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ment, r aay amartloa or fatting, ho wvr resentful or bitter, not resuhlag Iu a brew of

mVr Bull turaMa JUMMMMMleH If YiiUV dflM4 that profound yeaue tatM 1h Tax. Vou

meat w well tkmy that urofoHHd ihhmx-

whs In New Vork, rVniisylvanta, Jttarad, California, Ohio and KetitiMtky. where a mm-

Jorlty or the people tirer with a minority OH th4Wti llMHMkM Or tMt profound ptMMMJ exkrt i In the House of Keprtweatatlves, or the Beiiata tit WaahlniftoM, or In the Supreme Court, where nil thean iiucaflikuil 1. .. ..n .. .11.... '

anic mH rtwoaieuiy UIVUH'MOU, IMIU turtle rweeotfully ami patluntly heard.

xm next complain that in parts ut the Htate (Texas) it It) dlffloult to enforce the criminal laws, that sheriffs fall to arreat, that

KlKilvt jufin will II Of. HIWHVS HHllCr, Unit in Home oases iho military action- hi aid of civil

authorities have not been able to execute the

proeeiw or mo courts, tlirtt petit Jurors havo aouultted persons adjudtred guilty by you, end that other persons chawed with olfonaes have broke Jail mid tied from 'iroaeeutloii. I know uot how these things are. Ilut Admitting your

. ci.i.Tn-iiiniiuu iiiuiniiy irnu, ii ior mien leuaoriS I HllOII III Wit aside ttlti civil trllintiulu i.n.l

ordir h military eommiwilon. there Is no place iu the United Brutes where It mlhf. n'it be lone with equal propriety. There in not r

m ie in tint union north or south whore

tholiku fuels are not continually happening-.

i-wnuuiiim is noiioue predicated or man or bis work. No one own reasonably expect curtain end absolute Justice In hiiumn trans

actions, ami ir military power Is to beset in motion on tho principles for which you would Boem to contend, l fear that tt civil Ooveru-

ntent, regulated uy laws, could-havo niauld

inttpiaoe beneath tho circuit or tbo mm. It is lather more than hinted In your letter, that

iui:iuia no local siam uavcrnincnf. in 'rata.

nun uu iuvhiihwd IIUIHIUO Ol IHOHCIS OI UOH'

irroSH Which I OUirlit to nwiiiuit. nnil tfaut r

should undertake to protect tho rights of per-

cuiia iiiu iiivuui (v ill inu mvn wuu uni 1 in un

uruumry iiuiitMr. u such bo your moan tur.

I am compelled to differ wllh von. Aftertha

abolition of Bluvery. (un event which I hone

iu unu iiunr rt'Kruis IBB laws UI MUliaiatia 1II1U Tuvua nvli'll ... ..(.. ... . L. . . ill .

DAilllllM IIr U IUU lUKI.'llJUU, Hllll not

in CillllllCt Willi inn aula nr i:nnirisu. mm

prined m vast aytUem of jurisprudence, both, civil and criminal. It required not volume

oniv, out uoranes to contain them. They mid down nritiolnles mid orucedaiitR for n-

cunainuiff tue niftus Hndaajustlnx'the con tniVOriliUM of men In ni'iirt- intir-ilviilln run

'I hey were the creations of arcHt and irood and

leHnieu men, who am labored in their day tor tnelr kind, and irono iluwn to tho if rave

lima- before our recent trouble, leavlna-

iicii nur Hll lllt'lllIUHIue lOlfrtlT IO 1110 111!

The WliHr, Mm (HvH v

rmmr Jmmo MUmimI WU4t em MnhmI ot

Jtk-rir Mm MiHUruy tin, Ftm Mirt Xmt tk Prhietiite of JimU The "WtMrt KwiHoitl Thtry !MaM4 i-X

J.wrrrM Mm rmic utHMury.

The following letter wkh written to (Governor I'utuw, of Texan, in reply to

one rueivHt by (lOiierKl llaauouk in

1WS, noon after the Utter iwummtKlooffi

imrihI of tho Fifth Military Distriot: HKAIKilf AKTKHHI'IITH MtMTAHV UlHTHIOT, 1 Nkw UKi.KAtM, La., Maroh U, im. f

To His KxoeJUHicy tt. M, l'eae, Oovernor of

IVAWIi HlK Vour eomniunteatlouof the 17th Jaiv

nary lat wan received in due oonnieor mall

ihs,ih juuiiuryj, nut not until it had been

widely circulated by the newniwier pruM. To Mtvh a letter written ami published for nianlfet pu rjMwea it ha been my Intention to renly an tMMiu an lel-mru from more ImiwrtHiit

uuniucmi wiiuiu iiermii, Vour Htatemeut that the nut of Conicrm 'to provide Tor the more cltluleut government or tue rebel mate'' declarwi that whatever Ooverumeut extoted lit Texan wae provisional, that peace and order khouM bo oniorewl, that

uextw anoiiiu oe put or tue nrtn Military DlHtrlet and mihjcolto military power, that the J'nwldent sboiilil appoint an oitleer to coinmaud In Mid district, and detail it force to tinv

tecttho rltthtH of pern and propoity, uppreea itHurreetluu and vloieuue, and piiulKh ottenderH, either by military oomm!tdou or

THrougu incueiion or loeat civil trlbiiuaw, as in hU JudKineut mUbt tteeut' bottt, will uot be dhiputed. One need only read the net to pereelve it cuniulnH kucIi provislciH. Hut liow all thU iHnuppiwed to have made it my duly 1o onler tbo military commlHalon you reiuctel, you have entirely failed to ehow. too power to do a thing, irHhown, and the propriety of doing It, are often very different

maiirrs. x ou ootiorveynu are at u iihm to un

ueiHiauu how a uoveruiuent, witnout repre

rDiiiniKjii in iMiKreH, or u miiiiia torce, aim subject to military power, can be raid to be

in mo lull oxcrchHi or all lta proper powers

xou un ii oi roueci laai una government, ereated or permuted by Centre!, ha alt the powera which tho act iutctuU), and may fully exercuH) them aeconllngly. If you think it

oiiKni 10 uavu moru powers, siiouiii be allowed toHeiui iiiembeM to Congrcw, wield a militia xotce, and oat.cs yet other ihiwuih, your complalut ia not to be preferred against me, but uirmiwt f,iiivf,u uhn ,iii.f1. I, tut., ti iu

A respects tho Icsue between ua.any'mitfr m"n ' Informed, tidnasto what ContrreM ought to have done 2ii!U 5.-fl3J.lU5.t.lL,l.r Hnd iirosonfc

nm no pertinence, vou admit tne net or Con-1 . msuum, uu

gre-HautluirlKCHtnctotrvan otTi-nderbv mil.. ".

ft.i. ......1.. ,1, ..Ii.".. . . . . . . . 7

iibij u.iiiiiiuniiuii, in hiiijw inu ioeai civil in

mining to tr',i i Hhall deem bod, and you eatiuot d my tho act expreenly tccoxnlxea ueh

JocjI cu-il tribunal ait )iual authorities for

too purpoxo ppecinea. when you eonteud

tacroiuo no legui hmhu tribtinali for any puriHiio in Texas you mmt either deny tho plain reading of tho act of t'ongreJ or tho tamer of ConjTuwa to jwns the act. Yon next remark that you dlwent from mv

4iecluratlon "that the country (Toxm) la iu a ataie of profound peaee,' and proceed to atato the kiwimH of your distent. They appear to

mu uuv h iiiuu extraordinary, i tpiiite your words: "It Is true there no longer exit here Texas) any organized redstnnce to the authority of the United State." "Ilut a larife

iiikjo uy ot i no wane population WHopartlel-

jjinii in mo late reoeuion are einuittereii Mgalnn the (bivcrnmem, and yield to It an unwilling otMille ico." NoverthelM. you

concede they dayfeld it obedience, i'ou pro-

WTI. "Xone of this class has any affection for the Government, and very few any respect for it.

uhey regard the lobulation of Congress on tho

woiiject oi rminsinieiion as unconstitutional ami hostile to their Interna, nml inmiicr iiu

Oovcrnment now existing hero under authority of the United Statoi as an UHiiriHitlon of

men hkhui. -iuwy too uKn tne emilicipdtlon of their late slaves and tho disfrauchise-

weiuoi a portion or tneir own olasi as an act

oi insuii ana otpiessiun.'

And thin is all you have to present for proof

nub war nun not pcaco jirevaus in Texas and

aence it uccome my nuiy sm you suppose

in rvi miuii uih iinjtii civn iruiunais, ami enforce the penal code airalnst citizens by means ot military commissions. My dear sir, I am not a lawyer, nor han It

oeen my uusiness, as it may have been yours,

iu Piiiuj- m pnuottopay oi staiecratt anil poi itles. Hut I may lay claim, after an exoerl-

enee of more than halt a lifetime, to some

poor Kimwieojfuoi men, ana some apnreciatlonofwhatis neceesarv to social onler and

happlnea. And for the future of our com

mon country, i could devoutly wish that no great number of our people hiivo yet fallen In

with the views you appear to entertain. Woo

oeioua waeneverit oaiicome lo pms that the power of the magistrate civil or military Is permitted to deal with the mere opinions

ir ii-oiiiors ot me people. . I have been accustomed to bellcva that nrn

lltnents of reseect or dlsresueet. and fwllni

of nffecllon, love or hatred, w long as not de-

veiepeii intoaots in violation or taw, were mat' tcrs wholly beyond the punitory power of hu man tribunate.

I will maintain that the entire freedom of -thought and speech, howe-er acrimoniously Indulgeil. Is consistent with the noblest aspirations of man, attd the happiest condition of

jiin rnco. When a ly, 1 remember to have read a

speech or Iord Chatham, delivered in Parliament. It was during our Itevolutionary War, and related to the policy of employing the

ravages on the s do of llritaln. You may be

more laminar wiih me speeon man l am. ir lata not aieatlv mistaken, his Lord shin de

nounced the British Uovernment-hlsUovem-

ment in tetms or unmeasured bitterness. He haraotcrized its policy a revolting to o'ery aentlment of humanity and religion pro-

oiaimcu it covcreu wua uisgrace, ana vented his eternal abhorrence of It and Its measures. It may, I think, Im safely asserted that a majority of thellritlsh Nation concurred In tho

-views of Jiord Chatham. Ilut whoever auppoed that profound peaee was not existing In ih it Kingdom, or that Government had any authority to ijuestlon the absolute ilgnt of

ine opposition to express their objections to -the propriety of the King's measures in any wonw, or to any extent they pleased? It "would be difficult to show that the opponents of the Government In the days or mo elder Adams, or JelTe son, or Jackson exhibited for It either "affection" or "respect." You aro eonvcrsHtit with the history of our past parties and political struggles touohing legislation on alienage, sedition, the embargo. National Hanks, our warn with Kngland and Mexico, and cannot lo Ignorant of the fact that for one party to a?sert that a law or system ot legislation Is unconstitutional, oppiesstve ami usurpatlve. Is not a new thing in the United States. That the people or Texas o nMdor acts of Congress unconstitutional, oppressive or Insulting to them, la of no consequence to the matter In h;md. The President of the Uniteil States has announced his opinion that these acts of & ingress are unconstitutional. The Supreme Court, as you are aware, not long ago decided unanimously that a certain military oomausslon was unconstitutional. Our people everywhere, in every State, without reference to the side they took during the rebellion, differ as to the eon-dltutlonality of these acta Of Coagrea. now the matter really Is, neither you nor J may dogmatically aiNrin. . If you deem them constitutional laws, and ben ell ola 1 to the country, you not only have the right to publish your opinions, but It might be your bou mien duty as a olttsen to do so. Not less Is it the privilege npd duty of any and every cltlsen. wherever residing, to publish his opinion freely and fearlessly on this and every question which ho thinks concerns his interest. This Is metely in accordance with the principles of our free Gov eminent, and neither you nor I would wish to live tinder any other. It Is time now, at the end of almost two years from tho close of the -war, wo should begin te recollect what manner of people we arc to toierato again free, -popular discussion, and extend some fotbearaneeand consideration to opposing views, The maxims that iu all Intellectual contests truth Is mighty, and must prevail, and that error Is harmless when reason Is left free to omlMrt It, are not only ound, but salutary. Jt Is a poor compliment to the merits of such aeatwe, that Its advocates would silence opposition by force, and generally those only who aro In the wrong wilt resort to this ungenerous means. I am eonndent you will Hot ejimHiltyourserleusjHdfment to the proposition that any amount of discussion, or any ertof opinions, however unwise In your Judg-

munlty ami patriotism of mora than mm N'.

tion, tlmiinm whoso records thoy descond-

t ' piesent peopio or tneso states, i am fattened, from representations of tior.4ons

competent to Judge, they aro as perfect u sys-

jcmui mnnii may uo jounu eiownere. auu

lienor sullen man unv other ut thn mini t on

or this peopio, for by them thoy have low

been governed. Wbv should it in Himn uii

vsuuKiem iih hinmimil'ii incae lawar wny ukimM n ...... I .. I. ... .1 -It ... . -

onuuiu mi wwii in nuuuaa int'inr nioy have committed no triMSon. nor nr linuHIn In

the Unlled States, nor couutenaneecrlme, nor favor Injustice. On them, as on j fimiiilnilim

of rook, reposes almost the entire superstruct-

uruoiBuciaiorueriniuesctwo states. Annul this code of local laws, and there would lie no longer any riht a, either or person or property, hero. AlHilish the local civil tribunals mado to execute them, and vou would vlrtuuiiv un.

mil the laws, except In reference to the very few cases cognizable lu the Federal courts.

iei us ior a moment suppose tho whole local

civil cone annulled, and tnat I am eft as com

munderof the Fifth Mllitarv district, tin-oni

loiimum or ww ana justice. This is the poul' tion In which you would place tne.

I am now to protect all rlghta and redress all

wrongs, now is u posemio tor me to do itr

luuumerabie utiestlons ar e. of which I am

not only IgHorant,but to thosolutlon of which

a mllltarj" court Is entirely unfitted. One

would Crftablbm a will, another a deed or the

question is one or succession, or partnerimlD.

in descent, or trust a suit of cleettnpntur

claim to chattels or the application may re-

mio u rouocry, tneu, arson or munier. now

am 1 to taKe tho nrst steo In unv mich mattxr?

If t turn to the acts or Convreaa I find niwhbnr

uu iHOMuujeti. i uare not open tne authors

un mu i oca i tiMie, tor it nas ceascu to exist. And you tell me that In this perplexing con

dition i atn to liirnisu, uy dint or my own hasty and cmde Judirmont. the ktridittlnn de

manded Uy the vust and manifold interests of

ine neoDlel 1 repeat, sir. that vnu. uml tint

i-onifress, aro reepanslble for the monstrous

suggestion that there aro no local laws or In

stitutions hereto lie resoeeted bv me. nuts Ja

tho acts of Cougres-i. I say unhesitatingly, if It weie possible thut Congress should pas an act abolishing the local codes for Louisiana and Texas which I do not believe and it

should rail to ray lot to supply their places with something ef mv own. I do not see how I

c uld do better than follow the laws In force

tiere prior to the rebellion, exoentlnir what

ever therein sh:tll relate to slavery. I'ower

may destroy the forms, but not thenrlnvlB Im

of justice. These will live In sptio even of

inunmiru. tiistor' tens us taat tse it.iman

panuecta wore lost ror a long period among rubbish that war and revolution had he sped

upon mem, nut at lengta were uug out or the rulns-again to bo reg-anled as a precious

lrvtMuru.

l ou are nleascd to state that "slncn (hn

publication of (my) general order No. W there has been a iierccptlble iiicreaseof crimo

ami inHniiesiaiion ot aostiie teciing towanis , I. t -.t In rtn n 1 I . .1 ..... r,i ,, . . .1 ...I.I

"v v, ,,iiicii niiu cupn,, icis, miu null that it is an "unt)leiaut dutv tnvlveauch a

recitai oi mo condition or tne country.' Vou will permit mo to say that I deem it impossible tho Hrst of these ttatemonts can bo

true, and that I do very lrreatlr doubt the cor

rectness of the second. General order No. 40

was issued at Jew Orleans. November 90. ias7.

and your letter was dated January 17. ISetf.

Allowing time for No. 40 to reach Texas and

necomo generally known, some additional time must have elapsed before Its effect would lie manifested, and yet a. further time mint

transpire before you would tie able to collect evidence of what you term "the condition of I

tne country." Ana yet, after all this, you

wuum biivh iu ihhku i ii u neciwaarv invMiir-

tlons to ascertain If No. 40 or something eke

was tao cause, xno time, therefore, rem h in

line to enable you. before tho 17th or Januarv.

It, to reach a aatlsfaotory conclusion on so

Wmflxm la the 'ax0tH4on of the laws.

aim mh hmwiihw in wpHtcs iwiy would re-

iutr (hi uau ih- aw ii vaer mww it. Tue re are some eoasMeratkm which. It seews U) me, shouM cause you to hesitate 1mlore ImlulgiHglH whol-sdo eenfures against

im uivn NiiiMoniie ih ifixas. vou are your-

tnril iww VMH31 111 IMV9W Hill HwrillCII, HOt WHHIlHl by the pigiple, but ereated by the military. ,t loflg alter you hail thus come Into ottloe, nil the Judges of the Hupreme Court of Texas live iu number were removed from omoe, and new appointments made twelve of the seventeen Uiatrlet Judges were removei), and other appointed. County oHitwrs, mine or less, In seventy-live out of one hundred and twenty-eight counties, were removed, and other appointed In their places. Itig ur to conclude timt the Kxeeutive and Judlulal civil fuuotiomo'les In Texas are the persons whom you desire to Mil the olHees. It la proper to mention. alsj, that noni but reglstereil citizens, amloiily those who could taae the teet q uh, have been allowed to serve as juror during your Administration. Now. it Is against this local Government, created b' military power prior to my coming here, and so oompoied of your personal and political friendr, that you have preferred the tnost gi la vous complaints. His of them that you have assoited they will not do their duty they will not maintain justice, will not arrest offenders, will not puuWh crimes, and that, out of one hundred homicides committed In the last twelve months, not over ten arrests have been made, and by mean oi Mioh gross disregaid of duty, you decUro that neither property nor lire Is safe In Texas. Ceitalnly you could have said nothing more to the discredit or the olflolaH who arc now iu oltlue. ir the facts be as you allege, a mystery Is presented lor which lean imagine no explanation. Why Is it that your political friends, lwekt.il up and sustained by the whole military power of the United States in this district, should be unwilling to en To roe the laws against that part of tho population

......j ji. , , I'Giiiuii, niiu nmm juu i uiirvovnt as the otfendersf In all the history of these troubles, 1 have never he ird before of such a fact. I repeat. If the fact be so, It Is a profound mystery, utterly surpassing my comprehension. 1 am constrained to declare that 1 believe you are In very groat error as to facts. On oitreful examination at tho nmncr

source, I ltnd that at the date or yuor letter fonr case only of homicides bad been reported to these headquarters as having occurred since November lit). I SWT. the -date of Order 40.

and these cases were ordered to bo tried or

investigated as soon as tho reports were re-

cviri-u. homloid

you. Tin

ported ot these we

tho reina,

nor is I

curate

Tho re

Di.it net i

com mam

him by y State of'

To this

havo lce

since No

structioti

us tho vo. by India;:

man, thn

tneir nus parties ui

bo attribi

received

correct, t

In my tin curred In

Thut thj

t ration o

to deny, That t

gard of d

iepu, i uu

ago you the only novrcr.

and wou

I havo

dlcatlon

by causi

great coi

opinions

otners, f

leeiinirs

Imnattini

ofolllcl tl sclent ion

yoursolf.1

wiuie an'

tion or re

itobedlei

prove, wi

sucn per

tarjpen

ir l ha'

mind of I am.

servant.

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essssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

. bsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssbu

The Ym Mm T Uw Xnik,

0 ol the Mor4 writers, in nU A net Ketieral epistls, Mtys: " I have wrltUn

unto 3 o,i, yuan men, bwUM ye are

gtronif."

It dom not readily occur to the older voters in the Unitea States that about

one-half of thoftc who will go to the

poll iu November to ilepoait their bal

lots wore not voters at tne otoeo of the civil war in Ameriott. The prattling

uoy ok mix. years wiien inai iaeat con-

tost closed; is to-day a voter. The

young; man who had at the close of the war just become a voter is still a voting man of thirty-six, and he, too, wax not a participant in that unhappy strife. A

very large lraction, if not nearly one-

half, of the voters of the country have

not yut seen inirty-sevon years ol life,

and woro only boyish observers of the war for the Union. The appoal in this

x rcsmouiiai contest is largely to be

made to men who are yet in the glory and beauty and strength of youth, and

to men wnose uoyiiootl anil wlioseyouth

forbade them mingling in the passion

ate scones oi tne civil war.

It is natural for young men to love tho beauties of patriotism, and tho young blood quickens at the simple story of the grandeur of civil liberty. This election of 1880 is to be really the it. a. t if . . . y

nrsnrue, dispassionate, non-sectional, National residential election since the

war. It is to be the first election

f inco 1860 hold m a state of peace,

though the war closed iiftocn years ago. Each year has bequeathed to

the country from our numer

ous colleges and acudemios and

schools, and from innumerable homes.

a vast body of young and spirited

voters wnoso uovisn memories liavo

the horrid and bloodv tales

1 war. Intelligent political

re untrained, at that ear v

sentiment is strouir. The

oi uovernraent are imDsr-

erstood, but the bounding

re omnipotent, ine votinir

North who will cast his first

ovember dimly remembers.

ubers, that tho storios told

Idhood were stories of battle

How-countrymen : and ho has

(it at school and at college

epublican party was, and is.

be, tho only representative of

a freedom, lie has boon

homo and at church that it is

c to voto airainst tho "men

CMtfMfc. f en far General Ganiekl the Hepublkttft papers aUesaptf a condonation rather than a deleave of his connection with the Credit MeWlier and other soandftls. Th weaka of this Unities muat be apparent to the moet ordinary intelligence. Any organ

of the tmrty or medium of nubile in

formation has a right to defend General Gartield, and iu defense is valid when it has satisfactorily explained the condemning: feature of his record and dem

onstrated that the evidenoe whioh seems to oonvict him is susceptible of an interpretation, not inconsistent with iiis innooenoe. This we say the party exponanu have a right to do; in faet, it is tiieir duty to do it if it can be done, so long as they maintain, that their candidate is worthy to receive the endorsement of the people for the highest oMoe iu their gilt. Hut no newspaper oar skip the vindication and condone the

offense that it cannot clear awav bv

proof, except for itself. We can make a demonstration so strong, if we have

proof enough, that the whole world must acknowledge it; but we cannot forgive a man on our neighbor's account for wrongs done. That must be loft for every individual to settle for himself. If a majority of the voters of this country are willing to put behind them the evidences of General Garfield's

damaging record; u they are willing to say, " We are ready to take him whether guilty or not," wo could hardly have any protest to make, however muoli we might regret tho low moral standard that would seem, according to such a result, to prevail in politics; bat we sayagain, that no newspaper or political orator can assume tho x-esponsibility of condoning the oileusos of a Presidential candidate for tho people. Tho Cincinnati Commercial tells how General Garlicld became entrapped: Ho was poor and had power, and, seusitivo about his poverty, was anxious to be a practical man, not to be drives, from public life ltko Senator Gordon:

and yet those who were experts managed to involvo him in affairs that his

pursuits had not enabled Jinn to under

stand, and that have subjected him to annoying misconstruction." He was

a practical man" and did not know

that shrewd men were not in the habit

of civins: soraetliinir for nothinp. as

st have been the case in tho Credit

Mobilier affair, if ho was innocent. Ho

It's a mistake. The nomination

of General Hancock is not universally

sausiactory. uartiem will not like it.

t ereat many Kepubhcans do like it.

however, which is tho reason Garfield

will object. Exchange,

It must be nainful to the average

r. . . .1 ...... . . O

ucpuoiican, who ibriits the war over

every year so valiant! v. to see how limn

i.i...i.. t : i .

mu uiuuuv sum, iiaiitr auaunuraincu

tho nomination of General Hancock at

Cincinnati. Indiana Sentinel.

A ccrk in one of tho depart-

. 1 Iff 4 a

nienis at wasmnsrton, receiving one

hundred dollars per month, found onlv

ciOTiyuoiiara m ins envelope on July l.

'ri..... . i .

a.iiutu w3 a iium, uuwuver, Hisung

mat as no nau not responded to tne in

vitation to contribute to the Garfield campaign fund, an assessment had been

niauu on him.

The Southern Republicans aro

xnakinsr a moat emphatic demand for

Ml fl t I 1 . 1 I II 1 .

delicate ami nice a question must have been uie "rrei to oc roued uown their way,

very short. How you proceeded, whether you but thoy Will call in Vatn. The Radical

ii, uniijcn,,'! jiiiiidl'ii ui inruiiirn isini ikt-

sons, ami If so, who they were, what their orapetencyand fairness, on what evidence you rested your o inclusion, or whether you acertallied any fuels at all, are p.ilnta upon which vnlir lttHrAriflUfrmitlifnmliaall mnntliin that

I may well bo excused fir not relying implic

itly upon it, nor is my nimcuity diminished by the fact that In another part ot your letter you

state that over aince the close of tho war a very large portion of the people havo had no affection for tho Government, but bittorncss of feeling only. Had the duty of pub llsnlnirand circulating through tho country Ions before it reached tne. vour statement

that the action of the IMtrlct Commander was increasing crime and hostile feeling tegalnrt tho Government, been less painful to your sensibilities, It might posMbly have ocourred to you to furnish something on the subject In addition to your bare assertion.

But what was onler No. 40. and how could it

havo the effect you attribute to It! It sets forth that the great principles of American liberty are still tho inheritance of thts people and ever should be. that therla-htof trial bv

Jury, the habea corpus, the liberty of tho

press, the irecdntn or speech and the natural rurhts of wrsona and nronertv mast be tire-

lered.,, will you question the truth of these declarations? which one of these great principles of liberty are you ready to deny ami repudiate? Whoever does so avows himself the enemy of human liberty attd the advocate of despotism. Was there any Intimation In fretieral onler No. 40 that any crimes or reaches of law would tie countenanced?

Vou know there was not. On the con

trary, you know perfectly well that while "the consideration of crime and otTensss committed In the Fifth Military District was referred to the Judgment of the regular civil tribunals." a ttleda-e was rive.i In order No.

40, which all understood, that tribunals would

tie supported in their lawrui jurisdiction, and that "forcible resistance to law would be instantly aennreaod by arms." Vou will not

attirm that this pledge has ever been forfeited. There has not been a moment alncel have been In command of the Filth Ditr!of, when the whole military force iu my hand has not besn ready to support tho elvll author-

managers will not put their money whore it can do them no srood. Thev

understand that the South is solidly

Democratic, and that the old system of

carrying Southern States by a negro and carpet-batr alliance, 'restinsr on a

back-around of bayonets, can't bo

revived. H"aAo t'otf.

There aro several discontented

classes of voters in this country who desire a chane-e in the Administration

of the Government. The time has come, all men sav, when a change can

bo mado with entire safety to the Re

public, and most men say to the great advantago of the Republic. The Republican party has kept the books for

twentv veara. ilnrinir whlfli tin trans.

actions have been enormous, the frauds notoriously abundant, and the evidence of the frauds wholly in jwseession of the same party. -C'tHciNHoft Enquirer.

-There is some reason for believ

ing that tho Republicans meditate a sur

render of tho Presidency in order to secure Congress. Their apathy toward

GarHold and Arthur is too plain a fact

to ne disputed; but to suppose that they are ready to yield every hold on the power (hey have wielded for nineteen

years would be an inexcusable mistake. They are not so hopeless as that. If they are to be routed from the Execu

tive onico they will attempt to secure a compensation for tho loss by regaining their authority in Congress.. Louis Hqmbliatn

aavflil tho Tlninn." Wn ilr

at this has been tho universal w'is--a pnicticai man-atiu supposed tfiat

i-ivon to the hnvaaml vn.mcr iaong would L'lVe him a third of

io North, hnt it baa i.An thn a, immense ice yet to be earned, for

tTuparing uic jaucrs unci upon tue

paving contract during his absonce.

How truly unsophisticated all this

was. With such a simple-minded man

in the Presidential chair there would

bo a mortgage upon the country

oetore two years had eone by. tio

did not wish to bo driven from pub

lic life as Senator Gordon has since boon

by reason of his poverty. Hut we ap

peal to the stern moralist, wherever

he may be, which is tho more honora

ble, more self-respectful and more

manly, to sell the influence and power

mat are his uy reason ol his pu lio po

sition, or. like General Gordon, retire and employ his talents in a way that

win bring him larger pecuniary returns.

ict too uepuuiicnn journals, now so

sensitive over alloced 'mud-tirow-

ing,M could not conceive that a Senator

uugub wuiiuraw iruiu puuuc me upon

tue strength ot so simple and honest a motive, and when General Gor-

itmg instruction. We do

;t these havo been tho onlv

influences exerted upon ba-

. .

uu boyhood, aud venth. but

been the dominant influences.

ly impressions are lasting;.

:n newspapers have had the

yo of the country. The relig-

nas oeen lariroiy a partisan

p press, and thus tho political

wmcii lias lauen beneath tho

boys anil vounsr men of the

been a school ofprejudice, of

L'ratic prejudice.

lination of General Hancock

isidency by the Democratic

clmngcd all this. The year

lonjr be notable in our history

l ....

'er oi poiuicai leedom to our

n. ibeltepublican teac hlnars

ior neany nau a teoneration

ten instilled into tho minds of

the youth of the North are themselves,

in part, the donors of this liberty. The

vottnp- men will aav t thnr iinonhiin-n resignea searciieu inuustrioHsiy,

inatrtYntors: You tancM. nm to vm. but in vain, for one that would aot bo

. . " I on fit

ior tne uost representative or tlie

mm m .

union." auis year givos tho young

raun an opportunity to ining. The

political questions that tilled the boyish thoughts slavery and the Union are

forever settled, and tho bias which

training implanted lias been banished by tbo nominatibn of Hancock. Tho

thoughtful young man of tho North, for

niwiirav iiiuuoiucu iiiiioniaiioXt ureaiuw At. .. It. 1 J 1 WW

iub air oi political ireeuom. no is at

liberty to vote for the American nrinci

pie, for tho Democratic principle, for

uic town-meeting government, ior civil liberty, for patriotism; and no Republican linger of scorn can bo effectively

ponueu ai mm as tnoujcit no were

a friend of disunion. All early sectional prejudices aro dissipated. He can vote to exalt the individual and re

strain Government with all the noble ardor of youth, free frem the suspicion

or uisioyaity. And tho young mon of tho South who this year become voters will open their political eyes in the broad and sunny light of Union and patriotism. This is the shining beneficence of the nomination of General Hancock. This is the jiolitical, patriotic glory of 1880. This is the splendid opportunity of our young mon. This is the power of the present. This is the beautiful hope of tho future for the Re

public. This is Union. If General

Hancock's valor on the field of battle

for the Union and his devotion to civil liberty in tho paths of peace do not thrill the hearts of the vouhc: men of the North.

those hearts are oldor and colder than we think. ' I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong." Cincinnati Enquirer.

so much to his credit- If General Gar

field, in spite of his econom c training, was unable to live upon $3,000 a year, ho was at liberty to withdraw to private life and earn as'large fees as his clients would dve him. Had he done so he

might not have had the Republican nomination for the Presidency, but he would have bad what is worth "infinitely more an unspotted reputation. ''It

is better to bo right than be President."

Boston Statesman.

The irrefutable charges araiaet

Hancock are accumulating- ominously.

The last awful allegation is that his

wife, when a mere srirl. actual lv attend

ed a Catholic school for several months.

It is true that General Hancock was not

then responsible for the vounsr lady's

acts, but the Radical logicians solemnly argue that, by subsequently marrving her, he assumed such res pons bility. Now, if Mr. Hayes would write the venerable Dr. Woolsey and ask his

opinion on this matter, the country might be spared a peril. Washington

roH.

The nomination of Hancock has

brought out the true feeling of stalwart Republicans towards the army with wonderful celerity and force. The

Times pronounces the soldier of Gettys

burg to be "A pretentious hkHikheau,"

and the Tribune, scoffs at the badge of the Second Army Corps the tricolor shamrock as resembling the "three balls" of a pawnbroker's shop. JV. K

World.

A jealous husband at Connorville.

Ga., expecting that the obiectof his an

tipathy would call at a certain hour.

stationed himself in the hallway to receive him. The first to ring the bell

was his own father, but he struck before he looked, and knocked the astounded

old man off the steps. Resuming his

watch, he hit the next comer with eoual

precipitancy, and down went the post- away at de wood-pile."

iun.il. JLUV uiiiuuai cusbniiu n lusotm.

-Genoral Garfield came out of

Chicago as a dark horse. He grows daily darker and bids fair to disappear

entirely from the public eye before the

race is run.

Watermelons are unusually plenti

ful and cheap this year in Galveston,

and the capacity of the colored oitiaen for chambering them seems to he absolutely unlimited. A gentleman called

to a colored man anu aweu mm, to go

over to his house and split up some wood. "How long is it gwiae ter take?" "About an hour, I reeke."

"Can't do it, hose. I ermla eat fve'

watermelons ia de time I'd he feellsg

The political oamnakm lias berun

hi earnest. The Ka-klux are committing awfuLoutragea in the New York Tinm. Chicago Triune and New York Tribute

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