless, the dignity of the Constitu- ' tion and the laws will be vindicqteq, ' and their now Imperiled country, II rescued from impending danger ' purified and strengthened by its ' trials, will resume its majesfic march in the paths of greatness, happiness ar,d freedom A movement has been inauguip ated in this city for the orgahiza- , tion of the friends qf law f»n4 order and honest government, as against the forces of Radicalism in West Virginia. The movement will extend to tvepy county; it will find co-operation in every township and : trict in the State. We invite and urge .you to join hands iu the great . work of political redemption. Other States have taken the leajj and are already enjoying the first fruits of victoryr From Connecticut to California, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the people have interchanged tha the tidings of deliverugcq, qnc] . both oceans have heard thpir wild I shout of gladness and triumph.— The Central States, Ohio and Renn sylvania, have responded wit!) * glorious deeds that yet thrill tbo j nation. The Empire State has a I risen with a mighty proclamation I for the right, and the manifestation of her power, like the icsjrt less march of a conquering host, point out the path of destiny and i bid the nation follow. Already we hear the footsteps jof approaching political revclip tion. It is advancing with an eq 1 etgv that gives assurance of m j triumphant progress even uatq the end. Let the people of West . fall in with the hosts that move to ' the rescue of our Goverumeut aqd its institutions. While others arq fighting and triumphing, let thaiM too, participate in the struggle I contribute to the result We invoke your aid in your ■ own* behalf of good government, I (concluded on fourth faux )