The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 20, Ligonier, Noble County, 14 September 1870 — Page 2

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- *‘Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God.’ J.B.SEOLL, BDITOR, - ' e S _ i WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14, 1870 DEMOPRATIC STATE TICKET A ' Fol Secretary of State: - o Col. NORMAN EDDY, of South Bend. j . For Auditor of State: JOHN €. SHOEMAKER, of Perry Co. For Treasurer of State: * ; ~ JAMES B. RYAN, of Indianapolis. . For Attorney-General: : " BAYLESS W. HANNA, of Terre Haute. : For Sup’t of Public Instruction: Rev. MILTON B.HOPKINS, of Clinton, . For Supreme Judges: - JAMES L. WORDEN, of Fort Wayne, A. €. DOWNEY, of Ohio County, ‘ / BAMUEL H. BUSKIRK, of Monree Co,, JOHON PETTIT, of Lafayette. * DISTRICT TICKET. i ‘ Independent Candidate for Congress: Gen. MiLO 8, HASCALL, of Elkhart. lor Joint Representative, Noble and Elkhart: * JOSEPH ZOLLINGER, of Elkhart, For Prosecutor, 14th Judicial Circuit : WILLIAM C. WILSON, of Elkhart. 2 Pr(vs.'(ﬁlt()r, 19th Common Pleas District:’ WILLIAM G. CROXTON, of Steuben. COUNTY TICKET. g : Representative : e JMENRY €. STANLEY, of Green twp. ; - COlerk: 1 : ¢ W. R. KNOX, of Albion. v ' ‘Auditor: J. C. STEWART, of Noble twp. ; Treasurer: ' - J.J. LASH, of Kendallville,. - Sheriff : - : DAVID HOUGH, of Perry twp. : e Surveyor: - Wm. GREEN, of Kendallville. i i Coraner ;, + Dr Wm., H. FRANKS, of Orange twp. = ~ Commissioners: North District—Wm. IMES. Middle District—F. AMOS BLACK. South District—JONAS STRAUSE. i From'the vAdd‘&g&s of Democratic Congress men.] Let therévbe no dissendions about minor matters ; no time lost in discussion of dead cvents ; no manbfestation of narrow or proseriptive feeling ; no sacrifice of the cause to - gratify personal ambition or resentment.

GEN. HASCALL’S SPEECHES, - From all parts of the District we hear that the meetings of Gen. Hascall, inde . pendent candidate for Congress, are large: 1y attended by members of both parties. This was . particularly the case at Water- " lao, Lagrange, Kendallville, and Ligonier. The opening remarks of the General ®ure usually addressed to his republican ~friends, explaining the reasons why he. and his fricnds withdrew fgoin the convention eonvered at Goshen the 16th of, June last: In doing this he very effectually shows up the (;nrru[)tiaqn of the Con: gressional ring in this Disﬁwictk_ and demonstrates how Billy Williams and his army of postmasters, revenue assessors and collectors, and other federal office holders trifle with the suffrages of the people.— The General says he was placed in nomination by the Republicans who demanded _ retrenchment and’ reform, and who were “opposed to the course of Mr. Williams on thie question of tariff; that he did not ask the Democrats'to vote for him at all * nnless:they were satisfied that he would représent the district more honestly and faithfully than the present member from _ this District. Fn;' this connection Gen, Hascall alluded to the éorrespondence had between himself and Mr. Williams relating toa joint canvass, in which the latter . ~ declines, for the reason that as they did not differ politically, the discussion must necessarily be a review of his individual conduet, terminating in such a personal contest as must prove ¢xceedingly distasteful to any gentleman of refined sensibilities. The General then proceeded to shoyw why it would prove distasteful, offering in evidence the certificates of three relia- * ble citizens of Goshen, viz: Sheriff Kerstetter, John . Gortner, and C. B. Alderman, to the effect that Williams, while incemmand of the military headquaiters at - Fort Wayne, had there bartered away certain offices for a peeuniary consideration accruing to himself; at the same time the speaker challenged Williams to file an‘affidavit with the clerk of the court that he '(WiHi'anis) had not done this, and promising that if Mr. Williams did so that at the next session of the grand jury of his county he wopld put him where the dogs won’t bite him, - . The General then. proceeded to show that Mr. Williams and himself did not agree on political questions. That Mr. William’s action in voting against the Marshall resolutions showed that he (Will“iams) was in-favor of taxing the West for " the benefit of Eastefh manufacturing mo-

nopolies. The speaker then declared himcelf to be in favor of a tariff for revenue only—of paying the bonds in greenbacks —of incréasing'the currency to an amount equal to the detand of the people—of reducing the debt by curtailing public ex- - penditures—for the doing away with the vast army of federal tax gatherers, and for reform and retrenchment generally. General Hascall, in all his speeches, since the commencement of the canvass, aimed to give the people a fairand candid statement of the issues involved in this canvass, ITe evades nothing, and meets the variois charges and objections against him in a manner that must at once convince the hearer of his gincerity and hon_esty of purpose. Ile does not beg any one's support, but leaves it to the voters to determine whether an honest representative of the people’s interest is to be sent to Congress or one who has proved him: sélf a tool in the.hands of the monopolists of the East. The issue is fairly made up. I't is for the people ‘to say whether they will favor Hascall, révenue reform, and the interests of tl‘x, or whether they?éill contii 1o in office the apoldgist for corruption, extravagance an genetdl TRI Loo on : U Bl A e As could not very well be otherwise expected, several articles appeared in the issues of our paper during the past two weeks that would not have been inserted had the editor been at home. We mention this fact in justice to ourself, and for the purpose of guarding against any and ‘all misappiehensions. Nothing to -wrhieh serions objection could be raised found ite way into the paper, but as above sAS oS et o TR L G O A e e

OUR COUNTY TICKET. Availing ourself of a brief sojourn at home, we refer to the gentlemen CoOmpos: ing the ticket placed in nomination by the Democracy of Noble county on the 27th of August. It is hardly necessary to say that this ticket is one of the strong; est ever placed before the people of this county, and that there is not a single candidate among all the names against whom anything can be trathfully said in reproach. They are, without exception, men of honor and integrity of character, representing the best classes of the county, and, ‘what is a great desideratum in the selection of a ticket, they will work from now until the day of thelelection for the party which has honored them with a nomination,

The Republicans confidently expected and hoped that our convention would result in confusion and dissatisfaction, and that divisions and discussions would occur that might seriously endanger our cause this Fall. Happily, nothing of the kind transpired, and our opponents feel chagrined over their sad disappointment. At the head of our county ticket is the name of HENRY C. StaNLEY, candidate for Representative in the Legislature, He is well and favorably known to the citizens of our county as one of the most extensive farmersin it.. By honest industry, sobriety and frugality, Mr. STANLEY has accumulated a good store of this world’s goods.: He did not seck the noniination for|office, but as it always should be, the nomination sought him. He did not desire to be a candidate, but the people imposed the trust upon him, and he does not shrink from it. So much is Mr, STANLEY _interested in the prosperity of this county and State, that the peopie’s interests are his. During the war, his course is well known. He was an ardent Democrat, a true Democrat,‘and‘ therefore a warm supporter of the war for ,thf suppression of the rebellion, and by his own liberality kept from want a number of soldiers’ families during the darkest hours, at a time when blatant demagogues had no time to think of-the wants of suffering solciers’ families, because they were too busily engaged in plotting for their own political advancement. Being a sterling, upright, and intelligent citizen, the people of Noble. county will but act in their own in terest by triumphantly electing = Mr, STANLEY. ‘ :

W. R. Knox, candidate for Clerk, is a young man of excellent qualifications,— Our:’néqugintance with him is limited, but we learn that for a number of years he has been engaged in teaching school, during which -time he bas gained the. confidence and esteem of all with/whom he came in contact,. i ;

For the responsible position of Auditor, the Convention made & most excellent choice.. JamEs C. SrEwART is perhaps better qualified for this position than any other citizen in the county. He has, for many years, filled the office of Justice of the Peace, and. his 6ﬁicinl acts bear the most rigorous nspection As‘a man and an officer, he enjoys the full confidence of the people,so much so that his neighbors, irrespective of party, always gave him their votes. His straightforward honesty, his deserved populirity, and his promi. nent position on the ticket, make him an object of assault by the “ ring " at' Albion. Mr. STEWART is too well knowr to require words of praise at our hands: That he is a gentleman in the full sense of the word, liberal, warm peartefl, and perfectly qualified for the office, all who know him will cheerfully testify, That he will be elected by alarge majority is generally conceded. » 7 | i

. For the office of Treasurer, we present. to the citizens of Noble county the name of a worfhy soldier, J. J. Lasn, of Kendallville. He was nominated for the same office two years ago, and was beaten by a trifie over one hundred majority. Things have changed materially since that time, and the indications now are that the oneafme@_‘ soldier—a poor, but -industrious citizen—will. be entrusted with the treasuryship. His competitor will, at the expiration of his term as Auditor, have had eight years of lucrative office, which the people believe to be ample. Rotation in office—not from one into another—is the demand of the, tax-pavers, and the real friends ot the soldier will make an honest and determined effort to bestow upon a worthy man a proper, reward for his services in behalf of- his country. Davip Houan, s popular, clever, capable and honest man, is our candidate for Sheriff. IHe is a farmer, and a shrewd, sagacious politieian. No better man could have been selected for the position. He is educated, worthy and _qualified, and will make a splended officer. - His competitor is extremely unpopular where he is best known, whilst the very opposite is the case with Mr. Hovern. DAVE's election 1s sure. ;

- For Burveyor we have our young friend WM. GREEN, of Kendallville, son of that old wheel-horse of Democracy, Carr Green, Esq. WiLLiayM is a capital young man, and will prove an efficient worker in the glorious effort to redeem Noble county. p Dr. Wi H, FRANKS, a well-known physician of Orange township, is the candidate for Coroner. Of the Doctor’s qualifications it is not necessary to speak. The people would be doing themselves a credit by electing the Doctor to the office for which he was nominated. WM. Imis, F. A. Brack and Jowas STROUSE, are the democratic candidates for County Commissioners. They are all well known citizens of the county—the two latter having once filled the office for which they are now candidates. The office of Commissioner is one ot great res_ponsibility and vast importancs .to the tax-payers, The welfare of the people de~mands the election of the very best of mcn for this office. Upon their action depends _the weal or woe of the county. The gen tiemen nominated by the Democracy have the interests of the people of the county at heart, and in their hands the affairs of the public would receive proper attention, 'ln,ondeavorix‘ng to putforward the verzf best and strongest men for the various of fices to be filled, the conyention succeeded beyond the hopes of the most sanguine. - The ticket cannot be besten except by the inaction of our own men, and in 3 coptest inyolving such mighty matters of interest as the present, we have no fears but that every Democrat and Conservative in the county. will do his utmost to assure a ‘brilliant victory. Let the whole energies ofthe pary b dieted tomurd soming success, and our cause will surely triumph, ke . : | Foap s

PARTY SPIRIT. No free country, writes a distinguished coutemporary, has ‘been subject to fiercer gusts of party passion, or hi, experienced the evils of party rage more than the one in which we live. But, continues the same authority, it would be unjust and ‘historically untrue to speak of our country as an exception, since angry political conflicts are incident to all democracies. They have their rise, their crisis, the reaetion and the period of calm reflection.— Those who look back can readily recall the mad political conflicts of the past.— Party spirit divided families, severed ties of personal friendship, and set whole neifghbm:hoodg in dissension.’ Political differences were converted into tnﬁiitional feuds, and were handed down in all their bitterness from father to son. Ideas of right and wrong were constantly mingled with considerations of party advantage. The party badge determined the character of the man 1n the estimation of his political opponent. There was no virtue, no honesty nor patriotism 1n the opposition. The sincerity of party hatred confonnded all opposition in one common anathemix. With the breaking out of the war party animosities were strongly increased. -~ Neighbors holding different opinions concerning public affairs hated and denounced each other| as traitors, worthy of death 'or bonds. Partisan newspapers found their account in stimulating the angry passions of the people. The terms * copperhead ” and “abolitionist ”’ formed antitheses of reproach which when applied provoked quarrels, the effects of which are yet felt. If there was much to condemn and deplore in the mad spirit of party, there was a rough sincerity about it much less dangerous than the apathy and indifference winch sometimes' overtake the people when demagogues tamper with their liberties: * If the people were often hurried to excesses, they were fu!ly\ alive to the thrilling events passing before them; @ | : After the storm of war and the fierce onsets of party, came the reaction from which the country is now slowly but surely emerging. The people, sickened with battle, and weary of political disputes, fell gradually into a condition of apathy and indifference, more fatal in their effects than the most frantic of party contests. They witnessed every day with disgust that those who made the greatest parade of patriatism, and performed the least sérvices,‘rcape‘d the richés\t rewards. They began to despise the cant of loyalty, and refused to be lashed into fury at the bidding of party leaders. But\they look ed on with unconcern, and permitted pro fessional politiciang, without-capacity or aptitude for public affairs, to seize the highest positions. They winked at the frauds by which the right cf representation in innumerable instances was wantonly violated. They were indifferent for a long time to the shameful processes of reconstruction by which States were converted by turns into military provinces or territorial governments, the mere counters in a desperate game for party advantage. Intheirapathy,they scarcely murmured at a fraudulent amendment which threw the ballot at the feet of a million of ignorant freedmen, and, at the same time wrested from the States the control over the most important of their affairs. Sq deep was the reaction, that they bent their backs without complaint, and permitted cunning monopolyito pile burdens on them that no free people ever before endured. In their contempt and indifference for public affairs, they suffered thke politicians to do their worst,

But slowly and surely a mighty change ig'coming. Out of the tury of war, and the subsequent reaction, comes the period for reflection. To the violent passions engendered 1n revolution, and the apathy that followed, succeeds the time forcalm consideration and judicious political action. The people are getting back into the old grooves out of which they were violently flung. Neighbors who formerly regarded each other with suspicion are coming together to consult for the common good. This is full of evil omen to the professional politician.. The old party cries no longer avail for campaign pur poses. The great revolution in New York and Connecticut shows that the people have at last fully awakened from the lethargy into which they had fallen, The mighty change in these States proyes that though the spirit of liverty may sometimes slumber, it never dies among @ brave and intelligent people. After five years of fraud, chicanery and violence, the leaders of the party in power discover that they have aroused a temper in the American people that cannot be quelled by force, nor turned aside by political artifices, no matter how adroitly prepared. While they bave invoked for a declining cause the unstable support of a race, careless of the privileges of the -ballot, and indifferent concerning its exercise, they have at the same time aroused the intelligent people of the country to a realization of the dangers that beset their political institutions. ‘The Treyolution begun in Connecticut, and sweeping with majestic power over New York, .cannot cease un: til the whole nation has felt its mighty influence. . ! ;

' How it is Done. 4 : (Extract from the speech of Gen: Morgan of Ohio.) 1 New England is the great chan?pionof 1 protection, - which means to make the people of the West pay one -dollar ‘and eighty cents for every dollar's worth of goods they buy. The dollar includes the value of the goods and a fair profit, while the eighty cents is the tribute paid by Western industry to New England l cunning.. Protected on all she makes, i New England has frec trgde on all she | uses in her manufapti{rgs—-o"f dye stuffs and salé. . | In his report, Commissioner Wellsstatea “the amount of salt drown from bond for' the fishetiesin the district of Gloucester, Massachusetts for the third quarter of the calander year 188, was 8,082,778 pounds, which cost $0,307 free of duty, as salt used in fish packing is not taxed. But had a Western pork, beef or butter packer purchased that same salt at that same place, it would have cost him $28,747, because he would bave been required to gay a tariff tax amounting to $14,440, or. $1 55 en_every dollar's worth of salt.— Nor is thisall. We are taxed to pay a bounty. of several dollars a ton on: every vessel fitted o3t in the Eastern Stapes for the chdsbe,r?as and from an official statement; furnishe& by the Beoretary of the Treasury, it appears that the amoant of bounty or tribate paid to our small New England interest, from 1856 fo 1805, io. plusive, was, $3,712,284, .. . .

. THE STAYE CANVASS. , ~ As already announced through these columns, the editor ot this paper delivered a number of speeches in the Southern part of the State during the past two weeks. He met with a cordial reception wherever he went, and formed an extensive acquaintance among the ‘Democracy of Southern Indiana. : ‘Mr. Stoll's first speech in thal section of the State was de]ivere:i at Jeffersonville. The New Albany Ledger furnishes the following account thereof: ,

“The addpyess of Mr. Stoll at Jeffersonville was a most thorough expose of the pernicious practices of the Radical party, and the tendency of its leaders to centralize the power of the Government in the bhands of a Congressional juntas. He showed the great necessity which existed for the overthrow of the party which no longer had a mission but to divide the’ spoils, to which they now hold so tenaciously, and that the only hope of the country in its future greatness and prosperity was in the' restoration of the De: mocracy to-the control of national affairs. The speech of Mr. 8. was well received by the audience.” : i At Newﬁéﬂbaqy Mr. Stoll delivered an address in‘%%}erman, prefacing his remarks with a brief review “in the English language. Of his effort in that city, the Led ger speaks as ‘follows : “Those who were present on Friday night were richly repaid. Mr. Stoll’s review of the political ‘situation in this country was most masterly, and at times his language was truly eloquent and soulstirring. He laid bare the corruptions of Radicalism with rare skill, and exposed it in all Its naked deformity. Those who were present were delighted with -the address, and listened throughout to the arguments of the speaker with almost breathless attention, manifesting the deep interest they feel in the. political affairs of the country of their, adoption. He appealed to the German element of the country to use their best endeavors: to preserve the liberties of the people, and in doing this he felt confident they would yield a most cordial and unanimous suppart to the candidates of the Democratic party.” j = On Saturday, Sept. 3d, Mr. Stoll spoke at Lanesville Harrison county. From the Ledger's réport 'of that meeting we make the following extract: . - “The meeting was held at' Benson’s school house, which was too small to hold the number assémbled. His speech at this point was by far the most cffective one yet delivered m this campaign, and elicited the warmest approbation of' his hearers, Helifted the veil, and gave his Yriends a clearer insight into wickedness of the corrupt administration now in power than they have had the pleasure of listening to tor many a day. He discussed’ the questions of reconstruction; finance, tariff, and taxes in}a most masterly manner, confirming the expositions heretofore made, and convincing many that they had too long yielded support to Radicalism.” :

Of another meeting in Harrison county the following report:ls given: . “Hon. J. B. Stoll addressed a large as sembly of the Democracy <in the grove, near New Salisbury, on Monday, the sth inst. He made a telling speech of ‘cne hour and a half, and was frequently applauded. At the conclusion of the speech of Mr. Stoll, J. V. Kelso,; Esq., addressed the assembly:for over an hour. The Democracy of Harrison county are thorough ly aroused, and we have no ‘doubt but they will roll up a majority of at least six hundred for the Democratic county and State ticket. Stick a pin there.” In noticing the above meetings, the Indianapolis Sentinel of the 7th says: “The ability, earnestness.and eloquence of Mr. Stoll inspires his political friends with renewed zeal and his masterly expo sitions of the mal-administration, extravagance and corruption of the Radical leaders, convince all that a change .in the administration of the Government is necessary to restore purity and economy in the man. gement of our public affairs.” .Mr. Stoll leaves on another tour to the Southern part of the State to day. He has a number of appointments in the First, Third and Fourth Congressional Districts.

NOTES AND COMMENTS. In gaany counties of this State, the 'party wbicﬁhappens to be largely in the minority, have'resolved not to place locsl tickets in the field, preferring to vote for independent candidates rather than placing regular nominees in the field. The minority seem to be determined totry a new method for effecting a change in local adiministrations, S The Republican Campaign Committce is' determined’ to raise money among the Government-employes by’ some means or other, The department. clerks - having refused to subseribe voluntarily, the committee has directed its attention to employes in other branches ot ¢he Government, and wherever it can be done the assessment is deducted on the pay rolls. This course was- pursued toward the employes, who, on last pay day, found that one per cent. had been deducted from their annual salaries for campaign purpoges, and the checks for the balance were ready made out. . =

It is said oy a writér in the Financial Chronicle that during the late excitement in the wheat market, consequent upon the declaration of ‘war in Europe,v our farmers accepted forty cents per busghel less for their wheat thay they would have done had Congress adopted a liberal pol. | icy-for the restoration Of the Americaii‘f merchant marine. And it may be added that during ‘the whole progress of ‘the war the farmer will be mulcted an aver: ‘ age of ten ceéntsper bushel on his grain from the sgine cause.! - _The Commissioner of the Land Office’ has ruled that the fact of an. individual being an officer in the United Statesarmy does not of jtself render it impossible for him to comply, with/ the pre-emption | law. He may, if beis 'a bona fide settler, pre-empt lands like any other person, but in making the entry he takes the! risk of losing his claim and with it a future pre-emption and ‘right in the event of his being ordered ‘away from the J neighborhood before *the "s'tn,tu'ta_ry‘ re: ‘ quirements are fully met. - T . — < B— ) i ' 'Withd¥awal of Major Moreau. | A dispateh trom Major Will C. Movean announces his withdrawal from the eanvass for Congress in the Eighth District, ggmmw ogthmomition:o.f his health. We regret fo, hear that he regards his own g s"'?"’9“{?’%; 28d, if he should survive, that he will never be fally restored from the shock his system received from the attack of paralysis at. Kokomo. Major Moreau had: arranged for.a thorough canvass of his District, and his recognized ability as p spcaker would _have iade an. effective ope. It bepomes the ! %v';g{ the‘ gongtgﬁgns{ Committee in this conti cy to fill the vacancy oceacowed fy B doclppton of Major Mo €id, dhd they' d doso promptly.— Tndianapotts Bemtinel . LRI SO N it A 1 T 3

- The New Albany Ledger says it appears to be the chief boast of the Radical politicians that they have greatly reduced the taxes, both excise and tariff tayes, Let us see how much and to what em'}‘he most careful amalysis of the late law for the reducpio,n_of excises shows, when estimated on the basis of the fiscal year, 1869, the last year we have complete, that the total tux repealed by thatlaw amounts only to $44,790,684, and that the reductionxzis chiefly in favor of wealth, monopolists, corporations, Radical favorites, and New England. e e , | It affords relief to the people of Indiana, estimated at 1,800,000 souls, of $768,127, while it gives to the Third District of Massachusetts alone relief to the amount of $1,936,651.21. - v It relieves the people of Missouri, to the amount of §51,155,836, and the people of the Third District in Massachusétts of $1,636,651.21. e It unburdens the States of lowa, Wis consin, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana, andiW‘e'st Virginia, seven States with 43 Representatives, to the extent of $4,321,549.95, and at the same time re lieves the entire State of Massachasetts, against $4,728,454.29, althovgh it has but 11 Representatives. : It operates in relief of the State of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,- Georgia, Misgl\éj,ypi, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carlina, South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, and Virginia, twelve Southern States, with a population of 1€,000,000, and 64 Representatives, only $4,5§6,891, and yet relieyes Massachusetts alone against $4,728,454.29. ; PRI

The following table shows the reduction of internal revenuc taxes by the fortyfirst Congress : : On gross receipt 5.......... .$ 6,265,000 Ondalen. yuonvd: Vo oo 8,206,000 On special taxe5...........7 8732000 On successions.. ............ 1,186,000 On 1egacie5................ 1,243,000 On articles in Schedule A . . . 882,000 On [collections not otherwise : -provided fori/ oo Do 1,221,000 On passports. ........0 i, 770 Onjincome tax... . ........ 17,054,914 T0ta1.....1............ 844,790,884 i Thus, continues the, Ledger, it may be clearly scen by the most inexperienced ,mind that all the reduction, except perhaps 20 per cent., is entirely in the interest and for the direct benefit of the few, ot the rich, - influential, and ~ favored -classcs. With the inevitable certainty of death;, all measures enacted by the Radical leaders in Congress concerning the finances or revenues, inure chiefly and most effectively to the advantage of the few and to the injury ard oppression of the people of toil and industry. ~ Now this showing of the reduction of the public burden of taxation is based up‘on the trade and commerce of the year that is past. The revenue to be collected fiom the people the present fiscal year will be just as heavy as before, for trade and business has evidently so increased that the revenue will be about the same, so the people do not have any less in amount to pay this year than the last.— The reduction should have been a hundred millions instead of forty-four millions, if the argument of the Radicals was good that the people will have so much less to pay than before, and should have been so adjusted as to relieve the people as well as the tew. o ‘ § e —— 4 — Affairs in Tennessee. - The Buffalo Courier has: reliable intormation from Tennessee to the effect that the anti-Radical revolution bas already ‘ swept over that State. The election for Governor, State officers, members of Congress and members of the Legislature occurs.on the first "I‘hurs&ay in November, and-tiere is no doubt but that the Demociats will carry the State by 75,000, majority. At least seven out of eight of the Congressional delegation will be Democratic, At present it is solid radical. The first and second districts are the only ones ‘in wkich the radicals have 4 ghost of a chance. The first is the district of But. ler, of cadetship and pension-stealing notoriety, and it is that also in which resides the veteran Andrew Johnson. It is fully believed that a democratic representative will be elected there this fall. The - second is Horace Maynard’s district, and it may possibly elect a radical. In the third district, which elected Stokes two’ years ago, the democrats are sure of 5,000 majority. These are the districts of eastern and southern Tennessee. In the five others, in the north and west portions of tthe Btate, the democrats wiil meet scarcely any opposition, : ; ; ~Although considerable bitter feeling ccntinues to exist between parties, our informant assures us that the condition of ‘Tennessee will compare favorably with that of sny porthern State. Law and ‘order are everywhere maintained ; out‘rages on: lifé or property are scarcely i heard of, and the terrible Ku Klux, if it ever existed, gives no signd of having a present being, Such Democratio papers as the Nashville Banner and the Louisville Courier-fournal have been doirg a noble work in Tennessee, as well as thiroughout the south, by counselling ‘the too often justly embittered southern people to patienee, liberality and - moderation in their political action. ~The: tendency of feeling now is toward a genial acquiescence in the situation, by even ‘those Southerners who have suffered most from ‘congressional proscription and ear: pet bag domination. ~ ' Tennessee has not had so golden harvest prospects. in fwenty years as those which she is now realizing. Altogether the State is looking up in every respect. e Political Gamblern. : " Every small as wéll as large community is cursed with political gamblers; those who make politics a trade, and whose de‘votion to party issolely controlled by p@ songl and mergenary motives. #They have no honest political convictions, and are solely influenced by self. Unfortunately il CHipgsan Y A BOOE DR iU for {ﬁe country, says the Indianapolis Sentingl, this selfish and merpenary eleStant conticis fe politimal orgasization of the Republican party, and determine who shall and who shall not be nominated at conventions. Bo great, apparent and oneroys bas begome fhis growing evil, and the necessity of reforming the gigantic | abuses that have grown up under it, that the people, without regard to former political predilections, mdg:lgim to «overthrow these offiial political brigands. of the party, and M’:; t 0 fill ‘their e 4 W sy U e ol fided. in them for the public. good, and the redustion of the tasesof the people. ; e GleamiiaaiiitaminT baapk

' THE EUROPEAN WAR. | The latest news from the battle fields of ! France 1s to the effect that the Prussians are contracting their lines of offense and investing Paris, and that German troops are now within twenty three miles of that city. From the line of march of the troops of King William comes an unconfirmed report of the capitulation of Metz; and l we hear chat the German army now besieging Strasbourg is constantly being re inforced, and that it now numbers 70,000 | men, armed with the most effective weap- 1 ons of modern warfare, | ~ There is strong grounds for belief that, if Metz has not already surrendered to the overpowering numbers of the besiegers, before another week, both that city andStrashourg will he in possession of the Germans. = Then the troops now éngaged in besieging those places will be added to the darmy encircling Paris, and no Frenchj troops will be left in the rear to menace’ the liges of comwunications of King William with -bis base of supplies. il Many of the neutral powers of the world are asking that an armistice be granted for a few days, and the United States has been suggested as a proper nation to offer mediation, in conjunction’ with the neutral powers of Europe, between the nations at war. It is reported, however, that the government of this country will only assume the position of mediator upon the joint invitation of the respective powars at war.

T i, et e ¥ POLITICAL ITEMS, The municipal election in San Fran cisco, on last Wednesday, passed off quietly. Over 20,000 votes were polled.— The tax-payers ticket was elected with two exceptions—=Austin, Democrat, being elected Collector, and Rosenfeldt, Demoerat, Fire' Commissioner. There, was more “scratching” than usual. S | Women voted last Thursday for the first time in the United States. An election was held in Wyoming Territory. for delegite to; Congress and local officers, The ,ff;mﬁ{les, under the new suffrage law, voted generally throughout the Territory. The name of the first woman who used the ballot is Mrs. Church Howex. - - Stewart L. Woodford, ot Brooklyn, was nominated for Govcrnor of New York by the Radical Conveation at Saratoga, on Wednesday of last week. The vote on the last ballot stood : Woodford, 258 ; Greeley, 1051¢ ;' George W. Curtis, 20. This result was brought about by the triumph of the Conkling over the Fenton faction in the organization of the convention. : il

. Taxation for state purposes undér Dem" ocratic rule from 1850 to 1860 amounted to $25,077,826. During ten years of Republican rule from 1860 to 1870, it has reached the cnormous%um of $87:511,936 leaving an excess of $62,434,404 to be charged to Radjcal misrule. = . The Decatur County Press (Republican) takes down the name of Pritchard for Congress and hoists instead the rame of W. 8. Holman. It also supports_the Reform Coucty ticket. Things is working. ‘The average expenses of the g'cncralf government, exclusive of interest on the public debt and the payment of pensions and bounty, for the last two years have been $333,604,867. When a radical stamp speaker talks about Radical economy and swhat his party has done for t'l‘g? country, put these figures at him. - Ask him if the people are not paying a high price for Radicaliem ? ; . The War Department paid the undertaker of General Rawlins’ funeral $3,400. Donn Piatt of the Cincinnati Commercial writes from Washington that they cleared in the undertaking $2,600. The Republicans could not connect the name of poor Rawlins with robbery in life, but in death the Mighty Spirit, had -fled, and could no longer congend with' rascality. Wheat, and farm products gencrally, under Radical rule, have gone down g 0 low ‘that it will not pay to raise them. The bankers and monopolists of the East are making all the money, and Judge Wilson is their apologist, and will be their advocate if elected. o Honest (2) John Coveode, it is "’ saia, makes no secret of his hostility to Grant. He says Grant don’t care for the party, and the party don’t care for him, and that the campaign will be corducted without reference to Grant. John says‘he will put up a job this fall that wily astonish some folks, but he forgets that he cannot astonish anybody by -any act of villainy, however stupendous. His frauds in bal-lot-box- stuffing and otheér villainies ‘are notorious, and cease to excite wonder. -

There will be any amount of buncombe speeches about Coolie labor, from Republicans just now, for political effect. A fter the election the country will be flooded with J ohn Chinaman, brought here ands employed, by Republican capital. e Conservative citizens of Texas have prepared and issued a petition to Con gress, asking that body “te guarantee to the people s Republican form of government.” The petition closes as follows: “All our political rights have been taken from us by our present - Legislature and transferred to the Executive of our State. We have no longer the choice of our officers and agents, but they are appointed over us by the Executive. Strangers from other States, ignorant of our mixed eivil and) common law, aze. made judges of aur Courts, - Qur givil liberties have been destroyed. Republican government has been overthrown in:our State, and a despotism established in this place.” Governor Davis, of Texas, has removed naturalized Germans from the board of aldermen and appointed negroes in their places. This is Republican love for Germans. Flake's Bulletin says, . “if he possessed a grain of prudence or a particle of love for his party, be never would ‘have given the most influential element of his party an insult that will drive from it every German vote in the State.” . - “There' can be no serving in qur ranks,” saysan organ of the Radical party, “with an {7 or a hut. The so-called revenug reformers: belong to this elass,”. Revenue reforms: is a term not admissible 'in the vocabulary ‘of " Radicalism.” The advocates of | self government dnd free trade in the Hadicab party may as well learn this fact first ag last, ot . All the government clerks at Washington will be sent_home, at the public ex--pense, to vote the Rnd@!&iﬂkégf7iﬁﬂ. pre: vent the pepple who a 1 2ot office-holders from - servisg their own interests in the choice of theirown public servants. This 18 what it 15 to be party of great moval

1 ; e § . - DeKalb county has a population of 7,128, an increase of 3,273 eince '6O. Captain Colter, of Cambridge eity,: tas 2,700 head/of hogs in oune pen, valued at $75,000. . . “Johnson Hallig, of DeKalb county, attempted suicidelon Saturday of last week. Morphine was the agency used —a stomach pump the remedy. - - A German, name unknown, near Ft. Wayne, while climbing a bee tree on Wednesday of last week, lost his balance and was killed by the fall. . A. R. J. Baer, of Kosciusko county, is a fugitive from justice for eriminal intimacy with his own daughter, a girl fourteen years of age. . Helwas a man hitherto highly respected, prosperous, a professing christian,” and whose out‘ward walk, to ‘all appearances, was above regroach.’ ‘ The fact - has also come to light that he had previously been guilty of incest with another daughter. The citizens of that locality are energetically inclined to hang him instanter, if he can be found. °

The following are the particulars of the murder of Harrison by McDonald Cheek, on Monday : = “Cheek hired a horse and buggy at one of the. livery stables, and, in company with Omar T, Bailey, started off fzr Harrison's house. As they approached the house they discovered Mr, Harrizon who had just got in his: buggy and started for Aurora. They immediately got out of their buggy, and ‘approaching Mr. Harrison, Cheek informed him that he had come to kill:him. Harrison begged him not to shoot him in -his buggy and jumped cut. Just then he perceived Dr. T. M. Kyle approaching, and told the doctor that thése men bad come to kill him, and called on him for protection. = Chéek turned round to Dr. Kyle, and, reaching out his left hand, shéok hands with him, holding a revolver in his right. Before Dr. Kyle could utter-a word of remonstrances, he fired two shots at Harrison, both'of which took effect. Dr. Kyle then called upon Bailey to assist him in defending Mr. Harrizon, but the. latter refused to lend any assistance.— Cheek then fired three more shots and the two got into the buggy and started for Aurora. Dr. Kyle remained with the wounded man- until ‘death, wlich occurred in a few minutes.” —tdwurorg Paper. PR e

o il < RRE— i ' GENERAL NEWS ITEMS: Letters received at the office of the Comptroller of the currency inditate that after the cotton crop and other produce of the south and west shall be marketed there will be a greater abundance of money in tliose sections, and that the demand for banking facilities will be more urgent.- VP g t Louis’ Napoleon, who has accepted the hospitality of the King of Prussia, has had a longer reign than any other sovereign of France since 1774. Louis XVII was executed in 1793 after a “reign of eighteen years; Napoleon I followed with fifteen “years; ~ Louis XVIII, nine ycars; Charlés X six years : Louis Phillippe, eighteen years; ~Louis Napoleon, twenty-two Kears.—-— ‘ Hewl‘las also. reigned longer than any ~other prominent monarch. of Europe, -except Victoria and Francis Joseph. . - An awful catastrophe has’ occurred on the -coast of France. The new ~British iron-clad, the Captain, went down in a gale on Wednesday ‘morning, tgking with her all on board; 500 souls. Among the lost are Cdptain Cowper Philips Cole, the eminent naval architect and inventor of turret ships, Lord {Baring] Northbrook and a son of Mr.: Childers, First Lord of the Admirality. The iron-¢lad Captain was. regarded as the finest- vessel in the British navy, and: had just been finished. T!‘:’i'tri'p to ‘Cape Finisterre was probably an experimental one.— Her unseaworthiness” must ‘have been due to the heaviness of her armor.

What the People Pay For. The Indianapolis® Sentinel is still digging down into the pile of radical extravaganee,.or fraud, or both, in the management of the affairs of the state. It has unearthed the -expenditures for printing, which, as a matter ‘of course, has to a.very great extent gone into the pockets of the radical state organ,’ as part pa{ for its services to'the party. By this statement we have the following facts : During the last four years of democratic .managément the state printer received $87,000; but under republican management it averaged, for five years, $62,000 a year, and the printing for 1866 ‘alone cost the state nearly as much as the entire four years of the democratic public printing. Look at the contrast ; S Four years Republican printing. .. ......./8248,000 Four years Democratic printing........... 87,000 Dlﬂerence,é—lm * The cost of r¢publican -printing increased three fold, yet the radical state organ prates about repuplican economy and honesty. There should be a change in the administration of the affairs in Indiana, to the end that the people may know precisely how: bad they have been swindled by this party of high moralideas, and pretended purity of political action. 7 , e} B— : el A True Bill, - - i The Chicago Journal, in the depth--of sorrow from the fact which it enunciates, says : - It is incontestible that the south is-gravitating towards demooracy. We look mpon the entire relapse as only a question of time.”” ' i Never were truer words uttered. As goon, and whenever, the south shall have the Privilege ot freely 'ex;%res‘sin_g its party ‘prefereneces, they will be unmistakably for the democrats. = This is what radicals have all the tinie known and hence, by what they have pre= vented a free and honest expression of preference. - Remoye the military and the south is demoocratic @t once, and radicals know it. L s : . Deoing a Good Work., . The Chicago Tribune is fighting man: fully against the tariff robbers and their aiders and abettors. . Aftershowing how little the present Congress has. done for the people,.and speaking of the veracity of the protectionists, the Tribunesays: = For ten-years the Republican party has: been wlionyr{pngtossgf - with the slavery and rebellion question, But these are happiiy and permanently disposed of — - ‘During this period, While the public at. tention has been thus absorbéd, monopo:. lists have been mﬁgmg;té;‘: :axes on the people under the swindling name of {preahon” o vhih ey bt gives the governmen*, less than one quarter,and. Buve pocketad fhe other three quarters.— T g;gn%ﬁmaw ta reforny this flagrant. wrong. and op. or voluntay tools of monopoly’ snd special privilegabe driven out of Congress,

... From the Kansas Demoerat, © - THOMAS A. HENDRICKS. @ EDIToR KANSAS DEMOCRAT : 1 Bee by your last issue'that you have hoisted the name of Thomas A. Hend. ricks, Indiana’s great son, as the choice for the Presidency in 1872, accompa: - nied by timely editorial, at the close of which you ask who seconds the motion._ . In answer I respond that all persons that desire the simplicity, purity and economy of our early history restored at.the Federal Capital second the motio‘n- ot : s .;{ ’ A All who desire a reformation in the . management and disposition of ‘our public lands, second the motion. _ ~ In a word, all who desire to see our - government divorced ' from railroad| monopolies,, bond ' monopolies, bank monopolies, and manufacturing monoplies, and administered in the interest of ‘the people, second the motion. - 1 have known Thomas A. Hendricks as the representative of Shelby county in the lower house of the Tndiana Jeg‘islature, as a delegate to the Conetitu‘tional convention, as a representative ~of the Metropolitan district of Indiana, in. the lower branch of our National Legislature, in all of these trugts he proved himself the ‘fearless champion of the people’s rights ; still later as the .%Democfratic “candidate for governor of Indiana ; he met the gifted and brilliant Henry-S. Lane, upon the husting ‘and exhibited such marvelous abilities ‘as a ,debater, as not only to fire his i‘ party. friends with an enthustasm with ~out a parallel in American stumpspeaking, but was spoken of “all over the state_ with the most profound, respect by his political opponents. | : Ag',commissim;er of the general land office;' he, made‘a record which every American, and espeeially the people of ‘the west, are proud of.” As a senator ~of the United States,from 1863 to 1869, ‘he fought, almost alone,with matchless zeal the "rights of the ‘states and the people, against Sumner, Wilson, Fessenden, Howard, and the whole brood of radicalism, and if he did not ¢éon-quer-in the senate be kept the friends of equal rights throughout the country ' organized, compact as a Spartan phalanx — soldiers enlisted for the war to _participate in battles yet to be fought, and celebrate victories yet to be won, and to.day he stands without a-compe-titor, as a ripe 'statesman and a pure ~and unselfish patriot, P A full grown man in public and private life, without gpot or blemish.— Then to Thomas A. Hendricks, faithfulamong the faithless, one who cannot be seduced by position, or corrupted by power, I move three rouging icheers and a tiger. T j

' .~ . DOUGLAS:. ; . el (e - . The Funding Bill. _ ‘The Radical New York Zimes declareg. that, in-consequence of the war in Europe, it is not at all likely that the new bonds under the funding bill - will be taken on the continent.— “The part of wisdom,” says that paper, “would seem to be, then, to allow the whole subject to sleep until the return: of mote propitious times. Nothing is’ gained by talking continually of what cannot at present be accomplished,” We incline to the opinion that it will’ bo. “the ‘part of ‘wisdom” to let; the matter sleep definitely, if not endlessly, and fix upon some plan for the payment and final extinction of the public debt, that embraces within! it some of the principles of justice. One would think, and justly, too, that the principal object of the radical financiers has all along been to force the people into eventual repudiation of the national debt. . ot : ;o They have sedulously endeavored, from the vety beginning, to make it as burdersome as possible upon the taxpayer, and confer every possible advantage and inimunity upon the bond‘holder, RN

. The curse of a funded deht is the greatest one that can befall a nation. It 'saps every energy and-enervates every industry of the land. It is an incubus of dead eapital ‘that affords employment to no man, but becomes a_ burden that presses heavily upon all those who are least able to sustain it, and makes a direct attack upon industry. If there is anything to be eppecially dreaded in a free counttz it is a class ‘of moneyed drones, who depend upon the public treasury tor subsistence. They paralyze native industry and are at war with every publie interest. | e £

_ Let us have no dead capital, that being freed from its just share of taxation, becomes arrogant and- bloated upon the blood and muscle of labor.— Every dollar of a permanent funded debt is a weight to keep us down and retard national prosperity, and should the entire debt be permanently fanded, it would not be many years until the people would tggiﬁlm’ the matter in a style not atall satisfactory to its holders.— Pittsburg Post. . : 7 Smart Pelldws. o The- beauties of a proteciive tariff are seen ina great deal of the class legislation by, congress. Sulphuric acid is made of sulphur. Congress removed all duty on the importation of sulphur, ‘thus giving the manufactuter of sulphuric acid in this country the advantage of getting hig raw material at theé lowest price and freé of duty.— Now, in addition to this legislation in favor of the maker of sulphuric acid, the same congress puts a duty.of 20 per cent on imported acid, thus preventing féreign acid coming into competition with, ourown make. . So that the acid makers have anabsolute monopoly ‘of the business and charge just: ‘what they please. This may be protection to the manufacturer, but the people must pay for the whistle very dearly. -Is it right' to give a few men such privileges at the expense of the whole people ? - If the people who.are 80 largely interested in buying ‘cheap, shall be prevented by:a:simple act of congress to buy where .and of whom they can buy cheapest, where then are their libérties 7 ,Tl:,e{ié,ate the veriest’ slaves to the monopolists of the country, for whose benefit alone these high duties on importationt 'ave kept up.— Is it not lst.r».nggl'i tgaz;thgs i:ilaqa of the people are too blind fo see'the wron 'gf tl?g prote‘aive system ?It ﬁ! gﬁg surprising.—Selinsgrove Times. = 7/ 11 LR ra el LSR Y Oy _ Since 1852 the Bois de' Bonlogua iscomputed to have cost theeity of Pas 3,462,128 francs. The expenses have boen far greater, but the munisipality hi# Yol Relibabiod bfri?:» fﬁ".ei?'ed'gzv the sites’ of villad, and a considerable amount given by the stats forithe race course. The aﬁ‘ixhn the Jardin d’ Acclimatisation huve bebn Jardin des Plantes, 1+ 200 o i