Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1874 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. TUESDAY; SEPTEMBER 22, 1874.

TUiyDAY, SEPTEMBER

After worklnu for ten years at recoiwtrnctwB, V,e republican party has got so f-r ad--vaftyi teat the pretended governor ol LouIffoMa baa to be set upon the necks of the raple and held there by the general governRient, a congressman has to run rat of Alafbama for safety, and the peor le all through the South are, according to Senator Morton, aborting eah other down for the mere fa a of the thing In tbe "cotton field a and the cano braliw. This is r&tbcr slow business. At eucb a rate of pi-ogrem, when does the party In power expect to restore anjlhinglike law and order to the South, to nay nothing of properity and happiness? It Is a simple qufation in the role of three. If somebody would say jmt how far in advance the Loebdanaof to-day is compared to the Louisiana of ten years ago, tbe problem could be worked out. To simple mladed poople it looks as if reconstruction were going backward This moruiua's Sentinel contains Frank , u.u.u, o t"" Vt "1 m tic ' ct Moniten' statement, or a-. l-ast so much of it as It is essential to put heforo the read-1 of a wll conducted newspaper. Tbe Mutual Frferd flings away tbo scabbard, and nei:h?r bb hi fhiri-p nnr bis linguaze. lie doen not confine himelf to tho Tilton busibut brings io otbor scandals even ore horrible In their de! aiK It mmt Ir borne in -mind in justification of Moolton endact that he la fightirg for his reputa tion, and that the struggle between him and Berber a desperate one. He n evidently f the opinion that all is fair in war. Tue! portion of the statement in tho Sentinel is care fatly arranged from the whole docu ment, which has been telegraphed especially to the Chicago Times, and a part of which it unfit" for reproduction. It is probable that a a -its ft t .rv X." tLj an1 fhül me nosimiy oi ut .w mnueneeor prominens p01.p1 u iu "'- Tropus prevented me cvuumg vi iuo maufi in theregulsr pr report fifnutor Mt r ou avs üuuie of tho fail a root eonthera government upon tbe leader of the Mout'J, who he says were to prcbdtotake part in reconstructing their several states and thro tbe work pon ignorant negroes and scalawag. The senator forgets that the sonthrn leaders and indeed most f the rowels of any standing were difrinhised at ths beginning of the rt-construc'.Ion era, and cou.d not hve had anything to mT In rxditie oven if thev wauted to. He a - also fbrgu how kindly all men who had an thing to do In tho rebellion were in formed by himself and others of like dkroosUion at the North that it would beeome them to take a bark seat and not attempt to mingle in politics i -for a few years. Verily a short memory i eotiniea a great convenience for a popular I orator. The welcome which the Southerners I rcoelved when they finally did try to take a hand in their own government is asuffi-. ient proof of tho styie in which their in terference would have been received just afterthe war. j The New iorktt;o deiu crt:ic -conven tion ba closed its work by the nomination of Samuel J. Tilden lor governor. Judge Churcb, true to kis resolution not to appear in opposition to Mr. Tilden or any other flrt class candidate, did not allow h'h name to oomo before tbe convention. Tilden ban been for years the c lairmau of the state oommittee. and a leader of his party. No convention conld have been esteemed or thodoi in which be did not appear and call j the untorrififld ta order in a philonophic and j labortt discourse on Jeffersonian deuiooraer. His last and beat work was dono in tbe overthrow of tbo Tamrnny rir. It mow generally ackaowleded that to him saore than any other man with possibly h dngle .exception tbo downfall of Tweed was due. Ho is a native of New York, and was bora iu ISM. tbuli he looks tueh ol lr than euch a rec jrd would war rant. Ho i an eminent lawyer, and cave I his services in the Tammany case without Teconaponae. With all his integrity and ability, ho la not the man for a popular leader, and while H inf jrd E. Church would have-carried tbe state by an overwhelming majority, even againt DLx, it is doubtful if Tlld-n can succeed againt tbe present gov rnor. Even under the bnrÄen of tbo Credit Mobiller charge and the opposition of tbe j eperaw9 partv, uix win inaKo a gTeai run. i As for tLe New ork platform, it w without comparison the finest piece of politieal work put before the country this season

etb as regards material and literary nnisn. were lawfully elected and impone the exit Is even better than that adopted by tbo polled usurpers upon the state once wore? position party of Illinois. Its provisions Grant Las repeatedly declared that bo was Are so condensed and yet so clear that no not eatittSed as to the validity of the Kellogg

phonal eynopis Is -neeomarv. mere I matter for much editorial discuwion in it I I The only oHtction to the otfice of county J noflriiitendeut which has in it tbo least j tda-ibilitr ia thitof large cosr. This hH I been nude the most of by tbe few ineonsidrate parties who havo raised their voice for j the abolitiou of the office. A superficial J glance at the aggregate pay of nicety-two officer, approximating f 100,001, is at first j little startling, and without further investilation seem to afford foothold for just op-J Dosition. But the author of the law. wbe I tonnneisnow silent in tbe grave, was rot j the mtn to saddle upon the I Ii diana an expense which I was not in strict accordance with a

. genuine economy, as well as valuable to the

fanse or education, no aia not. ieuutt requirtd by law of a county superintenant includ services which are indinMetobo secured in every cour ty outlde of .seeing to tho efficiency 'of the schools. 7nd-r th e st.xtute-', various moneys come to tn s-hoo.l fund wh!cn never wmld fn.j their wav wbero thev bel wg without the interventl n4 ptT-onal vigilance and official au hori-y. The duty of this watchlcg. sleanin. aid savlnjr. i a--si-d to the county Buperlntei.dent. What the saving j

amounts to

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official paper, to which attention is called, in . the Sentinel of this morning. The euro is 52,472 74. This, deducted from th total coet of the superintendency. '($3.002 73), leaves but $10.52)09, which the counties hive paid to this office above what has been brought in by It. Too aggregate expense to tho counties of school examiner under the old law was $32,596 70. or an excels of $21,866 71 in favor of superinteudency. Uut tbe office of examiner was of little value to the schools, the officers were inadequately paid, and in consequence were often persons incompetent for any aervlc to the schools. It is known that Mr. M. B. Hopkins was engaged in collecting the facts embodied hi tbe table, and other facta vindicating his opinions and policy, at the time of bis death. Tbe wnw has been com pleted by his fonand succesaor, Mr. A. C. Hopkins, and is a conclusive argument uon the whole subject of expem-e and eccn-jmv.

I4alslana's Revolution The country was startled Tuesdy by the intelligence of a revolutionary movement in Louisiana, and, in the brief comment whic'i the euddenno-s of tho occurrence permitted the äentmcl to make upon the subject, its. opinions were boldly uttered. Tbe rapidity tn ' of the insurrection and it temporary sue eca have, however, distanced all exnec'ation, and a new and complicated political problem has sprung up in a single night. It is well that, for once, in discussing Southern matters, tbe question of color, tie KOurco of so much prejudice and bigotry, can be laid aside. The issue which has just been decided on the streets of Now Orleans is one involving the rights of man against man, " " . ' J n"""11 iru" people against tjrannj not race 8gm.i race. In such a struggle the sympathies of tho Northern peoplo ought to go with the revolutionise. The only ground for disaproval is tbo popular di'jtru-'t of the enforcement of a right by viol8nt mtans, no matter how much the right itseltisto bo approved. Yet as lelween Kellogg and his associates and the lawfully elected state government, it would t-oein as if no other resource were lft, save the appeal to arms. The policy adopted by the people of the stato to tntrce. their rights, so long in abeyance, was a peculiar one. They organized meeting in the various parishes, ard appointed committees to wait upon the local officials and demand their resignation. Tho re-ques-t was one the compl.ance with which couli not be refused, as tbe men who made it stood rea ly to back their demand wi h violnc. In this way a thorough change in the state government has been goingon tor week". The movement was In the main carefully conducted by the While league, though in some in stances outrage and murder marked its progress, as was the case in Ile) River parish. The great meeting held in New Orleans on Monday organized with tho niore ambitious pcrpose of obtalmng tbe resignation ot the govornor himseK, under duress, and thus completing the revolution. The story of tbe mission of tbe cernmittee and tbe result has been told in the telegraphic columns, and is vivUlvpictnred in tbe report of tbe Chicago Times, published In this morning's Sentinel. The peoplo were evidently araned, disciplined and prepared for a crisljt and when tbey undertook to rescue the state government they in ado abort, sharp and decisive work of it. Tho United States troops looked on consenting, and yesterday the sarrenuer of Kellogg beheld Louisiana virtually in tbe bands of the men who were cbnsen to rule her two years 4go. If it were not lor"th6 complication of ' tbe national government with the afJTdrs of the state, it might now be said that STellogg had stepped down and out, and "that no good man would regret bis departure. But be has been recognized Tor two y, tr!4 by President Grant as. at lea de facto governor, and beforo hisurrendor he had tine to telegraph for aid. Jus, about thehourthat the citizens of New Orleans were retiring to their hornet, and the new governnzent wan organizing everything decently and in order after the departure of the late Incumbents, Gen Grant made proclamation . ordering all inburgents to disperse, and submit themselves to "the laws and constituted authorities of the state' within frvo days. That he had the right to issue Buch ! proclamation, and that it is his duty to en forco it, there can be no doubt, but the qoes' tion comes uji. Who are 'the constituted au tborlties" of IiOuisianaT Kellogg and bis adventurers are goae, and peace reigns n t,e 8tte. Doh it become tbo jutyaf the presideut to depose men who government. Its de facto character was ail tba4 recommended it. Now, that the govern .... .i l meet de jure lias become the gorcrnment de fatto, thall the deposed of ficlate who hate no claim either in fact er law he restored As preliminary to a Icomideratioa of this matter, the Kentinol reproduces a few of the declarations of Matf . Carpenter in regard to the overthrow of the state government of Louisiana when advo eating the report of the Senate committee In volving tue surnect last January. That re port was almost unanimous, Senator. Mor ton alone dissenting. Let ech citizen of Iudiana consider whether a government, estab lishf d by means juslly described as the presldent of the Senate describes these used in the establishment of tbe Kellogg usurpation two years ago, ought to be sot up again by uuiwuowManumuiujf wut-n aa uvi people have hurled it from power. In tbo beginning of his celebrated .speech, tho (irop"rfect) -ynopsi from which we quote reported Mr. Carpenter thu He reviewed at length the condition ofa"alrs In Iy"iilsfma h ihwn by Hie testimony hcljne tec;i;iroVte, ftn! p;ilrl that n pnrt of lii aigument wa dTysnd teUous but afie thishintnai to wash his hands of the whole nfflr. and thejvfor. woull inj- bef .rtihe nntLe muni n V !.,! nu rklnts. Tnt?n, If lil.s r--pabllciin fil'i ds in 'necnamner triOiihi proper lo take It on tl e r tl.ould-r mid mnrcli turman h .ti. prehijuni'lal cainulgu be would bid them Joy. Ho much by way of general criticism. As to

the overthrow of tho covernmcnt bespoke in these terms and his words have since been endorsed by tho Judiciary citumlttee of the House: On th 6-h of December there as uno'her Indlrlal pioceeding whlcti has bad no parallel n this country or In Eng'and. At nlüht this nume Jolee Durell issued an order to reize tbe Hta'e bouse. 'The testimony show. d h ent to his lodT:inK sliout 1 o'clock p.m. an 4 feeling like tl lnnned the order. r-oN.dy hadnppl'ed ror iL Ho wrs not sitting in chambers; not holding conrt, but at hi lodalni? isce l an order to tbe United Htate Marvhal to Kite the state houe. It was iseizd. a com pany of troops put therein, and that company held it for more than s x we. ka. while the farre of organizing the lcgislatore was being enacted and tliee two men, rlnchbacK and Ray, were elected while the Ktatehouse was held by troop. Durell bad not even a pretext tor jurisdiction. A m-re remarkable proceeding than that nf Jtnrell'a court couM not le found anyih-re. btic'i orders w re nerer issutd in nussia" or luikey. By his very act he organized both fcidt-K, pattinK repablicara in and democrats out of the statchoue. He next read a telegram of Collector Casy. to the president, dated lec 6, 187A arinonneing the M-lzure of the stal houie, and set Linn forth that the decree was sweeplntf In its character. There neve was a more truthful comment than that. It was sweeping, and had swept away tbe rights of an ei tire suie. Alout tLo oruii al blunder made by the Prozent in recognizing Kellogg as governor ot the state and maintaining him in his position Mr. Carpentf rwas not less explicit. If Kellojrg's eppeal in tho first placo is fitly characterized In tbe following extract, what mut any petition for re.-toratlon uow bf ? lie next read frrm Keiloeg's rommnnicatjon tlia.domollc violence exlMed lu several parishes which tbe Mate authorities couM not r--prena without reat ezte.Be and b.oodshed, arid calling upon the government t r aid. He wanted to avoid expen e, wanted to iivoid bloodshed and t lien fore called upon the piesliltni. fo. tbe army of the Ui iUd states. Armies did not yu rally quell disturbances wi'hout blood, ed The bogus government of Louisiana now standing a year with Its tir ta and dia nrbaLcef, wa all the lesultof 'henon-acuon of Confcress when It ought to have acted. A new election ought to havo been ordered In the State last tesMon. If there was any force in the f illowlne assertion when it was made totbe United .States Senate, with how much greater force might it now bo urged? There was no case made before the president to authorize him to inter ten . This was acase of domestic violence and the president should know nothing about domestic violence. That was not a case to bring him to bts reet. 1 here mimt be a rase of Insurrection In the state, and Hgaitiat the s tute and the govern men:. Therefore, thcie was n authority fur that proclamation. These extracts, taken at random from an able Hrgumonton the caseot Louisiana when the Congress of the Uni:od States was deliberating uion the propriety of casting out Kellogg and the lejtioo cf political deviis with which the frt.ate was posesed, are appropriate awiid tho complication! that have arisen when tho people of the commonwealth have pertoraied the ask that the national government shirked. It rs well to close the Usatter for the pret-ent with this memorable declaration: "The 'canvass in Louisiana was false, and 'had bcn proved fa)t.o in every court that investigated it; by evfvy man who ever 'examined it; by tie very diau who made 'the canvass. The whole t hing was a Irani."

A fiulRr uishnee Whether that modern institution, the piano, has been a g water blessing than xrnrseto tbo bmnan family, would naake an excellent question for dtbate during the coming winter, in tbe country lyceum. It is, perhaps, 11 the Itter from the fact that it can not be definitely settled. A fur wrangling over the dispute as long as prudence and patience would justify, each disputant would have tho pleasure of retiring with perfect safety within the itr.pregruijSo fortress of his own e pinion. Of cenrfeo, tbe provaiJing doctrine taken by common conbent, as it weie, and without relloct ion, enthrones tbe piano as tbe most iesirabta thing to be found on earth. For who shall dare to vote himself a suipid brute, by disparaging urnsic? Every -Ixxly ie fond of music, or professes to be. :If ono is not susceptible en this point, he is deficient, in tho attributes wbiob. make hitns3ligible to good society. And next to miic, in general, it is obligatory to admire the piano, In particular. Musk; menus the piano forte, and if you don't like that , yeu don't like inuskyatvl needn't rretetid that you do. Cut on this iaestion it is a luxury to baa dark, date heathen. No one can imagine the delightful sensation of freedom that comes with the will to openly curse this unmitigated nuir sauce, who has not tried it. In the first place, It is the most unwieldy, awkward and abomiaab'a piecj of furniture that ever came into ho tue to turn the people out ot doors. To get it into a room, possibly stairs, requires a regiment, and is the most potent agency ia the world, except a stove pipe, to develop latent profanity. When once in, it fills one ide of an ordinary bouse with its uncouth bulk, which is the more unsightly as tbo instrument is valaable, the grand piano being utterly without symmetrical form or comeliness. Then comes the cost. If tbe thing were a living elephaut, it wouldn't eat up more money than this insatiable creature of sound. First ornes the tuner, or piano groom, as necessary as the keeper of Goldsmith Maid, and far more expensive. Iiis skilled service is requisite once a month, or oftener, if the thing is to do special duty. After this "voice crying in the wilderness" follows the musical Messiah to teach, the art of torture at a dollar a lesson, tho lessons being fino out an hmt. lk rill rfviiiirn ahrtnt ttn thousand, aaore or Uns, to qualify Angelina to entertain company, or destroy the pleas ure of a social party with an everlasting din The "curriculum" of lessons, sheet music and HODgs suffice to dissipate a respectable fortune or tie down the" doting parents to unremitting toil in order to pay the hills When pa has paid f)00 fjr the quadrupedal monster in the parlor, if be understands himself, he will dotxsit 11.500 in bank for its support. Then, what does be get in return? The first servico of tbe new acquisition is to disqualify his daughter or daughters for any useful service. Th9 piano Stands on the dividing lino between useful womanbood 8ud genteel belpleasuess. As a rulo the nnuient a girl Bits down upon the piano stool, she becomes thenceforward a quetn to bj served. 0:i that throno sho i lifted leyond the reach of any duty the was made to perform. To thru tn tbe keys takes deli cate fingers, which must be exempt from toif, be she poor or rich. Then combs tht crueltst test ot all, the music. Taere are musicians" in tbe world, barn musicians.

And before th invention of th piano, but few others attempted tbe art. Hut the piano has destroyed tho vital distinction. Thoe who can not play outnumber the musicians a thousand to one.' lint they keep op the noise, ird force their friends to listen and admire. What greater terror short of crucifixion than when jou have called for ten minutes chat with a friend, than to be required to join in a request for the young lady to play a composition that takes more time for tbe performance than you hare to spare, and put's a quietus on everything besides. Think of the music that is played, the interminable, unintelligible, dissonant, unearthly combinations of sound which fashion applauds ax ,4so beautiful." Klessed are the deaf. Then if you want to- sleep, or if you are sick, where can tbo soul find rWt? Under your bedroom, in tbe next apartment, or across tbe way, somewhere wi'hin earshot there is the growling, howling boast. You can't get away from it. In early morn and far into tbe night the infernal din distracts your nerves. Had the piano been in Egypt in the bauds of the Hebrews it would not bave required mere than that single plague to have accomplished the work of ten and saved the loss of the first born. But we have it and can't get rid of it now, not until the fashion changes, for which speed the day.

Tin Karrender, The Louiianst revoltr ion has been a succession cf surprises. The last phase of It is no less a marvel tnan the fierce assault and rapid triumph. McEnery, who has appeared and taken the government into bis hands, has met (lan. Emory in consultation and professed his readiness to obey the proclamation of President Grant, saying that neither he nor bis people had either the ability or the inc'.ination to resist the general government. Simply making a protest against tbe action of the executive in deposing fho lawful government of the state, McEnery surrenders gracefully. In his letter to Eiuory, be makes a strong case against Kellogg, as, indeed, be could not well help doing. The results of this brief and comparatively bloodless revolution may be considered by some as unworthy the loss of lift which t entailed; bat it is clear that tho people of Louisiana havo not moved withont a purpos. They have sought redress patiently under the forms of law for nearly two years. They have allowed thcmdves to be plundered by a usurping government until endurance ceased to bo a virtue. Despairing ot any charge, in view ef the political machinery being in the bands ot a tyrant, they determined to mpbasizs their pretest in such a way that the whole nation would have to consider and uuderstand it. Nothing could better llkjstrate th nature ol the sham government set over them than tbe contemptuous ease with which they set it aside. Tbe style in which tbey behaved during their hour of triumph exhibited their character in a now light. They stood forth as intelligent, brave and law-abiding citizens, able to lling down a usurper, and ready with 4. be fine, old -instinct of the race, to tetcp law and authority in his place. The Springfield republican goes so lar aa to compare them in their forbearance to 'the peopie of Boston alter their famous tea-party. 'In tbelr course in fcamult and in.peace they bave won the respect of the country. Thi3 gain however, was inci '.entäU it is clfar that tbey hoped that when Kellogg was dverthrown tbe legitimate government would be acknowledged by tbe"Cnited States and their emancipation would besocured. Failing in-this hope they have quietly submitted to authority. TLey are too wfce, and it may be added too patriotic, to 'fight the nation. They wi!i not -arn the name of rebels nor t-ully the fair facie they have won by overthrowing the scoundrel who claimed to govern thetn by resistance to power which comes in the norm of law. They have fought under tbo national tfag, and not against it. The result of tbe4r effort has been that they throw upon tbe president tbe awtnl responsibility of placing over the commonwealth of Louisiana, against tbe will of tbe people, a ruler who is neither de' facto nor "do jure governor. They force upon the attention of the country ai.d thevorld the nat uro of tbe hideous sham which fcas been imposed upon tbem under the name of a -repuolican form of govern menteCing tbe-reconstruction peCicy in the tread glare of public opinion, a a vast and fruitless system of political hypocrisy. Tho Kentinel .loes uot think that, notwithstanding Gfeu. Grant's entanglement with Kellepg heretofore, ho ean with any wisdom or justice .hurst back the usurper into power. If Matt Carpenter thought the original recognition of his government an odiuai too great to 43 borne by the party, what will bis restoration under such Cfgravatod circumstances prove? QaallJjr fCannly ffittti. An official inspection of the books and record of Tippecanoe county by Coi. W. II Donahey, and his report to the Board of Commissioners are of more than merely local interest. Tbe statements made are suggestive ot important facts to all tbe counties of Indiaua. Ttje investigation of the Tippecanoe records at tho instance of the commissioners grew out of political matters, not of general oncern and not necessary to be explained. Tbe report of Co!. Donabey is understood to exculpate the oilicers from any "intentional wrong," but it finds that, first, "Funds were received and applied to the credit of one fund which should have been applied to lbe credit of another fund, as: School fund tuition applied to school fund pi inc. pal, tuition funds to the fund Of the conntv: also, the mileage and cerl locates of Jns'lOiS of the peace have been dednc'xl f.om the nnes, wmcn is a cic&r violation oi law. Second; that the tax duplicates ate not made out in conformity with tho statute, a serious andfltgrant delinquency on the pait of an officer. Third; the condition of the common school fund is very unsatisfactory, interest is fornd in default, renewals of mortgage . Pfglcted, snd n onejs which the law requires should be paid to the

treasurer, and none other, received and receipted for by tbe auditor. Four'h; no sworg list offices, unclaimed jury a"d witness fees were found filed in any or tb offices, as required by law to be annually done.snd the moneys paid over to the county treasurer according to said sworn lists. Fifth, where mortgages for school fund loaued had been renewed and the funds ac counted t)T, yet tbe proceedings and accounts were not carried on according to the instructions of the law. Finally, the report closes with this remarkable statement: Hy no means amiable to say that the funds of your county are in a wholesome or uo wholesome condition f am satisfied that it would re3uir lx month of hrd labor to make ont a e ailed s-atement of the Uue condition of thee lunds. What sort of a commentary is this on the competency of the past and present incumbents of the offices of Tippecanoe county? But tho point of startling Importance is a statement at the outset of this official report, and related toward the close, in these words: The most of the i; regularities, misapplication of the funds, falling to rollte. Interest, el c, j And i revulls in ajaige majority ol the -v-nty-two counties I have been In aud I account for It in this way: In p ace of the oflicers following I he la w aa it now is, they Joliow the "foot&teps of their predecessor." Tbe substance of this well considered testimony is, that in a majority of the counties in his State the financial business is not conducted according to the requirements of tbe statutes which aim at the"" careful and certain preservation of the fund?, and that the Incumbents of the county offices are often, if not generally, ineCBe!ent and Incompetent. When it is considered that the bulk of ail the taxes paid and disbursed by such county are county and township taxes that considerable sums reach tbe treasury and school fund from the courts and licences, it is obvious tbat the chief valne of an officer, outside of his integrity, lies in his education and business capacity. Political affiliations, whom a man voted for in the presidential election, what his theory of national finance is, are all of little practical importance compared with the business head which he wears on his shoulders. If he is not a competent scholar, and at the same time is a litt 1 loose in tho handle as to honesty, it he is one of tbesa on whom office has been conferred as a reward for foreome political service, with the tacit understanding tht he is to imko h:s "pile" in a term or two, who can doubt where these unrecorded and. mixed moneys, licenses, fines, and unclaimed fees will go? Where

have they been going for twenty years, the period over which Col. Dmahey traced some ot the errors which be found? There is a lesson hre about the telection ot ofHoers worthy of consideration. And when an honest vnd competent t fficei has once woll learned the law and bis duties under it, a question ot no triflng moment will necessarily arise about tbe soundness of the "one term princi pie." If the officer is restricted to.ono term it compels the continual. CO of clerks and deputies moro than one term, and devolves all responsibility on BubcTdi nates, snaking tbem, as they often rare, of far more importance to tbe people than tbe cbif officer himself. There is not rnvcb good sense in changing a tried and proved servant for a green band, in order to subserve individual party iuteiest at the people's expense though the vice of the times is rendering unworthy officials jferpetuaL These and other valvable inferences areuggested by the facts above presented. .a Fall IKver, tbe scene of the dreadful disas:or described in the telegraph, is one of tbe most prosperous manufacturing towns in tbe country. We ondcne the following description of It, as of interot at this jurc turcylt is situated on Mount Hope bay. an inlet of Narragansctt, at the mouth of the Taunton river, forty-five miles southwest of Boston. ' It takes its name from a small stream called Fall creek, tbat rises in some ponds about two miles back from tbe bay and fljws into the Taunton river, with a descent of 130 feet in less tbau half a mile. Along its banks great mills have been tml.t, which originally ran by water power, but are now mostly driven by steam. Tbe main manufacture is "that of cotton goods and FalhKiver employs more spindles than any town in the United States. There are thirtyfour corporations with fifty-one mills containing 13,521 looms, I,2ü9,788 spindles and 15,145 operatives and producing 331,S75,000 yards annually. The capital employed is $14,870,-000 and the monthly wages of hands amounts to 192,250. With such a flourishing industry it is easy to conceive that every other kind of prosperous activity has been added. The railroa J connections are abundant and there is communication with New York by a line of steamers. Banks, churches, schools nd libraries are numerous and ilourishiug. The city is built on high ground fcad Is ssld to be remarkably neat and well governed. It contained at the last eansus, 26,766 inhabitants. Upon such a rich and happy community the calamity of Saturday will fall with mournful effect. As to the causes of the disas:er It is impossible to say at the present wri'frrwhether tbe loss of life that has t3en can be attributed, as in the Mill River cae to the greed and recklessness of any corpo ration, the Ignorance of any architect, or the dishonesty of any contractor. The points tbat suggest themselves for explanation are these: How could the fire have broken out so early in the day? W as the alarm promptly given? Were the lira escapes prop erly placed and In proper condition? Were any of those cnildron who are dear'HKrfvl na rnnnlncirnnml tn nnnt.il1 1 1 tem)r of guch an tbM 8boud been at home gcttiog ready for school in stead, of engaged in factory work? From the indications given in tbe different narratives, it would seem tbat tbe firo must bave broken out very close to 7 o'clock, It deed, ons dispatch designates that hour. Were the operatives working over time? The whole affair will undergo sharp criticism txom observers tbat will bave no interest in screening those at fulf, and there will soon bn abundance of denunciation out of which tbe public will be able to fceltct the just censure. J

"THE DARK AND BLOuDY (MID,"

ILL-FATED LOUISIANA. HEB PAST, PRESENT, 1KD PUTÜHE.. SENATOR MORTON SPEAKS. HIS AODRFSS AT MASONIC HALL LAST KIG XfT THE SITUATION RKVIEWED WHAT Ii X THIMKS.OF RKOONSTRCCTIOJC Ix THK SOUTH. Masonic 1111 was full to overflowing lat night, the occasion being the speech of Senator O. P. Morton. Aa a neceeaary accompaniment, music by a cornet baud and pyrotechnics were abundant on the occasion" At about 8 o'clock Senator Morton entered tbe hall, ascecd-d the platform and wmh received by a round of applause by the audience. Soon after he was briefly introduced by Gov. Bkf r.and spoke as follows: FELi-ow-' mzENs-I bave spoken fr:m tM staee a numlxrof Trees within th- last twelve vcars, but seldom undt-r circum Vance . o' n:ore Imporlance thau o-night. A ll 1 qui.t to-m.-ht. LidT hH been restored, the leaders of tie bloody insuteauts in Se-w OrU-n h, dered the otlirpa they held forafrw brief horrs. u.,0. uu compliment, with ien. Kmory. have washed Ib.- b oou orTof their handa. put cm iheir gloves and Roue home to dluu- r. 1 he pretended Meut,Jov. Penn telegraphed to U n. Oraut on Monday, before the d d had bw a tund, and before the wouud of the wouuded bad Deen dressed, tht all was Qnsrr is new Orleans. The authority at Shreveport te'egraphed that all wasqule. in Northern Louisiana that waaso, I suppose, at that time. Tboe that had been mutdered at Coushatta . some three wocka before were certainly making no co:n; about It; tho e who had been driven into exi: were n t h-ard from; and t hose who were trerab.ingfrom day today aud from uiaht to nUht were mäkln nodi.turbance. WV were told bv tiov. Heudiick the othrr night that the iytem nfrecooatrucion oftberebet State was a Uilu e, .nd thai the principles of ihHtsvi,temwero ewa ntlally falne. U-coustruction i not a lailure. it has bcn delayed and rtarded. not by lis Menrta, but by Its enemies; by the who have aouKhtfrora the nr-tto defeat it; by those who have none eveiythlns toobsiruct ll. Theracrderers ai d d-f.peiadoen pointed to their own dedof hlood aeviunce t at the ctem of rwconNtructlou 1 a fadu e. As w 11 might we be told that the CKIM1S THAT ARB COMMmTD in our midst from day to day are evidence that our criminal laws in Indiana are a faüurv. Whence cornea the opposition to reconntruciion In the hOuth? It comes from those wh i believe that slavery ought not to be abolished; from those who believe tbat the colored men hoa!d have n voice in the governmenthoulii cot enjoy civil or pnii'ical rights, but atiould be reduced back to a aiaie of rootwe, a. nearly a po Bible to t e condition of slavery betöre the war. It comes from them. The northern doni.ioracy l ave a laree reniotitibliity Id Una connection It miiai bo said ihJUU ey have done everything in their power to deimt reconstruction. They have denounced the pIiiClp! of it nom the beginning. In their na lonal convention Id ikK ;hey fcald to th South that thoHe i- were null and void recauK they were unconstitutional ami ft can not or one morueLt be denied that the camera people have been encouraged by iheir reKiHtanoo to i he recoDHi ruction law; by the attitude and conduct of the dm rratlc partv of the North. Tbe white leagues of the south ihat to-day constitute the democracy of the South the opposition party of lha south they have hnt a olngie idea, ihey are armed nranlE-itiono. Their s ngletdea is that this governme t should be controlled, both In tbe State and nation, by wbi'e i en excluKlvely ; that eolore men have n. right lo participate in It; hat they bave o civil or political right tbat white men a: bound to respect. Tueyknowof BCT ONK ISTINCTIOJJ, and that ia what they call the colored line. All white men aie urged, because they are white, to belong to that party. And we are told by men In the South, who understand the South, that we sha!l bave no peace there so long as colored inn have the right to vole. It Ii not because of the civil rights bill or of a mere pretext. It goea back to the Kart!nj point. Tbey tell ks there can be no reconduction to long a tho colored men are allowed to have civil and po ltleal rights, and :hut Is th broad li-sue to-day. The plan of reconat ruction la based upon republican principles In their broadest aud widert senne, npou tho principles nf equal justice to all. 'lue fourteenth' amendment excluded ce.tain persona fron holding otBc:;tlat ia to any, thoKe who had once, tauen an tilth to observe ih constitution o the United states In some otSce and had committed perjury by OOINO INTO THK BEBI-LLIoy. We provided in the fourteenth amendment tbat au h persons should not betllgible to hold office either In or under tho State or national government. Hut e have, by repealed act of Congress, so far reduced the disabilities madeby that amendment that there are not now in all the Southern states one hundred im n wh are not legibl to hold office; thai no f:r a disabilities on account or the rebellion are coucen cd, tbey hav ben rmiovtd except 8 to a merehandfull. We are told that tt, la is a whiteman m government; t nat It is not a government ot principles: that it is not founded upon immutable principles of Justice and of liberty; but that it is a government ot relor; aad they Invite all men to J in them In the South. They aafc the question, whether of rep .biirans or-demcH-rac, if they recoguize that principle that thin la a w bitu man'a government, that colored mtn have no natural rlght,and that there la a broad dtsiluction tbat must exist la every government through all lime, and that Is the dh-Unction or color. There bat been a recunt outburst of murder In the South within tfce lat two months. I might top to inqu re what la the cauaeof thla new development, this uow OUTPOURING OF BLOOP. It Is largely caused by a misapprehension. Tbeyhave deluded them selves Into tbe belief down there, that the president was on their :de. They have talked about the third term, and thev bave stated Ihat he Would veto the civil rights bill, that be had interfered ia their state, in Texas and Arkansas Thev have deluded themselves iuto the belief that he s on iheir side and tns they went forward believing that tbe power of this government would not be agnin lunictid to protect the State governments iu the South, and lUe, liberty aud property. In that they were mistaken. Appiause.l The president has dee ared bis purpose, has said he would tm. the whole power of the government to protect I Nrir itr.. erty, and to suppress thesejdlsoiders. Thiaou.burst of murder ex'endj thronih the eutlie south. Kvery diy the mall (0;oe to yoo und the dtupatchea come to you, giving nocounts ; ewmuruet, wrongs aud outra withont ;iuiulxr. I have no time or the strength to enumerate t nem, but can only rtler to them in grneral. ard point out peihaps a few. I will commence first, with the Stte ot Alabama. Alabama 1 tbe cne of murder day after Cay. Ther-H is no safety for the 11 f of a republican In Alabama, be he white or black But these crimes fall chiefly c n the colored people; they are hunted like squirrels: men go (tunning for thorn. Wbn thev are murdered in g u pa of a dozen, or in crowd you hear of it, but THE 80LITART MURDER, kllllDg.&hooting In the lonely field and In the forest, the public bear but little about that. 1 Just read a letter to-day, written by Charles nay, a member of Congress from the State of Alabama. lie lepresentatbe lareut renubllean dintiict in that Bta e. 11 U a r.tt.. born Alabamian, was the largest fclava holder but one in that Sla'e befor tiA commanded a confederate nglrat nt nuilng th war, but aiUr ihe war. IWnit a man rr.n J2 . cepted the situation uud rebolv.d to i aeocKi citizen of the Cnited H;ate AppUnw.l lU) haa tieen livl onifiei. now for i.v..i . 1 i.l iatoday " j-. AN KIILK from hli native State, dar m ... . ' fc ml he district he represents. In tht letter Just polished by t ol. Hsvp, th.re are many thirds Hal 1 und like io lead, but I U,e ,,in,e; bul 1 -call anei.tiouto iwo or tt re. Ilteie the terror - ,.1 Passage fr. tu i the letter, wbk-i, ha lreaiy bT en puo.biieu.J He then couiiuum: l initht read

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