Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1874 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER UNION. Thursday, March 5,1874.

A DEFECTIVE LAW .

A recent number of ibo La Fayette Courier says that Judge Vinton, of the Tippecanoe Circuit Court, in a recent decision held that the treasurer of a board of school trustees wai not accountable for the interest on the fund in his hands on the ground that his liability tvas covered and measured by hia bond —that he was in no sense a trustee of the moneys, bat in his relation to the same was simply a debtor or acoonntant to the public, and that the legal title to the money was in himself; his only duty being to disburse the actual moneys lie receives according to law. In brief, he is not a bailee, and the common law of bailment or trusteeship does not apply, aa in the case of guardians, etc. The treasurer is responsible on his bond for the money received if it should be lost by robbery, casualty, or unavoidable accident. We presume that this opinion is in accordance with the laws of our State, and would be confirmed by the Supreme Court, if brought to her notice; but it lays bare a weak place in the laws which gives opportunity for official peculation by which the public is injured both in a material and a moral point of view. To illustrate how the public is injured, in material at least, take the case of the railroad tax in Jasper county. In - two years about 148 ,000 was raised for tbe purpose of aiding a railroad company which never called for it, and the money was left in the custody of the ■ county treasurer. Say for tlie two years the amount for which he was accountable was $30,000 and probably the estimate is not too large. The legal rate of interest in Indiana may be ten per C6nt., but for the sake of obtaining first-class security suppose it was loaned at only six per cent., then there would be a revenue of SI,BOO a year to the lender, or $3,600 for two years.— According to Judge Vinton not a cent of this interest would accrue to the county, notwithstanding that she pays for holding the elections by which the tax is voted, pays for the extra duplicate upon which it is entered, pays the treasurer for collecting it, and, finally pays for disbursing it among the tax-payers again; but it may go into the pockets of the county treasurer. And, •las, for the weakness of poor humanity, hew few can resist such a temptation! The extra expense to the people of Jasper county attendant upon the voting, levying, collecting, and disbursing that tax will not fall much short of two thousand dollars; but, had the law. not been defective, the interest on the money would have paid all this expense, and left a surplus besides. This case is but an illustration of hundreds all over Indiana, and we might say thousands, for the rule extends in application from State officers down to township trustees, and, as we have seen, even to treasurers of school boards. The moral influence of this lack or weakness of our law is even still more deplorable. Men go into : these offices perfectly honest, some of them professors of religion who would suffer the terrible tortures inflicted upon the early Christians rather than be guilty of taxing anything that did not belong to them, and who would consider it gross injustice to take a thing that belonged to a neighbor and use it w ithout his consent or giving him pay. After betog in office awhile they see a chance for speculation. A little ready'money to invest will bring a quick return and large dividend. It is a 6nrething—ascertain as the revolution of the earth.— There is no possible chance for loss. He has no money of his own on hand at tbe time, but in his possession is money belonging to the public which will not be ealled for v nntil money of his own will be in "to replace it, or until his speculation will have matured and yielded its increase. He takes this public money, uses it to promote his private ends, is successful, and, while he has added to hia store of worldly goods, he has blunted his moral perceptions, and afterwards will look upon public property as a lass sacred trust. Speculation after •peculation may J>e successful, bat after awhile more hncardous risks ore taken and losses- begin to follow until, when tbe day of settlement comes, the bubble is pricked, and the Christian office-holder is published to the world aa a defaulter and goes forth a dishonored man. Sometimes, however, one of these unfortunately weak men baa , wealthy friends w ho assist him to

| make restitutiou; but this does not seem to mend matters much so for as he is concerned, andh blight appears to follow wherever he goes and so curse whatever he touches The knowledge that the law is defective and that large sums of public money is accumulated in city treasuries, at county seats and at State capitals which may be used for private speculation brings to these points a set of shrewd, unscrupulous men who form cliques and rings'for the purpose of getting control of these moneys for their own private advantages, often to the public injury. And in many other ways are evils felt,that result j from the imperfection of our laws for the protection of public funds. The law ought to be amended bo as to provide safe places for depositing public money, to prohibit officers speculating with it for private advantage, and to authorize its loan on ample security at reasonable interest for such tithes as it is not required for public use, the interest on such loans to go into the general fund in the absence of any other provision. An exchange says that Rev. E. P. Hammond, the noted Evangelist, in answer to the request of some of the inmates recently held a prayermeeting in a house of ill-fame in St. Louis. Several city clergymen and a number of well-known ladies accompanied him. ’lt is reported, as tbe result of their visit, that several of the girls signified their intention to reform. In commenting upon this episode, the Valparaiso Vidette observes “This is true religion—never to refuse to go where good is likely to be done, wren ii it be in a saloon.” llow marked is the contrast between Mr. Hammond’s course and that pursued by a couple of clergymen in this place, two or three years ago! Some of the patriotic citizens had arranged a Fourth of July programme and invited one of the ministers to officiate as chaplain.— lie accepted the appointment, and it was so announced in the bills.— Afterwards the young people made arrangements to have an out-of-doora ball on grounds contiguous to that selected for holding the celebration exercises on, but not to be opened until two or three hours after those exercises were concluded. This ungodliness so shocked our worthy chaplain’s 'sensitive ideas of propriety, that lie declined to officiate. The committee of arrangements then waited upon the other clergyman (it being time for exercises to commence), and he also declined “to act aa chaplain of a dance,” though he was present on the ground. Since then one of these gentlemen lias moved away, but thewther one remain? to draw his salary and accept annual donations with a resignation that is truly beautiful, and which does not enquire how much thereof come 6 from unregenerate purses.

Do Your Own Thinking.

Children who are subject to parental authority, and are not yet capable of distinguishing 1 etween right and wrong,-must have their j thinking done for them. Go of; ! common servants,, slaves, imbeciles, : the insane, and such others as are not capable of forming correct judgments. But it is meet-for mature men and’ women to think for thedfcelves. Take counsel from your seniors or your betters, when necessary, but try to ‘ have a mind of your own” It is pitiful to meet grown-up men and women, who, likga flock of geese, follow, thoughtlessly, the lead of some designing fox, who seeks to feather his nest at their expense. Time was, when “the one-man rule” prevailed, in certain countries, and it w’as then “master and servant.” So in morals, where the priest dictated the faith and doctrine by which souls were to be saved or—lost. Then, those who had minds of their own, and dared to exercise them, were beheaded, burned .at the stake, or tortured on the rack; but, thanks be to common schools, t 0,,, the development of science, and the dissemination of knowledge, those dark days have passed, and we now live iu a land of liberty, where neither emperor nor king, nor pope, nor priest, has a single right as an individual pot equally enjoyed by ■*he h noblest citizen. This government is a Democratic Republic, in which each and every citizen has a part, and is in duty bound to support and defend. He is not a good citizen who shirks this duty. Our liberties depend on a proper administration of our laws and government. Neglect on the part of the ease-loving, the affluent, and the law-abiding, throws the offices into the hands of the low> base and dishonest, and hence the

frauds practiced on the people. — Unless good men conselo the rescue, and attend to the selection of trusty servants to fill places of trust, we shall continue to suffer these abuses.^ Rings and cabals bare been formed to thwart the will oi the people, and to pervert our law s, in the interest of factions, cliques, and parties, rather than to have it care for the good of tbe State and the nation. When all men do their own thinking we shall have a new order of things. Honest and capable men will be chosen to our legislatures to take care of our public monies and tonianagepublie affairs. Parents should teach their children to think for themselves, that they may not forever be “led by the nose.” Example: My son, what do you .think of this or that?—submitting a proposition. A thoughtless boy will reply, “Oh, I don’t know.” Another will answer, giving his opinion according to his best judgment. Then the parent should lead him on, and m time-say, when of legal age— he will be able to form an opinion of his own, without assistance. Some parents are arbitrary tyrants, and give their children no opportunity. They hold them in slavish subjection, demanding obedience and exacting servjc‘\ If a child asks permission to do this or that, lie is sternly reiused, agd sometimes sent off with a growl or curse. “Father, may I have this bit of board to make a sled or a box?” “No; put those things away; what business have you with them? - If I catch you again with my hammer, hatchet, or nail box. I’ll box your ears.” Or it may be a father will say to his graving girl, “Put away my newspaper, what are you doing with it?” What sort of to say citizen—will such a boy become? Or what sort of a woman will that girl make? Who will do the thinking for them, when their foolish father dies ? When we break—train, discipline —a colt for service, we are careful not to over-load him, lest we dis-! courage and i'njure him. We lead j him gently, handle him kindly, and | prove to him that we are no less j his friend than his master. We should be no less considerate in our treatment of children—of immortal souls. If children be trained to think and to act independently, j we may look for originality; while, ’ on the contrary, if forced into narrow channels, circumscribed, and “hushed up,” or forced to believe | the dogmas ol doctors, priests, andgrannies, they will become echoes, ] imitators, and shadows, instead of j “bright and shining lights” in the world. It is a blessed thing to be a brave, bold, daring, self-relying, j man. It is humiliating to become a ! miserable slave to Mrs. Grundy, to bad habits, or to a human masterWhen brave young Crittenden was commanded to kneel on his coffin to his executioners to be shot (in Cuba, where eo many young patriotic " Americans have been shot), he replied, “I kneel only to my God!” llow different was it with half a“ hundred others who,, like whipped spaniels, accepted a foreign religion, through a foreign would-be Mediator, and then went down on their knees to be shot and killed like so many dogs. This world was made for man. — It is his to-.naka the most of it. His accountability is not so much to pope, priest, or potentate, as it is to God. Let him make his calling and election sure by complying strictly with all the conditions which secure usefulness and happiness, here and hereafter, by fulfilling all the functions of body, brain, and soul which belong to a manly, godly man.— N: Y. Phrenological Journal.

A Sensation in Newspaper Circles.

The Interior says; “Mr. Talmage has assopiated with him in The Christian at Work, C. 11. Spurgeon, of London. A combination like this naturally produces a sensation in newspaper circles. The first number is a-bold, swift, fiery, gospel courier, ‘‘Evangelical always!” “Sectarian never!” Mr. Talmage's sermons and articles are furnished only to this paper. Mr. Spurgeon writes for no other Anerican Journal, Sample copies mailed free.— Address tbe publisher TO2 Cham - bers street, New York. Gen. Milroy has been honorably re instated ill the position of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in Washington Territory, from whioh he was suspended last foil by Inspector Eimbair upon the ex parte statements of evil disposed persons -in the Territory.

The Warsaw Indianian says there is a girl in Kosciusko county “only thirteen years of age, who weighs onte, hundred and eighty-five poutidk.”_ . .p Thieves crawled under the Disciple church at Warsaw, a few nights since, sawed through the iloor,, and drank the comtfiunion wine and robbed the Sabbathschool contribution-box of about $3 in money—all there was in it. Some men are seized with a mad frenzy in this war upon whiskey. Reason seems to have forsaken them. They denounce whole nationalities as and if they had the power as they have the inclination, bloody work might be expected. — Valparaiso Messenger. The “Spider’s Den,” in the Valparaiso Hall Block, yielded to the prayers of the women. They paid the proprietor, Andrew Steeples, the sum of §12.00 for his stock of liquors upon the condition that he quit the business and engage in some more worthy occupation. One pint of rot-gut comprised his stock on hand.—Valparaiso Messenger. ■■ ■ ——* m m mOn Monday of last week a fire broke out in a harness shop at Goodland, which consumed that building, a hardware store, a butcher shop, and a dry goods store.— In the second story of the latter building was the Odd Fellows’ Lodge and Encampment. The contents of the buildings were about all saved, except that in the harness shop and in the Odd Fellows’ hail. Beti Butler and hia associate counsel have been allowed, by the court, ?65,000 for fees in the Farragut prize cases. The hill providing for the award was managed m the House by Bailer. The aggregate tward is $700,000, which is now Icing paid. It is about time that Ben shall have these “fat takes” taken away from him. The counsel for claimants against'TFie~ government has no business on the floor of Congress, engineering bills to put money in bis own pocket.— Logansport Journal. Peter.Junge, a laborer, five feet and three inches in height, with light colored hair, light eyes, light mustache', aged twenty-six years, left the town of Wanatah, Indiana, last March, in the year 1873, and r has not been heard of since. He. i was temporarily iusane and would at ! times, while sitting in a chair, look at one particular object for several hours; whenever provoked or offended would become frantic. He was born in STeswick Holstein,Den7mark, and emigrated from Copenhagen. All Pbormasters and Township Trustees of Indiana, Illinois, requested to give any information pertaining to the aforesaid to William Rimpler, Laporte, Indiana. Exchanges please copy. Tom Ward’s Sample Rooms were in a state of seige on Saturday.— Singing and praying was the order of s he women, and drinking and smoking of the men. It appeared to us that the louder and more ferf vently the women prayed and beseeched God to open the eyes of the liquor traffieers to the enormity of their crimes, the longer grew the tongues of the drinking men and the greater their appetite for ntoxicat.ing liquor. During the whole of Saturday, from 9 a. snuff til 9 r. it., it was praying and singing by the women and drinking and smoking by the men. If under such 8 state of affairs a reform can be effected, and the liquor traffieers be made to cease dealing out dsmna tion to all who have the money to pay for it, we shall be astonished at nothing in the future. But so far no impression has been made upon the liquor dealers. Their hearts are as hard as adamant, and the prayers of tlie women fall upon unwilling ears. And many good men, we regret to say, who are drawn thither by the novelty of this war upon whiskey, became possessed with an appetite for the intoxicating liquid and walked boldly up to the bar in the presence of the praying women and ordered and drank their “grog.” "Even women are brought in by men to drink and bring ridicule upon their praying sisters. The scene presented in Ward’s on Saturday—a group of women, on one hand, pray.mg and singing, and a crowd of men, on the other, drinking and smoking—was qnough to make the angels weep, and still the women were undismayed.— Valparaiso Messenger. For Sale. —A Novelty clothes wringer. Has been used half a dozen times, hut is as good as new, aud is an excellent machine. Enquire at this office.

. 1 1. . L .1 Iy. . L,"L l 1 . JJ. 1 .. 1 .!'.!* 1 ! 11 "'" 11 BUSINESS CAROS. DU. G. A. MOSS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON; I l£en*»elner, Indiana, Office between the KankanU Kannal’a Drug Store, . " / * DU. J 11. LOUGIIRIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND S< HGKON, Washington Street, beluw Austin's Hotel, ReneKclaer. - • r . Indiana, DU. MOSES 11. A LIEU, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Itensselaer, Indiana. OBice in Harding <fc Cliesnut’s Drug Store. DR. R. Y. MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, WASHINGTON BTREET, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, RenHselaer, ♦ - - Indiana M. F. CIIIECOTE, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Office opposite Court House Square, on Washington Street, Itensselaer, Jnsger County, Indiana. 5 26-1 y THOS. .1. SPITLKR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Itensselaer, Indiana. Office in the Brick Building north side of the PuhHe Square. Especial attention to Real Estate and Fire Insurance business. #B,OOO to Loan on Ileal Estate security, oa reason uhie terms. h irst class paper fought on reasonable terms, includiug mortgages and bonds. SIMON ?. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Pros. Atty. I:othClrouit, \V ill Jiraetico in the Courtsof Pulaski, Jasj er, Newton and lieuton counties. LAW AND REAL ESTATE OFFCE, Itensselaer, flndinrcst. WM.H. MARTIN, J (JOSHUA HEALEY, , Kentland, Ind. J \ Rensselaer, Ind. MARTIN & HEALEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rensselaer, Indiana. ■JCjy'Vill practice in the courts of Jasper and adjoining counties. XL&IffXSX.3, .ISSOJLSR,.. IWOEIif AT LAW, HOTARY PUBLIC & LAUD AGENT. Office in Court House, RKNSSBLAKR, IND. IRA W> YEOMAN, AT TO UN EY AT LAW. —————iVoftiry' Rith] i c. REAL ESTATE AHD COLLECTION AG2YIT, iluiHCliicr iiulinmi. A complete > bstract of Tit ! e to ail l:\ndj in Jasper County, Indiana. Office in the t our House. . " 6-21 I>r, UtA C. KELLHY SURGEON DENTIST, EtEIVSSiEKAESS, INDIANA. Teeth extracted and liiled. New teeth in sorted. All work warranted for live years Satisiiiwtioa guaranteed.: Giijeo in Photograph Gallery, over Post Office. 6-6 -V 7JtIY.4a.IAS BLACKS'! ITH SHOP -? Is in operation one door above Express Office, RENSSKLAICB All kinds ol blackssnithing donetoorder DAILY n iCK liliVE - wn —, __ I, I V I3JIY STAB I, lE. Hicks ru n daily (Sundays excepted j between Rtr.sueluerand Bradford,on the C&. L R It. Horses and Carriages to let at reasonable rates. - J AV. Duvall. - Hew Blacksmith*Shop. The ppblic is notified that'l have bought the Blacksmith Shop southwest side of Front street, near" the old saw mill, and repaired ft to receive customers. WOOD SHOP In connection where wagon making and repairing will be done by skillful mechanics. PiTiiONs oi Husbandry andjithcr cash customers will find it to their advantage to give me their patronage. SAMSON ERWIN. ALFJSBD U'COT. ALFRED THOMPSON A. McCOY A THOMPSON, BANKERS. RENSSELAER, IN Dr ANA. Buy and sell Coin and Domestic Exchang make Collections on all available points, pay ' Interest on specifirdtimc depositea, and transact all business in their line with dispatch, hours.from 9 • m to4p m 10,000 TONS OF BROOM CORN ■wwj£vaxn?3E:x> To work up on shares, for cash, or for country produce. A good chance for those having broom corn to make up. Call on JOHN 11. KARSNEIt, Rensselaer, Jasper county, Ind. 6-l-0m NEW Farm Hardware STORE. A full assortment of Axes, Hatchets, Ham m< rs, Wood Ssws, Meat Saws, Carpenter’s Saws, Scoop ShoveU, Dirt Shovels, Spades, Pitch Forks Manure Forks. Garden Forks, Mattocks, Grain Rakes, Garden Rakes, Garden Trowels, Grass Hooks, Hobs, Smoothing Irons, Trace Chains. Halter Chains, Ax Helves, Fork and Spade Handles, Soap Kettles—ls and 2» gallon. Coal Scuttles, Ash Buckets, Wrought and Cut Nails, Bolts,Screws,Carpet Tacks, Rivets, Door Hinges, Strap Hinges, Files, the celebrated Diamond Table Cutlery, Ac., 4c , Ac. a ' The Beat Farm Wagons in uFe manufactured to order; also make Baggies, Light Wagons, Carts, FpE.CARRIAGES, Wheelbarrows, and vehicles of every description. In connection with the wagon shop is a Blacksmith shop where all Linds of Iron Repairings and , , HORSE SHOEING is done by experienced, mechanics. General invitation is extended the public to>eall and ; see me when wanting any thing in either of my three departments of business. TV OK MAX WAKNER. : East side of Front street, below Washington, Kensseluer, ln<l. !*'".■ o“ ——r

NEW GENTS* imawia The people of J a «per county whn tr* de' In Rensselaer are iuvitrd to inspect.our stock o H ATS, CAPS, FINK SIJIKTN, X DtlLlEtE AND IX OEIISHIUTS, COLUISS.CIHS, NECKTIES, POCKET HAM OK EH CHIEFS, KMT JACKETS, K'N DEHCKOTHING, GKOVES, MITTENS, SI SPENDF.IIS, ‘ HOSIERY, And, in short, a full and complete assortmen • of Gentlemen's Wear! Which miy be found it) the fourth door he 1 low the corner of Van'ftemsyhier and Wash in Spot, 'streets. north side. Wis also have a t choice selection of ~ 1 Shorts, Plug, Fine Cut Chewing 1 hud Smoking ;• fTsf*lTs A— O A 9-.? Tb “ AT* '"1 a. WJ7m 7 W W , . j isiaWtiwaiiJ Also a limited asaortltu'jal:of Fiu£j-',utionery,_!. including- Fens. Writing Paper, Envelopes p ami bend Pencils, Wo aho keep a few Notions and both CHEAP AND GOOD HbLD JEWELRY- f For. Ladies and Gentleme-h—sncti ns Kings, ; Charms. Bosom I’ii a, Shirt. Studs, ,Licete : Buttons, Ar. ( ail and see us—it is ho trouble to show goods. ' 6-24 J. B. A J. F. HEMPHILL. T 5113 XJSSYJST GRCOEHY AP PROVISION! stce^ee:. diaries Plait, Proprietor. j We respectfully invite everybody to call an j examine our large stock of GROCERIES, PROVISIONS : TOBACCO, CIGARS, Woodenware, Queens ware, } GRASS WARE, RAMPS. RAMP FIXTURES, COAR OIR, j NOTIONS, Ac., Ac. Sugar, Coffee, Tea, npicc, Serin, Salt, Soap, 1 Saleratun, Crackers, Candles, Vineg r. I.tcle.sSdr, Cheese, Fleur, -Butter, 2a:on, Fish, Nuts, Figs. Candies, Raisins, Dried Fruits Canned Fruits; (;an ires, Tabs. BuckcterSnlt Fish, Ac. j A II liie abiive' urticlis, to;;,, tbef w illi many.'? others not < nuriieniterl—fiist class in quality—will be sold at its resiamWide pts «-b-l----etit with it fair ptoht. Teirua strietlv eash-or-j its equivalent. COENTKY PROW CE ALWAYS WANTED AT ,71 A UIM ET PIS 1C EM. _J • ’• ' . ' Store on W 4 Mt'ivet, sVortb ILIs, or.door below fctoiie liinidii,.;. 5-32' CHAn^PLA^T. . ■ -•- .- . -.j Plain 1 ’ J«& Printing fBTTO.TT: --JA:; : Pesters, Bills, LETTER-HEADS, BLANKS* Circulars, Envelopes. £kc. uoiir to OHsen, AT- iIEASOPiABIwS'.-Pr-SCES. jdils & MEAuer, Rensselaer, Indiana PROSPECTUS —OF THE — CINCINNATI “ wpy mm $00,000.00 WORTH OF PREMIUMS! Gold Pena, Peuci Is, Sa tctiels, Pocket Books, F»trs, AValchcs, Stilvcr-.. ware. Musical Instruments, Sewing Mucltines, Ac., Ac. Weplihe these premiums within easy reach of any of our patrons, by allowing them liberal commissions on 52.00 subscribers for the Weekly Enquirer, as lollows: For 6 names and SlO 00 a credit of $ 2SO For 10 names and 20 00 a credit of SSO For J 5 names and 30.01 a credit of 825 For 20 names and 40.00 a credit of 12 00 For 30 names and 60.00 a credit of 19 00 For 40 names and 80.00 tv credit of 26 00 For 60 names and 100 00 a credit of 32 50 For 75 names and 150.00 a credit of 52 50 ! For 100 names and 200 00 a credit of 70 00 For 'l5O names and 300 00 a’Credit of 12u 00 For 200 names and'4oo.oo atredit of 160 00 For 300 uam«B and 000.00 a credit of 3UU 00 j For 600 names and 1000.00 a credit of 60000 j For tiEode who do r~ /4 e Mfe to enter cIUBs ,] gobten up to secure premiums on the above plan, we offer the following choice selection of CUHO MO PREMIUMS: “Asking a BleuingJ’ A beautiful picture in sixteen colors, 15 x 20 Inches, sells at retail for $7.50, “Household Pets,” A beautiful picture in eighteen colors, 12 x 17 inches, sells at retail for $8 00. $2.00 subscrihers, who do not enter clnhs for ptlf r; premiums, can have either one of the above named Chromos. “De Soto Discovering the Mississippi,” Is a splenuid -picture Ht twenty-one colors, size lit x 26j inches, «nd sells at tetail for sls, $3 will pay a year's subscription, and entitle the subscriber to this last named picture Fur full particulars send for specimen copies, Ac. ..Never before were such favorable terms offered for securing a Handsome premium ol great value. The Enquirer Almanac and Granger's Mantf. for 1874. j Will be sent free to every subscriber received, since April iff, 1873. Address all letters to 1 PAHAN A McKEAN, t,-T ' Pincinuuli, Ohio. )

mi: s-TEn-ocEA^ i ‘— 4 -- --- isr^.. THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE ..- NO Rill WEST. ... A TIIJCWTEtt-OLEAX FOII 1874. LstubU-duxl less tlmn two years siuce as a represeutative Republican paper, pledged to maintain and defend the principles and organization of the grejjt National Republican parly, (he Inter-Ocean lias attained a circulation and influence with the masses ol it* voters everywhere to entitle it to approach the commencement of a new calendur year and to prepare for the preliminary werk of the next campaign, the shadow of which is already casting Us«!l upon the country, in the Confident belief that its Iriends will need no other specific pledge for the r uture than has been given in its columns from day to day curing tli- past eighteen months Sine* its first publication it has maintained the position of THE LEADING REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER THE NORTHWEST, to which it was assigned by universal assent, in lli« excited canvass which resulted iu the second and triumphant election of President Grant. THE ES E.\l I Erf OF TIIE COUNTRY are vigilantly at tvor.k. Despite the overwTWtiling rebuke administered to them in Ibid, the. opposition are skillfully nuissfug .t lu.ir.. fumas..for-a-mare dutcriiiiiitd onslangiit - upon l-hc Repulilican orgunmitioii at the next Elate and National election's. Encouraged by she apathy ol Republicans in the “offyear,” seizing the unprecedented financial stringency as a pretext, and using as a hoodwink the deep ii-eling among the agricultural classes lor letjer and cheaper inodes of transportation than now exist, THE DEMOCRACY, under ns many names as there are hungry Demagogues eager fur oilice. isgottiug itself into readiness to become once more tha Ruling Party of tlio nation. IN . THE. SOUTH Hie old Democracy of Secession and Rebellion is being warmed into life by the apparent reverses Keputdicunism has suffjred .in the North. Tile election of Allen .in Ohio, the triumph of Tammany in New York, and the few desultory successes-which have come to Anti-Republican tickets in various portions of the W st and Northwest, have inspired *lie rebels of lSf’l with the hope that, the d»y is dawning when tile Lost Cause is to bo voted into a victory they failed io achieve by means oI iiie bulli-t actlTniyooct. Alreaity R. ;M .T. Hoiiter, a former Seiirior.irom Virginia, arid a member ol the Cabinet of Jeff Davis, has ptiblish-d his scheme lor the virtual payment of Four Hundred Millions of Dollars for the Emancipated Slaves of the South. The liu hinood ,Vu ) IV’/ity and Governor Gilbert Walker are urging this plan with all poriinacity; mid there cun be littiodoubt that a latge party of Southern Representatives in Hie i'oity-tiiitd Congress will he prepared f ndVot-ate iho payment of tliis money by the General-Govei liuioHt. The past history of the Democratic party gives no warrant that -it-will oppose this iaiaoious robbery of the people ol the North for the benefit of traitors: htfl if flit* party is true to itself, and its iasUacis the South wiil find it and i tare present-' allies a subs'-rvi* ,i'. .tiiy. THE PAYMENT OF THE REBEL DEBT is another scheme tiial is broadly hinted ati* pinny parts of the South, arid is, witlioat doubt,olio, of tfie prejoi.t: to whicii i.he ioadiog Deniocrats of that section would address themselves M tie* time slmuld ever corns when a majority of the Northeru .States slid tlia Gene rut Government should he in the hands ol tlie party wfitFiTlielpe*) the rehsTsTiT iliolr work dl desttoyiag Uig Uni.ni. These tire not fanciful issu-s. They are mil dangers, cither to ho mat lace to .face, er else lobe squtih'hod iu Uiojr inception by the Celltimini successes of tli.it crganizaliou wliic.ii cfuslicd the rolieilion. gave Ireedotn to tfte slaves, and destroyed the slave-holding Conledcracy. The farmers TuToiV that tlie JnteS-Dcsan was tiielr earit- ' - est, us, it has been Iht’ir sUlunctiest end wanie'st, friend. It is emphatically ilia iiigon of tile people ill tilt* best sense of the term. believing in the fullest Tirolection of the rights of tin; many against tin*-encroachments; of the few. it lirlieves that ail cliarlerod corporations sliouid he lield to be subservient to the power, that orenttd them, and without an jnfrii-igcment of the s just riglits ot others it insists, and will continue to insist, that hit corporations enjovjng special privileges voted to them by-tlmpeople shall serve the people fairly nud justly, al a coiupeusutioii allowing a reasonable profit upon tlie actual CiudtuLem played. —aTHE FAMILY. 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