Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1869 — Page 1

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ATTORNEYS. JAIEB R. 8080, Attorney at Laxv, DECATUR, INDIANA. DRAWS Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts. Redeems Land and pays Taxes. OFFICE--Opposite the Auditor's Office. vlOnCtf R. S. PETE KSOV Attorney a,t Liaw, DECATUR, INDIANA. PROMPT attention paid to all business entrusted to his care. Is a Notary Public, and draws Deeds, Mortgages, and other instruments in writing. OFFICE—InD. Studabaker’s Law Office. vl2n33tf DAAIEL ’ I>. HELLER, Attorney at Law, DECATUR, INDIANA. WILL practice his Profession anywheie in Indiana or Ohio. OFFlCE—Opposite the Recorder’s Office. ,vlons2tf PHYSICIANS. F. A. JBLLEFF. W. H. SCHROCK. JELLEFF& SCHROCK, Physicians and Surgeons, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE—On Second Street, opposite the Public Square. vßnl6tf. j CHAR LES L.’CF RT3SS, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. HAVING permanently located in this place, offers his professional services to the people of Decatur and vicinity. OFFICEr-At the Burt House. 11-86 R E W ' S O R 7F, Physician and Surgeon, DECATUR, INDIANA. OFFICE-r-On Second Street, over IV. o.Spencer A Brothers Hardware Store. vßn42tf. A , ’• ‘ A. j. erwia, ii. D., Surgeon. i Dispensary, Aveline Block, i vl 11125 * FORT WAYNE, IND. S. C. .1 VEKsf.TI. D., RESIDENT Ear and Eye Surgeon, FORT MAYNE, INDIANA. OFFICE—South west corner Main & I Calhoun streets, over Drug Store. Artificial Eyes inserted. 12-14

DENTISTRY. H. JL VI cCOSy E L L. Surgeon Dentist, DECATUR, INDIANA. AH work neatly executed 3nd warmnted to give sati isfaction. Call anJ examine specimens. OFFlCE—Opposite the Public Square, over Heller’s Law office. v11n49 REAL ESTATE AGENTS. JAMIES R. 8080, LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECATUR, INDIANA. rpHREE THOUSAND ACRES of good .1. farming land, several Town. Lots, and a large quantity of wild land for sale. If you want to buy a good farm : lie will sell it to you. If you want your land sold he will sell it for you. No sale, no charge. vlOnG 17. “s T I D A bTk: e R, Real Estate Agent, DECATUR, INDIANA. BUYS nnd sells Real Estate, examines titles, pays taxes, and other | business pertaining to Real Estate i Agency. vlOnll AUCTIONEER. CHARLES W. FRA ACE, Auctioneer, , DECATUR, INDIANA. 4 NNOUNCES to the public that he is a regularly Licensed Auctioneer, and will attend all Public Sales when requested. OFFICE—Tn J. R. Bobo's Law office.

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Address of the Democratic Members of Legislature. To the People of Indiana : We the undeVsigned, appointed by the Democatic Senators and Representatives in the General As ' seinbly, address you in their be i half, we believe in behalf of the' fundamental principles of our gov- ■ ernment: We believe the Government was formed for white men, in the fwfer j Lest of white men, as well as we know it was created by whitp men j by whom the colored people were looked upon as an inferior and subordinate race, and were held , in servitude by the farmers of the 1 Declaration of Independence and founders of the glorious institn- j tions under which we so long : prospered. Looking at the distinction of races of men in this light, the voters of Indiana by the last direct expression taken upon • the subject, by more than ninety ; thousand majority, in 1851, adopted on a separate vote, the 13th ar- : tide of our State Constitution, in these words: "No negro or mulatto shall come into, or settle in the State after the adoption of ' this Constitution.” By the same . Constitution, the right of suffrage ’ —of voting—is given to "every i white male citizen,” etc.; and, also j “no negro or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage.” From the formation of the United States Constitution until now, the acknowledged right of each State to regulate the suffrage of its inhabitants —the right to vote—has never been questioned. These are the principles upon which the Government was formed—the principles upon which it was administered by Democrats, and the opponents of Democrats, until recently. Within the last five years these rights has been trampled upon by the fraud of leaders in the dominant part/ North, and by force exercised at the bidding of the same men in the South. Our own Republican Supreme Court lately struck down the Thirtcenh Article of the State Constitution, and held it of no validity; since which decision a vast influx of negroes have rushed into this State.

In view of these facts, and many others that might he enumerated, the “Democratic party charged that there was a settled purpose upon the part of the party managers—especially in the east—of the Republican party to .force negro suffrage, and equality, legal and social, of the races, upon the people. This charge was met by the Republican party in this State, at'it« last State Convention, in these words; “Second—The extension of suffrage to the negroes of the South is the direct result of the rebellion and the continued rebellious spirit maintained therein, and was 'necessary to secure the reconstruction of the Union and the preservation of the loyal men therein from a state worse Than slavery,‘mid the question of suffrage in all the loyal States, properly belongs to the people of those States under the Constitution of the United States.'' And the same party, at its last National Convention at Chicago, in these words: “The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to all loyal men of the South, was demanded by every consideration of safety, of gratitude, and ofjustice, and must be maintained, while the question, of suffrage, in all the loyal States, properly belongs to the people of those States." The Democracy, in National Convention nt New York, upon the same subject held the following: “Amnesty for all past political offences, and the regulation of the elective franchise in the States by their citizens." So there was no issue as to right of suffrage in so called loyaLStates —this among the number. Republican speakers and papers, throught the whole ofthe last canvass, pointed the people to these parts of their platform as the frill expression of the views of that party upon the subject. The people confided in these Republican representations, and that party triumphed upon them. Thus matters stood at the opening of the present session of Congress ; not only had Congressmen been elected, but Governors and State Legislators had been placed in power upon these doctrines and under these representations. Therefore, the nfantifacturing and bonded interest of the east, seeing power slipping from their grasp—that is. seeing by the result of the late elections that, although for tho time being they were auccMafuh yet that white

jnen were losing confidence in them and their schenies; that white men were becoming restive under the enormous burdens of taxation now heaped upon them ; they have invented this new scheme 'of placing in the hands’of those i whom they hope to control—an ignorant, irresponsible and de- ! praved race —this glorious right ito found, uphold and direct the government. And they desire to 'do so by this amendment to the Constitution. j "Article 15. Tjie right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State ’on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.” i “Section 2. Congress shah have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” If before the last election they intended to fasten negro suffrage • and negro equality upon the peo ■ pie, cbncecded their intentioif, they were guilty of fraud upon and treachery towards the peo i P le ' i If they had no such intention, then it is a question which neither ’ they nor the Democracy had in i view when voting; and being a ■ matter of such vast importance, Ino less than permitting some six I hundred thousand persons to vote I who have not heretofore exercised ; that right, it seems to us to be : right and proper that the voice of the people should be taken upqp the question. Even in England i lately, when the question of the exi tensioifof suffrage to persons not > before exercising it, was agitated, the Queen prorogued Parliament, and sent the members to the peo- . : pie to take their voice in the mat J ter byway of a new election. This 1 was the action of a monarchical . I Government, and certainly much , more should the same principle prevail in a country in which it is said the voice of the people is as the voice of God. Then let us i consult that voice.

The consultation, so far as it ; has been made, is assuredly ad ' veres to the position now taken by : those in authority. The question ' of negro suffrage has. within the ' last few years, been submitted to the people of Connecticut, Ohio, of Michigan, of Wisconsin, and of Kansas, and in each instance has been voted down. When this • proposed amendment was before ! Congress, the other day, an effort, I upon the part of Democrats, to again submit it to the people, ' through delegated convenlifflis, ' chosen for that purpose, was vot;ed down by that body, and an es- ; fort, also made, to postpone action iby Legislatures until such Legislatures shall have been elected in view of this question, was also voted down by that body. In other > words, they refused in anyway to I consult the people on the subject, i Leading Republicans from Indi- • ana, in caucus there, assured the friends of negro suffrage that it was ever adopted by Indiana, it must be done without consulting the people, and by a Legislature olected without reference to that question. More than this, leading Republicans in this Stale admit ' that a greatmajority ofthe people of the State — white people—are a gaiust extending suffrage to negroes, as an original proposition ; but they argue among themselves that if it is now adopted, by the expiration of near two years, or at the next general election, their senses will have become blunted to its enormity, or at least that many Republicans who are opposed to negro voting will then submit and connive to act with their party rather than again open up the issue. And to effect this object they had forced through the House, and was then pending in the Senate, an act postponing all elections until October, 1870, at which time, if the negro suffrage amendment is adopted, the negroes will also have a voice. In other words, the leaders desire to forestall the action of the people and force them to their views.— We desire to consult the people, and not only so. but obey their wishes when expressed fully and fairly. As we by our action have compelled the Republicans to come out on this subject, the Indianapolis Journal, the leading Republican paper at Indianapolis, of the sth inst, in a labored article on the subject of our resignations and of the question of suffrage, contains this paragraph as the issue: “Democrats may defeat all business, at a cost of 8150,000, and keep defeating at that price to the end of time, rather than allow respectable negroes the same right that is given to ignorant. filthy white men. or u.icolorell beasts, rather." This is In 1 act accord with the sentiment avowed bv Boa Wade.

late acting Vice-President, and ucar kinsman of the present Vic- ; President, delivered last year in ' Cincinnati in which be avowed | that negroes were better qualified i and entitled to vote than ignorant j and besotted foreigners, as termed ■ by him. Wc accept the issue in its full' meaning, and either the journal ’ nor other leaders of the Republican party, should be permitted to dodge that issue, by talking about a "respectable” negro voting or an ignorant "white” man voting.— The effort 13 by this Constitutional amendment, to place ail upon an equality, that is, to ,give the ; ■colored man precisely the same rights as the white man, whether . respectable or ignorant. Nor should they be permitted to escape this issue by any talk about an extra session of the Legislature having been made necessary by the failure, to pass the appropriation bills. - LET THE FACTS BE KNOWN. The Committee of Ways and -Republican, fiiiled-to introduce these bills in the House—whether purposely or not wc can not sta 4 te—until a late day of the session. And upon appeals made by leading Democratic members in open session of the and privately among members, they utterly and positively refused to pledge themselves to postpone the consideration of said negro voting proposition even for two days, to enable the House to dispose of necessary legislation. In proof of this, see debate, as published in the Indianapolis Jon,-nal of March 11th, 1969, as follows :

Also, a message from the Governor, transmitting a joint resolution of Congress, with a proposed Constitutional amendment submitted by Congres to the States, relative to universal suffrage. Mr. Coffroth moved to adjourn and demanded the yeas and nays, which was taken, resulting yeas 39, nays 54. Mr. Buskirk moved to make the proposed constitutional amendment the special order for to-mor-row at 2 o’clock P. M. Mr. Williams, of Knox, said that he hoped the motion would not prevail; that there is a good deal of legislation yet undone, and that the minority were willing to assist, so far as in them lay. in doing the necessary work. He hoped no such fire-brand would be thrown in the House to retard legislation, or defeat it altogether, and moved to amend by naming two o’clock p. M. on Saturday next. Mr. Buskirk replied to Mr. Williams, of Knox, that this matter, which he terms a fire brand, is nothing more than a Constitutional amendment, submitted to this Legislature in accordance with all the forms of law, and that it demands the attention of the Legis lature at an early day. The ipat ter was not sooner brought forward, in tinjfer to allow of the most important business of tue session being transacted; but having been determined on at last, a majority now propose to consider the » matter to-morrow, without fail, and leave to the minority the responsibility attaching, should they, by ahy'irregular or revolutionary course, succeed in defeat ing action. Mr. Coffroth replied that the minority was ready to assume whatever responsibility might attach to their action in the matter when the subject came regularly before them, but they much preferred to have the matter delayed until the more pressing business of the people had been attended to. The question being on the a mendment by Mr. Williams, of Knox, Mr. Coffroth demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken, resulting yeas 41, nays 53. Mr. Buskirk's motion was then adopted, and the House adjourned. ‘ f .

Ami so the Governor, when applied to for that single purpose, failed to give any assurance, or e ven intimation, that no extra session would be called if the appropriation bills should be passed before the dissolution of the legislative body. If the Republican ma- I jority had*agreed to postpone the consideration of the negro voting for but two days, this necessary legislation could have been perfected ; but rather than do so, they were willing that the deaf and dumb, the blind, the insane, the disabled soldier and the widows and orphans of soldiers, those in the house of refuge, and judges and prosecuting attorneys, should all be left without an appropriation for their support. In other words, they thrust the negro in advance of everything, They ' subordinate the interest of those

■ who can not speak to make known ' i their wants ; of those whdse slight- j ' less eyes plead for sympathy; of those whose maniacal ravings or i imbecile tones command our atten-; i tion ; of the weeping widow, the i wailing orphan, and the crippled. ! soldier, all, all are lost sight of in ; the effort to establish the legal i and social equality of the degrad- i ed colored race with the superior white race. Ah, but it is denied that social equality is sought. We say it is, because but the other day they i asked in the Legislature to place white and colored children in the 1 same schools, and the matter is yet ' pending and to be acted upon at I i the extra session now to be soon j • called. The Governor in his late message, in a whole page of print- j ed matter, labors to show that the I ■ policy heretofore followed as to i ' colored children is “illiberal” and f unconstitutional; and the Super ! intendent of Public Instruction, I in a like spirit, when treating of; this very question of equallitv, in- j : forms us in a dogmatical and ex j i cathedrd style that, "The Son of j i God, when he clothed himself in ■ i flesh, took neither The Caucassian : ■ [white] nor African [black] type ' ' but a medium between them.” Thus it is that everything is . ' made to bow to this insane folly of negro worship. Aik] now they will attempt to evade the great, overshadowing, and direct issue, by talking of expenses; and com- ' mence by saying that it will cost 31,000 in each county, to hold the : special election; The answer Jo i this that all this might have been ’avoided, if the Governor had fixed the day of action at the April election and not twelve days before, as he has done. We are sorry to say that we are compelled to the conclusion that this is a mere exercise of narrow minded party spite, as a kind of punishment to our constituents for having sent such hard headed representatives here. In conclusion, we would say that, if all constitutional and legal barriers and middle walls of partition between the inces are to be broken down: if our schools are to be thrown open, or our school funds, raised by white men, are to ■ be divided with this people, and if they are to vote, and hold office ' and sit as jurors, then will our 1 whole State be flooded with this population. If they labor, they will come in competition with, and strike down the wages of white i men and women ; if they will not labor, then our pauper asylums, jails, and penitentiaries will be fill'ed with them. Holding these views, the only remedy left in our hand to prevent the ratification of this great iniquity was to restore to you, as the fountain head, the offices bestowed upon us, and take your opinion as to whether we had reflected your will tyid stood faithfully by the trust you reposed in us. We hope if yoti approve of these doctrines , and actions of our representatives, that you will be willii g to come out and devote one day to the establishment of principle. J. M. Hanna, Willson Smith, <i Arch. Johnson, O. Bird, Ou part of the Senate. J. R. Coffroth, J. F. Welborn, Q. R. Cory, W. T. Carnahan, On part of the House.

Col. Goshen, the celebrated Arabian giant, is now residing at Algonquin, in McHenry county, 111., having purchased Esquire Klinck’s property, in that village. I The Colonel is 7| fleet high and weighs 644 lbs, and is, with one exception, the largest man in the world. He is a native of Jerusalem, and came to America in 1860. He is very intelligent and speaks twenty different languages.

A Republican newspaper doos not believe a recent rumor that a Mexican captain of a guard refused a bribe. It is an improbable story: but there are men who believe that onr last Congress would refuse a bribe. When men love in earnest, they make a business of it In such cases it is not business before pleasure, but with it. For thrilling particulars inquire of those who have been there. A Gentleman who had been victimized by a notorious borrower, who always forgot to pay. called him one of the most promising men of his acquaintance. A Bachelor friend says he dislikes young married couple, “because they are so apt to give themselves heirs."

(From Hearth and Home.) BEEFSTEAK. How to Choose and Hon to Cook It. ' The usually considered tho best is cut from the loin, the-place ■ formerly almost universally used for roasting, and called, the sirloin. : This is the celebrated porter-house steak. »It bas the tenderloin, with : its delicious, soft fat, for those who like the tender meat, and the ' sirloin, which is somewhat morn highly flavored. The porter-house steak is better than the tenderloin ;of fillet; the latter is very tender, but has not much flavor, and should be larded, or served with some made sauce, to be a good : dish. The small sirloin steak is ! almost as good as the porter- , house. A magnificent steak, and 1 one very seldom cut in this coun- . try, is from rib, say the second cut ribs, which are usually counted the i best roasting pieces. This steak, ;if properly cooked, can hardly be excelled by the best porter-house. It should be an axiom with all good marketers, that no steak can ibe properly cooked that is less an inch and a quarter in thickness. ’ To broil a good steak is easy, and at the same time it is difficult sometimes to«Tnake cooks appre- ; ciate the importance of minutiae, I and to force them to discard ' certain old fashioned, mistaken : notions. To one familiar only i witli the results of culinary operai tions, it will seem almost prepos’l tcrous to say that a good steak i should not be pounded; but it is a ; fact that implements have been devised and constructed for that ! purpose alone. Do not pound a : good steak, but flatten it a little with the side of the chopper, trim it properl v, prepare it carefully and cook rapfdly. Some epicures regard it as very important to season the steak be fore cooking, while others do not put anything upon it until it is done. This question, about which there is considerable difference of opinion, is of little practical iini portance. If the meat be good, it ’ j makes no difference when the steak ' | is salted and prepared. ! i To prepare the steak, rub it in i Silt and pepper well with the hand and grease both sides slightly ’ I with sweet lard or fresh butter. ■ | Use none of the strong butter of 1 i inferior quality, commonly known :as cooking butter. The steak i thus prepared should then be plaoi ed between the bars of well-warm- ’. ed light gridiron, so that it can ' ; easily bo turned over the flro. ■ ; The preparation of the fire is the most important point of all. The very best-is a clear fire of bright I j hickory coals. The next best is a : I charcoal fire; but a bright fire of i ordinary coal will broil pretty well, j It is indispensable that the fire bo j be.hot and clear; and there should ‘. be no smoke from dripping gravy, which can easily be avoided with I proper care. Rut the steak over ' the fire, and turn often until done. When done, place it upoiy a hot dish, sprinkle over it a little more salt and pepper, spread over lit a little sweet butter, and let it !be served and eaten immediately, j The difference in flavor between a I we]'cooked steak eaten immedi- ’ i aely and one served five minutea after it is dome, is enormous. I I A great deal could be said ai bout the chemistry of such a stoak ias we havQ described. As far as the development of the aromatic 1 principle of the meat is concerned, j this dish is simply perfect. The ; brisk heat rapidely coagulates the : tissue of the exterior, and prevents the escape of the juices, while frej quent turning prevents the fibre ■ from being charred. The meat should be cooked entirely through, and the interior shouhl be of a uniform red color, never dark and raw. When such a steak is cut if the raw material be of the best quality, the dish will be inundated with red gravy, which is the real juice of the meat Such a dish is not only most savory and appetising, Hilt it is exceedingly digestiI ble. If physciaus would learn to tip ; give meats prepared in the way to i their patients during convalescence more frequently than they now do, recoveries from exhausting disease would be more rapid and I complete; and, if more attention i were paid to the minuitaj of cook- . ing, health and happiness would ’ be greatly promoted.

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A French officer, quarreling with a Swiss, reproached him with his country’s vice of fighting on either side for money, “while we Frenchmen." said he, “fight for honor." Yes, sir." replied the Swiss, every one fights for what ho most wants." A Workman in Illinois who was made the spokesman of his fellows in presenting a watch to the timekeeper of the works, made this very happy speech :—-'Bcdad, boss, we thrust the watch will keep as good time for yies as yies have kept for us this many a year." The Rev. 11. W. Beecher said in his sermon delivered two weeks ago. “I hate black. It is not God’s color. White is God’s co! or."