Indiana American, Volume 7, Number 3, Brookville, Franklin County, 17 January 1868 — Page 1

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C. n. BINGHAM, Proprietor. Cflcs In tho National Bant: Building, . (third ttory.y , .-, V. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! . (2,50 PL' II YEAH, is abtavci. (3,00 " " IF KOT FAID 15 ADVAXCK. Na postage on papere delivered within this Coanty. . : ISSUES OF 1868. 7 Speech of Senator 0. P. Morion of Inl diana, At Wathiifjton, Tueaduy Eceninj, Decern- . her ZI, 1SC7. , Gentlemen of tue Union ant Fel-LOW-Cituens: In accepting tie. invitation ta address you this evening on the Jreat political isues involved in tho 'residential campaign the coming jcar, I had intended to carefully prepare my add reus, but ill health and tho pressure of official dutiesbave prevented my doing so, and I shall he obliged to deliver my views in an off-hand manner, and the remarks will be confined a a to what I regard tho issues to be decided by the American people at the next Presidential election. As I consider the subject, there aro two great ideas uppermost in the mind of the American people at tho present time, both struggling for" supremacy. Tho first is, the justice and right on the part of the Government and people in putting down the Jito rebellion by force of arm;, the ecotid is, the justice and right of the rebellion and the came for which tho rebels J'ought. All the questions with which we will havo to deal in the content will be but emanation from ihcse two loading ideas. In other wordj, the struggle in 1 8CS will be on the questiou of the right f:l.e rebellion, and the ribt of the United S:atcs iu putting it downj as iu The til in, therefore, who vote for the candidate of the Conservative or the Democratic party, a it may bo called, whatever may be hi intentiou to the contrary, will certainly record hi voto iu favor of tho right of thu rebellion; and tho man who sutins the candidate of the it. 'publica n party will unmistakably ro.cord his voto on the ride of the Guvcrnmeiit, and its right in crushing out, by .force of arms, aimed rebellion. I may here refer to the present condition ot the country, and to csuse which have operated to increase fiuuiiciul cuihurrussment, and distract the coinnieiciul prosperity of the nation a condition of s flairs to to attributed solely tu the fact lhat (he quostion of reconstruction is not tt settled. AtiJ tirnt 1 would .my, it is i h erMMt nt i Hurt on tho part ot the houtli and their Dcmucratiu allies in ihn Noilh, lliutkucp up theso detraction ant binder the (jovirniricnt Iroin establishing intrinul peace. ' Whoever is-diroua of pcuo aud pionjcrity should be in la vor id sq.dy ric oimtruc tion; while, ou the other hand, thu tll'oi la of Ihe opponents of (he j n potd plan are directly operating to liri i i .o Nate in il.tir unfortunato condition, and su many Lbors Iu perpetuate these dfplt.rabli ti lis full , A n: der Mir.) f irnuUU i apptreut III liiu tact tli tl piuvu (If) 1st of Aug!, lMlj, the Government had l aid $IG5,IMU, 'U( ot the national debt, ii i iruo, you cu in referring Id the rvj ort of the elatary ol thu Treaury iu relation to this tnallar, Iii? Muteiuenl iImI only t'JÜÖ OHl),UUW i the amount of the reduction of ihu pubiio dbr; hut it baa transpired tliatvr tH0 OUU.UWt) of our portion of Iii unliquidated debt proper has Luc n paid; and thuugh llua auiouut la not u reported, il should nevertheless bo considered aa a art of the public debt, for it has been extorted fioiu tli people, ttnd, 1 luay say, United in paying expense lint ought not to have been incut red. seed we wonder that our people are lestlesa under such an administration of ttfairr, whuu auch an amount of money has been directly taken from the North lu pay a debt which tho "South should have long muco been in position tu bo made to sy a part ol; a debt which they foiced upon tho country by rebellious acts, and wtiieh l hey ahould bo compelled tu liquidate as an evidence of their loyalty now. It may bound very well to the curs of foreign goveruweuts to hear that wo have been able to rai.-o so Urge an amount by taiation; but while thoy tusy admire our ambition to discharge the liabilities of the nation, they may reasonably despise our teeming sagacity. And I take occasion here to say, as I have frequently declared my views ou this subject, Hut we would le far more prosperous and . happy if wo tiad ei in ply paid the interest on that debt. Why ahould we be in a hurry to pay the enormous a tun u it which burdens tiio people with auch heavy taxation? Have we not already given half a million of lives in putting uovvu tho rebellion in restoring peace tu tho uatiou? Have wo not a largo amount of tftate, county, city and towu debts to pay, growing out of that war? Have wo not already done enough iu our day and geuerutiou, without ' being crashed down by the weight of. special taxation? I Thff policy which has been commenced,' of eudeivormg to pay off the national lebt rapidijr, iu the present condition of affairs, 1 cannot but consider as most ruinous and disastrous in its consequences. - . Then, again, wo hare adJcd to oar troubles the policy inaugurated by the Secretary of tho Treasury, in the contraction of tho currency, which has served to roitrain commercial enterprise, undermine the trade of the people, aod keep tho money markat in an unsettled condition; and coufidcuce will never be restored until tho bill which is now beforo Congress, intended to prohibit the Secretary exercising this power, is passed. . It is truo wo waut retrenchment 'reform, but we want real aud substantial retrenchment, for tho expenses ; of tho tiovernment aro indeed enormous. Wo do not want that kind of retrenchment that gives to clerks only starving salaries, nor that other kind which would prevent a Seuator from getting paper enough on which to write bis letters, but wo do want retrenchment in the larger items of our public expenso.i; and the titu has come when that kind of rptreochment can be commenced without injury to the oflairs pf tho Government. ' ; - . - .

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VOL. 7, NO. iU ' 'We Ivtc now an army of fifty thousand men; and we have a navy ' that is much

larger than is necessary for the country at with being oppressors and tyrants, because the pteent time; and I think tho time is they have not been admitted to full politiat hand when both can be diminished, and cal rights. And do you call this oppresthereby lessen our expenses, millions of sion? Can you ignore the fact that they dollars. Very many of our larger vessels were the projectors of a rebellion, guilty now in commission can be recalled, and of trensou, and plotters againat the life of laid up at tho navy yards, and I trust be- the nation? Aud are these the mm who fore leng tho army: can bo reduced to at are to be welcomed back as citizens of the least one half its present numbers. I United States? Did they have the right The purchaMj of ' Alatka from' the to run hom the .battlefieia to the ballot Russian (Jovernment can be justified on . box- aod V3 who eh be their reDreconsiderations of high political impor- fcntattves in tongress-to abandon their tance, and on considerations of great arms and resumo the rights of loyal cittcommercial imrortanco for the future. It ,0 wield Rain the. control of our

is necessary that we should nave sucli a position for the benefit of tho commerce of tho western portion of the nation; but I cannot see the necessity of. spending a . ... seven and one-half millions of dollars in gold for tho purchase of the Island of St. I Thomas, which may be truly said to bo ! the ycry birth place. of tho yellow , fever, and a locality o often mndo desolate by hurricanes and earthquakes. Jt'is impoitant that we should fund our national debt, and put tho bonds into such a shapo, if possible, that they Huf ! miff .1 Inwpr mtfl at interest. I du not A. i ft 1 . know that this can be aone at present, but ! !' . ! it the same time no one can doubt for a ' . i I moment that sum a policy is desirable The nuKstion ha been auituted already 1 in a number of States to have the right ; of taxing tho bonds, und whether' it can 1 be done or not, ir it not right that the ! (jovernment should directly enforce a '

system of taxition wlm-h deprives the I the piesent Mates. 1 he deleates formed people of several States of money that j thein. and ihey have naver bcon submitted would be far bettor tjiprojiriatcd in paying , for rutiflcation to the people. Nor have the debts of thoe States. . they hilt the moral right that tho constiTb Detiiocrutic j mty, nnd iir spenking tutions have which have been more roof it I may as wtll state what constitutes cently loimrd.' 'Thoe formed in 18C5

the strength of this party, for it is composed of the Demi emtio parly of the S'orth, the rebels of tho South, and a few converts from ' the lictiuhlican I art v miko the cloe of the war. it has its tiuaneial scheme to relievo the cmntry of tho debt which is in fact the icrtilt 'of the party action which brought on tho wur and made a debt; and. though it 'professes to have the great remedy for our nutionnl linn ticiiil troubles, 1 cannot intsclf think so, uulos thu reu.i'dy ii based upon (he hypothesis that thu "Inir of the d g h good for the bile.'' Hut we think that Conurnos will settle upon some policy tint will bo aiifactoiy to tho whole- nation; and so far as any attempt oti tho part Ol the Deiuortatiu pirty to benefil tho final) rial condition t,f tlm t'oitntry Is concerned, ihey may just as well inuLu up t he lr minds lliut 1 1 1 wholo matter will ' Lu adjusted without Ihfir ositaiit c. 1 I haul in tho romiuctit'Cliirrit tif tny remark that there aio two ii.'eai uj je tin out in the mind uf thu pvplo. The firot of theo will, ns I jiavo alrctuly enter into thu isnuea of iho campitin. If the idea preAUlUlh.it tho Government i . . . i .i , iiwua right in putting down tho rebellion; il it ws right iu puriing lorth every energy llmf foiild bo snrr:ctcd lor tho nc eoniplixhment of this purj om then you. soldiers and sailors, vrl o Lro a part iu tho struggle lor tho pteifirvutioii of uur ntiliui.ul txUtcnce, will trt.iifily fiel thut you h ive not only uctc 1 wi-cly, but that you havo homo an honorable part ill the aervieea rendered your country in tho hour of its peril, Hui, on tho ( ither hand, should tho Deupicratie party au'-cfcd, and I lrut lu .a. I a ie.it tiod II niuV not that the l eopiu ol ll.ls is great uatiou will uveit sot h a calamity by their votes in that campaign then will it be to you a disgrace and n dishonor to have been a member of the Union army, and the place ot trut will revert to the lebels, and their iiaiiic occupy tho position of honor iu tho pa-e ol niniory. One que-tion we have yet to meet in this campaign is,' the manner in which tho Southern States dull be fully restored with all of (heir political rights and privi. leirea as Sfaten. und the inunner in which 1 theso blcnsing may bu fully enjoyed f I by all. The question is not whether that power, shall be divided between loyal and dis- j loyal men whether it shall bo cunlcrred; upon u.atk ami wnues, or upon w ones . -111. ... ....;.. . . alone, fourteen fifteenths of whom aro : rebels, and bore a prominent p irt in the ' wur against the Union; but we iuiiet that '

tho p'iwcr, when it is cotifcrrcd, should be demand mado by tho fcouth that was not so divided that its preponderance shall not'rcudiiy conceded by the Northern portion

be on tho side ot disloyal men. Nor do1 we ask all wo should even in granting : this, fur it does not exclude those who ; hive borne arms in the lato war against Ii a Aitiinlan Ivtt .1 n .1. ........I el. ..a iL A I .uu vvu.miji uu, o uu ucuiii ii.i iiiü luoj power shall bo conferred in such u manner ; that hlacks and whites may have a voice tioa of Reconstruction. . ' I iiisirue, iuu preseui uw ui vuugress ; J! f. . I. ! . I . ii a a . t ' u..a.n....scs oiiiy aainaii nuinuer ot wiosc j who engaged in the rebellion. It does I

not dufranehiso tho petty officers or ! , he lo.s; and I say again this question is soldiers, but that class of men who had j ,,ievttably iavolved iu the general isaucs of once sworn allegiance to the Constitution isoS. in offices of trust, and this cla-s can uot Another question involved, that will exceed -15 U00 persons. follow just as certain, and that is the When President Johnson issued his ; assumption and payment of the rebel war proclamation disfranchising 'those whojcbt. I ask you as reasoning and thinkhad participated in tho rebelIiou.it inclu- g lCnt whe tho representatives of the ded not less than fourteen classes, nuni- j South are admitted to Congress, aod are bering between 250,000 and JS0,UU0 men;! cacj Upu t0 vot0 upuu appropriation but the Congressional system of disf'ran-j hills, do yuu think they would vote to tax

coibement wilt apply to only 4J.UU0, and not to execod 00,000 men. We have heard of late much about an on pressed people. We are told by Democrat io orators aud by the newspapers of the Dem-

ocrutio party in an parts ol tho country, cution ot tuo war, and lost all; and you that the people of, the Sonth are down- may expect, in the advent of the Demotrodden and oppressed. Do they who prate i cratio party into power, that provision will about oppression bear in mind that these I bo made for tho payment of that debt; aro tho very people who, but a few years! but lam glad to say that not until theu sinco, arrayed themselves iu arms against j will it bo thought of. tho nation whoso actions havo cost us Tho Deuiocrutio arty were opposod to over half a million of lives, the very pco- jour debt being contracted in its iucipiency, pie who developed the war that has left j and you may remember that a prominent us as a legacy a debt of thousands of i member of that party warned the people

millions of dollars, with an almost incalculuble amount yet to liquidate, not to ipeuk of the untold suffering and sorrow 4 .. .. 1 . . '

THE UNION. THE CONSTITUTION. AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS

BROOKYILLE. IND., FRIDAY. JANUARY 17, 18C8.

that has been thrust upon the people of tne iNorthr And now wo are charged r . . national vjovernmcnu Yet these aro the'people whose agony is in tho throats of the Democratic party, and I tike it upon mjsclf to say there is ueiiner senge nor justice in lr. v nen mey ta,k hont oppression they forget they are f-r I n jr those who brought on the trouble and bathed tho land in Dlood . The law prevails" in all well regulated communities that crime shall be punished, and a sense of justice demands that outrages upon (lie laws and the rights of the people Miall be Feverely punished. e . . la k About inc rie.ent late cuvtrnmenta a i 1 thit hlVO been Ignored in t-01'grcssionai acts. Can you tell tue by whom they were i It .1 . t i . a. a formed, if not by the proclamation of the Preident of the United States; and if you

will recur to the elections in Virginia, all the Southern States. And ycu may North and South Carolina, you will find : ask. what do I argue from all this? I that less than one third of tho white voters will tell you. When the Democratic party look part in forming the constitution of.agaiugets into power, do you tuppose

contained certain conditions, such as pro hibiting slavery, prohibiting the paymeut of tho debt contracted during the late war: i proclamation of President Johnson. Hut l I i in i i j .i i linn n v i u i i viivl a'l iifni'Liiina tliut U'Ara fnnnirml tr t ha j yet Ihey have never been ratified, and were the Senators and ilerrctcntattves of these States dmiltcd into our Congressional hulls, they would bo cast aside aud ignored, as they had never been ratified and that I know would bo tho course pursued. The struggle, therefore, on the part of the Dcmocrulic p'irty, North aud South, ss I Inno spoken, will be, in liOS, for tho restoration of tin he States into rebel hands, und the udminiMratiou of tho ull'.iiia- of thrso States ou that basis If )ou ure prepared 'to say that blacks and loyal white men aro to bo turned over to tho tender mercies of rcbula, llien Vote the Demoeratiu tiekrt. Mut if you ure in favor of impartial suifnte, and giving liht to bluA and white, the.i VuTo the Kepublieun ticket. lla'ie aro numerous other nuctions wiapt up in tlu'-e leading ideal l luve announced. Tho ürat ono I shall uieutson ! . . i . ..... i. I : . - I is the payment lor slaves emancipated during thu war. And though this has not been declared as yet to bo a queation Ol IliU 111, 1 tttll tt that it i to bo, as thou: written ptalfoiui of .i t i (Irmly convinced h I reud it in thu tho Democratic parly. The Stntea of Maryland and Kentucky have already provided lor this, in anticipation of the succcsi of thu Democratic party at I ho uext election. Here Mr. .Morton lead from the Constitution of the ftato of Maryland, and from a report of I the proceedings of the Kentucky State Legislature, tu substantiate thu statement luade.j -Georgia has also provided for this; and although other Southern States' may be silent uu this aubjeet, they will be ready to meet the question wheu it is time. The Deiuoeiatio party of thu South will bo a unit on the quosliuu; and now let me miow thai the uemucruiic party ot tho rsoiih are ready to meet them. 1 baso my j arsci lion on the fact thut the members ofi this ParlV Voted WltllUUt a tlU''lü CXCCD -

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weaaieov taavi ftti u UU IU C Ii 1 3 WUCII IUUJ were beloro Congress, and Democratic newspapers have denounced those amend - men la with one voice; so it is safe tu say that iu the issues the Northern wing will 1 . ... I. I. ..-1 couecoo iu ma oouiu every tiling ciaimeu by them; and if they do not, their actiuu will be very difforeut from what It has been iu years past; for I never knew of of that party Miuuld the Democratic party cumo into power, the payment for the la vea ciuuucipated may be considered a settled fact, w a a a lou remember when the question was u,, j Congress to abolish slavorv iu 1SÜ-' J uyJi , j lha Democratic: . . favor or paying for ev.ry Uv united in avtt ULuiiueii,ac j aaj i( Wus (JetlUUIlCeJ as morally wroll,, to take a a hiva v. fr.nn a rebel. Bllli ,.i trv .,, ,n,,.i -..1 themselve for our debt aud not provide for their own? The Northern States staked their finan cial power in the Government bonds, and tho South risked utl she hud in the prosej not to buy (ho bonds, as they would prove j worthless pn their bauds. They were hoitilo theu to the debt, as tho Southern .... : .

wing of the Democratic party are now to

hinc pommelled to heln pay it. So that r a . tho demand on their part to tax the people for the payment of the debt of the South will be-as surely conceded ,0s the demand is trade. i I come to another iasuo that is also involved in tho contest tho pensioning of rebel soldiers, and tho widows and orphans of those who fell fighting for the rebellion. Does not the present state of affairs in Maryland indicate the feeling which prevails against tho soldiers ha were members of regiments in the Union army? Can a Union soldier be elected to any office? Is be not proscribed in "business and in society? I ask if Union men , who are lawyers or physicians, find any tuej cess in the practico ot taeir proiessionr Are thev not proscribed on account i of their sentiments? Does nnt the same condition of affairs exist yu, Kenturj? I see here to-night a gentleman who- can tell you about that much better than I who knows from experience and observation what the feeling is there. Hebels, and only rebels, are elected to office. The presence of Union men is nowhere tolerated, and their position made uncomfortable, aud, if possible, to rid tho State of r, fli i rvritwi nrn "-" f" Sir. if you pive . . the power of rcconstruction into the hands of rebels, you may expect the same condition of afairs in the representatives from the South will vote for pensioning the soldiers and widows of the North, and not provide for their own in the South? Is it buinan nature, I ask, for men to do such things? And when you bring them into power, their rebel t-olJicrs will as sorely be placed on the same footing with the Union soldiers of the North. This question, then, I nay, is involved iu the issues of the coming campaign. The point I make here to-night is the inevitabto constqueuee of the Democratic party coming into power. Some men may -like tho financial policy of the party, and voto for it solely on that account; hut let them remember that they aro voting to elevate the rebel soldier to tho same position aa Uvjso who fought to jircicrvo the Union. Tho military pot;cy of tho party is foreshadowed in the order promulgated by General Hancock on asnutuiug commaud of tho Kil'th Military District; and as it has been presented to 'Congress by the President for its admiration, I think that ciilicism upon it is perfectly fair. 1 will rcud the order. Tim order wa read, us bus been publih d7 ThUiJeu is, liko the apples of tho Dead Sea, (air to the ejo, but crumble to powder it but touched to thu lip. The iioijeeablo feature of this order at it doea not inentioii the subject of J that I reconstruction, fur whioh, by authority of I r0ii .rea h ia aent them and empowered 1 to carry out. lie goes on to aay that tho Civil rights (if Iho iC)plo must not bo Interfered with by military rule, auJ openly declares by thisurder that tho very purpose for which ho win scut there ti to bo auperiutied and ignored. Mr. Morton then road from acts of Congress defining thu authority and ti at tea of Commander of the military districts. lly these I show that this order is in con ! ti,.di.iinn and ihfimen nf thn laws enacted I b Congress. The very State governnietits, which, by theso acts, aro abrogated ... . . 1 L and declared illegal, aro tho ones wnicn General Hancock, by his advent, has regarded iu a general order; Congress, to be explicit, has, at a later day, defined itself on this subject, und declared, if these Stato governments were allowed to exist, illegal and unauthorized as they aro, it would j uy ho through tho sufferance of the military commanders. Hut (nural 1 1. .vir mm nnsn ! oonfnnmf nipt tor Congressional authority, bnura a I h'fin In l).A fieil Uli- ' M fi (1 ; thoritv of the State of Louisiana, and ' implies thsrehy tho recognition of a Slate ' Uovenimeut that has been declared illegal !ailj unauthorized expressly by Congress. .... . . . Jat docs ho mcail When 111 expresses ' . - hiuiaelt about civil libortyr It looks very well, but what does it mean in this con i nection? it menus thut local men shall ! ho tried and condeiuneJ by rebel juries, j JJut it is said tuey will have justico dono theui. Who has ever heard ot the murder of a single Union man in tho South hav ing boon ferreted out, or tho guilty one punished; 1 admit tho hibcts corpus is a right dear to tho peoplu of tin couutrv. aud

meui-'shouid uot bo interfered with except in

timeol war, when its lorea would ho antagonUtio to the interests .of the Government. 'Rut what Uoes the writ vt haL corput mean as seen iu the eyes of General llaucoclt aud expressed iu this order? What does it tncsu, if it docs uot say to the rebel judg, yuu are clothed with full power to demand the release of every tuau arrested by military authority, applied, of course, to the oppressiou of thu loyal men ofthat State. Aud all this iu tho name of law and justico aud right. Do you believe that it is meted out to them? Let the uiussacie at Memphis and the horrible tragedy at New Orleaus auswur that, and think of it, that order was written ou the very spot where that bloody tragedy was euueted, an account of which sent a thrill of horror into the heart of every being iu ChrUtoudom that order which declares ' that this power shall be directed only to sustain their laws aud government. 1 read that order with mingled sorrow and contempt. General Hancock was a noble member of tho Uuiou army, and his record ouo that any mau might well bo proud of. lie was wounded in the service of his country, und justly earned the laurels bo run by him from many a buttlefield; but I saw that wheu he lent his powers to the causo of tho cueuiics. of his ' country, and to thoso who ought still to ' he his enemies, that his laurels would Wither au i his uauie go down amid tho . . w . . .

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condemnations of a peoplo whoso honor he has insulted. The great questions of the campaign in 18C3 are, then, I repeat, the maintenance of this Government, the justice of the war,f or the right of the rebellion. And these i aro the questions which are to be decided; lbbo is to determine whether this Government is to remain in tho hands of Union men, or to be allowed to pass into the hands of Southern men.' My voice is growing weak and my strength failing me, so that I shall havo to close my remarks, thanking you, ladies and gentlemen, for tho attention jou have given me. At the conclusion of the speech, a vote of thanks was tendered to lr. Morton, after which the meeting adjourned. GEN. GRANT FOR PR EVIDENT. BY I1EN11V WILSON. - In this year, ISC3, the pcopto aro to. choosfl a Chief Magistrate. Six millions, of men, wcaponcd with the ' ballot, will strive for the glittering priae. Mighty isue9 aro involved in the impending contest. The political organizations, witi sharply defined ideas, principles, and policies, will contend lor the mastery, for the executive power of tho Government, during the coming four years, In which arc to be garnered up the fruits of tho victories of the'tcnific struggles' of the post feven year, or in which old issues will be reopened and old strifes renewed, that must embitter the future of the Republic. The people are ranued into two political organizations, each with nearly three millions of voters, a nume, and a history. The ono claims to be tho Democratic party; the other calls itself the llepubhcan party. The history of the country during tho past thirteen eveutlul ycutsis a record of the ideal, principles and acts of these antagonistic organisations Their issues have not been, liko the ordinary issues of political partis, mere questions of administrations; but fundamental and vital, as opposite us the tonith and the nadir. fbc history of the country for the past thirty years too clearly shows that the Democratic party has been dominated by the dark, iDhumuu and unchristian tpirit of sluvcry; that it was guided through a scries of years by the councils of slave ti asters, or by leaders In sympathy with alive muster. That history teaches us that under that fatal leading the Democratic putty renounced tho faith of the republican fathers; took from black men lights accorded by the founders of the Ill-public; struck at tho right of petition; annexed a sluvtlioldiltg peopl. aVOWiJU to strengthen slavery; opened free soil, wou fioiu Mexico, to human bondage; enacted the Fugitive Slav law. ami then prououueed it victories over liberty and jjusticu fitialitiej." 'flat history trachea Us, too, lhat it reopened nctiouul agitutioii by rei ealinir lh prohibition of ala very fiiibodied in the Misiourl Compromio of 1SJO; by sustaining the law I (n viotenca that seized the government of Kansas, iuaugiirtitcd the rtigii of robbery and blood, eatabliihcd slavery, sud ft miid the Lccomptou Constitution; thut it hastened to acccpl tho lrl Scott dog mo; divided into two hostile faction, the one ahtttiiüfully ovowitijr, thai It udid Dot care whether slavery was voted Up or Voted down," und the ot-her proclaiming the right to take slaves into the territories and hold them in bonduge under the authority of tho Federal Government; thut it wcut iuto the eanvuss of ISbO rent in factions, and was iugloriously defeated; thut its old slave master raised the banner of rebellion; that many of its Northern chiefs and their followers gave symputhy to their old comrades; but that bundled of thousands nobly strove to save their country, and tens of thousands ' found in the Republican ratiks new and more congenial asaociatiot.s. The history of the Republic during tho past thirteen year, hhows that the lit-pub-liean party has been inspired by the just, humane aud ennolling spirit of liberty, it was brought into being amidst the stiuggles to repeal the Missouri Compromise and carry slavery into Kansas. Defeated in its first uational cotitcst, it appealed to the patriotism of tho people, to their love ot libcity and tense of justice, It culled the battle-roll anew, wcut into tho canvass of 1SG0 for the freedom of the Territories and the restoration of tho Government to tho policy of tho fathers, J ahd made Abraham .Lincoln President. It then accented thu L!oodv is-ucs of civil war, rather than betray liberty, or sacrifice the rights of a race, or the enduring in-1 terests of the uation. In the trials of Civil war. it made the national capital free; prohibited slavery in all tho terntorie: rai,ouloJ tho i'u.Miiva Slave law: armed black men to li-tht for their country; gave liberty to the slaves, uheti they enrolled their names ou the muster rolls of the country's defenders, and freedom to cho wives and children of colored hcroc; emancipated thrco aud a half millions of bondmen by executive proclamation, and all thu slaves iu the land by constitutional a in fit! me ut. It achieved its scries of splendid victories for freedom, justico and humanity iu spite of tho stern aud per sistent opposition ot the lA'iiiucrucy. Since the close of the war, it bus through the Preedmcu's liureuu protected aud instructed the wcuk, and lilted np and giveu heart und hope to the landless aud houseless poor. Inspired by putriutum and liberty, and actuated by u sense of justice, it has given the emancipated bondmeu civil rights, the right to tcsdily in the e'ourtft, to sue, to hold property, and to be protected by equal laws. It bus given suffrage to colored men in the District of Columbia, iu tho Territories and in tho rebel States. . Relieving in" the brotherhood, of l;uInanity, iho Republican patty disowns the brutal, vulgar, and. wicked,' do'gina that "this is the white njat's government.'' It accepts rather tho Christiuti creed of the Declaration, cf Iu3erjcndence, ' believing,

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nVIIOLENO.SlC. in tho words cf 'George l'ancroft, , that 'tho heart of , Jefferson, in writing the declaration, and of Congress, in adopting it, teat for all humanity the assertion of right was wade for tho entire world of mankind and coining ge Delations, without any exceptions whatever." The Republi can party is not so scared as to fear that five millions of poor laboring, black men will achieve -supremacy over thirty-three millions of white men.' It seeks to seenro the supremacy of no race, but the protection of all races. Agninet , all supposed interests, against the councils of timidity, against misrepresentation of motive aod purposes, against all unholy influences, tho Republican party has struggled until it haa broken the fetters of enslaved millions, lifted a despised race up to Ameri can citizenship, clothed them with civil rightsand given them in the rebel States the ballot to protect the we;ik. vindiente the authority cf tho naiiorJanJ rcsfjvv lhosodTol0yaI "commCTnitias to. Joy a' fy and representation. On the line of impartial liberty the llepubltcan party prepe ta fisht on until a crowning victory is won. What Republican is not filled with just and grateful pride as his eye traces the glorious record of the Republican party j for patriotism,' liberty, justico aod human ity; ' w hat J.)cmocrat can refer to tho record of Democracy, during tho pas-t twenty years,. with gratification or pridu? .. The issues between the Republican and Democratic parties ate wore r-harply drawn and clcaily defined than ever. The Republican p&rty has advanced to a higher plane of action; tho Detrtncra,tie party has sunk to a lower 'one. The Republican cause is more unselfish and tclf-sac-rificing than in the national contests of the past. It addresses itself to the reason aad conscieuce of Mankind, and to the lasting interests of! the country. The Democratic cause is even less noble tbau in 1801..' It is hardly anything Icts than an appeal to the pnssiotis, prejudices, and temporary interests of the hour, with the ignoble battle cries of "Negro Supremacy," The White Man's Oovernrucut." The Piesidcntial -contest of .1803, with its vast issues, will stir the nation to its profouudest depths. The Democracy, without responsibilities, under the leadership of men of talent, tact and experience, will put forth a gigantic effort to win back lost power. The Republican party, upou which rest grave responsibilities, has in its ranks able, tried and true tuen civil and wilitary men vrWe names art hoa enuntrv'a' ..7 orally aociat(d with the struggles for unify and liberty. Who among these honored men, of proved capacity and tried fidelity, shall be selected to lharshul tho Republican hosts to victory? Whoso nomination, will, in advanc, tuuko Iho assurance of victory doubly sure? Above personal aspirations ond ; ambitions, above local pride and attach ments, ubovo all associations and interests, thcU comes In in the body of tho three million of Republicans to whom tho success of the old cause is so dear, tho prompt and rniphatio response, "Ulysses S. Gruntt" Thene mucus see, with (be rjear instinct cf patriotism, that tho great soldier would bring into tho impending eontet the weight of his great name- and iltlHtrioiH uehiivcincnts, his solid and practical judgment, his conceded integrity, bii tuodvoly that never vaunts his own deeds, and his rare magnanimity that ever gracefully recognizes the deeds of other cenerals, soldiers and civilians. These unselfish masses, with their practical sagacity, see that the ranka nf the Kspubli cans, in the struggle through which duty has led them, huve been weakened by timidity und treuehery; that their sacred cauc new needs to be re-enforced, as it so often has been, by drufts from the must advanced men of tho Democracy; and that the selection of Gen. Grant will rally tens of thousands to tho causO their hearts lore The military achievements of General Grant are gratefully acknowledged, his udministrotivo capacity is now conceded, and his general views of public policy commended. Kämest Republicans, however, whose fidelity to vital issues can not bo questioned, but whose diftust of public men has been quickened by the shameful treachery of men they hod trusted und followed, aic anxious concerning the sentiments of Gcticrai'Grunt upon those vital issues, tho right settlement of which can alone bring permanent security and repose to tho nation. The p.ist and pres ent of the Republican parly, and the per sonnl integrity ol General Orant, k.l.ll atllplo asauralice that their and Ills senj timcnts and opinions will be distinctly avowed in the coming canvass. In the j trying days of the war, ill the summer ol ! General Giuut wrote from his camp, on ii;e ouuks oi ir.o jnssis.-ippi, to ins tried friend ash; urne: ''I have never been nn anti-slavery man; but I try to, dgo justly of what 1 see. I made up lay mind, when this war commenced, lhat the North and South could only live together in peaco as one iiution, and they could only be one nation by being a lice nation. Slavery, the corner-stone of the so-called Con! 'iiaey, is knocked out, and it wilt tale more meu to keep black meu slaves , than to put down tho rebellion. Much as I desire pcHtc, I am opposed to any peace until this question of slavery is forever settled. " This cmphatio avowal fully committed Geuerul Grunt to the policy of emancipation Ho was, too, for the re-election of Abraham Lincoln, declaring Ui his nearest friends that his defeat would bo a dreadful calamity to the country. Since tho close of tho war, be lm been in accord with Congress, in it effotts to protect tho loyal black and white, recure the equal rights of ull, and restore the rebel States to their praclici.1 letations. Wheu tho pending Constitutional amendment was bcfoio Congress,- ho" was for its su.bi mission to the people; and when "' it- was submittedt hn . ared,' tlio lending wen of tl'e rebel StaL's;tQ YOtc.forK. ts. adoption. After its rejection ty thu rebel Legisla tures, he t itsieJ Ho'uthcin' tuen, who !

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.e tatiare, thro iurtioni.... ....... 1 All su&ie-seat rniartinns, per iqaars. .......... v YEARLY. One ootumn, changeable qaarttrt.... 7 0. Tbrre-qaarter f a euluma AS Ot One-half of a coluios..... Ooe-qoarter of a cot u am Z OS Ooe-eigbih of aeulumn ...rw "r-. IS t9Tranfltnt advertlieaieoU abeutd la aiieajes tL fsld for la advance. Unlei a f;rtlculr time It srfICd whaa band. 4 is, dt srtlsen eats wijl be pnHiSid aalil erdared oat aod qbaixed aecorMal. . ...""""'. .r''" j'-jiTja. sought his advice, 'to reconsider their sc tion, adopt itand give'suffiago "to. the fttcdmCn. To leading Southern men ha said: ''You. must look" to UotigrosiTVa. Republicans hsve the power;' centu.U them; do not seek the counsels of men iiy the North who opposed the war; the reo-, pie wilt never trust that data of tuen with, power; the more you look to them for advice, the more exacting Congress will 1, end ought to be; the rejection of the amendment and 1 1e )egitstieii against, the freedmen will oause Cun- t, r.-, quiro universal suffrage, aud you hodi.il at once give it.'' ' 4 ' Some of these men wrre wie enooi to accept slid act upon his adite.''.X. the reconstrueiion polity vf Cuvgfoss the vital a tiM vraduwing k-sue vf -the. day Geo. Grant gate lis earnest suppoit, and he has zealously striven to carry the lcgiluti.cn of Cootfre.! into effect. Oa Leen and now is in aeeord with Cotiusr and. tho Republican party. So anxious was ka to have that policy promptly carried into effect, that he uigeittly presced upon membeis of Congtess the vital ini portance of so arranging the sjournluents as to be able to meet at any time. fhould tho. ute.ds of the touutry require; it. Upon the Republicans in Congiess res the most mighty responsibilities. If they inflexibly adhere t the policy of equal justice fur all, and wisely legislate ou the. uatiotiul debt, the currency taxation, and' expenditures, it will be in the power of the Republican party to win a victory grander far than the decisive victory of lbG4. It can give General Grant thrco millions of Votes; the voles of thirty, ossibly thirty-two of the States; and a llousa of ReptcsetitulivtP with one hundred ma jority. With General Grant in the P.Xs tcutive Chsir, supported by the suffrage vf three millions vt loyal aud lilerty-lov. ing freemen, by the electoral votes of tbieo-tourths of the States and decisive majorities in both Hoaeof, Congress, the bitter spirit of disloyalty wiX die out, loyalty will assume its away, (be spirit cf libctly ai d the seusu of justice wilt ctoru to all men equality ol rights, and (Lu) wicked ctics ot "negro r-upu macj,' ' tho white man's Govtrntuetit," the war cf races," will be awed and shan.ed iaUir-. lence. 'Iben liberty and justice to all and equal ptotectlon Tor all, will be lh fixed policy of the Government and the settled practica of the people, and. the nation having ilccifcd liberty and Jusilcay ..Ml .... II I ... J I.....I...I will move i ou, bleased and applauded, tu the at'cum piishment cf Its Lifcb Uestiuy. "I WoulJ nt Marry Printer." tl'l would not marry i printer," wss tin sneering remark of a young lady'cf tha fodoalt aii'tocrncy. Well, whw was tha. Karl of Stanhope? "lie wss only a pria-' ter." What is Prince Piedeiio William,, luurricd to Ptinetss Royal of Kngland? ' lie, too, wai only a ptiiitcr." Who wss Wui. Claxtoii, one of ike fathers of liters-' I ore? "lie was only a printer." Who wu Uct.jamlD F. Taylvr, Vhurlow Wtied, Horace Gree'.y, George l. Vrcwtiee' Charles Dickem, M, Thiers, Dougla Jerro Id, lUatd Taylor, Gcoie 1'. Morris J.tialea, Riehaidrou, .N. 1. Willia, hd Senators JMx, Cameron and Nilo? They were all printers. 'hat yss benjamin Is! an kin.? A pviuir. When is a plant like a hog?. When it bepiua to toot. And when iatilik a solo dier? When It hoots. II EAUT AM Ml MV-'ll0 heart leads or folio a, but the mind dintts at cobtrols; so it is aoiue marry their fueling to find, their judgment ate nut united,. Cintiiitiati prteerua kavc iv'roduced 9 new couimodity cobi saturated with rcf ue coal oil and tar. They are for kindling, and sell at '2.0 lems a peek or 73 ceuts a bushel. Spicy Gkcjibunu. "What is the u of living?'' snarled a veteran grumbler the other day.' "We arc flogged for crying, when weaie babies--flogged because the master is cioss when wu sie bos obliged to toil, ick or veil, or starve when we aie men to wotk still balder (and suffer soiiiCtliieg wom-!j when we are husbands and after cxi uting life and strength io (be service of other People, die, and leave, our children to quarrel about I he J t'S.-csi-ioii of ia.tl.vr Watt, and our wives f rufch tof.ir.y ic." Dr. Ilsyes, the celebrated Aictic exploror, iu a recent lecture en the Av'iu Regions, at Chivuycuid lVtLc kad ern au'icebergso luige that If il weiebtwught to iNiew Volk bt.d told by the pnd the msiket tales, the pioitcds w uld inorer than twice pay the national debt. The Tribune says the Doctor ia no doubt a reliable mathematician, and commend bit discovery to ihe Secictury of the Tieamrj. Thclireat Jlif'ern might be ehaitercd end sent to tow the icy tiearuie into matket und Jay l'(oke wi.uld undoubiculy tkw the j ib' of eoiiuiUrg it into gru Lbacks, Tho project is tertuiuly au Ac nur. Journal. llALt.'K JoUKNAL (if lit A 1.1 II is Usually about as good sv'Vv'i'y there i ou all mutieis pilaihirg to beahh Coliccruing pork ii says; "There is no tiou ble in cat ing poik in a cold climate. It is needed or some fatly meat for tha tltpport of life, while at, the South vegetable diet is better. Hut whether the hog should be eaten depends on the inanntr which it is kept. If be be kept os a inrio, scavenger ou filth and rottilib'ss, thu meat would be ynfit to cat, as the loud in nut cuter into its composition. We HQ this in iho (1 il'o i cr.ee between the hog, fed vii acorns and thot-e fed on colli. -Any auiumb that Jivv u thu tilth aud waste if -cities should be itjcctcd as f'd, Rut it the hog can be kipt cieauly aiuLuu plopi'r food, '(oik Is as Lca.lby us beef, or ' poultry, or f,ieh, .i. '