The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 8, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 June 1878 — Page 2

The Pational Baner YA - - SRy Wi _l. B. STO—I—JL, Editor and Proprietor. . LIGONJER, IND., JUNE 13th, 1878. . “No man worthy of the office of Presidcnt should be willing to hold it if counted in or placed there by frand.”—U. 8, GrANT, : decided not to receive testimony. OREGON responds nobly to little Hale'’s revolutionary address by electing a democratic Legislature and Congressman, , o . THE appointment of Gen. John C. Fremont as Governor of Arizona is a commendable act, under all the circumstances. U HAYES says he won’t go out unless impeaclied by due process of law, and he thinks that can hardly be dcne. Wait and see. THE FACT is now established that the Louisiana electoral certificates were forgdriés. This is ope| reason why the 7% 8 commission decided not to-go behind the returns. .

" BEN HARRISON will find favor with Charley Baxter for wanting to put the greenbackers into a lunatic “asylum, but that won’t make his resting-place in the political grave-yard any the more comfortable.

ELDER STEWART, chairman of the greenback district committee, officially proclaims thatthe party, like Beecher’s hell, has bursted. The “burst-up” is supposed to be only temporary, and may have been caused by a superabundance of eminent managers. .

JUDGE MOORE, the repuiblican nominee for Secretary of State, is a resident of Vanderburgh county, afid not of Warrick, as erroneously stated last week. He owes his nomination principally to uvhe fact that he resides in the town of Gil. Shanklin, his democratic competitor. .

‘SINCE the ticket nominated at Indianapolis last weeK'is doomed to overwhelming defeat, we are sorry Gen. Hascall failed to receive the nomipation for State Auditor. It worked a disappointment to thousands of Democrats in this District who were anx--lous to avenge 1870. | :

'PETER COOPER and ‘a number of other leading greenbackers are now at Washingten laboring for the repeal of the resumption act. Senator Voorhees is doing all in his power to bring the Senate to a vote on the repeal bill. The House, it will be remembered, passed the bill months ago.

THE Marshall county greenbackers met - in- county convention at Plymouth ‘ga‘st Saturday, nominated a county ticket, and appointed delegates to the congressional convention which meets at Kendallville on the 18th inst., with instructions to vote for John 8. Bender, Esq.. for Congress, “first, last and all the time.” =

- SENATOR JOE MCDONALD, of this State, is in tavor of the Potter investigation, and says there is no ddubt that Hayes was putin by fraud. | At the same time he insists that the title is inviolate, no matter how corruptly obtained. - This may be sound both in law and logic, but for the life of us we cau’t view the question in that light.. . - ' N G

THE DEKALB DEMOCRACY will meet ‘in county convention on the 22d inst. to nominate candidates for the several county offices. ‘Phe candidates so far announced in the Couriér are: John W. Baxter, James A. Barns and Tom C. Mays for Clerk; Sol. Barney, C. C. Walter, G. W. Downs and ThomaB H. Thomlinson .for Auditor; Daniel Gonser for Treasurer, and W..J. Work, ‘Aaron D. Moore, and J. C. St. Clair for Sheriff. fh)

THE WORD comes from Marshall county that John S. Bender, of Plymouth, will be presented to the 18th of June greenback convention as a suitable candidate for Congress. Mr. Bender is a very clever gentleman and a greenbacker of unexceptional standing. He has for years espoused the greenback theory, and that, too, with considerable earnestness and no mean ability. - Before the war he was a Douglas Democrat, but during the rebellion he enthusiastically championed therepublican cause.

PEOPLE may expatiate upon the fallacy and mischievousness of strikes and communism as much as they please; yet, the cause will not thereby be removed. Let men of capital come together and devise some plan for furnishing employment to the thousands of laboring men who offer their muscle at almost any price that will guarantee their families food and clothing.— This attained, it will be a easy matter tomanage the drones and mischiefmakers who do. not ‘want to work at any price. The workingmen themselves will see to it that this class is made harm]ess. ' . e—€ W—THE congressional convention of the National Greenback Labor party will meet at Kendaliville next Tuesday, the 18th. Of the gentlemen previously named as probable” candidates for congressional honors, Mr. George T. ‘Barney has declined, and Mr. C. B, Darrow, of Lagrange, has been nominated for the Legislature. This leaves the'field to Col. W. C. Williams, John S. Bender, Rev. George Carter, Dr. Winslow, and G.. W. Baldwin. Those who seem to be behind the curtains claim that Col. Williams will easily walk away with the prize; but since Marshall county comes :forward with Mr. Bender, the contest may be more Mr. Bender is one of those genialt ‘smiling fellows who have a happy fathe good graces of the public,

HOW SOLON- EXTINGUISHED DEBT. - leols Ko Saber MU e g a'ig manner in which Soi'm extigggis?xglaér%b? vorseg in Anolent Hiatory. M ae TAlem b ’ . as e to mﬁemta@nd what I tergé. ,Il would wgm' it an es&)ecial«mvor to be informed how Selon acconu{ ished the work hinted at in the *“Vero”, article? g - INQUIRER. In answer to “Inquirer” we will say that in 594 years B. C., Solon was made Archon of Attica, one of the Grecian states, and invested with full powers of legisiation. At the time of his appointment violent dissénsions prevailed among the people of Attica, who were divided into three parties, as follows: Ist, the Diakrii; 2d, the Pedieis; 3d, the Paralii. ' The Diakrii, by far the poorest class of people, inhabited the mountains east and north of Attica, and seemed to favor a democracy. The Pedieis consisted principally of the rich families who dwelt ig the plains comprising Athens, Eleus;s. and neighboring territory and who favored an oligarchy. The Paradii inhabited that portion of Attica that bor‘dered on the sea, and: were in wealth ‘and social position intermediate between the two, and favored a mixed form of government. Solon was 3 man of extensive wealth, and hence the rich readily accepted him as one of ‘them, while the poor regarded him [as a good and worthy man. e Probably no man among the Greci- | ans understood the_in political condition better than Solon. The intestine -quarrels of the seyeral parties were greatly aggravated by a general myti- - ny, of the poorer population against the rich, resunlting from mi,@;erv combined with oppression. Grote, in his history of Greece, vol. iii, p’hge 95,8ay8: “The Thetes are now presented to-us as forming the bulk of the population of Attica —'the cultivating tenants, metayers and small proprietors of the | country. They areexhibited as weighed down by debts and dependence, and. ~driven in large numbers out-of a state of freedom into slavery—the mass of them being in debt to the rich, who were proprietors of the greater part of the soil. They had either borrowea ‘money for their owh necessities, or they tilled.the lands of the rich as dependant tenants, paying a stipulated portion of the produee, and in this capacity they were largely in arrears. * * . * . Eyery debtor, unable to faltill his contraet was liable to be adjudged as a slave to his creditor, until he could find means. either of paying it or working it out;'and not only he himself, but his minor sons and unmarried daughters and- sisters also, whom the Jaw gave him the power of selling. * | . * ~ 8o severely had these oppressive contracts been enforced that many debtors had been reduced to slavery in Attica itself—many others had been sold for exportation—and some had only hitherto preserved their own freedom by selling their children. Moreover a great number of the smaller properties in Attica were under mortgage, signified by a stone pillar erected on the land, in‘scribed with the name of the lender and the amount of the loan.” "The failure of the debtor to liquidate the debt placed himself and family in irremediable slavery, either in their own country “or in some barbarian region where Attic accent would never reach their ears.” 'We are further told by the same historian, that some “fled the country to escape legal adjudication of their personsg, and earned a miserable subsistence in forei%l parts by degrading occupations. pon several, too, this deplorable lot had fallen by unjust condemnation and corrupt judges; the conduct of the rich, in regard to money, sacred and profane, in regard to matters public as well as pri.vate, being thoroughly unprincipled and rapacious. The manifold and long continued suffering of the poor under this system, plunged into a state of debasement not more tolerable than that of the Gallic plebs—and the injustices of the rich in whom all political power was vested—are facts well attested by the poems of Solon.”] — Again, our historian says, “ that fmmediately preceding’ the time of his archonship, the evils had ripened to such a point—and the determination of the mass of sufferers to extort for themselves some mode of relief, had become so pronounced—that the existing laws could no lenger be enforced.” Such in brief were the suffering conditions of the debtor class when Solon came to power, and to their relief his first measure, the mem--orable Seisachtheia, or shaking off of burthens, was directed. We are told that the relief which it afforded was complete and immediate. “It canceled at once all those contracts in which the debtlor had borrowed on the security either of his person or his land; it forbade all future loans or contracts in which the person of the debtor was pledged as security; it deprived the | creditor in future of all fower to imprison or enslave, or extort work from ‘his debtor, and confined him to an effective judgment at law authorizing the seizure of the latter. It swept off ‘all the numerous mortgage pillars from the landed properties in Attica, leaving the land free from all past claims. It liberated and restored to their full rights all debtors actually'in slavery under previous legal adjudication, and it even provided the means of repurchasing in foreign lands, and bringing back to a renewed life of liberty in Attiea, many insolvents who had been sold for exportation.” By these extensive measures, the poor ‘debtors, together with their families, -were rescupd from suffering peril, but these wer@ not all‘the debrors in the state. The creditors and landlords of the exonerated Thetes were in many ingtances debtors to others, and were less able to, discharge their debts by reason of the loss Inflicted upon them by the Seisachtheia. To assist these Wealthi?r debtors, whose bodies were not in dangér, yet not to exonerate 'them entirely, Solon resorted to the expedient of debasing the money standard. “By this change the creditors of these more substantial debtors'were obliged to submit to a loss, while the debtors acquired exemption to the extent of about 27 per cent.” W& will make one more extract, which, no doubt will answer the query in the readers’ mind as to -how the people liked the laws of Solon. Grote, page 103: “The Seisachtheia must have ex--asperated the feelings and diminished the fortunes of many persons; but it gave to the large body of Thetes and Mii propeistors all Sk fhey conld: possibly | mw ~ We are told public mind, and procured for Solon a great Incren g\m@’ 53 | may think Solon performed a greut T R R BT RO

Solon, unjust so far as it reseinded previous agreements, but highily salutary in its consequences, is to be vindicated by showing that in no other way could the bonds of government have been held together, or the misery of the multitude alleviated.,” Solon, by reason of his legislation, became identified with the first party, Diakrii, and hence became the founder of the Grecian Democracy. We must certainly apologize for the length of this article, but avn_‘intelvligenlt answer to “Inquirer” would not permit of anything short of what we have given. To those who may wish more light on the subject, we refer them to Grote’s History of Greece, Vol. 111, and Plutarch’s Lives. ° :

THE LEGAL TENDEK DECIISION,

When it is remembered that the supreme court has decided, what indeed everybody knew, that the constitution conferred no power on Congress to make ‘a legal-tender of paper, except in the extreme emergency of war, and wheén no one dreams that it would tolerate a farther issue of such money in times of peace, it Seems little less than idiotic to agitate such a measure. It could only be legalized by an amendment to the constitution, which, if there was the faintest probability that it would be sanctioned by: threefourths of the State I.ogislature,could not possibly be effected in less than three years, keeping the country all that time in the throes of financial uncertainty and suspense.—ZLaPorte Herald. S laa

If'the good man of the Herald wo'd (or could) only enligliten his readers ‘when the supreme court rendered such a decision; the discussion of the legal‘tender question might be greatly facilitated. Thetrouble,however,is that -the supreme court never passed upon the naked. question as to the power of Congress to “make a legal-tender of paper.”” The point at issue was, Did the legal-tender act apply to contracts made* prior to its passage? This \?guest-non was, in the ‘l)ecember term of 1869, decided in the negative; but upon the reconstruction of the supreme couift (by the appointment of ‘Judges Bradley and Strong) this decision -was reversed, thus not only af-

firming the power of Congress “to make a legal-tender of paper,” but annulling contraets "specifically calling for gold or siiver, and"compelling the holders of such contracts (entered into long before the passage of the legaltender act) to receive paper in full discharge of their .coin contracts.—This is the decision of the supreme court, especially réconstructed for that purpose by your idol, President Grant. In our humble jndgment the former décision was right; but as the Herald never dissents from anything done by the Grant dynasty, we présume it will pronounce in fayor of the other. : As to the probability of securing the concurrence of a requisite number of States to amend the constitution so as to explicitly confer the power to make government currency a le-gal-tender, the Herald need not give itself any uneasiness. Gcod reasons exist for believing that much more than two-thirds of the States would ratify such an amendment. The doctrine that government alone is to be the money-making power, has taken deep root and will gain additional strength wherever and whenever the question is breught before the people. Popular sentiment, however, is likely to develop to such an extent as to render a constitutional amendment practically unnecessary. We venture the assertion that the supreme court, as now constituted or likely to be constituted hereafter, will. not deny the power of Congress to authorize theissue of legal-tender notes, even in time of profound peace. Supreme judges progress on the currency question as other men have progressed. As the constitution neither directly confers upon or denies to Congress authority to create alegal-tender currency.it wo'd be folly to adjudge them wholly indifferent to public sentiment and to the business interests of the country. To assume the prevalence of such indifference is to assume that, if called upon to-morrow, they would re-aflirm the famous Dred Scott decision,—and even the Herald would be loth to regard that as among the. probabilities.

- The fact is, there is no honest, thinking or reasoning man, be he republican, or democrat, who does not think, or who:is not confident in his own mind, that if fraud was, committed, Mr. Hayes should never have acquired a seat in the White House. But he was placed there by the highest tribunal a nation could create, and this makes. his title good. 1t is too late now te be brobing the old wound. Nobody wishes to see Hayes removed.. —&Byracuse Gazetle. { We do not know from whence our young friend derives his information that “nobody wishes to see Hayes removed.” In our own immediate vicinity there are’hundredg of good, lawabiding apd justice-loving men who do want Hayes removed, if upon a fair and impartial investigation -if shall appear that he obtainéd the presidency through fraudulent and corrupt means; and the same may truthfully be said of otherlocalities. These men by no means regard the 7xB commission which shamelessly refused to perform the duty which by their solemn oaths theyimposed upon themselves, as “the highest tribunal a nation could create.” If our young friend will be patient he will learn before Mr. Potter's committee gets through, that a portion of that “highest tribunal” was ‘comppsed’ of about as lowa material as that which constituted the Louisiana Returning Board. It is never toolate todo goed. High-handed fraud should never be condoned. : L

S S Wi WE this week publish the Republican State platform adopted at Indiih—napolis last week, It should be studiously read by every voter who (‘le~ sires to inform Himself in regardito the purposes and objects of the several parties. The document ret‘erredEto contains some good and a great many bad points, = .. e

WueN Congress ordered the appointment of the Potter investigating committee, Bro. Prickett, of the New Era, exclaimed, “We tremble for our country.” Recent events justify tix‘e trembling—not, however, for Pri k= ett’s country, but for his party. l :

The frequent attempts to assassinate Emperor William of Germany, evidences the desperate means to which the socialists of Berlin are ready to resort to carry into practice the objeets of their perpicious organization, for the- ameliorj;ion of the social condition of the poor and needy laboring men. Organizations which have been formed for the furtherance of Jauda: ble purposes by honest and moral means deserve respect, but when life and propertyibecome insecure by reason of an existing organization, such organization deserves the contempt of all good citizens, and the most assiduous vigilance of governments. Sympathy for the laboring men out of employment and in needy circumstances does not become intensified by their violent acts against capital, or against those in power as rulers. Working men who resort &8 acts of violence for the bettering of their condition invariably heap odium upon themselves, and render assistance to their cause less pnssible. (ireat wrongs cannot be remedied by resorting to villainy and murder, for such acts augment the peril of those asking relief. While we' confess that the now wide chasm between labor and ecapital seems to be widening, and that eapitalists are manifesting too much ins difference toward the poverty striclaen laborers, yet we have the utmost €ontempt for all persons or organizations that seek to. gain their point by such acts of violence as have been witnessed lately in the attempt to take the life of Emperor William. We do not oniy depreca_:te such acts of violence, but all other-acts that are antagonistic to the laws of the government. Whatever change may be accomplished in the social status by the laboring men, it must be done by altruistic forces and by lawful means. A resort to other means canonly be characterized as mobism, and those who take upon themselves the status of mobs must expect the treatment whieh such disturbances generally secure at the hands of those ruore orderly disposed. e @ DE——— - z ROME CITY ITEMS. . The Lake Side House changed hands on Monday last. S. W. Dodge is now fairly established as proprietor and is making things lively in that vicinity. ‘The old “Hunter’s Home” has received a new coat of whitewash, and now presents quite a different appearance. , : :

Qur old friend, John B. Lane of Ligonier, spent a few leisure moments in town on Monday last.. . ~ The Universalist pic-nic which was advertised to be here on Sunday last, failed to come to time. It was postponed one week. It will be here next Sunday. Rev. Crossley, of Ft. Wayne, will preach at the Park ih the forenoon and/‘in the afternoon. There will be good “ofd-fashioned” singing and a good time: generally. Every body invited to come and bring their dinners, their families, and their friends, and have a good time. The “Normal School” of Ligonier had a general good time at their picnic here on Tuesday last. They are certainly a very intelligent, well behaved, good looking set of young people. Prof. Luke and Hon. J. C. Zimmerman and lady were amongst the company. . They are all invited to ¢all again and stay longer. -

The cold dreary weather has been a great drawback to pic-nics thus far, this season. : e

“Jap” cannot refrain from poking his jokes at the Greenbackers, professing all the while to be a greenbacker himself. -In his last he has been locating the parties in this county and assigned to the Greenbackers, the “Left field.” DBetter go slow, “Jap;” “there is many a slip twixt the‘cup and the lip,” and although you may think you have a dead sure thing on the Sheriffalty, after your nominations are over, you may find yourself in the field you have so generously assigned to the Greenbackers. We had expected that the congressional convention called for the 18th, at Kendallville, would be postponed, ‘but it seems such is not the case, so we must all be there. We must select a good man, and one that will win. Itnow loagks asif Col. Williams is the coming man. If nominated, he will no doubt at once take the stump and make it lively for his competitors. The colored people of Kalamazoo, Mich., are to have an excursion pic-nic here on the 27th. 'We have no doubt there will be a full budget of fun on 4that ocecasion.

This week promises to be lively in Rome, but as the exercises are all in the future at this writing we must defer the report until next week. Dance on Wednesday evening at the Park, Editorial association Thursday and /Friday, Masonic pic-nic Friday, Universalist pic-nic Sunday. . . The singers from Ft. Wayne and Kendallyville, had a good time here on Monday last. 36 doz. bottles of beer constituted a part of the supplies, and all were merry and full of fun. Arrangements will soon be made to have the “Lake Steamer” make Sunday excursions to Round Island and the Mineral Springs every Sunday aftorhoon. . .

From reports it costs $2.50 a piece for parties to stone a house in Brimfield.. Will the “Squire” rise and explain? Have. you got any “Greenback Jus-: tices” over there?

The man who made such a noise at our April election, abusing Greenbackers and saying that “any man could get work who was not too lazy to| work,” ete., is now in Albion jail for stealing. Verily, actions speak loud-. er than words. - i

- A very respectable company of Albionites - pic-niced on the Island last Sunday. doeated SUCAT TR,

STANLEY MATTHEWS refuses to appear before the Potter committee to -tell what he knows about that Louisi-anathimble-rigging affair. He shields himself bebind his senatorial privilegés; but Ben Butler says Stanley must appear. The unfortunate Ohio Senator has hisfootin it pretty badly. His conduct is admissable of but one interpretation: Guilt. ok B e e el B e . T'he Democrats of Lagrange county mef in convention last Saturday, and put in nomination astraight ticket. * * * They tried to form an alliance with the Greenbackers the day before, but couldn’t make it win.~~Wolcottville Qazette. ' Will Mr. Rheubottom please tell us why? * LSI e e : e i, W —'—-.—ﬁ-*——- ) Burton Austin, a little boy 12 years old, son of Chaflés Austin, qg\ township, Lagrange Co., was drowned in the flume at Wert’s mill pond SattPlydwaskago, .

ALBION RUMMAGES. But very little has been done in court up to this time (Tuesday.) Judgments have been rendered, divorces granted and mortgages foreclosed. A case entitled “State of Indiana vs. Geddis” is now in hearing. A jury is empanneled and good counsel on either side. The defendant is charged with having made an assault and battery .upon one of Kendallville’s lady teachers while undertakingto chastise him with therod. @ "

Passenger train running east in the afternoon, seldom if ever stops at the platform to board passengers, making it very inconvenient and dangerous for lady travelers. This should be remedied, because it is the duty of a conductor,:implicated by law to stop his train, if passenger train, alongside the platform built for that purpose. A goodly number of people from Allen county are attending court here. Commissioners court ahead! Judge Tousley vacates his“chair and bows to that great ruoling power; Petitions, remonstrances and the like scattered broadecast by thie chief combatants. Michael Bouse wins the day. The road shall go through where last located, and that other voad shall be vacated. And even now some of the people of Washington township are not satisfied, Come again or weshall ‘become lonesome. : |

- Marriage licenses issued ‘during the past week: Renwick W. Bartley to Lizzie Nimmon; Franklin P. Simpson to Jane Tyler. , :

- Out of the one hubdred and one men who have tried Joe Knepper’s scythe, gince taking the job of mowing the court yard, J. W. Smith®alone found no fault with it. How foreibly come the words, “where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to ‘be wise.” ~ Last Tuesday while driving east of Brimfield, accompanied by Mr. David Williams, of Warsaw, the buggy pole dropped and our horses started off at full speed and ranbuta short distance until we were both thrown from the buggy. ‘We held and stopped the horses, and individually was not hurt, but Mr. Williams, more unfortunate, was thrown upon his head and shoulders, and was slightly shocked, but got over if immediately. A broken pole was the only damage sustained. Judge Clapp is still in a critical condition. :

John Milton Chapman left for Ohio on Tuesday, on 4 week’s visit to his brother-in-law, E. D. Meagher, of Oliver Chilled Plow .fame.

James W. Griffith, of Ligonier, has designs upon the republican’nomination for Sheriff. © - JAP. e —— > EE—— . KENDALLVILLE LOCALS. 2 D. W. Pike died last Saturday from the effects of the wound inflicted by being shot in the head last summer by J. W. Bixler. The funeral took place. on Sunday, a vast concourse following the remains to their final resting place. The coroner’s inquest was held by Judge Wildman, the verdict of the jury being that deceased came to his death from the effects of the murderous assault made upon him by Mr. Bixler. Drs. Williams and Teal, assisted by Drs. Gilbert and Vincent, made the examination.. The finding of the coroner’s jury has been duly reported to the circuit court, which tribunal will probably take cognizance of the matter during the present term. ' ! pel e s e

Buny%.n’s drug store has undergone a transformation. A book-keeper’s apartment has been fitted up, prescription cases re-arranged, wall-pa-perstands re-adjusted,a general cleansing process applied and the whole €stablishment put in first-class order—all since Viector Schwegler has been employed by this justly popular drug firm, Mr. Schwegler is an experienced apothecary, having been ' connected with the business since 1849. e was four years in the employ of Geo. H. Lohmann & Co., and 1s regarded as very competent and efficient in- his line of business. o

The Standard is authority for the statement that the republican congressional convention will be held in this city between the Ist and 15th ef August. The re-nomination of John H. Baker seems to be generally conceded in republican circles. : Ex-councilman Julius Lang has been elected school trustee, as successor to John Mitchell. i Jim Kelly now owns all three hotel buildings in town, having recently purchased of Mr. Kinsman the Central llouse. Jim is something of a monopolist. - ‘

Julie, the 6-year old daughter of John Adam Foehl, returned about ten days ago from the Cleveland IHospital where she had been three weeks under treatment of Dr. Weber for enlargement of the bones. Miss Julie was accompanied by her mother, who speaks in glowing terms of Dr. Weber’s skillful treatment. : Hopes of a permanent cure are entertgineﬂ; To be or not to be? seems to be the question with the greenbackers here.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Is There Trouble in the Er(enback Household? Tuesday afternoon’s mail brought us the following on a postal card from Kendaliville: - : ; : BRO.STOLL—AB%7: Since the greenback party is, like h—l, bursted, will you please discontinue the notice in Tuae BANNER for a congressional convention at Kendallville, Ind., June 18th. I am so authorized by Graves, Vincent, Skillen & Co., and oblige a few friends. = Fraternally. : June 11th. T, Hi STEWART.

Yesterday morning’s .mail brought us a lengthy communieation from which we can only extract the following:

“The trouble among the leaders of the National party seems to be this: It is alleged that Elder Stewart issued his call for the congressional convention on the 18th without proper consultation or authority. To this charge the Elder demurs, saying that: the matter had been fully econsidered, and that the general sentiment favored an early convention. = As to his authority to issue the call, reference is' made to his appointment to the chairmanship. of the district committee two years ago, when some of the new membeﬁ.whonow presume to dictate, were yet In full embrace of either the democratic or the republican party. This, the Elder’s friends say, looks a little too much like probationers usurping the authority of the elders. 'The original Jacobs interpret the anxiety of new converts to control this matter to the existence of a programme whereby Col. Williams or some one else of the select circle is to be made the joint candidate of the Greenbackers and the Democrats—the former to make the selection, and the latter to be graciously permitted to ratify.— This pretty little arrangement may and may not work to the satisfaction of the schemers, The original Jacobs may determine to veto the plan, and the Demoerats have yet to decide whether they will allow themselves to be used in that fashion, Thereisnow no telling whether the convention will meet on the 18th, or whether a new call is to be issued after the plang sreallinia® - |

REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM. - (Adopted at Indianapolis, June 5, 1878.) The Republicans of Indiana, in convention assembled, make the following declaration of prineiples: = 2 The maintenance of the great principles of the republican sarty as essential to the peace, permanency an m'ospeﬂty of the nation. The right of the people to m’eet_to%ether and discuss their grﬁaevances. to be jealously guarded and maintained ; but deterniined opposition to lawlessness or to any resort to force and violence, as subversive of the dpublxo %euce. injurious to fnblle morals and destruetive of the rights and interests of all classes. Equal rights before the law and equal protection under the law, without reg}?rd to race, creed, eondition, or occuxl:ation. ‘No excluswp.prlvife%es to individuals or classes. Opposition to all subsid-~ ies, National, State; county or mumeigal. The common school system to be cherished and perfected, and to that end the school fund should not be diverted to sectarian &u?oses. Rigid economy ib all expenditures, National, State, county and municipal. Ast limitation upon ‘taxes for State, county, township and municipal purposes. Opposition to any inerease of municipalindebtedness, Striet ac‘countability upon the Ka.rt of all'public officers. The just reduction an (_uiuallzatlon of all fees and salaries. Such le%xs ation as will secure to all persons laboring for and furnishing supplies to railroad and other corporations full payment for their labor and material. Anincreased exemption of property from execution and aliberal homestead law. Such legislation as will proteet the life and secure the comfort of miners and laborers engaged in hazardous occupations. A constitutional amendnient provide for strict.registration and election laws. Full commendation of and sympathy with all efforts for personal reformation. American industries to be encouraﬁe-q and fostered b¥ such legislation as will develop the material resources of the country and give full measure of employment and reward for labor. Opposition to repudiation in all its forms ; the honor and credit of the nation to be maintained in ever¥ contingency. Noabandonment or depreciation of the greenback currency. A sound ‘and stable currency of gold, silver and paper of the same value. National legislation authorizing the receipt of greenbacks at ‘par in payment of customs and in gurcha.se of Government bonds. - O?positmn o further financial agitation, stability in our financ¢ial system being essential to business prosperity. Union soldiers are entitied to all honor, and their displacement and the substitution of rebel soldiers as employes of the National House of Representatives should be condemned by every {mtriotic citizen. Opposition to the pay{)‘:ﬁﬁ of Southern claims arising out of thereon. !

" We denounce the action of thie Democratic House of Representatives il demzmdmf payment of over two htindred million dollars of rebel claims as a consßimcy a%ainst the Government, less oxfen.. ut not less dangerous, than armed rebellion. - 5 = e . We denounce the Democrats in the House of Representatives for their lawless-action in un--seating Republican representatives fairly and legally elected, and ‘in giving their places to garﬁ&ans. regardless of theright of election by he lp.eople. : ) ; s : The leaders of the democratic party are seekin% to make it arevolutiohar¥ party ; they will not submit to the repose of the country, or leave the people to their peaceful pursuits so lo_nf as_they have hope of profit by agitation ; and no law or public measure is so sacred that they will not violate it to obtain a gart.y advantage. The cry of fraud in regard to the last Presidential election is a dis%nsﬁe to conceal the illeéga,l and forcible means by which voters in the Southern States were intimidated} and thousands in all the States were sought to be corrupted ; and the unblushing manner in which the leaders of the Democratic party undertook to buy the votes. af Presidential electors with money proves thein unworthy the public confidence. The denial of the title of President Hayes is an act of garty desperation, and the attemptto oust him from office is I'evolutxona,rl3)l pesistance to law, and if it is not condemned by the people it will furnish a precedent by which any defeated party mafv issue its declaration in opposition to law, rally its supporters to acts of violence, plinge the country into anarchy, and thus Mexicanize and destroy our institutions. ‘The Electoral Commission was constitutionally creatg(% ,_b?' the act and consent of the Democratic %)a yin Con%ress and its decision, subse(éuen l}' confirmed by .Congress, was final and conclusive upon ever{) department of this Government. There can be no appeal from it except by revolution ; its decision mrakes the title of President Ha?'_es equal to that of any former President, and we recognize in his personal inte%rlty. as well as the general course of his administration, the guarantee that he will bconduct; the Government so as to preserve the ‘honor and promote the happiness of the wholecountry. We solemnly pledge ourselves to supg:)rt and maintain President Hayes and the lawfullyconstituted authorities of the Government in resisting reyolution, : At this, the first opportunity presented the Republicans of Indiana in this capacity, we desire to }i)lace onthe qermanent records of the party a tribute of our high a&)reciation,of the character and services of Oliver P. Morton. What he has done for his country and his State is now hl_stog, We can never forget his intrepid leadership and his unselfish deyotion to the public weal. The_peoé)le of Indiana must ever regard and cherish the memory of him whose name and fame are the common heritage of the nation. ;

- Shocking Murder in Hancock County, In Hancock county. lad., on last Friday night, Mrs. Sarah Jane Wilson and her little, niece, Anaretta Cass, were cruelly murdered. Mrs. Wilson was aged 43 years and the little girl 8 years. Mrs. W. was the wife of Woodford Wilson, an estimatable citizen of Greene township, who deceased gsome time last summer., * Mr. Wilson left a will leaving his personal and realty to his wife (they were childless) during life, and then in fee to his nearest kin. Drs. Troy and %inter, assisted by Drs. Marsh, Jones, Carter, Yancey, Cook and Tague, ﬁhade a minute . examination of the!bodies, and they agreed that death had ensued in both cases by strangulation in placing the thumb and fingers of the left hand about the throat until death ensued. No violence was committed on the woman. Good .detectives are on the ground, and it is earnestly hoped by all good citizens that something may occur that will develop the guilty party. ‘ Sl

Forfeited Land Grants.

- WASHINGTON, June 6.—Fuller, of Indiana, reported from the Committee on Pablic Lands to-day, for printing and recommitment, a bill to forfeit certain lands granted in aid of the construction of certain railroad and telegraph lines. These grants embrace over 100,000,000 aeres, and are to be restored to the public domain. Many of the roads gvhose grants are declared forfeited arein the South and SouthWest. The following are in the West and North-west: Detroit and Milwaukee, and Kingston and Ontonagon, ®f Michigan; North Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Central, of Wisconsin; St. Paul and Pacific, St. Vineent’s Extension, and- Hastings and Dakota, in Minnesota; Atlantic and Pacific, and Northern Pacific. The grant o the ]Texas Pacific is also included in ‘the ist. A = 5

Speech-making in Congress.

A member of Congress had things very much his own way one night last week upon which occasion he delivered a speech literally to empty benches. When he began his address only one member was in the house, in addition to the presiding officer, and as the speaker warmed up in his argument %aissolitary auditor silently arose and eft the chamber, All the clerks and doorkeepers -were in attendance, the building was fully lighted up, and all the machinery of the House of Representatives was in full operation for the benefit of a single speaker without listeners. It would be a ridiculous farce were it not’for the solemn fact that il costs the country many dollars to maintain such unnecessary nonsense, ; : ]

Eminently Proper. : (Cincinnati Enquirer.) General John C. Fremont was last Saturday nominated by the President to be Governor of Arizgna. It was an-eminently proper nomination. The name of General Fremont is associated with the birth and helpless days of the republican party. The story of this man is a romance, full of picturesque points and features of human interest. Sanguine to a fault, noble in many respects, brave, possessed of gen~ erous impulses, connected with vast enterprises, and once reputed to have vast wealth, the candidate for the Presidency of a little more than twenty years ago, is now in want, without having been dissolute. e who was once near being President of all the United States is now glad to be Govnor of ene Territory, s John W. Smith and John P.Kittare now definitely in the. field as candidates for county Auditor on the republican side of the house. Wm. 8. Kiser, James J. Lash, and Rev. W. Waltman are named on the democratie side, for that office. Gl o

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Carriage & Wagon Works GERBER & TREASH, Proprietors. = Taving greatly increased our facilities for the Manufacture of S . P 4 [ FINE CARRIAGES & BUGGIES We propoee, for the coming season, to make a . epecialty of this class of work, - . Believing that a dpoor article is dear at any price, we have concinded to make only tirst-clase work. Each department of our Works is‘ under the management of a competent mechanic who is master of his own branch of the trade, - S Special Attention Given to Order- > . 3 = v edWorko g, : .At greatly reduced prices.: - . ~ We cordially inyite the public to call and exaui)ine our stock and prices before'baying. . arties” who: are peddling an inferior class of work throughout the country, have gometimes taken the liberty torepresent it as our work.— None are genuine, however, without the nameplate containing the frm: name of * Gerber & Treash” or “‘Gerber, Treash & Co.” thereon, - - Shop Cerner First & Cavin Streets, in Foundry Buijlding. . Ligonier, Ind., March 4, 1878474~ =~

WOOL! WOOL! : '. G 7 & "'—'_—g B* : Yoo ,‘ SSOO, 000 POUNDS OF i ‘Wool! Wool! : __WANTED BY S o ARI s We want the above amount of Wool, ~ for which we will pay the highest - . market price. Itwill pay you | to call on us befors ~ - . ’ you sell. e o - KELLER & KANN. ' Kendallville, May 15, 1878.-4w4 : j ! GrocerY . Would respectfully i‘nform their fiiends and the ' public in general that they have entirely withdrawn from the saloon business and have refitied o . their establishmentinton . = . FAMILY They have a large and judicionsly selected stock S ogl D e o 3 : .:‘ % i 0:- . "'P, ‘.“‘, -VT:' TFresh and Pure Grocerigs, which they offer the publi at the very ~ Oall and secus, We will make it an objet for Lm wh@ﬂmﬁ*% foe SR TR e T

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