The National Banner, Volume 11, Number 16, Ligonier, Noble County, 10 August 1876 — Page 1

The ANational Banner Sk * PUBLISHED BY L 0 \ ! } . V\_wi\“ J;OHN Bo STOLL' f e LIGONIER NOBLECOUNTY,IND. : fermg of Subscription: = - ' Omie year, i advance, ..coe'ioninannscsanns. $2OO ' | Six months, inadvance.............licee.a. 100 Eleven copies to one address, one year,......2000 _ &% Subscribers outside of Noble county are { |Marged 10 cents extra {per year] for 'posta%e. which is prepaid by the publisker. RN TS

"CITIZENS’ BANK, - LIGONIER, . INDIANA. | First-Class Notes wanted at a Low Rate of Discount. . . =) All parties having ““Public Sale'Notes,” will do well to see us beforo disposing of them else: Exchange Bought and Sold, and Foreign - Draftsdrawnon all the Principal Cities © .+ of Euraope. 3 ‘ ; : Agents for First-Class Fire and Life Insurance Companies.. s e STRAUS BROTHERS. M. M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public. . Ligoniér, Ind., Dec 16, 1875.-6-26 - Ty JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. > Office in the Court House, . ALBION, e’ Rie et VEND.TB-28 o omeetT o TR Y ' ' .W. GREEN, ' aoe& Collection Ag't Justiceof thePeace &Callection AL T, - Ofiice—Second Story, Landon’s Brick Block, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. g . D. C. VANCAMP, ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, A - Ligomier, : ; : Indiana. | Special atgention given to collectionsand conveyancing, and the writing of deeds, mortgages, and ~ contracts. Legal business.promptly attended to. Office over Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50 H. G. ZIMMERMAN, ~ Attorney at Law & Notary Public, ; Office over Gerber’s Hardware, Cavin Street, :-: Ligonier, Indiana. January 7, 9875. 9-37 ) ; - * f, E.KNISELY, Tor B : | ATTORNEY AT LAW, LIGONIER, - =+ - INDIANA. g Oifice on pecond flapr of Landon's Block. 7-2 et T e e @LPERT BANTA, _ Justiceof the Peace & Conveyancer. { LIGONIER, INDIANA. : Specialattention given to couveyaucinf andcollections. Deeéds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up and all legal business attended to promptly and sceurately, Office over Straus & Meagher’sstore, ' Eoe . . May 15187315-8-3

“. 0 M. WAKEMAN, ' ! . Sioge” TnsuranceAg't &Justice of the Peace i EENDALLVILLE, INDIANA.. ‘Office with A. A. Chapin, Mitchell Block. Will receive snbscriptions to Tue NATIONAL BANNIR, - T_————‘F-__‘—‘-——“— { P. W.CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, | LIGONIER, : INDIANA, Ofiice over Baum’s Grocery Store. v 9 n3-Iy. ~ G, W.CARR, . Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, - - - - - - IND., .Willpromptlyatiend all calls intrustedto him. -Office and residence on 4th Street.| B . Dr. G. E. LONG, ! Homeopathic Physician, ° Ligomier, - -- - Indiana. . Sargical and Medical Aid promptly and care- , Taliy attended to. Diseases.of Females and Chil4. drén a speécialty. - Office and Résidonce over Sol. Mier's Banking House. ; ’10;44. o J. M, TEAL, £ ; DN TITIS DT, s mßooms over L. E. Pike's Grocery, Corner of Main und Mitchell Streets, ! opposise the Post Office, Kendallvilfe, Ind. & All work warranted.<&®B Kendal}ville. May 1, 1874,‘.. . 5 { ’ % ] ' G : SR, Langhing Gas! 4 ; I eB) | -FOR THEP 4 PAINLESS EXTRACTION § <TF RN gl sO\ TEETH e e MR R b . Qe o/ R N=¢~ ).\ I Ganty Off > B TTSE \/ N Filling Teeth a Spegialty Ligonier, Ind), Nov. 11, 1875. -1 TEEGARDEN HOUSE, ' Laporte, Indiana. . V.W_.AXTEBL, : : : Proprietor. | Laporte,April3, 1871. i * _,,_»;,__J[;__ = = e CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, We keep'consiantly on hand and sell in large or small guantities, to suit customers, - : W!u rof Our Own Manufacture, ; Pare — Nothing but the Juice'of the Grape. . ! SACK BROTHERS. Lizonier,July 3,"71.-t{ ) & " Winebrenner & Hoxworth, A HOPU!-E,. SIGN AND OBRNAMENTAL /A . PAINTERS v ‘ UM o Graimers, Glaziers and Paper-Hangers. Shop near corner of Fourth and Cavin Sts., 6ppo- = site Kerr’s Cabinet Shop. : Ligonier, = - = - Indiana, ¥ sSTOP AT TEFR i BRICK KELLY HOUSE : . KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. i QEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK 4N Hotel,onlyten rods trom the L. 8. & M.'S. R. °R. Depot, and foursquares from the G, R. R.R.— Only five minutes walk to any of the principalba- : inesshouses.ofthccity..'l‘ravelingmenéndstran--gerswillfind this/afirst-classhouse. Fares 2 per day. J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Kend"'-lvi][email protected] ‘L . o PHILIP A. CARR., AUCTIONELIER, Offers his services to'the publicin géneral, Terms moderate. Orders may be left'at the shoestore of P. Sisterhen.. . ! ' Ligonier, January 8,’73-37 ‘ s L V- INRR " DEALERIN MONUMENTS, ~ Vaaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES : ' LIGQNIER, IND. g RIS 1660 ~ W.A BROWN, Manufacturer of and Dealerin all kindsof FURNITURE, . SPRING BED BOTTOMS, /. { 1% . 'WILLOW-WARBE, : : : ;| " BRACKETS,&c COFFINS&CASKETS /' Also: LADIES’ SHROUDS of various patterns, Alwayson hand, and will be farnished to order 5 l"nn;tr:!!‘s %tteuded with hearse when desired. R ¢ Room : e G _{ Car. Cavinand g:]d Str.}' *ngﬂn,lel'i Ind : o . [ 7 August7th,lB7B.-8-15. K.‘ - :P ' ¥ 0 SO Keystone Printing Ink Co. i um:ﬁ CTURERS OF ' - (Book & News Black aSpecialty.) | .. 17 North Fifth Street . ‘4 PHILADELPHIAPA, =i f : Our Inksaré of a superior quality, bei .;.ag S et P ey g Made L eo ] GUA mm OF INK este e e T nt:mwm [““'!*3‘1,.0"6 drese, ATR e , , ¥ _KEYSTONE PRINTING INK Co., TR gy ""é:ﬁ. " 30,72m0s . PHILADELPHIA,PA.

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S ——OF—— SOL. MIER,. ' Conrad’s New Brick onck,L}dONIBB. IND’NA, i Moneyloanedon long and shorttime, ; Notesdiscounted at reasonablerates. : Moniesreceived on depositandintereetallowed -on specified time, - . : ' . Exchange bought and sold, and Foreign Drafts drgwn on principalcities of Europe, 8-2 . TO THE FARMERS: YOU will please take notice that I am stillengaged in buyin¥ wheat, for “which I pay the .hi'%estmarketfyr ce. < $ Fryou do mot find me on the street, call before gelling, at my Banking Office, in Conrad’s Brick Block. . SOL. MIER. | Ligonier,lndiana, May 7th,1874.—1f SACK BROTHERS Bakers & Grocers, Csvlnsireet,L'igonlei.lndipi. / Fresh Bread,Pies, Cakes, &c. ChoiceGrdceriea,Perlsions.YankeeNotlona.& ThehighestcaghpricepaidforCountry Produc ‘Mayl3,’6B-t1 . SACKBRO’'S A EMPIRE | Billiard Hall ! . : < sAN T e 5 . 1 Ten-Pin All en-x'ln iey " L.B.HATHAWAY, Prop'r, ' Basément Banner Block, 3 : : Ligenier,lnd. Tobaeco and Cigars, Candies,Nuts, CHICAGO CIDER & FRESH LEMONADE. All lovers of a nice, quiet game of billiards or tenpins, will find this to be just the place ) 2{!&l’

- WM. CULVEYHOUSE Has again moved into the bﬁi]ding formerly occupied by himself, [lately occupied by T. E. Casey & Co.,] and is prepared to do all kinds of Lo T REPAIRING oy | S in his line, such as Rl Parasols, Umbrellas, Sewing Machines, Guns, and Revolvers, ‘ Keys Fitted, &e. == L Fishing. Tackle of ill%l kgxéds kept constantly on . a . I manufacture and keep on hand J.:R. Baker’s o celebrated b e i} o . KHish .amps. [ ‘Guns and Revolvers; Powder, Shot, Caps, Lead, P and all kinds of | ! «.‘° 1 N . ) : Sporting Goods : ' ’ “kept .in stock. - Fly Brush Handles of every description. April2f, 1876, t-f. ;WM. CULVEYHOUSE. HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, * . N - ’_"’.—N\-\ = )= . ‘s T i @J. : (4)32 :'“ . © “asiie O\ . e / =S O l f’@;ﬁ (j \»’3 t @i’z NG .4 ¥< ,a./ 3 D 3 ot s :“% n’v. gt/ | 2\ Q o - ‘yk‘l/l" v & ) t g N CRoLauw L\J/ ‘; | 2k y S /w-." e WATCH-MAKERS, JEWELERS, ) —and dealers in— . ‘ Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, ) C LanNp— ‘ - Fancy Goods, | N REPAIRING Neatly and prom tly ‘executed and warranted. ‘B@ Agents for f.a‘zsrus & Morris’ celebrated Spectacles. S . '~ gar Sign of the Big Watch, opposite the Banner Block, Ligonier,lnd. = - Sep. 80, ’75-35

" THE ENEMY OF'DISEASE! ~ TO-MAN AND BEAST " .. Fé the Grand old : LINIMENT, WHICH. HAS STOOD THE TEST OF 40 YEARS. | : THERE is NO SORE IT WILL NOT HBEAL, NO LAMENESS IT WILL NOT CURE, NO ACHE, NO PAIN THAT AFFLICTS THE HUMAN BODY, OR THEBODY OF A HORSE OR OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMAL, THAT DOES NOT YIELD TO ITS MAGIC TOUCH. A BOTTLE COSTING 25¢., 50¢. or $l.OO, HAS OFTEN SAVED THE LIFE OF A HUMAN BEING, AND RESTORED TG LIFE AND USEFULNESS MANY A VALUABLE HORSE.

DR. GEO. CLEIS

French Liniment.

| This Liniment possessésgreat curative powers for various ailments. For asthmatic complaints, dificuit breathing. tightness of the Dbreast, and silments of the lungs, it is applied externally, on the breast, and between the shoulders. In case of sharp pains in the back and limbs, head-ache, ear-ache, affections of the throat, or in cases ofinternal injuries, whether resulting from a severe stroke, fall or bruise, this Lifiment is especially efficacious. - It relieves ulceré, open woands, salt rhenm, white .swemn%; milk leg, and works charpx{ngly on corns, chilblains, frosted hands, feet and ears. . Nursing mothers suffering from swollen breasts, resulting from a stagnatioa of the lacteal fluid, will find this Liniment ef incaldulable benefit by ‘way of separating the swelling, allaying the fever, and healing the breast. By several applications per day, highly satisfactory results may be obtained from the use of this Lin-, iment in the treatment of tumors, tistula, cancer, ?iles, and like diseases ; also, for wounds resnlting rom_ scalds, burns and cute, and from the biles of wasps, snakes and mad dogs, or K:isonlu‘g from noxious plants. The French Liniment will also be found & veinable household remedy in cases of rheumatism,croup, scarlet fever,diphtheria, quincy, brgnchuia. scrofula, er olfnlu,—(-for external applications. - Cholera, c{o era morbus, colic, %rampn. spasama, flux, diarrhea anunp{ngs in he bowels may be eﬂmulg checked by the internal use of this eel,cb‘nud iniment, as follows: One-haif teaspoonful four to five times within a omwd of from one-half hour to two or three b , sccording to the severity of the case.. For colic,tinka one or two doses, For flux or diartheea, infants, one year of age, ru{nita from sto § drops ; two years old, from 10 to 12 ‘“H" given nsugar/ Rub theé abdomen with the Liniment, For inflammation of the bowels, use the Liniment nternally and externally. . | e . Price 50 Cents per Bottle. i SRR ¢ ;?rqm'ed and manufactured exclusively by l! 5 - Dr. Geo. Cleis, | : . 1 = 2 . . GOSHEN, IND.

For the Ligonier Bannze, ; YANKEE-DOODI:E REVISED. ; ' BY BILAS XOYEN., g 8 ** Yankee Doodle came to town : To see the exhibition; - | He laid a golden dollar down,’ - . To pay for his admission. i Baid Yankee Doodle, “*There’s a bit To which you’ve long been strange, sir, Just take your charges ont of it s j And hand me back the change, sir.” - The turnstile man refused the *‘thing,” - Said he, “It's out of date, sir; A fifty-cent shin-plaster bring. Or stay outside the gate, sir!” i Baid Yankee Doodle, ‘waxing wroth, “It seems to me quite funny, . * To take good gold you should be loth : + And aek for paper money!” : But, ne’ertheless, 10 his chagrin, i ' He head Lo turn aboat, sir; } ‘ .+ And as he could'nt get within % The grounds—he did without, sir! “ Then glory to this mighty State, J . That flows with milk and honey—- ; Where specie has gone out of date, oo |, « And rags are lawful money! " When Yankee Doodle comes again To town, may I behold, sir— T'll shake his hand with might and main, And even take his gold, sir! © '"Whus Yankee Doodle-doodle:do, ' ' ‘ Was doodled and was done, sir—--3 When next he comes, may I and you -~ ! Be there.to see the fun, sir. Philadelphia, July 4th, 1876, 0 “ Raising the Devil.” It was a dark and tempestuous night, a night to fill the soul with fright; ‘the thunder pealed, the lightning flashed, the wild beast squealed and the elements clashed, while the rain from above in torrents dashed, when a poor preacher of the gospel wended his way through the dismal intricacies of a Western forest, many years ago. ‘. v . The poor man felt anything but comfortable, for he was wet through to the skin and almost tired to death. He had been tramping about since morning, besides he had lost his way, 80 the reader can guess the state of mind he was in, and also appreciate the sudden transition of despair to hope which he experienced on seeing the glimmer of a light ahead.- He quickened his flagging footsteps and soon came up to the light; which issued from the only window of a solitary log cabin in the forest. Remembering the spiritual injunction, “knock and it shall be opened unto you,” he did so, but without meeting any response. He rapped again, louder. than before, and this time a gruff female voice asked: “Who's there 2” - “It’'s I,” was the indefinite reply of our rainsoaked parsomu. “Well, who are you and what do you want?” asked the voice, gruffer: than before. s

“A poor benighted preacher of the gospel who has lost his way, and who wishes to stay here to-night’ answered the parson in a dolorous voice. - “Well, stay there—l don’t see what’s to hinder you.” : “But I am almost starved, and. I will pay you: liberally for some suapper,” he responded, chattering with cold, ard not in the least appreciating the’joke. . The words “liberally pay” acted like open sesame, and after a few moments delay, occasioned by. the unfastening of the door, it was opened and the pastor entered. © He found himself in a rough apartment, with a large fire-place at one end, on which a great.log was blazing; a rough deal table and three chairs, besides a-box filled with dry flax, composed its furniture. .. i

But all minor deficiencies-seemed to be more than made up by the lady of the house, for she was fully six feet in height, and weighed nigh unto three hundred pounds. : After having placed some food on the table she turned to the parson, who stood shivering before the fire, making futile attempts to dry himself b¥ alternately turning ‘one side, then the other, to the fire.“Now I want you to eat this grub as quick as you know how, and then tramp, for it’s perfectly impossible for me to keep you here over night. - “But, my good woman,” said the parson, anxiously, “I shall perish in this inclement. weather; I have been wandering in'this fearful storm since morning, and if you have any compassion or pity at all, you will try and give me some place where I can be sheltered from this' storm for the night,” and he offered her a five dollar bill. Sl

“Well;” said the woman, avariciously clutching the money. *“lf you think you can stay in the garret, maybe you can stay; but hurry up, for I expect my husband home every minute, and it’s as ‘much as your life is worth if he should find you here, for he’s a very devil incarnate, and would think no more of murdering you than he would of shooting a grizzly!” The woman produced a shorf ladder as she spoke, and bade the parson to go up in the garret. : . There was a small “drop” ‘or trap door in the ceiling, which raised of its own accord on the parson’s head presing against it, and not without some diffieulty he managed to squeeze himself through the aperture. ! After he was up, the woman told him to shut the trap and not make any noise, for his life, and then taking the ladder away, the parson was left to his own reflections. ' ‘Wet and uncomfortable as he was, his fatigue was such that he had almost fallen asléep, when 'he was dist&ux_‘bed by some one knocking at the 00r. ! |

- Being somewhat curious to know what sort of a man his unknown host was, he arose and peered through a small crack in the floor into the room beneath. 3 Vel &

He saw the woman open the door cautiously, and after admitting a short, thick set man, in a heavy cloak, lock it again. 3 From the mysterious actions and whisperings that ensued, our parson rightly concluded that the.person who had just entered was net her husband, but her paramour, who had taken advantage of the husband’s absence.to pay the woman a nocturnal visit.

After .whispering together : for awhile, the woman went to the cupboard and produced a bottle of whis-: ky and a plate of ham and bread, which she set. on -the table, and the twain were soon engaged in a!loving repast. | e While the parson was watching the guilty couple, there came a thundering knoek at the door, which.caused them both to jump.to their feet in the greatest consternation. = Without a moment’s loss of time, the woman ran to the box of flax and emptied its contents upon the floor; she then bade the man, who was almost scared to death, to get into- the box, which he was ouly, too glad to do, and when he was in, she _rapidl% covered him up with flax. Then the woman ran rapidly to the door and unbolted it, all the while mhbk{?iot eyes, as if just awakened out of hersleep, ' - “Why the devil don’t you let a fel-

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1876.

low stand outside all night?” exclaimed a tall, powerful, villainous looking man clad in .a hunter’s garb, as he dealt her a box on the ear. “I was asleep and didn’t hear before!” whimpered the woman. “And don’t, for God’s sake, curse so much, for there’s a Methodist minister up:in ‘the garret.” : o / “Who cares for the Methodist min‘ister, I'd like to know? But I'll soon have him out of his hole! Here, you old canting hypocrite, come ouf of this and show yourself, or I'll make you!” he exclaimed, with many imprecations, as he set the ladder before the trap door. N it The poor parson, almost dead with fright, slowly descended the ladder, looking as white as a ghost, for, fromthe ruffian’s manner, he expected that he would be a ghost shortly. SR “Don’t hurt the poor man.: See how sickly he looks!” exclaimed the. woman, pitying the poer parson’s distress., - e “You. shut up and mind your business, or it’ll be worse for you,” was the gracious reply of her lord; then turning to the trembling parson, he asked: :

“Are you a Methodist minister, and do you believe inhell and the devil ?” The parson replied in.the affirmative. | . & 4

“Well, then, by the eternal, I don’t! and if you believe in the devil you’ll either make it appear or I’ll cut your lying throat' and make you appear before him!” and he drew his knife in a threatening: manner. ; . 'The poor preacher was in anything but an enviable . situation, and thoughts of the othei -world began to fill his mind with anxious forebodings, for it is a remarkable fact that however much clergymen preach and talk of the joys and bliss ef the other world, they prefer to have others" go and enjoy it. - e : This may be self abnegation or pure selfishness—Heaven knows. , _“Are you most ready ?”' asked the ruflian, raising his knife, as he saw how the other hesitated. I'llgive you just three minutes, and if the devil, is not here, you’ll be with the devil!” “My friend,” said.the parson, into whose head a brilliant idea had popped, “that thereis a -hell is a well established fact, as I can. prove by hundreds of writers, and that the devil exists allows, of no contradietion; and that I have the power to I{lake him appear is also true; but dreadful for you will be the consequences if he does! Better for you had you never been born than to see Satan face to face in the wicked state in which you are in!” ; Sl

“D——n you, stop your preaching and call the old boy; I'll stand the consequences; and be qui¢k about it, for time’s up.” ke , The parson’ ‘went to the fire-place and took thence a burning brand, which he applied to the box of flax. It blazed up almost like gunpowder, and the unearthly yell that issued from the poor devil in the box, was truly appalling. ~ (4 ; With an acrobatic; power of the possession of which he was himself unaware, he leaped out of the box, covered from head to foot with. burning flax. With xroars and howls of agony he made straight for the door, but he was not so quick as the owner of the premises, for with one logk of terror at thé ‘burning figure, he fled out of the house, closely followed by his “Satanic Majesty.” When they were both gone, the parson gave his hostess a short but effective lecture on connubial duties, after which he seated himselt ecomfortably. before the fire. i~ k When the woman’s husband returned, he- treated the parson with the greatest respect, fully convinced that he had the power to raise the devil ate Will.. .0 d e B

The Man Who Wanted to Have l‘:un.ii .1 . [From the Detroit Free Press.] ; A dignified citizen of Detroit yes-‘f terday sat in his office, in the third story of a*building on Griswold street, when a stranger about forty years old, with a long red nose and.a grand smile and a ragged .coat, slid softly in. ! ; “Any fun-here?” he inquired:as he stood by the door. . . - . “Fun? What do you want, sir?” shouted the citizen. : “Want to have some fun with somebody,” was the oily answer. : The citizen turned to his papers, and after a pause the stranger crept nearer and said: i s

“Come on; less wrastle eachiother and kick aroynd and have a good time.” Lor :

“You go down stairs,” was the reply, spoken in very earnest tones. ~“Won’t you have any fun with me?” pleaded the stranger; “won’t you tussle around and knock off hats and kinder liven me up ?” i

The citizen rose and pointed to the door, with a look and gesture that Booth might envy. ! ; “I can’t3find any one‘around here to have fun with me,” complained tl)e stranger as he backed off a little. “I haven’t balf enjoyed myself since I came 'here .just ’cause no .one will punch me in the ribs, jam me around, cuff me up to a peak and get in a kick occasionally. I don’t want work—ll don’t care for money—all I want is to git somebody by the choker, me git him by the hair and have a regular old-fashioned time, just as we used to have in those boyhood days now gone forever.” :

The citizen had a table-leg near at band, and he grasped it, drove the stranger to the door, and then gave him a royal kick to help him down stairs. . The man paused on the landing, looked back, and in a sad voice inquired: *“Won’t you change your mind?. Won’t you gratify a feller 2” : 1 “You go down or I'll throw: this club at you!” was the answer. - T hate to, but'l will. Wish you had kicked me three. or four times, and let me piled you under the table and tied your legs in a knot!” * e et i~ A Few Things That We Know. We know that a'disordered stomach or liver produces more suffering than any other cause. 'We know that very few physicians are successful in their treatment of these disorders. We know that DaCesta’s Radical Cure will, without the shadow of a doubt, almost immediately . relieve and ger?manently cure all of these distressing symptoms. We know of thousands who are willing to ' testify that what we say is true to the letter. We know that if you will give it a fair trial you will let us addggyour name to the “cloud of witnesses.,” Will you give it a trial, and do it now? Trial size only 25 cents. Sold by C. ErDRED & Son,vl‘if%onier, Indiana. Professor Parker’s Pleasant Worm Syrup is perfectly safe and extremely palatgble.r No physic required. Costs 26 cents. Try itc'! - | 8-eow.

Knox, county has splendid corn and grass crops. The wheat crop is not turningout as well as expected, but:is. a fair average. Grapes are rotting badly ‘in some vtnega‘rda 3 apples good, peaches almost a failure. Health of the city and gountry very good.-VincennesSun.

TILDEN OQ._I'AIGN SONG. . oe A e ! : Am—Dizie, e In the land of corn and the land of cotton . Radical rogues areripe and rotten— Y : .Look away! look away! : ‘A’ too long have the ladicals ruled us, Gobbled our cash and tricked and fooled us— . ~ Look away! look away! ' ' Choriss— - P ebl B .~ + Solmeantovete for Tilden, . For Uncle innmy THdens '@ ¢ Or Tilden’s side I'll stand with pride, And work and vote for Tilden.

Honesty now is what’sthe matter; ° All the thieves we’ll force to scatter—

i Look away! look away! Driving the rats from tlie Treasury buildin’, Clearing the track for ouf Sam Tilden— L()'Ok.vaﬁ?g! look away ! Chorus.—So I mean tovote for Tilden, etc,

Whisky rings and revenue robbers, A Salary grabbers and raliroad jobbers— S . Leok asay!'look away! ; Leeches that stick toe the public pockets, All must go up and a%e rockets— i il |- Look z¥ay! look away!Chorus—Soo I mean to vote for Tilden, etc.

North and South are again united, : Equal and free, and no one slighted—- > Look away! look away! Tuck in your shirt that's dirty and bloody; Such a foul fraud ‘can fool gobody— A : Look mﬂﬁ}ook away! Chorus,—So I mean to voie for Tilden, etc.

Justice and truth have long been scanled, ‘Honesty now is the thing that’s wanted— ' Look away! look away! Look alive, then, and be sure to remember ; Vote for reform, boys, next November—- - Look away! look away! Chorus.—So T mean to vofe for Tilden, ete.

LETTERSSACCEPTANCE

e | e Tilden & Hendricks.

Gov. Tilden Explains His Methods of Throttling Thieves and Reducing ...~ EXpenses. ;. :

Specie Resumption to be Attained by Judicious Egonomy,Un- ~ selfish Statesmanship, and | -+ Consequent Frosperity. Party Bule and ifs. Results the ~ Bane of the Repyblic and the Foe of the People. THE SOUTH'S PROGRESS AND CONTENT NECESSARY TO ADVANCEMENT OF THE

R (F'},O.UNTi Y S How He woﬁlql lirocppd to -ﬁﬁol‘i Confidence and oxh-wmfgnen in Governing Statioxs. GOV. ‘HENDRICKS ‘REGAT{DSE THE SCHOOL AND BLOODY-SHIRT SHOUTERS AS - PUBLIC ENEMIES. : | : :i ? ¥ { Anii'Exjweueq His Ung uwalified Endorsement of the St. Lo‘ is Platform. : ALBANY, July 318t~ GENTLEMEN : When I had the honor to receive the personal delivery of your letter on behalf of ; the democratic national convention held on the 28th of June at St. Louis, advising me of imy nomination as the candidate of the constituency represented by that body for the office of President of 'the United ‘States, 1 answered that at my earliest convenience and in conformity with usage I would prepare and transmit to you a formal acceptance. Inow avail myself of the first interyal in unavoidable occupations' to fulfill that engagement. The convention before making its nominations | adopted a declaration of principles which, as a whole, seems to me a wise exposition of the necessities.of oyr country and of the reforms needed to bring back. the government to its|true functions, to restore tha purity of the administration and to renew the prosperity of the people; but some f_ e ! THESE REFORMS ARE SO URGENT -

that they claim more than a passing approval. The.necessity of a reform: in the scale of public eéxpenses, feder-, al, state, and munieipal, and the mode of:federal taxation 'j \}stiﬁes all the prominence given to it/in the déclaration of the St. Louls cdnven”cion. The present depression in all.the, business and industries of the p oxi_le, which is depriving‘la'?or of its employment and carrying want into sq many homes, has its cause in the excessive governmental consumption. Under illusions of a specious prosperity engendered by the false policy of the federal govern ment, a waste of capital has been going on ever since the‘, peace of 1865 which could end only | ; IN UNIVERSAL DISASTER. : The federal taxes of the last eleven, years reach the . gigantic sum of $4,500,000,000. The ‘local taxation has amounted to two-thirds as much more. The ~vast aggregate is{not less than $17,500,000,000. This enormous taxa-. tion followed a civil confliet that had greatly impaired our aggregate wealth,

and had made a prompt reduction of taxes indispensable. It was aggravated by the most unscientific and illadjusted methods ot taxation, that increased the sacrifices of the people far beyond the receipts of the treasury. It was aggravated, moreover, by a | financial policy ‘which'tended to diminish the energy, skfl,/ and*economy of production, and,thF frugality of . private consumption, and induced miscalculation in bumdesﬁ and an unremunerative use of capital and labor. Even in prosperous times the daily wants of industrious| communities press closely upon thgir daily earnings. The margin of possible national savings is at best a small ;percentage of the national earnings, yet for these 11 years the governmental consumption has been a larger portion of - THE NATIONAL EARNINGS than the whole people|. can possibly save even in prosperous times for all: new investments. The consequencesi of these errors are now a present pub-’ il’ic " calamity, but they were .%%ye:-' doubtful, never invisible. They Were' necessary and inevitable and were' foreseen and depicted when ﬂ&wm,’ep" of that fictitious prosperity r ﬁi&:--ést. In a speech made by me on the 24th of September, 180 {tw s naid of (Shiens nges: “Thes bost HEVLY ppn. ‘every man’s income, Upo! :e&ﬁ p dustry, and upon eve g ‘business in the country, and year by year they

are destined to'press still more heavily unless. they arrest the system that gives rise to them.' I was comparatively easy when values. were doubling under , repeated issues of legal tender paper money to pay out of. the froth of our growing and apparent wealth these taxes, but when = .

; VALUES RECEDE AND SINK '~ toward their natural scale, the taxgatherer takes from us not.only our income, not only our profits, but also a portion of .our capital. I do not wish to exaggerate or alarm. Isimply say that we cannot afford the costly and ruinous policy of the radical majority of Congress. We cannot afford .the -magnificent and oppressive centralism into which our government is being converted. We cannot afford the present magnificent scale of taxation.” To the Secretary of the Treasury I said early in 1865 that there is ‘not aroyal road for a govérnment more than for an individual or a corporation. ' What you want to do now is to cut down your expenses and live within your income. I would ‘give all the ledgerdemain of finance "and financiering—l would give the whole of it—for the old homely maxim, “Live within your income” This reform will be resisted at every step, but it must be pressed persistently. We see to-day the imamediate representatives of the people in one branch. of Congress while; o

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compelled to confront the menaee of the Senate and the executive that unless the objectionable appropriations be consented to the operations of the government thereunder shall suffer detriment or ceaseé. In my judgment' an amendment of the constitution ought to' be devised, separating into distinet bills the appropriations for the various departments of the public: service, and excluding from each bill all appropriations for .ather objec®, and all independent legislation. In that way alone can the advisory pow-; ‘er of each of the two houses and of| the executive be preserved and ex- 1 empted from 'moral duress, which' often eompels assent to objectionable! appropriations rather than stop the wheels of the government. =An aecessory cause ¢nhancing distress in business is £oo be found in the systematic ‘and insupportable misgovernment imposed upon the States of the South. Besides the ordinary effects. of an ignorant and dishonest administration, it has inflicted on them enormous is-, gues of fraudulent bonds, the scanty avails of which were wasted or stolen, and the existence of which is a public discredit ey

. . TENDING TO BANKRUPFTCY or repudiation. Taxes, generally oppressive, in some instances have confiscated the entire income of property, and totally destroyed its marketable value. It.is impossible that these evils should not react upon the prosperity of the whole country. The nobler motives of humanity concur with the material interests of all in requiring that every obstacle be removed to a complete and durable réconciliation between kindred population once unnaturally estranged, on the basis recognized by the St.. Louis platform, of the comnstitution of the United States with its amendments universally accepted as a final settlement of the controversies which engendered a civil war; but in aid of a result so beneficial, the moral influence of every good citizen, as well as every governmental authority. ought to be exerted, not a}one to maintain their just equality before the law, but likewise to establish a cordial fraternity and good will among eitizens, whatever their race or color, whe are now united in the one: destiny of 4 common self-government. If this duty shall be assigned. £o me I should not fail to exercise the powers with which the laws and constitution of our country clothes its chief magistrate to protect all its citizens, what.ever their former condition, = -

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“Reform is necessary,” declares the St. - Louis convention, “to establish a sound curreney, restore publie eredit and maintain national honor;” and it goes on to demand a judicious system of preparation by public economy, by official retrenchment, and by wise ( finance, which shall enable the nation soon to assure the whole world of (its perfect ability and its iperfect readiness to meet any ‘of its promises at the call of the creditor entitled to payment. ‘The objeet demanded by the .convention is a resumption of specie payments on the legal-tender notes of the United States. That would not only restore. the public credit and maintain the national honor, but it would establish a sound currency for the pegple. The methods by :which this- object is to be pursued and the means by which it is to be attained are disclosed by what the con: vention demanded for the fufure and by what it denounged in the past.

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by the government of the United States on its legal-tender, notes wounld establish specie payments by all the banks on all their notes. . The official statement made on the 12th of May shows that the amount of bank-notes was $300,000,000, less $20,000,000 held | by themselves. ‘Against these $280,000,000 of notes the banks held $141,; 000,000 of legal-tender notes, or a little more than 50 per cent, of their amount, but they also held on deposit in the federal treasury, as security for these notes, bonds of the United States worth in gold about $360,000,000, available and current in all foreign money markets. In resuming, the banks, even if it were possible for all their notes to. be: presented for payment, would have $500,000,000 of spedie funds to pay ,$280,060,000= of notes without contracting their loans to _their customers ox calling on any pri_vate debtor for payment. Suspended _banks, undertaking to resume, have usually, been obliged to collect from _needy borrowers the means to redeem the excessive issues and to provide reserves. A.vague ... : lyiilil TIDEA OF DISTRESS i

is therefore often associated with the: ‘process of resumption, but the gonditions which caused the distress in those former instances do not now ex-' qst.. 'The’ government' ihdas only to 'make good its own promises, ‘and the banks can ‘take care ‘of 'themselves without distressing anybody. 'The government is therefore the sole delinquent! The amount of legal-tender ‘notés of ‘the United States now outs 'standing is less than $370,000,000, be- ' sides $34,000,000 of fractional curren‘cy. How shall the government make ‘these' notes at all times #s good as i gpeeie? It lag'to provide in r%fer- ' enieé to the mass Which would be kept '{n uge by the wunts of business a cen-. ‘tral reservoir of coin adequate to the adjustment of the international balance and as a guaranty' against the ‘transient drains ﬂ‘lﬂﬁiﬁu!icrmm ‘panie or by speculation, . (’khas also. to provide for the payment in coin of such fractional currency as may be

presented for redemption, and such mconsiderable porfions of legal-ten—-ders as individuals may from time to time desire to convert for special use or in order to lay by‘in coin by their little stores of money. To make the coin now in:the treasury available for ‘objects of this reserve, to .gradually strengthen and enlargefjthat reserve, and to provide for such other exceptional demand for coin as may arise, does not seem to mea work of difficulty. If wisely planned and discreet~ ly pursued, it ought -not tu cost any sacrifice to ‘'the business of the eguns try, It should tend, o the contrary, to the revival of hope and confidence. The coin in the treasury on the 30th of - June, including = what is held against coin ‘¢eertificates, amounted to nearly $74,000,000. # The current of precious metals which has . .- .

.FLOWED OUT OF OUR COUNTRY - for 11 years from July 1, 1865, to June 30, 1876, averaging nearly $76,000,000 a year, was $832,000,000 in the whole. period, of which $617,000,000 were the ‘product of our own mines.. To amass the requisite quantity by intercepting from the current flowing out of the country, and by acquiring frem the stocks which exist abroad without disturbing the equilibrium of foreign money markets, is a resulf to be easily worked out by practical knowledge and judgment. With respeef’to whatever surplus of legal-tendérs the wants.of business may fail to keep in#se, and which,’in order to save intexest, will be returned for rede g they cap either be paid or thég¢an*be funded. . Whather !td;%y continue’ as curreney or be absorbed into the vast: mass of securities-held as investments is merely a question of the rate of interest they draw. Ewven if ,i;éxey v’v.e,re.i to remain in their pregent form, and the government were to pay on th‘ema} a rate of interest making them = '

. DESIRABLE AS AN INVESTMENT, they would cease to circulate and take their ‘'place with the government, state, municipal, and other corporate and private bonds of which thousauds of millions exist among-us. In the pertect ease with whieh they can be changed from currency into invest-. ments lies the only danger to be guarded against. In the: adoption of general measures intended to remove a clearly ascertained swrplus, thatis, the withdrawal of any which are not a permanent excess heyond the wants. of business, even ‘more mischievous* would be any measure which affects the public imagination with the fear of an apprehended scarcity. In a community where credit/is :so much used to fluctuation of -values, and vicissitudes in. business are largely . caused by tempordry beliefs of. men even before those beliefs can conform' to aseertained realities; the amount: of ‘necessary curreney at a given time carinot be determined arbitrarily’and should not’be assumed on conjecture. That amount is subject. to both per-] ‘manent and temporary changes. An enlargement of it, which seemed to be durable, happened at the beginhing of the civil war, by a substituted; use of currency 5 fle ohte L

IN PLACE OF INDIVIDUAL CREDITS, - It varies with certain states of business: It fluctuates with cgnsiderable regularity at different seasons-of the year. In the autumn, for instance, when buyers of grain and other agricultural products begin their opera--tions, they usually need to borrow capital or credits, by which to make their purchases, and want these funds in currency capable of being distribut--ed in small sums among numeroussellers. The additional need of-currency at such:tipes is five or more per cent.. of the whole volume, and if a surplus beyond what is required for ordinary useioes not happen to have been on ‘hand |at the money centres, a scarcity endues, and also a stringenecy :in the Joan market, ' It was in regerehc'e to such experiénces thatin the discussion - of this subject in my annual message to th;s New York Legislature of Jan. 5, 1875, the suggestion jwas made that the federal government is bound to. redeem every ‘portion of its issues which the public do not wish te use. Having assumed to monaopolize the supp;;r of currency and enacted exclusions| against everybody else it is bound to furnish all which t&eﬂ-’wants of business require. ' The \system should passively allow the value of circulating credits to ebb and flow according to'‘the everchanging wants-of-‘business. It should imitate as closely as' possible the, natural laws of trade whic(&l it has superseded by artificial contrivances. And in a similar discussion in my message of Jan. 4th, 1876, it' was said that resumpfion shourlq be: effected by sueh measures | as would keep the aggregate amohpt of |currency 'self-adjusting .during all the process without ¢reat-" ing at any time e 1 || AN ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY, -\ and J'vqithout' exciting public imagination'with alarms! which impair confi- | dence, contract the whole machinery. of credit and disturb the natural operation of Business. , Public econo-' mies, official retrenchments, and wise finance are the means which the St. Louis convention dictates'as the pro--vigion for resources and redemptions. The best resource is a reduction of the | expenses of the government below its income, for that imposes no new. chargeon the people. It, however, the ,4 IMPRdV'IDENCE AND WASTE . which 'have conducted us to a peried of falling revenues obliges us to'supplement the results of -economies and retrenchments by some resort to loans. we should not hesitate. - The government ought -not to speculate on its own dishonor in-erder te save the in. terest on its broken promises, which it still compels - private dealers to accept at a fictitious par. - The highest - national honor is not the only right:but woultﬂtprove profitables. =Of the public debt $9175,000,000' bear interest at '8 per cent. in gold, and $712,000,000 at b per cent: in gold. ;. The average interest is 5.58 per cent. A finanecial policy which should secure the highest credit, wisely availed of ought gradually to obtain & reduction of 1 per: _cent, in the interest. on most of the loans. A saving.of 1 per cent. onan. average would be Ml;] .QOO.OOQ.I&SO% , _That saving regularly invested at 41g | per: cent. would in less than thirtyeight years extinguishthe principal.. “The whole $17,000,000 of, the. fanded debt;might be paid by this saving al,dnolsazm;out cost to the people. The. proper ,imeformsuu?)tion is the fime: _when wise preparations shall: have ripened .into a perfect ability toaccomplish the object: with a, certainty -and ease’ that: will inspire confidénce ‘and encourage the reviving.of -busi-: ness. The earhest time in:jwiaiehﬂnqkti.é a result can be brought about is:the bedtq-l %Eveuﬁ wbm~&h9-:,pr%ﬁ:wmﬁ. ‘Fdﬁ‘%‘ﬁmw b Choeet With Yot ‘erence to the ‘then existing state of Diads and credit oporetides 1s in our own ¥ >-',? ol ’%ﬁ 1€ WM’;o.t.ﬂ; : pierce, and the cona DN O exchanges W Ihl er ‘‘v ~l‘ 3 .‘?’A'ﬂ’i‘ g?? :ﬁ%:, A : ' bld acti &mﬁ‘i‘ 4 A {ran #ol b riERe OF DETAIL 70T 'having reference to ever-changing

‘conditions. - They belong to the domain of practical = administrativestatesmanship. The captain of a | steamer about starting from New | York to Liverpool does nof assemble a council over his ocean chart and fix an angle by whieh to lash the rudder for the whole voyage, ' A human intelligence must be at the helm to discern shifting forces: of waters and winds.. ‘A ‘human mind must be at the helm to feel the elements day by day and guide to a mastery over them. Such “ preparations are everything. JWithout them a legislative command fixing a day, an official promise fixing a day, -are shams. Th%y_ are worse, They are a snare and a delusion to all who frust them, ' They destroy all ‘eonfidence among thoughtful - men ~whose judgment; will at -least sway public opinion, -An attempt to act on such a ecomuiand or! such a promise without preparation would end in a. new suspension. - It wotild be a fresh calamity prolific of confusion, distrust and distress. The act of Congress of the 14th of July,slB7s, enacted that on ‘and after the Ist of January, 1879, the ‘Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem in coin the legal tender notes of ‘the United States on presentation at the office of the Assistant Treasurer in the city of New York, It authorizes the Seeretary to prepare and provide for: sueh .resumption of specie payments by.the use ef any surplus revenues not otherwise appropriated, and b{‘issuingl in his diseretion certain classes of bonds. ' More than one and & half of the four; years have passed.| Congress and the President have continued ever since to unite in acts whitchhayo— 1 1 o g i

;- LEGISLATED OUT OF EXISTENCE every. possible surplus applicable to this purposé. The coih in the.treasu--1y claimed to belong to the government had, on the 30th of July,. fallen to less than $45,000,000 as against $59,000,000 on the Ist of January, 1875, and the availability of a pagt of that’ sum is said to be questio‘x&:{xle_.’ The revenues are falling faster than the | appropriatious. and expenditures are | being reduced, leaving the treasury - with diminishing resources.| The Segretary 'has’ dene nothing under: his _power to issue bonds. T‘hei;agislati.ve» command, the official promise, fixing a day for resumption, have heen made. There has been no. progress. - There have been steps backward. ‘| There is ‘no meeromancy in the operations.of 'the goyernyent. - The homely max.ims of everyday Jife are the best stand- | ards-of its ‘conduet. = A debtor who should promise to pay a lean out of surplus and yet be seen évery day spending all-he ceuld lay hi§ hands on S 7 INGRIOEOUS mvxmt-; § would lose all .character for: honesty and veracity. His offer of a x'fw promige or his: profession as to the value of the old promises would alike provoke' derision. ' ‘The St. FLouis platform denoundes the failure for eleven years; to.make good the promises of -the legal tender notes. It denuunces the omission to accumulate ahy reserve for their redemption. It denounees ‘the conduet whieh during eleven years' of peace has made no advancés toward resumption, no preparations for resumption, but instead has obstructed resumption by wasting our resources .and-exhausting all our surplus income, | and while -professing to.ifitend a speedy resumption of specie payments has- annually “enacted fresh hinder‘ances thereto, and - having. first denounced the barrenness of thé prom-: -ide of | a ddy of -resumption, it next denounces that barren promise as a hindrance to resumption.. It then demands its repeal, and alssiz)'demandsJ -the establishment of ‘a-judicious sys--tem of preparation for resumption.- It cannot be doubted that the substitution of a system.of prépauiti_on ‘with‘out the promise of a day for the worth‘less promise 6f-a day wifhout a system | of preparation would be the -gain of :the. substance. of If¢sumption Ain. ex‘change for the shadow ; nor is the'denunciation unmerited of that improyidence which in eleven years since the restoration of peace has ‘consumed $4,500,000,000, and yet could not afford to give the people a sound and staple -currency., 'Two and & half'percent. on: . the expenditures of these eleven‘years, "or even less, would have provided all the additional coin needful to resumpSEION S 0 e i |

. 'THE DISTRESS NOW FELT by the peopleln all their business and - industries, although it has its principal -cause:in the enarmous waste of capital occasioned by the false poli-: cies of our government, has been greatly aggravated by the mismanagement of the currency. . ‘Uncertainty is the prolific .parent of mischiefs: in‘all business.. Never were its evils more felt than now. ~ Men do nothing because theéy are unable to make any calculations on.which they can safely | rely. They undertake ‘nothing because they fear a loss.in. everything they would attempt. They stop and wait. - ‘The merchant dares not buy for the future consumption of his customers. - ‘The manufacturer dares not make: fabrics which -may mot refund his outlay. He shuts his factory and dlscharges his workmen.- = Capitalists ‘cannot lend on’ security they consider safe,; and ' their funds lie almost withoub:interest. Men with enterprise who haye credit or securities to pledge.will not borrow. Consumption has fallen below the natural limits ‘of a reasonable economy. The prices of many things are below their range. -In the frugal specie-paying ‘times before the civil wat vast ‘masag% of curreney laid in the banks unused. -A year and a half ago legal tenders were at their largest volume, and $12,000,000 since retired have deen replaced by first issues of $100,000,000 of bank notes. 'ln the meantime the banks: have been surrendering about $4,000,000 a month ‘because they-can-not_find a profitable- use for so many\ ‘of their notes. The public mind will "~ ‘NO LONGER ACCEPT SHAMS. - It has'suffered enough from illusiens. An insincere policy increases distrust., ‘An unstable-peliey increases uncer_tainty.. The people need to know-that the govqrnme{:t.ip» moving in the di-' ‘rection of ultimate safety and pros_perity, and that it is doing so through prudent, safe and conservative meth.ods ‘which will be sure .to inflict; no sacrifice on the business of the eountry, Then the ingpéiéati,on_ of a new ‘hope and well-founded confidence will: “hasten' the restoring process ‘of na“ture and ‘prosperity will begin to return. ;- The St. Louis convention con:’ ‘cludes its expression in regard to the' currency by a declaration of its convictions as.to the practical rdmrtstd'étt; the system of-preparation it demands. It says: ““We believe such asystem, - competent” hands , s creating at o time i ar l, city of currency and at no (imaAtarmi the e . intos withara: of ; nery ot cred : by which 95 per cent. of all business { transactions-are performed, a system | mEALING ‘ON 11§ Wias &‘ﬁ.ﬁg . 40 all'our harassed industries, set in ama e L e e e e

B 4 OAI O W e "THE'ONLY STRaM PRINTING . HOUSEIN NoBL} COUNTY: :.- . 4 Garde, Bill-Hoais Cirnlars osters ‘ l_zh..ab..-ﬁfdnubm:omuu_?-n! o Itoates’t=and-~Promptm “Matiner ' s ununusnn’um-nuns; | B~ Appiy Hete ﬁefor:aderlnz Elsewhere,<aB T N

motion the wheels of commerce, manufacturing and mechanical arts, re. gtorﬁ ?gplztyme{xt to ‘laborl,l and renew 1n a’l Its natural sources the prosperify of the people.”. The gqvernniesgt of the United States, in my opinion, can advance to a resumption' of specie ‘Payment .on its legal tender notes by a gradual and safejprocess, tending to re%ve ‘the pi'eg%%t]business distress. If _ha:-rged by rthe people with the adminigtration of the executive oftice, I.should deem it a dutyj to exercise the powers with which it has been or may be invested by Congress as hest and soonest to conduct the country to that beneficent result. The convention justly afirms that reform is necessary in the' civil service; necessaTy to its purification; necessary to its eeonomy and its efficiency, necessary in order: that the ordinary employ of public business may not be a prize fought for 'at the ballot-box —a brief.rew'ard»o@party zedl, instead of posts of honor assigned for proved competency and held for fidelity in the public employ. ' Thé convention wisely added that reform is' néces-: sary even more in the higher grades ofthe public service—the President, Vice-President, Judges, Senators, Representatives, and Cabinet officers. These and all others-in authority are not a private perquisite. They are a public - trust. . Two evils infest the official service of the federal government. One is the prevalent and demoralizing notion that the public service exists, not for the business and seßet. \

© 7 OF THE WHOLE Bebrms = but for the interest of the officehold - ers, who are in truth but the servants .. of the people. Under the influence of - this pernicious error, public employ=. | ments have been multiplied,the num-' - bers of those gathered into the ranks of the officeholders have deen increas- ' ed beyond any possible requirement of public business,. while inefiiciency, peculation, fraud, and malversation of public. funds from high places. of _power to the lower have overspread = the whole service like a leprosy. The other evil is the organization of' the. officiai class into a body! ‘of political .mercenasies, governing caucuses and | dictating the nominations of theirown = party and attempting: to carry the f eléctions of the people by undue influence and by immense corruption funds, systematically collected from the- salaries and fees of officeholders. | The official class in other countries, - ‘sometimes by :its own weight, and some%iemes in allianges with- the army, has en able to rule unoxganized masses even under universal suffrage. Here it has already grownh into a gigantic power capable of'stifling inspirations of a sound pyblic opinion and | of resisting an easy change of administration until misgovernment has be- . come intolerable and public spirit has been stung to the pitch of a eivic | revolution. The ?tst step in reform | is the elevation of the standard by which the appointing power selects agents to execute official trusts. Next in importance is a cgnscientious fidel- | ity in the exereise of authority to hold | to account and dispface untrustwor. thy or incapable subordinates. ~The] public interest' demands an honest, .skillful performance of official trust, which i e : : : MUST NOT BE SACRIFICED KL to tl{e opinions of an incumbent.. After these immediate steps which will ‘insure. the exhibition of better exam-. | ples, we may wisely go on to the abolition of unnecessary ,oiﬁc(zr;s, and: Y finally to the patient and careful or- - . ganization of a better civil-service , system under a est, wherever practicable, of proved competency and fidel‘ity.. While much may be accomplish- - . ed by these methods, it might encour‘age delusive expectation if I withheld here the expression of my,convmthn that no'reform of the civil service in this country -will be complete and .- '] permanent until its chief magistrate is constitutionally digqualified for reelection, experience haying repeatedly iexposed the futility of self-imposed - restriction by candidates or. incumbents. Through this solemnity only ‘can he be effectually delivered from his greatest temptation to misuse the. power and patronage with which the . executive is necessarily charged. Educated in the belief that it is the first - duty of acitizen of the republicto | take his fair allotment of 4 | CARE AND' TROUBLE IN PUBLIC AF-

bt eyl . FAIRS. . ‘T have for 40 years as a private citizen fulfilled that duty. Though occupied -ih ‘an unusual degree during all that ‘period with the concerns of the goyernmeént,] havenever acquired the habit of official‘life, until, when a year and a half ago I entered upon my present trust, it was in order: to consummate the reforms to which I had- already | devoted several of the best years of my \life. Knowing as I do, therefore, from fresh experiences how great'the dif- | ference is between gliding through official routine, and woriing out-a reform ‘of systems and pelicies, it is impossible for me to contemplaté what needs 'to be doxe in the federal administration without an anxious sense of the difficulties of the undertaking. g summoned by the _suffrages of | countrymen to-attempt this work, I shall endeavor with God’s help to be ‘the efficient instrament ’?f ‘their will. 00l sl SAMUELJ. TILDEN. o Gen. John A, McClernand, Chairmati, Gen. . W. B. Franklin, Hon, J. J. Abbott, Hon, 3[ J. Spaonhorst, Hon. H. J. Redfield, Hon. F./8. iay“on, and others of the Committee, e

Governor Mendricks’ Letter of Acgl i ' | ceptance, 1 . INDIANAPOLIS, July 4, 1876, GENTLEMEN :(—I have-the honor to “acknowledge the receipt ofiyour couimunication in which you have fo?mally notified me of my nomination (by the national democratic convention at St. Louis, as their candidate for he office of Vice President of the. United States. It is a nomination which I neither-expected nor desired, and yet .I'vecognize and acknowledge the high honor done. me by the convention, The voice of such a_body, and pronounced with such unusual unanim‘ity, and‘accompanied with so generous an - expression of esteem and. confidence, ought to outweigh all merely personal desires and pr;garencgs of my’ own. It is with ,thiq,feélin%&fa‘nd I trust, alse, from a deep sense of public duty, that Fmow-accept the nomi-, . pation, and shall abide the judgment gqgm{i@gummn., It would have m% _p&oeqﬂ)le ggr me toaacc% the ‘noniination if I could not heartily en‘dorse the platform of ‘the convertion. iam gratified, therefore, to:be able un--Lequivocally to declare mﬁ:x agree in the principles, approve the,policies, and n{ampathlze with the purposes -enunciated in that platform. The institutions of our country have been .Otelj tﬂﬁd by\h X ;‘.w.& 08¢ \' i il th goy IR wond 8 W l )1‘ “ B ' 3 . . »“;&‘ig 2 ~i" AR A Y 'ﬁ,ﬁ YIRS S j:'f.""l‘-.ﬁl - v bato i A M e