The National Banner, Volume 13, Number 12, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 July 1878 — Page 2

The Fational Banwer Pt T MY b TR R e ¥4 J. B. STOLL, Editor and Proprietor. ; et et AT _..__...—7______.__.___4._. LIGONJER,IND,, JULY 11th, 1878, “No man worthy of the office of President shou!d be willing to hold it if connted in or placed there by frand.”—U. 8. Granr,. - : iy AZ,.__:._T__-‘_:A;.__‘AL_WW S e Democratic ' County Convention. ] e i P isant The democratic voters of Noble county, au%‘«'a]l others whqY subsctibe to the principles enanciited through the Democratic State platform adopted ‘at Indianapolis on the 22d of last February, are ‘hereby requgeted to meet in their respective town- | -ships. at their usual places of helding township caacuses, on SATURDAY, Auvaust 10, 1878, between the’hours of 3 and 7r. M., and ojoct delegates to at 7 | tend a connty convention, to he held in t.‘hv~ | house at Albion, on / ! Friday, August 16th, 1878, at 10 o’clock, A. M, for the purpoge of nomingting cyndidates for Represeniative, Auditor, Treaku-. rer. Sheriff, two County Commissioners (one, Tor - the migdle and-one (or the southern district), Surveyor, and Coroner; also to appoint delegates to -~ the congressional convention of the 13th distcict, and delegates to a joint representative convention for the counties of Noble' and HEikhart. ’ In accordance with the basis of represeutation: heretofore established, the several townghips of the county ate entitled to send the following number of delegates to said convention—one delezate for every ten votes, and an gdditional vite for a fraction over five votes cust for Governor Williams in 1876 - ; Washinigvon oo jivia? T RIPRDYe: (k. b, 0 1) Sparts c.eiseonssoaviddliWayNe. (... . .00, 46 POrry coiii vv ok DSIRTIOIL s. gl L L b.. 28 Eikharte:. .. i.oivvmis BIBaN, . 000 oon .. 15 YOIK . civiivsaphand i PREEMMON Goi s s vin 19 Noble absiasivigiia i i Green..,............ 20[[Total No. Delegates 266 Jefferson.....- ...... 22 e ~ Necessarytoa ch0ice........000.eie 0514 By authority of the County Central Committee. J. B. STOLL, Chairman. COUNTY COMMITTEE:" Washington .. i sl Sl Be ¥, Bucklos, BPATER.oh lninaniai ot iivssenmpssonnicarohart POPEY . e e nis shedon aio idioL I B GEYDEY, Blkhart . ..-q o ioisnvatia il co MU M s Dodge, YOUK. . coiisovonnobins s sansvovutideorge ‘M. Lane, NOBIO: hs i viinh s sby vosabans iks A W B Green.........ii.eeerensnsa.4Charles J, Weeks, JOMeTROD, .o .iviss v covvsdiann .;...Ilque{ Singrey. B BRI e L 0 Waynd....... . 010000 wees s sCharles G. Aichiele. Allen.........coecven.oea George 1. Fairbanks. SWAN. .. cheinessn.sevaninesd iy Renkenberger, Alon. (i so. v cvsveaitnio WM G, Willlams, The members of this committee are expected to gee that suitable arrangements are made in their respective townships for the holding -of township meetings for the efection of delegates to this convention, i ¢

Tuk old-time anti-slavery agitators are coming to the front in dénunciation of the Sherman finance policy. '

It 'is hardly nrecessary to call attentioh to the Fourth of July address of Gen. B. T. Butler, published in an. othér column. Ben’s utterances al-ways-attract attention. .

TiHE BEST POLICY for a pdlitl‘cnl journal to advocate is that which is calculated to benefit the whole people. Mere partisan rancor cannot possibly promote the general good, . . -

.THe DEMOCRACY of Indiana declares in favor of a 6 pép'gent. interest law. The Nationals ' likewise.— - These two orgamizations will see to it * that this promise is fully ‘redeemed.

1¥ we were a citizen of Massachusetts, we don’t believe we would try very hard to prevéent Ben Butler’s election to the governorship. Somehow or other, Ben’s talk is beginning to have a pleasing sound to our ears.

THE MAN who supposes that the finance questicn will be settled with the |(possible) resumption of specie payments, will find himself greatly in error. There is more to:do than the simple repeal of the resumption act.

Ir You want to know what further steps the Democracy intend to take on the money question, consult the Ohio democratic' platform published in THE BANNER of last'week. "Phe Obio brethren lead in' this ma‘ter.— They are the pioneers 'in the greenback cause. : S

WENDELL PHILLIPS tells the bondholders of Massachusetts some wholesome truths on the money question.~ He distinctly. whispers into their ears that laborers cannot in this country be reduced to serfdom without resistance. He also predicts the election of a western soft-money Delpocrat to the Presidency in }BBO-,‘ ey : Dr. F. P. GrIFriTH, of Lagrango county, at present a clerk in the Interior Department at ‘Washington, would not object te being made the republican candidate for Congréss’in this District, The Doctor 13 by no means, lagking in ability, as compared wikh some of the gentlemen iiepre—senting this District during the past 14 years, v % L

THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRACY last week adopted the major portion of the Indiana democratic platform as their own. -They are “solid” on the greenback, silver, national bank and resumption questions.' The Republicans of Alabama also met last -week, voted down a resolution endorsipg Hayes, and-broke up in disorder and confusion withoul making any nominations. e ! : ;

Still the signs grow n number and distinctness, that the country is on the eve of a new prosperity. The surplus of exported merchandise over inported for the past year is shown to have beens2so,ooo,ooo worth. This balance in the nation’s favor is unprecedented in size. The excess of the export of American goods over foreign imports for the past five years is plac~ed at $600,000,000 worth. Fhese are big items on the right side of the account.—Sowuth, Bend; Registey. - ~ But for the cussedness and villainy of the Sherman finaneiers, prosperity would ere this have blessed this great productive ecountry. ‘Mother Earth has done her utmost to counteract the baneful effect of that vicious policy. | Assisted by a mighty people, at last. _thoroughly aroused, s*l;g will yet suc"eeed in frustrating the evil designs of Shylocks, aud once more gladden the, hearts of the American people by ena- pé bling every willing laborer to feed and clothe bis wits and clfidren. < _ i ' e um»,«*éwwm & atorss of wish sad iey e sot *esol TR ) -w o «cff%@*’ s e wgw?% Frioa kil [l ey, b €B4 o SUCMUNE g R T T e ¢

THE FOURTH AT ROME CITY. . Orationby J. B.Stoll, | After the delivery of the oration a Rome City, a motion prevailed that the orator of the day be requested to publish his speech in TneE BANNER. In compliance with that request a sec‘tion of the oration was placed in type, in order to ascertain the exact space that would be required for the whole. This led to the discovery that about seven solid columns would be required, 4nd as the Fourth of July address of Ben Butler had already been placed in the bands of the compositors, the necessity of an abridgement became painfully apparent. The ‘preparation “of a Fourth af July address, at best, is no light task; but to be obliged to, condense the same productionafter its doliVery,‘- into about, a foutth of ‘iis original gpace, makes the labor doubly arduous. With this explanation we hereby present’ to the readers of Tne BANNER a brief out-line of something over two-thirds of the address, and a full report of the remainder. The speaker began By saying that the commemoration of Independence Day 1s an honorable custom of libertyloving eitizens—mnot of a single State or of one race, but of Freedom’s entire, [domain. The “Fourth” is the common property of humanity. The event. we celebrate is a great event,— great 102 years ago, great to-day, and to be great and memorable in the time 60 come. Other countries have their national festivals, yet the events they commemorate are in the main of mere | local interest, and awaken but limited and -partial sympathies. Their triumphant achievements are to the conquered only memories of defeat, agony and humiliatien. [ln the day we celebrate there is no sorrow, no dark ¢loud. American independence wrought no wrong or ill. - It established the doctrine of equal rights; and that the true funetion of government is to contribute to the happiness and security of the citizen. These truths eternal were ordained to be revealed in America. to be the political creed of the:peoples all over the earth. ® ¥ k 7 % Whatever fate may befall this Republic, .whatever vicissitudes | or 'disasters may be before her, this praise, at least, can never be denied to her, that for over 100 years she has been hospitable and generous; that she ever gave to the stranger a welcome=— opened to him all the treasures of her liberty, gave him free scope for all his _ability, a free career and fair PRy, oo B It has been fitly remarked that “man, in a state of -simplicity, uncorrupted by the evil influence of bad education, bad examples, and bad government, is possessed of a taste for all that is good and beautiful. IFe is capable of a degree of moral and intellectual improvement, which advances his nature to a participation with the divine. The world, in-all its magnificeace, appears to him one vast theatre, richly adorned-and illuminated, into which he is freely admitted, to i enjoythe glorious spectacle. Acknowledging no_natural superior but the Great Architect of the:Whole, fabric, he partakes of the delight W;ikh conscious dignity and glows with gratitude. DPleased with himself and all around him, his heart dilates with benevolence as well as piety; and he finds his joys augmented by communication. His countenance cheerful, his mien erect, he rejoices in existence, Lite is a continual feast to him, highly seasoned by virtue, by liberty, by mutual affection. God formed him to - be. happy; he becomes so, thus fortunately unmolested by false policy and oppression. Religion, reason, na‘ture, are his guide through the whole of his existence, and the whole is happy. Virtuous independence, the sun, which jirradiates-the morning of his day and warms its noon—tinges the serene, evening with every beautiful ‘variety of color, and, on the pillow of religious hope, he sinks to repose in the bosom of Providence.” : But where is man to be found, thus noble, innocent, and happy? Only where the rights of nature, and the viytues “of simplicity are not niolated by the base artifices of corrupt and déspot‘ic government. ; - History teaches that, unfortunatély, society has been almost’ universally corrupted, even by the arts designed for its .improvement; and human nature is gradually depraved in its very progress to civilization. In many countries man appears a_ diminqti,ve ‘and distorted animal, as compared with what he once was. [Te has become the dwarf of| aristocracies, instead of the well-formed, majestic creature “who once bounded, in the glory of health and strength, over the forest and the mountain, glowing with the warmth of virtue, and breathing the spirit of independenee.” o Various are the ¢auses which have ‘wrought this change.. He is corrupted by defective and erroneous education, by bad example; but bad, oppressive government corrupts ‘him more than all other causes. It counteracts the \beneficence” of nature; men are de‘graded, while the human figure continues similar or the same. Man s irendered inactive and miserable, »Ifle' i shut out from extraordinary excellence or achievements, He crouches 'beneath a despotic power, glad of the poor privilege graciously granted him to eat, drink, sleep, and die. Ovpressive power ever seeks its own ‘enlargement and aggrandizement, either by secretly undermining or open1y crushing the fabric of liberty—ever “Wiggmme privileges and enJoyments of the unfortunates who can"W e o ‘who cherish liberty and the hao: %"@"‘3 ‘- ;m%m%bm«wwmng@b%wy

vittue. . Truer words wete nevet uth tered than these: “A country deserves no love when it ceases to be a country ot Bbasty.” ' o oo e - “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” Therefore, whenever a peo- | ple, free by law and constitution, are lulled into false security, by the withdrawal of their attention from the sacred rights and blessings vouchsafed unto them by the saerifices of their patriotic_fathers, it becomes the duty of the sentinels of liberty to sound the alarm and to urge upon the masses instant and unceasing vigilance. Experience amply demonstrates the fact that while the people slumber and sleep, the enemy is awake, and busily executing his insidious plans. Every ‘inch of ground carelessly relinquisked, is eagerly seized: The love of powler, like the love of money, inereases by accessior. So many advantages do the possessors of power enjoy for its extension that it requires the utmost effort of the people, however great thelr numbers, to counteraet its subtle contriyances, its bribes, its manifold forces. 1 i : I know full well that it has indeed been said in ancient times, and often repeated, that if the people will be deceived, let them be deceived; but I subscribe to no such dogma. A betrayed people has no chance to escape deception unless the truth be fairlyl and publicly exhibited to them, and an honest effort made to apprize them ‘ of the impending danger. When dust is thrown into their eyes, more: especially gold dust, the political opthalmist must honestly endeavor to clear away the obstruction. llence, it becomes every lover of his country, every true patriot, to warn his fellow-citizens of the danger whenever he observes the smallest encroachment on their rights. “These general Treflections,” the speaker said, “lead us directly to the congideration of the momentous question which above all others engages ‘the thought of a sufferiug and injured ‘people. While the successful suppression of the late rebellion; has wiped from our otherwise fair escutcheon the stain of human bondage, and while the perpetuity of the American Union has been gloriously estabtished, burdens have been imposed upon the people that have erushed thousands apon thousands of active: enterprising and worthy men of business. The enormous drafts upon the public treasury during the progress of the war rendered necessary an extraordinary expansion of the cireulating medium. Having exhausted its ability to borrow, and knowing no source from ‘whence to procure money, tlie government reluctantly and with much hesitation resorted to the exercise of a power not hitherto thought of, viz: that of creating legal-tender paper ‘money. The history of the struggle.in Congress over that momentous.question is one of thrilling inteérest. The | question was a new: one to American | statesmen and legislators. There was no precedence to follow, or to guide legisletion. At no time since the foundation ef-the. govgrnment had it been deemed necessary or éxpedient to invest paper money with legal-ten-der functions. The circulating medium ¢f the country, besides gold and silver, consisted mainly of notes issued by State banks. The expenditares of the government having reached two million dollars per day, the | limited supply of gold and silver was soon exhausted. Government forced its bonds upon the market and thus soon absorbed the available coin.— ‘What next to do was the problem that sorely vexed those in authority. The Treasury : was® depleted; creditors of the government clamored for their dues. In this dilemma variousschemes were proposed. lon. E. G. Spaulding, M. C. from the Buffalo (N. Y.) District,” conceived the legal-tender or greenback idea, advocating its adoptign with great earnestness and zeal. In' this effort he was ably seconded by “the great commoner,” that vehement advocate, Thaddeus Stevens, and as relentlessly opposed -by such men as Roscoe Conkling, Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts, Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, and others. As timid men in 1776 hesitated to assert the eternal truths set forth in the declaration of independ- | ence, until impelled thereto by the irresistable force of the logic of events, so doubting men in 1862 hesitated to proelaim the authority of Congress to atlix the stamp of the government upon:paper money and bid it'to go forth on its great mission, until driven to. it by an emergency of the gravest character. The then Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, hesitated long before giving the scheme his unqualified endorsement. But the emergency became so pressing that he finally found himself impelled to urge the passage of the bill. It:passed the House. 1t need hardly be said that most of the grasping bankers of New York, Boston and Philadelphia stren- ' uously opposed its passage, They were active and aggressive in their opposition. By concerted action they succeedel in persuading the Senate to so amend the bill as to deprive the greenback of its legal-tender qualities so far as pertained to the payment of duties on imports and interest upon’ government bonds. Specie payments having been suspended, these gentlemen evinced an ungovernable determination to be afforded an opportunity of speculating in gold, gambling at the expense of the government, and making the best possible use of the government’s financial embarrassments. Before the passage .of the le-gal-tender act they endeavored to secure the adoption of a peélicy whereby the government was to become a borrower of the bills of issue of b#Enking institutions that had long before suspended specie payments. In other words, they insisted that the government, instead of exercising the rightful authority of emitting legal-tender paper money, should issue bonds bearing a high rate of interest and thereon borrow the comparatively worthlgss notes of weakened and crippled banking institutions. And they demanded that there be no limitation to the price at which these obligations of the nation might be hawked in the market; that is to ssy,' they demanded that guvernment bonds be sold at any discount they might fix upon them and -besides pay for them in paper money created by themselves and possessing no certain value, So gelfish was this shameless demand that it excited the profoundest disgust' and indignation ~of all who felt a holier and more patriptic interest in the nation’s struggle for self-existence than that of turning its tperils and woes into a channel of "pilfer and gain. B R | “That- this same class of persons made the best possible uso of their opportunities under the mutilated legalma%: act, need not [email protected]&@%&lgg enumerated. Tvery reverse encountNatlo - Wwas eageriv seized as a ‘welcome opportunity to depreciate the f '4'"“? | the advance in gold which the gov‘ernment constantly required to meet §" & demands—not of the gallant, selfM«% A v UL WY SRARL, BOlLtlons of the government engaged in & ":“H';‘E'\ S L L s 5 n ’ f‘;;s e T e T A S S N SIS T RSRRR S L B ) S 8 T N e R k)

barefaced, so andacious, so scandalous ‘were these bperations that Secretary Fessenden, in his annual report for 1864, felt impelled to vigorously denounce their acts as unpatrioticin the extreme and as being indicative o either secret or open hostility to the government. : g - “I refer to these facts for the pur: pose of illustrating and portraying the general obseryations preceding these remarks. The acts referred to attest the truthfulness of the charge that a: grasping, greedy power hesitates at nothing in seeking the. accomplish‘ment of a base purpose. It makesbut little:difference whether that purpose be the establishment of a monarehy or of & monied power. he devices for either are alike; the purpose of either &8 the enslavement of the toiling millions. - 5 ; “*What are the evils that confront us to-day? A mountain of debt is resting upon the people. . By converting obligations circulating as money during and at the close of the war, the funded debt of the United States is found to bein excess of 2.000 millions. The State, county, municipal and individual indebtedness adds at least 7,000 millions more to the grand total. The annual interest upon this almost .incalculable sum amounts to fully 409 millions. Necd I d.late upon the “question from whoesc ol this tribute to capital is wrung? Does not every thinking man kuow that the producing, the industrial c(lasses—the bone and sinew of the land—must pay ev.ery dollar of this annual tribute? The ‘bankers and money changers create ’ no wealth; their chief occupation is to handle the earnings of others and profit upon them. The question then is, shall labor be doubly burdened by making money secarce and difficult of

obtainment; or shall we pursue a fi* nancial policy which will not ouly render a discharge of the vast debt possible but also contribute to the further development of the inexhaustible resources of this great country ? “What is it the people complain of ? What is the cause of this universal stagnation that has made bankrupts of thousands upon thousands of pushing, enterprising, active men of business? What is it that has deprived hundreds of thousands of stalwart laborers of the ability to feed and ¢lothe their, wives and children? For years the organs of .the Money Power have predicted a return of unexampled prosperity. All that was needed, according to their statements, was one more bountiful crop. Mother earth has repeatedly responded with a lavish hand. Butlo! the promised “good times” appeared not. Depreciation continued its desolating sweep thro’out the land, depriving thousands -of the accumulations of the best years of their manhood, and transferring these to the relentless money changer who risks none of his capital in enterprises that furnish employment, but is ever ready to plaster a mortgage over property worth three or four times the “money advanced in the form of a loan.

“If the merciless contraction of the currency has had nothing to do with producing this deplorable state of affairs, will some superserviceable tool of the Money Power have the goodness to reveal the true cause? DBut, in the absence of such valued information, let me propound the question whether it is not. likely that the contraction policy inaugurated by lugh MecCulloch did produce the evils complained 'of ?° Despite the protestations of defenders of that policy that contraction is more imaginary than real, I assert most positively, yea defiantly, that in 1865 the circulating medium amounted to over $l,BOO millions, and-to over 1,300 millions by ignoring fully $5OO millions of 7-30 Treasury Notes. If the withdrawal of from 600 to 1100 milléons of the circulating medium is not caleulated to have a hurtful effect upon the business interests of the country, I would regard it an inestimable favor to be told what particular injury would result from an expansion of one-or two hundred millions? And if a cireulating medium of $1,300 or $l,BOO millions was just enough to transact the vast business of this country during a period when the eleven rebellious States had but little of our circulating medium, is it logical, is it reasonable to declare seven hundred millions enough ‘for all the States of our happily reunited Republic ?—This especially:in view of the fact that hundreds of thousands of soldiers were mustered out of the service and soen after engaged in occupations that on an avorage surely yielded them more than sixteen dollars per month. , “No, gentlemen, do not ‘attempt to continue this reckless system of throwing dust. The people begin to understand the situation. They are learning rapidly. They no longer exclaim in despair that the question of finance is se completely wrapt in mystery as to be comprehensible only to bondholders and Shylocks, who in the past arrogated to themselves all knowledge upon that subject. Ay, an incontrovertible truth is promulgated to-day by the declaraticn that many an humble wood-chopper or tiller of the soil has as clear, if not a clearer, understanding of the science of finance and political economy as many of the individuals whose accumulations of money and estates are by no means ascribable to superior intelligence but rather to the conspicuous absence of conscience in their transactions with their fellow-men. Away, then, with this arrogant assumption! . Away with the degrading notion that filthy lucre is a brighter jewel than the possession of honor, integrity, and humane feeling. “Cast your eyes upon France—the most .prosperous country of all Europe. Did she follow our example of financiering? No-—a thousand times no., Her great war with Germany terminated in May, 1871. Six months thereafter she authorized an inerease of her paper circulation from $442000,0(10 to $560,000,000, and did not stop at that, but authorized in May, 1872,'an additional increase to $640,000,000. Thus she was not only ena, bled to promptly pay an enormous indemnity to Germany, in addition to surrendering a portion of her territory, but also to marvelously enlarge ltl_er already extensive business operaions. - ! 7 ; :

“Let us profit by her experience, and lend all our energies to a complete reversal of the mischievous policy of the past. Some good has already been achieved, though stubbornly resisted. Welavesucceeded in remonetizing the dollar of the fathers; we have authoritatively countermanded the ediet for the extinction of the greenback. From the halls of Congress the command -has gone forth that the greenback shall live,—yes, live for.years to come! The people are aroused: they are jealous of thieir rights, jealous of their liberties. Though bondholders and Shylocks may express a preference for monarchical forms of government—for a return to the very system against which Jefferson’s immortal Declaration of Independence proteafi in language of fervid eloquence and patrifoggmzai 1 fi“ik fl&gggent %&Q of liberty will not be permitted to die nourihed teiety I iuity. 1o grow and extend its branches over millions upon millions of true and tried son and daughters of freedom. No monied aristocracy shall be reared Mm wfiy ?‘*f* f e R G T e R g

By advisement, thetime for the Naana Distriet, is changed from the 18th inst. to the 17th- of July next; to be ‘held at Kendallville, at 10 o’clock A. M., for the purpose of putting in nomination a candidate for Congress. . © T L STEWART, Ch’m Com. Kendallville, June 13, 1878. = - The grand old Fourth of July eame to Rome City in good style. For two or three days preceding the 4th the weather had been wet and dismal, and ‘on the mormng of the 4th it ‘was ‘gloomy and the clouds betokened rain. ‘As early as seven or eight o'clock, however, the skies began to lighten up and a smile was upon évery face, ‘as it was plainly to be seen that we ~were to have a pleasant day. Before 9 o'clock vehicles from the country ‘began to arrive, and by noon every ‘stable .in town was _crowded with Hmrses. and (:.very available Spnbtf; of hitching room was occupied. The excursion, trains from the nqrth and south all came loaded dowmwith living freight. The lake steamer and row boats were all called/into immediate requisition and continued busy during the entire day. At 2 o’clock sharp a procession was formed in front of the Lake Side ITouse, preceded by "ihe’a Lagrange Band, marched to the island when and where the celebration took place in the following order: Ist, Music by the Band (Red, White and Blue); 2d, Prayer by Rev. Shaffer; Bd, Music by the Band; 4th, Oration by Hon. J. B. Stoll; sth, Music by the Band (Yankee Doodle). Thus closed the 102 d Anniversary of American Indepeadence at Rome City. Everything passed off harmoniously, not an accident of any kind to interfere with the festivities of the day. The Lagirarge Band discoursed very excellent music and made many warm friends by their very gentlemaniy conduect during their stay. The oration was not only-good but excellent. It was a complete sucecess and an able production. It was so interesting as to call forth at different times rounds of applause. On motion it was unanimously carried that Mr. Stoll be requested to publish it in THE BANNER so that all who had not the opportunity of hearing it might read it. We bespeak for it a careful reading. = It was estimated that the crowd did not fall short of 5,000 persons. Daneing continued at the Lake Side louse and at the bowery of Doctor Fitch until daybredk on the morning of the sth. Thé Decatur Band, furnished by the rall- | road company, was present and discoursed fine music. The town was very nicely decorated with flags. A national salute was ‘fired at sunrise, and take it all in all it was a gala day in Rome City. . :

On the night of the 27th ult. a horse, buggy, and harness were stolen from a hitching post in our town. Indications showed that the. rig had gone west. The 'owners procured the services of ‘constable Jones, of Brimfield, and the buggy and harness were found in the vicinity of Springfield. Circumstances pointed strongly toward one ITugh Piatt as being the guilty party. An aflidavit was filed?’ warrant procured, ;and constable Jones arrested the ac‘cused who was brought before ’Squire Stephen Krum, of Brimfield, and after a preliminary examination he was required to give bond for his appearance before the Circuit Court, and in default thereof lye was sent to the county jail, where he now remains in durance vile. The Mansion House has a new and beautiful sign. Jake Kraner has the boss sign in Northern Indiana. The name of Clark ITaughton has at last been erased from the sign of the Lake Side Ilouse and the mame of S. W. ‘Dodge now stands out in bold relief. The Greenbackers of Rome City have just gratuitously distributed 200 copies. of the Terre Haute Express. “It is time to work.” The people sho’d read and inform themselves, The Rome City “idiots” will “agitate.” - One hundred and twenty-nine subscribers have been sent from Rome City for the Adwvocate, and another list will go forward soon. The Romanites can’t quit agitating worth a cent. Tobson’s Rome City Band realized about $15.00 apiece from the Fourth’ of July dance. Hobson was absent, but his place was supplied by Bill Jones, The boys surely earned their ducats. : e

T.agrange, Ligonier, Albion, Kendallville, and every town between Mendon, Mich.,, and Decatur, Ind., was ‘well represented at Rome City on the 4th of July. ; HeEARYE! HEAR YE!! The Nation_al Greenback campaign will be opened at Rome City on or about the 10th of August. It is expected and intended that this Grand Rally will be one of the most interesting meetings of the season. The arrangements have not yet been fully consummated, but enough is now known to justify us in saying that Hon. Moses W. Field, of Detroit, and Gen. Samuel F. Carey, of Cincinnati, have been written to and one or both of thein will certainly be present and addruss the meeting, Full particulars we will give hereafter, but we throw out this gentle hint in advance that all gréenbackers within coming distance may get 4 good ready and come up at that time and repew their faith. There will be no postponenfent on account of weather. . The prize dance on the 4th between Northport and. Brimfeld fafled 16 came off 94 Sth x Q#l'fiw%fldffifl;:i il “vapor. bath, muieral baths, hain e TORE SNO FYT :Wi}”hdfl ] iAtAGRREEE Bt 1 “‘%’ i LW SRR e B R L et A:ifz« _The man who 1 '3%?* SRR TR i R f&’g»@f\w B i

__Gen. B. F. Butler’s Fourth. mg Men wiio are Called Communists in Our ~ Day Demanding Only What was Demand.ed by the Abolitionists of Thirly - i 0 S ¥ears ARS '

. NEWBURYPORT, July 4th.—The demonstration of the greenbackers here to-day was attended by fully two thousard persons, who were enthusiastic. Gen. B. F. Butler delivered the principal address. He said: “More than one hundred years ago.our fathers found it necessary to unite to protect | against wrong ;;»..d oppression, to disenthrall themselves from the measures of one King and his Ministers. Their children meet on the same anniversary to see whether they may uot disenthrail - themselves trom the oppressions of a thousand kings and their ministers—the money kings— themost powerful monarchs in the world to-° day, Their hands are heavier upon us than those of King George were upon our forefathers. Why is it that in a land where, in the Eas{, the storehouses are bursting with the produets of manufacturing industry and in the West the granaries are overflowing ‘with the necessaries of |ife, there be‘ing perfect communication. between thosB sections, there are men hungry in the East for the food that is in the West, and men naked in the West for want of the clothes and shoes of the East? The evil that causes this cannot be reached by sporadie riots and violence. The starving men who made the riots of last summer effected no- alleviation of the public misery. Strikes are below the dignity of American workmen. They belong to another country and to other institutions than ours. Our remedy is the ballot. ‘Communist’ is the word of reproach applied to workingmen who see wrong in existing affairs and believe in remedying them, as ‘Abolitionist’ was the word of reproach hurled at the men who struck for freedom in the earlier .days of this generation. The same ‘men who called the reformers of other days Abolitionists are.calling the. g‘reformers of to-day Communists.— Communism in Europe is the desperate protest of the downtrodden and oppressed, and finds its vent in violent demonstrations and vain endeavors. Here such a course is unnatural.” Qur people ‘have in their own hands the power to mould their condition. All they need is unity and organization, and they will contrel. The legislation of our land has for many years been exclusively in the interest of the rich and the few. Because those few were rich, consequentiy powerful and united in purpose, they send their representatives to make the laws by the aid of the votes of the betrayed peo-: ple. Seven years ago I introduced a bill to have the money of the country in the “hands of the government and not in the hands of corporations, and 1. was beaten by eight votes, if I remember aright, in the House. Butin the majority that beat me there were sixty-five bank directors and presidents, each of them voting in his ewn interest, all sent there by working‘men’s votes. You workingmen donot send men-to represent you.” , Mr. Butler then reviewed at length the circumstances under which in'the “hour of national necessity, the greenback came into being, dnd-the means. by which capitalists, when it was at its lowest value, were’ enabled to convert it into interest-bearing and nontaxable -bonds, together with other special legislation for the benefit of the capitalists since that time, the formation of national banks, &ec., all tending to undue inflation of the wealth of the rich, and the shifting.of all 'the burdens of taxation upon the poor. He protested against being called a repudiator, saying that although thebargain with the capitalists was an infamous one, we were fools enough to send men to Congress who would make it, and.we should pay the penalfy by making good their agreement. From this he proceeded to consider the peculiar course of legislation in Massachuisetts-affecting her savings banks. Then he said: “I hold that every man who has an honest employment, in which he gives the best thoughts of his mind, or the best labor .of his hands to earn support for his children and himself, is a laboring man, a workingman. The man who, by the exertions of his father; or some other relative, has inherited wealth, and who does not work beyond clipping coupons from bonds to be paid by taxes levied on workingmen, I ¢all a capitalist.: Do you say there Are no such men? There are plenty of them. Let me give you an. illustration of them: Thereis in New York a club called the Tally-ho Club. It is composed of, I can hardly guess how many members, because'they never invited me to any of their entertainments, but I think they have ten, four and six horse teams, coaches, and they drive them on the high road between two palatial hotels, with a'fine-look-ing man set up behind the coach with & tin horn, or, in this case, 1 believe it is a brass bugle, for what? And who }“ are they ? They are all yoang men of | | great wealth, of great literary culture, ail graduates of colleges—all | ’ men who have no other employment on earth but to spend the income of their inherited wealth. And all they can find to dois to play coachman -day by day for the fun of the thing. They toil nct, néither do they spin; they are men of a class that is growing in this country, and they are, in ’- my judgment, a class that ought to be squelched. [Appilausea] They are men that have nothing to do on earth and do it every day. Every man in this country should have some regular. steady employment, for the good of his fellowmen, and the more money ' a man has, the greater is his responsibility for the proper employment of that money in some industrial or oth‘er enterprise for the good of his race, ‘and for the men who do not do that, ‘the workingmen ought to vote to bring about a law to make them do it. Ifl ' had my way, if:-1 had the power Inthe City of New York, as I once had fora ‘short time, I would set that class of men to doing exactly what they have shown they are fit for, driving Broad~way coaches from six in the morning to nine at night, so that they should ' have enough of playing coachman.” . The General alsoreviewed at length the history of the continenfal money ‘of this country, tminghemum of its decline in value. He msu te% : %ex,iegfiifbti_f%lflaififighfififim said of | ‘the opponents of the greenback party: “Ehey are wiling (o Sl fi%?a S everything else that can be done with. odey pbiised on, i bearing ‘bonds of the United States. /My propjriioe sevsacies SR U 000,000 in non-interest bearing bonds of the Uflmmim e un- | mmm States upon the public lands of the e i o 8 A they bear no_interest those which are {ndited involve tha pothtre {n no ddht: AN Inbotve clis ooty (n o Bl ‘yout fifd & man ftha cammun ty the b Sos-dar the waod o all the nRLIbE Bk o e hivon And s mas e ggasg s KU HE gt :

true, as the wdkd abolitionist onte covered every man in favor of human freedom. If you find a man that wants special privileges, that wants to live on the others, that wants to get anadvantage over his neighbors, that wants others to pay his taxes, that man is not a greenbacker. He is on. the opposite side. A man-isa greenbacker who believes that the intelljgence of the many is a better foundation for the government of a great country than the intellect of a few, who believe that this government is for the many and not for the few, and it is the fault of every one of'you if you leave it for the benefit of the few any longer. Andif you do so, you and your children and your children’s children, and mine, will find themselves slaves to the few, in the worst of gov= ernments; un aristocraey.” - -

General Items.

The New York Herald's Washington correspondent- telegraphs .that Sherman has no idea of resuming beforé January Ist, all reports to the eontrary notwithstanding. G o e Serious trouble is expected next Friday in Montreal. It igthe anniversary=of the Battle of the Boyne, and its celebration by the Orangemen gives unlimited ,OWO the Catholies, ‘whose party "WSSspfeated .in the famous fight. The Chief nf.}i’b]ice thinks. not less “than 2,000 regular . troops should be on hand, besides the; large force of policemen that will be provided.. e e :

The storm which swept over Pittsburg and vicinity Thursday afternoon, proves to have been the most destructive onein loss of Jife and property that has occurred these for several years. Ia the city several houses were struck by lightning, and the flood of water did great damage, but no lives: were lost. In the rurgl districts the greatest losses occurred, ITouses'and bridges were washed away, and crops greatly damaged. ~~ ™ - /) The Governer of lowa was in receipt, Saturday, of dispatches from Marshaltown and other points stating that companies or mobs of tranmips had ‘taken possession of ' railroad trains and were dangerous to the towns.— Some -of the dispatches were from Mayors 'and Sheriffs, asking authority to call out the militia. The Governor showed that they had all the authority needed, and has issued 4 proclamation against the vagabonds. Ay

The Kentucky horse Tenßroeck van‘quished Molly :McCarthy ‘in the fourmile race at louisville, Thursday. The 'mare ‘was ahead at the threeeighths pole on the third mile, but at ithe three-quarter pole, on .the last ‘mile, she weakened and was distanced. ¢ The time was 8:19%, as follows: First ‘mile, 1:493 ; second mile3:47 35 ; third mile, 5:53; fourth mile, 8:1934, more than a minute slower fhan his best time.;" Both horses were well used up, the heat being intense. . - e

« From California comes news ‘inter-. esting to thousands: Vast .tracts of fertile land in that State are held by capitalists who do not-care to cultivate it themselves, and have been unwilling to sell to.those who would. This condition of affairs has caused much discontent and bitternesgs, and to remedy it was one of the avowed objects of the Kearney party. Although that party has not-earried the State, its partial success appears to have prompted one; landed proprietor to offer his estate for sale. 'The Hon. J. McShafter is having his land surveyed preparatory to selling it in lots for farms. The San Franeisco Call thinks “there is but little doubt that most of the large tracts of land cons trolled by private individuals in California will soon be brought into mar‘ket.” : ' . Gt e

~ Indiana News Items. Sl Al Tk a 1 § .. Judge Holman will be nominated for Congress without opposition by the Democracy of the Richmond District. The prospect is-that he will be able to defeat Tom Browne.. | St Joseph Adllen,; an old farmer of Morgan county, visited the State Geologist last week with a bottle containing about three ounces of pure gold, ‘which he- had picked up among the sands on his farm. . It is worth $22 per ounce. z R S The Winamae -Republican reports that- publiec eensure of the man who lets his aged mother be sent over to the poor-house has been so sévereas to induce him ‘to repent enough to bring her home, and probably take care of her the rest of her days. - @ - * The glorious Fourth at Indianapolis was ushered in by a destructive fire, caused by an explosion of firecrackers in a stablein therear of a brick block of residences, belonging to the estate of the late Joseph Poole, of Fountain county. DBefore the flames. were quenched the entire. block ‘was gutted and ten families burned out.— Loss on building, $10,000; insured for $5,000. Losses:'to inmates, $10,000; - Joseph Plough, a farmer living near Goshen, committed suicide l'asb-_F-l"k. day afternoon by hanging himself.— During the forenoon he had worked in the harvest field, and, after eating dinner, took the usual nap before returning to'the field.” After this'he directed the boys to get the horses ready for work. He, in the meantime, was seen going into a wagon shed which adjoined the barn. In less than fifteen minutes afterwards one of his souns had occasion to go into the barn, and there, h:axi'g‘ing ‘to’ the end of a rope attached to a beam, he found his father dead. No cause is known as to. why the rash deed was done. . =

‘ Wolf Lake Locals. . = ’ (Received too late V‘fo.r TB4t i\:rgek,) o : The store room of B. P. Gray was burglarized lately. The loss was. very: small. ot Williams, the merchant, has been ill during the last few days. At present he is convalescent. =~ .. . . .Our esteemed friend, Noble Harter; has returned to his home at Manchester. The good wishes of -a host of friends go with him.. = ... =~ - Ed. Buckles, of Noble township, was: recently bitten by a snake. ‘Ed.lives but the snake died. | . The grove meeting held at Sparta last Sabbath was well attended. Two excellent sermons, good m‘fiugii??,rg:glj? dinner rendered it pleasanténd interM. Kimble has returned from lilinois to his home here. ~ We presume ‘that Indiana is preferable to him,. Farmers are getting along much better with their harvesting than was anuelpaied. . Tl - Our new i,iilfl!"w@--.’d@“‘??@}ffi@%%%i wm%zefiormmamarriagenupt sof the lirst couple whomkeflmmg poarance for that purpose free of charge, and will throw in a handsome. wmt»“gwwimhémm? PIWY RIS s K | ' From dulyBd, 1918, to'July Mth, 1698: Jacoh Gary. .......$100) D, B\ Ohlwine..... 80 3. €, Golsaudoxt. 2 00113, P, Obhen.. ... 820 ‘Wi, Ke5510r...... 100/|De 3. FiGa¥d ..., 200 dohn Johnson. . .. 2 00( /I, . Buk *{v};@ 50, e e e 1 Ll BRI e it

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Monday, Angust sSth, 187, At 10 o’clock, A, M., on the premises, thé west half of the north-west quafter of section 21 , lownshi{) 36 north, range & east,. in LaGrange county, Indiana. : ) 4 And will offer for sale at public anction on the premises, on ; { Euesday, Augusi Sth, 187, - At 1010’clock, A. M., Lots No. 46, 47 and 48, and thé undivided two-thirds of Lots No. 44 and 45. in Straus’ Addition to Ligonier, Noble County, Ind. . TERMS OF SALE,--One-third cash; one-third in gix months, and one-third in one year, with Bix per centum intercst. Deferred payments to be secured by notes and ‘morigage, without re- " lief from valuation laws. Fany : ; HIRAM KINNISON, July 2nd, 1878 w 4 Administr_ator PR S TRA Ty TOWN ORDINANCE NO. 31. i In Relation to Sidewalks : Be it ordatned by the Board of Trustees of the Town “of Ligowier, in.the County of Noble, and State of Indiana : £ & ¥iy : Sretion 1i That the owner of Lot No. Nine, (9), in Pisher & Co’s Addition to the town of Ligonier., be and the sameis herebg required to grade and - plank the sidewalk on the east side of said Lot Rumber Nine, within the time, upon the grade, «and in the manner hereinafter specified. | Srorton 2. Baid sidewalk shall be constructed -upon a grade with the natnral or regnlar grade of - the sireet; thatit shall be five foet wide, and in all other thln%a and respects const cted of the materials and in the ma.nnegrprovng and specifled in Section Four (4) of Town Ordinancé No. 14 in-rélation to Sidewalks, passed bg the authorities of said town September 15t,1875. and that - the same shall be completed in thirty days from thisdgte. = 7'n T o : S : Passed and approved this 25th day of June, 1678. Published Jaly 4, 1878, vt 4 : : > P. HUMPHREYS, s Altests : Pregident of the Board. - J. H. Horrman, Town Clerk. ; Ligonier, Ind., July 4, 1878.-11-w2 ' ] A NORMAL SCHOOL For the benefit of the Teachers of the District ; ‘Schools of Noble County, will be held at . ALBION, IND,, Commeneing August Sth, and ConL tinulng Six Weeks. ' .. Theobjects of the work willbe = A Review of the Common: School Branches; Improvement in methods of instruction, and The Management of Schools and. School - work. nSed ity : a Tuitien, for the Term, : $5.00. I will bo.assisted.lgmr. M. C. Skinner and Mr. e 3 DO Taßes T e b s iRO ZIMMERM AN | Albion; June 26, 78-wd ( Co.Bupt, : J.: ~ :;' :;’«-—;w afue;w*filqg = - TO GCONSUMPTIVES. of that dread disease, Consumption, bfa: simple u;rgmedy, is‘anxious to make known "'2}6'* fellov % .suffe ‘the meansoicure, To all who destre it FER R AL o 1 By) With 1 1S for preparing and - JAnp e fne ahe e find o suRE ovßn Sarties wishiug the prosctiption, will please. k’ G ;L»LE s 111 & * - N e stoo for 90 yearstho Slandid Remoty for he e} 3":‘!"‘-&??:'@}1 nents ¢ .:_} Tive *:;g R st v Cuplotat Y . i ;.‘} ,h_“fl " »—rr‘:- Sellers ‘ %m‘g S L S e Bt e S : TS S »-»-s'?’v._',‘ . Ss4 TELEPHONES! . sFor § s‘@ lines my Acoustic Telephone is the “best 'iigb je. tha ine 1 mile in length ~that trangmits the yoice with such power as to be - heard in all arts'of an ordinary room. Send Se. for Illustrated Circalars, J. K. HOLCOMB, Mallst Oreek,Ohtor, #OOOO i T E‘ R s G BT RS M‘ 1835, 'and condagted on the modR el e S 5% Al - gol ;m@‘ Easte W‘j Uolleges, 1t has g Soa gap. Lol stad ~4&\ i [‘z, 1§ AN OR "4,‘5-',3?%‘:"',":’*' %y o Wr‘?“ sndonta wro aldpd. A thorongh propsrafory %*“ s i Apebioa g, L gFt o ee T e o R R R e IR b «,w?fii.ws{ gt fj g Hfl(«&jfi’?fg%fi & gahre Bare that i Lo medor K. Slenie L AEEeY. BINBLITN G B eol SAN) SEEL -