Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 12, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 May 1867 — Page 1

DEMO YMO VOLUME 12, PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THUKSDAY, MAY 3Ü. L867. NUMBER 39.

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Pt'liUSIIKI EVERY TirnTVY MOKXIXH. AT I'LY-MtU'TIl, INDIANA. BY S. L. HARVEYOFFICE. IX rOl-OFf U'F. RVILMXa. rrsTMli. TElilS OF SlBraiPIHW. si TF..1R UUfE. rivmont-i um.-t lx 11I...I- irv.-iriaMy in .Ivane., and th- pn-r in ov.t.-on- will tli-nntina-'t at tn xrir.ui ti of th- tiui. .w-l for, advance r-irm-ut b- in vl for a lonyr rx-rio.l. Town npvrlb T- wl. "-t th.-ir pap'-rs in the carrier will b- char-ei! twenty-nv. cent a jvar extra. Rate3 of Advertising : r, ii'i. wti-.- t.ii lint's or of this rpl .mo we.'k, f t.H(: f- each additional in-crti.m W -?iiH No. s jr-?. 1 m . ! m . 1 -..min $ -i.W $ t 3 " Ö..-.0 s.w) 4 ;.:. hum ; cd. T.r.i 1 .o i; col. 1-2-0.1 17JM l col. n.r -r.n t in . ? .".im HUM) l.'.ir) l.'.Jfl MiM :M.d() 0 mo -j. S 7.1X1 l-i.'rl 11.1h ls.Oil i .t0 :; .no :o.ii 1 yivir. 10.11 n.oo avnti .".-. ml rxi.it ;.", ) 1a1 adv.TtN.'mnt-' !.."' a spi;ir. for the fir-t inrrrtion. and .l.o0a son ire r..r.- u !i ad.litional insertion, 'rhnr '! to partW oni-Ting th-ir pal.iiti-a. CoTnmnnieation to proni.it. privat int-n-st- mnstl..paid for at the; nfalar advertid rate-. Marriage and Deaths are pu.hlish.-il a n-ws. dv.Tti-'eni.nt. unless th n-itnb-r .f nis.-rti..'!--!-ir-.I i sprifi -.1. will h continue 1 till ordered out. Mid chr'c.l at r'- jul.ir r.it'-s. Local notice 10 cents for ach line. BUSINESS CARDSIB iSTXTilES.. The Plymouth Branch R mkinpcCo , (Succesbrätothe FUmouth Branch of the B.mk of the Rtitcof Inili'ma.) open from 9 to 12 o'clock A. M. f.ni fre-o 1 to I o'clock P- M. T. CRFSXF.R. Prcsi-lent. t 11 -n tn-tf. T. C !l nSNKIl, J i Casl.ie, xatTöxäl hotel. SOUTH OF YKLLOW RIVER. URIDflF., MicliiLMii St., Plvinoutli, Iiul. Thi home recentlv heen refitted and rerunushotl anew, ami U centrally locitcl. Gwt pronpin- at the Nation 1 will fin-l ample aeeotnmo l itions, and thUeä iiMplie l with Mio Uest he market alToi-Js- tiKORGK KOCII. TllnHj tf. PAINTING. CHAINING, PArEiMiANr.ixfi, dr. T:MTnON; X TVN'KII. Hons-. Si-n and nnia-mentalpaint.-r.:r:hii-'-l,.ipT Ilanip-'. &c. h..pin rearofA.P.Elliottwa,onshop.n aijmstj;()N( 31 -6m W.W.TYXEK. J. G OSBOKNE, Attorney vfc XjctsrAND JUSTICE OP THE PEACE. 119 rrmovnl lifs ntTic. to the c-.ist of Michigan ftrt-t. on tlieM.M-k w north d' the Parker House, wht-r.-h will In pl.: s.-d to tho liarinvr husine.to triiis.nt ith him. Coü.-ctioii- made and moii'-y yroinptly r.-mitt-d. Particular attention -riven to Mit. -tlleim-nt r estate nd ruardiaiii-hlp. , ii-ii --ti PARKKR HOUSE, Situat'.! on th? norrh- i corner of Michigan an-1 Washington .-trectj, I'i.ymülth, Ixliana. BAILEY & SltflTH, : Proprietors Thislare ai..l capaciot? Hotel has heen leacl for a nnmherol year? !v the ahovo gentlemen, an-1 fullv refitted a.:"d repairt-d, and under its pi-efiit vroprietotthip, v. ill be kept as aFirstCIa'i Uoue. 41 vltiiio-2 tf Dil. W. JACOB Y, t'iyst 1 a .v .t v' '.." 1 .v. oai.e ..-.. r 11. is. lick-on t ''.'s Hardware St.. re. :;itf DR. V. N.HMf.KY, llep-etf.iily teiil.r h'n rr ifii'n il serviec to the puhlic O.Tie. in roo-n over .ershing'a Dm? Store. Mty 2!ih.l;. ' (ll-i:)-ly.) 0" I.J. M.CONFKP., lite Surgeon ot the 21th In linn Infantry, ofTcrs his oro'eso.tll erviec to the people; of Marshall f'ount y. 1 () n;e a:i lre?i I mic? west side of Miclii.ui Street, t'irei? '! c:'v N'oi thof tile hloward Ilousr TIT n mth In liani. v!aoJ J.J VINALL, nou opvtiiic riivsit ivN xiti st ;;'.f.m:;. Particular attention pai-I to ()ostretrie pr ietiee, an 1 disease of wom -;n ait 1 children. O lie over I3.ivi-ls.in Jfc Co.' -tore. lte;.len-. o;xvit" the north -w.t corner of th-i T ililic piare, Plvinouth. Indiana. vl!):i'J tf. M'i-:v fi.'KK a-s v.Yr.:r - 10..MM a'-tivi: t.o. , cal and Tr.ivelin r V" lifs. Al.iie or Fein il-. of ..;i) a-"'. are wr.'ied t -lii-it lra le in every t'iiy. Town. Villa.'-. Hiinl-1. Workshop and F.ietorv. thron.'lio-it t'.ie entire wo-M. fo" f'v m -r ii .velti- s , -.r knoffii.-iH l'Ki: t KSr. lf LTP and kkvov u.r. wiiKRKVKti Hf-rKi:1!!! ! S'i' irt in ! and worn-n c.-i!i Mike froMi " to sv .per 1 iv, and no ri-k of los ; BMi ill c nit il reiir.d i'.T fior-i ."it $loi -the tnor i-i-i'iiy invested the irr -atT th pr.i'.lt. .'" y - '' i' Mwv tirt t fi-' nri'i,-t!i f; cviv nf-r-rtf .' If vol a'-tii-i'ly wish to t;l ike nem - r.ivl!y an 1 easily, write for fall p:irtieulnp au I a-ldr. -s XWTILTIOII Si, G?. (From Pari.) 12 M ly il I IJ:j 1 1 w iy, X-r.r York 'if y. PURK I.IQUnit? fit .t-.licat atel o.'-Vf purposes, can be had at my Store, on-i door Nortb of the branch ß ink. S. V. V.NVAT.KRMnUR(ilJ, Plymouth, Mav It, :.". tf ClilCxVUO BARBER SHOP. 0'3r Badk Sc Toan'3 HardwAre Store, Plym :ilh, In Ii ma. S'itvin, II ur C ittin.Sharr.pocnln, kc, Jon i in th'j h't tyle. Pirri.Mlar attention given to Lvoin? ll.i"ran-l Wlii.-ker. 117" Th? h'hest pri ie p ii-1 for Tj'tie?' Ilalr. vllnll Iv A. C. IK) LT. V. N 1) ) ' 1 1 F . J. IL LONG, IiTCCIToSD AUCTIONEER, Will promptly atten-1 to the sale ofoo h an oh ittd -un Marshall County. 1 1 1 1 I y JLumbcr, Ijitmber. N. If.OrSLESBEE, &CO., Minufitureri an-1 Dealers in lumber, are prepared to till orders for All k:iiN of lumber on short notice. Oüico- at II. G. Thayer'a Ware House. N. II.OOLESREE. H-tG-tf II. O. THAYER. J. S .SCOTT. General Colloetor, Continues to give Prompt Attention tothe Collection of Claims. Ur Best of references given when required. Terrci moderate. r:nl-tf. PRTJSSING'S Pure Cider Vinegar. Ask roit PnussiNn's PurlCidkii Visegii. (!irt Rnvn. It i Slronan,! PjIjI'iMo WARRANTED PURE, and to PRESERVE PICKLES. Firt Premium awarded at the U. S. Fair, and the Chicago City Fnir. Largest works of the kind in the U.S Established If J. Capacity one hundred and twenty barrel per day CHARLES G. E. PRUSSING, :mi htatk ist, Oliioaso.

SADDLE fc HARNESS

jtaktT, hnvln? bonirhtth" stock of David Hartman, on-; door west of Palmer'a old utand on La Porte Street, Plymouth, T.r., will continnn to nunnf;ictnrc nd keep for sal.'. Ibirn,'. Saddl--. Rridle. Halter, Whip, Cahouelat, to. II'" will uo a general Upholstering Business, and warrant all ml; t:j beoftli.' V.rst raanuf.uturc. March II, ls'.T-tf. OTDixxo-t "Ware .1 XI in TT IIXITUEE. A. L. ALLEMAX & CO. IT.iv. on h ind at all tim-s a co:npl.-e and elegant t-tck .rt'ahiii.-t Wareaii'l l-'urniture. which th-y will fell at Terv reason ihV rat-'. AIj-i a co?!i!tt.'t' stork of undertaker" Furnishing (-ds. and (-!ll"is of all kind-. A irood H-'nrsehelonir-in' to the establishment. vl i-nlö-tf FasIiionalilcTailoringEslablisliiiicnt OVCU DAVIDSON & CO.'S STOKE, All kind of work hi our line 0.1:1- in a superior style to any io the county, and inferior to none in the northwest." Particular attention jriven to CUSTOM CUTTIXG. Ply.n nth, I11I.-M-K, tf FORCE. Nrur Saloon ami licsiaiirnni. -rth ..f t!i. n.ial. Vi. Li-in Sf. Plvm-ottn. Ia-li;ina. L. TYRRKLL, : : : : rri.Jor r!io?e-T.i.juorJ. At-s. W'fne ind ( "v: lrs kept cons tan fiv .ei !i.i:i l. oyst.-rs and Wild .ai:i served in.the he-tan l most p.ilat.ihl.' maiiiier. vl-JnlOif. T)R. J. B. WALKER. - - w DISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR, Office, 117 Boath Clark Street, r. 0. Box, CHICAGO. Wo harp rxaiiiin..! vari.'iH trthnni:d in the form of 1Mtr. extraet from frtän iid Iv-ni journal, and certificate cf cur from crsoM of wide reputation, which have l-nn shown n 1 y Ir. J. 15. Walker, und th.-v piv ?trr-n testimony in favor cf the lKctor"s skill in treating disease of tlie Eye and Ear. Ir. AV ha", an Rppolntml in ono of tho l.ireest London IIo9I ita!-, anJ ii in e rery respect a lihorally educated num, ami Lis -ef.T-ncp r of tlio highest chracter. Mifitri J.-jnlhan, Mtrrh 9, JMO. French artificial ejw luacrUl Trice, $15.00 eaci. , 12 -17 -Cm G. CAPROX, ATT( ) S K V A X I ) . ( )T A 11 V, Aa 'I Lktitftl J1W Claim Ajriit. Will itt.vi 1 1 -ilI;iror'?To:ial husires? placed in his h in lsorrn;vl y aii'l carefully. Partical ir attention irivcn to fJiiardi uiship and the s--".tleinent of f) ,ce lent. Estates. Pension, H nnty an I 1'..:!; p;ty of lecea?e(l ;iml tlisahle.l Soldiers -roonre-l at roaonahlera tea. Pe-i ls,M )rt,'i.", im I-uiici writteni-'-truriients neatly an 1 i;'ii;kly .Ira-vvn up ami acknowletlgement taken. JJT Com.kctionsmi l ie an-1 promptly remitted. O.liee over II. W. l)ioc-)n Ä: Go's llanlivsre Store, Plym onth In-liaiia vl0n2l tf T R. A. O. BORTOV SITilOKOX DKNTTST, H m consulted at his office every .lav exeent Monlas antlTnes.la v.a.j IT Oilice over Westervelt's .Store. V L Y M 0 U T II I X D I A X A . TX3ÜRR YOUR LIVES for benefit of voir family vI t!i jrool Locw. Agexts, ami nor tr wki.ino stu.wcers. Policic issued and los?c? pii.l.thronirh C. II. REEVE. March 3:i. 'fi." vl0n3ntf. Not iJvcrj .ml Fcsil stable. WH.MAM SCilOFIELI). rnortiETo, Comer Li Porte.an-1 Waltiut Streets, PlymouthIn Hun. A riienli'l lot. of hordes, raniages. !uzis, kn.,tn le hired at all time.:. Passenger conveyed to any put of the country on reasonable term. Call an-1 .--e oursto. k before hiring. . CARD -C. II. REEVE. A. AlTOJlllV AT E.AV, AH War Claim Aj't, Plymouth, Ind. II ivi nc c uie'iide.l to resume the practice of the liw- here, will Prr.ctive m Fulton, Stnrk, LaPortcand Kosciusko, is well ai Mirshill, Counties. Collections promptly arid efficiently attended to. Careful attention given to Piobalc bu'lnesss. Insurance c ller-ted on Lives and Property in the bestconipa:ll's in the United States. .SrKci.ii. Attktio'm pii.I trt tht prosecution of Claims ol Soldiers, their ido'.ra and he irs lor bounty, arrears of pay , pensions amlotherclainis. I e r k a 5 To Far-.vell Fit-Id & Co., Chicago. Shaw Harbour Co., Cineinnaii. " rtacklv Sheldon k Co., N. Y. drall' Ucnnctt & Cci, Fitts'.-urg. in intf. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO Farmrrs &: Ltmibcr Manifacliircs. j' I I l il. . I'il.II .1111. .1 I. 1 '11111,1' .1 ' l i ' m iii,' liv Sh iriu Il itiaA-. I'.nii ill nT S.ili-lll Ohio, lire . , ..l.i.. ....... . j inn , .....l ui. v .y th- hks't nudTilK III'.APKST made in the I nit.-d St ites. All orders L it at the otUee of (. II. I.'kkvk, in I'lvni'iiitn in receive rom.l ntieiiii.in. i apai-ny ! . av Mil!' I.iwmto i.ino f . . L p.-r In. nr. Th-v ;in Inse, -i in oo'-r ition by calling on o-.'l--hee ,V- Tliaycr, of i-i -. - -' I..-: i. .1 .111.-1 tji.ivey v iviini;.-r, im l iviiiou.ii. i. ria. noiui. Ti- II I WANTED. The highest market priee paid for III IVES nt the Tannery t'nrmerly owned ly E. l'uul, IMvnionth, Indiana. nVitf rCTEIl SCIILA1UI. (erchant'a celebrated OARGLINO 1 I OIL, an indispensable article for the armer, proprietors of Li very Stable and own or Stock generally IJeware of Coun'. rfeits. ItfiJ yl T. A. LEMOV, Agent. V Large stock of WAI.I. IM KIl jusi received from the Manufacto-ers Customers cannot fail to suit t.iemsel vt-s In style o,ii ility, quantity and prices at LEMON'S P: u g Store. Wn yfo ii m f It 1 ii r . C-HASLANGER Si. BRO S, Manuf.icturerPofwagons,carrIageF etc. Olack mithing, painting und grainiugtii.netObtuer $90 A MONTH! agents wantedfor ix entirely new artirlfn,ui otit. Addrj0. T. UAREY, City Building. Hi.Meford Mc; u-ll-37-y.)

Ya fell in?r for I"a. TiireD. little forms in the twilighi grey, Suiiiiihig tilt ?hdd.ws across the .way: Six liltle evv's four Mack, o blue -Urimfull oi'love. and liapine?s. too, tVatching lor Pa. May; With her placid and thoughtful brow; (tenth? face beaming with love j'Kt no-;

ill to; 1hf togtic; so lovin g and gay, Stealing a kiss from his sister MayWatching for Pa. Xtllie, with her ringlet of sunny line; Ci!v nestled between the h o, Pressing hcrtlicck against the window pane. Wishing the absent one Imnle again, Watching for Pa. Ob! how they gaze at the passers by, 'lie's coming at last," they gaily cry, "Try again, my pels," eM-iainis mamma, And Nellie adds, "There's the twilight star Watching for Pa." Jack nods and smiles, as with busy feet lie lights the lamps in the busy strei t; That sweet little group he knows full well May and Willi?, with golden-haired Nell, Watching for Pa. Soon joyous shouts from the window steal, And eager patter of childish feet; ny musical chimes throughout the hall; A manlv voice re-ponds to the call, "Welcome, Pa." For the Democrat. Tlio Fast, !!:( Present ana Hie I'll litre. When the late civil war legafi, the unanimous voice of the north was iu favor of crushing the rebellion by the strong arm of military power. All parties were united in efiurts to preserve the integrity of the government, and that was declared to )Q the so?: object of the war by all authorized to speak fur the administration ami the party which placed it in power. The faith of the nation was solcinnlv pledged to the fulfilment of this promise, bv the unanimous passage of a resolution, offered by one of America noblest statesmen John J. Crittenden on the Ll'd of July, ISnl, by the Congress of tin United States, that tho "war was not wa?:ed fui the purpose of conquest or subjugation, or for the purpose of orcrthi owing the rights. of tho State.", but for the preservation of the Union, with uli the dignity, equality and rights of the several Jtate unimpaired, and that when this object is accom-pli.-hed, thrj war ought'to cease." ThoiiL'h no hostile tlaur Jloats over a foot of the soil ever embraced within tho limits of the United States; though no arm h raised against the authority ot the Nation; though by the terms of surrender of the chief's of the rcbid armies ;o irc exists; though the insurrection has ceased, and peace been restored f..r over two years; t'ongrei2 has virtually ignored the fact of the leturn of peace in placing the south under martial law, and subjecting the civil to the military authority, and for the peaceful and powerful weapon, the ballut, the bayonet is substituted. This course is as clear :t violation of the pledge made by the nation in the dark and solemn hour of a great disaster as it is possible for the cj & mind to conceive. The Constitution expressly delegates certain powers to Congress, and reserved to the several States certain others. These reserved rights were wisely inter ded to be a cheek to the encroachments of federal authority, and a guard against the subversion of Republican form of government. All political parties which have been guided by that instrument in measures of public policy, have made the doctrine of State IJights a cardinal feature in their creeds, as it is the main pillar in tho edifice of human freedom. Uy action of Congress, this safeguard of liberty, this check upon the usurpations of power, arc stricken down, and the States and people arc divested of the prerogatives by which alone they can preserve their liberties. The radicals have been the first to discard that doctrine as the- have been the first to attempt the overthrow and destruction of the political institutions of the fathers: The resolution referred to abofcj pledges the restoration cf the Union with all the "rights, dignity and equality of the States unimpaired." and yet, tho first session ol Congress after thd dos2 of the War, deliberately brought forward measures, dictated b' the most malignant party spirit, for the degradation of the South. Under the Constitution the States are cqital; under the present radical mli there is an inequality military dictation at the south, exhorbitant taxation at the weht, and protection of eastern interests. The depression in business, the disarranged finances, and all the lon-r train of evils which cause ,khard times" arc directly attributable to the unwise and impolitic legislation of the country. There has not been an hour within the past tvfo years that the Union could not have been restored upon a permanent, constitutional and loyal basis. The people of the south gave undoubted evidence of a vnllingncss to yield obedience in good faith to the laws and Constitution, and renew th' ir allegiancc to the government, but they were spurned with contempt, and the restoration of the Union is crowded further into tho future. The avowed object of the war was put out of sight, immediately upon its close, and hence wc arc surrounded by dangers tho end of which can not be foreseen. Had the Union been promptly restored, the wounds caused by the war healed, instead of being rcopncd and enlarged, the busiucss interests of the country would not now be languishing as they do. Temporary embarrassments might be produced by local c.iuöcs, but a feeling cf

safety and security would pervade the pub-

lie mind, whsrers now distrust, fear and Uneasiness as to the future is felt and expressed by all classes: And what of the future? There are thor-e who are ever hopeful, ever trusting that from evil good may be educed. lut. if hope can be drawn from a review of the present distracted State of the country, it must be by an imagination of extreme vividness. If ever the broken columns of the Republic are cemented again it must be done by the blood of the martyrs who will be stricken down for their adhesion to the cause of freedom. The history of all Republics that have passed out of existence, gives us no ground to hope that ours will escape the same fate unless wc return to a strict observance of the forms of the Constitution. Their downfall began when their rulers disregarded the rights ot the people as guaranteed to them bv the organic law. Wc have progressed almost to the point where imperialism begins. Ancient republics cudured the violent shock of civil wars. and at at fell a prey to the treachery, corruption and unholy ambition of their rulers, :;iul they wore not more treacherous nor corrupt than a majority of the nation are at present. X. C. . R. From the rincrrer:itioi:il,?. C'f!i7.i!isliij ;'.ml Right ol' S::fTi:tgc. UV Ri:v. LKi.NAUD 1IAC0N. J). 1 I have just been reading in the Cnjrr-jnth:nili-t an article entitled ''Right ot SullVaire' and subscribed 'Quidam Jgno- - p tus." The article refers, quite disapprovingly, to certain "remarksof mine on Senator Wilsou's proposed bill for guardingand protecting the right of sitlfrae iu the United States." My "unknown friend," if I may so translate his Latin signature, docs not venture to answer any of mv questions, ('; yttlonitisf, April :". though be says they might be ''easily answered." Instead of that easy task, he "proposes," as liD spy.?, "to s-iggest to you," Mr. Editor, the propriety of asking me a few questions founded on my article j and he makes some attempt to show what those few questions are. Perhaps I might reply, without any lack of justice or courtesy, by saying of his questions, as he says of mine, that they may be -'easily answered," and that "I do not now propose to answer" them. Rut assuming that he writes in kooJ faith, I will answer his questions frankly and explicitly. 1. 11c want to know what is the idea in my mind, which the words "elective franchise," and the parallel words, "ripht of suffrage," express and are intended to convey. I answer that the idea in my mind which those phrases express and are designed to convey, is the very 1'ami'iar idea of a right to vote in an election of political officers. -. lie asks concerning "the elective franchise," "the right of suffrage," or in other words, the right to vote, ''it is a right at all?' I answer, rct'ainly, it is a right iu Connecticut; and as 1 understand the case, it is a right in every State or couutry in which any officer of government is designated by electors. o. lie asks concerning this right : "To whom docs it appertain V I answer, it appertains, in any particular State or country, to just those persons on whom the fair " th"t Mate or country has con.'erreu it. . Referring to that State in which 1 live, he asks whether the right iu question appertains "to the citizens of Conneticut, or to a portion of them those who have peaked noses and straight hair." I answer, to neither. The right of voting in elections is conferred, by the organic law of Connecticut, not on citizens simply as such, but ni cifi' ns J a certain tffscrijiti'oit ; and the description of the citir.ens who are to vote is not that they "have peaked noses and str tight hair." To save h!m the trjuble of asking again, 1 will tell him just what kind of a citizen in Connecticut has the right of voting. 1. The citizen desiring to be vested with this right must be invested with it by the selectmen of the town ; and they are to invest him with it if he has jie following qualifications, and net otherwise. The citizen must be a "male citizcu." a J Io must be "white," though it is not required that he shall be clean, nor is anything said about his no.-e or his hair. -I. lie must be not less than twcntv'ouc years of age. 5. lie must have resided in the State one year, and in the town six months next preceding the time at which he oiftrs himself. G. lie must have a good moral character which means, I believe, that he must not have been convicted of crime in any court. 7. He iuut be able to read. 8. lie must take a certain oath prescribed by law. 5. My friend Ignotus asks whether the elective franchise is a "right of citizenship' 1 answer, no, neither in Connecticut nor anywhere else within my knowledge. 0. lie asks, "Is it a natural, civil, political and constitutional right?" I answer, it is not a natural right. It it were, it would belong to persons who can not read to persons who removed into the town, or into the State, ouly yesterday to persons just out of the penitentiary , to minors, to women, and persons not white. Nor is it, in my understanding of words, a civil right; It is a political right, inasmuch :ib it depends on tho policy, or governmental scheine, of the commonwealth in which it is exercised. It is constitutional, inasmuch as it is conferred and guarded by the Constitution or organizic law of the State which designates men to office by the votes of its electors. 7. He asks, "When the Constitution says 'The House of Representatives shal' be composed of members chosen by the people,' the citizens for people and citizens mean the same does he understand that the people have any rights in the matter:"

I answer, I do understand that the peo

IT - ,iavc rights in the matter ct cleetm; their representatives in Congress : and one of their rights is that when Ignotus undertakes to quote the Constitution on that subject he shall quote it correctly. My copy of the Constitution says not orJy that "the House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen ever' second year by the people," but also that the members shall be chosen ' by the people of the sfrrral States atal ihr elrrfurs in rath State shall have the tjViliß'at"ju$ rquin'tf fur rtt-cf'ti's if th.f ro't mnni ron$ brunch of (he S'r'' Li'?i.laturr." So carefully docs the Constitution imply the reserved right of each State to have its own law conferring and limiting the electoral franchise. That right is also otic of the rights which "the people of the several States" have "in that matter." S. My friend crocs on to ak a string of questions, following directly upon the one last answered : "If they have, what ar the, and who is bound to ascertain and secure those rights and all other rights under the Con- . . . stitution "! l)id the people 'ordain and establish their government for any such purpose, and give the power to make aud execute all laws necessary and proper for that cud ? Is there any duty upon the government to administer and execute the Constitution, to defend the rights of the people, and "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity?' It the government owes an' such dut to the people, what relation docs it bear to their 'elective franchise,' their 'right of suffrage,' or their 'tight to vote for such oiTiccrs as, under the authority of the Constitution, arc referred to the choice of the people? Can the government protect it, or must it be left to be violated by anybody that is strong enough to violate it?" There is a short answer to all these questions. Let Ignotus remember that the lattiimal io r' , n ni nl of this country . not an absolute fjovrrum )it, but only (in time of peace) a government of very limited powers. The people ot the United States have not committed to that, government the task of ascertaining and securing the rights of citizens in the several States. They did NOT "ordain and establish their government for any such purpose," nor did they give that government "power to make all laws necessary and proper for that end." Doubtless, tiierc is a "duty upon the national government to administer and execute the national Constitution ; but to defend the rights of the people" in the several States is a duty which the people of the United States have reserved chiefiy to their several State governments, instead of committing it absolutely to the national government. Yv"o have indeed ordained and established the Constitution of the United States, to "secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity," but the way in which the Constitution undertakes to secure and perpeturtö the blessings of liberty, is chiefiy not to say entirely by taking away from the several States all power of encroachment upon ccch other's rights, and by guarding them against foreign powers. I" Iggotus so illinformed as not to know that in Massachusetts, or whatever State of th2 Union he resides, there arc two governments, neither of which can legitimately meddle with any of the duties incumbent upen the other? Does he not know that in MassachuS'tts the national government has no power to punish theft, or breaches of the peace. or murder no power to punish any torgerv other than the forgcrv of the United States coin or securities no power to punish any robbery except rubbery of the mails or other property belonging to tlu nation ? Cau he not understand that the same government which owes to the people of his State tho duty of protecting their lives against the murderer, their dwellings ..." against the incendiary and the burglar, and their purses against the highway robber, owes to them also the duty of regulating and protecting the elective franchise? The elective franchise, in each State of the Union, is not "left to be violated by any body that is strong enough to violate it," but is left to be protected by the same power that protects life, personal liberty,- property, mrrriagd and all hutiian rights, both individual aud domestic. Allow mc to say that whn such views as those implied iu the questions of Ignotus arc published in a journal so influential as the Coiigrcgf.tioüt'.list, they are evidence of the progress which a certain portion of the people (shall I say a certain portion of the Republican party?) are making toward doctrines and measures which threaten the entire loss of liberty. Think of it. Here is a proposal that Congress sh-dl Cnaet a law to define and regulate the right of voting, not in States that have just been conquered from the enemy, and in which governments loyal to the Union and adequate to the prole'jtion of the people are Jo be reconstructed, but iu all the Stales. Suppose such a law be enacted, how shall it be executed ? The national government has undertaken td determine who shall vote and who shall not in Massachusetts. What next? The national government must make n registration of voters, (as is now being done in the Southern States,) by officers of its own. What next? The national government must take care that r.o man whom it invests with tho right of voting is in any way restrained from voting; and therefore the ballot boxes must be under the inspection and iu the custody of the Uuited States officers, aud United States policemen or soldiers must keep order at the voting places. The national government, having taken this matter in hand, must go through with it, and must take care that no man's Vote is thrown out iu the counting, and that tho returns are made or the result declared correctly; and this too, it must do by its own officers. A few years' experience of elections, conducted by authority and uuder regulations proceeding froai the scat of the national government, woitld convince Ignotus himself that th destruction of the reserved rights of the States, and the consequent centralization of power at the national capital, is identical with the subversion of liberty. My confidence is that any attempt to gain for the national government power over the elective franchise in the States will result iu the complete overthrow of

! whatever party may engage in it. I am one of them". The radical policy, r.s mij informed that Mr. 'iVizcri, i; tin United . nounce l by the Jazli', re-ts upon, tiic ' States Senate, having drawn from Mr. supposition that they bavD. This tlo I Sumner, a day or two before our late clcc- Democratic party deny, cid hence tiie tion in Connecticut, an explicit avowal of issue upon this important p..int; The his intention to force negro suffrage upon i radicals favor a centralized despotic govI the loyal States by act of congress, tele- j eminent ; the Pemoorats, on the other 'rrarnhed the facts to the heads of the Demo-! hand, a constitutional republic.

cratic party in Hartford, and that placard - ? If all these measures should be tried ami were immediately issued and posted in 1 fail in producing the desired effect, that mtviy parts of the State, announcing the j of chaining the States to the car of radical design of the Massachusetts Senator aud i tiiumph, ihen, says the GazM-, "the powcallingupon tho people to express their ' crs of the general government are not cxlisapprobation by votirig agnin-t the can hausted, and it may do whatever is nccesdidatcs of the Republican party. If 101 j sary ior demotic tranquility and national votes that would otherwise have been giv- security." In other and plainer words,

cn for Covernor Ilawley were thus carried over to the other side, those wore the votes that defeated the Republican party iu Connecticut. Th: peoj! of Conn- client ar- je if if r to 'lay fio.n itrih'iit'j the tli.ijrtCi fl'l ''""t'tl j'rom th ir roiifififnfio't thoil lit: if icrrr sö: icr . o-o ; aud their unreasoning opposition to the change will be more and more confirmed if thev find it identified with the policy of centralizati-)n. For my part, much as I desire to sec our black citizens sharing equally with the white in all political as well as civil rights. I am not willing to give up that palladium of liberty, THK R KSK RYU I) R Kill TS OF THK STATUS, f.r the sake of gaining even so desirable an object. r--m t!e rhil;el-l;r..ia Age. Military Governments orth. The Connecticut election, followed by that of Kentucky, Ins acted as a reconnoissance iu force on the part of the Democrats to unmask the radical policy with reference to the Northern Shtt-. That policy wc have before indicated to be the overthrow of all State power and authority and the supreme domination of Congress in the local affairs of the people. The Cincinnati l.'az'ff-, in commenting lipon the result of the recent election in Kentucky, and denouncing it as a triumph of the enemies of the (lovernmcnt says: 14 What is the remedy:' The same that we have applied to tho rebellion in the other iSUk', to just such an extent as may be necessary. First, adequate military protection for persons and property and ail civil rights against tho oppression and denial of justice by the rebel control of legal power. Second, the disqualification of rebels by act of Congress for all National and State offices. Third, the enfranchisement of the blacks everywhere, by act of Congress. The necessity for this measure to create a loyal voting people is a t - t . , iroat in Kentucky as in any other rebel State. Congress has the same power to establish by direct that it has to require the States ! to establish it as a condition of restoration, j "We have seen the almost miraculous change worked in the rebel ruling cla-s bv this measure in the other States, and we have reas Mi to suppose that it will create a loyal popular power in Kentucky that will give the loyal white men moral courage to ma!:e the contest boldly, by the backing of a parry that can carry the itate. Fourth, the requirement of the entire submission to the laws of the United States, and. their execution in good faith in all the State tribunal;, as Conditions for the withdrawal of the direct supervision of the National tiovernment. "These measures will probably be effect ual. Ift hoy fail, thn, as in the ease of the terms by the rebel States, the po wers of the general government arc not exhausted, and it may do whatever is neeesiry for domestic tranquility and national secu rity. H the party im rrhose hands the people who put doWn the rcbtlllon placed the control of government to settle the war. fail to secure this, they will bs unfaithful to their trust. If any are to hang back in this matter, the people ought to know them before there is auother election." Here wc have the radical policy in detail. First, military power to be used. That is the foundation . f the proposed pol icy. Tho legal powers o s'itutcd by the people of a State, are?to be overawed or overpowered by the military frcc of the nation, and persons and property, together with all civil rights, subjected to the will iff a military commander. This is a death blow aixied at the Constitution, for, under the provisions ofthat instrument, the milit try powers are declared subordinate to the civil, except in times of actual war. The country being in a condition of peace, all the States in harmony with those relations which should crist between them aud the FedeniKIovernmeut, the policy recommended by the Gaz- ffri a virtual abandonment of all regard for the Constitution aud tho assumption of despotic powers, which amounts to a" revolution. In the second place, the "rebels," meaning all who will not agree to support the radical policy, arc to be disqualified "from all National and State ohMces." If the (Jencral (lovernmcnt can enter a State aud declare who shall tftid who f-hall not till the offices in the gilt of the people, ot a State character, what may not be dene by the same power? What right of the people is sale ' Congress may fill the office of Coventor by a vote of that body, or remodel the school system, or alter the laws of contracts, or change the mode and manner of collecting debts. None of these rights of a people of a State are more sacred than that of designating, electing and keeping in State offices such persons as a majority of the people may designate at tin elections held in pursuance of State laws. And yet the policy of the radical party contemplates the abrogation of this right; and the substitution in its, place of the will of a Congress representing only a portion of tbc State?; In order to create a "loyal rote" in Kentucky, the (iozcttc urges the bestowal of the elective franchise upon the blacks in that State by national authority, and declares that "Congress has the same power to establish the franchise, by direct act, that it has to require the States to estallish it as a condition of restoration." This is certain. They have neither power granted ihcm by the Constitution. Rut because Congress has usurped the power to impose unconstitutional conditions upon the States which revolted against the authority of the national government, does it follow that they have a light to act iu a like illegal :ind unwarrantable maimer with reference to all the other States, or any

Congress may disregard the Constitution,

overlook the decisions ot the Supreme Court of the United States, nullify all the efforts of the Chief Magistrate to preserve the just rights of the States, the guaranteed liberties of the people, under the tyrant's pica that such acts are "arc necessary for domestic tranquility and national security ." Xo more despotic power was ever claimed by a monarch. Tlio ro" d 't 't which placed the imperial purple upon the present ruler of France. i-just as del'eu-i-b!e from a Republican standpoint as the plan proposed by the GaZ'Ve. And yet. both the policy enunciated by that journal and the moans suggested to make it effectual have the approval of the radical party. They fear tho people. They sec in the elections North the handwriting on the wall, and arc prepared to destroy tlx Mate governments iu the North, as they have those in the South, and by the same means military force. This danger is imminent, and the people must be made to sec it plainly'. Pit'Itpochrfs ofthc Paris Exhibition. Turi-r "..Tvspoü.lrnre i.f tli. I.'!r!..'ii Alvrtis-r. The most successful demonstration of Rritish industry that has yet been develop.1'! by the exhibition has been di-plavcd by Fnglish pickpockets, hi tho art of faking a ciy'' they arc Unrirr-.lcd, and to this valuable acquirement they have now added that of eluding the vigilance of tho .;' 7jt b vU'k and of the private policemen, who lurk in plain clothes in places where they arc lea-t expected. tiiico competition is so much in fashion in every thing nowaday-s. a trial of strength and skill has of late come off between the French and Fnglish thieves. The former were stung with maddened jealousy at hearing the ?o:r?plaiStg cf lort watches and purses, :.! 1 challenged their livals to .1 conflict, which came off a few days since. Scrcn Fpglisb rnd sevrm l-Vjn'.h thieves Started on their predatory expedition thro' the exhibit, on, and agreed to meet at a ct-fi'f in the boulevards, where they had previously engaged a vahiut pai'-ufi-an! had ordered a supper, to b-; '-stood'' bv the vanquished. They met at the appointed hour, and you will be proud of yi.ur countrymen's superiority when you learn that they triumphantly di-play ..1 15 watches and nius portcmoiiisaies, whereas the: French tyros in the nubleart could dispbiy bat ten watches, three portemonnaies ami and half a dozen handkerchiefs, 'small deer,' which arc disdained by the professed pickpocket, and arc only faker during a novitiate in the profession. They magnanimously avowed themselves vanquished,agreed to recognize the superiority of the victors in the form most pleasing to them hy standing half a dozen of champagne, followed by b its ef Mating punch in quick sneeession. Up ts this fiagt r!l had been highly gratifying t?) our nrrtif.nal pride, but the hour of Rritian's humiliation was drawing nigh. Our duutrymcn fell under the table ; their hosts, though they had l ot read the tale of Fabtaff's disaster fit flaoshill, fell upon their prostrate foes, case.l them of their plunder, and retired in triumph with the forty-five watches, the purses. &c.. and, moreover, left the waiter? instructions to apply for payment of the bill to the gentlemen upstairs -n the floor. p-J' Tlio SIui-iU'i.s of Taxation. The New York Kvening l'o-t thus il'ustrates the burdens of taxation in tint St.it: Of the t:ics paid by the people ol this State, this year, about COOU. 00 will go to the National Treasury, i.",iU0.WU to the State, and S37,O0.VXh to the several conn tic. The population of the Statt, in l (,", was S.Iu 1.777. Kstimating the present population, in round numbers, at ifU'X'O.-U-'O, every man. Tor'a: and child iu the State must par this year 8'J7 0. The largest vote ever polled m this State was 7-l,'.'10. UsMmating the present number of electors at V'n.'.'XM.i, each elector must pay this year -l k 0. Tho number of land owners iu the State in 1 !." was 07",1 ! 1 3. If the number has now icachcd U'O,tMlU. every land owner is taxed this year i27ö. The last census gives the number of familio in the State as 7S0.I:il. If there are now smo A'oO each family is taxcd tlrs year 81. '17 ;. (Jen. Thomas Fwing. who served with distinction in the Federal cause during the late war, wrote to a brother soldier at Woosler, Ohio, who was an applicant for office, and whose confirmation was rejected by the Senate, through the influence of Welker, a radical member of Congress from that distrirt, his want of success. den. Fwing say.. "Oa your rrjrxlicn, I stnt for Judg Welker to get him to consent to a reconsideration for without his pi nsent confirmation Was impossible. He, however. w:i: inexorable. You arc only one of a thousand soldiers rejected by the loyal gentlemen who have been defeating the accomplishment td the groat end for which nc Juiftjht una1 tl t htnt' d while the war was going on. There is no houor in a confirmation by these men." The most gratify ing reports reach us, says the (rcencastle I'ress, of the fruit ami crop prospects. Our fanners represent the wheat crop as promising well, have in those localities where it has suffered from freezing. Should nothing cccur to mar the present propect. it is thought we rill be favored with an average crop of Mheat, and that the yield ol fruit of all kinds will be uuexampled.

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