Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 13, Number 49, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 August 1868 — Page 1

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LYMOUTH

WEEKLY DEMOCRA T.

THE POLITICAL ISSUES

rpefcli ol Hon Gieossc U Pen - UJeton. at Grafton, TwN Virmifli,18n HE. Chairm.v .v rnd GeKTLZMEH It Wi0 he hnpaasibte for us to n-ake sarself heard in tlua immenM audience unless you keen quiet; and I shall ask that while I sn speakiag jeu will allow lün (0 pro. cecd witfcofcl iatarraptioo. I thaak vou rtjn t '-mnn ff il.r. s?.i you have just given m?. The chairman

of Jm etate executive committe. who in- i Treaendous applause. vitedme to attend ycur maeUDg to-day I Wr. Blair is an accomplished and expe - told me I had no truer friends in the un: teaman; a brave and able soliottaa. 1 would meet in Vest Virginia, i ,eri ther was the nearest frian4 You have rrovon Vs itatcment true j ' General Jackso-his brother, the con. cj . . t l . . . .

cone obedient to your bidding. I deired J O te see ?e : to sake yonr personal acquain-1 '' ,v I e SLTrtÄlTli . , . . , .. eac to sh w u;.,t no parson, dnapro,mCn: .:n,o,.,n n,y hrpt or ,!aroo, , br .. tatet th. ardor of n,y ek-rts for the saeeeas ol ear party j that for above ail personal considerations I rite the succo? of the principles in which I beiieve, and that whoever shall bear th 3 Has on which those principles arc iascribed, 1 shall be found elose bv his side in the thickest of the iia-h.. I o cheer him witli i , , . , . . . , mr voice and tu aid him with mr arm. : I come to uiv;e upoi you, democrats and repubiieans aiik?, to trample Radex fi A everv Drecosse-'.-iun and nreindiA inn - ... , TV i r -i I , T I f U rrra a Hois if. t . ' aud, rising to the height of this greal strangle, to remembei that we have only a iitile life to give, and a noble, enduring government to save. I aai a parly man. I avow if, but no, I trur. in any narrow and sectarian sens?. 1 am attached lr..ui conviction to the principles of the democratic party. I have studied its history from the foundation of the goretamentv la th -tute- 1 foaad if tlie party of tiberty and progress. Ia shefederal government I foaad it io be th exponent of that faadameatal principle of the constitution that ' all powers which sre not granted are reserved.'1 It 1 been the consistent opponent of c ns lida- ' 1 a I tion in the one system, and of excessive tdmiaiat mtioe in the otherl It has been lit ontc the firm supporter cf the rights of the states and of the inst aowers of she ! ieral government. Jn every ricissitadei of our history it has appeared t. direct uwith its wisdom, and to extricate us bv its ruwage, aaa lo-aaj ii sianua as it m i ia - J 1 . 1 .-. 17r7 an i 179J, ander the guidance of Mr. Jefcren, pointing as the path of safety, which is now, el it was then the consti- - .a mm, . I fusion the path of fraternal bann i .y and peace. The conventioa which sa t In 'ncw i'urk was an augus-- assembly. It was the true council of our patty. It embraced ear best, pures, and wisest men. The roll of he s:ates was called end not cue was misting. The doetriee of atata auie ide was not recognize 1. The dissolution of tl c msiea was net aekaowmdsed. Everv O mf tale was invited to be present, and thua N happened North Carolina, aud South Carolina, ami Georgia, aad Virginia, sat ' " "v..l.,.i,, in hnur- : terna! council with Ma irhniüt I a ui ,1 i .Ww V.,k nn.l P.o.1 I. J v.. v..o, - - "i w I a M 1 1 a . . 1 . ' . IT 1 T NWi uampton, aati t'reslon, ;.'A t 'ju.'.n. Mil ui! tjv h.uo .Vila "i'p.i. . I 1.' . . n 2 J 1 a -.. f. man and Morgan. The convention w:h 5 toe big, and thc lymbel, and the prophc 'v .f a snstmnil b!m and - l, v - .... . IWHUVIilJUJ anaaaO. It :.-. r . ,.:..t. I B1 mv;m i-j 'HC U1U11J 'Ii 111 lllll duty. The eyes of the w.,: ! i wure noon it ; praceadiags greater than t'.e Holt Alliance, which subjected peoples snd divided empirea, its missiou wsj to enfran chise the people of our own race ; to re f-tore tne union of our itatai nml f,i mia. . w .. , ...... t-j iu'iiii- I tain ihe institution.; of.irW Blw. V. ! w ar mm ' . J a Vi the first time in their history the American peop.e rea!iz:d that free government wa.s iu danger, and that the tail of thc republic trembled in the balance. Tore had heeej taught as believe that freedom sras judlgenou. toour-xi , and shattieg our eyes to the tasjehnaa of all hialnra- .fc.. ting their eyes to the faetl s mueeted with our revolution, they had hugged to themselvei the delusion that whatever thc storm f faction, or passion, or revolutionary fer- - '"Jt - . Km.. wor, liberty, at leait, was safe. They had awakened from the dream. As they sent 1 - I representatives tothe convcatla, they charged them, as tho Dictator of old was charged: 'S$e to N thai no detriment happ. ns to the; republic.'' JJy unanimous vote they adopt d a declaration of principles "fidelity to die constitution," "fidelity to the union f "fidelity tothe rights of tho states;" 'tiiolity to the rights of thc citizen;" '-fidelity to ihe principles of civil liberty;" "fidelity to tha1 policy in mattera' of finance and taxation, wbieh, by paying the public i MaS tender notes, will be liftcl s , ..y,M nnuumcM iji lauor nie ouruens which opprena it, snd bv lightening the ' measure of taxation will secure it the iust repards of a cheerful and contented laha try." Applause And the assertion of these principles wa also, by a un-nimdus vote, confided to mmmm ammw I

V. i 1 n . i 1 .a ' tion : hv hi. Wrv hi, T.t-ii auv npHWHo soa inicucct; ana cuitiva - LlZS " 7 I . . ... 1 L: iuius wwivh wunw p0iio or Privritc Jlle- Horatio Seymour standi first of tatcpmen: and his explicit dec,aratlon t,1;lt nc approves every line of ; those resolutions ; that he will stand upon them in tnc contest ; that he will carry i tneru oct in future, wherever he may be I nlaeed : GHTM fall ftflattraitM li trill j lDake effective in his administration, I aM oa wer oi jar. Ldaeoln, and he i a . ,ilBM disciple and protege of Benton. rAmdaue1 lU. -I tbu.U, ..1,

osc w,l 15 wortny or the trust, ty ins age

anrktd tkur BomiDatioi, let it b inn dolUn. Toe taxation of the last - yal. of Ur. Ba,b.u1 ,d Jni,t ' .o.nUd .0 night, million, of doll." '"TT: J ' , F Hn nt,l'.

m l r - oi every 'ior-artment of the.fe'er. o-ovpm. eat it has bad the executive, and the le ri I its behests. It Ins had Possession of evoiy state government in the very for? exceptions, s scarcely ?ervc to illustrate J has ha ! every departmeat mcnil rawer, both sfate an tirelv in its heads. Tf vet iaterposed, they hare been a iwo-tniros vote, if adverse jadioisl de- J M- t-l m mm m m ' cision have been CTneeted. thr rnnrl ha! heen reorsauized by ;i dimiantton of the i judge?, or the case has been taken from its ' eagnisanee by a change of the law of an-' peal. If states have interposed an cbsia - cle, their assumptions have been met by the strong arm of the federal power. Having thus had absolute possession of 'he goveremeat during lour jears of the war, it has eke has possession of it during ; m nrn than InrmA imh of nrf .nri! RA ; J 1 1 It hr.s had the euj ijmenl of power, and it , is lespoosiblc lor its me. We have had t! id t! rcc years of profound peace; not a hostile arm haa been raised - . . opposition to the covernment. and ve! to-day ten states are held by the strong ,m oJ military power in eehnowiedged mibjogation, oretse arc c .mpeücd to sub- . I mit by that game power le fmmes of state I constitutions and erovemtnents hieb the

n . hind ss derived from iL 51 "OB EM B lortn no uncertain and.' tion become more apparent, and its value ancestors, and which our revolutionary! r l.nt in wan cond tiondowe ind the - J tu, i lt cl lilJlt l be steadily increased. These bonds ope- fathers fought to secure to their posterity j -1 taxation on all kinds of propercountry today? V, here is Ihe const! tu-1 .. ' nmou,,lUl 10 wI&.WV.WO.WO. tandad l..t r..i ... .M1 r.fn o i a r . . , , . , 1 1 tv. including rmmramaant haauk. mean-

tion which they swore to uphold? Where ' " ' aI possible ; aH the money collected from th labot of the country. There are two liberties, have been ruthlessly trampled that tha rich man's bond shall be taxed is the anion which they swore to main- 1 " n 1 mpt from people shall not be squandered on freed-1 thousand millions of them. Pay ofif)these ander foot by the fragmeat of a coogresai well as the poor aaan's cow. tmn l ITheTC are the rights of the state ' " men's bureaus and standing armies but ! two thousand millions, and will not the Whole states and communities of people ! The radical papers insist that Seywhtefa are essenfbl Io the maintenance of ,J . reaiiaea slinll le npi,iea to the navmrnt of this llcffal tender notes h inat U K. af nnr raee have been attainted a.ui I, :B .:i.i. i i .t,.:f.

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- - j - : ' it. t , sumiMvuvn ..s u uvn 1 '" sootn t but is is not tt.c restoration of the. south; not thc restoration of the uni,,n;' not the reestablishmeat of civil ?vcrn!ocnt. Read your telegraphic dispatches F f.i r. i 1 -rf .a enaall .--.a C mfm mm. mXmt. I i ' I ,t i . ' i A a ' I i I Ii I ' i I. T III II "1!''-! ' , . ,., ,,.,., r ;,;ur,!or. rtm, : .... fl .. 1 . IIP , . I . I, ilfllll.ll . coninit. I .1 . i . .,. . I ' I uisnaicnen io-.;v .an- von , cn ,rt . ' ... - . the military commander or that state de clines to recosnirc the validitv of the W- ;,.. t r . . . i ... nm out the democratic member?. Qeatlemen, do you see r.n danger here ? ,. ... When years ago, WO prcdieted this result. sndjnirned sgaiast tlie firs -tep in rcvolotiooary progress, the republicans laugh 1 1 rmr f..-. r. ! '. .1 .1 . 1 1 - wfipwuaaua aau iraitors; Applause. When Napoleon I

abfcor, whose foundation and sole purpose .sii tkl 7, , v , r 1 soon is practicable to pay , . 1 1 will the amount realised from taxes this Ith is debt? Three hnndrad n, i ii,:-t.-is the enfranchisement of the negro aod vpftr !u4 a c nlQ,vv , , , c ftUndred aijJ lnirll disfranchisement of the white aa T burden upon millions of bend, are held iu the treasury know lhv tll .Kat tliA wat. Af -.1 d. W " " "as departmeat a. security of the national

was called on young, unknown to his j farmer fears the tell which may ovarj countrymen, never having had command I before bis wheal reaches the

p . B regiment to quell a revolt of he sections, he did it effect nally. IB foor yean he was first eoaawl and master 1 of thc French people. Here, a grand party, through ihe general of our army, M mmit esurpatiou, which the ,lt n,ocralic M inimical to mM (,f republican governmeat, aad it proposes a safe and simple ft ns by which it may he asserted ; I now read fr on thc declaration of principles. " Immediate restoration of ail thc states 50 ic'r r',-hts in the union, under the ft-. . a r e institution, and of civil government to the I meriean people. "2. Amaesty lor all past political of fences, and tho regulation of the elective

tranenisc in the states by their citizens. -n .,, . .... rapidly as possibly into the bonds which The repablicaa party is the party of pay interest in gold. And why is this? corruption. Head the report of the com-1 19 there too much currency in thc eouumkeiouers of reveaae. Count the nuin-,ry? Is there a plethora of money ? Is ber of clerks who are seeking in vain to j peculation rife? No one will dare sffirm discover thc amount of speculation in the 0 much, and yet this work of contraction treasury department. (Jo to the war de - mX goes on, and value is coined lbs the , i r I i , , .... 1 .1. .. . .

n mnuuina nn-inv,-; n. a,k vrl.y the, wnr. mmmml t VUf. . . . J ' ' -uv f j mmm count lue public plwsssefats who arc confined there p I pbmwev It is the party of eatravaKanco the war party ended in Maw. Itte. M mf r ' - w iui tu' him tin ec years, irum .J UI V ) ' J Ik...:.... - - r t . 185 to July 1 1 88 the expenditure I the Moral government, independent ol

PLYMOUTH.

! . . . - 1 interest on the public debt, was eight Tha.a-.a. ti, ., ' nut area ana twenty millions ot dollars. ! I .r Z 'ZT u "r. , v, , r . . , , : J j w uuu uireaay nctn uiaae up to t!iem ; immense sales of gOTernm erty, consequent upon the close Wir, bM been made, and yet I three years the republican administration I PBded eight hundred and twenty . '0GS of dollars two hundred and tsei UliliiODS of dollars a rm j The old expense of the government of the United States for four years preceed - iin the war was just two hundred and ty-ix millions of dollars. These eight rad and twenty millions do not incl the interest on the public debt. If i . i ji-i .I.. . , , expeoannra or eacn oi I 1 .i ... three years will amount to at least owt hundred and thirty millions of dolwaoanted to h.nUred Let, ma ti , i . I UltJ v nuio oi iir. l'oli s administration mI cI"g Mexican war, were o93.M0,was $123,850,000. In one rear of recub- . 1 1 1 . 1 ""e eveiy sea aaa lanaou m erery harb ore porta. starvin jthe pnrrnn I lour years, is $117,570, I have said to you that the taxation of! 1866 amounted to 1050,000,000. I sm told that this year it will be less. Thesecuritics of the government arc not subject fn laaliAn 'I !.o il : .1.-1 ' 'wtrU iu me sccuri'ics reachei $2,500,000,000. All the pioperty, real end persons!, of evcrv r.,i',n,l : liiiMV n i . i BMi in ... , T . ' i i .wii. j i;i i , . i , . . . t ,',T ! 1 ', : .111 1 Li i-ki;. , . . . . T ' i u.nn ui Htu, J as s whole, the lasts on the manufactures ,.! t1.,. l ...l . ; .1 -,i

union with ! lwn administration, io time of peace, the , . f. . "V" I,slIl 15 10 l m- 1 hostile to no class or interest "sol tnemselvea into the old aad ever!

few that they w department spent $30,000,000 morel : , fo convert au in the country. I simply desire to be recurring straggle of a few men to absorb the rule. Tt than a four years democrat., edmiaistra-A T.a S !d,S' and a11 kh jM tothe bondholders-jast to the thepoUtieal power of the nation. .f.l.. ÜA. Jul in fir,. r nr.- 7 X . . V , . ... t 'lieS 0l tiiG BltOd SUtCS Uto pOOplc. I WOUld live UD. witll HfRnnlnn. TliiS effort. under OV,,V nnn..KU

1 tilt: govern- "IT 'j tkAuhniiif n M. l.t.A : II r ! i . .. . " 5--rw . j I

d federal cn. I J he navy department (or Fourycsrs.be , r- 1 : u',yillJ, l tno terms ot my contract . I ozme ana disgnwe, has always character-

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jo; have been the war, cost $62,010,000. Then and to extend th th "thi l interest ot the Bre-twen-1 in opponents of the democratic paroverrid !en bt our commerce was pro erous. or, r ships .7' i' i . i 11U rwi nn i1011 j ties " ?ol because the government has lJ but at no time has the attempt assumed

or. To-dav we hare no commcrmn ,- . , wv " Fawpai ana interest ot the ten-forties in J no aürersanes of free coo

ign flag cover. .11 the trade to oar sea TH 7 . " c . ,B" bea goverament has promised taona governmeot, in defiance cf the i debtedness nnder that avaim ln.u 1 j T ... . ... J

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gfo. want of oncunation, and ;el a. ' wgu leaner notes, be- mi.rj uespotism in ten i

estimates tor the uavv. for the current , ... .... . -jv.., ..... uUUu.iu.u..irt agreeu to receive i u...vu, uve tea irom tne

I I t -"vMi--i aJ Lf 1 ',1 aT 1-1 1 1 I V '-WVl4.3aLll'il ,l'l--irilIIIMflll',r.lTT''''-a.I'llII,f-l-: ' i t . t i . . i i LnrtnM I a... . -'7 r. r. ' -

, eiares there shall be one currency for the diminish somewhat the tatei on whisky, uboref and the offiee-hoMer, the pensionbat the amouat collected from either oflcriod the soldier, the freedmcn and the

uiuaesoarees would not materially change i lit" ii -iLicate. u i,v. 'ir-r. : n : . :...i-.y. the aggregate. Why, then, 1 ask again, w dihlenlty of mski.g the pay. inent is even creator than it eras then 100 ') l0" me payment ol taxes comes around, a neefrom every part of the country ; and it is ' t .... .. .1 uecau?e tue Da-mess ot the c uintrv isl f m ... i - m m m . - 4. . a. " I 11 ""e your workshops ; s a I, ... T ? " T ff : " . I, ,.1 IILIMII", 'f f I ft l 1 in ! If' . r. : is. t i . ' ' " ..vi .cma,3 Uli HIS nSflUS ül UaUoi

going to the market; it is because jour Five hundred millions of the first issue sare overloaded with abundaat stocks; of fire te-entiee are already, or will this t beeause energy and enterprise ere year be pay.bm at the option of the govparalysed, and capital remains inactive. ernment. Redeem these, also in legalAad why ball this? Because a repub- render notes. Where will these notes lieau administratioc iasUt- ia curuiling ! Ccme fromf asks some frieu4 Stop this the currency, disturbing all valae,, check-' eontraotlo at .he treasury department; mg all enterprise, throwing oat ofempli y-: nvene lt8 xn!:,j!o p,:CV! -vo , ...fw '

n r . f nil l.,l.. O'l. . I ... I. ! ... - caugni Hh Htrge stock on declining prices. , aket. 1 he manufacturer fears that thc prices of his raw material to-dav will be J-'afer than the price ol his mattufaeturad goods to-morrow, alid the capitalist will net take his money out of government bond- and invest it in booses or lands an 1 stocks, le.t the rents and dividends will not 3 ie Id h im simple interest. Is t: meantime, labor is without emploment. and poverty stalks through homes where comfort has always been before. Applause. In t Ii e meantime this work of contraction is steadily pushed. Look al every monthly report of the secretary of thc treaaary, you will Bed that every month the debt that bears interest in gold in increased ; you will find that every (bil iar which bears no interest at all, or which ! I.IntS llltlir.Bwf l.i .nrr.r .. 1 . iii,i,ir .., ,.r , .v.. ... . . ""S,.H" oitjou aim nones ami mu.-clcs (1 t ie labor - inr man T. 7 . . the rPJ" W0 ar saswereu by the ueciaration of thc repubI lican convention at Chicago, that the bondl ,, i. a , , . lOUSt ,e nail 111 irolll :u-r,, r, in.. in I.., Zlc :?C T?" " I'Biuirni manne neot ol

INDIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1868.

the bondholder is as sacred as the grave t VI a, 1: ot the soldier. ? 7. CU"er 10 i ; r; . . . " ... aer whicb tlie nve-tweuty bonds were sold. tion of the democratic convention in New ! York, which declares that where the obli-! gtions of the government do not express- i ly BUte upon their faee-of the law under I which they ware issued does aot nroridethat they shall be paid in coin, they ou,,bJ mi. ... 1 jo j in right and justice to be paid in the law - p a " ' ful money of tne United States , , , , f..cf.. lbs 'ÜQtry , , ,, , ' . , . x" ' J P ' S- in . H LT', ' pnblie nci'T "a. alleged to ho tn. reason of this wholesale confiscation. Is there no , . , menL nf fio , , . t, 14 BQd the . . ... . . - ccrraioiy win not Be. lhe u.tereit unon ' r ",at hum wiu oa iou,uw,JU m gold, and dm- i tmount is to be drawn annually I from the people of the country d 'your lives, and the lives of your est children, io order to carry nrina all young - CarrV Ollt tlie . . . . oocmas the renuhl'.can nart " 4 ihe democratic parts anon this ouesi , I " - wna vitn. 1 1 . 1 1 1 ü r. 1 1 n i:n rroinii.ni f u . II. ao.i . . .... r. . T ... ... - I i" BWI" 1J'at he twenty bondsshatl I9 P,d ,a Ies-wn, and until they be .... ,; . I 0f taxal 1 j - " j " n as all other nroi erfv. Tt il,. . . .... 11 ' bondholder. i . .1 . ..... bank circulation. Redeem ti ie very intaut you have the oiumi to do an with legal tender notes, and let then, supply thc rdace of the hank rumor Tkt. nlons, with very 3: j i - t E Aiim in. ...utt ry little inflation of the currenev and tthra . j ...,jr nuiLiviii iu luv taction, will reduce the debt aad save the . r 8. :.ic now cam as a bonus t.i t in I I . ..W 1 I uatii nal banks. the monev market: let it ho Lroi tl ll lirtu:.-. - are not held at the whim of any secretary, and trade will revive and become active. Investments will bo made cad these notes will flow into your treasury. Lei economy bo practiced ; let corruption be bauished; let the army be rea ted; the freedmca's bureau broken up; the impoverishment oi the south cease; and notes will be abundant. But, gentlemen, these measures will not e . simrov 1 n ,1 . .iL inr, f',, ,,ir i ... ...1.1 i - . j.j .j - .jnma. ,. -VJI, a. n UUIU oxpaud the currency ; I would correct thc evil.-: which have been produced by such extraordinary and unprecedented contraction. The busiaeas of the country has become adjusted to a larger volume of currency than wc now have. The demands 61 the south and west require a greater amount of currency. They aio beggars for money, and arc willing to pay from tea to twenty per cent. During the war, whew tho currency was at its largest aasewa , gold touched 290 per cent., and yet upon declaration ot peace, when the southern country impoverished aa it h id (cm, with 10,000,000 of people, who had been shut out from thc use of our currency, ready to strain every nerve to repair the wastes of war was opened to our . .... . . . : Kw 0,"f ' f'clioa ! ..r 1 Thc system of contraction WSS immediately commenced, and with a currency of at least two hundred millions less than it was thea, gold stands to day at I 11. Thc . , - .,f ..,,ri lU. a 1 w mmm ra mk nifi th u.iness of the

rt,,f T--.-,r, r 1. i ,-,.1 . i . . , , o . wu jvw. - i w'"un j ii s i aise c oils iruc lion o 1 u:e . i a. urm ent prop- I say that neither the spirit nor the letter I irAnti.mM . . .. . ... , , .. . . . .

of the of the law under which these bonds were Ltaf 7 V , ' aCniCCratlc "l" of our government, is the presort

in these , issued, nor good faith, nor pood morals. . Zj"lZJ T 7 CT 01 We i I . 01 tnot,e wUo wou,d nd "Pceae

nor exact justice to the bondholder re-' al, i uews ol heaven to . , . taiac iiie earnest opportu- j our time-honored institutions.

mil- nuire to that they should be naid in told TT "1C Muna man- v j - yv utr, nosuying im mum tiu say tbal the constitution enty They are .myrbleia leü tender : and in "U wloJ rcy vouchsafed to S ? "0 for e president of j mu.t Ic rcstured and the of the pco-

i.i.;, t j l .1 , ww vuiiureB oi Israel m the wilderness. w unweu states, ny the national demo-1 nie acain urevail. The -anneal to the

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country, i Uo uot believe it would be'debt.

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to expend the curi rcr;0 t0 lnat Pxnt, but if it should prove ! t0 be would not hesitate to restore , B carrency to tne amount at wbieh : stood win TT- rcduCed 8S30, 1 ' T Z, rT, b rcduc'cd f , 000 in annually, f aemim- would enable ST W!7t!l Pn, topayoff ;hc rcdtt0 of thc -tenties a3 they in atare, and thna ftn diminial in f...i n. L,,,, , e u nmnllnr. At 1MrAAal . uie currency were found i eßected, aDd M it woul. 000,0 w'ooo th.

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i acl)t üaa paid when the necojsity J opinion opon ail tho quootiona which ! for Urg, ,nms .Onone, 00 the psr. of the "--oioate ,0 great ooatonding p.! govarnment had paned .,whei t. have been Irce.y- o.pres.ed all kh lea were low. it eonld bo JeecMiona. and I do not Am i ......

' witho,,M?,A .r.,: i .... ... ... I wu uiu uisascer winch now attend it. ve teen rep,rcentod as inimical to the bondholders. Gentleman, mn .hall so- I would pay both fh,,,,, . i 7 i . vwv..., i.j, utLii., buu l wouiu not repadiate an honest bargain to make monev w lor the public creditor. If has been said thrt this policy will ; give us a depreciated currency. I think , nrt 1 laänlr n,-. I Ll. .i . vi MW,JttW a!? ifV.n i.i;.. :. s- .1.:. , , a.. .'uvno ia ia mis av utse i.tr.'e; . I J o 7 will the certaintv of its altimate re,?rmr. ...... . , o uvu mure vanxaois ; t iut again give to ' those notes the acknowtedged undoubted capacity to par

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( whws , tu f"y an puouc o,ii!j:ations ; nu :n,:,;.,.i;f..u. t :.. I " mJ 1.1 ;i:ue. I know the evils of a depreciated currency; Webster described them. T would not aid in depreciating our currency; I fought against it when it was proposed by the legal tender act; my warning was not heeded. ut since it has been accomplished since the debt was contracted in legal tender since it may be lawfully and j honest paid iu legal tender t am in favor 1 Ara.f u ta;i n I e i le, who have already Buffered all the evil, whatever goad may be extracted from the system. But, gentlemen, I detain you too long, I have sought to bring in close contrast the two parties and their respective priueiples. M Choeea ye between them." It is a struggle between law snd f ree; constitution and revolution ; or ijr and anarchy; purity aud corruption ; economy and extravagance: civil government, and whatever comes after its overthrow; intel lect, cultivation, experience, capacity for government, and but I forbear a? cheers ; cries, '; Go on, let it out" as I will not say one word in disparagement of the chosen leader of a great party ot my couutrymen. This is the supreme struggle for the mastery by these enduriug and opposing lor, 'es. Choose wisely between them Work earnestly for your choice, and on the day of the eleetioa in November the American people can be congratulated for the achievement of a victory for the constitution the achievement of a prosperity aad happiness which can only be secured by the enjoyment of liberty regulated by law, and of law inspired by the genius of virtuous liberty. Imu;cuc and prolonged ohearing.1 HI. A. o PacstmrsJ. Among thc most brilliant, convincing and eloquent speakers iu the favored state of Indiana, is the democratic candidate for reporter of tho supreme court, lion. M. A. O. Packard. We attended thc monster ratification meeting held at G ihen on the L'Oth inst., and had the pleasure of listening to one of Mr. Packard's most powerful efforts, and we unhesitatingly pronounce him a most effective stump or-1 ator. Our täte ticket is acknowledged by all parties, to be composed of the strongest material, and if Mr. P. is only I fair representative of the candidates, we shall confidently expect to chrouicle the largl ll democratic majority at tbo October election that Indiana has ever given. LsfSaier Naiiouml Banner. The democracy propose to abolish the nigger bureau, apply the milüon of "w . ia ll l 1 Pm. ..I , 1. - 1 noiwi iiw w i w smmj .darkeys tothe payment of the national

; Gen. Blair's Letter or Acceptance

The following is a copy of Gen. Blair's ! letter of acceptance of the democratic it nomination fur vice president. - crat,c on. recently held t the n CF W Ut I j nomination tendered in a manI Mr &ntlWg. d give you and the C0mUtw 7 th.k. for the very kind complimentary language in -,Mch yon j nave convevea to mp tli Iaib ci v T T I hrt OAnr Anfi.-.n ! 1 C 11 the eoarention. I liave carefully read ,1. . ... .... . L iV - wpieo nj tne convention -oci,ooot ,hoy ooooooeo. .t rt,?. . ' "J WJ tut?iu. na issue Upon Which the contest turn i : mUax on.J i cannot üc obscured or distorted by the sophistries of our adversaries. They all so open and daring a shape as in this constitu - gj. nave presi - dent the power vested ia htm by the sur J -i preme law. aad have deprived the sanreme r .. .... 1 - court of its jurisdiction. J MMU" I The right of trial by jury, and the great j writ of right the kabetu corpus those! oi.viio . . r t c ' 11 shields of safety for every citizen winch . Ii i , . , nave uesoenaeu to t ie neor, h of r he mto. " (States from the earliest tradiim rtf

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condemned snd deprived of their rights j God he is not liable to delirium treuiar.s," as citizens without presentment, trial or , says the .New Hampshire Patriot, witness, hat by eosngrossionsl enactmcat of I m ,. ., , . . 7 ,. ., , 1 l.o new tax bill vfovnes for wen ;var post facto laic, aad ID deLance of thc a. ,, ', ' , ' . . , ..... , . "Ve oew officer--, caÜcd Ftorc-kocrcrs, at constitutional prohibition, denying even , . fJAf,n , am r ' ' salaries of 93,000 each per year. This is to a lull and even congress the authority Li r , , . .t , .ft J the reform resolved oy the radical nationto pass any bill of attainder or cx pott facto I i 1 J al convention. rOSSS. The same umrpiug authority substitu- j Dievens calk Greeley a scarecrow and icd as electors, in plac- of men ot our frwa Greeley calls Btevens a blackleg. Torney race, thus illegally attainted and disfran-! dhl Cameron an old villain, tad CaalafM chised, a host of ignorant Degrees, who declares Forney is a rascal. Which noare supported in idleness with the public j body can deny.

money, and combined together to strip the 1 I whii r.,. c fi,.,;r i.;rii,nni., '

Sgemeut of the treedmea's bureau and thc-.by a ra(Jicai nCTvspapcr in Lancaster, bccmissaries of conspirators in other states; rfy. rcceut approval of thc fmsnand, to complete the oppression, the mili-l puok in the democratic platform.

tarv power ot the nation has boon placed at their disposal, in order to make this barbarism supreme, the military leader under whose. r.rosti-'O this nanrninop : r. , . , . ., . orre has t ikea reture since tho eonciem - aatioa of tlmir schemes by the free peop- ! pie of tlie north in tho elections of the I the last year, and they h ive selected as their candidate, toshioid themselves from the result of their wickedness and crime, has announced his acceptance of the nom. nation, aad ia his willingness to maintaia their usurpations over millions of white people at the south. fixed to the earth with his bayonet, ho exclaims, M Let us have peace ! " " Peace reigns in Warsaw" was the announcement v.hich heralded the doom of (he liberties of a nation. "The empire is peace ! " exclaimed oaaparte, when freedom and its fafeaders exjdred under the sharp edge of the swordTh peaes to whh h (irant invites us is the peace of despotism and death. Those who seek to restore the ooustitution by executiou the will of thc poo; le, condemning the reconstruct ioa avt.s, have already j ronoaaced the wish in the elect'mna ol last year, and will, I am convinced, still more emphatically express it by the '.election of the democratic candidate as presii ent of the United States, arc denounced as revolutionist! by the partisans of this vindictive cor.gre.-s. Negro luffirage, which the popular vote of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut and other states had condemned as expressly against thc letter of the constitution, must stand, because their senators and rcprescatativi -have willed it. If the people shall again condemn those measures by the election of the democratic candidate for president, they must uot bo disturbed, although decided to be unconstitutional by the supreme court, and the president is sworn to maintain and support the constitution, tho will of a fraction of a congress, reinforced with its partisan emissaries sent to the south and supported there by thc soldiery, 'iust j . i . ... , , siami against the will ot the people, ana the decision of the supreme court, and the 1 80lemn oath of the president to nuppoft

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- the constitution. It is revolutionary to execute the will of the people ; it is revo- ' Iutionarv in the .resident to keen inviolate his oath to sustain the constitution. j peaceful ballot to attain this end is not r( VO,utlonThey ahne make war and revolution, who attempt to u rest this quiet moaW putting eaid wily despotism and the n,nrpations of a fragment -lac- ess l r pwrex uiw um newga . a ... system of reraJated liberty left as lv our fathers. This must be allowed to take it course. Thi? ia the only road to peace. It will eoaw rith th elaetioa of ta daorati eaod.da.o. aod no. with .he olcctio. of - W warrior .ho. l.jonu. uro now ,1,. .h,. ,.f ..11?, r ....... Li- t. a- ,. . , . 1 , kic 1111 S,JUI, t coujT-ei mem 10 &up- ! nort him fis Kandidat fr,r tho t.rr.si.lnpc I Ad to tumiit to the determiDation of j en alien race of semi-baibariou - men. No perversion of truth or audacity of mi-representation can exceed that v.hich hftUl this candidate in arms as an angel of peace. I am, very respectfully, y:-ur obedient servant. FRANK 1 BLAIR. B1SCELLÄSY. Radicals areeo d.'j'jint in arithiaetic 1 that in adding up the states they djn't know how to carry one. Iliram I lyases, alias Ilsrara Simpson,

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j avoid the bevmour draft. u -i . m i The presidential eleetioa will he a . u i j a.- . contest between miadaad matter, ia wh.cU I. ... . , bnuas will beat Great and that s what a thc mcr. Benevolenee and Ben ruter are not BnvBj .nous inc ueuniuon ci tne lormer is to give, and thc character of thc latter Mr. Thaddens Steven-' chance for a I re-nomination is declared to be worth is i ne armv pay-roii ior juiick oieu up thc snug little sum of sixteen millions, or at the rate of one hundred and ninety-two ' millions a yc;-r. VTct Grant wants the pay i J 1 J ot army odicers increased thirty-three per cent. That is retrenchment according to tlie radical idea. : The New Fork republican committee j have adopted a resolution shanking Ihe i democracy for tho nomination of Seymour and l.lair. A man was hanged ia North Carolina the other day who thanked the sheriff for adjusting the nccse and cap SS nicely. Judge Poland, re pubh cwof Term nut, has resigned his plane r,n the hou?e committee of elections, on account of hU c nvietioa that after the admission of MeK I, the Kentucky sneak, over Ji ha r nng, the lawful member, "enough hooe4y den t exist among them t make association endurable.'' A large and enthusiastic meeting of Israelites was held in Memphis. Tcnn., on the evening of July 15. Stirrring o eechea were made an 1 a strorg reeolutions adopted denouncing Great and his infsSSCUl order. Thc proceedings indi cate that the .lews of Mi n hts( st least, nrc a unit against the radical standard bearer. John P. Hale, radical, in 18 2 ?a;d more money was stolen in ( ne year under repubUeau rule than duriag the whale term of ox-president BeehaeaaS administration, l.utler had been iusl one year ia the radical ranks then, an 1 riacc hi-s adhesion it is more than a I BOS thai thc stealings have been do ab led crcry year. On Monday the Duited States house of representatives, by Mint j arty voto rejected Xiblack's amendment t the tax bill which proposed to subject the bonds to Mate and municipal taxation to the same extent as money. The vote stood v to 85i Kvery democratic member voted in favor ot taxiug the bonds, and every radical voted against it Let it be recorded.

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