Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 14, Number 9, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 October 1868 — Page 1

PLYMOUTH WEEKLY DEMOCRAT.

VOLUME 14. PLYMOUTH. INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, L868. NUMBER 9.

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m. AT Buffalo, X. I, Oct. 22, 1868. Fellow Citizens The first words uttered by the republican convention, in their resolutions congratulating the country upon the success of their scheme of reconstruction ; the last words uttered by their presses and their speakers declare that reconstruction is a failure ; that the south is still in a condition of rebellion ; j that its focial disorders demand the presence of great armies ; and that the first duty of cengress. when it meets, will be to turn the reconstructed Georgia out of the union again. Applause. At the outset of thiscauvass the repubi: , .,,.,- ncl- tr. hi continued in DOW- ' v i ii i t er upon the ground that it had governe 1 . r 51 I the country for the past four years widely ., i i ji..ri,i,rn and well : and thev demanded a popular ap- , ' . . ,. at . r.n a; i proval ot their policy. Alter a full che-I cushion ol three moutr. toucuwg iu dom, the integrity, of the policy of the government with regard to the reconstruction and finance, it is to be found that order has not bceu restored at the south ; that the burdens of debt have not been lightened, or the evils of oppressive taxation hove not been lifted off fro the labor aud industry of the country as thrj should hive been. Driven from their first ground, and feeling that the people of the country were unwilling to approve their acts, they now try to hold power by makiug the people believe, net that they have lone well, but that the democratic party would do worse if they succeeded at this time. To prove thK they vt that the success of the democratic ticket will involvo the country again iu civil war. TbV feel that nothing hti of c; vil war woud be Worse They have declared that the democratic ttomiuecs ar ready to overthrow their legislation by force. To make the charge sttll mox aramnc, , I am to be scut to my final account by the - liands of my political supporters, and Geo. ... 1 Blair is then to trample beneath his teet .11 I the reconstructi. u laws as raiBicwij as., C en. Meade stamps them out of hi? military orders, with the concurrence ol this same rcpnpuna pui. i- j

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..... j i.i l.;lif.(iiiint I !ril! I snail De li'l''!U l' ... , i . i i ( '(j-Un! kinder and more cliantabie tntuuai man r. . , i inv rnt.nl, l'lli I . 1 i 1 . 1 f ' . ' t t ' T , ) f M 1 TO uC . , . . . . i.i .,j 11 ine uemutidi.t utci i3 uiv. -., .... . ... I Ueu. Uluir should reach the presidential - , . . 11 .1 . 1? chair, how would the ease staud lie ... j l u Wftll ' Vi nr,nfriinfU IlV a republican Sen- : j 1 I ate, by a house of representative full of generals, by the army of the United States, flanked by the loyal leagues aud by the grand armies of the republic, uuder the -ommand of their own candidate for the presidency, whom they declare to be the first captain of the age. And yet we are gravely told that, standing aione, by congressional restraints, he can crush j out all this power, and plunge the country ; ihto civil war. If this be true, theu Gen. BWr is either the Beet vigorous man who has lived iu the history of the world, or I . 1 r I ... . 1 1 1.1..J repuoucan senai.r, memue ut w-s,. and consmnnders of armies are the BOM imbecile men who ever disgraced public positions. Now, I admit there is a fear in the minds of the republican leaders ; b it it is not this absurd fear. It is the dread that the public mind, having been turned to its political and financial policy, is reaching conclusions that will sweep them from political power. Therefore they seek to change the issues ; therefore they have changed their front in this contest. We are admonished it is a dangerous thing to change front on the eve of battle. I propose, in the course of the canvass, on occasions like this, to discuss the policy and conduct of the men in power. Tonight I must confine myself to a few poiuts. Elsewhere, I shall speak of other wrongs and errors. TThen this war ended, nearly four years ago, it left the southern states discouraged and impoverished. The duty of restoring peace and prosperity to that section, and puttiog it into condition where it could add to the national prosperity and aid to bear its burdens, fell upon the republican party. The difficulties of the task were increased by the facts that its population was composed of two distinct races, one of which had been held in slavery, and was now onddooly, untutored as they were, to act a part in our social and political system I do not wish to underrate the difficulties with which they had to contend ; but the magnitude of theae difficulties demanded that they should enter upon the task in a wimm aed thoughtful way. Armies alone cannot bring back prosperity, or a due ense of tho value of order, to a community. They can only restrain tiolence. The healing measures of the statesman must work the core. The two great objocts to lie kept in view were, to give all classes tlttt prosperity which tends to make men desire peace, which gives them hope, and

in the end, a stake in the good order ofldebt, but our currency wat sectionaliced. society. Despair ever makes disorder. While the state of Massachusetts, with Another great object and end was to lift about 1,100,000 inhabitants, has about

I the African as far and as fait as could wisely be done. Humanity dictated this. The interest of the white population of the south demanded it, as the two races were to live upon tkf same soil. The common interest called for harmony of purpose an 1 of fse ling. Under this state of facts, wise men would seek the aid of the fciost intelligent and influential men ot that section of country, taking care to guard against any! influences springing from their prejudices. Have these obvious truthi been regarded by the men in power? Had not recon structiou failed because they disregarded them? The first step toward restoring order and producing harmony between the races was in all ways to minister to the prosperity of that section, which prosperity would b shared alike by the white man and the negro. The induiiry of the south should be made profitable. Unless v the employer made a prent on his cotton, v J r he could not pay the laborers, railing to r J do this, disaster brought not only poverty, J 1 True statesmanship, then, would hate stretched out a helping band j but what i . - . . , , i was the first at t of tho men in power : It . was to put a monstrous export tax of six cents a pound upon the cotton raised by the labor of the Dcgro uptn the plautatiou ! r 1 !. r-. f . . j or tne wnite. struggling witu tne cvus of poverty, with the diffieulties of their

new pos.tums and relationslnps, the first 1 feeb'e eft ort, of their people to gain the L means ol livelihood were blasted by an un- i J j 1 wiee selfi-h and viudictive act. 1 say un-! ' . 1 in wise because it ha had much to do with)

e failure ol the republicans to restore ; Jer iu the south: The negro, cxaspor- ! ;d by the failure of his ruined employer, 1 - . I rru HIT oruer ate became hostile to him. The employer, losine the little credit that he had before in the north, renewed his efforts under btill greater dif5cultie.s than before. I say it was m1$oIi act, because it was done in the iuterest of the eastern manufacturer, already rich from the fruits of tho war, and protected bv enormous tariff?. This ,ax WBtj p0Uhd Upon all cotton CXp0rtcj simply imposed that he aiignt buy it for a price six cents lp.ss tban ;t wis worth in the markets of the . . M I say it was a vindictive act, for if Wor,i V'u win reau me ueoaiesia congress wucu this tax was levied to cover the 6elfish in1 .1 . .1 l - 1 ler -si mac prompten u, you will ddq - - - i .nl ,t er I , wcst.u states nQ Vutej against the iu- i ,. , . . , i fnrncfj , (liAit iJwn-fHa i t - . . f . . ... , . , , grouua inai il was to oe lmiioseu upon me ; , ' . , , 1 .oun as a penalty. And thu3 we God, , ... . ... - . . that the black and white man of t.ie south ! ... . , . , K-or olil-n etnr.rMi ll.rt ninröt Vilno ..f ... ..... 1 . . . . - i l in ... - i ...... 1 flioir ftrnr.ln nrndiwt nndrr oircnnii'aiipp , ., .. OJ sucn great ciiincuity mat tney were hindered, and not helped, on tho road to prosperity, by the men in power. I might go on and .how how, in addition to this wrong, they were trampled upon by military despotisms ; how they pheed under the unrestrained power uf va,,rarit 1QeDj wbo gaincd wealth and p0ö;tiüUS by miuisleriDg to tho pas gf t,,e puLHc anJ kcepiDg aUve dis. yrJcr mQn UQW jB thc Moat( f tLe rj. gtat without constitud t;c seDators üf New Yürk, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois aud Indiana, gained Lheir powor over the south and over us because they miaistercd to passion in the north and stirred up iu the south. No fair-minded, thoughtful republican will calmly sit down aud lu .k over this action, and not feel that the policy of his party has been unwise and hurtiul. During the progress of the war, another national difficulty grew up, which excited alarm in tho minds of thoughtful men. It was found as our debt rolled up its gi sat volume, that the government bonds were taken in the northern Atlantic states, and our union was thus resolved into debtor and creditor states. . This is a perilous relationship. It could not well be avoided; but the evil might have beou mitigated, if there had been a wise and economical administration. But the men in power saw fit to have it otherwise. They drove out of existence, by heavy taxation, the currency of all state banks. They thus graspod the exclusive power of issuing paper money. They gave to the holders of government bonds the privilege of issuing bank bills uuder what is kuown as a national bauking system. This was a privilege of enormouo value. I will not stop now to discuss the wisdom of that system. As governor of this state I - vetoed a law authorizing our baako to organize under that system, because I saw, M far back " 1863' that U inaPeriled the future harmony of our union. The point to whieh I wish to call your attention is the unwise and unjust manner in which this great privilege was distributed. Wise men would look to see how it could be given out so as to minister to the general prosperity of our country. But, regardless ot all this, this great monopoly was given to the first comers. They were mainly from the old and rich states. which had been enabled to take up the government bonds. Thus not only our

1 57.000,000 of this currency, the state of

j Illinois, with about twice that population, ' has less than 81.0,000,000. In the state of Rhode Island they have about $40 to j each inhabitant; while in Illinois, Michi - gau, Wisconsin, and other western states, thty have only about $8. If so much currency is good for Massacbuset:, why is it not a good thing out west ? But the injustiee of this distribution j was the least of the evils which grew out of this lack of foresight and statesmanship. It is no answer to say in justification of this inequality, that the west had as good a chance to get this privilege first as the other states. It was not a matter to leave to chance. The western states were not then in a condition to secure this currency, for the very reason that they most needed it. If the rule of proportion was to be disregarded, it should have been done in favor ol the very states that now have the smallest share. It was the duty of wise statesmanship to see that the cur rency was given where it would be of the greatest service to the public. It may be " , ' m . i r bonds, how would they avail themselves of .. ... . r . , , , this privilege. If this action had been aolrpri it tliA vac. TCoa mat mhla tn taUii

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r $ , bee to the state of Illinois and 9.000.000 had . OOO H given to the state of Massachusetts, which would be much more fair than the j nrespnt . di.trihurion tY tuinnlA .f TIIIiiam I bauks I rf y , , , ... . . , ork would gladly nave established banks j , . . L e . . ; these states, for the sake ol the advauta- . , v . ... , , ß eyi) to whieh J ml ca atteuÜ0Q . iu CODsi.JeratioQ of ih m o - gmueu. .iuw mis wuuju not DniF aire state should have less than its due share. The people of the northern Atlantic state?, who hold about two-thirds of all this currency, do not need this amount for

,1 ; 1 m , ..'ins neaitny enterprises 01 preat ana crow-' thiir business purposes. Their modes of 1 . J r " 1 . -i..:..,. . it; ; ing communities. This error of our rulers

vuuuuviuiE uu3ium uo uui require IU1S c ... n . . . .i lonu ot credit, i ormerly the bauks of the c x- a- 1 i-1 . 1 1 vaaj v. ..v.fT xuit uiu rut utt tu iL n Ul ill while to Lue notes for circulation. We I now sec that, at certaiu seasons of the j i vear. thev fend eurrenev ta th west tn IT r ... .... . bring loi warU the crops. V lun it is not ,' , , ... . . needed lor iiicse iiurnoscs u is aecnmn atcd in vast sums in the cities of New York. Hoston and Philadelphia, where, as it is x ' 1 . . . - not naincu ior regular ousines nurnoses. it is used to promote unhealthy and de- ,. . , . ,r moralizing speculations. It we turn our , attention to the great agricultural states , .,,., 1 of the west, we und that they do net need . ' . . , currency in their business transactions, , , ' , ., and that ihey suffer great evus and losses ,. nil 1 . irinr fr if v ii r iu iinnr I I U1U ' 1 I J i, V. IV. ' ' I r . . . .J J goiug on lover ad ot loose great regions : it is ? It necessary for the welfare of our country, and for the health nud comfort of our people, that the wheat. Dorn, besf, and pork of the west should be sent to market, not only to feed our people, but, by its sale in foreign lands, to pay the interest cn our debts, and for the articles we purcha.se abroad. It is the great financial ,. I this. The ... . which is necessity of our country to do west's commercial paper is that made for this object. It is payable able at ttie commercial counters at short date! It has not only an acceptor at the east, but is for- ! tilted by a billot sale of the very property which is bought by irs proceeds. Why is it that this paper made for purposes so esseutial and meritorious, amply secured, nml iMwtna nVti-i-.t if .cariT fa.atnrA wf.!rli i 0 . J . I should command credit commands the I monstrous interest ot 10 or 12 per cent? This is a very grave question, affecting the welfare of every citizen of our land. There is a great vrrong here at the very basis of the business, property, and personal comfort of the citizens of these United States When the western dealer in produce goes to the bankers of Chi OO go, Milwaukee, Toledo. )v other commercial cities of the west, aud offers a draft payable in au eastern eity, of undoubted credit, to get thc currency to buy the wheat, beef, pork, or wool of the western farmer, he is charged this monstrous interest , and, when he objects that it is ruinous and unjust, he in told that the banker can do no better; that he has no currency of his own ; that he cannot get it for himself; that the whole volume authorized by congress has been taken up, mainly in the eastern states; that in order to get this currency the banker must go cant and borrow it, and that he must pay an interest for its use ; and another interest as compensation for himself. Then says the borrower, " I find that I must pay interest to two bankers.'' Is it right that Rhode Island, Massachusetts, or New York should have the share of currency whieh belongs to our western states ? Are not wo, the citixens of the west, forced to pay th?se eastern states interest upon the currency which rightfully belongs to us ? If 1 must pay you, the banker of the west, and the bunker of the east, 10 0: 12 per cent, interest, when I ought to pay but one-half that amount, I must take it out of the price which 1 p y the farmer for his produce. Now, all this is true, and hero is a great wrong, which tends to produce ill feeling

between the states, a jealousy ot the creditor states, and a sense of injur which haims the national credit. This unwise distribution of the currency lies at the foundation of the feeling in certain sections of our country against the bond-

holders. It is no unusual thing to see it , stated, in the papers of Chicago and other western cities, that the grain marPet is choked for the want of that currency which rightfully belongs to that section. Not only is the farmer thus paid a lower price fjr his produca, but the carriers upon our lakes and canala, and the whole com-! merce of our country, internal and foreign, are injured by this lack of foreaighton the part of our rulers.. Applause. But the evil does not stop here. When the currency has been used to place the agricultural products in the markets of the east, and is no longer needed fur those purposes, it piles up to vast volumes in the cities of New York and Boston. During the winter mouths, tbo who hold it are impatient to have it j rofiubly employed. j Tbö invite borrs l purposes that end in these wild and demoralizing speculations that have done so much to corrupt the moral, and destroy the habits J 1 i Plo truly prosperoas. Not unfrequently it ; j y . uuliC4ueuuy IL is used aain to bnv un aain the beef u eu aam 10 cu u? ad,n ine Dcer' pork, flour, and grain ia the hands of easttd holde,, ..a iu th. warehouse of our WTciHnUe,, mum pni up "er 9 I . V , ,1 II .1

1 "fe141" ""e V1, w 1,000 more votes in November than they tOObaniO, aftd the Consumer Of theljIJ :n Oefnhr ThftmP r.tin nf in.

east-in this way checking the exFectation abroad, and destroying the commerce of our lands, ftjheers.l Now. if, bv wise L J 1 ' " statesmanship, uudcr ;his same national "- wu bankina system, care had been taken to . pce this stpittl where it was r.esded, the ban which would have been given to the western states would never have remained 11. 1 1 1 1 . 1 o ' Ul " uum "ac uu "P"'J Iur i i 1 1 , j hurtml purposes. I here would always have been use for that capital there, which w t,JUUJ I"P""y auTaai . , is attended with another reat evil, p . . J hero was no provision made for the COll t 1 1 ' ti.l ( ".) t ' r M in rain!rn llini. r tm I . i.i.i , hu iijh, in in u iu icuitu men oiv.'-' . 7 r penty, so that its 1 eopie miht aid in adr . 1 r B vaccing the prosperity of our laud. It is 0 1 1 J for our interest a eU as theirs, that their pursuits should again be prosperous. We fiud that this error in the distribution of our c urreucy is cursing our busiucss . u, ... r:... i t.i wiw uuimviu nies m inwresn n itwu . ... . . y fc , , produce: injures our career, and harms f , . . . . K.Afh rillt .1 . , . .. nrl i . , t m m . j r r , i ..... This great, flagrant, national evil should have been corrected ; but it has not even received the attention of thc party in power. Cheers. There are other great wrongs to which I will briefly allude, and which I will discuss more at length on other occasions. We say that taxation should be erjual upon every species of property, according to its real valie. The republicans say so, too. They declare, in their fourth resolution, That it is due to the labor ot the nation that taxation should be equalized." With this deeiara'ion upon their lips, will they , , , ! tell us why they made it uneoual : Willi , 1 they tell why, for four vears, thev have al- . ... . . . . . lowcu uns couceoeu injustice to remain . . , .. , , , ,, , . lhey vharge upon us that we arc iu ta vor of repudiation. Have those who make this charge frankly said how they meant to deal with the public creditor ? We have said that, when tho agreement was that I tel.. , , , . . , . , , , , . , , Htiouiu uo aiu in goio, uc snouiu nave ii , and, when thc contract did uot.defiue in what he should Le paid, he should be giveu a monow as good as that which we use for the sacred purposes of paying our pensions and rewarding the toil of the laborer. We have sought to place the claims ol the public creditor among the sacred things ol a nation's faith. Cheers. We have tried to maintain a policy of security which should make this debt sure, and of wistiom which should put the nation's credit so high in tho markets of the world that the public creditor, the public pensioner, and he who toila for thc public good in the workshops or in thc field, should all be paid in a curreucy mate good by a wise and honorable conduct of public affairs. Applause. 4IdreNS from the Democratic State Committee. Rooms of the Democratic State Central Committee, Indianapolis, Ind., Oct 20, 1(W. To the foüri of Indiana : The democratic state central committee congratu'ate the democratic and conservative voters of Indiana on the noble struggle they have made for the vindication aud njaintenaoce of sound principles and a just policy in the administration of the government at the election held en the 13th instant. At the state election iu 1864 tho republican caudidata for governor was elected by 20,883 majority. In 1866 the republican candidate for secretary of state was elected Ly a majority of 14,202. In 186S, notwithstanding the congressional aud state official patronage and influence were arrayed against the democracy, the

republican majority of two yearr ago on i tional liberty must not lookback. The) The radicals of Pennsylvania and the tbo state ticket has been reduced nearly ljKht breaks before us I With energy, ef-, western states have placed another plaol 14,000, almost enough to overcome it. and I fort and zeal, we cannot fail to win. The t i a their platform. It is to proscribe the five congressmen a gain of two have 'issues have been made up. The time for i vote of naturalized citizens. In their desbeen elected over the infamous gerryman- ! argument has passed by. It it now for potic policy to control our country, the j derine of the last legislature. In thct ap- the people to work. Maintain your or-, gave the suffrage to the negro raee of the ponionment only one congressman was ganizations intact. Give tbo neit two southern states, and have exiled white la-, conceded to the democracy, but in four weeks to the cause. Use every meaus to nor. Tliey boldly proclaim that their la wo other districts, arranged by the party in ! prevent frauds. Bring out every auti-j and policy shall protect the negro and op-

j power t0 secure th success of republican ! candidates. th.y triumphed over the Wrong an(j the majorities arrayed against them. D saries confidently predicted they would j carry tne gtate iy 20,000, but they have been defeated in their calcultatious nearly 34,000 votes, and, to use the languags of our state constitution if " a frpp and fair election" had been had the democratic state ticket would have been elected. At the state election in October, Oliver P. Morton, the rormhliean e.ndi. datQ for Jfjf haJ gfo mqafcj. ! At tU presidentiel election following. Mr. LincoIn had 20,189 majority. The same gain thi year upon the aregatö vote ba. 8 Itweeu the state and rwidential elections j wi secure t!ie success ol" the democratic ' residentia I candidate3 in Ind,ana r . . . .1 1 In tJliin t h ft 1 1 fm nfl raer . at tna elect. on ' , C ' f , ! held on the 13th, gained between ten and cr. iL j 1 1 fifteen thousand votes on the state ticket, while tho have beea UDable t0 maiulain their streD!;th of f ;mn a0. ; In 18C4f thc Jun.ocrap of tho .tat 0,ied ( crease wruld givs that tQ geymour I d m Novenjber. t r . . , Iu rennsylvania, the oeuiocracy were u 1 u 11 1 u t beaten by a small majority, which can be 1 n . -j , , 1 ctipnj ueruoLue ui iu.e prebiuenuai eiec- " 1q p ; demöcr ennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, the i democracy hate reduced the republican r I majorities of 1864 to an almost nominal Uümhe over U appIiance3 M the . , f h - aJversaries. There is abundant evidence that they hav only securea success ijy irauuu.cnt agencies. 1 1 r 1 1 i Corruption funds to a large amount were placed at the control of the radical managers in each of those states, and they were 1 i. 11 if . I'll lavislily used. oters were colonized bv ., J: , . them from the surrounding states, where 1 , . no elections were held, aud many were, ! doubt? votc Iu Iuaoy localit;es )arge uumber3 were dUfraoekwed. In this city, L ..;f r-11- Qr.n 4..: Ä ters we.e j)revented from casting their baln. . . f .., tn ,,.,T iu pvnw mo irevwii i tucihties for voting, with a fulVknowledge ... , , , , ., .... that such would be the ea?c. Wherever -he enemy had the control ot the ballot box, every impediment was placed in the way of a free vote of thc democratic voters. In several radical counties the vote of democratic precincts have been throwu out, and in others the radical inspectors, in defiance of law, took home with them the ballot-boxes ou the day of election, and the ro3ult was, largely increased radical majorities. With these facts before them, there is uo cause for discouragement to the opponents of radicalism in Iudiaua. They made the fight 011 principlo, aud to free ., .. . , the country irom the oppressions b , , upon it by radical misrule, corrupt; ,, . ... brought ion and extravagance, ins cause 111 Tt inen wc are , . . , , . , .. engaged is just as sacred and just as obhgatory as when the glorious old democratic banuer was unfurled ou the 8th tf January last. The same motives that im- ! pellcd those who desired a change in the ! direction of public -ffairs for the public 1 good, and to reMore the government to . .... tne purity, simplicity, and economy that prevailed until the radicals succeeded in j gaining control of it, now exist. If all ! has not been accomplMied that was ex pected, no true man should now falter iu the discharge of his duty, or relax an effort to wrest tho government trom the hands of ihe Jacobins aud spoilers who have fastened upon the country an enormous debt, and added six-fold to the burdens of the industry of thc nation. Oae of the most powerful auxiliaries in the canvass of this year has been the orßamsatldn known as the White lio)'S iu lllue. During the w:ir they fought to maintain the union and the constitution, and when armed rebellion was overcome, they returned home to maintain the principles that called them to the field . The committee cordially request thoso gallant men to continue their organization, and the same efficient work which distinguished them during the contest preceding the state election, True soldiers will uot falter if oue effort to carry th; enemy 's woi ks has uot been wholly successful. On the 3d of July last the democracy and the conservative soldiers aud sailors of th nation met in convention in New York, and iuscribod upon their banuer the names of Seymour aud Blair as their standard bearers iu the great political contest of this year, aud that banner will float until thc presidential election ends in victory or defeat. Democrats ef ludiana! True union men 1 Every freeman who desires to maintain and pieservoour matchless chart of goverouieut ! March on prees forward ! Those who have taken hold of thc great struggle to uphold eonstitu-

i radical to the polls, and eease no effort for I success until the polls close on the 3d day I of November. This doDe, with the hope

' and courage that should insmre averv mau ! wo his country and the glorious ini stitutions established by its patriotic foundthe SUQ r"l5'3 on the 4th of No member upon a country redeemed from radical misrule By order of the committee. J. J. BlNQ ham, Secretary. Adds-ess from 1"jc Tammany Venera! Committee. The democracy of the city of New York. , represented in the Tammany hall srencral . . ' . r i rm ' t r no rnmrra n 'da Ihr i mrir-rncu nt i ' . , , .1 l ecn?) ivauia ana the wesct-rn states upon the ppirit and indomitable sucrtry evinced ' by tli6m ic thcir recent C0LteJt which are but the preliminary skirmishes to the 1 1 1 1. t. r ii UdUUU41 üaiUÖ -lü ÜC ,ÜUU i t ur emmtnliti thmm imam thP mil vantages won. Thosa advantages would , . , UUUaiLUiU KJ k 'tl. V VV'l pw.v,. vc.. lated by millions, collected, not only from the placemen and office-holders of the radical congress, but also from the combina tion who have been depreciating the revenues of the governmeat by illicit manufactures. Even the corruption-fund would not have resulted in preventing the preliniiuarv triumphs of the democraev in ; peuB8VlTmQU if it liad not been for the arbitrary aeü of radical inspectors, in direct disobedieu:e of the courts, and in violation of llie constitatioi and laws of the United States, in refusing to receive the votes of our naturalized fellow-citizens. The votes of the natura ized citizen who were denied the right of suffrage in Pennsylvania becavse they intended to vote with us, would have been more thaa enough to have given us victory at the late election. W'c are glad to bear that our friends there bTO determined that the votes of our adopted citizens shall be received at the 2ommg election. But the corruptioi -trcaaury of the enemy cannot airaiu be successfully used under the vigilance of the democracy. The colonizers sent by the radical committee of this state must remain here to coutest, though in a futile effort, the Empire state. Thc gallant democracy of Philadelphia have redeemed the if city from radical despotism ; aud we receive with confidence the dispatehei that, with a lair election and pure ballot, which they are likely to have, they will be victorious, by a largely increased majority, iu the decisive battle of next mouth. Our brethern iu Ohio have couteoded against the heavy majorities of fanaticism aud radicalism. They have struggled gallautly. They have fought au Inmost light. The votes which were cast by them weft their owo. Thc unscrupulous cucmy filled the northern counties of Ohio with carpetbaggers and colonizers from the Enoughs! is of radicalism of adjoining states. Thousands' ol negroes voted in violation ot law and the overwhelming decision of the people in the election of lat year. But the democracy have made wonderful gains. Victory in Indiana was almost withiu our grasp. By fraudulent canvassing our f-es gain the stale, but by less than 1,000 majority. Our brethren there send us word that the democracy of Indiana will give au increased vote next month. Iudiaua has virtually rcpudh id the radical candidate on the national ticket. Democrats of New York ! In our state the couto.t of the democracy is, for the majorities we will give our great chieflaiu and statesman, Horatio Seymour, aud the gallant soldier of thc west, (Jen. l?rat.k '. Blair. The radicals are already alarmed at thc determination auu vigor of the detBOCracj ofjPenneylvanla, and the great west, appreciate that thc great decisive battle u not yet won. The democracy of 'he Empire state, proud of her great statesman, Horatio Seymour, are uo less proud of her gallant sol dier of thc west, who, by nie energy aud bravery, saved his state from rebel lien, and foujtht at the head of his eorpein the battles of the eon tn west, and in all those upou the great march M from tho mountains to thc sea." Tbe radicals, OOBtClOOO of the unrelaxed vigor of the democracy iu Pennsylvania and the west, aud thcir own rapidly-decreasing vote, endeavor to inspire thcir wavering ranks, and to demoralize the ad vancing democratic columns by silly Itortes of divided columns. We are united. Wo believe ia our cause. It is the cause of constitutional liberty, of personal rights, of a fraternity of states, of an ecouomical goverumeut, ui the financial credit of the nation, of one currency for all men, rich and poor of the political supremacy of the white raee, and tho protection of white labor.

, press the naturalized citizen. Their next step will be to bring the southern negro north to vote dowu and CDmpete against

i the laborer. Rally, then, for our national chieftain and our national policy ! Kally also tor John T. Hoffman, tho friend of the poor, the sympathizer with the naturalized citizen, and the foe to municipal oppression in the form of odiouf excise aud all ether inquisitorial laws. John A. Griswold. the millionaire, if the radical candidate for governor. Edwic D. Morgan, another millionaire, is the radical can Ii Itfte for senator. The namot i . lot taverai other millionaires are liionaires are on theii ticket. Their money in poured out witb the profusion of water, in order to subfi dize the electors. Is not the pending contest pre-eoiiuent ly one of capital against labor, of wooej against popular rights, and of politic power against the struggling interests c the masses ? Only two weeks for contest remains Let, therefore, every friend to constitu tional 1 'ghts, every sympathiser with thi struggling white laborer, every ally of fail j play t j the naturalized citizen, and ever foe to municipal oppression, relax no ef fort to secure a tremendous majority foi our electoral ticket, representing the hon ored uamcs of the patriotic statesman, Sey ü-ioüT, ad the galliot soldier, Blair, head led by Slocum, the veteran leader of Sher man's forces j and the state ticket bearing the name of our fellow-citizen and univer sal favorite, J0I10 T. Hoffman. TI:e Tivo Candidates. The senior radical newspaper of thi city institutes a comparison of Seymon aud G rant. Iu comparing the two candi d :tes, one finds more contrasts than re semblances. Let us see. Grant never achieved an act worthy c note, uutil long after the breaking out 0 the war. Seymour filled a score ef honoi alle positions before the war began. H has beeu governor of the proudest state i the union, and he has repeatedly filled po sitious of trust and honor, to which he wa called by the people among whom he res: Jed. In this earlier period in the lives of th two meu, there h the broadest possibl contrast. Seymour was a statesman. Grat j wts vvliat r .Let tboe answer who at -'amiliar with the reasons of his leaving th en ice. with the l.fe of the wood-peddlt of St. Louis, aud the eventful career of tb Galena tauuer. One of these men durin all this time, was respeoted aud honored the other was unknown, save that it wi more than hinted that this period of h life was not wholly free from occurreoc whose character we leave to be inferre from a no less authority than Wende Thill ips, who to-day has more brains, hoi cty, and fearlessness than any other t men to the radical party. Let us admit that, during the war, Grai achieved all that he is said to haveachie od by hia warmest admirers. We will n ijuc te The Chicago Ti ilune and The Cor. mcrcud of Cincinnati, to prove him incoc petent, intemperate, and uutrustworth We will not ai-scrt that he utver won victory save where he outnumbeied tl euemy two or three to one. We will n say that his victoiies were the most cist aud bloody kuown to civilization. We wi meution uol 2 of these thiugs, but will, f thc momcut. give him credit to the exte that he is credited by his own friend: aud, then, governor Seymour will not iu fer by the comparison. It was Seymowho saved New York and the country fro the revolution iuto which was growing tl dr ift riot. It was he who saved Peuoty vauia when that tata was menaced by tl rebel forces. It was he who was thanki by Lincoln, Stanton, the republic legislature of New York, and the repub can governor of Pennsylvania for hie p triotism and diligence. He was as illu; trious in patriotim aud activity at home Grant is said to have been, by his warme friends, at the front. Since the war, Seymour's course iO nitelv excels iu i's favorable character! tics that of his opponent. Se tnour is 1 dummy. Be is a man of brains, a court ous gentleman, an outspoken utatesroa His brain is not descicated with ciga smoke ; nor does he use silence as a veil I hide the shallowness ol his intellect b Grant is, in these respects, it ia not wort while to mention. It aiay, at least, 1 said that in no single one ol these partie lars doe he resemble Mr. Seymowf We might allude to the consistency Mr. Sey moor '1 record, aud the incousi. ency of his opponent's. tfe might qeC the New York Trifntneto show that Grit is uufitted, by lack of atateemanahip. eot viotums, brains, everything, to fill proper; the office of president. We aaight fts moot cogent arguments against his Sloe in the assertion of Phillies, arrd thettatf incuts of thoee who, at Chieago, in Mai opposed bis nomination, butwt fochef