Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1891 — THE DEMOCRATIC CREED. [ARTICLE]

THE DEMOCRATIC CREED.

Equal and exact justice to all men; Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations—entangling allianoe with none; The support of the state governments in all their rights: The preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor; A jealous care of the right of election by the people: Absolute aoqniescenoe in the decisions of the majority; The supremacy of the civil over the military authority; Economy in the public expenses; The honest payment of onr debts and saored preservation of the publio faith; The encouragement of agriculture, and oommerce as its handmaid, And freedom of religion, freedom of the press and freedom of the person.

Peterson for February is in some respects an advance on the beautiful J anuary number. The illustrations seem even more nnmeroue, and the excellent opening article, "Among Japanese Marvels,” displays a profusion of very effect, ive ones. ‘The Sheriff of Oskaloo,”by Howard Seely is one of the most spirited sketches we have seen from the pen of this popular author. Minna Irving contributes a fine poem whioh is fitly illustrated. “A Tardy Answer," by Katharine Allen, is a delightful story andhee a number of fine|illnstrations. Another illustrated paper is ‘Filling Nooks and Corners," which gives snoh useful and clear explanations that the veriest tyro in house keeping or furnishing can profit thereby. Miss McClelland’s serial, "In The Woods," is a wonderfully realistio production, and Mrs. Luoy H, Hooper’s “Queen of Diamonds” promises to be snperior to any of her former efforts. There is besides va» lous capital short stories and poems. The fashion plates and descriptions, needlework designs, table recipes and household directions are practical and useful Terms, two dollars a year, with reduced rates to clubs. Address Peterson Magazine Company, 306 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

TICK’S FLORAL GUIDE FOBAmI, a No lover of a fine plant or gardenjean afford to be without a copy. It is an elegant book of over 100 pages B±xloi inches, beautiful colored illustrations of Sunrise Amaranthus, Hydrangea and Potatoes. — Instructions for planting, cultivating, etc. Full list of verything that can be desired in th&.way of VegatabLumd. FlowerH&eeds, Bulbs, etc. Also full particulars regarding the cash prizes of SI,OOO and S2OO. The novelties have been tested and found worthy of cultivation. We hope it will be our good luck to see the Nellie Lewis Carnation and taste the Grand Rapids Lettuce. It costs nothing because the 10 cents you send for it can be dedocted from the first order forwarded. We advise our friends to secure a copy of James Vick Seedsman, Rochester, N. Y.

McKinley prices keep monntin gupward. Sugdan, the New York shawl merchant, sends out the following circular to his customers: The new tariff, which took effect Oct. 6, advances blaok cashmere shawls from 35 per cent, to 40 per cent, duty, aud adds 10 cents per pound additional on weight duty. This makes a difference of 10 percent, on the selling price. A peculiar item appeared in the Washington dispatches a few days ago. It stated that Senator Yoorhees had introduced a bill in the United States Senate to pay $5,000 to one Calvin Jones, “the veteran democratic editor" of Rockport, Indiana, for damages done to his printing office during the war by a body of Union soldiers. It would be interesting to have a file of this veteran demooratic editor's paper at that time in order that we might see just what provocation there was for this destruction of property.— Monticello Herald. Friend Vanßuskirk does not seem to realize the fact that during the war it required no provocation.—That in nine hun. dred and ninety-nine cases out of a thou, sand no provocation was given. The soldiers were incited to deeds of violence by many overly “trooly loil" stay-at-home republicans. We have a vivid recollection of those days. We know something of the nerve, courage, devotion to principle and to the whole country it required to oppose the efforts of those in power to direct the operations of the army in a way that would result in the upbuilding of the republican party and in the perpetuation of its power, rather than for the preservation of the Union and the supremacy of the Constitution. We remember when the father of the editor of the Herald, (than whom Monticello could boast of no better citizen), honestjand steadfast in his convictions yet unobtrusive withal, was threatened with violence by the same olass of scoundrels that incited the destruction of the printing office in question. In those days when the oountry was ovenun with provost marshals it was

an ineentiye to violence to dispute the proposition that Mr. Lincoln was the government—a proposition swept away by the death of Mr. Linooln and the survival of the government. In those days it was the policy of many republioans all ove r the land to attribute oonduct and utterances to their opponents oalcnlated to incite violence. But those days are past, and in the matter of property destroyed the day of reckoning has come. Let all such claims be fairly and honestly adjudicated, and let our Herald friend, who was in those days of trouble a Democrat, oease from insinuations and hold hii peaoe.