Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 26, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1876 — Page 2

THE IXDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 187G.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IX WHO K1IAIA COUNT THE VOTE? Who shall count the vote? is the question now 90 often asked. Tbc real and important inq&iry is. Who shall decide tlic questions that arise during the progren of the count?" If two or more returns, with tho same or duTerent authentications, come np. who shall decide between them? If the ri.-ht f a Mate to vote, or the legality of her vote because of irregularity or fraud questioned, who shall decide it? Sueu questions hare at all tirii.- bei n decided by the two houses of ronres.-, both exercising equal lower. In lviT, in the case of Wisconsin; in lfcG.3, in the c a.se of the states in rebellion; in in the cae rf Louisiana, and in 1872, also in the rase of Louisiana, the two houses, without question, claimed and exercised the right of decision. Now it is claimed that the president of the senate shall, without appeal, pass upon all such questions. If it had been intended to clothe him with such extraordinary power, would it not have been done in express language? He is required to open the votes. His powers stop with that act. The votes shall then be counted. By whom? It is not declared. The two houses as organised bodies are to be present. The power to count and lo decide questions that grow out of the count is to be implied in favor of the house and senate, because that is in harmony with the provisions of the constitution for

the election of president aud vice president, j Th."y are not elected by the states alone, j nor by the people of the states alone. In the electoral cc liege both the states and the people are represented. There is one elector for each senator, and one elector for ' each member of the hooe. Then in the count of the votes, and in til; decision cf all questions that arise, is it not in harmony that the senate and the house ."hall not only be present, but also judge andt decide? Indiana ha.s two senatorial aud thirteen representative electors. Is it not then in hapnony that the thirteen representative shall control the count equally with the two senators? Shall the language of the constitution be strained in order to confer this great power upon ore man." It has not heretofore been so and the proposition at this time excites suspicion. The question arose in 1MV. Congress passed a joint resolution declaring that, becaue of the relellion, no valid election had Leen held in certain naiued states, and that s'ih states were not entitled to representation in the electoral college, and that no electoral votes should be received or counted from said states at the owning and counting of the vote? then about to take place. That joint resolution was prevented to Mr. Lincoln for hi.s approval and signature. Ife signed it, but accompanied the act with the following rueeesae: Toth Honorable, the Senate and House of 1 tep r- n tat: von : Tbe joint resolution entitled : "Joint resolution declaring certain Mates not entitled to representation in the elector 1 collei;e,M has i-en sinned by tlie executive iu deference to the views of congress linolieU iu its pu-sMie ;;id presentation to hliu. In his own views', h.ueer. the two houses of congress, coin ened under the twelfth article of tlie constitution, Iihvc romr-tete power to exclude from coonün all electoral votes deemed by them to be illegal ; and HLs not competent for the executive to l-feat or obstruct that power by a veto, a would le. tbe eae If bis action were at all etxntial in this matter. He disclaim ail right of tb executive to Interfere in any w ay In the matter of caiiva.slug or counting eleetral vot and lie alo disclaims that, by i.rniii said resolution, he has expressed any opinion on the recitals of the preamble, or : judgment of his own upon the subject of t lie resolution. AHKAIIAM Linul.. Executive Mansion, Feb. 8, 1st. This message is found in Congressional Globe, part 1, Cd sess. 38th congress, p. 63. That resolution was introduced by Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, the chairman of the judiciary committee, and one of the republican leader of the house. It was introduced prior to the adoption of the 22d joint rule, but was signcsl by Sir; Lincoln after that rule had been ' adopted.'. The resolution aooerted and exercised the power on the part of congress of deciding, what votes should be received and what'' votes should not be received and counted, By signing toe resolution, Mr. Lincoln recognized that power, but i:i his message he expressed his disapproval of the manner in which it was exercised. He thought the decision should not be made by a resolution requiring the president's signature, but by the two houses when met to count the votes. Ife did not believe that the 22d joint rule conferred the power, but that it was conferred by the 12th article of the constitution. He sayB that "in his view, however, the two houses 'of congress, convened under the twelfth article of the constitution, have complete 'power to exclude from counting all electoral 'votes deemed by them to be illegal." The power is conferred by the constitution; it is in the two houses of congress, to be exercised when convened under the 12th article, and includes the right to control the count by excluding votes. A stronger statement of the equal rights of the two bouses can not be found. None but a bad purpose can require an abandonment of the uniform practice, the rejection of such high authority aud the vesting such great power in the hands of one man. It is the "one 'man riower," in defiance of the constitution, to accomplish corrupt party ends that can not otherwise be attained. THE CALL Or THE DEM OCItATIC NT ATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. In this morning's Sentinel will be found one of the most important addresses issued during the centennial year. The state central committee, speaking for the united democracy of the state as well as for a large number of republicans, tells the people of the country how Indianastands in this momentous crisis. Our forefathers at Mecklenburg and at Philadelphia, in obedience to the pub-

govern America, end our central committee, as the organ of a great party, and in accordance with the will of a free people, has resolved that presidents should not be elected by corrupt returning boards, but by the ballots of legal voters. If the choice of the people can be abrogated oy dishorest men sitting as returning boards then are elections a sham and a cheat, and the people should no longer be deceived by being permitted to participate in them. If their results are to be set aside at the ip.-e dixit of the Wcllscs and the Andersons at the bidding of Morton, Chandler and ("rant, backed uf and sustained by the federal army, then in God's name let us have no more of them, but humbly bend our necks and receive the yokes of our masters. The central committee asserts that Tilden and Hendricks have been elected president and vice president, and that a people who are strong enough to elect a president are powerful enough to place him in office. This is true, and if those who were elected to these offices in November arc not inaugurated in March it will be because the

men who cast the ballots which elected them are cravens and coward-. The radical leaders believe that rather than incur the difficulties necessary to maintain their rihgts the people will sink their manhood and uncomplainingly receive whatever these leaders may place upon them. These leaders came into power amid the throes of civil war and believe the army and the navy are proper instruments to use in governing a free , j , . . j - - i - - - - j not forgotten that which they learned in four years of war, and they tili think that the people will submit to be governed as they were during our mil strife. In this they are mistaken, as they will discover ere long. In the language of the central committee, the army must not be used to elect presidents, nor to prevent these duly elected from being inaugurated. The people are above the army, for they are the sovereigns of the country and have the right to make and unmake armies. Those who elected Tilden and Hendricks by a popular majority of 300,000 and a respectable majority of the electoral vote, had it been east as it was chosen, w ill not consent that the army shall be used to nullify and make void their sovereign will. The American people have often been warned of the danger of a standing army, and if it can be surcessfuily used to make a president of one who had been defeated by the people, the warnings of these patriotic men have indeed been in vain. It fitly becomes Indiana, the home of Thomas A. Hendricks, to lead off in a matter of such momentous imjortance as that of determining whether fraud or the people shall make our presidents. Her gallant democracy in October carried the ring of economy and reform triumphantly through the campaign, and thus opened up the way for the election of Tilden and Hendricks in November. On the 8th of January that day memorable in the annals of our coun try this same democracy will meet here at the capital, and its resolves and utterances will be sueh aa w ill open up the way for the inauguration in March of the men w hom the people elected in November. -THE NORTH I.KX DEMOCRACY AXD THE CRISIS. A day or two since we commented at soiuc length upon a proposition embodied in a Courier-Journal editorial article, the pur port of which was to inaugurate Mr. Tilden president and Mr. Wheeler vice president The Courier-Journal applauded the motive that prompted the proposition, but declined to pass upon its "merits." If the proposition had "merit" the democratic readers of the Courier-Journal failed to discover them and at once sent in their remonstrances. After the reception of these remonstrances the Courier-Journal modified its applause somewhat and gave utterance to brave words. In yesterday's issue a writer over the letter "J" comes to the rescue of the Courier-Journal. He says: I am surprised to find In yesterday's Indianapolis Sentinel an editorial reflecting somewhat severely upon the position recently taken by your paper as to the course that should be uursued by the democratic party upon the allabsorbing question of the hour, the late presidential election. While my eye did not fall upon your first article to w hich the editor of the Sentinel takes exception, there was certainly nothing lu the second to which the most advanced fighting democrat of Indiana (of which, from the tone of the Sentinel, there is noue more so than its editor) could object. The writer admits his ignorance of what he attempts to discuss, and as a consequence makes an exceedingly limping defense of his organ. "J" ij not only ignorant of the proposition that the Courier-Journal published, the motive of which Mr. Watterson applauded, but he stems to be equally oblivious of the fact that democrats promptly sent in their remonstrances. Nor is this the sum total of "J's" ignorance, for he insinuatingly misrepresents the Sentinel. The Sentinel has had very little to say about war and fighting. We are by no means unmindful of the fact that the infernal radical crew, w ho have robbed the democratic party of a declared victory in those states by frauds and military usurpation, contemplates other measures still more Infamous to retain power in the hands of he radical party. Wc have not failed to note tire warlike preparations that Grant is making, nor the supreme satisfaction exhibited by radical leaders when speaking of the military appliances at their command to force people to yield up their rights and their liberties. We are willing to admit the possibility of war. The radical leaders are laboring under the delusion that millions of freemen will submit to the decrees of re turning boards without a struggle if not without a protest From this, however, they will awake in due time. The democratic party and men of all parties who abhor fraud and military despotism are now deliberating. Their cause is sustain ed by law, constitutions and justice; their righta will be asserted in the popular assem Vi5cLth'; peomV, where, if any where,

the proverb vozpopvU rr dri applies, they will be brought before the highest judicial tribunals of the land, and be subjected to constitutional tests; they will be asserted in the halls of state and rational legislation, and if, with all the.se earnest labors, justice is still denied, and radical conspirators and returning board perjured pimps still contemplate the subjugation'of a free people, there will be another appeal. This is the platform upon which the Sentinel stands with the approval of every democrat in Indiana. Unlike the Courier-Journal, the Sentinel does not applaud the proposition to inaugurate Mr. Tilden and Mr. Wheeler. It does not propose to sell out for patronage. The principles involved in this contest arc as sacred as the liberties of the people, and there is no price for w hich the Sentinel would barter them. In our comment upon the Courier-Journal's article we were quite as generous as "J" in our approval of the brave words it contained, for which we found tpace. The difficulty with Mr. Watterson seems to Lave been that, omitting his bugle blast at the right time, he concluded to yield for what he

was pleased to can a -nan victory, ' out w hich in fact was a most humiliating surrender. ''J' cheers up the Courier-Journal as follows: In that article 3-011 expressly Mated that so far us- the democracy of tlie south were coneerned. they were entirely willing to leave the settlement of our present difficulties to their brethren of the north, and that whateverthey their wisdom should conclude to do wuld meet with tlie cordial Indorsement of their southern allies. You even went so far as to say that if the democracy of the north should deem It necessary to fight for their rights, they eouiddraw on Kentucky for one hundred thousand brave hearts and strong arms, with the assurance that the draft would be promptly accepted. 'J" would do well to reinem well from Uer that it was from this very hundred thousand brave hearts and strong anus that the remonstrances came to notifv Mr. Watterson that the inauguiation of Tilden and Wheeler was not the democratic policy. If the Courier-Journal changes its tone in this regard and ceases its applause of the motive that prompts such propositions, it will find the rientinel marching with it thoulder to .shoulder, no matter what the ordeal may be. AVe find room for the follow ing closing paragraphs of '"JV communication: The Sentinel says "When Indiana seaks, the democrat of Kentucky and other states will learn that the democrats of Indiana are not unmindful of their rights or unappneiutive of their literties." Well, this is all rislit, but why don't Indiana aud other stat'-M of the north speak? What are they waiting for? The south, from the very position that she occupies, can not speak. To do so would be to injure the cause of the democracy throughout the entire land, and she now stands anxiously waiting for the north to lead that she may follow whatever course may be thought lesl calculated to advance the interest of the. democratic jarty, and thereby promote the interest of ttie country at large. Action is what the democracy of tlie south wishes action on the part of her northern brethren. It la not necessury to wait until a convention of the party can te called to pxpitM their sentiment in regard to the recent outrages which have been practiced by the administration. Let there be meetings of the people in every township, city, town and village in the north, mo that when conventions are held, those bodies will know In advance what are the entinicnt of tlie people upon the great question w hich Ls now agitating the entin mind of the country. Thiw is the people's government, and it is their right and duty to declare their seutiment.s uion ah subjects relating to their prosperity aud welfare iu irimary meetings, so that w lieu conventions are colled they can act advisedly In regard to their wishes. I-t the Sentinel call upon the democracy ot 'Indiana to meet at once in every portion of her borders to give utterance to their detestation of the recent course of the aduiislratlon, and there will be no want of a cordial indorsement In Kentucky and other southern states of any course that maybe pursued in the north, which has for ita object the ratifi cation of the will of the eople as expressed at tlie polls in the election of ltideu anu Hendricks. The Sentinel has not failed to call upon the democracy, and the democracy will meet in council on the 8th day of January next, and w e fail to see any reason why the democracy of Kentucky may not also make the day still more meruoablc by holding a state mast meeting. HAXrS MESSAUE. The sending of United States troops to Petersburg, Virginia, discloses tlie way the elections were managed in the interest of tlw radical party. If the facts, aa they are brought to light, do not make the cheeks of every freeman in the land burn with indignation then indeed have the people of this republic reached .unmeasured depths of slavish degradation. Grant's message is imperious, and Sherman's communication is distilled impudence. For an apprehended breach of the peace in a sovreign state, Sherman forthwith sends United States troops with loaded mu?kets to commit murder in the intereat of the radical party. It was in this way that Grant and Zach Chandler and the managers generally plotted to elect Hayes, and that V. T. Sjherman, who ought to be at once kicked out of the serv ice, gave his approval and the aid of his official authority. It is the opinion of a wn'ter In the iSehool bulletin that "the greatest difiiculty against which teachers of the natural sciences have to contend, is the wretched habitaof study the pupils bring with them from the lower schools. It is the writer's practice to devote considerable time at the beginning of these courses to the formation of correct habits of thought. It cannot be done altogether in the class room. An hour spent with a pupil over a lesson will be of tar greater value than a proportional time at the lecture or recitation. They are taught to study with the understanding; to grasp the leadin? ideas upon which the whole lesson depends; and to bring the whole into nnihe form. In the class room considerable time is given to making abstracts, or skeletons of topics, and to the analvsis of subiects Into their parts. And, finally, the pupils are not allowed to lose sight of the fact that the narrow view of these subjects obtained' in a short normal school course is valuable cnieny as a lounaa tion for future study and reading." Chicago Times: Mr. Casanave, of the Lou isiana returning board, keeps a gin shop, and John Sherman's report describes him as one "who has long conducted a, prosperous and respectable business in the city of New Orleans." Never bo prosperous as when the 1 gentleman from Ohio and his pals went down

ATTENTION", DE3I0CKATS!

Au Important Mcetlngof the Slate Central Committee Yesterday. TH SITUATION C0N3ID ! 0. Democrats from All Parts of the State Meet, Exchange Opinions, and Agree h at S TII.IKX MIST ItK lMtKNIDKNT, Ilnvinc Ilren Fulrly Elected to the Office A Musi .Moellnic ot Indiann IeniocrHti Called to liter tlic l'eil'N Dr man!. I'urmant to a call, the democratic state central committee met at the state hou.se in the city of Indianapolis, Wednesday, December 13, 1870, at 10 o'clock a. m. Present, the chairman and secretary, and the following members of the committee: First district, T. B. ilvrnes. Second district. C. F. Taylor. Third district, John D. l.yle. Fourth district, C. I Jeweit. Fifth district, . 1 Sixth district, Alonzo Blair. Seventh district, James M. Myers. Kighth district, John T. Scott. Ninth district, M. I. Manson. Tenth district, II. K. Wadsworth. Kleventh district, 1). 1. Dykemati. Twelfth district, . Thirteenth district, I.aiorte Ileefner. N. V. Johnson presented the proxy of S. S. Ilarrall of the Fifth district, and A. N. Martin of W. J. Craig, of the Twelfth district. On motion, the proxies were accepted. The chairman directed the communications in the hands of the secretary to be read, which was done. At the request of the chair, tlie Hon. George W. Julian made a brief address pertinent to the present olitical questions, and the condition of things as he witnessed them in Louisiana, after which the various members of the committee were called upon for an expression of opinion relative to the calling of a srtate convention to take action upon the presidential Kituation. The unanimous sentiment was that a .suite convention should be held at an early day for that purpose. Un motion of John l. Scott, 1-sq., the fol lowing resolution was unanimously adopted: hcreas. It is alwavs proper and desirable in a free government that the voice of the jeople .should be heard in relation to public atl'airs, and in times f imminent danger it is sometimes necessary that the attempted usurpation of men in power should hear the voice of the source of all lower in govern ment; and, Whereas. Ve believe there has arisen a great necessity for the will of the people tobe icard in the only ultimate way left for freemen to express themselves, that is in their right of peaceably assembling and giving expression to their views upon the important events now transpiring in relation to the late election for president and vice president of the UuitedStutes; therefore, llesolved, lhat the people of the state of Indiana, without reference to paat party or lHjlitical opinions, do, on the 2öd day cf Itece tuber, lsTG, assemble iu the county seats of each county for the purpose of tnvinir expression to their opinion of public allairs. and also that they do at such meeting appoint ueicjraiea goou ana irue men oiueir respective counties to meet in the city of Indianapolis on the hth day of January, is. 7, to take into consideration the fctatc of public affairs, and to take such action as will secure the full execution of the constitution and laws of the country, and the preservation of constitutional government, based on the superiority of law over brute fcrce in the administration of public affairs. Un motion ol .Mr. jewctt, the loiiowing resolution was adopted: Kesolvcd, That a sub-committee of three le a"piointed by the chair to prepare an ad dress to the people ol the state, reciting the gravity of the political bit tuition, and including such call, to report at 3 o'clock. The chair appointed as such committee Messrs. Jewett, Dykeman and Scott. On motion, the committee adjourned until 3 o'clock p. m. Aflernoou ttetmlon. At 3 o'clock p. m. the chair called the meeting to order. Theomraittee heretofore appointed for the purpose submitted the follow ing through their chairman. Mr. Jewett: To the Democratic State Central Committee: Gentlemen The sub-committee appointed by this body for the purpose of submitting tö the central committee a call to be made to the people of the state, respectfully beg leave to submit the following draft of a suitable statement, which we herewith submit for your consideration. C. L. .Ikwett, D. D. Dvkemvv, ' Jonx T. Scott. AX ADDRESS. To the Peoplo of Indiana: At a- meetins; of the democratic central committee held this day it was unanimously resolved that meetings of the people of the several counties of the state be held at the county stats on Saturday. December 'Si, 176. for the purjiose of considering the present condition of public affairs, and of giving proper expression to their views and for the further purpose of appointing delegates to a state convention to be held at the city of Indianapolis Monday, January 8, 1S77. In calling ujon the people to respond to the action of the committee, it is proper to state the occasion which was deemed sutlicient to authorize and require iL Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks hae been elected respectively to the offices of president and vice president of the United States. This election has been in accordance with the constitution and laws of our country, and by the expressed will of a majority, exceeding one-quarter of a million of . the voters of the United States. This action was upon an issue distinctly made before the people of economy and reform in all the affairs of government: the maintenance of the constitution and the laws; fair play and honesty, and the highest interests of the people unite in the demand that they diall be inaugurated in pursnance of their election. This is known not only to democrats, but to republicans. All citizens who voted for them demand their inauguration as a right, and all who voted aguinst them owe it as a duty. American honor requires it; the stability of our institution demand it. There ia now a combination very formidable and reckless to prevent the legal results of the election and to Elace men in the high offices who have not een elected to them, and thereby to defeat the changes and reform w hich all classes of society aud all the great industrial ami commercial interests of the country so much require. Tbey have resorted to returning boards, party machinery heretofore unknown in national politics, powerless for good but pregnant with evil; tbey threaten to depart from the established usage in counting the electoral vote by withholding from the people's representatives their constitutional prerogative, of participating in ! the decision of all questions that may ariao.

in the progress of the count, and by clothing one man with the power of allowing and of excluding votes, and thereby controlling the presidential election. The purposes of this dangerous conspiracy must be defeated; the right as declared at the ballot-box must be respected and maintained. As was said of Mr. Lincoln's election, the people that are strong enough to elect a president are powerful enough to place hira in his oOice. Our army must not be used to place either governors or presidents in office w ho have not been elected. The purpose of the aggressive and ambitious leaders which you must defeat i3 usurpation, it is revolution. Its accomplishments will disturb the foundation of our institutions and endanger the cause of free government itself. We can not maintain ouHnstitutions if the people allow their choice and will, as expressed in pursuance of law, to be defeated by fraud and force. The committee therefore call upon all the people, without respect to party, who make our country's welfare paramount to every other consideration; all who sav that the vote of the people shall not be defeated by fraud, and all who stand by fair play and honesty, to meet at their count-seats on the day mentioned and to make an expression of the popular judgment that can not be disregarded, even by the most abandoned and reckless enemies of our institutions; and to appoint men as their delegates to the state convention on the 8th of next month who will fearlessly and prudently make such declaration and take such action as will give our state her proper position and influence in maintaining constitutional government and the rights and liberties f the people. On motion of Mr. Blair the address was adopted. Mr. Byrnes moved the representation in the convention be one vote for each one hundred votes cast for Mr. Williams in October, and one vote for each fraction over fifty. Adopted. On motion, tlie secretary was ordered to send copies of the address to the national committee and the chairman of the state committees of the Various states. On motion, a committee of tive was appointed to make all the necessary arrangements for the holding the convention, and also with railroads in regard to half fare. The chair appointed the following gentlemen such committee: Messrs. James M Meyers, General John Love, U. J. Bright, Frank Vade and E. W. McKenna. On motion of Mr. Scott the following resolution was unanimous 3' adopted: Whereas, by request of the national democratic committee, our distinguished fellowcitizen, the Hon. George W. Julian, was an attendant on the returning board of Louisiana, and, as we lelieve, has full knowledge of the actions of said returning board, and having full confidence in the ability and interest of said George W. Julian to give a full and honest account of such action; therefore, be it Resolved, That the chairman of the committee be directed to invite the II'!. George W. Julian to address the convention to bo held in the city-of -Indianapolis on' the Sth day ef Januarj", 177. At the suggestion of the. chair the Hon. IX W. Voorhees was selected to present the legal status of the presidential question to the convention. On motion a committee on finance was unjHjinted as follows: A. H. Brown, B. i'. Shaw, Ebenezer Henderson, I. N. Xaltnerand J. W. lodd. On motion the committee adjourned. M. D. Mankos, Chairman, Keifs MtoKR, Secretary".

FRESH FROM THE CAPITAL. The Political Situation Reviewed by a Correspondent In Washington. THE PKK54IDEXT AND (O.XJREVS. The Impeachment of the Former ! en I'm and the Latter Getting Down to Work A Dewervetl Tribute to the Ion. W. H, llolnian. .Correspondence of the Sentinel. THE PtTUATIO.V. To summarize the political condition of the country is far from being an intricate problem, if we eliminate from our solution of ordinarily grave questions the unimportant and superfluous non-essentials. To perpetuate republican institutions and preserve them in a healthjstate of vitality, the continuance in power of the republican party is absolutely necessary. If, to effect this desirable consummation, the ordinary forms of law, the observance of constitutional provisions and a decent regard for popular sentiment expressed at tlie ballot-box, must be suspended or sujerceded, to much the more is evidenced the vigorous health of our government the cheering outlook of our national progress in civilization and advance meut. T 3 correct and reverse an expression of the popular w ill at the ballot-box the modern invention of state canvassing boards is found convenient, if not necessary. Whether the law under which these patent ballot-box reformers operate has any sanction or warrant in the constitutions of such states as South Carolina, Florida or Louisiana, is a subordinate question of no material consequence, provided, onlj', that the grand result le secured. In the former two states, 'tis true, the canvassing boards are in contempt of the supreme courts of these states, for disobeying the orders of the highest tribunals know-n to their laws, and in South Carolina the enterprising ballot-box mauipulators are incarcerated. But theji a superserviceable appendage of the United States supreme court "is at hand to liberate the martyrs to political rascalit3-. That the patriot, Judge liond, had not the shadow of jurisdiction in the case, is a matter of no moment; provided, alwavs, that thereby tlie inauguration of Hayes and. Wheeler is assured. That the canvassing board of Louisiana was not as full as required by the law of the state is a mere trilling informality, not in the least invalidating their Sroceeding.' And the fact that the prcsientof the board. Wells, is an infamous Bcoundrel and outlaw, not troubled with a conscience and deposed trom the office of governor of Louisiana by that lively statesman, General Sherman, not only does not work to vitiate the acts of the board, but au cvntralrr, serve either to commend to the admiration and support of the loyal party of power and plunder, the grand consummation of determiiiing the result of a presidential election. All hail to returning boards! Hast-, inconsiderate voting a vice inimical to the perpetuity of republican institutions is thus summarily corrected. The amusing feature of the case is, that, tfhereas, the bowels of mirth are moved, exultant joy is excited, and the incense of praise ascends on high in the average adherent of an administration presided over binebriate stupidity-. Lo, when by less unseemlv less illegal less scandalous pro ceedings, Oregon casts one vote in the electoral college lor luden ana iienancij, a national howl ,is raised a howl that would do honor to a Fiji islander exulting over the prof pect of a dainty roast of a human tender loin. When a drop of their own poisoned chalice is homeopathically commended to the lips of tbcec loyal republicans their bowels are

seized with painful retching, as it were, and a grave United States senate, the embodiment of the nation's ignorance, consumes days, spends precious time and waste money in proving the monstrous enormity of oneTilden electoral vote, while 19 stolen votes in the south, under pretended forms of law, suffused a patriotic calm in their demoralized souls, and we are moved to remark what a slight change works a mighty alteration, so to speak. But the crowning glory of the republican Jarty is foreshadowed, in the assumption now taking form, if deemed necessary, of improvising a national canvassing board of one the vice president of the United btatea, the presiding officer of the United atates senate. The cheering and patriotic announcement is made that the officer named is the arbiter of fate in settling the question of the great and gifted Grant's successor. It is devoutly to be hoped that the godless leaders of the forlorn hope will pause before venturing to cross that , Rubicon or any such Togne's run. If the people, regardless of their past condition of political servitude, will remain supinely idle and indifferent to palpable encroachments of ower. unwarranted br law, constitution or precedent, ft will not be difficult to predict that our first and last centennial of American liberty has been celebrated. Let the people rise above party; let them postpone mere party ascendancy to coun-tr-, and hurl from positions of abused power the Catalines of tlie republican leaders before it is too late. 1MPKACUMEXT. The impeachment of the poor remnant of official imbecility now ornamenting the white house was wisely given it3 quietus by Mr. Landers in the house democratic caucus. 'Tis true if Andrew Johnson, late president had given one tenth part of the cause for arraignment before the bar of the senate, that Grant has, he would have been made to evacuate his location summarily. But the nation is becoming schooled in the belief that the weak, imWilo head of the government is a measurably harmless, inspired lunatic, hardly compos, and therefore scarcely resjonsible for bis action, thus enjoying a happy immunity from merited Sunishment. lie will soon ias Into the arksome shadows of private life, leaving the question open, w net her in balancing hisgoodandevildeeds.it would not have been best for his country had he never lived. Let him get Morton to write his obituaryNo farewell address to his countrymen, apologizing for his many and grievous perEonal.official and national sins and retire to appreciative obscurity. The "confederate" house seems to be moving things, attending to business in a manner to commend it one would think even to the praise of the ''hazel ered" gentleman who presides over the Cincinnati Commercial. A NATIONAL LOtSS. The prospective retirement from eongreps of the Hon. V. 8. Holnian is hailed as a God-send by all tlic little and big till tappers of the national trea.sury. from claim agents through all grades of official rascals, down to the lowest menial appendage of power. What an enviable osition he occupies. Through a long, and eventful congressional career not a whimper of a taint of corruption not the shade of a shadow of suspicion on his incorruptible integrity no suddenly acquired fortune to throw a question on his unsullied personal character. In the midst of republican villainies falling around him, as if ' fctruck by the tainted atmosphere of a political simoon, he remains faithful among the faithless, tinemirched, untainted, strengthened by the consciousness of having done his duty, and honored by the compliment of denunciation by all the unpen ten tiaried thieves who are pluckingM L nele Samuel's pocket, and by such subsidized, venal, conscienceless organs as the Journal of your city. That Mr. Holman's place should be filled by a political zero is datttring to the voters of

the I if th Indiana district. Ihe w orld does move backwards, sometimes to get a good start ahead. " Higm c THE WATE AT LABtiE. B. V. McWade i- in Loganort with Hip Van Winkle. An average of $7,000 is being paid out daily in pensions at Fort Wayne. The Indianatate eräuge of patrons of husbandry met at Muncie Tuesday. Professor Lincoln has been appointed to the chair of chemistr- in the Fort Wape medical college. There were 4,453 car loads of coal mined and shipped from Clay county during the month of November. Tlie largest day's work was 200 car loads. Lafayette Dispatch: Indianapolis papers are hotter than a lime kiln on the new state house project. Give us a retst, will you, until the presidency is settled? One thing at a time. Richmond Palladium: There is said to b considerable suffering among the poor of this city more than is dreamed of by those who have steady work and do not know whi.t it is to want for the necessaries of life. Lafayette Dispatch: Major Burke, of the Purdue University farm, is as happy as a lord over the arrival of a blooded bull on the premises, lie has named his tovineship "Bulldozer." No levity, Major, these times. Lafayette Courier: Thomas Fitzgerald, formerly of the Evansvi:Ie, . I'aducah and Southwestern road, has committed suicide. He formerly edited the Catholic Advocate, but had trouble w ith the bi&hop, who refused to recognize his paper. The barn of John Fisher, near Millersburg. Vanderburg countr, was consumed by lire Monday night, together with thirty tona of hay. It is supposed that he had some insurance. The minister's residence, adjoining, was saved with much ditliculty. It Is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. Terre Haute Express: Republican statesmen siiould think twice before they consent to degrade to nothing the powers of the houses of congress representing the people, and elevate the president of the senate to imperial and autocratic authority, in counting the electoral vote. There are rocks ahead in that channel. Fort Wayne Sentinel: Joe Lingle, the good looking and imaginative cuss who cornpiles local news for the Lafayette Courier, perpetrates this: "The mammoth shoes in trout of the Brandon Lewis shoe house, on the public square, do not belong to the Fort Wayne belle as rumored."' Which prompt us to inquire of Joseph how he would like to have a Fort Wayne belle step on him? South Bend Herald: In response to the general wish of an indignant commonwealth who desire to put their emphatic protest against the radical usurpations in tlie south on record, General Manson, chairman of the democratic state central committee, has called a meeting of his committee to-day, who will provide for a grand mass convention at Indianapolis soon. That's it. Action, is what is wanted now. Nicholas Eisert, a respected citizen of Harrison county, who resides near Lanesville, and who is the head of a large family, became insane a few days ago. A commission of lunacv will be held, and the unfortunate man will be sent to the insane asylum,