The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 11, Ligonier, Noble County, 14 July 1869 — Page 2

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“Resista nee to Tyrants is Obedience to God o B BTOLL, BDIZOR: “ ngrromu', coﬁ ﬁ 65. "’I I The editors of the 10th Congressional Distriet are requested to meet in the city plfeshen VRt T olen 2 Whafothe may be conducive to the publishing interest. A full attendance is desired. SENTER AND STOKES. There are two parties in Tennessce—ong led by Senter, the other by Stokes, both Republicans. The issue that divides ‘them is oppression. At the close of the * war, government bayonets ruled. The people for four years have been oppressed. They have had no rights which a radical was bound to| respect. Brownlow, leading an ‘obedient Legislature, forced the passage of laws and the ratification of the 14th amendment, Members of the Legislature were carried to the legislative hall, in irons, and were counted, as they were lying, bound, upon the floor. = A hundred thousand white men, the most intelligent in the State, were dis‘ranchiscd. Bixty thousand blacks were allowed to vote. Fora time ballots were cast between rows of bayonets. Under. such f}ranpy Radical victories in . Tennessee have beé¢n recorded. ©As might have been anticipated, however, 'diversities have come in the ranks of the oppressors.— The scramble for office among them has been fierce, and personal hatred has waxed warm. In attempting to nominate a candidate for Governor, a few weeks since, the radicals got into & fight, and drew their knives and revolvers. One set of them wanted Senter for a candidate, The other demanded Stokes, The result is that they go to the people with both of them, a divided party. Brownlow, the poor old" creature, sides with Andrew Johnson, and goes for Senter—the Democrats following the lead of Johnson, on the ground that Senfer demands the ballot<for white men, as well as the black, while Stokes wants to defer the time for admitting the white men who have been disfranchised, to the privileges of the ballot. Strangeas it may seem, Brownlow is now acting with the Democrats and Andrew Johnson, and .the radicals are telling ugly truths of him. They'denounce him in the bitterest terms, and say that he cannot. afford to have his . acts unearthed and - brought to: the bar of' justice. i Taseniten

The New Governor of Virginia. - The New York Worid furnishes the following |biographical sketch of the nowly-elected Governor of Virginia: Gilpert Carleton Walker, who was on Tuesday so triumphantly elected Governor of the Old Dominion, is a native of Binghampton in this State, and is thirtyseven years of age. He was educated at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., at which institution he graduated with Honors in 1854. Adopting the law as his profession, he practiced awhile at Osyego, Tioga County, Meanwhile, he took some interest and pait in politics, earnestly espousing the Democratic faith. He was frequently senf as delegate to Democratic. State Conventions, and was 8 leader among the young Democracy. Not contenf with country practice, Mr. Walker removed to ;Chi'cago, hung out his shingle, and soon acquired a large and lucrative business in his profession. : In 1865, just a 8 the war was closing, Mr. Walker took up his abode in Norfolk, Virginia, and in a short time became largely identified with the commercial interests of his 'adog)ted c¢ity. . He was clected President of the Exchange National Bank,a position he . still "holds.— Last year he went to Liverpool as a representative:of the commercial men of Norfolk, with & view to fuxtheripgv;héir interests by way of direct trade. ‘While abroad, Mr. Walker visited Constantinople, and other portions of the far Eagt. In the election for members of the Constitutional ‘Convention of Vir%ihia, M, W., then a recent resident ?%f the S_tat? -k et W e COfRTML nid of iron-clad oaths and Federal bayonets, his opponent, the wg‘ll-know;i n Dr. Bayne, was elected. Mr. Wal efﬁ"aé always been a Democrat of the Conserva., tive school. In physique he is of _laf‘i:‘ ;ramﬁ,,alx’x énch or: two t(:lver Bix feetd 5 cight, has a piercing black eye, and | jcall%d‘tﬁgj'hgpﬂsomest man in'Vyir inia,— ‘Those who know him = best attrigute' to him rare executive ability.

| The Sublimity of Meanness, - The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune states that two ;daughters of the late Chief Justice Taney have lately been ‘removed from situations’in the Patent and-Pension Offices at Washington. S e i These ladies, it is said, are advanced in years and in such straightened circumstances as to be obliged to rearn their bread by writing. It is furthermore. intimated thet thgir cases. wero submitbed to secretary Cox by Mr. Caleb’' Cushing, with such results #s authorized Mr. Cushing to’ assure them that they would not be removed; yetin spite of all this they are dismissed. = ki

Secretary Cox has heretofore borng the character of an honorable gentleman, and it s’pgms!hard to believe him guilty of an act which certainly approaches. very nearly the sublimity of meanness, It is intimﬁx that he was- bullied into the removal jof these 'ladies, which, if: #ué,~; leaves the shame and: disgrace ingident: to such mdnct, upon the shoulders of that soulless creature, U. 8, Grant. =~ . Vieginih EXéetion. The election in Virginia, on Tuesday ‘of Inst week, resulted in & great and glorious victory ifot’ the Gbﬁbe‘rgaﬁvég.‘" The h ‘ .:1:‘ 7 ive tate ti ét H“d RR R b ted Ly about 50,000 majoriby over the -amslgamation ticket headed by, the carpet M‘fﬁov' Wells, ;gixiw' atives, two Radicals, and oue.¢d to Congress. The Legislature:is conservative lby-wrmﬁjbrity oni’ jofut' batmuuw'w | voted ;1 2;,,‘_“7 OrVA‘tive ticket, being iely discusted L Saroistatiers 71010 (o e e bai o ww%w o %ﬁ%#w‘vJ f,.ig};:

_ THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. It seems to be the mission of some men to create factions, and invent new political machinery merely for tisplirposg bf, experiment ; and of late certain -% cians have made’ spasmodic attempts to' ‘remodel the Democratig y Bnd W vide it with a new name, new issues and a | new organization. In the present state -of affairs; says the -8t Louis Républican, we cannot seethat any benefit could posbody of the old, Democracy. -We might, ‘with more propriety; than some who have done it, suggest plans.and propose a new policy.: We might also declare ene issue -y e vavs TAUGIVELGLA Y Gouiden Ty the force ‘of #rms, and amother ‘the only living topic of the futuré. The Alabama question is yet ' pending.’ *Our financial condition is far from being satisfactory; the civil service is in greater disorder; -our Goyernment itself is threatened with a total change of its original Democratic -character. Opposite interests in regard to such perplexing matters, together with /palpable errors and criminal tendencies in the administration of public affairs, would in former times have been quite sufficient to divide thé nation into two pgtig so nearly equal that 'eitﬁr'might. with the same agsurance expect sgccess in an election ; and any of these issups would _bave given vitality to a new par:,y. Not one of the questions, which prerious to the rebellion divided the nation /into political parties, approached in significance any of those which'in our day are undecided and await a final settlement. None of thei, except the question of slavery, 80 ‘deeply involved the future of the ‘country, 8s the attempts of Congress to deprive the various States of their political power, and wrest from them important constitutional privileges. .. Not one of them was so significant as the creation of an immense army of ‘officers under the entire’ control of the party in power.— Nor were any of the old issues ever fraught with such danger as the founding of a financial aristocracy. None were so difficult of solution as the liquidation of our national debt without destroying vital interests of large classes of citizens, and the oppression of States. None of these questions evert equal in intensity of interest the inroad of foreign elements of population, and the elevation of the negroes to equality with the whites which threatened to revolutionize our’ society and affect the stability our | Government. Yet it is plain that these quéstions have not awakened the political \apprehension of the nation to such alyextent a 8 to result in new parties. Thef are cast aside as scarcely worthy of congideration, and form to what may be likened a heap of neglected merchandise which cannot find a purchaser. The huge piles of goods manufactured at random whe__,lﬁl people were crazy to buy everylhing, remain untouched, because everybody Mlas more pressing employment for his mpney. In like manner were mountains of difficulties created by a reckless party, which under the pretense of saving the country, disturbed and displaced the msterials of which our political structure isicomposed, creating such confusion, that g¢ven Congressional despotism seemed [ess to be feared than any systematic _tf_‘ttempt to restore order. Every b'unglin% politician had endeavored to play the statesman, and thus brought genuine stafesmanship into disrepute, at the same time such fear of any new experiment that arbitrary rule eventually supplanted constitutional ‘ law, Congressional usurpatian became ‘ permanent, and the indifference of the ‘nation to any established principle of government grew almost universal. Now indifference js not fertile of sound ideas, and in such soil new patties da not originate. The Democracy do not even ap- ‘ pear rp.pxiqup to be transmitted into another organization. The principles of that party are as ‘vital to-day as ever. They | might gain favor'in the eyesof the multitude by assuming some new features, such as in the 'course of time may be re- | quired ‘to adapt themn to new circumstances, but & better rgme cannot be found for true patriotism thaj . Democracy ;, nor can anv safer nlattormm imagined than the ‘old Democratic 'doctrine; that the laws should be obeyed in' order that wd may be freemen—but the laws should be made for the benefit of all, and never assume the character of privileges for only a few. : ‘

‘With such principles a party can safely wait for ‘an opportunity to show its strength and exercise its influence without experimenting, and attempting to force new issues upon the people. If, during the decadence of the Radical party, the people would act as though, in addition to the bill of rights, there is also a bill of civil duties in 'the Constitution, no one need think of reorganizing the Democratic party. On the doomsday of our present political rulers it willl possess the samé vigor a 8 when this Government was established upon its principles. ;

How the Breshren Dwell Together. The “Bald Eagle of the Mountain,” in his speech at London, Tenn., ‘severely denounces his former friend, old Brownlow. 1 When he'had finished, Colonel Brownlow, E son of the Serfator; mounted the stage and ‘offered to whip Stokes. The Bald Eagle ‘wumd}the colonel’ that he ‘meant nothing pgra'ona-l; At “Knoxville, Stokes lost ’ his temper and invited ‘Senler to fight a duel after: election.” ‘The 'fat bLut ferocious Senter proposed to ‘praceéd to mortal combat at once. Stokes insisted upon waiting'/ until the campaign closed, and go the matter rests. At Snesdville there ‘was a large attendance of ladies. /In the course of his speech Btokes spoke of Senter as a “rebel.” A female who was present, two of whose sons were in the army, ‘sereamed out: “Youarea liae, Mr! Stokes, You are s liar, sir}and you kKnow it{-— : .Sii'f’t‘er"wu not ‘a rebel | You are wltué irl” Stokes was quite contused, but made no replyyto ti%:‘_r't:tlieﬁ" uneceremonious attack, <4 ok ginaten basey o L e il e i ' i ¥’ - Becretary Boutwell last week ‘:gpointed ‘General ¥, E. Spinner, , United States Treasury Custodian of the Sinking Fund and of such bonds as may be bought, subeét o the future action Of Congréss, with Lnumm tion th;} *ﬁeygm’j;ﬁd be charged to 1 ,!mgm e AR TNI ;{b‘)@. «ﬂﬂd banks opened, wm§fn times must show & true condition of the fund, He is also instructed to" open an interest acs 4@% o Im;v«smwzm<~ W}*,}“"‘""* a v;mf{’fi"‘:;uy;{:.\?"w “ '%"‘W% ;.,,\\. v. " ,f‘f’: ‘Wikh, such interest fo - be added to the e .

* Tho Ohio DernceraticSiate Convegiio met at Columbus on Wednesday, July i 7tk AUI B *-‘ 41 ¢ 3 nm. "tm ‘mi; oy i, Tho sags v bndomcly decorated wi and portraits of' Wahhgton, Jackson and others. The _spirit.displayed was hopeful,.all the del‘egates being enthusiastically :sanguine of ing the State this fall. s R ¥ Wllatt was elodol o porary Chairman, and subsequently the Hon. Pb?ﬁde"z)m Tromp was made pérmanent President of the. Convention, Tlpanitaking hio goat he dclivered a speech of great power, amidst shoutsof applause. . The next thing in order being the nom“ination of a eandi@ate for Governor, ‘the ‘names of Gen. Sam. F. Oarey, Milton H, ‘Bayler, Chilton A. White, Rufus P. Ran: ney, Gen. A. Sanders Piatt, Gen. Wm. Sl Rosecrans, Gen. W. P. Richardson, Lew: is D. Campbell, and Geo. H. Pendleton, ‘were placed in nomination. When Gen. ‘Rosecrans' name was announced, the building rang with shouts of applause. 'The enthusiasm, however, reached its heighth on the announcement of the name of Hon.| Geo. H. Pendleton. Immediately following the- announcement came a dispatch from Mr. Pendleton, forbidding, in the strongest terms, the use of his pame. ‘ The votes. were then taken, 589 votes being cast, of which 205 were nccessary for a choice. The two highest were Ranney,, who received 156 votes, and Rose- | crans, who received 107. Despite Mr. Pendleton’s withdrawal, he received 86° votes. At the conclusion of the second: ballot; it being apparent that Rosecrans had been nominated, thesc* delegates changed. their . votes to Rosecrans, who ‘received 302 votes and was declared the nominee of the Convention. Tbe nomi- ‘ nation was then made unanimous.

The Committee on resolutions then reported the following resolutions, which were adopted amidst long continued applause : _ : ' Regolved, That exemption from tax of over two thousand five hundred million dollars in Government - bonds and securities, is unjust to ;the people, and ought no to be tolerated, and that wé are - opposed ’to any appropriation for the payment of intereston public bonds, until they are made subject to taxation. - Resolved, That the claims of bond-hold-ers, that the bonds which were bought with greenbacks and the principal of which is by law payable in currency, should nevertheless be paid in gold; is unjust and extortionate, and if persisted in, will inevitably force upon the people the question of repudiation. : _ Resolved, That we denounce -the high protective tariff which was designed only in the interests of the New England manufacturers; that said tariffisalso, by its enormous impositions on salt, { sugar, tea, coffee, and other necessaries, unendurable and oppressive, especially upon the peo; ple of the West, and that we demand its repeal, and the substitution of one based upon revenue principles alone, upon the closest possible approximation to absolute free trade. - Resolved, That the Democratic Party of 'the United States have always been permanently friendly to the rights and the interests of the{aboring man; that they are in favor of a limited number of hours in all manufacturing workshops, hours dictated by the physical and mental well being of the laborer; tnat they favor the most liberal laws in regard to household =~ and homestead exemption from sale and execution ; that they .are also in favor of liberal grants of land from the public. domain to the actual settler, and are opposed to the donation of them to swindling ‘railroad corporations; and that they are gencrally friendly to the system of measures advocated by the labor and industrial Congresses, and we pledge the Democratic party if restored to power, to exercise their influencein giving them practical application. Resolved, That the attacks of Governors Hayes and Lee upon the dgings of the late General Assembly are false in fact, malicious in spirit, and “unworthy of gentlemen occupying their ¢levated positions. P el Tl aee i ;

* . Resolved, That the late General Assembly were called upon to:make-large and extraordinary . appropriations to . rebuild the burned Lunatic AsFlum, to providea Reform Bchool for girls, construct a new Blind Asylum, to make appropriations to pay over $BO,OOO of a judgment obtained in the Supreme Court of the State in fa. vor of the Life Insurance and Trust'Conipany, and’ to- meet:a deficiency of. over 2500.000 af the prechding Republican Legislature, . all of which, together, with the extra compegnsation paid to memberts under a law passed by & Republican Legislature, were provided for without an increase of the State levy, and the appropriations in the aggrégate are much less than that of the preceding Republican Legislature, without abstracting 800,000 from the relief Fund for th¢ maimed and disabled soldiers and their families.

Resolved, That - we' hereby. return our thanks to the Fifty-eighth General Assembly, for their econorhical expenditures in the administration of the ‘State Goyernment, and for the éxg‘osal of ‘the wholesale frauds in the erection of g State building, whereby the people were swindled out of half & million. of dollars by the negligence and, the dishonesty of the Republican State officials. ; Resolved, That-it is the right of each Btate to decide for itself who shall possess the elective franchise within it; that by the- attempt t%hregulate suffrage in Ohio by means of the so-called Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment is subversive of the principles of the Federal Constitution, : : Resolved, That the policy and legislafion of the Radical party -directly tend to destroy all the reserved rights of the States, and convert the Republic into a congolidated despotism ; that whether such despotism be -exercised by an Emperor, a President or a Congress, the result would be fatal 'to liberty and good ‘government ;. that, consolidation in this country means the absolute ‘dominion of monopoly and aggregate capital over the lives, the liberty and] the property of the toiling masses. ~ * e . Resolved, That we denounce the Naﬁqnql;_’Bagkigg systetn as'one of the worst outgrowths of the bonded ' debt, which unnecessarily, increases the burdens of the people thirty millions of dollars annually, and that ‘we demand its:immediate repeal. Raogedu'%‘lhat ‘thg“ttint a;ni%-‘se%%enpgi? death, by Militagh, Commission, of & citizen of 'l‘Zxas,_‘ not:n the Military or Na- : :l:: sengt;:. ‘when the civil oonrgz »we;e in \e unobstructed exercise of -their funetions fn m’é‘mgfﬁ?mf&fmmﬁ found peace, and the approval of. tha sentence by *‘Accident Grant,” -are violations of the most h&dﬁgm of Amgg can citizens, xmmmein _Constitutions, ngun Federal; and deserves and shonld receive the severest condemnation of every. lover &f..libertyv and Constitationsl goyermmient, | T i m g #%iw /Hhe - numer Righ:handed usiarpations of the party ok »‘*:f% %ﬁz’{@z ‘a& *—r’zf;m G @E&%»; ;,m,%désg"gvi g»‘."‘f 2 ‘ﬂ:ﬂ;&“ ¥6 o B m@:ﬂi E 3 2BT Wﬁ;w LT R G e SN S

Resolved, That we extend the right g of fellow-ship, i and recognize as rethren in a common é gse“'au conservave men, not heretoforé Democrats, . who. il pnite with <us in rescuimg GD& ernment from the unggorthy hawds into ﬂk}h it has fﬁﬂeﬂ,ﬂn ‘ cdge ~z*' ~f‘ ‘ and cordial sug)mpart of the two, hondred and fifty thotsand Democrats 8 Olio, whom we represent, to the ticket nominated by this Convention and presented by us to the suffrages of the- people “of Qhingr. ¥ *¥v. el

b piatiorm, was recelred il fhe “pémost epthusiasm, tho Conventiop cheergit to theeckio, *77 B 0 o 2it oo A getu s dnelisiband iiy el ' Kfter the adoption ¢f “ﬁxe{reggiutxogs, +heConvention prosceded 49 fhe selection ~of the balance of /the State ticket, with “the following result: . Lieutenant-Gover-.nor; Hon. T. J. Godfrey,’ of Mercer; Supreme Judge, William J. Gillmore,: of ‘Preble ; Treasﬁrér’ofﬁt!bg, Hon. »Siepb_en:;; ‘Buhrer, of Cuyalioga : 'Attorney General, Colonel John M. Connel, of Fairfield; Member of”the Board of Public Works, ‘Benjamin P. Churchill, of Hamilton,” | ~_The Convention then adjourned sine die, with three times three rousing cheers for the entire ticket nominated, =~ S TRAVELING QUACKS. . The country is not only,at this day, /infested ' with a - set of irresponsibie traveling quacks and 'impostors, who being too lazy to make a living by honest la‘bor, but these quacks sometimes put on a hold face and settle down and practice as though they were regular physicians. They are men who st.u? the weakness+of ‘human nature, and for’awhile succeed by their pretensions, and one of the best modes ¢f drawing the wool over the eyes of a certain class is-:for such an impostor to make a big shaw and be a great man for making ix:gmvements.- Making improvements and. making a big fuss over ‘himself as 4 “friend ‘of improvement” will be certain to set him up in theeyes. ‘of some as a first-class physician, and who. will buy and swallow his pills, and if he don’t know the multiplication tfable backwards or forwards.” ‘We never in our life were ina place' where people generally have been so readily gulied, deceived and cheated as here in Selinsgrove; but we are glad to see that they are gradually getting their eyes oll)]en, and that ignorant impostors and himbug doctors, whether traveling ‘or settled among them, can no longer impose on them as once they could. Unless, at this day, a man is naturally smart-—that is, bas brains—and has a good education, and has graduated at a well established medical college, and has obtained a DIPLOMA, he is not fit to practice medicine, ‘and is more dangerots to the lives of the people who employ him thana prowling panther or a rabid dog. | We cheerfully give the above, cat from an exchange, a placein our columns, | It is a melancholly fact that every cil»mmunity contains a number of persons who are in the constant habit of visiting, with loosened purse strings, cach one, of these traveling, pretending, cut-throat humbugs, to: be treated for some real or imaginary disense; yet if they or one of their family are strieken down with some fearful acute disease, they never once think of sending for one of these creatures, but one of the “old-stand by,” educated physicians is called upon. Car any-one(give half a dozen instances in a long lifetillle, where persons have received any permanent benefit'from these chm'lataps‘? | Yet all that is necessary to insure the patron-age-of this gullible class—no matter how often they may havé been imposed npon —is to receive a flaming "hand-bill, in WhHIoL! D, M 2 omdotißulCalisull o z-v..g‘g vV ery conceivable cause of disease by ‘flooking into the eyes of his dupes, or else. gravely squints at; a phial of urinc};——attributes which alone belong to Infinite Wisdom. il ahad —— G—— | % . An Uuprecedented Record. "It isannotnced that in the first ten months after its organization, the N"QUOD al Life Insurance Company of the United States of America had issued no less than 5,395 policies, by which the public’had insured to the amount'of over fifteen millions. ~ Such a success \is\unparallﬁed in the history of ‘life insurance, and there must have been: strong ‘influerices|which have contributed to this: astonigli[iin_‘g rejuly,, The faek (it 9 Combny ' iy tional in“its character has been a strong recommendation. It wqﬁ chggg*ed by Congress with authority, to . t;}msw bu; siness in any and every part. of the country, and it has-acted upon - this authority by-secking the ibest financiers, ‘ and most active ‘and - réspected business men throughout! the States and in ie Do~minion of Canada, to act as general or subagents. - The ‘public having confidence in the honesty and sagacity of these agents, have given special attention to ‘the character ot the work which they represent, and have found that the National Life presents features certain to Tmend themselves to popular favor. . And yet, . notwithstanding all the manifest advantages offered; it {B'a ‘'matter worth special note, that the first ten months of its first year this Company should have issued in: surance to am amount nearly double that ever issued by any. other company in the world dl’zﬁgﬁg'tg: entire first year ofiits existence, and exceeding by neatly $5,000,000 the amount insured by any com‘pany previous to ‘1863, during ANy full year ofits operations. Fag el This Company has, by wide-spread and systematic advertising, invited the fullest Inyestigation into its plansand purpoges; hnw:;w%fl it has borne &e most egwﬁg; inquiry is best shown by the fﬂct}.,&' vfnfmn'this-gpmagraph ‘began—the issuing of neatly 5,400 policies, covering dver $15,000,000 “insurance, in ten month’s time. e MR et et

The local agent :of 'this: Company appears, by advertisement, in another column, and to that:we refer our readers for further information concerning it. ~ .. A Terrible Story.-Twelve Men Killed ,‘ by Drinking Poisoned Tea, . The Frederickton (N. B.) Farmer tells the followimg:—" " -~ ° . .+ . News of a sad and almost unparalleled tragedy reachés us from Fish River Lakes, in the northern part of the State of Maine On one of these lakes was g Tumber.camp in:which were thirteen men. ; On Shturday night, . almost,; three wecks ago; the “boss” of the camp left : for a settlement, leaving behind him proyisions to last the men for several days, but giving them instructions to come put on ‘the following Monday, Monday, ey snd Wodnor day.‘prsked withi no' tidings fromy the camp, when a' party set out to-see ifanything was :the matter. . Arfiving af the camp, they found sﬂ.:quiet;gnd}%pmt: 1y deserted; but.on cntering, the bodies of the tiwelye men were seen lying on th foor, SOl in ettt Belng dimewhat oxhausted by ‘their journey, t "’“ﬁ.%"" were sbout t 6 warm soma:ten tha i Slrendlyi faaidd in:the Keidls: inilooy, sxams wpn YW oL ches ,«J‘m ‘l; ard . 3 ’-F' g kettle, which, had been boiled with the ten,. It s supposed ¥hat tho drinking of 64 708 t Gaasc of e debtlt of the twelve unfortanate men. LY 3.;3.;;33?;;;‘:;3;; g of clothing on hand. - 4l siroiind land wee, ven dabl 1 hbu G e -

xxaa GEORGE %p THE *A.D_‘lcilfl., - -~ We commend fo' the afgentive peru-' sal, of our readers. the. following able and fﬁihcoﬁyanm? between the. onduet of King George and the ridical, P“‘%\‘"’“&“‘ by the Valpataieo correspondent of the Laporte Argus : s VavLraralso, July 5, 1869. “ “EDTTORS “ARGUS-THis is the aunivers" ‘sany {thé 4th being a Sabbath) of the dect Jarption of our national independence, and ;‘9 }og(;ehrm .the day ‘il;l_»& worthy manner, read the immortal document drawn up by the illustrious Jefferson. | What sublime truths are expressed therein in the chasest of langusge. ' Verily, any people may well: be proud to have pro'cipimed to the world at its first- entering the family of nations such prineiples. It has been truly esid that history repeats “itgelf—and 1 could mot help thinking ko *winen Iread the long indictment against ‘George TIL, and when I compared the vcdnditi'oix of this na.,tli: under the arbitrary rule of & Radical Congress with the complaints made by the framers. of the “déclaration : ‘ .

| “He has erected a mul:'.l;ﬁhde of new of‘fices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.” - et : - | Who has established in our day a Freed‘men’s Bureau at ‘s’ cost of $11,000,000 per ‘annum, and invested mxery Lieutenant of the Bureau with judicial powers? An‘dwer: A Radical Congress. , | “He has keépt among us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of our legislature.” ; s ij has done the same thing in our time in's large number of these States? /Answer:'A Radical Congress. “He has affected to render the military I'mdependent of, and superior to, the ecivil }power."’ (i : ‘Who has done the same’ thing for the last four or five years? Answer: A Radical ‘ Congress. For evidence iread the proclamations of ‘Major and Brigadier Generals and other shoulder strap gentry, /dissolving legislatures, conventions, and ‘even courts. . ! : “He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction, forpign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation.” Lo b Who has done the same thing in our time? Answer: A Radical Congress;— For proof read the so-called military bills of Congress and the s@bsequent supplementary reconstruction acts; the combination in this instance being between Congress and the then Gemeral of the army, now President jof the United States.

“He has incited dom‘st,ic insurrections amengstug.” | ] : Who has done the same thing? The Radical party in the year 1§69. For evidence read the accounts of the riots of the negroes at the late ;inuq"icipal election in Washington Citys ... | = : The King of Great Britain was arraigned by our forefathers also | ¢“For quartering large bodies of armed troops among 'us.” : Has not a Radical Congress ‘done the same. thing in eleven. States long after peace had been proclaimed to exist by the President of the United States? - The declaration goes on: LB | “For protecting them by a mock trial from punishment, for any murders, which they should commit on 'the inhabitants of these States:” B S . Has not in our time Congress passed indemnity bills, t’o;fshielti from prosecution Persvun —ha hgd committed judicial murders, who had arrested citizens withoui due process of law, who had extorted money and ‘other valuables from innocent persons ? : P 3 Do not such monsters as Ben Butler, Stanton, Holt and Bingham go about scot free, although it i’ proven and admitted, that the latter three hung an innocent woman, and that the former stole millions of dollars of gold from banks, and spoons and other valuables from private citizens? Are they mot’ protected by these indemnity acts ? e ; The declaration goes on further: _ “For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of trial by jury.?” S Has not a Radical Congress been guilty of the same heinous crime? For proof I refer {0 the celebrated MoArdle case, where a man was fried and sentenced by a military tribinal for publishing in his ndwspaper sentiments obnoxious to the éomniaix@in'g General ; and who was deprived by Congress, even of ihe the remedy of an appeal to the Supreme Court. - Another complaint in the Declaration of Independence ig stated as follows: ~ “For imposing tsxes upon us without ouriconsent.’! ~ = : * Are there not, even at this hour, three large States compelled to pay taxes without being represented in Congress. : I wonder whether some of those radical orators who read the Declaration of Independence at the different- celebrations today, did not hang their heads in shame when they read to the people these arraignments, and which their conscience must have told them they were guilty of themselves. i Then

How they must have felt when in their ovations they mentioned Geo. Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Monroe, and ;Ma,dis'on,’ the founders of a federal union, with a central government of limited powers; and States, sovereign.and independent;in their ‘own spheres’; when they knew that by their legislation during the last four years they have changed this very government into an absolute, centralized despotism, without any independent States; and these very States deprived even of the right to define the qualifications of their own electors! |(& ° L ia by o - How our tim.eﬁ\ have dggevupfifgjwd.;; The idea of a gentralized power hag:even progressed so far as to'allow;of the establishment of n; newspaper organ, boldly and openly advocating the changing of our gavernment. igto an empire; and defiantly flaunting at its head the title, “The Impes: rialist,’” and that very paper subsidized by Adolph Borie, until last week Secrétary of the navy in Mr. Grant's cabinety' = 1

If any of the patriot founders of this government could beé permitted to return and take a look @t ‘this world, I doubt whethier one of them could ecognize their _own ' work. “For instance, could Thomas Jefferson bélieve that the ohair of Washington could be occupied by a man who unblushingly dares to' parcel dut the best offlices within his gift'to' membérs of his own ot ‘his, wife’s family, and to persons who had subseribed large sums for the purchase of housés, libraries;- and 'déther valuable presents.. Thomas Jefferson, who had; éta‘tedthat suoh appointments, even if.otherwise fit to be: made, must: be tﬂﬁdeﬂi ‘beocause the people could never be made to bﬂi‘ "Miw?&s*‘:" : EW?:;:"?:; o A, ,-ﬁo»a:m-e"w&qg';“!r rhaps more snd on somb pleasenter sabjeot in my next,! otidagn ard a 8 Doggin o Nanises: U

THE BPEOI"% APPWRIA“Q! i &-@1"&% labors: to defend the re‘cent decision of the Supreme Court. Tt ‘says that we complain “bgu:ythe court ‘refused to 'ac‘oefpt a memorandum kept by the clerks of the two Houses unsigned and unattested as controlling the bill regularly passed.” This will bea new idea to the peogle of Indiana. ' It has been ‘supposed that the journals of the two ‘houses were something mare than amem,orapdum kept by the clerks. It has been heretofore regarded as an| official record ‘of the proceedings of the ‘two Houses. »=! They have been- heretofore aecepted as’ such. If not official, why do the Legislature publish them as such? The Constitution, Art. 4, Sec. 12, says that “each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same,” but the Radical organ informs us that it is only’ a “memorandum” kept: by the clerks.— Soon we will be informed from the same source- that the Constitution’is only a memorandum, and that ‘a. law, or what represents to be such, signed by the. chairmen of the two Houses, and filed in the Secretary of State's office, is a higher law than that instrument. The Constitution also says that “the vote on ﬂpe"g&- ' Bage of every bill or joint resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays,” but the decision of the court declares that the: Courts, no matter whether the purported law was ever introduced. into the Legislature, and if it is known to every man, woman and child in the State that it is a villainous fiaud, must accept the copy in the Secretary of State’s office as autheno

The Constitution requires that “a ma. jority of all the members elected to each House shall be necessary to pass every bill or resolution,” but the Supreme Court 'deeides that . the. Courts cannot o behind the act filed in the Secretary of State’s office : to ascertain whether that perversion of the organic law of the State has been complied with. The Constitution also requires that “two-thirds of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business,” but ‘the decision of the Court says that the Courts cannot go behind the act filed in the Secretary of State’s office to ascertain whether that provision of the organic law has been complied with, although it may be known to the Courts and every inhabitant of the State that a quorum was nof present, and even that a legislature was not in session at the time. - A pestilence, an insurrection or an invading army may have scattered a Legislature in every direction, yet the chairman of the two Houses may file a bill in the Secretary of State’s office, duly attested, and the Court tells us that the Courts have no right to question the authority of such a law, neither have they any power to go behind it to favestigate the facts and ascertain whether the provisions of the Constitution in regard to the enactment of laws, has been complied with. In| ‘other words, that two men can draw up & “memorandum,” sign it as chairmen of the two Houses, altho’ it may never have been submitted to the Legislature, and if the memorandum is thus authenticated, it must be:accepted as the highest evidence of its validity, behind which the Court cannot go. The Jjournals, and the oaths of every member of the two Houses, the Court declares, is not as high evidencefas a fmudqlent&authentication. | ! e The Journal says “if the Legislature willact corruptly they can make the Jjournal report & lie, and there is no remedy.” 'The Court says if the chairmen of the two Houses will act corruptly, . they can make a false authentication speak a lie, and there is no remédy. “If the ruling of the Supreme Court has been simrly upon a question of the law,” and if such is the law, it is time that a remedy was applied, and if that remedy.!requires the reconstruction of the Constitution, the sooner a convention is called’ for the purpose the better. The spirit and intent of the Constitution is that the will of the people shall be. represented or .réflected in legislation or laws, but if the ¢hairmen ofthe Houses, a corrupt clerk, or a few members of the Legislature have the door opened to them to file a “memorandum” in the Secretary of State’s office which will be accepted mgby the Courts as the highest authentigation that it is a law du1y passed by the |Legislature agcording to the requirements or promises of the Constitution, the people cannot fail to conclude that in resting upon the Courts for protection from‘i;individualil rascality and corrupt legislation, either that they have relied upon & broken reed, or else that the decision of the Court jon- the specific appropriation bill is of a most revolutionary and dangerous character. The Court tells us that under the present Constitution the people haye no remedy against fraud. If such is the case we again inquire if it is not time to frame a Constitution that will protect the public interests, and the rights of the people?— Indianapolss Sentinel. i The Republican Split in Tennessee, . The Democrats :to Vote with ‘tho. Semter * Wing—Andrew Johnson after the Senatorship, W AsHINGTON, June 27.—The political situation in Tennessee is attracting much attention here, and the condition of affairs ‘in the Republican party is being brought to the consideration of the President and Cabinet, = The question of the enfranchisement of the citizens now dis-. franchised for disloyalty, is the principal issue before the people, and upon that question the Republican party has split. Both partigs have taken ground in favor of enfranchisement. ' The Senter party in favor of immediate and un’cémgironal, and the Stokes party in favor of gradual enfrauchisement by the removal of disabilities by the Legislature, as is now done by Congress under the Fourteenth amendment. The ‘most important new feature of the canvasse(i;/that;the Democrats have fugiy’, decided not to nominate a candidate of tbeir own, but to cast' solid vote for Senter, ..~ 1% 0™

- _Brownlow, strange as it may seem, and - notwithstanding his bigoted and proscriptive course in the Senate last spring, now co-operates with the Senter movement.— ‘His opponents claim that he does this because he and his friends are all'now in office,and that 1f beaten their transactions in the State government will be exposed. They further say that his personal prejudices and hates control him as usual. - The latest intelligence received here: indieates: that the Senter movement willbe pretty well swallowed up by the Demograts, and the majority of the Republicans of the State fear that its, success will place the party in the position which it ILOW toccapies in Maryland, : e The situation ‘hag ‘been talk&l over by the President and/several members ot the Cabinet, {:@1&@:@1& nothing yet to indic cate which party will receive the countenance of the administration. A majority of the Cz;_binet ai'e kng;n to prefer the s_uege@s’ 3of Colonel Stokes, begauser the believe that with hg election the suprem’-’. acy oé' tll;: Republican pa'é'thy in the State would -be maintained: + There are. very few appt‘siﬁgnfs ‘% be made for the ‘State, so that not so much influence can be exercised in that directiopg. e | eNS (2 S B Mv%x;tm 18 PARvo.—There is contain‘edin Dr. Morse's Pills the principle of ‘health. We have many thousands of ‘sstimonial_s gf theii::h b;mn%m restored the sick to health; j oan . barseen at our office. Use ﬁ;:/%rse’ﬁtdianj oot Pills and analjftha;-;‘inqt.'oﬁ '8 ‘cara : Tegu (168, e, 8. make no W§ £ the, fore ' wliich ' this oepe for the Queta Almani, o, read it e poisoned sausage for stray dogs: .

- Eespartynug, Ind, July 5, 1869. | While ndianapolis is connected with nearly all parts of the State by direct railroad communication, the Tenth Con gressional District is almost wholly isolated from your city. Except for politi--cal purposes, the major part of this District is a 8 disconnected with the whole of Central u%ﬁonthem{adiam -as though it were in the State of New York, Now there is:no good reason ‘why this should son makes it especially desirable that we should e clasely connected with your city. “We should know each other better. ‘Our business men should have dealings -with yours. Our social, religious, as well as political relations, should be moreintimate, and mﬁhﬁﬁﬁ become literally Hoosiers as ‘well ag bear the name. I propose to indicatea method in which this can be done at a moderate expense in & manner that will greatly -benefit both sections and also add %reatly to the Prospersty oX your city. What I propose 18 an extension of the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad to Angola, in'the extreme northeast corner of the State. If you fm a rule on your map of the State of ndiana and draw a straight line.from Peru to Angola, it will pass near Columbia City, the county town of Whitley county, and through Kendallville, the largest place in Noble county. The dis‘fance, judging from a section map, is not far from ei%:lt ‘miles, and a railroad on this. line. will pass through one of the most prosperous and fertile regions of the State, and encounter no obstacles whatever in its construction, . - At Columbia City it would intersect the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad ; atrﬁendallville, the Michigan Southemn and Lake Shore and the Graad Rapids & Indiana Railroad, and at Angola will meet the Jackson & Saginaw Railroad. The latter road is already com: pleted from the city of Saginaw to Jackseny; Michigan, and is being pushed forward with such energy that the cars will be running to Angola by the Ist day of January next. The grading is nearly done, and the iron is bought and being delivered.. The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad have constructed 20 miles of road in the last ninety days, and. the grading is nearly done from Grand Rapids to Kendallviile. There is every reason to believe that the cars will be running on this road, for two humdred miles of its length in less than -one year. Itextends from Fort Wayne, ]ndianag to the Straits of Mackinaw, in’ Michigan, a distance of three hundred and fitty-two miles, and bas a magnificent land grant of one million acres of land to aid its comstrue: ‘tion. . By this extension Indianapolis and Northeastern Indiana ‘will ‘become next door neighbors, and your' city, by the Grand Rapids & Indiana and the Saginaw & Jackson roads, will be brought into direct railroad communication with the vast pineries and plaster-beds of Western Michigan, and the e%uallyr extensive pineries and salt re%ions f eastern Michigan, giving ‘'a supply of all these articles independent of Chicago ' markets. It does more than this. It opens up to Indianapolis new routes east. Thus a% the’ great thoroughfares of Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan will be intersected by these roads. It will. double the travel and business of the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad, and I cannot; conceive of » link of the length of" the road between Peru and Angola that could be of mpre advantage toall parties than this. Bat it is needless to mention all of the benefits, as your business men will perceive them better than time and space ‘will ailow me to déscribe them. Now, Mr. Editor; can you not enlist your business men in this enterprise,. and. especially those owing stock in the Peru Road? ; Fhe matter is ‘much discussed in this locality, a;%]if railroad men and capital--ists can be interested, they can depend upon large %ocalaid from'this part -of the ‘State. . % Yours, ete., i § AL A CHAPIN: 16

. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. St.. Louis eats six hundred pounds of opium aday. - o £ Curiosities for:a museum—Wings of a flying visit. : SRRy A pretty woman isn’t half so entertnining as a smart one. : b - Ohijo is to havea Woman Suffrage Conveniion in September.. | Mr. Raymond said he should prefer a death byiapoplexy ta any other. .~ Chicago people are ‘being poisoned from wearing red stockings. . : : The Cretan; insurrection 'cost Turkey twenty-five millions in money and 80,000 men. ' e HiOds Haymond has been indicted at Cincinnati for embezzling $9,000 belonging to.a National Bank at Richmond, Ind. Tennessee will not be able ‘to pay any | interest om her debt for. three or four A negro-baby-show is now proposed in Boston. Haven't they had music enough there, for mercy’s sake. : : America is evidently intending to seize Russia—Cameron,,Clay*ﬁd Curtin having" C-cured the' Ministership in regular order, G e e A Connecticut deacon in New Haven county has fallen from grace by way of - chicken stealing.—[E}%{_ He began by voting the Radical Ticket. "~ -~ . Lightning struck a ceuple of oil-tanks on the Coleman farm, near Titusville, Penn'a, destroying a thousand barrels of oty o By, i ailane i Ak Vikng the'botehl segions th ot spect his famous pur ~ Mr. Seward will go to Mexieo to gonfer. with Presiden Jamngss? et API G Mr, H. Sanford, Cashier of the Central . National Bank; of New York, is a miss‘ing defaulter, to the extént of $10,000.— Gold speculation was fhe rock on which MERPE e A Boa, huving complained to his father that Bill had thrown the Bible at him, and hurt him on the head, the father re--plied :: “Well, you are the on,lg ‘member of my family on whem the Bible has ever made the least impression.” s ~ “Bir,” said & burly fellow, “I have the’ largest neck of any man in the city.’ “Very likely,” said his neighbor, and I saw yesterday the largest rope in the city. ' Now put that and that togetlier and we’ll PRI ERERe O sl _An Trishman, newly arrived, and a ‘member the O"Regan fatmily, was heard to ‘exclaim, as the steamer Oregon was passing, “Oér-eg-0 nl—O'Regan, be jabers ! wp{%&@mweeks in Ameriky, and a steamboat called by-my namel” - . - . Big striwbesties, have been the rile [shik S R pisvious year SlSe b ‘such 'mcnstfe_r berrtleg—om mf;:tyof the% - ‘Bushels of the tempting fruit seem to years; and therearebushels that aro as D At previouely known 1a New York=—tho: Lochel ol b S Uns preciiie. _sumset) s whlie. W@ seryices. Pl - FEHE S ggj’;ém””ﬁf%% e R SR é‘«% s L S AN L ;ﬁ 168 are secured el e T Y wfﬁe@w( R s sl o s e EO LU & c‘b.'e»'.;e‘: pjg,'?‘,; ~~ ~):g‘.,, °,, m R n u’c;: a?" (S St @ blessed goyernment the people of the, South live under " "1 T

the new Radical organ in New York that ‘advocates & King for thiscountry—is already so popular that it pays a profit oUeE oxpenses. . e - Knoxvilleadvices say that Tennessec blacks bitterly denounces Brownlow as a “second Johnson” A gentleman writes : “I have been in several different countics within the last ten days, and upon crery ‘hand hear bitter curses upon Brownlow “anid his kind.” " : . The New York Sun is running Mr, ‘Colfax for the next President, and does not conceal the fact that his New Eng land tour is made for the purpose of bet‘tering his prospects. He was at Newport on Saturday, and /was ‘rowed over to Lime Rock lighthouse and introduced to Miss Ida Lewis. In making his speech to her hé “expressed the gratitude of the nation” (what a handy thing a nation is to have about one, at times) for her hero - ism in saving cleven lives.”

_ The thermometer s rising “rapidly in Tennessee. . The cditor ‘of the Nashville State Journal (Stokes organ) compliments the editor of the Knoxville Whig (Senter organ) in this fashion : = : =~ The -diabolical ‘corruption of Pearnc ‘knows no hg,ight ;mo depth; no width; no breadth. In him is concentrated all the vile contaminations which make vp. ‘afiend incarnate. ASuch is Pearn, of the Knoxville Whig : ‘a defamer; a blackguard; a slanderer. B . The Raleigh Standard (Governor Hol- | den’s paper) is the first ‘to make nominations for the Presidential canvass of 1872, In an elaborate editorial it names the fol. lowing ticket: For President, Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois: For Vice-President, William W. Holden, of North Carolina. ‘The Democratic papers of North Carolina ’ wonder at Holden’s modesty.: It would | ‘have been mﬁre like him to have nomi nated himselfifor the first place. =~ * | vgv'TheA Maine Democratie” papers think : there is'a clance of carrying the State | for the right party thistimé. The Au- | gusta Standard says: = . . : “The times are auspicious. The Radi- g cal party is.divided. It has two candi- ; dates in the field, and the indications are | that therc will be a lively war- between 4 the factions, General Smith may be elec-/ ted if the Democracy /are true to them-: selyes and their cause. ' If General Smith |/ Tecieves as many votes as Mr. Pillsbury did @ last year, ie will be the next Governor of} Maine, 3 : £

A Minnesoter correspondent of: thoi‘;“ Chicago Repyblican, says of Minnesota: § There is no-use in concealing the fac notwithstanding we gave 15,000 majorit for Grant, there ¢z a possibilty of our los# ing the State this fall. Well informe politicians all understand ad ancknowls edge it. 'We cannot afford to hazard th¢ - success of the Republican. party to pleasd o certain clique, or to benefit any man’s chances for the United States Senate.— Something must be done to harmonize the party, or defeat is certain. | 5 : ~ John Covode, has been appointed chairs man of the Pennsylvania Republican Central Committee, in place of Galusha A. Grow. The Harrisburg Patriot (Dems - ocrat) sounds the alarm: . P Forewarned is forearmed. They hav! found an agent who will balk at the perf§ - petration |of no fraud that will promis? success. :They have for their leader A man who can stuff a ballot-box with ﬂ?f same pious air which he assumes in leading a prayer-meeting. It was fit that after passing a swindling registry law, they should select an agent like Covode to sct the cunning machine going. .

The Indianapolis Journal makes cettain - improper proposals to the Irish, ‘which will doubtless be resented in a proper manner. That paper admits that there has been little sympathy among Republicans for the Fenian movement because the Irish have voted the Democratic ticket, but pledges thé Republican pdrty to sympathize to-’a?reasonable extdat if the Irish will become loyal. It might be well enough to call a public meeti of the Irish Fenians to consider the Jotynal’s proposition, e fé b he) o D * The new Secrétary of the Navy is thderstood to have been recommended fo the President not onWe gift of fiyehundred dollars togfirds Mr. Grant’s ‘house in Philadelphia, but also by his jovial temper. Itis not surprising; therefore, to learn that one of his first offigial acts has been to telegraph to; Admiral Hoff to send home the steamer Tallapo?::;, es he wants it fora “pleasure party’ of high officials. This will be good new#to the officers -of the Tallapoose, who.‘;ﬁust find it quite a bore to be poking about the Cuban coast to protect Yankee skippers from Spanish overhauling. Ddeidedly, Robeson is “jolly.” And as fof the expense ? ‘'Well, that is not Robeson’s affair, you know. = .

: Ellery Centre, Chaaut. Co., N. )Y % e April Bth, 186 Dr. Sage—Sir: I had been affffcted with Catarrh for twenty years previous to_ . using your, remedy, and found no perma‘ment” Telief “until I applied to ‘you for treatment. Your Catarrh Remed® has -entirely relieved my headache andicured the Catarrh and Cough. = « Mgs. Joux C. WrLLs. Get the remedy at your drug storgj or enclose sixty cents to R. V. Pierce, M. D, Buffalo, N. 'Y, and it will be senf by return mail. For. sale by most Dhggists everywhere, SIS S .' A Vermont Demoiselle has cbllected 1,970 different kinds ‘of buttons in seven. weeks. :It is not recorded how many she attached to her brothers’ shiie =L e e s Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,while objecting to bi igg.rd,,..gglogps. thinks that young people ought to learn the charming game. of billiards’; but where ? “Will he kindly suggest 2 ~ : ’ 2 -. ; _—‘h_——:‘—-““_:—.:— Rk » - Since November the number of Assistant Assossors of Internal Revenio ‘remaining in the service is 2217. LIGONIER MARKET REPORT. S B e %ﬁ”*ygg . | Potatoes,” "9 R ARGy s aben K 0 Mgl ol ' Dried apples, 15 wnals kire LAI Bt o B R R | Clover 5eed.....\.. .00 Hay-baime. ... 10.00