The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 50, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 April 1870 — Page 2

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~'.:..-\.:;..___..__'_'"'-“"—*—-_...z:z—:‘f'-" e ] Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God.’ - 7. B.BTOLL, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, APR. 13, 1870, DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET i For Secretary of State: b Col. NORMAN EDDY, of South Bend. f For Auditor of State: | - JOHN C.SHOEMAKER, of Periy Co. & For Treasurer of State: | JAMES B. RYAN, of Indianapolis, For Attorney General: | . BAYLESS W. HANNA, of Terre Haute, For Sup't of Publia Instruction: Rev. MILTON B. HOPKINS, of Clinton. ' For Supreme Judges: JAMES L. WORDEN, of Fort Wayne A. C. DOWNEY, of Ohio County, . SAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, of Monrog Co,, 'JOHN PETTIT, of Lafayette. _

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; Food for Thounght. - " .When the rebels arrayed themselves against the rightful authority of the government, the men of the Union were called upon to sacrifice théir dives in 'defense of the constitution. They respond ¢d as no people ever before responded.— After four years of bloody strife, the rebols surrendered, and manifested a disposition' to abide the laws of the-land. To the soldiery is due the ‘credit of having averted a dissolution of the Union. Their work was complete; but the leaders of the radieal party conceived the idea of keeping up strife and contention. for four weary years longer. The crowning act ot their infamy is the compulsory inaugu ration of megro suffrage. 'The constitution was subverted by abrogating the rights of the States to regulate suffrage for themselves. So radical a change in the fundamental law of the land was not intended by the fatheis to be made withont congulting the wishes of the peopte-— hence the radical leaders are guilty of usurpation and an unpardonable act of deepotism. A decent regard for the opinwons of the men .who 80 ‘bravely fought for their country, leaving upmentioned: the -t.bdnshnds -who did net enter the ar mny, should have prompted the party in power to submit this important juestion to a vote of the people. In other words, the so'diers having m‘aiom'mtd the constitution by their prowess, they should haye been.permitted to say whether thatinstrument should befthmimend«ed or DO TSt il ¢ At il - W —— b . Death of an Editor, - A dispatch from Logansport announces the death of 8. A. Hall, Esq., an old res. Ident of that city, and for 25 years the eﬁltotﬁ f the Demociatic Pharos, at his residence on Sunday. Mr. Hall was a prominent citizen, and is well known ‘throughout the State as a leading and active Democrat. His death is universally regretted, and few citizens would be ore migeed than Mr. Hall. The faneral tonk place oo Tuesday at 2 o'elock, P. u.

It is with pleasure that we perceive a growing dispositirn on part of a portion of the republican press to deal with ques tions of public policy from a more liberal and independent standpoint than has characterised its conduct in the past. It vasa _rare occurrence, heretofore, to find a republican paper. taking a stand ia oppos tion to the policy enunciated by partisar leaders, however fallacious the proposition, or unjustifiable its consummation.—— Republican editors would secm to have _been gaverned by the ildea that their calling wasto defend and applaud everything emanating from the party council— to “teach their readers implicitﬁnl)edicnce’ to “the dictates of little demagogues suddenly emerged from obscurity by a mighty convulsion of the body. politic. As the frenzy engendered by civil war graduslly yie‘.ds_, th calmer reflection, a slavish sul® mission*is slowly but surely supplanted by manly independence. To illustrate the correctness of this observation, we subl mit to the consideration of our readers a few extracts from republican cxchanges. ! We begin with the following from a recent issue of the Noble County Journal : . There is undoubtedly soine opposition to the United States government in Ten- - nessee, but zo far as we can' learn, this is | oniy on the part of mdlvi'du_als, most of whom will soon learn that it is better not to kick against tie pricks. Gen. Butler haa better Keep lands off and not attempt to resolve Tennessee back. into a state of confusion.” B

Just so! But we have a more emphatic -declaration by the editor of the Wabash Republicdn, who gives expression to ‘his views in the following language : © “Tennessee complied |with the conditions precedent to her restoration of rights, forfeited by Rebellion ;ﬁnd, in concep tion of law, equity and public policy, she is vested with the panoply of self government. Neither her Legiskature nor her Governor, during its recess (as the Cons stitution provides), has applied for the military power of the nation to sappress insurrection. . We can perceive no warrant of the fundamental law for the juris-. diction of Congrass therein; nor can we recognize the law of necessity— Salus Pepuli, Supremn Ler—-as, at all, applicalle ‘to the condition of the State. " However unsatisfactory to the Republicans of Ten nessee their political statis may be, they can console. themselves with the reflection of their exclusive responsibility therefor. The ‘conservative’ movement, which included Parcon Brownlow as well as Andrew Johnson, defeated them, and that alone. Hence, Tennessee is, to-day, whiat -defection from Republican ranks entailed. A little of the philosophy :of Hamlet will be the cure-all and the end all of their malady : “rather bear those ills we have: than fly to others that we know not of “If General Butler shall report a bill from the Reconstructivn Con mittee of the House to subvert the present Government of the State, as he lately intimated, we have yet faith in the discretion and Jjustice of Congress.to reject it.”

The Radical Promises of Economy. The Philadelpbia Age says previous to the content which elevated General Grant to the Presidency, the Radicals proclaimed their determination to reduce the taxes of the people, and the expenscs of the Government in a material degree. In the Congress of 1868, the appropriations for the approaching tiscal year were cut down, and the estimates for the following year reduced, with a view to con vincing the people that the Radical party was réally in earnest in what they promised. At that time the leading Dewmocratic papers of the country warned the people of the cheat intended. They declared that when the clection was over, all the gaps in the appropriation bill would be filled by extra legislation. And what the Democratic journals said then has been verified by subsequent. events.-—— While the appropriations called for less than three hundred millions; the expenditares reached, ascharged by Mr. Beck, anid not successfully contradicted, four hundred millions of dollars. Deficiency bills are being forced through'Congress, in order fo save the credit of the Government, while the taxes are still kept upon a war basis. In this manner the Radicals sho“hé‘lr ability to manage the affairs of the country. It is no wonder trade is weak and commerce tottering, when such a perty is in the ascendancy. o —— e BE— - Congressional Nominations. The congressional career of that notorious humbug, Geo. W. Julian, is rapidly approaching its close. Although, repudiated at the ballot-box " in’ 1868, he nevertheless forced himself into a seat in Congress by means at once dishonorable and disgracefnl. So thoroughly disgusted were the people of that District at his disreputable conduct, that even his own party friends openly expressed their detesta. tion of the man. Regardless of this, he insisted upon a re nomination, but to.the credit of the Republicans cf that District be it said, lris insolent demands were in dignantly spurned at the primary election last week—his competitor, Judge Wilson, carrying the day by a large majority.—ln the Lafayette District, Gen. Lew Wallace will, in all probability, receive the republican nomination, whilst General Shanks has ‘the inside track im the Fort Wayne District. From present indications it would seem that Billy Williams will be renominated from thé Tenth; ‘his prospects are daily improving. £

Legal Opinion of a Reconstructed -+ Judge. There is a certain reconstructed judge in_ Louisiana who ought to, be put by Congress on the commission to codify the laws of the United States. His claim to judicial eminence is that, - being. in judgment and a case involving the constitutionality of a law coming before him, % b 2 decides, tbat “the modern tendency of | legislation is to construct constitutions in _accordance with the will of the majority of the people, or to suit the emergency of | the case, and if they won’t bear such con- | struction to ask the people, to change ' them.” Congress should snap this Solon | up and put him where such abilities could ! meet a just recognition. Ile has epi- ' tomized the current dectrine at Washington g 0 handsomely that a better fate is | due him than to vegetate in & Louisiana parish. - n |t A B— e - Hon. Dan. W. Vocrhees recently exbausted himself, his hearers, the Demo I cratic .vocabulary of anti-niggerisms and the lights at the Academy of Music, in Indianapolis, in a vain effort against l Governor l\forton.——Kendallville Journal, The editor of the Journal evidently had not given Mr. Voorhees' speech a perusal at the penning of the above. paragraph, A “vain effort,” indeed! Why, there was n't-a grease spot left of Morton when Dan got through with the great dema-

| | 5 Sl 1-‘{sWe have scarcely evcr read an article that so thoroughly expresses our views as the following ‘which we found -in & recent issue of the Connersville Ezaminer. It treats of a subject in which every citizen, every' friend of reform, is deeply \nterested. Each sentence in the entire drticle deserves to be earnestly considered, and treasnred’ as words well and fisdy FllV)kén : e . < it

The great want of the present day, is | an independent journalism—an indepen- ! dent advocacy of the right. The press | is a great power and should be conducted | in all cases for the good of humanity.— 1 No agency of so great influence as the press should be subsidized by any power. An independent journalism does not necessitate its severance frow political par ties, or its discussion of party issues, but rather demands that all issues affecting the welfare of the masses should pass under its scrutiny. The people are educated to look to the press not only for the news of the day, but for such a fair and independent statement of points in dispute among men as will enable them to decide upon the merits of the case for themselves, This can not, will not be done, nnless ths journalist holds himself above and beyond the reach of all influen- | ces which might lead his pen contrary to his judgment. B . | A press should always reflect the indi viduality of its conductor, and that too, | in such a way as not to be offensive to others. As a general thing men are not of | fended with each other becanse of a difference ofsentiment. Offense éomes from | the manner of expression in nearly ev-i ery instance, To express contempt for the views entertained by others, is no.l part of independence, however groveling they may be according to our notions, — A generous mind, embodying these noble impulges of an enlightened . humanity which always have forbearance and con- 1 sideration for others, is where you ‘can find independence. . Insuch a mind, there, is independence of thought so courteously expressed, as not to give offense tn even thie most sensitive among the intelligent. To take omffense from the expressiors ofl such a mind, is to display ignorance, littleness, a selfishnes& which all noble hearts seek t) avoid. The mind that:can pot see and appreciate the good qualities that | may be in an enemy, should not-he trost- ! ed even by a friead. { | Party prejudice should not be permit- | ted to deter the journalist from the advocacy of the right according te his own judgment. His own party may be in an. erfor and. it; is his duty to expose it tdi them. How many are, nevertheless, deterred from the expression of their own 1 convictions of right by a fear of the disapprobation of theip party, and thus per- | mit their press to be subs'dized without even the thanks of those for whom they i become willing slaves. It may sometimes become necessary to “answer a fool ac- | cording to his folly,” but such conle- 1 censions should be made only to meet er--ror uvon the dirty level where it lives like the .death worm at the roots of the fruitful tree. It shonld be dvg out and crushed amidst its filth for the preservation of truth and purity. : ¢ -Such a journalism. requires nerve—a | striking individuality and a clear sense of justice. ~lt requires more moral nerve to advocate the right at the sacrifice of the | approbation of the influential while seat--ed in the sanctum,, than to face a deadly foe amidst the excitement of the battlefield.” How many journals coie to usjsilent upon the great issues of the day, or at most, with only an intimation of disapprobation with the corruptions of men in office, in high places, while only the few have the boldness and f_mdependenée todenounce them.' The. great masses of the honest yeomianry are to-day, anxiously looking for reform. They are groaning oeneath the oppressor's hand and sighing for relief. They are looking to the press 4s a matter of right for the advoecacy ot their cause. There the pleading should commence, and as it echoed from the thousand' dwelliogs of the honest poor the voice of the people would be heard. To day milliong of the earnings of the poor laboring classes are being expended for the gratification of men in cffice and power without benefit to man or Govern-, ment. - y P Lt

The press should advocate principles, not men, save only as they are representatives of principles. Great reform is needed. The very life of the nation depends upon it. It is possible that such assertions may be laughed at by the selfishly interested, but how many eavil and scorn who never overthrew a principle or invalidated an argument.: Where can the oppressed look for protection if not to the press? ; e ——— - — A Republican Opinion. The républican press of Indiana speak very lightly of Mr. Voorhees' speech on the 31st ult., evidently with a view of ignoring the irrefutable arguments present-. ed by the eloquent orator. - The Kokomo Tribune, an Intensely radical sheet, but: edited with considerable greater ability’ than the majority of papers of the same political complexion, takes a different view of the speech, as will he observed from the following : : . : “We do not agrec with those Republicans who say this speech was not an able one. It certainly was. Voorheesisa little sophomoric both in his exordium and peroration. But we remember that Cicero and other ancient orators were so inclined.. Cicero used to say, at the very outset, how he would annihilate his opponents, and in his conclusion would tell how he had done that thing. : Voorhees is classical and, of course, he had to be ancient, In his style of speaking, after he gets started, Voorhees’ model is Bishop Simpson. - We can not see a strong likengss, but the altitudinous Sycamore, whose college President was the Bishop, thinks he talks like that gentleman. We have known several Bishops who did not speak near so well as Voorhees. The truth is, if there had been a drop of dem ocratic blood in our veins, that drop, on that night, would have danced about and ‘cut up all sorts of happy antica. = A vile cuss whose blood is all Democratic must have been very happy during the deliverance of that speech.”

: .. Wordsef Truth. - . The Hon." George T. Curtis, a bosom friend of Daniel Webster, gives the following account of the last words that that great man ever uttered on the sub. ject of politics. It will be remembered thas Webster died just before the end of the . Pierce and Scott campaign : “Calling me to his bedside by my Chuis. tian name, he said : ‘The Whig candidate will not be elected. You love your epuntry, and you think its welfare involved in Whig success. This has been so; but let me warn you, as you love your country, to give no countenance to afection'al, geographical party. The Whigs, after this election, will break up, and-upon ¢he ruins of our paﬁ a sectional party will arise. The stability of the Union will hereafter depend upon the Democracy.”’ That’s just so. The stability of the government and the perpetuation of Republican institutions depend upon the Democracy. S ey

. The fndiannpoﬁd;'kies celebrated the adoption of the 15th amendment on Thurs day last. Among the speakers who addressed the “culled pussons,” we motice the name of Ben. Spooner, U. 8. Marshal, A fuoll synopsis of h.s speech appeared in the Journal., Its perusal proves one of two things—either that Spooner was gloriously drunk on the occasion, or that he is naturally 8 A—- fool,

"ﬁi‘i‘iﬁ’?ﬁ*ﬁii INDIANA DEMOb ! cn;thrnms. S - The Warsaw Uneon urges the importance of organizing in the following lang ‘uage: . “As ilhe campaign approaches, we would ask, if it was not about time to ef- ! fect some organization of the Democratic party in this county? We are not at all organized, and our ship floats without rudder and without compass. The State ticket is in the field and for its success we Lmuat all, with sureand direct movements, "work. The cause, the principles and the | ticket arc worth working for, and we are ’ sometimes led to think that it is due to | those steadfast, honest, unswerving Democrats who maiutained their rights, and manfully défended their principles, during the strife, prejudice and excitement, that we enjoy the privilege to advocafe and promulgate the political doctrine of our choice. Had it not been for men of uncompromising Democratic | principles, the sea of Radicalism, during'the war “would have engulfed the last vestige of American liberty. Democrats, orgarize, { organize " 2 | The Fort Wayne Democrat says: “It [ will ‘be noticed that when the Radical f‘ leaders in Congress are preparing ta per- | petrate some new ai#ﬁcity upon popular { rights, a crop of horrible murders apd | blood-thirsty Ku-Klux outrages bursts | forth in the South. During the recess, | when members are at home -or lounging { at the watering places, the South is com- ;\ mendably quiet. Murderers of inoffensive carpet-haggers lay aside the dagger, | persécutorsof helpless freedmen take them ! to their arms, and the ferocious Ku-Klux | disband and join the neighboring churchi e 3. - But as soon as Congress convenesand the labor of reconstructing the South on a Radical basis is resumed, the flames of war break out afresh, and the Northern soul is harrowed by the tales of Southern (wickedness. Senator Sumner has a batch | of letters constantly on hand from Union g men “who cannot ‘exist in the South.”— | He readsthese upon every provocation. | They bear a wonderful sameriess in style, and probably are the composition of some ! New England _correspondent at a fixed rate—say $5 per hundred.” oy

~ The New Albany Ledger concludes an 1 article on the ratification of the fifteenth | amendment with the following observa- 1 tion: “Negro suffrage, ag contained in | the revolutionary act called the Fifteenth ‘ Amendment, must be accepted, whatever may be men’s opinions as to its legality. There is no appeal, except to the Coukts of the United States, and 't is doubtful, if a case were made up to test the validity of the enactment; whether a just decision could be secured in a Court constitiuted with & view to endorse the action of the revolutionary majority in Congress. It is our duty—it is the duty of every pa triotic American citizen to accept the law, and by no illegal means attempt, to set .it aside. ‘Whatever of evil there may be in| its’enforcement .must be borne until the! American people are satisfied that the experiment isa. failure. The precedent established by the governing party will enable the people of the United States to set it aside in the future, if found to be productive of evil consequences. We are ne longer bound by the precedents of the past. The measures of one Congress may be repealed by another. If in the future it is found that the negro is not qualified for self goverhment, the people can demand a repeal of this amendment, and if individual States refuse acquiescence in the repeal, their functions may be sus pended, until such time as they should yield obedience to Congressional dictation. Such is the teachings of .Radicalism, and if the American people: ehoose to accept it, there certainly: can be no cause of complaint on'the part of’those who forced upon an unwilling people the present amendment. That a’ majority of the people of the country were not, favorable to this rzvélutionary measure, we predict, will he evidenced in the future.”

- Referring to the splendid democratic vi(}/tory at Evansville, the Courier of that city remarks: [‘‘With much pleasure we observe that our friends in other parts of Indiana, give credit to the noble conservative element who aided the democrats of Evangville to carry this city at the election last Monday. That victory was the result of the fifteenth amendment. The radic.ls acknowledge the tact, and yet they claim that the amendment will ultimately benefit them. Never! We are willing that the radicals shall make the most of the colored vote frr the present ; but - there is nothing more certain than that for partisan effect, the republican party T counting the negro vote, and also that the negro will vote as he pleases in the future, if he isa man. We do not ask his vote for the Democratic party—in tact we shall prefer that he would nhot vote at all. It would be: better for him. The first exercige of suffrage in Indiana on his part, disgusted all persons who were the honest advocates of justiee to the colored race, but who opposed equality of the races. There were many suchin the republican ranks. They are now cut loose from their party affiliations and in future will vote for the advocates of white superiority, but will be ready to protect the colored man agrinst wrong, or injury, or violence.” ' . Theory and Praetiee. } The fo*lowing, which we clip from the Hillsdale - (Mich.) Democrat, gives us a clear and comprehensive idea of the ef: fect produced by giving practical force: to the theory of perfect equality between the races: : :

The fact that the negroes have acquired equal political rights under the constitution by the adoption of the 15th amendment, is being brought home to the attention of Republicans in a way that is not at all pleasant to them. Oun Monday last a negro was chosen. overseer, of highways—or pathmaster—in one of the districts of Reading,- over the Hon. Fred. Fowler ; and another chosen to_the same office in another district of the same town. The Radical Republicans of the Districts —to.a man-—declare that they will not work out their road tax under the directions of a negro overseer, this proving that their boasted regard for the negro was a sham. : : | Nothing is plainer than the fact that however zealously impracticable theorists may clamor for “equal rights,” there exists in the minds of the American people an inextinguishable aversion to bowing the knee to Africa. The instincts of refined humanity revolt against the degrad. ing doctrine. loidy

'couc’mzoxu;;emnnmas. 7] TuespAY, April s.—ln the Senate, the | joint resolution directing inquiry into the" lossof the Oneida by thegellision with | the Bombay was passed. A debate sprang ) up on & resolation of Mr. Cameron to pre- i pare some appropriate testimonial to the ‘Pennsylvania -and Massachusetts regiments which marched through Baltimore in 1861 tothe defence of the capital.— | Sevé'[al Senators advan'ced the claims of regiments from their respective States for similar testimonials, and 1n the course of the debate Mr. Conkling reminded Mr. Cameron of the services of the New York troops in saving Pennsylvania. Mr. Cameron replied spitefully that “the less Mr. Conkling said on tlie subject the better it would be for his own sake.” The subjeet was referred to the Military Committee. The Senate took up .the Georgia bill, and listened to speeches from Mr, | Sumner and nlr. Carpenter. The House of Representatives devoted nearly all the session to the paragraph of tlie Tariff bill on sugar. . The paragraph on liquors was also nearly finished. ol : WEDNESDAY, April B.—ln the Senate, the morning hour was consumed with the eonsideration of the Deﬁé‘i;ncy "Appropriation bill. The bill as amended was finally passed. Mr. Sherm#n attempted *o get up the Income Tax bill, but failed. i In consequence of the funeral of General Thomas and the absence of many Senators, the Georgia bill was postgoned untii Tues‘day next, and the Scnate adjourned. In ‘the House of Representatives there was a lively time over a pe;'sopal explanation made by Fernando Wood, in which he managec to introduce a series of damag‘ing charges against the Pecksniffian General, 0. O. Howard. In substance, he charged that Howard, as Chief of the Freedmen's Bureau, swindled the government ont of a large amount of money and discharged the duties of his office with negligence and extrayagance, Mr. Wood's accusation procuced wruth and consternation among the Radicals, and a sharp passage between him and Ben, Butler, but the House was obliged to consent to -g~ motisn to refer the matter to the Com~mittee on Eduacation and Labor, for investigation. There is at last some hope that “the true character of General Howard.. will be| exposed. The House went into ‘ Committee on the Tariff; and the| paragraph on cigars was considered. = THUuRrsDAY, April 7.—ln the Senate, one of the huge railroad and land jobs. came up, and was debated Ly the new Senator from Towa, Mr. Howell, -and Mr, Stéwart, of Nevada. The' former took strong grounds against this and similar gwindles, and warned higßadical companions of the rising wrath iix" the people. Mr. Sherman’sjoint resolution declaratory of the, meaning of the law relating to the income tax was discussed and finally passed. In the House of Representatives, Ben Butler attempted to introdace a joint resolution to annex San Domingo, byt Mr. Brooks, of New York, objected. The res olation provides for annexation, and appropriaties $2,352 770 in coin to pay off ‘the debt of the black republic. It will cofe up again on Monday, under the Tule, but will undoubtedly be defeated: The House in Cammittee of the Whole considered the cigar and cotton paragraphs of the Tariff bill. The latter was stricken aut, leaving the duty on cigars the same as under the existing luw: : . Fripay, April B.—After a short session the Senate adjourn2d out of respect to the memory of General Thomas. Nothing of importance was transacted. but during a discussion of the Indian treaties, Mr. | .Drake allowed himself to get furiously angry with his brother Radical, Ml Sumner, and to spurn the base institufions of that great man. There was no fight.— The House was engaged in & Committee on the Tariff bill, and went through cottons and wools. Only eight of the fifty pages of the bill have yet been disposed of, and pig-iron has not yet beeu reached. SATURDAY, April 9.—A feeble discus sion on various unimportant subjects con stituted the Senate proceedings tu-day.— The House wearied Itself for two hours in Committee of the Whole on the tariff, and confined ‘the debate to the woolen para graph, without result. It was found im‘possible to keep a quorum in the hall. Moxpay, Apn! 11.—The Senate did nothing worth mentioning, and the ouly item of importance in the House proceedings is the introduction of a bill by Mr, Lawrence, of Ohio, providing for secret ballot at State elections. It was drawn up to meet the law lately passed in Virginia prescribing that no vote shall be counted unless the voter's name.is writ ten on it. Referred to the Committee on. Reconstruction. e i o

-.: Apves’ Certifficate to Ames. - The following document shows how. Senators are elected to office from Southern States under the Grant dynasty. We leavie oﬁr readers to make their own comments: } ' “EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, o “STATE OF MIssIsSIPPI, | “JAacKsoN Miss., Jan. 25, 1870. “I, Adalbert Aines, Brevet Major Gen eral United States Army, Provisional Governor of the State of Missiseippi, do hereby certify that Adalbert Ames was celected United States Senator by the Leg--Islature of this State on the 18th day of January, 1870, for the unexpired term, which commenced on the fourth day of March, 1869 and which will end on the fourth day of March, 1875. . ‘ “In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and eaused the great seal ot the State of Mississippi to be affixed, the 25th day of January, 1870. : “[L. B.] - . ADALBERT AMES, “Brevet Major General United States Army, Provisional Government of Mississippi.” - o : el & —— | The Reason Why, ; ¢ ‘Grant and the Radical party, says a contemporary, seem anxious to establish schools down South at the expense of the Government for the ostensible purpose of ‘promoting the education of the negro.— As the matter now stands, the Fifteenth Amendment men can’t read the many pathetic appeals offered up in his bebalf.— If they can be brought up to the reading point it would furnish a grand field for the distributation of documents from the Republican press, which already teem with appeals to their gratitude. ol

A Washington telegram brings the highly important information that at *‘lo ». M., of Monday, April 11, 1870, the fine and healthy son of Vice President Colfax is eight hours of age, and his mother is in an easy and comfortable condition.”

The Steuben Republican makes a lame attempt at answering our article on “social equality.” Will the editor please try again, and say something that would merit a reply ? i

: POLITICAL ITEMS. Jesse D. Bright wants to be governor of Kentucky. We should like to know the time when he didn’t want some office, 5 o The democrdts have carried Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the manicipal election, and Cincinnati and Cleveland have gone republican. . ; . The Oregon radical convention has nominated General Joel Palmer for Governor, and G. Wilson for Congress. The democrats made their nominations about two weeks ago. Election June 6. ‘The confirmation of Judge Bond, of Maryland, as United States Circuit Judge, is thought to be very doubtfal. He is known to be deficient in the learaing and ability nhecessary for the position. - TR The Chicago Pos! says : “The Cardiff giant got six votes for genator in Grundy county; Towa.” These six votea were the simple result of the old radical habit of ‘voting for everything that is’known to be a fraud. B

The first election held in Kentucky since the ratification of the Fifteenth Anmendmént was that for municipal of ficers of Dover on the 2d inst., at which the colored men wert .to the polls, . in. quired for the democratic ticket and voted,it en masse, without “scratching.”

It is raid that the New York T'ribune has ‘had aun obituary of Brownlow in type for more than two years. . Itisa shame that the Tribune is forced to keep its type standing idle ro long. -~ The old fellow being no longer serviceable, might die just to accommodate Greeley. ' Complete retarns from all the towns in Connectcut fix Governor English’s majority at 832. The remainder of the democratic state ticket are elected by about the same majority. The new Legislature will stand: Senate, Democrat?, 11. Republicans 10, House of Representatives, Democrats, 112, Republicans, 127. ; :Bruate Butler is Mr. Grant’s attorney in the San Domingo speculation, and has the promise of a cabinet appointment should he succced. That's the talk, any way, and as Butler denies it the report gains in credence. This San Domingo scheme of acquisition may giveinfinitely more to the broth-ers-in-law and their ring than to the United States. 3 ’

. B "~ Seven judges of the New. York’| court of appeals are to be elected uo- | der the new amendnient to the consti- i tution, on the 17th of April, and can- | didates are not wanting, prominent among whom are mentioned Francis | Kernan, Samuel J. Tilden and Sauford | E. Church, These gentlemen are | among the ablest citizens of the coun- | try, and will hidnor the judiciavy of | New York and the nation if elected. | The State election in Rhode Island | resulted, as usual,.in the success of | tke republican ticket, though by a re- | duced majority. - The interest centred ! in the war between the Anthony and | anti-Antheny factions. Money was | spent in great profusion and radicalre- | peaters were arrested at the polls in ] Providence. The Anthony men suc- | ceeded in carrying a majority of the | legislature, thus securing the re-election | of Hon. Henry B. Anthony to the | United States Senate. , , i

The New York city negroes celebra ted the fifteenth amendment on Friday by a large turnout, and a procession through the principal streets.. About three thousand of the race, of all shades and hues, looking shiny, spruce and happy, participated. In the negro quarter the hon.es were gaily decorated with. flags and inscriptions, During the demonstrationithe city was orderly, the blacks being well behaved, and the whites, who lined the sidewalks appar ently amused. . -

Returns have been received from all but two small towns in Connecticut, and if these have cast the samé vote as last. year, the majority for Governor English will be 748. The Democrats have the State Senate by one majority and the Radicals the House of Representatives by six majority. It is sixteen years since their majority has been so small in the Legislature. The last democratic legislature in Connecticut sat in 1854. It is evident that the next will sit in 1871. g el - P——e ; GENERAL NEWS LI'EMS. - A truce has been agreed upon by the rival Mayors of Richmond at the suggestion of chief Justice Chasei They are both to remain until the May term ofthe conrt.” " . : ~ One of the Irish pewspapers, the Waterford Mail. announces the passage of the Irish. Force bill, and appears in mourning for ‘the death of the liberty of the press.” ol i

Thé London Zimes in' commenting on the Oneida disaster, admits that as the evidence now stands it is unable to acquit Captain Eyre, of the Bombay, or blame the American government and people for their deep resentment. . The French antiquarians are greatly excited over the discovery of a large Roman amphitheatre in the excavations going on at Mount St. Genevieve, near Paris.. Here is a material for a new Parisian sensation of no trival character. B

" Mr. Inman, one of the proprietors of the Inman Line of steamers, has written to a London maratime paper some observations upon the loss of the City of Boston. He thinks she was destroyed by a falling iceberg, and that the catastrophe occurred when she was not more than two or three days out. . g

Cambridge beat Ozxford in the University boat race on the Thames on the 6th inst. There was an immense crowd of spectators present, and the interest almost rivaled that of the famous contest with the Harvard boys last summer. Cambridge beat by a length; time 20 minutes and 30 seconds. The time made by the Oxtfords in the race with the Harvards last year was 22 minutes 41 seconds. The winning crew received a great ovation from the populace on the river, ' -

The first arrest indreland under the new Force law has been made. The policé of , Queenstown learned on Thursday, that a mason working on the catbedrel had a revolver in his possession, and forthwith arrested him on the charge of being a Fenian. The name of the dreadful fellow has been withheld'trom the Irish reporters. In Dnndalk the magistrates’have ordered a printer to suppress an edition of a farmer’s almanac, which is said to contain seditious language,

o . STATE ITEMS. {'.:‘ § In one to_'-vn?bip in :“’;z:‘i’sliib’gmn ’ cocunty there are sixteen candidates for} BliegW! . - - oopooniniie ol * % EZE-“.'»".Au ’:._‘: Both political partics’ in Patnam | county -talk of running .ipdependent tickets fur the Oétober election. =~ . The Munice ZTimes says a mmn in'| that city, worth several thousand do!’i’,i lars, has moved into a hmn?’whem they | live in a state of filth.” sl ety " The spotted fever has prevailed in , Howard towuship, Washington county. ‘ Every attack has proved .fatal: T'he | discase it now abating, . - - 0

The Couuty ‘Treasurer’s offite of | Wabash county'was récently “broken ‘ into by burglarg, who, after working. hard a whole night,. reecived S;L;.'l.‘}vzts.-g' a reward for their labors. = o 0

The Indianapoliz Sentinel bas an original item. “Jt - says-l_ndiapnpbl_is! basn’t borne a_good reputation for ho | tels for the last few years.. Several of | our larger cities are in the same fix. | - The' South Begd Register says :~— | “An interesting breach of promise case | is on the tapis, in which two’ w‘m‘thgﬂi and well known families arc interested. ! Some rich devclopments are promised. J. B. Stoll, Esq., facored: us witha | call last week. Mr. Stoll is one of the | largeat, best looking, ablest and most { genial editors of our a¢quaintance, and | we wish he would come around.often: — Plinouth Democrat, > - - ,

! AN e gt i A statistician in New Albany caleulates that the amount paid for dramdrinking in Indiana- yearty, would erect one thousand, seven hundred and forty-eight such buildings as the State University at Bloemington !.« 7

Aun Irishman named Patrick Dauffy, who has lived in - Greensburg, Decatur county, for séveral years until he has become stiffened from age and. toil, has just fallen lieir to $29.000 in Ire: land. Ts it there ye are, Pat? . ‘Baker ‘of the Whitley * Coinercial complains’ of having lost over $3OO by eastern callions, and hias now taken. a solemn oath that he will not accept any more eastern advertise m‘lnts unless one quarter ig paid in advance. = - The Columbia City -Post says “from all parts of Whitley. county it learns that the prospects for a good wheat crop the coming harvest are extremely discouraging. The wheat is very thin on the ground and.-very small in growth.” - - e T

~ There is a Hitle man in-Mooresville, Iloyd county, seventy:eight years old, who knits the fabric forhis-own elothes, and sews'it together in shape, . He has worn one shirt for nine years, and still it is clern. His name iz Smith.. The New Albany Ledger saysso. - - Plowing and making garden will attract the attention of -our readers for tke next three weeks. Let door yards be cleaned ; out-hougea purified ; and forget not to freely use dizinfectants. Now is the time to set things in order to be enjoyed during the sumimer, .. Adolph Pféifer, residing near Cot-, ydon, whipped his daughter, aged sixteen, the other day, =o severly that she is not expected to recover fiom the effets 'of the castigation., Her offense cousisted in_sitting up wwith’ her bean two hours later than the old man thought proper. . i R The 'kerre Haute FEipress comes down on. a eorrespondent in the following gentle manner, ¢lf thelady who sends us twenty pages of mauuscript, post-marked ; Brazil, will call at our office, we will present her with a spelling book, ‘and a copy of the magazine from which her original article .was taken.”" | et 1f Indiana were cut off from all the rest of the world by “some unforeseen cause, she counld get along very -well by herself. She has iron, coal, . stone ‘and timber in large quantities, and plenty of fetile land. Our mineral resources give promise_of large yields. ‘We have no idea of favoring secession, ‘however,.—Fort Wayne Gazette. .~ Horace Tucker, of Franklin township, Kosciusko county, a noted ‘cattle: raiser, has three steers, two years old, that so perfectly resemble each other as to defy the closest. scrutinizing eye to tell them one from the other. They are triplets, and objects of - great curiosity. The Warsaw Indianian ventures ‘the assertion that their like can not be found in the country. = Uoo A little girl named Johnson, living in Attica, Fountain county, a fow days ago fell-down a steep, rocky precipice into Pine Creek, which runs through that place, and was killed. Her body was recovered from the waterin afew minutes, and it was found ‘that in her destent her skull had been injured by striking a rock. It islikely thatdeath would have resulted from the blow had she not fallen inté the deep water of the oreel. = 0o o AT AR

‘We perceive that the Howe Sewing Machine Factory hasg finally been located in the flourishing town' of Peru, Midmi county. = The Peruvians are naturally much elated: and very jubilant over the matter—the Republican having gone go far as to issue a hefty extra, headed by nine lines of tremen: ‘dous capitals and exclamation points, in which the matter is voluminously, set forth. Well, it is-a big thing for :Peruviang, and we heartily * rejoice with them over this great windfall of luck, and at the good sense displayed in locating the factory wpon Indiana soil. Peru, Indianapolis rejoices with you, but your citizens should take a little fatherly, well- meant advice; and keep their linen on.—lndianapolis Jowtnak. s s TEe e

Our namesake of Peru has published an extra explanatory of the “HoweSewing — Machine-Factory-Located " there. It ' seems that Indianapolis, LaFayette, Logansport and Anderson competed for the prize and offered lib--eral inducements to secure it; but Peru had ‘abundant “walnut timber and enterprige” to surpass either and gain the boon. Seventeen acres of land, one million bricks and:five thousand dollars cash were the reasonable compeusation foran establishment which is expected to employ four hundred operatives—to purchase the nccessaries of life in Peru. Work on the main building (400 feet in length) will be commnced in the summer. Peru has made a commendable effort. - The suecessful co operation of her men of means and public spirit is worthy of genemllemplation,.-f‘—_gVabaqk Rep, On Tuesday, Judge Wilson ‘was unani:’ mously nominated for Congress from:the Fourth District—Mr, Julian’s name hay-. ing been withdrawn at his own request.

. _Speech of Mr. Veorhees. . The speech of Mr, Voorhees isa rem ikably able and - powerful production.: We have geldom scen afiner or zounder presentation than he §as made. Morton's falsehoods, sophistrics and errors are admirably exposed. .In faet, he does not:leave a vestige of logic or argument which the friends of Morton - can hereafter pin theip faith, A moré | crushing-reply , could not have been. made.. Nothing wounld have gratified = ua more than fo have the two speeches * ¢ —Morton’s "22d of February, and Voorhees' Slst of March—piinted together, and'generally distributed toand read by (ke people. The last was tco severe a dizseetion of the bondholding and bond aristoeracy’s contrivance for oue-of their Cincinnati paid organs te : - publish: -It was replete with stubborn - facts, aud showed the ‘people how, - while -théy are beiag robbed of the . fruits of their hard earned’ toils, the bloated money lords were making ﬂ%qir thirty. and forty per cent, on capital which they never invested. It was too ddngerous ‘a missile- forthem to throw before the public when an elee- - tion was pending.— Cineinnati Enquiri"; e . 2, g T S R LLs 7 The _Way It's Done. ~ Evéry time thgt a Democrai has happened fo be elected to Congress from any of the Southern States. and a radical scalawag wanted the place, — all he had to do was to giye notice of acontest, and the ‘commitfce- on clec. tiong in the House wounld stiike” from the réturns a suflicient number of votes to.give him the places Last.week a case of this kind came up; Michael = - Ryan, a democraf, reccived a majority of over geven thousand from the seventh Lonizana District. A radical, rebel. sealawag, named John P. Newham,’ who waated to be a “biightand shiving light” in the Halls of Congress, gave notice of contest: Newham only re- * ceiveil 3,306 voters in all, in the eleetion, but the committec on’ elections, threw out 2,920 votes castfor Ryan and gave Newbam the seat he somuch desired. ‘This isthe way nearly all the Sontliernr members from these states Lold .thieir office in congress. We ask the people how long they propose ‘to-suffer such things. - - | g .’ i gt~ DR— 2 . Was. Burlingame Poisoned 2 ' Tu the diplumatic circles of Eurape ‘the most astonishing rumors are cirenlating in regard to the sudden deathof M. Anson Burlingame. :li"ia stated that difticulties originated in the Chi- | ‘nese embazsy concerning the rank and | authority of its various memberg, ending in the poisoning of the American chief of the embasay. At this distance [ from'St. Petersburg, we'have no means of cscertaining the truth of these rumois. It probably is nothing more ‘than the Russian manner ‘of thinking, according to which thé sudden death of any prominent person is always ex‘plained rather in an unnatural- than a 4 common manner. Itis a fact, however that Mr. Burlingame was very careless in regard to his health. He wént oat skating only a few days before his death, when the Reaumer thermometér | thivwed 23 degrees bélow zero. : : e—- W— Morton’s Abasement. I . The Philadelphkia Age thus comments -on the abasement of Morton in his landa | tion of Revels and his speech : i Aot is.quite evident that Senator Mot . ton has not made the desired point by sclf abasement .on ithis nbgr}n Aquestion.— He has boweddow endugh ity the cheny ! ~god, but no favorable response has been | - returned to his supplications. On the - contrary, even-the jjournals-of his own ' parly execrate this trailing of the .interests of white men-in the dust to wina smile from Cuftee and his representatives. - The -Senator from' Indiana is not a step“pearer; the “White House to day than he “avas before his ardent embrace of the ne _gro Senator, and he has lost the respect - “of all men who are not blinded by passion -and prejudice, and prepared to accept any _proposition which promises transient sticcess to thie Radical party. The reign of excitement is over, and people are begin“ning to-look:at questions in a calm, sen- | sible manner. Senator Morton scems to - have ﬁn‘gutt.enl that fact, and hence his ! recent exhibition in the Senate, for which . he is now receiving the condemnation of - thoughtful men of both parties.” h : - B— - ! Extravagance of the Administxation, There 'is no reason that we know of, lﬁ gays the Cincinnati Bnquirer, why theex. . pengesof the federal administration under - i President Grant, should much exceed - what they were in the days of President i Buchanan. Yet here is the exhibit, ex--clusive of the interest upon the public Idchr, made ingach statement: - Ordinary expenses under Bnchanan.. .860,000,000 “Ordinary expenses under Mr. Grant‘,‘/. ~-190,796,000 }' Here, it will be seen, leaying the debt ‘and the interest out of the account, more than three times what they were ten years i ago. - Allowing for the increase of popu. lation, there ought not to be over §BO,000,000 now spent in the Washington ad- - ministration, outside of the debt. The 15110,000,000 that are so spent above it ‘are waste only, extiavagantly and corrupt- - Iy thrown away by this administration.. ; ! el ——— i~ ‘ot . Won't Stand Xlt. ~ Last Saturday a Republican from one of the out-Townships told us - that at least ‘ half of the Republicaas of his Township - ‘would not vote the Republican ticket this’ fall, on aceount of the negro progclivities . cutertained and sanctioned by the Repubt,lic‘nn State Convention. We confess we _were surprised at bisstatement, for a more ~uncompromising Repgblican than he has . ’ been does not live in this county.— Paoli (Ind.) Eagle. . e e e ~Another ocean steamer is missing; _the City of Brussels, which left New ‘T*Ymk ‘port for-Europe, March 26.— Though she has been out only thirteen } days, the Liverpool people are nervous “about her, and the- underwriters have | raised the premium to twenty guineas. ";Th-g London telegram says, however, ‘that it is believed she is safe, as she has a plenty of canvass. . - - F - eet B— e * s The trial of McFarland for the murder’ “of Richardson is in full progress. ‘A num- . ber ‘of witnesses have given their testi.mony. . The defense put in the usual plen ‘of temporary insanity., , -+ Letter from Missou i. e e Boo’xn’a Mmti&w%ﬁw ﬂl',cft;li’«l)fy‘} A ~ Friexp Storrn—Dear Sir:-—Enclosed - ‘you will’ find two_dollars for another _years’ use of the NaTioNaL Baxser. It is the most welcome visitor that domes to _my house in the shape of a newspaper—not even excepting the Missouri Republi- - ‘can ot the New York World. Tam takiu’g 5 ‘both of these, but the BANNER: is the “banner for me, .We are baving lieduti;f{ll . weather ; the grass is up so ;hot«dhtﬂeo' 6.« doing well without feed. Peach trees are in blossom ; wheat is looking fine—~agood prospect of a bountiful season. Money T L eR e eeR SR L e R plenty and a fair prospect: for improve. T et yours wever,